The Congress Page #2

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What is it that I have to do

to make that happen?

Nothing.

Just sign.

Half a day of scanning.

- That's it?

- That's it.

That and... you must agree to never act again.

Anywhere for all eternity.

What do you mean, "anywhere"?

No movies, no TV show,

no school plays, no French theater

in Western Australia?

"Anywhere" means Anywhere.

Robin Wright The Actress will live and breathe...

within the walls of Miramount Studios.

And this Robin Wright can take the money

and fly off to some island in Polynesia

to discover her true self.

Whadda you say?

You know, it's interesting. Um...

We actresses used to talk about how we never

wanted to sleep with you for a part

in the movie, but

but you know what? Honestly, I think

I'd rather do that...

than be a f***ing chip in your computer. [...]

So, thanks.

But, no thanks.

The offer is valid for 30 days.

After that, she's on her own.

[...], sweetie?

What's up?

I was tired, I guess.

You want to try and fly the Wright brothers' glider ?

No... she's not ready yet.

So maybe [...] the Cody's ?

I do not know.

I missed the 2 o'clock landing.

What's wrong?

- You look... you look sad.

- Really?

-Yeah.

Why don't you fly one of Cody Bank's?

-Me?

-Yeah.

- I do not think so.

- You can do it.

Just the little one.

Come on.

You better try it for once, alone.

Gotta see what it feels like.

I'll be there and watch you on,

so it does not go with the fence.

Dont want to get kicked out of this place, do we?

Sarah, [get it]

Me?

Did you ever see someone come to visit me here?

Like you hold it.

It's okay.

You could call.

What good would that have done?

You haven't answer my calls

since the meeting at the studio.

This is Steve. He'll draw up

your contract with the studio.

He's a scanning contract genius.

Keanu Reeves, Michelle Williams - he

did that contracts.

They are [hermetically] scanned.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, kids!

- You want a drink, Al?

- Sure.

- Would you like a drink?

- No, thank you.

- It's a real glider.

- Yeah.

Thank you, this is... this is beautiful.

And who is this ?

This is Steve, a new lawyer I'm working with.

Scanning contract genius

This is one hell of a warehouse

you guys have here.

Oh no, it's not a warehouse.

It's an old hangar for the DC-9s.

It was built in like 1973.

Wow! I mean, you could NEVER get

a 17 [...] permits

to do a residential conversion like this

these days, that's for sure.

Scanning genius, eh?

Well, I've happened to have seen

on the entertainment channel

studios that's turning the sample actors

into these tiny little computer creatures.

I mean, it must change the way

contracting works, completely.

It's absolutely true, uh....

- Sara.

- Yes, that's absolutely true, Sarah.

is a completely different type of contracts,

it's a one-off sale.

Very tricky, lots of details and you have to be sharp.

'Cause it's not going back to fix it afterwards.

- Uh-huh.

What do you mean by "one-off sale" ?

Once they sample you, and you are in the computer

there is no way back.

So whatever was agreed before

the sampling - that's the way it is.

So you have to be really careful.

The studio owns the character.

- W-What character?

- One that used to be the actor.

"Used to be"?

The minute the studio pays and scans,

the actor isn't an actor,

He's just a person, a nobody.

The actor he once was

is now on a character

in the studio's computer.

The studio can do whatever they want.

Unless the lawyer puts a clause in,

saying that they can't some.

It's very tricky.

Very tricky.

It's a new field. We're on the cusp.

- So what happens to the actor?

- What actor?

The one that used to be the actor

is now this... computer creature.

He goes off to play golf somewhere.

And what if he does not like golf?

Well then he plays... with whatever.

Do you have a screen in this house?

Or is that too progressive for you, guys?

You know what, there's something else

I haven't told you.

- Oh yeah ? - Yeah.

- What is it ? What haven't you told me?

They will be in 15 minutes, so, get it out. What?

Oh my God...

You were with Maria, too.

Oh, say it, you piece of sh*t.

Say you were with her, too.

I knew that, honey,

I knew it the whole time.

Where that little slut seduces you out...

Oh my God, Max... Max! It makes me wanna vomit.

- No, I wasn't with Maria.

- Oh, no? NO ?!

- Well, then who?

- I wasn't with anybody.

But...

I voted for Bush.

You voted for Bush?

I voted for Bush. You know what,

I voted for both Bushes,

senior and junior,

four times!

Who are you?

Oh my God, who did I marry? Sweetie-sweetie...

That isn't Michelle.

That is Michelle!

No, I mean, obviously it's Michelle, but...

... you telling me she wasn't there

when they did this?

You really want to know ? She was in Paris when

they were making that crap on their computers.

I'm shocked.

I mean, it's... perfect.

Perfect? No.

But it's not bad at all for the beginning

of the revolution.

Notice anything?

Look at that morons!

They've been trying to solve that bug for 3 years.

I do not find that funny at all.

Well, OK. Just wait till you see that wink

in the sex scenes. It will [...]

That's hilarious!

Yo, Mom!

You got to admit it's good stuff!

Do not be so harsh,

technophobia never got human nature anywhere.

So, you're with them now, huh?

Hmm, you switched sides?

Oh, come on, Robin, drop that 'pocrisy.

It's not like anything has changed.

They came, they took,

they created a crappy romcom,

just like they've been doing since the 40s.

You think it'd be any better for her, or for you?

She was stuck on the set for six weeks?

Like a dog?

- Kissing some actor with bad breath?

- Oh, let me see...

You don't have the problem with the fact

that they didn't ask her?

When did they ever ask you?

You've always been their puppet.

All of them - the producers, the directors,

they told you what to do,

they told you how to behave, how to act,

how to smile, how to love.

And they gave you the subtext

for every... f***ing... crappy line they [...] out.

And when you hit 35,

they told you how to look young.

Because if you didn't do

what they wanted you to do,

shave off a couple of years for that

beautiful face of yours,

you would... cease to exist, for Christ's sake!

So... what's... the difference?

The f***ing choice?

Yes, the f***ing choice!

Al, what are you talking about?

It is the gift of choice

that is being taken away!

I don't want somebody else deciding

when I can be, what I want to be,

I want to decide! That's MY choice!

To decide if I want to be a hooker,

if I want to be an opera singer,

if I want to play Keith Richards.

That's my choice - not theirs.

You delusional!

What kind of choice was it, when they

stressed you out?

Saying that if you didn't work for a year,

you would cease to exist? That's a choice?

All the women

who were face-lifted to death,

they can't smile

or show pain or emotion,

that's a choice?

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