Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

1. Okay, here goes.

2. Okay, we're on.

3. You're looking at a chair because I'm sitting in it.

4. My name is Nick Halloway. I'm not sick,

5. and I'm not crazy but I am invisible.

6. How can I make you believe this?

7. Okay, try this.

8. See? No strings.

9. Wait a minute. This ought to do it for you.

10. I'm making this tape because in hours, I could be dead.

11. This is my last chance.

12. I've got a hell of a story to tell.

13. Well, let's get right to it.

14. It all started on a Tuesday in March.

15. Thirty-six inches packed powder?

16. Great, can you get me into the Aspen Lodge through Sunday?

17. Just a single with a king-size bed.

18. You never know.

19. Great. Thanks, Cheryl. I'll get back to you.

20. Boykin called to ask if you'd seen the announcement

21. of the proposed Allied-Security oil merger on the broad tape.

22. Kaplan called again from New York about Magnascopics.

23. You've got the OPEC thing. Staff meeting's Thursday.

24. And you haven't begun that oil-shale analysis for Roger.

25. Shall I keep going?

26. - What oil-shale analysis? - You are here.

27. Roger. Come on in. Been trying to get you all afternoon.

28. Now I've spent most of the day on this.

29. I strongly recommend the company examine oil-shale positions.

30. Great. Well, everything else okay, huh?

31. Still going out with Denise Lee?

32. Went out with her six months ago. Where you been, Roger?

33. You are without a doubt

34. the biggest bullshit artist I've ever worked for.

35. Thank you, Cathy.

36. In fact, take the rest of the day off.

37. - I'm going to my club. - What?

38. Magnascopics tomorrow,

39. there will be a car outside your apartment at 7:30 pm.

40. You promised Kaplan you'd cover for him.

41. This is sick! How am I supposed to get through all this? You go.

42. - You gave him your word! - I was drunk.

43. It was 1:15 in the morning. Get Moynihan to cover.

44. You're committed.

45. What about my commitments?

46. My family, my relatives?

47. You don't have any.

48. The day was panning out

49. like any other day in my life.

50. But what was about to happen was gonna change it forever.

51. The Academy Club is one of the last

52. private men's clubs in San Francisco.

53. The sort of place railroad tycoons

54. and robber barons would hang out at night,

55. eat roast beef, hire the occasional whore

56. and discuss how much they stole that day.

57. I use the tennis courts. I like the bar.

58. No, bad shoulder, no depth.

59. Put me down for a dime on St. John's/Villanova.

60. I'll take the points.

61. And I want the over on Duke/Carolina.

62. All right. Thanks, Buzz.

63. Somebody's trying to get your attention, Mr. Halloway.

64. I think it's Mr. Talbot.

65. Don't look, Patrick. Just pretend you don't see.

66. - Thanks, Patrick. - Hi, Nick.

67. Hi, George. How's the spastic colon?

68. What you doing?

69. Oh, writing my resignation.

70. I'm gonna start a foster home for poor kids.

71. Girls, mostly. Late teens, early 30s. I need a family.

72. Yeah. Come join us. I'm here with some of the gang.

73. - No, I can't tonight. - Come on.

74. - Come on, one drink, all right? - All right.

75. It's just Ellen and some pals of hers.

76. And Alice Monroe, my sister Amy's friend,

77. from Cornell, just got back from Brazil.

78. I've got an early morning, I can't—

79. Before you bail, will you just have a look.

80. Well, maybe for a minute.

81. You know everybody, don't you, Nick?

82. - Hi, Ellen. - Hi, Nick.

83. Oh, Alice Monroe, I'd like you to meet Nick Halloway.

84. - Nick, this is Alice. - Hi, Nick.

85. Nice to meet you.

86. Where have you been hiding yourself?

87. Where have you been? I see you got a haircut.

88. - Oh yeah. You like this? - Looks good.

89. Alice produces documentaries for the Smithsonian.

90. Oh, really? I love the Smithsonian.

91. It's one of my favorite institutions.

92. So, what kind of documentaries do you produce?

93. Anthropological stuff,

94. traditional cultures, cosmologies.

95. Cosmologies, love them.

96. It's one of my favorite ologies.

97. Patrick.

98. You went to law school, and you were practicing in Boston.

99. What happened?

100. Well, my parents really wanted me to be a lawyer.

101. It just wasn't for me.

102. It's gonna be Indiana/UNLV. Maybe Arkansas.

103. Carolina.

104. The leap into film, what did you do? Raise money?

105. - Your firm represented someone? - No, I quit the firm.

106. And I got a job as a production assistant

107. for a public television station.

108. - Next thing, I'm in the jungle. - Mmm.

109. I think it's gonna be UNLV.

110. Primitive, huh?

111. There's really only a few places in the Amazon

112. that could still be considered virgin.

113. So, what did you miss most when you were down there?

114. Hot showers, cheeseburgers.

115. I think Seton Hall will go all the way.

116. - I hate TV. - Me too.

117. - ]I like music. - I love jazz.

118. I hate weight lifters.

119. Narcissists.

120. Love skiing.

121. Love the ocean and the woods.

122. I love blond hair.

123. I love garlic.

124. - Nick.

125. - What are we doing? - I hope it's foreplay.

126. We should get back.

127. Yeah. Yeah. We should get back.

128. Let's not do anything cheap and meaningless.

129. Okay, what do I owe you?

130. - You couldn't afford it. - Oh.

131. - Ciao. - Nice to have you back.

132. - Thanks, George. - See you soon.

133. Making an early night, Nick?

134. I thought we were all having dinner.

135. I promised I'd meet somebody.

136. Oh, really? Maybe I'd better drop you.

137. Dinner's not such a great idea with all this work I gotta do.

138. You like Italian? We could go to Fiorello's.

139. It's dark, it's quiet, it's got great pasta.

140. I'd love to, but I really do have to meet somebody.

141. You're kidding. I thought you were putting them on.

142. No.

143. Want to meet for lunch Friday at the Brasserie?

144. Lunch? Let's go to Maui.

145. Nick, we have plenty of time.

146. You're right.

147. - Am I gonna regret meeting you? - You already do.

