Almost There
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Men retire in different ways. All of our heroes are looking for happiness, fulfilment, and some rest.
Bob swaps his safe home for a campervan and tries to find the tough guy inside himself in the barren Californian desert. Drag queen and stand-up comedian Steve is fed up of England and makes amends with his past between Benidorm’s concrete towers. And Yamada rediscovers his smile by reading stories to children in Tokyo.
Citation
Main credits
Zünd, Jacqueline (film director)
Zünd, Jacqueline (screenwriter)
Thümena, Thomas (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Nikolai von Graevenitz; editing, Gion-Reto Killias; music, Max Avery Lichtenstein.
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(solemn music)
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(birds cawing)
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- Check roof vents.
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Close all windows.
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Check that all doors, cabinets,
including the bathroom door,
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and refrigerator are latched.
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Turn off all inside lights,
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electrical appliances.
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Check your water level.
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I don't know how to do that.
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Turn off water pump, furnace,
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gas stove, water heater.
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Maybe I should have listened
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to my friends at
the coffee shop.
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They said, "Pearson,
don't do that.
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"That's not you.
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"It's totally against
your lifestyle."
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But what should I be doing?
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(speaks foreign language)
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(subway roaring)
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(contemplative music)
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- [Steve] I had no idea what
was going on around me at all.
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I worked about 18 hours a day.
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Was drinking, smoking.
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Grossly overweight.
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I was completely lost.
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- [Robert] People my age are
falling over dead all the time.
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Heart attacks, cancer, whatever.
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I'm becoming aware of, if
I want to do something,
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I should do it now.
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(door rattling)
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(speaks foreign language)
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(waves crashing)
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- [Steve] It's not the magical
Blackpool it used to be.
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It was a brand new venue.
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Nobody had done
anything like it.
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It was packed every
night, it was really busy.
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It was just wonderful.
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(somber music)
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It's a very sad place now.
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It's very depressing
walking the streets.
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There's a lot of
unemployment there.
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I would have never have thought
that I would leave the U.K.
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Ever.
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(contemplative music)
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- [Robert] My ex-girlfriend
said to me one day,
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she wanted to live
full time in an RV.
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I had no interest in RVs.
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Zero.
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It was the last
thing I wanted to do.
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RV people are overweight,
undereducated,
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and have no teeth, so I thought.
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But one day she said,
"You can continue
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"to go to the Coffee Clutch,
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"or you can take off and
have another adventure."
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So we started looking.
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After a few months, we got
it down to two used RVs.
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A 24 foot, and a 27 foot.
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And then we broke up,
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and I went and
bought the RV anyway.
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(door squeaks)
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Here I am sitting in
a Walmart parking lot
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when I could be sitting at home,
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warm, comfortable and safe.
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First thing I think about is,
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should I lock the door?
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From what I read,
people don't break
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into occupied RVs very often.
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And RVs burn up a lot.
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So, maybe it's better I
leave the door unlocked
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in case there's a problem,
I can get out really fast.
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Or, if someone
needs to rescue me,
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they can get in really fast.
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So I think I'll
leave it unlocked,
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and I'll just think, I'm
probably pretty safe.
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(water splashing)
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(door creaks)
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(latch clicks)
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(footsteps thudding)
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(somber music)
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(announcements buzzing)
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(speaks foreign language)
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(rails squeaking)
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(speaks foreign language)
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(machine whirring)
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(shower hissing)
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(speaks foreign language)
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- [Woman] Says she's
known him for eight years.
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Well I barely recognize him.
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No, you see him every day.
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(television buzzing)
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- [Robert] I'm
actually a scaredy cat.
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I worry about lots of things.
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More than most people.
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But you have to
ignore that sometimes,
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or you just stay at home on
your couch and watch T.V.
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And then you die.
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- Aging means making adjustments
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and accepting your limits.
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Sounds so unidealistic.
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We don't get any
wiser, only tired.
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(adventurous music)
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(door squeaking)
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- [Robert] I never
even drove an RV
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until I wrote the check.
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I got in, and left
town right away.
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Because I knew if I didn't,
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I would just park it somewhere
and leave the damn thing.
