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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.SubtitleDB.org today 2 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,040 In the latest weather news... 3 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,240 a severe storm warning has been issued for the Eastern coast. 4 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:16,760 The weather bureau has also warned of high winds and flash flooding in low lying areas. 5 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,400 Farmers are advised that a sheet weather alert is coming. 6 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,120 What's wrong with you, Arthur? Surely you're not scared of a wee bit sheet weather. 7 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,480 I know, that's where I'm going. 8 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,760 Here we go. 9 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,080 We're nearly there, Arthur. 10 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,320 Something tells me that this isn't a very good day for fishing, Arthur. 11 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,360 That's instinct, old son. 12 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,640 - This is a day for spaghetti and wine. - Hi Dad! 13 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:22,880 And bones, of course. 14 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,040 - Why, it's princess Ornatharicus. - Why, it's Captain Ahab. 15 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:41,680 - How many did you catch? - Millions. The hold's busting with... 16 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,240 I have a lobster for your mum. Hold that, look after Arthur. I won't be long. 17 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,100 - Don't worry about it. - Not a second. 18 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,000 We're having chops. I hate lobster. 19 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,960 Tell your mum to put the kettle on. 20 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,000 Dad! 21 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:05,480 Come on, Arthur. 22 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,080 Stupid dog, come on. 23 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,800 Dad, come back! 24 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,880 - Let's have a look. That will have to come off. - What? 25 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,280 The shoe. 26 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,720 - God, what were you doing? - I was getting a bloody lobster for you. 27 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,720 Forceps, pliers, bone nibblers. 28 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,080 - What the hell are bone nibblers? - You're a very lucky man. 29 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,640 Yes, it's been a brilliant day. Why don't you have a look at the prostate? 30 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,040 - I thought the lightning had got you. - Too fast for lightning, me. 31 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:15,200 This could hurt a bit. 32 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,600 Not going out today, mate? 33 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,040 Jesus, that's a real thigh-slapper. 34 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,200 - You need anything else? - No, I'm fine. 35 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,040 Things always go wrong for Dad. 36 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,320 - I feel sorry for him. - Do you? 37 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,880 He's got no boat, no house, no you. 38 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,920 They say people make their own luck. 39 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,400 That's stupid. Why would anybody make luck that bad? 40 00:06:52,800 --> 00:07:00,040 The wind must have come howling up here, right underneath this one and buggered the whole issue. 41 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,640 - Place insured? - Yes. 42 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,760 - You insured? - Of course. 43 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,920 The old place stood up very well, though. 44 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,300 I was gonna rent one of your caravans until I get my new boat. 45 00:07:16,301 --> 00:07:16,960 Take a pick. 46 00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:19,000 I don't want to crowd you and Jules, 47 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,320 - me being the ex and everything. - You won't. 48 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,240 Does Jules know you guaranteed my loan? 49 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,760 You sure you're insured? Have you looked at your policy? 50 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,280 It's in the boat. 51 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,580 - The premium's up-to-date. I checked. - So did we. 52 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,640 - It's comprehensive insurance. - Lightning, you said? 53 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,800 - What do you mean, 'Act of God'? - Classic 'Act of God'. 54 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,920 My boat was where the lightning struck because I put it there. 55 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,160 It was an accident, for fuck's sake. 56 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,120 It's in your policy. Look. 57 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,240 Yes, look. Comprehensive. COM-PRE-HENSIVE! 58 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,640 I'm sorry. 59 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,920 Bastards. Pains in the arse. Parasites. 60 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,160 You can disappear up your own... 61 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,080 David Myers, please. His brother. 62 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,200 What's this crap about 'Act of God'? 63 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,280 Is that what they've got you on? An 'Act of God' is force majeure. 64 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,840 It's a load of bollocks. It's a legal fiction, that's what it is. 65 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,400 That's true, but it's a legitimate legal fiction for things that aren't predictable. 66 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,760 Why would I need insurance if life was predictable? 67 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,840 Tell me that. I'm going down there. 68 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,400 - Going down here? - Tomorrow. 69 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,160 Call them, write them a letter, threaten and abuse them if it makes you feel any better. 70 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,120 You're a lawyer. Remember their contracts are bullet proof. 71 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:11,080 That's very good. Catch you later. 72 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,400 See you later. What a guy. 73 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,360 - What's the problem - No problem. 74 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:24,280 Don't tell me, they're not gonna pay? 75 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:28,640 - Of course. Can I borrow the car? - Sure. 76 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,960 - Thanks very much. - Why not? 77 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,800 Has it occurred to you that maybe this is a wake-up call? 78 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,400 A grow-up call? 79 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,480 I don't know. I suppose it could be something of that nature. What do you reckon, Arthur? 80 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,160 Stop talking to the bloody dog! 81 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:04,200 - Did you think you were going to die? - For a second I thought I was dead. 82 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,400 Do you think you're ever going to finish this house, Dad? Really? 83 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,520 But it's you I thought about, standing there on the jetty. 84 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,840 Do you know what I though? 85 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,080 I thought you saved me What do you make of that? 86 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,560 You've never forgiven me, have you, for giving up the practice? 87 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,000 It's your life, and I'm sure you'll do whatever you like. 88 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,720 You always do. 89 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,040 How do you do?? 90 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,100 I'm sorry to bother you, but I was just passing by 91 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:50,800 And I thought I might pop in. 92 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,880 I'm very grateful for your time. I appreciate the difficulty of your position. 93 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,160 I'm very grateful for your time. 94 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,840 I know you're busy balancing the interests of your shareholders and customers. 95 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,320 Actually, how do you do that? 96 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,160 There's been a little mistake here. 97 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,080 Little for you, big for me 98 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,960 Normally, I wouldn't bother you, but it's the crayfish season 99 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,400 and my boat lies at the bottom of the sea. 100 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,360 Did you read your policy, Mr. Myers? 101 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,720 - I have a daughter. - I'm sorry, you should have read your policy. 102 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,480 - Four people are facing ruin. - You should have read your policy, mate. 103 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:36,080 - It's a wonderful painting. - Did you read your policy, Mr. Myers? 104 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,640 - Yes it said 'fully comprehensive'. - Excepting 'Acts of God'. 105 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,160 There's the thing. It doesn't say anywhere what an 'Act of God' is. 106 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:50,460 It's because it's widely understood. It's acts of natural destruction like tidal waves. 107 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,780 Locusts, pillars of fire, plagues of boils, that kind of thing. 108 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:59,440 God's not in charge of that stuff anymore. With science we can forecast the weather now. 109 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:05,520 - I'm sorry. - You're sorry? I've lost my work, my home. 110 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:08,960 My ex-wife's partner guaranteed the loan and my only asset 111 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,000 with his bloody caravan-park, which is his only asset. 112 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,560 I didn't come here to take no for an answer. 113 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,440 No. Sorry. 114 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:22,320 This may seem an obvious question, but if I was to rise from this chair and I should slip somehow 115 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:27,360 and this crutch was to disappear down your neck and shove your epiglottis out your arsehole... 116 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,720 Would that be an �Act of God'? 117 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,400 Grey area. 118 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,400 I'm not leaving. 119 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,280 That's the worst fucking painting I've ever seen in my life. 120 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:46,400 Very good. 121 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,040 What are you doing?! I can walk, for god's sake! Get my bag. 122 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,160 I have a life, you know. 123 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:59,200 You're a low-brow, bad taste, sanctimonious, corporate arsehole! 124 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:03,040 I'm not finished with you. I'll give you acts of God. 125 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:09,240 I'll give you locusts. Boils. I'll give you whirlwinds. I'll give you the fucking works! 126 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,840 I'll get fucking mad! 127 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,800 You can jump out of your fucking windows! 128 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,600 Fucking great! 129 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,720 Excuse me, Mr. Myers, we've got a little back room today. 130 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,760 - Sorry I'm late. - I started without you. 131 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:58,600 - Should you be taking those with that? - No problem as long as you don't work heavy machinery. 132 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Waiter. 