"WOMAN:" "I got a little song that I want to sing to you that I learned when I was just so high." "It was really the first blues I ever heard by this funny, little man named Furry Lewis." "It went..." "Jesus Christ." "Are you with me, or am I all alone" "Whoa, baby" "Where you been so long" "Since I need you" "Oh, baby" "Whose side are you on" "Since I need you" "Where you been Where you been" "Where you been so goddamn long Since I need you" "Well, honey, honey Come home" "All right!" "Yeah!" "Pass me them peanuts, would you, baby?" " They're cashews." " God, you know everything." "I need something new." "I got no fucking life, Rudge." "I can't get laid." "Nobody wants me." "That ain't all." "I can't do things half-assed anymore." "I gotta sound good, I gotta sound great." "And I don't." "Is nobody's fault, man." "Is just..." "I just got too much work." "We all work too hard, don't we?" "In the morning, my pee is so tired I have to wake it up with a shot of vodka before ill come out." "Well, now, you listen to me." "I'd like to have some time to myself before I kick off." "And after this Florida show, I'm gonna take a year off." " You inherit money?" " I can't dredge up sincerity anymore." " Wrong." " Don't tell me wrong!" "Wrong!" "I'm fucking running the Green Bay Packers!" " You give me sandlot in Dixie!" " I don't want a year off in a year." " 29 people work for you." " I'll be a cadaver soon." "You want out?" "Okay, les call in the dogs and piss on the fire." "I taught you that." "I know you taught me that." "Three million dollars' worth of dates we're talking about canceling here." "This is a fucking business!" "Like Chevrolet and Sara Lee not "You don't feel so good today." "Screw the promoters, call off the tour, take a nap."" "Is "Up against the wall, start shitting that art!"" "Don't give me that tired artiste bullshit." "I'll give them 24 badass lawyers to drive them crazy!" "If anyone thinks I'm jiving, you take a good look here in my eyes." "Well I guess you told me." "Rose, you're one of the best singer ladies in the world." "Don't fuck it up." "Sweet cheeks." "Sweet cheeks?" "Come on." "Sweet cheeks." " I'm so tired." " Hey." "Hey, do you want to eat some Chinese?" "All nine hundred million of them." "Rack jobbers rule." "Ready?" "Yessir, Mr. Rudge." "Hop on the desk, then, eh?" "Send them in." "MAN:" "Hey, Dennis!" "WOMAN:" "Get out of the way, Hank." "[ALL TALKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]" "RUDGE:" "Settle down." "Listen!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" " Hey, how about some flesh?" " Eat your heart out, Richard." "MAN:" "What have you been up to?" " Same as everybody." "Having a good time, staying stoned and getting laid." " Ask her about the Florida show." " Is the hometown concert sold out?" "I think we got four seats in the parking lot going for a bill apiece." "Rudge wants to put a roof in to hang them from the chandeliers." " We're taping a TV special." " What network?" "RUDGE:" "We got two of the networks fighting." "I've sold it to 15 countries, and I see a gross of four million." "And I do the singing!" "Me." "Mary Rose, how do you feel about doing a concert back home?" "I think ill be nice." "They're my own people." "They know and understand me, and I understand them." "You look tired." "If you had to work for a living, your ass would drag too." "So after my hometown show, I'm thinking about taking a year off." " A year off?" "What?" " How come you're taking a year off?" "Sure, she's gonna take a year off." "The Virgin Mary's stepping off the bench to fill in." "Mr. Campbell, is this your idea?" "Hold it!" "Hold it!" "We got 20 minutes." "Who are all these people?" "Everybody that doesn't belong in this dressing room, get out!" "This is my family." "This is my sister-in-law." " Out!" "You don't belong here." " She's my sister." " This is all my blood." " You too, Brunhild." "Les go." "Out!" "Come on, girls." "Can't you hear?" "Out!" "There's a party after the show." "The band never listens to me." "Nice big one, save some for me sometime." "Smells like jockstraps in here." " Danny, let me see the list." " Here." " Les cut "Fire Down Below."" " You always liked that one." " Les cut "Keep on Rockin'," then." " Rose, the ses all right." " It damn well is not!" " All those tunes you sing wonderfully." " Lf I want to cut a song, thas it!" " Les cut it." "Oh, shit, I'm sorry." "You're in good voice." "The mama's in good voice!" "Here, thas for you, baby." "Thas a stopwatch." "I got 35 good minutes." "When I start to sing, push the button." "Let me go past 35 minutes you'll hear from me, motherfucker!" " Thas a new one." "Rose!" "Rose!" "Rose!" "Rose!" "[KNOCKING]" "[CHANTS]" "This is your night, baby." "You own it!" "You own it." "Look out, New York!" "[MUSIC STARTS]" "I don't want you to say "motherfucker" tonight." "There are a lot of important critics here." "Cameras all over the place." "So please, don't say "motherfucker."" "Go get them, baby!" "ANNOUNCER:" "Ladies and gentlemen, the Rose." "Hi, you motherfuckers!" "Is midnight in Memphis" "And all the boys are out tonight" "Oh, midnight in Memphis" "And my true love is not in sight" "The neon's glowing But I just don't see the light" "I'm following my footsteps" "Trying to find myself a friend" "Oh, baby" "Trying to see where they might end" "I'm trying to break these blues But I can't even get them to bend" "Midnight in Memphis" "Well, ya take me away" "Midnight in Memphis" "Is a long, long time Before the day" "Burnin' out on Beale Street" "Can you hear that engine run" "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" "Burnin' out on Beale Street" "There's a girl in every door" "Yeah" "It don't matter what you got" "They're asking even more" "I heard the river rising" "Rising up over my head" "Heard the river rising" "And this is what it said" "I don't need no live ones I just take care of the dead" "Midnight in Memphis" "Take me Take me away" "Midnight in Memphis" "Long, long time before the day" "Midnight in Memphis" "Midnight in Memphis" "Midnight