Slaughterhouse-Five Page #4

"and besides, there isn't

any war production in Dresden.

"Dresden is the town where our

little dancing figure came from.

Remember the one thatJohnny

knocked off the table and broke?"

"Dresden's never been bombed

because it isn't a military target,

"so we'll be safe there.

"Please write toJohnny

and give him all my love,

"and tell him I know we'll all

be back together again soon.

Tell him how proud

I am of him. "

Where is he? Your boy's

in the car, Mr. Pilgrim.

He's the only one

we actually caught.

They knocked over 14 gravestones, all told.

I can't understand

why he'd do such a thing.

Has he ever said anything

about Catholics?

- I mean, has he anything against them?

- We've got Catholic friends.

What will the McNalley's think? What

are we going to say to the McNalley's?

Mr. Pilgrim,

if I could see you up here.

My, God!

Why did he do it?

I don't want to take the

boy down to the station.

It might be

embarrassing to you.

- Maybe we could handle it in some other way.

- Thank you, Officer.

If you can get the damages from

the church, I'd pay for that.

I'll see what I can do.

And I'd like to show my appreciation by

giving you this for the policeman's fund.

You don't have to do that, Mr.

Pilgrim, but it's very generous of you.

I'll call you after we've been able

to determine the extent of the damages.

What's the matter, Billy?

You must be the greatest father in the world.

I love my son, Billy.

Guess that's all it takes.

Hey, you guys.

We're there.

It's beautiful.

I never saw anything like it. It's lovely.

It's the Land of Oz.

Herr Kommandant.

Where's kommandant?

I'm the American kommandant.

These men...

I'm the American...

Guess you better go.

Okay, men. Everybody

on the other side.

Ich bin

the American kommandant.

Perhaps you

understand English.

Back at the camp, the men

chose me... Go back in line.

I was told

to take charge.

Okay, fellas.

Move out. Move out.

Don't fool around

with any oo-la-las.

How can I cheat

with your old man around?

That won't be so hard.

We just make an agreement.

You don't talk, and I don't

talk. Daddy, shame on you!

Hey, come on, Billy.

We're on our way.

- Bye-bye, Barb. - Bye,

Val. - Have a good time.

Bye, sweetheart. Have a good

time. Bye. Bye, hon. Okay.

Bye.

I know there's

gonna be meetings,

but I really mostly

want you to enjoy yourself.

By God, you deserve it.

You really do.

Want me to tell you

a secret, huh?

I wouldn't tell anybody this,

of course, but...

when Valencia brought you home and wanted to

marry you, to tell you the honest-to-God truth,

I thought she'd brought home

a first-class loser!

I really thought that.

But you proved me wrong.

I'm the first

to admit it.

You proved

old Lionel wrong.

Dad?

Fine family man,

and I'm...

The plane's gonna crash.

Oh, come on, Billy-boy!

In 25 minutes,

the whole thing cracks up.

You can't get out

of your seat!

Stop the plane. No one's

allowed in the cockpit, sir.

It's gonna crash. I organized this charter;

I'm responsible... Do you want to be removed?

But you don't understand! We've

got our clearance for the takeoff.

Everything's going to be all

right. Leave the driving to us.

Lousy drunk son of a b*tch! God,

I hate these charter flights.

# Oh, there's a change in the weather,

there's a change in the scene #

# Bum, bum, bum, bum So from now

on there'll be a change in me #

# Bum, bum My walk will be

different My talk and my name #

# Bum, bum, bum, bum

Nothin' about me #

# Will be the same #

You feel all right?

That sure was a lousy joke you pulled

back there about the plane crashing.

I'm sorry, Dad.

Forget it.

Stewardess, bring this

young fella another drink!

#Bum, bum, bum, bum

There'll be some changes #

# Made today ##

Schlachthof-funf.

This is Schlachthof-funf.

Funf is English five.

Schlacht is slaughter.

Hof is house.

Schlachthof-funf:

Slaughterhouse-five.

No, the rules of the Geneva Convention

prohibit... Haltes mal! Haltes mal!

You must learn the address

for your own well-being.

In event of emergency,

you will say Schlachthof-funf.

Say it, please. Schlacht.

Schlacht.

- Hof.

- Hof.

- Funf!

- Funf.

- Schlachthof-funf.

- Schlachthof-funf.

Schlachthof-funf.

Funf.

Schlacht... hof...

funf.

Schlacht...

hof.

Schlachthof-funf.

Schlachthof-funf.

Hof... funf.

Schlachthof-funf.

I'm coming, Billy!

I'm coming!

I'm coming to you!

For God's sakes, lady! Why'd you jam

on your brakes? Look what you've done!

My Billy fell out

of a plane!

You all right? I was on my way to

the hospital! I missed my entrance!

I'll drive you there. No!

It's in Vermont, stupid!

Billy.

Hey, let me see your

license! I haven't got time!

You can't leave the scene

of an accident, lady!

Your exhaust is shot to hell! Damn it, lady!

- You're goin'

the wrong way!

Get out of the way!

Goddamn!

Get outta the way!

First she backed into me. Then

she went the wrong way and...

Oh, my God,

here she comes again.

I'm coming to you,

Billy. I'm coming!

- Sweetheart. Honey?

- Hmm.

Huh? What? Wake up, wake up. Wake up!

What?

Here.

What is this?

Billy! What is this?

Follow it and find out.

Billy!

Come on. Oh, Billy. You're

always up to something.

You're wonderful.

Thank you. Beautiful!

But did you make this bow? Never mind

the bow. Follow the yellow-brick road.

Follow the yellow-brick road!

Follow the yellow-brick road!

Oh, Billy! Come on. Follow it.

Billy!

Come on, Mama! Follow.

Follow the yellow-brick road!

Mom! Come on down, Mom.

Did you really make this bow?

Never mind.

Mom! Hurry!

I'm coming.

Robert!

Mom, hurry.

Billy! Billy,

I can't go out like this.

Of course you can.

Follow the golden thread.

A Cadillac!

Oh, Billy!

Happy birthday, hon.

Happy birthday, Mom!

A Cadillac!

A white Cadillac!

It's what I've

always wanted!

Come on, Robert!

I've always wanted

a white Cadillac!

Oh, Billy. Oh, sweetheart.

And now you've got it.

Oh, it's a little tight. You can

adjust the seat with this, see?

Oh, no, no! That's too tight! Or backward.

You can make it go up...

Oh, no! It's squishing me!

Or down.

It's wonderful!

I'm gonna lose weight! Oh, I'm really

gonna, Billy. I love you. I love you.

Get the stretcher! Quick!

- Was he alert in the emergency room?

- No, not very.

His right eye was dilating

and his blood pressure was up.

He seemed pretty drowsy.

He's shaved

and prepped, Doctor.

Let's get the pressure off. Are

the instruments ready? Yes, Doctor.

Better get in quickly, Bill. His

right pupil no longer reacts to light.

Scalpel.

Cautery.

Electric burr.

Let me have some saline.

Each day, you will recite your number

so we'll know how many men are here.

There'll be no talkin'

to Germans unless talked to.

When the war is over,

we'll talk.

Let's make another

burr hole right here.

Each day, you will be given

a working assignment...

for factory,

cleaning or mail.

But there is not going to be

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote