The Luck of the Irish (2001) Movie Script
Everyone in the world,
is different from everyone else.
That's easy to see.
Just look.
But everyone is lucky enough
to have one thing in common,
One thing that binds
everyone together.
[ AMERINDIAN MUSIC ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
Everyone has a heritage,
a family history,
traditions
handed down from grandparents
and great-grandparents.
Our next performer
is Kyle Johnson.
[ CALLING ]: Kyle.
Hey, I'm down here!
Kyle.
[ WHISPERING ]: Kyle.
[ KYLE ]: But what if I'm not that lucky?
What if I'm the only person
who doesn't have a heritage?
What if I'm...different?
I said I'm down here!
[ KYLE ]: Can't you see me?
[ WHISPERING ]: Kyle.
Aah!
[ MOTHER ]: Kyle.
Huh!
It's time to get ready for the game.
Go, Eagles!
I must have zonked out.
I was having
this really weird dream
about this Heritage Day thingy
that's going on at school.
- Pregame anxiety. Everybody gets it.
I used to dream
I was at the game wearing nothing
but my underwear.
and I was just in the band.
You'll do fine, Kyle.
You always do.
Here, have some yogurt
and a fruit bar.
It'll help you keep
your energy up.
That sounds good.
I might have some of that myself.
Where's our family from, Dad?
We're from right here, Son.
No. No, I mean,
where do we come from?
You know, what's our heritage?
We moved here from Cleveland.
We're Americans, Kyle.
That's all the heritage we need.
Hey, come on, Kyle.
You're gonna be late
for the game. Let's go!
Don't forget to wear
your lucky coin.
I had this really weird feeling.
Like there was something
they weren't telling me.
This was the first time our school
had ever made it to the State
basketball playoffs.
[ FANS CHEERING ]
Get over, Russell. Find your shot!
Tonight was
the Quarter Finals,
and we were goin'
all the way this year.
State Champions.
[ CHEERLEADER ROUTINE ]
And I was the reason why.
Yeah!
Everything was goin' my way.
I was one lucky guy.
[ GIRLS ]: There's Kyle!
[ BOY ]: There he is!
[ GIRL ]: Great, Kyle!
[ EVERYONE CHEERING ]
Gee, that was a lucky shot.
Hey, luck's got nothin' to do with it.
Lookin' good, Kyle.
Yeah, I taught him
everything he knows.
[ MORE CHEERING ]
Hey, Kyle.
Oh! Hi, Bonnie.
- You know I'm in charge of
the Heritage Day committee.
You're in charge of,
like, every committee.
I mean, somebody's gotta do it.
I'm putting together
the program, and I wanted to know
what you're going to do for Heritage Day.
I don't know.
I mean, you know,
this whole Heritage Day thing,
it's like so Public Television.
It's your history.
Yeah, but I mean, history...
You know, it's like
so ten minutes ago.
Now, sports,
That's what's happenin' now.
That's where
I'm comin' from. Heh!
That's right.
Well, even if you are
some kind of mindless jock,
you still got a heritage.
Mindless?
- America is a nation of
immigrants, Kyle,
everybody's ancestors came from
another country.
Yeah, I'm part Cherokee.
So, where's your family from?
Is Johnson an English name,
or did they change it
from Johannsen,
or something?
Uh, we're from Cleveland.
Ha, ha. Very funny.
Now, come on, you know
what I mean.
[ BELL RINGS ]
Look, uh, I've got a test, OK?
See you guys later.
Uhh...jocks!
[ BELL RINGS ]
Time's up, people!
Put your test papers
on my desk
on your way out, please.
Thank you.
You'd be better off
leaving 'em blank, Kyle.
Remember, I subtract points
for wrong answers.
Summer school!
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
I do it specifically to discourage
what you just did--
Guessing at the answers.
You know, in real life,
you can't depend on luck
to make up for not knowing.
These answers are all correct.
Oh, this looks great!
- Thanks.
So, is this like Italian food or
something?
It's something I saw in
Eat Smart Magazine.
Why?
Oh, I just thought, you know...
maybe it was, like, an old family recipe.
[ CLUNK ]
You're lucky your mom makes you
such healthy meals, Kyle.
It's probably why you're
such a good athlete.
Kyle just has a
natural talent for sports.
Yeah, you know, it's probably genetic.
I mean, I bet, if you go back
far enough,
We've had great athletes
in our family for generations.
You know,
great soccer players,
maybe?
Or, uh, cross-country skiers?
Or...
bullfighters?
You better eat your salad.
You don't want the oil to separate.
Uh...yeah, Dad.
Yeah.
UM, I was talking with the girl
in charge of the Heritage Day
committee--
[ KATE ]: Is it Bonnie Lopez?
She's always in charge of everything.
I know.
[ LAUGHS ]
Yeah. anyways,
she says that everyone's family
comes from somewhere else.
I mean, if you go back far enough;
we couldn't have always lived
in Cleveland.
Unless we're Indians.
But...
We're not Indians, are we?
I don't think so.
OK, then what are we?
You know, where do we come from?
I think your great-grandfather
moved there from Mount Buffalo.
No, Dad. I mean before that,
before we came to America.
Why are you so interested in
your family all of a sudden?
I don't know.
I mean, you know,
with Heritage Day coming up,
I don't want to be the only kid
who doesn't know what he is.
You're Kyle Johnson.
You're a good student,
A good boy,
A great athlete.
Just because
some people are obsessed
with where their ancestors
came from,
doesn't mean you have to be, too.
Mom, I'm not obsessed.
Being an individual
is what America's all about, Kyle.
Doesn't matter where you're from.
You can be anything you want to be.
[ KATE ]: Fresh ground pepper?
[ KYLE ]: There it was again
the feeling that they were
hiding something from me.
At school the next day,
I tried to find out what it was.
If you're looking for sports trivia,
Try Gofindalife.com.
Actually, I'm looking for
information on my family.
You know, my heritage.
Man, there sure are a lot
of people named Johnson.
Yeah, 4 million pages.
Maybe you should narrow
that search down a little.
Uh, why don't you start
with your father, and trace your family
back that way?
Well, I tried that,
but I couldn't find him.
Did you look in Cleveland?
[ SIGHS ]
Here, move over, let me try.
Look, you don't have to help me.
I'm head of the Heritage Day
committee, remember?
It's my job to help the heritage-impaired.
It's not important to me anyway.
I mean, so what
if Im from Germany,
or England, or whatever?
Doesn't mean anything to me.
Then why were you on the computer?
OK, what about your mother's family?
Where are they from?
I don't know.
Well, half of your heritage
comes from her, you know.
Well, yeah, but...
I never really thought about
my mom's family.
Well, what was her last name
before she got married?
Don't tell me,
You don't even know
your mother's maiden name!
How are you ever gonna
get a credit card?
Look, if you really want to find out
about your family heritage,
you might try talking to your parents.
They are your family.
I couldn't tell Bonnie that I thought
my mom and dad were
hiding something from me.
That day, after school
it got weirder.
The first weird thing
was my dad's old
high school yearbook.
He wasn't in it.
At least, Bob Johnson wasn't in it.
Robert Smith.
Bob Smith.
[ KATE ]: Kyle.
Oh, hi, Mom.
What are you doin'?
Nothing.
Um...I'm gonna go shoot some hoops.
OK.
- OK.
Don't be late for supper.
I'm making stir-fry.
Why would he change his name
from Smith to Johnson?
You know, I mean, if you're gonna
change your name, at least change it to
something interesting.
Or, you know what?
Maybe he didn't pick it.
Maybe it was the F.B.I. or something,
like they gave him a new identity.
No, man. you gotta be,
like, a hit man or something
before they'll let you do that.
Nah.
Man, how do you
make those shots?
You know what? Maybe they
were, like, these big radicals
in the sixties, you know?
And they had
to go underground?
Yeah, or you know what?
Maybe they're really aliens,
and they got stranded on Earth,
when their spaceship crashed.
You...just touched the rim!
Yeah, I did! Ha!
My dad measures me, like, every week
to see if I'm getting taller.
Then he measures my vertical jump.
Man, if I could touch the rim...
Man, you sure are lucky.
What does luck have to do
with how high you can jump?
You're the luckiest guy in school, Kyle,
everybody knows it.
You know what, I think it's
because of that lucky charm.
Maybe it really works.
- What, this?
Nah, this is just
something my mom gave me
when I was a baby.
Hey, check it out!
Somebody lost $10!
Luck and a half, man.
You're always finding
money lying in the street.
Hey, we're a team, all right?
I'll split it with you.
Cool.
Hey, man, check it out.
Hey, you know what?
I saw that guy on TV once.
No, no, no. The thing behind him...
it's the same as my coin.
I thought it was, like,
Chinese or something.
Hey, you know what?
I think this guy's Irish.
Maybe my mom's Irish.
[ CELTIC FLUTE & DRUMS ]
[ AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE SCREAMS ]
[ CELTIC MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MAN ]: Top o' the morning
to you, heh heh.
Top o' the morning to you.
Heh heh. Top o' the morning
to you, heh heh.
Hi.
Yo, the feet are the bomb,
but, like, what's with the arms?
It's something called Step Dancing.
Now, why wouldn't your mother
want you to know if she was Irish?
I don't know.
I just get this really weird feeling
whenever I talk to her.
I mean, it's like they
don't want me to know
anything about my heritage.
I didn't know you really cared
about this heritage stuff.
Well, I don't.
I mean, I didn't, anyway.
Now I feel like
I'm missing something.
Yeah.
Top o' the morning to you.
Ah, sweetie, top o' the morning to you.
[ SHRIEKS ]
Ha, maybe I should read this.
Look!
Heh, they have these good luck
thingies like yours.
Those are just, you know, fake.
Mine's real gold.
Right.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
You can always tell the real thing.
Yeah, I guess so.
Did you make those yourself,
or is it your ma still does it for you,
and you half-grown?
You mean, my shoes?
They're called basketball shoes, Sir.
Yeah, you buy them at a store?
At the store, is it? Oh!
[ KYLE ]: Yeah. Ow!
And what'll become of your feet
when the road becomes
hard and stony?
Oh, look at this, boyo.
Good Irish leather, eh?
Soft as a spring shower
and tough as a landlord's heart.
Hey! You can't put your feet up there.
Get the boys a bag of spuds.
Hey, how'd you do--
[ RUSSELL ]: Where'd he go?
[ CLAPPING AND CHEERING ]
[ ANNOUNCER ]:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Seamus McTiernan, Saint of the Step!
[ IRISH ACCENT]: If you hail
from the shores of the Emerald Isle,
or wish you did...
if the blood in your veins
is as green as a shamrock
and your heart's full of blarney,
then the Saint of the Step loves you!
If you believe in the Little People,
and you know that there's a pot o' gold
at the end of every rainbow;
then you belong
to the Saint of the Step!
[ IRISH DANCE MUSIC PLAYING ]
Man, is this bogus or what?
Kyle?
Kyle?
Kyle, what are you doing?
I don't know!
I can't help it!
Sorry, kid.
Heh heh heh.
Top o' the morning to you.
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING ]
[ RINGING STOPS ]
Ow! Uhh!
[ KATE SINGING ]
[ IRISH ACCENT ]: Ah! Top o'
the morning to you!
Did you do something to your hair, Mom?
I just thought I'd try a more natural look.
Now, sit yourself down,
and I'll put your breakfast
on the table.
Is that bacon I smell?
It is, and I've a pair of hen's eggs
frying for each of you.
[ BOB ]: Bacon and eggs?
Isn't that a little heavy
on the cholesterol?
[ KATE ]: It's time you put
some meat on your bones.
Now, sit down, the two of you.
Does Ma sound a--
I mean, does Mom sound a wee bit--
I just said, "a wee bit."
Yeah.
I've been thinking about
what you said, Kyle,
about your heritage,
and there's something I have to tell you.
Uh, Kate, are you sure
this is the right time?
I mean--
Oh, it's no use trying to hide it, Bobby.
It's about me family, Kyle.
Kate, why don't we just go out and--
We're Irish.
Why didn't you guys tell me
about this before now?
Oh, I wanted to protect you, Kyle,
from the way it was when the
Irish first came to America,
from the jokes and the dirty jobs
nobody else would take,
and the signs in the shop windows
saying: "No Irish need apply."
I wanted you to be
100% American.
Mom, that Irish immigrant stuff
was, like, over 100 years ago;
wasn't it?
I remember, when I was a little boy,
my mother used to make bacon and eggs
every morning for breakfast,
and we'd have white bread, toasted,
with a lot of margarine on it and then--
hen's eggs and a rasher of bacon.
Potato cakes, bangers, and
a black-and-white pudding.
