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Charles Freck thought, "At least I got a good wine."

[Freck turns on the radio] Freck Suicide Narrator:
Charles Freck, becoming progressively more and more depressed by what was happening around him, decided, finally, to off himself. There was no problem in the circles where he hung out in putting an end to yourself. You just bought a large quantity of downers and took them with some cheap wine. The planning part had to do with the artifacts he wanted found on him by later archeologists. He had spent several days deciding, much longer than He had spent deciding to kill himself. He would be found lying on his back, on his bed, with a copy of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and an unfinished letter to Exxon, protesting the cancellation of his gas credit card. That way, he would indite the system, and achieve something by his death, over and above what the death itself achieved. At the last moment, he changed his mind on a decisive issue and decided to drink the pills with a connoisseur wine, Instead of Ripple or Thunderbird. So he set off on one last drive, over to Tiny's Liquors, which specialized in fine wines, and bought a bottle of 2001 Azalea Springs Merlot, which set him back almost seventy dollars. Back home again, he uncorked the wine, let it breathe, drank a few glasses of it, tried to think of something meaningful but could not, and then, with a glass of Merlot, gulped down all the pills at once. However, he had been burned. Instead of quietly suffocating, Charles Freck began to hallucinate. The next thing he knew, a creature from between dimensions was standing beside his bed, looking down at him disapprovingly. Freck:
You gonna read me my sins? [Creature nods] Freck:
Eh, it's gonna take a hundred thousand hours. Creature:
Your sins will be read to you ceaselessly, in shifts, throughout eternity. The list will never end. Creature:
[starts reading]
"The Sins of Freck" Freck Suicide Narrator:
Charles Freck wished he could take back the last half hour of his life. Creature:
[Creature continues to read]
"... theft of fingernail clippers..." "... you did knowingly and with malice..." "... punched your baby sister, Evelyn..." "... December, theft of Christmas presents..." "... one billion lies..." Freck Suicide Narrator:
One thousand years later, they had reached the sixth grade, the year he had discovered masturbation. Creature:
[Creature continues to read]
"... November fourteenth, Percodan... Vicodin... Cocaine..." Freck Suicide Narrator:
Charles Freck thought, "At least I got a good wine."

Full Transcript

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There was no problem in the circles where he hung out...
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...in putting an end to yourself.
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You just bought a large quantity of downers...
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...and took them with cheap wine.
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The planning part had to do with the artifacts...
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...he wanted found on him by later archeologists.
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He had spent several days deciding...
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...much longer than he had spent deciding to kill himself.
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He would be found lying on his back on his bed...
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...with a copy of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead...
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...and an unfinished letter to Exxon...
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...protesting the cancellation of his gas credit card.
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That way, he would indict the system and achieve something by his death...
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...over and above what the death itself achieved.
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At the last moment, he changed his mind on a decisive issue...
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...and decided to drink the pills with a connoisseur wine...
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...instead of Ripple or Thunderbird.
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So he set off on one last drive, over to Tiny's Liquors...
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...which specialized in fine wines...
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...and bought a bottle of 2001 Azalea Springs Merlot...
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...which set him back almost $ 70.
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Back home again, he uncorked the wine, let it breathe, drank a few glasses of it...
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...and tried to think of something meaningful, but could not.
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And then, with a glass of merlot, gulped down all the pills at once.
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However, he had been burned.
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Instead of quietly suffocating, Charles Freck began to hallucinate.
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The next thing he knew, a creature from between dimensions...
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...was standing beside his bed, looking down at him disapprovingly.
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You're gonna read me my sins?
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It's gonna take 100,000 hours?
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Your sins will be read to you ceaselessly, in shifts, throughout eternity.
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The list will never end.
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"The Sins of Freck."
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Charles Freck wished he could take back the last half-hour of his life.
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"Age 6, in the first grade: theft of fingernail clippers.
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3:08 p.m. Theft.
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You did knowingly and with malice punch your baby sister, Evelyn.
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Kicking the dog.
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December: theft of Christmas presents.
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One million lies. Destruction of..."
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One thousand years later, they had reached the sixth grade...
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...the year he had discovered masturbation.
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"November 14th: Percodan.
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Vicodin. Cocaine."
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Charles Freck thought, "At least I got a good wine."
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Where did Substance D come from?
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Why can't we stop it?
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The bigger this war gets, the more freedoms we lose...
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...the more Substance D is on our streets.
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Can't you figure this out?
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Look around you. Look how far we've come.
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Humanity wasn't meant to live like this.
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Our every waking moment tracked and traced and scanned.
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It's time to stop submitting to this tyranny.
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It's time to realize that we're being enslaved.
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It's our tax dollars at work. Protect us from ourselves.
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Hey, guys, I used to be one of you.
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Stop selling out your own species.
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Hey. Get in.
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You scared me.
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Got something for you.
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I'm seeing some crazy shit tonight.
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What do you mean?
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That fucking Barris.
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You know how he works?
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He doesn't kill anybody...
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...but he hangs around until the situation arises where they die.
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And then he just sits there.
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And he sort of sets them up in the first place while he stays out of it.
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But I'm not sure how.
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Hey, do you have that money for the stuff? I need it tonight.
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- Yeah. I have it. - Okay.
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You know, I don't like Barris.
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And I don't trust him.
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Guy's fucking crazy.
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And when you're around him, you start acting crazy.
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And then when you're not around him, you're fine.
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You're acting crazy now.
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- I am? - Yes.
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Hey, will you take me to a concert next weekend at Anaheim Stadium?
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Sure.
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- Yeah? - Yeah.
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Yeah. Which night?
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It's Sunday afternoon.
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Whatever you want.
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Well, I'll just drive over to my place.
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You have the money, you'll give it to me.
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We'll kick back, drop some Death...
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...maybe get some tequila.
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All right.
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All right.
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Hey, Donna, do you like cats?
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Drippy little things.
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Moving along about a foot above the ground.
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Above?
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You mean, on the ground?
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Just dripping...
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...behind furniture.
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Little spring flowers with blue in them that come up first.
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Yeah.
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- Before the... - Before someone stomps on them...
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...and they're all gone.
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It's like you know me.
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You can read me.
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Can I put my arms around you?
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- I wanna hug you, okay? - No.
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- What? - Look, I do a lot of coke, okay?
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I just have to be really careful because I do a lot of coke.
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So just leave my body alone, okay?
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Okay.
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Sure.
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Yeah.
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You know, fuck it.
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Hey, I...I'm sorry.
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I just don't like it when people grope my body...
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...and I have to watch out for that because I snort so much coke.
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That's fucking lame. I gotta go.
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Your car's not fixed.
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I drove you here, I'll drive you back.
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Bob.
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Bob.
Duration
400 seconds
Views
3,432
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:01
Uploaded
Sep 15, 2021
Production
Warner Independent Pictures,Thousand Words,Detour Filmproduction,Section Eight,3 Arts Entertainment

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Movie Summary

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Actors

Freck Suicide Narrator
Turk Pipkin
Creature
Keanu Reeves
Bob Arctor