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00:06Why are you here?
00:08I am attending to my king.
00:10You have poisoned me.
00:13The village elders have sent men out to find your son.
00:16They don't know why he left and are worried about his safety.
00:20I don't share their concern.
00:22He will return.
00:24Not if my men find him first.
00:26You have no right to the throne.
00:28Only royal blood can speak the wisdom of the book.
00:33Unless the royal bloodline is severed, as it will be soon.
00:38I will tell them that you taught me how to interpret the wisdom of the...
00:48It's empty.
00:49What have you done with it?
00:51Where's the book?
00:53Where's the...
01:07King Sangri has joined the gods.
01:13Hwashi, son of Sangri, is the new ruler of the Sbarro people.
01:20He will take his rightful place in the royal hut.
01:28When we find him.
01:32The book is missing.
01:33The people will not listen to you without it.
01:36There's just one problem.
01:37I'm worried that if the village finds Hwashi, you'll have a turn for return and expose us all.
01:43Kono, you have to find him.
01:45Kill him.
01:45Bring me proof that he is dead.
01:47I'm not sure what that would be.
01:50The royal pendant around his neck.
01:52Yes.
01:53That would do it.
01:54Now go.
02:06Thank you for the tour around the world.
02:10Maybe next time you can, um, show me Africa.
02:14Yeah.
02:18Well, better unlimited, we aim to please.
02:21Well, you just keep on aiming.
02:45So, Mendelsohn.
02:47Come here and hold this, will you?
02:49Yeah.
02:51Inside this crate is happiness.
02:56Yeah, they'd be Playboy Playmate Sung Hai Lee.
02:59Better than that.
03:01Okay, Sung Hai Lee and our identical twin.
03:06Okay, ready?
03:08Let it go.
03:11Wow.
03:13That is a beauty.
03:16Look at those lines.
03:18The perfection.
03:22The supple twist of the handle.
03:25Oh, yes.
03:28Oh, yeah.
03:30The accessory trunk.
03:34Oh, yeah.
03:35Oh, yeah.
03:37Oh, yeah.
03:38Oh, yeah.
03:41Oh, yeah.
03:41You want to be alone?
03:43Eventually.
03:45Where'd you get the money for this?
03:48Where'd you get the money for this?
03:50For eating stamps.
03:53Touch it and you die.
03:54Excuse me, sir.
03:57I have traveled a very, very long distance to find a man who is said to be living here.
04:00Uh, he goes by the name of Mendelssohn.
04:03Ah, that'd be him.
04:12What's it say?
04:14That's Kliegen in English.
04:20War is finished, and so I leave it.
04:24You are the Mendelssohn.
04:26I must speak with you before they get here.
04:29They?
04:40What the hell was that?
04:58I don't know what that guy was talking about.
05:02Get ready to move.
05:03Yeah, that's the plan.
05:06Now!
05:08Go!
05:08Move, move, move, move, move!
05:25You should look forward when you run.
05:29Are you okay?
05:31Yes.
05:32The Mendelssohn.
05:33They have taken the Mendelssohn.
05:35Mendelssohn, what are you talking about?
05:36Him and another man.
05:38They will both be killed.
05:51No, sir.
05:57It's complete.
06:05Take the Mendelssohn.
06:07Indeed?
06:07No!
06:08No!
06:09No!
06:10No!
06:11Yes.
06:37Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:10Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:14You see, I gave him this, and he read it.
07:17It is the holy language.
07:19Only a king or the Mendelssohn will be able to read it.
07:22It is the only part of the book that can be translated.
07:24Wait, slow down.
07:25What book are you talking about?
07:27The book of the Mendelssohn.
07:29Only the kings have been able to understand the language within.
07:32All except the first line.
07:33This one, this one is understood by all the members of the Saboru, but no outsiders except...
07:39Except the Mendelssohn.
07:41Okay, I get it now.
07:43You see, I came to the Mendelssohn for help.
07:47My father is very sick.
07:49He is our king, and he fears that Lantou will try to take control.
07:55Well, if they took Mendelssohn and Cutter back to your village, then that's where we have to go.
08:00Come on.
08:06Oh, my hair hurts.
08:13You okay?
08:15Peachy.
08:20Yeah, I wonder what they want.
08:22You talk to anybody yet?
08:24Yeah, I talked to the old man over there.
08:27Paz Malo is his name.
08:29He's one of their elders.
