1 00:01:26,352 --> 00:01:31,847 There are more people alive now than have died in all of human history. 2 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:35,318 But the number of dead people is increasing. 3 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:40,398 One day, there isn't going to be any room to bury anyone anymore. 4 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:46,335 So, what about skyscrapers for dead people that were built down? 5 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:51,409 They could be underneath the skyscrapers for living people that are built up. 6 00:01:51,578 --> 00:01:54,945 You could bury people 100 floors down... 7 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:59,518 ...and a whole dead world could be underneath the living one. 8 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:08,083 --father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who has blessed us all with the gift of.... 9 00:02:08,995 --> 00:02:11,793 Doesn't anybody know there isn't anybody in the coffin? 10 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:14,593 We should've filled it with his shoes or something. 11 00:02:16,669 --> 00:02:18,967 It's like a pretend funeral. 12 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,629 For a goldfish or something. 13 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:22,502 This is just what it is, Oskar. 14 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:24,643 It doesn't make sense. 15 00:02:27,447 --> 00:02:31,781 What if you could ride an elevator down to visit your dead relatives... 16 00:02:31,951 --> 00:02:35,011 ...just like you take the bridge to see your friends in Brooklyn... 17 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:37,383 ...or the ferry to Staten Island? 18 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:41,549 Dad once told me that New York used to have a Sixth Borough... 19 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:44,060 ...right next to Manhattan. 20 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:46,460 But you can't visit that anymore... 21 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:51,228 ...because it floated away and no one knows where it is. 22 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:56,265 Okay, you think you're so smart? 23 00:02:56,442 --> 00:02:58,706 Let's find the Sixth Borough. 24 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:01,841 Okay. 25 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,210 And? What? 26 00:03:04,384 --> 00:03:05,851 "And what" what? 27 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:07,452 What am I supposed to find? 28 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:08,814 What are the clues? 29 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:10,346 Mm. 30 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:14,118 He shrugged his shoulders like he had no idea what I was talking about. 31 00:03:15,461 --> 00:03:17,190 I loved that. 32 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:21,394 This was my favorite game Dad and I would play. 33 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:24,128 We called it "Reconnaissance Expedition. " 34 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:27,205 I found something from every decade in the 20th Century. 35 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:36,105 You rock. 36 00:03:38,117 --> 00:03:39,311 He rocks! 37 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:46,786 The search for the Sixth Borough was the greatest expedition ever. 38 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:49,922 All right, I've got amateur entomologist, Francophile... 39 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:52,394 ...amateur archeologist, computer consultant. 40 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:53,930 Why "amateur" everything? 41 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,533 It's a compliment. 42 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:57,329 Amateur pacifist? 43 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:00,566 "Pacifist." -Amateur inventor. 44 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:02,469 Inventor. Good one. 45 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:06,869 Okay, you're all set. 46 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:14,316 Dad designed my expeditions so I would have to talk to people... 47 00:04:14,954 --> 00:04:18,014 ...which he knew I had a hard time doing. 48 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:26,055 What do you want? 49 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:39,041 What do you think? 50 00:04:39,212 --> 00:04:40,770 Could be useful. 51 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:44,783 Can't you even tell me if I'm on the right track? 52 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:50,846 But if you don't tell me, how can I ever be right? 53 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:54,491 Well, another way of looking at it is... 54 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:57,223 ...how can you ever be wrong? 55 00:04:58,331 --> 00:04:59,628 Mm? 56 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:12,872 There you go. Thank you very much. 57 00:05:23,956 --> 00:05:27,153 Central Park didn't use to be where it is now. 58 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,626 Dad said it used to rest in the center of the Sixth Borough. 59 00:05:30,797 --> 00:05:34,597 Enormous hooks were driven deep into the ground... 60 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:37,998 ...and the park was pulled by all the people of New York... 61 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:42,631 ...like a rug across the floor, from the Sixth Borough into Manhattan. 62 00:05:51,551 --> 00:05:53,644 I found something. Over! 63 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:56,846 What area, Oskar? Over! 64 00:05:57,056 --> 00:06:00,048 Zone E-3. Over! 65 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:07,191 Dad said it's only because of the clues in Central Park... 66 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:10,359 ...that we know the Sixth Borough existed at all. 67 00:06:18,077 --> 00:06:19,408 Where's this from? 68 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:23,515 Oh, that was my father's. Grandma gave it to me when I was little. 69 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:25,116 Never had much use for it. 70 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:29,779 What's this? 71 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:34,386 Oh. Grandma's old home movies. 72 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,925 Haven't seen these in years. 73 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,174 Do you know what your father Booked like? 74 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:51,572 Nope, not a clue. 75 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:53,612 Here's what I do know: 76 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:56,613 He was from Dresden, which was in Germany... 77 00:06:56,849 --> 00:06:59,044 ...went through some really bad stuff... 78 00:06:59,218 --> 00:07:01,413 ...and decided he wasn't up to having a family. 79 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:04,181 That's it? -That's it. 80 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:12,557 Did you always want to be a jeweler? 81 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:17,427 I might have liked to have been a scientist. 82 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:18,729 I'll never know. 83 00:07:18,905 --> 00:07:20,167 Why is that? 84 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:22,466 Because I'm a jeweler. 85 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:31,212 Strawberry Fields. 86 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,043 Belvedere Castle. 87 00:07:33,219 --> 00:07:34,516 What's he looking for? 88 00:07:34,687 --> 00:07:36,780 Well, when he finds it, let him tell you. 89 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,480 Gonna send him all over the park... 90 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:41,183 ...and he'll have to talk to every single person he meets. 91 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,453 It'll be the greatest Reconnaissance Expedition. 92 00:07:43,629 --> 00:07:44,891 Don't make it so hard on him. 93 00:07:45,064 --> 00:07:46,759 If it was easy, this wouldn't be worth finding. 94 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:49,333 And what kind of adult is he gonna turn into? 95 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:51,367 I don't know. That's what I have you for. 96 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:54,870 He'll be one of those guys who falls in love with the very first bossy-- 97 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:56,508 -Watch it. -I mean, beautiful... 98 00:07:56,676 --> 00:07:59,236 ...flaxen-haired lady who tells him what to do. 99 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:01,073 Like write the check? Oh.... 100 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:03,579 -How much? -It's the last one. It's 71.40. 101 00:08:03,749 --> 00:08:06,741 -$71.40. -Where are you going? 102 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:11,383 Bedtime! 103 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:13,682 Was there really a Sixth Borough? 104 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,657 Well, as with anything, if you want to believe, you can find reasons to. 105 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:18,956 What reasons? 106 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:21,260 The clues, of course. 107 00:08:21,434 --> 00:08:22,458 What clues? 108 00:08:22,635 --> 00:08:24,432 What clues? The clues! 109 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:28,005 The peculiar fossil record of Central Park. 110 00:08:28,207 --> 00:08:33,338 The incongruous pH balance of that reservoir. 111 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:36,505 And that brings us to the swings. 112 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:39,583 According to the paper of record, ahem... 113 00:08:39,752 --> 00:08:44,689 ...a note was found beneath one of those swings in Central Park. 114 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:48,088 And because of many scientific tests... 115 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:51,492 ...which you are too young and I am too simple to understand... 116 00:08:51,664 --> 00:08:55,225 ...they were able to determine that the note must have been written... 117 00:08:55,968 --> 00:08:57,196 ...in the Sixth Borough. 118 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:58,665 What did it say? 119 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:02,370 What a fantastic question. 120 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:03,941 Let's find out. 121 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:10,475 Ah.... It doesn't say. It ought to, but it doesn't. 122 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:13,380 -Can I see that? -You want to see what? 123 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:14,986 Wanna see this? No? 124 00:09:15,154 --> 00:09:17,714 That was the last conversation we ever had. 125 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:20,654 -Give it! -It's behind you, behind you! Hold on. 126 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:41,209 The next time I heard my dad's voice... 127 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:45,009 ...was when I got home from school that morning on the worst day. 128 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:48,009 Spaz! 129 00:09:50,489 --> 00:09:54,789 Because of what was going on, they let us out of school early. 130 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:57,656 Again, that's the incident, that's what we are hearing. 131 00:09:57,830 --> 00:09:59,195 This is terrible. 132 00:09:59,365 --> 00:10:03,199 You're not supposed to smoke in the lobby. You'll get in trouble. 133 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:06,670 There's no such thing as trouble today. Where are your parents? 134 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:09,171 Is anybody downtown? 135 00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:12,675 My mom's at work. My dad's at a meeting somewhere. 136 00:10:12,845 --> 00:10:15,109 Anyway, it's none of your business, dip shiitake. 137 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:17,044 Eff you, Oskar. 