Sounder (1972) Movie Script
THINK WE'LL GEA COON TONIGHT, DADDY?
WE BETTER.
JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
OH, JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
COME IF YOU DON'T
BE LONG
OH, COME
IF YOU DON'T BE LONG
COME IF YOU DON'T
BE LONG
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
JESUS,
WON'T YOU COME BY HERE
[WOOF WOOF]
HE GOT ONE!
COME ON, BOY!
LET'S GO!
I HEAR YOU, BOY!
COME ON!
[WOOF WOOF]
GIVE ME THAT LAMP, BOY.
COME ON.
[WOOF WOOF]
THERE HE IS!
COME ON, BOY,
LET'S GO!
GO, SOUNDER!
I HEAR YOU. COME ON!
[WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WHINING]
[WOOF WOOF WOOF]
[HISS]
[WOOF WOOF]
I THINK HE GOHIM TREED, BOY.
YEAH. IT'S ALL OVER NOW
FOR YOU, OLD COON.
THERE HE IS.
COME ON. LET'S GO.
[WOOF WOOF]
SWEET MEAON THE TABLE!
WE HEAR YOU, BOY!
COME ON!
[HISS]
YOU...
[GUNSHOT]
DAMN!
COME ON, SOUNDER.
DON'T GIVE UP.
COME ON, BOY.
THAT DOG DONE
FOUND IT ALREADY!
COME ON, SOUNDER.
LET'S GO.
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF]
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF]
AW, SHOOT.
COME ON, SOUNDER.
DON'T GIVE UP NOW.
COME ON, BOY.
[WOOF]
[WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WHINING]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WHINING]
DAMN IT!
I REMEMBER WHEN A BULL
COULDN'T STOP THAT DOG
FROM GETTING THAT COON.
[WHINING]
[WHINING]
IT'S ALL RIGHT, SON.
OLD SOUNDER
DID HIS JOB.
IT'S JUST WHEN I REALIZED
THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE
NO MEAT ON THE TABLE,
I JUST ACTED FOOLISH
FOR A MINUTE.
IF ANYBODY'S TO BLAME,
IT'S ME,
'CAUSE I OUGHT TO NAILED HIM
ON THAT FIRST SHOT.
IT WAS TOO DARK, DADDY.
[SOUNDER WHINES]
YEAH.
HEH HEH.
ALL RIGHT. WELL...
WELL, I GUESS WE BETTER
GET ON BACK TO THE CABIN.
SOUNDER.
[WHINING]
YOU KNOW, SON...
THERE AIN'T NO DOG
AS GOOD AS SOUNDER.
IN ALL THE YEARS
WE BEEN TRACKING
COONS AND POSSUMS
IN THESE WOODS,
HE AIN'T NEVER TORE
ONE OF THEM UP YET.
HE ALWAYS BROUGHTHEM BACK
WHOLE AND HEALTHY.
NOW, YOU SEE...
NOW, THAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A HOUND DOG
THAT'S
MEAN AND DIRTY
TO ONE THAT'S GREAT,
LIKE
OLD SOUNDER HERE.
WE HAD ONE CORNERED,
BUT HE GOT AWAY.
I BET YOU A TIRED BOY,
AIN'T YOU, DAVID LEE?
YES, SIR.
HEH HEH HEH.
YOU OUGHT TO BE TIRED,
TOO, SOUNDER,
'CAUSE THAT COON
SURE WHIPPED THE HELL
OUT OF YOU TONIGHT.
HE BEAT YOU, TOO, DADDY,
AND YOU HAD A BIG
SHOOTING RIFLE.
YOU DON'T MAKE FUNNY
WITH YOUR DADDY LIKE THAT, BOY.
DAVID LEE?
YES, SIR?
YOU HAD A ROUGH TIME
OUT THERE TONIGHT,
SO YOU STAY HOME FROM
THAT SCHOOL TOMORROW.
BUT I WANT TO GO.
YOU LEARNING ANYTHING
AT THAT SCHOOL?
YES, SIR.
WHEN NIGHT COMES
IN THESE PARTS,
THAT OLD MOON RISE
LIKE A SCARED RABBIT.
YOU CAN STAY OUT HERE
ALL NIGHT JUST LOOKING
AND NOT SEE A THING
OUT HERE YONDER.
WE GOING HUNTING AGAIN
TOMORROW, DADDY?
OH, YEAH.
I GUESS YOU WONDER WHY,
THOUGH, HUH?
WHAT WITH THE LUCK
WE BEEN HAVING.
BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY...
YOU LOSE SOME OF THE TIME
WHAT YOU ALWAYS GO AFTER,
BUT YOU LOSE ALL THE TIME
WHAT YOU DON'T GO AFTER.
WHO SAYS I DIDN'PUT MY MARK ON YOU?
DAVID LEE?
TIME TO GETO BED, SON.
NIGHT, DADDY.
GOOD NIGHT, SON.
DON'T WAKE JOSIE MAE
AND EARL, NOW.
IT'S YOUR BEDTIME, TOO,
HOUND DOG.
GO ON.
GET UNDER THERE.
AHH.
I BET YOU CAN USE
A HOT CUP OF COFFEE.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
I SURE COULD,
MISS REBECCA.
MMM.
COME ON, NATHAN LEE.
DAMN IT!
THAT BOY'S DONE BEEN
IN MY WALNUTS.
I SKINNED MY FINGERS
TO THE BONE
TO PICK 2 POUNDS
THAT'S WORTH ALMOST NOTHING
AT THE COMMISSARY.
HE TOOK HALF OF IT.
THE BOY IS HUNGRY,
REBECCA.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE
HARD TIMES BEFORE, NATHAN LEE,
AND WE MADE IT.
AND WHAT DID WE
MAKE IT TO, REBECCA?
ANOTHER SEASON
SHARECROPPING FOR
OLD MAN PERKINS,
WORKING OURSELVES
TO DEATH
SO HE CAN GET RICHER
AND WE CAN'T EVEN EAWHEN CROPPING
TIME IS DONE?
[POURS COFFEE]
NATHAN.
[CHAIR SCRAPING]
[NATHAN'S DEPARTING
FOOTSTEPS]
NATHAN?
NATHAN?
NATHAN?
NATHAN?
COME ON, Y'ALL,
GET UP!
THERE'S MEAT COOKING
IN THE KITCHEN!
COME ON! GET UP!
COME ON.
WHAT'S IN THERE,
DAVID?
SAUSAGE
AND HAM BONES.
DON'T DO THAT!
WHERE DID ICOME FROM?
WHO KNOWS?
MORNING, MAMA.
MORNING, MAMA.
MORNING.
THERE'S MEAT COOKING
ON THE STOVE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
GO WASH UP.
WHERE DID ICOME FROM?
WHERE ALL MEACOMES FROM.
GO WASH UP.
BE SNAPPY.
YOU GOT 6 MILES
AHEAD OF YOU
TO THAT SCHOOL.
MORNING, NATHAN.
MORNING.
YOU READY TO EAT?
OH, NO. I'LL WAITILL AFTER THE CHILDREN.
REBECCA...
YES?
WHAT'S THE WEATHER
LIKE OUT THERE?
IT'S HOT.
IT'S GOING TO BE
GOOD BASEBALL WEATHER
FOR OUR GAME TODAY,
THEN, HUH?
MM-HMM.
MORNING, DADDY.
WELL, MORNING
BACK AT YOU.
NOW YOU SAVE SOME
OF THAT FOR ME,
YOU HEAR?
SOUNDER?
HEY, SOUNDER,
COME ON.
[WHINING]
THERE YOU GO, BOY.
THAT OUGHT TO PUT YOU
IN GOOD SHAPE
FOR TONIGHT, HUH?
NOW DON'T TAKE ALL MORNING
AT THAT TABLE.
WHEN CAN ME AND EARL
GO TO SCHOOL
WITH DAVID LEE?
MAYBE SOON.
ONE THING WE GOPLENTY OF IS WOOD.
READY TO GO, MAMA.
TUCK THAT SHIRT IN,
DAVID LEE.
WHEN YOU GET OUOF THAT SCHOOL,
YOU COME STRAIGHON HOME, HEAR?
YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE
THIS LAUNDRY WORK
I DONE FOR
MRS. BOATWRIGHT TODAY.
BYE, DADDY.
BYE, SON.
WHERE WAS IT YOU WENLAST NIGHT, NATHAN?
I DID WHAT I HAD
TO DO, REBECCA.
...ON THEE
AND CROWN THY GOOD
WITH BROTHERHOOD
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
HUCKLEBERRY FINN,
CHAPTER 34.
I'M SORRY, MISS CLAYTON.
YOU'RE LATE.
YES, MA'AM.
WELL,
TAKE YOUR SEAT.
NOW, WHERE WERE WE
BEFORE WE WERE INTERRUPTED?
OH, YEAH.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN,
CHAPTER 34.
THIS CHAPTER IS CALLED,
"WE CHEER UP JIM."
HERE WE GO.
"TOM SAYS,
WHAT'S THE VITTLES FOR?
GOING TO FEED THE DOGS?
"THE COLORED BOY
"KIND OF SMILED AROUND
GRADUALLY OVER HIS FACE
AND SAYS, YES, MARSE,
A DOG."
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
BROUGHT YOUR LAUNDRY,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
OH, COME ON IN, CHILDREN.
COME ON IN.
PUT IT RIGHT UP HERE
ON THE TABLE, DAVID.
THANKS.
YEAH.
MM-MM!
YOU TELL REBECCA
THERE AIN'T A CHINAMAN
IN ALL THIS WORLD
TO BEAT HER IRONING.
HMM.
WELL...
NOW, UH...
HERE'S FOR
YOUR MAMA'S WORK,
AND, UH...
HERE'S SOMETHING FOR
THE THREE OF YOU.
THANK YOU,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
THANKS,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
OH, BY THE WAY,
DAVID,
I GOT THAT BOOK
I PROMISED YOU.
IT'S ALL ABOUTHE THREE MUSKETEERS.
THANKS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
AND WHEN YOU'VE READ IT,
WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YES, MA'AM.
WE GOT TO HURRY.
TELL REBECCA HI
FOR ME, HEAR?
MRS. BOATWRIGHT...
WHAT'S A CHINAMAN?
COME ON, JOSIE MAE!
WE GOT TO HURRY!
LET'S GO!
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET THEM.
LET'S GET THEM.
HI, DADDY.
LET'S GET THEM.
LET'S GET THEM.
HI, DADDY.
LOOK AT YOU!
LOOK AT YOU!
ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET THEM!
LET'S GET THEM!
BALL 4!
HI, MAMA.
WHAT'S THE SCORE?
3-2, BUTHE OTHER TEAM
GOT THE BASES
LOADED.
THERE'S
ONLY ONE OUT.
WHAT INNING IS IT?
LAST PAROF THE 9th.
TURN AROUND.
WATCH THE GAME!
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
LET'S GET THEM.
LET'S GET THEM.
OUT!
[CHEERING]
TWO MORE TO GO, DADDY!
COME ON!
GET THEM!
COME ON, NATHAN!
COME ON!
COME ON,
DADDY!
LET'S GO!
LET'S GO!
LET'S GO, NOW!
HE'S GOING TO
RUN IN THERE.
OUT!
YEAH!
WHOO!
ONE MORE TO GO, DADDY!
GO, NATHAN!
GO, NATHAN!
[CHEERING]
WE WON THE GAME!
WE WON THE GAME!
SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
WON'T YOU PLEASE
PITCH THAT BALL TO ME?
SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
PLEASE PITCH
THAT BALL TO ME
WELL, THE OTHER TEAM
GOT 2
BUT SPEEDBALL'S TEAM
GOT 3, YEAH
YOU TELL THEM, IKE!
OH, SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
I DO BELIEVE BASEBALL
IS YOUR GAME
IT'S YOUR GAME,
ALL RIGHT.
SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
I DO BELIEVE BASEBALL
IS YOUR GAME
IT'S HIS GAME!
YES, HIS GAME!
OH, YOU'RE
A REGULAR PARTNER
NATHAN LEE MORGAN
IS YOUR NAME
NATHAN
LEE MORGAN!
THAT'S HIS NAME.
OH, YOU'RE
A REGULAR PARTNER
NATHAN LEE MORGAN
IS YOUR NAME
NATHAN
LEE MORGAN!
HA HA HA!
IF THEY HEARD ME PLAY
LIKE THIS UP NORTH,
I'D BE RICHER
THAN THE MAN
I SHARECROPS FOR.
IF THEY SAW ME PITCH,
THEY'D HIRE ME JUSTO STRIKE OUT BABE RUTH.
OH, YEAH!
YEAH, YOU KNOW,
THAT SURE IS THE TRUTH.
WHAT THEY DO IN THEM
WHITE CHURCHES, MAMA?
SAME AS WE DO.
THEY PRAY.
ONE TIME BY MISTAKE,
I WENT INTO
THIS WHITE CHURCH
DOWN THERE IN
RHYLE PARISH, YOU KNOW.
TO THIS VERY DAY,
I DON'T KNOW HOW I EVER
GOT OUT OF THERE ALIVE.
THEY PROBABLY THOUGHYOU WAS CRAZY.
OH, MAN, I GUESS SO.
YOU KNOW ME.
I WENT HOME.
I PRAYED TO
THE GOOD LORD.
I ASKED HIM ABOUTHIS WHITE CHURCH
THAT I WENT DOWN
INTO IN RHYLE PARISH.
I SAID, "ALL
I WANT TO KNOW
IS HOW I EVER GOOUT OF THERE ALIVE."
WHAT DID
THE GOOD LORD SAY?
"IKE, YOU DOING BETTER
THAN ME.
"I BEEN TRYING TO GEIN THERE FOR 200 YEARS.
I AIN'T MAKE IT YET."
IKE, IF EVER THERE WAS
A DEVIL IN THIS PARISH,
YOU'S IT.
HEE HEE HEE!
YOU COULD MAKE
A SONG OUT OF THAT,
COULDN'T YOU?
I'LL JUST DO THAT,
SPEEDBALL.
HA HA HA!
BYE, Y'ALL.
BYE.
BYE.
GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY
MAMA, DON'T YOU
WANT TO GO?
GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY
MAMA, DON'T YOU
WANT TO GO?
GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY
MAMA, DON'T YOU
WANT TO GO?
OH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
WHOO, YES.
WELL, THIS HERE'S WHERE
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
SAY GOODBYE TO Y'ALL.
IT'S BEEN FUN,
MISS REBECCA.
US, TOO, IKE.
OH, YES.
LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GOING TO BE
A NICE WARM NIGHT.
YOU GOING
IN THEM WOODS?
OH, YEAH.
THEM COONS AND POSSUMS
BETTER HIDE DEEP FROM US
TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE WORD
BETTER HIDE TONIGHT
OH, LORD,
HIDE TONIGHT
HIDE TONIGHT
OH, LORD
HIDE TONIGHT
HIDE TONIGHT
OH, LORD
HIDE TONIGHT
HIDE TONIGHT
CRITTERS IN THE WOODS
BETTER HIDE TONIGHT...
HE HIT IT SO HARD,
IT WENT THROUGH
IKE'S LEGS.
HE BENT DOWN
TO GET THE BALL.
IT WENT ON
IN-BETWEEN THERE!
NATHAN LEE,
YOU REALLY DID
HIT THAT BALL,
DIDN'T HE,
JOSIE MAE?
HA HA HA!
OH, LORD!
I THOUGHI WOULD DIE!