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(engine rumbling)
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(footsteps crunching)
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- [Computer] Raise left side.
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Raise left side.
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Raise left side.
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Raise left side.
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(engine sputtering)
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Raise left side.
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Raise left side.
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(engine roaring)
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Raise left side.
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Raise front.
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Raise front.
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Raise front.
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(phone beeping)
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- [Woman] Mr. Detail's voicemail
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is temporarily not available.
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Please try your call
later, thank you.
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- [Robert] I'm an urban
guy, I love the cities.
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But, it's not like
the Seattle life
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was that rewarding either.
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Just less scary.
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It was easier, certainly warmer,
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but not great.
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- [Woman] Mr. Detail's voicemail
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is temporarily not available.
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Please try your call
later, thank you.
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(somber music)
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- [Robert] Wasn't happy.
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But then, when am I?
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If I vanished, would
someone search for me?
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(golf balls clacking)
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(speaks foreign language)
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(club cracks)
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(speaks foreign language)
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(club cracks)
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(birds chirping)
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- I don't know how
I made it to Spain
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in all honesty.
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(heels clacking)
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(crowds chattering)
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(music thumping)
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My grandmother, as true
as I'm standing here,
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97 years old,
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is in the front room,
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curtains wide open,
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kneeling on the hearth rug,
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sucking me grandad's cock.
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(audience laughing)
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She's like that.
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(Steve groaning)
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(Steve choking)
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(lips smacking)
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(Steve moaning)
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I said, "Granny, that's
fuckin' disgustin' that."
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She said, "Why?"
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I said, "Well it should
have been cremated
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"with him a fortnight ago."
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(audience laughing and clapping)
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(Steve cackles)
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Look at her.
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You nearly forgot to swallow
then, didn't you love?
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(somber music)
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I follow Stella
wherever she gets a job.
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'Cause without her, I
wouldn't have what I have.
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I would be nothing.
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I'd lived abroad before,
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but I'd always had
somewhere to go back to.
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There was nothing
for me to go back to.
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This is now my home.
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(latch clicks)
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(keys jingle)
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(birds squeaking)
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- [Robert] Yeah, hey, it's me.
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And I made it to Turtle
Creek last night.
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Pulled in, camped here.
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It was cold.
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It was freezing.
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Maybe a couple degrees
below freezing.
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But it was worth it,
'cause you wake up,
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the sunrise on the desert.
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I can see, I don't know,
50, 60 miles maybe.
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It's hard to tell.
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And the mountains still
have a little bit of snow,
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but it's melting, so
the creek is running.
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You can hear the creek noise
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even inside the rig.
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And it's desert, you know,
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but there's lots of beauty.
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There's the rocks, and the
different kinds of trees.
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No cactus, but bushes and
trees of different colors.
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And I see a lizard or two.
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No snakes, that's
good, no snakes.
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So, I will call you later,
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give you an update.
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Hope you get the message.
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And thank you.
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(motor rumbling)
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(rubber gloves snapping)
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(liquid splashing)
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(contemplative music)
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I've always been a software guy.
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I don't know much about
mechanical things.
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I don't know how things work.
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I've always classified
mechanical things
as two classes.
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The things that work
easily every time,
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and the things you throw away.
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Every time I hear a
noise, I go, what's that?
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But if you're alone,
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there's nobody to
tell you, what's that.
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(footsteps padding)
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(latch rattles)
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(door clicks)
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(speaking foreign language)
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It'd be nice to have someone,
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not only to help out,
but just to talk to.
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Someone to handle
a crisis with you.
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I guess I have a
relationship with the RV.
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(machine clicking)
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- Most of us only see another
20 or 30 more summers.
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It's not much.
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And life hasn't
kept the promises
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that most people
thought it made them.
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It's just not fair.
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(overhead announcements buzzing)
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(trams rumbling)
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(speaking foreign language)
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(lips sputtering)
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(speaking foreign language)
00:33:50.375 --> 00:33:50.999
(shade rattling)
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(waves crashing)
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- [Robert] I once
heard someone say,
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that my mom was a
saint for raising me.
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I was moody.
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Seldom a happy child.
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(thoughtful music)
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When I was born,
we lived on a ranch
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in San Juan
Bautista, California.
