Hav Plenty (1997) - full transcript

Lee Plenty is an almost broke would-be novelist and Havilland Savage is rich and very beautiful woman and his friend. When she invites him to her home for New Year's Eve, they start to build up a romance.

[ upbeat r&b music plays ]

Michael: hey, whoo!
                  [ laughs ]

Come on.
                    yeah.

Come on, come on,
                come on, come on.

Mike.
         hey, no, no, no, show --
                no, listen.

Come on, look at the camera.
        look. look, yes, okay.
[ laughs ]

Show me -- show me some --
        come on, just lift up --

lift up your jacket.

Lift it up.
that's all you get.

Hey, come on.
i'll show you when you
turn the camera off.

You'll show me when i turn
             the camera off?
come on, michael.
i'll get...no.

Come on.
  come on, let's go.
       let's go.

Okay.
      listen, listen.

Oh, i will show them
       my ring.

Ooh, the ring.
     hi.

See? let me see.

Isn't it beautiful?
                there it is. yes.

Hi, i'm havilland savage,

soon to be
mrs. michael simmons.

Yes, you are. oh.

And this is
        the engagement ring

my fiancé, michael,
           gave to me.

Yes. that's me.

That's me. that's us.
   that's me, y'all.
      that's us.

That's right.
  [ laughs ]

Mmm.

Mmm.
                love, love, love.

I love her.
       i love her.

[ telephone ringing ]
isn't she beautiful?

she is the most
beautiful thing.

No.
                let's go home.

Come on.
       okay.

Wh-where'd you put
            my glasses?

What'd you do with my glasses?
   oh, i get it.

Havilland: what's up?

okay, okay.
       this is havilland.
         i'm not home.

Hey.
hey.
          leave a message,
        and merry christmas.

Hey, don't go
         so fast.

[ beep ]
   havilland: lee, are you there?
         it's hav. pick up.

[ telephone beeps ]
                      mr. plenty.

Miss savage.
                  happy new year.

It's not new year's yet.
         call back in 10 hours.

You working?

No, i reached a little bit
         of a block,

so i'm taking a break.

How's my cat?

Cat? you had a cat?

Ha, ha.

She didn't tear up
             your shoes, did she?

No, cats don't play with
things you beat them with.

Are you joking?

No, that's a fact.

[ sighing ]
              how are my plants?

Fecund.

Anybody call?

You know, men have been
calling up here all week,

wondering when you're
    gonna be back.

I don't, uh, answer the phone,
     so they leave messages.

Cool.
           so, everything's okay?

Everything is
    smooth, daddy.

Speaking of which,
how's your boyfriend?

Don't know.

The next time i see
  one of his women on the street,

i'll ask.

Hey, um, if you want
              to bring your date

up to my apartment tonight,
                 fine.

Just don't
               wreck the joint.

Thanks, but, uh,
i don't have a date.

Lee, you don't have a date
           on new year's eve?

Why not?

That's just the way things
     work out sometimes.

[ camera shutter clicks ]

All right, well,
        i'll be home in two days,

and thanks
            for the housesitting.

No, thank you.

If you hadn't gone
down to see your mom,

i'd still be
   living in my car.

Hmm.

Well, if you're not
          doing anything tonight,

you want
              to come down here?

Sure, i'm there.

Really?
      hell yeah.

New york to d.c.
      is five hours, tops.

I can be there by 7:00.

Great. okay, great.

[ children playing ]
             you can stay
      in my sister's old bedroom.

You know the address,
       so just bring

a bottle of champagne
       or something,

like a dime bag.

[ jayo felony's
    "whatcha gonna do" plays ]

Unh, unh, what? what?

Yeah, unh

unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh-unh

i said i can give it
             to you

but what you gonna do
            with it?

I can give it to you

[ bell dings ]

[ car alarm beeps ]

[ woman vocalizing ]

[ engine turns over ]

I'm too sexy
    for my mother...good hood

i'm too sexy
    for my mother...low ride

low ride, low ride,
            low ride

unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

[ doorbell rings ]
       unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Unh-unh-unh-unh-unh,
     unh-unh-unh-unh, what?

Mr. plenty.

Miss savage.

Whew.

8:30 on the dot.

Pretty good for someone
            who's always late.

How are you?

Just cool.
      nice place.

Just your mom live
  up in this...piece?

And soon her fiancé.

Are we the only ones here?

No, my mom's upstairs
              getting dressed.

She's gonna be staying

at her fiancé's house
                this weekend.

Don't say anything bad
         about her, though, okay?

Why not?

There's intercoms
                  everywhere.

You want something
       to drink?

Sure,
   anything besides fruit punch.

That's all you got
          at your house.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
sorry about that, man.

But you know
    what they say.

I am the fruit-punch bitch.

Moms has some
spiked eggnog, though.

You want some?

Sure, party girl.

So, what you got happening
       here tonight -- big party?

No, actually,
it's gonna be you and me,

my sister
and her husband, felix,

and my best friend,
       caroline.

But watch what you say around
  my sister and her husband,

because...
   they're fighting.

Why don't you
                leave me alone?

Why don't you
    wash your hair,

dirty-ass mother...

This one was taken
at eddie murphy's house, too,

but, um --
                        was it?

Yeah. that's when i met
   my ex-fiancé, michael simmons.

You heard of him?

Quentin introduced us --
         quentin tarantino.

Excuse me, uh,
           you dropped something.

Uh, what did i drop?

Uh, a name.

I don't give a...
      about eddie murphy's house.

I don't give a...

About michael simmons is
          a big-time songwriter.

And i for damn sure
                don't give a...

About no quentin tarantino.

Relax. [ scoffs ]
       god.

You know, every time
i start -- start talking

about somebody successful,
     you start tripping.

Believe me, money,
it is not that deep.

I am the one bitch
  that is not charmed

by your
disassociated-artist bull...

I'm not getting defensive.
        you're just showing off.

No, i'm not.

Yes, you are.

No...i'm not.

Yes...

You are.

[ scoffs ]

Anyway.

Oh.

These were all taken
at david dinkins' house.

We had a huge barbecue
      that summer.

It was, like, really great.

You should've --
       oh, well.

Plink.

Lee: "and here i am
   at havilland's mom's house --

"a three-story,
         modern-day mansion

"with an apartment-style
              basement

"that opens out
       onto a swimming pool,

"and an intercom in every room.

"Ah, the good life.

Right now
       i'm in leigh's old --"

[ intercom buzzes, chimes ]

Hello?

Mrs. savage:
    hello? havilland?

are you there?
                 havilland: yeah.

Caroline gooden's
               at the front door.

Lee,
               did you hear that?
             yeah.

Could you do me a favor
            and let caroline in?

Oh, and, lee,
                   do you know

how to make anything,
                 like dinner?

Salad.

Hi. you must be
         caroline gooden.

Enchanté, lee plenty.

Right.

So...you're lee plenty.

What do you do when you're not
  babysitting havilland's cat?

You have, uh, lipstick
               on your teeth.

There you go. it's off.
               it's better.

What'd you ask me?

Um...

Oh, yes,
               where do i live?

I'm homeless.

[ scoffs ]
     yeah, right.

How can you be homeless?

Simple.

