NBC Experiment in Television (1967–1971): Season 3, Episode 3 - The Cube - full transcript
A man is trapped inside a mysterious cube.
Hello?
Hello?
Can anybody hear me?
this is weird.
Hello?
Can anyone hear me?
What is this?
A joke?
C'mon, let me out of here.
This is weird.
No doors, no windows.
and not even a place to sit.
God, You're still, pal?
Sorry I can't get here soon.
Listen, its all right
I'm just glad you came.
My pleasure.
Oh, there's strawberry jam on this stool
You know, for one crazy minute there,
I thought I was trapped inside this place
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am,
just to see you opened that...
- Honey, We where wondering what's keeping you.
- Look Teddy, the show starts in about 15 minutes.
Are you ready to go now Ted?
Where's your coat?
who are you?
- what is this place?
- What are you doing here anyway?
Look, I am sorry, but I think you
must have made some mistake.
I don't know any of you people.
Ted, Don't you know me?
I'm Margaret, I?m your wife.
Probably taken some kind of drug or something.
C'mon, lets go, he'll snap out of it.
Maybe it's radiation or laser beams or
something. I think we should get out of here.
Ted, you?re coming with us.
The fresh air will do you good.
- Hey, look. I'm not Ted. But I've
would like to get out of here.
I'm sure you'll be all right.
Don't forget your coat.
Hey, the door closed.
Would you come back and open the door?
- Good afternoon, sir. Is something
the matter? - Why?
I'm Mr. Thomas. The manager.
Manager? Of what?
Why, This entire establishment, of course.
What's going on here?
Nothing that I know of.
I just want to say hello...
and make sure you
have everything you needed
No sir. What I mean is...
What is this place?
what's it for?
We asked that question
ourselves once in a while.
Some people find it hard to believe.
Too good to be true, I guess.
- But I don't understand, Why I'm...?
- I thought you might not understand.
- That's why I dropped by. One thing I supposed
nobody told you about is the call button
The what?
I thought not. It's right over here on the wall.
If you need anything, just ring.
- Anytime of the day or night.
- I never noticed this before.
Oh yes, all the cubes...
That is.., that call
button remains here
- There are other cubes?
- I don?t' know I didn't mean to say that.
- Why not?
- Not that you shouldn't know certainly,...
I would just hate to mislead you..
But there are other places with
people trapped inside them?
No, that's not accuracy told. No one is trapped.
Some people seem quite content on stay.
Of course there are others who wish
to leave and if they really want to.
There's no real problem
Well, what do they do?
Just leave.
- But how?
- Oh, in various ways.
All of us, on the managerial level,
got out one way or another.
Yes, but how?
I mean, give me an example.
Well, the simple direct approach is best.
Now, if you'll excuse me, Sir.
I've got other matters to attend.
Wait a minute...
- Can I go with you?
- I'm afraid you can't get out this way, Sir.
This is my door.
Hi, pal. Just me.
I got you a telephone.
- A what?
- A telephone. Don't you want a telephone?
- No, no I didn't
- Oh, excuse-me.
- Wait a minute, Can I have a telephone if I want?
- Course you can. You want a telephone?
Sure.
Might come in handy.
Al you got to do is ask.
That's why I'm here for.
- I can get you anything you want.
- Oh, really?
- I didn't know that. - Didn?t' they tell you?
What's wrong with these guys?
- What guys? Who are they?- The trouble with
these establishment is there's no organization.
- You wouldn't believe some of
the weirdoes that run this place.
I might.
For instance: What do you think we got
delivered to the shipping room yesterday?
I don't know.
- You never guess.
- Yeah.
Go ahead. Guess.
You'll never guess
4 tons of chocolate rabbits. What the hell am I
gonna do with 4 tons of chocolate rabbits?
I don't know.
14 years, I've been here, and not
one request for a chocolate rabbit.
I put them in the armored
cars for the time being.
But, oh boy...When the summer comes
and it starts getting warm... woof!
Well, here's your
telephone al hooked up.
Listen, I'll tell you what I'll do.
I go outside and I'll call back.
And we'll see if it's working, OK?
- Fine. thanks.
- Right.
Good afternoon. Oh, yes.
Just a moment, please.
Excuse me, sir.
Telephone for you
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Hello? - Hello pal, it?s
just me, Arnie. Can you hear me?
- Fine.
- Yeah, Well then you're in business.
So long now.
- Hello. Arnie speaking.
- What?
- Arnie. What can I do for you?
- Nothing, I must have gotten the wrong number.
OK, Pal.
I swear I dialed right.
- Hello? Arnie speaking.
- What?
- Something wrong, pal?
- Yes... This telephone isn't working!
What you mean? I can hear you fine.
Can You hear me?
- Yes I can, but that isn't... I dialed...
- Then your phone's working. So long, pal.
That's no way to treat a telephone!
No wonder it isn't working!
But it wasn't...
Bullseye. congratulations, pal.
You won yourself a chocolate rabbit.
Where did that stool go?
- What is it? - This is the M. P. D.
You're under arrest. Open the door
I can't open the door.
Make a note of this, Fritz.
The prisoner resisted arrest.
- No, no, Wait a minute
- There will be no backtalk from the prisoner
You've been under observation for quite some time.
And we are well aware of your activities.
- What activities?
- Now we shall go about finding the proof.
We have, a search warrant.
You mean to tell me you
wanna search this place?
Exactly
- Be my guest.
- We shall start "mit" this.
Aha! uncut diamonds.
- The smuggling trade is a profitable one.
Hey, My friend? - Look here, I...
Fritz, you check that wall,
I'll take this one.
Aja, Gold bullion,.
Stamped "mit" the bank of Munich seal.
Microplans of the X74.
Classified Top Secret.
Microfilm. Documenting the
entire National Security System.
And here we have the arsenal.
Machine Guns, sten guns, dynamite...
Sergeant!
look over here!
- Dr. Kingsley.
- Missing for two weeks.
These means. I believe, that our negotiations
concerning the doctor's ransom are at an end.
- Fritz, gather up everything.
- This is ridiculous.
Yes! It's ridiculous! Ridiculous that
a dog like you should walk the streets!
Free to murder and pillage!
Steal the secrets of a great nation!
Make a mockery of the law
that makes that nation great!
It's ridiculous we don't
slaughter you like a pig.
But... There are more painful ways to die.
Lasting...
months perhaps.
During which time you
will have much to tell us.
- So. Fritz, do you have everything?
- Everything sergeant.
Wait here until we return.
Come Fritz.
The whole place it's so cold and efficient.
More like a cage than a place
to live, or whatever it is you do here.
Could you help me? a couple of goons came
in and they put me this handcuffs on me.
You know, no designer
would design a place like this.
This place was designed by a machine.
Did you know that?
I know those machines.
I used to work for one.
- Hey, Arnie?
- Right here, Miss Bick.
Bring me a bucket of mustard yellow paint.
How about that yellow? Might warm up
the walls up a bit? Don't you think?
