Nalu ulingo onokuluzama apha eNew York. Yiya ku-Andrew McCarthy esitratweni-umbambe emnyango wecala le-Side Man, umdlalo we-Broadway awungenileyo kwinyanga ephelileyo, okanye ade amfumane ehlafuna isteki se-Frankie & Johnny's, okanye mhlawumbi angqubeke kuye kufutshane nendlu yedolophu iBedford Street yena uthenge iminyaka eli-11 eyadlulayo. Emva koko, ukuba uyakuvumela, mbambe ngesandla kakhulu. Mxelele ukuba ujongeka emhle, uyayithanda ifloppy-on-top, i-short-on-the-hair iinwele azinxibileyo ngoku, nokuba u-Pretty kwi-Pink kunye ne-St Elmo's Fire kunye ne-Less Than Zero bebethetha into kuwe xa ,, yithi, 14 kunye ne-plug-ugly kunye ne-zits.
Mxelele ukuba kwakudala kudala xa wayesemncinci, kwaye wawusemncinci, wawuyithanda indlela awayejija ngayo ubuso bakhe ngendlela eyothusayo kunye nendlela awayehlala ebalekisa ngayo iminwe yakhe ezinweleni zakhe. Kubonakala ngathi kungumfuziselo wolwazelelo oluthile, ukungavisisani, isikhalazo sokungathembeki kukaRonald Reagan kwaye, ngenxa yoko, uEmilio Estevez. Mxelele ukuba uzichonge kunye naye.
Emva koko idada.
Ubonakala ngathi ufuna into eqinisekisa into kwinto yakho ngenxa yokuba unamava ngayo, uMnu.McCarthy uphendule wathi uMbonisi wathi ezinye zezinto kuye ngesidlo sasemini ngo-Agasti 15 eJoe Allen, kwindawo yokutyela yeRow Row Hlala nabantu. Wayenxibe indibaniselwano enomdla ye-grey twill dungarees (akukho bhanti) kunye nehempe yelinen enemibala. Azisekho izidlele ezigcweleyo; ulibhityile ngoku.
Ilizwi lakhe laphakanyiswa kukukhathazeka, kwaye wakhomba umnwe wakhe ngapha kwetafile. Ngeli xesha, wayefaka iibhali zesaladi emlonyeni wakhe ngakumbi njengepanda yeferal kune-preppy eyakhiwe kakuhle ayidlalileyo kwiminyaka ye-80.
Uhlafune waqhubekeka. Wayethetha ngePhekhi yeBrat, iqela labadlali abancinci awayeqaqanjiswe nabo kwi-80's. Ke ufuna ukuba yinto ethile. Kwaye yayingeyonto! Kwakungekho! Nonke ninamava enifuna ukuba yinxalenye ye-olu hlobo lweqela, ngempumelelo, kwaye bekungekho. Ayisiyiyo le nto yayinamava am. Kodwa abantu abayikholelwa loo nto. Bava nje ukudana xa enyanisweni le ndiyitshoyo yinto oyibekayo kuthi. Lowo ngumlingo weemovie. Ubeke loo nto kuthi. Kwakungenanto yakwenza nam!
Umnumzana McCarthy ubonakala ngathi ukhupha imvakalelo eqhelekileyo. Ewe, yayiyingqumbo efanayo eyavuka eBlan, i-richie eyimeko engaboniyo e-Pretty e-Pink, ngexesha lokugqibela le-prom apho aphelise khona umngeni u-richie omubi uJames Spader ngokungamhloniphi uMolly Ringwald. Umqwalaseli ukhethe ukungamkhombisi.
Ngaba uhlobo lobomi bakhe lwalunjengokulandela umkhondo we-maudlin elingana nokufumana ubomi kubalandeli beStar Trek?
Uhlobo, kodwa i-Star Trek inemiyalezo enzulu eqhubekayo, utshilo. I-Star Trek yahlukile.
