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{\an8}HI, I'M JOHN MAUCERI.
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{\an7}AND WELCOME TO "THE NUTCRACKER
AND THE MOUSE KING."
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{\an7}I SUPPOSED EVERY ONE OF YOU
KNOWS "THE NUTCRACKER" BALLET
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{\an7}AND ITS MAGNIFICENT SCORE,
COMPLETED IN 1892
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BY PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY.
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{\an1}BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
I LEARNED OVER THE YEARS.
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TCHAIKOVSKY REALLY
DIDN'T LIKE IT,
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{\an1}AND I NEVER QUITE KNEW WHY.
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{\an1}IT TURNS OUT THAT THE STORY
HE WAS GIVEN
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{\an1}WAS A VERY SIMPLIFIED VERSION
OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK
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{\an1}WRITTEN IN 1816 BY THE GERMAN
WRITER E.T.A. HOFFMANN.
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{\an1}AND COME TO THINK OF IT,
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{\an1}THE STORY OF THE BALLET
NEVER REALLY COMES
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{\an1}TO A SATISFACTORY END.
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I MEAN, WHO WAS
THE MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER
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{\an1}CALLED GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER?
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{\an1}AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT,
HOW DID THAT YOUNG MAN
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{\an1}GET PUT INTO A NUTCRACKER
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
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THE ANSWERS TO
THOSE QUESTIONS
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{\an1}CAN BE FOUND IN THE STORY
TCHAIKOVSKY LOVED.
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AND SO I DECIDED
TO GO BACK TO THE SOURCE,
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{\an1}THE WONDERFUL HOFFMANN STORY,
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AND CREATE A SCORE
BY TCHAIKOVSKY
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THAT PRESERVES
THE MELODIES WE ALL LOVE,
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{\an1}BUT ALSO INCLUDES MUSIC FROM
HIS MANY LESSER-KNOWN WORKS.
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HOFFMANN'S NUTCRACKER
STORY IS IN 3 PARTS.
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{\an1}THE FIRST TAKES PLACE WHEN
ALL GREAT FAIRYTALES BEGIN...
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THE MIDDLE AGES.
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{\an1}BUT IT'S AN ANTI-FAIRYTALE,
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ONE THAT IS FUNNY
AND FANTASTICAL,
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{\an1}BUT DEFINITELY DOES NOT
END HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
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{\an1}ALL RIGHT, THEN, LET'S
GO BACK A BIT IN TIME
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TO DECEMBER 7, 2019,
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AND GLASGOW'S ROYAL
CONCERT HALL IN SCOTLAND,
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THE LAND OF ANCIENT
STANDING STONES,
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{\an1}WHERE THE NATIONAL ANIMAL
IS THE UNICORN
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{\an1}AND THE ONE PLACE WHERE
A DRAGON MIGHT STILL LURK
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IN THE BLACK WATERS
OF LOCH NESS.
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[APPLAUSE]
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{\an1}THE ORCHESTRA HAS TUNED,
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AND APPLAUSE GREETS
THE ENTRANCE OF THE CONDUCTOR.
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AND THERE HE IS.
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LOOKS FAMILIAR.
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{\an1}AND KNOWING HIM AS I DO,
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HE PROBABLY HAS
SOMETHING TO SAY.
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"THE NUTCRACKER."
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I SUSPECT THAT THERE
AREN'T MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE
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{\an1}WHO KNOW THE BEGINNING
OF THE STORY.
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WELL, HERE TO TELL
THE GREAT EPIC STORY
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{\an1}WRITTEN BY E.T.A. HOFFMANN
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{\an1}WITH MUSIC COMPILED BY ME
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{\an1}OF THE MUSIC BY TCHAIKOVSKY,
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{\an1}INCLUDING ALL THE TUNES
YOU LOVE FROM THE BALLET,
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{\an1}HERE TO TELL THAT STORY,
THE REAL STORY,
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THE COMPLETE STORY,
PLEASE WELCOME ALAN CUMMING.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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IF I MAY, I KNOW
YOU'RE READY FOR THIS,
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BUT I'VE KNOWN ALAN
SINCE THE MID-1980s
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WHEN I WAS MUSIC DIRECTOR
OF SCOTTISH OPERA.
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{\an1}I WAS A CHILD.
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{\an1}HE WAS A CHILD.
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{\an1}HE WAS A WEE LAD.
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AND WE BECAME FRIENDS
IN THOSE YEARS,
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AND THEN HE CAME
TO NEW YORK
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AND TOOK OVER THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
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WHEN HE PLAYED
IN "CABARET."
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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AND THEN, IF I MAY,
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WHEN I WAS DIRECTOR
OF THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
ORCHESTRA,
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I INVITED HIM TO MAKE
HIS ORCHESTRAL DEBUT
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ON THE WEEKEND IN
WHICH WE PLAYED,
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AND HE SANG TO
54,000 PEOPLE
IN LOS ANGELES.
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THAT'S A GOOD WAY
TO MAKE YOUR DEBUT.
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ANYWAY, WHEN I GAVE
HIM THIS SCRIPT,
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HE SAID,
[SCOTTISH ACCENT]
"IT'S A HOOT."
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SO WE'RE SO...
I'M SO CHUFFED
AS THEY SAY.
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I'M SO PLEASED THAT
ALAN WOULD PARTICIPATE
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IN WHAT IS ACTUALLY
THE WORLD PREMIERE
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LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT
OF THIS NEW WORK.
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SO NOW WE'LL PLAY IT
FOR YOU.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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{\an8}♪
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{\an1}ONCE A VERY LONG TIME AGO,
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{\an1}WHEN THE GREAT STORIES
WERE FIRST BEING TOLD
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AND WHEN THE FLAP
OF DRAGON WINGS
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{\an1}COULD BE HEARD IN THE SKY
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AND TROLLS PROWLED
THE FORESTS,
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{\an1}RAINBOWS WERE SAID TO LEAD
TO A KINGDOM BEYOND THE CLOUDS,
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AND THERE WAS TALK OF
AN ALL-POWERFUL SWORD,
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{\an1}OR PERHAPS IT WAS A RING.
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{\an1}SOME EVEN CLAIM TO UNDERSTAND
THE LONG-FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE
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OF THE ANIMALS.
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{\an1}AND EVERY DAY, JUST AS THE EARTH
TURNED ITS FACE TO THE SUN,
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{\an1}AND THEN LIKE CLOCKWORK
TURNED ITS BACK TO IT AT NIGHT,
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{\an1}THERE WAS MAGIC BOTH
FOR GOOD AND FOR EVIL.
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{\an1}IT WAS THEN THAT MANKIND
FIRST LEARNED
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{\an1}THAT THE STRONGEST POWER
IN THE UNIVERSE
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{\an1}WAS ALSO THE SIMPLEST.
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{\an1}THIS IS WHERE WE BEGIN,
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{\an1}ON A PARTICULAR MORNING WHEN
THE QUEEN WAS IN THE KITCHEN.
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SHE DIDN'T GO THERE
VERY OFTEN.
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{\an1}BUT THIS WAS A SPECIAL
OCCASION... THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
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{\an1}AND EVERY YEAR THE QUEEN
MADE THE KING'S FAVORITE DISH,
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SAUSAGE FROM A SECRET
FAMILY RECIPE.
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AS SHE WAS COOKING,
THE SMELL OF BACON AND HERBS
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FILLED THE VAST ROOM.
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THAT'S WHEN SHE HEARD
A VOICE SHE PREFERRED
NOT TO RECOGNIZE.
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"SISTER, GIVE ME SOME
OF THAT!
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{\an1}"I SMELL THE FAMILY SECRET.
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I AM, AFTER ALL,
A QUEEN, TOO."
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{\an1}IT WAS QUEEN MOUSERINK
WHO LIVED UNDERNEATH THE HEARTH
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WHERE SHE RULED
ANOTHER KINGDOM,
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THE MOUSE KINGDOM.
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{\an1}THE QUEEN KNEW THIS VOICE WELL,
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{\an1}AND WANTING NO TROUBLE
FROM HER HALF SISTER,
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OBLIGED.
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{\an1}SUDDENLY, MOUSERINK'S FAMILY,
INDEED THE ENTIRE MOUSE KINGDOM,
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SEEMED TO ERUPT
ALL AROUND HER,
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{\an1}GORGING THEMSELVES ON THE BACON.
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{\an1}WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY DONE,
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{\an1}THE QUEEN DID HER VERY BEST
TO MAKE THE KING'S FAVORITE DISH
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AND PRESENT IT TO HIM
AT HIS BIRTHDAY FEAST.
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{\an8}UNFORTUNATELY,
AT THE FIRST BITE OF SAUSAGE,
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{\an7}THE KING BECAME PALE
AND PRACTICALLY FAINTED
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FROM DISAPPOINTMENT.
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"NOT ENOUGH BACON,"
HE BLUBBERED.
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THE QUEEN EXPLAINED
WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
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{\an1}AND THE KING CALLED FOR THE
COURT CLOCKMAKER AND WIZARD
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{\an1}CHRISTIAN ELIAS DROSSELMEYER.
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{\an1}THE KING DEMANDED RETRIBUTION,
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{\an1}AND SO THE WIZARD DROSSELMEYER
INVENTED THE MOUSETRAP
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{\an1}AND LURED QUEEN MOUSERINK'S
FAMILY AND MUCH OF HER KINGDOM
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INTO THE TRAPS!
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QUEEN MOUSERINK,
IN A FURY,
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{\an1}APPEARED BEFORE THE QUEEN
IN HER PRIVATE CHAMBERS.
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{\an1}HER RED EYES WERE GLOWING
AND SHE HISSED.
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"SISTER, TAKE CARE!
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"YOU HAVE DESTROYED
MY FAMILY,
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{\an1}"AND I WILL RETURN
AND PAY A LITTLE VISIT
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"TO YOUR FIRST BORN.
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TAKE CARE."
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{\an1}AND AT THAT, SHE DISAPPEARED
BENEATH THE HEARTH.
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{\an8}♪
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TIMED PASSED.
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AND WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF SPRING,
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{\an1}THE CASTLE WAS FULL OF JOY.
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NOT ONLY HAD THE GRAY
WINTER SKIES DEPARTED
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{\an1}AND THE LILACS AND WISTERIA
WERE IN BLOOM,
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BUT A YOUNG PRINCESS
HAD BEEN BORN
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{\an1}TO THE KING AND QUEEN.
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THEY BELIEVED
PRINCESS PIRLIPAT
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{\an1}TO BE THE MOST PERFECTLY
BEAUTIFUL BABY
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THEY HAD EVER SEEN.
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PERFECT SKIN,
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BRIGHT EYES,
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CURLY HAIR,
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AND, NOW THIS IS
QUITE AMAZING,
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TWO ROWS OF PERFECTLY
FORMED TEETH.
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[LAUGHTER]
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AND WHILE THE KING
WAS OVERJOYED,
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ONE COULD NOT HELP
BUT NOTICE
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{\an1}THAT THE QUEEN SEEMED TROUBLED.
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AND YOU CERTAINLY CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY.
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SHE REMEMBERED HER
HALF SISTER'S THREAT.
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{\an1}SHE POSTED SENTRIES AT THE DOORS
TO THE BABY'S ROOM,
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TWO LADIES IN WAITING
NEXT TO THE CRADLE,
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AND 6 NURSES
IN ATTENDANCE.
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{\an1}AND NOT JUST 6 NURSES,
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BUT 6 TOMCATS SITTING
ON THE LAPS OF THE 6 NURSES.
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{\an1}SURELY ALL WOULD BE WELL.
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{\an8}♪
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{\an7}ONE NIGHT, JUST AS THE CLOCK
STRUCK 12,
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THE 6 NURSES, THE TWO
LADIES IN WAITING,
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THE GUARDS, AND EVEN
THE TOMCATS DISAPPEARED.
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NO, THEY DIDN'T.
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THEY WERE CAST
INTO A DEEP SLEEP.
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{\an1}IN A FLASH, QUEEN MOUSERINK
APPEARED
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{\an1}AND JUMPED INTO THE CRIB.
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{\an1}THE CRY OF PRINCESS PIRLIPAT
AWAKENED THE ROOM.
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"THANK GOODNESS SHE'S
ALIVE," THEY ALL SAID,
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{\an1}AS QUEEN MOUSERINK LEAPT
OUT OF THE CRADLE
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AND DISAPPEARED INTO
A CRACK IN THE FLOOR.
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WHAT HAD BEEN RELIEF
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TURNED INTO SOMETHING
QUITE DIFFERENT
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{\an1}WHEN THE QUEEN AND THE COURT
LOOKED INTO THE CRIB.
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{\an1}YES, PRINCESS PIRLIPAT
WAS ALIVE,
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{\an1}BUT SOME TERRIBLE CURSE
HAD BEEN PLACED ON HER.
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AND INSTEAD OF BEING
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY
ANYONE HAD EVER SEEN,
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{\an1}SHE HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED
INTO SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT.
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{\an1}SHE HAD AN ENORMOUS HEAD
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{\an1}WITH GREEN EYES AND A MOUTH
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{\an1}THAT STRETCHED FROM ONE SIDE
OF HER FACE TO ANOTHER.
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SHE ALSO HAD A LITTLE
WHITE BEARD.
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THE QUEEN FAINTED,
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AND THE KING DEMANDED
THAT DROSSELMEYER,
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{\an1}WHO HAD AFTER ALL
INVENTED THE MOUSETRAP,
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BREAK THE CURSE OR
FORFEIT HIS LIFE.
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{\an1}"CHRISTIAN ELIAS DROSSELMEYER,
CURE THE PRINCESS
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OR YOU MUST DIE."
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DROSSELMEYER SWOONED,
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BUT LITTLE PRINCESS
PIRLIPAT JUST SMILED
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AND CRACKED NUTS.
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[LAUGHTER]
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{\an1}AND WHEN THE WIZARD REALIZED
HER UNUSUAL APPETITE FOR NUTS,
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HE VISITED HIS FRIEND
THE COURT ASTRONOMER
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{\an1}WHO LIVED IN A GREAT TOWER.
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AS HE SADLY CLIMBED
THE STAIRCASE,
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{\an1}HE WONDERED IF THE CURSE
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{\an1}HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
PRINCESS' DESIRE TO CRACK NUTS.
232
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{\an1}PERHAPS HE AND THE ASTRONOMER
COULD UNLOCK THE SECRET.
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{\an1}TOGETHER THEY CONSULTED
ANCIENT BOOKS,
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{\an1}FANTASTICAL MAPS, HOROSCOPES,
235
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{\an1}AND STUDIED THE MOVEMENT
OF THE STARS.
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00:15:56,533 --> 00:15:59,133
{\an1}AND AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION,
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{\an1}THEY BOTH SHOUTED, "EUREKA!"