138 00:10:17,216 --> 00:10:19,684 Succotash my ball sack. 139 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,415 Oh, God. 140 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:48,707 Message one, September 11th, 8:56 a.m. 141 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:52,744 Are you there? Hello? 142 00:10:53,552 --> 00:10:55,417 If you're there, darling, pick up. 143 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,853 Ugh. I just tried the office, but no one was picking up. 144 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:03,257 Uh, listen, uh, something's happened. I'm okay. 145 00:11:03,429 --> 00:11:07,092 They're telling us to stay where we are and wait for the firemen. 146 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,500 I'm sure it's fine. I'll give you another call when I have a better idea of what's going on. 147 00:11:12,772 --> 00:11:15,832 I wanted to let you know that I'm okay and not to worry... 148 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:17,703 ...and I'll call again soon. All right, bye-bye. 149 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:25,245 Message two, September 11th, 9: 12 a.m. 150 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:29,518 Are you there? Are you there? It's me again. 151 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,179 Hello? 152 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:35,885 I was hoping you would be home. I don't know if you heard about what happened... 153 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:38,030 ...but I wanted you to know that I'm okay. 154 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:42,190 Everything is fine. We're still waiting to find out what we're supposed to do. 155 00:11:42,401 --> 00:11:45,837 It's pretty chaotic. Firemen are supposed to be coming. What- 156 00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:56,781 If the sun were to explode... 157 00:11:56,949 --> 00:12:00,112 ...you wouldn't even know about it for eight minutes... 158 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,486 ...because that's how long it takes for light to travel to us. 159 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,686 For eight minutes, the world would still be bright... 160 00:12:08,861 --> 00:12:11,022 ...and it would still feel warm. 161 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:18,565 It was a year since my dad died... 162 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:23,235 ...and I could feel my eight minutes with him... 163 00:12:23,876 --> 00:12:25,810 ...were running out. 164 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:03,314 Democrats argued that Estrada is too conservative... 165 00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:05,575 ...and not answering all of their questions. 166 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:09,346 Estrada was first nominated for the position in May, 2001. 167 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:13,891 The Bush administration has asked for a 4.2 percent increase in military spending-- 168 00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:19,194 --from 365 billion dollars to 380 billion dollars. 169 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:21,265 That figure does not include.... 170 00:13:35,014 --> 00:13:38,711 I hadn't gone into my dad's closet since the worst day. 171 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:52,096 Mom hadn't touched his stuff. 172 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:54,863 It was all there. 173 00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:08,256 Oskar! You okay? 174 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:21,403 This is Oskar Schell. 175 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:24,615 Grandma? Grandma, are you awake? 176 00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:25,875 Over. 177 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,817 Grandma? 178 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:34,289 It's Grandma. Uh, what is it, sweetheart? Can't you sleep? 179 00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:38,327 Do you want me to come over? Over. 180 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:41,660 Did Dad ever mention a special key to you, Grandma? Over. 181 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:43,301 A special key? 182 00:16:44,269 --> 00:16:47,568 I don't think so, no. A special key? What for? 183 00:16:47,906 --> 00:16:50,101 What was this special key for? 184 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:51,299 Over. 185 00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:55,573 Is the Renter home? Over. 186 00:16:55,748 --> 00:17:00,151 The Renter? No, no, he's never home this early. Over. 187 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:02,719 Grandma had rented a room to a man... 188 00:17:02,888 --> 00:17:04,788 ...three weeks after the worst day. 189 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:08,887 Why is the Renter's door always closed? And why can I never meet him? 190 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:10,187 He likes quiet. 191 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:13,630 Why can't you tell me anything about him? 192 00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:17,894 He's someone I knew in the old country. Now play. 193 00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:24,234 How long will he be here? 194 00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:26,970 He never stays any place for long. 195 00:17:29,681 --> 00:17:31,911 Is he dangerous? 196 00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:38,445 If you ever see him, don't say anything. 197 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:43,652 He can get very angry. Now play. 198 00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:53,904 What have you found, Oskar? Over. 199 00:17:56,108 --> 00:17:58,474 Oskar, are you still there? 200 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,268 Oskar? 201 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:02,947 It's for some kind of lock box. 202 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:07,245 It's not like any of these. It's thicker, harder to break. 203 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:10,521 But it's not for a fixed safe, I don't think. 204 00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:13,782 Could be a safe deposit box, post office box. 205 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:17,791 It's old. Maybe 20, 30 years old. 206 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:19,931 How can I find the company that made it? 207 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,293 Anyone could've made it. 208 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:23,594 Then how do I find the lock that it fits? 209 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:27,762 I'm afraid I can't help you there, unless you wanna try it in anything you come across. 210 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,808 You never know what a key's gonna fit. There are a million different possibilities. 211 00:18:32,644 --> 00:18:36,478 That's what I love about keys. They all open something. 212 00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:38,613 Just one. 213 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:40,808 Shouldn't you be in school? 214 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,618 It's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 215 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:45,616 Lie number two. 216 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:50,656 I started counting my lies earlier that morning when I told Mom I had a fever. 217 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:53,330 I don't wanna potentially infect a multitude of people at school. 218 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,797 I could be a walking pathogen. 219 00:18:56,502 --> 00:19:01,166 I thought Martin Luther King's birthday was in January. 220 00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:03,334 It used to be. They changed it. 221 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:04,737 That was lie number three. 222 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:05,968 Hold on, Oskar. 223 00:19:07,579 --> 00:19:11,037 Who's "Black"? On the envelope? 224 00:19:11,783 --> 00:19:13,341 Anybody you know? 225 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,580 Could be somebody who knows something about the key. 226 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:19,883 Thanks for being such a great locksmith. 227 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:24,892 What do you need these for? 228 00:19:25,397 --> 00:19:27,490 A project on the census. 229 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:28,997 Lie number four. 230 00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:30,498 Why aren't you in school? 231 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:34,499 -They said I know too much already. -Ah. 232 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:37,005 Black, Black, Black. 233 00:19:39,811 --> 00:19:43,042 Well, "Black" was definitely a person. Probably. 234 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:47,441 If "Black" was a person, he or she must have known Dad somehow. 235 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:49,086 Four-hundred-seventy-two. 236 00:19:49,254 --> 00:19:53,748 But how? And how was I going to find him/her? 237 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:57,118 Was this a Reconnaissance Expedition? 238 00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:58,956 Lagos, Nigeria. And it drifted.... 239 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:02,128 Dad's expeditions always included a journey. 240 00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:04,632 ...2278.3 nautical miles. 241 00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:06,130 Brazil! 242 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:10,102 And he always planned them, down to the smallest details. 243 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:12,536 Five miles an hour. 244 00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,107 Seven hundred. 245 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:18,977 What else could it be? 246 00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:22,344 If there was a key, there was a lock. 247 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:25,749 If there was a name, there was a person. 248 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:33,227 I'm home. 249 00:20:42,441 --> 00:20:44,602 There had to be a lock. 250 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,974 I would find it because he wanted me to find it. 251 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:50,774 Q-56. Q-56. Q-56. 252 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:56,177 And I would find it because it was the only way I could stretch my 8 minutes with him. 253 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:01,116 Maybe I could stretch them forever. 254 00:21:16,174 --> 00:21:20,668 I put together a backpack of vital things I would need for my survival. 255 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,614 An Israeli gas mask Grandma bought me two weeks after the worst day. 256 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:28,816 My tambourine to help keep me calm. 257 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:31,722 Binoculars, obviously. 258 00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:36,685 I had to travel light to be as quick as possible. 259 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:46,831 My expedition journal. 260 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:49,030 My father's father's camera. 261 00:21:49,207 --> 00:21:53,473 A Brief History Of Time, by Stephen Hawking, that my dad used to read to me. 262 00:21:54,346 --> 00:21:55,677 Cell phone. 263 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:58,516 Fig Newtons, which I love. 264 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:06,689 The key, obviously. 265 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:10,893 And my father's message to not stop looking. 266 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:13,088 And I wouldn't, not ever. 267 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:29,604 Hey. 268 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:32,947 Where you going? 269 00:22:33,418 --> 00:22:34,885 Out. 270 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:36,211 Where? 271 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:40,549 I told you, to the comic book convention with Minch. Be back later. 