Documentary Now! (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - A Town, a Gangster, a Festival - full transcript

Good evening.

I'm Helen Mirren,

And you're watching
Documentary Now! Season 50.

Would you believe
that every year,

a small town in Iceland
holds a festival

honoring American gangster
AI Capone?

You would?

Well, good for you.

You're right.

Please enjoy tonight's film,

A Town, a Gangster, a Festival.



I'm making an AI Capone statue,

like, for... for display.

I've made it for the past
seven years, at least.

Here I have made, like, uh,
masks that you can wear,

really light, and you can
parade around with them.

As you can see,
a policeman and gangster,

the... the yin and yang
of... of... of...

of the mafia.

Well, this is the most
important time of the year for us.

Rest of the year,
we offer beautiful vistas

and friendly service.

But those things, you can get
in many other places.

It is only here that you can get
the AI Capone festival.

AI Capone.



- Cigar.
- Cigar.

And what do you do?

What's this?

Tommy gun.

A tommy gun.

Pkew, pkew, pkew!

Two tommy guns.

Very good.

He has two guns.

That's very good.

Yeah, beautiful.

We love you, AI Capone!

Uh, what do you know

about AI Capone?

Uh, well, he was
a Chicago gangster.

Uh, fast cars, hats.

Booze.

Booze.

Hmm, newspapers,

speakeasy bars.

- Tommy guns.
- Mm-hmm.

Um, jazz.

Up-tempo.

In 1966, it was
only four of us at first.

Yeah.

Uh, 2.

The AI Capone festival
we have here in Arborg,

there is AI Capone everywhere,

and then there's a competition,

and I think, uh,
that I would like

to be in the competition too

'cause I think I-I-I look like...

I think I look like AI Capone.

I think here,
I look like AI Capone

and here and the cigar,
and maybe I win.

Show the cameraman.

Yup.

Uh, this is a new one,

uh, Neeloofar Shirazi.

Yeah.

- A little bit stupid-looking.
- You think?

Uh...

- We like that.
- Yes.

Yeah? We like that.

Some of us...
some of us like that.

What?

If Al Capone is a woman,
you know...

I mean, why not?

I just think that the world
is, like, ready

for a female AI Capone.

Definitely in.

How he, you know, stands,

and, uh, he's gaining weight
just for the competition.

That's commitment.

Yeah, I keep winning.

But still, it always feels
like a surprise, you know?

When I first saw a picture
of him, I said to my wife,

you know, "Don't I look
like him, huh?"

Yeah.

People say, "Oh, look out.
There's AI Capone."

He waves at them
like he doesn't like it,

but, um, he likes it.

Yeah, Gunnar, he's really good.

I mean, he is really good.

He... he looks a little bit
like him.

Gunnar is...
sometimes looks like him.

Sometimes he doesn't
look like him.

I think it's more than just
that I have his face.

Uh, I feel I have his essence,
you know.

That's why I win every year.

- Gunnar.
- Gunnar.

- Neeloofar.
- And Nina.

- Nina?
- Nina.

- Nina.
- Really?

Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

- These three?
- Yeah.

All right, good work, everybody.
These are the finalists.

This is not really
AI Capone's car,

but in our imagination,
it is his car.

You know, last year, it was, uh,
a completely different car.

That's all right.

He's, uh... he's old...
old guy driving the car.

You know, old people,
you know, uh...

Old people and traffic... ah!

We are very happy
to be the only place

that makes official
deep-dish pizza

in the Chicago style.

I visited Chicago
a few years ago,

uh, to see how this was made.

Eh, it requires a very special
deep-dish pan to make.

So I bought these pans.

I brought them home with me.

This is authentic
gangster pizza.

Have a nice day.

Deep pan pizzas for you,

for everybody, my friends!

Have a nice day!

AI Capone!

Important year? Ah, yes.

All of our years are important,
but we are at crisis.

The town of Vogar has decided
to have a Jimi Hendrix festival

exactly the same weekend
as ours.

It is at times like this
that we sure miss

our Mayor Ragnarsson

and his support.

How do you feel about judging

the look-alike competition
this year?

It's not appealing to me,

but Steig, he thinks it's
really important that I do it.

Now, why... why is this?

It's really important
for the town.

Uh, the gangs...

uh, junior forty thieves,

uh, bowery boys,

Brooklyn rippers,

uh, five points gang.

Yes. Yes.

Where was his family from?

I looked...

Oh, I looked at the card,

but it's from "sickily"...

"sicilay"... Sicily.

Sicily, yes. "Sickily."

Sicily.

We like to play around
with words in Iceland, yes.

Yes.

Sicily.

Yeah, no, he was not a sissy.

