The Music Teacher (2012) - full transcript
Music Teacher revolves around Alyson Daley, a high school music teacher who is on the brink of losing her beloved school music program because of district budget cuts. In an effort to spare the program, Daley's former students band together to stage a musical to raise money to keep the program alive.
♪ LISTEN ♪
♪ IS IT DOUBT I HEAR
JUST LISTEN ♪
♪ IS IT DOUBT I FEAR ♪
♪ JUST LISTEN ♪
♪ I'M SURE I KNOW THAT SOUND ♪
♪ IT CAN'T BE ♪
♪ FOR MY EVERY THOUGHT
JUST GLISTENS ♪
♪ OR AT LEAST THAT'S STILL
WHAT I SEE... ♪
♪ EVERY THOUGHT STILL SEEMS ♪
♪ PROFOUND TO ME ♪
THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING WRONG--
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO STOP
RIGHT THERE, MOLLY.
WAS IT BAD?
NO, NO, NO, IT'S GREAT,
IT'S GREAT.
IT'S JUST, YOU'RE HAVING
A LITTLE TENDENCY
TO GO A LITTLE SHARP
ON THE HIGH NOTES.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
COULD YOU SING IT FOR ME?
NO, NO.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD
TO REHEARSE AT HOME IS
WHEN YOU'RE GOING UP
TO HIT THOSE HIGH NOTES,
ACTUALLY SIT DOWN.
IT'S A GOOD TRICK
TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT
HOW NOT TO BE AFRAID
OF THOSE HIGH NOTES.
JUST, UH, GO BACK
TO THE VERSE.
[RE-STARTS BACKING TRACK]
♪ WORKING IS HARD
DREAMING IS BETTER ♪
♪ PLAY EVERY CARD
OPEN EACH LETTER ♪
♪ DON'T LIVE LIFE BLIND
BE AMAZED BY WHAT YOU FIND ♪
♪ IN YOUR MIND... ♪
♪ I AM PROVING
THERE'S NO LOSING ♪
♪ IF YOU TRUST YOUR BRAIN ♪
[APPLAUSE]
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE CUTS,
BUT MY MUSIC PROGRAM
HAS BEEN A VITAL PART
OF EDUCATION AT NORTHSIDE HIGH
FOR OVER 16 YEARS.
CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME SAID
EARLIER IN THE EVENING,
IT IS NOT FRIVOLOUS.
IT'S ABOUT GIVING CHILDREN
A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES,
TO WORK TOGETHER,
AND DEPEND ON OTHERS
AND BE DEPENDED UPON.
IT BUILDS THEM UP
SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
PLEASE...
DON'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
I THOUGHT YOU DID
VERY WELL IN THERE.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
DID YOU HEAR ME,
ALL PLEADING AND PLAINTIVE?
MIGHT AS WELL JUST
SMACK THEM UPSIDE THE HEAD.
WELL, DON'T FORGET,
YOU'VE GOT
ZACK ON YOUR SIDE.
AND HE'S ONE VOICE.
WHAT CAN HE DO?
NOT MUCH, I'M AFRAID.
THAT'S IT?
I TRIED, MRS. DALEY.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE
AN AFTERSCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM
IS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE
SPENDING THEIR MONEY.
WE'RE TAXPAYERS,
I THOUGHT IT WAS OUR MONEY.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU DID
YOUR BEST.
I WISH THERE WAS
SOMETHING MORE I COULD DO--
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, ZACK.
[SIGHS SADLY] AL, I'M SORRY.
I FEEL TERRIBLE
ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW HOW MUCH
IT MEANS TO YOU.
NOT REALLY.
WANT SOME COMPANY?
NOT TONIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY.
RIGHT, SATURDAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
NIGHT.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[MAN'S VOICE, IN MEMORY]:
SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO COME?
OH, WE PROMISED
JENNY'S MOM
SHE'D LEARN THE WHOLE SONG
THIS WEEK, DIDN'T WE?
HOW ABOUT SOME PIZZA
FOR DINNER?
OH, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
CAN YOU STOP AND GET IT
ON THE WAY HOME?
- OKAY. BYE.
- HAVE FUN!
LET'S GO, BUDDY.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT I'D
LIKE YOU TO TRY TO DO
IS KEEP
YOUR LEFT HAND STEADY
TO BUILD A FOUNDATION
FOR WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND
NEEDS TO DO.
OKAY, LET ME SHOW YOU.
LIKE THIS--
[PLAYING PIANO]
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE YOUR JOURNEY
MUST BEGIN... ♪
♪ OTHERS CAN HELP YOU
FIND YOUR WAY-- ♪
[CAR CRASHING OUTSIDE]
[HORN BLARES,
DOGS BARKING IN ALARM]
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[SIGHS]
ZACK...
YOU'RE RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE,
AREN'T YOU?
YOU'RE USUALLY OUT THE DOOR
10 SECONDS AFTER THE BELL RINGS.
MR. COLLINS WANTED
TO TALK TO ME.
OH? ABOUT WHAT?
NOTHING.
THE VICE-PRINCIPAL
CALLED YOU IN JUST TO CHAT?
HE CAUGHT ME
DITCHING CLASS AGAIN.
I'M OUT FOR A MONTH.
OH.
SUSPENSIONS AREN'T VERY GOOD
FOR YOUR EDUCATION.
I DON'T THINK
HE CARES MUCH.
CAN YOU SING?
WHAT?
HI, EVERYBODY!
YOU ALL KNOW ZACK.
ZACK'S GOING TO BE JOINING US.
YEAH, EVERYONE KNOWS ZACK.
IS THIS THE WAY
YOU GREET ANOTHER PERSON,
A FELLOW HUMAN BEING?
COME ON, I THINK
YOU CAN DO
A LITTLE BETTER
THAN THAT.
"HI, ZACK!"
HI, ZACK.
WELCOME TO THE GROUP.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
HELLO.
HI, KAREN. IT'S ZACK CALLING.
ZACK.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
NO, WAIT, DON'T ANSWER THAT.
I HEARD ALL ABOUT IT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL,
BUT I GOTTA SAY,
I ALWAYS THOUGHT BEVERLY WAS
A LITTLE IRRATIONAL--
YEAH, THANKS, KAREN.
THAT'S NOT REALLY
WHY I'M CALLING, THOUGH.
IT'S ABOUT MRS. DALEY.
OH, NO, SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO HER?
NO, SHE'S OKAY.
THE SCHOOL BOARD
DECIDED TO CANCEL
HER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.
WHAT? HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?
MY DAUGHTER'S IN THAT PROGRAM.
I NEEDED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY
THAT UNDERSTOOD
WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.
YEAH, TO ALL OF US.
WELL...
HOW ABOUT WE GET A BUNCH OF US
FROM THAT FIRST YEAR
AND TAKE MRS. DALEY OUT
TO A NICE DINNER?
THIS IS SHEILA.
OH, HI, KAREN. HOW ARE YOU?
MRS. DALEY?
OF COURSE, I REMEMBER HER.
OKAY, SHEILA,
I THINK FOR YOUR NUMBER,
I'M GOING TO PAIR YOU UP
WITH STEVE.
OH, COME ON, WHAT?
THEY'RE SINGING
A NUMBER TOGETHER,
IT'S NOT LIKE
THEY'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.
MRS. DALEY?
WHAT ABOUT HER?
HER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM
GOT CANCELLED.
THIS IS WHY YOU'RE CALLING ME
AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING?
STEVE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN
BE MARRIED
IF IT WASN'T FOR MRS. DALEY.
BESIDES, YOU'RE
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT THERE, HONEY.
IT'S NOT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE
IS ITCHING TO TALK TO YOU.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT, KAREN.
YEAH, I, UH...
THING IS, I'VE JUST STARTED
REHEARSALS ON A NEW SHOW.
UH, YEAH, I GOT A GREAT PART--
BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF I CAN GET AWAY,
SO I WILL HAVE TO
GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT...
THEY'RE ACTUALLY
CALLING ME RIGHT NOW.
I GOTTA GET ONSTAGE,
SO I'LL CALL YOU--
OKAY, BYE!
[MRS. DALEY]: DEE DEE,
STOP, RIGHT-RIGHT THERE.
COME HERE.
LOOK...
THIS IS A REBELLION SONG,
AGAINST YOUR PARENTS.
DON'T JUST SING IT.
FEEL IT, THEN SING IT, OKAY?
OKAY.
OKAY, TAKE IT BACK.
[DISHES CLATTERING]
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A SECOND?
ALYSON!
OF COURSE.
THANKS.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU
BACK HERE SO SOON AFTER...
AFTER.
I NEED YOUR HELP, ED.
CERTAINLY.
DO YOU WANT SOME MORE
TIME OFF, OR...
NO. NO, NO, NO.
I JUST, UM...
THIS PLACE
KEEPS MY MIND OCCUPIED
FIVE DAYS A WEEK,
BUT ONLY TILL 3:30.
I NEED SOMETHING
TO DO AFTER THAT.
YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T
HAVE TO GO HOME.
I HAVE AN IDEA.
[ALL CHATTING HAPPILY]
...15 YEARS, GUYS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT LONG.
NO, HE DID NOT...
[CHATTING AND LAUGHING]
MS. DALEY!
[ALL CLAPPING]
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
...BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR.
THEY CAN'T JUST LET
THE MUSIC PROGRAM DIE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS MADE
ITS DECISION, DEE DEE.
WELL, IF IT'S JUST
ABOUT MONEY,
WHAT IF
WE ALL PITCH IN?
YOU KNOW, ASK SOME FRIENDS,
PASS THE HAT AROUND?
YEAH, MAYBE IF WE RAISE
ENOUGH MONEY,
WE CAN KEEP IT GOING
FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT
THE YEAR AFTER THAT
AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT--
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY
PASSING THE HAT FOR ME.
I'M NOT A CHARITY CASE.
YOU'RE MAKING IT
SOUND LIKE
SOMETHING BAD,
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING GOOD.
I KNOW THAT.
BUT IT'S OVER.
I HAVE TO LET IT GO.
WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENING.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER IT.
AND EACH OF YOU.
NO MUSHY GOODBYES.
YOU ALL STAY
AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
THANK YOU.
'NIGHT.
'NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
WELL, THAT WENT WELL.
[SHEILA]: YEAH,
I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE
WOULDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
LETTING US HELP HER RAISE
A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WHO SAYS SHE HAS TO KNOW?
WHAT, YOU'RE GOING TO
HIDE IT FROM HER?
BUT HOW DO WE DO IT?
WE COULD PUT ON A SHOW.
AND WHO'S
GOING TO PERFORM?
US.
- WHAT?
- YES.
WE COULD PUT ON THE SAME SHOW
THAT WE DID IN HIGH SCHOOL.
OH, PLEASE TELL ME
YOU'RE JOKING.
NO, NO, SHE'S RIGHT.
ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO
IS GET THE MUSIC,
SOME COSTUMES--
AND 15 YEARS
OF OUR LIVES BACK.
[ZACK]: SO,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
ONE MORE TIME FOR MRS. DALEY?
DAD SAID HE'D BE HOME
AROUND 8:00,
SO WHEN THIS THING DINGS,
JUST TAKE IT OUT.
I KNOW HOW TO TAKE
A MEATLOAF
OUT OF THE OVEN, MOM.
WHERE ARE YOU
GOING, ANYWAYS?
YOU KNOW HOW LAST WEEK,
SOME OF US FROM
MRS. DALEY'S FIRST CLASS
TOOK HER OUT TO DINNER?
WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO
A FUNDRAISER
SO THAT HER CLASS CAN KEEP GOING
AFTER THIS YEAR.
BUT NO ONE KNOWS
ABOUT IT,
SO YOU CAN'T SAY A WORD.
IT'S LUCKY YOU HAD
AN EMPTY OFFICE, ZACK.
IT'S NOT LUCKY,
IT'S SCARY.
HALF THE OFFICES
IN THIS BUILDING ARE EMPTY.
THE ECONOMY WOULD
RECOVER FASTER IF--
NO CAMPAIGNING.
I VOTED FOR YOU, STEVE.
HEY, THANKS, KAREN.
I'M UP FOR RE-ELECTION
NEXT YEAR.
YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO
THE FUND-RAISER, OF COURSE.
WELL, I'LL VOTE FOR YOU
IF YOU PAY ME.
[LAUGHING]
DON'T LAUGH,
IT MAY COME TO THAT.
SO, WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
WELL, I THINK
WE SHOULD NOMINATE
A DIRECTOR.
AND I NOMINATE DEE DEE.
NO, NO, I-I DON'T THINK I...
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE BLOCKING
OR THE CHOREOGRAPHY--
SHE'S JUST BEING MODEST.
TELL THEM WHAT YOU'RE DOING
RIGHT NOW, DEE DEE.
NO, I DON'T THINK
THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT--
DEE DEE IS IN REHEARSALS
FOR A BIG SHOW
THAT'S ABOUT TO GO TO BROADWAY.
SHE HAS THE LEAD ROLE.
OH, WELL,
THEN IT'S SETTLED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF DEE DEE
AS DIRECTOR? AYE?
AYE.
AYE.
OKAY... ALL RIGHT.
WELL, UH,
WHY DON'T WE JUST...
START FROM THE TOP?
- YEAH.
- YEAH?
[♪♪]
♪ I'VE LOOKED AROUND ♪
♪ BEEN SEARCHING
HIGH AND LOW ♪
♪ I'VE FOUND
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ♪
♪ IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I KNOW ♪
♪ I'M SURE THERE'S MORE ♪
♪ I'VE ALWAYS FELT IT
IN MY CORE ♪
♪ I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ♪
♪ I SAW IT IN A DREAM ♪
♪ A LIGHT SHINED ON A PATH
IN THE NIGHT... ♪
[TOGETHER]:
♪ WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ LOOK WITHIN TO BEGIN ♪
♪ TOWARDS THE SUN... ♪
[TEMPO PICKS UP]
♪ LOOK AT US
WE ARE TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE HAVE STAYED
THROUGH STORMY WEATHER ♪
♪ LOOK AT US, THE ONES
WHO FOLLOWED OUR DREAMS ♪
♪ IT'S A STORY TO TELL ♪
♪ WE HAVE STOOD
WHILE OTHERS FELL ♪
♪ WE BELIEVE ♪
♪ WE ARE HEADED FOR GLORY... ♪
WE STILL HAVE IT!
THAT'S NOT BAD!
[LAUGHING IN DELIGHT]
PRACTICE?
YES, I WILL.
YES, I WILL.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE...
DO YOU HAVE A RIDE?
UH, MY DAD
DROPPED ME OFF,
SO I'M JUST GOING TO
CALL HIM TO COME GET ME--
WHOA, NO,
TELL HIM
YOU HAVE A RIDE.
I'M JUST PARKED
AROUND THE CORNER.
WAIT HERE,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
OKAY.
NO, I GOTTA
GO HOME, OKAY?
YOU KNOW HOW MY DAD GETS.
WELL, JUST...
TELL HIM WE RAN OUTTA GAS.
NO, I TOLD HIM THAT
LAST WEEK.
TELL HIM AGAIN?
[GIGGLING]
[GIGGLES]
WHERE'S YOUR OLD TRUCK?
IT'S IN
THE OLD-TRUCK GRAVEYARD,
WHERE IT BELONGS.
THANK YOU.
SO...
LOOKS LIKE THINGS WORKED OUT
PRETTY GOOD
FOR ZACK HALL.
[SCOFFS]
WELL, DON'T BE TOO IMPRESSED.
IT'S LEASED.
AND YOU RENOVATE
OLD BUILDINGS FOR A LIVING.
THAT IS VERY COOL.
NOT AS COOL
AS BEING ON BROADWAY.
I WAS ON BROADWAY ONCE.
WITH A SHOW THAT CLOSED
AFTER SIX PERFORMANCES.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE STILL
A SINGER AND A DANCER, AND...
THAT WAS YOUR DREAM.
WELL, UH--
COME ON,
HOW MANY PEOPLE
GET TO DO EXACTLY WHAT
THEY ALWAYS DREAMED OF DOING?
WELL, LOOK AT YOU.
YOU ARE MORE THAN
YOU COULD'VE EVER DREAMED OF.
[CHUCKLES]
NO OFFENSE, BUT...
YOUR PROSPECTS
WEREN'T THAT GREAT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
TO YOU MAYBE?
NO, I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
I LIKED YOU FOR WHO YOU WERE.
YEAH, YOU ALWAYS DID
HAVE A THING FOR BAD BOYS.
DID NOT.
COME ON.
OKAY, I DID.
YEAH, JUST, UH,
NOT ENOUGH
TO STAND UP TO YOUR PARENTS.
UH...I DIDN'T SEE YOU
FIGHTING MUCH.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
YOU LET THEM WIN.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T FIGHT FOR YOU?
YOU MIGHT HAVE WON.
SO TO BE CLEAR,
IT WAS BETWEEN ME
AND YOUR PARENTS
THE WHOLE TIME?
'CAUSE I WAS
UNDER THE IMPRESSION
IT WAS BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
LOOK, UM...
LET'S JUST
FORGET ABOUT IT, OKAY?
IT WAS A REALLY LONG TIME AGO.
BESIDES, WE HAVE
A SHOW TO DO.
RIGHT?
YEAH.
THANKS FOR THE RIDE.
YEAH.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
YEAH.
YOUNG LADY...
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT TIME IT IS?
YEAH, I TOLD YOU THAT
WE WENT TO THE MOVIES.
IT GOT OUT AT 10:00.
I CALLED THE THEATRE.
WELL, WE GOT A HAMBURGER.
[TOGETHER]: WHERE?
A HAMBURGER PLACE?
YOU WERE OUT WITH THAT BOY.
MOM, HE HAS A NAME.
HE ALSO HAS A REPUTATION.
YOU ARE NOT TO SEE
ZACK HALL EVER AGAIN.
EVER.
DID YOU HAVE
A NICE TIME, HONEY?
[VIDEO GAME WEAPONS BLASTING]
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
HOW ABOUT SOME HOT CHOCOLATE?
YOU KNOW WHAT, MOM,
I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE
A SHOT OF TEQUILA.