I NEVER SAW
ANYTHING SO...
[WOOF WOOF]
DADDY, THERE'S TWO MEN
IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
WHO IS THAT?
NATHAN?
[BARKING]
HUSH UP, SOUNDER.
[WOOF]
[GRR]
I GUESS WE BETTER
SEE WHO IT IS.
[GRR GRR]
WE'VE BEEN IN
YOUR HOUSE, NATHAN.
HOLD THAT DOG.
FOUND WHAT WE WAS
LOOKING FOR, TOO.
[GRR GRR]
NOW, YOU TOOK
SOME FOODSTUFF
FROM JAMES' SMOKEHOUSE
LAST NIGHT.
MY DEPUTIES AND ME
GOT TO TAKE YOU DOWN
TO COUNTY HOUSE.
WHAT THEY DOING,
MAMA?
QUIET, SON. QUIET.
[WOOF WOOF]
GET HIM IN THE TRUCK.
SHERIFF YOUNG...
YOU'VE KNOWN NATHAN
FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW THE KIND
OF MAN HE IS.
YOU KNOW THE TROUBLES
WE'VE BEEN HAVING
IN THESE HARD TIMES.
[SHERIFF]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
[WOOF WOOF]
[YELP]
DAVID LEE!
[WHINING]
[WHIMPERING]
[HOWLING]
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
I'M FIXING TO GO SEE
ABOUT YOUR DADDY.
DAVID LEE'S
IN CHARGE.
YOU AND EARL DO JUSLIKE HE TELL YOU.
YES, MOM.
DAVID LEE,
WATCH THE FIRE,
AND FIX THEM
THEIR CORN MUSH TO EAT.
DON'T GO TOO FAR, NOW,
LOOKING FOR SOUNDER.
ANY STRANGERS COME
ASKING YOU QUESTIONS,
DON'T SAY NOTHING. HEAR?
I WON'T.
BYE, SON.
BYE, MAMA.
I WON'T BE GONE TOO LONG.
BYE, MAMA.
BYE, MAMA.
[HORN HONKS]
HOW DO?
GOOD MORNING,
REBECCA.
I SORT OF EXPECTED
YOU THIS MORNING.
I COME TO SEE NATHAN.
WELL,
I WISH I COULD,
BUT I CAN'LET YOU.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT,
SHERIFF YOUNG.
WELL, IT'S SIMPLE...
THAT'S THE RULES.
I FOLLOW 'EM.
AIN'T NO VISITING EXCEPSUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS.
NO WOMENFOLK NO TIME.
I CAN'T SEE MY OWN HUSBAND?
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY
THEY DO THINGS
HERE IN LANDSDOWN.
I JUST FOLLOW ORDERS.
BUT I GOT TO SEE HIM,
SHERIFF.
I GOT TO SEE NATHAN.
WELL,
I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU,
BUT THAWOULDN'T DO ANYTHING
BUT GET US BOTH
IN TROUBLE.
THEY GOING
TO GIVE HIM A TRIAL?
PROBABLY SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK.
I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT I'LL DO--
AS SOON AS
I FIND OUT WHAT DAY,
I'LL DRIVE TO YOUR PLACE
AND LET YOU KNOW.
REBECCA.
YOU GOT YOU A LOWLIFE JOB,
MR. SHERIFF.
[HONK HONK]
REBECCA, YOU JUSTHE ONE I WANT TO SEE.
I BROUGHT THESE WALNUTS
TO TRADE.
THAT'S $1.20.
I'M GOING TO GESOME THINGS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU
NO MORE CREDIUNTIL CROPPING SEASON,
THAT IS,
IF NATHAN MAKES IT.
I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING
ABOUT CREDIT.
WHAT YOU WANT?
I NEED ME SOME FLOUR...
AND NUTMEG...
CHOCOLATE...
EXTRACT...
OH,
AND SOME SUGAR.
AND GIVE ME
TWO EGGS.
WHAT I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT IS NATHAN.
HE OUGHTN'T HAVE DONE
WHAT HE DID--
SNEAKING IN JAMES' PLACE
AND TAKING THEIR GOODS.
THAT LOOKS BAD ON ME.
I'VE BEEN GOOD TO Y'ALL.
DIDN'T I GET THE PEOPLE
OF LANDSDOWN
TO LET DAVID LEE
GO TO THEIR SCHOOL?
DIDN'T I?
AND ANOTHER THING--
WITH NATHAN IN JAIL AND ALL,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CROP
FOR ME WHEN SPRING COMES?
HUH?
DAMN IT,
I'M TALKING TO YOU, WOMAN!
I GOT A FARM
TO WORRY ABOUT,
AND I NEED SOME ANSWERS.
CROPPIN' SEASON'S
A LONG WAY OFF.
BY THAT TIME, NATHAN
OUGHT TO BE HOME.
IF HE AIN'T,
THE CHILDREN AND ME
WILL DO THE CROPPING.
WE HAVE TO...
BECAUSE WE OWE YOU
ALL THAT MONEY.
MR. PERKINS.
DO YOU THINK
SOUNDER'S DEAD?
WILL HE STAY DEAD?
HE AIN'T DEAD.
STOP ASKING CRAZY QUESTIONS.
DON'T GET MAD
'CAUSE YOU
DIDN'T FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT DEAD!
DAVID LEE.
MAMA! MAMA! MAMA!
MAMA. MAMA.
LORD, IT'S HOT.
HOW Y'ALL BEEN?
ANYBODY BEEN HERE?
NO, MA'AM.
YOU SEE DADDY?
NO, SON.
HAVE TO WAITILL THE HOLIDAY COME.
ANYWAY...
WON'T LET WOMENFOLK
SEE THEIR MEN NO TIME.
CAN I SEE HIM
WHEN THE HOLIDAY
COMES?
YOU SURE CAN, SON.
ANY SIGN OF SOUNDER?
NO, MA'AM.
I LOOKED ALL OVER
THESE PARTS.
I THINK MAYBE HE WAS
SCRAPED ON THE HEAD
BY THAT SHOT.
I DON'T THINK HE'S DEAD.
JUST GONE OFF
TO HEAL HIMSELF.
NOTHING IN HERE.
NO. I'M FIXIN'
TO BAKE A CAKE
FOR DAVID LEE
TO TAKE TO YOUR DADDY.
MAKE IT CHOCOLATE
CAKE, MAMA.
DADDY LIKES THINGS
THAT'S CHOCOLATE.
DEFENDANT WILL RISE
AND COME BEFORE THE BENCH.
NATHAN LEE MORGAN...
YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY
OF UNLAWFUL TRESPASS
AND ROBBERY.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH
TO SAY TO THE COURPRIOR TO THE COURPRONOUNCING SENTENCE ON YOU?
NO, SIR.
THE SENTENCE OF THE COURIS THAT YOU
BE IMMEDIATELY REMANDED
TO THE CUSTODY
OF THE SHERIFF
OF THIS PARISH
AND THAT YOU BE
TRANSFERRED FORTHWITH
TO SERVE A TERM
OF ONE YEAR AT HARD LABOR
AT A PARISH PRISON CAMP
TO BE HEREAFTER
DESIGNATED.
CLERK,
CALL THE NEXT CASE.
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
[CLOCK CHIMES]
DAVID LEE,
BE SURE TO ASK YOUR DADDY
WHAT CAMP
THEY'RE SENDING HIM TO.
LOOK PERKISH, NOW,
SO YOU DON'T GRIEVE HIM.
O.K., THAT'S ALL, SON.
DON'T FORGEWHAT I TOLD YOU, NOW.
WHAT YOU GOT THERE,
BOY?
A CAKE FOR MY DADDY.
WELL, PUT ION THIS TABLE
AND WAITILL I CHECK IT.
CAN'T BE
TOO CAREFUL, BOY.
JUST MIGHT BE
A STEEL FILE
OR A HACKSAW IN IT.
WHAT'S
YOUR DADDY'S NAME?
NATHAN LEE MORGAN.
O.K., BOY.
THIRD CELL DOWN
ON YOUR RIGHT.
WELL, LOOKY HERE.
HI, DADDY.
HI BACK AT YA.
MAMA'S OUTSIDE
WITH JOSIE MAE AND EARL.
THEY IS?
WELL...
IT SURE IS GOOD
TO SEE YOU, SON.
THIS WAS A REAL CAKE
BEFORE THE MAN OUTSIDE
PUT ALL THESE HOLES IN IT.
HA HA HA. THAT DON'MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.
I KNOW YOUR MAMA.
A FEW KNIFE HOLES
AIN'T GOING TO
DESTROY THE SOUL
THAT SHE DONE PUIN THIS CAKE.
HERE. NOW, HAVE A PIECE
WITH YOUR DADDY.
MMM.
HA HA.
DADDY...
WE DIDN'T FIND SOUNDER YET.
WELL, HE'LL SHOW UP
ONE DAY.
THINK HE'S DEAD, DADDY?
NO, SON.
HE'LL COME BACK
JUST AS SOON
AS HIS WOUND'S HEALED.
NOW, YOU'LL SEE.
OH, THIS CAKE
SURE IS TASTY.
IT'S A SHAME THEY WON'LET THEM COME IN HERE.
IF I HAD THE STRENGTH,
I'D KNOCK DOWN
THESE DAMN WALLS,
JUST SO I COULD GEMY ARMS AROUND YOUR MAMA
JUST...
THEY ON THIS SIDE OF US?
I THINK SO.
I'M GOING TO SEE THEM
EVEN IF I HAVE
TO BREAK BOTH MY ARMS.
SON, DON'T EVER LEYOURSELF GET CAUGHIN A PLACE LIKE THIS.
DADDY...
CAN YOU SAY WHAT CAMP
THEY'RE SENDING YOU TO?
NO. THEY DON'T TELL US
THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I DON'T WANT Y'ALL
TO COME HERE NO MORE.
WHY, DADDY?
YOU WON'T BE HERE?
JUST DO
LIKE I TELL YOU.
[DOOR OPENS]
TIME'S UP.
COME ON, BOY.
SON...
OH, I'D RATHER
BE A FISHING POLE
DOWN IN THE CREEK
THAN WORKIN' IN THE SUN
OUT HERE ALL WEEK
BUT I EXPECTS
TO GET OUT OF HERE, LORD
EXPECTS TO GEOUT OF HERE
I GOTO KEEP ON WORKIN'
KEEP ON PULLIN'
KEEP ON HAULIN'
IN THE HOT SUN
LORD
LORD, CHILDREN
LORD
LORD, CHILD
YEP, EXPECTS TO GET OUTHE WAY I LIVE
GOT TO PUSH AND PULL
AND DEAL AND GIVE
EXPECTS TO CHANGE
MY WAY SOMETIME
I GOT TO DO
WHAT I'M DOIN' NOW
I GOT TO DO
WHAT I'M DOIN' NOW
I GOT TO DO
WHAT I'M DOIN'
OH, LORD
OH, LORD
SOMEDAY THERE'LL
BE A CHANGE, LORD
SOMEDAY
THERE'LL BE A CHANGE
"YES,
SAID D'ARTAGNAN,
"BUT WE SHALL...
INEVITABLY BE SHOT.
"YES, REJOINED ATHOS,
"BUT YOU KNOW VERY WELL
"THAT THE BULLETS
MOST TO BE FEARED
"ARE NOT THOSE
OF THE ENEMY.
"YET IT SEEMS TO ME,
SAID PORTHOS,
"THAT FOR SUCH AN...
"EXPEDITION,
"WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEASBROUGHT OUR MUSKETS.
YOU ARE A SIMPLETON,
FRIEND PORTHOS..."
GIVE ME THAT
OLD
TIME
RELIGION NOW
GIVE ME THAT
OLD
TIME
RELIGION NOW
GIVE ME THAT
OLD
TIME
RELIGION NOW
LORD, IT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME
YES, IT'S GOOD
IN THE TIME OF DYIN'
YES, IT'S GOOD
IN THE TIME OF DYIN'
YES, IT'S GOOD
IN THE TIME OF DYIN'
LORD
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
FOR ME
LORD, IF THIS
WASN'T A SUNDAY,
I DO BELIEVE
I'D DO A DANCE.
GO ON. SHAKE THEM FEET.
GOD AIN'T LOOKING.
I MIGHT BE
A COUNTRY WOMAN,
BUT I AIN'T NO FOOL.
COME ON, HARRIET.
WELL, YOU CAN'T BLAME
A GIRL FOR TRYING.
WHOO! HA HA!
HA HA HA HA!
GOOD EVENING.
REBECCA.
DAVID LEE, GIVE
REVEREND A SEAT.
WORD FROM NATHAN?
NO, I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING.
I WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE
YESTERDAY TO SEE ABOUT IT.
THEY WOULDN'TELL ME NOTHIN'
AS TO WHAT LABOR CAMP
NATHAN WAS SENT TO,
AND I'M SORRY.
IT'S A DAMN SHAME,
REVEREND.
IT'S A DAMN SHAME.
LET US NOT TAKE
TO BITTERNESS,
SISTER MORGAN.
IN THIS SAME CHURCH,
WE HAVE WOMEN
WITH THE SAME TROUBLE
YOU ARE HAVING,
BUT I TELL THEM...
WHATEVER MISERY...
OR TRIALS...
TAKE IT TO GOD.
TAKE IT TO GOD.
IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE,
REBECCA.
GOD WORKS
IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY.
WE BROUGHT NOTHING
INTO THIS LIFE.
WE CARRY NOTHING OUT.
IS THAT A BLESSING,
REVEREND?
IT'S A BLESSING.
THANK YOU.
[DOG WHIMPERING]
[WHIMPERING]
[WHIMPERING]
EASY, BOY.
EASY, NOW.
IT'S O.K.
IT'S O.K.
HE EATS ALL RIGHT.
HIS THROAAIN'T SCARRED.
THEN WHY DON'T HE BARK
LIKE HE USED TO?
AW, HE WILL.
GET DOWN AND ACLIKE A POSSUM.
I DON'T LOOK
LIKE NO POSSUM.
ACT LIKE ONE.
GET HIM, BOY.
GET HIM.
DON'T TELL HIM
TO GET ME.
OH, SHUT UP.
WHY DON'T YOU GEYOURSELF A NEW DOG?
[RADIO]
...AFTER DR. ANTHONY LORING
BELIEVED A LIE ABOUT HER
AND DISCARDED HER
AND WAS TRICKED
INTO MARRIAGE
BY HIS WIFE MILLICENT.
BUT ELLEN HAS JUST SAID
TO MICHAEL...
MICHAEL, OVER AND OVER,
YOU'VE ASKED ME TO NAME
A DAY FOR OUR MARRIAGE,
AND NOW I'M READY
TO DO IT.
I'LL MARRY YOU
THIS VERY AFTERNOON...
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
I'LL GO AWAY WITH YOU...
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
WHENEVER YOU WANT ME TO.
HALF AN HOUR AGO,
ELLEN AND ANTHONY LORING
AND HIS VINDICTIVE WIFE
MILLICENT,
WHO HATES ELLEN
AND HAS SWORN TO DESTROY
ELLEN AND ANTHONY...
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
FACED THE YOUNG PLAYBOY
BRUCE CAULFIELD
IN HIS HOSPITAL ROOM
AND HEARD BRUCE REVEAL
THAT MILLICENT,
ONCE SECRETLY MARRIED
TO HIM, IS--
[RADIO TURNS OFF]
DAVID.
WOULD YOU LIKE
A COOL DRINK?
NO, THANK YOU.
