"Financial times 100 index of 11points just above the key 38 hundred levels" "As for the rest of your stocks skating 9th points to 25 to 32..." "The yard capital aren' t losing 7 weaker frame weighing on the market" "Thank you Ilsa" "Have a nice day" "If you are on time this morning according to this" "San Francisco's freeways are" "Well tell me what we're supposed to do" "I mean you may be perched on majority shares" "But we all get fucked at the actual crash..." "That old man is going to sink us" "Soon as I have Baer/Grant's P and L report in hand" "I will be speed dialing your number" "Is that a promise?" "I'm sorry I'm not aware of that term" "Well what do I do if Anson calls about substantiation procedure?" "Take evasive actions have your secretary say you're in a meeting" "Thank you Jack" " Yes Maria - invitations" " um hum - the museum gala" " No - the Fitswilliam botanical annual fundraiser" " No - the Hinchburger wedding" "Hinchburger wedding... tuxidos and droning conversations I don' t think so no" "I'll send your regrets" "Honestly why must I bother" "You don' t know about society Maria" "You don' t have the satisfaction of avoiding it" " Yes" " I have an Elizabeth on line 3" "Your ex-wife" "I know who it is" "Take a message" "Oh happy birthday sir" "Thank you Maggie" "I don' t like her" "I wouldn' t even mention the following but he was very insistent..." " It's obviously some sort of prank - what?" "Well a gentleman called requesting to have lunch with you..." "I tried to assure him that you're very busy" " What's his name?" " A Mr. Seymour Butts" "' Under the Bleachers by Seymore Butts" "I'm sorry?" "Cancel my lunch, make a reservation to City Club for myself and Mr. Butts..." "My usual table" "Maria put the reservation under my name" " You ready to order sir - no I'm still waiting" "This was ice tea?" " Boo!" " Conrad what a surprise" "Happy birthday Nickie" "Seymore Butts, I'll never get tired of that one" "That's why it's a classic This is nice restaurant..." " They give me free jacket" " I'm sure they're gonna want it back" " I remember being here a long time ago" " You I took you here once" "No I used to buy crystal-meth from the maitre d '" " Oh really?" " In college" "Which college?" "Touche" "Miss me?" "As much as that's possible..." " You look good" " So do you" "Think I was worried" "Worried about me?" "How long has it been since Mom's funeral 2, 3 years" " I thought you quit" " I did." "It didn' t take well you can' t smoke here" "I'm with you" "It's illegal to smoke in restaurants in California" "Fuck California how are you?" "Couldn' t be better" "Elizabeth?" "We're divorced, she remarried a pediatrician or a gynecologist... or pediatric gynecologist lives in uh..." "Sausalito" "That's too bad" "I liked her" "And what about you?" "What you don' t keep track of me anymore?" "Not since family week at rehab" "So what brings you to town Conrad..." "Everything all right?" "Yeah" " Need anything?" " Nope" "Really?" "No I don' t need anything from you I just... have myself laying naked on the beach near Bisa and all the sudden it click" "October 12th..." "Nickie's birthday" "October 11th" "Whatever" "This is for you" "You shouldn' t have" "What do you get for the man who has... everything" "Consumer Recreation Services well I do have golf clubs" "Call that number" "Why?" "To make your life... fun" "Fun?" "You know what that is that you've seen other people have..." "It's an entertainment service" "An escort service?" "A profound life experience" " sorry oh put this napkin - no that's all right, just..." "Tell me you'd call" " I said I would" " No you didn' t" "You still on medication" "Why would you say that?" "You gentlemen ready to order?" "I didn' t mean it the way it sounded" "I'm not on anything I'm not even seeing a shrink and I feel great" "Do you mind?" "I think you'll like this I did" "That was the best thing that ever happened to me" "I'll call them" "Do it... for you" "I said I'll call ok?" "All right I'll call" "It's just that Uh..." "I hate surprises" "I know" "Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you..." " Happy birthday Mr. Van Orton" " Mr. Van Orton" "Happy birthday to you" "Someones got to fly to Seattle and drive a stake through Anson' s heart..." " Have you seen the profitability report?" " You can imagine how much more unhappy I am" " So you're gonna deal with Anson?" " That's correct" "We're furious" "Sleep well Nicholas" "I will" "Good night Ilsa" "Dinner's in the oven" "Thank you Oh I saw Conrad today" "Did you?" "How is he?" "He's Okay" "I think he's in one of those... personal improvement cults or something" "Well send my love if you see him again" " Happy birthday" " Goodnight" "From companies that defaulted on their payments... the FCC expects to receive more than 500 million dollars in bids... as the licenses eagerly soar" "Elizabeth good evening" "Happy birthday Nickie" "Eleven Forty" "You almost missed it this year" "Have you had a nice birthday?" "Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?" "And went not once but twice through the spanking machine" "Can only imagine" "How are you?" "Connie asked me the same thing today" "Connie really?" "I always liked your brother" "Anyway..." "I..." " I just thought this might be difficult for you - just another birthday" "Because of your father..." "That's right he was 48, wasn' t he?" "I hadn' t really thought about it until now" "Why do I call?" "I honestly don' t know..." "Please send Dr. Mel and Rachel my best" "She has a little brother on the way" "We did the ultra sound" "Offical nuclear family" "You must be very pleased" "We are" "We are very pleased" "Well, it's good to talk with you" "I guess I should let you go" "Take care of yourself" "You too Nicholas I mean that" "I really do uh huh, be well, bye" "A proposal to encourage small businesses to provide their employees... with health insurance is now being debated... by Washington legislators... the bill which a type is a small business help lands to those of larger corporations is receiving an initial support" "from the number of key Republican leaders" "However Democratic lawmakers... are voicing serious concerns about claiming that it would under mind local officials..." "I just wanna make sure that we understand each other..." "Once you get it down on paper then you can count on my full support" " We understand - thank you" "We'll talk soon" "Well you shouldn' t feel this