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WOMAN: Raindrops on roses

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And whiskers on kittens

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Bright copper kettles

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And warm woolen mittens

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Brown paper packages

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Tied up with strings

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These are a few

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Of my favorite things

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DUKE NARRATING: We were
somewhere around Barstow,
on the edge of the desert,

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when the drugs
began to take hold.

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(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

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l remember saying
something like...

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I feel a bit lightheaded.

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(EXCLAIMING)
Maybe you should drive.

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(BATS SCREECHING)

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DUKE NARRATING: SuddenIy
there was a terrible roar
all around us.

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And the sky was full of
what looked like huge bats.

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All swooping and screeching
and diving around the car.

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And a voice was screaming...

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Holy Jesus! What are
these goddamn animals?

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(GRUNTING)

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(SINGING) Come on, baby

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You say something?
Hmm?

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Never mind.

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It's your turn to drive.

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DUKE NARRATING: No point
in mentioning these bats,
l thought.

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The poor bastard'll
see them soon enough.

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(SINGING) Baby,
l'm starting to feel human

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Ohh, ohh, yeah

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Hey, hey, feel with me, baby

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'Cause l feel it coming on

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Fucking pigs! Flying !

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All right, let's see.

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We had 2 bags of grass,
75 pellets of mescaline,

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5 sheets of
high-powered blotter acid,

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a salt shaker
half full of cocaine,

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a whole galaxy of
multicolored uppers, downers,
screamers, laughers.

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Also, a quart of tequila,
a quart of rum,

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a case of beer,
a pint of raw ether...

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Shit!

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2 dozen amyls.

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Not that we needed
all that for the trip,

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but once you get locked
into a serious
drug collection,

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the tendency is to
push it as far as you can.

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The only thing
that really worried me
was the ether.

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There is nothing
in the world more helpless

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and irresponsible
and depraved

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than a man in the depths
of an ether binge,

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and l knew
we'd get into that
rotten stuff pretty soon.

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WOMAN ON RADIO: A House
subcommittee report says,

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illegal drugs killed
1 60 American Gls last year,

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40 of them in Vietnam.

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Drugs...

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(SINGING)
One toke over the line
Sweet Jesus

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One toke, man !

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One toke over the line!

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Sitting downtown
at a railway station

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One toke over the line!

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One toke, you poor fool?

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Sweet, sweet Mary!

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Wait'll you see those
goddamned bats, man.

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Mine!

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One toke over the line

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Let's give that boy a lift.

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What? No!

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Wait! We can't stop here.

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This is bat country.

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Hot damn ! I never rode
in a convertible before!

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Is that right? Well, I guess
you're about ready then,
aren't you?

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We're your friends.

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We're not like the others,
man. Really.

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No more of that talk
or I'll put the fucking
leeches on you. Understand?

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(GONZO GIGGLING)

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Get in.

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DUKE NARRATING: How Iong
could we maintain, l wondered.

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How long before
one of us starts raving
and jabbering at this boy?

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What will he think then?

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This same lonely desert
was the last known home
of the Manson family.

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Would he make
that grim connection

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when my attorney starts
screaming about bats

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and huge manta rays
coming down on the car?

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lf so, well, we'll just
have to cut his head off
and bury him somewhere.

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'Cause it goes without saying
that we can't turn him loose.

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He'd report us at once

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to some kind of outback
Nazi law enforcement agency

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and they'll run us down
like dogs.

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Jesus, did l say that,
or just think it?

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Was l talking?
Did they hear me?

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It's okay.

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Just admiring
the shape of your skull.

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BOY: No, thanks!

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Maybe l'd better have a chat
with this boy, l thought.
I have asthma!

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Perhaps if l explain things,
he'll rest easy.

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All right, listen.

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There's one thing you should
probably understand.

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Can you hear me?

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Good.

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(EXCLAIMS)
I want you to have
all the background.

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This is a very
ominous assignment

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with overtones
of extreme personal danger.

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I'm a Doctor of Journalism,
man.

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This is important,
goddamn it!
This is a fucking true story!

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Shit! Hey, what're you doing?
Sit down. Get the fuck. . .

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Get your hands
off my fucking head !

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Now, now, now.

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DUKE NARRATING: Our vibrations
were getting nasty, but why?

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Was there no communication
in this car?

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Had we deteriorated
to the level of dumb beasts?

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I want you to understand
that this man at the wheel
is my attorney.

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He's not just some dingbat
I found on the Strip, man.

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He's a foreigner.

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I think he's probably Samoan.

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It doesn't matter,
though, does it?

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Are you prejudiced?

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Hell, no.

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I didn't think so.

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Because in spite of his race,
this man is extremely valuable
to me.

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Oh, shit.
I forgot about the beer.
You want some?

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No.

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How about some ether?

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What?

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Never mind.
All right, let's get right
to the heart of this thing.

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24 hours ago
we were sitting. . .

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DUKE NARRATING:
...in the Pogo Lounge
of the Beverly Heights Hotel.

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ln the patio section,
of course.

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Drinking Singapore Slings
with mescal on the side.

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Hiding from
the brutish realities of
this foul year of our Lord,

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1 971 .

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Cops were going apeshit. . .

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(MUTTERING)

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Perhaps this is the call
you've been waiting
for all this time, sir.

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Perhaps.

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Yeah?

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Mmm-hmm.

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Mmm. Really?
All right. Yeah?

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Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, yeah. Okay. Bye.

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That was headquarters.
They want me to. . .

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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(COINS CLATTERING)

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(WHISPERING) Thank you.

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They want me to go
to Las Vegas at once.

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Make contact with
a Portuguese photographer
named Lacerda.

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He'll have all the details.

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All I have to do
is check into my
soundproof suite.

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He'll seek me out.
What do you think?

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Sounds like real trouble.

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You're gonna need
plenty of legal advice
before this thing is over.

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Oh, yeah.

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As your attorney,
I advise you

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to rent a very fast car
with no top.

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And you'll need the cocaine.

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Tape recorder
for special music.

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Acapulco shirts.

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Get the hell out of L.A.
for at least 48 hours.

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Blows my weekend.
Why?

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'Cause, naturally,
I'm gonna have
to go with you.

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And we're gonna have to
arm ourselves to the teeth.

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Well, why not?

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I mean,
if a thing's worth doing,
it's worth doing right.

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This is the American Dream
in action.

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Wait!

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Shit, we'd be fools not to
ride this strange torpedo
all the way out to the end.

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Indeed. We must do it.

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What kind of story
is this?

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It's the Mint 400.

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The richest off-road race
for motorcycles
and dune buggies

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in the history
of organized sport.

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It's a fantastic spectacle
in honor of some
fatback grosero,

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who owns
the luxurious Mint Hotel
in downtown Las Vegas.

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At least that's what
the press release says,
anyway.

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Well, as your attorney,
I advise you to buy
a motorcycle.

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How else can you cover
a thing like this righteously?

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Well, we're gonna have to
drum it up on our own.

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Pure Gonzo journalism.

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Shit!

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(TIRES SQUEALING)

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DUKE NARRATING: Getting
hold of the drugs and shirts
had been no problem.

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But the car and tape recorder
were not easy things
to round up

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at 6:30 on a Friday afternoon
in Hollywood.

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Sounds beautiful.

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Great. Hang on to it.

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Fucking A,
the gentleman has
a major credit card !

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That's right, man.
Don't take any guff
from these fucking swine.

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I just got through
saying that.

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Do you realize
who the fuck
you're talking to?

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Right.
Do you?

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Be over in 30 minutes.

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DUKE: We're gonna
need a sound store.

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GONZO: We won't
make the nut unless
we have unlimited credit.

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DUKE: Jesus Christ.
We will, man.

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You Samoans
are all the same.

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You have no faith
in the essential decency
of the white man's culture.

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DUKE NARRATING:
The store was closed.

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But the salesman said
he could wait if we hurry.

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(SIRENS WAILING)

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But we were
delayed en route

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when a Stingray in front of us
killed a pedestrian.

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We had trouble again
with the car rental agency.

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Hey, Mr. Duke,
we're all settled.

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If I could just
get your John Hancock,
you're on your way.

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Yeah.

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Listen,
you're gonna be real
careful with this car, right?

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Oh, yeah, man. Of course.

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Good. Jeez. . .

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No, no, no!

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(PANTING)

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Holy smokes!

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You just backed over
a two-foot concrete abutment,

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you didn't even slow down.

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What were you going about,
I don't know,
45 miles an hour backwards?

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Hey.
There's no harm done.

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Oh?
I always test
the transmission that way,

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the rear end
for stress factors.

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Boy, this is really
a nice pen, man.

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Hey, listen, you. . .

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You fellows haven't
been drinking, have you?

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No. Not me.
Oh.

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We're responsible people.

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00:10:00,725 --> 00:10:01,933
Hey, hey, hey!

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00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:04,311
Goddamn it,
you've got my pen !

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00:10:05,229 --> 00:10:06,271
(TIRES SCREECHING)

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00:10:06,355 --> 00:10:08,273
Goddamn hippies!

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DUKE NARRATING: We spent
the rest of that night

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rounding up materials
and packing the car.

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Then we ate some mescaline
and went swimming.

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Our trip was different.

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lt was to be
a classic affirmation

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of everything right and true
in the national character.

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A gross physical salute
to the fantastic possibilities
of life in this country.

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But only for those
with true grit.

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And we are chock
full of that, man.

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Damn right!

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00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:40,722
My attorney
understands this concept,
despite his racial handicap.

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00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,515
But do you?

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(GIGGLING)

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He said he understood,
but l could see in his eyes
that he didn't.

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He was lying to me.

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(GONZO SCREAMING)

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Medicine!

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00:11:05,539 --> 00:11:06,956
What?
Medicine!

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00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:08,458
Medicine?
Oh, yeah, medicine. Right.

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00:11:08,584 --> 00:11:09,626
Right here.

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00:11:09,710 --> 00:11:12,379
(SHRIEKING)
Don't worry.
This man has a bad heart.

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Angina pectoris.

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00:11:14,256 --> 00:11:16,174
But we have a cure for it.
Here you go.

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00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:17,717
All right.

247
00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:20,970
Big whiff. Big whiff.
Big whiff, sonny boy.

248
00:11:21,055 --> 00:11:23,098
There you go. Much better.

249
00:11:23,641 --> 00:11:24,933
Now for the doctor.

250
00:11:25,267 --> 00:11:27,060
(GROANING)

251
00:11:30,398 --> 00:11:32,440
(SQUEALING)

252
00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:40,407
What the. . .

253
00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:44,536
What the fuck
are we doing out here
in the middle of the desert?

254
00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,913
Somebody call the police.
We need help.

255
00:11:46,997 --> 00:11:48,039
We need help.

256
00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:50,375
We need help. We need help.

257
00:11:50,459 --> 00:11:51,459
(HORN HONKS)

258
00:11:51,919 --> 00:11:54,170
(LAUGHING)

259
00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:00,760
The truth.

260
00:12:01,929 --> 00:12:03,138
Truth?

261
00:12:04,473 --> 00:12:05,724
Now, we're going to Vegas. . .

262
00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:06,891
Vegas.

263
00:12:06,976 --> 00:12:10,562
To croak a scag baron
named Savage Henry.

264
00:12:10,646 --> 00:12:11,646
It's true.

265
00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:15,316
Why? Because I've
known him for years
but he ripped us off.

266
00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,402
DUKE: And you know
what that means.

267
00:12:17,486 --> 00:12:19,237
And you know what that means.
Right?

268
00:12:19,321 --> 00:12:20,321
No.

269
00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:23,408
Savage Henry
has cashed his check.

270
00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:25,160
Cashed his check.

271
00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:27,954
And we're gonna
rip his lungs out.

272
00:12:29,165 --> 00:12:30,999
That bastard won't
get away with this.

273
00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:34,586
I mean, what is
going on in this country
when a scum sucker like that

274
00:12:34,670 --> 00:12:36,755
can get away
with sandbagging
a Doctor of Journalism?

275
00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:37,922
Can you tell me that?

276
00:12:38,632 --> 00:12:41,009
Hey!
Thanks for the ride!
I like you guys!

277
00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:43,011
Really, don't worry about me!
Wait a minute!

278
00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:44,763
Come back and have a beer!

279
00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,515
Shit. Fuck.

280
00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:49,225
I'm gonna miss him.

281
00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:52,353
Move over.
Did you see his eyes?

282
00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:54,773
We have to get
out of California
before that kid finds a cop.

283
00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:56,816
(CACKLING)
Come on.
Scoot over, you fat bastard.

284
00:12:56,901 --> 00:12:58,610
We had a real freak
on our hands!

285
00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:00,153
Oh, shit.

286
00:13:03,824 --> 00:13:06,659
DUKE NARRATING: It was
absolutely imperative that
we get to the Mint Hotel

287
00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:08,661
before the deadline
for press registration.

288
00:13:08,746 --> 00:13:12,040
Otherwise we might
have to pay for our suite.

289
00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:16,961
(SCREECHING)

290
00:13:17,713 --> 00:13:18,880
Jesus!

291
00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:22,592
Did you see what God
just did to us, man?

292
00:13:23,010 --> 00:13:24,469
God didn't do that.
You did it.

293
00:13:24,553 --> 00:13:26,846
You're a fucking
narcotics agent.
I knew it.

294
00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:28,681
That was our cocaine,
you pig !

295
00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:30,475
You fucking pig, swine, whore!

296
00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:31,684
You better be careful.

297
00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,356
Plenty of vultures out here
that'll pick your bones
clean before morning.

298
00:13:36,565 --> 00:13:38,107
You fucking whore.

299
00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:39,943
(FEIGNING LAUGHTER)

300
00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:43,488
Here's your half
of the sunshine acid. Eat it.

301
00:13:43,572 --> 00:13:44,656
Yeah.

302
00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:46,991
Great.

303
00:13:48,285 --> 00:13:49,994
How long do I have?

304
00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:52,038
As your attorney,
I advise you to drive
at top speed

305
00:13:52,122 --> 00:13:54,415
or it'll be a goddamn
miracle if we can get there

306
00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,751
before you turn
into a wild animal.

307
00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:58,711
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

308
00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,463
(MUTTERING)

309
00:14:00,756 --> 00:14:02,382
(SINGING) Yeah, yeah

310
00:14:02,716 --> 00:14:03,716
Are you ready for that?

311
00:14:03,801 --> 00:14:06,511
Checking into a Vegas hotel
under a phony name

312
00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:09,681
with intent to
commit capital fraud
and a head full of acid?

313
00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:12,183
I sure hope so.

314
00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,102
DUKE NARRATING: 30 minutes.

315
00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,854
lt was going to be very close.

316
00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,944
(SINGING) WeII,
she's all you'd ever want

317
00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:24,779
She's the kind
l'd like to flaunt

318
00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:26,573
And take to dinner

319
00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:29,033
MAN ON P.A. : WeIcome
to the Mint Hotel!

