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(LAUGHING) Tag, you're it.
You're it.

No, I tagged you last.

Uh-uh.
Yes. Want to go fishing?

There's no fish in there.
They're frozen.

No, they don't freeze.

What do they do,
just die?
No.

Hey, look at this car!

(ALL EXCLAIMING IN AWE)

Beauty.
Isn't that neat?
It's gotta be a Ford.

No, it's not a Ford.

Yeah, it is.
Then what is it?

I don't know,
but it's not a Ford-
I've been in one.

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

Hey, Leonard,
what are you doing?

What's it look like?

Somebody might be coming.

Keep a lookout, James.

No one's coming.

My turn's next.

JAMES: What's wrong, Leonard?

WOMAN:
Leonard, honey.

What?

You better get dressed.

Your breakfast is
just about ready.

Hey.
Come on. We're gonna be late.

Hi, Oliver. James.

(CHATTING)

TEACHER:
We're going to begin today
with a history test.

Keep your eyes on
your own papers,

and then,
at the recess bell,

bring your composition
books up to my desk.

So what are we
gonna do this afternoon?

I don't know.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

MRS LOWE: Hello, boys.

BOY: Hi, Mrs Lowe.

Can Leonard come
out and play today?

No, I'm sorry.
Better not today.

Well, how about tomorrow?

I'm afraid he won't
be well by then either.

When will he be well?

I don't know.

Thanks for coming by.

(DOOR CLOSING)

WOMAN: Good morning.
Bainbridge Hospital.
May I help you?

One moment, please.

Excuse me.

You gotta ask her.

Good morning.
Bainbridge Hospital.
May I help you?

Thank you.

Dr Horowitz, can you
hold the line a minute?

Bainbridge Hospital.
Can I help you?

Yes, Dr Franklin and Dr Tyler
are both in a board meeting.

Can I take a message,
or would you like to... Bye.

Yes?

Yes, I'm
Dr Malcolm Sayer.
I have an appointment.

Take a seat, please.

Bainbridge Hospital.
May I help you?
Thank you.

Bainbridge Hospital.
May I help you?

I can connect you
to the cafeteria,

but then they will
have to page him.

All right.
Well, just. . . Thank you.

Bainbridge Hospital.
May I help you?

Well, Dr Franklin
and Dr Tyler are both
in the boardroom.

I can take messages,
or you can call back
in about 45 minutes.

When you say people,
you mean living people?

Mmm-hmm.

Well, I'm here to apply
for a research position
in your neurology lab.

Neurology lab?

We have an X-ray room.

This is a chronic hospital,
Doctor. The position is
for staff neurologist.

You will be working
with patients,
people, yes.

A doctor doctor.

Doctor.

The Carmel Institute.
Tell me about that.
Anything with patients there?

Earthworms.

I'm sorry?
(CLEARS THROAT)

It was an immense project.

I was to extract
one decigram of myelin
from 4 tons of earthworms.

Really?

Yes. I was on
that project for
five years.

I was the only one
who believed in it.

Everyone else said
it couldn't be done.

It can't.

I know that now. I proved it.

Maybe before at
Saint Thomas...

All research?

Yes.

This isn't even
going to work at all.

Ben, we're totally
understaffed...

...and we really
need someone.

He's never worked
with human beings.

His research talents
would be wasted here, sir.

Excuse me, but...

I think you're clearly
looking for someone

with more of
a clinical background.

As much as I need a job,

there must be 100 more
applicants suitable
for this position.

Thank you anyway.

Dr Sayer,
back in medical school...

You couldn't have
graduated medical school

without some
clinical experience.

You took a pulse,
you took a temperature,
did diagnosis.

There you have it then.

You do want the job,
don't you?

Hey, it's
this way, Doc.

You spend much time
at chronic hospitals?

You'd remember.

Guess not then.

Hi.

ANTHONY: Hey, Christina.

You see, Doc, we got MS,
Tourette's syndrome,
Parkinson's disease.

Some of 'em we ain't
even got a name for.

How are you?

SAYER: Excuse me,
but what are all
these people waiting for?

ANTHONY: Nothing.
But how are they
supposed to get well?

They're not.
They're chronic.

We call this place
the Garden.

Why?
'Cause allwe do is
feed and water them.

Thanks, man.

Mr Kean, I would
like to ask you...

I was born in 1911 in
Kingsbridge, New York!

I came here
in July, 1955!

Prior to July, 1955,

I resided at the Brooklyn
Psychiatric Centre,
Brooklyn, New York!

Prior to that,
I was a person!

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

Gets easier.

You don't think it will,
but it does.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(BARKING)
No, Buttercup. Good.

No, go to your house. Go.

(GROWLS)

Go home!

Good.

(BARKING)

(WHIMPERING)

Morning, Doctor.

I have a new
arrival for you.

She was brought
in late last night.
Here's her file.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Hello. I'm Dr Sayer.

Do you know
where you are?

Can you hear me?

Diagnosis.

Medical insurance.

Oh, God.

SAYER:Her name
is Lucy Fishman.

She was found
by neighbours
with her sister

several days after
her sister died.

She has no other
living relatives,

and they say she
has always been
as she is now

with no response
or comprehension.

And yet...

A reflex.

If she batted it away,
I might call it a reflex.

But she didn't.
As you can see,
she caught it.

It's still
a reflex, Doctor.

I'm sorry.
If you were right,
I would agree with you.

It's as if having lost
all will of her own
in which to act,

she borrows
the will of the ball.

DOCTOR:
The will of the ball?

Excuse me.

This is ridiculous.

You're trying to make
a good impression,
right, Doctor?

You're trying to
make a good impression.
That's it, isn't it?