[VIDEO GAME GUNS FIRING]
HOT CHOCOLATE SOUNDS GOOD.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
AND JUST REMEMBER,
ESSAYS ARE DUE ON MONDAY.
NO EXCUSES.
BYE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
HE SAID THAT TO HER...
[GIGGLING]
MOLLY?
HI, MRS. DALEY.
HI, UH, LISTEN,
I HAVE SOME FREE TIME
THIS WEEKEND,
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU MIGHT
WANT TO WORK ON THAT KEY CHANGE
IN YOUR SONG.
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IT'S A PRETTY
TRICKY SECTION.
WE CAN GO THROUGH IT
PHRASE BY PHRASE, YOU KNOW?
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK
I'M HAVING TROUBLES,
YOU SHOULD HEAR MY MOM.
HEAR YOUR MOM DO WHAT?
NOTHING.
HEAR YOUR MOM
DO NOTHING?
MOLLY?
I WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO TELL YOU.
[♪♪]
♪ YOU MIGHT THINK TO YOURSELF
THAT I'M QUITE MAD ♪
♪ IT'S JUST A PART OF YOU
THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD ♪
♪ THAT FIRST LITTLE STEP
HAS YOU SCARED ♪
♪ NOT GLAD ♪
♪ IT'S GOOD, NOT BAD ♪
♪ COME ON! ♪
[♪♪]
OH, I'M SORRY, UH...
GUYS, STOP,
LET'S JUST
TAKE IT BACK.
THAT WAS GOOD...
JUST SHOOT ME.
JUST STOP.
STOP, STOP, STOP.
STOP.
RIGHT THERE.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING I TAUGHT YOU?
YES. YES, UH,
BUT THIS IS
OUR THIRD REHEARSAL--
YES, I KNOW!
I GET IT, I GET IT.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M TOUCHED, REALLY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
MRS. DALEY, BEFORE YOU SAY NO--
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING
TO PRESENT YOURSELVES
AS FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE,
WELL...
[CHUCKLES]
I HAVE A REPUTATION
TO PROTECT.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO
SKIP THAT SONG, ALL RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED.
AND LET'S GO ON TO THE STEVE,
DEE DEE, ZACK SONG
AT THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
ZACK, YOU TAKE THE LEAD.
THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS JUST STAND THERE
AND BELT IT OUT, OKAY?
LET'S REMEMBER,
THAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
SOME BRIGHT,
IDEALISTIC YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BECOME DISILLUSIONED.
THE WHOLE FIRST ACT
WE'VE SEEN YOU
IN TERRIBLE JOBS,
DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS,
THAT YOU HAVE
THROWN YOURSELF INTO
SO THAT YOU COULD
FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.
SO...
LET ME FEEL YOU PASSION.
LET ME SEE YOUR DREAMS.
MAKE ME LAUGH,
MAKE ME CRY.
LET'S GO.
WITH A NICE, CRISP IN.
♪ WE LIVED FOR TODAY ♪
♪ FROM WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN ♪
♪ LIVING DAY TO DAY ♪
♪ WITHOUT CARING WHAT WE'D DO ♪
♪ BUT WE KNEW ♪
♪ WE'D HELP MAKE CHANGE
IN OUR OWN WAY... ♪
HI, ED!
I GUESS YOU DIDN'T GET
MY MESSAGES EARLIER?
UH, YES, I DID.
I'M SORRY
I DIDN'T GET BACK TO YOU,
I'VE BEEN
SWAMPED HERE--
OH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK
YOU WERE TRYING
TO AVOID ME.
I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE
YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
TO TELL THEM HOW IMPORTANT
MY MUSIC PROGRAM IS
TO THE KIDS,
THAT'S NO REASON
FOR YOU TO BE HIDING OUT
IN YOUR OFFICE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR
YOU WANTED, ALYSON,
OR DID YOU JUST DROP BY
TO MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY?
GUILTY?
ED, WE'RE OLD FRIENDS,
I WOULD NEVER STOOP TO ANYTHING
AS LOW AS THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A FUNDRAISER
TO KEEP THE MUSIC PROGRAM
HERE AT NORTHSIDE HIGH GOING.
AND I FELT SURE
THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO
BUY SOME TICKETS,
SO I SET A FEW ASIDE
IN YOUR NAME.
THERE MIGHT BE ENOUGH THERE
FOR YOU AND
THE ENTIRE FACULTY.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN SEND ME A CHEQUE.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
THE AUDITORIUM
ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18th.
MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED IT EVERY DAY
FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
I PUT THAT
ON YOUR DESK THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN JUST SIGN THAT ANY TIME.
AND THANKS SO MUCH.
♪ MY DAD WORKED HARD ♪
♪ BUT NEVER GOT TOO FAR
THAT'S LIFE ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS SMALL ♪
♪ I COULDN'T WAIT TO BE TALL
AND LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ FOR ME, IT WAS ALL PLAIN ♪
♪ NO NEED TO GO INSANE ♪
♪ IT'S ALL IN YOUR BRAIN ♪
♪ I'LL LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ MY MOM WAS A MOM
THAT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ SHE HAD TWO KIDS
DAD, DOGS AND THE CAT ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ♪
♪ THERE'S MORE I WANT TO BE ♪
♪ I'VE FALLEN FAR
FROM THE TREE-- ♪
[TURNS OFF RECORDING]
♪ IT'S MY LIFE... ♪
AN EARLY ZACK.
THAT'S NEW.
WELL, I'M NOT
THAT SAME PUNK
YOU TAUGHT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU WEREN'T A PUNK.
JUST A LITTLE LOST.
HOW ABOUT A LOT LOST?
I WAS VERY SORRY TO HEAR
THAT THEY'D FORECLOSED ON
ONE OF YOUR BUILDINGS.
YEAH,
I'M LOSING THE BUILDING,
BUT IT WAS A DRAIN,
GOOD RIDDANCE.
I JUST WISH
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING BETTER
TO TALK ABOUT.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
WELL, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU,
SO WE SHOULD JUST
LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I WAS JUST ASKING
TO SEE IF YOU WERE OKAY.
WELL, I AM OKAY.
I AM.
OKAY.
♪ I HAVE ALWAYS
THOUGHT OF MYSELF ♪
♪ AS A PRACTICAL PERSON... ♪
[♪♪]
♪ NOT ONE TO BE LURED ♪
♪ BY THE SONG OF A DREAM
OR A PRAYER ♪
♪ BUT I'M ON A COURSE ♪
♪ THAT IS STRANGE TO ME ♪
♪ AND I'M ATTRACTED ♪
♪ TO A VISION OF LIFE
THAT'S SO CLEAR ♪
♪ THAT IT MAKES ME
DARE TO CARE ♪
♪ PASSION... ♪
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED
WITH PASSION ♪
♪ FOR HIS MIND ♪
♪ IT'S IN MY MIND... ♪
♪ HE'S JUST MY KIND ♪
♪ IT'S ALL THE TIME... ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT ♪
♪ THAT I WOULD FIND ♪
♪ A LOVE SO BLIND... ♪
♪ DREAMS OF THIS KIND... ♪
[APPLAUSE]
AND THAT'S
WHEN WE KISS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT
INSTEAD OF DOING IT?
WELL, WE'LL DO IT
IN THE SHOW.
IT'S NOT LIKE
WE DON'T KNOW HOW.
[LAUGHING] OKAY.
WHAT?
WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY?
YOU KNOW I WAS DRINKING
WHEN I AGREED TO THIS.
IT'S WHY I HAVE THE POLICY
OF NOT DRINKING
WHEN I HAVE TO
MAKE DECISIONS.
WELL, WE'RE DOING
SOMETHING NICE,
AND WE'RE
DOING IT TOGETHER.
HOW OFTEN
DOES THAT HAPPEN?
WE'VE DONE LOTS
OF NICE THINGS TOGETHER.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE
TRIPS WE WENT ON
THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD.
THAT WAS FUN,
YOU, ME AND MIKEY?
WELL, AT LEAST
HE TURNED OUT WELL.
I GUESS WE DID
SOMETHING RIGHT.
[SCOFFS] I WOULD HOPE SO.
THAT PREP SCHOOL WE GOT HIM IN
IS COSTING US A FORTUNE.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE TURNING HIM
INTO A REPUBLICAN, RIGHT?
HE'S PROBABLY GOING
TO RUN AGAINST ME ONE DAY.
NO, HE'LL HAVE MUCH
BIGGER FISH TO FRY.
FOR THE RECORD,
I LOVE DRIVING YOU HOME.
[GIGGLES]
GOOD NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF I HAD A KEY,
I WOULD'VE HAD THIS
ALL SET UP BY NOW.
WELL, COME IN.
THANK YOU.
HOW'S THE SHOW
COMING?
WELL, YOU MAY NOT
BE SEEING US
AT THE TONY AWARDS, BUT...
THEY'RE SUCH TERRIFIC PEOPLE,
I FEEL LUCKY.
THEY HAD
A GOOD TEACHER.
DOES THIS FEEL AS NORMAL
TO YOU AS IT DOES TO ME?
WHAT?
US, JUST BEING
TOGETHER LIKE THIS,
AT THE END
OF A LONG DAY.
IT'S NICE. THANK YOU.
WELL, THAT'S NOT
WHAT I ASKED.
I ASKED YOU
IF IT FEELS NORMAL.
WHAT WAS NORMAL FOR ME
WAS TAKEN AWAY FOREVER
AND I CAN'T CHANGE THAT.
SO, EVERY SCHOOL YEAR,
YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENTS,
AND I KNOW
YOU CARE ABOUT THEM,
BUT JUST ENOUGH
NOT TO GET
TOO INVOLVED.
AND THEN THEY'RE
OUT OF YOUR HAIR
BY THE END OF THE TERM.
THAT'S YOUR ADJUSTMENT.
AND I HAVE A NICE GENTLEMAN
WHO BRINGS ME CHINESE FOOD,
AND SLEEPS OVER OCCASIONALLY.
THAT'S MY NORMAL NOW.
WHAT IF
IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME?
I CAN'T DO
ANY MORE THAN THAT, RAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO GIVE.
IT'S ALL YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE.
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
NO. IT'S NOT.
I LIKED THE ONE
BEFORE THIS ONE.
YEAH, THAT ONE.
[LAUGHING]
YOU THINK THE TICKET PRICE
IS TOO HIGH?
FOR THE QUALITY
OF THE ENTERTAINMENT?
DEFINITELY.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD CHARGE
THREE TIMES AS MUCH,
AND IT STILL
WOULDN'T MATTER, THOUGH.
WHAT?
KAREN, EVEN IF
WE SELL OUT,
WE'RE NOT GONNA
RAISE ENOUGH MONEY.
HEY, BABE.
HOW WAS WORK?
IS THERE ANY WINE LEFT?
THAT BAD, HUH?
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST,
BUT I DON'T THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON?
I HATE THIS JUNK.
IT'S ALMOST OVER.
HEY, DON'T YOU
KNOW THAT GUY?
I THOUGHT HE WENT
TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH YOU.
YEAH, JACE GALLER.
WELL, THIS IS A HIT SHOW,
I BET YOU HE'S
MAKING A FORTUNE.
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.
[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]
[HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD]
FREEZE!
AND CUT!
THAT WAS GREAT, JACE.
THANKS.
I FOUND THAT BELT
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR,
THE ONE
IN THE MAGAZINE?
IT'S A CUSTOM DEAL,
MADE IN SANTA FE.
$1,200.
ORDER IT.
ORDER TWO.
DONE.
YOU GOT A LOT OF
FAN MAIL THIS WEEK.
THIS ONE CAME SPECIAL DELIVERY
FROM KANSAS CITY.
[KAREN, WRITES]: "DEAR JACE.
"YOU PROBABLY
DON'T REMEMBER ME,
"MY NAME IS KAREN DAVIS.
"WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER."
"I'M WRITING TODAY
"BECAUSE OUR OLD MUSIC TEACHER,
ALYSON,
"IS IN TROUBLE.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
INTENDS TO..."
HEY!
LET ME OUT OF HERE!
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
ONE DAY,
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE SORRY.
[LAUGHING HARDER]
BOOK ME A FLIGHT
TO KANSAS CITY ON MONDAY,
AND MAKE A HOTEL RESERVATION.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN KANSAS CITY?
IT'S A CHANCE
TO CHANGE THE PAST, KENNY.
[KAREN]: SO, AS YOU KNOW,
A GROUP OF US ARE DOING
A FUNDRAISER HERE AT THE SCHOOL
TO KEEP THE MUSIC
PROGRAM GOING,
AND WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE COOL
IF SOME OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS
WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL.
SINGING OR DANCING,
HELPING WITH THE SETS,
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I KNOW MY DAUGHTER, MOLLY,
IS GOING TO BE JOINING US.
I'M SO PROUD.
SO, IF ANYBODY ELSE
IS INTERESTED,
PLEASE LET MS. DALEY KNOW.
THANK YOU
SO MUCH, KAREN.
SO, DOESN'T THAT
SOUND LIKE FUN?
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,
YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
MEANWHILE, I'LL SEE YOU GUYS
NEXT WEEK, OKAY?
THANKS, HAVE A GREAT DAY.
BYE.
HEY, MOLLY?
IF YOU GET YOUR THINGS,
I'LL MEET YOU
AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
I WAS GOING TO WALK HOME
WITH THE GIRLS.
WELL, IT'S
SUPPOSED TO RAIN,
SO YOU'D BETTER LET ME
DRIVE YOU HOME.
OKAY, BABE?
YEAH, OKAY.
OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
DO WHAT?
LET THEM GO.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO DO IT
EVERY YEAR, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT EASY,
BUT I IMAGINE,
NOT AS HARD AS
WITH YOU AND MOLLY.
WELL, WITH MOLLY AND ME,
IT'S DIFFERENT.
I HAD HER MY FIRST YEAR
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW.
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS ALWAYS
REVOLVED AROUND HER.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO
LET 'EM GO SOMETIME.
WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT.
[CHUCKLES]
SEE YOU.
SEE YOU LATER.
♪ THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED
AND WE'RE TOGETHER ♪
♪ THIS IS CERTAINLY
A SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE MEANS MUCH MORE
THAN JUST THE TWO OF US ♪
♪ TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE
THE HUMAN RACE-- ♪
OKAY, STOP, STOP, STOP.
STOP RIGHT THERE.
- IT'S ME, RIGHT?
- NO, IT'S ME.
I'M COMING IN LATE
EVERY TIME.
NO, REALLY,
IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT.
I THINK YOU'RE TRYING
A LITTLE HARD.
YOU'RE PUSHING
THE NOTES,
AND YOU'RE NOT REALLY
SINGING TOGETHER.
IT'S LATE.
I SAY WE CALL IT A NIGHT
AND WE'LL PICK IT UP
RIGHT HERE TOMORROW.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
GOOD WORK.
WELL, ALL WE HAVE
IS UP FROM HERE, RIGHT?
YEAH. OH, I'M GONNA...
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE, GUYS!
GOOD NIGHT.
CAN I GIVE YOU
A RIDE HOME TONIGHT?
[GIGGLES]
YOU ASK ME THAT
EVERY NIGHT,
AND EVERY NIGHT,
I SAY YES.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SAID NO?
I'D SAY GOOD-NIGHT.
YOU WOULDN'T BE
DISAPPOINTED?
ARE YOU WANTING ME TO SAY
THAT DRIVING YOU TO
YOUR PARENTS' HOUSE AT NIGHT
IS THE HIGHLIGHT
OF MY DAY?
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, YEAH.
YOU NEVER
GO WITH THE FLOW, DO YOU?
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PADDLE
AGAINST THE CURRENT.
YOU'RE REALLY GOOD
IN THE SHOW.
OH, PLEASE.
YOU ARE.
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT VOICE,
AND YOU DANCE
LIKE A DANCER.
YOU'RE THE REAL DEAL.
YOU'RE GOOD, TOO.
PLEASE DON'T INSULT ME.
I SAID YOU'RE GOOD--
THAT'S AN INSULT?
NO, YOU THINK
I THINK I'M GOOD,
AND THAT'S THE INSULT.
YOU'RE NOT TERRIBLE,
HOW'S THAT?
THAT'S BETTER.
THAT WAS GOOD.
CAN I SAY THAT?
YEAH.
THIS, I'M GOOD AT.
MR. GALLER?
YEAH?
SO, YOU, UH,
YOU GET BACK HERE MUCH?
NEVER.
[TSKS QUIETLY]
GOT IT.
- LET'S GO.
- OKAY.
♪ WE'RE DOING WORK WITH
MEANING, IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE HAS GROWN
AND WE'VE MADE IT KNOWN ♪
♪ IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ WE'VE CLIMBED
OUT OF THE HOLE ♪
♪ FOR OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS
OUR SOUL ♪
♪ TO LIVE LIFE! ♪
[APPLAUDING]
[WHISTLES]
BRAVO.
JACE?
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?
YOU DIDN'T TELL HER?
I WASN'T SURE
YOU'D COME.
AND MISS NORTHSIDE HIGH'S
GREATEST PRODUCTION EVER?
FAME'S BEEN GOOD TO YOU.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
YOU LOOK LIKE
A MOVIE STAR.
A TV STAR, ANYWAY.
A BIG ONE.
[SHEILA]: WELL,
WHATEVER YOU ARE,
IT'S AWESOME
THAT YOU'RE HERE.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
BEFORE I FORGET,
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY?
ZACK, OF COURSE.
I HEARD YOU BECAME
A BIG BUSINESSMAN HERE IN TOWN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, IT'S NOT
HOLLYWOOD, BUT...
WOW, THAT IS
INCREDIBLY GENEROUS OF YOU.
WELL, IT'S FOR
A GOOD CAUSE, RIGHT?
WELL, I HAVEN'T CAST
YOUR PART YET, JACE.
I THOUGHT THAT I'D USE
ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
BUT AS LONG AS
YOU'RE HERE--
WELL, MY NAME WOULD PROBABLY
SELL A FEW MORE TICKETS, RIGHT?
