Kings Point
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During the 1970s and 80s, thousands of New York’s primarily Jewish senior citizens migrated to Kings Point, a retirement community in Florida. Lured by blue skies, sunshine and the promise of richer social lives, they bought paradise for a mere $1,500 down payment. 2013 Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject), KINGS POINT tracks the stories of five residents of this typical retirement complex who arrived decades ago with their health intact and spouses by their sides. Now that they and their community, comprised primarily of widowed women, face advanced age and mortality, paradise demands a higher price. Through candid interviews the film exposes the dynamic interplay of their desire for independence, need for community, and ambivalence toward growing old. Filmmaker and Emmy® nominee Sari Gilman deftly balances seriousness with humor, providing a bittersweet look at love, loss and self-preservation as well as a deeply empathetic portrait of aging in America and the American Dream’s last act.
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Main credits
Gilman, Sari (film director)
Gilman, Sari (film producer)
Wider, Jedd (film producer)
Wider, Todd M. (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Daniel B. Gold, Gabriel Miller, Toby Oppenheimer; editor, Jeffrey Friedman; original music, Miriam Cutler.
Distributor subjects
Documentary Films; Jewish Studies; SociologyKeywords
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(soft melancholy tune)
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- [Narrator] In 1972, in New York City,
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you couldn\'t go out in the street at night,
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and there was a lot of robbery going on.
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Things were so bad in New York,
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that people ran away from all different areas,
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where they were in danger,
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and life wasn\'t so beautiful,
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and the winters were cold,
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and the traveling was miserable,
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and they were ready to retire.
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They ran away.
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They ran to Florida,
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and this place was a boon.
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Anybody that had a job that made a living
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could move to Kings Point.
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It was safe, and such a beautiful home.
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If you want to live upstairs,
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it was a thousand dollars more.
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They claimed that the insects don\'t go to the second floor.
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Upstairs, downstairs,
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what the heck\'s the difference?
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There were people lined up with checks in their hand.
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Take my money, take my money,
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and it\'s so beautiful with bamboo,
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and various colors: green, blue, yellow, orange.
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We\'d never seen these colors in New York.
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My goodness.
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Here you only have to put down $1500,
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and you could be a condominium owner down here in Florida.
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(splashing)
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(birds singing)
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(sprinklers spraying)
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(laughing and quiet chatter)
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- Could you fall in love again?
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No, you can\'t --
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- Well, I don\'t think so.
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My God.
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- You\'re older.
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The feelings are different.
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At 40 or 50, I could see it.
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I could understand it more,
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but at 70?
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No, definitely not.
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I don\'t think any of the feelings are there.
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- Some ladies, they gotta have a male companion
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wherever they go.
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- One croaks, they got another one waiting for them.
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- [Mollie] Oh god.
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- [Woman] The men, the men.
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- No, the women.
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There\'s women like that.
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Oh yeah.
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- [Mollie] Bernice, you know, there are more women
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than are men that are like that.
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- They go through them like hotcakes.
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Then this one dies,
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they can\'t be alone a minute without a guy,
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gotta have a guy next to me,
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\'cause they\'re desperate.
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They gotta have somebody.
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(laughing)
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They gotta have, so.
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If you get you one of these old guys,
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they don\'t take care of you.
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They can\'t.
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They need somebody to take care of them.
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And then you hear them sitting there,
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(raspily clearing throat)
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making noises.
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(gagging)
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I said, \"Ugh.\"
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(laughing)
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And then it\'s nauseating
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when an old crock of shit touches me.
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I\'m not into that for them.
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I don\'t need them.
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Them or their sex or their money, or what have you.
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I\'m taking care of myself very nicely.
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(soft melody)
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- Classic.
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This is classic balsamic vinegar.
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- I don\'t know.
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Taste it.
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Tell me if it\'s any different.
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- Wait, I gotta close the cap,
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because you never close the cap.
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- I just opened it for you.
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- Oh, is that what you got it for, was the cap?
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- That\'s right.
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- Bea got me locked up.
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In a way, she\'s got me locked up,
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and I have not met anybody
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that I really could connect to,
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that I would really wanna go out with,
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so you know,
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I just leave it as it is.