GOT SOME WORK
TO DO IN THE FIELD.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
YES, DAVID?
WOULD YOU HELP ME
FIND OUWHAT CAMP THEY SENMY FATHER TO?
WELL, THE COURTHOUSE
HAS RULES
ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT I'LL ASK AROUND TOWN
ABOUT IT.
SEE YOU TOMORROW,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
DAVID.
I'LL FIND OUWHERE YOUR DADDY IS FOR YOU.
THANKS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
DON'T MENTION THIS
TO ANYBODY, DAVID!
DO YOU HEAR ME?
I CAN'T DO THAT, RITA.
WE HAVE A POLICY HERE
ON COLORED PRISONERS.
I AIN'T ABOUTO CHANGE THAT,
EVEN THOUGH
WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.
JUST BECAUSE A MAN
AND HIS FAMILY
ARE COLORED--
I DON'T MAKE THE RULES,
AND YOU'RE PUTTING
YOURSELF OUT ON A LIMB
ASKING ME TO DO THIS.
I'M DAMNED IF I'LL
JEOPARDIZE MY JOB
JUST BECAUSE YOU IN LOVE
WITH A LITTLE COLORED BOY.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
EXCUSE ME.
SHERIFF YOUNG HERE.
SHERIFF YOUNG HERE.
YES, SIR.
YES, SIR.
YOU BET YOUR LIFE, SIR.
I'LL BE RIGHT OVER.
THAT WAS JUDGE ELLIOT.
WHEN JUDGE ELLIOT CALLS ME,
I JUMP.
GOODBYE, RITA.
BUT, CHARLIE...
NO!
N-O, NO!
YOU FIND WHAT YOU WERE
LOOKING FOR?
WELL, I...I DID LOOK,
CHARLIE, BUT--
NO BUTS ABOUT IT,
RITA.
YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHNOT TO TELL THAT BOY
WHERE HIS FATHER IS.
YOU AND THIS WHOLE
DAMN COURTHOUSE--
WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IS WRONG.
YOU TELL ME ABOUT WRONG.
NOW, YOU COME IN HERE
AS A FRIEND,
AND I FIND YOU
GOING THROUGH THE FILES?
I COULD HAVE YOU
ARRESTED FOR THAT.
IF YOU GIVE
THAT INFORMATION OUT,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAI'LL DO TO YOU.
AND I'LL TELL
THIS WHOLE TOWN
HOW YOU GOT THAT INFORMATION
AND WHO YOU GIVING IT TO.
YOU WON'T HAVE A FRIEND LEFIN THIS PARISH
TO BRING YOU
A PIECE OF CANDY.
YOU WOULD DO THAT,
WOULDN'T YOU?
NOW YOU'RE GETTING THE POINT,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE,
DAVID LEE.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHERE MY FATHER IS,
DON'T YOU?
NO. HE WAS WRONG, DAVID.
I DIDN'T FIND OUT.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT,
I SAW YOU.
YOU LOOKED IN AND FOUND OUWHERE MY FATHER IS.
IF I SAY I DIDN'T,
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I DON'T KNOW
A DAMN THING.
NOW, STOP BOTHERING ME
ABOUT IT.
COME...
I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.
I'LL WALK.
DON'T POUT NOW, DAVID.
IT'S A LONG TRIP.
I'M USED TO IT.
WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY
I DIDN'T TRY.
HELLO, DAVID.
HI, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE WAY
I ACTED THE OTHER DAY.
WELL, THERE'S NO NEED
TO BE SORRY, DAVID.
WHERE'S YOUR MAMA?
HERE I IS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
THE CAMP
WHERE NATHAN IS AIS CALLED
WISHBONE LABOR CAMP.
AND, UH...
IT'S IN NOLAN TOWN.
YOU SURE IS A CRAZY-ACTIN'
WOMAN SOMETIMES,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
NOW, UH, WE GO
FROM A-2 TO, UH...
NOW, LET ME SEE
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
YOU HAVIN' TROUBLE,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT?
OH, NO, NO. THESE MAPS ARE EASY
TO READ, BUT, UH...
THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.
HOW DO YOU GET THERE,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT?
WELL, UM, THERE ARE NUMBERS
AND LETTERS ON HERE
TO SHOW YOU
WHERE TO LOOK ON THE MAP.
BUT, UM...NOLAN TOWN
ISN'T UNDER A NUMBER,
BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S
IN NORTHERN LANDSDOWN,
AND THE NUMBER FOR
NORTHERN LANDSDOWN IS H-7.
BUT SINCE LANDSDOWN
IS THE LARGEST PARISH,
IT ACTUALLY STRETCHES
ACROSS INTO A-2,
AND, UH...A-2 IS, UM...
AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?
OH, YES, IT'S CLEAR,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
I'M SURE
WE'LL FIND IT.
WHEN THE TIME COMES
FOR US TO FIND IT,
WE'LL FIND IT.
WON'T WE, CHILDREN?
YES, MA'AM.
YES, MA'AM.
YOU CERTAINLY WILL.
HA HA! HEY, BOY!
OH, YOU'RE
GETTING HEAVY.
HEY, SOUNDER....
BOY, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD.
HEY, I'LL RACE YOU
TO THAT TREE STUMP.
YOU READY?
GO! COME ON!
YOU CAN RUN FASTER
THAN THAT. COME ON.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
AND AFTER
YOU GO BY NOLAN,
THE FIRST ROAD
YOU'LL COME TO
IS JORDAN ROAD.
YOU GO ALL THE WAY
DOWN
TO THE END
OF JORDAN ROAD
TO THE LABOR CAMP.
THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
LOOK. THIS WILL BE
A LONG TRIP.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
THANKS, MR. IKE.
DAVID LEE, HERE'S
YOUR FOOD AND THINGS.
YOU GET TIRED,
GO TO A RAILROAD STATION
OR A CHURCH TO REST.
DON'T GO TO NOBODY'S
HOUSE, HEAR?
YES, MA'AM.
AND TELL YOUR DADDY
TO SEND WORD
ABOUT WHEN
HE'S GOING TO BE HOME.
TELL HIM I LOVE HIM.
TELL HIM I SAID HI.
ALL RIGHT.
GET A MOVE ON.
YOU'RE LOSING DAYLIGHT.
COME ON, SOUNDER.
COME ON.
JESUS, WILL YOU
COME BY HERE
OH, JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
JESUS, WILL YOU
COME BY HERE
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
COME, IF YOU DON'BE LONG
OH, COME,
IF YOU DON'T BE LONG
COME, IF YOU DON'BE LONG
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
DOWN ON MY KNEES
A-PRAYIN'
I'M DOWN
ON MY KNEES A-PRAYIN'
JESUS, WON'T YOU
COME BY HERE
JESUS, WON'T YOU
COME BY HERE
OH, JESUS,
WON'T YOU COME BY HERE
JESUS, WON'T YOU
COME BY HERE
[MOOING]
COME ON, SOUNDER.
CAN YOU VISIT HERE,
MISTER?
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK
ON VISITING DAY.
WHEN'S THAT?
SUNDAY.
YOU KNOW MY FATHER,
NATHAN LEE MORGAN?
NEVER HEARD OF HIM, BOY.
WE GOT LOTS OF MEN
IN THAT PRISON.
MISTER!
BOY, WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?
I WANT TO SEE
ABOUT MY DADDY,
NATHAN LEE MORGAN.
IS HE HERE?
GIT!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
THERE, BOY? MOVE!
MISTER, IS
NATHAN LEE MORGAN HERE?
THERE'S NOBODY HERE
NAMED MORGAN.
GET AWAY FROM HERE
BEFORE YOU GET US IN TROUBLE.
AAH!
[MOOING]
[WOOF WOOF]
COME ON, SOUNDER.
[WOOF]
[WOOF]
COME ON, BOY.
2 x 3 ARE?
6!
6!
6 x 6 ARE?
36!
36!
HOW MANY?
36!
36!
36 - 12 ARE?
HOW MANY?
36 - 12?
YES.
THAT'S RIGHT. 24.
24 x 2 ARE?
HOW MANY?
48!
48!
48 + 48 ARE?
UM, 96.
96--
EXCUSE ME.
YES? COME IN.
COME IN.
STAY, SOUNDER.
YES?
CAN I PLEASE
WASH MY HAND?
IT'S GOT BLOOD
ALL OVER IT.
LET ME SEE THAT.
SIT DOWN OVER THERE.
YOU DON'T LIVE
AROUND HERE, DO YOU?
NO, MA'AM.
I COME A LONG WAY.
ME AND MY DOG WAS TRYING
TO FIND MY FATHER.
WE GOT LOST.
IS HE HERE
IN BORDERDALE?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S IN A PRISON CAMP.
MY NAME IS CAMILLE.
CAMILLE JOHNSON.
I'M THE SUPERVISOR
OF THIS SCHOOL.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
DAVID LEE MORGAN.
MY DOG'S NAME
IS SOUNDER.
THAT FEELS BETTER.
YOU KEEP LOOKING AROUND,
DAVID.
DON'T YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
SOMETIMES...
BUT NOT LIKE THIS.
IT'S A GOOD THING THIS HAND
DIDN'T BECOME INFECTED.
HOW DID YOU HURT IT?
ME AND SOUNDER WENTO THIS PRISON CAMP
LOOKING FOR MY DADDY,
AND THE GUARD
HIT ME ON MY HAND.
DID YOUR MOTHER KNOW
YOU WERE GOING TO SEE
YOUR FATHER?
YES, MA'AM.
THAT DOES IT.
THANKS, MISS JOHNSON.
DAVID.
WHY DON'T YOU STAY
UNTIL SCHOOL IS OVER?
I DON'T LIVE FAR FROM HERE.
YOU AND YOUR DOG
CAN COME HOME WITH ME
AND HAVE YOURSELVES
A HOT MEAL.
THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUHOW TO GET YOU BACK HOME.
YES, MA'AM.
TAKE A SEAT BACK THERE.
STAY, SOUNDER.
[WHIMPERING]
YOU GOT A PRETTY HOUSE,
MISS JOHNSON.
I TRY.
YOU GOT A LOOF BOOKS, TOO.
HERE. LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOOKS
ON THESE SHELVES.
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A WOMAN
WHO HELPED TO FREE SLAVES.
HER NAME IS HARRIET TUBMAN.
SHE DIED IN 1915.
THANKS, MISS JOHNSON.
THIS ONE'S ABOUT A MAN
CALLED CRISPUS ATTUCKS.
HE WAS THE FIRSBLACK MAN TO DIE
IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION,
THE WAR THAT WAS FOUGHTO HELP THIS COUNTRY
BECOME THE UNITED STATES.
MISS JOHNSON,
DON'T YOU TEACH
ABOUT FOLK WHO AIN'T DEAD?
SURE.
HERE'S ONE ABOUT A MAN
WHO IS VERY MUCH ALIVE...
DR. WILLIAM E.B. DuBOIS.
WHAT DID HE TALK ABOUT?
I'LL READ
SOMETHING HE SAID.
"THE LONGING OF BLACK MEN
MUST HAVE RESPECT."
WHICH MEANS MEN AND WOMEN
ARE HUMAN
AND MUST BE TREATED
THAT WAY.
"THE RICH AND BITTER DEPTH
OF THEIR EXPERIENCE,
"THE UNKNOWN TREASURES
OF THEIR INNER LIFE,
"THE STRANGE RENDINGS OF NATURE
THEY HAVE SEEN
"MAY GIVE THE WORLD
NEW POINTS OF VIEW
"AND MAKE THEIR LOVING,
LIVING, AND DOING
"PRECIOUS
TO ALL HUMAN HEARTS
"AND TO THEMSELVES
"IN THESE DAYS
THAT TRY THEIR SOULS.
"THE CHANCE TO SOAR
IN THE DIM-BLUE AIR ABOVE SMOKE
"IS TO THEIR FINEST SPIRITS,
"MOON ENGIRDENED,
FOR WHAT THEY LOSE ON EARTH
BY BEING BLACK."
YOU'RE A NICE LADY,
MISS JOHNSON.
[LAUGHING]
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S STOP THE LAUGHING.
WHO ELSE HAS A STORY
TO TELL US?
I GOT A TRUE STORY
THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
YOU KNOW THE CLASS IS GOING
TO CHALLENGE YOUR STORY,
DON'T YOU, CLARENCE?
YES, MISS JOHNSON.
ALL RIGHT. GO ON.
ME AND MY LITTLE SISTER
WENT TO THE WATER HOLE
LAST SATURDAY.
YOU DIDN'T TELL US
THE NAME OF YOUR SISTER.
ME AND MY SISTER LAURA
WENT TO THE WATER HOLE
LAST SATURDAY.
WE WAS PLAYING ALONG
THE EDGE OF THE WATER.
LAURA SLIPPED AND FELL
INTO THE WATER.
I STARTED TO RUN HOME,
BUT I TURNED AROUND,
RAN BACK,
DOVE IN, AND GOT HER OUBEFORE SHE COULD DROWN.
HOW WAS YOUR SISTER
AFTER YOU PULLED HER OUT?
SHE WAS DIRTY AND WET.
WHAT MADE YOU RUN?
I WAS GOING HOME
TO GET MY DADDY.
WHAT MADE YOU STOP
AND GO BACK?
IF I HAD RAN HOME,
BY TIME I GOT BACK,
MY SISTER
WOULD HAVE DROWNED.
WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAAT FIRST?
I WAS SCARED.
HOLD IT!
ME AND CLARENCE WENTO THE RIVER MANY TIMES.
I KNOW HE CAN'T SWIM.
CLARENCE, WOULD YOU TELL US
A STORY THAT WAS NOT TRUE
AFTER TELLING US IT WAS?
NO, MISS JOHNSON.
CAN YOU SWIM?
YES, MA'AM.
CLARENCE, YOU KNOW
YOU CAN'T SWIM.
EVERY TIME
I TRIED TO SHOW YOU,
YOU FELL DOWN.
I HAD TO ALWAYS
PULL YOU OUT.
IS THAT TRUE?
YES, MA'AM.
BUT WHEN I SAW
MY SISTER
ABOUT TO DROWN
IN THE WATER,
I TRIED BECAUSE I
WASN'T SCARED ANYMORE.
I WAS JUST SWIMMING
AND KICKING.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW I WAS DOING IT.
BUT I WAS,
'CAUSE MY SISTER
WAS DROWNING.
SHE WAS DROWNING.
I BELIEVE CLARENCE'S STORY.
DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP
AND TELL US WHY, DAVID?
WELL, SOME PEOPLE CAME
AND TOOK MY FATHER AWAY...
AND OTHER PEOPLE SAID WE
COULDN'T WORK THE FARM.
BUT WE HAD TO...
ELSE WE WOULD'VE LOSTHE FARM.
SO WE PLANTED THE CROPS,
AND THEY GREW.
I BELIEVE CLARENCE'S STORY
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
HE COULDN'T SWIM,
BUT HE HAD TO...
ELSE HIS SISTER
WOULD'VE DROWNED.
AND THAT'S HOW HE DID IT.
THAT WAS A GOOD THING
YOU DID FOR CLARENCE
IN CLASS TODAY.
I BELIEVED HIS STORY,
BUT I WAS AFRAID
THE OTHER CHILDREN
WOULDN'T.
I KNEW HE WAS SCARED
NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE HIM
AS SOON AS HE STOOD UP.
YOU DID? HOW?
I'VE BEEN LIKE THASOMETIMES MYSELF,
THINKING NOBODY
WOULD BELIEVE ME.