You're still
settling in.

Miss Costello,
will you see to it

that Dr Sayer's patients
that are waiting outside

are rescheduled
for tomorrow?

Yes, sir.

Borrows the will of the ball.

That's great.

Okay. Thanks.
Thank you.

Welcome.

Let us know if she
catches anything else.

I'll be fired. It's all right.
I'll go back to school.

I forget something?
No.

I just wanted to say
to you I preferred
your explanation,

and that I'll look
after things for you
until you've settled in.

Good night, Doctor.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Hello.
Hi.

I'm Dr Sayer.
I'm Waheedah.

Waheedah.
How are you today?

I'm fine, thank you.

(SCREAMING)

Yes. Oh, uh...

Sorry. What form?

Yes, I'll hold. Mmm-hmm.

SAYER: Oh, uh...

Three, four, one, two...

Oh, thank you.

Bye.

Hello.

(TV PLAYING)

Yippie! We made it, Orville.
We're in orbit.

Goody. Now we can
try being weightless.

(LAUGHING ON TV)

Let's celebrate with
delicious Nestlé's Quik.

Nothing makes chocolaty milk
like Quik, you know?

That great Nestlé's
chocolate flavour
is out of this world.

Out of this world.

Hello, up there.

Time to recharge with
delicious Nestlé's Quik.

N-E-S-T-L-E-S. Nestlé's
makes the very best...

Chocolate.

Lucy.

Um, you're out
to the pole.

Could... Anthony.
Anthony.

Could you help me
move this?

Excuse me.

Lucy, you're
almost there.
Come on.

Here's the water, Lucy.

Here it is, Lucy.

The water is...

Must be all that
Jell-O they give you.

Jell-O, Jell-O.
Day after day.

Red Jell-O, yellow Jell-O.
Every day Jell-O.

WOMAN: Hurry up.
You don't want to
miss the laundry truck.

I forgot to tell you
Mrs Cooper passed away.
Remember her?

She was nice.
Always a kind word.

Her dog, I could
have done without.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Does he ever
speak to you?

Of course not.
Not in words.

He speaks to
you in other ways?

How do you mean?

You don't
have children.

No.

If you did,
you would know.

SAYER: This is
atypical schizophrenia.

Atypical hysteria,
this one.

Atypical
nerve impairment.

No change since
last examination.

No change or
therapy recommended.

Very nice.

This one is no change,
September 11, 1944.

Sorry.

That's 25 years.

You'd think
at a certain point

all these atypical
somethings would amount
to a typical something.

Mmm-hmm.

But a typical what?

Doctor.
Yes?

Want to go for
a cup of coffee
somewhere or something?

Tea?

Oh, normally
I would say yes.

I made other plans.

Right, right, right.

Well, some other time.

Oh, yes.

I'm over here.
I'm right there.

Good night.
Night.

(PLAYING SLOW MELODY)

Encephalitis lethargica.

Where is it? Where is it?

Encephalitis lethargica.

JANITOR: I'm sorry, Doctor.
I thought someone
left the lights on.

I found it.
I found the connection.

They all survived
encephalitis years
before they came here.

See? In the 1920s.

That's very nice.
Isn't it wonderful?

Yes. I'll
come back later.

Please.

How many have you found there?

Five. And I believe
there are more.

How are they?

Just as you
described them back then.
"Insubstantial as ghosts."

Only, I guess
many of them
were children then.

Yes.

Children who fell asleep.

INGHAM: Most died during
the acute stage
of the illness.

Those who survived,
who awoke,

seemed fine, as though
nothing had happened.

We just didn't realise
how much the infection
had damaged the brain.

Years went by,
five, 10, 15,

before these strange
neurological symptoms
would appear.

But they did.

I began to see them
in the early 1930s.

Old people brought
in by their children.

Young people brought
in by their parents.

They could no longer
dress themselves
or feed themselves.

They could no longer
speak in most cases.

Some families went mad.

People who were
normal were now

elsewhere.

What's it like to be them?

What are they thinking?

They're not.

The virus didn't spare
their higher faculties.

We know that for a fact?

Yes.

Because?

Because the alternative
is unthinkable.

I'm all for
fixing this place up,
but what are we doing?

I have a hunch.

Excuse me. Sorry.
Excuse me. Sorry.

What's been stopping
Lucy from crossing
to the fountain?

Nothing.
Exactly.

The visual field
just stops.

There's a void.

There's no pattern,
no visual rhythm,

nothing to compel
her to keep going.

COSTELLO:
So we're making something.

SAYER: Exactly.

All right, Lucy.

She's looking out the...

Where is it?
Is this the right issue?

This is last year's.
I can't find it.

I'd like to know
more about your son.

Certainly.

Something was wrong,
they said, with his hands.

He couldn't
write any more.

He couldn't
do the work.

I should take him out
of school, they said.

He was 11.

Slowly, he got worse.

He'd call me,
and I'd come in,

and he'd be sitting
at his desk in a trance.

One hour, two hours.

Then he'd be okay again.

One day,
I came home from work,
found him in his bed.

He kept saying,
"Ma, Mom."

His arm like this,
reaching.

"What do you want, Leonard?"

He never spoke again.
It was like he disappeared.

Later that year,
I took him to Bainbridge.

It was
November 14, 1939.

He was 20 years old.

What did he do
for those nine years

he was staying in
this room, Mrs Lowe?

He read.

He loved to read.
He read all the time.

Really?

Well, that's all he could do.

That's enough.

Leonard?

All right, Leonard,
we're finished.

Nothing, nothing,
nothing, and nothing.

Don't tell me.
It's one of your statues.

Exactly.

How did I guess that?

Pass the salt.

