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[water rolling]

[water rolling]

[lightning crashing]

[waves crashing]

[waves crashing]

[fast dramatic music]

- [Radio] Lake Shore Boulevard and Mentor Avenue are closed

to all west bound traffic.

to all west bound traffic.

State 84 and and 307 are under water three miles east of

State 84 and and 307 are under water three miles east of

Painesville.

The bridge at Hopkins Ferry is down west of Geneva.

The bridge at Hopkins Ferry is down west of Geneva.

US 20 has started to flood.

US 20 has started to flood.

The state highway patrol urges all motorists to -

[light piano music]

[light piano music]

- [Tod] Let it play.

- [Tod] Let it play.

- Who wants to hear 14 harps and a carol?

Let's get something rub a dub.

- I said let it play.

- I said let it play.

A concerto.

One more link isn't it?

One more link isn't it?

Well admit it.

- Look, I'm only going along with this because that dame's

- Look, I'm only going along with this because that dame's

got you talking to yourself.

You want to run?

Okay, we're running.

Okay, we're running.

Goodbye Cleveland, goodbye Brycie, amen.

- The night it happens there'll be a concerto sometime after

- The night it happens there'll be a concerto sometime after

nine.

nine.

Sometime after nine, out of nowhere, you'll hear a concerto.

Sometime after nine, out of nowhere, you'll hear a concerto.

Rain like 10 million drummers.

- She didn't say rain hammers, she said -

- She didn't say rain hammers, she said -

all right I went to see her.

all right I went to see her.

She gave me the whole crazy spill too.

Only I didn't got to pieces.

Only I didn't got to pieces.

I just told her to lay off my weak minded friend.

I just told her to lay off my weak minded friend.

- Hammers of water,

hammers of water like 10 million drummers,

hammers of water like 10 million drummers,

her way of saying rain.

What if you can't run away from at thing like this?

What if you can't run away from at thing like this?

What if the future is somewhere up ahead, already happened,

What if the future is somewhere up ahead, already happened,

just waiting for you to step into it like a trap ready to

just waiting for you to step into it like a trap ready to

be sprung.

- We bait our own traps, nobody else, us.

- We bait our own traps, nobody else, us.

- How do I climb off this nightmare?

- Look she said you'd hear bells, right?

- Look she said you'd hear bells, right?

She said you'd see lanterns out here, come on.

She said you'd see lanterns out here, come on.

[thunder]

- Those are flashlights, not lanterns.

- Those are flashlights, not lanterns.

- End of the line, bridge up a head's going out any minute.

Your best shot tonight's a hotel back in Cleveland.

Your best shot tonight's a hotel back in Cleveland.

- Can't go back.

- Can't go back.

- Since you can't go forward.

- Since you can't go forward.

- Is there another road, any way that goes east?

- Is there another road, any way that goes east?

[cow bells]

[eerie dramatic music]

[eerie dramatic music]

[car door slams]

[car door slams]

- Tod!

- What is it kid?

- You'd never believe it.

- You'd never believe it.

[thunder]

[thunder]

[fast dramatic music]

[fast dramatic music]

[fast dramatic music]

- Brycie, how could you know?

- [Buz] Tod!

- Get away from me!

It's the barn, can't you see it's the same barn!

It's the barn, can't you see it's the same barn!

[thunder]

[thunder]

You stay away from me til morning.

If I'm come toward you, you run.

If I'm come toward you, you run.

If I try and run away, don't you follow me, swear it.

If I try and run away, don't you follow me, swear it.

- If you keep believing her, it will happen, can you

- If you keep believing her, it will happen, can you

understand that?

It'll happen because you'll make it happen, not Brycie, you.

It'll happen because you'll make it happen, not Brycie, you.

If I chicken out now, if it cool it til morning,

If I chicken out now, if it cool it til morning,

we'll never know, right?

- Stay away from me!

- Stay away from me!

- We'll always be haunted, we'll have goblins riding on our

- We'll always be haunted, we'll have goblins riding on our

backs wherever we go.

- Get back!

- Uh uh.

You and I, we're going to take this on.

You and I, we're going to take this on.

We're going to look it right in the eye and we're going to

tear it to pieces.

- Stay away!

- Take it from the top, right from the top, piece by piece.

- Take it from the top, right from the top, piece by piece.

From the first time you saw Brycie, right from the top.

- Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Room at the Sahara

- Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Room at the Sahara

Hotel proudly presents it's featured attraction.

Hotel proudly presents it's featured attraction.

