[ Birds Twittering ]
[ Growling ]
[ Metal Clanging ]
[ Clanging Continues ]
[ Man Shouting In African Language ]
[ Barking ]
[ Barking Continues ]
[ Panting ]
Dr. Powell, I'm Tom Hanley, U.S. State Department.
Take the chains off. He's ours now.
-[ Bell Tolling ] - [ Chattering ]
[ Man ] If you have knowledge of a crime,
why don't you go to the police,Annie ?
The police are probably in on it.
You don't know anything about politics, do you ?
You're just a psychiatrist.
You're not versed in this.
Well, I wanna learn.
I wanna know why someone would wanna kidnap the pope.
[ Annie ] I don't want to sit here and have you try to tell me that this isn't true.
- I just-- - Does it scare you ?
-[ Scoffs ] -The thought that it might not be true ?
No ! It doesn't scare me, because it is true.
They took him seven weeks ago.
They're keeping him on Corsica.
They don't want people to know that he's missing.
- And you're probably gonna say, ''Why Corsica ?'' - No, Corsica makes sense.
- Good. Good. -It's a straight shot west of Rome,
about 1 50 miles.
- Have you ever been there ? - No. But it's on my list.
He's made a partner of her. You see ?
Now,Annie, I want to explore every possibility.
Now, on the other side of this page, is it possible...
that this is a photo of the pope ?
[ Chuckles ] Well, it's possible,yeah.
I mean, is it ?
Well, I'm just saying,
is it possible that this is a photo of the pope, taken only eight days ago,
- showing him safe in Rome ? - No !
- Has anyone seen that magazine ? - Catherine. Catherine.
We're just exploring here, Annie.
- We're just saying-- - It's not what you say.
L-Let me see.
[ Whispers ] Oh, I--
Oh, I don't know.
very good.
I-- I don't--
If you're afraid, then at least you're aware of the possibility that you might be ill.
[ Sniffles ]
Shouldn't he hold her ?
Don't get motherly, Gilbert.
- [ Crying ] - We'll discuss notes this afternoon.
[ Door Opens ]
-[ Elevator Bell Dings ] - [ Chattering ]
- You're late. - I was just--
I need you to take my 1 0:00 class on Wednesday. Let me see that photo.
[ Chuckles ] That's risky, Theo.
very risky.
I've been asked to do the evaluation of Ethan Powell. You remember who he is ?
He used to work here. Anthropology.
Disappeared in Africa. Killed people.
Yeah, a year ago. Two dead, three in the hospital.
Mad as a three-cornered hat, but he's coming home.
We wouldn't want one of our former professors hanged in Rwanda--
bad press-- so he's coming home.
- And the evaluation begins as soon as he arrives. - Which is ?
Tomorrow. I need to know everything about the case in 24 hours,
and I want the research done by my very best resident.
Ben, that's three-day's work packed in the next 24 hours.
Well, I guess I wasn't talking about you. I must've meant Gilbert.
Have him call me at home.
Okay. All right. Okay. All right, Ben.
Ben, I would be glad to do the research.
- Only if you can handle it. - I can handle it.
That was too easy, Theo. All right.
This time tomorrow in my office.
[ Chattering ]
[ Chains Clinking ]
- It's locked. - Aw, come on !
-[ Man ] What ? - Wait--
[ Alarm Blaring ]
Good. Good. You know, I told you it was the one on the left.
- It's locked ! - It's supposed to be open.
MaXWell, do you copy us ?
- Come in, MaXWell. - Come again.
-[ Alarm Continues ] - MaXWell, come in. We're in the corridor with the Doctor.
- Is it the door on the east or the west side ? - What was that ?
- Are you reading this ? - Is something wrong ? - No, I didn't copy.
- Is something wrong ? - Mom. Shh. - [ Man ] Foley!
-I'm goin' to check this out. -[ Two-Way Radio Continues, Indistinct ]
-Just relax, all right ? -[ Knocking On Door ]
-[ Alarm Continues ] -[ Foley ] Maxwell, you pickin'this up ?
- Max. Hey, Doc. - [ Yells ]
Foley ! Stop !
- Foley. -[ Man ] Get the family out!
- Uh, ladies, we need to get you out of here. - What ?
