1 00:00:50,830 --> 00:00:52,385 Q-U ... 2 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:54,554 ... A-R ... 3 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:59,426 ... A-N-T ... 4 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:06,700 Quarantine. 5 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:10,370 Q-U-A-R ... 6 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,909 ... A-N-T ... 7 00:01:16,643 --> 00:01:19,145 ... I-N-E. 8 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:21,314 Quarantine. 9 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:23,830 You know the cholera? 10 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:24,784 Yes, Mother. 11 00:01:24,951 --> 00:01:27,854 You've seen the signs on the houses where the coloreds live? 12 00:01:28,210 --> 00:01:29,689 Yes, Mother. 13 00:01:29,856 --> 00:01:31,157 You know the typhus? 14 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,360 I do, Mother. 15 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:38,331 You know what they can do to you? 16 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:40,700 Yes, Mother. 17 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:46,973 You are not safe. 18 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:57,617 You may be directing this movie, but what you're asking, we can't do. 19 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:00,653 Don't tell me it can't be done. 20 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:04,557 The gyro forces are too much. You send these planes into barrel rolls ... 21 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:08,228 ... they won't make it. - It's the climax of the picture. Make it work. 22 00:02:08,395 --> 00:02:10,897 Decrease the vertical trajectory if you have to. 23 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:13,566 A "Le Rhône" rotary won't stall at 60 degrees. 24 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:17,337 We're still short two cameras. We need to cut that sequence down -- 25 00:02:17,504 --> 00:02:20,874 We're not cutting. I'll get those cameras. Set up for rehearsals. 26 00:02:21,410 --> 00:02:23,810 I'm Noah Dietrich. Your office said I'd find you here. 27 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:26,112 Dietrich. You're a man on the come. 28 00:02:26,279 --> 00:02:30,116 I read your résumé, talked to your references. Know what I'm looking for? 29 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:33,319 You're looking for a second-in-command at Hughes Tools. 30 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:36,222 Someone to oversee the financial aspects of the business. 31 00:02:36,423 --> 00:02:39,159 I'm looking for somebody to run it and do a good job. 32 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:41,628 There's only one thing you've gotta know. 33 00:02:41,795 --> 00:02:44,597 My folks, they're gone now. So it's my money. 34 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:48,501 What I do with that money may seem crazy to those sons of *****es in Houston. 35 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:52,238 I'm sure it does, but it all makes good sense to me. You got that? 36 00:02:52,405 --> 00:02:54,207 - Got it. - Good. 37 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:57,477 Now, you made, what, $5200 a year at your last job? 38 00:02:57,644 --> 00:03:01,514 - I'll pay you $10,000. - I guess I'll be working twice as hard. 39 00:03:01,681 --> 00:03:05,285 You'll be working four times as hard. I just got you at half price. 40 00:03:05,452 --> 00:03:06,953 - Welcome aboard. - Thank you. 41 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,289 You're my voice now. Make them understand that. 42 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:13,626 Some of those folks still call me Junior. You tell them it's "Mr. Hughes" now. 43 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:15,862 You bet. So when do we go to Houston? 44 00:03:16,290 --> 00:03:19,332 We don't. Cholera epidemic in 1913. Two thousand dead. 45 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:21,534 Whole place is nothing but pestilential swamp. 46 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:25,805 Typhus, malaria, cholera, yellow fever. You name it, they got it. 47 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:27,440 You see that, Mr. Dietrich? 48 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:32,479 You are looking at the largest private air force in the entire world. 49 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:34,681 What do you think of that, now? 50 00:03:36,116 --> 00:03:37,650 It's your money. 51 00:03:37,817 --> 00:03:40,253 Start them up! 52 00:05:06,106 --> 00:05:09,943 I saw the rough cut of the new Tod Browning movie, London After Midnight. 53 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:11,911 Lon Chaney is incredible. 54 00:05:12,780 --> 00:05:14,414 It's his best performance in a long time. 55 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:16,916 It's gonna be a big hit. The cards are great. 56 00:05:17,830 --> 00:05:18,485 It's supposed to be -- 57 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:21,121 Hello, Mr. Mayer. 58 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:24,290 I don't know if you remember me. My name's Howard Hughes. 59 00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:26,826 I was wondering if I could have a moment. 60 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:30,300 - Oh, Howard Hughes. The airplane picture? - Exactly. 61 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:32,532 - I remember. - Hell's Angels. You heard of it. 62 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:33,933 - Good. - Yes. 63 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:36,903 I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time. 64 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:38,371 I need a few cameras. 65 00:05:39,205 --> 00:05:42,208 - Yeah? - Yeah, two, to be exact. 66 00:05:43,109 --> 00:05:47,147 I bought every camera I could find. We're shooting our big dogfight sequence. 67 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:50,750 I need two more. Desperately. You think MGM could help me out? 68 00:05:51,170 --> 00:05:52,285 With what? 69 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:55,255 - Cameras. - Oh, with the actual cam -- 70 00:05:55,422 --> 00:05:58,625 We're not usually in the practice of helping out competition. 71 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:01,895 - No. No. - So how many cameras do you have now? 72 00:06:02,620 --> 00:06:03,463 Twenty-four. 73 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:08,601 You ...? Wait a minute. 74 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:12,739 - You have 24 cameras? - That's right. 75 00:06:12,906 --> 00:06:15,475 - And you need --? You need two more? - Yeah. 76 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:19,279 - You don't think you got it with 24? - No. No, sir. 77 00:06:19,446 --> 00:06:22,820 You know, I think -- I think we've got them all ... 78 00:06:22,248 --> 00:06:24,651 Don't we have them ...? They're all used, right? 79 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:27,120 - All 26 of them. - I only need two, sir. 80 00:06:27,287 --> 00:06:29,155 - Jesus Christ, sonny. - Howard. 81 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:31,991 Howard. Let me give you a little advice, huh? 82 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:34,227 - Take your oil money -- - Drill bits. 83 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:37,497 All right, take your drill-bit money and put it in the bank. 84 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:40,333 If you continue making the movie the way you are ... 85 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:42,769 ... there isn't gonna be a distributor ... 86 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:45,905 ... you won't find anybody who wants to see the movie ... 87 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,742 ... and you're not gonna have any more oil money. 88 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:51,945 So welcome to Hollywood. 89 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:55,482 Yeah. Well, I'll be sure to remember that, Mr. Mayer. 90 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:57,484 - Good luck. - All right. 91 00:06:57,650 --> 00:07:00,820 He needs 26 to make it work? He's out of his mind. 92 00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:10,897 I looked down at my pants. It was a strange situation. 93 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:15,502 Boss. Scram, love boat, let's go. 94 00:07:16,703 --> 00:07:19,739 - Another soda. You know what I mean. - Milk. In the bottle. 95 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:22,876 - With the cap still on. - Okay, what did His Highness say? 96 00:07:23,430 --> 00:07:26,246 Son of a ***** won't part with a single goddamn camera. 97 00:07:26,413 --> 00:07:28,948 Why don't you try and make do with what you have. 98 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:32,285 What I have isn't enough, John, not for how I see it. 99 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:33,953 Look. 100 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,240 My name depends on this picture. If it doesn't work, I'm back to Houston ... 101 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,994 ... making goddamn drill bits for the rest of my life. 102 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:43,329 Can't you do it with the cameras you have? 103 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:46,266 You ought to hear about what's going on with DeMille. 104 00:07:46,433 --> 00:07:50,704 He's shooting his Bible picture. He's gotta do a crucifixion in Fresno. 105 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:52,105 Johnny. 106 00:07:52,272 --> 00:07:54,374 - A bunch of tractors -- - Johnny. 107 00:07:54,541 --> 00:07:56,710 - You're a press agent, are you not? - Yeah. 108 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:58,978 You're supposed to know the ins and outs? 109 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:00,413 - Absolutely. - Do you? 110 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:01,815 Yeah, absolutely. 111 00:08:01,981 --> 00:08:04,170 Then you leave the big ideas ... 112 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:06,786 ... to me. - Oh, yeah. Of course, boss. 113 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,688 Cigar, cigarettes, Sen-Sen? 114 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,991 I thought you were at the Brown Derby ... 115 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:13,893 ... with Trixie. No, Theresa. 116 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,628 - Margaret. - Margaret. Exactly. 117 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,897 What happened to Margaret? She lost her -- 118 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:19,599 Thank God that's settled. 119 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:22,902 Oh, I'm sorry. Thelma, this is Howard Hughes. 120 00:08:23,690 --> 00:08:27,730 Howard and I were discussing how he wants me to pull a camera out of my ***. 121 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:31,711 - Cigarette? - Oh, no, thanks. I don't smoke. 122 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:37,817 Boy, you are just hitting on all six cylinders, aren't you? 123 00:08:37,984 --> 00:08:39,853 My God. 124 00:08:40,487 --> 00:08:42,655 Would you do me a favor and just ...? 125 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:45,492 Would you just smile for me one time? Just once? 126 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:51,398 Yeah. Yeah. You see, you got a short upper lip. 127 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:53,566 Makes for a much nicer smile. 128 00:08:58,738 --> 00:09:02,308 See, I wonder what gives a beautiful woman like you pleasure. 129 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:06,146 I mean, say you're just standing there, right? And I just touch you. 130 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:08,314 Just -- Just like this. 131 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:10,316 With my fingertips. 132 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:12,686 Do you --? Do you like that? 133 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:15,422 Do you? 134 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:23,463 You see, I wanna learn what pleases you. 135 00:09:24,664 --> 00:09:27,701 I wanna learn everything about you. 136 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,903 Would you let me do that? 137 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:32,272 Would you give me that job? 138 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:39,379 I'm off in a half an hour. 139 00:09:41,810 --> 00:09:43,817 - Well, I'm in room -- - 217. 140 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:45,919 217. 141 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:49,789 See you there. 142 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,629 Johnny, get on the horn to Universal and Warners. 143 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:58,665 I need two more cameras by Saturday. 144 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:01,568 Rent them if you can. Steal them if you have to. 145 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:04,404 Absotively, boss. 146 00:10:04,871 --> 00:10:06,106 Absotively. 147 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:10,543 Rumors coming from a lonely airstrip out in Van Nuys. 148 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:13,980 Sources whisper that young Texas industrialist Howard Hughes ... 149 00:10:14,147 --> 00:10:16,583 ... won't stop pouring money into his war epic. 150 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:18,151 And do we mean epic! 151 00:10:18,318 --> 00:10:21,154 One hundred and thirty-seven pilots, 87 airplanes ... 152 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:25,692 ... 35 cameramen, 2000 extras. How long will it be before this picture ... 153 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:28,128 ... ends up costing as much as the real war? 154 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,497 Damn it. Why the hell do they look so slow? 155 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:34,267 This isn't what it was like up there. They look like goddamn models! 156 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,770 Son of a *****. 157 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,780 Howard? 158 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:53,253 Without something standing still behind the planes ... 159 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:55,989 ... we've got no idea of how fast we're moving. 160 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:58,992 We got no sense of relative motion. 161 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,829 Call UCLA. Get me the best meteorologist they got. 162 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:05,650 You get him here in an hour, all right? 163 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:11,237 Hey. You want the good news or the bad news? 164 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:12,972 - Bad news, always. - All right. 165 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:16,309 We installed the 450 radial. Struts won't take the vibration. 166 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:20,313 Minute we fire her up, the struts start cracking at the attach points. 167 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:23,283 - Well, what's the good news? - There isn't any. 168 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:27,287 Goddamn it, Odie. If the 450's too big, we figure something else out. 169 00:11:27,454 --> 00:11:30,390 We've done everything. We've rebuilt her from top to toe. 170 00:11:30,590 --> 00:11:32,359 If we drain the fuel tank ... 171 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:36,196 ... she might make 180 miles per hour. - I want minimum 200, all right? 172 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:39,232 I want a date with Theda Bara. That ain't gonna happen. 173 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:41,334 Oh, don't be so sure. 174 00:11:41,668 --> 00:11:45,538 If the struts won't sustain the engine we need, we gotta get rid of the struts. 175 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,774 No, then the top wing falls off. 176 00:11:50,477 --> 00:11:52,450 Then let it. 177 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:53,980 What? 178 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:57,317 Who says we need a top wing? 179 00:11:57,484 --> 00:11:59,586 I mean, who says we need anything? 180 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:04,157 - A monoplane. - A cantilevered monoplane, right? 181 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:07,527 They're doing it in France. To hell with the top wing and struts. 182 00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:10,130 - A 550 Wasp engine. - One-hundred-octane fuel. 183 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:13,566 - That would give us a horsepower of what? - Seven hundred. 184 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:19,239 We squeeze that to a thousand, we got the fastest plane ever built. 185 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:23,576 You know, I've gotta say ... 186 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:27,447 ... we've already spent over $200,000 rebuilding this plane. 187 00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:30,483 To hell with it. 188 00:12:31,618 --> 00:12:32,986 Tear it up, Odie. 189 00:12:33,153 --> 00:12:34,487 Go on. 190 00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:39,492 Well ... 191 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:46,166 The cumulonimbus formations about which you speak ... 192 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,736 ... that look like ... 193 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:53,606 I want clouds, damn it. 194 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:55,575 Yes, clouds ... 195 00:12:59,713 --> 00:13:03,249 ... cannot exactly be guaranteed for any particular occasion. 196 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,485 So you might have to ... 197 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:08,154 To wait. 198 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,192 Then we'll wait. 199 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:15,495 Look, whatever they pay you at UCLA ... 200 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:19,265 ... I'm doubling it, all right? You work for me now. Find some clouds. 201 00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:22,102 Find some clouds. 202 00:13:22,769 --> 00:13:24,537 Find me some clouds! 203 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:26,906 Welcome to Hell's Angels. 