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[MACHINE WHIRRING]

[MACHINE DINGS]

Yes, Jorgen?

We have it.

Andreas, we have it.

It works. [LAUGHS IN DISBELIEF]

Jorgen.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

It gives me great pleasure to welcome the
director of the Institute and my old friend,

- Dr. Andreas Jacobsen.
- [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Pereira.

Seventy-five years ago, Ms. Nellie Edvardsen,

overcome with guilt by the fortune her
late husband's family had amassed

producing mustard gas during World
War I, founded our Institute

so that the wonders of science could
instead be used to help mankind.

In the 1950s,

the Institute identified overpopulation

as mankind's single greatest long-term threat....

The cause of all the catastrophes
we are seeing today:

Extreme climate and weather events,

and the devastating impact
on food and water security.

Among the many solutions we
conceived so many years ago

one, which seemed then so
ambitious, so out of our grasp,

has finally borne fruit.

And today we are proud to unveil

what we fervently believe to be the only
practical, humane and inclusive remedy

to humanity's gravest problem.

My colleague, Dr. Jorgen Asbjornsen,
will now present his findings.

Are you ready, Doctor?

JORGEN: Yes, I'm ready.

[AUDIENCE GASPING]

[AUDIENCE MURMURING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

ANDREAS: Please take your seats.

Please sit down, ladies and gentlemen, please.

Please take your seats, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

Dr. Pereira, esteemed colleagues.

Five years ago, building on the research
of our predecessors at the Institute,

my team and I discovered a process

by which all organic material can
be reduced at the cellular level

by a ratio of approximately 2,744 to 1.

Such a process converts a man of 1.8
meters to just 12.9 centimeters.

A wide array of flora and fauna
were subjected in this process,

and, with the exception of
some fish and shellfish,

absolutely no side effects were detected.

Please, lights.

Once the safety of the procedure was confirmed,

36 brave volunteers joined
my wife Anne-Helene and me

as the very first humans to
undergo cellular reduction.

The process is short and painless,
with only the mild discomfort of

removal and replacement of
dental and other prosthetics.

The subjects are placed under light sedation

and after a brief rest, fully
recover within an hour or two.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Once completed, our little village,

just 7 meters by 11 meters, was placed
inside a gas-permeable enclosure

designed to protect us from the hazards
of weather, animals and insects.

Thus we set about to live together

in the world's very first self-sustaining
community of the small.

I hold here in my hand all of
the uncompostable waste

produced by 36 people over four years.

In this afternoon's session, we will outline

our proposal for a two to
three hundred-year transition

for the world to transform from big into small.

But for now,

I'd like you all to meet some
very special people. Come.

MAN: Bravo!

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

And look, there is little Ronni Nestrud,

the first small baby ever born,

and his new little sister Ulrikke.

[REPORTER1 SPEAKING KOREAN ON TV]

[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]

[REPORTER2 SPEAKING SPANISH ON TV]

[REPORTER3 SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE ON RADIO]

[REPORTER4 SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE ON TV]

[REPORTER5 SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE ON TV]

[REPORTER6 SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE ON TV]

REPORTER7: Jorgen Asbjornsen
of the Edvardsen Institute,

himself now only 10 centimeters
tall and weighing just 18 grams,

- explained the rationale behind the invention.
- Wow!

- Say that's...
- That is wild, isn't it? Just wild.

Say, Holly?

You can go ahead and put the
takeout order in. Thanks.

[REPORTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

- KAY: Is that you?
- Yeah.

You hungry?

I ate about an hour ago.

I didn't know when you were coming.

You knew I was bringing food. I called
you and asked you specifically,

- and then you go and eat?
- Just a sesame chicken! I'm still hungry.

[TV CONTINUES PLAYING]

Did you see the news today?

- About the little Swedish man?
- Norwegian.

Helen called to tell me to turn on the TV.

- What won't they think of next?
- Unbelievable.

Biggest thing since landing
on the moon. Bigger!

I don't get it.

Why would anybody want to do that to himself?

They can shrink people down

and fly to Mars,

but they can't cure my fibromyalgia?

[EXHALES]

And all this fuss about the environment, as
though the world's going to end tomorrow.

I'm in pain.

I can't breathe! Doesn't that matter?

Lots of people are in pain, Mom,

in all sorts of ways.

[PAUL SPEAKING SPANISH]
Hola Carmen. Are you ready?

[SPEAKING SPANISH] Strong, strong.
Okay. Is it usually or more like...

...tingling?

- More like tingling.
- Tingling, okay.

MAN: [ON TV] This downsizing thing
is simply runaway-train technology

that's having a devastating impact
on our world economy.

We're losing billions of dollars
in consumer spending already.

It's hurting us in construction,
automobile, housing and defense.

And then, of course, when we get to politics?

- Israelis shrinking Palestinians,
- Ron!

- African dictators shrinking rival ethnic groups.
- Ron!

Look, Ron, in any major
transformation of society,

are there serious growing pains? Sure.

But at current mass and volume, human
life on Earth is unsustainable. And base on...

You know, that one guy makes a good point.

This family on my block just
moved away to get small.

Now their house is just sitting there.

Making everybody's values take
a dive is what they're doing

and just when I'm trying to refinance.

Marlene thinks I should do
it just to lose the weight.

[ALL LAUGHING]

- TIM: You and me both, buddy.
- Hey, Dee, is that takeout order about ready?

- Hey, honey, I brought food!
- AUDREY: I'm not hungry.

What's wrong?

I have a splitting headache.

The store was super busy, and Carla
was a total bitch on wheels.

- I feel like I'm going to throw up.
- Here, let me do the neck thing.

[SIGHS] Yeah, do the little neck thing.

Mmm.

Just relax, honey.

Let me take all the weight.

REALTOR: Okay, here is the beautiful formal
living room with the wonderful fireplace.

And come around here, and we have the
nice big breakfast area for the kitchen.

Big eating area.

And this kitchen is just a complete wow.

No, it's awesome. I just think maybe we
should look again at that place in Benson.

Come on, let's just check out the rest.

This is great in here.

Double oven, six-burner gas stove.

It's got this wonderful
butler's pantry over here,

granite counter top...

[CALCULATOR WHIRS]

[SIGHS]

[CAR LOCK BEEPS]

- Oh, hey, Sean.
- Oh, hey, Paul. How you doing?

Good.

- PAUL: Do I look fat?
- No, you look very handsome.

- [MUSIC PLAYING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

PAUL: Anesthesiology, huh?

My wife says I put people to
sleep even without the drugs.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

- I'm surprised you're still awake.
- He uses that joke like twice a week.

- What's your field, Paul?
- Occupational therapy.

- Okay.
- Oh. Like... like career counseling?

Uh, no, it's just like physical therapy, but
focused on workplace injuries and rehab.

Repetitive stress, lower back, that sort
of thing. A lot of shoulder problems.

- I'm... I'm in-house over at Omaha Steaks.
- He does a lot of paperwork.

Yeah, well, I get a little carpal tunnel of my own

- from time to time.
- Tell me about it.

Medicine these days is all
about covering your ass.

Hey, Paul, weren't you pre-med down in Lincoln?

Good memory. Yeah, I put in two years, uh...

Then my mom got real sick, so I moved
back to Omaha to take care of her.

I wanted to be a surgeon, actually.

You know, we might've ended up working together.

You could've been my anesthesiologist!

- ANESTHESIOLOGIST: How about that?
- PAUL: Yeah.

WOMAN: Oh, my God. No way.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

PAUL: Dave?

That's Dave! Dave Johnson!

And Carol!

I... I heard he was coming. I had no idea!

He never struck me as the kind
of guy who'd go get small.

Wow!

- [OVER MEGAPHONE] Hey, everybody.
- Hi.

- Hope we're not intruding.
- ALL: No.

Hey, Andy?

Could you get Carol a...

Gin and tonic.

...a gin and tonic.

- With lime.
- With lime.