I SHOULD PROBABLY
BE THE LEAD?
OH, UH,
THAT'S ACTUALLY ZACK'S PART.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S FINE.
YOU SURE?
YEAH, YOU'RE A STAR.
YOU SHOULD BE THE STAR.
WELL, THIS IS
A REHEARSAL.
LET US REHEARSE.
HERE'S THE MUSIC,
IF YOU WANT TO
TAKE A LOOK THERE.
OH, I GOT IT, MRS. DALEY.
- HIT IT.
- OH. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
[STARTS MUSIC PLAYBACK]
♪ MY DAD WORKED HARD
BUT NEVER GOT TOO FAR ♪
♪ THAT'S LIFE ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS SMALL
I COULDN'T WAIT TO BE TALL ♪
♪ AND LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ FOR ME, IT WAS ALL PLAIN
NO NEED TO GO INSANE ♪
♪ IT'S ALL IN YOUR BRAIN ♪
♪ I'LL LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ MY MOM WAS A MOM
THAT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ SHE HAD TWO KIDS
DAD, DOGS AND THE CAT ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ♪
♪ THERE'S MORE I WANT TO BE ♪
♪ I'VE FALLEN
FAR FROM THE TREE ♪
♪ IT'S MY LIFE ♪
[♪♪]
♪ THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED
AND WE'RE TOGETHER ♪
♪ THIS IS CERTAINLY
A SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE MEANS MUCH MORE
THAN JUST THE TWO OF US ♪
♪ TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE
THE HUMAN RACE ♪
♪ WE'RE DOING WORK WITH MEANING
IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE HAS GROWN
AND WE'VE MADE IT KNOWN ♪
♪ IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ WE'VE CLIMBED
OUT OF THE HOLE ♪
♪ FOR OUR HEARTS
OUR MINDS, OUR SOUL ♪
♪ TO LIVE LIFE! ♪
[APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
♪ A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ♪
♪ ON A CHILD WHEN SHE'S BORN ♪
♪ NO ONE KNOWS ♪
♪ WHAT SHE WILL BE ♪
♪ UNTIL SHE GROWS ♪
♪ I WONDER ♪
♪ WHAT THE STARS
HAVE PLANNED FOR ME ♪
[MRS. DALEY STOPS MUSIC TRACK]
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
NO, NOTHING, NOTHING.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST-- I HAD AN IDEA.
I...
I WAS THINKING THAT
THIS SONG WOULD BE EVEN LOVELIER
IF YOU SANG IT AS A DUET.
OKAY. WITH WHO?
WELL, I WAS THINKING
MAYBE, UH...
MAYBE...
A YOUNGER VERSION OF YOURSELF?
ME?
MM-HMM.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I LOVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU
THINK, MOLLY?
OKAY, SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
GREAT.
GET UP THERE.
SO...
ALL RIGHT, GET UP THERE.
NOW, BACK, BACK BEHIND HER.
BACK, BACK, BACK...
BACK...
THERE YOU GO.
EXCELLENT.
SO, YOU COME IN
AFTER THE FIRST VERSE,
AND THEN JOIN IN
ON THE REPEATS, TOO.
OKAY?
THAT WAY, IT'S LIKE
YOU'RE SINGING AS HER SHADOW.
OKAY?
LET'S GO.
UH, WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU AND I SING IT TOGETHER
SO MOLLY KNOWS--
NO, NO, NO, I DON'T SING,
YOU KNOW THAT.
MOLLY KNOWS
PERFECTLY WELL
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
DON'T YOU?
[GENTLY] OKAY.
READY.
[♪♪]
♪ A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ♪
♪ ON A CHILD
WHEN SHE'S BORN... ♪
♪ NO ONE KNOWS ♪
♪ WHAT SHE WILL BE ♪
♪ UNTIL SHE GROWS... ♪
THAT'S WHERE
YOU COME IN, MOLLY.
I'M SORRY.
MY THROAT'S
KIND OF SORE.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SING TONIGHT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU HAVE
A TEMPERATURE?
IT'S JUST MY THROAT.
IT HURTS.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S LATE.
YOU CAN WORK ON THIS
AT HOME TOGETHER,
AND WE'LL PICK THIS UP
BACK MONDAY, OKAY?
THANKS.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
I'VE GOT
SOME COUGH DROPS.
I'M NOT COUGHING.
I CAN DO IT MYSELF, MOM.
GOOD NIGHT.
WELL, YOU WERE GOOD.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOOD.
OF COURSE, I SAY.
THAT'S CUTE--
DEE DEE?
YUP?
I WAS THINKING
MAYBE WE COULD, UH,
WORK ON THAT SONG FROM EARLIER.
THE ONE ON THE LADDER?
WORK THROUGH
THE BEATS A BIT,
FIGURE IT OUT?
YEAH, SURE.
OH, YOU MEAN NOW?
TONIGHT?
WELL, WE COULD DO IT
OVER DINNER.
MY HOTEL DINING ROOM
IS OPEN TILL 11:00.
UNLESS, OF COURSE,
YOU HAD OTHER PLANS?
UH...
NO?
I GUESS NOT.
UM...
WE DO REALLY HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
YEAH. OKAY.
GOOD-NIGHT.
MY DRIVER'S OUT FRONT.
[CHUCKLING] OH...
OKAY.
[PLAYING NOTES]
[♪♪]
I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD,
BEING AROUND US.
BUT WE REALLY NEED YOU,
MRS. DALEY.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN CRY, MRS. DALEY.
IT'S OKAY.
IF I WERE YOU,
I'D BE CRYING ALL THE TIME.
DOES SHE HAVE
A TEMPERATURE?
NO.
SHE WAS FINE UNTIL
MRS. DALEY ASKED HER
TO SING WITH ME.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SHE WAS TOO SICK
TO PERFORM.
THAT'S WEIRD.
YOU TWO USED TO SING AND DANCE
TOGETHER ALL OVER THE HOUSE
WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE.
MAYBE SHE REALLY IS SICK.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
MAYBE SHE'S SICK OF ME?
NO, BABY.
[♪♪]
[DEE DEE]: I DON'T KNOW
WHEN I'LL BE HOME,
BUT I'VE GOT MY KEY.
MOM, HE IS SITTING
RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
MY MOM WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU LOOK LIKE YOU DO ON TV.
AND MY DAD WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU DO
YOUR OWN STUNTS.
YEAH, I WILL
ASK HIM THAT.
MY MOM WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU WANT TO COME OVER
FOR DINNER SOMETIME.
I'D LOVE TO.
HE SAYS HE'D LOVE TO.
MOM, I'M AT A TABLE,
AND I REALLY HATE IT
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ON THEIR
CELL PHONES AT THE TABLE.
SO I'M--
OKAY.
BYE.
SORRY.
THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T TALKED
ABOUT THE SHOW AT ALL.
TONIGHT ISN'T ABOUT
A SCENE IN A SHOW.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
IT'S ABOUT YOU AND ME
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.
YOU KNOW...
IT'S LATE.
I SHOULD GO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO,
YOU COULD STAY.
UH, NO,
THEY'RE CLOSING, SO...
I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT
THE DINING ROOM.
I GOTTA GO.
WELL, MY DRIVER'S GONE,
BUT I CAN CALL YOU A CAB.
OH, NO, NO--
I CAN GET MY OWN CAB,
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT, UM,
THANK YOU...
AND GOOD NIGHT.
YEAH.
OKAY, YOU'RE
TRANSFERRING 10,000
FROM THE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT
INTO YOUR
BUSINESS ACCOUNT.
[MRS. DALEY'S VOICE]:
YOU'VE BEEN HURT IN YOUR LIFE,
BUT THAT DOES NOT
GIVE YOU LICENSE
TO HURT OTHERS.
WHY NOT SURPRISE EVERYONE
AND BE BETTER
THAN THEY EXPECT YOU TO BE?
MR. HALL?
IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE WANTING TO DO?
I'LL CALL YOU
WHEN I'M DONE?
YES, SIR.
OH, THAT POT ROAST
SMELLS DELICIOUS.
I FIGURED THE ONE THING
YOU DON'T GET OUT THERE
IS MIDWESTERN HOME COOKING.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
IN L.A., THEY ALWAYS
TAKE YOU OUT FOR DINNER,
THEY NEVER HAVE YOU OVER.
THIS IS A REAL TREAT.
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
THIS IS NICE.
[CLINKING GLASSES]
OH, NANCY DURHAM'S
HALLOWEEN PARTY.
THAT'S ME AS MADONNA.
ARE YOU IN HERE?
NOPE.
WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE GONE,
IT WAS AWESOME.
I DON'T THINK NANCY DURHAM
EVEN KNEW I EXISTED.
I BET SHE DOES NOW.
YOU DON'T SEEM WORRIED
ABOUT BEING ALONE
IN HERE WITH ME.
MY PARENTS
ARE RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU KNOW, SOME GUYS MIGHT
TAKE THAT AS A CHALLENGE.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE NOT
ONE OF THEM, YOU'RE YOU.
[CHUCKLES]
AND WHO,
IN YOUR OPINION, IS THAT?
A GUY THAT WAS HARD TO LIKE
IN HIGH SCHOOL
BUT TURNED OUT REALLY NICE.
HARD TO LIKE?
[STAMMERING] YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN--.
I DON'T MEAN IT AS AN INSULT,
I'M COMPLIMENTING
HOW YOU TURNED OUT.
DID I HURT--
I'M SORRY, DID I
HURT YOUR FEELINGS?
I TOTALLY
DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT--
I LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD.
I DON'T GET HURT FEELINGS.
BUT IT'S GETTING LATE,
I SHOULD GET GOING.
SURE, YEAH,
I'LL WALK YOU OUT.
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I'LL THANK YOUR PARENTS
ON THE WAY OUT.
SEE YA.
[SIGHING HEAVILY]
♪ OUR HEARTS ARE BURSTING ♪
♪ NOTHING TO SAY ♪
♪ WE HAVE LIVED FOREVER ♪
♪ WAITING FOR ONE DAY ♪
♪ TO... ♪
♪ DAY! ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[APPLAUSE]
GREAT.
GOOD WORK, EVERYBODY.
RUN-THROUGHS
ARE ALWAYS HARD,
THIS WAS NO EXCEPTION,
BUT WE'RE COMING ALONG.
I WILL SEE YOU ALL
TOMORROW NIGHT.
OKAY?
AND, JACE, WOULD YOU MIND
STAYING AFTER?
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME
WITH SOMETHING.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT,
MRS. DALEY.
THANKS. GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
GOOD NIGHT, KIDS.
LOOKS LIKE YOUR BOYFRIEND
WAS KEPT AFTER SCHOOL.
MY BOYFRIEND?
OH, PLEASE,
WE WENT FOR DINNER
THAT ONE TIME
TO TALK ABOUT THE SHOW.
KAREN TOLD ME
YOU INVITED HIM
TO DINNER AT YOUR HOUSE.
NO, MY PARENTS
INVITED HIM OVER.
THEY GOT AN AUTOGRAPH
OUT OF IT.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO
YOUR PARENTS' HOUSE
FOR DINNER.
WELL, IF YOU'RE THAT
HARD-UP FOR A POT ROAST,
YOU CAN COME OVER
ANYTIME.
OKAY, SO I HAVE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT THEN?
WORRY ABOUT WHAT?
YOU AND HIM.
[CHUCKLES]
YOU SHOULD
HEAR YOURSELF.
THE IDEA THAT JACE AND I ARE...
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK
HE'S GONNA DO?
HE'S GONNA WHISK ME
AWAY TO HOLLYWOOD
IN HIS DESIGNER LUGGAGE?
FOR A PROFESSIONAL ACTRESS,
THAT WAS NOT VERY CONVINCING.
I'M NOT ACTING.
[CHUCKLING]
LET'S GO.
JACE, THIS IS A LITTLE AWKWARD.
YOU'RE A WELL-KNOWN ACTOR,
AND I'M A HIGH-SCHOOL
DRAMA COACH.
IT'S PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME
TO CRITIQUE YOUR PERFORMANCE,
BUT...
ABOUT YOUR
APPROACH HERE,
WHY ARE YOU
SO TENTATIVE?
MY APPROACH?
YEAH. YOU'RE
A CONFIDENT ACTOR,
BUT HERE IN REHEARSALS,
YOU SEEM TO HAVE
A LACK OF CONFIDENCE,
YOU'RE KIND OF RUBBING OFF
ON ZACK AND DEE DEE.
WHAT'S...
WHAT'S GOING ON?
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
I'D COME BACK HERE,
AND WITH WHO I AM NOW,
THAT EVERYTHING WAS
GOING TO BE DIFFERENT,
YOU KNOW, BUT...
IN A WEIRD KIND OF WAY,
IT'S WORSE.
YOU KNOW, BACK THEN,
I COULD HANG ON TO THE FUTURE,
AND HOPE THAT IT WAS
GOING TO BE BETTER.
I MEAN, YOU
HELPED ME DO THAT.
BUT NOW IT IS THE FUTURE,
AND HERE I AM,
AND I GOT THE SAME OLD KNOTS
IN MY STOMACH.
MAYBE IT'S JUST WHAT
SOME ACTING TEACHERS CALL
"A SENSE MEMORY."
CAN IT HELP ME
FEEL BETTER ABOUT BEING HERE?
I CAN'T DO THAT.
ONLY YOU CAN DO THAT
FOR YOURSELF.
BUT WHAT I COULD DO
IS HELP YOU OWN THIS ROLE
IN THIS SHOW.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A START?
...MRS. DALEY HASN'T
SETTLED ON COSTUMES,
BUT I WAS THINKING
THAT WE COULD GET
MATCHING OUTFITS MADE UP,
WITH YOURS BEING LIKE
THE CHILD'S VERSION OF MINE.
MOM, I CAN'T DO IT.
DO WHAT?
IT. THIS. I CAN'T.
CAN'T?
DON'T WANT TO.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
MOM, JUST PLEASE DON'T
MAKE ME DO THE SHOW.
LOOK, THE COSTUMES
WERE JUST AN IDEA--
IT'S NOT THE COSTUMES,
IT'S THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S THE SHOW,
JUST DON'T MAKE ME DO IT!
WILL IT WORK WITHOUT HER?
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT WAS,
WE WERE DOING IT TOGETHER.
YEAH, WELL, YOU THINK
IT'S JUST STAGE FRIGHT?
NO, IT'S MOM-FRIGHT.
WE WERE GOING TO BE
ONSTAGE TOGETHER.
IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN... NICE.
BUT APPARENTLY NOT FOR HER.
HOW DO YOU THINK
THAT MAKES ME FEEL?
HONEY, NO OFFENSE,
BUT YOU'RE THE GROWN-UP.
MOLLY'S THE KID,
SO HER FEELINGS KIND OF
GOT TO COME FIRST HERE.
WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME
WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE KID'S RIGHTS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT
THE MOTHER'S RIGHTS?
WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS?
YOUR RIGHTS FOR WHAT,
TO STOP OUR DAUGHTER
FROM GROWING UP?
BREAKFAST AT NIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T
DONE THIS IN YEARS.
WE USED TO LOVE IT.
REMEMBER THAT TIME
YOU POURED HOT COFFEE
ALL OVER YOUR PANCAKES?
I THOUGHT IT WAS SYRUP.
[LAUGHING]
THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY.
I BET YOU WOULDN'T
THINK SO NOW.
NO.
NO, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T.
TELL ME SOMETHING.
DID I USED TO BE
A NICER PERSON?
WE USED TO HAVE MORE FUN.
WE DID HAVE
MORE FUN, DIDN'T WE?
YOU KNOW,
BEING IN THIS SHOW AGAIN,
IT'S REALLY GOT ME THINKING
ABOUT THE WAY THINGS WERE.
YOU KNOW? WHEN
WE FIRST STARTED OUT.
ME TOO.
I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A BAD THING.
I'M GOING TO MAKE
MORE DECISIONS WHILE DRINKING.
[LAUGHING]
I'M KIDDING.
HEY, I, UM,
I ASKED MRS. DALEY
HOW SHE THOUGHT
WE WERE DOING.
AND?
SHE SAID THAT
WE WERE AS GOOD
AS WE INTEND TO BE.
I TAKE THAT AS AN INSULT.
WELL, AN INSULT
WOULDN'T BE HER STYLE.
WHAT WOULD BE?
A CHALLENGE.
[YELPING AND LAUGHING]
[GRUNTING AWKWARDLY]
[GROANING IN PAIN]
OKAY, THIS WAS
SO MUCH EASIER
IN MY OLD TRUCK.
[LAUGHING]
WE WERE YOUNGER WHEN
WE WERE IN YOUR OLD TRUCK.
WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE
TO DINNER WITH JACE.
THERE'S MORE ROOM
IN HIS LIMOUSINE.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
HE'S A WEIRDO,
I COULDN'T PICTURE
BEING WITH HIM LIKE THIS.
SO, YOU HAVE
TRIED TO PICTURE IT?
[SIGHS]
COULD YOU JUST GET OVER
THIS WEIRD THING THAT YOU HAVE
ABOUT JACE GALLER, PLEASE?
OKAY.
I JUST HAVE
ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHO WOULD YOU RATHER BE WITH,
ME OR JACE?
ARE WE IN HIGH SCHOOL
RIGHT NOW?
SO YOU'D RATHER BE WITH HIM.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I THINK I'D RATHER
BE ALONE RIGHT NOW.
COME ON, YOUR HOUSE
IS FIVE BLOCKS FROM HERE.
YEAH, I KNOW
WHERE IT IS.
COME ON, LET ME
GIVE YOU A RIDE, PLEASE?
REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU
WHAT YOU'D DO IF I SAID NO?
♪ I'VE LOOKED AROUND ♪
♪ BEEN SEARCHIN' HIGH AND LOW ♪
♪ I'VE FOUND
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ♪
♪ IT'S JUST NOT
WHAT I KNOW ♪
♪ I'M SURE THERE'S MORE ♪
♪ I'VE ALWAYS FELT IT
IN MY CORE-- ♪
OKAY, STOP IT RIGHT THERE.
