1 00:00:00,698 --> 00:00:02,534 Tell him. You're his father. 2 00:00:02,784 --> 00:00:03,993 Come on, son. 3 00:00:04,244 --> 00:00:05,870 Leave the bird alone. 4 00:00:10,625 --> 00:00:12,710 Then the bird's feather. 5 00:00:12,961 --> 00:00:16,714 It has a hollow shaft, with feeders for blood circulation. 6 00:00:16,965 --> 00:00:19,634 On either side are branches, barbs... 7 00:00:20,176 --> 00:00:21,970 ...which branch into barbules... 8 00:00:22,220 --> 00:00:25,181 ...which have little barbicels with hooks on the end of them. 9 00:00:25,431 --> 00:00:28,434 It can all be pulled apart, like a zipper. 10 00:00:31,604 --> 00:00:32,855 And then re-zipped. 11 00:00:33,106 --> 00:00:35,358 A bird runs its beak through its feather... 12 00:00:35,608 --> 00:00:37,986 ...re-zipping feathers that have come apart. 13 00:00:38,361 --> 00:00:40,613 Flying is much more than flapping wings. 14 00:00:40,863 --> 00:00:43,283 A bird can flap its wings and not move an inch. 15 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:44,909 When it wants to fly... 16 00:00:45,201 --> 00:00:48,329 ...the slightest flicker sends it up to the sky. 17 00:00:49,789 --> 00:00:52,917 You must feel that air has substance and can hold you up. 18 00:00:54,043 --> 00:00:56,379 It's mostly a matter of confidence. 19 00:01:12,437 --> 00:01:14,439 Fuck them. What do they know, anyway? 20 00:01:14,689 --> 00:01:17,775 Did you notice Doris Robinson giving you the eye? 21 00:01:18,026 --> 00:01:20,611 She must be hot for mad-scientist types. 22 00:01:20,862 --> 00:01:23,239 - You ought to ask her out. - I don't think so. 23 00:01:23,489 --> 00:01:25,283 I can't afford to take her out. 24 00:01:25,533 --> 00:01:27,368 It doesn't cost anything. 25 00:01:27,618 --> 00:01:30,121 You think Cheryl's charging me for it? 26 00:01:30,371 --> 00:01:32,665 I'll go to the cafeteria. You want to come? 27 00:01:32,915 --> 00:01:35,626 I want to go down and talk to my dad. 28 00:01:47,555 --> 00:01:48,723 Dad? 29 00:01:51,893 --> 00:01:52,852 Dad! 30 00:01:53,102 --> 00:01:54,187 I'm in here. 31 00:01:55,855 --> 00:01:57,065 Come on in. 32 00:02:01,986 --> 00:02:03,780 You had lunch yet? 33 00:02:04,030 --> 00:02:06,199 - I'm not hungry. - You got to eat. 34 00:02:06,449 --> 00:02:08,534 Grab a sandwich and sit down. 35 00:02:09,535 --> 00:02:10,369 Dad... 36 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:12,205 ...I want to ask you a question. 37 00:02:12,872 --> 00:02:14,040 Shoot. 38 00:02:14,457 --> 00:02:17,001 I want another canary, a male for mating. 39 00:02:17,251 --> 00:02:18,920 Maybe you can talk to Mom. 40 00:02:19,170 --> 00:02:21,631 I don't know. We don't want to antagonize her. 41 00:02:22,381 --> 00:02:25,510 I had a heck of a time getting her to let you build the aviary. 42 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,345 She's worried... 43 00:02:27,595 --> 00:02:29,597 ...about what it's costing for the feed... 44 00:02:29,847 --> 00:02:31,224 ...the lumber and whatnot. 45 00:02:31,474 --> 00:02:33,142 The birdseed's cheap. 46 00:02:33,392 --> 00:02:36,521 - AI and I swipe the lumber. - I sure won't tell her that. 47 00:02:36,771 --> 00:02:39,023 She's convinced your friend is Al Capone. 48 00:02:39,273 --> 00:02:40,274 I know. 49 00:02:41,234 --> 00:02:43,653 Don't think your mom doesn't want what's best. 50 00:02:43,903 --> 00:02:46,531 She's concerned that you develop interests and friends... 51 00:02:46,781 --> 00:02:48,825 ...that'll help you fit in. 52 00:02:49,534 --> 00:02:50,535 Fit into what? 53 00:02:50,785 --> 00:02:52,745 Whatever. You know, life. 54 00:02:53,037 --> 00:02:55,665 She thinks I won't fit in with Al and a canary? 55 00:02:56,749 --> 00:02:58,918 It's not that. It's just, well... 56 00:02:59,168 --> 00:03:00,419 Take me. 57 00:03:00,711 --> 00:03:03,297 I've always had an interest in wicker. 58 00:03:03,548 --> 00:03:06,008 When I met your mom, I could make a better wicker chair... 59 00:03:06,259 --> 00:03:08,344 ...than any man in Philadelphia. 60 00:03:08,594 --> 00:03:11,138 I still could, if anybody wanted one. 61 00:03:11,389 --> 00:03:14,016 But nobody cares about wicker anymore. 62 00:03:14,267 --> 00:03:16,686 So I don't fit into the scheme of things. 63 00:03:16,936 --> 00:03:18,437 You see what I'm saying? 64 00:03:18,688 --> 00:03:21,566 Your mother just wants you to wind up better than me. 65 00:03:22,316 --> 00:03:24,110 Every parent wants that. 66 00:03:24,694 --> 00:03:29,532 I'm just saying you should be interested in something practical too. 67 00:03:31,784 --> 00:03:34,745 It's hard to be good at something nobody wants, huh? 68 00:03:38,374 --> 00:03:40,167 You really want this, don't you? 69 00:03:45,089 --> 00:03:46,591 I'll talk with your mom. 70 00:03:59,437 --> 00:04:02,481 Don't worry, I won't let him out till you're sure of him. 71 00:04:07,570 --> 00:04:09,238 I think he's mostly bluff. 