133 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,640 I'm sorry. Thank you very much. 134 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,440 Another one of these, pal, would be lovely. 135 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,560 - Let's go somewhere else. - I like it here. Nice fascist simplicity. 136 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:18,000 We've got a wee job to do. We're gonna sue Monarch Pestal Angel from here to the shithouse. 137 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,320 Don't be stupid. Armies of lawyers have hammered out those policies. 138 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,240 Their liabilities are defined in minute detail. 139 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,240 What about God's liabilities? Has anybody consulted him? 140 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,480 I'd love to help you. I love you like a brother, but this is ridiculous. 141 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,360 I'm your brother. You love me like a lawyer. 142 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,600 Have you met my brother? He's gonna be a very successful lawyer. 143 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,560 No more drink. 144 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,000 Why don't you fuck... 145 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,920 Let me help you up. 146 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,200 - My skirt! - I'm very sorry. 147 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,800 I didn't mean anything with that. Can I buy you some... so sorry. 148 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,720 - Just piss off. - Alright. I'm going. 149 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,000 I haven't even eaten anything. I'm bloody starving. 150 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,000 'Scuse me, I'm sorry. 151 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,320 One night, 1,3 million years ago... 152 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:33,000 a seed of humanity was planted when a family of chimpanzees decided to sit around the fire. 153 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,360 They started cooking on it, having friends over, talking into the night, 154 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,200 they learned reason and manners. 155 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,880 Restaurants are directly descended from that first gathering. 156 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,700 But the animal that entered my favourite eating place yesterday 157 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,080 would not have been tolerated even by those old chimps. 158 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:57,960 Drunk, stinking and abusive he proceeded to disturb not only mine... oh my god, this gets worse. 159 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,360 It looks like you've made a friend there. And I'm not going to help. 160 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,360 Couldn't say it very clear, huh? 161 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,480 This is just another one of your little stunts, isn't it? 162 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:11,360 You dig a hole, everybody else falls in, and you walk away feeling superior. 163 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,160 Not me, pal. Not this time. 164 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,280 - Good morning, The National. - Anna Redmond, please. 165 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,600 She writes a column at your paper, remember? 166 00:16:24,601 --> 00:16:28,001 Hi, this is Anna Redmond. I can't come to the phone right now. 167 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,040 Do you know that experiments on rats have shown that 168 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,160 they recognize the truth far more quicker than journalists? 169 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:40,120 And with a wee bit of training a squid will demonstrate a deeper grasp of moral principles. 170 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:46,560 You were only doing your job, and you didn't know you were going to turn out to be a petty assassin. 171 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,720 You really wanted to be a nurse in Africa, but you failed the medical. 172 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:57,240 I'm sure you're not there. You're probably away giving the kiss of life to some fucking panda. 173 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,400 The fact is, modern journalism sucks. 174 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,800 Does it? I'm not so sure. 175 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,800 Of course it does. You told me it does. That was before you became editor. 176 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:12,040 Look at this. Some little twerp three weeks out of high school telling the world what he thinks. 177 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,720 It's all opinion and narcissism. What's happened to reporting? 178 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,960 Three years ago I used to report, I used to write stories. 179 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,240 - I was in Washington, Moscow, Beijing. - You stuffed up Moscow. 180 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,440 I had food poisoning, I missed the coup. Do you think that makes me feel good? 181 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:28,960 The fact is I was writing stories. 182 00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:32,680 Where am I now? I'm on talkback radio, writing columns. 183 00:17:32,681 --> 00:17:34,140 Is that the column? 184 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,740 Yes. 185 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,640 It's not journalism. It looks like it, but it's not. 186 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,960 - You're a woman of influence. - I'm a woman of attitude. 187 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,760 - You know what your trouble is? - Being patronised? Being asked rhetorical questions? 188 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,000 You're very exciting when you're like this. 189 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,000 - I don't know why we haven't slept together. - I do. 190 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:01,040 The reporter. Report. Go after a story, I'm not going to stop you. 191 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:02,960 - Really? - Yes. 192 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,040 - So we skip the column? - No. 193 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,840 - You still want the column? - Yes. 194 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,200 Bugger them. 195 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:24,080 You really wanted to be a nurse in Africa, but you failed the medical. 196 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:30,160 I'm sure you're not there. You're probably away giving the kiss of life to some fucking panda. 197 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:32,880 Do you think I've done the right thing, Arthur? 198 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:39,640 I hope you're right. 199 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,160 There he is. 200 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,160 - How did it go up in town? - Kicked buttock. 201 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,600 - Are they going to pay? - They're not inclined to paying at this stage. 202 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,120 - What is that supposed to mean? - It means I have re-registered. 203 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,960 You are not going to sue. 204 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,040 You're going to sue one of the world's biggest insurance companies? 205 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,840 Apparently I wouldn't stand a chance. I'm suing God. 206 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,800 I've sent writs on his most prominent representatives. 207 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:25,120 We've got this fisherman issuing writs against the churches. I'm not particularly religious, 208 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,520 but I've got a pretty good nose for what's right and decent. 209 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,400 And I can smell an idiot a mile off. It stinks. 210 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,800 Now it's time for our weekly chat with Anna Redmond. 211 00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,800 - Good morning, Anna. - Good morning, Dirk. 212 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:01,720 What about this character suing God? 213 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,280 - It's a summons? - That's the gist of it. 214 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,840 - It's not a prank? - No. 215 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,080 - Some religious fanatic, I suppose. - Something of that order, probably. 216 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,200 Leave it with me, Your Eminence. 217 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,200 Sometimes I don't know what the world's coming to. 218 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,240 - Should you admit to that in your position? - I'll try and keep it under my hat. 219 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:34,160 - What's your advise? - Don't sell. It's still a bull market. 220 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,880 - What do you think? - Let me look at it first. 221 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:44,080 There's a lot of very strange people out there. 222 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,400 It's a stunt for money. That's my view, but I could be wrong. 223 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,880 I wouldn't go that far, Dirk. 224 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,880 The insurance companies have been using the 'Act of God' clause for at least 400 years. 225 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,400 - So it's stood the test of time. - Regardless of profound shifts in theological debates, 226 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,840 social and political changes, and man's effect on the environment. 227 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,920 Intellectually speaking it's sort of a 'woolly mammoth'. 228 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,240 - A 'woolly mammoth'? I don't follow. - Don't you? 229 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,360 - The mammoth died out. - I know that, Anna. 230 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:18,160 Never mind. The insurance companies have been under a lot of pressure lately... 231 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,840 As far as I'm concerned it's a one-day-wonder. 232 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,440 - For once I agree with you, David. - A wilful, egomaniacal idiot. 233 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:16,800 But David, it is Steve. He leaves a stain on the couch and bolts. 234 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,160 - Absolutely. - You know he won't go through with it. 235 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:22,920 Christ Almighty! 236 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,040 I'll tell you what, Arthur. It was a great idea coming down here. 237 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,560 Not many dogs have ideas as good as that. 238 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:36,200 - Hi. Caught any fish? - Nah, just seagulls, tiger snakes, that sort of thing. 239 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:43,280 - Do you know someone called Steve Myers? - Yes. Big Irish guy. Crutches. 240 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,280 - He's over there. - Great. Thanks. 241 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,240 - Mr. Myers? - No, not me. Got the wrong guy. 242 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,760 - I know you. - No, no. Somebody else. 243 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,520 You're the guy from the restaurant. 244 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,320 I'm just a tourist from New Zealand, I'm here on holiday. 245 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,560 I'm sorry you didn't like what I wrote. I didn't like being knocked over. 246 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,520 What do you want me to do? Jump in the ocean and drown? 247 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,680 I don't want you to do it. 248 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,280 Don't you want to talk to them? Why don't you want to talk to them? 249 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:34,920 I don't want those people crawling all over my family. 250 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,360 - You're gonna have to sooner or later. - Go away and take your friends with you. 251 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,360 - Leave me alone and bugger off. - You're better off talking to me. 252 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,200 - You? I don't think so. - Wait. 253 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:54,760 Hurry up, there. 254 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,800 Come on, Arthur. 255 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,000 Come on. 256 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,880 Quick. 