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EACH PERSON WHO TRIES TO SEE BEYOND HIS OWN TIME

MUST FACE QUESTIONS

TO WHICH THERE CANNOT YET BE PROVEN ANSWERS.

Hey, thanks a lot.

Take it easy.

Hey, beau...

Hi.

What are you doing? You, uh...

Boilin' coffee?

Yeah.

That's good.

THAT'S REAL GOOD.

You hoboing?

Uh, yeah, kind of.

I'm trying to get to california.

Walking, hitchhiking --

uh, I'm getting there kind of slow.

What's in california?

M-My older sister and my brother-in-law in fresno.

Grapes?

I said, "grapes?"

My brother-in-law works for sears and roebuck.

He's gonna get me in there.

Well, you know -- a job.

Pretty good job, too.

Where do you come from?

Horseheads, new york.

Yeah, I know where that is.

You've been to horseheads?

No, I ain't never been to horseheads,

but I've been to the finger lakes district,

but that was, uh...

A long, long time ago...

Long ago.

Listen, uh...

You're going a long way to find a job, ain't you?

Well, yeah.

There just wasn't anything to keep me in horseheads.

Except maybe the scouts.

WELL, M-MY MOTHER DIED JULY 24th OF PERITONITIS.

You a boy scout?

A scoutmaster -- troop 170, horseheads.

What's that?

That ain't nothin'.

My dog.

What?

I said it's my dog. He's my buddy.

He must be roasting in there.

No, he's not roastin'.

HE LIKES IT HOT LIKE I LIKE IT HOT.

I'm sorry. I never saw a dog in a bag.

Maybe he has to go.

Maybe.

Gee, he's...Cute.

Yeah, well, he's 14 years old.

Well, he sure doesn't look it.

I know he don't.

What's his name?

His name is peke like in pekingese.

He's a pomeranian, isn't he?

No, he ain't.

He's a bum just like me. We're two bums.

How, uh...

How long you been in this part of the state?

Oh, almost two weeks.

I got a job on a dairy farm not too far from here --

you know, to make a little extra cash.

I'm a real good milker.

What's your name?

Willie.

Come here.

Come here!

Sit down. Let me tell you somethin' --

when you meet anybody, don't tell them you got any money

because they're liable to kill you to get it.

It wasn't even $10 --

you tell them nothin'!

Yes, sir.

You ever seen a house that looked like that?

Don't look at the hand! Look at the house.

It looks like any ordinary, little farmhouse to me.

SEE, THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH THAT I CUT OUT OF LIBERTY MAGAZINE.

Now, that's not the exact house,

but it sure does look like the one I'm lookin' for.

Yeah.

I doubt I ever seen it.

Come on, you, sit up!

Sit up for carl!

You little bastard.

This house, you see...

This house has a post in front of it.

On that post, there was a sign.

And on that sign it says, "skin illustrations."

"Skin illustration."

Well --

listen to me!

You tell me, boy, and you tell me god damned, too --

you ever seen the sign that say that?

No --

are you sure?!

I'd remember something like that.

I never saw anything like that.

You're sure?!

I'm sure -- honest.

Well, I'm gonna find it.

I'm gonna find it.

Well, there m-must be a hundred houses like that around here.

I'm only lookin' for one.

And I'm lookin' for the lady that lives in it.

And when I find her...

...I'm gonna kill her.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

I will kill her.

I know, you know.

Sometimes I know where that house is...

Exactly.

I mean, it comes into my --

comes into my mind as clear as a bell.

And then I start goin' there,

and, uh...

Then I know that i'm gettin' close to it

because I can feel it inside of me.

I just know that i'm gettin' close to it,

and then...

Just when I think that I'm there...

...damn thing goes right out of my head.

Maybe she moved.

Yeah.

Oh, boy! She moved -- she moved and she took

the whole blessed house with her!

She moved, all right.

That was a long time ago.

A long time ago.

That was, uh...

...it was on labor day.

Tomorrow's labor day.

Same as any other day to me.

Well, not to me, it ain't.

