All Good Things

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( insects chirping )

Man:

For the record,

Tell the ladies

and gentlemen

of the jury

Your name.

Man #2:

Um, david marks.

And where

were you born?

Um, new york city.

Is your father

still alive?

Yes sir.

Is your mother

still alive?

No sir.

How old were you

when your mother died?

Um, seven.

Were you present

when she died?

Yes sir.

And how did she die?

She died

a violent death.

David,

if you don't mind,

I'm going to ask

you some more

about your past.

David?

I'm sorry?

Your past.

( traffic sounds )

( funk music playing )

Yes, I'd like to make

a collect call, please.

David marks.

Dad, david.

Huh?

How am I gonna do that?

I got on the tuxedo.

Can't we just

call a plumber?

Yeah right,

why would we do that?

That doesn't make any sense.

Why would you send a plumber

to do a plumber's job, huh?

- ( car door opens )

- ( groans )

What are you

looking at, huh?

( knocks )

Hi.

Oh. Hi.

Um...

I've forgotten

why I'm here.

I was gonna make

some coffee.

- Excuse me?

- Do you want coffee?

I was gonna make some.

No thank you.

Am I keeping you

from something?

Yeah.

But it's something

I'm dreading.

Hey, do you have

some kind of--

- I don't know, something

I could put under here?

- Uh, yeah.

Here.

So how long ago

did you move in?

- On Sunday.

- Oh.

- From where?

- Long island.

- Oh.

- My mom's house.

- Are you done?

- I think I should stop.

You know?

I mean--

I'm not a plumber.

I mean, as you

might have guessed.

And I can't get a plumber

in here until Monday.

So, uh...

I guess what I've done

Is, uh...

Do you want help

with that?

Yeah.

Uh, anyway, so I guess

what I did was

Come out here to tell you

that you have a leak

And, uh,

That you should get it fixed.

( chuckles )

You smell good.

You're gonna be late.

So?

I'm always late.

You could always

blame me.

( dinner party chatter )

Hi, david marks.

Sir, right this way.

- Oh god.

- Oh look, there.

- Here, take this.

- Go easy on him.

Okay, I don't

have to tell you--

just ignore him

And I apologize

for anythinge says

Between now

and the time we leave.

Late.

Always late.

Anybody who didn't

know you would think

you were a busy man.

Oh, I see you brought

a friend.

- Katie.

- Katie.

Your full name, dear,

always.

Oh, katherine mccarthy.

Well, what a lovely

young woman you are.

You've even managed to make

my vagabond son look handsome.

He is handsome.

David, I need you

to meet the next senator

from new york.

And I didn't

invite you here

to help you get laid.

- Ambassador moynihan.

- Sanford, congratulations.

- Thank you.

Welcome back.

- Thank you.

Liz.

Always more gracious.

Ambassador, you remember

my eldest son david?

David the heir apparent.

Of course, how are you?

- Fine, thank you.

- Oh, and this is...

- Katherine mccarthy.

- Miss mccarthy.

- My wife elizabeth.

- Ambassador.

- Ah, the man himself.

Thank you.

- Here you go, dad.

- Thanks, daniel.

- Hey, shouldn't you be

wearing white gloves?

Screw you, david.

- Is that irish?

- Excuse me?

Moynihan, is that

an irish name?

Gaelic. Originally

scottish-gaelic.

- But my family...

- ( silverware clinks

on glass )

My friends,

a man who's old enough

To remember

how 42nd street

Used to be--

sanford marks!

Thank you, mr. Mayor.

My father had a vision

for times square

And he passed it on to me.

Where there are peep shows

and massage parlors,

I see broadway theaters

restored to their former glory.

And where there are

dilapidated hotels,

I see gleaming

office towers

Bustling with the important

business of this city.

It's my hope I can help

breathe life

Back into this neighborhood

that was so dear to my father,

A man who placed great trust

in me to carry on his legacy.

To howard marks.

Lawyer:

David, tell me about

the family business.

Has the marks

organization

always been

A powerful entity

in new york?

David:

We were always

in the top five or six

Property owners

in manhattan.

Was it work that you

were interested in?

Um...

No sir.

- A health food store?

- Silly, right?

No, I--

I think that's great.

- Really?

- Yeah. Where?

I was thinking

in vermont maybe.

What do you do?

I want to go

to medical school,

But since my dad died...

It's funny how hard it is

just to do what

you want, huh?

- Yeah.

- I bet you could

do anything.

oklahoma, where the wind

comes sweeping down the plains

and the waving wheat

can sure smell sweet

when the wind comes--

right behind the plains!

then when we say-yyy

hey, ayipioeeay!

we're only singing

you're doing fine,

oklahoma...

Lawyer:

Did your father approve

Of you living with

katherine mccarthy?

David:

Well, he didn't really have

a problem with that,

But he wanted me

to live in new york and to

go into the family business.

Thank you.

What did you do

instead?

Katie and I moved

to vermont.

We lived this sort

of a back-to-the-land

kind of lifestyle.

Bought a small

piece of land and we

ran a health food store.

( camera whirring )

It's perfect.

( katie laughing )

She's certainly a very

enthusiastic young woman.

- Where did you find her?

- 53rd street.

She had a leaky faucet.

Ah yes, the famous

leaky faucet

of 53rd street.

Aren't you

sorry you gave up

a promising career

- In real estate?

- No.

You're ignoring

a very hard fact

of life, david.

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