Original subtitles

[d ramatic organ mus ic]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[motorbi kes revvi n g]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[an nou n cer] Good evening, everyone,

and Welcome to Housfon, the Energy City,

home of fhe defending Roilerhaii world Champions.

This key internationai hattle Fifs divisionai chamFions,

visiting Madrid,

against FoWerful Houston.

[crowd cheers]

[motorbi kes revvi n g]

[an nou n cer] And here fhey come for a standing ovation.

On the track comes Houston.

Houston, ied hy caFfain Jonafhan E.,

again their ieading scorer this year.

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

J onathan ! J onathan !

[e ng i nes revvi ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

Okay, rig ht there.

Let's go.

[an nou n cer] The controiier indicates thaf he is ready,

and our 30 Multivision cameras wiii he hringing you

aii the sFeed, thriiis and excitemenf of this critical game.

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] Ladies and gentlemen, our corForate anthem.

[I ig ht organ music]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[crowd cheers]

[an nou n cer] The confroiler tests his comFuferized equipment,

readies for the start of game action.

The tradifional firing of the test hall wiii signal

- we 're ahout set fo go. - [horn blows]

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] The confroiler for tonight's game, DA Niehaus.

[an nou n cer] The officials have given their aFFroval for Fiay.

- Each team-- - Come on , man .

[an nou n cer] ...and now the crowd cheers once again

as this Houston audience greefs its team

ied hy the storied athiete, Jonathan E.

[crowd cheeri ng]

Corral's gon na break off.

Okay, boys !

Okay.

[crowd chanti ng] Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

[crowd cheeri ng]

[an nou n cer] Now the Fiay-hy-Flay. Here 's RD.

[RD] The computer counts down, one second, the haii--

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[RD] Firsf period is underway here in Houston tonight.

The firsf team to Fick uF the hail

wiil he on offense as they fry for the score.

And it's a pickuF hy Houston.

- It's Ficked uF hy BJ. - H ey!

[RD] BJ moves it around the frack.

He 'll try to maneuver for the ieading scorer--

- Go on , go on . - [man] Watch it!

[players g ru nti ng]

[motorbi kes revvi n g]

- [crowd cheeri ng] - [RD] Jonathan E. hoids the haii aloff.

You must hoid it ouf in plain view at aii times.

- [J onathan] P ick them u p ! Pick them u p ! - I got them ! I got it!

[man] On you r rig ht! On you r rig ht!

[RD speaki ng i nd isti nctly]

Jonathan moves uF the track and uF on to the side.

Here comes 8anchez for Madrid.

Sanchez grahs Jonafhan from hehind,

hut off fhe rail comes MoonFie

and takes out four Madrid men.

The old swooper, Moonpie, with his favorite maneuver,

made a move from the top of fhe rail

and took out four Madrid men.

The remaining Madrid skaters set uF their defense in fronf of the goai.

Jonathan stiil has fhe hall.

Moving in, he 'll try to cover the siot, and surely does!

Jonathan in front, shoots, and it's just wide!

- [crowd cheeri ng] - Reg rou p !

[RD] The Housfon team wiii have to regrouF.

Injured on the Flay is Belmonfe,

and he 's heiped off the track for Madrid.

First Feriod, no score, as we gef set for fhe firing

of the second hall.

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[ti res screech i ng]

[RD] Oh, and if hits the hiker Carfer!

Knocks Carter down--

G ive me a hand . Move out!

[man] Come on , Iook al ive !

[horn blows]

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[RD] Jonathan is there, it is handed off,

the Fass is comFlefe to Jonafhan.

[crowd chanti ng i n d isti nctly]

[RD] MoonFie skates hy and knocks him down again!

- [p layer] Hey! Hey! D id you see that? - [RD] ...and the official

- iooking over-- - [i nd isti nct shouti ng]

[players s houti ng]

[player] Kee p u p. Keep u p.

Moon , on you r left.

- On you r Ieft. - Rig ht, rig ht, rig ht.

I got h i m !

- [p layer] Break it u p ! Break it u p ! - [p layer 2] Go, Jonathan , go !

[RD] Trying to get Houston the firsf goal of fhe game.

He shoots, he scores!

- Yeah ! - [crowd cheeri ng]

[RD] And at the end of fhe first Feriod,

Jonathan 's goal gives Houston

a one-to-nothing lead over Madrid.

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] Houston goai scored hy Jonathan E.

The time, first Feriod, j2 minutes.

[horn blows]

[RD] The haii is fired for the starf of the second Feriod.

Madrid traiiing hy one goal, trying to go on offense

to tie the score.

Go, Mad rid !

Watch you r Ieft!

[i nd isti nct s houti ng]

[man] Come on , Mad rid , come on .

[RD] ...inside of fhe hike, he skates up in front.

Gonzales stiil has it for Madrid.

Hands off again, this time to Bodeas.

Bodeas on offense for the Madrid team.

Here 's the Houston defense in a four-man defense, a shof!

It is cleared.

And out of the Fack goes Bodeas,

hut he 's aii right, he 's not injured,

hut his scoring atfempt failed.

And the score is sfiii one-to-nofhing in favor of Houston.

The hall is fired again.

Madrid is pressing now, putting fhe pressure on--

Keep it movi ng !

[i nd isti nct s houti ng]

[player] AI l rig ht, come on , Iet's move it.

We got it now.

- [a l I s houti ng] - [crowd claps rhyth m ica l Iy]

[RD] Sanchez is moving fo his Ieff and righf,

has a fuii head of steam, still going in on offense,

trying to tie the score.

Sanchez moves around the hike, takes a iong look and shoots

- and he scores! - [crowd cheeri ng and booi n g]

[RD] 8anchez scores with a Fiay that ties the game at one to one.

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] 8econd Feriod.

[RD] The hall is in Flay again,

interceFfed this time hy Haskeii.

- [crowd cheeri ng] - [ti res screech i n g]

Th ree mi n utes . Get off.

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] Madrid Fenalty.

Three minutes, hiking misconducf on numher one, Meifzer.

[horn blows]

Are you satisfied , Mad rid ?

What ki n d of game are you g uys playi ng out there?

- [crowd cheeri ng] - [p layers s houti n g]

[crowd cheeri ng]

Take it easy, take it easy.

You'l I be okay. He's gon na be okay.

[RD] This crowd's going wild, ioving the wide-oFen action

in this quarterfinai game.

[player] S kate ! Skate ! Come on , God damn it, skate !

[crowd chanti ng] Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

[RD] All go down, a piieuF on the track,

the hall roiis free and into fhe gutter.

- It's a dead hall. - [horn blows]

Come here, come here ! Come on , block that s ide .

Come on , move out.

How is it, J onathan ?

- G ive me a tie, wi I I you , Bo? - Su re.

[J onathan coug hs]

Come on , d ude !

[motorbi kes revvi n g]

[ti res sq ueal i ng]

[crowd booi ng]

- T h ree mi n ute penalty. Hey! - [s houti ng i nd isti nctly]

[ref] Don 't g ive me any of that. Off the track. Off the track.

G rou p u p.

[player] Hold the I i ne ! H old the l i ne !

[RD] ...goes uF and over the Madrid defense,

gets uF in front of the goal and he jams it in for the score!

Jonathan jams it in and scores

to get Houston a two to one lead over Madrid.

Houston with the haii again here in the fhird Feriod.

[players s houti ng]

[horn blows]

[RD] Jonafhan E. has it.

Jonathan hehind the hike, coming in low

with a great maneuver, he shoots, he scores!

[crowd cheeri ng]

That's the way! You got it!

I love th is game, Moon p ie.

- I love it. - Yeah .

