La La Land (2016) - full transcript
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
It's another hot, sunny day today
here in Southern California.
Temperature is 84?F
for downtown Los Angeles.
Overnight lows of 75. [...]
Ba-ba-da ba-da ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-da ba-da ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-da ba-da ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
I think about that day
I left him
at a Greyhound station
west of Santa Fe
We were seventeen,
but he was sweet and it was true
Still I did
what I had to do
'Cause I just knew
Summer, sunday nights
We'd sink into our seats
right as they dimmed out all the lights
A Technicolor world made out
of music and machine,
It called me
to be on that screen
And live inside each scene
Without a nickel to my name,
Hopped a bus, here I came
Could be brave
or just insane,
We'll have to see
'Cause maybe
in that sleepy town
He'll sit one day,
the lights are down,
He'll see my face and think
of how he used to know me
Climb these hills
I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing
all the lights that shine
And when they let you down,
(It's another day of...)
You get up off the ground,
(It's another day of...)
'Cause morning rolls around
and it's another day of sun
I hear'em ev'ry day,
The rhythms in the canyons
that'll never fade away,
The ballads in the barrooms
left by those who came before
They say
"you gotta want it more"
So I bang on ev'ry door
And even
when the answer's "no"
Or when my money's
running low,
The dusty mic
and neon glow
Are all I need
And someday,
as I sing my song,
A small-town kid'll
come along
That'll be the thing to push him on
and go, go
Climb these hills
I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing
all the lights that shine
And when they let you down,
(It's another day of...)
You get up off the ground,
('Cause it's another day of...)
'Cause morning rolls around
and it's another day of sun
And when they let you down,
The morning rolls around
It's another day of sun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
(Sun [...])
It's another day of sun
(Oh)
Just another day of sun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
(Sun)
Another day has just begun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun
WINTER
[...] already has won three Oscars,
including for the 1998 film
"Shakespeare in Love".
[...] I mean, we could not
believe what was happening.
No, I swear to God.
She was wrecked!
She was completely wrecked!
I know!
I know, it-it was...
it was pure insanity.
"It's insanity?"
Ah!
Lunacy! "It was pure lunacy."
What is his problem?
I should go.
- Cappuccino, please.
- Right, of course.
- On us.
- Oh! No, thank you. I insist.
Did you see who that was?
Audition!
Shit.
Mia, where d'you think
you're going?
Oh. To see a doctor.
You better be here
early tomorrow.
Okay.
Have a good night!
She was wrecked!
It was pure lunacy!
It was...
It was so crazy and I just...
Oh, you would've died.
No, Turner's fine. Turner's fine.
I-I just, uh...
Are you going to wait until Denver
to tell her, or...?
What?
Okay.
No, I'm happy for you.
I am, I'm happy for you.
I just...
I just thought...
- I don't know what I thought.
- One second.
I guess it just [...]
- What, Ruby?
- Jessica on the phone.
- Uh... Tell her I'll call her back.
- In two minutes?
Less than two minutes.
- I'll go get your lunch.
- I'm almost done. Thank you.
Oh. You know what?
I think we're good.
Thanks for coming in.
Wow! Holy shit!
You wanna open a window?
It was trying to give you
an entrance.
Thank you.
Mia! How'd the audition go?!
- Er...
- Er, same here.
Was Jen there? Or Rachel?
I don't know
who Jen and Rachel are.
Are the worst.
Oh, I don't know
if they were there.
Bet that they were.
Why is there a convention
in the bathroom?
Agreed.
Two minutes, people!
Mia, you're coming, right?!
I can't!
I'm working.
What?!
Did she just say "working"?
- What?
- I'm sorry it didn't go well today,
and there's like four things
in my inbox
that you're perfect for
and I will submit you.
But right now, you're coming!
- It will be fun.
- It's not gonna be fun.
- It could be.
- It's not.
It's gonna be a bunch
of social climbers,
all packed into one
of those big glass houses.
This looks familiar.
- I was gonna give that back.
- How long have you had this?!
- Oh, a long time.
- Come on, Mia!
When else
are you gonna get to see
a very Hollywood cliche
crammed into the same room?
We'll make fun of it together!
"I'm disappointed in you, Lex."
There's nothing to make fun of.
This party is gonna be like...
humanity at its finest.
Hmm.
- You got the invitation
- You got the right address
- You need some medication?
- The answer's always yes
A little chance encounter
Could be the one
you've waited for
Oh!
Just squeeze a bit more!
Tonight we're on a mission
Tonight's the casting call
If this is the real audition
Oh, God help us all!
You make the right impression,
Then ev'rybody knows your name
We're in the fast lane
Someone in the crowd could be
the one you need to know,
The one to fin'lly
lift you off the ground
Someone in the crowd
could take you where you wanna go
If you're the someone
ready to be found
The someone
ready to be found
Do what you need to do
'til they discover you
And make you more
than who you're seeing now
- So with the stars aligned
- I think I'll stay behind
You've got to go and find
That someone in the crowd
Hey girl!
Uhuh.
That someone in the crowd!
Is someone in the crowd
the only thing
you really see?
Watching while the world
keeps spinning 'round?
Somewhere there's a place
where I find who I'm gonna be,
A somewhere
that's just waiting
to be found
Someone in the crowd could be
the one you need to know,
The someone
who could lift you off the ground
Someone in the crowd
could take you where you wanna go
Someone in the crowd
could make you
Someone in the crowd
could take you
flying off the ground
If you're the someone
ready to be found!
TOW-AWAY / NO STOPPING
9pm to 6am / NIGHTLY
No.
Oh, come on! What...?
Ah!
STORAGE / ENTRANCE
Lipton's / OPEN
California oranges
VAN BEEK - Tapas & Tunes
Please stop sneaking
into my home.
D'you think Mom and Dad
would call this a "home"?
What're you doing?
Please don't do that.
Please don't sit on that.
- Are you kidding?
- Please don't sit on that,
don't sit on that.
Don't sit on that.
- Hoagy Carmichael sat on that.
- Oh my God!
The Baked Potato
just threw it away.
I can't imagine why.
- And now you're just sitting on it.
- I got you a throw rug.
I don't need that.
What if I said
Miles Davis pissed on it?
It's almost insulting.
Is it true?
When are you going
to unpack these boxes?!
When I unpack them
in my own club.
Oh, Sebastian!
It's like a girl broke up
with you and you're stalking her.
You're not still going by there,
are you?
That's...
Can't believe it, they turned it
into a samba-tapas place.
- Oh my God, Sebastian!
- Samba, tapas.
Pick one, you know?
Do one right.
I have someone
I want you to meet.
I don't want to meet anyone.
No, no,
I don't want to meet anyone.
- Dad gave you this?
- Yes.
You'll like her.
I don't think I'm gonna like her.
- Does she like jazz?
- Probably not.
Then what are we gonna
talk about?
I dont know! It doesn't matter,
okay?
Because you're living like a hermit.
You're driving without insurance!
- It doesn't matter?
- Yeah, it doesn't matter.
- Okay.
- You need to get serious.
Well, then I know a guy with
a face tattoo that you should see.
- Okay, low blow.
- With a heart of gold.
- Get serious!
- Get serious? Laura.
I... I had a very serious plan
for my future.
I know.
It's not my fault
I got shanghaied!
You didn't get shanghaied,
you got ripped off.
What's the difference?
I don't know!
It's not as romantic as that.
Don't sit...
Everybody knew that guy
was shady, except for you.
Why do you say "romantic"
like it's a dirty word?
Unpaid bills are not romantic.
Call her.
I'm not going to call her.
The thing is... y-you're acting like
life's got me on the ropes.
I want to be on the ropes.
Okay? I'm just... I'm letting
life hit me until it gets tired.
Oh?
Then I'm gonna hit back.
It's a classic "rope-a-dope".
Okay, Ali.
I love you.
Unpack the boxes.
- I'm gonna change the locks.
- You can't afford it.
I'm a phoenix
rising from the ashes!
PAST DUE
- Hey.
- Hey Bill.
- Thanks for letting me back.
- You're welcome.
I want you to know
that you're looking at a new man.
Good.
- A man that's happy to be here.
- Excellent.
- Very-easy-to-work-with man.
- Okay.
And you're gonna...
play the setlist?
Happy to.
Even though I don't think
anybody cares what I play,
- but yeah.
- Yep. Well,
if by "anyone" you mean
anyone other than me,
that would be correct.
I care, and I don't wanna hear
the free jazz.
Right. Okay.
Although I-I... I thought
that in this town
it worked on a sort of "one
for you, one for me" type system.
How about two for you,
one for me?
How 'bout... all for you
and none for me?
- That's perfect. Yes.
- Great.
- Okay.
- Okay. Mutual decision.
- Right. Made-Made by me.
- Right.
And I... signed off on it, so...
Whatever. Tell yourself
what you wanna know.
Well, welcome back.
There's a nice way
to say that, Karen.
Seb.
I do-I-I hear
what you're saying,
but I don't think
you're saying what you mean.
Yeah, I don't think you hear
what I'm saying. You're fired.
Well, I-That's what you're saying,
but it's not what you mean.
What you mean is...
You're fired.
..."play the setlist".
No, I'm saying
it's too late.
It's a warning.
What-What planet
are you from?
- Don't fire me.
- You're done.
- Don't fire me.
- I'm sorry, Seb.
It's Christmas.
Yeah, I see the decorations.
Good luck in the New Year.
I just heard you play,
and I wanted to...
I don't like the fissure
on the GT scan.
Did you test for achromatopsia?
D.O.A. on 23rd. Perp
laughing his face off at the P.D.
Damn Miranda Rights.
This is my classroom.
You don't like it,
the door's to my left.
Lady, why you be trippin'
like that?
No, Jamal.
You be trippin'.
SPRING
Jump right here!
We're talking away
I don't know
what I'm to say,
I'll say it anyway
Oh. Mia!
- Hi!
- Hi.
I want you to meet
my friend Carlo.
- Hi. Carlo.
- Carlo, this is Mia.
- Nice. Mia?
- Yes, Mia.
- Hi. How are you?
- Carlo is a writer.
Yeah. They say I have a knack
for world-building.
I-I got a lot of heat right now.
There's been a lot of buzz, people
talkin' about me, which is exciting.
I mean, you work so hard,
and then all that validation.
- It's great...
- I'm gonna grab a drink.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- It's really nice to meet you...
I'll be gone
in a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends,
But I'll be stumbling away,
Slowly learning
that life is okay
Say after me:
"It's no better to be safe
than sorry"
Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I'll be gone
in a day or two
Thank you.
Any other requests?!
Girl in the front!
"I Ran".
"I Ran".
A fantastic suggestion!
All right, piano man,
tickle those ivories. Let's hit it.
One, two, three, four!
Uh!
That's right!
I walk alone the avenue
I never thought I'd meet
a girl like you
Meet a girl like you
(Me?)
With auburn hair
and tawny eyes,
With kind of eyes
that hypnotize me through
That hypnotize me through
And I ran,
I ran so far away
I couldn't get away
Sometimes I feel
I've got to run away,
I've got to get away
From the pain you drive
into the heart of me
All right. I remember you.