reflects negatively on now" " I can feel that it was negatively done on me" " I received this..." "Just a moment" "I'm sorry you feel that way" "I understand" "We hope we haven' t caused you any inconvenience" "Thank you for choosing C. R. S." "Mr. Feingold could you assist this gentleman" "Oh yeah..." "Sure" "Jim Feingold VP Engineering Data Analysis" "I don' t know exactly how this works my brother sent me this card as a gift" "Oh here we go, yeah" "All right excellent well..." "Um let's get started" "Yeah, I'm sorry about the, you know all this, hullabaloo here..." "We're uh... well we're still moving" "You mind holding that" "Thank you very much" "Thank you" "Are you hungry" " New Moon Cafe?" " No, thank you" "Gift from Conrad Van Orton" "Interesting" "What is?" "Well your brother was a client with our London branch" "We do a sort of informal scoring... and his numbers are outstanding" "Really?" " You sure you're not hungry" " No thank you, I'll be fine" "Now need to fill out the these forms" "There's an application... and then a..." "Couple of psych-tests there MNPI and PAP..." "Oh uh... for the financial questionnaire" "Don' t answer anything you don' t feel like" "We'll run our TRW" "I sometimes heard small animals true or false?" "I feel guilty when I masturbate" "Well I don' t write the questions I just review the answers" "What is this for?" "Well, to give us an overall sense of your capability" "No what is this for?" "What are you selling?" " Oh, it's a game - a game?" "Specifically tailored to each participant" "Think of it as a great vacation except you don' t go to it it comes to you" "What... what kind of vacation?" "Its different every time" "Humor me with specifics" "We provide... whatevers lacking" "And what if nothing is lacking?" "May I make two suggestions?" "You really think that I'll participate without knowing any..." "First, admit to yourself that it sounds intriguing..." "Second, you don' t have to decide today..." "Take the silly test fill out the stupid forms..." "One day, your game begins you either love it or hate it, decide then" "You know we... we are like... an experiential Book-of-the-Month-Club" "You can drop out at any time with no further obligations" "That was my sales pitch" "How long will this take?" "About an hour for those another hour for the physical" "Physical?" "It's a cursory examination turn-your-head-caugh sort of thing you'll be out of here in no time" "Confused..." "Risky" "Bloody..." "Oops" " Mr. Sutherland called about the Baer/Grant Publishing" " Cancel it push it back to Wednesday" " Grants say they'll go back tomorrow" " Tomorrow?" "Yes" "How much longer is this going to take?" "Shouldn' t be long we're almost done" "You said that two hours ago" " All right put it back until tomorrow - selection... before the following emotional responses you have 0. 9seconds to continue your emotional" "Reaction time for the factor" "Would you make a selection before the following emotional responses" "You have 0. 9seconds to continue..." "Is this thing end?" "I'm sorry to keep you here waiting" "Well don' t worry it's been just terrific spending my entire day with your" "Well, it's all down to this" "This is an insurance company requirement it states that you're aware... that the game exists and that you're willing to participate in said game... so on and so forth our guarantee that the payment's entirely... at your brother's discretion as a gift it's dependent on your satisfaction" "Does that mean that if I'm not happy he doesn' t have to pay" "Thats never happened we've never had an unsatisfied customer" "I think you mean dissatisfied" "That's right your left-brain word fetishist" "Initials, initials and you sign there in blood" "Just kidding" "All right now your copy will be at the front desk in this folder" "And I'll... keep the pen" "We'll let you know" " What about Monday or Tuesday?" " No, that's bad for me" " Well, how about tonight?" " I'm working all this evening" "Wednesday is the only possibility right now" " Do you wanna do dinner?" " Okay" "By the way, I went to C. R. S." "Really?" "What did you think?" "Well they seemed just a little bit disorganized" "Well, when I did it in London they've been around awhile" "Are you gonna do this?" "No, I haven' t decided yet" "telling you it's the way to getting in on the ground floor for the next Disneyland" "C. R. S. Won' t go public their family owned" "Stranger things have happened" "No, they haven' t actually" "They opened here" ""The game" in San Francisco?" "See?" "They're doing fine without any of us" " How are you James?" "Good evening" " Good evening sir" "Get new members here?" "Believe so sir" "Put the next round on me" "Got you sir" "No, no, no last time I played Pebble I swore I'd never pick up another club again" "Speaking about games..." "Couldn' t help to overhear you talking about C. R. S." "Well, the reason I mentioned is..." "I took the test today the Montgomery street office" "You did?" "Kudos" "So, yours hasn' t started yet?" "No, not yet that was one of the questions I had for you" " What is it?" " Oh, what is it" "The eternal question" "You know I envy you" "I wish I could go back and do it for the first time all over again" "Here's to... new experiences" "Hmm, if you'll excuse me I got to go" "Good night Ted" "Nicholas... nice to meet you" "So, you played recently?" "Oh, about a year ago" "I was working in Los Angeles" "Oh, I heard the London office is very good too..." "It sounds like lot of fantasy role playing nonsense though" "You wanna know what it is?" "What it's all about?" "John chapter 9 verse 25" "I um..." " haven' t been to Sunday school in a long time" " Whereas once I was blind now I can see..." "Good night Nicholas" "Best of luck" "Goodnight" "If the Baer/Grant meeting... is not held tomorrow... may as well not be held at all" "When Mr. Van Orton boards his plane on the morrow..." "He'll have every agreement and addendum in the complete closing flawlessly revised" "So you will miss another opera you would of have slept during anyway" "We now have an opportunity to show our clients how well we will rise to his exhilarating challenge" " Yes" " Nicholas Van Orton?" " Who is this this?" " This is Cynthia from C. R. S." " How did you get this number?" " We've finished processing your" " Look, I'm in a meeting right now" " I'm afraid it was rejected" " I beg your pardon?" " You shouldn' t feel this reflects negatively on you... we