But what about this?

(CHUCKLING)
What do you mean this?
It's a strobe.

You're wrong.

All of this
before is the strobe.

This is me saying
his name to him.

Excuse me.

What does that mean?

(EXCLAIMS)

Sorry.

Right down
the middle, big guy.

Come on, hum it in there.
Hum it in there.

Home run. Home run.

PATIENT: I can catch a ball.

Hey, Doc, throw me the ball.

Throw me the ball.
Throw me the ball.

I can catch a ball.

Doc! Hey!

SAYER: Is this all of them?
COSTELLO: Yes.

Bring them in
here with the others.

I should have given
David his divorce.

I just thought he really
would want to be
a father to his son.

(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)
Excuse me.

The patients
have all been given
their morning medication.

That's good.

Dr Sayer was hoping
you'd have some free time.

Want to come with me, please?

Beth?
Yeah.

SAYER: This is one of
the most beautiful
arias ever written.

Watch them closely
for any reactions.

(OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)

"Call me Ishmael.

(CLEARS THROAT)

"Some years ago,
never mind
how long precisely,

"having little or no
money in my purse

"and nothing particular to
interest me onshore..."

Leonard,
I know you can hear me.

I want you to try
and respond when
I speak your name.

(OPERA PLAYING)

You see, it's not
just any music.

It has to be
the music that's right
(OPERA STOPS)

for them.

(BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYING)

ANTHONY: It's like they're
only moved by music
that moves them.

I haven't found
anything that
moves Bert yet.

They'll sit there
like that all day
if I let them.

I have to play
the first card.

L.

Leonard.

L.

(PURPLE HAZE PLAYING)

This is Frank.
Mmm-hmm.

If you could just help
me get him to his feet.

There's something else
that reaches them, Doctor.

What?
Human contact.

If you could just
stand over there
for a minute.

He can't walk
without me.

If I let go of him,
he'll fall.

I'm not gonna let you fall.

But he'll walk
with me anywhere.

It's like the ball,
only it's my will
he's borrowing.

The will of
another human being.

We begin by moving
the pointer to "L"
for Leonard.

Now when I sense
you begin to move
the pointer,

I'll stop and
you take over.

Do you understand?

All right, I'm beginning.

Very good.

No. Maybe I didn't
make myself clear.
My fault. I. . .

"L." Good, good.

Now the "E."

"K."

Dyslexia, isn't it?

"E." Good, good.

"Sg"

" P. "

You're spelling
something else.

SAYER:His gaze from
staring through the bars

has grown so weary
that it can take
in nothing more.

For him, it is as though
there were a thousand bars,

and behind
the thousand bars, no world.

As he paces in
cramped circles,
over and over,

his powerful strides
are like a ritual
dance around a centre

where a great will
stands paralysed.

At times, the curtains of
the eye lift without a sound,

and a shape enters,

slips through
the tightened silence
of the shoulders,

reaches the heart,

and dies.

Have you heard of
a drug called L-dopa?

What?

It's a synthetic dopamine.

Yes, I did.
For Parkinson's
patients. Yeah.

Why?

Nothing.

MAN ON MEGAPHONE:
Sign the petition now.

Thousands of young men
are dying every day.

Excuse me. Sorry.

Help us get out of
this illegal war.
Sign up now.

MAN: A hundred years
would have to pass
before modern neuropathology

would even allow us
to actually

locate the damage in
the Parkinsonian brain.

Yes.

With our development
of the drug L-dopa,

we can, for the first time,

promise the Parkinsonian
patient a more normal life.

By administering L...

Thank you. Yes.

I'm very curious
about this drug,

and I wonder if you've
come across anyone
who might have...

Excuse me, Doctor...

Sayer.

I'm curious if
you've come across

any patients
with encephalitis...

After I'm through,
Dr Sayer.

If you wouldn't mind.

Excuse me.

Well, as I was saying,
by administering L-dopa...

Do you think
a simple Parkinsonian tremor
taken to its furthest extreme

would appear as
no tremor at all?

Are you talking to me?

Oh, yes.

Imagine that you
accelerated a simple
Parkinsonian hand tremor

to the point of immobility.

Suppose there's
a patient with

all the Parkinsonian
compulsions accelerated,

the hand tremor,
the head bobbing,
ticking, quickening of speech.

Might they not all
cave in on themselves and,

in effect,
turn a person into stone?

I don't know. Maybe.

Well, do you think
L-dopa would
help the situation?

Dr Sayer, right?

(CHUCKLES)

I'm just a chemist, Doctor.
You're the physician.

I'll leave it to
you to do the damage.

Well, you know,
Freud believed
in miracles,

prescribing cocaine
like it was candy.

And we all believed in
the miracle of cortisone

till our patients
went psychotic on it.

And now it's L-dopa?

Well, with all due respect,
I think it's rather
too soon to say that.

Well, with all
due respect, Doctor,

I think it's rather
way too soon to say that.

Let the chemist do
the damage, Doctor.

But I...

Dr Kaufman?
Yeah.

Did you read this case?

"New drug
lets shaking palsy
patients eat Jell-O."

Yes, I read them, Doctor.
I read them all,
dutifully, soberly.

All 30 cases
had Parkinson's.
Mild Parkinson's.

Your Parkies, Doctor,
if that's what they are,
haven't moved in decades.

Perhaps you should
look at it again, sir.

You know better than to
make a leap like that.

You want there to
be a connection.

That doesn't
mean there is one.

What I believe,
what I know is

these people are alive inside.

How do you know that,
Doctor? Because they
catch tennis balls?

I know it.

How many did you think
I'd let you put on it?

All of them.

Some.

One.

One.