320
00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:30,743
(SINGING) WeII,
she always knows her place

321
00:14:30,828 --> 00:14:32,954
She's got style
She's got grace

322
00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:34,831
She's a winner

323
00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:36,249
(HORN HONKING)

324
00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:38,459
She's a lady

325
00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,087
Whoa, whoa, whoa

326
00:14:41,171 --> 00:14:42,547
She's a lady

327
00:14:42,631 --> 00:14:43,798
Hmm? Mmm.

328
00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:46,968
(SINGING) TaIking about
my little lady

329
00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:48,928
MAN: Come on, take the ticket.
We're busy here.

330
00:14:49,013 --> 00:14:50,138
(SINGING) And the Iady is mine

331
00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:52,223
Come on, take the ticket.
Take it.

332
00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:53,975
Take the ticket.

333
00:14:56,186 --> 00:14:57,478
I need this, right?

334
00:14:57,813 --> 00:14:59,439
I'll remember your face.

335
00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:04,402
DUKE NARRATING: There is
no way of explaining
the terror l felt.

336
00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:10,158
WOMAN ON P.A. : Attention,
all Mint Hotel guests.

337
00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:12,702
Will the owner
of a green Pinto

338
00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:16,205
Minnesota license plate
TG0432...

339
00:15:16,498 --> 00:15:18,291
DUKE NARRATING:
l was pouring sweat.

340
00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:21,002
My blood is too thick
for Nevada.

341
00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:24,088
l've never been able
to properly explain myself
in this climate.

342
00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:25,256
(MAN CHATTERING)

343
00:15:25,341 --> 00:15:28,885
Okay. Be quiet, be calm.

344
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:33,473
Name, rank
and press affiliation.

345
00:15:33,557 --> 00:15:34,557
Nothing else.

346
00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:37,602
. . .hamburger stand.
She was a waitress
about 1 6 years old.

347
00:15:37,686 --> 00:15:40,355
They chopped her goddamn
head off right there
in the parking lot.

348
00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:43,483
Then they cut all
kinds of holes in her
and sucked out the blood.

349
00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:45,652
They were after
the pineal gland, I think.

350
00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:46,986
Yeah.

351
00:15:47,071 --> 00:15:48,363
No. How's your mama?

352
00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:49,948
lgnore this terrible drug.

353
00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:52,158
Yeah.

354
00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:54,535
Pretend it's not happening.

355
00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:55,787
(GRUNTS)

356
00:15:55,871 --> 00:15:57,205
Hi there!

357
00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:00,375
My name?

358
00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:05,755
Raoul Duke!
On the list. Freelance.

359
00:16:05,839 --> 00:16:07,215
On the list, then?

360
00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:08,883
Total coverage.

361
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,347
I have my attorney. . .

362
00:16:17,768 --> 00:16:19,018
With me.

363
00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:22,021
And I realize that his name
is not on that list.

364
00:16:22,106 --> 00:16:23,648
But we must have that suite!

365
00:16:23,732 --> 00:16:25,942
Yes, we must have that suite.

366
00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,319
What's the score here?

367
00:16:28,862 --> 00:16:30,279
What's next?

368
00:16:30,572 --> 00:16:32,657
Your suite isn't ready yet.

369
00:16:32,741 --> 00:16:35,576
But someone
was looking for you.

370
00:16:36,203 --> 00:16:38,079
No! We haven't done
anything yet! Move!

371
00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:39,914
I can handle this.

372
00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:43,334
This man suffers
from a bad heart.

373
00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:46,045
But I have
plenty of medicine.
My name is Dr. Gonzo.

374
00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:49,257
Prepare our suite at once.
We'll be in the bar.

375
00:16:54,722 --> 00:16:56,514
(GRUNTS)

376
00:17:03,647 --> 00:17:06,482
I don't know about you,
but I'm starting
to feel that drink.

377
00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:07,734
(CHUCKLING)

378
00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:10,278
(GROWLS)

379
00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:13,614
Hey, beat it.
Beat it. Go on.

380
00:17:15,784 --> 00:17:17,869
Well, I like the way
you did that.

381
00:17:17,953 --> 00:17:18,911
(EXCLAIMS)

382
00:17:18,996 --> 00:17:21,581
Come on. Come on. Come on.

383
00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:24,167
What's that?
Come on, come on.
Let's get some peanuts.

384
00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,544
DUKE: Peanuts?
That's one thing
that's good for you, man.

385
00:17:26,628 --> 00:17:28,296
Peanuts, man.
Jesus!

386
00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:30,423
2 Cuba Libres, beer
and mescal on the side.

387
00:17:30,507 --> 00:17:31,924
BARTENDER: You got it.

388
00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:35,303
I'll bet you're a Libra.
Mmm.

389
00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:37,805
(LAUGHING)

390
00:17:38,932 --> 00:17:40,433
(WOMAN MOANING)

391
00:17:42,519 --> 00:17:44,062
Who's Lacerda?
Lacerda?

392
00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:46,355
Yeah, he's waiting for us
on the 1 2th floor.

393
00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,775
Room 1 250. Lacerda.

394
00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:51,319
DUKE NARRATING:
l couldn't remember.

395
00:17:51,987 --> 00:17:54,405
The name rang a bell,
but l couldn't concentrate.

396
00:17:55,199 --> 00:17:57,825
Terrible things were happening
all around us.

397
00:17:57,910 --> 00:17:59,327
(GURGLING)

398
00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:01,412
Buy us some golf shoes,

399
00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:03,831
otherwise we'll never
get out of this place alive.

400
00:18:05,375 --> 00:18:07,418
Impossible to walk
in this muck.

401
00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:09,212
No footing at all.

402
00:18:12,674 --> 00:18:16,135
WOMAN ON P.A. :
Mr. Roger Pratt, please
call the hotel operator.

403
00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:22,266
(SINGING) How can I bear
to see your heart break?

404
00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:25,520
To see your heart break

405
00:18:25,604 --> 00:18:27,814
Over me

406
00:18:33,862 --> 00:18:35,613
(GROWLING)

407
00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:56,467
l was right in the middle
of a fucking reptile zoo

408
00:18:56,552 --> 00:18:59,262
and somebody was giving booze
to these goddamn things.

409
00:18:59,888 --> 00:19:03,182
lt won't be long now
before they tear us to shreds.

410
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:09,397
(MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY)

411
00:19:17,698 --> 00:19:18,906
Please!

412
00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,993
Tell them to get out
their fucking golf shoes!

413
00:19:22,077 --> 00:19:23,077
(ALL GASPING)

414
00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:26,414
Jesus God Almighty,
look at that bunch
over there, man.

415
00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,207
They've spotted us.

416
00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:30,251
GONZO: That's the press table,
man.

417
00:19:30,419 --> 00:19:32,920
We're gonna have to sign in
for our credentials.

418
00:19:35,215 --> 00:19:36,424
Okay?

419
00:19:37,968 --> 00:19:39,635
Are you ready?
Hmm?

420
00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,220
Are you ready?

421
00:19:42,097 --> 00:19:45,600
Come on, hurry up.
Wait! Wait, wait!
Fucking don't leave me here!

422
00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:49,020
BOY: Two club sandwiches,

423
00:19:49,104 --> 00:19:52,064
and 2 more club sandwiches.

424
00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:56,444
One, two, three, four
shrimp cocktails.

425
00:19:57,613 --> 00:19:59,488
Hmm?
And nine fresh grapefruit.

426
00:19:59,573 --> 00:20:01,532
GONZO: Vitamin C.
Need all we can get.

427
00:20:01,658 --> 00:20:04,911
BOY: Four chicken. . .
DUKE: There's a big
machine in the sky.

428
00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:06,871
Some kind of. . .
Quart of rum.

429
00:20:06,955 --> 00:20:09,707
Well, electric snake
coming straight at us.

430
00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:11,250
GONZO: Shoot it.

431
00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:13,794
Not yet.
I want to study its habits.

432
00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:17,381
BOY: You motorcycle people
sure are hearty eaters.

433
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,468
I need the cart. I need
to return with the cart.

434
00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:23,721
Thank you, but the cart
needs to go back with. . .
I'll be back!

435
00:20:23,805 --> 00:20:25,765
GONZO: You bastard.
I've been hit, man !

436
00:20:25,849 --> 00:20:28,059
I leave you alone
for three minutes

437
00:20:28,143 --> 00:20:29,852
and you start
waving that goddamn

438
00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:32,605
marlin spike around
yelling about reptiles.

439
00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:34,190
What're you talking about,
man?

440
00:20:34,274 --> 00:20:35,983
You scared the shit
out of those people.

441
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,568
They were ready
to call the cops.

442
00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:39,862
Yes, sir, you were lucky
I came back in time.

443
00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:41,405
Don't come near me.

444
00:20:41,490 --> 00:20:43,241
Don't come fucking near me!

445
00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:45,618
Leave me alone.

446
00:20:45,702 --> 00:20:47,411
Hell, the only reason
they gave us press passes

447
00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:49,455
was to get you
out of there, man.

448
00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:51,290
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Oh, God ! What's that?

449
00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:53,834
That scene straightened me
right out, man.

450
00:20:54,127 --> 00:20:55,836
Who's at the door?

451
00:20:58,090 --> 00:20:59,674
MAN ON T.V. : As the bombing
continues in Laos...

452
00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:00,967
Just a minute.

453
00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:04,178
Holy shit. Oh, my God.

454
00:21:05,138 --> 00:21:06,931
(MAN CONTINUES
CHATTERING ON T.V.)

455
00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:11,185
Hi. I'm Lacerda,
your photographer.

456
00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:18,234
Duke?
DUKE: Mmm-hmm.

457
00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:20,653
Back there.

458
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,113
Duke?

459
00:21:22,823 --> 00:21:24,240
Duke? Hi !

460
00:21:24,324 --> 00:21:25,324
(LAUGHS)

461
00:21:25,492 --> 00:21:28,035
Lacerda. Your photographer.

462
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,829
You're not Portuguese, man !

463
00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:32,665
Hey, too bad you guys
missed the bikes checking in.

464
00:21:32,749 --> 00:21:34,709
Oh, man, what a sight!

465
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:38,713
Husquavarnas, Yamahas, DMZs.

466
00:21:39,756 --> 00:21:41,465
Kawasakis!

467
00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:44,302
Maicos. Pursang !

468
00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:46,429
Swedish Fireballs.

469
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,765
Couple of Triumphs.
Here and there a CZ.

470
00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:52,268
All very, very fast.

471
00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:53,894
Very.

472
00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:56,564
What a race it's gonna be.

473
00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:03,362
Yeah.

474
00:22:07,075 --> 00:22:09,076
I'm gonna let myself out.

475
00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:12,288
We know what
you're up to, man.
Hmm?

476
00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:25,301
I'm gonna tell you. . .

477
00:22:25,552 --> 00:22:29,388
He's lying to us.
I could see it in his eyes.

478
00:22:29,639 --> 00:22:30,765
Eyes?

479
00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:33,559
MAN ON T.V. : Late
battle reports indicate...

480
00:22:33,643 --> 00:22:35,686
Panic now, Charlie.

481
00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,105
Turn this shit off.

482
00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:47,114
DUKE NARRATING: The racers
were ready at dawn.

483
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,616
Very tense.

484
00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:53,454
ln some circles, the Mint 400
is a far, far better thing
than the Super Bowl,

485
00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:55,247
the Kentucky Derby

486
00:22:55,457 --> 00:22:57,917
and the Lower Oakland
Roller Derby Finals
all rolled into one.

487
00:22:58,001 --> 00:22:59,543
Hey! Slow down !
This is a restricted area!

488
00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:02,046
This race attracts
a very special breed.

489
00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:04,173
Fuck off.
All right.

490
00:23:04,674 --> 00:23:06,801
lt was time to get grounded,

491
00:23:07,094 --> 00:23:08,719
to ponder this
rotten assignment

492
00:23:08,804 --> 00:23:10,388
and figure out
how to cope with it.

493
00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:11,972
lt was time to do the job.

494
00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:14,642
Those of us
who had been up all night

495
00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:16,560
were in no mood
for coffee and donuts.

496
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,188
We wanted strong drink.

497
00:23:19,314 --> 00:23:20,898
We were, after all

498
00:23:20,982 --> 00:23:23,192
the absolute cream
of the national
sporting press.

499
00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:24,902
MAN: Pull !

500
00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:26,946
We were gathered here
in Las Vegas

501
00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:28,864
for this very
special moment in sport.

502
00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:32,410
When it comes to
a thing like this,
they don't fool around.

503
00:23:32,869 --> 00:23:34,120
(SNORING)

504
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,832
It's just beautiful.

505
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,421
Money plays. Money plays.

506
00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:45,256
Kill the body,
the head will die.

507
00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:46,966
Ali-Frazier fight.

508
00:23:47,342 --> 00:23:48,592
Crazy shit, man.

509
00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:50,052
A proper end to the '60s.

510
00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:53,472
Ali beaten by
a human hamburger.

511
00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:55,558
Both Kennedys
murdered by mutants.

512
00:23:55,642 --> 00:23:56,767
MAN: Hey, they're starting !

513
00:23:56,852 --> 00:23:58,436
Oh, shit, they're starting.
Let's go!

514
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,354
MAN ON P.A. :
Ladies and gentlemen,

515
00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:05,109
welcome to the start
of the $50,000 Mint 400
Desert Race.

516
00:24:05,193 --> 00:24:08,446
With a purse of $50,000
going to the winner

517
00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:10,906
of this grueling,
gut-wrenching, dust-eating,

518
00:24:11,032 --> 00:24:13,492
in-your-face
motocross extravaganza!

519
00:24:14,536 --> 00:24:16,412
And away we go!

520
00:24:16,496 --> 00:24:18,747
We've got
rooster tails going!

521
00:24:18,832 --> 00:24:21,167
We're here to spit
in your enemy's eye!

522
00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:22,251
There they go.

523
00:24:24,588 --> 00:24:27,089
All right, our second group
of 1 0 is getting in place.

524
00:24:27,174 --> 00:24:29,967
Kawasakis, Triumphs, Maicos.

525
00:24:30,051 --> 00:24:31,969
Here we are.
We're ready to go.

526
00:24:32,053 --> 00:24:33,929
lt's the green flag,
and they're off!

527
00:24:34,014 --> 00:24:37,099
Another great start
with a lot of dirt
happening on this hill!

528
00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:38,976
All right, here we go
with the third group.

529
00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:40,811
And they're off!

530
00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:44,482
Here we go.
Number 45 riding in
the number 4 position

531
00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:47,109
is choking as the dust flies!

532
00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:50,779
You'd better wet those
bandannas you got
stretched over your face!

533
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:54,909
DUKE NARRATING: There was
something like 1 90 more bikes
waiting to start.

534
00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:55,993
Give me a beer, man.

535
00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:57,620
They were due to go off,
1 0 at a time

536
00:24:57,913 --> 00:24:59,872
every two minutes.

537
00:25:01,082 --> 00:25:02,750
BARTENDER: There you go,
buddy.

538
00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:03,834
(BLOWING NOSE)

539
00:25:06,254 --> 00:25:09,882
Goddamn it.
What day is it? Saturday?
Shit.

