All at Once

I'm here with James Maxwell in his solo show.

Are you pleased with tonight? Satisfied with your final product?

I would hope so, I'm standing in a room filled with it, right?

Do you feel like this is your best work,

or do you feel like your best work is still yet to come?

Why don't you ask me that in ten years?

Okay, sorry, can you excuse me for a second?

I wasn't finished with the interview.

James, I want you to meet Arthur Chang.

- He's from Vogue. - How you doing?

- Congratulations. Congratulations. - Thank you.

Thank you, man, thank you.

- Hi. - You like this one?

- I do. I do. - I might know the artist.

And I might be able to get you a deal.

- A deal? - Yeah.

Just my opinion, my professional opinion,

maybe don't give out deals, and the artist

doesn't have to sleep on his buddy's couch anymore.

Maybe he sleeps on his buddy's couch

- 'cause he likes his kids. - You can have one of the kids.

You can buy one of the kids when you make some money.

- I am blown away. - Everything's for sale.

This is amazing. All of it.

Just know that I'm available to be muse in any way possible.

- Did you hear that? She said any way possible. - I did.

I know. No, it's absolutely fine

because I've always wanted to fuck Barbara Bush.

Is she here tonight? Come here. All kidding aside, okay?

- What? - You are beyond talented.

You deserve all this, and we are very proud of you.

- So proud. We love you. - And I love you.

Oh, my God! I'm at the right place!

Ah! Oh, honey. Gosh, they look great.

- Oh, hi, you, hi. - What do you think?

Maybe no more monthly trips to Western Union.

You know, I've made some trips down to Western Union

for you too, sir, Mr. Rockefeller.

Who are you? Loosen up.

You look like you're suffocating.

Untuck. Untuck.

Hi.

Come here.

- Maybe not. - Okay.

Hi. Welcome. Can I steal the man of the hour?

Oh, did you hear that? The man of the hour.

You are the man of the hour. And your hour is almost up.

So please do your schmooze thing with these weird people,

and we will meet you over at Bobby's.

First drink's on you.

I gotta be up at 5:30 in the morning.

Where is this guy?

Relax, he'll be here in a second.

He just needed some time to himself.

Some time to himself?

Is this the right place?

My boy!

Hey, Bobby, whatever he wants on me.

A beer, please, Bobby, my friend.

- He'll have a beer. - Okay, Vincent, man.

- So? Verdict, verdict. - Come on!

I sold every painting.

Oh, I'm not surprised a bit. Not a bit.

- I'm a little prejudiced. - I want to make a toast.

I can't believe it. Your first show?

You sell everything. I want to say something.

Zip it. Don't say anything.

Bobby, no more drinks for this one.

- You do it. Go. - Oh, can I?

- Yeah, please. - Thank you very much.

Now that I'm allowed to speak, to my best friend

in the whole world, I love you very m…

- To the next… who's a big artist? - Basquiat.

That's a lot of pressure. That's a lot of pressure.

Hey, the world is your oyster, babe, I love you very much.

- Salud! - Hey, James Maxwell, huh?

- Everybody, James Maxwell! - Cheers!

James!

James!

What? What?

- Get in here! - I'm still drunk.

We're being attacked.

What, what are you talking about?

What are you talking about? Hmm?

- Come look at this. - What are you going on about?

This is a movie?

No, this is happening. It's on every channel.

What?

Oh, my God, all those people.

Oh, my God, no.

No.

No!

They might not have made it to work, right?

Pick up the phone.

Pick up the fucking phone! Fuck.

Fuck.

I'm going down there, okay?

Due to an emergency situation,

we are unable to take your call at this time.

Please try your call later.

First let me start by telling you

lam so sorry for your loss.

So, Mr. Maxwell, it says here that Elizabeth

and Alexander Clark in the event of their death

bequeath guardianship of both of their children,

Alexis and Grace Clark

to… you.

- To James? - What?

There has to be some sort of mistake.

I'm afraid there isn't. It's…

Why would they not have told me that?

To be honest, Mr. Maxwell, younger parents,

parents in general would never imagine this happening,

certainly not like this.

Okay, so, I mean, what…

What are… what are the options?

Well, should you choose not to accept guardianship,

the children would be put in foster care.

Together?

- In foster care together? - It's highly unlikely.

This is so beautiful.

Gracie, oh! Gracie! You were so wonderful.

Teach, I can't believe you came.

I just happened to be in the neighborhood.

- Thought I'd stop by. - Stop it!

I'm so proud of you.

I wouldn't have missed this for anything.

What about you? Did you like it?

It was all right.

- Just all right? - It was okay.

It was… ow, ow, ow! Okay, okay, okay.

Are you kidding? It was great.

It was more than great. It was beautiful.

I'm so proud of you.

Hi, that was just… wow.

That… that… that was just fantastic.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

You have a very talented little girl there.

Thank you.

Giovanni Sacco, Hoffman Music Center.

James Maxwell. Nice to meet you.

Our special music high school just opened last fall.

I'm just… I'm curious.

What does a tuition cost a year

at the Hoffman special music high school?

- Around 36. - Thousand.

And another 13 and a change for room and board

if she decides to live on campus, which is recommended.

- Sure, of course, course. - The most important thing

is getting her in, and for that, I'm almost certain we can do.

On a scholarship or…

Um, possibly a scholarship.

Though with only 50 slots available for each grade,

full ride is about as likely as winning the lottery,

but possibly a scholarship.

Listen, It's up to Grace. This is ultimately her decision.

- Of course. - Is there a way I can reach you?

- Did you have a card? - Oh, I do. I do.

Listen, let's not… let's not wait on this.

The sooner we move…

- I'll be in touch. Okay. - Okay.

Are you sure that's something you're interested in?

- Yeah. - Okay. All right.

I need to make sure because I wouldn't force you

to do something you don't want to do.

- You understand right? - I know. I know.

All right. Okay. You gotta do what you love.

- You gotta love it. - I know. I know.

All right. All right, okay.

- Dad. - Yeah?

You know in First Blood

when Stallone is on the mountain

and the bad guys are shooting at him,

and he falls into the freezing-cold water?

And then he's like so, so, so cold.

Like, he's gonna freeze to death.

So he makes a fire, takes off all his wet clothes…

Whoa, I'm a little scared where this is going.

Where is this going with him taking off his clothes?

Stallone sits in front of the fire to keep warm

so he won't die.

The fire, it keeps him alive.

Okay, what is happening right now?

Dad, music is my fire.

What? Who are you?

What did you do with my daughter?

Stop!

- Ow. - Sorry. Okay, race your home.

All right, you ready? One…

On your mark, get set, go! Hey, no, no, no, stop!

Dad, can I go scare Alexis?

Not tonight. I need to talk to her first.

- Okay? Go get ready for bed. - Fine.

Go turn on the television. I'll be right there, okay?

Okay. Sure.

Hey. What happened? Where were you?

I don't feel well. That's why I'm in bed.

I can tell you're sick by your attitude.

Well, go to sleep then, okay?

That's the plan if you'd just leave.