All language subtitles for No.Telling.1991.720p.BluRay.H264.AAC-RARBG

(mice squeaking)

(animal screeching)

(keyboard clicking)

(squealing and
screeching continue)

(squealing and screeching fade)

(tires screech)

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, yeah.

What was that?

- It was nothing... A deer.
- Did we hit it?

(crickets chirping)

- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah, I was dreaming.

- Are we here?
- Welcome to the country.

(engine revs)

(chalk scraping)

(keypad beeping)

(door opens)

Ta-da!

Wow!

Oh...

We could start a whole brood
in a place like this.

- One at a time, doc.
- Mmm.

(woman chuckles)

(rooster crows, birds chirping)

- Where do you want this one?
- Uh, that's for the lab.

Hey...

Here.

Wow! You fixed it?

Yeah, it was just the
shutter spring.

God, I'd given up
on this old thing.

Thanks, doc.

(camera clicks)

Hey, when did you
get a Polaroid?

Hey, that's lab property, Lil.

Oh-ho...

Oh, my God.

- Does the timer work?
- I don't know.

(camera beeping)

Okay, we've got three
seconds to smile, quick!

(shutter clicks)

(Man on radio): Today with
seasonal temperatures we should

reach our normal high
of 82 by this afternoon.

Clear skies tonight,
low near 70,

increasing cloudiness
tomorrow...

All right, 10, 11, 11,
what am I gonna get, 12, 12,

what am I gonna get, 12,
what am I gonna get, 12,

Sold out, 11 dollars.

Number 717.

(music box playing)

Okay, and here we have
a box of shoes...

I've got six,
you want to go seven.

Seven dollars,
what am I gonna get?

Seven!

Sold out, six dollar bills to
the gentleman over there

in the red shirt.

All right, and now we got a box
of nails and an old hammer...

(auctioneer continues)

All right, and we have box 821,

and what are we gonna get for,
this one, how much?

10 dollar bill. Buying it all...

What do you get for not much?
Another 821 box,

and a nice old set of forceps
in there, mole traps,

some steel traps down in there.

Hey! You got some syringes.

And here's some other syringes
and stuff: Veterinary tools.

And there's a real goody there.

All right, what am I gonna get,
box and contents?

Five dollar,
you want to go six dollar,

You want to go seven dollar,
you want to go seven.

You want to bet eight,
eight, you want to bet eight?

All right, now eight dollar...

(auctioneer continues)

(whispering indistinctly)

15 now,
I want to get 17 and a half...

(auctioneer continues)

Sold, 20 dollar bill
back there, number 54.

You snooze, you lose, lady.
Gotta get in there.

(auctioneer continues
in background)

- Hey, you owe me 20 bucks.
- Oh, so you're the one.

You gotta forgive ol' Walter.

When a stranger bids high
he gets kind of nervous.

You could be a dealer.

He doesn't like an atmosphere
of greed at his auctions.

I promise you, I'm not a dealer.

Well, exactly who are you, then?

I'm Lillian Gaines,
soon-to-be famous painter,

and this is my husband Geoffrey,
the brilliant scientist.

Alex Vine.

Well, I owe you $20, Alex Vine.

No, that's okay,
I'll write it off.

I'll write it off, thanks.

K H?

Geoff Gaines.

(birds chirping)

It's not that bad,
there's some great stuff here!

Maybe I should become a dealer.

Hey, remember we're
on a tight budget this summer.

- Oh, look, isn't this great?
- Just what we need.

- Hey, honey, check this out.
- Mm-hmm?

Fire this up and have
some breakfast.

Oh, here's something for you,
Einstein, catch!

(wind chimes jingling)

(birds chirping)

(insects buzzing)

(engine rumbling)

(gasps)

(camera clicking)

Oh! Oh, God... I'm sorry.

- Alex Vine, right?
- Lillian Gaines.

Nice to see you again.

Getting to know
some of the locals?

Yeah, I've never seen a
dead cow before.

Yeah, that's one of
Chuck Boyd's cows.

Your neighbor.

His daughter, Frances,
always chooses favorites.

She puts these little bells around
their neck so they won't get lost.

Oh, here, you should give
this back to her.

No, you can keep it.

Seems sort of eerie lying
like that all alone out here.

Yeah, you see, the pesticides
Boyd's been using on his crops.

Have gotten into the
ground water under here.

It's raised the nitrate level
in some of this vegetation.

It shouldn't have been
out here, right?

She must have slipped
out of the pen.

Boyd's got his whole herd
fenced in at the farm,

losing money paying for feed.

Is he going out of business?

He's trying to go organic but
it takes time for the chemicals

to flush out and besides the
problems in this field could

be from the next farm over,
Cartwrighfs farm.

Yeah, well, there's always
the problem of the neighbors.

No matter where you live.

I had this idea for a painting.
I'm going to use these shots.

Do you know where I can
get them developed fast?

Philip, my assistant, can get them
done at the university pretty fast.

Here, is the roll finished?

Ahh, there are a few left.

Oh, God, please.

(keyboard clicking)

Simon, they can pull the
money out of R&D.

Or Bernard's cat studies,

he's been doing sleep
experiments for seven years.

I don't think he remembers
what he's trying to figure out.

(chuckles)

Look, when I break this we'll
get the patent, all right?

Maybe the Nobel.

Well, tell Fex Pharmaceutical
that they'll get their Pentagon

contract and they're gonna look

like real philanthropists
in the press.

(crickets chirping)

(water running)

I ran into Alex Vine today.