in Memphis" "Is a long, long time Before the day" "Before the day" "I know!" "Howdy, New York City!" "How you doing?" "Long time no see, huh?" "You wanna know how I keep this tired, battered old body in shape?" "The same way we're gonna get the whole world into shape." "Drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll!" "Drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll!" "Drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll!" " Yeah?" " You see whas going on?" "What should I do?" "They keep handing her bottles up on the stage." "Thank you." "Some nights people say, "When's the first time you heard the blues?"" "And you know what I tell them?" ""The day I was born."" "You know why?" "You know why?" "Because I was born a woman." "We've got some noisy females in the house tonight." "Being a woman is so interesting, don't you find it?" "What are we, ladies?" "We are waitresses at the banquet of life." "Get into that kitchen and rattle them pots and pans." "You better look good doing it or else you're gonna lose a good thing." "And why do we do that?" "I'll tell you why." "We do that to find love." "I love to be in love." "Don't you love to be in love?" "Ain't it just great to be in love?" "Ain't it grand, laying there late at night waiting for your man to show up?" "And when he finally does, about 4:00 in the morning with whiskey on his breath and the smell of another woman on him..." "Oh, honey, I can smell another woman at 500 paces." "Thas an easy one to catch." "Oh, Mama getting nasty." "What do you do when he comes home with the smell of another woman on him?" "Do you say, "Honey, let me open up my loving arms and my loving legs"?" ""Dive right in, baby, the water is fine." Is that what you say, girls?" "Or do you say, "Fuck this shit!" "I've had enough of you, you asshole!" "Pack your bags!" "I'm putting on my waitress cap and my heels." "I'm gonna find me a good, true man!" "A man to love me, for sure." I'll tell you something." "At one time, I actually thought I'd found myself one." "I did." "When he held me in his arms And said, "Baby"" "When a man loves a woman" "If she's bad He can't see it" "She can do no wrong" "Turn his back on his best friend If he put her down" "When a man loves a woman" "Spend his very last dime" "Trying to hold on to what he needs" "Give up all his comforts" "Go and sleep out in the rain" "If she said "Baby, that is how is gonna be"" "When a man loves a woman" "Give her everything that he has" "Try to hold on To her precious love" "Crying, "Baby, baby Please don't treat me bad"" "When a man loves a woman" "Down deep in his soul" "She can bring him such misery" "Yeah, she's bad" "But, ooh" "He's the last one to know" "Loving eyes don't ever see" "So this man says He loves me" "He loves me" "He gives me everything Everything, everything that he has" "Trying to hold on To my precious love" "Crying, "Baby, baby Don't you treat me, treat me bad"" "Oh" "Oh, baby" "When a man loves a woman" "He can do her no wrong" "He could never hold another girl" "Oh, you tell me You love me, baby" "And gonna hold me tight" "Baby, baby" "This is a man's" "World" "In this man's world" " Hurry up." " Why couldn't I change?" "We have only 30 minutes to get to Billy Ray's." " We've got it covered." " Everyone's got it covered, eh?" "Hey, whas the matter?" "Whas happening?" "Jesus, I'm..." "Oh, I'm hungry, I'm tired." " Feed me, hold me, make me happy." " Wait, I got something." " What you got in that?" " Vitamins." "Cs and B12s." "Cookies and milk." " Kids' stuff." " Yeah, keep it that way." "Wanna check?" "I've been clean so long my scars have healed." "I'm not checking your arms anymore." "Thas all behind us, eh?" " I look like shit!" " You look like a star!" "I don't wanna go to Long Island to see hicks." " Billy Ray's been begging to meet you." " Then why don't he come to see me?" "You can hear the whistle blow" "A hundred miles" " Billy Ray?" " Shh!" " Billy Ray?" " What?" "You remember Rudge Campbell." "This here is the Rose." " Hi." "How you doing?" "Hello, Sturdily." " How are you, ma'am?" "I wish this cherry was in my band." "You diddle that thing, son?" "Oh, my, I don't believe you." "What a fine young piece, here." "Billy Ray, this is Rose." " Hi, hello." " Hi, Rose." "Gosh, I've loved you for so many years." " You have?" " Yeah." "In fact, she did one of your tunes on her latest album." "I heard all about it." "Is a pleasure meeting such a dainty lady." "How'd we miss getting together all this time?" "Careful planning." "I look forward to hearing the rest of your catalogue." "I sang "Huntsville Prison," the place went apeshit." "They did." "I've heard a lot of good things about your record of "Huntsville."" "Old Dee here says is about the best he ever heard." " Says it even cut Loretta's." " You never said that." "But I wanna be straight with you." "It didn't show me much." "Not much at all." "You think I'm kidding you, don't you?" "I kind of hope so." "This worlïs too full of bull already, lady." "Now, I don't begrudge anybody their due but I'd appreciate you not recording any more of my tunes." "Be different if you knew what they was about." "Thas how I feel about it." "I wanna say something else." "I don't appreciate you coming here, talking that trash especially to my son." "Rose!" "Shit, you didn't have to do that." "Rose, baby, wait!" "Rose!" "Wait!" "Come here, listen!" "Hey, wait!" "Listen, that was horrible." " You let him talk to me like that?" " What was I supposed to do?" "If I knew, what the fuck would I need you for?" "You just stood there." "Listen, he's an asshole." "What can I tell you, eh?" " That doesn't make me feel any better." " Don't let that stuff get to you." "What do you care about some redneck singer?" "You're the star." "Why didn't you tell him that?" " You're trying to sign him, ain't you?" " What?" " You're trying to sign him." " I don't believe this." " She's only kidding, God!" " "Dying to meet me," my ass!" "You dragged me here for clout!" " It goddamn well backfired on you!" " Wrong!" " Don't say