And I'll admit I was
a little curt that night.
- "Curt"?
- Okay, I was an asshole.
- I can admit that.
- Okay.
But requesting "I Ran"
from a serious musician
is just... it's too far.
My Lord! Did you just say
"a serious musician"?
I don't think so.
- Can I borrow what you're wearing?
- Why?
'Cause I have an audition
next week.
I'm playing
a serious firefighter.
So you're an actress.
I thought you looked familiar.
Have I seen you on anything?
Uh... A coffee shop?
On the Warner Bros. lot?
- That's classic.
- Oh, I see.
- Yeah.
- You're a barista.
And I can see how you could then
look down on me
from all the way up there.
Time to do the next set.
He doesn't... I don't...
He doesn't tell me
what to do.
He just... told you
what to do...
I know, he... I let him.
- What's your name?
- Mia.
Mia.
Guess I'll see you
in the movies.
- Heard of Joseph Campbell?
- Uh, yeah.
I have this idea
to do a re-imagining
of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
but from the perspective of the bears.
It's kind of thrilling.
Yeah, it could be like a franchise.
- Right.
- So we don't know.
There could've been a fourth bear,
we don't know.
George Michael!
Hello.
- Sorry.
- Yeah, yeah.
It's... I know that guy.
Did you get your keys?
Mm-hmm. Yes.
Can you grab mine?
Can I what?
Would you be able to grab mine?
My keys?
- I can't hear you.
- Sorry.
- Can-Can you grab my keys?
- Oh.
- Please?
- Oh, there we go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- What kind?
- It's a Prius.
That mean the...
That does't help me.
With a green ribbon.
All right.
Those look, uh, comfortable.
They are.
Thank you for saving the day
back there.
Well, you didn't really give me
much of a choice.
It's pretty strange that we keep
running into each other.
It is strange.
Maybe it means something.
- I doubt it.
- Yeah, I don't think so.
Where's my car?!
You gotta put that thing
to your chin.
- This?
- Yeah.
Yeah, it makes your head
into an antenna, so...
Oh?
I think it gives you cancer,
but you find your car faster.
What?
I mean, you don't live as long,
but you get where you're going quicker,
- so it all evens out.
- That sounds terrible.
- Just a suggestion.
- You're a...
You're a real, uh...
- What's the word am I looking for?
- Knight in shining armor?
- Weirdo. That was the word.
- Okay.
Not much to look at, huh?
I've seen better.
The sun is nearly gone,
The lights are turnin' on,
A silver shine
that stretches to the sea
We've stumbled on a view
That's tailor-made for two
What a shame those two
are you and me
Some other girl and guy
Would love this swirling sky,
But there's only you and I
And we've got no shot
This could never be
- You're not the type for me
- Really?
And there's not a spark
in sight
What a waste
of a lovely night
You say
there's nothing here?
Well, let's make something clear
I think I'll be the one
to make that call
But you'll call?
And though you looked so cute
in your polyester suit,
It's wool.
You're right,
I'd never fall for you at all
And maybe this appeals
To someone not in heels
Or to any girl who feels
There's some chance
for romance
But, I'm frankly
feeling nothing
Is that so?
Or it could be
less than nothing
Good to know,
so you agree?
That's right
What a waste
of a lovely night
Ah.
Hi, Greg.
Hi... Oh! Sorry, I'm late.
Yeah. I'll be there soon.
Okay, bye.
- It's... It's just right there.
- Just right here.
Hmm.
Do you want a ride
to your car?
No, I'm just... right up here.
Good night.
Good night.
Excuse me.
This is gluten-free, right?
No.
What?!
Mm-mmm.
What? I'd like a refund.
Okay. Let me check on that for you.
Mia? You're closing friday.
I-I c-I can't close on friday.
I have an audition, remember?
Do I look like I care?
Reschedule it.
- Oh, and, uh, we need to have
- I...
a little talk tomorrow, okay?
- Fix your apron, please.
- Uh... Okay.
You again!
What're you doin' here?
Oh, you know, just meetings
and... studio heads and...
How'd you get on the lot?
I basically just hauled ass
past the guard gates, so...
I think I have 20 minutes
until they find me.
You don't have a break...
coming up, do you?
I'm off in 10 minutes. So...
Can I hide in the bathroom?
- Yes.
- Okay. (Thank you.)
Sorry.
Uh...
I actually do have to check.
I'm... sorry.
That's the window
that Humphrey Bogart
and Ingrid Bergman
looked out of in Casablanca.
- Wow!
- Yeah.
I can't believe you work
right across the street from that.
- Yeah.
- That's amazing.
What was your, uh...,
your Bogart's name?
What's his name?
Is it Greg?
Yeah. Greg.
Right. How long
have you, uh, been...?
We've been seeing each other
for about a month.
Uh, that's great.
He's, uh... He's sweet.
Anyway, I love being around
this stuff, you know?
I know what you mean. I-I get coffee
5 miles out of the way
- just so I can be near a jazz club.
- Really?
Yeah, the Van Beek.
Do you know it?
Mm-mmm.
All the big swing bands
used to play there.
Count Basie, Chick Webb.
Anyway, it's a samba-tapas place
now, so...
What's a samba-tapas place?
You know, it's like a samba place
where they serve tapas.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
So the joke's on... history?
I don't know. That's L.A.
They just...
They-They-They worship everything
and they value nothing.
We're about to roll.
Stop, please, guys.
- You're rolling?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- I know.
They shoot movies on my street
all the time, so I know about movies.
- Come this way.
- Right.
It's a lock-down.
- I love her!
- And here we go.
So... Hey, Mia.
How did you get into this?
- And... roll!
- Get into what?
Sound speed!
- You know, movies and acting.
- Action.
Oh.
- My aunt was an actress.
- Oh, okay.
She was in a traveling
theater company.
I grew up in Boulder City,
Nevada.
So across the street from my house
there was this little library,
that had an old movies section.
And so she... she took me
and we spent an entire day
watching all these old movies
like "Notorious" and... "Bringing Up
Baby", "Casablanca"... and...
- Cut it there. Cut!
- Check the gate.
- We can talk now.
- She sounds incredible.
She was incredible.
And I would put on all these plays
in my bedroom...
and... it would basically just be
she and I...
re-enacting those scenes
from the movies.
And then I would write
my own plays.
- Wow.
- Uh... Yeah.
I love it.
So anyway, I left college
after two years to come here.
And, uh, my last audition
was for a teen soap
pitched as Dangerous Minds
meets The O.C.
So, yeah...,
should've been a lawyer.
'Cause the world needs
more lawyers...
It doesn't need more actresses.
You're not just an actress.
What do you mean
"just an actress"?
You said it yourself,
you were a...
y-you were a child prodigy
playwright.
That is not what I said.
Well, you're too modest
to say it, but it's true.
So you could just write
your own roles, you know?
Write something that's
as interesting as you are,
and you don't have to audition
for this...
- Y-Yeah.
- uh, pishi kaka.
Look at Louis Armstrong,
you know?
He could have just played
the marching band charts
that he was given.
But he didn't do it.
What did he do?
- What did he do?
- Well, he made history, didn't he?
Well, I'm gonna stop
auditioning
and I'm gonna make history
instead.
Well, my work is done here.
I should probably tell you
something now.
- Just to get it out the way.
- Mm-hmm.
I hate jazz.
You okay?
What do you mean
you hate jazz?
It just means that when
I listen to it, I don't like it.
Yeah, but it's just a blanket statement
that you don't like jazz.
What are you doing right now?
Nothing.
You know, I just think that people,
when they say that they...,
you know, "I hate jazz"...,
they just...
they don't... have context.
They don't know
where it comes from, you know?
Jazz was born in a little...
flophouse in New Orleans,
and then just because people
were crammed in there,
they spoke
five different languages,
they couldn't
talk to each other.
The only way that they could
communicate... was with jazz.
Yeah, well, what about Kenny G?
- What?
- What about Kenny G?
I mean, what about elevator music?
You know?
- Jazz music that I know.
- What about it?
- From my life.
- Mm-hmm.
I just...
I mean, I-I find it relaxing.
It's not relaxing.
It's not! It's not.
Sidney Bechet shot somebody
because they told him
he played a wrong note.
That's hardly relaxing.
Yeah, but where I grew up
there was this station
called KJAZZ 103.
And people
would just put on that station
when they had
a cocktail party...
Right.
And everyone would kind of just talk
over it.
- I know.
- 'Cause it was...
- That's the pro... Okay. O-kay.
- It's...
So I think that
that's part of the problem,
is that you can't hear it,
you know?
You have to see it, you have
to see... what's at stake.
I mean, look at these fellas.
Look at... Look at the...
the-the sax player right now.
He just hijacked the song.
He's on his own trail.
Everyone of these guys
are composing, rearranging,
they're writing...
and they're playing the melody.
They're just...
And now look, the trumpet player.
He's got his own idea.
And so...
it's conflict, and it's compromise,
and it's just...
It's new every time.
It's brand new every night.
It's very, very exciting.
And it's dying.
It's dying, Mia,
it's dying on the vine.
And the world says:
"Let it die. It had its time."
Well, not on my watch.
What are you gonna do?
I'll have my own club.
- Really?
- Yes.
We're gonna play
whatever we want,
whenever we want,
however we want,
as long as it's pure jazz.
Hi, this is Mia Dolan.
Yeah, I just missed a call.
- I got a callback.
- What?!
Come on! For what?!
For a TV show! The one
I was telling you about. Really.
The Dangerous Minds
meets The O.C.?
Yeah.
- Congratulations! That's incredible.
- It's really exciting.
I feel like I said negative stuff
about it before.
What?
It's like "Rebel Without a Cause"
sort of.
"I got the bullets!"
Yes.
- You've never seen it!
- I've never seen it.
Oh my. You know,
it's playing in the Rialto.
- Really?
- Yes.
You should go... I mean, I...
I'll go-I'll go-I can take you.
- Okay.
- You know, for research.
- For research.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Uh, monday night,
ten-ten o'clock.
- Yeah! Great!
- Okay!
For research.
City of stars,
Are you shining
just for me?
City of stars,
There's so much
that I can't see
Who knows?
Is this the start
of something wonderful and new?
Or one more dream
that I cannot make true?
- Stand right there, please.
- Okay. Nice to meet you.
- (Hi.)
- Hi.
- In your own time.
- Okay.
Two options:
you either follow my rules
or follow my rules. Capisce?
Thank you.
- It's... Oh.
- Thanks.
I can do it a different way.
No, that's-that's fine.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
- That was fun. Thanks.
- Bye.
RIALTO / REBEL WITHOUT A CASE
Hey, Mia.
- What?
- Greg's here.
What do you m...?
Hey, babe.
Got a space out front.
- Great!
- We should get going.
- Ok...
- My brother landed really early.
Did you forget?
- Shit.
- You forgot.
That's tonight...
- That's okay.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. You forgot.
- Okay. All right.
