Enemy at the Gates script

I am a stone.

I do not move.

Very slowly, I put snow in my mouth,

then he won't see my breath.

I take my time. I let him come closer.

I have only one bullet. I aim at his eye.

Very gently, my finger presses on the trigger.

I do not tremble.

I have no fear. I'm a big boy now.

Ready, Vassili?

Now, Vassili. Fire!

Fire, Vassili! Fire!

- Come on, pick your feet up.

Get on your feet. Prepare to board the train.

You there, come along with me now. This way, pal.

All civilians, get out!

Make way, let the civilians off.

This is a military convoy.

No one stays on board but our valiant soldiers.

This is a convoy to Stalingrad...

only for the soldiers of the Red Army.

All aboard!

Autumn, 1942.

Europe lies crushed beneath the Nazi jackboot.

The German Third Reich I sat the height of its power.

Hitler's armies are charging through the heart of the Soviet Union...

towards the oilfields of Asia.

One last obstacle remains. A city on the Volga...

where the fate of the world is being decided. Stalingrad.

Glorious comrade Stalin...

has ordered not another step backwards.

The people of the Soviet Union shall be free.

Go forward, comrades. Not a step backwards!

Listen to these letters sent by Russian mothers...

to their sons on the front.

"Volodya, my child, I know that it's for our motherland-

"I know that it's for our motherland that you are giving your life.

"Everyone here knows that you will not fall back.

"Everyone here is proud of you.

"Your father is dead. Your brothers are dead.

Avenge us on the hordes of fascists."

Nobody move! Stay on the boat!

- Get back or I'll shoot!

Back from the rails, or we shoot. Shoot the traitors!

Come on, come on! Move!

Come on, comrades, come on!

Move, or you'll be shot!

Over here, stretcher!

The one with the rifle shoots!

One out of two gets a rifle.

The one without follows him!

When the one with the rifle gets killed,

the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!

The one with the rifle shoots!

The one without follows him!

When the one with the rifle gets killed,

the one who is following...

picks up the rifle and shoots!

The one with the rifle shoots!

- This way, now. - The one without follows him!

Soldiers of the glorious Red Army, from now on...

it is either victory or death!

- Those who retreat will be shot. - I need a rifle.

There will be no mercy For cowards and traitors!

Achtung!

Aah!

It's hopeless, comrades. Get back!

Pullback!

Pullback!

Get back! Get back!

In the name of the Soviet Union,

not a step backwards, or we shoot.

No retreat! Not a step back!

- No mercy! - Deserters will be shot.

- Fire! - Shoot the traitors!

Cowards will be shot!

No mercy for cowards!

Russians, surrender. You will see your home again.

This is not your war.

Join your German comrades, They understand your suffering...

and will care more for you than your own officers,

who are only sending you to your death.

The Third Reich Is not your enemy.

The enemy is blood thirsty Stalin And his Bolshevik camp,

who have stolen your land, who have deported your father-

Fire!

You'll get us caught, comrade Commissar.

With your permission, comrade Commissar.

- Which one should I aim at first? - You should wait...

till there's an explosion.

- Do you know how to shoot? - A little.

Don't shoot. Don't shoot. He's looking at us.

Thank you, comrade Commissar.

Danilov, political officer, second class.

Twenty-first infantry.

"Vassili Zaitsev."

"On this day, September the 20th, 1942,

- "a shepherd boy from the Urals...

"arrived in the city of Stalingrad, on the banks of the Volga.

"His name is Vassili Zaitsev.

"Like thousands before him, he came to answer comrade Stalin's call.

"Armed with a rifle, he quickly made the fascist invader realize that...

"from now on he would be punished for every step he took in the motherland;

that from here on, the only way was back."

What do you think?

I think comrade Commissar's been overgenerous.

Let me go! Let me go!

By order of comrade Stalin, no civilian can leave the city.

- Get back!

Stand away, or we will open fire.

- Stand away!

Get back!

Get back or we shoot!

Back! Keep back!

Make way for comrade Stalin 's envoy!

I carried out my orders.

I sent in all of my boys.

But the Germans engulfed us.

They have artillery, aircraft, tanks.

- And me, what did I have? - The sacred duty to resist!

I have to report to the boss.

Perhaps you'd prefer to avoid the red tape.

My name is...

Nikita Sergeyevich Kruschev.

I've come to take things in hand here.

This city is not Kursk...

nor is it Kiev, nor Minsk.

This city is Stalingrad.

Stalingrad!

This city bears the name of the boss.

It's more than a city, it's a symbol.

If the Germans capture this city,

the entire country will collapse.

Now, I want our boys...

to raise their heads.

I want them to act like they have balls!

I want them to stop shitting their pants!

That's your job.

As political officers, I'm counting on you.

You, what's your suggestion?

Shoot all the other generals who have retreated...

and their chiefs of staff too.

M-Make some examples.

- D-D-Deport families of the deserters- - Yeah, that's all been done.

Give them hope!

Here, the men's only choice is between German bullets and ours.

But there's another way. The way of courage.

The way of love of the motherland.

We must publish the army newspaper again.

We must tell magnificent stories. Stories that extol...

sacrifice, bravery.

We must make them believe in the victory.

We must give them hope, pride, a desire to fight.

Yes, we need to make examples.

But examples to follow.

What we need... are heroes.

Do you know any heroes around here?

Yes, comrade, I know one.

That's me!

"Vassili Zaitsev." That's me!

No, you're not dreaming. It's your name.

We made the front page.

They haven't changed a word.

Do you have any idea what this means?

It's not the back page, it's not the second page,

- it's the front page. - The front page!

They're going to reprint our article everywhere.

In the Caucasus, in the Crimea, even in the Urals.

Tomorrow morning, Stalin himself will be sitting over breakfast,

reading my words, memorizing your name.

We're famous, Vassili. Kruschev loved the article.

He's promoted me to the general staff.

And you to sniper division.

- Well, that's good. - It's very good.

- It's very good. It's great. - It's very great!

- It's great! - For us because we did it together.

- Together!

- Although I did all the hard work. - Oh, yeah?

- You're very lucky I can't fight back. - Why's that?

Because Kruschev told me to make sure nothing happens to you.

- You're too important. - I'm too valuable.

Yes, careful of my- careful of my glasses, please. They're new.

Sorry, sir.

- I'm famous! We're famous! - I'm famous! I'm famous!

Vassili, the young shepherd from the Urals,

killed his 12th German officer today.

He used to hunt wolves, Now he shoots fascists.

Today, Vassili Zaitsev shot his 23rd German officer.

He is an example to us all.

Vassili shot his 32ndGerman officer.

Count only the Germans you have killed.

- Today, Vassili Zaitsev- - Here is the evidence-

11 dog tags retrieved by sniper Vassili Zaitsev.

More and more men and women, fighters from all branches of our armed forces,

join the sniper division and learn the skills of Vassili Zaitsev.

I am a stone.

I am a stone.

I breathe slowly.

I aim at the eye.

So it is you,

the great Vassili Zaitsev.

- My mother makes potatoes with bacon. - Sounds good.

When she sees you, she won't believe her eyes.

- How many today? - Only two.

And the last one, why didn't you shoot him?

He was only a foot soldier. Wasn't worth giving away my position.

- Bless you.

We know how much we owe you.

We pray for you every day.

Every evening, we listen to them talk about you on Radio Moscow.

Thanks. You've certainly managed well down here.

My parents used to store furniture down here before the war.

Sacha, drop that right now.

It's loaded.

This way, comrade Commissar.

Thank you, comrade.

Good evening.

Comrade Zaitsev?

My God, where does all this mail come from?

From all over the country, Mrs. Filipov, from all over.

This one's from the workers of the Kouzbass.

They want to name their mine after Vassili.

Right, let's start with the miners.

Come on, let's get to work.

Dear comrades from the Kouzbass,

- Kouzbass. - I thank you for your letter of praise.

- Praise? - R-A-l-S-E.

And... I hope that I can live up...

to your expectations- A-T-l-O-N-S.

Expectations.

You're interested in German literature, Mrs. Filipov?

It's all right, it's our neighbor.

- Right, where were we? - Tania, we have guests.

Your offer to name-

l-

l-I recognize you.

He's Vassili Zaitsev.

I saw your picture in the paper.

Thank you For everything you're doing.

- And this is his friend, Commissar... - Danilov.

Danilov.

Tania is like a daughter to me.

She used to take care of Sacha when I worked at the factory.

She even taught him German. All these books are hers.

- Oh, they're yours? - She studied German at the university.

- Which university? - Moscow.

Moscow. Moscow.

Shouldn't we, uh-

Yes, let's continue.

Your offer to name Your mine after me...

is... a great honor.

H-O-N.

Yes, I know. Honor.

Very good.

Shouldn't we make the point that I'm not the only one fighting?

That- That's excellent- excellent idea, Vassili.

- We can take it even further though. - Oh.

We can take it further.

Your battle for The production of coal...

is as worthy as mine.

There's no "K" in coal.

Just-just one "L."

Oh, tell me if I'm going too fast.

- No, you're not going too fast. - You sure?

I just thought is there Any other improvements?

Why don't you get some rest? These letters can wait until tomorrow.

We should carry on. We're not tired.

Thank you, Mrs. Filipov. These people...

took the trouble to write to us.

Tomorrow, we may not be around to write back.

Major Konig, Herr General.

I was expecting someone...

else.

Certainly not someone so prestigious.

I imagine you have your reasons...

for getting yourself involved in this hellish situation.

My army is not designed For this kind of fighting.

Yesterday, yet again, I had to promote...

25 sergeants to replace the officers shot down by their sharpshooters.

Those snipers are demoralizing my people.

This city is no more than...

a heap of ruins.

But the fuehrer's persisting.

He has made it a personal matter between Stalin and himself.

We should trust the fuehrer's instinct.

He always managed to lead us to victory.

We shall be back home For Christmas.

How are you going to go about finding this young Russian?

I'll fix it so that he's the one who finds me.

Vassili. Vassili.

- Come on, time to get up. - What?

They have a problem in the department store sector. They need us. Come on.

Look, Vassili, he's hiding in the department store. Over there.

So far this morning,

he's knocked off five officers, plus two machine gunners.

Look, third floor, fourth window from the left.

Fourth window from the left.

See him?

Yeah, I see him.

There, you got him!

Great shot.

Let's go get his dog tag.

Good-bye, comrade Commissar.

Thank you for your hospitality, Mrs. Filipov.

You can borrow whatever you like.

I'm not sure what they would say to me at headquarters...

if I came back with an armful of Goethe and Schiller.

- There's some Marx too.

You were assigned to civil defense at the 12th district?

No, I volunteered.

It's such a coincidence meeting you like this.

Comrade Kruschev was telling me just yesterday...

how desperately we're in need of operators who speak German.

I can't. Our militia's responsible for all the people in this neighbourhood.

We're already desperately short of men.

We'll give you a dozen soldiers for every one that speaks German.

I'd rather stay and fight.

Serving at headquarters is fighting. You'd be far more useful there.

You stay here. You cover us.

- All right. - We go.

Take care.

Ludmilla, come on.

Check the stairway.

It's a trap.

I know.

Move back.

He's still here.

- They're coming straight for us! - Ludmilla,

stay where you are, he's over there somewhere.

We have to get out of here!

- We have to get out of here! - Just stay where you are!

What are we gonna do?

Ludmilla, stay where you are!

Fuck this, I'm going.

Ludmilla, no!

What does this mean?

"The little shepherd from the Urals receives a new sniper's rifle,

"a Mosin-Nagant 7.62, with its 3.5- Power P.U. Telescope.

Pride of precision Of Soviet production."

- I've seen that rifle close up. - Have you?

I've even touched it. I know him well, Vassili Zaitsev.

Ludmilla and Anton were killed today, and it was my fault.

No, I'm sure that's not true.

There was a German sniper. I walked them right into his trap.

- What else can you tell me? - He didn't relocate.

A sniper who doesn't relocate isn't normal.

He was very good. It wasn't just his shooting, it was his instinct.

He was a step ahead of me all the time.

That's because he knows everything about you.

His name is Konig, Major Konig.

They've sent him here to ki-

to find you.

At first we weren't sure if the information was reliable.

It seems he's come all the way from Berlin to stop you.

You've caused them so many sleepless nights, they sent their top marksman.

- What do we know about him? - He's a major in the Wehrmacht.

He's director of their sniper school in Zossen.

Koulikov studied under him at Zossen before the war.

He knows all his tricks. From now on, he'll go with you everywhere.

A nobleman from Bavaria who hunts deer...

against a shepherd boy from the Urals who poaches wolves.

It's more than a confrontation between two nations.

It's the essence Of class struggle.

I'm glad you're so happy.

He had all the advantages. Next time you'll be even.

No one shoots like you, Vassili.

She's been transferred.

I'll see if they're ready for you next door.

- Hello. - You look smart in your new uniform.

Make sure they don't take it back once you've finished.

Yeah, they probably will.

I've heard the rumor about the German, and I wanted to wish you luck.

Thank you. I'll need it.

From what comrade Danilov tells me, you're going to win.

Hmm.

It's time.

- Vassili! Vassili! - Come to my arms.

- Look in my direction.

Put your cap back on, you look more heroic.

- This way, comrade Zaitsev. - I love this little fellow.

Vassili, is it true that you volunteered for the front?

How old are you, Vassili?

Do you know what this duel means for our country?

Is it true you killed your first wolf when you were five?

Are you proud to be challenged By the best sharpshooter in Germany?

The Germans are starting to shit their pants.

Go on, my boy, tell us how you're going to deal with him.

- Or rather, no. Tell it to the boss. - One more question, please.

He likes good hunting stories.

Look at him with pride,

because he's looking at you.

The whole country is looking at you.

Forgive me, forgive me, Grandfather.

So, it's not the wolf that chooses the hunting ground...

but the hunter.

But I'm sure your grandfather taught you that.

Except in this case,

I'm the game.

However, today what we're going to do...

is lure the wolf out of his lair...

to where we want him to be.

You're the one whose life is valuable. You go first.

No, no. We take it in turns. Next time is your turn to go first,

and then it's you, Volodya.

Son of a bitch!

These are new pants. I just took them Off a captain from the 251st yesterday.

Sixteen months I spent in Germany at the school in Zossen.

Of course, those were the days when we were friends with the Krauts, :

When our Joseph and their Adolph...

were walking hand in hand.

From here to the wire, 160meters, right?

One hundred and fifty-five.

Whatever. That'll make 'em Send out a repair guy.

Let's relocate.

Aah!

Hey, Volodya!

After the Germans invaded us,

it wasn't the same atmosphere anymore.

Threw my ass in prison.

What were you doing in Germany, huh?

Excuse me, says I, but it was comrade Stalin who sent me there.

Don't bring our glorious leader into your treachery.

Confess, spy bastard! Confess.

And bang! Bang, bang, bang!

Well, there wasn't a sickle, but there was a hammer.

And bang. Knocked out all my teeth.

That's right, boy. Have no illusions.

That's the land of socialism and universal bliss for you.

Hey! It's your repair guy.

I got him.

It's about soup time, isn't it?

I'm going.

Well, get a move on, Volodya,

and try not to spill it all on your way back, you Marxist bastard.

The enemy sniper activity reported during the past 24 hours, Herr Major.

Two sentries shot in the train station sector.

One artillery observer in the Northern sector.

One lieutenant from the 24th Panzer division in the factory sector.

Three telephone repairmen in the workers' housing sector.

They also tell me we have just taken a prisoner who may interest you.

I hope he's still able to speak.

Excuse me, sir?

Nothing. Thank you.

So, tell us, Volodya,

which building is he in?

There is no way I know that.

He moves around all the time.

He jumps from one to the next.

On which floor?

I don't know.

We'll see about that.

Undress him.

Put him in one of our uniforms.

You see, they are stubborn.

That's the good thing about the Germans.

Man, you got to admit when they get an idea in their heads-

Right.

Let's see if our customer has arrived.

Are you ready?

Uh-huh.

And now our famous shepherd from the Urals,

who Major Konig thinks is an idiot,

gets up to make sure he has hit his target.

Major Konig sees him.

Aims for his helmet.

Fires.

Reveals his position And is shot in turn.

Except... Major Konig doesn't fire...

because Major Konig isn't there.

Koulikov!

Don't you think that was strange, that last one?

They sent him out to get shot like the others.

It's not natural.

Not without artillery, without trying to cover him.

Oh, no, I'm the one who was stupid.

They don't give a shit about telephone guys.

I mean, it's like us with the Ukrainians.

They'd never bother a major over a few dead grunts.

Tomorrow, we'll kill us some generals.

Whose turn is it?

Mine, I think.

Oh, you're such a cheater!

You can't fool Papa Koulikov.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's my turn to go first.

And it's your turn to get a hole in your britches.

To victory.

This sniper business has been dragging on too long.

What's that little fellow of yours up to?

He's probing, comrade Kruschev.

He's testing the Germans for weaknesses.

He's meticulous in his preparation.

Vodka... is a luxury we have.

Caviar is a luxury we have.

Time is not.

He's aware of that comrade Kruschev. We both are.

I assure you he will succeed.

Good.

It seems your destinies are entwined.

They're keeping you busy.

I picked this up in the kitchen.

It's from the reception the other day. I thought Mrs. Filipov might like it.

Um, she will be thrilled. That's very sweet of you.

There's plenty more If you're hungry.

You'e Jewish, aren't you?

There's nothing in our religion that says you can't eat sturgeon.

My father had a premonition all this would happen.

You mean the war?

He understood that the hatred of the jews ran deep.

He was saving up to buy some land in Palestine.

He said it was the only land we truly belonged in;

the only land we had a duty to defend.

He insisted learn to use a rifle.

I learned to shoot.

I know that in times of war, personal feelings should be put aside, but...

I have a favor to ask you.

Of course. Anything you want.

I want to be reassigned.

What's happened, Tania?

He shot him.

He shot him even though he jumped first.

Shot him on the run.

It was an impossible shot.

I've never seen anything like it.

You've promised people a victory I can't deliver.

I don't stand a chance against this man.

You mustn't talk like that, Vassili.

What if I told you we found a way to track his movements?

We've got someone, Vassili.

Someone close to him passing us information.

Next time you will be one step ahead of him.

I promise.

Now I have a favor to ask.

From me?

It's about Tania.

Come in.

He doesn't even know you exist.

But at that moment, you are closer to him than anyone else on earth.

You see his face through the sight.

You see whether he shaved that morning or not.

You can see whether he's married by whether he has a wedding ring on.

It's not like...

just firing at a distant shape, not just a uniform.

It's a man's face.

Those faces don't go away.

They come back and they just- they get replaced by more faces.

Did Danilov ask you to tell me this?

He likes you very much. I think he'd try anything to change your mind.

Did he tell you why I asked for the transfer?

No.

This morning, a list arrived at headquarters.

It was a list of civilians who'd been...

rounded up and sent to Germany in a convoy...

that left Stalingrad three weeks ago.

My parents were amongst them.

After 30 kilometers, the German soldiers...

stopped the train and forced everyone out.

In the middle of a bridge, they bound them together,

two by two.

Mothers with daughters.

Husbands and wives.

They... lined them up against the railing,

and then they fired a single shot at each pair...

to save bullets.

It worked.

The bodies of the ones who died dragged the others under the water.

I know they died together.

They never would have let themselves be separated.

That's Koulikov's rifle. It's a good... rifle.

Thank you.

I know how he leaves the shelter.

He goes through the tractor factory.

The tractor factory is big.

I know exactly where. He crawls through a gutter,

under a grate where the vats are,

then he goes out from the workshop.

In between the two, there's a place where he's in the open.

It's under a long, iron foot walk.

Good luck, comrade.

I know exactly where he's waiting for me.

He'll be on the foot walk over the gutter.

We'll take him out from behind.

We'll get to the other end of the workshop through these pipes.

Follow me.

You go that way. I'll go around this way.

Okay?

Shit!

Sergei, you should go back.

- No, I'll be all right. - Go back.

No, you go!

Keep your legs in.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Comrade Stalin is asking for one last effort!

The fate of the motherland is at risk!

The fate of all those you love and cherish!

It's for them that we fight today.

Listen to me, Tania. The Germans are throwing everything at us.

If they're lucky, one in ten of these soldiers will come back alive.

You're highly educated. You know languages.

Every intercept you translate saves hundreds of lives.

Every message you decode kills thousands of theirs.

You have a duty to survive.

Vassili was born to fire a gun. It's what he knows.

You and I were born for a different purpose.

If Vassili were here, he would tell you the same thing.

Where is he? Where is Vassili?

Keep your head down.

- Tell me where he is. - Stay into that pipe, Tania.

Stay in. Stay in! Get your head in!

Slow down.

Don't shoot.

He's over there.

Do you see the pillar in front of you?

I need you to move round behind it.

Go.

Tania, I need you to find a large piece of glass.

Piece of glass.

Do you see the kiln...

behind me to the left of the factory?

Yes? I can't hear you.

- Yes. - Yes.

Do you see...

the two louvers?

- Yes. - Do you see the one...

with a broken slat?

Yes.

This is what I want you to do.

- Are you ready? - Yes.

Three... two... one...

Hello, Sacha.

He was right where you said he'd be.

Nearly there.

He's very clever.

Tell me about him.

Why was it his grandfather taught him how to shoot and not his father?

His father's dead. His mother too.

Does he talk about his father?

No. He didn't know him.

Did he go to school?

He knows how to write. He answers lots of letters.

Hmm. Is it girls who write to him?

Everyone writes to him.

Is there a girl he loves in his village?

- Not in his village, here. - Does she love him?

Yes, because he's handsome.

Because he's brave and she's very beautiful.

I know her well. She's from my neighbour hood.

She went to the university. They're handsome together.

Later, the two of them will get married.

At least, I think so.

And you, Sacha,

why are you helping the Germans?

Because they're stronger. Because they're going to win the war.

And because you like chocolate, huh?

All these people here know they're gonna die.

So each night when they make it back,

- it's a bonus.

- Excuse me.

So, every cup of tea,

every cigarette...

becomes a little celebration.

Because for a lot of us, it maybe our last night.

It's just something you have to accept here.

Everyone has their time.

In the forest, the wolf lives for three years,

the donkey for nine.

So, that's-that's got to be a proverb from the Urals.

It makes no sense to me whatsoever.

The donkey lives longer because he's more useful.

Makes absolute sense.

There aren't any donkeys in the forest.

You made it up.

So... I'm a donkey?

People like you and Danilov...

have to survive this.

People who have read books, had an education.

We'll need you when the war is over.

And if you survive?

What will the useless Vassili Zaitsev do then?

I wanna work in a factory.

My granddad took me to a factory once.

There was this man there, high up on a-

on a foot walk.

He wasn't wearing blue like the others.

The people he was supervising didn't understand what they were doing.

But for him, for him up there,

it was simple; it was clear.

And I thought, "One day, I could be that man."

Sad to have a dream you know won't happen.

Why shouldn't it?

You'll outlive us all.

Hmm.

You'll be the oldest donkey in the forest.

"150 meters stand between the Germans and the Volga.

"Today the whole world is watching these 150meters.

They are what makes Stalingrad..."

the capitol...

of the war.

Your friend, Tania...

have you see her?

She stays over there now, with the snipers.

Tell the major we're sending in all of our sharpshooters...

to support the attack on the factory.

Tell him Vassili will be there.

- I need to talk to you. - Sure.

- I need to talk to you. - Sure.

- Danilov. - Hmm?

You have to stop writing about me.

I'm not gonna get him because I'm not good enough.

Sooner or later, he's gonna find me, he's gonna kill me.

I've warned you before not to talk like this.

This time it's different.

You've built me up...

and up into someone I'm not.

I can't carry that weight anymore. I wanna fight.

I want to fight just as a regular soldier.

I understand.

The thing is, you're not a regular soldier. You're extraordinary.

No, I'm what you've made me.

Nothing more.

Why are you telling me this now?

Hmm? What's happened?

What's changed?

Did you speak to Tania for me?

- Yes. - Well...

will she reconsider?

I don't know.

She should. She'll be much safer. She should, you know that.

- Yeah. - It'll be easier to get her reassigned.

The Germans are preparing another offensive in the city center.

The propaganda battle is crucial for morale. We need you more than ever.

Sacha. Hold on. Sacha!

- Tell him what you know, Sacha. - Hello, Sacha.

There was dust on the major's boots.

Sacha has the major convinced he's gone over to the other side.

I don't need to tell you the risk she's taking.

The dust was yellow. There's only one place where there's dust like that-

in the back of the chemical factory, a big heap on the tracks.

Well done.

Sacha...

wait for me outside then.

- Danilov, - Hmm?

You had no right to use him.

No, no, I didn't use him, Vassili.

He did it of his own accord.

You know why?

Because he believes in you!

Tomorrow morning, we're going to take back the chemical factory.

Sacha's informed the major you'll be there,

so now you know where you have to wait for him.

- In the middle of an assault. - I'm following orders.

I suggest you do the same.

Now, I'm aware of the risks.

You'll be fine.

Comrade.

That's the Germans up there.

And yesterday was the Russians.

We're not very far now.

Sacha...

you're playing a very dangerous game.

I want you to win.

See there? Keep going along the river.

It's safe... for a while.

Aah!

He's dead. We found this on his corpse.

Your reason for being here has ceased to exist.

Pardon me, Herr General,

but I do not believe-

There is a plane bound for Berlin tomorrow evening.

You will be on it.

Until then, I must ask you for your dog tags.

Imagine how Russian propaganda would profit from your death.

If you fall, you will fall unknown.

You've already had a near miss.

Also please take this War Merit Cross.

It was awarded posthumously...

to a lieutenant of the 116th Infantry Division...

who fell here during the first days of the battle.

Who fell here during the first days of the battle.

He was my son.

If the landing is captured, everything's lost!

Come here.

What did I tell you?

You've been playing your fiddle too much!

If it's confirmed that he's dead, we're sunk!

- Well, you'll sunk. - It isn't true.

It was intercepted from their staff headquarters.

What do they have to do, dangle his body in front of our men?

They're lying.

That's good. Very good.

Write it, then. "Vassili Zaitsev is not dead.

"This is what he had for breakfast this morning.

This is a picture of him reading today's newspaper."You're the poet".

- What?

You won't give up the riverbank!

I don't care if you'll lost half your men!

Lose the other half, or lose yourself!

Is he back?

He should be back soon.

The German attack cut the lines. That's why he's late.

Can we go outside?

I wrote to my mother about you.

She wanted me to tell you that once this war was over,

if there's anything you needed- anything at all-

our family will be there for you.

You know I'm here for you.

They're saying Vassili is dead.

Vassili Zaitsev will never see his loved ones again.

Surrender! This is your only hope.

You're upset.

Because Zaitsev is dead?

You don't have to hide it. There's no shame in it.

You're a Russian like he is.

Don't listen to them.

It's just propaganda.

He isn't dead.

And do you know why?

Because I haven't killed him yet.

I'm going to tell you a little secret.

Only you, because I know I can trust you.

But you must swear to me that you won't tell another soul.

You swear?

I found a terrific spot.

It's by the exit from the train station.

I'll hide in the water tower.

Tomorrow. I'll wait for him there.

You'll see. He'll be there.

He always is.

I also want you to swear that from now on, you'll stay home where you belong.

Do you swear? Yes?

Good.

"We know he's alive. We know he won't fail us.

We know because he is a part of us now. Vassili is eternal."

Where have you been? We've looked everywhere for you.

Oh, didn't you hear? I was dead.

At least the noble sniper Zaitsev...

Vassili was dead.

The real one.

Me...

I was asleep,

and I missed my chance.

Then, I was curled up in a corner, hiding...

from a man who wants to kill me.

I'll talk to Kruschev.

He'll send you back to your old division.

- Where's Tania? - She's at the shelter.

I've been to the shelter.

I told her you weren't dead.

The major said so. He said the other Germans were lying.

He told me you were waiting for him at the station.

Vassili.

Vassili.

Vassili.

My little Sacha.

I knew it.

- Vassili. - Tania.

I knew you weren't dead.

How?

Because we only just met.

I prayed for the first time since I was a little girl.

When I opened my eyes, Sacha was standing there...

waiting to give me the good news.

I think he loves you even more than I do.

To the proper military authority,

I'm calling to the commandant's attention the recent changes noticed...

in the attitude towards fighting of soldier Vassili Zaitsev.

He has attempted on several occasions to escape his duties,

voiced doubts on the chances of our victory...

and made defeatist comments in public.

The inexplicable duration of his duel...

with the Nazi sharpshooter can only be explained by...

his lack of belief in the communist ideal.

Good morning, Sacha.

Once again, he knew exactly where to find me.

Don't you think that's strange?

- Apart from me, only you knew.

I don't hold it against you, Sacha.

You've done a very brave thing.

You've chosen your camp. I respect that.

But it isn't my camp.

We're both soldiers,

and we're both enemies, so I know you understand.

I'm annoyed with you, little Sacha, for not staying home as I made you swear to.

I'm annoyed with you for obliging me to do what I'm going to have to do.

I've never seen anyone frown so much in their sleep.

How long have you been watching me?

All night.

You've been snoring away happily for hours.

I don't snore. Do I?

Like a pig.

I suppose I talk in my sleep as well.

Yes.

There's something I should tell you.

On the train...

coming here...

we were in the same car.

No.

I saw you.

You were reading, and you fell asleep.

I didn't dare look at you, you were so beautiful.

It was scary.

Afterwards, I couldn't stop thinking about you.

It made me smile.

And then I thought of all the men who would get to hold you...

who'd make you laugh...

how lucky they were.

And now I'm the one lying next to you.

And now I'm the one lying next to you.

- Was I snoring? - Like a pig.

- What?

- Oh, my God! - Oh, no.

- Oh, my God! - Tania, no.

- Tania, no! - No, get off me!

- Get off me! Get off me! - It's what he wants!

- This is what he wants! - Get off me!

- No, he'll kill you. He'll kill you! - Let me go!

- I'll run after you, and he'll kill me. - Let me go!

- Let me go! - This is what he wants! I'll get him.

- I promise I'll get him.

I'll get his rifle for you. I promise, Tania.

I need you.

You have to leave now, Mrs. Filipov. Stalingrad may fall.

The last of the boats are leaving. The Germans will be here any moment.

He's brought you a pass. You'll be safe on the other side.

Gather your things, and we'll help you carry them to the landing stage.

I'm not leaving. This is my home.

This is my Sacha's home. I can't leave.

I have to tell you something, Mrs. Filipov.

Something very difficult to understand.

It's about Sacha.

He's gone over to the Germans. He's betrayed his country.

He's with the enemy now. He won't be coming back.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

He's become a traitor.

The poor little thing.

What has he done?

So, he's going to stay over there?

Yes... he's going to stay over there.

I shouldn't be saying this, comrade Commissar,

but maybe it's for the best.

If the Germans have won, he'll be safe.

I know it's wrong, but perhaps he has made the right choice.

- Oh! Oh, Tania! - Tania?

- Oh, Tania! - Tania!

Oh, my God! Oh!

I need a doctor! A doctor!

I have a pass. I have a pass!

You must let her cross.

Please!

- It's useless. She'll never make it. - No! No, she will!

She's my daughter! She's my daughter!

- I beg of you! - All right.

- Oh, thank you! - Put this one on the boat.

Where is he?

Where's the major?

A few inches from your face.

I've been such a fool, Vassili.

Man will always be man.

There is no new man.

We tried so hard to create a society that was equal,

where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbor.

But there's always something to envy.

A smile...

a friendship.

Something you don't have and want to appropriate.

In this world- even a Soviet one-

there will always be rich and poor.

Rich in gifts...

poor in gifts.

Rich in love...

poor in love.

Tania isn't coming back.

She's dead, Vassili.

She was cut down by shrapnel. It was quick.

I don't think she even saw it coming.

She was on her way back to you.

As soon as she had seen Mrs. Filipov to the boats, she was coming back for you.

She was right. You're a good man, Vassili.