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When I was about seven,
we left the ranch,
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but the memories I have
of the ranch are good.
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When my dad, or uncle,
or aunt went bird hunting
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I often got to go along.
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I picked up the birds.
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In school I was never
one of the popular kids.
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I was there, but
didn't really belong.
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I can think of no
exceptionally happy,
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or exceptionally
sad experiences.
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Things were not all
that well, though.
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My mom and dad fought, and
they divorced when I was 16.
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But mostly we got along.
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No major problems that I recall.
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(waves crashing)
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When my father died, and I
visited him in the hospital,
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he said, "Who are you?
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"We have the same name,
and we look the same."
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I said, "Well, I'm
you 20 years ago."
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But what I didn't
say, of course is,
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he's me 20 years from now.
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(motor rumbling)
00:38:07.999 --> 00:38:08.626
(crickets chirping)
00:38:10.792 --> 00:38:11.209
(quiet music)
00:38:44.584 --> 00:38:45.334
(speaking foreign language)
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(door squeaking)
00:41:27.292 --> 00:41:27.959
(motor roaring)
00:41:30.667 --> 00:41:31.083
(door thudding)
00:41:49.999 --> 00:41:50.667
(mouth crunching)
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- [Robert] Hey, well it's Bob
again with a status report.
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I just drove across Hoover Dam.
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Was kinda nervous about that,
'cause it's kinda narrow.
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Was built in the
30s, for 30s cars,
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not for big cars.
00:42:14.250 --> 00:42:15.667
But it turned out to be
okay driving the RV across.
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I pulled the mirror in,
but I didn't have to.
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So now I'm here
overlooking the dam.
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The water's low, but it's,
00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.042
certainly is an
impressive structure.
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Anyway, hope you
get the message,
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and I'll keep you updated.
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Bye-bye.
00:42:36.834 --> 00:42:37.250
(somber music)
00:42:44.542 --> 00:42:45.125
(engine rumbling)
00:42:59.459 --> 00:42:59.999
(radio chatter)
00:43:08.584 --> 00:43:09.167
- I hate me life.
00:43:09.834 --> 00:43:10.417
(audience laughs)
00:43:10.584 --> 00:43:11.709
I do, I never thought
I'd live to be this old,
00:43:12.417 --> 00:43:13.000
to be honest with you.
00:43:13.999 --> 00:43:14.501
I didn't.
00:43:15.417 --> 00:43:15.999
I didn't.
00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:17.083
I think I've got
Alzheimer's as well.
00:43:18.792 --> 00:43:19.999
You know, and I didn't
want Alzheimer's disease.
00:43:22.542 --> 00:43:23.292
I wanted Parkinson's disease.
00:43:24.999 --> 00:43:25.751
(audience laughing)
00:43:26.709 --> 00:43:27.459
I did, I'd rather spill a drink
00:43:27.918 --> 00:43:28.999
than fucking forget
where I put it.
00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.834
(audience laughing)
00:43:31.999 --> 00:43:32.876
Did you see 'em the other week
00:43:32.999 --> 00:43:33.999
outside the Houses
of Parliament,
00:43:34.667 --> 00:43:35.792
the Alzheimer's
Society? (laughs)
00:43:38.417 --> 00:43:39.000
Some demonstration.
00:43:39.167 --> 00:43:40.626
They're all there with their
banners and their black cards.
00:43:42.250 --> 00:43:42.918
What do we want?
00:43:43.375 --> 00:43:43.999
More money.
00:43:44.167 --> 00:43:44.999
When do we want it?
00:43:45.999 --> 00:43:46.292
What?
00:43:46.959 --> 00:43:47.542
(audience laughing)
00:43:52.292 --> 00:43:52.959
(Steve giggles)
00:43:53.918 --> 00:43:54.542
Have you done that?
00:43:54.709 --> 00:43:55.999
When you go upstairs, and
you get on the landing,
00:43:56.125 --> 00:43:57.584
and you go, what the fuck
have I come up here for now?
00:43:59.959 --> 00:44:00.375
(Steve cackles)
00:44:02.959 --> 00:44:03.709
I went upstairs the other day.