So then I'll just get changed.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Great.
- Great.
- Yeah, that's him.
- Uh...
Hey, Josh. Yeah. Uh...
Uh, just picking up Mia.
We'll be there in like, uh...
But now we got
this surround-sound set-up.
Oh, it's like being
in a movie theater.
Wow.
Well, better than being
in a theater, really.
And you know theaters
these days.
- Yeah.
- They're so dirty.
Yeah, I know.
And so smelly.
And they're either too hot
or too cold.
I know, he quality's
really fallen off.
Oh, it's terrible! And there's always
people talking. [...]
- [...] texting.
- One second.
Hello?
Probably work.
So, yeah, we love it.
- It's so nice.
- Well, you have to come.
You should. Come by.
I got one more
for you, man:
- Mm-hmm.
- Indonesia.
- I never heard of.
- Anyone say that.
I don't remember
all the track of it,
but honestly,
it was just life changing.
- Really?
- Yeah.
It did-did affected me. [...]
Is it amazing?
Yes.
A five-star
jungle-eco resort.
- Wow.
- You would not believe.
Amazing.
We were thinking
about Nicaragua.
The thing 'bout Nicaragua
is it's less developed.
- It's a bit underdeveloped.
- Right.
You know? I think
there's a little more offert.
Yeah, I just... I don't know,
I don't know if it's safe there.
Yeah, yeah. [...]
I'm sorry.
[...] An immensity of our universe.
For many days,
before the end of our Earth,
people will look into the night sky
and notice a star,
increasingly bright
and increasingly near.
As this star
approaches us...
Jim Stark.
I'll go find a place.
I'm sorry.
As this star
approaches us,
the weather will change.
The great polar fields
of the north and south
will rot and divide.
And the seas will turn warmer.
The last of us search the heavens
and stand amazed.
For the stars
will still be there...
moving through their [...]
I have an idea.
TESLA COIL
GENEVIEVE: Holy hell!
What is that?
Is that a script?
- It's a play.
- A play?!
You better give us all roles!
Actually,
it's a one-woman show!
So I can't.
Wow!
Is that gonna happen everytime?
I think so.
Wait! It's one way.
SUMMER
- I love you.
- Love you too.
Sebastian?
Keith.
Come here, man!
- How are you?
- Very good, man.
This is Mia. Mia, Keith.
- Hi, Mia, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
I used to play with this guy.
We went to school together.
- So, how you been, brother?
- Great.
Never been better.
How 'bout you?
I've been really good,
been very busy.
- I got a new combo.
- Okay.
- Cool.
- We're looking for keys.
- You kidding me?
- No, I'm not kidding.
- No, I'm good.
- You sure? It pays.
I'm good.
Let's just grab a drink then.
It's been too long.
- Okay. Nice to meet you, Mia.
- Nice to meet you.
The end.
It's...
Genius.
- Really?
- Yes.
- Really?
- Yes.
It feels really nostalgic
to me.
- That's the point.
- Is it too nostalgic?
- That's...
- Are people gonna like it?
Fuck 'em.
- You always say that.
- Well, I truly believe that.
- I made you something.
- For what?
For your club.
Why does it say "Seb's"?
'Cause I think you should
call it "Seb's".
What?
'Cause no one's gonna come
to "Chicken on a Stick".
Is that a music note
as an apostrophe?
- Yes.
- That's pretty cool.
- Yeah.
- It's gotta be "Chicken on a Stick".
Hmm...
Because... Charlie Parker
got his nickname...
...nickname
because he loved chicken.
That's why they called him "Bird".
So I'm gonna have chicken,
beer, jazz... "Chicken on a Stick!"
I know. I think you should
drop the chicken
and just have drinks and jazz,
and also there could be...
I'm not dropping the chicken.
You could maybe do it
somewhere else?
- What're you talkin'...?
- Find a new spot?
- It's gotta be the Van Beek.
- It doesn't have to be the Van Beek.
I can't let them samba
all over its history.
- Oh...
- I can't do it.
You can let them,
but you refuse to.
Your play's incredible.
You know? The whole world
from your bedroom.
What else do they want?
Who's doing that?
- I'm doing that.
- You're doing that?
Who was that guy
at The Lighthouse?
- The guy that offered you the gig?
- Keith.
Yeah. Why was it so weird
between you two?
It's-It's just always weird...
with him.
- Really?
- Yeah.
But he seemed kinda nice
because he did offer you a job.
Are you gonna call him?
No.
- No.
- All right.
So...
- Here's what we know.
- Yeah?
It's definitely
"Chicken on a Stick"...
and your play's gonna be
a triumph.
It's a one-woman show.
So it's just me. No, I... I mean,
I'm acting in it.
It's gonnna be cool.
No, Mom, I-I'm not getting paid.
I'm... paying to do it.
He's great. He's gonna open
his own jazz club.
Yeah, it's gonna be incredible.
Uh, no. He's... He hasn't opened it
yet. He needs, uh...
He's saving up, I think.
No, but he doesn't have
a steady gig.
But he's-he's figuring it out.
It's just been a little
tricky lately.
Mom, he's gonna find a way
to open it
and you're gonna love it,
okay?
How's Dad?
Sebastian!
Come on in, man.
- Thanks for comin'.
- Thanks for having me.
I wasn't sure
I'd see you today.
- So, here's the deal.
- Okay.
- We got distribution with Universal.
- Wow.
We've got our own imprint.
We're about to go on the road.
Uh, we can pay you
a thousand bucks a week...
plus a cut of the ticket revenue
and merchandising. Sound good?
- Sebastian?
- Yup.
All right?
- Let's play.
- Okay.
But I know I'll fell... [so good]
tonight
I know. It's different.
But you say you want
to save jazz.
How are you gonna save jazz
if no one's listening?
Jazz is dying
because of people like you.
You're... playin' into 90-year-olds
at The Lighthouse.
Where are the kids?
Where are the young people?
You're so obsessed
with Kenny Clarke and Thelonious Monk.
These guys were revolutionaries.
How are you going to be
a revolutionary,
if you're such a traditionalist?
You're holding onto the past...,
but jazz is about the future.
I know.
The other guy,
he wasn't as good as you.
But you're a pain in the ass,
man.
City of stars,
Are you shining
just for me?
City of stars,
There's so much
that I can't see
Who knows?
I felt it from the first embrace
I shared with you
That now our dreams
may fin'lly come true
City of stars,
Just one thing
ev'rybody wants
There in the bars
And through the smokescreen
of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for
is love from someone else
- A rush
- A glance
- A touch
- A dance
A look in somebody's eyes
To light up the skies,
To open the world
and send it reeling,
A voice that says
"I'll be here
and you'll be alright"
I don't care if I know
just where I will go,
'Cause all that I need's
this crazy feeling
A rat-tat-tat on my heart
Think I want it to stay
CONSIGNMENT
The Messengers interview
on WTJM Chicago 98.8 FM
CLOSED
City of stars,
Are you shining
just for me?
City of stars,
You never shined
so brightly
I don't know
why I keep movin' my body
I don't know
if this is wrong or if it's right
I don't know if it's the beat, but
something's taking over me
And i just know
I feel so good tonight
I don't know
what your name is, but I like it
I've been thinking
'bout some things I wanna try
I don't know
what you came to do,
but I wanna do it with you
And I just know
I feel so good tonight
Oh, if we keep on dancin',
Take our rhythm
to new heights
Feel the heat of passion,
baby,
light up the night
(We can start a fire)
Come on, let it burn, baby
(We can start a fire)
Let the tables turn, baby
(We can start a fire)
I just know
I feel so good
Don't you know
I feel so good?
I just know
I feel so good...
tonight
I don't care
if this turns into a riot
Let's get reckless,
tear this place down to the floor
Turn the music way up loud
Can't nobody stop us now
I just know I feel so good
tonight, oh
I just know I feel so good
tonight
(We can start a fire)
Come on, let it burn, baby
(We can start a fire)
Let the tables turn, baby
(We can start a fire)
Oh
I just know
I feel so good
Don't you know
I feel so good?
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
Tonight
FALL
SO LONG, BOULDER CITY
Hey, it's me.
Uh, I'm not sure
where you are right now.
I think Boston?
Maybe Dallas, I don't know.
Uh...
I haven't heard from you
in a little while...
and I miss you.
All right, bye.
I thought...
Surprise.
I gotta leave
first thing in the morning,
but I just... I had to see you.
It's so nice to be home.
I'm so glad you're home.
How's the play going?
Uh... I'm nervous.
- You are?
- Mm-hmm.
Why?
Because...
what if people show up?
Pishi kaka.
You're nervous
about what they think?
I'm nervous to do it.
I'm nervous to get up...
on a stage
and perform for people.
I mean, I don't need
to say that to you.
- It's gonna be incredible.
- You don't get it,
but I'm terrified.
They should be so lucky to see it.
I can't wait.
I can.
When do you leave?
In the morning?
Yeah. 6:45. Boise.
- Boisi?
- Boise.
To Boise!
You should come.
To Boise?
Yeah, you can knock that off
your bucket list.
Oh, that would be...
really exciting. I wish I could.
What are you doin'
after the tour?
Why can't you?
- Come to Boise?
- Yeah.
'Cause I have to rehearse.
Yeah, but can't you rehearse
anywhere?
Anywhere you are?
I mean... I guess.
Uh...
Well, all my stuff is here
and it's in two weeks.
So I don't really think
that would be...
Okay.
- the best idea right now,
- Well...
but... I wish I could.
We're just gonna have to try
and see each other, you know,
- so that we see each other.
- I know, but when are you done?
What do you mean?
I mean...
When you're finished
with the whole tour?
But after we finish,
we're gonna go to record
and then we'll go back
on tour.
You know, we tour
so we can make the record
so we can go back and tour
the record.
So it's like the long haul?
What do you mean
"the long haul"?
I mean the long haul
like you're gonna stay in this band...
for a long time.
On tour.
I mean, what did you think
I was going to do?
I don't... I...
I hadn't really thought it through.
I didn't know that the band...
was so important.
You didn't think
it would be successful?
Uh...
No, that's not really
what I mean.
I just mean that you-you...
I mean... you're gonna be
on tour for what?
Months now? Years?
Yeah, I don't belie...
This is it.
I mean, this is-it could easibly
be, yeah, for...
I could be on tour
with this...
for a couple of years,
at least just this record.
Do you like the music
you're playing?
I don't...
I don't know...
what-what it matters.
Well, it matters
because if you're going
to give up your dream,
I think it matters
that you like
what you're playing
on the road for years.
Do you like the music
I'm playing?
Yeah.
I do.
I just didn't think
that you did.
Yeah, well...
You always said Keith is the worst
and now you're gonna be
on tour with him for years,
- so I just didn't...
- I don't know what-
- what are you doing right now?
- know if you were happy.
- Why are you doing this?
- I don't...
What do you mean
why am I doing this...?
I thought you wanted me to do this
and it just sounds like
- now you don't want me to do it.
- What do you mean
I wanted you to do this?
This is what you wanted for me.