08:30What did he want?
08:33He asked my name and whether I lived in Malapo.
08:36What did you tell him?
08:38My name and that I lived in Malapo.
08:47Stories tell of the Mendelssohn's fall to earth, and how he helped the people a long time ago.
08:53It is every Saboru's dream to have the new Mendelssohn read from the sacred book.
08:57Look, my father knew of such a man in the city, so I hid the book and went hunting for
09:03him.
09:07What's wrong?
09:09Just go back to the river as fast as you can.
09:24Do this.
09:25It's the key.
09:26Oh, God.
09:31Do it.
09:44Quashie, do you want your friend to die?
09:46I don't want to hurt you.
09:49I just need the pendant.
09:56It was a mistake for you to interfere.
10:00I make a lot of mistakes.
10:01You're confident for someone who's about to die.
10:06The viper above your head encourages me.
10:38I don't want to hurt you.
10:56I don't want to hurt you.
10:58I want to hurt you.
11:00I want to hurt you.
11:00But that means that my father, my father is already...
11:12It is decided.
11:15What has been said is true.
11:24Good just get to my knife in my pocket I could cut a sluice
12:00Oh yeah
12:04No, lower
12:06I have an itch
12:11Lower
12:17No, I meant it, I really do have an itch
12:20Although, we'll mark that location for later reference
12:28Excuse me, I'm with him
12:32Remember, Mendelssohn, party at two
12:35Bring him forth, but watch his hands
12:39Are you done yet?
12:40I don't think so
12:42They promised me a fluff drawing
12:44Okay, had your little joke, time to go
12:48Hey, you got a date?
12:52Besides, haste makes waste
12:58They dig that
12:59Yeah
13:26Ah, Cutter, friend of the Mendelssohn, what is it that I can do for you?
13:30Explain a few things for me
13:33All right, if we talk here, seems like sacred ground
13:37It is, but you are welcome
13:40These are tributes to our gods
13:42I sit here under Huni, god of knowledge, in order that I may gain his wisdom
13:51Uh, Pazmallo, you seem like a smart guy
13:55I mean, no one here is stupid, but
13:59Do you really believe that Mendelssohn is a god?
14:05In our beliefs, we have many gods
14:08Gods are those that dispense wisdom
14:17Cutter, friend of the Mendelssohn, we are not ignorant
14:20We know that there is wisdom in your world
14:23For example, the Mendelssohn, just before he entered his bath, said
14:29Cleanliness is next to godliness
14:32And before that, he said
14:35A rolling stone will gather no moss
14:39Now that is wisdom
14:41No, that's cliche
14:43No offense, but
14:44Where I come from, that's
14:47Well, that's just corny
14:48But is it not true?
14:50Does a rolling stone gather moss?
14:53And is it not true that the lax will accomplish nothing?
14:58He, as it were, will gather moss
15:02Well, yeah
15:05Okay, I guess it's just corny because I've heard it so much
15:10I was just a child when the Mendelssohn came from the sky in his flying machine
15:18I know an aeroplane
15:21At the time, the Saboro were warriors
15:24We conquered many tribes
15:26The Mendelssohn said he was tired of war
15:29He made us put down our arms
15:32And showed us peace
15:34And taught us wisdom
15:41And this hut
15:43This is where the Mendelssohn stayed
15:48No roof
15:49As he requested
15:50The Mendelssohn was a man of the sky
15:53A pilot, as you know
15:54It is said that he said each night
15:57Stared into the dark sky
15:59Looking for something
16:01I can understand
16:03First he was probably looking for other planes
16:06Later, it was just wishful dreaming
16:14All right, this Mendelssohn
16:17The original one
16:19He's dead, right?
16:21Many years ago
16:22But the hut is just as it always was
16:25And every Saboro king has been crowned in it
16:28I was told your last king just died
16:30Yes
16:30One day he is fine
16:32The next day
16:33He is dead
16:38Yes?
16:39No, it's
16:40Nothing
16:41Probably
16:42It's just in my world
16:43That'd be pretty darn suspicious
16:44In your world, yes, Cutter
16:47Here we live hard
16:48Life can be good
16:50But it is the gods
16:51Who choose
16:52When to take us
16:53What is suspicious about that?
17:31This beats the hell out of my last vacation
17:45Let's go talk
17:51Come on
17:55How do you like my spear?