540
00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:11,592
More like Sunday.

541
00:25:16,264 --> 00:25:17,973
Hello! Anyone?

542
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,100
Have you seen the race?

543
00:25:20,602 --> 00:25:23,812
DUKE NARRATING: By 10:00,
they were spread out
all over the course.

544
00:25:24,272 --> 00:25:26,232
lt was no longer a race.

545
00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:28,817
Now it was
an endurance contest.

546
00:25:29,569 --> 00:25:31,362
The idea of trying
to cover this race

547
00:25:31,446 --> 00:25:33,864
in any conventional
press sense was absurd.

548
00:25:33,949 --> 00:25:36,450
Hey! It's pretty great, huh?
What?

549
00:25:37,118 --> 00:25:38,536
Come on in !

550
00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:42,414
(SHUTTER CLICKING)

551
00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:47,127
I'm just gonna try
different combinations
of lenses and film

552
00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,297
until I find something
that works in this dust!

553
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:52,091
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

554
00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:53,676
What the hell?

555
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,843
(GUNS FIRING)

556
00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:57,721
That's fucking
machine guns, man.
They're firing at us.

557
00:25:57,806 --> 00:26:00,599
Machine guns.
It's a goddamn war zone!

558
00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:02,017
Get us out of here quick!

559
00:26:02,143 --> 00:26:03,644
(LACERDA WHOOPING)
Quick, man !

560
00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,646
We're gonna be killed,
for fuck's sake!

561
00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:08,607
What the. . .
Oh, no. Oh, God. Oh, God.

562
00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,317
Oh, God.

563
00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:14,113
Where's the damn race?

564
00:26:14,698 --> 00:26:16,240
Beats me, man.

565
00:26:16,449 --> 00:26:18,993
We're just good,
patriotic Americans
like yourself.

566
00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:22,955
What outfit you fellows with?

567
00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:26,125
Oh. The sporting press.
We're friendlies.

568
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:28,335
Hired geeks.

569
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:33,841
Yeah.

570
00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:35,926
Let's go.

571
00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,261
(LACERDA WHOOPING)

572
00:26:37,345 --> 00:26:38,679
Good luck, gentlemen.

573
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,097
Get him !

574
00:26:40,348 --> 00:26:42,266
Freaks.
Take me back to the pits.

575
00:26:42,350 --> 00:26:44,602
No! No, no, no.
We have to go on.

576
00:26:44,686 --> 00:26:46,645
We need total coverage!

577
00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:48,188
DUKE NARRATING:
lt was time, l felt,

578
00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,691
for an agonizing reappraisal
of the whole scene.

579
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:52,568
You're fired.

580
00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,654
Awful jackass.

581
00:26:57,574 --> 00:26:58,907
All right.

582
00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:00,284
Just drive into the dust!

583
00:27:00,368 --> 00:27:01,619
I never wanna see you again.

584
00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:04,330
Just drive into the dust!

585
00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:05,581
Huh?

586
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:07,458
Oh !

587
00:27:11,171 --> 00:27:13,547
The race was
definitely underway.

588
00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:15,466
l had witnessed the start.

589
00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:17,217
l was sure of that much.

590
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,136
But what now?

591
00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:21,347
What comes next?

592
00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:25,392
(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

593
00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:30,439
Put on the radio.

594
00:27:30,523 --> 00:27:31,774
Turn on the tape machine.

595
00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:33,901
Roll every
goddamn window down.

596
00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:36,362
Let us taste this
cool desert wind.

597
00:27:37,572 --> 00:27:40,366
Ah, yes.
This is what it's all about.

598
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:42,660
DUKE NARRATING:
Total control now.

599
00:27:43,244 --> 00:27:45,913
Tooling along the main drag
on a Saturday night in Vegas.

600
00:27:47,082 --> 00:27:49,208
Two good old boys
in a fire-apple
red convertible.

601
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:52,086
Stoned, ripped...

602
00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:55,047
Twisted, good people.

603
00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:58,092
Hot fuck.
That sounds heavy.

604
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:00,969
29 cent hot dogs.

605
00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:03,889
What are we doing here?

606
00:28:03,973 --> 00:28:06,558
Are we here to
entertain ourselves
or do the job?

607
00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,310
Do the job, of course.

608
00:28:08,395 --> 00:28:09,520
Here we go.

609
00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:13,273
Crab Louie and
a quart of muscatel for $20.

610
00:28:15,276 --> 00:28:18,237
As your attorney,
I advise you to drive
over to the Tropicana.

611
00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:21,198
Guy Lombardo.
He's in the Blue Room
with his Royal Canadians.

612
00:28:21,282 --> 00:28:22,282
Why?

613
00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:23,450
Why? Why what?

614
00:28:24,285 --> 00:28:28,288
Why should I pay
my hard-earned dollars
to watch a fucking corpse?

615
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,790
I don't know about you,

616
00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:32,835
but in my line of business
it's important to be hep.

617
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,713
What the hell do you
think you're doing?

618
00:28:35,797 --> 00:28:38,465
This is not a parking area!
You've got to move your car!

619
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:41,176
You can't park your car here.
Excuse me. Sir!

620
00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:42,386
What?

621
00:28:42,470 --> 00:28:43,512
You can't park. . . Hey!

622
00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:45,139
You can't park your car here!

623
00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,223
Why not?

624
00:28:46,307 --> 00:28:47,891
Is this not
a reasonable place to park?

625
00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:49,643
Reasonable?
You're on a sidewalk!

626
00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,019
It's a sidewalk!

627
00:28:51,104 --> 00:28:52,938
This is not a parking area!
Debbie Reynolds?

628
00:28:53,022 --> 00:28:54,606
You can't park
on the sidewalk!

629
00:28:54,691 --> 00:28:55,733
Seems like a hot ticket.

630
00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:57,025
Excuse me, sir?

631
00:28:57,110 --> 00:28:59,653
Drove all the way from L.A.
for this show.

632
00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:01,822
We're friends of Debbie's.

633
00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:04,074
(ORCHESTRA PLAYING)

634
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:06,160
Okay, bye.
We'll see you later.

635
00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,328
DUKE NARRATING: This was
Bob Hope's turf,

636
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:09,663
(SINGING)
Strangers in the night

637
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,040
Frank Sinatra's,
Spiro Agnew's.

638
00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:13,709
(SINGING) Exchanging gIances

639
00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:17,504
The place fairly reeked
of high-grade Formica
and plastic palm trees.

640
00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:21,842
Clearly a high-class
refuge for big spenders.

641
00:29:23,511 --> 00:29:25,095
It's started.
Is she on stage?

642
00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:26,680
MAN: She is. Sold out.

643
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:29,683
Sorry, sir.
Full house. I'm sorry, sir.

644
00:29:30,059 --> 00:29:31,935
We drove all the way
from L.A. for this show.

645
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:34,188
I said there are
no seats left, sir,
at any price.

646
00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:35,439
Fuck seats!

647
00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:37,399
We're friends with Debbie.

648
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:39,067
I used to romp with her.

649
00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:43,405
Are you prepared
to go to court?

650
00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:44,990
Well, that depends.

651
00:29:45,074 --> 00:29:47,618
I wanna talk to you
for a second.

652
00:29:47,702 --> 00:29:50,788
Your attitude constitutes
a breach of faith.

653
00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:53,874
In Nevada, that's illegal.

654
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:56,543
What's your name?

655
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,629
My name? Tony Pizzacata.

656
00:29:58,713 --> 00:30:00,672
GONZO: Tony Pizzacata.

657
00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:03,383
TONY: What, may I ask,
is your name, sir?

658
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,636
GONZO: It's on my
driver's license.

659
00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:09,306
I think we might be able
to squeeze you in, sir.

660
00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:10,474
Thank you kindly.

661
00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:12,351
You'll have to
stand in the back.

662
00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:16,897
After a lot of bad noise
he let us in for nothing

663
00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:20,609
provided
we would stand quietly
in the back and not smoke.

664
00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,069
Excellent.

665
00:30:22,946 --> 00:30:24,154
ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,

666
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:27,157
the Desert lnn
is proud to present
the one, the only,

667
00:30:27,242 --> 00:30:30,327
the incomparable
Miss Debbie Reynolds!

668
00:30:30,578 --> 00:30:32,246
(CHORUS SINGING)
Ooh, ooh

669
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:34,498
DEBBIE: Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen!

670
00:30:34,582 --> 00:30:38,001
lt's wonderful to be here
with all you fabulous people!

671
00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:41,296
Let's rock and roll!

672
00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:43,173
(CHORUS SINGING)
Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band

673
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:45,717
Hey!
What the hell's going on?

674
00:30:45,969 --> 00:30:47,427
Get them out!

675
00:30:47,595 --> 00:30:49,096
Come on, get out of here!

676
00:30:49,264 --> 00:30:50,889
Get them out.

677
00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:52,558
Out!

678
00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:57,688
(DUKE GIGGLING HYSTERICALLY)

679
00:31:02,443 --> 00:31:05,863
Shit! We wandered into
a fucking time capsule there.

680
00:31:06,739 --> 00:31:08,240
Scumbag !

681
00:31:08,324 --> 00:31:12,202
I'll find where you live
and burn your house down,
you piece of shit!

682
00:31:13,329 --> 00:31:15,122
What happened?
Oh.

683
00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:18,959
One of these days I'll toss
a fucking bomb in that place.

684
00:31:21,796 --> 00:31:24,006
(MUSIC PLAYING)

685
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:34,516
Oh, wait. You see that?

686
00:31:34,601 --> 00:31:36,184
This is the place, man.

687
00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:38,395
They'll never
fuck with us here.

688
00:31:39,939 --> 00:31:42,316
Where's the ether?
Mescaline's not working.

689
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:43,609
Oh.

690
00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:48,906
There we go. Right.

691
00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:55,537
Yeah. Why not?

692
00:31:57,832 --> 00:31:58,957
Yeah.

693
00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:01,960
(SNIFFING)

694
00:32:03,504 --> 00:32:04,504
(GROANS)

695
00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:06,590
DUKE NARRATING: DeviI ether.

696
00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:11,094
lt makes you behave
like the village drunkard
in some early lrish novel.

697
00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:13,680
Total loss of all
basic motor skills.

698
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:16,683
Blurred vision,
no balance, numb tongue.

699
00:32:16,809 --> 00:32:18,936
The mind recoils in horror,

700
00:32:19,020 --> 00:32:21,521
unable to communicate
with the spinal column,

701
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:23,732
which is interesting
because you can
actually watch yourself

702
00:32:23,816 --> 00:32:27,444
behaving in this terrible way
but you can't control it.

703
00:32:31,532 --> 00:32:34,785
You approach the turnstiles
and know that
when you get there

704
00:32:34,869 --> 00:32:37,829
you have to give the man $2
or he won't let you inside.

705
00:32:37,914 --> 00:32:41,375
But when you get there
everything goes wrong.

706
00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:44,127
Some angry Rotarian
shoves you

707
00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:45,587
and you think,
"What's happening here?

708
00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:46,922
"What's going on?"

709
00:32:47,006 --> 00:32:48,632
And you hear
yourself mumbling.

710
00:32:48,716 --> 00:32:51,468
Dogs fucked the Pope.
No fault of mine.

711
00:32:51,678 --> 00:32:52,886
(MUMBLING)

712
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,556
Ether is the perfect drug
for Las Vegas.

713
00:32:56,933 --> 00:33:00,060
ln this town
they love a drunk.
Fresh meat.

714
00:33:00,144 --> 00:33:01,937
Come on, buddy. Come on.
Holy. . .

715
00:33:02,021 --> 00:33:06,066
So they put us
through the turnstiles
and turned us loose inside.

716
00:33:06,734 --> 00:33:09,069
(DRUM ROLL)
ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,

717
00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:11,029
boys and girls,

718
00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:14,324
visitors of all ages,

719
00:33:14,409 --> 00:33:18,829
the Bazooko Casino Circus
proudly presents,

720
00:33:18,913 --> 00:33:22,124
the Flying Fellinis!

721
00:33:45,732 --> 00:33:47,232
(WHOOPING)

722
00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:49,776
Oh, my God !

723
00:33:56,534 --> 00:33:57,701
(SNIFFS DEEPLY)

724
00:34:02,665 --> 00:34:04,124
(SNARLING)

725
00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:19,514
Fuck!

726
00:34:28,983 --> 00:34:30,442
Excuse me.

727
00:34:30,526 --> 00:34:32,944
Get out of my way, you. . .

728
00:34:33,362 --> 00:34:35,113
(ELEPHANT TRUMPETS)

729
00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:38,575
DUKE NARRATING: A drug person
can learn to cope
with things like

730
00:34:38,659 --> 00:34:41,745
seeing their dead grandmother
crawling up their leg
with a knife in her teeth,

731
00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:44,498
but nobody should be asked
to handle this trip.

732
00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:48,502
Bazooko Circus
is what the whole hep world
would be doing Saturday night

733
00:34:48,586 --> 00:34:50,587
if the Nazis had won the War.

734
00:34:50,671 --> 00:34:52,214
This was the Sixth Reich.

735
00:34:52,298 --> 00:34:55,425
Place your bets!
Where everyone's a winner
and nobody's a loser!

736
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:59,888
Step right up and shoot
the pasties off the nipples
of a 1 0-foot bull dyke

737
00:34:59,972 --> 00:35:01,890
and win a cotton candy goat!

738
00:35:04,018 --> 00:35:05,894
(JABBERING)

739
00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:07,938
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

740
00:35:08,022 --> 00:35:09,773
Step up to this
fantastic machine!

741
00:35:09,857 --> 00:35:13,777
For just 99 cents,
your likeness will
appear 200 feet tall

742
00:35:13,861 --> 00:35:15,821
on a screen over
downtown Las Vegas.

743
00:35:15,905 --> 00:35:18,365
For just 99 cents more
you can have a voice message!

744
00:35:18,449 --> 00:35:19,825
Say whatever you want,
fellow!

745
00:35:19,909 --> 00:35:21,284
Oh, they'll hear you,
all right!

746
00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:23,453
You'll be 200 feet tall !

747
00:35:24,580 --> 00:35:26,456
DUKE NARRATING: The ether
was wearing off.

748
00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:28,500
The acid was long gone.

749
00:35:29,168 --> 00:35:31,128
But the mescaline
was running strong.

750
00:35:31,212 --> 00:35:32,254
(MAN CHATTERING)

751
00:35:32,338 --> 00:35:34,548
Good mescaline comes on slow.

752
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,967
The first hour's all waiting.

753
00:35:37,051 --> 00:35:39,219
And then about
halfway through
its second hour,

754
00:35:39,303 --> 00:35:42,472
you start cursing
the creep who burned you
because nothing's happening.

755
00:35:42,557 --> 00:35:44,558
And then, zang!

756
00:35:45,101 --> 00:35:48,854
I hate to say this
but this place
is getting to me.

757
00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:52,440
(HICCUPPING)
I think I'm getting the fear.