204 00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:31,311 Thank you. 205 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:43,456 I've been to Chatsworth, Santa Cruz, Encino, San Diego ... 206 00:13:43,623 --> 00:13:47,494 ... Riverside, Van Nuys and Bakersfield. It has been eight months! 207 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,462 Where are my goddamn clouds, huh? 208 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:51,931 They move, Mr. Hughes! 209 00:13:52,980 --> 00:13:53,433 Clouds move. 210 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,690 - That's what they do. They move! - You see that? 211 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:59,939 It is costing me $5,271 a day ... 212 00:14:00,106 --> 00:14:04,477 ... to keep those planes on the ground. You find me some goddamn clouds, huh? 213 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:13,453 Nice day. 214 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:15,822 Yeah, very funny. 215 00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:18,892 I got a call from Houston. They're getting nervous. 216 00:14:19,590 --> 00:14:20,994 Stop showing them the damn bills. 217 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:22,529 That would be illegal. 218 00:14:22,696 --> 00:14:24,931 Shit, no. Maybe it's a little bit naughty. 219 00:14:25,980 --> 00:14:29,200 Hughes Tool is incorporated in Texas. They have to see the bills. 220 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,940 Incorporate a new division out here. We'll call it Hughes Aircraft. 221 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:38,645 - Do we need these rivets on the cowling? - Yeah, or the reverse thrust would rip it off. 222 00:14:38,812 --> 00:14:41,514 They're gonna give me drag. Do something about that. 223 00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:43,983 - Wind resistance on rivets? - I want her slippery. 224 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:47,153 There are tax consequences to incorporating in California. 225 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,823 - Just take care of it, would you? - Mr. Hughes! 226 00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:51,791 Oakland! 227 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:54,994 - We have clouds in Oakland! - You mean it this time? 228 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:56,696 Yes! 229 00:14:56,863 --> 00:14:59,999 Goddamn it, yes. I can promise you. 230 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:03,403 - Clouds in Oakland. - All right, don't get all jittery now. 231 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:07,741 Oakland! 232 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:11,144 We're going to Oakland! Oakland. 233 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,916 Down and to the left! 234 00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,874 That's perfect! 235 00:16:22,882 --> 00:16:25,585 The price tag? A staggering $2 million. 236 00:16:25,752 --> 00:16:28,254 If every human being in America buys a ticket ... 237 00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:30,190 ... he might even make a profit. 238 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:36,596 First, clouds don't come. 239 00:16:36,763 --> 00:16:39,165 Then planes break down. Then the planes crash. 240 00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:43,903 We've had everything but a plague of locusts on this thing. 241 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:45,438 I mean, you have to admit. 242 00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:49,609 Now, honestly, did you ever think you'd actually finish the damn thing? 243 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:53,179 Come with me. 244 00:16:55,810 --> 00:16:58,351 Mama, darling, if I'm a success in this show ... 245 00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,587 ... we're gonna move from here. - Oh, no. 246 00:17:00,754 --> 00:17:02,722 Yes. We're gonna move up in the Bronx. 247 00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:04,958 Green grass, a lot of people you know. 248 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,861 The Ginsbergs, the Guttenbergs and the Goldbergs. 249 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,663 Oh, a whole lot of "bergs." I don't know them all. 250 00:17:11,297 --> 00:17:15,680 See, this is what the people want. Silent pictures are yesterday's news. 251 00:17:15,235 --> 00:17:18,204 So I figure we gotta re-shoot Hell's Angels for sound. 252 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,175 How much of it? 253 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,611 All of it. Before you ask, I'll tell you. 254 00:17:24,778 --> 00:17:27,647 An additional 1.7 million. We got that much? 255 00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:32,180 - No! - Well, we'll make it. 256 00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:33,920 Take care of that, would you? 257 00:17:34,870 --> 00:17:35,422 Now, get this. 258 00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:47,667 In the halls of 7000 Romaine ... 259 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:50,270 ... it goes on day after day, month after month. 260 00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:54,140 Howard Hughes is now editing some 25 miles of film. 261 00:17:55,508 --> 00:18:00,146 Heck, I say release it now and give the world its first 560-hour movie. 262 00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:04,551 Pat, Mr. Hughes needs this reel in the projection room right now! 263 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,200 Enough is enough, Mr. Hughes. 264 00:18:07,187 --> 00:18:10,390 Are you ever gonna let us actually see this epic of yours? 265 00:18:10,557 --> 00:18:12,580 Hurry up! 266 00:18:33,130 --> 00:18:34,414 - Who is it? - Noah. 267 00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:36,249 Come on in. 268 00:18:37,851 --> 00:18:40,420 I've been on the phone to Houston for three hours. 269 00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:43,590 - We're fixing every goddamn book we have. - Wait, wait. 270 00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:47,927 Yeah. Run reel 10 again. I think we're duplicating a shot here. 271 00:18:48,940 --> 00:18:51,931 And tell Jimmy I want 10 chocolate chip cookies, all right? 272 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:54,968 Medium chips, none too close to the outside. 273 00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:56,636 Got it? 274 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:59,139 You remember that goddamn shot from reel 10? 275 00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:01,875 No. I don't remember anything from reel 10. 276 00:19:02,420 --> 00:19:04,210 I don't know what reel 10 is. 277 00:19:04,377 --> 00:19:07,681 I'm a businessman, Howard. And so are you. 278 00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:09,649 Now, look. 279 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:11,251 This has been a great ride. 280 00:19:11,418 --> 00:19:13,353 We've had a hell of a lot of fun. 281 00:19:13,753 --> 00:19:17,424 But you're losing $25,000 a day doing this. 282 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,626 Every day. 283 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:28,100 So, what are my options? 284 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:32,339 Well, this time I don't know that you have any. 285 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:34,941 I'm afraid you gotta close it down. 286 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,310 Dig your way out. 287 00:19:43,983 --> 00:19:45,985 I'm sorry, Howard. 288 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,355 I truly am. 289 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:57,297 Reel 10, Mr. Hughes. 290 00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:05,338 Mortgage Tool Co. 291 00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:11,344 - Every asset. You heard me. - If you do that, you could lose everything. 292 00:20:11,511 --> 00:20:13,790 Well, I won't. 293 00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:17,684 I won't. 294 00:20:19,185 --> 00:20:20,954 All right. 295 00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:23,790 I'll get into it. 296 00:20:25,191 --> 00:20:26,726 Thanks, Noah. 297 00:21:01,795 --> 00:21:05,498 More than half a million souls lining the curb of Hollywood Boulevard. 298 00:21:05,665 --> 00:21:07,333 Look at the automobiles! 299 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:11,338 There are 45,000 cars here, making it the greatest traffic jam ever seen. 300 00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:13,940 Howard Hughes must have a lump in his throat. 301 00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:18,178 Six months after the stock market crashes and after three pilots' deaths ... 302 00:21:18,345 --> 00:21:21,348 ... he's finally unveiling his $4 million baby doll. 303 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:25,819 It's the most expensive movie ever made. Nothing five-and-dime for our Mr. Hughes. 304 00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:29,255 Nothing like tonight has ever been seen before, and I can say ... 305 00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:31,910 ... it will never be seen again. 306 00:21:31,257 --> 00:21:35,261 Five hundred thousand people are crowding the streets to get a glimpse of the stars. 307 00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:38,131 Three companies of Marines were called to assist ... 308 00:21:38,298 --> 00:21:41,735 ... the 250 special police who are handling this enormous crowd -- 309 00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:43,436 This is an industry town. 310 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:46,506 And nobody but nobody makes a movie outside a studio. 311 00:21:46,673 --> 00:21:50,176 Some Hollywood insiders over at the Brown Derby may be laughing ... 312 00:21:50,343 --> 00:21:51,811 And now, I think ... 313 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:54,814 Yes, yes, I can see Mr. Hughes' car arriving now. 314 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,917 Mr. Hughes escorts the lovely starlet Jean Harlow. 315 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,880 He discovered her for this picture, and we think her platinum blond locks ... 316 00:22:02,255 --> 00:22:06,526 ... and hot-jazz, baby-doll style are gonna make her a big star. 317 00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:17,771 Howard! Howard! 318 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:26,179 Over here! 319 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:36,956 - This way, boss. Right over there. - Mr. Hughes, how about a word? 320 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:39,626 Big night for you, Mr. Hughes. 321 00:22:41,561 --> 00:22:44,164 Big night for you tonight. 322 00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:46,666 Very big. Very big. 323 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:50,537 Tell us what it was like making this fabulous picture. 324 00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:54,174 Yes. 325 00:22:54,341 --> 00:22:55,709 Yeah. 326 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,511 So 4 million clams from your own pocket. 327 00:22:58,678 --> 00:23:00,347 Nervous how the flick will fly? 328 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:07,187 Big night. You enjoy the show. 329 00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:13,590 Yes, well, let me present the feminine star of this spectacle, Hell's Angels ... 330 00:23:13,226 --> 00:23:15,829 ... Miss Jean Harlow. - Thank you. 331 00:23:16,290 --> 00:23:18,965 I would like to use this occasion to thank Mr. Hughes ... 332 00:23:19,132 --> 00:23:22,435 ... for the opportunity he gave me. Thank you. 333 00:23:22,602 --> 00:23:25,972 Thank you! Now I'd like to ask Roscoe Arbuckle ... 334 00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:29,109 ... to introduce his pet lion cub, Gilmore. 335 00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:31,945 What's the matter with you? Can't remember my name? 336 00:23:32,112 --> 00:23:36,820 I'm sorry. Roscoe Turner, and this would be Gilmore. 337 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:20,860 It's going! It's going! 338 00:24:22,529 --> 00:24:25,932 Murder! That's what this dirty, rotten politician war is, murder! 339 00:24:26,990 --> 00:24:27,567 You know it as well as I do. 340 00:25:05,305 --> 00:25:06,873 Stand up, slim, take a bow. 341 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,722 Reel four played too long. Too many coughs. 342 00:25:22,889 --> 00:25:26,860 Get the team out of the party and to the office. I wanna cut a few shots. 343 00:25:27,270 --> 00:25:29,262 Oh, find Glenn. Somebody write this down. 344 00:25:29,429 --> 00:25:30,663 Flush rivets. Got that? 345 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:32,499 - Flush rivets. - Flush rivets. 346 00:25:32,665 --> 00:25:34,234 Lickety-split, boss. 347 00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:36,102 Here he is! Here he is! 348 00:25:38,171 --> 00:25:40,400 Variety says, "This one won't miss!" 349 00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:43,510 - Magnificently photographed! - Awesome beyond description! 350 00:25:43,677 --> 00:25:47,247 The most extraordinary output to emerge from a motion-picture studio. 351 00:25:47,414 --> 00:25:50,350 Not for a long time have I seen anything as enthralling. 352 00:25:50,517 --> 00:25:53,553 It costs 4 million dollars and has 4 million thrills! 353 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,220 - Majestically ... - Most epic picture of its time! 354 00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:54,381 A lighter shade. I don't want to look like Boris Karloff. 355 00:26:54,547 --> 00:26:56,182 If you know what I mean. 356 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,220 I read in the magazines that you play golf. 357 00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:03,857 On occasion. 358 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,259 Well, how about nine holes? 359 00:27:08,361 --> 00:27:10,497 Now, Mr. Hughes? 360 00:27:11,164 --> 00:27:13,933 If it would be convenient, Miss Hepburn. 361 00:27:36,456 --> 00:27:39,926 You're not extending enough on your follow-through. 362 00:27:40,930 --> 00:27:42,996 Follow-through is everything in golf, just like life. 363 00:27:43,196 --> 00:27:44,497 Don't you find? 364 00:27:44,664 --> 00:27:46,666 Saw your Scarface picture. 365 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:48,168 - Violent. - Realistic. 366 00:27:48,335 --> 00:27:50,670 Movies are movies, Howard. Not life. 367 00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:52,505 Now the stage. 368 00:27:52,672 --> 00:27:53,940 The stage is real. 369 00:27:54,107 --> 00:27:58,111 Real flesh and blood. Human beings right out there in front of you, buster. 370 00:27:58,278 --> 00:28:01,214 Can't look away. Can't munch popcorn. That would be rude. 371 00:28:01,381 --> 00:28:02,682 Do you like the theater? 372 00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:05,485 - No. - Oh, I adore the theater. 373 00:28:05,652 --> 00:28:07,787 Only alive on-stage. I'll teach you. 374 00:28:07,987 --> 00:28:11,891 We'll see some Ibsen. If the Republicans haven't outlawed him by now. 375 00:28:12,580 --> 00:28:15,950 You're not a Republican, are you? How did you vote in '32? 376 00:28:15,261 --> 00:28:18,732 - Well, I didn't. - You must! It's your sacred franchise. 377 00:28:22,602 --> 00:28:25,338 Heard you were wooing Ginger Rogers. What about that? 378 00:28:25,505 --> 00:28:27,841 She's just a friend. 379 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:29,709 Men can't be friends with women. 380 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:31,978 They must possess them or leave them be. 381 00:28:32,145 --> 00:28:35,248 It's a primitive urge from caveman days. It's all in Darwin. 382 00:28:35,415 --> 00:28:40,754 Hunt the flesh, kill the flesh, eat the flesh. That's the male *** all over. 383 00:28:41,421 --> 00:28:42,789 Excuse me? 384 00:28:43,590 --> 00:28:46,593 Well, if you're deaf, you must own up to it. 385 00:28:46,860 --> 00:28:48,795 Get a hearing aid. Or see my father. 386 00:28:48,962 --> 00:28:52,632 He's a urologist, but it's all tied up inside the body, don't you find? 387 00:28:52,966 --> 00:28:54,434 Me, I keep healthy. 388 00:28:54,601 --> 00:28:56,736 I take seven showers a day to keep clean. 389 00:28:56,903 --> 00:29:00,206 Also because I am what's so vulgarly referred to as "outdoorsy." 390 00:29:00,373 --> 00:29:04,377 I'm not outdoorsy. I'm athletic. I sweat. 391 00:29:04,544 --> 00:29:07,347 There it is. Now we both know the sordid truth. 392 00:29:07,514 --> 00:29:09,983 I sweat and you're deaf. 393 00:29:10,150 --> 00:29:13,190 Aren't we a fine pair of misfits? 394 00:29:16,556 --> 00:29:18,425 Three. 395 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:27,801 Noble effort. 396 00:29:30,170 --> 00:29:32,839 So I suppose you're wooing me now? 397 00:29:33,506 --> 00:29:35,508 Oh, well. 398 00:29:54,561 --> 00:29:56,620 Not enough. 399 00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:59,666 Not enough. These rivets have to be completely flush. 400 00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:02,736 I want every screw and joint countersunk. 401 00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:05,772 I want no wind resistance on the fuselage. 402 00:30:05,939 --> 00:30:08,208 She has got to be clean, Odie. 403 00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:10,176 - Clean. Understand? - Okay, Howard. 404 00:30:10,343 --> 00:30:12,145 I don't know what else to tell you. 405 00:30:13,179 --> 00:30:16,750 - What do you got for me? - The thing is, TWA needs a new plane. 406 00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:19,552 - A modern plane. - Oh, yeah? What kind of plane? 407 00:30:19,719 --> 00:30:21,955 Okay. The DC-3 has 21 daytime seats ... 408 00:30:22,122 --> 00:30:24,557 ... and 14 overnight berths. - Something bigger? 409 00:30:25,892 --> 00:30:28,261 Try 50 seats with a ceiling of 12,000 feet. 410 00:30:28,428 --> 00:30:30,663 No. No, 20,000. 411 00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:33,166 Think about it. What does 20,000 feet give you? 412 00:30:33,333 --> 00:30:35,935 - Less turbulence. - Because it's above the weather. 413 00:30:36,102 --> 00:30:38,471 Jack, we wanna fly above the weather. 414 00:30:38,638 --> 00:30:42,175 Only 1 percent of the American population has set foot on an airliner. 415 00:30:42,342 --> 00:30:45,145 Why? Because they're scared to death. They should be. 416 00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:47,881 I mean, 7000 feet is bumpy as shit. You know that. 417 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,550 We build a plane that flies above the weather ... 418 00:30:50,717 --> 00:30:54,521 ... we could get every man, woman and child in this country to feel safe. 419 00:30:54,688 --> 00:30:59,192 An airplane with the ability to fly into the sub-stratosphere across the country. 