00:44:04.584 --> 00:44:05.334
I got on the landing, I thought,
00:44:06.751 --> 00:44:07.501
fuck am I doing up here now?
00:44:10.751 --> 00:44:11.334
(audience chuckling)
00:44:24.667 --> 00:44:25.417
Then you have the bright idea
00:44:25.584 --> 00:44:26.751
of retracing your
steps, don't you?
00:44:29.501 --> 00:44:29.999
(Steve giggles)
00:44:31.751 --> 00:44:32.918
So, back down the stairs
I went, got in the hall,
00:44:35.999 --> 00:44:36.542
shit meself.
00:44:36.999 --> 00:44:37.667
(audience laughing)
00:44:45.542 --> 00:44:45.999
(Steve giggles)
00:44:48.999 --> 00:44:49.584
(somber music)
00:45:05.250 --> 00:45:06.626
It's much easier to entertain
people here in Benidorm,
00:45:10.959 --> 00:45:11.709
because a lot of them are drunk.
00:45:19.709 --> 00:45:20.292
They arrive drunk.
00:45:21.999 --> 00:45:22.792
They leave drunk.
00:45:24.999 --> 00:45:25.834
And probably don't remember it.
00:45:30.292 --> 00:45:31.334
And a lot of people
are just old.
00:45:56.542 --> 00:45:57.125
I suppose it's the same.
00:45:58.709 --> 00:46:00.000
Being loved by an audience,
as being loved by one person.
00:46:10.999 --> 00:46:11.999
Except the love
doesn't stay with you.
00:46:12.999 --> 00:46:14.042
It goes out of the door
at the end of the night,
00:46:14.375 --> 00:46:15.542
and there you are
on your own again.
00:46:23.083 --> 00:46:23.999
Needling to live like that.
00:46:36.209 --> 00:46:36.999
It would be nice to come home
00:46:39.292 --> 00:46:40.042
and have somebody to talk to.
00:46:41.751 --> 00:46:43.042
It would be nice sometimes
to sit and watch a film,
00:46:44.667 --> 00:46:45.417
and discuss it with somebody.
00:46:48.999 --> 00:46:49.584
(dog snoring)
00:46:52.999 --> 00:46:54.209
But I don't think I
could still fall in love,
00:46:55.584 --> 00:46:56.999
because I wouldn't want
to lose somebody I loved.
00:47:03.999 --> 00:47:05.209
I wouldn't want to put
myself through that again.
00:47:15.918 --> 00:47:16.667
I'm happy in my own company.
00:47:30.209 --> 00:47:31.000
(spa hissing)
(water bubbling)
00:47:49.999 --> 00:47:50.999
(insects humming)
(birds chirping)
00:48:04.459 --> 00:48:05.584
- [Robert] More of the
things that I regret
00:48:06.459 --> 00:48:07.209
are things that I didn't do,
00:48:08.501 --> 00:48:09.250
than things that I did do.
00:48:15.209 --> 00:48:16.334
There was a woman who
was trying to seduce me,
00:48:17.999 --> 00:48:19.417
but she was married, and I
didn't do anything about it.
00:48:22.751 --> 00:48:23.334
I was dancing with her.
00:48:24.999 --> 00:48:25.999
And later on I
thought I should have.
00:48:30.417 --> 00:48:31.000
(scissors snipping)
00:48:32.375 --> 00:48:32.999
(machinery humming)
00:48:53.501 --> 00:48:53.999
(somber music)
00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:02.667
(crank clicking)
00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:11.834
(vacuum whirring)
00:49:30.667 --> 00:49:31.417
- All the things we put up with
00:49:31.584 --> 00:49:32.999
because we hoped it would
all get better sometime,
00:49:35.042 --> 00:49:36.125
and that we'd find
out some great secret.
00:49:38.417 --> 00:49:39.000
And then we do find out.
00:49:39.709 --> 00:49:40.751
And it's just a small
ridiculous line.
00:49:43.209 --> 00:49:43.999
We don't want to die.