I want to help you, Vassili.

Let me do one last thing.

Something useful for a change.

Let me show you where the major is.

Don't do that. Don't do that!

Today, February3, 1943, is an ominous day for Hitler...

and the endless columns of hundreds of thousands of German prisoners.

It is an unforgettable day of hope for our motherland.

After 180 days of heroic combat...

in the market city of Stalingrad,

and as a result of the valor and self-sacrifice of our soldiers,

the commander of our glorious Red Army...

received the unconditional surrender...

of the German fascist invaders.

Sorry. No, young man, I cannot find...

- a matching name in the book. - Could you check again?

- This is the address and her name. - She is not here.

Yes, this is our address, but we don't have her anymore.

- This is the address. She's been here. - I'm so sorry.

- She wrote to me. - I looked three times. She's not here.

Believe me, there is no Tania Chernova. I can't help you.

I'm so sorry.

Jacques,Jacques! Come quick!

It's shining! It's shining! - Quick,Jacques!

It's shining in the harbor! - Quick!

There, there! You see it,Jacques?

It's shining! - It's a coin.

It's mine! I saw it first! - No, you liar!

Okay, I'll get it, but no fighting. We'll split it.

You can't split a coin. It's stupid. It's mine. I saw it.

He's right. You're stupid.

- We'll buy something and split that. - Okay.

- Okay? - Okay.

Can you stop pointing? I've seen it.

I've seen it too.

Well, if it isn't the little Frenchman.

How is the little Frenchman?

Fine.

You don't mind if I go instead, do you?

No.

- If you did mind, you'd tell me, no? - Yes.

Good.

Roberto.

Count.

One.

Two. Three.

Four.

Five. Six.

- Seven-- - Bravo, Enzo! Bravo, Enzo!

Whose is it now?

You saw it, but I dove for it.

- Roberto, how long? - Six.

I'll throw it back into the water.

You dive, and if you do less than six, it's yours.

Bravo.

Enzo, I saw the coin first. We split?

You can't split a coin, stupido!

Is it a coin shining there?

It is. It's a coin.

I'll get it for you, Father.

It will be for the poor.

Father?

Father?

Time to get up,Jacques.

Shit.

Enzo!

Jacques!

- You shouldn't dive every day, Papa. - Then you shouldn't eat every day.

Don't worry. When I am tired...

the mermaids help me out.

Hey, have you ever seen a mermaid?

No.

I've seen them. Don't you want to know where?

- Why don't you ask me? - What?

Where I saw mermaids.

Why don't you ever ask any questions?

I'm always the one asking the question.

Here we are like two stones. Now I'm talking to myself.

Ask me something, goddamn it!

Why did my mother leave?

Pump.

Your mother didn't leave.

She went back to America, that's all.

It's her home.

Women are like that--

unpredictable...

like the sea.

A leak! No!

Help!Jacques!

No, the water! Water!

Help! I can't breathe!

No!

Daddy! Daddy!

What? Stay here,Jacques!

Mr. Molinari?

Yes. How did it happen?

Well, the company asked me to extract everything I could from the wreck.

So the divers were trying to get at the engine...

and the boat just turned over in the current!

Look, I ed up!

Look!

Can you help?

- How many are down there? - There's just one.

We're feeding him lots of air, but he's not breathing properly.

Hey, you gotta get him out of there fast!

Ten thousand.

- Lira? - Dollars.

Hey, wait a minute.

You guys aren't gonna try to hold me up at a time like this.

Okay, you tell me.

How much would you say a man's life is worth?

In my village, we have a saying.

How does it go again?

- I don't remember. - What's that supposed to mean?

Forget it.

Force, eh?

Since we have a little time, you write that check?

- How much longer can he do that? - My brother is a world champion.

Sign.

Bravo! Bravo!

Thanks! Bravo!

Hey! Wait! Wait a minute!

Wait a minute! Wait, you guys! Hey!

Hey, thanks, you guys.

Really. I mean it.

You're welcome.

Enzo, what you gonna do with the money?

Have the car painted.

But Giuseppe will do that for $25.

Then tell him to wax it too.

Enzo, really, what you gonna get?

A rosary for Mamma. A dress for Angelica.

Get yourself a suit that fits.

But most important--

Yes?

Find me the Frenchman.

Find meJacques Mayol.

Bye.

Are you Dr. Laurence?

No, I'm the assistant. Welcome to Peru.

Thank you.

Here.

- A drink to warm up? - Yes, please.

- Tea or whiskey? - Both.

Did I just see a man in a red suit and goggles?

Right.

- The insurance person is here. - It's about time.

-Johana Baker. - Nice trip, huh?

Thank you.

It's three weeks since the accident. We're getting a little anxious.

Frank, you better get out there. He's about ready to go in.

Right.

First dive, two minutes.

Who--

- Who is that? - Mayol.

Jacques Mayol.

Those are your experiments? Dumping a guy in a frozen lake?

The truck fell into a very deep crevasse.

We weren't able to rescue the equipment.

I'll have to talk to the driver.

In the spring, when he melts.

You really send him under the ice?

He isn't a slave or a convict or anything, is he?

My dear, science is a cruel mistress.

- How is he gonna breathe? - He isn't.

Listen.

That's the sound of his heart.

Can you hear the speed at which it's slowing down?

That's incredible.

He's in the fluoroscope now.

Listen to his heartbeat.

I can't believe that.

All the blood is concentrated in his brain.

It doesn't even feed his limbs anymore.

That's a phenomenon that's only been observed in whales and dolphins...

until now.

Why is he doing this?

I don't know.

Shouldn't someone take him a blanket or something?

Coffee?

- I know you. - We just met a few minutes ago.

In the lake.

No, in the hut.

Then it must have been someone who looked a lot like you.

Thanks.

There's not a lot of time.

It's a present.

Thank you.

You're not gonna open it?

- You here for a long time? - No.

- Where do you live? - New York.

Well, it's been nice meeting you.

It's nice meeting you too.

I'll only be five minutes.

Clown.

It's a llama.

Darjeeling.

I missed you rascals.

Jacques, my friend.

How are you?

Enzo?

I leave you swimming, and 20 years later you're still in the water.

What the hell are you doing, training?

Yeah.

Good.

Check out the suit. Looking good, no?

- You know I am the world champion? - Yeah, I know.

The world championship starts in ten days in Taormina.

Be my guest.

Your ticket.

Why?

Because I'm sure you're dying to beat me.

You're the best, Enzo.

See you there.

Come on, let's go, let's go!

Go park in Jersey, you asshole! Come on, come on, come on!

I gotta get movin'! I gotta make a livin' here!

Oh, God. Shit.

I changed the lock, you son of a bitch!

Sally! It's me.

- Where have you been? - Peru.

We were burgled.

They got the television set. They got the new stereo.

They got the ring my grandma gave me.

I hate New York.

I hate this apartment.

- I hate you. - How was your trip?

It was nice. It was--

It was interesting.

It was cold.

You got a picture of him?

Matter of fact--

What the is that?

It's his heartbeat.

I'm gonna make some coffee.

They left the stove.

He had the most beautiful eyes.

It's funny.

It was like a fairy tale.

You know the French. They're very romantic people.

He's not French. He's American.

His mother's American. Haven't you been listening to anything I said?

Yeah. I've been listening all night.

It sounds like you're in love.

But everybody knows there's no such thing as love at first sight.

You ate all the ice cream.

This is good. This is very good.

Very, very good. Very good.

Unfortunately, it's incomplete.

-Johana. - What?

- Am I boring you? - No, of course not.

Definitely not. What did you say?

I said that this file is incomplete, okay?

Why don't you go back to Laurence and get the registration?

Okay? Don't let him tell you it's in the glove compartment.

- That guy was really frozen? - Like a Popsicle.

They're keeping him on a stick till spring.

Glad I didn't go.

I can't hear you!

I said the snowmobile papers are in the glove compartment.

Yes. Listen,just get the customs office to send me a copy as fast as possible.

We can't get you new equipment until our file's complete.

All right. You'll have them by the end of the week.

Great. You've made me a very happy insurance person. Thank you.

- All right. Good-bye. - Dr. Laurence?

- Yes? - You don't happen to know...

how I can get in touch with that diver of yours,Jacques Mayol?

The last I heard, he was in Taormina...

at the World Diving Championships in Sicily.

Sicily?

Duffy? We've got big problems in Sicily.

- What do you mean? - Oh, God, the Mafia.

The Mafia. The Cosa Nostra. De Niro, Coppola, Pacino. I mean, I knew it.

- We shouldn't have written that policy. - What happened?

- The documents are forged. - No.

Yes. The notary is a phony.

He's got the same signature as the contractor.

- That can't be true! - Well, it is.

We gotta send someone there immediately.

If we prove the forgery, maybe we're off the hook.

There's a plane in four hours to Rome...

and from there it's a short trip to Sicily.

I'm gonna call Cordoza. He's gonna get us out of this.

No, I called him. His son is being bar mitzvahed tomorrow.

- Oh, damn his son! - I'll go.

- You'd do that? - Yeah, I'll go.

Thank you. I thought it was Spanish you spoke.

Italian is practically the same thing.

Thanks a lot.

Mayol, Mayol, Mayol. No reservation.

- Are you sure? - Positive, sir.

- This is the Hotel San Domenico? - It has been so for 1 27 years.

Be careful with that car. It's a new paint job, okay? Contessa.

Giacomino, my friend, my brother!

So you finally decided to join us. You did the right thing.

You remember my little brother, Roberto?

- Hi. - Hi, Roberto.

- What room have you got? - I haven't got one.

You don't have a room? Paolo?

What did I just hear?

I personally call you to reserve a room for my good friend...

and you treat him like a stranger.

- It's okay. I'll go somewhere else. - Not only is Jacques Mayol...

a very special friend...

but he happens to be one of the best divers in the world!

And you throw him out! Are you crazy or what?

Drop it, Enzo. I'll find something.

Take mine. I'll take the countess's suite.

She told me she was leaving for the cemetery.

She'll be more comfortable there.

I'm glad you're here.

So after all these years, you must have lots of questions to ask me.

- Am I right? - Yeah, sure. Lots of questions.

Well, what are they?

I don't know how to ask the questions.

- You married? - No, no, no.

Me neither, because of my mother.

She's a curse, my mother. Tornado.

Stubborn as a mule.

I was engaged for a week.

After that, Mamma was so mad, the pasta was bouncing off the walls.

So not married.

Good for you.

You play the field like me. A girl in every port, huh?

- After all, we're men. - Damn right!

That's what I tell them when people say you've turned into a fish.

People say that?

Forget it. I was joking!

I'll bet you my watch that she's in my bed tonight.

Hello.

- Hey, you know each other? - Yes.

Enzo Molinari. This is a great pleasure.

Johana Baker. Nice to meet you. This is a coincidence.

It's unbelievable. All the way out here.

It's incredible. I can't believe it.

Uh, would you like to sit down?

Yes, thank you.

- I'm not interrupting anything, am I? - No, not at all. Emilio.

- You staying at the hotel? - No, they're all full.

But they recommended a pension in town. They say all ofTaormina's full.

It's the Free Diving World Championship. I am, by the way, world champion.

- What are you doing in Sicily? - An insurance investigation.

I decided to take a few days off, see the island.

There is no place in the world more beautiful than Sicily.

A spaghetti del mare for the super dedicated...

- traveling insurance agent. - Oh, no, thank you.

-Just a coffee. - No, you should try it. It's good.

- Okay. - As I was telling you earlier...

I am the world champion free diver.

Some people say it's the most virile sport in the world.

One has to admit when you see those men diving head first...

in that deep blue sea, all muscles contracted in one super human effort--

- What? - Mamma.

She'll kill me if she catches me eating pasta in a restaurant.

- Bullshit. - Eat.

Mamma!

Mamma, Roberto and an elevator-- Isn't that enough?

Coffee only. I'm diving tomorrow. You remember littleJacques?

Jacques Mayol. His friend,Johana.

She is beautiful, no?

Spaghetti del mare.

Thank you very much.

I'm so hungry.

Good.

This is it.

It's great.

So you're going to be really busy these days, huh?

I don't know.

Why?

Because I--

I don't know. I just thought--

You're-- The competition. Interviews.

A competition like this requires a great deal of concentration.

Doesn't it?

Yeah.

You can put down the bags now.

Thanks.

We have to get ready for the ceremony tonight.

The Tahitian is the new world champion.

I'm tired. I don't feel like it.

Roberto, the jacket.

- This one? - Yes.

Very good.

What about the shoes?

Very chic.

- You don't have anything else, do you? - No.

Then it's very chic.

- Hi. - Hi.

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.

Mr. Andre Bonnet...

President of the International Diving Championship Committee...

is going to present this trophy to the new world champion of free diving.

This afternoon our new champion descended...

to the remarkable depth of 31 0 feet.

A one-day hero.

Mr. President, if you please--

A new world record. That's great.

It gives me something to beat tomorrow.

- You ever been to Tahiti? - No.

I'll take you there. We'll live in the sun. You'll cook fresh fish.

We'll make love under the coconut trees.

How about you do the cooking?

- And you forgot the hula. - Excuse me.

He looks strange, doesn't he? Like a baby who just learned to walk.

- Have you known him long? - Forever.

We used to live on the same island in Greece when we were kids.

What was he like when he was little?

Little, very little.

That is, compared to me.

I get it, Enzo. You were a superior child.

Exactly.

What is it,Johana? You're so crazy about him, you don't see the truth.

Don't think ofJacques as a human being.

He's from another world.

And just what world are you from, Enzo?

Okay.

And now, my friends, you are invited for a drink around the swimming pool.

Today at lunch you asked me if I had any questions.

Ah! You finally want to know about women.

Are they what's most important?

No.

It depends.

Sometime they are.

What exactly do you want to know?

Everything.

Everything about what?

About everything.

So between Mamma, Roberto, and Alfredo, we yell and scream all day long.

Except with Angelica. She just cries.

And then, finally, we all end up kissing.

Can you explain that to me?

Huh?

Because that's what love is all about.

It's a pain in the ass...

but it keeps us together.

A large...

and beautiful...

family.

- Enzo. - Yeah?

We gotta quit this competition.

Why?

Because if we don't I'm gonna beat you.

Do you hear that?

What?

He looks me in the eye like some ing goldfish...

and says, ""I'm gonna beat you.""

Oh, my God.

Hmm. That's what you guys are here for.

Listen to her. That's what he's here for.

He's here to lose. That's what he's here for.

First of all, I am unbeatable.

Second--

- How old are you? - Two years younger than you.

As I said, second of all, you're too skinny.

You've got tiny lungs.

I still don't understand how you can dive without getting sick.

The size of the lungs has nothing to do with it.

""The size of the lungs has nothing to do with it.""

How long can you hold your breath?

Longer than you.

We'll see.

Hey! Take it easy! Jesus!

Thanks.

What are you, nuts?

- Let me help you with this. - Who won?

Won what? The asshole award? It was a tie.

Acting like a pair of two-year-olds.

You could have died in that pool.

Stop moving. You're rocking the boat.

Luckily, I was there to save you.

My wallet.

It's here.

No, no, no. I want to show you. Give it to me.

Sit down.

That's my family.

What kind of man...

has such a family?

It's okay.

It's all right.

All the medics are looking for you, Enzo.

I am meditating. Can't you see?

Jacques does two hours of yoga before going down!

I can have a five-minute nap!

Mr. Molinari...

I'm sorry, but you cannot dive in this state of exhaustion.

What do you know about this? Nothing.

So you just take your tubes and your tin cans away.

The sea is mine.

I know when she is ready for me and when she isn't.

And today she's ready.

You dive at your own risk.

Bravo.

One minute.

Three, two, one.

Your pants are too big for me.

Where are they?

Thank you.

Where is everybody?

They're gone.

Something's wrong.

You can't do that.

What's the matter?

I don't understand. We've tried for two days.

They won't eat. They won't perform.

It's since we got the new one.

It's finished for today.

She's the new one.

How can you tell it's a female?

The way she moves.

Help!

Jacques, help me.

Help me up. Help me--

Don't be sad. I only took back what was mine.

Here. A present.

Tonight we're having a little party among ourselves.

8:00 in my suite.

Mr. Roberto, tell your brother to be reasonable.

Everybody's waiting for him upstairs.

He can't. He's indisposed.

- Shall we call a doctor? - She's trying something.

Oh, Mr. Mayol, help us.

He refuses to receive his medal, and everybody's waiting for him.

- I'll do my best. - That's very kind of you.

- It's Jacques. -Jacques!

My friend, come on in.

Mr. Molinari, allow me to impress upon you...

the importance of your attending the award ceremony for the press.

I think my brother told you I was indisposed.

That should do it, no? I am allowed to be indisposed.

Right? So you just go tell the press that the big Enzo Molinari...

overwhelmed by his inspiring descent of 3 2 4 feet...

will not be able to receive his trinket because he is--

- Hmm? - He is--

- Indisposed. - Brava.

-Jacques, my friend! - Why don't you go pick up your medal?

Because pasta should be eaten al dente!

Let me know how you find it.

Yes, I'm still here. I can hardly hear you.

Almost everything is almost-- Yeah. Two, maybe three days.

But, um--

No, I'm in a restaurant. What?

Okay, I'll call you back. I promise. Tomorrow.

Okay. Okay.

Yes!

My office in New York. It's really busy back there.

I have so much work to do.

- Is it good? - You want some?

Ah, no, I'm--

Thank you.

What's the matter?

I have to ask you a favor.

We're not stealing a dolphin, huh?

No, I told you, we're just helping one out.

Trying to help one out.

Yes.

Good.

Yeah. Stairs!

You can stop that now. She has all the water she needs.

All right, we did it. Let's go back to the party.

Five minutes. That's all, okay?

Well, then, good night.

Good night.

- Good night,Jacques. - Good night.

You don't need a stretcher to take her with you.

- You know that? - What?

The dolphins aren't the only ones who don't feel very good sometimes.

Jacques, can I come watch you dive tomorrow?

Yeah.

Good.

You really do have a few things to learn about women.

What do those guys do?

They are paramedics.

They wait at 200 feet.

And him?

That is the diver who goes below 300 feet.

He dives with a helium oxygen mixture.

Compressed air is too dangerous.

Three minutes.

It's fantastic!

Three hundred and sixty feet, yes.

Congratulations,Jacques. It's wonderful, wonderful.

I'm happy for you.

Here. Here.

- What is it? - A little present. Nothing much.

I knew it. I just knew it.

- You still collect them? - Mm-hmm.

You don't have that one, do you?

No. It's beautiful. Thank you.

It's nothing. I knew it.

I told Roberto, "" He's very good, that little Frenchman. Very good.""

Is this a poem?

No, it's a recipe for spaghetti ""frutti del mare.""

Thank you.

You see I was right in getting you out here.

You are world champion, my friend.

It's a measuring tape.

You see? This is your record...

three feet more than mine.

Looking at it from here, it doesn't look like much, does it?

Keep your little measuring tape, my friend.

It will be a nice souvenir when I beat you next.

God.

Did you have a nice night?

Yeah.

I was with the dolphin.

- With a dolphin? - Yeah.

I got to get back to New York.

I have my job, I have my work. I have a life.

Will you take me to the train station?

If you're ever in New York, give me a call, okay?

Can I come in?

No problem. I enjoy talking in my sleep.

Wake me up at 1 1 :00.

Why are you always talking?

You think people are interested in what you're talking about?

I'm not interested and other people aren't either...

so just stop talking because other people have things to say.

You understand me?

Stop talking. It's bullshit!

- She's gone? - Yes, she's gone!

Hey, I'm gonna take care of you.

I've got a job on an oil rig. No sweat.

I'm taking you along. Okay?

Come on. Get your bags packed.

You're coming with me.

You stupid bastard.

We'll make a great team, the two of us.

You'll see. Okay?

One hundred feet.

You're still thinking about her.

Don't think about her anymore.

There are so many women in the world.

Plenty of women everywhere, right?

Smoking is absolutely forbidden.

It isn't lit yet.

You shouldn't even carry cigarettes on board.

Listen, we're not supposed to piss either...

but that doesn't stop you from carrying it on board.

The rules are the rules.

- What's your name again? - Noireuter.

And where did you say you were from?

Brussels.

Two hundred.

I was 1 7.

I loved her so much, I tried to die for her.

Two years later, I couldn't even remember her name.

Let me tell you...

time erases everything.

I don't want to erase anything.

Four hundred fifty feet,; end of descent.

You have enough air for 1 5 minutes.

What's with the voice?

It's nothing. Maybe the helium is up too high.

Does the voice come back?

For others, yes. For you, who knows?

Try speaking to me.

I don't find this funny.

We were having a serious conversation.

It's okay for the helium.

Here, give me your finger.

Is that alcohol? That's really forbidden.

Do you have any other complaints?

Just make a list, and we'll stick it on the porthole, okay?

- Suck your finger. - Stop kidding around.

It's dangerous at this pressure, alcohol.

Enzo, it's very deep down here.

Come on, suck your finger.

I will be seeing mermaids everywhere.

A thousand commanders, and we get the Belgian from Alcoholics Anonymous!

See?

Come, let's go. Hey, let's go.

- Enzo, where do I put my feet? - Okay.

Wait, wait, wait! Where do I put my feet?

Can you hear me?

I didn't get the ing commercial.

So, did you see your therapist?

- Yeah. - What did he say?

He said I have a decision to make.

The answer is within me.

- You paid for that? - Yeah.

What did you decide?

Nothing.

Jesus,Joey, you're driving me crazy with this already!

I mean, you don't even want to go shopping anymore.

You don't want to talk about my career no more.

You don't want to do anything that you used to want to do.

All you want to do is talk about this guy that you don't even know!

Just make a ing decision!

Okay.

Heads, stay. Tails, go.

Okay?

- Stay. - Good.

Bad, very bad.

What--

Jacques,just talk to me.

I've got to go and see.

See what?

There's nothing to see,Jacques!

It's dark down there! It's cold!

You'll be alone! And I'm here!

I'm real! I exist!

Jacques, I love you.

I'm pregnant.

Did you hear me?

Go.

Go and see, my love.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants script

i'd like to think that fate had a hand in what happened that summer.

that it was the pants' destiny to find us.

where they came from and why they chose us...

...well, that will always be a mystery.

but perhaps that was part of their miracle.

that they sensed in that moment how much we needed them.

how much we needed some little bit of faith to hold onto...

...when it seemed like everything we believed in was about to slip away.

but wait a minute, i'm getting ahead of myself.

beautiful dress! love it.

we'd been a foursome for as long as i could remember.

-where are we going? -we're going over there.

in fact, we were a foursome before we were born.

and seven. anyone feel any kicking?

our mothers met at a prenatal aerobics class.

they really didn't have anything in common...

...except their due dates.

one, and relax. good work.

the first one out of the gate was bridget.

ladies, let's keep it together.

the rest of us followed within the week.

bridget liked to take charge.

way to go, lena.

l'll handle this.

and you know what?

sometimes, that worked in our favor.

oh, my god.

and that's how it always was with us：

give and take.

but mostly give.

lena, l don't think he's coming back this time.

it's gonna be okay, carmen.

l'll come over first thing tomorrow.

and tibby and bridget too.

just stay on the phone with me until you fall asleep.

what were they thinking?, take seven.

we were there for each other...

...to understand the things that no one else in the world could.

what were they thinking, having another baby at their age?

and what was l?

just some experiment from their hippie days...

...and now it's time to start their real family?

go ahead.

they're out of their minds.

lt sucks.

-totally. -cut!

lena, don't you realize this is tragedy?

can't you give me a bit more enthusiasm?

there were some things we would never make sense of.

grief is never an easy burden to bear.

and we were there for those too.

and as we mourn the loss of this beloved wife, mother and friend...

...it only makes her choice that much more unfathomable.

what measure of despair compels one to commit such an act?

we can only take comfort in the fact that she is in a better place now...

...than she found here among us.

my deepest sympathies. bridget.

we were there for the things we couldn't face alone.

-hey. -hey, bee, you okay?

y eah. l will be as soon as l get out of these stupid heels.

here. hold them for me, will you?

think l'll run home.

or the ones we didn't want to face at all.

together, it was as if we formed one single, complete person.

wild, unstoppable bridget.

shy and beautiful lena.

tibby, the rebel.

and me, carmen, the writer.

can't buy anything new at a vintage store.

we were 1 6 and had never been apart. and all that was about to change.

-how about this one? -lt's great.

lf you wanna go to greece looking like laverne de fazio.

-who? -'70s tv icon.

am l the only one who's not culturally deprived?

tibby forgot to take her happy pill this morning.

actually, l'm saving them for when l'm stuck doing time at wallmans...

...while the rest of you jet off on your little adventures.

boo-hoo, tibby. y ou are such a drama queen.

l am going to south carolina. that is only, like, three states away.

lt's abandonment, nevertheless. l hate you all.

y ou're the one who wanted to stay here all summer...

...and angst it out making your documentary.

y eah, it's gonna be a huge hit.

thrilling footage on how to stack deodorant.

l think l'm gonna start my own genre, call it the ''suckumentary.''

lena, look at this! oh, my goodness.

-they're perfect. -l can't wear a bikini.

don't you know all the beaches in greece are nude?

-what? -she's just kidding, lena.

god, l envy you.

y ou get to go to a place where there's actually guys.

l thought you were looking forward to el campo de fútbol.

she sure was until she found out it was girls only.

-no boys allowed. -don't talk about it.

hey, pierce alert, pierce alert.

sorry, young lady, no more holes.

take those out right now and try these on.

-look. here you go. -put them on.

-go, go, go. -okay, carmen-- carmen.

tibby, you're a babe!

tibby, you look amazing. turn around. look at you!

-carmen! -y ou look wonderful.

-lt looks good. -lt looked great on you. please buy them.

-y ou try them on, then. -but l don't wear jeans.

y eah. or bikinis or miniskirts...

...or anything else that might actually show you have a shape.

l do not.

tibby, those look so great on you. why can't you just admit it?

because l'm wallowing in self-pity.

-lena! -are you serious?

-y ou have a body! -look at that.

lena kaligaris has a body!

-stop it! l do not. -when did this happen?

-y ou look good in them. -look at you.

y ou look good! little lena.

y ou're the one who loves jeans so much, why don't you try them?

-maybe because l'm 3 inches taller than you. -fair's fair.

-hey, how can they be perfect on you too? -that is a little weird.

l don't know, but it's really starting to freak me out.

okay, carmen, it's your turn.

carmen, you try them on.

-oh, come on, honestly. are you serious? -y ou have to.

y ou think that a pair of jeans that fits all three of you is going to fit all of this?

-put them on. now. -we'll help your thighs get into them.

-tibby! come on, now. -l'm just kidding.

will you help me get out of them?

carmen, we all tried them on. just try them.

all right.

my thighs.

sassy britches.

get over these thighs.

okay, here we go.

what? l told you guys. l'm just gonna take them off...

...and we're gonna pretend like this never happened.

no, carmen, come over here and look at yourself.

-they look amazing on you. -look at them.

call me crazy, but it's scientifically impossible...

-...that a pair of pants could fit me.... -and me.

-and me. -and me.

this is crazy.

look, tib, something happened today that l can't explain and you can't explain.

-whatever, let's just ignore it. -we can't just ignore it.

-why? -because it's a sign, the pants--

-be quiet, you're gonna-- -y ou know what, tibby?

-sometimes you're much too much. -be careful.

-l'm fine, lena. -oh, my god. y ou're gonna fall.

lt makes our butts look good. that's enough for me.

-that's right, amen. -get up there. go on.

-there is more going here than lycra. -but there's probably lycra.

all right, guys, are you ready for this?

ln the name of the father, the son--

-here we go. -carmen, this isn't church.

y ou guys! but it's still a sacred place!

l mean, this is where our moms met, right?

anyway, look, we're gathered here today...

...to honor a gift that has been sent to us.

-so why do we have to pay for them? -tibs.

carmen, go ahead, just finish what you have to say.

tonight, on the eve of our separation...

...magic has come to us in a pair of pants.

and l'm proposing that we share them equally...

...and that this summer they travel among us...

...and they'll link us in hearts and spirits...

...even though we're far apart from each other.

l think that tonight we're the sisters of these pantalones.

-sisters of the pants? -y es!

we need rules. every sisterhood has rules.

thank you. a manifesto.

-okay. -good point. l love it.

okay, rule number one:

each sister is going to keep the pants for...?

-a week. -a week.

lena should be first because greece is the furthest away.

-okay. -tibby, you next.

-what's your rule? -l don't have a rule.

-y es, you do. -tibs, come on.

no picking your nose when wearing the pants.

-honestly. -that's not--

y ou can casually scratch while really picking a little.

-thanks for the allowance. -good rule.

when sending the pants, we'll write a letter...

...detailing the most exciting thing that happened while wearing them.

that's good.

so most exciting thing that happens to you.

and what if nothing exciting happens?

-it will. it has to! -no, i really doubt it.

and when it happens, and we reunite...

...we will document it on the pants themselves.

-that's good. -that's rule number six.

rule number seven:

any removal of the pants must be done by the wearer herself.

y es, you.

touche!

he works, you know.

so he may not have that much time to spend with you.

so if you get lonely, come home, okay?

l'm gonna be fine, mom.

we will never, ever wash these pants.

carmen, that's so unnecessary. why not?

because you can't wash the pants.

-why? why? -carmen, we have to.

what? are you gonna wash the magic out of the pants?

the magic's not sanitary.

no, l have a better one. no double cuffing.

double-cuffing the pants at the bottom, it's tacky.

-the '80s are over. -y ou know what else is tacky?

tucking in your shirt and wearing a belt at the same time.

-l don't do that anymore. -good one.

l did that one time.

-forbidden to cuff or tuck. -okay, okay.

-no cuffing or tucking. -my turn, my turn.

-okay. -y es, bee?

y ou can never say you look fat while wearing the pants.

y ou can't even think it!

all passengers, this is the final boarding call--

take care, and be sure to write, huh?

y ou too. bye.

y ou better get going. looks like they're starting to board.

-that's nine. -so we need one more.

-we need a final rule. -final rule.

okay, pants equal love.

love your sisters and love yourself.

to the pants.

and the sisterhood.

and this summer...

...and the rest of our lives.

together and apart.

y ou know, papou, l really wouldn't mind walking.

l'm sorry that my greek isn't so good.

mom said that l'd pick it up in no time.

y ou know, with all the talking, just with you and with yia yia.

lena!

lena!

lt's the evil eye.

lena. l think l'll die and never see my lena.

l think l'll never see you, my lena.

y ou like your room? and your bed?

l have put the most special sheets and lace.

and from this window, the most beautiful view.

she's precious. like a jewel.

we guard you like a jewel.

y ou need rest.

when you hear your name called and the color of your team...

...run over and join your coach.

-all right. -alma, megan, green.

anderson, alice, green.

adissa, jessica, red.

bo, natalie, red.

come on, come on, rápido!

please, god, let me sprain my ankle as soon as possible.

come again?

this whole thing was my mother's idea. she couldn't wait to get rid of me.

god, mine has been sobbing all week, ''what am l gonna do without you?''

l'm like, ''get a life, ma,'' you know?

what's yours do?

nothing.

hey, who's that?

don't even think about it. lt's against the rules to have flings with the coaches.

marsden, olivia, red.

come on!

vreeland, bridget, red.

hey, baby.

here it is. l asked the school to postpone sending this...

...because, dad, l wanted to surprise you.

-ta-da! straight a's. -that's fantastic.

dad, l brought my tennis gear and l have been practicing like crazy...

-...so serve to me your absolute hardest. -l'll do that.

y ou know, l was calculating it on the train.

l haven't spent more than four straight days with you since l was 1 0.

l mean, l love it when you come for christmas...

