all in one tape?
im not even gonna say it, kate. maybe itll be like i never left.
about the plane? what do you think its gonna crash? dont say that.
you mean dont go at all? what about my internship?
for us, kate.
what?
no, youre right. what are we doing?
okay, i'm going.
you hear me complaining about that?
look, we're at the airport and no one ever thinks clearly at the airport so we should just trust the decision we already made. you've been accepted to one of the best law schools in the country, i've got this internship at barclay's bank. we have a great plan, honey.
i love you, kate.
and a year in london's not gonna change that. a hundred years couldn't change that.
it's not what you think. i took mentadent public.
of course i did.
you are an amazing lover. you should be giving motivational seminars.
i want to see you again.
tonight.
so we'll get egg nog.
jersey? you know what the traffic's gonna be like?
i've got plenty of places to go.
if it's something you feel strongly about.
mrs. peterson.
its because im shy, betty. so, when are you going to leave that old corpse mr. peterson and run away with me?
howd you do this year, tony?
just until the deutsche mark turns.
if medtech's shares sink any lower than.  . forty three, we're in trouble with the stock valuation. so for god's sake watch what you say to your institutional customers.
we still have almost a full day of trading before zero hour and i don't want any trouble.  . penny for your thoughts, alan.
is that tonight?
you think i like being here on christmas eve, alan?
okay, maybe i do have a touch of tunnel vision this holiday season. but in two days we're going to announce one of the largest mergers in u.s. corporate history. thirty billion dollars.  when this kind of deal turns up you get on and you ride it `till it's over. you don't ask it for a vacation.
december 26th. after that there'll be so much money floating around here it'll be like christmas every day.  december 26th, people. if you'd like to celebrate that day, you all have my blessing.
i don't want you to be sorry, alan, i want you to be excited. i want my gift to be the first one you open this year. you know why?
because my gift comes with ten zeroes at the end.
good man.
you too? this holiday's about giving, adelle. and i'm giving everything i've got to this deal, so in a way, i'm more christmassy than anyone.  lifesaver?
ooh, my suits are ready.
kate reynolds.
her assistant?
kate reynolds was my girlfriend in college. i almost married her.
almost married. and almost a junior broker at e.f. hutton.
she didn't want me to go to london. we're standing at the airport saying goodbye and she asks me to stay.
god, no. i thought about it for practically the entire flight.
i took the road less traveled, adelle.
no.
she's probably just having a fit of nostalgia. you know, lonely christmas eve, call the one that got away, that kind of thing.
i'm telling you, it's ancient history.
peter. i don't see you rushing home to trim the tree.
and god love you for it.
that'll happen when you're about to spend thirty billion dollars on some aspirin.
why are you staring at my breasts, peter?
where is he?
call aunt irma. tell her i won't be able to make it tomorrow.
hey peter, lemme ask you a question. an old girlfriend calls you out of the blue on christmas eve.
not by a long shot.
i'll leave from the office tomorrow afternoon. call the group. schedule an emergency strategy session for noon.
i'm thinking i might walk tonight, frank.
thanks. to you too.
egg nog?
let me see that ticket.
maybe i'll buy it from you.
hey, c'mon.
no.
look, i'm talking about a business deal here. i buy the ticket for two hundred, take it to a store where the guy behind the counter.  . doesn't have a death wish . i just made myself a quick thirty eight dollars.
like i said, it's a business deal.
how'd you know my name was jack?
there's no way i was gonna die in that deli.  let's just say i've been on a lucky streak lately.
i don't do that. that's just not for me.
hey.
what do you want to carry that gun around for, anyway? you're just gonna do something you'll regret.
i'm just saying that you seem like a smart guy. at a certain point you're gonna do something, and then there's no turning back.
i mean there must be programs out there, opportunities.
everyone needs something.
me?
i've got everything i need.
look, i'm not saying you'd be able to do it without some hard work.
sure it's about you. but it's about society, too.
ed? lorraine?
excuse me.
wheres my car?! wheres my ferrari!?
look, can i just borrow your car?! i promise itll be returned!
tony, thank god.
what are you talking about? its me, jack campbell. penthouse c. i put you into commercial paper!
elizabeth peterson!
you know me, betty. you do. jack campbell. were on the co-op board together. we fought side by side for garbage disposals. every morning we exchange quasi-sexual witty banter. think.
thank you, betty. i know if i can just sleep this off, ill be fine.
a shelter?! im the richest guy in the building. ive got twice the square footage you have!
frank. wheres alan mintz? is he here yet?
look, i dont know whats going on here but i am senior vice president of this company.
