All language subtitles for The Quiet Earth 1985

Hello?

Hello?

Come on! I know someone's in there!

Hello?

Hello?

Hello? Is anybody out there?
Is anybody receiving me?

Complete.

Warning: Radiation danger.
The lab will be sealed immediately.

Warning: The lab is now sealed.

There's nobody in administration!

You did it this time, Perrin. International Cooperation, eh?

Well, you got everybody, including yourself.

Ultraviolet level now exceeding 100 milliwatts.
Don protective clothing.

Even me.

...from Tanko, Texas.

Analysis of these programs by our own computer

indicates that the programs being supplied are incomplete.

It is difficult to avoid the conclusion
that the LinCo HQ

are deliberately withholding
information.

I am unable to continue

blindly working on a project
of such phenomenal destructive potential.

Accordingly, there is only
one course of action open to me.

Zac Hobson, July 5th.

One: There has been a malfunction in Project Flashlight

with devastating results.

Two: it seems I'm the only
person left on Earth.

Three: Perrin has been incinerated at the grid control.
Four: ...

I've been sealed in the lab

so I've setup a gas device in the washroom hoping to

Warning: Alternate fire extinguishers not operating.

Name, address, phone number.

Hello. My name is Zac Hobson.

If there's anybody out
there at all, could you

please contact me at home.
2 Thurston Avenue, Grey Lynn.

Or ring me on 396-121.

Hello. My name is Zac Hobson.

If there's anybody out
there at all, could you

please contact me at home.
2 Thurston Avenue, Grey Lynn.

Or ring me on 396-121.

Attention, attention. Would all those alive
please step forward and show themselves.

...will be regarded as a direct
contravention of regulation 366025,

section 11 paragraph B.

Please somebody come.

Time I moved up in the world.

12th of July. I have now been broadcasting this
message for 5 days without reply.

Please ignore my previous address

as I am now a resident at 5 Rosehill Gardens, Churtin Heights.

Pop in for a visit, or phone 665-058.

I'd be delighted to hear from you.

Hello. This is Zac Hobson again.

12th of July. I have now been broadcasting this
message for 5 days without reply.

Please ignore my previous address

as I am now a resident at 5 Rosehill Gardens, Churtin Heights.

Pop in for a visit, or phone 66-

Very flamboyant.
Pity nothing went down.

Thought I'd give you a bit of a chance.

Big mistake. Polish this game off in one break.

Terrified.

Can't win against that kind of luck.

Skill.

...should be shut down immediately.
- Well I don't think that's the right thing to do.

I honestly and sincerely believe that.

It is your country's duty, as part of the
free world, to pursue all avenues of

technological research that contribute to our position.

thus maintaining the balance of power
that exists in the world today.

Now I cannot overemphasize this
point, because you can rest assured

that - even as I speak - this
is what the other side is d-

What are you gonna do?
Destroy us all?

I'm taking over.

Look, I haven't got time to talk
to you. I'm a very busy man.

Besides, you've had your chance.

I have dedicated all my scientific
knowledge and skill to projects

which I knew could be
put to evil purposes.

For the common good!

How easy to believe
in the common good,

when that belief is rewarded

with status, wealth

and power!

How hard to believe
in the common good.

When every fiber of my being tells me

that the awesome forces
that I have helped to create

have been put into the hands of madmen!

I've been gay by the volume
of my own corruption!

Is it not fitting, then, that I be president?

Of this...

...quiet Earth?

I've been condemned to live.

Where is he?

Alright, where are you?

Where are you?

Where is he?

If you don't come out, I'll shoot the kid!

And now I am God.

Hello.
- G'day.

How are you?
- Pretty good. Whaddya know?

UV's up a bit. Keep an eye on that.

It's not real.

God, it's good to see someone.

So, I went into my sister's room...

...and she was gone.

I mean gone.

Just...

...disappeared.

I hung around for about two weeks after that.
I don't remember much.

It was pretty bad.

Guess you were a little crazy.

I didn't decide I was president of the world.

It was really strange walking through
the hospital in the dark.

No sound. Empty beds.

I was quite shocked when I saw the baby.
- Baby?

Yeah, not just that it was a baby

I didn't look too closely. There were maggots.

That means there must be flies.

No. The effect happened three weeks ago.

The baby hadn't been dead that long.

Something's changed.

I can't quite measure it,
but I can feel it.

It's as though we've been shifted sideways.

North Pole's still up north,

but the water keeps going down
the plug hole the wrong way.

I get the feeling...

We're either dead...

...or in a different universe.

Are you in a different universe?
Are you a woman?

