Original subtitles

(drum roll)

(fanfare)

(children chattering)

MAN: Anyone else would die here of thirst in a few days,

because in this arid desert that looks like a paradise,

there is no surface water.

But the slender and graceful little Bushmen

of the deep Kalahari live here contentedly,

and in complete harmony with their environment.

They have lived here undisturbed for 20,000 years

because they are the only people in the world

who know how to live without surface water.

When ivory poachers in high tech vehicles

intrude into this vast thirst-land to hunt elephant,

they have to drag giant reservoirs of water with them.

And when the water runs low,

they have to hightail it out of the Kalahari again.

So the Bushmen work and play in peaceful isolation

quite unaware of the crowded and hectic world

outside their domain,

and even of the wars that are being fought

on the very fringes of the Kalahari.

Sometimes Xixo tells about the time

when he went to look for the end of the Earth,

and about the strange, heavy people he met on his journey,

but he finds it difficult to describe the beings

who live outside the Kalahari.

And he always ends up by saying

that the heavy people are persons

who seem to know some magic that can make things move

and even fly,

but that they're not very bright,

because they can't survive without their magic contrivances.

In the mornings, they like to read the news.

They can read that the hyena has a new girlfriend,

that the cheetah has lost one of her babies,

and the oryx is starting to migrate to the west.

The older children teach the younger ones

how to read all the gossip about their neighbors,

the animals,

because everything that happens in the Kalahari

gets printed out in the sand.

MAN: So it's all printed out here.

This is where they started infringing on your client's patent.

Give it to me there.

Now, that I can present in court.

Go back to frame A.

And give me sales.

Oh, go away, Geoff.

-Cathy, will you take this? -CATHY: Okay.

Take him off.

Now, cost per unit.

And a printout on that.

Mr. Geoffrey says he has to go to Hong Kong about the takeover.

Okay. Tell him to have a good flight.

So, uh, he won't make the ECACL conference.

He can't do that to me.

He said he'd like you to read the paper.

Says, uh, you did most of the research,

so you deserve the honor.

I deserve to be left alone

so I can take this case to court on Wednesday.

Oh, he says there you'll be back before Wednesday.

Oh, boy.

That morning, Xabe came out of the forest

with the news that some of the animals

had started moving towards

the marula groves in the north.

He ran up to his father and shouted,

"The marulas are ripe. Let's go and collect some."

But then Xisa and little Xiri ran up and said,

"Can we come too?"

Xixo said, "Let's see if you're big enough yet.

"If you're taller than my bow,

"the hyena will be afraid of you

"and he'll keep his distance.

"But if you're shorter, he'll take you."

But Xiri said, "Please let me come too."

And Xisa said,

"I promise I'll always stay close to him."

Where are they having the conference this year?

In Okakarara.

-Where's that, Nebraska? -No, Africa.

Oh, boy.

They gathered a lot of marulas,

and on the way home they came across

the spoor of a wounded elephant.

Xixo said,

"This elephant is very weak. It's going to die."

He said to Xisa,

"You and Xiri can go on home.

"Tell your mother we will come

when we've found the sick elephant."

There was a very strange

and very beautiful pattern on the ground.

Xisa couldn't read it.

She'd never seen anything like it in her life.

There was another one

just as beautiful as the first one.

She wondered how anything could make

such a long, unbroken track.

She followed the track

and saw a very strange-looking thing.

(speaking foreign language)

She said, "You see, this thing went round and round,

and that's how it made such a long pattern

without footprints."

Xiri saw a beautiful dewdrop grow,

and when it dropped,

another one began to grow in its place.

They knew that the gods

always put dewdrops on plants in the night.

But here they could see a dewdrop form

in broad daylight.

Xisa said,

"I think this thing is making the water."

Xiri had never seen so much water in his life.

He didn't know there was so much water

in the whole world.

(engine starts)

They found the elephant,

and they saw the tiny wound that had made it die.

The tracks told Xixo that the heavy people had been there,

and he wondered why they had taken the useless tusks,

and had left all the valuable meat to rot.

He said, "The heavy people do strange things."

Bo said, "I'll call Xabo's family to help us eat the meat.