148. In a way, it was all Alice's fault.

149. Maybe if I hadn't met her that night,

150. and she hadn't been so incredibly beautiful

151. I wouldn't have gone back to the bar and drunk myself silly.

152. The next morning, I was never so hung-over in all my life.

153. It is my pleasure to present the chairman

154. of our scientific advisory board

155. and the Sidney Leavitt professor

156. of theoretical physics at Berkeley

157. Dr. Bernard Wachs.

158. Welcome.

159. Accustomed as we are today

160. to think of magnetism as the vector of spins

161. and orbits of subatomic particles,

162. it is often with astonishment

163. that we discover how different men

164. viewed the set of phenomena that we group together

165. under the term "magnetism."

166. The Greek philosopher Thales,

167. as early as the sixth century B.C.

168. observed the extraordinary ability

169. of lodestones to attract other pieces...

170. returned to original value.

171. A vector quantity that specifies direction and magnitude

172. of the force every point in our magnetic field

173. may temporarily convert the external...

174. Fifteen minutes in and we're not up to the birth of Christ?

175. Call me when he gets to the Inquisition.

176. Excuse me.

177. Uh, excuse me. Is there a men's room around here?

178. Yes. Just down the hall there.

179. - Oh, shoot! - Thank you.

180. Whoa!

181. Hello?

182. Stay back.

183. Ten minutes.

184. Ten minutes, I'll be as good as new.

185. Von Erxleben's design breakthrough

186. allowed an enhanced...

187. What?

188. Get out! Get out! Run for it!

189. Go! Move!

190. And is it not true, Mr. Jenkins,

191. that you were in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

192. the very same day that Dr. Mendoza

193. fell to his death

194. from the 21st floor of the Hotel Presidente?

195. Mr. Chairman, I was in Honduras as a consultant

196. to the Pan-American Democratic Relief Organization.

197. You're not paid by the CIA?

198. You were never a station chief code-named Scorpion?

199. You weren't in the Federal Republic of Germany

200. two years ago when a defecting chief chemist for IG Farben,

201. a Dr. Hans Bodnik disappeared off Thulestrasse

202. and later, fell to his death

203. from the Hotel Continental in Wirzburg?

204. I'm sorry, would you repeat the question?

205. How did those whores put me in Wirzburg?

206. Don't worry about the dog and pony show, David.

207. We got a case-red priority.

208. Something's happened at Magnascopics in Santa Mira.

209. We need you in California.

210. - Read this. - What is it?

211. It's not what it is, it's what it isn't.

212. Come on.

213. I don't know how long I was unconscious,

214. and I don't remember waking up.

215. But when I did, I was in a nightmare.

216. Nothing around me was right.

217. I could see pieces of the office,

218. jagged edges of the building.

219. Was I hallucinating?

220. Because all laws of physics seemed to have been suspended.

221. Your attention, please.

222. If you are entering the site, use caution.

223. While the building has the appearance

224. of having been severely damaged,

225. we have found no debris, no sign of a blast pattern.

226. The building remains intact.

227. You just can't see certain parts of it.

228. Possibly some molecular instability

229. has made certain areas transparent.

230. Proceed carefully.

231. You may come in contact with invisible surfaces.

232. Let's get some water to Decon!

233. All personnel, use caution entering the site.

234. There are indications.

235. The building may still be in flux.

236. Everything inside me said, "Get out. "

237. But when I moved, I found myself floating in a dream.

238. I walked across the room, or what was left of it.

239. I tried to re-orient myself.

240. What had happened?

241. Had I died? Was I a ghost?

242. I had to think. What was real and what wasn't?

243. Where... Where was my hand? I couldn't see my hand.

244. Oh, God.

245. What had happened to me?

246. I needed help, but who?

247. I had to call somebody.

248. And then I knew.

249. It wasn't just the building.

250. It was me.

251. Jesus.

252. I walked over to the mirror.

253. I was right. There was no reflection.

254. My body, clothes, everything was gone. I was invisible.

255. I see it too.

256. Throw some light up there.

257. Hey!

258. Hey, help me!

259. Help!

260. Help! Help!

261. What's the matter with you? Help!

262. Jesus, can't you see me?

263. You,

264. Help! Right here! Right here!

265. Help me! Jesus, what have they done to me?

266. - Maybe he's dead. - No, he's breathing.

267. I can see the blanket moving up and down.

268. Boy, what we could do with this freak on our team.

269. Talk about undercover.

270. Man, the contracts we could haul down.

271. Forget it. First place he's going is some lab.

272. They'll cut this guy and shove tubes up his ass for years.

273. What?

274. Keep your mouths shut, all of you.

275. Wait a minute. Who are you guys?

276. What happened to me? Why can't | see myself?

277. - Let's get him to the trailer. - No!

278. You stay back!

279. I'm not going anywhere till I know who you are

280. and what the hell is going on.

281. Oh, I'm sorry, my name is David Jenkins.

282. May I know yours?

283. It's Harvey.

284. Well, Harvey,

285. I know the last few hours must have been incredibly painful

286. and disorienting for you.

287. We need to get you medical attention immediately,

288. starting with a complete physical workup—

289. I heard all about your complete physical workup.

290. I'd just as soon not have my balls floating

291. in a petri dish, thank you.

292. No don't panic, Harvey.

293. You've been through an trauma. You're confused.

294. No shit! Hey, stop that! Stop doing that!

295. - I want to call my lawyer. - Listen to me.

296. You're in a state of molecular flux. You could be dying.

297. Now, if you wanna live, you're gonna have to trust us.

298. - We're a team of scientists— - I don't believe you!

299. Harvey, you have to understand,

300. I don't have the right to let you leave here on your own.

301. If anything should happen to you,

302. I would be responsible.

303. Important decisions have to be made about what's right for you

304. and these decisions have to be made by qualified people.

