The Man in the White Van (2023) Movie Script
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(KEYS JINGLES)
(ENGINE STARTS RUMBLES)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
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(INDISTINCT SONG ON RADIO,
CAR WHIRRING)
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...But this dance
is not for me
'Cause you're one love
too late
Fallen for the last time...
(SOBS, SNIFFLES)
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(SOBS, SNIFFLES)
(GRUNTS)
...But it's time for me
to go home
'Cause I know he's waiting
there
Please let me go now
Our goodbyes last too long
I hear the music playing...
(SOBBING CONTINUES)
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(GASPS, SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
No! No! No!
...You're one love too late
(PANTS, SCREAMS)
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(ANNIE GRUNTS, CLICKS TONGUE)
ANNIE:
Let's go.
When you're confused
on which way to go
So, I come here
to give you a hint
And lead you
into the promised land
So, come on
and take a free ride
Free ride
Come on
and sing it by my side
Come on and take a free ride
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(GROANS)
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(SIGHS)
Rebel!
(GROANS)
ANNIE:
come on! Get back here!
Thanks for nothing.
(INDISTINCT SPEECH)
(SIGHS, GRUNTS)
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ANNIE:
Really? Come. Let's go.
Thank you.
You're late.
Oh, sweetheart!
You and that horse.
You need to go straight up
to the bath, okay?
Wash your hair
and scrub your nails.
Just please shave your legs.
Shave?
Margaret, show her
how to shave properly.
Yes, ma'am.
(SIGHS)
Did you fall off
that horse again?
No.
HELEN:
Put on your Sunday best.
Put your foot up here.
I can show you.
(SIGHS, CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Just really slow.
(SIGHS)
See? It's super easy.
And any proper young lady
shaves her legs.
You know
I don't care about being proper.
Well, maybe not now,
but you will.
Ouch! (GROANS)
Just stop. I can do it myself.
(SIGHS)
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Helen was actually remarking
yesterday bout
the impact
it'll have on the community.
Not just the jobs, but the--
the families it'll build up.
If this acquisition
goes through,
this will be the largest
mining interest
in the Southeast.
Just have to convince the board.
(SCOFFS) They really need it
spelled out for 'em.
(ALL LAUGH)
JIM:
They need proof.
Something substantial.
You know, they need
to be able to see it
for themselves
in order to believe it.
RICHARD:
Maybe we're coming at it
the wrong way.
Maybe we buy a couple
of the smaller properties.
Right? Like Portal and Proctor.
We sit on 'em for six months.
Patience. We need Patience.
We let 'em start producing
a little bit.
Then when we go in, we'll be
able to represent assets.
-I like assets.
-RICHARD: Assets are good.
JIM:
Assets are good.
(MARGARET CHUCKLES)
JIM:
So, I understand that
you are quite the student.
And a rising debutante.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Thank you.
And I am very much looking
forward to being presented.
JIM:
Well, you have grown up
to be a beautiful young lady,
Margaret.
Thank you.
I almost got bit
by a big rattlesnake today.
-Annie!
-DANIEL: You did?
-JIM: Really?
-Mm-hmm.
My horse, Rebel,
even got spooked and ran off.
-What?
-ANNIE: Yeah.
The snake was 8--
maybe 10 feet.
-DANIEL: 10 feet?
-Yeah. We were face-to-face.
I mean, I thought
I was a goner for sure.
That thing snapped around
and came right for me.
But I stood my ground
and it knew not to mess with me.
After a second, I mean,
it just lowered its head
and went about its day.
DANIEL:
Awesome!
Well, that is quite
the afternoon.
RICHARD:
We're so glad you're safe.
MARGARET:
She's lying.
She just wants attention.
It happened.
Manners, girls. Enough.
I'm sorry, Jim.
HELEN:
Sweetie.
I'm disappointed in you, Annie.
You embarrassed
your father tonight.
There was a snake.
You have to stop
overexaggerating.
It's not a good attribute
for a young lady.
I'm no young lady anyway--
HELEN:
Just stop.
We expect you
to have good manners
when guests come to our home.
I already regret getting
the horse for you last summer.
Don't make me take it away.
Yes, ma'am.
You know there's nothing
we can do to stop her
falling off Rebel.
It's the getting back up
that matters.
YOUNG GIRL:
Night, Mom.
YOUNG MOTHER:
Night, baby.
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(SIGHS)
All right.
I think I got them down.
Um, I'll be back by 11:00.
But you never know.
All right. Bye.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(YOUNG MOTHER SCREAM)
MAN 1:
You still have it on you, right?
WOMAN 1:
Yep. I got it right here.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(ENGINE WHIRRING)
(SIZZLING)
Hmm! Morning, cowboy.
(CHUCKLES)
Mother?
Manners, Daniel.
(GROANS)
Mother, Annie cannot wear
that to church.
Please make her wear a dress.
HELEN:
Annie, I laid your dress out
by your bed.
Please put it on
after breakfast.
Why does it matter?
God doesn't care
what I wear to church.
HELEN:
Please don't make this
a big ordeal.
She also smells like manure.
I don't think she showered
after riding
her dirty horse yesterday.
Rebel isn't dirty.
(SCOFFS) It's filthy.
Your mouth is filthy.
Good morning, girls.
Good morning, father.
DANIEL:
Hey, daddy.
When are you teaching me
to shoot?
RICHARD:
Whoa! Nope. Give me that.
That is off limits.
DANIEL:
But, you're always gone.
I need to learn
how to defend the house.
Richard, I told you
that gun was a bad idea.
And Daniel?
There's no need
to defend anything.
This isn't Bonanza.
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(CHOIR VOCALIZING)
MINISTER CORMAN:
The Lord will watch over you.
It's his promise.
He's your protector.
He's your savior.
Which is probably
why you're here to give thanks.
And to join in fellowship
with one another.
Which brings me
to my message for today.
Psalm 91:4.
"The Lord will cover you
in his feathers.
And under his wings,
you will find refuge.
His faithfulness
will be your shield
and your rampart."
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DANIEL:
I'll get it.
(SHUTS THE DOOR)
Peanuts?
Peanuts.
(MUSIC ON RADIO)
HOST: (OVER RADIO)
Halloween is right
around the corner...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
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Mother, for the millionth time,
every other girl in my class
has an extension line
in their room.
Please! I-- I really need one.
For privacy, you know?
Privacy?
What's so top-secret
you need your own phone line?
Boy talk.
"Oh, Kyle.
You're so dreamy, Kyle."
(CHUCKLES)
ANNIE:
I heard that talking
on the phone all night
gives you warts on your ears.
DANIEL:
Can it really?
-Annie.
-Of course, not.
She just made that up as always.
DANIEL:
There was a really big bullfrog.
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
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(ANNIE GRUNTS)
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Daniel, no!
(GRUNTS)
Never dart behind Rebel, okay?
It spooks him.
He will kick your head
clean off.
-DANIEL: Got it.
-(SIGHS) Okay.
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...Black water keeps
rollin' on past just the same
Old black water
keep on rollin'...
(GASPS)
MARGARET:
Turn that mess down!
Mississippi moon
Won't you keep on shinin'
on me?
Old black water
keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon
Won't you keep on shinin'
on me?
Old black water
keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon
Won't you keep on shinin'
on me?
Yeah
keep on shinin' your light...
Don't you think it's time
for prayers and bed?
-...Pretty mama
-(SIGHS)
Gonna make everything
all right
And I ain't got no worries
Dear Lord,
thank you for Creedence,
Skynyrd,
and the Allman Brothers.
Please bless my horse, Rebel,
and my neat family.
Even my snotty sister, Margaret.
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
And please, God, let me kiss
a boy before I'm 16.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER
IN BACKGROUND)
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(BAR GIRL SCREAMING)
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(MUFFLED SCREAMING, GRUNTING)
(SOBS)
No! No!
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
No! No!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
So, what's your first move
on the new guy?
Do you know his name yet?
What? (scoffs) NO.
I wonder where he's from.
Heaven.
He's my new next-door neighbor.
I've got dibs, girls.
You snooze, you lose.
Who cares?
You. That's who. (SCOFFS SOFTLY)
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(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
MISS ENGRAM:
All right.
