"Debut of the Year" "A Danish Scorsese" "Movie Pusher turns Cannes upside down" "Pusher on its way to Hollywood" "BLEEDER" " BLAST" "The recipe for success" "Nicolas Winding Refn prepares his next success" "MASTERLY HUNT FOR A MURDERER" "The moviemakers who lost everything 36 million headaches behind 'Fear X'" "Punch in the face for Winding Refn" "Refn goes bankrupt with movie company" "Success and failure" "Okay, that's boring." "This one, then." "It's Bud Spencer's best" "Okay, okay." ""Nicolas Winding Refn and producer Henrik Danstrup are left with a debt of millions following the bankruptcy of their movie company." "Dissatisfied creditors and a bad name are the consequences for the two owners of the movie company NWR which has been adjudged bankrupt." "The debt of 15 million Danish kroner was worked up during the production of Fear X which failed with audiences despite good reviews." "The production process of Fear X was problematical marked by potential but unreliable investors." "Nicolas Winding Refn does not wish to comment on the bankruptcy."" "It's 5.5 million we're stuck with." "Well..." "We need DKK 1000." "And how will we get that?" "I don't know." "There's nothing on the accounts." " They're empty." " I can't lay out the money." "Because I'm 70,000 short again." "And Liv will freak out if I do it again." "I need a solution." "What we need is that on October 1st we've got two movies ready for applications." " What about Billy's People?" " That one as well." "Billy's People is still the most important project." "And this is a great chance to make two movies." "We'll make it for nothing at all." "It takes place outside, so we won't have to pay for the sets." "No matter the weather." "Absolutely." "We've got a good plan now." "How much do I owe you?" "As I told Frank, we've already got Fear X that damned art movie." "And now we're..." "In order to pep up our economy we're making the Pusher movies." "But they're not financed yet, so there's no money in the company." "But I'm writing, and we're trying to raise the money." "It looks okay, but it may take two months before the economy is there." "I hope it works out." "When we made Fear X, there was this black hole." "We lost 5 or 6 million." "It's important that the money we get for the new movie doesn't get mixed up with the old losses." "Because then the new company will be a mess as well." "It's important that Billy's People doesn't pay NWR bills." "And remember to keep all printouts from the bank." " Of course." " And mail it to us." "And save the vouchers to document the expenses." "Otherwise it can't be deducted." "We're put under administration by Deloitte  Touche." " What does that mean?" " They're administering all of it." "So I'll get a huge check from them." "I'll have to work a lot." "I have to be quick." "I need to write both of the scripts this month." "What does that mean?" "You'll be in there writing all the time?" "Morten Grunwald?" "Hi, this is Jang." "Ever since I made Pusher, I've been thinking it would be fun to follow up on it." "It was like a documentary." "A slice of life." "But then I wanted to make Bleeder and afterwards I wanted to make Fear X." "I've been wondering..." "It's a huge activity to make two movies." "But what's the underlying reason?" "An urge to investigate that milieu further?" "I'm not a crime buff in any way but I'm interested in people." " The sociological aspect?" " Exactly." "And with gangsters, it's life or death which intensifies the drama." "Shakespeare didn't write about accountants." "He wrote about all the rest of it." "Right." "Interesting." "But my immediate reaction is a confidence in the project." "And that's important..." "It's important that you're playing and composing, like Mozart did." "New 'Pusher' to save movie people" "ALKA-SELTZER" "We'll go through the questions first so we'll know where we're going." "Because I've got the feeling that the viewers don't know where I'm going." "To me, the most important thing to know is:" "How are you going to follow up on a success?" "How are you going to make two successful movies?" " I'd like to know that." " Okay." "And I've made a feature of two minutes where I'm explaining why Pusher was such a huge success and why it's become a classic on the video shelf." "A classic?" "Yes, everyone's got it." "You've got to have it." "If I'm asking you, "Why make more Pusher movies," what's the answer?" "Because I figured out a way to do it." "I