72 00:04:14,744 --> 00:04:16,120 How you doing? 73 00:04:16,370 --> 00:04:18,414 You got another one! 74 00:04:20,041 --> 00:04:22,001 - His name's Alfonso. - What? 75 00:04:23,210 --> 00:04:24,920 He likes to fight and show off a lot. 76 00:04:25,171 --> 00:04:27,173 You named him after me. Thanks a lot. 77 00:04:27,423 --> 00:04:30,676 - It's not really his real name. - What's his real name? 78 00:04:31,469 --> 00:04:33,763 I don't know. I don't speak canary yet. 79 00:04:42,730 --> 00:04:43,898 Fuck! 80 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,362 This is getting weird. 81 00:04:50,905 --> 00:04:52,531 Didn't I tell you to stop that? 82 00:04:52,948 --> 00:04:54,784 I told you, Mom. It's for gym. 83 00:04:55,034 --> 00:04:56,827 I don't know. It looks crazy. 84 00:04:57,453 --> 00:04:58,913 She's calling you crazy. 85 00:04:59,163 --> 00:05:03,334 Ask her what she's been doing with our baseballs all these years! 86 00:05:04,168 --> 00:05:07,421 I think she buries them. We just have to find out where. 87 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,050 I think she burns them. We'll never find them. 88 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:13,010 Yeah, probably. 89 00:05:17,723 --> 00:05:18,641 How long? 90 00:05:18,891 --> 00:05:19,767 Same. 91 00:05:20,017 --> 00:05:21,018 An hour. 92 00:05:21,268 --> 00:05:22,770 I'm up to 10 pounds. 93 00:05:23,020 --> 00:05:27,566 With that and all the weight you lost, you could really clean up in wrestling. 94 00:05:27,983 --> 00:05:31,320 Do you realize that's 40 pounds of flapping power? 95 00:05:32,571 --> 00:05:34,949 You won't fly any more than I could. 96 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:38,494 You couldn't fly because you don't believe you could fly. 97 00:05:51,674 --> 00:05:53,217 It's a snake! 98 00:05:54,426 --> 00:05:55,970 Damn snake! 99 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:00,432 Got its whole foot in its mouth. 100 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:09,608 It must have been two feet long. 101 00:06:09,859 --> 00:06:13,237 - I think it was a rat snake. - I don't believe you. 102 00:06:14,905 --> 00:06:17,950 - It was that long! - Yeah, right. 103 00:06:18,784 --> 00:06:20,995 Are we getting started or what? 104 00:06:21,829 --> 00:06:24,498 Patience, Al. You just got to have patience. 105 00:06:25,249 --> 00:06:26,667 This place is a garbage dump. 106 00:06:26,917 --> 00:06:28,377 Four, five, six... 107 00:06:28,627 --> 00:06:29,712 It smells. 108 00:06:29,962 --> 00:06:31,547 Nine, ten, eleven... 109 00:06:31,797 --> 00:06:33,716 You sure this is going to work? 110 00:06:34,550 --> 00:06:35,634 Sixteen. 111 00:06:35,885 --> 00:06:38,804 Stop at the edge. I don't want you or my bike in the water. 112 00:06:39,054 --> 00:06:40,681 How about you? 113 00:06:41,056 --> 00:06:42,641 I've been practising off my roof. 114 00:06:42,891 --> 00:06:45,144 I can fall 20 feet without hurting myself. 115 00:06:45,394 --> 00:06:48,230 That's got to be a 40-foot drop out there. 116 00:06:48,606 --> 00:06:51,275 It's all a matter of weight versus density. 117 00:06:51,525 --> 00:06:54,194 At my weight, travelling at 32 feet a second... 118 00:06:54,445 --> 00:06:57,740 ...my downward velocity won't increase after I fall 20 feet. 119 00:06:57,990 --> 00:06:59,450 What does that mean? 120 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:03,162 The worst thing that can happen is I get the wind knocked out of me. 121 00:07:03,412 --> 00:07:05,873 It won't happen. I'm going to fly. 122 00:07:06,123 --> 00:07:06,957 How do I look? 123 00:07:07,207 --> 00:07:08,292 Dumb. 124 00:07:10,294 --> 00:07:11,337 Ready. 125 00:07:18,677 --> 00:07:19,511 Faster! 126 00:07:19,762 --> 00:07:20,971 Faster! 127 00:07:43,786 --> 00:07:44,703 Birdy! 128 00:07:44,953 --> 00:07:45,954 I'm coming! 129 00:07:46,246 --> 00:07:47,664 Just hold on! 130 00:07:52,961 --> 00:07:54,505 Are you okay? 131 00:07:56,048 --> 00:07:57,049 Yeah. 132 00:07:57,299 --> 00:07:58,133 Are you? 133 00:07:58,384 --> 00:07:59,343 Sure. 134 00:08:00,552 --> 00:08:03,722 I don't know what happened. I was going really good and just... 135 00:08:04,348 --> 00:08:06,100 ...fell out of the sky. 136 00:08:08,018 --> 00:08:08,852 Gesundheit. 