It Had To Be You (2000)

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Claire, we're finalizing our wedding

plans, and you want me to go alone?

There's just a few minor details left

A few minor details?

The reservations are at the plaza

All you have to do is follow

the schedule I've laid out

Answer yes or no

Gold or Silver Jazz or

Big Band and you're done

Why can't we do

this next weekend?

Charlie, please

I owe you, big time

Uh, huh, yes, you will

Thanks

I know once you start to write

your book, it's going to be great

At the rate I'm going, it's

going to be a great pamphlet

I have to go pack

Hi, I'm checking in...

Charlie Hudson

What about this?

This right here?

I have you in room 417

with a park view

Great

- Front

- Thanks

50"'!

- Enjoy your stay

- You have a reservation for...

- Thank you

- Penn, Anna Penn?

- Welcome to the Plaza Hotel, Miss Penn

- Right this way Mister

Thank you

Okay, I've got your

room right here

- Please take Miss Penn to room 517

- Sure

Great!

- Thank you

- Enjoy your stay

- Thanks

- Let me have this one

Right this way!

Right this way, sir

Sir, this is your oor

- Enjoy your stay

- Thank you, you too

Here you go, thanks

Thank you, Mr. Hudson

It's Charlie

- Thanks, Charlie

- You're welcome

It's beautiful, isn't it?

Yes, it is beautiful!

You know the steps

there, by the fountain

They kind of remind me of those

famous steps in Rome, uh?

The Spanish Steps

Right

You've been to Europe?

No, but I've always

wanted to go!

Well, this weekend,

take a walk in the Park...

have a glass of wine

by the fountain

and I guarantee you'll

feel like you're in Europe

Thank you

I mightjust do that

Here you go

Thank you very

much, enjoy your stay

Thank you

- Yep'?

- Henry

Hey, Charlie, you

guys makin' it okay?

Yeah, but it's just me

Yeah? Where's the general?

Ah, she went to London

Drug smuggling?

No, publishing

That's too bad, I could have

locked her up for awhile

Very funY

Hey, you want to

meet me for dinner?

Oak Room, eight-thirty

The Oak Room? I hope

you brought steak money

I've got steak money

Actually, I've Claire's credit card

I'll be there

I'll see you at eight-thirty

All right man

Bye

Can I get you something?

Uh, yeah... Rolling Rock, please

Rolling Rock, coming right up

- Good to see you, buddy

- Hey!

It's good to see you, too

You're looking good

All you got to do is smoke, drink, and eat

everything the doctors say will k*ll you

and you can look the good, too

What will you be having, sir?

I'll have what he's having,

and a bourbon chaser

Alright!

It's good to see you

let up on the hard stuff

Hey, this is the first drink I've

had since I got out of the cab

So, what are we drinking to?

To you getting married and not me

- Cheers

- Cheers

Bartender, you gave me

an empty glass

Sony, it won't happen again

Let me tell you something Charlie

I may not like Claire but I do

believe in the idea of marriage

You do?

Absolutely, and if ever I meet a girl

who drinks bourbon and shaves...

I'll many her in a minute

You know, I can recall seeing you with

a few women that needed a shave

Yeah, but they didn't drink

Which reminds me,

did you go last week?

YEP

That's a start!

I'm proud of you

So, how'd it go?

Great... I stood up, said hello, my

name is Henry, I'm an alcoholic

Told my stony,

and then I sat down

Yeah, but what was it like?

Well, the stony I told was a hell

lot more interesting than my life

- No, you didn't

- Couldn't resist! They ate it up!

Then what happened?

Nothing... We all went out for a drink

- You're the devil

- I know

Oh, man, look at this beauty!

Hi

Hi... Table for one, please...

- One?

- Yes, thank you

Whats that about?

Oh, uh, we, we took

the elevator together

That's it? That's the big juice?

What, what do you want me to say?

Okay, she's a... she's a spy, and we're

both planning on making love

before we're assassinated by the CIA

Works for me

Gentlemen, your table is ready

Nice!

Thanks

Thank you

Can I get you gentlemen

anything to start?

Just keep this stuff coming

Very good...

And for the other gentleman?

He'll have the blond

I'm afraid I can only offer you

dishes from the kitchen

Vely fllY 9")'

I'll just have another beer please

And we'll split a shrimp

c*ck... He's buying

Very good

You know, if I was lucky,

she'd really turn out to be a spy...

and you'd get shot

while making love to her

And then I'd write the stony

You?

Yeah, I bet you I could write that romantic

thriller crap just as good as the next guy

I'll tell you what...

Forget about her

I'll sh**t myself and you can

write my tragic biography

Yeah, you think it would sell?

Okay

Okay, let's see here...

Shrimp c*ck

Porterhouse...

Cheesecake

Hey, I'm already breaking a hundred

- Here's your key, enjoy your stay

- Thank you

Sony, I can't help you

out tomorrow, pal

I understand... Someone's

got to protect us civilians

Yeah!

I miss having you out there, partner

- Yeah, well, that was another life

- You were the best out there, Charlie

We both know what

happened that day, Henry

Yes, you risked your life, you did

your job, that's what happened

Okay

I'll drop it

You know me... If I'm not

drinking I'm talking

'Night, partner

Hey, look, are we still on

for Cha Cha's on Sunday?

- Yeah... Cha Cha's Sunday

- All right... Good!

Hey, Charlie

I keep a warm cup of coffee

and an extra doughnut for you

Just in case

Oh, could you hold

that for me, please?

- Thank you

- Hi

Hi

You need to take your finger

off the door-open button

50"'!

Do you mind pressing five?

Thank you

So, did you have a nice dinner?

Yeah... It was great,

thanks... How was yours?

Great... It was great

I recommend the Washington salmon

I'll remember that

You know, Washington's

our twentieth largest state

Really?

Average rainfall of thirty-two inches

Ranked twenty-third in suicides

Most people think it's first

because of the rain but it's not

Yeah!?

Okay, well... Goodnight

Goodnight

This is great

Front desk, this is Julia!

