All language subtitles for Slings & Arrows 204

Oliver:
What do you think?

(gasps)
ah christ, oliver!

You just scared the shit
out of me!

Well, that's the desired
effect, isn't it?

The ghost of banquo
should be terrifying.

Please!
I need sleep.

Oliver:
She kicked you out, eh?

Geoffrey:
(exasperated sigh)

Well, I can't say
I'm surprised.

She's getting too old

To find crazy people
attractive.

(sighs) please shut up
and go away.

You'll survive.

Look on the bright side:

We're roomies now!

We can stay up all night,

Eat pizza,
play euchre.

Oh god,
you're killing me!

Why are you so cruel?

I'm here for you.

No-one else can say that.

(laughs)

You're here for me?

Oliver:
Metaphysically speaking, yes.

What about
yesterday afternoon?

You were in danger
of making a big mistake.

Geoffrey:
I raised a question:

Should we perhaps consider
humanizing macbeth;

Have lady macbeth wash
the blood of battle

Off of her husband's body.

Oliver:
Geoffrey, trust me.

I know this play.

And I know
what I'm talking about.

You're a bully,
oliver.

You have always
been a bully!

As soon as someone dares
to disagree-

(door squeals open)

Nahum:
Ahhh!

Oh. It's you.

Geoffrey:
Yes. Um... Sorry.

I uh...

I just needed to get away
for a few days.

Most people
when they go away,

They go to a lake.

Geoffrey:
Yes, well, um...

This is my lake.

Okay.

Well, you're up now.

I'll make eggs.

� call me superstitious �

� or cowardly or weak �

� but I'll never play
a character �

� whose name
one dare not speak �

(crowd laughs)

� I'll play hamlet
in doublet and hose �

� or either of the dromeos �

� but sorry,
I won't play mackers �

� I'll play richard the third
with a hump and a wig �

� or henry the eighth
that selfish pig �

� but sorry,
I don't do mackers �

� every soul that plays
this role �

� risks injury or death �

� I'd rather sweep
the bloody stage �

� than ever do mac -
you know who �

� so gimme king lear, �

� cleopatra, �

� romeo and juliet,
it doesn't mattra �

� I'll play them all
for free �

� but I'd be crackers
to take on mackers �

� you see I'm skittish
about the scottish tragedy �

� och aye! �

(enthusiastic applause)

I want to cancel my booking!

Have you people gone out
of your minds?

Sir, I am happy to refund
your tickets.

Fine.

What is
the last name?

Gilchrist, gavin.

All right.

Pay attention
you two!

Refunds - god I hope they
haven't changed this.

I want you to watch
carefully

So you can do this
on your own.

Here we are.
Two tickets. $140.

No, that's my
personal order.

You can cancel that
as well.

I am cancelling
my class visit.

I'm from saint michael's
in toronto -

We have a number of bookings
through the season.

Okay, well, you can uh...

Oh, I didn't...
Here they are.

Didn't see the rest
of the file.

It's a big file -
oh my.

You want to cancel
all of these?

Yes.

It's just a re-branding.

Cancel them!

I've changed the syllabus

To the study
of george bernard shaw.

Anna:
Okay. Well,

I'll cancel all the grade 5s
through 12s,

And the overnight packages.

So you key in code 349,

Press enter like that,

And there's your refund
of $33,540.

(triumphant slap)

Got that?

Right on.

Sorry, but why are you
doing this to me?

The computer identified
some red flags

In your last return.

Red flags?

I don't remember
any red flags.

You're self employed?

Yes.

But you don't have
a gst number.

No.

And your claimed business
expenses were quite high

Considering your reported
earnings.

Also, your t-slips
didn't match up

With the t-slips
submitted by your employers.

T-slips? I have no idea
what you're saying.

T-slips?

T-4s, t-4a's, t-5s...

Speak english,
for god's sake.

Ms. Fanshaw-

Ellen. Please.

If you haven't done
anything wrong,

Then you really don't have
anything to worry about.

What is that,
a threat?

Look,
I am not like you.

I'm not some soulless
bureaucrat,

Sitting in an ivory tower,
judging everyone.

I'm an actor.
I'm not from your world.

I don't know anything
about money.

I plead ignorance,
okay?

Is there a way
I can plead that?

Officially, I mean?

Do you know anyone

Who could help you
through this process?

An accountant friend?

An "accountant friend"?
Are you kidding?

Is there anyone you normally
go to for advice?

Geoffrey:
And the worst of it is,

She's gone over
to the dark side -

To his side.

Whose side?

Henry's.