00:49:57.999 --> 00:49:59.042
- [Robert] Sometimes in
my life I felt depressed
00:50:00.501 --> 00:50:01.250
to the point where I thought,
00:50:02.918 --> 00:50:03.999
I'm gonna jump off a
bridge or shoot myself,
00:50:05.792 --> 00:50:06.209
or whatever.
00:50:07.834 --> 00:50:08.417
(insects buzzing)
00:50:19.918 --> 00:50:20.999
But I'm curious, just to
see what happens next.
00:50:28.167 --> 00:50:29.250
So there's no point
in rushing that.
00:50:31.167 --> 00:50:31.999
(gravel crunching)
00:50:42.542 --> 00:50:43.000
(door slams)
00:50:59.209 --> 00:50:59.999
(fingers tapping)
00:51:08.876 --> 00:51:09.626
(speaking foreign language)
00:51:39.125 --> 00:51:39.959
(papers rustling)
00:51:54.375 --> 00:51:55.167
(speaking foreign language)
00:52:05.584 --> 00:52:06.000
(somber music)
00:52:22.042 --> 00:52:22.999
(speaking foreign language)
00:53:56.417 --> 00:53:56.999
(wig scratching)
00:54:04.042 --> 00:54:05.417
- [Steve] When I was younger,
I found that being funny
00:54:09.209 --> 00:54:09.999
was a great advantage,
00:54:12.584 --> 00:54:13.667
and I used it to
my advantage a lot.
00:54:17.375 --> 00:54:18.125
Because, obviously, I was called
00:54:20.751 --> 00:54:21.501
all sorts of names at school.
00:54:25.334 --> 00:54:26.792
So I actually used it so
that I didn't get bullied.
00:54:34.999 --> 00:54:35.999
Then I suddenly was
okay to be with.
00:54:40.667 --> 00:54:41.792
I found it a great,
a great protector.
00:54:46.626 --> 00:54:47.042
(somber music)
00:55:48.667 --> 00:55:49.417
My dad was one of the boys.
00:55:50.209 --> 00:55:51.334
He was a fisherman and
worked in a factory.
00:55:58.250 --> 00:55:59.000
He was very much a man's man.
00:56:16.999 --> 00:56:17.834
I was 19 when I got married.
00:56:19.834 --> 00:56:21.125
Because where I come from
is quite a small place,
00:56:24.999 --> 00:56:25.918
and that's what was expected.
00:56:28.042 --> 00:56:28.876
It was the thing to do.
00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:44.125
I have three children,
two boys and a girl.
00:56:53.042 --> 00:56:54.083
It's quite an
amazing thing to see
00:56:55.876 --> 00:56:56.999
that tiny little thing
take its first breath.
00:57:13.417 --> 00:57:14.167
It was almost like living a lie.
00:57:20.999 --> 00:57:22.000
I chose to walk away
from their lives.
00:57:26.959 --> 00:57:28.167
I made the decision that
I wasn't going to go back.
00:57:32.876 --> 00:57:34.042
It was better to walk away
and just keep walking.
00:58:00.209 --> 00:58:00.999
My life doesn't make me sad.
00:58:04.999 --> 00:58:05.959
'Cause I won't allow it to.
00:58:13.999 --> 00:58:14.999
If you start feeling
sorry for yourself,
00:58:17.751 --> 00:58:18.334
you've lost the battle.
00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:26.667
(dog slurping)
00:58:45.375 --> 00:58:45.999
(bird squawking)
00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:52.834
(gravel crunching)
00:58:59.999 --> 00:59:00.792
(blanket fluttering)
00:59:13.876 --> 00:59:14.292
(gulls cawing)
00:59:42.042 --> 00:59:42.709
(horn intoning)
00:59:46.083 --> 00:59:46.751
(bells dinging)
00:59:49.999 --> 00:59:50.542
(train roaring)
01:00:05.292 --> 01:00:05.999
(thoughtful music)
01:00:40.918 --> 01:00:41.375
(dogs barking)
01:00:52.167 --> 01:00:52.999
(popcorn popping)
01:01:00.417 --> 01:01:01.501
- [Robert] I don't know
if I like this life
01:01:03.209 --> 01:01:03.876
at this point.