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- When I first met Frank,
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I thought, he\'s a nice guy.
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That\'s about it.
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I mean, I didn\'t have any romantic thoughts about him.
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He\'s basically good, I think,
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until he would cross me.
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He better run for his life.
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- You know, people see you together a lot.
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- Frank, I would say the same thing.
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- And people do assume.
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- And people say, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I tell \'em, we\'re just friends,
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and they say, oh, yeah.
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- They assume whatever they wanna assume.
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- That\'s how people are.
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- What?
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- Friends.
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- What\'s that?
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What\'s wrong with being friends?
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- I didn\'t say anything.
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Love comes in different forms, I guess.
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Not only going to bed with each other.
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- Right.
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- Concern could be,
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deeply concerned about someone,
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could that be love?
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I don\'t know.
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- [Frank] You know what love is.
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- [Bea] I do?
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- Yes.
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- I don\'t know.
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If I have something to do on a Friday night,
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and going out on Saturday night\'s enough for me.
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- It\'s companionship.
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You know, you got somebody to do something with,
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and it\'s nice.
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- Finish your food.
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- Okay, I will.
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- Kings Point is a place to be where you\'re not alone.
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You\'re alone, but you\'re not alone.
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There are people around,
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and there\'s always something to do.,
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and I would always,
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well, she\'s got a lot to do,
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things to keep her busy.
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Else, she\'ll die.
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(\"New York, New York\" playing)
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I\'m sorry.
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New York, New York.
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♪ I want to wake up ♪
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♪ In the city that doesn\'t sleep ♪
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♪ To find I\'m king of the hill ♪
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♪ At the top of the heap ♪
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- [Woman] You heading up?
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- Not yet.
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Bea\'s gonna get mad at me.
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- I know.
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I know.
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- But what?
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- I know it can\'t be helped.
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- Well, you know.
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She\'s gonna say, you know,
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why did you do that?
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She gets ballistic.
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- Well, she\'s afraid she\'s gonna lose you.
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- She never had me.
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- Yeah, well.
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Well, you know.
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- You know, I mean, Jane\'s a friend.
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I\'m not looking to date Jane.
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You know, I mean,
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I know Jane, how she is.
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She\'s emotional.
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Right, Jane?
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She\'s a lovely person,
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and I don\'t want to play with her.
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You know?
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And that she wants somebody, right?
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- Right.
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- And I\'m not the person for her.
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- I could love this guy.
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- I know.
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But she\'s a lovable person.
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I could love her, too,
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but it\'s not what I want.
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You know?
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I\'m looking for long range, you know?
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You know what I\'m thinking about?
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(Jane mumbling)
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We gotta get out of here.
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(smooching)
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- My friend Frank,
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and that\'s his girlfriend over there.
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And you\'re gonna get hell.
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(laughing)
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- So I know him.
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He cooks for him.
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- You\'re kidding.
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- Yeah.
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- That\'s all she does?
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- That\'s all she does.
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- I don\'t believe it.
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She must do more.
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- No, no.
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He says, no, no.
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She cooks.
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- Okay, let\'s go.
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I\'m ready to go.
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- I guess some people get their pleasure
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from watching someone eat.
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(laughing)
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- [Woman] Everybody needs one friend.
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- [Woman] Oh, we need more than --
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- No, just one that you could really talk to,
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and very close with.
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The others are very good acquaintances.
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- [Woman] Where do you find them, though?
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- You don\'t.
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- [Woman] You don\'t?
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Okay.
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- When you were younger,
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you have made friends friends.
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When you came to Florida,
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or wherever you went,
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and you moved someplace else,
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you made acquaintances, and good acquaintances,
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not friends friends.
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They\'re just not here anymore.
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At this stage,
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you\'re not making friends.
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- Nobody gets too close here.
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They\'re afraid.
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That\'s how they are here.
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Everybody\'s for themselves,
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what they can get out of you,
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I think I told them that,
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what they can, anything out of you.
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They use, everybody\'s a user here.
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So you get to become one yourself.
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- [Woman] Do you remember what made you
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want to move down 20 years ago?
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- [Woman] Yes.