420 00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:01,194 Across the world. 421 00:31:01,361 --> 00:31:03,430 Now that is the future. 422 00:31:03,830 --> 00:31:05,980 - You with me? - Yeah. 423 00:31:05,265 --> 00:31:09,169 I don't wanna get into this if your board doesn't have the balls for it. 424 00:31:09,336 --> 00:31:11,671 - Would they support us? - I don't know. 425 00:31:11,838 --> 00:31:14,400 - What's your financial picture? - Not great. 426 00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:16,376 - Last year's deficit? - 770,000. 427 00:31:16,543 --> 00:31:19,279 - What's it selling at? - About 8 dollars a share. 428 00:31:19,446 --> 00:31:21,181 That's the lowest it's been, huh? 429 00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:24,584 I could do that. 430 00:31:24,751 --> 00:31:26,252 - Do what? - Buy it. 431 00:31:26,419 --> 00:31:29,890 - You wanna buy the airline? - For crying out loud ... 432 00:31:29,255 --> 00:31:33,193 ... we don't want pencil pushers getting in the way of us making our plane. 433 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,163 Give me brass tacks, now. What does controlling interest in TWA cost me? 434 00:31:38,164 --> 00:31:39,599 Call it 15 million. 435 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,170 That is a chunk of change, huh? 436 00:31:47,607 --> 00:31:49,442 You call Noah Dietrich. 437 00:31:49,609 --> 00:31:51,544 You have him start buying. 438 00:31:51,711 --> 00:31:53,130 Howard, hold on. 439 00:31:53,179 --> 00:31:56,182 Are you sure? You wanna think about it for five minutes? 440 00:31:56,349 --> 00:32:00,186 Hell, Jack, I got a tiger by the tail here. I ain't gonna let it go. 441 00:32:09,290 --> 00:32:10,730 Good evening, Mr. Hughes. 442 00:32:10,897 --> 00:32:13,266 Welcome. Your table is ready. 443 00:32:14,434 --> 00:32:15,969 How goes the aviation? 444 00:32:16,136 --> 00:32:19,105 - Oh, just fine, Pete. - I'm so glad. 445 00:32:21,441 --> 00:32:22,776 Good evening, Mr. Hughes. 446 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:24,177 - Madame. - It's "miss." 447 00:32:24,344 --> 00:32:26,746 Miss. The usual, Mr. Hughes? 448 00:32:26,946 --> 00:32:29,490 - Please. - May I recommend for the lady ... 449 00:32:29,215 --> 00:32:32,719 ... our clementine soup followed by roast duck with currant glaze ... 450 00:32:32,886 --> 00:32:35,855 ... and poached pears in rose sauce. It's truly divine. 451 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:37,524 Yeah. That sounds fine. 452 00:32:39,693 --> 00:32:42,429 Your kind of joint, is it? 453 00:32:43,563 --> 00:32:45,131 Wouldn't have thought. 454 00:32:45,298 --> 00:32:48,501 They're open late. I go to a hot-dog stand on "La Cienega" too. 455 00:32:48,668 --> 00:32:51,338 - They're open till about 4. - Are they? 456 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:55,175 How marvelous. 457 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,692 Howard! Howard! 458 00:33:13,626 --> 00:33:16,396 Hi! Son of a gun. 459 00:33:16,563 --> 00:33:20,400 Kate, this is Johnny Meyer. I suppose you could call him my press agent. 460 00:33:20,567 --> 00:33:22,836 - Pleased to meet you. Loved Alice Adams. - You're too kind. 461 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:25,672 - I'm sure you know Errol, right? - Mr. Flynn. Yes. 462 00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:30,710 Kate. Kate. Kate of the clenched-jawed Hepburns. Enchanting as always. 463 00:33:30,877 --> 00:33:33,580 You should use Lux on your hands, by the way. I do. 464 00:33:33,747 --> 00:33:35,915 You and Howard ought to cook up a picture. 465 00:33:36,820 --> 00:33:38,651 Co-star with Errol. I could sell that in spades. 466 00:33:38,818 --> 00:33:41,210 That would be marvelous. Howard? 467 00:33:41,588 --> 00:33:45,358 I think not. Don't you read Variety, Mr. Meyer? 468 00:33:45,525 --> 00:33:49,195 Well, I'm box-office poison. I'm on the outs, the skids, the doldrums. 469 00:33:49,362 --> 00:33:52,732 Washed-up, day-old fish not worth the eating, so they tell me. 470 00:33:52,899 --> 00:33:56,736 Hell with them. Hell with them, my dear. Soulless pricks to a man, right? 471 00:33:56,903 --> 00:34:00,940 Johnny tells me you're thinking about doing a Western, of all goddamn things. 472 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:07,747 Are you making a Western, Howard? 473 00:34:07,981 --> 00:34:10,717 Yeah. Making a Western. I'm gonna call it The Outlaw. 474 00:34:10,884 --> 00:34:13,530 Yeah. And you know what it's about? S-E-X. 475 00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:15,922 - It's all about S-E-X. - It's a Western. 476 00:34:16,890 --> 00:34:19,250 You can't have fornication in a Western. It isn't done. 477 00:34:19,192 --> 00:34:20,960 It's not real ***, it's movie ***. 478 00:34:21,127 --> 00:34:24,798 What Scarface did for the gangster picture, The Outlaw will do for the Western. 479 00:34:24,964 --> 00:34:27,834 Put the *** and guts and blood up there on the screen. 480 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:30,300 - Have you seen my cigarettes? - Don't mind us. 481 00:34:30,170 --> 00:34:33,606 New York cut steak, 12 peas, bottle of milk with the cap on. 482 00:34:33,773 --> 00:34:37,100 - You can't afford your own cigarettes? - Jack has all my money. 483 00:34:37,177 --> 00:34:41,481 I hope your food isn't getting cold at your table somewhere or something. 484 00:34:41,648 --> 00:34:43,917 No, no. We're here all night. Don't worry. 485 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:49,622 Now, Howard. Now, Howard. If you're seriously talking about putting carnality ... 486 00:34:49,789 --> 00:34:54,461 ... back on the silver screen, you must swear to let me in on the casting session. 487 00:34:57,597 --> 00:35:02,469 - I have an eye for talent. Isn't that right? - You ought to give up prancing in tights ... 488 00:35:02,635 --> 00:35:06,206 ... be a talent scout. - That prancing paid for my new yacht. 489 00:35:06,373 --> 00:35:09,843 You must all come sailing with me. Catalina. What do you say? 490 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:13,179 - Catalina. Sounds grand. Yeah. - I've even managed to coax ... 491 00:35:13,346 --> 00:35:17,217 ... the luscious Miss De Havilland and her equally luscious sister to come. 492 00:35:17,384 --> 00:35:22,255 Though I fear their mother will insist on coming, to preserve their questionable virtue. 493 00:35:22,422 --> 00:35:26,626 We shall assault these twin monuments of pristine Britannic beauty nonetheless. 494 00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:28,862 - What do you say, Howard? - Yeah? 495 00:35:29,262 --> 00:35:31,431 - Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah? 496 00:35:35,735 --> 00:35:37,300 I gotta go. 497 00:35:37,904 --> 00:35:41,441 If you'll excuse us, we have -- We have to be somewhere. 498 00:35:41,775 --> 00:35:44,210 You are somewhere, Howard, you madman. 499 00:35:44,377 --> 00:35:47,414 - Somewhere else. Excuse us. - Charmed, gentlemen. 500 00:35:47,580 --> 00:35:51,217 Do help yourself to the poached pears. I hear they're divine. 501 00:35:51,851 --> 00:35:54,621 Well. Howard Hughes, ladies and gentlemen. 502 00:35:55,522 --> 00:35:56,856 Was that meant for me? 503 00:35:57,230 --> 00:36:00,360 My hero. God, all that Hollywood talk bores me silly. 504 00:36:00,527 --> 00:36:03,496 As if there aren't more important things, like Mussolini. 505 00:36:03,663 --> 00:36:07,600 - Where are we going, by the way? - Do you feel like a little adventure? 506 00:36:07,767 --> 00:36:09,669 Do your worst, Mr. Hughes. 507 00:36:09,836 --> 00:36:14,400 - Think you own this place, you limey bastard? - I'm a Tasmanian bastard, you prick. 508 00:36:14,207 --> 00:36:16,643 - Thataway, Errol. - Let me at him! 509 00:36:50,176 --> 00:36:52,879 That's Mr. Mayer's house right there. 510 00:36:53,460 --> 00:36:54,981 Do you know where Jack Warner lives? 511 00:37:04,224 --> 00:37:08,280 - What's that on the steering wheel? - Cellophane. 512 00:37:08,194 --> 00:37:12,650 If you had any idea of the crap that people carry around on their hands. 513 00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:14,234 What kind of crap? 514 00:37:14,934 --> 00:37:16,603 You don't wanna know. 515 00:37:21,841 --> 00:37:23,810 Hold on to the wheel for a bit. 516 00:37:31,851 --> 00:37:35,210 That's too hard. Relax your hand. Relax your hand. 517 00:37:40,694 --> 00:37:45,632 You see, you gotta feel the vibration of the engine through your fingertips. 518 00:37:45,799 --> 00:37:48,835 - Do you feel that? - Yes. 519 00:37:51,471 --> 00:37:53,139 Well, that's good. 520 00:37:53,773 --> 00:37:55,475 Golly! 521 00:37:59,846 --> 00:38:01,681 Well, she's all yours. 522 00:38:01,881 --> 00:38:05,552 - Where are you going?! - I think there's some milk back here. 523 00:38:06,553 --> 00:38:09,356 - You just keep us steady, now. - All right. 524 00:38:28,341 --> 00:38:30,176 - Howard. - Yeah? 525 00:38:30,343 --> 00:38:33,313 There's a rather alarming mountain heading our way. 526 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,682 Pull back on the wheel a smidge. Go on. 527 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,890 Golly! 528 00:38:48,628 --> 00:38:53,800 I don't think I've ever met someone who actually uses the word "golly." 529 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:03,510 You all right? Do you want me to take over? 530 00:39:03,677 --> 00:39:05,679 Just when I'm getting the hang of it? 531 00:39:11,170 --> 00:39:14,721 - You want some milk? - Oh, please. 532 00:39:36,643 --> 00:39:38,845 Utterly smashing! We'll do it again. 533 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,182 I'm free Wednesday. It's a little early for golf, though. 534 00:39:42,349 --> 00:39:44,651 Oh, no, no. I live right there. 535 00:39:45,151 --> 00:39:47,687 - Feel like a drink? - Lead on. 536 00:39:48,888 --> 00:39:52,920 Now, that makes for a challenging par four. 537 00:39:52,359 --> 00:39:55,995 My decorator picked out the wallpaper and such. 538 00:39:56,663 --> 00:39:58,732 He's queer as a bedbug. 539 00:39:58,898 --> 00:40:01,634 But I just hate this room. 540 00:40:01,935 --> 00:40:03,770 Gives me the willies. 541 00:40:04,270 --> 00:40:08,341 Like I'm about to be swallowed up by the latest issue of Town & Country. 542 00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:58,792 Keep your eye on the fuel. She's got a minimum to keep her weight down. 543 00:40:58,958 --> 00:41:01,961 Two runs. That's it. After that, you're flying on vapors. 544 00:41:02,128 --> 00:41:04,931 And then you crash and you die. Give her easy flying. 545 00:41:05,980 --> 00:41:08,368 Don't worry about speed and don't think about the record today. 546 00:41:08,568 --> 00:41:12,500 I wish you'd let someone else take her. You've got 20 test pilots. 547 00:41:12,172 --> 00:41:16,509 Hell, why should I let someone else have all the fun? See you in a bit. 548 00:41:37,464 --> 00:41:39,232 Contact! 549 00:43:08,755 --> 00:43:09,956 339. 550 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:13,960 Goddamn! 551 00:43:35,648 --> 00:43:37,183 347. 552 00:43:38,618 --> 00:43:39,919 Son of a *****! 553 00:44:12,252 --> 00:44:14,788 - 352. - 352! 554 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:17,290 Good girl. 555 00:44:27,670 --> 00:44:28,768 Damn it! 556 00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:34,674 Goddamn it! 557 00:44:35,141 --> 00:44:37,344 - Oh, God! - There goes our meal ticket. 558 00:44:37,510 --> 00:44:39,120 Come on! 559 00:45:19,152 --> 00:45:20,553 Howard! 560 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:22,889 - Howard! - How did we do? 561 00:45:23,957 --> 00:45:26,292 352 on the last run. 562 00:45:28,940 --> 00:45:29,729 She'll go faster. 563 00:45:30,296 --> 00:45:31,931 Country mouse! 564 00:45:32,665 --> 00:45:36,102 - Kate! Katie! - Upstairs, city mouse. 565 00:45:39,172 --> 00:45:42,108 Hello. Good Lord, what happened to you? 566 00:45:42,275 --> 00:45:44,477 Oh, nothing. A hard landing. I cut my foot. 567 00:45:44,644 --> 00:45:47,681 Sit down. I'll take care of it. You tell me everything. 568 00:45:47,847 --> 00:45:51,685 You cannot imagine what it was like, Katie. You cannot imagine the speed. 569 00:45:51,851 --> 00:45:55,210 - She was like a winged bullet up there. - What did she make? 570 00:45:55,188 --> 00:45:59,359 Oh, around 352. 571 00:46:06,299 --> 00:46:07,801 You did it! 572 00:46:09,135 --> 00:46:10,970 Fastest man on the planet. 573 00:46:11,137 --> 00:46:14,374 Hot dog! I'm so proud of you. 574 00:46:14,541 --> 00:46:16,543 - She did it, baby. - You knew she would. 575 00:46:16,710 --> 00:46:19,679 Oh, she was fine. She was just fine. 576 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,482 Now let me see your foot. 577 00:46:22,682 --> 00:46:23,983 Yeah. 578 00:46:24,684 --> 00:46:28,254 - Good God! You're covered in blood. - Oh, no. That's just beet juice. 579 00:46:28,421 --> 00:46:30,590 - I crashed into a beet field. - What? 580 00:46:30,757 --> 00:46:32,959 Yeah, I crashed in a beet field. 581 00:46:36,129 --> 00:46:38,264 Let me get you cleaned up. 582 00:46:39,265 --> 00:46:43,803 - Heavens, what is this? Electrical tape? - Yeah. Odie just sort of slammed it on there. 583 00:46:44,804 --> 00:46:49,843 But all I could think about was getting home to see you. 584 00:46:54,547 --> 00:46:57,417 I am so proud of you. 585 00:47:01,955 --> 00:47:04,290 Now, this is gonna sting a little bit. 586 00:47:04,457 --> 00:47:08,294 Oh, this is useless. Come to the bathroom. 587 00:47:09,496 --> 00:47:12,399 - Don't get beet juice on the carpet. - I won't, I won't. 588 00:47:12,565 --> 00:47:15,201 - Too hot! - Don't be a baby. 589 00:47:16,870 --> 00:47:19,706 Was the press there? 590 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:21,941 Some. 591 00:47:22,142 --> 00:47:27,247 But they're calling everyone. Should be on the wires by now. 592 00:47:35,855 --> 00:47:37,424 What is it? 593 00:47:40,126 --> 00:47:41,728 Kate? 594 00:47:44,964 --> 00:47:48,340 I've been famous, for better or worse ... 595 00:47:48,601 --> 00:47:50,537 ... for a long time now ... 596 00:47:50,704 --> 00:47:55,410 ... and I wonder if you know what it ... 597 00:47:55,675 --> 00:47:57,477 ... really means. 598 00:47:58,645 --> 00:48:01,748 Yeah. I had my fair share of press on Hell's Angels. 599 00:48:02,515 --> 00:48:04,317 I'm used to it. 600 00:48:06,252 --> 00:48:07,954 Are you? 601 00:48:11,624 --> 00:48:13,393 Howard, we're ... 602 00:48:16,296 --> 00:48:18,765 We're not like everyone else. 603 00:48:20,767 --> 00:48:25,672 Too many acute angles. Too many eccentricities. 604 00:48:26,473 --> 00:48:29,309 We have to be very careful not to ... 605 00:48:30,643 --> 00:48:34,481 ... let people in, or they'll make us into freaks. 606 00:48:35,648 --> 00:48:40,220 Kate, they can't get in here. We're safe. 607 00:48:41,921 --> 00:48:43,790 They can always get in. 608 00:48:45,959 --> 00:48:49,396 When my brother killed himself ... 609 00:48:50,563 --> 00:48:53,133 ... there were photographers at the funeral. 610 00:48:54,334 --> 00:48:56,603 There's no decency to it. 611 00:49:09,150 --> 00:49:11,840 You know, sometimes I ... 612 00:49:14,788 --> 00:49:16,956 I get these feelings, Katie. 613 00:49:21,961 --> 00:49:24,497 I get these ideas, these ... 614 00:49:27,333 --> 00:49:29,969 ... crazy ideas about ... 615 00:49:32,372 --> 00:49:34,774 ... things that may not ... 616 00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:38,878 Things that may not really be there. 617 00:49:39,546 --> 00:49:41,810 Yeah. 618 00:49:47,754 --> 00:49:50,523 Sometimes I truly fear that I'm ... 619 00:49:52,559 --> 00:49:54,494 ... losing my mind. 620 00:50:02,102 --> 00:50:03,970 And if I did, it would ... 621 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,409 It'd be like flying blind. 622 00:50:17,550 --> 00:50:19,219 You understand? 623 00:50:23,390 --> 00:50:26,159 You taught me to fly, Howard. 624 00:50:29,129 --> 00:50:31,131 I'll take the wheel. 625 00:50:47,470 --> 00:50:51,840 Smashing all records, Howard Hughes outdoes Jules Verne's wildest dreams. 626 00:50:51,384 --> 00:50:54,621 Around the world from New York to New York in four days. 627 00:50:54,788 --> 00:50:57,757 Even beating Wiley Post's mark by over three days. 628 00:50:57,924 --> 00:51:01,127 New aviation history is written when his Lockheed monoplane ... 629 00:51:01,294 --> 00:51:04,297 ... returns swiftly and safely. A daring aviator. 630 00:51:04,764 --> 00:51:07,434 A true pioneer of the world's airways. 631 00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:11,604 From New York to Paris, he cuts Lindbergh's time in half. Then on to Moscow. 632 00:51:11,771 --> 00:51:16,309 Thirty-five hours out of New York, he roars across Siberia's trackless wastes. 633 00:51:16,476 --> 00:51:21,147 Sixty hours out of New York, he heads for Alaska, most hazardous hop of all. 634 00:51:21,314 --> 00:51:23,683 Continuing the terrific pace, he comes home ... 635 00:51:23,850 --> 00:51:26,186 ... bringing new laurels to American aviation. 636 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,790 Howard Hughes and his crew may find more worlds to conquer -- 637 00:51:37,597 --> 00:51:42,135 You won't believe this. It just came over the wires. Hughes has bought control of TWA. 638 00:51:44,871 --> 00:51:47,774 I thought Mr. Hughes was flying around the world. 639 00:51:47,974 --> 00:51:51,344 Apparently he did it while he was flying, over the radio. 640 00:51:58,551 --> 00:52:01,855 I have heard some disquieting rumors about Mr. Hughes. 641 00:52:03,423 --> 00:52:06,826 I'd like to know everything there is to know about Mr. Hughes. 642 00:52:09,295 --> 00:52:11,498 I'd like you to attend to that for me. 643 00:52:12,499 --> 00:52:14,134 Thoroughly. 644 00:52:14,734 --> 00:52:17,137 The Pantages is glittering tonight. 645 00:52:17,303 --> 00:52:20,140 - Howard! - Right over here. This way, over to the left. 646 00:52:20,306 --> 00:52:22,976 - Mr. Hughes, how was your flight? - Miss Hepburn! 647 00:52:23,143 --> 00:52:25,812 - When are you gonna name the day? - Raise your head. 648 00:52:25,979 --> 00:52:28,148 What's the next movie? Give us the scoop. 649 00:52:28,314 --> 00:52:30,984 Right here. How many more records are you gonna set? 650 00:52:31,151 --> 00:52:34,454 Right over here. Come on. Give us a smile. It won't kill you. 651 00:52:34,621 --> 00:52:36,523 - Howard, this way. - Beautiful. 652 00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:39,192 Over here, over here, Mr. Hughes. 653 00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:41,795 When are you gonna fly around the world again? 654 00:52:41,961 --> 00:52:45,965 You gonna fly with Kate next time? Did you get lonely without her? 655 00:52:46,132 --> 00:52:50,170 - Talk to Lindbergh about your flight yet? - Where's Linda Darnell tonight? 656 00:52:50,337 --> 00:52:53,640 - Please, Mr. Hughes. - Right here. Right here, Mr. Hughes. 657 00:52:53,807 --> 00:52:56,309 Are you trying to be more famous than Lindbergh? 658 00:52:57,100 --> 00:53:00,747 You know, fame is supposed to be my turf. 659 00:53:02,982 --> 00:53:04,617 L.B.! 660 00:53:07,253 --> 00:53:10,623 If you don't get more distinguished every time I see you. 661 00:53:10,790 --> 00:53:12,792 You look so beautiful. 