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Henry Sugar, a wealthy man, decides to take on an extraordinary challenge - he wants to master an extraordinary skill in order to cheat at gambling games. By Wes Anderson, adapted from Roald Dahl story
Transcript
00:00 [door slams]
00:02 [footsteps]
00:04 "Good evening, Mr. Sugar," said the man behind the desk
00:06 whose job it was to never forget a face.
00:08 [music]
00:10 Henry Sugar was 41 years old,
00:12 unmarried and rich.
00:14 Strange. The following is what Henry read
00:16 in the Little Blue Exercise book.
00:18 [music]
00:20 "Gentlemen, I'm a man who can see without using his eyes."
00:22 [door slams] "He saw it!" I cried.
00:24 "He saw that trolley. This is absolutely unbelievable."
00:26 [applause]
00:28 "This is a terrific piece of information."
00:30 "This could change my life."
00:32 An extraordinary thing happened.
00:34 All at once, he sees through his own skin.
00:36 Like an x-ray. Only better, he sees everything.
00:38 Henry was now almost certainly capable
00:40 of making money faster than any other person
00:42 in the entire world.
00:44 [music]
00:46 Interesting.
00:48 [music]
00:50 [music]
00:52 His name was Henry Sugar.
00:54 I think people ought to know a bit about
00:56 what he has done for the world.
00:58 [music]
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