For those of you
that did your homework,
today, we are going over
the life cycle of the frog.
Female frogs lay their eggs
in water.
Welcome.
Class, this is Mark Newsome.
He's joining us from Memphis.
Are you a fan of the blues?
Not really, ma'am. I like rock.
CHARLIE:
Ooh! Ooh, yeah!
-(GIRL GIGGLES)
-BOY 1: Right on, bro.
Excellent, take the desk
next to Charlie.
Moving on,
see the labs in the back?
We'll be dissecting earthworms,
frogs, and even a pig.
CHARLIE:
Yeah, Miss Engram.
I hear we're gonna dissect
that cat that hangs
around the cafeteria door, too.
Is that true or...
(STUDENTS LAUGHING)
MISS ENGRAM:
All right, all right.
Everybody, open your books
up to chapter three.
We're gonna keep moving forward.
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MISS ENGRAM:
Now, after they turn...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
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Boo! I got you!
(ANNIE GASPS)
Daniel!
I am gonna kill you!
(GRUNTS)
(DANIEL PANTS, LAUGHS)
ANNIE:
Don't ever do that again!
(DANIEL CONTINUES LAUGHING)
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(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
ANNIE:
All right.
Yeah, I'll take you on a ride
tomorrow, okay?
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(VAN WHIRRING)
(ENGINE REVVING)
What do you want?
This is private property.
(ENGINE REVVING)
MARGARET:
Charlie's had one
since last summer.
ANNIE:
Mama?
You will do as we say
and respect our decisions.
But it is so embarrassing.
Every other girl in my class
has an extension line
in their room.
-Mama.
-MARGARET: Not now, Annie.
This doesn't concern you.
I was with Rebel,
and I heard a noise.
Like-- like a car noise--
HELEN:
Annie, can you just give us
a moment?
So, I tried to leave the barn,
but I--
What, Annie?
What story
do you have for us now?
A 20-foot snake
gonna eat you up?
Did-- did
a car crash into the barn?
No, it was a van,
and it was parked by the barn.
Oh, a van.
This story's getting bigger
and better already!
Okay. So, a van crashed
into the barn?
-No.
-Is everybody okay?
Do we need to take Rebel
to the hospital?
Nothing crashed into the barn!
It was there, and it flashed
its lights at me!
Well, that was riveting.
Um, mother, I-- I took
the liberty to reach out
to the installation company,
and they said they could--
I think it was following me.
Oh, dream on!
Nobody's looking at you.
Nobody's following you, Annie.
You're not even pretty.
Margaret Williams!
I'm telling you, it was weird.
You're the weirdo, Annie!
Oh, girls, enough.
Annie, I have had it
with your wild imagination.
And Margaret,
apologize to her immediately.
Sorry.
(SCOFFS)
It's time for bed.
Both of you, let's brush it off.
ANNIE:
But mama.
HELEN:
Not another word.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, CHEERING)
COACH:
Okay, girls. Come on!
Stretch it out.
We got a fitness test next week!
GIRL 1:
Let's get this over
and done with.
JOANNA:
It's called, "Frenching".
It started in France.
Do you know what it is, Annie?
Uh--
It's all about the tongue,
right?
(SCOFFS) Let me demo, girls.
(SMOOCHES)
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Mm.
Annie, you try next.
Uh, I think Patty
should try next.
I'll be the lookout.
We should probably
go get changed.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
IN BACKGROUND)
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MARK:
Hey, Annie.
Oh my God.
He knows your name.
I'm Mark.
I know. I mean--
She means she knows.
Everybody in school knows.
You're Mark from Memphis.
I'm Patty.
Annie, I'll just meet you
out front.
So, Charlie says
you're like, a rock girl.
Maybe.
Me, too.
I mean, a rock fan, not a girl.
So, who do you like?
(EXHALES)
Who don't I like?
Creedence, Marshall Tucker,
Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers,
Little Feat, Black Oak Arkansas.
38 Special?
Yeah.
-Doobie Brothers?
-Definitely.
I mean, Black Water's kind
of my go-to.
Dig. You've got good taste.
Thanks.
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So, what's like
a song that you're embarrassed
that you like?
I don't know. Uh, what's yours?
Um, probably, uh--
CHARLIE:
Hey, Mark, Annie.
Come on. Y'all gonna be late.
Anything The Partridge Family.
(CHUCKLING)
The Partridge Family?
MARK:
I don't know, I just--
(ANNIE LAUGHS)
Okay.
(MARK CHUCKLES)
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Today was weird.
Seems like you guys hit it off.
(CHUCKLES) No.
I mean, Joanna's little lesson.
(CHUCKLES)
Wanna know how to kiss?
Ask the loose girl in class.
(BOTH LAUGH)
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-ANNIE: Don't look.
-What?
-Annie, who is that?
-I don't know.
Some creep
that's been following me.
Come on, Patty.
Buzz off, you freak!
(GRUNTS)
(ENGINE REVVING)
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That gave me the skeevies.
-Yeah.
-But it's okay.
Probably just some senior
trying to get your goat.
-See you in the mornin'?
-Yeah.
(SIGHS)
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(BREATHES HEAVILY)
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TELEPHONE INSTALLER:
You all right?
(OPENS AND SHUTS THE VAN DOOR)
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Thank you.
Hey, have a nice day now.
(VAN SCREECHING, WHIRRING)
(RADIO PLAYING IN VAN)
(MARGARET CHUCKLES) Of course!
You're the first person
I called.
Oh,
he did the cutest thing today.
So, I guess when he was
on his way to school--
You got your own extension?
One moment, Shelly.
(BANGS THE DORR)
(SIGHS)
ANNIE:
What are you doing in here?
Dad said that gun
was off limits.
-You're gonna teach me.
-ANNIE: I am not.
You, me, and this gun
ain't happenin'. Now, out.
Please.
ANNIE:
All right, close your left eye.
Look right through
this little piece right here.
And let it rip.
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(SIGHS) It's okay. Try again.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
We were wide eyed
and innocent...
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...We were wide eyed
and innocent
Sweet, sweet baby
In the soft, pale light
of a sweet summer moon
We were, we were
We were wide eyed
and innocent
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(GASPS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-MOTEL WORKER: Here you go.
-SWIMMER: Thanks.
(SWIMMER SCREAMS)
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(VAN WHIRRING)
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(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
I was sleeping
And right in the middle
of a good dream
Like all at once
I wake up from something
That keeps knocking
at my brain
Before I go insane
I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out
the words I dread
I think I love you
I love you...
(ANNIE SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT LYRICS)
I didn't know
how to deal with
And so, I just decided
to myself
I'd hide it to myself
and never talk about it...
(LAUGHS)
What are you doing?
I can give you pointers
if you want.
ANNIE:
No, zit face, go away.
...I think I love you
so, what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure
of a love there is no cure for
I think I love you
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(GASPS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
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Did you get your homework done?
DANIEL:
Daddy's home!
Daniel, stop!
Daniel! Daniel? No!
(PANTS) Do not open the door!
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-DANIEL: Daddy!
-Hey, squirt! (KISSES)
RICHARD:
How you doing?
Mm. There you go.
(LAUGHS) What is this all about?
MARGARET:
Daddy! (CHUCKLES)
HELEN:
What a wonderful surprise.
RICHARD: Well, I finished my
business meetings early,
and I thought,
"Why spend another night
in Tampa?"
-HELEN: Oh.
-Are you hungry, father?
Mother made pot roast.
I can put some on the stove
for you.
That would be lovely.
Thank you, Margaret. Ooh, wow.
Service with a smile
around here. Come on!
DANIEL:
I'm so glad you're home.
RICHARD:
Me, too, buddy.
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RICHARD:
Hey, all right!
You wanna watch
kung fu tonight?
I can stay up till 10:00?
Well, it's Saturday night.
I don't see why not.
Wow! There she is,
Miss Brooksville, 1952!
(GIGGLES)
ANNIE:
You do look beautiful, mom.
Well, I have a date
with a handsome man tonight.
You don't need to wear
a jacket for Enzo's.
I didn't put this jacket on
for Enzo.
(KISSES)
(RICHARD CHUCKLES)
Ugh!
That's my least favorite part.
