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MAN: National Television, Steve Shorter,
slate one, take one.
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I would just like to say to you all
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how happy I am to be back in Britain
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after my American tour.
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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CROWD: (CHANTING) We want Steve!
We want Steve!
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NARRATOR: The name of this
young man is Steven Shorter.
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He is being given the first
ticker-tape welcome
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in the history of Britain.
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But Steven Shorter is not a president
or a politician,
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he is a pop singer.
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(CROWD SCREAMING)
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The reason given
for the extreme violence
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of the stage act
that you are about to see,
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is that it provides the public
with a necessary release
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from all the nervous tension caused
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by the state of the world outside.
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The performance for which
Steven Shorter is now being prepared
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is based on the sentence
he once served in prison.
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And so successful
has this violent act become,
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that Steven Shorter now finds himself
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the most desperately loved entertainer
in the world.
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Britain. In the near future.
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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(GRUNTS)
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(GIRLS SCREAMING)
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♪ I see it all before me
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♪ My path's a restless wander
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♪ My days and nights are torment
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♪ A world of misery
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♪ The bonds of retribution
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♪ Now laid so carefully
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♪ I cannot shed my pain
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♪ So easily now
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♪ My spirit's broken
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♪ No will to live
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♪ My body's all aching
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♪ My hands are tied
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♪ I need my freedom
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♪ Not your sympathy
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♪ You, you needn't love me
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♪ Just set me free
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♪ Come on, come on, set me free
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♪ Set me free ♪
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CROWD: Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free! Free!
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Free! Free!
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Free! Free! Free!
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Free!
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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♪ Is there a way out for me?
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♪ I kneel before you helpless
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♪ Is there somebody out there
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♪ To take a chance on me?
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♪ I don't pretend to virtue
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♪ I don't ask anything
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♪ But if you want to help me
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♪ My freedom's everything
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♪ Now, look, my spirit's broken
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♪ No will to live
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♪ My body's all aching
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♪ My hands are tied
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♪ I need, I need my freedom
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♪ Not your sympathy
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♪ Look, you needn't love me
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♪ Just set me free
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♪ Come on, come on, please set me free
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♪ Set me free ♪
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(WOMAN MOANING)
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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(CROWD SCREAMING IN PROTEST)
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♪ I see it all before me
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♪ My darkest days of sorrow
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♪ Salvation's hand denied me
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♪ No hope of liberty
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♪ I only ask one question
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♪ Please tell me if you can
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♪ What good is retribution
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♪ Without a helping
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♪ hand? ♪
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MAN IN AUDIENCE: Bastard!
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(CROWD BOOING)
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NARRATOR: There is now
a coalition government in Britain,
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which has recently asked
all entertainment agencies
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to usefully divert
the violence of youth.
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"Keep them happy, off the streets
and out of politics. "
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ALVIN: But I think, uh...
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MARTIN: A very good show tonight,
I thought.
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ALVIN: The basic thing is that, uh,
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we get this European thing settled down.
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By the way, Martin I'd like you to uh...
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I'd like to look over
some of the press releases I've got.
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This should be the greatest
European tour he's done yet.
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MARTIN: I'm glad to hear that.
ALVIN: By the way,
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as I mentioned before,
the uh, the Far Eastern thing.
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You know the potential there
is tremendous
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and we haven't
been there in 18 months...
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MARTIN: You should probably
give him a drink.
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ALVIN: Yes, I've offered him...
Steve, do you want a drink?
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MARTIN: Okay, Superintendent,
you can let them in now, please.
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Come in, ladies and gentleman.
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Ah! Ah! Ah! Take your time.
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NARRATOR: There will shortly be
61 people in this room,
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of whom 54 have nothing whatever
to do Steven Shorter.
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They're what you might call
professional leaners.
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ALVIN: Come on, yes.
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That's fine.
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ALVIN: All right, take it easy,
that's it. Have a drink, that's on us.
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NARRATOR: Vanessa Ritchie,
commissioned by the Ministry of Culture
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to paint Steven Shorter.
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I first saw Steven Shorter
at a press reception
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given for him about three months ago.
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I couldn't get very close to him
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because of the usual crowd of people
around him.
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There was just something about him...
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I don't know, it was the way he stood
and looked
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in the midst of all those people.
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I found a strange sort of
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emptiness and...
I just wanted to paint him.
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ALVIN: Uh, what was your name?
Kitty, wasn't it?
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MAN: It's Betty. It's Betty.
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ALVIN: And this is
our American friend visiting,
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- John B. Marshall.
- Yeah, I'd like to say howdy, folks...
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ALVIN: Right, cool it, John, we'll hear
from you later. Isn't he wild?
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All right. Have a good time.
Enjoy it! Have a ball.
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All right, hold it!
Hold it, everybody, hold it!
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Hold it. Present time, Uncle Julie.
Right now, it's present time.
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- Yeah.
- It's your birthday, Uncle Julie. 65.
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♪ He's a jolly good fellow
for he's a jolly good fellow
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♪ For he's a jolly good fellow ♪
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Look, my accountant, do me a favour,
count backwards from there.
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NARRATOR: On the left is Alvin Kirsch,
press officer to Steven Shorter
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and on the right is Jules Jordan,
music publisher to Steve Shorter,
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and grossing £250,000 per year.
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JULIE: Just beautiful. Thank you, Steve.
You're so good to me.
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You want me to do it again?
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ALVIN: A retake of the kiss,
is that too much?
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(GUESTS LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)
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NARRATOR: The evening of August 8th.
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We are in one of 300
Steven Shorter discotheques
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specially built within the last
few years to spread happiness
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throughout Britain.
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Not in a million, million years.
Look after this, will you?
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No, this is not business with us.
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We're just one big happy family.
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Look at this kid, a doll, a prince.
I love this boy. Beautiful!
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We didn't frame it, Uncle Julie,
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because we didn't know
where you'd like to put it.
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ALVIN: Martin, you're too much!
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Vanessa? Vanessa?
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NARRATOR: Martin Crossley,
personal manager to Steven Shorter.
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Squit, do you find, um,
Miss Ritchie's painting exciting?
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Well, I don't really know much
about art.
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I, um... Ask me about birds...
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- Yeah, I wasn't suggesting...
-...and I'll, I'll...
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...that you should know about art,
I just wondered if you had an opinion.
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- Freddie, what do you think?
- Oh, well, I don't much about art,
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ask me about bees and I'll tell ya.
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This adolescent display
is not really called for, you know,
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I'm just asking for an opinion.
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- About her work?
- NARRATOR: On the right
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is Freddie K,
musical director to Steven Shorter
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and self-confessed anarchist.
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It's not what it's about any more,
is it? Not really, you know?
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I mean, if you really go
seriously into it.
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And you go in, now what you wanna do
is you wanna go into a place
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where something's hanging
that's got a bit of something in it!
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You know, not all this Nancy
pansy stuff. I mean, somewhere that's...
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Yeah, she knows what I mean that
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when you just see it and there's a bit
of somebody young in there
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and there's a bit of...
A bit of everything that he's ever done.
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A bit, you know, everything like bed
and, excuse me, going to the toilet,
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you know everything's in it,
a bit of a man's life.
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A bit of his soul, a bit of everything.
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That's what it's all about,
it's not this... Isn't it?
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I'm sure you'll agree with that.
She'll agree with me when she gets it.
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MARTIN: Steven, can we help you?
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I was... I'd like to dance.
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We were trying to have a conversation
about paintings.
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Yeah...
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You might ask Miss Ritchie... Steven?
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♪ Hey, little girl, I'm in a whirl
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♪ I've been a bad, bad boy
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♪ I'm on my knees, forgive me, please
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♪ I've been a bad, bad boy... ♪
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They're all watching you.
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Yeah, well, they always are,
aren't they?
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I was watching you last night
on television.
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I mean, obviously I've seen
your act before, but
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this time I was looking at it
much more clearly.
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STEVEN: Oh, yeah, I know.
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Quite a phenomenon, aren't I?
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How does it go?
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"His act is nauseating,
it's sadistic... "
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There was one girl
they were interviewing.
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She was sobbing.
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She was saying
she'd kill herself for you.
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Yeah, I saw her.
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And?
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I thought she was lovely.
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ALVIN: Step aside, please.
Uh, Alvin's coming through.
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Would you please excuse me.
Hey, kids, uh, everything all right?
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Listen, I hate to break in at this time,
do you think we could possibly
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like, just cool it,
like, for a couple of minutes?
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Steve, I'd like to talk to you
and uh, I'd like to uh,
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tell you about the agreement I was...
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Why don't you... You'd like this, too.
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ALVIN: Yeah, although
I think I've got some...
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Wildly different decor
which I had a hand in myself...
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You notice we've still retained
the chains but I've had the steel...
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And the whole thing looks like...
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ANNOUNCER ON PA: Closer to you.
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Steve's Electrics, guaranteed
for your refrigerator
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radiogram, food-mixer,
dishwasher, TV set.
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If we haven't got it,
Steve will get it for you.
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He will because he can.
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Steve genuinely loves dogs.
He knows you do, too,
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which is why Steve Chunk dog food
is specially reduced in price
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from 10s 6d on the current market
to 8s 6d,
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but not reduced in chunky,
tail-wagging nourishment.
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NARRATOR: You are now in what is called
a Steve Dream Palace,
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but there are 300 of these in Britain,
each designed to keep people happy
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and buying British.
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MAN ON PA: Steve, his symbol, the arrow,
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is your guarantee of satisfaction.
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Don't forget that when you buy in here,
you're buying Steven Shorter.
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AUTOMATED VOICE: 14 stone, 7.
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You see the uh,
you see the chick tonight?
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- You're certainly putting it on some.
- I'm not putting it on.
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It's a little chemical problem,
a little chemical.
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The body is still there,
the form is still there.
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They run after Steve,
but you know the overflow, uh,
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I still get, I want you to know.
That little chemical...
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What are you doing
to your teeth so much?
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What is it all about,
all that gargling?
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Too much, too much, with that stuff.
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(GARGLING)
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By the way, uh, we got to do something
about his wrists.
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JULIE: What wrists?
ALVIN: What do you mean, "What wrists"?
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His wrists. They're getting cut up,
they're getting all smashed up.
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Why does he have to lose,
like, blood for, for nothing?
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GIRL: I've got his name
tattooed all over me.
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"Steve, I love you, Steve, wait for me.
Steve, be mine tonight. "
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I dream about him a lot.
They're always horrid dreams,
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'cause he always dies in the end.
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But when I wake up
I say thank you to God,
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'cause it was only a dream.
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JULIE: "We're falling down
on two items", I said,
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"repentance and heart."
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- Did they give you anything?
- JULIE: Did they give me anything?
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Look, I'm not a knocker
of this kind of music,
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but the intro goes
something like this...
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♪ Ba de da Ba de da Ba da boom boom
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♪ Ba de da Ba de da Ba da boom boom ♪
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ALVIN: Hey, is he still giving you
those four-bar intros?
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- Eight bars.
- ALVIN: Its four bars, Uncle Julie,
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you're counting it in two.
It's four bars.
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All right, four bars, eight bars...
Anyway, I said to the boy who wrote it,
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what made him think of that kind
of a sound?
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How does it come here?
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And you know what he said to me?
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Look, maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned,
but he said to me,
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and you'll never believe this, Alvin,
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he said to me that the sound came to him
when he was in a traffic jam.
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The hooters were blaring...