How can she have gone over
to his side

When she was on his side
to begin with?

What are you
talking about?

She's an actor;
he's an actor.

Yeah, but we had
a relationship.

Well, doesn't matter.
You're her director.

Worse than that,
you're her artistic director.

You're management,
that's the ugly truth.

We were living together,
oliver.

And that failed,
didn't it?

You see?

You laughed at my video,
but I was telling the truth.

It's lonely at the top.

Why do you think I couldn't
sustain a relationship?

Because you were a bitter
sarcastic prick,

And you hated everybody.

Yes, but that was only
part of it.

Richard:
Okay... Okay...

This is good.

It seems pretty bad.

No. No, it's good,
anna.

The campaign is obviously
striking a chord.

A bad chord.

No. No.
It's good.

I expect this.

The campaign is perceived
emotionally first,

And then is processed
by the intellect.

Anna, you can't change
the way that someone thinks

Without making them feel
something first.

No.
No, this is good.

Uh, I have
the latest numbers.

(hyperventilating)
jesus christ.

Oh, jesus...

Uh, most of those
are group cancellations,

Not individuals.

What? I'm supposed
to feel better

Because they're cancelling
en masse?

Anna, we're going into previews
without an audience.

This is a nightmare!

And the workshop...

What... What workshop?

Lionel train's workshop.

It starts in a few days.

Okay, anna, look.

You tell me honestly...

What do you think
of the campaign?

I don't know,
it's...

Horrible.

Get me sanjay
on the phone.

Richard.

Anna, don't lecture me
about your human rights.

I've got enough on my plate!

Sorry.

Ellen:
Yes, I'm a terrible sister.

Yes, I never call.

Well, now I am calling.

I'm being audited...

And I need your help.

And if you don't help me

Then who's the terrible sister,
huh?

Look, bob's an account-

Sorry, ed.
Ed's an accountant.

Couldn't he speak-
mmm-meet with me?

Please?

Oh, thank you.

Look, I've got to go.

Give my love to annie.

Really?

Well, kiss both of them
for me then.

(dull thud of footsteps)

Darren:
My main focus
in this production

Will be to examine
the signifiers

With regard to gender
in this text.

The characters of juliet,

Ladies capulet and montague
and the nurse for instance,

Would have been played,
as the law required,

By men in shakespeare's time

Even though it was quite common
for women

To play female characters
in the european theatre

Of the same era.

And so one might ask, why?

Was it a misogynistic

Or paternally motivated
paradigmatic transformation?

Having been a misogynist
once myself,

I'm inclined to answer yes.

And what kind of statement
would we be making today

If we were to emulate

Such a paradigmatic
transformation?

Exactly.

Now, rest assured,

That I'm not interested
in answering questions

That we are not qualified,
in a syntagmatic sense,

To answer.

I'm interested, instead,
in asking questions

For which there is
no specific answer.

Okay?

What's happening?

I have no idea.

Darren:
We will be doing a series
of exercises

Throughout the process

That will help us deconstruct
the signifiers in the play.

Maria? Please.

The first is a simple
commutation test, if you will.

It's meaning will be
immediately apparent

To anyone with even
a passing familiarity

With roland barthes.

Geoffrey:
Ellen, please.

I'm not late.

Well, actually,
you are,

But I don't care
about that.

I had some personal business
I had to take care of.

I don't want to talk
about it.

Okay.

It was the audit.

It was horrible
and demeaning.

So, you're living in
the storage room now?

Yes.

How's that working
for you?

I like it.
It's an easy commute.

Listen, I'm going
to say something

And I don't want you
to get all defensive.

What do you mean
by that?

Please.

We have to try and keep
our personal life

Out of rehearsal.

Excuse me?

You know what
I'm talking about.

You are the one
who can't compartmentalize.

You said so yourself,

The day you attacked me
in your office.

What I am trying
to say is...

We both have to make
an effort.

Don't worry about me,
geoffrey.

I'm a pro;
I'm a professional.

Why is it that I have
to justify

My existence to everyone:

Revenue canada, my sister,
and now you?

Emily:
Ellen, you're late.

I'm going to have to put it
in the show report.

I'm not late.

I'm talking
to the director.

She's always late,
have you noticed?

Just for the record,
emily,

This is a rehearsal.

There is no show report
because there is no show.

Oh. Okay.

Henry:
"our fears in banquo
stick deep;

And in the royalty
of his nature reigns

That which would be fear'd:
'tis much he dares;"

Oh, shit.

Geoffrey, must I stand on this
damn thrust at this moment?