How can I help you, Mr. Hudson?

Uh... Yeah, can you tell me

what's above my room?

Above?

That would be Room 517... Why?

Yeah... Well, there's a leak

coming from up there

You better send someone,

or I'll need a rowboat

I'll send someone immediately, sir

Oh, is this your room?

Uh... No, I'm in the room below

I've been banging on the

door here, you know?

Hi

I'm so sorry

I fell asleep in the tub,

the water's all over the place

Oh, well, that's all right,

that's all right!

It's happened before

Really?

Excuse me

Excuse me

- In the bedroom too?

- Yeah

So

So are you in, you're

on this oor now?

Uh, no, actually,

I'm right below you

Oh, no!

Did the water come

down in your room?

It was just a trickle I was a little

concerned, so I called the front desk

I'm so embarrassed,

I never ever sleep in the tub

It's just that I was listening to

Sinatra and I just dozed right off

You, you like Sinatra?

I love Frank

Yeah, me too, I have

a bunch of his albums

He has twenty one gold, two

platinum and one multi-platinum

- Really?

- Yeah

You really do love Frank

Yeah!

Uh, okay, we're cleaning up the

water, I got a heater set up in there

- Thank you so much, thank you

- No, problem, my pleasure

Well, let's go down and

check out your room, okay?

Yeah! Okay, right

Well, good night, uh...

I'm... I'm Charlie

Anna

- Yeah, goodnight Anna

- Goodnight

Thank you

Goodnight

Mr Hudson?

Charlie

I'm Madeleine

- Charlie?

- Anna

Well!

Ain't this something?! You

two dated in high school?

No! Uh...

I ooded his room last night

- Really?

- Did the heaters work?

I felt like a piece of toast

by this morning

Did the bed dry?

Yeah, I sort of slept sideways

So you're... getting married?

I am and... you are, too

Yeah

You two want to look at towels

or go right to bed linens?

Towels... Towels sound

like a good place to start

Do you prefer to register

alone, by the way?

Oh, no, no, no, no...

Towels are great!

You can never have

enough towels

So, you like?

Good... What color?

I like white

Charlie, what about you?

Well, actually, I'm, I'm

kind of partial to while, loo

Really?

Why doesn't that surprise me?

My mother always said that that white

was the easiest to keep clean...

because it was the

easiest to see getting dirty

Cute

You remember

laundry anecdotes?!

Now, for your first year of marriage, you'll

be spending a lot of time in the bedroom

So, you want your

sheets to feel great...

and look like they are begging

you to be made love on

So where do you spend your

time after the first year?

Your lawyer's office

Look, when it's all said and done...

marriage is the one institution that

has lasted since the beginning of time

Well, marriage and prostitution

I'm sure that's just

an ironic coincidence

So, I recommend that we

go with the Egyptian cotton

Hey, did you know that the

United States produces...

one-fifth of all the cotton

grown in the world?

No, no, I didn't

In the china section,

we contemplate

In the house ware section...

we just list the most expensive

one when we can't decide, okay?

Okay

- Makes sense

- Please!

Fifty seven percent of the couples

that come in here that I register...

ends up lasting

Pretty good, huh?

Now, there are over sixty different

designs you can select from

You want to take a minute

and look these over

I'm going to go and take a powder

The coffee

And I'll be back in a few minutes

I never... I never knew there

were this many designs

I have my Grandmother's silver

Oh, so it's just me who has to decide

Oh, no! My, my fiance doesn't like it

Why?

Because it's... it's old and,

you know, she likes new

I think some things

get better with time

You know, when I was a little kid...

Every Sunday night we'd

have this family dinner and...

what I really loved was watching

my Grandmother take...

every little piece

and polish it and clean it...

and then put it back in a little

wooden box she kept everything in!

Well

It's not my place to say...

but I'd say you have

no need for new silverware

Yeah, I guess not

I'd never make it as a pioneer

So, how're we doing?

Uh... Well, actually, it's all

a little overwhelming

Yes... Very

Hey, nobody ever said

this was going to be fun

I think, maybe, Anna and I

could use a lunch break

Definitely... A lunch

break would be great

Lunch! Absolutely!

Hey, I'd love to join you two

Unfortunately I'm on strict Jenny

Craig, so I brown bagged it

So, what do you say we meet

in, oh, one hour? Is that good?

Great

One hour... Great, we'll

see you in an hour

See you then

So, who are you

marrying, Charlie?

Claire Parker,

November twenty second

Oh, you're getting

married a week after me

Oh, well, you'll have to call me

and tell me what married life is like

Okay! Deal

Who are you marrying?

I'm marrying David Allen

He's an advertising executive

Executive?

So, uh, so where is David on this

most auspicious occasion?

He actually got stuck in Paris

closing a deal on a new client

An airline

How about Claire?

She's, she's in London

with Edward Rogers

- Edward Rogers the writer?

- Yeah

She's... she's an editor

Wow, she must be good!

He's such a good writer

Yeah, she's very good

at what she does

What about you?

What do you do?

I'm a writer

Great! What name

do you write under?

Charlie Hudson

It's a great name

When I write a book,

I'll put it on the cover

- Are you writing a book now?

- Yeah

What's it about? How long is it?

Well, I'm on page six, and right

now it's about six pages long

So, you just got started

No, I've actually been writing

it for about six months

Oh! I'm sorry

Oh, nice! Very, very nice

pa!!!

You know, I have friends who laugh

at me, I don't need to reach out...

to strangers for this

I always thought I'd get married here

What made you change your mind?

David! He thinks it's for tourists

but I think it's romantic

Yeah, it is

Hey, how'd you like to be the

guy who changes the bulbs

Must be thousands of them

Actually, five hundred thousand

Please, don't tell me that

you counted them all

No, silly, I read that

Who do you think I am, Rain Man?

I just hope you'll think of

me on your next wedding

Excuse me?

Just joking! A little

bridal registw humor

Oh, thank you, Gail

If you need anything

else, just call me

I'll be here waiting for Mr. Right

to walk through the door

Ah ha, looks like we got rain

You know Central Park recorded

120.7 rain days last year?