01:01:14.999 --> 01:01:15.626
(dogs barking)
01:01:17.834 --> 01:01:18.417
(crickets chirping)
01:01:32.999 --> 01:01:33.626
(door clicking)
01:01:35.167 --> 01:01:35.834
(bird cawing)
01:01:47.999 --> 01:01:49.459
- [Woman] Yeah, it would
have been okay. (giggles)
01:01:52.334 --> 01:01:52.999
(crowd chattering)
01:01:55.209 --> 01:01:56.667
- [Man] Have you ever
seen one of their trucks?
01:01:59.083 --> 01:02:00.459
Looks like an Indian
drove it around the world.
01:02:09.667 --> 01:02:10.083
(dogs barking)
01:02:28.209 --> 01:02:28.999
(gravel crunching)
01:02:30.667 --> 01:02:31.751
- I guess I'm kind
of a romantic.
01:02:32.999 --> 01:02:33.626
I think about that.
01:02:34.999 --> 01:02:35.584
I think about things.
01:02:36.999 --> 01:02:37.999
Adventures and whatever
in romantic terms.
01:02:43.125 --> 01:02:43.959
That's a nice dog.
01:02:44.209 --> 01:02:45.334
I used to carry
doggie treats, but
01:02:46.876 --> 01:02:47.334
(man chuckles)
01:02:47.667 --> 01:02:48.125
not now, sorry.
01:02:50.083 --> 01:02:50.999
- So, are you new out here?
01:02:52.334 --> 01:02:52.876
- Huh?
01:02:52.999 --> 01:02:53.834
Yeah, yeah, just showed up.
01:02:54.375 --> 01:02:55.542
- You can never be
sure that this life,
01:02:56.375 --> 01:02:57.375
the one you've
somehow slipped into,
01:02:58.542 --> 01:02:59.125
is the right one.
01:02:59.334 --> 01:03:00.751
What if you'd been happier
in a different world?
01:03:02.626 --> 01:03:03.209
It can paralyze you.
01:03:03.459 --> 01:03:04.584
Make you stare at
the sky and hope
01:03:05.459 --> 01:03:06.209
for some humor so you can laugh.
01:03:08.999 --> 01:03:09.834
- See you later,
love, take care.
01:03:12.292 --> 01:03:12.999
See you later, love.
01:03:14.375 --> 01:03:15.542
Do you want to sing
up your birthday
01:03:15.709 --> 01:03:16.834
so you can hear
it one last time?
01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:18.834
(audience laughing)
01:03:30.792 --> 01:03:32.042
I bet he did silver service
at the fucking last supper.
01:03:37.584 --> 01:03:38.000
(Steve giggles)
01:03:38.999 --> 01:03:40.167
I bet his national
insurance number's three.
01:03:42.042 --> 01:03:42.876
(audience cackles)
01:03:45.209 --> 01:03:45.999
(thoughtful music)
01:03:54.042 --> 01:03:54.999
The nice thing about Benidorm is
01:03:55.292 --> 01:03:56.417
of course you get a
lot of old people.
01:04:03.209 --> 01:04:04.292
They come here and
because the sun shines
01:04:05.542 --> 01:04:06.667
and you feel good
about yourself,
01:04:07.501 --> 01:04:08.083
you can be young again.
01:04:40.417 --> 01:04:41.834
Getting old is a good
subject for making jokes.
01:04:54.375 --> 01:04:55.459
And together, we
can laugh about it.
01:05:12.626 --> 01:05:13.999
- How can you be conscious
of the transience of life
01:05:16.000 --> 01:05:16.999
and still actually live it?
01:05:17.999 --> 01:05:18.999
It only works if
you suppress it,
01:05:19.834 --> 01:05:20.876
otherwise you'd
never get out of bed.
01:05:23.999 --> 01:05:24.959
(speaking foreign language)
01:06:11.501 --> 01:06:11.999
(hopeful music)
01:06:14.626 --> 01:06:15.375
(speaks foreign language)
01:08:56.459 --> 01:08:57.042
(machine whirring)
01:09:03.292 --> 01:09:03.959
(spoon clacking)
01:09:22.334 --> 01:09:22.999
(upbeat music)
01:09:27.125 --> 01:09:28.584
- [Lady] I'm not the only
one 'round here who smokes.