...or a child?

I've got this theory...

I believe people's faces are soft, like plasticine.

They're not rigid, like bone,
as doctors would have us believe.

And the shape of the face is
determined consciously by the brain.

So, if your brain has got a low capacity,

you would be both ugly and stupid.

But if you've got a reasonably good brain,

then it's up to you to decide
how to use its energy.

You could be reasonably attractive
and reasonably intelligent...

...or you could be
smart, but ugly.

Or beautiful, but stupid.

I thought one didn't get a hangover with champagne.

So did I.

Now, if you got really lucky, you
could have an exceptional brain...

...and you could be both extremely beautiful

and highly intelligent.

Like me.

Did you make all that up yourself
- Yeah.

You're beautiful.

Hey...

Are you calling me stupid?

No, no.

Wouldn't do that.

No maggots.

She was calling for help.

She was definitely alive after The Effect.

Pull over.

What's wrong?

Does it look to you like the sun's pulsating?

No.

No. Doesn't to me, either.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith?

This one's yours.
- Thanks very much.

If we find anyone alive,
what do you think we'll be like?

We might find all manner of horrors.

Politicians.

Transvestites.

I think we should look in places where

people are either trapped
or too afraid to leave.

Mental hospitals, prisons.

That sort of thing.

Then let's hope we don't find anyone.

We have to look.

There you are.

Run out of words?

Where are we sleeping?
- I'm sleeping over there.

Thought you might say that.

This one'll do. Keys are in it.

I still don't like it.

Don't be beautiful.

It's simple: I'll cover that side
of the river, you cover this.

Call me every half hour.
- Yeah.

Zac, can you hear me?

Joanne, come in please.

Zac, I'm at the hospital.
Where are you?

I'm driving past the university.
Everything okay?

Yes. I'm just going in.

Okay. Call you in half an hour.

You there, Zac?

Hello. You okay?

I felt really strange a few
seconds ago. Where are you?

I'm at Mental Street and Hillcrest.
There's nothing here.

Is there anything at the university?

Not a thing.

Call you later.
But, keep in touch, though.

Okay. Over and out.

Are you trying to tell me that you

and your white-coated cronies up the road there

really had something to do with this?

Don't know.

I was an American idea.

They were experimenting
with energy transmissions

through a grid surrounding the Earth.

Aircraft, drawing directly from that grid,

so they wouldn't have to refuel.

That sort of thing.

Of course. An exclusive all-male club

playing God with the universe.

We were just one small unit in a whole
network of stations around the world.

Acting simultaneously. Besides...

We might not have been responsible.

God may have just blinked.

God blinked and the
whole world disappeared?

A world of noisy, brawling,

wonderful human beings.

God, I miss them.

It's alright.

Hello?

Dr. Hobson, this is reception.

I suppose you realize you must
vacate your room by 10 o'clock.

And, are you aware there is an extra
charge for your guest last night?

Didn't realize I had to pay for it.

You don't get anything for nothing, you know?
- Come back to bed.

Thank you.
- Anything else, sir?

More crumpet?
- Sorry, love, crumpet's off.

See you 1 o'clock in the plaza.
- Okay, then we head south.

We go back.
- We'll discuss that at lunch.

There are a number of constants

which have never been known to
change in the history of science.

One of these is the unit
charge of an electron.

In an experiment I have just conducted

I have established that
this charge has changed

and, in fact, is oscillating
between two new values.

I cannot to measure these values,

as it seems the amplitude of
the oscillation is increasing.

I can only conclude that
the fabric of the universe

has not only altered,
but is highly unstable.

God knows where that leaves us.

Hello, mon cher.

Joanne, is that you?
- You mean there is someone else?

Hey, you know you're the only girl
in the world for me, sweetheart.

Okay.

Au revoir, cheri.
- I'm on me way.

Freeze, mister!

You alone?

You seen anyone else?

Up against the truck.

Turn around.

Zac, are you there?

Zac?

What's holding you up?

You tell lies.
- No, well, what would you have done?

How many of you?
- Just her and me.

Two of yous?

Switch it off and cruise.

Look...
- Come on!

She's not there.
- You'll find her.

Zac, where've you been?

Why didn't you answer me?
- This bloody radio.

I thought I was gonna be alone again.

Good.

Hide the bottle. It's a cop.

Straight face, please.

Fish. Fish in that stream.
- Baby ones.

Yeah, that makes sense. The fish
eggs settle on the river bed.

The male fish swims along
dropping sperm on them.

So, if the sperm was released before
The Effect, and penetrated after...

...there's be fish.