With the family's
consent signed.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Leonard has
Parkinson's disease?

No, um...

Well, his symptoms
are like Parkinson's.

But, then again, they're not.

Then what will this
medicine do for him?

I don't know what
it will do for him,
if anything at all.

What do you think it'll do?

I'm not sure,

because it was designed
for a totally
different disorder.

What do you hope it'll do?

I hope it will bring him back
from wherever he is.

For what?

For the world.

What's there here for him
after all these years?

You.

You're here.

All of it. Please.

With 200 milligrams,
he showed no response.

Maybe the acid in
the orange juice
neutralised it.

Maybe he needs more.

Maybe he needs less.

I'll try it in milk.

500 milligrams.

I'll call if
there's any change.

Yes.

Thank you.

(SNORING)

Night, Sara.

Good night.

(SNORING)

It's...

quiet.

It's late.

Everyone's asleep.

I'm not asleep.

No.

You're awake.

May 1?

Me.

(CARS HONKING)

SAYER: Leonard.

There's someone
here to see you.

Ma. Ma.

Mom.

My baby.

(MRS LOWE CRYING)

My name is Eleanor.

Eleanor.

It's a pleasure
to meet you.

It's a pleasure
to meet you.

Ladies. Ladies.

Now what'd I do?

MARGARET: Oh, my goodness.

How do you do, sir?

My name is Margaret.

Margaret.

Beth.
Beth.

Anthony.

Anthony, how are you?

Great, man. How are you?

Great, too.

(LAUGHING)

All right, Len.

Did you meet him?
Didn't he look good?

(LAUGHING) Yeah.

(ALL LAUGHING)

MRS LOWE:
Don't eat so fast.

MARGARET:
He's doing fine.

ANTHONY:
Well, I mean, he's starving.

I don't think that I
could deal with losing
30 years of my life.

Could you?
I can't even imagine it.

(ALL LAUGHING)

He does realise it,
doesn't he?

Leonard, if you could
turn this way please.

This is a camera
called a Polaroid.
(CAMERA CLICKS)

Thank you.

Takes a picture in
less than a minute.

Amazing.

Now, if we
could try this.

Splendid.
That's wonderful.

I'd like you to
walk now to
the end of the room.

Good. Ready?

Go.
(STOPWATCH CLICKS)

Very good.

Very good.

And back now.

(STOPWATCH CLICKS)
That was very quick.

Let me get some more film.

You have to
at least lay down.

You need the rest.

I'm afraid to close my eyes.

If I close my eyes, I'll...

You'll sleep.

When you wake up
in the morning,
it'll be the next morning.

I promise.

♪ Baby's boat

Jd A silver moon

♪ Sailing in the sky

♪ Baby's fishing for a dream

♪ Fishing near and far

♪ Sail, baby, sail

♪ Out upon that sea

♪ Only don't forget to sail

♪ Back again to me

♪ Baby's fishing for a dream

♪ Fishing near and far

♪ His line
a silver moonbeam is

Jd His fate a silver star

♪ Sail, baby, sail

♪ Out upon that sea

♪ Only don't forget to sail

♪ Back again to me

♪ Baby's boat

& The silver moon

♪ Sailing in the sky

♪ Baby's fishing for a dream

♪ Fishing near and far

♪ Sail, baby, sail

♪ Out upon that sea

♪ Only don't forget to sail

♪ Back again to me ♪

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR RADIO)

(INDISTINCT)

What a wonderful place
the Bronx has become.

That's my school.

Really?

(SPITS)

Is that classical?

You can pick
any different type
of music you want.

(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)

What's that?

It's rock and roll.

Come on in.

No, no, come back in now.

There's something
that happened while
you've been away.

It's called pollution.
I don't think this
is wise, Leonard.

Leonard. That's not wading.
That's swimming.
Come on, Leonard.

Leonard, I don't know
if the hospital is
covered for this.

Leonard.

Come on!

No. No.

Come on in.

Leonard, the
tide's coming in.

(WHISTLING)

That's the periodic
table of elements.

I can date my introduction
to science by that.

It's wonderful really.

It's the universe
at its essence.

You see,
you have your alkali metals,

you have your halogens,
your inert gases.

Every element has its
place in that order.
You can't change that.

They're secure,
no matter what.

You're not married?

Me?

No.

I'm not very good
with people.

I never have
been, Leonard.

I like them.

I wish I could say I had
more than a rudimentary
understanding of them.

Maybe if they were
less unpredictable.

Eleanor would
disagree with you.

Eleanor?

Miss Costello.

Of course.

She's spoken to
you about me?

What did she say?

That you are a kind man,
that you care
very much for people.

I would like to
put the rest of
the group on the drug.

And I realise
this may be
somewhat expensive.

When you say expensive,

do you have any
idea how much money
you're talking about?

Yes, I talked to Ray.
I have an estimate.

Thank you.

The pharmacist says
to put all the others

on the same dosage
as Mr Lowe would be...

$12,000.

How much?

$12,000.

A month?
Yes.

I can't go before
the board with
that, Doctor.

I was thinking of
speaking directly
to the patrons.

The few patrons
that this hospital has

already give what
they can, Doctor.

We'll have to
convince them to give more

than they're
accustomed to giving.

Perhaps if they see Mr Lowe.

I think you
overestimate the effect

that Mr Lowe has
on people, Doctor.

We're talking about money.

SAYER: There was
extreme rigidity of
the axial musculature.

This is a gross impairment
of the postural reflexes,
an autonomic dysfunction.

It's a brain stem
type of rigidity.

A meningismus.

What's most
striking is the profound

facial masking or
deafferentation,

which we now know should
not be confused with
apathy or catatonia.

