[MUSIC PLAYING]
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OK, Tracy.
Stacey.
Oh, I'm sorry, doll.
That's OK.
[CAMERA CLICKING NOISE]
Let's go over these numbers one
last time, before you make your final decision.
I want to get you guys in on this
now, because we're in a limited special
that won't last beyond night.
Mhm.
OK.
For the price of a mocha latte coffee per day,
and you can own your very own piece of paradise,
to use whenever or wherever you want.
I mean, visualize it.
White, sandy beaches or the European countryside.
Do the [INAUDIBLE],, whenever or wherever.
So, what's going to be, guys?
I don't think we're ready to do this.
[CAMERA CLICKING NOISE]
What kind of work you do, Ed?
Film production.
Really?
Mm.
Make anything I might have heard of?
Mm.
Well, most recently we made a film called "All About You."
"All About You."
Sounds familiar.
You see that?
See, that's written all over your faces.
You guys deserve this.
Look, Fred.
Ed.
I mean Ed.
Just for tonight, I can sweeten the package.
You guys buy tonight and I will throw in a three-day excursion
to Hawaii.
Including hotel and airfare.
Really?
Really.
But I can only offer that to you guys tonight, because it's
the last day for the special.
So what do you say, Ed?
What do you say, Ed?
We weren't there to buy a timeshare.
We came to get the $100 and get out.
Now we got to pay the babysitter overtime.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Whoa, there it is.
Who can see that plane?
Rah-rah-rah-rah-rah.
I'm sorry.
Good morning. Good morning, you two.
Good morning.
Are you eating breakfast?
Yes, he is.
Um, Yummy, yummy, yummy.
Yummy, yummy.
Temp agency called.
Paramount Finance no longer wants you to work for them
because you talk too much on the phone
conducting personal business.
But your new assignment is with the Stein Agency on Wilshire.
Forget all of them.
I won't be reporting to anybody in a couple of weeks, right,
Lukey?
Ha!
Six festival awards.
The Blockbuster award is just icing on the cake.
I have screenings set up at Lionsgate, Searchlight,
Paramount Classics, United Artists, Samuel Goldwyn, Screen
Gems, Sony Classics, First Look Pictures,
New Line, and DreamWorks.
So let the bidding war begin.
By week's end, we'll have the deal, I promise.
Just make sure you finish that script,
because you know they're going to want to know
what's next on our plate.
How is that script coming?
OK.
Love you.
Love you, too. [BABY FUSSING]
Bye, you.
Bye.
Bye!
[MUSIC - VATRENA KING]
Oh, babe.
Yeah, oh, playing tag outside in the schoolyard,
laughing loud when life pretends it's so hard, back away slowly,
you can't bully us 'cause we're stuck together at the hip,
like glue, we two, we stick together,
sometimes we're stuck together all through the night, oh,
and are we getting to say, oh, and are we now
we gotta get on up and make sure that it's a great day.
Excuse me.
I'm here to pick up the print for "All About You."
I'm just wrapping it up now.
All right, so how did it go?
This one didn't even make it to reel two.
What does that mean?
Not good.
10 minutes in and they all walked out.
Hold on, they walked out.
How many people were there?
Hey, I couldn't tell you.
Did they say anything?
I couldn't tell you.
All I do is crank it up and let it roll.
All right.
Thank you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Whoa!
Excuse me, ma'am.
I'm going to have to ask you to clear the street.
We're shooting a film here.
Oh, well, what kind of film?
Please move.
Right.
OK.
Oh, you don't want to have the little stroller here, ma'am.
I'm sorry the little one might get hurt.
Yeah.
Kim Long?
Stacy Brown.
Hey!
What are you doing here?
Well, I'm actually the director.
Can you believe it?
Wow, how did--
how did that happen?
You know, my uncle over at Paramount,
he said, I need a director for this movie.
And I said, hey, I'm just finished film school.
So, yeah.
Here I am.
God, it's kind of crazy, isn't it?
Crazy.
Wow, I did not even recognize you.
Look at you.
You're a mom!
Yeah.
So you did do a film.
Yeah.
Yeah, we did the film festival circuit and won a few awards.
That's good.
When is it going to come out?
Soon.
Hey there, buckaroo.
Oh!
He's tired.
They need you on set, Ms. Long.
OK.
Thanks.
Listen, duty calls, so I've got to run.
Hey, thanks for stopping by.
OK?
It was great to see you.
So, all right.
Great.
Let me-- we ought to keep in touch.
Let me give you my number.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BABY CRYING]
[RESTAURANT NOISES]
Ed, my bro.
Hey, Steve.
How's it going, man?
Great, man.
Thank you.
Yeah, I'll bet you're good.
Big time movie producer.
How's everything been?
How's the family?
Great, they're great.
Yes.
So how is network sales treating you?
$2.2 billion in sales.
It was a record year.
Wow.
We missed having you in the trenches though.
It was brutal.
But it was well worth it.
Just closed on the Malibu beachfront
with the bonus check.
So how about you, man, how is the movie business?
Great.
It's great.
Great.
It's really good.
You always were a visionary.
That's me.
Hey, I heard you had a new baby,
man, you got any pictures?
