WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:22.857 --> 00:00:25.025 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:39.081 --> 00:00:40.875 (crowd cheering) 5 00:00:40.958 --> 00:00:43.043 MALE ANNOUNCER: The rain has stopped. 6 00:00:43.127 --> 00:00:44.670 The excitement has really grown 7 00:00:44.754 --> 00:00:48.215 among this 40,000-strong Wembley crowd. 8 00:00:48.299 --> 00:00:50.468 Safe to say that every single one of them 9 00:00:50.551 --> 00:00:52.094 is on Henry Cooper’s side. 10 00:00:52.178 --> 00:00:53.679 (punches landing) 11 00:00:53.763 --> 00:00:55.681 MALE ANNOUNCER 2: And Cooper’s eye is opening wider. 12 00:00:55.765 --> 00:00:57.558 It’s a shocking cut above his left eye. 13 00:00:57.641 --> 00:01:00.478 He knows he’s got to get this fight over with fairly quickly. 14 00:01:00.561 --> 00:01:02.146 Clay doesn’t like it. 15 00:01:02.229 --> 00:01:04.482 He pushes the referee, but the referee’s having none of it. 16 00:01:04.565 --> 00:01:06.484 -Clay is mocking Cooper. -CASSIUS: I’m over here. 17 00:01:06.567 --> 00:01:08.402 ANNOUNCER 2: Cooper knows. He’s trying to get that left... 18 00:01:08.486 --> 00:01:09.945 -CASSIUS: I’m over here. -...left hook now. 19 00:01:10.029 --> 00:01:11.322 -(bell dinging) -Left hook. Oh, there he goes! 20 00:01:11.405 --> 00:01:12.990 -He just misses Clay. -(crowd jeering) 21 00:01:13.073 --> 00:01:15.034 And he raises his hands as he goes back to his corner, 22 00:01:15.117 --> 00:01:16.994 the crowd jeering him all the way. 23 00:01:17.077 --> 00:01:19.330 My goodness, Cooper. 24 00:01:19.413 --> 00:01:21.457 ANGELO: Is this a joke to you, kid? 25 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:23.167 -What’d I do? -Nothing. 26 00:01:23.250 --> 00:01:25.085 That’s the problem. We had a fight plan. 27 00:01:25.169 --> 00:01:27.087 Plan? Angie, look at him. 28 00:01:27.171 --> 00:01:29.256 I’m beating the shit out of that tomato can. 29 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:30.841 Damn right he is. Rumble, young man, rumble! 30 00:01:30.925 --> 00:01:32.134 -Ah! -Ah! 31 00:01:32.218 --> 00:01:33.552 Listen, if you’re not gonna keep your hands up, 32 00:01:33.636 --> 00:01:34.720 can you at least finish him off? 33 00:01:34.804 --> 00:01:36.055 I don’t want to get too close to him. 34 00:01:36.138 --> 00:01:37.807 I get any more of his blood on my trunks, 35 00:01:37.890 --> 00:01:39.433 my mama ain’t never gonna be able to get it out. 36 00:01:39.517 --> 00:01:42.186 Nobody gives a damn about blood on some boxing trunks. 37 00:01:42.269 --> 00:01:43.687 These is my lucky trunks. 38 00:01:43.771 --> 00:01:44.772 Your mama’s still doing your laundry? 39 00:01:44.855 --> 00:01:46.190 -(laughter) -Shut up. 40 00:01:46.273 --> 00:01:47.733 Would you both shut the fuck up? 41 00:01:47.817 --> 00:01:48.818 Here. 42 00:01:48.901 --> 00:01:50.444 Three rounds in, and it’s not looking good 43 00:01:50.528 --> 00:01:52.613 -for Henry the Hammer. -No, it is not. 44 00:01:52.696 --> 00:01:53.864 ANNOUNCER 2: This Wembley Park crowd was expecting 45 00:01:53.948 --> 00:01:55.533 a better showing from local lad Cooper 46 00:01:55.616 --> 00:01:57.493 against American upstart Cassius Clay. 47 00:01:57.576 --> 00:01:59.954 They’ve been saying the Louisville Lip’s theatrics 48 00:02:00.037 --> 00:02:02.081 overshadow his actual skills in the ring. 49 00:02:02.164 --> 00:02:03.916 I doubt Cooper agrees with that assessment tonight. 50 00:02:03.999 --> 00:02:05.376 Let’s just hope Clay can put this bloke 51 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:06.544 out of his misery soon. 52 00:02:06.627 --> 00:02:08.003 ANNOUNCER: I think we may have all 53 00:02:08.087 --> 00:02:09.672 underestimated Cassius Clay, Ronnie. 54 00:02:09.755 --> 00:02:12.091 Perhaps he is as good as he says he is. 55 00:02:12.174 --> 00:02:13.175 (bell dinging) 56 00:02:13.259 --> 00:02:14.426 Finish him off! 57 00:02:14.510 --> 00:02:16.595 I’ll finish him when I’m good and ready to. 58 00:02:16.679 --> 00:02:18.180 -(crowd cheering) -Let’s go, Cooper. 59 00:02:18.264 --> 00:02:19.431 REFEREE: Fight! 60 00:02:19.515 --> 00:02:21.058 You ain’t got nowhere to be, do you, Henry? 61 00:02:21.141 --> 00:02:23.018 ANGELO: Jab him! Jab him! 62 00:02:23.102 --> 00:02:24.770 -Push! -Let’s go. 63 00:02:24.854 --> 00:02:27.648 -(grunting) -(crowd shouting) 64 00:02:27.731 --> 00:02:31.151 ANGELO: Let’s go, now, Cassius. Let’s go. 65 00:02:31.235 --> 00:02:32.361 There you are. 66 00:02:32.444 --> 00:02:34.154 (crowd booing) 67 00:02:34.238 --> 00:02:35.656 ANGELO: There you are. 68 00:02:35.739 --> 00:02:37.157 -ANGELO: That’s right. -No holding, Henry. 69 00:02:37.241 --> 00:02:39.368 -Cooper, hang on. -Don’t stay in too long. Move. 70 00:02:39.451 --> 00:02:41.245 -Move! -Dance, Cassius. Keep moving. 71 00:02:41.328 --> 00:02:43.497 -Come on. -ANNOUNCER 2: Clay is mocking Cooper. 72 00:02:43.581 --> 00:02:45.541 ANGELO: There it is. There you are. 73 00:02:45.624 --> 00:02:46.834 Got to dance with him. You got to dance. 74 00:02:46.917 --> 00:02:47.918 ANNOUNCER 2: The crowd doesn’t like it. 75 00:02:48.002 --> 00:02:49.879 None of that. 76 00:02:49.962 --> 00:02:51.297 -Hands! Hands up! -Come on, Henry! 77 00:02:51.380 --> 00:02:53.966 -What is he doing? -I don’t know. Playing around. 78 00:02:54.049 --> 00:02:55.050 ANGELO: Don’t walk this guy down. 79 00:02:55.134 --> 00:02:56.302 BUNDINI: That’s how you do it. 80 00:02:56.385 --> 00:02:58.220 ANGELO: Keep your eyes in the ring. 81 00:02:58.304 --> 00:02:59.305 Is that Elizabeth Taylor? 82 00:02:59.388 --> 00:03:00.848 ANNOUNCER: Anything might happen. 83 00:03:00.931 --> 00:03:02.516 Keep those hands up! 84 00:03:02.600 --> 00:03:03.809 There you go! 85 00:03:03.893 --> 00:03:05.144 -Oh! -(crowd clamoring) 86 00:03:05.227 --> 00:03:06.228 ANNOUNCER: That was the end of the fourth round, 87 00:03:06.312 --> 00:03:07.563 and he hit him. 88 00:03:07.646 --> 00:03:08.647 -Get up! -So close, before the end of the round. 89 00:03:08.731 --> 00:03:10.065 ANGELO: That was lucky. 90 00:03:10.149 --> 00:03:11.525 Get up there, Cassius. Come on. 91 00:03:11.609 --> 00:03:12.902 Get up. 92 00:03:12.985 --> 00:03:14.778 You’re okay! You’re okay! Come on. 93 00:03:14.862 --> 00:03:17.364 ANNOUNCER: Clay took one chance too many, 94 00:03:17.448 --> 00:03:19.700 and he still doesn’t know where he is. 95 00:03:19.783 --> 00:03:22.077 He’s still half out, Clay. 96 00:03:22.161 --> 00:03:23.954 MYRON: I want you to imagine a man 97 00:03:24.038 --> 00:03:25.956 who, for 25 years of his life, 98 00:03:26.040 --> 00:03:29.043 arrived to work every morning at 9:00. 99 00:03:29.126 --> 00:03:31.003 You could set your watch by him. 100 00:03:31.086 --> 00:03:33.213 Then suddenly one morning, after 25 years 101 00:03:33.297 --> 00:03:35.633 of punctual 9:00-in-the-morning appearances, 102 00:03:35.716 --> 00:03:38.218 not only is he late but he doesn’t look like himself. 103 00:03:38.302 --> 00:03:41.639 Big lump on his head, two black eyes, bloody nose, 104 00:03:41.722 --> 00:03:44.725 torn lip, clothes ripped and disheveled. 105 00:03:44.808 --> 00:03:47.561 His boss says, "What in the world happened to you?" 106 00:03:47.645 --> 00:03:50.689 He says, "Oh, fell down a whole flight of stairs, 107 00:03:50.773 --> 00:03:52.608 almost got killed." 108 00:03:52.691 --> 00:03:55.277 His boss says, "So this took you an hour?" 109 00:03:55.361 --> 00:03:56.695 (laughter) 110 00:03:56.779 --> 00:03:58.781 (applause) 111 00:03:58.864 --> 00:04:00.950 JESS: Jules, work with us. 112 00:04:01.033 --> 00:04:02.785 JULES: The Copa has rules. 113 00:04:02.868 --> 00:04:04.995 Band members sit in the bandstand. 114 00:04:05.079 --> 00:04:06.330 Cliff’s not dressed. 115 00:04:06.413 --> 00:04:08.165 You don’t even have a chair for him. 116 00:04:08.248 --> 00:04:10.751 -If your guy’s a real singer... -Real singer? 117 00:04:10.834 --> 00:04:13.170 ...then he don’t need no guitar player on the floor with him. 118 00:04:13.253 --> 00:04:15.214 My guy’s first single was number one in America. 119 00:04:15.297 --> 00:04:16.882 He ain’t had any hits in here. 120 00:04:16.966 --> 00:04:18.300 I never should’ve booked him. 121 00:04:18.384 --> 00:04:20.469 We could’ve had Mark Wilson in this slot. 122 00:04:20.552 --> 00:04:22.513 Who? The magician? 123 00:04:22.596 --> 00:04:24.431 From The Magical Land of Allakazam? 124 00:04:24.515 --> 00:04:26.058 (chuckles) I love that show, man. 125 00:04:26.141 --> 00:04:29.353 See? Even that guy knows, and he looks like an idiot. 126 00:04:29.436 --> 00:04:31.438 -Fuck you, man. -MYRON: My dear good friends, 127 00:04:31.522 --> 00:04:32.898 you’ve been a wonderful audience. 128 00:04:32.982 --> 00:04:34.525 Thank you very much, and good night. 129 00:04:34.608 --> 00:04:35.943 -JULES: So? -Thank you. 130 00:04:36.026 --> 00:04:38.153 Should I tell Myron to do an encore? 131 00:04:38.237 --> 00:04:40.781 He’s the one these people paid to see. 132 00:04:40.864 --> 00:04:42.700 JESS: Shh. 133 00:04:42.783 --> 00:04:44.535 -Sam. -MAN: Give it up for Myron Cohen, 134 00:04:44.618 --> 00:04:45.828 -ladies and gentlemen. -(applause) 135 00:04:45.911 --> 00:04:46.954 Myron Cohen. 136 00:04:47.037 --> 00:04:49.456 -All right, fine. Fine. -Fine. 137 00:04:51.917 --> 00:04:54.878 -MAN: Next up... -Better not fuck up my arrangements. 138 00:04:54.962 --> 00:04:56.922 ...we have a young man coming to the Copacabana 139 00:04:57.006 --> 00:04:58.298 for the very first time. 140 00:04:58.382 --> 00:05:02.052 You all know him from his hit song "You Send Me." 141 00:05:02.136 --> 00:05:06.598 Ladies and gents, let’s give a warm Copacabana welcome 142 00:05:06.682 --> 00:05:08.892 -for Sam Cooke! -(applause) 143 00:05:08.976 --> 00:05:11.061 (band playing lively jazz music) 144 00:05:19.111 --> 00:05:20.779 It’s great to be at the Copacabana! 145 00:05:20.863 --> 00:05:21.905 (music ends) 146 00:05:21.989 --> 00:05:23.866 How’s everybody feeling tonight? 147 00:05:23.949 --> 00:05:25.909 (people clearing throats) 148 00:05:25.993 --> 00:05:28.829 (scattered applause) 149 00:05:28.912 --> 00:05:31.832 Uh, I-I want to tell you that, uh, 150 00:05:31.915 --> 00:05:34.126 ever since I started singing, 151 00:05:34.209 --> 00:05:36.879 before I even knew I wanted to be a singer, 152 00:05:36.962 --> 00:05:39.048 playing the Copa has always been a dream of mine. 153 00:05:39.131 --> 00:05:40.340 So thank you for being here 154 00:05:40.424 --> 00:05:43.427 on the night that dream comes true. 155 00:05:43.510 --> 00:05:45.679 (people coughing) 156 00:05:48.891 --> 00:05:52.311 I thought I’d start off this evening, uh, 157 00:05:52.394 --> 00:05:56.440 with something that you all might recognize. 158 00:05:56.523 --> 00:05:57.816 Boys. 159 00:06:01.278 --> 00:06:03.697 -(band playing "Tammy") -Cigarettes, ma’am? 160 00:06:03.781 --> 00:06:05.991 No. 161 00:06:12.873 --> 00:06:15.167 (quiet whispering) 162 00:06:15.250 --> 00:06:20.380 ♪ I hear the cottonwood ♪ 163 00:06:20.464 --> 00:06:22.841 ♪ Whispering ♪ 164 00:06:22.925 --> 00:06:25.094 -♪ Above ♪ -(microphone stand clanks) 165 00:06:25.177 --> 00:06:26.470 (sighs) 166 00:06:26.553 --> 00:06:28.639 -♪ Tammy ♪ -(trumpet playing off-key) 167 00:06:28.722 --> 00:06:31.642 ♪ Tammy ♪ 168 00:06:31.725 --> 00:06:33.769 ♪ Tammy’s my love ♪ 169 00:06:33.852 --> 00:06:36.605 -What time is it? What time is it? -Uh... 170 00:06:36.688 --> 00:06:40.150 ♪ The old hooty owl ♪ 171 00:06:41.110 --> 00:06:43.445 ♪ Hooty-hoos to... ♪ 172 00:06:43.529 --> 00:06:45.114 I liked this song so much better 173 00:06:45.197 --> 00:06:47.241 when Debbie Reynolds sang it. 174 00:06:47.324 --> 00:06:49.618 -♪ Tammy ♪ -Come on, let’s go. 175 00:06:49.701 --> 00:06:51.787 ♪ Tammy ♪ 176 00:06:51.870 --> 00:06:56.250 ♪ Tammy’s my love... ♪ 177 00:06:57.960 --> 00:07:00.254 -(door opens) -(distant applause) 178 00:07:02.548 --> 00:07:04.716 (sighs) 179 00:07:05.551 --> 00:07:06.844 (Jess sighs) 180 00:07:06.927 --> 00:07:09.805 Boy, you... you really did bomb tonight, Sam. 181 00:07:09.888 --> 00:07:11.140 Motherfucker, have you ever made 182 00:07:11.223 --> 00:07:12.516 a quarter of a million dollars singing? 183 00:07:12.599 --> 00:07:14.393 -Sam, no. -Well, I have. 184 00:07:14.476 --> 00:07:17.104 So until you do, keep your fucking mouth shut! 185 00:07:17.187 --> 00:07:19.064 (woman gasps) 186 00:07:21.066 --> 00:07:22.442 (door closes) 187 00:07:24.987 --> 00:07:27.156 (man chuckling) 188 00:07:29.449 --> 00:07:31.702 -He ain’t wrong, though. -(laughing) 189 00:07:31.785 --> 00:07:34.204 You did kind of stink the place up tonight. 190 00:07:34.288 --> 00:07:35.664 (chuckles): Yeah, I did. 191 00:07:35.747 --> 00:07:37.207 Told him not to sing that song. 192 00:07:37.291 --> 00:07:40.210 -He got all them hits; he chose that one. -I know. 193 00:07:40.294 --> 00:07:42.421 (upbeat blues song playing) 194 00:07:44.256 --> 00:07:48.051 ♪ Whew! It’s hot as shit out here ♪ 195 00:07:48.927 --> 00:07:50.470 ♪ Where’s my drink? ♪ 196 00:07:50.554 --> 00:07:52.389 ♪ Mm ♪ 197 00:07:52.472 --> 00:07:55.559 ♪ With the dirt-brown ground, leaving from L.A. ♪ 198 00:07:55.642 --> 00:07:59.146 ♪ Heading down to the South where the gators like to play ♪ 199 00:07:59.229 --> 00:08:01.940 ♪ Engine roaring nice from that old red clay ♪ 200 00:08:02.024 --> 00:08:06.320 ♪ On my soapbox spittin’, listen what I gotta say ♪ 201 00:08:06.403 --> 00:08:08.447 ♪ Howl for me, daddy ♪ 202 00:08:08.530 --> 00:08:11.158 ♪ Sure sound sweet ♪ 203 00:08:12.993 --> 00:08:15.370 ♪ Say something, baby ♪ 204 00:08:15.454 --> 00:08:17.789 ♪ Say something deep ♪ 205 00:08:19.708 --> 00:08:21.543 ♪ What you say, daddy? ♪ 206 00:08:21.627 --> 00:08:23.545 ♪ Say something deep... ♪ 207 00:08:23.629 --> 00:08:25.547 (insects trilling, birds chirping) 208 00:08:25.631 --> 00:08:28.634 (song continues faintly over car stereo) 209 00:08:29.635 --> 00:08:32.137 (brakes squeak) 210 00:08:32.221 --> 00:08:34.514 -(music stops) -(engine turns off) 211 00:08:46.902 --> 00:08:49.071 (bell jingles) 212 00:08:55.369 --> 00:08:57.329 Yes? May I help you? 213 00:08:57.412 --> 00:08:58.455 Yes, ma’am. 214 00:08:58.538 --> 00:08:59.706 I’m here to see Mr. Carlton. 215 00:08:59.790 --> 00:09:01.458 Would you tell him that Jim Brown is... 216 00:09:01.541 --> 00:09:03.627 Jim Brown? Oh. 217 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:05.379 God! From the NFL! 218 00:09:05.462 --> 00:09:06.505 (both chuckle) 219 00:09:06.588 --> 00:09:08.173 Grandpa! 220 00:09:08.257 --> 00:09:12.678 Jim Brown from the NFL is here, and he wants to see you. 221 00:09:12.761 --> 00:09:15.472 (laughing): Well, I never. 222 00:09:15.555 --> 00:09:17.557 (chuckles) 223 00:09:17.641 --> 00:09:20.060 Never. 224 00:09:20.143 --> 00:09:23.355 Would you look at who’s on my porch. 225 00:09:23.438 --> 00:09:26.066 (chuckles): James Nathaniel Brown. 226 00:09:26.149 --> 00:09:27.776 Hello there, Mr. Carlton. 227 00:09:27.859 --> 00:09:28.902 Don’t you "hello" me. 228 00:09:28.986 --> 00:09:30.737 Put her there, son. 229 00:09:30.821 --> 00:09:31.863 (chuckles) 230 00:09:31.947 --> 00:09:34.324 Come now, have a seat with me. 231 00:09:34.408 --> 00:09:36.410 Can I get you something to drink? 232 00:09:36.493 --> 00:09:37.703 Lemonade, maybe? 233 00:09:37.786 --> 00:09:39.329 Oh, that’s all right. Thank you, though. 234 00:09:39.413 --> 00:09:41.164 Well, suit yourself. 235 00:09:41.248 --> 00:09:43.750 I’m certainly having me some. 236 00:09:43.834 --> 00:09:45.711 Fetch us a couple glasses of that lemonade, 237 00:09:45.794 --> 00:09:47.462 -would you, sweetie? -(in distance): Yes, Grandpa. 238 00:09:47.546 --> 00:09:49.172 Just in case you change your mind. 239 00:09:49.256 --> 00:09:50.340 -Hmm. -(chuckles) 240 00:09:50.424 --> 00:09:52.384 How long you been back on the island? 241 00:09:52.467 --> 00:09:54.303 Oh, I just got in last night. 242 00:09:54.386 --> 00:09:57.097 And you came by to say hello? 243 00:09:57.180 --> 00:09:58.932 How thoughtful of you, Jimmy. 244 00:09:59.016 --> 00:10:01.560 Well, my aunt says you were anxious to see me. 245 00:10:01.643 --> 00:10:04.229 I’m an early riser, so I thought I’d come right on over. 246 00:10:04.313 --> 00:10:06.064 Mm, the early bird does catch the worm. 247 00:10:06.148 --> 00:10:08.400 -Mm. -But you already know that. 248 00:10:08.483 --> 00:10:10.777 You caught a hell of a lot of worms this year. 249 00:10:10.861 --> 00:10:11.945 (both chuckle) 250 00:10:12.029 --> 00:10:13.780 I guess you can say that. 251 00:10:13.864 --> 00:10:18.869 No man who’s run 1,860 yards in a season 252 00:10:18.952 --> 00:10:20.829 needs to be so humble. 253 00:10:20.912 --> 00:10:24.624 Actually, it was 1,863. 254 00:10:24.708 --> 00:10:26.460 -Oh, that’s more like it. -Mm-hmm. 255 00:10:26.543 --> 00:10:29.421 That record is gonna stand the test of time. 256 00:10:29.504 --> 00:10:31.298 You know, I’d happily give that record back 257 00:10:31.381 --> 00:10:33.467 for a win over the Packers in that last game. 258 00:10:33.550 --> 00:10:36.219 (chuckles) That Packers win is gonna be forgotten 259 00:10:36.303 --> 00:10:39.056 by anyone who doesn’t live in Goose Bay by tomorrow. 260 00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:40.390 Hmm. 261 00:10:40.474 --> 00:10:43.352 Your record is gonna be remembered forever. 262 00:10:43.435 --> 00:10:45.103 I don’t see why I can’t have the record 263 00:10:45.187 --> 00:10:46.813 and the win next time. 264 00:10:46.897 --> 00:10:49.107 Right you are, son. Right you are. 265 00:10:50.359 --> 00:10:54.780 Jimmy, I-I just wanted to-to let you know, 266 00:10:54.863 --> 00:10:57.407 if there’s ever anything I can do for you, 267 00:10:57.491 --> 00:11:00.327 you should never hesitate to reach out. 268 00:11:02.662 --> 00:11:05.040 Um, that’s... 269 00:11:06.291 --> 00:11:08.085 That’s-that’s mighty kind of you, sir. 270 00:11:08.168 --> 00:11:10.670 Oh, our families go way back. 271 00:11:10.754 --> 00:11:12.005 Been looking after one another 272 00:11:12.089 --> 00:11:14.633 since the first folks settled on this island. 273 00:11:14.716 --> 00:11:18.678 I wanted to make sure that I told you face-to-face, 274 00:11:18.762 --> 00:11:23.350 as long as I’m still here, that ain’t ever gonna change. 275 00:11:24.518 --> 00:11:26.311 Well, my aunt would be very happy to hear 276 00:11:26.395 --> 00:11:29.564 such a kind sentiment from you, Mr. Carlton. 277 00:11:29.648 --> 00:11:32.526 Not everyone else on the island has been so supportive. 278 00:11:32.609 --> 00:11:34.361 Ah, crabs in a barrel, I say. 279 00:11:34.444 --> 00:11:36.405 -To hell with them all. -(chuckles) 280 00:11:36.488 --> 00:11:40.075 I, for one, think that you are a credit 281 00:11:40.158 --> 00:11:44.204 not only to this community but to the entire state of Georgia. 282 00:11:44.287 --> 00:11:45.789 I’ve never been prouder to say 283 00:11:45.872 --> 00:11:47.791 that I live on St. Simons Island 284 00:11:47.874 --> 00:11:49.918 -than I am now. -Mm. 285 00:11:50.001 --> 00:11:53.755 And I would make a point of adding 286 00:11:53.839 --> 00:11:56.716 "the place where the great Jim Brown is from." 287 00:11:56.800 --> 00:11:58.760 (chuckles) 288 00:11:58.844 --> 00:11:59.928 Huh? 289 00:12:01.805 --> 00:12:04.307 -Here you boys go. -Ah. 290 00:12:04.391 --> 00:12:05.642 Two lemonades. 291 00:12:05.725 --> 00:12:07.102 Thank you, darling. 292 00:12:07.185 --> 00:12:10.147 -Well, thank you. -Mm. 293 00:12:10.230 --> 00:12:12.691 Uh, sorry to bother you while you’re entertaining, Grandpa, 294 00:12:12.774 --> 00:12:15.193 but if you could come move that bureau, 295 00:12:15.277 --> 00:12:16.695 when-when you have a moment. 296 00:12:16.778 --> 00:12:18.864 Oh. Sorry. 297 00:12:18.947 --> 00:12:20.365 I almost forgot. (chuckles) 298 00:12:20.449 --> 00:12:23.910 You, uh... you moving some furniture? 299 00:12:23.994 --> 00:12:25.412 Mm-hmm. 300 00:12:25.495 --> 00:12:29.416 Well, you know, uh, you should let me help you with that. 301 00:12:29.499 --> 00:12:31.084 Ah, so considerate of you, Jimmy, 302 00:12:31.168 --> 00:12:33.587 but you know we don’t allow niggers in the house, 303 00:12:33.670 --> 00:12:35.964 so it’s quite all right. 304 00:12:36.047 --> 00:12:39.843 It really is wonderful to see you, son. 305 00:12:39.926 --> 00:12:42.012 You keep up the good work. 306 00:12:43.263 --> 00:12:45.223 Do us all proud. 307 00:12:48.101 --> 00:12:49.269 MIKE WALLACE: While city officials, 308 00:12:49.352 --> 00:12:51.897 state agencies, white liberals 309 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:55.775 and sober-minded Negroes stand idly by, 310 00:12:55.859 --> 00:12:57.235 a group of Negro dissenters is 311 00:12:57.319 --> 00:12:59.654 taking to street corner step ladders, church pulpits, 312 00:12:59.738 --> 00:13:01.448 sports arenas and ballroom platforms 313 00:13:01.531 --> 00:13:05.744 across the United States to preach a gospel of hate 314 00:13:05.827 --> 00:13:07.954 that would set off a federal investigation 315 00:13:08.038 --> 00:13:10.332 if it were preached by Southern whites. 316 00:13:10.415 --> 00:13:12.459 For some time between now and 1970, 317 00:13:12.542 --> 00:13:15.086 Elijah Muhammad, founder and spiritual leader 318 00:13:15.170 --> 00:13:16.296 -of the group, -(chuckles softly) 319 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:17.964 has intimated that he will give the call 320 00:13:18.048 --> 00:13:20.133 for the destruction of the white man. 321 00:13:20.217 --> 00:13:21.843 Here you will hear Elijah Muhammad 322 00:13:21.927 --> 00:13:23.720 introduced by minister Malcolm X, 323 00:13:23.803 --> 00:13:25.263 the Muslims’ New York leader 324 00:13:25.347 --> 00:13:27.224 and ambassador-at-large for the movement. 