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and Smithie site's been started...

We might go over some of the scenes

that take place there.

Not the love scene, of course, but some of

the earlier scenes

that indicate so beautifully your character.

Lets take, for instance,

scene 35...

...the scene where Devon...

you arrive,

...Billy, at Smithie's house to find Sue,

- Nikki- looking out the window.

I remember the scene

Well...

...we'll go through it...

...and then we'll maybe take it on

the set and plug it out as possible

I guess we should just jump right in?

- That would be jolly good.

- Ok

And, I'll start it off...

...on page 57.

Nikki, this is just a rough run-through

So don't be hard on yourself...

- I am expecting from you, an Academy Award

performance, right out of the gate, so...

Thanks, Devon.

Get going, please

I didn't think you'd be here...

No, of course you wouldn't

...that's because you...

what

what do you want?

I said some things last night

as you know.

Yeah.

And I want to apologize

- Apologize?

- Yeah.

The things you said weren't the truth?

I didn't say that

Were they the truth?

Are you crying?

Uh huh...

Yeah

Are you sorry about last night?

Are you?

Why are you crying?

I'm sorry, Billy.

I'm so sorry

what?

OH, sh*t.

Look in the other room.

What is that?

Freddy!

No, someone's there.

This stage is ours and ours alone.

Well, let's have a look.

Who was it?

Disappeared where it's

real hard to disappear.

Maybe we should talk,

maybe this is the time.

Let's be serious for a moment

about something other than this scene.

why?

- what is it?

Sit down, I'll tell you.

It was Freddy who

first heard about it

If you have an assistant who can hold his

liquor, then...

...Freddy can do that with the best of them.

Somebody's got to do it,

Gable's dead.

Now, Freddy is purposefully out and about

gathering what in this business...

...is the most valuable commodity...

...information.

Information is indispensable.

You probably know this from your own lives..

...we all have people who gather...

agents, friends, producers...

And sometimes they share,

...sometimes not.

Politics, ego,

...fear...

Kingsley?

sometimes I just isn't told the whole story.

Kingsley, get to the point.

"On High In Blue Tomorrows"

it is, in fact, a remake.

It's a remake?

I wouldn't do a remake.

No, no no, I know, of course,

But you didn't know

The original was a differrent name.

Started, but never finished.

Now, Freddy has found out

that our producers...

...Know the history of this film and have takenit upon

themselves not to pass on that information to us.

Purposefully

Not on me, and I assume not the two of you...

True?

No, absolutely

Nobody told me anything.

No. Me neither.

I thought this was

an original script.

Yeah, well...

Anyway, the film

it was never finished...

Something happened before

the film was finished.

I don'tot understand.

why wasn't it finished?

Well, after the characters

had been filming for some time,

...they discovered something... something...

inside the history.

Please, Kingsley.

The two leads,

were murdered.

It was based on a Polish-gypsy folk tale.

The title in German was

"Fier Sieben".

"Four Seven".

And it was said to be cursed.

...so it turned out to be.

What?

Did you understand what I said?

I don't understand.

Hmm, you don't speak Polish.

No.

Half of it...

I think she understands more

than she lets on...

But I don't speak it.

Take a seat.

What's this all about?

I've been hypnotized,

or something

Hypnotized?

And I'm...

I'm...

I'm going to kill someone.

Oh, yeah?

Who you going to kill?

I don't know.

Who hypnotized you?

The saw him looking at me once when I...

...when I looked

around the bar, and...

He done moved his hands...

...and he said that I...

...which I would'nt know who I was.

How are you going to kill

this person?

With a screwdriver

Your wife...

I've been with her since

I was a little boy.

A little boy?

Nothin' little about you now...

As far as I heard, that is.

why are you doin this?

Doin what?

Don't play dumb with me, Billy.

I got husband.

You got a wife

and two kids.

why are you doin this?

'cause I never met you before.

what?

I didn't know you before

I never had this feeling.

You have it too...

Don't you?

I can't afford to, Billy.

All I see from this is blue tomorrows

OK, cuts.

That was brilliant

We're moving on...

Check the gate please.

Camera reload.

- Good, good.

- 27 for lunch.

- Did you feel good about

it? - Yeah, I felt great. - Ok

So we're going to leave this lovely weather?

- Freddy, did you have an ashtray..

- I had one...

Going well?

Very well, thank you, Freddy.

Very enjoyable

Enjoyable, yes,

thats is the word.

Are you enjoying yourself Freddy?

Well, there is a vast

network, right?

An ocean of possibilities

I like dogs.

It used to raise rabbits

I've always loved animals.

Their nature...

...how they think...

I saw dogs reason their way

out of problems.

watched them think through the

trickiest situation.

Do you have a couple of bucks I can borrow?

I've got this terrible landlord.

Thanks.

I got a lot of nerve, I know.

It seems like only yesterday

I was carrying my own weight.

is the 19 year old neice...

Ever since we went into pre-production,

she's been

...fascinated by Smithie.

Keeps going on and on about Smithie...

...asking in that ancient

foreign voice of hers

Who is playing Smithie?

Where did everyone go?

Sorry she taken

Mr. Berg upstairs

Alright.

I listen to you, but...

...I don't hear him.

Excatly sure what your getting in?

I am going to put my arm around you

I want to hold you close. You don't mind that, do you?

What do you mean?

Sometimes people don't say exactly

what they mean

And you have been guilty of

this all evening.

Now, I'll tell you something.

And I will mean,

...everything I say.

My wife is not a free agent.

I don't allow her that.

The bonds of marriage

are real bonds.

The vows we take,

...we honor and enforce them.

For our selves, by ourselves, or,

if necessary,

they are enforced for us.

Either way, she is...

...bound.

Do you understand this?

There are consequences to one's actions.

And there would, for certain, be consequences to...

...wrong actions.

Dark, they would be, and...

...inescapable.

why instigate a need to suffer?

Bucky J, are you there?

- Is he there?

- Yes, he is there.

I'd say we haven't still got the 2K quite in the right place

I think I'd say up about 2 feet, you'd know better than me.

But it's still...

Boss, you want the 2K down?

Want it down?

Yeah, I'd say about 2 foot down Bucky.

How much you want it to do down?

Yeah, a bit more...

- Keep...

- How far?

Another foot Bucky.

I haven't even touched it yet.

Well then put it 2 foot from where it is...

no, a foot down from where it is Bucky.

"... oss".

What?

Got it, boss.

Bucky, I... Bucky just lower it 2 foot, would you?

From there.

No, Bucky.

It's going up.

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