-Just come with me, please. - What happened ?
You know as much as I know at this point. Let's-- This way, please.
Ahh ! [ Grunting ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Crowd Gasping, Screaming ]
- [ Crowd Yelling, Screaming ] - [ Screaming ]
[ Panicked Chattering ]
[ Yelling, Screaming Continue ]
[ Ethan Shouting ]
[ Door Opens ]
[ Door Closes ]
-It's what the Rwandan papers called him. - Theo.
It's not like any other case, Ben. Ever.
- You're three hours early. - It's an amazing opportunity.
- Amazing. - I have a class in here in 1 5 minutes,you know.
Oh, well,you're gonna want to hear this, Ben.
Tell me.
He killed two Rwandan park rangers and injured three others...
with a wooden club.
- He was studying the animals there, right ? - Not anymore.
The party of foresters and rangers said he walked among them--
part of the animal group.
It's just possible, Ben, that he was living with the mountain gorillas...
for nearly two years.
With them.
''Noted anthropologist and primatologist Ethan Powell...
was reported missing in October 1 994.''
Lost for nearly two years,
then found.
But when they tried to contact Ethan, he turned on them.
Like an animal, they said.
They put him in an African prison for a year. He hasn't spoken a word since his arrest.
So, what do we have here ?
He lives with the animals,
takes on their behavior.
Becomes one.
- How does that happen ? -Exactly.
How ?
They want a 30-day evaluation, followed immediately by a hearing with a judge.
I'll give him a day to rest, then I'll see him on Thursday.
Uh, Ben, there's something I want to ask you for.
- What is it ? - Ethan Powell.
The evaluation-- I want it.
You don't have nearly enough experience for a case like this.
You know that, don't you ? Why should I give it to you ?
- Important issues here, Ben. - Yes.
One of them is your career, right ?
I mean, a case like this is all about career, and you've been thinking about that.
It'd be a leap for you.
What if I can get him to speak ?
Get Powell to speak ?
Ah. You mustn't confuse a mute murderer...
with little Annie Belden and her pope fantasy...
or Rondelli the flasher or any of those.
What if I can ?
Well, then you write a best-seller about it. Am I right ?
I'm ready for this, Ben.
Do you have a title yet ?
For the best-seller ?
- Maybe. - [ Laughing ]
What is it ? Tell me.
Is that a yes ?
-[ Door Buzzing, Ringing ] -[ Inmates Chattering, Shouting ]
[ Door Closes ]
[ Chattering, Shouting Continue ]
So, how come he doesn't talk ?
Well, they say...
that he used to live with monkeys.
Where ?
''Where ?'' Michigan.
Oh.
[ Groans ]
[ Scoffs ] Peter. Peter, why ?
Look what you did.
Ex-Excuse me.
Our ball. Excuse me.
- Excuse me ! -[ Door Unlocks ]
Can we have our ball back ?
- Peter. -[ Door Closes ]
I hear you almost took out a correctional at the airport.
I hope you try that in here...
once.
[ Whispering ] Pete, what'd you get, buddy ?
Hey, Pete, what card did you get, man ?
Pete !
[ Chattering ]
[ Inmate ] Let me see the card! Let me see.
Let me see. Show me your card. That ain't my ace.
I want my ace of diamonds I want my ace of diamonds !
Give me the card! Show me the card!
You got my ace ? You got my ace ?
You got my ace. You got my ace !
You got my ace! You got my ace, don't you ?
You got my ace ! That ain't my ace !
[ Panting ] I want my ace !
-[ Pounding ] -[ Inmate Moaning ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
Give me my card. You got the ace of diamonds.
Show me the card. Let me see the card ! The card !
[ Scoffs ]
Ace of diamonds! Show it to me!
Show me the card!
Give me the card. Card! Ace of diamonds!
You got my card ? I want my card !
- Give me my card ! - [ Grunts ]
[ Laughing ]
I got it again !
Ace of diamonds !
[ Laughing Continues ]
Mr. Dacks, it looks like it's Bluto again.
[ Bluto ] I got it again !
The ace of diamonds!