325 00:13:27.307 --> 00:13:30.477 Now, in the church, we-we used to sing the song 326 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:32.562 "Good News, the Chariot Is Coming." 327 00:13:32.646 --> 00:13:34.981 -Is-is that right or wrong? -CROWD: That’s right. 328 00:13:35.065 --> 00:13:39.653 But what we must bear in mind is that what’s good news to you 329 00:13:39.736 --> 00:13:42.030 might be bad news to another. 330 00:13:42.113 --> 00:13:44.491 And while you sit here today 331 00:13:44.574 --> 00:13:47.744 knowing that you have come to hear good news, 332 00:13:47.827 --> 00:13:50.413 you must realize in advance, 333 00:13:50.497 --> 00:13:53.166 what’s good news for the sheep, 334 00:13:53.250 --> 00:13:55.585 well, that might be bad news for the wolf. 335 00:13:55.669 --> 00:13:57.379 (crowd murmuring, applauding) 336 00:13:57.462 --> 00:13:59.214 (door opens) 337 00:14:01.216 --> 00:14:03.218 I expected you back hours ago. 338 00:14:03.301 --> 00:14:06.012 I know, I know, I know, I know. 339 00:14:06.096 --> 00:14:08.932 I got back as fast as I could. 340 00:14:09.015 --> 00:14:11.768 -Thank goodness you’re safe. -(sighs) 341 00:14:11.851 --> 00:14:13.603 ...and the wisest and most fearless 342 00:14:13.687 --> 00:14:15.480 Black man in America... 343 00:14:15.564 --> 00:14:17.065 Where are the girls? 344 00:14:17.148 --> 00:14:18.608 I put them to bed. 345 00:14:18.692 --> 00:14:22.404 Oh, I promised I’d be here in time to tuck them in. 346 00:14:26.157 --> 00:14:27.492 (clicks tongue) 347 00:14:28.368 --> 00:14:29.828 I’m really sorry. 348 00:14:29.911 --> 00:14:32.372 But you can put them to bed tomorrow night. 349 00:14:32.455 --> 00:14:34.082 -Right. -(chuckles softly) 350 00:14:34.165 --> 00:14:36.042 Tomorrow. 351 00:14:38.545 --> 00:14:40.714 Did you speak to him? 352 00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:43.633 (smacks lips) 353 00:14:43.717 --> 00:14:45.385 Yes. 354 00:14:46.303 --> 00:14:47.762 And? 355 00:14:49.389 --> 00:14:53.518 Louis X said that if I decide to leave the Nation of Islam, 356 00:14:53.602 --> 00:14:55.395 I will be doing so on my own. 357 00:14:55.478 --> 00:14:57.772 -Damn him! -Betty. 358 00:14:58.648 --> 00:15:00.275 Please. 359 00:15:00.358 --> 00:15:03.820 Please just... don’t wake up the girls. 360 00:15:03.903 --> 00:15:06.448 He wouldn’t even be in the Nation if not for you, 361 00:15:06.531 --> 00:15:08.199 let alone running the Boston temple. 362 00:15:08.283 --> 00:15:11.578 And he remains thankful for my mentorship. 363 00:15:13.121 --> 00:15:16.291 You told him about the Messenger’s indiscretions? 364 00:15:16.374 --> 00:15:19.836 All of the secretaries, all of the children? 365 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:21.671 And that didn’t sway him at all? 366 00:15:21.755 --> 00:15:22.797 No, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad... 367 00:15:22.881 --> 00:15:23.882 Oh, don’t say "Honorable." 368 00:15:23.965 --> 00:15:25.342 ...was his lure to the Nation, 369 00:15:25.425 --> 00:15:29.095 just like he was for me and so many others. 370 00:15:30.096 --> 00:15:31.723 Now imagine convincing someone 371 00:15:31.806 --> 00:15:34.851 to convert to Christianity and then telling that same person 372 00:15:34.934 --> 00:15:36.144 to leave the church because 373 00:15:36.227 --> 00:15:37.979 Christ was not who you said he was. 374 00:15:38.063 --> 00:15:40.231 Louis could stroll right over to any of the seedy apartments 375 00:15:40.315 --> 00:15:43.360 Elijah Muhammad has those poor young girls holed up in 376 00:15:43.443 --> 00:15:46.196 and see the proof of his deeds with his own eyes. 377 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.033 Perhaps Louis X just isn’t ready to see that truth. 378 00:15:50.116 --> 00:15:52.327 Maybe none of them are. 379 00:16:01.711 --> 00:16:04.255 What are we gonna do now? 380 00:16:04.339 --> 00:16:06.091 The Nation owns this house. 381 00:16:06.174 --> 00:16:07.717 The car. 382 00:16:07.801 --> 00:16:09.511 Everything we have. 383 00:16:09.594 --> 00:16:11.596 The second they learn about your plan... 384 00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:14.766 I am hoping our friendship will keep Brother Louis 385 00:16:14.849 --> 00:16:17.018 from sharing our plans with anyone else. 386 00:16:17.102 --> 00:16:18.311 You can’t count on that. 387 00:16:18.395 --> 00:16:20.355 I have to. 388 00:16:20.438 --> 00:16:24.317 I have to until I can make other arrangements. 389 00:16:27.696 --> 00:16:30.407 What else can be done? 390 00:16:30.490 --> 00:16:35.954 You-- We are all alone if we go through with this. 391 00:16:38.331 --> 00:16:40.208 For the moment. 392 00:16:40.291 --> 00:16:44.879 But I have one more potential ace up my sleeve. 393 00:16:46.381 --> 00:16:47.882 What? 394 00:16:47.966 --> 00:16:50.051 ♪ ♪ 395 00:16:56.474 --> 00:16:57.809 (splash) 396 00:17:10.029 --> 00:17:12.323 He can’t even swim. 397 00:17:12.407 --> 00:17:14.951 That boy gonna mess around and drown. 398 00:17:16.494 --> 00:17:19.205 You need to get on out of there ’fore you get yourself killed. 399 00:17:19.289 --> 00:17:21.458 He’s right, kid. You need to get your head into this fight. 400 00:17:21.541 --> 00:17:23.918 My head is into the fight, Angie. 401 00:17:24.002 --> 00:17:25.754 You sat in on any more of Liston’s training sessions 402 00:17:25.837 --> 00:17:27.338 -like I asked? -(grunts) 403 00:17:27.422 --> 00:17:28.506 No need. 404 00:17:28.590 --> 00:17:30.133 No need, no need. 405 00:17:30.216 --> 00:17:33.136 Watching Sonny Liston train is like... being at the circus. 406 00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:35.513 He looks like one of them big ugly bears they have 407 00:17:35.597 --> 00:17:37.098 riding around on tiny little bikes. 408 00:17:37.182 --> 00:17:38.975 All he needs is that itty-bitty hat on his head. 409 00:17:39.058 --> 00:17:40.727 He ain’t no boxer. He’s an animal. 410 00:17:40.810 --> 00:17:43.980 He’s an animal that can tear you apart if you don’t focus. 411 00:17:44.063 --> 00:17:45.106 -Mm-hmm. -You make the same mistakes 412 00:17:45.190 --> 00:17:46.566 with him as you did with Cooper, 413 00:17:46.649 --> 00:17:48.026 you won’t be walking away from it. 414 00:17:48.109 --> 00:17:49.778 I won that Cooper fight, didn’t I? 415 00:17:49.861 --> 00:17:50.862 You got saved by the bell. 416 00:17:50.945 --> 00:17:52.447 And he would’ve finished the job 417 00:17:52.530 --> 00:17:53.823 if they didn’t stop the fight from all the bleeding. 418 00:17:53.907 --> 00:17:55.325 Oh, woulda, coulda, shoulda, didn’t. 419 00:17:55.408 --> 00:17:57.160 A win is a win, Ferdie. 420 00:17:57.243 --> 00:17:58.620 I’ll be back in a bit. 421 00:17:58.703 --> 00:18:00.205 And where on earth are you going? 422 00:18:00.288 --> 00:18:01.414 To check on Malcolm. 423 00:18:01.498 --> 00:18:02.749 Oh, good grief. 424 00:18:06.002 --> 00:18:08.171 You got something else on your mind, Angie? 425 00:18:08.254 --> 00:18:10.965 Do I need to remind you how unhappy the Louisville Group is 426 00:18:11.049 --> 00:18:12.300 about him being here? 427 00:18:12.383 --> 00:18:13.593 What they got to be mad about? 428 00:18:13.676 --> 00:18:15.595 I been training hard as hell for this fight. 429 00:18:15.678 --> 00:18:17.096 Well, they’re the ones paying for all the training. 430 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:18.389 They’re paying for all of us. 431 00:18:18.473 --> 00:18:19.724 I’m just letting you know 432 00:18:19.808 --> 00:18:21.559 they’ve been giving me a lot of grief. 433 00:18:21.643 --> 00:18:23.102 What business is Malcolm of theirs? 434 00:18:23.186 --> 00:18:24.938 You don’t understand why a bunch of white businessmen 435 00:18:25.021 --> 00:18:26.689 might be a little stung by a guy 436 00:18:26.773 --> 00:18:29.442 who says they’re all natural born demons? 437 00:18:29.526 --> 00:18:32.278 Mm-hmm. That’d do it. 438 00:18:32.362 --> 00:18:34.197 He said "devils." 439 00:18:34.280 --> 00:18:36.407 Malcolm’s never been anything but kind to you, Angelo. 440 00:18:36.491 --> 00:18:38.493 I know, but the investors only know 441 00:18:38.576 --> 00:18:40.954 what they see on TV, and that ain’t good. 442 00:18:41.037 --> 00:18:42.163 They pay for my training. 443 00:18:42.247 --> 00:18:43.915 They don’t get to choose my friends for me. 444 00:18:43.998 --> 00:18:46.000 Well, training’s what they want their money going towards, 445 00:18:46.084 --> 00:18:49.420 not some white-man-hating demagogue’s airfare. 446 00:18:49.504 --> 00:18:51.506 What did the investors say when they gave me my money? 447 00:18:52.841 --> 00:18:54.384 That it was yours to do with... 448 00:18:54.467 --> 00:18:57.554 To do with as I please, Angie. 449 00:18:57.637 --> 00:18:59.180 And if it pleases me to bring my friend down 450 00:18:59.264 --> 00:19:00.849 to give me the spiritual support I need 451 00:19:00.932 --> 00:19:01.933 to win this fight, 452 00:19:02.016 --> 00:19:03.184 then that’s what I’m gonna do. 453 00:19:03.268 --> 00:19:04.519 They want their money back, 454 00:19:04.602 --> 00:19:06.771 I’ll pay it back to all of ’em, with interest, 455 00:19:06.855 --> 00:19:08.648 after the fight. Now, if you all will excuse me, 456 00:19:08.731 --> 00:19:10.567 I’ll see you back here in an hour. 457 00:19:10.650 --> 00:19:12.235 SAM: ♪ Don’t make it rougher ♪ 458 00:19:12.318 --> 00:19:16.364 ♪ And don’t make me suffer, just... ♪ 459 00:19:16.447 --> 00:19:18.700 SAM and BARBARA: ♪ Put me down easy. ♪ 460 00:19:18.783 --> 00:19:19.868 BUNDINI: He’ll be all right. 461 00:19:19.951 --> 00:19:21.077 You got to have faith in him. 462 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:22.704 Got to have a little bit of faith. 463 00:19:22.787 --> 00:19:23.913 BARBARA: That sounds nice. 464 00:19:23.997 --> 00:19:25.373 SAM: It does, doesn’t it? 465 00:19:25.456 --> 00:19:28.251 ♪ If you found somebody new ♪ 466 00:19:28.334 --> 00:19:31.421 ♪ There’s nothing I can do ♪ 467 00:19:31.504 --> 00:19:35.258 -♪ But ask you to ♪ -(chuckles softly) 468 00:19:35.341 --> 00:19:39.345 ♪ Go easy on me, baby doll ♪ 469 00:19:39.429 --> 00:19:43.182 ♪ Do me this service, break my fall. ♪ 470 00:19:43.266 --> 00:19:45.018 Ah, shit. 471 00:19:45.101 --> 00:19:46.102 What? 472 00:19:46.185 --> 00:19:47.645 That sounds great. 473 00:19:47.729 --> 00:19:51.149 If I was singing it, maybe, but not for L.C. 474 00:19:51.232 --> 00:19:53.318 It don’t sound like nothing he’d ever say. 475 00:19:53.401 --> 00:19:55.987 (chuckles) You got that right. 476 00:19:56.070 --> 00:19:57.697 He’s more like... 477 00:19:57.780 --> 00:20:00.700 ♪ Get on over here, girl, and let me smell them panties. ♪ 478 00:20:00.783 --> 00:20:02.410 -’Ey! -(laughs) 479 00:20:02.493 --> 00:20:04.287 -(laughs) -Your brother is so country. 480 00:20:04.370 --> 00:20:05.997 Yeah, look who’s talking. 481 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:07.248 I’m sophisticated. 482 00:20:07.332 --> 00:20:08.791 I don’t know why I go through all the trouble 483 00:20:08.875 --> 00:20:10.919 of getting a nice hotel room like this 484 00:20:11.002 --> 00:20:12.921 for a old country gal like you. 485 00:20:13.004 --> 00:20:14.923 I didn’t ask to stay at the Fontainebleau. 486 00:20:15.006 --> 00:20:16.341 I’d have been perfectly happy 487 00:20:16.424 --> 00:20:17.926 over at the Sir John with Cassius 488 00:20:18.009 --> 00:20:19.344 or the Hampton House with Malcolm 489 00:20:19.427 --> 00:20:22.013 and the rest of the Black folks like us. 490 00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:29.938 But I do like it here. 491 00:20:31.272 --> 00:20:33.316 It’s nice. 492 00:20:38.905 --> 00:20:41.491 And, uh... 493 00:20:42.909 --> 00:20:46.663 ...I am glad I decided to come down here for this, Sam. 494 00:20:47.538 --> 00:20:48.873 With you. 495 00:20:53.002 --> 00:20:57.465 You haven’t sung to me in... a long time. 496 00:21:00.134 --> 00:21:01.344 (clicks tongue) 497 00:21:01.427 --> 00:21:03.471 I know it. (exhales) 498 00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:07.016 (strums guitar) 499 00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:08.476 (phone rings) 500 00:21:10.979 --> 00:21:12.105 (phone clicks in cradle) 501 00:21:12.188 --> 00:21:13.189 Hello. 502 00:21:13.272 --> 00:21:14.315 MALCOLM: Brother Sam? 503 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:16.401 Uh, Malcolm! 504 00:21:16.484 --> 00:21:17.777 (Malcolm chuckles softly) 505 00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:19.737 MALCOLM: Is Brother Cassius there with you? 506 00:21:19.821 --> 00:21:23.366 No. He’s probably doing some last-minute prep for the fight. 507 00:21:23.449 --> 00:21:25.201 -Why? -Oh, uh... 508 00:21:25.284 --> 00:21:27.203 I thought he might come by 509 00:21:27.286 --> 00:21:29.706 before heading to the convention center 510 00:21:29.789 --> 00:21:32.208 so we might have a word or two. 511 00:21:32.291 --> 00:21:33.876 Well, have you tried Jim? 512 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:36.462 MALCOLM: Yes. Uh, Jimmy hadn’t seen him, either. 513 00:21:36.546 --> 00:21:39.674 Well, if he calls, I’ll tell him you’re looking for him. 514 00:21:39.757 --> 00:21:41.592 MALCOLM: Ah. I appreciate that, Brother Sam. 515 00:21:41.676 --> 00:21:43.928 SAM: We’ll see you at the convention center. 516 00:21:44.012 --> 00:21:45.805 -Yeah. I wouldn’t miss it. -All right. 517 00:21:52.228 --> 00:21:54.647 (sighs) 518 00:21:54.731 --> 00:21:55.732 (knocking) 519 00:21:55.815 --> 00:21:56.858 Come in. 520 00:21:56.941 --> 00:21:58.735 (music playing in distance) 521 00:21:58.818 --> 00:22:00.278 Yes, Brother Kareem. 522 00:22:00.361 --> 00:22:02.655 You have a visitor, Brother Malcolm. 523 00:22:06.993 --> 00:22:09.454 (Malcolm chuckles) 524 00:22:09.537 --> 00:22:11.706 (laughing) 525 00:22:11.789 --> 00:22:13.624 Brother Cassius. 526 00:22:13.708 --> 00:22:15.293 I thought you might not be able to make it. 527 00:22:15.376 --> 00:22:17.378 Hey, man, ain’t no way I’m going into that ring 528 00:22:17.462 --> 00:22:18.880 without my insurance policy. 529 00:22:18.963 --> 00:22:20.882 -All right. -(exhales) 530 00:22:27.305 --> 00:22:29.390 ♪ ♪ 531 00:22:42.403 --> 00:22:44.697 Allahu Akbar. 532 00:22:47.408 --> 00:22:50.036 (exhales) 533 00:22:52.246 --> 00:22:54.040 MALCOLM (whispers): Cassius. 534 00:22:54.123 --> 00:22:55.416 (Cassius clears throat) 535 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.418 -CASSIUS: Thank you. -Mm-hmm. 536 00:22:58.628 --> 00:23:00.838 (praying in Arabic) 537 00:23:10.431 --> 00:23:12.809 Allahu Akbar. 538 00:23:23.027 --> 00:23:25.238 (praying in Arabic) 539 00:23:39.877 --> 00:23:43.131 (praying in Arabic) 540 00:23:59.856 --> 00:24:01.983 MALCOLM: Allahu Akbar. 541 00:24:15.371 --> 00:24:18.207 (breathing heavily) 542 00:24:30.178 --> 00:24:33.347 -You ready for tonight? -(sniffs) 543 00:24:33.431 --> 00:24:34.765 Man, I’ve been training three years for this fight. 544 00:24:34.849 --> 00:24:36.684 (chuckles): I’m as ready as a person can be. 545 00:24:36.767 --> 00:24:38.227 Well, uh... 546 00:24:38.311 --> 00:24:41.314 Well, still, it might not hurt to just tone down the rhetoric 547 00:24:41.397 --> 00:24:43.316 till after the fight. 548 00:24:44.108 --> 00:24:46.235 Why would I do that? 549 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.904 May be easier for you to focus, Cash, 550 00:24:47.987 --> 00:24:49.113 you know, if, for once, 551 00:24:49.197 --> 00:24:51.532 the only person gunning for your head 552 00:24:51.616 --> 00:24:54.994 is the guy in the ring and not the entire arena. 553 00:24:55.077 --> 00:24:57.246 You watch rassling? 554 00:24:57.330 --> 00:25:00.499 Wrestling, no, I can’t say it’s part of my daily viewing. 555 00:25:00.583 --> 00:25:01.876 I figured not. 556 00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:04.295 Well, my favorite rassler is Gorgeous George. 557 00:25:04.378 --> 00:25:06.005 A good-looking fellow, I take it. 558 00:25:06.088 --> 00:25:08.549 In the European way, sure. 559 00:25:08.633 --> 00:25:11.344 Head full of blond hair teased up into a nice do. 560 00:25:11.427 --> 00:25:13.930 -Ooh, the crowds must love him. -Nah. 561 00:25:14.013 --> 00:25:17.642 He preens and he prances around like a peacock, 562 00:25:17.725 --> 00:25:19.227 talking all kind of smack. 563 00:25:19.310 --> 00:25:20.895 They boo him, they scream at him, 564 00:25:20.978 --> 00:25:24.106 and the more they scream, the more he eggs ’em all on. 565 00:25:24.190 --> 00:25:26.108 Oh, so, so he-he’s the villain? 566 00:25:26.192 --> 00:25:28.069 Well, sort of. 567 00:25:28.152 --> 00:25:29.946 Rassling is complicated. 568 00:25:30.029 --> 00:25:31.155 And why would you model yourself 569 00:25:31.239 --> 00:25:33.115 after a person everyone hates, Cash? 570 00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:37.620 Because everyone in that arena pays $100 571 00:25:37.703 --> 00:25:39.914 to see George lose. 572 00:25:39.997 --> 00:25:41.123 -(laughs) -The way I figure it, 573 00:25:41.207 --> 00:25:42.416 win or lose the fight, 574 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.751 George has already won the war. 575 00:25:43.834 --> 00:25:45.503 Well, maybe you fellas just like 576 00:25:45.586 --> 00:25:47.380 going around with targets on your backs. 577 00:25:47.463 --> 00:25:50.007 Oh, we learned from the best, Brother Minister. 578 00:25:50.091 --> 00:25:51.509 Touché. 579 00:25:51.592 --> 00:25:52.760 (Malcolm chuckles) 580 00:25:52.843 --> 00:25:54.929 I got you a ticket in the second row, 581 00:25:55.012 --> 00:25:56.055 right next to Sam. 582 00:25:56.138 --> 00:25:57.723 -And Jimmy? -Oh, he’s doing, uh, 583 00:25:57.807 --> 00:25:59.976 commentary r-ringside, but don’t worry. 584 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.936 I already told all of them, after the fight, 585 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:05.564 we’re all coming back here for the champ’s victory party. 586 00:26:06.565 --> 00:26:08.943 And did you... 587 00:26:09.026 --> 00:26:11.070 you tell ’em anything else? 588 00:26:12.989 --> 00:26:15.199 Oh. I didn’t. I didn’t get around to it. 589 00:26:15.283 --> 00:26:17.285 I mean, um... I mean, I plan to. 590 00:26:17.368 --> 00:26:18.911 No, no. It’s all right, my brother. 591 00:26:18.995 --> 00:26:20.246 It’s, uh... (inhales) 592 00:26:20.329 --> 00:26:22.873 The journey is different for each of us. 593 00:26:23.874 --> 00:26:25.293 Thank you, Malcolm. 594 00:26:25.376 --> 00:26:28.170 -All right. -(sighs) 595 00:26:28.254 --> 00:26:30.381 -I got to get back to my team. -Mm-hmm. 596 00:26:30.464 --> 00:26:33.968 (grunts) The fight... is at 10:00. 597 00:26:36.929 --> 00:26:38.431 -Don’t be late. -I won’t. 598 00:26:38.514 --> 00:26:40.641 Peace be unto you, young brother. 599 00:26:40.725 --> 00:26:42.810 -(door closes) -Peace be unto you. 600 00:26:46.522 --> 00:26:47.523 ANGELO: Stay on top of him. 601 00:26:47.606 --> 00:26:49.150 COMMENTATOR: Clay in the white trunks 602 00:26:49.233 --> 00:26:51.402 with the red stripes, and an inch and a half taller, 603 00:26:51.485 --> 00:26:54.155 is really bringing the fight to the champ. 604 00:26:54.238 --> 00:26:55.823 Come on, sucka. Come on. 605 00:26:55.906 --> 00:26:57.992 Come on, Cassius! 606 00:26:58.075 --> 00:26:59.618 Honestly, I’m really happy that we’re here. 607 00:26:59.702 --> 00:27:01.829 I think we got a really good show. Oh. 608 00:27:01.912 --> 00:27:03.247 (chuckles): Oh. All right. 609 00:27:03.331 --> 00:27:05.041 That’s what I’m talking about right there. 610 00:27:05.124 --> 00:27:06.417 -Come on, Cash! -Stay on him! Stay on him! 611 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.668 Bang, bang, in and out, Cassius. 612 00:27:07.752 --> 00:27:09.086 -Stay in there! Stay in there! -Bang, bang. 613 00:27:09.170 --> 00:27:10.504 Outside, in and out, Cassius. 614 00:27:10.588 --> 00:27:11.964 There you are. There you are. 615 00:27:12.048 --> 00:27:14.091 (cheering, shouting) 616 00:27:14.175 --> 00:27:15.676 ANGELO: That’s what you want. 617 00:27:15.760 --> 00:27:17.261 Come on, boy. 618 00:27:17.345 --> 00:27:18.512 You gonna get that whuppin’. 619 00:27:18.596 --> 00:27:20.723 Give him that Liston punch, baby! 620 00:27:20.806 --> 00:27:22.183 Yes. Yes. 621 00:27:22.266 --> 00:27:23.559 Now, see, the thing about him, man, 622 00:27:23.642 --> 00:27:24.685 he stays on his toes. 623 00:27:24.769 --> 00:27:25.770 Nobody moves like him. 624 00:27:25.853 --> 00:27:27.813 He’s just dancing. He floats. 625 00:27:27.897 --> 00:27:29.315 All right, come on, Cash. Come on, Cash. 626 00:27:30.441 --> 00:27:31.984 -Oh. -Come on. 627 00:27:32.068 --> 00:27:33.736 That’s what you want. That’s what you want. 628 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.529 (gasping) 629 00:27:35.613 --> 00:27:37.531 -Stick him, Cash! -JIM: Cash looks good. 630 00:27:37.615 --> 00:27:39.367 He’s staying warm. He’s moving well. He’s-- 631 00:27:39.450 --> 00:27:41.869 Oh, watch that hook, Cash. Watch that hook. 632 00:27:41.952 --> 00:27:44.580 -WOMAN: Come on! -(crowd shouting) 633 00:27:44.663 --> 00:27:46.874 Liston’s got Clay against the ropes. 634 00:27:46.957 --> 00:27:48.751 Get off the ropes, Cash. Get off the ropes. 635 00:27:48.834 --> 00:27:50.044 ANGELO: Watch him, ref. Watch him, ref. Come on. 636 00:27:50.127 --> 00:27:51.962 Yeah. There you go. There you go. 637 00:27:52.046 --> 00:27:53.589 Stay on him. 638 00:27:53.672 --> 00:27:54.965 Damn, Sonny. You gettin’ uglier. 