If I run all day and night, I can find them by tomorrow."

And Xixo said, "We'll go and call our family."

There were many tusks.

It takes the gods more than a man's lifetime

to make a full-grown elephant,

and it horrified them to see that so many had died.

Xixo and Xabe found the place

where Xisa and Xiri's tracks suddenly stopped.

Xixo said, "Look, Xisa climbed onto the thing,

and then Xiri went up too, and it took them away."

He said, "Tell our family they must go to the dead elephant,

"and start eating it.

I'll fetch Xisa and Xiri."

(indistinct chatter)

I'm sorry you had to come on such short notice,

but we're very honored to have you.

Thank you.

I would have liked going on the safari tour,

but I have to prepare my presentation.

You sure you'll be all right here?

I'll be fine, thank you.

Good, then I'll leave you to it.

All right. Bye.

(indistinct chatter)

You know where Stephen's working at the moment?

Yeah, I think I've got a rough idea.

Well, you may have to search around for him a bit.

Right.

-And Jack? -Yeah?

Tell Stephen we'll send the rest of the stuff

out to him later.

Right.

What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

-Oh, boy. -You don't buy it.

-Mm-mm -Okay, I'll try again.

Hi. How would you like to come fly with me?

I have to work on this. That's why I turned down the safari trip.

Trip's three hours.

I could show you lots of Africa in half an hour.

What do you say?

I have to present this at 3:30, you know.

Oops.

-Only half an hour? -Yes, doctor.

So, uh, what are you, a doctor of medicine?

No, corporate law.

What a tiny plane.

We have a smaller one but we can't find it.

-Can it fly? -In you go.

(engine buzzing)

-ANNE: What are those? -JACK: Buffalo.

Look, no hands. Flies by itself.

Safest plane in the world.

-Coffee. -Morning, boss.

You only done 80 miles.

Yeah, I slept a little bit.

You stopped.

I was bushed. So I pulled up and...

You slept more than four hours.

I was real pooped.

I told you we're running late.

I was really pooped, boss.

Move over.

It's okay, boss. I'm fresh now.

Jeez, boss.

Lazy bastard.

(speaking foreign language)

Get back to sleep.

I'm wide awake now.

-Sleep. -Yes, boss.

-I'll be right back. -Mm-hm.

-Hi, Stephen. -Hi. Thanks.

You're cutting it fine, you know.

There's a hell of a cumulus building up.

One of those thermals grabs hold of you,

it's gonna whip you right over the escarpment,

to 20,000, 30,000 feet.

See you later.

MAN (on radio): Stephen, is Jack there yet? Over.

Hi, Bob. Yes, he's here. Over.

Can you fly back in with him?

We found a baby giraffe that looks very sick.

We need your advice. Over.

Okay. Out.

You know you're not supposed to

cart your floozies around in that.

No, she's not a floozy.

-Hi. -Morning.

Do you do some kind of work around here?

(engine buzzing)

BOB: Hello, Stephen. Come in. Over.

Stephen, are you there? Over.

Hello, Stephen, come in. Over.

Hi, Bob. This is Jack. Over.

Jack, don't take off yet.

There's a freak storm moving in very fast

across the escarpment. Over.

Uh, Bob, they've just taken off. Over.

They? Is there someone else with him? Over.

Yes. Over.

Who? Over.

Uh, there was this young lady. Over.

Was she with you? Over.

Uh, sort of. Over.

Boy, you're in trouble. Over.

Over.

Xixo's old friend Waka was standing there

looking at the tracks the heavy people had made.

Xixo greeted him and told him that

his children were in the thing that had made the tracks.

Waka greeted him back and said,

"I'll come with you to find your children."

But Xixo said, "There's a dead elephant back there.

"Go there with your family

so they can help my family eat it."

(thunder rumbling)

(yelps)

(thunder rumbling)

(breathing heavily)

(engine sputtering)

They stopped.

I think there's some whiskey under your seat.

No, thanks. I'm okay.

Give it to me.

You're gonna start drinking?

Give me.

Can this thing fly on Scotch?

(engine starts)

George.

Boss?

Take over.

Xisa said, "When this thing gets tired

it will stop to rest.

Then we can follow the tracks back home."