hope we haven' t caused you any inconvenience" " Uh, this is ridiculous" " Thank you for speaking to C. R. S." "Anything wrong?" "Uh..." "No no nothing's... you may hang up or press tab for more options" "Oh, this is Conrad Leave a message" "Yes, Connie it's Nicholas give me a ring when you get in" "Oh, uh... regarding your birthday present Um... things are a little crazy right now" "I don' t even know if I can fit it in my schedule" "But we'll talk about it at dinner tomorrow" "Thanks, bye" "Hello the resulting rise of unemployment are decline... into buyable small businesses" "Meanwhile Republican leaders argue... that this passage would be the very stimulant... that a sluggish economy needs no one has expressed an opinion... as to how it will impact on pampered existence of Nicholas Van Orton for one thing on which both Democrats and Republicans seem to agree... is that most Americans have a serious doubts about the Economic future" "a recent pole suggests the staggering 57% of American workers believe... there is a very real chance they will be unemployed... within the next 5 to 7 years" "But what does that matter to a bloated millionaire fat cat like you... and now for financial news stock markets rose both domestically... and abroad today after the announcement of... stronger than expected earnings by several high tech companies" "but dipped again reacting to report Nicholas Van Orton has sneezed" "Are you gonna spend the rest of the evening prying at that clown' s mouth?" "I..." "I..." "I don' t..." "Its frustrating for me if you don' t pay attention" "What is this?" "This is your game Nicholas and welcome to it" "I'm here to let you in on a few ground rules" "You received the very first key and others will follow" "You'll never know where you'll find them or how you'll need to use it so keep your eyes open" "How do you..." "You can see me?" "Let us save the questions to afterwards" "How does this work?" "There's a tiny camera looking at you... right now" "It's impossible" "You're right, impossible" "You're having a conversation with you television" "It's miniaturized" "You know how dangerous that it?" " Mr. Van Orton?" " And in domestic news, sunny California..." " Yes, Ilsa whats is it?" " Is everything all right?" " Fine ...in the petroleum processing plant yesterday" " I finished for the evening will you be needing anything else?" "...in sunny California..." "No, I won' t Ilsa thank you Good night ...under control of major ...good night then - that broke out in a petroleum processing plant yesterday" "Several weeks..." " Who was that?" " Never mind who that is" " You wanna know how a camera got into you home don' t you?" " Yes, I would" "Cold?" "Co..." "Colder" "Wa... wa... warm?" "Warmer?" "Write this number down" "It's a 24hour Consumer Recreation Services hotline" "For emergencies only" "But don' t call asking what the object of the game is figuring that out... is the object of the game" "Good luck and congratulations on choosing" "C..." "R..." "S..." "Great to have the American ambassador expelled after the incident..." "Who the states department responded quickly with a forward apology" "An announcement with the ambassadors will be immediate voluntary..." "May I help you?" "What is it?" "What?" "Thank you" "Buddy?" "Can you help me out?" "I need some toilet paper I ran out" "Just just go out to the next stall" "Come on help me out" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Didn' t expect to see you here" "I wanted to wish you luck" "Been up all night" "I checked it... personally" "I appreciate that Sam why don' t you go home and get some sleep" " You're sure you don' t want me along?" " No I'll be fine" "Hmm, nice shirt" "Don' t ask" "Chao!" "All these years... the first time ever you stepped forward in these offices... it's to ask me to step down" "You promised to meet the projections, Anson... a dollar sixty per shares is what you said..." "I don' t think this visit comes as a surprise" " Projections were far too optimistic" " Admittedly, yes" "Our E. P. S. Was 150 last quarter we're up 8cents" "The expectations were 10 and this case the expectations meant everything" "Will you really hold me to it over pennies" "My stock is falling I don' t know about yours... those pennies are costing millions" "Give me, give me next quarter" "If you still feel this way vote your shares" "Today is what counts, Anson" "You..." "you intractable son of bitch" "Your father could see you know" "What?" "Your father was a friend" "Your friends!" "God damn it I've watched you grew up" "Because you went fishing with my father I should sit on my hands..." " while you're throwing my money away" " I..." "I'm not finished" "You misspoke before when you said you're stepping down" "I am firing you" "Action is taken confidence is restored..." "The stock goes up" "No" "There's no Baer/Grant Publishing" "No Baer/Grant Publishing without..." "Anson Baer" "Where's Stewart Grant?" "He's probably out there sailing... and enjoying his golden years wondering where the hell you are Anson" "I'm sorry... you failed" "I have prepared severance package that is more than... equitable" "Valid until... this evening" "I could fight you with this" "If I leave without your signature... this agreement begins to disintegrate" "and if it's shrink options narrow and your compensation will be shriveled" "think it's in your... best interest, Anson" "Well, I guess this is your... lucky day" "My lawyers will be in touch with you" "Excuse me has Conrad Van Orton left a message?" " I'll check on it right away Mr. Van Orton" " Thank you" " Oh, I'm so sorry" " Here" " Please, don' t do that" "I'm so sorry I wasn' t even looking" "I'm really having a bad day" "How about a bad month" "You did almost exactly the same thing to me when I was here last week here" "Don' t do that" "Just get me some a some napkins and uh some soda water looks like the uh... cleaning's gonna mean more than the suit" "I don' t think so" " It was an accident, sir" " Terrific" "I said I was sorry" "Asshole" "Cristine!" "Mr. Van Orton is a valued customer" "Fine then you kiss his ass" "Don' t you talk to me like that" "I apologized, I offered to help what do you want me to do?" "Clean out your locker" "What?" "You heard me" "I'm terribly sorry Mr. Van Orton" "If you're not too uncomfortable will this table suit you for complimentary meal?" "Be fine" " I'll fetch your waiter" " Thank you" "Check sir" " Miss, pardon