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{\an1}THEY HAD DISCOVERED WHAT TO DO
TO CRACK THE CASE
239
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,233
{\an1}AND RAN TO PRESENT THEIR
FINDINGS TO THE KING.
240
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{\an1}"THE PRINCESS WOULD BE CURED
AND THE CURSE LIFTED
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{\an1}ONLY WHEN SHE EATS
THE FRUIT OF THE HARDEST
NUT IN THE WORLD,"
242
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{\an1}EXPLAINED DROSSELMEYER.
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"THE KRAKATUK NUT,"
THE ASTRONOMER ADDED HELPFULLY.
244
00:16:23,433 --> 00:16:26,533
{\an1}"THE NUT MUST BE CRACKED
IN THE PRINCESS' PRESENCE
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{\an1}"BY THE TEETH OF A YOUNG MAN
WHO HAS NEVER SHAVED
246
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{\an1}"AND NEVER WORN BOOTS.
247
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{\an1}"HE MUST HAND HER THE KERNEL
WITH HIS EYES CLOSED
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{\an1}"AND NOT OPEN THEM AGAIN
UNTIL HE HAS TAKEN
7 STEPS BACKWARDS
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{\an1}BUT WITHOUT STUMBLING."
250
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{\an1}"ALL WELL AND GOOD,"
SAID THE DOWNCAST KING,
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"BUT WHO WILL FIND
THIS KRAKATUK NUT
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AND THE YOUNG MAN
TO CRACK IT?"
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A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
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{\an1}DROSSELMEYER SUGGESTED
THAT ALL HE NEEDED
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{\an1}WAS 15 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
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{\an1}TO FIND BOTH THE KRAKATUK NUT
AND THE YOUNG MAN,
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{\an1}BY WHICH TIME THE PRINCESS
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR MARRIAGE.
258
00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:13,900
{\an1}AND SO WITH A HEAVY HEART,
259
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{\an1}THE KING SENT HIM ON HIS WAY
TO FIND THE NUT
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{\an1}AND A YOUNG CRACKER OF NUTS.
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[LAUGHTER]
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{\an1}FOR 15 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
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AND 3 WEEKS,
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00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:33,800
DROSSELMEYER TRAVELED
THE WORLD.
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HE WENT TO SPAIN.
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00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:44,033
{\an8}♪
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00:17:44,066 --> 00:17:52,066
♪
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{\an1}BUT IN SPAIN HE FOUND
ONLY CHOCOLATE AND PEANUTS
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{\an1}BROUGHT FROM A PLACE THAT
WAS CALLED THE NEW WORLD.
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{\an1}IN THE CENTRAL KINGDOM,
KNOWN AS CHINA,
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HE DRANK TEA WITH
A GREAT EMPEROR.
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♪
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{\an1}THE EMPEROR AND HIS COURT
HAD HEARD OF THE KRAKATUK NUT,
274
00:19:05,066 --> 00:19:08,200
{\an1}BUT COULD ONLY SERVE HIM
THE LYCHEE NUT.
275
00:19:08,233 --> 00:19:11,766
{\an1}THEN IT WAS A MAD DASH
THROUGH RUSSIA.
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00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:19,800
♪
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00:19:46,066 --> 00:19:54,066
♪
278
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:09,533
♪
279
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,366
♪
280
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,700
{\an1}BUT IN RUSSIA, HE ONLY FOUND
SIBERIAN PINE NUTS.
281
00:20:25,733 --> 00:20:29,366
{\an1}IN ARABIA, HE DRANK COFFEE
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AND FOUND ONLY
ALMONDS AND DATES.
283
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,166
AND SO IT WENT.
284
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,633
{\an1}BREADNUTS, BRAZIL NUTS,
285
00:20:39,666 --> 00:20:44,033
{\an1}HAZELNUTS, CASHEW NUTS,
286
00:20:44,066 --> 00:20:47,600
MACADAMIA NUTS,
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00:20:47,633 --> 00:20:49,500
COCONUTS,
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00:20:49,533 --> 00:20:53,100
{\an1}AND THE RED BOBBLE NUT
FROM AUSTRALIA.
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00:20:53,133 --> 00:20:56,466
BUT NO KRAKATUK NUT.
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00:20:56,500 --> 00:21:04,500
♪
291
00:21:13,433 --> 00:21:16,533
{\an1}DROSSELMEYER'S YELLOW CAPE
HAD BEEN TORN TO SHREDS
292
00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:18,033
FROM THE JOURNEY.
293
00:21:18,066 --> 00:21:19,933
{\an1}HE LOST THE USE OF ONE EYE
294
00:21:19,966 --> 00:21:22,066
{\an1}HAVING BEEN THE RECIPIENT
OF AN ARROW
295
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{\an1}FROM A CARIBBEAN CHIEFTAIN.
296
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,000
{\an1}HIS HAIR HAD FALLEN OUT
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00:21:26,033 --> 00:21:28,766
FROM TOO MUCH SUN
IN THE SAHARA DESERT.
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00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,866
♪
299
00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:35,866
AND NOW WITH
NO KRAKATUK NUTS
300
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{\an1}AND ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO,
301
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,500
{\an1}DROSSELMEYER THOUGHT TO SEE
HIS HOMETOWN OF NUREMBERG
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00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:44,133
ONE LAST TIME.
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00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:52,166
♪
304
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,166
THERE HE PAID A VISIT
TO HIS BROTHER
305
00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,800
{\an1}WHO WAS THE PROPRIETOR
OF AN ENCHANTED TOY SHOP.
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00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:05,866
♪
307
00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,866
{\an7}BROTHER ZACHARIAS DROSSELMEYER
308
00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:09,966
{\an7}HARDLY RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHER
CHRISTIAN
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00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,866
{\an7}AFTER HIS LONG JOURNEY,
310
00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:14,900
{\an7}BUT LISTENED INTENTLY
TO THE ASTONISHING STORY
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00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:17,633
OF PRINCESS PIRLIPAT,
QUEEN MOUSERINK,
312
00:22:17,666 --> 00:22:20,100
AND THE HARD NUT.
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00:22:20,133 --> 00:22:23,233
♪
314
00:22:23,266 --> 00:22:25,300
{\an1}ZACHARIAS BROKE INTO A JIG
315
00:22:25,333 --> 00:22:26,966
WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT
THE KRAKATUK NUT
316
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,666
{\an1}BECAUSE MANY YEARS BEFORE,
317
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ONCE UPON ANOTHER
ONCE UPON A TIME,
318
00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:33,300
{\an1}A VISITING NUT SALESMAN
WAS KNOCKED DOWN IN THE STREET
319
00:22:33,333 --> 00:22:37,366
{\an1}BY A CART THAT CRACKED
HIS SACK OF NUTS.
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00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,000
ALL BUT ONE, THAT IS.
321
00:22:39,033 --> 00:22:42,033
{\an1}BROTHER ZACHARIAS HAD SAVED IT
IN HIS TOY SHOP.
322
00:22:42,066 --> 00:22:44,866
AND SURE ENOUGH,
ENGRAVED ON ITS SHELL
323
00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:49,666
{\an1}IN CHINESE WAS THE INSCRIPTION
"KRAKATUK."
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00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:52,266
♪
325
00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:55,833
{\an1}THE JOY OF THE TWO DROSSELMEYERS
WAS HEIGHTENED
326
00:22:55,866 --> 00:22:58,333
WHEN ZACHARIAS' SON
ENTERED THE TOY SHOP.
327
00:22:58,366 --> 00:23:00,700
HE WAS A NICE-LOOKING
YOUNG MAN
328
00:23:00,733 --> 00:23:04,133
WHO HAD NEVER SHAVED
AND NEVER WORN BOOTS.
329
00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:08,100
{\an1}HE HAD A HABIT OF GALLANTLY
CRACKING NUTS WITH HIS TEETH,
330
00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:13,200
{\an1}AND AS A RESULT, HIS FRIENDS
CALLED HIM THE BOY NUTCRACKER.
331
00:23:13,233 --> 00:23:16,400
{\an1}"GOOD THINGS COME IN PAIRS,"
SHOUTED THE DROSSELMEYERS,
332
00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:19,566
{\an1}AND THEY ALL QUICKLY
SET OFF FOR THE PALACE,
333
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,433
{\an1}AND WITH NO TIME TO LOSE.
334
00:23:23,466 --> 00:23:31,466
♪
335
00:24:04,966 --> 00:24:08,266
DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
336
00:24:08,300 --> 00:24:12,700
{\an1}INDEED, THE YOUNG MAN,
BLINDFOLDED,
337
00:24:12,733 --> 00:24:14,700
{\an1}CRACKED THE KRAKATUK NUT
338
00:24:14,733 --> 00:24:16,866
{\an1}BEFORE THE ALMOST 16-YEAR-OLD,
339
00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:20,033
{\an1}AND STILL TERRIBLE LOOKING,
PRINCESS
340
00:24:20,066 --> 00:24:22,833
{\an1}AND GAVE HER THE KERNEL
TO EAT.
341
00:24:22,866 --> 00:24:25,500
AND YES,
342
00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:27,533
{\an8}THE CURSE WAS LIFTED,
343
00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:30,600
{\an7}AND SHE WAS RESTORED INTO
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
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00:24:30,633 --> 00:24:35,733
{\an7}ALMOST 16-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS
HER PARENTS HAD EVER SEEN.
345
00:24:35,766 --> 00:24:38,833
BUT...
346
00:24:38,866 --> 00:24:41,866
{\an1}AS YOUNG NATHANIEL TOOK
7 STEPS BACKWARDS,
347
00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:45,400
{\an1}HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED
ON AN UNSEEN GUEST,
348
00:24:45,433 --> 00:24:46,933
QUEEN MOUSERINK.
349
00:24:46,966 --> 00:24:48,866
THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER
CRACK WAS HEARD,
350
00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:50,800
{\an1}AND A TERRIBLE SQUEAL.
351
00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:57,900
{\an8}♪
352
00:24:57,933 --> 00:25:01,733
"OOH, KRAKATUK NUT,
BECAUSE OF YOU,
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00:25:01,766 --> 00:25:03,466
"I DIE.
354
00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:06,066
"BUT YOU, TOO, YOUNG
CRACKER OF NUTS,
355
00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:08,966
{\an1}"WILL PARISH BY AND BY.
356
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,533
"MY SON, THE 7-HEADED
CROWNED PRINCE,
357
00:25:12,566 --> 00:25:14,500
"WILL BRING YOU DOWN.
358
00:25:14,533 --> 00:25:17,033
SQUEAK!"
359
00:25:17,066 --> 00:25:19,366
{\an1}AND AS QUEEN MOUSERINK DIED,
360
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:24,166
{\an1}THE YOUNG MAN WAS INSTANTLY
TURNED INTO A LITTLE DISFIGURED
361
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,000
WOODEN NUTCRACKER
WITH GREEN EYES,
362
00:25:28,033 --> 00:25:30,233
A MOUTH THAT WENT
FROM EAR TO EAR,
363
00:25:30,266 --> 00:25:32,466
{\an1}WEARING A MILITARY COAT
AND BOOTS
364
00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:35,633
WITH AN ENORMOUS HEAD
OVER A WITHERED BODY.
365
00:25:35,666 --> 00:25:37,866
{\an1}AND WHEN PRINCESS PIRLIPAT
SAW HIM,
366
00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:40,833
{\an1}SHE HAD HIM THROWN OUT
OF THE PALACE.
367
00:25:40,866 --> 00:25:45,266
SHE REIGNED UNHAPPILY
EVER AFTER
368
00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,400
AND SPENT MUCH TIME
CONSULTING HER MAGIC MIRROR
369
00:25:48,433 --> 00:25:52,400
{\an1}AND INSISTING ON BEING
THE FAIREST ONE OF ALL.
370
00:25:52,433 --> 00:25:54,700
{\an1}BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
371
00:25:54,733 --> 00:25:58,600
{\an8}♪
372
00:25:58,633 --> 00:26:01,166
{\an7}THE DROSSELMEYER BROTHERS
FOUND THE NUTCRACKER
373
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,466
FLOATING IN THE MOAT
OUTSIDE THE CASTLE.
374
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,400
{\an1}AND ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW
THE RISK THEY WERE TAKING,
375
00:26:06,433 --> 00:26:09,100
{\an1}THEY TOOK TURNS HIDING
THE WOODEN FIGURE
376
00:26:09,133 --> 00:26:12,133
{\an1}AMONG THEIR INVENTIONS
AND MAGICAL TOYS.
377
00:26:12,166 --> 00:26:14,466
♪
378
00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:18,733
{\an1}THE DROSSELMEYERS WERE VERY
ENCHANTED CREATURES THEMSELVES
379
00:26:18,766 --> 00:26:20,966
AND LIVED ONWARD
THROUGH TIME,
380
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,333
EVEN AS THE WORLD
BEGAN TO BELIEVE
381
00:26:23,366 --> 00:26:27,900
{\an1}THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH THING
AS GIANTS, GLASS SLIPPERS,
382
00:26:27,933 --> 00:26:29,566
AND MAGICAL RINGS.
383
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,066
{\an1}THE DRAGONS WERE LONG GONE
FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH,
384
00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:36,166
THOUGH THERE WAS
A PERSISTENT RUMOR
385
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,066
{\an1}OF UNHATCHED DRAGON EGGS
SOMEWHERE TO THE WEST.
386
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:46,900
♪
387
00:26:46,933 --> 00:26:49,433
BROTHER ZACHARIAS
CLOSED HIS TOY SHOP,
388
00:26:49,466 --> 00:26:52,966
{\an1}CONFIDENTLY ENTRUSTING
THE NUTCRACKER TO HIS BROTHER.
389
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,766
{\an1}WE KNOW NOTHING MORE OF HIM
390
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,133
{\an1}EXCEPT FOR A RUMOR THAT
HE RETURNED TO ANOTHER KINGDOM
391
00:26:58,166 --> 00:27:01,233
{\an1}FOUND ONLY ON WIZARDLY MAPS.
392
00:27:01,266 --> 00:27:09,266
♪
393
00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:13,566
{\an1}CHRISTIAN DROSSELMEYER,
HOWEVER,
394
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,100
KEPT ON INVENTING
MAGICAL TOYS AND GIZMOS
395
00:27:17,133 --> 00:27:20,400
AND APPEARED WHENEVER
CHILDREN NEEDED HIM.
396
00:27:20,433 --> 00:27:23,300
OF COURSE, HE WAS
PARTICULARLY CAREFUL
397
00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:26,133
{\an1}ABOUT LETTING ANYONE KNOW
HIS MANY SECRETS.
