You gotta look on the bright side.
If I wasn't sick...
this would not work. There is no way
that we would be sitting here.
We're totally wrong for each other.
We're totally wrong for each other.
I know. I could be your father.
I prefer, Uncle.
Do you think we should break this off?.
Afraid you mightfeel something?
Well, look at it this way.
We can have it real,
which we both know is way better.
You wouldn't have
to pay full price...
because, in a year or so...
I'd bejust a sob story
you could use to bag more chicks.
That is a pathetic characterization.
I don't know. I don't accept that.
The stench oftruth.
"O world, I cannot hold
thee close enough!
Thy winds, they wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!"
It does feel like rain. You wanna get a
cup ofcoffee, and go to the West side?
No, no. You'd abandon the universe...
and me for a cafe late? No, let's not do
it. Let's not do no thoughtless thing.
We can't talk about
he fact that you're sick?
I'm right here, right now.
Let's talk about you.
- Come on, 49 years...
-48!
All right, 48 years. Come on,
tell me about it. Give it. Share it.
You look at me in a way
that I haven't quite earned.
Then earn it.
Earn it, please.
What do you want me to do?
I'm yours. What is it?
What are you doing?
I'm keeping it.
- This is my watch.
- Yep.
- When do I get it back?
- When you forget that I have it.
Mix this up a little bit...
Sorry...
What?
Your mother used to do that.
- Really?
- Yep.
That's how we met. I was a waiter...
at the Beach Club. Whenever I'd pass
with a tray, she's steal the garnish.
What else did she do?
What do you mean?
I don't know. Little things.
She'd eat her ice cream with a fork.
- Really?
- Really. Yeah.
She wrote great letters...
But she couldn't spell.
She was a McGovern Democrat
but incredibly snobbish.
She hummed all the time.
And Stephen Stills was
her favorite singer.
Who?
Never mind.
What's else?
Considering the times...
she was actually...
pretty straight. I think
she only tried drugs once.
There was a lifeguard
who gave her a hash brownie.
She threw it up all over him.
She laughed just like that.
Words and poetry is what she loved.
She was a "unique".
Okay, you guys.
How about a toast?
Welcome to Charlotte.
Welcome.
Cheers! Thanks, you guys.
You know, call me crazy... but I could
swear your friends like me more...
- than they like you.
- That's altogether possible.
- My friends defiinitely like me more.
- What's your point?
That I'm way outfront
in the love race.
- What? Love is not a race.
- Our love is.
- Our love?
- Yes, we're going for it, aren't we?
Why not?
- Alright, I have to tell you something.
- What?
I never had a date for the benefiit.
- Really?
- Yeah.
I was kind ofwondering about that.
- I made that hatfor myself?.
- Yes.
- You bought that dress for me?
- Yeah.
You did all that so you could
get a hold of me and muss me up?
Yes.
First ofall, you have great taste
because that dress was amazing.
- Thank you.
- And second, you didn't have to lie.
Ifyou wanted to seduce me,
all you had to do was ask.
That's not seducing,
that is asking.
Besides - I don't know why - but women
seem to love it when you lie to them.
There isn't a lie in the world
I'd rather hear than the truth.
There she goes again, stepping out
on me and breaking my heart.
Even he likes me more.
You're fiired.
- Come on, it'sjust...
- No! Ouch! Ouch!
I can't believe this!
Breathe, breathe.
Breathe... are you alright?
That's not accurate. Neuroblastoma is a
soft-tissue malignancy, but not a cancer.
Most common in children.
Very rare in young adults.
In Charlotte's case...
the tumor is in her chest cavity.
It's growing rapidly, it's proved
resistant to both the radiation...
- and the chemotherapy.
- What about alternative therapies?
Eastern medicine...?
You don't hum this away.
Charlotte is the expert in that area.
Eventually, she'll be treated for pain.
I suppose, as a fiinal effort...
surgery could become on option.
But it's risky. So risky that
Charlotte has signed a directive...
forbidding it,
or any other form...
of heroic intervention.
All right.
Doyou have any idea...
about time?