A distinguished star who's incredible mental gifts have

A distinguished star who's incredible mental gifts have

startled audiences from coast to coast.

startled audiences from coast to coast.

A brilliant mentalist, who would unquestionably be the toast

A brilliant mentalist, who would unquestionably be the toast

of all the crown heads of Europe, if

of all the crown heads of Europe, if

there were any crowned

heads left.

[laughter]

[laughter]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Miss Brycie Koseloff.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Miss Brycie Koseloff.

[applause]

- Kulan.

Will the gentlemen please surrender his wallet to Kulan.

Will the gentlemen please surrender his wallet to Kulan.

[laughter]

- Have you ever seen me before?

- Have you ever seen me before?

Not very flattering is it, because I know you.

Not very flattering is it, because I know you.

Your license number, driver's license,

Your license number, driver's license,

Indiana F64726.

Indiana F64726.

Am I right?

That's not a fair question.

That's not a fair question.

How many people here know the number of their driver

How many people here know the number of their driver

license?

[crowd chatter]

[crowd chatter]

I know you from what's in your mind and your wallet.

I know you from what's in your mind and your wallet.

To be James Peterson, 4216 Hanson Drive, Gary, Indiana.

To be James Peterson, 4216 Hanson Drive, Gary, Indiana.

You are self-employed,

You are self-employed,

married but the lady with you is not Mrs. Peterson.

married but the lady with you is not Mrs. Peterson.

[laughter]

So that the audience won't jump to the wrong conclusion,

So that the audience won't jump to the wrong conclusion,

let me hasten to add that Mr. Peterson is with is sister,

let me hasten to add that Mr. Peterson is with is sister,

Julie.

The other lady and gentlemen are his mother

The other lady and gentlemen are his mother

and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Patella,

and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Patella,

and where is Mrs. Peterson?

and where is Mrs. Peterson?

Room 516, Doctor's Hospital.

She and the new baby are both doing fine.

She and the new baby are both doing fine.

[applause]

- Proves nothing, how do we know they're not part of the act

too, huh?

too, huh?

I say you're a fake.

You hear me?

You hear me?

F-A-I-K, fake.

- Kulan!

Would you please give your wallet to Kulan?

Would you please give your wallet to Kulan?

- Oh, no.

Oh no you don't, that's part of the trick.

Oh no you don't, that's part of the trick.

I watched how you do it.

I watched how you do it.

You have him drop it in the bowl up there.

You have him drop it in the bowl up there.

I'll bet there's a mirror in there or some kind of

I'll bet there's a mirror in there or some kind of

electronic gadget.

All right, you're not a fake, go ahead.

All right, you're not a fake, go ahead.

Read my mind.

Read my mind.

Go ahead, I dare you.

Go ahead, I dare you.

- I won't read your mind, I don't want to shock the ladies.

- I won't read your mind, I don't want to shock the ladies.

[laughter]

[laughter]

- Think you're clever getting out of it that way, huh?

- Think you're clever getting out of it that way, huh?

Well I say you're a phony.

Well I say you're a phony.

- I said I wouldn't read your mind, I didn't say I won't

- I said I wouldn't read your mind, I didn't say I won't

read your wallet.

I see, in your wallet.

I see a card that's causing a great deal of contention of

I see a card that's causing a great deal of contention of

litigation.

I see it more clearly now.

I see it more clearly now.

It's a credit card and the date,

It's a credit card and the date,

the card expired six months ago.

the card expired six months ago.

I see a man.

A man from another city.

He's from the credit company.

He's trying, he's trying to locate you.

He's trying, he's trying to locate you.

[laughter]

[laughter]

- All right friend, sit down.

- All right friend, sit down.

[crowd chatter]

[crowd chatter]

[screaming]

[screaming]

- Let him go, please let him go.

You're name is Stiles, Tod Stiles.

You're name is Stiles, Tod Stiles.

I see,

I see,

it's horrible.

No!

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

- Excuse me.

- Are you sure ammonia would not work better, Dr. Koseloff,

- Are you sure ammonia would not work better, Dr. Koseloff,

this cap works like magic.

- There's too much magic in the world my dear fellow,

- There's too much magic in the world my dear fellow,

entirely too much.

entirely too much.

No this will be fine and thank you for getting it so

promptly.

You see, the scent of a fresh apple to my daughter is more

You see, the scent of a fresh apple to my daughter is more

evocative than the shock of ammonia.

evocative than the shock of ammonia.

When she was about seven years old, Brycie disappeared

When she was about seven years old, Brycie disappeared

one spring day.