257 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,120 Will you behave yourself! You're not a dog. 258 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,400 Help me. 259 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,440 Look at the way you're rocking the boat. Crazy person. 260 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,160 Stop the boat. 261 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,240 Towel? 262 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,960 Thanks for the help. 263 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,040 Give him a good rub and be careful with the ears. They're very delicate. 264 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,880 - Tell me again, what did you agree with her? - I didn't agree to anything with her. 265 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,520 She wants an exclusive. She holds the rest of them an arm's length, 266 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:51,960 wines and dines you, then writes a three page colour feature showing you up as a complete moron. 267 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,320 Remind me, you've been a media-expert for how long? 268 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,800 I read, I watch TV. I live in the real world. 269 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,080 Oh, I see, the real world. It makes sense now. 270 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,640 You know what I mean. 271 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,400 - Are you going to be famous, Dad? - A famous idiot. 272 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,440 She loves me. 273 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:22,080 Since issuing the writs Mr. Myers has remained silent, but the Anglican church has been quick to react. 274 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,560 A zealot of some description, most likely. 275 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,320 I wouldn't worry. His wheels have come off somewhere. Poor fellow. 276 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,560 I'm surprised you do not know. 277 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,080 - I think you have to respond. - Don't turn the other cheek? 278 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,280 - I think he could be dangerous. - Really? 279 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,680 He's more than a crank, Your Eminence, and I think you'd get more respect if you'd get stuck in there. 280 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,360 He may be deluded, but he's not gonna go away. 281 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,600 - Are you sure of this? - My source is impeccable. 282 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,160 This is going to be a big story. Bigger than you realise. 283 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,120 Shut up, Arthur. Let's see who it is. 284 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,800 - Hello. - You didn't think I'd be back? 285 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,400 I knew it. I thought you'd be sooner. 286 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,640 I don't want to appear desperate. 287 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,160 - What have we got? - Crayfish. 288 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,120 I bet you hate those, catching them all the time. 289 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,360 I love them. I just can't afford to eat them. 290 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,800 Is that a stunt, suing God? 291 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:49,560 - No, it's not a stunt. - If it's not a stunt, it's a great story. 292 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:57,120 Yeah...story. You wind me down, then do a three page feature on what a complete moron I am. 293 00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:59,960 You can't win without the media. 294 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,760 - I just don't want them on my side. - Oh, the big, bad media. 295 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,720 Excuse me, I've got you wrong. You of course being the good media. 296 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,320 The highly principal, fair minded, deeply insightful media? 297 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,280 Listen. What you're doing, suing God... 298 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:22,800 It's a brilliant idea. 299 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:28,360 You're going to the core, the kern of the existence, and you're pulling a little wire. 300 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,880 Nobody is gonna understand it, everybody is gonna misrepresent it, 301 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,480 and the whole thing is gonna be last, like everything else that is any good. 302 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,360 I just thought I could help. 303 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,560 I'm not really suing God, you know. 304 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:49,640 I just hate the way that people use God as some kind of giant all-purpose lying mechanism. 305 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,520 I know what you're doing. I think you've cracked it. 306 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,800 I have to confess a personal interest. 307 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,360 I really hate insurance companies. I really hate them. 308 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,560 A reasonable position, in my view. I just want my boat back. 309 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,280 Maybe the company would settle if I can just put enough pressure on them. 310 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:22,040 They've never settled. Trust me. They can't. It would just open the floodgates. 311 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,640 You have to scare them. Really put the wind at them. Only the media can do it. 312 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,440 That's why you need me. I'll coach you. 313 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:38,000 Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for woman of the moment, Cressida Roache. 314 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,760 Welcome. 315 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,120 We've got a great show for you today. Hero or heretic? 316 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:50,880 We're ready for you now. 317 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,720 Oh...the fucking Bible. 318 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,160 The fisherman from the south coast who's brought a lawsuit against God. 319 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,300 Don't give them a lecture. The camera deals in emotion, not reason. 320 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,240 - It doesn't need logic, like language does. - Really? 321 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,680 It's so powerful. It's annihilating. It's changing the way we think. 322 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,840 Television has made the world less rational now than it was 200 years ago. 323 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,000 We're living in a mosaic of 324 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,320 half-comprehended, shallow emotional responses like 325 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,200 - Pavlov's dog. - Not me. I don't even watch TV. 326 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,760 - Not even like dogs. More like hamsters. - Pavlov's hamsters. 327 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,960 Its essential function is to trivialise the culture. 328 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,040 When you make it out there and feel like you don't really exist... 329 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,840 - What was I saying? - That I don't really exist. 330 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:49,000 We live in a world of simulations, unconnected with real lived experience. 331 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,600 Cressida Roache is not a person. She's a very careful construct. 332 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,120 A combination of familiar, very commercial images. 333 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,720 You've got to force her back into a hole. Humanise her. Really focus on her. 334 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,080 - Excuse me. - We're coming. 335 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:11,400 Don't be dull and unanimated. Laugh a lot. You know? Be yourself. Are you okay? 336 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:12,520 Sure. 337 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:17,600 This way, please. 338 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,520 Could you please wait here for a moment? 339 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,120 You've got a tissue in your... 340 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,320 - Can I take it? - Yes. 341 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:30,440 You're good? 342 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,360 - Hi Steve. Cressida Roache. - Hello. 343 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,680 Anna's filled me in on the background. It's a fabulous story. Congratulations. 344 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,360 Mr. Myers, we're ready for you now. 345 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,200 - You okay? - Yes. 346 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,840 - Good luck. - 15 seconds to air. 347 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,400 Stand by. Live in 3, 2... 348 00:31:58,520 --> 00:31:59,840 Welcome back. 349 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,360 Who is this Steve Myers, and what's his game? 350 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,320 We thought we'd find out. Please welcome Steve Myers. 351 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:20,800 Many people might think this is the work of a crank. How would you respond to them? 352 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,200 You find it amusing? 353 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,920 No. Well, yes. Somewhat. 354 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,280 Would you call yourself a religious man? 355 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,040 Somewhat. 356 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,320 In the broader sense, perhaps. But me being a fisherman... 357 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:45,560 - Sometimes when you're out at sea it's easy to... - To get confused? 358 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,240 It's that thing, "What is God?". 359 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,760 And, indeed, "Where is God?", when it comes to putting him in jail. 360 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,520 That's very funny. 361 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,560 - It's not a joke. - Isn't it? 362 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,480 No. The joke is the insurance companies. 363 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,800 You give your money to some global corporation 364 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,480 on the pretext that they will cover you for any eventuality. For any risk. 365 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,680 Then something happens and they won't pay you, because they say God's responsible. 366 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,800 - You're assuming God exists? - No, they are. 367 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,800 Logically, if your argument is with the insurance companies... 368 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,480 There is no logic involved. Forget logic. Logic has no business here. 369 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,400 For instance... 370 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:32,640 If a woman is driving a car and she's in an accident, and her daughter is injured, 371 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:37,480 and her daughter isn't covered by the insurance, then the girl is virtually forced to sue her mother. 372 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,440 That's not to say that the girl hates her mother any more than I hate God. 373 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,600 - This is unprecedented, isn't it? - No. 374 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,240 This is the Bible. I have marked a place. 375 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,360 I think you'll find that it says 376 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,880 "There is nothing new under the sun." Nothing is unprecedented. That's the word of God. 377 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,720 I'm sure it offends some folks, but I'm gonna fight these people. 378 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:07,200 - What about offending God? - If God exists, I don't think he'd be offended at all. 379 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:11,560 Not if he has some sense of justice. I think he'd be on my side. 380 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,880 - Steve Myers, thank you very much. - Thank you. 381 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,760 Gerry, did you see him? 382 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,240 - What did I tell you. - Good on you. 383 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,120 Thanks for your calming influence. 