You know, I--
my phone's in the car.
Hey, let me show you a picture of my new baby.
Oh, yeah.
Zero to 60, 4.8 seconds.
That's a Porsche.
Yeah.
325 horsepower.
Six speed striptonic.
175 miles an hour.
Pure poetic motion.
That's great.
Isn't she beautiful?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm picking it up this evening.
Please hold.
Stein Agency.
How may I direct your call?
Yes, sir.
I did.
I understand.
I did order.
Well, I told her assistant.
Excuse me?
Yes, of course.
I apologize.
Stein Agency, may I--
I got snacks.
A big selection.
Come on, I'll give you a deal.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How much are these?
Two pesos.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Shh.
Don't wake the baby.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Mm.
Excellent thread-count in this bed.
Shh.
Please don't wake the baby.
And it's Egyptian cotton.
Get it?
Egyptian cotton.
Just tell them we're making [INAUDIBLE]..
No, it's not funny.
We can't afford another baby.
We can't afford Egyptian cotton, either.
But I found these at a yard sale.
I did.
Originally, she wanted more, but--
Ed?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How you doing?
I'm Ed Brown.
I'm here to see Sarah Goldman.
Just a moment.
Ed Brown is here to see you?
Mhm.
Ms. Goldman is in a meeting, but she left those for you.
Was there-- was there a message or anything?
We passed on the film.
Why?
I'm sorry.
I couldn't tell you that
So, this is it.
[PHONE RINGING]
Mhm.
I'll be right there.
(LAUGHING) OK, Les.
Yeah.
Good bye.
Yeah, I'll call you next week, Les.
OK.
Bye then.
How may I help you?
Yes, I'm Ed Brown, the producer of "All About You."
Should I know that title?
Well, you screened it this morning.
Actually, I didn't see it, but my assistant did.
Let me pull her notes.
OK.
Says here we passed on the film.
Yeah, I got that message.
I'm just not clear as to why.
I mean, it's a good film.
Great script.
We got great actors.
We won so many awards.
It's a crowd-pleaser.
Good story, good performances, excellent production value,
touching love story, but not edgy,
no bankable stars, too soft for the black audience.
No market for this kind of film.
Well, I'm a little confused here.
On the one hand, you say it's a great film, on the other hand
you say, so what.
And who in your opinion is a bankable star?
Halle Berry?
Will Smith?
OK.
With all due respect, they are A-list Hollywood stars.
This is a low budget, independent film.
That's what it's like these days for an independent film.
It's a very competitive marketplace.
Look, "All About You" will make money.
I guarantee it.
People are hungry for good films with good content.
My research shows that black moviegoers
don't care about good content.
Edgy.
Is that edgy?
Security.
480.
Don't.
I'm out.
[PHONE RINGS]
[MUSIC - ]
[BABY CRYING]
It's the favorite shoes you haven't worn in a while, put
a tight-fitting shirt that used to be in style,
or the bed by the clock that doesn't tell the right time,
it's the drawer in the kitchen filled with everything.
Sometimes you got to let it go, and sometimes
you got to tell your friend no.
They say something is better than nothing at all.
Sometimes deep pockets make you move on.
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE] We ate dinner at Denny's, glasses
of wine, for that old-fashioned root beer that you used to buy.
[INAUDIBLE] and then something reminds me to keep telling
myself, sometimes, you've got to let it go, and sometimes
you've got to tell your--
Ed!
They say something is better than nothing at all.
Sometimes deep pockets make you no-no-no-no
do-do-do-do-do-do-do Sometimes you have to let it go.
Sometimes--
Hello.
Good job today.
You know, these coupons are for one free introductory class
and then you're supposed to pay.
This is like the 10th time you've used a coupon.
If you want to come back again, you're going to have to pay.
Bye, honey.
OK.
Hello.
I don't know how much longer we can survive
without the distribution deal.
Savings are gone.
We're living off of credit cards.
We got bills out the wazoo.
This temp job ain't cutting it.
I can't get a job.
Nah, I don't want Luke in daycare.
Neither do I. But what choice do we have?
Look, I'm just letting you know what it looks
like financially right now.
You do not need to get a job right now, all right?
it just might be time to get out of the movie business.
What?
Well, look
We haven't exhausted every possible resource, have we?
Yes, yes, pretty much.
But-- but-- what if what do we just do another movie?
I mean, we'll give them what they say they want.
Right? Something edgy.
Edgy.
I mean, we could do just enough
so that we can be viable.
I mean, how hard could it be?
Mm mm.
We gave it a shot.
It didn't work out.
But Ed--
Look, we got to move on.
Honey I can write another script--
- No. - --fast.
I promise.
You can get some investors and we can do this, baby.
I already submitted my resume to headhunters.
I'll start interviewing for jobs next week.
It's over.
Hey there.
How's it going?
Hey, what's going on?
Good to see you.
All right.
OK, what is point of this screening
if we're calling it quits anyway?
Like a really long time ago, we
promised that we were going to screen
the movie for their fundraiser.
So we've got to keep our word, OK?
Relax.
What's going on?
All right, good to see you.
Hey, there.