758
00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:54,025
Nonsense.

759
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:55,652
We came here to find
the American Dream.

760
00:35:55,736 --> 00:35:58,655
Now that we're
right in the vortex,
you wanna quit?

761
00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:01,283
You must realize, man,
we've found the main nerve.

762
00:36:01,367 --> 00:36:03,743
That's what
gives me the fear.

763
00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:05,745
Oh, look!
What?

764
00:36:06,539 --> 00:36:09,457
There's two women
fucking a polar bear.

765
00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:11,960
Don't tell me
those things.

766
00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:13,962
Not now, man.

767
00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,756
This is my last drink.

768
00:36:16,883 --> 00:36:18,675
How much money
can you lend me?

769
00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,343
Not much. Why?

770
00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:22,345
I have to go.
Go?

771
00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:24,472
Yeah. Leave the country.

772
00:36:24,557 --> 00:36:26,016
Oh, no. Calm down.

773
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,601
You'll be straight
in a few hours.

774
00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:29,144
Just sit down.
Sit the fuck down.

775
00:36:29,228 --> 00:36:32,105
Don't fuck around, man.
This is serious.

776
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:35,108
One more hour in this town,
I'll kill somebody.

777
00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:38,904
Okay,
I'll lend you some money.

778
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,531
Come with me.

779
00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:43,533
I wanna leave fast.
Okay.

780
00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:46,828
Let's pay this bill,
get up very slowly.

781
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:49,664
I think it's gonna
be a long walk.

782
00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,124
WOMAN: Light, sir?

783
00:36:53,419 --> 00:36:56,046
Do they pay you
to screw that bear?

784
00:36:56,505 --> 00:36:59,132
What?

785
00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:01,468
What the fuck
did he say to me?
He's drunk.

786
00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:03,637
You'd better take care
of your friend.

787
00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:06,389
Madam, sir, baby, child,
whatever, can I pay?

788
00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:08,516
Here, take this.
That should be enough.

789
00:37:08,601 --> 00:37:11,311
All right, come on.
Let's go downstairs
and gamble.

790
00:37:14,315 --> 00:37:16,733
You guys don't
fucking give up.

791
00:37:16,817 --> 00:37:18,568
Where'd he go?

792
00:37:18,861 --> 00:37:20,612
Where did he go?

793
00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:26,493
When is this
thing gonna stop?
Stop?

794
00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:29,955
Stop it!
It won't stop.
It's never gonna stop, man.

795
00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:31,831
Don't move. You'll fall down.

796
00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:34,084
Fuck, he's. . .

797
00:37:34,835 --> 00:37:37,462
Where did he go? Oh.

798
00:37:37,546 --> 00:37:39,673
Come on. Let go.

799
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,217
Quick, like a bunny.
Hop! Hop!

800
00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,552
Come on. Hop!
I can't!

801
00:37:44,637 --> 00:37:48,098
Oh, you sniveling,
chicken shit bastard !
Stop it!

802
00:37:51,477 --> 00:37:53,061
All right.

803
00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:00,986
Fuck!

804
00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:03,280
Come on.
You fell, you fell. Let's go.

805
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:05,824
Son of a bitch.
You pushed me.

806
00:38:05,908 --> 00:38:07,575
Go away!
Come on.

807
00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:10,287
All right. You stay here
and go to jail. I'm leaving.

808
00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:12,747
Come on, you fiend !

809
00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:14,708
Step right over. . .
Nothing. I want nothing.

810
00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:16,459
Did you see that?

811
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:18,461
Come on.

812
00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:20,922
Some son of a bitch
just kicked me in the back.

813
00:38:21,007 --> 00:38:22,048
Probably the bartender.

814
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,175
Wanted to stomp you
for what you said
to the waitress.

815
00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:27,137
Holy moley! Holy moley!
Cows are gonna kill me!

816
00:38:27,221 --> 00:38:29,389
Bisexuals are gonna kill me.

817
00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:31,433
Let's get out of here.
Where's the elevator?

818
00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:33,310
No, fuck! Don't go
near the elevator, man !

819
00:38:33,394 --> 00:38:35,145
That's just what
they want us to do.

820
00:38:35,229 --> 00:38:39,065
Trap us in a steel box,
take us down to the basement.
Come here.

821
00:38:40,026 --> 00:38:41,443
(GUN FIRING)

822
00:38:42,611 --> 00:38:43,611
Don't run, man.

823
00:38:43,696 --> 00:38:45,780
They'd like any excuse
to shoot us.

824
00:38:48,534 --> 00:38:50,452
You drive. You drive.

825
00:38:51,537 --> 00:38:54,748
I think there's
something wrong with me.

826
00:39:00,463 --> 00:39:02,339
Wrong door. Wrong door.

827
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:05,508
DUKE NARRATING:
This is not a good town
for psychedelic drugs.

828
00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:08,928
Extremely menacing vibrations
were all around us.

829
00:39:09,889 --> 00:39:11,431
We finally made it
to the room,

830
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:14,017
but the key
wouldn't open the door.

831
00:39:15,227 --> 00:39:17,604
Those bastards have changed
the lock on us, man.

832
00:39:18,439 --> 00:39:19,731
Already?

833
00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:22,984
They probably
searched the room, man.

834
00:39:23,611 --> 00:39:25,862
Jesus Christ,
we're finished.

835
00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:30,825
Move out of the way.
Look out! Look out!

836
00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:32,619
(GRUNTS)

837
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:34,162
(EXCLAIMS)

838
00:39:34,288 --> 00:39:36,831
Bolt everything !
Use all the chains!

839
00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:37,916
(MUMBLING)

840
00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:41,252
That's better. That's better.

841
00:39:43,506 --> 00:39:45,757
Where did this one come from?

842
00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:49,219
That's Lacerda's.

843
00:39:49,303 --> 00:39:51,971
Yeah. Yeah.
I thought we might need it.

844
00:39:52,431 --> 00:39:55,141
What for?

845
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:58,853
So we can go up there
and blast him out of bed

846
00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:00,355
with a fire hose, man.

847
00:40:01,315 --> 00:40:03,691
I think we should leave
that poor bastard alone.

848
00:40:03,776 --> 00:40:05,527
He told me he was
gonna turn in early, so. . .

849
00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:07,112
I knew it.

850
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:09,989
He got a hold
of my woman, man !

851
00:40:10,866 --> 00:40:13,993
You mean that blonde groupie
with the film crew?

852
00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:16,496
Shit.
Think he sodomized her?

853
00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:18,415
That's right.
Laugh about it.

854
00:40:18,499 --> 00:40:19,833
He's gluing her eyes
shut right now, man.

855
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:25,463
You goddamn honkies
are all the same.

856
00:40:27,007 --> 00:40:30,176
Jesus God Almighty, man,
where'd you get
that big fucker?

857
00:40:31,178 --> 00:40:33,179
Room service sent it up.

858
00:40:33,347 --> 00:40:36,182
I needed something
to cut the limes, man.

859
00:40:37,184 --> 00:40:39,561
Limes? What limes?

860
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:41,104
They didn't have any.

861
00:40:41,188 --> 00:40:43,106
They don't grow
in the desert.

862
00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:45,358
That dirty toad bastard.

863
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,237
Should've taken him out
when I had a chance.

864
00:40:49,864 --> 00:40:51,322
(ROARS)

865
00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:53,199
Now he has her, man !

866
00:40:54,535 --> 00:40:56,828
He got a hold of my baby,
yeah.

867
00:40:57,329 --> 00:40:59,205
DUKE NARRATING:
l remembered the girl.

868
00:40:59,665 --> 00:41:02,625
We'd had a problem with her
in the elevator
a few hours earlier.

869
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:05,211
My attorney had
made a fool of himself.

870
00:41:06,046 --> 00:41:07,839
I think you look
just like him.

871
00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:09,340
You think so?

872
00:41:16,932 --> 00:41:18,892
You must be a rider.
Hmm?

873
00:41:21,228 --> 00:41:23,271
She's speaking to you.

874
00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:29,736
What class are you in?

875
00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:31,029
Class?

876
00:41:31,238 --> 00:41:33,239
What the fuck do you mean?

877
00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:35,241
What do you ride?

878
00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:39,162
See, we're here getting
a little footage
on the race for

879
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,247
a television series.

880
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,958
I thought maybe
we could use you.

881
00:41:45,252 --> 00:41:47,837
Oh, use me? I ride a. . .

882
00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:51,257
"Mother of God," l thought.
Here it comes.

883
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:54,219
I ride the big fuckers.
You know? Big ones.

884
00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,930
The really big fuckers. Yeah.

885
00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,057
Vincent Black Shadow.

886
00:41:59,141 --> 00:42:01,059
We're with the factory team.

887
00:42:01,143 --> 00:42:02,435
Right.
Bullshit.

888
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:03,603
What?

889
00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:05,021
Bullshit.

890
00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:06,481
Hmm?

891
00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:09,692
I think there's
some kind of ignorant,

892
00:42:09,777 --> 00:42:11,277
chicken shit. . .
Move over, man.

893
00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:14,239
An ignorant chicken
fucker in this town.

894
00:42:15,574 --> 00:42:17,450
You pink motherfucker.

895
00:42:17,910 --> 00:42:20,620
I can show you
better than I can
tell you, ma'am.

896
00:42:20,704 --> 00:42:22,121
Got a light?

897
00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:26,000
No.

898
00:42:31,465 --> 00:42:33,841
You don't trust me, do you?
Huh?

899
00:42:35,261 --> 00:42:37,387
Put the smile away.
It's okay.
I know these guys.

900
00:42:37,471 --> 00:42:39,973
Keep trying me, jerk-off.
Keep trying me.

901
00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:41,266
You wanna impress her?

902
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:42,559
Well, impress her with me.

903
00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:45,562
Oh, fuck.

904
00:42:45,646 --> 00:42:46,980
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

905
00:42:52,987 --> 00:42:54,153
(GONZO WHOOPS)

906
00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:56,948
No, you goddamn freak! Freak!

907
00:42:59,034 --> 00:43:01,536
The police will be
coming after you.

908
00:43:01,870 --> 00:43:02,912
(SINGING) For your Iove

909
00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:05,832
Give me the key.
Give me the goddamn key!

910
00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:08,585
(SINGING) For your Iove

911
00:43:08,669 --> 00:43:09,669
(WHOOPS)

912
00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:13,339
(SINGING) For your Iove

913
00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:15,967
l give you everything and more

914
00:43:16,051 --> 00:43:17,260
Put the knife away.

915
00:43:17,386 --> 00:43:18,595
I been walking all day.
Come on.

916
00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:20,805
It's in my pocket. Come on.

917
00:43:22,099 --> 00:43:23,266
(SINGING) For your Iove

918
00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:27,812
l give you everything
l give you diamonds

919
00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:30,023
l know the place
that will excite

920
00:43:31,066 --> 00:43:32,650
Goddamn it.

921
00:43:33,235 --> 00:43:35,361
It's serious now, man.

922
00:43:37,531 --> 00:43:39,449
That girl understood, man.

923
00:43:41,910 --> 00:43:42,952
Whew.

924
00:43:43,037 --> 00:43:45,288
She fell in love with me, man.

925
00:43:45,414 --> 00:43:47,081
Eye contact, man.

926
00:43:49,001 --> 00:43:50,209
Wait.

927
00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:56,215
(GROANS)

928
00:43:57,009 --> 00:43:58,926
I should go up there
and castrate that fucker.

929
00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:01,012
I'll take the blame, man.

930
00:44:01,764 --> 00:44:04,223
Let's just leave that
weird fucker alone, man.
Come on.

931
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:07,393
Have you made
a deal with him?

932
00:44:07,936 --> 00:44:11,397
Did you put him on to her?
Huh? Huh?

933
00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:14,484
Huh?

934
00:44:15,611 --> 00:44:17,153
All right, look. . .

935
00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:20,698
You better put
that goddamn blade away, man.

936
00:44:20,783 --> 00:44:22,950
Get your fucking head
straight.

937
00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:24,952
I'm gonna go get
the car washed.

938
00:44:25,454 --> 00:44:26,704
DUKE NARRATING:
One of the things you learn

939
00:44:26,789 --> 00:44:28,915
after years of dealing
with drug people,

940
00:44:28,999 --> 00:44:31,292
is that you can turn
your back on a person,

941
00:44:31,377 --> 00:44:34,295
but never turn
your back on a drug.

942
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:37,757
Especially when it's waving
a razor-sharp hunting knife
in your eye.

943
00:44:38,425 --> 00:44:39,425
(BELL DINGS)

944
00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:42,303
(WOMAN SOBBING)

945
00:44:44,139 --> 00:44:45,598
(SLOT MACHINE CLICKING)

946
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:48,518
What was l doing out here?

947
00:44:48,602 --> 00:44:50,770
What was the meaning
of this trip?

948
00:44:51,647 --> 00:44:54,440
Was l just roaming around
in a drug frenzy of some kind?

949
00:44:55,234 --> 00:44:58,319
Or had l really come
out here to Las Vegas
to work on a story?

950
00:45:04,785 --> 00:45:07,662
Who are these people,
these faces?

951
00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:10,331
Where do they come from?

952
00:45:11,583 --> 00:45:14,711
They look like caricatures
of used car dealers
from Dallas.

953
00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:16,295
And, sweet Jesus,

954
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:18,798
there are a hell
of a lot of them
at 4:30 on a Sunday morning,

955
00:45:20,092 --> 00:45:21,801
still humping
the American Dream,

956
00:45:22,803 --> 00:45:24,804
that vision of the big winner
somehow emerging

957
00:45:24,888 --> 00:45:28,766
from the last-minute,
pre-dawn chaos
of a stale Vegas casino.

958
00:45:29,101 --> 00:45:31,769
Twenty.
We change a 20.

959
00:45:31,895 --> 00:45:33,271
Thank you.

960
00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:36,023
Here we go.
Okay.

961
00:45:36,108 --> 00:45:38,860
(SINGING) Spinning the wheeI,
spinning the wheel,
spinning the wheel

962
00:45:38,944 --> 00:45:41,571
Make me rich
Make me very rich

963
00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:42,864
(EXCLAIMING)

964
00:45:42,948 --> 00:45:43,990
That's 1 0.

965
00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:45,658
Oh, you bastard !

966
00:45:46,702 --> 00:45:47,785
Shit.
Sorry.

967
00:45:47,870 --> 00:45:50,329
DUKE NARRATING: No, no.
Calm down.

968
00:45:50,914 --> 00:45:52,415
Learn to enjoy losing.

969
00:45:57,463 --> 00:45:59,547
(HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

970
00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:15,104
Fuck, man, it's the fucking
Great Deluge in here.

971
00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:16,564
Don't touch that.
Leave it alone.

972
00:46:16,648 --> 00:46:18,107
Don't fuck with it, man !

973
00:46:18,984 --> 00:46:20,193
Jesus Christ.

974
00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:24,030
Oh, God.

975
00:46:25,532 --> 00:46:27,116
Did you eat all this acid?

