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1、The Man From Earth script 这个男人来自地球 英文剧本The Man From Earth script Hey, buddy. You dont waste time, do you? I try not to. Well, you need help? Sure. Would you like to tell us. what the hell that was all about? I dont like good-byes. Kind of the point of a goodbye party, John. Went to a certain amount

2、of trouble, you know? Couldve at least stayed a few minutes, huh? Eaten some of the food we so feverishly prepared? I apologize, Harry. But why are you moving so quickly? You only resigned a couple of days ago. You got the history chair at Stanford. I wish. Well, taquitos, chicken wings, Roastie-toa

3、sties and beer. If wed had more time, Wed have done something a little more grandiose. Candlelight dinner at Mcdonalds. Strippers. Taquitos are fine. Aright. Arts gonna be along, too. Hes, uh, talking to a student. Pfft. Is George taking over for you? George or Trimbell - Has the Dean made up his mi

4、nd? He hasnt called. My god! Wh-What is this? It looks like a Van Gogh, But Ive never seen it before. Is that an original, John? No, its just a gift someone gave me. Still, its a superb copy. Contemporaneous, I think, May I take a closer look? Please, yeah. Yeah, its the same stretcher as Van Gogh u

5、sed. Yeah, theres writing on the back in french. Oh, To my friend Jacque Borne. Wonder who that was? Someone he knew, I guess. Brilliant deduction, sherlock. Surely youll have this looked at, appraised? Well, maybe sometime, But I wouldnt really want money for it. That does it. Put that stuff in the

6、 kitchen. No, Im gonna put it in the bathroom, John. Gas is off, electricitys on. Get comfortable while you can. The furnitures going this afternoon. Its been years since I sat on a floor. Heh. I cant remember her name. Eh, its good for the back. Can we do yoga exercises? Tantric yoga, we can. ( Chu

7、ckles ) So youre leaving good old We teach you? Rather suddenly, you must admit. Truth time, John. Is there a problem? No. Oh, come on, you know we wanna help. Thats appreciated, but really- Theres no problem. Well, now I am curious. Where are you going? Givin up tenure. a decade of professorship, I

8、n line to chair the department, And you dont know where youre going? Call it cabin fever. After a while, I get itchy feet. Ive done this before. No, no, no, youre too young to have done this before. And he hasnt aged a day in ten years. Every woman on the faculty Would give anything to have that sec

9、ret. Is that what theyre after, Edith? Oh, stop, Harry. ( Giggles ) Wow, can you pull this? What the hell? What do you hunt? Deer, mostly. Around big bear. With a bow and arrow? Most people cant bag a deer With a rifle and a telescopic sight. Though, good eatin. The best wild game. Lives naturally,

10、eats naturally. Well, its beautiful. ( Motor hums ) Art. Ah. So, can I get an a for awesome? Oh, my gosh. ( Chuckles ) That was fun. Hey, John. You know Linda. You had her last semester. Hi. Hey. Shes one of my victims now. Im taking her home. She wanted to come by and say hello goodbye. Is Art as t

11、ough as I hear? Oh, archaeologys tough. Dr. Jenkins is a fine teacher. Oh, thats very politic. Its very true. Uh-huh. Something for you to read on the road, pal. Shadows of the cave: parallels to early man. Author: M. Jenkins. Publish or perish. Id rather read Than write another one. Thank you. Hi.

12、Oh, everybody, this is Linda. Linda, this is everybody. Linda. Hi. So. Where you going, John, like we give a damn? Weve already covered that. Johns got itchy feet. There are over-the-counter remedies for that, John. ( Laughs ) So there is a problem. No. I just like to move on now and then. Its a per

13、sonal thing. Well, not to pry. Im sorry I dont have more to offer you. Got conversation, some seats for your behinds, And, uh. Is he ducking out on us again? .I do have this. Oh ho ho! Johnny Walker Green! ( Laughs ) didnt even know they made it in green. What do they pay you? Nothing is too good fo