For awhile there, I thought I was dead.
- He thought he was God.

Why did you think you were dead?
- Cause I was.

I was in the bush down south with a mate.
Well, sort of mate.

As I began to go unconscious,
I could see it all happening.

I was watching from high up.

I could see him, and I could see myself.

It was really peaceful.

Like a weight'd been lifted off.

There was another thing.
Like a light a long way off.

I was traveling towards it
Yearning to reach it.

Suddenly, I felt the whole weight
of life crash back on me.

I was so disappointed.

You felt that, if you could reach that light,
you'd never want to come back again.

Happened to me.

The same.
- The moment of death.

The effect happened at the exact moment
of death and that's why we survived.

Is that what you think?
- I reckon.

For awhile there I didn't know what I was.
And when I found I was alone in this world...

I thought I was a ghost.

It was really sad.

I reckoned if I was here and alive,
I'd better head north to look for survivors.

And if I was a spirit, I thought
I'd better head for Cape Reinga.

Either way, I was heading
in the right direction.

So there's just the three of us.

Well, you're alive and so am I.

How about you?

I suppose so.

What do you think of him?
- He plays the odd bum note.

Oh, come on.

Nah, I think he's great.

See you made the beds.
- Mmhm. One...two.

It's ironic.

Of all of us, I thought I'd be the
one most equipped to handle

Whatever it is that's happened.

I used to enjoy being a loner.

And then you came along.

I'm thinking about the three of us now.
Not just you and not just me.

Hey Api, play us another
song which we can sing.

Okay.

Let auld acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind

Let auld acquaintance be forgot,

for the sake of auld lang syne

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,

for the sake of auld lang syne

If the oscillations in the sun continue
to increase at the present rate

the sun must collapse in a few
days, taking everything with it.

Computer analysis is needed immediately
for a more accurate prediction.

You know, the interesting thing about
friendships is, is that they're not logical.

You know how some people
will come up to you

and they'll ask you why
do you like so and so,

and you'll give them all these
interesting reasons why you do,

but you've actually made them up
after you've decided you like them.

I reckon you decide you like somebody

in the two seconds you meet them.
You stick to it regardless.

So, if you like them, you're gonna find
good things in all the bad things they do.

And if you don't, you're gonna find bad
things in all the good things they do.

The other thing is, you tend
to like people who like you.

And what did you decide about me?

Guess you like me.

Why was your mate trying
to kill you?

Cause I killed his wife.
- Killed his wife? Why?

It was necessary.

Necessary.

And who decides when
it'll be necessary?

And when'll be the next time
that you decide it's necessary?

Who the hell do you
think you are? God?

You're not God.

Joanne, look, something
really strange is happening.

I don't quite understand
it, but we're gonna...

What's the matter?
- Leave me alone, please.

What's happened?

Look, I got something
really important to tell ya.

We went through all
that shit last night.

I'm not talking about last night,
I'm talking about the sun!

You wanna talk about the sun?
Go and talk to that God out there.

Listen to me!

Take your hands off me.
- What are you doing?

Api...

How soon can you get your gear
together? We've gotta head up north.

But you just got here?

Yeah, I know. But please,
mate, how quickly?

My place not good enough for you?
- No, no. It's not that.

Look, I'll explain it along the way, okay?
- Are you in charge here?

Okay. Yeah, if that's the way
you want it, yes I am. Yes.

She came back crying.
What did you do to her?

What will you do?
- I'm in charge, remember?

Joanne, get your ass into gear.
We're leaving straight away.

Listen, honky, haven't you noticed?
Things have changed around here.

The white boss went with the rest of
them. There's just you and me now.

Look, it's complicated enough
for people like me

without trying to explain
to people like you.

People like what?
- Will you listen to that!

Okay. If that's the way you want it.

You coming?

I wouldn't ride with you if
you were the last man on Earth.

I'm working on it.

It would seem that Domingo's
Operation Flashlight is still intact.

Self-energizing from the
entire balanced grid.

And this is somehow
affecting the Sun.

You!

If you don't stop, I'll shoot.
And I don't care which one.

I'm not going to live with two
of you at each other's throats

trying to prove which one is God.

If you don't believe me, try it.

You don't trust -

For Christ's sake!

Look, that bloody thing's been
worrying me for over a year now.

I knew there was something
wrong with that project.

And I said nothing.

Can you be more guilty than that?

You condemned yourself to death.

On the morning of The Effect,
you were trying to kill yourself.

What you gonna do about it?
- Don't know.

You trying to tell me you
jokers caused all this

and you can't even fix it?

Well, we never did know the full story.
The Americans withheld information.