662 00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,202 Is that true? 663 00:53:31,110 --> 00:53:32,879 Don't worry about it, Howard. 664 00:53:33,460 --> 00:53:36,716 She's just working the room. It's her job, baby. 665 00:53:39,753 --> 00:53:43,556 Sultry Southern tigress Ava Gardner dazzles the room tonight. 666 00:53:43,723 --> 00:53:45,959 She's the newest star in the MGM galaxy. 667 00:53:46,126 --> 00:53:49,763 And believe you me, she puts the "cheese" in "cheesecake." 668 00:53:51,965 --> 00:53:57,504 Well, Jane Eyre has been selling popcorn for over a hundred years, L.B. 669 00:54:38,211 --> 00:54:42,849 Hello. 670 00:54:48,540 --> 00:54:50,924 Could you reach me a towel? 671 00:54:58,331 --> 00:55:00,100 I ... 672 00:55:01,234 --> 00:55:04,471 I really can't do that. 673 00:55:06,106 --> 00:55:07,640 I'm sorry. 674 00:55:32,432 --> 00:55:36,770 I'm an idiot. I'm a complete idiot, and I'm sorry. 675 00:55:37,103 --> 00:55:40,674 - Forget it. - No, no. I'm a vain, preening *** ... 676 00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:45,845 ... without a single redeeming feature. - That's not true. You have very good teeth. 677 00:55:46,346 --> 00:55:47,814 Come on. 678 00:55:48,682 --> 00:55:53,190 I've got a better idea. Take me flying. Or better yet, I'll take you flying. 679 00:55:53,186 --> 00:55:54,921 Do your worst, Miss Hepburn. 680 00:56:03,997 --> 00:56:07,834 Don't be so squirmy. You're gonna get on famously with Father and Mother. 681 00:56:08,100 --> 00:56:11,638 And I'm sure they'll like you too. Once they get to know you. 682 00:56:19,979 --> 00:56:22,749 - Hello! Hello! - Kath, hello. 683 00:56:22,916 --> 00:56:24,451 Kathy. 684 00:56:27,420 --> 00:56:31,124 - Who's that with the camera right there? - That's my ex-husband, Ludlow. 685 00:56:31,291 --> 00:56:33,593 Father and Mother are just mad about Luddie. 686 00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:38,980 - What the hell's he doing here? - Oh, he's here all the time. 687 00:56:38,965 --> 00:56:40,633 Hello! 688 00:56:42,135 --> 00:56:43,603 Sorry we're late. 689 00:56:43,770 --> 00:56:46,390 - Mom. - Oh. Oh, thank you. 690 00:56:46,206 --> 00:56:47,841 - Dad. - Darling. 691 00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,311 - Uncle Willy. - Oh, who have we got here? 692 00:56:51,478 --> 00:56:54,214 - Don't feel self-conscious. - Hepburns! Hepburns! 693 00:56:54,381 --> 00:56:58,151 Attention, please. This is Howard. 694 00:56:58,418 --> 00:57:00,253 Howard, welcome. 695 00:57:01,588 --> 00:57:03,690 Don't worry, he's had his lunch. 696 00:57:05,291 --> 00:57:07,160 He likes you. That's unusual. 697 00:57:07,327 --> 00:57:10,663 We pay our devotion to the arts here. A colony we created. 698 00:57:10,830 --> 00:57:14,801 Julian's a painter. Abstract, of course. What's the point of painting ... 699 00:57:14,968 --> 00:57:18,338 ... something real when you can just take a picture nowadays? 700 00:57:18,505 --> 00:57:20,974 Where do you stand on politics, Mr. Hughes? 701 00:57:21,441 --> 00:57:23,977 - Excuse me? - We're all socialists here. 702 00:57:24,144 --> 00:57:25,545 We are not. 703 00:57:26,813 --> 00:57:29,382 You've met Mr. Roosevelt. What make you of him? 704 00:57:32,585 --> 00:57:34,621 What are you sniggering at? 705 00:57:34,788 --> 00:57:37,123 - What? What was that? - You just sniggered. 706 00:57:37,924 --> 00:57:40,927 No, no. The dog. It seems to be crushing my feet. 707 00:57:41,940 --> 00:57:43,630 - Oh, my God! - Buster! 708 00:57:43,229 --> 00:57:44,464 Hey. Hey! 709 00:57:46,132 --> 00:57:47,600 Don't you like dogs? 710 00:57:47,767 --> 00:57:50,437 I will not have you sniggering at Mr. Roosevelt. 711 00:57:50,603 --> 00:57:52,305 - Please leave. - No. I wasn't. 712 00:57:52,472 --> 00:57:55,475 - I thought everybody liked dogs. - Perhaps he had a bad experience. 713 00:57:55,642 --> 00:57:58,780 Does it upset you that Howard gets more press? 714 00:57:58,244 --> 00:58:01,414 - A bad experience with a dog? - No, no. 715 00:58:01,581 --> 00:58:06,119 - You are such a shy creature, aren't you? - Perhaps it was a very large dog. 716 00:58:06,286 --> 00:58:10,900 - The press can be a damned nuisance. - Was it a Doberman? 717 00:58:10,256 --> 00:58:13,326 - A Doberman, Mr. Hughes? Or a dachshund? - Neither, sir. 718 00:58:13,493 --> 00:58:17,764 - Dachshunds are little dogs, Hep dear. - They should all be lined up and shot. 719 00:58:17,931 --> 00:58:21,134 - What's that Spanish painting? - The Goya. 720 00:58:21,301 --> 00:58:23,470 Goya. Of course. Yes. 721 00:58:24,137 --> 00:58:27,307 - Yes, Mexican. - What was that called? 722 00:58:27,474 --> 00:58:31,578 Anyway, that's the vulgar press, I'm sure. Do you read much, Mr. Hughes? 723 00:58:33,213 --> 00:58:36,490 I try to stay up to snuff on the trade journals, yeah. 724 00:58:36,216 --> 00:58:40,860 - Snuff? - These would be flying magazines? 725 00:58:41,721 --> 00:58:44,124 - What was that? - Oh, he's a little deaf. 726 00:58:44,290 --> 00:58:47,627 - Pass the goddamn butter, I beg you. - You read flying magazines? 727 00:58:47,794 --> 00:58:50,897 Trade journals. On engineering. Aviation. 728 00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:52,799 We read books. 729 00:58:53,166 --> 00:58:57,470 Howard has to read the trade pieces, Mom, because he's designing a new aeroplane. 730 00:58:57,637 --> 00:58:59,639 Oh, really? Do tell. 731 00:59:02,842 --> 00:59:04,377 Well ... 732 00:59:06,146 --> 00:59:10,817 ... it's quite exciting, actually. It's a spy plane for the Air Corps. 733 00:59:10,984 --> 00:59:13,860 A twin-engine plane with some ... 734 00:59:13,253 --> 00:59:16,256 ... I must admit, some rather unique design features. 735 00:59:16,423 --> 00:59:18,958 You see, it has these two booms at the back -- 736 00:59:19,125 --> 00:59:22,228 Luddie built a birdhouse once. You remember that, dear? 737 00:59:22,462 --> 00:59:25,665 - Yes, well, a mere trifle, darling. - I remember the painting! 738 00:59:25,832 --> 00:59:28,501 The painting, it's called May 18-0-something. 739 00:59:28,668 --> 00:59:31,538 Anyway, Goya's vastly overrated. All the Spaniards are. 740 00:59:31,705 --> 00:59:34,441 - Nonsense! Picasso is sacred. - I'm a urologist. 741 00:59:34,607 --> 00:59:37,477 - I' was quite aesthetic, really. - A sacred monster. 742 00:59:37,644 --> 00:59:40,313 The birds don't care for it much, but the bats do. 743 00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:42,649 - I'll bet. - That's such bunk! 744 00:59:42,816 --> 00:59:46,860 - Do speak up, dear. - Nothing, nothing, Mrs. Hepburn. Nothing. 745 00:59:46,252 --> 00:59:50,123 Why did you speak? I can't abide people who speak but have nothing to say. 746 00:59:50,290 --> 00:59:53,960 Did you go to mechanic school to learn all this airplane guff? 747 00:59:54,127 --> 00:59:55,662 No, no, I didn't, Luddie. No. 748 00:59:55,829 --> 00:59:58,631 Well, Howard just flew round the world in three days. 749 00:59:58,798 --> 01:00:01,701 - I think we've had enough about airplanes. - And dogs. 750 01:00:01,901 --> 01:00:05,638 - Then how did you make all that money? - We don't care about money here. 751 01:00:05,805 --> 01:00:07,774 Well, that's because you have it. 752 01:00:11,745 --> 01:00:13,790 Would you repeat that? 753 01:00:14,414 --> 01:00:17,350 You don't care about money because you've always had it. 754 01:00:17,517 --> 01:00:20,453 - How did you make all that --? - Excuse me, I'm speaking. 755 01:00:20,620 --> 01:00:21,888 - Okay. - Thank you. 756 01:00:22,550 --> 01:00:23,523 All right. 757 01:00:23,957 --> 01:00:26,393 Some of us choose to work for a living. 758 01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:31,798 Speaking of which, I have more of that airplane guff to attend to. 759 01:00:32,732 --> 01:00:34,300 Excuse me. 760 01:00:41,875 --> 01:00:44,544 Well, seems a rather high-strung chap. 761 01:00:44,978 --> 01:00:47,981 You're a fine bunch of bullies, aren't you? 762 01:00:48,148 --> 01:00:51,451 Have you talked to Mr. Mayer about letting you do Jane Eyre? 763 01:00:51,618 --> 01:00:54,921 The old philistine won't budge. Too arty, don't you know. 764 01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:59,993 I'm convinced the man hasn't read anything longer than a Katzenjammer Kids in his life. 765 01:01:01,394 --> 01:01:04,831 No fair, kicking. You have to use the mallet. 766 01:01:06,633 --> 01:01:10,370 Really, darling, you can't retire from the field of battle like that ... 767 01:01:10,537 --> 01:01:14,700 ... or they'll never respect you. - Katie, I don't understand. 768 01:01:14,341 --> 01:01:16,810 You're like a different person in there. 769 01:01:17,577 --> 01:01:20,380 They just expect me to be a certain way. 770 01:01:22,315 --> 01:01:26,586 There's only one real Kate, and that's your Kate. 771 01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:34,761 Over in Hollywood, aviation tycoon Howard Hughes is cooking up something big. 772 01:01:34,928 --> 01:01:39,432 Even as he edits his new picture, he's been secretly meeting with the U.S. Air Corps. 773 01:01:39,599 --> 01:01:43,136 We applaud his patriotism and look forward to his newest marvel. 774 01:01:43,303 --> 01:01:46,706 You know how many Allied ships we lost because of U-boat attacks? 775 01:01:46,873 --> 01:01:49,900 - No. - Six hundred and eighty-one ships ... 776 01:01:49,175 --> 01:01:53,813 ... just this year so far. The Army needs a new airplane to fly the troops to Europe. 777 01:01:53,980 --> 01:01:57,450 These ships, they're sitting ducks for the U-boats. 778 01:01:57,650 --> 01:02:01,287 - You wanna build a troop-carrier plane? - Stop thinking like an insect. 779 01:02:01,454 --> 01:02:04,391 Not just to carry troops, a plane to carry everything. 780 01:02:04,557 --> 01:02:08,795 The troops and the jeeps and the tanks and whatnot. Here, take a look. 781 01:02:10,230 --> 01:02:12,650 No. Other side. 782 01:02:14,968 --> 01:02:18,505 I figure around 200 feet from nose to tail. Wingspan, around 300. 783 01:02:18,672 --> 01:02:21,274 We're gonna need about 24,000 horsepower. 784 01:02:22,542 --> 01:02:25,645 Now, this is just what Kaiser and the Army are looking for. 785 01:02:25,812 --> 01:02:29,315 - They're gonna pay for it this time. - What are you getting us into? 786 01:02:29,482 --> 01:02:32,352 Well, it's a big plane, so I'm calling it The Hercules. 787 01:02:32,852 --> 01:02:34,387 Swell name, isn't it? 788 01:02:34,788 --> 01:02:37,957 - How heavy you imagine this thing is? - Say around 200 tons. 789 01:02:46,266 --> 01:02:49,736 Every night, the lucky guy escorts a different beautiful woman ... 790 01:02:49,903 --> 01:02:51,805 ... to a different dazzling event. 791 01:02:51,971 --> 01:02:56,643 The TWA king always talks up his airline as he escorts a succession ... 792 01:02:58,945 --> 01:03:01,470 The Hercules, ladies and gentlemen. 793 01:03:01,214 --> 01:03:02,716 The Hercules. 794 01:03:02,882 --> 01:03:06,820 A plane, a boat, a flying city. 795 01:03:06,986 --> 01:03:10,423 Don't forget, every bill comes to me. They don't pay for anything. 796 01:03:10,590 --> 01:03:14,600 Those men decide whether to fund the plane, so I need them happy. 797 01:03:14,394 --> 01:03:16,696 - You do what it takes. - You betcha, boss. 798 01:03:17,630 --> 01:03:19,399 How are the girls in the bomb department? 799 01:03:23,570 --> 01:03:26,639 I don't think the Air Corps men will have trouble scoring. 800 01:03:26,806 --> 01:03:30,477 - Good. - And inside, 700 brave American soldiers ... 801 01:03:30,643 --> 01:03:35,148 ... a dozen Sherman tanks all winging their way over the Atlantic ... 802 01:03:35,315 --> 01:03:37,717 ... free from the threats of the U-boats below. 803 01:03:37,884 --> 01:03:42,222 Could Jules Verne himself have ever imagined anything so magnificent? 804 01:03:42,389 --> 01:03:46,359 Could he have imagined her mammoth wingspan, longer than a football field? 805 01:03:46,593 --> 01:03:48,361 Don't you see how this demeans me? 806 01:03:48,528 --> 01:03:50,830 Since when do you care about scandal rags? 807 01:03:51,310 --> 01:03:54,300 Every time there's a picture of you with another woman, it's a slap in the face. 808 01:03:54,467 --> 01:03:57,437 - Don't you understand that? - Well, that's overstating it. 809 01:03:57,604 --> 01:04:00,940 Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Linda Darnell, Joan Fontaine ... 810 01:04:01,107 --> 01:04:04,100 ... and now Bette Davis, for God's sake. 811 01:04:05,879 --> 01:04:11,510 Look, they're Cracker Jack candy, honey. They don't mean anything to me. 812 01:04:11,217 --> 01:04:14,187 Oh, very nice. 813 01:04:15,855 --> 01:04:18,725 You're the one that said that all men are predators. 814 01:04:18,892 --> 01:04:21,795 I mean, it's all in Darwin, remember? 815 01:04:22,128 --> 01:04:25,732 And am I to expect this behavior to continue after the wedding? 816 01:04:25,899 --> 01:04:27,967 What is really bothering you, Kate? 817 01:04:28,134 --> 01:04:31,404 Is it the women or the publicity? 818 01:04:36,643 --> 01:04:40,880 Can't you eat ice cream from a bowl like everyone else in the world? 819 01:04:47,987 --> 01:04:51,558 Don't you dare. 820 01:05:03,236 --> 01:05:04,471 Yeah. 821 01:05:05,638 --> 01:05:09,209 No, Odie, this is not a good time. 822 01:05:09,476 --> 01:05:13,646 For chrissakes, we can't make The Hercules if we don't have any aluminum. 823 01:05:13,813 --> 01:05:15,382 Wait. 824 01:05:15,548 --> 01:05:18,651 I can hear you better now. Tell the War Production Board ... 825 01:05:18,818 --> 01:05:22,220 ... that this is an essential strategic operation. 826 01:05:22,188 --> 01:05:26,726 If they're giving aluminum to Boeing, they can give some to Hughes Aircraft. 827 01:05:26,893 --> 01:05:29,896 Don't set the ice cream -- 828 01:05:30,630 --> 01:05:34,401 We gotta think of something else. If we can't get aluminum, we'll find another way. 829 01:05:34,834 --> 01:05:38,171 You tell me. We'll find some alloy that works just as well. 830 01:05:38,438 --> 01:05:41,410 Right. Look ... 831 01:05:41,207 --> 01:05:45,378 - If we can't get aluminum, we'll use wood. - You can't make a plane out of wood. 832 01:05:45,545 --> 01:05:48,480 Why not? The damn thing is a flying boat, right? 833 01:05:48,214 --> 01:05:50,216 - What do they use to make boats? - Oak. 834 01:05:50,383 --> 01:05:53,319 And think of The Hercules like a flying Spanish galleon. 835 01:05:53,486 --> 01:05:56,256 Spanish galleons can weigh 1,200 tons. 836 01:05:57,123 --> 01:05:58,958 Good luck today. 837 01:05:59,526 --> 01:06:02,862 We just have to find the right wood. Something light but strong. 838 01:06:03,290 --> 01:06:05,799 - Morning, Kate. - Pine, cedar, maybe birch. 839 01:06:16,309 --> 01:06:17,877 Catch. 840 01:06:21,815 --> 01:06:23,583 From my farm. 841 01:06:24,184 --> 01:06:26,753 If you like it, I can get you a bushel. 842 01:06:39,566 --> 01:06:42,100 Trouble with Mr. Hughes? 843 01:06:47,374 --> 01:06:51,845 There's too much Howard Hughes in Howard Hughes. 844 01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:55,715 That's the trouble. 845 01:07:08,862 --> 01:07:10,630 Beautiful. 846 01:07:12,599 --> 01:07:14,000 Don't you take Christmas off? 847 01:07:15,335 --> 01:07:18,104 Nice to see you. Sorry, I've got grease on my hands. 848 01:07:18,271 --> 01:07:20,807 Have we got something to show you. 849 01:07:25,178 --> 01:07:29,883 Take a look. The XF-11 reconnaissance flier. Spy plane, really. 850 01:07:30,850 --> 01:07:33,553 Designed every inch of her myself. 851 01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:35,722 She's got a top speed of 450 ... 852 01:07:35,889 --> 01:07:38,725 ... which means she can outrun anything they throw against her. 853 01:07:38,892 --> 01:07:41,961 After the Japs stole my H-1 design for their Zeros ... 854 01:07:42,128 --> 01:07:44,297 ... I needed to do them one better. 855 01:07:45,398 --> 01:07:48,568 Yeah, she's my Buck Rogers ship. 856 01:07:48,735 --> 01:07:50,737 She's a looker. 857 01:07:51,404 --> 01:07:53,600 Okay, what do you got for me? 858 01:08:00,447 --> 01:08:02,682 Jiminy Cricket. 859 01:08:02,849 --> 01:08:06,519 Seating capacity for 60. Wingspan, 123 feet. 860 01:08:06,686 --> 01:08:10,560 Four Double Cyclone engines. Her ceiling's 25,000 feet. 861 01:08:10,223 --> 01:08:13,426 - Gross weight? - 86,000, wing loading of 41 pounds. 862 01:08:13,593 --> 01:08:16,396 So less drag on the plane in thinner air. 863 01:08:16,563 --> 01:08:20,660 So high-cruise power, you're looking at a top speed of around 340. 864 01:08:21,101 --> 01:08:24,671 Giving her a range of about 3000 miles. 865 01:08:25,839 --> 01:08:28,341 - Cross-country. - Non-stop. 866 01:08:29,642 --> 01:08:31,211 Bob ... 867 01:08:31,378 --> 01:08:34,547 ... you know something? You are a son of a *****. 868 01:08:45,458 --> 01:08:48,962 Yeah. Bob, you got something on your suit. 869 01:08:50,563 --> 01:08:51,998 Yeah. 870 01:08:52,399 --> 01:08:54,901 On your lapel. You got something on your lapel. 871 01:08:58,400 --> 01:08:59,873 Right there, Bob. 872 01:09:01,641 --> 01:09:03,209 You missed it. Right there. 873 01:09:05,512 --> 01:09:07,380 Clean it off, would you? 874 01:09:07,547 --> 01:09:10,500 Here. Thanks. 875 01:09:13,319 --> 01:09:14,721 No, throw it away. 876 01:09:18,758 --> 01:09:20,193 No, over there. 877 01:09:26,666 --> 01:09:30,503 Thanks. So, what do you call her? 878 01:09:30,670 --> 01:09:32,839 The Constellation, but we can change that. 879 01:09:33,600 --> 01:09:34,641 No, no. 880 01:09:34,808 --> 01:09:37,844 It's pretty. I like her. 881 01:09:38,812 --> 01:09:40,880 So, what kind of deal can you give me? 882 01:09:41,470 --> 01:09:42,882 What kind of deal can you give me? 883 01:09:43,490 --> 01:09:45,352 The first 40 planes off the assembly line. 884 01:09:45,518 --> 01:09:48,540 That should give us about two years' exclusivity. 885 01:09:48,221 --> 01:09:49,522 Hell, more than that. 886 01:09:49,689 --> 01:09:53,693 United and American don't have the imagination for a plane like this. 887 01:09:53,860 --> 01:09:56,429 Two years ahead of Juan Trippe, then. 888 01:10:01,468 --> 01:10:02,736 How much? 889 01:10:02,902 --> 01:10:05,380 Four hundred and fifty thousand each. 890 01:10:05,905 --> 01:10:08,708 So that's 18 million for the first 40. 891 01:10:09,676 --> 01:10:12,712 Hell, TWA can't afford that. The damn airline's flat broke. 892 01:10:16,883 --> 01:10:19,386 Guess I'll just have to pay for them myself. 893 01:10:20,253 --> 01:10:23,356 Build them, Bob. Send the bill to Noah Dietrich. 894 01:10:23,523 --> 01:10:25,580 Oh, and thank you. 895 01:10:28,795 --> 01:10:30,630 Merry Christmas. 896 01:10:30,797 --> 01:10:35,268 You've just placed the largest order for airplanes in the history of the damn planet. 897 01:10:35,435 --> 01:10:37,570 Lockheed sent us a bill for $18 million. 898 01:10:37,737 --> 01:10:41,700 Don't get all hysterical on me, Noah. It isn't good for you. 899 01:10:41,174 --> 01:10:44,511 - This is a lot of money for planes. - I know it's a lot of money. 900 01:10:44,678 --> 01:10:48,314 It's too damn much. You think I've got $18 million in petty cash? 901 01:10:48,481 --> 01:10:50,650 I should've told you. It slipped my mind. 902 01:10:50,817 --> 01:10:52,719 - Slipped your mind? Oh, for -- - Right. 903 01:10:52,886 --> 01:10:56,356 - I'll get back to you. Bye. - How could $18 million slip your mind? 904 01:10:57,223 --> 01:11:00,393 Hey, honey. What are you doing home? 905 01:11:04,798 --> 01:11:07,634 You're not one for tears, and, well ... 