17:57It's a ceremonial leadership spear
18:00It's bigger than everyone else's
18:03Mendelssohn
18:03Did you happen to catch that stuff about their king dying?
18:06Yeah, Sangree
18:07What about him?
18:09Well, not so sure it was an accident
18:11I mean, think about it
18:14He dies suddenly
18:15This kid comes to us looking for you
18:17The guy lawn-tooted and seemed too thrilled when you showed up
18:20Hey
18:21Someone want to unload that?
18:23Just put it over there
18:25Look, this kid's heir to the throne
18:28Ryan, I'm guessing he's next on somebody's list of strange deaths
18:32You've been watching Walker, Texas Ranger on satellite again, haven't you?
18:42Great one
18:42Perhaps you have heard that we must move away from this place
18:45There's a curse on this land
18:47The gods have become angry
18:49And we're to move away from the tribute statues
18:50Who told you this?
18:53Our great king Sangree revealed it to me just before he died
18:56He read it to me from the book of Mendelssohn
18:59I'll bet he did
19:01That book wouldn't happen to be around here, would it?
19:03It has been borrowed by the son of Sangree
19:07We'll have it back soon
19:08Well, if Quashie returns
19:10Doesn't that make him king?
19:13Wouldn't he then get to decide whether or not you move?
19:17Hey, look
19:17If you're worried about that cursing
19:19Let me take care of it right now
19:20Bada-bing
19:21Dumb
19:23But the gods are angry
19:24Don't get over it
19:27Well, consider it your celestial get-out-of-jail-free card
19:31Courtesy of the Mendelssohn
19:41I need to take off this makeup, eh?
19:43It itches
19:46What are we going to do?
19:47We have to have the village out here
19:48I know about the time schedule, Bob Sola
19:51I have to talk to Vincent
20:03Is it jealousy, Cutter?
20:05Is it the way these people revere me?
20:09Is it the way they hang on my every word?
20:12That they let me stay in the king's hut?
20:16Or is it just the size of my spear?
20:19Even I know
20:20It's how you throw it that counts
20:23It's just that
20:24None of this is real
20:25And maybe it's a little strange
20:27To think that you like this sort of thing
20:28As opposed to the rest of my life
20:30Which is?
20:32Abject misery
20:35Yeah, it's just I'm trying to get a handle on how all this came about
20:40You know, the last king died in here in his sleep
20:42Nothing suspicious about that
20:44Yeah, except Lontoone's the one that told everyone about it
20:46And I don't exactly trust him
20:47I was thinking maybe
20:49Maybe he had something to do with it
20:52Oh, hello
20:55Now this cuff has got a powdered residue on the rim
20:59All right, so what if King Sangri was poisoned?
21:01Who's next in line?
21:02His son
21:02Yeah, but the son runs away
21:03So who does that leave?
21:05Lontoone
21:05And his regent, he's got to be somewhere in line
21:07It's almost time for my daily worship
21:09Which means my ceremonial makeup goes back on
21:12It is just like hell
21:14But the people will be lining up for my blessing
21:17All right, come on
21:18Just do me a favor and remember
21:19These people are looking at you as some sort of wise man, okay?
21:22It's not like you're a real god or a king
21:25Got it?
21:29Let us go!
21:31Let us go!
21:32Let us go!
21:33Let us go!
21:34Let us go!
21:35Let us go!
21:37Let us go!
21:39Let us go!
21:40Let us go!
21:44Let us go!
21:46Let us go!
21:47Let us go!
21:47It's good to be the king
21:48Let us go!
21:53Sheena, wait for me
21:59Hey, let's take a break
22:02Here
22:09are you okay yes my father was a great king strong kind brave
22:21he'd always put the needs of the people before his own i can never be the king my father was
22:26no i don't i don't believe that and you may believe that now but one day you're gonna have to
22:32make a
22:33decision to be a man or to be a king and i know you're gonna make the right decision
22:45what what is it voices
22:58sheena look at this one too what is he doing here what do you mean this is seaborno land
23:04my father would never allow such a camp to be here stay here in the brush okay
23:38i need more time that's something i don't have you got a schedule i cannot move the village so
23:45quickly the seaborno have a new leader what are you talking about sangris sent his son for him
23:50his ancestor was a great king you know i don't care if he was winston churchill those statues are worth
23:55a hundred thousand american each i want him this week got it you don't understand i am not their
24:04king yet to do that i must have the great book or at least be able to discredit the new
24:09leader
24:10i don't get it i'm paying you good money for those statues what do you care whether those people
24:15follow you or not afterwards no a westerner such as yourself would not understand my people have
24:21been tied to a legend that has long since lost its meaning with my leadership and the money you pay
24:26me the support will once again be known as a powerful tribe you better work on that quick
24:36get till tomorrow before i come in with guns blazing
24:41got it
24:49got it
24:49got it
24:49got it
24:49got it
25:16What do we have here?