ZACK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH IT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE
BARELY PRESENT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO, THEN?
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WAKE UP.
BE FULL OF LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO SHOW SOME LIFE.
JACE, YOU'RE UP.
♪ I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ♪
♪ I SAW IT IN A DREAM ♪
♪ A LIGHT SHINED
ON A PATH IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN
BROUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ LOOK WITHIN TO BEGIN ♪
♪ TOWARDS THE SUN... ♪
♪ LOOK AT US
WE ARE TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE HAVE STAYED THROUGH
STORMY WEATHER ♪
♪ LOOK AT US ♪
♪ THE ONES
WHO FOLLOWED OUR DREAMS-- ♪
JERK!
NO, STOP!
STOP! HEY, NO!
ZACK, ZACK, STOP IT!
YOU BACK OFF RIGHT NOW!
BACK OFF!
OKAY, FINE!
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
HOLLYWOOD, YOU WANT THE SHOW,
YOU WANT THE STAGE,
TAKE IT.
OH, NOW, COME ON...
DON'T DO THAT.
I QUIT!
COME-COME BACK!
[DOOR SLAMS]
WHAT DO WE DO?
GIVE HIM HIS PART BACK.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME.
[MRS. DALEY]: NO, COME ON, JACE.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO
SOLVE ANYTHING.
IT'LL SOLVE EVERYTHING.
SEE YA.
WELL...
OKAY.
I GUESS WE'RE DONE HERE.
UH...
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS,
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
AND YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST
KEEP THIS BETWEEN OURSELVES,
AND EVERYBODY ELSE, UH...
WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[SIGHING HEAVILY]
SO, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WELL, I SAY THAT WE
RECONVENE TOMORROW NIGHT
AND SEE IF
OUR LEADING MEN SHOW UP.
MEANWHILE, I'M GUESSING
YOU NEED A RIDE HOME?
[CHUCKLING]
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
YEAH.
HEY...
DO YOU WANT TO
RUN OUR NUMBER?
I MEAN, THERE'S NOBODY HERE
TO CRITICIZE US.
COME ON.
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED
WITH PASSION ♪
♪ FOR HIS MIND ♪
♪ IT'S IN MY MIND ♪
♪ HE'S JUST MY KIND ♪
♪ IT'S ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I ♪
♪ WOULD FIND ♪
♪ A LOVE SO BLIND ♪
♪ DREAMS OF THIS KIND... ♪
AND THEN WE KISS.
RIGHT.
SO?
SO I THINK WE SOUND
PRETTY GOOD.
YOU'RE DARN RIGHT.
UP TOP.
[CHUCKLING]
ONE MORE?
SURE.
[DEE DEE]:
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD
HAVING YOUR TEACHER
AT YOUR HOUSE.
YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY
MY STUDENT ANYMORE.
I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
IT'S MY FAULT,
YOU KNOW.
OH, YOU MEAN, WHAT
HAPPENED EARLIER TONIGHT?
IT'S KIND OF ABOUT ME,
BUT IT IS
SO RIDICULOUS.
IT'S NICE FOR THE EGO
TO BE FOUGHT OVER.
LOTS OF EPIC POEMS
AND GREAT NOVELS
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
ABOUT THAT.
NOT ABOUT ME.
SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT, DEE DEE?
UH...
I'M NOT SURE
I WANT EITHER ONE OF THEM.
OH, I'M NOT
TALKING ABOUT DATING.
I MEAN LIFE.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT IN LIFE?
I DON'T...
I'M NOT SURE I KNOW ANYMORE.
[CHUCKLES RUEFULLY]
WELL, YOU LEFT
TO PURSUE A CAREER,
A REALLY DIFFICULT CAREER,
WHICH IS GOING WELL.
BROADWAY?
AND NOW
A NEW SHOW--
THERE IS NO NEW SHOW.
DID THEY CANCEL IT?
NOPE, UH... NO, UH...
[CHUCKLING AWKWARDLY]
THERE NEVER WAS A SHOW.
I, UM...
I HAVEN'T WORKED AS AN ACTOR,
OR A SINGER,
OR EVEN IN A CHORUS
FOR...
THREE YEARS.
AFTER THE SHOW
IN NEW YORK CLOSED,
I COULDN'T GET ARRESTED,
SO I MOVED TO CHICAGO
BECAUSE I THOUGHT
THAT RENT WAS CHEAPER,
AND... I COULD JUST
WAIT TABLES
UNTIL THE NEXT ACTING GIG
CAME ALONG.
[LAUGHS]
AND I'M STILL WAITING.
THE ONLY REASON
I'M HERE
IS BECAUSE MY PARENTS
SENT ME THE MONEY
FOR A PLANE TICKET.
SO, WHY HAVEN'T YOU GIVEN UP?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IF I HAD KNOWN
THAT IT WAS GONNA BE AS HARD
AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE--
YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT?
I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK YOU ARE.
BUT GO AHEAD,
FINISH THE SENTENCE.
IF YOU HAD KNOWN
THAT IT WOULD BE SO HARD,
YOU WOULD HAVE..?
I WOULD HAVE BEEN...
STRONGER.
[SNIFFLES]
I THINK
YOU'RE STRONGER
THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
THINGS WEREN'T
WORKING OUT IN NEW YORK,
SO YOU MOVED
TO CHICAGO.
THAT'S NOT GIVING UP.
THAT'S RE-BOOTING.
DON'T FIGHT THAT, ACCEPT THAT.
YOU DID SOMETHING
THAT I COULD NEVER DO.
YOU'RE STRONG,
AND YOU'RE SMART,
AND YOU BELIEVE
IN YOURSELF
IN SPITE OF YOURSELF.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME
YOU STOP PRETENDING
THAT YOU DON'T.
[SNIFFLING]
THANK YOU.
[CHUCKLING]
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[MRS. DALEY]: SO, WHY DO YOU
TORTURE JACE THE WAY YOU DO?
HE THINKS HE'S SO GOOD
AT, LIKE, ACTING
AND SINGING AND STUFF.
YOU DON'T THINK
HE'S VERY GOOD?
HE'S GOOD,
BUT HE NEEDS SOMEONE
TO TAKE HIM DOWN A PEG.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN
ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU'VE THAT FELT LIKE
YOU WERE REALLY GOOD AT?
I WORKED CONSTRUCTION
IN THE SUMMER
RENOVATING
AN OLD BUILDING.
IT TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD.
SO YOU KNEW YOU
WERE GOOD AT IT.
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
AND DID YOU NEED TO BE
TAKEN DOWN A PEG?
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
JACE GALLER.
HEY, IT'S, UH, ZACK.
I'M AT YOUR HOTEL.
[JACE]: WHAT'D YOU DO,
STOP AT HOME AND GET A GUN?
[GRUMBLING]
MEET ME AT THE BAR.
YOU WERE SO TALENTED,
EVEN BACK THEN,
AND YOU WERE SMART,
YOU GOT GOOD GRADES,
YOU KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO,
AND THERE WAS EVERY REASON
TO EXPECT YOU TO DO IT.
THAT'S WHY
YOU PICKED ON ME?
HELL, YES,
AND YOU WERE A CRY-BABY,
WHICH HELPED.
[CHUCKLING IN WONDER]
I ALWAYS RESENTED YOU.
I MEAN, YOU WERE COOL,
TOUGH, GOOD-LOOKING,
ALL THE GIRLS LIKED YOU.
GIRLS DIDN'T LIKE ME.
NOBODY LIKED YOU.
I KNOW.
LOOK...
I ACTED LIKE A REAL JERK
EARLIER TONIGHT,
AND I'M SORRY.
THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE TO SAY.
THANKS.
I MEAN THAT.
I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY.
I CAME VERY CLOSE
TO STEALING SOME OF
THE MONEY YOU BROUGHT.
HOW CLOSE?
ALL THE WAY
TO THE WALK-UP WINDOW.
WOW.
COULDN'T
GO THROUGH WITH IT, THOUGH.
WHY?
IT WASN'T MY MONEY.
NO, WHY WERE YOU GONNA TAKE IT
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
CASH-FLOW PROBLEM.
I WAS GONNA PUT IT BACK
OVER TIME.
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT,
THEN WHY TELL ME?
GET IT OFF MY CHEST.
AT THE RISK OF WHAT
I MIGHT THINK OF YOU?
[LAUGHS]
HOW MUCH WORSE
COULD IT BE
THAN WHAT YOU ALREADY THOUGHT?
[CHUCKLES]
YOU KNOW,
IF YOU NEED MONEY,
- I COULD LOAN YOU--
- I'VE GOT A LOAN.
I'M UP TO MY EYEBALLS IN DEBT,
BUT AT LEAST
IT'S HONEST DEBT.
JUST LET ME HELP YOU OUT.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL--
YOU'RE RICH. OKAY.
JUST SHUT UP.
PLEASE.
OKAY, FORGET IT.
I DON'T FEEL SO BAD NOW
ABOUT TAKING YOUR PART
IN THE SHOW.
YOU FELT BAD?
NOT REALLY.
YEAH.
I DID FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY
ABOUT MAKING A PLAY
FOR DEE DEE.
I MEAN, I SAW THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING
BETWEEN YOU TWO GUYS,
AND I JUST...
I STEPPED
RIGHT IN THERE.
I CAN'T COMPETE WITH YOU.
I MADE A FOOL
OUT OF MYSELF TRYING.
I'LL JUST, I'LL BACK OFF.
NO, I'M
BACKING OFF, ZACK.
I MEAN, MY INTENTIONS
WEREN'T HONORABLE.
I CAME BACK
TO SETTLE SOME OLD SCORES,
AND ALL I REALLY DID
WAS MAKE MYSELF
FEEL WORSE.
[SIGHING]
DON'T GO BACK TO L.A.,
JUST NOT YET.
STAY AND DO THE SHOW.
YOU MEAN THAT?
YEAH, AND I WILL SHAPE UP
AND BE A GOOD SECOND-BANANA.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT
OF SHAPING UP TO DO.
DON'T PUSH IT.
CHEERS.
[GLASSES CLINK]
[KNOCKING FURIOUSLY]
[SLURRING DRUNKENLY]
WE NEED TO REHEARSE
FOR OUR BIG NUMBER.
ZACK NEEDS
A LITTLE HELP.
GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS!
THE PLACE IS PACKED.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE WHOLE CITY SHOWED UP.
REALLY?
I SHOULD PROBABLY
HAND OUT CAMPAIGN FLYERS
AFTER THE SHOW.
I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING.
LISTEN, STOP IT.
REMEMBER, LISTEN FOR YOUR CUES,
REMEMBER TO SMILE,
BUT MOST OF ALL...
HAVE FUN.
HAVE FUN...
[ALL FIDGETING
IN NERVOUS EXCITEMENT]
PLACES!
OKAY, HAVE FUN,
HAVE FUN!
PLACES, PLACES, YES?
[♪♪]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE CAME HERE
FROM SO MANY PLACES ♪
♪ WE CAME HERE
WITH REALLY NO PLAN ♪
♪ WE EACH HOPED
TO START OUR OWN FUTURE... ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE DID, AND HERE WE STAND ♪
♪ WE LIVED FOR TODAY ♪
♪ FROM WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN ♪
♪ LIVING DAY TO DAY ♪
♪ WITHOUT CARING WHAT WE'D DO ♪
♪ BUT WE KNEW ♪
♪ WE'D HELP MAKE CHANGE ♪
♪ IN OUR OWN WAY ♪
♪ WE HAVE CLIMBED SO HIGH ♪
♪ WE HAVE REACHED OUR RAINBOW ♪
♪ WE HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY ♪
♪ FEELING
WHAT THE CLOUDS KNOW ♪
♪ WHERE EAGLES FLY ♪
♪ WHERE DREAMS CAN GROW ♪
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDS HIGH NOTE]
♪ A BRILLIANT THOUGHT ♪
♪ OUR FREEDOM BOUGHT ♪
♪ THE PAST IS DONE ♪
♪ A NEW LIFE BEGUN! ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE FELT THE STING OF CRYING ♪
♪ WE'VE SHED SO MANY TEARS ♪
♪ WE THOUGHT
THAT WE WERE TRYING ♪
♪ WE HAD TO FACE OUR FEARS ♪
♪ WE FINALLY
LEARNED THE ANSWER ♪
♪ IS IN EVERYONE ♪
[APPLAUSE]
♪ OUR HEARTS ARE BURSTING ♪
♪ NOTHING TO SAY ♪
♪ WE HAVE LIVED FOREVER ♪
♪ WAITING FOR ONE DAY ♪
♪ TO... ♪
♪ DAY! ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪...TO A VISION OF LIFE
THAT'S SO CLEAR ♪
♪ THAT IT MAKES ME
DARE TO CARE... ♪
♪ OBSESSION... ♪
♪ THE THOUGHT
HAS STOLEN MY SOUL ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT THAT
I WOULD LET THAT HAPPEN TO ME ♪
♪ PASSION... ♪
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED
WITH PASSION ♪
♪ FOR HIS MY MIND ♪
♪ IT'S IN MY MIND ♪
♪ HE'S JUST MY KIND ♪
♪ IT'S ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT ♪
♪ THAT I WOULD FIND ♪
♪ A LOVE SO BLIND ♪
♪ DREAMS OF THIS KIND... ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
WE NEED TO DO THIS
MORE OFTEN.
DEFINITELY.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
♪ A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ♪
♪ ON A CHILD WHEN SHE'S BORN ♪
♪ NO ONE KNOWS ♪
♪ WHAT SHE WILL BE ♪
♪ UNTIL SHE GROWS ♪
♪ I WONDER... ♪
[MOLLY JOINS IN SINGING]
♪ WHAT THE STARS
HAVE PLANNED FOR ME ♪
♪ I'M PREPARED, YOU SEE ♪
♪ WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS
I'LL BE... ♪
♪ IT ALL STARTS SO SLOW ♪
♪ WE ALL THINK WE KNOW ♪
♪ THAT OUR DREAMS ARE REAL ♪
♪ AND WILL LAST ♪
♪ THEN WE COME TO FIND ♪
♪ THAT IT'S IN OUR MIND ♪
♪ DREAMS CAN FADE AWAY
TOO FAST ♪
♪ AND WE WILL SLOWLY LEARN ♪
♪ WE MUST WAIT OUR TURN ♪
♪ AND IT SIMPLY
MAY NOT COME TO PASS ♪
[♪♪]
♪ I WONDER ♪
♪ IF WE KNEW WHAT WE KNOW ♪
♪ IF WE'D CHANGE ♪
♪ THE WAY WE LIVED ♪
♪ WE DREAMED ♪
♪ WE HOPED... ♪
♪ I WONDER ♪
♪ IS IT WRITTEN FROM THE START ♪
♪ WE'RE JUST HERE
TO PLAY OUR PART ♪
♪ OR ARE WE FREE ♪
♪ TO FOLLOW OUR HEART? ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
♪...FIND THE COURAGE TO FIND ♪
♪ WHAT'S IN YOUR SOUL
HEART AND MIND ♪
♪ IT'S NOT AS HARD
AS IT SEEMS ♪
♪ TO FIND YOUR DREAMS ♪
♪ HAVE THE COURAGE ♪
♪ TO FIND YOUR DREAMS ♪
♪ HAVE THE COURAGE TO FIND ♪
♪ YOUR DREAMS ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING
AND SCREAMING]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
AH...
NOW, REMEMBER, ZACK,
AFTER YOU SEE HER OFF
AT THE AIRPORT TOMORROW,
YOU COME BY THE HOUSE
AND PLEASE HAVE
DINNER WITH US.
ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.
[LAUGHING]
WELL...
SO, I'M THINKING
MAYBE I'LL COME
VISIT YOU
FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
IN CHICAGO?
ISN'T THAT
A LITTLE CORNY?
YEAH.
[LAUGHS]
WELL, IF YOU COME
TO CHICAGO,
I WON'T BE THERE.
COME TO NEW YORK
INSTEAD.
I DECIDED TO GIVE IT
ANOTHER CHANCE.
[CHUCKLES]
AH!
HI, GUYS!
WELL, YOU'VE COME
MORE THAN HALF WAY TO MEET US,
SO LET ME SPEAK WITH THE BOARD
AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I'M A VERY
BIG SUPPORTER
OF MRS. DALEY'S PROGRAM.
[CHUCKLING]
DID I TELL YOU
HOW RADIANT
YOU ARE TONIGHT?
I BELIEVE YOU DID,
BUT I COULD
HEAR THAT AGAIN.
I COULD EXPRESS IT
BETTER IN PRIVATE.
HOW ABOUT...
MY HOUSE...
IN ABOUT AN HOUR?
DON'T LET ME FORGET
TO RETURN THIS.
NO, THAT'S YOURS.
FOR KEEPS.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE
KISSING YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU?
PORCH LIGHT'S ON.
[♪♪]
[TENTATIVELY]
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF-- ♪
[PLAYS WITH CONVICTION]
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN ♪
♪ OTHERS CAN HELP YOU
FIND YOUR WAY ♪
♪ BUT FROM YOUR PATH
DON'T EVER STRAY ♪
♪ SEEK ADVICE BUT ALWAYS KNOW ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEARTS
THE WAY TO GO ♪
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN ♪
I THOUGHT
YOU COULDN'T SING.
WOULDN'T, NOT COULDN'T.
AND NOW?
I FELT LIKE SINGING.
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN... ♪
[PLAYING PIANO]
[ALL SINGING TOGETHER]
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN ♪
♪ OTHERS CAN HELP YOU
FIND YOUR WAY... ♪
♪ BUT FROM YOUR PATH
DON'T EVER STRAY ♪
♪ SEEK ADVICE
BUT ALWAYS KNOW ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEARTS
THE WAY TO GO ♪
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN... ♪
♪ HOW CAN WE
FIND WORDS TO SAY ♪
♪ THE THANKS WE FEEL
WE FEEL EVERY DAY ♪
♪ AND NOW WE KNOW
HOW BIG A PART ♪
♪ YOU GAVE TO US ♪
♪ WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR HEART ♪
♪ IS IT DOUBT I HEAR
JUST LISTEN ♪
♪ IS IT DOUBT I FEAR ♪
♪ JUST LISTEN ♪
♪ I'M SURE I KNOW THAT SOUND ♪
♪ IT CAN'T BE ♪
♪ FOR MY EVERY THOUGHT
JUST GLISTENS ♪
♪ OR AT LEAST THAT'S STILL
WHAT I SEE... ♪
♪ EVERY THOUGHT STILL SEEMS ♪
♪ PROFOUND TO ME ♪
THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING WRONG--
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO STOP
RIGHT THERE, MOLLY.