I found her in the orchard, near the top of an apple tree.

I found her in the orchard, near the top of an apple tree.

Called up to her, I said, Brycie.

I said, your mother and I are concerned, don't you think

I said, your mother and I are concerned, don't you think

you better climb down now?

you better climb down now?

She looked down at me and she was crying.

She looked down at me and she was crying.

She was holding an apple from which she had taken a sizeable

bite and she was crying.

bite and she was crying.

Oh daddy, she said.

No matter how hard I try I can't see it turning brown.

No matter how hard I try I can't see it turning brown.

When I bite it, it's white.

Pretty soon it turns brown, but I can't see it happening

Pretty soon it turns brown, but I can't see it happening

Pretty soon it turns brown, but I can't see it happening

only after it has happened, why?

She'll be quite all right now,

thank you very much Mr. Lintz.

thank you very much Mr. Lintz.

If you don't mind I'd like to talk to her.

- Shall I have the lieutenant come back?

- Shall I have the lieutenant come back?

- Please ask him to wait.

- Please ask him to wait.

- Lieutenant.

- Lieutenant.

- Now, I've had enough of this.

- Now, I've had enough of this.

You're going to come home with me.

You're going to come home with me.

It was a preposterous and disgusting thing to do.

It was a preposterous and disgusting thing to do.

Don't you realize the cruelty of what you did out there?

Don't you realize the cruelty of what you did out there?

Screaming at that young man, implying doom, dark destiny.

Screaming at that young man, implying doom, dark destiny.

What's happened to the little child who cried in the apple

tree?

- Shall we ask him for his wallet, Kulan?

- Shall we ask him for his wallet, Kulan?

Don't you like the act, father?

Don't you like the act, father?

- No I think it's disgraceful.

- Shall we show him our reviews, Kulan?

- Shall we show him our reviews, Kulan?

- You know it's a lot of nonsense.

- You know it's a lot of nonsense.

- About that wallet, do you suppose if he gave it to us

- About that wallet, do you suppose if he gave it to us

we could possible divine what brings him to Cleveland.

we could possible divine what brings him to Cleveland.

Who the lieutenant might be who's waiting outside.

Who the lieutenant might be who's waiting outside.

Let's guess shall we.

Let's guess shall we.

Thanksgiving, so schools out even for the dean.

Thanksgiving, so schools out even for the dean.

All your bright, young mathematicians or your cosmos

All your bright, young mathematicians or your cosmos

All your bright, young mathematicians or your cosmos

oriented philosophy majors have gone running of to Boston

oriented philosophy majors have gone running of to Boston

to the waiting arms of girls.

to the waiting arms of girls.

Who don't even know that Kant begins with a K.

Who don't even know that Kant begins with a K.

Who are happily uncorrupted by the critique of pure reason

Who are happily uncorrupted by the critique of pure reason

and you dear father, ran to Cleveland.

and you dear father, ran to Cleveland.

Practical to the bitter end, you made the trip pay didn't

Practical to the bitter end, you made the trip pay didn't

you, indulging your obsession.

you, indulging your obsession.

That lieutenant out there couldn't possible be on the

bunco squad could he?

- Robbery.

- Branching out, aren't you doctor?

- I'll be back in an hour, be packed, you're going to stay

- I'll be back in an hour, be packed, you're going to stay

with me until we leave Cleveland.

- What connection could there be between my fire eating

- What connection could there be between my fire eating

father, champion of the skeptics, relentless

father, champion of the skeptics, relentless

investigator of

investigator of

the supernatural.

Debunker of fraudulent mediums.

Debunker of fraudulent mediums.

Breaker of the dream, shatterer of the crystal ball,

Breaker of the dream, shatterer of the crystal ball,

muter of spiritual trumpets.

What connection is there between all this and robbery?

What connection is there between all this and robbery?

- One hour.

Oh, Brycie.

Oh, Brycie.

[knocking]

- Excuse me, Mr. Koseloff.

- Excuse me, Mr. Koseloff.

- [Mr. Koseloff] Oh, it's all right.

- [Mr. Koseloff] Oh, it's all right.

- Now that I've busted in, it doesn't seem quite as

important as it did before, except it's kind of a hairy

important as it did before, except it's kind of a hairy

feeling to have a total stranger, particularly

feeling to have a total stranger, particularly

a pretty one,

a pretty one,

call out your name and tie it into something horrible,

then scream no and faint just from thinking about it.

then scream no and faint just from thinking about it.

then scream no and faint just from thinking about it.

We can't just walk away from a thing like that.