272 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:44,856 Lie number five. Except for the "be back later" part. 273 00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:48,830 Well, leave your cell phone on. Check in with me every hour, okay? 274 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:51,459 I mean it. 275 00:22:54,606 --> 00:22:57,074 I didn't know what was waiting for me. 276 00:22:57,609 --> 00:23:00,635 Although my stomach hurt and my eyes were watering... 277 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:05,579 ...I made up my mind that nothing, nothing was going to stop me. 278 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,378 Not even me. 279 00:23:11,256 --> 00:23:13,952 First up, Abby Black, Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 280 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:21,595 Because public transportation makes me panicky, I walked. 281 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:26,101 I've always had a hard time doing certain things. 282 00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:29,506 The elevator works, genius. 283 00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:31,164 I know, retard. 284 00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:34,176 But the worst day made the list of things a lot longer. 285 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:39,111 -Old people... -Ah! 286 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:40,478 ...running people... 287 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:42,044 ...airplanes... 288 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:44,413 ...tall things... 289 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:46,954 ...things you can get stuck in. 290 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:49,653 Loud things. 291 00:23:49,828 --> 00:23:51,352 -Screaming, crying. -Aah! 292 00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:52,860 -People with bad teeth... -Ha-ha-ha! 293 00:23:53,031 --> 00:23:56,523 ...bags without owners, shoes without owners, children without parents... 294 00:23:56,701 --> 00:23:59,636 ...ringing things, smoking things, people eating meat... 295 00:23:59,805 --> 00:24:00,965 ...people looking up. 296 00:24:01,139 --> 00:24:02,572 Towers, tunnels, speeding things... 297 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:05,877 ...loud things, things with lights, things with wings. 298 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:18,312 Bridges make me especially panicky. 299 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:33,630 Come on, try. I can't try. 300 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:36,304 If you don't try, you'll never know. 301 00:24:37,008 --> 00:24:39,670 -So try. -Don't be disappointed with me! 302 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:46,815 Come on. Take your juice. 303 00:24:48,186 --> 00:24:51,314 You know, Grandma brought me to these swings. 304 00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:55,015 My favorite... 305 00:24:55,393 --> 00:24:57,122 ...was one, two... 306 00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:59,262 ...the third from the right... 307 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:03,500 ... because I thought it would go higher than any other one. 308 00:25:04,569 --> 00:25:06,799 So when everyone had gone home... 309 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:08,932 ...I'd swing. 310 00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:12,643 It was just me and the swings. 311 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:18,381 I'd do a lot of thinking up here, especially when I learned how to pump. 312 00:25:19,551 --> 00:25:22,850 I would go as high as I could go... 313 00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:26,254 ...until I couldn't go any higher... 314 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:29,252 ...and then I would jump. 315 00:25:30,128 --> 00:25:34,030 Ah! And for a moment, I would feel as free as a bird. 316 00:25:35,967 --> 00:25:37,901 You should give it a whirl, Oskar. 317 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:40,438 It might change the way you look at things. 318 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:41,629 It's not safe. 319 00:25:46,177 --> 00:25:47,804 You don't have to jump. 320 00:25:50,415 --> 00:25:52,076 Can we go home now? 321 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:16,329 Fort Greene. 322 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:20,404 Fort Greene. 323 00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:26,675 Fort Greene! 324 00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:30,218 Fort Greene! Fort Greene! 325 00:26:30,388 --> 00:26:33,880 Fort Greene! Fort Greene! 326 00:27:25,176 --> 00:27:27,838 What are you doing? -Hello. My name is Oskar Schell. 327 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:29,776 Did you know my father, Thomas Schell? 328 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:34,177 -You are Abby Black? -Uh, yeah. 329 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:38,045 I'm sure people tell you this constantly... 330 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:40,623 ...but if you like under "incredibly beautiful" in the dictionary... 331 00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,453 ...there's a picture of you. 332 00:27:42,627 --> 00:27:44,754 Abby, I'm trying to say something here. 333 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:47,498 -What are you doing? -Would it be okay if I came in? 334 00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:51,059 -Now is really not a good time. Why not? 335 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:52,601 I'm in the middle of something. 336 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:54,830 I'm going upstairs to get this done. 337 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:57,065 -Me too. And you can do whatever.... 338 00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:58,436 What kind of something? 339 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:03,041 -Is that any of your business? -Is that a rhetorical question? 340 00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:06,807 I had to get in there. 341 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:09,353 I'm extremely thirsty! 342 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:11,045 Lie number seven. 343 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:17,790 What do you want to drink? 344 00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:20,155 Iced coffee with half-and-half, please. 345 00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:24,729 You coming? 346 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:32,371 I love this. 347 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,271 -So did I. -How much do you know about elephants? 348 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:36,778 Hardly anything. 349 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:38,506 I know quite a lot. 350 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:40,674 Loxodonta Africana. 351 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:43,753 There's this woman who spent the past 10 years in the Congo... 352 00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:46,482 ...making recordings of elephant calls to learn how they communicate. 353 00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:48,455 Abby! Where is everything? 354 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,228 This past year, she started to play them back to the elephants. 355 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:55,090 What's fascinating is that she played back... 356 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:57,757 ...the call of a dead elephant to family members, and they remembered. 357 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:00,502 They approached the Jeep, the speaker. 358 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,567 I wonder what they were feeling when they heard those calls. 359 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:04,834 I don't know. 360 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:09,606 I'm walking out of here. I will call you back in 15 minutes, all right? 361 00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:10,941 Did they cry? 362 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:14,174 Only humans can cry tears, did you know that? 363 00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:21,118 Even the elephant in the picture is crying. 364 00:29:21,726 --> 00:29:25,457 It looks like it, but it was probably manipulated in Photoshop. 365 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:32,460 Don't cry. 366 00:29:34,639 --> 00:29:36,869 Hey, Bob, how are you? I'm great, I'm great. 367 00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:39,202 How's the family? Awesome. 368 00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:41,368 We're awesome, we're doing great. 369 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:45,038 So listen. Meet me at the office at 3:00, okay? 370 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:49,344 -Who's that? -My husband. 371 00:29:50,588 --> 00:29:53,250 You must think this is very odd. 372 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,653 Oh, I think a lot of things are odd. 373 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:57,852 People tell me I'm very odd all the time. 374 00:29:58,029 --> 00:30:01,021 I got tested once to see if I had Asperger's disease. 375 00:30:01,499 --> 00:30:05,367 Dad said it's for people who are smarter than everybody else but can't run straight. 376 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,870 Tests weren't definitive. 377 00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:12,004 Are you sure you didn't know him? Thomas Schell? 378 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:16,844 He was in the building. 379 00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:19,674 In 9/11. 380 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,380 I'm trying to find a like for this key that was in the envelope... 381 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:27,184 ...that once belonged to my father. 382 00:30:31,095 --> 00:30:34,690 I'm sorry, I don't know anything about the key or your father. 383 00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:38,266 Can I borrow that? 384 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:40,897 You're welcome to it. 385 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,798 I thought you really liked it. 386 00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:47,440 Lots of things will be different around here. 387 00:30:49,447 --> 00:30:51,210 Can I kiss you? 388 00:30:56,754 --> 00:31:01,384 You're a sweet boy, but I don't think that would be a good idea. 389 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:07,025 Can I take your picture so I can remember you? 390 00:31:33,691 --> 00:31:35,420 How was the comic convention? 391 00:31:37,161 --> 00:31:38,958 Were you there the whole day? 392 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,999 Can you unlock the door, please? 393 00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:48,970 Oskar, can you open the door, please? 394 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:51,768 Oskar? 395 00:31:57,682 --> 00:32:00,344 Do you hear me, Oskar? Let me in, please. 396 00:32:32,917 --> 00:32:34,714 Oskar, please, let me in. 397 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:50,197 Why do you wanna come in? 398 00:32:54,772 --> 00:32:56,364 To tell you that I love you. 399 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:05,041 Look, I was hoping you would be home. 400 00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:07,411 I don't know if you heard about what happened... 401 00:33:07,585 --> 00:33:09,348 ...but I wanted you to know I'm okay. 402 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,217 Everything is fine. We're still waiting to find out what we're supposed to do. 403 00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:16,792 It's pretty chaotic. Firemen are supposed to be coming. What- 404 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:23,963 Message three, September 11th, 9:58 a.m. 405 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:45,687 Having survived what is an extraordinary event... 406 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:46,983 ...the collapse of two towers. 407 00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:50,786 As we said earlier in our report, 1 10 stories each. 408 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:52,486 I will tell you that what fell.... 409 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:53,789 Oskar? 410 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:56,933 Oskar! 