(wind blowing)

(engine sputtering)

Running out of Scotch.

This any good?

No.

(wind blowing)

We're flying backwards.

I have to read my paper at 3:30.

How do I get back?

We have to find a road so I can hitch a ride.

So which way to the nearest road?

This is baobab country.

Oh, it can speak.

We're at least 300 miles from base.

Oh, boy.

Maybe more.

-(screeching) -(gasping)

-I'm sorry. -Any time.

I have to get to a telephone.

I don't even know what country we're in.

That was one hell of a storm.

Hey!

(muttering)

-What? -They're not scared of me.

-So? -They don't know about people.

We're in the deep Kalahari.

Will they find us here?

Eventually.

Well, how long is eventually?

Maybe a day, maybe a week.

A week?

I have to be back in New York on Wednesday.

You're from New York?

You mean I have to survive here for a week?

Anyone who can survive in New York can survive here.

We'll starve to death.

There's enough food around here.

Our problem will be water.

All we have is that six-pack up there.

They were getting quite thirsty,

but they knew where there was plenty of water.

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

She said, "No, I'm too heavy for you to pull me up.

"You come down here so you can push me up.

Then I can pull you up."

Xiri had never been in water in his life,

but soon got used to the idea,

and quite enjoyed it.

Is that water?

-Petrol. Gas. -So?

If I can get this down, we can fly out.

Today?

I have to take it apart, bring it down,

assemble it again.

Eventually.

Maybe by tomorrow, the next day.

-(distant roaring) -Was that a lion?

Yeah, I can hear them.

Let down the rope. I want to get up.

-They won't bother us. -You're okay.

They're bothering the hell out of me down here.

Will you let down that rope?

They're not coming this way.

ANN: What about eventually?

You don't bother them, they won't bother you.

And if they're hungry?

They're far from here.

(grunting, squealing)

(growling, hissing)

It's swarming with wild animals down here.

If you don't bother them, they won't bother you.

I'm not bothering them.

(growling)

(grunting)

(hyena laughing)

This one is drooling at me.

It's a hyena. They're always drooling.

-So? -Ignore him.

-Don't smile at him. -Why not?

He sees your teeth, he might think you're threatening him.

Let me get up there.

-(gasps) -(animal yelping)

You're enjoying this.

Yeah. Why don't you relax and enjoy it too?

What's to enjoy?

Wild animals all over the place,

no food, no water.

No room service.

Yeah, no plumbing.

What I need is plumbing. Now.

Go behind that thicket.

Alone? I mean, the lions are that way.

They're very far. If you don't bother them--

They won't bother me. I know, I know.

How do I get down?

How'd you get up there?

The lion was roaring.

Wasn't a lion.

It was a hyena sounding off.

Right.

Now, just a minute. Turn your back.

-Pull me up, pull me up. -I can't. Friction.

Then let me down.

-Stop. -What do you want me to do?

-Don't look at me. -I'm not looking at you.

-What do you want me to do? -Let me down, let me down.

(laughing)

What's so funny?

(gasps)

Okay, I won't bother you, see?

So don't you bother me.

(snorting, growling)

(screams)

-Watch it! -Go away!

Run, run, run, run, run, run.

Get up a tree!

You okay?

You said if I didn't bother them--

I see there's a baby rhino back there.

Maybe the mother thought you were molesting it.

I only talked to it. I didn't even smile at it.

It's okay. They're going away now.

I'm not coming down

before you can fly me out of here.

There's no plumbing up there.

(speaking foreign language)

-You thirsty? -Yes.

Right, you can have half a beer.

Great.

Don't open it yet.

Sorry. Oh, my goodness.

Sorry. What did I do wrong?

Well, it's warm. Drink it now.

(laughing)

Right. It's getting late.

We have to find food before it gets dark.

I saw an ostrich nest.

ANN: Do they bite?

No, they kick. But they aren't very bright.

If you lie down flat, he can't see you.

That's the male. He has to guard the eggs.

But if you can distract him...

How do I distract a male ostrich?

(speaking foreign language)

Lie down flat!

(growling)

(screeching)

For a moment,

Xixo thought he saw his children's footprints,

but it was only a baboon that had walked past.

