0:00:08 > 0:00:11WIND HOWLS
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Wooo!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- I won't let you do it.- I have to. I've been working on them for weeks.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18It can't be done. It's mad. You're mad!
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Tomaso Gherardini, are you sketching a bird or chirruping like one?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Sorry, Maestro.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31No, no, no... eagle, not waddling duck.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Start again, Guiseppe.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38The eagle is nature's most magnificent bird.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41It's against nature.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Says the girl living life as a boy.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45A miracle of creation.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47It's using nature. Learning from it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52I want to see that. I want to see birds soaring and swooping.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Not plummeting to the ground like one of Cosimo's puddings.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57What's wrong with my puddings?
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Anyway, you're not going anywhere. Not with his beady eye on us.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Cosimo. Fetch my coat.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Not that one, the best one...
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I have been chosen by one of Florence's
0:02:13 > 0:02:18finest and richest gentlemen to paint his portrait.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20And the apprentice who succeeds
0:02:20 > 0:02:25in capturing the essence of a bird in flight will assist me.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Bellissimo non e vero?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00No, it's not beautiful. It's dangerous.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04There are hundreds of reasons why you can't do this.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- You're going to kill yourself. - Where's your sense of adventure?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Just imagine it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Imagine what you'd see from up there, high up in the clouds.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The wind in your face.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Flying.- Soaring.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Swooping.- Gliding.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28No. It's impossible. Oh, and did I make this point before?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31You are going to kill yourself.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Such little faith. Look...
0:03:48 > 0:03:52So the wings are attached here, in the outer section.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And then, this...inner bit you can flex with a control cable.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Yeah.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30What is it?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Let's call it a mechanical man.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Who designed this?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Just a boy.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41A gifted and inventive boy, but a boy nonetheless.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Without the resources to see it built.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Without the experience or maturity.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Ah well, as you can see, my beard is grey.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52So, can you build it?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Naturally.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I am the most talented engineer in all of Florence.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03We will get you all you need.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10And you will say nothing of this to anyone.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Ok, do what you want.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22You will anyway. But don't expect me to watch you...kill yourself.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- Right.- I'm staying here...- Right.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Right here.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Santa Maria!
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I never had this kind of trouble when I hung out with girls.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Girls don't throw themselves off buildings with...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53weirdy contraptions strapped to them.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Not the ones I know anyway.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Scusi.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Magnifico non e vero?
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Indeed, a beauty, Your Excellency.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11You want me to paint you with the falcon?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Precisely.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16It will be an honour, Your Excellency.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Sorry, Father, I didn't realize.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22No, no, no. Come in, Lorenzo.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Let me introduce you. You don't know Signor Verrocchio, do you?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29No. No. Absolutely not...
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Never... I haven't had the pleasure.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34The pleasure is all mine.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Run along then.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Signor Verrocchio and I have terms to discuss.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Sons. Perhaps I indulge him too much. What do you think?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I wouldn't know, Your Excellency.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- I don't have children.- Of course.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04I'll take another 20 off you, selling like hot paninis.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Power of persuasion. Act confident and people believe any old rubbish,
0:07:08 > 0:07:14- even that these little beauties are genuine.- Is that so?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Ah, Signor Rizzo, you misunderstood.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20The ones I sold you were the real deal.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I would never sell a connoisseur like you a fake.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Get him.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What the... That way! He went that way!
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Mac, you are the man.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Santa Maria! Fast for big men!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Ow. Watch where you're...
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Might have known it was you. Who have you upset this time?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Nobody. Nothing like a run. You? Good little swot like you skiving?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I'm not skiving... Well, I am sort of...
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Don't tell me... Leo.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Where is he anyway?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Santa Maria!
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- He's actually going to do it. - I tried to stop him.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Can't stop Leo once he gets something in his head.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29He'll be OK.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Wait!
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Birdman!
0:08:43 > 0:08:46What a loser.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Silenzio!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13LEO YELLS
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Leo, Leo!
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Talk to me, are you OK?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Leo!- Ah! Nothing broken, just winded.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- It's not funny. You could have... - Killed myself. I didn't. I flew.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Did you see it? I did it!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I flew just for a moment, but, oh...
0:09:38 > 0:09:43If you could have felt it. My senses weren't just alive,
0:09:43 > 0:09:44they were singing...
