1. - So, what do you do?
- I'm studying to be an actress. You?Copy !req
2. - I'm a longshoreman.
- No, I mean, really.Copy !req
3. I mean really, too.Copy !req
4. Although, starting next Monday,Copy !req
5. I'm doing something
a little more glamorous.Copy !req
6. What's that?Copy !req
7. Night cashier at a cafeteria.Copy !req
8. I don't mean how you make money.
I mean, what are you interested in?Copy !req
9. Honey, if I had the answer to that one,Copy !req
10. I bet I'd bore us both to death
in half an hour.Copy !req
11. Thank God that's over.Copy !req
12. So much for the debut
of the Laurel Players.Copy !req
13. And she was very disappointing.Copy !req
14. - Frank! Very nice, Frank!
- Thanks so much, Mrs Givings.Copy !req
15. I can't tell you how much we enjoyed it.
You have a very talented wife.Copy !req
16. I'll pass it along.Copy !req
17. - Frank!
- Hi!Copy !req
18. She's in there.
I'm about ready for that drink.Copy !req
19. Couple of minutes.Copy !req
20. April? Sweetheart?Copy !req
21. - Hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
22. - You about ready to leave?
- Yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
23. I've just got to get this makeup off.Copy !req
24. Well, I guess it wasn't a triumph
or anything, was it?Copy !req
25. - I guess not. I'll be ready in a minute.
- Take your time.Copy !req
26. - Listen, will you do me a favor?
- Hmm?Copy !req
27. Milly and Shep wanted us
to go out with them after.Copy !req
28. Will you say we can't? Say it's because
of the babysitter or something.Copy !req
29. Well, the thing is,
I already said that we could.Copy !req
30. I mean, I just saw them
and I said that we would.Copy !req
31. Then would you mind going out again
and saying you were mistaken?Copy !req
32. That should be simple enough.Copy !req
33. Don't you think
that's a little bit rude, April?Copy !req
34. - Then I'll tell them myself.
- Okay. Okay. Take it easy.Copy !req
35. All right? I'll tell them.Copy !req
36. I mean it, baby.
You were the only person in that play.Copy !req
37. Thank you.Copy !req
38. We shouldn't have let you get
mixed up in the damned thing, is all.Copy !req
39. All right.Copy !req
40. What a bunch of amateurs. I mean,
you've studied, for Christ's sake.Copy !req
41. Could we stop talking about it now?Copy !req
42. Sure.Copy !req
43. I just don't want you
feeling bad about it, that's all.Copy !req
44. Because it's not worth it, you know.Copy !req
45. It's bad enough having to live out
here amongst these people...Copy !req
46. - What'd you say?
- I said yes. All right, Frank.Copy !req
47. Could you just stop talking about it now
before you drive me crazy, please?Copy !req
48. What are you doing?Copy !req
49. April, sweetheart,
let's talk about this, okay?Copy !req
50. - No, Frank, please don't do that.
- Come on, now.Copy !req
51. - Don't touch me.
- April. April...Copy !req
52. Just leave me alone.Copy !req
53. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
54. It strikes me that there's a considerable
amount of bullshit going on here.Copy !req
55. And there's just a few things
that I'd like to clear up. All right?Copy !req
56. Number one, it's not my fault
that the play was lousy. Okay?Copy !req
57. Number two,
it sure as hell isn't my faultCopy !req
58. that you didn't turn out to be an actress,Copy !req
59. and the sooner you get over
that little piece of soap opera,Copy !req
60. the better off we're both going to be.Copy !req
61. Number three,
I don't happen to fit the roleCopy !req
62. of dumb, insensitive suburban husband.Copy !req
63. You've been trying to lay that crap
on me ever since we moved out here.Copy !req
64. And I'm damned if I'll wear it.Copy !req
65. Number four... April? April!Copy !req
66. April.Copy !req
67. What the hell are you doing?
Get back in the car.Copy !req
68. No. I will in a minute.
Just let me stand here for a second.Copy !req
69. God damn it!Copy !req
70. April, can you please just get back
in the car and talk about thisCopy !req
71. instead of running all over Route 12?Copy !req
72. Haven't I made it clear I don't
particularly want to talk about it?Copy !req
73. Okay. I mean, Jesus,
I'm trying to be niceCopy !req
74. about this thing here, for God's sake.Copy !req
75. How kind of you.
How terribly, terribly kind of you.Copy !req
76. Wait a minute. I don't deserve this.Copy !req
77. You're always so wonderfully definiteCopy !req
78. on the subject of what you do
and don't deserve.Copy !req
79. Wait a minute! Wait a goddamn... April!
Now you listen to me.Copy !req
80. This is one time
you're not going to get awayCopy !req
81. with twisting everything that I say, April.Copy !req
82. This just happens to be
one goddamn timeCopy !req
83. I know I'm not in the wrong here.Copy !req
84. Christ, I wish
you'd stayed home tonight.Copy !req
85. You know what you are
when you're like this, April?Copy !req
86. You're sick. I really mean that.Copy !req
87. - You're sick! What?
- And do you know what you are?Copy !req
88. - You're disgusting.
- Oh, yeah?Copy !req
89. You don't fool me, Frank.Copy !req
90. Just because you've got me safely
in this little trap,Copy !req
91. you think you can bully me into feeling
whatever you want me to feel!Copy !req
92. - You in a trap? You in a trap?
- Yes! Yes! Me, Frank!Copy !req
93. - Jesus Christ, don't make me laugh!
- Me!Copy !req
94. You pathetic, self-deluded little boy.
Look at you!Copy !req
95. Look at you and tell me, how by any
stretch of the imaginationCopy !req
96. you can call yourself a man?Copy !req
97. Damn it!Copy !req
98. Jesus Christ!Copy !req
99. - Don't look at me like that, April.
- Could we please go home now?Copy !req
100. Fifteenth floor.Copy !req
101. I'm going to need your help
this morning, Old Scout.Copy !req
102. For the next few hours, you're to warn
me of Bandy's every approachCopy !req
103. and you may need to shield me
from public viewCopy !req
104. in the likely event I void my stomach.Copy !req
105. It's that bad.Copy !req
106. Good morning, Jack.Copy !req
107. Nothing good about it, I assure you.Copy !req
108. Of course, I knew the moment
you stepped off the trainCopy !req
109. what you were looking for.Copy !req
110. A small remodeled barn,
or a carriage house.Copy !req
111. And I just hate to be
the one to tell you that sort of thingCopy !req
112. just isn't available any more.Copy !req
113. But I don't want you to despair.Copy !req
114. There is one place up here
I want to show you.Copy !req
115. Now, of course, it isn't very desirable
at this end.Copy !req
116. As you can see, Crawford Road
is mostly these little cinder-blocky,Copy !req
117. pick-up trucky places,
plumbers, carpenters,Copy !req
118. little local people of that sort.Copy !req
119. But eventually...Copy !req
120. Eventually it leads up to Revolutionary
Road, which is much nicer.Copy !req
121. Now, the place I want to show youCopy !req
122. is a sweet little house
and a sweet little setting.Copy !req
123. Simple, clean lines, good lawns,
marvelous for children.Copy !req
124. It's just around this next curve.Copy !req
125. Now, you'll see it. There.
See the little white one? Sweet, isn't it?Copy !req
126. The perky way it sits there on
its little slope? Charming, isn't it?Copy !req
127. Oh, yes.Copy !req
128. You wanted to see me?Copy !req
129. Came for you from Toledo this morning.
This is the third one this month.Copy !req
130. Sorry. I thought I'd taken care of...Copy !req
131. I'm not prepared to have this
conversation again, Frank.Copy !req
132. - You understand?
- I was literally just getting into...Copy !req
133. These folks in the provinces look up
to us. We need to be efficient.Copy !req
134. We can't have this
kind of back and forth, and so forth.Copy !req
135. - It's just not efficient. Am I right?
- Yes.Copy !req
136. - What was that about?
- Toledo.Copy !req
137. Branch manager wants
a revised brochureCopy !req
138. for the conference on the Knox 500.Copy !req
139. "It's just not efficient. Am I right?