411 00:33:58,870 --> 00:33:59,928 Oskar? 412 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:11,841 Are you all right? 413 00:34:12,450 --> 00:34:13,712 Yeah. 414 00:34:18,022 --> 00:34:20,582 They let you out of school early. 415 00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:23,055 Yeah. 416 00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:26,319 Do you know what happened? 417 00:34:27,632 --> 00:34:28,929 Yeah. 418 00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:32,626 Your mother will be home soon. 419 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:41,137 You want to just wait here until she comes? 420 00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:44,671 I guess so. 421 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:50,146 Do you want me to wait here with you? 422 00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:53,547 It's okay. 423 00:34:57,261 --> 00:34:58,558 You're sure? 424 00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:00,691 Positive. 425 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:03,929 You're sure? 426 00:35:32,296 --> 00:35:34,594 Oskar. Oskar! 427 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:40,935 Oskar. Oskar! 428 00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:58,481 Did your fa-- Did your father call? 429 00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:08,198 Are there any messages on the machine? 430 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:19,432 Thank you. 431 00:36:31,255 --> 00:36:32,449 All circuits-- -Oh! 432 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,561 All circuits are busy now. Will you please- 433 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:44,967 All circuits are busy now. Will you please- 434 00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:56,073 All circuits are busy now. Will you pl-- 435 00:36:56,747 --> 00:36:58,408 Please, please. 436 00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:02,917 Sorry, your call did not go through. Will you please try your call again? 437 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:12,660 All circuits are busy now. Will you please- 438 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:16,323 Okay. Okay. 439 00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:26,208 Sorry, due to heavy calling, we cannot complete your call at this time. 440 00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:43,054 Mom, I don't know, I've already told you everything I know. 441 00:37:43,227 --> 00:37:46,993 Hospitals, the police, and any number I can find. 442 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:50,332 I only missed one of the calls. 443 00:37:50,968 --> 00:37:52,629 No, I don't want you to come over. 444 00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:56,330 I don't want to make any of this any bigger for Oskar than it already is. 445 00:37:57,575 --> 00:38:00,169 Uh, I'll call you if I need you, okay? 446 00:39:20,758 --> 00:39:22,248 Recording. 447 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,897 Hi, you've reached the Schell residence. Today is Tuesday, September 11th. 448 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,324 Here's today's fact of the day: 449 00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:33,560 It is so cold in Yakutia, that breath instantly freezes... 450 00:39:33,738 --> 00:39:37,640 ...with a crackling sound they call "the whispering of the stars". 451 00:39:40,077 --> 00:39:42,841 Hi, you've reached the Schell resid-- 452 00:39:50,621 --> 00:39:53,784 Now no one will ever have to listen to them like I did. 453 00:39:57,762 --> 00:40:00,356 Just like nothing ever happened. 454 00:40:15,446 --> 00:40:19,439 Every time I left our apartment, I became a little lighter... 455 00:40:19,617 --> 00:40:22,245 ...because I was getting closer to Dad. 456 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:29,019 But I also got a little heavier, because I was further from Mom. 457 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:43,233 Why are you looking at me like that? 458 00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:47,506 -Like how? -Like I did something wrong. 459 00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:54,482 -Do you have your cell phone? -Right here. 460 00:41:40,064 --> 00:41:41,691 I love you. 461 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:03,683 Maybe she was waiting there until I left. 462 00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:06,548 Or maybe she'd already walked away. 463 00:42:07,057 --> 00:42:10,584 Maybe she was just talking too quietly for me to hear. 464 00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:27,910 Hazelle Black lived in Hamilton Heights. 465 00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:29,272 --gonna worry about 466 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:30,470 Come on, come on. 467 00:42:30,648 --> 00:42:35,745 If you know the Lord is keepin' you Why don't you sing and shout? 468 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,114 Hey! 469 00:42:40,424 --> 00:42:44,121 Dear God, I just ask that you would watch over little Oskar... 470 00:42:44,428 --> 00:42:47,090 ...and I pray, oh, God, for a miracle for him. 471 00:42:47,264 --> 00:42:52,964 And that you keep him safe and in your loving arms as he goes on his way. 472 00:42:53,137 --> 00:42:54,934 Amen. 473 00:42:56,307 --> 00:43:00,403 Remember, every day is a miracle. 474 00:43:00,811 --> 00:43:02,642 I don't believe in miracles. 475 00:43:02,813 --> 00:43:05,441 Finding what this key fits... 476 00:43:06,550 --> 00:43:08,313 ...would be a miracle. 477 00:43:13,324 --> 00:43:18,125 I started with a simple problem: a key with no lock. 478 00:43:18,295 --> 00:43:20,695 And I designed a system I thought fit the problem. 479 00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:25,465 I broke everything down into the smallest parts... 480 00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:32,204 ...and tried to think of each person as a number in a gigantic equation. 481 00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:37,875 It could be for a safe deposit box or a lockbox. 482 00:43:38,215 --> 00:43:41,810 It's old. Can I try it to see if it fits something? 483 00:43:45,923 --> 00:43:47,788 But it wasn't working. 484 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:52,224 Because people aren't like numbers. They're more like letters. 485 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:55,797 And those letters want to become stories. 486 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,631 And Dad said that stories need to be shared. 487 00:44:07,978 --> 00:44:09,809 That's it, leg, leg, leg, leg! 488 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:14,813 I had anticipated a six-minute visit with each person named Black... 489 00:44:15,753 --> 00:44:18,415 ...but they were never just six minutes. 490 00:44:26,330 --> 00:44:29,356 Everyone took more time than I had planned for... 491 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,400 ...to try and comfort me and make me feel better about my dad. 492 00:44:35,105 --> 00:44:37,573 And to tell me their stories. 493 00:44:47,718 --> 00:44:51,415 But I didn't want to feel better and I didn't want friends. 494 00:44:52,756 --> 00:44:55,247 Tae Kwon Do, museum, comic book convention. 495 00:44:55,426 --> 00:44:57,257 I just wanted the lock. 496 00:44:57,995 --> 00:44:59,929 Point two five divided by 65-- 497 00:45:00,097 --> 00:45:02,793 --156 days divided by 52 equals three years. 498 00:45:02,966 --> 00:45:05,867 I wasn't getting any closer to my dad. 499 00:45:07,738 --> 00:45:09,603 I was losing him. 500 00:45:10,974 --> 00:45:12,965 What are you, some kind of asshole? 501 00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:14,735 Dickass! 502 00:45:15,012 --> 00:45:19,108 Shiitake! All of you in this stupid fukozowa building! 503 00:45:25,255 --> 00:45:29,419 It must be a very confusing day. 504 00:45:29,993 --> 00:45:31,620 I'll call you right back. 505 00:45:33,497 --> 00:45:35,124 Message four, Septem-- 506 00:45:52,216 --> 00:45:53,444 Oskar, what's wrong? 507 00:45:53,617 --> 00:45:56,051 Do you promise not to bury me when I die? 508 00:45:56,220 --> 00:45:58,381 It's the middle of the night, Oskar. 509 00:45:58,555 --> 00:46:00,546 Do you promise not to bury me when I die? 510 00:46:02,126 --> 00:46:04,321 You are not going to die. 511 00:46:06,363 --> 00:46:09,526 You are going to live a long, long life. 512 00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:11,565 You sure you love me? 513 00:46:13,637 --> 00:46:15,002 Completely sure. 514 00:46:15,272 --> 00:46:18,207 Then put me in one of those mausoleum thingies above the ground. 515 00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:24,047 Oh. 516 00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:26,514 Okay, we need to talk. 517 00:46:27,551 --> 00:46:29,485 About my mausoleum? 518 00:46:31,188 --> 00:46:32,621 No. 519 00:46:33,724 --> 00:46:35,658 About what's been going on. 520 00:46:40,664 --> 00:46:43,155 Why do you find it so hard to talk to me? 521 00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:47,368 In case you haven't noticed, half the time, you're asleep. 522 00:46:47,538 --> 00:46:50,029 And the other half the time, you forget the first half. 523 00:46:50,207 --> 00:46:53,904 You're what they call in the law "in abstentia". An absent parent. 524 00:46:54,077 --> 00:46:56,204 -That was mean. -Which part? 525 00:46:56,713 --> 00:46:57,839 All of it. 526 00:46:58,015 --> 00:47:00,245 Dad used to say, "The truth will set you free." 527 00:47:00,417 --> 00:47:03,716 Well, Dad's not here. 528 00:47:03,887 --> 00:47:06,788 -It's just the two of us. -More like one and a quarter of us... 529 00:47:06,957 --> 00:47:10,256 -...to be mathematically accurate. -Don't walk out of this room, Oskar! 530 00:47:10,427 --> 00:47:13,260 -What if I die tomorrow? -You're not going to die tomorrow. 531 00:47:13,430 --> 00:47:15,591 Dad didn't think he was gonna die tomorrow either. 532 00:47:15,766 --> 00:47:19,031 -It's not gonna happen to you. -How do you know what's going to happen? 533 00:47:19,203 --> 00:47:21,194 You know nothing. You buried an empty box! 534 00:47:21,371 --> 00:47:23,737 That's not the point! His memory is there! 535 00:47:23,907 --> 00:47:27,934 It's exactly the point. Dad was just cells. Now they're on rooftops, and the rivers... 536 00:47:28,111 --> 00:47:29,169 Oskar! 537 00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:32,440 ...and the lungs of millions of people who breathe him every time they breathe! 538 00:47:32,616 --> 00:47:35,176 -That's not how it works! -How do you know how it works? 539 00:47:35,352 --> 00:47:37,616 You don't know anything about atoms or molecules. 540 00:47:37,788 --> 00:47:40,154 He might even be part of the dog shit in Central Park! 541 00:47:40,324 --> 00:47:41,757 That is enough. Stop it. 542 00:47:41,925 --> 00:47:43,290 Excuse me, dog feces. 543 00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:45,155 -Stop it! -But it's the truth! 544 00:47:45,329 --> 00:47:48,298 Why can't I say the truth? Just because Dad died doesn't mean you can be illogical. 545 00:47:48,465 --> 00:47:51,730 -It has to make sense! -Not everything makes sense, Oskar! 546 00:47:51,902 --> 00:47:53,597 There's not an answer for everything! 547 00:47:53,770 --> 00:47:56,830 You're just stupid! It's completely nonsensical! 548 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,508 It's just a box! An empty box! 549 00:47:59,676 --> 00:48:02,668 I know it's an empty box! I know this. 550 00:48:02,846 --> 00:48:06,976 But I did it for me, and I did it for you so we could at least try... 551 00:48:07,150 --> 00:48:08,947 ...and say goodbye to him... 552 00:48:09,419 --> 00:48:13,651 ...because he's gone, Oskar, he's gone and he's not coming back. 553 00:48:13,824 --> 00:48:14,984 Never. 554 00:48:15,158 --> 00:48:18,150 I don't know why a man flew a plane into a building. 555 00:48:18,328 --> 00:48:20,990 I don't know why my husband is dead. 556 00:48:21,164 --> 00:48:24,292 But no matter how you try, Oskar, it's never gonna make sense... 557 00:48:24,468 --> 00:48:28,427 ...because it doesn't, it doesn't make sense! 558 00:48:29,106 --> 00:48:31,631 Fukozowa you! You don't know anything! 559 00:48:57,601 --> 00:48:59,398 Why did you lie to me? 560 00:49:00,437 --> 00:49:01,836 What are you talking about? 561 00:49:02,306 --> 00:49:03,739 Where were you? 562 00:49:03,974 --> 00:49:05,032 Where was I when? 563 00:49:05,409 --> 00:49:07,536 That day, the worst day. 564 00:49:07,811 --> 00:49:09,836 You know I was at work. 565 00:49:11,148 --> 00:49:13,241 There was no one here. 566 00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:16,283 I wish I had been. 567 00:49:18,755 --> 00:49:20,222 But it wasn't possible. 