Sit down.
Thanks.
How was your night?
Good. How was yours?
Good.
This is great.
Your shift's at 8.30?
- You're not eating? - I already did.
You OK?
Are you going to go with me to Cindy and Bill's this weekend?
Sure. What time?
For the baby shower?
Right.
I don't want to go.
You don't?
I want Cindy and Bill to come here.
Cindy and Bill are welcome here whenever they want.
Henry.
Don't you think it's time?
You're talking about kids.
Of course I am.
- OK. - "OK", you want kids?
I love kids.
Henry, do you still love me?
Of course I do.
Cos I know that you used to.
What happened?
Henry Torne.
Eddie Vibes.
So how you been?
I'm OK. What's going on?
Ah, we got a man down here.
I was wondering if we could come in for a second.
Joe! Joe. Come on.
- You feel really hot. - I'm sorry.
Come with me. Just get right to the back.
- Straight back to the kitchen. - I'm sorry.
- Goddamn sausages at Pinwheels. - Yeah?
So, er... we're in a bit of a bind here, Henry.
We got a big play-off game in the next half-hour
and buddy boy there's our first baseman.
But as you can see, he's not exactly game-ready.
So what do you say?
Feel like playing a little ball?
It's November.
Yeah. They keep the field in pretty good shape.
Oh, God. OK. OK.
So what do you say?
Henry?
So where's this game?
Near Kaisertown, about er... 15 minutes away.
Appreciate you driving, Torne.
Sure.
Just pull over here.
Stop and get some beer money at the ATM.
Good.
So, er... hang tight. We'll be right back.
Keep the engine running, OK?
- Le petit cafe, Frank. - Merci, merci.
- A bientôt, Pierre. - A demain, Frank.
Hey, you! Freeze!
Freeze!
We know this wasn't your deal, Torne.
These people aren't your friends. Why stick up for 'em?
You got a wife, you got a job. Don't you care?
You're looking at three to seven, Henry.
All you gotta do is say something.
The court sentences Henry Torne to three years in prison
for the crime of Felony First-Degree Armed Robbery.
Hey. Excuse me.
I'm Max.
- Henry. - Henry, good.
Um... what are you in for?
- What? - What are you in for?
Bank robbery.
Nice. Clean, simple. I like it.
- I didn't do it. - No, of course not.
Mistaken identity.
What are you in for?
Life.
Just...
Put it anywhere. It doesn't matter.
It's not like you got much choice.
Come on, hurry up, it's breakfast.
Come on. Monday is wholewheat bun day.
What are you thinking?
- Nothing. - You can't be thinking nothing.
Let me guess. You're thinking, "How in hell did I get here?"
How do you think we all got here?
I don't know.
We committed crimes, Henry.
But we committed to the wrong thing.
See, that was a mistake. We never fulfilled our potential.
See this guy here in the middle?
Don't stare at him.
Name's Hector. He wanted to be a doctor.
Thanks. And he could have been a good one.
Well, good or bad, I don't know.
But he chose not to fulfill his potential. Now look at him.
So I'm talking about bad choices.
I recommend these potatoes. They're really terrific.
Give him a little extra, please, Charlie. Thank you.
See, the real crime is not committing to your dream.
What is yours, anyway?
- My what? - Your dream.
Not sure I ever had one.
Never had a dream? I mean, what kinda life's that?
I don't know. A pretty good one.
I don't er... mean any of fence, Henry, but you're in jail.
Are you going to eat the rest of this wholewheat?
- No. - Thanks.
- Hi. - Hi.
How are you?
I'm OK.
How about you?
I'm good.
You look beautiful.
Henry...
.. there's something I have to talk to you about.
OK.
I fell in love.
I just... I mean, it just happened.
I'm really sorry.
- it's all right. - You're not mad?
No.
I want you to be happy.
Hey, Max, when's your next review?
November.
Show us what you did last time for the board.
I'm working. Stop.
- What? One time. - Come on, show us.
- Show us! - Leave me alone, OK?
- Just once, come on. - Come on!
Pain in the ass. All right.
So last time, um... I'm sitting there,
and um... the Head of the Board comes and says,
"OK, Max, what are you going to do for us this time if we let you out?"
I get the old twitch working,
and I go...
"Well, um...
"I'm going to break into your house
"and then I'll kill your dog and set the house on fire.
"Then I'll dance through your garden
"naked like some mad, crazed werewolf.
"And I'll bite and I'll mangle
"and I'll tear the tongue out of everything that's breathing.
"Then I'll hurl myself into the sky,
"the ethereal sky, flaming,
"like God's darkest angel.
"And I'll explode into a goddamn heavenly fireball.
"Boom.
"Boom! You guys wanna see this?
"I can't wait. Boom. "
What? What?
You scared the shit out of me, I tell you.
Well, believe me, I ain't going anywhere, thank God.
When's your review coming up?
- Next month. - You gonna twitch like your cellie?
- Nope. - You don't like it around here
Everyone knows Henry's innocent
Board doesn't like you denying it.
- I didn't do the crime. - But you got the time.
So you might as well have done it.
I kinda like that. That's funny, know what I mean?
If you did the time, you might as well have done the crime. it's cute.
You're cute too, kid. Get up. You're finished.
- Get out of here. - Thanks, Max.
You never did tell me what your dream was, Max.
What?
You never told me your dream.
- I'm living it. - Really?