What's happening?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I just want to spend my whole life through with you,
with you, is you, everything that's real is you,
everything within my view, all I see is you,
everything good that I do--
That is so out of focus.
It's all right. (LAUGHS)
[APPLAUSE]
ANNOUNCER: And the winner of the Blockbuster Award for best
movie is "All About You."
Thank you very much.
[MUSIC - GARY KING, "WHITE BLIP ON MY RADAR"]
(SINGING) I'm pleased to know you though
I never know what you're going to say on any given day.
You're a clown and you're a thief borrowing sheets
of loose leaf, so you can write down your thoughts
or maybe finish that screenplay.
You're that white blip on my radar screen and everybody
thinks you're the perfect dream, and you come in and of my life
and I never know where you are.
You're that white blip on my radar screen,
you're only happy when you have a new routine,
and you come in and of my life like a Hollywood porn star.
[KISSING SOUND]
Mm.
Look at this.
OK.
OK, hear me out, OK?
This is the last script I wrote before I
got pregnant, remember?
It needed a major rewrite, so I rewrote it.
Really.
That quick?
Yes.
Remember when Morgan Freeman got robbed for Best Actor
for "Driving Miss Daisy" and then again for Best Supporting
Actor for "Shawshank" and we got all mad, because we thought
an actor of his caliber should have
won at least one Oscar by then?
So I wrote Oscar-worthy role for Morgan Freeman.
But by the time I finished it--
He won an Oscar.
Right.
So here's what I'm thinking.
If all the major studios say we need a big star,
then we just get a big star.
And Morgan Freeman is a big star.
Look, baby, I tried.
Look, I tried.
I tried to write edgy.
But I just couldn't.
It wasn't in me, but this is from my heart.
And baby it's good.
We can keep putting ourselves out there like that.
Look, we have responsibilities.
I--
Yes, I agree but, honey, we have
a responsibility to give it our all
before we just call it quits.
We did.
Look, Ed, we have a really, really good script.
If we get Morgan Freeman on board, we're good.
And, baby, we can do this.
Look, please.
Just one more time and if it doesn't work out,
then we're through.
I promise you.
I don't know what else to do.
You know, I've devoted my whole entire adult life to this.
And what, I'm just supposed to give it up now?
For what?
I have nothing else to do.
Sure you do.
Take care of Luke.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Thank you, sir.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
We're sinking, Stacy, and fast.
I'm sinking, Ed, and fast.
It's a business decision.
Just-- just wrap your mind around that.
This is not about business.
This is my life.
If I had stayed in my old job, we'd be a lot further along.
Luke would have his own room.
You know, I never asked you quit your job.
That was your decision.
You hated it, remember?
You wanted to be your own man.
And I never asked you for a big house, or for any house,
for that matter.
It's not what I'm about.
And that's not what you used to be about.
What happened?
I mean, look around you.
We can't keep sacrificing our lives for this pipe dream.
It's unrealistic.
(SIGHS) Great.
Look, babe, I want us to be happy.
And I want you to be present.
Even when you're here, your mind is always
somewhere else, on your next script, or next project,
or whatever.
I wish you'd embrace now.
Embrace us.
I just can't let one part of my life go to embrace another.
This is as much for me, as I am your wife, and Luke's mother.
I can't give up that easily.
I'm not asking you to give anything up.
I'm asking you to work with me to secure this family's future.
Oh, come on, Ed.
I've never been a Roth IRA, high FICO score kind of girl.
I've always been about sunflower seeds and California rolls.
(LAUGHS)
Don't laugh at me.
Sunflower seeds?
(LAUGHS)
OK, so let's give it another try.
Really?
- Really. - (LAUGHS)
Oh!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Steiner Agency, how may I direct your call?
Please hold.
Steiner Agency, how may I direct your call?
He'll be back at 5:30.
Yeah, hi.
My name is Edward Brown.
I'm an independent film producer.
I'm calling in regards to Morgan Freeman.
We don't currently have distribution set up.
Hello?
Hi.
My name is Edward Brown.
I'm calling in regards to Morgan Freeman.
Well, it's a great role for Mr. Freeman.
It would be another opportunity to win an Oscar. (LAUGHS) You
have a good day, too.
No, we currently do not have financing,
but it's a great role for Mr. Freeman.
We do not have financing just yet.
It's a great role, it's--
Hello?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey.
Where's my boy?
Oh, I just put him to bed.
So, how was work?
I spent half the day trying to contact Morgan's people.
And?
Couldn't get near them with a 10-foot pole.
These people are such major gatekeepers.
All they care about is that there's a dinner place
and an offer on the table.
And you better pay him his rate, because if you don't, they
won't even stay on the phone with you.
OK, so-- so what's his rate?
Well, someone like a Morgan Freeman
probably gets about $15 million a picture.
$15 million a picture?
Well, who has that kind of money?
Not us.
OK.
Fine, then we just--
we'll move on.
So what's the next?
Who's the next big star?
I mean, we can get somebody. Right?
I mean-- - Please stop.
- No. - Please.
No, we haven't thought this through.
We just have to think it through logically
and figure out a way to make it happen.
Nobody is going to do a movie that
hasn't been set up or financed.
