Nine Page #2

Synopsis: Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands.
Director(s): Rob Marshall
Production: The Weinstein Co.
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 56 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2009
118 min
$19,628,665
Website
527 Views


for the good of many.

You, coward!

Seven.

Your path takes us to catastrophe.

- We have to go back.

- Back, where?

To the first room, where I woke.

Can't he see, he's way

only brings trouble...

I mean what good

comes from all of this?

I know what we need.

I know what's right.

No, no, you can't be.

No, no!

Find them.

Don't look in the eyes.

Five!

- Seven!

- Nine!

- We have to go after them.

- What?

- Eight. Where's, eight?

- That thing has them.

It's taking them back to the machine.

Then it's too late.

Wait, wait we have to get out of here.

We must try to find another safe place.

No more hiding.

We're going after them! All of us.

Need I remind you, of the outcome

of your last heroic adventure?

I can't let this happen to them.

- I'm going in.

- I'm coming with you.

No, I need you here.

If I don't make it back...

destroy it.

Wait, How?

Come on, then. Let's hear it,

what's your brilliant scheme?

We'll need a full barrel.

Hey, over here!

- Where are they?

- It's taking too long.

- We have to do it now!

- No, they need more time.

Help me pull it down.

- They're coming. They're coming!

- Help.

Help.

No! Not yet.

- Let go, you fool.

- Five!

We're coming!

Now!

Good riddance.

It's done.

Thank you.

The machine, everybody!

The machine! It's still alive!

No!

There's nothing we can do.

Help!

Please! No, no!

No!

It's not.

To the bridge!

No! They're trapped! They're trapped inside.

Six, come on! Get on the bridge.

No, stop! You

mustn't destroy it.

- Get away, Six!

- You mustn't destroy it. Don't destroy it.

They're trapped, they're

trapped! They're inside!

Come on.

Go back, to the first room!

He'll show you. The source.

- It must be destroyed.

- No, no we can't.

Didn't you hear him?

They're trapped inside.

- We can still save them.

- What?

- How?

- We have to find the source.

It holds the answers.

- We need to destroy it.

- But there's still a chance.

We're out of time.

Nine...

they're gone.

You are wrong.

- Nine...

- Let him go.

Greetings, Nine.

It had such promise, my great machine.

It was meant to be

an instrument of progress.

of creation...

that was the agreement our,

chancellor failed to honour.

But the fault is hardly

his alone to bear.

The machine was born

purely of my intellect.

Which I now know, was not enough.

My creation was hopelessly

flawed and indeed dangerous.

It lacked a human soul.

and could easily be corrupted

by those who controlled it.

That is why, I'm making each of you.

You're all that's left, of humanity.

You are all of the pieces of my soul.

Together, you and this device,

shall protect the future.

Look closely, and remember what you see.

Fire!

No!

I now know the truth!

The scientist.

It's the scientist.

He's the source.

He gave us his soul.

We are him.

Load the cannon.

Stop! You'll destroy the talisman.

It's too late.

Quick, quick get in.

We need to take the talisman

above the machine.

It can be used against it.

lower it to me.

- Then you'll have a chance.

- Enough, Nine, don't do this.

- What if you're wrong?

- I'll show you how to use it.

It'll be okay.

This is the sequence.

No!

Please, we can't do this without you.

They all died because of me.

I started this, and now

I need to finish it.

They left us nothing.

Nothing.

Why do we have to right their wrongs?

Sometimes, one must be sacrificed.

No!

You did it.

No, I didn't.

Not yet.

They're free now.

What happens next?

I'm not sure, exactly.

But this world is ours now.

It's what we make of it.

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Michael Tolkin

Michael L. Tolkin (born October 17, 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Player (1992), which he adapted from his novel of the same name (1988), and for which he received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (1993). The Return of the Player, followed (2006). more…

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