Six months ago,

i was offered a deal
         on the book i'm writing,

so i didn't re-sign
       the lease on my apartment,

'cause i thought i'd be able
         to get a better one.

But the book deal
                 fell through,

and i had to
               move out anyway.

You're serious?

Why can't you just find
     another place?

I'm broke.

You don't have a job?

I have a job as a teacher's
           assistant at nyu.

It doesn't pay a whole lot,
       though -- enough to eat.

Mostly i just write.

Wow.

I've never met
a homeless person before.

What do you do
when you have a date?

I don't really date
              that much anymore.

Flat broke and living
    in your car --

i wouldn't go out
   with you, either.

Well, you know
                what they say.

No, what do they say?

No women, no crying.

[ laughs ]

[ laughs ]

He's quite the sarcastic
            bastard, isn't he?

No job plus no money
     equals wack.

Do what i do --
      ignore him.

So, why'd you invite him
             down here, then?

Charity.

So, how come he doesn't
               go on dates?

He's not gay.

Comment tu sais?

What?

How do you know?

He's not gay.

Hi.

Cool hat.

Uh, thanks.

Who the hell are you?

Lee plenty.

What's with
               the camera, man?

I take pictures.
  that's my...thing.

I'm leigh, too --

spelled differently,
        though.

One, two, three --
                 there you go.

Leigh, hav's sister.

Oh, yeah, what's happening?
              i know you.

It's nice to meet
                another savage.

I am not a savage.
    i'm a darling.

Leigh darling?

Oh, that's right.
                you're married.

Extremely...
    in a big...way.

Wow. how long now?

Um, since november 15th --
    little over a month.

Oh, so you're
                 a newlywed.
     yep.

Congratulations.

Not only is he
      full of...

But the brother won't
even get a real job, okay?

So when people
  are sitting around,

talking about how much he's --
how much they're getting paid,

he'll come out of his face
   with some bull...like,

[ deep voice ]
"you know, one time i fell
   down the stairs so hard

that when i got up,
my watch was running backwards."

[ normal voice ]
     i can't stand

when he degrades himself
        like that.

I hate self-deprecation.

He'd be pissed
        if he heard you say that.

No, he wouldn't.

Hey, why do you wear those beads
         around your neck?

What are you, a five percenter
          or something?

[ scoffs ]

So, what's
               your book about?

Uh, can't say.

No, really,
                 what is it --

like a gangster story
                or something?

It's like --

it's like a love story.

A love story.

So, you in love
                with my sister?

No.
why would you ask that?

I know most guys are.

Why should you be
                any different?

Taste.

Mm-hmm.

So, why are you
                  here, then?

She invited me.

I don't chase
after women anymore.

Oh, right. they chase
              after you, right?

No.
that's why i'm dateless.

Real men can take a drink.

That's how you know
       i'm cool.

[ laughs ]

[ hip-hop music plays ]

Well, i'm wearing
         my lucky $300 titty top.

I think i'm gonna make
             that move tonight.

You sure
                you don't mind?

Sure.

I hope that's
a lucky $300 titty top,

'cause you sure
ain't got no titties.

Caroline, he's all yours.

Lee and i --

i mean, he's a good brother
          and all,

but we got
a different swerve happening.

Yeah, he kind of said
        the same thing about you.

How was work?

Work was work.

You talk
   to havilland yet?

No.

Felix, tonight's not
             the time, all right?

Let's not
              do this now, okay?

All right?

Yeah, yeah.

How's your mom?
                            edgy.

Once monday morning
                    comes,

we'll all be
                a lot happier.

Hi. lee plenty.

Felix darling,
         leigh's husband.

What's up, man?

Yeah, happy new year
           to you, too.
how you doing?

I'm all right.
[ sniffs ]

What's happening
    monday morning?

Uh, my mother's firm

is officially announcing
               to the press

a new partnership
               she lost out on.

She has to be there
       as a professional courtesy

to congratulate
                francis rossi.

Yeah, it's a big deal
         down here in d.c.

They're televising it.

Hmm.

All right, i'll make sure
i'm out of here by then.

Hey.
                hi.

Hey, found a burger joint
that's still open.

You want
to drive me?
        sure.

You want me
          to come along?

Uh, no, it'll only
  take us a second.

Ooh, could you get
            me some curly fries?
            do you want anything?

Oh, and i really want
     the vegetarian burger...
  and actually, a grilled-chicken
        deluxe sandwich...

...with the non-dairy cheese --
       it's very important.
           ...and get me, like,
         a large chocolate shake.

Money? money?
     i'm just not into animal
        products right now.

Money? money?
          just large chocolate --
         no, make it a diet coke.

He's gonna want
                some large fries.
         i don't want any fries.

And also, i want the little,
          mini diet coke.
       double cheeseburger --
   get him a double cheeseburger.

[ intercom buzzes, chimes ]
         mrs. savage:
    good evening, everybody.

i'm leaving through the garage,
         so happy new year.

Happy new year, mom.
          happy new year, mom.
happy new year, mom.

Happy new year,
       mrs. savage.
           bonne année,
           mrs. savage.

Havilland,
          michael's on the phone.

Okay, thanks, mom.

Excuse me.
this won't take long.

Is this the first time
that he's...called her?

No, he has been
               calling all week.

He bought her
     that coat for christmas.

Oh, really?

[ clears throat ]

Havilland: michael,
            we'll talk about this

when i get back
                 to new york.

Michael: ain't no other woman --
          they just hos.

Do i look like
               a biscuit to you?

Do i look like
             a biscuit to you?
    no.

Do i look like
    a...french fry?

What'd i do?

Then why are you trying
    to play me like a side order?

Why you tripping?
why you tripping?

Michael,
               you cheated on me,

so why don't you go
      to your other woman's house

and have a good time?

No, no, listen.
                  happy new year.

Uh, hey, uh...

I thought you said
you hadn't heard from him.

I heard he sent you
      this coat.

Must have slipped
                   my mind.

[ gulps ]

Okay, well,
    if you need me,

i'll be down here
     on the floor.

Unh

uh-huh, understand what
       you're trying to do

i know
            what you're thinking.
   no, you don't.

You're thinking that i deserve
        better than michael.

Hey, i think you deserve

whomever you choose
      to be with.

I'm not with michael.

You got the...coat on.

You got his picture
   up in your house.

You talk to him on the phone
          every day.

If it looks like a duck
and sounds like a duck,

it's a duck, baby.

Well, i just might have
              to make a move

on that little boy
              from new york city.

[ both chuckle ]

I can definitely see
  you guys together.

Havilland doesn't mind?

Oh, no. she doesn't want
anything to do with the brother.

Havilland:
         my mother is his lawyer.

Of course he's gonna call
                my house.

Hey, look, don't make
no never mind to me.

You can do what you want.
you don't have to explain.

Don't say you know
what i'm thinking, though,

'cause you don't.

So, how's your father?
             is he alive today?

[ sighs ]
      here we --

you're never gonna
let that go down, are you?

They called from the hospital
       in michigan once,

said that he was
     in bad shape.

I jumped the gun...once.

You lied.

Why would i purposely lie
about my father being dead?

Because you're
                 a sociopath.

Hey, don't even try
and turn this scene around,

like i'm
the dysfunctional one.