To be in this band?
To be in a band to have
a steady job, you know?
To-To-To be... You know.
Of course I wanted you
to have a steady job,
so that you could take care of yourself
and your life
- and you could start your club.
- Yes, so I'm doing that,
so I don't understand,
well, why aren't we celebrating?
Why aren't you starting your club?
You said yourself no one
wants to go to that club.
No one wants to go to a club
called "Chicken on a Stick".
So change the name!
Well, no one likes jazz!
Not even you!
I do like jazz now
because of you!
And this is what I thought
you wanted me to do!
What am I supposed to do?
Go back to... playing Jingle Bells?
I'm not saying that.
I'm saying, why don't you...
Scraping pennies? So I can start
a club that no one wants to go?
...take what you've made
and start the club?!
Then people will wanna go to it
because you're passionate about it,
and people love what other people
are passionate about.
You remind people
of what they forgot.
Not in my experience.
Well, whatever, alright?
I mean, it is-it's just-
it's time to grow up, you know?
I have a steady job,
this is what I'm doing...
And now all of a sudden
if you had these problems,
I wish you would've said them
earlier
before I signed
on the goddamn dotted line!
I'm pointing out
that you had a dream
that you followed,
that you were sticking to...
This is the dream!
This is the dream.
- This is not your dream!
- Guys like me
work their whole lives to be
in something that's successful,
that people like, you know?
I mean, I'm finally
in something that-that-that-
that-that-that people enjoy.
Since when do you care
about being liked?
Just 'cause I don't enjoy it,
it doesn't matter.
Why do you care so much
about being liked?
You are an actress!
What are you talking about?!
Maybe you just liked me
when I was on my ass
'cause it made you feel better
about yourself.
- Are you kidding?
- No.
I don't know...
SO LONG, BOULDER CITY / TONIGHT
Okay, fellas. I'll...
see ya tomorrow.
- Sebastian?
- Yeah?
You're good for tonight,
right?
- What are you talking about?
- At 7, the photo shoot.
For Mojo. You good?
- I thought that was next thursday.
- No, it's tonight.
Is that okay?
- Tonya, gimme the other camera!
- What's wrong with that one?
"What's wrong with that one"?
I don't know.
It does not bloody work!
That's what's wrong with it!
Alright, trumpet,
that's lovely!
Lovely! Beautiful, beautiful!
Okay, keyboard.
Okay, look up.
That's good!
That's good, that's lovely!
Lovely. Okay, cut the music!
That is lovely.
That's lovely.
Okay, now look.
Now... bite your lip like...
like you're concentrating
on... on something,
I don't know, like a piece of-
a piece of your music.
- Bite my what?
- Your lip. You know, bite your lip.
Okay.
Yeah, that's good.
That's great. Beautiful!
Beautiful. Okay.
Now just-just move your-move
your glasses down on... on the nose.
A little bit-A little bit bit further.
Just a little bit, a touch further.
Keep your head down,
but look up at me.
Look sort of... moody.
Yeah! That's beautiful.
That is great.
Okay, turn the keyboard on live!
You wanna hear
the keyboard playin'?
Nah. You don't have
to bite your lip now.
Well, actually play something.
Play something, you know.
Anything.
You're pianist, aren't you?
Play something.
That's great. That's beautiful.
That's lovely.
Oh, that's good.
Now don't stop, keep playing.
Go on, just keep playing.
That was great!
Shoot myself in the head.
- She's not even good.
- That whole window thing...
- What was that?
- Yeah.
What did she do
with the window?!
Oh my God!
Don't quit your day job.
Oh well...
Mia!
Mia. I'm so sorry.
Just tell me how it went?
How was it?
I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry I've been such a prick.
- You're sorry...
- I'm sorry I didn't come.
- You're sorry... You sor...
- You're sorry...
- I'm gonna make it up to you.
Let me make it up to you,
okay?
- I don't blame you for not wanting...
- It's over.
- What is?
- It's over.
What?
All of this.
I'm done embarrassing myself.
I'm done. I'm done.
- Nobody showed up.
- What're you talkin'? So what?
I can't pay back the theater!
This is so...
- I'm gonna go home for a while.
- "I'm gonna..."?
- I'll come see you tomorrow.
- No, I'm going "home" home.
- This is home.
- No, it's not anymore.
Theatre Background
THEATRE / THEATHER / COMEDY /
DRAMA / PLAY / STAGE / MUSICAL
Yep?
Hi, I'm trying to reach
Mia Dolan.
Wrong number.
Yeah, she said if she's not on her cell,
I was told I might find her here.
Not anymore.
- Okay. Well, if you do talk to her...
- I won't.
could you tell her Jane from Amy Brandt
casting is trying to reach her?
Casting?
What the hell is that?
Shut that thing off!
Why did you come here?
Because I have good news.
What?
Amy Brandt,
the casting director.
- Yeah?
- She was at your play.
And she loved it.
And she loved it so much...
that she wants you to come in
tomorrow and audition for this...
huge movie that she's got.
I'm not going to that.
- I'm not going to that.
- What?
That one's gonna be...
No. That one's gonna be...
I'm sorry?
That will kill me.
- What?!
- What? What? Shh. Stop!
- No!
- Shh! Shh. You have to be quiet.
If you want me to be,
then you have to make sense.
- They're gonna call...
- If you want me to be quiet,
you're gonna have to make
some goddamn sense.
- They're gonna call the police.
- Tell me why you're not goin'.
- Because? Because...
- Why?
I've been to a million of auditions,
and the same thing happens every time.
Or I get interrupted because
someone wants to get a sandwich,
or I'm crying
and they start laughing!
Or there's people sitting
in the waiting room
and they're... and they're...
like me, but prettier...
and better at the... because maybe
I'm not good enough!
- Yes, you are.
- No.
- No, maybe I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
- Maybe I'm not.
- You are.
- Maybe I'm not.
- You are.
Maybe I'm one
of those people that...
has always wanted to do it...
but it's like a pipe dream
for me,
you know? And then you...
You said it; you-you... change
your dreams and then you grow up.
Maybe I'm one of those people
and I'm not supposed to.
And I can go back to school...
and I can find something else
that I'm supposed to do.
'Cause I left...
to do that
and it's been six years.
And I don't wanna do it anymore.
Why?
- Why what?
- Why don't you wanna do it anymore?
'Cause I think it hurts
far a bit too much.
You're a baby.
- I'm not a baby,
- You are.
- I'm trying to grow up.
- You're crying like a baby.
Oh my God!
And you have an audition
tomorrow at 5:30.
I'll be out front at 8:00 am.
You'll be out front or not,
I don't know.
How did you find me here?
The house in front of the library.
Del Prado Library
Boulder City, NV
- I got coffee.
- Okay, great.
Mia?
Hi, Mia. I'm Amy
and this is Frank.
- Hi, how are you?
- Pleasure to meet you.
- Glad we found you.
- Me too.
The film shoots in Paris
and we don't have a script.
It's gonna be a process. We're gonna
build the character around the actress.
It's a three-month rehearsal
and a four-month shoot.
Okay.
And we thought that
you could just tell us a story.
- About?
- Hmm. You can just tell us anything.
Anything?
Yes. Just tell us a story.
You're a storyteller.
Uh...
Whenever you're ready.
My aunt used to live in Paris.
I remember she used to come home
and she would tell us...
these stories about...
being abroad and...
I remember...
she told us that
she jumped into the river once.
Barefoot.
She smiled...
Leapt,
without looking
And tumbled into... the Seine
The water was freezing
She spent a month sneezing,
But said she would do it again
Here's to the ones who dream,
Foolish
as they may seem
Here's to the hearts
that ache
Here's to the mess
we make
She captured a feeling,
Sky with no ceiling,
The sunset inside a frame
She lived in her liquor
And died with a flicker
I'll always remember
the flame
Here's to the ones who dream,
Foolish
as they may seem
Here's to the hearts
that ache
Here's to the mess
we make
She told me:
"A bit of madness is key
to give us new colors to see
Who knows
where it will lead us?
And that's why
they need us"
So bring on the rebels,
The ripples
from pebbles,
The painters,
and poets and plays
And here's to the fools
who dream
Crazy
as they may seem
Here's to the hearts
that break
Here's to the mess...
we make
I trace it
all back to then,
Her, and the snow
and the Seine
Smiling through it
She said she'd do it...
again
When do you find out?
Uh, they said
the next couple of days.
But I'm not expecting
to find anything out.
- You're gonna get it.
- I really might not.
- Yes, you are.
- And I don't want to be disappointed.
I know.
I know.
I know these things.
Where we are?
- Griffith Park.
- Where are we?
I know.
I don't know.
What do we do?
I don't think we can
do anything.
'Cause when you get this...
- If I get this.
- When you get this...
you gotta give it
everything you got.
Everything.
It's your dream.
What are you gonna do?
I gotta follow
my own plan, you know?
Stay here...
and get my own thing going.
You're gonna be in Paris...
Good jazz there.
And you love jazz now.
Right?
Yes.
And I guess we're just gonna have
to wait and see.
I'm always gonna love you.
I'm always gonna love you too.
Look at this view!
I've seen better.
- It's the worst.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
I've never been here
during the day.
WINTER
Five years later...
Hi. Can I have
two iced coffees, please?
Right, of course.
- On us.
- Oh! No, thank you. I insist.
Sounds good!
Harris did a good job.
It took him long enough.
It always does.
Signature time.
Not doing too bad, Seb.
"Not too bad" is great.
See ya tonight.
See you tonight.
Hi.
- How was your day?
- Good.
- How is she?
- She's great.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, come on.
Hi, buddy!
I didn't think
you were gonna be home yet.
Are you drawing?
Yeah.
Can I help?
You know I love to draw.
Happy Holidays
from Laura Harry & Jordan
Eleanor
Starring Mia Dolan
Okay, Chelsea, we're gonna go.
Are you good?
- We're good.
- You need anything?
Bye, baby.
- Say "bye, Mommy".
- Sleep well.
- Bye, Mommy.
- Have fun with Chelsea.
- Have fun. Bye, Mia.
- Bye. Thank you so much.
- Good night, guys. Bye, sweetie!
- Good night.
Oh boy.
What if we miss this?
What're you gonna tell Natalie?
Maybe we'll just see her
back in New York.
Okay.
- I do not miss this.
- It's bad.
Do you wanna just pull off here
and get dinner?
- Sure, yeah.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
- Okay.
Do you wanna check it out?
Okay.
Seb's
This place is pretty cool.
I love it!
- Cal Bennett on sax!
- Yeah!
Javier Gonzalez on trumpet.
The lovely Nedra Wheeler
on bass.
The one and only
Clifton "Fou Fou" Eddie on drums!
And a little too good
on piano,
so good he's gonna own
this place if I'm not careful,
Khirye Tyler, everybody.
Welcome to Seb's.
I just heard you play,
and I wanted to...
STAGE DOOR
CAVEAU de la HUCHETTE
You want to stay for another?
No, we should go.
(Okay.)
One, two...
One, two, three, four.