Am I right? Am I right?"Copy !req
140. Sounds like a goodie.Copy !req
141. For God's sake. I don't even know what
the Knox 500 does. Do you?Copy !req
142. Don't insult me.Copy !req
143. If you'll look in the inactive file
under SP 1109,Copy !req
144. you'll find copies of all the stuff we sent
to the agency,Copy !req
145. that way we can trace the thing back
to its original sources.Copy !req
146. Listen, I hope you weren't planning
on having an early lunch.Copy !req
147. No. I'm not really hungry.Copy !req
148. Good. I'll check on you later then.
All right?Copy !req
149. - Okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
150. You know something, Maureen?Copy !req
151. You're lucky you met me.Copy !req
152. How's that?Copy !req
153. I think I can show you the ropes,
you know.Copy !req
154. There's a certain art to survival at Knox.
Really. Let me show you what I mean.Copy !req
155. Waiter. Bring me the telephone,
would you? And two more martinis.Copy !req
156. Wow.Copy !req
157. Klondike 5-55-66, please.Copy !req
158. Hello, Mrs Jorgensen?
Frank Wheeler here. Yes.Copy !req
159. I just wanted to let you know
that I've had to send Maureen GrubeCopy !req
160. down to Visual Aids for me.Copy !req
161. I'll probably need her
the rest of the afternoon. Yes.Copy !req
162. You, too. Take care now.Copy !req
163. - I never even heard of Visual Aids.
- That's because it doesn't exist.Copy !req
164. Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
165. Hi, Helen. Come on in.Copy !req
166. I can't stay a minute.Copy !req
167. I just wanted to bring
these sedum plantingsCopy !req
168. for that messy patch
down by the foot of the drive.Copy !req
169. It's like the European houseleek,Copy !req
170. only these have the most marvelous
little yellow blossoms.Copy !req
171. Now, all it wants for the first few daysCopy !req
172. is just a tiny dollop of water,
and then you'll find it absolutely thrives.Copy !req
173. Well, thank you, Helen.
That's so kind of you.Copy !req
174. Would you like some coffee?Copy !req
175. Is there something
I can do for you, Helen?Copy !req
176. Oh, I almost forgot.Copy !req
177. There is one small favor
I would like to ask.Copy !req
178. It's about... It's about my son, John.
He's been in the hospital.Copy !req
179. I'm sorry. Is everything all right?Copy !req
180. Well, actually, just for the time being,
he's in Pleasant Brook. Psychiatric.Copy !req
181. Oh.Copy !req
182. - Oh, I see.
- Well, it's nothing serious.Copy !req
183. He just got a little run down. Things can
just get the better of us sometimes.Copy !req
184. - Don't you agree?
- Yes. Of course.Copy !req
185. It's a marvelous facilityCopy !req
186. and the treatments
seem to be doing wonders for him.Copy !req
187. Anyway, they said getting him out
for an afternoonCopy !req
188. might do him a little bit of good.Copy !req
189. I think he finds my friends
a little conventional, quite frankly.Copy !req
190. I mean, he's travelled.
He has a Ph.D. in mathematics.Copy !req
191. I suppose you could say
he's an intellectual.Copy !req
192. It would do him a world of good
to meet a young couple like you.Copy !req
193. Well, we'd love to meet him.Copy !req
194. - Really?
- Yes.Copy !req
195. We'd love to.Copy !req
196. Thank you, dear.Copy !req
197. Thank you.Copy !req
198. Well, I must be off.Copy !req
199. I remember the first day
you came off the train.Copy !req
200. You weren't like my other clients.
You were different.Copy !req
201. You just seemed special.Copy !req
202. Of course, you still are.Copy !req
203. Remember, just a dollop. I must scoot.
Toodle-oo.Copy !req
204. Bye.Copy !req
205. I think you got me a little drunk.Copy !req
206. You know what today is?Copy !req
207. - Monday?
- Mmm-mmm.Copy !req
208. It's my birthday. I'm 30 years old today.Copy !req
209. - Happy birthday!
- Thank you.Copy !req
210. What was the name of that department
you made up again?Copy !req
211. Visual Aids.Copy !req
212. What a joke.Copy !req
213. What a joke. Oh, my.Copy !req
214. - You want to hear a real joke?
- Yes.Copy !req
215. - My old man worked at Knox.
- Yeah?Copy !req
216. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
217. He was a salesman in Yonkers.Copy !req
218. Oh!Copy !req
219. Once a year he used to take me
into the city for lunch.Copy !req
220. It was supposed to be a very special,
life-advice sort of occasion.Copy !req
221. - Nice.
- No. Not really.Copy !req
222. I used to sit there and think,Copy !req
223. "I hope to Christ I don't end up like you."Copy !req
224. Now, here I am,
a 30-year-old Knox man.Copy !req
225. Can you beat that?Copy !req
226. I think I kind of lost you...Copy !req
227. Your father worked for Knox?Copy !req
228. I'm sorry, everything's just kind of
going out of focus.Copy !req
229. Why don't we get some air,
you and me?Copy !req
230. Is this you?Copy !req
231. Yeah.Copy !req
232. - You been to Paris?
- I've never really been anywhere.Copy !req
233. Maybe I'll take you with me then.Copy !req
234. I'm going back the first chance I get,
I tell you.Copy !req
235. People are alive there. Not like here.Copy !req
236. All I know, April, is I
want to feel things.Copy !req
237. Really feel them, you know.Copy !req
238. How's that for an ambition?Copy !req
239. Frank Wheeler?Copy !req
240. Hmm?Copy !req
241. I think you're the most interesting person
I've ever met.Copy !req
242. I guess this wasn't what you had in mind
when you went to work this morning?Copy !req
243. No. It certainly wasn't.Copy !req
244. Do you have a cigarette, Frank?Copy !req
245. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
246. There you go.Copy !req
247. Can I get you a drink or anything?Copy !req
248. No thanks, Maureen. Actually, it's...Copy !req
249. It's getting kind of late.
I guess I'd better be cutting out.Copy !req
250. Gee, that's right.
Did you miss your train?Copy !req
251. That's all right, I'll catch the next one.Copy !req
252. Listen, you were swell.Copy !req
253. Take care now.Copy !req
254. - Frank.
- Why are you all dressed up?Copy !req
255. First of all, I missed you all day
and I want to say I'm sorry.Copy !req
256. I'm sorry for the way I've been
since the play.Copy !req
257. I'm sorry for everything, and I love you.Copy !req
258. The rest can wait.Copy !req
259. Now, you just wait here
till I call you. Okay?Copy !req
260. Okay.Copy !req
261. All right, Frank.
You can come in now.Copy !req
262. Happy birthday to youCopy !req
263. Happy birthday to youCopy !req
264. Happy birthday, dear DaddyCopy !req
265. Happy birthday to youCopy !req
266. Happy birthday, darling.Copy !req
267. I love you, Daddy.
I love you, too.Copy !req
268. Frank.Copy !req
269. Frank. I have had
the most wonderful idea.Copy !req
270. - I've been thinking about it all day.
- Baby, what's all this about?Copy !req
271. Do you know how much money
we have saved?Copy !req
272. Enough to live on for six months
without you earning another dime.Copy !req
273. And with the money we could get from
the house and the car, longer than that.Copy !req
274. "What we could get for the house"?Copy !req
275. Sweetheart, what are you talking about?
Where are we going to live?Copy !req
276. Paris.Copy !req
277. What?Copy !req
278. You always said it was the only place
you'd ever beenCopy !req
279. that you wanted to go back to,
the only place that was worth living.Copy !req
280. So why don't we go there?Copy !req
281. - You're serious?
- Yes. What's stopping us?Copy !req
282. What's stopping us? Well, I can think
of a number of different things.Copy !req
283. For example, what kind of a job
could I possibly get?Copy !req
284. You won't be getting any
kind of a job, because I will.Copy !req
285. Oh, right, right.Copy !req
286. Don't laugh at me. Listen a minute.Copy !req
287. Do you know what they pay
for secretarial positionsCopy !req
288. - in government agencies in Europe?