384 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:40,400 Hi. Maxime Jeffrey, Hawk Magazines. Our readers would love to know more about you. 385 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,360 That's great. We'll be in touch. 386 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,360 Great. You're good. Very good. 387 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:52,040 - You're very popular. - Not better than I know. 388 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,760 Did you ever think of doing anything like that, like Cressida? 389 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,920 No, I wanted to be a nurse in Africa. 390 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:06,960 Apparently, some of you think that Myers is doing something decent. 391 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,320 He's not, and it makes me sick. 392 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:15,840 He's outraged some religious groups, but Steve Myers seems to have struck a chord with the wider community. 393 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:20,240 The council of churches, together with representatives of the Jewish community 394 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,920 meet today to discuss the problem of world poverty. 395 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,300 Ladies and gentlemen, 396 00:35:26,301 --> 00:35:30,101 let us pause for a minute's meditation and reflection, 397 00:35:30,102 --> 00:35:33,602 and ask God for wisdom in our deliberations. 398 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:39,520 The fellow's been seen on TV. It doesn't mean we have to take it seriously? 399 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,000 - The reverse normally applies. - It's in every newspaper in the country. 400 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:48,280 'Does God have a case to answer'', 'Is there anybody up there?'. It makes them look real. 401 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:51,920 It's the 'Me-society'. God is dead. 402 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,200 Figuratively speaking. We've lost our mystery. 403 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,760 Mystery-schmystery. Clout is what we need. 404 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,960 - Mystery and clout. - Which one? The money or the box? 405 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:11,000 If you want to keep the money, it's best to say that God doesn't exist. 406 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,680 I think we can take it as granted that God does exist. 407 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:14,400 I hope he does. 408 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,120 - I spent half the morning singing to him. - Could we be serious for a moment? 409 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:23,120 I am serious. If God's responsible, we're responsible. Yes or no? 410 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,920 - We need a lawyer. - Gerry Ryan's going to handle it. 411 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,120 If he can't get this nonsense thrown out of court, no one can. 412 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,720 If you want my opinion, if the court's got any sense they'll throw out the case in 10 seconds 413 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,920 and Myers along with it. And good riddance. 414 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:46,720 He's caused too much division in the community. It's disgusting. That's what it is. 415 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,760 - The Federal Court of Australia is now in session. - Be seated. 416 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,680 Call the case for hearing? 417 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,560 Myers versus God. 418 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:00,560 Gentlemen? 419 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:06,680 Gerry Ryan on the behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican and Presbyterian churches 420 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,520 and the Jewish community. - Steve Myers on behalf of myself. 421 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,080 And the defendant is? 422 00:37:12,181 --> 00:37:15,181 There is no defendant. We're moving for a strike out on... 423 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,720 - The defendant is God. - Who is not a person. 424 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,480 That is a moot point. 425 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:26,000 God and the churches are one. They cannot exist without each other. 426 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,720 If God is responsible for the sinking of my boat, 427 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,440 the religions are responsible. - So you're suing the Church? 428 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,000 God is an entity with nominated representatives, like a company. 429 00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:38,600 - And the basis of your case is? - If there was an 'Act of God', 430 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:39,800 then God is liable. 431 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,440 The churches are God's representatives on earth. 432 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,920 If they wish to deny liability by denying the existence of God, 433 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:52,520 then they are guilty of contravening section 52, of the Trade Practices Act of 1974. 434 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:58,560 "A corporation shall not, in trade or commerce, engage in conduct that is misleading or deceptive." 435 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,600 - Rubbish. - Fascinating. 436 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,440 And to deny that responsibility is to contravene the Act. 437 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,520 The case doesn't merit the hearing. 438 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,360 It is frivolous, without legal precedent and blasphemous. 439 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:15,160 - And Mr. Myers lacks any ethics. - You can demand security for costs. 440 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,720 - The boat was worth what? - $150.000, Your Honour. 441 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,640 Not a frivolous amount, Mr. Ryan, even by your standards. 442 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:30,440 I'm not satisfied the action is entirely without merit. I will let it go to trial. 443 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,600 Mazy from Foster. Go ahead, Mazy. 444 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,960 I just wanted to say that Steve Myers is very brave. 445 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,520 This man has no scruples, no ethics 446 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,200 - And no case, if you ask me. - We were asking. Is there anything else? 447 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:50,000 - I think it's immoral. - As I said, he's upset a lot of decent people. 448 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,520 I'm Dirk Striker, and I'm unhappy. 449 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:01,800 I've got something to show you. 450 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:06,560 Your fan-mail. 451 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:12,480 Houses lost in landslides, flash floods, lightning strikes. 452 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:14,600 Acts of God. 453 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,960 Field breaks. Didn't you mention a drink? 454 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,400 - Is this your father? - Yes. Aren't you gonna read the letters? 455 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,200 - You're thinking class action. - I am. 456 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:37,600 Give me nightmares? I don't want a class action. 457 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,440 - Do you want to go to the balcony? - Yes. 458 00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:50,080 If I go down with my boat that's one thing, but I don't want to take some poor bugger down with me. 459 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,800 Why did you give up law? 460 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,880 Because I was good at it. My father was a lawyer, his father was a lawyer 461 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,800 and I was expected to become a lawyer. 462 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,560 It's like being born a sheep, or a moth. 463 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,480 It's not much of a life when you can't call your soul your own. 464 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,200 - Are you a good fisherman? - I was a much better lawyer, 465 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,800 but a happier fisherman. 466 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,400 I hated it. 467 00:40:20,401 --> 00:40:25,501 The average punter goes to court expecting a little justice 'cause some bastard stole his lawnmower. 468 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:30,240 What did you see? Some supercilious toads talking gibberish, 469 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:35,120 the sole purpose of which is to make him feel guilty, and the guilty look innocent. 470 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,520 It's the world turned upside-down. 471 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,360 I wouldn't drag anybody through that system just to see them squashed at the end. 472 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,720 I'm certainly not going to do it to myself. 473 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,840 Did you ever think the Lord delivered perfect justice? 474 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:51,120 Of course not. The most you can expect is to do a little good. 475 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,440 I should warn you I have a brown belt in Ju-Jitsu. 476 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,720 I could very easily throw you onto the roof. 477 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,200 Read some of the letters. Meet some of the people. 478 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,680 You're making a mistake. I'll win this. 479 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,800 Nevertheless, we don't want to make a martyr of this man. 480 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,880 I'm instructing you, Gerry. 481 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:32,040 - This is great. Thank you. - Good luck. 482 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,520 - I'm only doing this for you. - Yes, you're only doing it for me. 483 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:45,120 It was a mudslide. They said it wasn't our fault, but they wouldn't pay anyway. 484 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,440 They said it was an 'Act of God'. 485 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,320 - Afterwards? - Yes. 486 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:55,200 They said the water has to come from above, otherwise it's not a flood. 487 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,760 How can a flood come from above? 488 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,320 It was humiliating. 489 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:06,880 They treated us like criminals. How can this be right? 490 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:12,320 And they make you feel like you're trying to cheat them. 491 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,440 - What did you say? - Not very nice people. 492 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,200 No. Why would I know where he is? 493 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,320 Really? Now? 494 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,280 I'll tell him if I see him. 495 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:45,520 - Gerry Ryan wants you to meet with him. - Is that right? Let's go. 496 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:50,160 - No, I'm not coming. - I need a witness. 497 00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,160 - I don't think they let women in here. - Don't be ridiculous. 498 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:10,360 We don't have women here as a rule. Never mind, the camels moan, the caravan moves on. 499 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:13,280 I was hoping to meet with Mr. Myers alone. 500 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,120 - I invited Ms. Redmond, is that all right? - Of course. 501 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,160 Regular Bonnie and Clyde, aren't you? 502 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,560 My clients have instructed me to offer settlement 503 00:43:24,561 --> 00:43:27,861 for replacement value of the boat, and you will cease all proceedings. 504 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:32,400 - How much? - A considerable little set-you-up-nicely. 505 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,600 Unless you're planning on giving it to the homeless. 506 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:39,280 - What if there were other plaintiffs? - There are none, unless you choose to generate them. 507 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:45,400 There is an undertaking that you will cease all proceedings in the press, in the court... 