Liz & Dick

[ JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ]

JUST IN TIME:

I FOUND YOU JUST IN TIME

BEFORE YOU CAME, MY TIME

WAS RUNNING LOW:

I WAS LOS:

THE LOSING DICE WERE TOSSED

MY BRIDGES ALL WERE CROSSED

NOWHERE TO GO:

NOW YOU'RE HERE

NOW I KNOW:

JUST WHERE I'M GOING

NO MORE DOUBT OR FEAR

I FOUND MY WAY:

FOR LOVE CAME JUST IN TIME

YOU FOUND ME JUST IN TIME

AND CHANGED MY LONELY LIFE

THAT LUCKY DAY:

NOW YOU'RE HERE

NOW I KNOW:

JUST WHERE I'M GOING

NO MORE DOUBT OR FEAR

I FOUND MY WAY:

FOR LOVE CAME JUST IN TIME

YOU FOUND ME JUST IN TIME

AND CHANGED MY LONELY LIFE

THAT LUCKY DAY:

[ LAUGHTER ]

Richard:
"I FELL FOR YOU

THE MOMENT I SAW YOU...

ALL THOSE YEARS AGO

AT A PARTY IN HOLLYWOOD."

[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING ]

"YOU WERE EVERYTHING

I EVER WANTED."

[ SPLASH ]

"AND EVEN WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ME

WITH UTTER DISDAIN,

I STILL THOUGH YOU WERE JUST LUSCIOUS."

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

"WITH MY UNDYING LOVE --

RICHARD."

ELSA, PUT THIS IN THE POST,

WOULD YOU?

AND IF YOU SEE MY WIFE,

TELL HER I'M GOING TO LIE DOWN.

[ SIGHS ]

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

Joe:

PLACES, EVERYBODY, PLEASE.

WE'RE GOING FOR A TAKE.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED

GETTING RICHARD'S LETTERS.

HE WRITES SO BEAUTIFULLY,

HE COULD'VE BEEN A WRITER.

COULD'VE BEEN,

SHOULD'VE BEEN.

I WROTE EVERY DAY

FOR -- WHAT -- 20 YEARS.

EVEN WROTE TODAY.

THANK YOU.

WE WERE DESTINED

TO MEET.

"CLEOPATRA."

MOST PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER,

BUT WE STARTED:

SHOOTING THE FILM IN ENGLAND

WITHOUT DEAR RICHARD.

AND THEN:

FILMING SUDDENLY STOPPED

BECAUSE ELIZABETH

FELL TERRIBLY ILL.

YES, I HAD TO HAVE

A TRACHEOTOMY.

HAD TO BUY A 69-CARAT DIAMOND

TO COVER THAT SCAR.

[ CHUCKLES ]

OF COURSE, I'D SEEN HER BEFORE,

AT A PARTY IN HOLLYWOOD.

YES, APPARENTLY,

I WAS VERY COOL.

SUDDENLY, I GOT A PHONE CALL --

"FLY TO ROME."

I WAS TERRIFIED.

EXCUSE ME.

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

AM I:

ON THE WRONG STAGE?

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

[ TALKING CONTINUES ]

Joe:
AH.

ELIZABETH, YOU LOOK RAPTUROUS.

UH, LISTEN,

THIS IS YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER

WITH THIS YOUNG UPSTAR FROM ROME,

SO MAKE SURE:

HE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE "SMITTEN"

RIGHT AWAY, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT,

PLACES, EVERYBODY.

PLACES, EVERYBODY, PLEASE,

AND WE'RE GOING FOR A TAKE.

EXCUSE ME,

MR. MANKIEWICZ.

MM-HMM.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME?

OH. RICHARD,

I'M SO SORRY.

YES, IF YOU CAN ENTER

FROM OVER HERE.

FINE.

UM, I THOUGH I MIGHT PAUSE AROUND HERE.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YES, AND, AGAIN, SORRY.

WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

UH, GET ME A FILL THERE,

PLEASE.

UH, RICHARD.

IT'S GONNA

TAKE A MINUTE.

COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

KEEP ELIZABETH OCCUPIED.

SURE.

GOOD MAN.

HELLO.

IN CASE:

YOU HAVEN'T GUESSED,

I'M MARK ANTONY.

RICHARD BURTON.

OH, I'D SHAKE YOUR HANDS,

BUT MY NAILS.