305. I have to keep control of the situation

306. for your sake and everyone's, I think you can understand that.

307. Harvey?

308. Yeah.

309. Close the gates! Seal the area!

310. It's going! Take cover!

311. - It's gonna blow! - Don't look at it!

312. I just kept running. I must have run ten miles.

313. I have no idea, I just wanted to get away from them.

314. Hey! Help!

315. By now I was in such a state of shock, I was panicky.

316. I couldn't remember anything, couldn't remember what happened.

317. I forgot I was invisible.

318. I'll prove something to you.

319. Okay?

320. You didn't say something to my face,

321. so I got something to say to your face.

322. I—

323. You can't fire me.

324. Well, I'll fight you. You can't fire me.

325. I'll fire you, so come on, to my face, say it.

326. So, what's up? Just say it to my face.

327. I'll get you two back.

328. You can't fire me! I'll fire you back!

329. Taxi!

330. Can you take me to San Francisco?

331. Sure.

332. I'm gonna need some money upfront.

333. Mm-hm.

334. Here. Here you go.

335. I'm gonna take a catnap.

336. Can you wake me up when we get to the bridge?

337. The first thing I had to do was call my doctor.

338. No, no. That was stupid.

339. How would an internist help me? I needed a goddamn magician.

340. Excuse me. Is this a cab?

341. Did you say something?

342. Yes. Sacramento and Powell.

343. Hey, uh, could you pull over here?

344. Sorry.

345. Oh, God.

346. Sorry. Oh, God.

347. Oh, baby.

348. Driver, could you take me to San Rafael, please?

349. I changed my mind.

350. I had to get into the safety of my apartment,

351. where I could study myself, figure out what had happened.

352. Maybe it would wear off in a couple of days,

353. but what if it didn't?

354. What if I evaporated into nothing?

355. He may have overheard something

356. that made him apprehensive about it.

357. The explosion might have frightened him, who knows.

358. Anything could happen to him. He may be dead already.

359. I'm gonna have to take this up with Parcells at Langley.

360. I don't think you want to do that.

361. What do you mean?

362. Show him the data, give him anything you want,

363. but say nothing about the man.

364. Let's keep this private, huh?

365. Now, think about it.

366. You say one word,

367. it becomes the deputy director's show and not yours anymore.

368. We're out of the loop.

369. On the other hand, if we grab him quick,

370. we become his control.

371. We're the only ones that know he exists.

372. The single most exotic intelligence asset

373. on the planet is ours

374. and ours alone.

375. What do you need?

376. noon at an apartment in the 300 block

377. of South Jefferson in Daly City.

378. The mother said she left her son in Murphy's care Sundays

379. supposedly just for a few hours.

380. Murphy, who lived in the same building...

381. I was starving, felt like I hadn't eaten in a week,

382. which is easier said than done when you can't see your hands.

383. Fire officials say the blaze

384. was caused by a faulty space heater

385. in the second-floor apartment on Diego Street.

386. One tenant said the single-family unit

387. was being shared by eight people.

388. The heat had been turned off for three weeks

389. for failure to pay a gas bill.

390. There were no injuries reported.

391. A spokesman for the nuclear regulatory agency says

392. A spokesman for the nuclear regulatory agency says

393. that although the laboratory was the site of research

394. related to nuclear fusion,

395. there was no radioactive material at the site

396. and there was no risk of contamination.

397. - No injuries have been reported. - Bullshit.

398. However, authorities are keeping the area cordoned off

399. as a precautionary measure.

400. An Oregon man is being arraigned today on charges that he shot

401. and killed a wealthy industrialist nine years ago...

402. Oh, Jesus.

403. What happened?

404. Where have you been? Everybody's looking for you.

405. For a moment, I thought it had all been a dream.

406. But that didn't last.

407. I saw the news about the fire at Magnascopics

408. and I was worried.

409. The food I hadn't thrown up the night before

410. had evaporated, I was as transparent as ever.

411. - Oh, shit. - Nick? Nick?

412. I'm here.

413. Sort of.

414. What happened out there?

415. Cathy, I've been sick as a dog.

416. What's this about a fire?

417. You didn't go, then? You're sick?

418. Oh, well, I'm sorry. Can I send you some soup?

419. No. I'll be fine.

420. Just reschedule all my appointments for Monday.

421. - Thanks, Cathy. Bye. - Bye.

422. It's Roger. Where are you?

423. Should we be long or short on Allied? Stock is going crazy.

424. Would you call me, please?

425. Hi, Nick. It's Alice.

426. I'm calling to confirm our lunch on Friday.

427. Am I being too forward about this?

428. What am I talking about?

429. We've already been to the ladies' room together.

430. See you Friday.

431. Nick. David Jenkins, Global Devices.

432. Perhaps we met last night.

433. We got your name from the register.

434. There will be an inquiry

435. into what happened at Magnascopics last night.

436. We'll need a signed statement—

437. I knew that voice.

438. Who the hell did he think he was kidding?

439. These guys were fast.

440. Robin, it's Nick Halloway. It's important.

441. Mr. Cebron's in court today,

442. but I know he wants to talk to you.

443. He does?

444. Are you in trouble with the government or something?

445. Why would I be in trouble with the government?

446. That's what Mr. Cebron asked but they were being vague.

447. Oh, can you hold on?

448. Oops. Robin, they're paging my flight.

449. Tell him I'll call him when I get to Dallas.

450. Dallas?

451. Who the hell were these guys?

452. How did they find me so quickly?

453. I had to get out of there fast.

454. The first thing I had to do

455. was remember where I put my jacket and shoes.

456. Keep that thing low so when I mark him,

457. you don't get off a headshot.

458. We're at the front door.

459. Zebra Team standing by.

460. - Alpha? - Ready.

461. - Delta? - In place.

462. - Baker Team? - Set up.