(speaking foreign language)

(gunshot)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

So, what went wrong?

Nothing. We got the egg.

You mean that was standard procedure?

-Got a match? -(gasps)

The thing came back. I'm sorry.

You got a match?

I got a lighter.

BEN: Big Ben calling Ramjee. Big Ben calling Ramjee.

Do you read me?

(static)

Ramjee, come in. Big Ben calling.

Come in, Ramjee. Still out of range.

Maybe they're not there yet.

He said he'd meet us on the ninth.

That's yesterday.

Sorry, boss.

(radio tuning)

MAN (on radio): ...It is expected that at least 10,000 people

will attend the opening.

Although nine helicopters and four spotter planes

are taking part in the search,

no sign of Dr. Marshall and Dr. Taylor has been found.

-Was that us? -I suppose so.

-Doctor of what? -Zoology.

-You? -Law.

(singing in foreign language)

-We have to watch that guy. -The hyena?

Yes, he's a hell of a coward.

As long as you're taller than he is,

he'll keep his distance.

But if you lie down, he'll sneak up

and take a chunk out of your face and leg.

You can take first watch.

Call me when the moon gets to there,

and I'll take it to there, then you take it to first light.

(animal noises)

Coming down.

-I'm ready. -For what?

(gasps)

You only jumped 25 centimeters.

What happened to standard procedure?

Maybe next time.

Where are we gonna take off from?

There's a saltpan about three miles from here.

Well, how many blocks would that be?

Keep the sun over your right shoulder.

Stay clear of low branches.

-(growling) -(yelps)

-What? -It's that damn rhino.

It's a male. It's harmless.

What are you always climbing up trees for?

I'm not a doctor of zoology.

How am I supposed to know about males and females?

Damn near wrecked the nose wheel.

Give me slack.

(growling)

You only jumped 124 centimeters.

These things are dangerous.

It's very small.

(growling)

Yeah, but when it grabs hold of you it never lets go.

ANN: It's kind of cute.

Hey. No!

(air hissing)

-Now we've got a flat. -What do I do with this?

I don't know. Why don't you throw it away?

It'll just come right back.

Can you change the tire?

-Can you undo my boot? -Why?

It's the one that stepped on him.

So?

If I give it to him, he can have his revenge.

There.

(growling)

(speaking foreign language)

ANN: Is there enough gas to take us all the way back?

STEPHEN: lf we get it off the ground.

(engine starts)

No, it won't work.

Can't you fix it?

No pump.

You wanna be the wheel. You're crazy.

You see that stick?

When I shout "now," you bring it over this way.

But I can't fly a plane.

It'll lift your side of the wing,

then you center up.

When I shout again, you pull it back.

You see? Bring it over, center up, pull it back.

-Then what? -Then I'll take over.

But I can't even drive a manual.

Do you wanna kill us both?

You're nuts. I can't fly a plane.

Do you hear me?

-I can't fly a plane! -Throttles.

-What? -Shiny ones,

push them forward.

Here we go.

Come on. Stick it back. Center up.

I told you I can't fly.

Right, now pull back.

-You said pull back. -Not way back!

Pull it, pull it, pull it.

Will you make up your mind?

Bring her down, bring her down.

What?

We go that way.

You said you were gonna take over.

You should have gone that way. Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

Trust a woman to do a thing, and she buggers it up.

(engine buzzing)

So she buggered it up.

(indistinct shouting)

Just look down and read.

It says, "on/off." Switch it to off, then glide.

(laughing)

Whoa! Whoa!

Oh, please!

I told you I can't fly.

It says, "ballistic parachute."

Clearly. Distinctly.

Read it. Press the button.

You'll be okay.

ANN: I told you I can't even drive a manual.

(screams)

Oh, it's easy.

Bring it over, center it up, pull it back,

and get it right, woman!

I showed you so nicely.

I said, "Bring it over." Not, "Bring it over!"

You'll break your silly neck.

You don't explain properly. I could have broken my neck.

How the hell am I going to find you with only one boot?

Better find my boot.

Shoo. Go away.

-(growling) -(gasping)

(engine starting)

(engine buzzing)

(growling)

Oh, shit.