137 00:08:17,861 --> 00:08:20,406 How come every time I tried to save your ass... 138 00:08:20,656 --> 00:08:22,616 ...I ended up getting sick? 139 00:08:25,869 --> 00:08:27,871 You thought that was funny, huh? 140 00:08:30,290 --> 00:08:33,043 Who are you supposed to be, the Mona Lisa or what? 141 00:08:34,753 --> 00:08:36,839 That is a smile, isn't it? 142 00:08:41,885 --> 00:08:43,720 "Dissociative behaviour"? 143 00:08:43,971 --> 00:08:46,181 - A smile's a smile. - Not necessarily. 144 00:08:46,431 --> 00:08:50,435 It might be an involuntary manifestation of some unconnected emotion. 145 00:08:50,686 --> 00:08:52,729 To be significant, it must be reactionary. 146 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:54,106 He was reacting. 147 00:08:54,356 --> 00:08:55,440 To what? 148 00:08:55,858 --> 00:08:57,943 - The joke. - What joke? 149 00:08:59,027 --> 00:09:01,363 I always got sick when he was hurt. 150 00:09:01,613 --> 00:09:03,073 Do you think he smiled at that? 151 00:09:03,323 --> 00:09:04,867 It's a private joke. 152 00:09:05,117 --> 00:09:06,994 Why don't you explain it to me? 153 00:09:07,911 --> 00:09:10,289 I don't know if I can. It's complicated. 154 00:09:11,748 --> 00:09:14,835 I wish this gave me hope, but there's no concrete progress. 155 00:09:15,085 --> 00:09:17,004 He's more responsive to drug therapy... 156 00:09:17,254 --> 00:09:18,088 Yeah, right! 157 00:09:18,338 --> 00:09:21,550 You pump him up so full of shit, he doesn't know who he is! 158 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,427 Who do you think you are? 159 00:09:23,677 --> 00:09:26,263 I'm his doctor and your superior officer! 160 00:09:26,513 --> 00:09:30,058 I am familiar with your anti-authoritarian tendencies! 161 00:09:30,309 --> 00:09:32,853 And I don't care to see them here! 162 00:09:34,813 --> 00:09:38,650 Why do you think it's difficult for you to control your violent impulses? 163 00:09:38,901 --> 00:09:39,902 It's not. 164 00:09:40,152 --> 00:09:42,195 Then why do they keep recurring? 165 00:09:44,114 --> 00:09:45,365 Look... 166 00:09:45,616 --> 00:09:46,575 ...l'm sorry. 167 00:09:46,825 --> 00:09:48,368 I'm frustrated. 168 00:09:48,619 --> 00:09:50,078 I just want to help my friend. 169 00:09:50,329 --> 00:09:51,788 I don't think you can anymore. 170 00:09:52,039 --> 00:09:53,332 I can. I know it. 171 00:09:53,707 --> 00:09:55,751 Sorry, I don't see any point to this. 172 00:09:56,335 --> 00:09:58,378 It's time you return to Fort Dix. 173 00:09:58,629 --> 00:10:01,381 It's time for your bandages to come off. 174 00:10:01,632 --> 00:10:02,716 Excuse me. 175 00:10:03,592 --> 00:10:06,345 Ronsky, see Sergeant Columbato out, would you? 176 00:10:15,312 --> 00:10:18,982 You wanted me to remember something about his past that might help. 177 00:10:19,232 --> 00:10:20,984 Well, there is one thing. 178 00:10:21,234 --> 00:10:23,153 It sounds a little crazy, but... 179 00:10:23,403 --> 00:10:26,698 He lived just over the field fence of our baseball park. 180 00:10:26,948 --> 00:10:29,993 When anyone hit a homer, his mother hid the balls. 181 00:10:30,243 --> 00:10:32,162 She wouldn't give them up. It's weird. 182 00:10:32,412 --> 00:10:34,373 It's almost like he felt guilty about it. 183 00:10:34,623 --> 00:10:38,752 He was always apologizing to somebody, swearing he'd get their balls back. 184 00:10:39,002 --> 00:10:41,922 It was an obsession. He spent hours looking for them. 185 00:10:42,172 --> 00:10:44,132 We figured maybe she buried them. 186 00:10:44,383 --> 00:10:46,968 He never found them. I was wondering... 187 00:10:47,219 --> 00:10:50,097 ...if she sends them here, that might do something. 188 00:10:50,347 --> 00:10:52,015 How long ago was this? 189 00:10:52,265 --> 00:10:54,017 All through high school, sir. 190 00:10:54,267 --> 00:10:57,270 There must be a lot of baseballs in that collection. 191 00:10:57,854 --> 00:11:01,358 I'll extend your visit till I find out about these baseballs. 192 00:11:01,608 --> 00:11:03,944 - I hope this works. - Me too. 193 00:11:31,054 --> 00:11:32,681 - How's it going? - How you doing? 194 00:11:32,931 --> 00:11:35,392 - Just shooting some hoops. - Fucking A! 195 00:12:14,931 --> 00:12:18,310 Funny, any other war, we would've been heroes. 196 00:12:21,229 --> 00:12:22,480 Oh, man! 197 00:12:23,607 --> 00:12:27,986 We didn't know what we were getting into with this John Wayne shit. 198 00:12:35,243 --> 00:12:36,953 Boy, were we dumb! 199 00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:43,710 We were always dumb. 200 00:12:44,544 --> 00:12:47,714 Before the government, it was some asshole on a street corner. 201 00:12:52,886 --> 00:12:55,096 Remember with Sagessa and the dogs? 202 00:13:08,526 --> 00:13:10,654 Somebody buys a cute puppy for Christmas. 