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00:01:54 Dana?
00:01:55 Dana, can you hear me?
00:01:58 Just follow the instructions.
00:02:01 No, no, "N"!
00:02:08 Harold.
00:02:10 It's very becoming. I like that.
00:02:16 Guys, there's nothing
00:02:18 The meeting's gonna be canceled.
00:02:20 The building's being evacuated.
00:02:22 Top four floors are closed off.
00:02:25 It doesn't matter.
00:02:28 Just follow the instructions.
00:02:31 Clifford, it's 2:37
00:02:34 -Where the fuck is he?
00:02:35 -He's coming?
00:02:40 I think we got something.
00:02:42 Oh, my God. Is that him?
00:02:44 South side of the building.
00:02:45 -That's him! He's here!
00:02:48 He's landing! Clear the roof!
00:02:50 Get your things. Go! Come on!
00:03:02 He keeps his promises.
00:03:11 Fake.
00:03:14 -Fake.
00:03:16 Malika, Clifford is the man
00:03:19 An excellent book
00:03:23 I'm blanking... Who was it?
00:03:24 -Art forger.
00:03:26 -Exactly. Elmyr de Hory was his name.
00:03:28 He forged Picassos, Matisses,
00:03:33 The whole theory of forgery as art.
00:03:37 Very subversive kind of act.
00:03:39 The book sold poorly.
00:03:42 -Well, it could've done better.
00:03:44 Regardless. The new one. Fiction.
00:03:47 -Yes.
00:03:52 I like it. You're right.
00:03:55 -I like it. Malika liked it, too.
00:03:56 Yes, I did. I loved it. It was stunning.
00:03:58 It scared the hell out of me, actually,
00:04:01 -It's an angry book.
00:04:03 I mean, I read it,
00:04:05 It wasn't angry to me.
00:04:06 It was nice to me. It made me laugh.
00:04:08 But anger's important. We need anger.
00:04:10 Which I think will help us in Germany.
00:04:13 Regardless,
00:04:17 Brad Silber at Life is reading it
00:04:21 Great.
00:04:22 Harold McGraw himself
00:04:24 -You're kidding.
00:04:26 You have waited, Cliff.
00:04:28 You've watched as less talented writers
00:04:32 But now, justice at last.
00:04:35 They're going to push this one hard.
00:04:39 -Is that a promise?
00:04:41 Andrea, I don't have a watch.
00:04:43 Then buy one.
00:04:54 Calls unreturned, they don't read you
00:04:56 for six months, they're indifferent.
00:04:58 Then overnight... God.
00:05:02 Dick! Here, try these. They're bigger.
00:05:06 No, they're fine.
00:05:07 We're doing a vacation,
00:05:11 You got harpoons?
00:05:13 -Yeah, most of them shoot.
00:05:16 He looks like a sausage.
00:05:19 Set me up as a regular account.
00:05:21 You're a prick, Robert, you are such
00:05:25 Whitewalls, leather...
00:05:28 Now, when my accountant comes by
00:05:30 should he talk to you directly?
00:05:33 He should speak to me directly, yeah,
00:05:39 Call the police, there's a
00:05:48 What's the matter, pear?
00:05:50 You haven't seen
00:05:52 -Oh, Cliff.
00:05:55 You didn't think I was going to do it,
00:05:57 Stop, Cliff, stop.
00:06:02 Oh, I love that sofa.
00:06:04 Hey, guys. How are you doing?
00:06:05 Hey, guys. How are you doing?
00:06:07 Ah, fuck the sofa.
00:06:08 -Close your eyes. Close, close.
00:06:13 -Okay.
00:06:16 Cliff!
00:06:18 There, perfect.
00:06:22 I am sure you would desert me.
00:06:24 No, will desert you,
00:06:27 Don't correct the grammar of it.
00:06:34 Honey, it's finished.
00:06:38 It's finished with her.
00:06:41 -Good night.
00:06:43 -Keys to my new car.
00:06:46 Have fun.
00:06:52 Andrea!
00:06:54 Andrea! Hi, isn't this amazing?
00:06:57 -Can I talk to you a second?
00:07:00 No, just for a second.
00:07:02 Look, 30,000 copies is not gonna do it.
00:07:04 A short run like that,
00:07:06 and it's not a good one.
00:07:07 -We're not publishing the book.
00:07:10 With 30,000 copies, it's like
00:07:13 Brad Silber at Life magazine hated it.
00:07:16 "A third-rate Philip Roth knock-off. "
00:07:21 It just rolled like a snowball.
00:07:24 I wanted to tell you on Monday.
00:07:29 Fine, we'll do The New Yorker.
00:07:31 You're not listening to me, Cliff.
00:07:32 McGraw-Hill is not publishing
00:07:35 Book, gone. The bomb has dropped.
00:07:37 It's over.
00:07:42 Andrea, you said
00:07:44 Well, apparently, I was mistaken.
00:07:47 Look, if you have other ideas,
00:08:20 The enemy, very deceitfully,
00:08:24 has taken advantage of the troops...
00:08:26 They are potatoes, all of them.
00:08:31 And you are a brilliant, strong man
00:08:37 All of them.
00:08:51 You know what I'm getting
00:08:54 It sounds good. Sounds enticing.
00:08:57 Oh, come on, Cliff. Forget it, forget it.
00:09:01 All right. Enough, enough.
00:09:03 I want to talk about my friend.
00:09:05 Tell me about the children's book
00:09:07 Oh, Richard the Lionhearted.
00:09:11 I should be done
00:09:13 You know, it's a great subject.
00:09:15 I mean, the war part's great.
00:09:18 But what do you do with the sodomy?
00:09:20 You see, I want it to be
00:09:23 And you will make it so
00:09:28 and a fine writer.
00:09:31 Thank you.
00:09:36 Bumped by this adolescent coffee boy.
00:09:40 My lit professor at Cornell
00:09:44 The middle of my life is at hand.
00:09:48 Think about this.
00:09:49 Henry Miller was 38 years old,
00:09:51 His wife left him for a lesbian.
00:09:56 You're kind to tell me that, Dick.
00:09:58 You're a very good man.
00:10:00 -Need a loan?
00:10:03 -No, no. I was kidding, Cliff.
00:10:06 I was kidding.
00:10:08 -I'm post-dating it.
00:10:12 -Go to bed.
00:10:16 -I got it.
00:10:18 -Go to bed.
00:10:31 Everyone's being relocated
00:10:34 Please stay calm and follow me.
00:10:37 -Excuse me. Can you...
00:10:39 Somebody told me
00:10:41 moving into this hotel.
00:10:44 What is this? What's going on?
00:10:46 It's an executive decision
00:10:49 -You're being relocated.
00:10:53 Howard Hughes
00:10:54 so he's kicking everyone out
00:10:56 I don't know about that, sir.
00:11:02 That's power.
00:11:25 It's a friendship
00:11:32 Revolution, Mexican revolution.
00:11:36 Men were men.
00:11:38 -Friendship and...
00:11:40 Andrea's running late, so she said
00:11:44 and start the meeting without her.
00:11:47 "Mr. Clifford"? Wait a minute.
00:11:52 I'm meeting with you?
00:12:06 Oh, no. Excuse me.
00:12:11 Mr. Clifford...
00:12:14 Excuse me!
00:12:16 I'm sorry. I did tell him, but...
00:12:18 Cliff, I'm in the middle
00:12:20 Cliff, I'm in the middle
00:12:21 Andrea, our personal history demands
00:12:25 Bring what?
00:12:28 I'm working on the most important book
00:12:32 It's unprecedented.
00:12:35 I'm gonna present the details
00:12:37 -Okay.
00:12:41 -Thank you.
00:12:44 -Did I ever take you there before?
00:12:46 Okay, yeah, I'm going, I'm going.
00:12:50 You'd better be sure, Andrea,
00:12:53 'cause Simon and Schuster is coming.
00:12:56 "Of the century"? Couldn't you
00:13:00 All right, all right.
00:13:01 -And why a bowling alley?
00:13:04 Just open your mind.
00:13:06 -Potato famine.
00:13:08 -A history of agriculture.