14、r my friends. But Im sorry- We are down to plastic cups now. Thats a sacrilege Ill tolerate. I will do the honors. Oh, come to papa. Ooh! Here, cups, cups. There we go. Step on in here. There ya go. one for the birthday boy- Excuse me. Art? No, not for me. Oh, no, I dont drink. ( Laughs ) were not g

15、onna card you, darling. All right, here, join the circle at least. Well, to long life and good fortune To our esteemed friend And colleague, John Oldman. May he find undeserved bliss Wherever he goes. Here, here. Skael. Na zdorovye. One off the top, John. Mm! Oh, thats good. Excuse me. John, were al

16、l sorry to see you go. Truly. Okay. Now were done with that, What do we do for the rest of the afternoon? Anyone got a good topic? Like this, maybe? Heh. What is that? Its a burin of a parrot beak. Inclined chisel point. probably early magdalenian. May I see that? Sure. Yes indeed, thats what it is.

17、 Whats a burin? A burin is a flint tool For grooving wood and bone, antlers especially, To make spear and harpoon points. Magdalenians werent noted for flint work, So this is a very nice specimen. Okay, whats a magdalenian? A later Cro-magnon, Without gettin technical. Its the final culture of the u

18、pper paleolithic. If stones could speak, eh, Art? So whered you get that, John? Believe it or not, from a thrift shop- A quarter. You lucky dog! I gotta go digging for this kind of stuff. Can I, uh.? Yeah. Huh. Maybe. Im glad you did this. Did what? You mean come over? Maybe? Definitely. Gee, thanks

19、. Well, so are we. So are we. We couldnt let you just run off. Thanks. John, what is up, huh? Are you on americas most wanted? We wont turn you in. Yeah, come on, out with it. Youre among friends. Snoopy friends. Forget it. You are creating the mystery here. Obviously, you have something youd like t

20、o say. Say it! Well, maybe I. ten, nine, eight, seven. Harry, stop. There is something Im tempted to tell you, I think. Ive never done this before, and I wonder how itll pan out. ( Harry chuckles ) I wonder if I could ask you a silly question. John, were teachers. We answer silly questions all the t

21、ime. Hey! What if a man from the upper paleolithic Survived until the present day? What do you mean, survived? Never died? Yes. What would he be like? Well, I know some guys. You ever been to the ozarks? Its an interesting idea. What, are you working on a science fiction story? Say I am. What would

22、he be like? Pretty tired. ( Laughter ) Well, seriously, As Arts book title suggests, He might be like any of us. Dan. A caveman? Well, theres no anatomical difference Between, say, a Cro-magnon and us. Except that as a rule, weve grown taller. Whats the selective advantage of height? Better to see p

23、redators in tall grass, my dear. Actually, tall and skinny Radiates heat more effectively in warmer climates. And as for neanderthals, I mean, weve all seen apish people. That strains still with us. But hed be a caveman. No, he wouldnt. Johns hypothetical man Would have lived through 140 centuries.

24、yeah, roughly. .and changed with every one of them. I mean, assuming normal intelligence. Well, we think men of the upper paleolithic Were as intelligent as we are. They just didnt know as much. Johns man would have learned as the race learned. In fact, if he had an inquiring mind, His knowledge mig

25、ht be astonishing. If you do write that, let me have a look at it. Im sure youll make some anthropological boners. Its a deal. What would keep him alive? What does the biologist say? Cigarettes. And ice cream. ( Laughs ) All right, all right, Ill play. All right, um, in science fiction terms, I woul

26、d say. perfect regeneration of the bodys cells, Especially in the vital organs. Actually, the human body appears designed To live about 190 years. Most of us just die of slow poisoning. Maybe he did something right, Something everybody else in history had done wrong. What, like eat the food, Drink t

27、he water, and breathe the air? Prior to modern times, Those were pristine. Weve extended our lifespan in a world thats, uh. not fit to live in. You know, it could happen. The pancreas turns over cells every 24 hours, The stomach lining in three days, The entire body in seven years, But the process f

28、alters. Waste accumulates, eventually proves fatal to function. Now if a quirk in his immune system Led to perfect detox, Perfect renewal, then yeah. He could duck decay. Mm, thats a secret wed all love to have. Would you really want to do that? Live 14,000 years? Well, if I could stay healthy and I