What's black-and-white pudding?
Blood sausage and pork sausage.
And I packed some crubeens and
colcannon for your lunch.
[ KYLE ]: I mean, it's really weird,
you know?
At first, it's like she's trying
to hide where her family's from,
and now she's cooking all this Irish food,
and she's even talking funny.
OK, so what about your dad
changing his name?
Oh, well, it really doesn't seem like it's
such a big deal now, you know?
I mean, at least I know I got
a heritage, you know?
At least I know I'm--
Hey, some green!
Every day.
Kyle: YEAH.
I guess it must be
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH.
[ KYLE ]: That was the beginning
of the unluckiest day of my life.
I lost my homework. it must have fallen--
[ STUDENTS LAUGH ]
Hey, lookin' good.
What's up, Kyle?
Did you eat already?
I lost my lunch.
Yeah, and on your pants, too.
Ew, That's nasty.
- [ KYLE ]: Well, I was gonna,
you know,
buy my lunch, but I lost my money.
Well, you want some chips?
They're Emerald Isle.
Look, that's never happened to me,
Russell, all right?
I can't remember losing anything, ever.
In my whole life.
Look, it is just bad luck.
It happens to everybody.
Hey, Kyle, you want my dessert?
Chocolate makes me break out.
[ KYLE ]: Yeah.
Well, so much for bad luck.
Hey, Kyle can touch the rim.
No way, man.
Yeah, way, man,
I saw him do it.
Come on.
Hey, Kyle!
Show 'em how you can
touch the rim.
Yeah, Come on, Kyle!
- Let's see.
- Yeah.
Show 'em how to do it, Kyle.
Get it, man.
Do it!
[ BOYS ]: Aw! [ LAUGHING ]
Get a ladder, man,
you can't even get the net.
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ COACH ]: All right,
let's line up, guys.
Tonight is the semifinal
of the State Tournament.
You win tonight, you make history.
The first time this school has ever
had a basketball team make it
to the Championship Game.
[ BOYS ]: Yeah! All right!
[ COACH ]: All right,
all right, listen up.
There's no running on game days.
To make sure
everybody stays sharp,
I want everyone to make 10
foul shots before you go home.
That's make 'em, not take 'em.
Russell, start us off.
[ EVERYONE ]:
Come on, Russ.
Let's go, Let's go.
Any day now.
Look, you're trying too hard, Russ.
Just relax. Let it drop.
[ EXHALES ]
End of the line, Kyle.
[ COACH ]: Let's keep it
moving, keep it moving.
Right.
[ COACH CLAPS ]
[ COACH CLAPS ]
[ RUSSELL SIGHS ]
Ha! That's 10. Give me 5 more.
So, how many you have left?
You haven't made any yet?
Man, I've never seen you go
ice cold like this.
Yeah, That's because
I've never been ice cold.
Well, you want me to hang
till you make your shots?
[ SIGHS ]
Nah, man, It's cool.
I'll catch up with you at the game.
- Sure.
[ SIGHS ]
I think you need a little more arc
in that shot.
I just lost my temper for a second.
I don't want to perpetuate a stereotype,
but they say the Irish are
a little hotheaded.
How did you know I was Irish?
- Russell told me.
So, what are you gonna
do for Heritage Day?
I saw some Irish dancing
over the weekend.
Maybe I could do that.
You're gonna learn
to step dance
between now
and Heritage Day?
Didn't look that hard.
Well, everything's
easy for you, isn't it?
What's wrong with you?
What, are you mad
about something?
I've known you
for a long time, Kyle.
You're a nice guy
and all that,
but you'd be a better person
if everything hadn't
always been so easy for you.
Look at basketball.
- The last game?
You guys were outplayed,
but you won anyways
Because you got lucky!
The State Championship
isn't supposed to be
something you just luck into.
Look, just because you know everything
does not mean you know anything
about basketball.
Lucky shot.
That wasn't luck.
That was practice.
You know, hard work?
What do you mean, practice?
You don't even play basketball.
[ KYLE ]: It was the perfect ending
for the worst day of my life.
Too bad it wasn't over yet.
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ CHEERING ]
Boo!
[ BOOING ]
Come on, get him out of the game!
Mmmh!
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
You can do it, boyo!
Come on, Kyle!
[ CHEERLEADERS CHANTING ]
Way to go, Drake!
No!
I'm open! I'm open!
Ohh!
Take him out, Coach!
Aw, man!
[ BOOING ]
[ KYLE ]: It was
like I never played before.
It was awful!
I couldn't even
make a shot,
and half the time,
I missed the rim completely.
I just--
[ BOB ]: Everyone has
an off night, Kyle.
I never did before.
The important
thing is your team won.
You're going to the finals!
Yeah, thanks to Drake!
He played a great game,
Especially after Coach took me out.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
You don't need to be playing basketball.
You should be hurling!
Mom, Im not sick.
I just played lousy.
[ SIGHS ]
Are you sure
you're feeling all right?
I might drink a bit
of a warm bonnyclabber
before I go to bed.
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING ]
[ RINGING STOPS ]
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
Do you smell something, Da?
I mean, Dad.
Smells like something's burning.
Ah, boys, there's nothing like a peat fire
to put the taste of Eire in your breakfast.
Ah-- [ COUGHS ]
[ COUGHING ]
[ COUGHS ]
My dad says if we don't win tonight,
he's gonna adopt the other team.
Hey, you look shorter.
I think maybe I'm having a growth-spurt.
No, I'm just, uhyou know,
packing on a little weight.
My mom's on this Irish kick.
We had spuds again--
I mean, potatoes.
Hey...
maybe that's why
they blocked so many of
my shots last night.
I wasn't getting
enough vertical jump.
You were moving OK...
like you always do.
So, you think everybody's
gonna be ticked at me 'cause
I played so lousy?
Look, they're not gonna
turn on you over one game.
Besides, we're still going to the Finals.
Yeah.
I can't believe he did that!
He's so pathetic. - Loser.
You loser!
[ GIRL ]: Real nice.
Way to choke, Johnson!
[ BOY ]: Hey, watch me
touch the rim!
Hey, looking good, girls.
Heh, heh.
Oh, look, there's Drake.
Hi, Drake! Great game!
- Drake, Hi!
- Good game, Drake.
- Hey Drake!
Well, he did play a great game.
Hey, Kyle. I Just wanted--
- I got to go to class.
Sorry.
[ BELL RINGS ]
Can anyone tell me what a magnet is?
Heh, heh. Holly!
A piece of iron that attracts
another piece of iron.
Good, but a magnet
doesn't just attract iron.
Man, one bad game,
and I feel like I'm nobody.
Kyle, since you feel like talking,
why don't you tell us
what 3 kinds of metal
are attracted by a magnet.
Ah, iron and, um...
Anyone?..
Russell!
Iron, cobalt, and nickel.
Very good. Iron, cobalt, and nickel.
Now, take your magnet,
and one of the metal objects
in front of you.
If that object is
attracted to the magnet,
then it must contain either iron,
cobalt, or nickel.
[ CLANK ]
I thought you said that was solid gold.
It is.
Magnets don't lie, man.
No, no, no, no....
This is different!
This isn't my lucky coin.
Look, I've got to
call my mom, all right?
I bet that coin was like
a family heirloom or something.
That's probably why she wanted
me to wear it.
No, that's probably why you had
such a bad game last night.
Man, somebody
must have stolen it
Ohh!
Oh, for the love of Mike!
Kyle! Kyle, I need to talk to you.
Look, I'm a little busy right now.
He lost his lucky charm thingy
- What?
It's a gold coin.
It's probably, like,
a hundred years old.
Ahh, Got it.
- That's just a quarter.
Does he look shorter to you?
Nah. He just bulked up.
There's something wrong
with this stupid phone.
Look, Kyle, I have to go.
I'm going on a field trip with
the Young Achievers,
And I just wanted to say,
I hope nothing I said yesterday
threw off your game.
You know,
about you being lazy.
- Lazy?
You never said I was lazy.
- I mean, all that other stuff
about everything being
too easy for you,
about not deserving to win
the State Championship.
Whoa, check out that hair!
Man, my dad
won't let me dye mine.
He's got this thing
about Dennis Rodman.
[ EXHALES ]
Tonight's the
State Championship, man.
If you cut school without an excuse,
the Coach might not let you play.
An excuse? OK.
First I find out I've been robbed,
now my hair is turning red!
Hey, I used to be taller than you.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
Oh, saints preserve us!
I am gettin' shorter.
Mom, Dad, there's
something wrong with--
There's something your mother and I
need to tell you, son.
I am a leprechaun, Kyle.
Huh?
Mom?
- I know it's hard to believe, Kyle.
I mean, when I first met your mother--
You're not a leprechaun, too?
No!
No. I'm from Cleveland.
Oh.
- We'd have told you sooner, Kyle,
but we wanted you to grow up like
a normal American boy.
But then when I started to have
this wee little spell--
Mom, you're a foot tall.
Oh, it could be worse, believe me.
It's probably just an allergic reaction.
Boiled potatoes,
something like that.
I don't think you have any reason to worry.
What?
Me? You mean,
I'm a leprechaun, too?
And what else would you be?
And you, with the blood
of the Clan O'Reilly
rushin' about in your veins.
Doesn't mean you can't lead
a perfectly normal life, Kyle.
- Normal?
Yes.
- Normal? Dad, look at my hair,
and...I'm getting shorter.
You don't look short to me.
[ IRISH ACCENT ] How's it look, Da?
Maybe an inch...
...or two.
Two inches?
Dad, you said this was like,
an allergic reaction or something.
[SIGHS ]
How long's it take to wear off?
- Well...
actually, it's never happened before.
[ FLUTE PLAYING ]
According to your mother,
as long as the O'Reillys have their luck,
every member of the clan can pass
as a normal human.
Ordinary size, all of that.
of course, I'm not really sure
how it all works.
Well, OK. OK.
Well, maybe that's the trouble with Mom,
You know, I mean,
maybe we're just out of luck.
No. No. That can't be the problem.
Well, how do you know that?
Your lucky coin.
That's the luck of the Clan O'Reilly.
[ FLUTE CONTINUES ]
[ SIGHS]
Mom.
Mom, I lost my lucky coin.
What's this about losing your coin,
when it's hangin' about your very neck?
Look. it's not mine. It's fake.
Somebody must've switched it
with the real one.
[ WHISPERING ] The dirty thief!
It's nothin' but a bit of iron
and gold paint on it.
Are you saying somebody
stole your coin?
You know, I bet it was
this really weird old guy
me and Russell talked to
at THE LUCK OF THE IRISH,
You know, that Seamus McTiernan
dancing thing?
Yeah, I bet he was like
a pickpocket or something.
Wasn't that show at the fairgrounds?
Kyle, you know you're
not supposed to go there
without asking us.
Look, Dad. I just wanted
to learn about my heritage.
You can't blame him, Bobby,
And we not telling him the truth.
Now, what's this
about an old man?
Gray in the hair, was he?
Yeah, I mean,
he started walking up to us
and talking about his shoes.
Said he made 'em himself.
Was it a snake he had
on the sole of his shoe?
Yeah. Yeah, it was.
The miserable old sinner,
to play such a trick,
And you his own grandson.
He was my grandfather?
He's your grandfather O'Reilly.
And may his name be cursed for a liar.
Oh, I'll not let him get away with it,
If I have to pry the coin
out of his thieving fingers meself.
And he me own Da.
I knew we should've moved
as soon as they built that new
potato chip factory.
We were bound to run
into him sometime.
You mean, Emerald Isles?
Sure, and it's he that
owns the whole company,
and still can't stew oatmeal
without burning it.
Come along, boys!
And we'll shame him with
what he's done.
Uh...
Uhh!
Unh!
Ahh.
Honey, I think maybe I should drive.
Yeah.
[ KATE ]: Ohh! Ooh!
Oooh!
Ooh!
Kate, I think you
should wait in the car.
You might...attract attention.
D'unh!
That's how it was
when we first came to this country, hmm?
People looking down on ya
'cause you're a bit different.
Uh, Mom?
Am I gonna get as small as you are?
Ah, you're only half leprechaun, Kyle.
It'll be days before you're down to this size.
Plenty of time for me to make you
some wee little ghillies for your feet.
Don't worry, Kyle.
We'll get your coin back.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
He says, he's married to
Mr. O'Reilly's daughter.
Right.
[ SIGHS ]
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
The tour group is here.
Son, relax.
Listen, everything
is gonna be fine.
If my grandda is right--
I mean, granddad
Why don't I ever get to see him?
Because I'm not...
because I'm not a leprechaun,
and they don't believe in
mixed marriages.
