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Lester Bangs Aw, man. You made friends with them. See, friendship is the booze they feed you. They want you to get drunk on feeling like you belong.
William Miller Well, it was fun.
Lester Bangs Because they make you feel cool. And hey. I met you. You are not cool.
William Miller I know. Even when I thought I was, I knew I wasn't.
Lester Bangs That's because we're uncool. And while women will always be a problem for us, most of the great art in the world is about that very same problem. Good-looking people don't have any spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter.
William Miller I can really see that now.
Lester Bangs Yeah, great art is about conflict and pain and guilt and longing and love disguised as sex, and sex disguised as love... and let's face it, you got a big head start.
William Miller I'm glad you were home.
Lester Bangs I'm always home. I'm uncool.
William Miller Me too!
Lester Bangs The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.
William Miller I feel better.
Lester Bangs My advice to you. I know you think those guys are your friends. You wanna be a true friend to them? Be honest, and unmerciful.
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Dennis Hope If you think Mick Jagger will still be out there trying to be a rock star at age fifty, then you are sadly, sadly mistaken.
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Penny Lane I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.
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Penny Lane How old are you?
William Miller Eighteen.
Penny Lane Me too! How old are we really?
William Miller Seventeen.
Penny Lane Me too!
William Miller Actually, I'm sixteen.
Penny Lane Me too. Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different.
William Miller I'm fifteen.
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Dennis Hope I didn't invent the rainy day, man. I just own the best umbrella.
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Russell Hammond [Russell grabs phone away from William] Hey, mom! It's Russell Hammond. I play guitar in Stillwater. Hey, how does it feel to be the mother of the greatest rock journalist we've met? Hello? Hello...? Look, you've got a really great kid here. There's nothing to worry about. We're taking good care of him, and you should come to the show sometime - join the circus...
Elaine Miller Hey, hey, listen to me, mister. You're charm doen't work on me - I'm on to you. Of course you like him...
Russell Hammond Well, yeah...
Elaine Miller He worships you people. And that's fine by you as long as he helps make you rich.
Russell Hammond Rich? I don't think so...
Elaine Miller Listen to me. He's a smart, good-hearted fifteen year old kid with infinite potential.
Russell Hammond [Russell is stunned]
Elaine Miller This is not some apron-wearing mother you're speaking with - I know all about your valhalla of decadence and I shouldn't have let him go. He's not ready for your world of compromised values and diminished brain cells that you throw away like confetti. Am I speaking to you clearly?
Russell Hammond Yes - yes, ma'am...
Elaine Miller If you break his spirit, harm him in any way, keep him from his chosen profession which is law - something you may not value, but I do - you will meet the voice on the other end of this telephone and it will not be pretty. Do we understand each other?
Russell Hammond Uh, yes, ma'am...
Elaine Miller I didn't ask for this role, but I'll play it. Now go do your best. Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid. Goethe said that. It's not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell. Please get my son home safely. You know, I'm glad we spoke.
[Elaine hangs up]
Russell Hammond [Russell stands holding phone in stunned silence]
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William Miller I have to go home.
Penny Lane You are home.
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Russell Hammond If something should happen. maybe I never said this enough, I love all of you.
Dennis Hope I once hit a man in Dearborn, Michigan. A hit and run. I hit him and just kept on going. I don't know if he's alive or dead; but, I'm sorry. Not a day goes by I don't see his face.
Leslie Oh my God!
Dick Roswell Look, I love you all too. You're like a family to me. Especially since Marna left me. And listen, fellas, I just want you to know, if I took an extra dollar or two here and there, it's because I knew I'd earned it.
Russell Hammond Yeah. I slept with Marna, Dick.
Jeff Bebe I did too.
Larry Fellows I waited until you broke up with her, Dick. But me too.
Jeff Bebe [to Russell] I also slept with Leslie, when you were fighting.
Russell Hammond [to Leslie] You slept with Jeff?
Leslie Yeah, but it didn't count. It was the summer we decided to be free of all rules!
Russell Hammond [to Jeff] And you say you love me!