I mean, don't you think

That I should be
a little further upstage

So that I can meet
the murderers

When they enter?

Oliver:
I agree, geoffrey.

He'll have to turn
and March back upstage.

That's a good three seconds
of his ass to the audience.

Geoffrey?

Emily:
Geoffrey?

Yes, emily?

Emily:
Do you want to deal
with this now

Or break first?

Oliver:
If we don't solve it now...

Let's break.

Emily:
Okay.

Thank you everyone.

Henry:
Ellen! Coming for a drink?

Ellen:
God, I shouldn't.

I've got so much
paperwork to do.

Oh, come on,
what's the harm?

Just a couple -
maximum three or four.

Ellen:
(laughs)

Oliver:
Is this how it's going to be?
"I'll deal with it later?"

Well, we're rapidly running
out of "later", geoffrey.

Come on, we can talk about
the staging over dinner.

Come on!

Sanjay:
There was bound to be
a backlash, richard.

Richard:
I know, but people
are really upset.

They are cancelling
their subscriptions.

I'm getting terrible,
insulting emails.

Excellent.

That means we're having
an impact.

People are responding
emotionally.

Richard:
The numbers are really low.

Sanjay:
As expected.

But they will pick up.

Richard,
the next few weeks

Are going to be
very difficult for you

If you don't have faith.

You know what
you should do?

What?

Go crazy!

I was really hoping you'd say
something constructive.

Sanjay:
I am.

The train has left
the station;

There's nothing you can do
to stop it,

So why bother?

Use this time to embrace
your right-brain self.

What?

You are a very linear,

Detail oriented,
logical left-brain person.

Embrace your intuitive,
illogical, random,

Creative self.

Wear different
colour socks,

Have watermelon for breakfast,
play the clarinet.

I don't know how to play
the clarinet.

Have you ever tried?

No.

Then how do you know?

I know I'm not a pilot,

Even though I've never
flown a plane.

Richard?

Richard?

You are a prisoner
of your own rationality,

And it's making you
miserable.

You're stunting
your own growth, richard.

Set your mind free!

What is wrong
with you?

Nothing.

You know, a broken heart
is not a luxury

We can afford right now,
geoffrey.

No, it's not that.
It's uh...

I just feel
(clears throat)

I'm completely cut off
from my instincts.

That's all.

You don't need
instincts.

You have me!

I've done all
the work for you.

Just stage
my damn play!

It's not that simple.

You know, this is incredibly
frustrating for me, geoffrey.

I'd direct the play myself,
if I could.

I know.

Oliver:
But I can't,
because I'm dead.

I know.

Oliver:
I try.

I shout at the actors,
but they can't hear me.

So, I shout at the one person
who can hear me,

But you don't do anything!

I'm sorry.

You know,
I'm in hell!

This is my hell -

Not being able
to give notes.

Look, I would like to be able
to help you, oliver, but oh...

What?

I just don't like it.

Don't like what?

Your play.

I mean, I see it,
I understand it,

But I don't like it.

I just don't like your play.

Ellen:
Thank you for this, ed.

Don't thank me.
Thank your sister,

For making me come over here
during tax time.

She's a saint, diane,
a real saint.

Yeah...

This couldn't come
at a worse time for me.

Well, there's never
a good time to be audited.

Ellen:
You should see this woman, ed.

She's like a nazi.

She treats me like a criminal.

I don't understand
anything she says.

It's this horrible
nazi gibberish.

Where are your rrsp
statements?

That's exactly it.

"where are your rrsp
statements?"

No, where are they?

You contribute through
your union;

You must have been sent
quarterly statements.

I don't know.

God... God!

Ed:
Okay, okay. Relax.

What can they do to me?

Ed:
Well, they could deny
your claims.

I mean I would.

$900 for lipstick?

And if they deny my claims?

Then your taxable income
goes up.

And?

And you have to pay
back taxes.

Could I go to jail?

I doubt that.

You doubt that?
So it's a possibility?

Look, I can't say anything
until I've gone over this mess.

Jesus, it's going
to take awhile.

Ellen:
Well, I've got
until 10:00,

And then I have to go
to rehearsal.

Ellen, there's three years
worth of material here.

This is going to take days.

Days?

Oh, this is a nightmare!

What did I do?

What did you do?
What did you do?

You kept shitty records,

You probably lied
on your returns,

You definitely added wrong.

Why me?

Ed:
Everybody has to pay taxes,
ellen.

That's why we have highways,
and hospitals and parks-

Ellen:
I'm not a child, ed.

I know why
we have to pay taxes.