that." " Hey, baby..." " Get lost!" "Fucking lowlifes!" " Calm down, Rose." "Don't you tell me to calm down." " I'll calm down if you sit on my face." " Oh, yeah?" "Is that right?" "You're a maniac!" "Life's a jack-off dream to you!" "Fuck you!" "Fuck him!" "Fuck them all!" "RUDGE:" "Come here." "Help." " Goddamn hippie." "What happened?" " He passed out." " Morris, get the first-aid kit." " This car's taken." " I wanna get out of here." "So does the cowboy." "Billy Ray owns the car for the night." "I got a great idea." "Let him walk!" "Let him walk!" " Let him walk!" " Come on, I don't need this." "Don't worry, lady, you just bought yourself a car and a driver." "Rose, come here, come back!" "What are you looking at?" " You know who I am?" " Yeah." "You're the Rose." "Is that all?" " Excuse me?" " Is that all you're gonna say?" "I don't know..." "I always liked your music." "A lot." "Is okay, honey, you don't have to fall down and wet your pants." "My name's Houston." "You from Texas?" "Yeah." "Waxahachie." " Waxa..." "What?" " Waxahachie." "Is got the highest rate per capita of insanity, suicide and incest of just about any place in the country." " Is a fun city on a Saturday night." " Is that right?" " Where you headed, lady?" " I don't know." "Big city." " New York!" " I picked myself a live one tonight!" " Bright lights, big city." " You smoking tonight, son." "Here, have one on your old mama." "Hey, thanks." "Jesus Christ, look what the cat dragged in." " Those pies sure look good." " Jello don't look bad either." "We don't serve hippies." "Well, thas okay because we don't eat them neither." "Arlene?" " Okay, I'll take care of it." " I would like ham and Swiss on rye, hold the mayo, and a beer." "I'd like a BLT with the mayo and some pickles." "Do yourself a big favor and order something to go, okay?" " We don't want no trouble, you know?" " Suits the shit out of me." "Give us the ham and cheese and..." "What the hell are you looking at?" " Damn." "Ain't you Paul Newman?" " Get lost, bimbo." "I can put some Danishes in a bag, and you can go." " Whatever you've got thas quick." " Okay." "Hey, Rose..." "I'd haul ass if I was you." "Know what I mean?" " As soon as we get our stuff." " Is coming." " I'm ready to kick me some ass here!" " Take this sloppy whore out of here!" "If your dick is as small as your brain, you're in a lot of trouble." "Oh, my God, don't!" " Give yourself a break." " Knock it off!" "Take this and go!" "Please, go!" "Just get out of here, please." "Look, go, please." "Show's over, folks." "This man's just gonna continue eating his soup." "Oh, God!" "Jack, get some ice!" "Doggone, you slapped that sucker silly." "I thought that was great." " It was like being on TV." " Let the good times roll." "JOURNALIST:" "Students were arrested for surrounding a chemical recruiter." "They claimed people were being burned to death..." "Animals." "I don't know how human beings can behave that way." " Defoliants being sprayed to destroy Vietnamese food supply..." "Houston?" "You look like you need a drink." "And you know what?" "Your mama's gonna buy you one." "We're gonna put our dancing shoes on and buy ourselves a drink." "Good deal, Lucille." "George!" "Big George!" "Give me some skin, man." "How you doing?" " Fine, baby." " My old pal, this is my new pal." "Letter to Daddy" "His address is heaven above" " Oh, man!" "Oh, you freak." " How are you?" "Holy shit, your hair has a hard-on." " Who's the young Republican?" " Don't dump on him." "He saved my life twice tonight." "The postman said thas best to do" "Excuse me, dear." "I've got a little bag, very pure." "No lactose, no quinine." "You could run this horse to Aquaduct and win." "Mama don't ride the horse no more, didn't you hear?" "I'm clean." " What are you drinking?" " Tequila." "A bottle of tequila, couple of glasses and no cracks." "Oh, how daring." "I used to be a big star too, Miss Hudson!" "My sister, Henry." " Weirdsville." " Come on, relax." "Did you hear about the Polish lesbian?" "She liked men!" "I love you" "Reminds me of a dream I had once in the Philippines." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you, bitch..." "Butch!" "Butch, I'm sorry." "Excuse me." "Right on." "Thank you." "You're a wonderful audience." "We have somebody in the audience who tried to sneak in a while ago, which is impossible for her." "She used to live upstairs." "Every night we'd say, "Are you sleeping?"" "She never was." "Where's the $10 you owe me, motherfucker?" "How rude!" "She did a concert earlier tonight where she slayed thousands, singing her guts out." "In fact, waiter, send her a drunk on me." "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome please I'm gonna get in trouble for pointing her out, the incredible Rose!" "All right!" "Big mama!" "Stand by, Rosie, we got a surprise for you!" "All right, gentlemen." "Hit it for the woman!" "Hi, you motherfuckers!" "I made it!" "That drag queen's doing me!" "Slippin' in right in time" "Here comes the stripper Bringing on the night" "Here comes the boys Faces hidden from the night" "Walk through the shadows" "They got one thing in common" "They got the fire down below" " Hands off!" " Come on." "Come on." "Here come the banker The lawyer and the cop" "One thing for certain Is never gonna stop" "When it all gets too heavy They come and they go" "One thing in common" "It happens in Vegas, Moline" "Diana!" "Went on yesterday Is going on tonight" "And somewhere there's somebody Treatin' somebody right" "Hello, gorgeous!" "Talk about your secondhand Rose, huh?" "Slippin' out of sight" "They come and go" "Are you in town for good, or for fun?" "It happens out in Vegas, Moline" "On the blue-blood streets of Boston In Berkley, out in Queens" "Went on yesterday Is going on tonight" "Somewhere there's somebody Treatin' somebody right" "Walk the streets I'll find you anytime" "Where the streetlights flicker Bringing on the night" "I'll be slipping into darkness Slippin' out of sight" "Oh, through the darkness Oh, they come and they go" "Oh, they come and they go" "They got