That's why we had to leave Cleveland.
We even changed our names,
so Kate's family couldn't find us.
Well, if you and Mom, you know, like,
love each other, why should it matter?
Well...
sometimes leprechauns
can be small-minded.
Come on.
Right, sir.
I'll handle it.
Mr. O'Reilly says he doesn't
have a daughter,
and for you to go away
and not to be bothering him again.
I'm not leaving here until
I see Mr. O'Reilly.
Aah!
Oof!
Are you OK, Da?
Oh! Don't worry, Kyle,
we're not giving up.
Just gonna talk a little strategy
with your mother, that's all.
Yeah.
Oh, look at them. You look so nice.
On behalf of our president and founder,
Mr. Reilly O'Reilly,
I'd like to say welcome
to Emerald Isle.
Uh, if you follow me,
we'll begin the tour.
Please stay with
the group at all times.
Some of the machinery
can be dangerous.
Now, the potato chip was
invented in the late 1800s,
when a cook accidentally sliced
some potatoes too thin
and discovered they turned
crisp when he fried 'em.
As you can see,
we've come a long way since then.
Are there any questions so far?
Yes?
- Will we get to meet Mr. O'Reilly?
Oh, no!
Mr. O'Reilly is far too busy
to be seeing us today.
Where's his office?
It's in another part of the building.
Now, if you'll follow me,
we'll first see
how the potatoes are washed.
What are you doing here?
Shh! Come on.
You're not a Young Achiever.
I have to talk to Mr. O'Reilly.
- Why?
Remember how I told you
my coin was stolen?
Well, I think
he's the one that took it.
He's like a millionaire.
Why would he steal your coin?
Because he's my grandfather.
Why would your grandfather
steal your coin?
Do you have to know everything?
He and my mom don't really get along,
And I guess he did it to get back at her.
I think we have intruders.
[ KLAXON BLARING ]
[ MEN SHOUTING ]
Come on!
[ KLAXON CONTINUES ]
[ GUARD ]: Come on, guys!
Why is your grandfather
mad at your mother?
Because she married my father.
Why doesn't he like your father?
Because he's not a leprechaun.
What?
Ooh!
We've got 'em!
Come on!
[ KLAXON CONTINUING ]
Unh!
Whoa!
Get in!
Go!
Ohh! Oh!
Ahh.
[ BONNIE SCREAMS ]
[ BONNIE SCREAMS AGAIN ]
Get off.
Aah!
Aaaaah!
Whoa!
[ KLAXON STILL BLARING ]
Uhh! Unh!
Let go!
Aah! Aah!
Kyle!
Oof! Aaaaah!
Aaaah! Oof!
Better not bake this one, boys.
I think it's me grandson.
[ KYLE MOANS ]
Oh! Oh! I thought I was baked.
A good boy like you
has got nothing to fear from the oven.
Aaah! Kyle!
Oof! Ohh!
Kyle. Kyle, are you all right?
[IRISH ACCENT ]
Ahh, Yeah.
At least I found me grandda.
Oh. Oh, Kyle.
What?
Oh, no. Im turning into a Vulcan.
Ohh.
Sydney.
- Mr. O'Reilly.
You'll feel better
after having a lie down in me office.
Or better yet,
make yourself a pair of shoes.
It's good for the soul.
When you make your own shoes,
You're the master of your feet.
[ KYLE ]: Look. I don't want
to make a pair of shoes,
and I don't want to be a leprechaun.
Oh, there's no use railing
against what you are, boyo.
If green's just not your color,
then why don't you
put your coin back on?
Or has your ma not told you,
It's the coin that
lets you pass for human?
Look. I don't have my coin.
all right? you do.
You took my real coin and switched it
with this fake one
so I wouldn't know about it.
I did no such thing, boyo.
And I'll not have you blacken me name
by saying I did. Huh!
I'll wager it's your ma who took it...
to turn you against me.
Oh, it's a traitor, she is...
and to her own people.
My mom doesn't have the coin.
She's changing faster than I am.
She's this tall.
Really?
[ TOUR GUIDE TALKING IN BACKGROUND]
Is it truly stolen?
Fine. None of your ma's tricks.
Oh, no. no. no. It can't be.
Why, without our luck,
the O'Reilly clan would start to--
Am I--Am I lookin' a bit green?
And me trousers could use a roll.
Now, why aren't you getting short
as fast as my mom did?
It's not easy for
an old man to change.
Well, what does Kyle's lucky coin
have to do with everybody turning
into a leprechaun?
It's not Kyle's luck.
It's the luck of the Clan O'Reilly.
It's all that's held us together
for a thousand years and more.
A thousand years of
invasion and oppression
and being forced from the land.
A thousand years of
stoney fields and famine,
saying good-bye forever
as you get on a boat for a distant shore.
and now, when we finally
made it here in America
and are just about to have all our luck,
You've lost it!
Well, why did I have to wear it?
Huh?
Why not you or Mom?
You're the youngest member
of the Clan O'Reilly,
and it's always the young
that have all the luck.
Uhh!
Oh, I might as well
go lie down in the gutter.
It's nothing but bankruptcy
and ruin for the O'Reillys
Now that our clan is out of luck.
Hey, luck isn't everything.
I mean, it wasn't luck
that built this factory.
Oh, a lot you know.
Ha ha ha.
And I might still be a short-order chef
if it had not been
for a bit of luck one day
when I sliced the spuds too thin.
Are you saying you invented
the potato chip?
That was over 100 years ago.
This is all my fault.
I mean, everything
was going great
until I started trying
to find out what I was.
Now I got red hair
and pointy ears.
I wish I never would've found out anything.
I wish I didn't have a heritage.
There must be something you could do.
[ IRISH FLUTE ]
If your coin was stolen,
you can go to the police.
Oh, yeah, and tell them
I'm a leprechaun,
and I've lost my luck?
Yeah, right!
Do you have to do that?
Of course I do.
I'm Irish.
That's how I manifest despair.
Kyle!
No! No! No!
[ FLUTE STOPS ]
I'm not Irish, I'm an American.
Look. maybe I wasn't the only person
that got robbed at that
LUCK OF THE IRISH thing.
You know, maybe they
already caught the guy who did it.
I'm sure we can talk to Seamus McTiernan.
What?
That petty-wagger?
That stage Irishman
with his neon shamrocks
and his heart-full-of-blarney rubbish?
Why didn't you tell me
it was at his show you lost your coin?
I would've known it was him
that stole our luck.
I didn't say it was him.
And who else would it be?
And him a far darrig,
as plain as I'm standing here.
[ BOTH ]: A what?
Kate! Kate!
I can't find him anywhere.
I don't know where he is.
Da!
Kyle!
I know who took my coin.
it was Seamus McTiernan.
Granddad says he's like
a far darrig leprechaun.
He says they're all thieves and liars.
Oh, really?
No, O'Reilly.
Reilly O'Reilly.
And you must be Bobby.
Yeah.
[ KATE ]: Don't believe
a word he says, Kyle.
It's he that took it to spite me.
Oh, and it'd only be giving you
what you deserve, Kathleen O'Reilly,
for daring to marry
outside the Little People.
But I swear on me mother's grave,
it wasn't me that--
Ooh!
[ KYLE ]: Ma!
Don't be wasting your sympathy
on him, Kyle,
swearin' on his ma's grave,
and she still livin' in Sligo,
and healthy as a horse!
You are a fine one
to be callin' me a liar.
And did you not tell me
when you first met Bobby
that he hailed from the shores of Erie?
And you knowin' me ears
aren't what they used to be,
And I'd never guess you
meant some lake in Ohio.
You guys, that stuff's all in the past.
Can't you just forget about it?
Forget the past?
- Yes.
The important thing is
what's happening now, today.
All right, we've gotta get our luck
back before it's too late.
Well...maybe it's too late
to be objectin' to a marriage
and your boy all grown up now
like a man.
Well, I'll not be apologizing
for marrying Bob,
But I am sorry for the trouble
it caused ya.
Let bygones be bygones?
There's no time for formalities, boyo.
Seamus McTiernan is makin'
off with our luck.
Come on. Let's after the thief.
All right!
Oh...
Bonnie, look...I gotta go.
- I'm going with you.
Well, what about the Young Achievers?
They're supposed to be about
seizing opportunities.
How often do you get an opportunity
where you can help a clan
of leprechauns get their luck back?
[ ENGINE STALLS ]
Besides I only joined the Young Achievers
because my parents made me.
I really wanted to play basketball.
But they said the Achievers would look
better on a college application.
[ ENGINE CONTINUES TO STALL ]
I guess it's my car we'll be taking.
Fasten your seat belts...
and it'll be a bumpy ride.
So, uh...Grandda,
am I gonna grow a beard like that?
Oh, not for a good many years,
I'm glad to say.
Kyle?
Hey. Hey, Kyle.
I wasn't sure if--
Whoa. Check out those ears.
Hey. Are those real?
Are they getting worse?
Oh...
[ KYLE MOANS ]
Are you OK?
[ SIGHS ]
- What's going on?
I think we've got enough people
in the car already.
Hey. It's that guy
with the beard.
That's me grandda.
Kyle, it's not our way
to be tellin' the whole world all about us.
Would ya stop your jabberin'
and drive the car?
Can you not see
that the road is clear?
Mrs. Johnson?
Hello, Russell.
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
Aah!
You wait here.
I'm gonna check this out.
Careful, Da.
Bobby. Bobby.
If you get into any trouble with Seamus,
try makin' a bet with him.
Ho ho. The far darrig all
go wild for gamblin'.
Thanks.
[ MAN ]: Yeah, let's get
this thing set up, huh?
[ SECOND MAN ]: All right.
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
They're gettin' away!
Don't let him--augh!
Don't let him get away!
I saw it! There's a whole bunch of
gold coins in there! Come on!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!
Ho...ho ho!
Ahhh!
Oh!
Aah!
Grandda!
Aah!
Oh, you better hang on!
Ha Ha! Ha ha ha!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Ha--Whoo!
[ BOB ]: K-keep your head.
What are you trying to do?
Reilly, you're gonna get us killed!
Why don't you give me some of that
corned beef and cabbage there, Patrick?
I'm always happy to share a meal
with a fellow leprechaun.
May the road rise up to meet ya,
and may it be a slippery one.
Watch out! Aah!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ TIRE BLOWS ]
Aah!
Aah!
Quick, get the spare! They're gettin' away!
I don't have a spare tire!
What?!
With all the good luck
I've always had,
I never thought I'd be needing one.
Oh...
Oh, I've worked up quite an appetite.
Uh, that was the last of the corned beef, sir.
[ PLAYING BAGPIPE ]
Please, pl--[ SIGHS ]
[ CONTINUES PLAYING ]
You'd better get home.
You got a big game tonight.
But what about you?
You're the reason that
we made it to the State Finals.
I can't play looking like this.
I never could play anyway.
Not really.
I was only good because I was lucky.
Basketball isn't everything, Kyle.
I should know.
Well, I can't play baseball
or football either.
I meant sports isn't everything.
Look, I liked who I was, all right?
And that's who I wanna be.
We should've told you a long time ago.
I'm sorry, Kyle. That was our mistake.
It's OK, Da--Dad.
Things could be worse, Kyle.
Yeah? How?
Hey, give me a hand with this, Bobby.
I think it's stuck.
[ ELECTRIC MOTOR STRAINING ]
Come on!
Eh!
It's no use, Grandda. It's just our luck.
It's almost enough to make you
homesick for Ireland.
If you had sense enough not to drive
without a spare tire!
Or, if you hadn't married me daughter,
none of this would've happened.
That has nothing to do with anything.
- It doesn't do any good trying to blame each other.
I mean, I know this is miserable, but--
- Please don't say it could get worse.
It might.
I was just gonna say that
everybody has bad luck,
but you can make it better
if you just keep trying.
I mean, when the Irish came
to America, things were tough.
And they had to work at jobs
other people wouldn't take,
and they didn't get paid
what they deserved.
Well, at least they got paid.
The important thing is
they didn't give up.
They kept trying till things got better,
and that's what makes them special,
not where they are now,
but the spirit that kept them
going on the way there.
She's a Young Achiever.
- I'm an American. That's what
we all are,
and Americans don't give up.
[ KYLE SIGHS ]
- Maybe I can walk down to the gas station,
and, I'll get a patch to fix that tire.
I'm gonna get that top
up-on if it kills me.
- Alright.
Hey, we can get the tire off.
- I'll check the trunk for tools.
- OK.
I'll be goin' with you, Bobby,
and not left waitin' in the car.
I'd better go, too.
I have to go call the Young Achievers.
If I get in trouble
for leaving the field trip;
my dad will give me his:
"You're not gonna get into med school"
speech.