906 01:11:07,801 --> 01:11:12,380 ... neither am l, so it's best to come out with it. 907 01:11:15,175 --> 01:11:19,379 I've met someone. I've fallen in love and I'm moving out. 908 01:11:22,150 --> 01:11:26,753 If I could make it any more gentle, I would. 909 01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:31,240 But I can't, so ... 910 01:11:32,580 --> 01:11:33,927 ... there we both are. 911 01:11:37,564 --> 01:11:39,399 Let's be honest. 912 01:11:39,566 --> 01:11:44,700 It's all been a grand adventure, but it couldn't possibly last. 913 01:11:44,237 --> 01:11:47,107 We're too alike, you and I. 914 01:11:50,210 --> 01:11:51,544 You met someone? 915 01:11:51,711 --> 01:11:55,648 Someone more appropriate. To me, I mean. 916 01:11:58,351 --> 01:12:01,321 What does that mean, "more appropriate"? 917 01:12:01,721 --> 01:12:05,792 Someone more attuned to my needs. 918 01:12:06,359 --> 01:12:08,261 Look at me, Katie. 919 01:12:08,428 --> 01:12:10,330 Stop acting. 920 01:12:10,764 --> 01:12:13,566 I'm not acting. 921 01:12:18,171 --> 01:12:20,807 I wonder if you even know anymore. 922 01:12:25,712 --> 01:12:27,914 Don't be unkind. 923 01:12:30,650 --> 01:12:32,352 You ...? 924 01:12:33,687 --> 01:12:35,210 You wanna go? 925 01:12:38,625 --> 01:12:40,260 Go on. 926 01:12:40,860 --> 01:12:43,963 Actresses are cheap in this town, darling. 927 01:12:44,130 --> 01:12:46,733 - And I got a lot of money. - This is beneath you. 928 01:12:46,900 --> 01:12:49,335 No, no, this is exactly me. 929 01:12:49,502 --> 01:12:54,641 You tell me you're leaving me, and you have the nerve to expect graciousness? 930 01:12:55,108 --> 01:12:57,110 I expect a little maturity. 931 01:12:57,277 --> 01:13:00,180 I expect you to face the situation like an adult who -- 932 01:13:00,347 --> 01:13:02,649 Don't talk down to me! 933 01:13:02,816 --> 01:13:05,819 Don't you ever talk down to me! You are a movie star. 934 01:13:05,985 --> 01:13:07,554 Nothing more. 935 01:14:20,660 --> 01:14:22,462 - Penney's isn't open. - Oh, shit. 936 01:14:22,629 --> 01:14:25,565 - It's 2 in the morning. - Yeah, that's right. 937 01:14:25,732 --> 01:14:28,468 Well, first thing tomorrow, then, all right? 938 01:14:28,635 --> 01:14:31,705 I need two new suits off the rack. One light and one dark. 939 01:14:31,871 --> 01:14:35,750 Three white shirts and three pairs of white tennis shoes. Got that? 940 01:14:35,241 --> 01:14:37,210 - Yeah. - No, no. 941 01:14:37,377 --> 01:14:39,212 - Make it Woolworth's. - Woolworth's. 942 01:14:39,379 --> 01:14:41,948 No, no, Penney's. Penney's. 943 01:14:42,115 --> 01:14:43,883 All right. 944 01:14:44,584 --> 01:14:47,354 I'll get into it as soon as I can, Howard. 945 01:14:47,687 --> 01:14:50,256 - All right? - Noah, do you have a recorder? 946 01:14:50,957 --> 01:14:54,160 - No. - Are you recording this conversation? 947 01:14:54,327 --> 01:14:56,730 - No. - Okay. 948 01:14:56,896 --> 01:14:58,732 I trust you. 949 01:14:59,733 --> 01:15:03,103 - Howard -- - I need those suits first thing tomorrow. 950 01:15:03,303 --> 01:15:06,740 - All right. - Wait. Did I say Penney's or Woolworth's? 951 01:15:06,906 --> 01:15:09,576 - Penney's. - Better make it Sears. 952 01:15:09,743 --> 01:15:12,245 All right, then, Sears. 953 01:15:15,810 --> 01:15:17,250 I'm sorry, honey. 954 01:15:18,451 --> 01:15:20,754 If I don't answer, he'll just call back. 955 01:15:42,575 --> 01:15:45,612 Stop there, if you please, Miss Domergue. 956 01:15:51,484 --> 01:15:53,420 Have you had surgery, Miss Domergue? 957 01:15:55,255 --> 01:15:56,756 No. 958 01:15:57,590 --> 01:16:00,660 Do you have scars of any kind? 959 01:16:02,620 --> 01:16:03,563 No. 960 01:16:05,231 --> 01:16:07,367 Wipe off your lipstick. 961 01:16:11,905 --> 01:16:13,206 That's much better. 962 01:16:14,774 --> 01:16:19,713 Now, you understand that you'd be under contract to me? Personally. 963 01:16:20,613 --> 01:16:22,248 Do you know what that means? 964 01:16:31,910 --> 01:16:32,859 Now turn around for me. 965 01:16:41,134 --> 01:16:42,602 Very nice. 966 01:16:43,737 --> 01:16:45,605 You move well. 967 01:16:48,441 --> 01:16:50,410 You live with your family, do you? 968 01:16:52,545 --> 01:16:54,114 Yes. 969 01:16:54,581 --> 01:16:56,116 That's nice. 970 01:16:57,450 --> 01:16:59,252 Tell me something. 971 01:17:00,587 --> 01:17:02,989 How old are you, Miss Domergue? 972 01:17:05,959 --> 01:17:07,761 Fifteen. 973 01:17:11,131 --> 01:17:12,298 Holy Mother of God. 974 01:17:31,718 --> 01:17:35,488 Well, a car picks me up every morning at 8, and off I go. 975 01:17:35,655 --> 01:17:38,692 I'm getting my high school diploma. 976 01:17:38,858 --> 01:17:41,561 Howard thinks that education is important. 977 01:17:41,761 --> 01:17:44,130 - That's right. - And then, after classes ... 978 01:17:44,297 --> 01:17:47,867 ... I'm off for elocution and grooming and fittings. 979 01:17:48,340 --> 01:17:49,836 Well, blow me down. 980 01:17:51,370 --> 01:17:53,239 Pan Am's working out of the Cocoanut Grove? 981 01:17:53,406 --> 01:17:55,375 - Hello, Jack. - Hello, Juan. 982 01:17:55,542 --> 01:17:57,243 Helen, good to see you. 983 01:17:57,410 --> 01:17:59,913 - How are you, Howard? - Good, thanks. 984 01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:01,915 - This is Faith Domergue. - Sit down. 985 01:18:02,820 --> 01:18:03,917 - Pleasure. - What are you doing here? 986 01:18:04,840 --> 01:18:06,920 Well, I'm out to meet with Douglas about the DC-4. 987 01:18:07,870 --> 01:18:10,924 It's our new plane, and it is gonna be a pip, let me tell you. 988 01:18:11,910 --> 01:18:14,294 - How's the Constellation coming? - Good. 989 01:18:14,594 --> 01:18:15,862 Great. 990 01:18:17,230 --> 01:18:19,733 So how about letting me steal a peek? 991 01:18:21,735 --> 01:18:23,703 I don't think so. 992 01:18:23,870 --> 01:18:26,906 I should be cross with you. You stole Ray Loewy from us. 993 01:18:27,707 --> 01:18:31,244 - He's doing our interior design. That's right. - He was doing ours. 994 01:18:33,747 --> 01:18:35,482 So ... 995 01:18:36,490 --> 01:18:38,485 ... what are your colors? - Stop fishing. 996 01:18:40,253 --> 01:18:42,756 So you have buttons ... 997 01:18:42,922 --> 01:18:44,324 ... or zippers? 998 01:18:44,758 --> 01:18:46,260 I'm sorry? 999 01:18:47,961 --> 01:18:51,865 Buttons or zippers for the drapes on the sleeping berths? 1000 01:18:55,368 --> 01:18:57,370 Zippers. 1001 01:19:05,912 --> 01:19:07,480 Buttons. 1002 01:19:17,157 --> 01:19:20,160 So I suppose you'll be expanding on down to Mexico. 1003 01:19:20,660 --> 01:19:24,197 - Why do you say that? - Well, your range is 3000 miles. 1004 01:19:24,364 --> 01:19:28,468 I'd imagine you'd expand from Los Angeles to Mexico and South America. 1005 01:19:28,635 --> 01:19:30,770 Hey, that's a good idea. Anyone got a pen? 1006 01:19:30,937 --> 01:19:33,730 Or across the Atlantic. 1007 01:19:36,760 --> 01:19:37,977 You've had enough of this ice cream. 1008 01:19:38,178 --> 01:19:41,748 You give me that spoon. You don't wanna get your gloves all sticky. 1009 01:19:43,717 --> 01:19:45,585 Isn't that too far? 1010 01:19:50,590 --> 01:19:52,492 New York ... 1011 01:19:52,659 --> 01:19:54,694 ... to Newfoundland ... 1012 01:19:55,395 --> 01:19:56,663 ... to Ireland. 1013 01:20:01,901 --> 01:20:03,503 To Paris. 1014 01:20:10,610 --> 01:20:12,245 Well ... 1015 01:20:12,779 --> 01:20:14,914 ... Pan Am welcomes you. 1016 01:20:15,810 --> 01:20:16,916 We're overbooked as it is. 1017 01:20:17,830 --> 01:20:20,687 It's such a burden doing it all on your own, let me tell you. 1018 01:20:20,854 --> 01:20:22,922 So when's the Connie gonna be ready? 1019 01:20:23,890 --> 01:20:25,759 - Next year maybe. DC-4? - Next year. 1020 01:20:25,925 --> 01:20:29,620 Well, we look forward to her then. 1021 01:20:29,629 --> 01:20:31,364 And I to the Connie. 1022 01:20:33,233 --> 01:20:36,870 I've ordered the next 40 after you. 1023 01:20:37,700 --> 01:20:38,872 - It's Miss ...? - Domergue. 1024 01:20:39,390 --> 01:20:42,409 Yes, of course. Now, was that a rumba or a samba you were doing? 1025 01:20:42,842 --> 01:20:45,578 - I' was a samba. - A samba, yes. 1026 01:20:45,745 --> 01:20:48,982 Howard, I never knew you were such a good dancer. 1027 01:20:49,949 --> 01:20:51,785 Helen, Jack. 1028 01:20:53,620 --> 01:20:56,423 Good going. You gave away our entire postwar strategy. 1029 01:20:56,589 --> 01:21:01,610 - He can't stop us. - He's Pan Am. He can stop anything. 1030 01:21:03,630 --> 01:21:04,898 Give me the largest Scotch you got. 1031 01:21:05,650 --> 01:21:08,668 I don't know what in the hell you're so damn giddy about. Excuse me. 1032 01:23:00,613 --> 01:23:02,820 Jack. 1033 01:23:02,248 --> 01:23:05,852 Get in touch with Joyce and Berg. Those are my boys in Washington. 1034 01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:09,422 Set up a meeting with Jones, secretary of commerce, old golfing buddy. 1035 01:23:09,589 --> 01:23:12,525 - Slow down. - We'll need terminals in Ireland and France. 1036 01:23:12,692 --> 01:23:14,160 I wanna get some tax breaks. 1037 01:23:14,327 --> 01:23:17,997 If that *** thinks he owns the world, he's got another thing coming. 1038 01:23:18,164 --> 01:23:21,340 Pan Am owns Europe. We ought to think about Mexico. 1039 01:23:21,201 --> 01:23:25,271 To hell with Mexico. No airline should have a monopoly on flying the Atlantic. 1040 01:23:25,438 --> 01:23:28,742 It just isn't fair. He owns Pan Am, he owns Congress. 1041 01:23:28,908 --> 01:23:32,746 He owns the Civil Aeronautics Board, but he does not own the sky. 1042 01:23:32,912 --> 01:23:35,582 We're in a street fight with that son of a *****. 1043 01:23:35,749 --> 01:23:39,419 I've been fighting high-hat Ivy League pricks like him my whole life. 1044 01:23:39,586 --> 01:23:43,189 And listen, fire Ray Loewy. You goddamn heard me? Fire Ray Loewy. 1045 01:23:43,356 --> 01:23:46,760 He's spying for Trippe. That shitheel knew all about the buttons. 1046 01:23:46,926 --> 01:23:48,895 Spies in my midst, Jack. 1047 01:23:49,562 --> 01:23:51,398 Spies in my midst. 1048 01:24:05,812 --> 01:24:08,748 - Hello, Howard. - Roland. 1049 01:24:10,617 --> 01:24:12,185 So ... 1050 01:24:12,385 --> 01:24:13,920 ... what can I do for you? 1051 01:24:17,900 --> 01:24:21,610 I want all the pictures you have of Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. 1052 01:24:21,261 --> 01:24:24,798 All the negatives. And I want you to kill the story. 1053 01:24:24,964 --> 01:24:28,334 Howard, he's a married man. He's a Catholic. 1054 01:24:28,501 --> 01:24:30,737 They're movie stars. Fair game all around. 1055 01:24:39,245 --> 01:24:41,414 My office knows where I am, Howard. 1056 01:24:42,415 --> 01:24:45,251 I'm not gonna kill you, Roland. 1057 01:24:45,418 --> 01:24:47,320 I don't do that. 1058 01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:54,694 - How much? - Not for sale. 1059 01:24:57,964 --> 01:24:59,532 How much? 1060 01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:03,570 Not for sale. 1061 01:25:06,906 --> 01:25:09,900 You ever cheat on your wife, Roland? 1062 01:25:10,777 --> 01:25:13,246 You ever screw a colored girl? 1063 01:25:13,913 --> 01:25:17,830 You ever steal anything? You ever hurt anyone? 1064 01:25:19,252 --> 01:25:21,870 Good night, Howard. 1065 01:25:21,454 --> 01:25:24,424 You ever go to a Communist Party meeting, Roland? 1066 01:25:34,234 --> 01:25:36,403 TWA stock. 1067 01:25:37,404 --> 01:25:38,705 How much? 1068 01:25:40,273 --> 01:25:41,741 Fifty thousand shares. 1069 01:25:42,409 --> 01:25:43,877 Ten. 1070 01:25:46,913 --> 01:25:48,248 All right. 1071 01:25:51,384 --> 01:25:53,186 This isn't gonna be that easy. 1072 01:25:53,586 --> 01:25:56,956 He's been making big contributions on both sides of the aisle. 1073 01:25:57,123 --> 01:26:00,593 And Jack Frye is out there lobbying everybody in town. 1074 01:26:00,760 --> 01:26:03,897 The French and British ambassadors are lined up on his side. 1075 01:26:05,231 --> 01:26:08,401 I'm telling you, TWA is serious about going international. 1076 01:26:08,568 --> 01:26:10,203 Okay. 1077 01:26:10,370 --> 01:26:12,272 Point, Mr. Hughes. 1078 01:26:12,672 --> 01:26:16,343 I think it's time for you to introduce the community airline bill ... 1079 01:26:16,509 --> 01:26:18,440 ... on the floor of the Senate. 1080 01:26:19,450 --> 01:26:21,815 - Is it done? - My people are finishing it right now. 1081 01:26:21,981 --> 01:26:26,519 I also have to get you on the committee investigating the national defense. 1082 01:26:28,955 --> 01:26:32,250 On the committee or chairman? 1083 01:26:32,359 --> 01:26:35,280 I could be much more effective as chairman. 1084 01:26:35,195 --> 01:26:38,965 It's a great public platform. You know, it generates a lot of press. 1085 01:26:39,132 --> 01:26:42,569 - Wasn't Truman chairman of that committee? - Yeah, right. 1086 01:26:42,736 --> 01:26:45,171 He's vice president. Look what he did with it. 1087 01:26:45,338 --> 01:26:47,407 No, I think ... 1088 01:26:48,740 --> 01:26:50,430 I think chairman. 1089 01:26:50,710 --> 01:26:52,112 What do you think? 1090 01:26:54,147 --> 01:26:56,750 - Chairman. That is interesting. - Yeah. 1091 01:26:56,916 --> 01:27:00,420 Let me show you these specs for the DC-4. 1092 01:27:00,653 --> 01:27:04,124 Ava, what do you think about Trans World Airlines? 1093 01:27:04,290 --> 01:27:06,826 Transcontinental and Western doesn't fit anymore. 1094 01:27:06,993 --> 01:27:09,863 We're international, we need a name that reflects that. 1095 01:27:10,300 --> 01:27:12,732 Trans World is good. Kind of peppy. 1096 01:27:12,899 --> 01:27:15,402 TWA, right? 1097 01:27:15,568 --> 01:27:18,371 That way you don't need to repaint any of the planes. 1098 01:27:18,538 --> 01:27:20,707 That's you. Always pinching pennies. 1099 01:27:21,875 --> 01:27:23,877 Hand me my wrap. 1100 01:27:33,253 --> 01:27:35,755 I have something for you. 1101 01:27:37,230 --> 01:27:38,858 Stay here. 1102 01:27:44,297 --> 01:27:46,966 - What the hell is this? - It's a present. 1103 01:27:47,133 --> 01:27:49,690 Go on, open it. 1104 01:27:50,236 --> 01:27:53,673 Oh, a box of trash. You shouldn't have. 1105 01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:55,542 Keep looking, keep looking. 1106 01:28:00,380 --> 01:28:02,415 It's a Kashmiri sapphire. 1107 01:28:02,615 --> 01:28:05,752 I had my boys all over the damn globe looking for this. 1108 01:28:05,919 --> 01:28:07,187 Why? 1109 01:28:07,354 --> 01:28:08,588 Because. 1110 01:28:08,755 --> 01:28:10,423 Look. 1111 01:28:10,590 --> 01:28:12,625 It matches your eyes. 1112 01:28:12,792 --> 01:28:15,195 I am not for sale. 1113 01:28:15,362 --> 01:28:17,430 For chrissakes, it's just a present. 1114 01:28:17,597 --> 01:28:20,767 You can't buy me, Howard, so stop trying. 1115 01:28:20,934 --> 01:28:24,504 Don't buy me any more diamonds or sapphires or any other damn thing. 1116 01:28:24,671 --> 01:28:27,107 You can buy me dinner. How about that? 1117 01:28:27,841 --> 01:28:29,109 Jesus, Ava. 1118 01:28:30,143 --> 01:28:33,213 It's bad enough I have to endure those gym shoes of yours. 1119 01:28:33,380 --> 01:28:37,500 But I get all dolled up and we go out in this jalopy without a hood. 1120 01:28:38,485 --> 01:28:41,588 Ava, will you marry me? 1121 01:28:41,755 --> 01:28:44,457 - No, Howard. - Well, why not, for heaven's sake? 1122 01:28:44,624 --> 01:28:47,227 In the first place, I don't love you. 1123 01:28:47,394 --> 01:28:49,763 In the second place, I'm still married. 1124 01:28:49,929 --> 01:28:54,601 Look, you got girls stashed all over town. You got a damn harem just at the Bel-Air. 1125 01:28:54,768 --> 01:28:56,736 Marry one of your bungalow girls. 1126 01:28:56,903 --> 01:29:00,674 Those are employees. I won't marry an employee. How would that look? 1127 01:29:08,848 --> 01:29:10,830 What is going on? 1128 01:29:13,420 --> 01:29:16,560 - Oh, my God! - Goddamn it! 1129 01:29:17,691 --> 01:29:18,925 Faith! 1130 01:29:19,726 --> 01:29:21,628 - Faith, what the hell? - Look out! 1131 01:29:21,795 --> 01:29:24,497 Goddamn, what the hell are you doing? 1132 01:29:27,667 --> 01:29:30,437 - Are you okay, lady? - What are you doing with her? 1133 01:29:30,603 --> 01:29:33,273 We are going to dinner. Now, get out of there. 1134 01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:35,442 Get that crazy ***** away from me! 1135 01:29:35,608 --> 01:29:37,210 Don't you love me anymore? 1136 01:29:37,377 --> 01:29:38,945 Course I love you, pork chop. 1137 01:29:39,112 --> 01:29:40,880 Ava, look over here. Howard. 1138 01:29:41,614 --> 01:29:42,882 Hey. 1139 01:29:46,319 --> 01:29:48,922 Juan Trippe is working with Senator Brewster now. 1140 01:29:49,890 --> 01:29:53,426 They're after you. If the community airline bill becomes law, we are finished. 1141 01:29:53,593 --> 01:29:55,729 Pan Am will have a monopoly on international travel. 1142 01:29:55,895 --> 01:29:58,431 Well, how can they justify it? It's un-American. 1143 01:29:58,598 --> 01:30:02,435 Brewster is saying that nationalized foreign carriers, like Air France ... 1144 01:30:02,602 --> 01:30:05,605 ... can offer lower rates because they don't have to compete. 1145 01:30:05,772 --> 01:30:09,109 Let's get rid of competition and have a nationalized airline ... 1146 01:30:09,275 --> 01:30:12,312 ... and why don't we make it Pan Am? - I'm not kowtowing to anyone. 1147 01:30:12,479 --> 01:30:14,781 - Howard, I need you up here. - One sec, Odie. 1148 01:30:14,914 --> 01:30:17,417 Look, we are Trans World Airlines, all right? 1149 01:30:17,584 --> 01:30:21,988 Get me something with a circle or a globe or something round, for God's sake. 1150 01:30:22,155 --> 01:30:23,423 - Speak up. - One cut. 1151 01:30:23,590 --> 01:30:27,761 I don't give a rat's ***. I'm not making a cut. I'll release it without a seal. 1152 01:30:27,927 --> 01:30:29,596 We gotta go public with this. 1153 01:30:29,763 --> 01:30:31,631 I'm gonna talk to Hearst ... 1154 01:30:31,798 --> 01:30:34,968 ... but we gotta get some senators on our side. 1155 01:30:35,135 --> 01:30:37,570 - What do you want me to do? - What Trippe does. 1156 01:30:37,737 --> 01:30:40,440 Offshore operations. See who's up for re-election ... 1157 01:30:40,607 --> 01:30:43,209 ... let's start making donations. - Bribe senators? 1158 01:30:43,643 --> 01:30:46,312 I don't want them bribed. I want it done legally. 1159 01:30:46,479 --> 01:30:49,816 I want them bought. Put a team of investigators on Brewster. 1160 01:30:49,983 --> 01:30:52,318 I need to know everything about that shitbag. 1161 01:30:52,485 --> 01:30:55,388 Where he goes, what he says and who he screws. 1162 01:30:55,555 --> 01:30:57,557 - Get into it right now. - You got it. 1163 01:31:05,198 --> 01:31:06,599 Just give me a second. 1164 01:31:08,935 --> 01:31:11,938 - All right, what do you need? - Rudder and elevators. 1165 01:31:12,605 --> 01:31:14,674 No. These are fine. 1166 01:31:14,841 --> 01:31:18,945 Have Simon and Pete get back to me on the assemblies. We need a secondary system. 1167 01:31:19,112 --> 01:31:20,613 Okay. 1168 01:31:21,448 --> 01:31:24,840 Listen, we need to take another look at the wheel. 1169 01:31:24,250 --> 01:31:27,870 - Jesus. The damn wheel? - Yeah. 1170 01:31:27,253 --> 01:31:28,755 It just doesn't feel right. 1171 01:31:28,922 --> 01:31:32,926 Christ almighty, you've seen 8000 goddamn wheels. Choose one, please. 1172 01:31:33,930 --> 01:31:34,928 - Just one of them. - I know, I know. 1173 01:31:35,950 --> 01:31:37,430 - This one? - I know, this one ... 