To Walk with Lions Page #4
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1999
- 108 min
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Might do you some good.
Try as I might,
Fitzjohn,
I can't possibly
imagine how.
I suppose the question
can be boiled down
To one choice
when all is said and done.
People or animals.
Soon you will be able
to take care of yourselves.
And remember,
you are more important
Than our need for you.
I see you're yawning.
Time you went to bed.
It's time I went to bed.
Hello, Tony.
I've just been
to that village
To investigate
that poaching incident.
We found the truck
you reported.
Oh, good. You find the horn?
No. No rifles either.
In fact, they claim
they were driving
On the north side
of the river
When you fired at them
unprovoked.
And I did find a bullet
hole in the truck.
Yeah, I hope so. I shot at the bastards.
Yeah, well, they've lodged a complaint.
What?
I had to report
the whole thing to Nairobi.
I did tell them I thought
the men could be lying.
"Could be lying"?
We share a concern
for your security here.
This morning, they've
instructed me to shut down Kora.
You've got to move the lions
out of the area or to zoos,
And they're not going to
renew your lease in September.
You're out.
You're so full of sh*t.
You've wanted this for years.
It's for your
own good, Tony.
Close down Kora?!
Move my lions out of the area?
Send them to circuses...
To be laughed at?
Jeered?
Without any dignity?
Or to zoos?
To concentration camp
conditions?
You'll need an army
To move me and my lions out of Kora.
I wouldn't resist
if I was you, George.
Oh, I've stood in the path
of charging buffalos before.
I'm sorry, Tony.
I intend to go above
john bell's head.
The wildlife director,
David M'boya.
He's a friend
and an ally.
He has the authority
to sign the leasehold.
Take him this letter.
Be reasonable.
Tell him about the work
we're doing here.
I've asked him for
One more year for now.
All this will
blow over.
And don't
lose your temper.
No, you don't
understand.
I mean, right, have you ever
read any of Maslow's theories?
Nah.
No. I rest my case.
Sh*t!
Sh*t, I've gotta go. Tony,
Tony, have one more drink.
Jack, take this.
Tony, Tony.
See ya later.
Mr. M'boya, please.
I'm sorry I'm late.
Excuse me, sir. Wait!
Please!
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's Fitzjohn, isn't it?
Uh, Tony Fitzjohn.
I appreciate you
seeing me, sir.
And, uh...
I won't take up
much of your time.
I work with
George Adamson at Kora,
And he's asked me to...
To give you
this message.
We'd like you to...
He needs you to extend
the lease for Kora.
I'm not sure that's in
George's best interests.
The way things are going,
You need a permanent company
of armed rangers.
Yes. Can you send us some?
I can't do that.
Kora's not a national reserve.
It's a private leasehold.
Okay. You wanna raise
the rent? How much?
It's not a matter of rent.
the implications of this matter.
Chief Haji is Somali,
As is armed forces
chief of staff muhammad.
If I extend the lease,
I'll have to explain
Where chief Haji's cattle
are to graze
If not at Kora.
It's not about bloody cows.
It's about ivory.
It's about rhino horn,
And it goes all the way to the
top with government ministers
ivory trader in the country.
Start making allegations... why
don't you expose the bastards?!
If you start making allegations
about government ministers,
You're exposing Terence
and George to more danger.
Look, the lease is up
in September.
I can extend it
to the end of the year.
That's not enough.
You've gotta give us
two years at least.
Is a matter
best left for Kenyans.
But George and Terence built Kora.
It's under
my jurisdiction.
It's their territory.
It is not!
Oh, my god!
Eliza, can I have
another tusker, please?
Well, Bwana Fitzjohn
is buying his own drinks.
That's a cause
for celebration.
Johnny Maxwell.
Ha ha ha!
How did it go
with M'boya?
Oh, I really
screwed up this time, Max.
I think he might
kick us out.
What happened?
Ha ha!
Pissed on M'boya's
asperdistra.
You seem to have
a real talent for that...
Pissing people off.
Yeah.
Look, tomorrow, I'm flying
down to Meru.
Do you want a ride?
I don't know, man.
Bloody Kora.
Man, I'm just gonna
hang around here for a bit.
Okay.
Well, I'll tell George.
See you around.
Hey, Max, stay
for a drink, man.
Not this time, Tony.
I'm going home.
So should you.
Bloody Kora with those
bloody lions
And that bloody
stubborn old man.
If I'd had
any sense at all,
I'd have chucked it
and gone back to Mombasa.
But I did
the only thing I could.
I went home.
So...
You've come back.
All you had to do
was to remain sober enough
To deliver my letter.
Since your visit to David...
They are officially
canceling my lease on Kora.
I'm sorry, George.
Do you want me to go?
you decided what you wanted.
I think you ought to go
and clean up.
Hello, George.
Lucy.
Thought you were
gone to England.
Oh, yes,
I was supposed to.
But I've got something
I'd like to show you.
You see here and here and
this big one here, Mkomazi...
They were set aside
as reserves in the '60s
But never used.
My friend at
the Tanzanian embassy,
She spoke to
their wildlife department.
They will be
very interested
In having you oversee
a new wildlife reserve.
Would they fund us?
A little to start.
But they suggested
a toft fund.
I'm sure with the Adamson name attached,
Money shouldn't be
a problem.
I bet I know a few
wealthy sponsors
In britain who would
love this sort of thing.
A wild animal fund.
Yeah.
Sounds good, George.
It's what, three times
the size of Kora?
Backing from the Tanzanian government?
We could take
the lions down.
What do
you think?
If you'll both excuse me.
George, can we
talk about this?
I mean, it could be our
chance for a new start.
Kora's my home.
I have lived here,
and I will die here.
Kora's changed. It's not
like it was in the old days.
Maybe there's
somewhere better.
I have given
30 years of my life to Kora.
It was my strong hope
That you would
succeed me here,
But that is a decision you'll
have to make for yourself.
I have some work to do.
I believe that...
I believe there's a young
lady waiting for you out there.
Yeah.
So?
I'm sorry.
No.
What?!
You mean you're not even
going to come and see it?
There's no point
if George won't go.
He could
change his mind.
Not George.
Fitzjohn, you're about
to be thrown out of here.
Wake up!
It's George's decision.
You could do it
without George.
You know about
game management.
You could...
without George.
Maybe I don't wanna do it
without George.
And maybe I don't need you
coming here
Telling me what to do.
You come in here with
your bloody maps and charts,
And bullshit theories
of self whatever.
We're just fine.
Just leave us alone!
Fine.
Fine. I postponed my flight
back to London for this.
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