Okay guys, we're very close here, very good.
I love freckles here.
Bella, great work on the bonnet.
Phenomenal work there.
Um, it would be very nice if freckles could jump forward,
look left, and bow.
Yeah, you want me to curtsy too.
Camera left would be great.
Really?
Hi.
I'm Cliff Gabriel.
Photographer.
My specialty is animal imagery.
With, um, a lot of celebrity twists.
I've travelled all over the world.
The biggest and the brightest with their best friends.
My influences, my inspirations,
Richard Avedon, Irving Penn.
Though I prefer working with animals or celebrities.
There's really no difference.
I'll get a rag.
Why animals?
Because I love them.
Which is why we built the zoo.
It's sort of an arc.
It's a testimony to that old adage,
if you build it, they will come.
Which is from a famous book, I believe.
Sometimes we need colour in the background.
Do you know what I mean?
Like, the people up front, they're important,
but sometimes we need to know where we are.
Ad spectrum, do you know?
You are just as important as freckles.
Phenomenal.
This is it.
Wow.
Are you kidding me?
Is this a dream or what?
Freckles.
We love animals.
What?
What?
What?
Where did I get my passion?
My mother.
I was raised by a woman who had a fever at a very young age,
and it sort of affected her mentally.
When she saw a picture, she couldn't tell the difference
between reality and an image.
I had the same fever.
Only I make money doing it.
Our resident genius Cliff, who we all love,
is about to present an idea that's extremely ambitious
that we just can't afford.
So I just want to caution everybody,
please do not encourage him.
He's going to try and manipulate you guys like he does.
He's going to tug at your heart string.
Please just hold your ground.
I've worked with Cliff for most of his career,
10, 15 years.
I'm the one who keeps him on budget.
If it wasn't for me, he'd be out floating around doing whatever.
I have to have everything set up before I start.
It's sort of like a laboratory.
If it doesn't work here, it's not going to work out in the field.
My hope is that we end up somewhere very different
than where we started.
We have a campaign of a lifetime, people!
We have the Purina won as in the I won calendar.
Purina is worldwide.
We're talking millions of copies here.
Okay?
If it's millions of copies,
and there's two eyes in every single person's head,
how many eyes is that going to be?
We're going to have body by Jake with his best mates.
It's a partnership, sort of like a superhero relationship.
A sidekick.
Am I right?
Which is where we get this,
Jake and his dog Buttons.
Yeah?
Yeah?
Yeah?
Yeah?
Yay, Jake!
Personally, for me, Jake has been an inspiration
and has changed my life.
He has cut me down to half of what I used to be.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 40.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Look at me.
I'm living my life, you know?
Strength, masculinity, barbells, made of platinum.
I could make little brass knuckles for his paws.
Maybe paint his nails black?
Yes.
It's brilliant.
Probably the only thing I enjoy about working here is the animals.
I actually wouldn't mind a world with only animals and no people.
You're so cute.
Suspended.
In the air.
50 feet.
Here's the thing.
We're not really budgeted for stunts.
Yeah.
And I think anything over four feet is actually illegal.
Actually, I've never heard of that before.
Everything you're proposing sounds fairly risk-free.
I love it.
I don't think Jake's going to go for that.
I think Jake's not going to want to be suspended in the air.
This is going to be an issue.
You know what? Why don't we get Mandy on the phone?
Let's get Mandy on the phone.
Let's get Mandy on the phone.
Let's get Mandy on the phone.
What's her number?
5552313.
Let's get Mandy on the phone.
And I don't have to get mad.
I don't have to, you know, take things personally because I have this calm center.
It's like the, I have a tornado, if you will.
This soft bending of the bamboo.
You know, whereas Cliff is like the oak, which once it bends, it breaks.
Hey Mandy, it's Isaac. I'm here with Cliff.
Hey guys.
We're talking about suspending Jake in the air.
I mean, he's not going to go for that, right?
Of course, he would love to do his own stunts.
Fantastic idea, Cliff.
Oh, and I forgot, don't ask him how much he bends presses.
Done.
Please, nobody make direct eye contact with him.
Keep him happy.
Thank you, Mandy.
Great.
Ciao.
Talk to you soon.
Thank you, love.
Bye.
All right, you all got that?
Who does he think he is?
Sylvester Stallone?
Jake.
We have all the elements we need.
We have Jake.
We have buttons.
Both symbolizing strength.
I mean, Bulldog, what does that symbolize to you?
It's incredible, right?
We totally lucked out.
Success is failure turned inside out.
Don't quit.