463. - Got a green light. - Let's take this asshole.

464. I'm at the front door.

465. Shit.

466. - Give me the status. - No movement yet.

467. Come on.

468. Is it all right to open up?

469. Yes, ma'am. May I come in to use the phone?

470. He seemed such a nice young man, that Mr. Halloway.

471. Has he killed someone?

472. Oh, I must have slipped.

473. Halloway!

474. I got him.

475. Oh, shit. California Street.

476. - Ow. - Mr. McCaren, you all right?

477. - What happened? - I think something hit me.

478. You sure you're okay?

479. My back.

480. Who are you guys?

481. Halloway, are you there?

482. If you're hurt...

483. I'd like to help you.

484. Halloway, listen to me.

485. You can't escape.

486. Believe me, wherever you go, whoever you tell,

487. it all comes back to me.

488. You must trust us, Nick.

489. We're the only people that can give you your life back.

490. We're all you have.

491. When you're a freak?

492. When you're a freak?

493. Fuck you.

494. For hours, I wandered the streets of the city.

495. I was a fugitive, afraid of getting caught.

496. I kept imagining Jenkins leaping out at me

497. from every dark corner.

498. Taxi!

499. As a child, when I'd dream about being invisible,

500. I used to think it would be so easy.

501. I could do what I want, go where I want

502. and take what I want.

503. But that's the catch.

504. No matter how hungry I was, I couldn't give myself away.

505. My purse! My purse!

506. Oh!

507. I was starving and exhausted.

508. Somehow, I found myself in the alley behind my club.

509. I figured it would do for the time being.

510. In a building this size, there would be places to hide.

511. Finally, I formulated a plan.

512. I'd get to this Dr. Wachs from Magnascopics,

513. show him what had happened.

514. Whatever he did to get me this way, I would demand he undo.

515. Wachs? Magnascopics doctor?

516. Last Wednesday? I was inside when it happened.

517. I beg your pardon?

518. Give me a dollar. They could be watching us.

519. Does the word "invisible" mean anything to you?

520. Where's the professor?

521. In the park, taking a stroll.

522. - Come on, we're gonna lose him. - Relax.

523. But this is astounding.

524. I never dreamed. They never told me.

525. Open your coat, show me the rest of you.

526. - Trust me. It's all the same. - Oh, dear God.

527. Look, there's got to be another psychotron, right?

528. Can't you just take me there and turn me back?

529. I'll forget the whole thing.

530. No lawsuits, no recriminations. No harm, no foul.

531. Our research had nothing to do with invisibility.

532. This was a completely random freakish reaction.

533. - Don't say this. - What are you doing here?

534. You should be with me, with us, in the lab.

535. We must replicate the variables,

536. begin to explore how this happened.

537. "Begin to explore"? That's not good enough!

538. - You gotta help me now! - It's gonna take time.

539. I don't have time!

540. I want my molecules back! Look at me!

541. It's him.

542. You gotta turn me back.

543. No!

544. Oh, God. You bastards!

545. Shit!

546. Would you bring me a phone, please? Thanks.

547. Hi, this is Alice Monroe.

548. I'm meeting Nick for lunch at the Brasserie.

549. Is he on his way?

550. I don't have you in his book or I would have phoned.

551. Mr. Halloway's out sick.

552. Oh.

553. - I hope it's nothing serious. - No, it's the flu.

554. I'll tell him you called. Can I take your number?

555. Yeah. Um, it's Alice Monroe, 555-9290.

556. - Sure. - Thanks.

557. - Bye. - Bye.

558. I guess I'll be eating alone. Can I see a menu, please?

559. Thanks.

560. This is outrageous. I am the Sidney Leavitt professor

561. of theoretical physics, a member of

562. the National Academy of Science!

563. Shut up!

564. I'll ask again. Where is he?

565. I've already told you, I don't know.

566. Why didn't somebody tell me there was a man inside?

567. When are you planning to make contact with him again?

568. Exactly under whose authority are you operating?

569. I deal with the deputy director in Langley,

570. and Dick Parcells would never sanction that stunt

571. that your goons pulled in the park!

572. Now, Dr. Wachs,

573. what were you really doing at Magnascopics?

574. I find it hard to believe that this was all simply an accident.

575. I am aghast of this.

576. There's an invisible man loose in the city.

577. I want to find him as much as you do so, what are we doing?

578. Take off your jacket.

579. Why? What are you gonna do?

580. Don't worry, doc. This won't hurt you a bit.

581. - Make a fist. - What?

582. - I said, make a fist. - Let me know when he's ready.

583. Why are you doing this to me? All I know is that he exists.

584. And that's already too much.

585. Never been married, parents both deceased.

586. The guy's got a few friends, but not close to any of them.

587. Not exactly a workaholic either.

588. He kind of plays it fast and loose.

589. It's always difficult with people like this.

590. No strong emotional ties, no political beliefs,

591. no particular interests.

592. As a matter of fact, when you think about it...

593. the man has the perfect profile.

594. He was invisible before he was invisible.

595. Look, he's not a pro.

596. He's alone. He's desperate.

597. He'll crack.

598. Where are you hiding, Halloway?

599. I could only sleep out of sheer exhaustion.

600. And when I did sleep, I would dream, weird, crazy dreams

601. about what might have been and what I had lost.

602. Welcome, Nick.

603. Oh, Nick. Hi.

604. Hello, Nick.

605. Nick, good to see you.

606. Hi, Nick.

607. Hi, Nick.

608. - Nick, you charmer. - Right this way.

609. Looking for something, Nick?

610. It was about time I did look for something.

611. Maybe I could turn the tables on them.

612. Find out what they knew about my condition

613. and use it to my advantage.

614. Who's up?

615. Vinny's up. Sit down and deal.

616. Yeah. I owe the pot $2.

617. Red dog, red dog, face of red dog.

618. Nothing is wild, and it starts with Vin.

619. Six dollars in the pot.

620. Pass? No pass?

621. Congressman Davis called for a third time.

622. Uh, Singleton called from L.A. looking for Wachs.

623. I said what you told me to.

624. If we can't find this dude for six months

625. is he gonna keep us operational that long?

