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1 [Music]

2 [Music]

3 [Music]

4 Who line?

5 That's mine. Thank you. Thank you.

6 You're an American. Where are you from?

7 New York. Yeah, me too. How come I never

8 saw you there?

9 I don't get out much.

10 My name's Jason.

11 Claire. Nice to meet you.

12 Who am I?

13 You come here to dance?

14 I hope.

15 Jason, you sleep too much. I didn't get

16 awake all night. I couldn't get that

17 stickman out of my mind. I want it. I

18 want it. We got to get it whatever it

19 costs.

20 Taxi. Did you see the stickman in the

21 catalog? Yeah, the ones in white marble.

22 What? That's the Bel. The stickman is

23 made of bronze, patentated black and

24 guilt, rotating dials, and are aokco

25 mythological figures. That's a stickman.

26 Come on, get in. What are you waiting

27 for? Where's

28 Monty? A white marble

29 stickman. And I thought I heard

30 everything.

31 [Music]

32 your Tissa,

33 good morning, Carl. Good morning.

34 Everything is ready for the auditions.

35 Yes, sir. They're due to start in half

36 an hour. How many applicants do we have

37 this year? Or on 50. That doesn't give

38 us much to truth from.

39 This letter arrived from Vienna. The

40 tiata and

41 what do they want?

42 Oh, they want to know if you would open

43 their season with one of your berries.

44 You know what to tell them, don't you?

45 Yes, sir.

46 We could have had a chance to go and

47 live somewhere

48 real. I've never had a fun this for your

49 places.

50 [Music]

51 Epic. Where'd he go?

52 Sarah West.

53 [Music]

54 Betterra say

55 and

56 [Music]

57 and voila.

58 [Music]

59 How did it go? Awful. What did they say?

60 They didn't take me.

61 They're terrible. They make you do

62 impossible things.

63 That woman says I'm not cut out to be a

64 dancer.

65 Claire

66 Hamilton, Claire Hamilton,

67 Alicia Taran.

68 [Music]

69 [Music]

70 [Music]

71 Not three.

72 a complete set. Are you sure of that?

73 Uh-huh. Well,

74 uh, I'll have to think about it. You

75 know, there are there are a lot of Belas

76 around these days. Anyhow, I'll get back

77 to you. Okay. Now, wait a minute. I

78 didn't hear what you said. Say it again.

79 Yes, Marty. I did the

80 audition quite well.

81 No, no, no. They haven't said if they're

82 going to accept me, but um they want me

83 to come back in a few days.

84 Yeah.

85 Okay. So, um give Dad my love, huh?

86 Bye.

87 [Music]

88 [Music]

89 Hello, Jason. You ready? The auction is

90 due to start in 15 minutes.

91 What are you talking about? It's 3:00 in

92 the morning. Are you crazy? It's a

93 quarter of 10. What? Everything will be

94 snapped up before we even get there.

95 Okay. Okay. I'll be right

96 down. Goddamn

97 clocks. Oh my god. There's the old

98 countest. It's a nightmare. She follows

99 me everywhere I go. Vienna, Prague,

100 Budapest. Wherever I am, she leaps out

101 of the woodwork. She knows nothing about

102 clocks. Just follows my lead. She knows

103 I'm a cunning old fox. If I raise a

104 single finger, she snaps up the whole

105 lot. All right. Okay. We just have to

106 fool

107 her. What if the bids come from someone

108 else?

109 Like who?

110 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It

111 is our pleasure today to offer at

112 auction an important stock of

113 antiquities from the Goldberger

114 collection. Each item will go to the

115 highest bidder according to the terms

116 and conditions of sale set out in your

117 cataloges. We begin with lot number one,

118 a late 18th century Austrian grandsonary

119 mantel clock with an enamel dial and

120 central calendar hand. The three train

121 movement with anchor escapement and

122 striking on two bells flanked by

123 statueets of Poseidon whose trident is

124 missing and the siren lacking a

125 forearm. Now who will start the bidding

126 at 15,000 foreign 15,000 20,000 any

127 advance on

128 20,000? Do I see 20? Yes.

129 25,000

130 30,000 Yes.

