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John Wilson. A violent man
given to violent action.
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Some ascribed his wild
and troubled life...
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to his personal mania
for self-destruction.
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These generalizations always
seemed inaccurate to me.
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That's why I had to write
all this about John.
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A brilliant, screw-you-all
type filmmaker...
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who continually violated
all the unwritten laws...
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of the motion
picture business...
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yet had the magic, almost divine
ability to always land on his feet.
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Mr. Verrill? Hello,
I'm Miss Wilding.
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- How are you?
- Did you have a good flight?
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- Wonderful. Thank you.
- Mr. Wilson is expecting you.
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- How was Switzerland?
- Switzerland? Fine.
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Eggerton Gardens, please.
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Yes, ma'am.
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- I thought he was at Claridge's.
- He was.
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He's got a house now.
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One of his society friends
loaned it to him.
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You know what John is.
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I mean, Mr. Wilson.
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Hello, George. This is Mr. Verrill.
Is Mr. Wilson up yet?
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Oh, yes. He's been up hours.
Been riding.
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He's having his breakfast now.
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Come in.
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Mr. Verrill is here, Mr. Wilson.
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- Pete!
- Johnny!
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For God's sake!
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- How the hell are you?
- All right.
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Well, you're looking good, kid.
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- What have you been up to?
- Skiing and sitting in the sun.
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Isn't that swell?
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- I missed you, kid.
- I missed you too, John.
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- Same old Pete.
- Yeah.
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- Care for some coffee?
- I'm fine.
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- This is some joint you got.
- Isn't it?
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- Did you get a load of the living room?
- Did I ever!
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Isn't it the most hideous thing?
I'm crazy about it.
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Miss Wilding, you can get the hell
out of here. There's no work today.
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Well, what do you
think of this outfit?
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Hey, that's some getup
you got there, Johnny.
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Of course it is.
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Now, what about you?
What about the book?
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I didn't get very much
done on the book.
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Why? Or would you prefer
not to talk about it?
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I don't mind. I just
couldn't get started.
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And then when I did, I got
hooked up with some dame.
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- Hell, isn't it?
- It sure is.
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And once it's over, you can't figure out
why it all seemed so damn important.
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There's nothing tougher
than trying to remember...
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why you chased a dame
once you've had her.
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Yeah, I'll say. And I didn't get
much skiing done because of her.
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Well, that's a shame. I think I've got
the cure for that, though: Africa.
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You come down there with me
and you work on this script.
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- You really think that's gonna help me?
- Even if it doesn't, you've got to do it.
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There are times when
you can't wonder...
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whether it's the right
or wrong thing to do.
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Not for guys like you and me, kid.
You just gotta pack up and go.
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I gotta get started
on this book.
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If you didn't write it
before, you weren't ready.
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- You think so?
- I know so.
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Well, when do you
plan on leaving?
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In a week or 10 days. We'll work here,
then we'll get our shots and take off.
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- And who's gonna be in this picture?
- We have Phil Duncan and Kay Gibson.
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That's good. How long are you
planning on staying there?
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Oh, four or five months. Long
enough to make a picture.
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- And have ourselves a safari.
- Safari?
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Yeah, haven't you ever
wanted to shoot an elephant?
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- No, I don't think so, John.
- Well, a lion or a buffalo.
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This is a safari, kid.
The real thing.
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- Who's gonna pay for all this?
- Don't worry.
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What's your financial situation?
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- It remains unchanged.
- So you're broke?
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Depends on what you call broke.
I owe a quarter million.
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- Quarter of a million?
- Closer to 300,000.
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- $300,000, and you're not worried?
- I think about it now and then.
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- Do you see a way out?
- This picture.
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Now do you see why I
want to go to Africa?
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I've got nothing else to lose. Even
if a lion or a buffalo gets me...
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my last minute on earth
will be a happy one.
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I'll just think of my creditors when
they find out I've been eaten alive...
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and it'll all seem worthwhile.
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Okay, okay, John.
How about a script?
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There's one around here somewhere.
We don't have a title yet.
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It's called African Trader
or African something.
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Miss Wilding?
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Where's a copy of that
goddamned script?
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I haven't seen it, John.
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Then find it. What kind of a secretary
are you? What do you do all day?
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I've been typing your letters
and answering the telephone.
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- Balls.
- I have.
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You were competent when
you first got here.
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Now you just hang around all
day spying for Paul Landers.
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It's not true. I don't spy for anybody.
Especially Mr. Landers.
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Find the script, then.
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We have a meeting with Landers
and his money men in an hour.
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Right.
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- Paul Landers is producing this?
- That's right.
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And you know why I agreed
to work with him again?
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No.
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Because it's the
wrong thing to do.
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- I'm so glad to see you, Pete.
- It's good to see you, Paul.
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- You can save all our lives.
- How's that?
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- The monster. He's losing his mind.
- He's in fine shape.
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You've only been with him half a day.
You don't know what he's been like.
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He's almost killed
the deal five times.
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The only reason it's still
alive is because of me.
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- He wants to go to Africa.
- Paul, how the hell are you?
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Johnny boy! Did you have a good day?
Get a lot done?
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Hell, no. But Pete and I
did have a nice chat.
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- What do you think of the script?
- I haven't read it yet.
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- I think it's awfully good.
- You do?
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Well, it's a shame you don't
know a damn thing about it.
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- You see?
- He's always been like that.
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No, he's worse. He's insane.
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In a well-ordered society, he'd
be in a straitjacket right now.
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Where the question of color is
concerned, it's an extra expense.
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As far as I'm concerned,
of questionable value.
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- I quite agree.
- Well, I don't.
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Color's worth a million
dollars at the box office.
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Well, that's not important.
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What I'm trying to
find out from Basil...
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is how much color
complicates our operation.
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Well, I'm afraid it does, John.
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The camera is much heavier. There
are many more lighting problems.
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I'm telling you, color is essential
to the success of this venture.
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I'm not concerned with the success
of the venture at this moment.