Well, yeah. I mean, it's easy, living in here.
I got nothing to prove,
all you really gotta do is show up
and they even do that for you.
So, er... it's nice. it's good, yeah.
This place is horrible, Max.
Well, that makes me wonder why er... Why didn't you ever talk?
- When? - Back then. When you had the chance.
I mean, why?
I felt maybe this was my way out.
Oh. Was it?
Yeah.
- Bullshit. - What do you mean?
I mean bullshit. Nothing's changed.
I mean, whether you're out there or you're here...
_.the truth is, Henry, you're still the same guy.
Sorry.
Have you got everything, kid?
Hey, Max, maybe you should think about getting out of here.
Listen. The only thing I ever missed in 23 years is maybe a hot bath.
To tell the truth, I don't think that's worth walking out of here for.
Torne, let's go.
I hope I never see you again.
Henry.
Hey, Debbie, Henry's here.
- Come in. Make yourself at home. - Thanks.
Don't mind me. I'm just setting up for my meeting.
Hey, you want a beer?
- Sure. - Honey, mind getting Henry a beer?
I know.
That's everything you wanted.
Thanks.
- Are you happy? - I am.
I'm glad.
What are you gonna do now?
Honey, they're starting to arrive.
Maybe you'd be interested, Henry. You could be a Jin Chi distributor.
It's Korean kitchenware, the future of food storage.
Plus if you recruit distributors you get paid even more.
- You mean like a pyramid scheme? - No. Not... No. Not...
it's a multi-layered marketing paradidgem.
Anyway, give it some thought.
Listen, Henry, I just wanted to say thank you, you know.
For what?
For not giving up my name.
- I don't know your name. - Sure you do. it's Joe.
You're welcome, Joe.
I'll see you, Deb.
.. with as much as three inches in the Buffalo South towns,
and it will be getting colder.
You look at the extended outlook and you see all these flakes,
but they're only going to be scattered light snow showers,
so most of our accumulations will be tonight
and a little bit more tomorrow.
Take a chance on life. Take a chance on Buffalotto.
What are you doing? What the fuck are you doing?
Are you OK?
Stan, I... I gotta call you back. I just ran someone over. OK.
You idiot! You weren't even looking where you were going.
- Are you OK? - Yeah.
- Is he OK? Is he all right? - I think so.
Don't get up. I'll call an ambulance.
- No, don't. I'm OK. - Hey, it's you.
Yeah, me.
You know what, he walked out into the street.
I saw it all. You were on your phone.
- You weren't even paying attention. - I was.
- I know how to drive. - You know what?
Just park. I'll take him to the café.
Where are you going? Stay on the ground.
There we go. There we go.
So they let you out, huh?
Yeah.
Un verre d'eau, Pierre.
Thanks.
Did you call an ambulance? it's OK. I really am fine.
Fine for a guy who just got run over.
Lucky, I guess.
I think someone should look at you.
Hello. Guy. Do you wanna see someone?
- You look familiar. - What?
- That. - What?
Take a chance on life. Take a chance on Buffalotto.
- Oh. That's you. - Unfortunately, yeah.
Er... I mean, look, you seem to be OK, right?
Yeah, I'm OK.
Great. So I can go now, right?
- Sure. - OK, then.
Goodbye.
And, you know, be more careful.
I told you I never wanted to see that face again.
So?
I figured it out.
- Figured what out? - My dream.
Oh, that's good. So what is it?
The bank.
- The bank is your dream? - Yeah.
- Um... what bank? - The one I didn't rob.
- That's your dream? - Yeah.
What kind of cockamamie dream is that?
I did the time, I may as well have done the crime.
Yeah. Time, crime, right.
- So what do you say? - About what?
- Will you help me? - Help you what?
You came to jail to ask me to help you rob a bank?
Yeah.
I missed you, Henry.
You've got your review coming up.
- Yeah, so? - So you can get out of here.
- it's not that simple. - Yes, it is.
- it's not. - It is.
No, it is not. This is my home, buddy.
This is not a home, Max. it's a prison.
Call it what you like. I'm happy here.
Max.
You can't die in this place.
I can die pretty much wherever I want.
I'm asking for your help.
I need your help.
- I got cards, kid. - Max.
Come on. Look, I've thought about...
God knows, I love my country. I love it deeply.
I couldn't see out of the train window, I was crying so much.
But I must drink my coffee.
Firs, coffee. Firs?
Where's Firs?
I'm sorry, Firs is sick today.
- What? - He's... He's sick.
He's sick. You know it. Continue.
Fine, I'll pretend Firs is here.
Thank you, Firs, you dear old man.
I'm so glad to find you still alive.
I said I'm so glad to find you still alive.
He's a little deaf.
Your brother Leonid Andreyevich
says that I'm an upstart, a money-grubber.
He can say whatever he likes. I don't care. A bit.
I just want you to believe in me. Like in the old days.
I just want your wonderful tender eyes to look on me like they used to.
No, no, no, no, no. Stop, stop. It just is bloody.
No! Simone.
It's too small. it's too safe.
- Stop showing me that safe face. - Good, I won't.
No, I'm not talking about you. You're doing the best you can.
I'm talking to you.
- What are you doing? - Me?
Yes.
Well, I... I'm listening.
Listening? Well, it looks like you're...
"hearing, and to hear is to be weak.
To listen is to be strong.
Why? Because to listen is an action.