Ayear. Maybe ayear, atbest.
Real charmer, isn't she?
How are you on
Cambodian money units?
- Are you okay there?
- Yes, thank you.
That's incredible.
Doesn't it look exactly like
something she would have worn?
Who?
"Hope is a thing with feathers
That perches in the soul. "
Woody Allen?
Emily Dickinson! Only the greatest
poet ever! Uncultured swine.
We all have our areas. I'm a food guy.
Why don't you ask me aboutfood.
Why are you the food guy?
What is it about the food?
Food... food is the only...
beautiful thing that truly nourishes.
Is that a quote?
That's me.
- Excuse me? Excuse me?
- Yes.
The woman whojust passed
by here and went in the door...?
- Yes?
- It's not Lisa, is it?
- Yes.
- Lisa Tyler?
Yes.
Could you...?
No. Thanks.
- Hello. Come in.
- Oh, you look so great.
- Where are the girls?
- They're upstairs.
I'm going to run up and say hi.
You're a dog. Oh, man!
There's stuff... in the kitchen.
You want to give the can out to the
trick-or-treaters... when they come?
One, two, three, go! Go!
Ricky, don't laugh, or you're
going to get snot in the water.
- Snot? Where is this snot in the water?
- Can I get you a bone or something?
Don't bite anything
that's not an apple.
Guess who?
- It's Wonder Woman.
- No.
- Get your hands out ofthere.
- I got it!
- We got the champ!
- Let me give you a hint.
I was the best thing
that ever happened to you.
- It couldn't be Lynn McHale.
- God! You are really bad!
Lynn! I can't believe it!
- Where are the kids?
- Upstairs in their room.
Keep bobbing for apples in there.
- Just one more.
- Please...?
But then you're going to have to promise
you're going to get in yourjammies.
- Yes.
- You promise?
Which one?
I know, "Butterflies".
"Two butterflies... went out at noon... "
"And waltzed above a stream... "
"Then stepped straight through the
fiirmament... and rested on a beam. "
"And then together bore away...
upon a shining... sea. "
"Though never yet, in any port...
their coming mentioned me... "
In my day, you bobbed for the apple...
may there's a nickel in it but...
you eat the apple! Your little animals,
grab the coin and run for the door.
- They're offto by crack.
- Defiinitely.
- Where's my little puppy dog?
- I think he's upstairs.
- There you are.
- Hi.
We werejust up on
the roofchecking out...
- The kids are sleeping.
- John's got this amazing set-up there.
Lynn, I want you to meet Charlotte.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Something tells me
you're upset with me.
What is it?
I wasjust wondering if...
ifyou had sex with that woman?
With Lynn?
Ever?
- The answer to that is kind ofobvious.
- She's an old girlfriend.
- You knew that.
- I meant... tonight.
- On the roof.
- You're not serious?
You are serious. no!
No, ofcourse not.
First off, it's... it's not
exactly my style. Second...
You have a girlfriend.
Isn't thatfor me to say?
As far as Lynn goes, why would I do
that? It doesn't make any sense.
I know. I mean,
that's what I was thinking...
we're... so happy...
What would be his reason?
I thought, God, if he did do it,
then you'd at least look... guilty.
And you don't.
You look totally relaxed.
You look more relaxed...
than before the party started.
Well... there you go.
But, you're a womanizer.
You were a womanizer.
- What is that exactly?
- Here we go.
That's a guy who has sex with a lot of
women and is good at lying about it.
Yes. But in this case I don't have
anything to lie about. Nothing happened!
There's something about being sick...
in my heart.
It's like I can feel every beat.
I'll know ifyou're lying.
Oh, God!
Oh, my God!
- Can you pull over, please?
- Don't do this.
- Charlotte! Charlotte!
- What?!
Look, I never pretended to be...
what I'm not.
- Why?!
- Why?!
All right, fiine, why? Why?
Because I felt like it.
Because nothing stopped me!
What about love?
Why do you have to be sojuvenile?!
It was nothing.
It was nothing! It meant nothing!
If I could be different... I would.
What about love?
You know what?