The End
here in Southern California.
Temperature is 84?F
for downtown Los Angeles.
Overnight lows of 75. [...]
Ba-ba-da ba-da ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-da ba-da ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-da ba-da ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
I think about that day
I left him
at a Greyhound station
west of Santa Fe
We were seventeen,
but he was sweet and it was true
Still I did
what I had to do
'Cause I just knew
Summer, sunday nights
We'd sink into our seats
right as they dimmed out all the lights
A Technicolor world made out
of music and machine,
It called me
to be on that screen
And live inside each scene
Without a nickel to my name,
Hopped a bus, here I came
Could be brave
or just insane,
We'll have to see
'Cause maybe
in that sleepy town
He'll sit one day,
the lights are down,
He'll see my face and think
of how he used to know me
Climb these hills
I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing
all the lights that shine
And when they let you down,
(It's another day of...)
You get up off the ground,
(It's another day of...)
'Cause morning rolls around
and it's another day of sun
I hear'em ev'ry day,
The rhythms in the canyons
that'll never fade away,
The ballads in the barrooms
left by those who came before
They say
"you gotta want it more"
So I bang on ev'ry door
And even
when the answer's "no"
Or when my money's
running low,
The dusty mic
and neon glow
Are all I need
And someday,
as I sing my song,
A small-town kid'll
come along
That'll be the thing to push him on
and go, go
Climb these hills
I'm reaching for the heights
And chasing
all the lights that shine
And when they let you down,
(It's another day of...)
You get up off the ground,
('Cause it's another day of...)
'Cause morning rolls around
and it's another day of sun
And when they let you down,
The morning rolls around
It's another day of sun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
(Sun [...])
It's another day of sun
(Oh)
Just another day of sun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
(Sun)
Another day has just begun
(Oh)
It's another day of sun
It's another day of sun
WINTER
[...] already has won three Oscars,
including for the 1998 film
"Shakespeare in Love".
[...] I mean, we could not
believe what was happening.
No, I swear to God.
She was wrecked!
She was completely wrecked!
I know!
I know, it-it was...
it was pure insanity.
"It's insanity?"
Ah!
Lunacy! "It was pure lunacy."
What is his problem?
I should go.
- Cappuccino, please.
- Right, of course.
- On us.
- Oh! No, thank you. I insist.
Did you see who that was?
Audition!
Shit.
Mia, where d'you think
you're going?
Oh. To see a doctor.
You better be here
early tomorrow.
Okay.
Have a good night!
She was wrecked!
It was pure lunacy!
It was...
It was so crazy and I just...
Oh, you would've died.
No, Turner's fine. Turner's fine.
I-I just, uh...
Are you going to wait until Denver
to tell her, or...?
What?
Okay.
No, I'm happy for you.
I am, I'm happy for you.
I just...
I just thought...
- I don't know what I thought.
- One second.
I guess it just [...]
- What, Ruby?
- Jessica on the phone.
- Uh... Tell her I'll call her back.
- In two minutes?
Less than two minutes.
- I'll go get your lunch.
- I'm almost done. Thank you.
Oh. You know what?
I think we're good.
Thanks for coming in.
Wow! Holy shit!
You wanna open a window?
It was trying to give you
an entrance.
Thank you.
Mia! How'd the audition go?!
- Er...
- Er, same here.
Was Jen there? Or Rachel?
I don't know
who Jen and Rachel are.
Are the worst.
Oh, I don't know
if they were there.
Bet that they were.
Why is there a convention
in the bathroom?
Agreed.
Two minutes, people!
Mia, you're coming, right?!
I can't!
I'm working.
What?!
Did she just say "working"?
- What?
- I'm sorry it didn't go well today,
and there's like four things
in my inbox
that you're perfect for
and I will submit you.
But right now, you're coming!
- It will be fun.
- It's not gonna be fun.
- It could be.
- It's not.
It's gonna be a bunch
of social climbers,
all packed into one
of those big glass houses.
This looks familiar.
- I was gonna give that back.
- How long have you had this?!
- Oh, a long time.
- Come on, Mia!
When else
are you gonna get to see
a very Hollywood cliche
crammed into the same room?
We'll make fun of it together!
"I'm disappointed in you, Lex."
There's nothing to make fun of.
This party is gonna be like...
humanity at its finest.
Hmm.
- You got the invitation
- You got the right address
- You need some medication?
- The answer's always yes
A little chance encounter
Could be the one
you've waited for
Oh!
Just squeeze a bit more!
Tonight we're on a mission
Tonight's the casting call
If this is the real audition
Oh, God help us all!
You make the right impression,
Then ev'rybody knows your name
We're in the fast lane
Someone in the crowd could be
the one you need to know,
The one to fin'lly
lift you off the ground
Someone in the crowd
could take you where you wanna go
If you're the someone
ready to be found
The someone
ready to be found
Do what you need to do
'til they discover you
And make you more
than who you're seeing now
- So with the stars aligned
- I think I'll stay behind
You've got to go and find
That someone in the crowd
Hey girl!
Uhuh.
That someone in the crowd!
Is someone in the crowd
the only thing
you really see?
Watching while the world
keeps spinning 'round?
Somewhere there's a place
where I find who I'm gonna be,
A somewhere
that's just waiting
to be found
Someone in the crowd could be
the one you need to know,
The someone
who could lift you off the ground
Someone in the crowd
could take you where you wanna go
Someone in the crowd
could make you
Someone in the crowd
could take you
flying off the ground
If you're the someone
ready to be found!
TOW-AWAY / NO STOPPING
9pm to 6am / NIGHTLY
No.
Oh, come on! What...?
Ah!
STORAGE / ENTRANCE
Lipton's / OPEN
California oranges
VAN BEEK - Tapas & Tunes
Please stop sneaking
into my home.
D'you think Mom and Dad
would call this a "home"?
What're you doing?
Please don't do that.
Please don't sit on that.
- Are you kidding?
- Please don't sit on that,
don't sit on that.
Don't sit on that.
- Hoagy Carmichael sat on that.
- Oh my God!
The Baked Potato
just threw it away.
I can't imagine why.
- And now you're just sitting on it.
- I got you a throw rug.
I don't need that.
What if I said
Miles Davis pissed on it?
It's almost insulting.
Is it true?
When are you going
to unpack these boxes?!
When I unpack them
in my own club.
Oh, Sebastian!
It's like a girl broke up
with you and you're stalking her.
You're not still going by there,
are you?
That's...
Can't believe it, they turned it
into a samba-tapas place.
- Oh my God, Sebastian!
- Samba, tapas.
Pick one, you know?
Do one right.
I have someone
I want you to meet.
I don't want to meet anyone.
No, no,
I don't want to meet anyone.
- Dad gave you this?
- Yes.
You'll like her.
I don't think I'm gonna like her.
- Does she like jazz?
- Probably not.
Then what are we gonna
talk about?
I dont know! It doesn't matter,
okay?
Because you're living like a hermit.
You're driving without insurance!
- It doesn't matter?
- Yeah, it doesn't matter.
- Okay.
- You need to get serious.
Well, then I know a guy with
a face tattoo that you should see.
- Okay, low blow.
- With a heart of gold.
- Get serious!
- Get serious? Laura.
I... I had a very serious plan
for my future.
I know.
It's not my fault
I got shanghaied!
You didn't get shanghaied,
you got ripped off.
What's the difference?
I don't know!
It's not as romantic as that.
Don't sit...
Everybody knew that guy
was shady, except for you.
Why do you say "romantic"
like it's a dirty word?
Unpaid bills are not romantic.
Call her.
I'm not going to call her.
The thing is... y-you're acting like
life's got me on the ropes.
I want to be on the ropes.
Okay? I'm just... I'm letting
life hit me until it gets tired.
Oh?
Then I'm gonna hit back.
It's a classic "rope-a-dope".
Okay, Ali.
I love you.
Unpack the boxes.
- I'm gonna change the locks.
- You can't afford it.
I'm a phoenix
rising from the ashes!
PAST DUE
- Hey.
- Hey Bill.
- Thanks for letting me back.
- You're welcome.
I want you to know
that you're looking at a new man.
Good.
- A man that's happy to be here.
- Excellent.
- Very-easy-to-work-with man.
- Okay.
And you're gonna...
play the setlist?
Happy to.
Even though I don't think
anybody cares what I play,
- but yeah.
- Yep. Well,
if by "anyone" you mean
anyone other than me,
that would be correct.
I care, and I don't wanna hear
the free jazz.
Right. Okay.
Although I-I... I thought
that in this town
it worked on a sort of "one
for you, one for me" type system.
How about two for you,
one for me?
How 'bout... all for you
and none for me?
- That's perfect. Yes.
- Great.
- Okay.
- Okay. Mutual decision.
- Right. Made-Made by me.
- Right.
And I... signed off on it, so...
Whatever. Tell yourself
what you wanna know.
Well, welcome back.
There's a nice way
to say that, Karen.
Seb.
I do-I-I hear
what you're saying,
but I don't think
you're saying what you mean.
Yeah, I don't think you hear
what I'm saying. You're fired.
Well, I-That's what you're saying,
but it's not what you mean.
What you mean is...
You're fired.
..."play the setlist".
No, I'm saying
it's too late.
It's a warning.
What-What planet
are you from?
- Don't fire me.
- You're done.
- Don't fire me.
- I'm sorry, Seb.
It's Christmas.
Yeah, I see the decorations.
Good luck in the New Year.
I just heard you play,
and I wanted to...
I don't like the fissure
on the GT scan.
Did you test for achromatopsia?
D.O.A. on 23rd. Perp
laughing his face off at the P.D.
Damn Miranda Rights.
This is my classroom.
You don't like it,
the door's to my left.
Lady, why you be trippin'
like that?
No, Jamal.
You be trippin'.
SPRING
Jump right here!
We're talking away
I don't know
what I'm to say,
I'll say it anyway
Oh. Mia!
- Hi!
- Hi.
I want you to meet
my friend Carlo.
- Hi. Carlo.
- Carlo, this is Mia.
- Nice. Mia?
- Yes, Mia.
- Hi. How are you?
- Carlo is a writer.
Yeah. They say I have a knack
for world-building.
I-I got a lot of heat right now.
There's been a lot of buzz, people
talkin' about me, which is exciting.
I mean, you work so hard,
and then all that validation.
- It's great...
- I'm gonna grab a drink.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- It's really nice to meet you...
I'll be gone
in a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends,
But I'll be stumbling away,
Slowly learning
that life is okay
Say after me:
"It's no better to be safe
than sorry"
Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I'll be gone
in a day or two
Thank you.
Any other requests?!
Girl in the front!
"I Ran".
"I Ran".
A fantastic suggestion!
All right, piano man,
tickle those ivories. Let's hit it.
One, two, three, four!
Uh!
That's right!
I walk alone the avenue
I never thought I'd meet
a girl like you
Meet a girl like you
(Me?)
With auburn hair
and tawny eyes,
With kind of eyes
that hypnotize me through
That hypnotize me through
And I ran,
I ran so far away
I couldn't get away
Sometimes I feel
I've got to run away,
I've got to get away
From the pain you drive
into the heart of me
All right. I remember you.