No. What... What is that?
It's an action. I'm listening.
I mean, is that what you want? Is that what you mean?
- No, Djula. - Mm-hm. GK.
Then what do you want?
You're performing, you're performing.
Nothing comes out. You're just performing. Performing.
Well, that's what I do, Derek.
I'm an actress.
You can call yourself whatever you want,
but so far you haven't shown me anything real.
You see, here on stage,
every moment, every word, every breath should be a risk.
Where is your risk, Djula?
I don't know, Darek. In your ass?
Good! Finally she's listening! Hah!
From the top, everybody.
I'm going to grab some coffee.
Well, you do that, Djula. Go and grab a coffee.
Let's all have coffee and think about what we're willing to risk in life.
What are you doing here? You here to sue me?
- No. - Good.
20 minutes. I don't care.
- Is it always like that? - What?
- That. - In rehearsal?
- Yeah. - it's a process.
Looks complicated.
Yeah, it is.
- Madame Julie. - Coffee, Pierre.
You want one?
- Sure. - Deux.
- Deux Cafés. - Oui.
Thanks.
You looked like you were listening.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Really?
In a way.
Yeah. Yeah, I wasn't.
I wasn't. I was playing it safe.
You know, "The Cherry Orchard" was Chekhov's last play.
He was dying when he wrote it.
It's kind of perfect.
- Why? - Because it's my last play, too.
Here in Buffalo.
I'm leaving. Right after this.
So who are you?
You mean my name?
OK.
I'm Henry.
Well, I wanna thank you for not suing me, Henry.
Au revoir, Madame Julie.
Ciao, ciao.
Mr Saltzman, please tell the Board
why you believe we should grant you a parole.
Come on, Mr Saltzman.
What have you got for us this time?
Mr Saltzman?
Come on, Max.
See you, George.
- I knew you could do it. - Yeah.
.. where is your car?
I don't have a car.
You don't have a car?
I sold it.
Well, what is the matter with you?
You come to pick me up and you don't have a car.
That is not the way you pick up a person!
Yes, it is. I'm here. I'm picking you up.
Look, I really don't know about this.
I think I'm making a pretty big mistake.
Look, Max, the bus station's just a short walk.
Bus station?
Don't worry, Max.
Carl? Hey, Dave!
Let me in, will you? Open up!
Max, it's gonna be OK.
Are you kidding me? This is your plan?
An old cartoon in a pissoir?
- it's a start. - No, this is 80 years ago.
Wait. I tell you what we do. We do it the old-fashioned way.
- We go in with guns. - No guns.
- Why? - Someone could get hurt.
That's very sweet of you, Henry.
Maybe the tunnel's still there, Max.
Yes, I'm sure it is, right
- Maybe it is. - Maybe it is.
But maybe it's not. I tell you what we do.
First we go to this bank of yours and see if that's there.
It is.
I'm sure it is. But maybe it's not.
Now, which kind of account would you like to open?
Well, which kind have you got?
Er... savings, interest-only, commercial...
Excuse me for interrupting.
I was just thinking, it's such a small world.
My uncle... My uncle, he put all his money in your vault when I was a kid.
I mean, after we came from Europe.
Before the War.
The brownshirts and...
Well, what was my point, anyway?
I... Yes, and I remember him, my uncle, telling me
that your vault would probably be here for 300 years.
- Well, we hope he's right. - The man was never wrong.
Er... how long has that vault been here?
Er... since 1891.
Wow. And I'm just assuming it's in the same spot.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Exact same spot.
History, son. it's all about history.
As I was saying, we have savings, interest-only...
Again, pardon me, but you'll have to just give us
a little time to decide which of those we prefer.
But I want to thank you so very much.
- Oh, well, no, thank you. - No, thank you for being so kind.
OK, we'll get in touch with you.
Have a nice day, gentlemen.
The vault is somewhere in here.
The tunnel runs somewhere under here
and ends up somewhere in there.
It's virtually robbing itself, isn't it?
Goddamn Chekhov shit!
Jesus. Henry?
Julie, Max. Max, Julie.
How do you do?
- What are you doing here? - Er...
I was er... I was just showing Henry the place where I used to perform.
Oh. What?
- That's lunch, Julie. - Oh. Thank God.
Yes, Chekhov can be extremely difficult.
It sometimes takes a cast-iron stomach.
- Why, you know Chekhov? - Of course.
Next to Gorbachev, he's my favourite Russian.
Excuse me, would you mind terribly if I er... took a look inside?
It's been maybe 30 years since I've been in there.
- Really? - Yes.
Well, er... yeah, sure.
Very kind of you.
How are you doing?
Great I'm in hell.
Home again.
- What shows did you do? - Ma'am?
What productions were you in?
Some of the greats.
Shakespeare, of course.
Ibsen, Yeats, Williams.
Yeats. Yeats? What play did Yeats write?
No, it was about Yeats, when he was a young man.
Julie. Excuse me. Julie, Mary wants to fit your wig at four
and Darek says to stay hungry.
- Fuck him. - Got it.
can I be a bit of a nuisance, please?
I'd very much appreciate a small tour around the old place,
if you wouldn't mind.
He used to perform here.
- I suppose it's OK. We're on a break. - Oh, thank you.
- Henry? - Sure. Go ahead.
Julie, thanks so much.
Is that your dad?
- No, he's a friend. - Really? Cos he seems like your dad.
