Beyond the Sea

Yeah, we're walkin'. Yep.

- Nice to meet you, Mr Darin. - Thank you very much.

Bobby, we've got an AP interview tomorrow...

- AP interview? - It's only two minutes.

It's my night with my wife and kid, for us to experience it.

It's only two minutes. That's all I'm asking.

It's my one night I don't have to do that. It's my anniversary celebration.

You missed them in Florida. We can't avoid 'em.

Good luck, Bobby.

# Mack The Knife

- Bobby, have a good evening. - Thank you.

Hey, Charlie.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

tonight, celebrating his 10th anniversary in show business,

the Coconut Grove is proud to present the one, the only Bobby Darin!

Thank you.

Three guesses.

Wrong.

# Oh, the shark, babe

# Has such teeth, dear

# And he shows them pearly white

# Just a jackknife - ah so metamuk -

# Wears MacHeath, babe

# And he keeps it out of sight

- Two, three and one... # You know when that shark bites

# With his teeth, babe

# Scarlet billows start to spread

# Fancy gloves though

# Wears old MacHeath, babe

# So there's never... never a trace of red

Darlin', then we'll swing.

# On a sidewalk

# Ooh, Sunday morning, ah-ha

# Lies a body

# Just oozing life

# Eeh! Some... Eeh! Someone's sneaking

# Round the corner

# Tell me, could that someone...

Stop! Stop! Richie, stop! Stop!

Hold it!

OK, I want to start over. I want to do it again.

- You're kidding me. That was perfect. - I want to do it again.

- I can do it better. - Know how long it takes to set this up?

I don't know how much more my chops can take today, boss.

When you start playing it right, we can all call it a day,

but when you play it sloppy like you been doing,

then we're gonna do it again and again until we get it right.

- Bobby, the guys are tired, that's all. - How do you think I feel?

Call it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna let you leave in a minute...

Whoa! Please stay in your seats until Mr Darin has left the set.

Thank you. Can we have the bell up, please?

Bobby, we can't keep doin' it over and over and over.

If Bobby says he can get it better, then he can get it better.

- What the hell's he snapping at everybody for? - Just let him walk it off.

Mr Darin, do you want to start from the very top?

Hey, Bobby, you know we've got press on the set today,

can you give 'em a few minutes?

Ready to go in ten minutes.

And no-one is discarded.

- How you doin'? - I don't know, Charlie.

Ah, you'll figure it out. C'mon, let's go back upstairs.

Put those two pieces together. I'll look at 'em after lunch.

Mr Darin? David said I'd get a few minutes today.

- Do you mind if we do this now? - He's busy.

Nobody's ever done something quite like this, about their own life.

Sure, they have. It's a self-portrait on film.

Think you can be objective about your own life?

Listen, this guy was raised to always tell the truth,

and that's what he's doing.

- I'm sorry, who are you? - I'm his brother-in-law.

So you mess with him, you mess with me.

I'm not messing with anyone, sir. But being honest,

isn't the real truth he's too old to play this part?

He was born to play the part and you damn well know it.

Get outta here!

- Thanks, Charlie. - That's just crap!

How can you be too old to play yourself? C'mon! Let's get started.

OK, everybody... I want to change the opening.

- What? - Why, Bobby?

We can't start with Mack, we blow our wad too soon.

Opening with Mack is brave.

It says, "You want me? Fuck you! Here I am."

No. It's wrong.

- Let's just do Hello Young Lovers. - Bobby, start when you got sick.

Nina, it's his story. Let him work it out.

No, no, no. I know what's important here.

Everything starts when he got sick.

- Uh-uh... - Nina, please. Don't.

No, I think we should start when they booed me off the stage.

Nobody's gonna come see you get booed off the stage.

Stick with the hits. That's what sells.

How do you know what people will come to see, Boom-Boom?

- When did you become the big expert? - You tell him, Bobby.