SAYER: Some things could
reach him though.

The mention of his name,
notes of a particular
piece of music,

or the touch of
another human being.

But these awakenings
were rare and transient,

lasting only a moment or two.

The rest of the time,
he remained,
as you see him here,

in a metaphorical
if not physiological
equivalent

of sleep or
even death.

This was his condition
when first found by me

in a remote bay
of this hospital

and the quality of his life
for the last 30 years.

Now?
SAYER: Whenever you're ready.

My name is Leonard Lowe.

it has been
explained to me

that I have been away
for quite some time.

I'm back.

(INDISTINCT)

Okay, here we go.

Take her away.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Sure.

(SNORING)

Dr Sayer?

What is it?
It's a fuckin' miracle.

Where are my glasses?
They're on your face.

Thank you.

Beth, close the door.

I'm talking.

Light.

I'm Rose.

Go stand up.

Hello?

Where is this?

I'm walking.

Who are you?

Thank you for coming.
You see, things are
a little different today.

Miriam.

Come on, Miriam.

SAYER: Miriam. Miriam.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Lucy.

I had the
strangest dream.

I have to take
your blood pressure.

I've been
sitting for 25 years.
You missed your chance.

MARGARET:
Are you okay?

I need some makeup.

Okay. I think we
can take care of that.

And I need some dye
for my hair. Black.

Black? Rose,
are you sure?

Yes, it's always been black.

Dr Sayer, something
about fruit trees.

Prune the fruit trees.

I will.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

I want a steak, rare.
Mashed potatoes and gravy,
string beans.

I was aware of things,
but nothing
meant anything to me.

There was no connection to me.
There was a war or two.

This morning,
I went to the bathroom
all by myself.

Do it, do it, do it!

I think I liked him
better the other way.

Where'd they go?

Rolando, can you
speak to me?

It's Miss Costello.

Do you understand me?

Lucy.

What year is it?

What year is it?

It's '26, silly.

BETH: Miriam.

Come on, Miriam. Be a sport.

Don't touch.
Don't touch, Miriam. Don't.

I'm getting
tired of this.

Come on, Miriam.

I'm convinced.

WOMAN: "Like crowds
storming the Bastille,

"the mighty Mets
stormed their locker room

"shortly after 9:00 on
their night to remember,

"and touched off

"one of the loudest,
wildest, wettest

"victory celebrations
in baseball history.

"Released from
bondage and ridicule
after seven destitute seasons,

"they raised the..."

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly.

Sidney.

Hi, Sidney.

Hi.

Are we gonna go
to the same place?

Well, actually,
I don't know.

Everybody,
stay together, stay together.
Come on, bring up the back.

ANTHONY: Everybody stay
together. Come on.

Bye! Bye!

Bring Leonard back.

Anthony, will you
get Leonard?
It's all right.

ANTHONY:
Leonard. Leonard.

Len, Len.
Come on, come on, come on.

Everyone, please stay
with the group here.

Hurry up!

Come on, now. Stay together.

Okay, everybody,
we gotta get on!

No pushing! No pushing!

I wanted to ask you
how my father's doing.

Try and make room.

You know, Ma,
maybe you shouldn't go.

No, of course I want to go.
Don't be ridiculous.

I'm gonna take the stairs.
MAN 1: It's crowded.

I'll meet you down there.

You go another time.

SAYER:
You can't be there, Leonard,
or the door won't close.

SAYER: Thank you.
Bert, stop jumping!

Sidney's going.

He's a patient, Mom.

He's not the same
kind of patient.

Yeah, but he's
still a patient, Mom.

You're not a patient.

I'm your mother.

Are there any
other mothers going?

Wait a minute.
Now, what have you
done to your hair?

Yes, Bert,
that's a tyre.

I know it's a tyre.
I'm not an idiot.

There's your bus.

Have fun.

Treat me like an asshole.

We'll take care
of that, Bert.

BETH:
See you, guys.

Bye-bye! Bye!

Are you ready, Leonard?

I've decided not to go.
I'm gonna stay here.

Why? What's wrong?

I'm okay. I just...

Wave.

(HONKING)

Doctor, Doctor.
Come on already.

I'm coming, all right?

Leonard, are you sure?
Yes.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. See you later.
Have a good time.

Doctor, come on.
I'm coming.

Bye, you guys!

Bye, Leonard.

Bye-bye.
Bert, will you sit down?

WOMAN 1: Fish sticks, please.
WOMAN 2: Okay.

Okay, here you go.

Hi.

Meat loaf, please.

There you go.

Thank you.

Meat loaf.

Meat loaf, too.

Thank you.

There you go, okay?

Next.

Are you following me?

I'm sorry.
I was only kidding.

I saw you
upstairs just now.

Are you visiting someone?

Uh, no.

You work here.

I live here.

You're a patient?

You don't look
like a patient.

I don't?

(CASH REGISTER CLINKS)

I've always loved
Carnegiea. Haven't you?

Look, Dr Sayer.

What is it, Anthony?

You choose this place?

Why?

I always come here.

Why? I mean,
don't get me wrong, Doctor.

This is a nice place,
but after the first hour,
it loses something.

Miss Costello,
Anthony seems to
think the group is bored.

They are.

Well, I thought about
taking them to
the opera house, but...

The opera?

The Museum of
Natural History?

No, no,
I don't think so.

Just a lot of
dead stuffed things.

Oh... Well, uh...

Where else is there?

Ask them.

(BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYING)

(LAUGHING)

Is it legal again?

Yes, for some time.

BARMAN: Ladies,
what can I get you?

A Rob Roy on the rocks.
A what?

Could you make
that a virgin Rob Roy?