I think I'd like to get
out of these handcuffs.
Of course we don't have to go with mustard
yellow. There are lots of other colors.
- One bucket of mustard yellow?
Hi fella, How are you doing?
Could you help me get out of these?
- You know you're right? Mustard
yellow is not the right color at all.
No mustard yellow today!
- What color do you want, Ms Bick?
- I think.. Tangerine.
- Tangerine is just the right color for you.
- One bucket of tangerine coming up.
Tangerine is one of my favorite colors.
Tangerine is the color of ripe, rich fruit.
Of course you can?t look
at tangerine all the time.
Say, How many hours a day
you spend in here anyhow?
Good heavens! He can't
spend the rest of his...!
Well, I mean, you can't
look at tangerine all the time.
- You don't want tangerine? - Of course not,
a color like that could drive a man insane.
- Get rid of that awful paint!
- All right, One, two...Hop!
Two points for the home side..
You know it should be something
... something soothing.
- What colors do you have out there that
are soothing? - We have... White.
White.
Of course. Perfect!
White is the symbol of purity.
symbol of spirituality.
The eternal and glorious
ultimate of colors.
- White.
- It's already white
So it is?
Well, couldn?t you put on a coat
of shellac or something?
- Freshen it up a bit.
- Happen to have one...
...can of shellac right here.
- That doesn?t smell like shellac.
- No, actually is deodorant...
but she can't tell the difference.
Look, if she comes back, tell her
you like it better, will you?
Ah ah ah! This is my door.
- Oh, you gave me a start man.
I didn?t know anyone was in here.
Oh, I?m in here, alright!
- Look, I usually come in here to
practice. Do you mind? - No... No...
- Oh, I see you?ve been visited by the fuzz, hey?
- Yeah...I sure have..
Here... here?s the key..
Thanks a lot.
- Don?t mention it. Why don?t you lie down
on the bed and rest a bit while I practice?
Because there is no bed...
I don?t know how it got here.
It?ll probably turn to
jello when I sit on it.
There are places that contain you.
There are corners in your soul.
Plastic laminations in your life. But when
you?re on the inside of the outside of your strife.
Well do you stray or do you stay yourself.
Now the inside of this new
place is the outside of the fog.
But you can only face your space one way.
You?re really in the middle of
the inside of your self.
And there is only one thing we can say...
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out of the Cube.
- It?s said!
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out
till you?re dead, dead, dead.
...till you?re dead, dead, dead.
...till you?re dead, dead, dead.
The rest period is over, sir.
Hey, I made it.
I really think I did!
Who are you?
I?m sorry.
My name is Watson.
You don?t know what
it means to escape.
I thought I?d never see this day.
How long, how long has it been
that I?ve dreamed of this day?
How long has it been?
Forever! A lifetime!
How long is life imprisonment?
It?s an eternity! That?s how long!
Sorry.
Oh... but it?s all over now.
- I?ll never see the inside of that place again!
- Where were you?
My own Cube.
Oh, the tortures I suffered.
I can see you haven?t been here
too long. You haven?t got any scars yet.
No, I?ve just been here
a short while... I guess.
Of course there?s no
way of telling the time.
You know what I did?
I had a way of telling how many days
passed by making marks on my thumbnail.
- Oh, but that didn?t work after a while.
- Why not?
They pulled out my thumbnails!
I kind of lost interest in time after that.
What they been doing to you?
Oh, nothing bad, just...
I got to the point where the one thing I
wanted was to be left alone in my own Cube.
That was the one thing I could depend on-
My Cube!
Well, after you?re in ?em a while, um...
Yeah, my Cube is a little
older than this one.
The panels on the wall were square
instead of rectangular, like yours.
Oh, yeah, I see...
You know. I don?t think I?ve ever been
this long away from my Cube before.
I wonder if I left anything there.
I could go back to check.
They probably haven?t
even noticed I?ve gone!
Yes, but if you go now you
may never get out again!
Getting out is no problem.
But they?re liable to catch me
if I go back. It?s not worth the risk!
- I wouldn?t think so.
- What do you know about it!
You haven?t even got any
squares in this rotten Cube!
You don?t know what it?s like...
You don?t know what it?s like to need a place
where there are squares that you can depend on!
Oh how I loved those squares.
I think I?d better go back!
Wait, before you go, can you
tell me how to get out of here?
Get you hands off me!
You and your rectangles!
I?ve got to go back!
Oh yes, I?m going back!
I?m coming back!
Here I come!
I?m coming!
Was there someone here
just a moment ago?
No. No, I don?t think so.
There was... wasn?t there.
There was a man here claiming
he?d escaped from another Cube.
- Now wasn?t there?
- No! Um, I?m not sure.
Well, you didn?t believe his story, did you?
- No. I don?t know what to believe.
- Well, you know that man was acting?.
He?s an actor, a very good actor.
Come on in, Jack.
I?d like you to meet Jack Manevra.
one of the best actors around..
Hi!
There?s no need to feel embarrassed.
He?s a very talented actor.
Couldn?t we take out that part about the
thumbnail? I really think that?s disgusting.
Well, there?s a certain amount of dramatic
suspense you gain with a touch of the macabre.
- Well, whatever you think. Let me
know how it works out. -Yeah... I will.
Good luck.
By the way, what are the
rest of these Cubes for anyway?.
He was only kidding.
You know that.
Hello...
Would you'd like company?
No...
I don't think so.
They?ve really been rough on you,
haven?t they?
I just dropped by because I thought
you?d like to sit down and relax and...
We can't even do that?
There aren't any chairs in here.
There's a couch.
There's another thing about this place.
The furniture keeps changing.
- Where did this come from?
- It?s a liquor cabinet.
They always send one. If you?re
going to have something...
- I am!
- If you are gonna have something...
...I?ll have a Scotch on the rocks.
Is this real?
Probably.
You seem to know all about
these place. Why are you here?
I always come here.
To visit people.
You know...
- No, No I don't.
- Why don't you sit down?
Thank you.
- I'd rather stand.
- C'mon! What?s the matter?
Don?t your knees bend?
- Where's the music coming from?- There's
an automatic hi-fi in the liquid cabinet.
...but you are tense. How long has
it been since you're relaxed?
I'm not sure.
- You like me to rub your neck?
- No...
I mean...
I don't think that...
Don't.
Don't do that.
I?m ticklish!
I can?t stand it...
no really...
C'mon it's a men like you ticklish?
- No really.
- Oh, Wow.
- What?
If I could only be sure things...
...were the way they seemed.
but...
Why don't you give it a try?
Flushed complexion...
Pupils dilated...
Pulse: rate 134.
Blood pressure: 120 over 70.
- Open your mouth, please
- Have we got everything?
- How was he?
- Ha, nothing.
Cora, next time we get one of
these guys. You do the kissing...
- ...I'll take the notes - Listen, we
flipped for it, you lost. So don't complain.
Apparent hematosis of the anginal pectorus.