As long as I've known you, as far as you're concerned, I am the expert.

Bullshit!

- Who was that? - That's the kid playing him as a kid.

- Get down from there, kid. I'll sort this out.

- We're not ready for you yet. - Take five.

- Wait. I wanna hear what he has to say. - Jesus Christ!

What did you just say, kid?

I said that's bullshit.

- What's bullshit? - That you know him better than anybody.

Great. A miniature version of you, and he's a method actor.

I need a drink.

- He looks just like him. - I know, it looks like him.

- I'll be back. Here we go again.

So, you're playing me.

- I am you. - You think you got me down?

I know you better than they do.

We could do it 100 times, it'd never be good enough.

It's OK if he yells at me, but not at the other guys.

They've been working their asses off, man.

I've never worked with such an arrogant asshole.

Listen, you prick.

There are four people here who can't be fired. You're not one of 'em.

He might be an asshole...but he's our asshole!

Look, he finally found himself.

So how do you think we should start?

You want some truth? I'll give you some truth.

The kid is right.

This is how to begin -

on the street where I grew up,

with my sister Nina, my brother-in-law Charlie,

and, to me, the greatest in the world - my mother Polly.

Mrs Cassotto, I'm sorry to have to tell you.

Ow. - The boy has rheumatic fever.

What is it? - It's a strep infection.

But why is it so painful?

Rheumatic fever damages the heart.

It affects the joints and the muscles, too.

So, what do we do, Doctor? How do I make him feel better?

Just make him as comfortable as possible.

Just tell us the truth.

You can never go wrong with the truth.

Even with the best medical care in the world,

the boy will be lucky to see his 15th birthday.

Come and sit down, Doctor.

What are you doing? Come on, Bobby.

Silly man doesn't know what he's talking about.

Come on, let's get you back into bed.

Mama, tell me about my father.

You know all about your father. You just rest now.

But I like to hear you tell it.

Well...

Sam Cassotto was an important man.

He was a cabinet maker,

but then he started working for another man.

- Who was a gangster? - Walden Robert Cassotto!

He was a businessman.

I thought you said you could never go wrong with the truth.

All right, he was a gangster.

But he never did anything for this family.

But your father, Sam Cassotto, he was a loyal and good man.

And he would've been so proud of you.

Keep the noise down, all right? I want it to be a surprise.

Don't wake the kid, see?

Hey!

You wake my kid, I'm gonna stick that horn up your fat ass.

You hear?

# Up a lazy river by the old mill run

# Lazy lazy river in the noonday sun

# Linger awhile in the shade of a tree

# Throw away your troubles, dream a dream of me...

Y'know, before your sister was born,

this is what your mama did for a living.

Music opened a whole new world to me.

No matter how bad I feel, no matter how sad or sick I am,

I just touch these keys and "Poof!"

like magic, I always seem to feel better.

I've always known you had talent, Bobby.

This piano is for you. Charlie worked hard for it.

See, God wouldn't have made you suffer so much

if he weren't gonna make up for it later.

# I'm happy you can be

# Up a lazy river with me

Mama was right about music.

It opened a whole new world to me, outside of time and illness.

A world I could live in.

# Throw away your troubles, baby, dream a dream with me

# Up a lazy river with me

I knew then if I could live to 10,

maybe I'd make it to 15, and then maybe 20.

From then on, music was the most important thing in my life.

Mama taught me all the moves and dances from vaudeville

that made the greats stand out.

I would spend most days in bed with fever

but when I had the strength, Mama and I would practise,

and practise, and practise,

until we created what she called "The Plan".

# Up A Lazy River instrumental

Soon I would be old enough to head to New York,

but Mama had one more lesson to teach.

From the halfway mark!

To be a star, a big star,

you've got to be talented, obviously.

But you got to be tenacious, have charisma.

But most importantly, you gotta have...it!

The great intangible.

And you've got it all, Bobby.