All language subtitles for Matinee (1993).en

Yes, the atomic bomb
is terrible.

But more terrible still are the
effects of atomic mutation.

Hello...
I'm Lawrence Woolsey,

and I want to warn you about
something that could happen,

something that does happen
in my newest motion picture.

Observe the ant,

a miniature marvel of social
cooperation and prodigious strength.

But, if a man and an ant...

Were exposed to radiation
simultaneously,

the result would be
terrible, indeed;

for the result would be...

Mant.

No! No! No!

Dennis, you're gonna miss it.

I feel I should warn you. The story of
"Mant!" Is based on scientific fact,

on theories that have appeared
in national magazines.

Yes, these terrible events
could happen...

In your town, in your home.

And they will happen
in this theater...

In "Atomo vision," the new
motion picture miracle...

That puts you in the action.

Lawrence Woolsey,
the master of movie horror.

In 1960, he hypnotized you.

Look. Look into the eyes
of Dr. Diablo.

Yes, master, I will...
Huh?

In 1961, he insured you against...
Gene, cut it!

Where am I?

Now, in 1962,
he exterminates you...

With "Mant!"

Yaah!
Gene, God!

It's just me...
This time.

Look, Dennis.
No nightmares, okay?

Or else you can't
see "mant!"

Lawrence Woolsey?
He's coming here?

That's right. Tell all
your little friends.

Wow!
Wow!

Gene, that couldn't
really happen,

could it, with the ant?

In fact, it has happened...

Up in Tennessee
about a year ago.

This poor bastard got trapped in an
uranium mine with a click beetle.

He combined with it.
What?

It was six feet tall.
They killed it finally,

but a lot of people were deaf
by then from the clicking.

The poor bastard!

Don't curse, Dennis.

How's it goin', kid?

So maybe the giant bug saw his mom
and dad get crushed by a little kid,

the guts and everything, so he goes
looking for a kid he can crush.

Revenge... That's what insects like.
Gene.

Gonna go down and
shoot some tree frogs.

Wanna come?
Yeah, can we?

No.
No thanks, Andy.

It's disgusting.

Yeah, disgusting.

* brill cream brill cream *

hi, mom.
Hi!

Whoa! Oh, gene,
what did you take him to?

A giant bug show! The movie wasn't that
scary but the coming attraction was great.

Well, it's not real, sweetie.
It's not?

No, of course not.
Thanks a lot.

He can take it, can't you, squirt?
You're the squirt!

Oh!

Mom, I really want to see that movie.
With the bug?

You're gonna get bad dreams.
Uh-uh, I promise.

Mm-hmm.
We'll see.

Oh, you should've heard
his heart beat!

You're scaring him
half to death.

In this box we have
two white rats.

One, two.

Two women's rats that
they put in their hair.

Martha Washington.
You got that?

Remember that.
Okay.

Bring the lady back in. She doesn't
know a thing about this so far.

We want to see whether
a woman's unreasoning fear...

Will prevent her
from getting a prize.

You could have invited
that Andy in.

In our house?

Well, he is your age.

So what?
He's a jerk!

Maybe he knows some kids you would like.
If you wanna make friends...

Mom, don't you get it?
Oh, ouch.

We move to a town, everybody's known
each other since nursery school.

The kids in town don't like
the kids from the base. Mmm.

Then we move again anyway.

So what's the point?

Your father says
we may be here for a few years.

Oh, don't put
a plate down for him.

Would you put your hand in there
and get the $10?

What's wrong? They sent them out
today, a lot a guys from the base.

Out where?
I don't know.

He called and said it was some
kind of exercise, special ops...

Aw, something.

They won't even tell them for how long.
Just had to go.

Well, it's...
Yeah. Shh, shh.

$100 in cash if you will
just put your hand in there...

Where those two rats are.

All right, come on.
Put your hand in.

- Put it in
- What is it?

They're white rats, aren't they?

What did they stop it for?

NBC news brings to you from
the white house in Washington...

An address by president Kennedy declared to be
officially of the highest national urgency.

The president
of the United States.

Good evening,
my fellow citizens.

This government, as promised,

has maintained
the closest surveillance...

Of the Soviet military buildup
on the island of Cuba.

Within the past week, hey, mom.

Unmistakable evidence
has established the fact...

That a series of
offensive missile sites...

Is now in preparation
on that imprisoned island.

Several of them include
medium-range ballistic missiles,

capable of carrying
a nuclear warhead...

For a distance of more than
1,000 nautical Miles.

Each of these missiles,
in short,

is capable of striking
Washington D.C., cape Canaveral,

or any other city in the southeastern
part of the United States.

- They're gonna bomb us?
- No. Shh.

A strict quarantine on all
offensive military equipment...

Under shipment to Cuba
is being initiated.

All ships of any kind
bound for Cuba,

where they're found to contain cargoes
of offensive weapons, be turned back.

We will not prematurely
or unnecessarily...

Risk the cost of
worldwide nuclear war,

but neither will we shrink
from that risk...

At any time it must be faced.

Gene, is dad in Cuba?

Well,

he's on a ship over near there.

There's a bunch of ships and
they're gonna stop the Russians...

From taking any more
weapons in there.

How?

If a Russian ships comes
they make them stop,

and they go on and search it.

Does dad have to go on too?
He might.

What if the Russians
don't let them?

I don't know.

I'm scared.

Everybody's scared,
everybody in the world.

You have to try not be, okay?

But you wanted me
to be scared of "mant!"

You should get some sleep.

Okay, but can you
turn the radio on?

Steaming towards
the quarantine point...

500 Miles off Cuba
in the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, in Washington, round-the-clock
meetings are being held...

* the lion sleeps tonight *

* in the jungle
the quiet jungle *

* the lion sleeps tonight
hup, hup *

* owimoweh, owimoweh
owimoweh, owimoweh *

* owimoweh, owimoweh
owimoweh, owimoweh *

**

* everybody's doin'
a brand new dance now *

* come on, baby do the
loco-motion * hey, Larry.

Larry! Look at
these headlines.

This key west is only
90 Miles from Cuba.

Shouldn't we postpone this a few weeks?
You kiddin' me?

The timing's perfect.
This war stuff spooks 'em.

Then we come in... pow! The main event.
Yeah, right.

Hang with me, baby.
This guy, Spector...

Wow!
"Man-I-gator,"

"Ali-man."

Spector comes to the preview, he can pick
up a phone, book us into 50 theaters.

Well, he'd better.

This came from the lab. If we
don't pay up by next Thursday,

they're gonna sue us. Boy,
this business has changed!

They used to settle these things
with violence. That's cute.

Honey?

Hey, boy! Make sure you get
the bugs off that windshield.

I hate bugs.