We can't just walk away from a thing like that.

What was it you saw, Miss Koseloff?

What was it you saw, Miss Koseloff?

- May I make a suggestion?

Go away with a free mind, forget it.

Go away with a free mind, forget it.

It's all a hallucination, all misdirection, pure illusion

It's all a hallucination, all misdirection, pure illusion

and nonsense.

If my daughter heard hideous voices calling you Mr. Stiles,

If my daughter heard hideous voices calling you Mr. Stiles,

If my daughter heard hideous voices calling you Mr. Stiles,

or saw demons beckoning, her vision is her fantasy, not your

or saw demons beckoning, her vision is her fantasy, not your

fate.

It's impossible, absurd to assume that human beings can

It's impossible, absurd to assume that human beings can

perceive the future, since clearly the future does not yet

perceive the future, since clearly the future does not yet

exist.

In fact, the most fundamental characteristic of our universe

In fact, the most fundamental characteristic of our universe

is the ongoing nature of time.

is the ongoing nature of time.

Believe me young man, no matter how clever Brycie may appear

Believe me young man, no matter how clever Brycie may appear

Believe me young man, no matter how clever Brycie may appear

or how convincing her fainting spells,

tomorrow is not yet determined.

tomorrow is not yet determined.

[laughing]

- Your friend, the dark one.

- Your friend, the dark one.

Sometime in the next few days, not later than Wednesday,

Sometime in the next few days, not later than Wednesday,

you will kill him.

you will kill him.

[suspenseful dramatic music]

[suspenseful dramatic music]

- Condemned man ate a hearty meal.

- One more crack like that I won't wait til Wednesday.

- Hey, you don't mind if I call you the enforcer do you?

- Hey, you don't mind if I call you the enforcer do you?

How do I get it?

How do I get it?

- How do you want it?

- Not when I'm sleeping.

- Not when I'm sleeping.

That'd be make me mad you know, I'd be missing all that

action.

action.

When I go I want to go shouting.

You know they just don't get the real Italian salami

You know they just don't get the real Italian salami

anymore.

- I wonder why?

- I wonder why?

- I guess cause Italians eat it up

before they can get it out.

before they can get it out.

- I wonder why she picked me.

- Want my theory?

- Want my theory?

- Try it.

- Well, she's a poor little whiff and poof who's lost her

- Well, she's a poor little whiff and poof who's lost her

way, love at first sight, that's why.

way, love at first sight, that's why.

One look at the enforcer and alakazam, she feel through the

trap door, she's hung up.

trap door, she's hung up.

- That theory you can hang up on the wall next to the one

- That theory you can hang up on the wall next to the one

about the earth being flat.

- Hold onto your wallet.

- Hold onto your wallet.

[eerie music]

[seagulls chirping]

What is that line they use in those dog pictures?

What is that line they use in those dog pictures?

I think he's trying to tell us something.

I think he's trying to tell us something.

You had your lunch old man?

Maybe he ate Brycie, came to tell us the good news.

Maybe he ate Brycie, came to tell us the good news.

[car honking]

[car honking]

Like I told you, right through the old trap door.

Like I told you, right through the old trap door.

- Morning, for some reason she jumped out on Memorial

- Morning, for some reason she jumped out on Memorial

Shoreway and ran in here straight to you.

Shoreway and ran in here straight to you.

I don't blame you really, I was shocking wasn't I?

I don't blame you really, I was shocking wasn't I?

I don't blame you really, I was shocking wasn't I?

To be the master of silence you also have to become it's

slave.

How shall I free you slave and master?

How shall I free you slave and master?

Shall we fire again on Sumter, struggle again at Gettysburg?

Shall we fire again on Sumter, struggle again at Gettysburg?

Will you say simply and meaning it, good morning Brycie.

Will you say simply and meaning it, good morning Brycie.

I forgive you your terribly bad manners last night.

I forgive you your terribly bad manners last night.

- Okay Brycie, Appomattox.

Which one of us is Grant and which one of us is Lee.

Which one of us is Grant and which one of us is Lee.

- [Laughing] I finish tonight at 11:30.

- [Laughing] I finish tonight at 11:30.

- Oh, what makes you think I'll be there?

- Oh, what makes you think I'll be there?

- Remember, I predict the future.

[light-hearted music]

[light-hearted music]

[car revving]

[car revving]

- Now that you've talked to the victims Dr. Koseloff,

- Now that you've talked to the victims Dr. Koseloff,

you better get a good look at the layout.

you better get a good look at the layout.