Are you monkeying
with the universe

without even knowing
what you're doing?

Nobody realized what
was happening.

We trusted them.
They were on our side.

You can't be that dumb.

They might as well tell the
Russians as tell you jokers.

Besides: They don't tell you,
you don't tell us...

You're all the same to me.

Well, I've told you now.

You tell lies.

Try it again.

Same result.
- Those two lines that meet.

What do they mean?

It's a time scale. That's the
point of maximum instability.

About 6 o'clock tomorrow morning.

What happens then?

Well, I think it's The Effect.
It's gonna happen again.

Zac?

Joanne?

Api?

Hey!

Yeah?

Zac?

Api?

Where are you?

Api!

Zac?

Api.

Joanne? Where are you?

Joanne!
- I 'm here.

You okay?

Your calculations are wrong.
It's too soon.

No. That was just a tremor.

Next time that happens,
it'll be the real thing.

Your calculations are
a waste of time.

You reckon the grid is ballast?

Okay. We take the sand out,
the grid collapses.

Didn't work.

Neat, eh?
- He's an artist.

Are you sure there's enough?

How much you reckon we need?

A ton?

We take a truckload.

So, Perrin throws the switch, The Effect
happens, and everyone disappears.

But our little effect is happening
again tomorrow morning.

Now there's no Perrin, no switch.

So maybe The Effect and the
grid are totally unrelated.

You mean like that boy with the stick?
- Ay?

The boy with the stick.

Remember that massive power
blackout in the States?

The whole east coast was
out for about 6 hours.

They reckon this boy
was on his way home.

He was pissed off
about something.

And he whacked this power
pole with all of his might.

And, at that instant,
his whole world went black.

And he thought he had done it.
What do you reckon?

Well, I reckon The Effect was a
cosmic event, like the creation.

And nobody has ever
explained that properly.

On the other hand, perhaps
nobody disappeared. Only me.

I am The Effect.

And us?
- You're not real. You're in my mind.

You're God.

I actually do think it's the grid.
Besides, it's our best bet.

So I'll get the other truck.

We're not real.

You were born under the
shadow of Pirongia.

Down that way...

Patupaiarehe. The red-haired
people of the night.

Maybe you're not real.

Real enough.

Oh well. I suppose, if this works,
we all live happily ever after.

Don't we?
- Hopefully.

All three of us?
- We have to.

It's easier for me because
I like both of you.

But you do prefer him...

I get a really strange
notion sometimes.

Sometimes I feel
as if you and Api

have known each other
a long, long time.

As though I'm the victim
of some huge conspiracy.

And you and Api have been
sent to be my guardians.

I feel as though you
pass secret messages

when I'm not looking.

Perhaps we do.

There's some pretty
odd things about Api.

Are you worried about why his
mate was trying to kill him?

Yeah.

He killed his mate's wife.

She was in love with him
and he rejected her.

So she committed suicide.

And he felt he was responsible.
So did his mate.

That's really sad.

The things I've learned
about people...

...in the last few weeks.

You needn't worry about me.

Whatever happens,
I can handle it.

Look out!

Api! I knew there was something
I forgot to tell him.

What do you reckon?
- Blow it up?

I'll push it out of the way.

Hey, Api?

Be careful.
- No sweat.

He's going an awfully
long way back.

Surely he's not...
- No.

He is!

Anybody coming?
- See ya.

Api. You read me?

Api. Come it, Api.

Here comes the boss.
- Answer your bloody radio, Api!

Give him a bit of a squeeze, eh?
- What the hell are you doing?

We can't go any closer.
- Why?

The lab's so hot with ionization,

it'd be like walking
into a microwave oven.

Are we safe enough here?

It's about a mile away.

Looks like we didn't bring enough.
- Shall we take a look?

The lights are still on.
- Yeah.
Are supplied by the network.

We'll know whether the grid's
collapsed. The lights will go out.

If we ever get the
truck in there at all.

Who's gonna take it in?

I got something back in the
city that could do this job.

It's a radio control unit. I've
used it on a lawn mower.

Will it work on a truck that size?

We can adapt it.
- Have we got time?

Think so.

If I leave now, I'll be
back in two hours.

Like me to come with you?

Best you stay.
- Okay.

What do you think will happen?

He will try with
the radio device.

Probably won't work
on a truck that size.

So I'll drive it in.

Why you?
- Cause I'm the driver.

Anyway, it is easier for me.

My old kuia's looking after me.

What's that?
- It's the truck!

How long's it been?

About 20 minutes.
- He can't have gone at all.

He tells lies!

It's started.
- Zac?