just won't discuss the plot." " Not at all?" " Even though I know it myself." "That's okay, that's the deal." "These are brand-new tactics." "I won't say, "Thank you for coming."" "And you won't have to say, "You're welcome."" "Where does Tonny's story begin?" "At the end of Pusher, or?" "That's clever, Soren." "Very clever." "I'm caught in my own damn trap." "Okay." "That's fine." "Nicolas Winding Refn, why are you?" "I'll do that again." "I'm not happy about saying the name." "Why are you making two more Pusher movies?" "Because during the three years I spent making Fear X with only six weeks of shooting, I became really impatient." "And now that I'm making Billy's People in 2005 I felt I had the time to make some movie, tell some stories." "It was piling up inside me until I got completely hysterical." "Then I decided to make Pusher II and Pusher III." "Kbus and Jango own Billy's People which owns Pusher II." "In this week we'll change that so that we'll be owning that one." "That'll own that one, and that'll stop." "Why does Pusher II own Billy's People?" "Because that's the production company." "If something goes wrong this is where it happens." "This is a closed circuit meaning that our debts will be paid off with the 4.4- million credit." "So we're headed in the right direction." "So when will we have 10 million or 15 million?" "That's Billy's People." "Then our fees will be in dollars instead of Danish kroner." "Pusher II and Pusher III will provide us with a stable income and make us independent of the bank." "And now we've got two movies with huge potential." "It won't be double figures but if 350,000 people go to see Pusher II we'll have a few million pretty fast." "And it all depends on Pusher II becoming a huge success." "No." "It just needs to be good." "Another important Danish movie is Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher." "We're happy to announce that Nicolas Winding Refn will join us  to talk about Pusher II and Pusher III." "But first we'll take a look at the first Pusher  which hit theaters in 1996." "Copenhagen's never been that dirty  that wild and that funky as in Refn's debut movie." "It sold around 200,000 tickets  and kicked off the present success of the Danish film industry." "You owe me 50,000." "How does it feel to return to Pusher  because you've been around since you shot Pusher?" "It's fun." "Otherwise, I wouldn't do it." "I'm doing it while preparing something else." "But it's fun, and that's the most important thing." "Thank you for coming." "Perhaps, after three movies, that's just it." "That's how it ended." "I think that a debut movie is extremely dangerous." "I hate the attention and the articles." "Because I feel that there's so much out there which is so much better." "But everyone falls back on that one." "It feels as if I'm stepping seven years backwards." "What I've made this far doesn't matter, because I'm starting afresh." "And I need to re-establish a so-called success." "Two months ago it sounded like fun but now it has to be done." "And it has to be better than the first one and equally fresh." "Otherwise, people will be disappointed." "It feels like gaining 40 pounds." "And that's no fun." "But you can't tell people that." "They'll just tell me that I'm lucky to be able to finance two movies this quickly." "What's the problem?" "That's..." "And it sounds stupid to say." "To listen to me complaining about just doing it for the money that's not good." "It's mean of me." "It's really self-centered and destructive." "I keep trying to justify why I'm doing this." "Because..." "The money doesn't matter." "I'll be indebted for the rest of my life." "I'll live with that." "That's not my biggest problem." "It's not being able to make something artistically satisfying." "If I don't manage to do that, I'll feel empty." "I don't know if the movies will be better." "And if they're not..." "Well..." "Then that might be destructive." "And I'm trying to do it differently to cover up my insecurities about whether I can do it better." "PUSHER 2 By NICOLAS WINDING REFN" "If I'm making number three at the same time, is that more?" "How will that go?" "Do you know what I mean?" "I've got to find a way, a concept of making it different from the first time." "I found the model of only casting people with some kind of relation to it." "My name's Kurt, I'm living by myself, and I'm 37 years old." "I used to be a bit wild." "Then I went to the