508 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:50,120 Jointly or separately, just sign here and here and... 509 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,120 there. 510 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,000 - I'll need some time to think about it. - It's on the table now. 511 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,160 - Can I just have a little look? - How much is it for? 512 00:43:58,360 --> 00:43:59,960 $160.000 is the evaluation. 513 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,800 I suppose many people would say good luck to you. 514 00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:08,200 In the world of dog eat dog you saw a dog. Clever. 515 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,800 Embarrass the churches into paying for you, 516 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,320 the churches being the only people with conscience enough to be embarrassed. 517 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,360 It is a generous offer, Mr. Myers. 518 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:22,080 Personally I'd be delighted if you refuse. 519 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,000 Would you excuse me for a moment? 520 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:30,360 Let's go. 521 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,640 Are you seriously thinking about that? What about all the other people? 522 00:44:38,641 --> 00:44:40,141 I didn't promise anything. 523 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,160 Silly me. 524 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:44,640 Right. 525 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:50,320 It's not as if you're trying to set some precedent for humanity, is it? 526 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:52,000 Precisely. I'm not. 527 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,600 - He accepts. - Of course he does. $160.000 for the boat, 528 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:05,280 $200.000 for the story. Ms. Redmond has doubtlessly organised the TV network. 529 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,040 Congratulations. It's a brilliant scam. 530 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,840 - All done? - Yes 531 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,120 Explain to me how you could do what just what you did? 532 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:27,680 It was really easy. I just told him: "I'll take the money in dollar coins 533 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,600 So I can ram them up your arse one at a time." 534 00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:41,960 And you thought I would take the money. How could you? 535 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,280 This is a class action. About 120 so far. 536 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:50,840 - What are you after? Some kind of moral victory? Yes, I would prefer it to be moral, if possible. 537 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:52,600 Do you have lawyers? 538 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:56,200 Yes, me. I'm a lawyer. This isn't a benefit for the legal profession. 539 00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,920 - Who's picking up the bill? - You are, and anyone else who wants to contribute. 540 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,800 Is this a political mass campaign? 541 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:07,880 This is a legal action. A strangely affordable one. 542 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:11,320 Before this, these people will keep you in court 543 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,320 Until you're old, frail, sick, dead, whatever comes first. 544 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,560 But you're stuffed anyway. Now at least you have a fighting chance. 545 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:24,400 - That's ridiculous. Anyway, he's the Church's problem. - You think so? 546 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:28,440 If he wins and they lose, who do you think the churches are gonna come after? 547 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,000 What do we do then? 548 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,600 Nothing much, just prove God exists. 549 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,600 As the suit against God gathers momentum 550 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,920 religious groups around the country are gathering to make their voices heard. 551 00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:47,020 With some experts predicting that if the action is successful, 552 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:51,920 the consequences will be profound, not only for the Church, but for the global insurance industry. 553 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:56,860 In these most troubling and perplexing times, may you bring to your humble servants... 554 00:46:57,300 --> 00:46:58,600 What are the others doing about it? 555 00:46:58,621 --> 00:47:03,321 They're all praying. They should be praying for better lawyers. 556 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:11,420 We are looking at almost 800 co-plaintiffs and a final pay-out of $550 million. 557 00:47:11,720 --> 00:47:17,120 There has been a backlash against the outspoken Mr. Myers from conservative Christian groups 558 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:21,680 who are urging their followers to peacefully protest against him and his supporters. 559 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,600 These people are not returning my calls. Is there anyone else I can ring? 560 00:47:56,760 --> 00:48:00,280 I have no idea. Could you give me ten minutes? 561 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:06,540 - I found some here I think we might call. - Hold that thought, I promise I'll get back to you. 562 00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:12,700 - What was the name of that insurance agent you wanted? - Ask her. She knows all the names, all the people. 563 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,560 Who ordered this? 564 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:16,480 Quiet! 565 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,400 I need help. 566 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,800 - Forget it. - How? There are people depending on me. 567 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:28,460 - You're dead right there are. - Did you mention a drink, by the way? 568 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,120 You could have stayed down in that little town, 569 00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,920 made a perfectly good living from drafting or conveyancing, 570 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:41,340 But no, not you. You're too good for the law. 571 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:46,880 Instead you become a bloody fisherman, like some creeping Jesus. 572 00:48:46,881 --> 00:48:47,981 Wasn't Jesus a carpenter? 573 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,340 Then the prodigal son returns to the wicked city, 574 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,440 the great human rights crusader, to take on Gerry Ryan?! 575 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,440 I get it. Jealousy. Everybody needs a hobby. 576 00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:02,440 Don't you talk to me about a hobby. Your whole bloody life's been a hobby. 577 00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:05,040 I came here for your help. I want you on my side. 578 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,280 Join Steve Myers in his lunatic unwinable case 579 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:10,960 so he can spend the rest of his life fighting countersuits? 580 00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:13,620 Join in the public humiliation? No way. 581 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:16,960 You brought this on, and now maybe you'll get the kick in the arse... 582 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,000 - You should have had when you... - When I was what? 583 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:24,200 When you were ten. When you were born. 584 00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:52,120 - What the hell has happened out there? - What are you doing here? 585 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:55,400 I thought I'd catch up on a couple of people I used to know in a previous life. 586 00:49:55,401 --> 00:49:58,301 - Daddy. - My sweetheart. 587 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,240 - What's happened? - We were attacked by a bunch of loonies, 588 00:50:02,340 --> 00:50:05,940 And they smashed the shower-blocks, and they knocked over the empty... 589 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:10,740 They poisoned the water and I almost drank it. Arthur did, and he was really sick. 590 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,120 We have to talk. 591 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:17,560 The bank rang. We can't pay our loan. 592 00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,480 We made one payment, but we can't pay any more. 593 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:24,880 The caravan park's a miss. The insurance company is giving us the run-around. 594 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,680 There's no money coming in. 595 00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,760 - I'll see what I can do. - Oh, you will, will you? 596 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,800 - David says you had an offer. - Who told him that? 597 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:41,240 Why didn't you tell us? That was our money and you turned it down. 598 00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:43,840 You turned it down. 599 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:49,600 - I have a plan. - We've got a plan. Let me tell you the plan for once. 600 00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:54,440 We're gonna sell-up. We can get something cheaper in Perth. 601 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:57,760 My family's there. They're gonna help out. 602 00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,720 - How am I supposed to see Rebecca? - I'm not going to Perth. 603 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,360 We don't have a choice. 604 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:14,240 Do you know what we need, Arthur? Some kind of sign. 605 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:17,440 What do you reckon? 606 00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:26,000 No. I didn't think so. Let's go. 607 00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,440 I'm sorry, it's very late. 608 00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:47,440 - Give it a good push forward. - That's a good idea. 609 00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:53,480 - There's a handle somewhere. - What does it look like? 610 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,800 It looks like a handle, funnily enough. 611 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,240 That's it. I'll just get the sheets. 612 00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,800 I thought I might go see Ryan. He may have a family. He may understand. 613 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:53,380 If Ryan thinks he's got you on a spit, he's just gonna enjoy all the more watching you squirm. 614 00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:11,660 When I was about ten our house burned down, 615 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:16,320 and the insurance company wouldn't pay. It wrecked the family. 616 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:23,160 My father, he was a salesman, he was never home much anyway, but... 617 00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:27,480 After that he went away a lot, 618 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:29,840 and he stayed away. 619 00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:34,880 When he did come home it was even worse. 620 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,600 What I'm saying is... Look, no visible scars. 621 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:43,680 I know what you're going through. 622 00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:49,600 You can't, if you don't have a child. 623 00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:52,760 I'm sorry, but you can't. 624 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,680 No, but I was a child. 625 00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,080 I've survived in a fashion. 626 00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:05,040 I can't be separated from her. 627 00:54:07,720 --> 00:54:09,120 No, you can't. 628 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:15,840 I don't know what to do. Don't know what to think. 629 00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:21,480 Your bed's made. 630 00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:38,120 - I believe in you. - You do? 631 00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,000 They will too. 632 00:54:49,001 --> 00:54:51,001 - Good night. - Good night. 633 00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:34,000 The Greeks would say the gods were holding it aransom, wouldn't they? 634 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:37,280 Testing you from your doubt. 635 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:40,800 Bastards. 