Alex Vine?

Alex Vine,
the guy from the auction.

I met him out in the
fields today.

He's doing something
with the farmers out here.

Right.

You know, I got
really inspired today,

just walking around
with the camera.

I took some shots
of this dead cow.

Yeah? Where?

Right out in the fields,
our own backyard.

It was very surreal.

What do you call this
piece, Lil?

Um...

Conversation Piece?
For when we have people over?

Yeah, you're gonna scare
everybody away with this stuff

hanging in your dining room.

I think it's really provocative.

I don't think people around
here really want to be provoked.

They seem pretty wary of outsiders.

They seem wary of Carson Road Farm,
that's what it is.

Yeah, they probably just
stick to themselves, mostly.

Geoffrey...

(record player clicks)

Alex Vine seems very friendly.

Yeah, well,
he's not from around here.

(classical music playing)

He's swooping in
to do some research.

"“The Great American
Corn Project" or something.

Anyway, I don't know
what kind of time

I'm going be having to entertain.

I know,
you've got a schedule to keep.

- Been out to your studio yet?
- Nope.

I have to get the key from you.

Well, come on,
let's go have a look.

Oh, it's going to be little
hard to judge the light.

Come on.

Look, all my stuffs ready to go.

Here.

You know, Mom would love this.

I mean, she'd never
let up about grandkids

if we had a place like this.
(chuckles)

Yeah, they could stay in the barn.
We'd never have to see 'em.

Yeah, we could put
Mom out there too.

Look, if I have any luck
in the lab this summer,

we will have a place
like this sometime.

And my mother can read about
what you do in Time magazine.

Your mother doesn't
read Time magazine.

- Well, okay, People magazine.
- How about The Enquirer?

- Don't be mean!
- (laughs)

Then maybe you can tell your
mother what I really do.

Oh, no, it's easier to
let her think what

she wants to think.

(song continues in background)

(light switch clicking)

Oh, God...

No lights.

(whispers) SPOOKY...

(chuckles)

Whoa, whoa!

(laughing)

Wait, wait, wait...

(Geoffrey grunts) (jug clatters)

(Man): Carson Road Farm?

So your husband's in
the military, then?

(Lil): Oh, no. I mean...

He's a researcher and we...

Well, he's just using their facility.

(Man): Oh, there's
no need to explain.

I mean, what your husband
does exactly is not important.

It's just important to have one.

How's that for an
old-fashioned idea?

Well... (chuckles nervously)

Well, listen, your concern
about infertility,

Is that something that
you've discussed with

your doctor in the city?

Yeah, um, we've been trying,
my husband and I,

and I've been off the pill
for the last eight months,

and I've just read
some things...

Mm-hmm. Well, you know,
when you stop taking an oral

contraceptive it takes the body
several months to re-adjust.

But at your age
I wouldn't worry about it.

I understand, I...

I think I'm just a little anxious.

(window clatters shut)

(stapler clicking)

(papers rustling)

(vehicle approaches)

Interesting decor, Mrs. Gaines.

I'm glad you like it.

Those items were very pricey.

- You know what this is for?
- Um... elephant junkies?

Get cows pregnant.

How romantic.

I like to find these old
medical things for Geoffrey.

He doesn't really get it, but...

I think it puts his
profession in perspective.

Your husband's not
exactly an M.D., is he?

(insect buzzes)

Well, he's a research doctor.
He does research with animal models.

He calls it chemo-electric therapy.

It's going to help with
transplants and with amputees.

It's really gonna be a breakthrough.

And you get the house.
This is some place.

I know, it reminds me
of some old aunt's house.

Not in my family,
but in someone's.

A place to go for Thanksgiving.

My parents had a place like
this when I was growing up.

We had a summer house
and a winter house.

So how many houses
do you have now?

Now I live in a hotel.

We can't all have
what our parents had.

No, but we can make
ourselves miserable trying.

This place belongs to
your Uncle Sam now.

Yeah, kind of been
figuring that out.

They bought it in the 50's.

Used to conduct war games
out in those fields.

Now it's sort of a retreat,
I guess.

Some government think tank.

How do you know
about this place?

Everyone in town knows about it.

A teenage room?
I never had a teenage room.

There were 10
of us in the family.

You didn't have posters
up on the wall?

(laughing) No...

- But I loved David Cassidy.
- (chuckles)

Hold on a second.

Oh, it's locked.

(knocking)

(sighs)

- Hi, honey.
- Hi.

- Hi.
- Hi, Alex Vine.

We met Saturday
night at the auction.

Yeah, sure.

We ended up carting home
a lot of junk thanks to you.

Alex had my pictures
developed and brought them by.

Yeah, Lil told me she ran
into you out in the fields.

Yeah, that's right.

I've forgotten what
exactly it is you work in.

Contamination in the
crops and livestock and

in even some of the
wildlife in this area.

I'm trying to get the locals
off these pesticides.

- And then onto what?
- Bugs.

- One of yours?
- Nope.

- I work with wasps.
- Yeah, me too.

My boss is a W.A.S.P.

Geoff, we were going to go
for a drive, can you come?

I'd like to but I can't.

I'm expecting a delivery
from out of state.

- Should we wait?
- No, we can't wait.

He likes to be alone
with his deliveries.

Okay, well, if we can't
tear you away.

Bye.

Hey, bring me some Brussels
sprouts if you see any.

Sure!

Can I drive?

Let's find out.

