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Synopsis: When a brilliant genetics professor's wife dies tragically, he tries to clone her, but the person he creates isn't the same as the woman he married. So he tries again. Over and over and over again.
Director(s): Scott Perlman
Year:
2015
30 Views


to have and to hold,

in sickness and in health,

till death do you part?

[Adam] I do.

Well, then I now pronounce you

husband and wife.

You may kiss the bride.

[Dawn giggles]

I don't want the money.

Why not?

You wouldn't understand.

You think if you fill out

the form, it's accepting

that she's gone.

It's very common.

You're in denial.

-I'm not in denial.

-OK, we've transitioned

to anger.

That's progress.

[computer chirps]

[car alarm chirps]

[beeping]

[Adam] The problem

is growth rate.

Let's say we have a patient

with acute liver failure.

How do we grow a new

fully developed liver

in, I don't know,

three, four months?

Yes?

Infect the tissue

with Werner syndrome.

Emma, is it?

Yes.

Would you still like to be

my lab assistant?

More than anything.

Class dismissed.

We have to shorten

the telomeres.

-Very good.

-And then stimulate

the endocrine system.

-Excellent, Emma.

-Then we should increase

the somatotropin level.

[Adam] While simultaneously

manipulating her thyroid,

parathyroid, and ovaries.

[Emma] Her ovaries?

OK. Before we get started,

there's something

you need to know.

The work that we're going

to be doing is,

how shall I put this,

ethically ambiguous.

I don't have a problem

with that.

-No?

-On the road to progress.

-Ethics are like broken glass.

-Great.

Let's get to work.

[Emma] Whoo!

Ha!

Hi.

[Emma]

Professor Slope?

You're not thinking

what I think you're thinking?

[Adam] My wife died

way too soon.

Professor Slope, this isn't

ethically ambiguous.

This is completely unethical,

and absolutely immoral,

and not to mention

totally illegal.

Professor, your wife,

she's gone.

No, not completely.

-Completely.

-Excuse me.

You're gonna lose your job.

Your credibility.

You're gonna become a pariah.

I don't care what

happens to me, but you...

You should go.

-Professor--

-Just go.

[beeping]

We have to make sure...

she has enough protein.

It's in the medicine cabinet.

Got it.

[Emma]

What's Euthanease?

[Adam] That's what we use

when an experiment doesn't work.

[Emma] Do you have

to use it a lot?

-Just grab the other bottle.

Thank you.

Don't you think you sped her up

a little bit too much?

[Adam] Why?

Her growing pains are torture.

It's like a medieval rack

except she's stretching

from the inside.

You know what would be great,

if you just stopped talking.

Sorry.

[computer chirps]

Welcome back.

You know she can't

understand you.

You're going to have

to teach her everything.

How to walk, talk,

tie her shoes.

-I know.

-Go to the bathroom.

-I know.

-Do you?

Just get the door.

[car alarm chirps]

You didn't normalize

her growth, did you?

I didn't think about that.

You didn't think about that?

You speed her up, obviously

you're gonna have to

slow her back down.

We were supposed

to grow old together.

Should I go get

the Euthanease?

No. Just let it happen

naturally.

Naturally?

At least she's not

suffering anymore.

What do we do with her?

[gas hissing]

[Adam] She was a glass blower.

It's how she died.

It'll get easier with time.

What if I don't want it to?

[bell tolls]

[Adam] I think I figured out

a way to slow it down.

We should test it first.

Why don't you do it?

Really?

Sure.

[mouse squeaks]

[slides petri dish]

[beeping]

Whoa!

-What happened?

-You took the sample

from the clone?

Yeah.

You can't clone a clone

from a clone.

It's too unstable.

[Emma] I didn't know.

[Adam] It's OK.

It's how we learn.

Did it work?

[Adam] No.

It's like making pancakes.

Some people are afraid

cloning will devalue life.

What?

Nothing.

Just figure out

what we're doing wrong.

You know, besides the obvious.

Got a red flag here.

Can you nutshell it?

College professor purchases

a one-million-dollar

term life on his wife.

Artist, low income.

A few weeks later, she dies.

And this is the best part:

it's in a fire.

Are we gonna have to pay?

Over my dead body.

It worked.

[Emma] Remember

the growing pains.

You can't just make her

into an adult immediately.

[Adam] I can't wait 18 years.

[Emma] We're going to have to

find a middle ground, then.

[Adam] How about we make her

fully grown in three months?

Hey, Dawn, look at this.

We're home.

[car alarm chirps]

What if I, what if you

Met one day

and we just knew

It was all

just meant to be?

What if we, I suppose

Become us

and then who knows

It is so, so plain to see

Maybe I'm right

[baby babbling]

OK, who's this?

Dawn.

Very good.

Who's this?

Dawn.

No. Adam.

[girl] Dawn.

What if we fall in love

What if we're the ones

who rise above

I will give it all

I will loose my soul

You won't understand

I'll lose control

Maybe we don't fall

in love

Maybe we fall in love

What if we fall in love

What if we fall

What if we fall?

[Adam] That is amazing!