639 00:27:55.049 --> 00:27:57.385 -BUNDINI: Get out of there. -MAN: Make a move, Cash! 640 00:27:57.468 --> 00:27:58.886 Take that with you. 641 00:27:58.969 --> 00:28:00.554 -Come on, Cash! -(cheering) 642 00:28:00.638 --> 00:28:02.765 -ANGELO: Stick and slide. -Come on, champ, move! 643 00:28:03.849 --> 00:28:05.101 -(crowd gasping) -(bell dings) 644 00:28:05.184 --> 00:28:07.019 There we go. You see? 645 00:28:07.103 --> 00:28:08.854 See, he’s a smart fighter. 646 00:28:08.938 --> 00:28:10.940 (cheering and applause) 647 00:28:15.653 --> 00:28:17.738 -There you are. Stay on him. -Stick and slide. 648 00:28:17.822 --> 00:28:19.907 Keep surrounding that jab, all right? 649 00:28:19.990 --> 00:28:22.451 Okay? Just keep staying with the plan. 650 00:28:22.535 --> 00:28:23.536 Water, water. 651 00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:25.079 Looking good. Looking good. 652 00:28:25.162 --> 00:28:27.623 He’s right where you want him. He’s right where you want him. 653 00:28:27.706 --> 00:28:30.084 All right? Finish him off. Take that belt home, okay? 654 00:28:30.167 --> 00:28:31.419 Stay on him. He’s looking bad over there. 655 00:28:31.502 --> 00:28:32.837 He’s looking bad. 656 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.630 -You got him. -I told you he’s ugly. 657 00:28:34.713 --> 00:28:36.507 -Oh, yeah. -You should see him up close. (sniffs) 658 00:28:36.590 --> 00:28:38.050 Oh, man, he’s ugly. 659 00:28:38.134 --> 00:28:40.094 -(bell dings) -Let’s go. Let’s go home. 660 00:28:40.177 --> 00:28:41.595 -MAN: Stick him, Cash! -MAN: Let’s go, Cassius! 661 00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:43.139 Stick him! 662 00:28:43.222 --> 00:28:45.182 Cassius Clay! 663 00:28:45.266 --> 00:28:47.393 CASSIUS: Come on, quit, Sonny. 664 00:28:47.476 --> 00:28:48.686 You’re ready to quit. 665 00:28:48.769 --> 00:28:49.895 Go on, quit. 666 00:28:49.979 --> 00:28:51.188 That’s it. 667 00:28:51.272 --> 00:28:52.481 Come on, quit. 668 00:28:52.565 --> 00:28:53.858 Go on, quit. 669 00:28:53.941 --> 00:28:55.443 That’s it, boy. 670 00:28:55.526 --> 00:28:57.111 That’s it, Sonny. That’s it. 671 00:28:57.194 --> 00:28:58.487 -Go on. Quit, then. -REFEREE: Okay, that’s it. 672 00:28:58.571 --> 00:29:00.406 -Go on! Quit, then! -That’s it. 673 00:29:00.489 --> 00:29:03.159 -(laughs) -(cheering) 674 00:29:03.242 --> 00:29:04.618 (cheering, booing) 675 00:29:08.038 --> 00:29:09.165 -You’re the champ! -(shouting) 676 00:29:09.248 --> 00:29:11.250 You’re the champ! 677 00:29:11.333 --> 00:29:13.711 CASSIUS: I’m the greatest! I’m king of the world! 678 00:29:13.794 --> 00:29:15.880 -You’re the champ! -I’m king of the world! 679 00:29:15.963 --> 00:29:17.131 (excited chatter) 680 00:29:17.214 --> 00:29:20.009 -CASSIUS: I’m a bad man! -(yelling excitedly) 681 00:29:20.092 --> 00:29:21.969 -I told them! I told them! -You’re the champ! 682 00:29:23.053 --> 00:29:24.763 You’re the champ. 683 00:29:24.847 --> 00:29:27.349 -I told them! I told them! -You told them! You told them! 684 00:29:27.433 --> 00:29:30.519 I told you! I told you! 685 00:29:30.603 --> 00:29:32.646 I’m the greatest! I’m king of the world! 686 00:29:32.730 --> 00:29:35.691 -I’m king of the world! I’m pretty! -You the champ! 687 00:29:35.774 --> 00:29:37.485 That’s Sam Cooke. 688 00:29:37.568 --> 00:29:40.237 (cheering, raucous chatter) 689 00:29:43.073 --> 00:29:45.451 That’s the world’s greatest rock and roll singer. 690 00:29:45.534 --> 00:29:46.952 That’s Sam Cooke. He too pretty. 691 00:29:47.036 --> 00:29:48.829 He too pretty. We both pretty. 692 00:29:48.913 --> 00:29:51.123 -That’s Sam Cooke. -You’re beautiful! 693 00:29:51.207 --> 00:29:52.708 -You’re beautiful! -We shook up the world! 694 00:29:52.791 --> 00:29:54.335 We shook up the world! They got another excuse. 695 00:29:54.418 --> 00:29:55.753 See you at the Hampton House, champ. 696 00:29:55.836 --> 00:29:57.463 They got another excuse. They say he threw his arm out. 697 00:29:57.546 --> 00:29:58.923 That’s Sam Cooke. Get out my way. 698 00:29:59.006 --> 00:30:01.091 Out my way, out my way. Get off me. 699 00:30:01.175 --> 00:30:03.219 Malcolm! Malcolm! 700 00:30:03.302 --> 00:30:05.846 Aah! I told ’em! I told ’em! 701 00:30:05.930 --> 00:30:08.724 Eat your words! Eat your words! 702 00:30:08.807 --> 00:30:10.643 Eat your words! I remember you! 703 00:30:10.726 --> 00:30:11.977 I remember you! You picked him! 704 00:30:12.061 --> 00:30:13.103 I told you! 705 00:30:13.187 --> 00:30:16.482 I remember you, and I remember you. 706 00:30:16.565 --> 00:30:18.692 (engine revs) 707 00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:24.490 (chatter in Spanish) 708 00:30:25.658 --> 00:30:27.326 (grunts) 709 00:30:27.409 --> 00:30:30.538 (exhales, chuckles) 710 00:30:30.621 --> 00:30:32.873 Is this where the party’s at? 711 00:30:32.957 --> 00:30:34.416 Mr. Cooke. 712 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.501 (car door shuts) 713 00:30:35.584 --> 00:30:37.169 I’m Brother Kareem. 714 00:30:37.253 --> 00:30:38.796 The brother minister instructed us 715 00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:40.798 to let you in if you arrived early. 716 00:30:40.881 --> 00:30:42.591 I’m the first one here? 717 00:30:42.675 --> 00:30:44.051 That’s correct. 718 00:30:44.134 --> 00:30:45.803 Me and my fast-ass cars. 719 00:30:45.886 --> 00:30:48.430 (chuckles) So? 720 00:30:48.514 --> 00:30:50.641 This way, please. 721 00:30:58.148 --> 00:31:00.276 (laughing) 722 00:31:06.824 --> 00:31:08.993 (chuckles) 723 00:31:28.470 --> 00:31:30.639 (sighs) 724 00:31:32.891 --> 00:31:35.144 (airplane passing overhead) 725 00:31:41.233 --> 00:31:43.527 (quietly): It’s a damn dump. 726 00:31:47.615 --> 00:31:49.700 -(snaps fingers) -Hmm. 727 00:31:50.618 --> 00:31:52.119 -(snaps fingers) -Mm. 728 00:31:52.202 --> 00:31:54.413 (latches clacking) 729 00:31:56.665 --> 00:31:58.834 (case shuts) 730 00:32:00.127 --> 00:32:02.254 Maybe, maybe, maybe. 731 00:32:05.049 --> 00:32:06.967 ♪ If you found somebody new ♪ 732 00:32:07.051 --> 00:32:10.012 ♪ There’s nothing I can do ♪ 733 00:32:10.095 --> 00:32:13.057 ♪ But ask you to ♪ 734 00:32:14.141 --> 00:32:16.435 ♪ Do it to me just the same ♪ 735 00:32:16.518 --> 00:32:20.606 ♪ As pilots do big aeroplanes ♪ 736 00:32:22.358 --> 00:32:24.276 Yeah. 737 00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:28.947 ♪ Put me down easy ♪ 738 00:32:29.031 --> 00:32:32.785 ♪ Put me down easy, baby... ♪ 739 00:32:34.161 --> 00:32:37.039 Whew, you got to admit, that brother sure can sing. 740 00:32:37.122 --> 00:32:38.916 ♪ Don’t make me suffer... ♪ 741 00:32:38.999 --> 00:32:42.211 If you’re into that sort of thing. 742 00:32:42.294 --> 00:32:44.546 Right. (chuckles softly) 743 00:32:44.630 --> 00:32:46.548 Right. 744 00:32:46.632 --> 00:32:47.883 -Too quick, man. -Too fast! 745 00:32:47.966 --> 00:32:50.052 -I’m fast, man. -I-I couldn’t see... 746 00:32:50.135 --> 00:32:52.554 (indistinct chatter, laughter) 747 00:32:52.638 --> 00:32:54.807 I think he caught a glimpse of his own reflection 748 00:32:54.890 --> 00:32:56.141 and got scared. 749 00:32:56.225 --> 00:32:58.560 -Is that what it was? -(horn honks) 750 00:32:58.644 --> 00:33:00.229 Oh... 751 00:33:00.312 --> 00:33:02.022 -That was beautiful, Cash. -Oh. 752 00:33:02.106 --> 00:33:04.108 -What a night! -Whoa. 753 00:33:04.191 --> 00:33:05.651 -Oh, man. -(chuckles) 754 00:33:05.734 --> 00:33:06.735 Yes, sir. 755 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.903 He ran out of gas. 756 00:33:07.986 --> 00:33:09.321 There wasn’t a station around nowhere. 757 00:33:09.405 --> 00:33:11.240 I’m telling you, man, this is the start. 758 00:33:11.323 --> 00:33:12.908 This is the start right here, man. 759 00:33:12.991 --> 00:33:14.493 -Come out for the seventh. -Just the beginning. 760 00:33:14.576 --> 00:33:16.078 -That’s right. -Hey. 761 00:33:16.161 --> 00:33:17.579 -CASSIUS: Just the beginning. -JIM: Just the beginning. 762 00:33:17.663 --> 00:33:19.123 Where are we going? What are we doing? 763 00:33:19.206 --> 00:33:20.708 -Whose night is it? -Where’s-where’s Sam? 764 00:33:20.791 --> 00:33:22.292 -Come on, man. Show us the way. -Who’s the champ? 765 00:33:22.376 --> 00:33:23.794 -Who’s the champ? -Oh, you know who the champ is. 766 00:33:23.877 --> 00:33:25.087 -Who’s the champ? -You know who the champ is. 767 00:33:25.170 --> 00:33:26.171 -Who? -I thought I was the champ. 768 00:33:26.255 --> 00:33:27.631 (chuckling) 769 00:33:27.715 --> 00:33:29.425 -Whew! -(chuckles) 770 00:33:29.508 --> 00:33:31.260 -Whew. -Told ’em. I told ’em. 771 00:33:31.343 --> 00:33:33.470 -You got him in six, Cash. -I told ’em, El Negro, 772 00:33:33.554 --> 00:33:35.222 Campiano, King Bacadero... 773 00:33:35.305 --> 00:33:36.849 Your friend has already arrived. 774 00:33:36.932 --> 00:33:38.350 -JIM: What the hell does that mean? -I’d assumed. 775 00:33:38.434 --> 00:33:41.186 -CASSIUS: King of Miami. -His car is hard to miss. 776 00:33:41.270 --> 00:33:43.272 -All right. -Yes. 777 00:33:43.355 --> 00:33:45.399 Well, we let him into your room as you instructed. 778 00:33:45.482 --> 00:33:47.234 Oh, that’s much appreciated. 779 00:33:47.317 --> 00:33:48.610 Is there anything else you need? 780 00:33:48.694 --> 00:33:50.821 No, brother. We’ll be fine from here. 781 00:33:50.904 --> 00:33:53.407 -God is great. -He really is, isn’t he? 782 00:33:53.490 --> 00:33:54.950 SAM: Mm-hmm. 783 00:33:55.033 --> 00:33:56.744 The hell took y’all so long? 784 00:33:56.827 --> 00:33:58.829 Ah, well, we didn’t run every damn red light 785 00:33:58.912 --> 00:34:01.498 between the convention center and Overtown. 786 00:34:01.582 --> 00:34:02.916 CASSIUS: Man, we told you to ride with us. 787 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.752 What, and leave my car at the arena parking lot? 788 00:34:04.835 --> 00:34:07.045 Fuck that. Besides, I had to drop off Barbara. 789 00:34:07.129 --> 00:34:09.757 -(strums guitar) -Well, was you sad, Sam? 790 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.258 Sitting in here all by your lonesome? 791 00:34:11.341 --> 00:34:13.177 I don’t need y’all around to entertain myself. 792 00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:15.220 CASSIUS: We figured you’d have rounded up some girls 793 00:34:15.304 --> 00:34:16.889 -before we even got here, boy. -(strumming guitar) 794 00:34:16.972 --> 00:34:18.515 -Where they at? -SAM: Shit, ain’t you too tired? 795 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.933 Tired? Boy, I’m energized. 796 00:34:20.017 --> 00:34:22.144 Was before I even threw the first punch. 797 00:34:22.227 --> 00:34:23.687 SAM: All right. 798 00:34:23.771 --> 00:34:25.439 Man, can you believe they had the nerve 799 00:34:25.522 --> 00:34:28.400 to trot Willie Pastrano into the ring before the fight? 800 00:34:28.484 --> 00:34:30.652 You know, they say he boxes just like you, Cash. 801 00:34:30.736 --> 00:34:31.862 (laughing): Ooh-hoo-hoo! 802 00:34:31.945 --> 00:34:33.071 Like me? 803 00:34:33.155 --> 00:34:34.615 -Are you insane? -Hey. 804 00:34:34.698 --> 00:34:36.909 Willie Pastrano-- that’s the dancing master, ain’t it? 805 00:34:36.992 --> 00:34:39.745 CASSIUS: Shit, if he’s the dancing master, I must be 806 00:34:39.828 --> 00:34:41.663 the motherfucking inventor of dance. 807 00:34:41.747 --> 00:34:43.707 -Just ask Sonny. -Oh, you goddamn right. 808 00:34:43.791 --> 00:34:46.710 I am 210 and a half pounds of trouble, boys. 809 00:34:46.794 --> 00:34:48.796 And what they didn’t know was when they weighed me in, 810 00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:51.006 a half pound of it wasn’t even me. 811 00:34:51.089 --> 00:34:52.090 Oh, what was it, Cash? 812 00:34:52.174 --> 00:34:54.259 It was a half pound of divine skill 813 00:34:54.343 --> 00:34:57.262 -bestowed upon me from God up on high! -Hey! -JIM: Oh. 814 00:34:57.346 --> 00:34:58.639 -This motherfucker here. -All right. 815 00:34:58.722 --> 00:35:00.432 They had Joe Louis on one side of the ring, 816 00:35:00.516 --> 00:35:02.601 Rocky Marciano in the other. 817 00:35:02.684 --> 00:35:05.062 Halfway through the sixth, out the corner of my eye, 818 00:35:05.145 --> 00:35:06.355 I saw them looking at each other 819 00:35:06.438 --> 00:35:07.940 like they was asking themselves, 820 00:35:08.023 --> 00:35:10.317 "Why couldn’t we do that when we was young?" 821 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.485 (laughing) 822 00:35:11.568 --> 00:35:13.237 I’m serious. 823 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:15.823 If tonight don’t prove God was with me, then nothing does. 824 00:35:15.906 --> 00:35:17.491 Well, he sure as shit wasn’t with Sonny. 825 00:35:17.574 --> 00:35:18.659 Oh, man, you know Sonny a damn heathen. 826 00:35:18.742 --> 00:35:20.494 And what do they always say, Malcolm? 827 00:35:20.577 --> 00:35:21.662 The penalty one pays 828 00:35:21.745 --> 00:35:23.413 for avoiding the path of righteousness 829 00:35:23.497 --> 00:35:26.333 -is walking whatever other path they choose alone. -Mm-hmm. 830 00:35:26.416 --> 00:35:27.960 -Yes, that’s right. -(others murmuring) 831 00:35:28.043 --> 00:35:30.087 Yes, yes, Cassius Marcellus Clay 832 00:35:30.170 --> 00:35:33.131 is the new heavyweight champion of the world, boys! 833 00:35:33.215 --> 00:35:35.133 -Yes, he is! Yes, he is! -CASSIUS: And I don’t even have 834 00:35:35.217 --> 00:35:37.052 -a scratch on my fa... -(Sam laughs) 835 00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:43.350 Oh, my goodness. 836 00:35:43.433 --> 00:35:45.185 -Cassius. -What’s wrong, Cash? 837 00:35:45.269 --> 00:35:47.062 What? Cash, what... 838 00:35:48.856 --> 00:35:50.315 Why am I so pretty? 839 00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:52.109 -Ah. -Ah. 840 00:35:52.192 --> 00:35:53.819 And I’m only 22 years old. 841 00:35:53.902 --> 00:35:56.154 There is no way I’m supposed to be this great. 842 00:35:56.238 --> 00:35:58.365 Look, Alexander the Great conquered the whole world 843 00:35:58.448 --> 00:35:59.908 at the age of 30... 844 00:35:59.992 --> 00:36:02.411 -Yeah. -...and I conquered the world of boxing at 22, 845 00:36:02.494 --> 00:36:04.413 without sustaining so much as a scratch. 846 00:36:04.496 --> 00:36:06.540 -That’s right. -Ah! -SAM: There he goes! 847 00:36:06.623 --> 00:36:09.126 -You do the math. -SAM: All right. 848 00:36:09.209 --> 00:36:11.044 Where and when is this party going down? 849 00:36:11.128 --> 00:36:13.547 Yeah, that’s a good question. What’s on the agenda, Malcolm? 850 00:36:13.630 --> 00:36:16.425 Well, I thought this would be a wonderful chance for us 851 00:36:16.508 --> 00:36:18.802 to reflect on what’s happened tonight. 852 00:36:18.886 --> 00:36:21.555 Like our young brother said, there’s no denying 853 00:36:21.638 --> 00:36:23.974 that greater forces were at work. 854 00:36:27.311 --> 00:36:30.522 You mean... no one else is coming? 855 00:36:30.606 --> 00:36:33.358 Oh, rest assured, my brother, you’re not missing anything. 856 00:36:33.442 --> 00:36:35.652 But I... 857 00:36:35.736 --> 00:36:37.654 I wanted some pussy tonight. 858 00:36:37.738 --> 00:36:39.406 Ah, it’ll be all right, Jimmy. I think you’ll live. 859 00:36:39.489 --> 00:36:41.867 Hey, hey, Malcolm, I... (chuckles) 860 00:36:41.950 --> 00:36:43.327 I-I did not give up a chance 861 00:36:43.410 --> 00:36:45.078 to stay and party at the Fontainebleau 862 00:36:45.162 --> 00:36:46.330 for this shit. 863 00:36:46.413 --> 00:36:47.748 -(water running) -MALCOLM: The Fontainebleau? 864 00:36:47.831 --> 00:36:49.541 The Fontainebleau Miami Beach? 865 00:36:49.625 --> 00:36:51.126 What, you just walked right up to the counter 866 00:36:51.209 --> 00:36:53.253 -and booked yourself a room, Brother Sam? -Malcolm, relax. 867 00:36:53.337 --> 00:36:55.631 Allen booked the room. Allen booked the room. 868 00:36:55.714 --> 00:36:57.591 Allen Klein. The white man. 869 00:36:57.674 --> 00:36:59.176 -SAM: That’s his job. -MALCOLM: Oh, that’s his job? 870 00:36:59.259 --> 00:37:00.969 To tell the other crackers that you’re one of the good ones? 871 00:37:01.053 --> 00:37:02.512 -To do what I ask him to do. -Will you two quit 872 00:37:02.596 --> 00:37:04.097 the philosophical debate for five seconds? 873 00:37:04.181 --> 00:37:06.183 Ain’t you just heard Jim say he’s getting blue balls? 874 00:37:09.978 --> 00:37:11.730 All right. 875 00:37:11.813 --> 00:37:14.483 We at least have something to eat while we reflect? 876 00:37:14.566 --> 00:37:17.319 Yes, as a matter of fact, we do, Brother Sam. 877 00:37:18.612 --> 00:37:19.947 Just because I’m militant 878 00:37:20.030 --> 00:37:22.199 doesn’t mean I don’t know how to have a good time. 879 00:37:22.282 --> 00:37:23.825 (Cassius snaps fingers) 880 00:37:25.494 --> 00:37:27.204 -What’d I do? -MALCOLM: Yeah! 881 00:37:28.246 --> 00:37:29.748 Ice cream. 882 00:37:29.831 --> 00:37:32.167 I don’t suppose you have any beer in there? 883 00:37:32.250 --> 00:37:33.710 Stupid question. 884 00:37:33.794 --> 00:37:35.921 Chips, then. Maybe chips? 885 00:37:36.004 --> 00:37:38.256 Uh... I’m sure I can send 886 00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:40.175 one of the brothers out to get some, Sam. 887 00:37:40.258 --> 00:37:41.593 Well, what flavor is it? 888 00:37:41.677 --> 00:37:43.804 Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy... 889 00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:48.517 ...and vanilla. 890 00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:51.061 -Shit. -How’s that for irony? 891 00:37:51.144 --> 00:37:52.562 Last time I checked, Brother Sam, 892 00:37:52.646 --> 00:37:54.982 vanilla was your flavor of choice. 893 00:37:55.065 --> 00:37:57.275 -(laughing): Ooh-hoo-hoo. -SAM: All right. 894 00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:58.360 That’s right, Jack. 895 00:37:58.443 --> 00:37:59.653 Hey, fellas, I’m just saying, 896 00:37:59.736 --> 00:38:01.613 can’t we at least go someplace hoppin’? 897 00:38:01.697 --> 00:38:04.658 The entire city of Miami is celebrating Cassius’s win. 898 00:38:04.741 --> 00:38:05.909 Yeah, they was all expecting 899 00:38:05.993 --> 00:38:07.494 to be partying with Sonny Liston tonight. 900 00:38:07.577 --> 00:38:10.664 Yeah, and it seem to me it’s not a great idea, 901 00:38:10.747 --> 00:38:12.332 your first night as world champ, 902 00:38:12.416 --> 00:38:15.043 starting it off by throwing away all that goodwill. 903 00:38:15.127 --> 00:38:18.088 MALCOLM: Goodwill? Goodwill from whom? 904 00:38:18.171 --> 00:38:20.215 Goodwill from the press, 905 00:38:20.298 --> 00:38:22.134 who threw their support behind that thug, 906 00:38:22.217 --> 00:38:24.386 hoping that he’d put our young brother in his place? 907 00:38:24.469 --> 00:38:26.179 No, you out of your mind, Sam. 908 00:38:26.263 --> 00:38:30.892 And besides, besides, part of the reason we’re here 909 00:38:30.976 --> 00:38:34.021 is to celebrate Cassius’s official transition. 910 00:38:34.104 --> 00:38:35.105 Malc! 911 00:38:35.188 --> 00:38:37.691 Transition? 912 00:38:37.774 --> 00:38:38.817 To what? 913 00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:40.861 Shall we give them the news, Cassius? 914 00:38:40.944 --> 00:38:44.740 Well, I suppose if, uh, you want to tell them, Malcolm. 915 00:38:44.823 --> 00:38:46.116 SAM: Now, wait a second. 916 00:38:47.534 --> 00:38:50.120 You ain’t about to say what I think you gonna say? 917 00:38:50.203 --> 00:38:52.914 I’ve been thinking long and hard about it, boys, 918 00:38:52.998 --> 00:38:57.544 and I’m officially joining the Nation of Islam. 919 00:38:59.171 --> 00:39:00.505 (Jim chuckles) 920 00:39:00.589 --> 00:39:03.800 Cassius, are you sure that’s such a good idea? 921 00:39:03.884 --> 00:39:04.926 CASSIUS: Why not? 922 00:39:05.010 --> 00:39:06.303 Well, I thought this Muslim jive 923 00:39:06.386 --> 00:39:07.929 was something to rile up white folks. 924 00:39:08.013 --> 00:39:09.681 -No, it’s no jive, Sam. -The cameras are off, Malcolm. 925 00:39:09.765 --> 00:39:11.475 He became champion on his own terms. 926 00:39:11.558 --> 00:39:14.311 -Naysayers be damned. -SAM: We can’t all just go out 927 00:39:14.394 --> 00:39:15.604 and declare the white man the devil. 928 00:39:15.687 --> 00:39:17.773 Oh? Why not? 929 00:39:17.856 --> 00:39:19.274 Huh? 930 00:39:19.357 --> 00:39:21.401 We’re entering a new time where no one can hold us back 931 00:39:21.485 --> 00:39:22.527 from voicing our honest opinions. 932 00:39:22.611 --> 00:39:24.112 Look at Jimmy. 933 00:39:24.196 --> 00:39:27.199 Jimmy hasn’t bitten his tongue for one day of his career. 934 00:39:27.282 --> 00:39:29.326 Well, you ain’t lying. 935 00:39:29.409 --> 00:39:31.411 -Oh, so you agree with him? -Look, man, 936 00:39:31.495 --> 00:39:33.080 I’m always in the hot seat, all right? 937 00:39:33.163 --> 00:39:35.415 But as long as I keep winning, ain’t one fucking thing 938 00:39:35.499 --> 00:39:37.417 any racist poot butt can do about it. 939 00:39:37.501 --> 00:39:38.502 That’s right. 940 00:39:38.585 --> 00:39:40.295 Well, if it’s such a good idea, 941 00:39:40.378 --> 00:39:42.130 why don’t you become a Muslim, too? 942 00:39:42.214 --> 00:39:45.217 Shit. Have you tasted my grandmother’s pork chops? 943 00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.219 -(laughs) -And... 944 00:39:47.302 --> 00:39:49.805 I like white women, too. Fuck that. 945 00:39:49.888 --> 00:39:52.474 Oh, you’ll see the light soon enough, Jimmy. 