00:13:11 -Shedding new light on World War I.
00:13:13 Write about Picasso.
00:13:17 I don't.
00:13:19 Too French.
00:13:22 I'm dying.
00:13:25 -I'm being self-destructive.
00:13:28 I'm burning bridges, Edith.
00:13:31 They never appreciated you there.
00:13:35 I need lunch.
00:13:37 I'm having a breakdown.
00:13:39 -My gallery show's in three weeks.
00:13:42 I don't have time
00:13:49 Shit.
00:14:09 Dick!
00:14:12 Size 7.
00:14:15 How?
00:14:16 No one knows where he is.
00:14:19 I've seen the snowman.
00:14:20 I send him my de Hory book.
00:14:23 He reads it.
00:14:24 It's a positive portrayal
00:14:27 Oh, my God, I get a response.
00:14:28 Correspondence. Sparks fly.
00:14:31 We become best of friends.
00:14:35 -What is it? What's the book?
00:14:55 Where's Simon and Schuster, Tolstoy?
00:15:07 This is the key to it.
00:15:09 Have a strong, continuous line,
00:15:12 Just like that.
00:15:30 All these articles say the same thing.
00:15:32 Hughes runs
00:15:34 but he only communicates
00:15:37 He doesn't even talk to his top guys.
00:15:40 That's why it's gonna work.
00:15:41 Fine. Tell me my dick grew
00:15:44 I'll still use a ruler.
00:15:50 Howard Hughes?
00:15:53 His exclusive,
00:15:57 He wants Cliff to write it with him.
00:15:59 And they want us to publish it.
00:16:02 Handwriting analysis? Right away.
00:16:05 "It would not suit me to die without
00:16:10 "My life. "
00:16:12 "I therefore authorize Clifford Irving
00:16:17 "as to any arrangements regarding
00:16:21 "It would not suit me to die
00:16:23 "without having
00:16:27 "and without having stated
00:16:33 So,
00:16:35 taking you at your word...
00:16:38 Yeah.
00:16:40 How does Mr. Hughes propose
00:16:44 I...
00:16:48 Look, this is all very strange.
00:16:49 I'm just getting
00:16:52 But what...
00:16:54 What I can gather so far
00:16:59 He will only initiate,
00:17:03 Those two particular rumors
00:17:06 But he did say that he would provide
00:17:08 handwritten contracts
00:17:11 And... Whatever questions you...
00:17:15 You know, you give them to me,
00:17:16 I'll pass them on
00:17:17 But beyond that,
00:17:22 Why you, Cliff?
00:17:24 He could have any writer in the world
00:17:26 Albert, I have absolutely no idea.
00:17:29 This is the strangest thing
00:17:32 Best guess, he likes me.
00:17:36 So, the matching against the reprinted
00:17:41 Osborn Associates' preliminary opinion
00:17:44 is that the handwriting samples
00:17:50 -Okay, well, all right...
00:17:53 Yeah, sure.
00:17:54 Yeah?
00:18:04 Clifford?
00:18:06 Did you and Howard discuss
00:18:11 Because we would like
00:18:20 We did. We did. We...
00:18:24 We did discuss it.
00:18:36 Can I weigh in here?
00:18:38 A man walks in, he says something
00:18:42 and for that exact reason,
00:18:44 No, it's an Aquarian phenomenon.
00:18:47 -Very, very spiritual.
00:18:51 Presumably, this is gonna make news.
00:18:53 Howard Hughes hasn't spoken
00:18:55 What are you so nervous about?
00:18:57 -You can't think, Dick. No thinking.
00:19:01 what's gonna stop this guy
00:19:03 Three words. TWA shareholder lawsuit.
00:19:08 Howard has a judgment of
00:19:12 if he walks into any courtroom.
00:19:14 So the book comes out,
00:19:16 He can still say it's a fake.
00:19:17 He doesn't say anything
00:19:20 He uses ripped-up Kleenex boxes
00:19:24 -He's psychotic.
00:19:27 He has his own private CIA.
00:19:30 His advisors don't know anything
00:19:32 because he's too paranoid to tell them.
00:19:34 And he'll never come out of hiding
00:19:38 because he's a lunatic hermit.
00:19:41 And I am the spokesperson
00:19:44 So the more outrageous I sound,
00:19:47 Do you believe this, the perfection?
00:19:51 -They offered half a million.
00:19:54 Four-hundred grand for Howard
00:19:57 Oh, I thought you meant
00:19:59 Schmuck, it's all for us.
00:20:03 -Dick, are you paying attention to me?
00:20:06 The problem is this.
00:20:07 It's an oral agreement.
00:20:08 Their lawyers are gonna
00:20:10 which is why
00:20:12 We gotta become experts
00:20:15 And if we find dirt and it rings true,
00:20:19 right down the lawyers' throats.
00:20:22 Cliff,
00:20:24 no visits with special friends, right?
00:20:30 I'm not going to do anything
00:20:35 You just said to warn you
00:20:38 -You seem excited.
00:20:46 I love you.
00:20:50 I love you.
00:21:22 Cliff, Howard Hughes' testimony
00:21:25 at the Senate committee hearings
00:21:28 It's got his speech patterns,
00:21:36 Take a picture.
00:21:39 You can't photograph
00:21:41 You gonna memorize it?
00:21:43 I'm a researcher, Cliff.
00:21:45 You own 25 percent of this book.
00:21:47 You want it to be good?
00:21:57 You know, I've always had
00:21:59 Barbara has often remarked on it.
00:22:01 But to take down the Library
00:22:05 You took a nice picture
00:22:08 -Or is that your ankle? I can't tell.
00:22:10 Right there.
00:22:12 -It's my ankle.
00:22:16 -Jesus.
00:22:18 -Yeah.
00:22:20 Oh, fuck.
00:22:33 Harold, this book will sell more copies
00:22:36 And our competitors will kill to get it,
00:22:39 they will do anything they can
00:22:42 I say we sign this contract immediately,
00:22:47 Total. Not even wives can know.
00:22:52 Within reason.
00:22:53 From now on,
00:22:58 The book is called "Project Octavio. "
00:23:01 Get Ralph Graves on the phone.
00:23:02 That's the code name.
00:23:03 I want our journalist friends
00:23:05 before I sign
00:23:12 Look at all this security personnel.
00:23:15 This is a secure facility.
00:23:16 We need the information
00:23:21 Just look comfortable, be buoyant.
00:23:24 Hell, they can let anybody in here.
00:23:26 -What if I'm a Russian?
00:23:29 Records? What for?
00:23:32 You don't know what the hell's going on
00:23:37 Well, to be honest with you, Sergeant,
00:23:40 Mr. Hughes doesn't like
00:23:42 It's very frustrating for us.
00:23:44 You want frustration?
00:23:46 You want frustration?
00:23:46 Call Hughes Aircraft and try to find out
00:23:50 I've seen decorated individuals
00:23:53 after dealing with you people.
00:23:55 Could my associate
00:23:58 Could he?
00:24:03 -Thank you for that.
00:24:05 I'll level with you.
00:24:07 Everyone has told us stories
00:24:08 Well, I can't get anybody on the phone,
00:24:10 -I had no idea it was this serious.
00:24:12 -Frustrating.
00:24:14 Well, the only details I can tell you
00:24:16 is that I've been on the phone
00:24:18 who doesn't know
00:24:20 can't tell me when
00:24:21 Which office were you talking to?
00:24:24 -Sure.
00:24:26 -No, acquisitions.
00:24:27 Acquisitions, as far as I know.
00:24:30 My people been dealing with her,
00:24:33 for the last three months,
00:24:35 This is an outrage.
00:24:37 An outrage,
00:24:42 No. No. I'm not doing it.
00:24:51 Hi.
00:25:04 Thank you.
00:25:13 -Hey, Dick. You all right?
00:25:14 Okay. Keep moving, keep moving.
00:25:16 -Just fine, just fine.
00:25:18 It's okay. A little bit more,
00:25:21 Sit down here. That's good.
00:25:24 You all right?
00:25:26 You're fine. You're fine.
00:25:27 Fight or flight. It's an animal thing.
