Matinee Page #8

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Ants.

American movies.

Where is he?

You see, uh, gene and this

girl Sandra got stuck in a --

Sandra?

My Sandra?

Good lord!

Bill,

put that down!

Hey, quit it,

you guys!

Whoa, young man.

I want you to wait

for me right here.

Don't you move.

Don't move!

[Banging]

There's

something alive.

They want to get in.

We have to let them in!

But the radiation.

That doesn't matter!

Sandra?

What are you doing?

Oh, Rhonda!

Mom!

Oh, my God!

Are you okay?

Looks like

he's doin' okay to me.

Thank you.

We thought everyone else

was dead.

You were acting like everyone

was dead. Your little brother

has been terrified!

No, mom --

excuse me!

Excuse me, excuse me.

Stan, do you really have

one of those shelters

at your house?

Yeah, down

in the basement.

He usually doesn't

even meet people.

Is the boy military?

Oh, God.

Well, it's rough, kid.

But on the plus side

the world's still here.

[Rumbling]

No, no, no!

It's just that stupid kid.

He's going crazy

with my stuff.

Where'd he go?

It lost us.

[Screaming]

There he is!

Stop him!

Someone stop him!

- He's got that woman!

- She's a nurse!

Where's he taking her?

- After him!

- But it's so --

so what? Do you know

what something like that

will do to a human woman?

I told Larry I'm

not doing this!

Don't put a hand on me.

Come on!

Put me down!

Beautiful, beautiful!

You're not even going

the right way, you jerk!

You're supposed

to go out the lobby!

Hey, what're you --

put me down, you moron!

[Screaming]

That woolsey's

a genius.

[chuckling]

You can't drop an atomic bomb

on Chicago!

We've evacuated the

civilians to a safe place.

[Flanken]

Safe from fallout,

from radiation poisoning?

No more screamin'

or I'll cut you!

There they are.

[Flanken]

He's just a bug,

a big bug.

He's got a knife!

And it's a big knife.

Give me the money fast!

[General]

A million dollars worth

of radar can't track it.

Enough fire power

to wipe out a regiment

can't even scratch it.

Come on, Sherry.

You're comin' with me!

We're going far away.

Please don't hurt her!

Come on!

We belong out there.

It's like a poem I wrote:

The road, the sacred pavement.

We are the traffic.

We are what we traffic in.

And the truck stops here.

It's no skin off my asphalt.

It's just a line,

just a yellow line.

No!

My socks are red

and I'm ready to ride.

What does she see

in that guy?

Hold it, son.

We'll call the police.

Give me the police.

[rumbling]

It's still shaking.

Feel it?

Help me, somebody!

Help!

Somebody help me!

Stop!

Once we so cleverly let that

atomic genie out of its bottle,

there is no putting it back,

gentlemen.

[Woolsey]

Wow, that thing's

ready to drop.

We gotta get everybody

off of there.

Do we turn off

the movie?

Then they stomp.

Come on!

It's a

different world now...

From the one we knew

only a few short years ago.

What's going on?

We're gonna have to get a little

ahead of the picture here.

Make sure

the aisles are clear.

Open the back doors,

will ya, hon?

Kid, heat up number two

for me, will ya?

Why would you want to examine me

now when bill is out there...

Clear the aisles.

Take your seats. I saw that.

And the army's sending missiles?

Your appointment is today.

People always find a reason

to put it off.

That's the thing people

like to do.

Um, yes, but after

everything that's happened,

maybe you --

maybe I'm what?

Unfit to work on people's

precious little teeth?

[Shouting]

Why are you keeping

your hand --

because it's not my hand.

It's not a hand at all!

Not since bill bit me!

[Scream]

[Explosion]

[Screaming]

Jesus!

This is it!

[Screaming]

Hey! Hey, look!

It's still here.

I don't believe it.

It's all still here.

It's all right.

What the hell

are you doin'?

They had the atomic bomb!

I thought the world

was gonna end.

Man, I'm seein' this twice!

Guys, let's go.

No tripping.

Nurse, this guy fainted.

You're right.

Everybody, let's go.

Out that door.

[Engine revving]

[Sherry]

Harvey, watch out!

[honking]

Stay back, stay back!

Sherry?

Sherry?

Stan!

Oh, thank God you got here.

I was so scared!

You were wonderful!

I was?

Dennis? Dennis?

He was down here!

Dennis?

Dennis?

[Creaking]

Mom!

Help.

Dennis!

Ohh!

[Quietly]

Dennis, hold out

your hand.

Give me your hand.

Come on.

Give me your hand.

[Creaking]

Okay. That's it.

Come on.

Nice and slowly.

Come on. Come on.

Reach for me.

[Gasp]

Gene!

That's it.

[Screaming]

Mom! Gene!

Help me!

Gene, pull me up.

Please!

[Mom]

Pull him up, okay?

Ohh!

Pull me up!

[Dennis]

It's burning.

No, it's not.

There's no fire

in there.

No, I turned it off.

Folks, we won't be having

a second show today.

You're kidding!

What?

We will be giving you a free

pass to a future presentation.

My son's been

waiting three weeks

to see this movie!

You tell him

he can't see this movie!

Hey, woolsey!

This crowd is

turning into a mob.

Congratulations.

Let me ask you something.

Excuse me.

Do you own that process?

Yep. It's something

I've been working on.

Some of it's stage lighting,

some magic show stuff.

But the big studios,

none of them have

anything like it.

You know why?

They're dinosaurs!

No vision.

They were scared,

weren't they?

Terrified.

Might even want to

tone it down a little.

Sure.

Normally you can let the

people leave the theater

at their own pace.

Easier on the carpets,

you know what I mean?

Also, I'm still concerned

about that bomb thing.

Little question of taste?

No, no. But your younger patrons,

you could have some seat wetness.

This I see as a drawback.

Right. Hey.

You know what wouldn't be bad?

Ghosts. They come

through the screen,

fly over the audience.

Ghosts that drip blood!

Drip it on the audience.

That was my thought.

I can see it all now.

"Blood-o-scope," "bleed-o-rama."

You wrecked my theater.

I did not! He did.

Sherry!

Sherry!

It was great,

Mr. woolsey.

It's kinda hard to believe

that you're a grown-up.

No kidding.

You think grown-ups know

what they're doing?

That's a hustle, kid.

Grown-ups are making

it up as they go along

just like you do.

You remember that,

you'll be fine.

That's beautiful, Mr. woolsey.

No trouble.

Nurse.

But he --

will you stop worrying?

The insurance will cover it.

In fact, I'd leave

the balcony out. I'd put

two more screens up there.

The sound leaks,

and people will hear two

pictures for the price of one.

The wave of the future!

[Gene] I'll call you.

[sandra]

I'll call you too.

[Mom] Nice to meet you.

[rhonda]

Yes, good-bye.

[Tv]

The announcement came

in a communique...

From chairman khrushchev

to president Kennedy,

saying that the soviets would

dismantle the missiles on Cuba,

and return them

to the soviet union.

Quoting, "to

give reassurance...

Gene, Dennis!

"To all people

who crave peace,

come in here!

"And to reassure

the American people,

"all of whom, I am certain

also want peace...

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