CAROL: Well, actually, we weren't
planning on coming at all at first,

but then, you know, we started
getting all the emails.

Plus my sister was having a lump removed.

And she... she's fine, thank God,
but I still needed to see her.

So what's traveling like?

How'd you guys get up here from New Mexico?

CAROL: Oh, gosh, it's great! Yeah.

The airlines are getting more
and more small-friendly.

All the seats are first-class.

DAVE: So, after a couple of years
in Florida, we moved out to Vegas.

- And that...
- Yeah, I think that's the last time we talked.

Yeah. Well, Vegas wasn't such a good
choice for me, as it turns out.

Got into some real bad habits.
Pretty much hit rock bottom.

I'll tell you, any other woman
would've run for the hills.

But Carol, man, she's a
saint. She stuck with me.

But I really had to come clean about everything.

I mean everything.

You know, almost.

- So the decision to...
- Well, that's the thing.

We both needed a change.

Hit the reset button. Start all over.

Well, plus, it must feel good to know
you're really making a difference.

You mean all that crap about saving the planet?

Yeah.

Downsizing is about saving yourself.

It takes the pressure right off,
especially money pressure.

I'm just not driven and ambitious
like the rest of my family.

And now Carol and I, we live like kings!

I'm still living in the same house I grew up in.

Audrey's dying for us to move,
but we're really strapped.

I mean, shit, I just finished
paying off my student loans!

Yeah, well...

Listen, if you ever start
thinking about it seriously,

here's my two cents, uh...

There's a lot of small communities cropping
up out there, but don't mess around.

Leisureland's where you want to be.

Best houses, best appliances, best doctors.

They book all the big concert tours.
Got all the great restaurants.

The kids love Cheesecake Factory
and Leisureland's got three of them.

And hey, I'm not just saying all this for
the referral credit, just so you know.

AUDREY: I liked little Carol.
She's got a lot on the ball.

She's reading books she's always
wanted to read, she's taking Italian.

- And she's never been fitter.
- Well, they sure seem happy.

Dave says he's getting pretty good on the drums.

Next year they're taking the kids out of school
to spend six months at a sister city in Tuscany.

Cooking classes, yoga, wine
tasting, the whole nine yards.

[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]

[ON ANSWERING MACHINE]
Hi, Saf, Audrey. It's Milo.

Bad news.

Your mortgage application at
First National bounced back.

The underwriter didn't like the income-to-debt
ratios, they're a little excessive.

I... I don't know if you guys can come up
with another ten, fifteen percent down?

If you could maybe boost it up a little bit...

I bet we'll be able to tell right
away if it's for us or not.

Yeah, so let's not waste a lot of time.

Maybe if we get to Santa Fe
early, we can get a massage.

Sounds good to me.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHEEK TO CHEEK PLAYING]

# Cheek to cheek #

# Heaven, I'm in heaven #

# And the cares that hung around me #

# Through the week #

# Seem to vanish #

# Like a gambler's lucky streak #

# When we're out together #

# Dancing cheek to cheek #

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Welcome, everybody!

I'm Jeff Lonowski, Senior Product Specialist

and happy homeowner here
at Leisureland Estates.

You having a good time?

- AUDIENCE: Yeah.
- [SCATTERED APPLAUSE]

Come on, guys. You're a heck
of a lot bigger than I am.

Make some noise! Are you having a good time?

[ALL CHEERING LOUDLY]

- Yeah!
- Yeah!

JEFF: That's more like it.

So, what do you think of my place?

[MURMURING AND WHISTLING]

Pretty nifty, huh? It's the house of my dreams.

Heck, I'd say this is the house
of anybody's dreams!

Why, an average guy like me

would have to work 20, 30, maybe 40
years to afford a place like this, if ever!

And just wait till you see what's inside.

[AUDIENCE GASPING]

Oh!

LAURA: Jeff!

You've got to stop inviting
guests over without telling me.

Oh, sorry, Laura. I was only...

I mean, I finally just got in the tub
to relax after such a busy day.

Busy doing what, sweetheart?

Oh, no end of things. First I took a
tennis lesson and had a massage.

JEFF: Nice.

And then after a gourmet lunch with the girls,

well, we couldn't help ourselves, so we popped
into that new Loget jewelry store downtown.

Uh-oh. Loget? What's that gonna cost me?

- [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
- Now, Jeff, you hush! I was really good.

- Just another diamond bracelet.
- [AUDIENCE GASPING]

Just a diamond bracelet?
That doesn't sound like you.

Noch, you're right. I don't like to break up a
set, so... I got matching diamond earrings

and a matching diamond necklace.
All conflict free and set in platinum.

JEFF: How much, Laura?

Aw, but, Jeff, they look so good
on me, and you should see...

How much, Laura?

- Well, Jeff...
- I said, how much?

Eighty-three dollars.

- JEFF: Eighty-three dollars! Are you crazy?
- Oh!

JEFF: Why, that's practically our
food budget for two whole months!

[AUDIENCE GASPING]

[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

SALESPERSON: Putting it all
together, if you liquidate

your current home, cars and other assets
and purchase the Regency-level estate,

remember, that's the 12,000
square-foot-equivalent home

on the 1.5-acre-equivalent lot
at a base price of $63,000.

Then the health and fitness package, that's
$4,500, you're going to want to get that.

It's gym, pool, sauna, steam,
hot tub and a tennis court.

Then the medical procedures
for two adults, that's $15,000.

Wait, does insurance cover any of that?

No, but at the Regency level, you
qualify for a substantial discount.

And don't forget the federal tax credit.

- Right. Right.
- All right?

So, taking a look at your current debt,
your retirement and your other savings,

you are at $152,000 in equity. People,
that is a very comfortable number.

Comfortable? That doesn't

- sound like nearly enough.
- Yeah.

No. See, you have to look at this
column, Audrey. Equivalent value.

You're solidly inside the Blue Chip zone.

In Leisureland, your $152,000
translates to $12.5 million.

To live on. For life. I mean, come on!

Wow.

[BOTH CHUCKLE NERVOUSLY]

Hold on. If this is such a good thing,
how come you haven't done it?

I would do it in a heartbeat!

But my husband had a hip
replacement, so he's ineligible.

So, what do you think? Would the
Regency level be your first choice?

Or should I show you something
a little more deluxe?

Honey, why don't you just go ahead
and pick? I just want you to be happy.

[SQUEALS]

That's a good husband. Take a look at this.

Hey, how much for the hot dog cooker?

Four dollars?

I'll give you a dollar.

Sold!

Keep up with the exercises,
don't get lazy. Look.

I laminated it for you, so you literally
have no excuse not to do it.

- Okay. Thanks, Paul. Thanks a lot.
- You bet.

Maybe someday me and my wife will get
small and we'll come down to see you.

Well, I'd love that, but in the meantime...

- Okay?
- All right.

Just 15 minutes every night.
It'll change your life.

- Thanks, Paul.
- See you, Dave!

BOB: We're here to wish Paul Safranek
farewell as he moves on to Leisureland,

and we wish him nothing but the best.

Good luck to you and Audrey.

- Thanks, Bob. Thanks, Bob.
- [ALL CHEERING]

BARRY: And you guys didn't consider
Treasure Island out in Palm Desert?

Well, we checked it out, but...

I mean, I liked it all right, but Audrey thought
they were a little stingy with the amenities,

especially given what they were
charging in monthly maintenance.

And I just turned to Paul and said,
"Okay, you win. Let's go for it".

We're just gonna miss you so much.

Oh, Gina, I'm gonna miss you, too.

Look, it's not like we're dying.
Okay? We're just relocating.

And we'll be back at least
once a year. Maybe more!

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

- Hi, Dad.
- Hi, sweetie.

Yeah, well, I'm sorry your mom couldn't bring
herself to come, but she sends her love,

and we're expecting you at the
house tomorrow afternoon.

Glad you could make it, Larry.

- Hey, Paul.
- What can I get you, Dad?

Um...

Look, why don't I... here, you guys visit, I'll...

- Beer.
- I got.