00:25:29 It's like you're being chased
00:25:31 Okay, okay. I'll be fine.
00:25:39 -You okay?
00:25:41 Look, Noah Dietrich, on the right.
00:25:44 Howard Hughes' right-hand man
00:25:46 Retired to Vegas.
00:25:48 Vegas?
00:25:51 You know, my guess is this guy,
00:25:56 Information?
00:26:05 Hello?
00:26:06 -Yeah?
00:26:09 My name is Clifford Irving
00:26:12 about the history of aviation.
00:26:14 I'd be really grateful if you'd share
00:26:17 Oh, great. Come on over.
00:26:23 You like geranium tea?
00:26:27 It helps your bowels. Follow me.
00:26:30 Watch your step.
00:26:32 -Hey, you're a writer.
00:26:36 I should show you something.
00:26:38 This is an account
00:26:41 You know Tool Co.?
00:26:49 Has anyone seen this?
00:26:52 Nobody's seen it. It's sensitive.
00:26:55 Listen, I'll come right to the point.
00:26:57 I'll give you $500
00:27:00 'cause I'm bad with spelling.
00:27:01 Yeah, well, I'd have to read it first.
00:27:06 No, no, no,
00:27:09 Why don't you read it right now,
00:27:13 -Now?
00:27:16 Right here? Okay.
00:27:21 Take your time. See you later.
00:27:27 You know what this is?
00:27:31 -This is exactly... It's gold.
00:27:34 We have to find a way
00:27:37 Copy, we need a copy.
00:27:39 Okay, get up. Stand in front of me.
00:27:42 It's great in the water!
00:27:44 -Oh, yeah.
00:27:46 Grab it.
00:27:48 Tell your friend to come in.
00:27:51 Copy that and get back here,
00:28:19 Thank you!
00:28:29 Sit down, sit down. Thank you.
00:28:32 All right? Are you ready?
00:28:35 All right. I'm done.
00:28:38 Sir, honesty is my policy.
00:28:40 This is atrocious. It's not publishable.
00:28:42 It's run-on sentences,
00:28:45 I'm very sorry.
00:28:53 This is badly spelled gossip
00:28:56 This is perfect. Perfect! Oh, my...
00:29:00 You know what we should
00:29:16 This is amazing.
00:29:19 They call him cheap, everything else.
00:29:22 But, you know, they're in his thrall.
00:29:25 He's Howard Hughes.
00:29:26 Listen. "He rarely took vacations.
00:29:29 "But when he did,
00:29:30 "But when he did,
00:29:32 "in the Juchitán mountains
00:29:36 -Remote. R-E-M-O-A-T. Vacation...
00:29:39 -I'll be back in a little bit.
00:29:43 What is it?
00:29:48 Look, you told me
00:29:52 -I say a lot of stupid things, you know?
00:29:57 It was funny seeing you the other night.
00:30:01 I would have given anything
00:30:08 -It's too late. I...
00:30:11 -You ran out of time. Sorry.
00:30:13 Bye.
00:30:31 Cliff, listen to this.
00:30:35 There's a full transcription here of a
00:30:38 and Frank McCullough
00:30:40 They mention Intertel, the Mormon guy,
00:30:45 -It's fantastic.
00:30:48 -Nina called from New York last night.
00:30:52 Dick, it took me a year
00:30:56 -Keep an eye on me, will you?
00:30:58 It's my second profession.
00:31:04 -Here you are.
00:31:09 Cliff...
00:31:12 I've been talking to Barbara,
00:31:14 and she's found some kind of
00:31:18 And I was wondering
00:31:21 you know, some kind of credit deal,
00:31:24 or just some more money for me.
00:31:28 You're not happy
00:31:30 -No, no, no, it's not that.
00:31:32 Well, it's just like...
00:31:35 Don't answer that! Don't...
00:31:37 Hello, darling. It's Ms. Tate calling.
00:31:39 -Andrea thinks it's just me...
00:31:44 -Who is this?
00:31:46 -This is Dick.
00:31:48 Dick Suskind.
00:31:50 Dick, how do you know my name?
00:31:52 -Don't tell her!
00:31:55 What are you doing out there
00:31:59 -I am the...
00:32:05 -I'm the coauthor of Project Octavio.
00:32:10 -Is Cliff there?
00:32:13 -Put him on the phone, please.
00:32:16 -I heard you talking...
00:32:18 -I know what you're doing.
00:32:20 I know what you're doing.
00:32:22 Hi, Andrea.
00:32:23 Who the hell was that, Clifford?
00:32:24 That is my associate.
00:32:27 I was intending
00:32:29 He's working with me on this.
00:32:31 All right. You need to be in New York
00:32:34 You're meeting with Ralph Graves.
00:32:36 He's the editor-in-chief
00:32:40 Yeah, I know who he is.
00:32:41 You need to go over all your contacts
00:32:45 Life knows a lot about him, so get
00:32:49 I don't want to lose the deal
00:32:52 What do you... Wait, wait, wait.
00:32:55 What suspicions?
00:32:57 Just tell them the truth.
00:33:12 He gave me a prune.
00:33:17 Visualize the Mediterranean
00:33:19 You're sweating like an animal.
00:33:21 You know, it's pretty nervy
00:33:23 to put us through this inquisition.
00:33:24 Well, you can't sit it out now.
00:33:31 History.
00:33:33 Quite a responsibility.
00:33:36 The second handwriting analysis
00:33:38 your letters from Mr. Hughes
00:33:42 100 percent.
00:33:45 Experts want to provide their employers
00:33:49 He gave me a prune.
00:33:53 What?
00:34:01 Right... In a bag.
00:34:04 He gave me a prune. Howard Hughes.
00:34:07 Dick is jumping forward a little bit.
00:34:11 -Anyway, Ralph, how can we help?
00:34:15 I really don't think anyone's
00:34:18 Are we going to stand around all day
00:34:19 We came here to talk about
00:34:21 He gave me a prune.
00:34:23 Howard Hughes gave me a prune
00:34:26 I thought you met Hughes
00:34:33 Ralph, what happened was this.
00:34:36 Really, out of the blue.
00:34:38 From a man
00:34:41 Longtime associate of Howard Hughes.
00:34:44 He says he wants us
00:34:47 wait for a call,
00:34:50 We fly down there,
00:34:54 Eighteen hours we wait,
00:34:56 sand crabs in the bathtub,
00:34:59 when we spot an envelope,
00:35:02 shoved under the door.
00:35:04 He rarely went on vacation,
00:35:05 he usually booked into a remote hotel
00:35:06 -in the mountains of Juchitán.
00:35:08 -in the mountains of Juchitán.
00:35:09 "There's a pilot waiting
00:35:14 So it's 6:00 a. m. ,
00:35:19 and I'm nervous.
00:35:20 But he's got a touch, this bush pilot.
00:35:22 He brings it right down
00:35:25 Just as it comes down,
00:35:27 there's a jeep that's coming down
00:35:30 Mexican military?
00:35:33 No.
00:35:35 It's Holmes.
00:35:36 -Mr. Irving?
00:35:40 -Who is this?
00:35:42 So, he's a little surprised to see Dick,
00:35:44 but I explained that Dick
00:35:46 and that's why he was there
00:35:49 We get in the jeep,
00:35:50 and he takes us on this endless ride,
00:35:54 We circled around the top of this hill
00:35:57 which was called
00:36:00 Salina Cruz.
00:36:04 Holmes motions for us to follow.
00:36:08 It's quiet.
00:36:14 There's a room
00:36:19 Doesn't even have
00:36:25 We can barely see.
00:36:28 There's a little slip of a man on a bed,
00:36:38 Howard Hughes.
00:36:44 Howard Hughes.
00:36:46 Howard Hughes is sitting right there.
00:36:51 My heart...
00:36:55 And then he was reaching out
00:37:01 and he offered Dick a...
00:37:05 A prune.
00:37:06 A prune.
00:37:10 Dick takes the prune,
00:37:22 eats the prune...
00:37:25 Not bad.
00:37:28 And he started talking about
00:37:32 organic farming, organic food,
00:37:34 The two of them started jabbering
00:37:36 We ended up talking a little bit about
00:37:43 -I'm a little hungry.