This is a place Madame Thornton used for séances, a barn

about 20 miles east of town.

about 20 miles east of town.

Next slide, Danny.

One of our men managed to sneak an infrared shot during a

One of our men managed to sneak an infrared shot during a

séance last month.

séance last month.

You notice she hangs black curtains across

one corner of the

barn, makes herself a triangular recess about three feet

barn, makes herself a triangular recess about three feet

deep.

She sits in there and puts the table just outside the

She sits in there and puts the table just outside the

curtains for the spirit circle.

curtains for the spirit circle.

Okay Danny, her next séance is Friday, through a contact we

Okay Danny, her next séance is Friday, through a contact we

manged to get you a seat.

You're supposed to be a Mr. Bonds from Pittsburgh, a wealthy

You're supposed to be a Mr. Bonds from Pittsburgh, a wealthy

widow with a pocket full of cash and a burning desire to

widow with a pocket full of cash and a burning desire to

communicate with your dead wife.

communicate with your dead wife.

It's difficult to know just how much she's actually taken

from her clientele.

from her clientele.

For every thousand dollars we know about, we figure there's

at least five more that nobody wants to talk about.

at least five more that nobody wants to talk about.

If anybody can tag her, it's you Dr. Koseloff.

If anybody can tag her, it's you Dr. Koseloff.

I guess you've blown a lot of these phonies sky high,

I guess you've blown a lot of these phonies sky high,

haven't you?

- In me you see a man, lieutenant who has no illusions,

- In me you see a man, lieutenant who has no illusions,

not even about his work.

not even about his work.

Yeah, well I walk back to the hotel, thank you.

Yeah, well I walk back to the hotel, thank you.

- How much you figure the professor weighs, Danny?

- How much you figure the professor weighs, Danny?

- A hundred and ninety, 200 maybe, why?

- He walks like he's carrying a ton on each shoulder.

- He walks like he's carrying a ton on each shoulder.

[slow dramatic music]

[slow dramatic music]

- What monster of sham are you pillering this week?

- What monster of sham are you pillering this week?

Daddy?

I'll go back to Boston with you, if you still want me.

I'll go back to Boston with you, if you still want me.

- Last night I gave up the last of my hope.

- Last night I gave up the last of my hope.

Even know as I look at you, my memory of you, even my love

Even know as I look at you, my memory of you, even my love

for you, grows fainter and fainter.

for you, grows fainter and fainter.

I feel myself the emptier and the guiltier.

I feel myself the emptier and the guiltier.

This game that you insist we play, this cruel game, even it

This game that you insist we play, this cruel game, even it

must have some purpose, some standard, some set of rules.

must have some purpose, some standard, some set of rules.

Just tell me, Brycie, what are they?

Just tell me, Brycie, what are they?

Maybe I can live by them if it'll help get you back.

Maybe I can live by them if it'll help get you back.

- I said I'd go back and I will.

- I said I'd go back and I will.

- On what conditions?

- Prove me wrong.

- About what?

- You're forever plunging around the country in your spare

- You're forever plunging around the country in your spare

time exposing mediums and fortune tellers.

time exposing mediums and fortune tellers.

Expose me.

You have such contempt to provisionaries, why not me?

You have such contempt to provisionaries, why not me?

I tell you this, I have the same provision mother did.

I tell you this, I have the same provision mother did.

Like her I can see into the future.

Like her I can see into the future.

- No event is pre-determined.

- No event is pre-determined.

There is no connection between us and events that have not

There is no connection between us and events that have not

yet occurred.

Believe my Brycie, I know.

- Then try and stop my prediction from happening,

- Then try and stop my prediction from happening,

I dare you.

- About these two boys?

- About these two boys?

Brycie, don't set forces in motion.

Brycie, don't set forces in motion.

- I don't set forces in motion, nor can I stop them.

- I don't set forces in motion, nor can I stop them.

- Accidents don't happen in fulfillment of predictions,

- Accidents don't happen in fulfillment of predictions,

but because of them.

A warning can set off unconscious fears,

anticipations can

anticipations can

set off the very thing it predicts.

- You're one of the prisoners of the mechanistic world in

which a straight line if the shortest distance between two

which a straight line if the shortest distance between two

points, the whole is equal to the sum of all it's parts,

points, the whole is equal to the sum of all it's parts,

and two plus two equals four.

- No matter what you predicted,

the how, then when or where

the how, then when or where

this boy's going to try and kill the other one,

this boy's going to try and kill the other one,

Brycie, do not put anything more into this boy's mind than

Brycie, do not put anything more into this boy's mind than

you already have.