- Just any beer.
- Great. Okay, coming up.

- I wish Mom weren't taking this so hard.
- Well, you know your mother.

Frankly, I was a little skeptical
about it myself at first.

Say, you remember Jerry Gross?

You know, I called him the other day.
He and Bev retired down there.

Did the whole shrinking
thing you kids are doing.

He says they're getting along
just fine. Never better.

He says he feels younger every day and that
a dollar buys a 1000 dollars' worth of stuff.

Of course, they need that with
all the medication Bev takes,

but, um, yeah.

No, I... I see the appeal.

Apparently, there's zero crime.
I keep telling your mother.

Yeah, it's very safe.

We worry.

- PAUL: When I was younger, and then I lost it.
- [ALL LAUGHING]

Hey.

You guys are the ones getting small, right?

Th... that's right. My wife and I.

Good for you.

No offense, but, um,

do you think if you're that small,

you should still have all the same rights
as the rest of us normal-sized people?

I mean, like the right to vote?

- Why wouldn't we?
- Oh, well, jeez, let's see, um...

You're not buying as many products,
you're not paying as much sales tax.

Some of you aren't even
paying any income tax.

I mean, you're not really participating

- in our economy, are you?
- PAUL: Hey.

- In fact, you're costing us money, and jobs.
- Hey.

Hey! That's enough.

We're just having a good time here.

Hey, I'm just asking a simple academic question.

- Alright!
- You know what?

You guys should have a
quarter of the vote at most.

I mean, that's pretty generous,
don't you think?

- Why don't you have a seat?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Why don't you take a walk?
- Cool your jets, big guy!

You know what? Maybe an
eighth of a vote, in fact, and.

- ...you could use a little small, buddy.
- Yeah, sit down.

Hey! Hey!

Can I get a normal-sized beer
for a normal-sized guy?

[SIGHS]

I keep thinking I forgot something.

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PA]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Moving to town, are you?

How's that?

I see you're moving to Leisureland.
You look like a nice young couple.

Thanks.

- Where you from?
- Omaha.

Spokane.

Nervous?

- Yeah, you know, uh... a little.
- Don't be. It's the best thing you'll ever do.

ADMINISTRATOR: With your
permission, I'm going to

record your answers to
the following questions.

May I begin the recording?

- Sure.
- Yeah.

Please state your full legal names.

Audrey Lustig Safranek.

Paul Norris Safranek.

And do you, Audrey Lustig Safranek,
and you, Paul Norris Safranek,

understand that, of your own
free will, you will undergo

the permanent and irreversible medical
procedure commonly known as "downsizing",

and that following the procedure
your bodies will be approximately

0.0364 percent of their
current mass and volume?

- Yep.
- I'm... I'm sorry, Paul, I need a yes or no.

- Yes.
- Yes.

Great. Thank you.

And do you give full consent
to Gateway Medical Services

to administer the medical procedure
commonly known as "downsizing"?

- Yes.
- Yes.

And do you understand that there exists
an approximately one in 225,000 chance

that the procedure could result in injury,
permanent disability, or death?

- Yes.
- [SOFTLY] Yes.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Yes.

Safranek. Paul Safranek?

Yes.

- It's actually Safranek.
- NURSE: Safranek.

- Come with me, sir.
- We're together.

Oh. Someone will escort you to
the women's facility shortly.

You'll be separated for
approximately five hours.

Following the procedure, you'll be
reunited in the recovery room.

Okay.

- So, this is it.
- Yeah.

- I'll see you tonight.
- Yeah.

I'll see you on the other side.

I love you.

I love you, too.

[SHAVER WHIRRING]

Okay, let's get you up here.

[WHIRRING]

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

[DENTAL INSTRUMENTS WHIRRING]

[INAUDIBLE]

All clear!

[BLARING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DINGS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ELEVATOR BELL RINGING]

- Aye, we got some real fat ones this time.
- Hey, how's everybody doing today?

Hey, Miss Joyce! Doin' good. How you doin'?

Me, I'm great. Just getting
ready for the weekend.

[GROANS SOFTLY]

[SIGHS]

I see you've decided to join us.

Is this... is it over?

Welcome to Leisureland.
Can you tell me your name?

- It's Paul Safranek.
- Okay, good.

I bet you're hungry.

Oh, my God.

[LAUGHS] Isn't that cute? People just love that.

I'll bring you a real snack in a moment.

Thanks. Um, I think my wife is
supposed to be here with me.

- What's her name?
- Audrey Safranek.

Let me see.

We do have an Audrey Safranek
scheduled for today,

but I don't show her transferred over yet.

She's probably just held up
in dental. I'll go check.

Okay. Thank you.

[DOOR OPENS]

Mr. Safranek, you've got a call.

Oh. Thank you.

Hello?

- AUDREY: Paul?
- Oh, Audrey. Thank God!

Where are you, honey?

Don't be mad at me. Please don't be mad.

It's hard enough as it is.

What's hard? Wait. What are you talking about?

[CRYING] Oh, Paul, they shaved my head!

And then they started shaving my eyebrows,
and I just thought, what am I doing?

I can't leave my family.
I can't leave my friends.

- I'm sorry, Paul, I just can't.
- Where are you?

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PA OVER PHONE]

Are you at the airport?

Don't hate me.

Please don't hate me.

Okay, okay. Take it easy. Just...

...get in a taxi and come back
and we'll talk about this, okay?

We'll go back to Omaha and we'll
think this through together.

Wait...

You're not leaving me here?

Can't you understand how I feel? I feel
terrible! I let you down, I feel awful!

But then... but then I realized I was just doing
this because I was trying to make you happy,

and... I should have been
thinking more about myself.

Thinking about yourself?
Thinking about yourself?

You know you haven't even asked me how I am?

Don't yell. Don't yell at me or I'll hang up.

Do you have any idea what
I have been through today?

Audrey, if you don't come back here right now...

And see you all small? I'm
upset enough already!

You're upset? You're upset?

I'm the one who's five fucking inches tall!

I was sure sorry to hear Mrs.
Safranek couldn't make it today.

- Safranek.
- Safranek.

Well, it's not a half-bad idea to scout things
out and get everything ready for her.

The net blocks a lot of UV rays, but you
still might want to put your hat on.

And any time you want to go somewhere,
you just hop in one of these bad boys.

And if they're in short supply,
well, you can always share.

It's fun to share. I know I've met
some super people that way.

Just super!

Yeah. Isn't that something?

Over to your right there,

in that big white oval building, is
one of our seven sports centers.

That's the one that houses the largest
indoor skiing facility in the world.

You know, relatively speaking.

And up ahead we have Lake Chester.

Look familiar?

- The Barrington.
- My sister's got one. She loves it!

Well, sir, here is the key to your kingdom.

Welcome to the good life.

Oh, they stock the kitchen with standard items,

but one thing I should warn
you about is the dairy.

Takes a while for your stomach to adjust
to the milk and cheese, so go easy on it.

Something about bacteria.

And be careful about the hot water.

It's on one central system and they
got that cranked really high.

Surprised they haven't had a lawsuit yet.

Oh! But you didn't hear that from me!

Thanks, Matt.

You're a nice guy.

And, Paul?

Thanks for helping the planet.

[SHOWER RUNNING]

[PAUL SCREAMS]

Fuck!

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Safranek?

[SIGHS]

That's me.

Okay!

[METAL CLANKING]

And now to the United States,
where for many years,

both the Department of Homeland Security

and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
have been warning about the ease

with which downsized people, from illegal
immigrants to potential terrorists,

could penetrate U.S. borders.

Last week's discovery in Eugene, Oregon,
provided new evidence to support that claim.

Brian Fakler brings us up to date.

This Target is just one of thousands
of big box stores around the country

that import almost a million
tons of goods weekly,

most of it from Asia.

Last week, workers here in Eugene
opened a suspicious TV box

and discovered 17 downsized
stowaways from Vietnam,

14 of them already dead,

two more dying hours later at a local hospital.

