Vincent: This is where the wealthy and the powerful rule.
It is her world,
A world apart from mine.
Her name... Is catherine.
From the moment I saw her, she captured my heart
With her beauty,
Her warmth and her courage.
I knew then, as I know now,
She would change my life...
Forever.
Catherine: He comes from a secret place, far below the city streets,
Hiding his face from strangers,
Safe from hate and harm.
He brought me there to save my life.
And now, wherever I go, he is with me in spirit.
For we have a bond stronger than friendship or love.
And although we cannot be together,
We will never, ever be apart.
(drumsticks clicking rhythmically)
Man: One, two, three.
(energetic instrumental rock music playing)
♪ ♪
Catherine: Excuse me.
I'm looking for studio five.
Excuse me?
Adam gold?
Back there.
Left, right, then another left at the water cooler.
Thank you.
(indistinct chatter and laughter)
Man: I'm getting a couple mics.
Maybe a couple mics...
Man 2: Don't have any plans but tonight.
I'm talking massive, man.
It's chr or starve now.
Let's face it, man.
Excuse me.
I-I'm looking for studio five.
Hey, life's a journey.
I'm looking for the men's room.
Excuse me, miss,
The door's right behind you.
Thanks.
(rock song playing)
Man: My father used to say,
The first law in this business--
Don't ever ask a german sausage maker
To make you a french pastry.
It won't work.
Comes out flat every time. (laughter)
Woman: Oh, no.
(song ends)
How's that, danny?
Can I have less drums in the cans?
Arty? Yeah?
What are we talking about here?
This guitarist has no ear, anyway.
I mean, turning it down ain't gonna help it a whole lot.
Could you tell me which one is adam gold?
Woman: Not here.
Can I help you?
I'm mel rae.
Oh, that's okay.
I'll wait.
I hate to tell you this,
But you're wasting your time.
He didn't show for the session.
Maybe... I can help you.
No.
It's personal.
Woman: Yeah, so personal, she doesn't know
What he looks like.
I'll come back some other time.
Well, I'll tell him, uh, you were here.
I... I don't know your name.
That's okay.
I'll catch up with him myself.
Thank you.
(horns honking)
(low, indistinct chatter, phones ringing)
(keyboards clattering)
You were looking for adam gold?
Yeah.
Our star witness o.D.'d last night.
Oh, god. No.
Yeah.
They found an inventory
Of counterfeit tapes and drugs in his apartment.
Interesting thing is, the coroner said
He didn't appear to be a drug user.
He was ready to go public on the counterfeit operation.
Someone killed him
And planted the evidence to make us drop the case.
Something like that.
I've got adam gold's phone records.
Last night, there were six one-minute phone calls
To a woman in los angeles.
Must have been just before he died.
I got the name and address.
I checked.
It's an answering machine.
Thanks, rita.
Tape piracy's one thing.
We might be talking about murder.
We should get a hold of this woman.
Maybe you should go out there, radcliffe.
To l.A.?
It's our only lead.
Why should we give her a chance to disappear on us?
(keyboard keys clattering, indistinct chatter)
(sighs)
You want me to go?
If he tried to call her six times before he died,
He must have wanted to talk to her real bad.
All right.
We've got four months of misery
Invested in this case.
That counterfeit phoenix album
Is all over the place.
A recording engineer is dead.
And I'm not ready to write this off.
Last time I was in l.A., I was eight.
I got sick on cotton candy at disneyland,
Vomited in sleeping beauty's castle.
(laughs)
(horns honking)
Catherine: The lab reports
From the becklar case are due Thursday.
Make sure joe gets them.
Okay.
And mcpherson will probably move for dismissal this week.
Maybe you should interview all the witnesses
From the drugstore.
Don't we already have statements?
Right. I don't know how much more you'll learn,
But it'll keep joe happy.
You want to keep joe happy.
I'm learning.
Makes life a lot easier.
That's pretty.
Did you check the weather there?
Yeah. It's in the seventies.
Great. Rent a convertible.
Yeah.
You're not excited?
No, not really.
How come?
I don't know.
I don't like leaving.
I love this city.
I like being home.
Is there someone you don't want to leave?
Yeah.
Who is he?
Tell me about him.
Hey, why don't you take him with you?
He has a tough time getting away.
Anyway, I've got a lot to do.
Okay.
Well, good luck.
Thanks.
Mm.
And if you run into mel gibson,
Tell him I'd be willing to relocate.
(laughs)
(siren blaring)
Vincent: 3,000 miles.
That's a great distance to be apart from someone.
Someone close.
How long will you be away?
(exhales heavily) :A week maybe.
Is there something you'd like me
To bring you from california?
What?
Yourself.
Safely home.
I'm only going to interview someone.