It's peaceful out here.
Ah, the inner Sanctum. Like it was yesterday.
Down here.
People often make the mistake of going down
but in Chekhov, you must always, always go up.
- Bring back some memories? - Oh, indeed.
Let me tell you something.
Did you know that there used to be a Speakeasy here during Prohibition?
And they hid the booze in the bank.
Exactly.
Did you know there was a tunnel? There was a tunnel.
I know that. I know that. As a matter of fact, that tunnel...
That tunnel was um...
I know where it is.
- I'll show it to you. - Really?
You did some acting yourself, didn't you?
I could tell.
"The Cherry Orchard".
So what's it about?
A woman returns to her family estate in the Russian countryside
and she realises that she has to sell her beloved cherry orchard,
which is the magical place of her youth.
It's the only place she's ever felt safe.
And it's about um...
being forced to let go of the past
and create a new life in order to survive.
We're going to have to be quick
because Arnold hates people in his dressing room.
- Arnold? - Oh, Lopakhin.
Of course.
Hello?
And I think it was right here.
Yeah.
Huh. Amazing.
Oh, boy. Lots of whisky.
Filled with ladies and gentlemen.
The good old days. Can you imagine?
I think they sealed it up in 1931
when they built the theatre.
Yeah, times have changed.
Well, all good things must come to an end, unfortunately.
So what's your story, Henry?
- My story? - Like, what do you do?
I'm figuring that out.
Does that mean you don't have a job?
I uh...
.. just got out of prison.
- Prison? - It sounds worse than it is.
Really? Cos prison sounds bad.
Why were you there? Are you a murderer or something?
No. Do I look like one?
- No. - What do I look like?
Oh, this place is just full of treasures.
Thank you so much. It was great. Thank you.
- And thank you, Simon. - My pleasure.
- And I'll see you tomorrow. - Tomorrow?
Max has offered to volunteer at the theatre.
Work.
Work. it's time to work, you lazy Americans.
Even you, Djula. Top of act two.
What are you doing afterwards?
- Why? - You like Chinese?
- Yeah. - Jinlan?
- Yeah, it's OK. - Eight o'clock?
Sure.
- Great. - Great.
Djula, can we please start?
Stay out of prison.
- Djula, please. - Yes, yes!
- Can we start? - I'm here!
Good. You're coming in stage right.
I can see it all, Henry.
The bank,
the vault, the theatre, the tunnel.
See, we got all the pieces of the puzzle
sitting right there on the table.
Now all we gotta do is put 'em in the right order.
The only thing is the dirt.
Where does the dirt from the tunnel go?
What about the vault?
- I'm thinking dirt right now, Henry. - OK.
How do I look?
- Huh? - How do I look?
You look like Henry.
You gonna be all right?
Yeah, we had a great day, kid. Have yourself a nice dinner.
Julie.
Sorry I'm late.
That guy's a total dick.
Hi, Henry.
Hi. So how was the rehearsal?
I feel like duck.
Yeah, I think I'm good. The reviews are mostly good.
But the problem is I don't just wanna be good. I wanna be great.
And I don't just wanna be great in Buffalo.
Where, then?
Don't laugh.
Hollywood.
I guess that's where people go.
Yeah.
You know, I just don't want my legacy to be a Buffalotto commercial.
You know what? it's not going to be.
Because the moment this thing is done, I'm out of here.
I'm just... I've gotta get out before it's too late.
Sounds like a plan.
Yeah.
I hate fortune cookies.
I like 'em.
Are we going anywhere in particular?
You want some?
- No. - No?
Come on, take a chance. Take a chance on life.
There's a whole bunch of bodies down there just churning around,
caught in the current.
So what did you do before jail, Henry?
I worked at a tollbooth.
- Yeah? Which one? - Eden.
' No! ' Yes.
Yay! I had family on the other side.
We must have seen each other 100 times.
So, uh...
You were one of those guys in the tollbooth with the er...
those weird... those rubber gloves.
Yeah.
What's so funny?
It's just...
You were watching everyone go someplace
and you were going nowhere.
- That's funny? - Yeah.
It's funny-sad.
So what did you go to jail for, Henry?
- Trying to rob Buffalo Savings Bank. - What?
I thought I was on my way to a softball game but I... wasn't.
- But now I'm gonna rob it for real. - What?
I'm going to rob it for real.
You're going to rob the bank that you went to jail for robbing?
Yeah.
- There's a tunnel. - What tunnel?
It runs from the bank to the theatre.
- My theatre? - Yeah.
Fucking hilarious, Henry.
You know what?
- What? - I'm hungry.
- For what? - Ice cream.
Ice cream.
Let's get some ice cream.
I can't believe I'm sitting here.
Neither can I.
I want to dance and clap my hands. I think I must be dreaming.
You know, "God knows, I love my country.
"I love it deeply.
"I couldn't see out of the train window, I was crying so much. "
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Could you read Lopakhin?
Sure.
"I have to go to Kharkov on the five o'clock train. Such a bother.
"I wanted to stay and talk to you.
"You're as wonderful as ever. "
Read the next line.
"Even more beautiful,
"and dressed like a Parisian... You could blow me down. "
Um...
could you say it like you feel it?
Like it's real.
Just say it to me.
OK.
"Even more beautiful.
"And dressed like a Parisian...
"You could blow me down. "
You're good. That's really good.