WAS IT BAD?
NO, NO, NO, IT'S GREAT,
IT'S GREAT.
IT'S JUST, YOU'RE HAVING
A LITTLE TENDENCY
TO GO A LITTLE SHARP
ON THE HIGH NOTES.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
COULD YOU SING IT FOR ME?
NO, NO.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD
TO REHEARSE AT HOME IS
WHEN YOU'RE GOING UP
TO HIT THOSE HIGH NOTES,
ACTUALLY SIT DOWN.
IT'S A GOOD TRICK
TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT
HOW NOT TO BE AFRAID
OF THOSE HIGH NOTES.
JUST, UH, GO BACK
TO THE VERSE.
[RE-STARTS BACKING TRACK]
♪ WORKING IS HARD
DREAMING IS BETTER ♪
♪ PLAY EVERY CARD
OPEN EACH LETTER ♪
♪ DON'T LIVE LIFE BLIND
BE AMAZED BY WHAT YOU FIND ♪
♪ IN YOUR MIND... ♪
♪ I AM PROVING
THERE'S NO LOSING ♪
♪ IF YOU TRUST YOUR BRAIN ♪
[APPLAUSE]
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE CUTS,
BUT MY MUSIC PROGRAM
HAS BEEN A VITAL PART
OF EDUCATION AT NORTHSIDE HIGH
FOR OVER 16 YEARS.
CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME SAID
EARLIER IN THE EVENING,
IT IS NOT FRIVOLOUS.
IT'S ABOUT GIVING CHILDREN
A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES,
TO WORK TOGETHER,
AND DEPEND ON OTHERS
AND BE DEPENDED UPON.
IT BUILDS THEM UP
SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
PLEASE...
DON'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
I THOUGHT YOU DID
VERY WELL IN THERE.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
DID YOU HEAR ME,
ALL PLEADING AND PLAINTIVE?
MIGHT AS WELL JUST
SMACK THEM UPSIDE THE HEAD.
WELL, DON'T FORGET,
YOU'VE GOT
ZACK ON YOUR SIDE.
AND HE'S ONE VOICE.
WHAT CAN HE DO?
NOT MUCH, I'M AFRAID.
THAT'S IT?
I TRIED, MRS. DALEY.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE
AN AFTERSCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM
IS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE
SPENDING THEIR MONEY.
WE'RE TAXPAYERS,
I THOUGHT IT WAS OUR MONEY.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU DID
YOUR BEST.
I WISH THERE WAS
SOMETHING MORE I COULD DO--
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, ZACK.
[SIGHS SADLY] AL, I'M SORRY.
I FEEL TERRIBLE
ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW HOW MUCH
IT MEANS TO YOU.
NOT REALLY.
WANT SOME COMPANY?
NOT TONIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY.
RIGHT, SATURDAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
NIGHT.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[MAN'S VOICE, IN MEMORY]:
SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO COME?
OH, WE PROMISED
JENNY'S MOM
SHE'D LEARN THE WHOLE SONG
THIS WEEK, DIDN'T WE?
HOW ABOUT SOME PIZZA
FOR DINNER?
OH, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
CAN YOU STOP AND GET IT
ON THE WAY HOME?
- OKAY. BYE.
- HAVE FUN!
LET'S GO, BUDDY.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT I'D
LIKE YOU TO TRY TO DO
IS KEEP
YOUR LEFT HAND STEADY
TO BUILD A FOUNDATION
FOR WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND
NEEDS TO DO.
OKAY, LET ME SHOW YOU.
LIKE THIS--
[PLAYING PIANO]
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE YOUR JOURNEY
MUST BEGIN... ♪
♪ OTHERS CAN HELP YOU
FIND YOUR WAY-- ♪
[CAR CRASHING OUTSIDE]
[HORN BLARES,
DOGS BARKING IN ALARM]
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[SIGHS]
ZACK...
YOU'RE RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE,
AREN'T YOU?
YOU'RE USUALLY OUT THE DOOR
10 SECONDS AFTER THE BELL RINGS.
MR. COLLINS WANTED
TO TALK TO ME.
OH? ABOUT WHAT?
NOTHING.
THE VICE-PRINCIPAL
CALLED YOU IN JUST TO CHAT?
HE CAUGHT ME
DITCHING CLASS AGAIN.
I'M OUT FOR A MONTH.
OH.
SUSPENSIONS AREN'T VERY GOOD
FOR YOUR EDUCATION.
I DON'T THINK
HE CARES MUCH.
CAN YOU SING?
WHAT?
HI, EVERYBODY!
YOU ALL KNOW ZACK.
ZACK'S GOING TO BE JOINING US.
YEAH, EVERYONE KNOWS ZACK.
IS THIS THE WAY
YOU GREET ANOTHER PERSON,
A FELLOW HUMAN BEING?
COME ON, I THINK
YOU CAN DO
A LITTLE BETTER
THAN THAT.
"HI, ZACK!"
HI, ZACK.
WELCOME TO THE GROUP.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
HELLO.
HI, KAREN. IT'S ZACK CALLING.
ZACK.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
NO, WAIT, DON'T ANSWER THAT.
I HEARD ALL ABOUT IT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL,
BUT I GOTTA SAY,
I ALWAYS THOUGHT BEVERLY WAS
A LITTLE IRRATIONAL--
YEAH, THANKS, KAREN.
THAT'S NOT REALLY
WHY I'M CALLING, THOUGH.
IT'S ABOUT MRS. DALEY.
OH, NO, SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO HER?
NO, SHE'S OKAY.
THE SCHOOL BOARD
DECIDED TO CANCEL
HER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.
WHAT? HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?
MY DAUGHTER'S IN THAT PROGRAM.
I NEEDED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY
THAT UNDERSTOOD
WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.
YEAH, TO ALL OF US.
WELL...
HOW ABOUT WE GET A BUNCH OF US
FROM THAT FIRST YEAR
AND TAKE MRS. DALEY OUT
TO A NICE DINNER?
THIS IS SHEILA.
OH, HI, KAREN. HOW ARE YOU?
MRS. DALEY?
OF COURSE, I REMEMBER HER.
OKAY, SHEILA,
I THINK FOR YOUR NUMBER,
I'M GOING TO PAIR YOU UP
WITH STEVE.
OH, COME ON, WHAT?
THEY'RE SINGING
A NUMBER TOGETHER,
IT'S NOT LIKE
THEY'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.
MRS. DALEY?
WHAT ABOUT HER?
HER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM
GOT CANCELLED.
THIS IS WHY YOU'RE CALLING ME
AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING?
STEVE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN
BE MARRIED
IF IT WASN'T FOR MRS. DALEY.
BESIDES, YOU'RE
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT THERE, HONEY.
IT'S NOT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE
IS ITCHING TO TALK TO YOU.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT, KAREN.
YEAH, I, UH...
THING IS, I'VE JUST STARTED
REHEARSALS ON A NEW SHOW.
UH, YEAH, I GOT A GREAT PART--
BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF I CAN GET AWAY,
SO I WILL HAVE TO
GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT...
THEY'RE ACTUALLY
CALLING ME RIGHT NOW.
I GOTTA GET ONSTAGE,
SO I'LL CALL YOU--
OKAY, BYE!
[MRS. DALEY]: DEE DEE,
STOP, RIGHT-RIGHT THERE.
COME HERE.
LOOK...
THIS IS A REBELLION SONG,
AGAINST YOUR PARENTS.
DON'T JUST SING IT.
FEEL IT, THEN SING IT, OKAY?
OKAY.
OKAY, TAKE IT BACK.
[DISHES CLATTERING]
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A SECOND?
ALYSON!
OF COURSE.
THANKS.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU
BACK HERE SO SOON AFTER...
AFTER.
I NEED YOUR HELP, ED.
CERTAINLY.
DO YOU WANT SOME MORE
TIME OFF, OR...
NO. NO, NO, NO.
I JUST, UM...
THIS PLACE
KEEPS MY MIND OCCUPIED
FIVE DAYS A WEEK,
BUT ONLY TILL 3:30.
I NEED SOMETHING
TO DO AFTER THAT.
YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T
HAVE TO GO HOME.
I HAVE AN IDEA.
[ALL CHATTING HAPPILY]
...15 YEARS, GUYS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT LONG.
NO, HE DID NOT...
[CHATTING AND LAUGHING]
MS. DALEY!
[ALL CLAPPING]
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
...BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR.
THEY CAN'T JUST LET
THE MUSIC PROGRAM DIE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS MADE
ITS DECISION, DEE DEE.
WELL, IF IT'S JUST
ABOUT MONEY,
WHAT IF
WE ALL PITCH IN?
YOU KNOW, ASK SOME FRIENDS,
PASS THE HAT AROUND?
YEAH, MAYBE IF WE RAISE
ENOUGH MONEY,
WE CAN KEEP IT GOING
FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT
THE YEAR AFTER THAT
AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT--
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY
PASSING THE HAT FOR ME.
I'M NOT A CHARITY CASE.
YOU'RE MAKING IT
SOUND LIKE
SOMETHING BAD,
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING GOOD.
I KNOW THAT.
BUT IT'S OVER.
I HAVE TO LET IT GO.
WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENING.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER IT.
AND EACH OF YOU.
NO MUSHY GOODBYES.
YOU ALL STAY
AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
THANK YOU.
'NIGHT.
'NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
WELL, THAT WENT WELL.
[SHEILA]: YEAH,
I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE
WOULDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
LETTING US HELP HER RAISE
A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WHO SAYS SHE HAS TO KNOW?
WHAT, YOU'RE GOING TO
HIDE IT FROM HER?
BUT HOW DO WE DO IT?
WE COULD PUT ON A SHOW.
AND WHO'S
GOING TO PERFORM?
US.
- WHAT?
- YES.
WE COULD PUT ON THE SAME SHOW
THAT WE DID IN HIGH SCHOOL.
OH, PLEASE TELL ME
YOU'RE JOKING.
NO, NO, SHE'S RIGHT.
ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO
IS GET THE MUSIC,
SOME COSTUMES--
AND 15 YEARS
OF OUR LIVES BACK.
[ZACK]: SO,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
ONE MORE TIME FOR MRS. DALEY?
DAD SAID HE'D BE HOME
AROUND 8:00,
SO WHEN THIS THING DINGS,
JUST TAKE IT OUT.
I KNOW HOW TO TAKE
A MEATLOAF
OUT OF THE OVEN, MOM.
WHERE ARE YOU
GOING, ANYWAYS?
YOU KNOW HOW LAST WEEK,
SOME OF US FROM
MRS. DALEY'S FIRST CLASS
TOOK HER OUT TO DINNER?
WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO
A FUNDRAISER
SO THAT HER CLASS CAN KEEP GOING
AFTER THIS YEAR.
BUT NO ONE KNOWS
ABOUT IT,
SO YOU CAN'T SAY A WORD.
IT'S LUCKY YOU HAD
AN EMPTY OFFICE, ZACK.
IT'S NOT LUCKY,
IT'S SCARY.
HALF THE OFFICES
IN THIS BUILDING ARE EMPTY.
THE ECONOMY WOULD
RECOVER FASTER IF--
NO CAMPAIGNING.
I VOTED FOR YOU, STEVE.
HEY, THANKS, KAREN.
I'M UP FOR RE-ELECTION
NEXT YEAR.
YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO
THE FUND-RAISER, OF COURSE.
WELL, I'LL VOTE FOR YOU
IF YOU PAY ME.
[LAUGHING]
DON'T LAUGH,
IT MAY COME TO THAT.
SO, WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
WELL, I THINK
WE SHOULD NOMINATE
A DIRECTOR.
AND I NOMINATE DEE DEE.
NO, NO, I-I DON'T THINK I...
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE BLOCKING
OR THE CHOREOGRAPHY--
SHE'S JUST BEING MODEST.
TELL THEM WHAT YOU'RE DOING
RIGHT NOW, DEE DEE.
NO, I DON'T THINK
THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT--
DEE DEE IS IN REHEARSALS
FOR A BIG SHOW
THAT'S ABOUT TO GO TO BROADWAY.
SHE HAS THE LEAD ROLE.
OH, WELL,
THEN IT'S SETTLED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF DEE DEE
AS DIRECTOR? AYE?
AYE.
AYE.
OKAY... ALL RIGHT.
WELL, UH,
WHY DON'T WE JUST...
START FROM THE TOP?
- YEAH.
- YEAH?
[♪♪]
♪ I'VE LOOKED AROUND ♪
♪ BEEN SEARCHING
HIGH AND LOW ♪
♪ I'VE FOUND
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ♪
♪ IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I KNOW ♪
♪ I'M SURE THERE'S MORE ♪
♪ I'VE ALWAYS FELT IT
IN MY CORE ♪
♪ I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ♪
♪ I SAW IT IN A DREAM ♪
♪ A LIGHT SHINED ON A PATH
IN THE NIGHT... ♪
[TOGETHER]:
♪ WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ LOOK WITHIN TO BEGIN ♪
♪ TOWARDS THE SUN... ♪
[TEMPO PICKS UP]
♪ LOOK AT US
WE ARE TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE HAVE STAYED
THROUGH STORMY WEATHER ♪
♪ LOOK AT US, THE ONES
WHO FOLLOWED OUR DREAMS ♪
♪ IT'S A STORY TO TELL ♪
♪ WE HAVE STOOD
WHILE OTHERS FELL ♪
♪ WE BELIEVE ♪
♪ WE ARE HEADED FOR GLORY... ♪
WE STILL HAVE IT!
THAT'S NOT BAD!
[LAUGHING IN DELIGHT]
PRACTICE?
YES, I WILL.
YES, I WILL.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE...
DO YOU HAVE A RIDE?
UH, MY DAD
DROPPED ME OFF,
SO I'M JUST GOING TO
CALL HIM TO COME GET ME--
WHOA, NO,
TELL HIM
YOU HAVE A RIDE.
I'M JUST PARKED
AROUND THE CORNER.
WAIT HERE,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
OKAY.
NO, I GOTTA
GO HOME, OKAY?
YOU KNOW HOW MY DAD GETS.
WELL, JUST...
TELL HIM WE RAN OUTTA GAS.
NO, I TOLD HIM THAT
LAST WEEK.
TELL HIM AGAIN?
[GIGGLING]
[GIGGLES]
WHERE'S YOUR OLD TRUCK?
IT'S IN
THE OLD-TRUCK GRAVEYARD,
WHERE IT BELONGS.
THANK YOU.
SO...
LOOKS LIKE THINGS WORKED OUT
PRETTY GOOD
FOR ZACK HALL.
[SCOFFS]
WELL, DON'T BE TOO IMPRESSED.
IT'S LEASED.
AND YOU RENOVATE
OLD BUILDINGS FOR A LIVING.
THAT IS VERY COOL.
NOT AS COOL
AS BEING ON BROADWAY.
I WAS ON BROADWAY ONCE.
WITH A SHOW THAT CLOSED
AFTER SIX PERFORMANCES.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE STILL
A SINGER AND A DANCER, AND...
THAT WAS YOUR DREAM.
WELL, UH--
COME ON,
HOW MANY PEOPLE
GET TO DO EXACTLY WHAT
THEY ALWAYS DREAMED OF DOING?
WELL, LOOK AT YOU.
YOU ARE MORE THAN
YOU COULD'VE EVER DREAMED OF.
[CHUCKLES]
NO OFFENSE, BUT...
YOUR PROSPECTS
WEREN'T THAT GREAT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
TO YOU MAYBE?
NO, I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
I LIKED YOU FOR WHO YOU WERE.
YEAH, YOU ALWAYS DID
HAVE A THING FOR BAD BOYS.
DID NOT.
COME ON.
OKAY, I DID.
YEAH, JUST, UH,
NOT ENOUGH
TO STAND UP TO YOUR PARENTS.
UH...I DIDN'T SEE YOU
FIGHTING MUCH.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
YOU LET THEM WIN.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T FIGHT FOR YOU?
YOU MIGHT HAVE WON.
SO TO BE CLEAR,
IT WAS BETWEEN ME
AND YOUR PARENTS
THE WHOLE TIME?
'CAUSE I WAS
UNDER THE IMPRESSION
IT WAS BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
LOOK, UM...
LET'S JUST
FORGET ABOUT IT, OKAY?
IT WAS A REALLY LONG TIME AGO.
BESIDES, WE HAVE
A SHOW TO DO.
RIGHT?
YEAH.
THANKS FOR THE RIDE.
YEAH.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
YEAH.
YOUNG LADY...
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT TIME IT IS?
YEAH, I TOLD YOU THAT
WE WENT TO THE MOVIES.
IT GOT OUT AT 10:00.
I CALLED THE THEATRE.
WELL, WE GOT A HAMBURGER.
[TOGETHER]: WHERE?
A HAMBURGER PLACE?
YOU WERE OUT WITH THAT BOY.
MOM, HE HAS A NAME.
HE ALSO HAS A REPUTATION.
YOU ARE NOT TO SEE
ZACK HALL EVER AGAIN.
EVER.
DID YOU HAVE
A NICE TIME, HONEY?
[VIDEO GAME WEAPONS BLASTING]
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
HOW ABOUT SOME HOT CHOCOLATE?
YOU KNOW WHAT, MOM,
I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE
A SHOT OF TEQUILA.
[VIDEO GAME GUNS FIRING]
HOT CHOCOLATE SOUNDS GOOD.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
AND JUST REMEMBER,
ESSAYS ARE DUE ON MONDAY.
NO EXCUSES.
BYE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
HE SAID THAT TO HER...
[GIGGLING]
MOLLY?