And I'll admit I was
a little curt that night.
- "Curt"?
- Okay, I was an asshole.
- I can admit that.
- Okay.
But requesting "I Ran"
from a serious musician
is just... it's too far.
My Lord! Did you just say
"a serious musician"?
I don't think so.
- Can I borrow what you're wearing?
- Why?
'Cause I have an audition
next week.
I'm playing
a serious firefighter.
So you're an actress.
I thought you looked familiar.
Have I seen you on anything?
Uh... A coffee shop?
On the Warner Bros. lot?
- That's classic.
- Oh, I see.
- Yeah.
- You're a barista.
And I can see how you could then
look down on me
from all the way up there.
Time to do the next set.
He doesn't... I don't...
He doesn't tell me
what to do.
He just... told you
what to do...
I know, he... I let him.
- What's your name?
- Mia.
Mia.
Guess I'll see you
in the movies.
- Heard of Joseph Campbell?
- Uh, yeah.
I have this idea
to do a re-imagining
of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
but from the perspective of the bears.
It's kind of thrilling.
Yeah, it could be like a franchise.
- Right.
- So we don't know.
There could've been a fourth bear,
we don't know.
George Michael!
Hello.
- Sorry.
- Yeah, yeah.
It's... I know that guy.
Did you get your keys?
Mm-hmm. Yes.
Can you grab mine?
Can I what?
Would you be able to grab mine?
My keys?
- I can't hear you.
- Sorry.
- Can-Can you grab my keys?
- Oh.
- Please?
- Oh, there we go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- What kind?
- It's a Prius.
That mean the...
That does't help me.
With a green ribbon.
All right.
Those look, uh, comfortable.
They are.
Thank you for saving the day
back there.
Well, you didn't really give me
much of a choice.
It's pretty strange that we keep
running into each other.
It is strange.
Maybe it means something.
- I doubt it.
- Yeah, I don't think so.
Where's my car?!
You gotta put that thing
to your chin.
- This?
- Yeah.
Yeah, it makes your head
into an antenna, so...
Oh?
I think it gives you cancer,
but you find your car faster.
What?
I mean, you don't live as long,
but you get where you're going quicker,
- so it all evens out.
- That sounds terrible.
- Just a suggestion.
- You're a...
You're a real, uh...
- What's the word am I looking for?
- Knight in shining armor?
- Weirdo. That was the word.
- Okay.
Not much to look at, huh?
I've seen better.
The sun is nearly gone,
The lights are turnin' on,
A silver shine
that stretches to the sea
We've stumbled on a view
That's tailor-made for two
What a shame those two
are you and me
Some other girl and guy
Would love this swirling sky,
But there's only you and I
And we've got no shot
This could never be
- You're not the type for me
- Really?
And there's not a spark
in sight
What a waste
of a lovely night
You say
there's nothing here?
Well, let's make something clear
I think I'll be the one
to make that call
But you'll call?
And though you looked so cute
in your polyester suit,
It's wool.
You're right,
I'd never fall for you at all
And maybe this appeals
To someone not in heels
Or to any girl who feels
There's some chance
for romance
But, I'm frankly
feeling nothing
Is that so?
Or it could be
less than nothing
Good to know,
so you agree?
That's right
What a waste
of a lovely night
Ah.
Hi, Greg.
Hi... Oh! Sorry, I'm late.
Yeah. I'll be there soon.
Okay, bye.
- It's... It's just right there.
- Just right here.
Hmm.
Do you want a ride
to your car?
No, I'm just... right up here.
Good night.
Good night.
Excuse me.
This is gluten-free, right?
No.
What?!
Mm-mmm.
What? I'd like a refund.
Okay. Let me check on that for you.
Mia? You're closing friday.
I-I c-I can't close on friday.
I have an audition, remember?
Do I look like I care?
Reschedule it.
- Oh, and, uh, we need to have
- I...
a little talk tomorrow, okay?
- Fix your apron, please.
- Uh... Okay.
You again!
What're you doin' here?
Oh, you know, just meetings
and... studio heads and...
How'd you get on the lot?
I basically just hauled ass
past the guard gates, so...
I think I have 20 minutes
until they find me.
You don't have a break...
coming up, do you?
I'm off in 10 minutes. So...
Can I hide in the bathroom?
- Yes.
- Okay. (Thank you.)
Sorry.
Uh...
I actually do have to check.
I'm... sorry.
That's the window
that Humphrey Bogart
and Ingrid Bergman
looked out of in Casablanca.
- Wow!
- Yeah.
I can't believe you work
right across the street from that.
- Yeah.
- That's amazing.
What was your, uh...,
your Bogart's name?
What's his name?
Is it Greg?
Yeah. Greg.
Right. How long
have you, uh, been...?
We've been seeing each other
for about a month.
Uh, that's great.
He's, uh... He's sweet.
Anyway, I love being around
this stuff, you know?
I know what you mean. I-I get coffee
5 miles out of the way
- just so I can be near a jazz club.
- Really?
Yeah, the Van Beek.
Do you know it?
Mm-mmm.
All the big swing bands
used to play there.
Count Basie, Chick Webb.
Anyway, it's a samba-tapas place
now, so...
What's a samba-tapas place?
You know, it's like a samba place
where they serve tapas.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
So the joke's on... history?
I don't know. That's L.A.
They just...
They-They-They worship everything
and they value nothing.
We're about to roll.
Stop, please, guys.
- You're rolling?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- I know.
They shoot movies on my street
all the time, so I know about movies.
- Come this way.
- Right.
It's a lock-down.
- I love her!
- And here we go.
So... Hey, Mia.
How did you get into this?
- And... roll!
- Get into what?
Sound speed!
- You know, movies and acting.
- Action.
Oh.
- My aunt was an actress.
- Oh, okay.
She was in a traveling
theater company.
I grew up in Boulder City,
Nevada.
So across the street from my house
there was this little library,
that had an old movies section.
And so she... she took me
and we spent an entire day
watching all these old movies
like "Notorious" and... "Bringing Up
Baby", "Casablanca"... and...
- Cut it there. Cut!
- Check the gate.
- We can talk now.
- She sounds incredible.
She was incredible.
And I would put on all these plays
in my bedroom...
and... it would basically just be
she and I...
re-enacting those scenes
from the movies.
And then I would write
my own plays.
- Wow.
- Uh... Yeah.
I love it.
So anyway, I left college
after two years to come here.
And, uh, my last audition
was for a teen soap
pitched as Dangerous Minds
meets The O.C.
So, yeah...,
should've been a lawyer.
'Cause the world needs
more lawyers...
It doesn't need more actresses.
You're not just an actress.
What do you mean
"just an actress"?
You said it yourself,
you were a...
y-you were a child prodigy
playwright.
That is not what I said.
Well, you're too modest
to say it, but it's true.
So you could just write
your own roles, you know?
Write something that's
as interesting as you are,
and you don't have to audition
for this...
- Y-Yeah.
- uh, pishi kaka.
Look at Louis Armstrong,
you know?
He could have just played
the marching band charts
that he was given.
But he didn't do it.
What did he do?
- What did he do?
- Well, he made history, didn't he?
Well, I'm gonna stop
auditioning
and I'm gonna make history
instead.
Well, my work is done here.
I should probably tell you
something now.
- Just to get it out the way.
- Mm-hmm.
I hate jazz.
You okay?
What do you mean
you hate jazz?
It just means that when
I listen to it, I don't like it.
Yeah, but it's just a blanket statement
that you don't like jazz.
What are you doing right now?
Nothing.
You know, I just think that people,
when they say that they...,
you know, "I hate jazz"...,
they just...
they don't... have context.
They don't know
where it comes from, you know?
Jazz was born in a little...
flophouse in New Orleans,
and then just because people
were crammed in there,
they spoke
five different languages,
they couldn't
talk to each other.
The only way that they could
communicate... was with jazz.
Yeah, well, what about Kenny G?
- What?
- What about Kenny G?
I mean, what about elevator music?
You know?
- Jazz music that I know.
- What about it?
- From my life.
- Mm-hmm.
I just...
I mean, I-I find it relaxing.
It's not relaxing.
It's not! It's not.
Sidney Bechet shot somebody
because they told him
he played a wrong note.
That's hardly relaxing.
Yeah, but where I grew up
there was this station
called KJAZZ 103.
And people
would just put on that station
when they had
a cocktail party...
Right.
And everyone would kind of just talk
over it.
- I know.
- 'Cause it was...
- That's the pro... Okay. O-kay.
- It's...
So I think that
that's part of the problem,
is that you can't hear it,
you know?
You have to see it, you have
to see... what's at stake.
I mean, look at these fellas.
Look at... Look at the...
the-the sax player right now.
He just hijacked the song.
He's on his own trail.
Everyone of these guys
are composing, rearranging,
they're writing...
and they're playing the melody.
They're just...
And now look, the trumpet player.
He's got his own idea.
And so...
it's conflict, and it's compromise,
and it's just...
It's new every time.
It's brand new every night.
It's very, very exciting.
And it's dying.
It's dying, Mia,
it's dying on the vine.
And the world says:
"Let it die. It had its time."
Well, not on my watch.
What are you gonna do?
I'll have my own club.
- Really?
- Yes.
We're gonna play
whatever we want,
whenever we want,
however we want,
as long as it's pure jazz.
Hi, this is Mia Dolan.
Yeah, I just missed a call.
- I got a callback.
- What?!
Come on! For what?!
For a TV show! The one
I was telling you about. Really.
The Dangerous Minds
meets The O.C.?
Yeah.
- Congratulations! That's incredible.
- It's really exciting.
I feel like I said negative stuff
about it before.
What?
It's like "Rebel Without a Cause"
sort of.
"I got the bullets!"
Yes.
- You've never seen it!
- I've never seen it.
Oh my. You know,
it's playing in the Rialto.
- Really?
- Yes.
You should go... I mean, I...
I'll go-I'll go-I can take you.
- Okay.
- You know, for research.
- For research.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Uh, monday night,
ten-ten o'clock.
- Yeah! Great!
- Okay!
For research.
City of stars,
Are you shining
just for me?
City of stars,
There's so much
that I can't see
Who knows?
Is this the start
of something wonderful and new?
Or one more dream
that I cannot make true?
- Stand right there, please.
- Okay. Nice to meet you.
- (Hi.)
- Hi.
- In your own time.
- Okay.
Two options:
you either follow my rules
or follow my rules. Capisce?
Thank you.
- It's... Oh.
- Thanks.
I can do it a different way.
No, that's-that's fine.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
- That was fun. Thanks.
- Bye.
RIALTO / REBEL WITHOUT A CASE
Hey, Mia.
- What?
- Greg's here.
What do you m...?
Hey, babe.
Got a space out front.
- Great!
- We should get going.
- Ok...
- My brother landed really early.
Did you forget?
- Shit.
- You forgot.
That's tonight...
- That's okay.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. You forgot.
- Okay. All right.