01:09:30.501 --> 01:09:31.083
Can't be smelling me.
01:09:31.250 --> 01:09:32.417
- [Woman] Hey, that's
enough from you, lady.
01:09:33.626 --> 01:09:34.209
Your nana doesn't smell.
01:09:34.501 --> 01:09:35.584
- [Lady] Ah no, I'm
not sitting here
01:09:36.584 --> 01:09:37.167
to listen to that filth.
01:09:37.999 --> 01:09:38.751
I'm going to get some sun.
01:09:39.959 --> 01:09:40.542
- [Man] Once we've gone
01:09:40.918 --> 01:09:41.999
through the process
of negotiating...
01:09:44.209 --> 01:09:44.999
(speaking foreign language)
01:09:52.959 --> 01:09:53.542
(thoughtful music)
01:09:59.209 --> 01:10:00.292
- [Steve] I've
done 60 years now.
01:10:03.999 --> 01:10:04.792
So what is there in front of me?
01:10:25.375 --> 01:10:25.999
I've got a new life now,
01:10:28.417 --> 01:10:28.999
and I love it.
01:10:34.834 --> 01:10:35.459
(waves splashing)
01:10:47.250 --> 01:10:47.999
(children playing)
01:10:50.083 --> 01:10:51.209
You wake up and
the sun is shining,
01:10:52.250 --> 01:10:53.042
and that makes you feel good.
01:11:26.000 --> 01:11:26.999
- Aging doesn't mean anything.
01:11:27.792 --> 01:11:28.918
Why does everyone
go on about it?
01:11:29.999 --> 01:11:31.000
Aging happens the second
you come into the world.
01:11:35.083 --> 01:11:35.918
(fingers tapping)
01:12:13.999 --> 01:12:14.417
- Yeah!
01:12:14.751 --> 01:12:15.334
(collar jingling)
01:12:16.584 --> 01:12:17.167
Yeah, that's good, huh?
01:12:18.542 --> 01:12:18.999
You like that.
01:12:19.334 --> 01:12:19.999
Don't go away.
01:12:21.667 --> 01:12:22.083
Okay, yeah.
01:12:24.584 --> 01:12:25.000
Oh, what a dog.
01:12:26.250 --> 01:12:27.000
What a great dog, oh yes.
01:12:30.083 --> 01:12:30.918
What a great dog.
01:12:32.459 --> 01:12:33.542
You're a cute little
guy, aren't you?
01:12:36.792 --> 01:12:37.375
Let's go over here.
01:12:38.626 --> 01:12:39.209
(gravel crunching)
01:13:04.792 --> 01:13:05.209
(woman laughing)
01:13:07.667 --> 01:13:08.250
(light, fun music)
01:13:59.834 --> 01:14:00.417
What is life about?
01:14:05.459 --> 01:14:06.042
I don't really know.
01:14:19.209 --> 01:14:20.375
But I think it's about
conquering your fears.
01:14:59.999 --> 01:15:00.542
(hopeful music)
01:15:18.792 --> 01:15:19.542
So it's better just to say,
01:15:20.042 --> 01:15:21.542
I'm afraid of this, and I'm
gonna wish I hadn't done it,
01:15:23.999 --> 01:15:24.959
but you still need to do it.
01:15:31.000 --> 01:15:32.459
Because, when it's over,
you'll be glad you did it.
01:15:39.000 --> 01:15:39.501
Maybe.
01:18:05.334 --> 01:18:05.999
(light, airy music)
01:19:32.751 --> 01:19:33.751
- [Steve] Just remember,
boys and girls,
01:19:35.000 --> 01:19:36.459
as you go through life,
take care of one another,
01:19:38.751 --> 01:19:39.501
take care of your friends.
01:19:40.999 --> 01:19:41.876
And wherever you end up in life,
01:19:45.999 --> 01:19:46.626
well there you are.
01:19:47.584 --> 01:19:48.000
Till next time.
01:19:48.167 --> 01:19:49.626
Goodnight, and God bless,
and thank you for listening.
01:19:50.999 --> 01:19:51.626
Look after yourself.
01:19:51.999 --> 01:19:52.751
(audience applauding)