0:09:45 > 0:09:50- Buzzing... That was such a buzz! - Until you fell.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54I can fix it, I can fly for longer, control the landing, I know I can.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Good. Because I'd like to make you an offer.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03They're not for sale. And besides, there's a flaw in the design.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05You'll fix it. And then you'll sell them to me.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Name your price.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10They're not for sale, sir.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Well, if you won't name your price, I'll name mine.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Your little friend here...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17He's not my friend, never seen him before in my life.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19And I'm not little.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23As I was saying, your little friend here sold me this...piece of junk.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Now, you will give me the wings
0:10:24 > 0:10:28or I will make sure he rots in a filthy, rat-infested prison.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- It's nothing to do with Leo. - Oh, thanks a bunch.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- You got yourself into this, get yourself out.- I want those wings.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I want the power of flight.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41It will make me more powerful than the Duke,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43more powerful than all of the Medicis put together.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- It'll take time. - Yeah, you have two days.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59And then you will demonstrate.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03And in case you want to double cross me, I'll take a little insurance.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I'm not little.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16It's the strength to weight ratio.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20I'm too heavy to be suspended in flight with these wing dimensions.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Wretched hat-fitting. I always miss all the fun. Is my feather straight?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Does nobody but me get that he nearly killed himself
0:11:29 > 0:11:34- and he's going to do it again! - Girls.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37No, I'm not having that.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39I'm as brave as you any day.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- Yeah, right.- I am!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I need to glide. They need to be thicker.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51I'm not sure I can do it in time. Where does that leave Mac?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55He'll be OK, he always is...
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Your lucky day.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07This is new to me, all this.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Perhaps you'd better deal.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25BIRDS SQUAWK
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I need a bird.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I'll get you a budgie from the market.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34No, I need one that glides. An eagle or a falcon.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37My dad's bought this amazing falcon. Didn't Verrocchio tell you?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42He's painting his portrait with it. Most expensive bird in Florence.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Oh, no...
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Absolutely no way. I know what you're thinking and no way.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53He'd skin me alive.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55There's no way I'm doing it. No way.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58BELL RINGS
0:13:18 > 0:13:19BIRD SQUAWKS
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Ssh!
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Ssh!
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Hello.- She is so beautiful.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42How do you know it's a she?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I need to adjust the wings to maximize rigidity.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- So small.- What?- The cage. Does your dad take her hunting?
0:13:49 > 0:13:56- No, it's just for display.- Showing off, you mean. Poor Marietta.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Marietta?- I can loose the bracing cables for support.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Do you hear that Leo? Lisa's named the falcon Marietta.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Tom.- Everybody's asleep.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11That's not the point. Someone only has to forget once and that's it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Yeah, OK, sorry. Tom.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17If I can control the tips, I can control the angles.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Better go.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Thanks, Lorenzo. Really appreciate it. And so will Mac.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I'm doing it for you, not for Mac.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36- Dragging us into his messes. - I know you don't mean that. Or you.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46So, where is it? I'm waiting.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52What price loyalty?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I know one of you has taken and sold it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59And the rest are protecting the thief. Well?
0:15:01 > 0:15:08I am a reasonable man, confess and I will be lenient.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12- Lorenzo.- Yes, father?
0:15:12 > 0:15:20- Did you see or hear anything last night?- No, Papa.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25I want answers. And if I don't get them, you will all be dismissed.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- Do I make myself clear? - Yes, your Excellency.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Cosimo! Where is that infernal boy?
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- Quick put it away, he's coming over. - We're running out of time.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Get me coffee.- Yes, Maestro.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51What's this?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55You had the whole of yesterday to finish it. And another one.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00What were you doing yesterday? Chattering and chittering no doubt.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Attenzione!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05You're sloshing it all over the place.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- What's up with him? - Haven't you heard?
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Someone has stolen a falcon from his Excellency Piero de' Medici himself.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16The portrait's been cancelled.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23We need to get it to Mac's, work through the night.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25He's going to kill us if he finds out.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Tomaso Gherardini, you will swap places with Giuseppe.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I don't want to hear another peep out of either of you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Ah!
0:16:35 > 0:16:37You win.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- Again. - Not very good at this are you?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Bet she can cook as well.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Like an angel.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47The best a man could have. My old mum.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I'd love to meet her if
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I ever get out of here.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Well, if it was up to me... yeah, but the boss, he ain't a nice man.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- But he's a good boss though? Pays well, does he?- Right old miser.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Here, come here, I'll let you in on a little secret.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12All nicked.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Got so much he don't know what he's got. Here go ahead, have a look,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19see if there's anything you fancy. He won't miss it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- I think I'm in enough trouble, mate. - Yeah.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31How d'ya think your mate's doing?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I don't mean to sound negative or nothing,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37but he can't really fly, can he?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Leo?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41That boy can do anything.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Here, Marietta, you'll like these. Tasty seeds.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Mmm... See?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06SNORING
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Leo!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Leo, wake up!
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Leo!