976
00:46:27,201 --> 00:46:28,826
That's right. Music!

977
00:46:29,536 --> 00:46:31,579
You better pray to God
there's some Thorazine
in that bag.

978
00:46:31,663 --> 00:46:33,039
Otherwise, you're in
bad fucking trouble.

979
00:46:33,123 --> 00:46:35,208
Music, man,
put that tape on !

980
00:46:35,626 --> 00:46:38,127
What tape?
Jefferson Airplane.
White Rabbit.

981
00:46:38,212 --> 00:46:39,754
I need a rising sound.

982
00:46:39,838 --> 00:46:41,047
You're doomed.

983
00:46:41,131 --> 00:46:42,381
I'm leaving here
in two hours.

984
00:46:42,466 --> 00:46:44,926
Then they're gonna come up
here and beat the mortal shit
out of you

985
00:46:45,010 --> 00:46:46,761
right there
in that fucking tub.

986
00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:48,471
(GRUNTING)

987
00:46:48,555 --> 00:46:49,972
All right, I'll do it!
I'll do it.

988
00:46:50,057 --> 00:46:51,849
I'll do it. Fuck, man.

989
00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:54,018
Just do me one last favor,
will you?

990
00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:56,562
Give me two hours.
That's all I ask, man.

991
00:46:57,147 --> 00:46:59,440
Two hours to sleep
before tomorrow.

992
00:47:00,192 --> 00:47:01,943
This is fixed.

993
00:47:02,027 --> 00:47:03,736
It's gonna be
a very difficult day.

994
00:47:04,863 --> 00:47:06,656
I'll give you all
the time you need.

995
00:47:06,740 --> 00:47:09,742
Electrocution.
We don't want that.

996
00:47:10,244 --> 00:47:11,202
Fuck off.

997
00:47:11,286 --> 00:47:12,286
(FARTS)

998
00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:19,418
(SINGING) When Iogic
and proportion have fallen

999
00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:21,087
Goddamn it!

1000
00:47:21,171 --> 00:47:23,172
(SINGING) SIoppy dead

1001
00:47:23,257 --> 00:47:26,509
And the White Knight
is talking backwards

1002
00:47:26,593 --> 00:47:27,718
Let's see.

1003
00:47:27,803 --> 00:47:31,973
(SINGING) And the Red Queen's
off with her head

1004
00:47:32,391 --> 00:47:33,558
Remember

1005
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:37,854
Oh, God Almighty.
GONZO: Help! Help!
Help me! Help!

1006
00:47:37,938 --> 00:47:39,272
Shit! He's killing himself!

1007
00:47:39,398 --> 00:47:41,524
(SINGING)
What the dormouse said

1008
00:47:41,608 --> 00:47:42,900
Don't touch it, man.
Don't touch it!

1009
00:47:42,985 --> 00:47:44,527
(GROANING)

1010
00:47:44,778 --> 00:47:46,070
For fuck's sake, man !

1011
00:47:46,154 --> 00:47:47,738
(SINGING) Feed your head

1012
00:47:47,823 --> 00:47:48,823
(MUTTERING)

1013
00:47:51,326 --> 00:47:53,536
Back, God. . .
Back, motherfucker!

1014
00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:55,955
(GASPING)

1015
00:47:56,707 --> 00:47:58,875
On a roll, man !
I need it again !

1016
00:47:58,959 --> 00:48:00,293
What?

1017
00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:02,712
When it comes to
that fantastic note,

1018
00:48:02,796 --> 00:48:03,880
(PANTING)

1019
00:48:03,964 --> 00:48:07,258
when the rabbit
bites its own head off.

1020
00:48:08,260 --> 00:48:12,179
I want you to throw
that fucking radio

1021
00:48:13,265 --> 00:48:16,058
into the tub with me.

1022
00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:18,477
Fuck, you've gone
completely sideways, man.

1023
00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:19,937
That'll blast you
right through the wall.

1024
00:48:20,022 --> 00:48:21,731
You'll be stone dead
in 1 0 seconds.

1025
00:48:21,815 --> 00:48:23,316
Fuck, they'll make me
explain things. Shit.

1026
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:24,609
Bullshit.

1027
00:48:27,029 --> 00:48:30,156
Don't fuck with me now, man.
I am Ahab.

1028
00:48:34,202 --> 00:48:35,494
Jesus Christ.

1029
00:48:36,788 --> 00:48:39,415
All right, you weird fucker!
Sit down ! Back in the tub!

1030
00:48:39,499 --> 00:48:41,417
I'll plunge this into
your fucking throat.

1031
00:48:43,170 --> 00:48:45,880
Don't make me use this,
man.

1032
00:48:47,382 --> 00:48:48,674
All right, man.

1033
00:48:49,509 --> 00:48:51,093
Probably the only solution.

1034
00:48:51,887 --> 00:48:54,013
Let me make sure
I've got this all lined up.

1035
00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:57,141
You want me to

1036
00:48:57,225 --> 00:49:00,394
throw this thing into the tub
when White Rabbit peaks,
is that it?

1037
00:49:00,479 --> 00:49:01,812
Oh, fuck.

1038
00:49:04,024 --> 00:49:07,360
I was beginning to think
I was gonna have to go outside

1039
00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:09,779
and get one of the
goddamn maids to do it.

1040
00:49:09,863 --> 00:49:12,365
Oh, no. I'll do it.

1041
00:49:12,616 --> 00:49:14,325
Shit. What are friends for?

1042
00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:17,787
(GROANING)

1043
00:49:17,871 --> 00:49:20,414
(SINGING) I think she'II know

1044
00:49:20,666 --> 00:49:21,791
You ready?

1045
00:49:22,876 --> 00:49:24,460
(SINGING) Where Iogic

1046
00:49:24,544 --> 00:49:25,586
Close your eyes.

1047
00:49:25,671 --> 00:49:26,754
(SINGING) And proportion

1048
00:49:26,838 --> 00:49:27,838
Yeah, good boy.

1049
00:49:27,923 --> 00:49:30,591
(SINGING)
Have fallen sloppy dead

1050
00:49:31,218 --> 00:49:33,010
Rabbit! White Rabbit!

1051
00:49:33,095 --> 00:49:35,429
Quiet, goddamn it!
You're wasting my time!

1052
00:49:35,681 --> 00:49:39,141
Higher, man. Higher.

1053
00:49:39,351 --> 00:49:40,851
(VOLUME INCREASES)

1054
00:49:40,936 --> 00:49:41,978
(SINGING) Remember

1055
00:49:42,062 --> 00:49:45,439
Okay, close those peepers.
Ten.

1056
00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:48,067
(GROANING)
What the dormouse said

1057
00:49:48,443 --> 00:49:50,987
Nine. 1 1 1 !

1058
00:49:51,071 --> 00:49:52,113
(SINGING) Feed your head

1059
00:49:52,197 --> 00:49:53,447
52!

1060
00:49:54,574 --> 00:49:55,616
Feed your head

1061
00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:57,785
Hey! Hey! Hey!

1062
00:50:11,216 --> 00:50:12,842
(GONZO SHRIEKING)

1063
00:50:26,398 --> 00:50:28,607
You bastard !

1064
00:50:29,568 --> 00:50:32,153
Mace! Mace, man.
You want this?

1065
00:50:35,365 --> 00:50:36,741
You'd do that,
wouldn't you?

1066
00:50:36,825 --> 00:50:37,867
Well, why not?

1067
00:50:37,951 --> 00:50:39,368
You fucking bastard !

1068
00:50:39,453 --> 00:50:42,496
Hell, just a minute ago
you were asking me
to kill you.

1069
00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:44,123
Now you wanna kill me.

1070
00:50:44,541 --> 00:50:47,293
What l should do, goddamn it,
is call the fucking police!

1071
00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:49,795
Boy, are you upset.

1072
00:50:51,214 --> 00:50:54,133
There'd be no point, man,
calling the cops.

1073
00:50:54,593 --> 00:50:56,510
There's no choice.

1074
00:50:56,636 --> 00:50:59,805
l wouldn't dare go to sleep
with you wandering around
with a head full of acid

1075
00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:02,266
wanting to slice me up
with that goddamn knife.

1076
00:51:03,310 --> 00:51:05,853
Who said anything
about slicing you up, man?

1077
00:51:08,315 --> 00:51:11,442
I just wanted to cut
a little "Z" in your forehead.

1078
00:51:11,526 --> 00:51:12,985
(WHEEZING LAUGHTER)

1079
00:51:13,445 --> 00:51:14,862
Get back in the tub.

1080
00:51:15,363 --> 00:51:17,656
Eat some reds
and try to calm down.

1081
00:51:18,033 --> 00:51:20,451
Smoke some grass.
Shoot some fucking smack.

1082
00:51:20,702 --> 00:51:23,662
Shit, man, do whatever
you gotta do, but please,

1083
00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:27,458
l need some fucking rest, man.
Please. Please.

1084
00:51:27,959 --> 00:51:29,668
Get up, you pig fucker!

1085
00:51:30,962 --> 00:51:33,005
Up! Up!

1086
00:51:33,673 --> 00:51:35,549
Well, I, uh. . .

1087
00:51:36,885 --> 00:51:38,010
Yeah.

1088
00:51:39,805 --> 00:51:41,889
You need to get to work.

1089
00:51:42,474 --> 00:51:44,391
Goddamn, what a bummer.

1090
00:51:45,018 --> 00:51:46,936
You scurvy shyster bastard.

1091
00:51:47,312 --> 00:51:49,480
l'm a Doctor of Journalism,
man.

1092
00:51:49,564 --> 00:51:50,856
Go on.

1093
00:51:51,817 --> 00:51:53,109
Don't let me keep you up.

1094
00:51:53,193 --> 00:51:55,194
Now...
Don't let me keep you up.

1095
00:51:57,030 --> 00:51:59,073
Get in there
and clean your shorts!

1096
00:51:59,157 --> 00:52:02,076
Clean your shorts, goddamn it,
like a big boy. Go on!

1097
00:52:03,161 --> 00:52:04,453
Pig!

1098
00:52:08,416 --> 00:52:10,209
DUKE NARRATING: The acid
had shifted gears on him.

1099
00:52:10,877 --> 00:52:12,128
The next phase
would probably be

1100
00:52:12,212 --> 00:52:14,463
one of those
hellishly intense
introspective nightmares.

1101
00:52:14,548 --> 00:52:16,006
Must get some peace.

1102
00:52:16,174 --> 00:52:18,926
DUKE NARRATING:
Four hours or so
of catatonic despair.

1103
00:52:20,220 --> 00:52:21,554
Damn drugs.

1104
00:52:23,390 --> 00:52:24,849
Mmm?

1105
00:52:29,563 --> 00:52:31,981
lgnore the nightmare
in the bathroom.

1106
00:52:33,233 --> 00:52:35,943
Just another ugly refugee
from the love generation.

1107
00:52:37,737 --> 00:52:40,072
My attorney had
never been able
to accept the notion

1108
00:52:40,157 --> 00:52:42,575
often espoused by
former drug abusers

1109
00:52:42,826 --> 00:52:45,119
that you can get a lot higher
without drugs than with them.

1110
00:52:46,580 --> 00:52:48,497
And neither have l,
for that matter.

1111
00:52:48,665 --> 00:52:51,375
(SINGING)
When the truth is found

1112
00:52:51,459 --> 00:52:55,337
To be lies

1113
00:52:55,922 --> 00:52:58,549
And all the joy

1114
00:52:58,633 --> 00:53:02,469
Within you dies

1115
00:53:02,554 --> 00:53:05,973
Don't you want
somebody to love

1116
00:53:06,057 --> 00:53:09,685
Don't you need
somebody to love

1117
00:53:09,769 --> 00:53:13,355
Wouldn't you love
somebody to love

1118
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:18,110
You better find
somebody to love

1119
00:53:18,486 --> 00:53:20,112
Love

1120
00:53:22,532 --> 00:53:26,452
DUKE NARRATING: 1965.
The great San Francisco
acid wave.

1121
00:53:26,745 --> 00:53:29,079
(SINGING)
When the garden flowers

1122
00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:31,916
l recall one night
in a place called the Matrix.

1123
00:53:32,459 --> 00:53:33,459
There l was.

1124
00:53:34,169 --> 00:53:36,587
Mother of God. There l am.

1125
00:53:37,839 --> 00:53:39,006
Holy fuck.

1126
00:53:39,883 --> 00:53:43,177
Clearly l was a victim
of the drug explosion,

1127
00:53:43,970 --> 00:53:47,306
a natural street freak just
eating whatever came by.

1128
00:53:47,515 --> 00:53:53,020
Does anybody want some LSD?

1129
00:53:53,396 --> 00:53:58,317
I got all the makings
right here!

1130
00:53:59,152 --> 00:54:04,156
(ECHOING)
All I need is a place
to cook.

1131
00:54:08,370 --> 00:54:11,121
l decided to eat only
half of the acid at first.

1132
00:54:11,206 --> 00:54:14,166
But l spilled the rest
on the sleeve of
my red woolen shirt.

1133
00:54:20,507 --> 00:54:23,717
(ECHOING)
What's the trouble?

1134
00:54:24,928 --> 00:54:29,890
(ECHOING) Well, all this
white stuff on my sleeve

1135
00:54:32,269 --> 00:54:35,312
is LSD.

1136
00:54:51,288 --> 00:54:54,707
DUKE: With a bit of luck,
his life was ruined forever.

1137
00:54:56,042 --> 00:55:00,045
Always thinking that just
behind some narrow door
in all his favorite bars,

1138
00:55:00,422 --> 00:55:05,634
men in red woolen shirts
are getting incredible kicks
from things he'll never know.

1139
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:15,311
Strange memories
on this nervous night
in Las Vegas.

1140
00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:19,398
Has it been five years? Six?

1141
00:55:20,984 --> 00:55:26,196
lt seems like a lifetime,
the kind of peak
that never comes again.

1142
00:55:26,281 --> 00:55:28,657
(SINGING) Love is but a song
we're singing

1143
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,493
San Francisco
in the middle '60s

1144
00:55:31,703 --> 00:55:34,371
was a very special time
and place to be a part of,

1145
00:55:35,832 --> 00:55:36,957
but no explanation.

1146
00:55:37,042 --> 00:55:38,292
(SINGING) We can make
the mountains ring

1147
00:55:38,376 --> 00:55:40,377
No mix of words
or music or memories

1148
00:55:40,462 --> 00:55:43,547
can touch
that sense of knowing
that you were there and alive

1149
00:55:44,007 --> 00:55:47,718
in that corner of time
in the world,
whatever it meant.

1150
00:55:48,219 --> 00:55:51,138
(SINGING)
Though the bird is on the wing

1151
00:55:51,806 --> 00:55:55,184
(SINGING)
And you may not know why

1152
00:55:57,854 --> 00:56:00,898
There was madness
in any direction,
at any hour.

1153
00:56:00,982 --> 00:56:02,358
(SINGING) Come on peopIe, now

1154
00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:03,901
You could strike sparks
anywhere.

