Total Recall

Oh!

Ah!

Doug?

Honey, are you all right?

Was it about Mars?

- Is that better? - Hmm.

My poor baby.

This is getting to be an obsession.

Was she there?

Who?

The one you told me about. The brunette.

Oh, Lori.

I can't believe you're jealous of a dream.

- Who is she? - Nobody.

"Nobody"? What's her name?

I don't know.

- Tell me! - I don't know!

You better tell me!

It's not funny, Doug. You dream about her every night.

And I'm always back in the morning.

Let me go!

Come on, baby.

You know you're the girl of my dreams.

You mean it?

You know I do.

I'll give you something to dream about.

'The chairman defended the attack, saying that space-based weapons

'are our only defense against the Southern block's numerical superiority.

'And more violence last night on Mars

'where terrorists demanding independence

'once again halted the extraction of terbinium ore.'

'Kuato and his so-called freedom brigade

'claimed credit for this latest bombing,

'which attempted to reopen the sealed-off pyramid mines.

'Mars military restored order with minimal use of force

'and all damage to the strategic facility was repaired within hours.'

'no cameras?

'With one mine already closed, Mars administrator vilos cohaagen

'vowed that troops would be used if necessary

'to keep production at full capacity...'

no wonder you're having nightmares. You're always watching the news.

- Lori. - Doug?

- Let's do it. - Do what?

Move to Mars.

Honey, why do you have to spoil a perfectly wonderful morning?

Just think about it.

Sweetheart, we've been through this a million times. You'd hate it on Mars.

It's dry, it's ugly, it's boring.

I mean, really, a revolution could break out there any second.

Cohaagen says it's just a few extremists.

You believe him?

Ok. Forget about it.

'Absolutely not. Mars was colonized by the northern block at enormous expense.

'Our entire war effort depends on their terbinium.

'It's ridiculous to think we'd give it away

'jlust because some lazy mutants...'

Doug.

- Maybe we should take a trip. - Lori, move, please.

'...you've closed the pyramid mine because you found alien artefacts?'

there's a lot better places than Mars.

What about saturn? Don't you wanna see saturn?

'I wish we could find some artefacts.

'Our tourist industry could use a boost.'

everybody says that its gorgeous.

'Fact is, it's mr kuato and his terrorists who spread these rumors

'to undermine trust in the government.'

we could take a long space cruise, the kind with nothing to do.

- 'Have you found kuato yet?' - "We don't even know what he looks like."

- What do you say? - I'm late, Lori.

Sweetheart. Doug.

I know it's hard being in a new town, but let's give it a chance, ok?

Lori, don't you understand?

I feel like I was meant for something more than this.

I want to do something with my life. I want to be somebody.

You are somebody.

You're the man I love.

Bye.

Have a nice day.

'You are now entering a safety zone.

'No unauthorized weapons allowed beyond this point.

'You are now entering a safety zone.

'No unauthorized weapons allowed beyond this point.'

"would you like to ski but you're snowed under with work?

'Do you dream of a vacation at the bottom of the ocean,

'but you can't float the bill?

'Have you always wanted to climb the mountains of Mars...

'...but now you're over the hill?

"Then come to recall incorporated

'where you can buy the memory of your ideal vacation

'cheaper, safer and better than the real thing.

'So don't let life pass you by.

'Call recall for the memory of a life time."

J 'for the memory of a lifetime

j» 'recall, recall, recall

Harry.

- Harry! You ever hear of recall? - Recall?

Where they sell those fake memories.

- Oh, recall! - Recall, recall, recall!

- Thinking of going there? - I don't know. Maybe.

- Well, don't. - Why not?

A friend of mine tried one of their special offers,

nearly got himself lobotomized.

No shit?

Don't fuck with your brain, pal. It ain't worth it.

I guess not.

Hello.

Good afternoon. Welcome to recall.

Douglas quaid. I have an appointment.

- Bob? - Yeah?'

- Doug quaid is here to see you. - "I'll be right out.'

ok.

That'll be just one minute, mr quaid.

Thank you.

- Doug! Bob mcclane. Good to see you. - Nice to meet you.

Come on in. Through here.

Go and have a seat. Make yourself comfortable.

Thank you.

Now, help me out here, Doug.

- You were interested in a memory of... - Of Mars.

Yeah. Mars.

- Is there a problem? - Uh...

To be perfectly honest with you, Doug, if outer space is your thing,

you'd be much happier with one of our saturn cruises.

Everybody raves about them.

No. I'm not interested in saturn. I said Mars.

Ok. You're the boss.

Mars it is.

Now, let me see.

The basic Mars package will run you 899 credits.

Now, that's for two full weeks of memories, complete in every detail.

If you want a longer trip,

that'll cost you more cos it's a deeper implant.

What's in the two-week package?

When you go recall, you get nothing but first-class memories.

Private cabin on the shuttle, deluxe suite at the Hilton, all the major sights:

Mount pyramid, the grand canals and of course, venusville.

But how real does it seem?

- As real as any memory in your head. - Come on. Don't bullshit me.

No. I'm telling you, Doug. Your brain will not know the difference.

And that's guaranteed or your money back.

What about the guy you lobotomized? Did he get a refund?

You're talking ancient history.

Nowadays, travelling with recall is safer than getting on a rocket.

Check out those statistics.

Besides, a real holiday is a pain in the butt.

You got lost luggage, lousy weather, crooked taxi drivers.

When you travel with recall, everything is perfect.

So, what do you say?

- All right. - Smart move.

All right, while you fill out this questionnaire,

I'm going to familiarize you with some of our options.

No options.

Whatever you say. Can I ask you just one question?

What is that is exactly the same

about every single vacation you have ever taken?

I give up.

You. You're the same.

No matter where you go, there you are. It's always the same old you.

Let me suggest that you take a vacation from yourself.

I know, it sounds wild.

It is the latest thing in travel. We call it the ego trip.

No. I'm not interested in that.

You're gonna love this, Doug.

We offer you a choice of alternate identities during your trip.

Why go to Mars as a tourist, when you can go as a playboy?

- Or a famous jock or...? - "Secret agent."

How much is that?

A-ha! Let me tantalize you.

You are a top operative under deep cover on your most important mission.

People are trying to kill you. Left and right!

You meet this beautiful, exotic woman.

Go on.

I don't wanna spoil it for you, Doug,

but by the time the trip is over,

you get the girl, kill the bad guys and save the entire planet.

Now, you tell me. Isn't that worth a measly 300 credits?

- Your first trip? - Mm-hm.

Well, don't worry. Things hardly ever fuck up around here.

Good evening... Doug.

- I'm dr lull. - Nice to meet you.

Ernie, patch in matrix 62-8-37.

And would you like us to integrate some alien stuff?

Sure. Why not?

- Two-headed monsters? - Don't you keep up with the news?

- We're doing alien artefacts now. - It's wild.

Yeah, they date back a million years.

- Ernie? - That's a new one.

- Blue sky on Mars. - Been married long?

- Eight years. - Oh, I see.

Slipping away for a little hanky-panky.

- No. I'm fascinated with Mars. - All systems go.

Then we're set.

Ready for dreamland?

I'll be asking you some questions so we can fine-tune the ego program.

You answer honestly, you'll enjoy yourself a whole lot more.

- Your sexual orientation. - Hetero.

So, how do you like your women?

Blonde? Brunette? Redhead?

Brunette.

Slim. Athletic. Voluptuous.