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I just don't want
to get bogged down.
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- Bogged down?
- Bogged down?
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Yes, I know how easy it is to get
bogged down with a company on location.
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- Have you ever been bogged down?
- No.
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- Then why bring it up?
- I think it's a very valid point.
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Well, I don't.
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Well, of course you don't, Paul.
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Because while we're in Africa,
sweating and killing ourselves...
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you'll be in Paris
sending out memos.
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That's not true. I'll be
there in Africa with you.
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Like hell you will.
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If it was shot in a river in England,
and the second unit sent to Africa...
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then the risk of using color
would be greatly minimized.
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- That would be with some other director.
- We have already discussed that.
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Oh, we have, have we?
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John, could I talk to you in
the bedroom for a moment?
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- What's this about another director?
- You know I wouldn't do that to you.
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You'd sell your mother down
the river to make a deal.
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What the hell is the matter with you?
Do you want to kill this project?
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No. No, I don't.
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Why bring up the possibility
of bogging down?
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You scared the
bejesus out of them!
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Then saying you'd quit if the picture
wasn't made in Africa. Good God!
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If one frame of this picture is
shot in England, I will quit.
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But it won't be.
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But you discussed it behind
my back, you son of a bitch.
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I didn't mention it because there isn't
a chance it could be done that way.
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You'll guarantee
that, I suppose?
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Yes, goddamn it. I guarantee it!
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Well, your guarantee doesn't
mean a damn thing to me.
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I'm not gonna make some fake,
crappy mess just to please you.
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So I don't care if this picture's shot
in black and white or sepia tone...
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or we have to make the whole
damn thing in animation.
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Pete and I are going to Africa.
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- What's the effective range of this thing?
- About 100 yards, sir. Not much more.
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That's plenty for your
buff and your elephant.
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They kill them at 20 yards, kid.
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Well, even closer than that
sometimes, so they tell me.
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Of course, I've never been
to Africa, but this man has.
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Makes for invaluable reading.
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John Taylor. Big Game
and Big Game Rifles.
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- We'll need two of these.
- We'll take two of these rifles here...
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and two of the smaller
ones, the Mannlichers 256.
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And that's to shoot for
the pot, so to speak.
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- And then one 12-gauge shotgun.
- Always a useful thing to have along, sir.
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And cartridges, of course.
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- How many rounds, sir?
- Two hundred. Two hundred per weapon.
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- Planning to be away quite a while, sir.
- Yes.
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And Sunrise Films will
send you the check.
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John! Be careful!
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Irene. For God's sake,
what are you doing here?
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You told me to meet you here.
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We had an appointment.
Drinks and dinner.
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- I dressed.
- Yes.
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Well, it plain slipped my mind. Irene
Saunders, this is Pete Verrill.
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Hello.
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I admired your last
book enormously.
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I'm a writer too.
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John's promised to listen to an
idea I had for a film this evening.
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I do hope you'll join us.
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You can give me a few pointers.
One writer to another.
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It's about a dog. A puppy dog.
He's the hero, the star.
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Imagine, John, over the opening
credits, we'll see Horace.
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Wonderful, adorable dissolves of Horace.
In close-up. In long shot.
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Now, this is the part of the
script I'm not sure about.
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The censors might cut it. It turns
out that Horace is in heat.
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- Horace?
- It's a story of mistaken identity.
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You see, Horace has a twin. A bitch.
She's called Geraldine.
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Now, it's she that's in heat.
Isn't that a wonderful switch?
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We'll cut from the Hyde Park sequence
to an early-morning shot of the river.
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The river.
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Horace is alone now. We dolly with him
as he trots down a deserted street.
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- He turns into Grosvenor...
- What are you doing here?
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I have found a copy
of the script.
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- I hope you like it as much as I do.
- I'm sure I will.
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Peter! Please.
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You must hear the ending.
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Horace is all alone. We'll dolly with
him as he trots down a deserted street.
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Now, from another angle...
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Geraldine can be seen
coming down Brook Street.
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She passes Claridge's, then
she enters the square.
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Suddenly, they see each other.
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Horace and Geraldine.
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There isn't a human in sight. They race
toward each other! The music swells!
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Now, we hold the final picture
in an extreme long shot...
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as they meet...
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turn...
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and go off together.
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They've only just begun to live.
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Well, that's the end.
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They find each other.
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Well, isn't that something?
Isn't that something?
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Do you really like it?
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Well, darling, it's swell.
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Come on, we'll talk some more.
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Pete.
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If there's half as much love in
this old gal as there is talk...
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I may be dead in the morning.
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Hey, Johnny.
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- Morning.
- Morning.
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You look like you've been
run through the wringer.
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Just part of me.
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What's happening, kid? What
do you think of the script?
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Well, I'll tell you the truth.
I like it.
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- I like it a lot.
- Good.
232
00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,652
It's original, it's
exciting and it's moving.
233
00:14:25,676 --> 00:14:27,752
I just have one little
problem with it.
234
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The ending.
235
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- You don't like the ending?
- No, I didn't say I don't like the ending.
236
00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,552
I'm just not sure that
it's the right one.
237
00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,752
Let me put it in Hollywood terms.
I think it's too downbeat.
238
00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,956
After everything these
two have gone through:
239
00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,237
They fought the river, tropical
storms, the Germans...
240
00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,916
Just when you've set the audience up
for a wonderfully comic ending...
241
00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,038
you blow the ship up
and kill everybody.
242
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,033
Well, Pete, there's
an old saying:
243
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"God makes a man
before he kills him."
244
00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,108
I've heard it, John. I've heard it. But
I don't think it applies in this case.
245
00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,635
You're beating the audience
over the head, John.
246
00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,556
People don't go to see
pictures to be lectured to.
247
00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,280
Tell me, Pete. Do you own a
percentage of this film?
248
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:13,555
No.
249
00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,873
Then why are you so concerned
about the damn audience?
250
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,788
Because we're in
show business, John.
251
00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,033
Not me. And not you, either,
when we work together.
