Go On (2026) Movie Script

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(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(ax thuds)
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(Jim heavily breathing)
(screwdriver scrapes)
(pensive music)
(Jim strains)
- Not bad.
You're welcome.
(pensive music)
(Jim heavily breathing)
(pensive music continues)
(water sloshing)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
(water splashing)
(Jim gasping)
(pensive music)
(turkey gobbles)
(Jim mimics gobbling)
Good talk.
(pensive music)
(Jim shakily breathing)
Good talk.
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(utility belt jangling)
(utility continues belt jangling)
(foliage rustling)
(barbed wire rattling)
(barbed continues wire rattling)
(ax handle scrapes)
(barbed wire rattling)
(ax knocking)
(barbed wire snaps and thuds)
(foliage rustling)
(barbed wire rattling)
Today's the day. Today's the day.
(barbed wire rattling)
(grunts) Nope.
(Jim thuds)
(Jim heavily breathing)
(foliage rustling)
(Jim thudding)
(Jim groans)
(Jim grunts)
(Jim deeply exhales)
(Jim mimics gobbling)
(wind whooshing)
(birds faintly chirping)
Hello?
(birds faintly chirping)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(wind whooshing)
(Jim inhales)
(punches whooshing)
(Jim heavily breathing)
(pensive music)
(board thudding)
(pensive music)
(board squeaks and thuds)
So that's how it's gonna be?
(pensive music)
(footsteps thumping)
(pensive music continues)
(footsteps thumping)
(screw squeaking)
(pensive music continues)
(Jim sniffles)
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(screw squeaking)
(pensive music)
(Jim sobbing)
(water trickling)
(rock thuds)
(water splashes)
(blows thudding)
(Jim mimics crowd cheering)
This, to win it all.
He does it, folks!
Can you believe it?
This moment will live on forever!
(pensive music)
This time, and this time only,
you are here to witness history, folks.
35 under.
Possibly the greatest
achievement in all of sports.
All he has to do is hit the ball
through that gap in the trees.
He needs this, folks.
Craves this.
(club whooshes and strikes)
(rock thuds)
(rock thuds)
(feet shuffling)
(club whooshes and strikes)
(Jim grunts)
Screw golf!
(club thuds)
(pensive music fades)
(ax thudding)
(Jim straining)
(ax continues thudding)
(Jim continues straining)
(tree creaks and thuds)
(pensive music)
(footsteps thumping)
(footsteps continue thumping)
(foliage rustling)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
Hi.
(pensive music)
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(footsteps shuffling)
(pensive music)
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(footsteps shuffling)
(pensive music)
(waves lapping)
Is anybody here?
(waves lapping)
(Jim screams)
(pensive music)
(wood cracks)
(wood scrapping)
(Jim blowing)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(wind softly whooshes)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring crackling)
(fire continues roaring crackling)
(fire continues roaring crackling)
- Oh.
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring crackling)
- Anyone else?
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(dirt rustling)
(jacket rustling)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(turkey gobbling)
(Jim gasps)
(somber music)
(metal scraping)
Be nice if you were here.
(somber music)
(foliage rustling)
(metal scraping)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(water splashing)
Okay.
Okay.
(water splashing)
(water splashing)
(Jim gasping)
(somber music)
Hello?
(somber music)
(water splashing)
Anyone?
(somber music)
(footsteps scrapping and thumping)
(footsteps continue
scrapping and thumping)
(foliage rustling)
(barbed wire rattling)
Little help?
(somber music)
Little help here?
(somber music)
Who am I talking to?
(barbed wire rattling)
(nail rattling)
(somber music)
(barbed wire rattling)
(Jim spits)
(Jim grunts)
(logs clattering)
(wind whooshing)
(wind continues whooshing)
I'm not.
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(rock thuds)
(rocks rattling)
(rocks thuds)
(turkey gobbling)
Oh, shut up!
(wind whooshing)
Anyone?
(wind softly whooshes)
- Have you seen my phone?
I can't find it anywhere.
And I need my phone.
I, I don't have it on me.
(wind whooshing)
- The sky is beautiful, isn't it?
- What?
- The sky.
It's beautiful,
isn't it?
(wind whooshing)
- Oh.
(pensive music)
(twig snaps)
(twig thuds)
(twig snaps)
(twig thuds)
(stick thwacking)
- Big Jim Truman!
(pensive music)
Big Jim Truman.
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(rock thuds and scapes)
(palms pat)
Can he do it, folks?
(rocks clatter)
He can!
Come on!
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
He's been practicing for
this moment for hundreds,
if not thousands of years.
One swing for the cup.
Here we go. (exhales)
(club whooshes and strikes)
Goddamn it!
(footsteps shuffling)
(wind softly whooshes)
You okay?
(wind whooshing)
(Juan speaking in Spanish)
(Jim speaking in Spanish)
(Juan speaking foreign language)
- Oh.
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(pensive music)
- Hey.
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(footsteps shuffling)
(kiss smacks)
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(pensive music fades)
(ax thudding)
(Jim straining)
(wind softly whooshes)
- You know where my mommy is?
(wind whooshing)
(feet shuffling)
Don't.
- It's okay.
It's okay.
(ax thuds)
(footsteps shuffling)
(wind whooshing)
- Where am I?
- I don't know.
- Am I okay?
- Yeah.
Yeah, you're okay?
Did somebody hurt you?
- Don't wanna talk about it.
- But you can,
if you want.
- My daddy hurt me.
(wind whooshing)
- Well, he can't hurt you anymore.
- Oh.
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(ax scraping)
(footsteps shuffling)
(ax thuds)
(pensive music)
(wood scraping)
(Jim blowing)
(pensive music)
(fire crackling)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(wind softly whooshes)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(wind whooshing)
(wind continues whooshing)
(wind continues whooshing)
- [Zac] Couldn't sleep.
(wind whooshing)
- There's no sleep here.
This isn't a place for rest.
(footsteps shuffling)
(wind whooshing)
(wind continues whooshing)
(ax thud)
(footsteps shuffling)
- [Zac] Need any help?
- Does it look like I need help?
- I mean, yeah, kind of.
There's a lot of wood
around here to be cut.
- Well, it's a forest.
(wind whooshing)
- Where are we?
(ax thuds)
(wood clattering)
I don't know where we are.
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(plank clunks)
(plank clunking)
- I don't need your help.
- I can see that.
- I built this all myself.
- [Zac] It's nice.
(wind whooshing)
- You should've seen it before.
- Was there a wildfire?
How'd it start?
(wind whooshing)
- Just pick up that end.
- Okay.
(plank clunks)
(footsteps shuffling)
(plank thudding)
(wind whooshing)
(metal scrapes)
Do you have another screwdriver?
- No.
- Okay.
Have you-
- I think that you need
to be quiet and think.
- About what?
- About where you are.
(screw squeaking)
- Where am I?
- Maybe if you'd be quiet,
you would figure that out.
- [Zac] Okay.
(wind whooshing)
(screw squeaking)
Oh.
(wind whooshing)
(board squeaking)
- Is that being quiet?
- Oh, I didn't say anything.
- You're making the board squeak.
Knock it off.
- Oh.
Or I could tighten it.
- With what?
- A screwdriver.
- Only have one.
- Who only has one screwdriver?
- [Jim] Me.
(screw squeaking)
- Well, you should always
have two screwdrivers.
- Yeah. Well, I have one.
- You should have two.
- I only need one.
- What if you lost it?
- I won't.
- Two's better than one.
- Not always.
(board and screw squeaking)
- May I use your screwdriver?
- Know what?
Knock yourself out.
(water splashing)
(Jim gasping)
- Fixed the board.
- Gosh damn it!
- Sorry. Did I scare you?
(water sloshing)
I was saying that I f- I
fixed the squeaky board.
- Congratulations.
- There's only one left.
You wanna, you wanna finish it?
- No!
- Can I finish it?
- No!
(water sloshing)
(wind whooshing)
- Is that water cold?
(wind whooshing)
(water sloshing)
I said, is that water cold?
- I heard you.
- Well, usually when
somebody asks you a question,
y- you answer.
- Yeah, and usually people think
when they tell 'em to think.
- Well, I don't think that's true.
I think people usually do the opposite
of what you ask 'em to do,
especially when you ask 'em to think.
- Feel it yourself.
(water splashing)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(water splashing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(utility belt jangling)
- It's burned.
- [Jim] I'm aware.
- How did the fire happen?
- Hold it tight.
If you are here and
you're not gonna shut up,
you might as well help.
- Please?
- Please what?
- It's polite to say please.
- Do you really think please
and thank you matter here?
- I think you catch more bees with honey.
- If you're not gonna hold the wire,
get the hell away from me.