HI, MRS. DALEY.
HI, UH, LISTEN,
I HAVE SOME FREE TIME
THIS WEEKEND,
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU MIGHT
WANT TO WORK ON THAT KEY CHANGE
IN YOUR SONG.
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IT'S A PRETTY
TRICKY SECTION.
WE CAN GO THROUGH IT
PHRASE BY PHRASE, YOU KNOW?
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK
I'M HAVING TROUBLES,
YOU SHOULD HEAR MY MOM.
HEAR YOUR MOM DO WHAT?
NOTHING.
HEAR YOUR MOM
DO NOTHING?
MOLLY?
I WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO TELL YOU.
[♪♪]
♪ YOU MIGHT THINK TO YOURSELF
THAT I'M QUITE MAD ♪
♪ IT'S JUST A PART OF YOU
THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD ♪
♪ THAT FIRST LITTLE STEP
HAS YOU SCARED ♪
♪ NOT GLAD ♪
♪ IT'S GOOD, NOT BAD ♪
♪ COME ON! ♪
[♪♪]
OH, I'M SORRY, UH...
GUYS, STOP,
LET'S JUST
TAKE IT BACK.
THAT WAS GOOD...
JUST SHOOT ME.
JUST STOP.
STOP, STOP, STOP.
STOP.
RIGHT THERE.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING I TAUGHT YOU?
YES. YES, UH,
BUT THIS IS
OUR THIRD REHEARSAL--
YES, I KNOW!
I GET IT, I GET IT.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M TOUCHED, REALLY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
MRS. DALEY, BEFORE YOU SAY NO--
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING
TO PRESENT YOURSELVES
AS FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE,
WELL...
[CHUCKLES]
I HAVE A REPUTATION
TO PROTECT.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO
SKIP THAT SONG, ALL RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED.
AND LET'S GO ON TO THE STEVE,
DEE DEE, ZACK SONG
AT THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
ZACK, YOU TAKE THE LEAD.
THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS JUST STAND THERE
AND BELT IT OUT, OKAY?
LET'S REMEMBER,
THAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
SOME BRIGHT,
IDEALISTIC YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BECOME DISILLUSIONED.
THE WHOLE FIRST ACT
WE'VE SEEN YOU
IN TERRIBLE JOBS,
DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS,
THAT YOU HAVE
THROWN YOURSELF INTO
SO THAT YOU COULD
FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.
SO...
LET ME FEEL YOU PASSION.
LET ME SEE YOUR DREAMS.
MAKE ME LAUGH,
MAKE ME CRY.
LET'S GO.
WITH A NICE, CRISP IN.
♪ WE LIVED FOR TODAY ♪
♪ FROM WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN ♪
♪ LIVING DAY TO DAY ♪
♪ WITHOUT CARING WHAT WE'D DO ♪
♪ BUT WE KNEW ♪
♪ WE'D HELP MAKE CHANGE
IN OUR OWN WAY... ♪
HI, ED!
I GUESS YOU DIDN'T GET
MY MESSAGES EARLIER?
UH, YES, I DID.
I'M SORRY
I DIDN'T GET BACK TO YOU,
I'VE BEEN
SWAMPED HERE--
OH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK
YOU WERE TRYING
TO AVOID ME.
I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE
YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
TO TELL THEM HOW IMPORTANT
MY MUSIC PROGRAM IS
TO THE KIDS,
THAT'S NO REASON
FOR YOU TO BE HIDING OUT
IN YOUR OFFICE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR
YOU WANTED, ALYSON,
OR DID YOU JUST DROP BY
TO MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY?
GUILTY?
ED, WE'RE OLD FRIENDS,
I WOULD NEVER STOOP TO ANYTHING
AS LOW AS THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A FUNDRAISER
TO KEEP THE MUSIC PROGRAM
HERE AT NORTHSIDE HIGH GOING.
AND I FELT SURE
THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO
BUY SOME TICKETS,
SO I SET A FEW ASIDE
IN YOUR NAME.
THERE MIGHT BE ENOUGH THERE
FOR YOU AND
THE ENTIRE FACULTY.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN SEND ME A CHEQUE.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
THE AUDITORIUM
ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18th.
MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED IT EVERY DAY
FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
I PUT THAT
ON YOUR DESK THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN JUST SIGN THAT ANY TIME.
AND THANKS SO MUCH.
♪ MY DAD WORKED HARD ♪
♪ BUT NEVER GOT TOO FAR
THAT'S LIFE ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS SMALL ♪
♪ I COULDN'T WAIT TO BE TALL
AND LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ FOR ME, IT WAS ALL PLAIN ♪
♪ NO NEED TO GO INSANE ♪
♪ IT'S ALL IN YOUR BRAIN ♪
♪ I'LL LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ MY MOM WAS A MOM
THAT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ SHE HAD TWO KIDS
DAD, DOGS AND THE CAT ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ♪
♪ THERE'S MORE I WANT TO BE ♪
♪ I'VE FALLEN FAR
FROM THE TREE-- ♪
[TURNS OFF RECORDING]
♪ IT'S MY LIFE... ♪
AN EARLY ZACK.
THAT'S NEW.
WELL, I'M NOT
THAT SAME PUNK
YOU TAUGHT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU WEREN'T A PUNK.
JUST A LITTLE LOST.
HOW ABOUT A LOT LOST?
I WAS VERY SORRY TO HEAR
THAT THEY'D FORECLOSED ON
ONE OF YOUR BUILDINGS.
YEAH,
I'M LOSING THE BUILDING,
BUT IT WAS A DRAIN,
GOOD RIDDANCE.
I JUST WISH
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING BETTER
TO TALK ABOUT.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
WELL, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU,
SO WE SHOULD JUST
LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I WAS JUST ASKING
TO SEE IF YOU WERE OKAY.
WELL, I AM OKAY.
I AM.
OKAY.
♪ I HAVE ALWAYS
THOUGHT OF MYSELF ♪
♪ AS A PRACTICAL PERSON... ♪
[♪♪]
♪ NOT ONE TO BE LURED ♪
♪ BY THE SONG OF A DREAM
OR A PRAYER ♪
♪ BUT I'M ON A COURSE ♪
♪ THAT IS STRANGE TO ME ♪
♪ AND I'M ATTRACTED ♪
♪ TO A VISION OF LIFE
THAT'S SO CLEAR ♪
♪ THAT IT MAKES ME
DARE TO CARE ♪
♪ PASSION... ♪
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED
WITH PASSION ♪
♪ FOR HIS MIND ♪
♪ IT'S IN MY MIND... ♪
♪ HE'S JUST MY KIND ♪
♪ IT'S ALL THE TIME... ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT ♪
♪ THAT I WOULD FIND ♪
♪ A LOVE SO BLIND... ♪
♪ DREAMS OF THIS KIND... ♪
[APPLAUSE]
AND THAT'S
WHEN WE KISS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT
INSTEAD OF DOING IT?
WELL, WE'LL DO IT
IN THE SHOW.
IT'S NOT LIKE
WE DON'T KNOW HOW.
[LAUGHING] OKAY.
WHAT?
WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY?
YOU KNOW I WAS DRINKING
WHEN I AGREED TO THIS.
IT'S WHY I HAVE THE POLICY
OF NOT DRINKING
WHEN I HAVE TO
MAKE DECISIONS.
WELL, WE'RE DOING
SOMETHING NICE,
AND WE'RE
DOING IT TOGETHER.
HOW OFTEN
DOES THAT HAPPEN?
WE'VE DONE LOTS
OF NICE THINGS TOGETHER.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE
TRIPS WE WENT ON
THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD.
THAT WAS FUN,
YOU, ME AND MIKEY?
WELL, AT LEAST
HE TURNED OUT WELL.
I GUESS WE DID
SOMETHING RIGHT.
[SCOFFS] I WOULD HOPE SO.
THAT PREP SCHOOL WE GOT HIM IN
IS COSTING US A FORTUNE.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE TURNING HIM
INTO A REPUBLICAN, RIGHT?
HE'S PROBABLY GOING
TO RUN AGAINST ME ONE DAY.
NO, HE'LL HAVE MUCH
BIGGER FISH TO FRY.
FOR THE RECORD,
I LOVE DRIVING YOU HOME.
[GIGGLES]
GOOD NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF I HAD A KEY,
I WOULD'VE HAD THIS
ALL SET UP BY NOW.
WELL, COME IN.
THANK YOU.
HOW'S THE SHOW
COMING?
WELL, YOU MAY NOT
BE SEEING US
AT THE TONY AWARDS, BUT...
THEY'RE SUCH TERRIFIC PEOPLE,
I FEEL LUCKY.
THEY HAD
A GOOD TEACHER.
DOES THIS FEEL AS NORMAL
TO YOU AS IT DOES TO ME?
WHAT?
US, JUST BEING
TOGETHER LIKE THIS,
AT THE END
OF A LONG DAY.
IT'S NICE. THANK YOU.
WELL, THAT'S NOT
WHAT I ASKED.
I ASKED YOU
IF IT FEELS NORMAL.
WHAT WAS NORMAL FOR ME
WAS TAKEN AWAY FOREVER
AND I CAN'T CHANGE THAT.
SO, EVERY SCHOOL YEAR,
YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENTS,
AND I KNOW
YOU CARE ABOUT THEM,
BUT JUST ENOUGH
NOT TO GET
TOO INVOLVED.
AND THEN THEY'RE
OUT OF YOUR HAIR
BY THE END OF THE TERM.
THAT'S YOUR ADJUSTMENT.
AND I HAVE A NICE GENTLEMAN
WHO BRINGS ME CHINESE FOOD,
AND SLEEPS OVER OCCASIONALLY.
THAT'S MY NORMAL NOW.
WHAT IF
IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME?
I CAN'T DO
ANY MORE THAN THAT, RAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO GIVE.
IT'S ALL YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE.
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
NO. IT'S NOT.
I LIKED THE ONE
BEFORE THIS ONE.
YEAH, THAT ONE.
[LAUGHING]
YOU THINK THE TICKET PRICE
IS TOO HIGH?
FOR THE QUALITY
OF THE ENTERTAINMENT?
DEFINITELY.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD CHARGE
THREE TIMES AS MUCH,
AND IT STILL
WOULDN'T MATTER, THOUGH.
WHAT?
KAREN, EVEN IF
WE SELL OUT,
WE'RE NOT GONNA
RAISE ENOUGH MONEY.
HEY, BABE.
HOW WAS WORK?
IS THERE ANY WINE LEFT?
THAT BAD, HUH?
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST,
BUT I DON'T THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON?
I HATE THIS JUNK.
IT'S ALMOST OVER.
HEY, DON'T YOU
KNOW THAT GUY?
I THOUGHT HE WENT
TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH YOU.
YEAH, JACE GALLER.
WELL, THIS IS A HIT SHOW,
I BET YOU HE'S
MAKING A FORTUNE.
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.
[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]
[HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD]
FREEZE!
AND CUT!
THAT WAS GREAT, JACE.
THANKS.
I FOUND THAT BELT
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR,
THE ONE
IN THE MAGAZINE?
IT'S A CUSTOM DEAL,
MADE IN SANTA FE.
$1,200.
ORDER IT.
ORDER TWO.
DONE.
YOU GOT A LOT OF
FAN MAIL THIS WEEK.
THIS ONE CAME SPECIAL DELIVERY
FROM KANSAS CITY.
[KAREN, WRITES]: "DEAR JACE.
"YOU PROBABLY
DON'T REMEMBER ME,
"MY NAME IS KAREN DAVIS.
"WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER."
"I'M WRITING TODAY
"BECAUSE OUR OLD MUSIC TEACHER,
ALYSON,
"IS IN TROUBLE.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
INTENDS TO..."
HEY!
LET ME OUT OF HERE!
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
ONE DAY,
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE SORRY.
[LAUGHING HARDER]
BOOK ME A FLIGHT
TO KANSAS CITY ON MONDAY,
AND MAKE A HOTEL RESERVATION.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN KANSAS CITY?
IT'S A CHANCE
TO CHANGE THE PAST, KENNY.
[KAREN]: SO, AS YOU KNOW,
A GROUP OF US ARE DOING
A FUNDRAISER HERE AT THE SCHOOL
TO KEEP THE MUSIC
PROGRAM GOING,
AND WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE COOL
IF SOME OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS
WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL.
SINGING OR DANCING,
HELPING WITH THE SETS,
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I KNOW MY DAUGHTER, MOLLY,
IS GOING TO BE JOINING US.
I'M SO PROUD.
SO, IF ANYBODY ELSE
IS INTERESTED,
PLEASE LET MS. DALEY KNOW.
THANK YOU
SO MUCH, KAREN.
SO, DOESN'T THAT
SOUND LIKE FUN?
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,
YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
MEANWHILE, I'LL SEE YOU GUYS
NEXT WEEK, OKAY?
THANKS, HAVE A GREAT DAY.
BYE.
HEY, MOLLY?
IF YOU GET YOUR THINGS,
I'LL MEET YOU
AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
I WAS GOING TO WALK HOME
WITH THE GIRLS.
WELL, IT'S
SUPPOSED TO RAIN,
SO YOU'D BETTER LET ME
DRIVE YOU HOME.
OKAY, BABE?
YEAH, OKAY.
OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
DO WHAT?
LET THEM GO.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO DO IT
EVERY YEAR, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT EASY,
BUT I IMAGINE,
NOT AS HARD AS
WITH YOU AND MOLLY.
WELL, WITH MOLLY AND ME,
IT'S DIFFERENT.
I HAD HER MY FIRST YEAR
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW.
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS ALWAYS
REVOLVED AROUND HER.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO
LET 'EM GO SOMETIME.
WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT.
[CHUCKLES]
SEE YOU.
SEE YOU LATER.
♪ THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED
AND WE'RE TOGETHER ♪
♪ THIS IS CERTAINLY
A SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE MEANS MUCH MORE
THAN JUST THE TWO OF US ♪
♪ TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE
THE HUMAN RACE-- ♪
OKAY, STOP, STOP, STOP.
STOP RIGHT THERE.
- IT'S ME, RIGHT?
- NO, IT'S ME.
I'M COMING IN LATE
EVERY TIME.
NO, REALLY,
IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT.
I THINK YOU'RE TRYING
A LITTLE HARD.
YOU'RE PUSHING
THE NOTES,
AND YOU'RE NOT REALLY
SINGING TOGETHER.
IT'S LATE.
I SAY WE CALL IT A NIGHT
AND WE'LL PICK IT UP
RIGHT HERE TOMORROW.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
GOOD WORK.
WELL, ALL WE HAVE
IS UP FROM HERE, RIGHT?
YEAH. OH, I'M GONNA...
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE, GUYS!
GOOD NIGHT.
CAN I GIVE YOU
A RIDE HOME TONIGHT?
[GIGGLES]
YOU ASK ME THAT
EVERY NIGHT,
AND EVERY NIGHT,
I SAY YES.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SAID NO?
I'D SAY GOOD-NIGHT.
YOU WOULDN'T BE
DISAPPOINTED?
ARE YOU WANTING ME TO SAY
THAT DRIVING YOU TO
YOUR PARENTS' HOUSE AT NIGHT
IS THE HIGHLIGHT
OF MY DAY?
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, YEAH.
YOU NEVER
GO WITH THE FLOW, DO YOU?
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PADDLE
AGAINST THE CURRENT.
YOU'RE REALLY GOOD
IN THE SHOW.
OH, PLEASE.
YOU ARE.
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT VOICE,
AND YOU DANCE
LIKE A DANCER.
YOU'RE THE REAL DEAL.
YOU'RE GOOD, TOO.
PLEASE DON'T INSULT ME.
I SAID YOU'RE GOOD--
THAT'S AN INSULT?
NO, YOU THINK
I THINK I'M GOOD,
AND THAT'S THE INSULT.
YOU'RE NOT TERRIBLE,
HOW'S THAT?
THAT'S BETTER.
THAT WAS GOOD.
CAN I SAY THAT?
YEAH.
THIS, I'M GOOD AT.
MR. GALLER?
YEAH?
SO, YOU, UH,
YOU GET BACK HERE MUCH?
NEVER.
[TSKS QUIETLY]
GOT IT.
- LET'S GO.
- OKAY.
♪ WE'RE DOING WORK WITH
MEANING, IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE HAS GROWN
AND WE'VE MADE IT KNOWN ♪
♪ IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ WE'VE CLIMBED
OUT OF THE HOLE ♪
♪ FOR OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS
OUR SOUL ♪
♪ TO LIVE LIFE! ♪
[APPLAUDING]
[WHISTLES]
BRAVO.
JACE?
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?
YOU DIDN'T TELL HER?
I WASN'T SURE
YOU'D COME.
AND MISS NORTHSIDE HIGH'S
GREATEST PRODUCTION EVER?
FAME'S BEEN GOOD TO YOU.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
YOU LOOK LIKE
A MOVIE STAR.
A TV STAR, ANYWAY.
A BIG ONE.
[SHEILA]: WELL,
WHATEVER YOU ARE,
IT'S AWESOME
THAT YOU'RE HERE.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
BEFORE I FORGET,
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY?
ZACK, OF COURSE.
I HEARD YOU BECAME
A BIG BUSINESSMAN HERE IN TOWN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, IT'S NOT
HOLLYWOOD, BUT...
WOW, THAT IS
INCREDIBLY GENEROUS OF YOU.
WELL, IT'S FOR
A GOOD CAUSE, RIGHT?
WELL, I HAVEN'T CAST
YOUR PART YET, JACE.
I THOUGHT THAT I'D USE
ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
BUT AS LONG AS
YOU'RE HERE--
WELL, MY NAME WOULD PROBABLY
SELL A FEW MORE TICKETS, RIGHT?
I SHOULD PROBABLY
BE THE LEAD?
OH, UH,
THAT'S ACTUALLY ZACK'S PART.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S FINE.
YOU SURE?
YEAH, YOU'RE A STAR.
YOU SHOULD BE THE STAR.
WELL, THIS IS
A REHEARSAL.
LET US REHEARSE.