Although I don't know why

I should have to pay
for highways -

I don't have a car.

Write that down:

"she doesn't have a car."

Sarah:
"wondering eyes of mortals
that fall back to gaze on him

When he bestrides
the lazy-pacing clouds

And sails upon the bosom
of the air."

"o romeo, romeo!
Wherefore art thou romeo?"

(laughs)

Why are you laughing,
sarah?

Sarah:
I don't know.

This exercise
just feels silly.

Patrick, how do you feel
playing juliet?

It's my fucking fantasy.

(cast laughs)

Darren:
Sarah, you find it ridiculous

Because you are mired down

In your own preconceptions
of heterosexual love,

As was I,
pre-berlin.

Okay.

Darren:
But patrick understands
that gender identity

Is more complicated;

One might say dynamic.

Definitely.

Okay, but why can't I
look at him?

You don't feel the power
of this blocking;

What it's saying
about gender and status?

Do you feel it?

(cast agrees)

I find it exciting,
very exciting.

Let's try another scene.

I do get to play juliet
eventually-

(yells)
it's an exercise!

You know, sarah,

One of the most significant
productions

In the history of this play

Involved a female romeo.

Charlotte cushman's so-called
"sapphic romeo".

Some people laughed then.

They were victorian,
and so could be forgiven.

But you - you live
in a post-modern world.

You should know better!

Let's move on.

(indistinct chatter)

Ellen:
I'm so angry
I could kill someone.

This is a ridiculous schedule.

Be careful what you say.

Lionel's very sensitive.

If he thinks you
don't like the play,

He'll change the whole thing.

Anna:
Oh, thank you,
everyone.

It's uh 10:00.

We're just waiting
for our playwright,

And then we can begin.

Uh, I'm here.

Oh! Oh,
that's so great.

Uh, lionel train
everyone.

(polite applause)

Anna:
Lionel? Do you want
to say something

Before we begin?

Oh uh... Yes.

Well, it's heavy.

(polite chuckles)

Good morning.

Well uh...

Some of you may have heard
that I have a reputation

For uh... Floundering around
in a mess of my own making.

However, I think that this
process will be different.

I've worked and re-worked
this material and uh...

Though it feels strange for me
to say this,

I like it.

It's a pretty solid
first draft.

So, let's just dive right in,
shall we?

Okay.
Without further ado-

Oh.

Oh, yes. Uh...

You all know emily.

Emily will be reading
the stage directions.

Emily?

Emily:
"act one scene one.
A farmhouse.

Hilary, a farm wife,

Is making a pie
at the kitchen table."

Ellen:
I don't understand it,
frederick.

Why would he behave
that way?

Emily:
Sorry, I didn't-

I didn't read
all the directions.

"hilary's voice trembles
as she speaks."

Jerry:
I can't expect you
to understand.

You didn't grow up
with him.

But what was he like
as a child?

He's so impenetrable.

I can't imagine your brother
being young.

It's hard to remember
for me, too.

Emily:
"frederick looks thoughtfully
at hilary."

Jerry:
He was bigger than me.

But more than just older
I mean.

All the neighborhood kids
treated him,

Well not with respect,

But differently.

Maybe he was born a man.

Emily:
"sound effect:

Grandfather clock
chimes 6:00."

6:00! I hadn't noticed
the time-

"hilary looks up startled."

His dinner!

You know he won't eat it
if it's late.

Emily:
"frederick's face clouds over."

He used to do that with mom.
Drove her mad.

Can I help?

"there is a long pause."

Yes,
I was doing that.

Emily:
Sorry.

You don't have to read
all the stage directions.

Okay.

The adverbs,
for example.

Don't read the adverbs.

Don't read them.

If it says, "angrily"?
Don't read it.

We can act it.

Lionel:
Shit!

Ellen:
Sorry, lionel.
Let's just go on.

Lionel:
No, no, I'm sorry.

It's the uh,
the opening.

It's slow.

Well we can... Do it
without the pauses.

No. Fast garbage
is still garbage.

You know what?
We have the time,

Why don't I fix it.

Okay?

Come back uh...
Thursday,

It'll all be fine.

(emily bursts out crying)

Lionel:
Lovely read, everyone.

It'll all be fixed -
by Thursday.

(sobbing)

Somebody slap her.

�

�

(over blows the clarinet
causing loud squeals)

Sarah:
He doesn't have a clue
what he's doing.

(henry tells a joke)

Patrick:
Maybe we're just not seeing
the big picture.

Sarah:
What big picture, patrick?