636 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:48,760 I wrote 2.000 words of professional reportage, 637 00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:52,280 you reduce it to 800 words of twaddle and bury it on a crossword page. 638 00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:54,960 - I don't think it was objective... - Bullshit! 639 00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:58,560 - Who's got to you, Hal? - Be very careful. 640 00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:03,760 The Greeks would say the gods were holding us to ransom. They're testing us, filling us with doubt. 641 00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,600 The Greeks are bastards. Hello? Hello? 642 00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:20,560 You're very real. That's kind of unusual. 643 00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:26,120 I like it. It's kind of exhilarating. 644 00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:34,720 Fuck. I don't believe it. 645 00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:41,200 Stop the car. Pull over here. 646 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:53,600 It will be worth your while, I promise you. 647 00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:00,120 Excuse me, gentlemen. Do you mind if I borrow this? 648 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:03,040 It's still alive! 649 00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:10,800 This fish has more decency in its arsehole than you'll ever have in your entire body. 650 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,960 And you, my so-called brother! You bloody hypocrite! 651 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:18,800 How could you sit here paddling in the ooze with this bucket of slime!? 652 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:23,080 I'll see you both in court. Who are you fucking looking at? 653 00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:32,900 You have invested me with a very grave responsibility. 654 00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:36,200 If we lose, the Church will never again be safe. 655 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:41,520 It is not a matter for compromise It's not even a matter of money. 656 00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:44,920 Though, if you lose, within a year you'll be penniless. 657 00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:53,120 Lose, and in this cynical, mercenary age you'll never be credible again. 658 00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:59,180 If the churches lose they'll hold you responsible. 659 00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:04,880 'Act of God'? There'll be an endless cycle of litigation and you will lose a lot of it. 660 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:07,720 I'll win this 661 00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,920 And I know you won't forget who saved your banquet. 662 00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:20,000 - No turning back now, right? - No turning back. 663 00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:34,880 The feelings are running high as we await the appearance of Steve Myers... 664 00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,360 I have nothing to say. No comments. 665 00:58:46,560 --> 00:58:50,520 The Federal Court of Australia is now in session. Be seated. 666 00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:04,400 - If they're experts in acts of God... - Then they must be experts in the ways of God. 667 00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:05,680 Well said. 668 00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:10,120 Mr. Havers, you've been an insurance assessor with Monarch Alliance for...? 669 00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:14,280 - Seven years. - And it was you who came to inspect my boat. 670 00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:19,600 - Could you tell the court what you saw there? - Nothing. It was gone. 671 00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:24,640 - It was struck by lightning? - I believe so. 672 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:30,160 - Did you see any evidence of storm? - Yes. Quite a bit of wind damage. 673 00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:32,920 - Acts of God? - I couldn't say. 674 00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:37,160 I see. Yet my boat was sunk by an 'Act of God'? 675 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,280 It looked very much like it, but it's not me who decides. 676 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:46,200 This committee employed by your company to decide these matters, they'd be religious experts? 677 00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:50,760 - Not necessarily. - But they're experts in acts of God? 678 00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:55,800 - Aren't they priests or theologians? - No, it doesn't work that way. 679 00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:04,060 - Mr. Piggott, you're the general manager and chief executive of Monarch Alliance? 680 01:00:04,061 --> 01:00:05,161 Correct. 681 01:00:05,260 --> 01:00:10,120 Would you explain to the court the purpose behind the 'Act of God' clause in insurance policies? 682 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:15,320 The purpose is to protect the vast majority of policyholders 683 01:00:15,420 --> 01:00:19,920 against occasional calamities that may befall the few. 684 01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:26,140 - Does it mean that God caused the event? - Heavens, no. Although he may have for all we know. 685 01:00:26,460 --> 01:00:29,520 - It's a figure of speech. - Like 'out on a limb'? 686 01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,280 Or 'away with the fairies'. 687 01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,320 - It's not to be taken literally? - Absolutely not. 688 01:00:44,300 --> 01:00:45,900 Consumatum est. 689 01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:52,800 - Thank you, Mr. Piggott. - Why don't we call things by their real name? 690 01:00:52,960 --> 01:00:56,600 An act of storm, an act of weather, an act of lightning. 691 01:00:56,800 --> 01:01:00,200 The names of the things that have ruined the lives of my co-plaintiffs. 692 01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:02,800 Because it's customary to call them 'Acts of God' 693 01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:07,320 Would that be because 'God' has a certain ring to it? There's a certain moral authority 694 01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:10,840 - that exists only in the name of God? - No. 695 01:01:11,640 --> 01:01:15,160 He's knocked off your copyright, haven't you, Mr. Piggot? 696 01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:22,840 Would you say that the sinking of the Titanic was an 'Act of God'? 697 01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:26,640 I beg your pardon? That was before my time. 698 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:30,800 It was a ship. It struck an iceberg, and... perhaps you saw the film? 699 01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:34,520 Yes, that's right. The orchestra played that lovely little tune as they went down... 700 01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:38,980 - I don't think it was one of ours. - It was deemed an 'Act of God'. 701 01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:43,480 I'm not surprised. An unassessible risk, an iceberg. Who would have thought? 702 01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:48,300 - And yet the insurance companies paid out. - Did they? 703 01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:54,480 Yes, they did. In order to avoid the bad publicity. Now there's a funny thing. 704 01:01:55,840 --> 01:02:03,220 One last thing. Last year your company declared profits of $6,2 billion. 705 01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:06,160 Yes, something of that order. 706 01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:08,800 Did you remember to thank God for it? 707 01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:16,140 Mr. Myers has given notice that his opponents have a fight on their hands. 708 01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,641 The day belonged to Mr. Myers as he exploited the Church's position... 709 01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:43,360 Record high temperatures, strong winds and electrical storms are fanning bushfires in many parts of the state. 710 01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:47,000 Steve Myers kept the pressure on today, forcing each witness onto the back foot. 711 01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:50,760 These witnesses, insurance company executives, had trouble justifying... 712 01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:57,260 I quite liked you today, you know that? 713 01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:00,880 What? 714 01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:08,080 - Remind me how you came into my life? - I talked to Arthur. 715 01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:14,620 - He said you were beautiful, and smart... - He always was the brains of the outfit. 716 01:03:17,120 --> 01:03:21,100 It was the house I was born in. When we lost it, it broke my husband's heart. 717 01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:24,280 - The insurance company didn't pay? - They said it was an 'Act of God'. 718 01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:32,560 - Mr. Ryan? - No. 719 01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:38,320 The insurance industry reckons that the 'Act of God' is just a figure of speech... 720 01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:41,320 The churches can't possibly agree with that. 721 01:03:43,660 --> 01:03:48,100 - I suppose for legal purposes... - What about for religious purposes? 722 01:03:48,140 --> 01:03:51,300 For moral purposes? For philosophical purposes? 723 01:03:51,500 --> 01:03:55,400 Is there such a thing as an 'Act of God' that isn't meant to be taken seriously? 724 01:03:55,460 --> 01:03:56,860 I shouldn't think so. 725 01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:00,780 It means what it says, what else? 726 01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:03,880 Do you think my boat was sunk by an 'Act of God'? 727 01:04:03,900 --> 01:04:05,800 Who can say with these things? 728 01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,360 The insurance companies think they can. 729 01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:13,400 But we don't go running around saying when the weather's bad it's an 'Act of Insurance'. 730 01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:19,100 Did God make the bolt of lightning which struck my boat? 731 01:04:19,101 --> 01:04:21,301 Yes, and no. 732 01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:23,680 These things do not have easy answers. 733 01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:28,080 If you can't tell me what's an 'Act of God' and what isn't, and these men can't tell me, 734 01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:31,320 how can some shiny-arse with a diploma in accountancy? 735 01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:33,420 Quiet, please. 736 01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:38,820 If God does exist, the Churches must be liable. 737 01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:45,400 The Churches can only win if they prove God does not exist. 738 01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,080 Do you want to tell them? 739 01:04:52,160 --> 01:04:57,240 Aren't you hopelessly compromised, Your Eminence? Isn't it one of God's commandments, 740 01:04:57,400 --> 01:05:01,400 That we mustn't take his name in vain? Isn't that exactly what they've been doing? 741 01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:05,540 Using his name to justify a legitimate legal fiction. A lie. 742 01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:07,680 It comes close to it, I would concede. 743 01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:10,600 Isn't that blasphemy? How can you tolerate it? 744 01:05:10,700 --> 01:05:14,360 To be truthful, I suspect we haven't given it a lot of thought until now. 745 01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:16,880 Do you think it's because the Churches, 746 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:21,480 whose combined wealth could easily pay off the entire third world debt, 747 01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:27,080 are massive shareholders in financial institutions, including the global insurance industry? 748 01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:30,400 What are you doing in bed with these people? 749 01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:39,520 We are not perfect, Mr. Myers. 750 01:05:40,640 --> 01:05:44,040 We've been on the wrong side of things very often. We are sinners. 751 01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:47,920 We are blind to much injustice, we have blood on our hands. 752 01:05:48,600 --> 01:05:53,960 - Guilty, no question. - I didn't ask for your confession. 753 01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:57,440 Good, it would take eternity to hear it. 754 01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:02,160 I want to know if you recognise any of the same flaws in yourself? 755 01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:07,480 A little intolerance, perhaps? A little too much self-luck? 756 01:06:07,581 --> 01:06:08,981 I'm not the one on trial. 757 01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:10,760 And nor is God, I assure you. 758 01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:15,400 My god is an eternal wellspring 759 01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:19,560 of love, hope and inspiration for millions. 