On Friday, the lone survivor, a
woman named Ngoc Lan Tran,

was transferred to a hospital at
Leisureland Estates in New Mexico,

widely considered the country's
top medical center for the small.

Doctors were forced to amputate
a portion of an infected leg,

and today her condition is
described as fair but stable.

According to a statement from the
Department of Homeland Security,

Miss Tran claims to have been jailed for
her political and environmental activism

and was miniaturized against her
will in a Vietnamese prison facility.

If true, this would bolster claims
by human rights groups

that repressive governments around the world
are forcibly downsizing political undesirables.

[FADING AWAY]

LAWYER: So, do we need to review
any of the terms of the settlement?

No. It's all pretty clear.

LAWYER: I really wish you'd
taken her first offer.

I know.

All right, well, if you could just step back
a little. Don't want you to get hurt.

LAWYER: Um...

As large as you can, please.

Nice weather down here.

Turned real cold back in Omaha.

Uh-huh.

Wind chill.

Hey, Paul.

Thanks, man. You were right.

Raising my monitor really did the trick.

My neck feels better, there's
no more tingling in my arm.

I would have never made the connection.

That's great. I'm really glad I could help.

Thank you for calling Lands' End. My name
is Paul. How can I help you today?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[POP MUSIC PLAYING]

Ciao, bello!

Hi, Carol.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

Hey, pal.

Why the long face, huh?

- Look around you, buddy. Life is good!
- I made a mistake, Dave.

Biggest mistake of my life.

- I should've stayed where I was.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Look, I know divorce can put a pretty
big dent in anyone's self-esteem.

And what Audrey did to
you was beyond the pale.

I mean, I hate her.

I barely know her.

You may not hate her, but I hate her guts.

You? You just got to get back
in the saddle, that's all.

Yeah, maybe someday.

If you want my advice,

single moms is the way to go.

They got the whole kid thing out of their
system, and they just want to party.

No, that's okay.

And if you don't want an emotional connection,
which is understandable, you can just...

Well, we have all sorts of ways you can have
a good time down here, no strings attached.

- Just put it on the old credit card.
- No, I'm good. Really.

Okay, yeah.

In fact, I started seeing someone.

Oh, yeah?

Single mom, actually.

Mmm-hmm. Now we're talking! Good for you.

[LAUGHS]

Paul, this is so good.

Thanks.

The recipe called for chervil, but
you can't get chervil here yet.

- So I used dill.
- Mmm.

Well, whatever it is, it's super yummy.

It's the little things, you know?

I mean, except for there
being no birds or insects,

you'd think we're in the normal world.

And then something happens,
and you realize we're not.

Not that substituting dill for chervil is that
big a thing, but you know what I mean.

Like last month, my parents came
down to visit Jonah and me.

And it's this whole production
with the carrying boxes

and, of course, Jonah gets freaked out

by Grandma and Grandpa
being so huge and scary.

One night they took us out
for dinner at Fleming's.

- You know, real nice.
- Mmm-hmm.

And Jonah and I are sitting on
the table in those special seats,

and the big people wouldn't stop staring at us.

Plus, the restaurant brags about
how small people are welcome,

- then they charge a huge minimum!
- They should charge big people extra.

They're the ones dragging down the world.

I know. Big people look at us like
we're freaks. They're the freaks!

Oh, did you hear about all that gas being
released in Antarctica from the ice?

The methane?

I haven't really been following
the news that much lately.

Apparently, it's a big deal.

Scientists are saying the more the ice melts,

the more methane comes
out, making more ice melt.

Apparently, we're already
way beyond the tipping...

[LOUD MUSIC PLAYING UPSTAIRS]

It's my upstairs neighbor.

It's the strangest thing. There wasn't a peep
for months. I don't even think he was here.

And then suddenly it's party, party, party.
I had to call security the other night.

Dusan!

Hey, Dusan!

Dusan!

DUSAN: Yes?

You mind turning down the music? I'm trying
to have a quiet evening down here.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- Hello, my friend.
- PAUL: Hello, Dusan.

May I come in?

Certainly.

So, listen, Pete...

Paul.

- Paul. And Kristen.
- Paul.

- Ah. Hello, Kristen.
- Hi.

I'm sorry I'm disturbing
your nice little dinner.

Listen...

As I was saying, Paul,

I'm having one more, you know,
little party at my place tonight.

Not big like last time. Very small.

Just a few close friends.

No!

Is that a rose?

- Yeah.
- A real rose?

Where'd you get a real rose?

It's a new store. Full-Sized Flower Mart.

How much they charge you for this?

WOMAN: Dusan! Dusan!

Quoi, ma Cherie?

What are you doing down there?
[CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH]

Anyway, as I was saying,

Paul, if tonight noise disturbs you,
just come upstairs, talk to me.

Don't make big show like last
time, yelling like crazy man.

We're neighbors. Neighbors are friends.

What's better even, come to the party.

Thanks, but like I said, we just
want to have a quiet dinner.

Just try to keep it down, okay?

Yes, darling. Of course.

[SHUSHING]

[LOUD MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

Thanks for a really nice time.

Plus the cooking and all.

Sorry I have to leave so early,
but, you know, the sitter.

- Yeah! Yeah, no, I...
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Up one floor.

Yeah, one more.

Gracias. Gracias.

Anyway, uh...

I was hoping Sunday we could bring Jonah.

I'd love to meet him.

Yeah. Maybe.

- Is something wrong?
- No.

You're a wonderful guy, Paul,

and I really enjoy hanging out with you.

Uh-huh.

But if I'm honest about how I'm feeling,
it might be... it might be too soon for me.

It's fine, I get it.

- No...
- I get it. No, it's fine.

I just mean if we're bringing Jonah into it.

- Have a nice night.
- No, uh...

Paul!

[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

A rose!

DUSAN: Paul!

You come!

And you bring the rose.

- As a peace offering.
- Oh! Look, everyone!

This is Paul, my neighbor, and
look at what he brings me.

A real fucking rose!

Do you think any of these other
ungrateful sons of bitches

think to bring something to Dusan?

No. You're the only one. I like you.

Look, I know I said it's only a little party,

but I make two, three phone calls to
very close friends, look what happens.

Everybody comes!

There's nothing else to do in
this fucking city after 10:00.

Now, this I do not understand.

It's not as if so many people
have work in the morning.

This is the worst trait about small people.

They're lazy. Not all. Not all. But
lazy. Like this lazy son of a bitch.

- Konrad.
- What's that you're saying about me?

What lies are you telling?

Just that in small world no one wants to work!

What did you expect?

That's the wonderful thing about becoming small.

Because you're immediately rich.

Unless you're very poor. Then you're just small.

- Konrad is sea captain.
- Oh.

Never more than ten meters away from his boat.

I do like my boat.

There she is. Sonja, my beauty.

You see, I'm from many generations,

all the way back to my grandfathers,
my father, all sea captains.

- So, what brings you to Leisureland?
- Dusan.

He even convinced me to become small.

Mostly for the women and the parties.
And, frankly, my wife had all the money.

And after she left, things became a bit tricky.

I can relate.

It's quite wonderful to be
small, don't you think?

I'd say it has its pluses and minuses.

Next week I'll be in the Seychelles.

And two weeks after that, I'll be sailing with
friends for a month on Lake Titicaca.

Can you believe I've never
been to Lake Titicaca?

And how does the boat get from place
to place? I mean, you can't sail it.

FedEx, my dear boy.

Sonja travels faster than I do!

[LAUGHS]

[DISCO MUSIC PLAYING]

How'd you get a tiny harpsichord down here?

- MAN: I didn't. I had to have it made.
- Wow.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Who is that?

- Who's that?
- Yeah.

That's Little Ronni.

That's Little Ronni?

The first small baby ever born, back in Norway.

- Holy shit, that's Little Ronni!
- Yeah. You should go talk to him.

Sorry, uh... sorry, excuse me, um...
Is it true... you're Little Ronni?