131 35,000 40,000

132 45,000

133 50,000 Any advance on

134 50,000

135 55,000 at 55,000 foreign it's going for

136 55,000 foreign

137 going gone sold for 55,000 foreign to

138 the gentleman in the check

139 jacket the next lot number two is a

140 magnificent second empire bronze

141 tableclo in the form of the terrestrial

142 globe resting on the shoulders of Atlas.

143 Uh the hours are represented in inlaid

144 enamel and the orb is decorated with neo

145 barac motifs. It has a cylindrical

146 movement and it strikes every hour. Uh

147 now shall we start the building for this

148 superb piece at 30,000 for

149 30,000? Yes.

150 30,000 35,000 40,000 we ask 45,000 any

151 advance on 45,000

152 50,000 any advance on 50 55,000

153 do I 60,000

154 60,000 there has already been a bid for

155 60,000 sir

156 I meant 70,000 oh we are at 70,000

157 foreign ladies and gentlemen am I

158 offered any

159 4 80,000 90,000

160 100,000

161 200,000

162 the bidding is at 200,000 foreign ladies

163 and gentlemen it's going for 200,000

164 foreign going

165 Going done.

166 [Music]

167 Hi. Hey, Cla.

168 So, it's not true ballerinas are always

169 on a diet. Actually, it

170 is. But today is an exception. How come?

171 Because today I'm angry.

172 Oh, maybe I should leave you alone.

173 No, no, don't leave.

174 Where were you going?

175 Nowhere

176 special.

177 Would you mind staying here with

178 me? I'd like to have someone to talk to.

179 Yeah, sure.

180 I don't know what came over

181 me. I'd spent months preparing for the

182 audition and then when they called my

183 name, I couldn't move. It was like my

184 legs were paralyzed. Exactly the same

185 thing happened to me once when I was a

186 cop. Really? My first exam. I knew all

187 this stuff. I've been working on it

188 night and day. And then how did it end

189 up? Never even started. It was my last

190 day at school and I got a job.

191 Maybe that's what I should do.

192 Maybe I'm just not cut out to be a

193 ballerina. Aren't you going to give it

194 another shot?

195 I don't know. Come on. You got to. You

196 come all this way, all the way from

197 America for this. Look, if you want,

198 I'll go back there with you tomorrow.

199 I'd like to have a second

200 chance, but I also feel like leaving.

201 [Music]

202 Hey, Claire. What are you doing in here?

203 Jason, come here. Look at this

204 house. Is that pretty?

205 No wonder you used to live here.

206 Guy doesn't mention it. Let's see if we

207 can get in.

208 Hey, wait a minute. Maybe somebody still

209 lives there. No, look. It's all

210 abandoned.

211 He's locked.

212 There's another way

213 in here. There's another door.

214 There's no way we can get in this place.

215 Look what I found.

216 How'd you know there was a key there?

217 We do the same thing at home.

218 Christ the

219 sticker. My uncle saw this, he'd go out

220 of his mind.

221 [Music]

222 I like this house.

223 I could live here.

224 I couldn't

225 [Music]

226 Claire. Claire, I guess you must have

227 lived here.

228 No wonder you felt at

229 home. A ballerina who loved Swan Lake.

230 I want you to check all the backdrops.

231 Very well, sir.

232 The boards are coming up here. I'll get

233 them

234 fixed. We must replace the foot

235 lights. The curtain is too

236 sluggish. I want it all working again.

237 What about the school, sir?

238 Tell madam to suspend all

239 classes. We're closing it

240 up. Every ballerina dreams of dancing

241 Swan

242 Lake. There are two parts.

243 The white swan and the black swan. Good

244 and evil. So, which one is the prince in

245 love with? The white swan.

246 How come he falls in love with a swan?

247 She'sn't really a swan. Actually, she's

248 a princess who's been turned into a swan

249 by the spirit of evil.

250 Oh. Um,

251 then who's the black swan? Black swan.

252 The black swan is another

253 woman, but she's made to look exactly

254 like the princess.

255 But she's wicked.

256 Like you. What do you mean? What makes

257 you say I'm wicked? Cuz you ate all my

258 pie.

259 Sorry.

260 Can I ask you a very personal question?

261 I don't have a boyfriend.

262 I

263 guess my true love is

264 really my

265 dancing. Man, I don't have a girlfriend

266 either. I spend my whole life with

267 clocks. They're not my true love.

268 Well, this is my room. Good night.

269 Where are you? Down the hall.

270 I'll walk you to your door.

271 Are you still willing to come to the

272 audition with me? Yeah, sure. I'll meet

273 you at 8 down in the lobby.