I work the night
shifts at this diner,

so sometimes before work,
I'll come see my father.

He used to go
to all the games,

so I like to read
him the sports pages.
(CHUCKLES)

I don't even know
if he knows I
visit him or not.

My mother
doesn't think so.

But you do.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Well, sometimes I
think I see something.

You know,
I think I see a change.

And for a moment,
I see him like he was,
you know, before the stroke,

and then it's gone.

I don't even know
if I saw anything.

Does that make any sense?

Yes.

Okay, my troop,
back to the ward.

Come on, Debbie.

Bill, Dion. Come on.
Put your fork down. Let's go.

So, why are you here?

I receive medication.

For what?

Without it,
I'm sort of like your father.

But I'm okay now.

It's good.

(BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ You made me love you

♪ 1 didn't want to do it

♪ 1 didn't want to do it

♪ You made me love you
(CLEARS THROAT)

♪ And all the time you knew it
(LAUGHS)

♪ I guess you always knew it

♪ You make me happy ♪

No, thank you.

♪ And sometimes
you make me sad

I really, really...

♪ There were times, dear,
you made me, oh, so glad

♪ You made me sigh for

♪ 1 didn't want to tell you

♪ 1 didn't want to tell you

♪ I want some love

♪ That's true, yes, I do,
indeed I do

♪ Give me, give me, give me
what I cry for

♪ You know you got the frantic
kisses that I'd die for

♪ You know you made me
love you ♪

Thank you, Rose.

And I was so sure that
he was over easy with bacon,
wheat toast and black coffee

that I automatically
brought him his food
without taking his order.

You know what he says?
What?

"You forgot the tomato."
(BOTH LAUGH)

Did you bring
it to him?

No, we were out of them.
That's why I didn't get
it in the first place.

NURSE: Visiting hours are
from 3:00 to 6:00 every day.

Good afternoon.
Bainbridge Hospital.

Well...

It was really nice
talking to you, Leonard.

It was nice
talking to you, too.

Bye-bye.
Bye.

Paula?
Yeah?

He knows.

Your father.

He knows you visit him.

See you.

Doctor, these
are my friends.

He's my doctor.
Isn't he the cat's meow?

I want to show
you the sunroom.

(PLAYING ROMANTIC MELODY)

Miriam.

I don't know how
to tell you this, so
I'm just going to say it.

Your husband...

He was granted
a divorce from you in 1953.

(SIGHS) Thank God.

(LAUGHING)

Look at that.
Pontiac Firebird, 400 engine.

Firebird.

Now that's a car.

Morning, Lucy.
May I have your hand?

Take me away
from this place.

Wrong. It's right here.

Guess I lose.

I guess your
luck is changing.

Very nice. Very nice.

How's it going?

How's it going?

Yeah, how do you feel?

My parents are dead.
My wife is in an institution.

My son has disappeared
out west somewhere.

I feel old,
and I feel swindled.

That's how I feel.

MRS LOWE: I stopped by
the hobby shop.
I got more pencils.

And, uh, I got this.

A small T-square.

That's good?

I can use that.
Yeah. Good.

Hi, Leonard.

Hi.

That's really nice.

I'll be right back.

Leonard.

MRS LOWE: He never talked
about girls before.

Certainly never had
anything to do with them.

It's a bit ridiculous,
all this girl business.

Don't you think?

He's a grown man,
Mrs Lowe.

You know what
he said to me?

I should take a vacation.
I should go away for
a few days and relax.

Well, I'm sure he meant
you deserve a vacation,
which you do.

I can't leave him
alone in this place.
He'd die without me.

Girls.

(RINGING)

Hello.
LEONARD: Hello?

Dr Sayer?

Dr Sayer,
I've gotta talk to you.

Leonard?
Yes.

I think it's important
some things were said.

I just gotta talk to you.

What kind of things?

Well, things that matter,
things that have
happened to me,

things that I've
come to understand.
Things, things.

Where are you
calling from, Leonard?

Your office.

it's very late.

Is it?

Leonard, you stay there.
I'll be right over.

Good.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

(DIAL TONE)

Leonard. Leonard.

Dr Sayer, sit down.
Sit down.

Why? What's wrong?

We've got to
tell everybody.

We've got to remind them.
We've got to remind
them how good it is.

How good what is, Leonard?

Read the newspaper.
What's it say? All bad.

It's all bad.

People have forgotten
what life is all about.

They've forgotten
what it is to be alive.

They need
to be reminded.

They need to be reminded
about what they have and
what they can lose.

What I feel is the joy
of life, the gift of life,

the freedom of life,
the wonderment of life.

He kept saying that
people don't appreciate
the simple things.

Work, play,
friendship, family.

He was so excited
he talked till
5:00 in the morning.

I don't know whether
this is liberation, mania.

Or love?

Yes, right.

What he's saying
is absolutely right.

We don't really
know how to live.

But at 5:00
in the morning?

Waheedah, how are you?

I'm fine.

Very good.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Mr Lowe?

Are you all right?
Yeah.

What is it that you
want now, Mr Lowe?

The simplest thing.

And it is?

To have the choice
to go for a walk

if I want to like
any normal person.

You are free
to go for a walk.

I am? Alone?

What difference
would that make?

Look, I'm not a criminal.

I've committed no crime.
I'm not a danger to
myself or to others.

And yet, I'm still not allowed
to go for a walk on
my own, by myself.

You didn't wake a thing,
you woke a person.

I am a person.

Mr Lowe, are you at all aware

of the unconscious hostility
you're exhibiting
toward us right know?

How could I be aware of it
if it's unconscious?

Nora, please.

(ALL CHUCKLING)

I'm curious.
What would you do
if you went out?