252
00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:25,918
You see, we're gods, Pete.
253
00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,550
Lousy little gods who control the
lives of the people we create.
254
00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,508
We sit up in some heavenly place and
decide whether they live or die...
255
00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:38,754
on the merits of what happens to them
in reel one, two, three, et cetera.
256
00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,115
And then we decide if they
have the right to live.
257
00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,033
And that's how we
arrive at our ending.
258
00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,557
Well, that's what you say, John.
But I say I'm a swell god.
259
00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,153
I say they should live...
260
00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,480
because of everything they've
gone through together.
261
00:15:52,504 --> 00:15:57,228
This world doesn't necessarily have to
be a hopeless and rotten place, John.
262
00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,075
We're not all destined and doomed
to die of radium poisoning.
263
00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,037
Now, I might be
completely wrong...
264
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,760
but that's what makes
me a swell god.
265
00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:12,232
- Makes you a flea on an elephant's ass.
- Oh, balls to your pessimism.
266
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,359
You know something? You'll never be a
good screenwriter, and you know why?
267
00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,670
No, John. Why don't
you tell me why?
268
00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,549
Because you let 85 million popcorn
eaters pull you this way and that way.
269
00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,632
To write a movie, you must forget
anyone's ever going to see it.
270
00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,075
You're gonna make damn
sure nobody sees this one.
271
00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,028
Well, maybe I am. But I figure there's
two ways to live in this world.
272
00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,715
One is you can crawl and kiss ass
and write their happy endings...
273
00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,759
sign their long-term contracts and
never take a chance on anything...
274
00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,480
and never fly, never
leave Hollywood.
275
00:16:42,504 --> 00:16:45,233
Save all your goddamn
money, every cent of it.
276
00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,756
And then when you're a healthy-looking
50, you die of a stroke...
277
00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,629
because whatever was wild in you has
eaten away the muscles of your heart.
278
00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,634
The other way is to let the
chips fall where they may.
279
00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,191
Refuse to sign their contracts and tell
off the guy who can cut your throat...
280
00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,557
and flatter the little guy who's
hanging by a thread that you hold.
281
00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,109
John, maybe you shouldn't
be in the picture business.
282
00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,078
Well, maybe you're right, kid.
Maybe I shouldn't.
283
00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,789
Maybe I should've wandered the
planet gambling on oil wells...
284
00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,997
or stolen diamonds or
pimped for maharajahs.
285
00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,799
Maybe you should've but
you know why you didn't?
286
00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,238
Because somewhere deep inside of you
is a small, tiny spark of hope.
287
00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,231
Hope, hell.
288
00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,269
I'll die broke in a downtown Los Angeles
flophouse. And I won't be bitter.
289
00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,348
I'll have contributed maybe
five, 10 damn good pictures.
290
00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,830
They'll name a special Academy Award
for me. And you know something?
291
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,959
All the wrong guys will get it. And
I'll be in hell, laughing my ass off.
292
00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,791
Romantic futility.
293
00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,633
- Your one true love.
- Nothing to be ashamed of, kid.
294
00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,472
No, no, no, I didn't say that.
295
00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,029
But I admit, you are right
about the ending, John.
296
00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,237
I think you should kill them
all and blow everything up!
297
00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,872
I knew you'd ultimately
see it my way.
298
00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,312
Morning, boys.
299
00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,391
If it isn't the
producer, right on cue.
300
00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,393
I have just come
from a meeting...
301
00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,439
and I think the financial
deal is finally set.
302
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,398
- Good. When do I get my take?
- Oh, you'll get it.
303
00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,552
- I'm glad to see you've been working.
- No, we're not working.
304
00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,075
We're just warming up, doing
some mental calisthenics.
305
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,560
Well, if you take my advice,
you'll start with the ending.
306
00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,472
Oh, yeah?
307
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,393
Now, look, Paul. Don't you go
interfering with the script.
308
00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,074
And don't try to influence
my writer, either.
309
00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,958
You're an obscene man.
310
00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:37,078
You witnessed the cultural
disintegration of central Europe...
311
00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,312
and you nevertheless persist
on following the same cheap...
312
00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,074
disastrous course that led
to Hitler over Europe...
313
00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,755
World War II and
the atomic bomb.
314
00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,035
Meaning the ending
stays as it is.
315
00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,396
Except for one minor change. The Germans
kill you too. Over the end title.
316
00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,836
Do you have a coat or
something I could borrow?
317
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,035
- Oh, Irene.
- Excuse me.
318
00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,679
I can't go out
dressed like this.
319
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,833
Irene, I'd like you to meet my partner.
Paul Landers, our producer.
320
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,992
Irene has the most wonderful
idea for a film, Paul.
321
00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,594
Why don't you tell it to
Paul while Pete and I work?
322
00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,591
Start from the
beginning, darling.
323
00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,196
It's about a dog. A puppy dog.
He's the hero, the star.
324
00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:20,554
The dog's name is Horace.
325
00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,109
Pete, I should've sent
you back to Switzerland!
326
00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,518
I love Paul. He's
such a desperate man.
327
00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,069
- You coming to Africa with us, Peter?
- Yes, I am, Kay.
328
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,358
Thank God. Did you hear that?
Peter's coming with us.
329
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,796
At least we'll have one sane,
reasonable person along.
330
00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,314
Won't it be wonderful?
I can't wait.
331
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,755
I've never looked forward
to anything as much.
332
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,514
I just hope John finds us
somewhere comfortable to stay.
333
00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,112
Not too comfortable. I should
like to rough it a little.
334
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,430
I'm sure John will make
sure you get your wish.
335
00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,309
Probably get us off in some
terrible hole and watch us suffer.
336
00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,789
How's the script? How's
the script coming along?
337
00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,190
The script? Fine, Kay. I
think you'll like it.
338
00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,273
Kay.
339
00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,640
I would like to
propose a toast...
340
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,396
on behalf of John and myself,
to our British partners!
341
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,270
Hands across the sea!
342
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,034
Cheers!