"She-gator," "gator gal,"
"gal-I-gator"!

Why don't you hold onto that. I may not
be around the next time you need it.

What do you mean? I mean,
we're going nowhere, Larry.

Matter of fact, we're there.

If this picture's a flop,
I'm gonna look into real life;

which, as we know, lets you out.
Wait a minute!

You'd leave me over money?
It's not the money, Larry.

It's ducking the people that are
trying to collect the money.

Excuse me.
That'll be $2, sir.

Here.
Thanks.

Hey, aren't you that guy that
makes them scary movies?

Well, yes, I am, Richie.
Pleasure to meet you.

What are you doin' down here?
We're going to key west.

Preview my new picture. I got
a new process. It's big.

Don't want any of the boys from the
studios comin' around, steal it from me.

Wow!
Uh, could you...

Thanks,
Mr. Hitchcock.

Listen, don't be surprised if we go on
a surgical air strike by 2400 hours.

Blow 'em up! Pow! Cuba's
radioactive for nine lifetimes.

Yeah, where'd you hear that?

My dad's Navy. We live on base.
Ooh, I'm impressed!

What's your dad do?
Motor pool.

They still hear stuff, though.

Maybe we're attacking Cuba
with jeeps.

It's only 90 Miles. Yeah,
we put pontoons on 'em.

Hey, see that kid over there?

His dad's on one
of the blockade ships.

Yeah?
Hey!

Tell 'em about your dad.
Um, well,

he shipped out but
we didn't know where.

Did he call you from there?

They're not allowed 'cause of security.
That's tough.

Face-to-face
with Ivan, man!

Damn, got color guard.

Ah, man.
Look at Michelle.

Think if the bomb were about
to fall, she'd do it with me?

Ask her.

Now, your red meat food group,

you want to make sure you have three
servings a day to satisfy this food group.

Breakfast: Have bacon, sausage,
something of this nature.

Lunch: A hamburger, pork sandwich,
something like this. Then dinner...

Okay, people.

This may not be a drill.
Single file, quickly.

Assume the duck-and-cover position
with your head down. No talking.

Single file.
Let's move!

Okay, duck-and-cover position, hands
behind the back of your neck.

No talking.
Everybody, heads down.

This isn't real. If it was real,
they'd use different sirens.

How do you know?
My father.

I said, "no talking."

- No, right now!
- No, I'm not gonna do this!

We're not having this from you, young lady!
This is for your protection!

Yes, but it isn't any protection.
It doesn't do any good!

Keep your heads down. If you
think it's gonna help...

To put your hands behind your neck
when the bomb falls, you're wrong!

Young lady, we've had
just about enough of this!

That girl's a communist!
Heads down, people!

If you die when the bomb first falls,
you're lucky, 'cause if not...

You're gonna get
radiation poisoning.

First your hair's gonna fall out,
then bleed from your intestines.

You're gonna start throwing up,
but you're not throwing up food.

You're throwing up your own organs.
Eew!

Yeah, "eew" is right.
Principal's office, let's go.

But I won't have the protection of
being on the floor if the bomb falls.

I said, "let's go!" They
don't tell you the truth!

They tell you put your hands behind your
neck, and they keep building bombs.

What is that? It's a
man in the bathtub.

He's leaning over and scrubbing himself.
Oh, geez.

Tough. Where'd you learn that from?
My dad showed me.

That is so stupid!
What?

That trick his dad taught him.
Never give him a spoon.

Hey, Navy, have a seat.

Good move.

Man!
What?

This sandwich! My folks had
a fondue party last night.

Now I've got this sliced, solid
fondue sandwich. Look at that!

Your folks are having
parties during this?

Well, they had it
already melted.

Any of you guys going to that horror show
on Saturday? Yeah, if they still have it.

If they still have Saturday.
Hey, that's deep.

I think it's called "mant!"
The guy who made it was on TV.

P.T.A.'S trying
to ban him.

Tough.
What's his name?

Lawrence Woolsey. He's coming in person.
He's got a new process.

What's the process?

It's things like 3-d or when
stuff comes out of the walls,

like on "island
of the flesh eaters."

They locked the theater so you
couldn't get out if you were scared.

Yeah, I heard
in this one town...

The projector guy
got so scared he died.

That was a different movie,
and it didn't happen.

That was the one
where they hypnotize you:

"The eyes of
doctor Diablo."

Hey, Navy here is
a walking encyclopedia.

My name's gene.

They hypnotized you?

I don't know. They guaranteed
that you wouldn't remember.

That'd be the best show
to take a girl to.

She gets really scared
so she grabs onto your arm.

You kinda sneak your arm over in there.
Hey, quit it!

- Your elbow doesn't count, man.
- Sure, it counts!

What is there, rules?

Hey, Navy!
Wait up!

We move every year,
sometimes more.

You move every year? How
many gym suits do you have?

I have three wildcats, two
pirates, two cougars. Wow!

You got a date for that
show Saturday? No.

You oughta get one. This is a kinda
special place you're in here.

Florida?
No, key west.

It's like the make-out
capital of the world.

It's like there's something in the air.
Even grown-ups like doin' it.

Get a date for Saturday and see
what I mean. I haven't met anybody.

Just walk up and ask 'em. It's easy. Like,
"I'm taking you to a monster movie."

"Don't worry about the monster
gettin' you. Worry about me.

"Don't be late. I wanna get
milk duds." Really, like that?

Yeah, 'cause you're
in control, man.

She likes that.

What?

Sherry, hi.

Hello, Stan.

Uh, this is my friend gene
from out at the base.

Uh, gene's father's on one
of those blockade ships...

Off of Cuba. Oh, my gosh!
Is he?

You must be so worried about him.
But, that's wonderful.

I think everybody's
thinking about "our boys,"

not that your father's a boy or anything.
Well, he's forty.

I think people naturally
refer to them as "our boys."

And I think there should be
a special prayer moment...

For all of them in study hall.

So do I.

Yeah?

Well, I guess
I'll see you guys later.

Bye, Stan.
Bye.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

The last guy she went out with
is in reform school. Yeah?

Yeah, this guy, Harvey
Starkweather, really bad kid.

Wow!
I see that girl, I just...

Listen, we gotta get
a date for you.

You wanna come over after school?
Um, okay. Sure.

All right, better hurry,
you're gonna be late.

The entertainment capital...

Of this country is Las Vegas.

What's the attraction that all
support, all of the moralists,

all of the sensors, all of the senators?
All right, this part here.

Tits and ass is the attraction.

I beg your pardon. Give me the
second biggest attraction.

More tits and ass.
That's it.

Tit's and ass and ass and tits.
Damn, it's my mom!

Stan?

Uh, we're in here, mom.

Thank God you're home.
Everybody is so crazy out there.