00:37:46 Ralph, will you pick
00:37:49 The Latour please, '61 .
00:37:51 -That'll get us started. Thank you.
00:37:54 And some beluga,
00:37:56 Sounds good.
00:37:59 You know, Howard Hughes
00:38:01 Really?
00:38:02 Really. In fact, he made a special point
00:38:06 I remember that. I...
00:38:07 It was such a non sequitur.
00:38:09 It was just after Clifford
00:38:14 -The crash.
00:38:16 The one in Beverly Hills.
00:38:18 parked it right on top of the house, hurt
00:38:21 And he said that people
00:38:24 and he doesn't like it
00:38:30 Okay, then let's make it
00:38:35 -Three maybe.
00:38:39 -Andrea, yeah?
00:38:43 Did you get any sense
00:38:47 Go ahead.
00:38:48 It's interesting. He said that...
00:38:51 Very interesting. He said that people
00:38:55 which of course it is, but also...
00:38:59 You know, business is pleasure.
00:39:01 Business has pleasure.
00:39:05 I didn't really understand it,
00:39:07 and I realized, you know,
00:39:22 This is your check for writing services.
00:39:24 The second check for Mr. Hughes,
00:39:28 It's gonna take
00:39:31 I understand you're authorized
00:39:34 Yeah, I am, I am, thank you.
00:39:37 Life magazine is prepared
00:39:40 for worldwide exclusive rights
00:39:47 That's a record, Harold.
00:39:51 I'm wondering if it's enough of a record,
00:39:58 Oh, jeez.
00:40:01 You can still back out,
00:40:04 -Back out?
00:40:05 Fuck, no!
00:40:07 Good. That's good.
00:40:10 Better we keep it for later,
00:40:12 Absolutely.
00:40:13 In other news,
00:40:14 the TWA shareholders' case against
00:40:19 A loss could cost Hughes
00:40:23 and devastate his financial empire.
00:40:25 The Nixon Justice Department
00:40:27 We gotta reach big.
00:40:28 We'll go for texture, gritty details,
00:40:31 we need real juicy,
00:40:34 You want to critique a sitting president
00:40:37 -No, no, no.
00:40:38 You can impact culture
00:40:40 "Impact culture. " I want to make
00:40:42 You know,
00:40:44 Dick, I handed them
00:40:46 They gave me $500,000.
00:40:49 I don't think so.
00:40:55 -You want to get a drink?
00:40:56 I'm gonna change my shirt.
00:40:59 -I'm heading home.
00:41:04 -See you, Tom.
00:41:25 -Tommy, can I use your phone?
00:41:32 I saw Elmyr a few months ago in Ibiza.
00:41:34 So, how is our old friend Elmyr?
00:41:37 Well, I was having dinner with friends,
00:41:39 and he was at the bar,
00:41:42 He came up to me and he said,
00:41:43 "I have always found your affair with
00:41:47 And he stormed out.
00:41:50 You're lying. Elmyr didn't say that.
00:41:53 Oh, I'm the liar?
00:41:53 Oh, I'm the liar?
00:41:55 And who's writing a fake book about
00:42:01 Gotta get back.
00:42:03 No! No, the clock is broken. You stay.
00:42:09 Just to confirm,
00:42:11 he's still rich
00:42:14 Oh, I want to, Cliff, I want to.
00:42:17 But, no, I'm not going to.
00:42:24 I'm shallow, Cliff.
00:42:28 My greatest desire
00:42:32 -How shallow is that?
00:42:35 And besides, why does it bother you
00:42:38 Brecht, Hemingway,
00:42:41 The lying gives me a headache,
00:42:45 Oh, I forgot. You're a devoted husband.
00:42:47 I think I forgot
00:42:53 Sorry.
00:42:56 Sorry.
00:42:59 I'm not gonna go through
00:43:02 I can't do it to her. I can't.
00:43:07 I'll see you next time?
00:43:14 Oh, Dick, Nina!
00:43:17 -She weakens me.
00:43:20 Edith is stability, Dick. She's my rock.
00:43:22 Give me a break, will you, please?
00:43:25 Did you tell Nina about the book?
00:43:28 Are you out of your fucking mind?
00:43:30 I've got the "I'm an asshole" part
00:43:32 It's the "What do I do now?" part
00:43:35 Please? Be my friend?
00:43:37 -Are you my friend?
00:43:39 I don't know what I'm gonna do
00:43:43 Come clean.
00:43:45 She'll leave me, for good.
00:43:48 It's the best I got.
00:43:52 You wanna hear this?
00:43:55 Yeah.
00:43:56 All right,
00:43:59 I'm not even sure
00:44:02 but the fact remains
00:44:06 I made it selling oil well tools
00:44:10 Grand Prize beer,
00:44:13 "Beer down in Texas. "
00:44:16 And I don't think the public
00:44:20 "Led to believe. "
00:44:21 ...on war contracts while I did not.
00:44:25 "Now, furthermore... "
00:44:26 -"Furthermore, Senator... "
00:44:29 ...a little money somewhere.
00:44:32 A little pocket change
00:44:33 worth five million dollars in my pocket.
00:44:39 Mr. Hughes, where would you
00:44:43 -Family, friends, father...
00:44:45 My father. We'll do father.
00:44:52 People called my father Big Howard.
00:44:58 Big Howard...
00:45:00 Big Howard made his money
00:45:07 He said to me... He said, "Sonny... "
00:45:12 "Sonny, these drill bits
00:45:15 "Don't ever let 'em go. "
00:45:19 Big Howard died when I was 1 8.
00:45:26 His bunch of Texas roughneck friends
00:45:34 Pushed me out of the picture.
00:45:39 Now, when two parties negotiate,
00:45:48 One party, through bluster or leverage,
00:45:53 claims control of
00:45:58 At 1 8,
00:46:00 I sued these men
00:46:03 I sued them, I attacked them,
00:46:05 I pushed every which way I could!
00:46:11 I learned to be a lion.
00:46:27 Jesus, Cliff.
00:46:37 -Read the women's rags lately?
00:46:40 Excerpts from
00:46:43 in Ladies Home Journal
00:46:49 Life's lawyers are gnawing
00:46:52 Would you like to tell me, Clifford,
00:46:54 Would you like to tell me, Clifford,
00:46:55 I don't know anything about this.
00:46:56 This goddamn Eaton
00:46:58 the same handwritten memos
00:47:01 Either you're selling this twice and
00:47:04 I won't even dignify that
00:47:07 Or, more likely, your demigod
00:47:12 You get it?
00:47:13 All the sharks at my company
00:47:15 which means they will sue your skinny
00:47:20 plus damages,
00:47:22 No, I made no false representations!
00:47:24 ...about an exclusive book
00:47:27 So she said that they said
00:47:29 -Yeah.
00:47:30 -I mean, she mentioned me by name?
00:47:32 Can you believe this son of a bitch
00:47:35 But I spent the money.
00:47:37 I told you we might have to give it back!
00:47:40 Well, it wasn't exactly
00:47:42 Look, just pay the money.
00:47:44 Tell them that Hughes
00:47:47 -And I'll owe you the difference.
00:47:50 Yeah, well, borrow it.
00:47:54 If they go to the press with this,
00:47:55 we're gonna have
00:47:58 And Intertel.
00:47:59 Remember, they'll stab us
00:48:02 They'll kill us or tie us up or something.
00:48:06 Howard won't be coming after us.
00:48:10 -Oh, really?
00:48:11 -What, he tell you that over breakfast?
00:48:12 And what about this other book?
00:48:14 You thought about that?
00:48:16 All right, the question is,
00:48:18 what would Howard do
00:48:20 I don't know. Buy a fucking airline.
00:48:24 Diversion, end run, surprise.
00:48:29 Who are you now? General Patton?
00:48:32 Viruses and bacteria
00:48:40 Luce.
00:48:42 ...the human body has got.
00:48:45 Henry Luce.
00:48:50 Dick, I think you should
00:48:53 You got everything?
00:48:54 -You got the letter? Okay, great.