343
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,318
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
344
00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,555
And I also would like
to propose a toast...
345
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,757
to my partner and our
producer, Paul Landers.
346
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,877
Paul, I hope I don't have to kill
you before this picture's finished.
347
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,951
To Kay.
348
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,433
And to Phil and his
lovely blushing bride.
349
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,676
And to Pete, probably the best skier
in the Screenwriters Guild...
350
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,070
and the only man I know
who can keep up with me.
351
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,520
The only man I know who's capable
of the dangerous life...
352
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,434
because now he's making a move
on the producer's girlfriend.
353
00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,037
And that's right, honey.
He's hung like a stud horse.
354
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,750
Now, doesn't that make you
long for the Dark Continent?
355
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,278
- Thank you, dear.
- Bye-bye.
356
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,511
Feel the mystery of it, kid?
357
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,756
- Hello, John. You have a good trip?
- A little bit long, I'd say.
358
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,354
John, may I introduce
squadron leader Alec Laing.
359
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,194
- And Ralph Lockhart, our unit manager.
- Hello.
360
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,676
This is Pete Verrill. Tom
Harrison, our art director.
361
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,751
- Squadron leader Laing.
- Mr. Laing.
362
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,230
- And yours...?
- Lockhart. Ralph Lockhart.
363
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,628
Of course you are.
364
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,675
Well, gentlemen, shall we
get in out of the sun?
365
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,638
You chaps must be about ready
for a bath and a drink.
366
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,758
I'll take care of the luggage
and see you later at the hotel.
367
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,873
Well, the drink part
certainly sounds good to me.
368
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,238
Get out of the way!
369
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,798
Stupid buggers!
370
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:32,998
Get out of the way!
371
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,431
They knock off about 10 of
them a month along this road.
372
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,149
It doesn't seem to make the slightest
bloody impression on them, though.
373
00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:42,992
Is that so?
374
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,598
Will you get out
of the bloody way?
375
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,310
Hello, I'm Harry Longthorne, general
manager of the Lake Victoria Hotel.
376
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,392
- Harry.
- I'll show you to your rooms.
377
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,956
- Excuse me, Mr. Verrill, you play soccer?
- Yes, I do. Why?
378
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:43,430
We're having the annual staff soccer game.
We're minus one white.
379
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,238
- Would you be interested?
- Certainly.
380
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,756
- We'll have practice the Saturday before.
- All right.
381
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,835
Pete, this is Mrs.
Margaret MacGregor.
382
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,877
- Pleasure to meet you.
- And Mr. Marlowe.
383
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,828
He's a licensed white hunter. Pete's
a crack shot, Marine-trained.
384
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,433
Sit down, have a drink, kid.
385
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,714
I'll have an iced tea, please.
386
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,314
Oh, come on, don't embarrass me.
Give him a beer.
387
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,232
I'll have a beer, please.
388
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,834
We are interested in getting
a couple of elephants.
389
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,559
An elephant is dangerous because
he's such a hearty bugger.
390
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,075
To kill him, you have to hit
him in one of two places.
391
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,151
Between the eyes
or in the heart.
392
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:21,518
Not right between the eyes.
Down about six inches.
393
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,232
"There's been silence
for hours now."
394
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,393
She's sitting on the back, reading the
Bible. He's still working on the engine.
395
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:39,157
Finally he says, 'Miss, I'm
sorry I got drunk. I apologize.
396
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,198
What more can a man do
than say he's sorry? '
397
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,557
She says, 'lt's not only your
drinking I'm upset about.
398
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,551
You promised to go downriver.'
399
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:51,158
He says, 'Miss, listen
to me and understand.
400
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,437
There's death a dozen times
over down that river.'
401
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,434
She says, 'You promised.' He says,
'I'm taking the promise back! '
402
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,228
Silence.
403
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,233
She picks up the Bible, starts reading
again, completely ignoring him.
404
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,279
He can't take the silence any longer.
He says, 'All right, miss. You win...
405
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,273
which I'm sure the crocodiles
will be happy to hear.
406
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,440
"Down the river we go.'"
407
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,590
Well, what do you think, John?
408
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,514
Not bad. But you're trying
to complicate it, Pete.
409
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,591
Things are always good
if they're left simple.
410
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,034
No, not always.
411
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,148
Always. That's what creates truly
important art, is simplicity.
412
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,515
John, there are no rules to art.
413
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,593
There are hundreds of rules.
Hemingway understood that.
414
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,638
That's why he always reduced
life to its simplest terms.
415
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,349
Whether it's courage,
fear, impotence, death.
416
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:51,471
People's lives just unfold, and things just
happen to them one thing after another.
417
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,359
They were never bogged down with
that nonsense of subplot...
418
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,478
that we sweated
over in the past.
419
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,956
Stendhal understood that. Flaubert.
Tolstoy. Melville.
420
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,156
Simplicity is what
made them great.
421
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,915
No, Pete. Don't complicate it.
You'll just be wasting your time.
422
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,039
Wasting my time?
423
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,318
I'm wasting my time trying to make the
script better? Isn't that why I'm here?
424
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,596
And I think it's damn good.
425
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,829
Well, I just wish the damn
script were finished...
426
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,355
so you and I could go on safari.
427
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,433
Safari? I thought we were gonna finish
the film first and then go on safari.
428
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,479
If we wait till the film is
finished, we'll never get to it.
429
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,552
We'll finish the script,
then go on safari...
430
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,554
then we'll shoot the film after
we've shot our elephants.
431
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,718
Damn lake flies.
432
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,110
Good job they don't bite.
433
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,152
Come on, whites!
434
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,469
There's a spare man
in the middle!
435
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,676
- He tripped over my arm! Please.
- That was a fault.
436
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,993
- That was a fault. Let's go!
- How can that be a penalty?
437
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,151
- The local boys are good, aren't they?
- Yes.
438
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,029
They went to England last year. Of
course, they didn't stand a chance.
439
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,200
Why is that?