626. Singleton's weak and he's unreliable,

627. but he knows the value of the prize, believe me.

628. So let's start with surveillance reports.

629. - Comments? - Okay, phone calls...

630. Welcome.

631. I often sit here like this at the end of the day,

632. in darkness and imagine what it must be like.

633. Were you conscious when it happened?

634. Did you feel yourself change?

635. Did you pray?

636. I've been worried about you, Nick.

637. Is everything all right?

638. How long have you been here?

639. Long enough to learn a few things about you

640. I thought I might tell my friends at the Chronicle.

641. You don't have any friends at the Chronicle, Nick.

642. You and I both know that as soon as you go to the press

643. you become the last thing you want to be.

644. A circus attraction.

645. - It all comes back to me. - Bullshit.

646. You answer to people. I heard.

647. Maybe I'll call Washington

648. and talk to a guy named Singleton.

649. Let's say you do.

650. What do you think you could control

651. the moment you make your presence known?

652. If I work with you, I suppose things would be different.

653. I could come and go as I please.

654. Put your goddamn hands on the desk!

655. Now get a grip on yourself, Nick.

656. Listen to what we're offering you.

657. In exchange for what?

658. For your services, of course, to your country.

659. You have a wider obligation now.

660. You can be of immeasurable value to us.

661. I'm not doing your spying.

662. Suppose we'd had you, an invisible agent, in 1939.

663. Maybe there wouldn't have been a Second World War.

664. What are you saying?

665. You mean I would have killed Hitler for you?

666. I mean, maybe you could have saved 30 million lives.

667. Changed history.

668. Now, assassination, anything at all,

669. is entirely ethical if you're on the right side.

670. Now you listen to me, you son of a bitch.

671. I've lost everything but my soul,

672. and you're not gonna take that away from me.

673. Whatever I become, it's gonna be my choice, not yours.

674. Is that clear?

675. Listen, we're prepared to give you anything you want or need.

676. But you have to understand,

677. if you won't work with us, I can't let you live.

678. I don't sleep well.

679. I can see through my eyelids, through the top of my head.

680. I get walleyed, I get bat-shit!

681. Don't you ever touch me again.

682. I'll kill him, I swear to God.

683. - Back off. - Do what he says.

684. Move it.

685. Nick.

686. Contrary to what you might think,

687. I am not without feelings.

688. God. Don't you see, we're in this together, Nick, you and 1?

689. We're not so terribly different. We're iconoclasts.

690. Think of the adventure we could have together.

691. Yeah, we can go to Frontierland.

692. See you, Dave.

693. Oh, Nick

694. Give me that.

695. I had to get out of San Francisco.

696. Jenkins would never stop searching,

697. and I would never be safe at the Academy Club.

698. He knew my patterns.

699. It would only be a matter of time before he'd catch me there.

700. There were hotels, but they would be more dangerous.

701. I couldn't go back to my apartment,

702. and I couldn't risk confiding in anyone.

703. That's when I decided on George's summerhouse.

704. Three quarts of vodka, three quarts of scotch,

705. do you have any of those little bouillon cubes?

706. Yeah, for soup or broth, you know, chicken, beef, vegetable.

707. Well, which is clearest? Clearest.

708. Which is most transparent?

709. I'm looking for clear foods here, uh...

710. no coloring, easy to digest.

711. My doctor says I gotta eat clear foods. I'm all gas.

712. Hold on a minute, will you? What's that, George?

713. Mr. Talbot says, could you please charge it to his account?

714. 37 Beachfront Lane. Thank you very much.

715. Yeah, tell the kid to come in the front door.

716. Anybody home?

717. Hello?

718. Hey, dickwad.

719. I had to put the old Nick Halloway behind me.

720. I'd create a new identity, go underground.

721. - Morning. - Morning.

722. Get myself a secure place where Jenkins

723. would never find me.

724. I could play the market by phone.

725. All I needed was a name on a brokerage account

726. and a couple of bucks to start with.

727. I would become the invisible tycoon,

728. and then... then I would make them pay, all of them.

729. They would rue the day they tangled with Nick Halloway.

730. Wow, George, it's beautiful.

731. Yeah. Everybody needs a place to get away.

732. - Recharge the batteries. - If you can get here.

733. - Here. - We got here, didn't we?

734. Yeah, we did, but that traffic...

735. Now half the day is gone, George.

736. Get in. We'll drive back to the city.

737. Don't threaten me...

738. Shit, George. What are you doing here?

739. Just forget it. We're here, all right?

740. That's what I said.

741. God, the silence,

742. and the air out here.

743. It makes me think of children and the Fourth of July.

744. I like it better in the winter. It gets crowded in the summer.

745. This is the first chance I've had to relax

746. since I've been back. Thanks, George.

747. It's so stuffy in here.

748. It smells like somebody had a fire.

749. Subletting to someone?

750. What the hell is going on?

751. I haven't been here since January.

752. We should have a look around, see if anything's missing.

753. Is there a gun in the house?

754. Goddamn it!

755. Somebody's been wearing my clothes!

756. - This is certainly peculiar. - What?

757. Everything's here, my hidden key is missing,

758. and the Jacuzzi's back on the timer.

759. I don't like this. This is making me very nervous.

760. Whoever it is, they left you fully stocked.

761. Someone put food in my refrigerator?

762. There's some nice stuff in here.

763. There's a bottle of Montrachet, a tin of beluga.

764. That's why I love Marin County.

765. You get a better class of burglar.

766. It's gotta be my brother Chuck.

767. He must have split up with Kathleen again.

768. - Oh, great. Great. - Oh, God.