Well, thanks for helping out, Bonnie.
I mean, you know, you being here.
Kinda' makes me think I haven't lost
all my luck.
Do you really mean that?
Or is it just blarney?
Hey, wait up, Mr. Johnson.
What?
Do you still think we can get
our luck back, Grandda?
I don't want
to be lyin' to ya, boyo.
But it would take a miracle to catch
Seamus now.
Well, at least it's stopped raining.
Hey, look, there's a rainbow.
Hah. hey, maybe there's
a pot of gold at the end of it.
Oh...Ha ha ha.
Come on, boys.
Where are we going?
I don't know.
Where are we going?
To the end...of the rainbow!
What?
Hey, you OK, Grandda?
[ PANTING ]
You can't get to the end of a rainbow.
Well, I could, if I was
only 200 years younger.
No. The rainbow's just the sunlight
refracted in the clouds,
there is no end.
You some kind of scientist?
I'd like to be one someday.
Yes, but Im a leprechaun.
So don't be tellin' me about rainbows.
Hey, look over there!
Come on!
[ CELTIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
A STICK IN ME HAND
AND A DROP...
They must've stopped to celebrate
or something.
I'll give 'em somethin' to celebrate.
You boys wait here.
I'll slip in and get our luck back.
I'll get it.
Your ma would
never forgive me
f I was to allow you
to go into a place like that.
Look, it's my responsibility.
Keep your eyes peeled.
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET--
Hey. Here it is.
It's locked.
[ OFF-KEY BAGPIPE ]
[ CLICK ]
[ BAGPIPE STOPS ]
How'd you do that?
It's a leprechaun thing.
Ah, it's our luck.
Ha Ha. That it is, Kyle boy.
Our lucky day.
This is my coin.
I can tell. It's like this weird feeling.
You can never tell
about feelings, you know.
So why don't we just take the whole
lot of it to be certain, hmm?
Come on. Give me a hand
with the pot, boy.
What? Whoa.
Grandda, you can't take it all.
It's not ours.
What? You think
that dirty thief deserves it?
And he surely stole it from
poor leprechauns like ourselves.
Well, we don't know that for sure.
And if he did steal it, we should
tell the police.
Are you daft, boy?
Callin' in the peelers,
when all this gold is just lying there
for the taking.
You mean stealing.
I mean seizing the opportunity.
IN DUBLIN'S FAIR CITY
WHERE GIRLS ARE SO PRETTY
I FIRST SET MY EYES
ON SWEET MOLLY MALONE
AS SHE WHEELED
HER WHEELBARROW
THROUGH STREETS
BROAD AND NARROW
CRYING, "COCKLES AND MUSSELS,
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH"
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH
CRYING, "COCKLES AND MUSSELS,
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH
The streets aren't paved with gold, Kyle.
You have to take it
where you can find it.
If you'd struggled as I did when I first
came to this country--
We didn't come to America to steal.
We came here to work hard, get ahead,
and make something of ourselves.
We now, is it?
Sure an' it's worth a pot of gold
to hear ye count yourself
among the Little People...
even such a big, lovely pot as this.
Aah!
Oh!
Run, Kyle, run! Run! Run!
O'Reilly...
Aah!
Grandpa!
[ FIERCE GROWLING ]
Grandpa?
Ha! I've got him by the beard, boyo,
and no leprechaun can get away from that.
Kyle!
And you'll not be gettin' away either.
Now, give me that lucky coin...
and maybe I'll let the old man go.
Oh, don't trust him, Kyle.
He's a far darrig--
Quiet!
- Ooh. Ooh. Ooh!
Far darrig?
I'll make a bet with you.
A wager, is it?
What exactly did you have in mind?
I bet...that...I can beat you.
Beat me what?
Video games, is it?
TV trivia.
Sports.
If I beat you at sports,
you'll let my grandda go, and I
get to keep my lucky coin.
But if you don't beat me...
then the coin is mine.
And no more of this chasin' after me.
OK.
Well, you've got yourself a wager.
Hey, what's going on, Kyle?
Where are we?
And what are we wearing?
It's hurling, Kyle.
Grandda?
Watch out for the sliotar.
The what?
The sliotar.
Man, what are we doing here?
Sports.
[ EXULTS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ MEN CHEER ]
[ KYLE ]: Look, I bet Seamus I
could beat him at sports.
[ RUSSELL ]: Man, sports are
more like football, baseball, basketball.
Rrahh!
You may have gotten lucky at hurling,
but you'll not be beating me at
throwing of the chariot wheel.
What kind of sports are these anyway?
Do you know nothing at all
o' your heritage?
It's the Tailteann Games that were played
in Ireland for 3,000 years.
Oh.
Those games.
[ GRUNTS ]
What do I do now?
Aaggh!
Aaggh!
Punt!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Yes!
Do you know why I want that coin?
Does it have anything to do with greed?
Ha!
Its power.
Power, boyo, is what I'm after.
Taking the luck from
every leprechaun in America.
It's I that'll have power
over the lot of ya.
Kyle's on the wrestling team at school.
Well, it's just junior high.
It's a king we had in Ireland,
and it's a king I'll be--
King of the Leprechauns.
Yeah? Well, in America, we don't
believe in kings.
We believe in baseball.
Yeah!
Oh, ho ho!
Without your luck, there'll be
no more denying what you are.
You'll see how welcome you are
in America
when you're the Little People again
and different from everyone else.
Then it's back to the land of Eire,
back to the old country and
the old ways!
Ha ha!
Ha ha!
This is the last of the sports.
If Kyle doesn't win this one,
it's all over.
But dancing's not a sport.
Hoh! It is in Ireland.
I am the Saint of the Step!
What sort of step is that?
Uh, it's my step.
Wa ha ha ha!
[ LAUGHS ]
I'll have that coin now, boyo.
What are you talking about?
We tied.
We said, if you didn't beat me
at sports,
the coin was mine.
Well, a tie's not beating me,
so hand it over.
Man, what a cheat!
Oh, he's a devil for twisting
words about.
He'd make a liar tell the truth.
The coin, boyo,
or I'll have to be
getting rough with you.
[ KYLE SIGHS ]
What about my grandda?
You said you'd let him go.
I said I might let him go,
or, I might just make him
my slave forever!
I bet I can beat you
without my luck.
What? I bet I can beat you
at basketball, even without
my lucky coin.
You've got nothing left to bet, boyo.
If I lose...
I'll be your slave.
Oh, no, don't do it, Kyle boy.
And if you win,
you get your luck back, is that it?
Yeah.
You're not gonna trust this guy again,
are you, Kyle?
Now, none of that.
We're all good Irishmen here.
Irishmen. Yeah.
OK, so if I win...
If...I win...I get my coin back,
and you'll live forever
in the land of my fathers,
and never leave the shores
of Erie again.
Done.
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
Go Team Go!
[ COACH ]: Work it down forward,
and pass it on to you.
The fast break is--
Where were you guys?
In Ireland.
Look, we're here now, all right?
Yeah, OK. You get out there
and take the tipoff, Kyle.
Let's get the lead and keep it.
We're not going into double overtime.
[ ALL: YEAH! and APPLAUDING ]
1, 2, 3...Go!
[ KYLE ]: Hey, this is kind of weird.
How'd we end up here?
Maybe you should ask him.
Do you recognize this, boyo?
It's your luck I'm wearing.
Isn't he a little old for junior high?
Let's just play ball, boys.
Look, there's your grandda.
Kyle!
Woo-hoo!
No, no!
Transition quickly!
Get down and cover your net.
Yeah! Hello, old man.
Make a run for it, Kyle,
before it's too late.
Put it in, Kyle. Let's go!
I'm not going to give up now.
Look, I can beat Seamus
if I try hard enough.
Kyle, throw it in!
You can't do it without your luck.
You'll lose, Kyle.
You'll be a slave forever.
Let's go.
Yeah! - Yeah!
- Yeah!
Somebody get with those guys.
Transition quickly!
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
Come on.
Come on. We're gonna
get this back now.
We're close. Keep the players working
right to the beat.
I'm open, I'm open.
Ha ha ha!
Ooof!
Aaaah!
[ BOOING ]
Russell!
Russell!
Mr. O'Reilly?
Take this lucky coin.
And don't ask where it come from.
Oh, great. I'll give it to Kyle.
Oh, no, no!
No, it won't work for Kyle.
It's a special coin just for you.
Well, hey, thanks!
[ CHEERLEADERS ]: Come on!
Take it all the way!
A boy who believes in leprechauns,
will believe in anything!
Bring it in, Russell, bring it in!
Let's get it back.
I'm open, I'm open!
Yeah, Russ!
Yeah! Way to go, man.
Hey, look, it's not just me.
Your grandfather gave me
this lucky coin.
Excuse me.
There's Kyle.
Seamus!
It's OK, son. good foul, good foul.
We're gonna rebound.
We're gonna bring it back
to you, buddy.
Let's go.
Look, there's Da!
Why did you give Russell that coin?
I thought you could use a little help...
the way you've been playing.
But it's fake, isn't it?
Sure it is fake.
But I wouldn't be telling him that,
if you were you.
It's confidence the boy be wanting,
not some lucky coin.
Oh, he's got all the luck he needs
right in here.
Yeah. the luck's inside him.
And mine's inside me.
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH!
Come on, Kyle, come on!
Get in the game.
Come on!
Make a statement.
Oh, give it up, boyo,
you're a leprechaun.
And a leprechaun's nothing,
without his luck.
Nobody's nothing.
That wasn't luck.
Yeah!
[ CHEERS ]
[ COACH ]: Yes!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
All right!
That's it, Russell!
Yee-ha!
I touched the rim!
Hey!
Ooh!
[ CHEERS ]
Aaaagh!
[ CHEERS ]
One more, and you've got it--
Ooh!
Give me the ball!
Aooooh!
Ball!
Yargh!
I am the Saint of the Step!
King of the Leprechauns!
You'll never beat me!
[ WILD CHEERS ]
Yes!
Yes!
That's my son!
Argh!
[ CRACK! ]
Seamus!
Come on, get up!
You all right there, boyo?
[ REILLY ]: You've lost
to the boy, Seamus.
He beat you fair and square.
Now it's time
to have our luck back.
I lost, is it? Lost what? This?
I still got a pot of gold on the bus.
And 10 times that,
hidden away in a cave at Carraig.
Do you remember the rest of our bet?
- Oh, I remember it, boyo!
Word for word.
It's home
you're sending me.
To live forever in Ireland.
[ LAUGHING ]
I'll be King of the Leprechauns yet.
And then I'll settle with you,
and the Clan O'Reilly.
I said the shores of Erie.
Augh! Would you at least learn
how to say it?
The land of your fathers
Isn't Erie, boyo.
it's Eire.
My father's from Cleveland.
[ GASPS ]
Ohio!
Aah!
Whoa!
[ SPLASH ]
To live forever within the shores
of Lake Erie.
Heh! Sure hope he can swim better
than he plays basketball.
[ CELTIC MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
Luck's got nothing to do with it.
I'm proud of you, son.
Hooray!
Yeah!
Bonnie.
Where have you been?
Did your daughter not tell you
she's been all day
interviewing for our scholarship program?
Scholarship?
From Emerald Isle Potato Chips.
Why, Bonnie's at the top of our list
for a full college scholarship.
After she finishes high school, of course.
Bonnie, you should have told me.
Except there's one thing
that might keep her from getting it.
You see, we like our scholars to be
well rounded.
Does she not play some sort of sport?
Sport? Oh, yes!
She's going to play basketball next year.
Is that right, Bonnie?
Whatever you say, Dad.
Well, you've got
one lucky girl there, Mr. Lopez.
But...aren't we all lucky,
to be living in so grand a country where...
...where anything is possible.
Yeah!
[ CELTIC DANCE PLAYING ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ WOMAN ]: Very good!
All right!
Yeah!
Well, I'm really proud of my Mom's family,
and my Irish heritage,
But Americans come from all over,
and not just one place, and so do I.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND
FROM CALIFORNIA
TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND
FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST
TO THE GULF STREAM
WATERS
THIS LAND WAS MADE
FOR YOU AND ME
AS I WAS WALKING
THAT RIBBON OF HIGHWAY
I SAW ABOVE ME
THAT ENDLESS SKYWAY
I SAW BELOW ME
THAT GOLDEN VALLEY
THIS LAND WAS MADE
FOR YOU AND ME
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND
FROM CALIFORNIA
TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND
FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST
TO THE GULF STREAM
WATERS
THIS LAND WAS MADE
FOR YOU AND ME
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
is different from everyone else.
That's easy to see.