274 See you tomorrow then. Good

275 night. Jason

276 [Music]

277 Thank you.

278 Welcome back, Natalie.

279 Can I help you? Yes. Some flowers have

280 been delivered to the wrong room.

281 They're not for me. They're for someone

282 called Natalie. Flowers? I don't know

283 what to say, Miss Hamilton. No one's

284 been by since I came on duty. But you

285 have a guest called Natalie, don't you?

286 No, miss. There's no one here by that

287 name.

288 [Music]

289 Hey, has Miss Hamilton come down yet?

290 Miss Hamilton has checked off, sir. She

291 checked out just a short while ago. Mr.

292 Forest, she left this for you.

293 Forgive me, Jason, but I've decided to

294 go home. Look me up when you get back to

295 New York. Until then, Claire,

296 what time does this plane land in New

297 York?

298 Arrival at Kennedy is scheduled for 2:30

299 local

300 time. Gate 12. The plane will be board

301 in 30 minutes.

302 Enjoy your flight, Miss Hamilton. Thank

303 you.

304 There you are, Miss

305 Hamilton. It comes to

306 $82. Just sign here,

307 please. Thank you.

308 There's a different name.

309 What do you mean a different name?

310 [Music]

311 [Music]

312 Miss Natalie Hovat is kindly requested

313 to come to the information

314 desk. Miss Natalie Hovat to information,

315 [Music]

316 please. Another call for Miss Natalie

317 Hovat. She is urgently required to come

318 to the information desk situated at the

319 far end of the hall where there is a

320 message waiting for

321 her. Miss Natalie Horvat is kindly

322 requested to come to the information

323 desk. Miss Natalie Horvat to information

324 please. Miss Natalie Horvat is kindly

325 requested to come to the information

326 desk. Are you Natalie

327 Horvat? Your car is

328 ready. My car?

329 Yes. The driver is waiting for you

330 outside.

331 [Music]

332 The maestro is expecting you.

333 [Music]

334 It's all exactly the same as it was Then

335 Are you American sometimes?

336 Are you interested in that? It's a very

337 rare

338 piece. 18th century.

339 You trying to tell me they had spring

340 suspension in the 18th century? Come to

341 think of it, early

342 19th empire,

343 second empire, late 19th.

344 How much you want for it? Well, as a

345 matter of fact, it's not for sale. But

346 just for you, shall we say 80,000

347 Florence?

348 If you can take off more than a century,

349 you can also take off 30,000 Florence.

350 30,000 Florence. Impossible. Dollars.

351 Okay. Dollars. Let's see. million

352 dollars. That would be uh Jason. Jason,

353 where the hell are you here? Uncle, how

354 much is 50,000 Florence and dollars?

355 50,000? Yeah,

356 that's $1,233,

357 right? $1,300.

358 You take credit cards? I prefer. How

359 about travelers checks? Of course. No,

360 I'll pay cash. You've got a real bargain

361 there, you know. Uhhuh.

362 And you got rid of a real piece of junk,

363 you know.

364 [Music]

365 Clear. So, you didn't leave after

366 all. Where have you

367 been? I haven't been able to stop

368 thinking about you.

369 Why didn't you call me?

370 I'm

371 sorry. You must be mistaking me for

372 someone else.

373 Claire, what are you saying?

374 I have to go now.

375 Hey, what's going on

376 here? You gone crazy? Let go of me.

377 Blair, my name is Natalie.

378 [Music]

379 [Music]

380 Can I help you, sir? Yes. I'd like to

381 make an international call. New York

382 City, please.

383 What number, sir? Area code

384 212 8914265.

385 Boo number two, sir. Thanks.

386 Hello. Hi, this is Claire. Claire, it's

387 Jason. I'm sorry no one's here to answer

388 your call right now. If you leave a

389 message, I'll get back to you as soon as

390 I can.

391 [Music]

392 [Music]

393 Good

394 morning. Wanted to apologize for

395 yesterday.

396 Do you come here often?

397 Every day.

398 You like swans?

399 Yes. I like to watch them.

400 Did you find that girl you were looking

401 for?

402 No, not yet.

403 What's your name?

404 Jason.

405 I'm staying at the Hotel Gillard.

406 Gillard? Do you know it?

407 No, I don't think

408 so. What are you doing

409 here? I don't really know.