(wind whooshing)
(Zac sighs)
(barbed wire rattling)
(wind whooshing)
Hold tight, genius.
- You wanna do this on your own?
Come on, man. Just say please.
- Please pull the damn wire!
- There you go.
Right there?
(wind whooshing)
(ax knocking)
And now what did we do?
- Well, Copernicus, now you let go.
- Like metaphysically?
- Like physically. Let go of the wire.
- I did it.
(wind whooshing)
- I think that you need to
look at the scenery and think.
- Think about what?
- Whatever you want.
Whatever it is that you
have to think about.
- I don't have anything to think about.
- Great. Think about that.
You know what? I'm done
with this conversation.
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(wind whooshing)
(dirt rustling)
(stones clattering)
What are you still doing here?
- Where else would I be?
(footsteps shuffling)
- Thinking somewhere.
- What's this?
Property boundary or something?
(wind whooshing)
That's good coalmanship.
- What?
- Well, the handwriting.
It's, it's nice, but it's done in coal,
you know, coalmanship.
I have terrible handwriting.
Nobody can read it.
My mom used to call it Zacligraphy
'cause that's my name, Zac.
- Yeah, I pieced that together.
(wind whooshing)
- 'Cause my, my handwriting's
like calligraphy,
but she replaced my name in there,
so Zacligraphy.
Well, my mom thought it was funny.
- Riveting story.
- She made the best
banana cream pie, my mom.
(wind whooshing)
- Graham cracker crust.
- Huh?
- I said graham cracker crust.
It's the secret to a
perfect banana cream pie.
You gotta use graham cracker crust.
You can't use regular pie crust.
- I think my mom used regular pie crust.
- Gross.
- It was awesome.
- You never had a good banana
cream pie in your entire life.
(footsteps shuffling)
Don't even think about it.
(footsteps shuffling)
You ever rolled down a hill before?
- Maybe, when I was like nine.
- Lay down.
(Zac chuckles)
- I'm not rolling down this hill.
- Why?
- 'Cause it's stupid.
- You won't think, you won't reflect,
you don't know where you are,
so you just might as
well roll down the hill.
- Have you done this before?
- Every day.
- For how long?
- Long time.
- Why?
- Why is the one question I can't answer.
- Why?
(Jim thudding)
(leaves rustling)
(Jim groans)
(Jim mimics gobbling)
(Zac mimics gobbling)
(wind whooshing)
They ever answer?
- Never once.
(wind whooshing)
(water rushing)
(water splashing)
So the key is to never
take your eye off the rock.
You gotta swing through it.
(stick strikes)
(footsteps shuffling)
(stick thwacks)
- Okay.
- I got one for you. Come on.
The goal is to hit this
through that gap in the canopy.
- It was never really my thing.
- Mm.
If you know you can't do it, it's fine.
(footsteps shuffling)
- That one?
- [Jim] Yep.
(club thuds)
- You gonna stand right there?
- Yeah.
(Zac exhales)
(wind whooshing)
(club whooshes and strikes)
What the hell was that?
- What? I did it.
- You said this wasn't your thing.
- No, it wasn't.
It was my dad's thing.
I just did it to make him happy.
I never really liked it.
You want some pointers?
- No.
(wind whooshing)
(Jim inhales)
(club whooshes)
(Jim grunts)
(club thuds)
- I can help.
(wind whooshing)
Your grip is too tight.
You gotta loosen it up, okay?
And you, you're trying to steer the ball.
Just relax.
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
(wind whooshing)
Go on. You got it.
(feet shuffling)
(club whooshes and strikes)
Well, it's a hard sport.
- If you're gonna stay around me,
you're gonna have to learn how to shut up.
(ax thudding)
(tree creaks and thuds)
(footsteps shuffling)
(ax thudding)
- Only a few hundred more to go.
You're never gonna chop 'em all down.
Why bother?
- I got time.
(wind whooshing)
- [Zac] Is there a point?
- Yeah, but it's different for everybody.
- [Zac] So, wha- what is it?
- Tell me.
(Zac chuckles)
- [Zac] I don't wanna chop my leg off.
- You won't.
- I don't wanna break your ax.
- Ah, that's fine. I got more.
- You got one screwdriver, but more axes?
- Yeah.
Big forest, a lot of trees.
- All right.
But I'm no good at this.
- Find out.
(ax thuds)
(Zac sighs)
- You see?