(singing in foreign language)

Wait!

Hi. Do you want to sell me your bike?

(speaks foreign language)

Look. I'll give you money.

I give you money, you give me the bike.

(speaks foreign language)

No, I have to go that way. There's a man there.

I'll pay you, you take me that way.

Okay.

-Here. -(speaks foreign language)

-Please, I insist. -(speaks foreign language)

Okay. Pay you when we get there.

-There? -(speaks foreign language)

(singing in foreign language)

(bike horn honking)

(clucking)

(growling)

-(singing in foreign language) -(bike horn honking)

ANN: Well, why don't we try something else?

MAN: Okay.

(clucking)

Yeah, sure.

-(speaks foreign language) -All right.

Good thinking.

(singing in foreign language)

(sighs)

Are you gonna hang in there forever?

There. Lunch. Go on, try it.

(growling)

Okay, try that.

(screeching)

(singing continues)

(Anne screams)

(elephants trumpeting)

(panting)

(panting)

(clucking)

Look, I'm really sorry. Please, take this.

(speaks foreign language)

No, come on.

Bye.

(singing in foreign language)

Well, thanks. Bye. Gotta find somebody.

(panting)

You said you were tired.

(speaking foreign language)

(engine starts)

Hey, go home.

Go back to your family.

Go on, get.

Get. Shoo. Go.

(speaking foreign language)

(laughing)

(speaking foreign language)

(vehicle approaching)

(grunts)

(engine grinding)

(engine stalls)

-(squawking) -(grunting)

-(shouting) -(gunfire)

(gunshots)

(speaking foreign language)

English?

Okay.

Get up.

-Move. -Which way?

To my jeep.

Stop! Where are you going?

Where is your jeep?

We go to your jeep.

Stop.

(engine starts)

-March. -Which way?

You know why a compass has a mirror on the back?

-Why? -So you can see who's lost.

Okay. We go northwest. That way. March.

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(wind blowing)

How far did you fly, for Pete's sake?

How the hell am I gonna find you?

Damn!

Hey.

Hey, you, get away. Leave it alone.

Get out of here!

Give me back my can!

Scumbag!

You mugger!

Thank you.

You keep away.

Stay there.

See these? You dare--

Don't even think about it.

You'll be sorry.

Go away.

Okay. You can have this one and no more.

Leave the can. Do you hear me?

Leave my can alone and go away!

(growling)

No, don't bring a friend.

I'm not gonna water you and your friends

and your relatives, and I'm not-- Ah!

(grunting)

(yawning)

Excerpts from the Geneva Convention.

Forget it.

It says here about how

a prisoner of war ought to be treated.

"No prisoner of war shall be subjected to inhumane treatment.

No outrage shall be committed."

Okay. Stop.

You can rest for three minutes.

What's your bloody hurry?

None of your business.

Three minutes.

(engine starts)

I'm pooped, man.

Hey! Don't do that. Come back.

I'm going to report you to the Geneva Convention!

Come back. You're my prisoner.

Come back!

(speaking foreign language)

Come out of there and be my prisoner!

-(tires screeching) -(screaming)

You mustn't do that!

March.

So if you're so smart,

how come you don't even know what country you're in?

So which way did they go?

I'll just have to wait till they come back.

(man talking on radio)

Xixo saw a heavy person dressed in funny clothes

sitting next to the track talking to herself.

She looked like a woman, but had a man's voice.

(Xixo speaking foreign language)

Hey.

Oh, it's your way of greeting.

We do it this way.

Sorry.

Okay. I'll do it your way.

Hello. I'm very glad to meet you.

He said, "Where is your family?"

He looked at her tracks and said,

"You are alone. How did you get here?"

He said, "I have to find my children,

"but there are two heavy people

"playing some kind of game back there.

"They went that way, and now I hear them coming this way.

Perhaps they'll let you play with them."

You want me to go with you? Uh-huh.

He showed her the tracks

where he met the two heavy men.

He said, "This is where they turned back.

"See how angry this one was

"because the tired one grabbed the stick from him.

And then he had to run. It was very funny."

(laughing)

But of course, she couldn't understand.

She was also quite illiterate.