children's home and became a bit criminal and started smoking pot." "And that was fun." "I really feel that Fear X was a failure and now I'm forced to go back." "And I feel really bad about it." "It was my most ambitious movie and my best one." "It's the one I'd spent the most time making." "I get really defensive when it's mentioned." "It's already been decided that it was a failure." "To such a degree that I've got to start all over again." "I feel a complete failure artistically." "I'm out of it, artistically." "But it's the only way to pay my debts." "If I don't do it, I'll be indebted forever." "I'll be one of those persons who can't own anything." "I've heard you drink tea?" "Tea would be nice." "What do you want me to call you?" "CK?" "Kurt?" " Call me whatever." " I'll just call you Kurt." "I'm usually called "The Cunt" or CK." "We saw your screen test, and it was really good." "I'm happy to hear that." "I was afraid I wasn't good enough." "You are, believe me." " Really?" " No need to worry." "In the movie, he's called Lars and he's the psychopath." " Really?" " Yes." "He tells Tonny that he's buying pot, but really, he's buying heroin." " Do you want me to take the heroin?" " No." "I'm not doing heroin anymore." "I'll surprise you, because..." "Let me just tell you what happens to the character." "He's very repellent, really a psychopath but he's also charming and funny." "I can do that." "No problem." " Would you like a cup of tea?" " Yes, please." " Do you take milk and sugar?" " Just plain." "How exciting." "I'm hoping that I won't drink and smoke pot again." "But I can't ever say never." "I can't promise." "I've had some relapses." "It's been difficult really to get a grip." "For a long time." "But I've been almost clean for two years." " Congratulations." " It's fantastic." "I used to smoke pot constantly." "I've been smoking for 16 years, every day, all the time." " All the time?" " At Christiania?" "I breathed through a joint." " You were stoned all day?" " I woke up and smoked." "Okay." "How's your memory?" "It's not very good." "It's not." "The short-term memory suffers when you're smoking pot." "Okay." "I'll go home to my kid and my wife now." "Do you want to go to sleep?" "She's all red around the eyes, she's so tired now." "Aren't you, sweetie?" " Where's the comforter?" " It's on our bed, with the pillow." "Sleep tight, sweetie." "I need to make the sequel." "It needs a rewrite." "So number three won't be finished before next month, if I keep going at this rate." "That's the next thing that triggers the money." "If we know that we've got the script by late December..." "But I can't guarantee you that." "That's just not how it works." "I'm not trying to provoke you but we've got the 350,000 if we deliver the script." "I know you can't plan those things but that's what we've been counting on all along." "I think that we need to focus on getting money into the system by late November." "And we'll talk to Johnny..." "No, theoretically, we'll get the money in December." "If we haven't got a finished script, what the fuck will happen?" "But..." "Theoretically, we might have a cash flow by mid-December." "So, what can we do?" "The only other option is the bank, right?" "Damn that." "It's so annoying." "I'll see to the bank if the rest is going according to plan." "But..." "It's..." "I'm finding it hard to believe in it right now." "I am." "It's important to have a date." "If it's okay we won't take any steps before late next month." "So we've got 70,000 left?" " Zero." " Zero?" "Minus 1000, really." "We'll empty this closet and put everything in the next room." " The clothes?" " All of it." "Let's start here and work our way round and end over there." "What?" "Do you want the closet to stay in here?" "Okay." "Then there's no reason to take out all of the clothes." " Yes." " No, I can do it in here." " Jang!" " It's like we saw on Oprah." "You tidy up by putting it in the next room and looking at all of it together." "Right?" "You've taken out all of my underwear?" " What are you mad about?" " You need to have your way." " Or you'll yell at me." " That's not it..." "You can have ideas too." "It's me every time." " We can just put it back." " Fine!" " And you don't have to be mad." " I'm not mad!" " Then stop." " Okay." "Theoretically, it's perfectly tidy." "Honey..." "Theoretically." "Why?" "You're handing in the script tomorrow, right?" "We could have done this some other day." "I'll