He's throwing names around:

Meyerhold, kristeva, stein,
biomechanics?

What do they have to do
with each other?

What do they have to do
with this play?

Okay, that's the deal,
right?

I mean, you do what
the director says.

It's his vision.

Well, I hate it.

I hate it, I hate it,
I hate it.

Patrick, when are we ever gonna
get another chance, huh?

To play these parts?

(sighs) I never thought
I'd get a first chance.

That's right.
That's right.

And that's we have to go
talk to geoffrey

First thing
in the morning,

Okay?

(chuckles)

You're really passionate
about this, huh?

Yeah. I'm...

I'm passionate about
a lot of things.

So, will you come
with me?

Auditor:
Professional gifts.

Ellen:
Yes. I've listed them there -

Very clearly and accurately -
right there.

$3,231 dollars worth?

That's right.

A professional gift
is something

You give to a client

To promote your business.

I know.

When do you give
these presents?

At different times,
different occasions.

Many of these receipts
are from late December.

So?

So, these are, in fact,
christmas gifts?

Yes. All right,
miss marples, yes.

They are christmas gifts.

So christmas is illegal now,
is it?

You know, I'm not the only one
who does this.

There are people
at the festival

Who are much worse than me -
much, much worse.

Who exactly?

What?

Who is much worse
than you?

Um...

Hi.

Can we speak to you for...
For a minute?

Geoffrey:
Come on in.

Close that behind you.

I feel really awkward
about this.

You're here to complain
about darren nichols?

How did you know?

I've been peeking in
on your rehearsals.

Sarah:
Well, he's-
he's not doing the play.

He's just doing
all these exercises.

Patrick:
We were kind of hoping

That maybe you could
coach us -

Or something?

I mean anything-
anything would be...

Would be something
that we're not getting.

(sighs)

You know, I appreciate
your situation, I do.

But I'm uh...

I am not in a uh...
Place right now

Where I can be of much help.

Geoffrey, please.

I... I love this play.

I've seen it millions
of times.

And finally, I get to say
these beautiful words,

But without character
or story,

These words are just...

They're air.

And it's killing me -
him, too!

It's killing both of us.

The-the both of us.

(sighs)

All right,
we'll have to keep it secret.

(gasps)
we won't tell anyone.

Meet me tomorrow
before rehearsal.

Bring some running shoes.

Thank you.

Okay...

Frank:
My son isn't perfect,
but who is?

Ellen:
I'm not blaming you.

Frank:
Well you don't have children,

So you can't know
what it's like.

I suppose I'm to blame.

Ellen:
No.

Frank:
Well, what's happening
to this family?

This house is...
Crumbling around me.

Oh, I see!

It's like the house
built of straw -

In the
"three little pigs"?

Lionel:
Okay. You know what?

Throw away the scripts.

(flustered) no,
I-I-I'm not criticizing.

I'm-I'm-I'm...

Lionel:
I know. I know.

Throw them away.

Emily?
Can you get the...

Okay, this is the problem.

The problem is I don't know
who these people are -

These characters.

I I-I-I I don't know
who they are.

And because of that,
I don't trust them.

You people have to bring
these characters to life.

Show me who they are.

Yeah, I want you to improvise
your lines.

Well,
y-y-you know the story,

Just- just improvise
the dialogue.

But...
But make it real.

Make me believe
you're real.

Go.

My son isn't perfect,
but who is?

I'm not blaming you.

You don't have
any children,

So you don't understand.

I suppose
I'm to blame.

No.

Lionel:
Okay. Um... (laughs)

You're just saying
the lines.

Frank:
I'm sorry,
but they're in my head.

I'm-I'm a quick study.

Lionel:
Just forget them.

Just get rid of them.

I hate those lines -
never want to hear them again.

Okay? Just make the part
your own.

Tell the story,
but in your own words.

'kay? Go.

Frank:
My son has problems,
but who doesn't...

Have problems?

It's not your fault...
That he has problems.

Well you don't have a son...
Or any sons.

So you don't know
what I'm talking about.

Now I suppose you're going
to say that uh...

It's because of me

That my son is the way
that he is?

Not necessarily.

Lionel:
Okay. You're paraphrasing.

That's not what I want
you to do.

I want you to tell the story,
as written,

But in your own words.

That's what
paraphrasing is -

What you've just said.

Lionel:
Okay, look.

It's very simple.

I don't want to hear
the words that I wrote

Or any variation
of those words.

I want you to tell the story -

You people -
in your own words.

Go.

My son... Has things wrong
with him,

(cast snickers)

But having said that,

I don't think that having

A certain amount of things
wrong with you

Is entirely out of
the ordinary.