946 00:39:52.557 --> 00:39:54.059 I don’t need to, hanging around you. 947 00:39:54.142 --> 00:39:56.353 Ain’t you ever heard of guilt by association? 948 00:39:56.436 --> 00:39:59.481 Well, you already do have plenty of nice suits. 949 00:39:59.564 --> 00:40:01.566 You given any thought to switching 950 00:40:01.650 --> 00:40:02.818 from straight to bow ties? 951 00:40:02.901 --> 00:40:04.319 Malcolm, you ain’t never gonna catch me 952 00:40:04.402 --> 00:40:06.029 dressed up as one of your soldiers of Allah. 953 00:40:06.113 --> 00:40:07.906 Ah, no. I-I’ve already seen it, Jimmy. 954 00:40:07.989 --> 00:40:09.616 Th-Those pictures I took of you 955 00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:11.618 -going to practice looking sharp as a razor. -(Jim laughs) 956 00:40:11.701 --> 00:40:13.161 The spitting image, Cash, 957 00:40:13.245 --> 00:40:16.331 of a-a powerful, Black Muslim warrior. 958 00:40:16.414 --> 00:40:18.375 -I know it. -A photo never lies, Jimmy. 959 00:40:18.458 --> 00:40:20.585 Photo never lies. It-it al... 960 00:40:22.129 --> 00:40:23.130 SAM: Malcolm? 961 00:40:23.213 --> 00:40:25.006 CASSIUS: What’s wrong, Malcolm? 962 00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:29.636 Just remembered I left my new camera in the car. 963 00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:31.555 -Better go get it. -Now? 964 00:40:31.638 --> 00:40:33.306 Yeah. I just got that camera. 965 00:40:33.390 --> 00:40:34.724 Oh, don’t sweat it, man. 966 00:40:34.808 --> 00:40:36.393 The bodyguards have this whole place locked down. 967 00:40:36.476 --> 00:40:37.727 They’ll see anybody messing with your car. 968 00:40:37.811 --> 00:40:39.354 Is everything all right, Brother Malcolm? 969 00:40:39.437 --> 00:40:41.731 Yes, brother. I just need to get something from the car. 970 00:40:41.815 --> 00:40:43.692 I’ll accompany you. 971 00:40:43.775 --> 00:40:44.901 Watch the door. 972 00:40:44.985 --> 00:40:46.778 Yes, brother. 973 00:40:49.072 --> 00:40:51.158 Hey, what’s wrong, brother? 974 00:40:51.241 --> 00:40:54.995 Ain’t your shit safe here in the Black community? 975 00:40:55.078 --> 00:40:56.746 (laughs) 976 00:40:56.830 --> 00:40:59.666 KAREEM: Your friend is quite the truculent one. 977 00:40:59.749 --> 00:41:01.793 Well, entertaining white people in the South 978 00:41:01.877 --> 00:41:05.714 will bring the truculence out of any Black man. 979 00:41:05.797 --> 00:41:07.674 (Cassius grunting, muttering) 980 00:41:07.757 --> 00:41:09.968 ♪ ♪ 981 00:41:10.051 --> 00:41:12.929 What are you, a giant fucking baby? 982 00:41:13.013 --> 00:41:15.265 No, man. 983 00:41:15.348 --> 00:41:16.433 I can’t help it. 984 00:41:16.516 --> 00:41:18.059 I’m full of energy. 985 00:41:18.143 --> 00:41:21.563 Well, this party’s off to a hoppin’ start. 986 00:41:21.646 --> 00:41:22.939 I-I just know we are not fittin’ to sit here 987 00:41:23.023 --> 00:41:24.482 in this little-ass room all night. 988 00:41:24.566 --> 00:41:26.401 It’s not like anyone else is planning a victory party. 989 00:41:26.484 --> 00:41:28.862 The diner downstairs is open all night. 990 00:41:28.945 --> 00:41:30.447 We could throw this shindig there 991 00:41:30.530 --> 00:41:32.240 if Malcolm would lighten the hell up. 992 00:41:32.324 --> 00:41:33.325 CASSIUS: He’s just looking out for me, Sam. 993 00:41:33.408 --> 00:41:34.784 SAM: He’s a big boy, Cash. 994 00:41:34.868 --> 00:41:36.578 CASSIUS: Still, you ain’t got to antagonize him. 995 00:41:36.661 --> 00:41:38.246 He should be able to handle being called out on his shit, 996 00:41:38.330 --> 00:41:41.708 especially since he’s made such a name for himself 997 00:41:41.791 --> 00:41:43.126 calling everyone else out on theirs. 998 00:41:43.210 --> 00:41:44.586 CASSIUS: Why you got to push back so hard 999 00:41:44.669 --> 00:41:45.962 on everything, Sam? 1000 00:41:46.046 --> 00:41:47.422 SAM: ’Cause I’m a pushy motherfucker. 1001 00:41:47.505 --> 00:41:48.715 -And I ain’t changing. -CASSIUS: Oh, grow up. 1002 00:41:48.798 --> 00:41:50.675 Mm... you two. 1003 00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:52.344 (silverware clanging) 1004 00:41:52.427 --> 00:41:54.846 You want some ice cream? 1005 00:41:54.930 --> 00:41:56.806 Everything okay, brother? 1006 00:41:56.890 --> 00:41:58.308 Yes, brother. 1007 00:42:05.065 --> 00:42:07.150 I should make a call while I’m down here. 1008 00:42:07.234 --> 00:42:09.903 Well, is the phone in your room not working? 1009 00:42:09.986 --> 00:42:13.490 I prefer privacy when I speak to my wife. 1010 00:42:13.573 --> 00:42:15.367 I’d rather not send all the fellas out. 1011 00:42:15.450 --> 00:42:17.035 I’ll be right back. 1012 00:42:17.118 --> 00:42:20.330 You know the thing that’ll make this a little bit better? 1013 00:42:20.413 --> 00:42:21.414 CASSIUS: What? 1014 00:42:21.498 --> 00:42:23.583 -Sam’s stash. -Fuck y’all. 1015 00:42:23.667 --> 00:42:25.794 -Come on, man. Where is it? -No. No way. 1016 00:42:25.877 --> 00:42:27.921 Hey, check his guitar case. 1017 00:42:28.004 --> 00:42:29.089 For what? 1018 00:42:29.172 --> 00:42:30.966 Just look, fool. 1019 00:42:34.010 --> 00:42:35.637 Ain’t gonna find it. 1020 00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:37.305 I bet he will find something. 1021 00:42:37.389 --> 00:42:40.225 I bet you that cheap purple suit we will. 1022 00:42:40.308 --> 00:42:42.143 SAM: Don’t drink all my shit, neither. 1023 00:42:42.227 --> 00:42:44.396 (Cassius exhales) 1024 00:42:48.316 --> 00:42:50.026 Yeah. 1025 00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:54.239 (sniffs) 1026 00:42:54.322 --> 00:42:56.116 Attallah? 1027 00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:58.368 ATTALLAH (over phone): Hi, Daddy. 1028 00:42:58.451 --> 00:43:00.704 Hey, sweetheart. 1029 00:43:00.787 --> 00:43:02.706 What are you doing up so late? 1030 00:43:02.789 --> 00:43:04.541 You woke me up. 1031 00:43:04.624 --> 00:43:07.419 -Oh, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. -(yawns) 1032 00:43:07.502 --> 00:43:10.755 I didn’t mean to wake you up, uh, but I’m glad you answered 1033 00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:13.174 because I’ve got something for you. 1034 00:43:13.258 --> 00:43:15.343 You want it now? 1035 00:43:15.427 --> 00:43:16.886 Okay. 1036 00:43:16.970 --> 00:43:20.682 All right, well, I need you to get down from the stool. 1037 00:43:20.765 --> 00:43:25.061 I want you to take three big jumps forward. 1038 00:43:26.938 --> 00:43:29.149 Now look to your left. 1039 00:43:29.232 --> 00:43:31.026 Now what’s in front of you? 1040 00:43:31.109 --> 00:43:32.110 ATTALLAH: Books. 1041 00:43:32.193 --> 00:43:33.653 MALCOLM: Books, that’s right. 1042 00:43:33.737 --> 00:43:36.448 Now I want you to take one of those books. 1043 00:43:36.531 --> 00:43:38.616 ATTALLAH: Which one? 1044 00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:40.076 MALCOLM: It’s your favorite number. 1045 00:43:40.160 --> 00:43:44.914 One, two, three, four, five, six. 1046 00:43:44.998 --> 00:43:46.333 MALCOLM: There you go. 1047 00:43:46.416 --> 00:43:48.209 Now open it up. 1048 00:43:48.293 --> 00:43:50.754 Take a look inside. 1049 00:43:53.798 --> 00:43:55.258 You see it? 1050 00:43:55.342 --> 00:43:58.678 -Thank you, Daddy. -You be a good girl 1051 00:43:58.762 --> 00:44:01.598 -and you read that to your sisters, okay? -Okay. 1052 00:44:01.681 --> 00:44:03.058 BETTY: Attallah. It’s time to go to bed. 1053 00:44:03.141 --> 00:44:04.601 ATTALLAH: It’s Daddy. 1054 00:44:04.684 --> 00:44:07.604 I understand, sweetheart, but it’s time to go to bed. 1055 00:44:07.687 --> 00:44:10.231 ATTALLAH: Can I talk to him for a few more minutes? 1056 00:44:10.315 --> 00:44:12.150 -Please? -(chuckles) 1057 00:44:13.234 --> 00:44:14.736 Okay. 1058 00:44:14.819 --> 00:44:16.321 (chuckles) 1059 00:44:16.404 --> 00:44:18.114 Where are you? 1060 00:44:23.453 --> 00:44:25.580 (knock on door) 1061 00:44:26.915 --> 00:44:28.666 CASSIUS: Who is it? 1062 00:44:29.918 --> 00:44:32.253 Can I get anything for you, brothers? 1063 00:44:33.505 --> 00:44:35.382 Nah, man. We’re all good in here. 1064 00:44:35.465 --> 00:44:38.718 JAMAAL: Oh, good. Good. 1065 00:44:38.802 --> 00:44:40.095 Good. 1066 00:44:42.764 --> 00:44:44.099 Say, champ, you don’t suppose you could 1067 00:44:44.182 --> 00:44:46.851 see your way to signing an autograph for me? 1068 00:44:47.852 --> 00:44:50.355 Uh, yeah, of course, man. 1069 00:44:50.438 --> 00:44:52.232 -Yeah, come on in. -(Jim chuckles) 1070 00:44:52.315 --> 00:44:53.608 Yeah. You got to make sure 1071 00:44:53.691 --> 00:44:55.568 your superior officer don’t catch you? 1072 00:44:55.652 --> 00:44:58.029 Oh, yeah. Brother Kareem can run a pretty tight ship, 1073 00:44:58.113 --> 00:45:00.573 but he’s committed to teaching the young brothers discipline. 1074 00:45:00.657 --> 00:45:02.909 Yeah, well, I never been a fan of no tight ship. 1075 00:45:02.992 --> 00:45:04.702 Oh, quit messing with the young brother, Jim. 1076 00:45:04.786 --> 00:45:06.538 -Here, give him an autograph. -JAMAAL: Oh, yeah. 1077 00:45:06.621 --> 00:45:07.705 That-That’d be great. And, actually, champ, 1078 00:45:07.789 --> 00:45:09.207 I-I’m a couple of years older than you. 1079 00:45:09.290 --> 00:45:10.291 (chuckles): Oh, see, I’m such an overachiever, 1080 00:45:10.375 --> 00:45:11.668 sometimes I forget. 1081 00:45:11.751 --> 00:45:13.503 -(laughs) -JIM: Yeah. -Now, you know Jim Brown here 1082 00:45:13.586 --> 00:45:15.797 is the strongest man in the whole world? 1083 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:17.715 Oh, yeah. See, I’m from Toledo. 1084 00:45:17.799 --> 00:45:20.468 We’ve been watching Mr. Brown’s games for years now. 1085 00:45:20.552 --> 00:45:21.886 Actually, I almost got to go to one. 1086 00:45:21.970 --> 00:45:24.514 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 1087 00:45:24.597 --> 00:45:26.391 -Nah, I didn’t have no money. -(door closes) 1088 00:45:26.474 --> 00:45:27.475 Oh. 1089 00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.601 Mr. Cooke. 1090 00:45:28.685 --> 00:45:31.354 -If you wouldn’t mind. -(laughs softly) 1091 00:45:31.438 --> 00:45:33.690 SAM: Oh, sure thing, brother. 1092 00:45:38.069 --> 00:45:39.279 Hey, man. 1093 00:45:39.362 --> 00:45:40.572 Jamaal. 1094 00:45:40.655 --> 00:45:42.240 Yeah. 1095 00:45:42.323 --> 00:45:43.908 Mind if I ask you a question? 1096 00:45:43.992 --> 00:45:45.493 Yeah, sure. 1097 00:45:46.494 --> 00:45:48.580 You like being a Muslim? 1098 00:45:48.663 --> 00:45:51.791 Well, it... it beats being a purse thief from Toledo. 1099 00:45:51.875 --> 00:45:52.876 (laughs) 1100 00:45:52.959 --> 00:45:54.586 Yeah, I know that’s right. 1101 00:45:54.669 --> 00:45:56.296 No, I mean, but... 1102 00:45:56.379 --> 00:45:59.007 I mean, was it hard, you know, giving up stuff? 1103 00:45:59.090 --> 00:46:01.301 JAMAAL: Well, I reckon so. 1104 00:46:01.384 --> 00:46:04.345 I used to love me a nice Champale every now and then. 1105 00:46:04.429 --> 00:46:06.306 Certainly miss my grandmama’s pork chops. 1106 00:46:06.389 --> 00:46:08.224 -See? -JAMAAL: And it can be difficult. 1107 00:46:08.308 --> 00:46:10.393 -You know, like, the schedule. -CASSIUS: Yeah. 1108 00:46:10.477 --> 00:46:11.644 I mean, but none of that’s 1109 00:46:11.728 --> 00:46:13.104 gonna apply to you anyway, so... 1110 00:46:13.188 --> 00:46:14.522 CASSIUS: What you mean? 1111 00:46:14.606 --> 00:46:16.274 JAMAAL: I’m just saying, I don’t think 1112 00:46:16.357 --> 00:46:19.027 you’ll be spending much time handing out pamphlets is all. 1113 00:46:19.110 --> 00:46:20.820 (chuckles): Yeah. Yeah, I suppose you’re right. 1114 00:46:20.904 --> 00:46:22.155 Say, man. 1115 00:46:22.238 --> 00:46:24.449 Do you have any regrets? 1116 00:46:24.532 --> 00:46:26.659 Oh, regrets? I... 1117 00:46:26.743 --> 00:46:28.870 JIM: You know, with hitching your cart to the Muslim train. 1118 00:46:28.953 --> 00:46:30.747 JAMAAL: Yeah. Uh... 1119 00:46:30.830 --> 00:46:32.874 Yeah. 1120 00:46:32.957 --> 00:46:35.376 Yes, um... 1121 00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:37.170 I th-- I-I think you can say I do. 1122 00:46:37.253 --> 00:46:39.255 Really? 1123 00:46:39.339 --> 00:46:42.425 I regret that I didn’t join up when I was even younger. 1124 00:46:42.509 --> 00:46:43.843 -Ah. -Oh. 1125 00:46:43.927 --> 00:46:45.929 JAMAAL: This kid named Rollo used to chase me home 1126 00:46:46.012 --> 00:46:48.056 from school every damn day. 1127 00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:49.766 He’s the reason I stopped going. 1128 00:46:49.849 --> 00:46:51.601 -CASSIUS: Oh. -JAMAAL: Now, I reckon if I would’ve 1129 00:46:51.684 --> 00:46:52.936 gotten with the brothers sooner, 1130 00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:54.854 we could’ve nipped it in the bud 1131 00:46:54.938 --> 00:46:57.982 and put a foot in Rollo’s ass. You know what I’m saying? 1132 00:46:58.066 --> 00:46:59.984 Yeah, you don’t need religion for that, kid. 1133 00:47:00.068 --> 00:47:01.528 You could just join a gang. 1134 00:47:01.611 --> 00:47:03.696 What’s the damn difference? 1135 00:47:06.824 --> 00:47:08.701 Anyway, I-I better get going 1136 00:47:08.785 --> 00:47:10.703 before Brother Kareem gets back. 1137 00:47:11.829 --> 00:47:14.207 Hey, we’re all proud of you, champ. 1138 00:47:14.290 --> 00:47:15.583 Aw. 1139 00:47:17.961 --> 00:47:20.213 -Thanks, brother. -Yeah. 1140 00:47:23.758 --> 00:47:25.760 (chuckles) 1141 00:47:25.843 --> 00:47:27.136 (opens drawer) 1142 00:47:27.220 --> 00:47:29.097 (closes drawer) 1143 00:47:29.180 --> 00:47:32.350 (unscrews flask) 1144 00:47:33.309 --> 00:47:35.436 JIM: Drink up while you can. 1145 00:47:37.313 --> 00:47:39.357 ♪ ♪ 1146 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:41.651 (grunts) 1147 00:47:41.734 --> 00:47:43.361 -Damn. -Mm-hmm. 1148 00:47:43.444 --> 00:47:45.196 -(clears throat) -(chuckling) 1149 00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:47.156 Betty. 1150 00:47:47.240 --> 00:47:49.450 BETTY: Malcolm. 1151 00:47:49.534 --> 00:47:50.618 He did it. 1152 00:47:50.702 --> 00:47:51.953 I heard. 1153 00:47:52.036 --> 00:47:54.455 -(laughing): Praise Allah. -(laughs) 1154 00:47:57.542 --> 00:47:59.460 (inhales) 1155 00:47:59.544 --> 00:48:02.338 (crying) 1156 00:48:02.422 --> 00:48:04.215 Betty. 1157 00:48:04.299 --> 00:48:06.634 -Are you crying? -(chuckles) 1158 00:48:06.718 --> 00:48:09.762 I’m just... happy. 1159 00:48:10.722 --> 00:48:12.473 -Oh. -(car engine starts) 1160 00:48:12.557 --> 00:48:13.933 So am I. 1161 00:48:14.851 --> 00:48:16.311 So am I. 1162 00:48:16.394 --> 00:48:17.854 And is he going to... 1163 00:48:17.937 --> 00:48:21.024 He’ll be announcing tomorrow morning that he’s a Muslim. 1164 00:48:21.107 --> 00:48:23.067 (exhales) 1165 00:48:23.151 --> 00:48:27.113 Well, do you think he’ll go along with your plan? 1166 00:48:27.196 --> 00:48:32.952 Well, it’s too soon to tell, but, uh, I feel good about it. 1167 00:48:34.370 --> 00:48:37.540 Oh, Malcolm. 1168 00:48:37.624 --> 00:48:40.376 You were the only one who believed in him. (chuckles) 1169 00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:44.297 It’s only fitting that you and Cassius be blessed in this way. 1170 00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:46.758 That you do this thing together. 1171 00:48:46.841 --> 00:48:49.510 Well, I really do believe in him, Betty. 1172 00:48:49.594 --> 00:48:51.554 Well, he believes in you, too. 1173 00:48:51.638 --> 00:48:53.681 As well as he should. 1174 00:48:53.765 --> 00:48:55.516 (chuckles) 1175 00:48:55.600 --> 00:48:57.226 Hey, Cash. 1176 00:48:57.310 --> 00:48:58.645 Can I tell you something? 1177 00:48:58.728 --> 00:49:01.689 Of course, man, anything. 1178 00:49:01.773 --> 00:49:03.274 I did a movie. 1179 00:49:03.358 --> 00:49:04.734 You produced a movie? 1180 00:49:04.817 --> 00:49:07.487 Nah, man, I starred in one. 1181 00:49:07.570 --> 00:49:10.323 (chuckles) 1182 00:49:10.406 --> 00:49:13.451 Oh, well, that’s great, Jim, but you’re not an actor. 1183 00:49:13.534 --> 00:49:15.286 That’s what I told the cat who wanted to cast me, 1184 00:49:15.370 --> 00:49:17.246 but he put me in his Western anyway. 1185 00:49:17.330 --> 00:49:19.165 -A Western, huh? -Yeah. 1186 00:49:19.248 --> 00:49:22.418 Okay, so, uh, who-who do you play? 1187 00:49:22.502 --> 00:49:24.545 I play a buffalo soldier. 1188 00:49:24.629 --> 00:49:26.047 I’m part of this special unit, 1189 00:49:26.130 --> 00:49:28.299 and, uh, we’re tracking this Confederate general. 1190 00:49:28.383 --> 00:49:30.343 He’s being protected by these Apaches. 1191 00:49:30.426 --> 00:49:31.469 Damn. 1192 00:49:31.552 --> 00:49:33.221 -That sounds pretty good. -Yeah. 1193 00:49:33.304 --> 00:49:35.223 -So you’re the hero? -One of them. 1194 00:49:35.306 --> 00:49:37.392 But my character gets killed about halfway through, 1195 00:49:37.475 --> 00:49:39.268 -so when... -(laughing) 1196 00:49:39.352 --> 00:49:40.561 What? 1197 00:49:40.645 --> 00:49:42.313 No, nothing, man. I just... 1198 00:49:42.397 --> 00:49:45.149 I should’ve known as soon as you said "Black action hero," 1199 00:49:45.233 --> 00:49:48.820 the next part of that sentence was gonna be "who gets killed." 1200 00:49:48.903 --> 00:49:50.905 Hmm. 1201 00:49:50.988 --> 00:49:52.573 It went well, man. 1202 00:49:52.657 --> 00:49:55.076 I think there might be a future for me in this. 1203 00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:57.620 Being the sacrificial Negro in some Western 1204 00:49:57.704 --> 00:49:59.831 ain’t the same as the NFL, man. 1205 00:49:59.914 --> 00:50:02.959 But how much you getting paid to be in this movie? 1206 00:50:03.042 --> 00:50:06.504 (chuckles) 1207 00:50:06.587 --> 00:50:09.465 $37,000. 1208 00:50:11.342 --> 00:50:12.343 -Damn. -Mm-hmm. 1209 00:50:12.427 --> 00:50:13.511 That’s pretty good. 1210 00:50:13.594 --> 00:50:15.221 It’s a lot easier on my knees, too. 1211 00:50:15.304 --> 00:50:18.099 Yeah, but the only reason they want you in that movie 1212 00:50:18.182 --> 00:50:20.518 is ’cause people know you from football. 1213 00:50:20.601 --> 00:50:25.231 I mean, you need the game, just like I need boxing. 1214 00:50:25.314 --> 00:50:27.567 We’re all just gladiators, Cash, 1215 00:50:27.650 --> 00:50:29.694 with our ruler sitting up there in his box, 1216 00:50:29.777 --> 00:50:32.697 giving us the thumbs up or the thumbs down. 1217 00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:34.282 Well, I don’t want no damn ruler. 1218 00:50:34.365 --> 00:50:35.867 All right? 1219 00:50:35.950 --> 00:50:37.827 Shit, it’s only so much running one man can do, anyway. 1220 00:50:37.910 --> 00:50:39.412 Oh, speak for yourself. 1221 00:50:39.495 --> 00:50:44.876 I plan to run, dance and fight well into my old age. 1222 00:50:46.335 --> 00:50:49.714 MALCOLM: Is everything okay at the house? 1223 00:50:49.797 --> 00:50:52.550 The girls behaving themselves? 1224 00:50:52.633 --> 00:50:54.093 As best as they can. 1225 00:50:54.177 --> 00:50:56.179 (both laugh) 1226 00:50:56.262 --> 00:50:58.389 ♪ ♪ 1227 00:51:06.314 --> 00:51:07.648 Malcolm? 1228 00:51:08.733 --> 00:51:10.026 Yes? 1229 00:51:10.109 --> 00:51:11.444 Is everything okay? 1230 00:51:11.527 --> 00:51:13.362 Yes. 1231 00:51:13.446 --> 00:51:16.574 Yes, everything’s fine. Uh-huh. 1232 00:51:18.409 --> 00:51:19.702 (phone booth door opens) 1233 00:51:19.786 --> 00:51:22.121 -Evening. -Hi, Sam Cooke. (laughs) 1234 00:51:24.290 --> 00:51:25.875 SAM: Hey! 1235 00:51:25.958 --> 00:51:28.836 I was wondering what was taking you so long to find a camera. 1236 00:51:28.920 --> 00:51:30.880 I had to check in with Betty. 1237 00:51:31.881 --> 00:51:33.966 (imitates whip cracking) 1238 00:51:34.050 --> 00:51:36.886 Well, shouldn’t you be checking in with Barbara at the hotel? 1239 00:51:36.969 --> 00:51:39.055 Nah, she’s on her way back to Los Angeles. 1240 00:51:39.138 --> 00:51:42.183 I hope I haven’t unnecessarily kept you away from her. 1241 00:51:42.266 --> 00:51:43.810 No. 1242 00:51:45.812 --> 00:51:47.355 What you looking at? 1243 00:51:47.438 --> 00:51:49.774 Let’s make our way back to the hotel, Sam. 1244 00:52:02.703 --> 00:52:04.080 Oh, here they come. 1245 00:52:04.163 --> 00:52:05.289 My goodness. 1246 00:52:05.373 --> 00:52:07.500 You must have super hearing for real. 1247 00:52:07.583 --> 00:52:09.669 I’m Jim motherfucking Brown. 1248 00:52:09.752 --> 00:52:10.920 (both laugh) 1249 00:52:11.003 --> 00:52:12.505 Hey, uh, remember, man, 1250 00:52:12.588 --> 00:52:14.173 just don’t say anything about the movie shit. 1251 00:52:14.257 --> 00:52:15.258 Why are you embarrassed about it? 1252 00:52:15.341 --> 00:52:16.342 It’s not a big deal. 1253 00:52:16.425 --> 00:52:18.594 Just don’t say a goddamn thing. 1254 00:52:18.678 --> 00:52:20.263 Mum’s the word. 1255 00:52:22.515 --> 00:52:23.891 SAM: Thank you. 1256 00:52:23.975 --> 00:52:25.226 Brother Malcolm. 1257 00:52:25.309 --> 00:52:27.395 SAM: What are you handsome, rich... 1258 00:52:27.478 --> 00:52:29.355 KAREEM: Brother Malcolm. 1259 00:52:30.898 --> 00:52:32.859 Is there anything I can help you with? 1260 00:52:32.942 --> 00:52:35.069 Uh, no, brother. We’re-we’re doing just fine. 1261 00:52:35.152 --> 00:52:37.864 Well, you know where I am if you need me. 1262 00:52:39.407 --> 00:52:42.118 -God is great. -MALCOLM: Yes, he is. 1263 00:52:45.204 --> 00:52:47.331 ♪ ♪ 1264 00:52:51.085 --> 00:52:52.670 JIM: What’s with him? 1265 00:52:52.753 --> 00:52:54.714 SAM: He thinks someone’s following him. 1266 00:52:54.797 --> 00:52:57.967 You didn’t see those two white guys across the street, Sam? 1267 00:52:58.050 --> 00:52:59.552 I know when I’m being watched. 