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(VOCALISING CAR HORNS)
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And that's how he came
to the idea of the theme line.
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Still, who am I to complain?
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His last disc sold 1,200,000.
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- ALVIN: Wasn't it 400,000?
-200,000.
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Anyway, we got together
and we worked out a song...
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Alvin, this could be a minor sensation.
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Now. It goes like this. Remember,
the boy is sitting in a prison cell.
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- JULIE: You got the picture?
- Mmm.
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JULIE: Okay.
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♪ Mother, I never thought I'd miss
your kiss... Cooking
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♪ Mother, you're the nearest and dearest
to my heart
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♪ Mother... ♪
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- When does the hook come?
- Wait, wait, wait for it.
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♪ Can't you see, Mother ♪
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The bridge needs a little work here,
but get the payoff, the last line.
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♪ The salt-spray of my tears... ♪
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Um...
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I want to say that it, uh,
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needs a little work...
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-♪ Mother...
- But...
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♪ Never thought I'd miss your many... ♪
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(JULIE VOCALISING)
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I'll start again.
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♪ Mother, I never thought
I'd miss your cooking ♪
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(VOCALISING)
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♪ Mother, you're the nearest and dearest
to me, Mother
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♪ Can't you see, Mother
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♪ The salt-spray of my tears... ♪
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- Well, how's that?
- Aye, sir, it's a nice tune,
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Uncle Julie. No. Well, no, no,
it's a horrible tune.
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Do you know what that tune is,
Uncle Julie?
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It's a, it's a...
It's a nostalgic breaking of wind
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after a dinner of sentimentality.
I mean, it's nothing.
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I mean where's the adventure in it?
This book is about
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a fat mother figure
who eats her children
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with her sentimental rubbish, you know?
And your tune panders to this.
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I mean, the very instruments you play,
their very barrenness is expressed
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by the shape... I mean, this,
you know...
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There's nothing to 'em at all.
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INTERVIEWER: Uh, Mr Hooper,
how would you describe your function
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as Mr Shorter's administrator?
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Well, one example I can give you.
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About 18 months ago, Steven
was threatened with a paternity suit.
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INTERVIEWER: So what did you do?
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Well, I procured an abortion
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and arranged for the young lady
to be paid £500.
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(GRUNTS)
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INTERVIEWER: I see. And how did you
account for this expenditure?
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I put it down to petty cash.
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Yeah, good morning, Andrew.
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- Good morning, Martin.
- Good morning, Martin.
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MAN: How was America?
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We'll start with
the American tour, please.
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NARRATOR: Andrew Goddard Butler.
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Director of a merchant bank
in the city of London
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and chairman of Steven Shorter
Enterprises Limited.
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Very well, gentleman,
we'll begin by asking Martin
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to give us the results
of the American tour.
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Uh, right, gentleman.
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The tour lasted 25 days
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and we covered
some 64,700 miles of travel.
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The 25 days resulted in 64 appearances,
14 television appearances
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-and nine charity functions.
- How many days off were there?
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MARTIN: Three.
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(CLEARS THROAT) Is the boy all right?
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MARTIN: Have I...
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Have I said anything to indicate
that he isn't?
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ANDREW: The schedule, uh,
sounds a little punishing.
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His schedule had the full approval
of Dr Malcolm.
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Gentleman...
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Gentleman, let's be quite clear
on one point.
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Steven Shorter's personal life
is his own business.
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That's as it should be.
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But his well being, physical and mental,
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is very much of concern to us all.
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The last time I saw him, I thought
he seemed nervous and withdrawn.
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I hope there's nothing disturbing
the boy of which we have no knowledge.
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Stay there, Steve, just relax.
You're a bit tense today
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I don't know what's the matter with you,
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don't go away. Give him a ball, someone,
throw him a ball, will you?
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Get a few of you tossing this ball
up in the air...
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ALVIN: Uh, can we get a ball, please?
Someone give him a ball.
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Squit, would you give him
the ball, please?
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Very nice these ones. That's it, now...
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Stretch it out towards me, Steve.
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Smile, don't forget to smile.
That's very nice.
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Our first problem was naturally
to get rid of, uh,
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35 pounds of excess weight.
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So we put him on this
special gymnasium-type gymnastic course
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with a lot of choppy and exciting
exercises or something,
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I don't know what they did,
but they fixed up the problem.
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00:27:14,805 --> 00:27:19,852
Uh... I'd say it took us about
anywhere from 18 months to two years
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to get him into his present
physical shape.
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00:27:22,020 --> 00:27:25,691
Now, what about taking your jacket off?
That towelling thing you got on, Steve.
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00:27:25,732 --> 00:27:28,694
Get a few of you in your shorts,
come on, that's a great idea.
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Few for the girls.
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Do I have to?
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00:27:32,197 --> 00:27:34,074
Yes, come on, Steve,
what's the matter with you?
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You look wonderful! Beautiful day!
Come on!
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ALVIN: Steve, just for a couple
of shots. Can you take it off?
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- ALVIN: It won't take too long.
- Yeah, I won't take long.
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- ALVIN: Just a couple of shots, Steve.
- Just a few, come on now.
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- ALVIN: Thanks a lot.
- Come on, that's great.
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00:27:46,003 --> 00:27:47,087
Wonderful, good.
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Now. Now, Steve, smile, nice smile.
Awfully tense, relax. Right.
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Now put your chest out, beautiful one
for the girls. That's it now, great.
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Now then, Steve, another one and smile.
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BILL: Have you got a fridge?
VANESSA: No.
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Better buy you one, then.
Steve like his, uh,
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chilled tomato juice about 11:00.
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NARRATOR: The following morning,
Bill Franks, personal bodyguard
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to Steven Shorter and 5' 1 1"
in uplift boots,
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inspects the amenities
within Vanessa Ritchie's studio.
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00:28:18,368 --> 00:28:20,120
Uh, got hot and cold there?
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00:28:22,539 --> 00:28:24,708
Toilet upstairs, I suppose.
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00:28:31,256 --> 00:28:33,467
It's a bit strong, innit?
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00:28:37,596 --> 00:28:38,805
Hmm...
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00:28:39,806 --> 00:28:42,601
Is this where it all happens, then?
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00:28:43,810 --> 00:28:45,103
Darling?
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00:28:49,650 --> 00:28:52,778
Yeah, I suppose this, uh...
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00:28:52,819 --> 00:28:56,281
Yeah, well, this ought to do us, then.
Darling?
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00:28:56,323 --> 00:28:59,826
When am I going to have
another session with Steve?
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Tomorrow.
Yeah, tomorrow after the commercial.
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00:29:04,289 --> 00:29:05,457
What commercial?
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Apple Marketing Board.
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00:29:08,961 --> 00:29:12,631
Here, have one.
It's good for your sex life.
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00:29:13,966 --> 00:29:15,509
Eat a bowl a day, meself.
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00:29:15,634 --> 00:29:17,427
Well, they don't do much for me.
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00:29:17,469 --> 00:29:20,639
That's 'cause you don't eat
the pips, innit?
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00:29:20,973 --> 00:29:23,809
Darling. Innit?
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00:29:26,645 --> 00:29:27,854
Has...
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00:29:30,482 --> 00:29:33,610
Has anyone ever told you
you're quite a doll?
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00:29:34,778 --> 00:29:36,655
Give us a bite, then.
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00:29:38,532 --> 00:29:41,493
INTERVIEWER: Mr Jackman,
what exactly is the commercial purpose
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of today's advertisement?
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00:29:42,995 --> 00:29:45,497
Well, that's really
quite straightforward.
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00:29:45,622 --> 00:29:50,377
What we have got is the largest
national apple glut ever.
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And unless something drastic is done,
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in the next three weeks,
642 million apples will rot.
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00:29:57,217 --> 00:30:00,679
So, the object of this commercial,
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and the 34 others which are planned,
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is to get every man, woman and child...
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00:30:06,351 --> 00:30:07,561
Wind's changed direction,
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can you move the fog machine
down to the water please?
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MR JACKMAN: ...that is, babes in arms
and old-age pensioners excepted,
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to eat six apples a day
for the whole of the summer.
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INTERVIEWER: Now, Mr Arbutt,
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how would you describe your technique
in shooting this commercial?
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00:30:25,871 --> 00:30:29,082
Well, I've been very influenced by
the work of the Moscow Art Theatre
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and certain of our modern philosophers.
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I would describe my approach
as existentialist.
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INTERVIEWER: Would you care to
elaborate on that a little?
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MR ARBUTT: Oh, yes. Well, for example,
today the actors must all
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think apples, be apples
and ultimately become apples.
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MR JACKMAN: See, one must remember
that there are millions of viewers
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sitting captive in their sitting rooms,
who are yearning for
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the reality and tranquillity
and the beauty of the countryside.
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00:31:02,407 --> 00:31:04,868
MAN: All right. Thank you, Dave.
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PHOTOGRAPHER 1: Head up, head up!
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00:31:13,418 --> 00:31:16,129
Steve, you've go to
learn to come to a slower stop.
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00:31:16,254 --> 00:31:19,216
Remind me to look at you
walking backwards.
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00:31:22,886 --> 00:31:25,305
- Alvin.
- Yeah, Steve, one more, please.
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00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:28,058
- Can you get rid of them, please?
- All right, fellows, fellows!
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00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,060
Fellows, let's take it easy,
they've had enough, fellows.
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00:31:30,102 --> 00:31:31,436
Let's take it easy, fellows.
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00:31:31,561 --> 00:31:34,314
Get in the van, happiness time is over.
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00:31:34,439 --> 00:31:36,483
PHOTOGRAPHER 1: Just one more, Alvin.
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- Alvin, get rid of them!
- All right, fellows.
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00:31:38,276 --> 00:31:39,486
- STEVEN: Get rid of them.
- That's it. Ease off.
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00:31:39,611 --> 00:31:43,615
ALVIN: Fellows, ease off, that's it.
Fellows, this way. Fellows.
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00:31:43,657 --> 00:31:45,617
PHOTOGRAPHER 2: Okay.
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All right, everyone,
let's have some quiet, please.
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We're going to have a few words
from our sponsor.
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00:32:03,135 --> 00:32:04,678
Our sponsor.
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00:32:04,803 --> 00:32:06,471
(CROWD CLAPPING)
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00:32:09,182 --> 00:32:11,476
Thank you very much,
ladies and gentlemen.
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00:32:11,601 --> 00:32:15,188
This morning I received a telegram
from our real sponsor,
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The Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries.
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And I'm sure that the unit and artists
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would like me read it
before we start shooting.
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00:32:25,657 --> 00:32:29,161
"Good luck today with
commercial number 17. Stop."
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00:32:29,286 --> 00:32:31,288
MAN: Give me a level on Mr Jackman,
will you?
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00:32:31,329 --> 00:32:35,500
"Minister delighted,
campaign already bearing fruit."
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00:32:35,625 --> 00:32:37,043
(PERSON BLOWING RASPBERRY)
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00:32:37,169 --> 00:32:38,879
(PEOPLE CLAPPING)
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00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,550
Right. Now, stand by, everyone
and quiet,
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we're going to have a run-through
from the top with music.
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And remember, everyone, please,
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for the next 90 seconds
we're all going to be apples.
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00:32:51,808 --> 00:32:54,186
I reckon the director's a bleeding nut.
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00:32:54,227 --> 00:32:59,900
All right. Stand by, ducks, stand by,
swans, stand by, early morning mist.