YOU WANT TO HEAR
ANOTHER STORY?
NOT NOW, DAVID.
IT'S GETTING LATE.
YOU HAVE A LONG TRIP
IN THE MORNING.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AOUT THERE?
THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE.
DADDY ALWAYS LOOKS OUINTO THE DARK.
EVEN WHEN THERE'S
NOTHING TO SEE.
HE SAYS
IT'S WHAT YOU HEAR.
YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FATHER
A LOT, DON'T YOU?
YES, MA'AM.
YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM
TOO MUCH, DAVID.
WHAT DO I TELL MAMA
WHEN I GET HOME?
TELL HER
I DIDN'T SEE DADDY?
THAT'S WHAI WANTED TO DO.
BUT YOU DID ALL YOU COULD.
NOT MANY BOYS COULD HAVE MADE
THE JOURNEY YOU DID.
BUT WHERE IS DADDY?
I CAN'T ANSWER THAFOR YOU.
BUT IT'S NO FAULT OF YOURS
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE IS.
TELL ME WHAT YOU DID
THAT KEPT YOU FROM
FINDING YOUR FATHER.
COME ON, TELL ME.
NOTHING.
SO YOU DID YOUR JOB,
RIGHT?
YES, MA'AM.
BOY, YOU SURE KEEP
MY MIND JUMPING.
WHAT DO THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS YOU KEEP ME
USING MY HEAD,
AND THAT'S GOOD.
MISS JOHNSON...
DO YOU THINK I CAN
COME BACK HERE
AND STUDY SCHOOL
WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN?
ALL FINISHED?
COME ON.
MAMA, MAMA!
JOSIE MAE! EARL!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
LORD, BOY,
WHERE YOU BEEN?
YOU HAD ME WORRIED
OUT OF MY LIFE.
DID YOU FIND YOUR DADDY?
NO. I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
THE MEN SAID
THEY DIDN'T KNOW DADDY.
THEY MUST'VE SENT HIM
OFF TO ANOTHER CAMP.
WHY'S YOUR BAG SO HEAVY?
WHAT'S IN HERE?
SOME BOOKS
MISS JOHNSON GAVE ME.
WHO'S MISS JOHNSON?
UH, SHE'S A TEACHER.
I STAYED AT HER HOUSE
SOME OF THE TIME.
SO WHEN I LEFT...
SHE GAVE ME THESE BOOKS.
WELL...MISS JOHNSON
MUST BE A RIGHT NICE LADY.
OH, SHE IS, MAMA.
MAMA,
WHEN THE FALL COMES,
MISS JOHNSON WANTS ME
TO GO TO HER SCHOOL.
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
YOU DON'T LIVE NOWHERE
NEAR THAT SCHOOL.
SHE SAYS
I CAN LIVE WITH HER
WHILE SCHOOL'S GOING ON.
AND WHEN SCHOOL'S
NOT GOING ON,
I COULD COME BACK HOME.
WHO'S GOING TO HELP ME
HERE IN THE HOUSE...
AND IN THE FIELD?
WELL, MAYBE BY THAT TIME
YOUR DADDY BE BACK.
IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH HIM,
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
GIDDY-UP, MULE.
GIDDY-UP! GIDDY-UP!
GIDDY-UP!
YEAH.
THIS FINISHES YOUR SHARE.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB
CROPPING, REBECCA.
GIDDY-UP, MULE.
[SPEAKING LOW]
"DEAR MISS JOHNSON,
"HOW ARE YOU?
"I AM DOING O.K.
"I TOLD MY MAMA,
MY BROTHER,
"AND MY SISTER
ABOUT YOU,
"AND THEY
LIKE YOU, TOO.
"I CAN'T MAKE
THIS LETTER TOO LONG
"BECAUSE I HAVE
WORK TO DO.
BLESS YOU.
DAVID LEE MORGAN."
YOU SURE WRITE
A GOOD, FINE LETTER, SON.
A GOOD, FINE LETTER.
[WHIMPERS]
[WOOF]
[BAYING]
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU,
SOUNDER?
[AWOO]
[WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF WOOF]
OH, MY GOD.
IT'S NATHAN.
NATHAN!
NATHAN!
MAMA! WHAT'S THE MATTER?
NATHAN!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
NATHAN!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
NATHAN!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
REBEC--
REBECCA.
DADDY!
DADDY!
HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!
HEY, HEY.
OH.
OH, IT'S GOOD
TO LOOK AT YOU.
HA HA HA!
HEY!
OHH.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOUR LEG, DADDY?
OH, I GOT IT HURIN A DYNAMITE BLAST.
WHEN I WASN'NO MORE USE TO THEM,
THEY TOOK SOME TIME
OFF MY SENTENCE
AND LET ME COME HOME.
OOH-WHEE.
THAT WAS SOME MEAL
YOU FIXED FOR US,
MISS REBECCA.
I SURE WANTO THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT,
NATHAN LEE.
I MISSED THEM DUMPLINGS
ALMOST AS MUCH
AS I MISSED YOU, EARL.
ALL RIGHT, CHILDREN,
IT'S PAST YOUR BEDTIME.
GET A MOVE ON.
COME ON.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.
MMM!
GOOD NIGHT,
YOU PRETTY LITTLE THING.
HA HA HA.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.
GOOD NIGHBACK AT YA.
THAT WAS SOME JOURNEY
YOU WENT ON, BOY.
DADDY, I'M SO GLAD
YOU'RE HOME.
WELL...
ME, TOO, SON.
WE GOING
HUNTING AGAIN?
WHY, SURE, WE GOING
HUNTING AGAIN.
I CLEANED
AND OILED YOUR STUFF
WHILE YOU WAS GONE.
REAL GOOD.
YOUR TURN NOW,
DAVID LEE.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.
UM...
GOOD NIGHT, SON.
DADDY, YOU HOME NOW.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
I DON'T WANNOTHING ELSE,
JUST YOU TO BE HOME.
COME HERE, BOY.
OH!
HOW ARE YOU, REBECCA?
TIRED.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME
NATHAN'S BACK.
HOW IS HE?
WHY DON'T YOU
PAY HIM A VISIT?
HE'LL TELL YOU
HOW HE IS.
I'LL DO THAT,
REBECCA.
I'LL DO JUST THAT.
[CAR DRIVES OFF]
WHAT DOES THAT OLD
PECKERWOOD WANT NOW?
WELL...
HE WANTS YOU
TO PAY HIM A VISIT.
THE TWO OF YOU COULD SIUNDER A SHADY TREE,
DRINK ICE-COLD WHISKEY,
AND SHOOT THE BREEZE.
I HOPE YOU TOLD HIM
I WAS TOO BUSY FOR
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
GOOD MORNING.
YEAH.
NOW, Y'ALL HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB
WITH THIS CROP.
WELL, THANK YOU.
MM-HMM.
WELL, COME ON!
LET'S GET TO WORK.
YOU SURE YOU FEEL
UP TO IT, NATHAN?
YEAH, I FEEL
UP TO IT. WHY NOT?
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON, MULE.
HERE, COME ON.
COME ON, MULE.
LET'S GO.
YEAH, I SURE AM
PROUD OF THE WAY
YOU HELPED YOUR MAMA
KEEP THIS PLACE GOING.
THANKS, DADDY.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE
THINK THIS IS HARD WORK,
BUT IT SURE IN THE HELL
BEATS GOING TO JAIL.
YOU WON'T BE GOING
TO JAIL, WILL YOU?
THEY'D HAVE TO KILL ME
BEFORE I GO BACK
TO THAT PLACE.
COME ON, BOY.
AIN'T NOBODY
GOING TO JAIL,
AND AIN'T NOBODY
GETTING HURT.
GO ON, GET ME
SOME MORE OF THAT CANE.
OH!
WHOA, MULE!
WHOA! WHOA!
DADDY! WHOA!
YOU HURT, DADDY?
I'M ALL RIGHT. JUST--
DAMN LEG JUST WON'T ACLIKE IT USED TO.
YOU SURE YOU'RE
ALL RIGHT?
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
I JUST HAVE TO...
I JUST HAVE TO
REST FOR A MINUTE.
HERE, LET ME
HELP YOU.
NO, YOU JUST STAY
WHERE YOU IS.
OHH...
YOU FEEL ALL RIGHT,
DADDY?
YEAH,
I FEEL GREAT.
JUST GREAT.
YOU LET IT GO,
JUST SLIP OFF
THAT FINGER THERE.
YOU GOT IT?
YEAH.
LET'S SEE.
CLOSER.
YEAH, THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT.
ZIP IT RIGHT IN HERE,
RIGHT OVER HOME PLATE.
HEY!
HA HA!
STRIKE 1!
COME ON, JOSIE MAE.
HEY, IKE.
HOW YOU DOING?
ANYTIME IT'S SATURDAY
AND I AIN'T GONO WORK TO DO,
I'M DOING FINE.
HA HA HA!
[REBECCA]
HEY, IKE.
HI.
WHAT YOU GOT THERE?
MM.
THIS PIECE OF MAIL
COME THIS MORNING
OVER AMR. PERKINS' PLACE.
HE SAID FOR ME TO
BRING IT OVER HERE.
WELL, GIVE IT HERE.
IT AIN'T FOR YOU.
IT'S FOR THE
LITTLE IMPORTANT MAN
OVER HERE.
DAVID LEE.
AIN'T YOU GOING TO OPEN IAND READ IT TO US?
[IKE] O.K.,
I GOT TO GO NOW.
I'LL SEE YOU ALL
IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
YEAH, IKE. THANK YOU
FOR THE TROUBLE.
HAVE A GOOD DAY,
NOW.
BYE.
WHO'S IT FROM,
DAVID LEE?
IT'S FROM
MISS JOHNSON, DADDY.
WELL, READ IT TO US.
"IF YOU ARE COMING
TO SCHOOL HERE,
"BE SURE TO BRING
SOME WARM CLOTHES.
"THE SCHOOL TERM
WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 8th,
"BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR YOU TO BE HERE
"BY THE 4th OR 5th
OF THE MONTH.
"I HOPE EVERYTHING IS FINE
AND YOU WILL BE HERE.
"GIVE MY HELLO
TO YOUR FAMILY.
YOURS TRULY,
MISS CAMILLE JOHNSON."
SEPTEMBER 4.
HOW FAR AWAY
IS THAT?
ABOUT A WEEK.
COME ON, CHILDREN,
LET'S GO!
WHERE YOU GOING?
TO THE COMMISSARY
TO GET THIS BOY
SOME CLOTHES.
IN FACT, I'M GOING
TO GET SOMETHING
FOR EVERYBODY.
NATHAN,
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WE OWE MR. PERKINS
TOO MUCH--
DON'T TELL ME WHAWE OWE OLD MAN PERKINS.
I'LL DO THE OWING.
LET HIM WORRY
ABOUT THE COLLECTING.
COME ON, DAVID LEE.
BUT, DADDY,
YOU JUST GOT HOME.
I WANT TO STAY HOME
AND BE WITH YOU.
I WANT TO BE
WITH YOU, TOO,
BUT THIS SCHOOL IS
SOMETHING YOU NEED,
SOMETHING
GOOD FOR YOU,
LIKE, UH...
LIKE GOOD AIR
TO BREATHE.
I WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT.
AND THAT'S THE WAY
IT'S GOING TO BE.
BUT, DADDY, WHO'S GOING TO
HELP YOU IN THE FIELD?
YOUR LEG IS HURT.
YOU CAN'T WORK
LIKE YOU USED TO.
WHO'S GOING TO HELP YOU
AROUND THE HOUSE?
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
IF I HAD
BOTH MY LEGS CUT OFF,
I COULD DO MORE WORK
IN THAT FIELD
THAN YOU COULD
IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
I WON'T GO, DADDY.
JUST A MINUTE!
YOU DON'T TELL ME
WHAT YOU AIN'GOING TO DO!
I TELL YOU!
IF I SAY YOU'RE
GOING TO THAT SCHOOL,
YOU'RE GOING!
NOW COME ON!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE,
COME BACK HERE!
NATHAN!
PLEASE.
LEAVE HIM BE.
HE MISSED YOU A GREAT BIWHILST YOU WERE GONE.
HE SWEATED AND WORRIED
TO FIND OUJUST WHERE YOU WERE
AND MADE THALONG JOURNEY.
YOU'RE HOME,
AND IT'S ONLY NATURAL
FOR HIM TO WANTO BE WITH YOU NOW.
Nathan: DAVID!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID!
DAVID!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID!
DAVID LEE!
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A MINUTE, SON?
WHEW!
YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOTHIS LEG HURT,
I WAS DOWN
IN THIS ROCK QUARRY,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE WAS THIS DYNAMITE BLASCOMING AT ME
WITH THE KIND OF FORCE
TO KILL 10 MEN.
WELL, SIR,
I GOT OUT OF THE WAY
OF MOST OF THEM ROCKS
FASTER THAN THE LIGHTNING
IN GOD'S MIND
'CAUSE I MADE IT UP
IN MY HEAD,
JUST THAT QUICK,
THAT I WAS GOING TO
BEAT THE DEATH
THAT WAS COMING AT ME.
THAT'S WHAI'M GOING TO DO
WITH THIS TROUBLE
IN MY LEG.
I'M GOING TO BEAT IT.
AIN'T NOTHING LEFFOR ME TO DO
BUT TO BEAT IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAI WANT YOU TO DO.
I WANT YOU
TO BEAT THE LIFE
THEY GOALL LAID OUT FOR YOU.
THERE AIN'T NOBODY HERE
BUT THEM BASTARDS
THAT SENT ME TO...
WELL...
SON, DON'T GETOO USED TO THIS PLACE,
'CAUSE WHEREVER YOU IS,
I'M GOING TO LOVE YOU.
ME, YOUR MAMA,
JOSIE MAE, AND EARL,
WE GOING TO LOVE YOU
EVEN MORE.
WE'LL COME AND SEE YOU
AT THAT SCHOOL
EVERY CHANCE WE GET.
I LOVE YOU, SON.
DON'T EVER THINK
THAT I DON'T LOVE YOU.
WELL, HEY...
DO YOU THINK WE GOING
TO GET TO BE FRIENDS?
BOY...
ALL RIGHT,
GET A MOVE ON, BAG BOY.
YOU CARRY
YOUR OWN BAG.
I'LL CARRY IT.
NO, I WILL.
THANKS, JOSIE MAE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW,
YOU BE GOOD.
AND YOU BE SMART,
YOUNG MAN.
O.K.?
I OUGHT TO BE BACK
TOMORROW EVENING.
CAREFUL, NOW.
GIDDY-UP!
BYE.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
DADDY?
WHAT'S THAT, SON?
I'M GOING TO MISS
THIS OLD RAGGEDY PLACE.
BUT I SURE AIN'GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
HA HA HA! HEY!
HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA! HEY!
HA HA HA HA!
BOY, YOU SEEN ME PICK 'EM OFF
AT THIRD BASE.
I TELL YOU,
MY SPEEDBALL MAKE THEM
ALL STAND UP AND LOOK.
HA HA HA!
HA HA HA HA.
I THINK I REALLY COULD'VE
MADE IT IN THE BIG LEAGUES
IF I REALLY WANTED.
HA HA HA! HEY!
HA HA HA HA HA!
HA HA! WHOA!
WE BETTER.
JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
OH, JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
COME IF YOU DON'T
BE LONG
OH, COME
IF YOU DON'T BE LONG
COME IF YOU DON'T
BE LONG
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
JESUS,
WON'T YOU COME BY HERE
[WOOF WOOF]
HE GOT ONE!