You know what, I want you to keep reading, but get up and walk around.
- "Your brother Leonard... " - Leonid.
- Leonid.
"Your brother Leonid says I'm an upstart. A money-grubber. "
Yes, you are, Henry. You're a bank robber.
"He can say whatever he likes. I don't care a bit.
"I just want you to believe in me like in the old days. "
Again.
"I just want you...
"I just want you to believe in me like in the old days.
"I just want your wonderful, tender eyes
"to look at me like they did then. "
Say it without the book now.
"I just want your wonderful, tender eyes
"to look at me
"like they did then. "
Oh, I'm so glad I ran you over.
Me too.
Good morning.
- Henry! - Morning, Max.
Hey, listen. I figured it out.
The dirt from the tunnel goes on the roof.
Ah, company.
- Good morning, Max. - I'm sorry about the um...
- it's all right. She knows. - She does?
I didn't know the dirt from the tunnel goes on the roof.
Don't worry. I'm not going to tell anyone.
Could I just have a second with you?
Pardon us, will you?
- What do you mean, you told her? - I told her.
- You told her everything? - Yeah.
Henry, it's a crime. A crime's supposed to be secret.
- it's OK, Max. - No, it is not. It's not kosher.
How do you like your bacon?
Crispy.
- What were you in prison for, Max? - I was a confidence man.
You mean a con man?
I um... I don't like that word.
Er, "confidence" is a little more elegant.
"Confidence" comes from the Greek "fides", meaning faith and belief.
Greek?
I thought it was Latin.
Well, yes, it is... it is now.
So, essentially, you make people feel good and then you rip 'em off?
Yes. But I was always a little better at the feeling good part
than I was with the ripping off part, hence jail.
Aren't you worried about getting caught?
Well, it's kind of a win-win situation for me.
Why?
I like jail.
What about you, Henry?
You like jail?
No.
I like it out here.
So why would you take the risk?
Or is it the money?
Well, it must be the money.
Boy, you are a criminal.
You're a greedy little criminal.
Your brother Leonid says I'm an upstart. A money-grubber.
But I don't care a bit.
I just want you to believe in me like in the old days.
Cute! You remember. Good!
Excuse me.
- Excuse me. - What?
- What exactly was that? - It was Chekhov.
Chekhov?
- Oh, of course. Yeah. - We read it last night.
Yeah. He was so good.
- You're really good. He's a natural. - He is.
I thought you guys were out on a date last night.
We were.
So now going on a date is reading Chekhov?
Yeah.
I gotta get to the theatre.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Can you give me a ride to the theatre?
Why?
I'm a volunteer now.
You were never in any of those plays, were you?
No.
But can you give me a ride?
Why didn't you listen to me? Why?
We can't turn back the clock now, poor dear
Crying, crying, crying.
Oh, God. This is driving me crazy.
- What? - We could be digging right now.
- We could? - If we were in that dressing room.
- it's rehearsal. There are people. - Right. Just pissing me off.
Well, what can we do, Max?
What?
- I got an idea. - What?
What if you played Lopakhin?
- What? - If you played Lopakhin,
we could get into that tunnel any time.
They have a Lopakhin.
- What if they didn't? - What do you mean?
What do I mean? What if they didn't have a Lopakhin?
I can't be Lopakhin. I'm not an actor.
You're not a bank robber and you're doing that.
Max, come on.
- She said you were a natural. - So?
So a natural is a natural. And a natural means you can do it.
- It doesn't. - You're gonna be Lopakhin.
- There has to be another way. - No. This is the way.
- I don't know, Max. - You want the bank, don't you?
- Yeah, I do. - Then you're gonna be Lopakhin.
End of story. You're gonna be great.
I swear to you.
- it's crazy. - You're gonna be great.
I'll call you back.
Darek, she's taking a phone call in the middle...
I did not take it. It's exactly what I did not do.
Listen, I was thinking here, you could step backstage.
- What's going on? - You unprofessional...
- Mr Milodragovich. - ... shit!
Arnold's quitting.
- What? - He's quitting.
We're talking about Willie Loman.
The West End. A Ken Waterstone production.
Ooh, a Ken Waterstone production!
The heavens have opened
You're a lucky boy. Well, go, yes.
Run, run to that pampering, populist...
Great
...piece of shit Ken Waterstone and his finest productions. Ha!
Goodbye, Darek. I'm sorry.
We could have auditions this afternoon.
- I have a list of... - That's a shit list!
What do you want me to do?
I can't hear you when you're yelling.
What?
No, no, no, sorry. I can't give you a ride.
I know, no. Before I start,
I just want you to remember that you said he'd be a natural.
Stan, let me call you back.
- What? - Henry.
- Henry what? - He'd be perfect.
Perfect for what?
For Lopakhin.
You mean Henry should play Lopakhin?
- Yes. - What the fuck! He's not an actor!
Exactly. He's natural. He'd just be playing himself.
Just give this a little thinkage.
The man is Lopakhin.
I mean, he's a man who's come from nothing,
he's a man who's not afraid to create a new life, put his past behind him,
and he's a man in love with you.
Madame Ravinsky.
Ranevsky.
- What did I say? - Ravinsky.
- I did? - it's Ranevsky.
That's weird. OK.
Can you maybe get him in to see Darek?
What's going on here, Max? Hm?
What's going on? What are you doing?