HERE'S THE MUSIC,
IF YOU WANT TO
TAKE A LOOK THERE.
OH, I GOT IT, MRS. DALEY.
- HIT IT.
- OH. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
[STARTS MUSIC PLAYBACK]
♪ MY DAD WORKED HARD
BUT NEVER GOT TOO FAR ♪
♪ THAT'S LIFE ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS SMALL
I COULDN'T WAIT TO BE TALL ♪
♪ AND LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ FOR ME, IT WAS ALL PLAIN
NO NEED TO GO INSANE ♪
♪ IT'S ALL IN YOUR BRAIN ♪
♪ I'LL LIVE LIFE ♪
♪ MY MOM WAS A MOM
THAT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ SHE HAD TWO KIDS
DAD, DOGS AND THE CAT ♪
♪ AND LOVED LIFE ♪
♪ THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ♪
♪ THERE'S MORE I WANT TO BE ♪
♪ I'VE FALLEN
FAR FROM THE TREE ♪
♪ IT'S MY LIFE ♪
[♪♪]
♪ THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED
AND WE'RE TOGETHER ♪
♪ THIS IS CERTAINLY
A SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE MEANS MUCH MORE
THAN JUST THE TWO OF US ♪
♪ TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE
THE HUMAN RACE ♪
♪ WE'RE DOING WORK WITH MEANING
IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE HAS GROWN
AND WE'VE MADE IT KNOWN ♪
♪ IT'S OUR LIFE ♪
♪ WE'VE CLIMBED
OUT OF THE HOLE ♪
♪ FOR OUR HEARTS
OUR MINDS, OUR SOUL ♪
♪ TO LIVE LIFE! ♪
[APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
♪ A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ♪
♪ ON A CHILD WHEN SHE'S BORN ♪
♪ NO ONE KNOWS ♪
♪ WHAT SHE WILL BE ♪
♪ UNTIL SHE GROWS ♪
♪ I WONDER ♪
♪ WHAT THE STARS
HAVE PLANNED FOR ME ♪
[MRS. DALEY STOPS MUSIC TRACK]
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
NO, NOTHING, NOTHING.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST-- I HAD AN IDEA.
I...
I WAS THINKING THAT
THIS SONG WOULD BE EVEN LOVELIER
IF YOU SANG IT AS A DUET.
OKAY. WITH WHO?
WELL, I WAS THINKING
MAYBE, UH...
MAYBE...
A YOUNGER VERSION OF YOURSELF?
ME?
MM-HMM.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I LOVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU
THINK, MOLLY?
OKAY, SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
GREAT.
GET UP THERE.
SO...
ALL RIGHT, GET UP THERE.
NOW, BACK, BACK BEHIND HER.
BACK, BACK, BACK...
BACK...
THERE YOU GO.
EXCELLENT.
SO, YOU COME IN
AFTER THE FIRST VERSE,
AND THEN JOIN IN
ON THE REPEATS, TOO.
OKAY?
THAT WAY, IT'S LIKE
YOU'RE SINGING AS HER SHADOW.
OKAY?
LET'S GO.
UH, WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU AND I SING IT TOGETHER
SO MOLLY KNOWS--
NO, NO, NO, I DON'T SING,
YOU KNOW THAT.
MOLLY KNOWS
PERFECTLY WELL
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
DON'T YOU?
[GENTLY] OKAY.
READY.
[♪♪]
♪ A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ♪
♪ ON A CHILD
WHEN SHE'S BORN... ♪
♪ NO ONE KNOWS ♪
♪ WHAT SHE WILL BE ♪
♪ UNTIL SHE GROWS... ♪
THAT'S WHERE
YOU COME IN, MOLLY.
I'M SORRY.
MY THROAT'S
KIND OF SORE.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SING TONIGHT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU HAVE
A TEMPERATURE?
IT'S JUST MY THROAT.
IT HURTS.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S LATE.
YOU CAN WORK ON THIS
AT HOME TOGETHER,
AND WE'LL PICK THIS UP
BACK MONDAY, OKAY?
THANKS.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
I'VE GOT
SOME COUGH DROPS.
I'M NOT COUGHING.
I CAN DO IT MYSELF, MOM.
GOOD NIGHT.
WELL, YOU WERE GOOD.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOOD.
OF COURSE, I SAY.
THAT'S CUTE--
DEE DEE?
YUP?
I WAS THINKING
MAYBE WE COULD, UH,
WORK ON THAT SONG FROM EARLIER.
THE ONE ON THE LADDER?
WORK THROUGH
THE BEATS A BIT,
FIGURE IT OUT?
YEAH, SURE.
OH, YOU MEAN NOW?
TONIGHT?
WELL, WE COULD DO IT
OVER DINNER.
MY HOTEL DINING ROOM
IS OPEN TILL 11:00.
UNLESS, OF COURSE,
YOU HAD OTHER PLANS?
UH...
NO?
I GUESS NOT.
UM...
WE DO REALLY HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
YEAH. OKAY.
GOOD-NIGHT.
MY DRIVER'S OUT FRONT.
[CHUCKLING] OH...
OKAY.
[PLAYING NOTES]
[♪♪]
I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD,
BEING AROUND US.
BUT WE REALLY NEED YOU,
MRS. DALEY.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN CRY, MRS. DALEY.
IT'S OKAY.
IF I WERE YOU,
I'D BE CRYING ALL THE TIME.
DOES SHE HAVE
A TEMPERATURE?
NO.
SHE WAS FINE UNTIL
MRS. DALEY ASKED HER
TO SING WITH ME.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SHE WAS TOO SICK
TO PERFORM.
THAT'S WEIRD.
YOU TWO USED TO SING AND DANCE
TOGETHER ALL OVER THE HOUSE
WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE.
MAYBE SHE REALLY IS SICK.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
MAYBE SHE'S SICK OF ME?
NO, BABY.
[♪♪]
[DEE DEE]: I DON'T KNOW
WHEN I'LL BE HOME,
BUT I'VE GOT MY KEY.
MOM, HE IS SITTING
RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
MY MOM WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU LOOK LIKE YOU DO ON TV.
AND MY DAD WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU DO
YOUR OWN STUNTS.
YEAH, I WILL
ASK HIM THAT.
MY MOM WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU WANT TO COME OVER
FOR DINNER SOMETIME.
I'D LOVE TO.
HE SAYS HE'D LOVE TO.
MOM, I'M AT A TABLE,
AND I REALLY HATE IT
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ON THEIR
CELL PHONES AT THE TABLE.
SO I'M--
OKAY.
BYE.
SORRY.
THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T TALKED
ABOUT THE SHOW AT ALL.
TONIGHT ISN'T ABOUT
A SCENE IN A SHOW.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
IT'S ABOUT YOU AND ME
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.
YOU KNOW...
IT'S LATE.
I SHOULD GO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO,
YOU COULD STAY.
UH, NO,
THEY'RE CLOSING, SO...
I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT
THE DINING ROOM.
I GOTTA GO.
WELL, MY DRIVER'S GONE,
BUT I CAN CALL YOU A CAB.
OH, NO, NO--
I CAN GET MY OWN CAB,
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT, UM,
THANK YOU...
AND GOOD NIGHT.
YEAH.
OKAY, YOU'RE
TRANSFERRING 10,000
FROM THE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT
INTO YOUR
BUSINESS ACCOUNT.
[MRS. DALEY'S VOICE]:
YOU'VE BEEN HURT IN YOUR LIFE,
BUT THAT DOES NOT
GIVE YOU LICENSE
TO HURT OTHERS.
WHY NOT SURPRISE EVERYONE
AND BE BETTER
THAN THEY EXPECT YOU TO BE?
MR. HALL?
IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE WANTING TO DO?
I'LL CALL YOU
WHEN I'M DONE?
YES, SIR.
OH, THAT POT ROAST
SMELLS DELICIOUS.
I FIGURED THE ONE THING
YOU DON'T GET OUT THERE
IS MIDWESTERN HOME COOKING.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
IN L.A., THEY ALWAYS
TAKE YOU OUT FOR DINNER,
THEY NEVER HAVE YOU OVER.
THIS IS A REAL TREAT.
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
THIS IS NICE.
[CLINKING GLASSES]
OH, NANCY DURHAM'S
HALLOWEEN PARTY.
THAT'S ME AS MADONNA.
ARE YOU IN HERE?
NOPE.
WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE GONE,
IT WAS AWESOME.
I DON'T THINK NANCY DURHAM
EVEN KNEW I EXISTED.
I BET SHE DOES NOW.
YOU DON'T SEEM WORRIED
ABOUT BEING ALONE
IN HERE WITH ME.
MY PARENTS
ARE RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU KNOW, SOME GUYS MIGHT
TAKE THAT AS A CHALLENGE.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE NOT
ONE OF THEM, YOU'RE YOU.
[CHUCKLES]
AND WHO,
IN YOUR OPINION, IS THAT?
A GUY THAT WAS HARD TO LIKE
IN HIGH SCHOOL
BUT TURNED OUT REALLY NICE.
HARD TO LIKE?
[STAMMERING] YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN--.
I DON'T MEAN IT AS AN INSULT,
I'M COMPLIMENTING
HOW YOU TURNED OUT.
DID I HURT--
I'M SORRY, DID I
HURT YOUR FEELINGS?
I TOTALLY
DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT--
I LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD.
I DON'T GET HURT FEELINGS.
BUT IT'S GETTING LATE,
I SHOULD GET GOING.
SURE, YEAH,
I'LL WALK YOU OUT.
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I'LL THANK YOUR PARENTS
ON THE WAY OUT.
SEE YA.
[SIGHING HEAVILY]
♪ OUR HEARTS ARE BURSTING ♪
♪ NOTHING TO SAY ♪
♪ WE HAVE LIVED FOREVER ♪
♪ WAITING FOR ONE DAY ♪
♪ TO... ♪
♪ DAY! ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[APPLAUSE]
GREAT.
GOOD WORK, EVERYBODY.
RUN-THROUGHS
ARE ALWAYS HARD,
THIS WAS NO EXCEPTION,
BUT WE'RE COMING ALONG.
I WILL SEE YOU ALL
TOMORROW NIGHT.
OKAY?
AND, JACE, WOULD YOU MIND
STAYING AFTER?
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME
WITH SOMETHING.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT,
MRS. DALEY.
THANKS. GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
GOOD NIGHT, KIDS.
LOOKS LIKE YOUR BOYFRIEND
WAS KEPT AFTER SCHOOL.
MY BOYFRIEND?
OH, PLEASE,
WE WENT FOR DINNER
THAT ONE TIME
TO TALK ABOUT THE SHOW.
KAREN TOLD ME
YOU INVITED HIM
TO DINNER AT YOUR HOUSE.
NO, MY PARENTS
INVITED HIM OVER.
THEY GOT AN AUTOGRAPH
OUT OF IT.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO
YOUR PARENTS' HOUSE
FOR DINNER.
WELL, IF YOU'RE THAT
HARD-UP FOR A POT ROAST,
YOU CAN COME OVER
ANYTIME.
OKAY, SO I HAVE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT THEN?
WORRY ABOUT WHAT?
YOU AND HIM.
[CHUCKLES]
YOU SHOULD
HEAR YOURSELF.
THE IDEA THAT JACE AND I ARE...
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK
HE'S GONNA DO?
HE'S GONNA WHISK ME
AWAY TO HOLLYWOOD
IN HIS DESIGNER LUGGAGE?
FOR A PROFESSIONAL ACTRESS,
THAT WAS NOT VERY CONVINCING.
I'M NOT ACTING.
[CHUCKLING]
LET'S GO.
JACE, THIS IS A LITTLE AWKWARD.
YOU'RE A WELL-KNOWN ACTOR,
AND I'M A HIGH-SCHOOL
DRAMA COACH.
IT'S PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME
TO CRITIQUE YOUR PERFORMANCE,
BUT...
ABOUT YOUR
APPROACH HERE,
WHY ARE YOU
SO TENTATIVE?
MY APPROACH?
YEAH. YOU'RE
A CONFIDENT ACTOR,
BUT HERE IN REHEARSALS,
YOU SEEM TO HAVE
A LACK OF CONFIDENCE,
YOU'RE KIND OF RUBBING OFF
ON ZACK AND DEE DEE.
WHAT'S...
WHAT'S GOING ON?
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
I'D COME BACK HERE,
AND WITH WHO I AM NOW,
THAT EVERYTHING WAS
GOING TO BE DIFFERENT,
YOU KNOW, BUT...
IN A WEIRD KIND OF WAY,
IT'S WORSE.
YOU KNOW, BACK THEN,
I COULD HANG ON TO THE FUTURE,
AND HOPE THAT IT WAS
GOING TO BE BETTER.
I MEAN, YOU
HELPED ME DO THAT.
BUT NOW IT IS THE FUTURE,
AND HERE I AM,
AND I GOT THE SAME OLD KNOTS
IN MY STOMACH.
MAYBE IT'S JUST WHAT
SOME ACTING TEACHERS CALL
"A SENSE MEMORY."
CAN IT HELP ME
FEEL BETTER ABOUT BEING HERE?
I CAN'T DO THAT.
ONLY YOU CAN DO THAT
FOR YOURSELF.
BUT WHAT I COULD DO
IS HELP YOU OWN THIS ROLE
IN THIS SHOW.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A START?
...MRS. DALEY HASN'T
SETTLED ON COSTUMES,
BUT I WAS THINKING
THAT WE COULD GET
MATCHING OUTFITS MADE UP,
WITH YOURS BEING LIKE
THE CHILD'S VERSION OF MINE.
MOM, I CAN'T DO IT.
DO WHAT?
IT. THIS. I CAN'T.
CAN'T?
DON'T WANT TO.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
MOM, JUST PLEASE DON'T
MAKE ME DO THE SHOW.
LOOK, THE COSTUMES
WERE JUST AN IDEA--
IT'S NOT THE COSTUMES,
IT'S THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S THE SHOW,
JUST DON'T MAKE ME DO IT!
WILL IT WORK WITHOUT HER?
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT WAS,
WE WERE DOING IT TOGETHER.
YEAH, WELL, YOU THINK
IT'S JUST STAGE FRIGHT?
NO, IT'S MOM-FRIGHT.
WE WERE GOING TO BE
ONSTAGE TOGETHER.
IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN... NICE.
BUT APPARENTLY NOT FOR HER.
HOW DO YOU THINK
THAT MAKES ME FEEL?
HONEY, NO OFFENSE,
BUT YOU'RE THE GROWN-UP.
MOLLY'S THE KID,
SO HER FEELINGS KIND OF
GOT TO COME FIRST HERE.
WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME
WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE KID'S RIGHTS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT
THE MOTHER'S RIGHTS?
WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS?
YOUR RIGHTS FOR WHAT,
TO STOP OUR DAUGHTER
FROM GROWING UP?
BREAKFAST AT NIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T
DONE THIS IN YEARS.
WE USED TO LOVE IT.
REMEMBER THAT TIME
YOU POURED HOT COFFEE
ALL OVER YOUR PANCAKES?
I THOUGHT IT WAS SYRUP.
[LAUGHING]
THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY.
I BET YOU WOULDN'T
THINK SO NOW.
NO.
NO, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T.
TELL ME SOMETHING.
DID I USED TO BE
A NICER PERSON?
WE USED TO HAVE MORE FUN.
WE DID HAVE
MORE FUN, DIDN'T WE?
YOU KNOW,
BEING IN THIS SHOW AGAIN,
IT'S REALLY GOT ME THINKING
ABOUT THE WAY THINGS WERE.
YOU KNOW? WHEN
WE FIRST STARTED OUT.
ME TOO.
I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A BAD THING.
I'M GOING TO MAKE
MORE DECISIONS WHILE DRINKING.
[LAUGHING]
I'M KIDDING.
HEY, I, UM,
I ASKED MRS. DALEY
HOW SHE THOUGHT
WE WERE DOING.
AND?
SHE SAID THAT
WE WERE AS GOOD
AS WE INTEND TO BE.
I TAKE THAT AS AN INSULT.
WELL, AN INSULT
WOULDN'T BE HER STYLE.
WHAT WOULD BE?
A CHALLENGE.
[YELPING AND LAUGHING]
[GRUNTING AWKWARDLY]
[GROANING IN PAIN]
OKAY, THIS WAS
SO MUCH EASIER
IN MY OLD TRUCK.
[LAUGHING]
WE WERE YOUNGER WHEN
WE WERE IN YOUR OLD TRUCK.
WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE
TO DINNER WITH JACE.
THERE'S MORE ROOM
IN HIS LIMOUSINE.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
HE'S A WEIRDO,
I COULDN'T PICTURE
BEING WITH HIM LIKE THIS.
SO, YOU HAVE
TRIED TO PICTURE IT?
[SIGHS]
COULD YOU JUST GET OVER
THIS WEIRD THING THAT YOU HAVE
ABOUT JACE GALLER, PLEASE?
OKAY.
I JUST HAVE
ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHO WOULD YOU RATHER BE WITH,
ME OR JACE?
ARE WE IN HIGH SCHOOL
RIGHT NOW?
SO YOU'D RATHER BE WITH HIM.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I THINK I'D RATHER
BE ALONE RIGHT NOW.
COME ON, YOUR HOUSE
IS FIVE BLOCKS FROM HERE.
YEAH, I KNOW
WHERE IT IS.
COME ON, LET ME
GIVE YOU A RIDE, PLEASE?
REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU
WHAT YOU'D DO IF I SAID NO?
♪ I'VE LOOKED AROUND ♪
♪ BEEN SEARCHIN' HIGH AND LOW ♪
♪ I'VE FOUND
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ♪
♪ IT'S JUST NOT
WHAT I KNOW ♪
♪ I'M SURE THERE'S MORE ♪
♪ I'VE ALWAYS FELT IT
IN MY CORE-- ♪
OKAY, STOP IT RIGHT THERE.
ZACK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH IT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE
BARELY PRESENT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO, THEN?
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WAKE UP.
BE FULL OF LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO SHOW SOME LIFE.
JACE, YOU'RE UP.