- If you could hear the angels speak, you'd hear them say,

- If you could hear the angels speak, you'd hear them say,

that two plus two equals not four but an infinite variety of

totals.

totals.

[slow melancholy music]

[fast paced lively music]

[fast paced lively music]

[applause]

[applause]

[knocking]

[knocking]

- Yes?

Oh.

- Good evening, Dr. Koseloff, I guess I'm a little early.

- Good evening, Dr. Koseloff, I guess I'm a little early.

- Um, pardon my bluntness but your being here, is that your

- Um, pardon my bluntness but your being here, is that your

idea or Brycie's?

- I was invited if that's what you mean, sir.

- I was invited if that's what you mean, sir.

- Not what I mean, but answers what I want to know.

- Not what I mean, but answers what I want to know.

- I come as General Grant without the epaulets.

- I come as General Grant without the epaulets.

- If you'd come as General Custard and

I told you ride south

I told you ride south

General fast and never look back.

General fast and never look back.

- I guess I'd keep right on going north unless I figured

- I guess I'd keep right on going north unless I figured

you knew something I didn't know.

you knew something I didn't know.

- How can I explain?

The more one tries the less one is able to.

The more one tries the less one is able to.

Don't see her or even talk to her.

Don't see her or even talk to her.

Don't even think about her or ask yourself why her father

Don't even think about her or ask yourself why her father

should be giving you advice like this.

should be giving you advice like this.

- Sorry I'm late.

- Sorry I'm late.

Kulan insisted on taking an extra curtain call.

Kulan insisted on taking an extra curtain call.

Kulan insisted on taking an extra curtain call.

I won't be a minute.

Please let's go.

- We haven't eaten anything.

- We haven't eaten anything.

- Please.

[soft piano music]

[soft piano music]

[sirens]

- You knew there was going to be a fire didn't you Brycie?

- You knew there was going to be a fire didn't you Brycie?

- No.

- Then why did the candles and the flaming sword upset you?

- Then why did the candles and the flaming sword upset you?

- Do you like to dance?

- Do you like to dance?

[light jazz music]

[light jazz music]

I thought if I danced with you it might go away,

I thought if I danced with you it might go away,

but it hasn't.

but it hasn't.

It's only clearer and more overpowering.

It's only clearer and more overpowering.

- Brycie.

Dancing with the old master can be pretty overpowering.

Dancing with the old master can be pretty overpowering.

I wouldn't fight it.

I wouldn't fight it.

Come on, let's not lose the beat.

- Most people walk blindly through the world,

- Most people walk blindly through the world,

seeing none of it's beauty and none of it's terror.

seeing none of it's beauty and none of it's terror.

But my mother knew.

But my mother knew.

She came from an ancient race.

She came from an ancient race.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

An ancient race that speaks and sings.

An ancient race that speaks and sings.

From wet hills and grassy pastures,

From wet hills and grassy pastures,

under the smokey rafters of the Irish cabin

under the smokey rafters of the Irish cabin

where she was born.

Her nurse crooned secrets to her,

Her nurse crooned secrets to her,

and mother taught me.

and mother taught me.

Taught me to listen to the essence of things.

Taught me to listen to the essence of things.

Brycie, she'd whisper.

Brycie, she'd whisper.

Listen child, hear it move all about you.

Listen child, hear it move all about you.

Angels sparkling in broad daylight.

Angels sparkling in broad daylight.

Chariots across the sky.

Bells tolling under the sea.

Bells tolling under the sea.

Finally, I could see the fingers of moss clinging to trees.

Finally, I could see the fingers of moss clinging to trees.

I could hear frost cracking rocks.

I could hear frost cracking rocks.

The air about us is alive with forces and events.

The air about us is alive with forces and events.

None of which ever change, they are always there

None of which ever change, they are always there

and we move among them as a part of them like planets around

and we move among them as a part of them like planets around

a star.

There is no past, no present, no future, Tod.

There is no past, no present, no future, Tod.

Only an always.

Only an always.

We are always here as my mother is still here.

We are always here as my mother is still here.

It may be she's part of that evergreen.

It may be she's part of that evergreen.

A branch of that sycamore.

A branch of that sycamore.

But she is still with me,

But she is still with me,

and whether I can see her or not, what difference.

and whether I can see her or not, what difference.

What difference really?

The important thing is that she's here.

As gravity is here and who can see gravity?

As gravity is here and who can see gravity?

As gravity is here and who can see gravity?