410 My car is here. I have to go now. Wait.

411 Can't we just stay and talk a little

412 longer?

413 I

414 can't. I have a rehearsal.

415 What rehearsal?

416 I'm a prima ballerina.

417 Where are you dancing? At the Brooken

418 Tour Theater.

419 What's the ballet?

420 Swan Lake.

421 You must free yourself from your

422 body. I don't want to see any

423 effort. You must fly.

424 As free as the

425 air now you are the wise

426 one. In a while you will meet a

427 prince and as you

428 dance you are praying with

429 him. Save

430 me. This is love. You should be dancing

431 the pain of

432 love now.

433 Good morning. Good morning. I'd like a

434 ticket for the first night of Swan Lake,

435 please. I'm sorry. A ticket for Swan

436 Lake? I don't think they are giving Swan

437 Lake this year. Sure they are. It's

438 opening in a few days at the Brooken

439 Tour Theater. But the Brooken Tour is

440 closed.

441 It's closed. There hasn't been anything

442 on there for years.

443 [Music]

444 [Music]

445 [Music]

446 [Music]

447 [Music]

448 Good evening, miss.

449 Good evening.

450 I'm looking for someone. His name is

451 Jason. Jason Forest.

452 I think he's staying in this hotel.

453 Mr. The forest is not in his room, but I

454 just saw him a while ago. He must be

455 around here somewhere. Just a moment.

456 Mr.

457 Forest, there is a young lady in the

458 lobby asking for you.

459 [Music]

460 [Music]

461 [Music]

462 [Music]

463 15,000 for 15,000 20,000 do I see 20 yes

464 25,000 30,000 any advance on 30 yes

465 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 60 70 80 No

466 one offer

467 anymore. Yes. 90,000. 100

468 110,000 going for 110,000 foreign ladies

469 and gentlemen. Going going gone sold for

470 110,000 foreign. And now we come to lot

471 number 28. A portrait of a gentleman by

472 an unknown artist of the Hungarian

473 school late 19th century. Uh this

474 painting belonging to the Feskatage

475 family formed part of their priceless

476 collection at the Caste Castle on the

477 shore of Lake Balaton. Now the bidding

478 for this painting starts at 40,000 for

479 Yes. 40,000

480 45,000 what? 50,000 60,000

481 60 70,000 80,000

482 Well the bidding is at 80,000 ladies and

483 gentlemen it's going for 80,000 foreign

484 going gone sold for 80,000 foreign to

485 the gentleman in the check

486 jacket now we come to lot number 29

487 bronze nude repres Presenting the

488 biblical figure Susanna,

489 you belong on medication. You know that,

490 don't you?

491 This garbage isn't worth a scent. Why do

492 you want it anyway? What the hell are

493 you see in this crap? Will you take it

494 now or would you like to have it sent?

495 I'll take it now.

496 You don't know about clocks. Despite the

497 three years you've been with me, and now

498 you want to branch off into paintings.

499 80,000 forests. That's over

500 $1,500. Four weeks paid. Don't forget

501 that

502 Brooken tour

503 Theater

504 November

505 1891 Swan

506 Lake

507 choreographer Marius Blake

508 Prima

509 ballerina. Natalie Horvath.

510 Natalie Horvath.

511 [Music]

512 [Music]

513 [Music]

514 [Music]

515 [Music]

516 Good evening.

517 Good evening.

518 I heard you were looking for company.

519 Well, actually that is uh

520 perhaps I've got to the wrong room.

521 Oh, no, no, no. This is the right place.

522 Please come in.

523 Excuse

524 me. You speak English? Yes, I do. Could

525 you translate this for me, please?

526 Yesterday evening at the Brooken Toha

527 Theater, Prima Ballerina Natali Horvat

528 was the victim of a tragic

529 accident. Just before her entrance, she

530 inexplicably fled from the theater and

531 was knocked down and killed by a passing

532 carriage.

533 Do you want me to go on? Yes, please.

534 Choreographer Marius Balakim, who had

535 promised an unusual version of Swan Lake

536 with a new ending, has canceled all

537 performances, refuses to see anyone or

538 make any statement about the incident.