COME ON, BOY!
LET'S GO!
I HEAR YOU, BOY!
COME ON!
[WOOF WOOF]
GIVE ME THAT LAMP, BOY.
COME ON.
[WOOF WOOF]
THERE HE IS!
COME ON, BOY,
LET'S GO!
GO, SOUNDER!
I HEAR YOU. COME ON!
[WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WHINING]
[WOOF WOOF WOOF]
[HISS]
[WOOF WOOF]
I THINK HE GOHIM TREED, BOY.
YEAH. IT'S ALL OVER NOW
FOR YOU, OLD COON.
THERE HE IS.
COME ON. LET'S GO.
[WOOF WOOF]
SWEET MEAON THE TABLE!
WE HEAR YOU, BOY!
COME ON!
[HISS]
YOU...
[GUNSHOT]
DAMN!
COME ON, SOUNDER.
DON'T GIVE UP.
COME ON, BOY.
THAT DOG DONE
FOUND IT ALREADY!
COME ON, SOUNDER.
LET'S GO.
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF]
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF]
AW, SHOOT.
COME ON, SOUNDER.
DON'T GIVE UP NOW.
COME ON, BOY.
[WOOF]
[WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WHINING]
[WOOF WOOF]
[WHINING]
DAMN IT!
I REMEMBER WHEN A BULL
COULDN'T STOP THAT DOG
FROM GETTING THAT COON.
[WHINING]
[WHINING]
IT'S ALL RIGHT, SON.
OLD SOUNDER
DID HIS JOB.
IT'S JUST WHEN I REALIZED
THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE
NO MEAT ON THE TABLE,
I JUST ACTED FOOLISH
FOR A MINUTE.
IF ANYBODY'S TO BLAME,
IT'S ME,
'CAUSE I OUGHT TO NAILED HIM
ON THAT FIRST SHOT.
IT WAS TOO DARK, DADDY.
[SOUNDER WHINES]
YEAH.
HEH HEH.
ALL RIGHT. WELL...
WELL, I GUESS WE BETTER
GET ON BACK TO THE CABIN.
SOUNDER.
[WHINING]
YOU KNOW, SON...
THERE AIN'T NO DOG
AS GOOD AS SOUNDER.
IN ALL THE YEARS
WE BEEN TRACKING
COONS AND POSSUMS
IN THESE WOODS,
HE AIN'T NEVER TORE
ONE OF THEM UP YET.
HE ALWAYS BROUGHTHEM BACK
WHOLE AND HEALTHY.
NOW, YOU SEE...
NOW, THAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A HOUND DOG
THAT'S
MEAN AND DIRTY
TO ONE THAT'S GREAT,
LIKE
OLD SOUNDER HERE.
WE HAD ONE CORNERED,
BUT HE GOT AWAY.
I BET YOU A TIRED BOY,
AIN'T YOU, DAVID LEE?
YES, SIR.
HEH HEH HEH.
YOU OUGHT TO BE TIRED,
TOO, SOUNDER,
'CAUSE THAT COON
SURE WHIPPED THE HELL
OUT OF YOU TONIGHT.
HE BEAT YOU, TOO, DADDY,
AND YOU HAD A BIG
SHOOTING RIFLE.
YOU DON'T MAKE FUNNY
WITH YOUR DADDY LIKE THAT, BOY.
DAVID LEE?
YES, SIR?
YOU HAD A ROUGH TIME
OUT THERE TONIGHT,
SO YOU STAY HOME FROM
THAT SCHOOL TOMORROW.
BUT I WANT TO GO.
YOU LEARNING ANYTHING
AT THAT SCHOOL?
YES, SIR.
WHEN NIGHT COMES
IN THESE PARTS,
THAT OLD MOON RISE
LIKE A SCARED RABBIT.
YOU CAN STAY OUT HERE
ALL NIGHT JUST LOOKING
AND NOT SEE A THING
OUT HERE YONDER.
WE GOING HUNTING AGAIN
TOMORROW, DADDY?
OH, YEAH.
I GUESS YOU WONDER WHY,
THOUGH, HUH?
WHAT WITH THE LUCK
WE BEEN HAVING.
BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY...
YOU LOSE SOME OF THE TIME
WHAT YOU ALWAYS GO AFTER,
BUT YOU LOSE ALL THE TIME
WHAT YOU DON'T GO AFTER.
WHO SAYS I DIDN'PUT MY MARK ON YOU?
DAVID LEE?
TIME TO GETO BED, SON.
NIGHT, DADDY.
GOOD NIGHT, SON.
DON'T WAKE JOSIE MAE
AND EARL, NOW.
IT'S YOUR BEDTIME, TOO,
HOUND DOG.
GO ON.
GET UNDER THERE.
AHH.
I BET YOU CAN USE
A HOT CUP OF COFFEE.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
I SURE COULD,
MISS REBECCA.
MMM.
COME ON, NATHAN LEE.
DAMN IT!
THAT BOY'S DONE BEEN
IN MY WALNUTS.
I SKINNED MY FINGERS
TO THE BONE
TO PICK 2 POUNDS
THAT'S WORTH ALMOST NOTHING
AT THE COMMISSARY.
HE TOOK HALF OF IT.
THE BOY IS HUNGRY,
REBECCA.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE
HARD TIMES BEFORE, NATHAN LEE,
AND WE MADE IT.
AND WHAT DID WE
MAKE IT TO, REBECCA?
ANOTHER SEASON
SHARECROPPING FOR
OLD MAN PERKINS,
WORKING OURSELVES
TO DEATH
SO HE CAN GET RICHER
AND WE CAN'T EVEN EAWHEN CROPPING
TIME IS DONE?
[POURS COFFEE]
NATHAN.
[CHAIR SCRAPING]
[NATHAN'S DEPARTING
FOOTSTEPS]
NATHAN?
NATHAN?
NATHAN?
NATHAN?
COME ON, Y'ALL,
GET UP!
THERE'S MEAT COOKING
IN THE KITCHEN!
COME ON! GET UP!
COME ON.
WHAT'S IN THERE,
DAVID?
SAUSAGE
AND HAM BONES.
DON'T DO THAT!
WHERE DID ICOME FROM?
WHO KNOWS?
MORNING, MAMA.
MORNING, MAMA.
MORNING.
THERE'S MEAT COOKING
ON THE STOVE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
GO WASH UP.
WHERE DID ICOME FROM?
WHERE ALL MEACOMES FROM.
GO WASH UP.
BE SNAPPY.
YOU GOT 6 MILES
AHEAD OF YOU
TO THAT SCHOOL.
MORNING, NATHAN.
MORNING.
YOU READY TO EAT?
OH, NO. I'LL WAITILL AFTER THE CHILDREN.
REBECCA...
YES?
WHAT'S THE WEATHER
LIKE OUT THERE?
IT'S HOT.
IT'S GOING TO BE
GOOD BASEBALL WEATHER
FOR OUR GAME TODAY,
THEN, HUH?
MM-HMM.
MORNING, DADDY.
WELL, MORNING
BACK AT YOU.
NOW YOU SAVE SOME
OF THAT FOR ME,
YOU HEAR?
SOUNDER?
HEY, SOUNDER,
COME ON.
[WHINING]
THERE YOU GO, BOY.
THAT OUGHT TO PUT YOU
IN GOOD SHAPE
FOR TONIGHT, HUH?
NOW DON'T TAKE ALL MORNING
AT THAT TABLE.
WHEN CAN ME AND EARL
GO TO SCHOOL
WITH DAVID LEE?
MAYBE SOON.
ONE THING WE GOPLENTY OF IS WOOD.
READY TO GO, MAMA.
TUCK THAT SHIRT IN,
DAVID LEE.
WHEN YOU GET OUOF THAT SCHOOL,
YOU COME STRAIGHON HOME, HEAR?
YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE
THIS LAUNDRY WORK
I DONE FOR
MRS. BOATWRIGHT TODAY.
BYE, DADDY.
BYE, SON.
WHERE WAS IT YOU WENLAST NIGHT, NATHAN?
I DID WHAT I HAD
TO DO, REBECCA.
...ON THEE
AND CROWN THY GOOD
WITH BROTHERHOOD
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
HUCKLEBERRY FINN,
CHAPTER 34.
I'M SORRY, MISS CLAYTON.
YOU'RE LATE.
YES, MA'AM.
WELL,
TAKE YOUR SEAT.
NOW, WHERE WERE WE
BEFORE WE WERE INTERRUPTED?
OH, YEAH.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN,
CHAPTER 34.
THIS CHAPTER IS CALLED,
"WE CHEER UP JIM."
HERE WE GO.
"TOM SAYS,
WHAT'S THE VITTLES FOR?
GOING TO FEED THE DOGS?
"THE COLORED BOY
"KIND OF SMILED AROUND
GRADUALLY OVER HIS FACE
AND SAYS, YES, MARSE,
A DOG."
[WOOF WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF]
BROUGHT YOUR LAUNDRY,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
OH, COME ON IN, CHILDREN.
COME ON IN.
PUT IT RIGHT UP HERE
ON THE TABLE, DAVID.
THANKS.
YEAH.
MM-MM!
YOU TELL REBECCA
THERE AIN'T A CHINAMAN
IN ALL THIS WORLD
TO BEAT HER IRONING.
HMM.
WELL...
NOW, UH...
HERE'S FOR
YOUR MAMA'S WORK,
AND, UH...
HERE'S SOMETHING FOR
THE THREE OF YOU.
THANK YOU,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
THANKS,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
OH, BY THE WAY,
DAVID,
I GOT THAT BOOK
I PROMISED YOU.
IT'S ALL ABOUTHE THREE MUSKETEERS.
THANKS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
AND WHEN YOU'VE READ IT,
WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YES, MA'AM.
WE GOT TO HURRY.
TELL REBECCA HI
FOR ME, HEAR?
MRS. BOATWRIGHT...
WHAT'S A CHINAMAN?
COME ON, JOSIE MAE!
WE GOT TO HURRY!
LET'S GO!
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET THEM.
LET'S GET THEM.
HI, DADDY.
LET'S GET THEM.
LET'S GET THEM.
HI, DADDY.
LOOK AT YOU!
LOOK AT YOU!
ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET THEM!
LET'S GET THEM!
BALL 4!
HI, MAMA.
WHAT'S THE SCORE?
3-2, BUTHE OTHER TEAM
GOT THE BASES
LOADED.
THERE'S
ONLY ONE OUT.
WHAT INNING IS IT?
LAST PAROF THE 9th.
TURN AROUND.
WATCH THE GAME!
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
LET'S GET THEM.
LET'S GET THEM.
OUT!
[CHEERING]
TWO MORE TO GO, DADDY!
COME ON!
GET THEM!
COME ON, NATHAN!
COME ON!
COME ON,
DADDY!
LET'S GO!
LET'S GO!
LET'S GO, NOW!
HE'S GOING TO
RUN IN THERE.
OUT!
YEAH!
WHOO!
ONE MORE TO GO, DADDY!
GO, NATHAN!
GO, NATHAN!
[CHEERING]
WE WON THE GAME!
WE WON THE GAME!
SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
WON'T YOU PLEASE
PITCH THAT BALL TO ME?
SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
PLEASE PITCH
THAT BALL TO ME
WELL, THE OTHER TEAM
GOT 2
BUT SPEEDBALL'S TEAM
GOT 3, YEAH
YOU TELL THEM, IKE!
OH, SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
I DO BELIEVE BASEBALL
IS YOUR GAME
IT'S YOUR GAME,
ALL RIGHT.
SPEEDBALL, SPEEDBALL
I DO BELIEVE BASEBALL
IS YOUR GAME
IT'S HIS GAME!
YES, HIS GAME!
OH, YOU'RE
A REGULAR PARTNER
NATHAN LEE MORGAN
IS YOUR NAME
NATHAN
LEE MORGAN!
THAT'S HIS NAME.
OH, YOU'RE
A REGULAR PARTNER
NATHAN LEE MORGAN
IS YOUR NAME
NATHAN
LEE MORGAN!
HA HA HA!
IF THEY HEARD ME PLAY
LIKE THIS UP NORTH,
I'D BE RICHER
THAN THE MAN
I SHARECROPS FOR.
IF THEY SAW ME PITCH,
THEY'D HIRE ME JUSTO STRIKE OUT BABE RUTH.
OH, YEAH!
YEAH, YOU KNOW,
THAT SURE IS THE TRUTH.
WHAT THEY DO IN THEM
WHITE CHURCHES, MAMA?
SAME AS WE DO.
THEY PRAY.
ONE TIME BY MISTAKE,
I WENT INTO
THIS WHITE CHURCH
DOWN THERE IN
RHYLE PARISH, YOU KNOW.
TO THIS VERY DAY,
I DON'T KNOW HOW I EVER
GOT OUT OF THERE ALIVE.
THEY PROBABLY THOUGHYOU WAS CRAZY.
OH, MAN, I GUESS SO.
YOU KNOW ME.
I WENT HOME.
I PRAYED TO
THE GOOD LORD.
I ASKED HIM ABOUTHIS WHITE CHURCH
THAT I WENT DOWN
INTO IN RHYLE PARISH.
I SAID, "ALL
I WANT TO KNOW
IS HOW I EVER GOOUT OF THERE ALIVE."
WHAT DID
THE GOOD LORD SAY?
"IKE, YOU DOING BETTER
THAN ME.
"I BEEN TRYING TO GEIN THERE FOR 200 YEARS.
I AIN'T MAKE IT YET."
IKE, IF EVER THERE WAS
A DEVIL IN THIS PARISH,
YOU'S IT.
HEE HEE HEE!
YOU COULD MAKE
A SONG OUT OF THAT,
COULDN'T YOU?
I'LL JUST DO THAT,
SPEEDBALL.
HA HA HA!
BYE, Y'ALL.
BYE.
BYE.
GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY
MAMA, DON'T YOU
WANT TO GO?
GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY
MAMA, DON'T YOU
WANT TO GO?
GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY
MAMA, DON'T YOU
WANT TO GO?
OH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
WHOO, YES.
WELL, THIS HERE'S WHERE
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
SAY GOODBYE TO Y'ALL.
IT'S BEEN FUN,
MISS REBECCA.
US, TOO, IKE.
OH, YES.
LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GOING TO BE
A NICE WARM NIGHT.
YOU GOING
IN THEM WOODS?
OH, YEAH.
THEM COONS AND POSSUMS
BETTER HIDE DEEP FROM US
TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE WORD
BETTER HIDE TONIGHT
OH, LORD,
HIDE TONIGHT
HIDE TONIGHT
OH, LORD
HIDE TONIGHT
HIDE TONIGHT
OH, LORD
HIDE TONIGHT
HIDE TONIGHT
CRITTERS IN THE WOODS
BETTER HIDE TONIGHT...
HE HIT IT SO HARD,
IT WENT THROUGH
IKE'S LEGS.
HE BENT DOWN
TO GET THE BALL.
IT WENT ON
IN-BETWEEN THERE!
NATHAN LEE,
YOU REALLY DID
HIT THAT BALL,
DIDN'T HE,
JOSIE MAE?
HA HA HA!
OH, LORD!
I THOUGHI WOULD DIE!
I NEVER SAW
ANYTHING SO...
[WOOF WOOF]
DADDY, THERE'S TWO MEN
IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
WHO IS THAT?
NATHAN?
[BARKING]
HUSH UP, SOUNDER.