00:48:56 You're gonna be fine. Bye.
00:49:30 -Hello, this is Andrea.
00:49:32 Yeah, one more thing, Shelton Fisher
00:49:34 Do you know who he is?
00:49:36 Chairman of McGraw-Hill, yes.
00:49:37 -Has to be at the meeting.
00:49:40 It's not me. It's him.
00:49:54 Mr. Irving, it would appear
00:49:58 or your illustrious sponsor
00:50:02 Let me assure you that chain
00:50:07 So, why don't you begin by telling us
00:50:11 and why he's selling the book
00:50:17 Shelton, have you received
00:50:22 Excuse me?
00:50:24 Ralph, I was talking to Shelton.
00:50:26 As a side comment,
00:50:28 I've been up for two nights negotiating
00:50:32 and my quota for verbal abuse
00:50:38 Could you get the mail, please?
00:50:40 Life magazine has been known
00:50:43 to have a slight impact
00:50:46 And we...
00:00:13 Is that it?
00:00:16 All right, Shelton,
00:00:17 assuming that Howard wrote
00:00:20 I will give a summary to the group here.
00:00:22 Howard doesn't know who Eaton is.
00:00:27 But that doesn't really matter now
00:00:29 because when he found out
00:00:31 the serialization rights to Life magazine
00:00:36 he became...
00:00:42 You got a problem, Ralph.
00:00:44 Your magazine is owned
00:00:48 What's the matter with Henry Luce?
00:00:50 According to Howard?
00:00:52 Well, Luce is in bed with Juan Trippe
00:00:54 He's a goddamn socialist
00:00:58 It's just... It's a rant.
00:01:00 It's basically a three-page rant
00:01:04 That's Howard's words, it's not mine.
00:01:07 And the postmark is Nassau.
00:01:11 That is completely irrelevant.
00:01:14 And we are talking about
00:01:17 that will hold up in a court of law.
00:01:19 We had a business agreement.
00:01:25 I pleaded with him to reconsider,
00:01:32 Per Howard's instructions,
00:01:39 his $ 1 00,000 advance check to you.
00:01:45 Now, if you want to,
00:01:48 Meanwhile, we're gonna look
00:01:49 Wait, no, Clifford.
00:01:51 Wait, no, Clifford.
00:01:52 Mr. Irving, we have a contract with you,
00:01:55 which means that our company
00:01:58 Wrong.
00:02:00 Through all of my pleading, hours of it,
00:02:04 It could. You could make a public
00:02:08 You know, and he's all right, actually,
00:02:09 with Ralph still being involved
00:02:11 provided you increase his advance
00:02:15 to one million dollars,
00:02:19 What? A million dollars?
00:02:22 A million dollars?
00:02:23 Wait, I think we should try
00:02:27 of goodwill and trust here.
00:02:28 Trust?
00:02:29 The man's a Texan copperhead.
00:02:33 Thank you.
00:02:34 Where are you going?
00:02:37 Let me tell you something.
00:02:41 And I'm not paying any goddamn
00:02:44 You understand that?
00:02:45 You listen to me,
00:02:47 -You go and tell...
00:02:49 I'm Howard Hughes!
00:02:53 One million dollars, or we walk
00:02:55 It's your choice.
00:03:00 All right.
00:03:04 You know, Shelton,
00:03:06 You know, one of Howard's
00:03:07 he said, "Why don't I just buy
00:03:13 What was it he said?
00:03:14 "I'll just keep the printing presses
00:03:18 That's an exact quote.
00:03:21 Bye.
00:03:40 -That's it. Thank you.
00:03:54 Why are the boys so glum?
00:03:56 In the midst of our brilliant scheme,
00:03:59 how to cash a check
00:04:05 Open up a Swiss account in his name
00:04:08 We were going to do that.
00:04:09 And then we found out
00:04:12 And it's traceable, even in Switzerland.
00:04:14 Trust me, we've gone over everything.
00:04:18 What if a woman deposits the check?
00:04:21 No, no. The same person
00:04:23 has to be the same person
00:04:25 Howard Hughes. It has to be a man.
00:04:28 Tell his publishers
00:04:34 He wants the checks written
00:04:39 Then, a fake passport, a fake name,
00:04:45 Helga Rhinoceros Hughes,
00:04:49 and I can cash the check.
00:04:51 -No, you're not going to Switzerland.
00:04:54 Cliff, that's gonna work.
00:04:56 -She's my wife, Dick.
00:04:58 I've reminded you of that fact
00:05:03 You know, when he doesn't call,
00:05:09 We've talked about it already.
00:05:10 No, I'm...
00:05:11 -It's just about anonymity, that's all it is.
00:05:14 -Great. Which one's mine?
00:05:17 So you're gonna destroy this?
00:05:18 -Okay, very good, thanks.
00:05:21 It's gonna take at least a week
00:05:24 so you're gonna have plenty of time
00:05:28 The McGraw-Hill
00:05:30 announced the publication
00:05:33 ...that he interviewed
00:05:35 ...autobiography, urging
00:05:38 for what may prove to be the most
00:05:42 I have phone calls, I have telegrams,
00:05:47 Miss Tate, am I going to pay this man
00:05:50 for a book that he is going to sue me
00:05:54 My back is broken.
00:05:59 If you were concerned,
00:06:02 to stop the more adamant denials.
00:06:06 Yeah, yeah. I gotta run.
00:06:12 Let me see if I can do
00:06:22 That's it, we're liars.
00:06:25 We knew this would
00:06:26 My name's in the goddamn newspaper!
00:06:30 Barbara's very concerned about this.
00:06:31 A month ago, you wanted more credit.
00:06:33 Yeah, well, you know, Hughes' people,
00:06:35 Did you know that?
00:06:38 Good, good. I hope they drop-kick
00:06:42 -Shit. What is that about?
00:06:45 -Over with her?
00:06:48 Edith, she did this
00:06:51 because I cut off
00:06:53 She wants this to separate us.
00:06:55 Did you see her? No, don't, don't...
00:07:01 I don't want to know.
00:07:04 I don't want you to go to Switzerland.
00:07:07 It might be dangerous.
00:07:09 Bullshit.
00:07:12 Oh, and being a famous man.
00:07:15 Anyway, fuck you. It is my money, too.
00:07:20 Fuck you!
00:08:13 Oh, my God.
00:08:15 We got him.
00:08:21 We got him.
00:08:22 -Dick! Dick!
00:08:24 -Dick, we got it. We got it.
00:08:26 You won't believe this.
00:08:28 Okay, listen. Rebozo...
00:08:32 "Rebozo accepted $ 1 00,000 in cash
00:08:36 "The acceptance was understood
00:08:39 "and the Airwest matter
00:08:43 And also, in 1 956, Hughes gave
00:08:48 to secure Pentagon contracts.
00:08:50 This is money-laundering. It's bribery.
00:08:52 It's the end. This is...
00:08:55 We publish this,
00:08:57 Nixon... Nixon, the president,
00:09:03 Do you understand
00:09:16 Cliff, I'm not sure
00:09:18 Yeah, well, I do.
00:09:20 Cliff, you publish this, you will have
00:09:25 And there are people now,
00:09:28 Nixon's political enemies, Hughes'
00:09:32 Yes.
00:09:34 -I say you forget you ever saw this.
00:09:36 This is like a Torah
00:09:41 to make us part of history,
00:09:44 Come here.
00:09:45 It's postmarked from Nevada.
00:09:48 What are you saying?
00:09:50 He wants us to help him bust Nixon.
00:10:05 How did you know the Dillon Read
00:10:06 hydraulic systems were faulty?
00:10:08 You're not listening,
00:10:09 Clifford, goddamn it.
00:10:11 I made sure they were faulty
00:10:15 So, why didn't you just go to
00:10:17 and get the contract?
00:10:18 Well,
00:10:20 I couldn't have
00:10:23 So instead of tattling on them,
00:10:27 I intertwined our technologies.
00:10:30 I ate that company from within,
00:10:33 and they let me
00:10:36 That's the way, Clifford.
00:10:38 When your rival is powerful,
00:10:41 Create a crisis for him.