- No, I don't.Copy !req
289. Listen, Frank, I'm serious about this.
Do you think I'm kidding or something?Copy !req
290. Okay, okay.
I just have a couple of questions, is all.Copy !req
291. For one thing, what exactly
am I supposed to be doingCopy !req
292. while you're out earning all this money?Copy !req
293. Don't you see? That's the whole idea.Copy !req
294. You'll be doing what you should've
been allowed to do seven years ago.Copy !req
295. You'll have time.Copy !req
296. For the first time in your life
you'll have time to find outCopy !req
297. what it is that you actually want to do.Copy !req
298. And when you figure it out,Copy !req
299. you'll have the time and the freedom
to start doing it.Copy !req
300. Sweetheart, it's just
not very realistic, is all.Copy !req
301. No, Frank. This is what's unrealistic.Copy !req
302. It's unrealistic for a man
with a fine mind to go on workingCopy !req
303. year after year at a job he can't stand,Copy !req
304. coming home to a place he can't stand,Copy !req
305. to a wife who's equally unable to stand
the same things.Copy !req
306. Do you want to know the worst part?Copy !req
307. Our whole existence here
is based on this great premiseCopy !req
308. that we're special and superior
to the whole thing.Copy !req
309. But we're not.Copy !req
310. We're just like everyone else.Copy !req
311. Look at us. We've bought into
the same ridiculous delusion.Copy !req
312. This idea that
you have to resign from lifeCopy !req
313. and settle down the moment
you have children.Copy !req
314. And we've been
punishing each other for it.Copy !req
315. Listen, we decided to move out here.Copy !req
316. No one forced me
to take the job at Knox.Copy !req
317. I mean, whoever said I was meant
to be a big deal, anyway?Copy !req
318. When I first met you, there was nothing
in the world you couldn't do or be.Copy !req
319. When you first met me
I was a little wise guyCopy !req
320. with a big mouth, that's all.Copy !req
321. You were not.
How can you even say that?Copy !req
322. Okay. Okay, so I'll have time.Copy !req
323. And God knows that's appealing.
It's very appealing.Copy !req
324. And everything you're saying
makes senseCopy !req
325. if I had a definite talent,
if I were a writer or an artist.Copy !req
326. No. But, Frank, listen. Listen to me.Copy !req
327. It's what you are that's being stifled.Copy !req
328. It's what you are that's being denied
and denied in this kind of life.Copy !req
329. And what's that?Copy !req
330. Don't you know?Copy !req
331. You're the most beautiful
and wonderful thing in the world.Copy !req
332. You're a man.Copy !req
333. This is our chance, Frank.
This is our one chance.Copy !req
334. Okay.Copy !req
335. Okay?Copy !req
336. Why not? Why the hell not?Copy !req
337. - Good morning, all.
- Morning, Frank.Copy !req
338. Franklin. Good to see your shining face.Copy !req
339. - What's the news?
- Fellas, I'm moving to Paris.Copy !req
340. Indeed. And I'm moving to Tangiers.Copy !req
341. Intra-company letter to Toledo.Copy !req
342. Attention B.F. Chalmers,
Branch Manager.Copy !req
343. With regard to recent and repeated
correspondence,Copy !req
344. this is to advise
that the matter has been.Copy !req
345. Very satisfactorily taken in hand, period.Copy !req
346. Paragraph. We wholly agree that
the existing brochure is unsuitable.Copy !req
347. To this end, we have developed, quote,Copy !req
348. "Speaking of Production Control."Copy !req
349. Here you go, Mrs Wheeler. These are
the traveller's cheques you requested.Copy !req
350. - Yes.
- Your steamer reservations.Copy !req
351. These I'll pass on
to the embassy for you.Copy !req
352. - Good luck.
- Thank you.Copy !req
353. September. October at the outside.Copy !req
354. I just happen to think
people are better offCopy !req
355. doing some kind of work
they actually like.Copy !req
356. - Right. Right, yes.
- Absolutely, absolutely.Copy !req
357. But, I mean, assuming there is
this true vocation waiting for you,Copy !req
358. wouldn't you be just as likely
to discover it here as there?Copy !req
359. I don't think it's possible
to discover anythingCopy !req
360. on the 15th floor of the Knox building,Copy !req
361. and I don't think any of you do either.Copy !req
362. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!Copy !req
363. - Michael.
- Daddy, will you read us...Copy !req
364. all the way to here.Copy !req
365. We have to take a big boat ride
across the sea to get there.Copy !req
366. - But I won't know anybody there.
- I know. I know. Neither will I.Copy !req
367. But remember how you felt
when you started school?Copy !req
368. And now look
how many friends you have.Copy !req
369. You'll never guess
what they eat in Paris.Copy !req
370. - You'll never guess.
- What?Copy !req
371. - Slimy snails.
- Snails?Copy !req
372. Slimy snails and icky frog's legs.Copy !req
373. Milly, where are you, doll?Copy !req
374. You better get changed,
they'll be here soon.Copy !req
375. - Is that what you're wearing?
- Don't you like it?Copy !req
376. Yeah, yeah. You look great, doll.Copy !req
377. Guess I better haul ass.Copy !req
378. Hiya, gang.Copy !req
379. What you watching?Copy !req
380. Shep?Copy !req
381. I was calling you and calling you.Copy !req
382. Hi.Copy !req
383. Here we go. Just a little something.Copy !req
384. - Ooh. Those look great. I'm starving.
- April, I can't get over it,Copy !req
385. you look like the cat that ate the canary.Copy !req
386. Do you have something to tell us?
Just a little bit of news?Copy !req
387. Well, actually, Milly, we... Well, we do
have some important news, yes.Copy !req
388. I knew it.Copy !req
389. Honey, why don't you tell them?
Go ahead.Copy !req
390. We're going to Europe. To Paris.Copy !req
391. To live.Copy !req
392. - What?
- When?Copy !req
393. - In September.
- But what for?Copy !req
394. What for?
Well, because we've always wanted to.Copy !req
395. Because the kids are young enough.
Because it's beautiful.Copy !req
396. I mean, really.
Shep, you've been there, you tell her.Copy !req
397. - Yeah, it's a great city.
- Yeah.Copy !req
398. When did you make this decision?Copy !req
399. About a week ago?
It's hard to remember.Copy !req
400. We just suddenly decided to go,
that's all.Copy !req
401. - About a week ago, you tell us now.
- We had to get used to the idea.Copy !req
402. So, what's the deal, Frank?
You get a job over there, or what?Copy !req
403. - No, no. Not exactly.
- What do you mean, "Not exactly"?Copy !req
404. Frank won't be getting
any kind of a job, because I will.Copy !req
405. So what are you going to do, Frank?Copy !req
406. I'm going to study.
And I'm going to read.Copy !req
407. I suppose I'm going to finally figure out
what I want to do with my life, Shep.Copy !req
408. While she supports you?Copy !req
409. Yes. While she supports me.Copy !req
410. In the beginning.Copy !req
411. You wouldn't believe
what they pay for secretarial workCopy !req
412. in those government agencies
over there.Copy !req
413. NATO and ECA and those places.Copy !req
414. And the cost of living
is dirt cheap, right?Copy !req
415. It's so cheap.Copy !req
416. The truth is we just need
something different.Copy !req
417. We're not getting any younger and
we don't want life to just pass us by.Copy !req
418. That's right.Copy !req
419. Gee, it sounds wonderful, kids.Copy !req
420. I mean it. It really sounds wonderful.Copy !req
421. - Thank you, Milly.
- Oh, Milly.Copy !req
422. We'll certainly miss you both.
Won't we, sweetie? Golly.Copy !req
423. - Sure.
- We'll miss you, too.Copy !req
424. Of course.
Truly.Copy !req
425. We should have a toast or something.
To Paris.Copy !req
426. - To Paris.
- To Paris.Copy !req
427. To Paris.Copy !req
428. Cheers.
Cheers.Copy !req
429. You know what I think?Copy !req
430. What?Copy !req
431. I think this whole plan
sounds a little immature.Copy !req
432. Oh, God, I am so relieved.Copy !req
433. Me, too.
I was thinking that the whole time.Copy !req
434. I mean, what kind of man
is going to sit aroundCopy !req
435. in his bathrobe all day picking his noseCopy !req
436. - while his wife goes out and works?