This was all wrong. This was a mistake,
rightfrom the beginning.
You're a kid... I'm a creep.
You've got better things to do with
your last... with your time...
then spend it with a man like me.
Look who's here.
The Belle ofAmherst.
I've seen thatface before.
- You have?
- On several... occasions.
All for the same reason.
You said Mom and Will
werejustfriends.
They were friends.
But she wasjust nuts about him.
She never slept with him.
Maybe because she was
an old-fachioned girl.
But she was smart.
She made the big mistake.
She told him how she really felt.
It was up in Newport at the club.
Labor Day weekend.
Big clam bake.
Well, what happened?
Next thing you knew, he was knocking
up Millie What's-her-name in a cabana.
- Millie?
- Your mother's doubles partner.
Why didn't you tell me any ofthis?
- You know, you could have warned me.
- I could have. But I didn't.
You never talk to me.
You never tell me what to do.
Charlotte, take a good look at me.
You want me to tell you what to do?
Yes! You're my family!
You're my family.
You're supposed to take care of me.
- Where you been?
- Home.
- I called you ten times.
- I had the ringer off.
- I don't get it.
- What's to get? I was hanging out.
- Something happen at my party?
- You were there. We had a good time.
- Come on! What's going on?
- Nothing!
What is it, something with Charlotte?
- We called it quits.
- You're shittin'me!
It's not exactly we called it quits,
it was a more of, she called it quits.
- What did you do?
- What do you mean...?
- What did you do?
- What did I...?
Don't bullshit me. What did you do?
I had sex with Lynn McHale
up on your roof.
You're kidding me.
No, I'm not kidding you.
Charlotte found out.
Now she's gone. Totally.
I'm really sorry you did that.
I blew it.
You can't get her back?
- I blew it.
- So?
So, I just go back to the way I was.
How are you going to do that?
It wasjust going to get worse.
The more attachment on both sides,
leading to what?
It's now or later, right?
I leave her a few months
from now, she...
No, this is better.
This is much better.
I wish the fuck I'd never met her.
I hate to tell you, but there's
only two kinds of love stories.
Boy loses girl.
Girl loses boy.
That's it. Somebody
always gets left behind.
Try and avoid that, you'll end up an
old man toasting yourselfat Christmas.
- Listen to me...
- I don't care!
- you're going to die in your own arms!
- I don't care! I want it over with now!
- Mr. Keane.
- Good night, Michael.
You've got a visitor.
She's been waiting almost an hour.
Lisa!
- Sorry to disappoint you.
- No... you surprised me, that's all.
Did you get my letter?
What did you do with it, burn it?
I read it.
- Do you want to come upstairs?
- No, thank you. I'm sorry.
I didn't plan this.
I didn't plan to come.
Peter, my husband
thought it was pointless.
But, as it turns out,
I'm pregnant... just a few months.
- Lisa! Congratulations! That's great.
- Thank you.
Anyway, that made me want to meet you.
I've been a little sentimental
about parenthood lately.
- Do you consider me your parent?
- In a lousy absentee sort ofway, yeah.
- So, how... how is Millie? Your mother?
- She's great. She's good.
Well, she's a nut. She went to Costa
Rica last summer with some guy.
He owns a charter airline
and wears sunglasses indoors.
I think he's a gun runner, but...
- Do you really care?
- No. No.
I guess not.
What about you? How long
have you lived in the city?
Just a few months.
We moved from Austin.
Ifyou hadn't been on that magazine...
I might not have recognized you. I only
have one photograph and it's ancient.
I have one picture ofyou, too.
Just one. Your mother sent me one...
a long time ago.
You must have been about twelve.
You had a horse.
Summer camp. My teeth are
bigger than the horse's.
- I hated that picture. I hate it.
- I don't. You were very beautiful.
And you... haven't changed a bit.
- I should go.
- Why?
I reallyjust wanted to meet you.
And maybe...
- I don't know.
- What? Tell me.
It's not big deal. I've always had a
fantasy that you were looking for me.
And all you really wanted was
to say that you were sorry.
Lisa, I am.