Emily?

15 minutes everybody.

(thumps the copy machine)

(squeaky wail
from richard's clarinet)

Anna:
I can help you with that.

Thank you.

Uh... It's just these pages.

Actually,
just page three.

Do you have a shredder?

Is it not going well?

Well, it's um...

There are problems
with the story

On a very,
very basic level and...

The actors are idiots.

Well-
that's not fair.

Some of the actors
are idiots.

It's not easy...

Making up a play,
from nothing.

I know you're just trying
to say something

Bland and supportive,

But you're exactly right.

It is hard to create
something out of nothing.

I mean,
that's the dilemma.

And the process -

I mean it just takes
its toll on me.

I become a horrible person.

I mean just-just horrible
to be around.

(takes a cleansing breath)

Would you like to have dinner
with me tonight?

Sure.

Henry:
"were the graced person
of our banquo present;

Who may I rather challenge
for unkindness-"

Here it comes.

Henry:
"than pity for mischance!"

Frank:
"pleas't your highness

To grace us
with your royal company?"

"the table's full!"

Frank:
"oh, here's a place reserv'd,
sir."

Henry:
"where?"

Frank:
"over here, my lord.

What moves my lord?"

(chair scrapes)

Henry:
"which of you have done this?"

(frank stifles a laugh)

What is he doing?

Henry:
"thou canst not say I did it:

Never shake thy gory locks
at me." (stifles laugh)

Oliver:
Stop them, geoffrey.
For god's sake.

Geoffrey:
Okay, let's stop.

(cast laughs openly)

Banquo:
Sorry. The cape got stuck
under the-

(ripping sound)

Oh, shit!

Jean:
Don't move!

You're tearing it
to pieces!

Henry:
Well, it looks fantastic.

Have we stopped?

Yes!

Henry:
Geoffrey, do you think we could
make it just a-

A little bit shorter-

No!
We'd see the feet.

Banquo:
Then you'd see my feet.

Jean:
You'd see the feet,
geoffrey.

Yes, I realize we'd see
his feet,

But do you think
we could carry on

And maybe fix it later?

Fix it now!

The whole effect will be ruined
unless you get it right.

I don't want to spend
any more time on this.

Oliver:
Geoffrey, the appearance
of banquo's ghost is key!

Geoffrey:
You know, you have turned
this entire play

Into a parade
of special effects.

Oliver:
The effects give context
for the performances.

Geoffrey:
The effects are coming
at the expense

Of the performances.

I mean look at henry!
He's huge!

No, he's acting terrified

Because he's looking at
a scary actor acting scary.

There's nothing emotional
to connect with up there!

Geoffrey!

What?!

Ellen:
Geoffrey, stop it, please?

Stop... What?

You have no idea
how frightening it is

To watch you talking
to an empty chair.

Thank you everyone.

See you tomorrow.

Oliver:
You can't cut the ghost!

Geoffrey:
I'm cutting the ghost.

You don't know what
you're doing.

Oh, I know exactly
what I'm doing.

This is not
a horror movie.

It's a story about
one man's guilt.

It's a story about
one man's journey into madness.

You're just trying
to make it about you.

And you're trying
to make it about you!

You can't cut
the ghost!

Oliver-

I won't let you.

Oliver,
remember what ellen said.

The real horror
is in what we don't see.

The real horror
is in our imagination.

If you cut the ghost,
I'll quit!

Go ahead.

All right!

Why are you still here?

I'm going!

So... Go!

Uh... Is everything
all right, geoffrey?

Yeah. Terrific.

Just here, all alone,

On my lake.

Ahhh, the lake.
(nervous laugh)

I mean,
it's all about editing.

Words are cheap,
right?

You can talk all day

Or describe something
in excruciating detail,

But in the end,
you know, that's just...

What it would be.

What?

Excruciating.

Right.

So... Tell me about you.
Who are you?

Me? I'm nobody.

Oh, come on.

Well, uh...

I grew up in winkler,
manitoba.

That's a town of about
8000 people,

Two hours south of winnipeg.

And what do they do
in uh... Winkler?

They...They uh, mostly farm.

For fun,
what do they do?

Oh well, there's a...

There's an aquatic playground,

And there's uh,
the harvest festival in August,

And the thresherman museum -
that's kind of fun.

You get see how they lived
in the olden days.

(laughs) wow.

Yeah, I've never met anyone
from the prairies before.

Seriously?

Lionel:
No. What are they like -

Prairie folk?

I mean are they real?