the fire down below" "They got one thing in common" "They got the fire down below" "Far out!" "Far-fucking-out!" " Are you trying to get in my bloomers?" " Working on it." "You brown-eyed motherfucker, where you been all my life?" "Ever polite, honey, ever polite." " Thas the way my mama taught me." " Which mama was that, baby?" "Look at this place." "I'm rich." "I could buy the whole damn place if I wanted to." " You like being rich?" " I sure do." "I do." "Someone spread the rumor being rich is a drag." "Whoever spread that rumor is dead broke." " You ever rich?" " Not like that." "But once I went down the Little Big Horn River." "I never saw another soul for six days." "Felt like I owned the whole thing." " Were you really alone for six days?" " Yeah." "I ain't been alone in about 300 years." " Three hundred years?" " Yeah, 300 years." "You're something else, lady." "Something else." "Mister so are you." "Thank you." "This is very good." " Do you think I'm sexy?" " You kidding?" "Come on, the Rose wants to know." "Anybody who talks about themselves in the third person is Looney Tunes." " You don't fool around, do you?" " I don't have the time." "You have time for me?" "You wanna go steady?" "You wanna go steady?" "Do you?" "Do you?" "I'll stop at a five-and-dime, get you a box of chocolate-covered cherries." "Oh, God, do you remember them?" "Wrapped up in gold paper, with cracked hearts all over them?" "On Valentine's Day, the boys and girls used to exchange them and..." "Oh, I wish I'd known you when I was in high school." "I wish you had too." "I wish I had a girl with hair this color." "I don't need charity off trash like you." "Come on, what is it?" "Whas the matter?" "Oh, I hate this mushy love stuff, man!" "Wake me up when the killing starts!" "I'll tell you something about me thas so weird, you won't even believe it." " Yes, I will." " No, you won't." "I bet you I will." "All right." "Here goes." "Once when I was in high school I got drunk one night, and I..." "I took on the whole football team." "You always tell Christmas stories like this?" " You're shocked, ain't you?" " No, I ain't shocked." "I woke up on the 50-yard line." "I'd hate to tell you some of the places I woke up." "You know, I waited all my life to go back there like somebody, like a star." "I just wanna hear that hometown applause." "I want them to push and scream and scratch and bite to get a view of the one and only Rose." " She'll shove it right in their teeth." " Shove what?" "Herself." "Me." "Old rich and famous me." "[PHONE RINGS]" "Oh, Jesus." "Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry." "No, I'll be there as soon as I can." "I was wrong." "I was wrong." "Oh, God!" "I was supposed to be at a recording session." "Oh, Jesus." "God, am I gonna get it." "Do I look old?" "Where is everybody?" "Hey, baby, whas shaking?" "Where were you?" "Rudge, this is my friend Houston Dyer." "Houston, this is my manager, Rudge Campbell." "Howdy, nice to meet you, sir." "Terrific!" "Keep everybody waiting for hours, what do we get in return?" "A fucking cowboy." "They said you'd never show up." "I said, "She'll show up."" "And she shows." "Not one or two hours late but five fucking hours and $3000 late." "These are real, live people you're talking to." "We go back to when you were still in high school!" "We're in business." "I talk any way I like!" "Miss Me-Give-Me-Mine treats me any way she likes, so you butt out!" "Don't you talk that trash to him or to me." "I'm very sorry, my mistake." "I thought we had an appointment to make some money." "What a bummer." "Shook you up, huh?" "Thas his favorite trick." "You know I don't understand them." " I was late and he was pissed off, so he did a show about it!" "Thas all we ever do around here." " Got a scuzzy mouth." " Shut up!" "He's a fucking magician." "He don't need help from meat in a chauffeur's cap." "Jesus." "Houston!" "Houston!" "Come here!" "She can have it now." " Dyer." " Rose, close that door." " I gotta get out." " Dyer, I can't let you go." "He's right about you." "Miss Me-Give-Me-Mine." " I want Chinese, and I want it now!" " Close that fucking door." " I'm going, Rose!" " No!" " This ain't gonna work!" " You're not going anywhere without me." " Get out!" " Never." " Rose, I said get out." " Make me!" "I don't need this shit, lady." "I never did, I never fucking did!" "Asshole, move your car!" "I didn't come back for some hootchy-kootchy woman to blow my mind!" "I ain't a hootchy-kootchy woman!" "You can't park in the middle of the street!" "For chrissake, get that goddamn car out of here!" "Get that goddamn thing out of here, for chrissake!" " Move it!" "Whas wrong with you?" " Oh, shut up!" "Goddamn it!" "Come here, you crazy lady!" "Dyer!" "Dyer!" "Men, my favorite!" "Dyer!" "You see a guy come through here?" " Thas all we got here!" " Houston Dyer, report to the Rose!" " Hey, miss!" " My Lord, look at this." " Hey, lady!" " Dyer!" "Houston!" "Get the hell out of here!" "What is this?" "I picked myself a peck of pickled peppers this time." "Houston Dyer!" "Don't hide it till I've tried it!" "You keep watering that, I know is gonna grow." "Let her stay." "We need a change in atmosphere." "Wanna borrow my towel?" " Houston?" "MAN:" "She has three-and-a-half rooms." "There you are!" "All right, everybody out!" "You can go in the main lounge and shuffleboard on the forward deck." " Why don't you just leave?" " This one came as a raccoon." "Cha-cha into the casino." "There will be a masquerade ball." "Thank you so much for coming." "If I don't get a kind word in the next four seconds I'm gonna do something fierce." "And one... and two... and..." "At ease, sailor, at ease." "Take a break." "Oh, Dyer I'm awful sorry." "I got a big mouth." "Gee, is kind of nice in here." "Are all steam rooms like this?" "Why do you wanna walk out on me?" "It ain't you so much as it is your life." "I mean, is like a grenade range." "And is me too." "Lordy." "What do you mean is you too?" "Oh, a mystery..." "Come on, Houston, I told you about the football team." "You