No, I didn't

Now you do

Hey, have... have a great wedding

Thank you... You, too

Thanks

And, uh good luck with your book

I'm so sorry about laughing

It's okay

You have a nice laugh

I always thought my teeth showed

too much when I laugh

You have nice teeth

Thirty four... That's two

more than average

That's a plus

Well, I better go, so, uh...

Yeah, memo

- Bye

- Bye

Okay... Bye

Ricky Valentino at your service

- Charlie Hudson

- Hudson?

You don't remember me?

No, I'm sorry, I don't

You arrested me in

the Gershwin robbeny

The jewelry store on Waverly?

That's the one

You know, that was

a pretty impressive attempt

You almost pulled that off

Thank you

So, uh, how'd you get this job?

It's my cousin's shop...

I'm watching it while he's away

So, when's he coming back?

Eight to ten years

So, what can I do you for?

Well, I'm looking for some, uh,

some wedding gifts for groomsmen

Oh! Who's the sucker

who's getting married?

Me

Congratulations!

Thanks... So, what

do you suggest?

I suggest you don't get married

But if your mind is set, get them

these here gold plated cuff links

Gold plated?

Believe me, no one can

tell they ain't real gold

They say gold plated

right here on the back

I got an engraving g*n...

I'll just rub out the word plated

You have anything else?

Pens

Everybody loves a pen

I could cut you a real good

deal with these here pens

Not bad... How much?

For ya?

Ten bucks

That's all? Do they work

I guarantee them

And if I ain't around, just

remember, they're just ten bucks

Besides, once this Wedding's over...

you never gonna see

these guys anymore anyway

- What makes you say that?

- Look!

All I know is, every guy

I know who ever got married...

ended up never finding the time

to do the stuff he liked to do...

before he got married!

Yeah, like... like what?

I don't know... Stuff

Play poker, sh**ting pool,

going to the track...

Picking up broads...

You know, stuff

Can you wrap the pens?

Absolutely... I can wrap them

up here in a few hours

You want to leave a deposit?

No

Hello

- Hi

- May I help you?

Sure... I'm looking for

a maid of honor gift

Oh, who's getting married?

I am

Is it your first?

Yes

How nice, well, let me see!

Perhaps that display case over there

No, no, no, no...

First marriage, first marriage...

How close are you to her?

Oh, Tracey, I've known

her my whole life

- When we were little girls, we used...

- So, a long time

A long time

How about this beautiful

pair of earrings?

Those are beautiful, wow!

How much are those?

Four thousand

It's a bit steep

I see...

Perhaps, a key chain

Wow, that's beautiful

That's a nice choice

Tracey would love that

Seventeen hundred

I'll take it

Fine

- Thanks

- Francesca

This one needs to be wrapped up

Thank you

Run the card

So how'd you hook him?

Pardon the expression!

We met at an auction

How much you go for?

It was an art auction

Of course

Grain

Here yOll 9!

Well, here you go

Thank you for shopping

at Bulgari and good luck

Good luck to you, too

Hey!

How'd it go today?

I'm starting to contemplate eloping

Oh, no, that bad?

I think the prerequisite for any

woman in the wedding business...

is to hate the concept of marriage

Hey listen, you know what, I think I'm

gonna have to take a rain check on dinner

I had a little technical malfunction

What happened?

Mrs. Goldberg came in for her usual

color today, all right, you know?

And Chico unplugged the timer

So I'm like sitting there for

the next hour and a half...

wondering why the damned

buzzer never went off

What happened to Mrs. Goldberg?

She won't need her roots

done for about ten years

She's got frosted brain cells

Oh! my God

No, no, no, Mrs. Chavez! It's okay!

Sister, trust me, huh? Look at me

There is no problem

So, these guys... They

were real jerks, huh?

Yeah... Everyone

except for Charlie

Excuse me?

Who's Charlie?

Oh, he's getting married about the same

time as me, so we shopped together

Really? And what does

Charlie look like?

Well, he's kinda cute

Ooh! Cute means hot

Cute means cute

He's a nice person...

At least he seems to be

And so?

And so what?

We went shopping together

What do you think happened?

Don't answer that

God! Girl, you are getting married

He's getting married...

I mean, what's the danger?

Have a little fun on the eleventh hour

- You are so bad

- What?

L gotta go

Hey!

We're still on for tomorrow?

Yeah... We're still on

Ah, Mr Hudson!

I have a fax for you, sir

- Thank you

- You're welcome

Charlie, I hope the arrangements

are going well

Sony I missed your call

Edward Rogers has been

giving me a full tour...

Hi!

Hi!

How did you make out

with the rest of your day?

I'm exhausted...

I'm going to go up

and get some dinner

Take a hot bath and hit the hey

A bath?

I promise I won't

play Frank this time

Yeah!

Good night

Yeah... Anna?

You know, I was just wondering

Well, since we both

have to eat, if maybe

you know, you wanted to join me

for dinner? I mean, here in the hotel?

I think I'm just going to get

something sent up, actually

Oh, sure! Okay...

Maybe some other time

Thanks, Charlie

- Good night

- Good night

You have one new message

Ah! Hi, Anna, it's David

I guess you're at dinner

Everything's going well here in Paris

It's just really late and

I'm gonna get some sleep

I hope to be home by Monday and...

I hope the wedding plans are going well

Good night

Oh, and I love you

And I love you, too

ls the invitation still open?

Yeah... Please, sit down

Enjoy your meal

- Thank you

- Thanks

What made you

change your mind?

I figured the bath idea

was too risky, so...

Thank you

Wow! it's beautiful

Yes, it is beautiful

Can I pour you some wine?

Yeah, please

A toast to our weddings and

to your book, Charlie

It's my book if I ever finish it

- Okay, cheers

- Cheers!

- Good?

- Very good

So, Charlie...

How did you know that

Claire was the one?

Well, I've known Claire for five years

And when we first met, I was

just entering the Academy

And she had this energy,

this ambition, and it was infectious

Sometimes I feel that with David

and he's also very ambitious

I mean, he thrives on the

challenge of getting a new client

For me it's just...