Are they, you know,
real people?

Yes, I'd say they were
real people.

I don't know
any real people.

I mean everyone around me
is-is-is

Is pretending to be
someone they're not.

Well, they're actors.

Right.

But you're not.

No. (laughs)

God, no.

(laughs)
I love that...

About you.

I... I love
that you're real.

Oh.

Let's get drunk
out of our minds.

Okay.

So?
How are the kids?

They're good.

Noel's finally sleeping
through the night now.

And annie told her mother
the other day,

She wants to be an actress
when she grows up.

(laughs)

What's so funny
about that?

Well, it's not exactly
the lifestyle choice

You'd make for your daughter,
is it?

You make it sound
like prostitution.

Ellen, I'm just...

Forget it.
I'm sorry.

I didn't mean it
like that.

So, what's this for -
$120 dollars?

Oh. A bra for work -
a work bra.

Nobody sees it.

Okay.

You know, my lifestyle
is a bit unusual,

I admit that.

But you have no right
to judge me.

I'm sorry.

You're like my auditor.

She treats me like
a criminal.

You're not a criminal.

It's not a crime
to be stupid.

Excuse me?

I'm talking about
your limited understanding

Of your own financial
situation;

Your inability to add
two numbers together.

Shut up, ed!
I am not stupid.

I'm just saying-

It's bad enough being called
a liar by the government;

Now I'm being called stupid
by a beer swilling clerk?

Hey!

I'm doing you
a favour here.

If insulting someone is
your idea of doing a favour,

Then you are the idiot,
not me.

Nobody who spends
$120 on a bra

And then tries to claim it,

Has the right
to call me an idiot.

That bra is a legitimate
business expense.

I have to go onstage
every night

And convince people
that I am a strong, sexy woman

In control of her life.

And you're saying
that a bra-

Yes, that's right!

The bra helps me
to do that.

I need the bra for my job.

It's like office supplies.

Like office supplies.

You think I'm a fake,
don't you?

Yes.

Well, I think
you're a fake.

Really?

Yes.

I think that you don't
believe for one second

In your regular life.

I think you want to have
big adventures like me -

Poor little me -

The prostitute/actress
in the $120 bra.

Is that right?

Yes, that's right.

(vacuum hums)

(laughing)

(panting)

Geoffrey:
Okay, don't wait -

Straight into the text.

"how camest thou hither" -
go!

"how camest thou hither,
tell me, and wherefore?

The orchard walls are high
and hard to climb,

And the place death,
considering who thou art,

If any of my kinsmen
find thee here."

Geoffrey:
No, no, no!

You're thinking!
Don't think -

Instinct!
Go!

"oh with love's light wings
did I o'er-perch these walls;

Huh? For stony limits cannot
hold love out,

And what love
can do that..."

"what love can do..."

Geoffrey:
That dares-

"what love can do
that dares love attempt;

Therefore thy kinsmen
are no let to me."

Okay, on the ground.

Two push ups -
one each - go!

Okay!

"if they do see thee,
they will murder thee."

"alack, there lies
more peril in thine eye

Than twenty of their swords:

Look thou but sweet,

And I am proof against
their enmity."

Geoffrey:
That's good, good.
Keep the breath going.

More text, you guys.
Jump in anywhere.

It's very good.

Sarah:
"o gentle romeo,

If thou dost love,
pronounce it faithfully:

Or if thou think'st
I am too quickly won,

I'll frown and be perverse
and say thee nay,

So thou wilt woo;
but else,

Not for the world."

"lady, by yonder blessed moon
I swear

That tips with silver
all these fruit-tree tops-"

"o, swear not by the moon,
the inconstant moon,

That monthly changes
in her circled orb,

Lest that thy love prove
likewise variable."

Patrick:
"what shall I swear by?"

Sarah:
"do not swear at all;

Or, if thou wilt,
swear by thy gracious self,

Which is the god
of my idolatry,

And I'll believe thee."

Wow, it's just passionate,
it's...

It's really poetic

But it's really um...
Sexual, too.

(giddy laugh)

Geoffrey:
(laughs)

Okay, you two,
run around again.

Patrick, you go first.

This time, sarah,
you catch up.

Thank you, geoffrey.

No, thank you.

I thought he was gay.

Ellen:
Oh, hi, diane,
it's ellen.

Is everything good with you?

And ed?

Good.

No, no.

I-I-I'm just phoning
to say I'm sorry.

Sorry for keeping him
so late.

No. Nothing more,
just a friendly sorry.

Yeah...