440
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,112
They're clever
with their feet...
441
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,589
but against a good British
team, they're too small.
442
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,320
The old blocking and
checking throws them off.
443
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,517
They don't go in for that sort
of thing at all, you see.
444
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,513
Probably be lynched if they did.
445
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,600
We're not like you Americans.
446
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,390
Of course not.
447
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,914
- Oh, well done.
- Hell of a man, that boy. Hell of a man.
448
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,389
Where is the defense?!
449
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,076
What? What? Watch it!
450
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,798
You all right?
451
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,518
Shit!
452
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,673
We found everything you wanted,
John, but it's bloody awful.
453
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,800
It's no place for a man to live. It's
the thickest jungle you've ever seen.
454
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,199
Looks pretty interesting, John.
455
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,670
There's a black-water river and a few huts.
At nighttime there are mosquitoes.
456
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:43,436
During the day it rains. There are
elephants, crocodiles, Pygmies.
457
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,957
- Lots of big game, is there?
- Antelope, buffalo.
458
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,272
We saw an elephant from the plane
with tusks right down to the ground.
459
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,919
Could you lay a plane
on to take us there?
460
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,389
No problem. When you
thinking of going?
461
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,838
Pete?
462
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,238
If I can manage to keep the
script simple, two or three days.
463
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,512
Isn't this just swell...
464
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,514
dining with a beautiful lady
right in the middle of Africa?
465
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,309
- Care for some more champagne?
- Yes, I would, rather.
466
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,870
Waiter, could you bring us another bottle
of champagne when you get the chance?
467
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,838
- Yes. Thank you, sir.
- Thank you.
468
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,037
You know, you spoil
those boys dreadfully.
469
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,192
Well, as good as they play
soccer, they should be spoiled.
470
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,079
They'll be impossible now
for five or six days.
471
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:46,435
I don't think so. I think they know the
difference between sport and real life.
472
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,438
- So, Mrs. MacGregor...
- Margaret, please.
473
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,354
Margaret. Margaret,
do you miss London?
474
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,917
Yes, I do, rather.
475
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,878
I don't miss London as much
as I miss the country.
476
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,953
Especially the winter, you're out with
the hounds and they have the scent...
477
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,715
crossing a good bit of country.
- Oh, I do agree.
478
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,711
I'm not keen on London.
479
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,429
I had to live there during the war
and I got awfully fed up with it.
480
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,752
Well, I rather enjoyed it during the war.
The people behaved so magnificently.
481
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,038
They didn't all behave well. You
probably never left the West End.
482
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,875
Not true, not true. I did a
film about the London Blitz.
483
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,678
I was all over town.
484
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,150
Well, you can't have spent much
time in Soho, where I lived.
485
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:36,079
- Why do you say that, dear?
- I thought the people there were horrid.
486
00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:38,674
There are an awful lot of
Jews in that neighborhood.
487
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,308
- Mrs. MacGregor.
- Margaret.
488
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,597
Margaret. I must
warn you, I'm a Jew.
489
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,035
- You're not.
- I am.
490
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,553
- No.
- Yes.
491
00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:52,271
- You're pulling my leg!
- No, I'm not pulling your leg, Margaret.
492
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,032
I'm a Jew.
493
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,070
I don't believe you.
494
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,591
I know I shouldn't
say this, but...
495
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,911
that was the one thing about which I
thought Hitler was absolutely right.
496
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,992
Now, Margaret, the man has
just got through warning you.
497
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,630
Because the Jews in
London were awful.
498
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,909
They ran the black market. And
they didn't go into the army.
499
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,390
And when they did, they got
themselves cushy jobs.
500
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,475
Of course, there were upper-class
Jews, but I'm not talking about them.
501
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,915
I'm talking about
the kikes in Soho.
502
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:28,436
- The foreigners.
- Margaret. Margaret.
503
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:34,193
My grandparents were kikes. My
father and my mother were kikes.
504
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,350
- And I'm a kike.
- That's right, dear.
505
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,155
You're not going to tell
me that you're Jewish too?
506
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:47,110
Absolutely not, that would be a lie, and
I wouldn't want to lie to you ever.
507
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,510
But I would like to tell you
a little story, though.
508
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,632
I love stories.
509
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,634
You mustn't interrupt now, because you're
too beautiful to interrupt people.
510
00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:00,272
When I was in London
in the early '40s...
511
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,228
I was dining one evening at the Savoy
with a rather select group of people...
512
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,837
and sitting next to me was a very
beautiful lady, much like yourself.
513
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,313
- Now you're pulling my leg.
- Now, just listen, dear.
514
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,473
We were dining and the bombs were falling,
we were all talking about Hitler...
515
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:22,668
and comparing him with Napoleon, and
we were all being really brilliant.
516
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,469
And then, suddenly,
this beautiful lady...
517
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,349
she spoke up and said that was the
thing she didn't mind about Hitler...
518
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,239
was the way he was
treating the Jews.
519
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,748
Well, we all started arguing
with her, of course.
520
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:41,710
Though, mind you, no one at the table
was Jewish. But she persisted.
521
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,951
Are you listening, honey?
522
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,476
Mustn't interrupt Daddy.
523
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,189
That's right. You're way
too beautiful for that.
524
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,238
Anyway, she went on to say that
that's how she felt about it...
525
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,712
that if she had her way, she would kill
them all, burn them in ovens, like Hitler.
526
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,474
Well, we all sat
there in silence.
527
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,269
Then finally, I leaned over to her
and I said, "Madam, I have dined..."
528
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,477
with some of the ugliest
goddamn bitches in my time.
529
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:12,716
And I have dined with some of the
goddamndest ugly bitches in this world.
530
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,475
"But you, my dear, are the
ugliest bitch of them all."
531
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,553
Anyway, she got up to leave and she tripped
over a chair and fell on the floor.
532
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:26,633
And we all just sat there. No
one raised a hand to help her.
533
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,674
And finally when she picked herself
up, I said to her one more time:
534
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:35,470
"You, my dear, are the ugliest goddamn
bitch I have ever dined with."