♪ I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ♪
♪ I SAW IT IN A DREAM ♪
♪ A LIGHT SHINED
ON A PATH IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN
BROUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TOGETHER ♪
♪ LOOK WITHIN TO BEGIN ♪
♪ TOWARDS THE SUN... ♪
♪ LOOK AT US
WE ARE TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE HAVE STAYED THROUGH
STORMY WEATHER ♪
♪ LOOK AT US ♪
♪ THE ONES
WHO FOLLOWED OUR DREAMS-- ♪
JERK!
NO, STOP!
STOP! HEY, NO!
ZACK, ZACK, STOP IT!
YOU BACK OFF RIGHT NOW!
BACK OFF!
OKAY, FINE!
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
HOLLYWOOD, YOU WANT THE SHOW,
YOU WANT THE STAGE,
TAKE IT.
OH, NOW, COME ON...
DON'T DO THAT.
I QUIT!
COME-COME BACK!
[DOOR SLAMS]
WHAT DO WE DO?
GIVE HIM HIS PART BACK.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME.
[MRS. DALEY]: NO, COME ON, JACE.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO
SOLVE ANYTHING.
IT'LL SOLVE EVERYTHING.
SEE YA.
WELL...
OKAY.
I GUESS WE'RE DONE HERE.
UH...
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS,
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
AND YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST
KEEP THIS BETWEEN OURSELVES,
AND EVERYBODY ELSE, UH...
WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[SIGHING HEAVILY]
SO, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WELL, I SAY THAT WE
RECONVENE TOMORROW NIGHT
AND SEE IF
OUR LEADING MEN SHOW UP.
MEANWHILE, I'M GUESSING
YOU NEED A RIDE HOME?
[CHUCKLING]
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
YEAH.
HEY...
DO YOU WANT TO
RUN OUR NUMBER?
I MEAN, THERE'S NOBODY HERE
TO CRITICIZE US.
COME ON.
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED
WITH PASSION ♪
♪ FOR HIS MIND ♪
♪ IT'S IN MY MIND ♪
♪ HE'S JUST MY KIND ♪
♪ IT'S ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I ♪
♪ WOULD FIND ♪
♪ A LOVE SO BLIND ♪
♪ DREAMS OF THIS KIND... ♪
AND THEN WE KISS.
RIGHT.
SO?
SO I THINK WE SOUND
PRETTY GOOD.
YOU'RE DARN RIGHT.
UP TOP.
[CHUCKLING]
ONE MORE?
SURE.
[DEE DEE]:
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD
HAVING YOUR TEACHER
AT YOUR HOUSE.
YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY
MY STUDENT ANYMORE.
I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
IT'S MY FAULT,
YOU KNOW.
OH, YOU MEAN, WHAT
HAPPENED EARLIER TONIGHT?
IT'S KIND OF ABOUT ME,
BUT IT IS
SO RIDICULOUS.
IT'S NICE FOR THE EGO
TO BE FOUGHT OVER.
LOTS OF EPIC POEMS
AND GREAT NOVELS
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
ABOUT THAT.
NOT ABOUT ME.
SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT, DEE DEE?
UH...
I'M NOT SURE
I WANT EITHER ONE OF THEM.
OH, I'M NOT
TALKING ABOUT DATING.
I MEAN LIFE.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT IN LIFE?
I DON'T...
I'M NOT SURE I KNOW ANYMORE.
[CHUCKLES RUEFULLY]
WELL, YOU LEFT
TO PURSUE A CAREER,
A REALLY DIFFICULT CAREER,
WHICH IS GOING WELL.
BROADWAY?
AND NOW
A NEW SHOW--
THERE IS NO NEW SHOW.
DID THEY CANCEL IT?
NOPE, UH... NO, UH...
[CHUCKLING AWKWARDLY]
THERE NEVER WAS A SHOW.
I, UM...
I HAVEN'T WORKED AS AN ACTOR,
OR A SINGER,
OR EVEN IN A CHORUS
FOR...
THREE YEARS.
AFTER THE SHOW
IN NEW YORK CLOSED,
I COULDN'T GET ARRESTED,
SO I MOVED TO CHICAGO
BECAUSE I THOUGHT
THAT RENT WAS CHEAPER,
AND... I COULD JUST
WAIT TABLES
UNTIL THE NEXT ACTING GIG
CAME ALONG.
[LAUGHS]
AND I'M STILL WAITING.
THE ONLY REASON
I'M HERE
IS BECAUSE MY PARENTS
SENT ME THE MONEY
FOR A PLANE TICKET.
SO, WHY HAVEN'T YOU GIVEN UP?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IF I HAD KNOWN
THAT IT WAS GONNA BE AS HARD
AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE--
YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT?
I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK YOU ARE.
BUT GO AHEAD,
FINISH THE SENTENCE.
IF YOU HAD KNOWN
THAT IT WOULD BE SO HARD,
YOU WOULD HAVE..?
I WOULD HAVE BEEN...
STRONGER.
[SNIFFLES]
I THINK
YOU'RE STRONGER
THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
THINGS WEREN'T
WORKING OUT IN NEW YORK,
SO YOU MOVED
TO CHICAGO.
THAT'S NOT GIVING UP.
THAT'S RE-BOOTING.
DON'T FIGHT THAT, ACCEPT THAT.
YOU DID SOMETHING
THAT I COULD NEVER DO.
YOU'RE STRONG,
AND YOU'RE SMART,
AND YOU BELIEVE
IN YOURSELF
IN SPITE OF YOURSELF.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME
YOU STOP PRETENDING
THAT YOU DON'T.
[SNIFFLING]
THANK YOU.
[CHUCKLING]
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
[MRS. DALEY]: SO, WHY DO YOU
TORTURE JACE THE WAY YOU DO?
HE THINKS HE'S SO GOOD
AT, LIKE, ACTING
AND SINGING AND STUFF.
YOU DON'T THINK
HE'S VERY GOOD?
HE'S GOOD,
BUT HE NEEDS SOMEONE
TO TAKE HIM DOWN A PEG.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN
ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU'VE THAT FELT LIKE
YOU WERE REALLY GOOD AT?
I WORKED CONSTRUCTION
IN THE SUMMER
RENOVATING
AN OLD BUILDING.
IT TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD.
SO YOU KNEW YOU
WERE GOOD AT IT.
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
AND DID YOU NEED TO BE
TAKEN DOWN A PEG?
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
JACE GALLER.
HEY, IT'S, UH, ZACK.
I'M AT YOUR HOTEL.
[JACE]: WHAT'D YOU DO,
STOP AT HOME AND GET A GUN?
[GRUMBLING]
MEET ME AT THE BAR.
YOU WERE SO TALENTED,
EVEN BACK THEN,
AND YOU WERE SMART,
YOU GOT GOOD GRADES,
YOU KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO,
AND THERE WAS EVERY REASON
TO EXPECT YOU TO DO IT.
THAT'S WHY
YOU PICKED ON ME?
HELL, YES,
AND YOU WERE A CRY-BABY,
WHICH HELPED.
[CHUCKLING IN WONDER]
I ALWAYS RESENTED YOU.
I MEAN, YOU WERE COOL,
TOUGH, GOOD-LOOKING,
ALL THE GIRLS LIKED YOU.
GIRLS DIDN'T LIKE ME.
NOBODY LIKED YOU.
I KNOW.
LOOK...
I ACTED LIKE A REAL JERK
EARLIER TONIGHT,
AND I'M SORRY.
THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE TO SAY.
THANKS.
I MEAN THAT.
I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY.
I CAME VERY CLOSE
TO STEALING SOME OF
THE MONEY YOU BROUGHT.
HOW CLOSE?
ALL THE WAY
TO THE WALK-UP WINDOW.
WOW.
COULDN'T
GO THROUGH WITH IT, THOUGH.
WHY?
IT WASN'T MY MONEY.
NO, WHY WERE YOU GONNA TAKE IT
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
CASH-FLOW PROBLEM.
I WAS GONNA PUT IT BACK
OVER TIME.
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT,
THEN WHY TELL ME?
GET IT OFF MY CHEST.
AT THE RISK OF WHAT
I MIGHT THINK OF YOU?
[LAUGHS]
HOW MUCH WORSE
COULD IT BE
THAN WHAT YOU ALREADY THOUGHT?
[CHUCKLES]
YOU KNOW,
IF YOU NEED MONEY,
- I COULD LOAN YOU--
- I'VE GOT A LOAN.
I'M UP TO MY EYEBALLS IN DEBT,
BUT AT LEAST
IT'S HONEST DEBT.
JUST LET ME HELP YOU OUT.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL--
YOU'RE RICH. OKAY.
JUST SHUT UP.
PLEASE.
OKAY, FORGET IT.
I DON'T FEEL SO BAD NOW
ABOUT TAKING YOUR PART
IN THE SHOW.
YOU FELT BAD?
NOT REALLY.
YEAH.
I DID FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY
ABOUT MAKING A PLAY
FOR DEE DEE.
I MEAN, I SAW THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING
BETWEEN YOU TWO GUYS,
AND I JUST...
I STEPPED
RIGHT IN THERE.
I CAN'T COMPETE WITH YOU.
I MADE A FOOL
OUT OF MYSELF TRYING.
I'LL JUST, I'LL BACK OFF.
NO, I'M
BACKING OFF, ZACK.
I MEAN, MY INTENTIONS
WEREN'T HONORABLE.
I CAME BACK
TO SETTLE SOME OLD SCORES,
AND ALL I REALLY DID
WAS MAKE MYSELF
FEEL WORSE.
[SIGHING]
DON'T GO BACK TO L.A.,
JUST NOT YET.
STAY AND DO THE SHOW.
YOU MEAN THAT?
YEAH, AND I WILL SHAPE UP
AND BE A GOOD SECOND-BANANA.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT
OF SHAPING UP TO DO.
DON'T PUSH IT.
CHEERS.
[GLASSES CLINK]
[KNOCKING FURIOUSLY]
[SLURRING DRUNKENLY]
WE NEED TO REHEARSE
FOR OUR BIG NUMBER.
ZACK NEEDS
A LITTLE HELP.
GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS!
THE PLACE IS PACKED.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE WHOLE CITY SHOWED UP.
REALLY?
I SHOULD PROBABLY
HAND OUT CAMPAIGN FLYERS
AFTER THE SHOW.
I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING.
LISTEN, STOP IT.
REMEMBER, LISTEN FOR YOUR CUES,
REMEMBER TO SMILE,
BUT MOST OF ALL...
HAVE FUN.
HAVE FUN...
[ALL FIDGETING
IN NERVOUS EXCITEMENT]
PLACES!
OKAY, HAVE FUN,
HAVE FUN!
PLACES, PLACES, YES?
[♪♪]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE CAME HERE
FROM SO MANY PLACES ♪
♪ WE CAME HERE
WITH REALLY NO PLAN ♪
♪ WE EACH HOPED
TO START OUR OWN FUTURE... ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE DID, AND HERE WE STAND ♪
♪ WE LIVED FOR TODAY ♪
♪ FROM WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN ♪
♪ LIVING DAY TO DAY ♪
♪ WITHOUT CARING WHAT WE'D DO ♪
♪ BUT WE KNEW ♪
♪ WE'D HELP MAKE CHANGE ♪
♪ IN OUR OWN WAY ♪
♪ WE HAVE CLIMBED SO HIGH ♪
♪ WE HAVE REACHED OUR RAINBOW ♪
♪ WE HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY ♪
♪ FEELING
WHAT THE CLOUDS KNOW ♪
♪ WHERE EAGLES FLY ♪
♪ WHERE DREAMS CAN GROW ♪
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDS HIGH NOTE]
♪ A BRILLIANT THOUGHT ♪
♪ OUR FREEDOM BOUGHT ♪
♪ THE PAST IS DONE ♪
♪ A NEW LIFE BEGUN! ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE FELT THE STING OF CRYING ♪
♪ WE'VE SHED SO MANY TEARS ♪
♪ WE THOUGHT
THAT WE WERE TRYING ♪
♪ WE HAD TO FACE OUR FEARS ♪
♪ WE FINALLY
LEARNED THE ANSWER ♪
♪ IS IN EVERYONE ♪
[APPLAUSE]
♪ OUR HEARTS ARE BURSTING ♪
♪ NOTHING TO SAY ♪
♪ WE HAVE LIVED FOREVER ♪
♪ WAITING FOR ONE DAY ♪
♪ TO... ♪
♪ DAY! ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
♪...TO A VISION OF LIFE
THAT'S SO CLEAR ♪
♪ THAT IT MAKES ME
DARE TO CARE... ♪
♪ OBSESSION... ♪
♪ THE THOUGHT
HAS STOLEN MY SOUL ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT THAT
I WOULD LET THAT HAPPEN TO ME ♪
♪ PASSION... ♪
♪ MY HEART IS FILLED
WITH PASSION ♪
♪ FOR HIS MY MIND ♪
♪ IT'S IN MY MIND ♪
♪ HE'S JUST MY KIND ♪
♪ IT'S ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ I NEVER THOUGHT ♪
♪ THAT I WOULD FIND ♪
♪ A LOVE SO BLIND ♪
♪ DREAMS OF THIS KIND... ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
WE NEED TO DO THIS
MORE OFTEN.
DEFINITELY.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
♪ A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ♪
♪ ON A CHILD WHEN SHE'S BORN ♪
♪ NO ONE KNOWS ♪
♪ WHAT SHE WILL BE ♪
♪ UNTIL SHE GROWS ♪
♪ I WONDER... ♪
[MOLLY JOINS IN SINGING]
♪ WHAT THE STARS
HAVE PLANNED FOR ME ♪
♪ I'M PREPARED, YOU SEE ♪
♪ WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS
I'LL BE... ♪
♪ IT ALL STARTS SO SLOW ♪
♪ WE ALL THINK WE KNOW ♪
♪ THAT OUR DREAMS ARE REAL ♪
♪ AND WILL LAST ♪
♪ THEN WE COME TO FIND ♪
♪ THAT IT'S IN OUR MIND ♪
♪ DREAMS CAN FADE AWAY
TOO FAST ♪
♪ AND WE WILL SLOWLY LEARN ♪
♪ WE MUST WAIT OUR TURN ♪
♪ AND IT SIMPLY
MAY NOT COME TO PASS ♪
[♪♪]
♪ I WONDER ♪
♪ IF WE KNEW WHAT WE KNOW ♪
♪ IF WE'D CHANGE ♪
♪ THE WAY WE LIVED ♪
♪ WE DREAMED ♪
♪ WE HOPED... ♪
♪ I WONDER ♪
♪ IS IT WRITTEN FROM THE START ♪
♪ WE'RE JUST HERE
TO PLAY OUR PART ♪
♪ OR ARE WE FREE ♪
♪ TO FOLLOW OUR HEART? ♪
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
♪...FIND THE COURAGE TO FIND ♪
♪ WHAT'S IN YOUR SOUL
HEART AND MIND ♪
♪ IT'S NOT AS HARD
AS IT SEEMS ♪
♪ TO FIND YOUR DREAMS ♪
♪ HAVE THE COURAGE ♪
♪ TO FIND YOUR DREAMS ♪
♪ HAVE THE COURAGE TO FIND ♪
♪ YOUR DREAMS ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING
AND SCREAMING]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[♪♪]
AH...
NOW, REMEMBER, ZACK,
AFTER YOU SEE HER OFF
AT THE AIRPORT TOMORROW,
YOU COME BY THE HOUSE
AND PLEASE HAVE
DINNER WITH US.
ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.
[LAUGHING]
WELL...
SO, I'M THINKING
MAYBE I'LL COME
VISIT YOU
FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
IN CHICAGO?
ISN'T THAT
A LITTLE CORNY?
YEAH.
[LAUGHS]
WELL, IF YOU COME
TO CHICAGO,
I WON'T BE THERE.
COME TO NEW YORK
INSTEAD.
I DECIDED TO GIVE IT
ANOTHER CHANCE.
[CHUCKLES]
AH!
HI, GUYS!
WELL, YOU'VE COME
MORE THAN HALF WAY TO MEET US,
SO LET ME SPEAK WITH THE BOARD
AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I'M A VERY
BIG SUPPORTER
OF MRS. DALEY'S PROGRAM.
[CHUCKLING]
DID I TELL YOU
HOW RADIANT
YOU ARE TONIGHT?
I BELIEVE YOU DID,
BUT I COULD
HEAR THAT AGAIN.
I COULD EXPRESS IT
BETTER IN PRIVATE.
HOW ABOUT...
MY HOUSE...
IN ABOUT AN HOUR?
DON'T LET ME FORGET
TO RETURN THIS.
NO, THAT'S YOURS.
FOR KEEPS.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE
KISSING YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU?
PORCH LIGHT'S ON.
[♪♪]
[TENTATIVELY]
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF-- ♪
[PLAYS WITH CONVICTION]
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN ♪
♪ OTHERS CAN HELP YOU
FIND YOUR WAY ♪
♪ BUT FROM YOUR PATH
DON'T EVER STRAY ♪
♪ SEEK ADVICE BUT ALWAYS KNOW ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEARTS
THE WAY TO GO ♪
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN ♪
I THOUGHT
YOU COULDN'T SING.
WOULDN'T, NOT COULDN'T.
AND NOW?
I FELT LIKE SINGING.
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN... ♪
[PLAYING PIANO]
[ALL SINGING TOGETHER]
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN ♪
♪ OTHERS CAN HELP YOU
FIND YOUR WAY... ♪
♪ BUT FROM YOUR PATH
DON'T EVER STRAY ♪
♪ SEEK ADVICE
BUT ALWAYS KNOW ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEARTS
THE WAY TO GO ♪
♪ BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ WE ALL MUST FIND
OUR STRENGTH WITHIN ♪
♪ TRUST IN YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S WHERE
YOUR JOURNEY MUST BEGIN... ♪
♪ HOW CAN WE
FIND WORDS TO SAY ♪
♪ THE THANKS WE FEEL
WE FEEL EVERY DAY ♪
♪ AND NOW WE KNOW
HOW BIG A PART ♪
♪ YOU GAVE TO US ♪
♪ WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR HEART ♪