All right, Margaret.
You're in charge
of the wild bunch tonight.
-TV dinners.
-Yes, father.
DANIEL:
I can take care of myself.
(RICHARD CHUCKLES)
RICHARD:
Shall we?
We shall.
Have fun.
ANNIE:
Be safe.
HELEN:
Love you.
(SHUTS THE DOOR IN BACKGROUND)
(ENGINE STARTS, CAR WHIRRING)
(MARGARET HUMS)
Margaret, where are you going?
I promised Kyle I'd come over
and help him
with an essay tonight.
I'll be right back.
TV dinners.
(OPENS AND SHUTS THE DOOR)
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Hey, Annie. Annie.
Yeah.
DANIEL:
Are you getting
a phone line now?
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Daniel, get inside.
Now.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
DANIEL:
Annie?
Annie, who is it?
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Daniel, no!
You get out of here
or I'll shoot you dead!
ANNIE:
Daniel, come back!
Last warning, buckaroo!
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(LOADS AND SHOOTS THE GUN)
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(CLOCK TICKING)
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Where have you been?
Jesus! Nowhere.
You were supposed to be here.
What is with you two?
The white van I told you about
pulled all the way up
our driveway.
I had to shoot at him.
You did not.
(CAR DOORS SHUTS)
(HELEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Don't you dare tell mother
and father I wasn't here.
Go, sit.
(DOOR OPENS IN BACKGROUND)
HELEN:
They look fantastic!
-RICHARD: Mm.
-HELEN: They're so creative.
RICHARD:
It's starting to feel like fall.
(DOOR SHUTS)
Hi! How was your date tonight?
Hmm. Saturday night,
and all three of our children
are in the living room
without the television on.
(CHUCKLES)
Daniel?
I was putting the pumpkin out
when this van came
creeping up the driveway.
-So, I got the BB gun and--
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What?
I was putting the pumpkin out
when this van came creeping up
the driveway.
So, I got the BB gun
and shot at him.
-What?
-You should have seen Annie.
She was like Davy Crockett.
(IMITATES GUNSHOT)
Wait.
You-- you shot at someone?
Daniel, that sounds
like something on TV.
Margaret, what really happened?
Well, um, I had like, gone--
She wasn't here.
RICHARD:
What? Where were you? Kyle's?
I'm sorry, father.
But I was only gone a minute.
-Try two hours.
-Ugh! Margaret!
Restriction, two weeks.
But Halloween, and the parties.
-And no phone either.
-But I-- I just got it.
-That's not fair!
-Then you should have thought
of that
before leaving for Kyle's.
She's making it all up,
and you know it.
Go to your room now.
Liar.
(STEPS FALLING)
He was here. I swear!
Who was here?
The man in the white van.
The repairman?
No, mama--
Margaret got the extension
line put in.
Okay.
Why do you always believe
Margaret?
Let's go back to what happened
after Daniel shot at a van.
I got the gun and shot at it.
I just wanted it to go away,
daddy.
And don't be mad at Daniel.
He was just trying
to protect us.
From what?
Did someone get out of
this van and-- and come at you?
Well, no, but--
That gun is off-limits,
and you knew it.
No kung fu tonight.
(KISSES)
I-- maybe somebody just went
down the wrong driveway.
-I don't know.
-(SIGHS)
Did you tell him about the barn?
A car drove by
and flashed its lights.
What? No.
It was so much more than that.
The van has been following me
everywhere.
With Rebel,
across the street at school,
even here at the house.
Shh.
Sweetheart, my family
has lived here.
Our family
has lived here forever.
Oh, honey,
you are safe and sound.
You don't have anything
to worry about.
-Except for that horse.
-His name is Rebel, mama!
Not that horse. It's Rebel.
(SIGHS)
Daddy...
No riding Rebel for a week.
(DOOR SHUTS)
I know you want me to get rid
of Rebel for good.
I mean, she's been different
ever since we got her
that horse.
RICHARD:
She has come a long way.
HELEN:
She has lied to me every time
she has gone out on that horse.
RICHARD:
That's 'cause
she knows you're looking
for any excuse
to get rid of it.
HELEN:
I just wish
she had a safer hobby.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
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(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(DOG BARKS)
(GIRL GROANS)
MAN'S FATHER:
You did good, son.
(TAKES A DRAG)
(SOBS)
Please.
I want my mom. Please. Please.
I wanna go home!
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Hey, Richie.
Who's the fellow
in the mask over there?
He's really giving me
the heebie-jeebies.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING ON TV)
RICHIE: (ON TV)
That's just Roger.
We're foolin' around.
There's a whole haunted house
to see.
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Roger?
RICHIE: (ON TV)
I think he likes you.
(DRAGS FURNITURE)
TRISHA: (ON TV)
What's that noise?
I'm scared, Richie.
RICHIE: (ON TV)
You haven't even made it
past the front door.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING ON TV)
TRISHA: (ON TV) You are really
scaring me, Roger.
(INDISTINCT SPEECH)
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Now, take off the mask.
I wanna see
that it's really you.
RICHIE: (ON TV)
Trisha, let's go.
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Well, are you gonna take
the mask off or not?
(RICHIE GRUNTS ON TV)
(TRISHA SCREAMS ON TV)
(SIGHS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Daddy! Daddy, he's out there!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(GUN CLICKS)
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(GUNSHOT)
(ALL GASP)
Girls, let's go. Come on.
Mama?
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What was it then?
Just a possum. Got in the trash.
(SIGHS)
You scared me and the kids
half to death.
Sorry.
He was here. I-- I saw him.
Mama,
can you give me a ride today?
I think your sister
should give you a ride.
I'm already running late,
mother.
Then it won't matter.
Give your sister a lift.
-But I--
-No buts.
I've study groups. Let's go.
(STEPS FALLING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
MARGARET:
Thanks for making me late.
(SIGHS) Wait.
So, what happened last night?
What do you care?
Just making conversation.
Doesn't matter.
No one believes me anyway.
(ENGINE STARTS)
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
COACH:
Stretch it out, girls!
Psst! Over there. Look.
He's watching you.
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Well, wave, dummy.
(PLAYER CHEERS)
NARRATOR: (ON PROJECTOR)
The reticulated python
uses its sudden
and overwhelming attack.
Then it coils around its victim
and constricts tightly.
With each exhale of its prey,
the snake squeezes
until the onset of asphyxiation.
These cold-blooded reptiles
do not chew
or dismember their prey.
They swallow it whole.
The powerful digestive enzymes
in their stomach
dissolve bones and shells.
The mandibles move
independently of each other,
slowly inching the prey
into their throat.
Backward-pointing teeth help
ensure the prey does not escape
if it is still alive.
(ANNIE GRUNTS SOFTLY)
Well, uh, off to exile.
()
(DOOR LOCKS CLICKS)
(CLOCK TICKING)
Mama, we need a new lock
on the front door.
I'll let your father know.
I'm sorry about last weekend.
And I was thinking
maybe I could make it up
by taking Daniel and Annie
to see that new movie,
Benji, at the drive-in
on Saturday.
She just wants to get out
of the house.
Besides, it's a baby movie.
I'm not going.
MARGARET:
It was just a thought.
Could I bring Patty?
I'll think about it.
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(RUSTLING)
()
(GASPS)
()
ANNIE:
Mom?
Margaret?
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
-(GASPS)
-Annie!
Annie! It's just me.
My goodness. It's okay.
(BIRDS CHIRPING IN BACKGROUND)
I'm away
a lot on business trips.
I know.
And I know that has to be hard
on you.
Let me show you something.
(DOOR LOCK CLICKING)
Good as new.
()
(ENGINE RUMBLS)
()
Hey! Who's there?
Anybody there?
Whoever you are,
stop this fooling around,
you hear?
Okay.
So, I'm gonna go
get some popcorn
and I might stop at Kyle's
on the way back.
This whole thing
was just about going parking
with Kyle?
Well, you're at the movies
with Patty, right?
Please stay, Margaret.
Oh.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Have fun.
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
MAN 2: (ON PROJECTOR)
Who's in there, dammit?
Ooh. Far out.
Hello? Anybody there? Daisy?
Hey! Who's there? Anybody there?