- That's a garter snake. - I'm gonna kill it.

It's a garter --

I'll kill it!

They're not gonna hurt you!

Come on. Come on!

Die!

Die!

Die!!

Die!!

Get it away from him.

No, no. Let him eat it.

Do him some good -- maybe he'll sit up straighter.

They're good to have around. They wouldn't hurt you.

They're no good for nothin' any goddamn place in the world!

It's a snake, ain't it?!

I'll tell you what I could use.

Boy, I could use some good, cheap bourbon whiskey.

You got any of that?

No.

I love that. Peke don't like it, but I love it.

Why would you want to kill anybody?

You want to know why?

All right.

I'll show you why.

Oh, my god.

Well, go on! Take a look!

Wow.

Pretty, ain't they?

I never saw anything like that.

T-That's the most fantastic thing I ever saw.

Is that what you meant by skin illustrations -- tattoos?

They're not tattoos! They're skin illustrations!

Don't you ever call them tattoos!

Let me tell you.

Don't you look at those illustrations too long

because they'll come alive, and they'll tell you stories.

You remember that lady that I was talkin' to you about?

Remember her?

I'll tell you what she did --

she created for me my own private hell.

You see that blank space on my back there? See it?

And now people look into that...

And they see the future.

That's all well and good...

...BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR FUTURE, YOU MAY PAY A PRICE

because you may look and see how you're gonna die!

You may look and see what you're gonna look like

when you're old and rotten and shriveled and mean!

But people don't like to see that, do they?!

No they don't, so

after a while, they don't like me,

and they grow to hate me!

Didn't you have any doubts

about getting tattooed all over like that?

I wasn't thinkin' about gettin' tattooed,

I was thinkin' about gettin' laid,

AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GONNA TELL YOU,

please...

Don't ever call them tattoos.

I'm sure I never saw a house like that

with a sign like that anywhere around here.

Well...

...maybe she went back into the future someplace.

BACK INTO THE FUTURE?

That's what I said.

BACK INTO THE FUTURE.

Maybe a thousand years.

I was workin' this 2-bit carnival.

I was puttin' up tents.

It was a hot day, and there was this lion --

he was screamin', and this elephant was answerin' back --

and I was horny that day.

I just had to get out of there,

so I took myself a little walk.

I walked along, and, uh...

I came to this place...

This house.

And there was a post in front of it.

On that post was a sign,

and on that sign, it said, uh...

"Skin illustrations."

"Skin illustrations."

Hello.

Hello.

Well, it's, uh...

It's kind of hot, ain't it?

Very.

Well, does it always get this hot around labor day?

Sometimes.

Can I offer you something cold to drink?

Well, water would be fine.

Got some lemonade already.

Come on in.

All right.

Come on.

Come on.

Nothing satisfies like lemonade

when it's real hot like this.

I guess you could say that.

Hmm.

What a magnificently strong hand.

Well, I guess it got strong

swingin' the big hammer at the carnival.

Hmm.

Carnival life must be very exciting.

I also handle the elephant shovel,

and I don't think you could call that excitin'.

Come and sit down.

Over there?

Next to me.

Anyway, that's what I do.

I put tents up, and then I take tents down,

and, well, that's about it.

Mm-hmm.

Anyway, uh...

You know, sometimes when they, uh...

When they have a heavy day, you see,

they let me --

hand.

When they have a heavy day, they let me collect tickets.

And then -- or some days when the day ain't too heavy,

they don't let me do nothin'.

Right there.

The very center.

I know just what belongs there.

That's when I learned what her name was.

"There's a rose," she said.

"A rose you'll always carry in your hand.

A rose from felicia."

I think the rose is just beautiful.

Yeah.

I haven't seen anything like that --

even in the circus.

Circus?

Let me tell you somethin' --

there ain't a circus or a carnival that would touch us.

I told you before, these things come alive.

When they come alive, they scare people.

Nobody's gonna hang around and look at 'em.

I know they come alive because I can feel them squirmin' --

movin' on my back.

I can't hear what they're sayin',

but I can feel them movin'.