1174 01:31:37,597 --> 01:31:41,434 This one's pretty close. Pretty close. 1175 01:32:16,200 --> 01:32:17,504 Odie. 1176 01:32:18,405 --> 01:32:20,940 That man sweeping up over there ... 1177 01:32:21,107 --> 01:32:24,177 ... does he work for me? I mean, have you seen him before? 1178 01:32:24,344 --> 01:32:26,913 Name's Nick, something like that. 1179 01:32:29,149 --> 01:32:30,917 Why's he looking at me? 1180 01:32:33,119 --> 01:32:34,521 I don't know. 1181 01:32:36,656 --> 01:32:39,793 Fire him. And make sure they use damp brooms from now on. 1182 01:32:39,959 --> 01:32:43,329 Respiratory diseases are expensive, and I don't want lawsuits. 1183 01:32:43,496 --> 01:32:46,366 But can we at least proceed with the instrument panel? 1184 01:32:46,533 --> 01:32:49,200 - The tool shop's ready. - I wanna see the blueprints. 1185 01:32:49,169 --> 01:32:52,105 Look, Howard, the deadline is now completely unrealistic. 1186 01:32:52,305 --> 01:32:54,841 The war is gonna be over by the time she's done. 1187 01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:59,179 I need you to help consult on vital decisions, and you're off dealing with movies. 1188 01:32:59,346 --> 01:33:02,315 You got 1,000 workers waiting for you to make a decision -- 1189 01:33:02,482 --> 01:33:04,117 Hey, Odie! 1190 01:33:04,284 --> 01:33:06,286 Take it easy, all right. 1191 01:33:06,453 --> 01:33:10,490 You're under pressure, but it's gonna do me no good if you crack up on me. 1192 01:33:11,157 --> 01:33:12,926 All right? Look ... 1193 01:33:13,930 --> 01:33:15,428 ... take a couple of hours off, all right. 1194 01:33:15,595 --> 01:33:17,464 - You just relax a little. - Okay. 1195 01:33:17,864 --> 01:33:19,899 - See your wife. - Okay. 1196 01:33:20,333 --> 01:33:21,668 All right. 1197 01:33:22,535 --> 01:33:25,772 - Be sure to show me all the blueprints. - All right. 1198 01:33:27,407 --> 01:33:32,112 Show me all the blueprints. 1199 01:33:32,278 --> 01:33:35,915 I'm serious, now. Show me all the blueprints. 1200 01:33:37,484 --> 01:33:39,152 Show me all the blueprints. 1201 01:33:39,319 --> 01:33:42,188 - Howard. - Show me all the blueprints. 1202 01:33:42,389 --> 01:33:48,294 Show me all the blueprints. 1203 01:33:48,461 --> 01:33:50,530 I wanna get this done right. 1204 01:33:51,331 --> 01:33:59,172 Show me all the blueprints. 1205 01:33:59,339 --> 01:34:01,241 - Howard. - Show me all the blueprints. 1206 01:34:01,408 --> 01:34:05,780 Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints ... 1207 01:34:32,380 --> 01:34:34,507 Quarantine. 1208 01:34:35,508 --> 01:34:37,210 Q ... 1209 01:34:37,377 --> 01:34:39,346 ... U ... 1210 01:34:39,512 --> 01:34:41,748 ... A ... 1211 01:34:42,382 --> 01:34:44,317 ... R ... 1212 01:34:44,984 --> 01:34:46,953 ... A ... 1213 01:34:47,120 --> 01:34:48,621 ... N ... 1214 01:34:48,788 --> 01:34:50,990 ... T ... 1215 01:34:51,358 --> 01:34:52,959 ... I ... 1216 01:34:53,126 --> 01:34:54,627 ... N ... 1217 01:34:59,532 --> 01:35:01,568 ... E. 1218 01:35:04,504 --> 01:35:06,573 Quarantine. 1219 01:35:44,544 --> 01:35:47,614 General McEwan. Colonel Bertrang. Thanks for coming down. 1220 01:35:47,781 --> 01:35:49,949 Odie, you reading me okay? 1221 01:35:50,116 --> 01:35:51,317 Yeah, you're A-Okay. 1222 01:35:56,990 --> 01:36:00,160 All right, flight controls are active. She's all yours. 1223 01:36:09,690 --> 01:36:11,404 Spotless. No wiggle on the wheel or throttle. 1224 01:36:11,571 --> 01:36:13,406 Take it easy. 1225 01:36:30,423 --> 01:36:33,993 - How does she sound, Howard? - She's whispering to me, buddy. 1226 01:36:34,160 --> 01:36:36,960 All right, make her sing. 1227 01:36:56,950 --> 01:37:00,153 Well, Odie, she can fly. Congratulations. 1228 01:37:00,320 --> 01:37:03,823 I'm glad to hear it. Retract landing gear and climb to 5000 feet ... 1229 01:37:03,990 --> 01:37:05,592 ... on a heading of 2-7-0. 1230 01:37:05,759 --> 01:37:11,631 Retracting landing gear and climbing to 5,000 feet on a heading 2-7-0. 1231 01:37:16,136 --> 01:37:18,338 - She's fast. - What's your air speed? 1232 01:37:18,505 --> 01:37:20,106 292. 1233 01:37:20,340 --> 01:37:23,843 - All right, take her back to 200. - No damn way. 1234 01:37:49,636 --> 01:37:51,337 We gotta bring her home. 1235 01:37:51,504 --> 01:37:53,940 Scheduled time of one hour and 45 minutes has elapsed. 1236 01:37:54,174 --> 01:37:57,770 - Set course for 0-9-0 -- - Ten more minutes. Roger that. 1237 01:37:57,243 --> 01:37:59,813 Negative, Howard. Bring her home. 1238 01:38:00,130 --> 01:38:05,885 Okay. Okay. Setting course for 0-9-0. 1239 01:38:06,586 --> 01:38:08,488 Preparing to descend. 1240 01:38:12,125 --> 01:38:15,362 - Jesus. - What is it, Howard? 1241 01:38:16,663 --> 01:38:20,166 The right wing just dipped. I'm losing starboard engine. 1242 01:38:20,633 --> 01:38:23,236 Increasing power to 2800 rpm. 1243 01:38:23,703 --> 01:38:24,938 Cutting back. 1244 01:38:25,338 --> 01:38:27,240 Increasing starboard engine only. 1245 01:38:28,375 --> 01:38:31,111 Cutting back. I'm losing altitude. 1246 01:38:31,277 --> 01:38:33,813 Check starboard-engine manifold pressure. 1247 01:38:34,714 --> 01:38:38,585 - It's good, but rpm's are low. - Are both starboard props turning? 1248 01:38:38,752 --> 01:38:40,220 Hold on. 1249 01:38:40,453 --> 01:38:43,490 They are, but she's pulling me back and starboard, Odie. 1250 01:38:43,656 --> 01:38:46,259 - How bad is your cross control? - I'm at full left rudder ... 1251 01:38:46,426 --> 01:38:49,696 ... and full left aileron, but she won't stay level. Goddamn it. 1252 01:38:49,996 --> 01:38:52,832 - Give us your position. - Two thousand feet over -- 1253 01:38:52,999 --> 01:38:57,700 Oh, Christ, I don't know, Beverly Hills. Fifteen hundred feet. 1254 01:38:57,237 --> 01:38:58,938 We're going down. 1255 01:38:59,873 --> 01:39:03,510 I'll try for the Wilshire Country Club. Ninth hole. You reading me? 1256 01:39:03,677 --> 01:39:07,580 Wilshire Country Club, copy that. Howard, reduce engines to 1,000. 1257 01:39:08,281 --> 01:39:13,253 I'm going down! I'm not gonna make it, buddy! 1258 01:39:19,693 --> 01:39:21,494 Goddamn it! 1259 01:41:23,750 --> 01:41:27,253 Is there anyone else inside? Is there anyone else?! 1260 01:41:27,420 --> 01:41:29,122 No. 1261 01:41:32,959 --> 01:41:36,329 I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator. 1262 01:41:45,572 --> 01:41:48,274 -- every inch of his wiring and fluid connection. 1263 01:41:48,441 --> 01:41:51,111 He has burns to 78 percent of his body. 1264 01:41:51,277 --> 01:41:53,947 Nine ribs are shattered, not broken, shattered ... 1265 01:41:54,447 --> 01:41:58,918 ... as are his nose, his chin, his cheek, his left knee, his left elbow. 1266 01:41:59,850 --> 01:42:01,654 He has 60 lacerations on his face, to the bone. 1267 01:42:02,255 --> 01:42:04,991 His chest was crushed, so his left lung collapsed ... 1268 01:42:05,158 --> 01:42:08,828 ... and his heart has shifted to the right side of his chest cavity. 1269 01:42:09,796 --> 01:42:11,664 Jesus, God. 1270 01:42:12,132 --> 01:42:16,469 - He's getting blood transfusions now, but -- - Whose blood? 1271 01:42:17,303 --> 01:42:19,439 - I'm sorry? - Whose blood? 1272 01:42:19,939 --> 01:42:21,508 From our stock. 1273 01:42:22,175 --> 01:42:26,346 - Oh, he's not going to like that. - Mr. Dietrich, I doubt he's ... 1274 01:42:26,513 --> 01:42:29,449 ... ever gonna like or dislike anything again. 1275 01:42:30,830 --> 01:42:32,252 I'm terribly sorry. 1276 01:43:00,647 --> 01:43:02,582 Orange juice. 1277 01:43:05,652 --> 01:43:09,122 It's not fresh from the kitchen, so I ... 1278 01:43:09,823 --> 01:43:14,928 I have them make it here so ... So I can see. 1279 01:43:18,998 --> 01:43:20,967 Look at me. 1280 01:43:23,570 --> 01:43:25,572 I'm a monster. 1281 01:43:26,390 --> 01:43:30,844 Yeah. Orange juice has nutritional value. 1282 01:43:32,120 --> 01:43:36,983 There's ... There's some flies outside my window, though. 1283 01:43:37,550 --> 01:43:39,319 So ... 1284 01:43:41,321 --> 01:43:43,990 ... little Howard likes ... 1285 01:43:45,492 --> 01:43:47,627 ... citrus. 1286 01:43:48,361 --> 01:43:50,230 Don't he just ...? 1287 01:43:53,366 --> 01:43:55,680 Tell me. 1288 01:43:56,703 --> 01:44:00,507 An oil seal ripped off the starboard rear propeller. 1289 01:44:00,674 --> 01:44:04,177 When the pressure dropped, the prop reversed pitch. 1290 01:44:04,678 --> 01:44:06,413 Do you understand me? 1291 01:44:06,946 --> 01:44:11,951 Howard, I'm sorry to have to tell you this now, but there's something else. 1292 01:44:12,318 --> 01:44:15,880 - You following me? - Yeah. 1293 01:44:16,289 --> 01:44:19,959 The Air Force canceled the contract on The Hercules. 1294 01:44:22,295 --> 01:44:27,667 The war's over now, and they say they don't need it anymore. 1295 01:44:28,168 --> 01:44:32,605 I have to know what you want me to do. Should I release the staff? 1296 01:44:32,772 --> 01:44:34,874 How far ... 1297 01:44:36,676 --> 01:44:38,111 ... from finishing? 1298 01:44:39,346 --> 01:44:44,150 - About six months. - No, in money. 1299 01:44:47,420 --> 01:44:49,289 Seven million. 1300 01:44:50,900 --> 01:44:51,458 Maybe more. 1301 01:44:56,830 --> 01:44:58,665 Build it. 1302 01:45:00,166 --> 01:45:02,135 Build it, Odie. 1303 01:45:03,970 --> 01:45:05,505 Howard ... 1304 01:45:06,106 --> 01:45:10,176 ... a Constellation crashed outside Reading, Pennsylvania. 1305 01:45:10,677 --> 01:45:14,800 The Civil Aeronautics Board has grounded the whole fleet. 1306 01:45:24,240 --> 01:45:25,692 You know ... 1307 01:45:26,793 --> 01:45:30,300 ... Juan Trippe sent me flowers. 1308 01:45:32,232 --> 01:45:33,967 Take a look. 1309 01:45:37,704 --> 01:45:42,575 - What did you do with all the others? - Oh, I had them taken out. 1310 01:45:42,742 --> 01:45:45,912 They ... They attract aphids. 1311 01:45:46,946 --> 01:45:51,651 Aphids are ... They're just awful little creatures. 1312 01:45:52,485 --> 01:45:54,287 But ... 1313 01:45:56,623 --> 01:45:58,692 But these ones ... 1314 01:45:59,659 --> 01:46:03,530 ... I wanted to see these ones every day. 1315 01:46:11,710 --> 01:46:14,740 Can white elephants fly? That's everybody's question. 1316 01:46:14,240 --> 01:46:19,279 The hull of the world's mightiest airplane, a flying boat built by Howard Hughes. 1317 01:46:19,446 --> 01:46:23,616 Two hundred and twenty feet long, it towers higher than a five-story building. 1318 01:46:23,783 --> 01:46:27,787 Power lines have to be cut as it starts the trip from Culver City ... 1319 01:46:27,954 --> 01:46:29,989 ... to the Pacific, 30 miles away. 1320 01:46:30,156 --> 01:46:33,360 Moving the 60-ton load is quite an engineering problem. 1321 01:46:33,526 --> 01:46:37,497 But you gotta ask, was anything this big ever supposed to fly? 1322 01:46:37,664 --> 01:46:42,168 There goes one wing section, 160 feet long with four engine housings. 1323 01:46:42,335 --> 01:46:45,205 Double that and you've got some idea of the wingspread. 1324 01:46:45,372 --> 01:46:49,676 An airplane that challenges a mountain for sheer size. 1325 01:46:56,649 --> 01:46:58,918 How long can they keep us grounded? 1326 01:46:59,850 --> 01:47:02,655 Until they finish investigating the Reading crash. Could be months. 1327 01:47:02,822 --> 01:47:07,761 You're running a $14 million deficit. How will you afford to keep them out of service? 1328 01:47:07,961 --> 01:47:12,465 - We go international, we'll make it up. - Brewster's C.A.B. bill isn't going away. 1329 01:47:12,632 --> 01:47:15,335 That bill passes, and you bought these for nothing. 1330 01:47:15,502 --> 01:47:18,905 - We're fighting the C.A.B. bill. - Meanwhile, how do we keep TWA flying? 1331 01:47:19,720 --> 01:47:23,677 Don't say, "Just go to Tool Co." We're pumping every cent into The Hercules ... 1332 01:47:23,843 --> 01:47:26,646 ... which the Air Force doesn't even want anymore. 1333 01:47:26,846 --> 01:47:30,583 I'm glad Jack is feeling sunny about things, but I've seen the books. 1334 01:47:30,917 --> 01:47:33,319 I'm telling it straight. I'm not crying wolf. 1335 01:47:33,486 --> 01:47:36,623 We're in serious trouble. You've gotta make a choice. 1336 01:47:36,790 --> 01:47:41,828 You wanna be bankrupted by the big plane or by the big airline? 1337 01:47:49,169 --> 01:47:52,739 Go see Thomas Parkinson at the Equitable in New York. 1338 01:47:52,906 --> 01:47:56,509 Get a loan against all the TWA equipment and capital. 1339 01:47:56,676 --> 01:48:02,482 Use the planes as collateral. Hell, use the desks, use the pens, use everything we got. 1340 01:48:02,649 --> 01:48:06,820 - Try to get me 40 million. - And if TWA defaults on the loan? 1341 01:48:07,420 --> 01:48:10,323 Then Juan Trippe buys us cheap. 1342 01:48:12,926 --> 01:48:15,995 Under my bed! You put a goddamn microphone under my bed! 1343 01:48:16,162 --> 01:48:18,331 Listen to me. I am concerned about you. 1344 01:48:18,498 --> 01:48:21,835 - I just wanna make sure you're okay. - And who is in that car?! 1345 01:48:22,168 --> 01:48:24,337 It's been with me 24 hours a day. 1346 01:48:24,504 --> 01:48:26,272 That car is for your protection! 1347 01:48:26,439 --> 01:48:29,909 The only one I need protection from is you, you sick bastard! 1348 01:48:30,760 --> 01:48:31,611 You don't own me, Howard. 1349 01:48:35,810 --> 01:48:37,117 I'll have them take all the bugs out. 1350 01:48:37,283 --> 01:48:39,319 I need to know where you are. 1351 01:48:39,486 --> 01:48:42,155 - Why?! - Because I worry about you, that's why. 1352 01:48:42,322 --> 01:48:44,324 Bullshit! 1353 01:48:46,826 --> 01:48:57,637 What do you mean, "all the bugs"? 1354 01:48:59,906 --> 01:49:01,908 There's more. 1355 01:49:02,175 --> 01:49:04,100 How many? 1356 01:49:04,277 --> 01:49:10,450 I don't know, 12. Twelve, maybe, and on the telephones. 1357 01:49:10,917 --> 01:49:14,587 Oh, Christ, Howard, on the telephone? 1358 01:49:14,754 --> 01:49:16,322 You listen to my phone calls? 1359 01:49:16,489 --> 01:49:20,326 No, no, honey, I would never do that. I'd never do that. 1360 01:49:20,493 --> 01:49:23,496 I just read the transcripts, that's all. 1361 01:49:28,134 --> 01:49:30,236 What do you wanna know, Howard? 1362 01:49:30,403 --> 01:49:32,572 Was I screwing Artie Shaw last night? 1363 01:49:32,739 --> 01:49:35,442 Was I screwing Sinatra the night before? You bet. 1364 01:49:35,608 --> 01:49:38,211 Everyone said you were a lunatic, I didn't listen. 1365 01:49:38,378 --> 01:49:41,281 It's no wonder Kate Hepburn dumped your demented ***! 1366 01:49:41,448 --> 01:49:43,917 Shut your goddamn mouth. 1367 01:49:48,880 --> 01:49:51,491 Get out, you pathetic freak. 1368 01:49:58,898 --> 01:50:01,670 Get out! 1369 01:50:01,234 --> 01:50:02,902 Is everything all right, sir? 1370 01:50:03,690 --> 01:50:05,405 Take out all the bugs, huh? 1371 01:50:07,540 --> 01:50:09,676 Except for the one on the bedroom phone. 1372 01:50:09,843 --> 01:50:11,611 Sir, the FBI are at the house. 1373 01:50:13,446 --> 01:50:18,510 This is outrageous! Everything here is the private property of Hughes Productions. 1374 01:50:18,218 --> 01:50:20,920 - My legal counsel is on the way -- - Federal warrant. 1375 01:50:21,870 --> 01:50:23,323 Don't interfere with the search, sir. 1376 01:50:43,900 --> 01:50:46,479 Dateline: Los Angeles. Howard Hughes has a new houseguest. 1377 01:50:46,680 --> 01:50:50,283 No, it's not another beautiful starlet. This time it's the FBI. 1378 01:50:50,450 --> 01:50:54,320 Noah, you've got to help. This is the 10th time they have been here. 1379 01:50:54,487 --> 01:50:57,991 Rumor has it that agents working for Senator Owen Brewster ... 1380 01:50:58,158 --> 01:51:01,995 ... have practically taken up residence in the aviation mogul's home. 1381 01:51:02,162 --> 01:51:04,230 Look, I mean, they are touching things. 1382 01:51:04,564 --> 01:51:07,701 - Noah, they are touching things. - Just keep yourself calm ... 1383 01:51:07,867 --> 01:51:10,904 ... and I'll be down there as soon as I can, Howard. 1384 01:51:11,710 --> 01:51:14,774 Howard? 1385 01:51:39,132 --> 01:51:41,000 Howard, hello. 1386 01:51:41,167 --> 01:51:44,504 - Nice to see you again. - Good to see you. Come on inside. 1387 01:51:44,671 --> 01:51:47,207 - Emma, you can start up lunch now. - Yes, sir. 1388 01:51:47,374 --> 01:51:51,878 Well, really lovely room. It's nicely decorated. 1389 01:51:52,450 --> 01:51:53,813 Thank you. Here, have a seat. 1390 01:51:54,140 --> 01:51:55,415 Thanks for coming by. 1391 01:51:55,582 --> 01:51:58,718 I thought you and l should have a chance to talk privately. 1392 01:51:58,885 --> 01:52:00,653 You know, outside the office. 1393 01:52:02,655 --> 01:52:03,990 Well ... 1394 01:52:04,491 --> 01:52:06,493 ... I appreciate that, Owen. 1395 01:52:13,867 --> 01:52:18,905 So you're coming out pretty strong against the C.A.B. bill. 1396 01:52:19,672 --> 01:52:24,744 - You're coming on pretty strong for it. - Well, it's my bill, Howard, you know. 1397 01:52:24,911 --> 01:52:29,149 Look, I believe sincerely that America cannot afford ... 1398 01:52:29,315 --> 01:52:32,152 ... to have more than one international carrier. 1399 01:52:33,720 --> 01:52:38,858 I mean, do you think it's fair that one airline should have a monopoly on international --? 1400 01:52:39,250 --> 01:52:42,429 A monopoly? No, no, no. Oh, no. 1401 01:52:42,595 --> 01:52:47,667 No, I think one airline could do it better, see, without competition. 1402 01:52:48,100 --> 01:52:52,672 All I'm thinking about are the interests, the needs of the American passenger. 1403 01:52:53,600 --> 01:52:55,942 That's just beautiful. What is that? 1404 01:53:00,180 --> 01:53:02,449 What is that? Is that a ...? 1405 01:53:02,615 --> 01:53:04,484 Is that a yak? 1406 01:53:04,651 --> 01:53:07,420 - Some kind of a yak? - No, that's a llama. 1407 01:53:07,587 --> 01:53:09,823 My wife picked that up when we were in Peru. 1408 01:53:09,989 --> 01:53:12,920 Son of a gun. 1409 01:53:12,258 --> 01:53:14,761 A real llama. 1410 01:53:16,290 --> 01:53:19,666 - From Peru? - Yeah. From a year ago, I think it was -- 1411 01:53:19,833 --> 01:53:23,360 - Yeah, it was about a year ago. - Lunch is served, senator. 1412 01:53:23,203 --> 01:53:25,705 Good. Okay. Come on, let's go have some lunch. 1413 01:53:27,273 --> 01:53:31,277 Now, did you --? Did you actually get to see any llamas? 1414 01:53:31,444 --> 01:53:33,913 No, no. My wife just liked the painting. 1415 01:53:34,800 --> 01:53:37,150 It's an interesting animal. I'll have to read up on those. 1416 01:53:37,317 --> 01:53:41,755 How do you spell that? Like ...? Like Fernando Lamas? 1417 01:53:42,122 --> 01:53:46,359 No, no. It's -- It's the animal, it's got two L's. 1418 01:53:46,526 --> 01:53:48,595 Here, come on, have a seat. 1419 01:53:57,704 --> 01:54:00,173 It's brook trout. Hope you like fish. 1420 01:54:02,709 --> 01:54:06,346 I love it. Thanks. 1421 01:54:21,528 --> 01:54:25,665 I know you're not a drinking man, so I hope -- Hope water's okay. 1422 01:54:38,545 --> 01:54:40,180 Thanks. 1423 01:54:46,860 --> 01:54:49,489 All right, let's get down to business. Let's talk turkey. 1424 01:54:50,323 --> 01:54:52,659 My investigators -- 1425 01:54:53,426 --> 01:54:56,262 My investigators have turned up a lot of dirt. 1426 01:54:56,696 --> 01:55:00,330 It could be really embarrassing if this stuff got out. 1427 01:55:00,734 --> 01:55:03,303 I'd like to save you from that embarrassment. 1428 01:55:04,537 --> 01:55:06,673 That's very kind of you, Owen. 1429 01:55:09,676 --> 01:55:13,480 My committee has the power to hold public hearings. 