Just look.
But everyone is lucky enough
to have one thing in common,
One thing that binds
everyone together.
[ AMERINDIAN MUSIC ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
Everyone has a heritage,
a family history,
traditions
handed down from grandparents
and great-grandparents.
Our next performer
is Kyle Johnson.
[ CALLING ]: Kyle.
Hey, I'm down here!
Kyle.
[ WHISPERING ]: Kyle.
[ KYLE ]: But what if I'm not that lucky?
What if I'm the only person
who doesn't have a heritage?
What if I'm...different?
I said I'm down here!
[ KYLE ]: Can't you see me?
[ WHISPERING ]: Kyle.
Aah!
[ MOTHER ]: Kyle.
Huh!
It's time to get ready for the game.
Go, Eagles!
I must have zonked out.
I was having
this really weird dream
about this Heritage Day thingy
that's going on at school.
- Pregame anxiety. Everybody gets it.
I used to dream
I was at the game wearing nothing
but my underwear.
and I was just in the band.
You'll do fine, Kyle.
You always do.
Here, have some yogurt
and a fruit bar.
It'll help you keep
your energy up.
That sounds good.
I might have some of that myself.
Where's our family from, Dad?
We're from right here, Son.
No. No, I mean,
where do we come from?
You know, what's our heritage?
We moved here from Cleveland.
We're Americans, Kyle.
That's all the heritage we need.
Hey, come on, Kyle.
You're gonna be late
for the game. Let's go!
Don't forget to wear
your lucky coin.
I had this really weird feeling.
Like there was something
they weren't telling me.
This was the first time our school
had ever made it to the State
basketball playoffs.
[ FANS CHEERING ]
Get over, Russell. Find your shot!
Tonight was
the Quarter Finals,
and we were goin'
all the way this year.
State Champions.
[ CHEERLEADER ROUTINE ]
And I was the reason why.
Yeah!
Everything was goin' my way.
I was one lucky guy.
[ GIRLS ]: There's Kyle!
[ BOY ]: There he is!
[ GIRL ]: Great, Kyle!
[ EVERYONE CHEERING ]
Gee, that was a lucky shot.
Hey, luck's got nothin' to do with it.
Lookin' good, Kyle.
Yeah, I taught him
everything he knows.
[ MORE CHEERING ]
Hey, Kyle.
Oh! Hi, Bonnie.
- You know I'm in charge of
the Heritage Day committee.
You're in charge of,
like, every committee.
I mean, somebody's gotta do it.
I'm putting together
the program, and I wanted to know
what you're going to do for Heritage Day.
I don't know.
I mean, you know,
this whole Heritage Day thing,
it's like so Public Television.
It's your history.
Yeah, but I mean, history...
You know, it's like
so ten minutes ago.
Now, sports,
That's what's happenin' now.
That's where
I'm comin' from. Heh!
That's right.
Well, even if you are
some kind of mindless jock,
you still got a heritage.
Mindless?
- America is a nation of
immigrants, Kyle,
everybody's ancestors came from
another country.
Yeah, I'm part Cherokee.
So, where's your family from?
Is Johnson an English name,
or did they change it
from Johannsen,
or something?
Uh, we're from Cleveland.
Ha, ha. Very funny.
Now, come on, you know
what I mean.
[ BELL RINGS ]
Look, uh, I've got a test, OK?
See you guys later.
Uhh...jocks!
[ BELL RINGS ]
Time's up, people!
Put your test papers
on my desk
on your way out, please.
Thank you.
You'd be better off
leaving 'em blank, Kyle.
Remember, I subtract points
for wrong answers.
Summer school!
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
I do it specifically to discourage
what you just did--
Guessing at the answers.
You know, in real life,
you can't depend on luck
to make up for not knowing.
These answers are all correct.
Oh, this looks great!
- Thanks.
So, is this like Italian food or
something?
It's something I saw in
Eat Smart Magazine.
Why?
Oh, I just thought, you know...
maybe it was, like, an old family recipe.
[ CLUNK ]
You're lucky your mom makes you
such healthy meals, Kyle.
It's probably why you're
such a good athlete.
Kyle just has a
natural talent for sports.
Yeah, you know, it's probably genetic.
I mean, I bet, if you go back
far enough,
We've had great athletes
in our family for generations.
You know,
great soccer players,
maybe?
Or, uh, cross-country skiers?
Or...
bullfighters?
You better eat your salad.
You don't want the oil to separate.
Uh...yeah, Dad.
Yeah.
UM, I was talking with the girl
in charge of the Heritage Day
committee--
[ KATE ]: Is it Bonnie Lopez?
She's always in charge of everything.
I know.
[ LAUGHS ]
Yeah. anyways,
she says that everyone's family
comes from somewhere else.
I mean, if you go back far enough;
we couldn't have always lived
in Cleveland.
Unless we're Indians.
But...
We're not Indians, are we?
I don't think so.
OK, then what are we?
You know, where do we come from?
I think your great-grandfather
moved there from Mount Buffalo.
No, Dad. I mean before that,
before we came to America.
Why are you so interested in
your family all of a sudden?
I don't know.
I mean, you know,
with Heritage Day coming up,
I don't want to be the only kid
who doesn't know what he is.
You're Kyle Johnson.
You're a good student,
A good boy,
A great athlete.
Just because
some people are obsessed
with where their ancestors
came from,
doesn't mean you have to be, too.
Mom, I'm not obsessed.
Being an individual
is what America's all about, Kyle.
Doesn't matter where you're from.
You can be anything you want to be.
[ KATE ]: Fresh ground pepper?
[ KYLE ]: There it was again
the feeling that they were
hiding something from me.
At school the next day,
I tried to find out what it was.
If you're looking for sports trivia,
Try Gofindalife.com.
Actually, I'm looking for
information on my family.
You know, my heritage.
Man, there sure are a lot
of people named Johnson.
Yeah, 4 million pages.
Maybe you should narrow
that search down a little.
Uh, why don't you start
with your father, and trace your family
back that way?
Well, I tried that,
but I couldn't find him.
Did you look in Cleveland?
[ SIGHS ]
Here, move over, let me try.
Look, you don't have to help me.
I'm head of the Heritage Day
committee, remember?
It's my job to help the heritage-impaired.
It's not important to me anyway.
I mean, so what
if Im from Germany,
or England, or whatever?
Doesn't mean anything to me.
Then why were you on the computer?
OK, what about your mother's family?
Where are they from?
I don't know.
Well, half of your heritage
comes from her, you know.
Well, yeah, but...
I never really thought about
my mom's family.
Well, what was her last name
before she got married?
Don't tell me,
You don't even know
your mother's maiden name!
How are you ever gonna
get a credit card?
Look, if you really want to find out
about your family heritage,
you might try talking to your parents.
They are your family.
I couldn't tell Bonnie that I thought
my mom and dad were
hiding something from me.
That day, after school
it got weirder.
The first weird thing
was my dad's old
high school yearbook.
He wasn't in it.
At least, Bob Johnson wasn't in it.
Robert Smith.
Bob Smith.
[ KATE ]: Kyle.
Oh, hi, Mom.
What are you doin'?
Nothing.
Um...I'm gonna go shoot some hoops.
OK.
- OK.
Don't be late for supper.
I'm making stir-fry.
Why would he change his name
from Smith to Johnson?
You know, I mean, if you're gonna
change your name, at least change it to
something interesting.
Or, you know what?
Maybe he didn't pick it.
Maybe it was the F.B.I. or something,
like they gave him a new identity.
No, man. you gotta be,
like, a hit man or something
before they'll let you do that.
Nah.
Man, how do you
make those shots?
You know what? Maybe they
were, like, these big radicals
in the sixties, you know?
And they had
to go underground?
Yeah, or you know what?
Maybe they're really aliens,
and they got stranded on Earth,
when their spaceship crashed.
You...just touched the rim!
Yeah, I did! Ha!
My dad measures me, like, every week
to see if I'm getting taller.
Then he measures my vertical jump.
Man, if I could touch the rim...
Man, you sure are lucky.
What does luck have to do
with how high you can jump?
You're the luckiest guy in school, Kyle,
everybody knows it.
You know what, I think it's
because of that lucky charm.
Maybe it really works.
- What, this?
Nah, this is just
something my mom gave me
when I was a baby.
Hey, check it out!
Somebody lost $10!
Luck and a half, man.
You're always finding
money lying in the street.
Hey, we're a team, all right?
I'll split it with you.
Cool.
Hey, man, check it out.
Hey, you know what?
I saw that guy on TV once.
No, no, no. The thing behind him...
it's the same as my coin.
I thought it was, like,
Chinese or something.
Hey, you know what?
I think this guy's Irish.
Maybe my mom's Irish.
[ CELTIC FLUTE & DRUMS ]
[ AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE SCREAMS ]
[ CELTIC MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MAN ]: Top o' the morning
to you, heh heh.
Top o' the morning to you.
Heh heh. Top o' the morning
to you, heh heh.
Hi.
Yo, the feet are the bomb,
but, like, what's with the arms?
It's something called Step Dancing.
Now, why wouldn't your mother
want you to know if she was Irish?
I don't know.
I just get this really weird feeling
whenever I talk to her.
I mean, it's like they
don't want me to know
anything about my heritage.
I didn't know you really cared
about this heritage stuff.
Well, I don't.
I mean, I didn't, anyway.
Now I feel like
I'm missing something.
Yeah.
Top o' the morning to you.
Ah, sweetie, top o' the morning to you.
[ SHRIEKS ]
Ha, maybe I should read this.
Look!
Heh, they have these good luck
thingies like yours.
Those are just, you know, fake.
Mine's real gold.
Right.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
You can always tell the real thing.
Yeah, I guess so.
Did you make those yourself,
or is it your ma still does it for you,
and you half-grown?
You mean, my shoes?
They're called basketball shoes, Sir.
Yeah, you buy them at a store?
At the store, is it? Oh!
[ KYLE ]: Yeah. Ow!
And what'll become of your feet
when the road becomes
hard and stony?
Oh, look at this, boyo.
Good Irish leather, eh?
Soft as a spring shower
and tough as a landlord's heart.
Hey! You can't put your feet up there.
Get the boys a bag of spuds.
Hey, how'd you do--
[ RUSSELL ]: Where'd he go?
[ CLAPPING AND CHEERING ]
[ ANNOUNCER ]:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Seamus McTiernan, Saint of the Step!
[ IRISH ACCENT]: If you hail
from the shores of the Emerald Isle,
or wish you did...
if the blood in your veins
is as green as a shamrock
and your heart's full of blarney,
then the Saint of the Step loves you!
If you believe in the Little People,
and you know that there's a pot o' gold
at the end of every rainbow;
then you belong
to the Saint of the Step!
[ IRISH DANCE MUSIC PLAYING ]
Man, is this bogus or what?
Kyle?
Kyle?
Kyle, what are you doing?
I don't know!
I can't help it!
Sorry, kid.
Heh heh heh.
Top o' the morning to you.
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING ]
[ RINGING STOPS ]
Ow! Uhh!
[ KATE SINGING ]
[ IRISH ACCENT ]: Ah! Top o'
the morning to you!
Did you do something to your hair, Mom?
I just thought I'd try a more natural look.
Now, sit yourself down,
and I'll put your breakfast
on the table.
Is that bacon I smell?
It is, and I've a pair of hen's eggs
frying for each of you.
[ BOB ]: Bacon and eggs?
Isn't that a little heavy
on the cholesterol?
[ KATE ]: It's time you put
some meat on your bones.
Now, sit down, the two of you.
Does Ma sound a--
I mean, does Mom sound a wee bit--
I just said, "a wee bit."
Yeah.
I've been thinking about
what you said, Kyle,
about your heritage,
and there's something I have to tell you.
Uh, Kate, are you sure
this is the right time?
I mean--
Oh, it's no use trying to hide it, Bobby.
It's about me family, Kyle.
Kate, why don't we just go out and--
We're Irish.
Why didn't you guys tell me
about this before now?
Oh, I wanted to protect you, Kyle,
from the way it was when the
Irish first came to America,
from the jokes and the dirty jobs
nobody else would take,
and the signs in the shop windows
saying: "No Irish need apply."
I wanted you to be
100% American.
Mom, that Irish immigrant stuff
was, like, over 100 years ago;
wasn't it?
I remember, when I was a little boy,
my mother used to make bacon and eggs
every morning for breakfast,
and we'd have white bread, toasted,
with a lot of margarine on it and then--
hen's eggs and a rasher of bacon.
Potato cakes, bangers, and
a black-and-white pudding.
What's black-and-white pudding?
Blood sausage and pork sausage.
And I packed some crubeens and
colcannon for your lunch.