- Bluto,you are one lucky son of a gun. - [ Chuckling ]
[ Door Opens ]
[ Door Closes ]
[ Chattering, Laughing ]
Just as long as you're confident they're sticking to the schedule.
It's the same thing every day, sir.
Warden, I'm Dr. Theo Caulder.
I'm Jack Keefer.
- This is Dr.John Murray, in charge of our psychotics. - How do you do ?
What do you think of our anthill, Dr. Caulder ?
- [ Theo ] Is Dr. Powell down there ? - No.
The psychotics are not in the general population.
Uh, could we get you one of these ?
- It's got vanilla bean in it this morning. - Uh, no, thank you.
I'd actually like to get started.
I can give you Powell now in an unused visitation room and again on Friday.
You and Dr. Murray can work out a schedule for your time with the other inmates.
The ''other inmates'' ?
I was told you'd be on temporary staff at our facility, Doctor.
That's the deal.
Well, I was kind of hoping to spend most of every day with Powell.
This is Harmony Bay, Dr. Caulder. It was out of date 30 years ago.
It's crumbling under our feet. Two, three years, they're gonna tear the old girl down.
Meanwhile, we have the toughest correctionaljob in the state.
I'm gonna have to ask you to try to fit in with our scheme of things...
and treat Powell like every other inmate.
I hope that's okay with you.
Watch the cup for me.
Well, here we are.
[ Clicks ]
Haldol, 20 milligrams, four times a day ?
- How am I supposed to talk to him ? - He doesn't talk, remember ?
-[ Briefcase Closes ] - [ Sighs ]
[ Clicks On ]
Dr. Theo Caulder. First interview with Dr. Ethan Powell.
Dr. Powell, I'm Dr. Theo Caulder.
I know you've chosen not to speak, and I respect your decision.
I want to offer to you the possibility, for your consideration,
that you suspend your silence just for these sessions,
that you see these sessions as outside your normal life...
so that you may speak to me, discussing whatever you like,
then remain silent for the rest of the day.
These sessions can be your opportunity--
before you go back to your silence--
to say to me, to the world, to your family, whatever you--
whatever you might want to say.
First, Doctor, I'd like you to say your name.
- Or you can write it on-- - Hey !
Don't do that.
Couple of rules, Doctor:
Don't reach across; don't touch the violent ones;
don't give 'em anything; and don't take anything from 'em, all right ?
- [ Whispers ] Okay. - That's what we're here for.
Henry.
Or you can write it on that piece of paper.
What is your name ?
Doctor, what is your name ?
Write it on that paper.
What is your name ?
[ Pencil Scratching ]
[ Scratching Continues ]
Can I see what you've written there ?
- [ Ethan Groans ] - Hey.
- Go ! - [ Electricity Crackling ] - Hey !
- Get him up ! Stand up ! - That's enough.
Okay, okay. That's it, that's it. That's it, I'm done.
I'm done.
[ Chattering ]
Hello, Dr. Caulder.
How, uh-- How did it go ?
The patient is overmedicated and brutalized.
Well, hell, Dr. Caulder, do you know where you are ?
We have room for 700, but we have over 1 ,000 of the worst--
And that's not counting the psychotics, is it, Alan ?
- Forty-two highfliers, Warden. - Do you know who Dr. Powell was ?
- Is that a look, son ? - I want the medication reduced.
-Hey! Come over here! - Go ahead and do your best job you can here, Doctor,
as long as it doesn't conflict with our rules.
[ Door Closes ]
[ Chattering ]
Hey, ape man !
Just give him what he wants, Ethan.
Hand it over !
Trade you for the ace.
Now !
[ Yells, Grunts ]
- [ Yelling ] - [ Screaming ]
- [ Whistle Blowing ] - [ Screaming Continues ]
[ Choking ]
[ Guard ] Come on, get him!
-[ Bluto Gasping ] - Guys ! No ! Wait !
Please, please ! Just check his pocket, please !
Please, he's got the ace! He's got it! And it's his ace!
It is his... ace !
[ Bluto Sobbing ]
- It's his ace. - It's his ace.
[ Sobbing Continues ]
Enjoy, ape man !
Right over there.
[ Door Closes, Locks ]
-[ Unlocks Door ] - Half an hour.