769. Wyborowa, 100 proof. Chuck drink this?

770. No.

771. But I know who does.

772. Halloway's in trouble.

773. I spoke to a pencil pusher at some government agency

774. I never heard of.

775. He asked me the same personal questions about Nick

776. the SEC did when Charlie Randolph got busted.

777. There's a lot of confusion over at Shipway & Whitman.

778. When a guy's been working there 10 years, suddenly disappears...

779. Roger Whitman's got auditors

780. looking to see if anything's missing.

781. Do you really think he's a thief?

782. Didn't strike me as the embezzler type.

783. Knowing Nick, he probably came here

784. to shack up with somebody's wife.

785. Hmm?

786. If that's all it was, he would have called me.

787. Why don't we just change the subject?

788. Wherever he is, I'm sure Nick would love to know

789. we're talking about him.

790. I think Halloway got in a lot of trouble,

791. came out here, got nice and loaded

792. and walked into the ocean one day.

793. Oh, come on.

794. Nick's way too narcissistic to kill himself.

795. He'll probably wash up on the shore one day

796. all bloated and eaten by crabs.

797. Richard!

798. How can you say these things?

799. I thought you were Nick's friends.

800. It's just... I don't know.

801. I got a real funny vibe, like he's dead.

802. Well, why don't you have a séance, Richard, huh?

803. Get out your Ouija board

804. and call his spirit from the dead.

805. I'm going to bed.

806. George.

807. Seems to me, if he was gonna commit suicide in my house

808. he'd have the common decency to leave a note

809. or clean up a little first.

810. Laugh, but be careful mocking what you don't understand.

811. Nick! Nick!

812. If you're here with us, Nick, give us a sign.

813. Jesus!

814. You bastard!

815. He could have been channeling through me!

816. Shit!

817. Losing weight, Richard?

818. So much for my good friends.

819. Ellen, you wanna get the lights?

820. Uh-huh.

821. - Night. - Good night, you two.

822. Well, I'm not really that tired, are you?

823. Yeah. I'm exhausted.

824. Yeah, me too.

825. Meet you on the beach for a swim, bright and early?

826. Sure. Sleep well.

827. I remember feeling an enormous sense of relief

828. that she didn't let him into her room or kiss him goodnight.

829. Alice, are you decent?

830. Yes.

831. What is it?

832. I was going to save this till I sold my novel.

833. You're a broker, not a novelist.

834. Actually, I'm starting it this summer,

835. but I've got it all worked out in my head.

836. This is really sweet, but not tonight, I'm tired.

837. Oh, just a short one. Come on.

838. I really admire what you do.

839. You're so unlike all the other women I meet.

840. You don't seem caught up in the bullshit.

841. Not yet anyway.

842. Richard, um...

843. I'm really gonna have to say good night.

844. There's something I haven't told you.

845. My wife left me three months ago.

846. God, I'm such a mess.

847. Can't work, can't sleep.

848. Richard, don't cry.

849. I'm sure it's what's best for her.

850. - And you. - I need you!

851. Richard, stop!

852. I'm sorry.

853. I'm sorry.

854. I don't know what came over me.

855. Maybe I misunderstood the situation this weekend.

856. I'm sorry if you thought that we were... This is awkward.

857. Just forget it ever happened.

858. Don't tell anybody I cried, okay?

859. Okay.

860. Good night.

861. About the time she fell asleep,

862. I stopped kidding myself.

863. I was nuts about her.

864. Why couldn't I have met her a year ago?

865. Probably would have messed it up.

866. Right here. Set it down. Quick. Hurry up.

867. Yeah. Got it.

868. - Okay, wait a minute, George. - What?

869. Just pin my arms down. Good. Okay.

870. Oh. Wait a minute. Could you just squeeze my butt?

871. Oh! Yeah. That's it. Okay.

872. - Oh! Oh! - Wait a minute. No, George.

873. - Oh, I'm sorry. - Fate was cruel.

874. Well, that was memorable.

875. Just give me ten minutes.

876. Look at the moon or something.

877. That night, I moved to the house down the beach.

878. The next day, I decided to call her.

879. Hello?

880. Hello?

881. - Alice? - Yes.

882. I need to talk to you.

883. Who is this?

884. It's Nick. Nick Halloway. Remember me?

885. Nick Halloway. Is this a joke?

886. Listen, please don't tell anybody.

887. I'm in the gray-and-white house down the beach.

888. I'll leave the door open for you.

889. Can you come down here, please?

890. Please, Alice.

891. Hello?

892. Hello?

893. Back here.

894. Nick?

895. Alice, don't be afraid. It's me, Nick.

896. Were you in an accident?

897. Yeah.

898. What happened? Were you burned or something?

899. You want to sit down?

900. No.

901. Where the hell did she run to? Bodega Bay?

902. It's been over two hours.

903. You never know. Attractive girl, jogging alone.

904. I wouldn't worry about that, George.

905. She's as strong as an ox.

906. David, I will not allow you to turn this into another fiasco,

907. like the one you caused in Iran.

908. You want a job done, I'm doing it.

909. I'm your Goddamn section head! I gave you this chance!

910. Wachs was supposed to be in Washington two days ago.

911. Parcells is climbing all over me to get to him. Where is he?

912. Wachs is sequestered.

913. I'm not convinced he's been entirely forthcoming with us.

914. Now calm down, Warren.

915. Trust me.

916. All right. When do I get him?

917. - When I'm convinced. - No.

918. When do I get the invisible man?

919. He may be here still, but I doubt it.

920. I'll get him soon. Very soon.

921. I hope so, David, because it's my ass on the line.

922. I don't intend to justify these expenditures

923. and these methods with no results!

924. I want him, and if I don't get him

925. you will be the next person to disappear.

926. Perhaps a reminder of the state of things might be in order.

927. I'm the one that kills people, Warren, not you.

928. And if you screw up on me...

929. I will cut off your testicles, I will lightly fry them,

930. and Morrissey here will have them for lunch.

931. Nick, maybe this isn't the right thing to do.

932. I mean, running and hiding,

933. maybe you should be in the hospital.