We also have an incredible team behind me,
who I am fully confident that will execute a job well done.
Best part of my job is the women.
Women love animals, especially a guy who can wrestle a baboon.
There's other wranglers out there,
and they've got their bag of tricks,
but I go the extra distance.
Cats love this.
I've got better.
Benz!
Benz!
Yeah, yeah.
Have you seen Freckles?
No, I was playing Angry Birds on my phone.
Okay, idiot.
What are my two golden rules?
Always keep an eye on the animals,
and always wear deodorant.
That's right.
And where's the animal?
Not in the cave.
Exactly.
If we don't find Freckles,
no more free access Playboy Mansion.
Find that rabbit.
I'm not sure.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Playboy Mansion, find that rabbit.
Now!
Goats really love harmonica music.
Has Nam ever gone missing?
Not on my watch, no.
There was one time, though,
it was on the set of that movie Andre with the seal
with Joshua Jackson from Dawson's Creek.
He got kind of really drunk one day
and let the seal out of his cage,
and we had to go find it,
and it was pretty cool.
I've got a really good helper.
He, uh...
He was in the harbor on a buoy
over there in the Rodondo Beach,
and I found him on the buoy.
He was just like,
wait, I'll show you.
No, absolutely, Mandy.
Yes, we can take care of that.
That's not a problem, that's what we do here at the zoo.
Okay, great.
Have a great day.
Thanks.
Hi, Robbie.
I need to speak to you in my office immediately.
Robbie?
Hello?
Why do I have to do everything myself?
This makes noise, right?
This does, right here?
Yes.
Okay?
Don't tell me nothing here can make noise in a proper room.
Right?
Right.
Right.
There you are.
Let's go.
Pull it together.
What?
I'm going to put the duck away.
Great!
Office relationships are strictly prohibited here at the zoo,
but it's no secret that some people can't follow their own roles.
Birth love?
Uh, yes.
Would you be a peach and take Charlie for a walk, please?
Oh, uh, we're kind of in the middle of something important.
Right now, would you mind if I got Robbie to do it?
No, he likes you better.
Oh.
I think he does it to humiliate me.
Makes it hard for me to be her boss.
What?
He has no idea whether I walk the fish or not.
I have never lost an animal under my watch.
Uh, won't happen.
Won't ever happen.
Not going to happen in future perfect tense.
Freckles!
I found rabbit raisins.
Fresh, too.
Yeah, I know.
Being a photo assistant can get pretty dicey.
There's a lot of things that need to be cleaned up.
Elliot!
What?
Elliot.
Please don't sing my name.
Clean up stage two.
Right?
You're going to have to use the wheelbarrow on this one.
It's a lot of work.
It's my job to clean up poop.
The client loved this shot of Jackie, but it needs a little retouching.
That's poop.
There's no more poop.
You're welcome, Jackie Chan.
Um, so these are some of the projects you've done.
This was done with the beams.
Well, before he chopped his hair off, which I don't agree with, because he looks...
He's underage.
Um, oh, here's one with Missy Elliot.
We're going for a hip-hop urban cowboy theme.
Oh, Nicki Minaj.
She was fantastic.
And this one, this one right here, I'm really proud of.
It actually took me and a team of three girls from So So Fabulous and Beverly Hills of Jason.
Three agonizing hours to get these cone rolls down.
Um, anyways, at the end, the client just stormed off and called Cliff a racist.
So, I mean, I'm not going to say who the client was, because that's unprofessional.
But, uh, let's just say she's no longer a single lady.
Yeah, with celebrities, it's sometimes just about going that extra mile, you know?
Like, putting their products around.
They really like to see that.
Like, Jake and these energy bars, they're actually really hard to find.
But I found them.
A lot of the time, people just see the results, you know?
But the creative process for me is that we're in a dark room together, you know?
They call me a genius, but really, I just see it before it develops.
Everyone's waiting in the dark to see what it's going to be,
but I already know it's going to be.
And that's where the trust comes in.
We'll see what happens.
People in this country are worshiping their dogs and cats and fish.
In India, if the dog doesn't have a job, well, there's no more dog.
So I had a contact over at Purina, and they said, hey, we're looking to make a calendar.
And I said, of course, I can do this.
I came to this particular photography studio because Cliff is like the Michelangelo
of taking these pictures, right?
He is like Da Vinci and all of these artists and scientists and all these people.
Isaac, Robbie, heads up.
Jake and Buttons are on their way.
Remember, don't look into the eye.
Welcome to the zoo.
What would you mind telling me who's in charge here?