(SLURPS)
(STEPS REACHING)
(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)
Hi.
Hi.
-How are you?
-Good. How are you?
Good. (CHUCKLES)
(SMOOCHES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
ON PROJECTOR)
(SCREAMS, LAUGHS)
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
(SIGHS)
WOMAN 4: (ON PROJECTOR)
Hello?
Anyone there?
Hey. You wanna go get something
at the concession stand?
Yeah. Sure.
(INDISTINCT MOVIE CHATTER)
()
(SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
ANNIE:
Oh my God.
(MARK GROANS)
Sorry, Annie.
CHARLIE:
Yeah, it was just a joke.
It wasn't funny.
Ugh! You jerks!
Annie.
I'm sorry. I'm--
Really, I'm sorry.
It's okay.
I...
I didn't mean to kick you.
It's fine. I...
I deserved it.
Crazy movie, huh?
Yeah.
You got us so good.
She'll get over it.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
Thank you.
So, do you like it here so far?
Yeah, Charlie's cool.
-Everyone's been nice.
-Yeah. You miss home at all?
Not really.
-ANNIE: Here you go.
-PATTY: Oh, thanks.
-Hey, I appreciate it, man.
-Yeah.
I was wondering
what was taking you so long.
Did you get my Junior Mints?
I got caught up talking.
Creepy movie, huh, girls?
Not really my thing.
Hey.
Joanna's having
a Halloween party.
Your girls should come.
You should definitely be there.
Shall we?
See y'all at the party.
Well, that's rich.
-Thanks for the invite, Joanna.
-ANNIE: We're not going.
PATTY:
We're going to that party,
Annie.
It'll be our moment.
(SCREAMING IN DISTANCE)
PATTY:
Annie? Hello?
ANNIE:
No, it's Joanna's moment.
So, I'm not going.
(CROW CAWING)
ANNIE:
Listen, Patty.
I understand, but I...
(SIGHS) I just don't wanna go.
PATTY:
What? You have to.
Annie, we have to.
You know
there's gonna be kissing there.
Clearly,
that's already happening.
And Joanna
doesn't want me there.
And if she did, she would
have invited
me earlier.
And there's the van.
Annie, are you hiding out
for the rest of your life,
because of some stupid van?
Look, you know what I think?
Joanna's threatened by you.
Charlie said Mark asked
what costume you're wearing.
He wouldn't have asked about
you if he wasn't interested.
Hello?
He really asked about me?
PATTY: (ON PHONE)
I swear, Annie.
Your future boyfriend
asked about you.
Come, let's go.
Annie?
Back before dark?
I'd be grounded otherwise.
I'll see you in an hour.
(ANNIE SIGHS)
ANNIE:
Give me another kick. Woopow!
Another kick! Woopow!
RICHARD:
Daniel!
You ready to trick or treat?
-Come on!
-Yeah!
Annie, are you sure
you don't want us to
bring you to the party?
We can take you.
Yeah.
Patty and I are riding
our horses together
if that's okay.
Back before dark.
Promise.
Be safe.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
-(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
-(ENGINE STARTS)
HELEN:
Hey!
(KISSES)
()
MARGARET:
Is that lipstick?
Maybe.
Oh.
Don't use mother's.
Here, come with me.
Here's the perfect color.
Make sure you use a lot of it
to cover up my not-pretty face.
I did not mean that.
You don't even need
this silly lipstick.
Well...
since I'm here...
()
Open slightly.
There you go. Here.
Okay.
Beautiful.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
KID:
Come on! This way!
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Oh my gosh!
You guys made it!
(JOANNA CHUCKLES)
I had to burn
all my babysitting money
to throw this party,
but it's so worth it.
So, I can kiss Mark tonight.
Love the genie costume.
(SIGHS)
I knew I shouldn't have come.
Oh my God, Annie.
Mark has a matching costume on.
I mean, that's a good sign.
This is the opposite direction
to the boys.
Ooh!
Something special's coming
Ooh!
Something special's coming
for you
Ooh!
Cutest girl will find you
coming for you out of the blue
Ooh!
Something special's coming
Ooh!
Something special's coming
for you...
()
So, you think your dreams
have been forsaken...
So, is Charlie a good kisser?
I have no idea.
(CHUCKLES)
Sorry, I thought you were Patty.
Sorry.
I thought you would have been
locked lips with Joanna by now.
(SIGHS)
She's a little much.
And how can I put this?
She's a disco fan.
-(CHUCKLES)
-We have to go.
It's getting dark.
Curfew, remember?
Come on.
Uh, I'm, sorry.
Wait, Annie.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Wait, Annie.
Wait!
Do you wanna go swimming
up at Weeki Wachee tomorrow?
Uh, swimming. Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll um, I'll ask my parents.
-Okay.
-I mean, if I can go.
Not-- not to come with us.
Okay.
(SMOOCHES)
I'm sorry, but we have to go.
I'll be grounded forever.
Whoa! Nice wheels!
Thanks. Uh, Mark, meet Rebel.
Rebel, meet Mark.
Okay. Let's go.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Oh my God.
-You and Mark are so cute.
-Stop!
(GIGGLES)
Whoa, Rebel!
(GASPS)
Whoa!
PATTY:
Hey, Annie?
Come on!
Run, Patty! Run!
PATTY:
Annie!
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(ANNIE GRUNTS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(PANTS, GROANS)
()
()
I was sleeping
And right in the middle
of a good dream
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
Like all at once, I wake up
From something that keeps
knocking at my brain
Before I go insane
I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out the words
I dread
I think I love you...
()
...And did not go and shout it
When you walked into the room
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
so, what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure
of a love there is no cure for
I think I love you
Isn't that what life
is made of?
Though it worries me to say
that I never felt this way...
()
...I don't know
what I'm up against
I don't know
what it's all about
I got so much to think about
(DOOR CREAKS, SHUTS)
Hey, I think I love you
so, what am I so afraid of?
(PANTS)
I'm afraid that I'm not sure
(GASPS)
(CREAKS)
(ENGINE STARTS, RUMBLES)
(PANTS)
()
(PANTS)
(GROANS, PANTS)
(SOBS)
(PANTS)
()
Come on. Come on.
Eight, eight. Come on.
I look at you
and I see love...
I think Carol will be
homecoming duchess,
and then Pam probably princess,
and Shelly for homecoming queen.
(CHUCKLES)
()
(PANTS)
Rebel.
Okay. Okay. We gotta go.
Come on.
Rebel, now is not the time,
okay? It's okay. It's okay.
Come on.
Okay.
(GRUNTS)
(CHOKES, COUGHS)
()
(GROANS, COUGHS)
Help!
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
()
(COUGHS, GROANS)
()
Rebel!
(GRUNTS)
(REBEL NEIGH)
(THUDS)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
()
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
()
PATTY:
Come on, come on.
(BEEPS)
PATTY:
Ugh, Margaret!
Well, how do you feel
about going shopping with me
this weekend?
(COUGHS, PANTS)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(SCREAMS)
(PANTS, SHRIEK)
()
(GROANS)
(CHOKES, GROANS)
I mean,
pink's the obvious choice.
But I-- I heard blue
is the new color this season.
(GROANS, CHOKES)
(BEEPS)
Ugh, Annie, come on!
()
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
()
(GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(SCREECHES)
(PANTS)
No. You need to go
get to that party.
You're already late.
Okay, well, please tell Carol
I said hi.
Okay, you hang up.
No, you hang up first.
(ANNIE WHEEZING)
Margaret!
(PANTS)
Margaret!
What if we hang up
at the same time?
Okay. 3, 2, 1.
Are you still there?
(CHUCKLES)
(BANGING DOOR)
ANNIE:
Margaret!
(SOBS)
()
ANNIE:
Margaret!
Margaret!
(GASPS)
(SOBS)
Margaret!
Annie?
(GASPS)
(ANNIE COUGHS)
(PANTS)
(SHRIEKS)
(BOTH GRUNT, PANT)
MARGARET:
Annie, what's going on?
(ANNIE SCREAMS)
ANNIE:
Margaret, go!
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
Run!
Where's the phone?
(PHONE RINGING)
(BANGS THE DOOR)
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
ANNIE:
Shh!