[WOOF]
[GRR]
I GUESS WE BETTER
SEE WHO IT IS.
[GRR GRR]
WE'VE BEEN IN
YOUR HOUSE, NATHAN.
HOLD THAT DOG.
FOUND WHAT WE WAS
LOOKING FOR, TOO.
[GRR GRR]
NOW, YOU TOOK
SOME FOODSTUFF
FROM JAMES' SMOKEHOUSE
LAST NIGHT.
MY DEPUTIES AND ME
GOT TO TAKE YOU DOWN
TO COUNTY HOUSE.
WHAT THEY DOING,
MAMA?
QUIET, SON. QUIET.
[WOOF WOOF]
GET HIM IN THE TRUCK.
SHERIFF YOUNG...
YOU'VE KNOWN NATHAN
FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW THE KIND
OF MAN HE IS.
YOU KNOW THE TROUBLES
WE'VE BEEN HAVING
IN THESE HARD TIMES.
[SHERIFF]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
[WOOF WOOF]
[YELP]
DAVID LEE!
[WHINING]
[WHIMPERING]
[HOWLING]
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
I'M FIXING TO GO SEE
ABOUT YOUR DADDY.
DAVID LEE'S
IN CHARGE.
YOU AND EARL DO JUSLIKE HE TELL YOU.
YES, MOM.
DAVID LEE,
WATCH THE FIRE,
AND FIX THEM
THEIR CORN MUSH TO EAT.
DON'T GO TOO FAR, NOW,
LOOKING FOR SOUNDER.
ANY STRANGERS COME
ASKING YOU QUESTIONS,
DON'T SAY NOTHING. HEAR?
I WON'T.
BYE, SON.
BYE, MAMA.
I WON'T BE GONE TOO LONG.
BYE, MAMA.
BYE, MAMA.
[HORN HONKS]
HOW DO?
GOOD MORNING,
REBECCA.
I SORT OF EXPECTED
YOU THIS MORNING.
I COME TO SEE NATHAN.
WELL,
I WISH I COULD,
BUT I CAN'LET YOU.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT,
SHERIFF YOUNG.
WELL, IT'S SIMPLE...
THAT'S THE RULES.
I FOLLOW 'EM.
AIN'T NO VISITING EXCEPSUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS.
NO WOMENFOLK NO TIME.
I CAN'T SEE MY OWN HUSBAND?
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY
THEY DO THINGS
HERE IN LANDSDOWN.
I JUST FOLLOW ORDERS.
BUT I GOT TO SEE HIM,
SHERIFF.
I GOT TO SEE NATHAN.
WELL,
I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU,
BUT THAWOULDN'T DO ANYTHING
BUT GET US BOTH
IN TROUBLE.
THEY GOING
TO GIVE HIM A TRIAL?
PROBABLY SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK.
I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT I'LL DO--
AS SOON AS
I FIND OUT WHAT DAY,
I'LL DRIVE TO YOUR PLACE
AND LET YOU KNOW.
REBECCA.
YOU GOT YOU A LOWLIFE JOB,
MR. SHERIFF.
[HONK HONK]
REBECCA, YOU JUSTHE ONE I WANT TO SEE.
I BROUGHT THESE WALNUTS
TO TRADE.
THAT'S $1.20.
I'M GOING TO GESOME THINGS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU
NO MORE CREDIUNTIL CROPPING SEASON,
THAT IS,
IF NATHAN MAKES IT.
I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING
ABOUT CREDIT.
WHAT YOU WANT?
I NEED ME SOME FLOUR...
AND NUTMEG...
CHOCOLATE...
EXTRACT...
OH,
AND SOME SUGAR.
AND GIVE ME
TWO EGGS.
WHAT I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT IS NATHAN.
HE OUGHTN'T HAVE DONE
WHAT HE DID--
SNEAKING IN JAMES' PLACE
AND TAKING THEIR GOODS.
THAT LOOKS BAD ON ME.
I'VE BEEN GOOD TO Y'ALL.
DIDN'T I GET THE PEOPLE
OF LANDSDOWN
TO LET DAVID LEE
GO TO THEIR SCHOOL?
DIDN'T I?
AND ANOTHER THING--
WITH NATHAN IN JAIL AND ALL,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CROP
FOR ME WHEN SPRING COMES?
HUH?
DAMN IT,
I'M TALKING TO YOU, WOMAN!
I GOT A FARM
TO WORRY ABOUT,
AND I NEED SOME ANSWERS.
CROPPIN' SEASON'S
A LONG WAY OFF.
BY THAT TIME, NATHAN
OUGHT TO BE HOME.
IF HE AIN'T,
THE CHILDREN AND ME
WILL DO THE CROPPING.
WE HAVE TO...
BECAUSE WE OWE YOU
ALL THAT MONEY.
MR. PERKINS.
DO YOU THINK
SOUNDER'S DEAD?
WILL HE STAY DEAD?
HE AIN'T DEAD.
STOP ASKING CRAZY QUESTIONS.
DON'T GET MAD
'CAUSE YOU
DIDN'T FIND HIM.
HE'S NOT DEAD!
DAVID LEE.
MAMA! MAMA! MAMA!
MAMA. MAMA.
LORD, IT'S HOT.
HOW Y'ALL BEEN?
ANYBODY BEEN HERE?
NO, MA'AM.
YOU SEE DADDY?
NO, SON.
HAVE TO WAITILL THE HOLIDAY COME.
ANYWAY...
WON'T LET WOMENFOLK
SEE THEIR MEN NO TIME.
CAN I SEE HIM
WHEN THE HOLIDAY
COMES?
YOU SURE CAN, SON.
ANY SIGN OF SOUNDER?
NO, MA'AM.
I LOOKED ALL OVER
THESE PARTS.
I THINK MAYBE HE WAS
SCRAPED ON THE HEAD
BY THAT SHOT.
I DON'T THINK HE'S DEAD.
JUST GONE OFF
TO HEAL HIMSELF.
NOTHING IN HERE.
NO. I'M FIXIN'
TO BAKE A CAKE
FOR DAVID LEE
TO TAKE TO YOUR DADDY.
MAKE IT CHOCOLATE
CAKE, MAMA.
DADDY LIKES THINGS
THAT'S CHOCOLATE.
DEFENDANT WILL RISE
AND COME BEFORE THE BENCH.
NATHAN LEE MORGAN...
YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY
OF UNLAWFUL TRESPASS
AND ROBBERY.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH
TO SAY TO THE COURPRIOR TO THE COURPRONOUNCING SENTENCE ON YOU?
NO, SIR.
THE SENTENCE OF THE COURIS THAT YOU
BE IMMEDIATELY REMANDED
TO THE CUSTODY
OF THE SHERIFF
OF THIS PARISH
AND THAT YOU BE
TRANSFERRED FORTHWITH
TO SERVE A TERM
OF ONE YEAR AT HARD LABOR
AT A PARISH PRISON CAMP
TO BE HEREAFTER
DESIGNATED.
CLERK,
CALL THE NEXT CASE.
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
SOUNDER!
[CLOCK CHIMES]
DAVID LEE,
BE SURE TO ASK YOUR DADDY
WHAT CAMP
THEY'RE SENDING HIM TO.
LOOK PERKISH, NOW,
SO YOU DON'T GRIEVE HIM.
O.K., THAT'S ALL, SON.
DON'T FORGEWHAT I TOLD YOU, NOW.
WHAT YOU GOT THERE,
BOY?
A CAKE FOR MY DADDY.
WELL, PUT ION THIS TABLE
AND WAITILL I CHECK IT.
CAN'T BE
TOO CAREFUL, BOY.
JUST MIGHT BE
A STEEL FILE
OR A HACKSAW IN IT.
WHAT'S
YOUR DADDY'S NAME?
NATHAN LEE MORGAN.
O.K., BOY.
THIRD CELL DOWN
ON YOUR RIGHT.
WELL, LOOKY HERE.
HI, DADDY.
HI BACK AT YA.
MAMA'S OUTSIDE
WITH JOSIE MAE AND EARL.
THEY IS?
WELL...
IT SURE IS GOOD
TO SEE YOU, SON.
THIS WAS A REAL CAKE
BEFORE THE MAN OUTSIDE
PUT ALL THESE HOLES IN IT.
HA HA HA. THAT DON'MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.
I KNOW YOUR MAMA.
A FEW KNIFE HOLES
AIN'T GOING TO
DESTROY THE SOUL
THAT SHE DONE PUIN THIS CAKE.
HERE. NOW, HAVE A PIECE
WITH YOUR DADDY.
MMM.
HA HA.
DADDY...
WE DIDN'T FIND SOUNDER YET.
WELL, HE'LL SHOW UP
ONE DAY.
THINK HE'S DEAD, DADDY?
NO, SON.
HE'LL COME BACK
JUST AS SOON
AS HIS WOUND'S HEALED.
NOW, YOU'LL SEE.
OH, THIS CAKE
SURE IS TASTY.
IT'S A SHAME THEY WON'LET THEM COME IN HERE.
IF I HAD THE STRENGTH,
I'D KNOCK DOWN
THESE DAMN WALLS,
JUST SO I COULD GEMY ARMS AROUND YOUR MAMA
JUST...
THEY ON THIS SIDE OF US?
I THINK SO.
I'M GOING TO SEE THEM
EVEN IF I HAVE
TO BREAK BOTH MY ARMS.
SON, DON'T EVER LEYOURSELF GET CAUGHIN A PLACE LIKE THIS.
DADDY...
CAN YOU SAY WHAT CAMP
THEY'RE SENDING YOU TO?
NO. THEY DON'T TELL US
THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I DON'T WANT Y'ALL
TO COME HERE NO MORE.
WHY, DADDY?
YOU WON'T BE HERE?
JUST DO
LIKE I TELL YOU.
[DOOR OPENS]
TIME'S UP.
COME ON, BOY.
SON...
OH, I'D RATHER
BE A FISHING POLE
DOWN IN THE CREEK
THAN WORKIN' IN THE SUN
OUT HERE ALL WEEK
BUT I EXPECTS
TO GET OUT OF HERE, LORD
EXPECTS TO GEOUT OF HERE
I GOTO KEEP ON WORKIN'
KEEP ON PULLIN'
KEEP ON HAULIN'
IN THE HOT SUN
LORD
LORD, CHILDREN
LORD
LORD, CHILD
YEP, EXPECTS TO GET OUTHE WAY I LIVE
GOT TO PUSH AND PULL
AND DEAL AND GIVE
EXPECTS TO CHANGE
MY WAY SOMETIME
I GOT TO DO
WHAT I'M DOIN' NOW
I GOT TO DO
WHAT I'M DOIN' NOW
I GOT TO DO
WHAT I'M DOIN'
OH, LORD
OH, LORD
SOMEDAY THERE'LL
BE A CHANGE, LORD
SOMEDAY
THERE'LL BE A CHANGE
"YES,
SAID D'ARTAGNAN,
"BUT WE SHALL...
INEVITABLY BE SHOT.
"YES, REJOINED ATHOS,
"BUT YOU KNOW VERY WELL
"THAT THE BULLETS
MOST TO BE FEARED
"ARE NOT THOSE
OF THE ENEMY.
"YET IT SEEMS TO ME,
SAID PORTHOS,
"THAT FOR SUCH AN...
"EXPEDITION,
"WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEASBROUGHT OUR MUSKETS.
YOU ARE A SIMPLETON,
FRIEND PORTHOS..."
GIVE ME THAT
OLD
TIME
RELIGION NOW
GIVE ME THAT
OLD
TIME
RELIGION NOW
GIVE ME THAT
OLD
TIME
RELIGION NOW
LORD, IT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME
YES, IT'S GOOD
IN THE TIME OF DYIN'
YES, IT'S GOOD
IN THE TIME OF DYIN'
YES, IT'S GOOD
IN THE TIME OF DYIN'
LORD
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
FOR ME
LORD, IF THIS
WASN'T A SUNDAY,
I DO BELIEVE
I'D DO A DANCE.
GO ON. SHAKE THEM FEET.
GOD AIN'T LOOKING.
I MIGHT BE
A COUNTRY WOMAN,
BUT I AIN'T NO FOOL.
COME ON, HARRIET.
WELL, YOU CAN'T BLAME
A GIRL FOR TRYING.
WHOO! HA HA!
HA HA HA HA!
GOOD EVENING.
REBECCA.
DAVID LEE, GIVE
REVEREND A SEAT.
WORD FROM NATHAN?
NO, I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING.
I WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE
YESTERDAY TO SEE ABOUT IT.
THEY WOULDN'TELL ME NOTHIN'
AS TO WHAT LABOR CAMP
NATHAN WAS SENT TO,
AND I'M SORRY.
IT'S A DAMN SHAME,
REVEREND.
IT'S A DAMN SHAME.
LET US NOT TAKE
TO BITTERNESS,
SISTER MORGAN.
IN THIS SAME CHURCH,
WE HAVE WOMEN
WITH THE SAME TROUBLE
YOU ARE HAVING,
BUT I TELL THEM...
WHATEVER MISERY...
OR TRIALS...
TAKE IT TO GOD.
TAKE IT TO GOD.
IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE,
REBECCA.
GOD WORKS
IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY.
WE BROUGHT NOTHING
INTO THIS LIFE.
WE CARRY NOTHING OUT.
IS THAT A BLESSING,
REVEREND?
IT'S A BLESSING.
THANK YOU.
[DOG WHIMPERING]
[WHIMPERING]
[WHIMPERING]
EASY, BOY.
EASY, NOW.
IT'S O.K.
IT'S O.K.
HE EATS ALL RIGHT.
HIS THROAAIN'T SCARRED.
THEN WHY DON'T HE BARK
LIKE HE USED TO?
AW, HE WILL.
GET DOWN AND ACLIKE A POSSUM.
I DON'T LOOK
LIKE NO POSSUM.
ACT LIKE ONE.
GET HIM, BOY.
GET HIM.
DON'T TELL HIM
TO GET ME.
OH, SHUT UP.
WHY DON'T YOU GEYOURSELF A NEW DOG?
[RADIO]
...AFTER DR. ANTHONY LORING
BELIEVED A LIE ABOUT HER
AND DISCARDED HER
AND WAS TRICKED
INTO MARRIAGE
BY HIS WIFE MILLICENT.
BUT ELLEN HAS JUST SAID
TO MICHAEL...
MICHAEL, OVER AND OVER,
YOU'VE ASKED ME TO NAME
A DAY FOR OUR MARRIAGE,
AND NOW I'M READY
TO DO IT.
I'LL MARRY YOU
THIS VERY AFTERNOON...
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
I'LL GO AWAY WITH YOU...
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
WHENEVER YOU WANT ME TO.
HALF AN HOUR AGO,
ELLEN AND ANTHONY LORING
AND HIS VINDICTIVE WIFE
MILLICENT,
WHO HATES ELLEN
AND HAS SWORN TO DESTROY
ELLEN AND ANTHONY...
MRS. BOATWRIGHT!
FACED THE YOUNG PLAYBOY
BRUCE CAULFIELD
IN HIS HOSPITAL ROOM
AND HEARD BRUCE REVEAL
THAT MILLICENT,
ONCE SECRETLY MARRIED
TO HIM, IS--
[RADIO TURNS OFF]
DAVID.
WOULD YOU LIKE
A COOL DRINK?
NO, THANK YOU.
GOT SOME WORK
TO DO IN THE FIELD.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
YES, DAVID?