- I don't know, Shep.Copy !req
437. I just don't know.Copy !req
438. Why are you crying?Copy !req
439. What's the matter?Copy !req
440. It's nothing. I'm just so relieved.Copy !req
441. Shep.Copy !req
442. Don't cry. Please. It's all right.
Everything's going to be all right.Copy !req
443. My God, their faces! Oh, God.Copy !req
444. Oh, God!Copy !req
445. You know what this is like,
April, honestly?Copy !req
446. Just talking like this?Copy !req
447. The whole idea of going off
to Europe this way?Copy !req
448. This is the way I felt going up to the line
the first time, in the war.Copy !req
449. I mean, I was probably
just as scared as everyone else,Copy !req
450. but inside I never felt better.Copy !req
451. I felt alive. I felt full of blood.
I felt...Copy !req
452. Everything just...
Everything seemed more real.Copy !req
453. The guys in their uniforms.Copy !req
454. The snow on the fields, the trees.
And all of us just walking.Copy !req
455. I mean, I was scared, of course.Copy !req
456. But I just kept thinking,
"This is it, you know. This is the truth."Copy !req
457. I felt that way once, too.Copy !req
458. When?Copy !req
459. The first time you made love to me.Copy !req
460. April.Copy !req
461. Frank.Copy !req
462. - What's up?
- Bart Pollock's here.Copy !req
463. He's in Bandy's office.Copy !req
464. Big deal, huh?Copy !req
465. Looks like he wants to talk to you.Copy !req
466. Hey, keep my name out of it.Copy !req
467. Frank. Good to see you.
You know Bart Pollock?Copy !req
468. - Well, we've never met, but of course...
- Good to know you, Frank.Copy !req
469. "Speaking of Production Control"?Copy !req
470. Frank, this is a crackerjack.Copy !req
471. They are tickled to death in Toledo.Copy !req
472. Really?Copy !req
473. So, this guy Pollock was perfect
presidential material in the worst sense.Copy !req
474. A million dollar smile and about three
pounds of muscle between the ears.Copy !req
475. April, you should have heard this guy.Copy !req
476. "Frank, this is a crackerjack."
What a horse's ass.Copy !req
477. Wish I'd seen his face
when you told him you were leaving.Copy !req
478. Yeah.Copy !req
479. Here they come.Copy !req
480. Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
481. - Sorry to be late.
- You're not late.Copy !req
482. - The traffic was terrible.
- Thank you. You didn't have to do that.Copy !req
483. - Good to see you.
- Wasn't it terrible, Howard?Copy !req
484. Well, Route 12.Copy !req
485. By the time they finish
that stretch of road,Copy !req
486. they'll have to start
all over again, right?Copy !req
487. - And you must be John?
- Say hello, John.Copy !req
488. Nice to meet you. Heard a lot about you.Copy !req
489. - Where are your darling children?
- They're at a birthday party.Copy !req
490. - Sorry they couldn't be here.
- Don't worry.Copy !req
491. If I had a certified lunatic
coming around my house,Copy !req
492. I'd probably get the kids
out of the way, too.Copy !req
493. Look at all this food. You didn't
have to go to any trouble for us.Copy !req
494. It's just some sandwiches.Copy !req
495. John, would you like a sandwich?Copy !req
496. Helen's been talking it up
about you people for months.Copy !req
497. The nice young Wheelers
on Revolutionary Road,Copy !req
498. the nice young Revolutionaries
on Wheeler Road.Copy !req
499. - Would anyone like some sherry?
- Please don't bother, Frank.Copy !req
500. I'd like some sherry.Copy !req
501. And I'll drink Helen's, too,
if she doesn't beat me to it.Copy !req
502. But, hey, you got a highball glass?Copy !req
503. Put a couple-three ice cubes in it,
pour it up to the brim.Copy !req
504. - That's the way I like it.
- I think I can handle that.Copy !req
505. This egg salad is delicious, April.
You must tell me how you fix it.Copy !req
506. - You a lawyer, Frank?
- No. No, I'm not.Copy !req
507. I could use a lawyer.Copy !req
508. John, let's not get started
again about the lawyer.Copy !req
509. Pop, couldn't you just sit thereCopy !req
510. and eat your wonderful egg salad
and quit horning in?Copy !req
511. See, I've got a good
many questions to askCopy !req
512. and I'm willing to pay for the answers.Copy !req
513. Now, I don't need to be told that a man
who goes after his motherCopy !req
514. with a coffee table is putting himself in
a weak position legally, that's obvious.Copy !req
515. John, come and have a look
out this fabulous picture window.Copy !req
516. If he hits her with it and kills her,
that's a criminal case.Copy !req
517. - Oh, look, the sun's coming out!
- If all he does is break the coffee tableCopy !req
518. and give her
a certain amount of aggravationCopy !req
519. and she decides to
go to court over it, that's a civil case.Copy !req
520. Maybe we'll have a rainbow.
John, come have a look.Copy !req
521. Ma, how about doing everybody
a favor? How about shutting up!Copy !req
522. Settle down, now.Copy !req
523. Maybe I can look into it, recommend
someone. What do you say, hmm?Copy !req
524. Hmm!Copy !req
525. So, what do you do, Frank?Copy !req
526. I work at Knox Business Machines,
actually.Copy !req
527. You design the machines?Copy !req
528. - Nope.
- Make them, sell them, repair them?Copy !req
529. - All these questions.
- I help sell them, I guess.Copy !req
530. I work in the office. Actually, it's...Copy !req
531. Well, it's sort of a stupid job, really.Copy !req
532. There's nothing interesting
about it at all.Copy !req
533. What do you do it for then?Copy !req
534. Maybe Frank doesn't like
being questioned like this.Copy !req
535. Okay, okay, okay.
I know it's none of my business.Copy !req
536. And besides, I know the answer.Copy !req
537. You want to play house,
you got to have a job.Copy !req
538. You want to play very nice house,
very sweet house,Copy !req
539. then you've got to have
a job you don't like.Copy !req
540. Anyone comes along and says,
"What do you do it for?"Copy !req
541. He's probably on a four-hour pass
from the state funny farm.Copy !req
542. - All agreed? Ma?
- Sorry, Frank.Copy !req
543. Don't be. Don't be.Copy !req
544. Actually, John,
I agree with everything you just said.Copy !req
545. We both do. That's why I'm quitting
the job in the fall. We're taking off.Copy !req
546. We're moving to Paris.Copy !req
547. Did you know about this, Ma?Copy !req
548. How do you feel about that, Ma?
The nice young Wheelers...Copy !req
549. The nice young Wheelers are taking off.Copy !req
550. - John, please.
- Steady down, Son.Copy !req
551. John. John. How about some fresh air?
What do you say?Copy !req
552. If that's all right with you?Copy !req
553. - I don't know if it's such a good idea...
- If John wants to, I don't see the harm.Copy !req
554. - Good.
- After you.Copy !req
555. I hear you're a mathematician.Copy !req
556. You hear wrong.
It's all gone now.Copy !req
557. All gone?Copy !req
558. You know what
electrical shock treatments are?Copy !req
559. Yes. Yes, I do.Copy !req
560. I've had 37.Copy !req
561. Supposed to jolt out
the emotional problems.Copy !req
562. - Just jolted out the mathematics.
- How awful.Copy !req
563. "How awful"? Why,
because mathematics is so interesting?Copy !req
564. No. Because the shocks
must be awful and,Copy !req
565. well, because it's awful not to be able
to do what it is that you want to do.Copy !req
566. I think mathematics must be dull.Copy !req
567. I like your girl, Frank.Copy !req
568. Me, too.Copy !req
569. So, what do a couple of people like you
have to run away from?Copy !req
570. - We're not running.
- So what's in Paris?Copy !req
571. A different way of life.
Maybe we are running.Copy !req
572. We're running from the hopeless
emptiness of the whole life here, right?Copy !req
573. The hopeless emptiness?Copy !req
574. Now you've said it. Plenty of people
are on to the emptiness,Copy !req
575. but it takes real guts
to see the hopelessness.Copy !req
576. Wow.Copy !req
577. You know, he's the first personCopy !req
578. who seemed to know
what we were talking about.Copy !req
579. Yeah. That's true, isn't it?
Maybe we are just as crazy as he is.Copy !req
580. If being crazy means
living life as if it matters,Copy !req
581. then I don't care
if we are completely insane.Copy !req
582. Do you?Copy !req
583. No.Copy !req
584. I love you so much.Copy !req
585. Tell you something, Frank.
That Ted Bandy, nice guy.Copy !req
586. Real sport.Copy !req
587. Good enough department head and all.Copy !req
588. But I'm a little sore at him
for the way he's kept youCopy !req
589. under a bushel all these years.Copy !req
590. - This place okay for you?