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Stand by, Sylvia. Camera!
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MAN 1: Running.
MAN 2: Scene.
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MAN 3: Mark it!
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00:33:05,697 --> 00:33:07,199
MAN 4: National Apple Marketing Board.
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Scene one, take one.
Running on a guide track.
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MAN 3: In this girl's ears,
the clang of war,
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her back to the smoke
of her burning childhood.
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00:33:15,373 --> 00:33:18,335
Her country may be raped,
ravaged and upheaved.
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00:33:18,376 --> 00:33:20,921
We see it in her eyes.
The ugliness of war.
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Man's inhumanity to man.
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And then a glade, a glade of peace.
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00:33:25,884 --> 00:33:28,720
A tortured, hunted look in her eyes
becomes soft.
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00:33:28,762 --> 00:33:31,056
Peace, beauty, freshness,
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00:33:31,181 --> 00:33:35,685
the soft touch of morning dew,
the gentle lull, a blossom.
479
00:33:35,727 --> 00:33:37,395
But, what is in her basket?
480
00:33:37,437 --> 00:33:39,773
And why does she stand
as though in expectancy?
481
00:33:39,898 --> 00:33:42,901
Are we eavesdropping in a secret tryst
in the midst of war?
482
00:33:42,943 --> 00:33:45,904
And then, a twig snaps in the forest!
483
00:33:47,364 --> 00:33:50,575
In a minute! Here we are!
484
00:33:50,617 --> 00:33:52,744
He has returned!
485
00:33:52,786 --> 00:33:54,704
He's been riding for 76 days.
486
00:33:54,746 --> 00:33:57,290
Twenty-two horses have dropped
from under him.
487
00:33:57,415 --> 00:34:00,585
His eyes are rimmed with fatigue,
caked with the dust of war.
488
00:34:00,627 --> 00:34:04,089
With his own hands he has wrenched open
the gates of Jerusalem.
489
00:34:04,130 --> 00:34:09,052
With his own hands he has
crushed an Olympic army of 30,000.
490
00:34:09,094 --> 00:34:11,805
He has fought the mighty fight.
491
00:34:11,930 --> 00:34:16,560
He needs sustenance, he needs apples!
492
00:34:16,601 --> 00:34:18,562
Now we know what was in the basket.
493
00:34:18,603 --> 00:34:24,234
He is weary, stumbles after her,
his whole body demanding one thing.
494
00:34:24,276 --> 00:34:26,611
In his eyes, a desperate desire.
495
00:34:26,653 --> 00:34:30,448
She leads him, she leads him
into the glade of apples.
496
00:34:30,490 --> 00:34:33,952
It is this that has given him
his inner strength.
497
00:34:34,077 --> 00:34:39,291
Now we know what has enabled this man
to fight the mighty fight.
498
00:34:39,416 --> 00:34:41,585
We know what it is
that's restricted him,
499
00:34:41,626 --> 00:34:43,628
what it is that sustains him.
500
00:34:43,670 --> 00:34:47,632
What it is that makes his eyes
lose the voracity of war!
501
00:34:47,757 --> 00:34:51,469
It can only be one thing. Apples!
502
00:34:51,511 --> 00:34:55,473
Apples! Apples! Apples!
503
00:34:55,599 --> 00:34:58,602
Apples! Apples!
504
00:34:58,643 --> 00:35:01,146
INTERVIEWER: Mr Jackman,
how did you manage to get
505
00:35:01,187 --> 00:35:03,189
Steven Shorter for your commercial?
506
00:35:03,315 --> 00:35:06,693
Oh, I just had a few words with
his manager, Mr Crossley.
507
00:35:06,818 --> 00:35:10,989
INTERVIEWER: They must have been
very persuasive words, Mr Jackman.
508
00:35:11,031 --> 00:35:12,324
£30,000.
509
00:35:22,834 --> 00:35:24,002
Steve?
510
00:35:25,670 --> 00:35:29,341
Andrew's been very worried
about you lately.
511
00:35:31,885 --> 00:35:37,724
He was saying to me that he thinks
you seem much too nervous.
512
00:35:42,354 --> 00:35:44,481
I think he's wondering if,
513
00:35:44,689 --> 00:35:48,193
well, if there's anything
that might be upsetting you.
514
00:35:51,237 --> 00:35:52,656
Is there?
515
00:35:59,871 --> 00:36:01,414
Is that why...
516
00:36:04,751 --> 00:36:07,170
I suppose that's why they've...
517
00:36:08,672 --> 00:36:10,423
brought you in.
518
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,225
So they can keep tabs on me.
519
00:36:22,602 --> 00:36:24,437
Whose idea was that?
Crossley's, I suppose.
520
00:36:24,562 --> 00:36:27,440
- No, it wasn't.
- Bastard.
521
00:36:27,565 --> 00:36:32,237
If you and Martin don't like each other,
why do you keep working together?
522
00:36:35,073 --> 00:36:37,534
Very simple answer to that.
523
00:36:39,577 --> 00:36:41,705
As far as he's concerned,
524
00:36:46,209 --> 00:36:48,044
he takes 15%.
525
00:36:53,758 --> 00:36:56,761
You'll probably find
that's why Andrew's...
526
00:36:57,929 --> 00:36:59,389
What is it?
527
00:37:00,807 --> 00:37:02,600
Concerned about me.
528
00:37:03,268 --> 00:37:05,311
Steve, what do you mean?
529
00:37:05,645 --> 00:37:07,814
Well, you don't think...
530
00:37:09,983 --> 00:37:14,612
You don't think he's chairman of
Shorter Enterprises for nothing, do you?
531
00:37:15,155 --> 00:37:16,906
Thank you, Alvin.
532
00:37:17,115 --> 00:37:19,909
I wonder if you'd be kind enough
to ask Steven to come in.
533
00:37:19,951 --> 00:37:22,454
I think he ought to hear
what we're now going to discuss.
534
00:37:22,579 --> 00:37:24,080
ALVIN: Right.
535
00:37:27,459 --> 00:37:29,335
Steve, come in please.
536
00:37:35,467 --> 00:37:37,802
MAN 1: Hi, Steve.
MAN 2: How are you, Steven?
537
00:37:43,308 --> 00:37:45,143
Good morning, Steve.
538
00:37:52,192 --> 00:37:53,818
ANDREW: Are you well, Steven?
539
00:37:53,943 --> 00:37:55,028
Yes.
540
00:37:56,362 --> 00:37:57,530
Good.
541
00:37:59,324 --> 00:38:04,162
Now, Miss Crawford, gentlemen, we come
to the central point of today's meeting.
542
00:38:04,996 --> 00:38:06,164
Professor Tatham.
543
00:38:06,289 --> 00:38:08,625
We live in difficult times.
544
00:38:08,666 --> 00:38:10,835
We face on every side
the danger of overthrow
545
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,713
by the forces of communism and anarchy.
546
00:38:14,839 --> 00:38:18,718
We must now, for the sake of
national cohesion and survival,
547
00:38:19,177 --> 00:38:21,721
lock together into a single mould.
548
00:38:23,014 --> 00:38:27,143
We must become one unit
to resist these forces.
549
00:38:28,186 --> 00:38:31,523
And to ensure this move we must,
of necessity,
550
00:38:32,357 --> 00:38:35,860
subdue the critical elements
in the country's youth.
551
00:38:37,695 --> 00:38:41,574
This is why we first made Steven Shorter
more violent than anyone else.
552
00:38:41,699 --> 00:38:44,911
Because we knew this violence
would have a more direct appeal
553
00:38:45,036 --> 00:38:47,205
to the youth of the moment.
554
00:38:48,331 --> 00:38:51,668
Now we're going to use that appeal
by changing it.
555
00:38:53,503 --> 00:38:56,548
Gentlemen, in accordance
with our planned campaign,
556
00:38:56,673 --> 00:39:00,218
and because we've reached
commercial saturation point,
557
00:39:01,094 --> 00:39:06,224
in ten days' time we're going to make
Steven Shorter repent.
558
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:10,895
We're going to make him say,
"I'm sorry for what I've done."
559
00:39:11,020 --> 00:39:14,774
We're going to make him say,
"Now I want to go back into society.
560
00:39:14,899 --> 00:39:16,568
"Now I will accept law and order,
561
00:39:16,609 --> 00:39:19,737
"no longer will I criticise
or rock the boat."
562
00:39:19,779 --> 00:39:22,907
We're going to make Steven Shorter
say these things,
563
00:39:22,949 --> 00:39:27,954
because we want, as we've always wanted,
the youth of Britain to say them also.
564
00:39:28,788 --> 00:39:33,543
ANDREW: (CLEARS THROAT)
This is excellent. Very exciting.
565
00:39:35,545 --> 00:39:38,631
Now, for clothes and new designs,
Miss Crawford.
566
00:39:41,759 --> 00:39:44,304
(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL PIANO PLAYING)
567
00:39:51,936 --> 00:39:56,065
NARRATOR: August 14th,
item on the agenda,
568
00:39:56,274 --> 00:39:58,610
"The Youth of the Future."
569
00:40:16,002 --> 00:40:17,629
As you can see, gentlemen,
570
00:40:17,754 --> 00:40:22,175
the accent in about ten days' time
will dramatically swing to...
571
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:24,969
Thank you, Tony. Thank you, Daphne.
572
00:40:25,011 --> 00:40:29,265
To respectability, cleanliness,
social grace,
573
00:40:29,974 --> 00:40:33,102
and above all, a new-found innocence.
574
00:40:33,937 --> 00:40:39,108
The masculine line will become softer,
and the feminine line more feminine.
575
00:40:39,651 --> 00:40:44,030
And gone forever will be
the prison motif. Thank you, Tony.
576
00:40:44,781 --> 00:40:47,951
You will notice that Daphne
no longer wears the penal collar,
577
00:40:47,992 --> 00:40:50,161
but has an open, soft look.
578
00:40:50,828 --> 00:40:53,456
And that Tony no longer has
the restrictive stitching
579
00:40:53,498 --> 00:40:56,626
which imprisoned the body
in the last two years.
580
00:40:56,668 --> 00:40:59,170
He is freer, much freer.
581
00:41:00,046 --> 00:41:02,840
Thank you, Tony. Thank you, Daphne.
582
00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:07,804
In other words, gentlemen,
they are released.
583
00:41:09,681 --> 00:41:11,516
Thank you, gentlemen.
584
00:41:12,725 --> 00:41:15,561
Excellent, quite excellent.
585
00:41:16,312 --> 00:41:18,690
But as we've seen, gentlemen,
we are about to launch
586
00:41:18,815 --> 00:41:22,735
one of the most dramatic changes
of popular image ever seen.
587
00:41:22,860 --> 00:41:26,698
The only problem that remains is,
will the public en mass accept it?
588
00:41:26,739 --> 00:41:29,367
We believe so,
because of Steven's power.
589
00:41:29,492 --> 00:41:31,828
But to make sure,
my research team and I suggest
590
00:41:31,869 --> 00:41:35,540
that when you present Steven
in his new image for the first time,
591
00:41:35,581 --> 00:41:38,668
you do so in conjunction
with an establishment event.
592
00:41:38,710 --> 00:41:43,423
We have compiled a short list
from many dozens of applications.
593
00:41:43,548 --> 00:41:46,259
The Central Office of Information,
The Board of Trade,
594
00:41:46,384 --> 00:41:49,178
The Ministry of Defence,
The British Tourist Board.