Okay, well, I've...
I've got to go to rehearsal so,

Sorry again to you,
and um...

Say sorry to the children
for me.

Ellen:
Oh, anna?

Do you have those
pay stubs for me?

Oh, yes.
Where are they?

Gosh, I'm sorry.

I got here a bit late
this morning

And everything's a bit
topsy turvy.

Yeah.

I actually slept in!

I had a late evening.

I went to jongs.

The lemon chicken there
is really good.

Did you go out
with someone?

Yes, as a matter of fact.
It's kind of a secret.

I mean, nothing happened yet,
but it might

And I don't want
to jinx it.

It's someone
who works here.

I can't tell you who -
not richard.

Hmm.

That's great.
Good for you.

Thanks for this.

Ellen?

It's okay.
It's okay.

I have another
preview tonight.

Oh, it'll be okay.

Yeah, I... Yeah.

(somewhat improved sound
of clarinet)

(clarinet breaks between low
and high notes)

Richard?

Oh, anna,
come on in.

I want to show you something.

(begins playing opening notes
of "danny boy")

"danny boy", right?

Yes!

It's great.

Really?

Considering you've only had it
a few days, it's...

Oh, well, thank you.

Sorry,
do you want something?

Uh, do you know anything about
what's happening in rehearsal?

Ellen was here
and she's quite upset.

Um... I don't know.

It's that time of year,
anna.

Come on,
it's previews.

Okay.

Well, I'll leave you
to your practising.

Richard:
Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Here's the chorus.

(chorus is unrecognizable)

Geoffrey:
Okay, everybody,

Here's the game plan.

We're going to streamline
this production,

So we can focus more
on the acting

And less on the effects-

Ah, ellen,

Not late again.

Now, most of these changes
will be subtle,

But one big change:

We are cutting
the ghost of banquo.

Now, I know, henry,
that seems drastic,

But I think it will help
the audience appreciate

That macbeth is losing
his grip on reality.

I also want to pick up the pace
in most scenes,

In particular, those scenes
involving the two macbeths.

I would like them
to be breathless;

Feel they are acting
impulsively;

That they don't have time
to think.

And one other thing:

Act one scene five.

We're going to return
to an old idea.

This is the first time we see
mr. And mrs. Macbeth alone,

And lady macbeth
will wash the blood

Off her husband's body.

There will be a basin
and a rag

Up stage left.

Any questions?

Henry:
(clears his throat)

Terrific.

We have a lot to do
before preview,

So let's get to work.

Maria? Call it.

Maria:
All right, everyone,

Shall we start with
the banquet scene?

Sarah:
Do you wanna do this again?

Mmm, go. Go again.

Where do you want
to go from?

Um... Um... From um...
"wilt thou be gone."

Okay.

(guttural yell)

"wilt thou be gone?
It is not yet near day:

It was, it was the lark,
and not the nightingale,

That pierced the fearful
hollow of thine ear..."

Ellen:
"come, thick night,

And pall thee in the dunnest
smoke of hell,

That my keen knife see not
the wound it makes,

Nor heaven peep through
the blanket of the dark,

To cry 'hold, hold!'

Great glamis!

Worthy cawdor!

Greater than both,
by the all-hail hereafter!

Thy letters have transported me
beyond this ignorant present,

And I feel now the future
in the instant."

"my dearest love,
duncan comes here to-night."

Ellen:
"and when goes hence?"

Henry:
"to-morrow, as he purposes."

"nightly she sings
on yon pomegranate-tree:

Believe me, love,
it was the nightingale."

"it was the lark,

The herald of the morn,
no nightingale:

Look, love,

What envious streaks

Do lace the severing clouds
in yonder east:

Night's candles
are burnt out,

And jocund day...
Stands tiptoe...

On the misty mountain tops."

Oh god,
this is hot.

Audience:
(whistles and applause)

Oh henry-

What are you
doing here?

Just a quick note
before you go.

Yeah, what is it?

You're fired.

What?

Oh, I think you heard me.
You're fired.

On what basis?

Well, I could just say
that I don't like you,

But that's not really
specific enough,

And this is all about
specifics, isn't it?

So the truth is,
I don't like you

And I don't like
your acting.

I don't like the fact
that you ignore my direction.

I don't like the fact
you play everything

To the audience.

I don't like your complete lack
of theatrical courage,

And I really don't like that
you've turned ellen against me,

But that's subtext.

In any event,

I'm putting jerry in
tomorrow night.

You are insane.

Not at this moment.

Your fans await.

(henry pants a little)

Audience:
(claps and cheers)

(clapping and cheering)