1430 01:55:15,810 --> 01:55:16,983 I'd like to spare you that. 1431 01:55:17,650 --> 01:55:18,918 Would you, now? 1432 01:55:20,253 --> 01:55:21,788 Look ... 1433 01:55:21,955 --> 01:55:26,659 Do you wanna go down in history as a war profiteer, Howard? 1434 01:55:26,826 --> 01:55:28,940 Is that what you want? 1435 01:55:30,597 --> 01:55:32,832 What do you want, Owen? 1436 01:55:34,367 --> 01:55:40,507 You agree to support my C.A.B. bill, and I won't hold public hearings. 1437 01:55:40,674 --> 01:55:42,375 - I can't do that. - Why not? 1438 01:55:42,542 --> 01:55:46,179 I can't do that, Owen. The C.A.B. would kill TWA. 1439 01:55:46,346 --> 01:55:49,449 Sell TWA to Pan Am. 1440 01:55:50,830 --> 01:55:53,219 You'll get a good price. You'll get a fair price. 1441 01:55:54,287 --> 01:55:56,489 And then --? Then you won't go public? 1442 01:55:56,656 --> 01:56:01,494 Right. That's right. The investigation's closed. Nobody knows a thing. 1443 01:56:01,661 --> 01:56:04,664 That's -- It's better for everybody. 1444 01:56:09,335 --> 01:56:12,872 You know, Owen, I'm still wondering one thing. 1445 01:56:13,390 --> 01:56:16,743 - What's that? - The picture of the llama you got last year? 1446 01:56:16,910 --> 01:56:19,579 - Yeah. - Where'd you sail from? 1447 01:56:20,280 --> 01:56:22,315 We didn't sail. We flew. 1448 01:56:23,650 --> 01:56:25,819 - You flew? - Yeah. 1449 01:56:33,626 --> 01:56:36,863 Are you sure you want to do this, Owen? 1450 01:56:37,664 --> 01:56:40,660 You want to go to war with me? 1451 01:56:44,871 --> 01:56:49,209 It isn't me, Howard. It's the United States government. 1452 01:56:50,176 --> 01:56:52,746 We just beat Germany and Japan. 1453 01:56:53,346 --> 01:56:55,315 Who the hell are you? 1454 01:57:00,587 --> 01:57:05,291 You -- You tell Juan Trippe something for me, all right? 1455 01:57:05,925 --> 01:57:08,661 Tell him thanks for the flowers. 1456 01:57:09,290 --> 01:57:14,300 And he can kiss both sides of my ***. 1457 01:57:38,291 --> 01:57:40,760 Well, we have a long list of particulars. 1458 01:57:40,927 --> 01:57:45,650 Chief among them is that he defrauded the American government ... 1459 01:57:45,231 --> 01:57:48,835 ... of $56 million while at war, when we could least afford it. 1460 01:57:49,200 --> 01:57:52,500 While brave men were dying on the beaches of Normandy ... 1461 01:57:52,172 --> 01:57:55,608 ... Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket of the American taxpayer. 1462 01:57:55,775 --> 01:57:57,110 I sleep ... 1463 01:57:57,911 --> 01:58:00,180 ... in this room ... 1464 01:58:01,915 --> 01:58:03,316 ... in the dark. 1465 01:58:03,483 --> 01:58:06,386 I'll have him dragged here to Washington if I have to. 1466 01:58:06,553 --> 01:58:08,788 I wanna see the whites of his lies. 1467 01:58:09,550 --> 01:58:11,910 I have a place. 1468 01:58:11,825 --> 01:58:15,495 - I can sleep. - He has a lot of questions to answer. 1469 01:58:15,662 --> 01:58:18,698 - I have a chair. - Particularly about that monstrous ... 1470 01:58:18,865 --> 01:58:23,336 ... boondoggle of his, that model airplane he's building ... 1471 01:58:23,503 --> 01:58:28,108 ... that flying lumberyard, that spruce goose. 1472 01:58:29,743 --> 01:58:32,112 No, he'll -- We'll get him here. 1473 01:58:35,648 --> 01:58:37,117 That's just beautiful. 1474 01:58:38,118 --> 01:58:41,688 Oh, yeah. I like the desert. 1475 01:58:43,623 --> 01:58:47,360 It's hot there in the desert, but it's clean. 1476 01:58:47,961 --> 01:58:49,629 It's clean. 1477 01:58:51,331 --> 01:58:53,299 I need to sleep. 1478 01:58:56,169 --> 01:59:04,844 I should drink something first. 1479 01:59:09,482 --> 01:59:11,251 Wait a minute. 1480 01:59:12,619 --> 01:59:14,154 What if that milk is sour? 1481 01:59:15,388 --> 01:59:16,990 That milk is bad. 1482 01:59:17,757 --> 01:59:22,696 I shouldn't pick up the bottle of milk with my right hand. 1483 01:59:23,129 --> 01:59:29,369 And I shouldn't take the top off with my left hand ... 1484 01:59:30,336 --> 01:59:33,506 ... put it in my pocket. 1485 01:59:33,673 --> 01:59:36,242 My left pocket. 1486 01:59:52,992 --> 01:59:57,297 Howard, it's Kate. I need -- I need to talk to you. 1487 01:59:58,498 --> 02:00:00,467 Can you hear me? 1488 02:00:02,902 --> 02:00:04,904 I'm coming in. 1489 02:00:09,743 --> 02:00:12,479 Howard, unlock this door immediately. 1490 02:00:20,987 --> 02:00:23,423 I can't, sweetie. 1491 02:00:26,326 --> 02:00:28,194 You mean you won't. 1492 02:00:30,960 --> 02:00:33,500 Howard, please let me see you. 1493 02:00:33,666 --> 02:00:38,838 - I haven't shaved. - Well, neither have l. 1494 02:00:42,420 --> 02:00:43,877 Come on. 1495 02:00:44,440 --> 02:00:45,745 You ... 1496 02:00:45,912 --> 02:00:48,381 You let me in. 1497 02:00:54,870 --> 02:00:56,456 I can hear you, Katie. 1498 02:00:57,924 --> 02:01:03,430 I could always hear you. Even in the cockpit, with the engines on. 1499 02:01:04,640 --> 02:01:07,500 That's because I'm so goddamn loud. 1500 02:01:12,238 --> 02:01:14,174 Howard, I ... 1501 02:01:16,242 --> 02:01:18,678 I came to thank you. 1502 02:01:19,512 --> 02:01:22,716 I found out what you did for Spence and me. 1503 02:01:22,882 --> 02:01:26,152 Buying those awful pictures. 1504 02:01:30,790 --> 02:01:32,459 You love him. 1505 02:01:39,165 --> 02:01:41,835 He's everything I have. 1506 02:01:49,843 --> 02:01:51,878 Howard? 1507 02:01:52,846 --> 02:01:55,281 I'm glad for you, Kate. 1508 02:01:56,616 --> 02:01:59,520 Go away now. Would you do that? 1509 02:02:00,453 --> 02:02:03,690 - Howard, please. - Go away. 1510 02:02:03,857 --> 02:02:07,293 Just for now. I'll see you soon. 1511 02:02:07,460 --> 02:02:09,829 - We'll go flying together. - Yes. 1512 02:02:09,996 --> 02:02:12,866 Yes, please. You take me flying again. 1513 02:02:13,330 --> 02:02:15,869 Howard, I can take the wheel. 1514 02:02:21,708 --> 02:02:23,343 Howard? 1515 02:02:29,783 --> 02:02:31,818 Howard, are you --? Are you there? 1516 02:02:37,524 --> 02:02:39,192 Howard? 1517 02:02:40,994 --> 02:02:42,862 Howard, are you there? 1518 02:02:45,331 --> 02:02:47,367 Come on, Howard. 1519 02:02:50,336 --> 02:02:52,238 Howard, are you there? 1520 02:03:14,361 --> 02:03:21,267 Come in with the milk. 1521 02:03:21,568 --> 02:03:24,604 He is to open the bag with his right hand ... 1522 02:03:24,771 --> 02:03:27,874 ... and hold the bag out to me at a 45-degree angle ... 1523 02:03:28,410 --> 02:03:31,344 ... so I may reach into the bag without ... 1524 02:03:33,413 --> 02:03:35,648 Without touching the paper. 1525 02:03:57,670 --> 02:03:59,439 Howard? 1526 02:04:01,608 --> 02:04:03,143 Hello? 1527 02:04:05,545 --> 02:04:06,913 Who is it? 1528 02:04:07,800 --> 02:04:09,820 Howard, it's Juan. 1529 02:04:17,524 --> 02:04:19,459 Juan. 1530 02:04:20,260 --> 02:04:22,262 Juan, right. Yeah. 1531 02:04:22,462 --> 02:04:25,231 We had an appointment, right? Yeah. 1532 02:04:25,899 --> 02:04:28,368 I remember that. Look ... 1533 02:04:28,535 --> 02:04:31,304 ... I got a hell of a cold in here. A hell of a cold. 1534 02:04:31,504 --> 02:04:34,908 So take a seat out there, because I don't wanna get you sick. 1535 02:04:35,375 --> 02:04:40,447 I'd never forgive myself if I got you sick. I don't wanna get you sick. I don't wanna -- 1536 02:04:47,620 --> 02:04:49,456 Thank you. 1537 02:04:52,250 --> 02:04:53,793 Okay, Howard, I'm sitting. 1538 02:04:54,461 --> 02:04:57,530 I've brought along our accountings. Now ... 1539 02:04:57,697 --> 02:05:00,867 ... Pan Am is trading at 13 and five-eighths. 1540 02:05:01,340 --> 02:05:03,670 TWA at four and a quarter. 1541 02:05:03,837 --> 02:05:05,271 - Now, if you take -- - Come on. 1542 02:05:05,438 --> 02:05:10,744 Come on, come on, come on. We both know I'm not gonna sell TWA. 1543 02:05:10,910 --> 02:05:12,946 Besides, you couldn't afford her. 1544 02:05:13,113 --> 02:05:16,916 Our domestic routes alone are worth more than twice Pan Am. 1545 02:05:17,484 --> 02:05:20,720 Well, considering our stock is trading at three times yours ... 1546 02:05:20,920 --> 02:05:23,957 ... I find that a dubious claim, Howard. 1547 02:05:24,124 --> 02:05:25,492 What I -- 1548 02:05:27,627 --> 02:05:32,198 What I mean is, you have no domestic routes. All right? 1549 02:05:32,365 --> 02:05:34,501 I mean, you get TWA, you span the globe. 1550 02:05:34,667 --> 02:05:37,370 I'm not gonna sell, and you know I'm not gonna sell. 1551 02:05:37,537 --> 02:05:39,406 Here's the point. 1552 02:05:39,572 --> 02:05:42,420 Owen Brewster works for you. 1553 02:05:42,609 --> 02:05:48,448 Howard, I didn't elect Senator Brewster. We can thank the voters of Maine for that. 1554 02:05:56,122 --> 02:06:01,561 Now, if I appear at his hearings, Juan, it could get nasty. 1555 02:06:01,728 --> 02:06:03,763 Real nasty for all of us. 1556 02:06:03,930 --> 02:06:08,268 Well, I think, considerably more so for you. 1557 02:06:08,702 --> 02:06:11,905 While the good people of America were losing sons at Anzio ... 1558 02:06:12,720 --> 02:06:15,775 ... you produced a dirty movie and built airplanes that don't fly. 1559 02:06:15,942 --> 02:06:18,545 Well, that's just not fair, is it? 1560 02:06:18,712 --> 02:06:22,482 I mean, the XF-11 flew quite well for an hour and 45 minutes. 1561 02:06:22,649 --> 02:06:26,953 I wish you were up there with me, Juan. It was exhilarating. 1562 02:06:30,490 --> 02:06:32,959 It's called The Hercules! 1563 02:06:33,126 --> 02:06:36,363 And it will fly, goddamn it! 1564 02:06:46,639 --> 02:06:48,641 I know that, Howard. 1565 02:06:49,442 --> 02:06:51,144 I know that. 1566 02:06:52,946 --> 02:06:55,548 But I'm going to get it anyway. 1567 02:06:56,516 --> 02:07:00,387 You will default on your loan from Equitable after Senator Brewster ... 1568 02:07:00,553 --> 02:07:04,858 ... destroys your reputation and you can't find additional capital for the airline. 1569 02:07:05,250 --> 02:07:10,230 The hearings will also show Hughes Aircraft to be mismanaged and incompetent ... 1570 02:07:10,397 --> 02:07:12,465 ... and it will go bankrupt too. 1571 02:07:12,632 --> 02:07:16,169 But you won't be insolvent. You'll still have Tool Co. 1572 02:07:16,336 --> 02:07:20,173 Perhaps you'll head back to Houston to rebuild your empire. 1573 02:07:20,440 --> 02:07:22,542 I rather hope you do. 1574 02:07:22,976 --> 02:07:26,312 By that time, Pan Am will have bought TWA ... 1575 02:07:26,479 --> 02:07:30,517 ... and painted all those magnificent Connies blue and white. 1576 02:07:30,684 --> 02:07:35,555 So when you do return, it will be on a Pan Am plane. 1577 02:07:38,958 --> 02:07:40,627 Well ... 1578 02:07:42,629 --> 02:07:45,732 You seem to have me in a corner here, buddy. 1579 02:07:46,733 --> 02:07:49,903 Not a position in which I'm very comfortable. 1580 02:07:51,471 --> 02:07:55,342 I think you're gonna be less comfortable at Senator Brewster's hearings. 1581 02:07:56,476 --> 02:07:58,812 Very public, Howard. 1582 02:08:00,814 --> 02:08:04,217 Lots of cameras and newsmen. 1583 02:08:04,484 --> 02:08:08,221 I understand you're not particularly fond of crowds. 1584 02:08:10,900 --> 02:08:13,259 Perhaps we should spare you that. 1585 02:08:15,128 --> 02:08:20,100 Well, thank you for your concern, Juan. 1586 02:08:20,266 --> 02:08:22,268 I find that ... 1587 02:08:23,403 --> 02:08:25,572 ... very moving. 1588 02:08:26,306 --> 02:08:28,308 It's been a real pleasure. 1589 02:08:29,976 --> 02:08:33,460 Noah will see you back to the airport now. 1590 02:08:34,470 --> 02:08:41,488 You fly safe. 1591 02:08:46,393 --> 02:08:49,129 Thank you, Howard, and you take care of that cold. 1592 02:08:49,295 --> 02:08:51,231 Don't you worry. 1593 02:08:51,398 --> 02:08:53,566 I certainly will. 1594 02:08:54,467 --> 02:08:56,236 Bye-bye. 1595 02:09:00,907 --> 02:09:05,645 If you let him appear at those hearings, the whole world will see what he's become. 1596 02:09:05,812 --> 02:09:08,715 People should remember him as he was. 1597 02:09:13,887 --> 02:09:17,390 He'll have a subpoena in three days to appear in Washington. 1598 02:09:18,625 --> 02:09:21,227 If you can get him out of there by then. 1599 02:10:04,700 --> 02:10:05,905 Mr. Hughes? 1600 02:10:11,978 --> 02:10:14,314 I don't have any shoes. 1601 02:10:16,149 --> 02:10:19,190 - Could you get me some shoes? - Shoes. 1602 02:10:19,786 --> 02:10:21,321 Yeah. 1603 02:10:46,680 --> 02:10:49,315 How nice of you to dress for me. 1604 02:10:52,552 --> 02:10:54,688 Can I come in? 1605 02:10:55,488 --> 02:10:59,859 Yeah, you can come in. 1606 02:11:06,700 --> 02:11:08,635 Thank you for coming. 1607 02:11:21,810 --> 02:11:23,116 Now, let's get a drink. 1608 02:11:23,283 --> 02:11:27,387 Wait, wait, wait, honey. You can't move. You're safe here. 1609 02:11:27,554 --> 02:11:30,690 You're in the germ-free zone now. You understand? 1610 02:11:30,857 --> 02:11:36,329 - I'll take my chances. - No, no, honey. Wait, wait. 1611 02:11:49,409 --> 02:11:51,811 Love what you've done with the place. 1612 02:11:58,618 --> 02:12:02,689 Now, let me look at you. 1613 02:12:07,394 --> 02:12:09,829 When do you go to Washington? 1614 02:12:10,330 --> 02:12:12,232 A week. 1615 02:12:12,399 --> 02:12:15,268 No, no. Just under a week. 1616 02:12:15,435 --> 02:12:19,906 I don't know the date today, but I have to be ... 1617 02:12:20,730 --> 02:12:22,642 All right, take it easy. 1618 02:12:35,555 --> 02:12:38,224 There's nothing there, Howard. 1619 02:12:45,165 --> 02:12:48,568 I see things. 1620 02:12:49,402 --> 02:12:51,304 I know, baby. 1621 02:12:52,439 --> 02:12:54,808 Rinse your face off, now. 1622 02:13:03,750 --> 02:13:06,219 Put your hands in the water and wash off the soap. 1623 02:13:06,386 --> 02:13:09,656 I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere. 1624 02:13:14,600 --> 02:13:17,530 - Does that look clean to you? - Nothing's clean, Howard. 1625 02:13:17,697 --> 02:13:20,700 But we do our best, right? 1626 02:13:21,401 --> 02:13:23,136 Yeah. 1627 02:13:42,489 --> 02:13:44,190 What do you think? 1628 02:13:44,357 --> 02:13:47,761 - Well, I look all right. - You look great. 1629 02:13:47,927 --> 02:13:49,596 Will you marry me? 1630 02:13:49,763 --> 02:13:52,499 You're too crazy for me. 1631 02:13:54,100 --> 02:13:56,469 I gotta go, baby. 1632 02:13:57,237 --> 02:13:59,720 Okay. 1633 02:13:59,773 --> 02:14:01,474 Thanks. 1634 02:14:07,414 --> 02:14:09,649 You'd do it for me. 1635 02:14:16,220 --> 02:14:17,991 Hi, Howard. How you doing? 1636 02:14:58,732 --> 02:15:01,670 The committee will come to order. 1637 02:15:01,735 --> 02:15:06,439 Ladies and gentlemen, I must insist that we maintain quiet during these proceedings. 1638 02:15:06,606 --> 02:15:09,843 All right, Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn? 1639 02:15:11,811 --> 02:15:15,849 Do you solemnly swear that in the matter now pending before this committee ... 1640 02:15:16,160 --> 02:15:20,153 ... you will tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 1641 02:15:20,320 --> 02:15:22,555 - I do. - Pardon me for speaking loudly ... 1642 02:15:22,722 --> 02:15:26,993 ... but I know you have difficulty hearing. - That's quite all right. 1643 02:15:27,260 --> 02:15:30,864 I mean, everybody knows I'm deaf. I'm not gonna try to hide it. 1644 02:15:33,233 --> 02:15:35,902 Mr. Hughes, it is the intention of this committee -- 1645 02:15:36,690 --> 02:15:37,637 Mr. Hughes has a statement. 1646 02:15:38,972 --> 02:15:44,911 All right, you may proceed with this statement, Mr. Hughes. 1647 02:15:51,184 --> 02:15:53,486 Mr. Hughes, do you have a statement? 1648 02:16:00,827 --> 02:16:05,650 I'm gonna attempt to be honest here. 1649 02:16:05,832 --> 02:16:10,804 I mean, my reputation's being destroyed, so I might as well lay the cards on the table. 1650 02:16:11,638 --> 02:16:15,742 Senator Brewster, if you hadn't gone too far overboard ... 1651 02:16:15,909 --> 02:16:18,578 ... if you hadn't put the red-hot iron in my side ... 1652 02:16:18,745 --> 02:16:23,216 ... I might have been willing to take a shellacking in this publicity spree of yours. 1653 02:16:23,416 --> 02:16:28,988 I may have been willing to sit back and take a certain amount of abuse simply because ... 1654 02:16:29,723 --> 02:16:32,325 ... well, I am only a private citizen. 1655 02:16:32,492 --> 02:16:34,561 Whereas you are a senator ... 1656 02:16:34,728 --> 02:16:37,664 ... with all sorts of powers. 1657 02:16:38,498 --> 02:16:41,401 But I think this goddamn circus has gone on long enough! 1658 02:16:41,568 --> 02:16:45,438 - That's quite sufficient. - You have called me a liar, sir, in the press. 1659 02:16:45,605 --> 02:16:48,641 You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer! 1660 02:16:48,808 --> 02:16:52,779 - The witness will restrain -- - Why not tell the truth for once, senator? 1661 02:16:52,946 --> 02:16:57,384 Why not tell the truth that this investigation was really born on the day that TWA ... 1662 02:16:57,584 --> 02:17:03,156 ... decided to fly to Europe? On the day that TWA first invaded Juan Trippe's territory! 1663 02:17:03,323 --> 02:17:05,859 - Sit down. - On the day TWA first challenged ... 1664 02:17:06,260 --> 02:17:10,563 ... the generally accepted theory that only Juan Trippe's great Pan American Airways ... 1665 02:17:10,730 --> 02:17:14,868 ... had the right to fly the Atlantic! - You are not here to make a speech. 1666 02:17:15,869 --> 02:17:19,305 I asked for silence! I asked for quiet in this room ... 1667 02:17:19,472 --> 02:17:23,510 We have in our possession receipts in the amount of $170,000 ... 1668 02:17:24,844 --> 02:17:29,149 ... acquired from Mr. John Meyer. Mr. Meyer works for you, does he not? 1669 02:17:29,315 --> 02:17:33,486 - He does. - And what is his official title? 1670 02:17:34,387 --> 02:17:37,957 I don't exactly know, senator. A lot of people work for me. 1671 02:17:38,124 --> 02:17:40,894 Can you explain why your press agent would pay out ... 1672 02:17:41,610 --> 02:17:46,660 ... more than $170,000 to representatives of the United States Air Force? 1673 02:17:46,232 --> 02:17:50,704 - I don't know. You'd have to ask him. - Well, would you produce him? 1674 02:17:51,571 --> 02:17:54,741 - Produce him? - Will you cause him to appear? 1675 02:17:54,908 --> 02:17:58,144 You had John Meyer on the stand for three days last week. 1676 02:17:58,311 --> 02:18:01,810 Be that as it may, we would like him to reappear. 1677 02:18:01,247 --> 02:18:04,718 Would you ask him to return? 1678 02:18:10,724 --> 02:18:12,992 No, I don't think I will. 1679 02:18:14,594 --> 02:18:17,831 Will you try to have him return? 1680 02:18:19,899 --> 02:18:24,371 - No, I don't think I'll try. - You don't think you'll try? 1681 02:18:25,405 --> 02:18:28,408 No, I don't think so. 1682 02:18:28,575 --> 02:18:33,413 The $170,000 paid out to the Air Force in the form of hotel suites ... 1683 02:18:33,580 --> 02:18:35,181 ... TWA stock ... 1684 02:18:35,849 --> 02:18:38,318 ... female companionship. 1685 02:18:38,518 --> 02:18:42,822 Now, is it possible that these could be considered bribes? 1686 02:18:43,490 --> 02:18:45,825 I suppose you could call them that, yes. 1687 02:18:47,193 --> 02:18:48,561 Would you repeat that? 1688 02:18:49,529 --> 02:18:53,366 I said, I suppose you could consider them bribes, yes. 1689 02:18:55,969 --> 02:18:58,805 Well, would you like to explain that, Mr. Hughes? 1690 02:19:00,540 --> 02:19:04,744 I'm afraid you don't know how the aviation business works, senator. 1691 02:19:04,911 --> 02:19:09,315 See, wining and dining Air Force dignitaries is common in our business. 