...but a whole summer and just the two of us?

mom taught me how to make arroz con pollo.

l'm gonna cook that for you. and plátanos too.

wait, where are we?

l have a surprise for you.

l moved out of charleston.

and into a development? dad, you hate developments.

when did l say that?

at the frederick law olmstead exhibit at the smithsonian.

y ou said, ''there's city and there's country, and everything else is a wasteland.''

l was 9 years old. y ou came to d.c. for one day to visit with a plastics company.

y ou remember everything!

l don't remember you telling me you moved.

who is that?

ls that your neighbor?

actually, we live together.

hey!

y ou must be carmen.

y our daddy has told me so much about you.

l just know we're gonna have the most wonderful summer together.

-kids! kids, come on out here! -kids?

they're not kids, they're teenagers, just like you.

they live with you?

carmen, this is krista and this is paul.

-we're gonna be bridesmaids together. -excuse me?

l hadn't quite gotten to that part of the surprise yet.

oh, sweetheart....

we're getting married.

august 1 9th.

say, you're a real natural with that thing.

took me weeks before l got the hang of it.

y eah, well, we all have our special talents.

tibby! l thought l made it perfectly clear...

...that employee headsets are to be worn at all times.

don't make me mention it again.

excuse me?

where are the shampoos?

aisle seven.

somebody help!

girl down.

somebody call an ambulance!

y ou've got a price sticker on your forehead.

l'm sorry...

...l don't speak greek very well.

well, we'll have to work on that, won't we?

thanks for lending me a shirt.

looks good on you.

sorry if it smells like fish.

-ls this your boat? -my grandfather's.

y eah. all the ones with the blue flags are his.

-do you work for him? -no, just in the summer.

l go to the university in athens.

kostas dounas.

lena kaligaris.

lena kaligaris. then you are greek too, eh?

so how do you know english so well?

well, l lived with my parents in chicago until l was 1 2.

oh, my parents moved to the u.s. too.

but l'm just here for the summer. l'm staying with my grandparents.

l have to throw the small ones back.

would you like to help?

no. that's okay.

okay, here, l'll show you.

give me your hand.

put your hand on my hand.

put your hand close.

good?

luck was on his side today.

l have to go. l should go.

but thank you again for saving my life.

do you dance better than you swim?

-excuse me? -saturday night. meet me.

l'm sorry. l can't.

pick it up!

hi.

-hi. -l'm bridget.

-eric. -l know.

so l hear you go to columbia.

y ep.

well, what have you heard about me?

y our high school won nationals.

mvp. l play forward.

so l've noticed.

l'm 1 7.

come on, l'll race you.

that's it.

seven miles.

oh, god, don't you love to run?

y eah.

lt's the best high there is.

exactly, it's--

lt's like you're just in this place where nothing bad could ever happen, you know?

like if you just push a bit further, if you just keep moving--

nothing can touch you.

of course, the endorphins don't suck, either.

-so tami's feeling okay? -y eah.

ls she gonna do baton twirling with you?

we don't know yet. she might just have to hold the banner.

sweetheart, why don't we say grace before we start eating dinner?

-l would love to. -all right.

bless us, o lord, for these, thy gifts which we are about to receive...

...from thy bounty, through christ, our lord.

-amen. dig in. -this looks great.

-l will get that. -oh, it's okay.

we don't answer the phone during dinner.

except that one time. tell us again how you guys met.

we've told that story so many--

-y ou wanna tell it? -l don't.

-want me to? -all right.

-l dialed the wrong number. -and l answered.

-lydia answered. -during dinner.

just that one time.

and lydia agreed to go out with a stranger.

-ls that not what happened? -oh, no, come on. no, l did not.

-that is exactly what happened! -we went bowling. lt was so much fun.

-do you remember you bowled a two? -a two is a bad score.

at least l didn't get the ball stuck on my thumb.

the water in the toilet is blue.

-blue? -y es, mom, blue.

and by the way, doesn't dad hate bowling?

-bowling? -well, he's down here bowling.

-and he says grace. -grace?

he says grace, mom. he gives thanks to god before he eats.

we couldn't get him to go to church with us once. who is this guy?

-i don't even-- -y ou need to talk to him, carmen.

-just tell him how you feel. -l do talk to him. l talk to him all the time.

y eah, like you talk to me? no.

this is important, carmencita. what he did was wrong.

l'm gonna get on a plane and l'm just gonna come down there.

look, you'd never want him to be happy, and that's why you blame him.

and this is gonna work out great. lt's going to be fine.

dear tibby...

...i think we may have been very, very wrong about the pants.

the one time i wore them i almost drowned...

...and then got plucked onto a fishing boat...

...by a guy who made me touch a live fish. it was disgusting!

at least i'm getting some good sketching in.

i love everything about this island.

oh, except that you're not with me.

infinite X's and o's, lena.

-how was town? -fine.

l have found this in the laundry.

ls it yours?

no, actually...

...l sort of borrowed it.

when l went down to the harbor, l went swimming...

...and someone just lent it to me.

oh, someone. someone who?

a boy?

which one? l know everyone.

don't mind them, they're your cousins.

they're cousins too? how many do l have?

plenty of them. don't change the subject.

out with it. out, out.

his name is kostas dounas.

dounas?

he's a dounas?

y ou must never speak of them.

they are liars! they are thieves! they are barbarians!

y our grandfather would die if he know about this.

y ou must never see this boy again.

y ou understand?

-y es. -no, that's not enough.

y ou have to swear.

l swear.

okay.

what am i supposed to be saying here?

oh, just, stuff about your life.

well, there ain't nothing too interesting.

we're not really looking for interesting. it's just real, you know.

-that's the point of a documentary. -a what?

a documentary.

like a movie, only boring.

hi, l think this is yours. they delivered it to my house by mistake.

they must've got the numbers screwed up.

see, this says 721 and l'm 27 1 . l'm bailey graffman.

y eah, you're the one that fainted the other day, right?

-at wallmans. l was there. -oh, yeah.

y ou're the weird girl with the price sticker on your forehead.

wait here, l got something for you.

lt was lying next to you. l opened it to see if there was an ld.

so you ripped off my wallet?

that's kind of like a thank you but different.

l think l had more than $4 in here.

do you seriously think l would steal your money?

l opened it to see if there was an ld in there.

okay? there wasn't. there was a school photo and a pathetic picture of a kitten.

so, what's in yours?

a wallmans' employee card or a license to ride a bike?

excuse me, l get my learner's permit next week and--

how old are you, like 1 0?

-twelve. -whatever. same difference.

no, when l was 1 0 l didn't have an ipod.

y ou're so cool. what are you listening to, teletubbies hit parade?

y ou woke her up. thank you.

must suck.

-what? -having to babysit on your day off.

why are you working there, anyway?

lt just so happens that l need some extra money for new video equipment.

when l finally got around to looking for a new job, wallmans was the....

why am l telling you this? don't you have somewhere to be?

not really.

looks like you got a lot already.

-are you making a movie or something? -more like an ode.

-to what? -lives of quiet desperation.

human existence at its lamest.

-fascinating. maybe you need an assistant. -maybe l don't.

y ou wouldn't have to pay me or anything. l could carry equipment and stuff.

hi, honey.

l'm sorry l'm late.

who's your friend?

-she's not my-- -bailey, bailey graffman.

well, l gotta go.

see you around, tibby.

there you are.

-hi. -hey.

we should play tennis tomorrow.

-really? -y eah.

-ln the morning? -y eah.

are you ready for this, old man? y ou think your knees can take it?

-y ou actually think you can return my serve? -l do, dad. l do.

-like to put money on that? -l'll put money on it.

-sweetheart? -y eah.

l gotta meet the caterers at the hotel. mind stopping by paul's game?

sure.

well, he's an unbelievable soccer player.

we'll just stop for one second, okay?

-lt's right on the way. -y eah. y eah, okay.

-hey. -how are you?

good. didn't think your team was scrimmaging till later today.

they're not. l just came out early to check out the competition.

well, you're looking at her.

y ou're awfully sure of yourself, huh?

when l know what l want.

y ou got it!

take it down! take it down!

what's that?!

overtime! all right!

-overtime, yes. -which one of those is yours?

paul, paul rodman.

so you're the golden boy's dad. he's a good player.

-y eah, he is. -al!

okay. pass!

pass, vreeland!

now!

y ep, nice shot.

we're not worthy! we're not worthy!

sub! vreeland, you're out!

this is a scrimmage, vreeland, as in practice.

everyone on the team needs to get some.

we know you're a superstar, okay? we got it.

now save it for the championship.

-who do we got, deanna? -katie, you're up.

okay, katie, let's go, let's go!

same thing!

nice! get up, wendy! get there! y es!

the hotel that's doing our wedding had a water main break.

-the whole place is flooded. -the repairs won't be done for months.

oh, my god, the place was just so perfect.

l'm never gonna find another place in time.

we will find a place.

l'm sorry.

lydia never had a real wedding.

my dad died just before my first and....

come on, let's get you home. we'll work this out.

hey, paul, you wanna play tennis with carmen?

great shot, paul.

-what? -lydia needs me, sweetie.

lt'll be a chance for you to get to know each other.

dad, paul doesn't talk.

y eah, he's a little shy.

go on. lt'll be fun.

-we'll play tomorrow, okay? -okay.

oh, my god, are you okay?

oh, my gosh! are you okay?

l'm so sorry, l'm sorry!

lt's swelling. l'm so sorry.

-lt's no big deal. -we should just stop.

l'm tired anyway.

-kalimera, lena. -no. l thought-- l didn't--

well, here's your shirt. thanks again.

lena, wait.

l was just about to take her out. come with me?

no. l shouldn't even be here at all.

they told you, didn't they?

y ou think this is funny? our grandparents hate each other.

y ou knew my name. why didn't you say something the other day?

well, because the arguments of old men have nothing to do with us.

well, they're not arguing about nothing. what was the fight about?

what everything here is about:

money and fish.

my grandfather says your grandfather cheat him.

y our grandfather says my grandfather...

...sold him fish that make his whole restaurant sick.

so, what's the truth?

the truth is that it's a beautiful day and....

why should the rest of it matter?

because it does.

tibby.

tibby.

tibby, now, l have had another complaint of receipt withholding.

-this is your second offense and-- -y ou're gonna have to dock my pay.

that's right.

also, the dress code strictly prohibits blue jeans.

great.

what are you doing with my stuff?

y our mom gave it to me. l told her l was your assistant.

-y ou what? wait-- -she seemed to think it was a good idea.

okay, look, you seem like a sweet kid.

no, you seem like a pain in the ass. but look, l have my own friends.

three best friends. even though they left me here to rot this summer...

-...l'm not looking for new ones. -neither am l.

l just think it'd be cool to learn about filmmaking.

besides, l think l found a good subject for an interview.

his name is brian mcbrian, king of ''dragon's lair.''

l've heard he's broken every record there is.

okay, he's definitely not what you'd call lame...

...but l figured he'd be a good contrast to all the loser types in the movie.

start setting up.

stand next to him.

pretend you're a fan, like you watch him all the time.

-right. -and action.

video arcade wizards are fixtures at most convenience stores.

brian mcbrian is a fixture at this one.

''dragon's lair,'' he says...

...is his calling.

so, brian, you spend a lot of time here?

sometimes all day.

so you prefer to spend most of your time here at the quick mart...

...instead of out in the real world?

well, maybe he finds the world of ''dragon's lair'' more interesting.

tell us about it, brian.

well....

basically, you're dirk the daring...

...in the year 1 305 a.d.

see, the goal is to rescue princess daphne...

...who's being guarded by singe, the dragon.

see, chamber number one is the snake room.

-see, snakes slither from the ceiling. -really?

y ou don't even get to see the dragon until chamber number 23!

y eah!

-come on, come on! -y eah!

faster! faster! go! he's right behind you!

-go, go, go! -y eah, l got it.

-watch this, ready? -run fast!

oh, you must have run out of tape.

what about the rest of the interview?

well, we could always come back tomorrow, l guess.

-l mean, if that's cool with you. -y eah.

y ou all right?

ls she speaking spanish?

-oh, is that okay? ls that all right? -oh, sure! sure.

lt's just that nobody understands it, sweetie.

oh, come on, dad, you know that is not true.

he and my mom, they used to speak spanish all the time.

especially when they started being all gushy...

-...and they didn't want me to understand. -wow, it's 9:00?

-but l totally understood them. -l gotta drop that check at the caterers.

carmen, you're not gonna believe this.

we have decided to have the wedding right here at home.

with a big party in the back yard.

dancing under the stars. lt's gonna be perfect.

where's paul?  www.130q.com

-oh, he had an appointment. -at the hospital?

why would you say that?

we were playing tennis the other day, and l hit him, but it was an accident--

-no, no. he's okay. -he's fine.

-he just-- -he just had to do something.

y eah.

-dad, dad, dad. -y o.

what's going on?

where exactly is paul?

he's in atlanta, honey.

visiting his father. his dad's in a facility.

he's an alcoholic.

every month, paul takes a bus to visit him.

krista refuses to see him.

she's not ready for that.

lydia doesn't want to upset her by talking about it...

...so we just say paul's out for the day.

okay.

natasha.

olivia.

bridget.

polly.

-janna. -oh, tampons!

that's special, mom.

-jo! -now, welcome to camp.

diana.

shampoo. very, very practical.

hamburgers.

did you guys hear? actually, they're finally giving us saturday off.

hallelujah. can you say ''cantina''?

hey, where's the cantina?

l don't know. l think somewhere up the road. why?

he wants me to go.

what?

he wants me to go.

why else would he have said that right in front of me?

this is my favorite part.

when he takes the big risk and launches the catapult.

bailey, come on, l'm trying to see if there's something we can use from this.

just one thing.

what was in the package?

just some....

just those pair of pants over there.

l'm sharing them with my friends for the summer.

these?

-what's so great about an old pair of jeans? -nothing.

they just happen to mysteriously fit us all perfectly.

really?

l wonder what they'd look like on me.

on the off-chance you'd ever let me try them on.

-like now, for example. -go ahead, do whatever you want.

l need some quiet.

tibby?

l need you to take the baby!

my carma-poochie-ay, i'm writing from the post office...

...and this express mail costs more than i make in two hours at wallmans...

...so these jeans better get to you tomorrow.

here we are on a typical bethesda corner...

...where generations of young entrepreneurs have proved the old adage:

''when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.''

so the question on my mind is...

...is this fresh-squeezed or powder?

-does it matter if it's good lemonade? -let me ask the questions.

i'm sad to report that nothing of consequence happened...

...while wearing the pants.

i spilled a sprite...

...and my rat-faced manager accused me of receipt withholding.

-receipt withholding. -in rat-faced manager lingo...

...that means forgetting to give a sales slip.

y ou know, l was reading that bill gates...

...when he was younger, he ran a lemonade stand.

-y ou don't know that, that's not-- -y eah, l do. l read it in a magazine.

-where did you read that? -ln a magazine.

other than that, the only thing that i have to show for the pants...

...is the kid that delivered them, some wise-ass pain in the neck...

...who's decided to permanently glue herself to my hip.

she's just tired. she's been there a really long time, all day.

what is she doing right there? tell me.

-she's just thinking. she's strategizing. -l think she's trying to grow a brain.

too bad you can't express mail 1 2-year-olds.

and l wish you the very best of luck on this endeavor.

hey. hey there, sleepyhead.

hey, carmen.

-honey, time to wake up. -hi.

hi there. good morning.

sorry to wake you...

...but l was just wondering if maria could grab your sheets.

-maria? -y eah, our housekeeper.

l told her you usually slept late...

...but l don't think she understood me.

her english isn't real good.

okay, right.

could l-- l'll just wash my own sheets.

no, no, no. don't be silly.

maria can certainly do your sheets, not a problem.

-lydia, it's really-- -lt's a beautiful day.

-y ou shouldn't be washing sheets. -oh, it's not a problem at all.

l usually do it myself anyway.

l do it all the time. l'm so used to it. people wash their sheets all the time.

okay.

been here long?

kostas. what are you doing here?

lt's a fish market.

this is where l sell my fish.

right.

but you already knew that, eh?

excuse me?

lena, no one sits near a smelly fish market...

...unless they're waiting for someone.

well, l don't know what you're talking about.

l just came to sketch that old church over there.

may l?

well, it's-- lt's not finished.

-y ou didn't tell me you were an artist. -l'm not, really.

lena, you are.

my parents were married in that church...

...before they left for the united states.

why did they come back to greece?

they didn't.

they were killed in a car accident...

...when l was 1 2.

l come back to live with my grandfather.

l'm sorry.

what made you choose to paint this?

l don't know.

l liked it because, when you first look at it...

...it looks kind of forgotten, and then....

but then you realize that that's why it's beautiful.

lt's perfect in all its loneliness.

y ou see?

lena kaligaris...

...you are an artist.

and you should finish it.

well, maybe some other time.

l mean, l really should go.

-lf my grandparents saw me here, they'd-- -they'd what?

ls it really them you're afraid of?

or is it something else?

what do you mean?

-y ou don't even know me. -l'm trying to.

or can't you see that?

he's right, car. i am afraid.

there's a part of me that wants to let him in...

...but then i feel myself put this wall up...

...and i don't understand why.

maybe that's what strikes me most about kostas.

that despite everything he's suffered...

...he can still look at life in the most uncomplicated way.

i've never known that kind of faith.

it makes me so sad that people like kostas and bridget...

...who have lost everything...

...can still be open to love...

...while i, who have lost nothing, am not.

She's at the doctor's.

- Who is? - Little girl next door.

I don't know why, though. I heard they were stopping treatment.

- Treatment? - She has leukemia.

Found it a couple of years ago, poor thing.

Is that her?

Y eah.

What is that?

- It's my mom! - Y our mom?

Let's go.

Hi.

What are you doing here? Y ou shouldn't be here.

I'm not drinking.

But if you don't dance with me, I might have to start.

Bridget.

I can't.

I can't do this, I'm sorry.

- Is it blue like this? - No, not at all.

Not at all?

This is the foot brake.

Now, you're gonna let it out very slow.

Very slow.

Relax. All right.

Don't forget to steer. That's good.

Iook out for the donkey. No donkey.

So, roberta, what do you like best about working here at wallmans?

Pays the bills. Well, most of them, anyway.

I also work part-time over at the sweet shoppe across the way.

They've got one of them...

...blending machines, you know, for the mix-ins...

...and whenever I get bored...

...I do experiments.

Experiments? That's so cool.

- Here, plug that in. Sorry I'm late. - It's okay.

What's your best one so far?

Gee, I don't know...

oh, there was one the other day and it turned out really good.

It had pralines, blueberries and a whole bunch of graham crackers.

Awesome. Y ou know baskin-robbins?

They hire these ice cream scientists...

...whose job is to invent three new flavors a month.

- Really? - Y eah.

Y ou know who would be good at something like that?

Y ou.

Y ou think so?

Oh, jeez! I gotta get back to work. Duncan's gonna have a hissy fit.

See you later.

Sorry.

- I know you hate it when I butt in. - It's okay.

I didn't mean to mess up the whole interview.

Y ou didn't. Y ou were good.

So who told you?

Told me what?

- Y ou found out, didn't you? - We still have time for one more interview.

It's called leukemia.

Y eah, and I would like to come with you.

But are you just asking because you feel sorry for me?

I don't know.

Maybe.

Okay.

Okay.

We'll just take the hem up and it'll be perfect.

- Y ou look beautiful. - I love it, mama.

Carmen?

Carmen, you're next, sweetheart.

I beg your pardon?

- I look like a tramp. - Oh, dear.

I'm sure barbara can work on this for you.

Here you go.

Well, let's see here.

Well, we need to let this out here.

Right, right. Way out.

And hopefully we can dig up some extra fabric.

And this... y es, this needs some serious work here.

Frankly, I think we're better off just starting from scratch on this one.

Okay, good.

- Can I take this off now? - Sure. Certainly, darling. Go ahead.

Barbara, I'm so sorry.

I had no idea her father would be so off when he guessed her size.

Usually a roughly constructed prototype works as a starting point, but in this case...

we could add a long-line corset for her?

- Y es, that'll cinch it in. - Right, beautiful.

It is a wedding, and I do want it to look uniform.

- I mean, will she look like krista? - Definitely.

Y ou know, then just never mind.

We will fix the hem on krista's...

...and we'll just start over on the other one.

Carmen.

The other one's name, it's carmen.

Carmen.

Y ou know what? Just forget about the dress.

We can tell everybody that carmen's puerto rican.

And it never occurred to you she might be built differently.

Or that, unlike you and your daughter, she has an ass...

...that the tailor didn't have enough bolts of material to cover.

Or better yet, just tell everyone there is no carmen.

Carmen doesn't exist.

Carmen, honey. Carmen!

One, two, three!

Okay, ladies, time to call out the cavalry.

We've secured a spot in the playoffs, we're gonna shake it up a little.

Wendy and karen to midfield, bridget to sweeper.

- What? - Y ou heard me.

I don't wanna see you go past midfield, got that?

Dear lena, when i got your letter i screamed for about 10 minutes.

So you found a hottie after all, huh?

Well, me too. His name is eric.

Did i mention he's one of the coaches and 100 percent off-limits?

But i don't care.

I've never wanted anything this much in my entire life.

I'm still waiting for carma-poochie-ay to send me the pants.

And in the meantime, i'm throwing all my pent-up energy into soccer...

...although that only seems to get me into more trouble.

What can i say? I'm obsessed.

And as we all know, obsessed girls cannot be responsible for our actions, can we?

Pass, vreeland!

Hey.

Hey.

Saw you watch me play today. What did you think?

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone...

...with that much intensity...

...ever.

Well, I might've been showing off for you just a little bit.

- Just a little bit? - Y eah.

No.

Y ou know, it's more than that.

Y ou scare the hell out of me.

"Single-minded to the point of recklessness."

What?

It's what the school shrink called me.

After my mom died, a few of the teachers thought...

...that, I don't know, I needed to be evaluated or something.

So I met with a guy.

I talked and he wrote.

I've never told anyone that before.

Okay, bridget.

No, don't say anything.

Not now, okay?

Hey, come on, I'll race you.

Here you go.

- Y ou got a key, honey? - No.

- Doesn't look like anybody's home. - They're probably out looking for me.

- But I'll be fine, thank you. - All right.

It is very good.

Hi, this is tibby. Here comes the beep. Hopefully you know what to do with it.

Tib, it's me, it's carmen. I'm coming home.

Everything got screwed up, and I snapped. And I don't care, and...

I'm just fed up, and I can't be here...

...so I called you, because I knew you...

knew you'd understand.

Y ou know what I like most about the stars?

Y ou look at them, at all of them up there...

...and you just know there's gotta be something more than...

life?

There has to be.

Are you scared?

Not of dying, really.

It's more that I'm afraid of time.

And not having enough of it.

Time to figure out who I'm supposed to be...

...to find my place in the world before I have to leave it.

I'm afraid of what I'll miss.

What?

Nothing.

Bridget just lights everything up. She makes everything more fun.

And carmen is brilliant, but she doesn't know it.

And tibby...

well, tibby kind of marches to her own drum.

I'm kind of jealous of her.

Why?

Well, because she knows who she is.

Don't you?

I don't know.

I think I know who I wanna be.

What you were saying the other day, about me being afraid?

Well, it's hard to explain.

All my life, everybody's always...

...kind of seen me a certain way.

And I didn't... I don't...

- no, it's all right, I understand. - Do you?

Y eah.

Some people show off their beauty...

...because they want the world to see it.

Others try to hide their beauty...

...because they want the world to see something else.

And what do you see?

Everything.

Dear bridget...

...i guess i was kidding myself to think that when the pants arrived...

...they were gonna make everything better.

I mean, i don't blame them for what happened, but...

anyway, i do hope that they bring you better luck than they did me.

And even more than that, bee, may they bring you good sense.

I know it sounds boring...

...but trust me, from recent experience...

...a little common sense, it's not such a bad thing, bee.

Wear them well. Iove you, carmen.

Y our dad called.

He wanted to make sure you got home okay.

I'm so sorry, baby. I knew this would happen.

Mom, please.

Now you know why I was so afraid of you going there.

- I don't want to say I told you so, but... - then don't.

- Morning. - Don't you ever sleep?

- What for? - This just came for you.

Oh, my god, they're finally here.

What's here?

Do you guys realize what this means?

- That you're hugging a pair of jeans? - These aren't just jeans.

They make things happen.

Sweet.

I felt like I was living in some freak show known as "the land of the blonds."

And guess who was the freak.

- I'm sure it wasn't that bad. - It was. It was horrible.

Okay, paul, he doesn't talk. He didn't say a word.

And krista, she's this perky little...

...nightmare.

And her and her mom, they're like sunshine twins on uppers...

...except when, god forbid, something happened with the wedding plans.

Because, tibby, I don't think there was a single conversation...

...that didn't revolve around flowers, or hors d'oeuvres menus...

...or guest lists, or tablecloths or...

I'm sure they were just excited.

No, tib, can you pretend to be on my side?

It's not about sides, car.

There are worse things than your dad getting married.

Sure, he probably could have handled it better...

tibby, he didn't handle it at all.

- Tell him that. - Why should I have to?

Y ou shouldn't have to throw a rock at him, either.

I didn't throw a rock at him, I threw it at them!

They're the problem, tibby. They're the ones who ruined everything.

And why are you giving me this hypocritical lecture...

...about treating people decently...

...when you walk around screaming, "screw the world"...

...because that's easier than feeling something?

I think she's getting too much sun.

Y ou're probably right.

Maybe I'll go for a walk, get some fresh air.

Can't you stay another week?

My classes start on monday. I have to go.

I just...

I feel like...

I know.

Me too.

I love you, lena.

What are you doing? Stop!

- Lena! - Kostas!

Lena!

He makes you drunk.

It was nothing! We were just dancing!

Y ou made promise to me. Does that mean nothing to you too?

It does not mean nothing to break the hearts...

...of those who love you?

Y ou call that nothing?

I'm sorry.

In this life...

...family is the most precious gift we are given.

The most sacred.

Turn your back on them...

...and that is when you truly have nothing.

It happened just how i always imagined it would.

So why do i feel this way, lena?

How can something that's supposed to make you feel so complete...

...end up leaving you so empty?

I just wish so much i could talk to my mom.

I need her...

...and that scares me.

Mom, I told you, I can't babysit today. Bailey and I have an interview...

bailey's in the hospital, sweetheart. Her mom called.

Honey, she's not doing well.

It's bethesda memorial. I tried calling you.

- Come on, I'll drive you over to see her. - That's okay, I'll...

I'll go by there if I have time.

But, i mean, if you're, like, shooting squirrels or something like that...

I am mad at my dad.

I am mad at my dad.

Why is that so hard for me to say, tibby?

I have no problem being mad at you.

I noticed.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry, tibby. What I said, it was not nice.

It was awful, and I'm sorry.

Well, maybe sometimes it's easier to be mad at the people you trust.

Why? Why is that?

Because you know they'll always love you, no matter what.

Well, your mom told me about your friend bailey.

Y eah. Bailey.

Y eah, she's not really my friend.

Well, you know... I mean, yeah...

y eah, a little. But, you know, she's 12.

Y our letters, they made her sound like...

she drives you crazy.

We'll be doing interviews, right? Talking to people...

...and she'll just jump in and start asking these questions.

She'll ask them anything she wants about their lives...

...like she's trying to get to know them or something.

Well, is she gonna be okay?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Lena kaligaris?

Papou.

I need to say something to you.

Y ou can pretend that you don't understand me, but I know you do.

People have always said to me that I take after yia yia...

...that I have her face and her smile...

...but what no one ever sees is that...

...there's this whole other part of me that is just like you.

Quiet and stubborn and afraid of showing too much.

And then I met someone who changed everything...

...and he showed me I can take a chance, even if it's only for a moment.

Lena...

y ou had that same moment once, when you met yia yia.

And you risked everything for it.

That was your chance, papou. And I'm asking now to have mine.

Go.

Kostas!

Kostas!

I thought I'd never see you again.

I love you.

What do you get in this box?

I'll be right back.

Hello?

Hello?

Dad, it's carmen.

I'm glad you called.

- I just... I want... - It's all right. Y ou don't...

y ou don't have to apologize, sweetheart. Y ou were upset. I know.

No, dad, you don't know.

That's just it, you've never known...

...because I've never been able to tell you.

- Tell me what? - That I'm angry with you, dad.

This entire thing. About you, and lydia and the kids...

It's my fault.

I should have told you about them before, and I'm sorry.

Y eah, you should've warned me, but it's more than that.

It's the fact that you've found yourself this new family...

...and I feel like some outsider who doesn't even belong to you anymore.

It's like you traded me and mom in for something that you thought was better...

...and I wanna know why. Are you ashamed of me?

Are you embarrassed?

Just tell me, dad, what did i do wrong?

Why did you leave? Why did you have to go?

And then tell me that we were gonna be closer?

But that never happened.

Dad, why does paul visit his alcoholic dad every month...

...but you only visit me twice a year?

And I know... y ou just seem so happy about being paul and krista's dad...

...but you never even had the time to be mine.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I wish that were enough, dad.

Where's your little friend these days?

Kind of got used to having her hanging around.

Couple of weeks ago, she saw I was having a bad time of it...

...asked me if I wanted to talk.

She's kind of special that way, huh?

Dear tibby, my heart is too full to write about it just now.

And you won't believe i'm saying this...

...but i really think the pants did bring this to me.

We were right all along, tibby. The pants are magic.

And i know that if you let them, they'll bring you some too.

All my love, lena.

It's about time you showed up.

What's that?

It's "dragon's lair."

Brian came by yesterday and dropped it off.

He said it wasn't as good as the real thing...

...but at least it'd keep me practicing.

He helped me get to level 10...

...the one where the castle's under siege.

That's cool.

He's a pretty decent guy, brian is.

Y eah, he is.

Oh, man, you were right, and I was wrong, but I'm...

I'm wrong about most people, so...

the important thing is...

...you always change your mind about them.

I brought something for you.

The traveling pants.

Y eah. I just got them back. From lena.

- The one in greece? - Y eah.

She said that we were right all along, that they really are magic, and...

well, I don't know the details, but I do know lena...

...and for her to say that means...

...that it must be true.

So I was thinking, you know, maybe you could have them for a while.

- They didn't fit me, remember? - Y eah, I know.

I know, but that doesn't really matter. Y ou know?

None of it really matters.

Listen, you have to take them, bailey.

Okay? Y ou have to let them help you.

Please.

I know that you're tired, okay, but you can't give up.

These pants will give you a miracle.

Y ou just... y ou have to believe.

But, tibby...

...the pants have already worked their magic on me.

They brought me to you.

I want you to do something for me.

What?

Finish your movie.

Why?

Because you can.

Hello?

Oh, no.

I'll let her know.

I painted the porch.

Say, what do you say we go to mario's to celebrate your homecoming?

Maybe later, dad. I'm pretty tired from the trip.

Hey, it's me, bailey.

Y ou don't have to use this in your movie or anything.

Although, now that i think of it...

...fainting in wallmans does kind of qualify me as a loser.

But then again...

...wearing a price sticker on your forehead probably makes you one too.

Y ou know, i don't know, tibby.

Maybe the truth is there's a little bit of loser in all of us, you know?

Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect.

Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things...

...like wearing these pants...

...or getting to a new level of "dragon's lair"...

...and making those count for more than the bad stuff.

Maybe we just get through it...

...and that's all we can ask for.

- Hello? - Carmen, it's lena.

I have to talk to you about something.

Don't you answer your phone anymore?

- Carmen, I really don't have time... - tib, bridget needs us.

- Tib, god. Just open it. - That's what I'm trying to do.

I told you the smell of junk food would wake her up.

We have invited ourselves over for a sleepover.

- But it seems you are already asleep. - Y eah.

I feel so tired.

Well, then you should talk to us.

So that we...

...can fix this.

This is the perfect pizza.

- It's the bacon. - I think it's the olives.

- Bacon. - Honestly, you two.

- Maggie. What...? - Hey, maggie.

Maggie, no!

Hey, do you know who would have loved this p, bee? Y our mom.

Y eah.

I remember this one time she decided that she'd make one herself.