OK?
And that's the bottom line.
The whole point is just to get this movie made, right?
So we can move on and go to the next thing.
You need financing.
You need a deal.
You need something.
But, Ed, we just have to get this movie made, right?
We can't do it anymore.
But, Ed, we said that we were going
to try to-- that we weren't going
to just give up that easy?
What are your priorities?
What's that supposed to mean?
We're parents.
We have a child.
What are you thinking?
I'm going to go check on him.
Yeah, check up on him.
Please hold.
[FLASHBACK VOICEOVERS] My research
shows that black moviegoers don't care about good content.
My research shows-- think about this, right?
Moviegoers don't care.
Good content.
Halle Berry. Will Smith.
Halle Berry.
Will Smith.
There's got to be something we can do.
There's got to be something.
Think about it. Right?
Think about it.
And black moviegoers don't care about good content.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[COOKING SOUNDS]
You're in danger of losing your tip, Missy.
I'm going to call in sick today.
I'm fine, thanks for asking.
You might wake up, Luke, 'cause we got a plane to catch.
Where to?
Clarksville, Mississippi.
Can I have the syrup?
Mississippi?
I like Mississippi.
Oh.
My dad's from there.
Don't your relatives live there?
Yeah, but you don't like my relatives, remember?
I don't like your relatives.
Come on.
Edward Brown, why are we going to Mississippi?
To find Morgan Freeman.
[MUSIC - GARY KING, "NEW DAY"]
(SINGING) Way up high on a feeling, following these dreams
I've had for so long, valleys were low when the mountains
were high, sometimes the way was wrong,
and sometimes the way was right, but it's a new day all around
and I'm hopeful there's joy to be found in the new day--
Any time you lose, all you do is talk.
I'm not losing.
What the fuck am I losing? - Well, you lost.
I'm not-- I'm not afraid of losing.
I'm a-- I'm a very giving loser.
--around.
Late at night, when I'm dreaming, on the open road
inside my mind--
Lukey?
Lukey.
[BABY NOISES]
Lukey.
Look at all these fields, huh?
All these fields.
Wow, miles and miles of land.
Hey, Lukey, you want Daddy to sing you a song?
[BABY NOISES]
Huh?
OK, let's go. (SINGING) The itsy-bitsy spider
went up the water spout, down came the rain
and washed the spider out, out came the sun
and dried up all the rain, and the itsy-bitsy spider
went up the spout again.
(LAUGHS) Yay, Lukey!
[SOUND OF BABY DEFECATING]
Oh, Lukey. [TIRES SCREECH]
[MUSIC - THE SOUTHERN BELLS, "YOU MAKE ONE STEP"]
You make just one step.
You make, you.
Oh, my god.
OK.
All right.
It's going to be over in a-- ew.
Oh.
Mommy's coming.
I'm sorry.
Hurry up, he's get--
it's getting all over me.
I'm sorry.
He got it over my pants.
It's-- it's all my pants.
He's the baby.
Look at my pants.
- I don't care! - All right.
All right.
He just peed.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
So, how do we find Morgan again?
OK, he owns a blues club in Clarksdale.
Now there's this annual Blues Festival going on.
So, how do you know he's going to be there?
I called the club, talked to the waitress,
and she said he's here every year for the festival.
And he's definitely going to be here this weekend,
because his favorite band, Super Chicken, is performing.
Well, why'd they tell you all that?
Told them I was his biggest fan.
And that I was in town and thought it would be a treat
if I got a chance to meet him.
Really?
And they just told you all that?
Welcome to the South.
No agents, no managers, no publicists, no gatekeepers.
Beautiful.
So, what do we do in the meantime?
I don't know.
Go see my cousin, Bernice.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Make a right here, at the fork in the road.
It's not a fork, it's a Y.
Turn here, Ed. Right.
Right here.
Right here, Ed.
Then make a right, a right, on to the next dirt driveway.
Don't they have street names in Mississippi?
Be nice, Ed.
Good [INAUDIBLE], huh?
[BABY NOISES]
Yeah?
Oh.
(LAUGHS) Look at that, Daddy's toys.
Oh.
Yes.
Rosa Parks, that's my girl.
Yep.
There she is.
Mary J. Blige, my girl. (SINGING)
My life, my life, my life.
Y'all don't get Jet where you live?
Oh, you know what?
I usually don't look at Jet unless I
go home to visit my folks.
So this is great.
So how do you keep up with the news?
What news?
The news news.
The news news?
The-- Uh, CNN?
(CLEARS THROAT)
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(CLEARS THROAT) Yeah.
Hi.
Just her?
Her is your cousin, Stacey.
And this her husband, call him Ed.
Hey.
And this they baby, cousin Lukey.
Ain't they pretty?
This my daughter, DJ.
DJ, say hi.
Hi, DJ.
Hi.
I haven't met no famous people before.
(LAUGHS) We're-- we are not famous.
Momma said y'all make movies.
Yeah, I mean, sure.
We-- we do.
We make movies in Los Angeles.
Like what?
Well, most recently, we made a film called "All About You."
Never heard of it.
Any famous people in it?
Well--
Because real movies have famous people.