934. Not a chance.

935. They know every move I make.

936. Besides, there's nothing a doctor can do. I feel normal.

937. I probably could use a shave, but who's gonna notice?

938. For years, women have been telling me

939. they can see right through me.

940. Christ.

941. Can I touch you?

942. Oh, my God.

943. Oh, my God.

944. You do need a shave.

945. I never realized how important it is to be seen.

946. You know, acknowledged?

947. You start questioning whether you exist at all.

948. Oh, Nick.

949. I guess I forgive you for standing me up.

950. The last thing you want to do is watch me eat.

951. So how can I help you?

952. Open a brokerage account

953. and buy me 2000 shares of a stock called Allied Resources.

954. Having seconds?

955. Yeah I suddenly got hungry again.

956. Must have been all that running you did this afternoon.

957. Must be.

958. Well,

959. I'll just take this up to my room

960. and I'm going to turn in early.

961. I'll see you in the morning.

962. I know how to get the broker to buy stock

963. without you ever having to spend any cash.

964. Okay.

965. You'll play what's called a "float."

966. I trade through you until I build us a nice pile of money.

967. I cut you a check for half, and I'm out of your life.

968. Were you in here last night?

969. Who? Me? You mean last night, in this room?

970. Nothing would have happened, you know.

971. Oh, hey, I know that.

972. Did you hang around afterward?

973. Alice, I didn't see a thing. I had my hands over my eyes.

974. Of course, you can see right through them.

975. Good night, George.

976. This has been a terrific weekend.

977. I'm glad at least you got laid.

978. Well, it was only Ellen.

979. I think you're crazy, letting her stay here.

980. She's a family friend. What am I gonna do? Say no?

981. You told me you heard two distinct voices

982. coming out of her room. Suppose she's really schizo?

983. Ah, George.

984. You're the best.

985. This will be the perfect place for me to get some work done.

986. I left the number of a good therapist I know in town.

987. If you feel like talking, she's very understanding.

988. She's helped Richard a lot.

989. Thanks, George.

990. Good to know Richard's getting some help.

991. Chuck, it's me, George. Wanna hear a hot one?

992. Guess who broke into my house and ran up $500

993. worth of food and booze on my accounts?

994. Nick Halloway.

995. No, he's not dead. He's on a binge.

996. - This is ridiculous. - No, it is not.

997. Just let me finish. You owe me a meal anyway.

998. I'm sure you have better things to do,

999. places to go, people to see.

1000. First of all, I do not have better things to do.

1001. I'm in between projects right now...

1002. and I'm not seeing anybody.

1003. That's an understatement.

1004. It's a lot more comfortable than that Ace bandage.

1005. It really works.

1006. Oh, Nick, you have a face again.

1007. If I had eyes and teeth, I'd be a whole head.

1008. It's nice to see you.

1009. It's nice to be seen again.

1010. You don't have any body makeup, do you?

1011. Dropped about ten pounds.

1012. Bet I'd look great naked.

1013. Good evening. Two for dinner?

1014. Yes, please.

1015. What's the matter? Is something wrong?

1016. Of course not, sir. Right this way.

1017. See? Nobody's staring at you.

1018. Whatever they think, they don't think you're invisible.

1019. No.

1020. They're just seeing a beautiful blond and a dead man.

1021. To Elvis.

1022. Oh, God.

1023. Maybe we do have a little more work to do.

1024. You can go to any ball game or movie for free.

1025. Yeah.

1026. You can look up girls' skirts,

1027. hang around ladies' locker rooms.

1028. Okay.

1029. Go naked anytime you want.

1030. Almost have to now.

1031. Never worry about people telling you look older

1032. or that you should lose weight.

1033. You could have a brilliant career as a bank robber.

1034. Jesus, I'm screwed.

1035. Nick...

1036. I've been thinking.

1037. I'm not sure me playing the stock market

1038. so you can live like a recluse

1039. is the best solution to your problem.

1040. You got a better idea, Alice, believe me, I'm interested.

1041. We could go to Washington.

1042. I know people there who might be able to help.

1043. You expect me to trust a politician?

1044. No, you're right.

1045. But I want you to trust me.

1046. You're not alone anymore.

1047. Come on!

1048. It's them. My clothes are on the corner of the couch.

1049. - Where are we going? - Far away, fast.

1050. May I have your attention, please?

1051. Announcing the departure of train number seven...

1052. Vancouver and Calgary.

1053. All aboard, please.

1054. - Nick? - I'm here.

1055. I got us a compartment on the 7:30 train to San Diego.

1056. We can figure out how to get across the border to Mexico.

1057. That gives us about eight hours to kill.

1058. Look, they're gonna catch me, Alice.

1059. Just get on the train, go.

1060. Get away from me. These guys are nuts.

1061. I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you.

1062. Nick, I'm not scared.

1063. Whoever these guys are, they can't control everything.

1064. God, I can't believe I got you into this.

1065. Forgive me.

1066. This is something I have to do on my own.

1067. Alice you're staring at my eyes.

1068. I think we should get out of the rain.

1069. - What's happening to me? - Don't.

1070. It's beautiful.

1071. Boy, how am I gonna tell my mom about this?

1072. All the dirty parts I'd leave out.

1073. Just tell her you met a guy, like him a lot,

1074. could be serious.

1075. He's transparent.

1076. - Are you a Catholic? - No.

1077. That could be a problem.

1078. - You know something, Alice? - Hmm.

1079. If you were blind, we'd make the perfect couple.

1080. Mmm.

1081. May I have your attention?

1082. Now ready for departure, train number 12...

1083. I'm in.

1084. That was easy enough.

1085. This isn't so bad.

1086. I'm having second thoughts about Mexico.

1087. It's just not far enough away.

1088. With a fax and a computer, I can trade from anywhere.

1089. - It doesn't have to be Mexico. - You mean anywhere?