Listen. The truth is, you need a Lopakhin
and Lopakhin needs a dressing room.
You did this, didn't you?
OK, that... that's fair enough.
OK. OK.
Confidence man.
- Now, get out. - I was just... I was getting out.
Thanks.
You have no training,
you've never been in a production.
You don't even know the play.
I've read it. I think I know this scene.
Oh, you think you know? What?
You're a peasant, a nobody.
Start.
Your brother Leonid Andrevich says I'm an ups...
How can you perform Chekhov and not be able to say Andre-ye-vich?
- Say it. - Andreyevich.
Good. Got the name right. Continue.
Your brother Leonid Andreyevich says I'm an upstart. A money-grubber.
A what?
- A money-grubber. - Really?
Are you?
- No. - No?
- No! - No? But convince her, not me.
Convince her!
Your brother Leonid Andreyevich says I'm an upstart. A money-grubber.
He can say whatever he likes. I don't care a bit.
Neither do I.
I just want you to believe in me,
like in the old days.
Now, do you, Djula?
Show me. Tell me.
Yes, please can you show us something we don't know?
Good God in heaven.
My father was one of your father's serfs,
and your grandfather's serf before that.
Boring!
It's all ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
It must come from here. Speak with your heart.
She's your angel.
Beg her. Beg her for forgiveness.
My father was one of your father's serfs,
and your grandfather's serf before that.
But you, you did so much for me in the old days.
I'd forgotten all that.
I love you.
Like a sister.
More than a sister.
You piece of shit! Don't you ever...
Not bad, Djula. Give me a hug.
- No. - Give me a hug.
No.
Come here. Come on.
I want to hold hands. Simone!
Argh!
Does this make me an accessory?
I think so.
Depends.
On what?
If I get caught.
Things have certainly gotten more interesting since you showed up.
You mean, since you ran me over.
It's not about the money, is it?
- No. - Then why are you doing it?
I used to go along with everything.
I didn't know I could change it.
So now I'm changing it.
And robbing a bank is changing it?
It already has.
Can everybody gather round? Darek wants to address the cast.
Thank you for coming, everybody.
I would like to introduce to you Henry Smith.
From today, he's going to do the part of Lopakhin.
If you please.
Thanks. Thank you. Looking forward to it.
OK, let's take five minutes. We'll go from the top of act three.
Top of act three, people.
Hold it.
Lower.
Henry.
That is a shit-pile of brick.
Yeah.
I think we might need another pair of hands.
No! No!
No!
You've gotta be kidding!
You suck!
How could you possibly suck any more?
Sucker.
I suppose that's him?
Yeah, that's him.
No, no, no.
Thanks for meeting us.
Sure.
How are you, Joe?
How's the business?
- You mean the pyramid scheme? - Yeah.
It all fell apart. We were banking on that money, Henry.
And now all I got is a garage full of dumb Korean plastic.
- Excuse me, um... what does that mean? - Kitchenware.
You see what happens when a person tries to go legit?
It's killing me.
- it's gonna be OK. - Really? It is?
You know how much diapers cost? Huh?
You know how much it costs to send a kid to college?
You're sending your baby to college?
No, of course not. But the kid needs stuff.
Stuff that's expensive. Stuff he deserves.
Joe, we might be able to help.
Yeah? How?
We might have a job for you.
No fooling.
These things are hot.
I'm on fire.
So what do you think?
I think we should get some guns and get the money through the front door.
No guns. People could get hurt.
- What about fake ones? - They're still guns.
Joseph, we're not doing one of those stupid robberies
with tellers and tears and chump change.
We're digging right through to the belly of the beast.
Henry.
Darek wants you on the stage.
Now. Henry?
I hope we don't get caught.
He's on his way.
Oh, thank you for joining us, Henry.
I hope you're worth the wait.
OK, er... places for Lopakhin buys the orchard, all right?
Let's pick it up from there.
Places, please, for Lopahkin's speech.
What do you guys think?
- If it's a boy, do I out him or not? - If you mean his dick, yeah.
You!
First I see you guys in the bank,
then I see you guys in the alley next to the bank,
now I see you coming out of the theatre behind the bank.
I know what you're up to, gentlemen.
So what's on your mind, Frank?
Indigenous currency retrieval and exchange.
Once a month, a truck goes to all our partner banks
across the border to Canada,
takes up all the currency and brings it back home.
Let's say, on average,
eight to twelve million held in our vault for a short time
before it's picked up for redistribution.
Only a bunch of fools would rob that bank any other time.
I could give you the dates.
I could help you with the alarms, I could be your guy on the inside.
Um... hypothetically,
let's just say you were right about what we were doing,
which you're not, of course,
um... why would you help us rob your own bank?
- Got my reasons. - This sounds like a set-up, man.
I don't fuck around, kid. Like I said, I got my reasons.
Well, you'll just have to forgive us, Frank.
We have to hear 'em.
Wife got sick a few years ago.
Insurance wouldn't pick up all the cost so I went to the bank.
They wouldn't help cover the difference.
We were going to retire to France. The Loire valley.
We had to use all of our savings to cover the bills.
Spent everything we had.
Then she died.
I been 30 years at that place.
I'm sorry.
November 23rd.
The money's dropped off at eight and picked up at midnight.
I retire in two weeks.
This is it.
You set up that table,
I'll make sure dinner arrives hot.
Look, why should I be ashamed to say it?