Jeff Bebe I don't love you, man. I never did. None of us love you. You act above us. You always have.
Larry Fellows Finally, the truth.
Jeff Bebe You just held it over us, like you might leave. Like we're lucky to be with you. And we had to live with it, man. I had to live with you, and now I might die with you, and it's not fucking fair!
Russell Hammond Please, enough!
Jeff Bebe And I'm still in love with you, Leslie.
Leslie Oh, I don't wanna hear any more. Shut up, Jeffrey!
Dick Roswell Jeffrey, It's all happening.
Russell Hammond What the fuck! Whatever happens, Bebe, you're dead.
Jeff Bebe Don't be self-righteous, Russell. Not now, man. You were sleeping with Penny, that fucking groupie, last summer up until yesterday. Why don't you tell Leslie that?
Russell Hammond Shut up!
Dennis Hope I quit!
Russell Hammond I'm gonna kill you!
Dennis Hope I quit!
William Miller "That groupie"? She was a Band-Aid! All she did was love your band. And you used her, all of you! You used her and threw her away! She almost died last night while you were with Bob Dylan. You guys, you're always talking about the fans, the fans, the fans; she was your biggest fan, and you threw her away! And if you can't see that, that's your biggest problem. And I love her! I love her!
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Elaine Miller Well there it is, your sister used the "F" word.
Young William I think she said "feck."
Elaine Miller What's the difference?
Young William The letter "u."
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Sapphire They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts.
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Penny Lane We are not Groupies. Groupies sleep with rockstars because they want to be near someone famous. We are here because of the music, we inspire the music. We are Band Aids.
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Lester Bangs Here 's a theory for you to disregard - completely. Music, you know, true music - not just rock 'n' roll - it chooses you. You know, it lives in your car, or alone, listening to your headphones, with vast scenic bridges and angelic choirs in your brain. You know, it's a place apart from the vast, benign lap of America.
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Russell Hammond And you can tell Rolling Stone magazine that my last words were... I'm on drugs!
[crowd cheers]
William Miller Russell! I think we should work on those last words!
Russell Hammond I got it, I got it. Last words - I dig music.
[a few claps]
Russell Hammond [beat]
Russell Hammond I'm on drugs!
[crowd cheers]
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Elaine Miller May I speak with William, please?
Sapphire He's not here. He's down in the bar with the band. They just got back from the radio station. Is this Maryann with the pot?... Hello?
Elaine Miller No, this is not Maryann with the pot. This is Elaine. His mother. Could you please give him a message for me? Could you tell him to call home immediately? And could you also tell him - I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
Sapphire All right. But I'm just going to say this, and I'm going to stand by it: you should be really proud of him. 'Cause I know men, and I'll bet you do too. And he respects women, and he likes women, and let's just pause and appreciate a man like that. I mean, you created him out of thin air, and you raised him right, he's having a great time, he's doing a good job, and don't worry - he's still a virgin. And we're all looking out for him. And that's more than I've ever even said to my own parents, so there you go... This is the maid speaking, by the way.
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[Finally getting his interview with Russell Hammond]
William Miller So Russell... what do you love about music?
Russell Hammond To begin with, everything.
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Lester Bangs So, you're the one who's been sending me those articles from your school newspaper.
William Miller I've been doing some stuff for a local underground paper, too.
Lester Bangs What, are you like the star of your school?
William Miller They hate me.
Lester Bangs You'll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle.
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William Miller Do you have to be depressed to write a sad song? Do you have to be in love to write a love song? Is a song better when it really happened to you? Like "Love Thing," where did you write that and who was it about?
Russell Hammond When did you get so professional?
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Penny Lane Look, *you* should be happy for me. You don't know what he says to me in private. Maybe it is love - as much as it can be for somebody...
William Miller Who sold you to Humble Pie for fifty bucks and a case of beer? I was there. I was there! Look, I'm sorry.
Penny Lane [sniffs] What kind of beer?