maybe youre not hearing me. i am jack campbell.  right here. jack campbell, president.
thats my car! you stole my car!
what?!
what the hell is happening to me?!
brought what on myself?! i didnt do anything!
you mean because you thought i was cocky im now on a permanent acid trip?!!
give me my goddamn life back!
please. just tell me whats happening to me. in plain english. none of that mumbo jumbo.
i glimpse? a glimpse of what!? what glimpse?! glimpse!
i asked you a direct question! a glimpse of what?!
how much time?!
look, i just want my life back. now whats it gonna take? you wanna talk turkey? lets talk turkey! how much money?
why not?
figure it out? figure what out?!
look, i dont have time for this right now. im in the middle of a deal.
you know what? ive had it with you. ive had it with all of this shit.
whats this, a signal? will you come whenever i ring it?
but what do i do?
hey, you did this to me, you cant just leave me like this.
thanks, man.
excuse me. do you know where merrison street is?
great room.
were friends, arent we?
im having kind of a bad day.
is it?
i dont think so.
kates my wife.
its just two kids, right?
you cut your hair.
yeah. fine.
i dont know! please stop yelling at me!
i was in the city.
because thats where i live.
look, you dont understand. i woke up here. and this is very strange . this is not my house.
im. im sorry.
party? oh no, i cant go to a party.
trust me on this kate. i really dont think going to a party is the right move for me at the present time.
what are you doing?
why not?
ill be ready in ten minutes.
this is just.  . this is sub-par.
its lovely.
the nets? youre kidding, right?
okay. why?
triple bypass? you really think you should be eating all that?
i dont think so, thank you.
theyre great! thank you!
well do whatever it is you do well, and just. just do it. excuse me.
what do you mean he wont come to the phone?! do you realize how much money ive made for that sonuvabitch in the last eight years?!
yes, im fine. its just this god awful football phone! who has a phone like this anyway?!
so youre a lawyer?
pro bono. you dont get paid at all. nobody makes a dime. well, bravo.
youre kidding me.
no, shes not.
but its twenty degrees outside.
figure it out. im s crewed. dont have to be a genius to figure that out.
hello?
hey!
pull tape.
no, im not.
i dont know.
who did?
uhh. thanks. slightly better looking though, right?
on a case by case basis.
i think i could figure it out.
sure.
check.
do i get a receipt or something?
five thirty. okay.
got it. good tip.
hey! annie!
big eds? big eds tires? why?
you mean i sell tires.
good lord.
uh. lemme get back to you on that one.  tommy.
im gonna have to get back to you on that. ed.
thank you.
bowlers do it in an alley?. non profit lawyers do it for free.  what is it with these people? dont they realize this refers to sex?
i was the number one junior sales associate at e.f. hutton in 1988. did you know that?
thats the kind of thing you can really build on.
i mean sales has always been a feeder for m and a, always.
well, im just a little confused right now about why i work here.
do you know why do i work here?
i taught you the business?
everything i taught you. i want to hear it all, right now.
what do you want?
here. these are great. youll need four.
hey, you heard the guy, im the best damn tire guy in the state of new jersey. everything.
i have no idea what our inventory level is, thats why im asking you.
ive got all the time in the world.
and a helluva bridge player. eds told me a lot about you.
i have no idea.
i mean it. from what i can tell, were a mom and pop operation, were already over-extended in sales, and any price advantage we could offer would easily be matched by a larger supplier.
except for rule number one.
a lamaze class!?
what?! thats my deal?
well thats just great. those little monkeys can be a real handful.
im working on a new deal now.
wait a second. you want me, dont you?
shouldnt we grab some dinner first? maybe a bottle of wine?
whatever you say. honey.
no, im serious. youre really stunning.
i mean back in college, you were a very pretty girl, theres no question about that. but this.  . youve really grown into a beautiful woman.
do what?
why dont we just go to all the stores?!
its an unbelievable thing. wearing this suit actually makes me feel like a better person. im gonna buy it.
she got those shoes.
no.
do you have any idea what my life is like?
i wake up in the morning covered in dog saliva. i drop the kids off, spend eight hours selling tires retail. retail, kate.
whats in it for me? where are my mary janes?
i cant believe its not a disappointment to you! jesus, kate, i couldve been a thousand times the man i became. how could you do this to me? how could you let me give up on my dreams like this?!
look, im sorry. im sorry i was such a saint before and im such a prick now. maybe im just not the same guy i was when we got married.
forget it.  well get a funnel cake. itll be the highlight of my week.
listen, im sorry about that back in the store. i really dont want to fight with you.
it really has, hasnt it? so if you had to. what would you say was the biggest surprise?