[al l clamori ng]

So, we've got two games left.

G uess who we p lay fi rst?

Tokyo.

N ow who wou Id have thoug ht they'd make it to the playoffs?

- [man Iaug hs] - T hey're good .

They've got the old samu rai s pi rit.

Yeah , but they're on Iy about th is tal I .

Yeah , wel I, two or th ree I ittle th i ngs make one b ig th i ng .

They're I iah le to cl imb al I over you and eat you r l u nch .

[hoth Iaug h i ng]

I can't get on a man -to-man basis with a pyg my

or an Oriental .

I don't know what it is .

[al l cheeri ng]

You were fi ne ton ig ht, a l I of you .

Mean .

S harp.

You r fel Ias d id wel I aga i n .

Than k you , Mr. Bartholomew, s i r. Than k you .

You ? You rode .

You real Iy rode.

You play I i ke ou r cham p ion here.

You take Iessons from h i m?

N o. We j ust g ive lessons to the other team.

[players] Yeah !

[al l clappi ng]

How are you , J onathan ?

I'm feel i ng mean , M r. Barth olomew. It's good to see you .

J onathan E .

That's the name.

Houston players come and go, but the cham p ion plays on .

[players] Yeah !

The corporation has a hard time, Moon pie,

fig u ri n g out ways to pay the cham p ion properly.

We can't th i n k u p any more rewards for h i m .

You'd I i ke us to have that problem with you , wou Id n 't you ?

Yes, si r.

[al l Iau g h i ng]

Like J onathan , you play with abandon ,

but th is is J onathan's season .

Every season seems to be J onathan's season ,

but th is year, we've got you on M u Itivision .

A special s how al I about you .

[al l exclaim i ng]

N o p layer ever had that before.

The whole world wi I I he watch i n g , because th is is you r year.

[al l cheeri ng]

You got it, babe.

So, two games left.

That's rig ht, Mr. Bartho lomew.

N ew York i n the fi nal !

[al l cheeri ng]

Team seems hea lthy,

champion says he feels mean .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

N o problems here.

[al l cheeri ng]

What is th is, fru it j u ice?

Very healthy, M r. Bartholomew, very healthy.

[al l Iau g h i ng]

[al l mu rmu ri ng]

Sweet d reams, Moon pie.

It's a bad hab it you got there.

You know what that hah it wi l l make you d ream, Moon pie?

You'l I d ream you 're an executive .

And you 'I I have you r han ds on al I the controls,

and you 'I I wear a g ray su it, and you 'I I make decis ions.

B ut you know what, Moon p ie?

You know what those executives d ream about out there,

be h i nd thei r desks?

They d ream they're g reat rol Ierhal lers .

They d ream they're J onathan .

They have m uscles , they bas h i n faces .

[al l cheeri ng]

Let's go. Can't keep these boys here al I n ig ht.

J onathan , come an d see me tomorrow.

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[man sh us h i ng] Ou iet, boys, q u iet.

[Bartholomew] Th is is a g reat team .

A g reat city.

G reat stuff out there ton ig ht.

[al l cheeri ng]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan , Jonathan , J onathan , J onathan , J onathan ,

J onathan , J onathan , J onathan , J onathan , J onathan , J onathan .

[crowd cheeri ng]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[crowd chanti ng] J onathan , J onathan , J onathan ,

J onathan , J onathan , J onathan .

- [d ramatic organ mus ic] - [crowd cheeri ng]

[soft mus ic]

- Good morn i ng . - H ow are you , si r?

- Brutal game last n ig ht. - [J onathan] O h , than k you .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

Conti n ue to ho ld my cal ls, al I rig ht?

[m us ic conti n ues]

Come i n , J onathan .

Keep si Ience with me for a mi n ute, won 't you ?

[g lass ti n kl i ng]

It's i mportant to have a p lace to th i n k th i ngs out.

You have you r ran ch .

I know you take a Iot of pleas u re i n it.

I, u h , cut my fi n ger.

I'm sorry.

Here .

You've had an amazi ng career, J onathan .

You know how prou d we are of the H ouston team,

and what we th i n k of you , the energy?

B ut now, there are executives who want you out.

S ir?

[Bartholomew] You 've had 1 8 years i n th is game, J onathan .

Longer than anyone, ever.

Reti re? How can I do that?

On you r s pecia l prog ram .

There are some wh o fee l that th is prog ram s hou ld now be used

to an nou nce you r reti rement.

Who wants that?

[Bartholomew] When th is special was first plan ned by RC I E nergy,

we saw it as a good th i ng .

N ow the executive d irectorate wants a change.

The prog ram is sched u Ied , the whole world is waiti ng for it,

so th is does seem the perfect time .

You know, the team, they, u h , they depend on me.

J onathan , Iet's th i n k th is th rou g h together.

You know how a game serves us?

It has a defi n ite social pu rpose .

N ations are ban kru pt, gone,

none of that tri bal warfare anymore.

Eve n the corporate wars are a th i ng of the past.

I know that. It's j ust--

So now, we have the majors and thei r executives .

Transport, food , comm u n ication ,

hous i ng , I uxu ry, energy.

A few of us maki n g decisions on a g Iobal basis

for the common good .

The team is a u n it.

It p lays with certai n rhyth ms .

[Bartholomew] So does an executive team, Jonathan .

N ow, everyone has al I the comforts, you know that.

N o poverty, no sickness,

no needs and many I uxu ries,

wh ich you enjoy j ust as if you were i n the executive class .

Corporate society takes care of everyth i ng ,

and al I it asks of anyone,

or has ever asked of anyone, ever,

is not to i nterfere with manageme nt decis ions.

I know.

I don't mean to res ist. I'm j ust tryi ng to u nderstan d .

Th is is for you r own he nefit.

You must know that, J onathan .

AI l decis ions con cern i ng you are .

We l l , I, u h , lost E I Ia.

The corporation took my wife away because an executive wanted her.

I'm not gon na review al l that agai n .

It was before I took over here,

and I had noth i ng to do with it.

And from what I hear, you r wife wanted to Ieave herself.

So, now you're goi ng to reti re.

That sh ou Id n't be too hard for you .

It's a stu pid game, after al I .

Awfu l game.

You ou g ht to be g Iad to be out of it.

I don't...

I don't know, Mr. Bartho lomew.

I j ust don't know.

I real ize you had noth i ng to do with E I Ia leavi ng --

- [Bartholomew] J onathan , I-- - But, u m...

You're rig ht.

I mean , I oug ht to do it.

I oug ht to he perfectly happy to do what you say--

Take you r time .

Take a few days.

You've j ust come th roug h a game.

You're ti red .

Go to you r ranch , but th i n k about it,

and u nderstand it.

Do u nderstand it.

[om i nous organ mus ic]

Because I don't u nderstand you r res istance,

and I don 't th i n k anyone else wi l I , either.

[he l icopter wh i rri ng]

- Was you r fl ig ht okay? - Yeah . Is C lete here?

He's i n the trai n i ng room.

I'm gon na go say hel Io.

- J onathan . - H mm?

Look what I got for breakfast.

- H mm? - It's a notice from the corporation .

What's it say?

Oh , that I s hou Id get out of here .

You know, go away, van is h .

That ki n d of th i n g .

You know anyth i ng about that?

Yeah , I ki nd of heard someth i ng about it.

You knew it was comi ng .

We've been together s ix months .

D id n't you even want to say good bye?

We'l l tal k about it Iater, okay?

You d id n 't, d id you ?

H mm?

You d id n 't even want me here when you got hack.

I gotta go see C Ietus .

What do you want me to do i n the meantime?