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My husband had a heart attack,
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and he was told,
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you cannot take the winters in New York.
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If you really wanna have a good quality of life,
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get out of New York.
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Go to California,
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go to Arizona, go to Florida.
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I don\'t know how content any of us are.
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I think we have all made our understanding,
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we have all made our peace,
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and we know what it is.
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You try to fill your days,
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as best as you can.
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You go to the malls.
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You go to the Boynton Mall,
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Tuesday, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
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You go to Town Center on Fridays.
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Sundays, they have movies at the clubhouse.
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And then sometimes, you stay home,
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and other times, you play mahjong.
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In other words, you make the very best of living in Florida.
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- [Woman] I moved here 13 years ago,
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because I was afraid to live in the area.
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The neighborhood changed.
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So I migrated here to Florida,
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and I love the weather.
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I\'m happy here.
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I like it,
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and I got to the point
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where you don\'t miss the family so much.
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You know, you don\'t miss them.
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- [Woman] Would you ever consider moving in with your kids?
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- Never.
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- [Woman] Why not?
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- I like to visit them.
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No, I have this health insurance,
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you know, in case, they all have it,
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the home care,
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that\'s if you get sick,
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and you come home, and you have a nurse.
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So I spoke to my daughter-in-law,
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the younger one.
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She\'s, what do you need it for?
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I says, \"Hey, by the way,
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\"if I get sick, God forbid,
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\"are you gonna be there to take care of me?\"
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She didn\'t answer,
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and she\'s very good.
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She\'s very sweet,
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she\'s very caring,
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and she didn\'t answer.
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(birds singing)
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- Knowing what I know today,
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I would never move away.
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In other words,
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I would never away from my children,
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because basically, everyone is very nice,
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everyone has friends here,
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but children are children,
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and as you grow older,
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you begin to realize it\'s grandchildren plus grandchildren,
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and you miss a lot of their,
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I miss a lot of their lives.
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That\'s my youngest grandson, Spencer.
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He\'s 13 years old, and David is 16.
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Now they come here,
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it\'s for five days, four days, a week,
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maybe 10 days.
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By the end of the time,
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they\'re pulling their hair out of their heads,
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because there really is nothing for them to do here.
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- [Woman] Five.
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- [Man] Right there.
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Okay, so you got five points.
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- Five points, instead of three.
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- Give him your cards.
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- Cy, how many cards?
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- [Cy] I have --
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- My husband passed on in 1983.
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Suddenly.
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He had the flu, and that was it.
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- [Woman] And how was life different for you after that?
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- It sucked.
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You gonna put that in, if you can?
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And the friends who you were friends with for 50 years?
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Forget it.
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- [Woman] Why?
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- Because they would go out,
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and I would be behind.
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- Oh my god.
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Look at this.
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- [Woman] It\'s only number one.
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- [Man] See how unlucky you are?
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- [Woman] Frank.
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- I don\'t know how to play this game.
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- Frank, I know how to play,
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but if you don\'t get the cards, forget it.
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- Hey, when we\'re playing,
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you\'re not my friend.
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- [Woman] Hey!
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Be nice.
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- You have five, six, seven, eight of clubs.
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- That\'s a flush.
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- [Man] Who had a flush?
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- Bea.
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You flush the toilet.
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You don\'t have a flush.
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- See how he talks to me?
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- [Man] And I\'m throwing out the two.
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- [Bea] Don\'t tell me.
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Whoo, hooray!
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- Hey, look at that.
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I won a quarter.
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(laughing)
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I\'ll be right back.
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All right?
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(players talking over each other)
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- Hi.
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- [Woman] Hi, Jane.
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- Hello.
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Here we go.
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It\'s been a year since Manny passed away,
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and I was thinking about him,
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so being home alone tonight,
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I just, my thoughts were,
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well, they weren\'t good.
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- How are you?
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- Now I\'m okay.
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(swing music)
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- Hello.
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- Let\'s do our dance, honey.
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- Yeah, right. - Okay.
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(jazz playing)
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- Uh oh.
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(soft Spanish music)
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I mean, we\'re playing cards,
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instead of in there dancing,
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and drinking, we\'re playing cards.
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- Thank you, thank you.