So then I'll just get changed.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Great.
- Great.
- Yeah, that's him.
- Uh...
Hey, Josh. Yeah. Uh...
Uh, just picking up Mia.
We'll be there in like, uh...
But now we got
this surround-sound set-up.
Oh, it's like being
in a movie theater.
Wow.
Well, better than being
in a theater, really.
And you know theaters
these days.
- Yeah.
- They're so dirty.
Yeah, I know.
And so smelly.
And they're either too hot
or too cold.
I know, he quality's
really fallen off.
Oh, it's terrible! And there's always
people talking. [...]
- [...] texting.
- One second.
Hello?
Probably work.
So, yeah, we love it.
- It's so nice.
- Well, you have to come.
You should. Come by.
I got one more
for you, man:
- Mm-hmm.
- Indonesia.
- I never heard of.
- Anyone say that.
I don't remember
all the track of it,
but honestly,
it was just life changing.
- Really?
- Yeah.
It did-did affected me. [...]
Is it amazing?
Yes.
A five-star
jungle-eco resort.
- Wow.
- You would not believe.
Amazing.
We were thinking
about Nicaragua.
The thing 'bout Nicaragua
is it's less developed.
- It's a bit underdeveloped.
- Right.
You know? I think
there's a little more offert.
Yeah, I just... I don't know,
I don't know if it's safe there.
Yeah, yeah. [...]
I'm sorry.
[...] An immensity of our universe.
For many days,
before the end of our Earth,
people will look into the night sky
and notice a star,
increasingly bright
and increasingly near.
As this star
approaches us...
Jim Stark.
I'll go find a place.
I'm sorry.
As this star
approaches us,
the weather will change.
The great polar fields
of the north and south
will rot and divide.
And the seas will turn warmer.
The last of us search the heavens
and stand amazed.
For the stars
will still be there...
moving through their [...]
I have an idea.
TESLA COIL
GENEVIEVE: Holy hell!
What is that?
Is that a script?
- It's a play.
- A play?!
You better give us all roles!
Actually,
it's a one-woman show!
So I can't.
Wow!
Is that gonna happen everytime?
I think so.
Wait! It's one way.
SUMMER
- I love you.
- Love you too.
Sebastian?
Keith.
Come here, man!
- How are you?
- Very good, man.
This is Mia. Mia, Keith.
- Hi, Mia, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
I used to play with this guy.
We went to school together.
- So, how you been, brother?
- Great.
Never been better.
How 'bout you?
I've been really good,
been very busy.
- I got a new combo.
- Okay.
- Cool.
- We're looking for keys.
- You kidding me?
- No, I'm not kidding.
- No, I'm good.
- You sure? It pays.
I'm good.
Let's just grab a drink then.
It's been too long.
- Okay. Nice to meet you, Mia.
- Nice to meet you.
The end.
It's...
Genius.
- Really?
- Yes.
- Really?
- Yes.
It feels really nostalgic
to me.
- That's the point.
- Is it too nostalgic?
- That's...
- Are people gonna like it?
Fuck 'em.
- You always say that.
- Well, I truly believe that.
- I made you something.
- For what?
For your club.
Why does it say "Seb's"?
'Cause I think you should
call it "Seb's".
What?
'Cause no one's gonna come
to "Chicken on a Stick".
Is that a music note
as an apostrophe?
- Yes.
- That's pretty cool.
- Yeah.
- It's gotta be "Chicken on a Stick".
Hmm...
Because... Charlie Parker
got his nickname...
...nickname
because he loved chicken.
That's why they called him "Bird".
So I'm gonna have chicken,
beer, jazz... "Chicken on a Stick!"
I know. I think you should
drop the chicken
and just have drinks and jazz,
and also there could be...
I'm not dropping the chicken.
You could maybe do it
somewhere else?
- What're you talkin'...?
- Find a new spot?
- It's gotta be the Van Beek.
- It doesn't have to be the Van Beek.
I can't let them samba
all over its history.
- Oh...
- I can't do it.
You can let them,
but you refuse to.
Your play's incredible.
You know? The whole world
from your bedroom.
What else do they want?
Who's doing that?
- I'm doing that.
- You're doing that?
Who was that guy
at The Lighthouse?
- The guy that offered you the gig?
- Keith.
Yeah. Why was it so weird
between you two?
It's-It's just always weird...
with him.
- Really?
- Yeah.
But he seemed kinda nice
because he did offer you a job.
Are you gonna call him?
No.
- No.
- All right.
So...
- Here's what we know.
- Yeah?
It's definitely
"Chicken on a Stick"...
and your play's gonna be
a triumph.
It's a one-woman show.
So it's just me. No, I... I mean,
I'm acting in it.
It's gonnna be cool.
No, Mom, I-I'm not getting paid.
I'm... paying to do it.
He's great. He's gonna open
his own jazz club.
Yeah, it's gonna be incredible.
Uh, no. He's... He hasn't opened it
yet. He needs, uh...
He's saving up, I think.
No, but he doesn't have
a steady gig.
But he's-he's figuring it out.
It's just been a little
tricky lately.
Mom, he's gonna find a way
to open it
and you're gonna love it,
okay?
How's Dad?
Sebastian!
Come on in, man.
- Thanks for comin'.
- Thanks for having me.
I wasn't sure
I'd see you today.
- So, here's the deal.
- Okay.
- We got distribution with Universal.
- Wow.
We've got our own imprint.
We're about to go on the road.
Uh, we can pay you
a thousand bucks a week...
plus a cut of the ticket revenue
and merchandising. Sound good?
- Sebastian?
- Yup.
All right?
- Let's play.
- Okay.
But I know I'll fell... [so good]
tonight
I know. It's different.
But you say you want
to save jazz.
How are you gonna save jazz
if no one's listening?
Jazz is dying
because of people like you.
You're... playin' into 90-year-olds
at The Lighthouse.
Where are the kids?
Where are the young people?
You're so obsessed
with Kenny Clarke and Thelonious Monk.
These guys were revolutionaries.
How are you going to be
a revolutionary,
if you're such a traditionalist?
You're holding onto the past...,
but jazz is about the future.
I know.
The other guy,
he wasn't as good as you.
But you're a pain in the ass,
man.
City of stars,
Are you shining
just for me?
City of stars,
There's so much
that I can't see
Who knows?
I felt it from the first embrace
I shared with you
That now our dreams
may fin'lly come true
City of stars,
Just one thing
ev'rybody wants
There in the bars
And through the smokescreen
of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for
is love from someone else
- A rush
- A glance
- A touch
- A dance
A look in somebody's eyes
To light up the skies,
To open the world
and send it reeling,
A voice that says
"I'll be here
and you'll be alright"
I don't care if I know
just where I will go,
'Cause all that I need's
this crazy feeling
A rat-tat-tat on my heart
Think I want it to stay
CONSIGNMENT
The Messengers interview
on WTJM Chicago 98.8 FM
CLOSED
City of stars,
Are you shining
just for me?
City of stars,
You never shined
so brightly
I don't know
why I keep movin' my body
I don't know
if this is wrong or if it's right
I don't know if it's the beat, but
something's taking over me
And i just know
I feel so good tonight
I don't know
what your name is, but I like it
I've been thinking
'bout some things I wanna try
I don't know
what you came to do,
but I wanna do it with you
And I just know
I feel so good tonight
Oh, if we keep on dancin',
Take our rhythm
to new heights
Feel the heat of passion,
baby,
light up the night
(We can start a fire)
Come on, let it burn, baby
(We can start a fire)
Let the tables turn, baby
(We can start a fire)
I just know
I feel so good
Don't you know
I feel so good?
I just know
I feel so good...
tonight
I don't care
if this turns into a riot
Let's get reckless,
tear this place down to the floor
Turn the music way up loud
Can't nobody stop us now
I just know I feel so good
tonight, oh
I just know I feel so good
tonight
(We can start a fire)
Come on, let it burn, baby
(We can start a fire)
Let the tables turn, baby
(We can start a fire)
Oh
I just know
I feel so good
Don't you know
I feel so good?
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
Tonight
FALL
SO LONG, BOULDER CITY
Hey, it's me.
Uh, I'm not sure
where you are right now.
I think Boston?
Maybe Dallas, I don't know.
Uh...
I haven't heard from you
in a little while...
and I miss you.
All right, bye.
I thought...
Surprise.
I gotta leave
first thing in the morning,
but I just... I had to see you.
It's so nice to be home.
I'm so glad you're home.
How's the play going?
Uh... I'm nervous.
- You are?
- Mm-hmm.
Why?
Because...
what if people show up?
Pishi kaka.
You're nervous
about what they think?
I'm nervous to do it.
I'm nervous to get up...
on a stage
and perform for people.
I mean, I don't need
to say that to you.
- It's gonna be incredible.
- You don't get it,
but I'm terrified.
They should be so lucky to see it.
I can't wait.
I can.
When do you leave?
In the morning?
Yeah. 6:45. Boise.
- Boisi?
- Boise.
To Boise!
You should come.
To Boise?
Yeah, you can knock that off
your bucket list.
Oh, that would be...
really exciting. I wish I could.
What are you doin'
after the tour?
Why can't you?
- Come to Boise?
- Yeah.
'Cause I have to rehearse.
Yeah, but can't you rehearse
anywhere?
Anywhere you are?
I mean... I guess.
Uh...
Well, all my stuff is here
and it's in two weeks.
So I don't really think
that would be...
Okay.
- the best idea right now,
- Well...
but... I wish I could.
We're just gonna have to try
and see each other, you know,
- so that we see each other.
- I know, but when are you done?
What do you mean?
I mean...
When you're finished
with the whole tour?
But after we finish,
we're gonna go to record
and then we'll go back
on tour.
You know, we tour
so we can make the record
so we can go back and tour
the record.
So it's like the long haul?
What do you mean
"the long haul"?
I mean the long haul
like you're gonna stay in this band...
for a long time.
On tour.
I mean, what did you think
I was going to do?
I don't... I...
I hadn't really thought it through.
I didn't know that the band...
was so important.
You didn't think
it would be successful?
Uh...
No, that's not really
what I mean.
I just mean that you-you...
I mean... you're gonna be
on tour for what?
Months now? Years?
Yeah, I don't belie...
This is it.
I mean, this is-it could easibly
be, yeah, for...
I could be on tour
with this...
for a couple of years,
at least just this record.
Do you like the music
you're playing?
I don't...
I don't know...
what-what it matters.
Well, it matters
because if you're going
to give up your dream,
I think it matters
that you like
what you're playing
on the road for years.
Do you like the music
I'm playing?
Yeah.
I do.
I just didn't think
that you did.
Yeah, well...
You always said Keith is the worst
and now you're gonna be
on tour with him for years,
- so I just didn't...
- I don't know what-
- what are you doing right now?
- know if you were happy.
- Why are you doing this?
- I don't...
What do you mean
why am I doing this...?
I thought you wanted me to do this
and it just sounds like
- now you don't want me to do it.
- What do you mean
I wanted you to do this?
This is what you wanted for me.