OH, YES -- LIKEWISE.

HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU

YOU'RE A VERY PRETTY GIRL?

Elizabeth:
NO,

I DIDN'T LIKE HIM RIGHT AWAY.

I THINK SHE THOUGHT ME, UH,

TERRIBLY FORWARD.

UH, I WAS THOROUGHLY CONFUSED

BY ELIZABETH:

WHEN I FIRST MET HER.

SHE, UH, WAS A CREATURE

I'D NEVER...

NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.

Richard:

WHERE'S MY BROTHER IFOR?

RICHARD.

EVERYTHING OKAY?

FIND OUT WHERE MISS TAYLOR

IS DINING TONIGHT.

YOU PROMISED TO MEE SYBIL AND THE KIDS FOR DINNER.

I SAID, FIND OUT WHERE

MISS TAYLOR IS DINING TONIGHT.

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

Driver:

GRAZIE, SIGNOR.

WELL,

THIS SHOULD BE THE PLACE.

WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US

TO FIND WHERE SHE'S DINING

BUT THE PRESS:

ALREADY KNOW?

'CAUSE SHE BLOODY TELLS THEM.

THAT'S WHY.

[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Woman:
NO.

Woman # 2:
WHY?

THE TABLE:

NEXT TO MISS TAYLOR'S, PLEASE.

SIGNOR,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

[ SIGHS ]

THE TABLE:

NEXT TO MISS TAYLOR'S, PLEASE.

OF COURSE.

Woman:
OH, MY GOD.

Waiter:

AH, SIGNOR, SCUSI.

WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER TABLE

FOR YOU RIGHT HERE.

AH, THANK YOU.

FOLLOW ME.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

THIS WAY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

OH.

[ CHUCKLES ]

HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE

AN ORATOR --

THE GREAT SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR

RICHARD BURTON.

[ LAUGHTER ]

BUT, PLEASE...

HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU

YOU'RE A VERY PRETTY GIRL?

HE SAID THAT?

YOU KNOW, IFOR,

I HAD THE MISFORTUNE

OF MEETING:

THE RUDEST ACTRESS TODAY,

WHO WALKED AWAY:

IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SENTENCE,

OBVIOUSLY INCAPABLE

OF RECOGNIZING:

A SHAKESPEAREAN PAUSE,

BECAUSE I SAID TO HER,

"HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU

YOU'RE A VERY PRETTY GIRL?"

THEN I PAUSED,

AND SHE WALKED AWAY...

BEFORE I COULD ADD,

"WELL, THEY WOULD BE A FOOL.

"YOU ARE NOT A PRETTY GIRL,

THOUGH YOU ONCE WERE.

"YOU ARE NOW

A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

"WITH THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN

IN YOUR VIOLET EYES

"AND THE PROMISE OF A RIPE PLUM

"AND YOUR SOFT, FIRM LIPS

AND YOUR SPILLING,

WHITE-HOT BOSOM."

BUT, OF COURSE, SHE DIDN' GET TO HEAR A DAMN WORD OF THAT.

HE IS A BIT RUDE,

BUT [INHALES] THAT VOICE...

WELL, I'M GLAD

THAT'S OVER.

Sara:

HE SHOULD BE A SINGER.

OH, MOTHER, HAVEN'T WE GO ENOUGH OF THOSE ALREADY?

Sybil:
IFOR!

IFOR!

HE'S DUE ON SE IN 20 MINUTES!

RICHARD, COME ON.

WAKE UP.

[ MUTTERS ]

WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU, IFOR?

WHAT TIME DID YOU TWO COME HOME?

[ GRUNTS ]

WE RAN INTO ELIZABETH TAYLOR

AT A RESTAURANT.

RICHARD TRIED TO BE FRIENDLY,

BUT SHE WAS RUDE.

[ GRUNTS ]

THEN HE REALLY:

STARTED DRINKING.

RICHARD TRIED:

TO BE FRIENDLY?

Man:
AND PLACES.

"CLEOPATRA," SCENE 142,

TAKE 4.

Joe:
AND...ACTION.

OH, MARK ANTONY.

HOW PROMPT OF YOU.

IF I HAD NOT BEEN,

IT WOULD'VE BEEN FORGIVABLE.

DAMN, SORRY AGAIN --

UNFORGIVABLE. SORRY.

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