Peke don't hear nothin' anyway

with his garter snakes and little bugs.

But, boy, I know they're there.

I still think the rose is beautiful.

So did I.

So did I.

She knew everything...

AND SHE HAD BEEN EVERYWHERE.

There's a rose you'll always carry in your hand --

a rose from felicia.

Come.

Come on.

Come and see it outside --

the colors are so much more alive.

Come on. Come over here.

Come here.

Tell me you love it.

I love it.

What's your name?

My name's carl.

Carl.

Tell me what you smell right now --

right this very minute.

What I smell?

Mm-hmm.

Well, uh...

I smell dust and, uh, I smell, uh...

Dry weeds...

Yeah. Something else?

Yeah, but I don't know, unless you can say --

I kind of smell the heat.

That's right.

Now, try to imagine all those smells...

Somewhere else.

Not here -- somewhere else.

Well, I don't know.

Where...

I could say where the lions live in africa.

That's right.

Where the lions live.

Down in africa.

Right there, carl.

Right there.

Right there. Well...

I was the one that said it.

Idiot me.

Oh, yeah, right there --

where the lions live down in africa.

She had lived in the past, she had lived in the future,

and she put it all on me.

They're filthy things.

The lions?

No, not the lions.

The stinking vultures.

I wanted you to see what i've been seeing every day for weeks.

Well, I've seen it. Come on -- let's go.

What do you suppose they're feeding on?

I don't know.

Maybe a...Zebra, giraffe.

Something like that. Come on, come on.

Carl...

Did you hear a scream?

No.

You didn't hear anything?

I didn't hear anything.

I don't want our children to play here anymore, carl.

Please turn it off.

It's been the same african veld for weeks now --

ever since you and johnny had that argument.

All right. I know that, I know that.

It was your idea to install the playroom in the first place

so our children could work off their natural hostility.

I'm sorry we ever bought the damn thing.

So am I, but you're the one that sold me

on the free-involvement theory and instantaneous atmosphere.

If a child wants anything, wishes it hard enough,

all he has to do is flip a switch, and there you are.

Well...

Electronic image or not, I don't like it.

We've got to get rid of it, carl.

We'll have to talk to the children first.

The children can go in there and think of anything --

the past, the future.

THEY CAN THINK OF ANYTHING.

It could become destructive.

Apparently, the minister of mental health

doesn't share your protective attitude.

TO HELL WITH HIM! I DON'T WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH MY CHILDREN!

Then for the time being,

we'll consider the playroom out of bounds.

All right?

Now, what we need is a good stiff drink.

Maybe it's just me...

Just my imagination.

It's not your imagination.

It's the world we live in. Everything's done for us.

You throw a glass into the glass incinerator,

out comes a freshly molded glass.

What's left for us to do?

The body functions? -- Sleep, sex.

What's left?

I don't know.

I don't know. Maybe it's the stupid labor laws.

You can't work more than six months a year,

so you mustn't upset

the great, planned global balance of economy.

That's great for business, isn't it?

What about the other six months of the year?

I don't know.

Carl...

...make love to me.

Why?

Well, why?

Maybe this time, it'll be different.

Who is it?

IT'S WILL McLEAN.

Caught you both with a drink in your hand.

Don't tell me the sun's already over the yardarm out there.

- Hello, will. - How's it going?

Oh, putting in my time talking to a lot of sick people.

I got a breakfast meeting in havana tomorrow morning.

I thought I might stop on my way back.

We'll be here.

Can you make it for lunch?

I'd love to. How are the kids?

Great.

Well, carl doesn't share my concern, but when you come,

I'd like to talk to you about a possible problem.

Johnny.

Yeah, johnny, I think -- maybe both.

Listen, how long have you been our mental health counselor?

Anna was 3.

Well, then you know how sometimes a mother --

she, uh...

Gets overexcited about something that may not exist.

It's that nursery, will. It scares me.

Uh-oh.

What do you mean "uh-oh"?

What do you mean "uh-oh"?

Well, we've been having our share of problems

in that area of the free-involvement program.

