The Hoax

00:36:39,158 --> 00:36:42,025 "There's a pilot waiting to take you to Juchit\E1n." 566 00:36:44,363 --> 00:36:49,063 So it's 6:00 a.m., we're flying low over the mountains, 567 00:36:49,370 --> 00:36:50,597 and I'm nervous. 568 00:36:50,704 --> 00:36:52,501 But he's got a touch, this bush pilot. 569 00:36:52,607 --> 00:36:56,303 He brings it right down onto a gray pebble landing strip. 570 00:36:56,409 --> 00:36:58,139 Just as it comes down, I see out of the corner of my eye, 571 00:36:58,246 --> 00:37:01,179 there's a jeep that's coming down from the mountains. 572 00:37:01,616 --> 00:37:03,209 Mexican military? 573 00:37:04,152 --> 00:37:05,279 No. 574 00:37:06,154 --> 00:37:07,143 It's Holmes. 575 00:37:07,255 --> 00:37:11,248 - Mr. Irving? - Yes, that's right. Mr. Holmes? 576 00:37:11,426 --> 00:37:13,359 - Who is this? - Dick Suskind, sir. 577 00:37:13,461 --> 00:37:15,656 So, he's a little surprised to see Dick, 578 00:37:15,764 --> 00:37:18,130 but I explained that Dick was my researcher and friend, 579 00:37:18,233 --> 00:37:20,531 and that's why he was there and I couldn't do without him. 580 00:37:20,637 --> 00:37:21,694 We get in the jeep, 581 00:37:21,803 --> 00:37:25,239 and he takes us on this endless ride, up through the mountains. 582 00:37:25,874 --> 00:37:29,469 We circled around the top of this hill and we got to the hotel, 583 00:37:29,845 --> 00:37:31,404 which was called 584 00:37:32,282 --> 00:37:33,682 Salina Cruz. 585 00:37:36,252 --> 00:37:38,550 Holmes motions for us to follow. 586 00:37:41,024 --> 00:37:42,583 It's quiet. 587 00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:50,634 There's a room way in the back, like a hut. 588 00:37:52,236 --> 00:37:54,465 Doesn't even have a view of the ocean. 589 00:37:58,409 --> 00:37:59,844 We can barely see. 590 00:38:02,081 --> 00:38:07,848 There's a little slip of a man on a bed, sitting like a monk. 591 00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:13,582 Howard Hughes. 592 00:38:18,331 --> 00:38:19,888 Howard Hughes. 593 00:38:20,866 --> 00:38:23,096 Howard Hughes is sitting right there. 594 00:38:25,905 --> 00:38:27,338 My heart... 595 00:38:30,377 --> 00:38:35,007 And then he was reaching out through the mosquito netting, 596 00:38:36,083 --> 00:38:38,813 and he offered Dick a... 597 00:38:40,187 --> 00:38:41,381 A prune. 598 00:38:41,788 --> 00:38:43,017 A prune. 599 00:38:45,692 --> 00:38:47,160 Dick takes the prune, 600 00:38:57,940 --> 00:38:59,270 eats the prune... 601 00:39:01,310 --> 00:39:02,435 Not bad. 602 00:39:04,412 --> 00:39:08,405 And he started talking about the extraordinary value of Mexican soil, 603 00:39:08,517 --> 00:39:10,381 organic farming, organic food, et cetera, et cetera. 604 00:39:10,486 --> 00:39:13,011 The two of them started jabbering like old friends. 605 00:39:13,123 --> 00:39:17,219 We ended up talking a little bit about business, then Dick and I went home. 606 00:39:19,996 --> 00:39:21,155 - I'm a little hungry. - Let's eat. 607 00:39:23,132 --> 00:39:25,795 Ralph, will you pick something fabulous? 608 00:39:26,703 --> 00:39:28,671 The Latour please, '61. 609 00:39:28,773 --> 00:39:31,537 - That'll get us started. Thank you. - Oh, yes. 610 00:39:31,641 --> 00:39:33,632 And some beluga, shall we, gentlemen? 611 00:39:33,744 --> 00:39:35,005 MAN: Sounds good. 612 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,975 You know, Howard Hughes doesn't like caviar. 613 00:39:39,083 --> 00:39:40,072 Really? 614 00:39:40,184 --> 00:39:43,244 Really. In fact, he made a special point of saying so. 615 00:39:43,454 --> 00:39:44,921 I remember that. I... 616 00:39:45,022 --> 00:39:46,717 It was such a non sequitur. It was a strange thing. 617 00:39:46,824 --> 00:39:50,624 It was just after Clifford finished talking about the... 618 00:39:52,263 --> 00:39:53,753 - The crash. - That's right. The crash. 619 00:39:53,865 --> 00:39:56,494 The one in Beverly Hills. He nearly hit the top of that house, 620 00:39:56,601 --> 00:39:59,765 parked it right on top of the house, hurt his back, but he walked away from it. 621 00:39:59,871 --> 00:40:03,067 And he said that people in Beverly Hills eat caviar, 622 00:40:03,175 --> 00:40:06,110 and he doesn't like it and then he crashed his plane. 623 00:40:09,315 --> 00:40:13,685 Okay, then let's make it two beluga appetizers, please. 624 00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:17,813 - Three maybe. - Three, yeah. Make it three. 625 00:40:17,924 --> 00:40:20,153 - Andrea, yeah? - Thank you. Okay. Good. 626 00:40:22,128 --> 00:40:25,462 Did you get any sense of his business acumen? 627 00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:27,391 Go ahead. 628 00:40:27,502 --> 00:40:29,867 It's interesting. He said that... 629 00:40:30,637 --> 00:40:35,199 Very interesting. He said that people often think of business as business, 630 00:40:35,309 --> 00:40:38,644 which of