[ KYLE ]: I mean, it's really weird,
you know?
At first, it's like she's trying
to hide where her family's from,
and now she's cooking all this Irish food,
and she's even talking funny.
OK, so what about your dad
changing his name?
Oh, well, it really doesn't seem like it's
such a big deal now, you know?
I mean, at least I know I got
a heritage, you know?
At least I know I'm--
Hey, some green!
Every day.
Kyle: YEAH.
I guess it must be
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH.
[ KYLE ]: That was the beginning
of the unluckiest day of my life.
I lost my homework. it must have fallen--
[ STUDENTS LAUGH ]
Hey, lookin' good.
What's up, Kyle?
Did you eat already?
I lost my lunch.
Yeah, and on your pants, too.
Ew, That's nasty.
- [ KYLE ]: Well, I was gonna,
you know,
buy my lunch, but I lost my money.
Well, you want some chips?
They're Emerald Isle.
Look, that's never happened to me,
Russell, all right?
I can't remember losing anything, ever.
In my whole life.
Look, it is just bad luck.
It happens to everybody.
Hey, Kyle, you want my dessert?
Chocolate makes me break out.
[ KYLE ]: Yeah.
Well, so much for bad luck.
Hey, Kyle can touch the rim.
No way, man.
Yeah, way, man,
I saw him do it.
Come on.
Hey, Kyle!
Show 'em how you can
touch the rim.
Yeah, Come on, Kyle!
- Let's see.
- Yeah.
Show 'em how to do it, Kyle.
Get it, man.
Do it!
[ BOYS ]: Aw! [ LAUGHING ]
Get a ladder, man,
you can't even get the net.
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ COACH ]: All right,
let's line up, guys.
Tonight is the semifinal
of the State Tournament.
You win tonight, you make history.
The first time this school has ever
had a basketball team make it
to the Championship Game.
[ BOYS ]: Yeah! All right!
[ COACH ]: All right,
all right, listen up.
There's no running on game days.
To make sure
everybody stays sharp,
I want everyone to make 10
foul shots before you go home.
That's make 'em, not take 'em.
Russell, start us off.
[ EVERYONE ]:
Come on, Russ.
Let's go, Let's go.
Any day now.
Look, you're trying too hard, Russ.
Just relax. Let it drop.
[ EXHALES ]
End of the line, Kyle.
[ COACH ]: Let's keep it
moving, keep it moving.
Right.
[ COACH CLAPS ]
[ COACH CLAPS ]
[ RUSSELL SIGHS ]
Ha! That's 10. Give me 5 more.
So, how many you have left?
You haven't made any yet?
Man, I've never seen you go
ice cold like this.
Yeah, That's because
I've never been ice cold.
Well, you want me to hang
till you make your shots?
[ SIGHS ]
Nah, man, It's cool.
I'll catch up with you at the game.
- Sure.
[ SIGHS ]
I think you need a little more arc
in that shot.
I just lost my temper for a second.
I don't want to perpetuate a stereotype,
but they say the Irish are
a little hotheaded.
How did you know I was Irish?
- Russell told me.
So, what are you gonna
do for Heritage Day?
I saw some Irish dancing
over the weekend.
Maybe I could do that.
You're gonna learn
to step dance
between now
and Heritage Day?
Didn't look that hard.
Well, everything's
easy for you, isn't it?
What's wrong with you?
What, are you mad
about something?
I've known you
for a long time, Kyle.
You're a nice guy
and all that,
but you'd be a better person
if everything hadn't
always been so easy for you.
Look at basketball.
- The last game?
You guys were outplayed,
but you won anyways
Because you got lucky!
The State Championship
isn't supposed to be
something you just luck into.
Look, just because you know everything
does not mean you know anything
about basketball.
Lucky shot.
That wasn't luck.
That was practice.
You know, hard work?
What do you mean, practice?
You don't even play basketball.
[ KYLE ]: It was the perfect ending
for the worst day of my life.
Too bad it wasn't over yet.
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ CHEERING ]
Boo!
[ BOOING ]
Come on, get him out of the game!
Mmmh!
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
You can do it, boyo!
Come on, Kyle!
[ CHEERLEADERS CHANTING ]
Way to go, Drake!
No!
I'm open! I'm open!
Ohh!
Take him out, Coach!
Aw, man!
[ BOOING ]
[ KYLE ]: It was
like I never played before.
It was awful!
I couldn't even
make a shot,
and half the time,
I missed the rim completely.
I just--
[ BOB ]: Everyone has
an off night, Kyle.
I never did before.
The important
thing is your team won.
You're going to the finals!
Yeah, thanks to Drake!
He played a great game,
Especially after Coach took me out.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
You don't need to be playing basketball.
You should be hurling!
Mom, Im not sick.
I just played lousy.
[ SIGHS ]
Are you sure
you're feeling all right?
I might drink a bit
of a warm bonnyclabber
before I go to bed.
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING ]
[ RINGING STOPS ]
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
Do you smell something, Da?
I mean, Dad.
Smells like something's burning.
Ah, boys, there's nothing like a peat fire
to put the taste of Eire in your breakfast.
Ah-- [ COUGHS ]
[ COUGHING ]
[ COUGHS ]
My dad says if we don't win tonight,
he's gonna adopt the other team.
Hey, you look shorter.
I think maybe I'm having a growth-spurt.
No, I'm just, uhyou know,
packing on a little weight.
My mom's on this Irish kick.
We had spuds again--
I mean, potatoes.
Hey...
maybe that's why
they blocked so many of
my shots last night.
I wasn't getting
enough vertical jump.
You were moving OK...
like you always do.
So, you think everybody's
gonna be ticked at me 'cause
I played so lousy?
Look, they're not gonna
turn on you over one game.
Besides, we're still going to the Finals.
Yeah.
I can't believe he did that!
He's so pathetic. - Loser.
You loser!
[ GIRL ]: Real nice.
Way to choke, Johnson!
[ BOY ]: Hey, watch me
touch the rim!
Hey, looking good, girls.
Heh, heh.
Oh, look, there's Drake.
Hi, Drake! Great game!
- Drake, Hi!
- Good game, Drake.
- Hey Drake!
Well, he did play a great game.
Hey, Kyle. I Just wanted--
- I got to go to class.
Sorry.
[ BELL RINGS ]
Can anyone tell me what a magnet is?
Heh, heh. Holly!
A piece of iron that attracts
another piece of iron.
Good, but a magnet
doesn't just attract iron.
Man, one bad game,
and I feel like I'm nobody.
Kyle, since you feel like talking,
why don't you tell us
what 3 kinds of metal
are attracted by a magnet.
Ah, iron and, um...
Anyone?..
Russell!
Iron, cobalt, and nickel.
Very good. Iron, cobalt, and nickel.
Now, take your magnet,
and one of the metal objects
in front of you.
If that object is
attracted to the magnet,
then it must contain either iron,
cobalt, or nickel.
[ CLANK ]
I thought you said that was solid gold.
It is.
Magnets don't lie, man.
No, no, no, no....
This is different!
This isn't my lucky coin.
Look, I've got to
call my mom, all right?
I bet that coin was like
a family heirloom or something.
That's probably why she wanted
me to wear it.
No, that's probably why you had
such a bad game last night.
Man, somebody
must have stolen it
Ohh!
Oh, for the love of Mike!
Kyle! Kyle, I need to talk to you.
Look, I'm a little busy right now.
He lost his lucky charm thingy
- What?
It's a gold coin.
It's probably, like,
a hundred years old.
Ahh, Got it.
- That's just a quarter.
Does he look shorter to you?
Nah. He just bulked up.
There's something wrong
with this stupid phone.
Look, Kyle, I have to go.
I'm going on a field trip with
the Young Achievers,
And I just wanted to say,
I hope nothing I said yesterday
threw off your game.
You know,
about you being lazy.
- Lazy?
You never said I was lazy.
- I mean, all that other stuff
about everything being
too easy for you,
about not deserving to win
the State Championship.
Whoa, check out that hair!
Man, my dad
won't let me dye mine.
He's got this thing
about Dennis Rodman.
[ EXHALES ]
Tonight's the
State Championship, man.
If you cut school without an excuse,
the Coach might not let you play.
An excuse? OK.
First I find out I've been robbed,
now my hair is turning red!
Hey, I used to be taller than you.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
Oh, saints preserve us!
I am gettin' shorter.
Mom, Dad, there's
something wrong with--
There's something your mother and I
need to tell you, son.
I am a leprechaun, Kyle.
Huh?
Mom?
- I know it's hard to believe, Kyle.
I mean, when I first met your mother--
You're not a leprechaun, too?
No!
No. I'm from Cleveland.
Oh.
- We'd have told you sooner, Kyle,
but we wanted you to grow up like
a normal American boy.
But then when I started to have
this wee little spell--
Mom, you're a foot tall.
Oh, it could be worse, believe me.
It's probably just an allergic reaction.
Boiled potatoes,
something like that.
I don't think you have any reason to worry.
What?
Me? You mean,
I'm a leprechaun, too?
And what else would you be?
And you, with the blood
of the Clan O'Reilly
rushin' about in your veins.
Doesn't mean you can't lead
a perfectly normal life, Kyle.
- Normal?
Yes.
- Normal? Dad, look at my hair,
and...I'm getting shorter.
You don't look short to me.
[ IRISH ACCENT ] How's it look, Da?
Maybe an inch...
...or two.
Two inches?
Dad, you said this was like,
an allergic reaction or something.
[SIGHS ]
How long's it take to wear off?
- Well...
actually, it's never happened before.
[ FLUTE PLAYING ]
According to your mother,
as long as the O'Reillys have their luck,
every member of the clan can pass
as a normal human.
Ordinary size, all of that.
of course, I'm not really sure
how it all works.
Well, OK. OK.
Well, maybe that's the trouble with Mom,
You know, I mean,
maybe we're just out of luck.
No. No. That can't be the problem.
Well, how do you know that?
Your lucky coin.
That's the luck of the Clan O'Reilly.
[ FLUTE CONTINUES ]
[ SIGHS]
Mom.
Mom, I lost my lucky coin.
What's this about losing your coin,
when it's hangin' about your very neck?
Look. it's not mine. It's fake.
Somebody must've switched it
with the real one.
[ WHISPERING ] The dirty thief!
It's nothin' but a bit of iron
and gold paint on it.
Are you saying somebody
stole your coin?
You know, I bet it was
this really weird old guy
me and Russell talked to
at THE LUCK OF THE IRISH,
You know, that Seamus McTiernan
dancing thing?
Yeah, I bet he was like
a pickpocket or something.
Wasn't that show at the fairgrounds?
Kyle, you know you're
not supposed to go there
without asking us.
Look, Dad. I just wanted
to learn about my heritage.
You can't blame him, Bobby,
And we not telling him the truth.
Now, what's this
about an old man?
Gray in the hair, was he?
Yeah, I mean,
he started walking up to us
and talking about his shoes.
Said he made 'em himself.
Was it a snake he had
on the sole of his shoe?
Yeah. Yeah, it was.
The miserable old sinner,
to play such a trick,
And you his own grandson.
He was my grandfather?
He's your grandfather O'Reilly.
And may his name be cursed for a liar.
Oh, I'll not let him get away with it,
If I have to pry the coin
out of his thieving fingers meself.
And he me own Da.
I knew we should've moved
as soon as they built that new
potato chip factory.
We were bound to run
into him sometime.
You mean, Emerald Isles?
Sure, and it's he that
owns the whole company,
and still can't stew oatmeal
without burning it.
Come along, boys!
And we'll shame him with
what he's done.
Uh...
Uhh!
Unh!
Ahh.
Honey, I think maybe I should drive.
Yeah.
[ KATE ]: Ohh! Ooh!
Oooh!
Ooh!
Kate, I think you
should wait in the car.
You might...attract attention.
D'unh!
That's how it was
when we first came to this country, hmm?
People looking down on ya
'cause you're a bit different.
Uh, Mom?
Am I gonna get as small as you are?
Ah, you're only half leprechaun, Kyle.
It'll be days before you're down to this size.
Plenty of time for me to make you
some wee little ghillies for your feet.
Don't worry, Kyle.
We'll get your coin back.
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
He says, he's married to
Mr. O'Reilly's daughter.
Right.
[ SIGHS ]
[ IRISH ACCENT ]
The tour group is here.
Son, relax.
Listen, everything
is gonna be fine.
If my grandda is right--
I mean, granddad
Why don't I ever get to see him?
Because I'm not...
because I'm not a leprechaun,
and they don't believe in
mixed marriages.
That's why we had to leave Cleveland.
We even changed our names,
so Kate's family couldn't find us.