Uh, mom, this is gene.
Oh, hi, gene.

Gene's from on base. What
have you heard over there?

They don't tell us much.

They're sayin' on the radio that
the world is right on the brink,

and that is the terms
they're puttin' it in.

Do you know they are using the
Casa marina hotel for a barracks?

I almost couldn't get back here.

They got army trucks comin' down
the a-one-a holdin' everybody up.

Cool! Let's go look.
Stanley!

Mom, I'll be all right.
Don't worry about it.

All right, but you stay within 17
minutes of this house, you understand?

And if you see that flash,
you don't look.

You get down... And I put
my jacket over my head.

Then get home
as fast as you can.

Gene, you just get on back to the
base then, all right? Yes, ma'am.

All right.
Mom, don't worry.

Don't worry.
Huh!

Damn!

Let's go! Move out,
on the double!

Go! Go! Go!
Move 'em out!

What's that one?
That's a mobile radar unit.

That one there? That's
a missile launcher.

Man, that little thing
can reach Cuba?

That's the plan.

See right over there? That's where I got
on top of Denise Rogers last summer.

Fellows, we need you
outta this area.

Gonna pull some trucks up in here.
Uh, sure.

Man, what's the deal?
Watch it! Watch it!

Ow!
It's a riot!

I know.
It's tough.

Hey, look!

Hey, excuse me!
Hey, let go of that!

Both of you, stop it!
That's my shredded wheat!

Is there more in the back? There's
no more shredded wheat in the back.

There's no more
in the whole keys,

and one of you will have to
go to the atomic destruction...

With no damn shredded wheat.

What do you think about that?
I think it's my box...

Hello, Mr. Elroy.
Hello, uh, son.

Hey!

Hey!

You will have your answer
in due coarse.

I'm prepared to wait for my answer until
hell freezes over, if that's your decision.

He said "hell." That's okay.
It's a crisis.

He has been watching this
all afternoon.

Will you please
continue your statement.

Why don't you
take him to the movies?

They've got one of those
flying Professor pictures.

You could go see a movie without
a monster for once. No monsters?

No!
Hell.

- Where did he get that from?
- The U.N.!

We have no time to lose.

We have to find Uncle Cedric
before he gets into more trouble.

What does Uncle Cedric look like?
He's a shopping cart,

chromium finish, and his right
front wheel, it's sort of wobbly.

A shopping cart?
Yes!

He wasn't always
a shopping cart.

He had a spell put on him
and it's all my fault because...

All right, stick 'em up,
both of youse.

Gimme youse purse.

Ooh!
All right!

Hold it right there!

Uncle Cedric!

You see,

he likes you.

Can we go home yet?

Uh-huh.

They're playing this thing
on Saturday...

Unless you people stop them! Ask
the people who run this theater.

Ask 'em why they're selling this town's
kids, your kids, down the river.

Look at this!
Monsters taking women and...

Wait a minute!
Have you seen the movie?

No, I haven't, miss.
Uh-huh.

I haven't taken a tour of the sewer,
but I know what's down there.

This guy, Woolsey,
his pictures are all the same,

a cheap thrill for a bunch
of hop-headed teenagers.

What about letting people make
their own decisions? Yeah.

Sure, let the kids see it. They'll
wake up screaming every night.

Let them forget about church,
school and...

Oh man, come on! Sure, and let
the fellas at the base come too.

Just when this country
needs to be strong.

Are you sayin' these people are commies?
It's not about politics!

Hold on a minute.
It's him!

I'm Lawrence Woolsey.
Who are you fellas?

We're from citizens
for decent entertainment.

I've never heard of your organization.
You're gonna hear.

I don't think you're being
very fair to my movie.

They were fair to your movie
in little rock, pal.

Look what it got 'em.
Full-scale panic.

- People terrified
- Let him finish!

Thanks. I don't have
a big speech to make,

but I was under the impression that key
west was a pretty sophisticated place,

- not like coming to some hick town.
- nah, do your worst.

I would like to hand out some free passes
so people can decide for themselves...

If this movie is really so terrible.
That's fair.

It's true that my movies show
things that others won't show,

things that some people say
are shocking,

things that some people
are scared to even imagine.

But is that really more terrible
than the world we live in every day?

That's a real pretty speech, pal.
Does that help you sleep nights...

While you're turning kids into hoodlums?
I sleep like a baby, my friend.

We gonna get free passes?
Here you go, Sonny.

Here. Maybe you two
could decide for yourselves.

Thanks, but that's not
the way we get our kicks.

What about the first amendment?

There's no first amendment
to the ten commandments, pal.

Herb Denning.

I knew it!

Stan, before we go out
on Saturday,

there's something I have to
talk to you about. Sure.

You know, for a while I was seeing
this older boy, Harvey Starkweather.

I heard that. It was a mistake.
I see that now,

although in some ways
he was a very good person.

He was really sensitive.

Did you know he writes poems?
Really?

Yeah. I could tell you one
if you'd like to hear it.

Yeah, uh, sometime.
Okay.

Anyway, he used to get himself involved
in things, like holding up liquor stores.

It's over now, although
he did teach me a lot.

What about?

Well, about my body, my desires,

about being a woman.

He was very good for me.

Stan?

You don't think they're gonna
shoot off those missiles, do you?

No, I don't... Because
Harvey was always saying...

That the whole world's gonna blow up anyway,
so we should just do whatever we want.

That's crazy.
I know.

This writer in New York
that Harvey sent his poems to...

Said that Harvey was an
example of a complete primitive.

I could've told him that.

I don't think they'll
set the missiles off.

Kennedy and Khrushchev are probably
working this whole thing out right now.

- It's on this high level.
- It makes more sense when you explain it, Stan.

We'll have a good time on Saturday.
One thing I thought we might do,

they're showing this movie at the strand
where this guy... That sounds nice, Stan.

But in Mallory square they're
having a special exhibit on coral,

little animals and things
people make out of it.

That sounds great.
Okay.

So, I'll see you there about 1:00.
All right.

* ah-ooh
wait and see *

* my boyfriend's back and
you're gonna be in trouble *

Hi.

Hello. Uh, my
name's gene.

I saw you in that
air raid drill yesterday.

Yeah, the whole world did.

What did they do to you?
Detention for a week.

Wow!

They put Gandhi away for a year.

I don't know that many people here.
Uh-huh.

You're not one of those guys
by the tetherball, are you?

No, I just met them.

I mean, I just
moved here this year.

I've lived here all my life.
You haven't missed much.

I thought people were
supposed to like it here.

It's supposed to be the most
wonderful place on earth.

The beautiful coral reef! The beautiful
hibiscus flower! Blah, blah, blah.