For me it's always been the joy

I receive from my students

You're a teacher?

I teach fourth grade

What?

Well, that explains why you've been

filling me in on all these... these...

unusual statistics

Have I been doing that a lot?

Yes!

When you're around kids all the time

and they ask every question imaginable

After a while you tend to know

more information than necessary

David doesn't always understand

how important it is to me

I guess compared to his career, it

must seem pretty trivial, you know...

I mean, he gets an airline and...

I teach kids how many cows are left on

the farm after you subtract the sheep

You know, I always

thought it was unfair...

that the sheep were always

the ones being subtracted

It's not easy being a sheep

Apparently

And the two trains that leave

the station in opposite directions?

They arrive at their

destinations at the same time

So, what you're saying

basically, is that...

this is all designed to

torment nine year olds

It's a plot

Come on now, just one little kiss

Just a little one right

there on the cheek

Come on! I've been asking

for all night over here

Come on, you're breaking my heart

Good night, Miss Right

You bet a thousand

tonight, huh Henry?

I was born a hundred

years too late

Nah, 500 years too late

Whenever it was when men

ruled and women listened

I don't believe there ever

was a time like that, Henry

You're a good friend, Barney

Now go away bro

Hello there

And what can I get you, Miss?

Drunk

Okay

What's your poison?

- Bourbon

- Bourbon

Put that on my tab, Barney

Thank you

Your welcome

You mind?

You earned it

Not yet but, I'm working on it

Listen I gotta warn you

I'm way past the wooing stage

Wooing?

Who said anything about wooing?

I was thinking more

sweeping you off your feet

I'm already off my feet

See how good I am?

Yeah

Just some strawberries, please

Strawberries? I thought you

said we were gonna go for it

Alright... I'll walk on the wild side

Slip a little cheesecake

under those strawberries

- Now you're talking

- Cheesecake it is!

Very good choice

And then there's the fruit

tart... I don't know

- Enjoy

- Thank you

Good?

Better than sex

Really?

I can't believe I just said that

Probably having sex

with this wrong guy

- I mean, the cheesecake is good, but...

- Charlie

What? You started it

Behave yourself

Hen!

What do you do that affords

you the luxury of fine bourbon?

What I do doesn't afford fine bourbon

How do you pay your bar tab?

I don't

And just how do you

get away with that?

I'm a cop

I didn't know they let

cops drink for free

They don't, but, I'm kind of a

good luck charm around here

I've been coming here for ten years

And in 10 years they've

only been robbed 5 times

They've been robbed five times and

for that they let you drink for free?

It was the only five nights

I wasn't drinking here

So, Charlie...

You quit being a cop

so you could write?

No, I left for another

reason but I wanted to write

What was the other reason?

Well, I started out in

the robbery division

But, my last few years

the force I was a negotiator

A negotiator?

I spent a lot of time on

ledges talking people in

One night... Henry and I,

we to took a jumper call

And...

She was just a kid

I talked to her all night, but...

She wanted out

I'm sure you did all you could

Mm...

All I could would have

brought her in

The review board was satisfied

that I did it right but...

I wasn't

So I left

Well, I thought that...

maybe writing about it would

you know... like I'd figure things out

They say that if you write about events

in your life that you can't control

it helps to make them bearable

I hope it does, Charlie

Yeah... Me too

So, now I'm her maid of honor right?

But no matter how hard I try

I just can't be happy for her

Well, that's something else we got

in common besides the bourbon

because my best friend's

getting married too

and I don't like his choice one bit

So, what do we do?

I don't know what you can do...

But I can sh**t her

I had a great time tonight, Charlie

Yeah... Me too

It's been a long time since I had

dinner with a man other than David

That's why I turned you down

at first... it just felt weird

I just didn't know if it was right

I understand

And now? Did it feel right?

Yeah...

Yeah, it felt right!

It's getting kinda late...

We should go

- Yeah

- Yeah!

So, what's on your

agenda for tomorrow?

I'm listening to bands

We still haven't picked

our band yet, actually

Oh, well, you're welcome

to come and...

listen to them with me and

see if there's any you like

Okay

I promised my friend Ritchie that

I'd give his cousin a chance, so...

Sounds like fun

Well Henry...

We're at that weird hour

Yup, I'm weird

So, uh?

Where are we going?

I should get some sleep

Now Henry, you don't really think that we

should go home together now, do you?

I don't know...

Do n?

No!

Because you know that I'm a lady

And you're a lamb, right?

I'm a lamb

That's right

You're a lamb

Now, walk me home

Okay

This city ain't safe at night

It is now

Hey, how's it going?

I'm Bobby Love

I'm Charlie, Ritchie's friend

This is Anna

Yeah, yeah, Ritchie's

friend, Ritchie's friend...

- So, uh, where's the kid?

- Kid?

The Bar Mitzvah boy

No, there must be a misunderstanding

It's for a wedding

Hey, look, look...

Don't worry about it

They play the same music at weddings

So, uh, this must be the lucky lady...

Nice

Actually, we're just friends

She's getting married, too, so

I thought she could listen in

Hey, no problem, look...

You guys pick the same band, I'll give

you a discount, what do you say?

No, actually, I'm just...

I'm helping him today

Nonsense, nonsense, look...

You come back to the Love Lounge,

I'll hook you guys up real good, alright?

Come on back

All right, let's get started here guys

With the best of Bobby Love's...

Love Lounge collection...

Let's go

These guys are good, right?

They've got quite stage presence

Hey, your friend has

a good eye for music

- That's real polyester, you know

- That, that, that's okay

Do... Do you have any other bands?

Absolutely

Oh, now this guy... I can

get you a good deal on

He used to be a dentist

Look at those teeth, huh?!

He puts his patients out

without anesthesia

Do you have anybody who

plays like the popular hits?