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- Frank, Frank.
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You want a nip?
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- [Frank] Nah.
00:17:08.501 --> 00:17:09.498
- You want a nip?
00:17:09.498 --> 00:17:10.330
- [Frank] I\'ve got (mumbling)
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- You don\'t want a lemon drop?
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(sot melancholy music)
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- When I look around, it\'s frightening.
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There are more singles living here
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than there were five years ago, 10 years ago,
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and it begins to,
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it\'s not that it\'s frightening,
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because this is just the way life goes,
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but you don\'t know what you want to do.
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Do you want to stay here?
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Do you want to go back to New York,
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to where your children are?
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And if you do that,
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it\'s not the best thing either.
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It\'s not.
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They have their own lives.
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You have your life.
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Your grandchildren have their lives.
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It\'s not a very good trade.
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Staying here is just about the only thing you can do,
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because you know people here,
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you have a life here.
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In New York, there\'s no such a life,
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and you don\'t have the time to make it a new life.
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- A lot of sick people, very sick indeed.
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Very sick.
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Both of them.
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Alzheimer\'s.
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- [Woman] We\'re going to the store.
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- Hi. - Hi.
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- Oh, that\'s nice.
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It\'s an outing.
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I once got sick.
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They wouldn\'t come near.
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They thought I was contagious.
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I don\'t know what I had,
00:19:02.496 --> 00:19:03.329
but they wouldn\'t come near,
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on the phone,
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so what are you doing?
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I said, \"I\'m sick.
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\"I can\'t go out.
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\"That\'s it.\"
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And only one, the sickest one in the whole neighborhood,
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now, she says, \"I\'m not afraid.
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\"I\'m dying anyway.\"
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She had hepatitis.
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She says, \"I\'ll do it.
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\"What do you want?
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\"I\'ll go get you anything you want.\"
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She came in, and everybody else wouldn\'t,
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but she came in.
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But not them.
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I\'m telling you.
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They\'ve all been sitting by the pool,
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they\'re chummy (mumbling).
00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:32.823
- Not everyone feels very good,
00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:36.960
and not everybody wants to hear
00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:38.420
what the next one has to say.
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In other words, I don\'t wanna know your complaints.
00:19:42.570 --> 00:19:43.440
I have my own,
00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.810
or you know,
00:19:44.810 --> 00:19:45.850
and nobody means it.
00:19:45.850 --> 00:19:47.870
They really don\'t mean it.
00:19:47.870 --> 00:19:49.423
I know I don\'t mean it.
00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:53.163
But it\'s just a form of,
00:19:54.330 --> 00:19:55.720
you just don\'t wanna hear something
00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:58.050
that is not very good anymore.
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Self preservation is number one.
00:20:01.260 --> 00:20:02.613
Always.
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No matter what it is,
00:20:03.446 --> 00:20:04.660
at what age, it doesn\'t matter
00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:09.367
self preservation is number one always.
00:20:09.367 --> 00:20:11.070
- That\'s the story here.
00:20:14.315 --> 00:20:15.675
Pretty over here, isn\'t it?
00:20:15.675 --> 00:20:16.508
Our view?
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The golf course.
00:20:22.971 --> 00:20:25.638
(keys jangling)
00:20:26.512 --> 00:20:29.762
(soft melancholy tune)
00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:38.350
(sirens blaring in distance)
00:21:16.970 --> 00:21:18.150
- [Woman] Is anyone from Kings Point
00:21:18.150 --> 00:21:20.206
gonna come visit you here?
00:21:20.206 --> 00:21:22.339
- Why should they?
00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:25.006
We\'re all in the same situation.
00:21:30.998 --> 00:21:31.831
Alone.
00:21:33.338 --> 00:21:35.720
Try to make new friends,
00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.917
which really, is very, very difficult.
00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:41.127
Everything will work out.
00:21:45.121 --> 00:21:48.038
(melancholy music)
00:21:58.481 --> 00:21:59.814
- That\'s lemons.
00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:06.200
Hello, Harry.
00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.793
Hi, how are you?
00:22:08.630 --> 00:22:09.900
Yeah, where\'s Gladys?
00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.470
Did she leave?
