Collateral Beauty

So what if you approach him 509 00:30:52,918 --> 00:30:54,643 and you refuse to accept that? 510 00:30:54,678 --> 00:30:56,920 You say he can't get rid of you that easily. 511 00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:57,954 Tell him that 512 00:30:59,188 --> 00:31:00,847 we don't get to choose 513 00:31:00,882 --> 00:31:02,750 who we love and who loves us back. 514 00:31:03,456 --> 00:31:04,455 Tell him that 515 00:31:05,293 --> 00:31:07,392 you're within him. 516 00:31:07,427 --> 00:31:09,262 You're within everything, 517 00:31:09,297 --> 00:31:11,495 whether he likes it or not, and... 518 00:31:11,530 --> 00:31:13,068 If he accepts that, 519 00:31:14,269 --> 00:31:16,434 then maybe... I don't know. 520 00:31:17,371 --> 00:31:18,535 Maybe he gets to 521 00:31:18,570 --> 00:31:19,976 find his life again. 522 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:28,710 ♪ Put your arms around somebody else 523 00:31:31,055 --> 00:31:34,122 ♪ Don't punish yourself, punish yourself 524 00:31:36,753 --> 00:31:41,558 ♪ Truth is like blood underneath your fingernails 525 00:31:41,593 --> 00:31:43,725 ♪ And you don't wanna hurt yourself, 526 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,299 ♪ Hurt yourself 527 00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:50,138 ♪ Looking too closely 528 00:31:53,242 --> 00:31:55,407 ♪ Looking too closely 529 00:31:57,642 --> 00:31:59,675 ♪ No, no, no, no! 530 00:32:03,153 --> 00:32:04,746 ♪ No, no, no, no! ♪ 531 00:32:13,328 --> 00:32:14,327 They grieve. 532 00:32:16,364 --> 00:32:17,363 Dogs. 533 00:32:18,168 --> 00:32:19,398 They grieve, 534 00:32:19,433 --> 00:32:21,202 and they fully understand death. 535 00:32:24,504 --> 00:32:26,372 You called me a "paper tiger." 536 00:32:28,145 --> 00:32:29,474 In the letter you wrote me, 537 00:32:29,509 --> 00:32:30,838 you said I was pathetic. 538 00:32:32,842 --> 00:32:34,017 Mmm. 539 00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:35,480 You don't remember? 540 00:32:35,515 --> 00:32:37,845 You went on about middle management. 541 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,451 Making a deal? 542 00:32:39,486 --> 00:32:40,716 Paper tiger? 543 00:32:42,456 --> 00:32:44,654 Oh, Howard, it wasn't that long ago. 544 00:32:46,394 --> 00:32:47,690 Where did you get that? 545 00:32:48,990 --> 00:32:50,660 Who are you? 546 00:32:50,695 --> 00:32:52,167 Who did you write the letter to? 547 00:32:55,535 --> 00:32:56,974 I wrote the letter to Death. 548 00:32:59,176 --> 00:33:00,472 Nice to meet you. 549 00:33:00,507 --> 00:33:01,869 Charmed, I'm sure. 550 00:33:04,049 --> 00:33:05,048 Nope. 551 00:33:06,315 --> 00:33:08,051 I know, I know, 552 00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:09,679 people write letters to the universe all the time. 553 00:33:09,714 --> 00:33:11,714 Most don't get a personal response. 554 00:33:11,749 --> 00:33:13,848 But you are, because I just wanted to tell you 555 00:33:13,883 --> 00:33:15,553 that you're wrong. 556 00:33:15,588 --> 00:33:17,456 I'm not some powerless middle management... Miss... 557 00:33:17,491 --> 00:33:18,787 ...just following orders. 558 00:33:18,822 --> 00:33:20,624 You see, I didn't want to make the trade. 559 00:33:20,659 --> 00:33:22,230 It was my call. I don't want this. 560 00:33:22,265 --> 00:33:23,561 I don't want this. 561 00:33:23,596 --> 00:33:25,629 Now, I don't tell you how to do your job, 562 00:33:25,664 --> 00:33:27,763 so I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell me how to do mine. 563 00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:30,898 Who's that man talking to? 564 00:33:30,933 --> 00:33:32,867 He looks kind of weird. Don't worry about that. 565 00:33:32,902 --> 00:33:35,078 Sometimes people are silly. 566 00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:37,707 You see, they don't see me till it's their time. 567 00:33:37,742 --> 00:33:39,313 Oh, it's okay, Howard. 568 00:33:39,348 --> 00:33:41,678 It's not your time yet. I just wanted to return this 569 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:44,417 and clear things up between us. 570 00:33:48,522 --> 00:33:50,225 I really am Death, Howard. 571 00:33:56,596 --> 00:33:59,399 He believed me, I'm telling you, he believed me. 572 00:33:59,434 --> 00:34:01,896 That's amazing. I mean, that was spectacular. That was... 573 00:34:01,931 --> 00:34:03,502 Because there was no safety net, you see. 574 00:34:03,537 --> 00:34:04,899 That... That... That was Grotowski. 575 00:34:04,934 --> 00:34:07,869 That was pure Stella Adler. Ah! 576 00:34:07,904 --> 00:34:09,904 Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity. Yes. 577 00:34:09,939 --> 00:34:11,708 You are a kind man. Oh, not a problem. 578 00:34:11,743 --> 00:34:13,512 He believed me, I'm telling you, but he needed it. 579 00:34:13,547 --> 00:34:15,547 I could tell. I could tell in his eyes. Okay. 580 00:34:15,582 --> 00:34:17,516 Who was that woman and that little boy? That was incredible! 581 00:34:17,551 --> 00:34:19,287 Oh, that wa