(ignition starts)

(Alex): Too early in the
season for Brussels sprouts.

She's not gonna
make it up this hill.

No, she'll be okay.

You should have seen
the guy I bought it off of.

(chuckles)

So are we gonna
get an ice cream?

Shit!

Oh, that's the delivery
for your husband.

God, they were
going really fast.

- Oh, damn, pull in over here!
- Where?

Right in over here,
in front of this car!

I got it, I got it! It's okay.

Get outta the car!

That was quite an
entrance, Alex.

Get outta the
fucking car, White.

- Uh, you're blocking my exit.
- Get out of the car.

You got something to say to me,
I can hear it from right here.

You've got to stop coming around
and bothering these people.

Alex, let's keep emotion
out of this, shall we?

The Boyds have had it with
Kaas Chemical, you can take

your fucking poison
somewhere else.

Alex, you may have strong
opinions about Kaas Chemical and

that's your right as a citizen
of this great country...

You're hiding behind the flag, White.

But we believe that Chuck
Boyd has a right to know about

our newest products and the
financing packages we offer

so that he can make choices that
are best for him and his family.

Some people mean "no"
when they say it.

I've been coming around here since
long before you showed up, Alex,

and in my business
"no" just means,

“Let's look over the terms again.”

Now, Chuck Boyd's always been a
smart player, and I respect that.

Why can't you just leave them

alone and give them a chance
at a second start here?

Well, Alex, we don't believe

that what you have to offer them
is a chance at a second start.

We think it's a dangerous

experiment that's costing him
a lot of time and money.

The Boyds don't believe the
company line anymore,

they don't want to hear from you.

I think it's you who don't
want to hear from us, Alex.

What are those two up to now?

Oh, just let them
have it out, Chuck.

Yeah, I do get nervous
when you come around, Paul,

'cause you prey on people's
weaknesses for a living.

You peddle quick solutions and
miracle cures to vulnerable

people and you don't give a
flying fuck what happens to the.

Boyds after you're gone.

You're damn right I get worried
when you come around.

Well, that's a lot of
strong talk, Alex.

But Chuck Boyd has been a client
of ours for over 25 years, and

we want him to know that we're
gonna be there for him long

after you've decided to
go back to the university.

Why don't you show him
some respect and let him

make up his own mind?

Now, can you move
your truck please?

I've got work to do.

I hold you personally
responsible for Chuck Boyd's

failing health, you know the
shit that you're pushing.

(scoffs) (starts ignition)

Sorry about that, Lillian.

Afternoon, Martha.
Afternoon, Chuck.

You're pissing upstream, Alex,

don't make the rest
of us stand in it.

Excuse me, Martha.

I told him, Alex,
I said I didn't have any more

use for any more Kilvap in my
processing rooms.

And all he did was hand me
this doggone poncho.

No telling what they're gonna
come up with next.

' Hey, Alex! Well, hey, Franny.

- Who you got there?
- Well, ma said I shouldn't

name him 'cause I'll become

attached, but this is
definitely Screamer.

- He's very cute.
- Chester's the dad.

Hey! I can't sign for this.

We have to check all the boxes.

(Alex): Chuck, you know you've
got a holstein out in that

south field of yours
that looks like

she's been lying out
there a few clays.

(Chuck): Yep, I know.

(Alex): You know we're going
to have to torch that field.

Every day we wait we're
inviting more problems.

We should just get it over with.

(Lil): He's got cancer?

(Alex): Farmers today die
from one of two things:

Cancer or suicide,
or they stop farming.

(Lil): What's gonna
happen to Frances?

(Alex): She's a smart kid.

She'll probably move
to the city somewhere.

The Boyds don't want her
to get into farming now.

(Lil): She'll have beautiful memories
growing up in this countryside.

(Alex): I hope she'll
remember it that way.

(Lil): I think what he's
doing is important.

Yeah, well, you gotta remember,

this guy is making his living
off of alternative farming.

He's gonna play up the dangers
out there to drum up business.

Everybody's got a
sales pitch, Lil.

Alex said what he's doing
isn't alternative at all.

I mean, it's been around
for thousands of years.

Chemical farming's been around

for 30 years and now that's
being called traditional.

I mean, you can see
what he's up against.

Anyway, the farmer, Boyd,

he was clearly sick
from the pesticides.

You can't say that for sure.
The guy could be a chain smoker.

Always ask yourself,
"Who's doing the study?"

"What results are
they looking for?"

Okay, I got it.

Feeling a little testy
tonight, Geoff?

(clears throat)
I just got started today.

I mean, you're gonna do fine.

So how's your studio?

Great, but I need some
electricity out there.

We can do that.

(metal creaks)

(engine rumbling)

(gasps)

(indistinct music and
singing on radio)

(engine turns off)

o Hi! Kay, great

Gary, you can run it
right into the kitchen now.

What's going on?

- We're upgrading the place.
- Looks like Eighth Avenue.

- What is this?
- It's an intercom,

from the house to the lab.

- What?
- Yeah, it might make things easier.

You gotta be kidding, right?

Yeah, I'll still be
right out back.

I hope this wasn't
your idea, Geoffrey.

It... It... It's an intercom!

(birds chirping)

(rooster crows)

(mouse squeaks)

(classical music)

(stapler clicking)

(mice squeaking)

Hey.

We were beginning to think
you weren't coming.

Thanks for thinking of me, Alex.

Come on in and test the water.

- Isn't that your job?
- Not today.

- Hi, Lillian!
- Hi, Franny!