see I'm a sergeant in the fucking Army." "I'm AWOL." "I shoulïve been back at Fort Campbell three weeks ago." " You mean, you ain't no chauffeur?" " No, ma'am." "No, ma'am." " No chauffeur, not the Lone Ranger." " I've been had." "Sometimes I get scared." "Maybe the Army's all I know." " I mean, I've been in since I was 18." " 18?" "Yeah, me and Vincent Birkham, we joined on my birthday." "You know, hot food, roof over my head socks all lined up in a row." "It was a beautiful thing." "And then it kind of went sour." "You thinking about walking away from the Army for good?" "Yeah." "Listen, you don't have to go back." "You don't." "You can stay with me." "I'll take real good care of you." "Okay, lady, les go!" "Party's over." "I had a good time." "I sure did." " You got it." "Whas her name?" "Jean?" " We've had enough of this lark." "Rudge!" "After the Florida show, we're canceling all our bookings." " Whas wrong now?" " Everything." " My life is like a grenade range." " Thas specific, anyway." " I'm gonna wait in the car." " Can I have your autograph?" "Why don't you tell the truth?" "You find some hustler, you're with him a fast ten minutes." "Because he hasn't picked your pocket yet or said you look like Petunia Pig, he's a white knight!" "There's few real men left in the world." "I got one and I'm gonna hang on." "After that Florida show, he and I are going away together." "That is that." "They'll bury you in the remainder racks!" "I'll take my chances." "Give me my bag." " Wait!" "How does he feel about it?" " He don't know about it yet." " Here we go again." " Les get out of here." "You can't just leave." "You're crazy." "You got your whole career." "You stay with me until after I do that show back home and I'll go anywhere with you." "The woods, the mountaintop, anywhere." "Out of the state?" "Out of sight?" " How about out of the country?" " Out of the world." "Oh, Rose, Rose!" "You gotta be wacko!" "Yeah, I know." "What are you gonna do about it?" "You're in love." "Yeah, all right." "Okay, okay." "MAN:" "I met this chick and I let her backstage." "WOMAN:" "Ill start moving and tell us something else." "Great." "Arrangements?" "Marvelous." "Marvelous, yeah." "Come on now, just concentrate." "Different strokes for different folks." " What?" " The Ouija girls." "Oh, right, right." "Here goes." "Sipping whiskey." " Lynchburg, Tennessee." " Population: 517." "Waco, Texas." "Population: 94,632." "Everybody wants to be a shit-kicker." " You and Rose are getting along, eh?" " Yeah." "I'm just..." "I'm just really glad she's found a friend at last." "I've seen them come and go." "And I've always hoped that one might stick." "Give her an anchor." "You don't think she's drinking too much, do you?" "You been on the road with a rock 'n' roll band?" " First time." " You're gonna love it." "Why don't you let me Call you sweetheart" "I'm in love with you" "Let me hear you whisper" "That you love me too" "Keep the love burning" "In your eyes" "Let me call you..." "Where am I?" "I never know where the fuck I am." "All these fucking clouds look alike." "Easy, honey." "Sweet Rosie." "Welcome to rock 'n' roll." "And no two-bit fascist" "Gonna shoot us down" "Come on, children" "Bring your guns, bring your guns To town" "Keep on rockin'" "Keep on rockin' Keep on rockin'" "Keep on, rock 'n' roll" "Gonna never die" "Thank you, St. Louis!" "Everything okay here?" "Everything okay?" "Hey, Don!" "What a great job." "Thank you very much." "How was it?" "Chief, would you like to come to meet Rose?" "Rose?" "She's a little bit high." "Rose?" "Police Chief Morrison and his wife." "He gave us extra protection tonight." " You have a generous manager." " I've heard Rudgie called many things." "First time I've heard him called generous." " Don!" "Dennis!" "Rose?" " There you are." "Don Franks, handling Midwest distribution." "Give me a hankie, what a shvitz." "Honey, you were sensational." "Incredible, insane!" "The band was so together." "You just put me away." "Really." "I wet my pants." " Don't you wanna go and change?" " My shorts were in flames!" " Rose is tired." " How can you tell?" "He's a good friend of ours." " Rack jobbers rule." " They don't rule me, I'm sorry." "What are you doing here?" "Don't keep telling her "tired."" "She's got commitments, and these people are important." " The lady needs a rest!" " Yeah, when I tell her!" "And when she's finished her business." " What song are you singing now?" " Having a word with your friend." "I'm really tired, I'll see you on the plane tomorrow." "Take me to bed." "You get a photo?" "I'm not sleeping over." "Call me tomorrow, I've got something extra for you." "No, thas cool." "Dennis got you covered." "Keep it cool, man." "Keep it cool, huh?" "Hey, Dennis." " They don't know when this will clear." " Christ." " Can't we even wait on the plane?" " I'll check it out, all right?" "Fine, fine." " Do you want your fortune told?" " No, thanks." " Let me see your tongue." " Beg your pardon?" "Come on, don't be a putz, let me see your tongue." "Come on, let me see your real tongue." "Thas the tongue I know." "Toots, you look a little green around the gills." " Drink this." "Vitamins and minerals." " Thas really far out." "Drink it, honey." "You need it." "You gotta keep up your strength." "Oh, drink it, come on." "Don't be a chump." "Drink it." "My brave boy." "I'll get you straightened out when we go away." " I think this'll do it." " I think thall do it, for sure." "Terrible, ain't it?" " Who ordered a dozen raw eggs?" " Right here!" " And a dozen raw beers!" " Yeah!" "Houston, look." "Look what the Army did to those poor, little boys." " You better let them little boys be." " You know me better than that by now." "Hey, colonel!" "Colonel!" "I think she's talking to you." " You talking to me?" " You know I am." "Come on over here." "Airborne, Houston, airborne." "Okay, everyone, we're getting our clearance for Memphis soon." "The fog has lifted." "All right?" " Who's this, then?" " Rudge, this is Mal." "This is Mal." "He's gonna be traveling with me, my personal