It won't be dangerous.
If something should happen to you...
I'll be all right.
You'll be with me.
(chuckles)
Tomorrow, you'll be standing on another shore.
Looking out at another ocean.
I'll be seeing it for both of us.
I'll miss you, catherine.
I already miss you.
(exhales loudly)
(airplane engine whistling)
(wheels squeaking)
Hi! It's gina.
I'm not in right now, but don't take it personally.
Leave a message, and I'll call you back.
Trust me.
(beep)
Yeah, gina, this is catherine chandler again.
I do need to talk to you, so if you will call me back,
I am at 555-1689, room 312.
Thank you.
♪ ♪
Hello? Woman: Yeah?
Hi, is this gina barrett's office?
Sometimes. Who wants her?
I'd like to talk to her if I could.
You got pictures, a resume and a demo tape?
We don't see anyone without it.
We'll call you.
Are you a singer or with a group?
Oh, no, I'm...
I'm catherine chandler.
I've been trying to reach miss barrett since yesterday.
Oh. Yeah.
She didn't get back to you? No.
And I do need to see her.
Oh, that's bad luck.
Gina just left. She went on location.
One of her clients is shooting a video.
Could you tell me where that is?
Closed set.
(phone ringing) yeah?
No.
The set up's at 10:00.
Well, who says you can't park there?
Pay the guy at the oceanic
To let you park overnight,
And make sure one of the p.A.'s sleeps in the truck.
I don't want any equipment missing in the morning.
When will she be back?
Few days? It's hard to say.
I'm only going to be in l.A. Till Sunday.
If you could have her call me at this number,
Or in new york, I'd appreciate it.
Hmm. That'd be some name for a rock group.
The assistant district attorneys.
(distant sirens)
(engine starting)
Father: Vincent?
How about a game of chess?
Not tonight.
Oh, I see...
The prospect of beating me doesn't excite you, eh?
Well, I must admit that thrill has begun to wear thin.
Are you suggesting there's no contest anymore?
You might be surprised, you know.
I've never been one to deny the possibility of miracles.
Miracles, eh?
That bad, is it?
And I was just about to say
How pleasant it was spending an evening with you.
You miss her.
I miss feeling her near,
Knowing where to find her.
How fortunate you are, vincent.
To know that feeling.
Yes.
So until she returns,
You'll simply have to put up with me.
(distant subway cars passing)
One of my fondest memories,
When I began to read, truly read.
Voraciously I remember.
Every night after dinner, we would read to each other
Something we had found that day:
A poem, a passage.
Something that struck us in a deep place.
Yes, I know.
And we'd talk,
Sometimes into the night,
About what all the words meant.
About... Everything.
Those were wonderful talks.
I remember.
No child ever had a better education.
And I promise you, vincent,
No father ever learned more from any child.
Well, what's... What's that you've got there?
Anything that, um...
Resonates?
Why don't you read something to me?
Come on.
"I have been one
"acquainted with the night.
"I have walked out in rain
"and back in rain.
"I have outwalked the furthest city light.
"I have looked down the saddest city lane.
"I have passed by the watchman on his beat.
"and dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
"I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
"when far away an interrupted cry
"came over houses from another street,
"but not to call me back or say good-bye:
"and further still at an unearthly height,
"one luminary clock against the sky
"proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right
"I have been one
Acquainted with the night."
Be well, catherine.
Be safe.
(waves crashing, birds singing)
♪ ♪
Father.
It's late.
I couldn't sleep.
Neither could I.
Park is beautiful when it's wet.
I, uh... Found myself on catherine's balcony.
There can be little comfort in that
When it's empty.
I wanted a sense of her.
What did you find?
Only her absence.
What about your...
Your connection to her?
Your bond? I feel it.
At a distance. She's so far away.
But you can feel it?
Oh, yes.
Then trust in that, vincent.
It's a remarkable thing.
To feel the beat of a woman's heart...
On a distant shore.
(waves crashing)
(indistinct chatter)
Excuse me.
I'm looking for gina barrett.
She's right over there.
In the red jacket. You can't miss her.
Okay, thank you. Yeah.
I ordered smoke machines. Where are they? It's too windy.
Look, no. I don't care about the wind.
I want smoke. Ms. Barrett?
Yeah, hold on. I want those smoke machines.
All right, all right, you got me.
What do you want from me?
Obviously you're very busy, but...
I don't want to talk to any d.A.
We're investigating a tape bootlegging case.
Isn't that f.B.I.?
The phoenix concert album was recorded live.
It falls under state jurisdiction.
Look, I really can't help you at all.
I left new york way before phoenix recorded that album.
It's high life records I want to talk about.
You used to work there.
Years ago. I had a dumb job.
Listen, you have really got the wrong girl.