surprise. were pregnant.  yeah. that mustve been. i mean that was very unexpected. but what are you gonna do, right?
sure. i really like annie.
no, i love annie. we had a lot of good times, didnt we?
charles street? in the village? when we were living in greenwich village? great times. whyd we ever leave?
you had a heart attack?
thats why i work for big ed?
how would you look at it?
damn.
hey, im doing the best i can.  id like to see you hit a squash ball after seventeen beers.
you are jack campbell. youre better than this sport. you shot the rapids at kenai. you ran with the bulls at pamplona. you jumped out of a plane over the mojave desert, for christs sake. you can do this.
evelyn, right?
something like that.
youre a nurse?
wait a second.
is there something going on between us?
it would help me if we were.
do i have your number?
i just saw evelyn thompson.
she wants to have an affair with me.
pretty much.
so could you write down her exact address?
it wouldnt really be cheating.  its complicated.
im telling you, those rules dont apply to me, arn.
hey, is that really necessary?
long, boring, and generally pretty sad. arnie seemed to enjoy it.  hey, wheres that chocolate cake?
thats my piece. i was saving it because i got nauseated from that store bought chicken.
gimme that cake.
cmon.
i want that cake!
i want it.
are the kids asleep?
what?
yeah, baby, i know what you like to hear.
oh yeah, youre a bad girl, baby.  you make me so hot. im gonna take you to that special place.
not it?
what? you make me hot.
cmon, girl, lets go home.
and everyone knows image stabilization is for the weak.
its your birthday? today? whats your name? where were you born?
wait a minute. youre my wife?
maybe i should wait.
zeena.
youre probably expecting something from me.
i know that, but.
ill fix it. ill go out right now and get you something. ill make it right.
please dont cry.
cmon. cmon.
like what?
dont you think thats a little gimmicky?
maybe theres a jewelry store back at the mall. i could get her a pair of earrings or something.
right. thats a major oversight.  so if im kate. i cant really afford the finer things, my husbands career is a crushing disappointment to me, im trapped in suburbia.
you look beautiful.
fine.
whats the difference? im taking my baby out for our anniversary, damn the costs.
arnie.  arnie. hell throw you a curve ball once in a while, thats for sure.
well have the tureen of quail breast with shiitake mushrooms to start, then the veal medallions in raspberry truffle sauce and the sea scallops with pureed artichoke hearts. sea scallops, north of the caspian.
you may.  also, well have a bottle of lafite, 1982.
just a glass of red wine for each of us.
but im gettin close, right?
sure there is.
i have my moments.
god i missed that taste.
i think it may help us but theres a slight chance it could make things worse.
are you sure?
no. well, maybe a few things. but mostly just different.
now. i dont.
but you always seem so certain.
thats a big one for me, too.
your pay check is a disgrace to pay checks.
i guess. some of them are probably faking.
its wonderful.
and?
good things.
im sure that right now theres nowhere id rather be than here with you.
ill just full yours up to the top. happy anniversary, sweetheart.
im out of the doghouse?
youre so. beautiful.
my god, all this time. i never stopped loving you.
i dont think id fight you on that one.
for the money, theyre hands down the best radial we carry.
you wont regret it.  tommy! set mr. conlin up with four b.f. goodrich g-force t. as.  . and give him ten percent off for having the best costume.
if youre into that kind of conspicuous consumption.
sure. be careful, he looks like a tough negotiator.
tell kate ill call her back.
im with a customer. ill call her back.
why dont you let me take this one, kenny?
peter lassiter.
not exactly. ive seen you on cnbc. you look taller in real life.
truth is, mintz was so busy timing his wifes breathing he didnt see that medtech needed global more than the other way around. ten days, two weeks tops, they wouldve approached you with an offer, and id bet anything it wouldve been thirty billion, not twenty nine.  problem was, peter, you had a pussycat running the show. what you needed was a rottweiler.
sure. were going to have to special order that tire. itll be ready in about two days.
hector. do i usually listen to your personal problems?
look, i have some business that i have to take care of in the city so im leaving early.  my advice to you. follow your dreams.
but youre not interested in boutique dollars.  i get it.
mr. mintz.
i can see that, alan.
uh. actually, yes. two.  good ones.
i was a sales associate, at e.f. hutton.
thats right. and auto supply.
uh. we actually get about sixty percent of our business from automotive service.
we did one point seven million in total revenue.
well, alan, i think were gonna have a banner year. sales are up almost twenty percent in the first quarter and we just landed a major trucking company account.
thats right. and that would make us number one in our market.  you mind if i stand?