1155
00:56:03,985 --> 00:56:05,527
(SINGING)
Try to love one another

1156
00:56:05,612 --> 00:56:07,321
There was a fantastic
universal sense

1157
00:56:07,405 --> 00:56:09,656
that whatever we were doing
was right,

1158
00:56:09,741 --> 00:56:11,283
that we were winning.

1159
00:56:12,410 --> 00:56:14,244
And that, l think,
was the handle.

1160
00:56:14,329 --> 00:56:16,288
(SINGING) Some may come
and some may go

1161
00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:19,625
That sense of inevitable
victory over the forces
of old and evil.

1162
00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:23,754
Not in any mean
or military sense,
we didn't need that.

1163
00:56:25,423 --> 00:56:27,508
Our energy would
simply prevail.

1164
00:56:28,676 --> 00:56:30,427
We had all the momentum.

1165
00:56:31,179 --> 00:56:34,681
We were riding the crest
of a high and beautiful wave.

1166
00:56:36,935 --> 00:56:40,354
So now,
less than 5 years later,

1167
00:56:41,481 --> 00:56:44,483
you can go up a steep hill
in Las Vegas and look west

1168
00:56:44,984 --> 00:56:47,111
and with the right kind
of eyes,

1169
00:56:47,862 --> 00:56:50,030
you can almost see
the high-water mark,

1170
00:56:50,990 --> 00:56:55,327
that place where
the wave finally broke
and rolled back.

1171
00:56:55,412 --> 00:56:57,413
(SINGING) Try to Iove
one another right now

1172
00:57:02,293 --> 00:57:04,253
(ELECTRIC PIANO PLAYING)

1173
00:57:10,343 --> 00:57:11,385
(DOORBELL BUZZING)

1174
00:57:11,845 --> 00:57:14,263
(SINGING) Want some whiskey
in your water?
Room service!

1175
00:57:14,347 --> 00:57:16,014
Some sugar in your tea?

1176
00:57:16,099 --> 00:57:19,226
What's all these crazy
questions they're asking me?

1177
00:57:19,310 --> 00:57:20,352
Good morning, sir.

1178
00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:21,770
This is the craziest party
there could ever be

1179
00:57:21,855 --> 00:57:24,857
What do you want, man?
What do you want?

1180
00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:26,442
Room service.
Get out.

1181
00:57:26,901 --> 00:57:27,943
Mama told me not to come

1182
00:57:28,027 --> 00:57:30,237
You're not mine.
You're in the wrong room.
Get out! Get the fuck out!

1183
00:57:30,321 --> 00:57:32,698
I've got a gun.
It's not mine, really.
Get out.

1184
00:57:32,782 --> 00:57:33,949
The. . . The. . . The. . .
What?

1185
00:57:34,033 --> 00:57:35,242
The bill.
All right.

1186
00:57:35,326 --> 00:57:37,619
Will you sign for it?
Yeah, I'll get it. Hurry up.

1187
00:57:38,997 --> 00:57:40,706
Don't move, man.
Be very still. There we go.

1188
00:57:43,251 --> 00:57:44,626
Say nothing to no one, man.

1189
00:57:44,711 --> 00:57:47,463
Open up the window
Let some air into this room

1190
00:57:47,964 --> 00:57:50,424
DUKE NARRATING:
The decision to flee
came suddenly.

1191
00:57:51,384 --> 00:57:52,426
Or maybe not.

1192
00:57:52,510 --> 00:57:54,636
That cigarette you're smoking
about scared me half to death

1193
00:57:54,721 --> 00:57:58,807
Maybe l'd planned it
all along, subconsciously
waiting for the right moment.

1194
00:57:59,058 --> 00:58:00,100
Mama told me not to come

1195
00:58:00,185 --> 00:58:01,977
The bill was a factor,
l think,

1196
00:58:02,061 --> 00:58:03,312
because l had no money
to pay for it.

1197
00:58:03,396 --> 00:58:04,813
Mama told me not to come

1198
00:58:04,898 --> 00:58:06,315
Our room service tabs
had been running

1199
00:58:06,399 --> 00:58:09,401
somewhere between
29 and 36 dollars per hour

1200
00:58:09,486 --> 00:58:12,654
for 48 consecutive hours.
lncredible.

1201
00:58:12,739 --> 00:58:13,780
That ain't the way
to have fun, son

1202
00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:15,824
How could it happen?

1203
00:58:15,909 --> 00:58:18,160
But by the time
l asked this question,

1204
00:58:18,244 --> 00:58:20,496
there was no one around
to answer it.

1205
00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:23,373
That rotten attorney of mine,
Dr. Gonzo, was gone.

1206
00:58:23,917 --> 00:58:25,584
He must have sensed trouble.

1207
00:58:26,628 --> 00:58:28,462
Hmm? Oh. A "Z"?

1208
00:58:30,215 --> 00:58:31,340
Panic.

1209
00:58:32,717 --> 00:58:36,345
lt crept up my spine
like first-rising vibes
of an acid frenzy.

1210
00:58:37,305 --> 00:58:39,890
All these horrible realities
began to dawn on me.

1211
00:58:39,974 --> 00:58:41,266
DUKE: Oh, fuck.

1212
00:58:43,811 --> 00:58:46,730
DUKE NARRATING: Here I was,
alone in Las Vegas,

1213
00:58:47,232 --> 00:58:48,857
completely twisted on drugs.

1214
00:58:48,942 --> 00:58:51,985
No cash,
no story for the magazine,

1215
00:58:52,153 --> 00:58:56,823
and on top of everything else
l had a gigantic goddamn
hotel bill to deal with.

1216
00:58:59,577 --> 00:59:03,038
l didn't even know
who'd won the race.
Maybe nobody.

1217
00:59:04,207 --> 00:59:06,416
How would Horatio Alger
have handled this situation?

1218
00:59:08,169 --> 00:59:10,587
Stay calm. Stay calm.

1219
00:59:11,673 --> 00:59:13,757
l'm a relatively
respectable citizen.

1220
00:59:14,133 --> 00:59:17,469
Multiple felon, perhaps,
but certainly not dangerous.

1221
00:59:18,054 --> 00:59:19,346
Taxi !

1222
00:59:19,722 --> 00:59:21,723
Luckily, l had taken
the soap and grapefruit

1223
00:59:21,808 --> 00:59:24,560
and other luggage
out to the car
a few hours earlier.

1224
00:59:24,644 --> 00:59:27,896
Now, it was only a matter
of slipping the noose.

1225
00:59:27,981 --> 00:59:29,982
Hey! Here, take this.
All right.

1226
00:59:32,694 --> 00:59:34,486
Mr. Duke! Mr. Duke!

1227
00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:36,405
Oh, shit.

1228
00:59:37,198 --> 00:59:38,490
We've been looking for you.

1229
00:59:38,575 --> 00:59:40,867
The game was up.
They had me.

1230
00:59:41,578 --> 00:59:43,996
Many fine books have been
written in prison, huh?

1231
00:59:44,998 --> 00:59:46,498
Sir?
What?

1232
00:59:47,834 --> 00:59:49,209
This telegram came for you.

1233
00:59:49,294 --> 00:59:52,254
Actually, it's not for you.
It's for somebody named
Thompson.

1234
00:59:52,338 --> 00:59:53,797
But it says,
"Care of Raoul Duke."

1235
00:59:53,881 --> 00:59:56,300
Do you. . . Do you. . .
Does that mean anything?

1236
00:59:56,384 --> 00:59:57,884
Yes, yes, it means a lot.
Thanks.

1237
00:59:59,012 --> 01:00:01,263
Yeah, I checked the register
for this man Thompson.

1238
01:00:01,347 --> 01:00:03,473
We don't show him,
but I figured he might
be part of your team.

1239
01:00:03,558 --> 01:00:05,100
He is. Don't worry.
I'll get it to him.

1240
01:00:05,184 --> 01:00:07,811
Yeah. What confused us was

1241
01:00:07,895 --> 01:00:10,606
Dr. Gonzo's signature
on the telegram
from Los Angeles

1242
01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:13,191
when we knew he was
right here in the hotel.

1243
01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:15,527
Right.
You did the right thing.

1244
01:00:15,695 --> 01:00:17,613
Never try to understand
a press message.

1245
01:00:17,697 --> 01:00:20,616
About half the time,
we use codes.
Especially with Dr. Gonzo.

1246
01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:21,950
See you.
Tell me. . .

1247
01:00:22,035 --> 01:00:23,702
(TIRES SCREECHING)

1248
01:00:26,372 --> 01:00:28,123
When will the doctor
be awake?

1249
01:00:28,207 --> 01:00:29,791
Awake? What do you mean?

1250
01:00:29,959 --> 01:00:34,588
Well, my manager, Mr. Heem,
would like to meet him.

1251
01:00:35,882 --> 01:00:40,218
It's nothing unusual,
Mr. Heem likes to meet
all of our large accounts,

1252
01:00:42,138 --> 01:00:43,722
put them on a personal basis,
you know?

1253
01:00:43,806 --> 01:00:45,599
Just a chat and a handshake.

1254
01:00:45,683 --> 01:00:47,059
You understand.

1255
01:00:47,185 --> 01:00:49,269
Of course, but if I were you,

1256
01:00:49,354 --> 01:00:51,271
I would leave the
doctor alone until after
he's eaten his breakfast

1257
01:00:51,356 --> 01:00:53,231
because he's
a very crude man.

1258
01:00:53,816 --> 01:00:55,067
Jesus God !

1259
01:00:56,027 --> 01:00:57,194
No!

1260
01:00:58,946 --> 01:01:02,491
But he will be available
maybe later this morning?

1261
01:01:03,451 --> 01:01:06,787
Look, the telegram is
actually all scrambled.

1262
01:01:07,664 --> 01:01:10,248
It's actually from Thompson,
not to him.

1263
01:01:10,458 --> 01:01:13,919
All right?
Now, I've got to go.
I've gotta get to the race.

1264
01:01:14,003 --> 01:01:15,837
But there's no hurry.
The race is over.

1265
01:01:15,922 --> 01:01:16,963
Not for me.

1266
01:01:17,048 --> 01:01:19,883
Well, let's have lunch !

1267
01:01:20,385 --> 01:01:22,427
Righty-o, man. Righty-o.

1268
01:01:23,596 --> 01:01:26,723
(SINGING) Now, the bricks
lay on Grand Street

1269
01:01:26,808 --> 01:01:31,895
DUKE NARRATING: Jesus.
Bad waves of paranoia.
Madness. Fear and loathing.

1270
01:01:32,855 --> 01:01:35,107
lntolerable vibrations
in this place.

1271
01:01:35,608 --> 01:01:40,779
Get out.
The weasels were closing in.
l could smell the ugly brutes.

1272
01:01:41,948 --> 01:01:43,740
Do me one last favor, Lord.

1273
01:01:43,825 --> 01:01:45,367
Just give me five more
high-speed hours

1274
01:01:45,451 --> 01:01:47,202
before You bring
the hammer down.

1275
01:01:47,286 --> 01:01:50,247
Just let me get rid
of this goddamn car
and off this horrible desert.

1276
01:01:51,958 --> 01:01:54,626
(SINGING) Oh, Mama

1277
01:01:55,628 --> 01:01:58,547
ls this really the end?

1278
01:01:58,631 --> 01:01:59,881
To be stuck inside of Mobile

1279
01:01:59,966 --> 01:02:01,049
Oh, you evil bastard.

1280
01:02:01,134 --> 01:02:02,217
With the Memphis blues again

1281
01:02:02,301 --> 01:02:04,219
This is Your work.
You better take care of me,
Lord.

1282
01:02:04,345 --> 01:02:07,472
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
If You don't, You're gonna
have me on Your hands.

1283
01:02:17,150 --> 01:02:18,400
Pull over!

1284
01:02:18,484 --> 01:02:19,526
Hey!
Pull over!

1285
01:02:19,610 --> 01:02:20,694
Good morning. How are you?

1286
01:02:20,778 --> 01:02:22,738
All right, man.
Doing very well.

1287
01:02:25,450 --> 01:02:28,785
Few people understand
the psychology of dealing
with a highway traffic cop.

1288
01:02:28,870 --> 01:02:31,955
Your normal speeder will panic
and immediately pull over
to the side.

1289
01:02:32,540 --> 01:02:36,168
This is wrong. lt arouses
contempt in the cop heart.

1290
01:02:37,003 --> 01:02:40,172
Make the bastard chase you.
He will follow.

1291
01:02:40,548 --> 01:02:41,965
But he won't know what to
make of your blinker signal

1292
01:02:42,049 --> 01:02:43,842
that says you're
about to turn right.

1293
01:02:44,469 --> 01:02:47,512
This is to let him know
you're pulling off for
a proper place to talk.

1294
01:02:48,890 --> 01:02:50,432
lt'll take him
a moment to realize

1295
01:02:50,516 --> 01:02:53,018
that he's about to make
a 1 80-degree turn, at speed.

1296
01:02:53,561 --> 01:02:57,689
But you will be ready for him.
Brace for the "G"s.
Fast heel-toe work.

1297
01:02:58,065 --> 01:02:59,691
COP: Shit! Shit!

1298
01:03:00,359 --> 01:03:02,277
(TIRES SCREECHING)

1299
01:03:05,198 --> 01:03:06,823
(SIREN WAILING)

1300
01:03:11,037 --> 01:03:12,829
Hi. How are you?

1301
01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:18,627
Just what in the hell
did you think
you were doing?

1302
01:03:19,045 --> 01:03:21,963
I wanna know.
Let me see your license.

1303
01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:24,925
Oh, yeah, of course.
There you are.

1304
01:03:28,888 --> 01:03:30,222
Oh, my gosh.

1305
01:03:35,269 --> 01:03:36,478
It's me.

1306
01:03:38,231 --> 01:03:39,898
May I please have that?

1307
01:03:40,983 --> 01:03:42,734
DUKE NARRATING:
l knew l was fucked.

1308
01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:53,495
See you have
two cases of beer,
a basket of grapefruit,

1309
01:03:53,579 --> 01:03:55,747
stack of T-shirts and towels,
light bulbs.

1310
01:03:57,708 --> 01:03:59,501
You realize what you did
when you drive like that?

1311
01:03:59,585 --> 01:04:02,045
Yeah, I know. I'm guilty.
I understand that.

1312
01:04:02,421 --> 01:04:04,172
I knew it was a crime.
I did it anyway.

1313
01:04:04,882 --> 01:04:06,466
Shit, why argue?
I'm a fucking criminal.

1314
01:04:06,551 --> 01:04:07,968
Look at me.

1315
01:04:08,469 --> 01:04:10,095
You have a strange attitude.

1316
01:04:10,429 --> 01:04:11,638
Maybe.

1317
01:04:12,431 --> 01:04:16,434
You know, I have a feeling
you need to take a nap.

1318
01:04:17,103 --> 01:04:19,271
There's a rest area
just up ahead.

1319
01:04:19,355 --> 01:04:22,607
I'd like you to
go up there, pull over
and get a few hours' sleep.