00:10:44 But instead of taking
00:10:47 save the day for him.
00:10:50 Nothing confuses a man more
00:10:55 Nothing renders him more vulnerable.
00:11:01 It's Edith. Turn it off, turn it off.
00:11:10 I made sure they were faulty
00:11:12 It was Andrea. We got a problem.
00:11:21 Keep it down, guys,
00:11:25 Clifford, I don't believe
00:11:27 -No. Hi, Frank.
00:11:29 Dick Suskind. Dick?
00:11:32 Hello.
00:11:34 I got a phone call yesterday
00:11:37 -who's Hughes' personal attorney.
00:11:41 Apparently at 1:00 p. m. , our time,
00:11:46 to speak to an intermediary
00:11:49 And as the last journalist
00:11:53 we mutually agreed
00:11:54 that Mr. McCullough
00:11:57 because of his ability
00:12:00 Mr. McCullough has also assured us,
00:12:03 that all of this will remain off the record.
00:12:06 And Mr. Davis also insisted
00:12:10 and in the room
00:12:12 which I have to say, Cliff,
00:12:14 given Hughes' representations of Life
00:12:17 in your alleged communications
00:12:24 If you'll excuse me,
00:12:34 Shelton, this...
00:12:35 What am I supposed to say?
00:12:37 You know exactly what the guy is
00:12:40 But that's why Mr. McCullough is here,
00:12:42 to identify the voice
00:12:46 I'm neutral here, Mr. Irving.
00:12:51 So, now we wait.
00:13:09 Can't watch this charade.
00:13:15 Stay close, Clifford.
00:13:17 Hello?
00:13:41 It says exit, there's no exit.
00:13:44 Shit!
00:13:46 We can't get out.
00:13:50 We have no reason
00:13:53 McCullough hasn't heard from him.
00:13:57 Breathe. Listen, Dick.
00:13:58 There's an angry billionaire.
00:13:59 -He's chasing me, he's hating me.
00:14:01 -Go on.
00:14:02 Walk. We're going up here.
00:14:10 Keep moving, come on. Come on.
00:14:13 Cliff, I can't... I gotta take a piss.
00:14:17 I'll confess, I'll do anything they want.
00:14:21 -Okay, right here, right here.
00:14:22 Look, hide in there.
00:14:24 Watch your head.
00:14:25 Hide there.
00:14:27 -You just go ahead and you stay there.
00:14:43 What happened?
00:14:45 We don't know yet.
00:14:46 McCullough asked us
00:14:54 The man I just spoke to
00:14:56 His speech patterns and inflections
00:15:01 And he told me
00:15:05 and that your book is a fraud.
00:15:08 A hoax.
00:15:10 Mr. Irving?
00:15:13 I'm listening.
00:15:15 Now, knowing Howard,
00:15:18 I mean, he is a very strange man.
00:15:22 But considering the scarcity of proof
00:15:25 my best guess at this moment
00:15:30 If there is even a whiff
00:15:33 if you have exaggerated
00:15:37 I will prosecute you
00:15:39 for grand larceny and mail fraud,
00:15:41 unless you tell me right now
00:15:48 I have...
00:15:54 I have betrayed your trust.
00:15:59 The book, the entire story, is false.
00:16:05 I have lied to the entire world.
00:16:09 And no matter what happens now,
00:16:19 I have off-the-record material
00:16:24 puts him in fucking jail.
00:16:27 I'm going to tell Howard,
00:16:32 or I release it!
00:16:36 I've had it!
00:16:40 You have three days to produce
00:16:44 Grand larceny, Cliff? Mail fraud?
00:16:47 Jesus... No way.
00:16:50 We've got a move, there is
00:16:52 Stop the car. Pull over. Stop the car.
00:16:55 -I've gotta make a phone call.
00:16:57 What am I doing? I'm calling Barbara.
00:17:04 Yeah, it's me.
00:17:12 What?
00:17:15 It's over, Cliff. I can't go to jail.
00:17:19 Now, with you or without you,
00:17:21 I'm gonna tell them tomorrow
00:17:24 and he pulled out of the deal.
00:17:28 I talked to Barbara.
00:17:29 She had very strong feelings
00:17:31 I'm sure she did.
00:17:36 You're an honorable man, Dick.
00:17:40 Aren't you?
00:17:42 Did you make
00:17:45 Did you say you were in this
00:17:46 -Yeah.
00:17:49 Reaching a worldwide audience,
00:17:52 That's the end! Not this!
00:17:56 -It's finished, Cliff. It's finished.
00:17:59 -I'm sorry I disappointed you.
00:18:50 Do you read? Yeah.
00:18:52 I encourage people to read, because I...
00:18:53 -Right.
00:18:56 and I sell books
00:18:58 That is why I love it when people say,
00:19:00 I say, "Good for you, and good for me. "
00:19:03 -I bet you are a good...
00:19:05 -No, no, I don't wanna go.
00:19:07 We gotta go.
00:19:08 I've just been having a very interesting
00:19:11 -Come sit, have a drink, have a drink.
00:19:14 No, you can't jazz anything up.
00:19:18 I need to find a great book.
00:19:21 -Tommy, two. Two more doubles.
00:19:25 His two main preoccupations...
00:19:28 Were war and sodomy.
00:19:33 Now, this is my problem.
00:19:36 -Yes, this is what I hear.
00:19:41 It's what you hear.
00:19:43 That's the way.
00:19:44 When your rival is powerful,
00:19:48 Create a crisis for him.
00:19:51 But instead of taking
00:19:56 save the day for him.
00:20:07 Hi.
00:20:18 Cliff?
00:20:39 What happened last night?
00:20:42 I smell...
00:20:49 I smell...
00:20:54 Oh, no.
00:21:00 Oh, God. No, I didn't...
00:21:04 Oh, I didn't.
00:21:09 I did, didn't I?
00:21:19 It's all right.
00:21:22 Dick, listen to me.
00:21:26 It was a mistake.
00:21:27 It was a mistake.
00:21:30 She's wanted security for a long time,
00:21:32 -Yes.
00:21:37 Well, you can give her that now.
00:21:44 I will make this work. I promise.
00:21:52 I intertwined our technologies.
00:21:55 I ate that company
00:22:08 from within.
00:22:10 And they let me
00:22:26 The Mayor of New York planned this
00:22:29 ...and Owen Brewster was
00:22:32 If you've got a jackal after you...
00:22:33 I flew around the world in 1 938,
00:22:36 for the only decent reason
00:22:38 Because he feels like it.
00:22:54 They set a meeting for Mr. Octavio
00:22:58 This is perhaps the most bizarre
00:23:03 And I need your help
00:23:07 At 1:00 p. m. tomorrow,
00:23:10 are to be evacuated.
00:23:11 All the carpeting on the 1 4th floor
00:23:16 Floors are to be washed and waxed.
00:23:18 All the windows are to be covered
00:23:21 a kind which does not accumulate dust.
00:23:24 Does that apply to my windows also,
00:23:27 Yeah. I'd go ahead
00:23:29 I think it's the best thing. Play it safe.
00:23:32 This is sensitive material.
00:23:34 I'm still deciding whether or not
00:23:38 I think you should put it
00:23:40 -Of course, Cliff.
00:23:42 All right, then...
00:23:46 Here's our manuscript.
00:23:53 Hope you like it.
00:23:55 Hope to God I do, too.
00:23:57 All right, I'll bring down Howard
00:24:02 All right.
00:24:07 All right, check the western...
00:24:10 Make sure that the diameter
00:24:11 It's okay?
00:24:13 -Yeah, don't worry about me.
00:24:16 Yes, on the spot. Correct.
00:24:22 He doesn't like fumes.
00:24:25 We might not wanna
00:24:27 -What do you think?
00:24:29 -Did you copy this, by hand?
00:24:31 -From the original.
00:24:32 -No photocopy, right?
00:24:33 I kept...
00:24:35 -All right?
00:24:36 -I did it by hand.
00:24:38 Why do I always want to strangle Brad?
00:24:44 Is that him?
00:24:45 Do you see it?
00:24:47 -That's him! He's here!