- [Jim] Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Grip's too loose.
All right?
Smooth is slow. Slow is fast.
(wind whooshing)
- Really?
- Shit no.
This isn't golf.
Hold on to that thing
like it's gonna kill you
if you let go.
(footsteps shuffling)
Fast is smooth. Smooth is powerful.
(ax thuds)
There it is.
- Good teacher.
- That's why I'm here.
- Do you know why I'm here?
- That's the one question I can't answer.
- Well, that seems pretty useless.
- It was always useful,
even if you think you
can't do anything with it.
(ax thuds)
(Jim sighs)
You wanna see the top?
(pensive music)
- Oh yeah.
(footsteps shuffling)
(insects chirping)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
- Just ask it.
- Wh- (sighs)
Right, no whys.
Where are we?
(pensive music)
- Here.
Now.
Nowhere, everywhere.
Uh, it's hard to figure.
- [Zac] How long have you been here?
- [Jim] Longer than you.
- [Zac] How much longer?
- A lot longer.
- Are there others?
- This is where I started.
I've been everywhere
that anybody could go,
and this is the only
place I've seen a soul,
so this is where I am.
- You ever done this before?
- [Jim] What?
- Help somebody.
- No.
I never helped anybody.
(pensive music)
(Zac sighs)
It's getting dark. You wanna head back?
- No. I think I'll stay here for a while.
- Sure?
- Yeah.
I think I got things figured out.
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
- Good luck.
- You too.
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
Hey.
What's your name?
- It's Jim.
(pensive music)
- You look like a Jim.
You look like a Jim.
(pensive music)
(wood cracking)
(wood snaps)
(Jim strains)
- That was a stupid idea.
(foliage rustling)
(pensive music)
(wood scrapping)
(Jim blowing)
(fire crackling)
(fire continues crackling)
(pensive music fades)
(fire crackling)
(fire continues crackling)
(Zac mimics gobbling)
(Jim gasps)
What the hell?
- I'm sorry. Did I scare you?
- Yeah, you scared the shit outta me.
- My dad and I used to go turkey hunting.
They always gobbled in the morning.
- What are you doing here?
- I have no idea.
- No, why are you still here?
- Where am I gonna go?
- Away!
- You want me to go away?
- Yes!
- Oh, I thought-
- Everyone leaves.
- This place is unsettling.
And I was a Boy Scout when I was a kid.
I grew up in woods like this.
I know woods like this.
This place is different.
And I tried to cook something,
you know, I made a fire,
but I'm not hungry.
I'm not thirsty.
I didn't sleep, but I'm not tired.
What's with this place?
I can't figure it out.
- It takes everybody a
different amount of time.
- To what?
- Everybody's only here for a few seconds.
This place is like a really
efficient waiting room,
but you, me, we're, we're different.
- Has anyone ever been
here longer than me?
- Once.
(wind whooshing)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(water splashing)
(Jim gasping)
- Oh.
(Zac coughs)
It's good, right?
- No.
It's freezing. It sucks.
- Well, you can get out.
- Are you getting out?
- Nope.
- I'm not getting out.
- Good.
- Good.
- That's good.
- That's good.
(water splashing)
You've been here a long time, huh?
- Yeah.
Yeah, a long time.
- You met other people like me?
- No. (heavily breathing)
Everybody else figures
it out faster than you.
- Figure what out?
(water splashing)
(Jim shuddering)
- Get dressed. There's work to do.
(ax thuds)
(footsteps shuffling)
(log thuds)
(footsteps shuffling)
(ax thudding)
(ax knocking)
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps shuffling)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(sticks thwacking)
(club whooshes and strikes)
(club whooshes and strikes)
If you say a single word...
(footsteps shuffling)
- I mean, it was, it was better.
You're doing better.
(wind whooshing)
(wind softly whooshes)
(Zac yelling)
(Aiko speaking in Japanese)
(Jim speaking in Japanese)
- Oh.
(Zac gasping)
(suspenseful music)
- What, what just happened?
- Calm down, Zac.
- What happened? What was that?
Who was that?
- Calm down, Zac.
- Wait, you knew who that was.
You talked to her.
Who was it?
What'd you say to her?
- Zac.
- Huh?
You said something to her and then-
- Zac.
- No, no, no, no.
Who was she, man?
Did you know her?
- [Jim] Zac.
- What?
(suspenseful music)
- Breathe.
(pensive music)
- How does that not affect you?