595
00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:51,222
Yes, well, I've sounded out
the Foreign Office,
596
00:41:51,347 --> 00:41:53,558
and unofficially they've informed me
that they'd be delighted to
597
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:56,019
sponsor Steven on a world tour.
598
00:41:56,060 --> 00:41:58,938
The Air Ministry,
The Inland Waterways Board,
599
00:41:59,063 --> 00:42:01,274
and the Commonwealth Office.
600
00:42:02,525 --> 00:42:05,695
ALVIN: Gentlemen, haven't we
forgotten someone?
601
00:42:08,072 --> 00:42:11,242
Haven't we forgotten the one person
who's smiled upon us all?
602
00:42:15,538 --> 00:42:19,208
♪ Onward, onward
603
00:42:19,250 --> 00:42:24,881
♪ Onward, Christian soldiers
604
00:42:24,922 --> 00:42:28,593
♪ Marching as to war
605
00:42:28,718 --> 00:42:34,766
♪ With the cross of Jesus
going on before
606
00:42:34,891 --> 00:42:36,267
♪ On before
607
00:42:38,102 --> 00:42:41,773
♪ Onward, Christian soldiers
608
00:42:41,814 --> 00:42:45,443
♪ Marching as to war
609
00:42:45,568 --> 00:42:51,491
♪ With the cross of Jesus
going on before
610
00:42:51,616 --> 00:42:52,950
♪ On before
611
00:42:53,076 --> 00:42:56,746
♪ Christ the royal Master
612
00:42:56,788 --> 00:42:59,499
♪ Leads against the foe
613
00:43:00,458 --> 00:43:04,253
♪ Forward into battle
614
00:43:04,295 --> 00:43:08,007
♪ See his banners go
615
00:43:08,132 --> 00:43:13,638
♪ Onward, Christian soldiers
616
00:43:13,763 --> 00:43:16,599
♪ Marching as to war
617
00:43:17,475 --> 00:43:23,648
♪ With the cross of Jesus
going on before
618
00:43:23,689 --> 00:43:25,108
♪ On before
619
00:43:39,831 --> 00:43:43,459
♪ Like a mighty army
620
00:43:43,501 --> 00:43:46,170
♪ Moves the church of God
621
00:43:47,505 --> 00:43:53,719
♪ Brother, we are treading
where the saints have trod
622
00:43:53,845 --> 00:43:55,012
♪ Have trod
623
00:43:55,054 --> 00:43:57,723
♪ We are not divided
624
00:43:58,724 --> 00:44:01,561
♪ All one body we
625
00:44:02,311 --> 00:44:09,068
♪ One in hope and doctrine
One in charity
626
00:44:09,861 --> 00:44:15,575
♪ Onward Christian soldiers
627
00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:18,202
♪ Marching as to war
628
00:44:19,370 --> 00:44:26,043
♪ With the cross of Jesus
going on before
629
00:44:26,878 --> 00:44:28,588
♪ Onward
♪ Onward
630
00:44:28,713 --> 00:44:30,506
♪ Onward
♪ Onward
631
00:44:30,548 --> 00:44:32,508
♪ Onward
♪ Onward
632
00:44:32,550 --> 00:44:34,343
♪ Onward
♪ Onward
633
00:44:34,385 --> 00:44:36,220
♪ Onward
♪ Onward
634
00:44:36,262 --> 00:44:38,055
♪ Onward
♪ Onward
635
00:44:38,181 --> 00:44:40,349
♪ Onward
♪ Onward ♪
636
00:44:50,026 --> 00:44:54,906
Was that happiness? Was that happiness?
Was that pure happiness?
637
00:44:54,947 --> 00:44:57,575
Music lovers,
and I know you are music lovers,
638
00:44:57,617 --> 00:45:01,746
I'm sure that even He,
sitting in his celestial sound booth,
639
00:45:01,871 --> 00:45:07,084
would have heard that and said,
"Open thy mouth, judge righteously.
640
00:45:07,585 --> 00:45:11,214
"And plead the cause
of the poor and the needy."
641
00:45:12,089 --> 00:45:17,470
In other words, Reverend Holinesses,
is it a hit or is it a miss?
642
00:45:17,595 --> 00:45:19,597
Oh, a hit. Yes, most definitely hit.
643
00:45:19,639 --> 00:45:20,765
Excellent.
644
00:45:20,806 --> 00:45:23,768
I think you've been influenced
by Count Basie, but excellent.
645
00:45:23,893 --> 00:45:28,731
A trifle noisy, but I think it will
serve our purpose excellently.
646
00:45:28,773 --> 00:45:30,149
Yes. Yes, it certainly will.
647
00:45:30,274 --> 00:45:31,734
Mmm-hmm.
648
00:45:32,443 --> 00:45:33,778
Gentlemen,
649
00:45:34,946 --> 00:45:39,575
aren't we in danger
of losing our spiritual bearings?
650
00:45:39,617 --> 00:45:43,829
We are in the process of launching
Christian Crusade Week.
651
00:45:43,955 --> 00:45:46,916
And the Steven Shorter Management Group
652
00:45:46,958 --> 00:45:50,586
have just agreed to lend us
the services of Shorter.
653
00:45:50,628 --> 00:45:54,757
The decline in church attendances,
according to poll figures, is such
654
00:45:54,799 --> 00:45:58,594
that by 1990 only the clergy
will be coming to church.
655
00:45:59,595 --> 00:46:01,931
This is, of course,
a slight exaggeration.
656
00:46:01,973 --> 00:46:07,436
But we do feel the need of something
radical being done about the situation.
657
00:46:09,313 --> 00:46:13,150
They seem to have more brains
than I gave them credit for.
658
00:46:14,485 --> 00:46:16,112
BISHOP: It's really quite simple.
659
00:46:16,153 --> 00:46:18,781
Steven Shorter has the largest following
660
00:46:18,823 --> 00:46:21,450
in the history of
the entertainment business.
661
00:46:21,492 --> 00:46:25,663
We need a larger audience,
so we're using Steve's.
662
00:46:25,705 --> 00:46:27,540
And we hope that through him,
663
00:46:27,665 --> 00:46:31,002
many of these followers
will return to the Faith.
664
00:46:43,180 --> 00:46:46,142
(WATCH-RADIO PLAYING
ONE OF STEVEN'S SONGS)
665
00:47:15,004 --> 00:47:17,214
Would you mind sitting down?
666
00:47:21,761 --> 00:47:23,012
Sorry.
667
00:47:24,347 --> 00:47:28,059
Is it only you on your radio?
Can we try another station?
668
00:47:30,227 --> 00:47:32,021
(STATION CHANGING)
669
00:47:32,063 --> 00:47:35,399
(THE SAME SONG PLAYS)
670
00:47:40,029 --> 00:47:41,447
And another?
671
00:47:43,574 --> 00:47:46,369
(SAME STEVEN SHORTER SONG PLAYING)
672
00:47:56,545 --> 00:48:00,299
Do you know, that's the first time
I've seen you smile?
673
00:48:00,925 --> 00:48:04,887
Yeah, well, I am human.
674
00:48:10,393 --> 00:48:12,478
I was beginning to wonder.
675
00:48:14,105 --> 00:48:16,482
VANESSA: You're always so tense.
676
00:48:16,774 --> 00:48:18,818
What do you do to relax?
677
00:48:20,277 --> 00:48:22,405
STEVEN: I listen to music.
678
00:48:23,114 --> 00:48:25,157
VANESSA: Always your own?
679
00:48:25,616 --> 00:48:27,118
Yeah.
680
00:48:29,328 --> 00:48:31,414
Do you do anything else?
681
00:48:32,915 --> 00:48:36,585
I mean, if you weren't here now,
what would you be doing?
682
00:48:39,505 --> 00:48:41,799
Well, I'd probably be asleep.
683
00:48:46,095 --> 00:48:48,139
At 3:00 in the afternoon?
684
00:48:49,306 --> 00:48:54,186
Yeah. Uh, I usually sleep
till about 5:00.
685
00:48:56,814 --> 00:48:59,650
Then I get up and watch the television.
686
00:49:01,485 --> 00:49:04,989
Children's programmes are on then.
I like them.
687
00:49:05,489 --> 00:49:07,950
- Are your parents alive?
- Yeah.
688
00:49:10,327 --> 00:49:13,456
Steven, have you been
really close to anyone?
689
00:49:16,125 --> 00:49:18,043
Yeah, well, Alvin and Julie have...
690
00:49:18,169 --> 00:49:22,047
Oh, come off it,
we all know what they're in it for.
691
00:49:25,050 --> 00:49:28,304
Yeah. But I mean, someone's got to
692
00:49:29,472 --> 00:49:31,849
bring me my tea in the mornings,
haven't they?
693
00:49:31,891 --> 00:49:35,895
Well, I wouldn't like to see those two
standing by my bedside.
694
00:49:36,896 --> 00:49:40,483
(CHUCKLES) I suppose you're right.
695
00:49:40,816 --> 00:49:42,985
Especially Uncle Julie.
696
00:49:43,486 --> 00:49:48,866
INTERVIEWER: Uh, Mr Jordan, what can you
tell us about Steven Shorter?
697
00:49:49,658 --> 00:49:52,703
What can I say?
It's like father and son.
698
00:49:53,162 --> 00:49:57,333
It's a family relationship.
Like, brother to brother.
699
00:49:57,374 --> 00:49:59,668
Well, it's the relationship that counts.
700
00:49:59,710 --> 00:50:02,922
I mean, he is unbelievably
adaptable to anything he does.
701
00:50:03,047 --> 00:50:08,052
It's when he calls me Uncle Julie,
it's when he confides in me,
702
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,931
it's like, the other day
when he said to me,
703
00:50:12,056 --> 00:50:15,059
"Uncle Julie, if ever I have a daughter
704
00:50:15,184 --> 00:50:18,395
"I'd like to see her grow up
like your wife Gladys."
705
00:50:18,437 --> 00:50:22,608
Believe me when I tell you,
he never gives us any worries at all.
706
00:50:24,693 --> 00:50:27,738
So you've never really
been close to anyone?
707
00:50:29,406 --> 00:50:30,449
No.
708
00:50:30,908 --> 00:50:36,247
Well, there was this girl.
Once, about a year ago.
709
00:50:39,375 --> 00:50:40,876
She was nice.
710
00:50:42,253 --> 00:50:46,382
But we were on tour at the time,
and Alvin
711
00:50:47,591 --> 00:50:50,052
suggested I stop seeing her.
712
00:50:50,928 --> 00:50:52,429
And you did?
713
00:50:53,389 --> 00:50:54,765
Well, yeah.
714
00:50:55,391 --> 00:50:59,895
I mean, you must understand
that he is, in every sense of the word,
715
00:50:59,937 --> 00:51:01,605
a gilt-edged investment.
716
00:51:01,730 --> 00:51:04,608
I mean,
he is the most important personality
717
00:51:04,733 --> 00:51:06,902
in the entire history of show business.
718
00:51:06,944 --> 00:51:10,573
And therefore, he has to be
watched very carefully indeed.
719
00:51:10,614 --> 00:51:15,077
And as I tell him,
God has given him something
720
00:51:15,411 --> 00:51:18,289
he hasn't given to anyone
in the last 500 years.
721
00:51:18,330 --> 00:51:20,165
He does not belong to himself,
722
00:51:20,291 --> 00:51:22,126
he belongs to the world.