203 00:13:11,363 --> 00:13:15,283 Once they find out how much it eats and shits, they dump it cross-town. 204 00:13:15,533 --> 00:13:19,162 Soon you got packs of wild dogs, big, hungry and not so cute. 205 00:13:19,412 --> 00:13:22,415 - People want to shoot them. - How do you find homes for the dogs? 206 00:13:22,666 --> 00:13:25,126 If I tell you that, you don't need me. 207 00:13:25,377 --> 00:13:29,172 You forget my dollar-a-dog proposition. You go into business for yourself. 208 00:13:29,422 --> 00:13:30,924 This ain't like you, Sagessa. 209 00:13:31,174 --> 00:13:33,301 Since when were you out to make the world better? 210 00:13:33,551 --> 00:13:35,887 You never heard of enlightened self-interest? 211 00:13:36,137 --> 00:13:37,555 The way I got it figured... 212 00:13:37,806 --> 00:13:41,393 ...we're doing a good deed and making a buck besides. 213 00:13:44,354 --> 00:13:45,605 There's one! 214 00:13:57,033 --> 00:13:59,077 These dogs can really bite. 215 00:14:00,662 --> 00:14:02,622 There she is! Watch this. 216 00:14:04,499 --> 00:14:05,792 Go slow. 217 00:14:10,797 --> 00:14:12,340 Okay, watch me now. 218 00:14:13,007 --> 00:14:15,051 Slow and dangerous. 219 00:14:16,136 --> 00:14:18,346 You got to let them know who you are. 220 00:14:26,646 --> 00:14:27,897 Okay now. 221 00:14:28,148 --> 00:14:29,232 Watch me. 222 00:14:33,528 --> 00:14:34,612 Shit! 223 00:14:34,988 --> 00:14:36,072 Dollar a dog. 224 00:14:38,533 --> 00:14:40,076 All right, we got them now. 225 00:14:40,326 --> 00:14:42,662 I'll take this mean one. He's the leader. 226 00:14:50,670 --> 00:14:51,504 Damn it! 227 00:15:12,567 --> 00:15:13,651 Shit! 228 00:15:21,743 --> 00:15:22,994 Lift him up! 229 00:15:28,041 --> 00:15:29,000 Grab that one. 230 00:15:46,935 --> 00:15:48,102 Where we going? 231 00:15:48,353 --> 00:15:51,522 That's my department. Do you want to get out of here or what? 232 00:15:51,773 --> 00:15:53,441 I just thought this was some... 233 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:55,693 You sons of bitches! You got my dog! 234 00:15:56,319 --> 00:15:58,571 My dog is in the goddamn truck! 235 00:15:59,948 --> 00:16:00,823 He's crazy! 236 00:16:07,246 --> 00:16:08,164 You got my dog! 237 00:16:15,546 --> 00:16:16,547 What's your problem? 238 00:16:16,798 --> 00:16:19,926 You got my dog in the back of your truck, you little shit! 239 00:16:20,176 --> 00:16:23,388 If it's his dog, you should stop and give it to him. 240 00:16:23,638 --> 00:16:25,640 - Bullshit, we're almost there. - Where? 241 00:16:55,628 --> 00:16:56,671 Jesus! 242 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,465 What is this place? 243 00:17:02,593 --> 00:17:04,929 I've never seen so many flies. 244 00:17:09,016 --> 00:17:10,059 What's going on here? 245 00:17:10,309 --> 00:17:13,062 They're electrocuting them, morons! Where's my dog? 246 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:15,982 Are they electrocuting these dogs? 247 00:17:16,357 --> 00:17:18,860 It's humane, ain't it? What do you want them to do? 248 00:17:19,152 --> 00:17:20,236 Hit them over the head? 249 00:17:21,571 --> 00:17:24,741 Get off my truck! Your goddamn dog ain't here! 250 00:17:27,201 --> 00:17:29,871 - What the fuck is going on here?! - Get the dogs out! 251 00:17:30,121 --> 00:17:32,123 They're killing them to make dog food! 252 00:17:32,373 --> 00:17:33,291 Dogs got to eat too. 253 00:17:34,625 --> 00:17:35,501 Chico, come here! 254 00:17:35,752 --> 00:17:37,003 Run, Birdy! 255 00:18:07,575 --> 00:18:08,409 What is it? 256 00:18:12,788 --> 00:18:14,081 The cat. 257 00:18:26,636 --> 00:18:30,431 I'm starting to worry I'll never fly the way I've been going. 258 00:18:34,602 --> 00:18:37,104 As scary as a bird's life must be... 259 00:18:37,355 --> 00:18:39,523 ... at least they have that. 260 00:18:39,774 --> 00:18:42,526 They can always fly away. 261 00:19:11,597 --> 00:19:14,392 Do you know them damn birds attract mice? 262 00:19:18,062 --> 00:19:20,982 Mrs. Angelucci said them feathers can give you asthma. 263 00:20:41,896 --> 00:20:44,690 Time's running out. I'm not giving up on you. 264 00:20:47,193 --> 00:20:50,571 I'm going to get you to talk, even if I have to punch you out. 265 00:20:50,946 --> 00:20:53,574 I'm not kidding around. I can't hold Weiss off. 266 00:20:53,824 --> 00:20:56,410 I almost told him about the flying yesterday. 267 00:20:56,660 --> 00:20:58,788 Goddamn it! Why can't you listen to me?! 268 00:20:59,038 --> 00:21:00,414 You want to fly? 269 00:21:00,664 --> 00:21:03,542 He'll send you air freight to a cage in a nut house! 