What, is it normal for you?
- Nothing about this place is normal.
- Why didn't...
She was here one second.
Why didn't I, why didn't I-
- I don't know.
- [Zac] Why?
- I can't answer that.
- Why did she get to,
just like one second and then, and-
- I can't answer that either.
- Just tell me.
Please just tell me,
how much longer do I have to be here?
- I don't know.
(pensive music)
(Zac sighs)
- Do you wanna be here?
Honestly, do you wanna be here?
(pensive music)
- I don't know how to answer that.
- I wouldn't wanna be here.
- Depends on who you're here with.
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(gloomy music)
- Was, uh, was this
here when you got here?
(gloomy music)
Right.
Stupid question.
(Zac inhales)
Who were they?
- Couple lost souls.
(Zac chuckles)
- And they wanted to
leave their mark here?
- Lost souls do.
- Well, I don't.
I don't wanna leave my mark anywhere.
- Yeah, you did.
(gloomy music)
- Did you?
- Who do you think JT is?
(Zac inhales and sighs)
- I hate this place.
I don't wanna be here.
- [Jim] Then go.
- [Zac] Go where?
- Wherever you want, man.
The world's your oyster.
Go figure it out.
- Figure what out.
- I don't know you.
I don't wanna know you
and you don't wanna know me.
You just want to figure your
shit out and leave, so leave.
(gloomy music)
- What comes after this place?
(Jim chuckles)
- How am I supposed to know?
- I, I don't know.
I thought you were, like,
the mayor of this place.
- Watch it.
(gloomy music)
(Zac sighs)
(footsteps shuffling)
- What's behind the barricade, Jim?
- [Jim] Doesn't matter.
- [Zac] What's behind the barricade, Jim?
- My past.
(gloomy music)
(Zac sighs)
(foliage rustling)
- I had kids,
girls,
five of 'em. (chuckling)
And the irony is that I
was set up to be, like,
the best boy dad ever.
I did it all:
hunting, fishing, horses,
waking up at 4:00 AM,
being bold, starting cold,
frost on my shirt while I'm
hunting an elk in my socks
with a bow and arrow.
Damn, I wanted a boy, (chuckling)
and God gave me five girls.
(foliage rustling)
(wind whooshing)
Now, the last one, (inhales)
the little one, Ali, (inhales)
she took my heart.
She stole it.
(foliage rustling)
(Zac chuckles)
When I close my eyes,
I can still see her
little face, (chuckles)
stupid little pigtails.
We lost her.
(wind whooshing)
I was in Montana.
My wife was back at home with the kids,
letting me be Daniel Boone.
(somber music)
There I was on the side of a
mountain a thousand miles away.
I didn't get a call or anything.
I just, I all of a sudden
just knew that a, a,
a part of me had left this world.
(somber music)
She had somehow gotten outside,
gotten into the swimming pool.
And I called my wife a-
and I said, "Something's wrong.
You gotta find Ali."
And she's like, "How could you know?
You don't know what you're talking about.
How could you know that?"
But I swear, I just knew.
(somber music)
And then the phone went quiet
and then I heard this scream.
It was like her,
it was like her soul was leaving her body.
And I knew two things right then.
I knew that,
(somber music)
that I would never see Ali again
and that I wasn't strong
enough to survive it
for the other four.
(Zac sharply exhales)
(somber music fades)
(footsteps shuffling)
(somber music)
Your past is down there?
- [Jim] Yeah.
- [Zac] Is it dangerous?
- [Jim] I don't know.
- We should go.
- [Jim] No.
- [Zac] Why not?
- She's not there anymore.
(footsteps shuffling)
(water splashing)
- [Zac] You got long legs.
I gotta take two steps
for every one step of yours, you know?
- [Jim] You're complaining.
- [Zac] I'm not complaining.
I'm just stating a fact.
- [Jim] You're complaining.
- I'm not complaining.
Your legs are longer.
(ax thuds)
(log thuds)
(axes thudding)
(tree creaks and thuds)
(foliage rustling)
(wood cracks and thuds)
(wind whooshing)
(fire roaring and crackling)
Where are you from?
- Illinois.
- That's pretty country.
- Yeah, maybe if you're a cow or a turkey.
(Zac mimics gobbling)
(Jim mimics gobbling)
(fire roaring and crackling)
Never when you need 'em.
- What was your hometown like?
(fire roaring and crackling)
- Mean.
- You seem like a nice adjacent guy.