This was popular

I think what he's trying to say is

like something more top forty

In 1940, this was top forty

Let me fast forward here

There she is

Brenda and Bodacious Toddpadz

She's lovely

Don't encourage him

Now, here's another way to go

These guys never took a lesson

They just picked it up on their own

Wow... They're good

I'll give you guys copy of their

eight-track to take with you

Hey, just make sure to tell

Ritchie I took good care of you

Don't worry, I'm going to

take good care of Ritchie

Next time I see Ritchie,

I'm gonna sh**t him

Hey, it could have been worse, he

could have recommended the caterer

Oh, yeah, Claire would love that

You can just see all of her Southampton

socialites eating hot dogs and ice cream bars

Hey! I like hot dogs

and ice cream bars

Well, Ritchie will lake really

good care of you then

Sony, I didn't mean

to waste your morning

You didn't... Really, it was fun

Besides, you missed out on

that whole disco scene

I didn't

To this day, just the sight of

polyester sends me into a seizure

Well, I'll make sure I'll let you

know if I see any coming our way

Usually, by the time you spot

polyester, it's a little too late

Help the homeless... Street news,

street news! Help the homeless

Street news? Help the

homeless? Street news

Street news! Help the homeless

Mickey?

Charlie

Mickey, what the hell are you doing?

Cynthia cleaned me out

She called the IRS on

me, and that was that

So, uh... what's new with you?

Well, I'm, I'm getting married

That...That was something

I have to stop in this

church for a minute

You want to come with me?

Going to confess?

No, Father Fitzpatrick has been

my priest since childhood

He's performing the ceremony

I just want to say hello

Sure... Okay

- Charlie

- Father

It's so good to see you

I was so glad to get the message

that you might be coming by

It's been way too long

I've known him since

he was just little lad

He would sneak into

the girls locker room...

through the air vents and

take photographs, you...

Sit, sit, sit

Oh, look at the two of you

Such a beautiful couple! Now...

Let me just check on that date...

November 22nd, right?

- Yes, Father, but...

- Yes, the twenty-second

I haven't been performing as

many ceremonies as I used to

Everybody lives with each

other first these days

and then they decide

not to get married

Father, let me explain...

We're not getting married

Now, now, everyone gets the jitters

You don't understand...

We're practically strangers

Well, we're all strangers at first, Charles

It takes a lifetime to really

get to know someone

That's the beauty of marriage

Each day you discover another reason

why you chose the one you love

Charlie, may I?

Father, we're marrying other people

You've fallen for others?

During your engagement?

Let me tell you a little stony

A man walked for miles in the desert...

Having lost his way...

Oh, no, no, that's the one for adultery

You too haven't slept

together, have you?

No, Father

So that one won't apply

Father, this is Anna

We met by chance this weekend

Claire is my fiance

Really?

I apologize for the sermon

You two just seemed like

a couple to me...

- so I assumed...

- No...

Anna and I are just friends

Fends

I usually have much better instincts

Well Father, we don't wanna keep you

I just wanted to see you and...

It... it means a lot that you'll

be performing the ceremony

I wouldn't miss it

And it was a pleasure

meeting you Anna

We have three masses

a day... Come visit us

Thank you, I will

Confessions are at

seven thirty, Charles

Oh, but come early,

there's quiet a line!

Thank you, Father

You know?!

Time...

is something that nobody

seems to undertake anymore

The heart that loves

withstands the test of time

it has the strength to wait

because it has no fear of time

it knows only that it loves

and that it will do so for ever

You too take the time to enjoy

And I'll see you on

the twenty second

Thank you, Father

I gotta go, Charlie

Yeah, me too

I'll see you later

See you later, Anna

I don't like it when you

call my fianc a nut

Darling, the man comes

to my house for dinner

I come back from the bathroom,

he's vacuuming the living room

He's a**l retentive

Not nuts

I don't know what

the technical terms are

but, by me, I know that

there's something wrong

He's getting better

People are not perfect

Darling, you are about to make

the biggest commitment of your life

I don't want to see you make

the biggest mistake of your life

- David loves me

- Yeah?

You know, well let me

ask you something

When is the last time that he sent you

owers or bought you a Hallmark, huh?

He does other things instead

- Oh, I forgot... He dusts

- Cute

Listen, sweetheart, whatever

problems he has now...

are only going to escalate later

What makes you say that?

When I met your father,

God rest his soul...

he had this little habit

of scratching his head

I mean it was no big deal

He just did it when

he got nervous

Well, we come home

from the honeymoon

and you don't want to know

what areas it spread to

- Mother, please

- Honey...

When you were a little girl,

you used to say that someday

a knight on a white horse was

going to sweep you away

I used to tell you settle for

a guy in a white Cadillac

Well, I was wrong...

Don't settle!

Mom...

You're going to have to trust that I know

what's going to make me happy

Whatever you do,

I'll be there for you

Thanks, Mom

Even if it tears my heart out

- Hey, look who's here

- Hey... Hello... Cha Cha

Long time... What?

You forget about your

old friend Cha Cha?

Nah, never! It's good

to see you, Cha Cha

Sit down, I'll get you and this

bum some of Mama's tiramisu

Well, there he is...

Right on time

pa!!!

I've had six double espressos

So don't let it throw you if I drop down

and do eleven hundred push-ups

I went to see Ritchie's

cousin this morning

Bobby Love

That maniac?

- So you know what my morning's been like

- Enough said

- It hadn't been for Anna...

- Anna? Who's Anna?

The spy... Remember?

The one from the restaurant?

- You dog!

- No, no... It's not like that

It's... She's getting married too

and, and we met at Bergdorfs...

We've just been shopping together

What?

You meet a beautiful

woman on an elevator

You spend the weekend with her

I'm out hunting every night...

I sleep with my cat

Look who's coming

Behave yourself!

Hello, darlings

Oh, I am so sorry I'm late

- Anna, darling, you look great

- Thank you

And it's good to see you too, Judith

Well, have I missed

any nice girl talk?

No, Mrs. Allen

Oh, call me Mom

- If that's okay with you, Judith

- Of course

You can even pay for the wedding

Oh! my God,

I mean that is hysterical

May I take your order?

