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44INT. LOCKOBER RESTAURANT -- SAME

Lambeau and Sean, having finished their meal. Lambeau has been pitching Sean.

SEAN

I've been busy, Gerry. I got a full

schedule.

LAMBEAU

This kid's special, Sean. I've never

seen anything like him.

SEAN

Not much free time, Gerry.

LAMBEAU

Have you ever heard of a man named

Ramanujan?

Sean nods his head.

SEAN

Yeah.

LAMBEAU

He was alive over a hundred years ago.

He was Indian. Dots, not feathers...

Sean finishes the joke. Lambeau chuckles.

LAMBEAU (cont'd)

So this Ramanujan lived in a tiny hut

in India. No formal education, no

access to other works. But he came

across an old math book and from this

basic text he was able to extrapolate

theories that had baffled mathematicians

for years.

SEAN

And he mailed it to Hardy--

LAMBEAU

--That's right, Sean. He mailed it to

a professor at Cambridge who immediately

recognized the brilliance in his work

and brought Ramanujan to England.

SEAN

Where he contracted pneumonia and died

at a young age--

LAMBEAU

They worked together for the remainder

of their lives, producing some of the

most exciting math theory ever done.

Ramanujan's genius was unparalleled,

Sean. This boy is like that. But

he's very defensive and I need someone

who can get through to him.

SEAN

Why me?

LAMBEAU