write it tonight." "During the night." "During the night." "During the night?" "I've never seen you be this relaxed about it." "I can't find my way around it." " Is it Jang?" " It's Santa Claus." "Frank?" "What's up, Frank?" "Here's your Christmas present." " Did I tell you I like this?" " No, but it's..." "Yes, it's drinkable." "But I can't pay until tomorrow, and you're not here then." " I'll come back on the 29th." " We're here tomorrow." " But the shop's closed, right?" " No." " I'm just not here." " That's no problem, then." "I'll take that back." ""You'll like my mother."" "That's..." "That's crazy!" "This one..." "That's extreme." "It's Sergio Sollima's film Revolver." "Sollima made Violent City, which is one of my favorite movies." "I've got two Danish posters and the American." "I've got a LaserDisc, a video and a DVD with Violent City." "And I've heard there's a film copy that I'll get." "This is his second movie, called Revolver and I just got the DVD." "This is huge." "What will I do?" "I'm getting an overdraft facility of 4.4 million." "And I owe 5 of them." "But..." "I'm hoping to..." " That I'll be heading upwards soon." " When do you start?" "It's about getting the credit going." "We're negotiating with the bank." "You know, I went bankrupt and got a debt of 5 million." "Everything around me stopped." "I've still got money coming in to pay off some of the debt and then I'll pay off the rest with my pay from Pusher II." "This has to fall into place, and I need to have my suretyship annulled." "And the bank and our lawyers are working on it until it's okay." "We've got a deal on an overdraft facility." "But it all depends on the suretyship." "See you later." "And think about the location." "Mads might want something framed." " Or something dodgy." " Like selling dope in here?" "Hi, Anders." "How are things looking?" "Still not very good?" "No, it's looking fine." "Great, great." "The bank called to say that they've agreed to annul the suretyship." "So I don't owe 5 million anymore." "Then it's the company?" "Pusher II Aps has taken over the debt." "And..." "I'm paying back the debts with my pay." "So you won't get paid for this movie either." "Yes, because we'll get an overdraft facility of 4.4 million." "Then I'll be out of it." "Pusher II will get me and Henrik out of debt and number three will inject money into the company." "That's good." "PUSHER 2 By NICOLAS WINDING REFN" "CUNT KURT What do you mean?" "Tonny's sitting in the bus with the baby" "THE END" "NEW PUSHER MOVIE COMING SOON" "Hi, I'd like a cap for Rosenorns AIlé." "I'm hoping that by the end of this month I'll have some money." "I don't know how much, how much do I owe?" "Okay." "But I'll get 60,000 or 20,000 or something." "Then you'II..." "We won't touch them." "Hi, honey, it's me again." "I just talked to the bank and I promised that we won't use our private cards until we've got some money." "We need to remember that." "Are we allowed to smoke in here?" "Now I'll play Tonny." "I can write these things, but I just can't say them." "I'll blush." ""Tonny's leaning against a wall and masturbating." "Cut to two hookers."" "Is that a hobbit dick?" " That's so funny." " Say something." " What?" " Something porn-like." " Like what?" " Something dirty." "That you want to..." "I can't say it in front of girls." " Eat her pussy." " Thank you, Linse." "Get over here." "You'll get a copy of the scene." " Something porn-like." " Like what?" "Something dirty." "That you want to eat her pussy." "Let's play the scene through." "Come on." " And then I'll say it." " Then you're saying:" " I've got a super-dick, come on." " Yes, baby." ""Tonny masturbates in vain." Can't you do something lesbian?" "How would you do that?" "Would Maja take off?" "Just go on." "Would Maja take off Maria's top?" " That would be fine." "Sure." " Try that." "While you're being lesbian." "Do you mind groping each others' crotches?" "Okay, you can do that as well, then." "Go on." " We'll just take one place at a time." " All right." "Because I think he'll be able to remember." "I think so too." "Of course he can." "Come on, you." "All you have to do..." "All you have to do is..." "Just relax." "Take it easy." "Cut." " I need that note." " You've got it." " No, I don't." " Niels said..." " Niels!" " I think she's got it." " Did you give it to a girl?" " I guess so." "Where is the script?" "I got two words right." "It's because I'm dead tired." "It