She couldn't read the signs and tracks at all.

We're waiting for a bus?

Well, what do you know.

Go away. Bugger off. I don't want to see you.

Stop!

Who are you?

Xixo couldn't understand what these crazy people were playing at.

This thing penetrates.

You wouldn't shoot a lady.

He said, "I have to go and find my children."

He remembered the men had bad manners,

so he didn't say goodbye to them.

Gentlemen, I don't want to be involved in you wars.

I'm American.

Okay.

Hey, you can't leave me here. You want me to die?

(whimpers)

Get away from me!

(grunts)

Get away!

Try again, huh?

(grunting)

It's not fair. You can't both use me.

Let me go! Let me go. Let me go!

Okay, drop it.

-Drop it. -Yes, drop it.

Now, drop it.

Yes, drop it, drop it, drop it!

(speaking foreign language)

Can't we negotiate? I wanna go home.

If I don't get back to Biera by tomorrow night,

I can't meet my plane back to Cuba.

And then I gotta spend another six months

in this goddamn Africa!

And I've got to take you to my base. Now.

Well, I have to be in New York on Wednesday.

Sit down. And stay clear of the goddamn Cuban.

I'll stay clear of goddamn both of you.

I resent being used as a-- as a hostage object.

Gotta be in New York on Wednesday.

You should have stayed there.

I didn't ask you to come out here.

I have to walk my ass off to find you.

Yike!

(grunts)

Well, good.

(hyenas laughing)

What's so funny?

Switch it on.

Big Ben calling Ramjee. Big Ben calling Ramjee.

-What are you doing? -What am I doing?

Look at the sun. You're going the wrong way.

Boss, I'm driving on the compass.

This thing is made of steel. You left it there.

Look at the needle.

You buggered the compass, you stupid bastard.

Jeez, boss, I wasn't thinking.

-I'm real-- -Stop the bloody truck.

MAN: So when did you put it there?

Well, I drank some coffee just at sunrise, boss.

Five hours. Forty degrees off.

Stupid bastard.

Big Ben calling Ramjee. Big Ben calling Ramjee.

Do you read me, for Chrissakes?

Ramjee, come in.

MAN (on radio): Big Ben, where the hell are you?

Look, I'm sorry.

This idiot has goddamn bugged the compass.

I've been waiting three bloody days!

Where the bloody hell are you?

We could have been there, but we're way off course.

Now we have to backtrack for at least five hours

to find our bearings.

MAN: We're going back on our tracks now,

so we'll be out of range again.

I'll contact you when we come back into range.

(panting)

Little Xiri saw hyena tracks.

The spoor was very fresh,

so he knew the hyena must be close.

And it was downwind, so it was sure to smell him.

He remembered his father had said:

"If you're taller than the hyena,

it'll keep its distance."

(panting)

It couldn't understand how this small creature

had grown tall so suddenly.

-(speaks foreign language) -(whimpering)

Perhaps the hyena hoped that Xiri would get small again,

so it followed him

at a respectful distance.

Well, we got blown here in a kind of a plane,

and then I kind of lost Dr. Marshall.

Get in the jeep. Move.

Wait there.

-Okay, but leave your bag. -Why?

-You swat people. -No, I won't. I promise.

Look, I'll take out the rocks.

You got rocks in there?

You drive.

In there.

Start her up.

That way.

Xixo saw another track made by a heavy person

and the footprints told of a man who was in a bad way.

He spoke to the track. He said,

"I can see you need help,

but I must find my children."

MAN: Turn right.

Stop.

Hey, that's my jeep.

I know, I knew it.

-Go siphon. -Gas?

But my tank was almost empty.

Oh, dios mio.

Oh, boy.

(speaking foreign language)

Hi.

Xixo said, "I don't know what to do.

"You need someone to find water for you,

"but I'm worried about my children.

"I've been running for two days and a night,

"and I haven't found them.

I think they're very far."

What have you got?

About two liters.

Fourteen, 15 kilometers.

How much have you got in here?

I suppose about 20 kilometers.

And how far is your base?

Sixty, 65.

Oh, my God.

My base is only 20 kilometers.

Shut up. Get up.

Watch it!

Stop it!