WOULD YOU HELP ME
FIND OUWHAT CAMP THEY SENMY FATHER TO?
WELL, THE COURTHOUSE
HAS RULES
ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT I'LL ASK AROUND TOWN
ABOUT IT.
SEE YOU TOMORROW,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
DAVID.
I'LL FIND OUWHERE YOUR DADDY IS FOR YOU.
THANKS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
DON'T MENTION THIS
TO ANYBODY, DAVID!
DO YOU HEAR ME?
I CAN'T DO THAT, RITA.
WE HAVE A POLICY HERE
ON COLORED PRISONERS.
I AIN'T ABOUTO CHANGE THAT,
EVEN THOUGH
WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.
JUST BECAUSE A MAN
AND HIS FAMILY
ARE COLORED--
I DON'T MAKE THE RULES,
AND YOU'RE PUTTING
YOURSELF OUT ON A LIMB
ASKING ME TO DO THIS.
I'M DAMNED IF I'LL
JEOPARDIZE MY JOB
JUST BECAUSE YOU IN LOVE
WITH A LITTLE COLORED BOY.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
EXCUSE ME.
SHERIFF YOUNG HERE.
SHERIFF YOUNG HERE.
YES, SIR.
YES, SIR.
YOU BET YOUR LIFE, SIR.
I'LL BE RIGHT OVER.
THAT WAS JUDGE ELLIOT.
WHEN JUDGE ELLIOT CALLS ME,
I JUMP.
GOODBYE, RITA.
BUT, CHARLIE...
NO!
N-O, NO!
YOU FIND WHAT YOU WERE
LOOKING FOR?
WELL, I...I DID LOOK,
CHARLIE, BUT--
NO BUTS ABOUT IT,
RITA.
YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHNOT TO TELL THAT BOY
WHERE HIS FATHER IS.
YOU AND THIS WHOLE
DAMN COURTHOUSE--
WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IS WRONG.
YOU TELL ME ABOUT WRONG.
NOW, YOU COME IN HERE
AS A FRIEND,
AND I FIND YOU
GOING THROUGH THE FILES?
I COULD HAVE YOU
ARRESTED FOR THAT.
IF YOU GIVE
THAT INFORMATION OUT,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAI'LL DO TO YOU.
AND I'LL TELL
THIS WHOLE TOWN
HOW YOU GOT THAT INFORMATION
AND WHO YOU GIVING IT TO.
YOU WON'T HAVE A FRIEND LEFIN THIS PARISH
TO BRING YOU
A PIECE OF CANDY.
YOU WOULD DO THAT,
WOULDN'T YOU?
NOW YOU'RE GETTING THE POINT,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE,
DAVID LEE.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHERE MY FATHER IS,
DON'T YOU?
NO. HE WAS WRONG, DAVID.
I DIDN'T FIND OUT.
MRS. BOATWRIGHT,
I SAW YOU.
YOU LOOKED IN AND FOUND OUWHERE MY FATHER IS.
IF I SAY I DIDN'T,
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I DON'T KNOW
A DAMN THING.
NOW, STOP BOTHERING ME
ABOUT IT.
COME...
I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.
I'LL WALK.
DON'T POUT NOW, DAVID.
IT'S A LONG TRIP.
I'M USED TO IT.
WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY
I DIDN'T TRY.
HELLO, DAVID.
HI, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE WAY
I ACTED THE OTHER DAY.
WELL, THERE'S NO NEED
TO BE SORRY, DAVID.
WHERE'S YOUR MAMA?
HERE I IS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
THE CAMP
WHERE NATHAN IS AIS CALLED
WISHBONE LABOR CAMP.
AND, UH...
IT'S IN NOLAN TOWN.
YOU SURE IS A CRAZY-ACTIN'
WOMAN SOMETIMES,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
NOW, UH, WE GO
FROM A-2 TO, UH...
NOW, LET ME SEE
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
YOU HAVIN' TROUBLE,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT?
OH, NO, NO. THESE MAPS ARE EASY
TO READ, BUT, UH...
THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.
HOW DO YOU GET THERE,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT?
WELL, UM, THERE ARE NUMBERS
AND LETTERS ON HERE
TO SHOW YOU
WHERE TO LOOK ON THE MAP.
BUT, UM...NOLAN TOWN
ISN'T UNDER A NUMBER,
BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S
IN NORTHERN LANDSDOWN,
AND THE NUMBER FOR
NORTHERN LANDSDOWN IS H-7.
BUT SINCE LANDSDOWN
IS THE LARGEST PARISH,
IT ACTUALLY STRETCHES
ACROSS INTO A-2,
AND, UH...A-2 IS, UM...
AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?
OH, YES, IT'S CLEAR,
MRS. BOATWRIGHT.
I'M SURE
WE'LL FIND IT.
WHEN THE TIME COMES
FOR US TO FIND IT,
WE'LL FIND IT.
WON'T WE, CHILDREN?
YES, MA'AM.
YES, MA'AM.
YOU CERTAINLY WILL.
HA HA! HEY, BOY!
OH, YOU'RE
GETTING HEAVY.
HEY, SOUNDER....
BOY, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD.
HEY, I'LL RACE YOU
TO THAT TREE STUMP.
YOU READY?
GO! COME ON!
YOU CAN RUN FASTER
THAN THAT. COME ON.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
AND AFTER
YOU GO BY NOLAN,
THE FIRST ROAD
YOU'LL COME TO
IS JORDAN ROAD.
YOU GO ALL THE WAY
DOWN
TO THE END
OF JORDAN ROAD
TO THE LABOR CAMP.
THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
LOOK. THIS WILL BE
A LONG TRIP.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
THANKS, MR. IKE.
DAVID LEE, HERE'S
YOUR FOOD AND THINGS.
YOU GET TIRED,
GO TO A RAILROAD STATION
OR A CHURCH TO REST.
DON'T GO TO NOBODY'S
HOUSE, HEAR?
YES, MA'AM.
AND TELL YOUR DADDY
TO SEND WORD
ABOUT WHEN
HE'S GOING TO BE HOME.
TELL HIM I LOVE HIM.
TELL HIM I SAID HI.
ALL RIGHT.
GET A MOVE ON.
YOU'RE LOSING DAYLIGHT.
COME ON, SOUNDER.
COME ON.
JESUS, WILL YOU
COME BY HERE
OH, JESUS,
WILL YOU COME BY HERE
JESUS, WILL YOU
COME BY HERE
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
COME, IF YOU DON'BE LONG
OH, COME,
IF YOU DON'T BE LONG
COME, IF YOU DON'BE LONG
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
OH, NOW
IS A NEEDED TIME
NOW IS A NEEDED TIME
DOWN ON MY KNEES
A-PRAYIN'
I'M DOWN
ON MY KNEES A-PRAYIN'
JESUS, WON'T YOU
COME BY HERE
JESUS, WON'T YOU
COME BY HERE
OH, JESUS,
WON'T YOU COME BY HERE
JESUS, WON'T YOU
COME BY HERE
[MOOING]
COME ON, SOUNDER.
CAN YOU VISIT HERE,
MISTER?
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK
ON VISITING DAY.
WHEN'S THAT?
SUNDAY.
YOU KNOW MY FATHER,
NATHAN LEE MORGAN?
NEVER HEARD OF HIM, BOY.
WE GOT LOTS OF MEN
IN THAT PRISON.
MISTER!
BOY, WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?
I WANT TO SEE
ABOUT MY DADDY,
NATHAN LEE MORGAN.
IS HE HERE?
GIT!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
THERE, BOY? MOVE!
MISTER, IS
NATHAN LEE MORGAN HERE?
THERE'S NOBODY HERE
NAMED MORGAN.
GET AWAY FROM HERE
BEFORE YOU GET US IN TROUBLE.
AAH!
[MOOING]
[WOOF WOOF]
COME ON, SOUNDER.
[WOOF]
[WOOF]
COME ON, BOY.
2 x 3 ARE?
6!
6!
6 x 6 ARE?
36!
36!
HOW MANY?
36!
36!
36 - 12 ARE?
HOW MANY?
36 - 12?
YES.
THAT'S RIGHT. 24.
24 x 2 ARE?
HOW MANY?
48!
48!
48 + 48 ARE?
UM, 96.
96--
EXCUSE ME.
YES? COME IN.
COME IN.
STAY, SOUNDER.
YES?
CAN I PLEASE
WASH MY HAND?
IT'S GOT BLOOD
ALL OVER IT.
LET ME SEE THAT.
SIT DOWN OVER THERE.
YOU DON'T LIVE
AROUND HERE, DO YOU?
NO, MA'AM.
I COME A LONG WAY.
ME AND MY DOG WAS TRYING
TO FIND MY FATHER.
WE GOT LOST.
IS HE HERE
IN BORDERDALE?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S IN A PRISON CAMP.
MY NAME IS CAMILLE.
CAMILLE JOHNSON.
I'M THE SUPERVISOR
OF THIS SCHOOL.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
DAVID LEE MORGAN.
MY DOG'S NAME
IS SOUNDER.
THAT FEELS BETTER.
YOU KEEP LOOKING AROUND,
DAVID.
DON'T YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
SOMETIMES...
BUT NOT LIKE THIS.
IT'S A GOOD THING THIS HAND
DIDN'T BECOME INFECTED.
HOW DID YOU HURT IT?
ME AND SOUNDER WENTO THIS PRISON CAMP
LOOKING FOR MY DADDY,
AND THE GUARD
HIT ME ON MY HAND.
DID YOUR MOTHER KNOW
YOU WERE GOING TO SEE
YOUR FATHER?
YES, MA'AM.
THAT DOES IT.
THANKS, MISS JOHNSON.
DAVID.
WHY DON'T YOU STAY
UNTIL SCHOOL IS OVER?
I DON'T LIVE FAR FROM HERE.
YOU AND YOUR DOG
CAN COME HOME WITH ME
AND HAVE YOURSELVES
A HOT MEAL.
THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUHOW TO GET YOU BACK HOME.
YES, MA'AM.
TAKE A SEAT BACK THERE.
STAY, SOUNDER.
[WHIMPERING]
YOU GOT A PRETTY HOUSE,
MISS JOHNSON.
I TRY.
YOU GOT A LOOF BOOKS, TOO.
HERE. LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOOKS
ON THESE SHELVES.
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A WOMAN
WHO HELPED TO FREE SLAVES.
HER NAME IS HARRIET TUBMAN.
SHE DIED IN 1915.
THANKS, MISS JOHNSON.
THIS ONE'S ABOUT A MAN
CALLED CRISPUS ATTUCKS.
HE WAS THE FIRSBLACK MAN TO DIE
IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION,
THE WAR THAT WAS FOUGHTO HELP THIS COUNTRY
BECOME THE UNITED STATES.
MISS JOHNSON,
DON'T YOU TEACH
ABOUT FOLK WHO AIN'T DEAD?
SURE.
HERE'S ONE ABOUT A MAN
WHO IS VERY MUCH ALIVE...
DR. WILLIAM E.B. DuBOIS.
WHAT DID HE TALK ABOUT?
I'LL READ
SOMETHING HE SAID.
"THE LONGING OF BLACK MEN
MUST HAVE RESPECT."
WHICH MEANS MEN AND WOMEN
ARE HUMAN
AND MUST BE TREATED
THAT WAY.
"THE RICH AND BITTER DEPTH
OF THEIR EXPERIENCE,
"THE UNKNOWN TREASURES
OF THEIR INNER LIFE,
"THE STRANGE RENDINGS OF NATURE
THEY HAVE SEEN
"MAY GIVE THE WORLD
NEW POINTS OF VIEW
"AND MAKE THEIR LOVING,
LIVING, AND DOING
"PRECIOUS
TO ALL HUMAN HEARTS
"AND TO THEMSELVES
"IN THESE DAYS
THAT TRY THEIR SOULS.
"THE CHANCE TO SOAR
IN THE DIM-BLUE AIR ABOVE SMOKE
"IS TO THEIR FINEST SPIRITS,
"MOON ENGIRDENED,
FOR WHAT THEY LOSE ON EARTH
BY BEING BLACK."
YOU'RE A NICE LADY,
MISS JOHNSON.
[LAUGHING]
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S STOP THE LAUGHING.
WHO ELSE HAS A STORY
TO TELL US?
I GOT A TRUE STORY
THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
YOU KNOW THE CLASS IS GOING
TO CHALLENGE YOUR STORY,
DON'T YOU, CLARENCE?
YES, MISS JOHNSON.
ALL RIGHT. GO ON.
ME AND MY LITTLE SISTER
WENT TO THE WATER HOLE
LAST SATURDAY.
YOU DIDN'T TELL US
THE NAME OF YOUR SISTER.
ME AND MY SISTER LAURA
WENT TO THE WATER HOLE
LAST SATURDAY.
WE WAS PLAYING ALONG
THE EDGE OF THE WATER.
LAURA SLIPPED AND FELL
INTO THE WATER.
I STARTED TO RUN HOME,
BUT I TURNED AROUND,
RAN BACK,
DOVE IN, AND GOT HER OUBEFORE SHE COULD DROWN.
HOW WAS YOUR SISTER
AFTER YOU PULLED HER OUT?
SHE WAS DIRTY AND WET.
WHAT MADE YOU RUN?
I WAS GOING HOME
TO GET MY DADDY.
WHAT MADE YOU STOP
AND GO BACK?
IF I HAD RAN HOME,
BY TIME I GOT BACK,
MY SISTER
WOULD HAVE DROWNED.
WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAAT FIRST?
I WAS SCARED.
HOLD IT!
ME AND CLARENCE WENTO THE RIVER MANY TIMES.
I KNOW HE CAN'T SWIM.
CLARENCE, WOULD YOU TELL US
A STORY THAT WAS NOT TRUE
AFTER TELLING US IT WAS?
NO, MISS JOHNSON.
CAN YOU SWIM?
YES, MA'AM.
CLARENCE, YOU KNOW
YOU CAN'T SWIM.
EVERY TIME
I TRIED TO SHOW YOU,
YOU FELL DOWN.
I HAD TO ALWAYS
PULL YOU OUT.
IS THAT TRUE?
YES, MA'AM.
BUT WHEN I SAW
MY SISTER
ABOUT TO DROWN
IN THE WATER,
I TRIED BECAUSE I
WASN'T SCARED ANYMORE.
I WAS JUST SWIMMING
AND KICKING.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW I WAS DOING IT.
BUT I WAS,
'CAUSE MY SISTER
WAS DROWNING.
SHE WAS DROWNING.
I BELIEVE CLARENCE'S STORY.
DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP
AND TELL US WHY, DAVID?
WELL, SOME PEOPLE CAME
AND TOOK MY FATHER AWAY...
AND OTHER PEOPLE SAID WE
COULDN'T WORK THE FARM.
BUT WE HAD TO...
ELSE WE WOULD'VE LOSTHE FARM.
SO WE PLANTED THE CROPS,
AND THEY GREW.
I BELIEVE CLARENCE'S STORY
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
HE COULDN'T SWIM,
BUT HE HAD TO...
ELSE HIS SISTER
WOULD'VE DROWNED.
AND THAT'S HOW HE DID IT.
THAT WAS A GOOD THING
YOU DID FOR CLARENCE
IN CLASS TODAY.
I BELIEVED HIS STORY,
BUT I WAS AFRAID
THE OTHER CHILDREN
WOULDN'T.
I KNEW HE WAS SCARED
NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE HIM
AS SOON AS HE STOOD UP.
YOU DID? HOW?