was the same the day before yesterday." "I couldn't remember shit." "You shouldn't think ahead, Kurt, because then you black out." "I'm not thinking ahead, Jang." "I just don't remember very well." "Right, let's do it." "Ready to roll." "Are you grumpy?" "Can you make it?" " Is Kurt on tomorrow?" " Yes, he is." "If we can get him to his NA meetings and whatever they have to do, it shouldn't be a problem." "I'm not nervous about that." "So why is everybody so worried that he won't?" "I have an agreement with the insurance company saying that if there's any trouble, I have to find other people." "Sometimes when you can't remember what you're supposed to say it's because you don't know why you're saying it." " Right?" " Come again?" " You forget why you're saying it." " It's because I can't remember, man." "Because it's not important to you." "It's because I didn't make it up." "You wrote this stuff." "That I'm planning to open a new place." "You wrote that." "And that it's going to be a franchise." "That's why I fuck up." "And why I haven't rehearsed enough." "If you don't know why you say your lines, they become like a manual in the scene. "I have to remember this and then this," and so on." "Yes." "That's what I do." "It's better to think about why you say those things." "When you know that you can..." "Listen to me." "You can react to Mads." "If he says, "Well..."" " It doesn't have to be that fast." " It doesn't have to be fast?" "The scene." "There's no hurry." "Denmark's most-hyped actor, Mads Mikkelsen  had his head shaved for the part of a smalltime Copenhagen criminal." "The other players just have to play themselves." "They all have a criminal past." ""Play themselves." Kind of stamps me, doesn't it?" "The environment I grew up in..." "I hope it's good PR for the film." "But I must have the last word." "These people know what this film is about  on a very personal level." "They bring in something honest, so the effect is much stronger." "Pusher II premieres on Christmas Day." "It's important that I get interviewed live on TV about the part so I can say that I'm not like that in real life." "Otherwise, people will cross the street to avoid me." "And girls won't ask me for my autograph if they think I'm a psycho." "Our leader tells us that we have to play ourselves." "That's like saying that I'm myself when I sell heroin or when I pimp." "It's the same as saying that I'm myself when I beat someone with a baseball bat." "That's just not true." " Should I change her?" " No, just hold her." "I'd better do it myself." "This whole TV2 report gives me a bad taste in my mouth." "I can feel that this could get nasty for some people." "And I feel right now that I don't want..." "I don't want any more production problems or sour faces and all that." "I'm calling a meeting with all the actors on Friday where I will give them an explanation about this report." "I'm sure you'll get your chance." "Because I'm all against hard drugs." "I'm all against beating up innocent people." "But I'll have plenty of time to have my say." "Jang here." "Can I talk to Henrik?" "It's Jang." "I can't find that number." "But I'll give Rose a call." "I'll tell her that you'll call her." "You give her the account number." "I'll tell him that 60,000 will be transferred today." "But the people at the bank are on holiday." "Bye." "It's Jang." "Am I disturbing you?" "I'm getting 60,000 today." "Because the bank guys are going on holiday." "So everything is on hold until they come back next week." "That's all." "Yeah, we need funds." "See you." "I'm going to the car." " Sit over here." "There's a monitor." " I have to learn catchwords." "We're off." "I've got two things to tell you." "After three weeks of shooting things are looking good." "We have three weeks left." "I'm sure we can make it." "Let's drink to that first." "Then I've got something else to say." "Cheers." "A lot of rumors have been going around about this film." "All sorts of people had ideas about what it was about and so on." "The media..." "There are a lot of rumors." "We saw that when TV2 News ran an item about us shooting Pusher II." "The problem is that they didn't say what they had promised to say." " I have a problem with that." " We know." "I do not play myself." "I'm serious." "This means a lot to me." "I've never sold hard drugs." "I've never made money on whores." "I have never beaten anyone with a baseball bat." "Maybe once, when I was 16." "A broomstick!