Look, I'll talk about it with you tomorrow, okay?

Okay.

See you about 1:00?

Around then.

Felicia...

...be well.

Bye.

Carl, felicia, we're home!

The science carnival was great!

It's too far to go alone.

Too far?!

Get ready for dinner.

We're not hungry. We ate at the carnival.

We just love bermuda.

We're going back again tomorrow.

You're not going anywhere unless I give you permission.

You too, young lady. You go get ready for dinner.

All I know is that when I was your age,

I wasn't allowed to attach my space capsule

to any navigational beam over 100 miles in distance.

I mean, not until I was over 16 years of age, anyway.

Suppose you had to go 150 miles?

You just didn't go.

WHAT COULD THEY DO TO YOU IF YOU DID?

What do you mean, if you got caught?

Yeah.

Oh, they'd, uh...

Revoke your space license.

DID YOU THINK THAT WAS FAIR THEN?

Since you're asking so many questions,

let me ask you a question about that fancy nursery of yours.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm talking about africa, and I'm talking about the lions.

There's no africa in the nursery.

There isn't, huh?

I think it's only fair to tell you

that your mother and I spent a little time in there today.

I DON'T REMEMBER ANY AFRICA. DO YOU, ANN?

Unh-unh.

Go see, ann, and see if --

she doesn't have to go see. We've both seen it already.

You're mistaken.

I'm mistaken.

We're gonna find out who's mistaken.

You come with me, young man.

Come on.

Let's go quick.

I've had enough of this. Let's go felicia.

We'll find out who's mistaken.

Whose idea is this?

Anna and I play all the time here.

Uh-huh. Every day?

NOT EVERY DAY. ALMOST EVERY DAY.

Almost every day.

I see.

Well, of course, you, uh...

Do play in the african veld from time to time, don't you?

I think we did once -- a long time ago.

Do you remember how long ago, young lady?

A LONG TIME AGO -- MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO.

I see, I see.

I want to tell you something now.

Your mother and I know that you're lying.

- Carl, leave it alone. - I don't care --

go get cleaned up.

- We're not that dirty -- - go get cleaned up!

Go on. Do as your father says. Go on!

Obviously, our children are trying to make fools out of us.

Well, carl, will will be here tomorrow.

He'll -- he'll know what to do.

He's trained to deal with these problems.

Well --

look, um, I'll tell you what.

Let them play in here,

but don't say anything about will coming.

All right.

And don't worry. We'll straighten it out.

It's been like that for weeks now --

just the way we found it.

What are they eating?

I don't know.

Vultures here all the time?

All the time.

It doesn't feel good, carl.

What do you mean, "it doesn't feel good"?

Well, all children get the feeling

that their parents are persecuting them,

but this goes beyond that.

In what way?

WELL, JOHNNY AND ANNA AREN'T RELEASING

DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS HERE ANYMORE, THEY'RE EMBRACING THEM.

Embracing them?

There's a point at which fantasy

becomes dangerously close to reality.

Carl, rip it down. Get rid of it.

I was wrong for recommending it in the first place.

I realize that. Let's get rid of it.

That's felicia's scarf.

That's my slipper.

The room will hate you if you kill it!

Stop talking like that!

It has feelings, too! You can't kill it!

I'm not killing anything! It's not a human being!

It's a machine you can have if you've got the money!

That's all it is, so stop it!

Tomorrow dr. will is coming

to take us to therapy refuge for a vacation.

Doesn't that please you?

No, it doesn't. I like it here.

I'm not going to any place

where I have to do everything myself.

You talk to your mother in that tone of voice,

and I'll give you a slap across the face

you'll never forget!

You better not.

Don't you talk to me like that!

I'm not gonna have any son of mine talk to me like that!

Go to bed! Get going!

- I don't know. - You don't know what?

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

You're in this thing together, and I know it!

Go on! Get out of here! Go on! When I say go, go!

Leave her alone. She's not causing any trouble.

THIS HOUSE IS LOADED WITH TROUBLE!

The nursery -- that's trouble. Go to bed when I tell you!

Johnny's right!