She always woke up starving after one of her episodes.

I was just sitting in the kitchen doing my homework...

...and she just walked in...

...and just started making this thing.

Y ou know, I don't even know if you could call it a pizza.

It was more like the entire contents of our refrigerator on a round crust.

Craziest part is we actually ate it.

Of course you did.

We ate every single bit of that pizza in like 10 minutes.

Y eah.

And we were laughing the whole time.

It was great.

I remember thinking that maybe there won't be any more bad spells.

Maybe she'll just be happy like this forever.

It's okay to miss her, bee.

I mean, as hard as it is to be sad about it...

...don't you think maybe it's harder not to be?

Y ou don't understand.

Bridge...

I can't.

It hurts too much.

- I know. - No, you don't know.

I just want to feel good and happy and alive.

Because...

...if I feel alive...

...then it doesn't seem like she's dead.

And if I'm not sad...

...then it proves that I'm not like her.

Bee, you don't have to prove that to anybody.

I mean, you have a strength in you that your mom never had.

As much as she wanted to, she couldn't find it.

Y eah, and you have something else too.

What?

Y ou have us.

And we're not gonna let you go anywhere, okay?

Thank you.

Come here.

Come back.

Bye.

Miss you too.

Not now, maggie.

Maggie!

Maggie! Morning.

Get back here, now! I mean it!

Maggie. Excuse me.

Mags!

Sorry.

Maggie.

Did you lose these?

Y eah, I think I did.

Thanks.

So, what are you doing here?

I was looking for you, actually.

Y eah, we're on hobart place, not street.

- It's really confusing. - Y eah, that would do it. That would do it.

- So I'm on my way back to columbia. - That's not exactly nearby.

No, it's not exactly nearby.

I just wanted to say that what happened between us...

...was my fault.

Fault?

Not fault. My responsibility. I should've known better. It's just...

well, I didn't exactly tell you to slow down.

Problem is...

...I wanted it for all the wrong reasons.

And all the things that I was trying to run away from...

...just ended up catching up with me that much sooner.

Anyway, friends?

Okay, friends.

When you're 20...

...and probably a soccer star at some huge college...

...and there's a million guys after you...

...promise me you'll give me a shot.

Deal.

All right.

- Thank you. - Take care.

Y ou too.

That's pretty impressive.

- Oh... - my...

oh, my god, lena, look at you.

Y ou're all here.

- I missed you so much. - I don't believe you.

Bee, I am so sorry.

When I found your letter, I tried to come sooner.

- Do you forgive me? - Forgive you? Who the hell are you?

I wasn't sure I'd see you here.

I thought you'd change your mind about your dad's wedding.

Nope.

- We decided we'd change it for her. - Y eah, how about a little road trip?

- What are you talking about? - Come on.

- What? No. No. - Come on, you got to.

It's your father's wedding. It's important for you to be there.

If it's that important then my dad would tell me that himself.

Maybe he's still recovering from the last conversation you had.

- I'm not sure that's entirely helpful. - I'm just saying parents screw up.

- It's what they're good at. They do. - It's up to us to see things they can't.

- He's gonna throw me out of the wedding. - No, he's not.

- That's so overdramatic. - Lf he does, we'll be there for you.

What aren't you guys understanding? I am not going.

Why aren't you understanding you are going?

So this is the view from my window.

- It's beautiful. - And these are my cousin's donkeys.

This is george and george junior.

My grandparents, caldera.

- Forget the caldera. I wanna see the guy. - Where's the boy?

I'm sneaking in the back once the ceremony begins.

Y ou know, the caldera is actually the top of a volcano.

- Okay, lena, seriously. - Once the ceremony's done, we're leaving.

- Iook. Cute. - Oh, my god. Lena.

I know. Isn't he gorgeous?

- I was referring to you holding a fish. - Oh, you know what?

No fair attacking the driver.

Is it fair to bribe the driver to go back home?

With what money? Tibby's the only one working this summer.

Hey, I actually stacked my last shelf at wallmans, thank you very much.

Does this mean there's gonna be a ceremonial burning of the smock?

No, actually, duncan took the smock, but I do have my nametag.

Can we burn it?

Hey, how did your suckumentary turn out?

Well, it actually evolved into something quite different than I expected, so...

what are you gonna call it?

Bailey.

Carmabelle, come on, we're gonna be late.

What is she doing in there?

Carmen?

I changed my mind, guys. I can't do this.

- Y es, you can. - No, lena, I can't.

- Carmen? - What?

Carmen, please come out.

I promise you everything's gonna be okay.

Bee, how do you know that?

Because of what I'm holding.

Wear them. They'll make you brave.

Bee, I can't wear a pair of jeans to a wedding.

And besides, your week isn't up.

Well, rule number 11:

In the event of an emergency...

...the pants will automatically go to the sister in need...

...regardless of the schedule.

- Bee, there is no rule number 11. - Well, I think there should be.

And I'm invoking it now.

- That sounds like a really good rule to me. - Y eah.

So are you gonna put them on yourself, or are we going to have to do it for you?

Dearly beloved...

...we are assembled here, in the presence of god and these witnesses...

...to celebrate the joining of this man and this woman...

...in the unity of marriage.

Sorry, could you... hold that thought for one minute. I'm sorry.

There's an important member of our family...

...who should be up here with us.

My daughter.

Carmen.

Dad, I'm not dressed, I...

I need you.

I'm sorry.

- I gotta get married. - Okay.

Sorry.

Y ou can go ahead.

Dearly beloved...

...we're assembled here, in the presence of god and these witnesses...

...to celebrate the joining of this man and this woman...

...in the unity of marriage.

There are no obligations on earth sweeter or tenderer than those...

it would be easy to say that the pants changed everything that summer.

But looking back now...

...i feel like our lives changed because they had to...

...and that the real magic of the pants was in bearing witness to all of this...

...and in somehow holding us together...

...when it felt like nothing would ever be the same again.

Some things never would be.

But we knew now that no matter how far we traveled on our own separate paths...

somehow we would always find our way back to each other.

Hand with that, we could get through anything.

To us. Who we were, and who we are.

And who we'll be.

To the pants.

And the sisterhood.

And this moment, and the rest of our lives.

Together and apart.

Vanilla Sky script

Open your eyes.

Open your eyes.

Open your eyes.

Open your eyes.

David, open your...

Well, I suppose the empty street meant loneliness.

You're a shrink. You gotta do better than that.

I'm a doctor. Let's not stereotype each other.

Not all rich kids are soulless and...

not all psychologists care about dreams.

The question is how you got here and why you've been charged.

What do you want to know? I was about to turn 33.

I ran three magazines and a worldwide publishing house.

Most days I fooled myself into believing it would last forever.

Isn 't that what being young is about?

Believing secretly that you would be...

the one person in the history of man...

who would live forever.

Where you going so early?

Don't record any more messages on my alarm clock, okay?

- Why not? - I'll start to think we're married.

Don't ever say that word. I will never come over...

and bring you chicken soup and your brains out again.

How's your cold?

Still there. How 'bout yours?

You definitely took my mind off it.

Really?

Yes!

"Juliana" here.

Hi, Rayna. I missed my audition. I lost my head!

No, listen, I have to go.

I'm with David.

Help yourself to whatever. Maria will clean up. Set the alarm before you go.

And...

you are the greatest.

Bye, honey.

Bye, honey. I'll call you later.

When?

- When? - Soon!

Did you reserve the court?

Easy. I can't handle heavy conversation at this ungodly hour.

Sorry to do this early, but I gotta be done by 10:00.

You're not gonna make the 8:45, are you?

- How did you find me? - David Aames...

you have to check the colors for the new issue of Rise.

- What are the colors? - Yellow and red or traditional white.

- Gotta think about it. - David, please.

Don't be late for the 10:00 with the board.

Don't tell anybody where I am. I don't care if God calls.

- I'm very, very busy. - Yeah.

- Can't you get rid of that board? - The Seven Dwarfs? No.

Those people drive you nuts.

And that was the desire of my father who hired them.

You ed Julie Gianni again, didn't you?

I know someone was there when I called.

You had that tone.

"No, I got a cold. I'm hanging in tonight, you know."

I had a cold.

- I was alone. - Fine.

- You do what you want with your life. - Thanks.

But one day you'll know what love truly is.

It's the sour and the sweet.

I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet.

Julie Gianni is a friend.

Sometimes we sleep together.

What? What?

- What? - My dream girl...

Julie Gianni...

is your buddy.

- What do you wanna listen to? - Slow down, man.

What do we got here? Barcelona, Looper.

Radiohead?

Look out! Look out!

Fuck!

We almost died.

- I know. - Use your in' head!

My own death was in front of me, and you know what happened?

Your life flashed before my eyes.

- How was it? - Almost worth dying for.

We're at the front door. We're coming up now.

- Good morning, sir. Sleep well? - Yes, I did.

- Eaten yet? - What's that?

Good morning.

David, you were playing racquetball. I've been covering you for an hour.

I'm saving your ass and you're playing racquetball.

Thank you, Fritz.

We are now exiting the elevator. The board is not happy.

- Good morning, Beatrice. - Hello, David.

You're in the Post today. Courtney Love called to see if you got her e-mail.

And Graydon Carter and Shelley Wanger called to see if dinner's still on.

- Cool. - Art department needs the colors...

- yellow and red or white? - Good morning, David.

And did I mention the board is pissed you're late?

Hey, David! Hold up!

Which one?

Wait. This one? David!

Okay, they're all waiting for you.

- You changed your hair. - Yes. And David...

opinions are expected.

Do you dream about the board... the Seven Dwarfs as you call them?

Sneezy, Bashful...

Sleepy...

Happy...

Doc...

Dopey...

and of course, Grumpy.

How was Aspen?

Good.

Now, I want answers and I want them now.

How's it going?

They still look at me as if l was 11 years old.

He's going to inherit everything.

He gets it all.

You're scared of your dreams, aren't you?

It's a nightmare either way.

Is that how you explain what's happened to you?

- What? - What happened to your face?

- I'm not talking to you anymore. - You don't wanna show me your face?

No!

- Do you know why you're here? - Conversation, the coffee...

David, the part where we parry and joust...

and get to know each other bit by bit...

No. No can do.

We'll have to skip that because you've been charged with murder.

In four weeks, a judge will determine your fate...

based on what I write.

- So you will talk to me. - There is no murder.

There is no murder!

It never happened!

- I don't have to talk to anybody! - Want me to help?

- Get the away from me. - You take it easy, sunshine.

Take it easy, Face. Your whole story's full of holes!

Stop. Stop!

Please leave right now. I'll take responsibility.

Please leave right now. I'll take responsibility.

Please leave right now. He's got control.

I'm gonna get you, daddy's boy little freak.

- My parents are dead, you ! - Enough!

Is that true?

- Good cop, bad cop... - That you're a daddy's boy?

Primer on David Aames Senior.

My father wasn 't built for the 21st century.

He never went to McDonald's, not once.

He never watched television, and yet...

his biggest magazine is still the TV Digest.

He and my mother threw the grandest parties of the literary world.

Ballooned. Jumped out of airplanes.

He sought adventure.

His autobiography is the manual...

for every cutthroat publisher in New York City.

It's called Defending the Kingdom.

I've read it.

Page 127...

"David Jr. was a delight as a child."

Did I miss something here? Was that all he wrote about you?

I don't think he ever got over the fact...

that I'm absolutely...

terrified of heights.

The irony continues.

When he and my mother were run over by a drunken teenager...

on New Year's Eve ten years ago...

he left the keys...

to the kingdom...

to me.

Fifty-one percent control.

Forty-nine percent going to a group of seven board members...

who all thought they were first in line.

And you believe the board... the Seven Dwarfs...

put you here to take control of your company?

What do you care?

We're just talking.

And tonight's Wednesday night...

and I go to Black Angus for dinner with my two daughters on Wednesdays.

So I'll have to leave soon.

You do understand that our time is limited, don't you?

If I talk...

you'll just think I'm crazy.

With all the possible respect I can offer a man...

wearing a latex mask and spouting conspiracy theories, David...

believe me, you've crossed that bridge.

Enjoy your dinner.

There are five basic emotions in life, David.

Tell me, what emotion gripped him...

before he entered that cell?

Was it guilt...

hate...

shame...

revenge...

love?

I'm completely on the wrong track, aren't I?

Who needs ice?

David, happy birthday.

You have got the greatest taste in shoes, bar none anywhere.

- Emma, have you met Lynette? - I fear what we may have in common.

David, did you invite the entire Olympic snowboarding team?

Tonight is my birthday.

- Say happy birthday to David. - Happy birthday.

Welcome to Graceland.

Happy birthday, you son of a bitch.

Happy birthday.

Hey, friends of me, hello.

- Let the fun ensue. - Living Stereo will be on-line soon.

It is the great John Coltrane. They would love an article on it.

lf you like it, it's an amazing prototype.

- Excuse me. - No, no. Thank you. That's okay.

- Literary god, Brian Shelby. - Happy birthday.

And all the usual shit people say to each other...

- How you doing? - Living the dream, baby.

- To what do I owe this pleasure? - The pleasure of Sofia Serrano.

We met today at the library, if you can believe that.

Sorry about my coat. It's too big for your closet.

- We were pretending to be intellectuals. - It's amazing. I love your coat.

I overdressed. I mean, I underdressed.

I'll continue like you're both actually listening to me.

Do you have another room to put it in?

I have ceased to exist.

Madison Square Garden is nearby. It might fit there.

Happy birthday.

- We picked it out together. - Thank you.

We picked it out together.

- We. - You're welcome.

Stop flirting and open it.

- Let's get a drink. - Yes.

I'll leave this upstairs.

- I'll be right back. - Okay.

- Listen. - Hey, Tommy.

No, no, don't blow me off.

I'm all packed. I'm going back to London and I understand.

You put me up for the other attorney's job so you didn't have to fire me.

That's a classy move and your father would have done the same.

It's okay, Tommy.

I became incompetent.

Is there anything more unbecoming than an aging mascot?

I cared for your father.

I lived and breathed for him.

These guys, the Seven Dwarfs...

they think you're stupid...

a corporate hazard, a rogue.

They are gonna find a way to get you out, David.

They're lined up for your office, your life...

They're lined up for your office, your life...

your position.

They're working day and night...

to cheat you out of your 51% vote.

And they're gonna sell this tradition of words...

so they can eat in a better cafeteria.

But what they don't know is this.

People will read again!

I got it.

They even got a nickname for you behind your back.

Citizen Dildo.

You got great instincts...

but I say this with complete love.

Claim your life...

learn to be an asshole...

Two's enough.

Forgive me.

I still believe in this family, David...

even if it's only you.

Get Tipp out of here.

Drive him home, and in the morning...

tell him he's rehired with a 50% raise.

Give him that big office across the hall from the Seven Dwarfs.

And set up a meeting with the other attorneys.

I'm gonna be in early tomorrow.

Well, earlier than usual.

Hello, handsome.

I've come to wish you a happy birthday.

Oh, man.

I didn't invite you, Julie.

- That was a little weird. - That's how it works with parties...

you have to be invited.

I'm mad at you, you dick.

We made love four times the other night.

- Is that good? - Two's good.

Three is very good.

- But four... - Four's pretty good?

Four is...

Four is what?

Hold me, and then I'll leave.

And you can go back and talk to that cute brunette.

Four is what?

I don't wanna meet your fancy friends. I knew them when I was fancy too.

Four is what?

She looks like a moth.

A moth?

Sometimes I worry about you, that some clever girl...

in a big silly coat is gonna come along and play you just right.

Then I'll lose my friend.

And there won't be any chicken soup parties for me and you.

Bad.

When will you call me? Don't say "soon."

I hate it when you say "soon".

Danny Bramson gave him that for his birthday last year.

So this is what's become of rock and roll...

a smashed guitar behind a glass case displayed on some rich guy's wall.

It was a gift, actually.

- I like it. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.

So how did you get all this stuff...

this apartment, this life?

I see.

How 'bout if you help me, unless I'm horning in here.

- You are, but the food's good. - I have a problem. I got a stalker.

It doesn't sound life threatening.

I need for you to pretend we are having a scintillating conversation...

and you are wildly entertained.

- I know it's tough. - I'll improvise.

She's across the room and burning a hole in my back now, isn't she?

Red dress, strappy shoes?

Wow. She's really staring at you.

- Shit. - And she seems to be crying.

Less happy.

I think she's the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.

- Jennifer Kelly. - Hi, Jennifer.

- You have another apartment. - Sort of a day office. Come on.

- I am not going in there. - I am. Good night.

- I hear her coming. - Really?

- Hi. - How are you?

We're safe, but I've got nothing to drink.

Who did these paintings?

This is Joni Mitchell.

This one is Monet.

And this one...

was done by me.

It is a snowboard.

Well, two of them are geniuses.

That is the real thing.

His paintbrush painted the vanilla sky.

And his canvas.

My mother's.

- I'm surprised you're surprised. - I can't keep this banter going.

- Me neither. - I caught you.

Brian, come in here.

- What's going on? - Your friends are fun and I'm drunk.

- Julie Gianni is stalking me. - She looked dangerous.

Nobody stalks me, so I drink.

- We're all out up here. - Finish my Jack and Coke.

- Stupid glass. - I got it.

- It's the stupid guy holding it. - Don't worry. No big deal.

I'll go get us something. Jacks and Cokes?

I better hit it. I drank too much and I didn't eat.

- The party's just starting. - For you it is.

You cannot go. You are my guest of honor.

Fuck you, David.

You're paying me to write my novel, so you own me.

I don't own you. You are brilliant, good-looking, handsome.

But why'd you have to hit on Sofia?

- I wasn't hitting on Sofia. - Fine. Whatever you say.

- I'm crazy. I'm blind. - You're not blind.

You're drinking Jack and when you do you start in with that...

Frank Sinatra, she shot me down...

give me a cigarette king of sad thing.

- That I do. Give me a cigarette. - I'll find one.

Wait. You're rich and women love you and I'm from Ohio and drunk.

- Can I tell you the truth? - Everybody does.

I dig her.

And I've never said this to you before about any girl...

but she could be... could be... could be...

could be the girl of my ing dreams.

- You're not from Ohio. - I know.

But if she s up our friendship, she can go to hell.

I won't allow it. We are bros.

- I feel the same way. - Sure you do.

- Hi. - How you doing?

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Where are you going?

I am Frank, and Frank must go.

- What? - I good you bid evening.

Wait. I'll go with you.

- Stay, baby. - I'll give you a ride home later.

- No, I have to work tomorrow. - You...

You are in great hands.

I'm just humoring myself that my opinion matters.

You will never know the exquisite pain...

of the guy who goes home alone...

because without the bitter, baby, the sweet ain't as sweet.

Have a good time.

The sweet and sour speech again.

- Why are you scared of heights? - Many people are scared of heights.

It's not the height that bothers me.

It's the impact that terrifies me.

I won't stay long.

Hey, Paolo.

Hello.

I have to take you for a walk.

I'm glad he protects you. He's a lethal canine.

I love living here, and I refuse to clean up.

No problem.

I have to work around the clock to keep this place.

- You really are a dancer. - For 14 years.

But I don't dance like you dance.

Do you want something to drink?

Sure.

Hey, beautiful, beautiful boy.

What do you want for dinner tonight?

Do you want fried chicken?

I like your life.

Well, it's mine and you can't have it.

I don't wanna know the story behind this photo.

- Who's Sergio? - It's a nickname.

- Your nickname is Sergio? - It's a long story.

And we don't know each other.

- So many secrets. - That's because I'm an arms dealer.

- I've never known an arms dealer. - You do now.

What about you? What's your nickname?

Citizen Dildo.

You are not staying over.

Never run a company. Stay an artist. Stay an arms dealer.

Oh, please. Somehow I can't play the violin for you.

Although, it must be difficult controlling all those people's lives.

Everyone at that party is connected to you for survival in some way.

It seems.

Ever been married?

Did you ever accept any of your 12,000 proposals?

12,008. No.

And you moved to New York to dance, paint, act and deal arms?

Right.

Do you wanna hear Jeff Buckley or Vicki Carr?

Jeff Buckley or Vicki Carr?

Both simultaneously.

Everyone said, "Don't go to New York".

I just think good things will happen...

if you're a good person with a good attitude.

Don't you think?

You think I'm naive?

No. I really don't.

I dug her completely.

Somehow I'd found the last semi-guyless girl in New York City.

I have to get to sleep.

Truthfully, I also work mornings as a dental assistant.

Boy, am I going to the wrong dentist.

And you didn't immediately wanna sleep with her?

Well, you know, I'm a pleasure delayer.

- How does that work? - Pleasure delayer?

You don't know?

You keep a relationship casual...

until the absolute breaking point.

And then one evening or afternoon or morning...

it could be months from now.

You know how it works.

No, actually I don't.

I've been married for 22 years.

You've got dinner with your daughters.

That's right, I do.

Back then I had intricate systems with women...

you wouldn't believe.

Like what?

Hey, Doc, don't get melancholy over the 30 seconds you were single...

a long time ago.

- That's what you think I'm doing? - Oh, yes.

You might be right.

Let's continue. Time is not our friend.

Just our shortcomings, that's all we're allowed to draw.

I've never drawn such a true likeness before.

Mine's finished.

Already?

Done.

- That's how you see me? - Maybe I didn't add enough money.

No, something you'd see on a wall in a steak house in hell.

It's wonderful. Sign it.

Let's see yours.

Give me that.

I feel bad.

You said to draw a caricature.

I know. I couldn't.

I saw you like that.

It's very good.

I'll sell it to you.

You monster.

How much for it?

One kiss.

That smile is gonna be the end of me.

And what happens when your friend calls you tomorrow?

He just met you a few hours before me. He'd do the same.

I see that friendship is important to you.

It is. It is.

And as his best friend...

I know he's trying to finish a novel about inadequacy and rejection.

So the longer that I stay, the better it is for his career.

Your career is the one I'd worry about.

Sorry.

No. No, you're more right than you even know.

I used to be one of those guys that just...

snowboarded through his life...

with no focus...

whatsoever.

When did you change?

About five minutes ago.

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.

And to those who think that you're a charlatan?

I understand.

The perception of a head frozen somewhere...

waiting for reanimation sounds like science fiction.

- What are you watching? - It's the greatest show.

It's called Sofia.

It is at the frontier of a new science.

Life Extension.

How do you accomplish such a thing?

I've seen this 30 times.

Life is full of surprises.

But the greatest surprise of all is that this doesn 't have to end ever.

We did a story on this guy. He owns half of Arizona.

- Is he a fraud? - How would you ever know?

Good point.

Can you unfreeze a human life?

Take the case of Benny the dog. Benny's a dog.

He was frozen for three months and thawed out to live a normal life.

That's comforting?

It's safe for Benny. I'm in.

We'd better watch out.

Raymond Tooley, creator of Life Extension.

The book is Life: The Sequel.

- Where are you going? - I left my number on your fridge.

Come here. I want to tell you a secret.

I meant that to be your forehead.

Thank you for the inspiration.

I will now attempt to run my company showing compassion...

for the seething throng of my partners...

who root quietly for me to fail.

And for things you don't even know.

Thank you.

I'm gonna go to work. I have a company to run.

Pleasure delayer.

Hey, handsome.

You're following me.

Just a little bit.

I wanted to finish what we were talking about.

And?

How did it go with our moth girl? She turn into a butterfly for you?

Yes, she did.

She did.

I can tell by the way you were walking you didn't sleep with her.

Let me guess. You haven't slept with her because...

it's more fun when you can draw it out.

Sex just isn't as good if a woman hasn't told her friends...

she'd never sleep with you.

Right on the money, Julie.

She must be exhausted from trying to be witty for you all night.

Hey, Julie.

Sorry.

It's okay.

You never seem to be there for your friends until they've given up on you.

I'm not blowing you off. I just...

I wanna be alone for a little bit. Trust me.

I have a lot of things I have to take care of.

And if we're friends, which we are...

okay, then you'll understand that.

I'm sorry. I got weird.

I missed an audition and...

it just made me feel bad you didn't invite me to your party.

You wanna make it up to me?

I won't tell a soul.

Would you do a story on me if I made a CD?

Sure I would.

Do you like my music?

It's vivid.

Well, if I weren't me, I would buy a CD by me.

Well, you know, if you can reach one person...

Wow.

What's happiness to you, David?

What's happiness to me?

- What is happiness... - 'Cause for me...

this is happiness...

just being with you.

There's one thing that bothers me.

Why did you tell Brian that I was your buddy?

I didn't tell him that. I didn't say that.

- When did you stop caring, David? - Caring about what?

About the consequences of the promises that you've made.

- Promises? - Yeah, the promises.

I thought...

Get the ... What are you talking about?

Do you understand how hard it is to pretend to be your buddy?

David, I love you.

I ing love you!

I ing love you!

Fuck!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Don't do this. Don't do this.

You ed me four times the other night.

You've been inside me.

I swallowed your cum. That means something.

Slow down.

Four times... it means something.

- Four times. - Stop the car.

Twenty-four hours a day, I live with this aching possibility...

that you might call me to do something.

Let's go to your house. I wanna see where you live.

Just slow down. I want you to stop the car!

Don't you know when you sleep with someone...

your body makes a promise whether you do or not?

Tell me something, David. Do you believe in God?

What are you doing?

Okay, I love you. I love you.

Don't do it!

You're amazing.

Did you get to work all right?

No, actually, I had a horrible dream.

You dreamed you'd never see me again.

I left your apartment, I went downstairs to the car...

and my friend, the stalker, had followed me there.

Yes. And she wanted to talk to me.

And I remember I had this buzz, you know...

that buzz from you and me.

I think my mind was still on that terrible drawing of me.

But she was upset...

about... I don't know.

I got in the car and...

she drove off a bridge...

and committed suicide with me in the car.

I thought you were going straight to work.

But I survived...

with my arm and my face...

reconstructed.

And what's worse...

is that I can't wake up.

And how was your house after the party?

Party?

What party?

The party.

Remember?

Red dress, strappy shoes.

I spilled something on your shirt.

Sweet and sour.

And the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.

My dreams are a cruel joke.

They taunt me.

Even in my dreams, I'm an idiot...

who know she's about to wake up to reality.

If I could only avoid sleep.

But I can't.

I try to tell myself what to dream.

I try to dream that I'm flying.

Something free.

It never works.

Is that the only thing you dream?

I don't... I don't remember.

Do you dream about the car accident?

Here's what you remember from a coma.

Nothing.

What happened next?

What really happened?

What, didn't you read the file?

I was out for three-and-a-half weeks.

My face and my arm shattered and my jaw was broken in four places.

No surgery could be performed because of the coma.

You can't feel the darkness...

or numbness.

You can't even feel.

And then...

I came back to life.

Just like that dog.

Benny. You know, Benny the dog.

Benny. Benny the dog.

Only my life was no longer normal.

There are blinding migraines now... nerve damage.

Why?

This is how big business operates...

random accidents...

a lifestyle mishap.

They are not coincidences.

How do you think airtight contracts are broken?

These are power upheavals.

I'm from Ohio.

We don't have power upheavals.

They are in the news every day right between the lines.

Someone did this to me.

My father wrote about this in his book.

Chapter one, page one...

paragraph one...

"What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions?

Money."

David, look, I don't wanna worry you.

I'm holding them off, but we got a situation here.

The bylaws of the board protect your 51% vote...

only if you're mentally acute.

I'm sorry that poor girl died...

but you've handed the board a real gift with your mishap.

They'd like to declare you incapacitated.

But you're back.

You sound good to me, so let's fight the ers...

and have a full recovery.

And maybe you should let people see you, yeah?

The last time we were together you were in a coma...

and you were very ing rude to me.

You didn't say a word.

Yes, well, the rumors of my death have been mildly exaggerated.

Who could I trust?

The ants were taking over the anthill.

Who could I trust?

The cranial structure was based on 30 pins...

and fastened by micro-panels and bits of bone from the mandible.

It appears the cartilage graphs have maintained your cheek structure.

Unfortunately, because you were in a coma...

Doctors. Their power is in jargon, so you study up.

Is that the procedure for all bilateral periorbital hematomas...

in a LeFort Three fracture of a comatose patient?

- In a LeFort Three? - You do your best.

Absolutely.

The potential for intracranial brain damage was too great.

Beyond the cheek grafts, Dr. Pomeranz...

are the pins fastened with any kind of aluminum which could ionize...

and cause that pressure in my head?

- I'm ready for another operation. - We are working on processes.

But you're specifically not at the stage where we can experiment.

Experiment. Use me.

The headaches will go away.

These are more than headaches.

These are like steel plates slicing through my every thought.

We're not cowboys. We can't just wing it.

Because I can't think straight most of the time.

- We can increase your medication. - Oh, yes, medication.

And there are things that we'll continue to investigate.

However, there are so many others who've not had the aesthetic benefit...

of plastic surgery as you have.

This isn't about vanity, Dr. Pomeranz.

This isn't about vanity.

This is about functioning in the world.

It's my job to be out there functioning.

I've got the money. I'll pay any amount.

Just invent something.

Just play jazz.

You say you're the best face man in New York.

Fucking prove it.

- We could do something about your arm. - Fuck my arm!

Nobody here takes your feelings for granted.

We did prepare something for you based on the preliminary examination.

Tell me. Bring it on.

It's sometimes useful in the early stages of rejection.

It's a facial prosthetic. It was two weeks in the making.

- Thank you, Carly. - You're welcome, Doctor.

A facial prosthetic.

The aesthetic replacement does work...

emotionally and actually.

The plastic in the aesthetic shield also blocks out abusive rays...

and assists in the regeneration of cells.

So it's an aesthetic regenerative shield.

That's correct. Exactly.

The ergonomics of the plate barrier allows it to interact reflexively...

with the movements of your own face.

I see.  www.130q.com

- It's a helpful unit. - Good.

Because for a minute there, I thought we were talking...

about a ing mask!

It's only a mask...

if you treat it that way.

It's great. This completely takes care of Halloween.

But what about the other 364 days of the year?

A new form of me began to take shape.

I planned my reemergence...

like the Normandy invasion.

Sofia. Sofia.

Sofia Serrano.

I'll just say it.

I did my homework.

I read every memo.

Thomas Tipp was right.

People will read again.

I attended the monthly board meeting with the Seven Dwarfs by video hookup.

Because people aren't buying books.

- Let's invest. - Oh, baby, this was war.

I grew stronger in ways I'd never known before.

And on December 5...

my planes filled the sky.

The return of David Aames, Jr...

Citizen Dildo.

You won't believe this...

but this is me smiling.

It's been a long time.

I tried to see you, but your people wouldn't let me.

I didn't want to see me, okay?

But then...

I woke up today and finally...

a good hair day.

You wanna get together?

Sure.

- What? - Let's go out and do something.

This weekend.

I'll cancel an operation or two.

We'll have fun...

because I am all about fun.

Okay, folks, our first guest tonight is an amazing survival story.

Please welcome Benny the dog.

So welcome to the show. Thankyou verymuch forbeinghere.

- You bet. My pleasure. - I have so many questions.

To start off, tell us all what has happened to Benny.

What'sBennybeen through?

Well, Benny fell into the water near our home.

And he was frozen in the Skykomish River.

In Washington.

I went fishing, thinking he'd been gone now for three months.

And l see him in a block of ice.

He is thawed out now. Is that correct?

He's not moving a lot. I'm worried.

ShouldI get out some tongs? I'm worried about the dog.

No, he's fine. He's just lost a little bit of his friskiness.

I would think so, yeah.

It's David. I'm back in your life.

I saw you earlier today.

I was just watching our old friend Benny the dog...

on Conan...

and I thought of you.

Whatever.

I loved seeing you today.

So I will see you soon.

You're a great dancer.

Bye.

- What you drinkin'? - Nothing.

I'm in the mood for a cheap, sugary, overpriced rhum and Coke.

- So you want one? - Is there any other kind?

I'll get us some.

Where is the bathroom?

It's behind... over there by the place...

by the girl who looks like Bjork.