You have problems with mike.

I ain't got problems
     with my dad.

I may even end up
   moving up there.

Oh, what's that -- another lie
        to evoke my sympathy?

No, that's the dead-up,
      honest truth.

I'm gonna move to michigan.
         you watch.
                             hmm.

Small town, do some writing,
     get over this block.

Less distractions
                up there.

[ scoffs ]
     you're so easily distracted.

That's what my mother says.

Caroline:
happy new year, hav.

How you doing?
    happy new year.

Happy new year,
everybody in new york.

We love you.
     we miss you.

Hi.
          happy new year.
                   hey, hurry up.
                      come on.

Girls, hurry up.
                   come on. oh.

Time, time, time.

Come on, come on,
   hurry up, hurry up, hurry up.

Uh, champagne.
        here we go, he's pouring.

Lee: yo, man, fill that up.
        fill that up.

Here we go. okay.

Hey!

Happy new year.
                happy new year.

Hi, everybody. show the tv,
  havilland. there you go.

Come on, come on,
                 come on.
all right, all right.

Together: 10, 9, 8,

7, 6, 5,
43. 9.

4, 3, 2, 1.
6, 4, 40, 11.

Whoo!
        [ crowd cheering ]

You, uh -- you wanted
    to talk to me?

Yeah, i did.

I actually wanted to know

if you'd let me
         borrow your car,

'cause i need to take
            felix and leigh home.

Uh, s-sure.

You want to come
                   with me?

Uh, no, i'm gonna --

i got to get up
    early tomorrow,

so i'm gonna get some sleep,
           you know.

That's it?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's it.

Keys?

Thanks.

All right.
              well, i'm gonna go.

So be a good boy.

Caroline's
              in the other room.

She don't like me.

[ door opens, closes ]

She don't.

Come watch me make
       a fool out of myself.

[ laughing ]

She tripped
                 out the door.

I mean, she was so tipsy,
             she got busted.

Yeah.
     [ chuckles ]

She got boo-yasted
     is the word.

I like leigh, though.
      she's cool.

Mm, yeah.

So, um...ah.

How come you don't
               go out on dates?

Uh, it's just the way
  things worked out.

Oh, wait, wait.

[ sighs ]

I just exhaled.

I guess
        you're just really picky,

so that, um,
          when a woman screws up,

you can say, "oh, i sure am glad
    i never kissed that twit."

Now, see,
   you don't know me

if you think
i'd say something like that.

I just learned
  from jump not to --

not to put myself

into situations
that i might later regret.

Oh, you won't
                 regret this.

Okay...well...
       you know,

it's getting kind of late,
          so, uh --

you want to go to bed?

I mean, do you want
                to go to sleep?

Yeah, 'cause you know what?
      i got a big day.

You're riding in my car
  i got to drive back
to new york tomorrow.

So, you know what?
  i'll talk to you --
                             lee.

Tomorrow morning.
     i turn on the radio
             it's new year's eve.

You say you wanna stay
             we're both adults.

We're alone.

But i want you to go

fate must have a reason.

You say you don't like it
are you making
  a pass at me?

But you know i'm a liar
     that depends on what happens
       in the next five seconds.

'Cause when we kiss, ooh

five seconds is over.

Hey. i'm sor--

[ sighs ]

Man, that was close.

He's gay.

What?

He's...gay.

I got you
    heated in the flow, honey

a slow moment with a payback,
          sure want it

ain't gonna run it till i gain
   the feathers going with it

ain't gonna split it till you
thinking that you gonna hit it

but don't get it,
     try to kick it in again

maybe then you trying to win,
     bishop blaze the track

and i just made you
          get hot again

ain't it amazing,
   noontime hotter than cajun

all occasions,
  absolute's absolutely blazing

i feel your heat
when your body's close to mine

when your body's
          close to mine

when you look into my eyes

when you look into my eyes

even when you're on my mind,
          baby, i feel

i feel your heat
  when you're laying next to me

that's right,
  when you're laying next to me

baby, when i hear you speak

i hear you speak

even when i feel the need
      and you're not around

temperature rising

girl, it's not surprising

not surprising

really got me going

with your sexual thing

sexual thing

emotions i am feeling

i need your body's healing

my body

touch me if you want to

your body

girl,
     you're blowing my mind

Lee...is there something
you're trying to ask me?

...close to mine

when you look into my eyes

my eyes

even when you're on my mind,
          baby, i feel

i feel your heat
  when you're laying next to me

baby, when i hear you speak

hear you scream, baby

even when i feel the need
      and you're not around

Lee.

Baby, don't you want to

'cause i really want to

Lee...are you trying
to ask me something?

Do your thing
          do your thing

the heat has got --

[ groans ]

Aah!

What time is it?

11:30.

11:30? why didn't you
              wake me up, man?

I have to go.

Can't be hanging
             around here all day.

I got a job.
                  [ sniffs ]

Lee, i know
    you have to go,

but can you do me
      a big favor

and come to brunch
  with my dad and i?

Why would that be
                   a favor?

Because my sister invited
   alexandria beaumont.

I need buffers
from alexandria beaumont.

Alexandria: so, lee...

You're the one
with the motorcycle.

Yeah. how'd you know?
     y'all been talking about me?

Mr. savage: oh, really?

I ride myself.

H-Hav used to ride with me
when she was a little girl.

Nowadays, i ride a falcon.

Yeah, i ride a shadow.

Good bikes.

So, what do you do, lee?
                         nothing.

[ scoffs ]
           lee is writing a book.

Mr. savage:
           oh, what kind of book?

He doesn't want anyone
            to know what it's...

About.

Lee, you don't sound
  like a new yorker.

Um, where'd you grow up?

Queens.

Oh, jamaica estates?

Flushing.

[ chuckles ]

Oh, well,
where do you live now?

Lee has been staying
     at my place.

[ spits ]
  i mean...
       alexandria: homeless?

Havilland:
         um, with my cats.

Um, he's homeless.

So, you stay
  with friends a lot?

Yeah, or my mother.

Mr. savage: oh, hey,
         don't worry, man.

I mean, how old are you?
           what, 27, 28?

28.

I know
  you went to school.

Yeah.
                english major.

Then don't worry
          about it, man.

Hey, when i was your age,
         i was broke, too.

I mean,
    and i had two little girls.

I mean, the only reason
         i wasn't homeless

is because my wife had a job
       as a legal secretary.

24 years later,
      i own savage software.

Felix: wow.

Alexandria: oh, hav.
   look what i have.

I was hoping you could get
           michael, you know,

to autograph it for me
            before you, you know,

go back to new york.

Well, you might want to wait
   for him to do that yourself.

Why don't you call him up?
        he'd probably like that.

Hey, i understand his album
       is making big bucks.

It went platinum, daddy.
             oh, boy, here we go.

Lee:
            "love 40." "love 40."

What's that mean?
              he's got 40 women?

No, idiot, it means

that it's a lyric
from one of his songs.

Come on, lee. you haven't heard
       "40 ounces of love"?

Lee: "40 ounces of love"?
   what is that, a joke?

Lee, all you got to do
          is turn on mtv,

'cause it runs
         every 10 minutes.

He doesn't have a tv.

You've never heard
             "40 ounces of love"?