I'll certainly be glad to get away for a while,

I'll tell you.

The thing I love about will -- he's so understanding.

I guess he is. I guess he is.

Listen...

...just today, before will called,

we were about to come up here and make love.

Do you remember?

Were we?

Can I ask you a question?

Yeah.

How do you feel now?

No.

Carl! Felicia! Come quickly! Hurry!

Mommy! Daddy!

Quick! Quick! Mommy! Daddy!

Carl! Felicia! Hurry!

Carl! Felicia! Hurry! Quick!

Mommy! Mommy! Daddy! Hurry! Hurry!

Daddy! Mommy!

Carl! Felicia! Hurry!

Good morning!

Everybody ready?

Carl?

Felicia?

Where is everybody?

Johnny?

Carl?

Johnny?

Anna?

Where are your parents?

May I offer you a cup of coffee...

Doctor?

Oh, my god.

You want a cup of coffee?

Hey!

Huh?

May I offer you a cup of coffee?

Oh, yes, thank you.

I know what you're thinkin'.

The funny thing is

that women usually ask that question before men do.

WELL, THE ANSWER IS YES -- I'M COVERED WITH PICTURES

from the neck right down to the toes --

EVERYWHERE, AND I MEAN EVERYWHERE.

Yes, sir...

Everywhere.

I REMEMBER THAT LADY.

Boy, she had lilacs around her house

that in the heat used to stink to high heaven

AND I MEAN TO THE HIGH HEAVEN.

Man, they smelled so sweet, they made you dizzy.

Did I tell you about the lilacs?

No, I don't think so.

I didn't?

No, I don't think so.

They made you puke.

Yeah, you told me about the lilacs.

I thought I did.

Oh.

Yeah, I remember her.

I remember it was about this time of evenin',

and, uh...

I was sittin' there, and...

All of a sudden, it hit me. It hit me.

And that I had had enough. I had just had enough.

I mean, I was -- heh!

Man, I was there with the wherewithal.

I was ready, willin', and able.

I WAS MORE THAN ABLE, AND --

then it dawned on me that nothin' was gonna happen ever.

And there I was.

Boy, I was sittin' there like a big idiot

with half my body covered in...

Skin illustrations.

Skin illustrations.

All the time...

She knew what she was doin'.

No more, thank you.

Why don't you sit down and rest for a bit?

No, thank you. That last one hurt.

No, thank you. I'm gonna go back and I'm gonna r--

Rig the midway and...

...get ready for the nighttime rubes.

When you coming back?

What?

When you coming back?

I don't know.

Maybe sometime tomorrow.

You're lying.

I am not! Don't you ever call me a liar!

I NEVER LIE! I NEVER LIE!

When I'm finished with you, think of the money you can make!

You'll be more beautiful than anyone!

- I'd be a freak! - You'd be beautiful!

I would not be beautiful! I would be a freak!

No, carl, you'll be something special!

You'll be beautiful! You'll matter!

Jesus christ! These things don't come off!

I'm half a freak now!

Carl...

...let me finish.

You're not gonna finish nothin'!

Did you let me touch you for one second?! You did not!

What do you think I am, some kind of stupid animal?!

You're a man, carl --

a man!

You never flinch from pain!

Pain is part of everything good.

Lie down.

I'll make you happier

than you've ever been in your whole life.

You know what I'm gonna put there?

What?

A rocket.

I'M GONNA LOOK LIKE THE 4th OF JULY.

That's what I said.

I looked like the...

4th OF JULY.

What was the reason

you didn't leave when you started to?

WHY HAVEN'T YOU LEFT?

Don't you get personal.

I'm sorry.

Shut up, now!

Come on, now! Shut up!

All you do is make noise in the world!

That's how you handle little things, see?

You just yell at 'em, and they shut up like a clam.

And that puts them in their proper place.

Man, I don't like little things.

I don't like bugs and frogs and spiders

and creepy, crawly things that zing out at you

and bite you when you're not lookin'!

You know what a tick looks like?

Sure. I've seen ticks.