- I'll be right back. - Maybe I should...

Hey, man, you look good. How's your book?

- Take it off. - No, this is a facial shield.

It's an aesthetic prosthesis these ing doctors...

Take off the mask, man. It's freaking me out.

I can't.

It's my face. This is my face.

Trust me. It's a little different.

lf you're embarrassed, just go. Nobody asked you to chaperone.

- Sofia asked me. - What?

She didn't want to be alone with me? That's bullshit!

Because I think I'm being pretty ing cool about this whole thing.

Talk to a shrink.

Or you can call me sometime instead of hiding in your apartment.

Don't take it out on a girl you only met once.

Did she say that...

once?

Did she say that I met her once?

Just cut it out, okay?

I miss the old you.

We all miss the old you...

because the new guy is shit.

That came out wrong. I love you.

Period.

- How's your arm, man? - Fuck you, Brian.

How 'bout...

no sympathy.

How 'bout that's the deal we make, okay?

Give me a Budweiser and a shot of tequila.

What kind of tequila?

- What did you say to me? - I said, what kind of tequila?

Why don't you ask me to my face, bitch?

Patr髇, if you have it.

Another shot, another Bud.

- This is on the house. - Why?

It just is, bitch.

Patr髇!

Dude, fix your ing face.

- Hello again. - Hello again.

Idea.

Let's start over.

How 'bout if you help me? Unless I'm horning in here.

Oh, you are, but the food is good.

See, I've got this little problem. I've got a stalker.

Doesn't sound life-threatening. I need a cover.

I need for you to pretend that we're having a scintillating conversation...

and you are wildly entertained.

I know it's tough. I'll improvise.

I don't talk like that.

She's right across the room. She's burning a hole in my back now.

Red dress, strappy shoes.

That's right.

I think she is the saddest girl...

to ever hold a martini.

- Are you okay? - No.

Why? What's wrong? Is it me?

- Is it me? - I'll tell you later.

- I'll tell you later. - Something's wrong. Tell me now.

Talk about it all right now.

- Talk about it. Get it all out. - I'll tell you later!

Say everything now.

Just say everything now. Now! Now! Now!

I'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats.

I can't believe you just said that.

That is the greatest thing that I've ever heard.

That's hilarious that you said that.

See, that... You said that.

That is what I love about you.

That's hilarious.

I'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats.

Cats!

Cats!

Well, this is where I leave you.

I'll walk you to your door.

- I live just around the corner. - I've got my bike here.

- I'd rather walk. - Don't be a drag.

Can't you see she wants to go on her own?

Shut up. You're drunk.

I may be an idiot, but I'm not drunk.

Seriously, I don't need you to walk me home.

Thank you.

Okay, then. So we'll call you.

We'll go catch a movie or something.

So we'll meet up soon.

We'll meet up soon.

We'll call you again to go out with me!

We'll call you.

It's been a real blast.

I bid you good evening.

Wait, wait. Where are you going?

My bike... it's back over there. We'll hang soon.

And bring your mask if you want. I'm getting used to it.

Wait a minute.

What?

I don't know.

You drank a little too much. Call me tomorrow if you want.

Tomorrow I'll wish I was dead.

No, you won't. You just need to sleep.

What?

What did you say to Julie Gianni the night of the accident?

What?

You told her she was a buddy.

Never.

She was a little more than pissed about it.

Have you been harboring this shit all along?

I never talked to her.

Whatever.

Anyway...

who am I if I can't be the one to tell you you're not ugly?

Come on.

Give me a courtesy laugh.

Oh, Brian, I'm so ed up.

I'm just so ed up.

Hey, Brian, come on.

We're best friends!

We're bros!

Come on, man, we're bros.

Open your eyes.

This is a cheap ploy for sympathy.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

And it worked. Get up.

I agree.

This is a joke.

I'm not gonna lie to you.

I liked the way you looked.

But...

you have to pull it the together.

Because if not, I'll forget the other guy.

You know that other guy? You.

I'm still that guy. I'm still that guy.

I don't have a mother-savior bone in my body.

It's not about that. You are coming inside.

But if this turns out to be a big mistake...

I do have the ability to fall out of love with you...

like that.

We created our own world together.

- I am still that guy. - Shut up.

Us versus them.

- Where's Brian? - Brian?

He went with you, didn't he?

I thought you guys hooked up.

I wish you hadn't gotten in the car with that girl.

Sofia, l...

Your eyes apologize better.

Come on.

Holy God, this is going to change my life...

in a zillion different ways.

I must be nuts.

And we were quite a pair.

Her believing in me, me believing that...

l actually deserved it.

I see you haven't been wasting your time.

Do you ever draw anything else?

Did you sleep last night?

No, I did not sleep.

Got to leave early today, so you'll have to be brief.

Now, what can you tell me...

about the name "Ellie"?

Ellie.

Is that a girl you knew, a girl you were in love with?

I've only been in love once.

Apparently, you kept repeating it last night.

You did sleep, David. Your advisor said you cried out.

- You had a nightmare. - Everything's a nightmare.

You cried out for Ellie, David. Do you remember what happened?

Dig deep, David.

Dig deep.

You cried out for Ellie. What do you remember about Ellie?

Show me your face, David.

Help me open the door.

It's true you had an accident. It's true you were disfigured.

But not anymore.

Do you remember?

They did fix your face.

Take off that mask, David.

You'll see your face is perfect under there.

I never trusted the doctors.

What happened next was surreal.

That same arrogant bastard, Dr. Pomeranz, called me.

Suddenly he was my new best friend.

David! Hey, my brother.

I felt really bad about our last conversation.

He said he'd discovered a new form of reconstructive surgery...

with the help of a doctor from Berlin.

Hello.

Next thing I knew, they shot me full of drugs I'd never heard of...

and away we went.

What if God was one of us

Just a slob like one of us

Trying to make his way home

He's got a good voice.

Fifty-five.

The odds, they said, were one in three...

that the headaches could be reduced by 50%...

and facial tissue could be regenerated.

The first to incorporate the concept of endoscopic periorbital fiber optics.

Where are we gonna eat later?

I can't even tell you what they did.

It seemed like science fiction to me.

Madonna had that song, "Borderline".

- That was a hell of a song. - And another snip.

This is gonna be one good-looking guy when I'm done.

Obviously, I was suspicious.

Wouldn't you be?

Suspicious of whom, of what?

Doc...

once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 miles an hour...

somehow you don't invite happiness in without a full body search.

At the risk of boring you...

I can present the alternate argument.

I once knew a guy...

who was a real loner.

One day he woke up at 40...

with two daughters that lit up his life with purpose...

and he suddenly goes to endless school plays...

and he gets home at 9:20 for the evening discussion...

and he has the time of his life.

His favorite Beatle was once John, and now it's Paul.

I always liked George.

It all depends on the individual, doesn't it?

Tell me, what's happiness for you?

What's happiness to you, David?

- How 'bout another question? - You won't show me your face.

Will you?

So back to the time line.

Hurry. Let's move through this.

What?

You've got to take the plates off.

I don't want to know what's under here.

It's gonna be fine. You'll see.

- I'll go tomorrow. - Today.

I already called Pomeranz and switched it to Wednesday.

What?

I hope that woman at the front desk gave you shit about it.

Another day won't matter. Besides, the Mustang will be fixed.

The plan was going in the Mustang. The Mustang's not ready.

So we'll go tomorrow in the Mustang.

- Good. - We'll go when it's fixed.

I know that the problem...

wouldn't be you delaying something you were dreading.

Couldn't be that.

Couldn't be that.

I mean...

I mean, I agree.

I think it's very important...

to have...

the right car...

to take you...

where you want to go...

24 hours a day.

How bad is it?

Well, your ears are in the right place.

And the rest of it...

is not too bad at all.

It's perfect.

Do you love me?

I mean, really love me?

Because if you don't...

I'll just have to kill you.

You see, my next life?

In my next life...

I'm gonna come back as this mole right here.

Seriously, this mole.

You'll have to wear bikini tops to work and loose-fitting shirts...

so that I can breathe.

I love you.

Love you.

I love you.

I can live right there.

Is this a dream?

Absolutely.

We talked about the big things, the little things...

and the big things.

But in truth, with Sofia...

it was the in-between times.

What did she say?

I have no idea.

- How's things, Brian? - Fine.

- How's things? - Don't flatter yourself.

I'm fine.

Besides, Sofia is great but by no means one of a kind.

She was a proximity infatuation.

And don't use that. It's mine. Thanks.

Where'd you get this camera?

I'm into things. You have no idea, my friend.

Just as long as you're okay.

And anyway, we're friends, aren't we?

- Always. - That's right.

What's up with your face?

- Fuck! - What?

There's a seam opening!

- David Aames. - You ing asshole.

I know.

Was I snoring?

I think it was me.

I was thirsty, that's all.

I'm dreaming about you.

I could listen to you say "mmm"...

for the rest of my life.

Baby, what's wrong?

Where is she?

Who?

Who?

I'm Sofia.

Now, I'm gonna make sure that I tie it four times.

You know why, Julie?

Because four times really means something.

David, don't hurt me.

I'm freaked out. It worked.

You know you're not gonna get away with this...

so tell me now, where is Sofia.

I am Sofia.

- Where's Sofia? - I am Sofia!

- Where is she? - I am Sofia!

I'm calling the police, and you can tell it to them.

- You survived the accident. - What accident?

Whose body was it? It was the Seven Dwarfs.

- I wasn't in an accident. - You're trying to steal my life!

Of course you weren't in an accident.

Now it's ing attempted murder!

I'm Sofia. Please.

Tell it to them.

This is David Aames.

I need help.

I have an intruder... I've captured an intruder...

who's entered my home.

God. Wake up, man.

Are you for real?

Kept me waiting here for three hours. They won't even tell me any news.

These guys think that I had something to do with this.

Give us a minute here, yeah?

Detective Larson, Detective Andrews, thanks very much.

They think that I had something to do with this.

I'm gonna handle this exactly the way your father would.

I've got it solved.

You got it solved?

Where is she?

She's gonna be fine. Now, this whole file is gonna...

Thank God you're here, man.

It's okay.

- I love her. - Yeah.

Right now I want you to look at these photos, then I'm gonna destroy them.

Sofia's testimony is also in here.

It won't exist.

She's not gonna press charges.

Press charges against me?

David, wake up.

Now, as a friend...

I think you should see what you did to Sofia.

The press won't get hold of this if you get away quickly.

The press won't get hold of this if you get away quickly.

Tommy, this is Julie. This is not Sofia.

This is Julie Gianni.

I didn't do this to her. Tommy, someone's setting me up.

David, the board and I have taken care of everything.

Okay, they've been really great, really great, actually.

All this is gonna disappear.

We're all behind you, even the board.

Get out of here.

This is a revolution of the mind.

You're in in' sad shape!

Don't ing ever hit a girl.

Hit me, but don't ing ever hit a girl!

Listen to me. It wasn't Sofia.

It was Julie.

- It was Julie. - It was Julie Gianni.

Yes.

So Sofia was abducted by Julie...

and now Julie is posing as Sofia.

You're in O.J. land, man.

Julie Gianni is ing dead!

I don't care what they told you, I can assure you Julie Gianni is alive.

- She is alive. - I didn't talk to them.

I talked to Sofia.

- Where is she? - I just dropped Sofia off.

I saw everything you did to her.

Let me tell you something. I did not do that to her.

Look at me. Look me in the eye.

You tell me that's the girl you brought to the party.

You tell me that that's your dream girl...

your proximity infatuation.

Yes!

And you stole her from me.

The one girl I really wanted, and you took her from me.

You're insane. You're losin' it, man.

- You have revealed yourself. - Oh, yeah.

I'm with them.

Where'd you get the coat, Brian?

Where'd you get the camera?

How much did they pay you?

Listen to me, 'cause this is the last time we're ever gonna speak.

I was your only friend.

You have revealed yourself to me.

Problems?

I'm in no mood to be ed with, so do yourself a favor...

There's an explanation for all this, David.

You and I know each other. You found me on the Internet.

I'm here to help you, David.

Who the are you? Why are you following me?

First of all, it's very important that you calm down.

Calm down?

Calm down.

You must overcome your fears and regain control.

Take a hold of your life again, David.

It's as easy as holding that glass.

What if I were to tell you that you can take control...

of all of this, everything?

Even me.

Look, I'm straight. Okay?

David, look at all these people.

Seems as though they're just all chatting away, doesn't it?

Yeah.

- Nothing to do with you. - No.

And yet...

maybe they're only here because you wanted them to be here.

You are their god.

Not only that, but you can make them obey you or even destroy you.

Well, what I'd love for them to do is shut the up.

Especially you.

You see?

You and I signed a contract, David.

Who is the man in the restaurant? Who is it?

I can't...

Can you tell the difference between dreams and reality?

- Of course. Can you? - Think about it.

Think with your head.

You signed a contract...

did you not?

I signed something.

Was the man in the restaurant there?

- Fuck... - Accept your body's resistance.

Let your head answer.

Sign the contract, David.

- Yes. - That's right.

Who is Ellie?

- I don't know what's real. - What happened that night?

- Somebody died. - I don't want to remember.

You hold the keys to this prison.

- It wasn't Sofia. - Who was it?

- No. - Who was it?

I'm afraid of how powerful this is.

You wanna let it out, don't you, David?

You're about to tell me.

Tell me...

what your heart and soul will not allow you to forget.

Did you kill Sofia?

I thought you were a vandal.

Who are you?

I'm Sofia.

You are not...

Sofia.

I'm Sofia.

Whatever.

We're gonna be together again.

You're gonna forget about Juliana and we're gonna be together.

I'm not gonna be afraid of you anymore.

I'm gonna get you a cold towel. I'll be right back.

I love you.

Pleasure delayer.

Sofia?

I am Sofia.

I love you.

Oh, I missed you so much.

Where were you?

Forget it.

I don't need to know.

It doesn't matter.

Just tell me that you love me.

I love you.

What is happiness to you, David?

For me...

it's being here with you.

What the ...

is happening?

What is ing happening?

David was a real delight as a child.

Oh, God!

I'm so afraid of how powerful this is!

Oh, David!

That is the greatest thing I've ever heard.

In another life when we are both cats.

What's happening?

Hey, man, what's happening?

You bitch!

I don't wanna see your face!

I did it, didn't I?

But I don't feel like I killed someone.

- David... - I feel like...

- who was the man... - I'm in a dream.

at the restaurant?

Sometimes...

the mind behaves as if it were in a dream.

Faces change. People become other people.

The subconscious is a powerful thing.

You treated Julie carelessly, didn't you?

Your feelings of responsibility or guilt over Julie...

might have easily turned Sofia into Julie.

Do you know what derangement is?

I need your help.

All I know is, you killed your girlfriend...

and I don't know what's in your mind.

I need your help.

I would work on this case forever if I could, but we're out of time.

What will you plead?

Temporary derangement.

That's your best chance.

I don't think they'll believe me.

What do you believe?

Believe it or not, I care about you.

You've become like family to me.

I don't want to give up on you, David, but I needed more.

I needed...

I needed an answer.

I mean, I even thought there was more than a good chance...

somebody was playing a trick on you.

Maybe it was the board.

But I can't exceed my duties.

I'm just a psychologist.

And I have to go now.

Will I see you at the trial?

No, I'm...

I'm just the opening act.

Reassurance is our specialty. That is the Life Extension credo.

Benny is a dog who was frozen for three months...

and thawed out to live a normal life.

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McCabe!

Come back!

Life Extension Corporation, please.

- Can I help you? - LE.

We hold a court order.

I think I've been here before.

Her name is Libby.

Good morning, Mr. McCabe.

I'm Libby. I'm here to assist you.

He's my son. He's very shy.

You're not with the media or a part of any legal consortium, correct?

No.

Welcome to Life Extension.

Take a look at our proposal. Please follow me.

You can wait out here.

You'll be meeting Rebecca Dearborn...

my personal role model.

I didn 't need the pain anymore. I already experienced that.

They want you to lay down and die. Life Extension wants you to live.

I don't think that God disapproves of this.

"Cryonization: a journey of reawakening...

after the preservation of the human body at extremely low temperatures."

They laughed at Jules Verne too.

You are not...

Mr. McCabe, how are you? I'm Rebecca Dearborn.

Life Extension, or LE as we like to refer to it...

is a glimpse of the future.

It's a ticket.

Not in the juvenile sense, but in the deeply meaningful sense...

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What's the Lucid Dream option?

Good choice.

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Some find this presentation helpful.

I have a universe

Inside me

Portrait of a modern human life.

American, male...

birth and death.

Imagine that you are suffering from a terminal illness.

You'd like to be cryonized, but you'd rather be resurrected...

to continue your own life as you knowit now.

LE offers you the answer.

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preserved but living in the present...

with a future of your choosing.

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with the feeling of a great movie...

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with no memory of how it all occurred...

save for the knowledge...

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In any instance of discontent...

you'll be visited by technical support.

It's all just around the corner.

The day after tomorrow, another chapter begins seamlessly.

A living dream.

Life Extension's promise to you.

Life, part two.

A living dream.

"Your death will be wiped from your memory".

I guess I missed that one in USA Today.

A dream.

What if there was a mistake?

What if the dream became a nightmare?

Of course your subconscious can always play tricks on you.

The subconscious is a very powerful thing.

Did you sign a contract with these people, David?

But this is a serious business.

The Lucid Dream is worth the risk.

And what is any life if not the pursuit of a dream?

The dream of peace...

the dream of achievement...

the dream of hearing someone say these words...

when they really, truly mean them.

I love you, David.

I love you.

Roam free, David.

Most of us live our whole lives...

without any real adventure to call our own.

It's hard to comprehend.

But they laughed at Jules Verne too.

This...

is a revolution...

of the mind.

I wanna wake up!

Tech support!

Hey! Face!

It's a nightmare!

Tech support!

Tech support!

David Aames.

I think it's time we had a proper reintroduction.

I'm Edmund Ventura from the Oasis Project.

Formerly Life Extension, LE.

- Tech support. - Yes.

Yes, I'm your tech support...

and we first met 150 years ago.

Oh, shit.

You sold me the Lucid Dream.

What the hell happened?

I tried to warn you in the bar.

I told you you must exercise control, that it all depended on your mind.

All of this...

everything is your creation.

And now we're heading toward your true moment of choice.

True moment of choice?

Yes.

When did the Lucid Dream begin?

Remember the day of the night club?

We'll meet up soon.

That night, after Sofia left you and you fell asleep on the pavement...

that was the moment that you chose for the splice.

- Splice? - Splice.

The end of your real life and the beginning of LE's Lucid Dream.

A splice of many, many years which passed...

while you were frozen and dreaming.

From the moment you woke up on that street...

nothing was real in the traditional sense.

Open your eyes.

Your Lucid Dream is monitored by Life Extension...

and a panel of experts who are following your every thought...

even at this moment.

Forgive me. I'm blowing your mind.

I'm not a big fan of heights.

I know.

We erased what really happened from your memory.

- Erased? - Replaced.

By a better life...

under these...

beautiful, Monet-like skies.

My mother's favorite.

A better life because you had Sofia.

You sculpted your Lucid Dream out of the iconography of your youth.

An album cover that once moved you.

An album cover?

There are some things...

that you're not old enough to understand just yet.

A movie you saw once that showed you what a father could be like...

or what love could be like.

This was a kind woman...

an individual...

more than your equal.

You barely knew her in real life, but in your Lucid Dream...

she was your savior.

What happened in my real life? Something happened.

What did you erase?

Do you really want to know?

Tell me everything.

The morning after the night club, you woke up on that street...

hung over and alone.

You got up, walked away.

You never saw Sofia again.

I didn't kill Sofia.

You battled your board for control of the company...

You battled your board for control of the company...

and in the end it was Thomas Tipp, your father's friend...

the man whose job you saved...

who wrenched the company back into your control.

Tommy.

But then...

somebody died.

You longed for Sofia.

You shut yourself away for months.

You were alone.

You couldn't stand the pain anymore, the headaches.

You could barely function.

I found you on the Internet.

I signed a contract with you, and then...

I remember.

Somebody died.

It was me.

And on a day in late December...

you gave yourself to us.

You're now in a suspended state.

Your friend Brian Shelby threw a three-day memorial in your old home.

He was a true friend.

You were missed, David.

It was Sofia who never fully recovered.

It was she who somehow knew you best...

and like you, she never forgot that one night...

where true love seemed possible.

Consequences, David.

It's the little things.

The little things.

There's nothing bigger, is there?

Your subconscious did create problems.

Your dream turned into a nightmare.

The glitch has been corrected.

So all I have to do is imagine something.

Like, if I wanted...

McCabe to come back right now...

Listen to me.

These people are dangerous.

We're in trouble. We need to get off this roof now.

We're now on pause...

and you're about to return to your Lucid Dream.

With all the upgrades...

you won't remember any of this...

nor will you be charged for technical support.

It's now your moment of choice.

You can return to your Lucid Dream and live a beautiful life...

with Sofia or whomever you wish...

or you can choose the world out there.

"The world out there".

And you can bring me back...

just like Benny the dog?

Yes.

Just like Benny the dog.

Your face and body can be fixed now, of course.

But things are very different now...

and your finances won't last long.

Your panel of observers are waiting for you to choose.

There are no guarantees...

but remember...

even in the future...

the sweet is never as sweet...

without the sour.

How do I wake up?

The decision is yours.

And I chose this scenario, didn't I?

Yes, to face your last remaining fear of heights.

David, don't listen to him.

You were right. This is the seven dwarfs. It's a setup!

You can't trust him.

Don't feel bad for him, David. This winning man is your creation.

It's in his nature to fight for his existence, but he's not real.

I'm real.

I'm real.

I have two daughters...

and you know that.

What are their names?

I'm real.

I'm mortality as home entertainment?

This cannot be the future!

Can it?

Can it?

Good-bye.

It's been a brilliant journey of self-awakening.

And now you've simply got to ask yourself this...

What is happiness to you, David?

I want to live a real life.

I don't want to dream any longer.

Any last wishes?

Let them out there read my mind.

I wish you well, David.

Look at us.

I'm frozen, and you're dead.

And I love you.

It's a problem.

I lost you when I got in that car.

I'm sorry.

Do you remember what you told me once?

That every passing minute...

is another chance to turn it all around.

I'll find you again.

I'll see you in another life...

when we are both cats.

Relax, David.

Open your eyes.

Constantine script

I think...

I think I found you one.

Look, I called you, right?

Soon as I couldn't pull it out myself, I called you, John.

It's okay, it's okay. We had to tie her down, okay?

It's okay.

This is Constantine.

John Constantine, asshole.

Sure.

What the hell?

I need a mirror.

Now. At least 3 feet high.

Move! Go, now!

This is Kramer.

Chas Kramer, asshole.

Asshole.

What? Oh, this is Kramer. Chas Kramer, asshole.

- Chas! - What?

- Move the car. - Why?

Move the damn car!

"Chas, move the car. "

There, car's moved.

Lift it up over the bed.

Tie that end off. Hennessy, over the top.

Close your eyes. And whatever happens, don't look.

No!

Show yourself.

Smile pretty, you vain prick.

For your boss.

Pull it!

Ma? Ma?

Like I said, I found you something, didn't I, John? Didn't I?

What happened in there?

Going to a lot of meetings, I see.

Keeps the voices out so I can sleep.

I have to sleep, John.

I need some help, Father.

You do?

From me?

What kind of...?

- Hey, listen, I... - That exorcism wasn't right.

Listen to the ether.

Anything unusual, you let me know.

Come on, you don't need its protection. It'll be like back in the day.

A few days.

Okay.

Okay. For you, John.

John, why would you do that if you know it's not my car?

- I told you to move it. - You did tell me to move it...

...but if you'd said you were dropping a 300-pound mirror with a demon...

...I would've moved it further, John.

- Take Alvarado. - Yeah, thank you. I know what to take.

You ever think if you told me more now that maybe I could help out?

- No? - Nope.

Nope?

Of course it's a nope.

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.

It's been...

...two weeks since my last confession.

I killed a man today.

Another one.

I didn't even see his face, I just...

...pulled the trigger, and he went away.

Most cops go 20 years without firing their guns.

Why do I always know where these guys are?

Where to aim, when to fire.

I'm wondering, is there something wrong with me, Father?

Something damned?

God has a plan for you. He has a plan for us all.

You mustn't let your faith be overshadowed by guilt.

Yeah, I'm trying.

I'm trying real hard.

Isabel.

Isabel.

Things I've beaten.

Things most people never even heard of.

And now I'm gonna be done in by this.

Wouldn't be the first, John.

Come on, Les.

You saved me before, you can do it again, right?

This is aggressive.

Twenty years ago, you didn't wanna be here.

Now you don't wanna leave.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

John, you really need to prepare.

- Make arrangements. - No need.

I already know exactly where I'm going.

- Morning. - Good morning.

- Good morning. - Detective.

- No, no, no. - Angela, wait.

You don't need to see this, okay? No.

Give us the room, please.

Isabel.

She fell from the roof?

She jumped.

- No. - Look...

...I know it's hard to accept. She was sick.

- Isabel wouldn't kill herself. - Angie.

- She wouldn't kill herself. - Detective.

- Period. - Detective.

Period!

Angie, there were security cameras.

- Hold the door. You going down? - Not if I can help it.

A new case?

The big score? The mother lode? The one you've been waiting for?

- Humor me. - Don't I always?

Oh, yeah, that's... Much obliged. Thank you.

How you feeling, John?

So, what's new?

Bullet shavings from the assassination attempt on the pope...

...holy-water ampoules from the River Jordan...

...and... Oh, you'll love this. - Screech beetle from Amityville.

Yeah, it's funny to you, but to the fallen, that's like nails on a chalkboard.

What is it, exactly, with you and bugs?

I just like them.

Yeah. Who doesn't?

Yeah, easy there, hero.

- That's dragon's breath. - I thought you couldn't get it anymore.

Yeah, well, I know a guy who knows a guy.

So, what's the action?

I just pulled a soldier demon out of a little girl.

Looked like it was trying to come through.

Yeah, I know how it sounds.

No, we're finger puppets to them, John...

...not doorways.

They can work us, but they can't come through onto our plane.

Check the scrolls anyway. See if there's any precedent.

Sure thing, John.

Anything else?

Wouldn't happen to have anything for a...?

On the house.

All right, question. How much longer do I have to be your slave, John?

You're not my slave, Chas.

You're my very appreciated apprentice.

Like Tonto or Robin.

Or that skinny fellow with the fat friend.

Right. So then why don't I apprentice something besides driving, then, John?

John? John.

I love our little talks, John.

May I take your coat, Mr. Constantine?

No, thanks, I'm not gonna be staying long.

- How about you, ma'am? - Oh, no, I'm not staying long either.

I really need to speak with him. It's important.

First come, first served.

So you're rude no matter where you are.

- Father. - Hi.

- You have news. Yes. - Yes, I spoke with the bishop.

I know what you want, son.

Still keeping your all-seeing eye on me, Gabriel?

I'm flattered.

Well, I could offer something...

...about how a shepherd leads even the most wayward of his flock...

...but it might sound disingenuous.

She has to have a Catholic funeral, Father. She has to.

- Angela, it's still considered a mortal sin. - She didn't commit suicide.

The bishop believes otherwise. You know the rules.

Oh, rules.

Father.

David.

This is Isabel.

God was the only one she ever believed loved her.

Please.

I'm sorry.

I've been seeing some unusual soul traffic lately.

You might consider giving me an extension.

I could do your side some good these days.

You still trying to buy your way into heaven?

What about the minions I've sent back?

- That alone should guarantee my entry. - How many times have I told you?

That's not the way this works.

Why, haven't I served him enough?

- What does he want from me? - Only the usual.

Self-sacrifice, belief.

- Oh, I believe, for chrissake. - No, no, you know.

And there's a difference. You've seen.

I never asked to see. I was born with this curse.

A gift, John.

One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.

I'm pulling demons out of little girls.

Who's that for?

Everything you've ever done, you've only ever done for yourself.

To earn your way back into his good graces.

Impossible rules, endless regulations...

...who goes up, who goes down and why.

You don't even understand us.

You're the one who should go to hell, half-breed.

Why me, Gabriel?

It's personal, isn't it?

I didn't go to church enough, I didn't pray enough...

...I was 5 bucks short in the collection plate. Why?

You are going to die young...

...because you smoked 30 cigarettes a day since you were 15.

And you're going to go to hell...

...because of the life you took.

You're ed.

At least it's nice out.

He always had a rotten sense of humor.

And his punch lines are killers.

John!

Constantine, it's raining! John! Hey!

Twenty-two women were found buried in the assailant's back yard.

So much damage had been done to the bodies, police had to match...

Police report she had been physically penetrated...

...over 100 times and buried alive.

- Found locked in a storage freezer, his head severed and his organs...

He stuffed Holly's body into...

- The bodies ravished by the unknown... - He used a small handsaw...

Had nearly decapitated... Even his eyes were gouged out.

Isabel.

I'm so sorry, Izzy.

Constantine.

Dodson.

Hello?

Hello.

Hello?

Hey. Hey, buddy, got a light?

Should've minded your own business, exorcist.

I know where you're going, John. You're going to Midnite's.

You're supposed to wait in the cab.

It's a haven for those who rise and fall. I remember reading about this, John.

- You read too much, kid. It's a bar. - It's a bar?

It's a bar. Papa Midnite is a crusader for good. He swore the oath of neutrality.

- John, the man's a legend. - Yeah.

Can you please get me into this bar, John, please?

I'm begging you, John, please?

- Sure, you can get in. - I can get in?

If you can get in.

If I can get...? It's a bear, though, right? Or two ducks in a cloud?

Two frogs on a bench.

Two frogs on a bench.

No, no, I'm with the guy you just...

John! John!

I'm with him, though.

Rat in a dress.

Of course it is. Rat in a dress.

I'm just testing. I'm just testing.

Don't get up.

You've been absent some time.

Have you come here with relics to sell?

No, I'm out of that now. I've been too busy.

Perhaps peddling forgeries has ended up being bad for your health.

Midnite, Jesus...

...I thought the thing was authentic.

I see now.

Your health is bad for other reasons. How long?

A few months, maybe a year.

I thought I heard thunder last night.

Must have been Satan's stomach growling.

You're the one soul he'd come up here himself to collect.

So I've heard.

Well, I am most certain you did not come here...

...for a sympathetic shoulder to cry on.

A demon just attacked me, right out in the open on Figueroa.

They don't like you, John.

How many have you deported back to hell?

Not some angry half-breed, Midnite. A full-fledged demon, here, on our plane.

Clearly I do not have to remind you that is impossible.

And yesterday I saw a soldier demon...

...trying to chew its way out through a little girl.

Listen, John, demons stay in hell, angels in heaven...

...the great d閠ente of the original superpowers.

Thanks for the history lesson, Midnite. You've been a tremendous help.

Now...

...I need to use the chair.

John, forgetting the fact that it would almost certainly kill you...

...you know I am neutral.

And as long as the balance is maintained, I take no sides.

Before you were a bartender...

...you were one witch doctor against, what, 30 Ashgar?

- And I... - You were Constantine.

The John Constantine.

Once.

This isn't the usual game, I can feel it.

Something's coming.

Spooky.

Balthazar.

That expression alone has made my entire night.

I'll make your night.

I'll deport your sorry ass right where you stand, you half-breed shit!

You know the rules of my house. While here, you will abide by them.

Johnny boy.

Word is you're on your way down.

Fresh meat.

Finger-licking good.

We have a meeting now, John.

What? I didn't catch that.

Welcome to my life.

Mr. Constantine.

- I saw you... - I remember.

- And then I saw you at the... - Regular kismet.

I'd like to ask you a few questions, if that would be okay.

I'm not really in the talking mood right now.

Well, maybe you could just listen then.

Please?

Always a catch.

My sister was murdered yesterday.

- Sorry to hear. - Thanks.

She was a patient at Ravenscar. She jumped off the roof.

