Project X
- PG
- Year:
- 1987
- 108 min
- 1,103 Views
( birds twittering )
( monkey chittering )
( twig snaps )
( hawk screeching )
( screeching )
( gunshot )
Cover me
When I run
Cover me
Through the fire
Something knocked me
Off the trees
Now I'm on my knees
Cover me
Darling, please
Hey, hey, monkey
Monkey,
monkey
Don't you know you're gonna
shock the monkey?
Hey, hey, shock the monkey
Hey, hey, yeah...
Le patron?
Monkey
The wheels keep turning...
Ah, Richard.
Monkey
Something's burning...
( indistinct chatter )
Monkey, don't like it
But I guess I'm learning
Shock
Shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt,
monkey
Shock
Shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt,
monkey...
Woman:
You'd think that giventhe number of animals
the government buys in a year,
you'd honor a long-time understanding.
Man:
Listen, lady, I treat all of mycustomers the same,
whether it's the government
or the circus.
These are young, healthy chimps,
and you don't come by them every day.
- Hey, Pop, look what we got.
- Please, Melvin, not now. I'm busy.
Let's tag these for delivery:
Northeast Institute, food and drug.
Yerkes, hepatitis.
Johns Hopkins, cancer.
No, send that one to Hopkins.
This little guy goes
to the University of Wisconsin,
the department of psychology.
Shock the monkey,
shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life.
Good morning, little one.
Now don't be afraid.
No one's going to hurt you.
Teri, come and meet
your new student.
Now don't take it personally
if he doesn't like you right away.
He will, but sometimes the chemistry
takes a little bit of time to work out.
We have a tendency
to expect these--
( both chuckle )
As I was saying...
( monkey coos )
- Hi.
- My, my, my.
Hi.
Virgil, look.
Virgil, look what I have-- apple.
Yes, that's good.
Look, apple.
Do you want it?
That's good, but--
Virgil, Virgil, look.
Apple.
You don't want it?
( sighs )
Virgil, look.
Apple. Apple.
Apple.
Virgil, Virgil,
apple.
You don't want this?
Apple.
Apple.
Virgil, look.
This means "apple."
Look, look.
( Teri sighs )
Fine.
- Fine. Bye.
All right, all right.
Mm-mm-mm.
Good. Clean. Right.
No, it's not food time.
You just ate.
No, no, it's not playtime either.
It's work time.
Come on.
Virgil, look.
Where's the dog?
Where is he?
Good. Good. Dog in.
Now where is he?
Where is he?
Good. Dog out.
Who am I?
Who am I?
Do you remember?
"Yellow hair." Do you remember?
Teri?
( laughs )
Good. Yellow hair.
That's right. Good.
What's this?
Help? No. Look.
Help? I don't know
what that means.
Help what?
Help fly?
You mean this?
( chittering )
Shh shh shh.
No, it's not playtime.
No, it's Teri's work time.
Hey, enough.
( Virgil whimpering )
Okay, how about
if I write your name on it?
Then it will be Virgil's alligator.
Look.
No, no, it's not playtime.
All right, it's playtime.
Fast break, fast break.
Hurry. Ready?
Put it in, hurry.
Dunk it.
Hurry, hurry.
Good, good, good.
Dr. Criswell.
What's up?
Good morning, Teri.
I just heard from the NHF.
They've decided
not to renew your grant.
Hey, Virgil.
I'm really, truly sorry.
At least you have enough material
to write your thesis.
- And I think I can get the department--
- Wait a minute.
Here. Here you go.
Want to color?
Want to color?
Look.
It's okay. It's okay.
( muffled conversation )
All of us here recognize how
remarkable the work you've done is.
And you know you have a good shot
at a position on this faculty.
They're not
taking Virgil away.
Teri, don't throw all that away because
of an attachment to this animal.
Bring them here.
Let them see how much he's learned.
- When they see how much he's learned--
- They don't care.
I've been on the phone
with them all morning.
- It's like talking to a brick wall.
- Well, I don't care.
I'm keeping him.
The National Health Foundation
owns him.
I'll buy him.
And where are you going to find
the $15,000?
I'll raise it.
Not to mention
the $10,000 a year
for food and a veterinarian?
Come on.
I'll get it.
We all knew this was a temporary
arrangement when he got here.
I raised him.
He doesn't know anybody but me.
He's not gonna understand
what's happening.
There's a new children's zoo
in Houston.
sent there.
He'll be well cared for
and well loved.
( chittering )
Well, hello, my man.
You're in the air force now.
( monkeys chittering )
( monkeys screeching )
( typewriter keys clacking )
This is it. I'm through.
I'm dead. I'm done.
You've got to come up
with something.
They'll never let me fly again.
They're gonna
ground me forever.
Ground you?
You stole an airplane
from the air force.
You had a girl and an open bottle
of champagne in the cockpit.
I'm screwed.
You're gonna be lucky
if they let you walk again.
- So what are you gonna say?
- I don't know.
Okay, look.
Tell the colonel this girl is, like,
terrified of flying.
She had a brother who was killed
in a plane crash.
He got shot down in Vietnam.
So you took her up in your plane
to get her over the fear.
That's the stupidest thing
I ever heard.
You're right.
You're screwed.
Come on, Garrett, let's get cleaned up.
You gotta go see the colonel.
- So what are you gonna do?
- The onIy thing I can do--
I'm gonna go in there. I'm gonna look
him in the eye and tell him the truth.
Well, my girlfriend's brother was
a fighter jock in Vietnam
and he got shot down
over Hai Phong.
Anyway, ever since then,
she's had this horrible fear of flying.
And I thought that the best way
to get her over it
was to take her up and bring her
back down again safe and sound.
In other words,
you did it to get laid.
I suppose
that's not entirely untrue.
Are you any relation
to Jake Garrett?
He was my father, sir.
So why didn't you go
to the Air Force Academy?
Well, I did.
I was asked to Ieave
during my second year.
My instructors felt
that I was spending too much time
concentrating on football.
Football?
Well, I wasn't actually
on the team.
I was more of a statistician--
you know, player evaluation,
team comparisons--
that kind of thing.
I ran a betting pool.
I am relieving you of your duty
with the civil air patrol,
and I am reassigning you
until you can learn
to obey orders.
"Experimental Pilot
Performance Project."
Don't screw it up.
No, sir.
( dog barking )
( knocks on door )
Airman Garrett
reporting for duty, sir.
How do you do?
I'm Dr. Carroll.
Get Krieger for me,
would you?
Woman:
Yes, sir.Civil air patrol.
So you've got some flying experience.
That's terrific.
That should be very useful.
Sergeant, this is Airman Garrett.
He'll be joining
Take him down to the vivarium
and get him started.
Oh, the F-20 flight simulations
finally came through.
Drop them off at
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