1320
01:04:22,733 --> 01:04:24,025
That's not gonna help me.

1321
01:04:24,777 --> 01:04:27,946
I've been awake for too long,
three or four nights, maybe.
Can't even remember.

1322
01:04:28,030 --> 01:04:30,782
I go to sleep now,
I'm dead for 20 hours.

1323
01:04:32,368 --> 01:04:35,287
What are you carrying
two cases of soap for, son?

1324
01:04:35,705 --> 01:04:37,622
I wanna stay clean.

1325
01:04:38,833 --> 01:04:39,958
No.

1326
01:04:41,544 --> 01:04:42,878
Here's how it is.

1327
01:04:43,129 --> 01:04:45,881
What I put in my book,
as of noon,

1328
01:04:45,965 --> 01:04:49,217
is that I apprehended you
for driving too fast.

1329
01:04:49,969 --> 01:04:53,221
(HUMMING)
I advised you to proceed
to the next rest area. . . Stop!

1330
01:04:57,810 --> 01:05:03,315
I advised you to proceed
to the next rest area, your
stated destination, right?

1331
01:05:05,443 --> 01:05:07,110
And take a long nap.

1332
01:05:08,988 --> 01:05:10,655
Do I make myself clear?

1333
01:05:11,532 --> 01:05:14,326
Well, how far is Baker?

1334
01:05:14,744 --> 01:05:18,288
I was sort of hoping to,
I don't know,
stop there for lunch.

1335
01:05:19,457 --> 01:05:20,999
It's not my jurisdiction.

1336
01:05:21,459 --> 01:05:24,419
City limits end 2.2 miles
beyond the rest area.

1337
01:05:25,379 --> 01:05:26,922
Can you make it that far?

1338
01:05:27,298 --> 01:05:28,506
I'll try.

1339
01:05:29,425 --> 01:05:33,094
I've been wanting to go
to Baker for a long time.
Yeah. Heard a lot about it.

1340
01:05:35,556 --> 01:05:37,098
Excellent seafood.

1341
01:05:39,352 --> 01:05:44,147
You know, I'm thinking,
a guy with your kind of mind
ought to try the land-crab.

1342
01:05:45,691 --> 01:05:47,067
Excellent seafood.

1343
01:05:47,151 --> 01:05:48,568
Land-crab.

1344
01:05:49,070 --> 01:05:51,279
All right. Why not?

1345
01:05:52,365 --> 01:05:54,157
Thanks for the tip.

1346
01:05:54,784 --> 01:05:56,576
Look at me in the eyes.

1347
01:06:00,206 --> 01:06:01,665
Everything all right?

1348
01:06:05,378 --> 01:06:07,879
May I have a little kiss
before you go?

1349
01:06:09,382 --> 01:06:10,924
I'm very lonely here.

1350
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:15,804
(SINGING) Oh, Mama

1351
01:06:15,888 --> 01:06:18,974
Can this really be the end?

1352
01:06:19,225 --> 01:06:22,894
DUKE NARRATING: I feIt raped.
The pig had done me
on all fronts.

1353
01:06:23,145 --> 01:06:26,481
And now he was going off
to chuckle about it on
the west side of town,

1354
01:06:26,565 --> 01:06:28,566
waiting for me
to make a run for L.A.

1355
01:06:30,027 --> 01:06:31,111
Why, yes, Officer.

1356
01:06:31,195 --> 01:06:33,196
Of course l'll take advantage
of that rest area.

1357
01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:36,658
And l can't tell you how
grateful l am for this break
you wanna give me.

1358
01:06:37,868 --> 01:06:39,244
Get a grip, man.

1359
01:06:40,955 --> 01:06:43,581
lf l boom straight for L.A.
he'll bust me for sure.

1360
01:06:44,750 --> 01:06:45,959
No.

1361
01:06:46,585 --> 01:06:48,420
This was not the time
for a showdown.

1362
01:06:50,506 --> 01:06:52,257
This was Death Valley.

1363
01:06:52,842 --> 01:06:54,259
(GASPING)

1364
01:06:55,219 --> 01:06:57,095
DUKE: Oh, fuck!

1365
01:06:57,680 --> 01:07:01,266
Sweet Jesus, it's him.
Oh, my God !

1366
01:07:03,394 --> 01:07:05,395
(HUMMING)

1367
01:07:05,896 --> 01:07:07,439
(ENGINE STALLING)

1368
01:07:07,690 --> 01:07:10,859
Shit! Come on,
you fucking bastard.

1369
01:07:10,943 --> 01:07:14,571
Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
I've got to go. I've got to. . .

1370
01:07:17,575 --> 01:07:19,325
Well, they've nailed me,
goddamn it.

1371
01:07:19,410 --> 01:07:21,870
I'm trapped in
some stinking desert
crossroads called Baker.

1372
01:07:21,954 --> 01:07:23,747
I don't have much time, man.
The fuckers are closing in.

1373
01:07:23,831 --> 01:07:25,874
They'll hunt me down
like a fucking beast.

1374
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:27,709
GONZO:
You sound a little paranoid.

1375
01:07:27,793 --> 01:07:30,045
I need a fucking lawyer
immediately!

1376
01:07:30,129 --> 01:07:32,881
What are you doing in Baker?
Didn't you get my telegram?

1377
01:07:32,965 --> 01:07:35,133
What telegram,
you worthless bastard?

1378
01:07:36,093 --> 01:07:37,677
I'll cripple your ass
for this.

1379
01:07:37,762 --> 01:07:40,847
You brainless scumbag,
you're supposed to be
in Vegas.

1380
01:07:40,931 --> 01:07:43,099
I rented a suite
at the Flamingo.

1381
01:07:43,350 --> 01:07:47,103
You're supposed to be
covering the National District
Attorney's conference.

1382
01:07:47,563 --> 01:07:50,398
l made all the reservations.
Everything is arranged.

1383
01:07:51,275 --> 01:07:54,986
Now, what the fuck are you
doing out there in the
middle of the desert?

1384
01:07:55,446 --> 01:07:58,239
Nothing. Never mind.
It's all a big joke.

1385
01:07:58,657 --> 01:08:02,118
I'm actually. . .
I'm poolside at the
Flamingo right now,

1386
01:08:02,203 --> 01:08:04,954
talking through a portable
phone some dwarf brought
out from the casino.

1387
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:06,748
Yeah,
I have total credit here.

1388
01:08:06,832 --> 01:08:09,334
Don't come anywhere near
this place, you bastard.

1389
01:08:09,418 --> 01:08:10,543
Foreigners
aren't welcome here.

1390
01:08:12,797 --> 01:08:15,715
DUKE NARRATING:
Well, this is
how the world works.

1391
01:08:16,509 --> 01:08:19,427
All energy flows
according to the whims
of the Great Magnet.

1392
01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:22,972
What a fool l was to defy him.

1393
01:08:23,724 --> 01:08:27,018
l was going back to Vegas.
l had no choice.

1394
01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:28,186
(GUN FIRING)

1395
01:08:30,189 --> 01:08:32,148
l had to get rid of the Shark.

1396
01:08:32,316 --> 01:08:36,236
Too many people
might recognize it,
especially the Vegas police.

1397
01:08:37,947 --> 01:08:40,448
Luckily, my credit card
was still technically valid.

1398
01:08:41,867 --> 01:08:44,494
Now this was
a superior machine.

1399
01:08:45,204 --> 01:08:48,456
Ten grand worth
of gimmicks and
high-priced special effects.

1400
01:08:49,166 --> 01:08:52,669
The rear windows leapt up
with a touch like
frogs in a dynamite pond.

1401
01:08:53,420 --> 01:08:56,214
The dashboard was
full of esoteric lights
and dials and meters

1402
01:08:56,298 --> 01:08:58,383
that l would
never understand.

1403
01:08:59,385 --> 01:09:01,636
lf the pigs were
gathering in Vegas,

1404
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:04,389
l felt the drug culture
should be represented as well.

1405
01:09:05,015 --> 01:09:07,851
And there was a certain
bent appeal in the notion
of running a savage burn

1406
01:09:07,935 --> 01:09:09,727
on one Las Vegas hotel,

1407
01:09:09,812 --> 01:09:12,897
and then just
wheeling across town
and checking into another.

1408
01:09:13,399 --> 01:09:16,442
Me and 1 ,000 ranking cops
from all over America.

1409
01:09:16,777 --> 01:09:19,821
Why not move confidently
into their midst?

1410
01:09:19,905 --> 01:09:21,990
Welcome to
the Flamingo Hotel, sir.

1411
01:09:22,199 --> 01:09:24,075
(GRUNTING)

1412
01:09:25,578 --> 01:09:28,037
Sir?
Yeah, hi. Right. Okay.

1413
01:09:28,247 --> 01:09:30,331
(SINGING)
Let me stay in your arms

1414
01:09:30,416 --> 01:09:33,042
l'm addicted to your charms

1415
01:09:33,127 --> 01:09:36,171
You're getting to be
a habit with me

1416
01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:41,634
l used to think your love
was something that l

1417
01:09:41,719 --> 01:09:43,136
Could take

1418
01:09:43,220 --> 01:09:44,345
Or leave alone

1419
01:09:44,430 --> 01:09:47,015
DUKE NARRATING: My arrivaI
was badly timed.

1420
01:09:47,099 --> 01:09:50,852
(SINGING) But now I couIdn't
do without my supply

1421
01:09:50,936 --> 01:09:54,063
l need you for my own

1422
01:10:01,113 --> 01:10:02,780
This here model is one
that we had to use

1423
01:10:02,865 --> 01:10:06,159
when we took on
them little peckerheads
down there at Kent State.

1424
01:10:07,036 --> 01:10:08,745
And this baby here. . .

1425
01:10:11,624 --> 01:10:14,209
I'm a police chief
from Michigan.

1426
01:10:14,293 --> 01:10:16,169
Look, fella,
I have explained to you.

1427
01:10:16,253 --> 01:10:21,674
I have this postcard
which says that I have
a reservation in this hotel.

1428
01:10:21,842 --> 01:10:25,553
I'm very sorry, sir,
but you're on the late list.

1429
01:10:25,638 --> 01:10:29,515
And so, your reservation
has been transferred to. . .
It's okay.

1430
01:10:30,309 --> 01:10:36,272
. . .the Moonlight Motel
which is just out on
Paradise Boulevard.

1431
01:10:36,357 --> 01:10:38,566
We've already paid
for our goddamn room !

1432
01:10:38,651 --> 01:10:40,902
Well, it's actually a very
fine place of lodging,

1433
01:10:40,986 --> 01:10:45,240
and it's only
1 6 blocks from here.
It has a pool, sauna, steam.

1434
01:10:45,324 --> 01:10:47,200
You listen to me,
you filthy little faggot!

1435
01:10:47,284 --> 01:10:49,911
I want a manager down here,
now, now!

1436
01:10:49,995 --> 01:10:52,789
Now, because I'm sick of
listening to your dog shit!

1437
01:10:52,873 --> 01:10:56,167
I am very sorry, sir.

1438
01:10:56,252 --> 01:10:57,919
Get off of me!
Get away from me!

1439
01:10:58,003 --> 01:10:59,128
Can I call you a cab?

1440
01:10:59,213 --> 01:11:01,172
Sure, and I'll call you
a cocksucker!

1441
01:11:01,257 --> 01:11:04,384
DUKE NARRATING: Of course,
l could hear what the
clerk was really saying.

1442
01:11:04,635 --> 01:11:07,387
Listen,
you fuzzy little shithead !

1443
01:11:08,180 --> 01:11:10,515
I've been fucked around
in my time

1444
01:11:10,599 --> 01:11:12,809
by a fairly good cross section

1445
01:11:12,893 --> 01:11:16,020
of mean-tempered,
rule-crazy cops.

1446
01:11:16,105 --> 01:11:19,357
And now, it's my turn.

1447
01:11:21,235 --> 01:11:25,321
So fuck you, Officer.
I'm in charge.

1448
01:11:25,572 --> 01:11:27,824
Hey, listen,
I really hate to interrupt,

1449
01:11:27,908 --> 01:11:30,118
but I wonder if I could
just slide on through
and get out of your way.

1450
01:11:30,202 --> 01:11:31,786
The name is Duke. Raoul Duke.

1451
01:11:31,870 --> 01:11:34,163
I think my attorney
made the reservations.

1452
01:11:34,248 --> 01:11:35,540
Duke, Raoul.

1453
01:11:35,874 --> 01:11:37,375
Certainly, sir.

1454
01:11:37,501 --> 01:11:41,421
My bags. . . My bags are
out there in that white
Cadillac convertible there.

1455
01:11:41,505 --> 01:11:43,381
Maybe somebody could
bring it to the room for me.

1456
01:11:43,465 --> 01:11:48,052
Well, let me get
a quart of Wild Turkey,

1457
01:11:48,387 --> 01:11:51,931
two-fifths of Bacardi,
some ice for the room,
and let's see. . .

1458
01:11:52,016 --> 01:11:53,099
You just calm down !

1459
01:11:53,183 --> 01:11:55,018
Shit, let's try
some lime chunks.
What do you think?

1460
01:11:55,644 --> 01:11:56,894
I say okay.

1461
01:11:58,689 --> 01:12:00,189
You don't worry
about a thing.

1462
01:12:00,274 --> 01:12:01,316
Now, calm down.

1463
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:04,736
You don't hesitate
to call me, Sven.

1464
01:12:05,612 --> 01:12:06,821
All right, Sven.

1465
01:12:06,905 --> 01:12:08,114
(WAILING)

1466
01:12:08,198 --> 01:12:09,324
Thank you very much.

1467
01:12:09,408 --> 01:12:10,783
You. . . You. . .

1468
01:12:10,868 --> 01:12:13,161
I know, I know, I know.
It's hideous.

1469
01:12:13,245 --> 01:12:15,121
You're gonna be fine, though.
You're doing well.

1470
01:12:16,165 --> 01:12:18,041
I'll see you later. Wait.
Don't touch it.

1471
01:12:18,125 --> 01:12:20,585
Good night. Pardon me.
Bye, Sven.

1472
01:12:20,711 --> 01:12:22,086
(CRYING)

1473
01:12:22,629 --> 01:12:25,923
Look what you did !
Look what you did !

1474
01:12:26,008 --> 01:12:29,719
Goddamn you,
we wouldn't stay in this
hotel if you begged us!

1475
01:12:29,803 --> 01:12:33,431
(SINGING) Magic moments

1476
01:12:34,141 --> 01:12:38,269
When two hearts are caring

1477
01:12:38,812 --> 01:12:43,274
Magic moments

1478
01:12:43,567 --> 01:12:46,402
Memories we've been sharing

1479
01:12:46,737 --> 01:12:49,530
Home, sweet home. Whoa.
What kind of sick shit. . .

1480
01:12:49,656 --> 01:12:51,366
(LUCY GRUNTING)
Oh, shit!

1481
01:12:53,369 --> 01:12:55,119
(GRUNTING)
Shit. What the fuck?

1482
01:12:55,579 --> 01:12:57,121
Stop, stop, stop.