398
00:27:26,166 --> 00:27:28,700
{\an1}AND ABOVE ALL, HE NEVER
FORGOT HIS PART
399
00:27:28,733 --> 00:27:31,933
{\an1}IN THE CURSE THAT TURNED
HIS YOUNG AND HANDSOME NEPHEW
400
00:27:31,966 --> 00:27:35,633
{\an1}INTO A VERY UGLY, CARVED,
WOODEN CREATURE.
401
00:27:35,666 --> 00:27:39,900
♪
402
00:27:39,933 --> 00:27:41,300
YEARS PASSED,
403
00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:43,600
TURNING MEMORIES
INTO FAIRYTALES.
404
00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:48,266
{\an1}THAT IS WHEN DROSSELMEYER CAME
TO KNOW DR. AND MRS. STAHLBAUM
405
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:51,233
{\an1}AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN
FRITZ AND MARIE.
406
00:27:51,266 --> 00:27:53,800
HE REGULARLY VISITED
THE STAHLBAUMS' HOUSE
407
00:27:53,833 --> 00:27:55,800
TO WIND THE CLOCKS
AND FIX THEM
408
00:27:55,833 --> 00:27:57,466
IF ONE EVER BROKE.
409
00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:04,633
♪
410
00:28:04,666 --> 00:28:10,300
{\an1}BUT THAT WASN'T THE REAL REASON
HE WAS THERE.
411
00:28:10,333 --> 00:28:13,766
OF COURSE HE LOVED
TELLING THE CHILDREN
FANTASTICAL STORIES,
412
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,366
BRINGING THEM PUPPETS
413
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,066
{\an1}AND MECHANICAL ORCHESTRAS
AND WINDUP DOLLS.
414
00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,400
{\an1}DROSSELMEYER HAD A FEELING
THAT THESE TWO CHILDREN
415
00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:25,400
{\an1}MIGHT BREAK THE CURSE,
BUT IT WOULD NOT BE EASY.
416
00:28:25,433 --> 00:28:28,233
FRITZ AND MARIE WERE
GROWING UP FAST,
417
00:28:28,266 --> 00:28:30,066
{\an1}AND THERE WAS LITTLE TIME
TO SPARE
418
00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:31,966
{\an1}BEFORE THEY WOULD LOSE
THEIR BELIEF
419
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,766
{\an1}IN WHAT THEIR FATHER CALLED
IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.
420
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,133
AND THEN DROSSELMEYER
HAD AN IDEA.
421
00:28:39,166 --> 00:28:41,833
IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE.
422
00:28:41,866 --> 00:28:44,933
{\an8}AHH, IT WAS
CHRISTMAS EVE.
423
00:28:44,966 --> 00:28:47,433
{\an7}YES, THAT CHRISTMAS EVE.
424
00:28:47,466 --> 00:28:49,566
{\an7}YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT
STARTS THE BALLET
425
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,066
{\an8}WE ALL KNOW SO WELL.
426
00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:53,100
AND IN A MOMENT,
YOU WILL HEAR HOW HOFFMANN
427
00:28:53,133 --> 00:28:54,866
{\an1}ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT STORY.
428
00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:58,000
{\an1}NOW LET'S REMEMBER, WE HAVE
JUST TRAVELED CENTURIES
429
00:28:58,033 --> 00:29:00,900
{\an1}FROM A TIME WHEN MAGICAL
FAIRYTALES TAKE PLACE
430
00:29:00,933 --> 00:29:05,400
TO A TIME WHEN NO ONE
BELIEVED IN SO-CALLED
IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.
431
00:29:05,433 --> 00:29:09,166
NO MAGIC WANDS.
432
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,866
AT LEAST THAT'S HOW
CHILDREN WERE BEING TAUGHT
433
00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:15,200
AND WHY HOFFMAN WROTE
"THE NUTCRACKER"
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
434
00:29:15,233 --> 00:29:17,566
{\an1}HIS BEST FRIEND, YOU SEE,
HAD TWO CHILDREN,
435
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,033
FRITZ AND MARIE.
436
00:29:19,066 --> 00:29:22,500
AND HOFFMANN MADE UP
THE STORY JUST FOR THEM.
437
00:29:22,533 --> 00:29:24,200
{\an1}AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING
TO MEET THEM,
438
00:29:24,233 --> 00:29:26,033
{\an1}FRITZ, WHO IS 10 YEARS OLD,
439
00:29:26,066 --> 00:29:28,433
AND HIS 8-YEAR-OLD
SISTER MARIE,
440
00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:31,433
{\an1}WHO IS SOMETIMES CALLED
CLARA IN THE BALLET.
441
00:29:31,466 --> 00:29:34,666
{\an1}WE ALSO GET TO MEET
THE RED MARZIPAN CASTLE
442
00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:36,766
{\an1}WITH ITS WINDUP SOLDIERS.
443
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,700
{\an1}THAT CASTLE WILL RETURN
3 MORE TIMES
444
00:29:39,733 --> 00:29:41,366
BEFORE THE END OF
OUR STORY.
445
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,000
{\an1}THE CONDUCTOR, WHO CALLS
HIMSELF MAUCERI,
446
00:29:44,033 --> 00:29:45,600
{\an1}HAS BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY,
447
00:29:45,633 --> 00:29:47,733
{\an1}SAVING HIS UPBEAT TO RESTART
448
00:29:47,766 --> 00:29:49,900
"THE NUTCRACKER
AND THE MOUSE KING."
449
00:29:49,933 --> 00:29:52,433
{\an1}AND EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK
YOU KNOW THE STORY,
450
00:29:52,466 --> 00:29:55,266
{\an1}YOU'LL BE SURPRISED
AT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS
451
00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:58,900
{\an1}WHEN MARIE FIRST TRIES
TO SAVE THE NUTCRACKER
452
00:29:58,933 --> 00:30:00,900
{\an1}FROM THE DREADFUL MOUSE KING
453
00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:03,700
AND HOW SHE SLOWLY
BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND
454
00:30:03,733 --> 00:30:06,866
WHAT TOOK PLACE
CENTURIES BEFORE
455
00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:09,766
{\an1}THAT MAGICAL CHRISTMAS EVE.
456
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:17,300
♪
457
00:30:17,333 --> 00:30:23,566
{\an8}♪
458
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:31,600
♪
459
00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:03,800
♪
460
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:19,000
♪
461
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:34,100
♪
462
00:31:44,866 --> 00:31:48,733
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
MARIE AND FRITZ
WERE VERY EXCITED.
463
00:31:48,766 --> 00:31:51,533
{\an1}THERE WAS TO BE A GREAT
CHRISTMAS TREE, OF COURSE,
464
00:31:51,566 --> 00:31:53,300
AND PRESENTS FROM
THEIR PARENTS.
465
00:31:53,333 --> 00:31:55,966
FRITZ WANTED A RED
HOBBY HORSE
466
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,800
{\an1}AND MARIE HOPED FOR A DOLL
467
00:31:57,833 --> 00:32:00,166
THAT WAS EVEN BIGGER
THAN SHE WAS.
468
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,933
BUT MOST OF ALL,
THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO SEE
469
00:32:02,966 --> 00:32:07,100
WHAT THEIR BELOVED
GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
WOULD BRING THEM.
470
00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:15,133
{\an8}♪
471
00:32:18,233 --> 00:32:21,533
{\an1}WHEN THE FRONT DOOR OPENED
AND SENT A GUST OF FROZEN AIR
472
00:32:21,566 --> 00:32:23,466
AND SNOWFLAKES
INTO THE PARLOR,
473
00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:26,200
{\an1}THEY KNEW THAT THE WAITING
WAS ALMOST OVER.
474
00:32:26,233 --> 00:32:31,000
YES, IT WAS HE,
GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER.
475
00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:39,033
♪
476
00:32:42,733 --> 00:32:46,033
{\an1}GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
WAS ANYTHING BUT HANDSOME.
477
00:32:46,066 --> 00:32:48,766
{\an1}HE HAD A WRINKLED FACE,
LONG LEGS,
478
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,800
{\an1}AND BECAUSE HE HAD
LITTLE HAIR ON HIS HEAD,
479
00:32:50,833 --> 00:32:53,766
WORE A WIG MADE OF
SPUN GLASS.
480
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,566
HE ALSO WORE A PATCH
OVER ONE EYE
481
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,266
{\an1}AND A YELLOW WAISTCOAT.
482
00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:02,400
{\an1}HE BROUGHT A MINIATURE CASTLE
OF RED MARZIPAN CANDY
483
00:33:02,433 --> 00:33:04,900
{\an1}WITH MECHANICAL SOLDIERS
MADE OF METAL
484
00:33:04,933 --> 00:33:08,400
{\an1}AND ALL WEARING MAGNIFICENT
EMBROIDERED COATS
485
00:33:08,433 --> 00:33:13,500
{\an1}AND SHINY BLACK BOOTS.
486
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:18,033
{\an1}GODFATHER TURNED A BIG KEY
IN THE BACK OF THE CASTLE.
487
00:33:18,066 --> 00:33:19,800
♪
488
00:33:19,833 --> 00:33:24,666
{\an1}AND THE STAHLBAUMS WATCHED
AS THE SOLDIERS MOVED
IN FORMATION.
489
00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:30,466
{\an8}♪
490
00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:38,500
♪
491
00:33:59,533 --> 00:34:07,533
♪
492
00:34:15,066 --> 00:34:23,066
♪
493
00:34:30,533 --> 00:34:35,200
♪
494
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:50,166
{\an1}"OH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL,"
SAID DR. AND MRS. STAHLBAUM.
495
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,666
BUT FRITZ PREFERRED
HIS HOBBY HORSE.
496
00:34:52,700 --> 00:34:55,466
{\an1}AND HE RACED OFF AROUND
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
497
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,766
{\an7}THAT'S WHEN MARIE SAW
SOMETHING UNDER THE TREE
498
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,466
{\an7}SHE HAD NOT NOTICED BEFORE,
499
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:04,766
{\an7}A LITTLE WOODEN FIGURE
WAITING TO BE SEEN.
500
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:12,800
♪
501
00:35:14,033 --> 00:35:16,333
{\an1}LIKE GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER,
502
00:35:16,366 --> 00:35:19,233
THIS SMALL WOODEN MAN
WAS NOT HANDSOME.
503
00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:22,066
TRUE, HE WAS DRESSED
MAGNIFICENTLY
504
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:24,633
IN A RED COAT WITH
GOLDEN BUTTONS,
505
00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:27,000
{\an1}AND HIS BOOTS WERE SO TIGHT
506
00:35:27,033 --> 00:35:29,100
THEY LOOKED LIKE
THEY WERE PAINTED ON.
507
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:31,133
HE HAD A SWORD, TOO.
508
00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:33,700
BUT HIS HEAD WAS FAR
TOO BIG FOR HIS BODY.
509
00:35:33,733 --> 00:35:37,400
{\an1}MARIE TOOK AN INSTANT LIKING
TO THIS LOVELY FIGURE
510
00:35:37,433 --> 00:35:40,833
{\an1}WITH HIS BRIGHT GREEN EYES
AND KINDLY FACE.
511
00:35:40,866 --> 00:35:43,200
{\an1}EVEN HIS WHITE COTTON BEARD
512
00:35:43,233 --> 00:35:47,766
{\an1}ONLY MADE HIS STRANGE SMILE
ALL THE MORE BEAUTIFUL TO HER.
513
00:35:49,566 --> 00:35:52,966
"PAPA, WHO OWNS THAT
WONDERFUL WOODEN MAN
514
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,233
{\an1}OVER THERE BY THE TREE?"
ASKED MARIE.
515
00:35:55,266 --> 00:35:59,200
{\an1}"HE WILL WORK HARD FOR ALL OF
US," DR. STAHLBAUM ANSWERED.
516
00:35:59,233 --> 00:36:03,166
{\an1}"HE WILL CRACK THE HARDEST
NUTS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY."
517
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,900
{\an1}AND WITH THAT, HE PULLED
ON A WOODEN HANDLE
518
00:36:05,933 --> 00:36:07,833
IN THE BACK OF
THE MANNEQUIN'S HEAD
519
00:36:07,866 --> 00:36:11,566
TO REVEAL TWO SETS
OF WHITE TEETH.
520
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:18,233
♪
521
00:36:18,266 --> 00:36:21,066
MARIE INSERTED A NUT,
AND CRACK,
522
00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:22,700
{\an1}THE SHELL DROPPED OUT,
523
00:36:22,733 --> 00:36:26,600
{\an1}LEAVING THE DELICIOUS MEAT
OF THE NUT FOR HER TO EAT.
524
00:36:26,633 --> 00:36:34,633
♪
525
00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:54,000
{\an1}FRITZ DECIDED IT WAS HIS TURN,
526
00:36:54,033 --> 00:36:57,066
{\an1}AND HE BEGAN SHOVING
THE BIGGEST AND HARDEST
527
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,066
OF THE NUTS IN THE
NUTCRACKER'S MOUTH
528
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:02,233
UNTIL THERE WAS
A VERY BIG CRACK.
529
00:37:02,266 --> 00:37:05,566
♪
530
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,433
AND 3 TEETH FELL OUT,
531
00:37:07,466 --> 00:37:10,700
AND THE LITTLE MAN'S
LOWER JAW BECAME DETACHED.
532
00:37:10,733 --> 00:37:18,733
♪
533
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,400
{\an1}"OH, MY POOR NUTCRACKER,"
CRIED MARIE,
534
00:37:25,433 --> 00:37:27,600
WHO GRABBED IT FROM
HER BROTHER'S HANDS.
535
00:37:27,633 --> 00:37:31,333
{\an1}AND WITH THAT, SHE BEGAN
TO CRADLE THE LITTLE
FELLOW IN HER ARMS
536
00:37:31,366 --> 00:37:34,966
WHILE SEARCHING
FOR HIS LOST TEETH.
537
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,433
"DON'T WORRY,
DEAR NUTCRACKER.
538
00:37:37,466 --> 00:37:40,600
{\an1}"I KNOW GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
539
00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:43,133
{\an1}AND FIX YOU UP GOOD AS NEW."
540
00:37:43,166 --> 00:37:46,800
THAT'S WHEN SOMETHING
STRANGE HAPPENED.
541
00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:49,933
{\an8}♪
542
00:37:49,966 --> 00:37:53,433
{\an7}AT THE MOMENT SHE SAID,
"GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER,"
543
00:37:53,466 --> 00:37:56,466
{\an1}SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW THE FACE
OF THE NUTCRACKER CHANGE
544
00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,466
AND SPARKLES COME OUT
OF HIS GREEN EYES.
545
00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:07,500
♪
546
00:38:12,433 --> 00:38:15,566
{\an1}"OH, I AM A SILLY GIRL,"
SHE THOUGHT.
547
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,900
"HOW COULD A LITTLE
WOODEN DOLL MAKE FACES?"