(MARGARET GRUNTS)
(SCREAMS)
(BOTH GRUNT)
(BANGING THE DOOR)
What are you doing?
(BANGING THE DOOR)
Margaret!
Margaret!
(GRUNTS)
ANNIE:
Go!
Margaret, you have to go!
You can do it!
(GASP)
Now!
(BANGING THE DOOR IN BACKGROUND)
(BOTH GRUNT)
ANNIE:
Margaret!
(GRUNTS, SHRIEK)
Margaret!
MARGARET:
Annie!
(GRUNTS)
Margaret! Margaret!
Help me! Help me!
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
(GROANS, COUGHS)
MARGARET:
Annie!
(BOTH PANT)
Can you drive that?
()
OFFICER: (OVER TELEPHONE)
Hernando
County Sheriff's Office.
(PANTING, GRUNTING)
Annie!
ANNIE:
Whoa! Uh...
Go!
(GASPS)
(VAN WHIRRING)
MARGARET:
Annie! Stop!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Okay! Reverse! Reverse! Go!
(ANNIE WHEEZING)
Margaret!
(VAN WHIRRING)
MARGARET:
Annie!
(BOTH PANTING)
Go! Go! Go, go, go! Annie!
ANNIE:
I'm trying!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(VAN WHIRRING)
(BODY THUDS)
()
(POLICE SIREN)
Annie!
(OFFICER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO)
(TAKING DEEP BREATHES)
()
SHERIFF:
There's nobody here.
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
()
(DOG BARKING IN BACKGROUND)
DANIEL:
It's okay.
MARK:
Hey, Daniel.
DANIEL:
Max, Max, Max.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MARGARET:
That bowtie definitely works.
(CHUCKLES)
MARGARET:
Your tie is great, too, father.
-Thank you.
-(LAUGHS)
Thank you very much.
You have to ask for it.
You guys should say
thanks to your mom.
-ANNIE: Thank you, mom.
-It's delicious, hey.
MARGARET:
The sweet potato.
()
Hey!
()
(SIGHS)
CAR DEALER:
3, 4, 5, and 6.
All right.
Looks like we are in business.
And you are the proud owner
of a new vehicle.
You're gonna need this.
I'll tell you what,
you're getting yourselves
a real beaut there.
She has got herself
a lot of life left in her.
()
NEWSCASTER 1:
Human remains found
on a property
in Hernando County are believed
to be that of a girl
who went missing
five years ago from a...
NEWSCASTER 2:
Second body discovered today.
Authorities believe
it could be the work
of a serial killer.
They expect to find
up to six bodies in the...
NEWSCASTER: (ON TV)
Neighbors say they complained
for years about the horrors
they believed were happening.
All perpetrated by a man
referred to by local teens as...
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)
()
MAN 2:
I'm gonna go
get fresh batteries.
()
(GIRL HUMS)
()
(VAN WHIRRING)
()
Is growing up
supposed to hurt?
The way your eyes burn
When the dirt gets blown
in by the summer wind
Can't bear to beg
one more time
Guess I've told
one too many lies
For anyone to believe
my crying eyes
Mm-hmm
How could you say
nothing back?
Don't you love me
more than that?
Mm-hmm
Dare you say
that I'm selfish
'Cause I admit
that I'm helpless
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Mm-hmm
I went over
I got lost on the way
What a turning
didn't know where to go
And you just washed away
And I know it's all right
this rush
That you're giving me
all night
I know you can meet my soul
In my life is a letter
surrenders my control
And I know it's love
in disguise
Only need your guidance,
is it from above, yeah
How could you know
when you're young or old?
It's all the same,
it's just another day
Dig in your own grave
How could you tell
If they all spell
magic the same
When it's in your veins?
Oh my, I'll have another cry
Just, just flying
to my moon
Fly as I know, is it right?
Learning by my own
in the sense
I don't hold it against
Hold me
Down the road up
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin' for love
For love
For love
For love
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin' for love
For love
For love
For love
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BARRY:
Oh, hope is why we're here
Missing, another day
Another child goes missing
Another mother starts to cry
Her greatest fears
are realized
It's so clear that hope
is why we're here
Nothing, they disappear
and we begin with nothing
But the waves of grief
and sinking hearts
Pleading for a place
to start
It's so clear that hope
is why we're here
ALL:
Here to help them
Come home safely
We're here to find them
if they're gone
Here to fight for peace
and justice
We're here to see
the search goes on
BARRY:
Not knowing
The cruelest test
of helplessness
Not knowing,
wondering if they're okay
Are they close or faraway
But we're still clear
that hope is why we're here
ALL:
Here as families are united
And here to keep
our children safe
We're here to prove
to them it's over
BARRY:
So they no longer are afraid
ALL:
Forever
BARRY:
In our dreams and memories
ALL:
Forever
Love without a place to land,
feelings few can understand
Make it clear that hope
is why we're here
BACKUP SINGERS:
Every child
Every child
Every child deserves
a childhood
ALL:
We here as families
Are united
Here to keep
our children safe
Here to prove to them
it's over
BARRY:
So they no longer are afraid
Oh, hope is why...
BACKUP SINGERS:
Every child...
BARRY:
Every child...
BACKUP SINGERS:
...Deserves a childhood
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()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(KEYS JINGLES)
(ENGINE STARTS RUMBLES)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
()
(INDISTINCT SONG ON RADIO,
CAR WHIRRING)
()
...But this dance
is not for me
'Cause you're one love
too late
Fallen for the last time...
(SOBS, SNIFFLES)
()
(SOBS, SNIFFLES)
(GRUNTS)
...But it's time for me
to go home
'Cause I know he's waiting
there
Please let me go now
Our goodbyes last too long
I hear the music playing...
(SOBBING CONTINUES)
()
(GASPS, SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
No! No! No!
...You're one love too late
(PANTS, SCREAMS)
()
()
(ANNIE GRUNTS, CLICKS TONGUE)
ANNIE:
Let's go.
When you're confused
on which way to go
So, I come here
to give you a hint
And lead you
into the promised land
So, come on
and take a free ride
Free ride
Come on
and sing it by my side
Come on and take a free ride
()
(GROANS)
()
(SIGHS)
Rebel!
(GROANS)
ANNIE:
come on! Get back here!
Thanks for nothing.
(INDISTINCT SPEECH)
(SIGHS, GRUNTS)
()
ANNIE:
Really? Come. Let's go.
Thank you.
You're late.
Oh, sweetheart!
You and that horse.
You need to go straight up
to the bath, okay?
Wash your hair
and scrub your nails.
Just please shave your legs.
Shave?
Margaret, show her
how to shave properly.
Yes, ma'am.
(SIGHS)
Did you fall off
that horse again?
No.
HELEN:
Put on your Sunday best.
Put your foot up here.
I can show you.
(SIGHS, CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Just really slow.
(SIGHS)
See? It's super easy.
And any proper young lady
shaves her legs.
You know
I don't care about being proper.
Well, maybe not now,
but you will.
Ouch! (GROANS)
Just stop. I can do it myself.
(SIGHS)
()
Helen was actually remarking
yesterday bout
the impact
it'll have on the community.
Not just the jobs, but the--
the families it'll build up.
If this acquisition
goes through,
this will be the largest
mining interest
in the Southeast.
Just have to convince the board.
(SCOFFS) They really need it
spelled out for 'em.
(ALL LAUGH)
JIM:
They need proof.
Something substantial.
You know, they need
to be able to see it
for themselves
in order to believe it.
RICHARD:
Maybe we're coming at it
the wrong way.
Maybe we buy a couple
of the smaller properties.
Right? Like Portal and Proctor.
We sit on 'em for six months.
Patience. We need Patience.
We let 'em start producing
a little bit.
Then when we go in, we'll be
able to represent assets.
-I like assets.
-RICHARD: Assets are good.
JIM:
Assets are good.
(MARGARET CHUCKLES)
JIM:
So, I understand that
you are quite the student.
And a rising debutante.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Thank you.
And I am very much looking
forward to being presented.
JIM:
Well, you have grown up
to be a beautiful young lady,
Margaret.
Thank you.
I almost got bit
by a big rattlesnake today.
-Annie!