I'd go for a walk,
I'd look at things,
I'd talk to people.

I would decide if I want
to go in this direction,

or that direction,
or straight ahead.

I would do all the things
that you people
take for granted.

And that's it?

That's it.

All right, then.

We'll certainly take
this into consideration,
and we'll let you know.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Dr Sayer.

SAYER: Are you all right?

Yeah, I was aware of that.
It was nothing.

I was nervous.
What'd they say?

They said
there was insufficient
data at this time,

that continued observation
was necessary for
a complete diagnosis.

They said it's
a different world out there,

and you may not
be prepared for it,

and they couldn't
be held responsible
for what might happen to you.

They said no.

What did you say?

They don't have to
listen to me, Leonard.

Do you agree with them?

Yes.

Leonard, I don't think
we're out of the woods yet.

I'm not sure that
this is nothing.

It's an experimental drug,
and we need time to
evaluate things before...

Bye.
Leonard.

Leonard.

Leonard.

Where are you going?

For a walk.

Leonard. Leonard.

This is Dr Sayer.

So where you goin'?
I'm going outside.

No, not today you're not.
Patients are not
allowed beyond this point.

I'm just going out for a walk.
No, no. I'm sorry.

Don't make it
hard on yourself.

Leonard. Stop for a minute.

I just want to go for a walk!

He's not a mental patient.
This is unnecessary.
Let him go.

Please, he's not violent.
He's not violent.

Will you let go of him?
You will hurt him!

Will you let go of him?
Wait! Stop, please!
Let go of him!

I don't understand it.
He was never any
trouble before.

He was quiet and
polite and respectful.

He never demanded anything.
He was never disobedient.

Because he was catatonic,
Mrs Lowe.

I'm speaking of
when he was a boy.

I'm sorry.

I don't know who
that is up there.

I don't think he knows.

You've turned Leonard
into something he's not.

It's not us that's defective!
It's them!
We're not in crisis! They are!

They are!

We have been through
the worst and survived it.

They haven't.
They fear it! They fear it!

Because they know!

MAN: They know!

They know.

ALL: They know!

Because we...

We remind them.

We remind them that
there is a problem,

that there is a problem
that they don't
have an answer to.

And they'll
never be healers
until they realise this,

until they start
to see the problem,

until they start to
admit that there is
a problem,

and that
the problem isn't us.

We're not the problem.
It's them!
They're the problem!

(YELLING)

They're the
(STUTTERING) problem.

They're the problem!

(PATIENTS YELLING)

They're the problem!

He's lived for 30 years
without the ability
to release anger.

KAUFMAN:
As have the others.

I happen to think his
behaviour is more natural
than the others.

Really?

His tics and
his paranoia,

you think
these are signs of
normal behaviour?

Because he's in that place.

Is that it?
Yes.

We wake him up,
and then we lock
him up in a cage.

That's not paranoia.
That's a fact.

The fact is, Doctor,

that I've got 20 psychotics
up there refusing to eat.

Now, they have no idea
why they're refusing to eat.

How long do you think
I should let that go on?

He knows why.
He wants out.

Dr Sayer, Mr Lowe is not
the messiah of ward five.

He's a man in trouble.

He wasn't resurrected.
He was administered a drug,
a drug by you.

A drug that has fallen short
of its somewhat
miraculous reputation.

The others are fine.
They show no signs...

He's been on it longer,
Doctor.

Now, I sympathise with him.
I've tried to accommodate him.

But I will not let
him endanger the health

of the rest of
the patients in this hospital.

SAYER: You can help
if you wait for me
out there, please.

Okay, Doctor.
Thank you.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

MAN:
We can't allow it.

LEONARD:
He's all right.

He's all right.

How are you today?

I'm all right.
How are you?

Never better.

What's the purpose
of these gentlemen?

These gentlemen protect me.

I wish I didn't need them.

Someone's trying to hurt you?

Who?
Who? (CHUCKLES)

That's the thing,
isn't it? Who?

One never knows.
Someone I least expect,
I expect.

Look at history.

Leonard, every patient
on this ward thinks
there's a plot against him.

Yeah, well, they're mistaken.
They're crazy.

(LAUGHING)

You've gotten worse.

The drug's not working.

All these things
you're experiencing
are the side effects of that,

and they're making
you behave this way.

I appreciate your
coming to see me,
but I have things to do.

Leonard. Leonard,
please, look at yourself.

No, look at yourself.

I have a sickness.

Sickness took me
out of the world,
and I fought to come back.

I fought for 30 years.
Thirty years.

And I'm still fighting.
But you. . .
You have no excuse!

Me? I've nothing
to do with me.

You have no excuse!

You're just a scared and
lonely man with nothing!

No life, nothing!
You're the one
that's asleep.

Your medicine
could be taken away.

They can do that.

You could wake
up in the morning,
and it won't be there.

Leonard.

Get away from me!

(PATIENTS GIGGLING)

I'm all right. Thank you.

I just fell. I'm fine.

(DOOR CLOSES)

LEONARD: Sayer.

Help me.

Can you walk?

I won't let them
take the medicine
away, Leonard.

We'll work together
with it.

All we're saying is that
you're taking
an unnecessary risk.

He's had
a reaction to the drug.

He has acquired
some tics,

but he's not
as concerned
with his appearance

as the effect it may have
upon the other patients.

Now, we'll be
working with his dosage.

He's aware of this,
and he's prepared
for any effects,

but he wants the others
to be prepared as well.

Now, you've gotta
help me with this.

MARGARET: Yes, Doctor.
Okay.

Hey, Len.

Welcome back.
Thanks.

Hello, Leonard.
Hi.

How you doing, Leonard?
How you feeling?