1268 00:52:59.635 --> 00:53:01.137 SAM: How you know they wasn’t watching me? 1269 00:53:01.220 --> 00:53:02.513 Shit, I’m famous. 1270 00:53:02.597 --> 00:53:04.557 CASSIUS: They ain’t all after you, Malcolm. 1271 00:53:04.640 --> 00:53:06.058 Yeah, Hoover’s lackeys 1272 00:53:06.142 --> 00:53:07.476 have been following me around so long, 1273 00:53:07.560 --> 00:53:09.228 they know where I’m gonna be before I do. 1274 00:53:09.312 --> 00:53:11.022 See what happens when you don’t get enough exercise? 1275 00:53:11.105 --> 00:53:12.940 Your mind goes haywire. 1276 00:53:17.403 --> 00:53:18.738 Yeah, as a matter of fact, 1277 00:53:18.821 --> 00:53:22.742 maybe some exercise is just what we all need. 1278 00:53:24.035 --> 00:53:25.828 What say we stretch our legs, boys? 1279 00:53:25.912 --> 00:53:28.247 -SAM: Are you serious? -As a heart attack. 1280 00:53:33.628 --> 00:53:36.339 MALCOLM: I know when I’m being watched, Sam. 1281 00:53:36.422 --> 00:53:38.966 Well, your paranoia is really cramping my style, Malcolm. 1282 00:53:39.050 --> 00:53:41.135 Come on, just ’cause you can’t see bugs don’t mean 1283 00:53:41.218 --> 00:53:42.345 they ain’t in the house, Sam. 1284 00:53:42.428 --> 00:53:44.221 SAM: Up on this dirty-ass roof. 1285 00:53:44.305 --> 00:53:47.016 Why don’t you be like Bing Crosby about that shit, man, 1286 00:53:47.099 --> 00:53:50.144 and accentuate the motherfucking positive? 1287 00:53:50.227 --> 00:53:51.687 Look at this view. 1288 00:53:51.771 --> 00:53:54.482 (sighing) 1289 00:53:54.565 --> 00:53:56.734 CASSIUS: I bet they’re doing them for me. 1290 00:53:56.817 --> 00:53:59.904 (all chuckle) 1291 00:54:00.863 --> 00:54:02.198 It’s nice, ain’t it, Malcolm? 1292 00:54:02.281 --> 00:54:05.159 Yeah, it’s most definitely soothing, Cash. 1293 00:54:05.242 --> 00:54:08.245 The air up here is cooler. 1294 00:54:08.329 --> 00:54:11.248 Far away from the prying eyes of your G-men. 1295 00:54:11.332 --> 00:54:13.542 Yeah, well, you joke all you want, Sam, 1296 00:54:13.626 --> 00:54:15.878 but I’m telling you it’s got worse 1297 00:54:15.962 --> 00:54:18.255 since the tension between me and Mr. Muhammad. 1298 00:54:19.715 --> 00:54:21.842 I met with a writer in New York a few weeks back. 1299 00:54:21.926 --> 00:54:24.637 There were two guys following us through the airport. 1300 00:54:24.720 --> 00:54:26.430 Swear it was the same two. 1301 00:54:26.514 --> 00:54:29.100 I thought you didn’t trust writers. 1302 00:54:29.183 --> 00:54:30.893 Oh. 1303 00:54:30.977 --> 00:54:32.853 This one was a brother, and... 1304 00:54:32.937 --> 00:54:35.064 well, this meeting was important. 1305 00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:37.566 I figure I’d better start 1306 00:54:37.650 --> 00:54:38.859 getting my life story documented 1307 00:54:38.943 --> 00:54:41.362 in my own words while I can. 1308 00:54:41.445 --> 00:54:43.864 What are you talking about, man? 1309 00:54:46.242 --> 00:54:48.077 Jimmy, there’s, uh... 1310 00:54:49.537 --> 00:54:52.707 ...there’s been this feeling permeating the air as of late. 1311 00:54:52.790 --> 00:54:55.418 -Uh, anger? -Anxiety? 1312 00:54:55.501 --> 00:54:56.919 Humidity. 1313 00:54:57.003 --> 00:54:58.254 (chuckles) 1314 00:54:58.337 --> 00:55:00.464 MALCOLM: More like menace. 1315 00:55:00.548 --> 00:55:02.299 Foreboding or... 1316 00:55:03.718 --> 00:55:05.177 ...death. 1317 00:55:05.261 --> 00:55:07.471 (fireworks exploding) 1318 00:55:10.349 --> 00:55:11.976 Well, Jim’s quitting football 1319 00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:14.311 -to become a movie star, y’all. -Cassius! What the fuck? 1320 00:55:14.395 --> 00:55:15.521 Sorry, man. I had to do something to lighten the mood. 1321 00:55:15.604 --> 00:55:16.605 Holy shit, you are? 1322 00:55:16.689 --> 00:55:19.275 Oh. Look, hey, hey, man. 1323 00:55:19.358 --> 00:55:21.235 I’m not quitting football, okay? 1324 00:55:21.318 --> 00:55:24.280 I’m just exploring other options for after it ends. 1325 00:55:24.363 --> 00:55:25.990 SAM: I think it’s a great idea. 1326 00:55:26.073 --> 00:55:27.992 Yeah, you get that career going, Jim. 1327 00:55:28.075 --> 00:55:30.369 Yeah, well, L.A.’s the land of milk and honey, baby. 1328 00:55:30.453 --> 00:55:32.621 We can do whatever we want to out there. 1329 00:55:32.705 --> 00:55:34.665 You can’t live in Beverly Hills. 1330 00:55:34.749 --> 00:55:36.959 Don’t need to. Got our own Black Beverly Hills. 1331 00:55:37.043 --> 00:55:38.627 And we got the better view. 1332 00:55:38.711 --> 00:55:40.296 Baldwin Hills, baby. 1333 00:55:40.379 --> 00:55:42.798 Top of the hill, looks out over the whole city, 1334 00:55:42.882 --> 00:55:44.216 mountains in the distance. 1335 00:55:44.300 --> 00:55:45.384 Nicer than Harlem. 1336 00:55:45.468 --> 00:55:46.802 Hell of a lot nicer than Overtown. 1337 00:55:46.886 --> 00:55:48.596 No tenements or slumlords. 1338 00:55:48.679 --> 00:55:52.850 It’s just sunshine, pools and beaches. 1339 00:55:52.933 --> 00:55:54.560 Don’t need no Green Book telling you 1340 00:55:54.643 --> 00:55:56.228 -where you can and can’t go. -Hmm. 1341 00:55:56.312 --> 00:55:59.273 The only color that matters out in Cali is that green. 1342 00:55:59.356 --> 00:56:00.900 You sound like you might be getting 1343 00:56:00.983 --> 00:56:02.777 a bit seduced out there, brother. 1344 00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:04.945 Yeah, you know, I’m the one doing all the seducing. 1345 00:56:05.029 --> 00:56:06.614 Well, you watch out for this one, Jimmy. 1346 00:56:06.697 --> 00:56:08.240 He’ll lead you down the primrose path. 1347 00:56:08.324 --> 00:56:10.576 Shit, the only disasters out in Hollywood 1348 00:56:10.659 --> 00:56:12.620 are up there on that movie screen. 1349 00:56:12.703 --> 00:56:15.206 Now, trust me, Jimmy, there’s a real future in it. 1350 00:56:15.289 --> 00:56:17.708 Well, I should be in movies, too, then. 1351 00:56:17.792 --> 00:56:19.835 Damn, I’m too pretty not to be up on screen. 1352 00:56:19.919 --> 00:56:20.920 SAM: There you go! 1353 00:56:21.003 --> 00:56:22.838 -And you, too, Malcolm. -Yeah? 1354 00:56:22.922 --> 00:56:25.174 -Mm, you could be our-our director. -(laughs) 1355 00:56:25.257 --> 00:56:26.425 Come on, show us the camera. 1356 00:56:26.509 --> 00:56:27.760 SAM: Come on, man, show us the camera. 1357 00:56:27.843 --> 00:56:31.055 MALCOLM: Well... 1358 00:56:31.138 --> 00:56:32.681 ...it’s a pretty fantastic camera. 1359 00:56:32.765 --> 00:56:33.849 SAM: All right. 1360 00:56:33.933 --> 00:56:35.226 MALCOLM: Betty got it for me. 1361 00:56:35.309 --> 00:56:36.644 -It’s a Rolleiflex... -Bee sting! 1362 00:56:36.727 --> 00:56:38.354 -Oh! -That cam... camera... -Damn, come on! 1363 00:56:38.437 --> 00:56:39.647 -Hey. Hey, guys, over here. -Sam, please, please. Sam! 1364 00:56:39.730 --> 00:56:41.440 -Ha! -MALCOLM: Jimmy, what, you blew your wig?! 1365 00:56:41.524 --> 00:56:43.192 -Give me the damn camera! -(others laughing) 1366 00:56:43.275 --> 00:56:46.112 You lost your mind? 1367 00:56:47.154 --> 00:56:48.781 You know how much this thing costs? 1368 00:56:48.864 --> 00:56:51.200 I think we done hit a nerve. 1369 00:56:51.283 --> 00:56:53.786 Malcolm done dropped the affected speech and everything. 1370 00:56:53.869 --> 00:56:55.955 Yeah, that’s right. 1371 00:56:56.038 --> 00:56:57.706 I got more rep than all three-- 1372 00:56:57.790 --> 00:56:59.750 one, two, three of you clowns put together. 1373 00:56:59.834 --> 00:57:01.127 Oh, come on, man. 1374 00:57:01.210 --> 00:57:04.797 Rep don’t carry over from decade to decade. 1375 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:06.507 Tired-ass 1940s slang you using. 1376 00:57:06.590 --> 00:57:07.842 JIM: That was definitely not hep, daddy-o. 1377 00:57:07.925 --> 00:57:09.009 SAM: Talking about "blew your wig." 1378 00:57:09.093 --> 00:57:11.137 Just show us the camera, Negro. 1379 00:57:11.220 --> 00:57:14.807 Fine, just stop joking for a second. 1380 00:57:14.890 --> 00:57:15.975 Okay. 1381 00:57:16.058 --> 00:57:17.184 (laughing) 1382 00:57:17.268 --> 00:57:18.477 Jesus. 1383 00:57:21.147 --> 00:57:22.982 SAM and JIM: "You blew your wig." 1384 00:57:23.065 --> 00:57:24.233 (Jim laughs) 1385 00:57:24.316 --> 00:57:26.068 -"Blew your wig." -Oh, he’s taking a picture. 1386 00:57:26.152 --> 00:57:27.611 Oh, uh, hold on. Wait. 1387 00:57:27.695 --> 00:57:30.239 -(chuckling, muttering) -(clears throat) 1388 00:57:30.322 --> 00:57:33.367 -Looking sharp now. -MALCOLM: It’s a Rolleiflex 3.5. 1389 00:57:33.450 --> 00:57:36.620 A German twin-lens reflex camera. 1390 00:57:36.704 --> 00:57:38.581 It’s a fine piece of engineering, gents. 1391 00:57:38.664 --> 00:57:40.958 You see, it has this, uh, pop-out viewfinder. 1392 00:57:41.041 --> 00:57:42.126 Well, it looks bulky. 1393 00:57:42.209 --> 00:57:43.502 MALCOLM: No, Jimmy, it’s a work of art. 1394 00:57:43.586 --> 00:57:44.587 JIM: Hmm. 1395 00:57:44.670 --> 00:57:46.422 (camera clicks) 1396 00:57:47.548 --> 00:57:49.175 Yeah. Besides, uh, you know, 1397 00:57:49.258 --> 00:57:52.052 I’ve always got my Nikon handy for taking photos on the move. 1398 00:57:52.136 --> 00:57:54.847 Like when you’re running from the Feds? 1399 00:57:54.930 --> 00:57:55.931 -(chuckles) -Yeah. 1400 00:57:56.015 --> 00:57:57.892 Or, uh, riding on a camel. 1401 00:57:58.934 --> 00:58:01.854 Mm. Where to? 1402 00:58:01.937 --> 00:58:04.148 -Mecca. -(Jim chuckles softly) 1403 00:58:04.231 --> 00:58:06.567 Ah, you’re going to Saudi Arabia? 1404 00:58:06.650 --> 00:58:07.943 MALCOLM: Mm-hmm. 1405 00:58:08.027 --> 00:58:09.195 Yes. 1406 00:58:09.278 --> 00:58:10.696 All Muslims are supposed to do it 1407 00:58:10.779 --> 00:58:12.489 at least once in their lives, Sam. 1408 00:58:12.573 --> 00:58:15.701 And, well, since I’m not doing any speaking right now, this... 1409 00:58:15.784 --> 00:58:17.828 this feels like as good a time as any. 1410 00:58:17.912 --> 00:58:20.789 Oh, maybe I’ll take a few detours while I’m out there. 1411 00:58:20.873 --> 00:58:22.958 Be quite amazing to see the Great Pyramids. 1412 00:58:23.042 --> 00:58:25.211 Man, that sounds fantastic. 1413 00:58:25.294 --> 00:58:26.879 Oh, it will be. 1414 00:58:26.962 --> 00:58:29.048 If your schedule permits, you should join me. 1415 00:58:29.131 --> 00:58:31.425 Hey, count me in. 1416 00:58:31.508 --> 00:58:32.843 -JIM: Yeah? -Count me in. 1417 00:58:32.927 --> 00:58:35.179 I mean, fine African sisters. 1418 00:58:35.262 --> 00:58:37.389 Come on, Jim, I know you’re down with that. 1419 00:58:37.473 --> 00:58:39.725 Oh, with the ladies, most definitely. 1420 00:58:39.808 --> 00:58:40.935 But I’m up for another part. 1421 00:58:41.018 --> 00:58:42.353 So, see, in between that and camp, 1422 00:58:42.436 --> 00:58:44.104 I won’t have time for a trip to Africa. 1423 00:58:44.188 --> 00:58:46.732 Hey, you should consider coming as well, Sam. 1424 00:58:46.815 --> 00:58:48.859 Leaving this country in the rearview for a while 1425 00:58:48.943 --> 00:58:51.695 is a great way to get some perspective. 1426 00:58:51.779 --> 00:58:53.656 Nah, I’m busy, too. 1427 00:58:53.739 --> 00:58:56.242 One can never be too busy for some added perspective. 1428 00:58:56.325 --> 00:58:58.160 SAM: Nah, I’m swamped, man. 1429 00:58:58.244 --> 00:59:02.289 And I got to prep to go back to the Copa. 1430 00:59:02.373 --> 00:59:03.707 (laughing): Oh, come on, man. 1431 00:59:03.791 --> 00:59:06.001 You need to go on and forget about the Copa. 1432 00:59:06.085 --> 00:59:07.753 It was not that bad. 1433 00:59:07.836 --> 00:59:10.089 CASSIUS: Come on, man. 1434 00:59:10.172 --> 00:59:12.174 All right, fine, maybe it was that bad. 1435 00:59:12.258 --> 00:59:13.634 Well, y-you don’t shuck and jive enough 1436 00:59:13.717 --> 00:59:15.302 for those ofay tastes. 1437 00:59:15.386 --> 00:59:18.264 I may not dance around a stage like Jackie or James Brown, 1438 00:59:18.347 --> 00:59:20.349 but that’s not what I’m selling, all right? 1439 00:59:20.432 --> 00:59:24.311 I’m selling my voice, my words, my image... 1440 00:59:24.395 --> 00:59:25.562 my-my message. 1441 00:59:25.646 --> 00:59:27.398 MALCOLM: Your message? Hmm. 1442 00:59:27.481 --> 00:59:29.191 The problem is, at the Copa, you have to sell that message 1443 00:59:29.275 --> 00:59:30.567 to a bunch of white folks. 1444 00:59:30.651 --> 00:59:32.945 That don’t matter. They got souls, don’t they? 1445 00:59:33.028 --> 00:59:34.280 And every living thing with a soul 1446 00:59:34.363 --> 00:59:35.864 can have that soul tapped into. 1447 00:59:35.948 --> 00:59:37.241 -I thought you’d know that. -Do you think, 1448 00:59:37.324 --> 00:59:38.701 just maybe, your energy’s misdirected, Sam, 1449 00:59:38.784 --> 00:59:39.910 trying to tap into white people’s souls? 1450 00:59:39.994 --> 00:59:41.745 No, I don’t. 1451 00:59:41.829 --> 00:59:43.706 If I win them over, playing our music, 1452 00:59:43.789 --> 00:59:45.708 I’m-I’m knocking down doors for everybody. 1453 00:59:45.791 --> 00:59:47.001 You watch and see. 1454 00:59:47.084 --> 00:59:49.795 It’s not gonna always be the pop charts over here, 1455 00:59:49.878 --> 00:59:51.630 Black music charts over there. 1456 00:59:51.714 --> 00:59:53.799 -One day, it’s gonna be one chart... -Mm. 1457 00:59:53.882 --> 00:59:55.801 ...with one music, for all people. 1458 00:59:55.884 --> 00:59:57.219 What kind of message are you sending, though, 1459 00:59:57.303 --> 00:59:58.887 by doing one show for white folks 1460 00:59:58.971 --> 01:00:00.431 and a completely different show for Black folks, Sam? 1461 01:00:00.514 --> 01:00:02.182 -(scoffs) -You... N-No, listen to me. 1462 01:00:02.266 --> 01:00:04.018 You’re performing in-in places where the only Black people 1463 01:00:04.101 --> 01:00:06.020 not onstage are the ones serving the food. 1464 01:00:06.103 --> 01:00:07.771 Don’t you think I know that? 1465 01:00:07.855 --> 01:00:09.940 Can’t tell you how many times I wanted to reach out 1466 01:00:10.024 --> 01:00:11.442 and punch somebody, but you c... 1467 01:00:11.525 --> 01:00:13.235 Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon 1468 01:00:13.319 --> 01:00:15.404 that you have, man, your voice! 1469 01:00:15.487 --> 01:00:17.281 Black people-- we-we standing up. 1470 01:00:17.364 --> 01:00:19.700 -Mm-hmm. -We-we speaking out. 1471 01:00:19.783 --> 01:00:24.163 Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, 1472 01:00:24.246 --> 01:00:26.957 beautiful outlets of us all. 1473 01:00:27.041 --> 01:00:28.584 Y-You’re not using it to help the cause, brother. 1474 01:00:28.667 --> 01:00:30.794 The hell I’m not. 1475 01:00:30.878 --> 01:00:33.172 I got the masters to my songs. 1476 01:00:33.255 --> 01:00:34.465 I started a label. 1477 01:00:34.548 --> 01:00:35.883 I’m producing tons of Black artists. 1478 01:00:35.966 --> 01:00:38.302 Don’t you think my determining 1479 01:00:38.385 --> 01:00:40.179 my creative and business destiny 1480 01:00:40.262 --> 01:00:42.056 is every bit as inspiring to people 1481 01:00:42.139 --> 01:00:44.975 as you standing up on a podium trying to piss them off? 1482 01:00:45.059 --> 01:00:47.227 Oh, wait a minute. I forgot. 1483 01:00:47.311 --> 01:00:49.355 That’s all you do! 1484 01:00:49.438 --> 01:00:50.856 Sam, I do plenty. 1485 01:00:50.939 --> 01:00:53.025 Oh, do you? Let’s see. You suck at sports. 1486 01:00:53.108 --> 01:00:54.318 Well, I-I was never much into football. 1487 01:00:54.401 --> 01:00:55.527 SAM: Can’t sing. 1488 01:00:55.611 --> 01:00:57.738 Damn sure can’t make shit out of no peanut. 1489 01:00:57.821 --> 01:00:59.281 Is there a point to this rant, Sam? 1490 01:00:59.365 --> 01:01:01.158 My point is that sometimes I feel like you’re just like 1491 01:01:01.241 --> 01:01:03.160 all the rest of them people out there, obsessed with the stars. 1492 01:01:03.243 --> 01:01:04.953 -(laughing) -Oh, no, no, no, Cash. 1493 01:01:05.037 --> 01:01:06.205 -SAM: You look around. Look around. -Let him finish. 1494 01:01:06.288 --> 01:01:08.499 SAM: Which one of us don’t belong? 1495 01:01:08.582 --> 01:01:11.418 -Don’t belong? -(chuckles): Don’t belong. 1496 01:01:11.502 --> 01:01:13.045 Brother Sam, the only person here 1497 01:01:13.128 --> 01:01:15.047 white people seem to like-- 1498 01:01:15.130 --> 01:01:16.423 that would be you. 1499 01:01:16.507 --> 01:01:18.258 -(laughs) -Hey, y’all need to cool it now, man. 1500 01:01:18.342 --> 01:01:21.261 You know, you always managed to just be around for shit, 1501 01:01:21.345 --> 01:01:22.471 haven’t you? 1502 01:01:22.554 --> 01:01:24.181 Maybe your daddy should’ve beaten you better. 1503 01:01:24.264 --> 01:01:25.974 -Jimmy, I’m gonna kick this motherfucker’s ass. -Oh, whoa. 1504 01:01:26.058 --> 01:01:27.726 You can let him go. Let him go. 1505 01:01:27.810 --> 01:01:29.061 Everything all right, Brother Malcolm? 1506 01:01:29.144 --> 01:01:30.646 -SAM: What do you want? -Hey. Hey. 1507 01:01:30.729 --> 01:01:31.939 -Get your motherfucking hands off me! -Hey. Hey. 1508 01:01:32.022 --> 01:01:33.732 Oh, I don’t think so. 1509 01:01:33.816 --> 01:01:36.360 Our job here is to protect the brother minister. 1510 01:01:36.443 --> 01:01:39.154 Listen, Kareem, I don’t need your protection, brother. 1511 01:01:41.031 --> 01:01:45.869 Well, now that that’s settled, away you go. 1512 01:01:45.953 --> 01:01:47.663 Negro, I will leave when I am good... 1513 01:01:47.746 --> 01:01:48.831 You best think long and hard 1514 01:01:48.914 --> 01:01:50.958 ’fore you wag that tongue at me. 1515 01:01:57.548 --> 01:01:58.674 God is great. 1516 01:01:58.757 --> 01:02:00.467 MALCOLM: Yeah, greater than any of us. 1517 01:02:07.641 --> 01:02:08.851 Ah, yeah. 1518 01:02:08.934 --> 01:02:11.103 ♪ ♪ 1519 01:02:14.314 --> 01:02:16.316 Your security people are assholes. 1520 01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:18.277 Yeah, I don’t choose them. 1521 01:02:18.360 --> 01:02:19.570 What’s wrong with you, Sam? 1522 01:02:19.653 --> 01:02:21.280 You’re supposed to be smooth, man. 1523 01:02:21.363 --> 01:02:24.199 Ain’t easy being smooth with this sandpaper nigga around. 1524 01:02:25.200 --> 01:02:27.119 (sighs): Shit. 1525 01:02:41.175 --> 01:02:43.594 (sighs) 1526 01:02:43.677 --> 01:02:45.095 You two done fighting now? 1527 01:02:45.179 --> 01:02:47.014 SAM: I wasn’t trying to fight nobody. 1528 01:02:47.097 --> 01:02:48.724 That’s Malcolm. 1529 01:02:48.807 --> 01:02:50.851 Always pissed off. 1530 01:02:54.730 --> 01:02:56.482 "Pissed off"? 1531 01:02:58.066 --> 01:02:59.818 You say "pissed off," Brother Sam? 1532 01:02:59.902 --> 01:03:01.862 You know, what is going on around us, 1533 01:03:01.945 --> 01:03:04.615 it should make everyone angry. 1534 01:03:04.698 --> 01:03:07.409 Uh, you know, you bourgeois Negroes, 1535 01:03:07.493 --> 01:03:09.828 you’re too happy, uh, with your scraps 1536 01:03:09.912 --> 01:03:13.373 to really understand what is at stake here. 1537 01:03:13.457 --> 01:03:16.210 What, you-you think Cash being the world champ 1538 01:03:16.293 --> 01:03:18.921 is gonna protect him from the devils 1539 01:03:19.004 --> 01:03:21.590 that harassed him from the first day that he got here? 1540 01:03:21.673 --> 01:03:23.133 Mm, I’d like to see them try. 1541 01:03:23.217 --> 01:03:25.219 -MALCOLM: Huh? And Jimmy. -JIM: Hmm? 1542 01:03:25.302 --> 01:03:27.387 Jimmy is the best football player in the world, 1543 01:03:27.471 --> 01:03:29.598 but he is also giving money to Black-owned businesses. 1544 01:03:29.681 --> 01:03:31.808 What, you-you don’t think that-that threatens 1545 01:03:31.892 --> 01:03:32.893 a lot of white people? 1546 01:03:32.976 --> 01:03:33.977 Hmm? 1547 01:03:34.061 --> 01:03:35.187 You don’t think the FBI is 1548 01:03:35.270 --> 01:03:36.438 probably starting to follow him around, too? 1549 01:03:36.522 --> 01:03:37.940 Oh, man, now you’re gonna fucking jinx me. 1550 01:03:38.023 --> 01:03:39.566 And that is why, Brother Sam, 1551 01:03:39.650 --> 01:03:43.779 this-this movement that we are in is called a struggle. 1552 01:03:43.862 --> 01:03:46.907 Because we are fighting for our lives! 1553 01:03:46.990 --> 01:03:48.700 (laughs) 1554 01:03:48.784 --> 01:03:51.203 And what words are we hearing from you, brother? 1555 01:03:52.996 --> 01:03:55.165 Mm, Mr. Soul. 1556 01:03:58.085 --> 01:04:01.213 (needle drops, record crackles) 1557 01:04:01.296 --> 01:04:06.593 ♪ Darling, you send me ♪ 1558 01:04:06.677 --> 01:04:09.805 ♪ I know you send me ♪ 1559 01:04:09.888 --> 01:04:11.306 Or maybe this one. 1560 01:04:11.390 --> 01:04:13.433 -♪ Darling, y... ♪ -(music stops) 1561 01:04:15.811 --> 01:04:18.313 ♪ I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you ♪ 1562 01:04:18.397 --> 01:04:21.441 ♪ I love you, I love you, I love you ♪ 1563 01:04:21.525 --> 01:04:23.443 -♪ I love you, I love you, I love you ♪ -(snaps fingers) 1564 01:04:23.527 --> 01:04:25.237 -♪ I love you, I love you, I love you ♪ -(laughs) 1565 01:04:25.320 --> 01:04:29.491 ♪ I love you, I love you ♪ 1566 01:04:31.118 --> 01:04:34.037 ♪ For sentimental reasons ♪ 1567 01:04:34.121 --> 01:04:35.831 (laughs) 1568 01:04:35.914 --> 01:04:38.917 -♪ I hope you do believe me... ♪ -Oh. 1569 01:04:39.876 --> 01:04:41.670 -Wow, Sam. -(music stops) 1570 01:04:41.753 --> 01:04:43.338 Your music is deep, brother. 1571 01:04:43.422 --> 01:04:45.215 Hey, man, I love them songs. 1572 01:04:45.299 --> 01:04:46.842 Back-never-facing-the-door, bean-pie-eating, 1573 01:04:46.925 --> 01:04:48.010 self-righteous motherfucker. 