And everybody dies.
Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
could not be more exciting.
And though he may seem
incapable of taking action, -
- he is one of the first
action heroes.
You will now see a scene from
the film by Laurence Olivier.
You may have seen him in the
Polaroid commercial -
- or as Zeus in
"Clash of the Titans".
O bosom black as death.
Help angels.
All may yet be well.
Now he is praying.
And now I will do it.
- And so he goes to heaven.
- Do not talk, just do it.
Hey, Claudius.
You killed my father.
Big mistake.
Something is rotten
in the state of Denmark.
And Hamlet
is taking out the trash.
- Stay thy hand, fair prince.
- Who said I am fair?
No one is going to tell
this sweet prince goodnight.
To be... or not to be.
Not to be.
The whole morning?
He was not?
No, he was not at school today.
He is sick as a lamb.
Tell me the story of your life
starting this morning, first period.
And make it good.
Something along the lines of:
"I cut so I could donate a kidney."
Were you at the movies again?
That crazy guy is an accessory.
- Nick is not crazy.
- Damn it, Danny!
I lied to a principal. And what for?
So you can go to the movies?
Sorry.
I did not choose this.
I did not ask to become a widow
before the age of forty.
I know that.
Give me a hug.
- I will not cut again.
- Let me hear the "P" word.
I promise.
Jesus! I am late.
I have to get to work.
Lock the top lock
the minute I close the door.
And do not open for anyone.
Bye. I love you.
Are you alone?
Okay. Move it!
Do yourself to the drain.
Tough guy.
Do it.
I will make it easier for you.
Go ahead.
Do it.
What is it with you?
You have junk!
No jewelry, no VCR.
A shit TV worth twenty bucks.
Go fish, amigo.
Remember your mom says
you are to go straight home.
She will be there
when the shift is over.
If we find the guy,
I will give you a call.
- I almost gave up on you.
- I am sorry.
- What do you think?
- I have never seen anything like it.
- It is not too tight, is it?
- No. It is the style.
I always wanted to be a magician.
But my hands were too tiny.
My father worked here
and got me my first job. Usher.
I worked myself up to projectionist.
It is not much, but it is showbiz.
So, is the print ready?
Just a minute, young man.
Are we not forgetting something?
You have to have a ticket to see
a movie. And I have just the one.
When I was your age, Harry Houdini
played here and I met him backstage.
And he made a gesture
like this.
And all of a sudden
this was in his hand.
And he said to me:
"This is a magic ticket."
"I got it from an Indian magician,
who got it from a Tibetan magician."
"It is a passport to another world.
It was mine."
"And now it is yours."
And now it is yours.
- What does it do, Nick?
- I never had the courage to find out.
I have always wanted to try,
but I was afraid it would not work.
At your age Houdini was like a god
to me. What if he was faking?
And then again...
- What if it did work?
- What if it did?
Houdini said something else.
He said:
"This ticket has a mind of its own.
It does what it wants to do."
That always made me edgy.
I guess there is only one way
to find out then. Right?
Please retain your stub, sir.
- Shall we see if Slater wins?
- Jack Slater cannot lose.
Never has, never will.
Oh, Frankie.
Frankie, why do you
keep on with the insults?
- I would not insult you, Mr. Vivaldi.
- When you lie, that is an insult.
You are Jack Slater's favourite cousin.
You talk all the time.
I must know what Slater knows
and you are going to tell me.
Does he know
that me and Torelli -
- have just signed
a secret pact to control -
- all drugs
in Southern California?
We mostly talk
muzzle velocities. Guns.
Meet Mr. Benedict.
The genuine article.
And you better believe it.
Sometimes he likes to bake
while he shoots people.
I am saying that Mr. Benedict
can