40 ounces of love

women:
      ooh, so intoxicating

40 ounces of love, whoo

so inebriating

girl, i'm getting
          drunk on you

[ laughter ]
                    leigh: hello.

Felix: you see?
     you're not missing anything.

"Love 40"...

"Love beat down"...

"Gattin' on love,"
                "crack addict."

What's "crack addict"
                   about?

Check the lyrics, money.

"Crack addict.
              i'm a crack addict.

"Girl, i'm addicted
                to your crack.

"Don't deny me.
        i don't like cold turkey.

I ain't talking
                 about drugs."

What?!

[ scoffs ] excuse me,
but michael is a genius.

Excuse me, but michael
         can play 11 instruments.

Lee, look,
what you must remember

is that he's been
     writing music

since he was, what,
     6 years old.

He has. i mean, hey.
    you know what?

I don't care if you guys
aren't down with michael.

But michael
is the next marvin gaye.

Yeah, i'm sure "gattin' on love"
         is a great song.

Platinum.
              leigh: pow! shazam!

Well, i for one
    am glad to know

that it's still all good
between you and michael.

I mean, come on. i never
believe those trifling tabloids.

I mean, him and jada pinkett?
         yeah, right.

Yeah, right.

What are you talking --
            are you kidding me?

He sent her
                this coat, man.

Hey, let me
    see that, baby.

Daddy, come on, you've
seen leather coats before.

Since when did you ever give up
    an opportunity to show off?

Lee.
        look at this sucker, man.

Lee.
               this is expensive.

[ chuckles ]
        lee is bugging out.

Bugmaster.
you see?

Bugmaster.
         bugmaster, why don't ya
         bug a little faster?

[ laughter ]
                            okay.

"Now that
     i've totally degraded myself

"for the sake
            of a cheap-ass laugh,

"i feel this is the proper time
to depart the savage household.

"When we finally
             left the restaurant,

"mr. savage opened the trunk
     of his car,

"and caroline
              accidentally petted

"the dead cat
               he had back there.

"So now, she's somewhere
         soaking her hand

"in a jar of antiseptic
          and pickle juice.

"Hav is downstairs talking

"with a prep-school friend,
      bobby montgomery,

"who just dropped by
        to say, 'happy new year,'

and i'm officially
           out of here -- peace."

[ beep ]
                   [ sighs ]

[ indistinct talking
              on television ]

Lee: hey, anybody down here?
             i'm leaving.

What's happening?

What's happening?

What are you watching?

Some movie.

Lee plenty.

I know who you are.

You're the bad little boy

that caroline tried
to get with last night.

Bobby montgomery.

I'm a prep-school friend
      of havilland's.

What else did havilland
                 tell you?

Well, she told me
     that you were

charming, intelligent...

And a pathological liar.

She said
              i was intelligent?

She thinks
   you're full of...

What do you think?

I don't know you.

Well, what's
           your first impression?

I'll let you know
when you impress me.

Damn.

When i see that mother...
           in a suit...

And i hear his songs
    and i listen to his voice,

i just...

[ sighs ]

What's wrong with me?

Am i addicted to him?

I must be addicted to him.

[ sighs ]

I don't know, hav.

[ sighs ]

So...

Why are leigh and felix
                 fighting?

Uh, well, i know havilland
    offered leigh a job,

and i know leigh
hasn't made a decision yet.

Havilland offered leigh a job?
            in new york?

And felix
              is making mad loot

at savage software
                 here in d.c.

You know
               he ain't moving.

You got it.

Huh.
            what's the job offer?

Havilland needs
a personal assistant.

Havilland needs
            a personal assistant,

so she's hiring
                  her sister?

Hey, lee,
       i know you're ready to go,

but can you do me a favor
    and drive me to my grandma's?

Sure. you didn't tell me that
   leigh and felix were fighting

'cause of you.

Hey, money, they ain't
           fighting 'cause of me.

I asked you if you knew
      why they were fighting,
      and you said no.

And? what, like i'm supposed to
   discuss everything with you?

[ scoffs ] you're a stranger
            in this house.

I don't know you
             from a can of paint.

Havilland,
     you're hiring your sister

as your
        personal assistant.

That's cold. that's like saying,
          "i need a maid.

I think
       i'll hire my mother."

First off, i'm offering
             my sister a job.

I am doing her a favor.

She'll make more money
               working for me

than she will working
             for anybody in d.c.

[ jet engine revving ]
        secondly, this is between
            me and my sister.

So while you're in my face
          in my mother's house,

you better take
              your thread-barren,

fake-book writing...

Piss-colored ass
              out of my...house!

[ jet engine stops ]

Well, i seem
  to be in the middle

of a little bit
of a lovers' spat, so --

excuse me, miss thing,
        but i've got a man.

[ scoffs ]
whatever, havilland.

Bye, bad boy.

Bye, havilland.

[ sighs ]

Look, i'm just trying
        to offer my sister a job.

[ door closes ]

I mean, i'm not doing
               anything wrong.

Why are you
                questioning me?
hey, fine, iceberg slim.

You don't see nothing wrong
   with what you're doing.

If he gets pissed...

Ain't that right,
    nurse ratched?
                   wait a minute.

Who do you think you are that
    you can talk to me like that?

Who you think you are
     that i can't?

[ smooches, blows ]

[ toilet flushes ]

[ water bubbling ]

[ rattling ]

[ rumble, explosion ]

[ water rushing ]

Man, i'm so glad
         i didn't kiss that twit.

[ up-tempo music plays ]

Come on in, come on in!

Mwah!

Happy new year,
                 sweetheart!
       happy new year!

Happy new year!
  hello, mrs. moore!

It's so good
      to see you!

Grandma, you remember
              caroline, right?

[ spits ]
                  oh, and this
                 is lee plenty.

Ooh. mwah!

[ laughs ]

Grandma.

Come in.

I am so glad you brought lee
         over here today.

It is good luck

to kiss the first man you see
        on new year's day.

You know that, don't you?

I thought i had to be the first
  one to step over the threshold.

Whatever.

Havilland:
sorry we're late, grandma.

But we just spent
  the last two hours

cleaning the bathroom.

The toilet exploded.

Oh?

Mademoiselle,
              i said i was sorry.

What else do you
          want me to say?

Caroline, you knew
the toilet was broken.

And you knew
my father's cat was dead.

So, my question to you is,
   what were you thinking?

Mon cherie,
              i already told you

i forgot to take
               my medication.
you know what,
    caroline?

We're not even gonna go into
that discussion right now
               we've gone through
                  this before.

Because we're
at my grandmother's.
          unh. unh. unh!

Unh!

[ talking stops ]

[ sighs ]

So, lee...

What's your book about?

Lee doesn't talk
about his book, grandma.

He says he's writ--
              i'm --

i'm re-- i'm rewriting it.
he's writ--

he's writing
a love story.

It's -- i'm at a block
  right now, so i'm rewriting it.

Ooh! [ laughs ]
             i love love stories.

But it's nothing like
        that, uh -- what is that?

You know,
            the one with the fool

and the girl
                 in the boat?

A fool, a boat?

I don't know what the hell
       you're talking about.
excuse me?

Oh, you know the one
              i'm talking about.

The brother's a --
                a drug addict.

