Paul Is Dead Page #4

Synopsis: Pupil Tobias is a big Beatles fan. He knows everything about his favourite group. All the pieces of trivia he has collected seem to be pieces of a puzzle which lead to the only possible conclusion: Paul McCartney has died early and was replaced with a double by the band's management. Now Tobias has to communicate his findings.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Henk Handloegten
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Year:
2000
75 min
44 Views


- You were right.

The real Paul McCartney would have been

And what does LMW mean?

Simple:
Linda McCartney Weeps.

So, Linda is crying because Paul is dead.

So, the bizarreness of the story

shows just how insane it is!

On the 8th of August 1969,

Paul was 27 years old, not 28.

When it comes to answering my question,

it's best to give John Lennon his say.

...about that line in "Strawberry Fields"

at the end, "I buried Paul"

It doesn't say that. It says "Cranberry sauce"...

and it's me going "Cranberry sauce"...

"Cranberry sauce" instead of "I buried Paul".

Cranberry sauce instead of "I buried Paul".

Well, I'm sorry friends,

that's how life is sometimes.

Cranberry sauce...?

But that makes no sense at all!

You believed him! Roger pranked him

completely, and you believed him.

Tell me, what kind of a sh*t have you been

telling me? I made a total fool of myself!

But I saw the Beetle!

He was here!

Forget it!

I'm going to the toilet again.

- Okay.

Roger?

- Hey! - Hey!

How's Tobias?

Ever since you told him this "Paul is dead" story,

he's been even more annoying than before.

Really, he doesn't talk about

anything else anymore. - Still?

Not even Alan Bangs

can pull him away from this sh*t!

He doesn't eat and barely sleeps.

- Hopefully it'll soon subside.

Have fun!

That was Sthrenberg.

- Tessa?

I don't want to name her, but the woman

doesn't pick up on anything.

You've won her over? Great!

Do we want to go?

Hello Tessa!

Do you already have something

going on this evening?

Can you please tell me what this is about?

You don't understand anything at all.

Nothing is as it was before, got it?

W... yes but... listen...

Forget it, just forget it!

Don't follow me!

Yes, but...

- Leave me alone!

Just leave it. As it is.

Then get lost! I don't care.

Hello?

Roger?

Are you there?

I'm coming in!

Hello! I'm coming in now!

Roger?

Hello?

Tobias?

Tobias?

Tobias?

Mom!

Night, Sweetie!

Night, Mom!

Um, Mom?

Should I leave the hallway light on?

And the door ajar.

Like this?

- Little more.

Like this?

- Little less.

Like that?

- That's good.

Night, Tobias!

- Night, Mom!

Hello Helmut!

- Hello!

Shall we meet later at the bridge?

- Okay.

Hello!

Is this 7C?

- Yes, come in. Sit down!

I'll read you the schedule.

So... next week goes as follows:

Monday, first hour mathematics

with Mr. Jasnig. Second, biology...

Can you give me something to write with?

Here.

- Thanks.

Fourth hour...

...Music with Mrs. Hoffmeister.

And today your class begins in the 2nd hour

with English with Mr. Reash.

Here!

I would like to introduce someone to you.

This is... Mr. Reash.

From Liverpool in England.

He's a student teacher and will take over

your lessons for the next 3 months.

Please, Mr. Reash!

- Thanks.

Good luck!

- Thank you!

Okay.

So... my German is not so good.

Where I come from, people have

no formal form of "you".

First thing you'll learn:

everyone says "you" informally in English.

Forget "Mister Reash" - It's not important.

I'm not here to speak German,

but rather English.

And so that I get to know you,

I must know your names.

I'll give you English names,

then you'll feel more English.

What is your name?

Well, I think for you,

Paul could be suitable.

Is that okay? Paul?

And yours? What's your name?

Ringo.

My father is now in the hospital.

And do you see him often?

Sure, what do you think?

It's not so far away.

And Tessa?

Nope.

Hey!

He's here!

He's here!

I've seen him. He wants...

Man, haven't you figured it out yet?

The guy is named Billy Reash.

How do you know that?

- From Roger.

Roger is lying! They're in cahoots!

The two of them...

Tobias, he's your English teacher,

not a murderer.

He's not an English teacher,

he's only pretending!

You don't have him for English,

you still have Mrs. Matterhorn!

But he knows what I know.

And he wants to do me in!

Get back to reality, mate!

You've been had. Got it?

Life goes on. There are things...

more important things.

But he has a gun!

And he shot at me!

Just forget it.

You can't just walk out on me!

Traitors!

And that was with Paul McCartney

with "Wonderful Christmas Time".

So, we now come again

to the young talent part of our show.

We already had Tobias Kerner from Nuzzlebox

in the studio a few months ago.

Mr. Kerner, good evening!

Good evening!

Well, a lot has happened since

the last time we were in the studio.

Tell us about it.

Yes, anyway, Nuzzlebox broke up.

Why?

Differences.

Musical or personal?

Musical and personal differences.

Yes, what are the other former members

up to? Are they still in contact?

Yes, barely... Till is my brother. But he's

no longer making music, neither is Helmut.

I had prepared for

an artistic hiatus at this time.

But now I have a band again.

We're called "Black and White".

Aha!

We have Harry Runge, on drums.

Harry Runge, who most listeners probably know

by his stage name, Ringo Rungee.

How did you get him?

Well, he appeared one day,

and we immediately hit it off.

Then we went right into the studio.

Yes, now we have other role models,

musically I mean.

It sounds like everything's

quite different than in Nuzzlebox.

Now we'll hear a piece from "Black and White".

What is this called?

"New York"

The piece is called "New York".

How long does it take from here to New York?

From here to Frankfurt

and then a six hour flight.

I'll be there by tomorrow evening.

Okay. We still have 20 minutes.

You may now hand out your gifts.

It's yule-club time, boys and girls!

What's the matter?

What then?

Turn on the radio!

Why?

New York.

It's now confirmed that John Winston Lennon...

former member of the Beatles,

was shot last night at 22:50 local time...

in front of his house, the Dakota Building

near Central Park, by an unidentified man.

Billy!

The attack was fatal for Lennon.

He died on the way to the hospital.

John Lennon was 40 years old.

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