Well, maybe not so little anymore,
but, yeah, that's me.

Wow! It's... do you think...

- Would it be cool to get a selfie?
- Yeah, man. Get in here.

Awesome. Thank you so much.
I really appreciate it. Thank you.

Wow.

[LATIN DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHISPERING]

Thank you, so are you.

What is that?

No, I need to know. I have allergies.

Wait! Wait.

Okay.

# De Granada a Casablanca #

# Enterré mi fantasía #

# Una guitarra, y un gitano canta #

# Canta mi Andalucía #

[RETCHING]

[BANGING ON DOOR]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[ALL SPEAKING GREEK]

I'm gonna take off my shoes.

[DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

Having fun?

[DOORBELL CHIMING]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOORBELL CONTINUES CHIMING]

DUSAN: Enough with the fucking doorbell.

WOMAN: Good morning, Mr.
Dusan. We come clean for you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

DUSAN: So you had fun last night, yeah?

You didn't know you were so lucky to
have exciting neighbors such as me.

Well, I've never been to a party like that.

There were so many Europeans.

Did you know Little Ronni was
here? I mean, he is historic!

And boring, You know...

Good-looking dumb Norwegian guy goes
around the world having sex with everyone.

Women, men, hermaphrodites,
dogs, goats, monkeys.

He'll be the first small baby to die of
syphilis. But, yeah, okay, historic.

Well, apparently, he still lives in the original
colony, you know, over in Norway.

I've always wanted to see that.

It's all right.

You've been there?

Yeah. I go once or twice a year.

Konrad, too. We make business there.

- Very good business.
- Must be something to see. I've...

You know you can't even
get pictures of it online?

Yes, my friend. The world is
filled with things to see.

Yeah, I don't know you, Paul, but
I like you. I like you very much.

And my advice is,

get out of this disgusting little fucking
apartment and open your eyes.

Don't be so American.

You're nice guy, Paul.

But you're a little bit pathetic guy.

Last night you dance, you
laugh, but inside you cry.

Who are you to talk to me that way?

I'm Dusan Mirkovic, your neighbor. Neighbors
are friends. Friends tell friends the truth.

Okay, maybe sometimes I'm a little bit
asshole, but the world needs assholes.

Otherwise where would shit go out?

Dusan, bye.

Thank you.

DUSAN: When I think of
big people becoming small,

all the new small cities in
the world, I see opportunity.

I ask myself, "Dusan, "why do people,
they want to become small?"

To help the environment? Please!

They become small to have the things
which until now were only for the rich.

Which, by the way, is the genius of the concept.

So I say to my brother, Srdan...

I work with my brother.

He's still big.

My wife, too, by the way.

I say, "Why not bring very special items,
"luxury items, to the small consumer?"

The things... the things that nobody
else is thinking to bring.

Such as?

Well, Cohiba Esplendido. Cuba.
Best cigar in the world.

How much you pay for this when you're big?

45, 50 dollars?

When you're small, I sell you
this cigar for one dollar.

And from this one Cohiba,
we make about 2,000 cigars.

Okay, maybe they're not actually made in
Cuba. Maybe they're rolled by little Albanians

in Bujanovac, but who cares?
And this is just one thing.

There's perfume and cologne, brandy,
port, Calvados, truffles, caviar.

Is all that legal?

Baby, this is Wild West.

Who has time chasing after some
fucking Serbian guy five inches tall

over a few cigars and some wine?

My brother and I are now in seven small
cities around the world. Seven! And...

Paul, listen.

Anything you want, I can get for you.

- Anything, anytime.
- Excuse me a minute.

Hello.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

"Na-pro-sien." What this do?

Uh, Naproxen. It's an anti-inflammatory.

- It's for pain and swelling.
- Ah.

And this one? What this one do?

Well, Vicodin. That's also a painkiller. But
you want to be really careful with that one.

- Painkiller? Painkiller good.
- Listen. This is not my apartment,

and, you know, I'm sure you're probably in
a lot of pain, but you shouldn't steal pills.

I no steal.

They too old, no good. Mr. Dusan,
he say me okay I take away thing.

Pill for sick friend.

Okay. I finish now. Bathroom clean.

Well, whatever's wrong with your "friend,"

I can see that you have a really,
really bad prosthetic foot.

I'm sure it's causing you pain
in your right hip and knee,

probably your other knee, your lower back.

How you know these thing? You a doctor?

Yeah, occupational therapist.

Wait a minute. I... I know you.

You're the... oh, my God! You're that
woman from a couple years ago,

the dissident, from Thailand or
something? What's your name?

Tran Ngoc Lan. Vietnam.

Tran Ngoc Lan from Vietnam. Yes, that's right!

That's right, and I remember that you...
you lost your leg below the knee.

That's... that's you.

Wow.

Uh, Dusan...

Hey, do you know who this is here?

Of course. The famous Ngoc Lan Tran.

Dramatic escape from Vietnamese prison,
almost died so now she can clean my house.

- America. Big land of opportunity!
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Push up. Push again. Push, push, push.

Okay, that's it. Now take
your heel back towards you.

Even harder if you can.

Even... yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, put your hand right
here. Feel that, okay?

Feel that crunching? You hear it? That's
arthritis. That's already pretty bad.

Paul?

You're full of surprises.

You can do this, but you work
shit job answering phones?

When I moved down here, I didn't think I'd
be working, so I let my license expire,

and now I'd have to get it in a whole other
state. It's a whole... It's a boring story.

I hate to say it, but if you don't do something
pretty soon, you're going to need a new knee.

Maybe even a new hip.

You've got to go to a specialist as soon
as you can and get a whole new foot.

In the meantime,

I could make some adjustments
on the existing prosthetic

and maybe give you some
pointers on how to walk better.

I just hate to see you needlessly
suffer after all you've been through.

Okay. I finish work, you come with me.

Yeah, no, I could get my tools.
I can do it right here.

No. I say you before. My friend sick, need
pill. You come with me my house, help her.

You help her.

I... don't think I was clear.

I can help you with this, but I'm not a doctor,
so your friend, whatever's wrong with her,

- she's got to go to a clinic or a hospital.
- No! Clinic no good.

I bring her clinic, wait too long time.

Stupid doctor say no help
for her. No do nothing!

He no good stupid doctor
in big world, now he small.

You come with me.

You come with me now.

Uh...

Come.

[MAN COUGHING]

- PAUL: You live near here?
- NGOC LAN: No, still far.

Maybe we should grab a car.

No need car. Take bus.

PAUL: If... if you don't mind my asking,
you were so famous a couple years ago.

I mean, everybody was talking about you.

I just would've thought you would be
giving speeches or writing books.

How... how'd you wind up cleaning houses?

Need money for live.

After TV box, I stay hospital
so long time. Almost die.

Then three host family. But too much
problem. Leisureland people too selfish.

Better I live only me, work
job, make money. Easy.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey! You! Come!

Come!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MEN SPEAKING SPANISH
ON TV] Buenas noches.

NGOC LAN: You!

Come on! No time for baby dream.

May I ask how high we're going?

- Seven floor.
- Seven?

- Oh, can we use the elevator?
- No elevator.

[BABY CRYING]

- Hola Benita, Como esta?
- Hola.

Take the shoe.

Hola, Gladys.

This lady Gladys. Gladys
my friend. She very sick.

Gladys, how you feel?

Como estas? Como estas?
I bring food for you.

I bring doctor. This man doctor.

[NGOC LAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
Hombre médico. Médico.

This lady Gladys alone. No have nobody.
Husband die Mexico when they make small.

Stupid people forget take
the gold from the teeth.

Head explode.

- What?
- Husband head explode.

Head explode! From teeth.

She come alone, no money.

I meet her, she housekeeper first host family.

Rich Leisureland people. Now
she sick, no more work.

Okay, you take care for her.

I can't do anything for her.

That woman is really sick.
It looks like she might die!

Oh, yeah, she die soon.

Cancer. Cancer all over stomach.

I be with her she die. Most bad thing die alone.