Probably a constricture
of the metafibular ganglia.
what a shame. Any family
history of this type before?
No, he was sired by Mandrake?s Pride
out of High Noon. Have you seen this?
Is that a fact?
Won the gates for a handicap
by six lengths last June.
There?ll be no more
running for you, old boy.
He?ll have to pay his
upkeep by the stud fees.
Take these in a little water and lay off the
oats. You?ll be fit as a fiddle in no time.
Dr. Bradowski, can you spare a moment?
I've got a platypus down the
hall with a nasty case of dysentery.
Excuse me, I know this is...
well... a bad time...
... but I just wanted to congratulate
you and shake your hand.
Oh? On what?
Well, as I interpret what you?re doing here...
...this is all a very complex discussion
of Reality versus Illusion.
The perfect subject for
the television medium!
- What you mean television?
- This is a Television play.
- What?
- You don't believe that?
- Of course not.
- I should have thought you'd want to.
- After all, there's only other possible
explanation. - Which is?
Hallucination...
that you are altogether insane.
Tell me more about the television part.
Well, there is very little else left to
tell except of course it will end happily.
- Are you sure?
- Of course. I can probably prove it to you.
This is the TV medium. All this has been
electronically recorded in advance anyway.
- What?
Yes, if you?d like to see how it turns out.
We can watch the last part of the show.
This is ridiculous!
How can I see something
that hasn?t even happened yet?
Here?s the picture now. This is
just the last part of the program.
- Hey, that?s me in there.
- Of course.
But I?m still in the Cube!
Of course you are in the Cube.
But you are healthy and happy!
See? You even got the girl in the end.
The perfect storybook ending.
Wait! Wait! This is not a happy ending!
I don?t want this girl! Wait! Hold on!
we don?t need the sound.
If I were you, I?d be very
pleased with that ending.
I hate this ending! I hate the
whole thing! It?s a nightmare!
This is the television medium.
You can always turn it off.
So...
How do you like it?
- Like what?
- How do you like your place here?
- I don?t.
- I don?t see why not.
It?s very well made. Costs a lot
of money to make a place like this.
Nice walls. Good lighting.
- Well constructed.
- It?s a terrible place.
Oh no, you don?t like it in here?.
I think this is a wonderful place.
You ought to feel nice and safe.
Well protected in here.
You know.
there?s only one thing about
this place I really don?t care for.
What?s that?
It?s white.
- I really hadn?t thought of it in that way.
- you damn well better think about it.
Is nice, is safe, you made it and
you?re going to stay in until you die!
And you?re going to die in it.
This is a mausoleum,
to whiteness!
A temple!
Pure as the
new fallen snow!
And I hope you like it
because you deserve it.
Look, this isn?t my place. I didn?t
have anything to do with it!
- Why do you stay in here, then?
- I can?t get out.
- You could get out if you wanted to get
out. - I can?t. I tried and I can?t.
- How did I get in?
- Through a door.
- Then go out the door.
- I can?t! There are no doors!
- Go out through the door I came in!
- I can?t!
- Why not?
- Because that?s your door!
You make me sick!
Hi, Baron! I was wondering
where you where
...It had no dramatic value,
no structure at all.
I didn?t care for the ending.
What's the point of it all?
And on top of all that...
they paid everybody scale.
- Gin and tonic anyone?
- Yes, I?ll have one.
It?s useless. You know?
He?s projected.
What do you mean, projected?
Well, every one of us has a certain
image we project to others. Right?
Well... this is the image we project!
None of us are real. He?s not real.
We?re all projected.
- I?m not projected.
- What did you say?
I said I?m not projected.
I?m not projected.
I?m not projected. I?m....
...Projected.
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe
you've died and this is what death is?
Well, young man,
have you had enough?
- Yes.
- Sit down, sit down.
You finally figured out
what is happening here?
No
Oh, that?s a shame. We?d like to
release you as soon as possible..
You mean,
if I figure it out, I can go?
That is one of the things
you will have to figure out!
And that is the kind of
remark I am getting sick of!
This whole thing just isn?t real.
- Define ?Reality?.
- Nah
- Look, is this hammer real?
- Yes
..no
..maybe
Possibly all three. Now consider this...
If you were to magnify this hammer?s head...
...you would see the geometric latticework
of the molecules, permeated by space.
Here we go...
And yet inside the molecules we see
the atoms. And inside the atoms...
... we see protons, positrons, neutrons,
mesons, nu-mesons, pi-mesons. And in none...
..of them, anywhere can you find
anything you can call a real thing!
An actual speck, a thing that
you could hold or touch!
You?re absolutely right!
This hammer... it doesn?t exist!
Then how do you explain this?
Your trouble is, you
will not accept a paradox.
- Hey, what?s going? on here?
- I?m sorry about the hole, Arnold.
Sure, sure you?re sorry.
But I?ve got to fix it.
Here?s your hammer back.
- Now then, let us consider some
of the paradoxes of science.
Anything you say.
In subatomic physics,
science knows for a fact,
...that certain electrons may move from
one point to another. But observe...
although the electron is sometimes here and
may move to here, it is never in between.
Wait a minute. That?s impossible.
It?s got to be in between when it?s moving.
It isn?t.
But it?s impossible!
I know. But it happens.
The whole theory of Quantum
Physics is based on it, you know.
The old guy?s flipped his gourd.
Yeah, the marbles have finally
fallen out. Stark-raving bananas.
Get back to work!
Take another example.
If we take a proton and an anti-positron
we would create...
- ...of anti-hydrogen...
-15x27 wide. That should be number 47.
That?s it. Hey, you know you put
a number 47 hole in that wall?
Good! Now what about
the Unified Field Theory?
I don?t care about it.
Not care about it?
Don?t you realize the theological implications
in such a set of basic universal postulates?
No
This is appalling.
Have you no desire to come to grips...
...with the elemental structure
and foundation of existence?
What kind of a man are you?
I hope you rot in this Cube!
Work like a dog making this a pleasant
place and what do you get for it?
People have no respect for property.
Him and his scientific experiments.
Who cares what Reality is?
Ah! Now! Pretty good fit, hey pal?
Well, I guess that?s it.
Oh that guy is a real pain in the neck.
It?s a good thing he doesn?t exist!
Hi there. May I come in?
Do you mind if I sit down?
- No
- Thank you
gee, I really feel sorry for you.
You know, I?ve been looking for a moment
when I could slip in here and talk to you.
- I hope you don?t mind.
- No. No... of course not.
Well, can I do anything for you,
like do you need anything?
I would like to get out of here.
But you?re not going to tell me how, right?
Oh, I?m sorry, but I?m really not
allowed to talk about that.
- I can only give you a hint.
- What?s that?
It?s going to get worse before it gets better.
Swell.
Well, listen...
if you expect the worst, sometimes
you get a pleasant surprise.
- Do you know what I mean?
- Yeah
Yeah. Well, let me
give you another hint.
What?s that?
Don?t trust anybody. Don?t trust the
manager or Arnie. Don?t even trust me.