Oh. Why Should...
Why should I be ashamed to say it? I love him. I love him.
My love is like a stone round my neck
and it's dragging me down to the bottom.
But... I love my stone.
I... I can't live without it.
For God's sake, the man has robbed you!
Oh, no, no, no. Don't say that!
He's a scoundrel. Everybody sees it but you.
A petty scoundrel. A user.
And you are what? 26 or what?
Ah, please, please, please, please, stop.
No. Look.
Djula, I can hear you because you're acting very loudly.
But I can't feel you.
Can I ask you a question?
- It is very personal. - Mm-hm.
Have you ever been in love?
- Of course. - Huh. Liar.
Fuck you, Darek!
Then show us!
Show us what love is all about.
How it rips you apart and then puts you together.
It carries you to the heavens and then smashes you to the ground.
Now, if you want to become a great actress,
then you have to reveal something, Djula.
What are you so afraid of, huh?
Maybe you want to die old, alone, unemployed.
Is that what you want, hm?
Djula!
Oh, that's right, Djula.
Run, Buffalotto. Run.
You're very good at that.
Five minutes, people.
Five minutes, everyone.
What?
Are you OK?
I... hate him.
I'm a good actress. I am a damn good actress.
What, I have to love someone to be a great actress? Horse shit.
I've heard it my whole goddamn life.
- What? - That I'm cold.
No, you're not.
Ice cold.
Arctic cold.
This is it. I got the place.
South Beach, Florida.
Incredible.
I'm talking palm trees,
all-you-can-eat sunshine, nice sandy beach,
surrounded by grapefruits the size of your head.
Now, is that living it? Is that living it? What?
- Sounds good. - Yeah, that's living it.
Who the hell's that?
- I'll check. - Grapefruits, Henry, grapefruits.
Large, large grapefruits.
- Who is it? - it's me. Joe.
I'm sorry, Henry.
The same bank.
Shit, Henry. Now, that's poetry.
How you doin', Joe?
Hello.
Hello. Um...
Who's this guy?
I'm your new partner.
- Who's this guy? - I know the whole story.
Joe told me you guys need someone to help get you into that vault.
And I don't dig. Dig?
I'm sorry, Max.
Somebody tell me, who the hell is this guy?
I'm in... or you're out.
Henry, how about a cold one, huh?
Let me explain something.
This poor guy doesn't know what he's talking about.
He's a drunk bum.
He makes mistakes.
Drunken bums make mistakes.
Now, you'll please get the hell out of that chair.
Henry and I go way back.
We went to high school together, right, Henry?
- Yeah, I knew you. - So just relax, old man.
Max! Max, Max, it's OK. Max.
- I know him. I know him. - All right. All right.
I appreciate you keeping your mouth shut, Henry.
If there's one quality I admire in a man, it's loyalty.
What do you want, Eddie?
The American dream.
Deb says we can't have sex till the baby is born.
She says the kid'll know.
Get the fuck out of here, Joe. Just shut up and go home, please.
So, Henry, what about that beer?
Shit.
Opening night.
Shit, What?
- Opening night. - Yeah, so?
It's soon.
Correct. So let's go dig it.
I'm gonna have to leave her.
Of course you have to leave her. You're robbing a bank.
Max, maybe we should wait.
Wait for what? A bus?
What are you talking about? it's a one-time deal.
The guy's retiring. We can't.
What is the matter with you, anyway?
Come on.
What?
I can't do it.
- You can't do what? - I can't leave her, Max.
Leave who? Do what?
- I can't do this. - Henry.
Henry, listen.
You forced me out of jail to help you
and I'm gonna goddamn help you.
See, I got through my whole life with my mouth, you know, bullshitting.
I've been nothing but a fucking coward.
But now I am going to do something.
So here's the deal, Henry.
We're gonna dig this tunnel.
Then we're gonna rob the bank and we're gonna take the money,
we're gonna put it in a car and then we are going to drive away.
Do you understand, Henry?
Yeah.
Henry to the stage, please.
Henry to the stage. Lopakhin to the stage.
I'll be right out.
Take a chance on life.
Take a chance on Buffalotto.
Oh, I hate this commercial.
- I like it. - Why?
You're in it.
Come on. I'm starving. Let's go.
We have to do it opening night.
- What? - it's the only time we can get in.
- But that's in two days. - Yeah.
So you're leaving?
Yeah.
Fuck.
Fuck, Henry.
- I was thinking we could meet. - What?
I was thinking California.
You were thinking we could meet in California?
Yeah.
You know what? You really are a thief, Henry.
I mean, California?
Why would I go anywhere with you? You can't cross a fucking street.
You wreck my play,
you make me an accessory to a crime.
I should call the cops and you should go to hell.
- I didn't know it would be this way. - Henry, you're a bank robber.
You're a bank robber. Henry. You're a bank robber.
Th... I mean, you knew that you had to leave?
- No. - That's exactly what you wanted.
- So that we could be together. - Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
You know what? We screwed a couple of times.
Right? So what?
- It was more than that. - No, really, just a couple of times.
We both knew this would never work out, right?
- I didn't. - I did.
Go rob your bank.
Go!
You're a good man, Henry.
Yeah, Max.
Enjoy the show.
Tonight, my dear players,
we can show our audience that the future is something
we really need to fear.
And to recognise that knowledge itself is never more real
than in the beauty of our imagination.