me, miss" " Oh great it's you" "I don' t know how this works but you have something for me" "I... uh" "I received this note" " What're you babbling about psycho" "I need to know what is going on" "You wanna know whats going on I'm going on my second job this month now looks like I'm going on unemployment" " Maybe I should try to explain" " Don' t explain, just fuck off" "Son of a bitch!" "I am, I'm trying to I'm apologizing" "Jesus, what is this?" " What's with him?" " I don' t know, he just he fell down" "Can you hear me?" " Do you know what to do?" " I don' t even know if he's breathing" "Move your head" "Don' t stand there get help" "Hey, hey, it's ok" "How do we know he's real?" "He's pissing his pants, mister Is that real enough for you?" "Help me god" "He's turning blue" "Police!" "Police!" "You will have to fill this forms out" "I don' t know this man" " Here what do you need" " Can' t get involved in this" " Hey, I might have to detain you" " Detain me?" " The reports gotta be filled out" " She can do the reports" "Ride with your wife We'll meet at the hospital" " The hospital?" " Two blocks away" "She's not my wife" "Let's go" "This is insane 10 minutes ago, I'm about to enjoy a quiet little dinner... and received this note" " He's breathing, isn' t he?" " Yes" "Is the siren entirely necessary?" "Let's just talk to someone who can get this over with shall we?" "Hang on" "They need your drivers license number" "Oh, no you've got to be kidding" "What is uh... happening" "This was what I was trying to explain to you..." "This is a uh a game" "A what?" "It's a company" "They plan elaborate pranks" "Things like this" "I don' t really understand it myself what are you talking about?" "This is a" "The lights, they went out" "Hundred people ran away" "What you mean the guy who just pissed himself and turned blue was sorry about that" "you should be" "why're they involving you?" "There's gotta be a... a flashlight" "oh great" "I thought that guy was going to die gave him a mouth to mouth..." "I'll see you around" " How do you know that's the way?" " I don' t" "Where did you all go you motherfucking frat boys" "You'd better hide" "Lobby?" "My brother got me this gift certificate to this company..." "Why?" "I got the key out of this uh... out of the mouth of this uh wooden clown" "Never mind" "I didn' t like this" "There's no signal" "What is the going rate for a trapped-in-elevator-adventure?" "Well don' t even think about it" "Why not?" "Read what the sign says" ""Warning do not attempt to open if the elevator stops" "" use an emergency..." " Phone?" " Phone... if there was one we'll wait for help, so... let's just just wait for help" "Okay, I'll give you a boost" "You get up, you go first" "This is not an attempt to be gallant if I don' t lift you... how are you going to get up there?" "I don' t know, you pull me up" "It's easier my way come on step up" "No" "Oh please" "I'm not wearing any underwear" "Okay, there I said it" "Okay" "We can use this like a ladder" "My hero, let's go" "I don' t think so" "Thank you" "Damn it!" "My briefcase!" "I'll wait" "Not as if anybody can open it" "Wait a minute this is C. R. S." "What's C. R. S.?" "This is the company that I was telling you about" "The one that gave me a gift certificate this is their building" "We'll wait we'll wait for the security to come... and we'll just explain" "They'll love that!" "Explain for both of us!" "We don' t wanna draw it don' t draw any attentions..." " just out for a stoll" " Run!" "We can' t fit down there!" "Are you trying to ditch me?" "!" " Hey!" "You're a grown man I'm not responsible for" " I'm not the one who started running" "Well I'm not the one that started this..." " Go up there!" " I'm going" "Here" "Climb" "Climb" "So where's your modesty around the pet dogs" "Hey!" "Shut up!" "Stupid fucking dogs" "Let me guess" "I go first" "There goes a thousand dollars" "Your shoes cost a thousand dollars?" "That one did" "Here" "Come on" "It's right there" "Meals Miles" "It should be here" "Fire escape" "Yeah, it's classic" "Why me" "Who are you?" "Nicholas Van Orton" "What are you a czar or something?" "All right" "I think... if we... drop from here... the garbage will break our fall" "I think not" "Be careful!" "What the fuck are you looking at?" "Oh..." "Shit" "Table for two please" "Where're we going?" "That tall bright building" "It's right near there" "Everything okay, miss?" "Yeah" "How are you doing?" "San Francisco's finest..." "Is there some place I could throw this?" "There's a waste basket beside the desk" "Oh..." "Think I have a fresh sweat shirt for you somewhere" "That would be great" "You know, you've never even asked me my name" "Well uh... maitre d'said you're name was Christine" "All right" "I guess I'll call you a cab" "You got a shower in your office?" "Yeah" "You an athlete or something?" "No, I'm an investment banker" "I move money from one place to another" "Actually, would you mind if I just quickly rinsed off?" "No" " Is there a towel I could use?" " Yeah, it's behind the door" " Oh, I'll just be a second" " No problem" "Listen, I know the owner of the city club and I'd be happy to give him a call... if you'd like" "Don' t, it was a shitty job anyway I overreacted" "I uh..." "I have a confession to make" "Someone gave me 400 bucks to spill drinks on you as a practical joke" "Really?" "And what did they say?" "Well they said 300, I said 4... they said the guy in the gray flannel suit" "I think I said the uh... attractive guy in the gray flannel suit?" "Mr. Van Orton" " Hello" " Mr. Van Orton, it's Maria." " I thought I should call - what time is it?" "It's 11 o'clock" "I took the liberty of rescheduling your meeting with Alison and" "No no no I'll be in there in an hour" "Can you, I left my briefcase at 1019 Montgomery Street" "Could you check with the Losts and Founds please" " Anson Baers in town at the Ritz Carlton" " Really?" " He's requesting dinner tonight" " Well, we'll see about that" "And the Hotel Niko called to say... they have your American Express card at the front desk" "You left it there last night?" " Should I send someone?" " No, just give me the number" " 555-1111" " Call you back" "Good morning Hotel Niko" "Yes, this is Nicholas Van Orton I'm told you have my American Express card" "Yes, Mr. Van Orton everything's in order... the concierges has arranged for the wine and flowers in the room" "Has he?" "And a young woman phoned