If it's such a wonderful place, how come the
negro kids have to go to a different school?

I don't know.
I guess they do that...

It's because they're not really
supposed to be people,

neither are the Russians.

If they're not real, just go ahead
and kill them, send in the Navy.

My dad doesn't want
to kill anyone.

Who's your dad? He's on
one of those ships...

Over by Cuba.

I'm sorry, I didn't...
That's okay.

You must be worried about him.

Well, I hope he's all right.

Thanks.

**

Tell me your name.

I'm not mad.
I just wanna know your name.

Stan. Stan, you're gonna have
to give me some answers.

If you don't, then I'm
gonna have to hurt ya!

What's that gonna solve?

It's not gonna solve anything,

just more pain.

Answers? About yourself and Sherry.
You goin' out with her?

Well, we were gonna look
at some coral on Saturday.

Coral?

She likes coral.

All those little animals givin' up their
bodies to make somethin' pink for Sherry.

You can't do it, Stan.

You can't do anything with her.

And you can't tell her
we had this little talk...

Because the fact that
things like this have to happen,

it's crazy, you know?

Well, uh, maybe it doesn't
have to happen.

No, Stan, it does.

It's like I once wrote
in a poem:

Destiny...

It's like a crazy river...

Where you see
different people's boats...

That they have going by on it.

But tomorrow,

tomorrow's a knife.

Tomorrow's a big knife.

You get it?
Uh... sort of.

It's abstract, Stan.

Mr. Woolsey? Hello, son.
Good to see you.

Comin' to the show Saturday?
Sure.

I was here the other night
when you got here. Uh-huh.

You know those two guys who were
yelling at you about your movie?

Oh, yeah. We get some of
those people in every town.

Sometimes it's a church group,
sometimes the P.T.A.

They mean well, but... One of
those guys was herb Denning.

He was in
"the brain leeches."

He played the third man
at lunch counter. Mmm.

Just cruise it
around town for a few hours:

Schools, Navy base.

You see, son,

herb turned against me.

Okay, he didn't turn against me.
He's still working for me.

What's your name?
Gene loomis.

You're very observant, gene.
That's a good habit.

Hi, how ya doin'?
Saturday night, right here.

Big show.
Don't miss it.

Herb's an interesting guy.
He used to be kind of, uh,

well, dishonest:
Shakedown artist, strong arm.

Someone sent him to collect money from me
just when I needed an inexpensive actor.

Isn't it fun to know these things
about your favorite stars?

He's pretty good. Bob's even better.
That other guy?

But he got himself on the stupid blacklist.
That's why he's workin' for me.

They're both good. It's just hard to
get people around here stirred up.

Could be this bomb business.

I don't have to tell anyone
those guys work for you.

You want a pass for the show Saturday?
I've already got one.

What do you want?
To help you out.

You must have a lot to do.

Okay, you're with the show for an hour.
There you are.

What is all this? It's a secret.
Can you keep a secret?

I already am.
Right!

These are a little surprise for the
audience rigged to the seat cushion.

Feel that.

Aah! Giving it to the people
right where they need it most.

Cool.
Mr. Woolsey,

this is a national crisis
that's going on.

If you start vibrating the
theater and scaring people...

What is that? Conelrad, the
civil defense channel.

They're tied straight in to the distant
early warning. If there's an attack,

they will broadcast on this wavelength a
full 90 seconds before we have local sirens.

I really wish you'd... Anyway,
you see what I'm saying.

The country is on red alert.
People are already scared.

Exactly! What a perfect time
to open a new horror movie.

Think of it, my friend.
Millions of people...

Looking over their shoulder waiting
for God's other shoe to drop,

never knowing if each kiss,
each sunset,

Each malted milk ball
might be their last.

Please.

We're halfway home.

We'll fill this place.
What's capacity here?

Five hundred down here and a hundred in
the balcony. That's all for the balcony?

Safety restrictions, termites, the tropics.
Whatever, we'll fill it.

The yokels
are on pins and needles.

Mr. Woolsey, people in
key west are not yokels.

Then they shouldn't have
any problem with it.

I'm glad you spoke up.

What a jerk!
Oh, I kinda like him.

You know where we can find a
hardware store? Yeah, I'll show ya.

I didn't think anybody'd
recognize herb.

You spend your whole life sittin'
in monster movies? A lot, yeah.

Somebody like herb
or Vincent price,

it's like they're my friends.
That's a strange group.

What are your real friends like?
I don't have too many.

My dad's in the Navy,
so we move all the time.

Oh, man! Five hundred new kids a year?
That's scary.

One time we moved. This was to the
big town, Hatfield, Missouri.

I was petrified of those guys.

Really?
Oh, yeah.

But see, now I get my revenge.

I get to scare everybody else,
but it's for their own good.

People go like this
at the scary parts.

They're not gettin' the whole benefit.
You gotta keep your eyes open.

What's the benefit?
Okay, like, uh...

A zillion years ago
a guy's livin' in a cave.

He goes out one day. Bam!
He gets chased by a mammoth.

He's scared to death
but he gets away.

When it's all over with,
he feels great.

Yeah, 'cause he's still living.
But he knows he is,

and he feels it.

So he goes home, back to the
cave, first thing he does,

he does a drawing
of the mammoth.

And he thinks...

People are comin' to see this!

Let's make it good!

Let's make the teeth real long
and the eyes real mean!

Boom!

The first monster movie. That's
probably why I still do it.

Make the teeth as big as you
want, then kill it off.

Everything's okay.
The lights come up.

You see, the people come into your
cave with the 200-year-old carpet.

The guy tears your ticket in half.
It's too late to turn back now.

The water fountain's
all booby-trapped and ready,

the stuff laid out
on the candy counter.

Then you come over here
to where it's dark.

Could be anything in there!
And you say...

"Here I am!

What have you got for me?"

Hey, Larry. Where do you
want me to put this thing?

Put it next to the ax
on the floor up there, sweets.

What ax?

Isn't that...

Ruth Corday.

She's somethin', huh?

She's got that...
Bearing.

All the real stars have that,

whether they're movin'
big equipment...

Or whatever.

They got it.

Yeah.
Hey, don't!

Don't touch that part. I'll get that later.
Just leave it.

Is all this stuff yours?
Yeah!

"Atomo vision,"
"rumble Rama."

It takes a lot more
to scare people these days.

Too much competition. Give me
them pliers, will ya, kid?

Now they got bombs that'll
kill a half a million people.

Nobody's had a
good night's sleep in years.

So, you gotta have a gimmick, you know?
Somethin' a little extra.

Hey, that thing's live!

I'm sorry!

I'd better go.
Um, I'll see you Saturday.

Yeah, God willing.

Hello?

Sherry, it's Stan.

Hello, Stan.