00:24:50 He's landing! Clear the roof!
00:24:52 Get your things. Go! Come on!
00:25:29 Where's he going?
00:25:31 Oh, no. This is not happening.
00:25:37 Can we head back?
00:25:43 He was 50 feet
00:25:46 All right? My diagram is fine.
00:25:49 -Andrea, do you have the original?
00:25:50 It's not outside the scope
00:25:52 -a simple copy of what he wrote.
00:25:55 -I can do that.
00:25:57 Why did you do... Look!
00:25:58 No, I wrote
00:26:00 No, you didn't.
00:26:02 He likes things the way he wants them.
00:26:05 A three-year-old wouldn't have
00:26:07 -Doesn't know east from west.
00:26:11 I swear to Christ,
00:26:13 Right the same. Exactly the same.
00:26:26 Your book is genuine.
00:26:28 There's no way your material
00:26:29 could have come from anyone
00:26:33 The colloquialisms,
00:26:37 Heck, you have got
00:26:39 of a conversation I had with Howard
00:26:41 that I didn't tell
00:26:42 -Really?
00:26:44 -You write it, then deny it.
00:26:49 He really put you on one hell of a limb,
00:26:50 It wasn't easy. No, it wasn't.
00:26:54 -It's a masterpiece, Cliff.
00:26:56 A masterpiece.
00:26:57 -You liked it?
00:26:59 Oh, yes! Yes!
00:27:24 Davis is threatening
00:27:27 Why is he fighting so hard
00:27:34 I wouldn't be surprised
00:27:36 all over my home, right now,
00:27:38 The controversy over the
00:27:41 is apparently of little concern to those
00:27:43 who stand to profit
00:27:46 If you ask my advice,
00:27:50 as United States Senator
00:27:53 I know it will be good for America.
00:27:55 But in any event, he pulled out a bag,
00:27:58 reached in and he pulled out a prune,
00:28:02 and he looked at Dick and offered it
00:28:06 And Dick took the prune,
00:28:09 "That's an organic prune. "
00:28:11 When this book comes out,
00:28:13 all the naysayers will be amazed
00:28:16 the depth, the quality, of the material
00:28:19 You are so royally full of shit.
00:28:21 I mean, I feel very humble
00:28:25 for this kind of revelation
00:28:30 but about our age
00:28:36 -Hello?
00:28:39 I am safe now.
00:28:40 -Edith, where are you?
00:28:43 But they're watching.
00:28:45 and following me and...
00:28:48 Edith? Edith!
00:29:51 Where's Howard?
00:29:53 You know, Clifford, I have worked
00:29:56 for 1 9 years now,
00:29:58 and never once have I referred to him
00:30:03 You don't seem to abide
00:30:05 He and I wrote a book together.
00:30:07 Assume for a moment
00:30:09 and that it's not
00:30:12 What is?
00:30:14 The world Mr. Hughes has created
00:30:17 It covers many industries
00:30:20 There are fiefdoms and factions,
00:30:24 traitors and minor rebellions.
00:30:27 You see, Clifford, the men Mr. Hughes
00:30:31 are often themselves
00:30:36 You mean Nixon?
00:30:38 Mr. Hughes wants to know
00:30:41 sent to you in the galleys of your book.
00:30:46 Howard wants to bury Nixon,
00:30:49 Because his dog
00:30:51 on TWA, on the Airwest merger,
00:30:55 I'm not arrogant enough to speculate
00:30:58 We just want an answer
00:31:01 I'll just say this.
00:31:04 Nothing stops this book
00:31:07 exactly the way I wrote it.
00:31:11 He wants my help?
00:31:13 He has to speak to me directly.
00:31:15 Are you dictating terms
00:31:18 I'm the messenger for Howard Hughes.
00:31:20 Why such a burning commitment
00:31:22 But I do know him.
00:31:26 And I deserve to see him.
00:31:31 Presidents have said the same thing
00:31:35 I will tell you what I told them.
00:31:39 It's not a matter of
00:31:42 There is no door to get through.
00:31:46 If, though, Clifford, if there were a door,
00:31:51 you would now be hearing
00:32:21 Mr. Hughes wants that information
00:32:25 I knew it.
00:32:28 So, I put the dirt in, Howard will
00:32:33 That's the deal.
00:32:37 Do I have any assurances?
00:32:41 Take it on faith, Clifford.
00:33:14 There is a perfect logic to it,
00:33:17 It makes sense
00:33:19 and not someone like Mailer
00:33:23 -Thank you.
00:33:26 There are claims from some corners
00:33:28 that Mr. Irving has concocted this book
00:33:32 Well, for those of us who have read it,
00:33:34 we know that only a Shakespeare
00:33:38 and while Mr. Irving is a fine man,
00:33:45 Ladies and gentlemen,
00:33:59 Thank you, thank you.
00:34:11 We could change the world
00:34:12 I want this chapter in the book.
00:34:14 Cliff, we will be sued for libel
00:34:18 -You'll win. You will win. I promise you.
00:34:21 To put this out unsubstantiated
00:34:25 and at worst unethical.
00:34:26 Wait, wait.
00:34:27 Could you give me
00:34:30 -Yeah, sure.
00:34:34 Ralph, if the President took
00:34:38 Harold, I'm sorry to interrupt,
00:34:39 but the Zurich District Attorney's office
00:34:42 Hang on, Ralph. I'll take it.
00:34:44 Something to do with
00:34:47 Who told you that?
00:34:57 This latest puzzle in the
00:35:00 where the checks were cashed
00:35:03 That H.R. Hughes was
00:35:06 named Helga R. Hughes.
00:35:07 The police are looking for her,
00:35:09 and the normally silent Swiss bankers
00:35:12 Mr. Irving, who cashed the checks, sir?
00:35:14 Who opened up
00:35:18 The account holder in Switzerland
00:35:21 They suspect
00:35:24 This has become sleazy
00:35:26 -I'm a publisher, Shelton.
00:35:30 I don't care what your name is.
00:35:32 We paid for a book
00:35:35 Just roll the goddamn presses.
00:35:41 Why are you calling us about this?
00:35:43 I'm doing this, sir, because I felt
00:35:48 -Anybody else have this information?
00:35:51 -Absolutely nobody?
00:35:54 Where's the book now?
00:35:56 You should receive it by messenger
00:36:14 Thank God.
00:36:18 -Let me help you with this...
00:36:48 What's in the book?
00:36:51 Hughes' loans to the President.
00:36:55 The shit about Bebe in Florida.
00:36:57 And you're saying
00:36:59 -How else could they know?
00:37:03 He's gotta kill the book.
00:37:04 Hughes is just using it
00:37:06 In fact, the President hit the roof
00:37:08 He's terrified the book's been leaked
00:37:11 Shit.
00:37:12 He thinks they're sipping tea at the
00:37:16 All right, I'll call Hunt
00:37:19 to see if the DNC has a copy yet.
00:37:21 And prepare something
00:37:24 if he has to address the nation.
00:37:26 To say what?
00:37:27 Checkers had puppies.
00:37:32 I was on the plane
00:37:36 I was thinking about all of your lies
00:37:40 I guess, maybe, I am not beautiful
00:37:44 -or very sexual enough for you...
00:37:48 You have made me feel that.
00:37:50 So, I'm leaving.
00:37:54 And I'm giving back all of the money,
00:38:00 Look, you've worked so hard on us,
00:38:05 Punish me, but don't punish yourself.
00:38:07 You're always so careful when you talk,
00:38:13 soft like a cushion for what you want.
00:38:18 But I am leaving.
00:38:22 But before I go, I give you something.
00:38:25 You are exhausted from your lies.
00:38:32 So tell the truth.
00:38:36 Tell me the truth about
00:38:43 It is your moment to be clean.
00:38:58 I saw her.
00:39:02 When?
00:39:04 Last month.
00:39:09 It was in town, down in the Village.
00:39:18 We were talking about the past, and I...
00:39:25 I was tempted.
00:39:28 I was tempted enough that I...
00:39:32 I went with her,
00:39:35 back to her apartment,
00:39:41 and I kissed her.
00:39:44 And...