Well, they're the worst

because they find you no matter where you are,

and they creep up on you, and they suck your blood, see!

Oh, they stink -- rotten things.

I don't like ticks either.

Yeah, neither do I.

Let me give you a word of advice.

Don't get too personal with me.

Okay.

I-I didn't mean anything by it.

Yeah, that's enough, now. I don't want to talk about it.

Peke, it's time to go to bed.

That's a good dog.

Just say your prayers and get a good night's sleep.

She's...

She's very beautiful, isn't she?

You've seen her, haven't you?

Haven't you?

Well?!

Haven't you?!

Yes.

Well, now you know.

I'll tell you one thing --

and I told her,

"lady, you put anything on me,

"and I want it to be big,

"and I want it to have power,

"and I want it to have energy like a...

A rocket."

How long have we been here?

Six days.

CAN'T BE SIX DAYS -- IT'S MORE THAN SIX DAYS.

Just six days.

CAN'T BE SIX DAYS -- IT'S MORE THAN SIX DAYS.

WE'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN SIX DAYS!

CAN'T BE SIX DAYS -- IT'S MORE THAN SIX DAYS.

WE'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN SIX DAYS!

Now, shut up!

I'm in command here! Don't you forget that!

That goes for the rest of you, too!

Anybody who tries to take on his own

is gonna get shot like a deserter!

Is that understood?!

I'VE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE, AND I'VE SURVIVED IT.

Why?

What did you say?

I said, "why do you think you've survived any more than we have?"

Yeah, that's good, williams.

Answer him that one, colonel!

Because I'm stronger than you are, that's why!

What about you, simmons? Huh?

Wanna see how strong I am?!

You want to push your luck and see how far you can push me?!

I want to get to a sun dome.

He doesn't know where there's one, sim!

What the hell are we followin' him for?

Colonel...

You don't know where we are any more than we do!

WHY THE HELL ARE WE FOLLOWING YOU?!

You listen to me!

FOUR OF US GOT OUT ALIVE --ALIVE!

That means something!

That means we've got a chance!

Now, there's 120 sun domes

scattered over 11 continents on this stinking planet,

AND IF WE FIND ONE -- ONE SUN DOME, WE'VE MADE IT!

We came through!

We've survived!

They can get a ship up there within a month!

You got a better idea, simmons?!

Pickard?!

Williams, you're so bloody smart, so sarcastic!

Show me the way to a sun dome!

Everything's a guess, isn't it?

Well, I only know one thing --

keep moving, and you keep alive!

That's all I know, and we're gonna move.

We're gonna follow this stream,

and we're gonna pray that it takes us

to the shore of the single sea!

There's one sun dome every 20 miles!

If we get there, we made it and we're alive!

So on your feet and let's go!

WE'LL FOLLOW THE STREAM AND PRAY IT GETS US THERE!

The rain hurts my head!

It's like a kettledrum!

In three hours, you're stone-deaf!

Now, a deaf man is a cripple,

and I'm not havin' a cripple on my back!

Get up, get on your feet, and you follow me!

Come on! Move out!

There's not enough...

Space between this rain to...

To breathe!

My lungs feel like they're gonna split open!

Listen to me -- bend your head forward.

Bend your head forward, try to keep the water out,

and breathe deep. Go on.

I don't think you're getting us anywhere!

Shut up!

Keep your mouth shut!

Talking is a convenient way to commit suicide!

You'd like that --

shut up! That goes for you, too!

Yes, sir, colonel!

No talk!

- My head! - I said no talk!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

It's our ship.

Home!

Well, colonel, here we are...

Right back where we started from...

Seven days ago, huh?

I could get in there for the map case, colonel.

You go near the ship, you'll get contaminated.

Forget it.

Without those survival maps, we're...

WE'RE NEVER GONNA FIND ANYTHING!

YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA ADMIT THAT, DO YOU?

He won't even admit

he's been leading us around in circles!

Hey, williams...

What?

Let's kill him.

What for?

OUR LIVES MEAN NOTHING TO HIM!

If sim had listened to him, he'd still be here.

I hate him, williams.