568 00:49:20,924 --> 00:49:22,585 You should've made it possible! 569 00:49:22,759 --> 00:49:26,286 I can't make the impossible possible. 570 00:49:27,864 --> 00:49:29,627 I wish it were you. 571 00:49:34,338 --> 00:49:36,602 I wish it were you in the building instead of him. 572 00:49:40,477 --> 00:49:42,377 So do I. 573 00:50:03,333 --> 00:50:05,233 I didn't really mean that. 574 00:50:11,541 --> 00:50:12,735 Yes, you did. 575 00:50:25,055 --> 00:50:26,784 Go back to bed. 576 00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:58,284 -Hey. Linda? 577 00:50:58,455 --> 00:51:01,253 Yeah, I've been trying to reach you. I'm on my way home. I'm coming home. 578 00:51:01,425 --> 00:51:02,756 Thomas, can you hear me? 579 00:51:02,926 --> 00:51:04,791 Yeah, I can hear you. 580 00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:07,155 Ugh, this is unbelievable. Are you watching this? 581 00:51:07,330 --> 00:51:10,766 Listen to me, other people want to use the phone, so I don't have too much time. 582 00:51:10,934 --> 00:51:13,266 Listen to me, I'm gonna be home in about 20 minutes. 583 00:51:13,437 --> 00:51:15,871 No, you listen to me. I'm in the World Trade Center. 584 00:51:16,039 --> 00:51:19,304 What do you-- What do you mean, you're in the World Trade Center? 585 00:51:19,476 --> 00:51:21,569 I had a meeting. But I'm gonna be okay. 586 00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:25,112 They're telling us to stay where we are. We broke a window to let in some air. 587 00:51:25,282 --> 00:51:26,306 Where are you? 588 00:51:26,483 --> 00:51:28,815 I'm on the 106th floor. There's about 50 of us up here. 589 00:51:30,187 --> 00:51:33,122 You.... You listen to me, you come home right now. 590 00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:36,623 It's gonna be fine. You're gonna be fine. 591 00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:38,584 -No-- -Where is Oskar? 592 00:51:38,762 --> 00:51:42,892 Oskar's on his way home, but you listen to me, you come home right now. 593 00:51:43,066 --> 00:51:47,560 I will. I will call and I will tell him. 594 00:51:47,737 --> 00:51:49,432 Tell him what? 595 00:51:49,606 --> 00:51:53,337 I'll-- I'll tell him, ahem, what's happening. 596 00:51:53,510 --> 00:51:56,741 I'll tell him what's happening. We've been told to wait where we are. 597 00:51:56,913 --> 00:52:01,646 The firemen are on their way. And we're all fine. We've been told to wait. 598 00:52:01,818 --> 00:52:02,944 Thomas? 599 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:05,452 -That's what we got to do. -Thomas.... 600 00:52:05,622 --> 00:52:06,646 Okay? 601 00:52:06,823 --> 00:52:08,757 No, it's not okay. Listen to me. 602 00:52:08,925 --> 00:52:10,222 -Yeah. -Thomas. 603 00:52:10,393 --> 00:52:12,884 You need to listen to me. Here's what you're gonna do. 604 00:52:13,063 --> 00:52:15,293 You need to find a stairwell. Do you hear me? 605 00:52:15,465 --> 00:52:18,866 -Yes. -Find the stairs and you come home. 606 00:52:20,237 --> 00:52:24,173 Linda, honey, I've gotta go. Other people need to use the phone. 607 00:52:24,341 --> 00:52:26,605 I'm gonna be fine. You're gonna be fine. 608 00:52:26,776 --> 00:52:28,835 Stop saying that. Just find the stairs. 609 00:52:29,012 --> 00:52:32,004 Linda, listen to me. You do everything to make my life better. 610 00:52:32,182 --> 00:52:34,844 I want you to know that I absolutely love you. 611 00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:38,010 I absolutely love you. 612 00:52:41,057 --> 00:52:43,787 Don't stop talking to me. Just stay talking to me. 613 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:45,552 I'm gonna try to call you again in a few min-- 614 00:52:45,729 --> 00:52:47,287 Please, just stay talking to me.... 615 00:52:50,534 --> 00:52:54,994 This is unconfirmed, but we are getting information... 616 00:52:55,172 --> 00:52:56,662 ...from an employee of United Airlines. 617 00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,799 Again, we want to emphasize this is unconfirmed, but there is speculation.... 618 00:53:36,246 --> 00:53:38,111 Grandma, are you awake? 619 00:53:38,748 --> 00:53:40,238 Over. 620 00:53:45,088 --> 00:53:48,057 Grandma, please wake up. Over. 621 00:53:50,327 --> 00:53:51,624 Please. 622 00:53:52,028 --> 00:53:53,427 Over. 623 00:54:50,253 --> 00:54:51,413 Grandma? 624 00:55:12,909 --> 00:55:15,104 I know someone is in there. 625 00:55:17,147 --> 00:55:22,141 I won't hurt you. I'm only 4 years old. 626 00:55:22,319 --> 00:55:24,651 Lie number 64. 627 00:55:35,932 --> 00:55:36,990 Who are you? 628 00:55:46,009 --> 00:55:51,003 I'm Oskar Schell, Grandma's grandson. Do you know where my grandma is? 629 00:55:55,318 --> 00:55:57,183 Out this time of night? 630 00:55:57,354 --> 00:55:59,515 Do you know where? It's kind of a matter of life and death. 631 00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:13,464 Are you a stranger? 632 00:56:14,170 --> 00:56:15,398 Technically? 633 00:56:17,474 --> 00:56:19,635 I wouldn't go into a stranger's bedroom. 634 00:56:41,498 --> 00:56:42,897 How come you don't speak? 635 00:56:43,099 --> 00:56:45,761 Are your vocal cords damaged or something? 636 00:56:46,770 --> 00:56:48,761 Or did something scare you to death? 637 00:56:52,208 --> 00:56:53,368 Cool. 638 00:56:53,643 --> 00:56:56,009 When was the last time you spoke? 639 00:56:57,647 --> 00:56:59,512 Do you ever try to talk? 640 00:57:00,250 --> 00:57:02,445 Why don't you try to say something to me? 641 00:57:02,952 --> 00:57:04,283 Go on. 642 00:57:04,621 --> 00:57:11,117 "My name is the Renter." 643 00:57:12,796 --> 00:57:14,787 Do you have a criminal record? 644 00:57:17,167 --> 00:57:19,727 Mm. Maybe you hurt people for a living? 645 00:57:22,205 --> 00:57:23,672 Well, what's your story then? 646 00:57:39,489 --> 00:57:43,585 I had to tell someone. I couldn't keep it a secret anymore. 647 00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:45,523 Can I tell you my story? 648 00:57:50,066 --> 00:57:52,296 My father died at 9/11. 649 00:57:54,170 --> 00:57:56,263 After he died, I wouldn't go into his room for a year... 650 00:57:56,439 --> 00:57:59,340 ...because it was too hard and it always made me wanna cry. 651 00:57:59,509 --> 00:58:03,468 But one day, I had completely heavy boots and I went into his room anyway. 652 00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:06,974 I miss doing Tae Kwon Do with him because it made me laugh. 653 00:58:07,417 --> 00:58:10,318 When I went into his closet where his clothes and stuff were... 654 00:58:10,487 --> 00:58:13,251 ... I reached up to get his old camera with the brown case.... 655 00:58:13,423 --> 00:58:15,118 --and I broke a blue vase. 656 00:58:15,325 --> 00:58:17,589 Inside was an envelope with "Black" written on it. 657 00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:19,250 And I knew that Dad had left something... 658 00:58:19,429 --> 00:58:21,989 ...somewhere for me that the key opened and I had to find. 659 00:58:22,165 --> 00:58:24,633 So I take it to Walt the locksmith-- --I get from Stan the doorman-- 660 00:58:24,801 --> 00:58:26,268 Some kind of lockbox. 661 00:58:26,603 --> 00:58:27,729 --for all the five boroughs. 662 00:58:27,904 --> 00:58:30,702 I count there are 472 people with the last name "Black." 663 00:58:30,874 --> 00:58:34,537 There are 216 different addresses. Some of the Blacks live together, obviously. 664 00:58:34,711 --> 00:58:37,373 I calculate if I go to two every Saturday plus holidays... 665 00:58:37,547 --> 00:58:40,948 ...minus my Hamlet school play rehearsals, it'll take me about three years... 666 00:58:41,117 --> 00:58:44,780 ...to go through all of them. But that's what I'll do. Go to every person named Black... 667 00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:47,252 ...and find out what the key fits and what Dad needed me to find. 668 00:58:47,423 --> 00:58:48,822 The very best possible plan. 669 00:58:49,759 --> 00:58:53,490 I divided the people by zones and I really had to tell my mother another lie. 670 00:58:53,663 --> 00:58:56,461 She wouldn't understand how I need to find what the key fit... 671 00:58:56,633 --> 00:58:58,692 ...that would help me make sense of things... 672 00:58:58,868 --> 00:59:01,928 ...like him being killed by people who didn't even know him at all! 673 00:59:02,105 --> 00:59:04,369 And I see some people who don't speak English.... 674 00:59:04,541 --> 00:59:07,101 Hazelle Black, who's all prayered up and spoke to God. 675 00:59:07,277 --> 00:59:09,336 If she spoke to God, how come she didn't tell him not to kill her son... 676 00:59:09,512 --> 00:59:11,173 ... not to let people fly planes into buildings. 677 00:59:11,347 --> 00:59:12,939 Maybe she spoke to a different God than them! 678 00:59:13,116 --> 00:59:15,676 I meet a man, who is a woman who is a man, a woman all at the same time. 679 00:59:15,852 --> 00:59:18,013 I didn't wanna get near him/her, because she/he scared me... 680 00:59:18,187 --> 00:59:19,449 ...because she/he was so different. 681 00:59:19,656 --> 00:59:22,591 I still wondered if she had a VJ or peniscillin, but what does it matter? 682 00:59:22,759 --> 00:59:25,819 What would this place be like if everybody had the same haircut? 683 00:59:25,995 --> 00:59:28,463 I see Mr. Black, who hasn't heard a sound in 24 years. 684 00:59:28,631 --> 00:59:31,191 Which I can understand, because I miss Dad's voice that much. 685 00:59:31,367 --> 00:59:33,062 Like when he would say "Are you up yet?" or.... 686 00:59:33,236 --> 00:59:34,567 Let's go do something. 687 00:59:34,737 --> 00:59:36,295 I see the twin brothers who paint together. 688 00:59:36,472 --> 00:59:40,033 And there's a shed that just has to be a clue, but it's just a shed! 689 00:59:40,209 --> 00:59:41,938 And Astrid Black, who has the same drawing... 690 00:59:42,111 --> 00:59:44,443 ...of the same person over and over and over again! 691 00:59:44,614 --> 00:59:47,174 Boris Black, the doorman, who was once a schoolteacher in Russia... 692 00:59:47,350 --> 00:59:50,376 ...but now says his brain is dying. Ramos Black, who has a coin collection... 693 00:59:50,553 --> 00:59:52,418 ... but doesn't have enough money to eat every day! 694 00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:55,581 Alan Black has a view of Gramercy Park but not a key to it... 695 00:59:55,758 --> 00:59:57,783 ...which he says is worse than looking at a brick wall. 696 00:59:57,961 --> 00:59:59,553 I feel like I'm looking at a brick wall... 697 00:59:59,729 --> 01:00:02,061 ... because I tried the key in 148 different places... 698 01:00:02,231 --> 01:00:05,223 ...but the key didn't fit and open anything Dad needed me to find. 699 01:00:05,401 --> 01:00:07,562 So that I'd know without him everything is all right. 700 01:00:07,737 --> 01:00:08,795 Then let's leave it there. 701 01:00:08,972 --> 01:00:10,837 I still feel scared every time I go into a strange place. 702 01:00:11,007 --> 01:00:14,238 I'm so scared I have to hold myself around my waist or I think I'll just break apart! 703 01:00:14,410 --> 01:00:17,174 But I never forget what I heard him tell Mom about the Sixth Borough: 704 01:00:17,347 --> 01:00:18,837 That if things were easy to find.... 705 01:00:19,015 --> 01:00:20,607 They wouldn't be worth finding. 706 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:23,513 But I'm still scared every time I leave home, every time I hear a door open. 707 01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:26,621 And I don't know a single thing that I didn't know when I started... 708 01:00:26,789 --> 01:00:28,780 ...except I miss my dad more than ever... 709 01:00:28,958 --> 01:00:31,620 ...even though the whole point was to stop missing him at all! 710 01:00:39,268 --> 01:00:41,236 It hurts too much. 711 01:00:41,604 --> 01:00:44,164 Sometimes I think I might do something really bad. 712 01:01:49,806 --> 01:01:51,637 Like you to what? 713 01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:56,409 No way. Absolutely not. No, no, no. 714 01:01:56,579 --> 01:01:59,810 Sure. Next Saturday, 7 a.m. 715 01:02:05,455 --> 01:02:10,119 I got there 23 minutes, 37 seconds early just in case. 716 01:02:17,767 --> 01:02:20,235 I didn't know if I wanted him to be there. 717 01:02:20,436 --> 01:02:23,371 I didn't even know if I didn't want him to be there. 718 01:02:23,706 --> 01:02:25,970 I'd give it the day to find out. 719 01:02:39,922 --> 01:02:42,220 If you're coming with me, there are rules. 720 01:02:42,391 --> 01:02:46,088 You are allotted two bathroom breaks, one 19-minute stop for eating. 721 01:02:46,262 --> 01:02:48,196 And sightseeing is strictly prohibited... 722 01:02:48,364 --> 01:02:50,423 ...although sites of historical merit may be noted. 723 01:02:50,900 --> 01:02:55,803 Also, there's a list of 15 simple questions about yourself I'd like you to answer. 724 01:03:01,277 --> 01:03:02,301 Come on. 725 01:03:06,649 --> 01:03:10,915 Rule number four is keep up. I can't stop and wait every two minutes. 