Thought you said she was murdered.

Yeah, well, Isabel wouldn't have taken her own life.

Yeah, what kind of mental patient kills herself?

That's just crazy.

Look, I've heard your name around the precinct.

I know the circles you travel in. The occult, demonology, exorcisms.

Just before my sister was committed, she became deeply paranoid.

She started talking about demons, angels.

Now, I think someone got to her, Mr. Constantine.

I think they brainwashed her into stepping off that roof.

Some kind of legion or cult.

Sounds like a theory, detective.

Good luck.

I thought with your background, you could at least...

...point me in the right direction.

Yeah, okay, sure.

It wasn't a suicide.

My sister was a devout Catholic.

Do you understand that? If she took her own life...

Her soul would go straight to hell...

...where she'd be ripped apart over and over in screaming, brutal agony...

...for all eternity. That it?

That about right?

Goddamn you.

Detective.

What if I told you that God and the devil made a wager...

...a kind of standing bet for the souls of all mankind?

I'd tell you to stay on your meds.

Humor me. No direct contact with humans. That would be the rule.

- Just influence. See who would win. - Okay, I'm humoring you.

- Why? - Who knows.

- Maybe just for the fun of it. No telling. - Oh, so it's fun.

It's fun when a man beats his wife to death, when a mother drowns her baby.

And you think the devil is responsible?

People are evil, Mr. Constantine. People.

You're right. We're born capable of terrible things.

Then sometimes something else comes along and gives us just the right nudge.

Well, this has been real educational...

...but I don't believe in the devil.

You should. He believes in you.

It's a power outage.

Not likely.

- What? - We should go. Now.

What is that?

Wings.

Maybe talons.

You're kidding. Of what?

Something that's not supposed to be here.

That's really not going to help.

- Close your eyes. - Why?

Suit yourself.   www.130q.com

Demons stay in hell, huh?

Tell them that.

Don't worry. Happens to everyone the first time.

It's the sulfur.

Sulfur.

What were those things?

Demons.

- Scavengers of the damned. - No, no. It's impossible.

Yeah. And I don't think they were after me.

You really believe she wouldn't commit suicide.

Isabel?

Never in a million years.

Well, let's be sure.

Let's see if she's in hell.

Oh, was it supposed to be hot or cold?

In front of the chair.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

- These are all Isabel's things? - Yeah.

- How about the cat? - Duck?

Yeah, why?

Duck.

Oh, you think that's strange.

Cats are good.

Half in, half out anyway.

If this is some kind of spell or something...

...don't you need candles and a pentagram for it to work?

Why, do you have any?

- This is crazy. - Yes.

I need you to leave.

- I'm sorry? - Angela, please.

The apartment.

Okay.

Be careful with that cat.

God, I hate this part.

- Isabel. - Constantine.

Angela.

Jesus.

- Constantine, what...? - Twins.

Jesus. What?

- You were twins. - What did you say?

- She killed herself. - What?

And she's damned for it.

How is this possible?

I need to eat.

Hey! Hey, what are you doing in here?

Relax, man.

Slow down!

What the hell kind of place is this?

John.

When I was a kid, I could see things.

Things humans aren't supposed to see.

Things you shouldn't have to see.

My parents were normal. They did what most parents would do.

They made it worse.

You think you're crazy long enough...

...you find a way out.

- You tried to kill yourself. - I didn't try anything.

Officially, I was dead for two minutes.

But when you cross over...

...time stops.

Take it from me, two minutes in hell is a lifetime.

When I came back...

...I knew...

...all the things I could see were real.

Heaven and hell are right here. Behind every wall, every window.

The world behind the world, and we're smack in the middle.

Angels and demons can't cross over onto our plane.

So instead we get what I call half-breeds.

The influence peddlers.

They can only whisper in our ears, but a single word can give you courage...

...or turn your favorite pleasure into your worst nightmare.

Those with the demon's touch...

...like those part angel, living alongside us.

They call it the balance.

I call it hypocritical bullshit.

So when a half-breed breaks the rules...

...I deport their sorry ass straight back to hell.

I don't get them all...

...but I've been hoping to get enough to ensure my...

...retirement. - I don't understand.

I'm a suicide, Angela.

When I die, the rules say I've got just one place to go.

You're trying to buy your way into heaven.

What would you do if you were sentenced to a prison...

...where half the inmates were put there by you?

I guess God has a plan for all of us.

God's a kid with an ant farm, lady.

He's not planning anything.

When we were little...

...Isabel saw things too.

Dodson.

Guard spotted him groping the body, then he ran across the street.

Came in here, and he had a go at the entire stock.

He drowned himself in alcohol in under a minute.

Could've been a member of my fraternity.

Hey, what the hell is he doing here?

He's okay.

Why didn't you call me, you son of a bitch?

Yes?

What do you mean?

What?

How?

Got it. Bye.

I need to see where Isabel died.

S閍nces, Ouija boards, channeling.

Our father thought she was just trying to get attention.

She certainly did that.

She'd tell everyone about the things she said she saw.

She'd scare my mother half to death.

And then she stopped talking for almost a year.

So you had her committed.

Yeah.

How long?

Two weeks.

This time.

She'd get better, and then she'd get worse. Recently, a lot worse.

That symbol that was cut in the dead guy's hand...

...does it have something to do with this?

I'm a cop, John, remember?

You don't walk off the roof of a building without leaving something behind.

And I showed you everything she left behind in that box, but feel free.

Maybe she left something else. Not something a cop would find.

Something just for you.

You were her twin, Angela. Twins tend to think alike.

- I'm not like my sister. - But you were once.

When you were kids.

When you'd spend every second with each other.

You'd start a sentence, she'd finish it. You'd get hurt, she'd cry.

That was a long time ago.

That kind of bond doesn't just disappear.

There is nothing here.

- Hey. Come on. - She planned her death in this room.

She thought it up right here. Right where you're standing.

She knew you'd come. She counted on you to see what she saw...

...feel what she felt, know what she knew.

- What did she do, Angela? - How should I know?

- What did she do, Angela? - I don't know.

- What would you do? - I don't know.

What did she do, Angela? You know what she did. What did she do, Angela?

You know what she did. What are you afraid of? What did she do?

- What did she do? - I don't know!

When we were girls...

...we would leave each other messages.

In light.

In breath.

On the windows.

John, there is no 17th act in Corinthians.

Corinthians goes to 21 acts in the Bible in hell.

They have Bibles in hell.

Paints a different view of Revelations.

Says the world will not end by God's hand...

...but be reborn in the embrace of the damned.

Though if you ask me...

...fire's fire.

16:29, 16:30.

Oh, my, this is certainly not good.

"The sins of the father would only be exceeded by the sins of the son. "

No, the other one. Devil had a son too.

Here it is.

This is the sign of Mammon...

...the son of the devil. Well, hold on, it says here...

- Beeman? - Yeah.

Sorry, I'm... I'm sorry, no, I'm right here.

It says Mammon has no patience for his father's rule...

...and yearns to forge his own kingdom of fire and blood.

Yeah. Mammon would be the last demon...

...we'd ever want crossing over to our plane.

No, wait, wait, wait. I'm reading. Seems to be a loophole.

Always a catch.

It says first Mammon would have to possess a very, very powerful psychic.

- Isabel. - But that wouldn't be enough.

To cross over, Mammon would need divine assistance.

To cross over, Mammon would need the help of God.

- The help of God? - It says...

- Beeman? - John, look...

...I know you've never had much faith, you've never had much reason to...

...but that doesn't mean that we don't have faith...

...in you.

Beeman? Beeman?

Drive. Fast.

Beeman!

Sulfur.

Beeman!

Beeman!

Wasn't just Isabel.

I used to see things too.

But...

...you already knew that, didn't you? - Go home, Angela.

I need to understand.

You don't wanna know what's out there, trust me.

I'm stronger than Isabel.

Your sister embraced her gift, you denied yours. Denial is a better idea.

It's why you're still alive. Stick with me, that will change.

I don't need another ghost following me.

John, they killed my sister.

I'd trade places with her if I could.

I used to pretend that I didn't.

That I didn't see things.

And...

...by the time we were 10, they started forcing her to take...

...antipsychotics...

...and have treatments. They would come for her...

...and she'd look at me, and she'd say to me, "Tell them.

Why don't you tell them, Angie, that you can see them too?"

But I lied.

I said:

"I don't see anything. "

Until one day...

...I finally stopped seeing.

I abandoned her, John.

I left her all alone.

I need to see what she saw.

Please.

You do this, there's no turning back.

You see them...

...they see you.

Understand?

Yeah.

Sure.

So do I have to take the rest of my clothes off, or can I leave them on?

John?

I'm thinking.

John?

On is fine.

- So why water? - It's a universal conduit.

Lubricates the transition from one plane to another.

- Now ask me if there's water in hell. - Is there water in hell?

Sit.

Normally, only a portion of the body has to be suspended...

...but you wanted the crash course.

Yeah, I wanted the crash course.

So...

So, what's gonna happen?

Lie down.

- What do you mean lie down? - You have to be fully submerged.

For how long?

As long as it takes.

Take a deep one.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, all those people.

Oh, Isabel.

I've always known.

I've always known where they are. I've always known where to find them...

...where to aim and where to duck...

...and I've always known where they were.

I've always known that it wasn't luck.

Always known that it wasn't luck. I've always known...

I've always known that I could see.

I've always known that I could see.

Angela.

Someone was here.

It was his.

Rolling.

Not a ball.

Something smaller.

Shiny.

Balthazar.

Sorry.

Can you just kill him?

What about the balance?

Half-breed tipped the scales when he started killing my friends.

I'm just adding some counterweight.

John, I really want...

Think of it as a bulletproof vest.

I'm coming with you.

You're staying in the car.

Fire? I was born of this.

How's Mammon crossing over, you half-breed piece of shit?

That's better. Au naturel.

"Stay in the car. "

"Wait here. "

Men.

Don't fight it, Johnny boy.

Enjoy it.

We'll see you very soon.

Not really, no.

You can't cheat it this time. You're going back to hell.

True.

But you're not.

- What are you doing? - I'm reading you your last rites.

Spare me your remedial incantations.

You do know what it is to truly be forgiven?

To be welcomed into the Kingdom of God.

Demon in heaven.

I'd love to be a fly on that wall.

You're not a priest. You have no power.

Just tell me how Mammon is crossing over...

...and you can go back to your shithole.

Okay, Bally, enjoy it.

"May God have mercy on you and grant you the pardon of all your sins.

Whose soever sins you remit on Earth, they are remitted unto them in heaven. "

- How? How's he doing it? - No.

No, I can't.

Grant your child entry into thy kingdom...

...in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen!

The blood of God.

He found it.

Whatever killed the son of God...

...will give birth to the son of the devil.

By the way...

...you have to ask for absolution to be forgiven...

...asshole.

My work here is done.

- What are you laughing at? - She was my only mission...

...and you brought her right to us.

So does this walking fast mean you've found something?

Jesus didn't die from being nailed to a cross. He was killed by a soldier's spear.

The Spear of Destiny.

I'm a Catholic, John. I know the Crucifixion story.

I drew out the sister as you asked.

She's been made flush and ready.

So much power.

Now, if you grant me my resurrection, I shall serve.

Wait. But I did as we agreed.

No. Please. No!

Beeman said Mammon needed divine assistance to cross over.

How's the blood of God's only son?

The stains on the spear.

- Yeah. - So he gets the spear.

He still has to locate a powerful psychic.

Not really.

Twins.

Where's the amulet?

I don't know, I must have left it in the...

What's wrong?

I don't know, I just feel...

- Bird on a ladder. - Sorry.

- Wait here. - Yeah.

Who's a rat in a dress now, huh, bitch?

Have you lost what little mind you have?

Don't.

I need to use the chair.

I offer no aid to one side or the other.

- The balance. - Screw the balance.

You dare? In my house?

Is this neutral? Bullshit.

You're the only one still playing by the rules, Midnite.

And while you've been imitating Switzerland, people are dying.

Hennessy, Beeman, they were your friends once too, remember?

I need your help!

Consider it a last request.

You play a dangerous game.

Two-hundred-dollar shirt, by the way.

That little shit has been trying to climb out of his father's shadow for eons.

I'd hate to think what he would do to this world if he ever broke through.

Forgot how big it was.

Two hundred souls passed through this wood and steel at Sing Sing.

Yeah.

Which way's east?

How many years since you've surfed?

Like riding a bike.

No, not really.

Tell me this isn't about the girl.

Definitely mostly not about the girl.

Cold.

Little flavor?

- Sure about this? - No.

Midnite!

- Any luck? - That's a word for it.

Holy shit. You're Papa Midnite, aren't you?

And how exactly do you intend on getting close enough to use these?

Well, they did not leave her unguarded.

Half-breeds are most vulnerable...

...when their outer skin is breached by holy water.

Certain objects, most notably either of the two crosses of Isteria...

...have been used by even the unordained to bless...

...commonly occurring waters...

...even rain.

Maybe if...

There's no use sitting on the bench if you're not ready to play, right?

You wouldn't have one of those enchanted crosses here in a cabinet...

...maybe we could take with us?

Look, John, no offense, I just don't think that it's a great idea, you know...

...you going on a solo mission to save the world. That's my vote.

I don't know what pops thinks, but that's...

Take him, John. Kill him after.

If you get back, see me about membership. Maybe.

Okay. I will.

- What are you doing? - Praying.

Praying. Okay.

Come on.

Half-breeds, right?

A birth like this, they're definitely gonna be guarding her, right? Definitely.

Yeah.

We can get through them. I mean, that cross has gotta work, right?

Right?

It's not always like it is in the books.

What is that?

Hellspeak.

You know what to do.

I'm okay.

Sure.

One last show.

Hi.

My name's John.

You are in violation of the balance.

Leave immediately...

...or I will deport you.

All of you.

Go to hell.

Holy water?

Angela.

John?

John.

Shit.

Pull!

Angela.

Angela, what is it?

Get it out.

Get it out.

Get it...

Oh, my God.

Not bad, kid.

"Not bad. " You hear that?

You know why that is? It's because this is Kramer. Chas Kramer, ass...

Chas.

You're right, John.

It's not like the books.

No...

...it isn't.

Into the light, I command thee.

Into the light, I command thee.

Into the light, I command thee.

Into the light, I command thee.

Your ego is astounding.

Gabriel.

Figures.

And the wicked shall inherit the Earth.

You judging me now, John?

Betrayal, murder, genocide, call me provincial.

I am simply seeking to inspire mankind to all that was intended.

By handing Earth over to the son of the devil?

Help me here.

You're handed this precious gift, right?

Each one of you granted redemption from the Creator.

Murderers, rapists and molesters...

...all of you, you just have to repent...

...and God takes you into his bosom.

In all the worlds in all the universe...

...no other creature can make such a boast, save man.

It's not fair.

If sweet, sweet God loves you so...

...then I'll make you worthy of his love.

I've been watching you for a long time.

It's only in the face of horror that you truly find your nobler selves.

And you can be so noble.

So...

...I'll bring you pain.

I'll bring you horror.

So that you may rise above it.

So that those of you who survive this reign of hell on Earth...

...will be worthy of God's love.

Gabriel...

...you're insane.

The road to salvation begins tonight.

Right now.

I know I'm not one of your favorites.

I'm not even welcome in your house.

But I could use a little attention.

Please.

Come forth.

Hurry.

Mammon...

...son of Satan...

...I unleash you unto this world.

Lu.

What took you so long?

Hello, John.

John, hello.

You're the one soul...

...I would come up here to collect myself.

So I've heard.

You mind?

Oh, go... Go right ahead. I've got stock.

Coffin nail.

Very fitting, John.

You know, when you cut too deep, you cut the tendons...

...finger movement goes out the window.

Let me help you.

See?

Sonny...

...I've got a whole theme park full of red delights for you.

Well, aren't you a peach.

I didn't think you would make the same mistake twice.

And you didn't...

...did you?

So how's the family?

Family's doing just fine. Busy, busy, busy. Need a vacation.

Word is that kid of yours is a chip off the old block.

Well, one does what one can.

He's in the other room.

Boys will be boys.

With Gabriel.

No accounting for taste, really.

They have the Spear of Destiny.

"They have the Spear of Destiny. "

Or is it another one of your cons?

Go look for yourself.

You've waited 20 years for me, Lu...

...what's another 20 seconds?

- Lucifer. - This world is mine. In time.

You, best of all of us, Gabriel...

...should understand ambition.

Son of perdition.

Little horn.

Most unclean.

I do miss the old names.

Time to go home, son.

I will smite thee...

...in his honor.

Looks like somebody doesn't have your back anymore.

Father?

So.

So.

Yeah, what do you want? An extension?

The sister...

...Isabel.

What about her?

Let her go home.

You're willing to give up your life so she can go to heaven?

Fine. It's done.

Time to go, John.

Yeah.

The sacrifice.

No. This one belongs to me.

No. You will live, John Constantine.

You will live.

So you will have...

...the chance to prove...

...that your soul truly belongs in hell.

Oh, you will live.

You will live.

Thank you.

No problem.

Human.

You don't deserve to be human.

Do you want revenge? Is that what you're thinking right now?

Do it.

Do it.

Seek revenge.

End my life.

Go on.

Be the hand of God.

It's your choice.

It's always been your choice.

Yeah.

That's called pain.

Get used to it.

You could've shot me, John!

You chose a higher path!

Look how well you're doing!

Nice spot.

I have something for you.

Something tells me you're not a flowers kind of guy.

Oh, how thoughtful.

John...

...why are you giving me this?

Rules.

Hide it.

Somewhere no one will ever be able to find it.

Not even me.

Always a catch.

Yeah.

So.

I've got some cleaning up to do.

I'll...

...see you around.

I'd like that.

I guess there's a plan for all of us.

I had to die...

...twice...

...just to figure that out.

Like the book says, he works his work in mysterious ways.

Some people like it...

...some people don't.

You did good, kid.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest script

-Good morning, Miss Ratched. -Good morning.

-Good morning, Miss Ratched. -Mr. Washington.

-Good morning, Miss Ratched. -Good morning.

-Good morning, Bancini. -Good morning.

How are you feeling?

Rested.

Medication time.

Medication time.

Okay, move it up!

Mr. Fredrickson, here.

Juice.

Chief.

Okay, my friend, let's go.

Here are his papers, and l'm going to need a signature.

Hi.

-Mr. McMurphy is here. -All right.

Thank you.

All right, l'm ready.

Okay. One pair of socks.

T-shirt.

Hi.

Goddamn, boy, you're as big as a mountain!

Looks like you might have played some football.

What's your name?

He can't hear you. He's deaf.

Deaf and dumb lndian.

ls that so?

Come on, Bibbit.

Can't even make a sound, huh?

How.

Club lead. Jack of clubs.

What's your name, son?

Billy Bibbit.

Glad to know you, Bill. McMurphy's mine.

Those are old Charlie Cheswick's cards.

That's his ace of spades.

Your turn, Bill.

Big ten.

-Put one of them on it, will you? -Wait a minute.

Oh, l can win that one.

-l win. -Oh, you overtrumped?

-Sure. -Pinochle, Bill?

What's the bid?

$5.... $5.50.

You like to look at other people's cards, do you?

Yes.

Ever seen this one?

-Come on, Martini. -Martini!

Martini, will you? Will you play a club?

Whose turn is it now?

Let's see, he trumped....

Where you going?

-Aren't you going to play? -What's the matter?

Aren't you going to play, Martini?

Martini? l want to play.

Billy?

Billy, l want to win some....

Get a grip on yourself, will you?

Yes?

-Mr. McMurphy's here, Doc. -Good, have him come in.

Thank you.

McMurphy, l'm Dr. Spivey.

Dr. Spivey, what a pleasure it is to meet you.

Sure. Pull up a chair, sit down and let's talk.

Sure.

R.P. McMurphy.

That's a hell of a fish there, Doc.

-lsn't that a dandy? -Yeah.

lt's about 40 pounds, ain't it?

-No, 32. -Thirty-two.

But l'll tell you, it took every bit of strength l had...

...to hold it while the guy took the picture.

Every damn bit.

Probably that chain didn't help it any, either.

You didn't weigh the chain, did you?

No, l didn't weigh the chain.

But, l'm awful proud of that picture.

That's the first Chinooker l ever caught.

lt's a nice one.

Randall Patrick McMurphy.

38 years old.

What can you tell me about...

...why you've been sent over here?

Well....

l don't know.

What's it say there?

-Mind if l smoke? -No, go right ahead.

Well, it...

...says several things here.

lt said you've been belligerent.

Talked when unauthorized.

You've been resentful in attitude towards work, in general. That you're lazy.

Chewing gum in class.

The real reason you've been sent here...

...is because they wanted you to be evaluated.

To determine whether or not you're mentally ill.

This is the real reason.

Why do you think they might think that?

Well, as near as l can figure out, it's because l...

...fight and too much.

ln the penitentiary?

No, you mean why....

Why did you get sent over here...

...from the work farm?

Well, l really don't know, Doc.

lt says here that you went around....

-Let me just take a look.... -lt ain't up to me.

One...

...two, three...

...four....

You've got at least...

...five arrests for assault.

What can you tell me about that?

Five fights, huh?

Rocky Marciano has 40, and he's a millionaire.

-That's true. -That is true.

Of course, it's true that you went in for...

...statutory rape.

That's true, is it not, this time?

Absolutely true. But, Doc...

...she was 15 years old going on 35, Doc...

...and she told me she was 18, and she was...

...very willing, you know what l mean?

l practically had to take to sewing my pants shut.

But between you and me...

...she might have been 15. When you get that little red beaver...

...right there in front of you, l don't think it's crazy at all.

l don't think you do either.

l hear what you're saying.

No man alive could resist that. That's why l got into jail to begin with.

Now they're telling me l'm crazy over here...

...because l don't sit there like a goddamn vegetable.

lt don't make a bit of sense to me.

lf that's what being crazy is...

...then l'm senseless, out of it, gone down the road, whacko.

But, no more, no less. That's it.

To be honest with you, McMurphy...

...what it says here...

...is that they think....

They think...

...you've been faking it in order to get out of your work detail.

-What do you think about that? -Do l look like that kind of guy to you?

Let's just be frank for a minute. Randall, if you would.

Tell me....

Do you think there's anything wrong with your mind, really?

Not a thing, Doc.

l'm a goddamn marvel of modern science.

You're going to be here for a period, for us to evaluate you.

We're going to study you.

We'll make our determinations as to what we're going to do...

...and give you the necessary treatment as indicated.

Doc, let me just tell you this.

l'm here to cooperate with you 100 percent.

100 percent.

l'll be just right down the line with you. You watch.

Because l think we ought to get to the bottom of...

...R.P. McMurphy.

The scythe.

l'm awfully tired.

Sit down.

-God, l'm tired. -Sit down.

ls that better?

Mr. Ellsworth...

...you'll wear yourself out.

All right, gentlemen, let's begin.

At the close of Friday's meeting...

...we were discussing Mr. Harding's problem concerning his wife.

Mr. Harding stated that his wife made him uneasy...

...because she drew stares from men on the street.

ls that correct, Mr. Harding?

Yes.

That's correct.

He also thinks he may have given her reason...

...to seek ual attention elsewhere, but he wasn't able to say how.

Mr. Harding has been heard to say to his wife:

''l hate you.

''l don't ever want to see you again.

''You've betrayed me.''

So, does anyone care to touch on this further?

Mr. Scanlon, would you begin today?

Are you sure?

Billy, how about you?

No, ma'am.

l'd like to write in my book that you began the meeting.

Just once.

Mr. Martini?

Are you with us?

Yes.

Would you like to begin?

Mr. Cheswick?

-Me? -Yes.

You mean there's not a man here who has an opinion on this matter?

All right.

Mr. Harding...

...you've stated on more than one occasion...

...that you've suspected your wife of seeing other men.

Oh, yes.

Yes, very much, l suspect her.

l suspect her.

Maybe you can tell us why...

...you suspect her.

Well, l can only...

...speculate as to the reasons why.

Have you ever speculated, Mr. Harding...

...that perhaps you are...

...impatient with your wife...

...because she doesn't meet your mental requirements?

Perhaps. But you see, the only thing l can really...

...speculate on, Nurse Ratched...

...is the very existence of my life...

...with or without my wife...

...in terms of the human relationships, the juxtaposition of...

...one person to another, the form, the content.

Harding, why don't you knock off the bullshit and get to the point?

This is the point.

This is the point, Taber. lt's not bullshit.

l'm not just talking about my wife, l'm talking about my life!

l can't seem to get that through to you.

l'm not just talking about one person, l'm talking about everybody!

l'm talking about form! l'm talking about content!

l'm talking about interrelationships!

l'm talking about God, the Devil, Hell, Heaven!

Do you understand? Finally?

Yeah, Harding, you're so ing dumb l can't believe it.

lt makes me feel very peculiar, very peculiar...

-...when you throw in something like that. -Why?

What does that mean, ''peculiar''?

-Peculiar? -Peculiar?

l'm going to tell you guys something.

You just don't want to learn anything.

You just don't want to listen to anybody.

He's got intelligence!

You've never heard the word ''peculiar''? Say, what are you trying to say?

You trying to say l'm queer? ls that it?

Little Mary Ann? Little Marjorie Jane?

ls that what you're trying to tell me?

ls that your idea of communicating something to me?

Well, is it?

They're all crowding in on you, Mr. Harding.

They're all ganging up on you.

ls that news?

They sometimes want to gang up on me, too, but l--

Cheswick, do me a favor.

Take it easy.

-And stay off my side. -But l only want to....

l only want to help you.

-l understand. -But don't you want me to--

-Please! -But l only want to--

-Please! -But l only want to help you.

Please!

You see...

...the other day you made some allusions, both of you.

-lllusions? -Yes, allusions.

Not illusions. Allusions...

...to ual problems l might be having with my wife.

Let's say it's true! Let's say l know it's true, but you don't!

lf that's your idea of trying to tell me something--

You know, Harding, l think you're some kind of morbid asshole!

-''Peculiar! '' -''Asshole'' again.

lt makes you feel ''peculiar.''

You've talked about your wife ever since l can remember!

You know, she's on your mind, and blah, blah....

l'm not talking about my wife!

When will you get that through your thick head?

When are you going to wise up and turn her loose?

-Please! -l don't want to hear it!

-l'm tired. -l don't want to hear it!

l'm tired.

l don't want to hear it.

l don't want to hear it.

lt's a lot of baloney and l'm tired.

l don't want to hear it!

We know you're tired. We're all tired.

-l'm tired and it's a lot of baloney. -You're not tired, Bancini.

Take your hands off me!

Recreation time, gentlemen.

The bus is waiting.

All nonrestricted patients please report to the bus.

Ever play this game, Chief?

Come on, l'll show you.

Old lndian game.

lt's called ''put the ball in the hole.''

Now, that ought to be just.... Hold it right there.

All right.

Now, that's your spot. Don't move.

Never move. That's your spot, you understand?

Right there. You don't move. Now...

...take the ball.

Here, take the ball.

That's it. Hold on to it.

Not too hard, Chief. You'll crush all the air out of it.

We're gonna put her in the basket. You understand?

All right. Now, raise up your arms.

Raise the ball up in the air, Chief. Raise it up.

McMurphy?

What the hell are you talking to him for? He can't hear a ing thing.

l ain't talking to him. l'm talking to myself. lt helps me think.

Yeah, well, it don't help him none.

Well, it don't hurt him, either, does it?

Don't hurt you, does it, Chief?

See? Don't hurt him.

All right, now, Chief.

Let's raise our hands up in the air.

Just raise them up.

Up, you understand?

Raise the hands up, here.

Up. Raise your hands up.

Up! That's it! That's it! Up, all the way up.

All the way up. That's a baby, all right.

Okay, now....

Now, jump up in the air, and put it in the basket, Chief.

Jump up and dunk it in!

Jump up in the air and stuff that son of a bitch in there, Chief.

Take a rest, Chief.

Just stay right there. Take a rest. l'll be right back.

Bancini, come here for a minute.

You're looking all right. Get right over here for a second.

Now, just stand right there.

Just get down a little bit. All right. Stand up.

Stand up. Go ahead.

That's a baby! All right, you got it.

All right. Now, over there.

Hit me, Chief! l got the moves! l got them, Chief!

Hold it right there. Give me the ball.

Give me the ball. That's it. Thank you, Chief.

Now...

...hold it right there.

You take the ball, you jump up, and put it in the basket.

See what l mean? Put it.... Bancini, hold still.

All right, Chief, here. Take the ball.

Now, jump up and put it in the basket, Chief!

Jump up and put it in the basket!

Not you, Bancini.

Raise up! Bancini, where you going?

l'm tired!

Fast break! Defense! Get back!

Come on, Bancini, where the you going at?

General, get this man around here.

That's it, back!

Over to Chief.

Fast break! Fast break! Hit me, Chief!

Hit me, baby!

Put it in the basket, Chief!

Put it in the basket!

All right.

Make the bets.

What's this?

Make the bets.

lt's a dime, Martini.

l bet a nickel.

A dime is the limit, Martini.

l bet a dime.

This is not a dime, Martini.

This is a dime.

lf you break it in half...

...you don't get two nickels, you get shit.

Try and smoke it. You understand?

You don't understand! All right, here they come.

Queen to the Chesser, Big Bull to Tabulations...

...ten to Billy to match his whang, and the dealer gets a three.

Hit me. Hit me.

l can't hit you because it ain't your turn yet. You understand?

You see these other people? These are the real ones.

These are real people here.

What'll you do, Ches? Hit or sit?

Hit me.

That's 23 up, Cheswick.

Taber, you're busted. Give me this.

Twenty-three.

-Hit me. -Shut up!

Taber.

-Give me a dime! -l'm next.

You're not next!

Hit me.

-Ace. -Hit me.

That's 4 or 14.

Don't want any more. Billy?

-Hit me. Hit me. -Five.

You didn't make a bet, Martini. l can't hit you. Jesus Christ.

l bet a dime.

All right, here.

-That's 20 showing. -No.

-Take your money. -No.

lt's not.

lt's 10, 1 1, 12, 13.

This is a ing queen here, you understand?

You don't count the this and the this.

Hit me.

You got 20 showing!

Hit me again. l want another card.

Scanlon, who's pitching the opener?

Medication time.

This isn't a queen!

Mac, hit me.

-Who's pitching the opener? -Hit me.

Jesus Christ Almighty!

Do you nuts want to play cards or do you want to ing jerk off?

Play the game!

l can't even hear myself think already, here.

Stay back!

-Excuse me, ma'am. l just wanted to-- -Stay back!

Patients aren't allowed in the nurses' station.

Well, l just wanted to turn....

When you're outside, we'll discuss whatever problem you have, okay?

The patients are not allowed in the nurses' station. All right?

Yes, ma'am.

Let me get in here, will you, Hard-on? Thank you.

Excuse me, miss.

Do you think it might be possible to turn the music down...

...so maybe a couple of the boys could talk?

That music is for everyone, Mr. McMurphy.

l know, but do you think we might ease it down a little...

...so maybe the boys didn't have to shout?

What you probably don't realize...

...is that we have a lot of old men in this ward...

...who couldn't hear the music if we turned it lower.

That music is all they have.

Your hand is staining my window.

-l'm sorry, ma'am. -All right.

Mr. McMurphy, your medication.

What's in the horse pill?

lt's just medicine. lt's good for you.

Yeah, but l don't like the idea of taking something if l don't know what it is.

Don't get upset, Mr. McMurphy.

l'm not getting upset, Miss Pilbow.

lt's just that l don't want anyone to try and slip me saltpeter.

You know what l mean?

lt's all right, Nurse Pilbow.

lf Mr. McMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally...

...l'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way.

But l don't think you'd like it, Mr. McMurphy.

You'd like it, wouldn't you, Hard-on?

Give it to me.

Good.

Very good!

Yummy!

Mr. Harding?

Merci.

Tell me, lover-boy...