I can hear Roland's horn from Roncevaux calling the death

I can hear Roland's horn from Roncevaux calling the death

of Oliver.

To you, Oliver is centuries dead, but to Helen of Troy,

To you, Oliver is centuries dead, but to Helen of Troy,

he's not yet born.

he's not yet born.

Yet neither is Helen born to my children who have yet to be

born and yet to listen, fascinated to Homer.

born and yet to listen, fascinated to Homer.

So she lives in many times, just as my mother lives.

So she lives in many times, just as my mother lives.

As you and I, Tod.

As you and I, Tod.

We all pass into some other person's dream and so live on

We all pass into some other person's dream and so live on

from dream to dream.

Immortal and imperishable.

Immortal and imperishable.

Sometimes the dream can be violent.

Sometimes the dream can be violent.

As my vision of you and your friend.

Just as you sense a shadow, just as you somehow know you're

Just as you sense a shadow, just as you somehow know you're

being watched, just so do some people radiate at

being watched, just so do some people radiate at

telepathic cry as death comes near them.

telepathic cry as death comes near them.

Tod, I can hear his cries.

Tod, I can hear his cries.

I can hear your friend crying out from the center of a fire.

I can hear your friend crying out from the center of a fire.

I see him enveloped there, helpless,

I see him enveloped there, helpless,

dying in the fire you will start.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

[Buz moaning]

[Buz moaning]

- It's two o'clock.

You okay?

- Yeah.

- I could've told you, never go out with a dame that's

- I could've told you, never go out with a dame that's

smarter than you.

A guys got enough trouble with clucks,

A guys got enough trouble with clucks,

who needs a mind reader.

It's too much of a handicap.

It's too much of a handicap.

Oh, so that's what you talked about.

Oh, so that's what you talked about.

The moving fingers still writing me out by Wednesday.

The moving fingers still writing me out by Wednesday.

- Look, I don't want to talk about it, okay.

- Sure you do.

- Buz, did you ever get the feeling you were being watched?

- Buz, did you ever get the feeling you were being watched?

- Take the worst.

Let's say it happens, say you do kill me.

I mean, frankly, if I had a choice I'd rather you be the boy

I mean, frankly, if I had a choice I'd rather you be the boy

than some stranger.

Anyway, why are you afraid?

Anyway, why are you afraid?

I'm the guy she's got marked for the trip.

- Knock it off will you?

- Knock it off will you?

- Look, if anything is sure, it's death.

- Look, if anything is sure, it's death.

We all get a birthday, and we all get a death day,

We all get a birthday, and we all get a death day,

except if we all knew when it was, we could celebrate it

every year like we celebrate a birthday.

every year like we celebrate a birthday.

Who's to say whether one is any better

Who's to say whether one is any better

or any worse than the other?

In a way you see, I owe Brycie something then, because she's

In a way you see, I owe Brycie something then, because she's

given me another day to celebrate.

given me another day to celebrate.

She give you any of the sordid details?

She give you any of the sordid details?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, but you don't want to talk about it.

- Yeah, but you don't want to talk about it.

- No, I don't want to talk about it, ever again.

- No, I don't want to talk about it, ever again.

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music]

- Hey, toss me that wrench.

- Hey, toss me that wrench.

I guess it's not the wrench that's going to do it, right?

I guess it's not the wrench that's going to do it, right?

- I'm transferring to the storage yard, see you at lunch.

- I'm transferring to the storage yard, see you at lunch.

- Hey!

You going to let her get to you like this, are you?

You going to let her get to you like this, are you?

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

- Look out!

- Look out!

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[thunder]

- Wednesday, you did come didn't you?

- Wednesday, you did come didn't you?

- Brycie, this is your father, not some sensitive young man

- Brycie, this is your father, not some sensitive young man

- Brycie, this is your father, not some sensitive young man

who can be driven from his job by your wild predictions.

- The night it happens there will be a concerto,

- The night it happens there will be a concerto,

sometime after nine, out of nowhere, a concerto.

sometime after nine, out of nowhere, a concerto.

- Now no matter how far they've gone,

we're going to follow them.

we're going to follow them.

We're going to follow them, we'll find them and we'll tell

them, is that clear young lady?

them, is that clear young lady?

- There will be hammers of water like 10 million drummers.

Lanterns in the night and bells tolling and a barn half

Lanterns in the night and bells tolling and a barn half

fallen with sagging beams and lanterns moving inside.

fallen with sagging beams and lanterns moving inside.

People wrapped in black gauze and long trumpets,

People wrapped in black gauze and long trumpets,

glass breaking and flames.

glass breaking and flames.