I want you to take it easy.

U h , I want you to go i n and fix us someth i ng to eat.

C Iete's come a Ion g way and I'm h u ng ry.

AI l rig ht?

Okay.

J onathan ?

I'm g Iad you're al I rig ht.

[C letus g ru nti ng]

[C letus ch uckles]

Come on .

AI l rig ht, come on .

[fist tappi ng]

Come .

I'm ti red enoug h .

Yeah . U h -h u h . Wel I .

[C letus ch uckles]

[C letus g ru nts]

[g ru nts] I caug ht you , d id n 't I, baby?

H u h ? Two games ru n n i ng .

What?

You d id that i n the Iast two games .

S how the forward Ieft.

You're stand i ng on you r left s kate .

Do that i n Tokyo, they'I I take you r arm home for I u nch .

You with me?

[Iaug hs] Okay.

You practice that a I ittle for me, h u h ?

- Al l rig ht. - [both g ru nti ng]

[C letus Iaug h i ng]

[I ig ht orchestral mus ic]

[C letus] He l l , I forget wh ich corporation is wh ich .

Any ass knows that fi re's energy.

What about the mus ic?

Where does the mus ic come from, h u h ?

Okay if I have one of these?

Go on , have al l of it.

[C letus ch uckles]

I forget what corporation's ru n n i ng what city.

C h icago's sti l l a food city,

but what about In d ianapo l is?

What ever happened to that town ?

What ever happened to Mackie?

Yeah , th i ngs were m uch si mpler when I was a kid .

We sti I I had th ree nations.

That was before the corporate wars, even hefore rol Ierbal I .

Before everyth i ng .

You bel ieve i n kids?

I remember someone tel l i ng me ahout

the N ational Footbal I Leag ue and the World C u p.

- [J onathan] Where you goi n g? - [Mackie] Ind ianapol is .

What do you know about that stuff, C Iete?

I mean ,

know how the corporations got started ,

ahout the corporate wars?

They were nasty! Whoo !

B ut nobody tal ks about that.

We l l , except amon g frie nds.

Yeah . [Iaug h i ng]

I remember you r rookie year.

You were mean and tig ht.

Best player I ever coached .

N obody cou Id lay a hand on you that year.

- Remember? - Yeah . U h ...

Look, I--I gotta as k you someth i ng .

It fig u res . Go ahead . I'm I isten i ng .

We l l ,

someth i n g goi ng on with the game .

I don't know what it is .

I don't th i n k I'm s u pposed to know.

- What's that? - [J onathan] T hey want me to q u it.

[d ramatic orchestral m us ic]

And why wou Id they want you to do that?

I don't know.

That's what I'd I i ke you to fi nd out.

I can try.

Hear j ust ahout everyth i ng goi ng on

i n the game one way or another.

That's what I mean .

I can't th i n k of another executive who'd tel I me a th i ng .

We l l , I i ke I say, I'I I ...

I'l l try.

- But I don't th i n k there's much I-- - Look,

no trou bles for either of us , C Iete.

J ust fi n d out what you can .

We l l , trust me, J onathan , you know you can .

S u re .

S it down .

Yeah . [ch uckl i ng]

[skates whoos h i ng]

N ice, boys .

Yo, J oh n ny.

That's the Houston stride.

You boys want to make th is team, play for Houston ,

you're gon na have to Iearn it.

We pride ou rse lves on be i ng a power team.

- [Moon pie] T hat's rig ht. - [J onathan] We're power. We're mean .

N ow, that doesn't mean to say

we'd I i ke to have you han g i ng back there on a rai I,

i n a fistfig ht,

j ust stand i ng there fig hti n g somebody i n section A

whe n you 're su pposed to be i n section B .

I'm comi ng u p to score, and you ai n't i n the section you 're su pposed to be i n ,

don't do us no good .

- Rig ht. - Who's the two new catchers here?

Rig ht. G ive me that bal l .

Don't, u h ,

stick you r hand i n that g utter too q u ick.

Wait ti I I th is bal I comes down on the track.

[hal l th udd i ng]

[J onathan] Don't get too anxious .

That th i ng wi l l take you r arm rig ht off.

N ow, the bi kers.

A b i ker...

m ig ht sacrifice a l ittle th ree-mi n ute penalty

and ru n over the top of a s kater--

[Moon pie] U h -h u h . [whoop i ng]

If he feels that he's s kati ng a I ittle too good that day.

So we have a few methods here i n H ouston .

There's h u nd reds.

One, of cou rse, is to use th is sh ield here.

Use you r pads . Use what you got.

D rive that arm i n there .

Keep you r feet forward .

H it and move . You get away from the wreck.

AIways keep you r feet here. Don't come across i n here.

You get al I twisted .

That's that. Or if a bi ker's s itti ng u p n ice and h ig h ,

a lot of g uys l i ke to ride h ig h .

D rag one off them i n there.

- [a l I Iaug h i ng] - I h u rt you , BI ue?

I wou Id n 't h u rt h i m for the world .

N ow, th i rd method ,

ki nd of one that was perfected by a I ittle frien d of m i ne,

the swoop.

[whoopi n g] Swooper, that's me.

[J onathan] Hang u p on the rai I, use al I the speed of the track,

come down and d rop-kick a bi ker.

Say, excuse me .

You're not payi ng a whole Iot of attention , are you ?

Hey, what's th is d ude's name?

That's ou r new speed bal l from Man i la.

Yeah , you know. You know, that's Toug h ie .

Come on u p, Tou g h .

Oh , he's a h ig hon ker.

[al l Iau g h i ng]

Say, why don't you do me and the hoys a favor,

I mean , s i nce you know everyth i ng there is to know,

we'd su re appreciate it. Why don't you g ive us a I ittle demonstration ?

S how us how you made that big rep down there .

J ust skate arou nd and j ust take me out, h u h ?

Go get h im, Tou g h ie.

N ow, eyes , use them.

Don't Iock you r eyes on any one spot.

Th is game is n't al I i n the muscle .

Use you r head .

Lock you r eyes on the target, keep ...

[al l Iau g h i ng]

Ears, n ow, they're real i mportant, too.

[al l Iau g h i ng]

[classical m us ic]

[Moon pie] If there's anyth i n g I love,

it's I uxu ry centers .

Whe n I get my privi Iege card ,

I know what I'm gon na get me, too.

- Secretary. - [J onathan] Why do you want a secretary?

Are you plan n i ng on becomi n g an executive?

Oh , I j ust need one.

Ahout th is tal l . [ch uckles]

Yeah ?

Why don 't you g ive it a rest?

[m us ic conti n ues]

- H e l Io. - [woman] Can I hel p you , please?

Yeah , I tried to order some books, and they sent me th is notice

said I had to appear at the center personal ly.

That's rig ht. Th is is ou r ci rcu Iation u n it.

You can make you r ch oice here or by catalog .

- [computer beeps] - T here must be some m istake.

The books you've ordered are class ified

and have bee n transcribed an d s u mmarized .

We l l , who s u mmarizes them?

I su ppose the computers su mmarize them.

What'd you need books for?

J ust want to stu dy u p on some th i ngs.

You cou Id go to the computer center

where the real I ibrarians transcri be the books,

but we have al l the ed ited versions i n ou r catalog .

Anyth i n g I th i n k you'd want.

We l l , Iet's see then .

Th is is not a l i brary, and you are real Iy not a I i brarian .

I'm on Iy a clerk. That's rig ht.

I'm sorry ahout it real ly.

And the books are real ly i n com puter ban ks

be i ng s u mmarized . Where is that?

We l l , there's a computer han k i n Was h i ngton .