Who'd be mean to you?
- Growing up, everyone.
- You fight back?
- I always thought to
kill 'em with kindness.
Ended up kinda killing me.
(fire roaring and crackling)
- Literally?
- Figuratively.
(fire roaring and crackling)
Literally was much worse.
(fire roaring and crackling)
- Tell me about GD.
(fire roaring and crackling)
- Oh, she was perfect.
(pensive music)
Playful, beautiful,
tortured.
She taught me how to help
people with only a look.
Inseparable doesn't even
begin to describe it.
I mean, we would spend all night
just staring into each other's eyes.
(pensive music)
Oh, she probably could have
gone on a million times
to somewhere better,
no, with someone better,
but she stayed for me
because she knew I needed her to.
She sacrificed everything for me,
and I couldn't do anything to help her.
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
- How long were you all together here?
- Oh, I think about the
longest time imaginable.
(fire roaring and crackling)
- [Zac] Forever.
- Just short of that.
(fire roaring and crackling)
Forever would have been nice though.
- Why was she here?
(fire roaring and crackling)
(footsteps shuffling)
(jacket rustling)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(Jim mics gobbling)
(Zac gasping)
Dude.
- [Jim] Morning.
- Not cool.
- Come on.
I wanna show you something.
Yeah, I was here for a long
time before I found this.
- [Zac] Did you know them?
- No.
They were gone before I got here.
(wind whooshing)
- Huh.
Oh, they must have been
here for a really long time.
- Just short of forever.
- You think they're still here?
Like, here, here?
- No, they found their way home.
- I do not understand this place.
We don't eat or drink.
Why would they make a kettle?
- Everything you see was
here before I got here.
There's even stuff that
I'd never seen before.
- And they made it all
with their bare hands.
- I wanna show you something. Come here.
- Whoa, bulldozer.
Man, I did not expect
a bulldozer. (chuckles)
You burned it down, huh?
- It never worked.
- [Zac] I could have fixed it.
- You know how to fix these things?
- No, but given forever,
I would have figured it out.
Man, this thing is sick.
It's like 100 years old.
Take it apart, build an airplane,
fly over the mountains.
You ever found an airplane here?
- I have a planer. That's
how I built the deck.
- Man, I do not get this place.
I mean, what's the point?
- I think if I had the
answer to that question,
I wouldn't be here anymore.
- Why'd you burn it down?
- Can't answer that.
- What are you doing here?
- Same thing as you.
- I'm not doing anything here.
I'm following you around,
hoping for an answer.
Help me out!
- I can't.
My answer doesn't matter for you.
- Well, what's your answer for yourself?
- Don't ask me about my answer.
It doesn't matter.
- Yes, it does.
- No, it doesn't!
My why isn't your why!
Figure your own why out!
(footsteps shuffling)
(waves lapping)
(footsteps shuffling)
- I'm sorry, man.
I don't know what I'm doing here
and I don't know what I'm
supposed to be figuring out.
(waves lapping)
When I was, before this,
(waves lapping)
I would have given anything
just to talk to somebody
that seemed like they were going through
even 1/10 of what I was going through.
(pensive music)
You know?
(pensive music)
(waves lapping)
I think you do.
Mm, I think you do.
(pensive music)
(water splashes)
(waves lapping)
You wanna throw some rocks or something?
(fire roaring and crackling)
Jim, you still there?
- Yeah, I'm still here.
- Just making sure.
(fire roaring and crackling)
Don't leave me here, okay?
(fire roaring and crackling)
- Okay.
(fire roaring and crackling)
(wind whooshing)
(ax thudding)
(tree creaks and thuds)
(saw scraping)
(both gasping)
- Oh, that sucks.
- Yep.
- Oh
- Yeah, that sucks.
- 'Cause the wrists are loose.
They are, but you're still
coming from the ground up.
- See, that doesn't make any sense.
- Explode from the ground.
Explode.
- How do you explode from the ground?
You swing the club with
your freaking arms, man.
This sport is so stupid!
- I know. I know.
But that's what you do.
It's pretty.
(wind whooshing)
It's real damn pretty.
(wind whooshing)
(fire roaring and crackling)
Were you rich?
- [Jim] No.
Were you?
- Hell no.
- What's your biggest regret?
(flames roaring and crackling)
- I regret wasting so much
time regretting things.
How about you?
What was your greatest regret?
(fire roaring and crackling)
- [Jim] Never got to kill a man.