Watch! Here, Chester.

- Good dos!
- Good dos!

Chester! (Clicks tongue)

(Chester barks)

(Alex): He's a regular hero,
Chester is.

(chuckles) He's a great dog.

No really.
He saved Franny's life.

Yeah!

When I was three
and three quarters,

I fell in the creek when Andrew,

my brother, wasn't watching me,

and Chester pulled me
out by my bathing suit.

(Alex): Franny's got lots of guardian
angels around the farm.

(Lil): Are you sad to
give up the puppies?

(Franny): Yeah, but I'm
gonna make lots of money!

What are you going to
do with all the money?

It's a secret.

Lil?

(both chuckling)

(whispering) Well, remember
the loudest puppy, Screamer?

I'm gonna save all my money
and buy him for myself,

and my mama definitely will
have to let me 'cause I'm payin'.

Don't tell anyone.

(insects buzzing)

(birds chirping)

(intercom crackles)

(Alex): Lil?

Lil?

On, shit.

Lil?

Lil?

Yeah?

Hi, hon, uh...

Listen, go ahead
and eat without me.

I'm getting kind of bogged
down out here, okay?

(crickets chirping)

(cat screeching)

(creaking)

Geoffrey?

Is that you?

(crickets chirping)

(metal clangs, creature yowling)

(wind whistling)

(door creaking)

(wood creaks)

(machinery hissing and beeping)

(flatline tone)

(Lil): What are you
thinking about?

- (Geoff): Honest?
- Yep, honest.

Endorphins,
plasma compatibility,

tissue rejection.

Of course, exactly
what I was reminded of.

- What's up, Lil?
- I feel like I'm all

alone out here,
charting my fertility patterns.

It makes me feel weird.
I... I'd like to feel like

I could ask you for
a little support.

Well, I'm here.

I want this baby as
much as you do.

We have to make some sort of
effort with our relationship.

You're in the lab when you're
two feet away from me.

You knew this wasn't gonna be
a second honeymoon, okay?

- First.
- Look, don't give me a hard time, Lil.

We both want the same thing.

If I get a patent,
if I get some recognition,

we can really have a family.

We can set up anywhere you want.

I thought you were getting
stressed out in the city.

I don't just want to be in
the country for the sake of it.

I mean, this isn't the magic bullet
that's going to keep us together.

Keep us... Keep us together?
What the hell?

- I'm sorry. Forget it.
- Jesus, Lil,

you have really changed
since we've been out here.

Why? Because I'm not so
wrapped up in my work anymore?

No, no, I think it's really
great that you're feeling all

sexy out here and everything,

but I'm just not
quite there with you.

I mean, my work is
more important to me now

than it ever has been.

Maybe that's a problem.

What, I'm supposed to choose
between you and my work?

I'm not talking about your work!

I am trying to save lives,
Lillian.

Oh, come on, what am I
supposed to say to that?

Look, you used to think that what
I was doing was important.

I do, I do.

Look, it's just the one summer!

I need the time, please.

(phone ringing)

Okay, go on, the phone.

(phone continues ringing)

I am telling you, Simon,

I feel very confident
about this.

I'm ready for you to really

push through the
primate idea with Fex.

"O, Why wait?"

I can handle the whole
thing myself, right here,

but I'm going to need to work

with more
intricate physiologies.

No, Fex doesn't want to deal
with my proposal because they

are doling out the chimps
to the high-profile cases.

No, what I'm asking you to do

is tell them what a sweet deal
we have going here.

All I need to get started
is three chimps.

Three fucking chimps!

(Chester panting)

- Geoffrey, are you there?
- Hi. Hello, honey.

Hi, is this
"nine-seven-o-stranger"?

- How's it going, Geoff?
- It's going.

I'm gonna bike into town.
I'll buy some dinner.

Great.

If you can wait until nine
or so we could eat together.

Okay. I'll wait.

See ya.

(thunder rumbles, rain falling)

(indistinct conversation)

(Lil laughs)

I lost her to some jock.

The science kids
never got the girls.

That is what Geoffrey
always tells me.

I guess I took
it as a challenge.

How long have you
two been together?

We've been married three
years and we've probably been

together about two
weeks out of that.

(sighs deeply)

I was almost married once.

No.

There was this woman, Rachel.

Funny to say her name again.

We were both doing
field studies in Mexico

and she was offered
a big job with this

company that sells growth
hormones and antibiotics to

Latin American farmers.

Stuff banned in
the United States.

We'd both seen these
problems down there:

Terrible health problems
with children

with premature sexual development
from the hormones in the milk.

And these kids were reaching
puberty when they were five and

- six years old.
- Oh, God.

- Their parents were terrified.
- Oh.

She said she could improve
the system from the inside.

We decided to date other people.

I think she was just
afraid of being poor.

(Lil): Geoffrey's
got a lot of fear.

He won't come out
and admit it but...

he sees everything
as this great race.

He's the one with the real
biological time clock.

I am so pissed at him.

I know his work's important, but...

Hey, Lillian...
(thunder rumbles)

what do you say we
go back to the inn?

O Kay-

Look, I know this sounds
silly, but this is a small town

and people like to talk.

I understand, maybe this
isn't such a good idea.

No, no, no, no, it is, it is.

You wait here, I'll go in
through the front door,

get some wine.

You slip up the back stairs,

and I'm the first door
on the left.

Can't we just go
in like two adults?

When we can go in like two kids?

Come on, Lillian.

I'll see you up there.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, what am I doing?