Kudala-dala, abantu babephupha ngokuxhoma kunye noJudd Nelson, bethenga eAca Joe kunye noRob Lowe, bedlulisa amanqaku kuAlly Sheedy. Kodwa xa u-Andrew McCarthy wayishiya iYunivesithi yaseNew York eyokuthatha inxaxheba kwifilimu yeClass ka-1983- eyayibandakanya ukuthandana kwiscreen noJacqueline Bisset-akukho nto yatshintsha ebomini bakhe, ngaphandle kokuba, uthi, amantshontsho afuna ukundibhanxa ngekhe ngaphambili.
Kule mihla, ndineminyaka engama-37, ndinamafilimu angama-33 ukusukela kwiPinki ePinki, inzalelwane yaseNew Jersey ithetha ngesiphumo sokubekwa amabala kwezi bhanyabhanya- ezinye zazo kuthiwa zimfumene esondele kwisigidi seerandi. Wenza i-Pretty kwi-Pink isandi njenge-herpes yesini. (Kuya kufuneka ndisebenze nzima kancinci ngenxa yebala.… Awuzange uyiphalaze.) Okona kubi kakhulu, ubanga ukuba akazange abekhona nakwiBrat Pack. Ubanga ukuba akazange adibane neBrat Pack's geek mascot, Anthony Michael Hall!
[IPakethe yeBrat] ibingekho. It… did… not… exist! uthe. Ngeli xesha, i-salmon steak yakhe yayifikile, kwaye wayethethela phezulu kwakhona. Khange sihlanganye- ewe, basenokuba babedibene. Andizazi iinombolo zabo zefowuni! Andizange ndithethe nomnye kubo ukusukela oko sasonga [Umlilo waseSt. Elmo]! Konke nje kuyintatheli eyonqenayo ukuyiqokelela yonke.
Intatheli ebhekisa kuye nguDavid Blum, obhale ngoJuni ka-1985 iphephancwadi laseNew York eligubungela ibali laseBrat Pack eBolk – eliqulunqe eli gama. Umnumzana Blum, ngoku obhalela umabonakude kunye neemagazini, uthe ngokungazibandakanyi kwiBrat Pack, uMnu.McCarthy uyinto yombhali-mbali ohlaziyiweyo. Zenzela ezakho izigqibo, utshilo. Nawuphi na umntu owayeqhagamshelwe kude nomlilo eSt. Elmo kufuneka ayiphathe loo nto ubomi babo bonke.
Emuva ngo-1985, uMnu Blum wabelwa ibali malunga nendlela umdlali weqonga, umbhali kunye nomlawuli uEmilio Estevez azama ngayo ukuzijika impendulo engama-80 ku-Orson Welles. Kungekudala ngaphambi kokukhululwa komlilo waseSt. Elmo, uMnu Blum waphuma eLos Angeles kunye noMnu Estevez kunye nabahlobo bakhe, phakathi kwabo uJudd Nelson noRob Lowe. Emva koko watshintsha ukugqaliselwa kwinqaku ukuba libandakanye zonke iingonyama ezincinci eziseHollywood, ngaphandle kukaMnumzana McCarthy, owayethathwe njengoyedwa kwiseti kwaye owayengekho ngobo busuku.
Iphephancwadi laseNew York labetha iindawo zokuma kwaye kwangoko lenza isikhuthazo eHollywood. Iinkwenkwezi zazinomsindo, kwaye ababhengezi babo bonke bafika emnxebeni bahlafuna ngelo- umhleli waseNew York uEd Kosner. Ndihlala ndicinga [Mnu. Umsindo kaMcCarthy] wayenento yokwenza nesithombe sokuqala sekhava, watsho uMnu Blum. Sisebenzise ukubhengezwa okuvela eSt. Elmo's Fire…. UAndrew McCarthy naye wayekuloo mfanekiso, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ndingakhange ndithethe naye okanye ndijongane naye kakhulu ebalini, simkhuphele ngaphandle.