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Jeff Bebe Some people have a hard time explaining rock 'n' roll. I don't think anyone can really explain rock 'n' roll. Maybe Pete Townshend, but, that's okay. Rock 'n' roll is a lifestyle and a way of thinking and it's not about money and popularity. Although, some money would be nice. But it's a voice that says, "Here I am - and fuck you if you can't understand me." And one of these people is gonna save the world. And that means that rock 'n' roll can save the world - all of us together. And the chicks are great. But, what it all comes down to is that thing. The indefinable thing when people catch something from your music. What I'm talking about is - hey, what am I talking about?
William Miller The buzz.
Jeff Bebe The buzz. And the chicks! And whatever is an offshoot of the buzz. Like, you say you like, "Fever Dog." *That* is the fucking buzz!
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William Miller [on meeting Stillwater] Russell. Jeff. Ed. Larry. I really love your band. I think the song "Fever Dog" is a big step forward for you guys. I think you guys producing it yourselves, instead of Glyn Johns, was the right thing to do. And the guitar sound... is incindiary. Incendiary. Way to go.
[He turns to leave. The band members regard one another for a moment]
Russell Hammond Well, don't stop there!
Jeff Bebe Yeah, come back here! I'm incendiary, too, man!
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Anita Miller One day you'll be cool. Look under your bed, it'll set you free.
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Elaine Miller [in the middle of a class lecture] Rock stars have kidnapped my son!
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Russell Hammond Your mom kind of freaked me out.
William Miller [places hand on Russell's shoulder] She means well.
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[Ed's only line]
Ed Fuck it! I'm... I'm gay!
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Anita Miller Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you'll see your entire future.
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Lester Bangs So, you're talking to Ben Fong-Torres, right? Here's what you do. Tell him it's a think piece about a mid level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom.
[Chuckles]
Lester Bangs He'll wet himself.
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Penny Lane Call me if you need a rescue, we live in the same city.
William Miller Sometimes I think I live in a different world.
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Penny Lane You're too sweet for rock and roll.
William Miller Sweet? Where do you get off? Where do you get sweet? I am dark and mysterious, and *pissed off*! And I could be very dangerous to all of you! You should know that about me... I am *the enemy*!
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Anita Miller First it was butter; then, it was sugar and white flour, bacon, eggs, bologna, rock 'n roll, motorcycles. Then! It was celebrating Christmas on a day in September when you knew it wouldn't be commercialized! What else are you gonna ban?
Elaine Miller Honey, you want to rebel against knowledge, I'm trying to give you the Cliff Notes on how to live life in this world.
Anita Miller We're like nobody else I know!
Elaine Miller I am a college professor. Why can't I teach my own kids? Use me!
Anita Miller Darryl says that you use knowledge to keep me down. He says that I'm a "Yes" person and *you* are trying to raise us in a "No" environment.
Elaine Miller Well, clearly "No" is a word Darryl doesn't hear much.
Anita Miller I can't live here! I hate you! Even William hates you!
Young William I don't hate her.
Anita Miller You *do* hate her. You don't even know the truth.
Elaine Miller Sweetheart, don't be a drama queen.
Anita Miller Feck you!
Elaine Miller Hey!
Anita Miller This is a house of lies!
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Jeff Bebe It's okay! I'm easy to forget! Just leave me behind! I'm only the fucking lead singer!
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Jeff Bebe Is it that hard to make us look cool?
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Sapphire Does anybody remember laughter?
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Penny Lane I've made a decision, I'm gonna live in Morocco for one year. I need a new crowd. Do you wanna come?
William Miller Yes! Yeah. Yeah.
Penny Lane You sure?
William Miller Ask me again.
Penny Lane Do you wanna come?
William Miller Yes! Yes.
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Elaine Miller [to William] Your Dad was so proud of you. He knew you were a predominantly accelerated child.
Anita Miller What about me?
Elaine Miller You are rebellious and ungrateful of my love.
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Russell Hammond Hey William, we showed you America. Did everything but get you laid.
[William looks out the window and smiles]
Russell Hammond No! Yeah?
All in car No!
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Polexia Aphrodisia It's all happening!