Um, listen, uh...

I'm not gonna be able
to go with you on Saturday.

Oh, no?
How come?

Well, uh, coach Burnett called,

and they want guys to put sandbags up
in front of the all-purpose room...

In case there's
a missile attack.

Oh, Stan,
the all-purpose room?

Yeah, 'cause it faces South.

They think it's gonna take
all day, unfortunately.

I'm sorry.

I understand.
That's important.

So, we'll just
do it next weekend.

Uh, yeah.

I'll see you at school.

Bye, Stan.

* Johnny angel Johnny angel *

hey, Sherry.
Dwight, you little brat.

Go back and knock first.
Uh-uh.

You weren't supposed to write to
that guy in jail! Gimme those!

Boy, these are dirty. His poems don't
rhyme. They're not supposed to rhyme.

I'm gonna show mom.
You are not!

What do you want? You to take me
to the horror movie Saturday.

It's got a guy
that turns into an ant.

Some people throw up at it.
How wonderful!

Okay.
Okay, okay.

Okay, okay.
Neat!

This one's real hot!
Better hold onto it.

**

* oh yes * we should've
elected Nixon.

He put those bombs in Russia.
* I'm the great pretender *

this whole thing would be over.

* pretending that I'm doing
well * blow each other up.

* my need is such * they
don't even have religion.

* I pretend too much *
how ya doin'?

* I'm lonely but no one can tell
* we're doin' fine, my friend.

Except for this big truck load
of sociopathology...

That's just about to be dumped out here
on Duval street. We're just dandy.

Socio what? This so-called monster
movie that's coming on Saturday.

I never heard about that.

Maybe it's time you took a good look at
what's going on in your own town, mister.

Wake up and smell the coffee. Smell
the wreckage of young minds.

Gag on it.
What's your name, friend?

Harvey. Do you know they let
children see these things?

What's the message they put out?

That atomic power
is nothing but trouble?

And it's all right for mutations to
rip the clothes off of young women?

That's what they teach
the youngsters, Harv.

That's a long way from George Washington
and the cherry tree, isn't it?

Yeah.

This is our organization, Harv:

Citizens for
decent entertainment.

Gee, can I keep this?

Sure. Keep it
and read it, Harv.

Yeah, I will.

Harv, I don't think you'll mind
if I take this back from you.

You must get caught pretty often, Harv.
You ever do any time?

Yeah, opa-locka
boys' reformatory.

I just got out. I did seven months.
Not long enough.

You didn't learn very much.
It was supposed to be a year,

but, you see, I write poems, and this
guy in New York got me out early.

Poems? Yeah, you
wanna hear one?

I don't think so, Harv. You
guys really from that, uh...

It's a funny world, Harv. Almost
nobody's what they seem to be.

And the ones that are, you
really have to watch out for.

Can we give you some advice?

Get yourself a square job, Harv.

You're not very good at this.

Hold 'im.

And at one hour, twenty-eight
minutes, "the end" comes up,

count five, house lights up.

Those doors open.

That's the timetable.
Those are the facts.

That's not the whole story.

I know some of you have never been in
the motion picture business before,

and some of you have been
at it a long time.

But I want all of you
to look at the faces out here...

During this picture.

There's gonna be room in their
heads for only one thought:

Don't let it get me.

They know we can't hurt 'em,

but they're still gonna be
scared half to death.

And all of you,
when you thread the projector,

when you tear the tickets,

when you sell the jujubes,

you're all a part of it.

And just when it gets the worst,
when they're sitting there...

And their hearts are going like
trapped animals out here in the dark,

we save them.

And they say,
"hey, it's all right!

Thank God! Hey,
can I see that again?"

P.S., no, they can't.

We clear between shows.

That was wonderful, Larry.
I'm all a-tremble. Thanks.

Where are the guys applying for the job?
Only one showed up.

I sent him to try the suit on.
Only one?

How many people are gonna want to
dress up in a rubber "mant" suit?

Hey, not bad.

Lawrence Woolsey.
Harvey Starkweather.

Take your head off.

Harvey Starkweather.

What kind of job exactly...
It's just a one-day thing.

Some of it's
running electrical stuff,

switches and things
back here behind the screen.

But the other part,
you have to scare people!

Really shake 'em up.
Think you could do that?

Yeah, I could do that real well.
Good.

Because, when you put the suit
on, when you hit these switches,

those people... This
is where I came in.

Those people out there
in the dark...

Fred! Oh, my God!

Shh. You'll wake
the kids up.

Are you kidding? I'll wake
them up right now. No, honey.

I would have called you
to say it was over,

but they want
to keep a lid on it.

Dad?

See the nurse before the show.

Major Rudolph Anderson, a Navy
pilot from South Carolina,

was shot down by a Russian missile over
Cuba earlier today and is presumed dead.

Anderson, the first-known
casualty of the showdown,

was one of the pilots
whose reconnaissance...

First revealed the presence
of Soviet missiles in Cuba.

I hope this thing closes
faster than it opens.

Thirty seconds. All
right, let's add it up.

Office to stairwell,
fifty-eight seconds.

Stairwell to shelter,
eleven seconds.

Zero hour checklist,
fifteen seconds.

Check air-intake level,
eight seconds.

Automatic door,
twenty-eight seconds.

Sixteen and five is
twenty-one, twenty-two...

Stan, how's it going?

Hey, any of you guys seen gene?
So!

Sherry!
Neat!

So this is how you're spending your day,
not sandbaggin' the all-purpose room.

Down here at the monster show?
No!

See, I... That's
very immature, Stan.

Who's that?
That's nobody.

I'm telling anyway.

Sherry, wait.
The all-purpose room?

Oh, man.

Sign here, please.

What are these things for?
It's a release form.

It says it's not our fault if the
movie scares you to death. Wow!

It's not a joke. We've had ten-year-old
kids having heart attacks at this movie.

They're recovering, but we can't be exposed
legally. Now, if you don't sign...

But, we're not scared,
are we, Dennis?

No.

Nurse!
I cut my elbow!

That looks terrible.
Next!

Sign here, please.

Hey, look it!

- Sandra!
- Hi!

I didn't know you liked
monster movies.

I'm here with my parents.

Here she is. Whoa!
Oh, God!

That's disgusting.
I know, Rhonda.

Well, the point isn't whether
we like it or not. No.

If we start letting them
tell us what movies we can see,

or what music we can listen to, then...
I know, Jack.

Oh! Um...

Okay, well, we'll, uh...
We'll see you later.

Okay, yeah.

Bye.
Bye.

Those two for real?

'Course they're real.

They're my parents.

They're great, you know.

Don't be scared. What
actually happens in this?

It's just a movie. Right, I just
heard they had some other things.