548
00:38:18,933 --> 00:38:23,233
{\an1}SHE CAREFULLY PLACED HIM
IN THE BED RESERVED
FOR HER FAVORITE DOLL
549
00:38:23,266 --> 00:38:26,533
{\an1}IN THE GLASS CABINET WHERE
ALL THE TOYS WERE KEPT.
550
00:38:26,566 --> 00:38:28,000
IT WAS GETTING LATE,
551
00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:29,833
{\an1}AND FRITZ HAD ALREADY PUT
HIS TIN SOLDIERS
552
00:38:29,866 --> 00:38:34,233
ALL IN CAREFUL ROWS
ON THE SHELF JUST
ABOVE THE DOLLS
553
00:38:34,266 --> 00:38:36,766
{\an1}AND THE WOUNDED NUTCRACKER.
554
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:44,800
♪
555
00:38:44,966 --> 00:38:48,100
{\an1}"TIME FOR BED, CHILDREN,"
SAID PAPA.
556
00:38:48,133 --> 00:38:51,333
MAMA SMILED AS MARIE
LOCKED THE CABINET
557
00:38:51,366 --> 00:38:54,033
AND WAS ABOUT TO GO
INTO HER BEDROOM
558
00:38:54,066 --> 00:38:57,200
{\an1}WHEN THE WALL CLOCK BEGAN
TO MAKE STRANGE SOUNDS.
559
00:38:57,233 --> 00:38:59,333
AND WHEN SHE LOOKED
UP AT IT,
560
00:38:59,366 --> 00:39:02,166
{\an1}SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW
GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
561
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:07,100
{\an1}SITTING ATOP THE CLOCK WHERE
A CARVED OWL USUALLY RESIDED.
562
00:39:07,133 --> 00:39:09,900
♪
563
00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:11,566
THROUGH THE CRACKS
IN THE FLOORBOARDS,
564
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,833
{\an1}MARIE COULD SEE A THOUSAND
LITTLE FLICKERING CANDLES.
565
00:39:14,866 --> 00:39:17,000
{\an1}BUT NO, THEY WEREN'T CANDLES.
566
00:39:17,033 --> 00:39:21,533
{\an1}THEY WERE THE EYES OF MICE
WHO SEEMED READY TO LAUNCH
AN ATTACK.
567
00:39:21,566 --> 00:39:24,233
{\an1}MARIE WAS NOT SOMEONE
WHO WAS AFRAID OF MICE,
568
00:39:24,266 --> 00:39:27,833
{\an1}BUT AS IF DRIVEN BY SOME
SUBTERRANEAN FORCE,
569
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:31,333
{\an1}THE GROUND SPURTED OUT
SAND AND LIME,
570
00:39:31,366 --> 00:39:35,466
{\an1}AND 7 MOUSE HEADS WITH
7 GOLDEN CROWNS APPEARED.
571
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:38,933
{\an1}THEY WERE ATTACHED TO ONE
BIG, NASTY BODY
572
00:39:38,966 --> 00:39:40,900
THAT WAS BRANDISHING
A SWORD.
573
00:39:40,933 --> 00:39:43,366
{\an1}IT WAS THE MOUSE KING HIMSELF.
574
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:51,400
♪
575
00:39:58,266 --> 00:40:01,333
THE MOUSE KING HEADED
DIRECTLY TOWARD MARIE,
576
00:40:01,366 --> 00:40:05,066
{\an1}AND SHE FELL BACK
AGAINST THE GLASS DOOR
OF THE TOY CABINET.
577
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:07,533
ALL AT ONCE,
THE NUTCRACKER AWOKE
578
00:40:07,566 --> 00:40:09,666
AND CALLED FORTH
FRITZ'S SOLDIERS
579
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:12,300
IN A GREAT BATTLE
TO SAVE THE DOLLS
580
00:40:12,333 --> 00:40:16,333
{\an1}AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHTS
OF THE LEGIONS OF MICE.
581
00:40:16,366 --> 00:40:22,800
{\an8}♪
582
00:40:22,833 --> 00:40:30,833
♪
583
00:41:00,266 --> 00:41:02,833
AND JUST AS IT SEEMED
ALL WAS LOST,
584
00:41:02,866 --> 00:41:05,066
MARIE COULD NO LONGER
CONTAIN HERSELF.
585
00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,833
{\an1}SHE THREW HER LEFT SHOE
AT THE MOUSE KING
586
00:41:07,866 --> 00:41:11,133
AS HE WAS ABOUT TO
SLAY THE NUTCRACKER.
587
00:41:11,166 --> 00:41:19,166
♪
588
00:41:24,966 --> 00:41:26,533
{\an1}AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT,
589
00:41:26,566 --> 00:41:29,366
{\an1}MARIE FELT A SHARP PAIN
IN HER ARM,
590
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:30,900
AND SHE FAINTED.
591
00:41:35,666 --> 00:41:39,766
{\an7}WHEN SHE AWOKE, THE SUN WAS
SHINING THROUGH THE ICY WINDOWS,
592
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,933
{\an7}AND DR. BINDLESTERN
WAS SITTING BY HER SIDE.
593
00:41:42,966 --> 00:41:45,566
"SHE'S AWAKE,"
HE SAID SOFTLY.
594
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,766
"OH, MAMA, ARE ALL
THE UGLY MICE GONE?
595
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,500
{\an1}AND IS FRIEND NUTCRACKER SAVED?"
596
00:41:52,533 --> 00:41:55,533
{\an1}"DON'T TALK NONSENSE, MARIE,"
SHE SCOLDED.
597
00:41:55,566 --> 00:41:57,600
{\an1}"YOU CAUSED US MUCH WORRY.
598
00:41:57,633 --> 00:42:00,400
{\an1}"YOU WERE PLAYING WITH
YOUR DOLLS UNTIL VERY LATE,
599
00:42:00,433 --> 00:42:03,100
"AND PERHAPS YOU WERE
STARTLED BY A MOUSE.
600
00:42:03,133 --> 00:42:05,500
{\an1}"WE DO HAVE A FEW, I KNOW.
601
00:42:05,533 --> 00:42:08,566
"AND YOU PUT YOUR ARM
THROUGH THE GLASS IN
THE TOY CABINET
602
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,733
{\an1}AND CUT YOURSELF BADLY."
603
00:42:10,766 --> 00:42:15,133
♪
604
00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:17,933
"THANK GOODNESS
I HEARD THE CRASH.
605
00:42:17,966 --> 00:42:20,100
"AND THERE YOU WERE
ON THE FLOOR
606
00:42:20,133 --> 00:42:22,366
"WITH ALL TOYS
AND SOLDIERS ABOUT.
607
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,666
{\an1}"AND THE NUTCRACKER LAY
ON YOUR BLEEDING ARM
608
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:27,633
{\an1}"VERY NEAR YOUR LEFT SHOE.
609
00:42:27,666 --> 00:42:32,366
{\an1}I ALMOST FAINTED MYSELF."
610
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,300
{\an1}DR. BINDLESTERN HAD A QUIET
CONVERSATION WITH FATHER.
611
00:42:36,333 --> 00:42:40,600
{\an1}IT WAS CLEAR TO THEM
THAT MARIE HAD SUFFERED
A BIT OF DELIRIUM
612
00:42:40,633 --> 00:42:44,033
{\an1}THAT REQUIRED HER TO STAY
IN BED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
613
00:42:44,066 --> 00:42:52,066
♪
614
00:42:59,866 --> 00:43:03,066
AT TIMES, WHEN SHE
WAS HALF AWAKE,
615
00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:07,100
SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD
THE SAD VOICE OF THE NUTCRACKER.
616
00:43:07,133 --> 00:43:10,833
♪
617
00:43:10,866 --> 00:43:13,333
"MARIE, MY DEAR LADY,
618
00:43:13,366 --> 00:43:15,900
"I OWE YOU SO MUCH.
619
00:43:15,933 --> 00:43:19,100
{\an1}BUT YOU CAN DO EVEN MORE
FOR ME."
620
00:43:19,133 --> 00:43:21,300
♪
621
00:43:21,333 --> 00:43:26,000
MARIE WONDERED WHAT
THAT COULD MEAN.
622
00:43:26,033 --> 00:43:28,300
{\an7}AS THE SUN SET THAT EVENING,
623
00:43:28,333 --> 00:43:32,400
{\an7}GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER PAID
A VISIT TO MARIE'S BEDSIDE.
624
00:43:32,433 --> 00:43:37,533
♪
625
00:43:37,566 --> 00:43:42,433
{\an1}"OH, GODFATHER, YOU WERE
VERY UGLY SITTING ON TOP
OF THE CLOCK.
626
00:43:42,466 --> 00:43:45,766
{\an1}AND WHY DID YOU NOT COME
TO THE AID OF THE NUTCRACKER?"
627
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,000
ONCE AGAIN, MOTHER
SCOLDED HER.
628
00:43:48,033 --> 00:43:51,533
{\an1}BUT GODFATHER JUST LAUGHED
AND SANG A STRANGE SONG
629
00:43:51,566 --> 00:43:55,133
{\an1}ABOUT A MOUSE KING
AND CLOCKS GOING BRRR,
630
00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:57,800
{\an1}BELLS GOING DING DONG,
631
00:43:57,833 --> 00:44:01,400
DING DONG, DING DONG,
632
00:44:01,433 --> 00:44:04,500
DING DONG.
633
00:44:04,533 --> 00:44:07,000
HE CLAIMED IT WAS
AN OLD DITTY HE SANG
634
00:44:07,033 --> 00:44:09,133
{\an1}WHENEVER HE FIXED THE CLOCKS,
635
00:44:09,166 --> 00:44:12,333
{\an1}BUT SHE DID NOT REMEMBER
EVER HAVING HEARD IT BEFORE.
636
00:44:12,366 --> 00:44:16,566
{\an1}THEN GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
REACHED INTO HIS POCKET
637
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:18,566
{\an1}AND PRODUCED THE NUTCRACKER,
638
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:23,800
{\an1}HIS JAW FIXED AND ALL HIS TEETH
PUT BACK GOOD AS NEW.
639
00:44:23,833 --> 00:44:27,200
"DEAR, MARIE,"
GODFATHER SAID SUDDENLY,
640
00:44:27,233 --> 00:44:30,200
"IF YOU LIKE, I CAN
TELL YOU HOW SUCH UGLINESS
641
00:44:30,233 --> 00:44:32,533
"CAME INTO THE
NUTCRACKER FAMILY.
642
00:44:32,566 --> 00:44:36,900
{\an1}"UNLESS YOU ALREADY KNOW
THE STORY OF PRINCESS PIRLIPAT,
643
00:44:36,933 --> 00:44:38,933
{\an1}"THE WITCH QUEEN NAMED
MOUSERINK,
644
00:44:38,966 --> 00:44:41,133
AND THE MYSTERIOUS
CLOCKMAKER."
645
00:44:41,166 --> 00:44:43,500
"OH, PLEASE,"
SHE SAID EXCITEDLY.
646
00:44:43,533 --> 00:44:45,833
{\an1}"I LOVE YOUR AMAZING STORIES."
647
00:44:45,866 --> 00:44:47,833
"I HOPE," SAID MAMA,
648
00:44:47,866 --> 00:44:51,100
"THAT IS NOT ONE OF
YOUR SCARY STORIES."
649
00:44:51,133 --> 00:44:54,400
{\an1}"ON THE CONTRARY, DEAR LADY,"
SAID DROSSELMEYER,
650
00:44:54,433 --> 00:44:59,100
{\an1}"IT IS A FAIRY STORY
AND TREMENDOUSLY FUNNY."
651
00:44:59,133 --> 00:45:07,133
♪
652
00:45:18,633 --> 00:45:21,233
AND SO, FOR THE NEXT
3 NIGHTS,
653
00:45:21,266 --> 00:45:23,566
GODFATHER CAME TO
THE BEDSIDE OF MARIE
654
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,866
{\an1}AND TOLD THE FANTASTIC
AND ANCIENT STORY
655
00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:28,433
OF A CRACKED NUT
656
00:45:28,466 --> 00:45:31,733
AND A CERTAIN WIZARD
NAMED DROSSELMEYER.
657
00:45:31,766 --> 00:45:35,133
BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW
ALL ABOUT THAT.
658
00:45:35,166 --> 00:45:38,633
MARIE WAS ENCHANTED
BY THE STORY,
659
00:45:38,666 --> 00:45:41,933
THOUGH SHE SUSPECTED
THAT GODFATHER WAS
SOMEHOW IMPLYING
660
00:45:41,966 --> 00:45:45,133
THAT HE HAD INVENTED
THE MOUSETRAP.
661
00:45:45,166 --> 00:45:50,266
{\an1}TO WHICH GODFATHER SAID,
"CHILD, THIS IS A FAIRY STORY
662
00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:53,433
"THAT TOOK PLACE IN
A KINGDOM A VERY
LONG TIME AGO.
663
00:45:53,466 --> 00:45:55,800
"DON'T BE SILLY.
664
00:45:55,833 --> 00:45:59,100
"BUT AS A BRILLIANT
CLOCKMAKER,
665
00:45:59,133 --> 00:46:03,600
{\an1}OF COURSE I COULD HAVE
INVENTED A MOUSETRAP."
666
00:46:03,633 --> 00:46:07,033
FRITZ, WHO HAD BEEN
LISTENING ALL ALONG,
667
00:46:07,066 --> 00:46:10,400
{\an1}THOUGHT THE NUTCRACKER SIMPLY
NEEDED TO FIGHT A DUEL
668
00:46:10,433 --> 00:46:12,800
{\an1}WITH THIS HORRID 7-HEADED
MOUSE KING
669
00:46:12,833 --> 00:46:15,266
AND BE DONE WITH IT.
670
00:46:15,300 --> 00:46:18,133
{\an1}MARIE STILL HAD TO SPEND
THE WEEK IN BED
671
00:46:18,166 --> 00:46:20,600
{\an1}RECOVERING FROM THE CUT
IN HER ARM.
672
00:46:20,633 --> 00:46:23,533
{\an7}THAT GAVE HER TIME TO THINK.
673
00:46:23,566 --> 00:46:26,000
{\an8}♪
674
00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:28,466
{\an8}SHE NOW BELIEVED
THAT THE NUTCRACKER,
675
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:31,266
{\an1}WHO WAS AT THAT VERY MOMENT
IN THE TOY CABINET,
676
00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:34,533
{\an1}WAS NONE OTHER THAN
THE YOUNG DROSSELMEYER,
677
00:46:34,566 --> 00:46:36,133
GODFATHER'S NEPHEW,
678
00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:38,466
{\an1}AND THAT THE FAIRY STORY
HE HAD TOLD HER
679
00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:41,133
{\an1}WAS NO FAIRY STORY AT ALL,
680
00:46:41,166 --> 00:46:44,466
OR MAYBE IT WAS
A FAIRY STORY,
681
00:46:44,500 --> 00:46:46,933
BUT IT WAS ALSO TRUE.