I REALLY HATE HIM!

Huh? Come here!

Huh, what's that?

What is it?!

- A sun dome! - That's right!

My guess! My guess!

This is it, isn't it?

This is what?

This means there should be another sun dome

about 20 miles from here.

How do we know it's not destroyed like this one?

I don't know!

I just hope, that's all!

Pickard!

Pickard!

He's trying to drown himself!

It's too late for him!

Even this little bit of shelter is...

Is better than none, huh?

It doesn't pound you all the time --

pound you to death.

I'll tell you something, williams,

I'm glad that you made it this far with me.

Not because it's you,

but...

Because somebody's with me.

Colonel...

I've...

I've got -- I've got a surprise for you.

I'm deaf.

Why don't you issue me one of your famous survival orders

so I can tell you what to do with it, huh?

I can't hear you! I can't hear you, colonel!

Gone!

Well, damn you! Look at my mouth!

Read my lips!

I read your lips, colonel,

but I can't understand what you're saying.

I don't understand you at all.

Williams...

I figure we've only got about 10 more miles to go.

If we get there --

look at me.

IF WE GET THERE,

it will be dry,

and we'll be warm.

THERE WILL BE THE SUN!

And women!

Women, hmm?

There are old sexy women just around the corner --

is that what you're trying to tell me, colonel, huh?

Tell me, are they whores -- space whores?

Oh.

That's supposed to suck me in, huh, colonel?

Does the space manual say,

"AT LAST RESORT, PROMISE YOUR MEN ANYTHING

including a gorgeous whore," huh?

What if, colonel...

What if...

A certain kind of man

doesn't want a whore --

if, in fact, the thought repulses him.

What then?

Then I'd say --

I'd say he was a liar!

I'm not a liar.

Do me one last favor, will you, colonel?

Go find yourself a nice...

Private...

Quiet...

Lovely...

Sun-dome...

Whorehouse.

You're not a man, williams...

YOU'RE A SHIT!

And what are you, colonel? What are you?

DESTROY, RIGHT? DESTROY AND COMMAND ANYTHING --ANYTHING!

Anything that can send you away!

Anything that's more refined, more sensitive --

ANYTHING THAT LOVES!

Destroy and command and take over!

AND STAMP OUT ANYTHING!

Colonel...

Oh, colonel...

You're a rotten breed...

Low, basic, rotten breed.

You'd destroy...

You'd destroy the world, wouldn't you...

And survive.

Get on your feet!

That's an order!!

Get out of here.

Go on -- get out of here.

THIS IS MY TIME.

I know it...

And I'm glad I know it.

You want to know something funny?

I won't even hear the laser pop...

But you will.

Welcome, colonel.

Where you goin'?

None of your damn business where I'm going.

Want to hear what happened later on in the night?

No.

She almost treated me like I were her husband.

Please...

I have to go.

She really got to love them illustrations.

She'd look at them,

then she began to study 'em.

And then she'd laugh.

After a while...

She began to touch 'em all over.

And then...

She began to kiss 'em.

And that made her real happy.

I want to go.

Go.

What makes you think you can keep me here?

What makes you think you can go?

Be quiet, you little fool!

Nobody's talkin' to you! Go back to sleep!

She couldn't have wanted you.

You're never gonna find her.

NEVER-- YOU'RE NEVER GONNA FIND HER.

Never.

I love you so!

I'm so glad you're back!

Tell me what happened.

There was a final world forum.

It is as we dreamed, isn't it?

Yes.

All the male population of the world attended.

It was 2,193.

And they all agreed.

They had the same vision...

Without exception.

Tonight is the last night of the world?

Tonight's the last night of the world.

TONIGHT'S THE LAST NIGHT OF THE WORLD.

TONIGHT'S THE LAST NIGHT OF THE WORLD.

TONIGHT'S THE LAST NIGHT OF THE WORLD.

How, carl?

No one knows how,

but all dreamed of an ending...

As it was in 4187

when the gas cloud covered the earth

and the only people that survived

were on the highest mountains.

This time, no one will survive.

