The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Page #6

fuel been stolen. Is that correct?

Uhuh.

I certainly know how you feel.

Some f***ers just stripped

my sea lab, you know.

Probably the same dudes.

I can tow you as far

as Port-Au-Patois.

I'll need your signature

on that invoice first,

to account for the expenses of this rescue

operation as well as my time and that of my crew.

This is more than the

budget of my whole project.

It's an estimate.

What is your dog's name?

Cody.

Be still, Cody.

I have to run this by

my bond company stooge.

He's been kidnapped.

It's true. I have

to rescue him first.

Sorry, in an hour

I'm leaving out here.

Oh, I dined with

Eleanor last weekend.

By the way, she's summering in my villa

in west part of Patois, don't you know?

Say, how's Team Zissou

holding up without her?

The first thing that goes through a captain's head

when he hears there is low moral going around is

"What did I do?"

"Is that all my fault?"

Well, it's probably right.

Most of us have been

together for a long time.

The others got here before we left.

Do you all not like me anymore?

I mean.

What am I supposed

to do? I don't know.

Look, if you are not against me,

Don't cross this line.

If yes, do. I love you all.

Are you sure?

Yes, I am.

I don't understand. Why?

What do you mean?

Wait a second. What are we doing?

You said cross the line if...

Cross the line if

you are going to quit.

Oh, do it again. I misunderstood.

Hi, Ross.

I got your questions.

They are fine.

But I am not coming back.

It's over.

Please don't try to contact me, ok?

You'll hear from us sometime.

He got attacked by pirates.

I fear if life is ...

Well, you get the idea.

Anyway, take care

of yourself. Jane.

Will you write to me?

Of course. Give me the address.

Actually I went ahead with stamp

and self-addressed 50 or so envelops.

I think it will be easier for you.

Thanks. I'll use them.

Each one has three

blank pages in it.

Here's a pen.

Maybe I am going to write

you a letter right now.

OK.

Bet I'm really going

to miss you, Ned.

I'm going to miss you too.

In fact I feel like,

I don't know. I feel like my

heart is almost getting broken.

I guess I'm over-reacting.

Is it really true?

Yes, it is.

That was all off the

record. That whole deal.

Actually, I was surprised you

didn't cross the line yourself.

What line?

The line I drew on the deck

just now. You weren't up there?

No.

You're kidding.

That was one of the most dramatic

things that ever happened on this boat.

I just lost all my best interns.

I thought you were supposed

to be covering this story.

You just said it's

all off the record.

Yeah, but you didn't know that.

Must have down here packing.

So, you are leaving?

You are jumping ship out of me.

Thinking of scrap the article.

You mean you are not even gonna

writing the cover story on me?

I just don't have

any statue anymore.

Sorry, Steve. Everything just

got too weird. That's all.

But I gave you a goddamn

showstopper up there.

Are you sleeping with Ned?

That's none of your business.

Ok.

Are you?

No, I'm not.

You are gonna miss

the Jaguar shark.

Or what ever it is

if it actually exists.

Are you crying?

You cry easily, don't you?

Bloody hell.

God save that poor little stooge.

This never would've happened

if Eleanor was with us.

Thanks, man.

You are lack of a bit

damn well Zissou mate.

Now I must go away.

I'll send you a

postcard from my chapels.

What? Where are you going?

Abroad, my darling.

It's my passport status.

I am X-9 for the moment.

Legally I am a fugitive.

Wait a second. They

stole my budget,

My boat is broken,

You are ditching me up the creek.

What am I supposed to do here?

I must say, nothing

is jumping to mind.

Phillip, any suggestions?

No, he's shaking his head.

No. I can't give you full credit.

But I'm not going

to flunk you either.

You are all getting incompletes.

This is bullshit.

Oh sh*t, what do you want?

Do you mind if I buddy up a little

bit before I answer that question?

Yes, I do. Tell me now.

I need some money.

To get the boat out of Patois.

and rescue my bond company

stooge who got kidnapped.

Could you ask your parents

to loan money to me?

No.

OK.

Could I go ahead

and buddy up anyway?

It took me two and a half

hours to get down here.

Who's that dude?

He's my research assistant.

Steve.

You know I have to be jealous

about you staying at Ali's place.

I always thought it's

a closet aquarium.

How's your father-son

relationship coming along?

Well, nobody has a real

luck on any of these.

So I don't know how

it all times out.

I mean, I know I want him

to think of me like a father.

But the fact that there

is an outside chance,

That he could really

be my actual...

Biological son,

It's very difficult for me.

You know I'm not

big on apologizing.

So I just skip it if

it's all the same to you.

Ok?

Anyway, I'm sorry.

I know I have not been in

my best in the past decade.

That's true.

What happened to me?

Did I lose my talent?

Am I ever gonna be good again?

I don't know.

Doesn't matter anyway.

It's probably the last

adventure I got in me.

I was hoping to go out and

flash a blaze as it has been.

I probably just end up going home.

Unless you plan to sell the island.

I don't know how

much I can get for it.

In this market?

You are probably right all along.

We should've had a kid together.

Of course,

You are kind already on

the edge of being too old.

Unless maybe ####

It's worse than a ###. I was 34.

It's good to see you, Eleanor.

I'm about to blow my stack.

I turned my back and

the bullshit begins.

Ned, yours come back.

Jane, you're a goddamn liar.

What the f*** are you doing here?

What the F are you doing here?

I warned you of being in

the other people's cabins.

You were supposed to go home.

You can beg me to stay

and finish the story.

Is there still a cover?

I don't f***ing know.

Don't you dare to

put on that uniform.

It's all I have with me.

I told you I have a

bit of thing for her.

Not this one, I said.

You said:
" Not this one, Klaus."

So you heard me.

You are too old for me, Steve.

Well, you are pregnant.

I have a word with you privately.

Yes.

Follow me.

Are you two fighting?

I'll deal with you later.

Look, Steve.

I know we both like her.

You are angry and embarrassed.

Leave her out of it.

You think that was

what this is about?

Sh*t. What was that bull

I've been telling you?

All right, I am gonna warn you now.

Be a gentleman.

What are you doing here?

I thought your

interns ran out on me.

I want to help you find that shark.

Goddamn it. Thank you, intern.

You'll get an 'A'.

His name is Nico.

Hello.

Give me that camera.

I'm gonna smash it, or you could.

Cut.

I misread you, man.

I'm gonna have to

rethink some sh*t.

You don't know me.

Never wanted to know me.

I'm just a character in your film.

It's a documentary.

It's all really happening.

Damn you for that.

Go to bed, you sons of b*tches.

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