Well, if you and Mom, you know, like,
love each other, why should it matter?
Well...
sometimes leprechauns
can be small-minded.
Come on.
Right, sir.
I'll handle it.
Mr. O'Reilly says he doesn't
have a daughter,
and for you to go away
and not to be bothering him again.
I'm not leaving here until
I see Mr. O'Reilly.
Aah!
Oof!
Are you OK, Da?
Oh! Don't worry, Kyle,
we're not giving up.
Just gonna talk a little strategy
with your mother, that's all.
Yeah.
Oh, look at them. You look so nice.
On behalf of our president and founder,
Mr. Reilly O'Reilly,
I'd like to say welcome
to Emerald Isle.
Uh, if you follow me,
we'll begin the tour.
Please stay with
the group at all times.
Some of the machinery
can be dangerous.
Now, the potato chip was
invented in the late 1800s,
when a cook accidentally sliced
some potatoes too thin
and discovered they turned
crisp when he fried 'em.
As you can see,
we've come a long way since then.
Are there any questions so far?
Yes?
- Will we get to meet Mr. O'Reilly?
Oh, no!
Mr. O'Reilly is far too busy
to be seeing us today.
Where's his office?
It's in another part of the building.
Now, if you'll follow me,
we'll first see
how the potatoes are washed.
What are you doing here?
Shh! Come on.
You're not a Young Achiever.
I have to talk to Mr. O'Reilly.
- Why?
Remember how I told you
my coin was stolen?
Well, I think
he's the one that took it.
He's like a millionaire.
Why would he steal your coin?
Because he's my grandfather.
Why would your grandfather
steal your coin?
Do you have to know everything?
He and my mom don't really get along,
And I guess he did it to get back at her.
I think we have intruders.
[ KLAXON BLARING ]
[ MEN SHOUTING ]
Come on!
[ KLAXON CONTINUES ]
[ GUARD ]: Come on, guys!
Why is your grandfather
mad at your mother?
Because she married my father.
Why doesn't he like your father?
Because he's not a leprechaun.
What?
Ooh!
We've got 'em!
Come on!
[ KLAXON CONTINUING ]
Unh!
Whoa!
Get in!
Go!
Ohh! Oh!
Ahh.
[ BONNIE SCREAMS ]
[ BONNIE SCREAMS AGAIN ]
Get off.
Aah!
Aaaaah!
Whoa!
[ KLAXON STILL BLARING ]
Uhh! Unh!
Let go!
Aah! Aah!
Kyle!
Oof! Aaaaah!
Aaaah! Oof!
Better not bake this one, boys.
I think it's me grandson.
[ KYLE MOANS ]
Oh! Oh! I thought I was baked.
A good boy like you
has got nothing to fear from the oven.
Aaah! Kyle!
Oof! Ohh!
Kyle. Kyle, are you all right?
[IRISH ACCENT ]
Ahh, Yeah.
At least I found me grandda.
Oh. Oh, Kyle.
What?
Oh, no. Im turning into a Vulcan.
Ohh.
Sydney.
- Mr. O'Reilly.
You'll feel better
after having a lie down in me office.
Or better yet,
make yourself a pair of shoes.
It's good for the soul.
When you make your own shoes,
You're the master of your feet.
[ KYLE ]: Look. I don't want
to make a pair of shoes,
and I don't want to be a leprechaun.
Oh, there's no use railing
against what you are, boyo.
If green's just not your color,
then why don't you
put your coin back on?
Or has your ma not told you,
It's the coin that
lets you pass for human?
Look. I don't have my coin.
all right? you do.
You took my real coin and switched it
with this fake one
so I wouldn't know about it.
I did no such thing, boyo.
And I'll not have you blacken me name
by saying I did. Huh!
I'll wager it's your ma who took it...
to turn you against me.
Oh, it's a traitor, she is...
and to her own people.
My mom doesn't have the coin.
She's changing faster than I am.
She's this tall.
Really?
[ TOUR GUIDE TALKING IN BACKGROUND]
Is it truly stolen?
Fine. None of your ma's tricks.
Oh, no. no. no. It can't be.
Why, without our luck,
the O'Reilly clan would start to--
Am I--Am I lookin' a bit green?
And me trousers could use a roll.
Now, why aren't you getting short
as fast as my mom did?
It's not easy for
an old man to change.
Well, what does Kyle's lucky coin
have to do with everybody turning
into a leprechaun?
It's not Kyle's luck.
It's the luck of the Clan O'Reilly.
It's all that's held us together
for a thousand years and more.
A thousand years of
invasion and oppression
and being forced from the land.
A thousand years of
stoney fields and famine,
saying good-bye forever
as you get on a boat for a distant shore.
and now, when we finally
made it here in America
and are just about to have all our luck,
You've lost it!
Well, why did I have to wear it?
Huh?
Why not you or Mom?
You're the youngest member
of the Clan O'Reilly,
and it's always the young
that have all the luck.
Uhh!
Oh, I might as well
go lie down in the gutter.
It's nothing but bankruptcy
and ruin for the O'Reillys
Now that our clan is out of luck.
Hey, luck isn't everything.
I mean, it wasn't luck
that built this factory.
Oh, a lot you know.
Ha ha ha.
And I might still be a short-order chef
if it had not been
for a bit of luck one day
when I sliced the spuds too thin.
Are you saying you invented
the potato chip?
That was over 100 years ago.
This is all my fault.
I mean, everything
was going great
until I started trying
to find out what I was.
Now I got red hair
and pointy ears.
I wish I never would've found out anything.
I wish I didn't have a heritage.
There must be something you could do.
[ IRISH FLUTE ]
If your coin was stolen,
you can go to the police.
Oh, yeah, and tell them
I'm a leprechaun,
and I've lost my luck?
Yeah, right!
Do you have to do that?
Of course I do.
I'm Irish.
That's how I manifest despair.
Kyle!
No! No! No!
[ FLUTE STOPS ]
I'm not Irish, I'm an American.
Look. maybe I wasn't the only person
that got robbed at that
LUCK OF THE IRISH thing.
You know, maybe they
already caught the guy who did it.
I'm sure we can talk to Seamus McTiernan.
What?
That petty-wagger?
That stage Irishman
with his neon shamrocks
and his heart-full-of-blarney rubbish?
Why didn't you tell me
it was at his show you lost your coin?
I would've known it was him
that stole our luck.
I didn't say it was him.
And who else would it be?
And him a far darrig,
as plain as I'm standing here.
[ BOTH ]: A what?
Kate! Kate!
I can't find him anywhere.
I don't know where he is.
Da!
Kyle!
I know who took my coin.
it was Seamus McTiernan.
Granddad says he's like
a far darrig leprechaun.
He says they're all thieves and liars.
Oh, really?
No, O'Reilly.
Reilly O'Reilly.
And you must be Bobby.
Yeah.
[ KATE ]: Don't believe
a word he says, Kyle.
It's he that took it to spite me.
Oh, and it'd only be giving you
what you deserve, Kathleen O'Reilly,
for daring to marry
outside the Little People.
But I swear on me mother's grave,
it wasn't me that--
Ooh!
[ KYLE ]: Ma!
Don't be wasting your sympathy
on him, Kyle,
swearin' on his ma's grave,
and she still livin' in Sligo,
and healthy as a horse!
You are a fine one
to be callin' me a liar.
And did you not tell me
when you first met Bobby
that he hailed from the shores of Erie?
And you knowin' me ears
aren't what they used to be,
And I'd never guess you
meant some lake in Ohio.
You guys, that stuff's all in the past.
Can't you just forget about it?
Forget the past?
- Yes.
The important thing is
what's happening now, today.
All right, we've gotta get our luck
back before it's too late.
Well...maybe it's too late
to be objectin' to a marriage
and your boy all grown up now
like a man.
Well, I'll not be apologizing
for marrying Bob,
But I am sorry for the trouble
it caused ya.
Let bygones be bygones?
There's no time for formalities, boyo.
Seamus McTiernan is makin'
off with our luck.
Come on. Let's after the thief.
All right!
Oh...
Bonnie, look...I gotta go.
- I'm going with you.
Well, what about the Young Achievers?
They're supposed to be about
seizing opportunities.
How often do you get an opportunity
where you can help a clan
of leprechauns get their luck back?
[ ENGINE STALLS ]
Besides I only joined the Young Achievers
because my parents made me.
I really wanted to play basketball.
But they said the Achievers would look
better on a college application.
[ ENGINE CONTINUES TO STALL ]
I guess it's my car we'll be taking.
Fasten your seat belts...
and it'll be a bumpy ride.
So, uh...Grandda,
am I gonna grow a beard like that?
Oh, not for a good many years,
I'm glad to say.
Kyle?
Hey. Hey, Kyle.
I wasn't sure if--
Whoa. Check out those ears.
Hey. Are those real?
Are they getting worse?
Oh...
[ KYLE MOANS ]
Are you OK?
[ SIGHS ]
- What's going on?
I think we've got enough people
in the car already.
Hey. It's that guy
with the beard.
That's me grandda.
Kyle, it's not our way
to be tellin' the whole world all about us.
Would ya stop your jabberin'
and drive the car?
Can you not see
that the road is clear?
Mrs. Johnson?
Hello, Russell.
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
Aah!
You wait here.
I'm gonna check this out.
Careful, Da.
Bobby. Bobby.
If you get into any trouble with Seamus,
try makin' a bet with him.
Ho ho. The far darrig all
go wild for gamblin'.
Thanks.
[ MAN ]: Yeah, let's get
this thing set up, huh?
[ SECOND MAN ]: All right.
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
They're gettin' away!
Don't let him--augh!
Don't let him get away!
I saw it! There's a whole bunch of
gold coins in there! Come on!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!
Ho...ho ho!
Ahhh!
Oh!
Aah!
Grandda!
Aah!
Oh, you better hang on!
Ha Ha! Ha ha ha!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Ha--Whoo!
[ BOB ]: K-keep your head.
What are you trying to do?
Reilly, you're gonna get us killed!
Why don't you give me some of that
corned beef and cabbage there, Patrick?
I'm always happy to share a meal
with a fellow leprechaun.
May the road rise up to meet ya,
and may it be a slippery one.
Watch out! Aah!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ TIRE BLOWS ]
Aah!
Aah!
Quick, get the spare! They're gettin' away!
I don't have a spare tire!
What?!
With all the good luck
I've always had,
I never thought I'd be needing one.
Oh...
Oh, I've worked up quite an appetite.
Uh, that was the last of the corned beef, sir.
[ PLAYING BAGPIPE ]
Please, pl--[ SIGHS ]
[ CONTINUES PLAYING ]
You'd better get home.
You got a big game tonight.
But what about you?
You're the reason that
we made it to the State Finals.
I can't play looking like this.
I never could play anyway.
Not really.
I was only good because I was lucky.
Basketball isn't everything, Kyle.
I should know.
Well, I can't play baseball
or football either.
I meant sports isn't everything.
Look, I liked who I was, all right?
And that's who I wanna be.
We should've told you a long time ago.
I'm sorry, Kyle. That was our mistake.
It's OK, Da--Dad.
Things could be worse, Kyle.
Yeah? How?
Hey, give me a hand with this, Bobby.
I think it's stuck.
[ ELECTRIC MOTOR STRAINING ]
Come on!
Eh!
It's no use, Grandda. It's just our luck.
It's almost enough to make you
homesick for Ireland.
If you had sense enough not to drive
without a spare tire!
Or, if you hadn't married me daughter,
none of this would've happened.
That has nothing to do with anything.
- It doesn't do any good trying to blame each other.
I mean, I know this is miserable, but--
- Please don't say it could get worse.
It might.
I was just gonna say that
everybody has bad luck,
but you can make it better
if you just keep trying.
I mean, when the Irish came
to America, things were tough.
And they had to work at jobs
other people wouldn't take,
and they didn't get paid
what they deserved.
Well, at least they got paid.
The important thing is
they didn't give up.
They kept trying till things got better,
and that's what makes them special,
not where they are now,
but the spirit that kept them
going on the way there.
She's a Young Achiever.
- I'm an American. That's what
we all are,
and Americans don't give up.
[ KYLE SIGHS ]
- Maybe I can walk down to the gas station,
and, I'll get a patch to fix that tire.
I'm gonna get that top
up-on if it kills me.
- Alright.
Hey, we can get the tire off.
- I'll check the trunk for tools.
- OK.
I'll be goin' with you, Bobby,
and not left waitin' in the car.
I'd better go, too.
I have to go call the Young Achievers.
If I get in trouble
for leaving the field trip;
my dad will give me his:
"You're not gonna get into med school"
speech.
Well, thanks for helping out, Bonnie.