Hey, can I... Can I call you?
How did you get in here?
Dolly.
Would you mind leaving now, please?
I need to talk to you.
I think you've wasted
enough of my time.
What I did was... very wrong.
And stupid.
I have no excuses...
I did what I did because...
- I was scared.
- You were a coward!
Can you forgive me?
You betrayed me! For what?
Because you got the shakes?
- I was scared.
- You don't think I'm scared?!
You don't think I'm hanging onto
my courage by my fiingernails!
Don't touch me! Get away from me!
Get out of here!
Just go!
You're not good enough.
I know... I know I'm not.
I just...
Can you let me love you?
Please.
Please. Please...
Please let me try again.
I'm so tired.
"The stars are as soft
as flowers and as near. "
"The hills are webs ofshadow... "
"... slowly spun. "
"No separate leafor single blade...
All blend into one. "
I love you.
We did it... that was great.
- Bye!
- Bye!
Are you jealous?
- You think...? I am notjealous!
- Yes you are!
Do I look jealous? I am notjealous.
I'm a littlejealous.
- Wait, check me out.
- Excellent! Go! Go! Go!
Judges give it a ten!
A perfect ten!
Charlotte!
Doctor!
- Mr. Keane...
- Tell me.
The repeat MRl and CAT scan
show interval progression.
- The tumor's grown.
- Yes.
Considerably. It's begun to obstruct
the outflow from her heart.
I'm sorry, I wish there was...
There's very little we can do.
We may be talking about weeks.
- Weeks?
- I'm sorry.
- You said she had a year!
- No, I said a year at best.
That's not good enough!
You said a year!
- I want to have a year!
- This is inappropriate.
Alright, sorry, sorry.
You said there would be
a point when surgery...
- might be an option.
- If Charlotte agrees to it.
Let's assume that she did. When
would this operation take place?
When it's clear we're losing her.
- Would you perform it?
- I am not a surgeon.
The point is notfiinding someone
who's qualifiied.
It's fiinding someone who's qualifiied
who is willing to do the operation.
- Hey!
- Hey.
- How are you? You okay?
- Yes.
- How do you feel?
- Stoned.
You're killing my hand.
Charlotte, there's something I would
like to talk to you about.
Don't. Heavy. No heavy.
Sibley and I have been talking...
about surgery.
About the paper you signed.
No violins. Come on.
I'm fiine.
Woody, you're the head ofsurgery...
ifyou can't help me, who can?
Are you trying to tell me that in all
of Mt. Sinai, there is not one single...
Yeah, Sibley told me that.
The 30th. Yeah, fiine... blank.
Right. Got it. Thanks. When will
the doctor be out ofsurgery?
This is urgent. I have a friend
who says she's one ofthe few doc...
I'm sorry. Thank you.
Please, I don't... speak German.
Please, I'd like to speak to a doctor.
Where's the doctor?
He can't be in surgery for a week
and a half. No! You do not hang up!...
She doesn't have long.
- Weeks. Maybe less.
- And they can't do anything for her?
No, her doctor says when
it's hopeless at the end...
...surgery could be an option.
Heroic surgery, she calls it.
That's why I'm out looking for someone
to make sure that when the times...
comes, it's a hero that performs it.
I haven'tfound anybody yet though.
I can'tfiind anybody who's even
willing to attempt it. I will!
I'm going to fiind someone
because I can't lose her.
It won't happen.
She's too young.
I'm sorry. I'm here,
but I have no right to be here.
There's no excuse for
what I did to you, Lisa.
You were my child.
You needed me.
I'm sorry.
I want to help you... fiind a surgeon.
I'm a researcher. I can fiind anyone.
Even you.
What do you wantfor Christmas?
You can be really selfiish
about this... anything you want.
Or we can go somewhere... anywhere.
I'll take you to Bali...
Timbuktu... Buffalo.
Don't you have a restaurant to run?
What's more important,
is what do you wantfor Christmas?
No, you already gave me my present.
I forgot. Did you like it?
What was it again?
Misery, heartbreak, pain...
...happiness, love...
- life.