00:39:59 And something happened. I...
00:40:05 Something physically...
00:40:13 I couldn't go through with it.
00:40:16 I just left her standing there
00:40:24 I know you're making
00:40:26 I know. I understand that.
00:40:28 I...
00:40:31 I just want you to know, that's the truth.
00:40:51 I hate you.
00:40:55 And I love you.
00:40:58 I hate you.
00:41:01 I think I'm coming down
00:41:25 Human relationships are impossible.
00:41:29 Especially with females, Clifford.
00:41:32 We try, of course, to police ourselves,
00:41:38 believing that their happiness
00:41:44 We're intertwined now, son,
00:41:48 It's for the best.
00:42:11 Hi.
00:42:15 You're broke?
00:42:19 Why don't you ask your friend
00:42:29 2,400 of our boys...
00:42:30 Twelve years.
00:42:32 Twelve years I have been doing
00:42:36 I cover up all your sleazy affairs. Why?
00:42:38 Because I thought
00:42:39 I thought there was someone in there.
00:42:44 You paid her. You paid that hooker.
00:42:49 I could lose my wife, Cliff.
00:42:52 Always the Cassandra,
00:42:55 Cliff, I'm not like you. I confessed.
00:42:58 -You need your freedom, Dick.
00:43:02 You ruin my life
00:43:04 I wanted this for you more than for me.
00:43:07 And we did it, Dick.
00:43:16 And look at that.
00:43:19 -I don't care about that.
00:43:20 -I don't care about that.
00:43:23 -I don't care about that.
00:43:25 What's going on here?
00:43:39 Intertel.
00:43:43 Intertel, sons of bitches.
00:43:45 Motherfuck. They came in.
00:43:48 They were here. They abducted me.
00:43:50 They took me in a car,
00:43:52 And there, they threatened me.
00:43:54 They beat me up
00:43:56 I said, "No, this book goes...
00:44:00 "Nothing is gonna stop it. "
00:44:03 "This Howard Hughes will not
00:44:06 -This Howard Hughes?
00:44:08 Cliff, Clifford Irving.
00:44:10 Intertel kidnapped you
00:44:13 Yes! CIA, ex-CIA henchmen!
00:44:18 I was here last night, Cliff.
00:44:19 I came here for lessons on
00:44:21 you being an expert in that field.
00:44:23 Jesus Christ, I was outside
00:44:26 I saw you in here.
00:44:27 You were sitting on the floor,
00:44:31 You don't believe me.
00:44:35 You, of all people.
00:44:45 Take your fucking money.
00:44:46 -Take your money!
00:44:48 Take your fucking money,
00:44:50 Fuck you!
00:44:52 -Fuck you!
00:44:54 Take your fucking money
00:44:55 Don't throw money at me.
00:44:58 You stay away from me,
00:45:12 No one flew you to Nassau, Cliff.
00:45:17 You're not that important.
00:45:26 One moment, please.
00:45:31 -Sir?
00:45:32 Chester Davis,
00:45:37 Okay. You're sure?
00:45:42 What time will it be on?
00:45:46 I can't thank you enough, Chester.
00:45:48 The President owes you one.
00:45:50 Of course, I have massive files
00:45:53 of photographs
00:45:58 tracing my life from an early age.
00:46:00 I have volumes and volumes
00:46:04 Mr. Hughes, did you cooperate,
00:46:12 Congratulations, again.
00:46:14 -Wonderful evening.
00:46:22 I want to know why the hell
00:46:27 Why weren't we warned? Clara!
00:46:34 I have volumes and volumes
00:46:37 Mr. Hughes, did you cooperate,
00:46:42 a man named Irving,
00:46:44 who claims to have taped
00:46:48 Well, this must go down in history.
00:46:51 I only wish I were still
00:46:53 because I don't remember
00:46:57 or as stretching of the imagination
00:47:01 I take it, sir, you do not know a man
00:47:04 No, I never saw him.
00:47:07 until a matter of days ago when
00:47:11 It is so fantastic
00:47:13 and so utterly beyond the bounds
00:47:19 I mean, it seems to me
00:47:22 But McGraw-Hill and Time Life
00:47:28 They surely have a business that
00:47:33 There's gotta be a bank record
00:47:37 So, I just don't have any idea.
00:47:41 There have been reports
00:47:44 He just lied.
00:47:45 ...President Nixon's friend
00:47:48 and also dealings with
00:47:51 Do you care to comment
00:47:55 A warrant was issued today
00:47:57 for the arrest of
00:47:59 She is charged with fraud and forgery.
00:48:02 She deposited in a Swiss bank
00:48:06 whose autobiography
00:48:08 No, no, no, no!
00:48:12 Edith?
00:48:18 Martin Ackerman,
00:48:20 who claims that he compiled the book,
00:48:21 reaffirms his conviction
00:48:24 Ackerman issued that statement
00:48:26 after a story
00:48:28 a story reportedly saying
00:48:31 Edith?
00:48:34 Edith?
00:48:36 -Edith?
00:48:41 Is it safe to say
00:48:44 Yes, the relationship was physical.
00:48:47 And you can confirm that Mr. Irving,
00:48:51 on the date in question?
00:48:53 He could not have met
00:48:56 because he was with me
00:48:58 Well, did he confide in you
00:49:01 No. I knew nothing about it.
00:49:03 I'm completely flabbergasted
00:49:08 What exactly do you do,
00:49:11 I'm an actress,
00:49:14 and a singer.
00:49:18 Nina.
00:49:21 Always the details that undo us.
00:49:22 Always the details that undo us.
00:49:27 Can I run something by you, George?
00:49:30 Certainly, Clifford.
00:49:31 This was a really bad year for Howard,
00:49:34 The TWA thing,
00:49:40 He lost control of Nixon,
00:49:45 He needed something.
00:49:49 to keep him back in line.
00:49:51 A loss could cost Hughes
00:49:55 So one day he opens his
00:49:59 and there we are,
00:50:00 us, with our little book.
00:50:02 When your rival is powerful,
00:50:04 find an opportunity.
00:50:06 Create a crisis for him.
00:50:09 Hardly had to do anything.
00:50:14 Then he fed us some dirt.
00:50:17 The shit about Bebe and...
00:50:18 Just to get Nixon's
00:50:20 The President thinks this is authentic?
00:50:22 How else could they know?
00:50:23 Nixon gets hysterical.
00:50:26 But instead of taking
00:50:30 save the day for him.
00:50:33 And then Howard makes it good
00:50:36 cashes in his chip,
00:50:38 and we get buried.
00:50:40 I take it, sir, you do not know a man
00:50:43 No, I never saw him.
00:50:47 I'm not angry, George.
00:50:50 I'm disappointed.
00:50:52 You know, I thought that maybe...
00:50:56 I thought we were partners,
00:51:00 Well, you mustn't
00:51:03 Just as the trees
00:51:06 when a forest is razed for lumber.
00:51:09 They're part of a grand design.
00:51:14 I played it good for a while,
00:51:15 You were tremendous, Clifford.
00:51:19 Really?
00:51:22 Would I lie to you?
00:51:25 Howard Hughes has spoken publicly.
00:51:28 And he has told us
00:51:31 All right, thank you. Thank you.
00:51:32 Good night, from NBC News.
00:51:50 Sir, do you have any comment?
00:52:36 I'll cooperate
00:52:40 and especially for Edith.
00:52:45 Mr. Irving received a sentence of
00:52:48 Mr. Suskind, six months' imprisonment.
00:52:50 In addition, they will pay
00:52:52 and the Internal Revenue Service,
00:52:56 Mrs. Irving received
00:52:58 but we have no control over what
00:53:01 Are you happy with the outcome,
00:53:02 I'm not sure you're ever ecstatic
00:53:05 In a surprise reversal,
00:53:08 approved the acquisition of Airwest
00:53:12 This on the heels of
00:53:15 to dismiss the TWA
00:53:17 rescuing Mr. Hughes
00:53:21 made it a very good week
00:53:25 In other news today,
00:53:27 breaking into the Democratic National
00:53:30 located in the Watergate Hotel.
00:55:00 Yeah, that's them.