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Lester Bangs You *cannot* make friends with the rock stars... If you're going to be a true journalist, you know, a rock journalist - first, you never get paid much. But, you will get free records from the record company. Fuckin' nothin' about you that is controversial. God, it's gonna get ugly. And they're gonna buy you drinks, you're gonna meet girls, they're gonna try to fly you places for free, offer you drugs. I know, it sounds great. But, these people are not your friends. You know, these are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories about the genius of the rock stars and they will *ruin* rock 'n' roll and strangle everything we love about it. Right? And then it just becomes an industry of - cool.
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Russell Hammond You know, I think we both wanted to, uh, to be with her. I guess she wanted us to be together.
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William Miller I love you. And I'm about to boldly go where... many men have gone before.
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Jeff Bebe "Rock 'n' roll can save the world"? "The chicks are great"? I sound like a dick!
Russell Hammond [to himself] You are a dick.
Jeff Bebe I never said that.
Russell Hammond Maybe we just don't see ourselves the way we really are.
Jeff Bebe Is it that hard to make us look cool?
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William Miller [to Penny, who is on the toilet] I thought maybe we could hang out, you know, do some stuff back home like... like regular stuff, get to know each other a little bit better, and *then* I'd see you pee.
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Russell Hammond From here on out, I'm only interested in what is real. Real people, real feelings, that's it, that's all I'm interested in, from here on out.
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Ben Fong-Torres A Mo-Jo, it's a very modern machine that transmits pages over the telephone! It only takes eighteen minutes a page!
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Polexia Aphrodisia [to William watching Penny Lane] Act One, in which she pretends she doesn't care about him.
Polexia Aphrodisia [sees Russell strumming his guitar and staring at Penny] Act Two, in which he pretends he doesn't care her, but he goes right for her.
Polexia Aphrodisia [Russell goes to Penny] Act Three, in which it all plays out the way she planned it. She'll eat him alive.
William Miller We gotta stop them!
Polexia Aphrodisia Stop them? You... were her reason for coming here.
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[Regarding the t-shirt picture]
Russell Hammond Can we just skip the vibe, and go straight to us laughing about this?
Jeff Bebe Yeah, okay.
Russell Hammond Because I can see by your face you want to get into it.
Jeff Bebe How can you tell? I'm just one of the out-of-focus guys.
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Anita Miller All the kids make fun of him. They call him the Narc behind his back.
Elaine Miller What's a narc?
Anita Miller It's a narcotics officer.
Elaine Miller Well, what's wrong with THAT?
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William Miller [on the phone with Dick, talking about Russell] Dick, I got him. He's okay. He is on acid, though.
[pause]
William Miller I can't really tell. How do you know when it's kicked in?
[Cut to Russell standing on the roof, screaming "I am a golden god"]
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Elaine Miller Keep the small bills on the outside and call me if anyone gets drunk.
William Miller I will call you if anyone *anywhere* gets drunk.
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Russell Hammond [high on acid; laughingly, to Dick] Look at him, he's taking notes with his eyes.
[Violently grabs William and shouts to his face]
Russell Hammond How do we know you're not a cop, huh? The enemy! Stop fucking looking at me!
Dick Roswell [calming Russell] He's your guardian angel, alright?
[to William]
Dick Roswell Don't worry, he only means half of what he says.
William Miller [to himself] Which half?
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Elaine Miller Rock stars have kidnapped my son!
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Jeff Bebe I can't say anymore with the writer here.
Russell Hammond No, no, no. You can trust him, you can say whatever you want.
Jeff Bebe I work just as hard or harder than anybody on that stage. You know what I do? I connect. I get people off. I look for the guy who isn't getting off, and I make him get off.
Jeff Bebe [to William] Actually, *that* you can print!
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Sheldon the Desk Clerk Are you Mr. Miller?
William Miller Yeah.
Sheldon the Desk Clerk [politely] You have a message from Elaine, your mother.
[pause]
Sheldon the Desk Clerk She's a handful.
William Miller I know.
Sheldon the Desk Clerk [seriously] She freaked me out.
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Lester Bangs The Doors? Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet.
Alice Wisdom I like The Doors.
Lester Bangs Give me The Guess Who. They got the courage to be drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic.