Yonke le minyaka kamva, uMnu.McCarthy usalikhumbula ibali laseNew York. Ngapha koko, usebenzisa le foto njengobungqina bokuba akazange abe lilungu leBrat Pack. Yayiyingqiniba yam leyo! watsho ngecandelo kuphela lobomi bakhe elenza isiciko. Kodwa yayiyinto ebhaliweyo ngaphakathi kwinqaku elona lihlaba kakhulu. Ngelixa uMnu Estevez abizwa ngokuba ngumongameli ongekho semthethweni, uTom Cruise oshushu kubo bonke, kunye no-Sean Penn indlalifa yobukhosi obubambeleyo buka-Robert De Niro, Mnu. McCarthy ufumene oku kukhankanywa kudlulayo, kwaye okubi kakhulu, yayiyijab evela komnye wakhe Owakhe: [O] f Andrew McCarthy, omnye wabadlali abaseNew York eSt.Elmo's, inkwenkwezi-nye ithi, 'Udlala zonke iindima zakhe ngamandla afanayo. Andiqondi ukuba uza kuyenza. '
Okomzuzwana, amehlo aluhlaza ebhodini kaMnumzana McCarthy angcatshe ukonzakala okungaphezulu kunomsindo. Nanini na xa unenkunkuma yangoku ngendlela engathandekiyo, oko kuhlala kuthetha ukuba banomona, utshilo.
Njengomdlalo bhanyabhanya kaMat Dillon, owawukho ngelo xesha, ngoku kungoku. Abambalwa kwabo bakhankanyiweyo kwibali le-Brat Pack – ngokuqaphelekayo, uMnu Cruise, Mr. Penn, Matthew Broderick no Nicolas Cage – ngandlela thile bavela kumbutho we Brat Pack ongafunyanwanga sisiqalekiso. Abanye abanxulunyaniswa neefilimu zomculo wolutsha, njengoDemi Moore noRobert Downey Jr. (nangona kunjalo), bakwazile ukufumana ubomi obuhle kude kudala ngo-1985.
Kwaye inyani iyaxelwa, kwanjalo noMnumzana McCarthy. Kwakukho izinja ezifana ne-Dream Man ka-1995; abantu abalibalekileyo njengendluzele yango-1997, malunga neqela labafana ababulala ngengozi iqela elibalekayo. Kwakukho ezimbalwa ezintle, nazo, njengo-1994 kaNkosk. Parker kunye neVicious Circle. Okulungileyo nokuba kubi, wayesoloko esebenza. Ndinomsebenzi omangalisayo, utshilo, ehleli ngaphezulu kwesaladi yakhe. Ndikumdlalo obanzi, umdlalo ophumelele uTony. Uyazi, ayihambi kakubi.
Wachukunyiswa ukuba adlale uClifford kumdlalo ophumelele iTony Award eWarren Leight, Indoda esecaleni, eyadlalwa ngaphambili liqela likaScott Wolfe noChristian Slater abahlanu (abafana ababini ngokuqinisekileyo ababengamalungu eBrat Pack ukuba bebeqale kwangoko ngaphambili), emva kokudlala uhambo olude loSuku ukuya Ebusuku kunye noHorton Foote Ukufa kukaPapa eHartford Stage kwisizini ephelileyo. Okumangalisayo kukuba, uMnu.McCarthy, obonakala ngathi ubalekela kude nantoni na enuka i-juvenilia, ubuyela ekudlaleni umntwana oneminyaka eli-9 ixesha lakhe elininzi eqongeni kumdlalo wokukhumbula. Udlala uClifford ngokudibanisa ubungozi kunye nokukrakra.
Kwaye abantu basamazi, ewe. Kuyabonakala ukuba, ukufihla-umzimba ka-1989 ngeempelaveki evekini eBernie kwenziwa isifotho. Uthe inani eligqithisileyo labaqhubi beelori bakhupha iintloko zabo ngefestile kwaye bayangxola, Hee, uphi uBernie?