270 00:21:03,792 --> 00:21:05,336 He'll probably send me too! 271 00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:08,005 We'll have perches, cups, the whole fucking deal! 272 00:21:08,255 --> 00:21:10,174 Maybe your mom can dig up your pigeon suit! 273 00:21:10,424 --> 00:21:12,593 Weiss can sell you to a sideshow! 274 00:21:12,843 --> 00:21:15,971 You can double bill with Zimmy the Fish! 275 00:21:17,556 --> 00:21:19,141 All right, Birdy. 276 00:21:19,391 --> 00:21:21,727 It's time to start flapping your wings and peeping. 277 00:21:21,977 --> 00:21:23,729 I don't believe it, you know. 278 00:21:23,979 --> 00:21:27,358 If you want to spend your life as a bird, at least be consistent. 279 00:21:27,608 --> 00:21:30,027 Look at you. You don't hop like a bird. 280 00:21:30,277 --> 00:21:32,196 You don't really sit like one. 281 00:21:32,446 --> 00:21:35,115 And you sure as hell can't fly like one. 282 00:21:35,366 --> 00:21:39,119 If you don't like what I'm saying, why don't you tell me to shut up? 283 00:21:39,370 --> 00:21:41,580 You always were hard to hurt, Birdy. 284 00:21:42,915 --> 00:21:44,291 Real losers never hurt. 285 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,214 Here you go! Here comes Hannah to feed you. 286 00:21:50,464 --> 00:21:52,466 You like that, don't you? 287 00:21:53,133 --> 00:21:55,511 - What are you doing? - I'm going to watch you. 288 00:21:55,761 --> 00:21:58,764 It's fun, watching him be fed. He's cute when he's fed. 289 00:21:59,014 --> 00:22:00,266 Stop taunting him. 290 00:22:00,516 --> 00:22:01,642 He's reacting to me! 291 00:22:01,892 --> 00:22:04,186 He's giving me that look. You're pissed! 292 00:22:04,436 --> 00:22:05,729 Stop it! It isn't working. 293 00:22:05,980 --> 00:22:07,815 - How do you know? - It's obvious. 294 00:22:08,065 --> 00:22:09,984 You fucked it up! Why did you come in? 295 00:22:10,401 --> 00:22:12,111 I work here. He's part of my job. 296 00:22:12,361 --> 00:22:15,322 Yeah? Well, he's part of my goddamn life! 297 00:22:20,286 --> 00:22:21,704 Come on. Look up. 298 00:22:22,037 --> 00:22:24,498 Look up. Open your eyes. 299 00:23:09,334 --> 00:23:10,961 Can I talk to you? 300 00:23:17,885 --> 00:23:19,094 Back there... 301 00:23:20,554 --> 00:23:22,848 ...I didn't mean to make you feel worse. 302 00:23:25,976 --> 00:23:28,103 I know he means a lot to you. 303 00:23:33,442 --> 00:23:35,069 It's all right. 304 00:23:58,842 --> 00:23:59,676 What? 305 00:23:59,927 --> 00:24:01,386 I'm sorry. 306 00:24:02,054 --> 00:24:04,598 - I didn't mean to do that to you. - Don't be. 307 00:24:04,848 --> 00:24:07,518 I haven't touched a woman in a long time. 308 00:24:07,768 --> 00:24:09,937 Al, it's all right. 309 00:24:10,187 --> 00:24:11,230 Really. 310 00:24:12,773 --> 00:24:14,233 I got to go. 311 00:25:00,404 --> 00:25:01,613 Come here. 312 00:25:02,990 --> 00:25:04,408 What do you want? 313 00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:08,495 You want to go outside? 314 00:25:12,416 --> 00:25:14,835 Want to go outside and play with the other birds? 315 00:25:20,674 --> 00:25:22,259 You going to give me a kiss? 316 00:25:26,054 --> 00:25:27,639 In a dream... 317 00:25:27,889 --> 00:25:30,767 ... I'm trying to decide what I am. 318 00:25:31,393 --> 00:25:34,313 When I sleep, I'm giving myself strength. 319 00:25:34,563 --> 00:25:37,399 I'm reaching for the force to fly. 320 00:25:39,234 --> 00:25:40,902 Perta waits... 321 00:25:41,194 --> 00:25:43,613 ... cups herself to receive me. 322 00:25:43,947 --> 00:25:44,948 I hover... 323 00:25:45,198 --> 00:25:47,784 ... then lower myself into her. 324 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,912 Perta and I become one. 325 00:25:51,330 --> 00:25:53,874 I see through her eyes. 326 00:25:54,124 --> 00:25:56,001 Fly on her wings. 327 00:25:57,711 --> 00:25:59,880 I am no longer alone. 328 00:26:42,339 --> 00:26:43,381 It occurs to me... 329 00:26:44,091 --> 00:26:47,177 ... that all I did was put two birds in the aviary. 330 00:26:47,427 --> 00:26:51,681 Food and water and nothing else, and now there are four of them. 331 00:26:52,307 --> 00:26:54,643 I know this is perfectly natural. 332 00:26:54,893 --> 00:26:57,062 It's one of the things life is about. 333 00:26:57,813 --> 00:27:00,190 But to see it happen in my bedroom... 334 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,192 ... under my own eyes... 335 00:27:02,442 --> 00:27:04,069 ... is magic. 336 00:27:06,780 --> 00:27:09,783 All I want to do now is watch the birds. 337 00:27:11,618 --> 00:27:16,164 I don't care about the things that happen in the outside world. 338 00:27:16,581 --> 00:27:19,000 I feel turned upside down. 339 00:27:35,725 --> 00:27:39,604 Somehow the babies seem to know their place is in the air. 340 00:27:39,938 --> 00:27:41,606 It must be the knowing... 