No one.

That was the unanimous conclusion

of the forum.

How are the children?

Beautiful, as always.

What did the world forum rule?

Peoples of the earth are reconciled

that this is the last night of the world.

And only the children are not to know.

What do we do?

They're to be spared.

Tell them nothing, then.

The ruling was that they were spared the dream...

So they should be spared the experience.

How can they be spared?

They're to be put to sleep.

Put to sleep?

Put to sleep?

They're to be given these at bedtime.

Kill the children?

Oh, that's impossible. I don't believe it.

The world's agreed.

Oh, no. Never, never.

Our children are everything. They're the future.

There will be no future.

They all agreed.

They had the same dream...

...nothingness.

No one on earth had a different dream?

No one.

I will not...

Kill my children.

They're subject to the ruling.

I don't care about the ruling.

Felicia, all those at the forum

loved their children as we love ours,

but none want to see them suffer.

We don't know how the end will be.

Will it be sudden?

Will it be lingering?

Will they be burned to death?

Mommy!

Father! Father's back!

Oh, father, we missed you so much!

Is anything wrong?

No, no, nothing's wrong, it's just that...

Your mother was so pleased to see your father home,

she started to cry.

Sometimes people do that when they're happy.

Which one of you rode the animals most today?

- HE DID. - NO, SHE DID.

Wait, wait, wait.

That's no way to welcome your father home --

with an argument.

I'll tell you what. You...

You go outside and play some more.

All right?

Go on.

You're their father, carl.

Could you kill them?

It didn't happen.

Carl...

It didn't happen.

YOU BASTARD.

YOU KILLED THEM. YOU KILLED YOUR OWN CHILDREN.

Shut up.

What the hell? Didn't I --

what the hell are you doin' there?

Boy...

I tell you.

Some days.

Get over there and get in there.

Give me any more trouble, and I'll throw you in the lake.

Don't you come out, either, or i'll...

Crown you.

You're evil.

You killed them...

...didn't you?

You killed them.

You killed pickard.

You killed simmons -- you kill people.

You crummy bastard.

What the hell are you talkin' about?

I NEVER KILLED ANYBODY!

The one person I'm gonna kill -- that's the lady.

I'm gonna step on her like a cockroach

and throw her away like a dog throws away a dead snake!

You lousy --

huh?

What are you gonna do, little boy?

Go ahead! Get down there!

Get down there!

All right, now, watch it!

You...

You made...

You made love to her, didn't you?

Why don't you shut up before I split your skull?!

Shut up!

You listen to me...

You listen.

You're the one who was curious.

You're the one who wanted to see the future.

So now, you just take it easy, sonny boy.

And you just relax.

You just relax now.

Relax, sonny boy.

It's almost daybreak.

Why don't you lie on my bed and relax?

I won't be long.

Carl?

Carl?

Carl?

Felicia?

You call me?

Carl?

Carl?

Felicia?!

Felicia?!

Hmm.

Yeah, you -- you're...

You're trying to tell me...

She didn't come back to the house, huh?

She took the house with her.

What do you mean "she took the house with her"?

I mean that she took everything...

Except a kitchen chair.

She took everything and left one chair, huh?

Is that what you're trying to tell me?

She took everything but the kitchen chair.

On it was my clothes...

And my shoes...

And there it was...

Standin' all alone in the middle of the field.

Where'd she go?

She went back into the future.

Beyond our own time.

People don't disappear.

HOUSES DON'T DISAPPEAR.

Nothing disappears.

Well, then you show me the house.

You find me the lady.

You're a liar.

You.

If I'm a liar...

Where did these come from?

You've been lookin' at them, haven't you?

You watched them come alive, didn't you?

Didn't you?

Didn't you?!

Yeah.

Well, who put them there, 'cause I didn't.

You think that over...

Willie.

Oh, my god.

Oh!

Aaaaahh!

EACH PERSON WHO TRIES TO SEE BEYOND HIS OWN TIME

MUST FACE QUESTIONS

TO WHICH THERE CANNOT YET BE ABSOLUTE ANSWERS.