DJ could work for a studio. (LAUGHS)
Well, perhaps you've heard of Debbie Allen?
Debbie who?
You ain't--
I love me some Debbie.
See?
Love me some Felicia, too.
Those are two talented sisters.
Yes, ma'am.
Who else?
Vanessa Bell Calloway.
Don't you remember her when how funny she was in that movie,
when she was barking, and hopping
up and down on the one foot and barking,
and whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo.
Don't you-- uh, "Coming to America."
Yes, ma'am.
OK, who else?
Lisa Ray.
Who?
Diamond?
Who?
Diamond.
Lisa Ray's character in "The Player's Club."
Yes, Diamond, Diamond.
That's right. Diamond.
Mhm.
You really know Diamond?
Ye- Yes.
Uh.
Do you or don't you know Diamond?
Well, yes, I do know Diamond.
Oh.
Oh my god.
Can I meet her, please, please, pretty please?
Oh, well, if you ever-- if you ever come out to Los Angeles,
maybe.
Thank you, cousin Stacey.
I just love me some Diamond.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Well, I hope you alls hungry for some supper.
Mm.
You want chicken or meatloaf?
Well, I'll take a little bit of both,
but Ed is a vegetarian.
Mhm.
So what do that mean?
I don't eat meat.
Oh, but you do eat chicken?
Chick-- yeah, I eat chicken.
Yeah.
I eat chicken.
Uh huh.
Mhm.
We got greens.
Mhm.
Ah.
Sweet potato souffle.
Mhm.
And corn.
Oh, that-- that's good.
Thank you.
DJ.
Thank you.
Cornbread.
Mm.
All right.
Look good, don't it?
Mhm.
OK.
Yeah.
OK.
Let's say grace.
Bow your head, there.
Lord God, we're truly thankful for this food,
for bringing our relatives from so far away,
all the way from Hollywood.
Bless this food.
Amen.
What's the matter, Ed?
Hm?
You got your eyes closed.
Oh, it's I'm just savoring the flavor.
It's very good.
I know you miss it.
Yes, I do.
Stacey, I cannot believe that you
was almost DJ's age the last time you were down here.
Yes, ma'am.
We drove 15 long hours from Detroit.
Mm.
Oh, wow.
Mm, mm, mm.
Um, I think I should check on Luke, because he
doesn't sleep well on couches.
Maybe I should just check-- - No, Luke's fine.
I think you should just right here.
No, I should check on Luke.
I think you should stay right here.
- Because he does sleepwalk. - He's fine.
You sit on down and finish your food.
He's OK.
I can see him from here.
Oh, pretty baby.
When y'all gonna have some more? - Soon.
No time soon.
How come?
Babies take a lot of time, and energy, and resources,
and we don't have any of the above.
Yeah, she wants to win an Oscar
and a NAACP image award first.
Right?
Tell her.
Oh, y'all is young.
You better go on and have some more of these pretty babies.
Mhm.
You'll be looking back one day and have a bunch
of ol' trophies and awards and no more pretty babies and, tsk,
that's going to be a shame.
Gonna be a shame.
Shame.
Well, trophies, no babies.
Eat your ham hocks.
[BIRDS TWEETING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey, DJ.
Did you want something when you were in my room?
Nah.
We just don't get a lot of visitors.
I'll miss you when you leave.
I'm gonna miss you, too.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It's time.
Bye, bye.
You be good.
You have a good time.
Thank you.
Oh, Ed, wait.
Don't forget these.
I got you these here Jets in case your cable ever run out.
(LAUGHS) Thank you, cousin Bernice.
You're welcome.
All right.
So, um--
Bye, Ed.
You take care of this family.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'm surprised how beautiful it is down here.
It's lush, and green, the people are laid back,
the air is clean.
(LAUGHS)
Don't go getting any crazy thoughts.
I am not moving to Mississippi.
(LAUGHS) Well, think about it.
It would dramatically reduce our cost
of living, that's for sure.
Well, it would also dramatically
reduce our quality of life.
For what we pay in rent in Los Angeles,
could own a big, beautiful house down here.
I mean, we don't have to live in LA.
When we work, OK, we go to LA.
And then when we're done, we'd come back down here.
Hm.
Both of our family lived here.
And they all left.
Don't forget that.
We'd be neighbors with Morgan Freeman.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey, look at that.
What?
I think that's the crossroads where the 49 and the 61
intersect.
And?
That's where Robert Johnson supposedly
sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical gift.
The blues guy?
You really believe that?
Well, the story stuck and this is where it took place.
Right here, in the M-I crooked letter, crooked letter, I,
crooked letter, crooked letter.
[MUSIC - GARY KING, "VICTIM OF YOUR LOVE"]
(SINGING) I wish I was a victim of your love, that would be so
nice, I'd give most anything if you could see,
you wouldn't have to ask me twice,
to be a victim of your love.
Only yesterday, I came across your name,
I wrote it in my book.
Well, it seems I wrote your name over, and over, and over,
and over, it kind of made me ashamed of what
a simple gesture of my love, oh, what could I been thinking of,
I'm just a friend to you, but still I I wish I was a victim
of your love, it would be so nice I'd give most anything
if you could see, you wouldn't have to ask me twice
to be a victim of your love.