535
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,672
Well, you know what happened?
536
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,877
The very next day, she reported
me to the American Embassy.
537
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,715
And they brought me in for reprimand.
And then when they investigated it...
538
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,714
they found out that she was a German agent.
And they locked her up.
539
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:52,756
Isn't that amazing?
540
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,709
Why did you tell me that story?
541
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,158
I don't know.
542
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,039
It wasn't because I thought you
were a German agent, honey.
543
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,479
But I was tempted tonight to say
the very same thing to you.
544
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,950
I didn't want you to think I
had never said it before.
545
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,557
You, madam, are the...
Well, you know the rest.
546
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,550
- Care for some champagne, honey?
- No, thank you.
547
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:19,948
Pete?
548
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:23,437
Well, it's getting late. I think
I'd better go back to my room.
549
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,600
- Pete and I will accompany you.
- There's no need!
550
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,790
No bother at all.
551
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,556
Good night, Margaret.
552
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,311
Sorry, John.
553
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,877
I know you wanted to get laid.
554
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,756
That's all right, kid.
555
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,040
You can't help it
if you're a kike.
556
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,718
He says, "Never mind the car keys.
Have you seen the car?"
557
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,078
- You clumsy oaf!
- Dimwit!
558
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,232
- Now look what you've done.
- I'm sorry, boss. I'm sorry.
559
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,353
Come here.
560
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:10,676
John, where you going?
561
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,550
Pick up that glass, boy.
562
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,596
Damn it, pick it up!
563
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,434
John. What are you up to?
564
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,910
I just want to go talk
to Harry for a moment.
565
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:29,879
What happened here, Harry?
566
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,316
Well, the little black bastard spilled
a drink all over this gentleman.
567
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,553
- On purpose?
- Who knows? Black bastards.
568
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,955
Harry, I think you're a yellow,
rotten, sadistic son of a bitch.
569
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,357
Now, Mr. Wilson...
570
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,875
I don't have to take that
kind of talk from anyone.
571
00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:55,233
That's right. You don't.
572
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:59,313
How about going outside and
trying to kick me around?
573
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,153
You're drunk, Mr. Wilson.
574
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,676
I am, but that doesn't change the
fact that you're yellow, Harry.
575
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,193
Bright yellow.
576
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:10,029
I'm not supposed to fight
with the guests, Mr. Wilson.
577
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:15,115
I'm not a guest tonight, you yellow
bastard. I happen to be an intruder.
578
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,192
Let's go.
579
00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:27,790
What are you doing? This
doesn't make any sense.
580
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,473
If Mrs. MacGregor
had been a man...
581
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,437
wouldn't you have
knocked him on his ass?
582
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,194
Yes, I would have. But
this is different.
583
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,877
We fought the preliminary
for the kikes.
584
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,237
Now we're gonna fight the
main event for the niggers.
585
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:10,638
Go, Harry!
586
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,593
Come on!
587
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,394
- Think the other hand knows how?
- Go, Harry. You got him now.
588
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,152
You got him on the run.
589
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:41,873
Finish him!
590
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,475
Finish him off, why don't you?
591
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,872
Come on!
592
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,594
Yellow bastard.
593
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,754
Steady on, old man.
Fair's fair, eh?
594
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,348
Please don't get up, Mr. Wilson.
595
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,029
Aren't you gonna stop it?
596
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:27,599
Come on.
597
00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:31,515
Where is he? I'll
kill the bastard.
598
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,318
He's called it quits, John.
599
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,278
- I told you he was yellow.
- I think you had better get a doctor.
600
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,954
He's hurt that bad?
601
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,196
And he almost killed you.
602
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:48,117
You're full of crap. I was about ready
to finish him off when you grabbed me.
603
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:55,155
All right. You're back
in your room now, John.
604
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,039
- I am.
- Yeah, it's all over.
605
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,191
How about that?
606
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,278
I feel pretty good, really.
607
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,549
It's like I always
tell you, kid.
608
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,350
You gotta fight when you think
it's the right thing to do.
609
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,037
Otherwise, you feel like
your gut's full of pus.
610
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:24,272
Even if you get the hell beat out of you.
If you fight, you feel okay about it.
611
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,555
"Dear Pete: Of all the wild animals in
Africa, John Wilson is the wildest.
612
00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:34,676
I beg you to do
everything you can"...
613
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,832
Everything you can to
bring him to his senses.
614
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,516
Next time he picks a fight with an
employee of the hotel or the company...
615
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,558
you have my permission
to hit him from behind.
616
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,717
Will arrive in Africa in 10 days.
Paul.
617
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,633
Good morning! How are we?
618
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:54,515
Good morning.
619
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,593
- Can I do something for you?
- No. No, you can't, Ralph.
620
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,149
But you can do something
for yourself.
621
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,993
What's that?
622
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,628
Stick to your own job and
stop spying on Wilson.
623
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,758
Spying? What the
hell do you mean?
624
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,070
You told Landers Wilson
provoked a fight, didn't you?
625
00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:15,950
That's bullshit. Someone should have hit
that bastard a long time ago, Ralph.
626
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,395
You do realize you're backing
the wrong horse, don't you?
627
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,677
Wilson is the boss, and there's not
a damn thing you can do about it.
628
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,674
- Phone, Mr. Lockhart. London calling.
- Yes, all right.
629
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,115
Just remember what I said.
630
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:33,877
Have a pleasant day.
631
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,994
I would have had him in no
time if you hadn't stopped me.
632
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,596
No, I agree, John. He only
knocked you down 15 times or so.
633
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,309
I was just getting onto his style. Another
10 minutes, I would've killed him.
634
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:52,029
- In any case, it was worth doing.
- It certainly was.
635
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,079
I've arranged for you to fly to
a hunting camp on Lake Albert.
636
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,834
You can pick up the Ruki River
there and scout it by boat.
637
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,070
The camp's owned by a
man named Zibelinsky.