I mean, you know, you being here.
Kinda' makes me think I haven't lost
all my luck.
Do you really mean that?
Or is it just blarney?
Hey, wait up, Mr. Johnson.
What?
Do you still think we can get
our luck back, Grandda?
I don't want
to be lyin' to ya, boyo.
But it would take a miracle to catch
Seamus now.
Well, at least it's stopped raining.
Hey, look, there's a rainbow.
Hah. hey, maybe there's
a pot of gold at the end of it.
Oh...Ha ha ha.
Come on, boys.
Where are we going?
I don't know.
Where are we going?
To the end...of the rainbow!
What?
Hey, you OK, Grandda?
[ PANTING ]
You can't get to the end of a rainbow.
Well, I could, if I was
only 200 years younger.
No. The rainbow's just the sunlight
refracted in the clouds,
there is no end.
You some kind of scientist?
I'd like to be one someday.
Yes, but Im a leprechaun.
So don't be tellin' me about rainbows.
Hey, look over there!
Come on!
[ CELTIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
A STICK IN ME HAND
AND A DROP...
They must've stopped to celebrate
or something.
I'll give 'em somethin' to celebrate.
You boys wait here.
I'll slip in and get our luck back.
I'll get it.
Your ma would
never forgive me
f I was to allow you
to go into a place like that.
Look, it's my responsibility.
Keep your eyes peeled.
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET ATHY
HURROO, HURROO
WHILE GOIN' THE ROAD
TO SWEET--
Hey. Here it is.
It's locked.
[ OFF-KEY BAGPIPE ]
[ CLICK ]
[ BAGPIPE STOPS ]
How'd you do that?
It's a leprechaun thing.
Ah, it's our luck.
Ha Ha. That it is, Kyle boy.
Our lucky day.
This is my coin.
I can tell. It's like this weird feeling.
You can never tell
about feelings, you know.
So why don't we just take the whole
lot of it to be certain, hmm?
Come on. Give me a hand
with the pot, boy.
What? Whoa.
Grandda, you can't take it all.
It's not ours.
What? You think
that dirty thief deserves it?
And he surely stole it from
poor leprechauns like ourselves.
Well, we don't know that for sure.
And if he did steal it, we should
tell the police.
Are you daft, boy?
Callin' in the peelers,
when all this gold is just lying there
for the taking.
You mean stealing.
I mean seizing the opportunity.
IN DUBLIN'S FAIR CITY
WHERE GIRLS ARE SO PRETTY
I FIRST SET MY EYES
ON SWEET MOLLY MALONE
AS SHE WHEELED
HER WHEELBARROW
THROUGH STREETS
BROAD AND NARROW
CRYING, "COCKLES AND MUSSELS,
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH"
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH
CRYING, "COCKLES AND MUSSELS,
ALIVE, ALIVE, OH
The streets aren't paved with gold, Kyle.
You have to take it
where you can find it.
If you'd struggled as I did when I first
came to this country--
We didn't come to America to steal.
We came here to work hard, get ahead,
and make something of ourselves.
We now, is it?
Sure an' it's worth a pot of gold
to hear ye count yourself
among the Little People...
even such a big, lovely pot as this.
Aah!
Oh!
Run, Kyle, run! Run! Run!
O'Reilly...
Aah!
Grandpa!
[ FIERCE GROWLING ]
Grandpa?
Ha! I've got him by the beard, boyo,
and no leprechaun can get away from that.
Kyle!
And you'll not be gettin' away either.
Now, give me that lucky coin...
and maybe I'll let the old man go.
Oh, don't trust him, Kyle.
He's a far darrig--
Quiet!
- Ooh. Ooh. Ooh!
Far darrig?
I'll make a bet with you.
A wager, is it?
What exactly did you have in mind?
I bet...that...I can beat you.
Beat me what?
Video games, is it?
TV trivia.
Sports.
If I beat you at sports,
you'll let my grandda go, and I
get to keep my lucky coin.
But if you don't beat me...
then the coin is mine.
And no more of this chasin' after me.
OK.
Well, you've got yourself a wager.
Hey, what's going on, Kyle?
Where are we?
And what are we wearing?
It's hurling, Kyle.
Grandda?
Watch out for the sliotar.
The what?
The sliotar.
Man, what are we doing here?
Sports.
[ EXULTS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ MEN CHEER ]
[ KYLE ]: Look, I bet Seamus I
could beat him at sports.
[ RUSSELL ]: Man, sports are
more like football, baseball, basketball.
Rrahh!
You may have gotten lucky at hurling,
but you'll not be beating me at
throwing of the chariot wheel.
What kind of sports are these anyway?
Do you know nothing at all
o' your heritage?
It's the Tailteann Games that were played
in Ireland for 3,000 years.
Oh.
Those games.
[ GRUNTS ]
What do I do now?
Aaggh!
Aaggh!
Punt!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Yes!
Do you know why I want that coin?
Does it have anything to do with greed?
Ha!
Its power.
Power, boyo, is what I'm after.
Taking the luck from
every leprechaun in America.
It's I that'll have power
over the lot of ya.
Kyle's on the wrestling team at school.
Well, it's just junior high.
It's a king we had in Ireland,
and it's a king I'll be--
King of the Leprechauns.
Yeah? Well, in America, we don't
believe in kings.
We believe in baseball.
Yeah!
Oh, ho ho!
Without your luck, there'll be
no more denying what you are.
You'll see how welcome you are
in America
when you're the Little People again
and different from everyone else.
Then it's back to the land of Eire,
back to the old country and
the old ways!
Ha ha!
Ha ha!
This is the last of the sports.
If Kyle doesn't win this one,
it's all over.
But dancing's not a sport.
Hoh! It is in Ireland.
I am the Saint of the Step!
What sort of step is that?
Uh, it's my step.
Wa ha ha ha!
[ LAUGHS ]
I'll have that coin now, boyo.
What are you talking about?
We tied.
We said, if you didn't beat me
at sports,
the coin was mine.
Well, a tie's not beating me,
so hand it over.
Man, what a cheat!
Oh, he's a devil for twisting
words about.
He'd make a liar tell the truth.
The coin, boyo,
or I'll have to be
getting rough with you.
[ KYLE SIGHS ]
What about my grandda?
You said you'd let him go.
I said I might let him go,
or, I might just make him
my slave forever!
I bet I can beat you
without my luck.
What? I bet I can beat you
at basketball, even without
my lucky coin.
You've got nothing left to bet, boyo.
If I lose...
I'll be your slave.
Oh, no, don't do it, Kyle boy.
And if you win,
you get your luck back, is that it?
Yeah.
You're not gonna trust this guy again,
are you, Kyle?
Now, none of that.
We're all good Irishmen here.
Irishmen. Yeah.
OK, so if I win...
If...I win...I get my coin back,
and you'll live forever
in the land of my fathers,
and never leave the shores
of Erie again.
Done.
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
Go Team Go!
[ COACH ]: Work it down forward,
and pass it on to you.
The fast break is--
Where were you guys?
In Ireland.
Look, we're here now, all right?
Yeah, OK. You get out there
and take the tipoff, Kyle.
Let's get the lead and keep it.
We're not going into double overtime.
[ ALL: YEAH! and APPLAUDING ]
1, 2, 3...Go!
[ KYLE ]: Hey, this is kind of weird.
How'd we end up here?
Maybe you should ask him.
Do you recognize this, boyo?
It's your luck I'm wearing.
Isn't he a little old for junior high?
Let's just play ball, boys.
Look, there's your grandda.
Kyle!
Woo-hoo!
No, no!
Transition quickly!
Get down and cover your net.
Yeah! Hello, old man.
Make a run for it, Kyle,
before it's too late.
Put it in, Kyle. Let's go!
I'm not going to give up now.
Look, I can beat Seamus
if I try hard enough.
Kyle, throw it in!
You can't do it without your luck.
You'll lose, Kyle.
You'll be a slave forever.
Let's go.
Yeah! - Yeah!
- Yeah!
Somebody get with those guys.
Transition quickly!
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
Come on.
Come on. We're gonna
get this back now.
We're close. Keep the players working
right to the beat.
I'm open, I'm open.
Ha ha ha!
Ooof!
Aaaah!
[ BOOING ]
Russell!
Russell!
Mr. O'Reilly?
Take this lucky coin.
And don't ask where it come from.
Oh, great. I'll give it to Kyle.
Oh, no, no!
No, it won't work for Kyle.
It's a special coin just for you.
Well, hey, thanks!
[ CHEERLEADERS ]: Come on!
Take it all the way!
A boy who believes in leprechauns,
will believe in anything!
Bring it in, Russell, bring it in!
Let's get it back.
I'm open, I'm open!
Yeah, Russ!
Yeah! Way to go, man.
Hey, look, it's not just me.
Your grandfather gave me
this lucky coin.
Excuse me.
There's Kyle.
Seamus!
It's OK, son. good foul, good foul.
We're gonna rebound.
We're gonna bring it back
to you, buddy.
Let's go.
Look, there's Da!
Why did you give Russell that coin?
I thought you could use a little help...
the way you've been playing.
But it's fake, isn't it?
Sure it is fake.
But I wouldn't be telling him that,
if you were you.
It's confidence the boy be wanting,
not some lucky coin.
Oh, he's got all the luck he needs
right in here.
Yeah. the luck's inside him.
And mine's inside me.
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH!
Come on, Kyle, come on!
Get in the game.
Come on!
Make a statement.
Oh, give it up, boyo,
you're a leprechaun.
And a leprechaun's nothing,
without his luck.
Nobody's nothing.
That wasn't luck.
Yeah!
[ CHEERS ]
[ COACH ]: Yes!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
All right!
That's it, Russell!
Yee-ha!
I touched the rim!
Hey!
Ooh!
[ CHEERS ]
Aaaagh!
[ CHEERS ]
One more, and you've got it--
Ooh!
Give me the ball!
Aooooh!
Ball!
Yargh!
I am the Saint of the Step!
King of the Leprechauns!
You'll never beat me!
[ WILD CHEERS ]
Yes!
Yes!
That's my son!
Argh!
[ CRACK! ]
Seamus!
Come on, get up!
You all right there, boyo?
[ REILLY ]: You've lost
to the boy, Seamus.
He beat you fair and square.
Now it's time
to have our luck back.
I lost, is it? Lost what? This?
I still got a pot of gold on the bus.
And 10 times that,
hidden away in a cave at Carraig.
Do you remember the rest of our bet?
- Oh, I remember it, boyo!
Word for word.
It's home
you're sending me.
To live forever in Ireland.
[ LAUGHING ]
I'll be King of the Leprechauns yet.
And then I'll settle with you,
and the Clan O'Reilly.
I said the shores of Erie.
Augh! Would you at least learn
how to say it?
The land of your fathers
Isn't Erie, boyo.
it's Eire.
My father's from Cleveland.
[ GASPS ]
Ohio!
Aah!
Whoa!
[ SPLASH ]
To live forever within the shores
of Lake Erie.
Heh! Sure hope he can swim better
than he plays basketball.
[ CELTIC MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
Luck's got nothing to do with it.
I'm proud of you, son.
Hooray!
Yeah!
Bonnie.
Where have you been?
Did your daughter not tell you
she's been all day
interviewing for our scholarship program?
Scholarship?
From Emerald Isle Potato Chips.
Why, Bonnie's at the top of our list
for a full college scholarship.
After she finishes high school, of course.
Bonnie, you should have told me.
Except there's one thing
that might keep her from getting it.
You see, we like our scholars to be
well rounded.
Does she not play some sort of sport?
Sport? Oh, yes!
She's going to play basketball next year.
Is that right, Bonnie?
Whatever you say, Dad.
Well, you've got
one lucky girl there, Mr. Lopez.
But...aren't we all lucky,
to be living in so grand a country where...
...where anything is possible.
Yeah!
[ CELTIC DANCE PLAYING ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ WOMAN ]: Very good!
All right!
Yeah!
Well, I'm really proud of my Mom's family,
and my Irish heritage,
But Americans come from all over,
and not just one place, and so do I.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND
FROM CALIFORNIA
TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND
FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST
TO THE GULF STREAM
WATERS
THIS LAND WAS MADE
FOR YOU AND ME
AS I WAS WALKING
THAT RIBBON OF HIGHWAY
I SAW ABOVE ME
THAT ENDLESS SKYWAY
I SAW BELOW ME
THAT GOLDEN VALLEY
THIS LAND WAS MADE
FOR YOU AND ME
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND
FROM CALIFORNIA
TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND
FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST
TO THE GULF STREAM
WATERS
THIS LAND WAS MADE
FOR YOU AND ME
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]