You know, do you ever say to
yourself: ?I wonder if I can trust him??
Yeah, well, don?t!
To think own self be true. Remember that?
Yeah, well, nobody is. Especially if
you try not to be when you are.
I?m not sure I follow that.
It?s because everyone is a liar.
I?m a liar. I?m lying right now.
Because people aren?t
what they say they are.
Oh, you?re not what you
say you are, are you?
I?m not sure.
That?s a lie!
You know but you pretend
to think that you?re not sure.
And that?s copping out.
I hadn?t really meant it that way.
There?s only one thing
worse than copping out.
And that?s being wishy-washy!
Now you?re being wishy-washy!
You?re changing, aren?t you?
You?re changing right in front of me.
Everybody changes, kid.
You?ve got to get used to that.
Change is what?s happening to the world.
The only people who can?t adapt themselves
to change are the chickens of the world.
The lily-livered chickens!
listen Road Island Red, or
whatever the hell your name is...
just remember what happens to chickens!
They get their heads cut off!
Pardon me, sir.
- What do you want now?
- Your time is up, sir.
What?s that supposed to mean?
Well, sir, you only signed up
for a certain amount of time...
-I?m afraid you?ve already overstayed it.
-I never signed anything.
Please, sir, I must ask you to leave.
Leave?
- Yes.
- You mean I can leave if I want to?
Yes sir. I?m afraid you must.
You see, there are others
waiting to use the facilities.
Of course, if you wish to make a
reservation for some future time...
You mean to tell me that
I can just walk out that door?
Of course! That?s your door.
I don?t trust you.
I don?t know what you mean, sir.
Oh, don?t give me that!
Everything in this place is a trick.
Please, sir, it is getting late.
Can?t we talk about this outside?
- How stupid do you think I am?
- Oh really, sir!
Oh really? Don?t give me that!
I can see you fellows planning it now.
If all else fails, we can
always use the old...
"wouldn?t you like to leave now, sir?
Wouldn?t you like to leave, sir?"
Well, wouldn?t you, sir?
If this is a trick, I am personally going
to tear you into little tiny pieces.
I really don?t understand, sir.
What kind of a trick could it possibly be?
How about this one? The minute
I step foot outside this door...
2 gorillas grab me, dressed in ballet costumes,
drag me back and throw me on the floor.
...and dance around me singing...
Home Sweet Home! How about that one?
Would that qualify me
for a job in this asylum?
Do you mean to say you?re
not going to walk out that door?
You just remember...
...little tiny pieces.
Be it ever so humble.
There?s no place like the Cube.
Get out!
Go ahead...!
You know, sir, you?re really getting
quite good at predicting these things.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
It?s a pleasure to be here.
It certainly is!
- Hey, Eddie, where did you get that coat?
- You like it?
I borrowed from my
cousin, a drunk, bank clerk.
- That?s ridiculous. If a bank clerk
wore that coat, he?d be fired..
That?s why he?s drunk!
Hey Eddie, what?s the matter with you?
You look terrible.
You?re right. I feel awful.
Well come on, let?s take a look
at you. Stick out your tongue.
Farther!
Farther
I can?t! It?s tied in the back!
Well, that?s your trouble.
You?re tongue tied!
Keep it up folks. If you
stop laughing then he might sing!
Hey Eddie, that?s an excellent idea!
Hold on! You?re not going
to sing for these people, are you?
- Sure!
- Why? what did they ever do to you?
Come on Eddie. I sing pretty good!
That?s true folks. I have him over
to my apartment every month to sing.
That?s right.
It kills the cockroaches!
He was singing in the car wash
and the brushes proposed to him!
And I tell ya folks, that
was quite a soggy proposal!
- You?re not laughing.
- Why aren?t you laughing?
- Other people laugh.
- We?re funny.
- We play all the best night clubs.
- We do all the talk television shows.
We are the best there is.
- Don't you think we are funny?
- Well I...
I guess I just don't feel like laughing.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You have 3 minutes.
Who are you?
I'm no one.
I'm a vessel, a pitcher
filled with the elixir of peace.
I bring this gift to you.
you did?
Now in this final hours,
I bring you the hope of ALL.
Final hours?
Of what?
well spoken my brother, perhaps
...there is no Time...
...no Space...
...no Death.
There's only All.
There's only IS.
There's only this.
Do not struggle,
Death is nothing.
Death?
But you have to face it's already
gone, like ripples on the river
whose coming and going
no man can record.
You are part of the All.
That is all there Is.
All is all. Is is
It is?
I give you... the Ramadar.
Think on this.
Meditate on the Ramadar.
And it will bring you peace.
Think on the Ramadar
and it will bring you All.
Think on the Ramadar
and it will bring you Is.
All right.
All right, I've had enough!
You win.
I give up!
You understand?
Shut up!
Shut!
It's strawberry jam.
Hi, pal.
How are you do...
What?s going on?
You broke your Ramadar.
Oh, well...
Most people do.
This things are awful hard to take.
"Beep, beep, beep", from morning till night.
The only way to quiet them
is to let the batteries run down.
They?ll drive you up the wall.
Hey. listen pal.
Anytime you want another
one of this things...
...You just let me know. All right?
I got a whole room full of it.
that was awesome!
Hey, can't you see this
is all a joke, a gag.
You son of..!
You'll feel better after you?ve had that..
- You can't do that!
- All right!
All right!
now listen to me!
I don't know who you
are or what you are.
But I tell you something,
I've had it!
I'm sick of your funny
little jokes, your games!
I've had it with your gorillas,
your intellectual hogwash...
...Your priests, your chocolate rabbits.
I'm sick of people pretending to be
one thing and changing into something else.
You are probably a man, right?
And a mailman undoubtedly.
Look, I don't know why you are doing this.
Or what the hell you think it means.
I don't really care.
I suppose what you try to do
is driving me completely insane.
And for a while you did a very good job.
For a while.
I didn't know which end is up.
I doubted my sanity...
...my identity, my very existence.
But you know what?
I don't any longer.
Because no matter what goes
on around me. I know me!
I know who I am and you cant
take that away from me!
Here, Here.
No, that's not me.
I've seen your bag of tricks
and I?m up to here with them!
But you can't do...
what you can't do is touch that part
of me who knows exactly who I am.
And you know who I am?
I tell you.
I'm the guy who's gonna
walk out that door, right now.
Congratulations.
Actually, It didn't take you
as long as we thought it would.
It's funny.
I thought I was never gonna
see the outside world again.
Come to my office, I can sign your
release and you can be on your way.
Sit down.
Cigarette?
Well, now you know what reality is?.
I guess so.
I'm still not sure what all that was about.
Well, It's all quite fresh to you right now.
I believe you'll find, as you think about
it, it'll make more and more sense.
It was such a revelation
when I realized that...
...this was me.
This is real.
Its me.
When I hit it, I hurt.
If I cut myself, I bleed
I actually cut myself.
But look, I bleed.