Come on. Be like doctor.

Make her feel good.

Hola, senora.

- [SPEAKING SPANISH] Where does it hurt?
- Everything hurts.

I do not have much time left in my life.

Which pill most good for her?

- [IN ENGLISH] I have no idea.
- But you know thing.

Which pill most strong?

Percocet.

Yes, Percocet. Very good for pain.

How much? Two? Four? Five? How much?

Try two.

Two? This lady very sick. Pill old.

We give four.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]
These are for the pain.

Gracias, doctor.

Have you tried to move her every couple
hours, so she doesn't get bedsores?

We should probably do that.

- Go. There you go. Okay.
- [GROANING]

See? You know thing.

Thank you, Mr. Dusan friend.
You help Gladys good.

Okay. Well, let's make those adjustments.
If you just want to slip off your foot.

No, no foot. I tired.

You go away. I stay with
Gladys, you go away now.

- Really? I mean...
- I tired. You go away.

Okay.

Some other time, I guess.

I just... I just don't know when
I'm gonna see you again.

Thursday. You come Thursday, okay?

Thursday morning you come fix leg. 10:00.

Thursday at 10:00.

My name's Paul, by the way. Paul Safranek.

Let's see...

The extra-large is available in glacier, pebble,
tulip, cayenne, moss and aubergine.

WOMAN: Cayenne? Is that like red?

It's... It's a brownish red. It's more like brick.

No, I don't like brick.

Do you think moss is pretty?

You know, I don't know, lady. Why
don't you just pick a color, please?

Don't be short with me!

What did you say?

[MEN SPEAKING SPANISH ON TV]

Hi.

Shoe.

Where's Gladys?

Oh, she die.

No. Oh... I'm so sorry.

I think maybe I give her too much pill.

Anyway, she die very happy, smiling.

- Okay, you fix foot now.
- [SOFTLY] What?

[GRUNTS]

You do quick.

Must clean house soon, one hour. You do quick.

Quick!

Oh.

Thank you, very nice.

You finish soon, okay? I very busy.

I'm getting there.

I guess you like butterflies.

Butterflies?

Yes, I like very much.

When I little girl, my father, he take
me, my sister go see butterfly.

Near my village they live in the tree.

You know,

they fly cold place to hot place every year.

Stay tree, then go away, come back.

Migrating butterflies.

- Yes.
- That sounds beautiful.

How do you say "butterfly" in Vietnamese?

[SPEAKS VIETNAMESE]
Con bu'ó'm.

[MISPRONOUNCES]
Kon booyem?

[SPEAKS VIETNAMESE SLOWLY]
Con bu'ó'm.

Con bu'ó'm. You miss your village?

No more village.

Government make the people
go away, put water all over.

All over everywhere! Too much water.

- Too much water?
- Big water for make electricity.

- Oh, a dam.
- Yes, dam. They make dam.

Many village no more.

That's why I go prison.

Me, my sister make protest.

- Big protest.
- Uh-huh.

Well, where's your sister now?

She die prison.

Too cold, chest fill up bad. She die.

[CLATTERING]

- What happened?
- Nothing.

Not, just give me a minute, just...

- What you do?
- No, nothing, nothing. I just...

NGOC LAN: You stupid man!

You needed a new foot anyway. We'll get you
a good one. Is that so hard to understand?

- Jesus!
- No say Jesus bad way.

What? Now I'm supposed
to watch my language?

You're worse than my mother.

I feel sorry for your mother.

I sure she suffer too much for your fault.

Not do so fast!

Vacuum cleaner need time
same direction clean good.

[WOMEN LAUGHING]

And you can take these. These are
samosas from a couple of days ago.

NGOC LAN: Thank you, yes. I take all these.

Oh! I think this is saag paneer.

It might be a little bit old.

[SNIFFS] Oh... in prison
we die for such food.

Okay. Not too many leftover entrees today,
but I threw in lots of baked potato soup.

Thank you, Roger.

ROGER: There you go.

Hey, you finally got yourself
a helper, huh, Ngoc Lan?

This Paul. He break my foot.

- How'd you manage that, buddy?
- It's a long story. We're sorting it out.

NGOC LAN: He stupid!

[TV PLAYING]

Hola, Señor Cardenas.

- [SPEAKING SPANISH] Are you hungry?
- Ay, sí, chinita. Gracias.

- God will repay you.
- How's your lung?

How's your lung?

I feel a little better today.

Gracias.

Bueno.

[IN ENGLISH] Okay. Over here. This way.

- [SPEAKING SPANISH] Mucho dolor, verdad?
- Yes, it hurts a lot.

PAUL: [IN ENGLISH] Oh,
that looks really painful.

[SPEAKING SPANISH] I give him baths and
scrub him and put herbs, but nothing helps.

I bet that's ringworm, which I don't
know how to say in Spanish.

But ringworm is a fungus, so you want it dry.

Seco. Seco. No baño. No
baño. No agua. No agua.

[IN ENGLISH] And I'll see
if I can pick something up

at the drugstore and bring it for him tomorrow.

Yes, you bring. Mañana medicina.
Mañana medicina.

- Mañana medicina.
- Gracias, doctor.

- [IN ENGLISH] Okay, next. Let's go.
- [BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH] Gracias, doctor.

- NGOC LAN: Let's go!
- PAUL: I'm coming.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

NGOC LAN: Take care for him.

- See you next time.
- Gracias.

- So that's it? We go home now?
- Now we go church pray Jesus.

[ALL SINGING IN SPANISH]

[ALL CONTINUE SINGING IN SPANISH]

- You come back tomorrow, pick me up 8:00.
- Yeah, okay, I'll be here.

NGOC LAN: Good morning, Mr.
Dusan. We come clean for you.

[LAUGHING]

Answering telephones was not
dignified enough for you.

Now you progress to cleaning
toilets. I love you, Paul.

- I really love you. You're such a funny guy.
- Hilarious.

Like I said, you're too much a nice guy

- and a little bit pathetic guy.
- It's just until she gets a new foot.

- When will that be?
- I don't know. The doctor said

a month, maybe six weeks.

- Ah, that's an eternity.
- I know!

Meantime, she's stuck with a peg leg,

which is almost as bad as having nothing at all.

I mean, look at her!

She's waddling around like a goddamn pirate.

[LAUGHING]

Paul! You no talk with Mr. Dusan.

You go upstair with Veronica.

- Paul!
- I heard you.

Don't worry, Paul.

Dusan will save you.

[GRUNTING]

[SNIFFS]

NGOC LAN: Wow.

Yeah, Miss Tran, take everything.

Mr. Konrad and I are leaving day after
tomorrow and don't know when we'll be back.

Okay, good. Thank you.

Paul, Mr. Dusan say I take all the
food. You go find me big box.

In a minute.

First there's something
very important to discuss.

Me?

This is the situation.

I don't know exactly what,
but something big, very big,

is happening at the original small colony.

You know, the one in Norway.

They want me to go there right away
with a very important delivery.

It's too complicated to explain.
Top secret and very urgent, but...

most important, they are
offering us very big money.

Very big.

And that means we need extra help
to do this quickly, make them happy

and, I'm sorry to say, we need
the same excellent helper

who's currently helping you. Him.

That's right, Ngoc Lan.

I have to go with these guys to Norway.

So... you say... Paul go with you Norway?

That's the situation.

- Emergency situation!
- And deeply humanitarian.

PAUL: I mean, Ngoc Lan, I will

be able to help when I get back 100%,
and when you get the new foot, and...

NGOC LAN: You leave Wednesday?

Yes.

And how long you go?

Ten days, maybe more.

Okay. Yes, Norway.

I go Norway, too.

No, no, no. Not you.

Only Paul.

I go Norway, too. Paul, you help me on the trip.

But you're very busy here with
humanitarian activities on your own.

And your cleaning business!

Veronica and other ladies know every
place. They do for me, I pay them good.

No problem I go.

Norway colony people invite me
so many time, but I never go.