25:17Washi. Sangri's son.
25:20We've looked everywhere for him.
25:23Here he was watching our operation the whole time, huh?
25:39I'm pleased you are returned, Kwashi.
25:42Your father wanted me to take care of you when I found you.
25:44Liar. You killed my father.
25:48You have no right to rule our people.
25:51No, I don't.
25:53But if there is only me and I have the book, the people will follow.
25:58Now, where's the book?
26:06What in the hell is that?
26:54We were returning to you when we found him.
26:55Perfect.
26:57Did you find Kono, the man I sent after Kwashi?
27:00Yes.
27:01Or at least what was left of him.
27:05The animals must have finished him.
27:07First the medicine shows up, dimmed the Ragnar.
27:10And now this?
27:11Oh, you fool.
27:12It is the gods.
27:14They know you are stealing the tributes.
27:15There are no gods.
27:17Then how do you explain this, Lanthu?
27:21I can't.
27:25But it may be the answer to our problems.
27:33Lanthu killed Sangri.
27:36Lanthu craves power.
27:38But murder?
27:39That is hard to accept.
27:41Sangri dies.
27:43The book and Kwashi disappear.
27:44Who benefits from that?
27:45At the moment, you.
27:48What the hell are you talking about?
27:50Lanthu must bow to the will of the village.
27:53And who controls that?
27:54The Mendelssohn.
27:56And you are his friend.
27:58We did not choose to come here.
28:00If you recall, we were dragged here by yours.
28:02I am not accusing you, believe me.
28:05But you must admit, there is more than enough suspicion to go around for everyone.
28:12Let's go on.
28:18Ah, boy.
28:20Got any good ideas?
28:28Here today, gone tomorrow.
28:36Beauty is only skin deep.
28:43Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
28:49You!
28:49You are a fake!
28:52Pig swan to know one.
28:55Solace!
28:56Everyone!
28:57Listen to me!
28:57Like everyone else, I hoped, prayed that this was the true Mendelssohn.
29:01But he's not!
29:04This bag contains what I believe to be the true Kwashi.
29:09Or at least what is left of him after this man killed him!
29:15Hold on.
29:17I am Mendelssohn.
29:19I may not be the Mendelssohn you want, or the Mendelssohn you need.
29:24But that's who I am.
29:27And I had nothing to do with whoever that is in there.
29:34Guards!
29:35Bring them to me!
29:38Come on, drop me.
29:40The tide has turned.
29:42Will you stop with cliches?
29:44I'm not kidding.
29:46They think we killed Kwashi.
29:47What?
29:48What?
29:55Anyone's guilty of murder.
29:56It's you.
30:04This Kwashi is the royal pendant.
30:07You put that on me.
30:10I leave this for the elders to decide.
30:13Yes.
30:14We will confer.
30:16Tie them up.
30:17Come on.
30:18Come on.
30:24Come on.
30:25Hey, guys, come on.
30:25Gather round.
30:26Gather round.
30:27Listen up.
30:28All right.
30:29We don't have time to wait for Lontu.
30:31We're going in early.
30:32I'll tell you right now, they're not going to like it.
30:34Get on it.
30:35All right.
30:53Power.
30:55It all comes down to power.
30:58It's very seductive.
31:01It can take a strong man's mind and make it weak and malleable.
31:06It can take a weak man and convince him he has the power of a god.
31:11Well, don't be too hard on yourself now.
31:14I wasn't. I was thinking about Richard Nixon.
31:17Now, that was a classic Greek tragedy.
31:29The editors have made their decision.
31:32You will be turned over to Lontu.
31:34He has been ordered to leave you tied up in one of the huts.
31:39Leave us? Where are you going?
31:42The tribe is moving on.
31:50It's time. The warriors are ready.
31:53All right. I will go with him.
32:01So, any chance you're going to let us live?
32:06Bring them.