The biggest is i n Geneva .

It's a n ice p lace to vis it.

- Yeah . - [woman] I g uess that's where

- al l the books are now. - Yeah . Wel I, than k you .

It's not that exactly.

Yeah , but books, Jonathan ?

I mean , anyth i ng you want to know,

you cou Id h ire you rself a corporate teacher, see?

I mean , you can cal I somebody u p.

Use you r privi lege card .

I can't. That's j ust it.

I feel there's someth i ng goi ng on .

Somebody's pus h i n g me.

[Moon pie] Who? Bartholomew?

B ut you 're J onathan E .

Everybody knows you . You've got everyth i ng .

You know you'l l be treated rig ht.

You always have been .

- [J onathan] Yeah . I don't know. - [Moon pie] But I do know!

We're I ivi ng good . You know we are.

[g rand class ical mus ic]

[hooves trotti ng]

[I ig ht orchestral mus ic]

[no au d io]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

I fou nd th is to wear.

Is it al I rig ht?

That's the u n iform of the h ouse.

I'm Daph ne.

Yeah .

That fig u res .

We l l , that's a l I rig ht.

Here . Wear these, too.

That's rig ht, no penalties !

Lim ited s u bstitutions .

- [p layers chatteri ng] - You can hand le it!

- [a l I g ru m h l i ng] - Beat Tokyo !

AI l we gotta do is change ou r tactics .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

There's always been ru le changes .

N ow, Iook, you kn ow that!

It gets more people to watch the game.

- T hat's al I there is to it. - [a l I clamori ng]

Look, you al l sig ned contracts to fi n is h out the season ,

no matter what the alterations i n the game.

N ow every Iast one of you s ig ned .

[man] See? N ow we al I s ig ned a contract.

- [i nd isti nct chatteri ng] - T hat does n't matter!

There's no way we're gon na Iose,

no matter how they change the game .

That's rig ht. That's rig ht.

AI l it means is a change of strategy.

N ow, we knock out the b i kers early,

we take care of thei r skaters . Don't try to score you rselves .

And the game's you rs .

N ow, you watch you rselves out there.

They're playi ng the same ru Ies we are.

It's gon na he rou g h , but it's sti l l bas ical ly the same game.

And the team with the power wi ns .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[J onathan] Hey, Rusty.

Hey, wait. Wait a mi n ute .

Hey, Rusty, come on .

Listen .

You were talki ng about them contracts .

How come everyone else is bei ng asked to p lay

with the no-penalty ru le, and they're press u ri ng me to q u it?

I don't know.

B ut can 't you do what you 're told ?

For you r own good , get out.

I...

I don't want to Ieave the g uys to play Tokyo with the ru Ies hreaki n g down .

J onathan , it does n 't matter what you want!

Th i n k about that.

[man] These we d id i n s Iow motion

to s how the i mpact of you r blows on oppos i ng p layers .

[J onathan] Yea h , fi ne.

[man] We want you to approve the seq ue nces.

[J onathan] It's, u h ,

it's al I fi ne with me.

Anyth i n g .

I real Iy don't see why I'm needed here.

[man] Wel I, the E nergy people want you to be satisfied .

- H u h . - [man [ There, now, is n't that

a marvelous s hot?

S u re .

[man] I'm a stat freak myself.

Is n't that perverse?

You got anyth i ng I can take?

J ust, j ust take one.

Statistics, h u h ?

[man] Yes , the g reatest n u mber of poi nts scored i n a s i ng Ie game, 1 8.

The h ig hest ve locity of a ba l I when actual Iy fie lded

by a skater, 1 28 mi Ies per hou r.

- Most deaths-- - [feed back ri ng i n g]

P Iease, don't do that.

Oh .

[man] Most deaths , n i ne .

Rome vers us P itts bu rg h .

December, Iast year.

The g reatest n u mber of p layers and su bstitutes

put out of action by a s i ng Ie player i n a s i ng Ie game, 1 3.

A world's record , cou rtesy of you r dear se lf.

There have heen stud ies, you know,

of stat freaks i n rol Ierbal I .

We l l , some go to the track,

but they never take the i r eyes off the big board .

[J onathan] What's th is?

[man] As for myself, I've always wondered

if a rol Ierhal l player sees h i mself as a class apart.

" He l lo.

Pause.

I'm J onathan E .

Sm i le.

I wou Id I i ke . . . "

Is th is for me?

[man] Very astute, yes .

It's you r reti rement an nou n cement.

You r special is al ready sched u Ied

and an n ou nced al I over the world .

You're s u pposed to read th is as part of the prog ram.

What sort of p i I I d id you g ive me?

P u re aph rod is iac, Daph .

E njoy you rse lf, dear.

[Dap h ne] Can we fi n is h u p there and go home?

[man] You are bei n g recorded .

Fee l i ng a I ittle woozy, are you ?

- [man] . . .try to read the an nou ncement. - I'm al I rig ht.

Why don 't you read the ...

Oh , you , you want that, do you ?

[man] You are maki ng th i ngs very d ifficu lt--

How many, how many ass ig n ments you been on , Daph ?

I know you're good at what you're good at,

so, you must have been arou n d some .

A lot of g i rls have stayed with me but you know that.

N ever seem to mi n d .

B ut odd thoug hts I've had ahout you , Dap h , odd thou g hts .

I wondered if you 'd bee n briefed on me.

[man] I'm goi n g to have to ask you to read--

Yeah , a Iot of th i ngs occu rred to me, Daph ,

a lot of th i ngs. A lot of th i ngs occu r to you ?

You look terri ble.

You do Iook terri ble.

Come on .

[J onathan cl icks on sou nd for video]

See, you s hou ld n't take anyth i ng offered

to you j ust l i ke that.

What was i n it?

N oth i ng to h u rt you .

Maybe you 're j ust a I ittle too trusti n g . You ever th i n k of that?

[crowd cheeri ng on record i n g]

- [weig hts s lammi n g] - [i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

And hook 'em deep now!

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

I'l l do that.

Than k you .

As you know, the Tokyo game is com i ng u p.

And you 'I I remember that the Tokyo team

uses various karate and hapkido tech n iq ues .

We wi I I review these tech n iq ues

with special attention to the use of death blows.

Same Iectu re every year.

[al l Iau g h i ng]

There are certai n body areas

that the s ki l led opponent wi I l endeavor to stri ke--

What we got for ou r s ki l led opponents

is the old Houston fist-i n -the-face tech n iq ue.

- Rig ht? - [a l I Iaug h i ng]

Es pecial Iy i n a game with n o penalties--

You got to get mad , al l rig ht? P Iay hard !

It don't matter that they're al I ti ny I ittle men on that team.

Es pecial Iy i n a game with n o penalties

and l i mited su bstitution .

Get mad and fly!

- [a l I Iaug h i ng] - [coach] P Iease.

N ow, there's certai n hody areas that I know about, too.

N ow, what we gotta do is h it those g uys i n the gang I ion .

- [coach] Where? - In the gang l ion .

It's a mess of nerves rig ht here u nder the ear.

N ow, what you gotta do is d rive the jawbone u p

i n that mess of nerves and it ri n gs a be l I .

[al l Iau g h i ng]

You must u nderstan d .

The Tokyo team has a very eccentric playi ng style.

And no penalties, al I rig ht?

If I go down , I know my team is with me !

- Rig ht? - P lease.

B rute s peed !

Fam i l iarize you rself

with the bas ic fig hti ng art tech n iq ues .

And nobody is gon na take us , ru Ies or no ru les !

- Go on . Go on . - T h is is the H ouston team !

Ru les or no ru les !

We fig ht for each other!