- It's just fine, sir. Just fine.Copy !req
591. One thing interests me, Frank,
and one thing only.Copy !req
592. Selling the electronic computer
to the American businessman.Copy !req
593. That's why I'm assembling a team.
Men like you.Copy !req
594. Not your average salesmen.Copy !req
595. It'll mean more money,Copy !req
596. and, I got to be honest,
maybe more of a time commitment.Copy !req
597. But you'll be a part of
something exciting, Wheeler.Copy !req
598. Computers.Copy !req
599. Well, sir, it sounds exciting.Copy !req
600. - Bart.
- Bart.Copy !req
601. Bart, let me ask you a question.Copy !req
602. Do you happen to remember
an Earl Wheeler? Out of Yonkers?Copy !req
603. - Can't say that I do. Relation of yours?
- My father.Copy !req
604. He worked as a salesman for Knox
for almost 20 years.Copy !req
605. Earl Wheeler.Copy !req
606. Earl Wheeler.Copy !req
607. There's no reason you'd remember him.Copy !req
608. Well, I'm sure he was a good man.Copy !req
609. Listen, Bart, there's something
I should have mentioned earlier.Copy !req
610. I'm going to be leaving the firm
in the fall.Copy !req
611. - Another outfit?
- No, no, it's not another outfit.Copy !req
612. Now, look, Frank.
Is it a question of money?Copy !req
613. Because if it is, there's no reasonCopy !req
614. we can't get together on a satisfactory...Copy !req
615. Well, I sure appreciate that,
but no, it's not the money.Copy !req
616. It's... Well, it's more
of a personal thing.Copy !req
617. I hope you understand.Copy !req
618. A personal thing?Copy !req
619. I see.Copy !req
620. Frank, let me tell you something
my father told me.Copy !req
621. A man only gets
a couple of chances in life.Copy !req
622. If he doesn't grab them by the balls,Copy !req
623. it won't be long before
he's sitting around wonderingCopy !req
624. how he got to be second rate.Copy !req
625. I guess so.Copy !req
626. So, do me a favor. Sleep on it.Copy !req
627. Discuss it with your wife.Copy !req
628. Because let's be honest,
where the hell would any of us beCopy !req
629. without our wives, anyway?Copy !req
630. And, Frank, in all sincerity,
if you do decide to join us,Copy !req
631. I believe it'll be a thing
you'll never regret.Copy !req
632. And I believe something else, too.Copy !req
633. I believe it'd be a fine memorial
to your dad.Copy !req
634. Think about it, Frank.
Really think about it.Copy !req
635. Knowing what you've got, comma,Copy !req
636. knowing what you need, comma,Copy !req
637. knowing what you can do without, dash.Copy !req
638. That's inventory control.Copy !req
639. Knowing what you've got, comma,Copy !req
640. knowing what you need, comma,Copy !req
641. knowing what you can do without, dash.Copy !req
642. That's inventory control.Copy !req
643. Hi, Frank.Copy !req
644. Working late?Copy !req
645. Yeah. I got to dig myself out here.Copy !req
646. I heard you were getting promoted.Copy !req
647. Big shot.Copy !req
648. I guess your dad would have been
real proud, huh?Copy !req
649. Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.Copy !req
650. So maybe I should take you
for a drink or something?Copy !req
651. You know, celebrate.Copy !req
652. Yeah, maybe.Copy !req
653. I'll just get my things.Copy !req
654. I'm going to bring
my doll carriageCopy !req
655. and my three Easter rabbits
and my giraffeCopy !req
656. and all my dolls and my doll house
and my crayons...Copy !req
657. I thought maybe
we'd give the doll house to Madeline.Copy !req
658. I don't want to give the doll house
to Madeline.Copy !req
659. But I already explained to you,Copy !req
660. the big things
are going to be hard to pack.Copy !req
661. But she can have my bear,Copy !req
662. - and my three Easter rabbits.
- No! Just the big things.Copy !req
663. Look. Wouldn't you rather go outside
and play with Michael?Copy !req
664. - I don't feel like it.
- You've been inside all day.Copy !req
665. I don't feel like it.Copy !req
666. Well, I don't feel like
explaining everything 15 timesCopy !req
667. to somebody who's too bored and silly
to listen!Copy !req
668. - All right, April. What's the matter?
- Nothing.Copy !req
669. I don't believe you.
Did something happen this morning?Copy !req
670. Nothing happened today that I haven't
known about for days and days.Copy !req
671. What?Copy !req
672. Oh, God, Frank,
please don't look so dense.Copy !req
673. You mean you haven't guessed
or anything?Copy !req
674. April, what are you talking about?Copy !req
675. I'm pregnant, that's all.Copy !req
676. What?Copy !req
677. Frank, I meant to wait
till the kids were in bed to tell you,Copy !req
678. but I just...
Well, I've been pretty sure all weekCopy !req
679. and today I went to the doctor,Copy !req
680. and now I can't even pretend
it's not true.Copy !req
681. - How long?
- Ten weeks.Copy !req
682. Ten weeks. Ten weeks?
And you wait until now to tell me?Copy !req
683. No, well, I thought... I don't know what
I thought. I'm sorry, Frank. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
684. I know. I know you are. All right?Copy !req
685. But there are things we can do.Copy !req
686. We don't have to let this stop us
from going, do we?Copy !req
687. Remember that girl at school
I told you about?Copy !req
688. As long as we take care of it
before 12 weeks, it's fine.Copy !req
689. We've got to be together in this, Frank.Copy !req
690. Well, we'll figure it out. All right?Copy !req
691. Come here.Copy !req
692. Twelve weeks.
So we have time to decide, right?Copy !req
693. Right.Copy !req
694. I love you.Copy !req
695. I love you, too.Copy !req
696. So, Frank, how's work?
They gonna survive without you?Copy !req
697. Actually, something kind of funny
happened the other day.Copy !req
698. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
699. I did some dumb little piece of work
to get myself off the hook with Bandy,Copy !req
700. and suddenly,
I'm the bright young man.Copy !req
701. - That's always the way, ain't it?
- It's incredible.Copy !req
702. I mean, I knocked this thing off
in a couple of minutesCopy !req
703. and now they want me to join
their team of "specialist" salesmen.Copy !req
704. Morons.Copy !req
705. Well, it would be funny
if they weren't offeringCopy !req
706. so much damn money.Copy !req
707. So, are you tempted?Copy !req
708. Well, it's just kind of ironic,
don't you think?Copy !req
709. I thought you turned the job down.Copy !req
710. Not yet.Copy !req
711. It's just an option, that's all.Copy !req
712. With the kind of money they're talking,
things could be different for us here.Copy !req
713. We could get a better place. Travel.Copy !req
714. The point is, we could be happy here,
at least for a little while.Copy !req
715. It is possible that Parisians
aren't the only onesCopy !req
716. capable of leading
interesting lives, April.Copy !req
717. So you've made up your mind?Copy !req
718. No. No. Like I said, it's just an option.
That's all.Copy !req
719. And supposing you're right.Copy !req
720. You make all this money
and we have this interesting life here.Copy !req
721. Won't you still be wasting your life
toiling away at a job you find ridiculous?Copy !req
722. Maybe we let that be my business,
all right?Copy !req
723. Your business?Copy !req
724. You know what? It's too hot for this.
I'm going to go get wet.Copy !req
725. - You don't want to go, do you?
- Come on, April. Of course, I do.Copy !req
726. No, you don't.
Because you've never tried at anything.Copy !req
727. And if you don't try at anything,
you can't fail.Copy !req
728. What the hell do you mean I don't try?Copy !req
729. I support you, don't I?
I pay for this house.Copy !req
730. I work 10 hours a day
at a job I can't stand.Copy !req
731. - You don't have to.