1483
01:12:57,206 --> 01:12:58,998
She's biting my leg off!

1484
01:12:59,083 --> 01:13:01,751
You degenerate pig. Please!

1485
01:13:01,835 --> 01:13:03,127
Can't be helped.

1486
01:13:03,212 --> 01:13:04,212
My fucking leg !

1487
01:13:04,296 --> 01:13:06,798
That's "Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds."

1488
01:13:07,591 --> 01:13:09,675
Lucy, be cool,
goddamn it.

1489
01:13:10,844 --> 01:13:13,805
Remember what happened
at the airport, okay?
Come on.

1490
01:13:14,306 --> 01:13:15,640
(LUCY WHIMPERS)

1491
01:13:17,768 --> 01:13:21,229
No more of that, okay?
That's my client, Lucy.

1492
01:13:21,772 --> 01:13:24,732
That's Mr. Duke,
the famous journalist.

1493
01:13:25,567 --> 01:13:27,485
He's paying for this suite,
Lucy.

1494
01:13:28,445 --> 01:13:29,862
He's on our side.

1495
01:13:30,823 --> 01:13:32,782
He loves artists.

1496
01:13:33,700 --> 01:13:36,536
Lucy paints portraits
of Barbra Streisand.

1497
01:13:39,081 --> 01:13:40,331
Right?

1498
01:13:41,583 --> 01:13:43,501
I drew these from TV.

1499
01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:45,586
Really.

1500
01:13:46,171 --> 01:13:48,798
She came all the way down. . .

1501
01:13:49,341 --> 01:13:51,843
What's the name
of that town?
Montana.

1502
01:13:51,927 --> 01:13:55,763
Montana.
Just to give these
portraits to Barbra.

1503
01:13:57,349 --> 01:14:00,977
We're going over to
the Americana tonight
to meet her backstage.

1504
01:14:01,186 --> 01:14:05,982
DUKE NARRATING: I desperateIy
needed peace, rest, sanctuary.

1505
01:14:07,109 --> 01:14:09,986
l hadn't counted on this,
finding my attorney on acid

1506
01:14:10,070 --> 01:14:12,738
and locked into some kind
of preternatural courtship.

1507
01:14:13,031 --> 01:14:14,115
Well.

1508
01:14:15,534 --> 01:14:19,370
They must have brought
the car around by now.

1509
01:14:19,997 --> 01:14:23,166
So why don't

1510
01:14:24,626 --> 01:14:27,879
ou-yay and I-ay

1511
01:14:29,173 --> 01:14:31,340
o-gay and et-gay the

1512
01:14:33,010 --> 01:14:36,596
uff-stay out of the unk-tray.

1513
01:14:42,895 --> 01:14:44,854
Absolutely. Yeah.

1514
01:14:45,272 --> 01:14:46,814
Let's get the stuff.

1515
01:14:47,858 --> 01:14:49,442
We'll be right back, Lucy.

1516
01:14:50,903 --> 01:14:52,820
Give me a kiss?
One kiss, one kiss.
No.

1517
01:14:53,071 --> 01:14:54,322
LUCY: No.
GONZO: One kiss.

1518
01:14:54,406 --> 01:14:55,531
No.
Why not?

1519
01:14:55,616 --> 01:14:57,575
No.
Okay.

1520
01:15:03,999 --> 01:15:05,416
Don't answer the phone.

1521
01:15:13,467 --> 01:15:14,800
God bless.

1522
01:15:17,930 --> 01:15:20,306
Well, what are your plans?

1523
01:15:21,225 --> 01:15:22,433
Plans?

1524
01:15:22,726 --> 01:15:24,393
The child in the bedroom.

1525
01:15:24,770 --> 01:15:28,022
Oh, Lucy.
I met her on the plane.

1526
01:15:30,817 --> 01:15:33,444
Yeah.
She's a religious freak.

1527
01:15:34,571 --> 01:15:37,198
I gave her a cap
before I realized. . .

1528
01:15:37,282 --> 01:15:39,325
Jesus, she's never even
had a drink.

1529
01:15:40,827 --> 01:15:42,328
DUKE: Well,
it'll probably work out.

1530
01:15:42,412 --> 01:15:45,289
We can keep her loaded,
and then peddle her ass
at the drug convention.

1531
01:15:45,374 --> 01:15:47,500
Yeah,
she's perfect for this gig.

1532
01:15:48,627 --> 01:15:49,752
These cops'll go
50 bucks a head

1533
01:15:49,836 --> 01:15:52,213
to beat her into submission
and then gang-fuck her.

1534
01:15:52,839 --> 01:15:55,007
We can set her up
in one of these
backstreet motels,

1535
01:15:55,092 --> 01:15:57,260
hang pictures of Jesus
all over the room,

1536
01:15:57,344 --> 01:15:59,554
and then turn these
fucking pigs loose on her.

1537
01:15:59,638 --> 01:16:01,889
Hell, she's strong, man.
She'll hold her own.

1538
01:16:04,309 --> 01:16:06,310
Jesus Christ,
I knew you were sick,

1539
01:16:06,395 --> 01:16:10,231
but I never expected to
hear you actually say
that kind of stuff.

1540
01:16:10,315 --> 01:16:11,399
You filthy bastard.

1541
01:16:11,483 --> 01:16:14,777
Straight economics, man.
This girl's a godsend.

1542
01:16:15,487 --> 01:16:17,530
Shit. She could make us
a grand a day.

1543
01:16:17,614 --> 01:16:20,700
That's ugly, man.
Stop talking like that.

1544
01:16:21,743 --> 01:16:23,995
Well, I figure she can do
about four at a time.

1545
01:16:24,121 --> 01:16:28,416
If we keep her full of acid,
that's more like two grand
a day, maybe three.

1546
01:16:32,045 --> 01:16:33,421
Hold on, man.

1547
01:16:33,505 --> 01:16:36,465
What if I just jump on you
and beat the dog shit
out of you?

1548
01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:39,093
Would that make
you feel any better,
you filthy bastard?

1549
01:16:39,177 --> 01:16:40,636
All right, listen to me.

1550
01:16:41,471 --> 01:16:44,098
In a few hours,
she'll probably be sane
enough to work herself

1551
01:16:44,182 --> 01:16:46,100
into some sort of towering
Jesus-based rage

1552
01:16:46,184 --> 01:16:51,063
at the hazy recollection
of being seduced by
some kind of cruel Samoan

1553
01:16:51,607 --> 01:16:53,065
who fed her liquor and LSD,

1554
01:16:53,525 --> 01:16:55,401
dragged her
to a Vegas hotel room

1555
01:16:55,485 --> 01:16:59,238
and then savagely
penetrated every orifice
in her little body

1556
01:16:59,323 --> 01:17:02,366
with his throbbing,
uncircumcised member.

1557
01:17:02,868 --> 01:17:04,785
(WOMAN GASPING)
That's so ugly, man.

1558
01:17:04,870 --> 01:17:06,829
Well, fuck, truth hurts.
That's "Argh !"

1559
01:17:06,913 --> 01:17:07,955
Yeah.
Argh !

1560
01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:10,207
That's argh ! Argh !

1561
01:17:10,584 --> 01:17:12,501
That's argh !
Argh?

1562
01:17:13,670 --> 01:17:15,338
I wanted to help her, man.

1563
01:17:16,632 --> 01:17:20,384
Well, you'll go straight
to the gas chamber
for this one.

1564
01:17:21,678 --> 01:17:24,013
Even if you manage
to beat that, they'll still
send you back to Nevada

1565
01:17:24,097 --> 01:17:26,223
for rape
and consensual sodomy.

1566
01:17:26,767 --> 01:17:28,851
No, she's gotta go.

1567
01:17:29,770 --> 01:17:30,936
Shit.

1568
01:17:32,397 --> 01:17:34,774
It doesn't pay to
try to help somebody
these days, huh?

1569
01:17:36,735 --> 01:17:38,611
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

1570
01:17:40,781 --> 01:17:41,947
Let's go.

1571
01:17:42,866 --> 01:17:45,951
Yeah. Americana Hotel?
I need a reservation.

1572
01:17:46,411 --> 01:17:48,037
For my niece.

1573
01:17:49,081 --> 01:17:51,916
Look, I want her
treated very gently.
She's an artist and. . .

1574
01:17:52,250 --> 01:17:53,542
Fuck off.

1575
01:17:53,627 --> 01:17:55,378
She might seem
a trifle high-strung.

1576
01:17:56,004 --> 01:18:00,549
She's doing her
Masters' thesis on,
well, Barbra Streisand.

1577
01:18:00,634 --> 01:18:01,801
It's time to meet Barbra.

1578
01:18:01,885 --> 01:18:03,052
Last name?

1579
01:18:03,929 --> 01:18:06,347
I'd rather not say.
My brother's in politics.

1580
01:18:06,723 --> 01:18:08,140
Yeah, you understand.

1581
01:18:08,725 --> 01:18:11,352
DUKE NARRATING:
l felt like a Nazi,
but it had to be done.

1582
01:18:12,604 --> 01:18:14,855
Yeah, yeah, righto.
Okay, yeah. Bye.

1583
01:18:22,072 --> 01:18:25,074
Yummy, yummy, yummy
l've got love in my tummy

1584
01:18:25,158 --> 01:18:27,493
And l feel like loving you

1585
01:18:27,577 --> 01:18:28,953
(HORN HONKING)

1586
01:18:29,454 --> 01:18:32,456
Love is such a sweet thing
Good enough to eat

1587
01:18:32,541 --> 01:18:35,167
And it's just
what l'm gonna do

1588
01:18:35,252 --> 01:18:37,837
DUKE NARRATING:
Lucy was a potentially fatal
millstone on both our necks.

1589
01:18:37,921 --> 01:18:39,046
Hurry the fuck up!

1590
01:18:39,131 --> 01:18:41,966
There was absolutely no choice
but to cut her adrift...

1591
01:18:42,050 --> 01:18:43,092
Jesus Christ. Take your time!

1592
01:18:43,176 --> 01:18:45,010
...and hope her memory
was fucked.

1593
01:18:45,095 --> 01:18:46,762
Here's an extra 1 0 bucks,
buddy.

1594
01:18:46,847 --> 01:18:48,389
Make sure
she gets there safely.

1595
01:18:48,473 --> 01:18:50,850
(IMPATIENT HUMMING)

1596
01:18:53,854 --> 01:18:55,146
That's that.

1597
01:18:57,149 --> 01:18:59,942
Hey, man, take off slowly.
Don't attract attention.

1598
01:19:02,154 --> 01:19:06,365
(HUMMING)
Yummy, yummy, yummy
l've got love in my tummy

1599
01:19:06,575 --> 01:19:08,868
Let's find a good
seafood restaurant
and eat some red salmon.

1600
01:19:08,952 --> 01:19:11,746
I feel a powerful lust
for red salmon.

1601
01:19:13,039 --> 01:19:14,749
(GONZO RETCHING)

1602
01:19:24,009 --> 01:19:27,178
Oh, no, man.
We're gonna be late.
We gotta go.

1603
01:19:29,514 --> 01:19:31,474
Goddamn mescaline.

1604
01:19:34,227 --> 01:19:37,146
Why the fuck can't they
make it a little less pure?

1605
01:19:38,398 --> 01:19:43,486
l welcome you to the third
National D.A.'s Convention

1606
01:19:43,695 --> 01:19:46,113
on Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs.

1607
01:19:47,282 --> 01:19:49,617
And now, without further ado,

1608
01:19:49,701 --> 01:19:53,746
the man who will define
this cancer eating
at the heart of America.

1609
01:19:54,289 --> 01:19:56,707
Dr. L. Ron Bumquist.

1610
01:20:04,591 --> 01:20:07,301
I saw these bastards
in Easy Rider, but I didn't
believe they were real.

1611
01:20:07,385 --> 01:20:10,012
Not like this, man,
not hundreds of them.

1612
01:20:10,931 --> 01:20:13,265
They're actually
pretty nice people
once you get to know them.

1613
01:20:13,350 --> 01:20:16,310
Know them?
I know these people
in my goddamn blood.

1614
01:20:16,394 --> 01:20:19,271
Don't say that
word around here.
You'll get them excited.

1615
01:20:19,356 --> 01:20:20,439
You're right.

1616
01:20:20,524 --> 01:20:23,484
The most efficient
way for us to do this
is for each one of us

1617
01:20:24,152 --> 01:20:28,656
to try and attempt
to imagine what it is like

1618
01:20:28,740 --> 01:20:32,910
inside of the possessed
mind of the addict.

1619
01:20:32,994 --> 01:20:34,370
Hmm?

1620
01:20:34,788 --> 01:20:38,040
For example, a dope fiend

1621
01:20:39,167 --> 01:20:43,796
refers to the reefer butt
as a "roach"

1622
01:20:44,798 --> 01:20:48,968
because it resembles
a cockroach.

1623
01:20:50,512 --> 01:20:52,346
What the fuck are these
people talking about?

1624
01:20:52,430 --> 01:20:56,016
You've got to be crazy on acid
to think a joint looks like
a goddamn cockroach.

1625
01:20:56,977 --> 01:21:00,855
...you will notice that
l have distinguished four...

1626
01:21:01,857 --> 01:21:07,528
Four distinct states of being
in the cannabis
or marijuana society.

1627
01:21:08,613 --> 01:21:12,199
They are cool, groovy,

1628
01:21:12,284 --> 01:21:14,535
hip and square.

1629
01:21:14,703 --> 01:21:16,537
SeIdom, if ever...

1630
01:21:16,830 --> 01:21:18,414
Too crazy, man. Too crazy.

1631
01:21:18,498 --> 01:21:20,040
(GRUNTING)

1632
01:21:20,125 --> 01:21:22,793
We should get the hell out.
What a fucking nightmare.

1633
01:21:22,878 --> 01:21:25,754
lf he figures out
what is happening

1634
01:21:25,839 --> 01:21:28,215
then he can rise one notch

1635
01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:30,384
and become hip.

1636
01:21:31,136 --> 01:21:34,096
And then if he can
convince himself

1637
01:21:34,180 --> 01:21:37,892
to approve
of what is happening,

1638
01:21:38,643 --> 01:21:42,438
then he becomes groovy.

1639
01:21:42,689 --> 01:21:44,648
Groovy.

1640
01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:49,737
And then, after that,
he can actually raise himself

1641
01:21:49,821 --> 01:21:52,448
to the rank of cool.

1642
01:21:52,532 --> 01:21:55,451
He can become one of those

1643
01:21:55,577 --> 01:21:57,453
cool guys.

1644
01:21:57,537 --> 01:21:59,622
MAN: Dr. Bumquist.

1645
01:21:59,998 --> 01:22:03,417
You think the anthropologist
Margaret Mead's

1646
01:22:03,501 --> 01:22:05,502
strange behavior of late

1647
01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:08,672
could be explained
by a private marijuana
addiction?

1648
01:22:08,757 --> 01:22:09,798
Good question.

1649
01:22:09,883 --> 01:22:11,05