- Why don't you go first, Mom?

- Oh thank you, dear

I would like the vegetarian salad,

the vegetarian dressing...

and the vegetarian soup,

with a glass of carrot juice

- And for you?

- I'll have a hamburger

- Rare, and a scotch

- Very good!

And what would you like?

Just some Pellegrino, please

- You're not eating

- Am not hungry

Well

Well! There we are

You can't be too careful

Now I'm just going to run to the little

girls' room, and I'll be right back...

daughter!

What are you doing?

- What are you doing?

- Infecting her

Oh! God!

So tell me, what's she like?

She's... fun; she's easy to talk to,

she's smart, she's a teacher

- Oh, yeah? What grade?

- Fourth

Hey, you should ask her

about the two trains

I did...They arrive at the same time

I knew it

Let me ask you something

Do you... do you believe

in love at first sight?

You mean the Cupid Theory?!

Cupid Theory?

Yeah, that's what they call it

Let me ask you something

Why do you think

Cupid uses an arrow?

Not a feather, or a cotton ball, or the back

of a soft bedroom slipper, but an arrow?

I don't know...

It's... It's metaphoric

It's... An arrow gets your attention...

it makes you feel something

No, it's because an arrow

blinds you or kills you

So, so you don't believe in it?

Yeah, I do believe in it

I think you find love, and then the arrow

pokes you in the eye and blinds you

Then you spend the rest of your life

bumping into things, hoping to see again

I'm starting to understand

why women tend to avoid you

Actually, men tend to avoid me, too

You are not going to make

me wear this, are you?

It looked better on the mannequin

Well, have her wear it down the aisle

Just try the cream one, okay?

Thanks

So you just me this guy,

and you think you're in love?

No, I'm telling you he's not like any

other guy I've ever met before

Why? Cause he's never done time?

My God! You're so funny

Let me ask you something

Do you believe in love at first sight?

I don't know

I just wonder how many love at

first sights really last, you know?

Really turn out to be true love?!

Yeah! You know, every time I thought

I found it, it turned into mush

How many times have

you thought you found it?

I don't know... Like ten or eleven

And you're selective?

So you don't there's only one person

in the world, we're supposed to be with?

I think there's two

The first one lakes all your

money when she leaves you

Then a year later, you

meet the second one...

and since you got no

money left for her to take...

She just rips your heart out

and then she leaves you

So what I'm saying is, there's

probably two out there

You're a real happy guy

You show me a happy guy,

I'll show you a guy on Prozac

Where do you gel

all this hostility from?

Talk radio

What's with all

the Cupid questions?

Nothing... Just, uh, you know,

something to talk about

You can't ignore this

Ignore what?

Listen... This is important

So is this

You really like this guy

I can see it in your eyes

In nine months,

I'm marrying David Allen...

- whom I love and adore

- Who you respect and appreciate

You don't love him

How can you say that?

Listen, kid, I've known

you nearly all my life

You know, and I couldn't live with

myself if I wasn't honest with you

Do you know that for

the past two years...

I haven't seen you laugh as

much as you have today?

You know, he may be a great

guy, but I'm your best friend

And you know what?

Maybe there is such

a thing as love at first sight

but you've got to have

your eyes open to see it

My eyes are open

Then what about looking

at this guy, Charlie?

Charlie's getting married

I'm getting married

Exactly! You're perfect for each other!

You both know you...

- already wanna get married

- Stop

Tracey, stop! Okay?

- Just stop

- I'm sorry, Anna

You know, I got a big

mouth... lt'sjust...

It's not you! I'm just

a little emotional

I think the lunch with my mom

and Mrs. Allen did me in

I check in the Plaza for one weekend,

and my whole life turns upside down

What?

You really do like

this guy, don't you?

- Haven't you heard a word I've said?

- Yes!

I've been listening

And I haven't seen you

get this worked up...

since Danny Richards took Betty

Delveccio to the prom instead of you

Thanks for reminding me... I slept

all night in that damn taffeta dress

I just want what's best

for you, you know?

I know

I want you to know what love feels

like in the pit of your stomach

What crazy love feels like,

even if it's just for a moment

- Crazy love?

- Yeah

You ever feel it?

Yeah... Once

Tommy O'Casey? Yeah!

I remember when we used to walk through

the neighborhood, you know, and...

I wished the whole world

could see us together

We'd stop at Ray's Pizza,

and I couldn't even eat

I'd just stare at Tommy sucking

down his Coke and two slices

Then he'd take me into his

Uncle Tommy's butcher shop

And he'd lean in and

press up against me

Before... our lips would touch...

my lips would just quiver

Quiver?

Yeah...

Yeah, my stomach, you know, would

ache and my heart would pound

I mean, I've been with lots of guys

since, but I've not felt crazy love again

What's Tommy doing now?

He gained fifty pounds, he's working in

Jersey City selling lawn furniture at Sears

Look...

I know you don't like David

I know he's not mister romantic

But he's good to me

Well I feel like I don't have to

chase after someone, you know

It's not complicated

He's not complicated

All my life I've waited for

this thing you call crazy love

I'm just willing to accept the

fact that if I can't feel crazy...

then at least I want

to feel happy, okay?

I'm going to many David Allen

And I need you to be there

Okay?

Yeah...

I'll be there

Thank you

You're my best friend, right?

You know, partner, have a safe

trip back to the burbs tomorrow

I will, alright and take

care of yourself

I'll see you in a couple of weeks

Yeah, good and...

We'll have a couple of beers,

and I'll teach you more about love

Okay

Hey... If you even think

you love her, tell her

I can't, I can't stop

thinking about her, Henry

I mean, I'm just thinking crazy

Could be

But what if she ends up

being the one who got away?

Thanks, Henry

For what?

For always knowing what to say

Just don't let on that I'm an old softy,

or I'll sh**t you where you stand

I got a reputation to protect

Your secrefs safe with me

Good luck with the bourbon lady

I'm telling you, Charlie

If I find out she shaves,

there just might be a wedding

Take care

Hi, David

No, it's... it's Charlie

I just thought it was David... Hi

Hey... Anna, can you, can you come

down to the front of the hotel?