And he shoots the father.
  and everybody cries at the end.

Oh.
  wait.
                      come on.

This is a book,
    right, grandma?

No, no, no, the movie.
                it's a movie!

You know the one
               i'm talking about.
     oh, uh, "Jason's lyric"?

Yeah, that's the one.
        is it anything like that?

No.

Good.

So, when is it
                  coming out?

Well, uh, i've been talking
    to a couple of publishers,

including the one
        that hav works at,

so it'll probably be
      like about six months.

Uh, say about, like, june.

Be looking for that joint
          on the stands.

Yeah, right.
             ooh, i'm so excited.

Oh, you know what?
          one day you're gonna be

a big,
             muckety-muck writer.

And i can say,
                tell everybody,

that lee plenty
           sat in my living room.

I'm broke sitting up
       in your living room.

Well, you don't look broke.
            you look happy.

Most broke folk
               don't look happy.

Who's this?

That's havilland's
                 grandfather.

He died
   eight years ago.

Good-looking brother.

Yes, he is.
          [ timer dings ]

Well, y'all make
          yourselves comfortable,

and i'm gonna get in here
       and see about this dinner.

Havilland. havilland.

Come help.

What's this?

That's you.

Why is my nose
           a foot long?

Because you're a liar.

Why is my groin inflamed?

'Cause your pants
     are on fire.

[ laughing ]

So, is lee
               your new suitor?

I like the cut
                  of his jib.

No, grandma.
lee and i are just friends.

You're gonna marry him.

What?

You heard me.

No.
  you don't know lee.

You can never even get
a straight answer out of him.

You're going to marry him.

And live in poverty
for the rest of my life?

I don't think so.

You're going to
                  marry him.

Grandma --

havilland.

Just listen for once.

What did i tell your sister
            five years ago,

when she walked in here
   with felix for the first time?

And what did i tell your mother
           35 years ago,

when your father
            came to my back stoop

delivering groceries?

Grandma, mom and dad
got divorced when i was 13.

I can't tell you kids
       what to do once you do it.

All i know is what i see

when i see
             two people together.

And, havilland,
         i have met your husband.

He's out there
       sitting in my living room.

Now, you can either do things
    the hard way or the easy way.

It's up to you.

It's your life.

What's for dinner?

[ dog barking ]

[ footsteps ]

[ camera shutter clicks ]

Nancy, sluggo.

Hi.

Elvira.

Grandma made you
             a plate.

Ooh, thanks.
                    thanks a lot.
            yeah. it's okay.

Hav, can i talk to you
                for a moment?

[ sighs ] can you wait
         like a half-hour?

I have some work
      that i need to finish.

I can't forget.
          it's important.

Yeah, sure.
              great.

Havilland:
   are you staying?

Qu'est ce qui se passe?

What the hell's
      that mean?

Well, nothing
          going on here.

[ laughs ]

She's a work of art.
i'll talk with you.

Let me, uh,
take my hat and coat off

and slip into something
more comfortable, and...

[ snaps fingers ]
...i'll be right back.

You do that.

"Every time i try to leave,

something keeps happening.

"Leigh's downstairs,
fooling around with her camera,

"hav is working
          on her computer,

"and i don't know
         where caroline is.

So, now's a good time for me
   to get the hell out of here."

[ intercom buzzes ]
leigh: lee?

I know why you're
fighting with felix.

I know you're in love
               with my sister.

Ee. uh.
        [ stopper clangs ]

Uh, and how
   do you know that?

Well, i know you two were
  in a class together in college,

and i know she kept
      finding unsigned valentines

in her book
           from a secret admirer,

and i know that
               a year and a half

after you guys
                had graduated,

you bumped into her
                on the street,

came up to her and said,

"i was the one
   sending you those valentines,"

and she said, "oh, really? i
   always wondered who that was."

And then y'all
                went on a date.

Wasn't a date.
  it was just lunch.

So you have no interest
                  in hav.

Nope.

Then, why are you washing
         your hands with cheese?

[ water running ]

[ knock on door ]

Havilland: lee, i know
    you have to leave tonight,

but can you do me a favor
      and look at my stereo?

[ door opens ]

Lee?

[ door closes ]

[ leather squeaking ]

[ blows ]

[ heart beating ]

[ heart beat continues ]

[ beverage bubbling ]

I don't know --
            i mean, i love felix,

but something's missing.

You know, i mean...

I wake up,
               he goes to work,

i clean the house,
                  i watch tv,

but i've just
              been feeling so...

Disenfranchised.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's like...

It's like i don't -- i don't
      belong anywhere, you know?

I mean, felix thinks

if i -- if i get a job
             at my dad's place,

then it'll all be better,
           but that's not it.

I mean,
              that job's not me.

[ slurping ]

He doesn't un--
                 [ chuckles ]

Doesn't understand that.

Havilland doesn't
              understand, either.

[ sighs ]

Huh.
ah, screw havilland.

You know, everybody goes
to havilland for advice,

which is really ironic
when you think about it,

'cause she's the most screwed up
  in the head out of all of you.

[ sniffles ]

[ beep ]

"Enter password."

"L-e-e."

"Incorrect password."

[ keys clacking ]
       "h-a-v-i-l-l-a-n-d."

Enter.

"Correct password."

Well, it sounds like to me
          like you didn't have

a sense of purpose
              when you graduated.

And when you married
      your high-school sweetheart

thinking that would help
      and it didn't,

you felt
    even more lost.

Yeah.
         [ heart beating ]

You know. you know
          what i'm talking about.

Yeah, well, we're kind of
            in the same boat.

I mean, uh...

I don't have a sense
       of accomplishment, either.

I mean,
           i'm writing this book,

but who knows what's
          gonna happen with that.

Not a day goes by

where i don't wake up
riddled with self-doubt.

It's like...

It's like i'm having
an identity crisis or something.

I mean, since graduation,

i've been wondering
            what's wrong with me,

and in half an hour,
           you've figured it out.

You know
what i'm talking about.

[ chuckles ] lee, you've --
           you've cured me.

[ refrigerator door closes ]

Well, uh, i didn't
              really do anything.

Everybody looks for
that sense of purpose in life

that gives you dignity.

I believe nietzsche put it best
           when he said,

"the formula
              of my happiness --

a yes, a no,
        a straight line, a goal."

Of course, nietzsche later died
       in an insane asylum,

so maybe that's not
   such a good idea.

I know three things.

First, that you're
             gonna be very big...

Everyone's gonna
          know your name.

Second, i'm gonna move
   to new york and take that job,

and third...

Come here, lee.

Whoa, leigh.
             i'm not kissing you.

Just come here.

Leigh,
             i'm not kissing you.

Lee.
        [ glass shatters ]

Just come here.

You're riding in my car
                     that's not
                     a good idea.

Just one.
                 think about
             what you're doing.

I am thinking
       about it.

I turn on the radio
                leigh, you're
              a married woman.

I know, so just once.

Leigh, use your head.
lee, just once.

You say you wanna stay
no one -- no one --
no one's gonna find out.

It's not like
    we're gonna tell anyone.

Leigh, get a grip
                 on yourself.

But i want you to go
         just once.
if i -- if i don't do this,

i'm -- i'm gonna
   obsess over you,

you say you don't like it
and i'm never gonna be able
to get you out of my head.