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Let Mads answer." "The thing with TV2 was a mistake." "It was annoying, not just for you but for the film." "It was made out to be a project for criminals." " I was stamped as a drug dealer." " Let me finish." "Just shut up." "If I play myself, I sell heroin." " But you don't." "You said so." " Kurt, listen..." "Let me just say one thing." "Kurt, Kurt..." "Listen." " Kurt..." " He got stamped as a criminal." " Let Jang answer." " Pay attention, Kurt." "No, I won't." "We want to help you to get there, Kurt." "It's no good having a relapse during the weekend while you're here." "It's good that you called to tell me how you are." "Just call me 24 hours a day if there's anything you want to talk about." "Right now, you have a physical need." "I'll talk to Johnny about how we're going to get you out of town." "I'll call you in 10 minutes." "Bye, Kurt." "I've got to talk to you." "I just talked to Kurt." "He was partying last night." "He would like to get out of town." "So I was thinking..." "We should get Henrik involved." "But it's a good idea." "It is." "If you make a quick call..." "We have to get Kurt out of town today." "If he falls off the wagon, he'll have a hard time on Monday." "Should we tell Kurt we'll find him a cottage?" " Shall I do it?" " Yes." "He shouldn't be there alone." " We'll work that out later." " Transportation, and a house." "Kurt?" "It's Jang." "We're trying to find you a summer cottage." "So..." "Yes, just come." "Just come and have a bite to eat." "Well, we can only look forward to seeing the Cunt." "He'll be here in 10 minutes." "Is it okay now?" "You'll be going to the country." "Yeah." "That's great." "Brilliant." "Okay, baby. "I've had it."" "Just let it rip." "It's better to hit, because you won't be so stiff." "Not just holding the bat." "You go like this." "Move." "Use your instinct." "Right?" "Don't think so much." "Just improvise." "Say something else, if you can't remember." " I was on a roll there." " Yeah, because you didn't think." "Okay?" "All right?" "In terms of money, Pusher II will pay off all my debts." "But after that, there's no money left." "The bank is prepared to lend us 4.4 million." "But I have to hand in a script for Pusher III." "It has to be on Thursday, when Henrik has a meeting with the bank." "Then the money will pour in." "You're under pressure." "Daddy's under a lot of pressure." "Yes, but that's so this little princess can have golden slippers." "We don't need golden slippers, do we?" "We don't need them." "I asked Torben for a meeting because now that Pusher II is finished we're going to start Pusher III, which I hope to get backing for after Easter, so then I'll start making money." "That's nice for everyone involved." "What it's all about now is that I have to finish editing Pusher II so Nikolaj Scherfig can see it and say, "I'll finance number three."" "If he does, we won't need the bank or Nordisk Film or anyone." "Because then there'll be 12 million." "Some things will have to fall into place." "Just one:" "We have to get funding for Pusher III." "Is there any danger that he might not okay it?" "No." "What happened?" "Certain things have been arranged in such a way by the bank and our lawyer which, at the best of times, would mean that Jang and I will have to pay a million in additional tax." "What's the worst-case scenario?" "That we haven't solved that thing about the 6 million in guaranty." "So then we would owe 6 million." "And lose a lot of money." "The whole rescue plan will have to be thought through again from a new angle by our accountant." "It'll be in our best interests." "The problem is I don't understand their questions." "Because I don't understand the jargon." "It's annoying that I don't quite understand what's going on." "It's such a bummer that you don't know what's happening." "It's just that I don't understand." "They can explain it to me 20 times." "But it's very complicated." "The reason it fell to the ground was that Bjarne pointed out that, if we were to do it this way Henrik and I would owe a million in tax." "So that means..." "I mean, if Bjarne, the accountant, spots the mistake can't others do so too?" "Then it has to be changed." "It has to be changed!" "That's what I said!" "That's his job right now." "But the debt would still not be paid off." "Yes..." "It's as if you're a couple of dreamers." "But, honey it's through dreamers that things