to say that she's on route... but running a little late" "Did the young woman leave her name?" "I'm sure I don' t know" "Of course you don' t" "Thank you" "Sorry my fault" "Ah, Mr. Van Orton" "Welcome back" "Here we go" "Have we met?" "I believe so" "If you'll just sign here... on the signature card" "Thank you" "My key?" "Don' t I get a key?" "Didn' t I give you one last night?" "No, I don' t think so" "Cute, that's very cute" "This way sir" "Have a nice day" "House keeping" "Could you come back a little later?" "Ah..." "Shit" "Where the fuck is he?" "Why are you following me?" "What are you talking about" "I'm not following you I'm just driving it" "Hey" " whatever I'm doing" " Is Anson Baer the game?" " Is none of your business" "Is that what this is all about?" "Yo buddy, back off just back off huh?" "What?" "!" "Oh, that's cute that's really cute" "I suppose the game uses real bullets, huh?" "All right I'm a private investigator" "Sombody hired me to keep tabs on you" "Who?" "Who hired you?" "!" "Who hired you?" "!" " Mr. Van Orton" " Maria, get hold of Sutherland" "Have him meet me at the Ritz Carlton" "I'm on my way" " What's happening?" " Follow me Sam" "Ah, Nicholas!" "It's unexpected" "Have you really believed that just because you publish children' s books... people's gonna care about my reputation" "You could have pictures of me... wearing nipple rings butt fucking captain kangaroo... the only thing they care about is the stock!" "And whether that stock is up or down..." " Daddy?" " It's all right, its all right" "And the fact that you bring Conrad into this juvenile game is unconscionable" " Are you finished?" " No!" "I'm not finished!" "I'd like you to meet my attorney Samuel Sutherland..." "I think the two of you have got something to talk about" "Oh, we've met this morning" "I signed the determination contract for Baer/Grant..." "I accepted your settlement Nicholas" "You were right" "I'm going sailing you know sailing" "You're welcome to join our lunch maybe... we can straighten this out" "You remember my wife Mary Carol and my daughter-in-law Kaliegh" "Please uh... accept my... misguided uh..." "How concerned should I be?" "It was a misunderstanding" "It looks a lot like you" "Well, you should see what they do with the nightly news" "What?" "Can I ask you to do me a favor?" "You know you can" "Find out about a company called Consumer Recreation Services" "Sounds like they make tennis rackets" "What do you know?" "Well, they gave me a waiver" " What is this?" " It's a..." "I don' t believe it it's invisible ink" "Your joking" "This is what I'm dealing with I'm being toyed with by... by a bunch of depraved children, this..." "Are you ok?" "Tell me not to worry" "You don' t have to worry" "I promise" "I'll call you later" "Right" "Maria, the other night, last night got a taxi for a young woman named Christine..." "What's the company that we use?" "United?" "What?" "United Taxi Company" "United Taxi... then you call United find out who the driver was... and... where they took her" "United Taxi Company" "United Taxi... then you call United find out who the driver was... and... where they took her" "Ilsa!" "I have a gun!" "On a chess board get up and tell you where to go... and you just have some kind of mushroom and your mind is moving on... go on a..." "I think sure not... when logic and proportion have fallen... and the white knight is talking backwards and my red queens are... remember that the dog on sale..." "Ilsa" "Ilsa" " Mr. Van Orton" " Are you all right?" "What do you mean?" "What's happened?" "The house, you haven' t seen the house?" "What's wrong?" "There's been a break in now lock your door..." " Stay inside, just lock your door" " Oh, be careful" " 911 emergency" " Yes, I need the police" " There's been a break in to my house" " Stay on the line and give me your address" "My address is 2210 Broadway" "It's the biggest house on the street" " Now sir, you said it was a break in?" " Yes, yes, there's been a break in" "Are you sure they're gone?" "What?" "Are you sure there's not still someone somewhere in the house?" "Get her out!" "Nickie!" "Sir?" "Are you still there?" " Meet me in your car" " Hello?" "Hello?" "Sir?" "All right What happened?" "Conrad, where're we going?" "Just wait!" "What are you doing?" "With the facts" "I can' t trust a room service in the hotel" "I sure as hell can' t trust the fucking car" "Who?" "C. R. S.!" "Who do you think!" "Jesus!" "To think what I almost got you into" "What are you saying?" "Oh, I'm so fucked" "They just fuck you!" "And they fuck you!" "And they fuck you!" "And just when you think it's all over that's when the real fucking starts!" "All right calm down just take a breath" "They won' t stop Nick" "I paid the bill I gave them their fucking money" "They won' t leave me alone!" "What're they doing to you?" "Everything!" "I'm a goddamned human pinata" "Calm down!" " And why're they keep playing if you've already paid?" " I don' t know" "I don' t know" "I paid them more to make it stop!" "They did this" "It's a flat tire" "How do you know?" "!" "Get a grip on yourself will you?" "We'll figure it out!" "Okay, okay" "The phone doesn' t work I can' t get a signal" "Really?" " You know how to change a tire?" " No, don' t you?" "It can' t be that hard" "I don' t think we should be out in the open like this" "Hit the teletrack it's lift-left compartment" "You're with them" "What?" "You're doing this you're part of it" "Who's are these?" "I don' t know about those somebody put them in the car" "You're behind the whole thing aren' t you?" "What are you talking about?" "You brought them to me" "These were in your car!" "Now right there in your fucking car!" "Conrad!" "Listen to what you're saying" "No!" "You're not gonna control this conversation!" "Why would I ever do what you're describing?" "!" "Because you resent me" "Stop being emotional" " It kills you that I'm living my life" " Lower your voice!" "Conrad!" "What?" "!" "You're afraid somebody's gonna witness the scene?" "!" "Get back in there!" "Get back to your fucking house!" " Will you stop it?" "!" " I'm calling the cops" "You're just so afraid that somebody's gonna see what a manipulated fucking control freak you are!" "What is wrong with you?" "!" "What are you on?" "Oh, I'm sorry Nick..." "I'm sorry I didn' t live up to your expectations" "Ah, Bullshit" "I'm not you, I'll never be you I don' t wanna be you" "There you go again!" "I'm