682
00:46:46,966 --> 00:46:50,433
{\an1}SHE SNEAKED DOWNSTAIRS
TO SEE ALL HER DOLLS
683
00:46:50,466 --> 00:46:52,000
{\an1}AND THE YOUNG NUTCRACKER
684
00:46:52,033 --> 00:46:54,966
{\an1}AND WONDERED HOW THEY COULD
NOT MOVE OR SPEAK,
685
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:58,033
{\an1}AND YET SHE KNEW THAT
THIS HAD SOMETHING TO DO
686
00:46:58,066 --> 00:47:01,033
WITH THE CURSE OF
QUEEN MOUSERINK.
687
00:47:01,066 --> 00:47:03,233
{\an1}"OH, IT DOES NOT MATTER,"
688
00:47:03,266 --> 00:47:05,433
SHE SAID OUT LOUD
TO THE TOY CABINET.
689
00:47:05,466 --> 00:47:10,366
{\an1}"EVEN IF YOU CANNOT SPEAK OR
MOVE, NUTCRACKER DROSSELMEYER,
690
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,666
"I AM DEVOTED TO YOU
691
00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:15,766
{\an1}AND YOU CAN COUNT ON ME."
692
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:19,066
♪
693
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,466
{\an1}THE NUTCRACKER DID NOT MOVE,
694
00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:25,033
{\an1}BUT IT SEEMED TO MARIE
THAT A SWEET BELL-LIKE VOICE
695
00:47:25,066 --> 00:47:30,633
{\an1}SAID TO HER, "LITTLE MARIE,
MY GUARDIAN ANGEL,
696
00:47:30,666 --> 00:47:35,133
YOURS I SHALL BE,
MY SWEET MARIE."
697
00:47:35,166 --> 00:47:37,766
COLD SHIVERS FLASHED
THROUGH HER BODY
698
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,400
{\an1}AND SHE RETURNED TO HER BED
BEFORE ANYONE NOTICED.
699
00:47:41,433 --> 00:47:45,166
♪
700
00:47:46,933 --> 00:47:50,266
{\an8}THAT VERY NIGHT,
701
00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:54,500
{\an7}MARIE WAS AWAKENED BY
A STRANGE RUSTLING SOUND.
702
00:47:54,533 --> 00:47:59,366
SHE FELT WARM FUR
AND 7 COLD NOSES NEAR HER NECK.
703
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,966
{\an1}"OH, DEAR, THE MICE
ARE BACK," SHE THOUGHT.
704
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,466
EVEN WORSE.
705
00:48:05,500 --> 00:48:10,200
{\an1}SHE THEN HEARD A VOICE
SHE HAD HEARD ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
706
00:48:10,233 --> 00:48:11,933
"HEE HEE!
707
00:48:11,966 --> 00:48:14,800
"GIVE ME ALL YOUR
LITTLE CANDIES
708
00:48:14,833 --> 00:48:18,600
{\an1}OR I SHALL BITE YOUR DEAR
NUTCRACKER TO PIECES."
709
00:48:18,633 --> 00:48:20,433
{\an1}IT WAS THE MOUSE KING.
710
00:48:20,466 --> 00:48:27,200
♪
711
00:48:27,233 --> 00:48:31,333
{\an1}SHE THOUGHT TO TELL HER BROTHER
AND HER MAMA WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
712
00:48:31,366 --> 00:48:33,966
{\an1}BUT SHE KNEW THEY
WOULD NOT BELIEVE HER.
713
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,166
{\an1}SO WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING,
714
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,866
{\an1}SHE PUT OUT HER CANDIES
IN FRONT OF THE TOY CABINET.
715
00:48:40,900 --> 00:48:43,533
THE NEXT MORNING,
MARIE'S MOTHER SAID,
716
00:48:43,566 --> 00:48:45,200
"THAT'S VERY STRANGE.
717
00:48:45,233 --> 00:48:51,666
{\an1}POOR MARIE, THE MICE SEEM
TO HAVE EATEN ALL YOUR SWEETS."
718
00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:54,466
YES, THEY HAVE.
719
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,433
LATER THAT NIGHT,
IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
720
00:48:59,466 --> 00:49:01,333
{\an1}THIS TIME THE VOICE SAID,
721
00:49:01,366 --> 00:49:03,700
"GIVE ME ALL YOUR
SUGAR DOLLS
722
00:49:03,733 --> 00:49:08,933
OR I WILL BITE YOUR
DEAR NUTCRACKER TO PIECES."
723
00:49:08,966 --> 00:49:12,233
{\an1}A HEARTBROKEN MARIE WENT
INTO THE DOLL CABINET
724
00:49:12,266 --> 00:49:15,566
{\an1}AND JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
PUT HER SUGAR DOLLS
725
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:19,133
OUT TO BE EATEN BY
THE DREADFUL MOUSE KING.
726
00:49:19,166 --> 00:49:21,300
♪
727
00:49:21,333 --> 00:49:24,100
{\an1}MARIE KNEW THERE WOULD
BE NO END TO THIS,
728
00:49:24,133 --> 00:49:26,166
AND INDEED,
ON THE THIRD NIGHT,
729
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,566
THE SCRATCHING OF
LITTLE MICE FEET
730
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,500
{\an1}AND COLD, WET NOSES ACCOMPANIED
THAT VOICE ONCE AGAIN.
731
00:49:32,533 --> 00:49:36,933
{\an1}"GIVE ME ALL YOUR PICTURE BOOKS
AND YOUR DOLL DRESSES
732
00:49:36,966 --> 00:49:39,833
"OR I WILL EAT YOUR
DEAR NUTCRACKER.
733
00:49:39,866 --> 00:49:41,400
HEE HEE HEE!"
734
00:49:41,433 --> 00:49:44,066
SQUEAK.
735
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:46,400
MARIE HEADED FOR
THE TOY CABINET
736
00:49:46,433 --> 00:49:50,033
AND SPOKE QUIETLY TO
THE UNMOVING NUTCRACKER
737
00:49:50,066 --> 00:49:52,566
ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE GLASS.
738
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:56,100
{\an1}"POOR ME, MR. DROSSELMEYER.
739
00:49:56,133 --> 00:49:59,433
{\an1}"IF I GIVE UP MY PICTURE BOOKS
AND DOLL DRESSES,
740
00:49:59,466 --> 00:50:02,800
{\an1}"THE DREADFUL MOUSE KING
WILL ONLY ASK FOR MORE.
741
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:05,800
WHATEVER SHALL I DO?"
742
00:50:05,833 --> 00:50:09,900
{\an8}♪
743
00:50:09,933 --> 00:50:13,066
{\an7}ALTHOUGH SHE HAD STOPPED
KISSING THE LITTLE FIGURE
744
00:50:13,100 --> 00:50:16,300
{\an7}AND FELT RATHER SHY ABOUT
HOLDING HIM AT ALL,
745
00:50:16,333 --> 00:50:18,400
{\an1}THIS TIME SHE TOOK HIM
ABOUT OF THE CABINET
746
00:50:18,433 --> 00:50:22,666
{\an1}TO WIPE OFF WHAT LOOKED LIKE
A BLOOD STAIN ON HIS UNIFORM.
747
00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:29,300
♪
748
00:50:29,333 --> 00:50:31,166
{\an1}SHE PUT HIM BACK ON THE SHELF,
749
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,500
{\an1}AND IMMEDIATELY, HIS LIPS MOVED,
AND IN A WHISPER, HE SPOKE.
750
00:50:34,533 --> 00:50:37,566
♪
751
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:42,366
"MY FRIEND, I OWE YOU
SO MUCH ALREADY.
752
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:47,433
"BUT PLEASE GRANT ME
ONE MORE FAVOR.
753
00:50:47,466 --> 00:50:51,033
"FIND ME A SWORD.
THAT IS ALL I NEED.
754
00:50:51,066 --> 00:50:53,700
{\an1}I CAN MANAGE THE REST."
755
00:50:53,733 --> 00:50:58,033
AND THEN HIS EYES
WENT BLANK.
756
00:50:58,066 --> 00:51:01,533
♪
757
00:51:01,566 --> 00:51:05,400
{\an1}OH, THE JOY MARIE FELT.
758
00:51:05,433 --> 00:51:08,000
SHE KNEW WHAT NEEDED
TO BE DONE.
759
00:51:08,033 --> 00:51:10,466
{\an1}HER OLDER BROTHER FRITZ
HAD TO BE TAKEN
760
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:11,733
INTO HER CONFIDENCE.
761
00:51:11,766 --> 00:51:13,400
{\an1}SHE TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY.
762
00:51:13,433 --> 00:51:17,000
{\an1}AND TO HIS IMMENSE CREDIT,
HE BELIEVED HER.
763
00:51:17,033 --> 00:51:22,500
♪
764
00:51:22,533 --> 00:51:24,533
"ALL RIGHT," HE SAID,
765
00:51:24,566 --> 00:51:27,400
{\an1}"I HAVE A NUMBER OF SOLDIERS
WHO HAVE GOTTEN QUITE OLD,
766
00:51:27,433 --> 00:51:29,433
"AND I'VE SENT THEM
INTO RETIREMENT.
767
00:51:29,466 --> 00:51:32,866
{\an1}I WILL GIVE YOU THE OLD
COLONEL'S SWORD."
768
00:51:32,900 --> 00:51:35,733
{\an1}AND THERE, IN THE BACK
OF THE THIRD SHELF
769
00:51:35,766 --> 00:51:39,600
{\an1}WAS THE OLD COLONEL WHO HAD
NO FURTHER USE FOR HIS SWORD.
770
00:51:39,633 --> 00:51:41,933
FRITZ REMOVED HIS
SILVER SABER
771
00:51:41,966 --> 00:51:45,200
{\an1}AND SLUNG IT AROUND
THE NUTCRACKER'S WAIST.
772
00:51:45,233 --> 00:51:48,133
{\an1}THAT NIGHT AT THE STROKE
OF MIDNIGHT,
773
00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:51,633
{\an1}MARIE HEARD STRANGE SOUNDS
COMING FROM THE LIVING ROOM...
774
00:51:51,666 --> 00:51:52,966
CLANGING, CRASHING,
775
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,700
{\an1}AND THEN 7 GREAT SQUEAKS.
776
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,666
{\an1}AND THEN THERE WAS SILENCE
777
00:52:01,700 --> 00:52:04,366
AND A KNOCK ON
HER BEDROOM DOOR.
778
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:08,033
♪
779
00:52:08,066 --> 00:52:10,300
{\an1}A FAINT LITTLE VOICE SAID,
780
00:52:10,333 --> 00:52:14,333
{\an1}"MOST ESTEEMED MRS. STAHLBAUM,
HAVE NO FEAR.
781
00:52:14,366 --> 00:52:16,466
I BRING GOOD NEWS."
782
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:19,033
♪
783
00:52:19,066 --> 00:52:22,666
{\an1}"MOST ESTEEMED MRS. STAHLBAUM."
784
00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:25,666
YES, MARIE RECOGNIZED
HIS VOICE
785
00:52:25,700 --> 00:52:28,100
AND THREW OPEN HER
BEDROOM DOOR.
786
00:52:28,133 --> 00:52:36,133
♪
787
00:52:37,433 --> 00:52:40,700
{\an1}NUTCRACKER WAS STILL HOLDING
A SWORD IN HIS RIGHT HAND
788
00:52:40,733 --> 00:52:43,966
{\an1}AND A CANDLE IN HIS LEFT.
789
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,533
WHEN HE SAW MARIE,
HE BENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE.
790
00:52:47,566 --> 00:52:50,400
♪
791
00:52:50,433 --> 00:52:52,733
{\an1}"YOU ALONE, DEAR LADY,
792
00:52:52,766 --> 00:52:54,933
"GAVE ME THE COURAGE
AND STRENGTH
793
00:52:54,966 --> 00:52:56,933
{\an1}"TO FIGHT THE DREADFUL
MOUSE KING.
794
00:52:56,966 --> 00:53:00,866
{\an1}I BEG YOU TO ACCEPT THIS
TOKEN OF MY GRATITUDE."
795
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:04,166
AND WITH THAT,
HE REMOVED FROM HIS WRIST
796
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,833
THE 7 LITTLE CROWNS
THAT HAD BEEN WORN
797
00:53:06,866 --> 00:53:08,800
{\an1}BY THE DREADFUL MOUSE KING
798
00:53:08,833 --> 00:53:11,466
{\an1}AND GAVE THEM TO MARIE.
799
00:53:11,500 --> 00:53:15,500
♪
800
00:53:15,533 --> 00:53:18,366
HE THEN SOLEMNLY ROSE
TO HIS FEET.
801
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,500
♪
802
00:53:21,533 --> 00:53:24,200
{\an7}"AND MY DEAR MISS STAHLBAUM,
803
00:53:24,233 --> 00:53:26,233
{\an8}"WHAT MAGICAL THINGS
I CAN SHOW YOU
804
00:53:26,266 --> 00:53:29,000
{\an1}"IN THIS HOUR OF VICTORY
IF YOU WOULD BUT CONSENT
805
00:53:29,033 --> 00:53:31,466
{\an1}TO FOLLOW ME FOR A WHILE."
806
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:35,100
"I'LL FOLLOW YOU,
MY DEAR HERR DROSSELMEYER,
807
00:53:35,133 --> 00:53:37,066
{\an1}"BUT JUST FOR A SHORT WHILE.
808
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:41,933
{\an1}YOU SEE, I HAVEN'T BEEN
SLEEPING VERY WELL
THESE PAST NIGHTS."
809
00:53:41,966 --> 00:53:44,566
"THEN," HE SAID
WITH A FLOURISH,
810
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:46,700
{\an1}"WE SHALL TAKE A SHORTCUT."
811
00:53:46,733 --> 00:53:54,733
♪
812
00:54:04,166 --> 00:54:07,333
{\an1}AND WITH THAT, THE TWO
WALKED TO THE WARDROBE.
813
00:54:07,366 --> 00:54:09,966
NUTCRACKER CLIMBED UP
FATHER'S OVERCOAT
814
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:11,733
AND PULLED A TASSEL
AT THE BACK
815
00:54:11,766 --> 00:54:15,300
{\an1}AND OUT POPPED A WOODEN
STAIRCASE MADE OF CEDAR
816
00:54:15,333 --> 00:54:18,733
THAT WENT ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
817
00:54:18,766 --> 00:54:26,766
♪
818
00:54:34,333 --> 00:54:37,100
{\an1}"AND NOW, MY DEAR LADY,
819
00:54:37,133 --> 00:54:40,166
{\an1}"PLEASE BE SO KIND
AS TO GIVE ME YOUR HAND
820
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:43,033
{\an1}AND GO UP TOGETHER WITH ME."