work out in the end." "When?" "We've never been as close to becoming millionaires as we are now." "You owe 5 million, so, what are you talking about?" "That'll be taken care of." "So I've never been this close." " We just have to watch our step." " Oh, God." "No, it'll be soon." "This is how it stands at the moment." "Since we can't take further steps regarding our credit from the bank until this falls into place which it must we'll have to use the contract with Nordisk Film for Pusher III which gives us 360,000 up front." "So when you've done Pusher III, you won't get money for that." "Listen!" "You're not listening." "You're not listening to me." "When Pusher III gets started, Henrik and I get 1 million each." "So the whole thing is about getting Pusher III up and running." "That's what it's all about." "I don't think you should do another project where you start on it even though the money's not there." " We're not!" " Good." "Then..." "The idea is that Nikolaj Scherfig looks at an edit of Pusher II." "He'll see that and then hopefully say yes." "And then we'll be rich." "I don't care about being rich, I just don't want to be in debt." "We're not in debt." " Yes, we are." " No." "How much do we owe?" "I'm in debt." "And we've had an overdraft for two years now." "Oh, well." "We still have each other, right?" "Yes, but it's just..." "It's such a big part of our lives." "It's been like that for years." "But we're nearly there." "Just believe in it." "All right?" "I just don't really believe in it." "Hello, Nikolaj." " Let's blast the Pusher project." " What's the point?" "What is it about, actually?" "Shall we begin?" "He has to say yes." "I don't dare to believe otherwise." "For the past month, we've been living on Liv's benefit..." "Or, maternity pay." "It's not how I expected to end up eight years ago." "The thought that something has to happen in my life is getting bigger and bigger." "After this, I have to go in and deliver a real sales talk and be really positive." "This film is different from everything else." "Nearly 3 million people have seen Pusher I." "So just to see what it is..." "And I'm sure we'll get good reviews." "They'll write that Mads Mikkelsen is really cool, it's fun, good dialogue, blah-blah-blah." "So it's a sure-fire winner in every way." "I believe that number two will make an impact when it's released at Christmas." "It's sure to get an audience of more than 200,000." "You haven't seen it with our distributor, but that's certain." "And we have this gimmick that there will be a completely different Pusher III at Easter." " So the only..." " No." "They're just some extra points." "So we're ready." "I must say that it's really hard for me to assess." "Because, having seen the film today I think it looks unfinished." "If I have to make a decision, I have to be sure that Pusher II can work, and has the necessary power." "Our problem, in terms of time, is that if we don't get started this week, we won't be able to start on June 1st." " So I have to give the go-ahead?" " This week?" " Yes." "That's totally unrealistic." "It's crazy." "I can see that it can be great but I have to say that there are things that don't work yet." "If this is going to work, it has to be perfect." "If people say, "It's not as good as the first," it'll go down the tubes." "If they say, "Pusher I was better." I don't care about 30,000 80,000 or 250,000 tickets." "What matters to me is whether it's a good film." "The other thing doesn't mean shit." "But I have to say..." "I want to see this one jelling more before I say, "Go for number three."" "I don't know how far you can get by the 6th but make it more cohesive, so that everyone agrees that this is good." "But on the basis of this where you're in the middle of a process..." "Never mind how good it is, I want more certainty." "Thanks for coming, Nikolaj." "The film we saw today is there." "It can go into cinemas and sell 100,000 tickets..." " It was there." "It had all the cool things and a cool rhythm." "Again, he wants this film." "He wanted to see a film he feels has the quality for him to okay it." "Let's take our time and have a winning edit ready for the 6th." "Okay, all that goes out." "Put that really suspenseful music on." "And start with an image of him going in there." "Where the camera tracks towards him." " I just want your welfare money." " Why?" "Do you realize what such a kid costs?" "It's ruining me." "I don't have any money." "Can