So a few years ago, I directed my first movie, Sort of a big, gay, goofy, retarded romantic comedy with like line dancing and all this crazy stuff. Very R rated humor. And Hollywood saw my movie and thought maybe they could bring me out there and I can make big, dumb, goofy, R rated Hollywood movies. So I'd been an actor to this point. I never made any money and I thought, well, maybe I'll go out there. But I didn't know what to do. So a friend of mine suggested to go see a psychic on the brief side named Reverend Catherine. So I'd never been to a psychic before, but I thought, you know, what the hell? So I'm sitting across from her and I'm going on about my career and my life and the whole time I'm talking to her, she's looking over my shoulder at something that's not there. And finally she speaks and she says, none of what you're talking about is important. There's a spirit of a dead gay actor around you, and your next movie is going to be about this man. Who, who could this be? So I start throwing out some names. I'm like, is it Anthony Perkins? She's like, no, he's saying, I'm not Anthony Perkins. Is it Rock Hudson? She's like, no, he doesn't like Rock Hudson. Is it Montgomery Clift? And she's like, oh, he's jumping. That's me. That's me on Montgomery clifton. So for 45 minutes, Catherine uses herself as like a magical human iPhone to receive text from beyond. And Monty starts talking to Mile a minute. He's saying, you're having this life you couldn't have because you're an openly gay man and he was a closet case in the 50s. And you're going to write this movie about him. He's going to get you into this house that he died in in the Upper east side. And this is so exciting. He's been waiting this long time for this reunion and, you know, I didn't really get any of the answers, you know, any of my questions answered, but I left there and I kind of blew it off. So got to la, where my big gay romantic comedy premieres, and I go to this restaurant and I'm sitting with like, you know, a bunch of people. And there's this woman, Jozanne, sitting at the table and she's very sweet, she's a very suburban type of mom type person. And while we're talking, somehow or another, you know, people are talking about famous Hollywood closet cases and Montgomery Cliff's name came up. And when his name came Up. This woman, Jose, leans away like she's listening to something. She turns back to the table and she goes, I'm sorry, I have to interrupt all you guys. Craig, this Montgomery Cliff guy is attached at your hip and he's saying, hold on, hold on, hold on. He's talking a mile a minute. He's saying that you're having this life he couldn't have because of the time he lived in and he was gay and you're gay and something about a screenplay you're going to write for him and he's going to get you into this house that he died in. Now, this woman, Jose, happens to be a psychic. And she tells me everything that the woman in New York told me, verbatim, word for word. Jose is sort of like this. She's sort of the opposite of Catherine, the New York psychic. She doesn't charge. She just, you know, talks to dead people. She's been this way since she was 5. And she's sort of like a psychic Carol Brady, you know? So I go home, I'm kind of shaken, and I'm trying to find a logical explanation. They don't know each other at all. And the next day Jose calls me at home and she's like, hi, Craig. So listen, I was taking a bath and Montgomery Clift is here and he wants to get started on his screenplay. Now I'm in LA and I'm taking. I'm like, well, I'm very flattered that Monty would pick me, first of all, you know, but I was very busy. I had a really important pitch the next day at a studio for a female med wrestling comedy. And I was up for a Revenge of the Nerds remake. And also I was like, you know, wouldn't it be more sensible for Monty to pick like an A list writer, you know, like Paul Haggis or someone. And while I'm talking to her, my landline dies. My. My landline. So go outside to get a reception on my cell phone and I call her back. And while I'm talking to her, she. She goes, craig, are you outside? And I'm like, yeah. She's like, are you looking at a tree? And on one side of the tree the leaves are gone, and at the bottom there's like a bamboo fence and to the right there's like a red looking barn house. And she described what I was looking at. Now, I was in a temporary housing situation. She didn't know where I was. I met her once and she said, monty's giving this to you as confirmation this is real and you need to pay attention. She's like, he's going to talk about his life. Do you have a pen? He's going to start talking. You need to write this down. And I lied and said, yeah, I've got a pen, go ahead. And she takes a pause and she comes back to the phone. She's like, I'm sorry, Craig, Monty just told me that you're lying. So I get a pen, I start writing down what Montgomery Clifton is telling me. In the day I'm going on these dumb jobs to get these R rated comedies, and at night, Montgomery Clift is calling me giving me lectures about, about, like integrity in Hollywood. And out of the blue, like, you know, these people start appearing that Monty knew in my life. Jose was like, you know, Monty's saying, you've