726 01:03:25,034 --> 01:03:28,868 Jean Black is in Zone H, map grid AQ-16. 727 01:03:29,038 --> 01:03:33,065 It's in the Rockaways, 113 miles. This way. 728 01:03:42,552 --> 01:03:45,146 I don't take the train. It's not safe. 729 01:03:45,321 --> 01:03:48,119 It's an obvious target. All public transportation is. 730 01:03:48,291 --> 01:03:51,089 You can get blown to pieces by people who don't even know you. 731 01:03:54,130 --> 01:03:55,427 Oh, no. 732 01:04:03,239 --> 01:04:05,969 He said, "I can't walk that far." 733 01:04:06,142 --> 01:04:10,044 He said if I wanted him to go with me, it would have to be on the bus or a train. 734 01:04:10,213 --> 01:04:13,046 And the train was a lot faster. And he wrote: 735 01:04:13,482 --> 01:04:16,747 "Anyway, there's nothing to be afraid of. " To which I said: 736 01:04:16,953 --> 01:04:18,545 It's easy for you to say! 737 01:04:18,721 --> 01:04:21,713 Which actually...it wasn't. 738 01:05:05,199 --> 01:05:10,466 "Think about nothing." That's an oxymoron, like, "now, then." 739 01:05:10,638 --> 01:05:14,369 An oxymoron is when two words contradict each other. 740 01:05:14,708 --> 01:05:17,643 My father and I used to have oxymoron wars. 741 01:05:17,328 --> 01:05:19,421 Seriously funny. Sah! 742 01:05:19,597 --> 01:05:21,360 Deafening silence. Fwa, fwa! 743 01:05:21,533 --> 01:05:22,659 Original copies. 744 01:05:24,569 --> 01:05:25,866 Found missing! 745 01:05:28,940 --> 01:05:30,703 "Student teacher"? 746 01:05:31,509 --> 01:05:32,703 Liquid gas. 747 01:05:34,713 --> 01:05:36,442 Clearly confused. 748 01:05:36,815 --> 01:05:37,804 -Living dead! -Oh! 749 01:05:38,516 --> 01:05:40,507 "Almost exactly." 750 01:05:40,685 --> 01:05:42,346 Genuine imitation. 751 01:05:43,621 --> 01:05:46,021 -Accidentally on purpose. -Aah. 752 01:05:46,491 --> 01:05:48,220 Jumbo shrimp. 753 01:06:12,016 --> 01:06:14,177 And even though he never said a word... 754 01:06:14,352 --> 01:06:18,550 ...for the first time since Dad died, I felt like I had someone to talk to. 755 01:06:30,001 --> 01:06:31,559 No one's there. 756 01:06:36,307 --> 01:06:38,502 Ring it again and I'll kill you! 757 01:06:40,745 --> 01:06:43,236 What are you doing? Get out of there! 758 01:06:54,425 --> 01:06:55,619 Hey, you! 759 01:07:02,133 --> 01:07:03,430 What are you doing with that camera? 760 01:07:04,769 --> 01:07:06,964 So how come you stopped talking? 761 01:07:11,976 --> 01:07:13,944 I did some extensive research. 762 01:07:14,112 --> 01:07:16,842 You know, it's medically impossible to stop talking... 763 01:07:17,048 --> 01:07:19,983 ...unless your vocal cords are taken out or cut... 764 01:07:20,151 --> 01:07:23,450 ...or diseased with carcinoma of the larynx or something. 765 01:07:23,955 --> 01:07:27,584 It said, "Otherwise, it is a hysterical reaction... 766 01:07:27,759 --> 01:07:29,852 ...to a singularly traumatic event... 767 01:07:30,061 --> 01:07:33,189 ...in which the person makes a psychological decision not to speak... 768 01:07:33,364 --> 01:07:36,265 ...because speaking would re-create the event." 769 01:07:37,836 --> 01:07:39,565 Just thought you should know. 770 01:07:54,886 --> 01:07:58,720 Wait! I can't cross this! The bridge isn't safe. 771 01:07:59,224 --> 01:08:00,816 I might fall through. 772 01:08:11,669 --> 01:08:14,229 I can't read what you're writing from there. 773 01:08:28,386 --> 01:08:32,846 He wrote, "If you cross the bridge, I'll tell you my story. " 774 01:08:33,691 --> 01:08:37,957 Wait for me! Don't go too far! Wait for me! 775 01:08:38,930 --> 01:08:42,866 He also wrote, "Let's take a break and we'll talk. " 776 01:08:47,405 --> 01:08:50,203 We can't! We only just started. 777 01:08:53,044 --> 01:08:54,375 Wait here. 778 01:09:08,693 --> 01:09:10,456 Don't leave me! 779 01:09:17,201 --> 01:09:18,259 Hello? 780 01:09:44,128 --> 01:09:45,720 Did you hear me? 781 01:09:52,003 --> 01:09:53,766 There's no one here! 782 01:10:33,311 --> 01:10:35,506 You promised not to leave me. 783 01:10:42,387 --> 01:10:44,014 What's he saying? 784 01:10:45,990 --> 01:10:47,423 Okay. Uh.... 785 01:10:47,592 --> 01:10:51,494 He's saying, "I have lived in many places... 786 01:10:52,230 --> 01:10:55,097 ... but I was born in Germany. 787 01:10:55,299 --> 01:10:58,996 After the war, I got married. 788 01:10:59,570 --> 01:11:05,167 There was a child, but I was too afraid to be a father. 789 01:11:06,010 --> 01:11:11,471 When I was a young boy, I was in a bomb shelter with my parents. 790 01:11:11,649 --> 01:11:16,882 A bomb exploded, and they were both killed." 791 01:11:17,321 --> 01:11:18,948 Is that why you stopped talking? 792 01:11:20,324 --> 01:11:22,258 I'll get you a soda, kid. 793 01:11:24,362 --> 01:11:26,057 Is that when you stopped talking? 794 01:11:46,751 --> 01:11:49,219 I want you to come with me from now on. 795 01:12:04,268 --> 01:12:07,362 And he shrugged the way Dad did. 796 01:12:07,972 --> 01:12:09,405 I loved that. 797 01:12:57,522 --> 01:13:00,150 A month of Saturdays and Sundays he'd come with me... 798 01:13:00,324 --> 01:13:03,316 ...and we'd seen 37 more Blacks. 799 01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:10,433 No, no, no! 800 01:13:11,202 --> 01:13:12,794 You have to watch what you're doing. 801 01:13:12,970 --> 01:13:16,133 Cassidy Black doesn't live in Glendale. She lives in Woodhaven. 802 01:13:16,307 --> 01:13:18,172 Here, let me help you. 803 01:13:21,479 --> 01:13:23,310 Aurelia Black lives in Whitestone. 804 01:13:23,814 --> 01:13:25,543 Baz Black lives in Flushing. 805 01:13:26,083 --> 01:13:27,345 Bea Black lives in Rosedale. 806 01:13:28,085 --> 01:13:30,576 B.G. Black lives in Sunnyside. Got it? 807 01:13:33,391 --> 01:13:36,360 Tomorrow we can make it to Amara Black... 808 01:13:36,527 --> 01:13:39,985 ... in zone JJ, map grid AN-50, Mill Basin. 809 01:13:42,366 --> 01:13:46,029 Rule number seven, nothing gets in the way of the search. 810 01:14:14,065 --> 01:14:16,124 Hello, my name is Oskar Schell. My father-- 811 01:14:16,300 --> 01:14:17,562 Wrong way! 812 01:14:44,262 --> 01:14:45,661 Enjoying that? 813 01:14:50,835 --> 01:14:54,965 You know, I don't say anything when you walk too slowly because you can't help it. 814 01:14:55,139 --> 01:14:57,903 And I don't say anything when you go to the bathroom three times an hour... 815 01:14:58,075 --> 01:14:59,667 ...because I know you need to. 816 01:14:59,844 --> 01:15:01,675 But you could eat a little faster! 817 01:15:01,846 --> 01:15:05,338 It was James Black, Don Black, Amos Black... 818 01:15:05,549 --> 01:15:08,643 ...Guthrie Black, and all three Ben Blacks. 819 01:15:09,086 --> 01:15:10,451 Pointless. 820 01:15:13,357 --> 01:15:14,585 We're not finished. 821 01:15:17,361 --> 01:15:19,352 Hey, guys, I got a wife and kid to get home to. 822 01:15:19,563 --> 01:15:21,997 Please! Just give me a minute. 823 01:15:28,406 --> 01:15:29,896 Right. 824 01:15:35,813 --> 01:15:36,837 Ben Black. 825 01:15:45,623 --> 01:15:46,954 Guthrie Black. 826 01:15:52,697 --> 01:15:53,959 Amos Black. 827 01:16:17,355 --> 01:16:19,880 Do you really expect me to go out there and see what I-- 828 01:16:20,057 --> 01:16:22,321 Hey, kid, you need a master key. 829 01:16:59,196 --> 01:17:00,754 I can't! 830 01:17:41,472 --> 01:17:44,771 If I ask you a question, will you tell me the truth? 831 01:17:46,444 --> 01:17:48,776 Even if it will hurt me? 832 01:17:53,250 --> 01:17:55,275 Do you think the key fits a like? 833 01:18:01,859 --> 01:18:02,951 Really? 834 01:18:07,598 --> 01:18:08,929 I mean really? 835 01:18:15,506 --> 01:18:17,474 And do you think we'll find the like? 836 01:18:37,127 --> 01:18:39,288 I'm not so sure either. 837 01:18:53,711 --> 01:18:55,838 There's something I've got to show you. 838 01:18:58,048 --> 01:19:01,484 I couldn't be sure, so I didn't say anything. 839 01:19:01,652 --> 01:19:03,847 But I felt it all the time. 840 01:19:04,522 --> 01:19:08,390 The way he walked, the way he shrugged his shoulders... 841 01:19:08,559 --> 01:19:11,687 ...the way my grandmother wouldn't talk about him. 842 01:19:12,229 --> 01:19:14,561 He must be my grandfather. 843 01:19:31,382 --> 01:19:32,906 My mom is out. 844 01:20:10,921 --> 01:20:12,320 This way. 845 01:20:31,442 --> 01:20:33,239 You can sit on my bed. 846 01:20:43,754 --> 01:20:45,915 I printed these out from the Internet. 847 01:21:08,112 --> 01:21:09,807 This is probably him. 848 01:21:09,980 --> 01:21:11,914 Or it might be him. 849 01:21:12,716 --> 01:21:14,775 He's dressed like he was. 850 01:21:14,952 --> 01:21:19,286 When I magnify it until the dots are so big it stops looking like a person... 851 01:21:19,456 --> 01:21:22,016 ...sometimes I can see glasses on him. 852 01:21:24,161 --> 01:21:25,560 Or I think I can. 853 01:21:28,666 --> 01:21:31,226 Probably the other kids see their dads too. 854 01:21:41,345 --> 01:21:43,074 This is what I want to show you. 855 01:21:55,325 --> 01:21:59,989 On the worst day, my dad left six messages on this answering machine. 856 01:22:04,401 --> 01:22:06,335 No one else has ever heard them but me. 857 01:22:14,978 --> 01:22:16,878 Especially not her. 858 01:22:18,382 --> 01:22:21,283 The first message was at 8:56. 859 01:22:21,485 --> 01:22:23,680 I was still waiting to be let into school. 860 01:22:23,854 --> 01:22:26,721 I was playing with Minch, wasting time. 861 01:22:26,890 --> 01:22:29,188 Are you there? Hello? 862 01:22:30,394 --> 01:22:33,693 I just tried the office, but no one was picking up. 863 01:22:33,864 --> 01:22:36,799 Uh, listen, uh, something's happened. I'm okay. 864 01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:39,264 They're telling us to stay where we are. 865 01:22:43,006 --> 01:22:45,236 The second message was at 9:12. 866 01:22:45,809 --> 01:22:47,538 I was in class by then. 867 01:22:47,711 --> 01:22:48,871 --parallelogram. 868 01:22:49,213 --> 01:22:51,943 Okay, so, you take the beautiful, magical parallelogram... 869 01:22:52,116 --> 01:22:53,743 ...and you'll cut it into two beautiful.... 870 01:22:53,917 --> 01:22:55,441 It's me again. 871 01:22:55,619 --> 01:22:56,643 Hello? 872 01:22:56,954 --> 01:22:59,980 Sorry, look, I was hoping you would be home. 873 01:23:00,157 --> 01:23:02,022 I don't know if you heard about what happened... 874 01:23:02,192 --> 01:23:04,888 ...but I just wanted you to know that I'm okay. 875 01:23:05,062 --> 01:23:08,122 Everything is fine. We're still waiting to find out what we're supposed to do. 876 01:23:08,298 --> 01:23:11,358 It's pretty chaotic. Firemen are supposed to be coming. What- 877 01:23:15,639 --> 01:23:18,608 The third message was at 9:58. 878 01:23:18,842 --> 01:23:21,402 A bunch of us were walking home with Minch's mom... 879 01:23:21,578 --> 01:23:23,978 ...who said something was happening, but didn't say what. 880 01:23:24,615 --> 01:23:29,143 I stopped at a deli at the corner of 92nd and Broadway to get a Juicy Juice. 881 01:23:29,586 --> 01:23:33,317 I know I was there at that exact time because I saved the receipt. 882 01:23:33,624 --> 01:23:35,285 It had the time on it. 883 01:23:37,795 --> 01:23:39,126 Hello? 884 01:23:40,864 --> 01:23:41,956 Hello? 885 01:23:43,267 --> 01:23:44,291 Hello? 886 01:23:46,370 --> 01:23:47,735 Hello? 887 01:23:54,344 --> 01:23:55,868 I have to play you all of them. 888 01:23:58,182 --> 01:24:00,707 The fourth message was at 10:07. 889 01:24:00,884 --> 01:24:05,821 Given that the average walking speed for a child my age is 4.4 feet per second... 890 01:24:06,223 --> 01:24:09,556 ...and that it was 9 minutes between those two messages... 891 01:24:09,726 --> 01:24:14,129 ... I calculated that I walked 2376 feet... 892 01:24:14,298 --> 01:24:17,062 ...putting me in front of the United Church on Broadway. 893 01:24:17,234 --> 01:24:19,099 I know this because I went back and measured. 894 01:24:20,904 --> 01:24:22,235 It's me. 895 01:24:23,907 --> 01:24:25,704 I was hoping you were home. 896 01:24:27,211 --> 01:24:31,705 I really, really wanted to talk to you. I wanted to explain to you-- 897 01:24:33,050 --> 01:24:35,848 Wait, wait, no, no, I'm just gonna be another minute, I'm sorry. 898 01:24:36,253 --> 01:24:38,346 I can't use the phone for very long. 899 01:24:38,722 --> 01:24:40,519 So I wanted to tell you... 900 01:24:41,658 --> 01:24:43,216 ...how much I love you. 901 01:24:46,663 --> 01:24:48,893 I wanted to tell you how much I love you. 902 01:24:52,336 --> 01:24:54,668 The fifth message was at 10:17. 903 01:24:54,838 --> 01:24:57,033 I was talking to Stan the doorman when Dad left this. 904 01:24:59,042 --> 01:25:00,339 Are you there? 905 01:25:01,879 --> 01:25:06,680 Are you there? Please, pick up if you're there. 906 01:25:06,850 --> 01:25:08,283 No. 907 01:25:08,919 --> 01:25:12,446 There's one more message. The sixth message. 908 01:25:13,757 --> 01:25:15,088 Ten twenty-seven. 909 01:27:10,874 --> 01:27:13,172 Hey! Wait a minute! 910 01:27:14,878 --> 01:27:16,038 What are you doing? 