Who are those men? I don't
know who they are exactly.
What does that mean? I was in
Europe, and I brought something back.
That's what they want.
Somehow they found out.
Drugs? No! I swear to God.
I'm getting out. This is too
strange. No, listen to me.
I have something they want.
It's worth
a great deal of money.
- You want a date?
- What?
Do you want to party?
No!
You want any ludes?
Coke? Hash?
Acid? Grass?
No, Thank you.
No?
All right, no sweat.
Call me.
I don't know who those men are.
if you wanna get out, go ahead.
Get back, everybody! Let me go!
- I want to see Detective
kalichek, and I mean now!
And... cut!
Did you like that one?
That was fine. David!
I can make him more
psychotic. It was fine. David!
Do they need all these
people just to film a TV show?
Well, I appreciate
all your help, Ed.
I'll get you to the phone,
and you can call a taxi.
I'm fine now. Thanks, really.
Diana, where have you been?
God!
Do you believe this?
Look at this.
I got three more lines.
"Don't, please, don't"...
I've gotta talk toyou. Sure. Oh, David.
Yeah?
How much longer?
Twenty minutes, a half. Go
get warm. All right. Okay.
Excuse me. Oh, uh, Chris, this is Ed.
Hi.
Hello.
Let's go to my motor home. Uh, you
should find a phone somewhere around here.
Very funny.
Excuse me.
Oh... I'm fine.
Can I helpyou?
No, thanks.
Amazing stuff.
What are you doing here?
I'm waiting for somebody.
She's in there.
You know Christie? No, no,
not really. We just met.
Uh-huh. Excuse me.
Bud?
Yeah?
For the L.A. Times. This
or this? They're both shit.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Christie... Hi, Di. Hi, Bud.
Christie, who's the clown hanging
around in front of your trailer?
Oh, he's... He's with me, Bud. Oh, fine.
Christie, remember to act scared.
This guy has a gun toyour head.
- I know the feeling.
- What?
Oh, nothing.
You look beautiful, honey.
Oh, thanks, Bud.
Good to seeyou, Di.
You want a stick of gum?
No, thanks.
You won't even ask him? I'd like
to help you, but it's Bud's house.
You live there too.
Christie?
We're all ready for you.
- Okay, I'll be right there.
- Okay.
So will you hold on
to these for me?
Sure.
What is that?
It's a hidden pocket.
- Thanks.
- For what?
- Is there a phone I can use?
- Use the one in Bud's office.
He's on the set right now.
I don't think he'll mind.
This won't take long.
Hello.
I'm sorry,
I must speak to Jack.
would you tell him
it's Diana?
Miss Diana, whoever you
are... I'm a friend of Jack's.
I don't give a good goddamn!
if you call here again...
Whoever you are, you better
not hang up on me this time.
This is his wife.
Don't call back ever!
His wife.
What's she doing there?
His wife?
She probably lives there.
Not for years.
They barely speak.
Bizarre.
Go ahead.
I'm sorry, you folks are
gonna have to leave now.
- We're friends of Bud Herman's.
- Mr. Herman sent me over.
He wants you to leave now.
Fine.
We're going.
What about my cab?
I'll take you to your car.
Let's just
get out of here.
do you know where downtown
they take the cars?
I've gotta get ahold of Hamid.
Shit. do you know where to go?
No, I don't know. I don't know what
I'm doing. We're going to find my car.
Would you help me, please?
Just a little more.
No! I've gotta go home.
No more.
I've got problems of my own to
deal with. How do you think I feel?
You're all I've got. Well,
that's hard to believe.
You're tellin' me.
if you want any more help from
me, I wanna know what's going on.
You wanna know what's going on? Yes.
All right.
Have a seat.
Okay.
They killed him.
- killed who?
- Hasi.
"Hasi"?
In the parking lot.
I... I was with him.
He was waiting for me.
The stones were his.
- We have to get the police.
- No, I can't. I smuggled them in.
- What stones?
- Six perfect emeralds.
They're priceless.
They killed this guy
for six emeralds?
How'd you get involved in all this?
The stones are from