Feel so, so guilty!

They so nice people.

What?

Who invited you?

When I hospital so long time after TV box,

people all over world send me
happy card, flower, candy.

Make me feel good.

So many letter. One letter
very special I never forget.

From Jorgen Asbjornsen.

You got a letter from Jorgen Asbjornsen?

Dr. Asbjornsen write me.

Say he feel so, so bad I suffer for he fault.

He say he painful. He never think
make small so bad for people.

Dr. Asbjornsen letter make me feel so good,

I write letter, too. Say now
first time I happy be small.

He say me make trip go Norway any day.

But I too busy.

Always too busy. Now Jesus give
me special gift go Norway.

[SNIFFLES]

Thank you, Mr. Dusan. Thank you, Mr. Konrad.

Yes. I go Norway, too. So happy!

Thank you special time.

[SNIFFLES]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[THUDS ON DECK]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

Paul, look.

This Jorgen Asbjornsen and he wife.

Oh, my God. Jorgen Asbjornsen?

H... hello.

- It's just such an honor.
- Hello, hello.

NGOC LAN: See, Paul?

Jesus smile for me.

I say Paul I want visit
Norway only for meet you.

It's true.

- I'm Anne-Helene.
- Hello.

Please sit. Join us.

PAUL: Thank you.

We're watching the world go by.

PAUL: Sounds great.

You have no idea how terribly grief-stricken
we were by Miss Tran's case.

Jorgen has lost so much
sleep over all the abuses.

JORGEN: It's humbling, huh?

Nature is such a patient sculptor.

Grinding a tiny bit

each day, slowly, slowly,
for thousands of years,

to make such a supremely beautiful thing.

What a waste.

What a dreadful waste.

You'll have to excuse Jorgen. These past
few days has been especially hard.

Such a big decision to make, and so quickly.

Normally, when we visit the
colony, we like to spend

a few days in Henningsvar,
but then the news came.

And...

Yeah, well, here we are,
suddenly imposing on you.

We scarcely had the time to pack.

I'm sorry, wait, what news?

Why, the methane release in Antarctica.
You must know about the methane.

Yeah.

That's not... that's not new, is it? I mean...

New or old,

it's the end.

It's... the end of everything.

The world has already seen
five major extinctions, and...

now there will be another.

I... I didn't want to believe it, none of us did,
but there we were in Helsinki, big and small:

Climatologists, bacteriologists,

demographers, physicists, immunologists.

Twenty-six Nobel Prize winners among us.

We built all the models, did all the math

and our conclusion was consistent.

Homo sapiens will soon vanish from the Earth.

It is now an actuarial certainty.

No matter how the end will come,

environmental disaster,

pandemic disease, unbreathable
air, impotable water,

not enough food, nuclear winter,
some combination of them all,

relatively soon the Earth will
indeed purge itself of human life

and God knows how many other species.

Do you really mean extinction?
What about downsizing?

Yeah, yeah, too little too late.

Only 3% of the world has miniaturized.

There simply isn't enough time.

[CHUCKLES]

Not a very successful species, these Homo
sapiens, even with such great intelligence.

Barely 200,000 years.

Alligator has survived 200 million years
with a brain the size of a walnut.

PAUL: People have been predicting the
end of the world for thousands of years.

Now it's really happening.

I guess somebody had to be right someday.

So sad.

Very sad.

Okay, I go sleep now. Good night, Paul.

Good night, Ngoc Lan.

[GROANS SOFTLY]

- You okay?
- I fine.

You know, maybe I should
take a look at your leg.

Okay. Yes, you look.

PAUL: Ah, yep.

Wow.

That peg is really making the skin chafe.

Okay.

You know,

if somebody had told me 10 years ago

that one day I'd be five
inches tall and divorced

helping a famous Vietnamese dissident get a
new foot while cruising up a fjord in Norway

discussing the end of the world with Jorgen
Asbjornsen, I'd have said he was crazy.

[NGOC LAN EXHALES]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I thought...

Jesus, I'm such an idiot.

No.

Please. I want.

[HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]

[HORN CONTINUES BLOWING]

Good morning.

Good morning.

What's that sound?

A greeting.

[SHIP WHISTLE BLOWING]

[BLOWING]

[MEN SPEAKING NORWEGIAN]

PAUL: Wow! That's it.
That's the original colony!

- What, and there's no net? No walls?
- JORGEN: No, we've been lucky.

We are too close to the sea for the mosquitoes.

And over the years we realized that
the birds, they prefer the lemmings.

But, yes, this is where we started

many years ago.

[SHEEP BLEATING]

- [MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
- [DOG BARKING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

JORGEN: George, good to see you, sir.

Good to see you. Welcome, welcome.

- No, no...
- SOLVEIG: Jorgen!

Anne-Helene!

Oh, thank God you're here!
Why didn't anyone tell me?

Oh!

I love you so much!

I love you both so much, oh.

Ever since the decision, I didn't
feel right without you here.

And you know how I am when I
worry. I can't eat, I can't sleep.

- Ask anyone here, they tell you.
- Sorry to interrupt, Jorgen,

- but we need your advice. Immediately.
- Yes. Excuse us, Solveig.

Of course, darling. You've
got important things to do.

Oh! Dusan, Dusan, Dusan! Bless
you for coming so quickly.

Solveig, my darling.

I'm always happy to help in difficult
times, in easy times, in happy times.

It's always a pleasure to come and
visit you and your lovely village.

- Oh, it is lovely, isn't it?
- Oh.

I can't bear to think I won't see it again.

You know, I'm the one who made this
colony possible in the first place.

I've been coming since I was just a baby.

I remember one time... wait. I know you.

You were in my dream last night!

You were a horse, or a pony.
Something very strong!

And I mounted you and rode you
through a dangerous forest.

- Okay.
- And here you are, right before we leave.

Another miracle!

You are coming with us, aren't you?

Where are you going?

In there.

Would you like to see?

Where this go?

To the vault!

- The vault?
- Oh, yes.

We've been working on it almost
since the very beginning.

When Jorgen made his big discovery,
I said, look, Jorgen, you're a genius

and downsizing is a genius idea,
no one is questioning that,

but what if people don't accept it?

What if it doesn't come out on time?

Anyway, this is what they came
up with. On my suggestion.

Torvald, be a sweetheart and
give our friends a little tour.

Oh, sure.

The tunnel leads to a vault 1.6 kilometers
inside the Earth's lithosphere

and is encased in a double layer of Inconel 625.

In addition to maintaining a broad
spectrum of biodiversity,

the vault is equipped with
fields for growing foods,

forests for lumber,

livestock for animal husbandry...

The residential areas are spacious and easily
expandable to provide for future generations.

Wait, but... that's not all underground.

SOLVEIG: Oh, yes.

Our new small size makes it possible.

Otherwise we never could have dreamed

of preserving so much of the
world in a single safe place.

Th... this is brilliant!

Isn't this brilliant? It... it's like Noah's Ark!

- [SCOFFS]
- SOLVEIG: Yes, exactly. It's Noah's Ark.

So, what do you do for power? Is it nuclear?

TORVALD: No, no, 100% geothermal.

And we have interoperable organic systems
to manage production of artificial sunlight,

oxygen, CO2 elimination, water
purification, and so on.

And how long will you stay down there?

Torvald, how long is it?

8,000 years?

TORVALD: Well, something like that.

Just until the surface environment stabilizes.

SCIENTIST: It's not unprecedented
what we are doing here.

Less than 100,000 years ago, humans
underwent a near extinction.

Maybe 2,000 survived.

And from that handful came all of the
billions of people you see today.

- Rebooting the species. It's nothing new.
- Yeah, exactly.

[GLASS CLINKING]

My friends.

Many years ago,

when we discovered cellular miniaturization,

the world which had seemed so doomed

felt suddenly so full of possibilities.

So, until very recently, I maintained hope

that the contingency plan we embark upon
tomorrow could remain simply that.

A plan.

But

history has spoken.

And this is our final dinner in the place
we called home for so many years.