723
00:51:22,251 --> 00:51:26,922
And therefore,
he no longer has any right to himself.
724
00:51:27,673 --> 00:51:31,468
VANESSA: Yesterday he brought
along a framed picture of Alvin.
725
00:51:31,510 --> 00:51:34,138
One that Alvin wanted to give me...
726
00:51:34,972 --> 00:51:38,309
I think Alvin's got a thing about me,
if you know what I mean.
727
00:51:38,434 --> 00:51:41,645
And well,
it had been signed something like,
728
00:51:42,271 --> 00:51:44,982
"With me it's not love but happiness."
729
00:51:45,482 --> 00:51:49,111
You know, I thought this was very funny
and I laughed.
730
00:51:49,653 --> 00:51:52,197
And then he laughed as well and...
731
00:51:52,990 --> 00:51:54,199
Well...
732
00:51:54,450 --> 00:51:55,868
It was nice.
733
00:51:56,827 --> 00:52:00,664
But then he sort of
drew back into himself and it was over.
734
00:52:01,999 --> 00:52:04,335
And that's how it normally is.
735
00:52:05,210 --> 00:52:07,838
It's very difficult to get near him.
736
00:52:08,797 --> 00:52:10,841
Which is why, I suppose,
737
00:52:11,842 --> 00:52:13,552
the painting is...
738
00:52:14,470 --> 00:52:16,680
well, so far, empty.
739
00:52:17,848 --> 00:52:21,018
You may not believe this
but a short while back
740
00:52:21,060 --> 00:52:23,020
we counted every hair on his head.
741
00:52:23,145 --> 00:52:26,690
The reason being is that
we're marketing a Steven Shorter wig
742
00:52:26,815 --> 00:52:31,195
and we like to guarantee that
the placing of every hair is identical.
743
00:52:32,029 --> 00:52:35,032
Another... Another point of interest is
744
00:52:35,157 --> 00:52:38,535
that when we cut Steve's hair,
we do not sell this.
745
00:52:38,577 --> 00:52:42,373
I must make a point of this.
We do not sell the cut hair.
746
00:52:42,414 --> 00:52:43,540
We donate this to charity.
747
00:52:44,583 --> 00:52:47,544
(AVE MARIA PLAYING
ON RECORD PLAYER)
748
00:52:59,056 --> 00:53:00,599
NARRATOR: On August 20th,
749
00:53:01,058 --> 00:53:05,562
the combined churches of Britain
and Steven Shorter Enterprises Ltd.
750
00:53:05,688 --> 00:53:07,731
hold a press conference.
751
00:53:21,537 --> 00:53:25,416
All right, now, ladies and gentlemen,
may I have your attention, please?
752
00:53:25,457 --> 00:53:27,626
Can we have the proper decorum, please?
753
00:53:27,751 --> 00:53:29,712
Gentlemen of the press,
can we cool it with the cigars?
754
00:53:29,753 --> 00:53:33,882
Drink plenty of the champagne,
it's from the Vatican vineyards.
755
00:53:35,926 --> 00:53:38,470
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
you all know about the great events
756
00:53:38,595 --> 00:53:41,640
about to take place next week
in the National Stadium.
757
00:53:41,765 --> 00:53:43,392
Freddie, would you come here
for a second, please?
758
00:53:43,434 --> 00:53:45,269
Now, this is the poster
that will be displayed
759
00:53:45,394 --> 00:53:47,438
in prominent places
throughout the country.
760
00:53:47,563 --> 00:53:48,939
(CHUCKLES) Now, do you notice something
761
00:53:49,064 --> 00:53:50,733
a little different
about Steve's position?
762
00:53:50,774 --> 00:53:52,443
You do, right?
Well, we'll talk about that
763
00:53:52,484 --> 00:53:54,236
and we'll tell you more about that
a little later on.
764
00:53:54,278 --> 00:53:57,239
By the way, at the bottom sits
the picture of the Reverend Jeremy Tate,
765
00:53:57,322 --> 00:53:59,491
who'll be introduced to you
a little later on as well.
766
00:53:59,658 --> 00:54:02,119
Now, you'll notice
that the price of the tickets range from
767
00:54:02,244 --> 00:54:04,455
10 shillings to £25,
768
00:54:04,580 --> 00:54:06,790
for those of us
who are a little more fortunate.
769
00:54:06,915 --> 00:54:07,958
(ALL LAUGH)
770
00:54:08,083 --> 00:54:10,794
At this time, ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to introduce
771
00:54:10,919 --> 00:54:14,298
your friend, my friend,
and certainly God's friend,
772
00:54:15,340 --> 00:54:19,470
a honey of a chap and a million laughs,
let's welcome the Bishop of Essex.
773
00:54:19,511 --> 00:54:21,472
(ALL CLAPPING)
774
00:54:22,306 --> 00:54:23,682
Thank you.
775
00:54:25,142 --> 00:54:30,147
I feel sure, after such an introduction,
that heaven must be round the corner.
776
00:54:30,814 --> 00:54:32,357
Isn't he wild?
777
00:54:33,984 --> 00:54:37,321
Ladies and gentlemen,
it is my pleasant duty
778
00:54:37,446 --> 00:54:41,658
to introduce the brightest star
in our clerical firmament,
779
00:54:41,992 --> 00:54:46,663
who will join with Steven Shorter
in our great drive for God.
780
00:54:47,456 --> 00:54:50,709
I give you the Reverend Jeremy Tate.
781
00:54:51,126 --> 00:54:52,878
Come along, Jeremy.
782
00:54:57,049 --> 00:54:58,509
REPORTER 1: Is there anything
you'd like to tell us
783
00:54:58,550 --> 00:55:00,177
about the Reverend Jeremy Tate?
784
00:55:00,219 --> 00:55:03,138
Yes, he's 35, lives alone,
and loves a good day of fishing.
785
00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:04,515
(CROWD LAUGHING)
786
00:55:04,556 --> 00:55:06,683
In holy waters, naturally.
787
00:55:09,353 --> 00:55:13,023
REPORTER 1: Yes, but hasn't the Reverend
Jeremy Tate got any views himself?
788
00:55:13,148 --> 00:55:15,901
The church's views and those of
the Reverend Jeremy Tate
789
00:55:16,026 --> 00:55:19,363
will be found in the official pamphlet,
pages 3 and 4.
790
00:55:19,404 --> 00:55:21,907
REPORTER 2: My Lord,
isn't the church using Mr Shorter
791
00:55:22,032 --> 00:55:24,493
for the purpose of gaining converts?
792
00:55:24,535 --> 00:55:29,164
At one time, the church used the methods
of the Inquisition to gain converts.
793
00:55:29,248 --> 00:55:32,167
We find Mr Shorter
a little less painful.
794
00:55:32,835 --> 00:55:34,336
Don't we, Jeremy?
795
00:55:34,378 --> 00:55:37,047
ALVIN: You thought I was the only one
with the answers, eh?
796
00:55:37,089 --> 00:55:40,926
Steve, would you like to come up here
for a moment, please?
797
00:55:43,178 --> 00:55:44,721
Steven Shorter.
798
00:55:44,888 --> 00:55:46,557
(CLAPPING)
799
00:55:46,890 --> 00:55:49,893
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
as you can see,
800
00:55:49,935 --> 00:55:52,521
this is the first time
you have ever seen Steven Shorter
801
00:55:52,563 --> 00:55:54,523
wearing the colour red.
802
00:55:54,565 --> 00:55:56,066
Now, let me make this clear.
803
00:55:56,108 --> 00:56:00,571
Red is the colour that is associated
with the release of Steven Shorter,
804
00:56:00,737 --> 00:56:03,907
which will be seen by the public,
next week, at the National Stadium.
805
00:56:04,074 --> 00:56:06,702
But naturally,
for you fine gentlemen of the press,
806
00:56:06,743 --> 00:56:10,622
we are now holding
a sort of pre-release of this release.
807
00:56:10,747 --> 00:56:13,876
Sort of giving him
a slight temporary freedom.
808
00:56:13,917 --> 00:56:17,421
Now, here we have the keys
to Steven's freedom.
809
00:56:17,921 --> 00:56:19,089
Steve.
810
00:56:20,549 --> 00:56:21,967
There's one.
811
00:56:23,552 --> 00:56:24,887
Here we go. There's two.
812
00:56:24,928 --> 00:56:26,930
Steve, would you hold the hands up?
Ladies and gentlemen,
813
00:56:27,055 --> 00:56:28,974
Steven Shorter is released.
Steve, hold those hands up.
814
00:56:32,728 --> 00:56:34,271
STEVEN: What...
815
00:56:35,105 --> 00:56:37,482
What would you say if I...
816
00:56:39,651 --> 00:56:41,653
If I say I wanted to...
817
00:56:43,822 --> 00:56:45,407
I wanted to...
818
00:56:47,284 --> 00:56:48,952
stop all this?
819
00:56:50,078 --> 00:56:52,623
ANDREW: Well, I'd say
it was unfortunate.
820
00:56:52,664 --> 00:56:54,791
More for us than for you.
821
00:56:56,126 --> 00:57:01,465
You see, I believe you play
a very important part
822
00:57:02,341 --> 00:57:04,134
in society, Steven.
823
00:57:07,596 --> 00:57:09,806
How can I explain it to you?
824
00:57:12,476 --> 00:57:13,644
I...
825
00:57:17,314 --> 00:57:18,815
Come with me.
826
00:57:27,950 --> 00:57:30,827
There are millions of people down there.
827
00:57:31,662 --> 00:57:33,830
Millions of little people.
828
00:57:37,125 --> 00:57:40,963
First, we must be quite clear
in our minds about one thing.
829
00:57:42,005 --> 00:57:45,384
That the liberal idea,
that given enough education
830
00:57:45,550 --> 00:57:49,680
these millions will grow
into self-aware, creative human beings
831
00:57:50,806 --> 00:57:53,183
is nothing but an exploded myth.
832
00:57:54,643 --> 00:57:56,478
It can never happen.
833
00:57:58,355 --> 00:58:00,857
They're stunted little creatures,
834
00:58:01,191 --> 00:58:04,903
with primitive emotions
that are in themselves dangerous.
835
00:58:05,570 --> 00:58:08,365
They've got to be harnessed, guided.
836
00:58:10,158 --> 00:58:14,204
We've seen this happen over
and over again for an evil purpose.
837
00:58:14,538 --> 00:58:17,207
Germany, Russia, China...
838
00:58:20,043 --> 00:58:24,089
But now, we've got a chance
to make it work for our own good...
839
00:58:26,216 --> 00:58:27,342
You.
840
00:58:29,553 --> 00:58:31,722
You're our chance, Steven.
841
00:58:32,389 --> 00:58:35,183
They identify with you, they love you.
842
00:58:37,519 --> 00:58:41,189
Steven, you can lead them
843
00:58:41,898 --> 00:58:44,026
into a better way of life.
844
00:58:45,110 --> 00:58:47,195
A fruitful conformity.
845
00:59:16,433 --> 00:59:20,896
Steven, may I say how delighted
we all are to have you with us today?
846
00:59:24,608 --> 00:59:28,945
And I'm sure everybody will join me
in wishing you every success
847
00:59:29,780 --> 00:59:31,615
for tomorrow night.
848
00:59:41,416 --> 00:59:43,293
I'd... I think I'd...
849
00:59:45,087 --> 00:59:47,589
prefer hot chocolate instead.