- So we're going to tell them why you have this vision?

We're going to exorcise this nightmare once and for all.

We're going to exorcise this nightmare once and for all.

Not just the one you forced on these two young men,

Not just the one you forced on these two young men,

but also the one that has tortured us

these past five years.

- They struggle.

The two young men struggle, Tod and his friend.

The two young men struggle, Tod and his friend.

I see his friend helpless, crying out, blood on his face.

I see his friend helpless, crying out, blood on his face.

Tod's holding him and fire!

Tod's holding him and fire!

- Brycie, you see so much and yet you are so blind.

- Brycie, you see so much and yet you are so blind.

- No, not I, you.

If only you hadn't been.

If only.

- The bridge is out, you can't go through here,

- The bridge is out, you can't go through here,

you'll have to go back.

- That car, where are they?

- That car, where are they?

- Funny thing, a fella heard some bells,

- Funny thing, a fella heard some bells,

kind of set him off.

He ran down that way, the other fella followed him.

He ran down that way, the other fella followed him.

He ran down that way, the other fella followed him.

We can't leave here to shag after him,

we got no cars coming.

we got no cars coming.

We radioed for another car, but it's not here yet.

They should be here any minute.

They should be here any minute.

- From the top, you take it from the top a piece at a time.

From the first time you saw Brycie.

From the first time you saw Brycie.

Come on, take it from the top.

- Hang that higher, Jeff.

- Hang that higher, Jeff.

We want to give that widower from Pittsburgh a real show

for his money.

for his money.

- Are we going to use a tambourine tonight, Ma?

- Don't you be disrespectful of the spirits, Tony.

- Don't you be disrespectful of the spirits, Tony.

They feed you pretty regular I'd say.

They feed you pretty regular I'd say.

Higher still, Jeff.

Higher still, Jeff.

- [Tod] Buz, get back.

[screams]

[suspenseful dramatic music]

[suspenseful dramatic music]

[screaming]

[screaming]

- I lied.

Don't listen to me, I lied, I had no vision!

Don't listen to me, I lied, I had no vision!

I made it all up, I was just punishing my father.

I made it all up, I was just punishing my father.

I can't lose him, I can't lose him!

I can't lose him, I can't lose him!

Now I found him again, I can't lose him, he's all I've got!

Now I found him again, I can't lose him, he's all I've got!

Please, help him!

- Tell those officers to call an ambulance.

- Tell those officers to call an ambulance.

- She said she never had a vision.

- She said she never had a vision.

She lied to punish you.

She lied to punish you.

- [Mr. Kopeloff] Is that what she said?

- [Mr. Kopeloff] Is that what she said?

- What about the prediction, the rain, the barn, the fire?

- What about the prediction, the rain, the barn, the fire?

If you hadn't come along when you did it might have happened

If you hadn't come along when you did it might have happened

just as she said.

- There was another time, five years ago,

- There was another time, five years ago,

her mother had a vision.

her mother had a vision.

A vision about a fire.

Anton, she said, don't leave me this morning.

Anton, she said, don't leave me this morning.

Anton, she said, don't leave me this morning.

She was not well, you see.

Don't leave me, Anton.

Don't leave me, Anton.

There were 22 young men in my class that day.

There were 22 young men in my class that day.

I remember I was lecturing them on Spinoza.

I remember I was lecturing them on Spinoza.

You know something, I can't remember one of their names now.

You know something, I can't remember one of their names now.

Brycie's mother, my wife,

died that morning in the fire that

died that morning in the fire that

burned our home to the ground.

burned our home to the ground.

While I was lecturing 22 strangers

about the thoughts of a dead man.

about the thoughts of a dead man.

Brycie got back in time to hear her mother inside.

Brycie got back in time to hear her mother inside.

Nobody could get in.

Nobody could get in.

She left that same day.

For the past five years she's punished me by touring as a

For the past five years she's punished me by touring as a

mind reader.

You see, that way she was proving everyday

You see, that way she was proving everyday

that there was a

world of premonitions and visions.

world of premonitions and visions.

I, I was trying to deny my guilt

by relentlessly exposing mediums

by trying to prove that the world of spirits,

by trying to prove that the world of spirits,

the inexplicable, was nonsense.

Was really quite explicable.

Was really quite explicable.

Fear, faith, illusion or fact.

Do you know?

I don't, not anymore.

Do you know something,

suddenly not knowing,

I feel free.

I feel free.

[crashing]

[crashing]

[lively piano music]

[lively piano music]

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