Just one kiss.

Sure. havilland!

But you know i'm a liar
               lee!

[ shoes squeak ]

Lee, just once.
                just one kiss.

'Cause when we kiss, ooh
come on. just one, and i'll
leave you alone, i promise.

What the hell's
wrong with you?

[ violin string screeches ]

Oh, god.

Caroline, it's not
    what you think.

Caroline!

[ sighs ]

And remember, folks,
as outlandish as this all seems,

this is a true story.

[ door opens ]

Hav.

Lee.

Come here.
i want to ask you something.

Hav, you're not
              gonna believe this,

but your sister
           just tried to kiss me.

Really?

Downstairs in the kitchen,
             we were just --

ugh!

[ sighs ]

Hey.

Hi.

Look, um...

I know i said i wasn't
going to bother you, but...

I missed you.

Felix, i, um...

I have to
              tell you something.

Easy, easy.

If you get up too fast,

you'll feel like 5 pounds
         of...in a 3-pound bag.

Whoa, hey.
you ain't doing nothing.

I've been kissed harder
by weaker girls than you.

Oh, you talk the talk...

Both:
   ...but do you walk the walk?

Excusez, i'm sorry to interrupt
  your little private talk here,

but could someone
          drive me home?

Uh, sure.        uh, sure.

Felix!

Felix.            felix.

How you doing,
    mr. bugmaster?

Damn.

Ooh.

Leigh: felix! felix!
he didn't do anything.

[ thud ]
felix.

Felix, he didn't
do anything.

I tried to kiss him.
lee refused me.

He didn't kiss her.

Mnh-mnh.

[ sighs ]

Havilland --

don't talk to me.
      don't you even speak to me.

You have...up in such a big way,
       you don't even know.

I trusted you,
           and you...me?

I just went through
             this...with michael,

and i have no intentions

of going through this...
         with you.

Yeah!

[ sighs ]

What the hell
          did that mean?

[ sighs ]

I'm going home.

You give me

all this love
     that i've been missing

make me
              do you love him?

Show the feelings

i wanna hide
                does he love you?

Nothing compares
      to the love you're giving

have you given havilland
      an answer on her job offer?

I think
  i'm gonna take it.

What is this feeling about?

Oh, yes, this feeling
        i've been feeling

it always comes around
              i'm going home.
          are you coming with me?

Whenever i'm thinking
            about you
                             hmm?

I'm gonna
  stay here tonight.

Tell me what do i do

when i got a love
    that i'm supposed to love
                     [ sighs ]

You're giving me

what i've been missing
         at home

you give me

all this love
         that i've been missing

Felix: leigh...

Show the feelings

i wanna hide
     i'm confused here, okay?

And i'm really not sure
      what's going on,

but i-i feel like
     i'm losing my wife...

...compares to the love
     you're giving

and i-i don't know why.

You give me

what i've been missing
     at home

babe, i love you.
     don't you know that?

I should be satisfied

with the love
     that i already have

content about

about the things
     that he does

but i need so much more

so much more...

So much more
  [ sighs ]

Than what he's giving
             at home
is caroline a twit?

All the time she's been
        sitting in the back seat,
         and then you ask that?

All this love
          why didn't you say that
            when she was here?

That i've been missing
why does it seem like
    all my friends

are radically codependent?

Show the feelings
          i wanna hide

do i...purposely pick
    needy friends?

Yeah.

Nothing compares
    why didn't you
    kiss caroline?

To the love you're giving

[ sighs ]

She was drunk.
                she was buzzed.

That didn't attract me.

I guess.

But you were attracted
      to my sister.

You give me so much joy

yes, i was.

Never knew
       what i was missing
   so why didn't you
       kiss her?

[ inhales deeply ]

Feelings i just can't deny
             well, hav, there's
             a time and a place

for everything,
              i believe, and...

[ clears throat ]

Nothing compares...
          ...it wasn't our time,
         and it wasn't our place.

Simple as that.

To the love
     that you've been giving

you're what i've been missing
             at home

[ soft piano music plays ]

[ water swishing ]

I'm not tired.

Do you want
   to come and talk?

Come in my room.

[ sighs ]

Oh, boy.

I know what you're thinking.

You looked at her,
      then you looked at me,

and automatically you said
    to yourself, "bone scene."

It's not gonna happen.

I have which is called...

Willpower, restraint,
           self-control.

That's why the very next scene

is gonna be of me
          getting in bed,

pulling the covers up,
    and getting some shut-eye.

Any time now.

[ knocking on door ]

Come in. hey.
                 come and sit.

Where's your mother, hav?

Probably at her fiancé's.

[ metal clangs ]

[ laughs ]
             [ thud ]

Ow.

[ laughing ]

Oh, my god.
                 are you okay?

Ouch.

That happens to me
                 all the time.

Oh, my god.
       don't bleed on the carpet.

Don't bleed
                on the carpet.

[ sighs ]

Thought i was...around,
            didn't you?

[ sniffles ]

[ knock to tune
    of "shave and a haircut" ]

[ door opens ]

Havilland:
i wasn't done talking yet.

You asleep?

If you're tired,
   come in my room.

This bed's
    uncomfortable.

[ footsteps depart ]

[ heart beating ]

So your head must
               be pretty swollen

now that two girls
          made googly eyes at you

and two girls tried to kiss you
          in one weekend.

Did-- didn't have anything
       to do with me.

Bobby and alexandria probably
make goo-goo eyes at everybody

'cause they know
they're unavailable.

Caroline was just feeling
      the champagne,

and leigh was just angry
      at her husband.

So it actually had absolutely
    nothing to do with me,

really,
when you look at it.

I admire
            your humility, money,

but four girls tried to
       get at you in one weekend.

Why is that?

I don't know,
but i'm moving to d.c.

Yeah!

What is this?

A massager.
          what does it look like?

Lee?

[ massager vibrating ]
                     [ laughs ]

[ vibrating stops ]
                       [ scoffs ]

Put that on the floor.
     get rid of it.

I'm leaving it
                  right here.

[ massager hits floor ]

Lee...

How come you never
               tried to kiss me?

Because you have
psychological problems.

I'm serious.

What would you do
          if i tried to kiss you?

Would you refuse me?

Yes.

'Cause a bed isn't the time
or the place for a first kiss.

You know what
             i learned about you?

What?

That you are romantic.

You're riding in my car

i'm sorry our first kiss

can't be over
            a candlelight dinner,

i turn on the radio
          but this is the time...

And this is the place.

I'm holding you closer
                lee, kiss me.

I want you
     to kiss me, lee.

You're telling me no

you say you don't like it
                lee, kiss me.

But i know
       that you're a liar
                    kiss me, lee.

'Cause when we kiss, ooh

fire

late at night

mm-mm-mm

you're taking me home

yeah, you say
        you want to stay

but i want you to go

i say i don't love you

but you know
        i'm a liar

Lee.
                      yeah?

'Cause when we kiss, ooh
i'm not gonna let you
   make love to me.

Are you angry?

No.

Fire, ooh

you're not angry?

Fire

no.

[ sighs ]

What's the matter?

Lee, i know you don't
  know this about me,

but i'm a freak.