Though I don't want to be a plaything just another love
that you throw away after a day or two, or three, four
at the most, baby, I'm lost for you.
And if I had the chance, I'd take it everytime even if it
meant I was just another victim, I was just another victim, just
another victim of your love.
I wish I was a victim of your love.
It would be nice, ooh.
I would give most anything--
How badly do you have to want something
to sell your soul to the devil?
Well, you know, he died young, so I don't think he got
a chance to enjoy it too long.
I wonder if the ride is worth it.
I mean, is it better to be a player in the game
and enjoy success for even just a little while,
than to not even be in the game at all?
Kind of like what we're doing right now?
What's the outcome for our souls?
There's no turning back now, Sunflower.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Ho, I'm going back where it began,
where it all started, where my family
calls home in the Delta blues.
Heart's still here, uh huh, I'm going back
to where my people come from.
To where my people come from.
Stop calling me Sunflower.
Painted rivers on the side of the road,
don't begin to tell the stories been told,
my five brothers and four sisters, with hungry mouths
to feed--
There it is.
34 Grant Street.
That's where my dad grew up.
Wow.
That's it.
Right there?
Are you sure?
Yeah.
That's where he grew up with his eight siblings.
Goodness.
--in the Delta blues.
I'm still here, uh huh, I'm going back
to where my people come from.
To where my people come from.
Mississippi's a mysterious place and you can see the creases
on the side of her face as I drive the dirt roads
that my father once walked, and to hear the cadence of the way
they one talked, it's a long, long way home--
Hey, Dad, it's me.
Hey.
Yeah, she's good.
Hey, we're in Clarksdale.
No, we're here for business.
I'm standing in front of your house.
Yeah, the old house.
Yep.
I can't believe all of you lived here.
All right.
I'll call you.
Now that's a shack.
Comparatively speaking, we live in a mansion.
You OK?
Yeah, I'm good.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
OK, Brown family, so we're going to eat
lunch at Morgan's blues club.
Ground zero.
We stake it out, so when we come back tonight,
we can be ready for him.
Got it?
Got it.
OK.
Come on.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Sure this is his place?
I mean, I don't even see any pictures up anywhere.
Well, I don't think the people here think
it's necessary to cover every piece
of wall space with a head-shot.
How was your food?
Oh, it was delicious.
French fries and hush puppies.
You want some of my fries, Chicky?
Oh, no, I'm partial to my coleslaw with pork in it.
Oh.
You're crazy.
Hi, is everything OK?
It was delicious.
Yes, delicious.
Can I get y'all anything else?
Ah, the check?
- I'll get it for you. - Thank you.
All right.
Hm?
What?
I want to dance.
Oh, I'd love to dance.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Why does Morgan Freeman live in Mississippi again?
Because he can live anywhere in the world.
That's what he said in this article I read.
You can live anywhere in the world and you pick Mississippi?
Yeah.
I remember when we used to have to come
here a couple of summers.
It was like stepping back in time.
Hm.
And there was never anything to do.
Well, there's a movie theater.
(LAUGHS) It's just peaceful, you know,
uncomplicated, no smog, no traffic,
regular people Maybe Morgan's on to something.
Well, I read in a magazine that he has a restaurant called
Madidi somewhere out here.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, look at the quilts.
This is beautiful.
Did you make these quilts?
Yes.
Yes, I did.
Wow.
Well, where you all visiting from?
Los Angeles, California.
How long did it take you to make them?
Oh, about a couple of weeks.
Mhm.
How much for this one right here?
$50 for the small one.
Mhm.
And 100 for the big one.
Isn't it beautiful?
Can we buy it?
Why?
Because it's beautiful.
It's $50.
She reminds me of my grandmother.
So?
We should support her.
This is a real black business.
(SIGHS) All right.
It's not going to be the quilt. Get the okra or the chow-chow.
All right?
I'm going to take Luke to the bathroom.
Ain't no sense in being in such a rush.
Ma'am?
Why do you got to be in such a hurry
to get to winter, when it's just now summer, girl?
What do you mean?
Well, when-- when you pickle okra--
Uh huh?
See, first you boil yourself some water.
Right.
Then you put-- put the okra in the jar and you pour
the boiling water on it, and the white vinegar, and then
you seal the jar up tight.
Right.
But you can't open them too soon,
because it won't be ready.
OK.
And then after that, you sit them in a cool, dry place
on a shelf for weeks.
Mhm.
So they can marinate, and all the flavors can come together,
and do-- do they thing.
And after that, you got perfect pickled okra.
See, the-- the seasons you know change quick enough.
So enjoy the summer, darling.
Enjoy your summer.
Winter comes soon enough.
And I hope you enjoy this here okra.
Yes, ma'am.
Thanks.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Well, all right, Morgan.
Not bad at all.
Wow.
Kind of figured he has to have someplace to eat
when he's here.
Wow.
Look at all the gorgeous artwork.
Do you think it's from his personal collection?
Gee.
I don't know.
Can I help you folks?
Table for two?
Actually, we just ate.