your brother!" " Always push the responsibility out on me" " For Christ's sakes!" "I'm your brother!" " All I ever tried to do is help you" " I don' t want your help!" " Nobody asked you to play Dad!" " No!" "You don' t say that" "Did I have a choice?" "!" "Did I have a choice?" "!" "Conrad!" "What?" "I don' t want your help!" " Nobody asked you to play Dad!" " Did I have a choice?" "!" "Did I have a choice?" "!" "Taxi!" "2210 Broadway" "Hey buddy, you missed a turn" "Hey!" "Do you hear me?" "You missed a turn back..." "No no no Stop the car!" "Stop the car!" "Thank you" "Open the door" "Unlock the door" "Open, the goddamn door!" "Listen" "I... am a very wealthy man" "And whatever they're paying you..." "I'll double it" "No" "What are you out of your fucking mind?" "It's a game" "It's game" "Here we are" " Detective I'm Sam Sutherland" " Tim Folly ...You know where we're going?" "It's this way 14th floor" "Okay..." "Management for the building says the space hasn' t been officially rented yet" "The county recorder has no listing for a Consumer..." "Recreation Service or any derivation thereof" "Drivers they're still looking for the cab... as soon as they find it they'll pull the plates in the V. I. N" "Have you spoken to your brother?" "He hasn' t called me back yet No" "What about the house?" "The graffiti was an oil-based marine marking solution... illegal in the states" "It's not impossible to trace but it'll take time" "The photo... the gun... the clown... the ambulance... it's all pending" "Breaking and entering we've got solid" "Malicious mischief, vandalism harassment" "But that's all" "Illegal surveillance... wreckless endangerment..." "Attempted murder..." "Except, you said you hired these guys..." "That's irrelevant" "Now look" "It's our job to tell you what we've got... so far, we don' t have motive" "What was my father like, Ilsa?" "Why do you ask?" "I don' t know" "All the time I've known you you've never once asked about him" "I guess he was just on my mind" "Your mother loved your father very much" "I think he's just worked too hard" "Was he uh... morose?" "I mean..." "What I remember most... was that his manner was so... slight" "You could spend time in a room... and not even know that he'd been there the whole time..." "No, what I mean is..." "Before he..." "What happened?" "No" "Nobody expected it" "I wonder how much of him there is in me?" "Not much, I think" "Was mother worried about him?" "Nobody ever worried about your father" "Yes" "It's Maria" " I found the address you wanted from United Taxi" " Yeah, give it to me" "It's on the Patraro Hill..." "Who are you?" "Christine, is she here?" "She's sleeping" "Amian, who is it?" "Hey" "What're you doing here?" "Can we talk?" "Sure" " Hi" " Hi" "Didn' t think I'd ever see you again" "What can you tell me about these?" "Is this you?" "Where did you get them?" "My hotel room" "Was in my hotel room" "Are you telling me that this is not you?" "What makes you um..." "Think this is me?" "Well um... the bra, The red bra" "Okay" "What I thought that..." "Can I sit down for a...?" "Sure" "Are you all right?" "You're not all right are you?" "Is it this contest thing that you're in still or...?" "I'm sorry I am being a nuisance I should go" "No, it's ok we can talk" "I'll put some clothes on me I'll be right back" "Do you have an aspirin?" "Can I get you something to drink with this?" "Is this you?" "Oh, yeah That's a first reunion" "Show it to me" "What's wrong" "Take the picture out of the frame... and show it to me" "All right" "They're watching" "What?" "Not here" "They can see here" "Smoke detector" "What do you say we uh..." "Let's go for a drive or something we could..." " No no I am tired of this I am god damn tired of this" " We'll go for a drink there's a" "Who do you people think you are?" "Who do you think you are?" "Come on out of there!" " Nicholas, please" " Let's go, right now" "Come on just come on out of there right now!" "Now you've done it" "So what are they going to do?" "Get away from the window" "What is this?" "Wake up, it's a fucking con" "Get in, get in!" "You all right?" "Hold on" "Get out of the car" "I could've handed you to them" " And they find me now they..." " Get out of the goddamn car!" "You don' t have a choice!" "No one else's gonna tell you what's going on!" "You wanna know cause if I'm gone you never will" "I can' t believe they didn' t take the time to get the fucking house right" " Who are they?" " I don' t know nobody does I'm an employee" "Then what good are you?" "!" "I know things like who you can trust and..." " that your brother was in it from beginning" " That's a lie" "Yeah?" "I was your waitress on your birthday" "Connie told me about C. R. S. That day ever seen me in there before?" "Sorry," "I mean it wasn' t his fault I guess he thought it was his only way up" "They fleeced him real good" "How, how did they get to him?" "Same thing to him they did to you" "What are you talking about?" "They checked your accounts" "That night in your office..." "I got the number to your private line... and modem that gave CRS remote access to your computer" "You gave him everything else" "What?" "You took their tests, handwriting, voice samples, psychyinfos..." "They used it all to figure out your passwords and Feingold the... the guy who signed you up... he did 5 years for hacking City Bank" "They only had to keep you distracted... while they broke into your financial network transferred your holdings into dummy accounts" "Overseas operator please why else would they be willing to shoot at us" "Alamine Bank Zurich Switzerland" "Beause they're finished with you" "Live dead the same" "Long as you disappear" "Yes blue-two-backslash 9690 D as in David" "That's right" "The balance?" "That's impossible" "They already got it Nicholas" "They got everything" "You've reached the Sutherlands Please leave a message" "As you get this message, Sam I have checked them all, I don' t know how" "But they have drained my accounts" "They're trying to kill me..." "Now you call the cops I got one of them right here..." "We'll make her to testify" "I know how this sounds..." "But you call me... on my cellular..." "And you be careful" "Yeah" "Cut your card in half so... my treat" "You take 2 sugars right?" "Never mind" " My name's not Christine it's I mean it's not my real name" " Who fucking cares?" "It is just money you should be glad you're alive" "I'd rather not talk about it right