(Man): Tonight's news is brought
to you by Fex Pharmaceutical.

At Fex, we're working
for a better tomorrow.

(whirring)

(Geoffrey): Lillian?

Lillian?

Lil, are you around?

Hey! Yoo-hoo!

- Yeah, hey.
- Hey, there.

Is it too late for dinner?

Well, I haven't eaten yet.
Are you really coming in?

- Right away.
- Okay.

- Lilly?
- Yeah, Geoff?

I love you.

(clatter, animal yelps)

That's a good boy.

I hope this is
gonna do you, now.

(Chester whimpering)

Come here, hold still.

(watch ticking)

(Chester continues whimpering)

- (Alex): Hey, Geoffrey.
- Hi! I just, uh...

I thought I heard a dog barking.

Yeah, I thought I heard
that too. It stopped.

Was it coming from over here?

I couldn't tell,
I was lost in thought.

Sounded in trouble.

Yeah, well, don't hear it now.

What brings you out here?

Well, you know, my wife,
Lillian, she's always telling me

I ought to get out of the lab
more, take a look around,

so I drove down this old road.

I guess I missed the
scenic route, huh?

Where can a husband
get some flowers?

Well, you might
try taking a stroll

to that side of the field,
Farmer Boyd's land.

His wife keeps flowers.

It's pretty scenic.

Well, I guess I better be off.

Listen, I know you must be busy,

but if you find the time,

maybe we could have a
drink and talk shop.

Not too many
scientists out here.

Yeah, sure, but I am
pretty busy right now.

I can't let you go till we
make a date.

Um, hell, why don't you come
by the farmhouse tonight?

I just got tons of groceries.

I know Lillian would
love to have you over.

You might want to
check with her first.

No, no, really,
we've been meaning

to have people over and
I just got this big roast.

Geoffrey, this is Phillip Brown.
He's working with me out here.

Phillip, hi.

I was just saying to Alex that
if you two want to come over for

dinner tonight,
we'd love to have you.

Say about 7:00?

You sure it's not
too short notice?

No, no, it's perfect.
Seven, then?

Nervous guy.

Something.

(jazz music playing)

(chain rattles)

Hey, you!

- Lil...
- Mm-hmm?

- Something terrible happened.
- What? What is the matter?

No brussels sprouts?

No, actually, I got the
sprouts in town.

But look, I ran into
Alex Vine there.

- And?
- And I invited him for dinner.

Look, he just wouldn't leave me
alone about getting together

tonight so I invited
him over for 7:00,

and I just need to finish up
some things in the lab,

and I'll be in to help
with the cooking, okay?

Well, God, it's not even
1:00 yet, Geoffrey.

- What'd you get, anyway?
- I got a roast.

Look, I promise I'll be
right in, okay?

- What is with you, Geoffrey?
- He practically insisted.

Listen, I...

I'm going to finish up
and I'll be right in, okay?

- He's bringing a friend.
- Well, what kind of a friend?

Geoffrey!

(sighs)

(Chester whimpers faintly)

(Chester whimpering)

Shh.

Shh.

Okay, good boy. Be quiet.

You're all right, good dog.

Be quiet.

No, just hold still, hold still.

(chain rattles, trap clanks)

(watch ticking)

I'll be right clown. I'm sorry.

You don't think you're
over-simplifying that

just a little bit, Alex?

Well, there's a law this
American Indian tribe has.

When they undertake
a change they ask,

“How will the changes
we're making now

"affect people seven
generations from now?"

Now, seven generations,
how long is that?

The average American businessman

is making decisions based on how
something's gonna look

in a financial report
the next quarter.

I think that's a problem.

Yeah, but are we talking
about business or science now?

It's getting very hard
to separate the two.

I mean, I think corporate
sponsorship in the universities

is a corrupting influence.

You seem to have
quite an agenda, Alex.

It's inspired a lot of
secrecy in the sciences,

having businesses involved.

There's less exchange of information.

But competition is
the name of the game.

It suppresses
a lot of good ideas.

No, it's where the best
ideas come from.

No, I don't agree.
What we need is a more open

policy in the sciences to give
us a clearer picture of the

interconnectedness of things.

What is this
we're talking about?

Not this highly fractured view
where we set up an endless

slew of disciplines that puts
control in the hands of

specialists and makes the
average guy feel dependent,

like he can't help himself or
inform himself or do anything

but pay someone else
to take care of him.

Yeah, but are we talking
about science or social work?

Well, how about you, Geoffrey?
What about your work?

Aren't you trying to help people?

Well, medicine
is a different field.

Even the most radical
environmentalists believe in

medical advances, I think.

For the most part
I suppose that's true.

I don't think Alex is being
all that radical, Geoffrey.

Lillian, I've changed my mind,
I'd love another slice.

Sure!

Storing up a little extra
protein there, Alex?

I don't eat much meat.

- Oh, I didn't realize.
- It's irresistible.

Should I direct my compliments
to you or to Geoffrey?

Well, Geoffrey did
all the shopping,

but I did all the rest.

- And I see you found flowers.
- No, they're mine.

They're for still life.

I found Geoffrey wandering
around in the middle of a field

looking for flowers,
so I guess he didn't...

- I rushed home.
- I thought you met in town.

I had some things to
finish up at the lab.

Well, it's great.
Here's to the chef.

Thanks.

So, do you know
anyone that's opposed

to a cure for cancer, Alex?

I thought they'd figured out that
cancer was largely preventable.