00:22:11.470 --> 00:22:13.450
Tell her to call me back.
00:22:13.450 --> 00:22:15.023
If she ain\'t doing anything.
00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.553
I\'m in the house.
00:22:17.553 --> 00:22:18.520
I have nothing to do.
00:22:19.410 --> 00:22:20.854
Yeah.
00:22:20.854 --> 00:22:21.690
Maybe she wants to come over.
00:22:21.690 --> 00:22:22.523
I don\'t know.
00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.470
Okay.
00:22:25.470 --> 00:22:26.812
Okay.
00:22:26.812 --> 00:22:27.645
So long.
00:22:33.913 --> 00:22:36.210
Defrost it, under the water.
00:22:50.455 --> 00:22:51.913
- Case of internal injuries?
00:22:55.020 --> 00:22:56.754
- What turns you on?
00:22:56.754 --> 00:22:58.993
- Still, newspaper is in the --
00:22:58.993 --> 00:23:02.055
(laughing)
00:23:02.055 --> 00:23:05.972
(TV playing in the background)
00:23:10.018 --> 00:23:12.268
(laughing)
00:23:19.757 --> 00:23:21.174
- She looks like.
00:23:24.498 --> 00:23:26.748
(laughing)
00:23:27.766 --> 00:23:30.727
(wind blowing)
00:23:30.727 --> 00:23:33.727
(raindrops falling)
00:23:48.550 --> 00:23:50.960
- I don\'t know whether I would fall in love again.
00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:55.960
I think I probably would try not to.
00:23:56.226 --> 00:23:57.059
- [Woman] Why?
00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.733
- Because I don\'t wanna get hurt.
00:24:03.050 --> 00:24:03.883
Right?
00:24:07.805 --> 00:24:08.638
- I need.
00:24:08.638 --> 00:24:09.471
I need affection.
00:24:09.471 --> 00:24:10.790
I need closeness.
00:24:10.790 --> 00:24:12.763
I need to be,
00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.343
I need real love.
00:24:17.540 --> 00:24:18.650
I don\'t get that from Bea,
00:24:18.650 --> 00:24:22.353
because you know, it\'s not gonna work with her.
00:24:22.353 --> 00:24:23.910
She\'s good.
00:24:23.910 --> 00:24:26.030
I love Bea.
00:24:26.030 --> 00:24:26.863
I love her.
00:24:27.790 --> 00:24:31.780
But I don\'t wanna get too close to her,
00:24:31.780 --> 00:24:34.090
because then, eventually,
00:24:34.090 --> 00:24:35.763
I\'m gonna separate,
00:24:36.780 --> 00:24:38.783
because if I ever meet somebody,
00:24:40.828 --> 00:24:42.628
I mean, I gotta think about my life.
00:24:44.330 --> 00:24:47.740
And my life is not gonna be a real life
00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:49.593
that I want with Bea.
00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.660
- Thank you for being the person
00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.330
that you are,
00:24:54.330 --> 00:24:56.360
and for being my friend.
00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:57.193
You have,
00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:01.573
you have brightened my life.
00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:09.763
Well, what do you think?
00:25:13.050 --> 00:25:14.883
- If Bea were 10 years younger,
00:25:16.530 --> 00:25:17.903
be my age,
00:25:20.410 --> 00:25:21.800
I would probably marry her.
00:25:21.800 --> 00:25:23.800
I would consider marrying her.
00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:25.650
- [Woman] So why is the age so --
00:25:25.650 --> 00:25:26.763
- I don\'t wanna,
00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:31.203
I put one wife,
00:25:33.508 --> 00:25:35.129
I buried one wife.
00:25:35.129 --> 00:25:37.306
I don\'t wanna bury another one.
00:25:37.306 --> 00:25:38.139
All right?
00:25:39.070 --> 00:25:39.903
That\'s it.
00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:45.183
I want somebody to bury me.
00:25:46.990 --> 00:25:49.082
(crickets chirping)
00:25:49.082 --> 00:25:51.999
(melancholy music)
00:25:55.310 --> 00:25:56.324
All right.
00:25:56.324 --> 00:25:57.157
Look at the nice hats.