I'VE BEEN LIKE THASOMETIMES MYSELF,
THINKING NOBODY
WOULD BELIEVE ME.
YOU WANT TO HEAR
ANOTHER STORY?
NOT NOW, DAVID.
IT'S GETTING LATE.
YOU HAVE A LONG TRIP
IN THE MORNING.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AOUT THERE?
THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE.
DADDY ALWAYS LOOKS OUINTO THE DARK.
EVEN WHEN THERE'S
NOTHING TO SEE.
HE SAYS
IT'S WHAT YOU HEAR.
YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FATHER
A LOT, DON'T YOU?
YES, MA'AM.
YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM
TOO MUCH, DAVID.
WHAT DO I TELL MAMA
WHEN I GET HOME?
TELL HER
I DIDN'T SEE DADDY?
THAT'S WHAI WANTED TO DO.
BUT YOU DID ALL YOU COULD.
NOT MANY BOYS COULD HAVE MADE
THE JOURNEY YOU DID.
BUT WHERE IS DADDY?
I CAN'T ANSWER THAFOR YOU.
BUT IT'S NO FAULT OF YOURS
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE IS.
TELL ME WHAT YOU DID
THAT KEPT YOU FROM
FINDING YOUR FATHER.
COME ON, TELL ME.
NOTHING.
SO YOU DID YOUR JOB,
RIGHT?
YES, MA'AM.
BOY, YOU SURE KEEP
MY MIND JUMPING.
WHAT DO THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS YOU KEEP ME
USING MY HEAD,
AND THAT'S GOOD.
MISS JOHNSON...
DO YOU THINK I CAN
COME BACK HERE
AND STUDY SCHOOL
WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN?
ALL FINISHED?
COME ON.
MAMA, MAMA!
JOSIE MAE! EARL!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
LORD, BOY,
WHERE YOU BEEN?
YOU HAD ME WORRIED
OUT OF MY LIFE.
DID YOU FIND YOUR DADDY?
NO. I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
THE MEN SAID
THEY DIDN'T KNOW DADDY.
THEY MUST'VE SENT HIM
OFF TO ANOTHER CAMP.
WHY'S YOUR BAG SO HEAVY?
WHAT'S IN HERE?
SOME BOOKS
MISS JOHNSON GAVE ME.
WHO'S MISS JOHNSON?
UH, SHE'S A TEACHER.
I STAYED AT HER HOUSE
SOME OF THE TIME.
SO WHEN I LEFT...
SHE GAVE ME THESE BOOKS.
WELL...MISS JOHNSON
MUST BE A RIGHT NICE LADY.
OH, SHE IS, MAMA.
MAMA,
WHEN THE FALL COMES,
MISS JOHNSON WANTS ME
TO GO TO HER SCHOOL.
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
YOU DON'T LIVE NOWHERE
NEAR THAT SCHOOL.
SHE SAYS
I CAN LIVE WITH HER
WHILE SCHOOL'S GOING ON.
AND WHEN SCHOOL'S
NOT GOING ON,
I COULD COME BACK HOME.
WHO'S GOING TO HELP ME
HERE IN THE HOUSE...
AND IN THE FIELD?
WELL, MAYBE BY THAT TIME
YOUR DADDY BE BACK.
IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH HIM,
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
GIDDY-UP, MULE.
GIDDY-UP! GIDDY-UP!
GIDDY-UP!
YEAH.
THIS FINISHES YOUR SHARE.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB
CROPPING, REBECCA.
GIDDY-UP, MULE.
[SPEAKING LOW]
"DEAR MISS JOHNSON,
"HOW ARE YOU?
"I AM DOING O.K.
"I TOLD MY MAMA,
MY BROTHER,
"AND MY SISTER
ABOUT YOU,
"AND THEY
LIKE YOU, TOO.
"I CAN'T MAKE
THIS LETTER TOO LONG
"BECAUSE I HAVE
WORK TO DO.
BLESS YOU.
DAVID LEE MORGAN."
YOU SURE WRITE
A GOOD, FINE LETTER, SON.
A GOOD, FINE LETTER.
[WHIMPERS]
[WOOF]
[BAYING]
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU,
SOUNDER?
[AWOO]
[WOOF]
[WOOF WOOF WOOF]
OH, MY GOD.
IT'S NATHAN.
NATHAN!
NATHAN!
MAMA! WHAT'S THE MATTER?
NATHAN!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
NATHAN!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
NATHAN!
DADDY!
DADDY!
DADDY!
REBEC--
REBECCA.
DADDY!
DADDY!
HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!
HEY, HEY.
OH.
OH, IT'S GOOD
TO LOOK AT YOU.
HA HA HA!
HEY!
OHH.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOUR LEG, DADDY?
OH, I GOT IT HURIN A DYNAMITE BLAST.
WHEN I WASN'NO MORE USE TO THEM,
THEY TOOK SOME TIME
OFF MY SENTENCE
AND LET ME COME HOME.
OOH-WHEE.
THAT WAS SOME MEAL
YOU FIXED FOR US,
MISS REBECCA.
I SURE WANTO THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT,
NATHAN LEE.
I MISSED THEM DUMPLINGS
ALMOST AS MUCH
AS I MISSED YOU, EARL.
ALL RIGHT, CHILDREN,
IT'S PAST YOUR BEDTIME.
GET A MOVE ON.
COME ON.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.
MMM!
GOOD NIGHT,
YOU PRETTY LITTLE THING.
HA HA HA.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.
GOOD NIGHBACK AT YA.
THAT WAS SOME JOURNEY
YOU WENT ON, BOY.
DADDY, I'M SO GLAD
YOU'RE HOME.
WELL...
ME, TOO, SON.
WE GOING
HUNTING AGAIN?
WHY, SURE, WE GOING
HUNTING AGAIN.
I CLEANED
AND OILED YOUR STUFF
WHILE YOU WAS GONE.
REAL GOOD.
YOUR TURN NOW,
DAVID LEE.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.
UM...
GOOD NIGHT, SON.
DADDY, YOU HOME NOW.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
I DON'T WANNOTHING ELSE,
JUST YOU TO BE HOME.
COME HERE, BOY.
OH!
HOW ARE YOU, REBECCA?
TIRED.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME
NATHAN'S BACK.
HOW IS HE?
WHY DON'T YOU
PAY HIM A VISIT?
HE'LL TELL YOU
HOW HE IS.
I'LL DO THAT,
REBECCA.
I'LL DO JUST THAT.
[CAR DRIVES OFF]
WHAT DOES THAT OLD
PECKERWOOD WANT NOW?
WELL...
HE WANTS YOU
TO PAY HIM A VISIT.
THE TWO OF YOU COULD SIUNDER A SHADY TREE,
DRINK ICE-COLD WHISKEY,
AND SHOOT THE BREEZE.
I HOPE YOU TOLD HIM
I WAS TOO BUSY FOR
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
GOOD MORNING.
YEAH.
NOW, Y'ALL HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB
WITH THIS CROP.
WELL, THANK YOU.
MM-HMM.
WELL, COME ON!
LET'S GET TO WORK.
YOU SURE YOU FEEL
UP TO IT, NATHAN?
YEAH, I FEEL
UP TO IT. WHY NOT?
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON, MULE.
HERE, COME ON.
COME ON, MULE.
LET'S GO.
YEAH, I SURE AM
PROUD OF THE WAY
YOU HELPED YOUR MAMA
KEEP THIS PLACE GOING.
THANKS, DADDY.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE
THINK THIS IS HARD WORK,
BUT IT SURE IN THE HELL
BEATS GOING TO JAIL.
YOU WON'T BE GOING
TO JAIL, WILL YOU?
THEY'D HAVE TO KILL ME
BEFORE I GO BACK
TO THAT PLACE.
COME ON, BOY.
AIN'T NOBODY
GOING TO JAIL,
AND AIN'T NOBODY
GETTING HURT.
GO ON, GET ME
SOME MORE OF THAT CANE.
OH!
WHOA, MULE!
WHOA! WHOA!
DADDY! WHOA!
YOU HURT, DADDY?
I'M ALL RIGHT. JUST--
DAMN LEG JUST WON'T ACLIKE IT USED TO.
YOU SURE YOU'RE
ALL RIGHT?
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
I JUST HAVE TO...
I JUST HAVE TO
REST FOR A MINUTE.
HERE, LET ME
HELP YOU.
NO, YOU JUST STAY
WHERE YOU IS.
OHH...
YOU FEEL ALL RIGHT,
DADDY?
YEAH,
I FEEL GREAT.
JUST GREAT.
YOU LET IT GO,
JUST SLIP OFF
THAT FINGER THERE.
YOU GOT IT?
YEAH.
LET'S SEE.
CLOSER.
YEAH, THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT.
ZIP IT RIGHT IN HERE,
RIGHT OVER HOME PLATE.
HEY!
HA HA!
STRIKE 1!
COME ON, JOSIE MAE.
HEY, IKE.
HOW YOU DOING?
ANYTIME IT'S SATURDAY
AND I AIN'T GONO WORK TO DO,
I'M DOING FINE.
HA HA HA!
[REBECCA]
HEY, IKE.
HI.
WHAT YOU GOT THERE?
MM.
THIS PIECE OF MAIL
COME THIS MORNING
OVER AMR. PERKINS' PLACE.
HE SAID FOR ME TO
BRING IT OVER HERE.
WELL, GIVE IT HERE.
IT AIN'T FOR YOU.
IT'S FOR THE
LITTLE IMPORTANT MAN
OVER HERE.
DAVID LEE.
AIN'T YOU GOING TO OPEN IAND READ IT TO US?
[IKE] O.K.,
I GOT TO GO NOW.
I'LL SEE YOU ALL
IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
YEAH, IKE. THANK YOU
FOR THE TROUBLE.
HAVE A GOOD DAY,
NOW.
BYE.
WHO'S IT FROM,
DAVID LEE?
IT'S FROM
MISS JOHNSON, DADDY.
WELL, READ IT TO US.
"IF YOU ARE COMING
TO SCHOOL HERE,
"BE SURE TO BRING
SOME WARM CLOTHES.
"THE SCHOOL TERM
WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 8th,
"BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR YOU TO BE HERE
"BY THE 4th OR 5th
OF THE MONTH.
"I HOPE EVERYTHING IS FINE
AND YOU WILL BE HERE.
"GIVE MY HELLO
TO YOUR FAMILY.
YOURS TRULY,
MISS CAMILLE JOHNSON."
SEPTEMBER 4.
HOW FAR AWAY
IS THAT?
ABOUT A WEEK.
COME ON, CHILDREN,
LET'S GO!
WHERE YOU GOING?
TO THE COMMISSARY
TO GET THIS BOY
SOME CLOTHES.
IN FACT, I'M GOING
TO GET SOMETHING
FOR EVERYBODY.
NATHAN,
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WE OWE MR. PERKINS
TOO MUCH--
DON'T TELL ME WHAWE OWE OLD MAN PERKINS.
I'LL DO THE OWING.
LET HIM WORRY
ABOUT THE COLLECTING.
COME ON, DAVID LEE.
BUT, DADDY,
YOU JUST GOT HOME.
I WANT TO STAY HOME
AND BE WITH YOU.
I WANT TO BE
WITH YOU, TOO,
BUT THIS SCHOOL IS
SOMETHING YOU NEED,
SOMETHING
GOOD FOR YOU,
LIKE, UH...
LIKE GOOD AIR
TO BREATHE.
I WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT.
AND THAT'S THE WAY
IT'S GOING TO BE.
BUT, DADDY, WHO'S GOING TO
HELP YOU IN THE FIELD?
YOUR LEG IS HURT.
YOU CAN'T WORK
LIKE YOU USED TO.
WHO'S GOING TO HELP YOU
AROUND THE HOUSE?
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
IF I HAD
BOTH MY LEGS CUT OFF,
I COULD DO MORE WORK
IN THAT FIELD
THAN YOU COULD
IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
I WON'T GO, DADDY.
JUST A MINUTE!
YOU DON'T TELL ME
WHAT YOU AIN'GOING TO DO!
I TELL YOU!
IF I SAY YOU'RE
GOING TO THAT SCHOOL,
YOU'RE GOING!
NOW COME ON!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE,
COME BACK HERE!
NATHAN!
PLEASE.
LEAVE HIM BE.
HE MISSED YOU A GREAT BIWHILST YOU WERE GONE.
HE SWEATED AND WORRIED
TO FIND OUJUST WHERE YOU WERE
AND MADE THALONG JOURNEY.
YOU'RE HOME,
AND IT'S ONLY NATURAL
FOR HIM TO WANTO BE WITH YOU NOW.
Nathan: DAVID!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID!
DAVID!
DAVID LEE!
DAVID!
DAVID LEE!
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A MINUTE, SON?
WHEW!
YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOTHIS LEG HURT,
I WAS DOWN
IN THIS ROCK QUARRY,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE WAS THIS DYNAMITE BLASCOMING AT ME
WITH THE KIND OF FORCE
TO KILL 10 MEN.
WELL, SIR,
I GOT OUT OF THE WAY
OF MOST OF THEM ROCKS
FASTER THAN THE LIGHTNING
IN GOD'S MIND
'CAUSE I MADE IT UP
IN MY HEAD,
JUST THAT QUICK,
THAT I WAS GOING TO
BEAT THE DEATH
THAT WAS COMING AT ME.
THAT'S WHAI'M GOING TO DO
WITH THIS TROUBLE
IN MY LEG.
I'M GOING TO BEAT IT.
AIN'T NOTHING LEFFOR ME TO DO
BUT TO BEAT IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAI WANT YOU TO DO.
I WANT YOU
TO BEAT THE LIFE
THEY GOALL LAID OUT FOR YOU.
THERE AIN'T NOBODY HERE
BUT THEM BASTARDS
THAT SENT ME TO...
WELL...
SON, DON'T GETOO USED TO THIS PLACE,
'CAUSE WHEREVER YOU IS,
I'M GOING TO LOVE YOU.
ME, YOUR MAMA,
JOSIE MAE, AND EARL,
WE GOING TO LOVE YOU
EVEN MORE.
WE'LL COME AND SEE YOU
AT THAT SCHOOL
EVERY CHANCE WE GET.
I LOVE YOU, SON.
DON'T EVER THINK
THAT I DON'T LOVE YOU.
WELL, HEY...
DO YOU THINK WE GOING
TO GET TO BE FRIENDS?
BOY...
ALL RIGHT,
GET A MOVE ON, BAG BOY.
YOU CARRY
YOUR OWN BAG.
I'LL CARRY IT.
NO, I WILL.
THANKS, JOSIE MAE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW,
YOU BE GOOD.
AND YOU BE SMART,
YOUNG MAN.
O.K.?
I OUGHT TO BE BACK
TOMORROW EVENING.
CAREFUL, NOW.
GIDDY-UP!
BYE.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
DADDY?
WHAT'S THAT, SON?
I'M GOING TO MISS
THIS OLD RAGGEDY PLACE.
BUT I SURE AIN'GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
HA HA HA! HEY!
HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA! HEY!
HA HA HA HA!
BOY, YOU SEEN ME PICK 'EM OFF
AT THIRD BASE.
I TELL YOU,
MY SPEEDBALL MAKE THEM
ALL STAND UP AND LOOK.
HA HA HA!
HA HA HA HA.
I THINK I REALLY COULD'VE
MADE IT IN THE BIG LEAGUES
IF I REALLY WANTED.
HA HA HA! HEY!
HA HA HA HA HA!
HA HA! WHOA!