0:18:14 > 0:18:15They're done.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Chop, chop, Signor Machiavelli.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Hold him tight, Luca, we know what a slippery little eel he can be.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Not little.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- What are you doing?- I thought we needed to get her back to your dad.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Someone could have seen you.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51BIRD SQUAWKS
0:18:53 > 0:18:56You'd better hope he doesn't bottle it.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58He won't. Is everything ok?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00- Yeah. No thanks to you.- Shhh.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09MUSIC: "Song 2" by Blur
0:19:09 > 0:19:11# Woohoo
0:19:13 > 0:19:15# Woohoo. #
0:19:18 > 0:19:20WINGS SWOOP
0:19:25 > 0:19:28DOOR CREAKS
0:19:43 > 0:19:45A boy's fantasy.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Nothing more. It's not possible.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Anything is possible.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02# Woohoo, well I lie and I'm easy
0:20:02 > 0:20:07# All of the time I am never sure why I need you
0:20:07 > 0:20:09# Pleased to meet you... #
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Soon as he hits the ground, grab the wings.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I don't think so.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- What's this?- I know all about your little cash of stolen goods.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35You report me, we both rot in prison.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37The deal's off.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38He's not giving you his wings.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Well played. But tell me this.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43What's to stop me taking them?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Leo, don't land!- Shoot him down.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49- No! Luca!- Stop him Luca!
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Leo! Don't come down!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Shoot him down.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Leo!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Ooh! Ah.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Ah!
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Leo!
0:21:13 > 0:21:14He isn't moving.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17He's dead, isn't he? Santa Maria! I think he's dead.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Shut up, Lorenzo. Leo!
0:21:19 > 0:21:24Leo! Leo! Please, Leo.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I'm OK. I'm OK.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I hit the wing, see.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Don't ever do that to me again.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Oof!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48You and your friends don't want to cross me.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Oh, look your friend forgot his bird.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57What a beautiful cage.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Real rubies!
0:21:59 > 0:22:03You bring me the wings or I keep the bird. You have one hour.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Then I get it stuffed. Yeah?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Hope you're happy now. You almost got him killed.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11I've said I'm sorry.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14My dad's going to sack all the servants. What are we going to do?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18There's only one thing we can do.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Give Rizzo the wings.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Shall I go after him?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45No, let him have it.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49I have the power of flight. What do I want with a bird?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50I will be a bird!
0:22:50 > 0:22:54He switched cages. Didn't you notice he'd switched cages?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Don't get at Leo.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58He gave up his wings to that creep.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Fat lot of good they'll do him.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- How do you mean?- They're designed for me, my height, my weight.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- That big gonzo will never fly. - Serves him right.- Good.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07No. It's not good.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10If he can't fly with them, he could come after us again.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- So what do we do? - There might be something...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Yeah?- Yeah. We land him in it with your dad.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19How?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22You're not going to like this, mate...
0:23:22 > 0:23:24What?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I took your falcon, it was me.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I wanted to impress my friends, and I know it was wrong
0:23:37 > 0:23:39but I just put it down for a second in the market
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- and this man took it, ran off with it.- What man?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Big,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46dark brown hair, beard...
0:23:46 > 0:23:49loads of gold chains, and a diamond stud in his ear.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Rizzo.- Do you know him?
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- I know he's a thief.- At least now you know the servants can be trusted.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I already sacked them.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- But you could get them back. - I never go back.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Makes one appear weak. This is on your head, Lorenzo.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Next time think twice before you take something that belongs to me.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- I'm the one you should punish. - Don't worry. I fully intend to.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- Are you going to have Rizzo imprisoned?- Something like that.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I want to release her.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I can't. I need to get back in my dad's good books.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36She shouldn't be in a cage.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37I can't.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Lorenzo, I've felt the vastness of the sky, the freedom.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42We can't deny her that.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54Such an honour, Your Excellency. May I offer you some refreshment?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Presto, presto! A drink for our distinguished visitor.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I am your most humble servant.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01You have something of mine.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Of yours? I don't think so, Your Excellency.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- A falcon. - No, no you must be mistaken.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17If I'd only known it was yours, Your Excellency, I'd never have...
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I've only got it because of the wings.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Wings? What do you mean wings?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Did I say wings?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Not really wings, just
0:25:31 > 0:25:33something I took a fancy to...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36a child's toy.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Let me pay you for the falcon, your Excellency,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I'll pay you twice what it's worth.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42How much?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43I want the wings.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48It's not like they work or anything,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51yeah, that would be absurd.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52SARCASTIC LAUGH
0:25:52 > 0:25:54We will see, won't we?
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Because you are going to test them for me.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I will be a bird.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42Ramrod straight. You will not move a muscle, do you understand?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46How long will it take, Signore?
0:26:46 > 0:26:51- A week? Maybe two.- Take your time. We want it to be perfect.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56# Woohoo
0:26:58 > 0:27:00# Woohoo
0:27:02 > 0:27:04# Woohoo
0:27:06 > 0:27:07# Woohoo
0:27:09 > 0:27:11# I got my head checked
0:27:13 > 0:27:15# By a jumbo jet
0:27:17 > 0:27:19# It wasn't easy
0:27:20 > 0:27:23# But nothing is
0:27:24 > 0:27:26# No, woohoo
0:27:26 > 0:27:28# When I feel heavy metal
0:27:28 > 0:27:32# Woohoo And I'm pins and I'm needles
0:27:32 > 0:27:36# Woohoo, when I lie and I'm easy
0:27:36 > 0:27:41# All of the time I am never sure why I need you
0:27:42 > 0:27:44# Pleased to meet you. #