[ Door Closes ]
[ Birds Twittering ]
-[ Sets Parking Brake ] -[ Dog Barking ]
[ Child Shouting ]
[ Shutter Clicking ]
- Hi. - Miss Powell, I'm Dr. Caulder.
I need to find a way to break through.
- We tried that. - Well, I can do it.
We tried in Africa. We visited the prison there. He never even looked at us.
- Well, he looked at me. - He did ?
He tried to give me a pencil.
Look, I saw him at the airport.
It destroyed my mother. She's away, staying with her sister.
She needed a change of scene and a lot of Xanax.
I'm only here to sell the house, because she won't live here anymore.
- Your father may be very ill. - Really ?
I thought maybe he was just in a bad mood.
Do you want your father back ? Back the way he was ?
The way he was. Um-- Hmm ?
Do you mean... distant, obsessed with his work,
not concerned with his family?
Yes, I want him back.
What do you want ?
He can give me a look at man in his primitive state-- ungoverned man.
Look, I don't want you showing him off like some madman with a club.
I'm writing an evaluation, not some grocery-store headline.
This evaluation will be good for your career, won't it ?
Does it matter ?
If I can open him up, I might be able to help him.
Help him ?
You mean, get him out of prison ?
Your father might belong in prison. I don't know.
But I don't think anyone belongs at Harmony Bay.
And I do need your help.
This is where he worked when he was home.
- You were there. - Yes. Once.
I was just traveling through. I showed up and surprised him.
Stayed a couple days.
He was very happy to see me and very happy to see me go.
Who took these ? Are there any more ?
I set the timer for this one, and I took the rest.
This is my work.
Okay. Why don't you, um,just take what you need and then go.
- [ Sighs ] - [ Clicks On ]
Dr. Theo Caulder. Second interview with patient, Dr. Ethan Powell.
How are we today, Dr. Powell ?
Dr. Powell is unresponsive.
I'm gonna ask you to identify certain objects, Doctor.
You can speak or write down your answer.
What is this a picture of, Doctor ?
- The patient makes no sign that he can understand. - And this ?
And this ?
What is this a picture of, Doctor?
Can you write it down ?
And this ?
What is this a picture of?
And this ?
- Hey, leave him alone ! Leave him alone ! - Goddamn it !
- I told you not to do that ! Keep your distance ! - Leave the patient !
- Do not cross this line ! - Back away from my patient.
Back away from the patient !
Okay, Doctor.
It's your ass.
Your silence says, ''Yes, I'm still an animal--
''a wild, dangerous animal.
''You can beat me, you can cage me.
''I'm not human anymore.
''I have nothing to say--
''not to some shrink across the table, not to any guard,
not even to her.''
But she still wants her father.
She wants you back.
What do you say to that ?
What do you say to her ?
Good-bye.
Have I made your fucking day ?
Do you wanna die ? Is that what you want ?
- Uh, the patient is not responding. - Quiet.
I'll take that as a no.
Do you want to stay here forever ?
Or do you wanna go home ?
Africa ? Here ?
You wanna go back here ?
If I cut your medication, will you take me there with you ?
- You can't cut the medication. - Shut up !
- I will not be yelled at by some yuppie res-- -Dr. Murray!
I don't know you very well, but I have the feeling that you are a tired,
incompetent bag of shit who has found a place to hide.
You overmedicate these men, and you turn your back when they're tortured.
If I'm wrong, I deeply apologize.
If I cut your medication, help you remember,
will you take me with you ?
Can you follow me ?
Yes. Yes, I'll follow.
[ Theo On Tape ] But she still wants her father.
She wants you back.
What do you say to that ?
What do you say to her ?
[ Ethan ] Good-bye.
How'd you do it ?
He chose to speak.
He chose you.
Yes.
Why you ?
I don't know.
But I can get inside of him now.
I just need you to... help me to understand who he was.
[ Crying Softly ]
[ Clears Throat ]
And if I do,you have to get me in to see him, to talk to him.
I'll try.
I will. I'll try.
-?? [ Piano ] - [ Chattering ]
Theo.
Ben. Dr.Josephson.
I was told you made a breakthrough on the Powell case.
- Good work. - Thank you.
You know, I read your paper on voluntary mutism, so I had a slight advantage.