Taste it.
- Strawberry Jam.
- exactly.
Hello?
Can anybody hear me?
this is weird.
Hello?
Can anyone hear me?
What is this?
A joke?
C'mon, let me out of here.
This is weird.
No doors, no windows.
and not even a place to sit.
God, You're still, pal?
Sorry I can't get here soon.
Listen, its all right
I'm just glad you came.
My pleasure.
Oh, there's strawberry jam on this stool
You know, for one crazy minute there,
I thought I was trapped inside this place
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am,
just to see you opened that...
- Honey, We where wondering what's keeping you.
- Look Teddy, the show starts in about 15 minutes.
Are you ready to go now Ted?
Where's your coat?
who are you?
- what is this place?
- What are you doing here anyway?
Look, I am sorry, but I think you
must have made some mistake.
I don't know any of you people.
Ted, Don't you know me?
I'm Margaret, I?m your wife.
Probably taken some kind of drug or something.
C'mon, lets go, he'll snap out of it.
Maybe it's radiation or laser beams or
something. I think we should get out of here.
Ted, you?re coming with us.
The fresh air will do you good.
- Hey, look. I'm not Ted. But I've
would like to get out of here.
I'm sure you'll be all right.
Don't forget your coat.
Hey, the door closed.
Would you come back and open the door?
- Good afternoon, sir. Is something
the matter? - Why?
I'm Mr. Thomas. The manager.
Manager? Of what?
Why, This entire establishment, of course.
What's going on here?
Nothing that I know of.
I just want to say hello...
and make sure you
have everything you needed
No sir. What I mean is...
What is this place?
what's it for?
We asked that question
ourselves once in a while.
Some people find it hard to believe.
Too good to be true, I guess.
- But I don't understand, Why I'm...?
- I thought you might not understand.
- That's why I dropped by. One thing I supposed
nobody told you about is the call button
The what?
I thought not. It's right over here on the wall.
If you need anything, just ring.
- Anytime of the day or night.
- I never noticed this before.
Oh yes, all the cubes...
That is.., that call
button remains here
- There are other cubes?
- I don?t' know I didn't mean to say that.
- Why not?
- Not that you shouldn't know certainly,...
I would just hate to mislead you..
But there are other places with
people trapped inside them?
No, that's not accuracy told. No one is trapped.
Some people seem quite content on stay.
Of course there are others who wish
to leave and if they really want to.
There's no real problem
Well, what do they do?
Just leave.
- But how?
- Oh, in various ways.
All of us, on the managerial level,
got out one way or another.
Yes, but how?
I mean, give me an example.
Well, the simple direct approach is best.
Now, if you'll excuse me, Sir.
I've got other matters to attend.
Wait a minute...
- Can I go with you?
- I'm afraid you can't get out this way, Sir.
This is my door.
Hi, pal. Just me.
I got you a telephone.
- A what?
- A telephone. Don't you want a telephone?
- No, no I didn't
- Oh, excuse-me.
- Wait a minute, Can I have a telephone if I want?
- Course you can. You want a telephone?
Sure.
Might come in handy.
Al you got to do is ask.
That's why I'm here for.
- I can get you anything you want.
- Oh, really?
- I didn't know that. - Didn?t' they tell you?
What's wrong with these guys?
- What guys? Who are they?- The trouble with
these establishment is there's no organization.
- You wouldn't believe some of
the weirdoes that run this place.
I might.
For instance: What do you think we got
delivered to the shipping room yesterday?
I don't know.
- You never guess.
- Yeah.
Go ahead. Guess.
You'll never guess
4 tons of chocolate rabbits. What the hell am I
gonna do with 4 tons of chocolate rabbits?
I don't know.
14 years, I've been here, and not
one request for a chocolate rabbit.
I put them in the armored
cars for the time being.
But, oh boy...When the summer comes
and it starts getting warm... woof!
Well, here's your
telephone al hooked up.
Listen, I'll tell you what I'll do.
I go outside and I'll call back.
And we'll see if it's working, OK?
- Fine. thanks.
- Right.
Good afternoon. Oh, yes.
Just a moment, please.
Excuse me, sir.
Telephone for you
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Hello? - Hello pal, it?s
just me, Arnie. Can you hear me?
- Fine.
- Yeah, Well then you're in business.
So long now.
- Hello. Arnie speaking.
- What?
- Arnie. What can I do for you?
- Nothing, I must have gotten the wrong number.
OK, Pal.
I swear I dialed right.
- Hello? Arnie speaking.
- What?
- Something wrong, pal?
- Yes... This telephone isn't working!
What you mean? I can hear you fine.
Can You hear me?
- Yes I can, but that isn't... I dialed...
- Then your phone's working. So long, pal.
That's no way to treat a telephone!
No wonder it isn't working!
But it wasn't...
Bullseye. congratulations, pal.
You won yourself a chocolate rabbit.
Where did that stool go?
- What is it? - This is the M. P. D.
You're under arrest. Open the door
I can't open the door.
Make a note of this, Fritz.
The prisoner resisted arrest.
- No, no, Wait a minute
- There will be no backtalk from the prisoner
You've been under observation for quite some time.
And we are well aware of your activities.
- What activities?
- Now we shall go about finding the proof.
We have, a search warrant.
You mean to tell me you
wanna search this place?
Exactly
- Be my guest.
- We shall start "mit" this.
Aha! uncut diamonds.
- The smuggling trade is a profitable one.
Hey, My friend? - Look here, I...
Fritz, you check that wall,
I'll take this one.
Aja, Gold bullion,.
Stamped "mit" the bank of Munich seal.
Microplans of the X74.
Classified Top Secret.
Microfilm. Documenting the
entire National Security System.
And here we have the arsenal.
Machine Guns, sten guns, dynamite...
Sergeant!
look over here!
- Dr. Kingsley.
- Missing for two weeks.
These means. I believe, that our negotiations
concerning the doctor's ransom are at an end.
- Fritz, gather up everything.
- This is ridiculous.
Yes! It's ridiculous! Ridiculous that
a dog like you should walk the streets!
Free to murder and pillage!
Steal the secrets of a great nation!
Make a mockery of the law
that makes that nation great!
It's ridiculous we don't
slaughter you like a pig.
But... There are more painful ways to die.
Lasting...
months perhaps.
During which time you
will have much to tell us.
- So. Fritz, do you have everything?
- Everything sergeant.
Wait here until we return.
Come Fritz.
The whole place it's so cold and efficient.
More like a cage than a place
to live, or whatever it is you do here.
Could you help me? a couple of goons came
in and they put me this handcuffs on me.
You know, no designer
would design a place like this.
This place was designed by a machine.
Did you know that?
I know those machines.
I used to work for one.
- Hey, Arnie?
- Right here, Miss Bick.
Bring me a bucket of mustard yellow paint.
How about that yellow? Might warm up
the walls up a bit? Don't you think?
I think I'd like to get
out of these handcuffs.
Of course we don't have to go with mustard
yellow. There are lots of other colors.