1574 01:04:48.093 --> 01:04:49.428 And, to boot, most of them are 1575 01:04:49.511 --> 01:04:52.598 versions of the church songs that nurtured you. 1576 01:04:52.681 --> 01:04:54.891 You-you twisted them and you perverted them 1577 01:04:54.975 --> 01:04:56.893 to feed a-a white crowd. 1578 01:04:56.977 --> 01:04:58.437 SAM: That is bullshit. 1579 01:04:58.520 --> 01:05:01.440 Most of the artists I work with are gospel sing-- 1580 01:05:01.523 --> 01:05:03.650 And do you have any idea what I’ve given back to the church? 1581 01:05:03.734 --> 01:05:05.861 Do you know-- h-how many times do I have to hear that, Jimmy? 1582 01:05:05.944 --> 01:05:07.446 You know, that has got to be the greatest fault 1583 01:05:07.529 --> 01:05:10.198 of you so-called, uh, successful Negroes. 1584 01:05:10.282 --> 01:05:12.034 -You’ll do something detrimental... -Here he goes. 1585 01:05:12.117 --> 01:05:14.244 ...to your own people with the promise that-that, 1586 01:05:14.328 --> 01:05:16.997 after you get rich, then you’re gonna make it back up to them. 1587 01:05:17.080 --> 01:05:18.749 With-with a handout. 1588 01:05:18.832 --> 01:05:20.542 Or some gesture of patronage. 1589 01:05:20.626 --> 01:05:22.919 -Malcolm, Malcolm, all right. -No, Jimmy. 1590 01:05:23.003 --> 01:05:25.631 And what you don’t get, Brother Sam: 1591 01:05:25.714 --> 01:05:27.674 you’ve made it, brother. 1592 01:05:27.758 --> 01:05:30.260 But for all the others, the majority of people 1593 01:05:30.344 --> 01:05:31.970 who had their own self-destructive dreams 1594 01:05:32.054 --> 01:05:35.390 and didn’t make it, what they left behind? 1595 01:05:35.474 --> 01:05:38.810 No, all they left behind is a legacy of negativity! 1596 01:05:38.894 --> 01:05:40.437 But that’s okay, ’cause they all meant well. 1597 01:05:40.520 --> 01:05:42.522 JIM: Malcolm, will you please have some damn ice cream? 1598 01:05:42.606 --> 01:05:44.524 You will never be loved by the people 1599 01:05:44.608 --> 01:05:47.194 you’re trying so hard to win over. 1600 01:05:47.277 --> 01:05:48.445 Never. 1601 01:05:48.528 --> 01:05:51.990 You’re just a windup toy in a music box. 1602 01:05:52.074 --> 01:05:53.867 A-A monkey. 1603 01:05:53.950 --> 01:05:55.369 That’s what you are. 1604 01:05:55.452 --> 01:05:58.997 You’re a monkey dancing for an organ grinder to them. 1605 01:06:02.751 --> 01:06:04.336 (whistles) 1606 01:06:04.419 --> 01:06:06.755 Y’all pulled out the knives. 1607 01:06:06.838 --> 01:06:10.175 And if I get cut, I’m fittin’ to hurt somebody. 1608 01:06:15.597 --> 01:06:17.724 (sighs) 1609 01:06:24.481 --> 01:06:27.109 MALCOLM: Cassius, who-who were those English boys 1610 01:06:27.192 --> 01:06:29.403 you-you were hanging out with a couple days ago? 1611 01:06:29.486 --> 01:06:30.779 CASSIUS: The Beatles. 1612 01:06:30.862 --> 01:06:32.948 MALCOLM: Yes, The "Be-a-tles." 1613 01:06:33.031 --> 01:06:35.575 (Malcolm scoffs) 1614 01:06:35.659 --> 01:06:37.619 All that time you spent on the road, Sam, 1615 01:06:37.703 --> 01:06:41.123 entertaining the children of bigots, 1616 01:06:41.206 --> 01:06:43.667 and at the end of the day, white folks would still rather 1617 01:06:43.750 --> 01:06:44.960 import their popular music. 1618 01:06:45.043 --> 01:06:47.170 CASSIUS: Just hold on one second. 1619 01:06:48.672 --> 01:06:51.758 Now, yeah, The Beatles, th-they’re funny... 1620 01:06:53.427 --> 01:06:55.929 ...but they ain’t no Sam Cooke. 1621 01:06:56.012 --> 01:06:58.181 (chuckles softly) 1622 01:06:58.265 --> 01:07:00.475 They’re-they’re... they’re more of a fad. 1623 01:07:00.559 --> 01:07:04.604 Yeah, well, if not them, then-then someone else, Cash. 1624 01:07:04.688 --> 01:07:09.192 The bottom line: this is too important a time, brother, 1625 01:07:09.276 --> 01:07:11.403 to be wasting a-a brilliant 1626 01:07:11.486 --> 01:07:14.072 and-and creative mind on pandering. 1627 01:07:14.156 --> 01:07:16.324 And it’s too damn hot in here to be wearing that blazer. 1628 01:07:16.408 --> 01:07:17.951 So what’s your point? 1629 01:07:18.034 --> 01:07:19.494 My-my point is, 1630 01:07:19.578 --> 01:07:22.914 Brother Sam, that I am just one voice in this struggle. 1631 01:07:22.998 --> 01:07:24.666 Just one. 1632 01:07:24.750 --> 01:07:26.543 And Cassius, Cassius-- he’s another 1633 01:07:26.626 --> 01:07:30.630 who-who pushes us forward with his fists and with his words. 1634 01:07:30.714 --> 01:07:34.092 And Jimmy, Jimmy pushes us forward with his fearlessness 1635 01:07:34.176 --> 01:07:36.928 and-and his relentlessness. 1636 01:07:37.012 --> 01:07:38.430 My point is that you, brother, 1637 01:07:38.513 --> 01:07:41.850 you could be the loudest voice of us all. 1638 01:07:45.312 --> 01:07:47.272 The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that if we... 1639 01:07:47.355 --> 01:07:48.607 No, hold on, hold on. 1640 01:07:48.690 --> 01:07:49.941 Now, I ain’t ask you 1641 01:07:50.025 --> 01:07:51.193 what the Honorable Elijah Muhammad thought. 1642 01:07:51.276 --> 01:07:53.528 I asked you what you thought. 1643 01:07:53.612 --> 01:07:55.071 There you go with, 1644 01:07:55.155 --> 01:07:56.490 "The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says this, 1645 01:07:56.573 --> 01:07:59.159 Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that." 1646 01:07:59.242 --> 01:08:01.244 And when the Honorable Elijah Muhammad tells you 1647 01:08:01.328 --> 01:08:02.746 to shut the fuck up, 1648 01:08:02.829 --> 01:08:04.873 -you damn sure do that, too. -No. 1649 01:08:04.956 --> 01:08:06.374 What is going on between the Nation and me, Sam, 1650 01:08:06.458 --> 01:08:08.210 -is way more complicated. -But you still obey them. 1651 01:08:08.293 --> 01:08:09.294 When they tell you to come out here 1652 01:08:09.377 --> 01:08:11.421 and-and recruit Cassius 1653 01:08:11.505 --> 01:08:12.923 to become a member of something you don’t even seem to believe! 1654 01:08:13.006 --> 01:08:14.341 What are you talking about? I’m not making-- I’m not-- 1655 01:08:14.424 --> 01:08:15.550 I’m not making Cassius do anything! 1656 01:08:15.634 --> 01:08:17.594 Ca-- He came to me for insight. 1657 01:08:17.677 --> 01:08:19.679 He-he had questions. (stammers) 1658 01:08:19.763 --> 01:08:22.224 His passion for Islam comes from a pure place, Sam. 1659 01:08:22.307 --> 01:08:24.768 CASSIUS: "Passion" is... 1660 01:08:24.851 --> 01:08:25.852 (exhales) 1661 01:08:25.936 --> 01:08:28.104 ...kind of a strong word. 1662 01:08:39.658 --> 01:08:41.993 Well, you couldn’t stop talking about how excited you were 1663 01:08:42.077 --> 01:08:44.621 -to come out with your faith to the world, Cash. -True. 1664 01:08:44.704 --> 01:08:46.998 True. I was. I am. It’s just that... 1665 01:08:47.082 --> 01:08:48.792 -What is it? -If we’re being completely honest and all, 1666 01:08:48.875 --> 01:08:50.794 I guess being a Muslim 1667 01:08:50.877 --> 01:08:55.090 sounded like a much better idea before tonight. 1668 01:08:59.928 --> 01:09:03.515 How could you have any second thoughts, Cash? I... 1669 01:09:03.598 --> 01:09:05.475 You’re on top of the world. I-I don’t understand. 1670 01:09:05.559 --> 01:09:09.104 He didn’t actually think he was gonna win tonight, Malcolm. 1671 01:09:09.187 --> 01:09:11.439 -Cash? -Course I knew. 1672 01:09:11.523 --> 01:09:13.441 I’m the best... (exhales) 1673 01:09:13.525 --> 01:09:14.901 I’m the greatest there ever will be. 1674 01:09:14.985 --> 01:09:16.570 -I’m-I’m just saying that... -Easy, Cassius. 1675 01:09:16.653 --> 01:09:18.071 No, I’m good. 1676 01:09:19.114 --> 01:09:21.449 I’m just a little nervous is all. 1677 01:09:21.533 --> 01:09:23.493 That’s natural, ain’t it? 1678 01:09:27.539 --> 01:09:29.332 Malcolm. 1679 01:09:33.587 --> 01:09:36.631 SAM: It takes a hustler to see a hustle. 1680 01:09:38.383 --> 01:09:41.261 Say, let me ask you something, Mr. Know-It-All. 1681 01:09:44.389 --> 01:09:48.685 How is it helpful for Black people 1682 01:09:48.768 --> 01:09:52.314 to run their businesses different than everyone else’s? 1683 01:09:52.397 --> 01:09:54.524 Dumber than everyone else’s? 1684 01:09:54.608 --> 01:09:56.109 No. 1685 01:09:56.192 --> 01:09:58.695 No one’s accused you of making bad business decisions, Sam. 1686 01:09:58.778 --> 01:10:00.196 You might as well have. 1687 01:10:00.280 --> 01:10:02.657 You think I don’t know about the British Invasion? 1688 01:10:03.658 --> 01:10:06.494 I invested in the British Invasion. 1689 01:10:08.288 --> 01:10:10.248 I have these protégés. 1690 01:10:10.332 --> 01:10:11.416 Valentinos. 1691 01:10:11.499 --> 01:10:13.418 Five Womack brothers. 1692 01:10:13.501 --> 01:10:17.088 The youngest one, Bobby, wrote this song, "It’s All Over Now." 1693 01:10:17.172 --> 01:10:18.798 Great tune. 1694 01:10:18.882 --> 01:10:20.800 The band records it. It’s fantastic. 1695 01:10:20.884 --> 01:10:22.385 All over the R&B charts. 1696 01:10:22.469 --> 01:10:27.140 It even went to number 94 on Billboard’s Hot 100. 1697 01:10:27.223 --> 01:10:29.559 Then I get a call from England. 1698 01:10:29.643 --> 01:10:31.478 One of these British bands wants to record 1699 01:10:31.561 --> 01:10:33.063 -a cover version. -The Beatles? 1700 01:10:33.146 --> 01:10:35.148 Nah, Cash. They call themselves the Rolling Stones. 1701 01:10:35.231 --> 01:10:36.608 Oh, like the Muddy Waters song. 1702 01:10:36.691 --> 01:10:37.984 SAM: Exactly. 1703 01:10:38.068 --> 01:10:39.653 So, Bobby’s like, you know, "No damn way, man. 1704 01:10:39.736 --> 01:10:41.029 That’s our song, man." 1705 01:10:41.112 --> 01:10:43.073 But... I get the final say, 1706 01:10:43.156 --> 01:10:44.866 and I’m looking at the big picture. 1707 01:10:44.950 --> 01:10:47.619 And I give the Rolling Stones permission to record it. 1708 01:10:47.702 --> 01:10:49.871 -You did? -I did. 1709 01:10:49.955 --> 01:10:51.331 Mm, mm, mm. 1710 01:10:51.414 --> 01:10:53.667 And the Rolling Stones’ version of the song 1711 01:10:53.750 --> 01:10:56.336 goes all the way to number one. 1712 01:10:56.419 --> 01:10:58.797 Not on the R&B charts. 1713 01:10:58.880 --> 01:11:00.924 Pop charts. 1714 01:11:01.007 --> 01:11:02.884 But, of course, you know, 1715 01:11:02.968 --> 01:11:04.302 once this version of the song gets big, 1716 01:11:04.386 --> 01:11:06.471 Bobby’s version just disappears. 1717 01:11:06.554 --> 01:11:08.723 Right? Falls off the R&B charts. It’s just gone. 1718 01:11:08.807 --> 01:11:10.767 So, of course, Bobby’s crushed. 1719 01:11:10.850 --> 01:11:12.727 Yes, as well he should be, Sam. 1720 01:11:12.811 --> 01:11:15.397 Let me finish. 1721 01:11:15.480 --> 01:11:18.316 He’s crushed for about six months. 1722 01:11:18.400 --> 01:11:21.611 Because, six months later, 1723 01:11:21.695 --> 01:11:24.030 that first royalty check comes in. 1724 01:11:24.114 --> 01:11:25.115 (snaps fingers) 1725 01:11:25.198 --> 01:11:26.700 And because Bobby’s the writer 1726 01:11:26.783 --> 01:11:28.535 and my company owns the rights to the song, 1727 01:11:28.618 --> 01:11:31.079 -that means every time... -(snapping fingers) 1728 01:11:31.162 --> 01:11:34.082 some white girl buys a copy of that single, 1729 01:11:34.165 --> 01:11:36.209 she putting money into my pockets. 1730 01:11:36.292 --> 01:11:38.086 Our pockets. 1731 01:11:38.169 --> 01:11:39.337 (Malcolm chuckling softly) 1732 01:11:39.421 --> 01:11:40.797 White boys out there touring around, 1733 01:11:40.880 --> 01:11:42.716 they ain’t even know they working for us. 1734 01:11:42.799 --> 01:11:43.883 Next thing you know, Bobby’s like, 1735 01:11:43.967 --> 01:11:45.051 "The Rolling Stones want to cover 1736 01:11:45.135 --> 01:11:46.594 any more versions of my songs?" 1737 01:11:46.678 --> 01:11:48.513 (chuckles) You know who gets paid more 1738 01:11:48.596 --> 01:11:49.889 than the writer of a song 1739 01:11:49.973 --> 01:11:52.267 that hits number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100? 1740 01:11:52.350 --> 01:11:55.020 -Hmm? -The writer of a song that hits number one. 1741 01:11:55.103 --> 01:11:56.438 I already knew that. 1742 01:11:56.521 --> 01:11:58.189 Now Bobby knows it, too. 1743 01:11:58.273 --> 01:11:59.649 Tell me how it’s not empowerment. 1744 01:11:59.733 --> 01:12:01.151 Everybody talks about they want a piece of the pie. 1745 01:12:01.234 --> 01:12:02.485 Well, I don’t. 1746 01:12:02.569 --> 01:12:05.905 I want the goddamn recipe. 1747 01:12:07.866 --> 01:12:10.660 I congratulate you on being so shrewd, brother. 1748 01:12:10.744 --> 01:12:12.620 You just don’t get how everything’s not 1749 01:12:12.704 --> 01:12:14.581 so black and white like you make it out to be. 1750 01:12:14.664 --> 01:12:17.250 In your mind, President Kennedy getting assassinated 1751 01:12:17.333 --> 01:12:18.710 is just another one of those white devils 1752 01:12:18.793 --> 01:12:19.794 getting what they deserve. 1753 01:12:19.878 --> 01:12:21.421 Well, I liked JFK, man. 1754 01:12:21.504 --> 01:12:23.339 My mama cried when he died. 1755 01:12:23.423 --> 01:12:24.466 Mine did, too. 1756 01:12:24.549 --> 01:12:26.134 How do you think it made me feel 1757 01:12:26.217 --> 01:12:27.761 to have her see my friend on TV, 1758 01:12:27.844 --> 01:12:28.970 talking about "good riddance"? 1759 01:12:29.054 --> 01:12:30.555 No. I-I didn’t, I didn’t say-- No. 1760 01:12:30.638 --> 01:12:32.098 Sam, I didn’t say "good riddance." 1761 01:12:32.182 --> 01:12:34.100 You said it was "chickens coming home to roost"! 1762 01:12:34.184 --> 01:12:36.728 Yes, I was trying to make a point, brother! 1763 01:12:36.811 --> 01:12:38.188 -You were paraphrasing. -SAM: Tell you something else. 1764 01:12:38.271 --> 01:12:40.857 My whole family lives on the South Side of Chicago, 1765 01:12:40.940 --> 01:12:42.776 not up in Harlem where you are. 1766 01:12:42.859 --> 01:12:45.361 -The Black Muslims... -"The Nation of Islam" to you. 1767 01:12:45.445 --> 01:12:48.364 The Nation of Islam is huge in Chicago. 1768 01:12:48.448 --> 01:12:51.076 I know where Elijah Muhammad’s house is. 1769 01:12:51.159 --> 01:12:52.744 It’s the biggest one for miles around. 1770 01:12:52.827 --> 01:12:54.412 Looks like the mayor’s residence. 1771 01:12:54.496 --> 01:12:55.497 Oh, yeah. I been there for dinner. 1772 01:12:55.580 --> 01:12:56.581 Oh, you been there for dinner. 1773 01:12:56.664 --> 01:12:59.084 So you see how he lives like a pharaoh. 1774 01:12:59.167 --> 01:13:01.377 Never says nothing about the crooked Black alderman 1775 01:13:01.461 --> 01:13:03.755 who’s running numbers, pushing drugs, 1776 01:13:03.838 --> 01:13:06.049 doing all the things to hurt the community, 1777 01:13:06.132 --> 01:13:08.760 meanwhile condemning those white devils. 1778 01:13:08.843 --> 01:13:11.346 Come off it, Malcolm. 1779 01:13:11.429 --> 01:13:14.808 (lighter clicks open) 1780 01:13:19.145 --> 01:13:21.189 (chuckles) 1781 01:13:21.272 --> 01:13:23.733 Oh, I got something for your ass. 1782 01:13:27.487 --> 01:13:29.823 -SAM: ♪ Dum, da-dum, dum. ♪ -(paper crinkling) 1783 01:13:29.906 --> 01:13:32.450 This is the clue that’s gonna solve the crime, Officer? 1784 01:13:32.534 --> 01:13:34.994 Oh, you could say that. 1785 01:13:35.078 --> 01:13:38.414 You know, I was thinking about this song I heard on the radio 1786 01:13:38.498 --> 01:13:40.166 the other day, Sam. 1787 01:13:40.250 --> 01:13:44.003 It’s a song that made me think of you. 1788 01:13:44.087 --> 01:13:46.714 Turns out it’s pretty popular. 1789 01:13:50.385 --> 01:13:53.096 ("Blowin’ in the Wind" by Bob Dylan playing) 1790 01:13:53.179 --> 01:13:58.226 ♪ How many roads must a man walk down ♪ 1791 01:13:58.309 --> 01:14:02.856 ♪ Before you call him a man? ♪ 1792 01:14:04.065 --> 01:14:08.945 ♪ How many seas must a white dove sail ♪ 1793 01:14:09.028 --> 01:14:13.700 ♪ Before she sleeps in the sand? ♪ 1794 01:14:13.783 --> 01:14:19.497 ♪ Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly ♪ 1795 01:14:19.581 --> 01:14:24.085 ♪ Before they’re forever banned? ♪ 1796 01:14:25.128 --> 01:14:27.505 ♪ The answer, my friend ♪ 1797 01:14:27.589 --> 01:14:29.883 ♪ Is blowin’ in the wind ♪ 1798 01:14:29.966 --> 01:14:32.218 -♪ The answer is ♪ -MALCOLM: Mm. 1799 01:14:32.302 --> 01:14:34.304 -♪ Blowin’ in the wind... ♪ -Mm-mm-mm! 1800 01:14:34.387 --> 01:14:35.597 Ooh! 1801 01:14:35.680 --> 01:14:37.849 -(music stops) -I just love those lyrics. 1802 01:14:38.850 --> 01:14:41.436 Especially in the beginning. 1803 01:14:42.562 --> 01:14:46.441 "How many roads must a man walk down 1804 01:14:46.524 --> 01:14:49.068 before you can call him a man?" 1805 01:14:49.152 --> 01:14:50.403 It’s as though he’s asking, 1806 01:14:50.486 --> 01:14:52.322 "How much do the oppressed have to do 1807 01:14:52.405 --> 01:14:56.534 before they can be recognized as human beings?" 1808 01:14:56.618 --> 01:14:58.119 That really gets you thinking, don’t it? 1809 01:14:58.203 --> 01:15:00.038 I already know "Blowin’ in the Wind," Malcolm. 1810 01:15:00.121 --> 01:15:02.373 I heard it when it first came out. 1811 01:15:02.457 --> 01:15:03.666 It didn’t make you angry? 1812 01:15:03.750 --> 01:15:05.627 Why would it? 1813 01:15:07.045 --> 01:15:10.006 Isn’t this Bob Dylan fella a white boy from Minnesota? 1814 01:15:11.090 --> 01:15:12.508 So what? 1815 01:15:12.592 --> 01:15:14.552 So? 1816 01:15:16.179 --> 01:15:19.224 This is a white boy from Minnesota 1817 01:15:19.307 --> 01:15:22.393 who has nothing to gain from writing a song 1818 01:15:22.477 --> 01:15:25.521 that speaks more to the struggles of our people, 1819 01:15:25.605 --> 01:15:26.981 more to the movement, 1820 01:15:27.065 --> 01:15:29.317 than anything that you have ever penned 1821 01:15:29.400 --> 01:15:31.736 in your life, brother. 1822 01:15:31.819 --> 01:15:34.614 I-I know I’m not the shrewd businessperson you are, 1823 01:15:34.697 --> 01:15:36.658 my brother, but since you say 1824 01:15:36.741 --> 01:15:39.911 being vocally in the struggle is bad for business, 1825 01:15:39.994 --> 01:15:42.205 why has this old song gone higher on the pop charts 1826 01:15:42.288 --> 01:15:43.498 than anything you got out? 1827 01:15:47.752 --> 01:15:50.838 Why has this song gone higher 1828 01:15:50.922 --> 01:15:53.174 (chuckles): on the pop charts 1829 01:15:53.258 --> 01:15:56.261 than anything you got out? 1830 01:15:56.344 --> 01:15:57.845 Hmm? 1831 01:16:10.483 --> 01:16:12.110 -Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. -Sam. 1832 01:16:12.193 --> 01:16:13.486 -JIM: Come on, Sam. -Sam. 1833 01:16:13.569 --> 01:16:14.821 Come back here, man. 1834 01:16:14.904 --> 01:16:15.905 -Sam! -Sam! 1835 01:16:15.989 --> 01:16:18.283 JIM: Goddamn it. 1836 01:16:18.366 --> 01:16:20.451 Good riddance. 1837 01:16:34.882 --> 01:16:36.134 That wasn’t necessary. 1838 01:16:36.217 --> 01:16:38.845 Yes, that absolutely was necessary, Cash. 1839 01:16:38.928 --> 01:16:40.680 -We’re supposed to be friends, man! -Yes! 1840 01:16:40.763 --> 01:16:42.890 Well, I am his friend, and that is why 1841 01:16:42.974 --> 01:16:46.936 I am trying to give him a wake-up call! 1842 01:16:47.020 --> 01:16:51.190 There is no more room for anyone-- 1843 01:16:51.274 --> 01:16:54.402 not you, not me, not Jimmy, not Sam-- 1844 01:16:54.485 --> 01:16:58.031 no one to be standing on the fence anymore! 1845 01:16:58.114 --> 01:17:03.077 Our people are literally dying in the streets every day! 1846 01:17:03.870 --> 01:17:07.415 Black people are dying! 1847 01:17:07.498 --> 01:17:09.625 Every day! 1848 01:17:11.377 --> 01:17:14.547 And a line has got to be drawn in the sand, Jimmy. 1849 01:17:14.630 --> 01:17:18.009 A line that says, "Either you stand on this side with us, 1850 01:17:18.092 --> 01:17:20.428 or you stand over on that side against us," Cash. 1851 01:17:20.511 --> 01:17:22.013 And I-I believe, 1852 01:17:22.096 --> 01:17:24.974 I believe in that brother’s potential, Jimmy, 1853 01:17:25.058 --> 01:17:26.392 too much! 1854 01:17:26.476 --> 01:17:30.021 Too much to let him stay over on the other side. 1855 01:17:31.731 --> 01:17:34.567 CASSIUS: I better go get him before he drives off. 1856 01:17:36.235 --> 01:17:38.654 (breathing sharply) 1857 01:17:38.738 --> 01:17:40.948 (door opens, closes) 1858 01:17:50.750 --> 01:17:52.752 (groans softly) 1859 01:17:53.628 --> 01:17:55.380 (grunts) 1860 01:17:55.463 --> 01:17:57.673 (breathing heavily) 1861 01:18:14.357 --> 01:18:16.734 You know... 1862 01:18:16.818 --> 01:18:19.904 I always find it kind of funny how you light-skinned cats 1863 01:18:19.987 --> 01:18:23.199 end up being so damn militant. 1864 01:18:25.743 --> 01:18:27.161 -How... -(chuckles) 1865 01:18:27.245 --> 01:18:29.414 (chuckles) 1866 01:18:30.248 --> 01:18:31.874 What do you mean? 1867 01:18:31.958 --> 01:18:35.545 Well, you are yellow as the sun. 1868 01:18:35.628 --> 01:18:37.672 When I think about who the most outspoken, 1869 01:18:37.755 --> 01:18:40.883 consequences-be-damned brothers out there are, 1870 01:18:40.967 --> 01:18:42.135 it’s always you light-skinned boys. 1871 01:18:42.218 --> 01:18:44.345 You know, you, W.E.B. Du Bois, 1872 01:18:44.429 --> 01:18:45.638 Adam Clayton Powell... 1873 01:18:45.721 --> 01:18:47.223 Well, I-I... 1874 01:18:47.306 --> 01:18:49.559 I never pay any attention to complexions, Jimmy, 1875 01:18:49.642 --> 01:18:52.603 because we are all, we are all Black people. 1876 01:18:52.687 --> 01:18:55.648 Don’t suddenly talk to me like I’m stupid. 1877 01:18:56.816 --> 01:18:59.402 You know we are all far from the same. 1878 01:18:59.485 --> 01:19:01.487 When the white folks ain’t around, 1879 01:19:01.571 --> 01:19:03.614 you see the-the light-skinned girls 1880 01:19:03.698 --> 01:19:05.199 gather together in one corner, 1881 01:19:05.283 --> 01:19:07.618 all the dark-skinned girls gather in the other and... 1882 01:19:07.702 --> 01:19:08.786 You know. 1883 01:19:08.870 --> 01:19:09.954 Coming up, 1884 01:19:10.037 --> 01:19:11.497 light-skinned cats get it harder 1885 01:19:11.581 --> 01:19:12.790 from Black people sometimes 1886 01:19:12.874 --> 01:19:15.209 than they do from the white people. 