bodyguard and masseur." "MAN:" "We're out of ice." "This troupe gets bigger every day." "And if free don't mean" "For nothing" "I sold my soul to rock 'n' roll" "I bought these devil chains" "My baby wants me home" "Can't refuse him" "The one that goes from heaven" "Need a short vacation" "Forever, forever, forever" "Keep on going Till I'm gone" "Bought these devil chains" "Oh, baby wants me home" "Can't refuse him" "The one that goes from heaven" "Straight to Houston, ho" "Did you like it" "Was it good" "Did you like it" "Aah" "Sold my soul to rock 'n' roll" "Is time to take that train" "To Houston" "The one that goes from heaven" "MAN:" "Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!" "What the hell's the matter with security?" "MAN:" "Fuck!" " Christ, man." " Where are the roadies?" "Probably backstage with the food." "Oh, baby, baby." "Oh, I'm so hot." "Oh, Sarah." "Goddamn, how you been?" "Houston, this is Sarah Willingham." "Sarah, this is..." "This is Houston Dyer." "Looks more like Galveston to me." "SARAH:" "God, your hair looks beautiful." "ROSE:" "It looks very wet." " The color's wonderful." " Thank you." " Does that feel good?" " Don't be a nit." "Of course it feels good." "Now, Sarah, don't get carried away..." "You're getting it all over my face." "You have a license for this, madam?" "This is wonderful." "Oh, girl." " Sarah..." " What?" "Oh, Sarah, you're gonna get me all fucked up again." " Rudge told me you were fucked up." " I love how you say "fuck."" "Sounds like tea and crumpets at the Ritz-Carlton." "I missed you." "I got to tell you something." "Something wonderful's happened to me." "That guy?" "That guy Houston Dyer?" "A real man." "He's solid, he's not like any man I ever met in my life." "He likes me." "He doesn't care what I did before, what I am, who I am." "Sarah, he makes me so happy." "I can see." "Yeah, I guess it shows." "Well, mine was a poetry teacher at Bennington." "He was 30 and I was 18." "I'm jealous of you, Rose." "I want what you have." "You're beautiful." "I love you." "Why?" "!" "Why?" "!" " No, listen to me." "Let me explain!" " Shut up!" "You fuck!" "Why don't you listen to me?" "!" " Rose, Rose!" " You pig!" "You stupid..." "Oh, God!" "I'm sorry." "Oh, baby, I'm so sorry." "Baby, baby, I love you so much." " Just hold on." " Why can't you find him?" " Rudge, is Bernie." " Why the hell can't you find him?" "Excuse me, excuse me!" "Madeleine, my dear would you mind going and brushing your hair?" " Why can't you find him?" " I didn't lose him!" "I ain't so sure about that." "Come on." " Where you going?" " You can't find him, I will." "We're going to Florida, hometown, you'll show them all!" "MAN:" "Step right up, folks, the show is about to start." "See the prettiest girls this side of the Mississippi." "I know you." "Hey!" "Is there a dude in here by the name of Houston Dyer?" "MEN:" "Get the hell out of here." "I hope your goddamn chickens die." "You lousy farmers!" "MAN:" "What the hell was that?" "WOMAN:" "Did you see her hair?" "Oh, God, I was such a good lay." "How could he just go off and leave me?" " Tell me, Mal, whas wrong with me?" " Nothing." "I should have gone to college." " Wait a minute, follow me." " Whoa, hold it." "I'll clear the area for you there, trooper." "Oh, the hell with him." "I don't give a damn about him, anyway." "Positive?" "Nope." "Well, what are we gonna do now?" "Sonny, there's only one thing left to do." "Whas that?" "Go home." " Did you find her?" " The only thing I do have is that she and Mal tore up downtown last night looking for Dyer." "They never went back to the hotel." "Black coffee, honey." "She'd better show, or I'll break her fucking feathers!" "God, look at this." "Oh, Lord!" " Feels funny, huh?" " It sure feels funny." " Does it look littler?" " Oh, you said it." "Littler and poorer and dirtier and meaner." "This is where I went to high school." "Football field..." "Got me some memories of the football field." "This is the vacant lot where I got my first kiss." " From Eddie Pompadour." " Eddie Pompadour?" "Eddie-fucking-Pompadour, dear." "I was 12 years old." "That wasn't his real name, but I called him that because he had this Elvis Presley complex that went to his hair." "A little swoop in the front." "I thought he was it, man." "You see that?" "Thas my house over there." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "See those two people out there in the yard?" "Thas my parents." "Come on, man." "Come on, les go." " Honey, will you get the phone?" " I'm washing the car." "Can you get it?" "ROSE:" "Oh, there's Leonarïs Grocery." " You feel like a Dr. Pepper, buddy?" " Sure." "Is there something I can do for you, ma'am?" "Don't you know who I am?" "Nope, I can't say I do." "Give me a Moon Pie and a Dr. Pepper, Mr. Leonard." "Oh, is Mary Jo..." "Rose Foster." " How you been, Mary Rose?" " Okay." "What brings you back to these parts?" "Jeez." "Maybe next time you'll know who I am." "I am the Rose." "The Rose!" "Oh, my God." "This is her." "Look at her." " It looks exactly like her." " I don't believe it." "MAN:" "Thirty-nine flood." "MAN 2:" "Fifty-one, please." "Fifty-one, please." "Check, one, two." "Soap, soap." "Sin." "Test." "Thas good on the highs but check the crossover and bring it up around 300." "Book." "Bottom." "Book." "Thas it." "We're getting real close." "If you could give me some more volume now..." "You show 53 up?" "Thank you." "Can you try that light again?" "We're sold out." "I'm sorry, no tickets." "Standing room only." "I checked every hospital and sheriff's office around." " She'll be here." " I'm worried." "Well, don't worry." "She'll be here." "She needs this concert." "She'd crawl on her knees to get here." "Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it!" "You can't go in there, lady." " Hey!" "Hey, stop that woman!" " Hey, lady, stop your car!" "Hey, lady!" "[ROSE HONKS CAR HORN]" " I'll be damned." " What did I tell you?" " I made it." " Yeah." "Yeah, I see." "Yeah, and..." " I've been doing some thinking." " Oh, yeah?" "And is