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Ben Fong-Torres Now, listen. Get it together, man. We're both professionals here, okay? I don't need to tell you this. You're not out there to join the party. We already have one Hunter Thompson. You're out there to interview and to report. You got me? Now, this isn't Creem magazine. This is Rolling Stone.
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Russell Hammond You, Aaron, are what it's all about. You're real. Your room is real. Your friends are real. Real, man, real. You know? Real. You're more important than all the silly machinery. Silly machinery. And you know it! In eleven years its going to be 1984, man. Think about that!
Aaron Wanna see me feed a mouse to my snake?
Russell Hammond Yes!
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Elaine Miller Look at this: an entire generation of Cinderellas and there's no glass slipper.
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Real Topeka Kid You're Russell from Stillwater.
Russell Hammond Well, yeah, on my better days, I am Russell from Stillwater.
Real Topeka Kid Hey, you wanna go to a party with me at my friend Aaron's house? I mean, I know you're a big rock star and all; but, do you wanna hang with some good people looking to have a good time? We're just real Topeka people, man.
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Lester Bangs You like Lou Reed?
William Miller The early stuff. In his new stuff he's trying to be Bowie, but he should just be himself.
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Anita Miller It's unfair that we can't listen to our music.
Elaine Miller It's because it is about drugs and promiscuous sex.
Anita Miller Simon and Garfunkel is poetry.
Elaine Miller Yes it's poetry. It is the poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex! Honey, they're on - pot.
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Jeff Bebe I'm always gonna tell you the truth. From the very beginning, we said I'm the front man and you're the guitarist with mystique. That's the dynamic we agreed on. Page, Plant. Mick, Keith. But somehow it's all turning around. We have got to control what's happening! There's a responsibility here.
Russell Hammond Excuse me, but didn't we all get into this to avoid responsibility?
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Elaine Miller [teaching] In Carl Jung's opinion, we all have a sixth sense - intuition. When you meet someone and you suddenly feel like you can't live without them. This could be the memory of a past love from the collective unconscious. Or it could just be hormones.
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Ben Fong-Torres [reading William's story] "I'm flying high over Tupelo, Mississippi... with America's hottest band... and we're all about to die." - Dark, lively.
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Beth from Denver Don't worry William, I've seen the future and this all works out reasonably well.
William Miller Reasonably well?
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Russell Hammond They say you're dangerous. You see everything. Most people... are just waitin' to talk, but you listen.
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Polexia Aphrodisia Let's deflower the kid.
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Russell Hammond Oh, my God. Holy shit. Fuck! I grew up with that lampshade. I love this kitchen. I fucking love this kitchen!
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William Miller I kept thinking I was gonna go home the next day.
Dick Roswell Yeah. So did I... fifteen years ago.
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Ben Fong-Torres There's a mojo at the "Daily News" they'll let us use.
William Miller A "mojo"?
Ben Fong-Torres A mojo. It's a very modern machine that transmits pages over the telephone. It only takes 18 minutes a page.
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Russell Hammond I hurt the flower.
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Anita Miller [talking to William at the airport, after his story was rejected by Rolling Stone] You look awful, but it's great. You're living your life. You're free of Mom.
[William makes a face at her]
Anita Miller Hey, I'll take off work. Let's have an adventure together - you and me - finally. Anywhere you wanna go, anywhere in the world.
Anita Miller [cut to the Miller's house] This is not my idea of a good time.
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Russell Hammond I am a golden god!
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William Miller What about your mom?
Penny Lane She always said, "Marry up. Marry someone grand". And that's why she named me "Lady".
William Miller She named you "Lady?"
Penny Lane [makes a face] Lady Goodman.
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Lester Bangs What are you listening to?
William Miller Stillwater.
Lester Bangs Stillwater?
[to himself]
Lester Bangs Fucking kid's doing drugs.
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Polexia Aphrodisia Forgive me father, for I may sin tonight.
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Polexia Aphrodisia Do you have any pot?
William Miller No. I'm a *journalist*.
Polexia Aphrodisia Well, go do your job then. You're on the road, man. It's all happening! Get in there. Go talk to 'em!