1887 01:19:16.919 --> 01:19:19.589 Yeah. What are you trying to say? 1888 01:19:21.591 --> 01:19:23.801 I just wonder if all this pushing 1889 01:19:23.885 --> 01:19:26.679 and "hard line" this and "hard line" that 1890 01:19:26.762 --> 01:19:29.765 is really about trying to prove something to white people, 1891 01:19:29.849 --> 01:19:31.225 or... 1892 01:19:31.309 --> 01:19:33.060 or, Malcolm, is it about trying 1893 01:19:33.144 --> 01:19:34.729 to prove something to Black people? 1894 01:19:34.812 --> 01:19:37.315 (Malcolm chuckles) 1895 01:19:38.983 --> 01:19:41.652 Oh, well, I... 1896 01:19:41.736 --> 01:19:43.946 It’s, uh... 1897 01:19:44.030 --> 01:19:47.325 It’s a very interesting way of looking at things, 1898 01:19:47.408 --> 01:19:48.659 I suppose. 1899 01:19:50.661 --> 01:19:52.121 Yeah. 1900 01:19:52.205 --> 01:19:54.040 Just something I noticed is all. 1901 01:19:54.123 --> 01:19:55.875 Mm-hmm. 1902 01:19:55.958 --> 01:19:58.085 I just don’t think you should begrudge Sam 1903 01:19:58.169 --> 01:19:59.629 for being about his business. 1904 01:19:59.712 --> 01:20:01.297 He’s got to be. 1905 01:20:01.380 --> 01:20:04.258 I mean, if the goal is for us to be free, 1906 01:20:04.342 --> 01:20:06.552 to really be free... 1907 01:20:06.636 --> 01:20:07.762 And you know it is. 1908 01:20:07.845 --> 01:20:12.225 ...then the key is economic freedom. 1909 01:20:12.308 --> 01:20:15.561 And no one’s more economically free than Sam. 1910 01:20:15.645 --> 01:20:17.772 Shit, technically, he’s the only one of us 1911 01:20:17.855 --> 01:20:20.024 not waiting on a paycheck from a white man. 1912 01:20:20.107 --> 01:20:22.276 Oh, I-I’m not waiting on no paycheck 1913 01:20:22.360 --> 01:20:25.112 -from no white man, Jimmy. -You don’t have a job, Negro. 1914 01:20:27.114 --> 01:20:29.200 -(clears throat) -Well, I... 1915 01:20:29.283 --> 01:20:30.952 Shit. In the literal sense. 1916 01:20:31.035 --> 01:20:32.036 -You-you-- Yeah. -I know what you-- 1917 01:20:32.119 --> 01:20:34.038 Yeah, I-I know, I know. 1918 01:20:34.121 --> 01:20:36.374 I know what you meant. 1919 01:20:37.333 --> 01:20:38.501 Hey, man. 1920 01:20:39.835 --> 01:20:43.256 You know, the one thing white folks are masters at 1921 01:20:43.339 --> 01:20:45.466 is tapping into our passions to a point 1922 01:20:45.550 --> 01:20:48.844 that we forget about the important stuff. 1923 01:20:50.596 --> 01:20:53.849 I thought you loved being the hero of the NFL. 1924 01:20:56.727 --> 01:20:58.896 A hero, you say? 1925 01:20:58.980 --> 01:21:00.356 Yeah? 1926 01:21:00.439 --> 01:21:03.568 I ain’t no damn hero to them. 1927 01:21:03.651 --> 01:21:04.986 No. 1928 01:21:05.069 --> 01:21:08.614 You see, Malcolm, some white folks... 1929 01:21:08.698 --> 01:21:10.908 some white folks just cannot wait 1930 01:21:10.992 --> 01:21:14.954 to pat themselves on the back for not being cruel to us. 1931 01:21:15.037 --> 01:21:17.331 Like we should be singing hosannas 1932 01:21:17.415 --> 01:21:20.459 just because they found the kindness in their hearts 1933 01:21:20.543 --> 01:21:23.421 to almost treat us like real human beings. 1934 01:21:23.504 --> 01:21:27.216 I mean, do... do you expect a dog to give you a medal 1935 01:21:27.300 --> 01:21:29.427 for not kicking it that day? 1936 01:21:29.510 --> 01:21:31.137 Hmm? 1937 01:21:31.220 --> 01:21:32.972 I hate those motherfuckers more 1938 01:21:33.055 --> 01:21:36.017 than the rednecks who just put it all out there. 1939 01:21:36.100 --> 01:21:37.977 And I’ll be damned if I ever forget 1940 01:21:38.060 --> 01:21:39.729 what they really think of me. 1941 01:21:39.812 --> 01:21:42.648 Well, I have no doubt that you won’t, Jimmy. 1942 01:21:42.732 --> 01:21:46.694 And the thing that I love about Sam... 1943 01:21:47.820 --> 01:21:51.032 ...is that he doesn’t forget, either. 1944 01:21:51.115 --> 01:21:54.619 And he does not deserve you implying otherwise. 1945 01:21:54.702 --> 01:21:56.871 No, I’m not implying, J-- I’m... 1946 01:21:56.954 --> 01:21:59.665 Jimmy, I am implying that brothers like Sam 1947 01:21:59.749 --> 01:22:01.500 and you a-and Cassius-- 1948 01:22:01.584 --> 01:22:03.711 you all are our greatest weapons. 1949 01:22:03.794 --> 01:22:06.964 We are not anyone’s weapons, Malcolm. 1950 01:22:11.218 --> 01:22:13.888 You need to be, Jimmy. 1951 01:22:13.971 --> 01:22:17.892 You need to be for-for us to win. 1952 01:22:20.311 --> 01:22:22.480 ♪ ♪ 1953 01:22:25.191 --> 01:22:27.193 (sniffles) 1954 01:22:27.276 --> 01:22:29.153 (grunts softly) 1955 01:22:38.996 --> 01:22:40.206 (Malcolm exhales softly) 1956 01:22:44.335 --> 01:22:45.336 (sniffles) 1957 01:22:45.419 --> 01:22:47.588 Hey, man. Hey, hey. 1958 01:22:48.798 --> 01:22:50.883 Malcolm. 1959 01:22:51.717 --> 01:22:53.511 Brother. 1960 01:22:53.594 --> 01:22:54.679 (exhales) 1961 01:22:54.762 --> 01:22:56.681 -Talk to me. -(smacks lips) 1962 01:22:56.764 --> 01:22:58.683 Tell me now, 1963 01:22:58.766 --> 01:23:00.643 what is going on? 1964 01:23:00.726 --> 01:23:02.103 (Malcolm inhales, exhales) 1965 01:23:04.605 --> 01:23:06.982 (inhales, exhales) 1966 01:23:11.570 --> 01:23:14.198 Ooh... 1967 01:23:14.281 --> 01:23:15.700 -Ain’t no slug bug. -(chuckles) 1968 01:23:15.783 --> 01:23:18.119 -I know that mother be trucking. -Man. 1969 01:23:18.202 --> 01:23:20.538 -(chuckles): Oh. -(laughs) 1970 01:23:20.621 --> 01:23:22.957 Oh, man, they got bread. Hold on. 1971 01:23:23.040 --> 01:23:25.126 Y’all got any spare change? 1972 01:23:25.209 --> 01:23:27.128 Uh, sure, kid. Hang on. 1973 01:23:27.211 --> 01:23:29.380 -How’s it going? -How’s it going, youngblood? 1974 01:23:29.463 --> 01:23:31.716 -Oh. -Y’all split that. 1975 01:23:31.799 --> 01:23:33.050 Thank you. 1976 01:23:33.134 --> 01:23:34.969 Hey, congratulations, champ. 1977 01:23:35.052 --> 01:23:36.929 -Hit me up with it. -You got it, brother. 1978 01:23:37.012 --> 01:23:38.097 "Champ." 1979 01:23:38.180 --> 01:23:40.057 I could get used to that. 1980 01:23:40.141 --> 01:23:41.726 Watch out. 1981 01:23:41.809 --> 01:23:45.354 Malcolm will have ’em calling you "Champ X" like a damn fool. 1982 01:23:47.398 --> 01:23:48.899 (sighs) 1983 01:23:48.983 --> 01:23:51.068 Malcolm’s had it rough these past few months. 1984 01:23:51.152 --> 01:23:52.778 Oh, Malcolm’s had it rough? 1985 01:23:52.862 --> 01:23:54.029 He’s getting worn down. 1986 01:23:54.113 --> 01:23:56.490 ♪ Jesus ♪ 1987 01:23:56.574 --> 01:23:58.367 ♪ Wash ♪ 1988 01:23:58.451 --> 01:24:02.538 ♪ My troubles ♪ 1989 01:24:02.621 --> 01:24:05.166 ♪ Oh. ♪ 1990 01:24:07.793 --> 01:24:09.462 So, Muslim, huh? 1991 01:24:09.545 --> 01:24:11.714 It won’t change my friendship with you and Jim. 1992 01:24:11.797 --> 01:24:14.216 -You don’t know that. -The hell I don’t. 1993 01:24:14.300 --> 01:24:16.010 We have to be there for each other. 1994 01:24:16.093 --> 01:24:17.470 Why? 1995 01:24:17.553 --> 01:24:19.930 Because can’t nobody else understand 1996 01:24:20.014 --> 01:24:22.016 what it’s like being one of us except us. 1997 01:24:22.099 --> 01:24:23.601 "One of us"? 1998 01:24:23.684 --> 01:24:25.060 You know. 1999 01:24:25.144 --> 01:24:27.313 Young, Black, 2000 01:24:27.396 --> 01:24:28.606 righteous, 2001 01:24:28.689 --> 01:24:31.442 famous, unapologetic. 2002 01:24:33.778 --> 01:24:35.946 There’s gonna be a target on your back. 2003 01:24:36.030 --> 01:24:39.116 It was gonna be there anyway. 2004 01:24:39.200 --> 01:24:41.744 This ain’t about civil rights. 2005 01:24:41.827 --> 01:24:44.497 Those activists ain’t do squat about them four little girls 2006 01:24:44.580 --> 01:24:46.207 that got bombed in Alabama. 2007 01:24:46.290 --> 01:24:47.958 That’s why they’re preaching to a deaf congregation, 2008 01:24:48.042 --> 01:24:51.921 ’cause they ain’t giving Black people what they really want. 2009 01:24:53.255 --> 01:24:54.924 And what’s that? 2010 01:24:56.675 --> 01:25:00.679 What you have but take for granted. 2011 01:25:02.556 --> 01:25:03.891 Power. 2012 01:25:07.311 --> 01:25:09.563 Black power. 2013 01:25:11.440 --> 01:25:13.484 I like the sound of that. 2014 01:25:13.567 --> 01:25:16.153 So do I. 2015 01:25:16.237 --> 01:25:18.072 My man. 2016 01:25:18.155 --> 01:25:20.407 So do they. 2017 01:25:22.159 --> 01:25:26.497 Power just means a world where we’re safe to be ourselves. 2018 01:25:26.580 --> 01:25:27.623 Mm. 2019 01:25:27.706 --> 01:25:30.125 To look like we want. 2020 01:25:30.209 --> 01:25:33.879 To think like we want. 2021 01:25:33.963 --> 01:25:36.924 Without having to answer to anybody for it. 2022 01:25:37.007 --> 01:25:40.970 And after all we put in, don’t Black folks deserve that much? 2023 01:25:41.053 --> 01:25:43.222 Mm-hmm. 2024 01:25:44.473 --> 01:25:47.852 We can do whatever we want now, brother. 2025 01:25:49.061 --> 01:25:50.563 So, tell me. 2026 01:25:50.646 --> 01:25:51.730 Hmm? 2027 01:25:52.773 --> 01:25:55.860 What do you want to do? 2028 01:25:58.654 --> 01:26:00.990 I want a damn party. 2029 01:26:01.073 --> 01:26:03.200 (laughing) 2030 01:26:03.284 --> 01:26:06.328 I mean, don’t you? 2031 01:26:06.412 --> 01:26:07.913 Yeah. 2032 01:26:07.997 --> 01:26:10.624 So let’s go. 2033 01:26:10.708 --> 01:26:11.750 Ooh. 2034 01:26:11.834 --> 01:26:13.127 (engine starts) 2035 01:26:13.210 --> 01:26:14.295 (engine rumbling loudly) 2036 01:26:14.378 --> 01:26:17.631 CASSIUS: Miami, are you ready?! 2037 01:26:17.715 --> 01:26:19.425 The champ! 2038 01:26:19.508 --> 01:26:22.636 Look now! You’ll never see something so pretty! 2039 01:26:22.720 --> 01:26:24.889 ♪ ♪ 2040 01:26:30.352 --> 01:26:32.271 (door opens) 2041 01:26:32.354 --> 01:26:35.441 Hey, hey, the gang’s all here. 2042 01:26:35.524 --> 01:26:37.526 -(door closes) -Good. You caught him. 2043 01:26:37.610 --> 01:26:39.194 SAM: I wasn’t running nowhere. 2044 01:26:39.278 --> 01:26:42.031 I am ready to take care of, uh, hosting duties, though. 2045 01:26:42.114 --> 01:26:44.867 -Really? -Malcolm, you’ve had the floor long enough. 2046 01:26:44.950 --> 01:26:47.870 It’s time to take this party to the Fontainebleau. (whoops) 2047 01:26:47.953 --> 01:26:50.915 ♪ We’re having a party. ♪ 2048 01:26:50.998 --> 01:26:52.374 (Cassius hums) 2049 01:26:52.458 --> 01:26:53.500 You’ve obviously forgotten 2050 01:26:53.584 --> 01:26:55.210 Brother Cassius no longer drinks. 2051 01:26:55.294 --> 01:26:56.837 And you obviously haven’t smelled his breath 2052 01:26:56.921 --> 01:26:58.130 in the last hour. 2053 01:27:00.382 --> 01:27:02.176 Hey, let it go, man. 2054 01:27:02.259 --> 01:27:03.969 -Let it go. -(clears throat) 2055 01:27:05.137 --> 01:27:06.513 Malcolm. 2056 01:27:06.597 --> 01:27:07.806 SAM: Okay. 2057 01:27:09.266 --> 01:27:10.935 All right. 2058 01:27:11.018 --> 01:27:14.188 Sam, what is this, uh, this problem between us, Sam? 2059 01:27:14.271 --> 01:27:16.315 I don’t got no problem with you. 2060 01:27:16.398 --> 01:27:18.233 I got a problem with this guy. 2061 01:27:19.985 --> 01:27:22.988 You used to be, you used to be such a fun cat. 2062 01:27:23.072 --> 01:27:25.532 Now you acting in private the way you are on camera. 2063 01:27:25.616 --> 01:27:27.952 Sam, I-I... 2064 01:27:28.035 --> 01:27:29.662 was always this person. 2065 01:27:29.745 --> 01:27:33.582 Maybe, but you were also always so much... 2066 01:27:36.251 --> 01:27:37.544 ...more. 2067 01:27:41.340 --> 01:27:42.675 Fellas, y’all ready? 2068 01:27:50.265 --> 01:27:53.352 You remember, uh, the first time we met, Sam? 2069 01:27:53.435 --> 01:27:55.020 I’m tired of answering your questions, man. 2070 01:27:55.104 --> 01:27:56.647 Is that a no? 2071 01:27:57.481 --> 01:27:58.482 (sighs) 2072 01:27:58.565 --> 01:27:59.984 Of course I do. 2073 01:28:00.067 --> 01:28:03.320 It was, uh... Harlem. 2074 01:28:03.404 --> 01:28:05.572 You didn’t even know who I was. 2075 01:28:05.656 --> 01:28:06.865 Uh-huh. 2076 01:28:06.949 --> 01:28:09.868 I said that at the time, but I knew who you were. 2077 01:28:09.952 --> 01:28:12.162 A lot of the brothers had been requesting shifts 2078 01:28:12.246 --> 01:28:13.956 -outside the Apollo that week. -Is that a fact? 2079 01:28:14.039 --> 01:28:15.416 That’s a fact. 2080 01:28:15.499 --> 01:28:16.750 And I understood 2081 01:28:16.834 --> 01:28:19.545 because I caught one of your shows in Chicago. 2082 01:28:20.629 --> 01:28:22.423 You’ve been to one of my shows? 2083 01:28:22.506 --> 01:28:26.093 No. I’ve, uh, been to... 2084 01:28:28.345 --> 01:28:30.347 ...five of them. 2085 01:28:31.515 --> 01:28:33.100 Including the one in Boston. 2086 01:28:33.183 --> 01:28:36.437 (chuckles): Shit. Boston? 2087 01:28:36.520 --> 01:28:37.521 Really? 2088 01:28:37.604 --> 01:28:39.565 Mm-hmm. Really. 2089 01:28:39.648 --> 01:28:41.358 (laughing) 2090 01:28:41.442 --> 01:28:43.193 Well, hell, what happened in Boston? 2091 01:28:43.277 --> 01:28:45.821 You mind if I recount the story, Sam? 2092 01:28:45.904 --> 01:28:46.905 No, no. Go ahead. 2093 01:28:46.989 --> 01:28:47.990 -MALCOLM: Yeah? -Yeah. 2094 01:28:48.073 --> 01:28:50.075 -(cheering and applause) -Well, uh, 2095 01:28:50.159 --> 01:28:52.661 this show, um, Sam, he was playing with Jackie Wilson... 2096 01:28:52.745 --> 01:28:55.164 ♪ You’ve been gone away ♪ 2097 01:28:55.247 --> 01:28:56.457 ♪ You know my heart... ♪ 2098 01:28:56.540 --> 01:28:57.708 I was there to see Sam, of course, 2099 01:28:57.791 --> 01:28:59.752 but Jackie was the opener. 2100 01:28:59.835 --> 01:29:01.503 He was doing his usual routine, 2101 01:29:01.587 --> 01:29:04.214 shuckin’ and jivin’ like those types do. 2102 01:29:04.298 --> 01:29:06.341 ♪ Lonely teardrops ♪ 2103 01:29:06.425 --> 01:29:07.593 Not really my cup of tea, you know. 2104 01:29:07.676 --> 01:29:11.013 ♪ My pillows never dry of ♪ 2105 01:29:11.096 --> 01:29:14.141 ♪ Lonely teardrops... ♪ 2106 01:29:14.224 --> 01:29:15.893 But thankfully, it came to an end, 2107 01:29:15.976 --> 01:29:19.480 and, you know, Sam was getting ready to come onstage. 2108 01:29:19.563 --> 01:29:21.607 -(holding high note) -(cheering) 2109 01:29:21.690 --> 01:29:22.816 Yeah, I knew he was 2110 01:29:22.900 --> 01:29:25.360 about to class this joint up. 2111 01:29:26.487 --> 01:29:29.073 Yeah! Hey! 2112 01:29:29.156 --> 01:29:31.366 (cheering and applause continue) 2113 01:29:34.620 --> 01:29:36.497 I warmed them up for you, brother. 2114 01:29:37.581 --> 01:29:39.249 Don’t fuck up now. 2115 01:29:39.333 --> 01:29:40.793 -(scoffs) -(pats chest) 2116 01:29:40.876 --> 01:29:45.589 Ladies and gentlemen, let’s give it up for Sam Cooke! 2117 01:29:45.672 --> 01:29:49.051 MALCOLM: Sam comes, uh, strolling out onto the stage. 2118 01:29:49.134 --> 01:29:50.135 Cash, the crowd-- 2119 01:29:50.219 --> 01:29:51.887 Boom. Wow. 2120 01:29:51.970 --> 01:29:53.972 Ah! Boston! 2121 01:29:54.056 --> 01:29:55.599 (cheering) 2122 01:29:55.682 --> 01:29:57.601 Thank you. 2123 01:29:57.684 --> 01:29:59.019 WOMAN: Sam, I love you! 2124 01:29:59.103 --> 01:30:00.771 MALCOLM: Sam steps up to the microphone, 2125 01:30:00.854 --> 01:30:02.606 wraps his hand around it-- you know how Sam does, 2126 01:30:02.689 --> 01:30:04.775 like, uh, he caresses it, like, uh, 2127 01:30:04.858 --> 01:30:07.152 one might caress a delicate piece of crystal. 2128 01:30:07.236 --> 01:30:09.446 -(chuckles) -Or a pretty little fox. 2129 01:30:09.530 --> 01:30:11.323 An NFL championship trophy. 2130 01:30:11.406 --> 01:30:13.617 -You want me to finish this story, Jimmy? -Oh, go ahead. 2131 01:30:13.700 --> 01:30:16.703 Yeah. Like I was saying, he-he... he caresses the mic, 2132 01:30:16.787 --> 01:30:19.248 pulls it close to his lips, opens his mouth... 2133 01:30:19.331 --> 01:30:21.834 -♪ Darling, you... ♪ -(feedback squealing) 2134 01:30:21.917 --> 01:30:23.377 Sound went out. 2135 01:30:23.460 --> 01:30:24.628 -What? -Mm-hmm. 2136 01:30:24.711 --> 01:30:26.630 (audience murmuring) 2137 01:30:26.713 --> 01:30:28.841 -That wasn’t the sound system, was it? -(audience booing) 2138 01:30:34.054 --> 01:30:35.973 The microphone is off! 2139 01:30:39.059 --> 01:30:41.395 MALCOLM: I know. H-How’s that for some bad luck? 2140 01:30:41.478 --> 01:30:43.313 Bad luck, my ass. 2141 01:30:43.397 --> 01:30:44.857 Jackie was always the king of sabotage. 2142 01:30:44.940 --> 01:30:48.443 MALCOLM: Regardless, Sam was now stuck onstage 2143 01:30:48.527 --> 01:30:52.239 with no sound and a worked-up Boston crowd. 2144 01:30:52.322 --> 01:30:53.866 Well, things escalated quickly. 2145 01:30:53.949 --> 01:30:56.076 My band was out of there like some runaway slaves. 2146 01:30:56.160 --> 01:30:57.703 Where the fuck y’all going? 2147 01:30:57.786 --> 01:30:59.621 We’re musicians, not bodyguards, baby. 2148 01:30:59.705 --> 01:31:00.956 Good luck. 2149 01:31:01.039 --> 01:31:03.792 But Sam, he just, he just stood there on that stage. 2150 01:31:03.876 --> 01:31:05.586 (booing continues) 2151 01:31:06.628 --> 01:31:08.672 I remember thinking to myself, 2152 01:31:08.755 --> 01:31:11.008 "This young brother is fittin’ to get himself killed." 2153 01:31:11.091 --> 01:31:12.384 CASSIUS: W-Well, then what happened? 2154 01:31:13.510 --> 01:31:15.095 Something, uh... 2155 01:31:16.638 --> 01:31:18.515 Something amazing happened. 2156 01:31:18.599 --> 01:31:20.267 (booing continues) 2157 01:31:22.060 --> 01:31:24.104 Y’all know "Chain Gang"? All right, 2158 01:31:24.188 --> 01:31:25.689 I’m-a, I’m-a do it a cappella, all right? 2159 01:31:25.772 --> 01:31:28.150 (speaking indistinctly) 2160 01:31:28.233 --> 01:31:30.444 -MAN: I’ll kick your ass! -(angry chatter) 2161 01:31:30.527 --> 01:31:32.362 All right, let’s go. 2162 01:31:32.446 --> 01:31:33.697 -All right. -Let’s go. 2163 01:31:35.449 --> 01:31:37.951 (grunting rhythmically) 2164 01:31:42.164 --> 01:31:44.333 (booing quiets) 2165 01:31:44.416 --> 01:31:45.500 Come on. (grunts) 2166 01:31:49.129 --> 01:31:50.797 (Malcolm grunting rhythmically) 2167 01:31:53.008 --> 01:31:54.760 -(booing stops) -(audience stomping, grunting) 2168 01:31:56.595 --> 01:32:00.057 -♪ All together, yeah ♪ -(grunting, stomping) 2169 01:32:01.850 --> 01:32:03.894 ♪ Everybody ♪ 2170 01:32:06.438 --> 01:32:07.564 (Cassius grunts) 2171 01:32:07.648 --> 01:32:09.608 (rhythmic grunting and stomping continue) 2172 01:32:09.691 --> 01:32:11.109 Let me hear you. 2173 01:32:12.945 --> 01:32:15.822 ♪ You got it, you got it ♪ 2174 01:32:17.032 --> 01:32:20.369 ♪ Sounds so good, yeah ♪ 2175 01:32:20.452 --> 01:32:22.746 ♪ Ah, yeah ♪ 2176 01:32:22.829 --> 01:32:24.790 ♪ That’s the sound of the men ♪ 2177 01:32:24.873 --> 01:32:27.084 ♪ Working on the chain ♪ 2178 01:32:27.167 --> 01:32:29.962 ♪ The gang ♪ 2179 01:32:30.045 --> 01:32:31.964 ♪ That’s the sound of the men ♪ 2180 01:32:32.047 --> 01:32:35.300 ♪ Working on the chain gang ♪ 2181 01:32:35.384 --> 01:32:37.427 ♪ All day long they’re singing... ♪ 2182 01:32:37.511 --> 01:32:39.054 MALCOLM: Yeah, and I saw him up there, 2183 01:32:39.137 --> 01:32:41.640 covered in sweat and... and singing to ’em. 2184 01:32:41.723 --> 01:32:43.392 But, you know, in the back where I was, 2185 01:32:43.475 --> 01:32:45.102 you couldn’t hear anything except that chant. 2186 01:32:45.185 --> 01:32:47.771 (grunting and stomping drown out singing) 2187 01:32:47.854 --> 01:32:50.315 You know, and... you know what? 2188 01:32:50.399 --> 01:32:54.444 That was, uh... that was good enough. 2189 01:32:55.737 --> 01:32:57.906 Yes, that was... 2190 01:32:59.574 --> 01:33:01.618 ...that was one hell of a show, Sam. 2191 01:33:01.702 --> 01:33:05.330 (stomping and grunting continue) 2192 01:33:05.414 --> 01:33:07.749 CASSIUS: That sounds like something. 2193 01:33:09.584 --> 01:33:11.044 It really was, Cash. 2194 01:33:11.128 --> 01:33:13.505 It really was. 2195 01:33:15.299 --> 01:33:19.344 Brother, you could move mountains 2196 01:33:19.428 --> 01:33:21.638 without lifting a finger. 2197 01:33:24.057 --> 01:33:26.393 Listen, if-if I give you a hard time, it’s... 2198 01:33:26.476 --> 01:33:29.313 you know, it’s only because I-I think so highly of you. 2199 01:33:30.981 --> 01:33:32.816 You know, you brothers, you-you all are-are 2200 01:33:32.899 --> 01:33:34.276 our bright and shining future. 2201 01:33:34.359 --> 01:33:37.904 I... I never, I never lose sight of that. 2202 01:33:37.988 --> 01:33:40.782 Well, you’re part of that future, too, Malcolm. 2203 01:33:40.866 --> 01:33:43.035 (Cassius chuckles) 2204 01:33:44.369 --> 01:33:45.912 I’m flattered, really. I’m... 2205 01:33:45.996 --> 01:33:48.665 Taking the world on your shoulders is 2206 01:33:48.749 --> 01:33:50.042 bad for your health. 2207 01:33:50.125 --> 01:33:51.501 Yeah, well, 2208 01:33:51.585 --> 01:33:54.421 he won’t have to carry it by himself much longer. 2209 01:33:54.504 --> 01:33:57.841 ’Cause we gonna be in the Nation together. 2210 01:34:00.927 --> 01:34:02.346 Malcolm... 2211 01:34:02.429 --> 01:34:04.056 I know. 2212 01:34:05.557 --> 01:34:07.017 I know. 2213 01:34:09.144 --> 01:34:10.395 What is it? 2214 01:34:14.399 --> 01:34:16.151 Malcolm? 2215 01:34:20.072 --> 01:34:22.407 Well, like I said, my, um... 2216 01:34:22.491 --> 01:34:26.370 my relationship with, uh, the Nation has... 2217 01:34:26.453 --> 01:34:28.663 has gotten complicated. 2218 01:34:30.165 --> 01:34:33.418 I-I don’t know how much longer I’ll be in it. 2219 01:34:34.961 --> 01:34:38.340 Wait a second. You’re leaving the Nation of Islam? 