821
00:54:43,066 --> 00:54:45,700
{\an1}THEY CLIMBED UP THE SLEEVE
IN FATHER'S COAT.
822
00:54:45,733 --> 00:54:47,500
AND AS THEY REACHED
HIS COLLAR,
823
00:54:47,533 --> 00:54:50,333
{\an1}A BLINDING LIGHT SHONE
IN FRONT OF HER.
824
00:54:50,366 --> 00:54:52,533
"OH, MY GOODNESS,"
EXCLAIMED MARIE.
825
00:54:52,566 --> 00:54:54,433
"WHERE ARE WE?"
826
00:54:54,466 --> 00:55:02,466
♪
827
00:55:34,766 --> 00:55:37,733
{\an1}NOW, THAT'S GOT TO BE SOME
OF THE MOST EXCITING MUSIC
828
00:55:37,766 --> 00:55:39,666
{\an1}TCHAIKOVSKY EVER COMPOSED.
829
00:55:39,700 --> 00:55:43,166
{\an8}WE HAVE NOW ARRIVED
AT THE ASTONISHING
THIRD PART OF THE STORY.
830
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:46,500
{\an8}ASTONISHING BECAUSE
HOFFMANN TAKES
NUTCRACKER AND MARIE
831
00:55:46,533 --> 00:55:50,166
{\an8}TO THE CAPITAL CITY
KNOWN AS BONBONBURG.
832
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,100
ALAN CUMMING,
BEING SCOTTISH,
833
00:55:52,133 --> 00:55:54,400
{\an1}PRONOUNCES IT BONBON-BURRA,
834
00:55:54,433 --> 00:55:57,500
{\an1}LIKE THE CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND,
EDINBURGH.
835
00:55:57,533 --> 00:56:01,466
{\an1}BONBONBURG IS WHERE
MARIE LEARNS THAT
NUTCRACKER IS A PRINCE
836
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:03,100
AND THAT HIS KINGDOM
IS NOT JUST
837
00:56:03,133 --> 00:56:05,066
A LOT OF DANCING
FLOWERS AND CANDY.
838
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:08,733
{\an1}NOPE. ITS ARCHITECTURE
REPRESENTS ALL THE GREAT
839
00:56:08,766 --> 00:56:11,733
AND VARIED BUILDINGS
FROM EVERYWHERE ON THE EARTH
840
00:56:11,766 --> 00:56:15,166
{\an1}AND ITS POPULATION INCLUDES
PEOPLE OF EVERY FAITH
841
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,200
{\an1}AND CULTURE LAUGHING
AND JOKING AND SINGING
842
00:56:18,233 --> 00:56:21,633
{\an1}AND ALL LIVING TOGETHER
IN RUCKUS HARMONY.
843
00:56:21,666 --> 00:56:25,066
SURELY THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME AN IDEAL SOCIETY
844
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:26,900
{\an1}IS DESCRIBED LIKE THIS,
845
00:56:26,933 --> 00:56:31,033
ONE WITHOUT REGARD
TO RACE, RELIGION,
OR ECONOMIC STATUS.
846
00:56:31,066 --> 00:56:33,900
AND JUST WHEN
WE THINK IT IS OVER,
847
00:56:33,933 --> 00:56:36,033
{\an1}BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE THE BALLET ENDS,
848
00:56:36,066 --> 00:56:38,766
{\an1}HOFFMANN TAKES US BACK
TO MARIE'S LITTLE BED
849
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:40,300
ONE LAST TIME
850
00:56:40,333 --> 00:56:42,666
AND TO 3
DISBELIEVING ADULTS.
851
00:56:42,700 --> 00:56:46,333
{\an1}BUT HANG ON, HOFFMANN
WAS HIMSELF A COMPOSER,
852
00:56:46,366 --> 00:56:50,033
{\an1}AND LIKE A GREAT SYMPHONY
BY HIS CONTEMPORARY BEETHOVEN,
853
00:56:50,066 --> 00:56:52,333
THERE WILL BE
A THRILLING CLIMAX
854
00:56:52,366 --> 00:56:56,300
AND AN EPILOGUE
THAT ENDS THE STORY RIGHT NOW.
855
00:56:56,333 --> 00:56:59,533
{\an1}OK, THEN, MARIE JUST
ASKED, "WHERE ARE WE?"
856
00:56:59,566 --> 00:57:02,366
AND HERE TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION IS
ALAN CUMMING
857
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,900
{\an1}WITH THE ROYAL SCOTTISH
NATIONAL ORCHESTRA,
858
00:57:04,933 --> 00:57:07,800
{\an1}THE CONDUCTOR WHO CALLS
HIMSELF JOHN MAUCERI,
859
00:57:07,833 --> 00:57:11,466
AND THE MUSIC OF
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY.
860
00:57:11,500 --> 00:57:14,033
{\an7}"MY DEAR MISS STAHLBAUM,
861
00:57:14,066 --> 00:57:17,033
{\an7}"THIS IS CANDY MEADOW.
862
00:57:17,066 --> 00:57:19,033
{\an8}"AND IN A MOMENT
WE SHALL PASS THROUGH
863
00:57:19,066 --> 00:57:21,466
{\an8}THE GREAT GATE
UNDER THOSE ARCHES."
864
00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:29,466
♪
865
00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:33,400
THE GATE SEEMED TO BE
OF WHITE, RED, AND BROWN MARBLE.
866
00:57:33,433 --> 00:57:34,900
{\an1}BUT AS THEY GOT NEARER,
867
00:57:34,933 --> 00:57:37,900
{\an1}SHE REALIZED IT WAS MADE
OF PRESERVED FRUIT
868
00:57:37,933 --> 00:57:39,466
AND SUGARED ALMONDS.
869
00:57:39,500 --> 00:57:41,400
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE GATE,
870
00:57:41,433 --> 00:57:43,566
6 MONKEYS CLAD IN RED
871
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:46,600
WERE PLAYING THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
872
00:57:46,633 --> 00:57:54,633
♪
873
00:57:54,866 --> 00:57:57,766
{\an1}SHE HARDLY NOTICED THAT
THE PAVEMENT SHE WAS WALKING ON
874
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:00,800
{\an1}WAS MADE OF PISTACHIOS
AND MACAROONS
875
00:58:00,833 --> 00:58:05,566
{\an1}AND GOLD AND SILVER FRUITS
WERE HANGING FROM
THE BOWS OF THE TREES.
876
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:11,233
♪
877
00:58:11,266 --> 00:58:15,233
{\an1}WHEN THE LEAVES RUSTLED
IN THE WIND,
878
00:58:15,266 --> 00:58:20,000
{\an1}THE TINSEL TINKLED LIKE
CELESTIAL MUSIC.
879
00:58:20,033 --> 00:58:28,033
♪
880
00:59:03,633 --> 00:59:05,266
{\an1}NUTCRACKER CLAPPED HIS HANDS
881
00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:08,366
{\an1}AND SEVERAL LITTLE SHEPHERDS
AND SHEPHERDESSES APPEARED
882
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:11,700
{\an1}LOOKING AS IF THEY'D
BEEN MADE OF PURE SUGAR.
883
00:59:11,733 --> 00:59:19,600
{\an8}♪
884
00:59:19,633 --> 00:59:27,633
♪
885
00:59:40,533 --> 00:59:43,666
THEY WERE JOINED BY
A GROUP OF HUNTERS
AND HUNTRESSES
886
00:59:43,700 --> 00:59:45,966
WHO BROUGHT HER
A GOLDEN CHAIR
887
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,033
AND A WHITE LICORICE
CUSHION ON IT.
888
00:59:48,066 --> 00:59:51,433
{\an1}AND THEY ALL DANCED A SHORT
AND CHARMING BALLET
889
00:59:51,466 --> 00:59:53,166
JUST FOR HER.
890
00:59:53,200 --> 01:00:01,200
♪
891
01:00:29,166 --> 01:00:31,866
{\an1}"I'M SORRY IT WAS SO REPETITIVE,
MISS STAHLBAUM,"
892
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:33,533
SAID THE NUTCRACKER.
893
01:00:33,566 --> 01:00:35,066
{\an1}"BUT THESE DANCERS ARE MEMBERS
894
01:00:35,100 --> 01:00:37,800
OF A MECHANICAL
BALLET TROUPE."
895
01:00:37,833 --> 01:00:40,533
{\an1}"I THOUGHT IT WAS LOVELY,"
SAID MARIE,
896
01:00:40,566 --> 01:00:42,400
AS THEY CONTINUED
THEIR JOURNEY
897
01:00:42,433 --> 01:00:43,966
{\an1}ALONG A WHISPERING BROOK
898
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:48,000
{\an1}THAT LED TO THE EVEN MORE
FRAGRANT LEMONADE RIVER.
899
01:00:48,033 --> 01:00:52,900
{\an8}♪
900
01:00:52,933 --> 01:00:55,266
{\an8}THEY CAME UPON
A SEASHELL BOAT
901
01:00:55,300 --> 01:00:58,233
THAT WAS DRAWN
BY GOLDEN DOLPHINS
902
01:00:58,266 --> 01:01:02,300
THAT TOOK THEM ACROSS
A GREAT RIVER OR ROSE PETALS.
903
01:01:02,333 --> 01:01:09,366
♪
904
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:15,133
{\an1}THERE SHE SAW A FAMILY
OF SILVER WHITE SWANS
GENTLY GLIDE BY.
905
01:01:15,166 --> 01:01:23,166
♪
906
01:01:43,133 --> 01:01:47,766
AND THEN TINY DIAMOND
FISH APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED,
907
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:51,066
AND IT SEEMED AS IF
THEY WERE DANCING
A MERRY DANCE
908
01:01:51,100 --> 01:01:54,233
{\an1}ON THE FRONT OF ROSES.
909
01:01:54,266 --> 01:02:02,266
♪
910
01:03:02,133 --> 01:03:04,533
MARIE LOOKED DOWN
INTO THE WATER
911
01:03:04,566 --> 01:03:08,000
AND SAW THE IMAGE OF
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
LOOKING UP AT HER.
912
01:03:08,033 --> 01:03:10,433
{\an1}"OH, MR. DROSSELMEYER, LOOK.
913
01:03:10,466 --> 01:03:13,400
{\an1}"IT MUST BE PRINCESS PIRLIPAT
DOWN THERE.
914
01:03:13,433 --> 01:03:15,600
SHE'S SMILING AT ME."
915
01:03:15,633 --> 01:03:19,366
♪
916
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:23,233
"OH, MY DEAR
MRS. STAHLBAUM,
917
01:03:23,266 --> 01:03:24,666
"THAT IS YOU,
918
01:03:24,700 --> 01:03:29,466
{\an1}YOUR SWEET, SMILING FACE LOOKING
AT YOU OUT OF THE WAVES."
919
01:03:29,500 --> 01:03:37,500
♪
920
01:03:49,233 --> 01:03:52,333
{\an1}THE SPRAY FROM THE NOSTRILS
OF THE DOLPHINS
921
01:03:52,366 --> 01:03:55,400
{\an1}SENT BRILLIANT SHEATHS
OF CRYSTALS INTO THE AIR
922
01:03:55,433 --> 01:03:59,633
{\an1}THAT FELL BACK INTO THE WATER
IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
923
01:03:59,666 --> 01:04:07,666
♪
924
01:04:09,133 --> 01:04:11,100
{\an1}BUT INSTEAD OF BEING WHITE,
925
01:04:11,133 --> 01:04:15,233
{\an1}THE LITTLE FLAKES WERE IN
ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW.
926
01:04:15,266 --> 01:04:23,266
♪
927
01:04:48,966 --> 01:04:51,766
FASTER AND FASTER
THEY SAILED ONWARD.
928
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:55,066
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF
THEY WERE FLYING.
929
01:04:55,100 --> 01:05:03,100
♪
930
01:05:34,700 --> 01:05:37,966
{\an1}AT THE SHORE, A DOZEN CHILDREN
OF MANY COLORS
931
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:39,866
{\an1}DRESSED IN HUMMINGBIRD FEATHERS
932
01:05:39,900 --> 01:05:42,300
CARRIED THE BOAT
WITH MARIE AND NUTCRACKER
933
01:05:42,333 --> 01:05:44,133
{\an1}THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS FOREST.
934
01:05:44,166 --> 01:05:49,333
{\an7}AND SOON, MARIE SAW THE
CAPITAL CITY IN THE DISTANCE.
935
01:05:49,366 --> 01:05:51,500
{\an8}AS THEY GOT CLOSER,
MARIE COULD SEE
936
01:05:51,533 --> 01:05:54,466
{\an8}THE ASTONISHING WALLS
AND TOWERS OF THE CAPITAL.
937
01:05:54,500 --> 01:05:56,433
IT WAS AS IF ONE
FANTASTIC BUILDING
938
01:05:56,466 --> 01:05:58,766
FROM EVERY CITY
IN THE WORLD WAS THERE,
939
01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:03,033
{\an1}ONLY THEY WERE MADE OF
CANDIED FRUITS
AND CRYSTALIZED SUGAR.
940
01:06:03,066 --> 01:06:06,900
{\an1}THEY MERRY SOUNDS FROM WITHIN
SUDDENLY BURST FORTH
941
01:06:06,933 --> 01:06:10,266
{\an1}WHEN THE MACAROON GATES
WERE OPENED FOR THEM.
942
01:06:10,300 --> 01:06:18,300
♪
943
01:06:37,933 --> 01:06:41,866
{\an1}THE GREAT MARKETPLACE
WAS TEEMING WITH THOUSANDS
OF LITTLE PEOPLE,
944
01:06:41,900 --> 01:06:44,466
LAUGHING AND JOKING
AND SINGING.
945
01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:46,900
THERE WERE ELEGANT
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
946
01:06:46,933 --> 01:06:50,500
GREEKS AND ARMENIANS,
JEWS AND TYROLEANS,
947
01:06:50,533 --> 01:06:53,933
{\an1}DERVISHES AND PRIESTS,
SOLDIERS AND PREACHERS,
948
01:06:53,966 --> 01:06:55,666
{\an1}SHEPHERDS AND BUFFOONS.
949
01:06:55,700 --> 01:06:58,533
IN SHORT, EVERY
KIND OF PERSON
950
01:06:58,566 --> 01:07:02,466
{\an1}TO BE FOUND IN THE WORLD
ALL LIVING TOGETHER.
951
01:07:02,500 --> 01:07:10,500
♪
952
01:07:39,866 --> 01:07:41,600
"MY," SAID MARIE,
953
01:07:41,633 --> 01:07:45,866
{\an1}"WE CERTAINLY DON'T CARRY ON
LIKE THAT WHERE I COME FROM."
954
01:07:45,900 --> 01:07:48,433
{\an1}THE SILVER SOLDIERS
ALL STOOD AT ATTENTION
955
01:07:48,466 --> 01:07:50,000
WHEN THEY SAW
THE NUTCRACKER.