I walked away from all of that.
What is that supposed to mean?
It means you're not going to hear anything from me.
Could you tell me about adam gold?
Look, you want to know about adam, talk to adam.
Gina...
Adam's dead.
You're crazy.
No, I just got a message on my machine.
That's how I found you,
Through his phone records.
How?
An overdose.
An accident, maybe.
Maybe nothing.
Adam didn't do drugs.
You're working on a murder case.
That was my hunch.
I'm sorry you have to find out this way.
I'm sorry you've lost your friend.
I got to get out of here.
I can't handle this.
Hey, look, um, take over for me, okay?
I just got some bad news.
Yeah, sure.
Gina: Adam and I were buddies at high life.
We were young and innocent.
Then, mel rae and his boys bought it
And everything got big,
And then came the drugs and the payoffs and the mess.
How did adam get involved?
Oh, no, you got him all wrong.
He was just a great engineer.
He loved the music.
He was one of the good guys.
He's the one who talked me into leaving high life
And getting out of new york.
Why?
I found out that mel was embezzling from the company.
Adam was afraid for me.
Why would mel rae bootleg one of his own albums?
Because it was easy and, and it's there.
Instead of splitting it six ways,
He gets to keep it all himself.
I'm sure he couldn't resist.
Adam was going to help us try to prove that.
A lot of good it did him.
What did his messages say the other night?
Do you remember?
A lot of it didn't make sense, I...
Oh, I hope I didn't erase it.
We can go check.
Come on.
This day has been like one long...
Nightmare.
Shh...
There's someone here.
(catherine gasps, gina screams)
Gina.
Oh.
He was in a hurry.
I'll say.
Did you recognize him?
No, I didn't see his face.
But I know where he bought his leather,
So we can rule out the theory
That poverty forced him to a life of crime.
(both sigh)
But I can tell you one thing for sure about him.
What's that?
He's very messy.
(scoffs)
And thorough.
God, what was he looking for?
Not money.
Did you have anything here?
Did adam ever send you anything?
No, there was just the message on the machine.
God, it was the night he died.
Oh, I hope it's still there.
(machine beeps)
Gina, it's terry.
Everything's cool.
I've got the truck parked...
(stops machine)
It's gone.
(sighing): Gina....
It's very important that you try to remember everything
That adam said to you that night.
Well... He said that he'd call back
And that there were some prints he wanted me to see.
Prints?
What sort of prints?
Artwork, uh, snapshots?
No, adam was not what you'd call visual.
He only cared about music.
Well, what kind of prints would he want you to see?
Wait, wait a minute.
The phoenix album.
Have you got a copy of the bootleg version?
Yeah, it's in my purse.
Come on.
We're going to check this out.
Where are we going?
To my friend richie's studio.
He's got an analyzer there
That gives you a graphic readout of sound waves.
We'll make computer voiceprints of both cassettes
And compare them,
And then maybe we can see what adam heard.
All right, let's go.
(music playing)
(machine beeps)
Well, they've both got the same sub-frequency copy code,
So the bootleg had to come from the studio master.
Adam laid in a secret sound code on the master tape.
Mel never knew it was there.
Sub-frequency?
Yeah, you can't hear it, but you can see it.
It's right here on the printout.
This might just be the only proof we need.
Hey, I may be a little hyperactive,
But when I'm motivated, I can be semi-brilliant.
Richie.
Mouse: Vincent?
Stars are pretty.
Yes.
Look.
That's orion there
With the three bright stars in his belt.
Seen those before.
Last year.
He returns every year.
The hunter, striding across the winter sky,
Never resting.
Catherine walks under these same stars
Even now.
Helper brought this down
For you... From catherine.
Not mouse's fault.
Came that way.
Sand...
From the shores of the pacific.
How far it's come.
A lot like our sand.
♪ ♪
(sand falling)
Vincent's voice: "vincent, it's the strangest thing.
"we've never been so far apart,
"and yet I can feel you with me so deeply.
"sometimes it's as if I'm seeing things
"through your eyes.
"the sun is coming up now.
"the sky is pink, the ocean is deep purple.
And I feel like a child."
Catherine's voice: I wish I could just scoop it all up with a shell
And run to you and pour it into your hands.
Everything.
(seagulls cawing)
The cry of the gulls, the warm sun,
The breeze and the ocean spray it carries,
The taste of salt, the waves.
God, it's so quiet right now, vincent,
And the waves are so peaceful.
And the feeling is so one of solitude,
Except you're here, too.
I find myself talking to you, listening to you.
This morning I think we walked for miles together,
Just you and me,
And it was so clear, vincent.
I don't think I imagined it.
I think we walked for miles together.
(gulls cawing, birds singing)
I miss you.
Joe, these prints make it clear.