-DANIEL: You did?
-JIM: Really?
-Mm-hmm.
My horse, Rebel,
even got spooked and ran off.
-What?
-ANNIE: Yeah.
The snake was 8--
maybe 10 feet.
-DANIEL: 10 feet?
-Yeah. We were face-to-face.
I mean, I thought
I was a goner for sure.
That thing snapped around
and came right for me.
But I stood my ground
and it knew not to mess with me.
After a second, I mean,
it just lowered its head
and went about its day.
DANIEL:
Awesome!
Well, that is quite
the afternoon.
RICHARD:
We're so glad you're safe.
MARGARET:
She's lying.
She just wants attention.
It happened.
Manners, girls. Enough.
I'm sorry, Jim.
HELEN:
Sweetie.
I'm disappointed in you, Annie.
You embarrassed
your father tonight.
There was a snake.
You have to stop
overexaggerating.
It's not a good attribute
for a young lady.
I'm no young lady anyway--
HELEN:
Just stop.
We expect you
to have good manners
when guests come to our home.
I already regret getting
the horse for you last summer.
Don't make me take it away.
Yes, ma'am.
You know there's nothing
we can do to stop her
falling off Rebel.
It's the getting back up
that matters.
YOUNG GIRL:
Night, Mom.
YOUNG MOTHER:
Night, baby.
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(SIGHS)
All right.
I think I got them down.
Um, I'll be back by 11:00.
But you never know.
All right. Bye.
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
()
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(YOUNG MOTHER SCREAM)
MAN 1:
You still have it on you, right?
WOMAN 1:
Yep. I got it right here.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(ENGINE WHIRRING)
(SIZZLING)
Hmm! Morning, cowboy.
(CHUCKLES)
Mother?
Manners, Daniel.
(GROANS)
Mother, Annie cannot wear
that to church.
Please make her wear a dress.
HELEN:
Annie, I laid your dress out
by your bed.
Please put it on
after breakfast.
Why does it matter?
God doesn't care
what I wear to church.
HELEN:
Please don't make this
a big ordeal.
She also smells like manure.
I don't think she showered
after riding
her dirty horse yesterday.
Rebel isn't dirty.
(SCOFFS) It's filthy.
Your mouth is filthy.
Good morning, girls.
Good morning, father.
DANIEL:
Hey, daddy.
When are you teaching me
to shoot?
RICHARD:
Whoa! Nope. Give me that.
That is off limits.
DANIEL:
But, you're always gone.
I need to learn
how to defend the house.
Richard, I told you
that gun was a bad idea.
And Daniel?
There's no need
to defend anything.
This isn't Bonanza.
()
(CHOIR VOCALIZING)
MINISTER CORMAN:
The Lord will watch over you.
It's his promise.
He's your protector.
He's your savior.
Which is probably
why you're here to give thanks.
And to join in fellowship
with one another.
Which brings me
to my message for today.
Psalm 91:4.
"The Lord will cover you
in his feathers.
And under his wings,
you will find refuge.
His faithfulness
will be your shield
and your rampart."
()
DANIEL:
I'll get it.
(SHUTS THE DOOR)
Peanuts?
Peanuts.
(MUSIC ON RADIO)
HOST: (OVER RADIO)
Halloween is right
around the corner...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
()
Mother, for the millionth time,
every other girl in my class
has an extension line
in their room.
Please! I-- I really need one.
For privacy, you know?
Privacy?
What's so top-secret
you need your own phone line?
Boy talk.
"Oh, Kyle.
You're so dreamy, Kyle."
(CHUCKLES)
ANNIE:
I heard that talking
on the phone all night
gives you warts on your ears.
DANIEL:
Can it really?
-Annie.
-Of course, not.
She just made that up as always.
DANIEL:
There was a really big bullfrog.
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
()
(ANNIE GRUNTS)
()
Daniel, no!
(GRUNTS)
Never dart behind Rebel, okay?
It spooks him.
He will kick your head
clean off.
-DANIEL: Got it.
-(SIGHS) Okay.
()
...Black water keeps
rollin' on past just the same
Old black water
keep on rollin'...
(GASPS)
MARGARET:
Turn that mess down!
Mississippi moon
Won't you keep on shinin'
on me?
Old black water
keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon
Won't you keep on shinin'
on me?
Old black water
keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon
Won't you keep on shinin'
on me?
Yeah
keep on shinin' your light...
Don't you think it's time
for prayers and bed?
-...Pretty mama
-(SIGHS)
Gonna make everything
all right
And I ain't got no worries
Dear Lord,
thank you for Creedence,
Skynyrd,
and the Allman Brothers.
Please bless my horse, Rebel,
and my neat family.
Even my snotty sister, Margaret.
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
And please, God, let me kiss
a boy before I'm 16.
()
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
()
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
IN BACKGROUND)
()
()
(BAR GIRL SCREAMING)
()
(MUFFLED SCREAMING, GRUNTING)
(SOBS)
No! No!
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
No! No!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
So, what's your first move
on the new guy?
Do you know his name yet?
What? (scoffs) NO.
I wonder where he's from.
Heaven.
He's my new next-door neighbor.
I've got dibs, girls.
You snooze, you lose.
Who cares?
You. That's who. (SCOFFS SOFTLY)
()
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
MISS ENGRAM:
All right.
For those of you
that did your homework,
today, we are going over
the life cycle of the frog.
Female frogs lay their eggs
in water.
Welcome.
Class, this is Mark Newsome.
He's joining us from Memphis.
Are you a fan of the blues?
Not really, ma'am. I like rock.
CHARLIE:
Ooh! Ooh, yeah!
-(GIRL GIGGLES)
-BOY 1: Right on, bro.
Excellent, take the desk
next to Charlie.
Moving on,
see the labs in the back?
We'll be dissecting earthworms,
frogs, and even a pig.
CHARLIE:
Yeah, Miss Engram.
I hear we're gonna dissect
that cat that hangs
around the cafeteria door, too.
Is that true or...
(STUDENTS LAUGHING)
MISS ENGRAM:
All right, all right.
Everybody, open your books
up to chapter three.
We're gonna keep moving forward.
()
MISS ENGRAM:
Now, after they turn...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
()
Boo! I got you!
(ANNIE GASPS)
Daniel!
I am gonna kill you!
(GRUNTS)
(DANIEL PANTS, LAUGHS)
ANNIE:
Don't ever do that again!
(DANIEL CONTINUES LAUGHING)
()
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
ANNIE:
All right.
Yeah, I'll take you on a ride
tomorrow, okay?
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()
(VAN WHIRRING)
(ENGINE REVVING)
What do you want?
This is private property.
(ENGINE REVVING)
MARGARET:
Charlie's had one
since last summer.
ANNIE:
Mama?
You will do as we say
and respect our decisions.
But it is so embarrassing.
Every other girl in my class
has an extension line
in their room.
-Mama.
-MARGARET: Not now, Annie.
This doesn't concern you.
I was with Rebel,
and I heard a noise.
Like-- like a car noise--
HELEN:
Annie, can you just give us
a moment?
So, I tried to leave the barn,
but I--
What, Annie?
What story
do you have for us now?
A 20-foot snake
gonna eat you up?
Did-- did
a car crash into the barn?
No, it was a van,
and it was parked by the barn.
Oh, a van.
This story's getting bigger
and better already!
Okay. So, a van crashed
into the barn?
-No.
-Is everybody okay?
Do we need to take Rebel
to the hospital?
Nothing crashed into the barn!
It was there, and it flashed
its lights at me!
Well, that was riveting.
Um, mother, I-- I took
the liberty to reach out
to the installation company,
and they said they could--
I think it was following me.
Oh, dream on!
Nobody's looking at you.
Nobody's following you, Annie.
You're not even pretty.
Margaret Williams!
I'm telling you, it was weird.
You're the weirdo, Annie!
Oh, girls, enough.
Annie, I have had it
with your wild imagination.
And Margaret,
apologize to her immediately.
Sorry.
(SCOFFS)
It's time for bed.
Both of you, let's brush it off.
ANNIE:
But mama.
HELEN:
Not another word.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, CHEERING)
COACH:
Okay, girls. Come on!
Stretch it out.