341 00:27:41,857 --> 00:27:44,150 ...not the flapping of wings. 342 00:28:08,967 --> 00:28:10,427 Are you sleeping or what? 343 00:28:10,677 --> 00:28:13,638 Doris is on the phone. She wants to talk about the prom. 344 00:28:15,223 --> 00:28:17,642 Don't give me that look. I swear to you... 345 00:28:17,892 --> 00:28:20,186 ...if you don't go to the prom like other kids... 346 00:28:20,437 --> 00:28:22,522 ...l'm getting rid of these birds! 347 00:29:49,067 --> 00:29:50,819 - Hi, Dad. - Hello, son. 348 00:29:51,069 --> 00:29:53,321 Kind of a mess in here, with these boys drinking. 349 00:29:53,571 --> 00:29:55,406 Can't hold their liquor. 350 00:29:57,951 --> 00:29:59,369 I was looking for you. 351 00:29:59,619 --> 00:30:02,038 I didn't want to embarrass you with your date. 352 00:30:02,831 --> 00:30:04,582 You wouldn't embarrass me. 353 00:30:05,083 --> 00:30:09,045 I wanted to give you this, so you could go someplace afterwards. 354 00:30:09,295 --> 00:30:11,464 Your girl there is real pretty. 355 00:30:13,842 --> 00:30:15,677 She's not really my girl. 356 00:30:16,594 --> 00:30:17,720 Thanks. 357 00:30:40,869 --> 00:30:43,663 Well, here we are. 358 00:30:44,831 --> 00:30:47,667 I'd like to keep it as a souvenir. 359 00:30:52,797 --> 00:30:55,633 I know you didn't want to take me. 360 00:30:57,051 --> 00:30:58,803 You've been very nice about it... 361 00:30:59,053 --> 00:31:01,806 ...and now you can have what you want. 362 00:31:10,690 --> 00:31:12,108 I'm sorry. 363 00:31:14,277 --> 00:31:15,486 What? 364 00:31:16,529 --> 00:31:18,281 I'm not very good at this. 365 00:31:18,531 --> 00:31:19,866 It's okay. 366 00:31:20,116 --> 00:31:21,659 It doesn't matter. 367 00:31:24,329 --> 00:31:25,997 How do they do it? 368 00:31:27,874 --> 00:31:29,375 I don't know. 369 00:31:32,754 --> 00:31:34,339 We should go. 370 00:31:39,761 --> 00:31:42,138 Will I see you again? 371 00:31:43,848 --> 00:31:45,725 I'll see you in school on Monday. 372 00:34:02,904 --> 00:34:06,490 The dream is as real to me now as my waking life. 373 00:34:07,783 --> 00:34:09,285 I don't know where one begins... 374 00:34:09,535 --> 00:34:11,370 ... and the other ends. 375 00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:14,123 I wish I could tell Al. 376 00:34:14,749 --> 00:34:16,667 But I'm afraid to. 377 00:34:18,377 --> 00:34:19,879 In my dreams... 378 00:34:20,129 --> 00:34:22,465 ...nothing holds me down. 379 00:34:22,715 --> 00:34:25,217 Everything is out and away. 380 00:34:27,637 --> 00:34:31,349 There's nothing in my life to keep me here anymore. 381 00:34:31,933 --> 00:34:36,187 I wish I could die and be born again as a bird. 382 00:37:08,339 --> 00:37:09,590 Here you go. 383 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,685 Come on, go ahead. 384 00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:24,897 I'm sorry about before. 385 00:37:27,942 --> 00:37:29,568 You got to eat. 386 00:37:33,614 --> 00:37:35,950 I'll just leave it here for you. 387 00:37:47,211 --> 00:37:49,254 You got to come back, Birdy. 388 00:38:32,798 --> 00:38:34,091 Help! Help! 389 00:38:35,050 --> 00:38:36,635 Medics! Smitty's been hit. 390 00:38:36,969 --> 00:38:38,512 He's been hit! 391 00:39:19,761 --> 00:39:20,888 Jesus, Birdy! 392 00:39:21,138 --> 00:39:22,931 I'm losing it. 393 00:40:12,940 --> 00:40:15,192 Here comes Santa Claus Here comes Santa Claus 394 00:40:15,442 --> 00:40:18,779 Right down Santa Claus Lane How you doing, Al? 395 00:40:19,321 --> 00:40:20,656 - What's this? - I don't know. 396 00:40:20,906 --> 00:40:23,242 - His mother sent it to you. - You're kidding! 397 00:40:23,492 --> 00:40:24,868 No, it couldn't be! 398 00:40:25,118 --> 00:40:26,203 I don't believe this! 399 00:40:26,453 --> 00:40:28,830 Okay, I got you now. 400 00:40:29,206 --> 00:40:31,166 Just wait till you see this. 401 00:40:31,416 --> 00:40:34,878 Direct from their endless engagement in South Philadelphia. 402 00:40:35,128 --> 00:40:38,423 You thought you'd never see them, but here they are! 403 00:40:39,341 --> 00:40:40,717 It's the baseballs! 404 00:40:40,968 --> 00:40:43,428 Your mom sent them. Can you believe it? 405 00:40:44,137 --> 00:40:45,764 Come on! This is it! 406 00:40:46,014 --> 00:40:47,808 This is your last chance! 407 00:40:48,058 --> 00:40:50,727 You got to give me some kind of reaction! 408 00:40:52,270 --> 00:40:53,480 Come on! 409 00:40:53,730 --> 00:40:55,482 I need you! 410 00:40:58,443 --> 00:41:02,406 If Weiss gets a look inside my head, he's going to lock me up too. 411 00:41:04,950 --> 00:41:06,618 I'm scared, Birdy. 