To be in this band?
To be in a band to have
a steady job, you know?
To-To-To be... You know.
Of course I wanted you
to have a steady job,
so that you could take care of yourself
and your life
- and you could start your club.
- Yes, so I'm doing that,
so I don't understand,
well, why aren't we celebrating?
Why aren't you starting your club?
You said yourself no one
wants to go to that club.
No one wants to go to a club
called "Chicken on a Stick".
So change the name!
Well, no one likes jazz!
Not even you!
I do like jazz now
because of you!
And this is what I thought
you wanted me to do!
What am I supposed to do?
Go back to... playing Jingle Bells?
I'm not saying that.
I'm saying, why don't you...
Scraping pennies? So I can start
a club that no one wants to go?
...take what you've made
and start the club?!
Then people will wanna go to it
because you're passionate about it,
and people love what other people
are passionate about.
You remind people
of what they forgot.
Not in my experience.
Well, whatever, alright?
I mean, it is-it's just-
it's time to grow up, you know?
I have a steady job,
this is what I'm doing...
And now all of a sudden
if you had these problems,
I wish you would've said them
earlier
before I signed
on the goddamn dotted line!
I'm pointing out
that you had a dream
that you followed,
that you were sticking to...
This is the dream!
This is the dream.
- This is not your dream!
- Guys like me
work their whole lives to be
in something that's successful,
that people like, you know?
I mean, I'm finally
in something that-that-that-
that-that-that people enjoy.
Since when do you care
about being liked?
Just 'cause I don't enjoy it,
it doesn't matter.
Why do you care so much
about being liked?
You are an actress!
What are you talking about?!
Maybe you just liked me
when I was on my ass
'cause it made you feel better
about yourself.
- Are you kidding?
- No.
I don't know...
SO LONG, BOULDER CITY / TONIGHT
Okay, fellas. I'll...
see ya tomorrow.
- Sebastian?
- Yeah?
You're good for tonight,
right?
- What are you talking about?
- At 7, the photo shoot.
For Mojo. You good?
- I thought that was next thursday.
- No, it's tonight.
Is that okay?
- Tonya, gimme the other camera!
- What's wrong with that one?
"What's wrong with that one"?
I don't know.
It does not bloody work!
That's what's wrong with it!
Alright, trumpet,
that's lovely!
Lovely! Beautiful, beautiful!
Okay, keyboard.
Okay, look up.
That's good!
That's good, that's lovely!
Lovely. Okay, cut the music!
That is lovely.
That's lovely.
Okay, now look.
Now... bite your lip like...
like you're concentrating
on... on something,
I don't know, like a piece of-
a piece of your music.
- Bite my what?
- Your lip. You know, bite your lip.
Okay.
Yeah, that's good.
That's great. Beautiful!
Beautiful. Okay.
Now just-just move your-move
your glasses down on... on the nose.
A little bit-A little bit bit further.
Just a little bit, a touch further.
Keep your head down,
but look up at me.
Look sort of... moody.
Yeah! That's beautiful.
That is great.
Okay, turn the keyboard on live!
You wanna hear
the keyboard playin'?
Nah. You don't have
to bite your lip now.
Well, actually play something.
Play something, you know.
Anything.
You're pianist, aren't you?
Play something.
That's great. That's beautiful.
That's lovely.
Oh, that's good.
Now don't stop, keep playing.
Go on, just keep playing.
That was great!
Shoot myself in the head.
- She's not even good.
- That whole window thing...
- What was that?
- Yeah.
What did she do
with the window?!
Oh my God!
Don't quit your day job.
Oh well...
Mia!
Mia. I'm so sorry.
Just tell me how it went?
How was it?
I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry I've been such a prick.
- You're sorry...
- I'm sorry I didn't come.
- You're sorry... You sor...
- You're sorry...
- I'm gonna make it up to you.
Let me make it up to you,
okay?
- I don't blame you for not wanting...
- It's over.
- What is?
- It's over.
What?
All of this.
I'm done embarrassing myself.
I'm done. I'm done.
- Nobody showed up.
- What're you talkin'? So what?
I can't pay back the theater!
This is so...
- I'm gonna go home for a while.
- "I'm gonna..."?
- I'll come see you tomorrow.
- No, I'm going "home" home.
- This is home.
- No, it's not anymore.
Theatre Background
THEATRE / THEATHER / COMEDY /
DRAMA / PLAY / STAGE / MUSICAL
Yep?
Hi, I'm trying to reach
Mia Dolan.
Wrong number.
Yeah, she said if she's not on her cell,
I was told I might find her here.
Not anymore.
- Okay. Well, if you do talk to her...
- I won't.
could you tell her Jane from Amy Brandt
casting is trying to reach her?
Casting?
What the hell is that?
Shut that thing off!
Why did you come here?
Because I have good news.
What?
Amy Brandt,
the casting director.
- Yeah?
- She was at your play.
And she loved it.
And she loved it so much...
that she wants you to come in
tomorrow and audition for this...
huge movie that she's got.
I'm not going to that.
- I'm not going to that.
- What?
That one's gonna be...
No. That one's gonna be...
I'm sorry?
That will kill me.
- What?!
- What? What? Shh. Stop!
- No!
- Shh! Shh. You have to be quiet.
If you want me to be,
then you have to make sense.
- They're gonna call...
- If you want me to be quiet,
you're gonna have to make
some goddamn sense.
- They're gonna call the police.
- Tell me why you're not goin'.
- Because? Because...
- Why?
I've been to a million of auditions,
and the same thing happens every time.
Or I get interrupted because
someone wants to get a sandwich,
or I'm crying
and they start laughing!
Or there's people sitting
in the waiting room
and they're... and they're...
like me, but prettier...
and better at the... because maybe
I'm not good enough!
- Yes, you are.
- No.
- No, maybe I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
- Maybe I'm not.
- You are.
- Maybe I'm not.
- You are.
Maybe I'm one
of those people that...
has always wanted to do it...
but it's like a pipe dream
for me,
you know? And then you...
You said it; you-you... change
your dreams and then you grow up.
Maybe I'm one of those people
and I'm not supposed to.
And I can go back to school...
and I can find something else
that I'm supposed to do.
'Cause I left...
to do that
and it's been six years.
And I don't wanna do it anymore.
Why?
- Why what?
- Why don't you wanna do it anymore?
'Cause I think it hurts
far a bit too much.
You're a baby.
- I'm not a baby,
- You are.
- I'm trying to grow up.
- You're crying like a baby.
Oh my God!
And you have an audition
tomorrow at 5:30.
I'll be out front at 8:00 am.
You'll be out front or not,
I don't know.
How did you find me here?
The house in front of the library.
Del Prado Library
Boulder City, NV
- I got coffee.
- Okay, great.
Mia?
Hi, Mia. I'm Amy
and this is Frank.
- Hi, how are you?
- Pleasure to meet you.
- Glad we found you.
- Me too.
The film shoots in Paris
and we don't have a script.
It's gonna be a process. We're gonna
build the character around the actress.
It's a three-month rehearsal
and a four-month shoot.
Okay.
And we thought that
you could just tell us a story.
- About?
- Hmm. You can just tell us anything.
Anything?
Yes. Just tell us a story.
You're a storyteller.
Uh...
Whenever you're ready.
My aunt used to live in Paris.
I remember she used to come home
and she would tell us...
these stories about...
being abroad and...
I remember...
she told us that
she jumped into the river once.
Barefoot.
She smiled...
Leapt,
without looking
And tumbled into... the Seine
The water was freezing
She spent a month sneezing,
But said she would do it again
Here's to the ones who dream,
Foolish
as they may seem
Here's to the hearts
that ache
Here's to the mess
we make
She captured a feeling,
Sky with no ceiling,
The sunset inside a frame
She lived in her liquor
And died with a flicker
I'll always remember
the flame
Here's to the ones who dream,
Foolish
as they may seem
Here's to the hearts
that ache
Here's to the mess
we make
She told me:
"A bit of madness is key
to give us new colors to see
Who knows
where it will lead us?
And that's why
they need us"
So bring on the rebels,
The ripples
from pebbles,
The painters,
and poets and plays
And here's to the fools
who dream
Crazy
as they may seem
Here's to the hearts
that break
Here's to the mess...
we make
I trace it
all back to then,
Her, and the snow
and the Seine
Smiling through it
She said she'd do it...
again
When do you find out?
Uh, they said
the next couple of days.
But I'm not expecting
to find anything out.
- You're gonna get it.
- I really might not.
- Yes, you are.
- And I don't want to be disappointed.
I know.
I know.
I know these things.
Where we are?
- Griffith Park.
- Where are we?
I know.
I don't know.
What do we do?
I don't think we can
do anything.
'Cause when you get this...
- If I get this.
- When you get this...
you gotta give it
everything you got.
Everything.
It's your dream.
What are you gonna do?
I gotta follow
my own plan, you know?
Stay here...
and get my own thing going.
You're gonna be in Paris...
Good jazz there.
And you love jazz now.
Right?
Yes.
And I guess we're just gonna have
to wait and see.
I'm always gonna love you.
I'm always gonna love you too.
Look at this view!
I've seen better.
- It's the worst.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
I've never been here
during the day.
WINTER
Five years later...
Hi. Can I have
two iced coffees, please?
Right, of course.
- On us.
- Oh! No, thank you. I insist.
Sounds good!
Harris did a good job.
It took him long enough.
It always does.
Signature time.
Not doing too bad, Seb.
"Not too bad" is great.
See ya tonight.
See you tonight.
Hi.
- How was your day?
- Good.
- How is she?
- She's great.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, come on.
Hi, buddy!
I didn't think
you were gonna be home yet.
Are you drawing?
Yeah.
Can I help?
You know I love to draw.
Happy Holidays
from Laura Harry & Jordan
Eleanor
Starring Mia Dolan
Okay, Chelsea, we're gonna go.
Are you good?
- We're good.
- You need anything?
Bye, baby.
- Say "bye, Mommy".
- Sleep well.
- Bye, Mommy.
- Have fun with Chelsea.
- Have fun. Bye, Mia.
- Bye. Thank you so much.
- Good night, guys. Bye, sweetie!
- Good night.
Oh boy.
What if we miss this?
What're you gonna tell Natalie?
Maybe we'll just see her
back in New York.
Okay.
- I do not miss this.
- It's bad.
Do you wanna just pull off here
and get dinner?
- Sure, yeah.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
- Okay.
Do you wanna check it out?
Okay.
Seb's
This place is pretty cool.
I love it!
- Cal Bennett on sax!
- Yeah!
Javier Gonzalez on trumpet.
The lovely Nedra Wheeler
on bass.
The one and only
Clifton "Fou Fou" Eddie on drums!
And a little too good
on piano,
so good he's gonna own
this place if I'm not careful,
Khirye Tyler, everybody.
Welcome to Seb's.
I just heard you play,
and I wanted to...
STAGE DOOR
CAVEAU de la HUCHETTE
You want to stay for another?
No, we should go.
(Okay.)
One, two...
One, two, three, four.
The End