its okay, alan. i get it. im in your shoes, im thinking exactly the same thing. but heres the thing. business is business. wall street, main street, its all just a bunch of people getting up in the morning, trying to figure out how the hell theyre gonna send their kids to college. its just people.
take you, for instance.
you drink about sixteen diet cokes a day. youre an excellent father, but you feel guilty about the time you spend away from home. you drink bourbon, but you offer your clients scotch.
youre a little tougher, peter.
okay. you smoke hoyo de monterreys. youre a scotch man, single malt, not because its trendy but because youve been doing it for forty years, and you stay with what works. you have two great loves in your life, your horses and this company. you wept openly the day the dow hit ten thousand.
because im here.
seven. really.
god, you really are different, arent you.  i mean. wow. i am impressed.
oh, im hearing you, alan. thats not the problem. the problem is that what you think is yours, is really mine. and i dont care how low on the totem pole i start, i will get it back.  so do yourself a favor and dont get too attached to that view because sometime soon, maybe very soon, you and your french country antiques, your chintz sofa, and your little play pen are gonna be moving out of that office.
welcome to xanadu.
think bigger.
this place is a perk, kate.
a company called p.k. lassiter and associates investment house uses it to attract new executives.
im going into arbitrage, honey. turns out i have a knack for it. ill be making two hundred grand a year plus a hefty bonus and thats just to start. and, we can live in this apartment practically rent free for as long as we want.
i dont think so. this is going to be a better life for all of us, honey. well put annie and josh in private schools.
im talking about the best schools in the country here, kate.
this is new york city, its like the needy people capital of the world. those jersey clients of yours arent a tenth as pathetic as the ones you could get here.
no, this is the center of the universe. if i were living in roman times, i would live in rome, where else? today, america is the roman empire and new york is rome itself. john lennon.
look, im detecting a kind of funky tension here. we dont have to live in this apartment. i dont need this. ill commute. ill drive to work.
kate. youre not understanding me. im talking about a great life. a perfect life. everything we pictured when we were young. the whole package. you said it yourself, life has thrown us surprises, and so we made sacrifices. but now i can finally get us back on track.
look, youre making this into something its not. this isnt a referendum on our lives, kate. its a step forward.  dont you see? im talking about us finally having a life other people envy.
very nice. what is it?
ah. a classic.
from london to new york? i came back.
what are you doing?
four ninety nine?! its just salt for gods sake.
you!
im not going back.
hey! did you hear me?!
hey, im talking to you! i am not going back, do you understand?!
ive got kids, im going home.
im staying.
no, honey. go back to sleep.
these last weeks, kate, i know that ive done some. some unusual things.
but ive done some good things too, havent i?
i need you to remember me, kate. how i am right now, right this very moment. i need you to put that image in your heart and keep it with you, no matter what happens.
please, just promise me youll do that. you have to promise, kate. because if you dont, then its like it never happened and i dont think i could live with that.
promise me again.
soon.
yeah. okay, send her up.
paula.
christmas? it cant be christmas.
is kate here? does kate live here?!
damn. damn. damn.
no. im not.
im sorry, no.
its me, jack.
tell me you recognize me, arnie. please.
we bowl together. were bowlers . we won a championship. were winners.
yes. jack campbell.
yes, thats it. yes, we went to high school together.
yeah. i guess i just wanted you to know, we couldve been really good friends.
hello?
adelle?
ill be there in twenty minutes.
whats going on here?
you know something, alan. theres a much more assertive person somewhere inside of you.
but i think i like you better this way.
no.
ill tell you exactly what were going to do. youre going to do whatever you have to do to find out which european company hes been talking to. then im going to clean myself up, fly to aspen, and drink egg nog with bob thomas. his wife and kids will be playing in the background while i spend christmas day convincing him that the european company is the devil and global is the answer to his prayers, after all.  then im going to spend four hours skiing. alone. on christmas day. completely and utterly alone. im going to do that because that is my life, that is whats real, and there is nothing i can do to change that.
for manhattan. kate reynolds. i need an address too.
were not going to the airport.
im jack campbell. im an old.  friend of kates. i just called.
kate.
you look great.
i'm sorry.
whats going on?
paris?
youre moving.
to paris. paris, france.
so youre not at a non- profit firm?
youre not married, are you?
not exactly.  can we just take a minute here? maybe get a cup of coffee or something?
do you ever think about us, kate? about what might have happened?
sure. goodbye, kate.
kate!
dont get on that plane!
please. lets just go have a cup of coffee. thats all im asking for. im sure theres another flight to paris tonight.
we have a house in jersey!
we have two kids, annie and josh.