911 01:27:20,884 --> 01:27:22,875 Who said things should be getting better? 912 01:27:28,792 --> 01:27:30,316 So that's it? 913 01:27:40,103 --> 01:27:41,536 Hey! 914 01:27:44,674 --> 01:27:46,437 Unh! You wanna go, so go! 915 01:27:46,676 --> 01:27:48,644 I always knew you were my grandfather. 916 01:27:48,812 --> 01:27:52,714 But if you think we'll miss you after you go now, don't worry, because we won't! 917 01:27:54,051 --> 01:27:56,178 In fact, I should be saying thank you! 918 01:27:56,353 --> 01:28:00,084 My dad was the greatest dad in the world because you were the worst! 919 01:28:00,257 --> 01:28:02,020 My dad went to Bronx Science High School... 920 01:28:02,192 --> 01:28:05,684 ...where he was manager of the baseball team and science editor of the paper! 921 01:28:05,862 --> 01:28:09,696 When he graduated, he went to Rutgers, where he majored in biochemistry. 922 01:28:09,866 --> 01:28:12,391 He met my mom in a bookstore, and he asked her to marry him... 923 01:28:12,569 --> 01:28:15,697 ...in Norwalk, Connecticut. And every summer, we'd go back to Toby Pond... 924 01:28:15,872 --> 01:28:17,601 ...and he would ask her to marry him again. 925 01:28:17,774 --> 01:28:20,766 The day I was born, he pressed leaves between wax paper... 926 01:28:20,944 --> 01:28:24,072 ...and they still hang in the bedroom window. He wanted to be a scientist... 927 01:28:24,247 --> 01:28:26,715 ...but he became a jeweler to earn money for our family. 928 01:28:26,883 --> 01:28:29,750 He loved the smell of gasoline. He hated tomatoes. 929 01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:32,081 He never talked to me like I was a kid. 930 01:28:32,255 --> 01:28:35,622 So, in a way, your boots are heavier than mine. 931 01:30:01,311 --> 01:30:03,074 Hello? -Um-- 932 01:30:03,246 --> 01:30:05,214 Hello. My name is Oskar Schell. 933 01:30:05,382 --> 01:30:07,907 Oskar? This is Abby Black. 934 01:30:09,819 --> 01:30:13,050 Are you there? Hello? 935 01:30:26,469 --> 01:30:28,733 It's Oskar Schell! I'm here! 936 01:30:29,472 --> 01:30:31,997 Oskar, you've grown. 937 01:30:33,009 --> 01:30:36,570 -Let's go. -Where are we going? 938 01:30:37,948 --> 01:30:39,711 I don't take rides from strangers. 939 01:30:39,883 --> 01:30:43,250 That's a good rule, but we're not entirely strangers. 940 01:30:44,020 --> 01:30:45,112 Get in. 941 01:30:53,630 --> 01:30:57,066 I told you when you were here before I didn't know anything about the key. 942 01:30:57,234 --> 01:30:58,531 But you do. 943 01:30:58,735 --> 01:31:00,396 Well, my husband... 944 01:31:01,805 --> 01:31:05,866 ...ex-husband had the estate sale you mentioned... 945 01:31:06,042 --> 01:31:08,033 ...so I think you should talk to him. 946 01:31:08,211 --> 01:31:09,735 Where's your ex-husband? 947 01:31:09,913 --> 01:31:12,905 At work. I'm gonna take you to him now. 948 01:31:13,383 --> 01:31:14,577 On Sunday night? 949 01:31:15,318 --> 01:31:17,582 It's Monday morning in Japan. 950 01:31:39,476 --> 01:31:42,206 Okay. He said you should come right up. 951 01:31:44,648 --> 01:31:45,945 32nd floor. 952 01:31:46,383 --> 01:31:47,577 Aren't you coming? 953 01:31:48,451 --> 01:31:50,248 I'll wait here. 954 01:32:05,702 --> 01:32:06,828 Good luck. 955 01:32:52,415 --> 01:32:53,712 Come in. 956 01:33:02,726 --> 01:33:03,750 Hello. 957 01:33:04,594 --> 01:33:05,618 Hello. 958 01:33:05,995 --> 01:33:08,054 What can I do for you? What's going on? 959 01:33:08,598 --> 01:33:10,327 Do you know my father? 960 01:33:10,734 --> 01:33:12,759 Your father? Who's your father? 961 01:33:13,503 --> 01:33:14,629 Thomas Schell. 962 01:33:16,239 --> 01:33:19,333 I don't think so. I don't know any Schells. 963 01:33:20,176 --> 01:33:21,404 He died at 9/11. 964 01:33:23,279 --> 01:33:27,943 -Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. -I found an envelope with your name on it... 965 01:33:28,118 --> 01:33:30,518 ...and I thought it was your wife, who I know now is your ex-wife... 966 01:33:30,687 --> 01:33:32,245 ...but she didn't know anything about it... 967 01:33:32,422 --> 01:33:34,617 ...and there was a man yelling from the other room. 968 01:33:34,791 --> 01:33:37,692 -What do you know about my father? -When was this? 969 01:33:38,128 --> 01:33:41,689 Three months and 17 days, eight hours... 970 01:33:41,865 --> 01:33:45,357 ...16 minutes, 11, and now 12 seconds ago. 971 01:33:46,202 --> 01:33:48,432 And tonight, at 7:42:46 p.m... 972 01:33:48,605 --> 01:33:51,802 ... I found a newspaper clipping where my dad had circled "not stop looking"... 973 01:33:51,975 --> 01:33:54,341 ...and I found a telephone number on the back. 974 01:33:54,677 --> 01:33:56,508 And the number was for Abby Black. 975 01:33:57,647 --> 01:34:01,549 That was me. At the house. 976 01:34:01,985 --> 01:34:03,680 I was moving out. 977 01:34:03,853 --> 01:34:06,617 -I know. -Hm. 978 01:34:07,957 --> 01:34:10,187 What was so special about the envelope? 979 01:34:15,832 --> 01:34:16,856 Can I see that? 980 01:34:25,141 --> 01:34:27,609 Was there anything written on the envelope? 981 01:34:28,044 --> 01:34:29,705 It said "Black". 982 01:34:31,347 --> 01:34:34,248 And did you find it in a blue vase? 983 01:34:37,520 --> 01:34:39,181 Hm? 984 01:34:39,989 --> 01:34:41,650 I don't believe it. 985 01:34:42,158 --> 01:34:44,752 This is truly the most amazing thing. 986 01:34:44,928 --> 01:34:47,192 I have been looking for this key... 987 01:34:47,363 --> 01:34:48,921 ...for more than a year. 988 01:34:49,566 --> 01:34:52,160 I've spent months trying to find the like that it fits. 989 01:34:52,335 --> 01:34:55,702 -Then we've been looking for each other. -What does it open? 990 01:34:56,473 --> 01:34:57,770 A safe-deposit box. 991 01:34:57,941 --> 01:34:59,772 What's it got to do with my dad? 992 01:34:59,943 --> 01:35:01,342 With your dad? 993 01:35:02,545 --> 01:35:06,276 I found it in my dad's closet, and since he's dead, I couldn't ask him what it meant... 994 01:35:06,449 --> 01:35:08,144 ...so I had to go find out for myself. 995 01:35:10,053 --> 01:35:11,748 Well, uh... 996 01:35:14,157 --> 01:35:16,284 ... my dad passed away too. 997 01:35:16,860 --> 01:35:18,657 A couple of years ago. 998 01:35:20,897 --> 01:35:22,091 He, um.... 999 01:35:22,265 --> 01:35:23,664 He went in for a... 1000 01:35:24,701 --> 01:35:27,397 ...checkup and, um.... Ahem. 1001 01:35:33,042 --> 01:35:34,407 Anyway... 1002 01:35:35,812 --> 01:35:40,647 ... next thing you know, doctor says he has two months to live. 1003 01:35:46,089 --> 01:35:50,321 I needed to figure out what to do with his things, his books, his furniture. 1004 01:35:50,493 --> 01:35:53,428 -Didn't you want to keep them? -I didn't want any of it. 1005 01:35:55,465 --> 01:35:57,330 I had an estate sale. 1006 01:35:58,701 --> 01:36:01,192 My father and I weren't exactly close. 1007 01:36:02,739 --> 01:36:05,936 He spent his last couple of months writing to everyone... 1008 01:36:06,109 --> 01:36:09,272 ...cousins, business partners, people I'd never heard of. 1009 01:36:09,846 --> 01:36:12,508 He wrote about all the things he wanted to do but never did... 1010 01:36:12,682 --> 01:36:15,981 ...and all the things he did do but didn't want to. 1011 01:36:18,421 --> 01:36:21,288 Shared all the things he never shared with me. 1012 01:36:24,260 --> 01:36:27,821 You know, all the things that I wanted to know about him. 1013 01:36:29,465 --> 01:36:31,126 Do you need a hug? 1014 01:36:32,135 --> 01:36:34,000 I'll be okay, thanks. 1015 01:36:34,504 --> 01:36:36,233 Didn't he write a letter to you? 1016 01:36:37,607 --> 01:36:39,973 Yeah, but I was afraid to open it. 1017 01:36:40,143 --> 01:36:42,441 I would have been extremely curious. 1018 01:36:42,612 --> 01:36:45,274 Well, my wife told me I was being ridiculous. 1019 01:36:45,949 --> 01:36:49,180 -Childish. -But you were his child. 1020 01:36:52,822 --> 01:36:56,155 I was afraid it was gonna be some sort of confessional. 1021 01:36:56,326 --> 01:36:59,454 I was hoping he would tell me he was sorry... 1022 01:37:00,063 --> 01:37:01,758 ...or that he loved me. 1023 01:37:02,398 --> 01:37:05,333 Or something personal about us, but he didn't. 1024 01:37:06,836 --> 01:37:10,135 At the end of the letter, he says: 1025 01:37:10,840 --> 01:37:13,638 "There's something that I want you to have in the blue vase... 1026 01:37:13,810 --> 01:37:15,641 ...on the shelf in the bedroom. 1027 01:37:15,812 --> 01:37:18,804 I think you'll understand why I wanted you to have it." 1028 01:37:21,184 --> 01:37:23,652 But I had sold the blue vase! Or I-- 1029 01:37:23,820 --> 01:37:29,190 Actually, I gave it away to your dad, I guess, before I'd opened the letter. 1030 01:37:30,059 --> 01:37:32,152 So that's why I've been trying to find it. 1031 01:37:32,328 --> 01:37:34,091 You met my dad? 1032 01:37:34,797 --> 01:37:36,355 I guess so. 1033 01:37:36,532 --> 01:37:37,590 Do you remember him? 1034 01:37:38,935 --> 01:37:42,166 Uh, he mentioned something about an anniversary. 1035 01:37:42,939 --> 01:37:44,702 September 14th. 1036 01:37:45,008 --> 01:37:49,001 And that he had a surprise planned for your mom. 1037 01:37:49,178 --> 01:37:50,236 Happy anniversary. 1038 01:37:50,413 --> 01:37:51,812 Something about a fancy restaurant. 1039 01:37:52,448 --> 01:37:54,313 His tuxedo. 1040 01:37:54,484 --> 01:37:55,849 Without the key, I was stuck. 1041 01:37:57,587 --> 01:37:59,282 That's why you needed to find my dad. 1042 01:37:59,455 --> 01:38:03,118 But I didn't know how to find him. I didn't even know his name. 1043 01:38:03,326 --> 01:38:06,591 For a few weeks, I'd wander over to my dad's neighborhood... 1044 01:38:06,763 --> 01:38:08,253 ...hoping that I'd bump into him. 1045 01:38:08,431 --> 01:38:11,798 I put up signs saying that the guy who got the vase at the estate sale... 1046 01:38:11,968 --> 01:38:13,833 ...at 75th Street, please come contact me. 1047 01:38:15,772 --> 01:38:17,831 But that was a week after... 1048 01:38:18,608 --> 01:38:21,907 ...well, you know, September 11th... 1049 01:38:23,913 --> 01:38:26,541 ...and people were putting up posters everywhere. 1050 01:38:51,174 --> 01:38:52,607 Well... 1051 01:38:54,777 --> 01:38:57,041 ...you don't have to like anymore. 1052 01:39:21,704 --> 01:39:25,765 I'm sorry, I know you've been looking for something and this isn't it. 1053 01:39:25,942 --> 01:39:27,307 It's okay. 1054 01:39:29,779 --> 01:39:31,474 Let's you and I go to the bank. 1055 01:39:31,647 --> 01:39:34,047 We'll find out what it is together, we'll share it. 1056 01:39:34,317 --> 01:39:37,548 You're nice. But no, thank you. 1057 01:39:45,728 --> 01:39:47,195 Hey, you're gonna be all right there? 1058 01:39:48,998 --> 01:39:51,558 Can I tell you something I never told anybody else? 1059 01:39:51,868 --> 01:39:53,426 Sure. 1060 01:39:59,942 --> 01:40:04,242 On that day, they let us out of school basically as soon as we got there. 1061 01:40:04,447 --> 01:40:06,005 I walked home. 1062 01:40:06,582 --> 01:40:10,712 My friend told me he would call, so I went to like at the answering machine. 1063 01:40:10,953 --> 01:40:12,443 There were all these messages. 1064 01:40:12,722 --> 01:40:14,189 From your friend? 1065 01:40:14,657 --> 01:40:16,352 From my dad. 1066 01:40:17,593 --> 01:40:19,458 He was in the building. 1067 01:40:20,663 --> 01:40:23,359 But there's something I've never told anyone. 1068 01:40:23,533 --> 01:40:26,058 Not anybody else, not anybody ever. 1069 01:40:28,504 --> 01:40:30,335 The phone rang. 1070 01:40:31,941 --> 01:40:33,670 Oh, God. 1071 01:40:57,366 --> 01:41:00,096 I couldn't pick up the phone. I just couldn't do it. 1072 01:41:00,269 --> 01:41:03,329 It rang, and rang, and rang, and I couldn't move. 1073 01:41:24,727 --> 01:41:28,060 I wanted to pick it up, but I couldn't. I just couldn't. 1074 01:41:29,065 --> 01:41:32,626 The answering machine came on. There was a beep. 1075 01:41:32,802 --> 01:41:34,565 Message six, September 11, 10:27 a.m. 1076 01:41:34,737 --> 01:41:37,103 Then I heard Dad's voice. 1077 01:41:38,541 --> 01:41:39,769 Are you there? 1078 01:41:40,343 --> 01:41:41,970 "Are you there?" 1079 01:41:42,578 --> 01:41:43,738 -"Are you there?" Are you there? 1080 01:41:44,947 --> 01:41:46,414 "Are you there?" 1081 01:41:50,786 --> 01:41:53,277 He needed me and I couldn't pick it up. 1082 01:41:53,856 --> 01:41:56,154 I was scared. I just couldn't do it. 1083 01:41:56,759 --> 01:42:02,288 "Are you there?" He asked nine times. I know because I've counted. 1084 01:42:03,299 --> 01:42:05,494 And why didn't he say "Anyone"? 1085 01:42:05,835 --> 01:42:10,795 "Is anyone there?" "You" is just one person. 1086 01:42:11,073 --> 01:42:13,405 I think he knew I was there. 1087 01:42:13,776 --> 01:42:17,075 Maybe he kept saying it to give me time to be brave enough to pick up. 1088 01:42:18,681 --> 01:42:23,345 The longest space between the third and the fourth, which is 15 seconds. 1089 01:42:23,519 --> 01:42:24,645 Are you there? 1090 01:42:24,820 --> 01:42:27,482 You can hear people in the background crying. 