(grunts)

I said, stop it!

Stop it right now!

Ahh!

(gunshot)

Lady, be careful with that thing.

-Give it to me. -I won't.

But I'm the good guy here. He's a bloody Cuban.

-Give it to me. -(rapid gunfire)

Jeez, lady.

Yes, make my day.

Okay, señorita.

My base is only 20 kilometers away.

There gonna be a plane to Cuba tomorrow.

Give me the gun. I'll take you there.

This guy doesn't know where he is.

You couldn't even find your own jeep.

How are you gonna find your base?

You can find it. You're so smart.

-We're going to my base. -Who says?

-I says! -Stop it!

You, get behind the wheel.

No.

No, get back. You gotta stay together.

Take his hand.

I said hold hands!

Okay, get in.

You go around that way.

Okay.

Now, can either of you fly a plane?

Yeah, I can.

Good. Drive back to where we started.

-Watch it, boss! -(horn honks)

Jeez, boss, we killed a little kid.

Sit down.

-We've got to get out of here. -But, boss, it was a little kid.

He's okay. He's okay.

-(sniffing) -(whimpers)

(barking)

(speaking foreign language)

(gasping)

-Jeez, Boss, there's another one. -(horn honks)

Bugger.

(horn honking)

Xiri! Xiri!

Xiri! Xiri!

Now Xisa didn't know which way to go.

What if her little brother had been left back there?

(sobbing)

ANN: Stop here.

This is where the Bushman found me.

That means the plane must be...

(speaking foreign language)

That guy's only bad news.

-Follow him. -We're low on gas.

-Follow him. -We low on gas.

Follow him.

(panting)

(laughing)

(gasps)

Hi.

Hold hands.

Get out that side.

Go that way.

Stop.

Goodbye, thank you.

What happened?

It's nothing, just kind of dehydrated.

Does W stand for water?

I don't have to tell you.

(sniffs)

Okay, open your mouth.

Who's the little guy who gave me that stuff?

I don't know.

He just keeps on appearing and disappearing.

Who are they?

They're soldiers.

They look very... affectionate.

No.

-Are they your prisoners? -Kind of.

We're not. We're hostages.

She hijacked my jeep and she kidnapped us.

You did it to me first! Both of them.

He did it and then he did it.

She hit me first.

You hit him?

Yeah.

She hit me too. Damn near killed me.

-You hit them? -Mm-hm.

Took them prisoner with a gun?

Yeah.

(vehicle approaching)

-No, we're still backtracking. -(gasps)

-(horn honking) -(yelling in foreign language)

-Keep going. -Yes, boss.

(speaking foreign language)

We nearly knocked over another crazy Bushman.

MAN (on radio): You still in Bushmen country?

It beats me where they come from.

You said nobody would see you.

-Bushmen don't count. -(speaking foreign language)

(tires screeching)

Oh, my God.

Ben, what happened?

BEN: Bloody Bushman was crawling all over.

What do you mean crawling all over?

What are you doing?

Hey, you okay? What are you doing?

(speaking foreign language)

What are you doing?

(speaking foreign language)

What were you doing up there?

Did he see the ivory?

I don't know. He must have.

Then you can't let him go.

That's right.

You a game warden?

Get him in here.

You come with us. You get in there.

Here.

-Boss? -Make him get in.

You come with us. You get in there.

You get in there!

You mustn't do that. Get in there.

Can't you do anything right?

-Jeez, boss. -Get me a tie-down.

What are you gonna do, boss?

So what if it's illegal? They did it to me.

He wants to go that way, and he wants to go that way.

The one with the gun gets to say where we go.

And I've got the gun and I say we go to the plane.

Okay.

In the jeep.

When we get to the plane, you can have your jeep back.

-And my gun. -We'll see about that.

(speaking foreign language)

What the hell do you think you're doing?

It's his, boss.

ANN: Stop.

Here are those tracks again.

Okay, the plane must be that way.

How are we gonna take off? I'm not gonna be the wheel again.

Now we can fix it.

I don't see a pump.

Don't! You've got to watch them.

(vehicle approaching)

-One of yours? -No.

Game rangers.

What are we gonna do, boss? He's got a gun.