definite, Rudge." "I'm gonna take a year off." " And..." " Yeah, go ahead." "I, uh..." "I don't want to hurt the band none, you know." "So I think I think is a good idea if we keep them on salary after tonight just until I can decide when to come back and all." "Stuff like that." "You finished?" "Yeah, I'm finished." "Do you know what this is?" " No." " Well, you ought to." "You signed it." " Well, it must be my contract." " Right." "Good." "I've been reading it, and I've been thinking about it." "For the last few nights I've thought about us about all of those filthy holes we played." "All the hustlers I had to bargain with every time you opened your mouth." "And not all for you." "It was for me too, you see, because I loved it." "I loved it." "I loved getting hold of a selfish, hopeless junkie and turning her into a performer they'd mortgage Australia for." "Do you wanna play Brisbane?" "London?" "You wanna play Paris?" "Tokyo?" "And then, last night, I woke up and I thought:" ""Fuck all this." "Did we go down the road together or not?" And I came to a decision." "Either you fulfill all the commitments you asked me to make or you fulfill none of them." "Do you get it?" " You're not singing tonight." " You're crazy." " The concers off." " What do you mean?" "I'm the promoter." "If I wanna blow it, I damn well will." "Everyone will get their money back, I'll pay them myself." "By the way get yourself another manager." "I don't want you in my life anymore." "You can start your vacation right now." "You're fired." "OVERSEER:" "May I have your attention?" "I want all stadium personnel to meet with the production crew in five minutes at the north end of the stadium." "Thank you." "ROSE:" "Rudge!" "Rudge!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Where you going?" "Turn around, motherfucker!" "Stop!" "Turn around." "Don't you walk out on me!" "You can't do this." "I'm talking to you!" "Come back here!" "Come back!" "Come back!" "I'm talking to you!" "Where you going?" "Where you going?" "Where you going?" "Where's everybody going?" "Houston." " I missed you." " Houston." "Oh, God." "I thought I'd never see you again." "I missed you." "I missed you so much." "I tried to stay away, but I couldn't." " Where have you been?" " Taking care of some business." " Rudge fired me." " Fired you?" "He fired me." "I came to get everything straightened out." "And he fired me!" "He can't fire you." "Hell, he works for you!" "He's the promoter." "He pulled the rug right out from under me." "Oh, God, what am I talking to you for?" "Who the hell are you, anyway?" "I'm your own private brown-eyed motherfucker, remember?" "Oh, you." "Oh, you." "What am I gonna do now?" "Where am I gonna go?" "I got nowhere to go." "Shit, I'm so goddamn mad!" "I feel..." "I feel so bad." " Take it easy." " I feel so bad." "We'll just go away." "We'll go someplace where we can breathe." "All I know is how to sing, you know?" "I can't walk out on that for something that I don't know nothing about." "My whole life is falling apart, and you wanna buy me a sleeping bag." "Sleeping bags are nice." "Cozy." "We'll just go till we don't wanna go anymore." " Where we gonna go?" " How's Mexico grab you?" "I'm a sucker for adventure." "I really am." "Houston?" "There's something I wanna tell you." "Come here." "Come here, I wanna whisper." "Rose." "MAN:" "Parking in the rear, please." "I don't even have a sound check." "Are you crazy?" "We gotta get her here." "Forget these other commitments!" " I don't pay you to think." " Are you insane?" "Do you wanna tell these people you don't even know where she is?" "Insane?" "I spent years in the trenches with a certifiable Section Eight!" "Now, I won all the marbles." "See?" "I've played my ace in the hole." "Maybe you'll end up winning." "But I think your little game stinks." "Ain't nature wonderful?" "Doggone, hauling ass down to Mexico!" " Gotta make myself beautiful." " You already are." "You supposed to wear glasses or what?" "Oh, look at that!" "You see that neon sign up there?" "You gotta pull up." "Thas Monte's, the first place I ever sang." " I thought we were going to Mexico." " Please?" "Give me a break." "I just wanna see if they still know who I am." "Rosie's back!" " How are you, sweetheart?" " Oh, Monte!" "How are you, Rose?" "You look wonderful!" "How's it feel to be a great big star?" "Don't go away, I'll be back." "Stay right there." "How are you, Rose?" "Milledge!" "Honey, are you still here?" "Your mother know you're out with a hippie freak?" " Christ, some things never change." " Here we go." " Heard you were in town." " I'm in town." "Monte!" "Are we gonna do some serious juicing or not?" " Come on." "Bourbon." "Double." " A shot glass for you and a little bourbon." "What are you doing way up here, anyway?" " I came to see you, fool." " You did?" "I miss you, you're a great human being." "Your boyfriend, whas he want?" "I don't know." "He don't look so happy." "Give him a Thunderbird and ginger ale." "Chase it with a Ripple." " What do you really want?" " Give me a beer." "Here you go." "All right, beer." "Here you go." "There's the bottle, and there's the beer." "[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]" " Do that for me again." " The usual, a great big one for Rose!" "Sing a song, the drinks are on the house!" " Is that right?" "You got it!" " I got it?" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "The Rose is gonna sing a song for us!" "Give her a big hand." "Twelve bars!" "Twelve-bar blues in E!" "Shuffle!" " Where you going?" " To do what I do." " Hey, you with her, man?" " Yeah." "Got any reds?" "All right." "Wanna score?" "I'm holding the greatest dope." "I got whites, reds, windowpane, super smack, anything you want." "Hey, man." "Take a fucking hike." " It was gonna be for free, man." "ROSE:" "I do love a reunion." "Give me a beer." "You know women don't like this woman" "'Cause I always speak my mind" "But the men are crazy about me" "You gotta love me with a thrill" "'Cause baby, if you don't I gotta find a man who will" "You gotta love me with a feeling" "Or you don't love me at all" "You know I'm the kind of woman" "I don't want no halfway stuff" "The cops once took me in" "But I did not need the bail" "I shook it for the judge And he, he put that cop in jail" "You gotta love me with a feeling" "Remember this?" "Come on, get up." "This pig can sing." "Get behind her, on your feet!" "You remember the Lake Worth game?" "!" "Hey, she was good!" "Do you want to do it again, Rose?" "The line forms behind me!" "I'll be first." "You want sloppy seconds?" "Fucking-A!" "You all stop that!" "Stop, please!" " Come on!" " Is supposed to be a party." "Get her out of here before the trouble starts!" " Come on, we gotta go!" " No, you spoiled everything!" "Les get out of here!" "These low-rent motherfuckers ain't gonna appreciate you!" " Come on!" " You ruined it!" "You ruined it!" " Get in this car." " You ruined it, you ruined it!" " Just get in there." " You ruined it!" "Who the hell do you think you are?" "[PHONE BUZZES]" "Fuck off!" "Is Rudge." "He wants me back." "He says anything... anything I want." "He's crawling." "Don't look at me like that." "Please?" "Don't look at me like that!" "Jesus, I'm sorry." "I did it again." "Oh, Jesus, I wish you loved me." "Oh, please." "Where you going?" "!" "Where you going?" "!" "Hey!" "Where you going?" "!" "Houston!" "Where you going?" "Please!" "Please..." "Where's everybody going?" "!" "Damn." "Damn, Sam." " Sam." "How you been, baby?" " Hello, sweet lady." " I'm fine." "How are you doing?" " Sam, I've gotta go." "I'm gonna give you gratis some of the finest shit this side of Marseille." " Sam, I don't do that shit." " This is the best there is." "The best..." "But I don't..." "Ill help you." "Just for old times' sake." "For old times' sake, Rose." " My own works." "You know why?" " Why?" "Because you're the best." "Be good to yourself, okay?" "I love you." "Band to the side." "I think you'd better get her here pretty soon, okay?" "Don't worry, she'll be here." "Get off the goddamn phone." "Get off the phone." "Get off..." "Shit." "COACH:" "One, two, three!" "TEAM:" "One!" " One, two, three!" " Two!" " One, two, three!" " Three!" "Operator." "Operator, give me the stadium." "I don't know the fucking number!" "What do you mean "information"?" "Operator!" "Operator!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Operator?" "Please." "Please, help me." "Oh, thank you." "Thank you." "L..." "I gotta..." "I gotta find the stadium." "MAN:" "Parking lot A is full." "Please go to parking lot B." "Don't park in undesignated spaces." "Baby, where are you?" "I'm at school." "No, my high school." "How's the house?" "Standing room only." "You got..." "You have to come pick me up." "No, I can't make it by myself." "I'll be waiting." "I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm at the phone booth in the..." "In the parking lot." "Hey, you sound sick." "No!" "No, I'm all right." "No, I'll make it." "I'll make it." "Don't worry about me." "I'll be fine." "I'll be just fine." "Okay." "Everything's cool." "Hello, Mom?" "Yeah, yeah, is me." "Oh, no, no, no." "You don't have to come." "No, too much traffic and crowded." "Ill be crowded." "Real crowded and everything." "Daddy?" "Daddy, is that you?" "Are you on the phone upstairs?" "Well, I miss you too." "I miss you both." "No, no, no, no, no." "I already told Mama." "I don't want you to come, ill be..." "Is too much trouble." "Oh, no, I'm wonderful!" "I'm fine." "Everything's great." "Great." "Great, everything's great." "I know." "We're taking right off after the concert." "We're gonna go to New Orleans." "But I'm gonna try and get back for Easter." "You know, I..." "I'm..." "I'm so tired of the road." "No, I'm so tired." "I wanna stop so bad." "But, you know, there's only one way to do that." "You just gotta..." "You just gotta make up your mind you're gonna stop." "Oh, yes, I promise." "I promise." "Say..." "Say hi to..." "Say hi to Carleen and Marge, okay?" "I love you." "Bye." "MAN:" "Get ready, everybody." "This ain't gonna work." "We're going to a hospital." "It feels real good to be home." "And..." "And..." "And you're my family." "Thank you for coming." "L..." "I didn't mean..." "I didn't mean to be late." "Do you forgive me?" "[LOUD CHEERING]" "Well I..." "I forgive you too." "What are we waiting for, boys?" "Boys?" ""Stay with Me," baby." "Come on." "Mama's home." "Mama is home." "Where did you go when things went wrong" "Who did you run to to find a shoulder To lay your head upon" "Baby, wasn't I there" "Didn't I take good care of you" "Oh no, I can't believe You're leaving me" "Stay with me, baby" "I'm begging you to stay with me" "Stay with me, baby" "I can't go on" "Who did you touch when you needed tenderness" "I gave you so much" "And in return" "I found happiness" "Baby, what could I do" "Maybe I was too good Too good to you" "Oh no, I can't believe You're leaving me" "Stay with me, baby" "Why don't you Why don't you just stay with me, baby" "Stay with me, baby" "Remember you said You were always gonna love me" "Remember you said You'd never, ever leave me" "Remember, remember" "I'm asking you, begging you" "Stay with me Baby, baby, baby" "Why don't you stay with me" "I can't I can't go on" "Well, I'm a young woman" "And I could get plenty of men" "But honey, keeping 'em's The hard part" "Yeah, sometimes I find I find I try so hard" "Maybe this time I should be the one to go away" "'Cause honey, ain't it my turn to have Somebody grab hold of me and say" "No, don't go You can't go" "Stay with me, baby" "I'm begging you to stay with me" "Stay with me, baby" "I can't, I can't" "I can't Stay" "Stay with me, baby" "Why don't you stay with me, baby" "Stay with me, baby" "I can't" "I can't go on" "I got a little song that I want to sing to you that I learned when I was just so high." "It went..." "It went..." "Let me call you sweetheart" "In love with you" "Where are you going?" "Where's everybody going?" "MAN:" "Get a doctor!" "MAN:" "Come on!" "Hurry up, for fuck's sake!" "Subtitles by SDI Media Group" "[ENGLISH SDH]"