- Bullshit!Copy !req
732. Look, I'm not happy about it.Copy !req
733. But I have the backbone not to run away
from my responsibilities.Copy !req
734. It takes backbone
to lead the life you want, Frank.Copy !req
735. Where are you going?Copy !req
736. If it's all right with you, April,
I'm gonna go use the bathroom. Okay?Copy !req
737. What the hell are you going to do
with this?Copy !req
738. And what do you think
you're going to do?Copy !req
739. - You're going to stop me?
- You're damn right I am!Copy !req
740. Go ahead and try.Copy !req
741. Listen to me. You do this, April,
you do this and I swear to God I'll...Copy !req
742. You'll what? You'll leave me?
Is that a threat or a promise?Copy !req
743. When did you buy this, April?Copy !req
744. How long have you had this?
I want to know!Copy !req
745. Jesus Christ.Copy !req
746. You really are being melodramatic
about this whole thing.Copy !req
747. As long as it's done
in the first 12 weeks, it's perfectly safe.Copy !req
748. - That's now, April! Don't I get a say?
- Of course you do!Copy !req
749. It would be for you, Frank.
Don't you see?Copy !req
750. So you can have time,
just like we talked about.Copy !req
751. How can it be for me
when the thought of itCopy !req
752. makes my stomach turn over,
for God's sake?Copy !req
753. Then it's for me.Copy !req
754. Tell me we can have the baby
in Paris, Frank.Copy !req
755. Tell me we can have a different life.
But don't make me stay here. Please.Copy !req
756. - We can't have the baby in Paris.
- Why not?Copy !req
757. I don't need everything we have here.
I don't care where we live.Copy !req
758. I mean, who made these rules, anyway?Copy !req
759. Look, the only reason we moved
out here was because I got pregnant.Copy !req
760. Then we had another child to prove
the first one wasn't a mistake.Copy !req
761. I mean, how long does it go on?Copy !req
762. Frank.
Do you actually want another child?Copy !req
763. Well, do you? Come on, tell me.Copy !req
764. Tell me the truth, Frank.
Remember that?Copy !req
765. We used to live by it.Copy !req
766. And you know what's so good
about the truth?Copy !req
767. Everyone knows what it is,
however long they've lived without it.Copy !req
768. No one forgets the truth, Frank.
They just get better at lying.Copy !req
769. So tell me,
do you really want another child?Copy !req
770. All I know is what I feel.Copy !req
771. And anyone else in their right mind
would feel the same way, April.Copy !req
772. But I've had two children.
Doesn't that count in my favor?Copy !req
773. Christ, April!
The fact that you even put it that way!Copy !req
774. You make it seem as if having children
is some sort of a goddamn punishment.Copy !req
775. I love my children, Frank.Copy !req
776. And you're sure about that, huh?Copy !req
777. What the hell
is that supposed to mean?Copy !req
778. April, you just said our daughter
was a mistake.Copy !req
779. How do I know you didn't try
to get rid of her,Copy !req
780. - or Michael for that matter?
- No.Copy !req
781. How do I know you didn't try to flush
our entire fucking familyCopy !req
782. - down the toilet?
- No, that's not true. Of course I didn't.Copy !req
783. But how do I know, April?Copy !req
784. Stop. Please just stop, Frank.Copy !req
785. April, a normal woman,
a normal sane motherCopy !req
786. doesn't buy a piece of rubber tubing
to give herself an abortionCopy !req
787. so she can live out
some kind of a goddamn fantasy.Copy !req
788. Look, all I'm saying is you don't seem
entirely rational about this thing.Copy !req
789. And I think it's about time
we found somebodyCopy !req
790. to help make some sense of your life.Copy !req
791. And the new job's going to
pay for that, too?Copy !req
792. April, if you need a shrink,
it will be paid for.Copy !req
793. Obviously.Copy !req
794. Okay. I guess there isn't much more
to say then, is there?Copy !req
795. So I guess Paris
was a pretty childish idea, huh?Copy !req
796. I guess maybe it was.Copy !req
797. April, we can be happy here.Copy !req
798. I can make you happy here.Copy !req
799. We've had a great couple of months.
It doesn't need to end.Copy !req
800. We're going to be okay. I promise.Copy !req
801. I hope so, Frank.Copy !req
802. I really hope so.Copy !req
803. Thank you for waiting.
Mr Pollock will see you now.Copy !req
804. Thanks so much.Copy !req
805. Foiled by faulty contraception.Copy !req
806. I can't say that I'm sorry.Copy !req
807. You'd have been sorely missed
in the old cubicle, I can tell you that.Copy !req
808. Wouldn't have been the same
without you.Copy !req
809. Besides... Well...Copy !req
810. What?Copy !req
811. The plan always seemed
a touch unrealistic, don't you think?Copy !req
812. I suppose
it's none of my business, really.Copy !req
813. No. No. I suppose it isn't.Copy !req
814. Well...Copy !req
815. They'll be celebrating
in the secretarial pool.Copy !req
816. Hey! Do you remember the first time
you brought us here?Copy !req
817. Absolutely.Copy !req
818. You said it takes a special kind of taste
to enjoy Vito's Log Cabin.Copy !req
819. It's so awful, it's kind of nice.Copy !req
820. Look at me. I'm just so happy.
Our little gang's back together again.Copy !req
821. How do you like the boys in the band?
Aren't they swinging tonight?Copy !req
822. - Hey, Europe's not going anywhere.
- That's right.Copy !req
823. April, honey, how about a dance?Copy !req
824. Not right now. Maybe later.Copy !req
825. - I'll dance.
- Okay.Copy !req
826. Guess she's still pretty blue
about Paris, huh?Copy !req
827. Think she'll be okay?Copy !req
828. Sure. Give us girls a couple of days
and we can get over anything.Copy !req
829. Right.Copy !req
830. Frank.Copy !req
831. Frank.Copy !req
832. Frank.Copy !req
833. Frank.Copy !req
834. Are you okay? Are you okay? Milly?Copy !req
835. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
836. Excuse me.Copy !req
837. That's just great.Copy !req
838. How the hell
are we supposed to get out now?Copy !req
839. Oh, boy.Copy !req
840. Don't worry about it, Shep.
We can wait. Really.Copy !req
841. What about the sitter?Copy !req
842. Listen, why don't you drive Milly home,
then go home yourself.Copy !req
843. That takes care of both sitters.
Then Shep can take me home later.Copy !req
844. - Yeah, it's fine by me.
- Okay, then.Copy !req
845. - You... You'll be all right?
- Sure.Copy !req
846. Okay.Copy !req
847. - Good night.
- Good night.Copy !req
848. Feel better.Copy !req
849. I'm sorry you're not
going away any more.Copy !req
850. I know it was important to you.Copy !req
851. Don't take this wrong,
but I've been there.Copy !req
852. They don't have so much
we don't have here.Copy !req
853. It didn't have to be Paris.Copy !req
854. You just wanted out, huh?Copy !req
855. I wanted in.Copy !req
856. I just wanted us to live again.Copy !req
857. For years,
I thought we shared this secret.Copy !req
858. That we would be
wonderful in the world.Copy !req
859. I didn't exactly know how, but just...Copy !req
860. Just the possibility kept me hoping.Copy !req
861. How pathetic is that?Copy !req
862. So stupid.Copy !req
863. To put all your hopes in a promise
that was never made?Copy !req
864. See, Frank knows.
He knows what he wants.Copy !req
865. He's found his place. He's just fine.Copy !req
866. Married, two kids.Copy !req
867. It should be enough.Copy !req
868. It is for him.Copy !req
869. And he's right.Copy !req
870. We were never special or destined
or anything at all.Copy !req
871. Yes, you are.Copy !req
872. You're...Copy !req
873. You're the Wheelers.Copy !req
874. You're a terrific couple.
Everybody says so.Copy !req
875. I saw a whole other future.Copy !req
876. I can't stop seeing it.Copy !req
877. Can't leave,Copy !req
878. can't stay.Copy !req
879. No damn use to anyone.Copy !req
880. Come on.Copy !req
881. Let's do it.Copy !req
882. Let me take you somewhere.Copy !req
883. No. Just do it here. Now.Copy !req
884. April.Copy !req
885. This is what I've always wanted.Copy !req
886. I love you.Copy !req
887. Don't say that.Copy !req
888. No. I mean it, I love you.Copy !req
889. Please, just be quiet for a minute.Copy !req
890. Then you can take me home.Copy !req
891. It's beautiful out.Copy !req
892. Yes, it is.Copy !req
893. You know what today is?Copy !req
894. - It's 12 weeks.