Well, there's some stuff
to make it scarier.

When the guy in the movie says,
"you don't understand.

"My wife is in there. My God, look
out," that's cue number five.

Turn one up to four, two up to three.
Uh-huh.

For cue number six, one goes
to five, two goes to seven,

but you never ever
turn one above six.

Right. Now this
stuff over here.

The guy's gonna say: "Stay down low and
don't look. Those are atomic weapons."

Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip.

Okay. You're not a
bad-lookin' kid.

You ever done any acting?

How do you do it?

Never mind.
Go put your costume on.

Do you like poetry? Just
the man I was looking for.

That's some audience. They're practically
tearing the place to shreds.

I would like to be paid in cash
as soon as the show is in.

As a matter of fact, I'd like to
be paid in cash for both shows.

Mr. Woolsey, we've never
shorted anyone, really!

You should learn how.

The roar of the crowd.

Hi!
How are ya?

Good to see ya.
Enjoy the show.

No running.
Good to see ya.

We want "mant!"
We want "mant!"

We want "mant!"
We want "mant!"

We want "mant!"
We want "mant!"

Down here looks good.

Hello, I'm Lawrence Woolsey.

The feeling at this atomic
test site is an anxious one,

but then, you're about to see
for yourselves what I mean.

My terrifying new process,
"Atomo vision,"

puts you, the audience,
at ground zero,

not a safe place to be.

But today, there is
no safe place to be.

How we doing, nurse?

Just too dazzled by show business to speak.
That's the stuff.

Hey, Wooley?
Mr. Spector!

Hey, how's it going?
Sensational!

Ruth, this is Mr. Spector
from megalopolitan theaters.

Enchanté.

I'm up here.
Oh.

Hello, Mr. Spector.

How are you, Harold?
How are the numbers?

It's Howard.
We're sold out.

Fantastic. What did I tell ya? I wouldn't
have to wear this uniform anymore.

The question is how the picture will play with
an audience. That's what I'll be watching.

What the hell is that?

War news. Oh, you
got a bet on it?

When you see what
I've got cooked up!

Wait'll you see the feelers on this thing.
I'm sure it's wonderful.

I'm sorry. That's all
the balcony can safely hold.

There's a few seats in front.
Oh, man!

It all started out
so innocently...

With one of those dental checkups you're
supposed to get every six months.

Bill and I always thought if you
just do what you're supposed to,

then life works out for you.

Popcorn?
How wrong we were.

You're lucky to be alive, bill.

I wish I was dead. How could
such a thing happen, Dr. Grabow?

X rays, Carole,
a form of radiation.

An ant must've bitten bill when
he was having his teeth x-rayed.

I've been meaning to have the office
fumigated, but I've been too darn busy!

Anyway, the ant's saliva must have
gotten into bill's bloodstream...

And gone straight to his
brain just as the radiation,

which is measured in units
called roentgens, was released.

And that's how he became a...
"Mant!"

Oh, bill. He's in a
biological no-man's-land...

Gene? Somewhere between the
insect kingdom and our own.

Is it reversible? I'm
afraid not, Carole.

Excuse me.

Once a radioactive event has taken place...
I'll always be this thing!

Don't say that, darling.
You're still bill, my bill.

So where were you? I wasn't
trying to get out of anything.

I had a date with Sherry. We were
going to look at coral animals.

Mm-hmm. So?
What happened?

Harvey Starkweather.

He basically said he'd kill me.

Now she's here with her brother
and she wants to kill me!

Tell the truth, honey. If I looked
like this when we first met...

I would've been afraid, bill.
I would've been very afraid.

Can I sit with you guys
at least?

Sure.

Hey, isn't that that "ban
the bomb" girl you're with?

We're just sitting together.

You hound!

By the way, I did get
your x rays back, bill.

I don't 'spose it makes much difference
to you now, but you didn't have a cavity!

Come in.

Welcome, doctor.

Who's this guy?

I took the liberty of
inviting Dr. Flanken here.

He's with the office of unforeseen
atomic events in Washington.

Young man, I'm afraid you've
suffered some of the worst...

Of what our mighty little
friend, the atom, has to offer.

It can power a city...
Or level it.

How can it cause this?

Human insect mutation
is far from an exact science.

But there are some things
we do know.

You'll continue to
metamorphose... or change,

taking on more
ant-like characteristics.

And... you'll grow,

become bigger.

I'm sorry, bill!

Sorry?

Do you think this is
some picnic for me?

Did you hear what I just said?

Picnic! Get it?
Ants... picnic.

What am I, alone here?
That's funny!

- Isn't it funny, doctor?
- Doctor, watch out!

- What's happening to him
- He's all right.

Any ant would react
to a small dose in the same way.

You're just seeing it in a
magnified... or larger form.

Oh, bill.

Thanks, doc.
I needed that.

We said we would try and live a normal
life, but we were kidding ourselves.

Crumbs! How long can I exist on crumbs?
I'm hungry!

I'll show you!

Go, my brothers and sisters!
Go!

You're free! Free!
No, bill.

Behold the great emancipator!

And now, to go downtown.
No, bill, you mustn't.

I'll call Dr. Grabow. Get away
from the telephone, Carole.

Don't make me use this.

Gotcha!

Oh, bill, if you could just listen to the
man in you and put the insect aside.

Insecticide? Where?
No! No, I mean...

Doctor, he belongs
in a hospital, not in a prison.

Where would you have me send him,
a funny farm or an ant farm?

How could you be so cruel?

How could you not love me now that
I'm the only real man in your life?

Just kidding, bill.

Electricity plus atomic energy.

Now he'll grow at an accelerated...
Or speeded up rate.

Oh! Oh!

Are you all right?
I hope so.

We'll have to have that
bite looked at. Uh-huh.

Good lord, he's becoming huge!

Who can possibly stop him
the way he... look out!

He's breaking through the roof!

The American blockade
has intercepted one ship,

the Soviet cargo vessel Marucla, which
was boarded by armed sailors...

From two U.S. destroyers
this morning.

That inspection was described as
tense but no weapons were found.

Today, an anxious world holds its breath
waiting for the next confrontation,

waiting for
the next rumor of war.

The presidential press secretary, Pierre
Salinger, has scheduled a statement.

Sherry.

Oh, hello, um...
Gene.

Gene. Yes. I hope you and your
friend Stan are enjoying the show.

I'll have a Hershey bar
and popcorn, please.

Could I talk to you for a minute?
What about?

About Stan. This
wasn't his fault today.

He really wanted to go see the coral
with you. I find that hard to believe.

Well, it wasn't the coral so much.
See, Stan likes you.

He really likes you. He certainly
has a strange way of showing it.

He was probably afraid that you'd
think it was childish to, um...

To be here?
I do.