32:10Okay. We move in. We get out fast.
32:13Anybody gets in the way, take care of them.
32:15I want those statues on these trucks in less than an hour.
32:19Load up.
32:21Let's go!
32:41The minister, not so former kid. Just call me a thief.
32:46Now, all three of you are together.
32:49And all three of you can die together.
32:51You can't kill me. You still need the book.
32:53Not anymore.
32:55Exposing this medicine gave me all the power I needed to move the tribe.
32:58Oh.
32:59Clear that up for me, Lontu.
33:01Why is that so important?
33:05What's in the bag?
33:06Just something to pass the time.
33:19Run!
33:20Run!
33:27Run!
33:31What are you doing?
33:33Okay, hurry up!
33:34Give these trucks in!
33:36Let's go! Come on! Let's go!
33:38Get these statues! Come on! Move!
33:41You can do it! Come on! Move!
33:42Don't worry about him! Move!
33:46No! What are you doing?
33:48The schedule's changed, Lontu.
33:50Ship's leaving.
33:50Either give a hand or get out of the way.
33:52No! We're not at this!
34:10Anybody got a knife?
34:22There you go.
34:24Courtesy of the Mendelssohn.
34:27I got one.
34:29Let's see if I can cut us free.
34:30Mendelssohn?
34:32Mendelssohn?
34:32What did you need in your bag?
34:34Main laundry.
34:46Laundry.
34:47I think it's ready.
34:48I think it's ready.
34:49Get off the ground!
34:59There!
34:59Nice!
35:10Oops!
35:19No!
35:21No!
35:22No!
35:35I don't know.
35:36I don't know.
35:38Hopefully I'll find another Mendelssohn.
35:40Go.
35:41Get to the jungle.
35:43Hey!
35:43Hey!
35:45Where are you going?
35:47I don't know.
35:48Where am I going?
35:52Fatmallow!
35:55Khwashi, by the gods, you are in harm.
35:58They are trying to still have tributes.
36:00Want to try to kill me?
36:06Khwashi, you are now our king.
36:09What is it that you wish us to do?
36:19All right.
37:16Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
37:35Attack.
37:36Attack.
37:38Oh
38:16Oh
38:43Oh
38:43Oh
38:44Oh
38:44Oh
38:44Oh
38:44Oh
38:44Oh
38:44Oh
38:44Oh
39:01Oh
39:01Oh
39:05Where'd she come from?
39:07I don't know but I'm not complaining
39:22So you see I knew the ancient goddess would be protected for us
39:38Book of Mendelssohn, huh?
39:42It's in German
39:44Inside the cover of the first line
39:46The war is finished and so I leave it
39:50Well, it looks like a pilot's log book to me
39:52Guy turned into a journal
39:55Well, he must have been trying to escape Nazi Germany when he crashed here
39:58But if these guys can't read German
40:02It means their kings have been making it up as they go along
40:05Yeah, I guess so
40:07Means they've had some pretty smart kings
40:18Should we tell them?
40:19But if it's not broken
40:20Don't fix it
40:24Very wise
40:28Yes
40:29Do you know
40:30I looked into the book and I cannot read it
40:33Well, maybe what's in the book isn't important
40:36But the book has been an inspiration for every seboron king
40:39No, it's been an inspiration for the people
40:42You see everybody needs something to believe in
40:45Even if it's just a book
40:46It is the book of Mendelssohn
40:49Yes, and it always will be
40:51But what's most important is what's right here
40:55That's what makes a great leader
40:57That's where true inspiration comes from
41:01Although you are not THE Mendelssohn
41:04You have given us much
41:05We only have to give you our eternal thanks
41:09Our friendship
41:10And, of course
41:14Your leadership spear
41:20Well, let's go, king
41:30I leave you now, my people
41:33But remember
41:35It ain't over
41:37Till the Bat Lady sings
41:45The Bat Lady sings
41:47I think she already did
42:03It's the first time
42:04It's the end of this game
42:04We'll Revelation
42:04No, it's the next time
42:05Yeah, it's the last time
42:10And so
42:10I don't know
42:12Yeah, yeah, yeah
42:17No, yeah, yeah
42:27I don't know
42:28It's the first time
42:29Yeah!
42:33Yeah!
42:43Yeah!
42:46Yeah!
42:46Yeah!
42:47Yeah!
42:52I love the time!
42:59Yeah!
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