Now?

Yeah, I mean...

Just for awhile, it...

It's our last night

Our last night, Charlie?

Anna... Please, I'll be in front

Okay

I don't know what to say...

Well, say you'll join me for

a ride with Max and Freddie

Freddie's the one with the blinders

How can you resist Freddy, right?

What are we celebrating?

I'm celebrating meeting you

Care to join me?

That's very sweet, Charlie

But I have a sneaking suspicion this isn't

the first bottle you've opened tonight

It isn't

The first bottle was to get up

the nerve to open this one

Well, okay... To meeting me

And a toast for meeting you

- Cheers

- Cheers

So, did you have a good

time today with your friend?

Yeah... Yeah, we met at our

old favorite hangout, Cha Cha's

Oh, I love his espresso,

and his mother's tiramisu

You know Cha Chefs'?

Yeah, I lived nearby on

MacDougal for a long time

I lived on MacDougal

for twenty years

That's incredible!

I moved out to

Old Brookville a year ago

cause that's where

David lives but I still...

I still travel an hour by

train every morning...

- so I can still teach at...

- Bedford Street Schoolhouse

How did you know that?

I just knew

I mean, I used to walk by that place

every day on the way to the precinct

It's so strange, Charlie, I mean...

We must have walked by

each other a thousand times

No...

I never walked by you

I would have stopped

What?

I would have stopped

I would never have kept on walking

I am sorry

When does Claire get back?

Tomorrow night around seven

How about David?

I don't know... He's probably left

a message at the hotel, actually

We should probably go back

Yeah...

Back to Plaza, please

Claire!

Surprised?

Yeah... Very

I closed the deal and

caught an earlier ight

I missed you

I am sorry darling for leaving

you here with everything

What's wrong?

Nothing... Nothing, I just,

I had a really long day

You know, a lot of owers

and a lot of bands

A lot of decisions to make

Well, I'm here now, and

we'll make the rest together

Make love to me

What?

Make love to me

Oh, I'm sorry, darling,

did I wake you?

No, where are you going?

I got a call from Peter

Oh! I didn't hear the phone ring

ll vibrates, silly,

I hide it in my pillow

He wants me to jump

on the Rogers contract

So I figured since I'm already in the

city, I'd look them over with him

You know Peter, he's

such a stickler for details

Wait! I thought he wasn't

expecting you in until tonight?

I left a voice mail for him

when I got in last night

Okay, I'm off

I will see you home by six, I promise

What? Charlie, what is it?

Ever think about when I was a cop

and you were writing ads for Macy's?

Oh, God, Macy's

And we'd order pizza, and sit

on the oor and watch TV

And we'd stay up all night figuring out

ways to advertise toasters and pillows

I haven't thought about

those days in a long time

It's those days that got

us to this day, Claire

What's this all about, Charlie?

Well, I guess I just miss

those times a little

Well, I don't

I was making 25 thousand a year,

working seventy hours a week

I'm talking about

the pizza and the TV

Well, I tell you what

This weekend learned more money

than I did all year at Macy's

So when we get home tonight

I'll have Mercedes make us

some Salvadorian pizza

I like just plain John's Pizza

Well, they don't have

John's in the Hamptons

I gotta go, Charlie

Hey, you know you

two look good together

She's getting married

- When?

- Nine months

You still have time

Yeah, there's a catch...

I'm getting married too

And I thought Doris being

a Catholic was a problem

Doris?

Yeah, Doris, my wife

Twenty-six years

So, it worked out,

it was meant to be

You gotta make it meant to be

What do you mean?

Anyone worth spending your

life with is worth fighting for

You, uh... feel something

for the tub lady Charlie?

Yeah, Mel, I do

Have you told her?

I tried... I think she thinks I'm

some kind of a heel, I mean...

What kind of a person

would tell her I love you...

on the weekend she's

planning her wedding?

Do you ever watch the

Jerry Springer Show?

Yeah, last night, I almost

become his next guest

Look, Charlie, you can take the chance

that she'll think you're a heel

or you can spend the rest of

your life wondering about her

I love Claire

But I'm in love with Anna, I mean...

I'm not making any sense

Charlie

Pull up a chair, sit down

I was a sailor on a

three-day leave in Hawaii

I walked into this pub and I met the most

beautiful woman in the world

She was a Naval nurse

on a three day pass

And we spent the next

two days together

And all we did was laugh

When it was time to leave,

my heart was so broken I...

couldn't even get the

strength to pack my things

So I just left everything right there

in the hotel and went back to my ship

And I stood on that deck

and I realized that I just

couldn't live my life without her

You, you and Doris have

been together ever since

No... Her name was Cara

My ship sailed off for

another six months and...

I stood on the deck, you know

and I watched that island

get smaller and smaller

I tried tracking her down,

but I could never find her

I love my wife...

But a day doesn't go by that

I don't wonder about Cara

Don't you know it's not safe to

close your eyes in Central Park?

Charlie!?

Sony, I didn't mean to startle you

Closing my eyes probably

wasn't the smartest idea

Have a seat

The bellhop at the hotel told me if I...

If I came to the fountain with

a glass of wine and close my eyes

I'd feel as if I were in Europe

so, thought I'd give it shot

Did it work?

I don't know, I was half way over

the ocean when you showed up

Maybe I should go

No... No...

Maybe we can try

it together, I mean...

That is, if you're game

enough to close your eyes

I'm willing to live

on the edge a little

I don't have another glass, but

you can drink from the bottle

Just my style

I thought so

- Cheers

- Cheers

Have you landed yet?

Yeah

It's beautiful

Where are you?

Rome... The Spanish Steps

Where are you?

Paris... Eiffel Tower

The city lights below are amazing

You should see it

I've always wanted to go to Paris

Then come with me

What?

Come with me

With your eyes still

closed, come with me

I'm here

How does 'Monk m you'?

I'm scared

I've never been up

this high before

I have you

I won't let you fall

I can't, Charlie

Anna

There have been moments in my life...