956
01:07:50,033 --> 01:07:52,100
THEIR CAPTAIN SALUTED
AND SAID,
957
01:07:52,133 --> 01:07:55,966
"OH, DEAR PRINCE,
YOU'VE COME AT LAST.
958
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:59,333
{\an1}WELCOME TO BONBONBURG."
959
01:07:59,366 --> 01:08:02,133
MARIE WAS ASTONISHED
TO HEAR YOUNG DROSSELMEYER
960
01:08:02,166 --> 01:08:04,566
{\an1}ADDRESSED AS A PRINCE.
961
01:08:04,600 --> 01:08:06,800
{\an8}THEN SHE LOOKED UP
962
01:08:06,833 --> 01:08:09,833
{\an8}AND SAW THAT SHE WAS
STANDING BEFORE
963
01:08:09,866 --> 01:08:14,400
{\an7}THE MAGNIFICENT ROSE RED
MARZIPAN CASTLE...
964
01:08:14,433 --> 01:08:20,233
♪
965
01:08:20,266 --> 01:08:24,266
{\an1}WITH ITS HUNDRED TURRETS
STREWN WITH VIOLETS AND TULIPS
966
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:28,133
{\an1}THAT WERE SO TALL THEY
DISAPPEARED UP INTO THE CLOUDS.
967
01:08:28,166 --> 01:08:36,166
♪
968
01:08:44,233 --> 01:08:46,266
4 YOUNG LADIES
RAN TOWARDS HIM.
969
01:08:46,300 --> 01:08:48,766
"OH, BROTHER,
OUR DEAREST PRINCE.
970
01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:50,500
YOU HAVE RETURNED."
971
01:08:50,533 --> 01:08:52,233
AND AT THAT...
972
01:08:52,266 --> 01:08:53,500
♪
973
01:08:53,533 --> 01:08:56,200
{\an1}EVERYONE IN THE TOWN SQUARE
KNELT
974
01:08:56,233 --> 01:08:58,666
TO GREET THE RETURN
OF THE PRINCE.
975
01:08:58,700 --> 01:09:06,700
♪
976
01:09:32,200 --> 01:09:35,466
{\an1}NUTCRACKER WIPED A TEAR
FROM HIS EYE,
977
01:09:35,500 --> 01:09:37,366
GRASPED MARIE'S HAND,
978
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:41,533
{\an1}AND RECOUNTED THE STORY
OF HOW SHE HAD SAVED HIS LIFE.
979
01:09:41,566 --> 01:09:43,966
NUTCRACKER'S WORDS
SEEMED TO BE COMING
980
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:46,533
FROM A FARTHER
AND FARTHER DISTANCE.
981
01:09:46,566 --> 01:09:51,033
{\an1}CLOUDS AND SILVERY MIST
SEEMED TO ENVELOPE MARIE
982
01:09:51,066 --> 01:09:55,633
{\an1}AS SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS
FLOATING HIGHER AND HIGHER
983
01:09:55,666 --> 01:10:00,500
AND HIGHER AND...
984
01:10:00,533 --> 01:10:02,500
{\an8}PLOP.
985
01:10:02,533 --> 01:10:04,833
{\an8}MARIE PLUNGED FROM
AN ENORMOUS HEIGHT
986
01:10:04,866 --> 01:10:08,700
{\an7}AND OPENED HER EYES ONLY TO FIND
HERSELF IN HER LITTLE BED.
987
01:10:08,733 --> 01:10:12,866
{\an1}HER MOTHER WAS SAYING,
"HOW CAN ANYONE SLEEP SO LONG?
988
01:10:12,900 --> 01:10:16,366
{\an1}BREAKFAST HAS BEEN READY
FOR QUITE SOME TIME."
989
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:18,233
{\an1}"OH, MOTHER, DEAR MOTHER,
990
01:10:18,266 --> 01:10:20,866
{\an1}"WAIT UNTIL I TELL YOU
WHERE YOUNG MR. DROSSELMEYER
991
01:10:20,900 --> 01:10:22,833
TOOK ME LAST NIGHT."
992
01:10:22,866 --> 01:10:25,366
AND MARIE RECOUNTED
THE ENTIRE STORY
993
01:10:25,400 --> 01:10:29,200
{\an1}OF THE LAND OF CHRISTMAS TREES
AND THE MARZIPAN CASTLE.
994
01:10:29,233 --> 01:10:31,266
BUT ALL HER MOTHER
COULD SAY WAS,
995
01:10:31,300 --> 01:10:36,366
{\an1}"WHAT A LOVELY AND LONG
DREAM YOU'VE HAD.
996
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:37,933
"BUT DON'T BE SILLY.
997
01:10:37,966 --> 01:10:40,200
"THAT NUTCRACKER
IS MADE OF WOOD
998
01:10:40,233 --> 01:10:43,300
AND IS IN THE GLASS
CABINET DOWNSTAIRS."
999
01:10:43,333 --> 01:10:46,100
THERE WAS LAUGHTER,
NOT ONLY FROM MOTHER,
1000
01:10:46,133 --> 01:10:48,933
BUT FROM FATHER, TOO,
WHO WAS STANDING BEHIND HER.
1001
01:10:48,966 --> 01:10:50,566
"WELL, LOOK THEN.
1002
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:53,800
{\an1}"HERE ARE THE 7 LITTLE CROWNS
THAT ONCE SAT ON THE HEAD
1003
01:10:53,833 --> 01:10:56,066
{\an1}"OF THE DREADFUL MOUSE KING.
1004
01:10:56,100 --> 01:10:59,366
EXPLAIN THAT IF YOU
DON'T BELIEVE ME."
1005
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:03,200
♪
1006
01:11:03,233 --> 01:11:06,366
{\an1}AT THAT VERY MOMENT,
GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
1007
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:07,700
{\an1}APPEARED AT THE DOORWAY,
1008
01:11:07,733 --> 01:11:09,466
HAVING ARRIVED
TO CHECK THE CLOCKS
1009
01:11:09,500 --> 01:11:10,833
{\an1}IN THE STAHLBAUM HOUSE.
1010
01:11:10,866 --> 01:11:12,266
HE LAUGHED, TOO.
1011
01:11:12,300 --> 01:11:16,933
{\an1}"THAT'S JUST EMPTY TWADDLE.
NONSENSE, MARIE.
1012
01:11:16,966 --> 01:11:18,500
{\an1}"DON'T YOU ALL REMEMBER
1013
01:11:18,533 --> 01:11:21,400
{\an1}"THOSE LITTLE CROWNS CAME
FROM MY WATCH CHAIN?
1014
01:11:21,433 --> 01:11:24,733
I GAVE THEM TO YOU
ON YOUR SECOND BIRTHDAY."
1015
01:11:24,766 --> 01:11:29,233
♪
1016
01:11:29,266 --> 01:11:31,600
TRUTH TO TELL, DR.
AND MRS. STAHLBAUM
1017
01:11:31,633 --> 01:11:34,066
DID NOT REMEMBER
A THING ABOUT IT.
1018
01:11:34,100 --> 01:11:36,500
{\an1}MARIE TRIED ONE MORE TIME.
1019
01:11:36,533 --> 01:11:39,733
{\an1}"GODFATHER, YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
1020
01:11:39,766 --> 01:11:41,666
{\an1}"PLEASE TELL MAMA AND PAPA
1021
01:11:41,700 --> 01:11:44,766
"THAT THE NUTCRACKER
IS YOUR NEPHEW
FROM NUREMBURG
1022
01:11:44,800 --> 01:11:47,600
AND THAT HE GAVE ME
THESE CROWNS."
1023
01:11:47,633 --> 01:11:49,533
DROSSELMEYER JUST
SHOOK HIS HEAD
1024
01:11:49,566 --> 01:11:51,733
{\an1}AND MUTTERED SOMETHING
ABOUT NONSENSE.
1025
01:11:51,766 --> 01:11:54,033
{\an1}FATHER BECAME VERY STERN
1026
01:11:54,066 --> 01:11:57,866
{\an1}AND TOLD MARIE THAT HE
HAD HAD ENOUGH OF HER
FANTASTIC STORIES
1027
01:11:57,900 --> 01:12:00,333
AND IF SHE DID NOT
CEASE TELLING THEM,
1028
01:12:00,366 --> 01:12:02,466
HE WOULD TAKE FROM
THE GLASS CABINET
1029
01:12:02,500 --> 01:12:05,966
ALL HER DOLLS
AND THE NUTCRACKER
1030
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:08,300
AND THROW THEM OUT
OF THE WINDOW.
1031
01:12:08,333 --> 01:12:16,333
♪
1032
01:12:23,533 --> 01:12:26,333
♪
1033
01:12:26,366 --> 01:12:28,233
{\an7}AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE,
1034
01:12:28,266 --> 01:12:30,033
{\an8}MARIE NEVER SAID
ANOTHER WORD
1035
01:12:30,066 --> 01:12:31,966
{\an8}ABOUT HER ADVENTURES
WITH THE NUTCRACKER
1036
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:33,700
{\an8}AND THE MOUSE KING,
1037
01:12:33,733 --> 01:12:38,333
{\an1}NOT TO MENTION THE KRAKATUK NUT
AND THE ENCHANTED KINGDOM.
1038
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:44,366
{\an1}NOR DID SHE EVER EXPRESS
HER INTUITION
1039
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:47,033
{\an1}ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY
MAN WHO WOUND THE CLOCKS
1040
01:12:47,066 --> 01:12:51,033
AND WAS KNOWN AS
GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER.
1041
01:12:51,066 --> 01:12:52,966
AS THE YEARS WENT BY,
1042
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:56,500
{\an1}MARIE WOULD FREQUENTLY SIT
BEFORE THE GLASS CABINET
1043
01:12:56,533 --> 01:13:00,800
{\an1}LOOKING INTO THE EYES OF
HER BELOVED NUTCRACKER.
1044
01:13:00,833 --> 01:13:02,900
SHE STOPPED PLAYING
WITH HER FRIENDS
1045
01:13:02,933 --> 01:13:06,333
AND BECAME KNOWN
AS THE DREAMER.
1046
01:13:06,366 --> 01:13:10,366
{\an1}ONE DAY WHILE GODFATHER
WAS WINDING THE CLOCKS
IN THE HOUSE
1047
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:13,566
{\an1}AND MARIE WAS UNAWARE THAT
SHE MIGHT BE OVERHEARD,
1048
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:16,500
{\an1}SHE GAZED AT THE NUTCRACKER
AND SAID ALOUD,
1049
01:13:16,533 --> 01:13:19,133
{\an1}"OH, DEAR MR. DROSSELMEYER,
1050
01:13:19,166 --> 01:13:21,433
{\an1}"IF YOU WERE TRULY ALIVE,
1051
01:13:21,466 --> 01:13:25,333
{\an1}"I WOULD NOT TREAT YOU
THE WAY PRINCESS PIRLIPAT DID
1052
01:13:25,366 --> 01:13:28,800
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE
NOT A HANDSOME MAN."
1053
01:13:28,833 --> 01:13:33,366
♪
1054
01:13:33,400 --> 01:13:36,966
"HEY, HEY, NONSENSE!
ABSOLUTELY NONSENSE,"
SAID GODFATHER.
1055
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:39,566
{\an1}AND WITH THAT, THERE WAS
AN ENORMOUS CRACK...
1056
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:40,700
[BANG]
1057
01:13:40,733 --> 01:13:42,566
AND A BOOM.
[BOOM]
1058
01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:46,500
MARIE FAINTED AND HAD
FALLEN FROM HER CHAIR.
1059
01:13:46,533 --> 01:13:49,666
{\an1}WHEN SHE AWOKE, HER MOTHER
WAS HELPING HER UP.
1060
01:13:49,700 --> 01:13:52,366
"MARIE, YOU'RE ALL
GROWN UP NOW.
1061
01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:54,833
{\an1}"HOW COULD YOU FALL OFF
YOUR CHAIR?
1062
01:13:54,866 --> 01:13:56,466
"GET YOURSELF READY.
1063
01:13:56,500 --> 01:13:59,666
{\an1}"GODFATHER'S NEPHEW HAS
JUST ARRIVED FROM NUREMBURG
1064
01:13:59,700 --> 01:14:01,000
"FOR A VISIT.
1065
01:14:01,033 --> 01:14:04,300
NOW BE A GOOD GIRL."
1066
01:14:04,333 --> 01:14:07,100
{\an8}♪
1067
01:14:07,133 --> 01:14:09,800
{\an8}GODFATHER PUT ON
HIS GLASS WIG,
1068
01:14:09,833 --> 01:14:12,133
{\an8}SLIPPED INTO A NEW
YELLOW JACKET,
1069
01:14:12,166 --> 01:14:14,833
AND SMILED AS MARIE
WAS INTRODUCED
1070
01:14:14,866 --> 01:14:17,866
TO YOUNG NATHANIEL
DROSSELMEYER.
1071
01:14:17,900 --> 01:14:20,233
{\an1}A SMALL AND WELL-BUILT MAN,
1072
01:14:20,266 --> 01:14:23,566
HE WORE A SPLENDID
RED COAT WITH GOLDEN BUTTONS
1073
01:14:23,600 --> 01:14:26,033
{\an1}AND BLACK BOOTS THAT WERE
SO TIGHT
1074
01:14:26,066 --> 01:14:28,333
THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY
WERE PAINTED ON.
1075
01:14:28,366 --> 01:14:31,266
HE HAD A JEWELED
SWORD AT HIS SIDE
1076
01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:36,766
AND HIS HAIR WAS TIED
IN A PONYTAIL AT THE BACK.
1077
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:39,933
{\an1}HE HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM
SOME RED MARZIPAN
1078
01:14:39,966 --> 01:14:42,233
{\an1}ALONG WITH CANDIES AND DOLLS
1079
01:14:42,266 --> 01:14:45,166
THAT MATCHED THE VERY
CANDIES AND DOLLS
1080
01:14:45,200 --> 01:14:49,166
{\an1}THAT THE MOUSE KING HAD TAKEN
FROM MARIE YEARS BEFORE.
1081
01:14:49,200 --> 01:14:52,000
THE YOUNG NATHANIEL
HAD PERFECT MANNERS.
1082
01:14:52,033 --> 01:14:53,633
AND AFTER DINNER,
1083
01:14:53,666 --> 01:14:57,200
{\an1}HE ENTERTAINED THE STAHLBAUMS
AND GODFATHER
1084
01:14:57,233 --> 01:14:59,800
BY CRACKING NUTS
IN HIS TEETH
1085
01:14:59,833 --> 01:15:03,233
{\an1}BY PULLING ON HIS PONYTAIL.
1086
01:15:03,266 --> 01:15:04,566
CRACK.
1087
01:15:04,600 --> 01:15:07,833
{\an1}YES, EVEN THE HARDEST NUTS.