[Young Dawn] Thank you.

[Adam] I'm gonna

hang this up, OK?

A masterpiece.

Ready for pancakes?

[Young Dawn] Yeah.

One...

-Good?

-Mmm.

[Young Dawn]

They're really good.

-Finished?

-[Young Dawn] Yep.

OK, go brush your teeth.

[Young Dawn shrieks]

It just fell out.

It's completely normal.

-Does it happen to you?

-No.

[Young Dawn] Why not?

Because I'm... a man,

and you're a woman.

It is my job to protect you.

The world is

a very dangerous place.

I wouldn't want anything

to hurt you.

There! You see

how pretty you look?

[Emma]

Are you attracted to her?

-I love her.

-That's not what I asked.

No. But it has nothing

to do with her teeth.

Well, that's actually

a good thing.

-Why is that a good thing?

-Think about it.

How can it possibly be

a good thing?

-How's Adam?

-I don't know.

I haven't seen him

in a few months.

I just hope he's OK.

-I don't want 'em.

-But you love pancakes.

-No, I don't.

-Yes, you do.

-I'm sick of them.

-Just... eat the pancakes.

-No!

-Then go to your room!

Fine.

And don't forget

to brush your teeth!

[line rings]

She's not my wife,

she's my daughter.

Congratulations, Daddy.

-Thank you.

-What do you expect?

You raised her,

you fed her, you taught her

everything she knows.

So I'm actually having

a normal, appropriate reaction?

Yeah, to an abnormal,

inappropriate situation.

[Rebecca] Thank you.

[sighs]

[Harold] Don't you think

we should call first?

[Rebecca] I think it will all be

a very pleasant surprise.

[Harold]

I think we should call.

[Rebecca] If we call,

he'll just say he's fine

and that he's busy

and that we shouldn't come over.

That's why we should call.

[Rebecca] That's why

we shouldn't call.

[soft knock on door]

[Dawn] Hmm?

I'm sorry I got upset with you.

Sorry I hate pancakes.

It's OK.

Who's she?

[Adam] I thought it was you.

I thought so, too,

but it's not.

Why do you say that?

'Cause we have different smiles.

Dawn...

there's something that

I need to give you.

What's that?

-It's medicine.

-What's medicine?

It's good for you.

-How can that be good for me?

-Trust me, it is.

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Scott Perlman

Scott Peenman (born January 12, 1967 in New York City, New York), is a former professional baseball player, and served as a starter/relief pitcher for the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the Israel Baseball League. He bats and throws righthanded. As a professional, he played one season for the Blue Sox and finished the 2007 season 3-2 with 1 save, and allowed only 1 of 13 inherited runners to score which led the league. Perlman also served as the team's pitching and 3rd base coach under manager Ron Blomberg and interim manager Eric Holtz, helping to lead the Blue Sox to the IBL Championship in the leagues inaugural season. He was selected to represent the Blue Sox as a member of the 2007 All-Star team. Perlman, along with several members of the Israel Baseball League appeared in the documentary film "Holy Land Hardball", that chronicled the formation of the first professional baseball league in the Middle East. Perlman attended The Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York. According to the 1984 Hackley Yearbook, Perlman finished his senior year with a .561 batting average and a 4-2 record as a pitcher. He was named team MVP, and was selected to the All Ivy League team. Perlman played three seasons of NCAA baseball for the Union College(N.Y.) Flying Dutchmen where he was 4-0 with 1 save as a reliever and spot starter. In 1987 he was a member of the Dutchmen team that set the then school record for wins, and won the ECAC division III championship. Perlman began his post graduate career in the Westchester Baseball Association for Burt's Bombers, then later for the Greenburgh Athletics and Eastchester Monarchs. He performed for 19 seasons as a member of the Pleasantville Red Sox in the Wetchester Rockland Wood Bat League, the oldest all wood bat league in Westchester County, N.Y. Perlman appeared in seven WRWBL All-Star games over his career, and 15 in his Red Sox career. He finished with a record of 125-34 with 1112 strikeouts, 187 walks, and a lifetime ERA of 1.81. In all, Perlman appeared as a pitcher in 214 games for Pleasantville since beginning in 1991, and left with the most wins of any pitcher in the WRWBL since the league changed from metal to a wood bat format in 1999 (56-21). His list of personal accolades includes earning two defensive awards for fielding on the mound, winning the league's ERA title on six separate occasions, posting the most wins of any pitcher in 1992-1996 and 2002 and leading the league in strikeouts in 1992, 1994-1997 and 2000. He was a five-time league champion in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000 winning the Championship Most Outstanding Player in 2000 for his two wins in that series. His number #24 was retired by the Red Sox in 2009. Perlman was selected to enter the Westchester/Rockland Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2008 Perlman signed with, the Kensico Mud Hens in the Hutchinson River Baseball League. He was selected to the All-Star team in 2016 at age 49. As a member of the Mud Hens was part of four league championship teams in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. In 2017, Perlman signed with a Mount Vernon Lumberjacks team which went on to win the renamed Tri-County Baseball Association Championship. more…

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