I wish I could have done over

When I saw you sitting here

I decided that this was not

going to be one of them

So, no matter what happens...

at least I know I've told you how I feel

Charlie

Can you imagine what our

lives would be like together?

I would always be the woman

you left Claire for

And you'd always be

the man I left David for

Either way, happy or sad...

We'd wonder about them

Anna...

Do you believe there's only one person

we're meant to spend our lives with?

Yeah

Then how can you be

in love with two people?

I don't think I am

I'LL

I'm alcoholic

And that's not my first time, although

I'm here by the grace of God

I've got thirty days

Hi

- Hi

- Happen to see a man...

He was in here a few

months ago with a g*n

Henry Taylor?!

- Yeah

- Yeah, we were having drinks

- Yes

- Have you seen him?

Ah... No, I haven't seen him, why?

- You haven't seen him?

- No

Okay

How're you doing, Mindy?

Hi

What're you reading?

(Infill.

It's the sweetest stony

I... I start reading it last night

and I just can't put it down

What's it about?

It's about this guy

He meets this woman

And he falls so in love with her

That's not exactly

a ground-breaker, Mindy

Yeah, but they meet on the weekend

they're both planning their weddings

What did you say?

They fall in love during the weekend they're

both registering for their weddings

What happens at the end?

I don't know,

I'm dying to find out

Only six pages left

Hey, Anna, what are you doing?

"Though it was only a weekend,

it might as well have been a lifetime"

What are you crazy? I just read two

hundred pages... You're k*lling me

What I gained from knowing her

was believing in myself again

and realizing that, in fact...

There was only one person I was meant

to spend my life with and that was...

Anna

Anna...

lS it you?

You've got to cover my last class

You know what you did was cruel

I know, but I'm going to

make it up to you, I promise

Okay

Go!

Thank you

Hey! You took my book

This color looks

so much better on you

Hey!

School out early today?

He never married her

Who?

Charlie

He never married Claire

How do you know?

He wrote the book

He wrote about

our whole weekend

Yes!

- What do I do?

- What do you want to do?

I want to find him

Wait! I'm going to go with you...

Let me get my coat

Mrs. Goldberg

Mrs. Goldberg,

listen, I've got to go

Chico's going to rinse you out

when the buzzer goes off, okay?

Yeah!

- Oh, sh*t! Mrs. Goldberg!

- Mrs. Goldberg!

- Mrs. Goldberg!

- You know what? She's gonna be okay

Let's go! Let's go!

Hi, I'm looking for a police officer

Well, this is where you'd find one

Um... I mean he used to be

a police officer, we lost touch

and I'm sort of looking for him,

his name is Charlie Hudson

Detective Hudson is on a call

if you want to leave him a note,

I'll be to put it in his mailbox for you

You mean he's back

working her again?

Yeah, that's why he gets a mailbox

Captain, where is he on call?

That would be Sergeant

Really? You look

more like a captain

Really?

Hill.

- He took a jumper

- Ajumper? Where?

Broom... and Sixth

Sixth and Broom

Thank you very much

Okay, come on

Okay, boys, relax...

Batman and Robin are here

About time, guys

Yeah, if the subways were safer...

- we'd have got her sooner, but we drove

- Yeah, yeah, come on

What have we got?

Got a young girl, her parents

just split up and she's scared

- Excuse us

- Excuse us

You bring her in, Charlie

- My God, that's him

- Where?

That's Charlie, right there

He's right next to the little girl

I'm Detective Hudson

My friends call me Charlie

Well, we can stay up

here all day together

I'm okay with that

You ever wonder what

makes a rainbow?

Probably has something

to do with the moon

It must be a mile wide

It's a reection from the sun

It is?

You learn that in school?

I bet you have a lot

of friends in school

I bet you're somebody's best friend

Yeah

You want to sleep over

at her house tonight?

It's okay

Okay

It's going to be okay...

Just take my hand, okay?

Just take my hand

- Oh, my God!

- It's okay, Anna...

It's going to be fine

I just want to take you inside

where you'll be safe

Will you let me lake you inside?

Now give me your hand

- Oh, God

- I got you

My God!

- Come on!

- Come on partner!

Come on! Bring her up!

Now, come on!

I got her! I got her!

It's okay

It's okay!

Welcome back, Hudson

- Go with him, sweetheart

- Okay

You got to let us through

Detective Hudson's a friend

of ours, please, he will...

Please, will you let us through?

- Come on

- Thank you, thank you

I'm going to get you two

doughnuts for this one

Come here!

Well, what do you know?

Yeah, this is Taylor, I got a young

female, 97 H to St Vincent's

56 at this time, 90 Henry, go!

- Ten-four

- Dictated 90, ten-four

Tracey

How you been?

Suicidal for a day,

you know, then fine

I don't know what to say?

How about, I'm going to do the right

thing and take cyanide?

No, no, no, it's not like that

I really had a great

time that night, I just...

Caught a bad case of schmuck

and you forgot my number?

No, I know your phone number...

I looked at it a thousand times, I...

- I just got scared

- Bullshit!

You know, I'm ashamed

to even say this

but I went back to that bar

where we met to look for you

You said you drank

there every night

Was that bullshit too?

No

I don't go there anymore...

I'm sober

Yeah, I did hear they got

robbed a few weeks ago

I just wanted to get myself

straightened up before I give you...

You know, I picked up the phone

a hundred times to explain, I just...

I wanted to say something romantic

Yeah, well, here I am,

so give it your best shot

- What? Here? Now?

- Here... Now

- Romantic?

- Romantic... Let's go

In the deep of night...

A star began to light...

my darkened world

That star...

That star I know was you

That's nice, Henry

That's real nice

When it doesn't rhyme,

it means more

Yeah...

- Okay, get up

- What?

UP, up... Get up!

So, why are you so out of breath?

From chasing after you

I got to get you into shape

What do you do chasing

after all those criminals?

I don't chase after them, I sh**t them

- You're the best

- Thanks

We missed you