[players chanti ng] Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

- [u pbeat fu n ky mus ic] - [i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[m us ic conti n ues]

They're real ly q u ite beautifu I i n a wi Id ki nd of way.

I can al most smel I the l ions .

Don't be s i I ly. They're made i n Detroit.

Yes, they're and roids .

They're al I prog rammed .

That's rig ht. The whole game is played by robots .

They Iook I ike men , and they...

[woman 2] N ot so Ioud . They'I I hear you .

It'l l ens u re stabi I ity, expansion and h ig h profits

for the planetary enterprise.

- What do you th i n k ahout it? - Exciti ng .

You make it sou nd absol utely romantic.

He's gorgeous .

Ahso l utely gorgeous .

I know and he's so i nte l l igent.

We're practica l Iy I ivi ng on krype ns.

[woman Iaug h i ng]

Hey, there he is.

Hey, J oh n ny boy. Hey, kid !

[g uests applaud i n g]

Come on , wel l , Iet's hear it! Come on .

[al l clappi ng]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[Moon pie s peaki ng i nd isti nctly]

Be have you rse lf.

Ūazzy mus ic]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

He l lo, Mackie .

We l l , h ow you been ?

You know, it's you r n ig ht ton ig ht, J onathan .

You havi ng a good time?

We l l ...

We l l , I'm g Iad you 're here.

I'm here with an executive.

He asked al I about you .

He wanted to know if I enjoyed you .

[m us ic conti n ues]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

Hey, Rocky.

Hey, come here an d g ive me a hand .

Get on over here. There's too many of them .

We l l , what about the new game?

Actual Iy, I haven 't heard mu ch about it.

The ru Ie changes were an nou nced a week ago.

- T hat so? - Who changed them?

That's what I've been tryi n g to fi nd out.

Look, ru Ies or no ru Ies, it's sti I I the same game .

What I'm real ly Iooki ng forward to is the prog ram.

Whe n you see that screen replay afterwards--

[C letus] Excuse me.

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[i nau d i ble]

- D id you hear about Evans? - What?

He's out.

Gone .

N o kidd i ng .

The old man ?

Who got h im?

- What? - I said who got h im?

The C rocod i Ie .

[u pbeat mus ic]

- H ey, do you l i ke poetry? - Mmm-h mm.

- Let's go u pstai rs . I got a poem for you . - Oo h .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[g rand orchestral mus ic]

[g uests applaud i n g]

[an nou n cer] Weicome, sports enfhusiasts everywhere.

Tonight, Muitivision trains ifs cameras

on the amazing career of Jonafhan E.

In those years that Housfon hegan fo mold ifseif

into a worid chamFionshiF team with the attacking styie

- of their iead scorer-- - J onathan , come on . Come on , come on .

[an nou n cer] ...Jonafhan E. has aiways heen the feam 's strongest asset.

Yes, the game seems invented for him.

[g uests cheeri ng]

[no au d io]

[al l sh outi ng]

[al l applaud i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng on record i n g]

Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan.

[Iow h u mmi ng]

[crowd cheeri ng on record i n g]

[al l applaud i ng]

[al l applaud i ng]

[crowd chanti ng on record i n g] Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense!

Defense!

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[no au d io]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[al l applaud i ng]

Look, I tal ked to everybody I cou ld .

And there is someth i ng goi n g on .

Yeah , you , you're rig ht about that.

N obody wi I I ta l k about it. I mean nobody!

It's hard fi nd i ng anyth i ng out, J onathan .

You know that.

He l l , n obody even knows the names of the men

on the d i rectorate anymore.

Look, I'm sorry, I...

- T hey want you out. You kn ow that. - Yeah .

We l l , do you know who they are?

- Barth olomew, I g uess . - Mmm-mmm.

Ahove Bartholomew.

It's the Executive D i rectorate.

- Why are they worried about me? - [C letus] It's what they do.

They're even after the o ld man

because he d id n't get you r reti reme nt an nou nced ton ig ht.

How come they put the prog ram on without it?

[C letus] I th i n k they had to.

They d id n 't want to. It's very tricky.

J onathan , Iook, there's one th i ng you oug ht to know.

Look, n obody said it,

but I'm s u re of it.

[J onathan] H mm .

They're afraid of you , J onathan .

AI l the way to the top, they are .

[J onathan] What are they afraid of me for?

[I ig ht orchestral mus ic]

Oh , no. Don't go yet. We're s howi ng some replays.

We l l , Iet's see 'em the n . Let's see 'em .

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[I ig ht orchestral mus ic]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[man] M r. Bartholomew wou Id l i ke to see you now.

He's i n the stu dy.

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng on record i n g]

- [d ramatic orchestral music] - [i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

Come on h u rry u p.

[e ng i ne revvi ng]

[te levis ion cl icks off]

You know I've always cons idered you r s ituation , Jonathan .

And you r needs .

N ow, you have to cons ider mi ne.

And ou rs .

I'm cons ideri ng it, M r. Bartholomew.

N o p layer is g reater than the game itself.

It's a s ig n ificant game i n a n u mber of ways .

The velocities of the ba l I , the awfu I phys ics of the track.

In the midd Ie of it al l , men ,

playi ng by an odd set of ru Ies .

It's not a game men are su pposed to g row strong i n , J onathan .

You appreciate that, don't you ?

More an d more, Mr. Bartholomew.

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[man] Shoot that statue . That's the one . Shoot that!

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

You must take good advice.

You're not to play agai nst Tokyo, you're not to play agai n .

I want some concess ions .

[Bartholomew] Con cess ions !

Be l ieve me, I'd be happy to talk a deal, J onathan .

I love deals .

B ut th is s ituation is much , much s i mpler.

Th is Mu Itivis ion event ton ig ht was very embarrassi n g .

For me and for others .

We l l ,

it m ig ht be I won 't ever fi n d out

why I've bee n asked to leave the game.

B ut I do know I can get some con cess ions and I want them .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

Oh , you missed !

I want to see EI Ia.

My wife.

Arrange it so I can see her agai n .

That's not easy, Jonathan .

I want other concess ions, too, Mr. Bartholomew.

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

[crowd] Oh !

[man] Oh -ho ! Look at that!

[al l sh outi ng]

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

By my I ife, that's i ncred i ble !

- [man] That's terrific. - Oh ! Oh !

[woman] Look at al I those flames !

[Bartholomew] S pecifical Iy, you 're hargai n i ng

for the rig ht to stay i n a horri ble social s pectacle.

It has its pu rposes ,

and you 've served those pu rposes bri I I iantly.

Why arg ue whe n you can q u it?

And you say you want to know why decis ions are made.

You r futu re comfort is assu red .

You don 't need to know.

Why arg ue ahout decisions you're not powerfu I enoug h

to make for you rself?

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

[Bartholomew] Energy wi l l treat you wel I . You know that.

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

If the ru Ie changes stay the same, M r. Bartholomew,

I'm playi ng with my team .

Too late. The ru Ie change is sched u Ied and an n ou nced .

There's no goi ng back.

You've seen to that.

The n I'I I see you i n Tokyo.

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

You can be made to q u it.

You can be forced .

You can 't make me q u it.

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

Don't tel I me I can 't.

Don't ever say that!

- I can ! - [crowd cheeri ng on record i ng]

You can be stopped !

[crowd chanti ng on record i n g] Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

- [g u n fi ri ng] - [explos ion boomi ng]

[al l Iau g h i ng]

Look, it's al l goi ng too fast. I'm not packed yet.

- Can't you -- - Forget it. You 're not goi n g , Dap h .

Those bags are ready. H ere. Hold on .