got to find some guy named Jack. Who's Jack? And I'm like, is it Jack Larson? He was Jimmy Olsen in the Superman TV show. And she's like, yes, yes, find Jack Larson. You know, I'm not a journalist. I don't know how to do this stuff. I go on peoplefinders.com there's like 60 Jack Larsons in LA. I go to sleep. The next morning, I wake up on my cell phone. There's a voicemail from my friend Michael saying, hi, Craig, it's Michael. I'm in town. I'm having lunch with this guy Jack Larson today. He was Jimmy Olsen in the Superman TV show. I don't know if you know who he is. And within 24 hours of Monty telling me to find Jack, I'm speaking to Jack Larson. This is how it was the whole time. Things would happen, people would appear. I go back to New York and right away I get invited to a cocktail party at 217 E. 61st St. Which is Montgomery Cliffs old brownstone where I was told I would go from the very beginning. So with an hour's notice, I go over to the house and I walk in. I'm sort of in a daze. And it's frozen in 1966. It hasn't changed since Monty died. And I meet this guy Paul, who's lived there for decades and knows all the secrets of Monty's house. And he tells. And I say, can I see the room where he died? He died in his bedroom, famously, this famous story of his death. And he said, oh, actually, no, he died in the bathtub. But nobody knows. It's not published anywhere. So I leave there, I call Jose and I say, she's like, what was the House, like, you know, And I'm like. It's exactly like it was when he left it. It's Monty's wallpaper and Monty's tile. And she. She says, what's the significance of the bathtub? He's saying, there's something about a bathtub. And then she says, you know, Craig, Monty just told me that he's been trying to get you in here for 20 years. And sort of this doesn't quite sink in. But a week later, I get an invitation from Paul, the guy who lives in Monty's house, and he says, listen, I know this may be a little morbid, but do you want to spend the night in Monty's bedroom? So the following Wednesday, I have a dinner party at Monty's house. My friends come over, and at midnight, they all leave, and I go up to Monty's bedroom, and I'm there. I've been led all this way. I'm in his bedroom, and I'm looking at the tub, and I'm thinking, oh, I've got to get into the tub. I mean, Monty would. I mean, he was a method actor, and he'd want to feel what it felt like to be him. So I go in the bathroom, I get in the tub, and I lay back, and I'm looking at this air vent, and it's this very sacred moment, you know, And I'm looking at this air vent, thinking that's the last thing he saw alive. And while I'm laying there, I'm thinking, you know, I remember what Jozan said about 20 years ago. He's been with you for 20 years? And then it hit me, like, my face. When I was 19, I had a massive reconstructive surgery to my face. I had a genetic disfigurement to my jaw, and I had a year's worth of operations to rebuild my face. Montgomery Clift had a terrible car accident at the peak of his fame. He was leaving Elizabeth Taylor's house, and he had a telephone pole, and his face was totally demolished, and his jaw was wired shut for months, just like mine was. And I thought, this is why he wants me. Like, when you have an experience like that, you really sort of see how shitty people are because you have two different faces, but you see the world through the same set of eyes. And I felt like, you know, I understood him in a way that maybe nobody else would. And wouldn't we want the person to tell our story be somebody who understands who we are? So I got out of the tub, and I was very Aware that I could stand, that I could leave and I could be, in a way, Monty's happy ending. I could live past 45. I could have a great life. I could be out after this. After the bathtub, it kind of died down. Monty left me alone and went back to my real life. And I'm not any more spiritual than I was before this started, by the way. I mean, I'm still completely living complete fear of everything. And so I go to LA and I work in television, and it's great. And then a few months ago, Jose called me and she's like, montgomery, Cliff's back. He's been waking me up the last two nights. And I'm like, you know, that's great. I'm really busy with my TV show. And she's like, he's saying, you've got to get to Elizabeth Taylor. Because there's something that Elizabeth Taylor knows that no one else knows that she knows. So I blow it off. I finish my job. The day after I finish my job, my cousin Chandra calls me from Texas. Now, I talked to Chandra like once every 10 years. We have nothing in common. She lives in a small town in Texas. She's got eight kids, and she calls me out of the blue and am I thinking of who died? And she says, I'm like, is everything okay? And she's like, well, this really scary thing happened here last night. I'm like, what? She's like, well, I woke up and there was a man in my bedroom. And I thought it was you. He looked a little bit like you. And he said he wanted me to tell you something. And I'm like, what? And she's like, he's kind of mumbling. And he said, my name is Clifton Montgomery and you need to tell Craig to hurry. So, Elizabeth Taylor, if you're there, it's me, Montgomery Clift.