- Oh,you're the one who read it. - [ Forced Laughter]
[ Laughing Continues ]
I'll leave you two. Breakfast on Wednesday.
I'll call your office. His paper on voluntary mutism...
didn't have anything to do with the Powell case, and you know it.
- How's it going ? - Have you ever been to Harmony Bay ?
- Mmm. - Thanks, Mike.
Tell me your war stories.
You never mentioned I'd have to be on staff there, Ben.
Well, it was a negotiation, Theo.
They're understaffed.
Thanks. You want out ?
No.
I want Powell.
He's leading me into the jungle.
He's leading you ?
- Well, I-- - You're doing the evaluation, not him.
And there's more at stake here, Theo, than your book.
I know. I know, Ben.
Now that the patient is speaking, it's a different ball game,
different expectations.
The competency hearing will be scheduled as soon as you present your evaluation.
And that report--your report-- and your testimony will be very carefully judged,
so you have to be prepared.
Keep focused.
Lead him to the questions you want answered.
I will.
I will !
You just don't understand. It's not the usual therapeutic environment.
Then don't be the usual therapist.
Go on. Sit down.
Welcome, Doctor.
Will you excuse us, gentlemen ?
[ Door Opens ]
[ Door Closes ]
Dr. Theo Caulder. Third interview with Dr. Ethan Powell.
Doctor, do you know why you've been sent here ?
What a brave lad you are.
You can call me ''Doctor.'' ''Dr. Caulder.''
Yes, bwana.
I will call you ''TabibuJuha Caulder.''
TabibuJuha. Swahili.
It'll help me remember. That's what you want, isn't it ?
- It's my memories. - That's what you want, isn't it ?
You attacked several officers at the Miami airport.
Guilty.
In Rwanda you were convicted of murder. Are you a murderer ?
Ah,yes.
Tell me about that.
Tell me about Africa.
[ Sighs ]
I know you always went alone.
Twenty-one trips... over 1 2 years,
and you never took a companion or a colleague.
Never with your wife, who wanted to go.
Never with your daughter, who you invited, then uninvited.
What are you up to ? Therapy ?
My job. I wanna know why this is difficult.
Are you afraid to go back there ?
Are you afraid to follow ?
Try me.
Describe what you see.
[ Sighs ]
Tell me. Tell me what you see.
The virunga volcanoes.
The great forests of visoke.
-[ Birds Twittering ] - So beautiful.
And there's some flatland,
and there's a river beyond the trees.
- And in the middle is my base camp. -[ Monkey Calling ]
It's a good camp.
My tent... is there. It's right there.
- So you're off. - Already now.
- Okay. I'll check the list. - Again ?
Willie, your father's leaving.
- Willie ! - He will come. He will come.
[ Ethan ] Willie, come on ! Willie ?
There you are. What are you doing ?
- Come on,your father's leaving. - See ? For your wrist.
I've been looking for this. Okay, off you go now.
The sooner you go, the sooner I'll get my supplies. Go on.
[ Car Engine Rewing ]
[ Car Horn Honking ]
Ethan ? Ethan ? What are you looking at ?
[ Growling ]
[ Growling Continues ]
-[ Ethan ] There he was-- the silverback, their leader. - [ Huffs ]
I'd been observing this group for months but had never been this close.
So close, so magnificent.
It was terrifying... and wonderful.
[ Guttural Moan ]
[ Shutter Clicking ]
[ Playful Chittering ]
I thought my presence was making them nervous,
-[ Shutter Clicking ] -but it wasn't that, it was the machine--
- the camera-- that didn't belong. - [ Guttural Moan ]
So I stopped using it, and it was then I began to see them...
for the first time.
[ Clicking ]
I wondered if they missed me when I left for the night--
this man who watched them outside their circle.
Did they think of me ?
I thought of them,
and I missed them.
I liked them. I even needed them.
Each day they seemed to allow me to step closer.
I was excited by my slow journey toward them.
I felt privileged.
I felt, in a way, as if I was coming back to something...
I had lost long ago and was only now remembering.
Suddenly,just like that, it happened.
I was no longer outside the group.
For the first time, I was among them.
I never missed a day.