Abanye abanabubele kangako. Umnumzana McCarthy ngamanye amaxesha ukhe ajongane nabagxeki. Baya kuthi, 'Kutheni wenze le movie? Ndimunce! ' Utsho enikina intloko nge memory. Kutheni ke ngoku usiza kwaye undikhathaza? Hamba uye kude!
Isityebi Siya Kuxhamla Ilifa Lokubulala
Enkosi kwiinzame zoluntu oluthile oludityaniswe nge-velvet Red Cross kunogumbe, iMortimer, indawo eyinkcenkceshela uluntu etshisiwe kunyaka ophelileyo ngokusweleka kukaninimzi uGlenn Bernbaum, iyakuphinda izalwe, ivuselelwe kwaye iphuculwe, ngoSuku lwaBasebenzi okanye kakhulu kungekudala emva koko.
Njengoko igqwetha likaRichard Golub lichazile kutsha nje, wagcinwa, ngokuhambelana nentando kaBernbaum, ukuvala ezantsi zikaMortimer. Kodwa kule ntwasahlobo, ukusweleka kukaMortimer kunye nokunqongophala kweendawo zokutyela ezamkelekileyo kwi-ZIP code ye-10021 bekuthelekiswa nenyanga yangeCawa entlango yaseGobi, ukucaphula umhleli weNdlu kunye neGadi enkulu eCarolina Irving. Ukuyivusa, abatyali zimali abafileyo bafunyanwa kwisangqa sangaphakathi sendawo yokutyela: uNan Kempner, uMario Buatta, u-Anne Eisenhower, uGale Hayman, oxhasa ngezimali uJames Arcara kunye nabanye abali-15 benza ezinye izithembiso.
Abakhange baphakamise ngokwaneleyo ukukhupha uJean de Noyer, umnini weLa Goulue, kwisakhiwo sikaMortimer kwi-1057 Lexington Avenue, kodwa kwanele ukuthatha indawo yokuqeshisa i-Kiosk, indawo yokutyela ephethwe nguNell Campbell no-Eamon Roche ababini iibhloko ezantsi, indawo iBernbaum ibiya kuthathela ingqalelo edolophini. Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kwendawo yokutyela kwahlelwa nguRobert Caravaggi, ixesha elide maître d ’waseMortimer, uStephen Attoe, umpheki wendawo yokutyela phantse iminyaka engama-20, kunye noPeter Geraghty, umncedisi kaBernbaum ophethe iimali zayo kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo. Umnumzana Caravaggi uthe baphakamise malunga ne-500, 000 yeedola ukuya kwindawo entsha, hayi ithamsanqa elikhulu lokudada indawo yokutyela kulo mmandla, kodwa ukuqala kunjalo.
Ndicinga ukuba ndiyasiqonda isizathu sokuba angashiyanga malungiselelo okugcina ukuhamba kukaMortimer, utshilo uMnu Attoe womphathi wakhe wangaphambili. UGlenn wayengenakukwazi ukujongana neemvakalelo zakhe, ngenxa yoko wakwenza ukufa kwakhe kwangumntu kangangoko wayenako.
Ngokunokwenzeka, uBernbaum akazange afune mntu ukhomba izono zikayise akuba emkile. Ngaphakathi kwigumbi lakhe elitsha lokutyela elimile okwe-E ngo-Epreli 19, uMnu Caravaggi watyhila into eya kwahluka malunga ne-Mortimer entsha. Akukho namnye kwaba bantu bajonge ngendlela uGlenn awenze ngayo. Oko kwamsebenzela, okwethutyana. Sasisebenza kuye kuphela; ibingengomgaqo wethu, watsho, elungisa umqala.