...why didn't you tell her to go herself?

Jesus Christ.

Funny, huh? That's funny, huh?

You know that wasn't very smart. She could have seen that.

God Almighty, she's got you guys coming and going.

What do you think she is? Some kind of a champ or something?

No, l thought you were the champ.

You want to bet?

Bet on what?

One week.

l bet in one week l can put a bug so far up her ass...

...she won't know whether to shit or wind her wrist watch.

What do you say to that? Want to bet? Do you want to bet?

One week. That's all l need. Who wants to bet?

You want to bet? Bet a buck. One buck.

l'll bet.

Tabes in, one buck. Solid.

Last time we were discussing...

...Mr. Harding and the problem with his wife...

...and l think we were making a lot of progress.

So who would like to begin today?

Mr. McMurphy?

l've been thinking about what you said about...

...you know, getting things off your chest.

Well, there's a couple of things that l'd like to get off my chest.

Well, that's very good, Mr. McMurphy. Go ahead.

Today, as you may or may not know, it doesn't matter...

...is the opening of the World Series.

What l'd like to suggest is that we change the work detail tonight...

...so that we can watch the ball game.

Well, Mr. McMurphy, what you're asking...

...is that we change a very carefully worked-out schedule.

A little change never hurt, huh?

A little variety?

Well, it's not necessarily true, Mr. McMurphy.

Some men on the ward take a long, long time to get used to the schedule.

Change it now, and they might find it very disturbing.

Fuck the schedule! They can go back to the schedule after the Series.

l'm talking about the World Series, Nurse Ratched.

Well, anyway, this is no way to proceed about this.

How would it be if we had a vote...

...and let the majority rule?

Great. Let's vote on it.

So, all those in favor raise your hands.

Okay, guys, come on.

Put your hands up.

What's the matter with you? Don't you want to watch the World Series?

Get your hands up. lt can do you some good...

...to get some exercise, putting your arms up in the air.

That's it. Come on, let's....

What is this crap?

l watch the Series. l haven't missed the Series in years.

Even in the cooler. When l'm in the cooler they run it there or they'll have a riot.

What's the matter with you guys? Come on, be good Americans!

Well, Mr. McMurphy, l only count three votes, and...

...that's not enough to change the ward policy.

l'm sorry.

My turn. Okay, hot dice.

l want a ten to go...

...because l need cash.

l want to get to Mediterranean Avenue.

Big ten! Perfect.

Two fives.

-What are you doing? -Hotel.

-You do not have a hotel there. -Hotel.

For the third time...

-...you do not have a hotel on Boardwalk. -Hotel.

lt costs $1,000 and four green houses...

-...to put a hotel on Boardwalk. -Hotel.

Play the game and knock off the bullshit.

Play the game.

What are you talking about? l am.

-Play the game! -l ain't doing anything to you!

-What bullshit? -Your bullshit!

-What about your bullshit? -Play!

-You keep your hands off me! -Play the game!

l've had enough bullshit from you!

-Play the game. -What are you picking on me for?

Play the game, Harding.

-l'm trying to ignore you, see? -Just play the game.

Keep your hands off me, you son of a bitch!

Keep your hands off me! You hear me?

-Come on, come on. -l can be pushed just so far, see!

Play the game.

You touch me once more. Just touch me once more!

Just once more, huh? Just once more!

-Just touch me once more! -Play the game, Harding!

Just touch me once more!

Holy Jesus!

ls that what your schedule does for you, Hard-on?

Goddamn lunatic!

l don't know what you're talking about.

No? Well, then stay all wet, Harding, huh?

Because l'm going downtown to watch the World Series, anyway.

Anybody want to come with me?

l do, Mac. l want to go with you!

Ches, all right. Anybody else?

-Where? -Any bar downtown.

Mac, you can't...

...get out of here.

Anybody want to bet?

Chicken shits!

Maybe he'll just show Nurse Ratched his big thing...

...and she'll open the door for him.

Yeah, maybe l will...

...and then maybe l'll use your thick skull and knock a hole in the wall.

Sefelt, see?

Why? My head would squash like an eggplant.

Fuck Sefelt's head, l don't need Sefelt's head!

l'll take this thing, and put it through the window...

...and me and Cheswick will go out through the hall...

...downtown, sit down in a bar, wet our whistles...

...and watch the ball game.

And that's the bet. Now, does anybody want any of it?

You're going to lift that thing?

Yeah! That's right.

l'll bet a buck.

Taber, $1 .

l bet a dime.

Mac, you can't...

...lift that thing.

Anybody else want any of it? Hard-on?

l'll bet $25!

$25, Hard-on!

Mac, nobody could ever lift that thing.

Get out of my way, son. You're using my oxygen.

You know what l mean?

All right.

All right.

Giving up?

No! Just warming up.

Warming up.

This will be the one.

All right, baby.

But l tried, didn't l? Goddamn it!

At least l did that.

And on the mound, the left-hander, Al Downing.

The two pitchers still warming up, right down below us.

The second game of the 1963 World Series...

...is being brought to you from Yankee Stadium.

Did you tell the girl how you felt about her?

l went over to her house...

...one Sunday afternoon and...

...and l brought her some flowers...

...and l said:

''Celia, will you...

''...marry me?''

Why did you want to marry her?

Well, l was in love with her.

Your mother told me that you never told her about it.

Why didn't you tell her about it?

Wasn't that the first time you tried to commit suicide?

Oh, my God!

Yes, Mr. Cheswick?

Miss Ratched...

...l'd like to ask you a question, please.

Go ahead.

Okay.

You know, if Billy doesn't feel like talking...

...l mean, why are you pressing him?

Why can't we go on to some new business?

The business of this meeting, Mr. Cheswick...

...is therapy.

You know, l don't understand this, Miss Ratched...

...because l don't....

Mr. McMurphy...

...said something yesterday about a World Series.

A baseball game?

You know, and l've never been to a baseball game and...

...l think l'd like to see one.

That would be good therapy, too, wouldn't it, Miss Ratched?

l thought we'd decided that issue.

l don't think so, because, l mean...

...we discussed that yesterday...

...and we have a new game today, l think, don't we, Mac?

That's right, Ches, and we want a new vote on it, don't we?

Would one more vote satisfy you, Mr. McMurphy?

Yeah.

lt'll satisfy me.

There's a vote before the group.

Everyone in favor of changing the schedule, please raise your hand.

Okay, l want to see the hands. Come on!

Which one of you nuts has got any guts?

All right. That's it!

l only count nine votes, Mr. McMurphy.

She only counts nine. Only nine! lt's a landslide.

There are 18 patients on this ward, Mr. McMurphy...

...and you have to have a majority to change ward policy.

So you gentlemen can put your hands down now.

Are you trying to tell me that you're going to count these?

These poor sons of bitches, they don't know what we're talking about.

Well, l have to disagree with you, Mr. McMurphy.

These men are members of the ward, just as you are.

All right. All l need is one vote, right?

Right?

All right.

Okay.

Want to watch the World Series?

This could be a big moment for you.

You want to watch a baseball game?

You want to watch baseball?

Just raise that hand up. Just raise the hand up.

-What do you say? -l gave it all to her.

Sorry.

Bancini, old horse.

What do you say? You want to watch the ball game on TV?

Want to watch the ball game? Baseball? World Series?

What do you say, pal? You're tired?

Just raise your hand up, Bancini. Watch the ball game, huh?

l'm tired. Awfully tired.

Okay. All right.

What about you, pal?

All we need is one vote. Just one.

Just your one vote. That's all we need.

Just raise your hand up and your buddies can watch the baseball game.

General, you remember, don't you?

October, the banner, the stars....

''Oh, say can you''

The World Series. Raise your hand up, Gen.

Just raise your hand up.

What about you pal, huh? Want to watch the ball game?

Want to watch the ball game, huh? Just one vote. Just raise your....

Gentlemen, the meeting is adjourned.

For Christ's sake, isn't there one of you ing maniacs...

...that knows what l'm talking about?

Mr. McMurphy?

The meeting is adjourned.

Just wait a minute, will you? Just one minute?

You can bring the subject up again tomorrow.

All right, Chief...

...you're our last chance. What do you say?

Just raise your hand up.

That's all we need from you today, Chief.

Just raise your hand up one time.

Show her that you can do it.

Show her that you can still do it.

Just raise your hand up. All the guys have got them up.

Just raise your hand up, Chief. Will you? Huh?

Come on, there's got to be one guy here that's not a total ing nut!

Mac?

Chief! The Chief!

Nurse Ratched? Nurse Ratched, look!

Look. The Chief put his hand up.

The Chief put his hand up. Look, he voted.

Would you please turn the television set on?

The Chief has got his hand up, right there.

The Chief voted. Now...

...will you please turn the television set on?

Mr. McMurphy...

...the meeting was adjourned, and the vote was closed.

But the vote was ten to eight. The Chief, he's got his hand up! Look!

No, Mr. McMurphy.

When the meeting was adjourned, the vote was nine to nine.

Come on, you're not going to say that now!

You're not going to say that now!

You're going to pull that henhouse shit, now, when the vote....

The Chief just voted! lt was ten to nine!

l want that television set turned on! Right now!

Cheswick.  www.130q.com

-l want to watch television. -No, you have a work assignment.

Koufax.

Koufax kicks. He delivers.

lt's up the middle, it's a base hit.

Richardson's rounding first, going for second!

The ball's into deep right center!

Davidson cuts the ball off!

Here comes the throw. Richardson's around first!

He slides, he's in there. lt's a double!

He's in there! Look at Richardson, on second base.

Koufax is in big ing trouble! Big trouble, baby!

All right, here's Tresh. He's the next batter!

Tresh looks in. Koufax....

Koufax gets the sign from Roseboro! He kicks once, he pumps....

lt's a strike! Koufax's curve ball is snapping off like a firecracker.

Here he comes with the next pitch.

Tresh swings! lt's a long fly ball to deep left center!

lt's going! lt's gone!

Somebody give me a ing wiener before l die.

lt's the great Mickey Mantle, now! Here comes the pitch!

Mantle swings!

lt's a ing home run!

Gentlemen, stop this.

Stop this immediately.

Do you like it here?

That ing nurse, man!

What do you mean, sir?

She ain't honest.

Miss Ratched is one of the finest nurses we've got in this institution.

Well, l don't want to break up the meeting or nothing...

...but she's something of a cunt, ain't she, Doc?

How do you mean that?

She likes a rigged game, you know what l mean?

Well, you know, l've been observing you here now...

...for the last four weeks...

...and l don't see any evidence of mental illness, at all.

l think that you've been trying to put us on all this time.

You know, what do you want me to do? You know.

You know what l mean? ls that it?

ls that crazy enough for you?

Want me to take a shit on the floor? Christ!

Have you ever heard the old saying, ''A rolling stone gathers no moss''?

Yeah.

Does that mean something to you?

lt's the same as ''Don't wash your dirty underwear in public.''

l'm not sure l understand what you mean.

l'm smarter than him, ain't l?

Well that, sort of, has always meant...

...it's hard for something to grow on something that's moving.

How did you feel about what happened yesterday?

You want to kill. You know what l mean?

Do you gentlemen have any more questions?

l don't have any more, but perhaps you do.

Do you have a question, McMurphy?

Where do you suppose she lives?

Chief, come on with me.

We'll show these guys who's nuts.

All right, wait.

Stand right here.

All right. Grab the fence.

Grab the fence here.

Right here, Chief. Strong!

Strong, like this, here.

That's it. All right.

Okay. Up.

That's it.

All right, you got it?

All right, push!

Come on, Bob!

Where are you going?

Don't breathe on me, Club. Keep moving. Keep moving.

Come on, you guys. Get the lead out, huh?

Hey, what the hell's going on here?

Wait a minute!

Hold it!

See how easy it is?

Boys.

This here is Candy.

Candy, these are the boys.

You all crazy?

Let's go. Down here.

-lsn't this wonderful? -Down here.

No problem.

Right here.

Come on, we don't want to be late for our first day out.

Hello!

Come on, will you? What are you standing around for?

Get on board. Give them these.

Hey, wait a minute! What the heck is going on here?

What are you doing on this boat?

We're going fishing.

No, you're not going fishing.

Not on this boat. You're not going fishing on this boat.

Oh, yeah, on this boat. Ask Captain Block.

-Captain Block? -Captain Block. Yes, that's right.

Who are you?

We're from the...

...State Mental lnstitution.

This is Dr. Cheswick...

...Dr. Taber, Dr. Fredrickson...

...Dr. Scanlon.

The famous Dr. Scanlon.

Mr. Harding, Dr. Bibbit...

...Dr. Martini, and...

...Dr. Sefelt.

How about you? Who are you?

l'm Dr. McMurphy. R.P. McMurphy.

Wait.... Wait one second.

You don't understand. We chartered the boat.

We're going to go fishing.

And that's all there is to it.

You better quit on this.

They'll throw you in the can again, you know?

No, they won't. We're nuts!

They'll just take us back to the feeb farm, see?

Von Sefelt, get the stern line.

Tabes, you're at the bow.

This one?

That one! The one at your feet.

Get back on! Jesus!

Tabes!

Cheswick! Come here, quick!

Aye, aye, sir. l mean, yes, Mac!

Take it easy, Charlie. Have you ever driven one of these things?

-Driven one of.... -Yeah.

No, Mac.

Well, it's a lot of fun.

Come on over here. Put your hands on the wheel.

-Put your hands on. -l never did--

Put your hands on the wheel so you don't fall down. All right.

Just hold it steady right there, like that.

-Steady? -Steady, yeah.

Now just go straight.

-Straight as an arrow. -Straight, Mac?

-Just straight. That's right. -But, Mac....

Mac, this thing ain't too steady.

-Where are we going, Mac? -Straight.

Just go on!

This is the bait.

Little fishes.

Dead fishes.

That's right.

Now what are we going to do with these little fishes?

-Catch big fishes. -That's right. That's right, Mr. Martini.

And hooks.

Hooks.

Now, hold on to your hooks...

...because here are the fishes.

Tabes.

Get a fish here.

There, for you, Martini.

All right, now we, each one of us has got a fish.

What are you laughing at?

You're not an idiot, huh?

You're not a goddamn looney now, boy, you're a fisherman.

Now, take your bottom hook.

You got it?

You take it...

...and you...

...push it all the way through.

Like that.

Wait a second. Get it through the eyes, here.

-Right through here. -ln the eye?

Don't worry about it! He's dead, Martini.

Jesus Christ, just put it through his eyeball, here.

That's it.

Crunch it right through. All right. Now you got it, see?

Now, you just pull that baby through. You see what l mean?

And you wrap it around. You pull this so it's a little loop.

That's very good.

That's very good, Mr. Fredrickson!

Very good eye work.

Good eye work.

That little devil's going to not even feel the sting, is he, boy?

That son of a gun is going to bite on you, isn't he?

You got beautiful hair.

Thank you.

And you got...

...beautiful eyes.

Thank you.

Billy, what's the matter? Fishing don't grab you?

They do.

Come on with me, over here.

l'm going to give each and every one of you a rod.

All right.

Here are your poles.

Now, just keep watching the tip here. lf you get a strike, let me know.

Understand?

Come on, Candy. Just keep fishing, guys!

Don't call me unless you get something really big...

...you can't handle yourselves.

Keep on fishing!

That's right.

Where is everybody?

Cheswick! Goddamn it, l told you to...

...steer that boat straight!

Fish! Help, help!

Goddamn it, he's got a fish. Hold it! Wait a minute, Tabes. l got it!

Cheswick, get the back up there! Get up there in front!

Tabes, l got it, Tabes!

Get up, Tabes, l'll get it for you!

Son of a bitch, he's going over here! Get up!

l got it!

l got it! Give it to me!

Hey, Harding, l'm the skipper of this boat.

Shut up!

He said to go straight out as an arrow.

You're not going straight, you're kind of....

l'm going straight enough. Now, Chessy, stop it!

-lt's my duty! -Chessy, stop it!

No, you son of a bitch!

All right, Martini.

All right, take him over!

Take him over!

That's it! Now play them, boys!

You sons of bitches!

Keep it straight!

Come back this way!

Home safe and sound. Didn't lose a nut!

Beats bowling, you know what l mean?

We caught it, look!

They're going to be trolling this place for six months looking for dead bodies!

l think he's dangerous.

He's not crazy...

...but he's dangerous.

You don't think he's crazy?

No, he's not crazy.

Dr. Songee?

l don't think he's overly psychotic.

But l still think he's quite sick.

-Do you think he's dangerous? -Absolutely so.

Well, John, what do you want to do with him?

l think we've had our turn.

l'd like to send him back to the work farm, frankly.

ls there anybody that you have...

...on your staff, that could...

...relate to him? Maybe understand him.

Help him out with some of these problems?

The funny thing is that the person he's the closest to...

...is the one he dislikes the most.

That's you, Mildred.

Well, gentlemen, in my opinion, if we send him back to Pendleton or...

...we send him up to Disturbed...

...it's just one more way of passing on our problem to somebody else.

You know, we don't like to do that.

So l'd like to keep him on the ward.

l think we can help him.

Chief, Chief, come on.

Come with me, huh?

Chief, this is the spot.

Right there is the spot. Remember?

Raise the hands, in the basket.

That's it. Raise the hands up.

All right! Let's have a little ball from you nuts in here! Here we go!

All right! Let's play ball, nuts. Let's make some moves!

Hey, Mac. Time, time.

You've got six men on the court.

Harding, out of the ball game.

Hey, why me?

Because l'm the coach. l'll put you in later.

l don't trust you.

l'll go.

Okay, good boy, Billy. l'll put you in in a minute, all right?

Let's play ball. Harding, break over there.

All right, Martini, get it back.

l'm in the open! What're you doing?

You threw the goddamn ball into the fence!

Christ Almighty, you threw it into the fence!

There's nobody there! We're playing ball!

All right, come on, get in the game. Defense, nobody's doing nothing here!

-For Christ's sake! -Hey, Mac, l'm open!

Harding, give it back. Back to me, Harding! Here.

l'm open. Will you give me the ball?

-Stop dribbling the goddamn ball! -l got it!

Harding, over here.

Oh, for Christ's sake. l'm standing--

-You were covered! -l was open!

Just give me the ball. They're making all over the--

l was open. Give me the ball.

-You were covered, Mac. -l wasn't covered. Somebody get back!

Give it to me! Give it to me!

Chief! Atta baby, put it in!

Get down there!

Get down there, Chief! All right, all right.

Get around, Chief!

No, no, no. Get down there, Chief!

The ball's in play! Ball's in play!

-That's bullshit! -Ball's in play.

Oh, that shit! You've got to be crazy.

Man, that doesn't go! That ball ain't in play!

Come on, Chief! Put it in!

What a ball club!

McMurphy, get off the side.

-Come on, move it, man! -Hey, damn it!

Quick! Come on, go ahead.

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

l'll be seeing you on the outside. You know what l mean?

By the time you get out of here...

...you'll be too old to even get it up.

Sixty-eight days, buddy.

Sixty-eight days.

What the you talking about, 68 days!

That's in jail, sucker.

You still don't know where you're at?

Yeah, where am l at, Washington?

With us, baby, you're with us.

And you're going to stay with us until we let you go.

Do you want to say something to the group, Mr. McMurphy?

l'd like to know why none of the guys never told me that you...

...Miss Ratched...

...and the doctors could keep me here till you're good and ready to turn me loose.

That's what l'd like to know.

Fine, Randall, that's a good start.

Would anyone care to answer Mr. McMurphy?

Answer what?

You heard me, Harding.

You let me go on hassling Nurse Ratched here...

...knowing how much l had to lose and you never told me nothing!

Now, Mac, wait a minute.

Wait a minute, l didn't know anything about how much--

-Shit! -Wait a minute. Listen.

Now, look....

l'm voluntary here, see? l'm not committed.

l don't have to stay here. l mean, l can go home anytime l want.

You can go home anytime you want?

-That's it. -You're bullshitting me!

He's bullshitting me, right?

No, Randall, he's telling you the truth.

As a matter of fact, there are very few men here who are committed.

There's Mr. Bromden.

Mr. Taber.

Some of the chronics, and you.

Cheswick?

You're voluntary?

Scanlon?

Billy, for Christ's sake, you must be committed, right?

No, no, no.

You're just a young kid!

What're you doing here? You ought to be out in a convertible...

...bird-dogging chicks and banging beaver.

What are you doing here, for Christ's sake?

What's so funny about that?

Jesus, l mean, you guys do nothing but complain about how you can't...

...stand it in this place, and then you haven't got the guts to walk out?

What do you think you are, for Christ's sake? Crazy or something?

Well, you're not. You're not!

No crazier than the average asshole walking around on the streets.

And that's it.

Jesus Christ, l can't believe it!

Those are very challenging observations you made, Randall.

l'm sure some of the men would like to comment.

Mr. Scanlon?

l want to know why the dorm is locked in the daytime and on weekends.

l would like to know about our cigarettes.

May l have my cigarettes, please, Miss Ratched?

You sit down, Mr. Cheswick, and wait your turn.

Go ahead, sit down!

To answer your question about the dorm, Mr. Scanlon.

You know very well...

...that if we left the door open, you'd just go right back to bed after breakfast.

Am l right?

So what?

May l have my cigarettes, please, Miss Ratched?

Forget the cigarettes, Cheswick.

Cigarettes are not important. Sit down, will you?

For Christ's sake!

Cigarettes!

Remember, Mr. Scanlon, we've discussed many times...

...that time spent in the company of others is very therapeutic.

While time spent brooding alone only increases a feeling of separation.

You remember that, don't you?

Do you mean to say...

...it's sick to want to be off by yourself?

Miss Ratched?

Mr. Cheswick, you sit down!

-l want to know about-- -Sit down, Mr. Cheswick.

l want to....

Give him a cigarette, will you, Harding?

lt's my last one.

That's a ing lie. Why don't you give him a cigarette?

Look, l'm not running a charity ward, see?

Come on!

Look, l don't want his cigarettes.

And l don't want his, or his, or his...

...or his, or his, or his....

Or even yours.

Do you understand that?

l want my cigarettes, Miss Ratched!

l want my cigarettes!

l want mine, Miss Ratched!

What gives you the damn right...

...to keep our cigarettes piled up on your desk...

...and to squeeze out a pack only when you feel like it, huh?

-Miss Ratched! -Mr. Harding!

Oh, l'm sorry.

-You surprise me. -l lost my head. l'm sorry.

l'm sorry, l didn't mean to....

l'm really very sorry. l just forgot.

l didn't mean to. l'm really very sorry. l just forgot.

lt's all right.

Miss Ratched!

Yes, Mr. Cheswick?

l asked you a question!

l heard your question, Mr. Cheswick...

...and l will answer your question as soon as you've calmed down.

Are you calm, Mr. Cheswick?

-l'm calm. -Good.

Now, as you all know, Mr. McMurphy...

...has been running a small gambling casino in our tub room.

Now, most of you lost all your cigarettes to Mr. McMurphy...

...not to mention a tidy sum of money to Mr. McMurphy.

And that's why...

...your tub room privileges have been suspended...

...and your cigarettes have been rationed.

Mr. Martini?

How are we going to win our money back?

You're not going to win your money back, Mr. Martini.

That's all over.

lf you had obeyed the rules in the first place...

...you wouldn't have lost your money.

Sit down, gentlemen! Sit down, gentlemen! Sit down!

Rules?

Piss on your ing rules, Miss Ratched!

Sit down. Will you?

l want you to know something right here and now!

-l ain't no little kid! l ain't no little kid! -You sit down!

What, are you going to have cigarettes kept from me like cookies?

And l want something done! Ain't that right, Mac?

That's right! Will you sit down?

No, l won't! l won't!

l want something done!

-Sit down! -l want something done!

l want something done!

l want something done!

l want something done!

l want something done!

-Here! -l want something done!

Goddamn it, Cheswick, here!

Hey, calm down!

Why don't you leave him alone, Washington? He's going to be all right!

Emergency 34-B.

l'll break your ing wrist!

Forget it, Mac! lt's all over, McMurphy!

Warren!

Would you move, please? We need this chair.

Just move right over there, okay.

l see we have Mr. Bromden back. Yeah, okay.

-How do you do, Mr. McMurphy? -l do real fine.

l know you didn't do anything wrong. Just sit.

We're not going to hurt you. Sit down, here.

That's it.

Nurse, this is Mr. Cheswick. He's a little upset.

Okay, fine. Thank you very much.

-You'll be okay, Mr. Cheswick. -Yes.

Would you keep an eye on these three?

Would you please take these, gentlemen?

He can't hear nothing.

Calm down, Ches, will you?

Mr. Cheswick, would you please follow me?

Mr. Cheswick?

-No! -Nobody's gonna hurt you, come on.

-No! -lt'll be all right.

No one's going to hurt you.

No, leave me alone!

-Take it easy on yourself. Come on! -No! Mac!

Mac! Mac!

No!

Come on. Come on, now. Come on.

-Come on. -No!

l didn't do nothing!

Mac!

-Come on. -l won't go! l don't want to go!

Want some gum?

Thank you.

Juicy Fruit.

You sly son of a bitch, Chief.

Can you hear me, too?

Yeah, you bet!

Well, l'll be goddamned, Chief!

And they all, they all think you're deaf and dumb.

Jesus Christ!

You fooled them, Chief.

You fooled them. You fooled them all!

Goddamn!

What are we doing in here, Chief?

What's us two guys doing in this ing place?

Let's get out of here.

Out.

Canada?

Canada.

We'll be there before these sons of bitches know what hit them.

Listen to Randall on this one.

Mr. McMurphy?

Please follow me.

You and me, Chief.

Take a cigarette break, boys. Easy.

l'll be fine.

Would you sit up, please?

-l'd love to. -Atta boy.

There might be a little fluid in them boots, you know what l mean, boys?

Just a little leak.

A light shine, boys, and...

...send the specimen to Nurse Ratched.

All right, out with your gum.

Out with your gum.

Okay, this won't hurt, and it'll be over in just a moment.

-What's that? -Conductant.

A little dab will do you.

Right, Mr. Jackson?

Open your mouth.

-What's that? -This'll keep you from biting your tongue.

Now just bite down on it.

That's right. Just bite down.

Now, bite down on it.

Are you ready?

Here we go.

Now, one big breath.

Very good.

Gentlemen, l'd like to begin today. lt shouldn't take too long.

Jim?

lt's been brought to my attention...

...that you've been giving Mr. Fredrickson your medication.

ls that true?

No, ma'am.

Jim?

Are you giving your medication to Mr. Fredrickson...

...or are you not?

How about it, you creeps, you lunatics, mental defectives.

Let's hear it for Bullgoose Randall, back in action. Nice shirt, Cheseroo.

Look at the faces on you!

Look at you!

The feeb's brigade, you ding-a-lings!

The mental defective league in formation.

How are you, Nurse Ratched? l'm happy to be back.

We're happy to have you back, Randall.

Thank you.

Would you like to rest today, or would you like to join the group?

l'd love to join the group.

l'd like....

l'm proud to join the group, Mildred.

How's it going, Mac?

Perfect, Billy boy, absolutely perfect.

They were giving me 10,000 watts a day, you know, and l'm...

...hot to trot.

The next woman who takes me on will light up like a pinball machine...

...and pay off in silver dollars!

That's an amusing thought, Randall...

...but when you came in we were talking to Jim.

He has a problem with his medication...

...and we'd like to get back to that.

Oh, l don't mind at all, Nurse Ratched, l'm...

...as gentle as a puppy dog.

Please proceed. Thank you.

The administration was hopeful, but cautious Friday in its reaction...

...to a possible opening of the Berlin Wall...

...during the upcoming Christmas holiday.

Good night, gentlemen. See you in the morning.

Yeah, baby, it's Mac.

lt's on tonight.

Don't worry about it.

Don't worry about it. Get a car.

l don't give a shit, baby. Steal it if you have to!

l have to go! l have to go!

Don't forget to bring some booze.

Right. 'Bye.

Chief, l can't take it no more.

l have to get out of here.

l can't. l just can't.

lt's easier than you think, Chief.

For you, maybe. You're a lot bigger than me.

Why, Chief, you're about as big as a goddamn tree trunk.

My poppa's real big.

He did like he pleased.

That's why everybody worked on him.

The last time l've seen my father he was blind in the cedars from drinking.

And every time he put the bottle to his mouth...

...he don't suck out of it.

lt sucks out of him until he'd shrunk so...

...wrinkled and yellow, even the dogs don't know him.

Killed him, huh?

l'm not saying they killed him.

They just worked on him, the way they're working on you.

There they are, Chief.

There they are. They're here.

Over here. That's it!

McMurphy, stop all this holy roller shit...

...and get your ass back in bed. Do you understand?

My prayers have been answered, Turkle.

Come on and see.

You'd take $20...

...to get down on your knees and pray, wouldn't you, Turkle?

No, it don't send me, don't send me.

-lt don't? -Don't do nothing to me, no.

Well, you know there'll be more.

l mean, they'll be bringing a couple of bottles with them, and....

You're getting closer, brother. You're getting closer, but...

...they're going to be sharing more than just bottles, ain't they?

-You know what l mean? -Yeah, sure.

-l know what you mean. -Understand what l mean?

Yeah, l understand what you mean.

-Anything you say. -l'm on my knees, brother.

-l'm on my knees. -Yeah, all right, all right.

l'll let them in.

-Let me just give them a hand here. -l appreciate that.

-Hi. -Ladies!

Oh, thank you. l believe this is your department, Mr. Turkle.

-Hi, there! Give me a hand. -How're you doing?

Love to give you a hand.

Keep it down. Keep it down.

-l split my pants. -Keep it down!

-Give it to me. Give it all to me. -You got to keep it down!

This looks like my high school.

Oh, hey, l take that.

-The barber chair. -You may have it.

lt is mine, mine.

You can have it. You can have it, honey.

Get a load of these tubs.

lt's a real nice place you got here.

Hey, can l take a bath?

Sure, you can take a bath. Sure.

Just don't drown your pretty little self.

You know...

...Rose was married to a maniac once, up in Beaverton.

Oh, really, miss?

What seemed to be the problem?

Oh, nothing, he used to put frogs in my bra all the time.

Very interesting.

Very interesting.

Rose is very interested in hospitals, and hospital facilities.

-l am? -Yes. Oh, yes, you are.

-l'm going to take Miss Candy-- -Where you going?

l'm going to take Candy for a stroll.

l got you, l got you.

-But just don't make too much noise. -Oh, no, not a peep, not a peep.

Now, you come over here, baby, right over here.

Don't worry about Candy, honey. Sit down and relax.

Wake up, boys.

Wake up.

lt's medication time.

Medication time.

The nighttime spirits are here.

lt's Randall to say goodbye...

...and get you high, and nighttime angel, Candy.

That's right, Mr. Martini, there is an Easter bunny.

Around the side, join Mr. McMurphy...

...in the executive lounge, please.

Around the side.

lt's going to be so great.

You'd like a nip, Charles?

No trouble at all!

lt's Billy the Club of the fabulous and fantastic....

-What the hell's going on? -Mr. Turkle.

Ain't this a bitch!

McMurphy, what're you trying to do? Get my ass really fired?

Come on, get your ass out of here. Come on.

We're just having a party.

Party, my ass! This ain't no nightclub, this is a hospital!

Man, this is my ing job! l don't give a damn, this is my ing job!

Oh, shit! The supervisor!

Get your asses back in there.

Come on. Come on there!

Where's that no-talking son of a bitch? ls he in there?

Good. Come on.

Mr. Turkle?

Mr. Turkle?

Where the hell is he? Why doesn't he answer?

He's jerking off somewhere.

Ain't nobody jerking off nowhere, motherer!

Turkle, what the are you doing here? Go out and talk to her!

Doing the same ing thing you're doing in here, hiding!

Yes, ma'am?

ls everything all right, Mr. Turkle?

Oh, everything is just fine, ma'am.

Just fine. Just fine.

Who's there?

Ain't nobody in there.