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Dick Roswell You wanna buy a gate?
All in car Yeah!
Dick Roswell [Tour bus drives through the gate] You just bought a gate!
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Anita Miller This song explains why I'm leaving home to become a stewardess.
Elaine Miller We can't talk? We have to listen to rock music?
[Anita puts on Simon & Garfunkel's "America"]
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Penny Lane If I ever met a man in the real world who looked at me the way you just looked at me...
William Miller When and where does this ''real world'' occur? I mean, I am really confused here.
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Estrella Starr [about Penny Lane] She Changed everything. She was the one that said "No more sex. No more exploiting our bodies and hearts." Just blow-jobs, and that's it!
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Russell Hammond [upon entering William's bedroom] So... This is where the enemy sleeps.
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William Miller You said we were going to go to Morocco. There is no Morocco. There's never been a Morocco. There's not even a Penny Lane. I don't even know your real name.
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Dick Roswell Ladies and Gentelmen! The evening is over. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves and we'll see you all again in 1974. Good evening!
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Young William Mom, tell me more about Livia.
Elaine Miller She killed everybody else so her son Tiberius could inherit the throne - just like Nixon.
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Anita Miller You've robbed him of an adolescence.
Elaine Miller Adolescence is a marketing tool.
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William Miller Please don't give him any more acid.
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Sapphire Can you believe these new girls? None of them use birth control and they eat all the steak!
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Russell Hammond I never said I was a golden god... or did I?
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Russell Hammond I grew up with these guys, but I can't play all that I can play. I'm past 'em, as musicians; but the more popular we get, the bigger their houses get, the more responsibilities, the pressure, you know - the harder it gets for me to walk out on them. What am I doing? I'm telling secrets to the *one* guy you don't tell secrets to.
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Russell Hammond I'm never as good as when you're there.
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Lester Bangs Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you.
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[Russell is on the phone with Penny]
Russell Hammond Give me your address. I'm coming to you, this time.
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Russell Hammond Don't worry, no one's getting hurt here. She knows Leslie's coming to New York tomorrow. This is the circus, everybody's trying not to go home. Stop looking at me like that.
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Jeff Bebe He was never a person, he was a journalist!
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Jeff Bebe And I also slept with Leslie.
Russell Hammond You slept with Jeff?
Leslie Yeah, but it didn't COUNT! It was the summer we decided to be free of all rules!
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Jeff Bebe [to Russell] Your looks have become a problem!
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[first lines]
Elaine Miller I can't believe you wanna be Atticus Finch. Oh, that makes me feel so good.
Young William I like him.
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Penny Lane When we go to Morocco, I think we should have completely different names and be completely different people.
William Miller What will our names be?
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Russell Hammond Do you give a shit about a t-shirt?
Larry Fellows I'm just hungry man; let's just go out and find some barbeque or something.
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Vic Munoz Mr Robert Plant, he signed-signed my t-shirt five minutes ago! Please don't smear it. Oh, dear God. Please don't smear it. But five minutes ago, he touched this pen. He touched this pen!
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Penny Lane [to William, who is on the phone with his mother] This is Beth from Denver. She's one of the legendary, original Band Aids - she's clairvoyant!
Beth from Denver I can't read your mind or anything. I mean, I pick up things here and there. Estrella says hi - She says I can stay in your room.
William Miller Sure.
Beth from Denver Great. I've got some... hydroponic pot!
[William covers the phone]
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Dennis Hope [on the airplane which is caught in an electrical storm] I once hit a man in Dearborn, Michigan. A hit and run. I hit him and just kept on going. I don't know if he's alive or dead... but I'm sorry. Not a day goes by I don't see his face.
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Russell Hammond [inviting William to join the group before going on stage] Get the enemy!
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Russell Hammond I slept with Marna, Dick.
Jeff Bebe I did too.
Larry Fellows I waited until you broke up with her, but me too.
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William Miller Don't you have any regular friends?
Penny Lane Famous people are just more interesting.
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Russell Hammond Write what you want.