2220 01:34:40.092 --> 01:34:42.928 I thought once you went in, you were in it for life. 2221 01:34:43.011 --> 01:34:45.806 (chuckles): I guess I’ll be, uh... 2222 01:34:45.889 --> 01:34:48.308 I’ll be putting that theory to the test, Sam. 2223 01:34:48.392 --> 01:34:50.727 CASSIUS: Why would you want to leave? 2224 01:34:53.772 --> 01:34:55.482 All the things you told me. 2225 01:34:56.691 --> 01:34:59.236 The things you showed me that the Nation does. 2226 01:34:59.319 --> 01:35:01.279 Oh, Cash, there’s... 2227 01:35:01.363 --> 01:35:03.281 there’s lots of good and righteous brothers and sisters 2228 01:35:03.365 --> 01:35:06.284 in the Nation, but it’s the leadership 2229 01:35:06.368 --> 01:35:08.620 that has-has shown that it’s not up to the task. 2230 01:35:08.703 --> 01:35:10.539 Wait. 2231 01:35:10.622 --> 01:35:15.043 So you’re gonna help me cross over to being a Muslim 2232 01:35:15.127 --> 01:35:17.129 and then quit being Muslim? 2233 01:35:17.212 --> 01:35:19.089 No. No, no, no. No, Cassius. 2234 01:35:19.172 --> 01:35:22.134 I will always, always be Muslim. 2235 01:35:22.217 --> 01:35:25.512 I-In, you know, in fact, I-I... 2236 01:35:25.595 --> 01:35:31.059 I guess you could say, uh, I’m becoming more Muslim than ever. 2237 01:35:33.478 --> 01:35:34.855 I’m not understanding. 2238 01:35:36.189 --> 01:35:37.732 Well, uh... 2239 01:35:37.816 --> 01:35:40.610 I’m not leaving just to be out alone in the world. 2240 01:35:40.694 --> 01:35:42.612 I’m... 2241 01:35:42.696 --> 01:35:44.865 I’m leaving to... 2242 01:35:47.117 --> 01:35:49.035 I’m leaving to start a new organization, 2243 01:35:49.119 --> 01:35:53.123 one-one that adheres more closely to the, uh, honest 2244 01:35:53.206 --> 01:35:56.001 and, uh, righteous tenets of Islam. 2245 01:35:58.753 --> 01:36:02.382 Who’s gonna be in this new organization? 2246 01:36:02.466 --> 01:36:06.470 I think lots of people will follow me over, Cash. 2247 01:36:06.553 --> 01:36:08.346 Especially, uh... 2248 01:36:10.098 --> 01:36:12.350 ...i-if you-you come with me. 2249 01:36:28.492 --> 01:36:29.784 Say something. 2250 01:36:29.868 --> 01:36:31.453 -You motherfucker! -Wait, wait, wait, wait. 2251 01:36:31.536 --> 01:36:33.413 Hey, hey, Cash, Cash, Cash. Hey! 2252 01:36:33.497 --> 01:36:35.373 You’ve been using me! 2253 01:36:35.457 --> 01:36:37.000 No, no, brother, I’m trying to save you. 2254 01:36:37.083 --> 01:36:39.169 -Wait. -You’re the only one that needs saving! 2255 01:36:39.252 --> 01:36:41.213 -No. -MALCOLM: Cash. 2256 01:36:41.296 --> 01:36:42.923 -(sighs) -Cash. 2257 01:36:44.090 --> 01:36:45.675 If you don’t believe in your heart 2258 01:36:45.759 --> 01:36:48.345 I’ve been an honest friend to you, 2259 01:36:48.428 --> 01:36:50.597 then-then you shouldn’t join me, brother. 2260 01:36:50.680 --> 01:36:52.807 If there’s any-any part of you that-that believes 2261 01:36:52.891 --> 01:36:55.393 that our time together has been motivated in any way 2262 01:36:55.477 --> 01:37:00.023 by selfishness or-or opportunism on my part... 2263 01:37:00.106 --> 01:37:02.692 brother, I... 2264 01:37:02.776 --> 01:37:04.986 brother, I encourage you, 2265 01:37:05.070 --> 01:37:06.905 walk away from me. 2266 01:37:08.281 --> 01:37:10.575 Walk away from me with a clear mind and conscience, 2267 01:37:10.659 --> 01:37:12.494 knowing that that is the right thing, 2268 01:37:12.577 --> 01:37:14.788 that’s-that’s the only thing you can do. 2269 01:37:22.003 --> 01:37:25.090 MAN: Cassius Marcellus Clay, you in there, champ? 2270 01:37:25.173 --> 01:37:26.341 (knock on door) 2271 01:37:26.424 --> 01:37:27.842 MAN 2: Tell us about what happened... 2272 01:37:27.926 --> 01:37:30.095 JAMAAL: We got a bunch of reporters out here. 2273 01:37:30.178 --> 01:37:32.931 (reporters chattering) 2274 01:37:33.014 --> 01:37:35.100 There they are. 2275 01:37:36.726 --> 01:37:41.815 Some... someone must have saw me and Sam downstairs. 2276 01:37:41.898 --> 01:37:45.694 Uh, well, you can’t blame them for wanting a word 2277 01:37:45.777 --> 01:37:48.238 from the new world champion. 2278 01:37:48.321 --> 01:37:50.657 (Cassius clears throat, sighs) 2279 01:37:50.740 --> 01:37:53.827 Yeah. (sniffs) 2280 01:37:53.910 --> 01:37:55.912 I guess I got to go talk to them, 2281 01:37:55.996 --> 01:37:57.789 help them sell a few papers. 2282 01:37:57.872 --> 01:37:59.708 MALCOLM: Absolutely. 2283 01:38:12.804 --> 01:38:14.973 (sighs) 2284 01:38:15.807 --> 01:38:17.726 You coming? 2285 01:38:26.109 --> 01:38:27.611 Um... 2286 01:38:27.694 --> 01:38:29.112 Well, I... 2287 01:38:29.195 --> 01:38:32.574 I don’t have any comments to make right now, Cash. I... 2288 01:38:32.657 --> 01:38:35.201 (chuckles) And besides, they’re here to see you, brother. 2289 01:38:35.285 --> 01:38:37.495 Not here to see me. 2290 01:38:38.997 --> 01:38:41.333 I want you standing with me. 2291 01:38:53.762 --> 01:38:55.430 Very well. 2292 01:38:55.513 --> 01:38:57.307 Uh... 2293 01:38:57.390 --> 01:38:59.601 You brothers will excuse us. 2294 01:39:05.690 --> 01:39:07.192 (reporters clamoring) 2295 01:39:07.275 --> 01:39:09.569 CASSIUS: I told you suckers I was the greatest! 2296 01:39:09.653 --> 01:39:11.154 All of you must bow! 2297 01:39:11.237 --> 01:39:12.822 Oh, I think you guys... 2298 01:39:12.906 --> 01:39:16.242 This is one strange fucking night. 2299 01:39:18.161 --> 01:39:19.579 Yeah. 2300 01:39:21.206 --> 01:39:23.708 Hey, you know I know what’s going on out there, right? 2301 01:39:23.792 --> 01:39:25.251 Uh, yeah. 2302 01:39:25.335 --> 01:39:27.504 You know, Cassius, he out there talking to the press. 2303 01:39:27.587 --> 01:39:29.089 No, I mean out... 2304 01:39:29.172 --> 01:39:31.007 out-out there. 2305 01:39:32.467 --> 01:39:34.469 I mean... 2306 01:39:34.552 --> 01:39:37.180 just ’cause I haven’t released any records about the movement 2307 01:39:37.263 --> 01:39:40.475 don’t mean I haven’t written any songs about the movement. 2308 01:39:40.558 --> 01:39:42.268 Come on, man. Look, you know Malcolm. 2309 01:39:42.352 --> 01:39:44.979 He’s all fire and brimstone about everything, man. 2310 01:39:45.063 --> 01:39:47.649 But when I heard the Bob Dylan song, I was mad, man. 2311 01:39:47.732 --> 01:39:49.484 Why? 2312 01:39:50.652 --> 01:39:52.862 ’Cause it’s fucking good. 2313 01:39:52.946 --> 01:39:54.614 Well, good. (chuckles) 2314 01:39:54.698 --> 01:39:55.699 Good. 2315 01:39:55.782 --> 01:39:57.409 You should feel competitive, man. 2316 01:39:57.492 --> 01:40:00.078 It’s not just ’cause it was good. It’s... 2317 01:40:00.161 --> 01:40:01.788 I felt like... 2318 01:40:03.289 --> 01:40:05.792 ...felt like I should’ve written that song. 2319 01:40:07.419 --> 01:40:10.630 I mean, I’m-I’m calling myself "Mr. Soul," and I... 2320 01:40:10.714 --> 01:40:13.216 I haven’t written anything like that. 2321 01:40:16.010 --> 01:40:18.596 Why don’t you start? 2322 01:40:18.680 --> 01:40:20.306 I started working on something. 2323 01:40:20.390 --> 01:40:22.225 Um... 2324 01:40:22.308 --> 01:40:25.562 started working on something the first day I heard the song. 2325 01:40:26.730 --> 01:40:27.939 Really? 2326 01:40:28.022 --> 01:40:30.984 Yeah, but it’s-it’s... it’s different. 2327 01:40:31.067 --> 01:40:34.529 And I haven’t even played it for a crowd yet. 2328 01:40:37.991 --> 01:40:40.285 How does it go? 2329 01:40:41.828 --> 01:40:44.372 All these so-called experts were all wrong. 2330 01:40:44.456 --> 01:40:47.041 Next time, don’t-don’t ask no bookies who’s gonna win. 2331 01:40:47.125 --> 01:40:49.544 You come to me. I’ll tell you who’s gonna win. 2332 01:40:49.627 --> 01:40:51.546 Cassius, uh, is it fair to assume 2333 01:40:51.629 --> 01:40:53.339 that, since Malcolm X is standing here with you, 2334 01:40:53.423 --> 01:40:55.884 that you’re seriously considering becoming a Muslim? 2335 01:40:55.967 --> 01:40:58.762 I’m not considering anything. I am a Muslim. 2336 01:40:58.845 --> 01:41:01.014 And from this day forward, I no longer want to be called 2337 01:41:01.097 --> 01:41:03.224 -by the name Cassius Clay. -REPORTERS: Mm. 2338 01:41:03.308 --> 01:41:04.559 That is a slave name. 2339 01:41:04.642 --> 01:41:05.977 What are we supposed to call you, then? 2340 01:41:06.060 --> 01:41:08.813 You will refer to me as Cassius X. 2341 01:41:08.897 --> 01:41:09.898 -(laughter) -REPORTER: Malcolm, 2342 01:41:09.981 --> 01:41:11.316 have you been giving Clay advice 2343 01:41:11.399 --> 01:41:12.776 -on his religious beliefs? -Look at that. 2344 01:41:12.859 --> 01:41:14.611 MALCOLM: Well, he’s my brother and... 2345 01:41:14.694 --> 01:41:16.321 New heavyweight champion of the world. 2346 01:41:16.404 --> 01:41:17.989 MALCOLM: ...my friend. 2347 01:41:18.072 --> 01:41:21.159 I express what I know and understand, but... 2348 01:41:21.242 --> 01:41:23.244 Cassius, he has a mind of his own, 2349 01:41:23.328 --> 01:41:25.413 -an understanding of his own. -Mm-hmm. 2350 01:41:25.497 --> 01:41:26.790 REPORTER 2: Uh, Cassius, are you gonna 2351 01:41:26.873 --> 01:41:28.082 -give Sonny Liston a rematch? -Cassius. 2352 01:41:28.166 --> 01:41:30.251 -Cassius. -Cassius. -Oh, no, man. Come on. 2353 01:41:30.335 --> 01:41:32.128 -Sonny Liston a rematch? -(chuckles) 2354 01:41:32.212 --> 01:41:34.464 He’s still in the hospital from after tonight. 2355 01:41:34.547 --> 01:41:35.965 -(laughter, applause) -Say, man, 2356 01:41:36.049 --> 01:41:37.509 now that this is out the way, 2357 01:41:37.592 --> 01:41:40.178 don’t you think it’s about time to party? 2358 01:41:40.261 --> 01:41:42.138 -I’d say so. -Yeah, definitely. 2359 01:41:42.222 --> 01:41:43.223 (cheering) 2360 01:41:43.306 --> 01:41:44.641 CASSIUS: Man, I’m so fast! 2361 01:41:44.724 --> 01:41:46.434 I’m so fast, after the fight, 2362 01:41:46.518 --> 01:41:48.812 -Miami Vice tried to give me a speeding ticket! -(cheering) 2363 01:41:48.895 --> 01:41:52.106 If you take Sonny Liston, Joe Louis 2364 01:41:52.190 --> 01:41:54.651 -and Rocky Marciano... -(clapping, encouraging chatter) 2365 01:41:54.734 --> 01:41:56.778 I’ll whup ’em all the same night! 2366 01:41:56.861 --> 01:41:58.530 (cheering) 2367 01:41:58.613 --> 01:42:00.490 That’s what I’ll do next time! 2368 01:42:00.573 --> 01:42:02.283 You know I’m the greatest. 2369 01:42:02.367 --> 01:42:04.494 -OTHERS: Yeah! -Who’s the greatest? 2370 01:42:04.577 --> 01:42:05.787 -OTHERS: You are! -That’s right. 2371 01:42:05.870 --> 01:42:07.413 Malcolm, come on. Put that thing down. 2372 01:42:07.497 --> 01:42:09.332 Come over here. Someone get a picture of us. 2373 01:42:09.415 --> 01:42:10.625 -(assenting, applause) -Come on. 2374 01:42:10.708 --> 01:42:12.418 I want a picture with Malcolm. Come on. 2375 01:42:12.502 --> 01:42:14.337 Let’s see, man. 2376 01:42:14.420 --> 01:42:16.381 You know it’s right. That’s what I’m talking about. 2377 01:42:16.464 --> 01:42:17.507 Give me some, brothers. 2378 01:42:17.590 --> 01:42:19.425 That’s it. My brother. 2379 01:42:19.509 --> 01:42:20.927 My main man. 2380 01:42:21.010 --> 01:42:22.095 And you, too. 2381 01:42:22.178 --> 01:42:24.305 I told ’em! I told ’em. 2382 01:42:24.389 --> 01:42:26.266 I proved it. I was in Rome. 2383 01:42:26.349 --> 01:42:27.851 They said they had a man who could beat me. 2384 01:42:27.934 --> 01:42:29.435 -MAN: Yeah! -Malcolm, come on. 2385 01:42:29.519 --> 01:42:30.687 Get over here. 2386 01:42:30.770 --> 01:42:32.355 -I whupped him, too. -(cheering, applause) 2387 01:42:32.438 --> 01:42:34.399 ♪ All night long ♪ 2388 01:42:34.482 --> 01:42:36.442 ♪ Somebody said it might take... ♪ 2389 01:42:36.526 --> 01:42:37.652 Yes, sir. 2390 01:42:37.735 --> 01:42:39.362 You know, we came all the way down here 2391 01:42:39.445 --> 01:42:42.156 -to the Hampton House, and... -♪ All night long ♪ 2392 01:42:42.240 --> 01:42:47.287 ♪ So, come on and let the good time roll ♪ 2393 01:42:47.370 --> 01:42:50.748 ♪ We gon’ stay here till we soothe our souls ♪ 2394 01:42:50.832 --> 01:42:54.252 ♪ If it take all night long. ♪ 2395 01:42:54.335 --> 01:42:56.921 -(applause) -(laughs) 2396 01:42:57.005 --> 01:42:58.631 There it is. Huh? 2397 01:42:58.715 --> 01:42:59.966 Wow. 2398 01:43:00.049 --> 01:43:01.843 -Come on over here. -Why, thank you. 2399 01:43:01.926 --> 01:43:03.887 All right. 2400 01:43:03.970 --> 01:43:05.388 -How you doing, Johnny? -Fantastic. 2401 01:43:05.471 --> 01:43:06.514 -Thank you so much for having me. -I’m great. 2402 01:43:06.598 --> 01:43:08.099 Sam, have a seat. 2403 01:43:08.182 --> 01:43:10.685 Fantastic. 2404 01:43:10.768 --> 01:43:12.645 -(grunts) -Well, he sings well, doesn’t he, Ed? 2405 01:43:12.729 --> 01:43:14.689 -Incredibly well, Johnny. -Thank you. 2406 01:43:14.772 --> 01:43:16.774 Sam, tell us. 2407 01:43:16.858 --> 01:43:19.110 How do you come up with so many great songs? 2408 01:43:19.193 --> 01:43:21.654 Uh, well, I just really try and observe 2409 01:43:21.738 --> 01:43:23.114 what’s going on around me. 2410 01:43:23.197 --> 01:43:24.657 What do you mean? 2411 01:43:24.741 --> 01:43:28.161 Well, if you try and see what’s going on 2412 01:43:28.244 --> 01:43:30.204 and figure out how people are thinking 2413 01:43:30.288 --> 01:43:34.459 and really just determine the-the times of your day, 2414 01:43:34.542 --> 01:43:35.835 well, I think you can always write 2415 01:43:35.919 --> 01:43:37.837 something people will understand. 2416 01:43:37.921 --> 01:43:39.505 Would you mind singing one more song for us? 2417 01:43:39.589 --> 01:43:41.007 Would you like that, folks? 2418 01:43:41.090 --> 01:43:42.800 (applause) 2419 01:43:42.884 --> 01:43:44.594 (chuckling) 2420 01:43:44.677 --> 01:43:45.929 What do you say, Sam? 2421 01:43:46.012 --> 01:43:47.805 Got anything the people will understand? 2422 01:43:47.889 --> 01:43:51.976 I-I do have something that I’ve been working on, 2423 01:43:52.060 --> 01:43:54.938 something new I haven’t really shared with anyone yet. 2424 01:43:55.021 --> 01:43:56.689 Anyone except for some friends of mine. 2425 01:43:56.773 --> 01:43:59.734 Well, that sounds great. We’d love to hear it. 2426 01:43:59.817 --> 01:44:02.070 -All right, let’s do it. -All right. 2427 01:44:02.153 --> 01:44:05.073 -Let’s do it. -(applause) 2428 01:44:05.156 --> 01:44:09.035 Ladies and gentlemen, once again, Mr. Sam Cooke. 2429 01:44:17.961 --> 01:44:22.632 ♪ I was born ♪ 2430 01:44:22.715 --> 01:44:25.927 ♪ By the river ♪ 2431 01:44:28.096 --> 01:44:30.598 ♪ In a little tent ♪ 2432 01:44:30.682 --> 01:44:33.643 ♪ Oh, and just like the river ♪ 2433 01:44:33.726 --> 01:44:37.188 ♪ I’ve been running ♪ 2434 01:44:37.271 --> 01:44:39.399 ♪ Ever since ♪ 2435 01:44:39.482 --> 01:44:43.277 ♪ It’s been a long ♪ 2436 01:44:43.361 --> 01:44:45.530 ♪ A long time coming ♪ 2437 01:44:45.613 --> 01:44:49.450 ♪ But I know ♪ 2438 01:44:49.534 --> 01:44:52.370 ♪ Change gon’ come ♪ 2439 01:44:52.453 --> 01:44:54.956 ♪ Oh, yes, it will ♪ 2440 01:44:55.790 --> 01:44:57.583 The world champion 2441 01:44:57.667 --> 01:45:02.171 will no longer be known as Cassius Clay. 2442 01:45:02.255 --> 01:45:05.216 He will be known as Muhammad Ali. 2443 01:45:05.299 --> 01:45:07.510 (cheering, applause) 2444 01:45:08.553 --> 01:45:13.057 ♪ It’s been too hard living ♪ 2445 01:45:13.141 --> 01:45:17.687 ♪ But I’m afraid to die ♪ 2446 01:45:19.188 --> 01:45:22.734 ♪ I don’t know what’s up there ♪ 2447 01:45:22.817 --> 01:45:25.069 ♪ Beyond the sky ♪ 2448 01:45:25.153 --> 01:45:29.323 ♪ It’s been a long ♪ 2449 01:45:29.407 --> 01:45:34.245 ♪ Long time coming, but I know ♪ 2450 01:45:34.328 --> 01:45:35.538 (engine revs) 2451 01:45:35.621 --> 01:45:37.915 ♪ Change gon’ come ♪ 2452 01:45:37.999 --> 01:45:39.417 ♪ Oh, yes, it will ♪ 2453 01:45:39.500 --> 01:45:40.710 Betty, move, move, move, move. 2454 01:45:40.793 --> 01:45:42.253 -Come on. -Girls, go. 2455 01:45:42.336 --> 01:45:43.963 -♪ I go ♪ -Go, go, go, go. 2456 01:45:44.047 --> 01:45:46.174 -♪ To the movie ♪ -No, Mommy! 2457 01:45:46.257 --> 01:45:49.385 -♪ And I go downtown ♪ -(frantic chatter) 2458 01:45:49.469 --> 01:45:52.305 Mommy... (indistinct chattering) 2459 01:45:52.388 --> 01:45:54.265 ♪ Somebody keeps telling me ♪ 2460 01:45:54.348 --> 01:45:58.311 ♪ Don’t hang around ♪ 2461 01:45:58.394 --> 01:46:02.815 ♪ It’s been a long ♪ 2462 01:46:02.899 --> 01:46:04.859 ♪ A long time coming ♪ 2463 01:46:04.942 --> 01:46:08.488 ♪ But I know ♪ 2464 01:46:08.571 --> 01:46:11.324 ♪ Change gon’ come ♪ 2465 01:46:11.407 --> 01:46:12.784 ♪ Oh, yes, it will ♪ 2466 01:46:12.867 --> 01:46:15.203 JIM: Because my filming schedule 2467 01:46:15.286 --> 01:46:17.997 conflicts with the Cleveland Browns training camp 2468 01:46:18.081 --> 01:46:21.417 and since the Browns have said that I have no option 2469 01:46:21.501 --> 01:46:25.546 to return to camp late without incurring hefty fines, 2470 01:46:25.630 --> 01:46:28.841 effective immediately, I am retiring from the NFL 2471 01:46:28.925 --> 01:46:31.886 to pursue my movie career full-time. 2472 01:46:31.969 --> 01:46:34.347 Now, if y’all excuse me, I got to get back to work. 2473 01:46:34.430 --> 01:46:36.974 ♪ Then I go ♪ 2474 01:46:37.058 --> 01:46:40.061 ♪ To my brother ♪ 2475 01:46:41.854 --> 01:46:44.398 ♪ I say, "Brother ♪ 2476 01:46:44.482 --> 01:46:49.070 ♪ Help me, please" ♪ 2477 01:46:50.863 --> 01:46:54.117 ♪ But he winds up ♪ 2478 01:46:55.284 --> 01:46:57.620 ♪ Knocking me ♪ 2479 01:46:58.704 --> 01:47:03.459 ♪ Back down on my knees ♪ 2480 01:47:03.543 --> 01:47:05.378 ♪ Whoa ♪ 2481 01:47:05.461 --> 01:47:09.632 ♪ There been time that I thought ♪ 2482 01:47:09.715 --> 01:47:14.971 ♪ I wouldn’t last for long ♪ 2483 01:47:16.055 --> 01:47:19.851 ♪ Now I think I’m able to ♪ 2484 01:47:19.934 --> 01:47:21.936 ♪ Carry on ♪ 2485 01:47:22.019 --> 01:47:25.982 ♪ It’s been a long ♪ 2486 01:47:26.065 --> 01:47:28.276 ♪ A long time coming ♪ 2487 01:47:28.359 --> 01:47:32.029 ♪ But I know ♪ 2488 01:47:32.113 --> 01:47:34.907 ♪ Change gon’ come ♪ 2489 01:47:34.991 --> 01:47:38.452 ♪ Oh, yes, it will. ♪ 2490 01:48:05.730 --> 01:48:09.066 ("Speak Now" by Leslie Odom Jr. playing) 2491 01:48:17.742 --> 01:48:20.411 ♪ Listen, listen ♪ 2492 01:48:20.494 --> 01:48:24.207 ♪ While the storm in your heart is raging ♪ 2493 01:48:24.290 --> 01:48:27.501 ♪ Listen, listen, listen ♪ 2494 01:48:30.338 --> 01:48:32.506 ♪ Listen, listen ♪ 2495 01:48:32.590 --> 01:48:36.219 ♪ To the echoes of martyrs praying ♪ 2496 01:48:36.302 --> 01:48:39.513 ♪ Listen, listen, listen ♪ 2497 01:48:42.391 --> 01:48:45.519 ♪ Listen ♪ 2498 01:48:46.520 --> 01:48:48.231 ♪ Brothers and sisters ♪ 2499 01:48:48.314 --> 01:48:52.818 ♪ Listen, listen, listen ♪ 2500 01:48:52.902 --> 01:48:58.950 ♪ I swear we’ll never find a way to where we’re going ♪ 2501 01:48:59.033 --> 01:49:00.368 ♪ All alone ♪ 2502 01:49:00.451 --> 01:49:03.287 ♪ Don’t take your eyes ♪ 2503 01:49:03.371 --> 01:49:07.583 ♪ Off the road ♪ 2504 01:49:07.667 --> 01:49:11.337 ♪ Can you hear the bells ring out? ♪ 2505 01:49:12.380 --> 01:49:18.552 ♪ Speak now, speak now ♪ 2506 01:49:20.054 --> 01:49:24.308 ♪ Can you hear the angels sing loud? ♪ 2507 01:49:24.392 --> 01:49:30.564 ♪ Speak now, speak now ♪ 2508 01:49:34.902 --> 01:49:37.488 ♪ Listen, listen ♪ 2509 01:49:37.571 --> 01:49:41.075 ♪ To the message of hope in the whispers of ghosts ♪ 2510 01:49:41.158 --> 01:49:45.037 ♪ Listen, listen ♪ 2511 01:49:46.872 --> 01:49:49.583 ♪ Listen ♪ 2512 01:49:49.667 --> 01:49:53.879 ♪ For the children who’ll grow and the seeds that we sow ♪ 2513 01:49:53.963 --> 01:49:58.384 ♪ They listen, they listen ♪ 2514 01:49:58.467 --> 01:50:03.347 ♪ Oh, listen ♪ 2515 01:50:03.431 --> 01:50:05.558 ♪ Brothers and sisters ♪ 2516 01:50:05.641 --> 01:50:09.937 ♪ Listen, listen ♪ 2517 01:50:10.021 --> 01:50:15.443 ♪ I swear we’ll never find a way to where we’re going ♪ 2518 01:50:15.526 --> 01:50:17.278 ♪ All alone ♪ 2519 01:50:17.361 --> 01:50:20.239 ♪ Don’t take your eyes ♪ 2520 01:50:20.323 --> 01:50:24.702 ♪ Off the road ♪ 2521 01:50:24.785 --> 01:50:28.497 ♪ Can you hear the bells ring out? ♪ 2522 01:50:29.373 --> 01:50:35.671 ♪ Speak now, speak now ♪ 2523 01:50:37.048 --> 01:50:41.344 ♪ Can you hear the angels cry out? ♪ 2524 01:50:41.427 --> 01:50:47.641 ♪ Speak now, speak now ♪ 2525 01:50:47.725 --> 01:50:50.436 ♪ Don’t you hold your tongue ♪ 2526 01:50:50.519 --> 01:50:53.272 -♪ Speak now ♪ -♪ Speak now ♪ 2527 01:50:53.356 --> 01:50:57.193 -♪ Speak now, speak now ♪ -♪ Speak now ♪ 2528 01:50:57.276 --> 01:50:58.694 ♪ Speak now ♪ 2529 01:50:58.778 --> 01:51:02.782 ♪ Oh... ♪ 2530 01:51:02.865 --> 01:51:05.451 -♪ Can you hear the angels? ♪ -♪ Speak now ♪ 2531 01:51:05.534 --> 01:51:08.954 -♪ Speak now ♪ -♪ Speak now ♪ 2532 01:51:09.038 --> 01:51:15.336 ♪ Speak now. ♪ 2533 01:51:15.419 --> 01:51:17.588 ♪ ♪ 2534 01:51:47.451 --> 01:51:49.620 ♪ ♪ 2535 01:52:17.690 --> 01:52:19.859 ♪ ♪ 2536 01:52:27.241 --> 01:52:29.410 ♪ ♪ 2537 01:52:59.273 --> 01:53:01.442 ♪ ♪ 2538 01:53:24.215 --> 01:53:26.383 ♪ ♪ 2539 01:53:28.636 --> 01:53:32.139 ♪ Whew! It’s hot as shit out here ♪ 2540 01:53:33.015 --> 01:53:34.517 ♪ Where’s my drink? ♪ 2541 01:53:34.600 --> 01:53:36.143 ♪ Mm ♪ 2542 01:53:36.227 --> 01:53:39.480 ♪ With the dirt-brown ground, leaving from L.A. ♪ 2543 01:53:39.563 --> 01:53:43.025 ♪ Heading down to the South where the gators like to play ♪ 2544 01:53:43.108 --> 01:53:45.945 ♪ Engine roaring nice from that old red clay ♪ 2545 01:53:46.028 --> 01:53:50.115 ♪ On my soapbox spittin’, listen what I gotta say ♪ 2546 01:53:50.199 --> 01:53:52.910 ♪ Howl for me, daddy ♪ 2547 01:53:52.993 --> 01:53:55.371 ♪ Sure sound sweet ♪ 2548 01:53:56.830 --> 01:53:59.375 ♪ Say something, baby ♪ 2549 01:53:59.458 --> 01:54:01.877 ♪ Say something deep ♪ 2550 01:54:01.961 --> 01:54:03.420 ♪ Deep, huh. ♪ 2551 01:54:03.504 --> 01:54:05.673 ♪ ♪ 2552 01:54:13.180 --> 01:54:14.640 (music ends)