now" " All I mean is someone like you..." " How many times have you done this?" " I'm curious" " What?" "These scams" "Con games, how many?" "Lots" "Well, whatever nickle dime bullshit you pulled in the past... this is more than just me" "This is pension plans payrolls... this is 600 million dollars" "Yes" "Nick, it's Sam" "I got your message" "I was disturbed to say the least" "So what are we gonna do?" "I'm been on the phone for an hour already" "Nicholas, your funds are intact..." "Nothings been touched" "What are you talking about?" "I checked on it myself" "Who is it?" " I made the calls" " Nothing's changed" "I'm telling you not one cent is unaccount" "Who is it?" "My attorney says that nothing is missing" "He's in on it" "I don' t know what the hell is happening but stay where you are" " ntil I get there" " Sutherlands in on it" "Nicholas I have another call" "Give me your precise location" "Nicholas?" "Got to get out of here" "How did they get to him?" "Why did" "I wouldn' t worry about it" "What do you mean?" "It's out of your hands" "Cellurar calls can be intercepted" "Those calls you made..." "To B of A" " France," "B of A" " Switzerland," "France" " Switzerland..." "You were talking to us" "You were talking to us" "Filled in the blanks" " access codes, -passwords - access codes - passwords..." " stuff even your lawyer didn' t have - stuff your lawyer didn' t have" "But... we have it now so we're done" "Bye Nicholas" "Things have happened" " It's important that..." " sh, sy, sh!" "No money, no identification no passport" "what happened to you?" "Where to begin" " It's complicated - it always is" "I was on holiday alone and I was robbed by two men robbed?" "And what hotel were you staying at?" "I don' t remember" "Have you gone to the police?" "I don' t speak Spanish" "And I just need enough to get out of here oh, we'll help with the local law enforcement if you wanted to bother..." "As far as money is concerned..." "Can I make a suggestion?" "You say you were mugged?" "And they didn' t take that watch..." "How much is the watch like that worth?" "A couple of hundred at least..." "Man with a watch like that doesn' t necessarily have the passport problem" "Excuse me?" "Can I be attentioned please?" "Thank you" "Anybody here going to San Francisco?" "I need a ride" "I've got 18 dollars and 70... 78cents" "For a ride to San Francisco" "Anybody?" " Keep the change" " Thanks pal" "Conrad Van Orton Could you ring his room please?" "One moment please" " Is there a problem?" " You're here for Conrad Van Orton" " Yes" " I'm the hotel manager" "Pleasure to meet you Where's my brother?" " Will you come with me sir?" " Wait a minute, is there a trouble" "Sir, this is a private matter for you" "There were some complaints by other guests, damage to his room..." "We did the best we could to accomodate his behavior" " His behavior?" " Yes, sir" "There was an incident a few days ago A nervous breakdown, they said" "The police took him, They left this address in case anyone came" "It's a hospital in Napa" "Terribly sorry for him" "Elizabeth..." "I need to borrow your car" "Nickie..." "What happened to you?" "I mean..." "Look at you..." "Look at me what happened tonight?" "I don' t know" "I have these things I have to worry" "I need your car" "Of course you can have it if you need it" "Can' t I get you something to eat?" "You know you're the only person... that I can trust" "Everyone else..." "If Sam Sutherland calls you..." "You don' t tell me, talk to me You lie to him" "And whatever else happens before he speaks..." "Ok, coffee... english muffin... and your water" "This bottle... is open Who opened this bottle?" "Yeah, I opened it" "I don' t want an opened bottle I want a unopened bottle" "I don' t want ice like this I want just a glass... please" "Nickie, talk to me" "You're scaring me..." "I don' t even know what you're saying" "I'm sorry Liz I don' t mean it" "I'm sorry" "You know I've been... thinking last couple of days" "I've had some..." "some spare time" "And I wanted to tell you" "I understand why you left me" "And I know that I... resented it" "I want to apologize to you for shutting you out... and not being there" "And I hope that you can forgive me" "Yes I..." "You've been on the go for days" "There's nothing to forgive" "Then... pain sets in the on set of a migrating pain..." "If this sounds all too familiar... relief... is here at last" "Oh no you bastards" "Battery..." "For nearly a decade doctors have been prescribing..." "How did you find me here?" "Tigering strong that has... tags... two things..." "He's an actor" "So if you trust your doctor... trust taggering" "He's an actor on television" "Can' t explain now" "Can I borrow your yellow pages" "Cafe, past Chinatown" "Get out of the car fucker" "Open the door and leave it running" "You're making a mistake here" "Now get the fuck out of the car" "Get the fuck out of the car" "I am extremely fragile... right now" "New Moon Cafe" "He does commercials" "Do you know how many customers we have?" "Hundreds, thousands" "I know he ordered from you He went to the Montgomery Street 1019..." "Is there anybody here that can help me?" "He's an actor" "If I blow these people you have here upon you..." "Hey!" "Why are you taking my picture?" "We were hoping he would auditon today" "He'd really be perfect for this part" "Oh, this will break his heart" "Well is there any place we can contact him?" "Well, his beepers here on the table" "He took the kids to the zoo" "The zoo?" "That's very very sweet" "Which zoo?" "Oh, it's the one with the White Tiger" "Lyno Fisher, I love your work" "Ok, please..." "Look I uh..." "I got my kids" "Get rid of them" "Guys uh... guys come on snack time..." "One more snacks" "Here, go, go, go" "It was just a job" "Nothing personal" "You know I mean..." "Play my part..." " Provise a little, I mean" " I need to talk to who's in charge" "Nobody knows and nobody gets a big picture..." "Hey, Tammy, Alex cut it out Damn it, why do they do that?" "Offices are empty I need to find out where they are" "Ok" "They own the whole building" "They just move from floor to floor" "And you work for them right?" "You can get me in" " No, I can' t" " Oh, yes you can" "You can tell them the police called You got to speak to someone..." "Tell them I'm gonna blow the whistle on them" "What whistle?" "There's no fucking whistle" "This is very dangerous" "I don' t think you understand" "Right now..." "I