638
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:05,199
- He's laid on a safari, if you have time.
- We'll have time.
639
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,193
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Landers is
on the phone from London.
640
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,920
Well, you tell him
you just missed me.
641
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:15,633
- John, it might be important.
- You tell him that I've gone on a recce.
642
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,270
Goodbye, you worthless
son of a bitch.
643
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:35,509
Goodbye, you pearl of
Central East Africa.
644
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,799
Goodbye, you lake flies.
645
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:44,589
Goodbye, you flat-chested,
bucktoothed women.
646
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,675
Goodbye forever.
647
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,389
Hello, anybody home?
648
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,998
Hello. You chaps looking for me?
649
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,918
The name's Hodkins. Your
new airplane driver.
650
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,478
- This is Mr. Wilson, Pete Verrill.
- Call me Hod.
651
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,631
If you don't mind,
we better get going.
652
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,075
Don't want to start out
late for the Congo.
653
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,834
Hod, I understand you have never
flown in the Congo before.
654
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,240
I should be able to find the way.
But if I can't, well...
655
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:28,597
we'll just set down in one of those
big trees and spend the night.
656
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,000
Only problem with that is, it's a little
difficult getting it up the next morning.
657
00:46:32,024 --> 00:46:36,476
As a famous pilot once said, "It's all
worth it. Including the final crash."
658
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,791
Well, that's Pete's
philosophy too, isn't it?
659
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:42,196
I'll get the luggage.
660
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:50,873
So, this is...
661
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,554
This is really your first
time over the Congo, Hod?
662
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:55,915
Yeah, quite. Yeah.
663
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,235
I'll be seeing you!
664
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,674
It's just like the airlines, eh?
665
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:31,309
- Yes.
- I'll help you.
666
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,395
- It's the spot.
- That's it.
667
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,471
I think I'm getting
the hang of this.
668
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,350
You see this hill here?
669
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,954
The hill. Right here! The hill!
670
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:52,270
Christ! Where's the stick?
671
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:53,998
Shit!
672
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,797
Jesus. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
Oh, dear.
673
00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:17,390
Thanks awfully, old boy.
674
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,114
Pete.
675
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:22,557
I'm gonna take myself a nap.
676
00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:26,030
Please don't wake me up unless you're
sure we're going to crash, because...
677
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,794
I wouldn't want to miss
something like that.
678
00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:33,071
No.
679
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,356
Hey, all that fancy flying back there
didn't bother you at all, did it?
680
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,590
No, not at all.
681
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,752
It was your friend's idea. I think
he thought it was a good joke.
682
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:30,558
A joke?
683
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:32,837
What if the engines
would've stalled out?
684
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:38,438
Well, I was a bit worried, but the old
boy seemed awfully keen on his rib.
685
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:40,750
The old boy's a pain in the ass.
686
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,230
A bloody valet with wings.
That's what a pilot is out here.
687
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:45,879
Ranks right up there
with writers.
688
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,395
- That's what you do, is it?
- Yeah, that's what I do.
689
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:50,039
I was wondering
what your part was.
690
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,760
I've got some very bloody funny
stories I should tell you.
691
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:58,313
A particularly good one was when the
squadron dog bit me in Khartoum.
692
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,394
- Was his name Horace?
- Horace? No, why?
693
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:03,152
Forget it.
694
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:40,955
- You must be Mr. Wilson.
- That's right. Mr. Zibelinsky.
695
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:42,120
Delighted.
696
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,158
This is Pete Verrill and
Hodkins, our pilot.
697
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:48,915
- Quite a place you have here.
- Thank you.
698
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:53,517
Well, by George, here they are.
The hunters from Hollywood.
699
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:59,477
- How did you get here?
- Came with a pilot who knew the way.
700
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:02,268
Right this way, Mr. Wilson.
701
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,997
I think I found a steamboat
for you, Mr. Wilson.
702
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,118
You have? When can I
take a look at it?
703
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:24,238
Day after tomorrow.
704
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,278
I'm having her put in dry
dock to check her bottom.
705
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:30,238
The Belgians want a bloody great
bond posted before we can use it...
706
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,356
but we'll talk them
out of that one.
707
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:34,359
Where's Harrison this evening?
708
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:37,512
Down on the other location,
near Ponthierville.
709
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:41,277
Mr. Landers is still trying
to get in touch with you.
710
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,152
I'm sure.
711
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,676
We're going hunting in the morning.
Would you like to go with us, Ralph?
712
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:51,152
Customs bloke's coming over from
Tatsumu to log all my stuff in.
713
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:01,678
I say...
714
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,032
is he always like this just
before a production starts?
715
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,038
Like what, Ralph?
716
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,994
He acts as if he
couldn't care less.
717
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:12,878
He'll be fine, Ralph...
718
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:15,315
once he's killed an elephant.
719
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:18,956
Good evening, gentlemen.
720
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:22,716
John, this is my wife, Dorshka.
721
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,440
- What a pleasure indeed, dear.
- Hello.
722
00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:29,152
You know Ralph Lockhart?
723
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:33,755
- Yes, we met this afternoon.
- And this is Peter Verrill.
724
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:35,478
- Hello.
- Hello. Welcome.
725
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:39,594
- So you are a big-game enthusiast also?
- Well, more or less.
726
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:44,550
Well, it's a pleasure to have you here.
It's a pleasure to have you all here.
727
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:47,393
I hope you found your
quarters comfortable.
728
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:50,028
This is simply paradise.
729
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,077
Absolute paradise here.
730
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:56,878
In fact, I'm seriously thinking
of staying here forever.
731
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,798
Come on. Heave it!
732
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:13,038
- Well, what do you think of her?
- She's beautiful. Perfect.
733
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,077
Well, not quite.
734
00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:19,711
She's very old, you see? And according
to the skipper, not all that seaworthy.
735
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:22,113
- Oh, she will be.
- Well, yes.
736
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,078
For everything except the
white-water sequence.
737
00:54:25,720 --> 00:54:28,188
The skipper says it would
be far too dangerous.