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Larry Fellows [about the plane's pilot] He just told us we're gonna die!
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Elaine Miller Don't take drugs!
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Polexia Aphrodisia Greenville is so boring. You know, any other city in the world and you'd still be a virgin.
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Sapphire Let's deflower the kid.
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Estrella Starr [to William] This is Penny Lane, man, show some respect.
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Sapphire William? I forgot to tell you. Your mom called. She says you gotta call home immediately. And she says to tell you, ''I know what's going on.''
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Sapphire Your time has come!
William Miller Did Russell call?
Polexia Aphrodisia Polexia Aphrodisia, Beth from Denver: Deflower.
Sapphire Opie must die!
William Miller No, no, no.
Sapphire Pants him, girls.
William Miller Stop. We're talking.
Sapphire Opie must die!
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Russell Hammond iI doesn't sound like music anymore, you know, it sounds like... lifestyle maintenance, or something.
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Sheldon the Desk Clerk Your mother
Sheldon the Desk Clerk She's a hand full
William Miller I know
Sheldon the Desk Clerk She freaked me out
Sheldon the Desk Clerk Tell her to stop
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Lester Bangs Your writing is damn good. It's just a shame you missed out on rock 'n' roll. It's over.
William Miller Over?
Lester Bangs It's over! But, you got here just in time for the death rattle. Last gasp. Last grope.
William Miller At least I'm here for that.
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Estrella Starr Simon Kirke from Bad Company is by the pool!
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Vic Munoz It's all happening. They're here. Zeppelin are here. They are here. They're at the Plaza. Sapphire and Miss Penny Lane are there too. They're all staying under the name Emily Rugburn.
William Miller Wait. Penny Lane is here?
Vic Munoz [walking away] Emily Rugburn!
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Jeff Bebe Doris is the soul of this band!
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Penny Lane Vic is a Zeppelin fan.
William Miller I picked that up.
Penny Lane He tours with them, but not, you know, with them.
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Elaine Miller You've been kissing!
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[last lines]
Penny Lane Morocco. A seat by the window, please.
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Lester Bangs Give me some "White Light/White Heat". Iggy Pop!
[smiling effusively]
Lester Bangs Amen!
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Larry Fellows Finally the truth!
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Dick Roswell [when their airplane is experiencing severe turbulence] Everyone says it's so glamorous out here.
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Russell Hammond [on the airplane during an electrical storm] Doris, we miss you!
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Lester Bangs Hey, you have to make your reputation on being - honest and, you know, unmerciful.
William Miller Honest. Unmerciful.
Lester Bangs If you get into a jam, you can call me. I stay up late.
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Lester Bangs I used to do speed. You know, and sometimes a little cough syrup. I'd stay up all night, just writin' and writin'. I mean, like 25 pages of dribble. You know, about The Faces or Coltrane. You know, just to fuckin' write. Alright.
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Jeff Bebe It's Rolling Stone. He looks harmless, but he does represent the magazine that trashed ''Layla'', broke up Cream, ripped every album Led Zeppelin ever made. Don't forget the rules, man. This little shit *is* the enemy. He writes what he sees... Although, it would be cool to be on the cover.
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Lester Bangs Beware, beware of Rolling Stone magazine; because, they will change your story, they'll rewrite it, you know, turn it into swill.
William Miller But besides that, what would be wrong with it?
Lester Bangs You got starry eyes, my friend. Look, do the story. Who cares, you know? It'll be good for ya. Remember this: Don't do it to make friends with people who are trying to use you to further the big business desire to glorify worthless rock stars like Stillwater!
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Penny Lane Hey, when we go to Morocco... I think we should wear completely different clothes... and be completely different people.
William Miller What will our names be?
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Penny Lane [to William] Did you miss a test or something?
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Estrella Starr [about Penny Lane] She used to run a school for Band-Aids.
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Estrella Starr Who are you with?
William Miller Me? I'm with myself.
Estrella Starr No, who are you with; what band?
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Elaine Miller There's hope for you yet, Russell.
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Beth from Denver [suggestively, to William] Good morning!
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William Miller What's your real name?