1088
01:15:07,866 --> 01:15:10,666
CRACK!
1089
01:15:10,700 --> 01:15:14,566
EVERYONE LAUGHED
EXCEPT FOR MARIE
1090
01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:17,066
{\an1}WHO FOUND HERSELF BLUSHING.
1091
01:15:17,100 --> 01:15:21,900
♪
1092
01:15:23,566 --> 01:15:27,100
{\an7}NATHANIEL AND MARIE THEN
WALKED TO THE PARLOR.
1093
01:15:27,133 --> 01:15:31,200
{\an7}AS THE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE PASSED
THE OLD GLASS TOY CABINET,
1094
01:15:31,233 --> 01:15:35,633
{\an1}NATHANIEL TOOK MARIE'S HAND
AND KNELT ON ONE KNEE.
1095
01:15:35,666 --> 01:15:39,066
♪
1096
01:15:39,100 --> 01:15:43,933
{\an1}"OH, MY DEAR MISS STAHLBAUM,
1097
01:15:43,966 --> 01:15:47,266
{\an1}"BEHOLD AT YOUR FEET
YOUR HAPPY DROSSELMEYER,
1098
01:15:47,300 --> 01:15:50,266
"WHOSE LIFE YOU SAVED
AT THIS VERY SPOT
1099
01:15:50,300 --> 01:15:53,900
{\an1}"ON THAT CHRISTMAS EVE
WHEN YOU WERE JUST
A LITTLE GIRL.
1100
01:15:53,933 --> 01:15:56,133
"YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH
TO ACCEPT ME
1101
01:15:56,166 --> 01:15:58,466
{\an1}"EVEN AS I HAD TURNED UGLY
1102
01:15:58,500 --> 01:16:01,600
{\an1}"AND PROMISED THAT YOU
WOULD NOT REJECT ME.
1103
01:16:01,633 --> 01:16:03,400
"NOW I HAVE RETURNED
1104
01:16:03,433 --> 01:16:06,433
"AND I'M NO LONGER
THE GROTESQUE NUTCRACKER
1105
01:16:06,466 --> 01:16:10,866
{\an1}AND HAVE REGAINED MY FORMER
NOT UNPLEASANT LOOKS."
1106
01:16:10,900 --> 01:16:12,533
[LAUGHTER]
1107
01:16:12,566 --> 01:16:15,733
"OH, MISS STAHLBAUM,
1108
01:16:15,766 --> 01:16:17,866
{\an1}"FAVOR ME WITH YOUR HAND
1109
01:16:17,900 --> 01:16:21,166
"AND SHARE MY CROWN
AND KINGDOM WITH ME,
1110
01:16:21,200 --> 01:16:25,533
FOR I AM NOW THE KING
OF MARZIPAN CASTLE."
1111
01:16:25,566 --> 01:16:33,566
♪
1112
01:16:38,733 --> 01:16:42,166
MARIE SMILED
AND SAID QUIETLY...
1113
01:16:42,200 --> 01:16:44,900
♪
1114
01:16:44,933 --> 01:16:47,866
{\an1}"DEAR HERR DROSSELMEYER,
1115
01:16:47,900 --> 01:16:50,466
{\an1}"YOU ARE KIND AND GENTLE,
1116
01:16:50,500 --> 01:16:54,400
"AND SINCE YOU RULE
A GRACEFUL AND CHARMING LAND
1117
01:16:54,433 --> 01:16:57,900
"WITH VERY CHEERFUL
AND VARIED PEOPLES,
1118
01:16:57,933 --> 01:17:01,066
{\an1}I ACCEPT YOU AS MY FIANCÉ."
1119
01:17:01,100 --> 01:17:09,100
♪
1120
01:17:28,200 --> 01:17:36,200
♪
1121
01:17:43,333 --> 01:17:51,333
♪
1122
01:17:58,466 --> 01:18:06,466
♪
1123
01:18:13,666 --> 01:18:21,666
♪
1124
01:18:33,966 --> 01:18:37,500
A YEAR LATER,
SO I'VE BEEN TOLD,
1125
01:18:37,533 --> 01:18:40,066
HE CALLED FOR HER
IN A GOLDEN CARRIAGE
1126
01:18:40,100 --> 01:18:42,400
{\an1}DRAWN BY SILVER HORSES.
1127
01:18:42,433 --> 01:18:46,366
22,000 OF THE MOST
BRILLIANT FIGURINES
1128
01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:50,733
{\an1}ADORNED WITH PEARLS AND DIAMONDS
DANCED AT THE WEDDING.
1129
01:18:50,766 --> 01:18:52,600
MARIE, THEY SAY,
1130
01:18:52,633 --> 01:18:56,000
{\an1}IS STILL THE QUEEN OF THE LAND
OF CHRISTMAS FORESTS
1131
01:18:56,033 --> 01:18:59,500
AND THE MAGNIFICENT
MARZIPAN CASTLE.
1132
01:18:59,533 --> 01:19:07,533
♪
1133
01:19:16,133 --> 01:19:18,933
{\an1}GODFATHER DROSSELMEYER
WAS THERE, OF COURSE,
1134
01:19:18,966 --> 01:19:20,933
TO WITNESS THE END
OF THE STORY,
1135
01:19:20,966 --> 01:19:23,200
{\an1}A STORY HE LIKES TO TELL.
1136
01:19:23,233 --> 01:19:26,033
{\an1}HE HAS CHANGED HIS NAME
MANY TIMES.
1137
01:19:26,066 --> 01:19:28,833
{\an1}SOMETIMES HE'S A GODFATHER,
1138
01:19:28,866 --> 01:19:31,466
{\an1}SOMETIMES SHE'S YOUR TEACHER,
1139
01:19:31,500 --> 01:19:38,233
{\an1}AND SOMETIMES DROSSELMEYER
APPEARS AS AN ACTOR.
1140
01:19:38,266 --> 01:19:42,033
{\an1}MOSTLY, THEY ARE STILL
INVENTING GADGETS
1141
01:19:42,066 --> 01:19:45,566
AND NEW WAYS TO TELL
MAGICAL STORIES.
1142
01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:50,433
{\an1}IN SHORT, THE MOST WONDERFUL
THINGS IMAGINABLE
1143
01:19:50,466 --> 01:19:53,333
CAN BE SEEN PROVIDED
1144
01:19:53,366 --> 01:19:57,566
{\an1}YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SORT OF EYES
WITH WHICH TO SEE THEM
1145
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:01,733
AND BELIEVE.
1146
01:20:01,766 --> 01:20:04,300
{\an1}AND THAT'S THE REAL STORY
1147
01:20:04,333 --> 01:20:08,133
OF THE NUTCRACKER
AND THE MOUSE KING.
1148
01:20:08,166 --> 01:20:12,300
{\an1}ONLY A GREAT CLOCKMAKER
COULD MAKE UP SUCH A TALE.
1149
01:20:14,766 --> 01:20:19,633
OF COURSE, IT'S JUST
A FAIRY STORY.
1150
01:20:19,666 --> 01:20:23,366
BUT AS YOUNG MARIE
ONCE SAID,
1151
01:20:23,400 --> 01:20:27,433
"MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
1152
01:20:27,466 --> 01:20:33,166
IT'S ALSO TRUE."
1153
01:20:33,200 --> 01:20:41,200
♪
1154
01:20:48,933 --> 01:20:53,900
{\an8}[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
1155
01:20:53,933 --> 01:20:56,500
{\an7}MAUCERI: THE REAL STORY
OF THE NUTCRACKER
1156
01:20:56,533 --> 01:20:57,966
{\an8}AND THE MOUSE KING
1157
01:20:58,000 --> 01:20:59,933
{\an8}WITH ALAN CUMMING,
JOHN MAUCERI,
1158
01:20:59,966 --> 01:21:04,066
{\an7}AND THE ROYAL SCOTTISH
NATIONAL ORCHESTRA.
1159
01:21:04,100 --> 01:21:08,233
{\an7}PAUL PHILBERT APPLAUDING
AS ONLY A TIMPANIST CAN.
1160
01:21:13,500 --> 01:21:18,400
{\an7}AND MR. MAUCERI ASKS THE LEADER,
MAYA IWABUCHI, TO STAND.
1161
01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:23,966
{\an8}IT WAS WHILE HE WAS
COMPOSING "THE NUTCRACKER"
1162
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:26,300
{\an7}THAT TCHAIKOVSKY JOURNEYED
TO NEW YORK CITY
1163
01:21:26,333 --> 01:21:30,500
{\an7}TO CONDUCT THE GRAND OPENING
CONCERT OF CARNEGIE HALL
1164
01:21:30,533 --> 01:21:32,700
{\an8}IN 1891.
1165
01:21:35,466 --> 01:21:38,500
{\an7}CARVED WOODEN NUTCRACKERS
DRESSED AS SOLDIERS
1166
01:21:38,533 --> 01:21:41,366
{\an7}FIRST APPEARED IN GERMANY
IN THE EARLY 1800s,
1167
01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:46,300
{\an7}INSPIRING HOFFMANN TO CREATE
THE STORY YOU HAVE JUST HEARD.
1168
01:21:46,333 --> 01:21:49,833
{\an1}HOFFMANN WAS A CONTEMPORARY
OF MARY SHELLEY
1169
01:21:49,866 --> 01:21:53,000
{\an1}WHO WROTE "FRANKENSTEIN"
IN 1816,
1170
01:21:53,033 --> 01:21:55,733
THE SAME YEAR AS
"THE NUTCRACKER."
1171
01:21:58,066 --> 01:22:01,200
HERE'S ALAN CUMMING
RECEIVING A HERO'S WELCOME.
1172
01:22:01,233 --> 01:22:04,566
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
1173
01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:08,033
{\an1}ALAN GRADUATED FROM GLASGOW
ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE
1174
01:22:08,066 --> 01:22:11,033
{\an1}OF MUSIC AND DRAMA IN 1985.
1175
01:22:11,066 --> 01:22:13,733
THIS WAS HIS DEBUT
WITH THE RSNO
1176
01:22:13,766 --> 01:22:19,233
{\an1}AND THE WORLD PREMIERE
OF "THE NUTCRACKER
AND THE MOUSE KING."
1177
01:22:19,266 --> 01:22:22,300
{\an1}YOU KNOW, E.T.A. HOFFMANN
HAD A PROFOUND PURPOSE
1178
01:22:22,333 --> 01:22:24,300
IN WRITING HIS
NUTCRACKER STORY.
1179
01:22:24,333 --> 01:22:27,033
{\an1}FIRST OF ALL, HE WANTED
TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN
1180
01:22:27,066 --> 01:22:30,566
TO HOLD ON TO THEIR
CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.
1181
01:22:30,600 --> 01:22:33,933
{\an1}HE ALSO TOLD A STORY
IN WHICH A LITTLE GIRL
1182
01:22:33,966 --> 01:22:36,866
SAVES THE PRINCE,
WHICH IS THE VERY OPPOSITE
1183
01:22:36,900 --> 01:22:39,033
OF "CINDERELLA,"
"SLEEPING BEAUTY,"
1184
01:22:39,066 --> 01:22:40,700
AND "SNOW WHITE."
1185
01:22:40,733 --> 01:22:42,633
{\an7}NO WONDER ALEXANDRE DUMAS,
1186
01:22:42,666 --> 01:22:45,766
{\an7}THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
FRENCH AUTHOR OF
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,
1187
01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:48,466
{\an7}TRANSLATED IT IN 1845.
1188
01:22:48,500 --> 01:22:51,666
{\an1}DUMAS WAS THE GRANDSON
OF A FRENCH ARISTOCRAT
1189
01:22:51,700 --> 01:22:54,233
{\an1}AND AN AFRICAN HAITIAN SLAVE.
1190
01:22:54,266 --> 01:22:56,633
SURELY HE WANTED
TO PROMOTE AN IMAGE
1191
01:22:56,666 --> 01:22:59,600
OF A WORLD IN WHICH
ALL RACES LIVED TOGETHER,
1192
01:22:59,633 --> 01:23:02,633
{\an1}A REASON MARIE AGREES
TO MARRY KING NATHANIEL
1193
01:23:02,666 --> 01:23:04,266
{\an1}AT THE END OF THE STORY.
1194
01:23:04,300 --> 01:23:08,433
{\an1}AND HOFFMANN'S NUTCRACKER
CELEBRATES MENTORS AND TEACHERS.
1195
01:23:08,466 --> 01:23:13,566
{\an1}FROM MERLIN TO MARY POPPINS
TO AUNT ROSE AND GRANDMA BETTY,
1196
01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:17,466
{\an1}EVERYONE OF US IS THE RECIPIENT
OF MANY DROSSELMEYERS,
1197
01:23:17,500 --> 01:23:19,500
{\an1}AND IF WE ARE VERY LUCKY,
1198
01:23:19,533 --> 01:23:23,433
{\an1}WE GET TO PLAY THAT ROLE
IN OUR ADULT LIVES.
1199
01:23:23,466 --> 01:23:26,766
{\an1}THANKS FOR JOINING US.
A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE GO.
1200
01:23:26,800 --> 01:23:29,033
THE AMERICAN DENTAL
ASSOCIATION
1201
01:23:29,066 --> 01:23:30,666
WANTED ME TO TELL YOU
1202
01:23:30,700 --> 01:23:33,000
NOT TO CRACK NUTS
WITH YOUR TEETH.
1203
01:23:33,033 --> 01:23:35,400
USE A NUTCRACKER.
1204
01:23:35,433 --> 01:23:37,900
{\an1}AND THE NEXT TIME YOU GO
TO THE THEATER TO SEE
1205
01:23:37,933 --> 01:23:40,166
{\an1}OR DANCE "THE NUTCRACKER"
BALLET,
1206
01:23:40,200 --> 01:23:42,533
{\an1}YOU WILL KNOW A LOT MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
1207
01:23:42,566 --> 01:23:44,100
{\an1}BEFORE THE CURTAIN GOES UP
1208
01:23:44,133 --> 01:23:46,666
AND AFTER THE FINAL
CURTAIN COMES DOWN.
1209
01:23:46,700 --> 01:23:48,433
THIS IS JOHN MAUCERI.
1210
01:23:48,466 --> 01:23:49,933
{\an1}ON BEHALF OF ALAN CUMMING,
1211
01:23:49,966 --> 01:23:52,500
{\an1}THE ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL
ORCHESTRA,
1212
01:23:52,533 --> 01:23:55,733
AND THE CONDUCTOR WHO
CALLS HIMSELF JOHN MAUCERI,
1213
01:23:55,766 --> 01:23:58,533
{\an1}WE WISH YOU ALL LOVE AND JOY.
1214
01:23:58,566 --> 01:24:02,500
AND UNTIL NEXT TIME,
TAKE GOOD CARE.
87574
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