- Take th is extra hat, wi I I you ? - [man] S i r?

I've had a cal l . I've been asked to go over to E nergy.

You're not goi ng to Tokyo then ?

- What do you mean I'm not goi ng ? - [man] I s u ppose I wi l l Iater.

I hope th is isn't an i nconven ience .

N o. N o, it's no problem .

[Dap h ne] I'm su pposed to go with you .

We l l , what's that mean ?

Who, u h , who told you you're s u pposed to go with me?

- H mm? - N obody told me.

Listen , J onathan , I real Iy want to go with you .

I do, real Iy.

You'l I need me .

J ust get you rself another ass ig n ment, wi l I you , Daph?

Everybody is an ass ig n ment.

- Life's an assig n ment. - H ere you go.

You'd better do as you're told , J onathan .

That's al I I have to say.

You th reaten i ng me?

Don't be here when I come back.

You won 't be back, J oh n ny boy.

Don't try to frig hten me, Daph ne . You don 't know how.

- [Daph ne wh i mperi ng] - Look.

You go tel I them peop le that I'm goi ng to Tokyo

and you 're not, h u h ?

- [Daph ne wh i mperi ng] - You tel I 'em .

C iao .

[Dap h ne gas pi ng]

[he l icopter wh i rri ng]

Te l ler.

Make su re my gear gets to the track i n Tokyo.

I'm gon na travel with the team th is tri p.

You cal I transportation and tel I them.

Yes, si r.

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd chanti ng] J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

What chance does Houston have of defeati ng Tokyo ton ig ht?

We l l , both teams have fi ne players and d ifferent styles .

- What do you say, Moon p ie? - We l I , yeah , yeah , but,

but it's not an even match , see.

'Cause the Tokyo team has al I these l ittle s hort g uys .

[al l Iau g h i ng]

[crowd chanti ng] Tokyo ! Tokyo ! Tokyo ! Tokyo ! Tokyo !

[reporter] What about the ru Ie changes?

We l l ,

at H ouston , we ki n d of play a wide-open system .

[reporter 2] Wi I I you comment, thoug h , about playi ng i n a game

where the ru les are always chang i ng ?

Game's always had ru Ie chan ges .

They don 't affect the good teams .

You're a g reat new player.

What's the secret of you r su ccess on the track?

Oh , it's no secret. I j ust i mitate h i m.

And plastic su rgery keeps me beautifu I .

[al l Iau g h i ng]

There are ru mors that the Iast game of the season

wi l l be played without ti me I im it.

Any comments?

We l l , I don't th i n k it'l l come to that. It's sti I I a game.

There also are ru mors, some say you're reti ri ng from the game.

Here I am.

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan ! Jonathan !

[Bartholomew] corForate sociefy was an inevitahle destiny.

A materiai dream worid.

Everything man touched hecame attainahie.

Yeah . I've heen touched al I my I ife.

One way or the other.

E ither caressed or h it.

It don't much seem to matter wh ich anymore.

I g uess that's why I wan na see E l la agai n .

See if I sti l l feel th i ngs now.

You know what I mean ?

Yeah .

Here are some other th i ngs, too.

I mean , they took E I Ia away from me.

N ow, they're tryi n g to push me out.

And I'd s u re l i ke to fi nd out why.

I th i n k I'I I go to one of them com puter centers .

See what I can fi n d out.

Yeah .

F i nd i ng out th i ngs , it's ...

that's the th i ng , Moon p ie.

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan ! Jonathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

[e ng i nes revvi ng]

[an nou n cer] He l lo, everyone, and we lcome to Tokyo.

And ton ig ht's d ramatic semifi nal match

for the World's Rol Ierba l I C ham pionsh i p between host Tokyo

and the high-flying defending chamFions from Housfon.

Late rule changes tonight wiii he no Fenalties caiied,

and there is limited suhstitufion.

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] Ladies and gentlemen,

wiil you stand, Flease, for fhe playing

of our corporate hymn.

[organ mus ic]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd] Tokyo !

Tokyo !

- [horn blowi ng] - [crowd] Tokyo !

Tokyo !

Tokyo !

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] Game controller for tonight's game, cc Nakamura.

- You al I rig ht? - [lau g h i ng] Yeah , I'm a l I rig ht.

J ust wan na get out there an d h it them I ittle fel Ias .

[motorbi ke revs]

Listen , stay close now, al I rig ht?

Yeah . Okay, J o h n ny, Iet's go ! Let's go !

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] A ttention. Your attention, Flease.

Ruie changes for tonight's game.

Limited suhstitution and no Fenaities.

[crowd chanti ng] J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

[crowd chanti ng] Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory!

Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo !

[crowd chanti ng] Houston ! H ouston ! Houston ! Houston !

[al l scream i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[horn blows]

[an nou n cer] The controiier checks the comFuter.

Ready to fire the first hall, and the first hall is fired.

The game is underway!

Rememher again, there 'll he no Fenaities calied tonighf

and limifed suhstifutions.

This Fromises to he a punishing game for hoth teams tonighf.

[crowd cheeri ng]

- H ere they come ! - [J onathan] Let's wrap arou nd .

[crowd cheeri ng]

S pread ! S pread arou nd !

AI l rig ht, hoys. Go a head .

[player] Stick h i m ! Stick h i m !

Tokyo ! Victory!

Stay close, now, stay close.

Stick with h i m !

[crowd cheeri ng]

Take it! Take it i n !

Go, go, go !

[an nou n cer] It's a scramhle in front of the goai. They aii go down.

Kuho on if, and he scores!

[crowd roars]

[an nou n cer] ...scores, shooting from his kneeling Fosition

in front of the goai.

And Tokyo takes a one-to-nothing lead over Houston.

[crowd chanti ng] Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory!

[an nou n cer] With Tokyo ieading one to nofhing.

Houston heing Fressured hy the faster Tokyo team.

The second hall is fired.

[crowd cheeri ng]

S pread out!

Look out!

S pread out!

Tig ht defense !

Move ahead , Pete !

[an nou n cer] ...slow down the faster tactics of fhe Tokyo feam.

And now, Houston, their hikers and skaters form a wall.

Tokyo ! Victory!

[players s houti ng]

Watch the bal l !

J am them out of there ! Hold 'em !

[player] Get 'em !

[man] Get h im !

[crowd cheeri ng]

[player] B i ke ! Bi ke !

[ti res screech i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[player] B i ke h i m ! B i ke h i m !

[crowd booi ng]

- [whoos h i ng] - [an nou ncer] The haii is fired,

and the second Feriod is underway,

with Tokyo ieading one-to-nofhing.

Houston forced to come from hehind tonight.

[J onathan] Are you al I set u p?

Watch the me n beh i nd me . Watch the me n beh i nd me .

- [horn blowi ng] - [crowd applau d i n g]

[an nou n cer] The haii is in Fiay.

And it's scooped uF hy carter for Housfon.

Houston on the offensive attack.

- Whoo ! - [ti res screech i n g]

[Moon pie wh istles] Whoo !

[player] What more have you got?

Come on !

[crowd cheeri ng on TV] Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

J onathan !

Go ! Let's go !

[an nou n cer] Right af the slof. Free man, and he scores!

[crowd cheeri ng]

[an nou n cer 2 over PA] Houston goai scored hy Jonathan E.

The time, 12:05, second Feriod.

- I love th is game ! - Yeah ! Yeah !

Whoo ! Whoo-ha ! G rab on there ! G rab on there !

[an nou n cer] Some i nj u ries here as th ree players

are hel ped off the track.

- Spread ! - [Moon pie] Yeah , rig ht!