I borrow some from you?" "Works fine." " Are you a computer nerd now?" " Yeah." "Nikolaj viewed the film today." "He couldn't tell us now whether he would support number three." "Why not?" "Is he waiting for something better?" "I don't know." "I think he wants to be 100 percent sure that number two works." "So we do preproduction ourselves and pay for it out of our own pocket." "And we take a gamble that he'll say yes." "Why must you gamble again?" "Honestly, Jang." " Don't you learn from your mistakes?" " We'll only spend 100,000." " You don't have 100,000 kroner." " Yes, we do." "It's the only way to make money." "By starting on number three." "And what's your plan if he says no?" "We'll discuss that tomorrow." "I'm just going to have to do this as best I can and do what he says so we get the money." "Do you think we'll be able to pay our bills?" "I'll get money at the end of the month." " Where from?" " From the bank." "It's just so far out." "It's a never-ending story." "You have to make your films before getting any money." " Good night." " Good night, sweetheart." "I'll come by with your check tomorrow, right?" "No, about that..." " Déja vu." " Yeah." "You've heard that before." "I'm waiting for the financial backing for number three." "The institute said yes." "But we'll have confirmation in a couple of days." "When they've said yes, I get money to pay off the rest of my debts." "No need to talk about that anymore." "I'm sure you've told this story a hundred times before." "I've brought you this." ""My friend."" "I have all the other stuff here, but the cash will be pouring in soon." "I've reached a situation in my private life where I can't..." "I have to do something by the end of this month." "Because I've got..." "My marvelous company is drowning in bills." "I don't know how to fix it." "I can't borrow money." "I can't go to the bank to get a loan because I have this debt with Rose." "I can't pay my company's bills because my account is in the red." "So I'm in a vicious circle." "It keeps, like, getting tighter." "I'm running out of excuses." "That's what's kind of the hurdle in my own situation." "The light at the end of the tunnel is that everything will be peachy when Nikolaj says yes to number three." "Which I bet he will." "Then everything will be fine." "When number three gets the go, there is no problem." "Then it'll be really awesome." "You smashed that script completely." "That was not the deal." "It's a totally different film compared to the last time." "The dynamism it has now, at the end, you're totally gripped." "Thank you very much." " That was great." " It's Jang." "I'm not intruding, am I?" "I have good news and really good news." "Which do you want first?" "The good news is that we've just heard that we will get backing for Pusher III." "I want to thank you for keeping me alive all this time." "No, no." "I'm really grateful." "A chair." "We'll get 2.3 million now, which will be ours." "That gives us a number of choices." "We could gamble, put 1 million to one side and share 1 million." "Yes." "I believe in this project." "It's not as if we've never tried to gamble before." " Can I have a Spiderman?" " You can." "Hi." "Can I have one with "I love you"?" "A Tivoli balloon!" "With Spiderman!" "Thank you, sweetie." "You may eat it." "Here are the tickets." "I've got something for you." "There are tickets for the whole family." "Six of them." "Great." "That's for you." " Thank you." " And I've got..." "The final installment will be paid on Monday." "Then it's Christmas." "I've ironed a shirt for you." " Don't you want to dress nicely?" " This is nice." " I've got my best trainers on." " What about a jacket?" "No." "Lola?" "Should Daddy wear another sweater?" "I'd like to thank Jang because you know very well where we were a year ago and what we've been through." "Not least, Jang, you have learned that credit is not the same as having money in the bank." "I'm looking forward to the continuation of our partnership." " Are you happy?" " I'm tired." " But it's over and done now." " It went great." ""Pusher Il" the Danish film hit of the year the biggest Danish film hit of the year" "Partnership working again after bankruptcy" "With a knife against his throat, Nicolas Winding Refn leaves bankruptcy and proves the sequel isn't always worse than the first" "A 'Pusher' grows up" ""THE STRONGEST AND MOST MAGNIFICENT FILM OF THE YEAR" "WITH BRILLIANT ACTING BY MADS MIKKELSEN""