Prevention doesn't sell.

And it's not going to help the
people that already have it.

I think the war on cancer is
just a big business venture

lining the same old pockets.
I think we could focus a little

more on the causes
instead of a cure.

Are you actually working
in cancer, Geoffrey?

No, no, I've never
worked in disease.

I don't have the patience to sit
around and watch tumors grow.

- Do you mind?
- Oh, no.

Uh, here.

Thanks. I like that display.

- Was it here?
- No, I put them up, actually.

Alex bought them for us
at the auction.

That's where we met, remember?

Oh, yeah,
Alex told me about that.

There's some other
things still in the box.

(Geoffrey): Can I have
some more wine?

Hmm? Oh, sure.

Here.

So, what are you up to
in that lab, Geoffrey?

I'm working on some new
surgical techniques.

I'm looking into ways to
facilitate transplants.

- Organs?
- Everything.

You know,
encourage regeneration of tissue,

discourage infection.

It's pretty dull stuff.

Everything?
Doesn't sound dull at all.

Someone seemed excited
enough to set you up

out here away from
the madding crowd.

I just hope I'm not
wasting their money.

Who's funding it, if you
don't mind my asking?

- You work with computer models?
- No, not for this sort of thing.

I work with live models.

- Rats?
- Rats, mostly.

Mice, cats...
I work my way up the food chain.

He's kidding.

You ever get animal rights
people on your back?

No, no, not on my back,
specifically.

They're in it for the
heartthrob species:

Primates, dogs, cats.

And they're jacking up the cost
of the most basic research

by requiring these
high-security labs.

These are bewildering times
and laymen can't keep up,

everything being so complex,
so naturally people want to

participate in some way,
even if it's only to object.

Science has to be unencumbered!

It is impossible to work with
the press and the public

breathing down your backs!

Would you want to make a
painting under those conditions?

Oh, that's ridiculous!

Besides, art is constantly
under scrutiny!

But science, which is what
really changes our lives,

I mean, no one even knows
what scientists are up to.

It's always too complicated for

the public to understand,
so it's just conveniently

carried out behind closed doors!

The public doesn't
want to understand.

They don't want to
know the gory details.

They just want to be saved.

It's a convenience,
it's junk-food medicine.

Miracle cures and magic bullets,

and that's where
research funding goes,

because that's
what the public wants.

Look, all the press talks about is
what they're told to talk about.

I mean, I don't know anything
about what you do in the lab,

and I don't expect to
find out about it on TV.

Which way to the bathroom?

Sorry, by the stairs.
Just follow the stairs.

Well, I think debate is very healthy.
It keeps everyone on their toes.

But I'd say you're right about
the public's double standards.

They want solutions to
be high-tech and cheap,

and then they get indignant
over the repercussions:

The animal thing, the environment,
the garbage, the whole economy...

Look, the public wants
high-tech solutions because

that's what they're promised.

I mean, the repercussions
are never even brought up!

People are talking about these
problems more and more.

I know, that's why
I'm in business.

Look, look, look, life has a
light side and a dark side,

and you are free to choose which
side you're going to look at.

But there's a lot of this
anti-science hysteria

- going around right now,
- Oh, thanks very much.

And that is what gets in the
way of any real progress.

- Progress towards what?
- Progress towards the future.

What does that mean
That is newspeak, Geoffrey.

I think what she's
trying to say is

what kind of image of
the future should we have?

One overrun with technology,

or a realistic, sustainable
future for the planet?

I don't know if that's
what I'm trying to say,

but it doesn't really matter,
does it, what I have to say?

I mean, I guess it's up to you
two to come up with the future.

I mean, this is the new
white man's burden.

Instead of Christianizing
a bunch of natives,

now we've got the whole
natural world to set in order!

I mean, "plotting for
a better tomorrow,"

isn't that what they say
at Fex Pharmaceutical?

(toilet flushes)

If only all the boys in
lab coats could agree,

then we'd really know
what the future will be!

Jesus, keep the wine away

from the lady activist
at the end of the table.

Yeah, well, I think I see why

all the activists
I know are women.

- I'm pretty active.
- Does anyone want coffee?

- Yeah.
- Sure.

(Geoffrey): Alex Vine
certainly seems to have

made a big impression on you.

You two see eye-to-eye
on all the big issues.

Well, if you were
really listening,

you'd see we didn't see
eye-to-eye on everything.

I think he's got a crush on you.

Don't try to drag me into
your problems with Alex Vine.

You've got to stop lumping all
the opposition into one big

fucking heap trying to get in
the way of your career.

Oh, are you a member
of the opposition now?

What I want to know
is what are you doing

out there that's making
you so paranoid?

What I want to know is
how come you're

suddenly a big
expert on science?

How about since I started
trying to get pregnant?

It could be worse.

We could be doing
it in a petri dish.

(sighs)

I think this is really gross,
leaving these around.

And you want to know
what we do out in the lab?

(sighs)

I can't sleep.
I'm going downstairs.

(keys rattling)

(door creaks open)

(heartbeat)

(buzzer sounds) (bird shrieks)

(raccoon whimpers)

(heart beating faster)

- Geoffrey...
- Lilly, what are you doing?

I just... I just...

I wanted to know what
you're doing out here.

- I told you what I do.
- No, you haven't told me anything.

What are these pictures?

My God.

I work with animals for
Christ's sake, you know that.

- They sustain injuries...
- “Sustain injuries"?

Yes, I am developing treatments.

Some of them are sacrificed.