You all right?

It's swell to
see you, Leonard.

It got so quiet
around here.

(ALL LAUGHING)
'Cause we're waiting for you.

♪ Just a song at twilight

♪ When the lights are low

You're looking good, Len.
You're looking
better every day.

Yeah.

LUCY: ♪ Softly come and go

What if he's just
had enough of it?

What if it's just a matter
of time for all of us?

There's no
medical reason

to think that what's
happening to Leonard
will happen to you.

Why not?

Well, you're all individuals,
and you're well.

Aren't you?
Yeah.

♪ Comes love's
old sweet song ♪

That was lovely, Lucy.

I learned that song a long,
long time ago.

I know what year it is.

I just can't imagine
being older than 22.

I've no experience at it.

I know it's not 1926.

I just need it to be.

How are you?

Never better.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)

How are the others?
Are they talking about me?

They're scared.

They should be.

Can you stop this?

I'm not sure,
but I'm trying.

Don't give up on me.

I won't.

425.
425.

Yes.
Okay.

Here we go. 425.

MAN: I got a postcard
from my son.

LEONARD: I'm all right,
and then everything stops.

Look at this.
I got a postcard
from my son.

There's no warning.
It's like a light
switch going off.

it happens that fast.

Something has to
happen to bring me back,
a sound or a touch.

And then I can move again.
I'm okay again.

Thanks.

It's not that it feels bad.
It's nothing. I feel nothing.

It's like I'm dead.

Nothing.

Nothing.

it gets to be like I'm
not a person any more,
just a collection of tics.

Not that I mind
them necessarily.

Sometimes they make
life kind of interesting.

Though I'm not
sure who's in control,
me or them.

What I do mind
is knowing that they
shouldn't be there.

Back to five.

Okay, five, five.

Just a little more.

Okay.

It feels good
when I'm working.
I feel good here.

The book list is
coming along well.

I'd love to see it.

It's here somewhere.

That's all right.
Some other time.

(GROANING)

Leonard. Leonard.

(STUTTERING)
What's happening?

You're having
an oculogyric crisis.

Get the camera.
Get the camera.

Bring the camera.
Get the camera.

(BABBLING)

I can't do this, Leonard.
I'm turning the camera off.

(GARBLED) No, no, no.
Watch, watch, watch.

Learn, learn, learn.
Learn, learn, learn.
Learn, learn!

Learn, learn, learn.
Learn, learn, learn.

Learn from me. Learn.

Six...

625.

PHARMACIST: All right, 625.

SAYER: 675.

6757 Okay.

Thank you.

I can't read any more.
I can't keep my
eyes in one place.

I keep going back
to the beginning.

The beginning,
beginning, beginning.

I've let everybody down.
I have.
No.

I let you down.

No, you have not.

I have! I have!
I'm grotesque.

You are not.

It's not true,
and I won't listen
to you talk like this.

I'm grotesque.
I am. Look at me.

Look at me,
and tell me I'm not.

Tell me I'm not.
You're not.

This isn't me. This isn't me!

(LEONARD CRYING)

When my son was born healthy,
I never asked why.

Why was I so lucky?

What did I do to
deserve this perfect child,
this perfect life?

But when he got sick,
you can bet I asked why.

I demanded to know why.
Why was this happening?

There was nothing I
could do about it.

No one I could go to
and say, "Stop this.

"Please, stop this.
Can't you see my
son is in pain?"

My son is in pain.
Please, stop this.

He's fighting, Mrs Lowe.

He's losing.

Uh, I worked.

Had friends over,
went dancing.

That's about it. Not much.

That's great.

I've never done
any of those things.

You will.

They'll never let
me out of this place.

And they shouldn't.

I think I'm still not
well as you can see.

I mean, I feel well
when I see you.

(STUTTERING)
I won't see you any more.

I just want to
say goodbye.

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

Look.

(INAUDIBLE)

(SOBBING)

Now?

SAYER:
Whenever you're ready.

My name is Leonard Lowe.

it has been
explained to me

that I have been away
for quite some time.

I'm back.

SAYER:
What's it like to be back?

I thought it was
a dream at first.

SAYER:
What made you realise
it wasn't a dream?

When I spoke and
you understood me.

(DOOR OPENING)

You told him
I was a kind man.

How kind is it to give life
only to take it away again?

COSTELLO:
It's given and taken
away from all of us.

Why doesn't that
comfort me?

Because you are
a kind man.

(INAUDIBLE)

Because he's your friend.

SAYER: The summer
was extraordinary.

it was a season of
rebirth and innocence.

A miracle.

Fifteen patients,
and for us, the caretakers.

But now we have to adjust
to the realities of miracles.

We can hide behind
the veil of science

and say it was
the drug that failed,

or that the illness
itself had returned,

or that the patients
were unable to cope

with losing
decades of their lives.

But the reality is

we don't know what went wrong
any more than we
know what went right.

What we do know is as
the chemical window closed,

another awakening took place.

That the human spirit
is more powerful
than any drug,

and that is what
needs to be nourished.

With work, play,
friendship, family.

These are
the things that matter.

This is what we had forgotten.

The simplest things.

Well...

(CLEARS THROAT)
Good night.

Good night.

Eleanor!

Yes?

Um...

(DOOR CLOSES)

Eleanor.

What's wrong?

I was wondering,
what are you doing tonight?

If you have
other plans, I...

No.
Because I was wondering...

You have no plans?

No, I have no...

Because I was
wondering if you... We...

Well, you and
I could, um...

If we could, um,

go for a cup of coffee?

Yes.

I'd love to.

My car's over here.

What do you say
we just walk?

Okay.

SAYER: Let's begin.