Just wanted to look around a little bit.
Oh, feel free.
How about some sweet tea to drink?
Ah--
On the house.
Yes.
Oh, great.
Thank you.
Oh, my goodness.
Free tea.
Oh, my goodness.
Look at this.
Wow.
This is beautiful.
This piece was done by a local Clarksdale artist.
Oh, really?
If you'd like, I could call him.
And perhaps he can show you some of his work.
Yeah, sure.
That would be great.
I'll be glad to.
Thanks.
Hey, Ed.
Come here.
Hm?
I think that's the co-owner.
Ah, yeah.
That's him.
Why don't we ask him if he could us up with Morgan?
Hey.
I--
Look, I was told he's going to be there at 7:00 PM tonight.
We're going to stick with the plan.
Directly to the source, remember?
Stick with the plan.
(MOUTHING WORDS) Stick with the plan.
That's right.
Yeah, that is him.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Is this Robert Johnson?
Could be.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How cool is this?
What?
Well, a guy just picked up a phone, dials a number,
and now we're going to the studio of an amazing artist.
How unpretentious is that?
Well, it's not LA.
People here don't front like they're
God's gift to the world.
Hm.
All right.
How we doing on time?
We're right on schedule.
[KNOCK AT THE DOOR]
Door's open.
Come on in.
Hey, how are you?
Good afternoon.
Enjoy yourself.
Here are some of the other paintings I'm working on now.
How long have you been painting?
On and off for a while.
Been in the military, most of my life.
Until I lost my eye.
Well, what happened?
I mean, if you don't mind me asking.
Took a bullet.
In combat?
(LAUGHS) Yeah, with my ex-wife.
(LAUGHS)
It seems like such a monumental loss
for someone who paints.
Not really, but God would not allow that
which would not glorify him.
You paint with such precision and clarity.
The characters just seem to pull you into the space.
Want to buy it?
I'll put another character over here for you.
I can do that.
No, no, no, thank you.
But thank you.
That's beautiful.
When did you realize that you had this gift?
Oh, this ain't no gift.
It isn't?
No.
This here is a talent.
Everybody's got a talent.
Something they might do just a little
bit better than the next guy.
Something they could get even better with practice.
Now a gift, that comes from God.
And he gives you a gift to be a blessing to others.
Now my paintings can hang on the wall
and they might bring you pleasure to look at from time
to time.
But my gift of preaching comes from God.
And he can affect people for eternity.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I wonder what my calling is.
How about film-making.
Anybody can make a film.
Not everybody looks cute doing it, though.
I'm serious.
Maybe that's for you to discover in time.
What's yours then?
I'm not telling.
Why not?
Because it's my gift.
(LAUGHS)
Is it producing?
Because that's even easier than directing.
Spoken like a true director.
(LAUGHS) Well, tell me.
Tell me.
It's making you happy.
[INAUDIBLE]
If that were true, I'd have my quilt. (LAUGHS)
OK.
Three hours to show time.
Now we've got to put on a united front OK?
As a family.
And Morgan will see a nice, happy family.
Maybe he'll let his guard down.
Then we go in with the pitch, but not
too hard, because I don't want him to think
we're Hollywood or anything.
You want some water, Lukey?
And then we'll tell him we came all the way
from LA, just to meet him.
Honey, he feels hot.
He feels really hot.
Here, Lukey.
Here.
You want some water?
Let me take his temperature.
Grab me my purse.
[BABY COUGHING]
Honey, you OK?
You're all right?
Here.
Boo-boo, You OK?
He is hot.
He is?
Hold on.
[BABY CRYING]
104.
We've run some simple tests.
And he doesn't have meningitis.
OK.
And we've ruled out an ear infection.
But it could be a bacterial infection, so we've started him
on antibiotics and because of his age
we'd like to keep him overnight just to see how
he responds to the antibiotics.
OK, so does that mean he's going to be-- or-- or--
does that mean he's going to be OK, though or--
We need to get those results back from the lab.
When will you have the results?
We're taking a culture and we should get them
back in just a couple of hours.
OK.
[HOSPITAL BEEPING NOISE]
Baby, what's wrong?
Morgan Freeman will arrive in less than one hour.
So what do we do now?
Well, if we leave right now, we could still make it.
Maybe you should just go.
What?
No, hold.
United front, remember?
We've got to do this together.
It would make more of an impact.
I can't--
I can't just leave him.
He's knocked out from the medication.
He's not going to miss us for an hour.
The nurses are here.
Everybody's here.
He'll be fine.
We would be doing this for him, too.
He's got great care.
There's nothing we can do in the next few hours.
I mean, we has come so far.
You think we can afford to just walk away at this point?
Ed, maybe we shouldn't even be here.
Now is not the time to contemplate that.
Look, maybe, these are just hurdles we have to overcome.
But--
Please don't back off now.
Not now.
We are this close.
Need I remind you that you're the one who wanted it?
That's not fair, Ed.
I thought this is what I wanted more than anything.
But things have changed.
Look, we have responsibilities now, remember?
Are you kidding me?
Maybe you should go.
You should go.
And I won't be mad at you, I promise.
But I have to stay here with Luke.