(fire roaring and crackling)
- Oh, you're going to hell.
(Jim inhales)
- I think I'm in it.
(fire roaring and crackling)
(suspenseful music)
(turkey gobbling)
- Hello?
(suspenseful music)
Jim!
Hello?
(suspenseful music)
I'm touching your tree, Jim.
Jim?
You here?
(suspenseful music)
Jim,
you okay?
(suspenseful music)
You know, whatever happened-
- Stop.
- I'm just saying-
- Stop.
- Jim, you can talk to me, buddy.
- About what?
My life?
My death?
What's it matter to you?
My why isn't your why.
Figure your own shit out.
- Uh, maybe we could help each other.
- I've never helped anybody.
- What?
- I said I've never helped anybody.
- It's fine.
You know, that's,
you don't need to help anyone.
- I am getting really sick of your shit.
Ever since the moment you got here,
all you've done is get in my way.
- Yeah?
I'm really standing in the
way of your journey of what,
staring at letters that have
been scratched into a tree?
- No, don't you dare talk about her.
- Talk about who? Talk about who?
You don't tell me anything, man.
I don't even know what I'm talking about.
You know what?
I bet your answers are on
the other side of that.
- No, they're not.
- [Zac] I think they are.
- No, they're not.
- I think they are.
And I bet you could prove it to me.
Go ahead. Prove it to me.
Just step on the other side.
Or you can just go on,
keep being a scared little bitch
like you've always been. (sniffs)
- Said the person who let one little thing
ruin their entire life.
(both grunting)
(dramatic music)
(blow thuds)
(both grunt)
(Jim heavily breathing)
- Oh. Okay.
Okay.
(blow thuds)
(Jim grunting)
(Jim heavily breathing)
(both grunting)
(Jim groans)
(Jim panting)
See? You're fine.
- I am not fine.
(Zac sighs)
- Me either, dude.
I haven't been fine in a long time.
I don't see fine anywhere
on the horizon either.
(Jim and Zac heavily breathing)
Hey, man, I don't know what's down there,
but it's your shit.
We don't have to go fast.
We can go at your pace.
Okay?
(birds chirping)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(birds continue chirping)
(footsteps shuffling)
(birds chirping)
(wind whooshing)
(birds continue chirping)
It's all good, man.
It's all good.
(birds chirping)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(birds continue chirping)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(birds continue chirping)
Is that where you lived with her?
- Yeah.
That's where we lived.
(insects chirping)
(birds chirping)
(foliage rustling)
(foliage continues rustling)
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(foliage rustling)
(wind whooshing)
(insects chirping)
(wind continues whooshing)
(insects continue chirping)
(birds chirping)
(foliage rustling)
- You ready?
- No. Not yet.
- Okay.
Okay.
(foliage rustling)
(tin clanking)
(tin clanking)
(rock thuds)
Sorry.
(tin clanking)
Come on. Come grab a rock.
(tin clanking)
(rocks thudding)
That's a good one.
All right, first one to make it in wins.
(rock thuds)
I missed.
Hook shot.
(rocks thudding)
(insects chirping)
(tin clanks)
- You let me win.
- I did let you win.
I thought maybe you needed one.
- I don't need any handouts.
Get your rock.
- All right. Fair enough.
- Throw.
(tin clanks)
- What can I say?
I'm amazing, man.
- Okay.
(wind whooshing)
(insects chirping)
- This cabin, you built it, huh?
- Yeah.
Cut down every tree, planed every board.
You know, we had this, uh,
this ranch in our family growing up.
My great-grandfather
built a cabin with his,
with his bare hands,
and it's the only place
that Genevieve would go on vacation.
And it's funny, too, because she, I mean,
she just hated nature.
She hated rocks and she hated
trees and she hated bugs,
but she loved that cabin.
She said that it, uh,
it had rustic elegance. (chuckles)
(Jim inhales)
So when we ended up here together,
I built her the exact same
cabin, board for board.
- You, you knew her before, before?
- Yeah.
Before, before.
- Wow. How, how'd y'all end
up here at the same time?
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(foliage rustling)
(footsteps shuffling)
It's selfish, what I did.
It's not brave.
It doesn't resolve anything.
(birds chirping)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(foliage rustling)
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
- I, uh, I had this little cousin.
I went out to go visit his
family and kinda connected.
(Jim inhales)
He was a,
a misunderstood loner.