There's no pain involved,
they're sedated.

- They're mice, for God's sake.
- Well, what about this?

What are you using the trap for?
What is it doing out here?

Geoffrey, what is going on?

People catch animals in traps
every day all over the world.

People eat rabbits.

These animals have
a nobler purpose.

Be glad for them, all right?

Are you trapping animals
with this thing?

Look, I've had to do a
little improvising, okay?

I can't get what I need from
Fex, not fast enough.

Believe me, this is not
how I want to work,

but they've given me no choice.

What do you mean,
they've given you no choice?

I thought you were their
fucking whiz kid.

I am their fucking whiz kid,

and they're not working
fast enough for me.

(sighs) I'm up against their
goddamn bureaucracy, okay?

This doesn't make any sense.
Trapping wild animals?

I'm not trapping wild animals...

I caught a mangy
household pest in a trap.

It didn't belong to anyone.

It sustained an injury which is
completely consistent to my

research and it has
been very beneficial.

This doesn't sound very scientific.

Is it even legal in this state?

Jesus Christ, I'm not gonna have
you giving me the third degree.

I mean, most people wouldn't
be allowed near this place.

Why not?

It is only because you are my
wife that you're even in here,

and I really resent you
sneaking around with my keys.

I mean, don't I have
the right to privacy?

If this is so fucking great,
why is it so fucking secret?

Because it is like
any other business:

There are company
interests to protect.

I want to see what's
inside there.

Oh, for Christ's sake!
I've had enough of this.

- Geoffrey!
- No! Come on!

Leave me alone!
I want to be alone!

Lil, no... Lil!

I just hate to be pushed, okay?

I am under a lot of pressure.

Look, I'm tired of hearing
that, Geoffrey.

I've given you your freedom.

I've let you have your
all-nighters up at the university.

I've made dinner for your creepy
co-workers and I've given up my

life for this shit summer
in the middle of nowhere.

I just don't want to
hear it anymore!

Maybe you're right,
maybe I wasn't on the level

about the kind of summer
this was gonna be,

but I needed the chance!

Well, that's a breakthrough.

Just to hear you
come out and say it.

God!

Damn it!

(birds chirping)

(music playing)

(Geoffrey): The therapy's
working, Simon.

I am very encouraged.

(machinery beeping)

Well, I'm getting more than 30%
success rate with these...

These other animals now,
but I need to

get into more
intricate physiologies.

Look, I am talking about doing
the first human applications

in less than a year.

Somebody volunteers, Fex pays,
the press will eat it up.

We'll be on top.

Yeah, I know, but I can't push that
through without some primate data.

I am asking you to
get me the chimps!

Listen, listen, listen, Simon,

listen to me...

"“Chemo-electric therapy," huh?

It's going to sound very familiar
to people, very easy to sell.

(laughs)

(Singer): And make the world,
make it go away...

Make the world go away,

Oh!

Yes, get it off off
of my shoulders...

(light knocking on door)

Say the things
you used to say...

Come on and tell me now
and make the world

make it go away...

You can't come in.

Truce?

Does it have a name?

“Barrier-sustained 609
strain G.R.L. mouse.”

I'll think of something shorter.

(mouse squeaking)

This is a whole new
ball game, Simon.

I'm not at all sure it's practical.

Why don't we just bring him into
one of our units here where we

can keep an eye on him?

I have no reason to doubt him.

He's proven himself before.

If he wants a couple of monkeys,
let's try and get them for him.

There's a waiting list
on all the primates.

I don't want to hear
about that, Peter.

You know, there's a problem
with these transplant therapies:

It's where do we get the parts
to make it a marketable option?

We'll cross that bridge
when we get to it.

You know, there's these
horror stories about expendables

in India being snuffed
for their body parts.

I'm not sure that's what Fex
wants in their annuals.

And AIDS was genetically
engineered by the D.O.D.

Or was it the C.l.A?

No one listens to
these groups, Peter.

They're too hysterical.

As for Gaines,
if he's successful,

and if the technology
creates a demand,

we'll establish a supply.

(rooster crows)

k H?

I wish you wouldn't take those.

Why are you taking those?

Nerves. (Sighs)

My period's late.

Hey, that's great, honey.

How 'bout that?

We should make an appointment
with the doctor to make sure.

I'm sorry.

Well...

Love means never having
to say you're sorry, right?

Congratulations, hon.

(creature bellows)

(creature snarls)

(infant crying)

(cow moos)

(gasps)

Hi, there.

Is your father around?

He's over there.

Hi, Mr. Boyd.

How are you?

Geoff Gaines, I'm staying
over on Carson Road,

at the farm there.

Yeah, I know the place.

Yeah, I'm working
on a project there.

I have a laboratory set up.

I'm investigating some
health problems.

I wish you luck, Mr. Gaines.

Frances, I want you to
finish your chores now.

Alex Vine told me that you might
have some livestock to sell,

and I need a young cow to
help me with my work.

He said you might
be willing to sell.

- Alex said that?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, I don't know
what he meant by that.

Frances, I want you to go to the

stand now and help your mother,
all right?

Hand me the pail... okay?

All right, you go on now.

I brought some cash, Mr. Boyd.

If you had an animal in your pen

that you could bear
to part with,

I'd like to make it
worth your while.

Well, what do you
want with my calf?

Well, that's not
easy to explain,

this work can get
pretty technical.

Well, if it's too
technical to explain,

maybe it's something
I don't want to get involved with.

Alex told me about your
pesticide problems.