Yeah, well,
he was gonna go with you.

But then he remembered he said he'd go to
this movie with me and my little brother.

You see, Stan kind of
calms Dennis down...

When he gets scared.

He's like an Uncle to him.
To your brother?

Sure. And he knew Dennis was
really looking forward to it.

And he said: "I can't do it. I
can't let the little guy down."

That's sweet of him,
thinking about a little boy.

We're missing it.
Go away, Dwight.

I'm telling. That's the
kind of guy Stan is.

He just thought with...
Our dad being out there,

he didn't want Dennis
being alone in here.

And with you living on the base
and being less advantaged...

Oh... That is moving.
I know.

Hold your fire!

What in creation do you
call that thing? Bill.

Bill, this is general Ankrum.

Surrender now.
Come down off that building.

We've got sugar for you.

Men, fire your
D.D.T. Missiles.

Major cities, resort areas.

It's all gonna be looking
like the surface of the moon.

People should be prepared to...

This is it!

A direct hit.
It didn't even stun it.

Sherry! Stan, gene explained
everything to me.

I'm so sorry.
I didn't realize.

There's only one thing left,
atomic weapons.

"Zero hour checklist."

Fish food!

Quickly! It's headed for
that movie theater.

It? Don't you understand? He's not
a monster, he's a shoe salesman!

Would you let that
fit you in a pump?

A real general wouldn't say that.
Shut up.

**

Look out behind you. It
came out of the screen!

Don't worry, Dennis. It's just
some guy in a suit, okay?

Look out! There,
in the tenth row!

It's in the theater.
How could this happen?

Look out!

He looks mad, doesn't he?

Run for your lives!
Don't let it get you!

Oh, no! He's got
ahold of someone!

Run! Run!

Jesus, what the hell's
he doin' to that kid?

You're supposed to
scare him, you idiot hick!

Hey, come back!

Wait! It's leaving.
It's going outside.

Thank God!

Oh, what was it?

See what he's putting back?
The showmanship.

This, to my mind,
is what's been missing!

Do you really think these atomic
things will change bill back?

That kid is not laying a hand on me, Larry.
There are limits.

Okay, okay, I'll talk to him.

Great stuff.

Stop!
Don't shoot!

Stan?
In here.

What happened?
That guy was crazy!

I don't know, man,
but I scared him away with this.

Look at this. It's a fallout shelter.
We've got one at home.

See this? It purifies the air so
you don't breathe in the fallout.

What's this thing for?

Nothing.

And this bike? Generator. To
run the lights and everything.

There's a shower and books
if you get really bored.

There's no phone!

Oh! Right.

Wh...

Who? What
are you doing in here?

Get out!
The door is closing!

Hurry up! Hurry up!
It's happening!

This is it!
The bomb's exploding!

Let me out!
Let me in!

We're locked in.

Listen.

Was that... it?

Was that really it?

Uh, I don't know.

I can't find him anywhere. He went out
this door and I was scared and...

Okay.

Okay.

I love you.
Bye.

Why is this terrible
thing happening?

I have been over and over in it my
mind and I can't find an answer.

All night I lie awake thinking.

Why? Why does
it have to happen?

You're a doctor.
Tell me.

I wish I knew, Carole.

I wish I knew.

Wrote this too, did ya?

Yeah.

Excuse me a minute.

It's not fair!

It's supposed to be for me!

Hey, you see that kid
in the ant suit?

The Russians have attacked.
The bombs are falling.

You saw this on TV?
No. It went out.

They must've hit
the TV stations first.

And then everything started
shaking from the blast waves!

My God.

It's not the Russians.
It's "rumble Rama."

What?

That stupid kid I hired, he probably
turned all my stuff up way too high.

Did you hear any air raid sirens?
No, but...

What about your radio,
your Conelrad?

My radio.

My radio is, is...
Is in my office.

Well, um...

Well, I, uh,
I guess everything is...

Wait a minute. There are two kids in there!
My fallout shelter!

Let 'em out.
I can't.

It's on a time lock. It won't open
for months. It's not my fault.

Is there food?
Yes, but...

I forgot to set
the air-intake blower.

The which? The air-intake blower.
It brings the air in.

There's no air in there?
There won't be soon.

Dandy.

Well, we'll have to pop this off right
here. Find crowbars and hammers.

Sure.

They guaranteed it
couldn't be opened. Who?

The people who sold it to me.

Boy, am I in the wrong business.

Gene?

Yeah?

What if we're the only ones that made
it into one of these things in time?

Then... Then we'd be the only
people in the whole world.

It's like we're...
Like we're what?

Adam and Eve.

I mean, if there are still
gonna be people afterwards...

Babies.

Well... yeah.

Then maybe they will be the ones that'll
live here without blowing it up.

It's our responsibility
to carry on.

That's right.

Are you scared?

Yeah.

Me too.

Mom!
Yes. You okay?

Gene and "mant" went out
the door with... with him!

Uh... hi. Uh, are you gene's mom?
Yeah.

But how can this be a free speech issue?
I don't know.

That ant can't hurt you,
so don't be scared.

Ants.
American movies.

Where is he? You see, uh, gene and
this girl Sandra got stuck in a...

Sandra?
My Sandra?

Good lord! Bill,
put that down!

Hey, quit it, you guys!

Whoa, young man.

I want you to wait for me right here.
Don't you move.

Don't move!

There's something alive.

They want to get in.
We have to let them in!

But the radiation.
That doesn't matter!

Sandra?
What are you doing?

Oh, Rhonda!

Mom!
Oh, my God!

Are you okay? Looks like
he's doin' okay to me.

Thank you. We thought
everyone else was dead.

You were acting like everyone was dead.
Your little brother has been terrified!

No, mom... Excuse me!
Excuse me, excuse me.

Stan, do you really have one of
those shelters at your house?

Yeah, down in the basement.

He usually doesn't
even meet people.

Is the boy military?
Oh, God.

Well, it's rough, kid. But on the
plus side the world's still here.

No, no, no!
It's just that stupid kid.

He's going crazy with my stuff.

Where'd he go?
It lost us.

There he is!

Stop him!
Someone stop him!

- He's got that woman!
- She's a nurse!

Where's he taking her?

- After him!
- But it's so...

So what? Do you know what something
like that will do to a human woman?

I told Larry I'm not doing this!
Don't put a hand on me.

Come on! Put me down!
Beautiful, beautiful!

You're not even going
the right way, you jerk!

You're supposed
to go out the lobby!

Hey, what're you...
Put me down, you moron!

That Woolsey's a genius.

You can't drop an atomic bomb
on Chicago!

We've evacuated the
civilians to a safe place.

Safe from fallout,
from radiation poisoning?

No more screamin'
or I'll cut you!