29、 didnt age, I mean, why not? Yeah. What a chance to learn. Is anyone hungry? You know, the more I think about it, yeah, its possible. Anything is possible, right? After all, one centurys magic, another centurys science. They thought Columbus was a nut job, right? Pasteur, Copernicus? Aristarchus lon

30、g before that. Right. I had a chance to sail with columbus, Only Im not the adventurous type. I was pretty sure the earth was round, But at that point, I still thought He might fall off an edge someplace. look around, John. We just did. I suppose theres a joke in there somewhere, But I dont get it.

31、Theres nothing to get. What are we talking about? We were just talking about a caveman Who survives until the present time. As you said, what a chance to learn, Once I learned to learn. Did you start the whiskey before we got here? Pretend its science fiction. Figure it out. Okay, a-( Laughs )- Very

32、 old Cro-magnon Living until the present. ( Grunts loudly ) Oh! ( Laughing ) What? John just confided that hes 14,000 years old. Oh, John, you dont look a day over 900. Okay, okay. All right, spock, Ill play your little game. What do you want? Whats the punch line? Every ten years or so, when people

33、 start To notice I dont age, I move on. Thats very good, thats very quick, John. I wanna read that story when youre done. You want more? By all means. This is great. All right, now. ( laughs ) So you think that you are a. a, uh, Cro-magnon. Well, I didnt learn it in school. Thats my best guess, Base

34、d on archaeological data, maps, anthropological research. Since mesopotamia, Ive got the last. 4,000 years straight. Youre ahead of most people, so please, go on. Well, you know the background stuff, So Ill make it brief. In what I call my first lifetime, I aged to about 35. what you see. I ended up

35、 leading my group. They saw me as magical. I didnt even have to fight for it. Then fear came, and they chased me away. They thought that I was Stealing their lives away to stay young. The prehistoric origin of the vampire myth. That is good! First thousand years, I didnt know up from sideways. How d

36、o you know the first thousand years? An informed guess, based on what Ive learned in my memories. Most people can scarcely remember their childhood, But you have memories of that time? Like yours, selective. You know, the high points, the low points, traumas. They stick in the mind forever. Put down

37、 at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge. Go on. I kept getting chased because I wouldnt die, So I got the hang of joining new groups I found. I also got the idea of periodically moving on. We were semi-Nomadic, of course, Following the weather and the game we hunted. The first 2,000 years were cold. We

38、 learned it was warmer at lower elevations. Late glacial period, I assume. What was the terrain like? Mountainous. Vast plains to the west. West-Something you learned in school. Towards the setting sun. I suspect I saw the british isles From what is now the french coast. Huge mountains. on the other

39、 side of an enormous deep valley That was shadowed by the setting sun. This is before they were separated From the continent by rising seas, as glaciers melted. That happened? Yes, the end of the pleistocene. So far, what he says fits. Oh, yeah, into any textbook. And thats where I found it. How can

40、 I have knowledgeable recall If I didnt have knowledge? Its all retrospective. All I can do is integrate my recollections With modern findings. Caveman, you gonna hit me over the head with a club And drag me into the bedroom? Youd be more fun conscious. Oh, John. Let me get this straight. Were not t

41、alking about reincarnation. Youre not saying that you remember Whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying And being born again and yada yada? One lifetime. Some lifetime. Wow. Maybe there is something to this reincarnation thing. Youre supposed to come back Again and again, learn a

42、nd learn, And somehow, John, you just managed To bypass all the other bodies. Well, whats the point? What about oceans? Didnt see them till much later. So how would you know an ocean from a lake? Big waves- Something else I can only surmise in retrospect. Were you curious about where it all came fro

43、m? We would look up at the sky and wonder. Theres gotta be some big guys up there. What else made all this down here? At first I thought There was something wrong with me- Maybe I was a bad guy for not dying. Then I began to wonder if I was cursed Or perhaps blessed. Then I thought maybe I had a mission. Do you still think you do? God works in mysterious ways. I think I just happened. ( Ph