We got a fitness test next week!
GIRL 1:
Let's get this over
and done with.
JOANNA:
It's called, "Frenching".
It started in France.
Do you know what it is, Annie?
Uh--
It's all about the tongue,
right?
(SCOFFS) Let me demo, girls.
(SMOOCHES)
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Mm.
Annie, you try next.
Uh, I think Patty
should try next.
I'll be the lookout.
We should probably
go get changed.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
IN BACKGROUND)
()
MARK:
Hey, Annie.
Oh my God.
He knows your name.
I'm Mark.
I know. I mean--
She means she knows.
Everybody in school knows.
You're Mark from Memphis.
I'm Patty.
Annie, I'll just meet you
out front.
So, Charlie says
you're like, a rock girl.
Maybe.
Me, too.
I mean, a rock fan, not a girl.
So, who do you like?
(EXHALES)
Who don't I like?
Creedence, Marshall Tucker,
Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers,
Little Feat, Black Oak Arkansas.
38 Special?
Yeah.
-Doobie Brothers?
-Definitely.
I mean, Black Water's kind
of my go-to.
Dig. You've got good taste.
Thanks.
()
So, what's like
a song that you're embarrassed
that you like?
I don't know. Uh, what's yours?
Um, probably, uh--
CHARLIE:
Hey, Mark, Annie.
Come on. Y'all gonna be late.
Anything The Partridge Family.
(CHUCKLING)
The Partridge Family?
MARK:
I don't know, I just--
(ANNIE LAUGHS)
Okay.
(MARK CHUCKLES)
()
Today was weird.
Seems like you guys hit it off.
(CHUCKLES) No.
I mean, Joanna's little lesson.
(CHUCKLES)
Wanna know how to kiss?
Ask the loose girl in class.
(BOTH LAUGH)
()
-ANNIE: Don't look.
-What?
-Annie, who is that?
-I don't know.
Some creep
that's been following me.
Come on, Patty.
Buzz off, you freak!
(GRUNTS)
(ENGINE REVVING)
()
That gave me the skeevies.
-Yeah.
-But it's okay.
Probably just some senior
trying to get your goat.
-See you in the mornin'?
-Yeah.
(SIGHS)
()
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
()
TELEPHONE INSTALLER:
You all right?
(OPENS AND SHUTS THE VAN DOOR)
()
Thank you.
Hey, have a nice day now.
(VAN SCREECHING, WHIRRING)
(RADIO PLAYING IN VAN)
(MARGARET CHUCKLES) Of course!
You're the first person
I called.
Oh,
he did the cutest thing today.
So, I guess when he was
on his way to school--
You got your own extension?
One moment, Shelly.
(BANGS THE DORR)
(SIGHS)
ANNIE:
What are you doing in here?
Dad said that gun
was off limits.
-You're gonna teach me.
-ANNIE: I am not.
You, me, and this gun
ain't happenin'. Now, out.
Please.
ANNIE:
All right, close your left eye.
Look right through
this little piece right here.
And let it rip.
()
(SIGHS) It's okay. Try again.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
We were wide eyed
and innocent...
()
()
...We were wide eyed
and innocent
Sweet, sweet baby
In the soft, pale light
of a sweet summer moon
We were, we were
We were wide eyed
and innocent
()
()
(GASPS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-MOTEL WORKER: Here you go.
-SWIMMER: Thanks.
(SWIMMER SCREAMS)
()
(VAN WHIRRING)
()
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
I was sleeping
And right in the middle
of a good dream
Like all at once
I wake up from something
That keeps knocking
at my brain
Before I go insane
I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out
the words I dread
I think I love you
I love you...
(ANNIE SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT LYRICS)
I didn't know
how to deal with
And so, I just decided
to myself
I'd hide it to myself
and never talk about it...
(LAUGHS)
What are you doing?
I can give you pointers
if you want.
ANNIE:
No, zit face, go away.
...I think I love you
so, what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure
of a love there is no cure for
I think I love you
()
(GASPS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
()
Did you get your homework done?
DANIEL:
Daddy's home!
Daniel, stop!
Daniel! Daniel? No!
(PANTS) Do not open the door!
()
-DANIEL: Daddy!
-Hey, squirt! (KISSES)
RICHARD:
How you doing?
Mm. There you go.
(LAUGHS) What is this all about?
MARGARET:
Daddy! (CHUCKLES)
HELEN:
What a wonderful surprise.
RICHARD: Well, I finished my
business meetings early,
and I thought,
"Why spend another night
in Tampa?"
-HELEN: Oh.
-Are you hungry, father?
Mother made pot roast.
I can put some on the stove
for you.
That would be lovely.
Thank you, Margaret. Ooh, wow.
Service with a smile
around here. Come on!
DANIEL:
I'm so glad you're home.
RICHARD:
Me, too, buddy.
()
RICHARD:
Hey, all right!
You wanna watch
kung fu tonight?
I can stay up till 10:00?
Well, it's Saturday night.
I don't see why not.
Wow! There she is,
Miss Brooksville, 1952!
(GIGGLES)
ANNIE:
You do look beautiful, mom.
Well, I have a date
with a handsome man tonight.
You don't need to wear
a jacket for Enzo's.
I didn't put this jacket on
for Enzo.
(KISSES)
(RICHARD CHUCKLES)
Ugh!
That's my least favorite part.
All right, Margaret.
You're in charge
of the wild bunch tonight.
-TV dinners.
-Yes, father.
DANIEL:
I can take care of myself.
(RICHARD CHUCKLES)
RICHARD:
Shall we?
We shall.
Have fun.
ANNIE:
Be safe.
HELEN:
Love you.
(SHUTS THE DOOR IN BACKGROUND)
(ENGINE STARTS, CAR WHIRRING)
(MARGARET HUMS)
Margaret, where are you going?
I promised Kyle I'd come over
and help him
with an essay tonight.
I'll be right back.
TV dinners.
(OPENS AND SHUTS THE DOOR)
()
Hey, Annie. Annie.
Yeah.
DANIEL:
Are you getting
a phone line now?
()
Daniel, get inside.
Now.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
DANIEL:
Annie?
Annie, who is it?
()
Daniel, no!
You get out of here
or I'll shoot you dead!
ANNIE:
Daniel, come back!
Last warning, buckaroo!
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(LOADS AND SHOOTS THE GUN)
()
(CLOCK TICKING)
()
Where have you been?
Jesus! Nowhere.
You were supposed to be here.
What is with you two?
The white van I told you about
pulled all the way up
our driveway.
I had to shoot at him.
You did not.
(CAR DOORS SHUTS)
(HELEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Don't you dare tell mother
and father I wasn't here.
Go, sit.
(DOOR OPENS IN BACKGROUND)
HELEN:
They look fantastic!
-RICHARD: Mm.
-HELEN: They're so creative.
RICHARD:
It's starting to feel like fall.
(DOOR SHUTS)
Hi! How was your date tonight?
Hmm. Saturday night,
and all three of our children
are in the living room
without the television on.
(CHUCKLES)
Daniel?
I was putting the pumpkin out
when this van came
creeping up the driveway.
-So, I got the BB gun and--
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What?
I was putting the pumpkin out
when this van came creeping up
the driveway.
So, I got the BB gun
and shot at him.
-What?
-You should have seen Annie.
She was like Davy Crockett.
(IMITATES GUNSHOT)
Wait.
You-- you shot at someone?
Daniel, that sounds
like something on TV.
Margaret, what really happened?
Well, um, I had like, gone--
She wasn't here.
RICHARD:
What? Where were you? Kyle's?
I'm sorry, father.
But I was only gone a minute.
-Try two hours.
-Ugh! Margaret!
Restriction, two weeks.
But Halloween, and the parties.
-And no phone either.
-But I-- I just got it.
-That's not fair!
-Then you should have thought
of that
before leaving for Kyle's.
She's making it all up,
and you know it.
Go to your room now.
Liar.
(STEPS FALLING)
He was here. I swear!
Who was here?
The man in the white van.
The repairman?
No, mama--
Margaret got the extension
line put in.
Okay.
Why do you always believe
Margaret?
Let's go back to what happened
after Daniel shot at a van.
I got the gun and shot at it.