He was brilliant.
He was going through some shit
and he didn't wanna talk
about it with anybody,
(Jim shakily breathing)
but I knew,
same thing I felt my entire life.
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
There was a solitude in him,
and I felt it. (inhales)
So I, uh, I invited him to come over,
spend some time in my house,
five states away.
And I, and I knew that
he was gonna say no.
No 16-year-old kid says yes to hanging out
with an adult. (chuckling)
When I got home,
I got word from his mom
a couple weeks later
that he wanted to come s-
stay for a week. (chuckles)
Blew my mind.
So I go and pick him
up at the station, and,
and we just spent a week
doing anything that he wanted to do.
If he wanted to fish, we'd go fish.
If he wanted something special
for dinner, we'd make it.
(pensive music)
Nothing was off limits.
And he, uh, he said that he
wanted to be famous. (chuckles)
And I kept asking him,
"Why," you know, "why fame?"
(pensive music)
Why was the one question
he could never answer.
(pensive music)
We'd go back and forth and
back and forth, me asking why,
him not being able to answer.
The week was up, and, uh,
I took him back to the station
and I just gave him the
biggest hug. (chuckles)
And he hated being touched;
I did too.
(pensive music)
But he let me hug him as
long as I wanted. (inhales)
And finally I let go.
And I looked at him and I said,
"I love you, man." (exhales)
And he said, "Of course you do.
I'm awesome." (chuckles)
(Jim deeply inhales)
Oh, he was a funny little shit.
So he starts walking away
and he turns back to me and he said, uh,
"I just wanna matter."
(somber music)
(Jim sniffling)
So he goes home,
and a week later I g- got
a message from his dad
saying that he took his own life.
(somber music)
The kid didn't think that
he mattered. (sobbing)
(somber music)
(Jim sniffling)
But he mattered to me.
(somber music)
(foliage rustling)
Come on.
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
- You wanna be alone?
- I am alone.
- You mind if I look around a little bit?
- I don't mind.
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(objects clattering)
(objects continue clattering)
(wind whooshing)
(footsteps shuffling)
(footsteps continue shuffling)
(Zac thuds)
(Zac sighs)
- I think I know why I'm here.
- Ah, if that were true,
you wouldn't still be here.
This place doesn't have a purpose
when you have it all figured out.
(birds chirping)
(wind whooshing)
- You built a cabin.
- For her.
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
- Why'd you burn it down?
- Why did you?
Why did my cousin?
Why does anybody?
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(wind continues whooshing)
(birds continue chirping)
Come on.
Let's head back.
(footsteps shuffling)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(somber music)
- Oh.
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(Jim sobbing)
(somber music continues)
(Jim sobbing)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(ax thudding)
(somber music)
(water sloshing)
(Jim mimics gobbling)
(turkey gobbling)
(Jim shakily breathing)
(somber music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(somber music fades)
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(footsteps shuffling)
(Jim strains)
(barbed wire ratting)
(wind whooshing)
(ax knocking)
(footsteps shuffling)
(wind whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(logs clattering)
(wind whooshing)
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(coal scraping)
(pensive music)
(Jim sniffles)
(footsteps shuffling)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music fades)
(Jim thudding)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
- Hello?
(water trickling)
(water splashing)
(ax thudding)
(tree creaking)
(tree thuds)
(pensive music)
Hey.
I don't know where you are,
but I,
I know why you had to go.
And I,
I hope wherever you are, it, uh,
that you're happy.
(pensive music)
(Jim sobbing)
I'm sorry for keeping
you here for so long.
(pensive music)
I hope wherever you are
that you know that, uh,
that you matter.
(pensive music)
(Jim sniffling)
(kiss smacks)
(pensive music)
(footsteps shuffling)
(Jim sobbing)
(club whooshing and thudding)
(wind whooshing)
(club whooshes and strikes)
(wind whooshing)
(Jim shakily breathing)
I did it.
(foliage rustling)
I did it.
(fire roaring and crackling)
(nail knocks)
(fire roaring and crackling)
Where the hell is my screwdriver?
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(footsteps thumping)
(toolbox clanks and squeaks)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(toolbox clanking)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(footsteps shuffling)
(screw squeaking)
(Jim shakily breathing)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(footsteps thumping)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(footsteps thump)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
- Oh.
(screwdriver thuds)
(fire roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(fire continues roaring and crackling)
(wind whooshing)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(pensive music)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music fades)