[g ru nti n g]

[crowd cheeri ng]

Come on , Moon p ie ! Moon p ie ! Over here ! Over here !

- What the he l l are those g uys doi ng? - I don 't know. Come on , stay close.

[crowd cheeri ng]

[J onathan] I told you stay close .

AI l rig ht. T u rn it Ioose next time arou nd , a l I rig ht?

AI l rig ht? Go on , go on , go on .

[coach] Moon p ie !

[Moon pie] I got h i m. I got h im. Let me have h i m.

[crowd scream i ng]

[horn blowi ng]

[crowd chanti ng] Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory!

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd booi ng]

[Bo] Med ic. Everyth i ng'l l be al I rig ht.

Come on . J ust sit down over here .

S it rig ht here .

Everyth i ng'I l be al I rig ht.

Med ic! Hey, med ic! Come over here, come on .

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

- Moon pie ! - [horn blows]

[Iow ru mbl i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[man] Come on , Moon pie . Come on , get some hel p !

Set h i m down . Set h im down .

[Bo] Where's oxygen ?

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[horn blows]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[Tokyo coach] Come on , Tokyo !

Go and get them ! Go, go ! Go, Tokyo !

[Houston coach] Okay, now come on , now!

J onathan , watch you rse lf out there, n ow, watch them !

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan ! Jonathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

Take me h ig h , BI ue.

[crowd] Tokyo ! Victory!

[crowd cheeri ng]

[horn blows]

[crowd cheeri ng]

- [crowd cheeri ng] - [s houts i n J apanese]

[player] Look out!

[crowd cheeri ng]

[ti res screech i ng]

- [crowd cheeri ng] - [an nou ncer 2 over PA] Jonafhan E.

Time in fhe third Feriod.

[al l clamori ng]

[crowd s houti ng]

[man Iau g hs]

[horn blows]

[man] Spread ! Spread ! Go ki I I 'em !

[crowd] Tokyo ! Victory! Tokyo ! Victory!

[crowd cheeri ng]

Fal l out! Fal l out!

B I ue !

[exp los ion hoomi n g]

[crowd scream i ng]

[fi re roari ng]

Th is way, please.

[man] May I say fi rst, p lease,

that you played a s u perb game i n ou r city.

[J onathan] T han k you .

[doctor] A s i mple proh lem, yet I know it is d ifficu lt for you .

You r teammate has no fami Iy we can contact,

and permiss ion is req u i red now

before cons u mmati n g matters .

So he's tech n ical Iy dead ?

Yes, u nfortu nately.

H is heart and l u n gs wi l l fu n ction , but h is brai n is ...

it has expi red .

F rom the fi rst mi n utes we had h im, it was hope less .

I be l ieve th is was expla i ned to you .

He's warm.

Yes .

B ut if you wi l l , please . You must s ig n a release form.

It is req u i red .

Does he...

does he d ream?

N o.

There is no brai n wave at al I .

N o sort of conscious ness .

J ust a deep coma.

A vegetable.

N o d reams . N oth i n g .

We l l , even ...

a p lant feels someth i ng .

Who can say? P lease.

It. .

Se nses I ife. I mean ,

it tu rns towards the s u n .

It's al ive, isn't it?

You must s ig n .

You ...

you j ust Ieave h i m the way he is .

J ust Ieave h i m as he is .

Someone wi I I have to s ig n .

There's no other way.

Arrangements wi I I be made.

P Iease. There are hosp ital ru Ies that have to be--

N o, there are n't.

There aren't any ru Ies at al I .

Let me know if you have any proh lems.

You won 't fi nd any answers i n Ge neva.

Take care of you r arm .

[he l icopter wh i rri ng]

In my oFinion, we are confronted here wifh something

of a situation.

Otherwise, I would not have presumed fo take uF your time.

Once again, it concerns the case of Jonafhan E.

We know we don 't want anyfhing extraordinary

to haFFen to Jonathan.

We already agreed on that.

No accidents, nothing unnaturai.

The game was created to demonsfrate the futility

of individuai efforf.

Let the game do its work.

If the Energy corForation has done aii it can

and if a champion defeats the meaning

for which the game was designed,

then he must lose.

I hoFe you agree wifh my reasoning.

Thank you, ail.

[g rand orchestral mus ic]

[m us ic conti n ues]

Wi l l you fol low me, please?

[door h u mmi ng]

He l lo, hel Io !

Yes, it is the famous J onathan E .

Oh , hard to be l ieve.

Sorry we've never met.

The Rol Ierbal l C hampion .

[Iaug h i n g] Wonderfu I .

N ot many peop le come to see us, you know.

We're n ot easy to tal k to, Zero and I.

We're a I ittle confused agai n i n here today.

Th is is embarrass i ng .

It's embarrass i ng to m isplace th i ngs.

- M isplaci ng data? - Mmm.

The whole of the 1 3th centu ry.

M isp laced the computers, several conve ntional computers .

We can't fi nd them.

We're always movi n g th i ngs arou nd , getti ng organ ized .

My assistants and I.

B ut th is , th is is Zero's fau It.

Zero . He's the world's fi Ie cabi net.

E h , pity.

Poor old 1 3th centu ry.

We l l , come along now.

You want to get started , don 't you ?

- [J onathan] Yes, s i r. - Mmm-h mm.

- Oh . - H mm?

Th is way.

N ow, but we've Iost those computers

with al I of the 1 3th ce ntu ry i n them.

N ot mu ch i n the centu ry, j ust Dante

and a few corru pt Popes,

but it's so d istracti ng and an noyi ng .

You've u n I im ited restrictions here, of cou rse.

You have to come so, so many times .

It a l I takes su ch , s uch effort.

Do the executives sti I l come here?

Oh , they used to, some of them.

- What about the books? - Books? Books?

Oh , no, they're al I changed ,

al l transcribed , al I i nformation's here.

I mean , Zero, of cou rse .

He's the central brai n , the world's brai n .

F I u id mechan ics, fl u id ics.

He's I iq u id , you see.

He's water to tou ch .

AI l knowledge .

Everyth i ng we ask has become so, ah , so com pl icated now.

Each th i ng we ask,

th is morn i ng , we wanted to know someth i ng

ahout the 1 3th centu ry.

He flows out i nto al I ou r storage systems .

He cons iders everyth i ng .

He's become so

amb ig u ous now.

As if he knows noth i ng at al I .

[J onathan] Cou ld you te l l me someth i n g ahout the corporate wars?

Wars? Wars? Oh , yes , of cou rse, we have them a l I here.

P u n ic War, P russian War, Pelopon nes ian War.

C ri mean War, Wars of the Roses .

One does n 't perhaps reca l I them i n seq uence,

but corporate wars .

We l l , Zero wi l l or can , I'm su re, te l l you anyth i ng .

A memory pool , you see .

He's su pposed to tel I us where th i ngs are

and what they mig ht poss i bly mean .

Look, Zero, a vis itor.

J onathan E ., the Rol Ierbal I C ham p ion .

You've fi Ied away a Iot of data on h i m.

Do you remember?

- Does it answer you ? - Oh , yes . He speaks .

He fi nds th i ngs.

And loses them,

and confuses itself.

Ask anyth i ng . He'I I fi nd it for you .

A section on Bach .

Won't you , Zero?

AI l rig ht.

I'd l i ke...

I'd l i ke some i nformation about corporate decis ions .

How they're made and who makes them.

[man] Zero?

You heard the q uestion .

- Answer h im . - [computer beepi n g]

[Zero] Negative.

You don 't have to g ive h im a fu I I pol itical hriefi n g .

- Answer. - [Zero] Negative.

Th is is J onathan E .

He has to know.

