:49:02
On one arm, Ali MacGraw,
the ravishing Mrs. Evans.
:49:05
On the other, the most charismatic
statesman in the world.
:49:08
Is this really happening to me?
:49:35
It was a blast.
:49:38
I played master of ceremonies,
introducing anyone and everyone.
:49:41
The screaming, the fights, the threats...
:49:43
...that never let up since day one
of filming, were worth it.
:49:47
Even Coppola, whom I had hired
over Paramount's objections...
:49:50
...and then personally fired, four
different times, came over to hug me...
:49:54
...closing the book
on two years of terrible battles.
:50:00
Ali?
Well, she never looked more radiant.
:50:04
For the rest of the night,
we danced as one.
:50:06
Holding her tightly in my arms,
I felt I was the luckiest man in the world.
:50:11
Could be the highest moment of my life.
:50:14
Was I dreaming it?
:50:17
Any man who thinks he can
read the mind of a woman...
:50:21
...is a man who knows nothing.
:50:26
A month later, I was in Paris working
on the translation of The Godfather...
:50:30
...into French, Italian,
German and Spanish.
:50:35
I called up Ali on the set of The Getaway,
but there was no answer in her room.
:50:40
Jumping up in a cold sweat
from a bad dream...
:50:43
...I called El Paso again.
No Ali.
:50:46
Nah, I said to myself, it couldn't be.
:50:50
Later that afternoon, I connected.
:50:53
Where the hell have you been, baby?
:50:56
"I fell asleep in my dressing room."