Rememory

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[wind rustling trees]

-[laughing]

-On the house.

Welcome back, Dash! Hiya, Sam.

Hey, uh, we've got a real,

live rock star in the house!

Where?

-[cheers, applause]

-Hey...

-Thanks, Freddie! Cheers!

-Cheers.

You must be happy to

have this fool back.

Mm! You have no idea, Freddie.

You know, at a certain

point, I need new stories

to continue living

vicariously through him.

-Oh...

-Hello.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Every day a new city,

new ladies, but

that gets tiring.

-Tiring?

-So tiring. This poor guy!

Okay. Okay, you're right.

It's awesome.

I hate you.

But know what I want

more than anything?

What?

-To dig up worms...

-Oh, man!

...and go fishing with my

brother like when we were kids!

I'm going fishing

with my brother!

Okay.

Another round, Freddie!

-Whew.

-Whoo!

[cheers]

-Oh, man, those drums.

-This one's for you!

We're in-- Just look at all the people.

Sing, go. Go.

You have to do it running

But you do everything

that they ask you to

'Cause you don't mind seeing

yourself in a picture

As long as you look far away

As long as you look removed...

This is the part I know.

This is the part I know!

- Showered and blue-blazered...

-Now you got it!

- Fill yourself with quarters...

- What does that mean?

-I don't know.

- Showered and blue-blazered

You get mistaken for strangers

by your own friends

When you pass them at night

Under the silvery,

silvery Citibank lights

Arm in arm in arm and eyes

and eyes glazing over

- Under - Under

Under?

-Over, over!

-No, it doesn't mean that.

Another un-innocent,

elegant fall

Into the un-magnificent

lives of adults

- Showered and

blue-blazered -[clicks]

Fill yourself with quarters

[crashing]

[high-pitched ringing]

[metal creaking]

[Dash humming]

Dash...

Oh, no.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

You're pinned.

[grunts in exertion]

[continues humming]

What are you... What

are you saying, Dash?

I-I-I can't understand

what you're saying.

Somebody help me!

Please!

Help me!

Good morning.

Why don't I put you up here.

That's a good view.

There you go.

[sea birds calling]

[Gordon] Memory is

the ultimate definer

of our lives.

For what are our lives, but

a collection of memories...

memories of events,

experiences, emotions...

all stamped onto our

nervous systems,

all leading to here and now,

making us each the

person we are today.

Without them, the present

would be void of context.

And complete.

Now, I want you to

close your eyes

and think of a memory you

associate with your youth.

Happy birthday!

Just let it come, unfiltered.

Now think of a memory

that makes you happy.

Now consider the most painful

memory of your life.

Now open your eyes.

The moments of your lives...

that make a life...

that define you.

We tend to think of memories

as these filed-away facts

stored safely in the

brain, when in actuality,

everything that's

happened to you

since the event you remember

has altered the

memory of that event,

providing a new filter through

which you experience it,

a filter that

changes, and forgets,

and exaggerates, and

combines, and morphs.

But the pure experience does

still exist within you,

for your brain has the ability

to remember every event

that's ever happened to you,

down to the greatest of detail.

The problem is you have

no way of recalling it,

no way to clear the

filters of time

and get back to the truth.

Until now.

The Rememory machine

allows people

to experience the

truth of their lives.

What you're seeing before you

are actual extracted memories

from our test group.

[skateboard rolling]

[girl] Mom! Mom!

Good morning, birthday boy.

[woman] Please.

Quite simply, this device allows people

to experience the real event again

by extracting and transcribing

the actual memory

from their brain

and displaying it before them,

providing the opportunity

to understand

and, more importantly,

cope with their past.

Pure, uncluttered,

unfiltered truth.

Thank you very much for coming.

[applause]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

You tapped into the

personal, Gordon,

and that is how you

change the world.

-We need more time.

-But why?

You've done what

you set out to do.

After what Neil just disclosed minutes

before I had to go out there!

He shouldn't have put such

a concern before you.

I have a right to know!

It in no way changes

the science.

Then why did you

keep it from me?

I wish you'd see that

I was protecting you.

I'll tie up all the loose ends.

All the research indicates

the machine is safe.

I want more time. Those

patients are my responsibility.

Look, Gordon, you are

a brilliant man.

You've developed

something extraordinary,

something that will rival the

world's greatest inventions.

It will perfect the legal

system, cure Alzheimer's,

but more importantly,

it'll help people heal.

Focus on the good it'll bring.

Be proud.

That prototype is our future.

Hi, thank you. Thank

you for coming.

Thank you for coming.

-Gordon?

-Not here, Wendy.

I want them back.

They're not here. They're

locked away at my house.

Well, get them. Gordon,

you have no right...

Ahem.

...to project my past in front

of people I don't even know.

You knew exactly

what this entailed,

and you know they're needed

to verify the research.

I didn't know what you'd find.

And that you'd use them

to manipulate me...

You know that's not

what happened.

What happened, Gordon?

What happened?

Gordon, please, just tell me.

Wendy... I'm sorry.

-[sea birds calling]

-[laughter]

-[Gordon] Here she comes.

-[Carolyn] Here she comes.

[girl] Let's take a picture.

Is it picture time?

-Get... Get ready!

-Okay!

This is gotta be good,

don't mess it up.

-Make sure you frame us!

-Get together!

-Okay, we're together. -Don't

forget to smile. Say cheese!

[both] Cheese!

[Carolyn chuckles]

Daddy, come on! Let's

go build a sandcastle!

I can't think of a time in my

life when I've been happier.

Me neither.

Everything is in

its right place.

Gordon. Gordon.

[Todd] Gordon!

[sighs, sniffles]

Todd, what are you doing here?

-We should talk.

-Uhh...

This isn't entirely appropriate.

What can I do for you?

-You brought things back...

-To help you work through them.

Things that should've

stayed buried in the past.

It's a process, Todd. It can be difficult.

I've explained that.

-You f***ed up my head!

-No. No, I didn't, Todd.

You came to me hurt and injured.

We're moving forward...

[tsking] No. No, you...

You came to me.

My life? My life

was better before.

You ruined my life,

and now you're gonna

make a bunch of money?

Todd. Todd, listen to me.

Jesus, Todd!

[beeps]

[car door closes]

[sniffles]

[machine bloops]

I can't think of a time in my

life when I've been happier.

Me neither.

Everything in its right place.

[Carolyn laughs]

[thunder rumbling]

No bullet wounds.

Yes, but those are bullet

holes, aren't they?

Mm-hmm.

Well, they weren't

there yesterday.

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