The bootlegs could only have come from the studio master.
It was an inside job.
Everything points to mel rae.
(whispers): Should I?
(whispers): Yeah.
Look, I want your okay to bring gina with me to new york.
Good.
Ask him how cold it is.
How cold is it?
(whispers): Not very cold.
Okay, well, we have a plane to catch.
Um, I should be in some time tomorrow.
All right.
Don't worry.
Okay. Bye.
Let me guess.
Is joe the kind of guy who wears his pants
Above his gut or below it?
(laughs)
You'll have to see for yourself.
Okay.
(laughs)
Coffee maker, curlers, iron,
Terrace door...
Did I turn the answering machine on?
I don't know.
Oh! I better go back and check.
All right, give me your car keys, I'll load up.
Okay.
Meet you down here. Okay.
(sighs)
(heavy sigh)
There is something I must do.
Catherine, no.
Come back.
(gasping)
Catherine.
Vincent: Catherine.
Catherine!
(grunts)
(metal clanging)
♪ ♪
(screams)
(groans)
(gasps)
(door opens)
You okay?
Yeah.
It's mr. Leather,
The same guy who trashed your apartment.
Yeah, he can't get enough of me.
Anyone you know?
Yeah, it's julian.
Mel's slave, drug connection, and pimp.
Funny, lying there, he looks almost human.
Go call the police.
I'll watch him.
♪ ♪
♪ the first time I loved forever ♪
♪ was when you whispered my name ♪
♪ and I knew at once you loved me ♪
♪ for the me of who I am ♪
♪ the first time I loved forever ♪
♪ I cast all else aside ♪
♪ and I bid my heart to follow ♪
♪ be there no more need to hide ♪
♪ and if wishes and dreams are merely for children ♪
♪ and if love's a tale for fools ♪
♪ I'll live the dream with you ♪
♪ for all my life and forever ♪
♪ there's a truth I will always know ♪
♪ when my world divides and shatters ♪
♪ your love is where I'll go ♪
Vincent?
Vincent.
She's coming back.
She's coming back!
(subway cars chugging and clanging)
(soft laugh)
(car horns honking)
Rita: Hey, you're back.
Yeah. Feels good.
Where's your tan?
Oh. (laughs)
Hey, radcliffe, you did it.
We've already got the warrants.
The master tape was seized
From the record company this morning.
Everybody's ecstatic. Good.
And mel rae's been picked up.
Great. Joe: Oh, and the lapd
Told me all about the action in the garage.
Catherine: And I was worried this was just going to be a desk job.
(clears throat)
Oh. I'm sorry.
Joe maxwell, district attorney's office,
Meet your star witness, gina barrett.
This is your boss?
You don't look like a lawyer.
(quiet laugh)
Thanks for coming, ms. Barrett.
And I'm very sorry about your friend.
Thanks. Gina.
Gina.
At least now, I know that adam's...
Well, nobody's going to walk away from this.
Not with what we've got.
So, how was the flight?
Smooth flight, dopey movie.
I didn't eat a thing.
Have you ever had airplane lasagna?
Ooh. (laughs)
Joe only eats his mother's lasagna.
That's not true.
I've got this great place in astoria that makes it
Almost as good as my mom's.
Would you like to go?
Come on, I'll take you. My treat.
Oh, that's great. I'm starving.
New york's the only place
They know how to make italian food.
How about Italy?
Okay. We'll go there after astoria.
(laughs)
(sighs)
Listen, guys, would you mind if I bow out?
Someone's waiting for me.
Are you sure?
You're gonna miss her deposition and some great lasagna.
Joe, I've been on this case all week.
I'm taking the night off.
Okay.
See you guys.
(laughs)
Oh, here, let me help you out here.
Thanks.
East 60's near central park.
Is the central park drive thru open?
I think so.
Good.
Been out of town?
You sound homesick. Yeah.
You come in from the airport?
Um-huh.
You come over the queensboro bridge?
Yeah. Why?
You get that great view from queensboro bridge.
Didn't you read the great gatsby?
Yeah.
I didn't know fitzgerald wrote
About the best routes from the airport.
Yes, he did.
I know it by heart.
"the city, seen from the queensboro bridge,
"is always a city seen for the first time,
"in its first wild promise
Of all the mystery and beauty in the world."
You can't do any better than that, lady.
(laughing)
(sighs)
Catherine. (sighs)
I'm back.
I felt your return.
(sighs)
These four days...
I know.
There was a moment I...
I felt you were in great danger.
There was nothing I could do.
I wanted so desperately to reach out to you.
But you did, vincent.
I could feel you watching over me.
I heard you call out.
Vincent, you saved me.
Catherine, this...
This bond we share, this connection...
Yes...
That strong.