(SIGHS)
[MUSIC -
Dreams are not made they're in some far away tomorrow,
they live and breathe in the here and now.
We can't keep holding on to all this sorrow.
All it takes is just one person to believe
in the power of a dream.
These days are all about us.
These days are all about trusting your gut.
These days.
Good morning.
His temperature is low.
He responded well to antibiotics.
Praise God.
--all about us.
Some people dream but they never wake
from the slumber they live this other life
that they never understand.
Hi.
What happened?
I didn't go.
I've been trying to figure out why we have the worst
luck in the whole wide world.
Why nothing seems to work out for us.
And why we keep coming up short.
And?
And I realized that our lives aren't that bad.
That it might take time, but we'll get there.
I'm sorry I left.
I'm so sorry I dragged you and Luke into this.
I just-- I just felt like I was at my crossroads.
You know?
Mhm.
And I figured out my calling is.
What?
Well, for starters, it's to raise Luke.
My gift to him is to do it lovingly, and willingly,
to nurture, and feed his soul, and to focus on him
in this season of life and not look so far
ahead that I miss everything.
And me too, right?
What?
You're going to feed my soul, too, right?
Yes, yes, yes, lots and lots and lots of sunflower seeds.
No!
I can't stomach any more.
I think I'm going back to chicken.
And I'm going to make more movies.
Oh, yes, you will.
I know.
But I have decided that I definitely want more children.
Yes.
Sorry.
How sorry are you?
So, so, so sorry.
Sorry.
OK.
Close your eyes.
OK, you read?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Hm?
They're gorgeous.
It's beautiful.
Look at this.
How did you find this?
Well, I saw it when I was driving around.
Made me think of you.
This is perfect.
Guess what?
What?
I got another surprise.
- Another one? - Keep your eye straight.
OK. OK.
No peeking.
OK, I'm not going to peek.
I'm not going to peek.
No peeking!
Oh!
Be right back, Lukey.
Don't look.
- I'm not looking? - Don't look.
What is it?
Ah.
(LAUGHS)
What is this?
It's the quilt.
Oh, my goodness.
You like it?
I love it.
It's a parting gift.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
No, you can thank me tonight.
Come here.
You're the best.
Oh, gosh.
Baby?
Mm?
Yeah?
What you give that little old lady for this quilt?
Hm?
Come on.
Edward!
Hi, excuse me?
Excuse me, ma'am?
The quilt that you sold my husband was absolutely lovely
and he should have paid you more for it, so--
Oh, well, sometimes some things
in life are just worth much, much more than the-- the price.
Well, it was worth every penny.
And thank you so much for the tip.
And I'm so glad I met you.
Yes, ma'am.
Hm.
Feel better throwing our money away like that?
Much.
She even thinks you're crazy.
But I feel much better.
Great.
Can we go now?
Sure.
[BABY NOISES]
Wasn't that--
Morgan Freeman!
What should we do?
[MUSIC - VATRENA KING, "SHORT STORY LONG"]
(SINGING) I want to live a real life with all the colors
of a still life quiet filled life, with all the vim
of a fem real life, but real honest to God
life a good real life and right, oh, life, still I choose life,
full of pitfalls and pratfalls, funny like a sitcom, singing
at the game life, with real I wanna I wanna
try getting low and high life, Billy Joel I don't care what
say anymore this is my life.
Take me down that road again.
Take me down that road.
Take me down the road to the long story.
I want to go deep within life, I want a sin life, down
to the big black Baptist amen.
Life, pain is our friend.
Want the road that can get us there to the end life.
Don't want to bend my life on the books that were then life.
Stand up, come in.
I'm so tired of pretend life, life take me down that road,
take me down that road, take me down that road to a long story.
Take me down that road.
Take me down that road to a long, long story.
I want a Faust let's make a deal kind of life where it's unreal.
I want to heal my life.
I want to have a self life, assessed a pill for life.
With a little drama, but not so be charmed and lucky
but not surreal just make real.
I want to kneel at the alter of life,
stamp my seal on my own life.
Life, take me down that road.
Take me down that road.
Take me down that road to a long, long, long, long story,
yeah.
Take me down that road.
Take me down that road, take me down that road,
to a long story.
Want a price of steel life, but not behind a glass.
It's a perpetual class.
And oh, it's a gas.
Pain in my ass life, but it's real.
[MUSIC - GARY KING, "ONE OF THE FORGOTTEN"]
(SINGING) I hear the clock ticking in the dark finishing
it's countdown to the end of the night.
And the door to my bedroom is slightly
ajar, allowing bits and pieces of the moon into my room.
I've come so far, but still so far to go
and only I've known the journey that I've made,
and only I know the journey that I've yet to take.
Well, I'm almost out of time at the of my rope
and all I want is to restore a little hope
and of all the people in all the places that I've ever been,
she was the only one I get to see again.
The words we spoke, lay heavy on my mind.
And only I know the journey that I made,
and only I know the journey that I've yet to take.
Keep your hope in the dreams of the little man.
A little hope when it seems there is no more.
A little hope in the lives of the forgotten.
Oh, baby, don't forget me when I'm one of them,
one of the forgotten.