Off Screen
THIS FILM IS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Remain seated.
This is a bomb.
Twenty-two pounds of nitrogen.
If something goes wrong,
I will shoot at it.
Would everybody
be so kind as to leave
this hall
immediately?
Thank you.
What's your name?
Rijswijk.
Paul Rijswijk.
Your name, please.
Heleen Wagemakers.
Listen, Miss Wagemakers and Mr. Rijswijk.
If you follow my orders,
and don't do anything foolish,
everything will be fine.
Could you
block the elevators
and close the revolving doors?
Hold on.
I want to see what you're doing.
Elevators are blocked.
Left revolving door,
and the right one.
Thank you.
Is there a way
to announce something?
Yes, there is.
Would you
be so kind
as to read this out?
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
You have been taken hostage.
Please stay calm
so no one will be at risk.
And please turn on the radio
or the television
if you have one.
Could I add something to that?
Go ahead.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is chief of security
Paul Rijswijk.
This is a serious matter.
Please, do not try to do anything.
You will endanger others.
End of message.
We're a good team,
Mr...
Rijswijk.
Can I call you Paul?
I'll do anything you say.
Miss Wagemakers.
Well,
could you
call these broadcasting companies?
Tell them you have been taken hostage
and that's it.
And that at 11:
00there will be a press conference.
If anyone else calls, just say the same.
But this first.
Well.
Paul,
now I'd like to speak to Mr. Wesselinck.
Mr. Wesselinck?
Head of Sound and Vision.
At Philips?
That's right.
Philips is no longer in this building.
They moved.
They are now in the...
In the other tower.
Moved.
How could that be?
When?
He never told me.
It was finished yesterday.
So there's no one left here
who works for Philips?
No.
No one.
Rembrandttoren, this is Rijswijk.
Yes, that's correct.
No, only one.
I'll put him on the phone.
The police.
I already told you, I will... He just walked in.
I'll call you back. Thanks.
Voerman.
Something's wrong with my schedule.
No, there isn't, Voerman.
I wrote you a letter.
I know. It's right here.
But nothing is wrong with your schedule.
I only have half of my hours.
That's not a mistake. It's the rules.
Mr. Leeuwenkamp looked into it
in detail for you.
Listen.
Next month you'll be 59, right?
- Right?
- Yes.
You'll only have to work 24 hours
and will still get paid for 40.
It's in the Collective Labor Agreement.
I know.
Well, then.
No more questions. Just savor it.
But...
I indicated I'd like to keep on working
the way I did.
Indicated? To whom?
The head office.
I sent a registered letter.
My contract is for 40 hours.
I also want to
keep working weekends, like I'm used to.
When did you send it?
Exactly two weeks ago.
Did you receive a reply?
They say they're working on it.
I see.
- I have more letters. Want to see?
- No. That's okay.
Where's bus line 401?
It's in maintenance.
Take another one.
There are only buses with ads on them.
No other ones?
Line 412.
It has ads.
Only on the back.
I'll make a few calls.
Please do.
I have a monthly bus ticket.
I left it at home.
God. I will pay twice next time, Grandpa.
What are you doing?
These people are in a hurry, you know.
F*** you. All of you. Bastards.
That's the "E" on four.
This German playwright
and short-story writer
committed suicide at an early age
by drowning himself along with a friend
in the Wannsee near Berlin
on 21 November 1811.
Who was this playwright?
Von Kleist.
Or is it...
Von.
- No.
- No?
Kleist. Von Kleist.
Yes. Von Kleist it is.
- That's the "K"...
- I have the answer to question two. That's...
Heiligerlee.
Heiligerlee, for question two.
In 1838, Jan Frederik Oltmans wrote a novel.
The story is set in Amersfoort
in the Middle Ages.
What is the title of his
most famous novel?
Schaapherder.
- Is the answer De Schaapherder?
- As a Dutch scholar, I expect
- you might know it.
- De Schaapherder. Okay.
The "S" of Schaapherder on number six.
Question number seven.
according to some conservative
Christians, homosexuals
call God's wrath upon them,
says, "In the same way the men also
"abandoned natural relations with women
"and were inflamed
"with lust for one another.
with other men
"and received in themselves
"the due penalty for their perversion. "
Taken from the sixth Bible book
of the New Testament.
It consists of Paul's letters
and my question is...
Enjoy your meal
Enjoy your meal
Take some bites
Take a drink
That will taste good
That will taste good
Just dig in
Just dig in
Enjoy your meal
Enjoy your meal
Enjoy your meal
Take some bites
Take a drink
That will taste good
That will taste good
Just dig in
Just dig in
The police.
Hello.
Hello. Amsterdam Police Department,
Mr. De Waal speaking.
I will be your official contact.
Are you the hostage taker?
That's right.
Could you describe the situation?
It's fine.
What's the reason of your action?
I can't tell you that.
Are there any victims, wounded?
Not yet.
But
why don't you make sure Mr. Wesselinck
of Philips International comes over here?
He doesn't have to be afraid.
Just tell him it's me.
John Voerman.
You are John Voerman?
That's right.
There is no other choice.
Tell him that.
But everything will be fine.
Exactly.
They're coming. All of them.
Good.
Which department of Philips
do you work for, if I may ask?
Domestic Appliances, I see. Nice.
Because I actually have
but it doesn't work.
Wherever I go,
whatever kind of circumstances I'm in,
as soon as I say I work for Philips,
people start complaining about
their broken stuff.
Do you think that's strange?
Customers get worthless stuff,
but they aren't allowed to complain.
Then don't sell them.
Well,
at least we make money on that stuff,
instead of it costing us.
Like with that f***ing showpiece,
the wide-screen TV.
The wide-screen TV,
that's not worthless.
It's something else entirely.
It's deceit.
Well,
it's not my responsibility.
I work for Domestics.
Thank you.
Hey, John. Heard the news yet?
Bus line 4 is yours, right?
They're getting ads for Durex, man.
There's something in it for you too.
Free condoms for three months.
Your wife will love it.
John.
- Can you come with me?
- Yes.
What is this?
A condom.
A foreign accent.
You insulted her.
An American woman.
You argued with her.
I put a bandage around her ankle, Leo.
Perhaps you should consider working less.
Take it easy for a while.
Just enjoy being with your wife,
your grandchildren.
Maybe go away for a weekend together.
For the moment,
you will not drive past that tower.
- But that's my line.
- No.
Not anymore.
Hello, this is Emma.
Hi, Emma.
It's Grandpa.
How are you?
Emma,
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