760 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:22,960 He moves mountains. 761 01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:26,720 How does your faith compare with that god? 762 01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:32,400 - It's a poor world without faith. - I know. 763 01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:37,920 I mean love of God. I mean feeling God work on your heart. 764 01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:43,160 Have you felt that? Compared to that loss, 765 01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:49,700 the loss of your boat is nothing. A speck of dust. Not even a speck. 766 01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:54,480 Who knows? God might have been trying to teach you that. 767 01:06:54,481 --> 01:06:56,981 It was a sign? 768 01:06:57,780 --> 01:07:01,560 - I wouldn't rule it out. - Thank you. 769 01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:05,960 - You are excused, Your Eminence. - I think we might take a break. 770 01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:09,560 The court is adjourned for lunch. 771 01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:21,160 Anna, I'm sorry, but you brought this one yourself. 772 01:07:22,040 --> 01:07:26,000 That's a joke. Any decent legal system would have thrown it out and jailed the animal for 6 months 773 01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:29,880 for public nuisance. Instead of that, he's swanning around like some pop star, 774 01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:32,600 and we're looking at half a billion in claims if you lose. 775 01:07:32,800 --> 01:07:34,960 At least the cardinal straightened him up a bit. 776 01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:38,080 That bloody took time to fight after all. 777 01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:44,200 What are you going to do? 778 01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:49,960 Make his miserably life more miserable. I'm gonna nail the bastard. 779 01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:57,760 - Have we taken care of the girlfriend? - Ms. Redmond's been taken care of. 780 01:07:57,840 --> 01:08:01,280 - Bye, Anna. - Good luck, Anna. 781 01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:07,000 Westerly winds from the Red Centre continue to fan bushfires north of the city, 782 01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:11,960 casting an eerie glow over the deepening drama of the Myers-God trial. 783 01:08:15,200 --> 01:08:20,520 Your Honour, I'd like to call Mr. Bart Gidman of Whaleboat Bay. 784 01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:29,400 Retired senior constable Gidman considered Steve Myers a troublemaker... 785 01:08:29,440 --> 01:08:32,600 - Makes him look criminal. - I think it's quite a good likeness. 786 01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:38,100 Obstructing a bulldozer, drunk and disorderly, indecent exposure. 787 01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:40,280 He was having a pee off his boat. 788 01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:45,000 The former policeman also said that Mr. Myers' domestic arrangements 789 01:08:45,200 --> 01:08:49,680 involving his ex-wife and her de-facto husband were morally questionable, 790 01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:52,960 - And inappropriate for a 12 year old girl. - She's talking about me. 791 01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:54,760 I said, switch it off. 792 01:08:55,200 --> 01:09:01,500 Myers had apparently paid no tax for 3 years, and confirmed he was currently under investigation. 793 01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:09,600 There have been questions about Mr. Myers' motives and character 794 01:09:09,601 --> 01:09:11,881 that have threatened to derail his entire case. 795 01:09:11,900 --> 01:09:17,660 Cockroach! Bloody sewer rats! This is like something out of 60 Minutes. 796 01:09:18,040 --> 01:09:21,460 It's not gonna work for them, though. The judge isn't gonna buy it. 797 01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:25,080 - What's the matter? - Nothing. 798 01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:27,960 I'm not gonna let this bastard get away with it. 799 01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:33,540 There you are. I'll put you on the stand later. 800 01:09:33,600 --> 01:09:37,360 - To say what? - To say that your brother told you he's running a scam. 801 01:09:37,480 --> 01:09:41,400 - But he didn't. - Yes he did. Don't you remember? 802 01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:47,040 What's next? 803 01:09:48,360 --> 01:09:49,880 Just you wait and see. 804 01:09:54,520 --> 01:09:57,800 Your honour, I'd like to call... 805 01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:01,080 Anna Redmond. 806 01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:21,660 I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, and nothing but the truth. 807 01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:31,920 - You are a journalist for The National? - No, I got fired. 808 01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:36,800 - Was it something to do with Mr. Myers? - Ms. Edmond and I are not on trial. 809 01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:40,600 No, God is. And at any other time in history they'd hang the both of you for it. 810 01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:44,940 The Almighty surely has the right to know the character of his accuser. 811 01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:46,000 Proceed. 812 01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:52,660 I ask you again, was it anything to do with Mr. Myers? 813 01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:57,300 - The thought crossed my mind. - You're his partner in this, aren't you? 814 01:10:57,560 --> 01:11:01,780 You have a keen interest in his case, you've written several articles, 815 01:11:01,800 --> 01:11:04,440 made numerous radio appearances. You've beaten it up? 816 01:11:04,441 --> 01:11:05,620 It's newsworthy. 817 01:11:05,621 --> 01:11:10,900 You could sell his story for twice the value of the boat, couldn't you? 818 01:11:12,360 --> 01:11:15,160 Will you tell the court about Michael? 819 01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:19,161 We have the letters. 820 01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:21,640 I presume you mean...? 821 01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:35,720 He died. I found him on the carpet. I don't know what happened. 822 01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:42,440 I should tell the court that Michael was a goldfish. An insured goldfish. 823 01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:47,680 How much did you get for it after 2 years and 37 letters? 824 01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:51,200 - I don't remember. Who cares? - $78. 825 01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:55,220 Do you know how many claims you've made over the past 25 years? 826 01:11:56,760 --> 01:11:59,880 Injury to a cat from a faulty spring in a sofa. 827 01:11:59,900 --> 01:12:02,560 That nearly killed her. In fact, she did die later. 828 01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:05,380 Not before you stood on her and claimed that too. 829 01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:09,030 It is a history of unremitting obsession. 830 01:12:09,040 --> 01:12:12,480 - I think that's overstating it. - 109 claims? 831 01:12:12,680 --> 01:12:15,080 Everyone was legitimate. What else is insurance for? 832 01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:19,820 - You don't like insurance companies, do you? - No. 833 01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:25,200 Will you tell the court what happened on the 23rd of March, 1966? 834 01:12:26,280 --> 01:12:29,480 1966? Don't be ridiculous. 835 01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:32,720 It's a quiz, is it? 836 01:12:33,100 --> 01:12:35,700 1966, 23rd of March...? 837 01:12:35,850 --> 01:12:37,880 Martin Luther King got shot? Grace Kelly had a baby? 838 01:12:37,900 --> 01:12:39,840 The war ended? I don't know. I was seven. 839 01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:44,160 - What were you doing? - Your house burned down. 840 01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:46,320 Did it? 841 01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:48,880 The insurance company refused to pay, didn't they? 842 01:12:49,720 --> 01:12:53,480 - They said it was arson. - Oh, you remember now? 843 01:12:55,280 --> 01:12:58,120 - That it wasn't arson. - Maybe, maybe not. 844 01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:03,880 It wasn't arson. It was their excuse because they didn't want to pay. 845 01:13:03,920 --> 01:13:05,040 We lost everything. 846 01:13:05,560 --> 01:13:07,840 You've never forgotten, have you? Or forgiven? 847 01:13:08,320 --> 01:13:12,280 My father went to jail. He was innocent. 848 01:13:12,480 --> 01:13:18,240 Isn't it true that because of that incident 35 years ago, you are here now with Mr. Myers? 849 01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:21,700 When you saw his little game, you saw a chance 850 01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:24,200 to satisfy your lifelong passion for revenge? - No. 851 01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:27,880 Attempts to make the biggest claim in history, against God. 852 01:13:28,240 --> 01:13:33,520 It is a fraud, a hoax, a swindle. By day, Your Honour, they seek justice in your court, 853 01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:36,680 - at night they chase the loot. - This is ridiculous! 854 01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:40,520 Why are you on the phones to the magazines, if not to sell your story? 855 01:13:40,521 --> 01:13:42,021 That's not true. That's a lie. 856 01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:46,020 I have small affidavits from two editors. 857 01:13:46,120 --> 01:13:48,040 I am happy to put them on the stand. 858 01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:53,680 We are fucked. 859 01:13:55,440 --> 01:13:56,660 Why didn't you tell me? 860 01:13:56,661 --> 01:13:59,061 It was not relevant. Nothing he said was relevant to your case. 861 01:13:59,080 --> 01:14:02,100 Of course it was relevant. We just got stuffed there. 862 01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:04,880 - What's all that stuff about arson? - It was not arson. 863 01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:09,080 - My father was a hundred miles away. - Isn't that what arsonists usually are? 864 01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:13,660 We are buggered. All that effort is completely out the window. 865 01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:14,900 How many claims was it? 866 01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:19,280 So what!? Do I persecute minorities? Do I stick pins into little old ladies? 867 01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:26,000 I made legitimate claims. How come you're taking his side? 868 01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:29,840 He slandered me, he slandered my father. He tried to humiliate me. 869 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:33,240 This is an attack on me When it's you it's shocking, when it's me... 870 01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:34,880 - I'm not a crank. - I'm not a crank. 871 01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:37,900 I wouldn't even be doing this if I only wanted my stuff back. 872 01:14:37,901 --> 01:14:40,381 I want my boat, it's all I ever wanted. 873 01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:45,800 I'm not the one following people, trying to flog the story to some bloody newspaper. 874 01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:49,520 The only reason I made that call was because of you. 875 01:14:50,760 --> 01:14:53,160 So that if everything fell apart at least you had some money. 876 01:14:55,200 --> 01:14:57,280 So why didn't you say you'd been fired? 877 01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:01,560 For supporting you. Isn't that a joke? Why didn't I know? Why didn't I think? 878 01:15:03,880 --> 01:15:04,720 I don't know. 879 01:15:07,040 --> 01:15:08,920 Just go. I'm out. 880 01:15:10,240 --> 01:15:13,240 Please just spare me the time. Just go. 881 01:15:21,400 --> 01:15:23,760 How the fuck are you supposed to get out of here!? 882 01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:23,840 Ryan wants me to testify you said you had a scam going. 883 01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:27,320 And naturally you told him where to stuff it? 884 01:16:28,600 --> 01:16:33,700 He's gonna put me on the stand. If I deny it, he'll say that I'm lying to protect my brother. 885 01:16:34,920 --> 01:16:39,000 If you deny it? What did he bribe you with? 886 01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:40,600 Senior partnership? 887 01:16:42,720 --> 01:16:44,160 He did. 888 01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:47,940 Listen. Steve, please, for once in your life listen. 889 01:16:48,720 --> 01:16:51,600 You can't possibly win. Do you know why? 890 01:16:51,920 --> 01:16:53,760 Because they can't afford to lose. 891 01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:57,240 They've had you at moments, but your glory's gone. 892 01:16:57,480 --> 01:17:00,540 And excuse the pun, but you were sunk before you started. 893 01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,840 And you'll be sunk even deeper in 2 or 3 years when you're still in court. 894 01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:07,360 They know that keeping you there is their only option. 