- One bucket of mustard yellow?
Hi fella, How are you doing?
Could you help me get out of these?
- You know you're right? Mustard
yellow is not the right color at all.
No mustard yellow today!
- What color do you want, Ms Bick?
- I think.. Tangerine.
- Tangerine is just the right color for you.
- One bucket of tangerine coming up.
Tangerine is one of my favorite colors.
Tangerine is the color of ripe, rich fruit.
Of course you can?t look
at tangerine all the time.
Say, How many hours a day
you spend in here anyhow?
Good heavens! He can't
spend the rest of his...!
Well, I mean, you can't
look at tangerine all the time.
- You don't want tangerine? - Of course not,
a color like that could drive a man insane.
- Get rid of that awful paint!
- All right, One, two...Hop!
Two points for the home side..
You know it should be something
... something soothing.
- What colors do you have out there that
are soothing? - We have... White.
White.
Of course. Perfect!
White is the symbol of purity.
symbol of spirituality.
The eternal and glorious
ultimate of colors.
- White.
- It's already white
So it is?
Well, couldn?t you put on a coat
of shellac or something?
- Freshen it up a bit.
- Happen to have one...
...can of shellac right here.
- That doesn?t smell like shellac.
- No, actually is deodorant...
but she can't tell the difference.
Look, if she comes back, tell her
you like it better, will you?
Ah ah ah! This is my door.
- Oh, you gave me a start man.
I didn?t know anyone was in here.
Oh, I?m in here, alright!
- Look, I usually come in here to
practice. Do you mind? - No... No...
- Oh, I see you?ve been visited by the fuzz, hey?
- Yeah...I sure have..
Here... here?s the key..
Thanks a lot.
- Don?t mention it. Why don?t you lie down
on the bed and rest a bit while I practice?
Because there is no bed...
I don?t know how it got here.
It?ll probably turn to
jello when I sit on it.
There are places that contain you.
There are corners in your soul.
Plastic laminations in your life. But when
you?re on the inside of the outside of your strife.
Well do you stray or do you stay yourself.
Now the inside of this new
place is the outside of the fog.
But you can only face your space one way.
You?re really in the middle of
the inside of your self.
And there is only one thing we can say...
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out of the Cube.
- It?s said!
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out.
You?ll never get out
till you?re dead, dead, dead.
...till you?re dead, dead, dead.
...till you?re dead, dead, dead.
The rest period is over, sir.
Hey, I made it.
I really think I did!
Who are you?
I?m sorry.
My name is Watson.
You don?t know what
it means to escape.
I thought I?d never see this day.
How long, how long has it been
that I?ve dreamed of this day?
How long has it been?
Forever! A lifetime!
How long is life imprisonment?
It?s an eternity! That?s how long!
Sorry.
Oh... but it?s all over now.
- I?ll never see the inside of that place again!
- Where were you?
My own Cube.
Oh, the tortures I suffered.
I can see you haven?t been here
too long. You haven?t got any scars yet.
No, I?ve just been here
a short while... I guess.
Of course there?s no
way of telling the time.
You know what I did?
I had a way of telling how many days
passed by making marks on my thumbnail.
- Oh, but that didn?t work after a while.
- Why not?
They pulled out my thumbnails!
I kind of lost interest in time after that.
What they been doing to you?
Oh, nothing bad, just...
I got to the point where the one thing I
wanted was to be left alone in my own Cube.
That was the one thing I could depend on-
My Cube!
Well, after you?re in ?em a while, um...
Yeah, my Cube is a little
older than this one.
The panels on the wall were square
instead of rectangular, like yours.
Oh, yeah, I see...
You know. I don?t think I?ve ever been
this long away from my Cube before.
I wonder if I left anything there.
I could go back to check.
They probably haven?t
even noticed I?ve gone!
Yes, but if you go now you
may never get out again!
Getting out is no problem.
But they?re liable to catch me
if I go back. It?s not worth the risk!
- I wouldn?t think so.
- What do you know about it!
You haven?t even got any
squares in this rotten Cube!
You don?t know what it?s like...
You don?t know what it?s like to need a place
where there are squares that you can depend on!
Oh how I loved those squares.
I think I?d better go back!
Wait, before you go, can you
tell me how to get out of here?
Get you hands off me!
You and your rectangles!
I?ve got to go back!
Oh yes, I?m going back!
I?m coming back!
Here I come!
I?m coming!
Was there someone here
just a moment ago?
No. No, I don?t think so.
There was... wasn?t there.
There was a man here claiming
he?d escaped from another Cube.
- Now wasn?t there?
- No! Um, I?m not sure.
Well, you didn?t believe his story, did you?
- No. I don?t know what to believe.
- Well, you know that man was acting?.
He?s an actor, a very good actor.
Come on in, Jack.
I?d like you to meet Jack Manevra.
one of the best actors around..
Hi!
There?s no need to feel embarrassed.
He?s a very talented actor.
Couldn?t we take out that part about the
thumbnail? I really think that?s disgusting.
Well, there?s a certain amount of dramatic
suspense you gain with a touch of the macabre.
- Well, whatever you think. Let me
know how it works out. -Yeah... I will.
Good luck.
By the way, what are the
rest of these Cubes for anyway?.
He was only kidding.
You know that.
Hello...
Would you'd like company?
No...
I don't think so.
They?ve really been rough on you,
haven?t they?
I just dropped by because I thought
you?d like to sit down and relax and...
We can't even do that?
There aren't any chairs in here.
There's a couch.
There's another thing about this place.
The furniture keeps changing.
- Where did this come from?
- It?s a liquor cabinet.
They always send one. If you?re
going to have something...
- I am!
- If you are gonna have something...
...I?ll have a Scotch on the rocks.
Is this real?
Probably.
You seem to know all about
these place. Why are you here?
I always come here.
To visit people.
You know...
- No, No I don't.
- Why don't you sit down?
Thank you.
- I'd rather stand.
- C'mon! What?s the matter?
Don?t your knees bend?
- Where's the music coming from?- There's
an automatic hi-fi in the liquid cabinet.
...but you are tense. How long has
it been since you're relaxed?
I'm not sure.
- You like me to rub your neck?
- No...
I mean...
I don't think that...
Don't.
Don't do that.
I?m ticklish!
I can?t stand it...
no really...
C'mon it's a men like you ticklish?
- No really.
- Oh, Wow.
- What?
If I could only be sure things...
...were the way they seemed.
but...
Why don't you give it a try?
Flushed complexion...
Pupils dilated...
Pulse: rate 134.
Blood pressure: 120 over 70.
- Open your mouth, please
- Have we got everything?
- How was he?
- Ha, nothing.
Cora, next time we get one of
these guys. You do the kissing...
- ...I'll take the notes - Listen, we
flipped for it, you lost. So don't complain.
Apparent hematosis of the anginal pectorus.
Probably a constricture
of the metafibular ganglia.
what a shame. Any family
history of this type before?