I walked miles from my camp to find them.
And stayed with them longer and longer...
before I'd pull myself away to go back to camp every night.
[ Sniffing ]
In there, deep in those forests,
away from everything you know,
everything you've ever been taught...
by school or book or song or rhyme,
you find peace, Juha, kinship,
harmony, even safety.
You'll find more danger in one day in any city in the world...
than you will ever find in those forests.
Do you understand that ?
Ah, mixed up. You're all mixed up.
I wanna go back to my cell now.
Wait.
Okay, okay. Wait. Wait.
Please. What's the playing card for ?
Control.
Control of you ? By whom ?
- By you-- takers. - ''Takers'' ? Explain that.
I wanna go to my cell now.
The session's not over.
Until you say so ?
Right.
The taker.
[ Sighs ]
You're free to go.
Am I ?
And you ? Are you free ?
[ Inmates Chattering, Laughing ]
Only in my head. You ! You !
I know about the ace of diamonds.
Every prisoner is supposed to spend a half an hour outside.
Every prisoner, every day.
We can only afford the time and personnel to do a rotation--
one patient a day-- so we make it random, use the cards.
- It doesn't work. - It keeps them focused on something.
-[ Loud Shriek ] - The strong take it from the weak every time.
And the rest of them focus their anger on the ones who take it...
and not on the guards or medical staff.
- It does work. - For us. It works for us.
Here's charts on ten of them.
You can start there.
- Do you ever see them alone ? - There isn't time for that.
There's the consulting area.
We do what we can.
You do what you're told.
Go ahead. Hit me again.
I'm easy. And you'll feel so much better.
What was it you called me ?
Tired, incompetent bag of shit ?
Christ,you think I never fought a battle in here ?
You want to know what it was like before me ?
We do what we fucking can.
[ Bell Rings ]
- Hi. - Hi.
- Peter Holden ? - Uh-huh.
You gonna be our shrink now ?
- For a while. - You got a resume with you ?
- Any credentials or anything ? - Let's go over here, please, Peter.
I'm Dr. Caulder.
You've been charged with one count of murder, and found incompetent to stand trial.
She had a demon in her for a while,
my neighbor Mrs. Karsh.
- Mm-hmm. -It would come and go.
Nobody saw it... except me.
What did it look like, the demon ?
Um--
Did you ever see Alien with Sigourney Weaver ?
It looked like a giant insect ?
No.
It looked like Sigourney Weaver.
[ Shouting, Loud Thud ]
Hey, Dacks ! Why don't you stop this ?
Why ? They have to work out their own problems. He won't kill him.
Oh, this is Phillip !
[ Theo ] All right. All right, guys. Back up.
- Back up ! - Oh, my God ! You got to help him, Doc !
Get him off! Somebody help me, please ! Get him off me !
- Get him off me. - Help him ! Please help him, Doctor.
Please. Please.
[ All Shouting ]
Come on. Stop the bleeding.
- Hey, calm down ! - You got to stop the bleeding, Doc!
[ Shouting Continues ]
Come on, Doc!
Stop the bleeding, Doc!
Dr. Theo Caulder, continuing interview with Dr. Ethan Powell.
I've further reduced your Haldol. Have you felt the effects of that ?
Yeah. Thank you.
In our last session, we discovered why you left your normal routine of study...
and began to travel with the gorillas, staying with them even at night.
- Our next subject to cover is the reason for-- - Hey, look.
- It fell off the chair. - Mm. Great.
Our next subject to cover is the reason for--
- Are these for me ? - Yes.
- Oh. - The reason for the attack on the rangers--
- No pencils ? - These are safer.
Oh,yeah.
Okay.
No pencils.
- Are you coming back to the gym today, TabibuJuha ? - Yes.
Am I worth it ? All the mess and blood ?
I'm here to do an evaluation. That's what I do.
Am I so interesting ?
You lived as an animal for nearly two years.
I'd say you were interesting enough, sure.
I lived as a man living with animals.
I lived as humans lived 1 0,000 years ago.
Humans knew how to live in the world then, before--
Before civilization ?
No, before you,Juha,
and all your kind.
Takers.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, I was one of you. I believed in control.
- Some control is necessary. - Is it ?