The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Official Trailer - Benedict Cumberbatch | Netflix
Four spellbinding tales unfold in writer-director Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories. Only on Netflix March 15.
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00:00 [door opens]
00:02 [footsteps]
00:04 "Good evening, Mr. Sugar," said the man behind the desk, whose job it was to never forget a face.
00:08 [music]
00:10 Henry Sugar was 41 years old, unmarried and rich.
00:14 Strange.
00:15 The following is what Henry read in the Little Blue Exercise book.
00:18 [music]
00:19 "Gentlemen, I am a man who can see without using his eyes."
00:23 "He saw it!" I cried. "He saw that trolley, this is absolutely unbelievable."
00:27 "This is a terrific piece of information. This could change my life."
00:31 [music]
00:37 Here are some of the qualities you should possess or should try to acquire if you wish to become a fiction writer.
00:43 "In the afternoon, the rat man came to the petrol station."
00:46 "Rats is clever. You want to catch him, you've got to know him."
00:49 "You've almost got to be a rat yourself."
00:51 "You should have a lively imagination."
00:53 "I went to Harry's room, opened it quietly and looked in."
00:55 "You idiot." "Stick him up!"
00:57 "These were dangerous, crazy boys."
00:59 "This is murder," said the boy lying between the rails.
01:02 "You should be able to make a scene come alive in the reader's mind."
01:05 "I can kill that rat without using my hands."
01:08 "Suddenly he struck as a snake strike."
01:09 "Who's been bitten?" "Please come round at once and bring serum."
01:11 "One swift knife-like stroke that originated in the muscles of the lower body."
01:15 "The train came on with an explosive blast."
01:17 [explosion]
01:18 [screams]
01:19 [music]
01:20 "You must be a perfectionist."
01:22 [music]
01:23 "When he cut open the carcass, its blood ran pitch, black as tar."
01:27 "That's what they make licorice out of, rats' blood."
01:30 "More than that, I did not care to see."
01:32 "That means you must never be satisfied with what you've written."
01:36 [screams]
01:37 [music]
01:38 "Making it as good as you possibly can."
01:41 [music]
01:43 [music]
01:45 [music]
01:50 [music]
01:53 [music]
01:54 [music]
01:57 [music]
02:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]