Uh-huh. so?

You had a hold on me
      right from the start

[ sighs ]
  so that's how i am.

That's how i think.

A grip so tight

i couldn't tear it apart
when i'm in somebody's arms,

i want to feel like
the sexiest bitch alive.

My nerves all jumping
       acting like a fool
and if i don't, then i don't
want to be in their arms.

Well, your kisses might burn
        so you're saying that
    'cause i'm not getting angry,

but my heart
             you don't feel sexy.

Stays
        i'm sorry.
that's just how i think.

Cool
why don't you go read up

on how freaks are
and how we think?

Now you're telling me...

To read a book on freaks

'cause i don't know
what the hell i'm doing.

[ sighs ]

Was this a mistake?

If you have to ask me that,
  yeah, this was a mistake.

Are you angry?

Yes!

Good.

Well, maybe you should
             go get some sleep,

because we do have to
                get up early.

Good night.

Oh, turn the lights out
              when you leave.

[ sighs ]

Man, i just walked
    right into that power trip.

I can't believe
       i just fell for that.

You think
     i'd have learned by now.

[ keys clacking ]

[ sets down pen ]

Leigh, about last night.

Things got a little heated,

but i'm not angry
if you still aren't.

Havilland, i've been
              thinking about it,

and i'm gonna turn down
              your job offer.

Thanks, though.

Are you still angry?

Leigh?

[ chuckles ]

Am i still angry?

Well, let's just break
        that down, now, shall we?

Am i angry
              with the one person

i have worshipped, adored,
        emulated my entire life,

only to find out
                in one weekend

that she is,
                "a," selfish...

"B," fake...

And, "c,"
             a power-hungry bitch

who wouldn't know
                  a good man

if he was standing
               in the next room?

See, havilland,
       since i was a little girl,

i wanted your life,
                but, you know,

now i know that my life
           is better than yours,

and it took a stranger --

a stranger
               to show me that.

So since that i have...

Literally licked the butt
             of a false idol

for the past 24 years,

am i angry with you?

Of course not, you twit.

[ soft piano music plays ]

[ horn honks ]

Hey, your cab's here.

So i guess it's time
   to say the thing

that we're not
   supposed to say.

[ horn honks ]

Leigh: go away.
   what?

Just go away.
   leave her alone.

[ cab door closes ]

[ cab departs ]

Wipe your tears away

you don't have to cry
   no more

no more

wipe your tears away

you don't have to cry
   no more

take my hand, follow me

i got everything you need

long ago i had a dream

someone would come
   and share

[ engine turns over ]

The years ahead

so i waited and i prayed

that he didn't come too late

i didn't know

know your name at all

i wanted him to say to me

you don't have to cry
   no more

i don't have to cry

no more

no more, oh, oh

wipe your tears away

you don't have to cry
   no more

i wanted him to say

i've got everything you need

come to me

so that i can be in love

how i long to be in love

like carrying on
   in life alone

[ leigh laughs ]

No one to hold

[ sighs ]

But i'm still strong

Lee...

I don't know what you've
been thinking lately, but...

I just wanted
    to let you know

that i haven't been
playing games with you.

And as far as you
and i are concerned,

it's just...

I just don't know
what i want right now.

And i guess
   you could choose

to...with that, or not.

[ inhales deeply ]

Well, hav...

I believe you do know
               what you want.

And for damn sure
          it ain't no threadbare,

fake-book writing sucker
           who lives in his car.

But that's okay,

'cause i don't want
              to be with someone

who'd rather go to a party
    than put up a christmas tree,

to tell you the truth,
                there, money.

But [sighs]
             we're still friends,

and i'd like to thank you

for inviting me down.

It was the best new year's
            i had in a while,

and i'm serious
                  about that.

I had a good time
         and i want to thank you,

so, thanks.

Call me. tomorrow.

What for?

Just call me.

I'll be at my office
      all day...

Waiting for your call...

At your whim.

Yeah, i doubt that.

King lee.

Queen hav.

[ beeping ]

[ door opens ]

[ door closes ]

Bye.

[ telephone rings ]

Gladys: "happy new year, hav.
           welcome back.

"A package came for you
           this morning.

I put it on your desk.
              gladys."

Ohh

ohh

ohh, hmm

i love

oh, oh, don't go,
            don't go

in a world without you...

[ beep ]

Yeah?

Hi, hav,
                this is gladys.

I think the guy that sent you
    the flowers is on his way up.

And stay with me

but the loneliness
      will kill me tonight
thanks.

Hey.

Can i come in?

Wasting time together
   talking about your problems

girl, it's cool with me

you need a favor,
   i'm the one you always call

you depend on me

3:00 in the morning
                      so, um...
                      [ blows ]

...how was
               your new year's?

When i try to kiss
          your body...
      [ sneezes ]

Hey, hav,
  sorry to interrupt.

We're just such big fans.

And, mr. simmons, i was hoping
   i could get your autograph.

If we could take a minute
         out of your time.
do you mind?

Sorry, hav.
                   michael: sure.

Didn't mean to interrupt.

Oh, i forgot a pen.
            [ giggles ]

Don't worry, don't worry,
          don't worry, ladies.

Pow! what do you think?
              who's this for?

Melissa.

Melissa.
                 "to melissa."

You know what, melissa,
        you can't spell "Melissa"

without an "m"
                  and an "e."

You know
               what i'm sayin'?

[ giggles ]

Cd is terrific.

Oh, thank you.
               love 40, ladies.

Thanks again.
          what do you think, hav?
                all right?

You're welcome.
see you later, hav.

Bye.
                   hey, hey, hey.

You can keep the pen.

Thanks. thanks.

Hav...

I know
            you're upset with me.

All right,
               and -- and -- and

you have
              every reason to be.

[ footsteps approach ]

Mike, babe. love you.

Hey, man, love you, too.
                all right.

Hey, love 40, now.

Hey, you know what -- you know
      what i did this weekend?

Nothing.

Stayed at home
                all weekend...

I'm not letting you go,
         no way, no how

...by myself,
              watched dick clark.

[ inhaler hisses ]

[ knock on door ]

Hey, hav. hey, mike.
          havilland: hi.

Hey, how you doing there?
fine. how are you?

Hey, love 40.
                 [ chuckles ]

No, no, no, no, no

okay, you don't have to
           answer me right now.

But what do you say...

This weekend...

I come by...

Pick you up?

We can go load up the
      range rover full of goodies

and drive up to my place
             in the hamptons.

Maybe on saturday,
                   you know,

we go into your little favorite
     spot in town for dinner,

you know,
            just like we used to.

Get some strawberries
        and champagne for dessert

on the way home.

I want --
            i want the full range

of havilland savage,

from -- from
       the board room, all right,

us doing business together in
   our conservative little suits,

down into the bedroom,

with me just, like, licking
   on your clitoris or something.

I don't care.

I don't care.

You know...

You see -- you see this vein
        in my head right here?

It pops out
       every time i'm around you.

Walk away

but the loneliness
      will kill me tonight

havilland savage...

I'm on bended knee.

I love you.

Hi, mike.

Hey, man,
                how you doing?

Let's do lunch.

Hey, love 40, baby.

And i want you to be...

My wife.