- No, no.
- No.

Last time, I dressed up
in AI Capone's suit,

like, 'cause we were practicing,

and remember when you...

yeah, I-I-I dressed
as the mistress.

Just to have a...

because it was strange
if it was two men.

- Yeah.
- Like, AI Capone and... and...

We didn't know.

And we, like, went...

So...

Went out to dinner
and everything in it,

and it was...
it was a really good night.

Yeah, we were the talk
of the town for a few months.

After ten years, I know more
about AI Capone

than AI Capone knew
about himself.

So no, I'm not worried
about the trivia questions.

It's all up here.

I'll have a Southside.

AI Capone's drink of choice.

I'll have a beer.

"Sicago," "sicago."

Jazz.

You dirty rat.

Chicago.

Gangster.

I'm Scarf ace.

Are you hungry?

Alcatraz.

Yeah.

- Hi. Hi.
- Wow.

Ah, this is...

You look really...
really beautiful.

One... one... one... one picture
for the album.

Yeah.

Ah, be gangstery-like.

Ah! Nice.

It's a... it's a tommy gun.

Die!

Okay, come on.

Hold on. Hold on.

Yeah.

A few years ago, it struck me

that, uh, we were celebrating
the life

of a man who died from syphilis,

so I thought to myself,
"What better time

"to educate the town

on the prevention
of this kind of a disease?"

So, uh...

Thanks, AI.

Ah, you need one.

Take...

Yes.

This has already been
a very successful year.

I just met a couple that came
all the way from Reykjavik.

And... and the fact that they came
all the way from the capital

to the festival speaks volumes
about its importance.

Gunnar!

Okay, the next question.

Gunnar, please give me the date

of the St. Valentine's Day
massacre.

It was on Valentine's Day.

The year, please.

It was, uh,

192... 6?

Uh, I'm sorry, no.

Uh, Nina?

Uh, it... 1929?

That's correct!

Yes!

Neeloofar, in which cemetery...

Mount... mount... mount...

Mount Carmel
in Hillside, Illinois.

That's correct.

I really hope
that my friend Gunnar wins,

but if not, then it's okay.

Who do you think the, uh...
the judges are going to choose?

Oh, I don't know.

I think maybe...

Maybe me.

I don't know.

But I'm too nervous to talk.

You have to... you have
to talk to me after.

Please, I want to win.

No, I did not
do well in the trivia.

You're not allowed
to have props onstage,

and then Nina brings on a...
on a wooden gun, you know.

But, uh, they're taking
a lot of time.

I don't know why.

It's a little bit scary,
but, uh, hopefully maybe.

Who do you think
should win the competition?

I think it's time for a woman
to win this contest,

so I am rooting for Nina.

It has to be Gunnar.
Yes, Gunnar is AI Capone.

For me, Neeloofar
would be worrisome.

If someone that's not from here
is our Capone,

I mean, what would that say
about us?

It says we are open-minded
and welcoming.

And Neeloofar pays his taxes,
so he's just as much

a part of this town as you or I.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's a good point.

I-I take back what I said.

Trond always admits
when he's wrong.

That's what I like about him.

Welcome to the judgment
of the winner

of the AI Capone look-alike
competition.

We have decided that this year,

in a true Icelandic tradition
of peace and calmness,

that the winner is...

All three entrants!

Gunnar Brynjarsson,
Nina Karlsdottir,

And Neeloofar Shirazi!

Um, we actually have
a very special guest

to present the cup this year.

Ah, please give
a very warm welcome to...

to the great-great-granddaughter
of Al Capone!

Oh, wow.

Hey, how's it goin', Iceland?

My name is Anne Severino,

and I'm from Chicago, Illinois.

So a guy sent me a message,

and, honestly,
I thought it was a prank,

and now I guess I'm here
and it's all real.

It's like being in outer space

but outer space
is a tiny little house

and, uh, people
are eating horses in it.

I-I mean, he killed
so many people,

so to see you guys
having so much fun...

I love that.

So, uh, here you go, you guys.

All right!

Give it up!

Now that I am AI Capone,

I will tell him what to do.

No, no.

She already tells me what to do
every time.

Yeah, what he's saying
is not a joke.

"Wake up!" I wake up.

In the end, simply because
I didn't care.

But then I saw
that they cared deeply,

and who am I
to break someone's heart?

This is not what a mayor does.

It... it is the same,
the same honor.

But it was wonderful anyway.

Yeah, yeah, it's... it's fun.

It was very much fun, and...

It's always fun.

Even though you shared
the prize, it was...

Yeah, but that's still
the same honor, though.

I'm very proud to be looking
like AI Capone.

Now I feel accepted.

No.

We love you, AI Capone!