No, he was sired by Mandrake?s Pride
out of High Noon. Have you seen this?
Is that a fact?
Won the gates for a handicap
by six lengths last June.
There?ll be no more
running for you, old boy.
He?ll have to pay his
upkeep by the stud fees.
Take these in a little water and lay off the
oats. You?ll be fit as a fiddle in no time.
Dr. Bradowski, can you spare a moment?
I've got a platypus down the
hall with a nasty case of dysentery.
Excuse me, I know this is...
well... a bad time...
... but I just wanted to congratulate
you and shake your hand.
Oh? On what?
Well, as I interpret what you?re doing here...
...this is all a very complex discussion
of Reality versus Illusion.
The perfect subject for
the television medium!
- What you mean television?
- This is a Television play.
- What?
- You don't believe that?
- Of course not.
- I should have thought you'd want to.
- After all, there's only other possible
explanation. - Which is?
Hallucination...
that you are altogether insane.
Tell me more about the television part.
Well, there is very little else left to
tell except of course it will end happily.
- Are you sure?
- Of course. I can probably prove it to you.
This is the TV medium. All this has been
electronically recorded in advance anyway.
- What?
Yes, if you?d like to see how it turns out.
We can watch the last part of the show.
This is ridiculous!
How can I see something
that hasn?t even happened yet?
Here?s the picture now. This is
just the last part of the program.
- Hey, that?s me in there.
- Of course.
But I?m still in the Cube!
Of course you are in the Cube.
But you are healthy and happy!
See? You even got the girl in the end.
The perfect storybook ending.
Wait! Wait! This is not a happy ending!
I don?t want this girl! Wait! Hold on!
we don?t need the sound.
If I were you, I?d be very
pleased with that ending.
I hate this ending! I hate the
whole thing! It?s a nightmare!
This is the television medium.
You can always turn it off.
So...
How do you like it?
- Like what?
- How do you like your place here?
- I don?t.
- I don?t see why not.
It?s very well made. Costs a lot
of money to make a place like this.
Nice walls. Good lighting.
- Well constructed.
- It?s a terrible place.
Oh no, you don?t like it in here?.
I think this is a wonderful place.
You ought to feel nice and safe.
Well protected in here.
You know.
there?s only one thing about
this place I really don?t care for.
What?s that?
It?s white.
- I really hadn?t thought of it in that way.
- you damn well better think about it.
Is nice, is safe, you made it and
you?re going to stay in until you die!
And you?re going to die in it.
This is a mausoleum,
to whiteness!
A temple!
Pure as the
new fallen snow!
And I hope you like it
because you deserve it.
Look, this isn?t my place. I didn?t
have anything to do with it!
- Why do you stay in here, then?
- I can?t get out.
- You could get out if you wanted to get
out. - I can?t. I tried and I can?t.
- How did I get in?
- Through a door.
- Then go out the door.
- I can?t! There are no doors!
- Go out through the door I came in!
- I can?t!
- Why not?
- Because that?s your door!
You make me sick!
Hi, Baron! I was wondering
where you where
...It had no dramatic value,
no structure at all.
I didn?t care for the ending.
What's the point of it all?
And on top of all that...
they paid everybody scale.
- Gin and tonic anyone?
- Yes, I?ll have one.
It?s useless. You know?
He?s projected.
What do you mean, projected?
Well, every one of us has a certain
image we project to others. Right?
Well... this is the image we project!
None of us are real. He?s not real.
We?re all projected.
- I?m not projected.
- What did you say?
I said I?m not projected.
I?m not projected.
I?m not projected. I?m....
...Projected.
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe
you've died and this is what death is?
Well, young man,
have you had enough?
- Yes.
- Sit down, sit down.
You finally figured out
what is happening here?
No
Oh, that?s a shame. We?d like to
release you as soon as possible..
You mean,
if I figure it out, I can go?
That is one of the things
you will have to figure out!
And that is the kind of
remark I am getting sick of!
This whole thing just isn?t real.
- Define ?Reality?.
- Nah
- Look, is this hammer real?
- Yes
..no
..maybe
Possibly all three. Now consider this...
If you were to magnify this hammer?s head...
...you would see the geometric latticework
of the molecules, permeated by space.
Here we go...
And yet inside the molecules we see
the atoms. And inside the atoms...
... we see protons, positrons, neutrons,
mesons, nu-mesons, pi-mesons. And in none...
..of them, anywhere can you find
anything you can call a real thing!
An actual speck, a thing that
you could hold or touch!
You?re absolutely right!
This hammer... it doesn?t exist!
Then how do you explain this?
Your trouble is, you
will not accept a paradox.
- Hey, what?s going? on here?
- I?m sorry about the hole, Arnold.
Sure, sure you?re sorry.
But I?ve got to fix it.
Here?s your hammer back.
- Now then, let us consider some
of the paradoxes of science.
Anything you say.
In subatomic physics,
science knows for a fact,
...that certain electrons may move from
one point to another. But observe...
although the electron is sometimes here and
may move to here, it is never in between.
Wait a minute. That?s impossible.
It?s got to be in between when it?s moving.
It isn?t.
But it?s impossible!
I know. But it happens.
The whole theory of Quantum
Physics is based on it, you know.
The old guy?s flipped his gourd.
Yeah, the marbles have finally
fallen out. Stark-raving bananas.
Get back to work!
Take another example.
If we take a proton and an anti-positron
we would create...
- ...of anti-hydrogen...
-15x27 wide. That should be number 47.
That?s it. Hey, you know you put
a number 47 hole in that wall?
Good! Now what about
the Unified Field Theory?
I don?t care about it.
Not care about it?
Don?t you realize the theological implications
in such a set of basic universal postulates?
No
This is appalling.
Have you no desire to come to grips...
...with the elemental structure
and foundation of existence?
What kind of a man are you?
I hope you rot in this Cube!
Work like a dog making this a pleasant
place and what do you get for it?
People have no respect for property.
Him and his scientific experiments.
Who cares what Reality is?
Ah! Now! Pretty good fit, hey pal?
Well, I guess that?s it.
Oh that guy is a real pain in the neck.
It?s a good thing he doesn?t exist!
Hi there. May I come in?
Do you mind if I sit down?
- No
- Thank you
gee, I really feel sorry for you.
You know, I?ve been looking for a moment
when I could slip in here and talk to you.
- I hope you don?t mind.
- No. No... of course not.
Well, can I do anything for you,
like do you need anything?
I would like to get out of here.
But you?re not going to tell me how, right?
Oh, I?m sorry, but I?m really not
allowed to talk about that.
- I can only give you a hint.
- What?s that?
It?s going to get worse before it gets better.
Swell.
Well, listen...
if you expect the worst, sometimes
you get a pleasant surprise.
- Do you know what I mean?
- Yeah
Yeah. Well, let me
give you another hint.
What?s that?
Don?t trust anybody. Don?t trust the
manager or Arnie. Don?t even trust me.
You know, do you ever say to
yourself: ?I wonder if I can trust him??