- I remember now.
What can I give you?
More ofthis.
- Yeah?
- I'vegothim.
Oh Lisa, hold on, hold on.
- Yeah, go ahead.
- His name is Tom Grandy.
Harvard undergrad. He's at
the Cleveland Heart Institute.
- Ohio?!
- It's one ofthe bestin the world.
He didhis residencyatBrigham,
cardiac surgery training at Cleveland.
He takes the cases no one else will
touch. Theysay he's a miracle worker.
He spends a lotoftime traveling,
a lotoftime lecturing.
Igotyou an appointment todayat 12:30.
Do notbe late. He only has 15minutes.
The surgeon thatrecommendedhim said
ifyou can gethim to take the case...
...you know Charlotte'sgota chance.
He hates the fail.
- Mr. Keane?
- Yeah, hi.
Thanks for a seeing me. I've got
everything that you asked for.
Just once I'd like
to get sent something simple.
That never happens anymore.
The downside of being good at myjob.
Good? My daughter was told
you were the best.
Like most people,
I do the best can.
Last time she passed out she regained
consciousness almost immediately.
Next time, or the time after, she won't.
When that happens, call me.
Room 17 is ready, Dr. Grandy.
They'll reach me wherever I am.
I'll coordinate with Sibley.
- I can't thank you enough. Thank you.
- I haven't done anything yet.
I'm home.
Hello.
There you are.
- Where were you today?
- What do you mean?
When you called,
I thought you were at work...
then when I called you back, John
said you hadn't been in all day.
I was in Montclair, New Jersey.
- Why?
- An opportunity.
Do you mean sexual or professional?
Sexual.
I mean, professional!
You get it in there without breaking
it, I'll give you another 5 bucks.
Six dollars... six ofyou.
It's way too crowded.
I'm way too claustrophobic.
- I'll take the next one.
- You sure? Okay... bye. Help.
- You're going away for the holidays?
- I doubt it.
- Did Mr. Keane enjoy his trip?
- What trip?
- Just yesterday.
- I wouldn't call that a trip.
I've never been to Ohio. It's amazing
how little I've seen ofthis country.
Cool... I'm gonna
get me some hot chocolate...
- Is it straight?
- Not straight.
What were you doing in Ohio?
I had a meeting with heart specialist.
He's willing to operate.
That's exactly what
I didn't want you to do.
You went behind my back.
You lied to me.
- This what we talked about...
- Cut it out! Stop!
No, we talked about that!
You do not want to die!
You want to live!
You think I haven't
been through this? So many times!
I don't want to give people hope
when there isn't any.
Why not? Maybe, we need hope.
Maybe, I need to know that I've
done everything that I could do.
If I'm gonna...
What would I do, Will
ifyou weren't here?
Where would I be? Seriously?
You'll never have
to worry about that.
I'll do whatever I have to do.
I'll tear up the papers. I'll tell
the doctors. Whatever you want.
Cause I really want...
I don't to leave you.
You know?
No. No,no,no.
- This is really good.
- What?
- This is much better than mine.
- No, you didn't!
- Yeah, I did.
- Oh, God!
- Forgeries!
- Yeah, a lot ofthem.
Mine... yours...
Will?
Will?
- What are you doing in there?
- Nothing.
Hey, no, no! Go back!
Give me another minute, alright?
- No, you're going to tire yourselfout.
- This I've got to see!
- Go back! Back!
- I can't believe it.
Oh, my God!
Alright. Almost.
Hold on, hold on.
Finishing up. Hold on now.
Just a second.
Here we are. Okay! Alright.
Surprise!
It's New York.
This is Grandy.
- You won't have long.
- All right.
"Time cannot break...
the bird's wing from the bird. "
"The bird and wing together...
go down, one feather. "
"No thing that ever flew... "
"... not the lark, not you... "
"Can die as others do. "
What have I done to you?
You ruined me for other women.
I saved you for them.
Is she typen' cross 6 for units?
What're we waiting for?
- Just you, Doctor.
- Let's move!
- I don't believe it.
- What?
I'm here with my father and my son.