738
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:31,909
She'd fall apart if you attempted
to run the rapids with her.
739
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:36,273
Actually, I called Mr. Landers
and told him about it.
740
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:40,319
He suggested... Well, I
should say, he insisted...
741
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:42,675
that you cut the sequence
out of the film.
742
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,115
- He did?
- Right.
743
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:46,872
Wrong.
744
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,639
No, she looks sound to me.
745
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:55,116
Of course, there's only one way
to find out, isn't there, Ralph?
746
00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:36,753
Do stop!
747
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,911
Stop, please! Stop!
748
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,877
Shit.
749
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:18,514
Are you convinced, Ralph? Or
would you like to continue on?
750
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:23,758
Oh, no!
751
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:26,797
I'm convinced.
752
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,590
So am I.
753
00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:50,439
Well, has anyone heard
from our chief hunter yet?
754
00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:53,194
He should be here soon. I sent one
of the boys over to fetch him.
755
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:55,157
Good.
756
00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:01,919
- Our chief hunter.
- For God's sake, let's have him in.
757
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:08,277
Explain to him what we want.
We want to go after some game.
758
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:11,238
Buffalo, preferably an elephant.
759
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,714
This man is wonderful.
What's his name?
760
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:51,599
Kivu.
761
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,912
He's called Kivu because he
went on a trip there once.
762
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:16,788
I must say, Kivu is amazing. He
found elephant tracks that big.
763
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:23,035
A whole herd. Only darkness prevented
us from going on. Tell him to sit down.
764
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,071
He says he prefers to stand.
765
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:32,596
Oh! Good evening, gentlemen.
766
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,791
So did the Hollywood hunters
have any luck today?
767
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:39,632
Tell Kivu to get a
good night's rest.
768
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:44,078
We'll be leaving at 5:00 in the morning.
We'll get our elephant then.
769
00:58:55,000 --> 00:59:01,109
I talked to Mr. Landers in London.
He's quite hysterical.
770
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:03,755
He wants to talk
to you tomorrow.
771
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:09,392
I told him that we could drive you down
to the border and use that phone there.
772
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:14,512
- You did, did you?
- You'll be on safari, I suppose.
773
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:18,150
You're welcome to come along
with us if you'd like, Ralph.
774
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:21,553
No Hollywood safaris for me.
775
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:29,716
That word has crept into
the conversation...
776
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:32,553
quite a few times, hasn't it?
777
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:36,993
- Which word is that, sir?
- Hollywood.
778
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:42,314
I realize it's the name of a place, but
the way you say it has an added meaning.
779
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:43,959
Like an insult.
780
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:47,957
- Well, I didn't mean it like that.
- Don't contradict me, Ralph.
781
00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:49,917
I've heard it all before.
782
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:51,718
In the Army, in New York...
783
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:55,111
in the theater. Hell,
I've heard it everywhere.
784
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:58,995
People say Hollywood when
they want to insult you.
785
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:03,155
Well, really Hollywood is just a
place where they make a profit.
786
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:08,440
It's a factory town like Detroit
or Birmingham or Schaffhausen.
787
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:12,633
Because the cheap element of the town
has been so overly advertised...
788
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:16,349
it becomes an insult to
remind a man he's from there.
789
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:19,799
They're not talking about the
people who work there...
790
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:22,155
and that try to do
something worthwhile.
791
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:25,471
They're talking about the whores
when they mention Hollywood.
792
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:28,234
You know what that word
means, don't you, Ralph?
793
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:32,518
- Sure.
- Sure.
794
01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:37,715
Whores have to sell the one thing that
shouldn't be for sale in the world.
795
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:39,359
And that's love.
796
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:43,877
Of course, there are other kinds of
whores than the floozies you frequent.
797
01:00:44,221 --> 01:00:48,644
There are whores who sell
words and ideas and melodies.
798
01:00:50,261 --> 01:00:53,744
I know what I'm talking about because
I've done a little hustling in my time.
799
01:00:54,621 --> 01:00:56,911
A hell of a lot more than
I'd like to admit to.
800
01:00:58,541 --> 01:01:02,444
And what I sold when I was
whoring I'll never get back.
801
01:01:04,901 --> 01:01:09,351
What I'm trying to say, it's the whores
who put Hollywood up as a big target.
802
01:01:11,594 --> 01:01:12,557
Sure.
803
01:01:24,141 --> 01:01:27,611
Hell, John, I didn't realize
you were such a hometown boy.
804
01:01:28,141 --> 01:01:32,931
- Well, I am, kid. I am when I'm in Africa.
- Yeah.
805
01:01:33,421 --> 01:01:36,936
No, I'm serious. It took Africa
to bring all this out in me.
806
01:01:37,101 --> 01:01:41,014
Africa and the smell of
my first wild elephant.
807
01:01:44,661 --> 01:01:47,255
It's a shame Kivu couldn't
have heard you say that, John.
808
01:01:47,781 --> 01:01:51,615
Oh, Kivu knows. Kivu knows
without being told.
809
01:01:51,781 --> 01:01:54,614
John, why don't you ask Kivu to
go back to Hollywood with you?
810
01:01:55,061 --> 01:01:59,179
Not a bad idea, kid. He could
be mighty useful around there.
811
01:01:59,341 --> 01:02:00,933
Yeah.
812
01:02:08,461 --> 01:02:10,929
Where are we going
this morning, John?
813
01:02:11,101 --> 01:02:15,811
A place Kivu knows. And he says a lot
of elephant go there this time of year.
814
01:02:15,981 --> 01:02:19,690
I was wondering. How do
you two communicate?
815
01:02:19,861 --> 01:02:24,776
Oh, we get on. I asked him this morning
about going back to the States with me.
816
01:02:24,941 --> 01:02:28,411
Zib here actually acted
as my interpreter.
817
01:02:28,581 --> 01:02:31,493
- What did he say?
- Said he didn't know.
818
01:02:31,694 --> 01:02:36,529
Said he'd have to