1692 02:19:09,482 --> 02:19:14,387 It's because we all want the big contracts. All the major aircraft companies do it. 1693 02:19:14,554 --> 02:19:16,723 I don't know whether it's a good system ... 1694 02:19:16,890 --> 02:19:21,161 ... I just know it's not illegal. You, senator, you are the lawmaker. 1695 02:19:21,327 --> 02:19:25,899 If you pass a law that states no one can entertain Air Force officers, well, hell ... 1696 02:19:26,660 --> 02:19:28,234 ... I'd be happy to abide by it. 1697 02:19:30,303 --> 02:19:33,740 Your story is a pack of lies. I can tear it apart if allowed to cross-examine. 1698 02:19:35,750 --> 02:19:39,346 - We're not gonna have this bickering. - Yes. Somewhere between two and 500 ... 1699 02:19:39,512 --> 02:19:43,383 ... if you'll let me get started. - If you believe your wealth and power ... 1700 02:19:43,583 --> 02:19:47,520 ... can intimidate any member of this committee, you're mistaken. 1701 02:19:47,687 --> 02:19:50,557 - Now submit your questions. - I'll put this very simply. 1702 02:19:50,724 --> 02:19:53,760 On February 12th, at the Mayflower Hotel ... 1703 02:19:53,927 --> 02:19:59,566 ... did you or did you not tell me that if I were to sell TWA to Pan Am ... 1704 02:19:59,733 --> 02:20:02,535 ... that this entire investigation would be called off? 1705 02:20:02,702 --> 02:20:06,406 I did not. And I have asked you to submit your questions in writing. 1706 02:20:06,573 --> 02:20:10,510 - How long have you known Juan Trippe? - I've known him for some time now. 1707 02:20:10,677 --> 02:20:15,415 - And that's not the question. - Is it not true that Juan donated $20,000 ... 1708 02:20:15,582 --> 02:20:19,819 ... to your last campaign? I mean, he spoke to me as if you worked for him. 1709 02:20:23,857 --> 02:20:25,725 I have a personal friendship with -- 1710 02:20:25,892 --> 02:20:29,329 Is it true you accept free Pan Am tickets to circle the globe ... 1711 02:20:29,496 --> 02:20:32,399 ... in support of your C.A.B. bill? - No, it is not true. 1712 02:20:32,565 --> 02:20:36,770 Well, who wrote that bill, senator? Who actually wrote the C.A.B. bill? 1713 02:20:36,936 --> 02:20:40,907 - The actual words. Did you write them? - This is not how these hearings ... 1714 02:20:41,740 --> 02:20:45,145 ... are gonna be conducted. - I have it. Maybe it'll refresh your memory. 1715 02:20:45,311 --> 02:20:49,916 "Bill S-987 to amend the Civil Aeronautics Act." 1716 02:20:50,830 --> 02:20:52,886 Now, you introduced this bill to the Senate. 1717 02:20:55,355 --> 02:20:57,490 A lot of words. 1718 02:20:57,824 --> 02:20:59,826 You write all of them? 1719 02:21:00,393 --> 02:21:03,263 - Did you write any of them, senator? - Now, look -- 1720 02:21:03,430 --> 02:21:06,433 Now, this entire bill was written by Pan Am executives ... 1721 02:21:06,599 --> 02:21:10,904 ... and designed to give that airline a monopoly on international travel. 1722 02:21:11,710 --> 02:21:15,508 You've been flogging this bill all around the world on their behalf, have you not? 1723 02:21:15,709 --> 02:21:19,446 I have duties that take me all over the world, Mr. Hughes. 1724 02:21:19,612 --> 02:21:24,651 Well, what the hell does a senator from Maine need to visit Peru for? 1725 02:21:25,385 --> 02:21:30,560 I was seeking outlets for our trade goods. 1726 02:21:31,240 --> 02:21:33,993 Buy a lot of lobsters down there, do they? 1727 02:21:36,563 --> 02:21:40,367 Senator, how many times have you visited Trippe's office in New York ... 1728 02:21:40,533 --> 02:21:42,902 ... in the last three months? 1729 02:21:45,472 --> 02:21:48,241 Would you like me to tell you, senator? 1730 02:21:48,975 --> 02:21:52,445 All right, this has gone on long enough. Juan is a great American. 1731 02:21:52,612 --> 02:21:56,983 His airline has advanced the cause of commercial aviation for decades. 1732 02:21:57,150 --> 02:22:02,689 Juan Trippe is a patriot. Juan Trippe is not a man who is interested in making money. 1733 02:22:03,556 --> 02:22:07,360 Well, I'm sure his stockholders would be happy to hear that. 1734 02:22:09,290 --> 02:22:10,530 We're gonna clear this room. 1735 02:22:11,640 --> 02:22:15,869 This is James McNamara speaking to you from the Hughes 2000-ton flying boat ... 1736 02:22:16,360 --> 02:22:19,205 ... the world's largest aircraft. This is the sky giant ... 1737 02:22:19,372 --> 02:22:23,443 ... which has prompted Congress to investigate the war contracts of Mr. Hughes. 1738 02:22:23,610 --> 02:22:27,180 Before boarding the craft, Mr. Hughes told newsmen that this test ... 1739 02:22:27,347 --> 02:22:31,551 ... would be solely a taxi experiment. He said he didn't know what might happen. 1740 02:22:31,718 --> 02:22:33,620 The mammoth flying plywood shell ... 1741 02:22:35,689 --> 02:22:39,426 ... might ship water under high-speed taxi pressure. He will not take ... 1742 02:22:39,626 --> 02:22:42,896 ... the craft into the air until next spring. The thin man from Culver City ... 1743 02:22:43,630 --> 02:22:47,567 ... pronounced the craft an unknown quantity. He has an idea what it can do ... 1744 02:22:47,734 --> 02:22:49,736 None of that, now. None of that. 1745 02:22:49,903 --> 02:22:52,806 We are about 5 feet in back of Mr. Hughes. 1746 02:22:52,972 --> 02:22:56,343 We are looking through one of the side windows in the cockpit. 1747 02:22:56,509 --> 02:22:59,790 Professor, why don't you come on up front here. 1748 02:22:59,479 --> 02:23:02,749 In other words, we are 30 feet high in this aircraft. 1749 02:23:02,916 --> 02:23:07,520 Strap yourself in right there. You ought to be able to see just great. 1750 02:23:08,521 --> 02:23:11,791 Huge crowds jam the surrounding shoreline this morning. 1751 02:23:11,958 --> 02:23:15,161 All right, boys, let's fire it up. 1752 02:23:19,320 --> 02:23:20,400 One's good. 1753 02:23:21,668 --> 02:23:23,603 Two's good. 1754 02:23:23,770 --> 02:23:25,472 Three's good. 1755 02:23:25,638 --> 02:23:27,707 Four's good. 1756 02:23:27,874 --> 02:23:29,576 Five's good. 1757 02:23:29,743 --> 02:23:31,244 Six is good. 1758 02:23:31,411 --> 02:23:32,746 Seven's good. 1759 02:23:32,912 --> 02:23:34,814 Eight's good. 1760 02:23:35,915 --> 02:23:39,719 - Advancing master throttles. - Advancing master throttles. 1761 02:23:41,354 --> 02:23:44,570 As you probably know, I have to do a great deal ... 1762 02:23:44,224 --> 02:23:46,359 ... of screaming into our microphone. 1763 02:23:46,526 --> 02:23:50,897 - Understood. Lower it 15 degrees of flaps. - Lowering 15 degrees of flaps. 1764 02:23:51,564 --> 02:23:55,301 Howard, she's gotta hit 70 to have any kind of chance. 1765 02:23:55,468 --> 02:23:57,737 Yeah, I know. I know. 1766 02:23:57,904 --> 02:24:02,242 It's a beautiful day here off the coast of Southern California. Blue skies ... 1767 02:24:02,409 --> 02:24:05,912 ... a warm sun ... - Twenty-five miles per hour. 1768 02:24:06,790 --> 02:24:08,314 - And a relatively calm sea ... - Thirty. 1769 02:24:09,949 --> 02:24:11,217 Thirty-five. 1770 02:24:11,384 --> 02:24:15,355 One would think these eight power plants might shake the craft to pieces ... 1771 02:24:15,722 --> 02:24:17,323 Take it easy, Howard. 1772 02:24:19,626 --> 02:24:23,396 - Forty! - Throttling back for starboard turn 180. 1773 02:24:23,563 --> 02:24:25,899 Throttling back for starboard turn 180. 1774 02:24:31,137 --> 02:24:33,640 The flight crew itself consists of four men. 1775 02:24:33,807 --> 02:24:37,844 Mr. Hughes, however, has added 11 maintenance men to this maiden taxi test ... 1776 02:24:38,110 --> 02:24:43,650 ... stationed at various places throughout the ship, checking points of stress and strain. 1777 02:24:46,520 --> 02:24:47,721 How does she sound, Odie? 1778 02:24:48,655 --> 02:24:50,657 Sounds good, Howard. 1779 02:24:53,927 --> 02:24:56,620 - Professor. - Yes? 1780 02:24:56,229 --> 02:24:58,164 Would you do me a favor? 1781 02:24:58,598 --> 02:25:02,635 Would you take a look out that window and tell me what the wind is doing? 1782 02:25:07,707 --> 02:25:12,120 I would say that we have a 15-knot wind. 1783 02:25:12,178 --> 02:25:15,582 Would you call that a headwind, professor? 1784 02:25:16,282 --> 02:25:18,485 I would, Mr. Hughes. 1785 02:25:18,651 --> 02:25:22,222 We must maintain silence. We must have quiet during the proceedings. 1786 02:25:22,389 --> 02:25:24,724 Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn? 1787 02:25:24,891 --> 02:25:27,360 Mr. Hughes, did you receive ... 1788 02:25:27,527 --> 02:25:33,900 ... $43 million to manufacture 100 XF-11 spy planes for the United States Air Force? 1789 02:25:35,135 --> 02:25:36,302 I did. 1790 02:25:36,603 --> 02:25:40,740 How many functional planes did you deliver to the United States Air Force? 1791 02:25:41,740 --> 02:25:42,750 None. 1792 02:25:42,242 --> 02:25:45,478 Would you lean a little closer to the microphones, sir? 1793 02:25:45,979 --> 02:25:47,147 None. 1794 02:25:47,313 --> 02:25:51,217 Did you receive $13 million to manufacture ... 1795 02:25:51,384 --> 02:25:56,189 ... a prototype of a flying boat known as The Hercules? 1796 02:25:57,724 --> 02:25:59,250 I did. 1797 02:25:59,192 --> 02:26:01,761 And did you deliver that plane? 1798 02:26:02,620 --> 02:26:03,363 I did not. 1799 02:26:04,431 --> 02:26:07,734 So by your admission in this chamber, Mr. Hughes ... 1800 02:26:07,901 --> 02:26:10,804 ... you have received $56 million ... 1801 02:26:11,204 --> 02:26:15,408 ... from the United States government for planes you never delivered. 1802 02:26:16,242 --> 02:26:18,110 That is correct. 1803 02:26:20,447 --> 02:26:23,450 Well, excuse me for asking, Mr. Hughes ... 1804 02:26:23,616 --> 02:26:25,552 ... but where did all that money go? 1805 02:26:25,952 --> 02:26:30,490 Well, it went into the planes, senator. And a lot more. 1806 02:26:30,657 --> 02:26:35,428 More? Do tell, Mr. Hughes, what other larcenies did you commit? 1807 02:26:35,662 --> 02:26:40,900 I mean, I put my money into the planes, senator. My money. 1808 02:26:43,403 --> 02:26:47,941 - See, the thing is that I care -- - Your personal finances are not -- 1809 02:26:48,108 --> 02:26:50,810 Let him speak. 1810 02:26:54,147 --> 02:26:55,482 Proceed, Mr. Hughes. 1811 02:26:57,584 --> 02:27:02,889 See, the thing is, I care very much about aviation. 1812 02:27:03,156 --> 02:27:07,827 It has been the great joy of my life. That's why I put my own money into these planes. 1813 02:27:07,994 --> 02:27:12,399 And I've lost millions, senator, and I'll go on losing millions. It's just ... 1814 02:27:12,565 --> 02:27:14,467 ... what I do. 1815 02:27:14,801 --> 02:27:19,139 Now, if I've lost a lot of the government's money during the war, I hope folks ... 1816 02:27:19,305 --> 02:27:21,908 ... will put that into perspective. 1817 02:27:22,750 --> 02:27:25,412 More than 60 other airplanes ordered from such firms as ... 1818 02:27:25,578 --> 02:27:29,582 ... Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop and Boeing never saw action either. 1819 02:27:29,749 --> 02:27:36,222 In all, more than $800 million was spent during the war on planes that never flew. 1820 02:27:36,389 --> 02:27:41,528 Over 6 billion on other weapons that were never delivered. 1821 02:27:41,695 --> 02:27:46,166 Yet Hughes Aircraft, with her 56 million ... 1822 02:27:46,332 --> 02:27:48,802 ... is the only firm under investigation here. 1823 02:27:48,968 --> 02:27:54,574 I cannot help but think that has a little more to do with TWA than planes that did not fly. 1824 02:27:54,741 --> 02:27:58,678 - You've made your point, Mr. Hughes. - One second. I have one more thing ... 1825 02:27:59,790 --> 02:28:01,314 ... to say here to this committee. 1826 02:28:01,481 --> 02:28:04,170 And that has to do with The Hercules. 1827 02:28:04,651 --> 02:28:09,889 Now, I am supposed to be many things which are not complimentary. 1828 02:28:10,560 --> 02:28:12,920 I am supposed to be capricious. 1829 02:28:12,292 --> 02:28:16,229 I have been called a playboy. I've even been called an eccentric ... 1830 02:28:16,396 --> 02:28:20,667 ... but I do not believe that I have the reputation of being a liar. 1831 02:28:21,601 --> 02:28:24,971 Needless to say, The Hercules was a monumental undertaking. 1832 02:28:25,138 --> 02:28:27,874 It is the largest plane ever built. 1833 02:28:28,410 --> 02:28:31,911 It is over five stories tall with a wingspan longer than a football field. 1834 02:28:32,780 --> 02:28:33,913 That's more than a city block. 1835 02:28:34,800 --> 02:28:38,618 Now, I put the sweat of my life into this. I got my reputation all rolled up in it. 1836 02:28:38,785 --> 02:28:42,222 I have stated several times that if The Hercules fails to fly ... 1837 02:28:42,389 --> 02:28:46,526 ... I will leave this country and never come back. And I mean it. 1838 02:28:47,894 --> 02:28:51,731 Now, Senator Brewster, you can subpoena me ... 1839 02:28:51,898 --> 02:28:56,736 ... you can arrest me, you can even claim I've folded up and taken a run-out powder ... 1840 02:28:56,903 --> 02:29:01,908 ... but, well, I've had just about enough of this nonsense. Good afternoon. 1841 02:29:02,308 --> 02:29:03,576 I had to do it. 1842 02:29:03,743 --> 02:29:07,681 - Mr. Hughes. - Mr. Hughes. 1843 02:29:07,847 --> 02:29:10,383 I'd love to see The Hercules in the air. 1844 02:29:10,583 --> 02:29:12,986 Thank you, thank you so much. 1845 02:29:21,995 --> 02:29:23,630 Switch it off. 1846 02:29:23,229 --> 02:29:26,660 - The hearings aren't over yet. - The hearings are over. 1847 02:29:28,768 --> 02:29:31,604 The airline bill will be defeated in the Senate. 1848 02:29:31,771 --> 02:29:34,874 TWA will begin flights from New York to Paris ... 1849 02:29:35,410 --> 02:29:40,814 ... then on to Moscow, to Japan, to Hawaii, to Los Angeles ... 1850 02:29:42,949 --> 02:29:44,984 ... to New York. 1851 02:29:48,822 --> 02:29:50,490 ****. 1852 02:29:54,527 --> 02:29:58,365 - Power coming up. - Power coming up. 1853 02:30:01,668 --> 02:30:03,903 Howard Hughes has just alerted us. 1854 02:30:04,700 --> 02:30:08,641 He has asked everyone to hold on. Tremendous horsepower kicking up. 1855 02:30:10,243 --> 02:30:11,344 Let me hear it, Odie. 1856 02:30:11,511 --> 02:30:13,580 Twenty-five miles per hour. 1857 02:30:14,147 --> 02:30:15,415 Thirty. 1858 02:30:15,749 --> 02:30:17,951 Here we go. Here we go. 1859 02:30:18,118 --> 02:30:20,286 - Thirty-five. - The air-speed indicator ... 1860 02:30:20,453 --> 02:30:24,570 ... has moved up to 25. Thirty. 1861 02:30:24,491 --> 02:30:26,559 - Thirty-five. - Forty. 1862 02:30:26,726 --> 02:30:28,561 As he pushes the throttle it's 40. 1863 02:30:28,728 --> 02:30:32,320 - Forty-five. - Forty-five. More throttle. 1864 02:30:32,198 --> 02:30:34,200 - Forty-five. - Fifty. 1865 02:30:34,768 --> 02:30:37,237 - It's 50 over a choppy sea. - Fifty-five. 1866 02:30:37,404 --> 02:30:39,739 It's 55. It's 55. 1867 02:30:40,240 --> 02:30:42,409 - Sixty. - More throttle. It's 60. 1868 02:30:42,575 --> 02:30:44,310 - Sixty-five. - Sixty-five. 1869 02:30:48,982 --> 02:30:50,884 - Seventy. - It's 70. 1870 02:30:51,840 --> 02:30:53,820 - Seventy-five. - It's 75. 1871 02:31:01,194 --> 02:31:06,499 And something momentarily cuts out. I believe we are airborne. 1872 02:31:06,666 --> 02:31:10,236 We are airborne, ladies and gentlemen. I don't believe that Hughes ... 1873 02:31:10,403 --> 02:31:13,139 ... meant this to be. I don't know. 1874 02:31:15,375 --> 02:31:20,747 And we were really up in the air. We were really up in the air. 1875 02:31:25,151 --> 02:31:28,555 Ladies and gentlemen, the Hughes mammoth aircraft ... 1876 02:31:28,722 --> 02:31:33,226 ... has flown this afternoon in Los Angeles Harbor. 1877 02:31:33,393 --> 02:31:37,597 Well, it certainly looks at this moment that Howard Hughes will be around ... 1878 02:31:37,764 --> 02:31:41,634 ... the United States for quite some time to come. 1879 02:31:52,679 --> 02:31:56,750 We must understand that technologies like these are the way of the future. 1880 02:31:56,916 --> 02:32:00,453 - That's enough questions. - TWA and Hughes Aircraft are delighted ... 1881 02:32:00,620 --> 02:32:03,890 ... to have you come here and witness this wonderful sight. 1882 02:32:04,570 --> 02:32:06,226 - Excuse us for just a second. - All right. 1883 02:32:06,393 --> 02:32:08,395 - So you feel like going to Paris? - Now? 1884 02:32:08,561 --> 02:32:10,563 TWA is starting up flights to Europe. 1885 02:32:10,730 --> 02:32:14,200 I thought I might pilot the first one. Ought to be some fun. 1886 02:32:14,367 --> 02:32:17,700 - Lots of shopping in Paris. - I'll buy you anything. 1887 02:32:17,237 --> 02:32:20,140 You can buy me dinner. How about that? 1888 02:32:22,409 --> 02:32:24,811 Dinner, then. We got a date? 1889 02:32:25,110 --> 02:32:27,347 Okay, baby, you got a date. 1890 02:32:28,982 --> 02:32:32,786 I'll be back in a second, but don't you go anywhere, now. I mean it. 1891 02:32:32,952 --> 02:32:35,955 All right, listen, boys. Something new. Jet airplanes. 1892 02:32:36,122 --> 02:32:39,590 - You know about jets? - No, but it sounds expensive. 1893 02:32:39,225 --> 02:32:41,661 Oh, it will be, but we gotta get started. 1894 02:32:42,896 --> 02:32:45,699 Come on, walk with me. 1895 02:32:45,865 --> 02:32:48,201 Whoever can start utilizing jet technology ... 1896 02:32:48,368 --> 02:32:52,238 ... on commercial airliners is gonna win. What do you know about the science? 1897 02:32:52,405 --> 02:32:56,843 I know a little. I can work something to show you. Basic turbine stuff. 1898 02:33:01,481 --> 02:33:05,318 Noah, who are those fellas? 1899 02:33:06,219 --> 02:33:08,210 Do they work for me? 1900 02:33:09,356 --> 02:33:11,658 Everybody works for you, Howard. 1901 02:33:18,398 --> 02:33:23,103 Lockheed worked on the F-80. Let's get Bob Gross and see if he can help us out. 1902 02:33:23,269 --> 02:33:25,572 - What, now? - Of course now. 1903 02:33:25,739 --> 02:33:28,675 We gotta get into it. Jets are the way of the future. 1904 02:33:28,875 --> 02:33:32,780 - It's 4:30. - I talked to Bob last week. He's in New York. 1905 02:33:32,245 --> 02:33:34,848 - So it's 7:30. - He won't be in the office. 1906 02:33:35,150 --> 02:33:38,218 We'll figure out what hotel he's at. Do you want a call ... 1907 02:33:38,385 --> 02:33:41,888 ... or you want some kind of meeting? - We want a meeting, don't we? 1908 02:33:42,550 --> 02:33:45,325 Do you want me bring him out here tomorrow, then, Howard? 1909 02:33:46,326 --> 02:33:48,728 - The way of the future. - Howard? 1910 02:33:48,895 --> 02:33:50,663 - Howard? - The way of the future. 1911 02:33:52,165 --> 02:33:54,901 - The way of the future. - Let's take a walk, Howard. 1912 02:33:55,680 --> 02:33:56,970 - Way of the future. - Give me a hand. 1913 02:33:57,137 --> 02:34:13,720 The way of the future. The way of the future. 1914 02:34:13,887 --> 02:34:17,857 All right, stay here. I'll be right back. You understand, Howard? 1915 02:34:18,240 --> 02:34:19,759 The way of the future. 1916 02:34:19,926 --> 02:34:23,563 Guard the door. I'll get a doctor. No one sees him like this. 1917 02:34:23,730 --> 02:34:31,905 The way of the future. The way of the future. 1918 02:34:36,420 --> 02:34:37,811 The way of the future. 1919 02:34:44,840 --> 02:34:46,119 You are not safe. 1920 02:34:49,220 --> 02:34:50,290 When I grow up ... 1921 02:34:50,824 --> 02:34:53,827 ... I'm gonna fly the fastest planes ever built ... 1922 02:34:53,993 --> 02:34:56,563 ... make the biggest movies ever ... 1923 02:34:56,730 --> 02:34:59,666 ... and be the richest man in the world. 1924 02:35:12,912 --> 02:35:47,647 The way of the future.