am... extremely... dangerous" "Michael, guys Come on, we're leaving" "Well we're here" "Drive in" "What're you gonna do anyway" "You won' t get your money back" "I don' t care about money I'm pulling back the curtain" "I wanna meet the wizard" "He's eyeing us like Tiffany towers" "Pull in somewhere where they won' t see you" "Stand staff Mr." " You're not allowed to be here" " They called me back" "I got a fitting" "He's with me" " You don' t need me" " Shut up" " Get in this" " Oh my God" "Cuff him to the rail" "What floor?" "You're fucked, you're both they're gonna listen!" "Where?" " I told you they hired me over the phone" " Where did you pick up your checks?" " It was a different floor - guess?" "Like you know we're on this way sort of" "I don' t know" "All right, take it easy" "Say you're surprised" "Oh fuck what are you doing here?" "Back from the dead" "Nicholas you're not about to shoot anyone" "Turn around" "You're gonna come with me" "Everybody down!" "Stop!" "All right what do you think you're doing?" "You tell me!" "Who's behind this?" "Who did this to me?" "Why?" " What do you mean why?" " Who is responsible for this?" " How deluded can you be?" "It wasn' t you..." "It wasn' t personal..." "It could've been any asshole with a couple of hundred million in the bank" "Get on my radio, all right?" "You get your boss..." "You tell them I'm gonna shoot somebody" "Who am I gonna call Nicholas they won' t do it oh yes they will you get somebody up here... because I'm gonna kill you" "They don' t care about me Nicholas They'll let me die..." "You're not in a position to threaten anyone" "Where'd you get that?" "What?" " That gun, that's not an automatic" " What the fuck are you talking about" "We all had an automatic Where did you get the gun?" "This is my gun" "But we've searched the house" "Well I guess you missed this didn' t you?" "This is fake" "It's a part of your game" " Don' t you start with me now" " No no listen to me" " Don' t you fucking start with me" " I'm telling you the truth now... this is all "the game"" "Bullshit, all right bullshit I know what happened to that guy... they shot that guy Feingold whoever they killed him" " Think about it what'd you see?" " I saw them kill him" "No, what'd you really really see?" "This whole time, special effects... squibs squibs like in the movies Nicholas, Nicholas listen" "Damn it, he's got a real gun with the goddamned bullets... ok ok I'll put it down" "Feingold, Mr. Fisher he's on the other side of that door..." "He's an actor" "You're trying to kill me" "No one's trying to kill you Nicholas Please put that gun down..." "You're about to make the biggest mistakes of your life..." "Nicholas, I mean there's always a safety net the taxi, there was a driver at my house it's that they shot at us with blanks" "It's not true" "It is It's what you hired us for" "They're waiting on the other side of that door with champaign" "Nicholas" "Please goddamn it" "Conrad Conrad's there" "It's your birthday party" "You stop lying!" "Let me show you" "Don' t you move" "He's got a gun get back from the door" "You shot him" "Someone..." "Someone call an ambulance!" "He's dead" "We thought you knew" "How did you let this get so out of hand" "He wouldn' t listen to me at all" "Almost through this it's over" "Aren' t your responsibility" "Never..." "Never let them mark and take over" "I'm sorry" "He could of killed him" "I had a walkie-talkie" "I used walkie-talkie" "We're going to jail" "We're all going to jail for the rest of our lives" "Oh god" "Nicholas!" "We've got him" "We have him there he came on right on target" "Standby for further medical treatments" "Keep everyone back until we clear away the breakaway glass" "Mr. Van Orton don' t open your eyes" "Breakaway glass but it can still cut you" "Just gonna take a look at you" "I'm gonna take your pulse" "Just take it easy it was a quite a fall" "Happy birthday Nickie" "What is this?" "It's your birthday present" "I hurt you with something really I'm such an asshole" "Ladies and gentlmen my brother Nicholas Van Orton" "Amazing I justed wanted to tell you" "This was the best ever" "Thank god you jumped because if you didn' t..." "I was supposed to throw you off" "Thanks" "I have to head home I just wanted to say goodbye" "Rachal... sweet dreams" "Thanks Mal for coming" "I'm sorry about your car..." "I left it at the zoo" "No problem" "Happy birthday, Nicholas" "I'll call you I really will" "Nicholas, I haven' t a clue what this is all about..." "Your taste in champaign is execellent as always" "It was great entrance" "Yes and I want you to know that what happened on Sunday was..." "Oh, no no" "I've never been happier my whole life" "I thank you and my wife thanks you" "Thank you for coming" "Thank you Sam" "What's this?" "This... is... the bill..." "The bill?" "Keep the pen" "Thank you... both" "You wanna split?" "Oh god, yes please I'll take you up on that" "Oh my god" "Thank you, Connie" "What happened to that um... waitress" "What was her name um..." "Christine?" "She said something about catching a plane" "I just saw her out front waiting for a cab" "Christine?" "I um..." "I didn' t have chance to say goodbye" "Thank you I..." "I..." "I... um..." "You know, I never did ask you your name did I?" "No" "It's..." "Clair" "So you um... catching a plane or?" "Yeah, we have a gig starting next week in Austrailia so..." "Gonna sheer some more sheep" "Just a walk on this time" "Well when you get back..." "Maybe dinner, we gotta have some dinner" "You don' t know anything about me" "No, I don' t" "So you tell me" " Well, what..." " Where you're from?" "Originally..." "O..." "Oklahoma" "Colorado?" "I've been doing this way too long" "You know uh..." "Would you like to have a coffee with me at the airport?" "One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small and the ones that mother gives you don' t do anything at all" "Go ask goddess... when she's 10feet tall" "And if you go chasing rabbits and you know you're going to fall tell him I'll hook her smoking caterpillar has given you the call call Alice... when she was just small" "when the men on the chess board get up and tell you where to go and you just have some kind of mushroom and your mind is moving on go ask Alice" "I think she'll know when logic and proportion have fallen so all be dead and the white knight is talking backwards and my red queens all in her head remember that the dog have said..."