539 Is that all? Yes.

540 Thank you.

541 So, how did the story end?

542 I'm not sure it has an ending.

543 Jason. Jason, where the hell have you

544 been? I've been looking for you all

545 morning. I've packed your bags. We have

546 to leave right now. What are you talking

547 about? Your mother. She's in the

548 hospital. Here, take this. What's wrong?

549 She's been hurt.

550 Leave that. I'll I'll take take the

551 clock.

552 How is she? I mean, is it bad?

553 It's not good. I've got to hurry.

554 There's a flight in an hour. Wait a

555 minute. I want to call home. No time

556 right now.

557 How'd you hear about it? They sent the

558 telegram. What did they tell you later?

559 To the airport. Hurry.

560 Well, just don't say that like a dummy.

561 She's not only your mother, she's my

562 sister, too. Come on, get in.

563 Would you mind telling me what happened?

564 A car accident.

565 Car accident. She doesn't even drive. A

566 friend was driving.

567 Can I see that telegram?

568 I must have left it back in the hotel

569 and all that confusion. And you put your

570 foot on the gas. I told you we're in a

571 hurry. Pull over. I want to make a call.

572 No, drive on. I said pull over. I want

573 to get out.

574 of the academy.

575 Hello,

576 Mom. Yeah, it's me,

577 Jason. Yeah, I'm fine. How about you?

578 Are you hurt

579 bad? No. Ah, thank God.

580 Uncle Joshua told me you were in the

581 hospital.

582 I told you not to call. Your mother's

583 asking for you. She wants you. She wants

584 you. I just talked to her and she said

585 she's fine. Your mother's dying and

586 she's calling for you. Can't you hear?

587 Can't you hear? How cous can you be? You

588 have to go. Got to go right away. You're

589 coming with me back to America.

590 Jason,

591 Jason, come back

592 here.

593 [Music]

594 Jason,

595 Jason,

596 Jason, Jason, come back.

597 Somebody call for help. Get an ambulance

598 here quickly.

599 Chase. Chase.

600 Don't try to talk. We're going to get

601 you to a hospital right away.

602 Chase. Tonight?

603 What about tonight?

604 Swan

605 Lake. I'm going to do

606 it tonight.

607 What do you mean?

608 Thank you, Jack.

609 I don't understand.

610 Wait, wait a minute. What do you want

611 from me? I told you I don't understand.

612 Where you taking me? Wait a minute. Wait

613 a minute. I told you. I God damn it.

614 [Music]

615 [Music]

616 Claire, clear.

617 [Music]

618 Claire. There.

619 Jason, there

620 I've been waiting for

621 you. Thought you'd never come.

622 Claire, what happened to

623 you? I've been

624 away. I've been

625 far far

626 away. Now I'm back.

627 I was so

628 lonely. I missed you terribly.

629 I thought about

630 you all the time.

631 I love you.

632 [Music]

633 Go ahead.

634 Kiss the work

635 light. Give me the

636 night. Now the

637 moon.

638 Here. I want a narrow beam of light for

639 her.

640 When are we starting?

641 dance is as ancient as

642 mankind. I am

643 memory. I

644 remember. I see. I see into the darkness

645 of

646 time. Men with painted faces and naked

647 bodies dancing in a

648 circle. In the middle there is an

649 effigy, the cruel image of the animal

650 god awaiting his

651 victim. I have been

652 chosen. I am the one called upon to

653 bring the ancient right back to life.

654 My Swan Lake will be different from all

655 the

656 others. Not the pretty fairy tale which

657 ends with the triumph of good. I will

658 put evil on the

659 stage. And when all is finally

660 accomplished, nothing will be left

661 beyond the

662 curtain except the void.

663 [Music]

664 [Music]

665 Hallelujah.

666 [Music]

667 Heat. Heat.

668 Claire. Cla, listen to

669 me. You mustn't

670 dance. You've got to come away with

671 me. This theater is damned.

672 Come with me. It's dangerous for you

673 here. We have to get away.

674 [Music]

675 [Applause]

676 [Music]

677 Heat. Heat.

678 [Music]

679 [Music]

680 [Music]

681 [Applause]

682 Byebye.

683 [Music]

684 [Music]

685 Heat.

686 [Music]

687 Heat.

688 [Music]

689 [Applause]

690 Heat. Heat.

691 [Music]

692 Claire, wake up.

693 Please speak to

694 me. Say something.

695 Please. Jeez.

696 Okay.