Make it s im ple .

- Answer. - [Zero] corporate decisions are made

hy corForate execufives.

Corporate executives make--

[man] I know we have the answers . We do have--they're the waters of h istory.

- [Zero] Energy equais genius-- - [man] AI I mean i n g .

- [Zero] Power is-- - I don 't want to bu I Iy you .

[Zero] Genius is energy.

[echoi n g] corporate entities control--

[man] I s hal l have to answer!

[Zero] ... of economic Iife, technology,

capital, iahor, and markets.

- CorForafe decisions are made-- - You have to, Zero.

[foot pou nd i ng]

- Let's s how h i m pol icy. - [Zero] Negative. Negative.

Negative. Negative. Negative. Negative. Negative. Negative.

[he l icopter wh i rri ng]

[I ig ht orchestral mus ic]

He l lo, Joh n ny.

How are you , E l Ia?

N ervous .

How are you ?

I'm . . . I'm al l rig ht, I g uess .

What are you doi n g?

Looki ng at you .

Cou nti n g you r scars .

- Yeah . - Seei n g how you 've changed .

Oh , I mean , that's ,

that's al I I've changed , h u h ?

J ust a I ittle more beat u p.

Oh , no.

You're j ust not--

Yeah , wel I ...

Come on .

[m us ic conti n ues]

You want a d ri n k or someth i n g ?

N o, than k you .

You have a Iovely place .

We l l , than k you .

We l l , I've seen you r house.

You have?

Yeah . When we, u h , played i n Rome,

I stood a block away

and watched you r front gate for a cou ple hou rs .

I was j ust, u h ,

stand i n g there won deri ng

what you r fu rn itu re Iooked I i ke.

What you said to each other i n the morn i ng .

Yeah .

What's he I ike?

What's he do?

Oh , he's a city en g i neer.

Ah .

We have a jet copter.

A son .

Two cats , and a place i n the AI ps .

We l l , you don't real ly want hear al I of th is .

Son , h u h ?

[E l la] Yes .

We have a Iot of friends .

And he has a lover.

We have fu rn itu re a Iot l i ke you rs .

Same taste i n fu rn itu re, how about that?

[hoth ch uckle]

You know, J oh n ny.

AI l they want is a ki nd of i ncidental controI

over j ust a part of ou r l ives .

I mean , they have contro l economical Iy and pol itical Iy,

but they also provide.

- You know they do. - Provide, h u h ?

[I ig ht orchestral mus ic]

You know, they were respons i ble for taki ng you away.

And I started to hate 'em.

They weren't.

It was the game, Joh n ny.

I mean , it was i mportant to you .

It was as if I was n 't even there .

You played . There was noth i ng else .

I'm sorry.

You know I wanted you here.

I mean ,

th is mig ht sou nd al I wrong , but,

I mean , I was j ust tryi ng to

remember myse lf then .

Yeah .

Maybe it was

Iove I wanted to try to remember.

[m us ic conti n ues]

[s ig hs] There's, u h ,

a lot of th i ngs I want to tal k to you about.

Yeah .

[J onathan] I've been th i n ki n g , E l la.

Bee n th i n ki ng a Iot.

And watch i ng .

It's I i ke peop le who had a choice Iong ti me ago

between havi ng al I them n ice th i ngs

or thei r freedom.

Of cou rse, they, u h ,

chose comfort.

[E l la] B ut comfort is freedom.

It a lways has been .

The whole h istory of civi I ization

is a strugg Ie agai nst poverty and need .

[J onathan] N o. N o, that, that's not it.

That's never been it.

I mean , them privi Ieges j ust buy us off.

[th u nder ru mb l i ng]

[s ig h i n g] Look.

They want me to q u it, E l la.

The n q u it.

J ust I i ke that, h u h ?

B ut you 've got to do it now.

You've got to before it's too Iate .

Whether you want to or not.

[rai n patteri ng]

Look, J oh n ny,

the next game there won't be any s u bstitutions al lowed .

And no time l i mit.

You'l I d ie, J o h n ny. Everybody wi l l d ie.

N o ti me I im it. They tel I you that?

- [E l Ia] Yes . - T hey tel I you to come here

and convi nce me to q u it?

Yes, but that isn 't why I came here.

You have to get out for you r own sake.

Oh , please, J o h n ny, please.

They tel I you to stay if I d id q u it?

You my big reward?

[d ramatic orchestral m us ic]

[m us ic conti n ues]

You sti I I don't u nderstand why I came here.

You're the on ly person I ever wanted .

I wanted you on my s ide, that's al l .

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[J onathan] It's I i ke you're a God now.

Maybe you know what I don't.

I. . . I've bee n so stu pid for so Iong .

I've been so stu bborn .

I don't even know why.

It scares me .

You know, I'm probably gon na, probably gon na d ie.

And you 'I I he i n here pu mp i ng away long after I'm gone .

Hey, you ,

you got it made, old h uddy.

B I uebon nets and everyth i ng .

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[i nd isti nct chatteri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd chanti ng] J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

[players chanti ng] Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

Houston ! Houston !

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan ! Jonathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

[e ng i nes revvi ng]

[N ew York players chanti ng] J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead !

J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead ! J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead !

J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead ! J onathan 's dead !

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan's dead ! J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead !

J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead !

Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[an nou n cer over PA] A ttention! Your attention, Flease.

Ruie changes for tonight's World ChampionshiF game.

No suhstifutions, no penalties,

and no time iimit.

[crowd cheeri ng]

[horn blows]

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[motorbi kes revvi n g]

[crowd cheeri ng]

AI l rig ht, watch it now.

He's got the bal I , next ti me arou nd we defend .

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead ! J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead !

[crowd roari ng]

[crowd chanti ng] Houston ! H ouston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston ! Houston !

Houston !

- [bal I whoos h i ng] - [motorbi kes revvi ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[ti res screech i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd chanti ng i n d isti nctly]

[ti res sq ueal i ng]

[crowd] Houston , Houston !

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd s houti ng]

[hal l whoos h i ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

[ti res screech i ng]

Come on ! Come on , get out of there !

[crowd cheeri ng]

[e ng i ne revvi ng]

Get h i m u p !

[crowd roari ng]

[man] He d id it!

That's rig ht, get h im i n the elevator.

Get off the ra i I !

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan's dead ! J onathan 's dead ! Jonathan's dead !

[al l sh outi ng]

[crowd cheeri ng]

I don't want another man on that track!

Houston , what the hel I are you tryi ng to do?

[crowd cheeri ng]

N obody's gon na wi n th is game !

Game? Th is was n 't meant to he a game !

N ever!

[crowd cheeri ng]

[crowd] Houston , Houston !

[ti res screech i ng]

- [man] Watch h is Ieg . Watch that leg . - [man 2] Easy, easy.

[man 3] Let me have h im . Let me have h im. Let me have h i m !

[crowd s houti ng]

Move out.

Move out.

[horn blows]

[exp los ion hoomi n g]

[flames crackl i ng]

[e ng i ne revvi ng]

[e ng i ne revvi ng]

[man g roan i ng]

[h lows th udd i ng]

[e ng i ne revvi ng]

[ti res screech i ng]

[he l met th udd i ng]

[metal clang i ng]

[softly] J onathan .

J onathan .

[crowd chanti ng softly] J onathan .

J onathan .

J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan .

J onathan .

J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan !

[crowd chanti ng Iouder] J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan !

J onathan !

- J onathan ! - J onathan !

[crowd chanti ng] Jonathan ! Jonathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan ! J onathan !

J onathan !

[d ramatic organ mus ic]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]

[m us ic conti n ues]