412 00:41:06,868 --> 00:41:08,996 I'm more scared now than I was in the war... 413 00:41:09,246 --> 00:41:11,748 ...and I was more scared there than anybody I knew. 414 00:41:18,296 --> 00:41:20,424 Talk to me again. 415 00:41:24,678 --> 00:41:26,471 Hey, Birdy, where are you? 416 00:41:27,472 --> 00:41:28,682 Oh, no! 417 00:41:29,975 --> 00:41:31,226 Well, now! 418 00:41:33,437 --> 00:41:35,439 What happened to you? 419 00:41:35,689 --> 00:41:39,609 You get so hot with Doris, you forgot to put your clothes on? 420 00:41:40,444 --> 00:41:43,989 If your old lady saw you like this, she'd have a stroke. 421 00:41:45,282 --> 00:41:47,117 Okay, lover-boy! 422 00:41:47,367 --> 00:41:50,787 Tell me about Doris, with plenty of details. 423 00:41:51,037 --> 00:41:51,913 There's nothing to tell. 424 00:41:52,164 --> 00:41:54,040 Don't give me this gentleman-of-honour crap. 425 00:41:54,332 --> 00:41:57,169 I want to hear about last night. 426 00:41:57,502 --> 00:41:59,337 I'm not sure I can explain it to you. 427 00:41:59,588 --> 00:42:01,631 I knew it! I knew she'd do it. 428 00:42:01,882 --> 00:42:02,841 Tell me what happened. 429 00:42:03,717 --> 00:42:05,802 Not with her. With me. 430 00:42:06,303 --> 00:42:07,637 Last night I flew. 431 00:42:07,888 --> 00:42:09,514 I know what it feels like to fly. 432 00:42:09,764 --> 00:42:11,725 Oh, you flew? How you flew? 433 00:42:12,893 --> 00:42:14,436 I'm not sure. 434 00:42:15,103 --> 00:42:17,689 It's not something you can really take apart. 435 00:42:20,150 --> 00:42:22,235 When I fly, it's like in a dream. 436 00:42:22,944 --> 00:42:24,696 Only it's not a dream. 437 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,784 You can't put it into words. You kind of have to feel it. 438 00:42:31,036 --> 00:42:32,621 You can fly like a bird? 439 00:42:34,289 --> 00:42:35,624 When I fly... 440 00:42:36,625 --> 00:42:37,792 ...I am a bird. 441 00:42:40,045 --> 00:42:42,589 This is getting too weird. You got to stop it. 442 00:42:43,924 --> 00:42:45,926 I thought you would understand. 443 00:42:46,176 --> 00:42:47,802 Well, I don't. 444 00:42:48,178 --> 00:42:50,263 - I don't want to hear about it. - Why? 445 00:42:50,514 --> 00:42:52,098 Because I'm tired of it! 446 00:42:54,059 --> 00:42:55,936 We used to have fun together. 447 00:42:56,186 --> 00:42:57,938 Now you're always off by yourself... 448 00:42:58,188 --> 00:43:00,857 ...flying around inside your goddamn head! 449 00:43:02,067 --> 00:43:05,820 I hope this dream, or whatever it is, goes away. 450 00:43:06,488 --> 00:43:08,573 I think it's bullshit. 451 00:43:20,752 --> 00:43:22,712 I shouldn't have said that. 452 00:43:23,922 --> 00:43:26,049 I shouldn't have left you then. 453 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,144 It's working. He just needs a little more time. 454 00:43:39,729 --> 00:43:41,273 I'm not blind. 455 00:43:41,773 --> 00:43:43,525 I'm sorry the baseballs didn't work. 456 00:43:43,775 --> 00:43:45,735 There's no sense in going on with this. 457 00:43:45,986 --> 00:43:47,779 His condition is deteriorating. 458 00:43:48,029 --> 00:43:50,031 He hardly moves anymore. He's stopped eating. 459 00:43:50,282 --> 00:43:52,075 We'll have to put him on an IV. 460 00:43:52,325 --> 00:43:55,245 - I could stay and... - You should be back at Fort Dix. 461 00:43:55,495 --> 00:43:57,956 There's nothing to keep you here any longer. 462 00:43:58,289 --> 00:43:59,708 I just want to say goodbye. 463 00:44:00,542 --> 00:44:01,751 Go ahead. 464 00:44:02,168 --> 00:44:03,253 Alone. 465 00:44:04,504 --> 00:44:06,798 I'll see you in my office afterwards. 466 00:44:27,694 --> 00:44:29,738 Perta! Come back! 467 00:48:39,737 --> 00:48:41,072 Don't worry. 468 00:48:42,448 --> 00:48:44,575 I'm not leaving you again. 469 00:49:09,267 --> 00:49:10,101 You all right? 470 00:49:12,228 --> 00:49:14,605 Doctor Weiss asked me to come and get you. 471 00:49:15,565 --> 00:49:17,358 I'm not leaving him. 472 00:49:18,192 --> 00:49:20,820 - They're not going to let you stay. - Why not? 473 00:49:21,487 --> 00:49:23,281 Don't you have to go back to the hospital? 474 00:49:23,531 --> 00:49:25,199 I'm not going back. 475 00:49:32,540 --> 00:49:34,333 Come outside and we can talk. 476 00:49:34,584 --> 00:49:36,252 I don't want to talk. 477 00:49:36,502 --> 00:49:38,588 That's all I've done since I've been here. 478 00:49:38,838 --> 00:49:43,509 Besides, nobody listens to anybody anyway, even if they aren't crazy. 479 00:49:43,759 --> 00:49:46,554 You go tell Weiss I'm staying with my friend. 480 00:49:47,513 --> 00:49:48,889 Tell him! 481 00:49:53,811 --> 00:49:56,731 Don't worry, they can't make me leave you. 482 00:49:59,191 --> 00:50:01,152 I can't go out there. 