Now, I wanted to make
you an offer before

I tried anywhere else,
maybe help you out a little.

How's $300 sound, Mr. Boyd?

How you fixin' to get this
calf back to Carson Road?

I figured I'd just walk it
back across that field.

I brought some rope.

(cows mooing)

It's a beautiful place
you got here.

Come on.

I hope you find what
you're looking for.

(calf bellows)

Come on.

(calf bellows)

Come on, God damn it.

(calf bellows loudly)

(Geoff grunts, thud,
bellowing stops)

Geoffrey?

Geoffrey?

(softly) Come on, come on.

(sighs)

(dial tone)

(phone keys beeping)

Hello, I'm trying to
reach Alex Vine.

Well, is there a
number to his room?

Do you know if he's there?

I can wait.

Thank you.

(Alex): Alex Vine.

I wanted to put
your mind at ease.

Lil, you know what I'm doing
up here is really confidential.

I hope you're not
discussing it with anyone.

I hope that's clear, okay?

Lillian?

I just wanted to say I know

this summer has been
very rough on you.

Being up here and worrying about
the pregnancy thing but...

I know I haven't been
all there for you.

But I really feel like
I'm onto something now.

A breakthrough.

I'm gonna go clean up.

(sobbing)

(thunder rumbling)

♪ ' -

- Have you seen Alex around?
- Not today.

Might be by later on.

We're closing early today.

Oh.

- Where's Frances?
- Oh, she's down by the house.

Did she sell all the puppies?

You know, it's real nice of you and
Alex to take such an interest in her.

It's real hard for her
with her brothers away.

- She's a wonderful girl.
- Yes, she is.

We try to spend as much time
on her as we possibly can,

but there's so much work to be
done here on the farm and my

husband's just not up to things
the way he used to be.

You know, I met your mister
here a while ago at the stand.

Had to send him into town,
though, to a supermarket.

Dead set on finding brussels
sprouts this time of year.

(thunder rumbles)

Real handsome fella.
Right smart-looking.

Yeah... Yeah, he is.

Okay, that'll be $5.80.

Five dollars...

Eighty cents.

Oh, good, I sure do
need the change.

Thank you, Mrs. Boyd.

Sure enough.

(thunder rumbles, rain falling)

(bell ringing)

Hey, Lillian.
I've been looking for you.

Ow!
- Hey, are all right?

I've been wanting
to speak with you

about dinner the other night,

see if we could...
Are you all right?

Oh, my God.

- It's Geoffrey.
- What?

- I know where Chester is.
- Come on, we'll take the truck.

No, I have to talk to him alone.

Lillian, come on.

Shit, oh!

Can we still go swimming, pa?

What the hell is he doing with...

Look, I want to talk
to him alone, okay?

- Why are you protecting him?
- I'm not protecting him.

He's my fucking husband!

Come here. (Clicks tongue)

Come here, boy, come on.

(Chester panting and growling)

Come on, big fella, come on.

Come here, come on.

(Lil): Geoffrey!

Geoffrey!

- Lillian, are you all right?
- I'm fine, leave us alone.

Just what the hell do
you think you're doing?

I told you never to bring
anyone into this!

My God, Geoffrey,
what have you done?

That dog belongs to someone,
a little girl!

No, no, no, listen, listen.

I want you to understand this,
all right?

I found the dog.
That dog was hurt, all right?

I was trying to help it.

I don't believe a word
you're saying.

You're scared. I've never seen
you like this before.

I'm not scared of anything.

My God, Lillian, you have no
idea what I have done in here.

I can sew limbs back together.

I can transplant, I mean, not
just a spleen or a kidney,

maybe even a head!

All right, I just want to
get this story straight

about the dog.

Now, that was an accident.

- I can't be a part of this, Geoffrey.
- A part of what?

Do you think I'm the only one
doing this kind of work?

There's labs like this
all over the country.

At least now I have
the shot at the patent.

(raspy breathing)

We're so close
to everything now,

having everything that
you have ever wanted.

No, you have no
idea what I want.

I know exactly what you want!

God!

(softly) God damn, Chester.

It's dying, Geoffrey.

Leave it alone, Geoffrey!
Let it die!

What good is this?
Who is this helping?

You're only doing it
because you can, Geoffrey!

- Come on!
- Geoffrey!

Damn it, come on!

You killed it!

God!

Hey, this wouldn't be so easy
if you didn't have Mr. Ecology

waiting in the wings, huh?

Am I right?

You don't get it at all, do you?

Hey, Vine.

Vine, you think you're a
real hero out here, huh?

Saving the family farm!

Well, it doesn't mean a thing!

(truck door shuts)

(thunder rumbles)

Lillian, why don't you come
back to the inn with me till you

- get your head together?
- No, I can't! I have to get away,

- I've waited too long.
- Lillian, go easy on yourself.

I can't.

I can't.

We've gotta do something
about this, right?

We can do something about it.

(rain falling)

(Geoffrey): I've seen the future,
Simon, I've seen the future.

It is fucking brilliant!
It was so simple, finally.

We are going to chance the
face of the operating room.

The world has been
waiting for this one.

What? What, the monkeys?

No, no, that's great!
That's really great.

I can hardly wait
to get started.

(tray clatters)

(vehicle approaches)

Hey, have you seen
Geoffrey Gaines?

There's nobody here.

What the fuck are we supposed
to do with this delivery?

Hey! Pops!

Forget it, man,
we'll come back later.

(chimps grunting and screeching)