Ewe kunjalo, njengazo zonke ii-divas ezinkulu, ii-Mortimer's ziyaxhamla kuqhaqho lwe-ace kunye nokubekwa kwakhona. Umzekelo, ayisabizwa ngokuba yiMortimer's. Igama elitsha kunye nophawu lwentengiso nguSwifty, wepug kaBernbaum, owandulela umniniyo. Abahlobisi u-Anne Eisenhower kunye noMario Buatta baqhuba okokugqibela kwiinkqubo ezininzi zobumnene (iindonga zeapilkosi). Kwaye uMnu Buatta ubeka izinto zokugqibela kwilogo.
Sithatha okona kulungileyo kukaMortimer… ukutya, ubumnandi, umxube wentlalontle kunye nokuphucula okona kubi. Sisebatsha ngakumbi, utshilo uMnu Caravaggi. Sifuna ukuba le ibe yindawo yokutyela ebandakanyayo kwaye asifuni kukhetha mntu.
Indawo yokutyela iyakwamkela ukubhukisha; I-Mortimer ayenzanga amaqela angaphantsi kwesithandathu ngaphandle kokuba ungumhlobo kaBernbaum. Wayehlala wena kuphela ukuba, kwaye nini, xa efuna njalo. Ukuhlekisa ekuqaleni, ngelixa ibango leetafile lihlala, loo mgaqo-nkqubo ubuya umva xa abantu beyeka ukuzama. Rhoqo kule minyaka idlulileyo, umntu wayejonga ebusuku abone, athi, Brooke Astor kwiTheyibhile 1A efestileni, iitafile ezimbalwa ngasemva kwakhe zizaliswe ziintlobo ze-genteel, kwaye indawo yokutyela kungenanto ayinakhandlela.
Umnumzana Attoe uchaze imenyu entsha njengezincinci, ezixineneyo… enikezela iingcali ezininzi ngexesha lonyaka. IiRisottos, iipasta, umdlalo… Kodwa siya kuba nezinto esizithandayo zikaMortimer. Iisaladi ezinqunqiweyo, isaladi yenkukhu, ii-twinburger, ii-crabcake kunye ne-soufflés zoku-odola. Kuya kubakho isidlo sasemini kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki. Ukutya kuyafumaneka.
Ukukuxelela inyani, utshilo uNan Kempner, andiyithandi indlela uGlenn abashiye ngayo abasebenzi bakhe. La makhwenkwe ayoyikeka. Baye bamsebenzela phantse kwasekuqaleni. Ndonwabile ukutyala imali. Kuya kuba mnandi kwaye kumnandi kwaye kusondele kwaye kuzaliswe iipalali ngokutya okufanayo. Ewe…
Inxalenye yomtsalane we-Mortimer's yayingamaxabiso (aphantsi) amaxabiso asezantsi. Izityebi ziyakuthanda ukuvumelana ngokutya, kodwa azikhathali nokuba zingakanani iindleko ziselo, utshilo uBernbaum. Amaxabiso ethu aya kuhambelana neMortimer's- moderation to medium, utshilo uMnu Caravaggi. Uluhlu lwethu lwewayini luya kuba lubalaseleyo kwaye lube nexabiso elifanelekileyo.
UMnu Caravaggi ufuna ukucoca iitafile ezikufutshane nebha emva kwentsimbi ye-10: 30 P.M. busuku ngabunye, ukutsala abantu bathathe isidlo sasebusuku okanye isidlo sangokuhlwa. Kukho iingcango zaseFrance kwiLexington Avenue yokuvula ehlotyeni. Itheko lokwazisa iSwifty's liya kubanjwa malunga nenyanga emva kokuba sivule, emva kokuba sisebenze iikhinki, utshilo uMnu Caravaggi.
Enye into: Indawo yokutyela incinci. Ukuba igumbi elingemva lihle ngakumbi kunegumbi langaphambili, kwaye ikhitshi lingaphantsi, iphi eyona tafile intle kwaSwifty?
Nokuba uphi na, ucoca uMnumzana Caravaggi.