00:25:57.157 --> 00:25:58.147
- [Bea] I\'m not wearing it.
00:25:58.147 --> 00:25:58.980
No way.
00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.001
- Come on.
00:26:00.001 --> 00:26:00.834
- No way here.
00:26:00.834 --> 00:26:01.921
- How are you?
00:26:01.921 --> 00:26:03.754
Happy New Year to you.
00:26:06.570 --> 00:26:07.403
- Yes.
00:26:08.561 --> 00:26:11.025
We came here at 7:00.
00:26:11.025 --> 00:26:12.077
- Well, there\'s New Year\'s Eve.
00:26:12.077 --> 00:26:13.420
- And New Year\'s Eve party.
00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:15.060
I haven\'t gone for so many years.
00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:18.147
Since we became widows we haven\'t been going.
00:26:19.681 --> 00:26:20.573
It just keeps us busy.
00:26:22.769 --> 00:26:25.352
(upbeat music)
00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.250
Ah, that is sad.
00:26:38.250 --> 00:26:39.846
There was a time when you couldn\'t even --
00:26:39.846 --> 00:26:40.800
- They\'re serving coffee.
00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:43.790
- You couldn\'t even get a table for New Year\'s Eve.
00:26:43.790 --> 00:26:44.933
Look at this.
00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.653
That\'s sad.
00:26:57.737 --> 00:26:58.737
- All right.
00:27:00.014 --> 00:27:02.764
(door squeaking)
00:27:04.398 --> 00:27:07.332
- [Announcer] Three, two, one.
00:27:07.332 --> 00:27:10.478
- (unison) Happy New Year!
00:27:10.478 --> 00:27:13.337
(\"Auld Lang Syne\" playing)
00:27:13.337 --> 00:27:16.974
♪ Should old acquaintance be forgot ♪
00:27:16.974 --> 00:27:21.614
♪ And never brought to mind ♪
00:27:21.614 --> 00:27:26.382
♪ Should old acquaintance be forgot ♪
00:27:26.382 --> 00:27:31.354
♪ In days of auld lang syne ♪
00:27:31.354 --> 00:27:36.057
♪ In days of auld lang syne, my dear ♪
00:27:36.057 --> 00:27:40.874
♪ In days of auld lang syne ♪
00:27:40.874 --> 00:27:45.678
♪ Should old acquaintance be forget ♪
00:27:45.678 --> 00:27:50.678
♪ In days of auld lang syne ♪
00:27:54.036 --> 00:27:59.036
♪ Should old acquaintance be forgot ♪
00:28:00.798 --> 00:28:05.798
♪ And never brought to mind ♪
00:28:07.575 --> 00:28:12.575
♪ Should old acquaintance be forgot ♪
00:28:15.095 --> 00:28:20.095
♪ In days of old lang syne ♪
00:28:22.617 --> 00:28:27.617
♪ In days of old lang syne, my friend, ♪
00:28:30.374 --> 00:28:35.374
♪ In days of old lang syne ♪
00:28:36.465 --> 00:28:41.465
♪ We\'ll drink a cup of kindness yet ♪
00:28:44.092 --> 00:28:47.675
♪ To days of old lang syne ♪
00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:05.859
♪ When I was just a little girl ♪
00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:08.859
♪ I asked my mother ♪
00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:13.280
♪ What will I be? ♪
00:29:13.280 --> 00:29:15.872
♪ Will I be pretty? ♪
00:29:15.872 --> 00:29:18.720
♪ Will I be rich? ♪
00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:23.371
♪ Here\'s what she said to me ♪
00:29:23.371 --> 00:29:28.371
♪ Que sera, sera ♪
00:29:33.136 --> 00:29:38.136
♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪
00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:46.655
♪ Will be ♪
00:29:46.655 --> 00:29:51.655
♪ The future not ours to see ♪
00:29:54.518 --> 00:29:59.019
♪ Well, well, well, well, girl, ♪
00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:01.600
♪ Que sera ♪
00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:04.336
♪ Que sera ♪
00:30:04.336 --> 00:30:09.336
♪ Que sera ♪
00:30:09.776 --> 00:30:13.109
♪ Ah, bring it down low ♪