Please open that door.

l'm sorry.

l'm sorry, ma'am, but...

...you know, a man gets awfully lonesome at night.

You understand what l mean, don't you?

You understand? l'm sure you understand.

l want that woman off this ward immediately.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

-Jesus! -Mr. Turkle, is she gone?

Shit! Yes, and so am l...

...so get your behinds out of here and go to bed.

Go ahead, move it! Move it!

-l knew we were in trouble! -Let's go!

You and your teddy bear ass! Move them on out of here!

Come on, come on!

-Candy? -Come on, Candy!

Jesus Christ!

Mr. Turkle, l'm really sorry.

Tell those ing friends of mine to stay out!

-Get out! -l'm really sorry.

What are you....

What the ? Get out of here!

Please get out, this is my job! You're ing it up! You understand?

Get out!

Get out of here, you slim motherer!

Fuck it!

Fuck it!

Good night, good night, don't let the cooties bite.

Right out of the shock department. l got it from....

l got it from Ratched's charts.

Right. There you go. Easy now.

Don't take it all at once!

Let's try a little over here. There you go.

Let's go.

l'll have to be the one, Chief.

Hey, Mac, what's going on?

Well, Dale...

...Lord Randall is stepping down one.

Fredrickson.

Jimmy.

Aren't you going to say goodbye to me?

Sure, l'm going to say goodbye to you, Charles.

Thank you, Mac.

Thank you.

l'll never forget you.

Settle down, Charles, all right.

Hey, Billy, what's wrong?

Billy, for Christ's sake?

What's the matter?

l'm going to miss you very...

...very much, Mac.

Why don't you come with us, then?

Think l don't want to?

Well, come on then, let's go.

Well, it's not that easy.

l'm not ready yet.

Tell you what we'll do....

When l get to Canada, l'll write you a postcard...

...and l'll put my address on it.

That way when you're ready, you'll...

...you'll know where to go.

What do you say?

ls she going with you?

Candy?

Yeah, she'll be there when you get there. She's going with us.

Are you going to marry her?

No, we're just good friends.

Why?

Nothing.

Don't ''nothing'' me, all right? What is it?

lt's too late.

Do you want a date with her?

Jesus, l must be crazy to be in a looney bin like this!

Date, huh?

Well, it'll have to be a fast date, l'll tell you that.

Not now!

Not now?

When, then?

When l have a free weekend.

You're busy right now, are you?

You have something to do right now?

-You have something to do? -No.

Good, then don't talk to me about when you're ready. Yeah.

-Ready and everything like that. -No.

Candy, come here a minute.

l want you to meet the famous Billy.

Go get him, will you?

Go get him. Get him out of there.

l want you to get a hold of Billy....

All you have to do is one little thing.

-The kid is cute, isn't he? -Yeah.

Think of me the whole time.

There he is.

Billy the Club!

l got $25...

...that says you are going to burn this woman down!

Candy, baby...

...l love you.

Hurl the ringer.

Take it easy! Back!

No, l'll show you some card tricks.

You ain't seen the Spanish deck yet.

That's 40 percent more torture.

l'm going to present you with this fine deck of cards for playing.

This ain't going to take long, Rose, you know what l mean?

When we get to Canada....

Out of sight, man!

Out of sight!

-Good morning, Miss Ratched. -Good morning.

Mr. Warren...

...close the window, and lock the screen.

Right.

Mr. Miller, show this woman the way out of the hospital.

Gladly.

Come on, lady, let's go.

-You're going home. -Where?

Let her go, Scanlon.

You're going home.

-Mr. Washington? -Yes.

Make sure no one is missing.

Will do.

-Mac? -Come on, Scanlon, let's move.

Everybody, out of here! Move it out!

Come on, move it!

Martini, get your butt up! Come on, up!

All right, get your dead ass up there!

What the hell's going on here? Come on, move out!

Miss Ratched?

What are you doing?

Where you going? Back out here!

Let's go! Come on, move it!

Taber, get up. Come on.

l said, get up!

All right, move it back there!

Get your ass over here, and bring Dracula with you.

Move it.

Stay right there, Bancini!

-Miss Ratched? -Yes.

lt looks like Billy is the only one missing.

Billy?

-Thank you, Mr. Washington. -Okay.

Did Billy Bibbit leave the grounds of the hospital, gentlemen?

l want an answer to my question!

Did he leave the grounds of the hospital?

-Mr. Washington? -Yes.

Miss Pilbow, check all the rooms.

-Mr. Warren? -Yes.

You start with the tub room.

Mr. Martini?

May l have my cap, please?

My cap!

My cap!

There.

Thank you.

Miss Ratched.

l can explain everything.

Please do, Billy.

Explain everything.

Everything?

Aren't you ashamed?

No, l'm not.

You know, Billy, what worries me is...

...how your mother's going to take this.

Well, you...

...don't have to tell her, Miss Ratched.

l don't have to tell her?

Your mother and l are old friends, you know that.

Please don't...

...tell my mother.

Don't you think you should've thought of that before you took that woman...

...in that room?

No, no.

l didn't.

You mean, she dragged you in there by force?

She did.

Everybody did.

Everybody? Who did?

You tell me who did!

McMurphy.

Miss Ratched...

...please don't...

...tell my mother, please.

Would you see that the men are washed and ready for the day?

Miss Ratched, please, please....

-Mr. Washington? -Yes?

-Put Billy in Dr. Spivey's office. -No.

Stay with him till the doctor arrives.

Move it! Come on, Martini, get on!

Hey, that way, please. Please, gentlemen.

Let's go, come on. Come on, you guys. What is this?

Let's go.

Hey, what the hell is that?

McMurphy, what the hell are you doing?

Washington, to the day rooml lmmediatelyl

Put down those keys and nobody gets hurt.

Move away from the window and take that damn Chief with you.

Come on, let's go!

Let me through!

Let me through!

Out of the way, McMurphy!

Come on, clear it!

Get these people out of here!

Oh, Billy!

Will you guys clear the door?

Everybody out! Out! Everybody out!

Come on, goddamn it!

Now calm down!

The best thing we can do is go on with our daily routine.

All right?

Don't! Mac!

Mac! No!

And the bets are placed.

There's one for Tabes, and Chessy, and Martini, and the dealer.

And a four to Tabes, and a six, and a nine...

...and a ten to the dealer.

A nine?

What do you say, Tabes?

A dime apiece.

No? You stick.

-He sticks. -He sticks with a four.

Chessy's going for the ride.

What does that mean?

He wants a hit. Yeah, and a big queen.

l think you're busted.

Buggered, not busted.

-Turn them over. -Buggered.

And weep.

Hit me.

l think you're over.

-l know you're over. -Hovno.

That's a three. Hovno.

Mr. Sefelt?

Did everything go well?

That's very nice.

Now you feel better, don't you?

Yes, ma'am.

Deuce to the dealer.

Split them. Higher.

McMurphy is out.

McMurphy has escaped.

They were taking him through the tunnel.

He beat up two of the attendants and escaped.

McMurphy is upstairs.

Oh, no, no!

Jim, l'm telling you, McMurphy is upstairs...

...and he's as meek as a lamb.

Really?

l mean, how do you know?

Jack Dunphy told me.

Jack Dunphy is full of shit!

Right! Right!

They said you escaped.

l knew you wouldn't leave without me.

l was waiting for you.

Now we can make it, Mac.

l feel big as a damn mountain.

Oh, no!

l'm not going without you, Mac.

l wouldn't leave you here this way.

You're coming with me.

Let's go!

Call off your ungodly dogs!

Down!

Quiet! Down!

Are you Mr. Heathcliff?

Well, l'm Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant at the Grange.

l'm lost. l--

Can l get a guide from amongst your lads?

No, you cannot. l've only got one, and he's needed here.

Well, then, l'll have to stay till morning.

Do as you please.

Quiet! Down!

Thank you for your hospitality. Could you extend it to a cup of tea?

- Shall l? - You heard him ask for it.

Thank you.

l presume the amiable lady is Mrs. Heathcliff?

Would it be taxing your remarkable hospitality if l sat down?

l hope my hospitality will teach you...

not to make rash journeys on these moors.

As for staying here, l don't keep accommodations for visitors.

You can share a bed with one of the servants.

Thanks. l'll sleep in a chair, sir.

No. A stranger is a stranger.

Guests are so rare in this house that l hardly know how to receive them.

l and my dog.

Joseph, open up one of the upstairs rooms.

Here's a room for thee, sir.

Bridal chamber.

Nobody slept here for years.

lt's a trifle depressing.

- Can you light a fire? - No fire will burn in yonder grate.

Chimbley's all blocked up.

Very well. Thanks.

Good night.

l said good night.

Heathcliff!

Let me in!

l'm lost on the moors!

- lt's Cathy! - Help! Mr. Heathcliff!

There's somebody out!

Oh, Mr. Heathcliff!

There's someone out there. lt's a woman. l heard her calling.

She said her name. Cathy. That was it!

Cathy?

Oh, l must have been dreaming. Forgive me.

Get out of this room. Get out!

Get out, l tell you!

Cathy! Come in!

Cathy, come back to me.

Oh, do come once more.

Oh, my heart's darling!

Cathy. My own--

My--

Where's he going in the storm?

She calls him...

and he follows her out onto the moor.

He's mad! He's like a madman.

He seized me by the collar and flung me out.

You see, l had a dream.

l thought l heard a voice calling.

l reached out to close the shutter, and something touched me.

Something cold and clinging, like an icy hand.

And then l saw her. A woman.

Then my senses must have become disordered because the falling snow...

shaped itself into what looked like a phantom, but there was nothing.

lt was Cathy.

Who is Cathy?

A girl who died.

Oh, no, l don't believe in ghosts.

l don't believe in phantoms sobbing through the night.

- Poor Cathy. - l don't believe life comes back...

once it's died and calls again to the living.

No, l don't.

Maybe if l told you her story, you'd change your mind...

about the dead coming back.

Maybe you'd know, as l do...

that there is a force that brings them back...

if their hearts were wild enough in life.

Tell me her story.

lt began 40 years ago...

when l was young...

in the service of Mr. Earnshaw...

Cathy's father.

Cathy's father.

Wuthering Heights was a lovely place in those days...

full of summertime and youth and happy voices.

One day Mr. Earnshaw was returning from a visit to Liverpool.

- You'll not catch me! - Yes, l will!

Cathy, go wash! l don't want your father to see you in that dress.

You too, Hindley. Hurry up, now.

l don't want to get washed!

Come along! l'll tell your father not to give you the present he's bringing.

- What's he bringing? - Go along upstairs.

Joseph says his horse is coming over the hill.

Evening, Mr. Earnshaw.

- Hello, Joseph. - Hello, neighbor Earnshaw.

- How are you, Dr. Kenneth? - Back so soon?

What in the world have you got there?

A gift of God.

Although it's as dark as if he came from the devil.

- Quiet, me bonny lad, we're home. - He's a dour-looking individual.

Aye, and with reason. l found him starving in Liverpool...

kicked and bruised and almost dead.

So you kidnapped him.

Not until l spent two pounds trying to find out who its owner was.

But nobody would claim him, so l brought him home.

- Giddap! - Here, here!

Come on, you young imp of Satan. Off with ye.

- Cathy, Hindley! - Welcome home. The children are coming.

Don't look so shocked, Ellen.

He's going to live with us for a while. Give him a good scrubbing...

and put some Christian clothes on him.

Food is what he needs most, Mr. Earnshaw.

He's as thin as a sparrow. Come into the kitchen, child.

Cathy! Hindley!

- Father, what did you bring me? - Hello, Father!

There you are. lt's what you've always wanted.

A riding crop. Be careful how you use it.

- Oh, it's wonderful! - l'm so glad you got back soon.

- lt's wonderful! - Ow! Father, make her stop!

No, children.

This is Hindley's violin.

One of the best in Liverpool.

Here. Fine tone.

And a bow to go with it.

Here you are, Paganini.

Who's that?

- He was hungry as a wolf. - Oh, children.

This is a little gentleman l met in Liverpool who will pay us a visit.

He-- He's dirty.

Oh, no. Don't make me ashamed of you, Cathy.

When he's been scrubbed, show him Hindley's room.

- He'll sleep there. - ln my room?

He can't. l won't let him.

Children, you may as well learn now that you must share what you have...

with others not as fortunate as yourselves.

- Take charge of the lad, Ellen. - Come along, child.

What's your name?

We'll call him Heathcliff.

Heathcliff, l'll race you to the barn. The loser has to be the slave.

Come on!

Faster!

Come on!

Whoa. l won!

You're my slave! You have to do as l say. Water my horse and groom it!

Oh, that's not fair! lt's too real.

- What do you want? - This horse.

- You can't have him. He's mine! - Mine's lame. l'm riding yours.

Give him to me or l'll tell Father you boasted you'd turn me out when he died!

That's a lie! l never said such a thing.

- He didn't! - You never had a father!

You gypsy beggar! You can't have mine!

Stop that!

- Heathcliff, look out! - Don't come near me!

Let him go! You killed him!

l'm going to tell Father. He'll punish you for this.

You can't go near him till he's well.

- You heard Dr. Kenneth! - Are you hurt badly?

Talk to me.

Why don't you cry? Heathcliff, don't look like that!

How can l pay him back?

l don't care how long l wait...

if l can only pay him back.

Come. Let's pick harebells on Penistone Crag.

You can ride Jane.

Please, milord?

- Oh, Heathcliff. - Whoa, Jane.

- You're so handsome when you smile. - Don't make fun of me.

Don't you know that you're handsome? Do you know what l've told Ellen?

- You're a prince in disguise. - You did?

l said your father was the emperor of China and your mother an lndian queen.

lt's true, Heathcliff.

You were kidnapped by wicked sailors and brought to England.

But l'm glad. l've always wanted to know somebody of noble birth.

All the princes l ever read about had castles.

Of course. They captured them. You must capture one too.

There's a beautiful castle that lies waiting for your lance, Sir Prince.

You mean Penistone Crag? Aw, that's just a rock.

lf you can't see that's a castle, you'll never be a prince.

Here, take your lance and charge!

See that black knight at the drawbridge? Challenge him!

Charge!

l challenge you to mortal combat, Black Knight!

Heathcliff! You've killed him! You've killed the black knight!

He's earned it for all his wicked deeds.

Oh, it's a wonderful castle.

- Heathcliff, let's never leave it. - Never in our lives!

Let all the world confess, there is not a more beautiful damsel...

than the Princess Catherine of Yorkshire.

But l'm still your slave.

No, Cathy. l now make you my queen.

Whatever happens out there, here you will always be my queen.

How is he, Doctor?

He is at peace.

Send for the vicar, Joseph.

My dear, wild little Cathy.

You may come up and pray beside him now.

You're not wanted up there.

My father is past your wheedling.

Go and help the stable boys harness the horse for the vicar.

Do as you're told. l'm master here now.

And as the children grew up, Hindley was indeed master of Wuthering Heights.

lt was no longer the happy home of their childhood.

- Joseph, bring me another bottle. - That's the third, Mr. Hindley.

The third or the twenty-third, bring me another.

Wine is a mocker. Strong drink is raging, Master Hindley.

Stop spouting scripture and do as you're told, you croaking old parrot.

Yes, Master Hindley.

Sit down, Cathy, till you're excused from the table.

Joseph, fill Miss Cathy's glass.

Oh, my little sister disapproves of drinking.

Well, l know some people who don't.

Heathcliff, saddle my horse. Be quick about it, you gypsy beggar.

l told you to be quick.

Look at this stable. lt's a pigsty. ls this the way you do your work?

Clean it up. l want this floor cleaned and scrubbed tonight.

Don't stand there showing your teeth. Give me a hand up.

l want your work done when l come back at dawn, do you hear?

Oh, you're hoping l won't come back.

You're hoping l'll fall and break my neck, aren't you?

Aren't you?

Well, come on, Heathcliff.

Heathcliff, where are you going?

Come back!

- Did Joseph see which way you came? - What does it matter?

Nothing's real down there. Our life is here.

Yes, milord.

The clouds are lowering over Gimmerton Head.

See how the light is changing?

lt would be dreadful if Hindley ever found out.

Found out what?

That you talk to me once in a while?

l shouldn't talk to you at all.

Look at you! You get worse every day.

Dirty and unkempt and in rags. Why aren't you a man?

Heathcliff, why don't you run away?

Run away? From you?

You could come back rich and take me away.

Why aren't you my prince like we said long ago?

- Why can't you rescue me? - Come with me now.

- Where? - Anywhere!

And live in haystacks and steal our food from the marketplaces?

No. That's not what l want.

You just want to send me off. That won't do.

l've stayed here and been beaten like a dog.

Abused and cursed and driven mad, but l stayed just to be near you.

Even as a dog! l'll stay till the end. l'll live and l'll die under this rock.

Do you hear?

Music.

The Lintons are giving a party.

That's what l want. Dancing and singing in a pretty world.

And l'm going to have it.

Come on. Let's go and see. Come on!

lsn't it wonderful?

lsn't she beautiful? That's the kind of dress l'll wear.

You'll have a red velvet coat with silver buckles on your shoes.

Oh, will we ever?

Quick.

- Hold him, Skulker, Flash! - Call off your dogs, you fools!

Stay where you are. There's nothing to be alarmed about.

- Who is it? - l don't know.

Please, back into the ballroom.

- Let me go! - Hold that man.

Hold onto him!

- Who is it Edgar? - Catherine Earnshaw, Father.

- Who's this with her? - Their stable boy.

She's bleeding. Bring hot water, lsabella, and bandages.

- Yes. How badly is she hurt? - Can't tell.

Send Robert to get Dr. Kenneth in the shay. Hurry.

- You'll pay for this! - Hold your tongue, insolent rascal!

- Get out of this house. - l won't go without Cathy.

Father, please, she's in pain.

Go on. Run away.

Bring me back the world.

- Pack this fellow off. - l'm going.

l'm going from here and from this cursed country both.

Throw him out!

But l'll be back in this house one day, Judge Linton. l'll pay you out.

l'll bring this house down in ruins about your heads.

That's my curse on you!

On all of you!

And so Cathy found herself in this new world...

she had so often longed to enter.

After some happy weeks, Mr. Edgar brought her back to Wuthering Heights.

Welcome home, Miss Cathy! How do you do, Mr. Linton?

Don't stir! l'll get Joseph to carry you.

Carry her? She runs like a little goat.

Ellen, l've been dancing, night after night!

Oh, how beautiful you look! Wherever did you get that beautiful dress?

Mr. Linton's sister lent it to me. lsn't it wonderful?

Edgar, do come in for tea.

As soon as the horses have been seen to.

l'll find someone.

ls he here?

He came back last week with great talk...

of lying in a lake of fire without you-- how he had to see you to live.

He's unbearable. Where could he be, the scoundrel?

Why did you stay so long in that house?

l didn't expect to find you here.

Why did you stay so long?

Why? Because l was having a wonderful time.

A delightful, fascinating, wonderful time...

among human beings.

Go and wash your face and hands, and comb your hair...

so that l needn't be ashamed of you in front of a guest.

What are you doing in this part of the house? Look after Mr. Linton's horses.

Let him look after his own.

- l've already done so. - Apologize to Mr. Linton at once.

Bring in some tea, please.

- Cathy. - Yes, Edgar?

l cannot understand how your brother can allow that gypsy in the house.

Don't talk about him.

How can you, a gentlewoman, tolerate him under your roof?

A roadside beggar giving himself airs of equality. How can you?

What do you know about Heathcliff?

- All l need or want to know. - He was my friend long before you.

- That blackguard? - Blackguard and all, he belongs here.

Speak well of him or get out!

- Are you out of your senses? - Stop calling those l love names!

Those you love?

Cathy, what possesses you? Do you realize the things you're saying?

l'm saying that l hate you.

l hate the look of your milk-white face.

l hate the touch of your soft, foolish hands.

That gypsy's evil soul has got into you.

- Yes, it's true! - That beggar's dirt is on you!

Yes! Now get out!

My dear.

Leave me alone.

Forgive me, Heathcliff.

Make the world stop right here.

Make everything stop and stand still and never move again.

Make the moors never change and you and l never change.

The moors and l will never change.

- Don't you, Cathy. - l can't.

No matter what l ever do or say, this is me now.

Standing on this hill with you.

This is me forever.

Come.

When you went away, what did you do? Where did you go?

l went to Liverpool.

One night l shipped for America on a brigantine going to New Orleans.

We were held up by the tide, and l lay all night on the deck...

thinking of you and the years and years ahead without you.

l jumped overboard and swam ashore.

l think l'd have died if you hadn't.

You're not thinking of that other world now.

Smell the heather.

Fill my arms with heather. All they can hold.

Come on.

You're still my queen!

And as time went by...

Cathy again was torn between her wild, uncontrollable passion for Heathcliff...

and the new life she had found at the Grange...

that she could not forget.

l got the soap in my eyes! Where's the towel?

- Oh, it's hot! - No, it's just--

- lt's hot! - Don't do that!

Ellen, haven't you finished yet?

Supposing you're not ready when he gets here. Keep still.

Any young man that will come sniveling back after the way you treated him...

you can keep waiting forever.

What's wrong with him, sending you perfume? Hasn't he any pride?

l sent my apologies, didn't l?

l can't believe this change in you, Miss Cathy.

Yesterday you were a harum-scarum child with dirty hands and a willful heart.

Look at you.

Oh, you're lovely, Miss Cathy. Lovely.

That's a very silly lie.

l'm not lovely. What l am is very brilliant.

- l have a wonderful brain. - lndeed?

lt enables me to be superior to myself.

There's nothing to be gained by just looking pretty like lsabella.

Every beauty mark must conceal a thought and every curl be full of humor...

as well as brilliantine.

as well as brilliantine.

Such prattle. We--

Since when are you in the habit of entering my room, Heathcliff?

l want to talk to you. Go outside, Ellen.

l will not! l take orders from Mistress Catherine, not stable boys.

Go outside.

All right, Ellen.

Now that we're so happily alone, may l know to what l owe this great honor?

- He's coming here again. - You're utterly unbearable.

You didn't think so this morning on the moors.

- Well, my moods change indoors. - ls he coming here?

- Of course not. Please go away. - You're lying!

Why are you dressed up in a silk dress?

Because gentlefolk dress for dinner.

Not you. Why are you trying to win his puling flatteries?

l'm not a child. You can't talk like that to me.

l'm not talking to a child. l'm talking to my Cathy.

- Oh, l'm your Cathy? - Yes!

l'm to take your orders and allow you to select my dresses?

You're not gonna simper in front of him, listening to his silly talk!

l'm not?

Well, l am. lt's more entertaining that listening to a stable boy.

- Don't you talk like that. - l will. Go away.

This is my room, a lady's room, not a room for servants with dirty hands.

Let me alone!

Yes.

Tell the dirty stable boy to let go of you.

He soils your pretty dress.

But who soils your heart? Not Heathcliff!

Who turns you into a vain, cheap, worldly fool? Linton does!

You'll never love him, but you'll let yourself be loved to please your vanity.

Loved by that milksop with buckles on his shoes!

Stop it and get out!

You had your chance to be something else.

But thief or servant were all you were born to be, or beggar beside a road.

Not earning favors, but whimpering for them with your dirty hands!

That's all l've become to you: a pair of dirty hands.

Well, have them then!

Have them where they belong!

lt doesn't help to strike you.

Good evening, Ellen. l hope l'm not too early.

- Miss Cathy will be down in a minute. - Thanks.

lf you'll go into the parlor, l'll tell Miss Cathy you're here.

Half past eight. Unholy hour.

Doesn't he know, young fool, when it's time to go home?

That's Mr. Edgar now.

Go and fetch his horse.

- Take these apples into the larder. - Yea, Lord.

Spare the righteous and smite the ungodly.

Stop your pratter.

- Good night, Joseph. - Good night, sir.

Has he gone?

Your hands! What have you done?

Linton. ls he gone?

What have you done to your hands?

What have you been doing?

l want to crawl to her feet, whimper to be forgiven...

for loving me, for needing her more than my own life...

for belonging to her more than my own soul.

Don't let her see me.

l wondered whether you were still up. l have some news!

The kitchen is no place for that. Come into the parlor.

Come here. Sit down. Listen!

Can you keep a secret? Edgar's asked me to marry him.

- What did you tell him? - That l'd give him my answer tomorrow.

Do you love him, Miss Cathy?

- Yes! Of course. - Why?

Why? That's a silly question, isn't it?

No, not so silly. Why do you love him?

He's handsome and pleasant to be with.

- That's not enough. - Because he'll be rich someday.

l'll be the finest lady in the county.

Now tell me how you love him.

l love the ground under his feet, the air above his head...

and everything he touches.

What about Heathcliff?

Oh, Heathcliff. He gets worse every day.

lt would degrade me to marry him.

l wish he hadn't come back.

lt would be heaven to escape from this disorderly, comfortless place.

Well, if Master Edgar and his charms and money...

Well, if Master Edgar and his charms and money...

and parties mean heaven to you...

what's to keep you from taking your place among the Linton angels?

l don't think l belong in heaven.

l dreamt once l was there.

l dreamt l went to heaven, and it didn't seem to be my home.

l broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth.

The angels were so angry, they flung me out in the middle of the heath...

on top of Wuthering Heights.

l woke up sobbing with joy.

That's it, Ellen!

l have no more business marrying Edgar than l have of being in heaven.

But Ellen, what can l do?

You're thinking of Heathcliff.

Who else?

He's sunk so low. He seems to take pleasure in being brutal.

And yet...

he's more myself than l am.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Linton's is as different as frost from fire.

My one thought in living is Heathcliff.

l am Heathcliff.

Everything he's suffered, l've suffered.

The little happiness he's ever known, l've had too.

lf everything died and Heathcliff remained...

life would still be full for me.

Hey, Heathcliff! Where's thee going?

Heathcliff! Come back!

He must have been listening.

- Listening to us? - Yes.

Where?

How much did he hear?

l'm not sure, but l think...

to where you said it would degrade you to marry him.

There's no use in calling. He's run away on master's best horse.

Come out of this storm! You'll catch your death of cold!

- He won't come back! - Last time he did!

This time he won't. l know him.

- Which way did he go, Joseph? - Yonder. Right on west moor.

- Come in! You must come in. - The fool.

He should have known l love him. l love him!

Heathcliff, come back!

- Thank heaven you've come home! - l told Joseph to stay awake!

- Do l unsaddle my own horse? - You've got to go out again!

Miss Cathy's gone! They're looking for her-- Joseph, everybody!

- Gone where? - Out in the storm, hours ago.

Heathcliff ran away. He took a horse, and she went running after him.

- Oh, she did? - Yes.

Don't stand there with your mouth open. Fetch me a bottle and we'll celebrate.

Master Hindley, she'll die on the moors.

- You've got to help. - Do as l tell you!

lf she's gone off with that gypsy scum, let her run.

Let her run through storm and hell. They're birds of a feather.

The devil can take them both. Get me a bottle.

- Take her into the library. - Get a fire in the east room.

And some brandy.

Turn this around to the fire.

- The brandy, Miss lsabella. - Get some dry towels. Quickly.

- Where was she? - The rocks on Penistone Crag...

the life almost out of her.

Twenty drops in a glass of claret, well warmed.

Then add a lump of sugar. There's nothing else l can tell you...

except keep her in the sun and give her plenty of cream and butter.

ln another month you'll be feeling like new.

- Good-bye, dear. - Good-bye, Dr. Kenneth.

She'll be going home soon, Doctor.

What's needed is peace and orderliness in her life.

That's not to be found at Wuthering Heights.

- Has she mentioned him at all? - Not since the delirium passed.

Sometimes fever can heal as well as destroy.

l made some inquiries in the village of the people who knew him.

- What did you hear? - No sign nor hint of Heathcliff.

- He's disappeared into thin air. - Heaven hope.

''... days and yon pursuits.''

- Hello, Edgar. - lsabella. How's our invalid?

- Much better l think. - Let me have a look at her.

Where have you been all day? l've missed you.

Oh, this time of year every tenant has something to complain about.

l've been arguing with old Swithin...

whether we'd build him a new pigsty.

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He decided we should.

l saw Hindley in the village this afternoon.

He wanted to know when you'll be coming home.

l wasn't very truthful. l told him Dr. Kenneth said it would be months.

Give me that. lt's time for her medicine.

What did Dr. Kenneth say?

Twenty lumps of sugar in a glass-- No. l'll go and ask Ellen.

Yes. Go and ask Ellen.

She's such a darling. But you've all been so nice to me.

That's all l think about, how nice you are to me.

But still, l can't stay here forever.

Why not, Cathy...

if l can make you happy?

You have made me happy, Edgar.

You've given me so much of your own self, your strength.

Darling, let me take care of you forever.

Let me guard you and love you always.

Would you love me always?

Yes.

lt's so easy to love you.

Because l'm no longer wild and blackhearted and full of gypsy ways?

- No. l-- - Of course you were right, Edgar.

What you said long ago was true.

There was a strange curse on me.

Something that kept me from being myself.

Or at least from being what l wanted to be--

living in heaven.

How sweet you are.

l've never kissed you.

No one will ever kiss me again but you.

No one.

l'll be your wife and be proud of being your wife.

l'll be good to you and love you truly, always.

White heather for good luck, Miss Catherine.

Come along, Cathy.

What is it?

A cold wind went across my heart just then--

a feeling of doom.

You touched me, and it was gone.

Oh, it's nothing, darling, l'm sure.

Oh, Edgar, l love you. l do.

Good-bye.

And l, too, felt a cold wind across my heart as they rode away together.

And l, too, felt a cold wind across my heart as they rode away together.

But as the years went on, they were really in possession...

of a deep and growing happiness.

l wish you could've seen Miss Cathy then.

She became quite the lady of the manor and was almost overfond of Mr. Linton.

For lsabella, she showed great affection...

and presided over Thrushcross Grange...

with quiet dignity.

lt looks as though you've fallen into a trap, Father.

Yes, it does, doesn't it?

There you are.

Checkmate.

- Thank you, Father. - Well, l'll go and dress for dinner.

What's wrong with the dogs?

Probably a servant coming back from the village.

l talked to Jeff Peters this afternoon about that new wing of ours.

lt doesn't look as though we'll marry lsabella off for another decade.

lt's a brother's duty to introduce your sister to some other type...

than fops and pale young poets.

- You want a dragoon? - Yes, l do. With a fiery mustache.

Poor lsabella. l'm afraid l got the only prize in the county.

Thank you, darling. For me, heaven is bounded...

by the four walls of this room.

Yes, we're all angels, even my little petit point hero.

l'm just putting wings on him.

Speaking of wings, l'll show you those plans.

- Miss Cathy? - What is it?

Someone wishes to see you.

- You sound as if it were a ghost. - lt is. He's come back.

Who?

- What does he want? - He wants to see you.

Tell him-- Tell him l'm not at home.

Not at home, Cathy? To whom are you not at home?

lt's Heathcliff.

Seems he's come back.

Well, that's news. Where has he been?

America, he said. He's so changed l hardly recognized him.

- For the better, l hope. - Oh, yes. He's quite the gentlemen.

- Fine clothes, a horse. - Go tell him l don't wish to see him.

Oh, nonsense, Cathy. We can't be as cruel as that.

He's come a long way, and he's a fine gentleman, so Ellen says.

Let's see how America's managed to make a silk purse out of Master Heathcliff.

- Show him in. - Yes, Master Edgar.

lt's chilly.

Why be nervous? The past is dead.

lt's nonsense to tremble before a little ghost who returns--

a dead leaf blowing around your feet.

Darling...

you may smile at him without fear of offending me.

lt's my wife who smiles--

my wife who loves me.

Yes.

l was silly.

Thank you, Edgar.

Well, Heathcliff.

- Mr. Linton. - How are you?

Hello, Cathy.

- l remember this room. - Come in. Sit by the fire.

Have a whiskey?

No, thank you.

l've never seen such a change in a man. l wouldn't have known you.

You seem to have prospered since our last meeting.