Penny Lane I'll never tell.
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Russell Hammond Well, tell your friend, Miss Penny Lane, to call me. Tell her it ain't California without her. We want her around, like last summer. Say it just like that.
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Russell Hammond We play for the fans, not the critics.
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Dick Roswell They've been crying for you like a bunch of whimpering pussies.
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Russell Hammond Tell her you're a slave to the groove. You can't help it.
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Larry Fellows [singing] Handing tickets out to God
Larry Fellows Larry Fellows, Penny Lane: Turning back, She just laughs
Larry Fellows Larry Fellows, Penny Lane, Jeff Bebe: The boulevard is not that bad, Piano man, He makes his stand
Larry Fellows Larry Fellows, Penny Lane, Jeff Bebe, Polexia Aphrodisia: In the auditorium
Larry Fellows Larry Fellows, Penny Lane, Jeff Bebe, Polexia Aphrodisia, William Miller: Looking on, She sings her song
Larry Fellows Larry Fellows, Penny Lane, Jeff Bebe, Polexia Aphrodisia, William Miller, Sapphire: The words she knows, The tune she hums
Larry Fellows Larry Fellows, Penny Lane, Jeff Bebe, Polexia Aphrodisia, William Miller, Sapphire, Russell Hammond, Dick Roswell: Hold me closer Tiny Dancer...
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Ben Fong-Torres I like what we're saying. Let me try and get you a thousand more words. Now, it's in consideration for the cover; but, don't tell the band. The cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Crazy.
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Lester Bangs You're flippin' out. It's good. All right.
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Dennis Hope Do you know how to do a headlining tour? Do you know how to get a record not pressed, but played? You gotta take what you can, when you can, while you can - and you gotta do it now. That's what the big boys do.
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Dennis Hope Hey, man, I'd travel on a pogo stick if I thought we could make more money.
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Russell Hammond Is Penny okay?
Sapphire Oh, the Quaaludes incident? Well, it wasn't pretty. She could have died. I always told her not to let too many guys fall in love with her. I guess I was wrong. One of them ended up saving her life.
Russell Hammond William?
Sapphire Oh, what do you care? I mean, we all know what you did to him. And everybody knows, even Penny Lane.
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Penny Lane It's all happening.
William Miller It's all happening. It's all happening.
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Alison the Fact Checker They refer to all the women as ''chicks.'' I mean, as a woman, I have a problem with that. I know it's a side issue. It's embarrassing.
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Elaine Miller I forgive you.
Anita Miller I didn't apologize.
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Polexia Aphrodisia Don't go anywhere, Opie!
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Beth from Denver Your aura is really fantastic, it's this beautiful purple color!
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Lester Bangs What do you type on?
William Miller Smith-Corona Galaxie Deluxe.
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Penny Lane I am no good at goodbyes. And you - are the last of my old-time friends. Polexia - Polexia went to England with Deep Purple. Can you believe that? Even Sapphire went someplace else.
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Jeff Bebe [Reading the fact-checkers notes] Rock and roll can change the world? The chicks are great? I look like a dick!
Russell Hammond [Under his breath] You are a dick.
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Dennis Hope Welcome to New York! It's okay to be nervous. You should be nervous. All you can do is be yourself and leave a pint of blood on that stage.
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Alison the Fact Checker He's just some fan. What do you expect?
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Young William And what about Boo?
Elaine Miller What about Boo? I think that Boo Radley is one of the most interesting characters in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
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Penny Lane We don't have intercourse with them. We *inspire* the music. We're here - because of the music.
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Russell Hammond Come on, man. Come on. Come on. Come on. Let's go find something *real*.
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Penny Lane Speaking of the world... I've made a decision. I'm gonna live in Morocco for one year. I need a new crowd.
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Reg All right. So we owe you $50 and a case of Heineken. All right.
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Dennis Hope We all have our roots. I believe in bands holding on to their roots. Those roots need to be augmented. Your manager here needs a manager.
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Penny Lane Here's the thing about Russell. He's my last project. I only do this for a very few people, and I think we should do it together. Because all the guys are good, but he could be great.
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