Drowning by Numbers
- R
- Year:
- 1988
- 118 min
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One Antares
Two Capella
Three Canopus
Four Arcturus
Five Agreetor
Six Anektor
Seven Duendin
Eight Algerib
Nine Agena
Ten Lalandry
Eleven Vega
Twelve Golubin
Thirteen Spirro
Fourteen Capra
Fifteen Acrab
Sixteen Deneb
Seventeen Sapho
Eighteen Castor
Nineteen Pollux
Twenty Storcha
Twenty-one Algano
Twenty-two Spira
Twenty-three Salcis
Twenty-four Hoytan
Twenty-five Luper
Twenty-six MacKay
Twenty-seven Regulus
Twenty-eight Eiridani
Twenty-nine Tenna
Thirty Riga
Thirty-one Cursa
Thirty-two Thuba
Thirty-three Mett
Thirty-four Mack
Thirty-five Mez
Thirty-six Lap
Thirty-seven Zed
Thirty-eight Diss
Thirty-nine Bolse
Forty Daron
Forty-one Jeannus
Forty-two Touros
Forty-three Plin
Forty-four Paul
Forty-five Broma
Forty-six Branca
Forty-seven Bellatrix
Forty-eight Mirach
Forty-nine Almach
Fifty Caff
Fifty-one Corboda
Fifty-two Ceti
Fifty-three Cruzer
Fifty-four Spira
Fifty-five Schredder
Fifty-six Abiera
Fifty-seven Dipda
Fifty-eight Kracklite
Fifty-nine Salcis
Sixty Okkra
Sixty-one Bolstar
Sixty-two Beastal
Sixty-three Procis
Sixty-four Salamon
Sixty-five Groombridge
Sixty-six Betelguese
Sixty-seven Stobart
Sixty-eight Gobin
Sixty-nine Adnam
Seventy Boston
Seventy-one Scheet
Seventy-two Nath
Seventy-three Stratt
Seventy-four Kriss
Seventy-five Bosch
Seventy-six Louis
Seventy-seven Borick
Seventy-eight Crupel
Seventy-nine Indi
Eighty Smeltzer
Eighty-one Crucis
Eighty-two Banka
Eighty-three Altair
Eighty-four Nollar
Eighty-five Schrader
Eighty-six Fabriticus
Eighty-seven Lucius
Eighty-eight Kuellar
Eighty-nine Kitaj
Ninety Bethal
Ninety-one Britius
Ninety-two Colcis
Ninety-three Centaur
Ninety-four Sopul
Ninety-five Jonah
Ninety-six Vierny
Ninety-seven Ritback
Ninety-eight Rostra
Ninety-nine Procyon
and a hundred Elektra
What are you
doing up so late?
I'm counting
the stars.
Do you really know
all their names?
Yes I do.
How many did
you count ?
A hundred.
There are more
than a hundred.
I know.
Why did
you stop?
A hundred
is enough.
Once you've counted to a hundred,
all the other hundreds are the same.
Take your
clothes off girl.
My name's Nellie and there's not
room in that bath for two of us.
Who says two's
going in it?
I'm surprised you haven't
got a proper bath.
I like a
tin bath.
Take that light
further off.
What are you
frightened of?
Ashamed I might see your underwear?
Or aren't you wearing any?
I'm cold standing here!
I want a bath too!
There's one outside
under the apple tree.
Moonlight, Good
for the complexion
Oh Cissy!
We've been using
your soap.
Hey it's her birthday today,
and I took her out to celebrate.
Why don't you wish her
happy birthday Cissy.
She's as naked
as a new
born babe.
Nothing wrong with
that is there Cissy?
You're not supposed
to be here.
You're supposed to
be playing cards,
backgammon, newmarket and whist,
then 2 in a row ,
along with your friend...
Madgett...
Hey get a towel Cissy
she's drunk too much
If you play the
cards right Cissy
well you can get your clothes
off and come in here too.
I've had a wash
She gave me
one. Nancy...
One...
I've had a wash
already Cissy
Nancy gave
it to me
Nancy gave it to me,
lets play a game...
Three...
Smut
Get up and
answer the phone!
In the game of
dawn card castles,
52 playing cards
are stacked up into a
castle in a draft free space.
The player can determine
the dreams of the next night
if he awakes before
the castle collapses.
Those players who
wish to dream of romance
build their castles
with the 7 of hearts.
He's put a lot of
weight on recently.
You'll wake him and
he'll want to eat.
The only time he stops
eating is when he's asleep.
Is it warm
enough for this?
I phoned Madgett,
he didn't answer.
What did you want
to do that for?
I've just
drowned Jake.
Do all fat men
have little penises?
I don't know mother, I've not
known...what do you mean?
When you first met Hardy
did he have a moustache?
What do you mean you
just drowned Jake ?
I don't like
the beard.
No neither do I, I'm trying to
persuade him to shave it off.
What do you mean
you've just drowned Jake ?
Yes, I need your
help to move her.
- Move who?
- Nancy
Nancy who?
Nancy Gill, she
calls herself Nel.
What has she got to do with it?
Have you drowned her too?
He doesn't smell
very fresh, does he?
He looks pregnant,
I like these creases.
We better phone
Madgett again.
Perhaps he
can help us.
"Us", mother ?
The game "flights of Fancy"
or "Reverse Strip Jump"
is played
from as high a jumping point
as a competitor will dare.
After each
successful jump,
the competitor is
allowed to put on
an article
of clothing.
Damn!
What are we going to say
if we meet someone?
It depends
who it is.
"Morning, just taking Nancy home,
She could lose
some weight.
Everyone seems to
be getting fatter.
Jake must've thought things
were getting better all the time.
I was only 25 when
your father died.
And plump enough.
Look at
her thumbs.
Seamstresses thumbs,
well turned.
Was Jake interested
in thumbs?
Eh not especially
as I remember.
Mother are you
going to sneeze?
No, I can smell
something.
It's Smut.
Oh Madgett must keep him from
using that paint. It makes such a mess.
What's the smell?
It's gunpowder, Smut's been
celebrating our corpse.
Ah! It's
still wet.
Sheep are
especially sensitive
to the exact moment
of the turn of the tide.
In this game,
nine tethered sheep, react
pull on the stakes
jog the chairs and
rattle the tea cups.
Madgett, where the hell do
you keep all these sheep?
Don't you
like sheep?
Shoo them away if
you don't like them.
Bets are taken on
the combined sensitivity
of any line
of 3 sheep,
read vertically,
horizontally or diagonally.
Since there are normally
take the best of 3 results.
Reliable clocks, calendars
and timetables
are used to determine the
accuracy of the sheep's forecast.
Did you
remember?
Yes. Now they are
slightly damaged,
be careful.
Why didn't you answer
until the cock crows 3 times.
It's nice to see
you both so early.
How's Hardy?
He's alright.
What are
they doing?
They're playing
"Sheep and Tides".
Sheep are much maligned
don't you think?
Smut and I are testing
their intelligence.
It's an Old Testament game.
No it's not.
Isn't it?
Have some heart...
How's Jake?
No thank you...
and Jake's alright.
Mother, that's
not true.
What are you
doing Smut?
I'm counting the
hairs on the dog.
- What ever for?
- To see how many there are.
Madgett, I think you
ought to come and see Jake.
Smut
Go and give Gregory
and Teigan some tea.
What about
the sheep?
They need to be
thirsty to be useful.
Why do I have to
come and see Jake?
Is he dead?
Good lord, how
did you know?
I didn't.
I feel ill.
It's those
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