Don't let him see the ivory.

Maybe they've got a pump.

Hi. Could you lend us a pump?

-BEN: What? -(grunting)

Could we borrow a pump with a--

Oh, no!

What have you done to him?

Ahh!

Drop that!

Throw it away!

George.

Get the gun.

What do we do now, boss?

-Tie them up. -Boss?

Give me that.

-Get the tie-downs. -Yes, boss.

-What's this all about? -I don't like game rangers.

-I'm not a game ranger. -Me too.

This is all I've got, boss.

Tie them two by two.

(howling)

What are we gonna do now, boss?

I gotta talk to Ramjee.

Big Ben calling Ramjee. Do you read me?

Ramjee, do you read me?

Out of range again.

George, you see that dome?

I'm gonna go up there to get range.

Got to talk to Ramjee about this.

I'm leaving you in charge. You watch these people.

Okay, now, you people. You behave, nobody gets hurt.

(chuckles)

(gunshot)

(whimpering)

Get the gun!

Hey, you mustn't do that. My boss will kill you!

-Got it. -Okay, let's go.

-Get in. -What do you mean, "Get in"?

Move it, man.

(engine starts)

Mister, come with us.

I wanna come too. He's gonna kill me.

You, give me first gear.

Hurry.

I knew it, I knew it. I told you we're low on gas.

Let's get out of here.

Move your ass, man.

BEN: What a day.

Game rangers, two soldiers and a woman.

What did you do with them?

I tied them up.

What the hell?

George!

Yes, boss?

(rapid gunfire)

(gunshot)

Your turn!

(gunshots)

-Your turn! -No, it's not!

-It is! -No, it's not!

-It is! It is! -No, it's not.

(gunshot)

-It is! -No, it's not!

Okay, damnit!

I'll get the bastard!

(panting)

(gibberish)

(speaking foreign language)

(panting)

(panting)

No, get up. Untie me.

(gunshot)

(fire crackling)

Come on.

(elephants trumpeting)

(gasping)

(growling)

(speaking foreign language)

Hey!

Oh, man.

Wait a minute. He's not so crazy.

He knows what he's doing.

(fire crackling)

He's making a firebreak. Clever little bugger.

It'll burn out now.

That's it.

(speaking foreign language)

They're your kids?

Yes, we passed them back there.

There's a tiny one and the other one.

Yeah. That way.

(speaking foreign language)

-Why are you crying? -GEORGE: He lost his kids.

I told him where to find them.

So you have to disappear again.

(speaking foreign language)

Goodbye.

And thank you.

Goodbye and thank you.

Watch it! He's got a gun!

Out of my way!

I want you guys to do that again.

-Do what? -What you just did.

-What the hell for? -It's a telescopic sight.

He can't hit a moving target.

-No! -When I say go,

you run around like crazy. All right?

Go!

Stand still, you bastards.

-(gunshot) -(roaring)

(grunts)

Throw it away.

(indistinct dialog)

Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm your goddamn prisoner.

I don't want you.

You're a-- You're a-- You're a shitty prisoner.

Xiri!

(echoing)

(shouting, echoing)

(shouting in foreign language)

Don't shout so many words at once.

Just tell me where you are.

(echoing)

What did you say?

(echoing, shouting)

(shouting in foreign language)

(both shouting in foreign language)

(barking)

(shouting in foreign language)

(yelping)

(laughing)

(engine starting)

-Okay, thank you. -Okay, goodbye.

Bugger off to Cuba and don't get lost.

See that hill over there?

You head straight for it, and you'll find your jeep.

Goodbye.

Okay, out.

You drive the jeep.

-Where we going, boss? -MAN: To my base.

How long will we get?

Maybe you'll get a year,

but this bastard's gonna sit for a long time.

There are 12 spotter planes and 9 helicopters searching the area

in a radius of 400 kilometers.

So we are covering an area of 20,000...

(engine buzzing)

(laughing)

-Isn't this where we kiss? -Yes.

(screams)

Pull me up! Pull me up!

You're tearing my dress! Let me down.

No, pull me up.

Don't bother.

I can't see!

Ahh!

Oh, boy.

Now can you do it right?

Daddy!

(laughing)