850
00:59:53,303 --> 00:59:55,764
You would prefer what, Steven?
851
00:59:55,806 --> 00:59:58,475
I'd like some hot chocolate instead.
852
00:59:59,893 --> 01:00:02,646
You'd like some, too, wouldn't you?
853
01:00:07,109 --> 01:00:09,152
Well...
854
01:00:09,236 --> 01:00:11,947
Um, okay, yes.
855
01:00:14,741 --> 01:00:16,743
You'll join us, Andrew?
856
01:00:18,495 --> 01:00:19,996
Yes, why not?
857
01:00:22,582 --> 01:00:23,834
STEVEN: And everybody else, too?
858
01:00:23,917 --> 01:00:26,670
ANDREW: Yes. Everybody else, too.
859
01:00:28,004 --> 01:00:30,257
Hot chocolate for everyone,
please, William.
860
01:00:30,340 --> 01:00:32,467
- Hot chocolate, sir?
- Yes, hot chocolate.
861
01:00:32,509 --> 01:00:34,511
I'd prefer the wine, if you don't mind.
862
01:00:34,594 --> 01:00:38,140
ANDREW: (CHUCKLING) Oh, Martin, come.
You haven't tasted my chocolate.
863
01:00:38,181 --> 01:00:40,767
It has the most exquisite bouquet.
864
01:00:43,353 --> 01:00:46,022
- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you, William.
865
01:00:48,859 --> 01:00:52,529
Martin, can't you see that
what Steven did was a protest?
866
01:00:53,697 --> 01:00:56,199
Don't be absurd, Andrew. He had nothing
whatever to protest about.
867
01:00:56,324 --> 01:00:58,368
- Oh, Martin...
- He was just being extremely tiresome.
868
01:00:58,493 --> 01:00:59,703
It isn't as simple as that.
869
01:00:59,786 --> 01:01:01,121
Now, look, I'm getting sick and tired
of people
870
01:01:01,204 --> 01:01:02,789
of people telling me
how to do my own job.
871
01:01:02,873 --> 01:01:06,501
You won't have a job to do unless
you stop treating him like a machine.
872
01:01:06,543 --> 01:01:07,836
Now, look, Andrew,
let's get one thing straight.
873
01:01:07,878 --> 01:01:10,172
He's a sensitive boy
and not unintelligent.
874
01:01:10,213 --> 01:01:15,218
In two and a half years, I have brought
that boy up from nothing to what he is.
875
01:01:15,343 --> 01:01:17,888
Now, during practically every single day
of that two and a half years,
876
01:01:18,013 --> 01:01:20,557
I have watched and moulded Steven.
877
01:01:21,391 --> 01:01:23,727
And I think I'm going to know better
than anybody else if that boy
878
01:01:23,810 --> 01:01:26,730
is psychologically disturbed
or just being plain bloody-minded...
879
01:01:26,813 --> 01:01:28,398
- What he did today...
- Today, he was just being
880
01:01:28,481 --> 01:01:29,524
plain bloody-minded.
881
01:01:29,566 --> 01:01:32,694
What he did today,
he did out of desperation.
882
01:01:32,903 --> 01:01:35,238
- Desperation...
- Yes, desperation.
883
01:01:35,363 --> 01:01:37,073
I mean, tell me, why don't any of them
do anything?
884
01:01:37,199 --> 01:01:39,326
Why don't they stop me? Any of them!
885
01:01:39,409 --> 01:01:41,244
Just one, Butler or somebody! Why?
886
01:01:41,328 --> 01:01:43,747
I mean, they just take it, don't they?
They just drink the stuff.
887
01:01:43,872 --> 01:01:45,332
Why doesn't Butler stop me?
888
01:01:45,415 --> 01:01:47,000
They probably thought
you had a reason for it, Steve.
889
01:01:47,083 --> 01:01:49,252
- I mean, I thought you had a reason.
- Oh, God! Reason, reason...
890
01:01:49,377 --> 01:01:51,671
I don't need a reason.
None of them got the guts to say,
891
01:01:51,755 --> 01:01:53,924
"Get stuffed, Steve!" once and for all.
892
01:01:54,049 --> 01:01:57,010
They don't need a reason,
they just take it and love it!
893
01:01:57,093 --> 01:01:59,930
We'll drink your marvellous
hot chocolate with our lobster.
894
01:02:00,013 --> 01:02:03,934
And love it! Marvellous!
None of them says no!
895
01:02:04,059 --> 01:02:05,769
Some of them didn't want to do it.
896
01:02:05,894 --> 01:02:07,687
STEVEN: All right, so some of them
didn't want to do it.
897
01:02:07,771 --> 01:02:10,607
But every single one of them did it,
didn't they? Not one refused.
898
01:02:10,690 --> 01:02:12,776
You didn't even stand up
and refuse to do it.
899
01:02:12,859 --> 01:02:16,947
I mean, you're just the same as the rest
of them. You drank the bloody stuff!
900
01:02:17,030 --> 01:02:18,073
- What about you?
- What?
901
01:02:18,114 --> 01:02:19,616
- You never say no, do you?
- What?
902
01:02:19,741 --> 01:02:23,119
I've never heard you say no to anyone.
Not Alvin, Butler, Crossley, anyone.
903
01:02:23,245 --> 01:02:25,538
I mean, I know nobody ever says no
any more, I know that!
904
01:02:25,622 --> 01:02:27,916
But who do you think made this happen?
Who's responsible?
905
01:02:27,958 --> 01:02:29,417
What made it happen? You did!
906
01:02:29,459 --> 01:02:31,628
How am I responsible?
What's so special about me?
907
01:02:31,753 --> 01:02:34,798
Steve, people admire you.
I admire you, Butler admires you.
908
01:02:34,923 --> 01:02:38,468
They look up to you. You represent
something very important to them.
909
01:02:38,593 --> 01:02:41,471
What do you mean, "represent"?
Tell me, what do I represent?
910
01:02:54,484 --> 01:02:59,239
NARRATOR: September 10th,
the National Stadium, in London.
911
01:03:06,454 --> 01:03:08,164
(MEN CHATTERING)
912
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:15,964
(CHEERLEADERS CHEERING)
913
01:03:33,815 --> 01:03:35,525
(PEOPLE CLAPPING)
914
01:03:54,169 --> 01:03:56,046
BOY: I can't reach it.
915
01:03:57,297 --> 01:03:59,007
I can't reach it!
916
01:04:00,842 --> 01:04:03,386
- There. Now can you reach it?
- Yes.
917
01:04:04,137 --> 01:04:05,347
May...
918
01:04:10,060 --> 01:04:11,853
Mmm. May the...
919
01:04:12,395 --> 01:04:16,399
May the love of God be always with you.
Amen.
920
01:04:17,025 --> 01:04:18,735
(CROWD CHEERING)
921
01:04:27,035 --> 01:04:28,661
NARRATOR: What you are now watching,
922
01:04:28,745 --> 01:04:33,583
is the largest staging of nationalism
in the history of Great Britain.
923
01:04:40,757 --> 01:04:45,929
Now is the beginning
of Christian Crusade Week.
924
01:04:47,180 --> 01:04:50,558
And praise be to God.
925
01:05:05,281 --> 01:05:08,618
NARRATOR: Led by a section
of the Durham Queen's Scouts,
926
01:05:08,701 --> 01:05:12,205
detachments of Christian bodies
from all over the country
927
01:05:12,288 --> 01:05:16,042
pulse with ear-tingling music
and breathless precision
928
01:05:16,126 --> 01:05:19,963
into an unequalled expression
of national solidarity.
929
01:05:20,088 --> 01:05:21,631
(BAND PLAYING)
930
01:06:31,784 --> 01:06:36,164
We calculate that the gate money
from each of these performances
931
01:06:36,206 --> 01:06:40,877
will gross, on average,
approximately £135,000.
932
01:07:27,090 --> 01:07:29,425
NARRATOR: The coalition government
of Britain,
933
01:07:29,509 --> 01:07:32,845
formed because of the complete lack
of difference between the policies
934
01:07:32,929 --> 01:07:35,431
of the Conservative and Labour Parties,
935
01:07:35,515 --> 01:07:38,601
has given both its blessing
and a state subsidy
936
01:07:38,685 --> 01:07:41,312
to the mounting
of Christian Crusade Week.
937
01:07:41,396 --> 01:07:44,566
Because as the official pamphlet states,
938
01:07:44,649 --> 01:07:48,570
"We need no longer have
any disturbing political differences
939
01:07:48,653 --> 01:07:53,866
"when we are all of one faith
and believe in one God and one flag."
940
01:08:41,289 --> 01:08:42,665
(MUSIC STOPS)
941
01:08:49,464 --> 01:08:53,259
This black card will be issued to you
942
01:08:54,177 --> 01:08:56,679
as you leave the stadium tonight.
943
01:08:57,639 --> 01:09:01,476
On it, there are three words.
944
01:09:01,768 --> 01:09:05,688
They are simple words,
but they are vital words.
945
01:09:07,148 --> 01:09:12,570
They are words which we must now,
all of us, begin using.
946
01:09:13,237 --> 01:09:17,492
Because since the end of the war,
we in Britain
947
01:09:17,575 --> 01:09:23,539
have become apathetic, slack,
loose in our morality.
948
01:09:23,998 --> 01:09:29,545
National cohesion
has become unimportant to us!
949
01:09:31,506 --> 01:09:35,677
We must fight this! We must!
950
01:09:36,386 --> 01:09:42,266
Now, all of us begin to use
the words on the card.
951
01:09:42,975 --> 01:09:47,230
We will conform! Those are the words.
952
01:09:48,272 --> 01:09:52,819
We will conform!
And when I say the word "conform",
953
01:09:52,944 --> 01:09:57,907
I want all of you to shout
in one clear voice in reply.
954
01:09:58,533 --> 01:10:01,703
We will conform!
955
01:10:02,286 --> 01:10:04,789
Now, conform.
956
01:10:05,123 --> 01:10:07,500
CROWD: We will conform!
957
01:10:07,583 --> 01:10:09,168
And above all,
958
01:10:09,752 --> 01:10:13,631
we must follow the example
of a young man,
959
01:10:14,132 --> 01:10:19,595
who found repentance, who found faith,
who found God.
960
01:10:20,012 --> 01:10:25,017
Who found all of these things.
Who found the Word.
961
01:10:25,685 --> 01:10:30,106
And now, he's here with you tonight.
962
01:10:33,735 --> 01:10:36,112
To our shining example...
963
01:10:38,281 --> 01:10:39,907
To the light...
964
01:10:40,700 --> 01:10:42,243
To the path...
965
01:10:43,035 --> 01:10:44,537
To the way...
966
01:10:48,374 --> 01:10:50,084
(CROWD CHEERING)
967
01:12:25,137 --> 01:12:29,016
♪ And did those feet
968
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:34,689
♪ In ancient times
969
01:12:36,107 --> 01:12:41,904
♪ Walk upon England's mountains green?
970
01:12:43,990 --> 01:12:49,412
♪ And was the holy
971
01:12:49,495 --> 01:12:53,165
♪ Lamb of God
972
01:12:55,251 --> 01:13:02,049
♪ On England's pleasant pastures seen?
973
01:13:03,676 --> 01:13:10,725
♪ And did the Countenance Divine
974
01:13:12,810 --> 01:13:17,356
♪ Shine forth upon
975
01:13:17,899 --> 01:13:22,361
♪ A clouded hill?