Yeah, well, don?t!
To think own self be true. Remember that?
Yeah, well, nobody is. Especially if
you try not to be when you are.
I?m not sure I follow that.
It?s because everyone is a liar.
I?m a liar. I?m lying right now.
Because people aren?t
what they say they are.
Oh, you?re not what you
say you are, are you?
I?m not sure.
That?s a lie!
You know but you pretend
to think that you?re not sure.
And that?s copping out.
I hadn?t really meant it that way.
There?s only one thing
worse than copping out.
And that?s being wishy-washy!
Now you?re being wishy-washy!
You?re changing, aren?t you?
You?re changing right in front of me.
Everybody changes, kid.
You?ve got to get used to that.
Change is what?s happening to the world.
The only people who can?t adapt themselves
to change are the chickens of the world.
The lily-livered chickens!
listen Road Island Red, or
whatever the hell your name is...
just remember what happens to chickens!
They get their heads cut off!
Pardon me, sir.
- What do you want now?
- Your time is up, sir.
What?s that supposed to mean?
Well, sir, you only signed up
for a certain amount of time...
-I?m afraid you?ve already overstayed it.
-I never signed anything.
Please, sir, I must ask you to leave.
Leave?
- Yes.
- You mean I can leave if I want to?
Yes sir. I?m afraid you must.
You see, there are others
waiting to use the facilities.
Of course, if you wish to make a
reservation for some future time...
You mean to tell me that
I can just walk out that door?
Of course! That?s your door.
I don?t trust you.
I don?t know what you mean, sir.
Oh, don?t give me that!
Everything in this place is a trick.
Please, sir, it is getting late.
Can?t we talk about this outside?
- How stupid do you think I am?
- Oh really, sir!
Oh really? Don?t give me that!
I can see you fellows planning it now.
If all else fails, we can
always use the old...
"wouldn?t you like to leave now, sir?
Wouldn?t you like to leave, sir?"
Well, wouldn?t you, sir?
If this is a trick, I am personally going
to tear you into little tiny pieces.
I really don?t understand, sir.
What kind of a trick could it possibly be?
How about this one? The minute
I step foot outside this door...
2 gorillas grab me, dressed in ballet costumes,
drag me back and throw me on the floor.
...and dance around me singing...
Home Sweet Home! How about that one?
Would that qualify me
for a job in this asylum?
Do you mean to say you?re
not going to walk out that door?
You just remember...
...little tiny pieces.
Be it ever so humble.
There?s no place like the Cube.
Get out!
Go ahead...!
You know, sir, you?re really getting
quite good at predicting these things.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
It?s a pleasure to be here.
It certainly is!
- Hey, Eddie, where did you get that coat?
- You like it?
I borrowed from my
cousin, a drunk, bank clerk.
- That?s ridiculous. If a bank clerk
wore that coat, he?d be fired..
That?s why he?s drunk!
Hey Eddie, what?s the matter with you?
You look terrible.
You?re right. I feel awful.
Well come on, let?s take a look
at you. Stick out your tongue.
Farther!
Farther
I can?t! It?s tied in the back!
Well, that?s your trouble.
You?re tongue tied!
Keep it up folks. If you
stop laughing then he might sing!
Hey Eddie, that?s an excellent idea!
Hold on! You?re not going
to sing for these people, are you?
- Sure!
- Why? what did they ever do to you?
Come on Eddie. I sing pretty good!
That?s true folks. I have him over
to my apartment every month to sing.
That?s right.
It kills the cockroaches!
He was singing in the car wash
and the brushes proposed to him!
And I tell ya folks, that
was quite a soggy proposal!
- You?re not laughing.
- Why aren?t you laughing?
- Other people laugh.
- We?re funny.
- We play all the best night clubs.
- We do all the talk television shows.
We are the best there is.
- Don't you think we are funny?
- Well I...
I guess I just don't feel like laughing.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You're never gonna get out of here.
You have 3 minutes.
Who are you?
I'm no one.
I'm a vessel, a pitcher
filled with the elixir of peace.
I bring this gift to you.
you did?
Now in this final hours,
I bring you the hope of ALL.
Final hours?
Of what?
well spoken my brother, perhaps
...there is no Time...
...no Space...
...no Death.
There's only All.
There's only IS.
There's only this.
Do not struggle,
Death is nothing.
Death?
But you have to face it's already
gone, like ripples on the river
whose coming and going
no man can record.
You are part of the All.
That is all there Is.
All is all. Is is
It is?
I give you... the Ramadar.
Think on this.
Meditate on the Ramadar.
And it will bring you peace.
Think on the Ramadar
and it will bring you All.
Think on the Ramadar
and it will bring you Is.
All right.
All right, I've had enough!
You win.
I give up!
You understand?
Shut up!
Shut!
It's strawberry jam.
Hi, pal.
How are you do...
What?s going on?
You broke your Ramadar.
Oh, well...
Most people do.
This things are awful hard to take.
"Beep, beep, beep", from morning till night.
The only way to quiet them
is to let the batteries run down.
They?ll drive you up the wall.
Hey. listen pal.
Anytime you want another
one of this things...
...You just let me know. All right?
I got a whole room full of it.
that was awesome!
Hey, can't you see this
is all a joke, a gag.
You son of..!
You'll feel better after you?ve had that..
- You can't do that!
- All right!
All right!
now listen to me!
I don't know who you
are or what you are.
But I tell you something,
I've had it!
I'm sick of your funny
little jokes, your games!
I've had it with your gorillas,
your intellectual hogwash...
...Your priests, your chocolate rabbits.
I'm sick of people pretending to be
one thing and changing into something else.
You are probably a man, right?
And a mailman undoubtedly.
Look, I don't know why you are doing this.
Or what the hell you think it means.
I don't really care.
I suppose what you try to do
is driving me completely insane.
And for a while you did a very good job.
For a while.
I didn't know which end is up.
I doubted my sanity...
...my identity, my very existence.
But you know what?
I don't any longer.
Because no matter what goes
on around me. I know me!
I know who I am and you cant
take that away from me!
Here, Here.
No, that's not me.
I've seen your bag of tricks
and I?m up to here with them!
But you can't do...
what you can't do is touch that part
of me who knows exactly who I am.
And you know who I am?
I tell you.
I'm the guy who's gonna
walk out that door, right now.
Congratulations.
Actually, It didn't take you
as long as we thought it would.
It's funny.
I thought I was never gonna
see the outside world again.
Come to my office, I can sign your
release and you can be on your way.
Sit down.
Cigarette?
Well, now you know what reality is?.
I guess so.
I'm still not sure what all that was about.
Well, It's all quite fresh to you right now.
I believe you'll find, as you think about
it, it'll make more and more sense.
It was such a revelation
when I realized that...
...this was me.
This is real.
Its me.
When I hit it, I hurt.
If I cut myself, I bleed
I actually cut myself.
But look, I bleed.
Taste it.
- Strawberry Jam.
- exactly.