Jake, I think Schwartz.
Hey, I'm over here.
I don't think that's Buttons.
So there was a slight miscommunication.
Jake brought Buttons.
Buttons died six months ago from eating Jake's energy in Alvars.
Watch out for the wandering animals.
They have you just down the hall.
It's okay. It's okay. It's all right.
It's really great to have you.
My grandmother loves to work out videos.
We all love it. You are such a great inspiration.
Yeah.
This is sick.
What did you do, Beth?
What did me? I just...
People are about.
God. It's Buttons.
Not the energy now, Bob.
These people are sick.
Buttons.
Pick up. Pick up, Buttons.
Yeah. That's right.
Yeah, Buttons. These people are sick.
I'm going to beat them up now.
Motherfuckers.
That's not funny.
So, simply put, we break the dream into a reality,
and then here we are.
We're going to have the dog on a horn.
Hi, Cliff. We have a problem.
A problem?
A problem. More of like a creative challenge.
Jake, it's Cliff, photographer.
Jake, may I call you Jake?
No.
I wanted to explain...
Listen, I don't know who dropped the ball here,
but somewhat, I'm talking to you, Carl.
Buttons?
Yeah.
He's been dead for six months. All right?
I love Buttons more than I love training.
And on top of it, I walk in the room here, right?
Right.
I see the picture of Buttons and I see those power bars.
Power bars, if you read my blog.
No.
He died from those energy bars.
He ate the energy bar and he died.
He ate the energy bar and you got the picture of Buttons there.
I want to extend my sincerest and true apologies to you, sir.
I called my little dog Button.
We love...
I respect for Buttons.
Animals.
I dropped the S.
Here.
To respect my guy.
What you're telling me here is turning me inside out.
I really need you to feel that from me.
And all I need from you is five minutes to just to make it right.
Don't give me a routine like the rest of you,
that crowd of bozos, okay?
Five minutes.
Make it right.
Okay?
Okay, go.
Thank you, sir.
I know there's been some talk that I was the one who screwed up the whole Button's Button thing,
but that wasn't me.
I don't understand.
Wow.
There's a piece of a puzzle missing.
Have you not known that an animal was dead?
Exactly, but how do you not know that the dog died?
Okay.
You told me to get reference of Jake and Buttons.
That's right.
Jake and Buttons.
Buttons.
No, Jake and Buttons.
Buttons.
Exactly, Jake and Buttons.
Buttons.
What do you need?
Perfect.
I need a photo reference of Jake and Buttons.
You got it.
Let me see that paper.
Whose handwriting is this?
That's mine.
I did my job.
But you didn't check and you didn't find out.
I delegated it to Robbie.
Robbie?
I did a Google search.
Robbie?
I did a Google search.
Did you read the articles?
Nobody said anything about reading.
You guys have relieved.
Thank you.
I respect you.
And I respect you, Cliff.
You're amazing.
We've been working together for a long time.
Is that right?
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, this is not good, my friend.
I agree.
This is a terrible...
I agree.
It's horrible.
But you know what?
It's the same thing because that's not really helping right now.
Right?
So let's come up with a solution.
Are you serious?
Yeah.
Felicity.
Felicity.
Felicity.
Felicity.
Felicity.
She was late for work, I guess.
I mean, she was...
High?
She was on drugs.
Practically the only thing we agree on
is that someone should be blamed.
For us, that person is Felicity.
She's not real.
She's fictitious.
Like...
Like your first wife.
Howard, I'm so sorry about this mix-up.
We fired the girl Felicity.
She was the one responsible.
We have a little problem here or there.
We just fix it.
You're being awful, Cavalier.
With my money.
It's not about the money.
It's about the creative...
Oh, no, no, no, my friend.
It is about the money.
I mean, it's about the money, yes.
If it messes up, that's your ass.
Hey, what's going on, man?
Hello, I am Mondo.
How you doing, Mondo?
Yes, hi.
Nice to meet you.
Well, before we get started, I don't want you to feel like
I'm a weirdo or anything, but would you mind
signing this for me?
Wow.
This is okay.
This has been a rough morning so far.
A VHS with lipstick.
Yes, passion red.
Mondo, you know, I always tell people,
don't quit, buddy, right?
Don't quit.
No, it's like what you always said.
You know, when you feel good about yourself,
others feel good about you.
That's it, that's it.
I don't know what the program is, but you can look at me.
It's okay.
No, I can't look at you.
Listen, Mondo.
Okay.
Listen, success is failure turned inside out, right?
The silver tint of the clouds are doubt.