976
01:13:23,029 --> 01:13:27,950
♪ And was Jerusalem
977
01:13:28,034 --> 01:13:31,913
♪ Builder here
978
01:13:34,165 --> 01:13:40,504
♪ Among these dark satanic mills?
979
01:13:46,969 --> 01:13:51,182
♪ Bring me my bow
980
01:13:51,724 --> 01:13:56,312
♪ Of burning gold!
981
01:13:58,314 --> 01:14:04,403
♪ Bring me my arrows of desire!
982
01:14:06,155 --> 01:14:10,493
♪ Bring me my spear!
983
01:14:10,910 --> 01:14:15,456
♪ O clouds, unfold!
984
01:14:15,790 --> 01:14:23,005
♪ Bring me my chariot of fire!
985
01:14:25,424 --> 01:14:28,719
♪ I will not cease
986
01:14:30,137 --> 01:14:34,308
♪ From mental fight
987
01:14:34,892 --> 01:14:38,396
♪ Nor shall my sword
988
01:14:38,479 --> 01:14:43,067
♪ Sleep in my hand
989
01:14:43,150 --> 01:14:49,573
♪ Till we have built Jerusalem
990
01:14:51,867 --> 01:14:58,457
♪ In England's green and pleasant land ♪
991
01:15:17,268 --> 01:15:19,061
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
992
01:16:12,656 --> 01:16:15,743
ALVIN: Now, it has been suggested
that Steve's song,
993
01:16:15,826 --> 01:16:18,037
which was specially written
for this occasion,
994
01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:21,040
may have certain auto-suggestive
qualities to it,
995
01:16:21,123 --> 01:16:24,919
from which the sick may derive
some internal benefit.
996
01:16:25,002 --> 01:16:27,671
Uh, therefore,
those less fortunate than us
997
01:16:27,755 --> 01:16:30,716
will be brought before Steve
in invalid chairs,
998
01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:35,179
uh, which we shall be providing
if I may say, free of charge.
999
01:17:15,803 --> 01:17:20,349
♪ I see it all before me
1000
01:17:20,432 --> 01:17:24,436
♪ My past of restless wander
1001
01:17:25,187 --> 01:17:29,108
♪ An evil heart within me
1002
01:17:29,859 --> 01:17:33,904
♪ An evil hand to hold
1003
01:17:34,488 --> 01:17:38,993
♪ But in my hour of darkness
1004
01:17:39,076 --> 01:17:43,414
♪ A sun began to shine
1005
01:17:43,664 --> 01:17:48,169
♪ A sweeping spirit moved me
1006
01:17:48,419 --> 01:17:52,381
♪ A shining light was mine
1007
01:17:53,174 --> 01:17:56,886
♪ I see a pasture
1008
01:17:57,553 --> 01:18:01,932
♪ All green and gold
1009
01:18:02,099 --> 01:18:06,061
♪ A shepherd walking
1010
01:18:06,395 --> 01:18:11,233
♪ So brave and bold
1011
01:18:11,317 --> 01:18:15,404
♪ A congregation
1012
01:18:15,821 --> 01:18:20,201
♪ All on their knees
1013
01:18:20,451 --> 01:18:24,538
♪ His arms outstretching
1014
01:18:24,914 --> 01:18:28,459
♪ To you and me
1015
01:18:28,542 --> 01:18:30,878
♪ You and me
1016
01:18:48,395 --> 01:18:52,608
♪ We need his hand to guide us
1017
01:18:53,025 --> 01:18:57,238
♪ Along this chosen road
1018
01:18:57,613 --> 01:19:02,201
♪ We need his love to save us
1019
01:19:02,326 --> 01:19:06,038
♪ And bear our heavy load
1020
01:19:06,789 --> 01:19:11,210
♪ His pain was not for nothing
1021
01:19:11,502 --> 01:19:15,256
♪ His tears were not in vain
1022
01:19:16,090 --> 01:19:20,427
♪ What can a man believe in
1023
01:19:20,761 --> 01:19:25,140
♪ If not in Jesus' name
1024
01:19:25,474 --> 01:19:29,270
♪ I see a chapel
1025
01:19:29,812 --> 01:19:33,315
♪ High in the sky
1026
01:19:34,233 --> 01:19:38,112
♪ Someone is waiting
1027
01:19:38,821 --> 01:19:42,157
♪ A tear in his eye
1028
01:19:43,409 --> 01:19:47,788
♪ I see him calling
1029
01:19:47,955 --> 01:19:52,251
♪ I see him smile
1030
01:19:52,459 --> 01:19:56,463
♪ And in his arms
1031
01:19:57,172 --> 01:20:01,176
♪ A little child
1032
01:20:01,552 --> 01:20:05,264
♪ His door is open
1033
01:20:05,973 --> 01:20:10,144
♪ To everyone
1034
01:20:10,436 --> 01:20:14,732
♪ I kneel, kneel before him
1035
01:20:14,815 --> 01:20:19,320
♪ My time has come
1036
01:20:19,403 --> 01:20:23,240
♪ Oh, Father, Father
1037
01:20:23,615 --> 01:20:28,162
♪ Your children call
1038
01:20:28,245 --> 01:20:31,749
♪ Descend, O, Mother
1039
01:20:31,832 --> 01:20:35,711
♪ Forgive, forgive us all
1040
01:20:35,794 --> 01:20:39,048
♪ Forgive us all ♪
1041
01:21:27,721 --> 01:21:31,475
NARRATOR: In one evening
in the National Stadium,
1042
01:21:31,558 --> 01:21:36,313
forty-nine thousand people
gave themselves to God and flag.
1043
01:21:36,980 --> 01:21:38,982
Through Steven Shorter.
1044
01:22:23,652 --> 01:22:25,028
TATE: Conform!
1045
01:22:25,112 --> 01:22:27,322
CROWD: We will conform!
1046
01:22:27,406 --> 01:22:29,616
TATE: And above all
1047
01:22:29,700 --> 01:22:33,328
we must follow the example
of a young man,
1048
01:22:34,037 --> 01:22:39,543
who found repentance, who found faith,
who found God.
1049
01:22:40,002 --> 01:22:45,007
Who found all of these things.
Who found the Word.
1050
01:22:45,674 --> 01:22:50,012
And now, he's here with you tonight.
1051
01:22:53,599 --> 01:22:56,602
To our shining example...
1052
01:22:58,270 --> 01:22:59,855
To the light...
1053
01:23:00,647 --> 01:23:02,483
To the path...
1054
01:23:02,941 --> 01:23:04,485
To the way...
1055
01:23:07,070 --> 01:23:08,780
(CROWD CHEERING)
1056
01:23:21,668 --> 01:23:23,629
What does he think?
1057
01:23:29,676 --> 01:23:32,137
What does he think I am? A...
1058
01:23:47,361 --> 01:23:48,654
Steve...
1059
01:23:50,781 --> 01:23:53,033
You could stop all this now.
1060
01:23:55,494 --> 01:23:57,246
And I want you to.
1061
01:24:00,916 --> 01:24:02,084
Why?
1062
01:24:04,044 --> 01:24:07,756
Oh, I'm... I'm not asking you
to feel anything for me.
1063
01:24:07,839 --> 01:24:10,384
It's not that at all. It's just that...
1064
01:24:10,467 --> 01:24:11,552
(SNIFFLING)
1065
01:24:11,635 --> 01:24:14,805
I think you must...
You must go away somewhere.
1066
01:24:16,848 --> 01:24:19,142
You really need to. Honestly.
1067
01:24:22,521 --> 01:24:24,940
My parents have got this place
in the country,
1068
01:24:25,023 --> 01:24:28,485
and they're away at the moment and...
1069
01:24:29,403 --> 01:24:31,613
I think we should go there.
1070
01:24:34,825 --> 01:24:36,535
What did you say?
1071
01:24:39,162 --> 01:24:41,707
(VOICE BREAKING) What did you say?
1072
01:24:42,124 --> 01:24:44,626
I said I think we should go away.
1073
01:24:53,010 --> 01:24:54,344
Oh, yeah.
1074
01:24:59,182 --> 01:25:00,767
Like everybody,
1075
01:25:03,478 --> 01:25:06,398
you want something. I mean it's obvious
1076
01:25:06,690 --> 01:25:08,734
what you want, isn't it?
1077
01:25:12,487 --> 01:25:14,072
(WHIMPERS)
1078
01:25:15,907 --> 01:25:17,200
(SOBBING)
1079
01:25:17,284 --> 01:25:18,785
Oh, Steven!
1080
01:25:20,787 --> 01:25:22,706
I know it's not easy.
1081
01:25:32,591 --> 01:25:35,385
VANESSA: I can't stay here. We must go.
1082
01:25:36,219 --> 01:25:37,304
Oh!
1083
01:25:48,357 --> 01:25:50,400
Do you want to come?
1084
01:25:53,153 --> 01:25:54,571
What is it?
1085
01:25:55,280 --> 01:25:57,032
Steve, let me see.
1086
01:26:03,288 --> 01:26:04,498
Steve,
1087
01:26:05,415 --> 01:26:07,250
take your shirt off.
1088
01:26:08,377 --> 01:26:09,670
Come on.
1089
01:26:21,181 --> 01:26:22,474
Oh, God.
1090
01:26:25,644 --> 01:26:28,522
Steve, how long have you been like this?
1091
01:26:33,360 --> 01:26:36,154
I thought your act was only pretending.
1092
01:26:40,867 --> 01:26:43,245
Steve, you've got to stop this.
1093
01:26:43,829 --> 01:26:45,706
You must stop it now.
1094
01:27:15,819 --> 01:27:17,028
Steve,
1095
01:27:18,113 --> 01:27:19,948
what is it you want?
1096
01:27:20,699 --> 01:27:22,367
(STEVEN SOBBING)
1097
01:27:24,369 --> 01:27:26,079
What do you want?
1098
01:27:32,544 --> 01:27:36,465
I then found out
he was seeing this girl, er, secretly.
1099
01:27:37,299 --> 01:27:40,594
And I say secretly,
otherwise I would have known.
1100
01:27:41,052 --> 01:27:42,345
Now, uh,
1101
01:27:44,222 --> 01:27:46,641
yeah, I was about to break it up.
1102
01:27:47,392 --> 01:27:49,770
But I said to myself, "Wait.
1103
01:27:50,312 --> 01:27:53,231
"Isn't he entitled to something?
1104
01:27:53,315 --> 01:27:56,443
"I mean, he gives of himself so much.
1105
01:27:56,526 --> 01:28:00,697
"I mean, isn't he entitled
to his own small corner of the world?"
1106
01:28:01,698 --> 01:28:06,369
But I guess in this deal, there're...
Just there're no small corners.
1107
01:28:19,591 --> 01:28:21,635
What would you say if...
1108
01:28:26,348 --> 01:28:28,517
If I asked you to marry me?
1109
01:28:37,192 --> 01:28:39,236
Steve, it wouldn't work.
1110
01:28:42,864 --> 01:28:44,366
Look, listen.
1111
01:28:46,618 --> 01:28:49,704
I'm very selfish probably
when I say this,
1112
01:28:51,206 --> 01:28:53,708
but it could only be on my terms.
1113
01:28:57,087 --> 01:28:58,463
Come here.
1114
01:28:59,506 --> 01:29:02,050
I'm a very private person.
1115
01:29:04,052 --> 01:29:05,887
I'm very possessive.