No, no, no.
As we say in my home country,
go out there and break some dicks.
Off the cushion in the corner, double into the centre pocket.
Ten minutes, people, ten minutes.
Curtain.
Thank God the train is in.
- What time is it? - Almost two.
It's light already.
- How you doin', Frank? - Doing good, Bernie.
Oh, my, the nursery!
Oh, my dear, sweet, beautiful nursery.
I used to sleep here as a little girl.
Your train was two hours late. How do you explain that?
Is that good management?
I'm still like a little girl.
You ever think what you could do with all that money, Frank?
I know what you'd do.
You'd buy the Bills and put them in first place.
It'd take more money than that.
Hey, get in there, get in there.
I guarantee it, I'd get 'em back into the Super Bowl within two seasons.
Perfect. Another chance to lose.
Oh, my childhood, my innocent childhood.
I used to sleep in this nursery.
I looked out from here into the garden
and I woke up happy every morning.
Oh, my cherry orchard.
Well, this is it, Frank.
We got you something.
A little er... retirement gift.
- Oh, thank you, guys. - We wanted it to be from France.
Where is he?
Where is that old geezer?
It stinks in here.
- Oh, break a leg. - The play's already started, Max.
Oh, right. Oh, Julie. Goodbye.
Goodbye, confidence man.
Go. Go! Go!
Nice of you to join us, old man.
Just do your goddamn job.
What? What now?
Oh, no. No, no, not again.
Jeez! Give me that.
- Sorry. - Give me that. "Sorry"?
You're a pussy, you know that, Joe?
You're a real pussy. Get off the cord.
What should we do?
Tell us what to do.
I tell you every day. Every day I say the same thing over and over.
You must rent out the cherry orchard
and the rest of the estate for villas at once, right this second.
The auction is coming up very soon.
But it's all so vulgar.
Welcome to my world, bitches.
Fuck, yeah.
Is the cherry orchard sold?
- Yes. - Who bought it?
...I did.
I bought it.
Wait a minute. Don't rush me.
I'm all dizzy.
I can't talk.
When we got to the auction,
Deriganov was already there.
He bid 30, I bid 40, he bid 45, I bid 55.
You see, he kept going up five while I went up ten.
Well, it didn't take very long.
The gavel sounded and now the cherry orchard is mine.
Mine!
God! God in heaven!
The cherry orchard is mine!
Tell me I'm drunk.
Tell me I'm out of my mind.
Tell me I'm dreaming.
- Is that it? - Yes, it is.
What's that, Eddie?
It's a gun, Max. Joe, take the money and put it in the car. Now.
Joe.
- Just stay where you are. - Don't fuck with me, old man.
You wanna shoot me? You're gonna have to kill me.
- No, no, no. - Listen, stay out of this.
What are you doin', Eddie?
Welcome to the party, Brando.
- What are you doin', Eddie? - it's money, Henry, money.
Come on, Eddie. We're here, we're done.
Shut up, Joe. Take the money out to the car now.
Go on, move. Move.
No happy ending for you, my friend.
You animal!
Max.
Places, act four.
Act four places, people.
It's going very well, everyone.
I gotta get on stage.
Son of a bitch.
The peasants have come to say goodbye.
They're good fellows, Yermolai Alekseyevich,
but, in my opinion, a little stupid.
You gave them everything in your purse. Lyuba, that was wrong.
I couldn't help it. I couldn't help it.
Won't you please come and drink a glass as a goodbye?
Oh, man.
Stop the car.
Joe, stop the car.
We can't stop the car, Henry.
- it's the getaway car. - Stop the fucking car, Joe.
Stop the fucking car, Joe!
Stop the fucking car!
What the hell are you doing?
He's leaving.
Leaving?
Grapefruits as big as your head, Max.
All-you-can-eat sunshine.
OK, kid. I'll be seeing you.
Yeah.
I'll see you.
What's going on?
Just forget about it. Let's get the hell out of here. Drive.
Don't speed.
Dear Mother used to love to walk about in this room.
My sister. My sister.
Mama!
I'm coming.
Wait! Wait!
I had to come back.
I couldn't get on the train.
The moment I stepped on the platform,
the blood drained from my heart.
I knew I would never see you again.
What... is he doing?
I had to come back.
Oh, come on, Henry. What is this? What are you doing?
This is the only way you'll listen.
You should have gotten on that stupid train. You made a mistake.
The mistake would have been leaving and not telling you how I feel.
Don't pretend you care! All you care about is money!
- You think it's about money? - Yes.
- it's never been about money. - My sister. Everything all right?
- Get out! - Don't you have a train to catch?
Get out! Go away!
Well, here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
The selfish peasant who's taken the orchard right out from under us,
who's destroying it right in front of our very eyes.
Sometimes you must destroy in order to create.
We have to let go of our pasts in order to live.
You are no angel. I see what you are by your actions.
I came back, didn't I?
I came back for you.
Henry, just...
.. leave.
Meet me in Moscow.
Get off the fucking stage.
What? What are you running from? What are you afraid of?
- I'm not afraid. - Yes, you are.
- Of what, Henry? Tell me. - You're afraid...
...because I love you.
What?
Meet me in Moscow.
Tell me you'll meet me in Moscow.
Go with him!
Meet him in Moscow!
- Meet me. - Light... lights down ten.
OK.
Ten more.
Ah, fuck, Henry.