- That's right.Copy !req
895. Look, this has been
kind of a crazy summer.Copy !req
896. We've both been under a strain.Copy !req
897. I mean, I understand why you're upset.Copy !req
898. You know I'm not sleeping with you,
and you want to know why.Copy !req
899. Well, I'm sorry, Frank, but I really
don't feel like talking about it.Copy !req
900. All right.
Then what should we talk about, April?Copy !req
901. Would it be all right
if we didn't talk about anything?Copy !req
902. I mean, can't we just take each day
as it comes, and do the best we can,Copy !req
903. and not feel like we have to talk
about everything all the time?Copy !req
904. I don't think I'm suggesting that
we talk about everything all the time.Copy !req
905. Look, my point is we've both been
under a strainCopy !req
906. and we ought to be helping each other
out as much as we can right now.Copy !req
907. I mean, God knows my own behavior
has been pretty weird lately.Copy !req
908. As a matter of fact, there is something
I'd like to tell you about.Copy !req
909. I've been with a girl a few times,
in the city.Copy !req
910. A girl I hardly even know.Copy !req
911. It was nothing to me,Copy !req
912. but it's over now, really over.Copy !req
913. And if I weren't sure of that, I guess
I could never have told you about it.Copy !req
914. Why did you?Copy !req
915. Baby, I don't know.Copy !req
916. I think it's a simple case
of wanting to be a man againCopy !req
917. after all that abortion business.Copy !req
918. Some kind of neurotic,
irrational need to prove something.Copy !req
919. No. I don't mean
why did you have the girl.Copy !req
920. I mean, why did you tell me about it?Copy !req
921. - What do you mean?
- I mean, what's the point?Copy !req
922. Is it supposed to make me jealous
or something?Copy !req
923. Is it supposed to make me
fall in love with you,Copy !req
924. or back into bed with you, or what?Copy !req
925. I mean,
what would you like me to say, Frank?Copy !req
926. Why don't you say what you feel, April?Copy !req
927. I don't feel anything.Copy !req
928. In other words, you don't care what I do
or who I fuck or anything?Copy !req
929. No, I guess that's right. I don't.Copy !req
930. Fuck who you like.Copy !req
931. April, don't you understand
that I want you to care?Copy !req
932. I know. I know you do.Copy !req
933. And I suppose I would if I loved you.Copy !req
934. But I don't think I do any more.
And I only just figured that out.Copy !req
935. Uh-huh.Copy !req
936. And that's why I'd just as soon
not do any talking right now.Copy !req
937. Don't give me that shit, April.
Don't give me that.Copy !req
938. - You know goddamn well you love me.
- You think so?Copy !req
939. You know goddamn well!Copy !req
940. Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
941. Anyone home?Copy !req
942. I'm sorry dinner's late.
Would anyone like another drink?Copy !req
943. Don't worry.
It's nice to just sit a bit and socialize.Copy !req
944. You shouldn't have gone to
all this trouble.Copy !req
945. With all your packing and whatnot.Copy !req
946. I imagine you have a lot on your plate.
No pun intended.Copy !req
947. Actually, there's been
a change of plans.Copy !req
948. Oh?Copy !req
949. I thought maybe it was obvious.Copy !req
950. April here is pregnant.Copy !req
951. - Congratulations.
- Oh, April!Copy !req
952. I can't tell you how pleased I am!Copy !req
953. But I expect you'll be needing
a bigger house now, won't you?Copy !req
954. Hold it a second, Ma.
Hold on a second, Ma.Copy !req
955. I don't get this.
I mean, what's so obvious about it?Copy !req
956. I mean, okay, she's pregnant, so what?
Don't people have babies in Europe?Copy !req
957. - John...
- Suppose we just sayCopy !req
958. that people anywhere
aren't very well advised to have babiesCopy !req
959. unless they can afford them.Copy !req
960. Okay. Okay, it's a question of money.
Money's a good reason.Copy !req
961. But it's hardly ever the real reason.Copy !req
962. What's the real reason?
Wife talk you out of it or what?Copy !req
963. Little woman decide she isn't
quite ready to quit playing house?Copy !req
964. No, no, that's not it. I can tell.Copy !req
965. She looks too tough
and adequate as hell.Copy !req
966. Okay, then. It must've been you.
What happened?Copy !req
967. - John, please. You're being very rude.
- No, no. What happened, Frank?Copy !req
968. You get cold feet?Copy !req
969. You decide
you're better off here after all?Copy !req
970. You figure it's more comfyCopy !req
971. here in the old hopeless emptiness
after all, huh?Copy !req
972. Oh, wow, that did it. Look at his face.Copy !req
973. What's the matter, Wheeler?
Am I getting warm?Copy !req
974. All right, Son.
I think we'd better be...Copy !req
975. You know something?Copy !req
976. I wouldn't be surprised
if he knocked her up on purposeCopy !req
977. just so he could spend the rest of his
life hiding behind a maternity dress.Copy !req
978. That way he'd never have to find out
what he's really made of.Copy !req
979. Now look, I think that's just about
enough out of you.Copy !req
980. I mean, who the hell
do you think you are?Copy !req
981. You come in here and sayCopy !req
982. whatever crazy goddamn thing
comes into your head,Copy !req
983. and I think it's about time somebody told
you to keep your goddamn mouth shut.Copy !req
984. - He's not well, Frank.
- Not well, my ass!Copy !req
985. I don't give a damn
if he's sick or well or dead or alive,Copy !req
986. he should keep his fucking opinionsCopy !req
987. in the fucking insane asylum
where they belong!Copy !req
988. Let's go, Son.
Come on, John.Copy !req
989. Big man you got there, April.Copy !req
990. Big family man.Copy !req
991. I feel sorry for you.Copy !req
992. Still, maybe you deserve each other.Copy !req
993. I mean, the way you look right now,
I'm beginning to feel sorry for him, too.Copy !req
994. You must give him a pretty bad timeCopy !req
995. if making babies is the only way
he can prove he's got a pair of balls.Copy !req
996. - You fucking...
- No! He's not well, Frank!Copy !req
997. All right, John.
Let's get on out to the car now.Copy !req
998. April, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
999. Oh, right. Sorry. Sorry! Sorry!Copy !req
1000. Ma, have I said
"I'm sorry" enough times?Copy !req
1001. Damn! I am sorry, too.Copy !req
1002. I bet I'm just about
the sorriest bastard I know.Copy !req
1003. But get right down to it, I don't have
a whole hell of a lot to be glad about.Copy !req
1004. Do I?Copy !req
1005. But, hey, you know what?Copy !req
1006. I am glad about one thing.Copy !req
1007. You want to know what I'm glad about?Copy !req
1008. I'm glad I'm not gonna be that kid.Copy !req
1009. Okay, okay, don't tell me.Copy !req
1010. Don't tell me, let me guess.Copy !req
1011. I made a disgusting spectacle
of myself, right?Copy !req
1012. Right.Copy !req
1013. And everything that man said
is true, right?Copy !req
1014. Is that what you're going to say?Copy !req
1015. Apparently I don't have to.Copy !req
1016. - You're saying it for me.
- Well, you're wrong, April.Copy !req
1017. - Really? Why am I wrong?
- Because the man is insane.Copy !req
1018. He's fucking insane! Do you know what
the definition of insanity is?Copy !req
1019. No. Do you?Copy !req
1020. Yes, it's the inability
to relate to another human being.Copy !req
1021. It's the inability to love.Copy !req
1022. April. April.Copy !req
1023. April! April!Copy !req
1024. The inability... The inability to love.Copy !req
1025. Frank. You really are a wonderful talker.Copy !req
1026. If black could be made into white
by talking,Copy !req
1027. you'd be the man for the job.Copy !req
1028. So now I'm crazy
because I don't love you. Right?Copy !req
1029. - Is that the point?