Now you can look at me.
All right?
It's okay.
Now I can look at you.
It's all right.
Yeah, it's okay, buddy.
Oh, I'm looking at you.
See?
It's great.
I don't know what the program was.
You're a solid citizen.
You're a great guy.
I must have.
One though you like, one of the good guys here.
You got a pack of wackos out there.
Everyone's crazy, except me.
Look at us, we're just, we're like best friends.
You're a good guy.
I'm just like really good.
Okay, just kidding.
It's okay.
It's okay.
God bless you.
God bless you.
God bless you.
Great news, guys.
Hello.
Felicity is gone, okay?
Forever.
So, weak link is gone.
Come here.
Stasis is back in all doubts.
He wants sense.
Hang on a second.
Wait a second.
He just plays.
This is the exact scale.
We're totally fine with this.
You don't understand.
This thing is supposed to be about fitness and power.
Right.
This is a chihuahua.
The most feared dog in all of Mexico.
You know what?
This isn't going to work.
I'm going to pull the plug on the revolution.
No, no, no.
Of simplicity.
This is dead to me.
Okay.
We are going to make life.
Nothing's going to be flying.
What would Richard Avedon have done?
We go simple.
Okay.
I feel your heartbeat.
That's how I know that you are alive.
There is blood everywhere.
You're right inside of me.
We are going to capture life itself.
You're a genius.
Let's go, people.
We've got a lot of work to do and not a lot of time.
Stella, open up.
I know you're upset, but the shoot's going to go on.
There's a reason why cats will eat their female owners
if left alone long enough.
Those brass nickels were beautiful, sweetie.
I'll put them to good use.
Trust me.
But if you open up now, I'll help you die your mermaid's purse.
Honey.
Get over here.
Jake's coming.
Two second warning.
He's right behind me.
Elliot, kick a beat.
One time.
Jake, sky fell.
How are you?
Good.
Good to meet you.
You're in India.
You're bigger than Gandhi.
Listen, question.
I heard you can do 50 push-ups in 10 seconds.
They're good to choose.
We need you, sir.
I want to see the power.
Let's walk on through it.
Chest is very...
Chest is very...
I want to see the power.
I want to see the power.
I want to see the power.
I want to see the power.
I want to see the power.
I want to see the power.
I want to see the power.
Sure, sir.
You do better.
You're gonna do better.
This is gonna work for my life.
I like this.
Get a glass of water.
I will get the water right now.
Absolutely, a glass of water.
Jake!
Elliot.
Elliot, need dumbbells.
Plurals fly them in now.
She's a funny, really nice guy.
Okay, you fucking ass to yourself.
Two minutes.
Better.
We're very close, people.
I like this.
Jake!
Yes, I'll play.
Very good.
I like this.
Where's your eyeliner?
Oh yeah.
Look up here.
Beautiful.
Yeah, I love it. Where's the doggie?
Doggie!
Just one. Fuck you out of this wacko place.
Bring this 5K down one. I love it.
What are you doing out there with that thing?
We're very close here. Just a couple of test shots.
Guys, I got him. I found him.
Show me this award, please.
Where are those dumbbells?
Where's the dumbbells?
Fly them in. Here we are.
Good, fly them in. Yes!
Yes!
Dumbbells!
Elliott, really? You said fly them in.
What just happened here?
My whack.
Your people are really insane.
They'll get your hands off you, Mando.
You crossed the line an hour ago.
People are morons.
A tribute to Salvador.
Genius.
I'm even thinking about moving it from October to April.
Possibly even the cover, eh?
Where the fuck did that rabbit come from?
Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh.
When I was 11 years old, I slept outside of Oprah's house.
For six weeks, I wanted her to be my first subject.
I will get Oprah on film.
That is my life ambition.
In fact, once I do, I have a great idea.
We're going to lie on the street with gasoline,
and I'm going to invite the police to come by calling 911.
Once they arrive on the scene,
we're going to attach Oprah's name to being there.
Once the people show up, sort of like a ploy, do you know what I mean?
We'll get them. We'll walk them down the street.
Boom, a fire. Here's police.
And then once Oprah gets on the scene,
once she actually arrives,
that's when we get the picture.
Fear, panic, joy, expression.
Her assistant already brought her pet gerbil that we have,
and she's holding it like this behind a huge, crazy scene.
These are my ideas, and it's my gift.
Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh.
Step, step, step up in the party like my name was Bad Bitch.
All these haters mad because I'm so established.
They know I'm a beast, yeah, I'm a fucking fat bitch.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