1090. Like Paris, Rome, Bora Bora?

1091. Anywhere you want.

1092. Although, I was thinking of Switzerland.

1093. A guy can get away with wearing a ski mask all year round.

1094. Where's the next stop?

1095. - Nick? - Hmm.

1096. - You asleep? - No.

1097. I was just daydreaming about a New York strip steak,

1098. baked potato with sour cream and chives

1099. and a hot fudge sundae.

1100. Mmm, that sounds great.

1101. I'll go get it.

1102. Bring back a bowl of Jell-O for you.

1103. Thanks.

1104. Hello, Alice.

1105. Compartment C.

1106. Run!

1107. Nick! Run!

1108. Run!

1109. - Run! - Halloway!

1110. Alice!

1111. Move! Move! Get out of the way!

1112. No!

1113. The current must have swept me along for half a mile.

1114. When I came to, I was being washed toward a drainage pipe

1115. and throwing up a gallon of river water.

1116. For all you knew, I'd drowned.

1117. Your invisible man was dead.

1118. But I knew you had Alice.

1119. I was wrong to involve her in the first place,

1120. just like I was wrong thinking I could run away from this.

1121. I am what I am, Jenkins, I know that now.

1122. Other people will too, unless you let her go.

1123. You let her go, I'll come in, that's the deal.

1124. I'll say this:

1125. your friend Halloway has a flair for the dramatic.

1126. I want you to be part of our team, Alice.

1127. He needs you. We need you.

1128. Regardless of how it may seem,

1129. I've never had anything but his best interest at heart.

1130. Where do they find people like you?

1131. It's him. He's on the phone.

1132. Nick.

1133. I've got copies of that tape in safe hands right now.

1134. Anything happens to Alice, they go to the networks,

1135. the papers, use your imagination.

1136. Alice is here, she's absolutely fine.

1137. Tell me what do you want me to do?

1138. I want to see her walk out the front door of your building

1139. - and get in a cab. - And what about you?

1140. Look out your window at the phone booth on the corner.

1141. Yeah, I see you.

1142. As soon as I see her out of your building

1143. and in a cab, I give myself up.

1144. Try anything funny, I do a striptease in the street

1145. I'll guarantee it'll make the 6 o'clock news.

1146. Two minutes, Jenkins, starting now.

1147. Let's go.

1148. I presume you've seen this.

1149. He's outside, we're five seconds away.

1150. You murdered Wachs?

1151. He's holding me against my will.

1152. We've won, Warren, he's ours.

1153. We can own the agency.

1154. You've lost it. You don't know what you're doing.

1155. I'm pulling the plug. Let her go!

1156. I intend to, as soon as we make the switch.

1157. Just like we agreed, Nick.

1158. - Get the cab, Tyler. - Yes, sir.

1159. Nick, I love you!

1160. Take her across the bridge or something. Go!

1161. We had a deal, Nick.

1162. You shouldn't have tried to run.

1163. Hey, not so rough.

1164. Jesus.

1165. Where's Nick?

1166. Wait a minute. Where are we going?

1167. The Bay Bridge.

1168. And I love you too.

1169. Nick?

1170. Nick. Oh, my God!

1171. Nick.

1172. Oh, look out.

1173. That was George in the phone booth.

1174. I called Jenkins with this.

1175. You told George you were invisible?

1176. Nah, of course not. Just made up some bullshit story.

1177. Told him you we're in trouble. Asked him for a big favor.

1178. God, I'm glad you're all right.

1179. I got him.

1180. - Are you all right? - Yes.

1181. Nick, run! Run!

1182. Help! Help!

1183. I've got him crossing 7th Street back toward Market.

1184. Huh?

1185. - Market Street. - It's over!

1186. You hear me? I'm shutting you down!

1187. You hear me? I'm shutting you down!

1188. - He's heading south. - Left on Fifth.

1189. Look, what about what Singleton said? He signs the checks.

1190. Aw, screw him, he's weak, they're all weak.

1191. Just think what Halloway will fetch on the open market,

1192. The Germans, the Japanese, the Saudis.

1193. You'll be a rich man, Morrissey.

1194. You're a natural, you know. Cool, imaginative, elegant.

1195. You've found your calling, Nick.

1196. I think we can work this thing out together, you and I.

1197. Forgive and forget.

1198. Start again fresh, with a deeper sense of respect for each other.

1199. Nick, I'll kill you if I have to!

1200. Now listen.

1201. I'll commit every resource we have to getting you back,

1202. to making you whole again,

1203. to reuniting you with Alice, I swear.

1204. You swore you were gonna kill me a second ago.

1205. I think you're losing your marbles, Dave. Get it straight.

1206. Bit of a tight spot, Nick.

1207. Now, understand...

1208. if I can't have you...

1209. no one can.

1210. I'm t... I'm tired of the game, Dave.

1211. One step back, and it's all over.

1212. Now wait.

1213. I apologize for being rash. It was stupid of me.

1214. You are the most unique human being on the planet.

1215. You are walking history.

1216. Don't run away from it, man, embrace it.

1217. You'll never know what it's like.

1218. Don't. Now, don't, Nick.

1219. Don't come any closer!

1220. Come on, Nick. Just give me your hand.

1221. - No! - Give me your hand.

1222. Give me your hand, Nick.

1223. Olé, you son of a bitch!

1224. Nick!

1225. Leave it alone. You didn't see anything, don't know anything.

1226. You didn't hear any of this.

1227. Be smart.

1228. Clean it up. It never happened.

1229. What did you lose, a contact lens?

1230. - Nick! - Shh. Don't say anything.

1231. I'll tell you about it later. Let's get out of here.

1232. - Look sad. - Okay.

1233. My department had been alerted to Mr. Jenkins'

1234. deteriorating emotional state.

1235. Of course, none of us ever expected a tragedy like this.

1236. I think you can all appreciate how...

1237. Oh, Nick. I never want to lose you.

1238. You won't. I promise.

1239. It's keeping track of our kids that's got me worried.