There they are.

He's just a bug, a big bug.

He's got a knife!

And it's a big knife.
Give me the money fast!

A million dollars worth
of radar can't track it.

Enough fire power to wipe out a
regiment can't even scratch it.

Come on, Sherry.

You're comin' with me! We're going
far away. Please don't hurt her!

Come on!
We belong out there.

It's like a poem I wrote:
The road, the sacred pavement.

We are the traffic.
We are what we traffic in.

And the truck stops here.
It's no skin off my asphalt.

It's just a line,
just a yellow line.

No! My socks are red
and I'm ready to ride.

What does she see in that guy?

Hold it, son.
We'll call the police.

Give me the police.

It's still shaking.
Feel it?

Help me, somebody!
Help!

Somebody help me!
Stop!

Once we so cleverly let that
atomic genie out of its bottle,

there is no putting it back,
gentlemen.

Wow, that thing's ready to drop.

We gotta get everybody
off of there.

Do we turn off the movie?
Then they stomp.

Come on!

It's a different world now...

From the one we knew
only a few short years ago.

What's going on? We're gonna have to get
a little ahead of the picture here.

Make sure the aisles are clear.

Open the back doors,
will ya, hon?

Kid, heat up number two
for me, will ya?

Why would you want to examine me now when
bill is out there... Clear the aisles.

Take your seats. I saw that. And
the army's sending missiles?

Your appointment is today. People
always find a reason to put it off.

That's the thing people
like to do.

Um, yes, but after everything
that's happened, maybe you...

Maybe I'm what?

Unfit to work on people's
precious little teeth?

Why are you keeping your hand...

Because it's not my hand.
It's not a hand at all!

Not since bill bit me!

Jesus!
This is it!

Hey! Hey, look!

It's still here.
I don't believe it.

It's all still here.
It's all right.

What the hell are you doin'?
They had the atomic bomb!

I thought the world was gonna end.
Man, I'm seein' this twice!

Guys, let's go. No tripping.
Nurse, this guy fainted.

You're right. Everybody, let's go.
Out that door.

Harvey, watch out!

Stay back, stay back!

Sherry? Sherry?
Stan!

Oh, thank God you got here.
I was so scared!

You were wonderful!
I was?

Dennis? Dennis?

He was down here!
Dennis? Dennis?

Mom!

Help.

Dennis!
Ohh!

Dennis, hold out your hand.

Give me your hand.

Come on.
Give me your hand.

Okay. That's it.
Come on.

Nice and slowly.

Come on. Come on.
Reach for me.

Gene!

That's it.

Mom! Gene!
Help me!

Gene, pull me up.
Please!

Pull him up, okay?
Ohh!

Pull me up!

It's burning.

No, it's not.

There's no fire in there.
No, I turned it off.

Folks, we won't be having
a second show today.

You're kidding!
What?

We will be giving you a free
pass to a future presentation.

My son's been waiting three
weeks to see this movie!

You tell him
he can't see this movie!

Hey, Woolsey!

This crowd is turning into a mob.
Congratulations.

Let me ask you something.
Excuse me.

Do you own that process? Yep. It's
something I've been working on.

Some of it's stage lighting,
some magic show stuff.

But the big studios, none of
them have anything like it.

You know why? They're dinosaurs!
No vision.

They were scared, weren't they?
Terrified.

Might even want to tone
it down a little. Sure.

Normally you can let the people leave
the theater at their own pace.

Easier on the carpets,
you know what I mean?

Also, I'm still concerned
about that bomb thing.

Little question of taste? No, no.
But your younger patrons,

you could have some seat wetness.
This I see as a drawback.

Right. Hey. You know
what wouldn't be bad?

Ghosts. They come through the
screen, fly over the audience.

Ghosts that drip blood!
Drip it on the audience.

That was my thought. I can see it all now.
"Blood-o-scope," "bleed-o-Rama."

You wrecked my theater.
I did not! He did.

Sherry!

Sherry!

It was great,
Mr. Woolsey.

It's kinda hard to believe that
you're a grown-up. No kidding.

You think grown-ups know what they're
doing? That's a hustle, kid.

Grown-ups are making it up as
they go along just like you do.

You remember that,
you'll be fine.

That's beautiful, Mr. Woolsey.
No trouble.

Nurse.

But he... Will you stop worrying?
The insurance will cover it.

In fact, I'd leave the balcony out.
I'd put two more screens up there.

The sound leaks, and people will hear
two pictures for the price of one.

The wave of the future!

- I'll call you.
- I'll call you too.

- Nice to meet you.
- Yes, good-bye.

The announcement came
in a communique...

From chairman Khrushchev
to president Kennedy,

saying that the Soviets would
dismantle the missiles on Cuba,

and return them
to the Soviet union.

Quoting, "to give reassurance...
Gene, Dennis!"

"To all people who crave
peace, come in here!

"And to reassure
the American people,

"all of whom, I am certain
also want peace... It's over.

As do the people
of the Soviet union."

The Pentagon said that the American naval
quarantine of Cuba would be ended.

The ships would be returning to their
home ports by the end of the week.

And so a sigh of relief
around the world...

As two of the great powers pull
back from the nuclear abyss.

Amazing! You won't believe the
kind of ink we're getting.

Look. "Horror stunt saves
patrons' lives." Where?

Oh, down there.

Well, we're up
against this Cuba thing.

Anyway, Spector's getting us into 60
theaters. How do you like the car?

It's great.

Well, we're off to the opening.
Cleveland.

Congratulations.
Exactly.

Honey?

So, now, you two,
was that your first date?

Ah... yeah.

Hard to top.

You guys'll do it, though.

Well...

Better be rolling.

Uh, keep your eyes open.
I will.

Bye.

Keep your eyes open for what?

The scary parts.

Oh.

Nice kids.

That wouldn't be bad,
have a couple kids.

We have to be married
for that, Larry.

Yeah, I know.

Boy, you are the shock expert.

Think about it.

You see the look on those two? It's like
their whole life got called off and then,

"no, wait a second, sorry,"
it's on again.

That's how everybody looks now.
People are walkin' around,

They made it. Safe. Uh-huh.
How long do you give that?

Couple weeks, couple years,
then bang,

somebody else comes along with
another way for the world to end.

Only this time they mean it.

At least those two got
a jump on it. Huh?

They've seen
the coming attractions.

* in the jungle
the mighty jungle *

* the lion sleeps tonight *

* in the jungle
the quiet jungle *

* the lion sleeps tonight
hup, hup *

* owimoweh, owimoweh
owimoweh, owimoweh *

* owimoweh, owimoweh
owimoweh, owimoweh *

* owimoweh, owimoweh
owimoweh, owimoweh **

Oh, bill!