483 00:50:02,236 --> 00:50:04,071 I couldn't make it. 484 00:50:06,407 --> 00:50:08,659 They got the best of us, Birdy. 485 00:50:10,578 --> 00:50:12,955 We're both totally screwed up. 486 00:50:15,124 --> 00:50:20,171 We haven't had anything to do with making our own lives. Fuck! 487 00:50:25,009 --> 00:50:26,969 I was always so damned sure... 488 00:50:27,219 --> 00:50:29,221 ...about being myself... 489 00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:33,601 ...and how nobody was going to make me do anything I didn't want. 490 00:50:34,352 --> 00:50:36,270 And now, here I am. 491 00:50:37,229 --> 00:50:41,192 They finish you off with a discharge or put you on a casualty list. 492 00:50:42,610 --> 00:50:45,696 It doesn't matter how special you are or were. 493 00:50:47,031 --> 00:50:50,242 I feel like one of those dogs nobody wanted, remember? 494 00:50:53,704 --> 00:50:56,832 You know, when that shell went off in my face... 495 00:50:59,418 --> 00:51:01,712 ...I could smell burning flesh. 496 00:51:02,797 --> 00:51:04,590 And it was crazy... 497 00:51:06,092 --> 00:51:08,052 ...because the smell was so sweet... 498 00:51:08,302 --> 00:51:10,012 ...so familiar. 499 00:51:12,681 --> 00:51:16,310 Then I realized that it was my own skin that was frying. 500 00:51:19,605 --> 00:51:22,441 And I couldn't even touch the pain. 501 00:51:25,528 --> 00:51:28,656 I don't even know what I look like anymore. 502 00:51:29,448 --> 00:51:31,826 I don't know if it's me under these bandages... 503 00:51:32,076 --> 00:51:34,995 ...or what some Army meat-cutter thinks is me. 504 00:51:35,913 --> 00:51:40,584 I don't want a patched-up, instant-pity excuse for a face. 505 00:51:42,753 --> 00:51:45,673 I just want it to be Al under here. 506 00:51:46,006 --> 00:51:49,176 Not some sewn-together freak mask. 507 00:51:51,011 --> 00:51:52,012 Shit! 508 00:51:53,180 --> 00:51:56,433 What's so great about their fucking world anyway? 509 00:51:57,601 --> 00:52:00,271 We'll just stay here and keep the hell out of it. 510 00:52:01,897 --> 00:52:04,608 I don't have to go get these bandages off. 511 00:52:07,111 --> 00:52:09,405 I figured out what you're doing. 512 00:52:10,364 --> 00:52:11,699 You're right. 513 00:52:13,534 --> 00:52:16,495 We should just hide out and not talk with anybody. 514 00:52:18,664 --> 00:52:20,583 And every so often... 515 00:52:21,292 --> 00:52:22,960 ...go crazy... 516 00:52:23,460 --> 00:52:25,546 ...and run up the wall... 517 00:52:25,838 --> 00:52:27,131 ...and spit! 518 00:52:27,506 --> 00:52:31,093 And throw shit at them, like the loony across the hall! 519 00:52:31,802 --> 00:52:33,971 That's what we can do. 520 00:52:34,388 --> 00:52:36,390 That's what we can do. 521 00:52:39,935 --> 00:52:42,521 Sometimes you're so full of shit. 522 00:52:43,981 --> 00:52:45,691 Was that you? 523 00:52:47,651 --> 00:52:49,069 It was! 524 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:52,656 You talked! It's really you! 525 00:52:53,324 --> 00:52:55,326 I can't believe it. Say something else. 526 00:52:58,829 --> 00:53:01,832 I can't believe it. It's really you! 527 00:53:02,499 --> 00:53:04,710 How come you decided to talk? 528 00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:06,378 I didn't decide. 529 00:53:06,629 --> 00:53:08,422 It just happened. I don't know. 530 00:53:08,672 --> 00:53:10,257 You needed me, didn't you? 531 00:53:10,507 --> 00:53:12,176 They think we're both crazy. 532 00:53:12,426 --> 00:53:13,260 What's going on? 533 00:53:13,510 --> 00:53:15,971 He talked! Come on, say something. 534 00:53:17,598 --> 00:53:18,599 Goddamn it, talk! 535 00:53:18,849 --> 00:53:20,809 - He talked before. - This won't work. 536 00:53:21,060 --> 00:53:23,896 I'm telling the truth! What are you doing, dumbshit? 537 00:53:24,646 --> 00:53:26,940 Don't you know they'll keep you forever?! 538 00:53:27,191 --> 00:53:28,942 Goddamn it, talk! 539 00:53:29,193 --> 00:53:31,612 Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Birdy, talk! 540 00:53:31,862 --> 00:53:34,198 - Come on, let's go. - No! Goddamn it! 541 00:53:34,448 --> 00:53:36,408 I'm staying here with him! 542 00:53:37,534 --> 00:53:40,204 This isn't a game anymore. Why wouldn't you talk? 543 00:53:40,913 --> 00:53:42,664 I didn't have anything to say to him. 544 00:53:42,915 --> 00:53:44,875 What are you, crazy? 545 00:53:46,126 --> 00:53:48,170 We have to get out of here. 546 00:53:59,264 --> 00:54:00,390 Come on! 547 00:54:52,985 --> 00:54:54,570 Birdy, don't! 548 00:55:08,458 --> 00:55:09,376 What? 549 00:58:26,573 --> 00:58:27,616 Subtitles by GELULA & CO., INC.