- No. Wrong.Copy !req
1030. You're not crazy and you do love me.
That's the point, April.Copy !req
1031. But I don't. I hate you.Copy !req
1032. You were just some boy
who made me laugh at a party onceCopy !req
1033. and now I loathe the sight of you.Copy !req
1034. In fact, if you come any closer,
if you touch me or anything,Copy !req
1035. I think I'll scream.Copy !req
1036. Come on. Stop this, April.Copy !req
1037. Fuck you, April!Copy !req
1038. Fuck you and all your hateful,
stuck-up, little goddamn...Copy !req
1039. What're you going to do now?
Are you going to hit me?Copy !req
1040. - To show me how much you love me?
- Don't worry, I can't be bothered!Copy !req
1041. You're not worth the trouble
it would take to hit you.Copy !req
1042. You're not worth the powder
it would take to blow you up.Copy !req
1043. You're an empty, empty,
hollow shell of a woman!Copy !req
1044. What the hell are you doing in my house
if you hate me so much?Copy !req
1045. Why the hell are you married to me?Copy !req
1046. What the hell are you doing
carrying my child?Copy !req
1047. I mean, why didn't you just get
rid of it when you had the chance?Copy !req
1048. Because listen to me.
Listen to me, I got news for you.Copy !req
1049. I wish to God that you had.Copy !req
1050. April!Copy !req
1051. April!Copy !req
1052. April!Copy !req
1053. April!Copy !req
1054. April!Copy !req
1055. April!Copy !req
1056. - April!
- Stay away from me.Copy !req
1057. - April, listen.
- Stay away from me.Copy !req
1058. Can't I even get away from you
in the fucking woods?Copy !req
1059. April, listen, I didn't mean that.Copy !req
1060. - Honestly, I didn't mean what I said.
- Are you still talking?Copy !req
1061. Isn't there any way to stop your talking?Copy !req
1062. I need to think. Can't you see that?
I need to think.Copy !req
1063. Please come back to the house.
What're you doing out here, April?Copy !req
1064. Do you want me to scream again,
Frank?Copy !req
1065. Because I will! I mean it!Copy !req
1066. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
1067. Good morning.Copy !req
1068. Good morning.Copy !req
1069. Would you like
scrambled eggs or fried?Copy !req
1070. I don't know.Copy !req
1071. It doesn't really matter.
Scrambled, I guess, if it's easy.Copy !req
1072. Fine. I'll have scrambled, too.Copy !req
1073. It's kind of nice having breakfast
without the kids for a change, huh?Copy !req
1074. Yes.Copy !req
1075. I thought you'd probably want
a good breakfast today.Copy !req
1076. I mean, it's kind of an important day
for you, isn't it?Copy !req
1077. Isn't this the day you have
your conference with Pollock?Copy !req
1078. Yes. Yes, that's right.Copy !req
1079. - Big deal.
- I imagine it is a pretty big deal.Copy !req
1080. For them, anyway.Copy !req
1081. What exactly do you think
you'll be doing in your new job?Copy !req
1082. You haven't really
told me much about it.Copy !req
1083. Haven't I?Copy !req
1084. Well, I think this whole thing
is about Knox getting readyCopy !req
1085. to buy up one of those
really big computers,Copy !req
1086. even bigger than the 500.Copy !req
1087. - Didn't I tell you about that?
- No.Copy !req
1088. Why don't you tell me now?Copy !req
1089. Well,Copy !req
1090. you know, basically it's just a big,
fast adding machine.Copy !req
1091. Only, instead of mechanical parts,
you see,Copy !req
1092. you've got thousands
of individual vacuum tubes.Copy !req
1093. I see.Copy !req
1094. At least I think I see.Copy !req
1095. Yes, it's really kind of interesting,
isn't it?Copy !req
1096. Well, I don't know.Copy !req
1097. Yeah, I guess it is kind of interesting,
in a way.Copy !req
1098. You should value what you do, Frank.Copy !req
1099. You're obviously good at it.Copy !req
1100. Well, I guess
I'd better be getting started, huh?Copy !req
1101. Listen, though, April, the...Copy !req
1102. This was really nice.Copy !req
1103. I mean, it was a swell breakfast.
Really, I...Copy !req
1104. I don't know when I've ever had
a nicer breakfast.Copy !req
1105. Thank you. I enjoyed it, too.Copy !req
1106. Then you don't...
You don't hate me or anything?Copy !req
1107. No. No, of course I don't.Copy !req
1108. Have a good day.Copy !req
1109. Okay, then. So long.Copy !req
1110. Hello. Milly? Everything all right?Copy !req
1111. Well, no, I'm afraid I'm not feeling
any better. That's really why I called.Copy !req
1112. If it's not an inconvenience for you,
this evening would be great.Copy !req
1113. What?Copy !req
1114. Oh, no. No.
Not if they're outdoors playing.Copy !req
1115. Don't call them in.Copy !req
1116. Just give them each a kiss for me,Copy !req
1117. and tell them I...Copy !req
1118. Tell them...Copy !req
1119. You know. All right. All right.
Thank you, Milly. Bye.Copy !req
1120. I think I need help.Copy !req
1121. 115 Revolutionary Road.Copy !req
1122. - Frank. They tell you what happened?
- Jesus Christ.Copy !req
1123. Shep, I didn't understand
half the things he told me.Copy !req
1124. He said the fetus was out
before they got her here.Copy !req
1125. And they had to operate to take out
the, what do you call it, the placenta?Copy !req
1126. And now she's still bleeding.Copy !req
1127. He said that she'd lost a lot of blood
before the ambulance came,Copy !req
1128. and now they're trying to stop it.Copy !req
1129. He said a whole lot of things
I didn't understand about capillaries...Copy !req
1130. He said that she's unconscious. Jesus.Copy !req
1131. Okay, Frank,
why don't you just take a seat?Copy !req
1132. What the hell do I want to sit down for,
for God's sake?Copy !req
1133. Okay, Frank. Just take it easy.
Take it easy.Copy !req
1134. - Frank, have a cigarette.
- She did it to herself, Shep.Copy !req
1135. She did it to herself.Copy !req
1136. I'm gonna get you some coffee.Copy !req
1137. They were such wonderful
people. Weren't they, Shep?Copy !req
1138. It's just devastating.Copy !req
1139. Poor April.Copy !req
1140. Thank you.Copy !req
1141. Frank lives in the city now.
Where is it that he works?Copy !req
1142. - Bart Pollock Associates.
- Computers?Copy !req
1143. Interesting firm.Copy !req
1144. - Have you seen him since?
- No. Not back here.Copy !req
1145. There are too many memories, I think.
Shep has seen him in the city.Copy !req
1146. Haven't you, sweetie?Copy !req
1147. Frank is just devoted to those kids.Copy !req
1148. Every spare moment he has,
he spends with them.Copy !req
1149. Excuse me.Copy !req
1150. You all right?Copy !req
1151. I don't want to talk
about the Wheelers any more.Copy !req
1152. Okay.Copy !req
1153. We don't have to.Copy !req
1154. We don't have to.Copy !req
1155. Daddy, Daddy, watch.
Watch, Daddy.Copy !req
1156. I can't tell you how pleased I amCopy !req
1157. about the little Revolutionary Road
place, Howard.Copy !req
1158. And now whenever I drive past,
it gives me such a liftCopy !req
1159. to see it all perked up
and spanking clean again.Copy !req
1160. All the lights in all the windows.Copy !req
1161. And do you know? I was just thinking,
I've loved that little house for years.Copy !req
1162. And the Braces are the only really
suitable people I've ever found for it.Copy !req
1163. Really nice, congenial people, I mean.Copy !req
1164. Well, except for the Wheelers,
you mean.Copy !req
1165. I was very fond of the Wheelers.Copy !req
1166. They were a bit whimsical for my taste.
A bit neurotic.Copy !req
1167. I never stressed it, but they were oftenCopy !req
1168. very trying people
to deal with, in many ways.Copy !req
1169. And actually, the main reason
that the little house was so hard to sellCopy !req
1170. was because they let it depreciate
so dreadfully.Copy !req
1171. Warped window frames, wet cellar,
crayon marks all over the walls,Copy !req
1172. filthy smudges around the door knobs
and the fixtures...Copy !req