1116
01:29:09,099 --> 01:29:11,393
We'd never be alone together,
1117
01:29:12,352 --> 01:29:14,062
not really alone.
1118
01:29:26,825 --> 01:29:28,869
NARRATOR: September 25th,
1119
01:29:28,952 --> 01:29:32,455
the Federated Records
award giving dinner in London.
1120
01:29:32,539 --> 01:29:34,374
REPORTER: Uh, Miss Ritchie...
1121
01:29:34,457 --> 01:29:36,209
Um...
1122
01:29:36,293 --> 01:29:37,836
Is there anything you'd like to say
1123
01:29:37,919 --> 01:29:41,548
concerning Steve's recent
stadium appearance?
1124
01:29:42,215 --> 01:29:44,467
No, I've got nothing to say.
1125
01:29:45,427 --> 01:29:47,971
- REPORTER: Nothing at all?
- No.
1126
01:29:49,514 --> 01:29:53,184
REPORTER: Well, what do you think
about tonight's award?
1127
01:29:55,395 --> 01:29:59,065
I think it's very remarkable.
1128
01:30:01,109 --> 01:30:05,030
Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
may I have your attention, please?
1129
01:30:07,240 --> 01:30:08,617
Thank you.
1130
01:30:08,992 --> 01:30:13,622
Now, this is the moment
you all have been waiting for.
1131
01:30:14,372 --> 01:30:18,627
What else can I say but Steven Shorter!
1132
01:30:18,710 --> 01:30:20,545
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
1133
01:30:59,501 --> 01:31:03,421
Now, a little known fact,
concerning the gentleman
1134
01:31:03,505 --> 01:31:06,508
about to make the presentation
this evening,
1135
01:31:06,591 --> 01:31:10,595
is that before becoming a director
of Federated Records,
1136
01:31:11,846 --> 01:31:14,182
Leo Stanley was a song writer.
1137
01:31:15,392 --> 01:31:18,061
Now, I don't want to say
that his songs were bad,
1138
01:31:18,144 --> 01:31:20,897
but we had to rewrite them
before he could throw them away.
1139
01:31:20,981 --> 01:31:23,191
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
1140
01:31:23,358 --> 01:31:25,819
So at this time,
won't you join me in welcoming
1141
01:31:25,902 --> 01:31:28,655
the darling of the wax world,
Leo Stanley!
1142
01:31:28,738 --> 01:31:30,532
(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)
1143
01:31:33,910 --> 01:31:35,245
MAN: Hey!
1144
01:31:40,667 --> 01:31:43,336
Lords, ladies, gentleman
1145
01:31:44,337 --> 01:31:46,131
and Steven Shorter.
1146
01:31:47,257 --> 01:31:50,802
I think I speak for you all when I say,
1147
01:31:51,469 --> 01:31:54,264
Steve, we are all your fans!
1148
01:31:54,347 --> 01:31:56,182
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
1149
01:32:03,440 --> 01:32:05,233
What we...
1150
01:32:05,316 --> 01:32:07,027
What we have here
1151
01:32:07,360 --> 01:32:12,240
is but a small token of our respect,
admiration and gratitude.
1152
01:32:13,700 --> 01:32:15,410
In the last three years,
1153
01:32:15,493 --> 01:32:19,581
you've given great pleasure
to an overwhelming number of people.
1154
01:32:19,664 --> 01:32:25,253
And really, what more can I say
but thank you, Steven Shorter.
1155
01:32:26,212 --> 01:32:28,465
You are more than an artist.
1156
01:32:28,757 --> 01:32:30,675
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
1157
01:32:36,014 --> 01:32:37,265
"From...
1158
01:32:39,142 --> 01:32:42,479
"From the staff and executives
of Federated Records
1159
01:32:42,562 --> 01:32:44,105
"and its overseas subsidiaries,
1160
01:32:44,189 --> 01:32:47,859
"in Germany, France, Italy,
Japan, United States,
1161
01:32:47,942 --> 01:32:50,403
"to our platinum boy."
1162
01:32:50,528 --> 01:32:52,322
(CROWD CHEERING)
1163
01:34:09,190 --> 01:34:10,275
Me...
1164
01:34:15,738 --> 01:34:16,906
Me...
1165
01:34:23,788 --> 01:34:24,998
You...
1166
01:34:26,040 --> 01:34:28,168
worship me as if I were...
1167
01:34:33,590 --> 01:34:35,758
As if I were a sort of God!
1168
01:34:38,303 --> 01:34:39,596
But I...
1169
01:34:43,641 --> 01:34:45,101
I'm someone.
1170
01:34:45,810 --> 01:34:47,312
I'm a person.
1171
01:34:47,604 --> 01:34:49,105
I'm a person.
1172
01:34:49,314 --> 01:34:51,232
I'm a person. I'm a person.
1173
01:34:51,316 --> 01:34:55,528
NARRATOR: When asked the reason
for his overwhelming popularity,
1174
01:34:55,612 --> 01:34:59,532
93.5% of the population
of the British Isles
1175
01:34:59,616 --> 01:35:04,287
said that they loved Steven Shorter
because he so generously and willingly
1176
01:35:04,370 --> 01:35:06,915
shared himself with everyone.
1177
01:35:07,207 --> 01:35:08,708
I am nothing.
1178
01:35:10,919 --> 01:35:12,337
This is me.
1179
01:35:14,047 --> 01:35:15,340
Nothing.
1180
01:35:17,217 --> 01:35:18,343
You.
1181
01:35:19,761 --> 01:35:21,512
And this is you.
1182
01:35:23,765 --> 01:35:26,142
Because you've made me nothing.
1183
01:35:32,440 --> 01:35:34,025
And I hate you.
1184
01:35:34,734 --> 01:35:36,152
I hate you.
1185
01:35:36,694 --> 01:35:38,112
I hate you.
1186
01:35:39,364 --> 01:35:40,782
I hate you.
1187
01:35:41,699 --> 01:35:42,784
(RECORD PLAYING)
1188
01:35:42,867 --> 01:35:45,620
♪ Forgive us all
1189
01:35:45,703 --> 01:35:48,081
♪ Forgive us all ♪
1190
01:36:13,022 --> 01:36:14,565
(MUSIC DIES DOWN AND STOPS)
1191
01:36:52,145 --> 01:36:54,647
(ALL CLAMOURING)
1192
01:36:55,481 --> 01:36:59,485
ALVIN: All right, now get back!
Move out. I said move out!
1193
01:36:59,569 --> 01:37:02,780
Now, can we keep back, please?
Can we keep back, please?
1194
01:37:02,864 --> 01:37:04,532
(ALVIN SHOUTING)
1195
01:37:05,366 --> 01:37:07,535
Make them move back, please?
Can we clear the hall...
1196
01:37:07,618 --> 01:37:10,580
NARRATOR: All that Steven Shorter
has just done
1197
01:37:10,663 --> 01:37:14,167
has been to express the wish
to become an individual.
1198
01:37:14,375 --> 01:37:16,919
But that, in an age of conformity,
1199
01:37:17,295 --> 01:37:19,756
can become a social problem.
1200
01:37:20,173 --> 01:37:22,133
ALVIN: Can we please clear this hallway?
1201
01:37:22,216 --> 01:37:24,594
Can we get someone here
to clear this hallway?
1202
01:37:26,012 --> 01:37:28,514
Can we please clear this hallway?
1203
01:37:51,371 --> 01:37:54,874
Alvin, out, please, thank you.
Get them out, Alvin!
1204
01:37:54,957 --> 01:37:56,292
I've had a hell of a row in the office!
1205
01:37:56,376 --> 01:37:58,044
Just had Butler on the telephone.
1206
01:37:58,127 --> 01:37:59,670
You're gonna make a statement tomorrow.
1207
01:37:59,754 --> 01:38:01,464
Come on.
Tell me what you're going to do.
1208
01:38:01,547 --> 01:38:02,590
You were the clever little boy!
1209
01:38:02,673 --> 01:38:04,550
Half an hour earlier, you were
making all the smart remarks.
1210
01:38:04,634 --> 01:38:06,052
- Tell me what you're going to do.
- Leave him alone.
1211
01:38:06,135 --> 01:38:07,220
MARTIN: Why did you do it?
1212
01:38:07,303 --> 01:38:08,805
What do you think you are,
a bloody preacher?
1213
01:38:08,888 --> 01:38:10,264
Have you had a call?
Have you had a vision?
1214
01:38:10,348 --> 01:38:12,517
Why don't you leave him alone?
You've done enough damage already!
1215
01:38:12,600 --> 01:38:14,435
MARTIN: No, don't talk to me
about damage!
1216
01:38:14,519 --> 01:38:16,312
You've done more damage
than is possible to estimate!
1217
01:38:16,396 --> 01:38:19,816
You've put more moronic thoughts
into this boy's mind, it's incredible!
1218
01:38:19,899 --> 01:38:21,692
It's impossible to estimate
how great the damage is!
1219
01:38:21,776 --> 01:38:23,861
You pleased, are you? You pleased?
Yes, I thought you would be.
1220
01:38:23,945 --> 01:38:26,030
I had an idea!
You've done such a good job! Marvellous!
1221
01:38:26,114 --> 01:38:27,865
(MEN CHATTERING)
1222
01:38:27,949 --> 01:38:30,993
MARTIN: Alvin, I've told you
to get those men out of this room!
1223
01:38:31,077 --> 01:38:32,995
MARTIN: Alvin! Get them out!
ALVIN: They're like animals.
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Get them bloody well out of this room!
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NEWS REPORTER: It's now
about 11:30 a.m.,
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and we're outside Steven Shorter
Television Station Number Three
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situated in a suburb near London.
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Late yesterday night,
a statement was issued
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by the Steven Shorter Management Group
to the effect that
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Steven Shorter would make
a special television appearance today
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to explain the statement he made
during yesterday's banquet.
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The crowd are
very angry here today because...
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Please, keep your distance!
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(CROWD CLAMOURING)
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NARRATOR: On September 26th,
with public endorsement,
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Steven Shorter is barred from this and
any further appearance on television,
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just to ensure that he does not again
misuse his position of privilege
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to disturb the public peace of mind.
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(SIREN WAILING)
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The public knows what it feels.
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Its love for Steven has turned to hate,
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that we must accept like an act of God.
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INTERVIEWER: What about your
business interests in Steven Shorter?
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I'll sever my connections
with Steven Shorter Enterprises.
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INTERVIEWER: Do you not feel
that's rather abrupt?
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No, not at all.
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My main responsibility
is to my investors,
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and I think it'd be quite wrong
to keep their money
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in a concern that I now consider
to be a bad investment.
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INTERVIEWER: Mr Butler, do you think
it's possible that
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Steven Shorter could ever
win back his popularity?
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I don't think so.
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Perhaps, in time to come,
after he's dead,
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he may be remembered
with affectionate nostalgia.
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NARRATOR: Within about a year,
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all that remained of Steven Shorter
were a few old records,
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and a piece of archive film,
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with the sound, of course, removed.
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It's going to be a happy year
in Britain,
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this year, in the near future.
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(INAUDIBLE)
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♪ And did those feet
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♪ In ancient times
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♪ Walk upon England's mountains green?
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♪ And was the holy
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♪ Lamb of God
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♪ On England's pleasant pastures seen?
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♪ And did the Countenance Divine
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♪ Shine forth upon
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♪ A clouded hill?
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♪ And was Jerusalem
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♪ Builder here
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♪ Among those dark satanic mills?