1091 01:42:27,723 --> 01:42:29,657 -Are you there? You can hear helicopters. 1092 01:42:29,825 --> 01:42:31,156 Are you there? 1093 01:42:31,327 --> 01:42:33,488 You can hear glass breaking. 1094 01:42:33,663 --> 01:42:35,460 Are you there? Are you the- 1095 01:42:36,799 --> 01:42:37,857 Then it cut off. 1096 01:43:08,264 --> 01:43:09,925 Do you forgive me? 1097 01:43:10,366 --> 01:43:11,856 Forgive you? 1098 01:43:13,002 --> 01:43:15,493 For what? For not being able to pick up? 1099 01:43:17,673 --> 01:43:19,834 For not being able to tell anyone. 1100 01:43:20,009 --> 01:43:22,000 Oh.... 1101 01:43:24,280 --> 01:43:26,271 Of course I forgive you. 1102 01:43:29,719 --> 01:43:33,086 I can't tell you how much better that makes me feel. 1103 01:43:36,659 --> 01:43:39,025 I hope you find what you're looking for. 1104 01:43:50,206 --> 01:43:51,366 I've got to go. 1105 01:44:12,995 --> 01:44:14,155 Thank you. 1106 01:44:23,205 --> 01:44:24,570 What's he doing? 1107 01:44:28,411 --> 01:44:29,901 Oskar! 1108 01:45:39,849 --> 01:45:43,216 Hey, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me. 1109 01:45:48,924 --> 01:45:50,653 It's okay, it's okay, give that to me. 1110 01:45:50,826 --> 01:45:53,886 Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, it's okay. 1111 01:45:54,063 --> 01:45:58,432 Let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go. 1112 01:45:58,601 --> 01:46:03,004 It's okay, I got it. It's all right. Let go. Let go, let go, baby. 1113 01:46:03,172 --> 01:46:07,040 Let it go, let it go, it's all right. It's all right, let it go, let it go. 1114 01:46:07,376 --> 01:46:11,540 Let it go. It's all right, it's all right, it's all right. It's okay. 1115 01:46:12,548 --> 01:46:16,382 I promise I'll be better soon, I promise! I'll be normal! 1116 01:46:16,886 --> 01:46:20,014 That is the last thing that I would want. You are perfect. 1117 01:46:20,890 --> 01:46:24,917 I tried incredibly hard, Mom. I don't know how I could have tried any harder. 1118 01:46:25,094 --> 01:46:26,618 I know you did. 1119 01:46:26,962 --> 01:46:29,522 I know you did. I know you did. 1120 01:46:30,199 --> 01:46:32,292 -You don't know. -I do. 1121 01:46:32,468 --> 01:46:34,402 But you really don't know, Mom. 1122 01:46:34,570 --> 01:46:38,904 I know how proud your dad would have been that you didn't stop looking. 1123 01:46:40,843 --> 01:46:44,108 Sweetie, do you think I would ever let you out of my sight? 1124 01:46:44,280 --> 01:46:47,272 Do you think I would let anything happen to you? 1125 01:46:47,583 --> 01:46:49,380 I always knew where you were. 1126 01:46:49,552 --> 01:46:50,985 Always. 1127 01:46:51,587 --> 01:46:52,645 You did? 1128 01:46:53,355 --> 01:46:56,552 When Stan the doorman told me about all the phone books you said you needed... 1129 01:46:56,725 --> 01:47:01,958 ...for a school project on the census, I knew you were up to something. 1130 01:47:02,998 --> 01:47:04,431 How? 1131 01:47:05,434 --> 01:47:08,426 The census isn't for another seven years. 1132 01:47:13,909 --> 01:47:17,470 So I went into your room and I tried to think like you did. 1133 01:47:18,280 --> 01:47:20,145 I wanted to understand. 1134 01:47:20,749 --> 01:47:22,273 You were snooping on me? 1135 01:47:24,453 --> 01:47:26,580 I was searching for you. 1136 01:47:32,861 --> 01:47:35,489 I found your Enchanted Forest game with the list of the Blacks. 1137 01:47:35,664 --> 01:47:38,189 I saw your index system of the five boroughs. 1138 01:47:38,367 --> 01:47:39,425 My CZI. 1139 01:47:39,602 --> 01:47:41,035 Your CZI? 1140 01:47:41,770 --> 01:47:43,499 Collapsible Zone Index. 1141 01:47:43,672 --> 01:47:46,300 I saw how you used the last four digits of the phone numbers. 1142 01:47:46,475 --> 01:47:47,806 I thought that was clever. 1143 01:47:48,077 --> 01:47:49,635 That was very clever. 1144 01:47:50,679 --> 01:47:52,647 I made my own map. 1145 01:47:52,915 --> 01:47:54,974 And I marked up all your zones. 1146 01:47:55,417 --> 01:47:57,044 One hundred and four. 1147 01:47:58,320 --> 01:48:00,345 216 addresses. 1148 01:48:00,689 --> 01:48:03,487 472 people named Black. 1149 01:48:04,226 --> 01:48:07,457 I made a list of all the people you were going to see that weekend. 1150 01:48:07,630 --> 01:48:09,359 I called the ones you'd already been to... 1151 01:48:09,531 --> 01:48:12,898 ...and I went and met the ones you were going to go see. 1152 01:48:13,068 --> 01:48:14,535 You did? Mm-hm. 1153 01:48:15,571 --> 01:48:17,505 -All of them? -Mm-hm. 1154 01:48:19,241 --> 01:48:22,404 So since my husband's death, my son has been searching all over the city... 1155 01:48:22,578 --> 01:48:26,241 ...with a key he thinks might be a clue, so he's very-- 1156 01:48:26,415 --> 01:48:28,508 Um-- Oh. Um-- 1157 01:48:28,684 --> 01:48:31,346 Thank you. Thank you, thank you very much. Um-- 1158 01:48:31,520 --> 01:48:35,479 So, when he comes, he took this entire map and he-- 1159 01:48:36,525 --> 01:48:37,822 Thank you. 1160 01:48:39,361 --> 01:48:40,692 Thank you very much. 1161 01:48:41,463 --> 01:48:43,328 Thank you very much. Thank you. 1162 01:48:43,499 --> 01:48:46,627 Um.... Oh. 1163 01:48:47,202 --> 01:48:48,226 Thank you. 1164 01:48:48,404 --> 01:48:50,235 Hector Black sure liked to hug. 1165 01:48:50,406 --> 01:48:52,397 He hugged me 17 times. 1166 01:48:52,574 --> 01:48:55,168 I wanted to get away, but he just kept on hugging. 1167 01:48:58,981 --> 01:49:02,678 And he feels that it's somehow related to his father's death. 1168 01:49:02,851 --> 01:49:04,876 I know, it's sad. It's a sad story. 1169 01:49:07,222 --> 01:49:10,350 I liked Elaine Black and her five noisy kids. 1170 01:49:20,235 --> 01:49:21,497 Did you get a drawing? 1171 01:49:22,104 --> 01:49:23,435 Dozens. 1172 01:49:31,180 --> 01:49:36,311 So when he comes, maybe you guys could let him sit on that and he could-- 1173 01:49:49,465 --> 01:49:51,490 And what about Leigh-Anne Black? 1174 01:49:51,667 --> 01:49:53,532 She yelled at me to go away. 1175 01:49:54,103 --> 01:49:55,593 Yeah, me too. 1176 01:49:55,771 --> 01:49:58,467 Whether or not you had any connection to-- 1177 01:49:59,975 --> 01:50:03,103 Go. Please, get out of here. Go! 1178 01:50:03,545 --> 01:50:06,241 Lona Black had an amazing story. 1179 01:50:06,648 --> 01:50:09,116 I thought Lona Black would burst into tears. 1180 01:50:09,585 --> 01:50:14,045 He's gonna be fine. Just a few questions, that's all he's gonna need. 1181 01:50:14,556 --> 01:50:16,080 You sure you're okay with this? 1182 01:50:19,561 --> 01:50:22,052 -She was fine when I got there. -Oh, yeah? 1183 01:50:25,567 --> 01:50:30,095 I knew how long it would take you to get from Eleanor Black's in Astoria to... 1184 01:50:30,272 --> 01:50:32,297 ...Harlan Black's in Bushwick. 1185 01:50:34,009 --> 01:50:35,806 I'm really sorry about your father. 1186 01:50:38,380 --> 01:50:40,575 -Mom, it's that boy! -It's that boy! 1187 01:50:44,186 --> 01:50:46,780 I think our moms like kind of similar, don't you? 1188 01:50:50,759 --> 01:50:53,785 -So you knew about the key. -Mm-hm. 1189 01:50:54,663 --> 01:50:57,291 I knew you had to go make sense of things. 1190 01:50:57,466 --> 01:50:59,366 And I got to go with you. 1191 01:51:00,169 --> 01:51:01,864 You weren't ever worried I was gonna be raped... 1192 01:51:02,037 --> 01:51:04,562 ...or killed or strangled or stabbed or something? 1193 01:51:04,740 --> 01:51:06,139 Every hour of every day. 1194 01:51:08,710 --> 01:51:10,473 I couldn't breathe until the door closed. 1195 01:51:10,646 --> 01:51:12,409 -Hey. -I'm home. 1196 01:51:14,883 --> 01:51:17,374 I thought only Dad could think like me. 1197 01:51:18,287 --> 01:51:19,652 Me too. 1198 01:51:21,356 --> 01:51:24,814 So many of them had lost something or somebody, Mom. 1199 01:51:24,993 --> 01:51:26,756 Just like us. 1200 01:51:30,999 --> 01:51:32,967 What do you miss about him? 1201 01:51:36,905 --> 01:51:39,237 Oh, I miss so many things about him. 1202 01:51:40,275 --> 01:51:43,403 I miss how he could tell the weather just by touching the window. 1203 01:51:44,947 --> 01:51:46,915 When he would come in the house and yell: 1204 01:51:47,082 --> 01:51:49,516 "What's everybody doing?" 1205 01:51:56,291 --> 01:51:59,556 I miss how he would stick his entire arm into the coffee beans at Fairway... 1206 01:51:59,728 --> 01:52:01,195 -...because he liked how it felt. -Ah. 1207 01:52:01,363 --> 01:52:05,265 That would make me so angry because everyone in the store was watching him. 1208 01:52:06,301 --> 01:52:09,896 -Were they? -Oh, I don't know. I don't know. 1209 01:52:14,376 --> 01:52:16,435 I miss his voice. 1210 01:52:18,881 --> 01:52:21,816 I miss his voice telling me he loves me. 1211 01:52:23,252 --> 01:52:24,651 Me too. 1212 01:52:28,891 --> 01:52:30,620 -Mom? -Mm? 1213 01:52:31,460 --> 01:52:34,554 It's okay if you fall in love again. If you want to. 1214 01:52:37,199 --> 01:52:38,826 Oh. 1215 01:52:39,268 --> 01:52:43,830 I'll never fall in love for the first time again. Nobody can be him. 1216 01:52:44,006 --> 01:52:45,200 Nobody. 1217 01:52:49,278 --> 01:52:52,406 He told me. He said: 1218 01:52:52,848 --> 01:52:56,079 "I really love your mother. She's such a good girl." 1219 01:53:11,934 --> 01:53:13,128 Mom? 1220 01:53:16,438 --> 01:53:19,532 I don't tell you I love you enough times, do I? 1221 01:53:20,108 --> 01:53:21,666 Oh. 1222 01:53:24,479 --> 01:53:26,037 Yes, you do. 1223 01:53:26,982 --> 01:53:28,472 Oh, baby. 1224 01:53:30,519 --> 01:53:31,952 You do. 1225 01:53:45,767 --> 01:53:47,325 Stairs are broken. 1226 01:53:47,502 --> 01:53:49,697 You're going to school awful early. 1227 01:53:50,772 --> 01:53:53,172 There isn't any school today, it's Presidents' Day. 1228 01:53:53,976 --> 01:53:55,671 I thought that was in February. 1229 01:53:56,278 --> 01:53:58,212 They changed it. 1230 01:53:59,114 --> 01:54:00,376 Mm. 1231 01:54:41,590 --> 01:54:44,286 I'd written a letter to the people I'd met. 1232 01:54:44,793 --> 01:54:46,090 It said: 1233 01:54:46,628 --> 01:54:50,291 "Dear Mister or Missus or Miss... 1234 01:54:50,999 --> 01:54:54,867 ...or Abby or Hazelle or Tommy or Elaine... 1235 01:54:55,070 --> 01:54:57,538 ...or anybody I'd met whose last name is Black. 1236 01:54:58,974 --> 01:55:00,771 You might remember me. 1237 01:55:01,143 --> 01:55:03,077 My name is Oskar Schell. 1238 01:55:04,046 --> 01:55:06,708 I came to visit you to see if you could help me find the lock... 1239 01:55:06,882 --> 01:55:09,350 ...that fit the key I thought my father had left me. 1240 01:55:10,986 --> 01:55:14,046 Most of you were very helpful and nice to me. 1241 01:55:14,489 --> 01:55:16,616 I want to thank you for that. 1242 01:55:17,192 --> 01:55:20,218 And I want to thank you for the horse ride you gave me... 1243 01:55:20,395 --> 01:55:23,262 ...and for Taylor's picture of me and my key. 1244 01:55:24,399 --> 01:55:27,926 You might want to know, the key wasn't meant for me. 1245 01:55:29,171 --> 01:55:31,662 It was meant for a Mr. William Black... 1246 01:55:31,840 --> 01:55:34,968 ...who maybe needed it even more than I did. 1247 01:55:35,143 --> 01:55:38,078 I was disappointed, obviously... 1248 01:55:38,480 --> 01:55:41,608 ...but I'm honestly glad that it's where it belongs. 1249 01:55:42,117 --> 01:55:43,982 And I'm even glad to have my disappointment... 1250 01:55:45,120 --> 01:55:47,680 ...which is much better than having nothing. 1251 01:55:49,424 --> 01:55:54,361 My dad told me that New York once had a Sixth Borough that floated away. 1252 01:55:54,629 --> 01:55:57,427 They tried to save it, but they couldn't... 1253 01:55:57,666 --> 01:55:59,930 ...and it's never coming back. 1254 01:56:00,769 --> 01:56:02,862 As much as I want him to... 1255 01:56:03,371 --> 01:56:06,135 ...my dad is never coming back. 1256 01:56:06,541 --> 01:56:11,171 And I thought I couldn't live without him, but now I know I can. 1257 01:56:12,013 --> 01:56:14,709 I think that would make my dad proud... 1258 01:56:15,784 --> 01:56:18,048 ...which is all I ever wanted. " 1259 01:57:00,295 --> 01:57:02,889 I got the Renter's address from Grandma... 1260 01:57:03,064 --> 01:57:07,592 ...and although I wanted to say, "You selfish butthead, " and, "Fukozowa you"... 1261 01:57:07,769 --> 01:57:08,793 ...I didn't. 1262 01:57:11,406 --> 01:57:13,465 I asked him to come home. 1263 01:58:07,462 --> 01:58:09,692 "Congratulations, Oskar. 1264 01:58:09,898 --> 01:58:13,664 With unbelievable bravery, and wisdom far beyond your years... 1265 01:58:13,902 --> 01:58:17,429 ...you have solved Reconnaissance Expedition Number Six. 1266 01:58:18,206 --> 01:58:21,937 You have proven both the existence of the Sixth Borough... 1267 01:58:22,110 --> 01:58:24,772 ...and your own excellence. 1268 01:58:25,547 --> 01:58:29,847 Wherever they now are, the people of the Sixth Borough celebrate you. 1269 01:58:30,552 --> 01:58:32,076 And so do I. 1270 01:58:32,420 --> 01:58:34,581 Now it's time to go home. " 1271 01:59:38,186 --> 01:59:39,710 One....