[ horn honks ]

[ sighs ]

[ clock ticking ]

[ cat purring ]

[ doorbell rings ]

Happy new year!

Give me a hug.
give me kisses and love.

How are you doing?

So. what's up?
    how you doing?

What's going on? how you been?
     how was your new year?

Happy new year.

It was all right,
                   you know?

Well, my new year's -- let me
tell you about my new year's.

Are you listening? i'm gonna
tell you about my new year's.

Well, i went to the movies,
    i rented some movies,

i saw some movies,
  i watched repeats,

i went to the club,
i went to the disco --

Evelyn, could you excuse me
             for a minute?

[ door closes ]

Lee: "havilland...

"Hours into days,
          days into weeks,

"i will still
        be thinking of you.

"I'll childishly depend

"on these days
        and weeks and months

"to blanket that sharp sting
    i feel when i think of you,

"but to no avail, i'm sure.

"I got it bad,
        and that ain't good.

"Why is this happening?

"Why do i dream of you?

"Am i forever doomed
          to ache and long

"for a girl whose constant
   center-of-attention lifestyle

"makes me sick?

"I've never felt simultaneous

"attraction and revulsion
              before.

"It's making me miserable.

I wouldn't choose this
        if i had a choice."

"This fever that quickens
     my pulse will break soon.

"This longing i have
    to kiss you and breathe you

"and taste the dizzying scent
            of your skin

"will fade away.

"Eventually, another
       hurricane will roar up

"and introduce herself

"and spin me around
       and around and around.

"And hopefully, when she and i
    are sitting in a restaurant

"and i'm staring
      at a glass of champagne

"for what seems an eternity,

"and she asks me
         what i'm thinking

"and i say, 'nothing,'

"hopefully that won't be a lie
        like it usually is.

"hopefully i won't want to say,

"'havilland's eyes,
           i am thinking.

"'Havilland's lips,
           i am thinking.

"'Havilland's hands,
           i am thinking.

"'Havilland's legs,
           i am thinking.

"Havilland savage,
          i am thinking.'

i love you."

[ knock on door ]

Hey, hav, want to go to a party
      at the neo bar tonight?

Get your groove on?
michael might be there.

Sure.

Trudy: [ laughs ]

Careful, chris.

You'll feel like 5 pounds
         of...in a 3-pound bag.

[ laughs ]
   trust me, trudy.

I've been kissed harder
    by weaker women.

Hmm.

You can talk
               that talk, but --

i can walk that walk.

Uh, excuse me,
     i don't mean to interrupt

your little private talk,

but could one of y'all
       take me home, please?

Um, yeah.       um, yeah.

Harold.

Harold.         harold.

Hey, man, what's up?

Yeah, what's up,
             mother...

Uh...

Excuse me.
     harold, baby, it was me.

I tried to kiss him.
       he didn't do nothing.

I'm telling you.
            it was me.

I tried to kiss him.

Baby? baby?

Chris: harold --

ooh.

[ thud ]

[ audience laughing ]

That was not nice.
              um, chris, get up.

[ laughter and applause ]

[ knock on door ]

Hey, hey, trudy!

Girl, you want to go
              to a party tonight?

You know
             glen might be there.

Sure.

[ audience groans ]

[ cheers and applause ]

Ladies and gentlemen,
       thank you for coming

to the metropolitan
   international film festival.

And now i'd like to introduce

the writer and director
          of "tru love,"

mr. lee plenty.

[ applause ]

Thanks a lot.
                  thank you.

A-Any questions?

Mr. plenty, i like
the title "tru love."

Her name is trudy,
and his last name is love.

But i thought
they were gonna get married.

Yeah, so did i.
           [ laughter ]

Will there be a sequel?

Here's the sequel --

uh, they never saw each other
     again after that weekend,

she chose to live her life
        with somebody else,

and he wrote a great screenplay
         about that story

and got over his broken heart.

He's definitely over her.

I know you don't
              have a distributor.

Aren't you afraid that
     they'll want a happy ending?

I never made "tru love"
   to, uh, have a happy ending.

I always wanted it
    to have a realistic ending,

not some fake fairy-tale ending.

And i'm not gonna change that
  just for any damn movie execs.

[ applause ]

Hey. hi.
                 how are you?

Okay.

Hey, whoa, look at you.

Caroline.

Hi. [ laughs ]

Thanks for coming,
                    y'all.

We wouldn't
          have missed it.
thanks for inviting us.

It was really good.

Look at you, man.
               congratulations.

Thanks.
      congratulations to you.

It was, um --
      it was, uh, excellent.

Yeah, it was good, man.
   it was pretty good.

I didn't get the ending.

Yo, lee, what's
              happening, brother?

Hey, how you doing?

Loved the film, man.
  thank you.

You's a bad mother...

Mr. plenty.

Miss savage.

Is it still "miss"?

Yeah.

So, how come
             you never called me?

How come
you never called me?

[ sighs ]

I don't want
               to argue anymore.

I'm not arguing.
i'm just, you know --

i'm not gonna --
     i'm over it.

I've moved on.
      i've grown.

I know you were hurt --

i wasn't hurt.

Okay, i know
              that you've grown.

And i've grown, too.

For the past year, i've --

i've realized that everything
         i thought i wanted

was all bull...

I mean, i thought about all
     the times we spent fighting,

and...

I thought back to myself
                 and said,

you know, was i --

was i blind?

You were everything
                   i needed.

You were the man
         that i always dreamed of

when i was a little girl.

I love you.

Woman: lee plenty?
                  lee plenty.

Hi, i'm amy madison.

And this is my associate
               lloyd banks.

I run caprice films.

Caprice films.

Hi.

Hi. hi.
yeah, i know who you are.

Well, i saw your film,
               and i loved it.

We definitely need to do
         some business together
         and make some money.

I think the world
         needs to see "tru love."

Needs to see it.

Okay.

First, what
              we need to do is --

is make arrangements
     to fly you out to california

so we can sit down
                  and discuss

the changes
            that need to be made.

Changes.

Changes, like what?

Well, i mean,
   i think the film

could use a more
              optimistic ending.

Optimism.

But other than that,
      you stand to make millions.

Sounds cool?

Sure.
           [ laughter ]

Everybody!
          lee got himself a deal!

Leigh:
    caprice films!

[ cheers and applause ]

Havilland: you did it.

One little change,
   you finally made the big time.

Isn't that what
              you always wanted?

Yeah.

Lee: she's right.

I got the deal and the girl,

and i only sold out
           a little bit.

It's what i wanted.

Right?

Well, romeo and juliet

hmm

samson and delilah

baby, you can bet

they were burning
          with desire

if i say split

you say split

then you know
       that i'd be lying

i know that
         you'd be lying

'cause when we kiss

ooh

fire

ooh

you had a hold on me
      right from the start

a grip so tight
    i couldn't tear it apart

my nerves all jumping,
       acting like a fool

your kisses might burn

but my heart

stays

cool

cool

you're riding in my car

i turn on the radio

i'm pulling you closer, yes

but you keep telling me no

you say you don't like it

but i know
       that you're a liar

'cause when we kiss

ooh

fire

Late at night

mm-mm-mm

you're taking me home

yeah, you say
        you want to stay

yeah, you say
        you want to stay