Yes, we are sad to leave.

And terribly sad for the reasons why.

But man

is too beautiful,

too improbable a lifeform to be allowed
to disappear forever from the cosmos.

Now then,

I would like to ask the surviving members
of the original colony to stand.

Ah, look at him. [CHUCKLES] Little Ronni.

How he has grown.

I ask you again, as I asked
you so many years ago.

Generations to come,

perhaps all of humanity will thank you
for your bravery and commitment.

But you must ask yourself whether you
are truly ready to enter a new world,

for there will be no turning back.

Are you ready?

[ALL AGREEING IN NORWEGIAN]
I am ready! I am ready! I am ready! I am ready!

JORGEN: Is everyone ready?

[ALL CHEERING]

ALL: [CHANTING] We are ready! We are
ready! We are ready! We are ready!

[ALL CONTINUE]

- [MUSIC PLAYING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

NGOC LAN: Paul!

Yeah.

Can you come down here?

Where you go? I look many place for you.

I was just here.

I talk with Mr. Dusan. He say fat
lady pay, he ready go back.

I happy for that. Too long time away from
Señor Cardenas and Mrs. Lopez.

Oh, I worry too much for them.

Ngoc Lan, you can't just be worried for a
few little people thousands of miles away.

You have to look at the big picture.

Why you say like this?

Well, because Mr. Cardenas and Mrs.
Lopez... they don't stand a chance.

None of us do.

It's over.

You want go with them.

And I want you to come with me.

You crazy man! Always I know you
stupid, now I see you crazy, too!

How am I crazy? You heard them.

This is the only chance for the survival
of our species. That's huge!

You want to help people?

These are the people that you should be helping.

The future of humanity is down that hole!

Who you help down there?

People here need help, not down stupid hole.

[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

- [LAUGHING]
- NGOC LAN: Mr. Dusan! Mr. Konrad!

Talk to crazy Paul.

- He want go down hole, me go with him!
- Paul, Paul, Paul.

Why you want to do such a silly thing?

Dusan, these people are actually trying to
do something to save the human race.

I want to be a part of that.

Okay, fine. You want to help, then do
what I did, give them a semen sample.

I did it, too. A much more pleasant way to help.

If I'm not supposed to be a part of this
thing, then what am I doing here?

Why didn't I become a doctor?

Why did I downsize? Why
did my wife abandon me?

Dusan, how did you just
happen to be my neighbor?

And, Ngoc Lan, why are you the only
person who survived that box,

and you just happen to be cleaning
Dusan's place on that day?

And had you not lost your leg, I
wouldn't have tried to help you,

which, as usual, I screwed up.

And why did I screw it up?

So that I could be here, right at the exact
moment to go down into that tunnel.

I finally have a chance to do
something that matters!

Oh, Paul, come on, now you talking crazy.
Th... these people, they're wonderful, but...

- It's like a cult.
- It's a cult!

And the extinction, it's not gonna happen
for, you know, maybe a few hundred years.

Has nothing to do with you. Forget it.

Besides, you think they won't behave
like people always behave?

They're all going to go insane
down there and kill each other.

They go extinct long before we do.

DUSAN: Don't worry, darling.

He said it himself. Nothing he
ever wants to do works out.

[RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXCITED CHATTERING]

It's a beautiful day, huh?

I mean, knowing this is the last time
I'll see the real sun, it makes it so

vibrant.

- I ask you question. You say me true, okay?
- Of course.

Other night on boat,

what kind of fuck you give me?

- What?
- What kind of fuck you give me?

- What kind? I... I don't...
- American people, eight kind of fuck.

Love fuck, hate fuck, sex-only fuck,

break-up fuck, make-up fuck, drunk
fuck, buddy fuck, pity fuck.

Okay, I have no idea where
you heard that, but...

- Third host family.
- Okay, that... that is just wrong.

Okay, there's a whole spectrum of...
of emotions and... and motivations.

And don't say "fuck." It... it's vulgar.

Say something else. Like, you know, "make
love," or something. I don't know.

So, was love fuck?

Okay, what is this all about?

You look for me, you want help
me, you make fuck with me.

Now you go down stupid hole.

So I try to think

what kind of fuck you give me.

- I think maybe pity fuck. For leg.
- No. No. Ngoc Lan,

I care about you, deeply.

You are

such an extraordinary person,
and I just admire you so much.

More than anything.

I want you to come with me.

People always say me I strong.

Okay, maybe Vietnam

I organize many protest,

survive two year prison, punish me make small.

I only person survive TV box. I walk around,
no foot. Takecare for other people.

But I woman. Feeling.

I'm sorry. I really am.

It's so easy for me to see who you are.

But if I don't do this, who am I?

I mean, really, who am I?

You Paul Safranek!

You good man!

[EXCITED CHATTERING]

Look, Ngoc Lan, butterflies!

[SPEAKING VIETNAMESE]
Kon booyem! Kon booyem!

I guess this is it. [SIGHS]

Konrad.

Very nice to have met you.

Pleasure was mine.

Good luck in there, Paul.

Take care of yourself.

I will.

You, too.

I will miss my funny neighbor.

Your Bible.

But it's in Vietnamese.

Words not matter.

Remember me.

You go away now.

[SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[SHEEP BLEATING]

PAUL: Excuse me.

Hi. Uh, is it just me, or are we walking uphill?

Yes. Prevents flooding.

- Tunde.
- Oh, hi. Paul.

It's just a few hours climb before we
begin the descent to the vault.

- Well, how long is the whole walk?
- Eleven hours, something like that.

See you down there. Stay hydrated.

[DOOR CLANGING]

Wait!

Wait, wait.

Hey, thank you so much.

- Wait, my bag. No, no, no.
- TORVALD: Leave it!

I told you nothing ever works out for this guy.

TORVALD: It's going to blow. Run!

Paul!

Ngoc Lan!

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PANTING]

I was thinking about what you were
saying. And I realized you were right.

I am Paul Safranek.

And what you were asking?

It was a love fuck.

[ALARM BLARING]

[STONES CLATTERING]

PAUL: And to think

one day, all of this...

Now maybe you understand little
bit how I feel after survive TV box.

When you know death come soon,

you look around things more close.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

PAUL: Wait here. I'll be right back.

- I want go, too. I want see Rosa new baby.
- No, see the baby tomorrow. It's pouring!

NGOC LAN: Hurry.

Don't forget, we still need
go see Philippine man,

- take care for his arm.
- I know. Stop obsessing, will you?

[ACTORS ON TV SPEAKING SPANISH]

Hola, Señor Cardenas.

- Oh, Hola, Paul.
- Are you hungry?

- A lot. What did you bring me today?
- Ah, I think it's chicken. Yes, chicken.

- Thank you, Paul.
- Okay, you're welcome.

See you tomorrow.

[CAR HORN HONKING]

Subtitles by explosiveskull
Resync by GoldenBeard
Edited, Very More ReSynced, More Completed, Colored, Corrected by Klaff2004

# Now that you're with me
nothing makes me feel small #

# Now that I'm with you we
can get through it all #

# There's a moment, can you feel it? #

# Catch that moment #

# When we rise or fall #

# As the rain falls as the
clouds close above #

# As the light falters as
the world cries enough #

# As the tempest rages around us #

# As the sky is churning in chaos #

# I'll be with you through it all #

# Empires tumble #

# Dynasties collapse #

# Kettles boil dry #

# And shoelaces snap #

# And yet still #

# If the world seems it's
teetering on the brink #

# When you're beside me I
see our troubles shrink #

# What's a little change in the weather? #

# Storm or swell we'll breathe it together #

# And I'll be with you through it all #

# Empires tumble #

# Dynasties collapse #

# Kettles boil dry #

# And shoelaces snap #

# And yet still #

# I could stare down tornadoes
and never flinch #

# It's a breeze when you're
with me every inch #

# Let the globe spin off its orbit #

# Flood or earthquake #

# We'll absorb it all #

# Great or small #