-William Norwich
NeTransom Ikuva
… Indlela ende enzima yobuso bukaKeith Richards yaphela ngoncumo olubi. Kokokuqala ukuba sidibane kwaye ngokusisiseko siyavumelana ngayo yonke into, utshilo uQengqa ilitye ngelixa ebamba imagi yakhe kumfazi ohleli ecaleni kwakhe. Umnumzana Richards wayebhekisa kumlingisi uLauren Bacall, umlingane wakhe etafileni kwitheko le-post-premiere ye-movie entsha ka-Albert Brooks, iMuse. Ukubhangiswa kweBacall-Richards yayiyinto ethetha ngokuhlwa, kodwa eneneni kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo kwisihlwele se-eclectic esihlangene kwigumbi eliphezulu labucala laseLe Cirque 2000.
Njengo Mnu. Richards kunye noNks Bacall, wonke umntu wayebonakala ekwimo yokuhlalisana engqondweni. Umkomishinala wamapolisa uWoward Safir wayehlala esihla esihlalweni sakhe esiya kucofa inyama kunye nesihlwele, ngakumbi uHarvey Keitel kunye noMnu. Richards. Ngeli xesha, uMnu Keitel, owayekade exhalabile malunga nokuba ngubani owayesetafileni yakhe, wayebonakala eyibetha kunye no-Andie MacDowell, owayesakuba ngumlingisi kwi-Muse. Kwelo gumbi kwakukho umlawuli wolonwabo uT Todd Solondz, Howard Stern sidekick Robin Quivers, Heather Locklear, Richie Sambora kunye Sopranos inkwenkwezi kunye nelungu le-E Street Band uSteven Van Zandt.
Nkqu noMnumzana Brooks wayebonakala ezimisele ukubona wonke umntu onwabile. Emva kokubuza umbuzo wakhe wokuqala kunye neTransom, Mnu. Brooks uqukumbele ngelithi, Azizicatshulwa zikhulu, kodwa ndifikile apha. Kuthe ngokuhlwa, waphinda wayinika enye into. Xa ebuzwa malunga nokubonakala komlawuli uMartin Scorsese noJames Cameron kwifilimu yakhe (umntu oneCaffeine eninzi, uMnu. Scorsese uxelele isimilo sikaMnumzana Brooks ukuba ufuna ukuphinda enze iBull Bull kunye nomfo onqabileyo, otyebileyo kodwa onomsindo), Mnu. U-Brooks uphendule wathi: Indothusile noko kuba iScorsese ayithandi ukubhabha… Wayendibuza yonke le mibuzo ingeyiyo imovie, ewe, kunomoya kangakanani phaya [eLos Angeles]? Wayendibuza imibuzo yomoya. Ngaba i-LAX ikhuselekile? Ilizwi likaMnumzana Brooks lathatha ithoni ediniweyo, kodwa eqinisekisayo. Ewe, uMarty, Ewe.
Kwaye [uJames] Cameron wanditsalela umnxeba kwakhona. Bendingamazi. U-Transom wahleka, ecinga ukuba uMnu Brooks wayehlekisa, kodwa wakhawuleza wayilungisa impazamo yakhe yesini. Yena, watsho. Kuyabonakala ukuba, uMnu. Brooks wayephazamisekile. Ndabona nje uRobin Quivers. Kufuneka ndimbulise, watsho ehamba.
Ngokumalunga noMnu. Richards, ukuba kwisivumelwano esipheleleyo kunye noNks Bacall kunokuba yinto entle yokuzikhusela. Xa iTransom yavuma ukuba besingazi ukuba ivula uNoël Coward's Ukulinda kwiiWings ngoDisemba, UNksk. Bacall uphendule wathi, Ndiyabona ukuba ulungile, kwaye kwangoko wasinika umbono ocacileyo wokuba yaphela incoko.
UFrank DiGiacomo usekhefini.