895 01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:12,600 Where will you be then? And where will Rebecca be? 896 01:18:22,680 --> 01:18:24,560 Drop your case. 897 01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:26,600 I'm sorry? 898 01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:29,280 You've dropped your case. 899 01:19:31,120 --> 01:19:34,200 If you give up your obsession, I'll give up mine. 900 01:19:36,440 --> 01:19:39,760 - You're not a crank. - No, you're the crank. 901 01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:45,360 I could be in court for the next 20 years. 902 01:19:48,400 --> 01:19:50,680 How does a moral victory sound to you? 903 01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:55,720 There's a lot to be said for a moral victory. 904 01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,560 This may contain a few clues. 905 01:20:05,440 --> 01:20:08,520 "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it." 906 01:20:10,160 --> 01:20:12,520 - No. - A bit close to the bone for me. 907 01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:21,080 "Wheresoever the carcass is, there the eagles shall be gathered together." 908 01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:24,520 That's very interesting. 909 01:20:30,200 --> 01:20:31,520 What? 910 01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:35,280 You do know everybody thinks we're sleeping together? 911 01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:40,760 - Yes, well, why not? - No. 912 01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:55,920 What would you say if I was to tell you I was falling in love with you? 913 01:20:56,700 --> 01:20:58,521 Well, I'd say... 914 01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:16,360 What's that? 915 01:21:17,480 --> 01:21:20,280 I don't know. Something I made up. 916 01:21:20,560 --> 01:21:25,880 - Do you always sing afterwards? - No, I think this is the first time. 917 01:21:29,320 --> 01:21:32,400 - It's very nice. - Thank you. 918 01:21:35,720 --> 01:21:38,200 You're quite wonderful, you know that? 919 01:21:40,040 --> 01:21:47,160 You make me feel wonderful. Absolutely, unprecedentedly wonderful. 920 01:21:56,680 --> 01:21:59,440 Rescue services are stretched to breaking point 921 01:21:59,441 --> 01:22:02,541 with bushfires now penetrating the outskirts of the city. 922 01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:06,560 There are long delays as city-bound traffic has been diverted, 923 01:22:06,800 --> 01:22:09,440 and motorists are advised to be patient. 924 01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:19,520 In federal court Steve Myers' case seems likely to collapse... 925 01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:23,720 Following revelations about his past, and those of his companion, Anna Redmond. 926 01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:35,600 Look who's here. 927 01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:39,920 - Darling princess Ornatharicus. - I'm Jules. 928 01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:45,240 No matter what happens today, I'm definitely gonna pay you back. 929 01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:48,680 There's no need to go to Perth. I can set up a practice right here. 930 01:22:48,880 --> 01:22:50,920 I will pay you back. 931 01:22:51,721 --> 01:22:54,621 Where is Arthur? I've saved him a seat. 932 01:22:54,840 --> 01:22:57,680 I thought what they did to you yesterday was terrible. 933 01:22:58,200 --> 01:23:01,360 - They're pretty tough on him too. - But he deserved it. 934 01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:07,080 - Is she nice? - She's very nice indeed. 935 01:23:10,480 --> 01:23:11,840 What? 936 01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:17,400 I'm proud of you, whatever happens. 937 01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:20,840 Nothing could stop us now. 938 01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:38,480 Is it enough, do you think, a moral victory? 939 01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:43,480 What other kind is there? In the great scheme of things. 940 01:23:43,760 --> 01:23:46,640 - I call David Myer. - Your Honour, I'm withdrawing from the case.. 941 01:23:47,720 --> 01:23:50,000 What? He can't do that. 942 01:23:50,120 --> 01:23:54,080 - Yes, he can. But he'd better explain. - What is this? 943 01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:56,800 I brought an action against someone who doesn't exist. 944 01:23:58,240 --> 01:24:02,000 - The defendant does not exist? - What about these characters? 945 01:24:02,280 --> 01:24:05,600 If God doesn't exist, they don't exist as his representatives. 946 01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:09,120 The God of the 'Act of God' does not exist. 947 01:24:09,280 --> 01:24:14,400 Not one person in this courtroom has been prepared to say that he does. 948 01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:19,800 It's a lie that they use to rob decent, honourable people, 949 01:24:19,920 --> 01:24:23,080 the kind of people who have joined me in this action. 950 01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:30,240 There's something else. 951 01:24:31,640 --> 01:24:34,080 If God exists, 952 01:24:35,881 --> 01:24:40,481 I don't think he sits around sinking people's little boats, 953 01:24:40,840 --> 01:24:44,760 I don't think he causes earthquakes and landslides, 954 01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:48,760 or dreams up ways to make people's breaks fail. 955 01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:54,600 If there is a God, surely he is everywhere. He's in everything. He's even in this courtroom. 956 01:24:54,840 --> 01:24:58,880 He's in the sea, he's in a lobster, he's in a line of Robert Burns, 957 01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:03,600 he's in a woman's thigh, the soft anvil of creation. 958 01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:06,520 He's in the face. 959 01:25:12,840 --> 01:25:14,660 How can I sue these things? 960 01:25:15,461 --> 01:25:20,561 "All other things to the destruct should draw, only love hath no decay." 961 01:25:20,660 --> 01:25:21,600 That's what I told you. 962 01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:31,580 Maybe you were right. My boat was a tiny little speck of dust in the great scheme of things. 963 01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:36,720 Losing it was nothing. Let's say God did sink my boat. 964 01:25:36,920 --> 01:25:41,480 How can I sue God for an act that led me to this woman? 965 01:25:42,440 --> 01:25:44,160 For an act of love. 966 01:25:46,020 --> 01:25:49,000 - Pax vobiscum. - Bless you. 967 01:25:49,001 --> 01:25:50,001 Mazel tov. 968 01:26:30,800 --> 01:26:33,120 - It's a sign. - A miracle. 969 01:26:33,240 --> 01:26:36,040 - A winged messenger. - It's a fucking cockatoo. 970 01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:06,980 I think, under the circumstances, court is adjourned for 15 minutes. 971 01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:30,340 Mr. Myers did more than prove that the insurers god is a false one. 972 01:27:30,520 --> 01:27:33,840 - A very strange thing happened today... - He showed us 973 01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:39,340 that even in this globalised world, love is still a powerful player. 974 01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:45,800 Two very strange things happened today... 975 01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:49,240 Mr. Myers has established to my satisfaction 976 01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:53,160 That an 'Act of God', as defined by the insurance companies, 977 01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:58,360 is oppressive and exploitative, offensive to reason and religion... 978 01:27:59,080 --> 01:28:01,480 and almost certainly wrong in law. 979 01:28:03,200 --> 01:28:07,160 He has withdrawn his case, but he's made his point indelibly. 980 01:28:08,080 --> 01:28:12,160 The position of the insurance companies is untenable, 981 01:28:12,280 --> 01:28:16,040 and in my view unlikely to survive concerted challenge in the court. 982 01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:19,360 Your Honour, the case is, 983 01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:23,960 with the greatest respect, the case was against the churches. 984 01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:27,080 Yes. And they will have to consider their position. 985 01:28:29,400 --> 01:28:32,900 - Amor vincet omnie. - Love conquers all. 986 01:28:33,920 --> 01:28:35,600 Court is adjourned. 987 01:28:55,280 --> 01:28:57,680 Please tell the American people how you feel right now. 988 01:28:58,040 --> 01:29:01,120 I feel terrific, thank you very much. I'm very, very happy. 989 01:29:04,680 --> 01:29:06,800 What happens with your co-plaintiffs? 990 01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:09,360 Mr. David Myers will be representing them. 991 01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:14,200 - Will they be suing God? - No, the insurance companies. 992 01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:16,960 The way is now open, thanks to my brother. 993 01:29:18,120 --> 01:29:22,240 - Is the world a better place today? - Me? I think so. 994 01:29:24,040 --> 01:29:27,800 Every right-minded person knows that I've been even-handed throughout the case, 995 01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:30,240 but now that it's over I'll say this: 996 01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:35,160 It's a great victory for ordinary people, like you and like me. 997 01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:37,720 - Did we win? - I don't know. 998 01:29:40,160 --> 01:29:43,120 It's been a tumultuous couple of hours at the stock exchange 999 01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:45,920 where all the large insurance stocks have crashed. 1000 01:29:46,040 --> 01:29:48,520 There's panic at insurance offices around the city 1001 01:29:48,720 --> 01:29:53,600 with thousands of customers demanding refunds. A spokesman for Monarch Alliance says... 1002 01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:59,900 - I suppose the best is to take the long view. - You're telling me? 1003 01:29:59,920 --> 01:30:04,020 We survived, but I certainly don't have a sense of jubilation. 1004 01:30:04,800 --> 01:30:08,600 - I have a depression. - A terrific victory, Ryan. 1005 01:30:08,840 --> 01:30:12,400 - Your grace, you got crucified. - The games are over. We shall be rich. 1006 01:30:12,800 --> 01:30:14,700 Cal's suing? Good on you. 1007 01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:17,101 Against Monarch Alliance and five other insurance companies. 1008 01:30:17,160 --> 01:30:20,360 Section 52 of the Trade Practices Act. Several billion dollars... 1009 01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:23,960 - God is our copyright. - I'll get straight onto it. 1010 01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:28,000 We won't be needing you on this one, Gerry. Not this time. 1011 01:30:29,440 --> 01:30:32,700 - God is love. - What if we've been reading you people? 1012 01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:36,240 It's what happens when we give up the moral high-ground. 1013 01:30:36,320 --> 01:30:39,200 I'm against all these lawsuits. The church is our proper place. 1014 01:30:39,480 --> 01:30:42,480 - They're gonna sue you for billions. - What!? 1015 01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:50,800 We've got to get back to our core business. The little people. 1016 01:30:51,160 --> 01:30:54,360 - We could help fund their case. - I said to Sam, 1017 01:30:54,760 --> 01:30:59,200 you want to win this case you've got to prove God does not exist. 1018 01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:01,600 That's easier said than done. 1019 01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:04,800 I saw an article which said they'll soon be able to, apparently. 1020 01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:08,520 - A science magazine? - No, Presbyterian Monthly. 1021 01:31:08,920 --> 01:31:12,840 It's a question of faith. Either you believe He doesn't exist, or you don't. 1022 01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:15,160 Pinch me. Tell me I'm dreaming. 1023 01:31:57,680 --> 01:31:59,960 How long is it going to take you to pay that money back? 1024 01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:01,280 Not long. 1025 01:32:01,800 --> 01:32:04,240 Twenty, thirty, forty years. 1026 01:32:06,200 --> 01:32:09,680 You've just been offered $250.000 for your story. 1027 01:32:10,160 --> 01:32:14,000 - No, I couldn't do that. - You want to be a lawyer all your life? 1028 01:32:16,840 --> 01:32:18,200 Actually, it's worse than that. 1029 01:32:18,920 --> 01:32:23,920 You've been offered $350.000 for the complete, unabridged story. 1030 01:32:24,400 --> 01:32:27,800 The full kissy-wissy, touchy-watchy? 1031 01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:30,360 - The steamy story. - Our story. 1032 01:32:32,520 --> 01:32:34,680 - I can pay Les back. - Yes. 1033 01:32:35,800 --> 01:32:37,680 $200.000 would buy a beautiful boat. 1034 01:32:39,280 --> 01:32:42,800 I always fancied sailing to Shanghai. 1035 01:32:44,720 --> 01:32:50,280 It's too late, it's ruined. But I've heard Hanoi is wondrous. 1036 01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:53,680 - There's pirates on the way. - Bugger them. 1037 01:32:54,040 --> 01:32:55,840 Typhoons, malaria... 1038 01:32:57,840 --> 01:33:00,920 Arthur, how do you like the sound of that? Hanoi. 1039 01:33:01,720 --> 01:33:03,920 They eat dogs in Hanoi. 1040 01:33:20,000 --> 01:33:26,000 SUBTITLES: Robotmensch (robotmensch@hotmail.com) 1041 01:33:27,305 --> 01:33:33,646 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from SubtitleDB.org 94426

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