I just wanted it to go away,
daddy.
And don't be mad at Daniel.
He was just trying
to protect us.
From what?
Did someone get out of
this van and-- and come at you?
Well, no, but--
That gun is off-limits,
and you knew it.
No kung fu tonight.
(KISSES)
I-- maybe somebody just went
down the wrong driveway.
-I don't know.
-(SIGHS)
Did you tell him about the barn?
A car drove by
and flashed its lights.
What? No.
It was so much more than that.
The van has been following me
everywhere.
With Rebel,
across the street at school,
even here at the house.
Shh.
Sweetheart, my family
has lived here.
Our family
has lived here forever.
Oh, honey,
you are safe and sound.
You don't have anything
to worry about.
-Except for that horse.
-His name is Rebel, mama!
Not that horse. It's Rebel.
(SIGHS)
Daddy...
No riding Rebel for a week.
(DOOR SHUTS)
I know you want me to get rid
of Rebel for good.
I mean, she's been different
ever since we got her
that horse.
RICHARD:
She has come a long way.
HELEN:
She has lied to me every time
she has gone out on that horse.
RICHARD:
That's 'cause
she knows you're looking
for any excuse
to get rid of it.
HELEN:
I just wish
she had a safer hobby.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
()
(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
()
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(DOG BARKS)
(GIRL GROANS)
MAN'S FATHER:
You did good, son.
(TAKES A DRAG)
(SOBS)
Please.
I want my mom. Please. Please.
I wanna go home!
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Hey, Richie.
Who's the fellow
in the mask over there?
He's really giving me
the heebie-jeebies.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING ON TV)
RICHIE: (ON TV)
That's just Roger.
We're foolin' around.
There's a whole haunted house
to see.
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Roger?
RICHIE: (ON TV)
I think he likes you.
(DRAGS FURNITURE)
TRISHA: (ON TV)
What's that noise?
I'm scared, Richie.
RICHIE: (ON TV)
You haven't even made it
past the front door.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING ON TV)
TRISHA: (ON TV) You are really
scaring me, Roger.
(INDISTINCT SPEECH)
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Now, take off the mask.
I wanna see
that it's really you.
RICHIE: (ON TV)
Trisha, let's go.
TRISHA: (ON TV)
Well, are you gonna take
the mask off or not?
(RICHIE GRUNTS ON TV)
(TRISHA SCREAMS ON TV)
(SIGHS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Daddy! Daddy, he's out there!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(GUN CLICKS)
()
(GUNSHOT)
(ALL GASP)
Girls, let's go. Come on.
Mama?
()
What was it then?
Just a possum. Got in the trash.
(SIGHS)
You scared me and the kids
half to death.
Sorry.
He was here. I-- I saw him.
Mama,
can you give me a ride today?
I think your sister
should give you a ride.
I'm already running late,
mother.
Then it won't matter.
Give your sister a lift.
-But I--
-No buts.
I've study groups. Let's go.
(STEPS FALLING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
MARGARET:
Thanks for making me late.
(SIGHS) Wait.
So, what happened last night?
What do you care?
Just making conversation.
Doesn't matter.
No one believes me anyway.
(ENGINE STARTS)
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
COACH:
Stretch it out, girls!
Psst! Over there. Look.
He's watching you.
()
Well, wave, dummy.
(PLAYER CHEERS)
NARRATOR: (ON PROJECTOR)
The reticulated python
uses its sudden
and overwhelming attack.
Then it coils around its victim
and constricts tightly.
With each exhale of its prey,
the snake squeezes
until the onset of asphyxiation.
These cold-blooded reptiles
do not chew
or dismember their prey.
They swallow it whole.
The powerful digestive enzymes
in their stomach
dissolve bones and shells.
The mandibles move
independently of each other,
slowly inching the prey
into their throat.
Backward-pointing teeth help
ensure the prey does not escape
if it is still alive.
(ANNIE GRUNTS SOFTLY)
Well, uh, off to exile.
()
(DOOR LOCKS CLICKS)
(CLOCK TICKING)
Mama, we need a new lock
on the front door.
I'll let your father know.
I'm sorry about last weekend.
And I was thinking
maybe I could make it up
by taking Daniel and Annie
to see that new movie,
Benji, at the drive-in
on Saturday.
She just wants to get out
of the house.
Besides, it's a baby movie.
I'm not going.
MARGARET:
It was just a thought.
Could I bring Patty?
I'll think about it.
()
(RUSTLING)
()
(GASPS)
()
ANNIE:
Mom?
Margaret?
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
-(GASPS)
-Annie!
Annie! It's just me.
My goodness. It's okay.
(BIRDS CHIRPING IN BACKGROUND)
I'm away
a lot on business trips.
I know.
And I know that has to be hard
on you.
Let me show you something.
(DOOR LOCK CLICKING)
Good as new.
()
(ENGINE RUMBLS)
()
Hey! Who's there?
Anybody there?
Whoever you are,
stop this fooling around,
you hear?
Okay.
So, I'm gonna go
get some popcorn
and I might stop at Kyle's
on the way back.
This whole thing
was just about going parking
with Kyle?
Well, you're at the movies
with Patty, right?
Please stay, Margaret.
Oh.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Have fun.
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
MAN 2: (ON PROJECTOR)
Who's in there, dammit?
Ooh. Far out.
Hello? Anybody there? Daisy?
Hey! Who's there? Anybody there?
(SLURPS)
(STEPS REACHING)
(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)
Hi.
Hi.
-How are you?
-Good. How are you?
Good. (CHUCKLES)
(SMOOCHES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
ON PROJECTOR)
(SCREAMS, LAUGHS)
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
(SIGHS)
WOMAN 4: (ON PROJECTOR)
Hello?
Anyone there?
Hey. You wanna go get something
at the concession stand?
Yeah. Sure.
(INDISTINCT MOVIE CHATTER)
()
(SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
ANNIE:
Oh my God.
(MARK GROANS)
Sorry, Annie.
CHARLIE:
Yeah, it was just a joke.
It wasn't funny.
Ugh! You jerks!
Annie.
I'm sorry. I'm--
Really, I'm sorry.
It's okay.
I...
I didn't mean to kick you.
It's fine. I...
I deserved it.
Crazy movie, huh?
Yeah.
You got us so good.
She'll get over it.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
Thank you.
So, do you like it here so far?
Yeah, Charlie's cool.
-Everyone's been nice.
-Yeah. You miss home at all?
Not really.
-ANNIE: Here you go.
-PATTY: Oh, thanks.
-Hey, I appreciate it, man.
-Yeah.
I was wondering
what was taking you so long.
Did you get my Junior Mints?
I got caught up talking.
Creepy movie, huh, girls?
Not really my thing.
Hey.
Joanna's having
a Halloween party.
Your girls should come.
You should definitely be there.
Shall we?
See y'all at the party.
Well, that's rich.
-Thanks for the invite, Joanna.
-ANNIE: We're not going.
PATTY:
We're going to that party,
Annie.
It'll be our moment.
(SCREAMING IN DISTANCE)
PATTY:
Annie? Hello?
ANNIE:
No, it's Joanna's moment.
So, I'm not going.
(CROW CAWING)
ANNIE:
Listen, Patty.
I understand, but I...
(SIGHS) I just don't wanna go.
PATTY:
What? You have to.
Annie, we have to.
You know
there's gonna be kissing there.
Clearly,
that's already happening.
And Joanna
doesn't want me there.
And if she did, she would
have invited
me earlier.
And there's the van.
Annie, are you hiding out
for the rest of your life,
because of some stupid van?
Look, you know what I think?
Joanna's threatened by you.
Charlie said Mark asked
what costume you're wearing.
He wouldn't have asked about
you if he wasn't interested.
Hello?
He really asked about me?
PATTY: (ON PHONE)
I swear, Annie.
Your future boyfriend
asked about you.
Come, let's go.
Annie?
Back before dark?
I'd be grounded otherwise.
I'll see you in an hour.
(ANNIE SIGHS)
ANNIE:
Give me another kick. Woopow!
Another kick! Woopow!
RICHARD:
Daniel!
You ready to trick or treat?
-Come on!
-Yeah!
Annie, are you sure
you don't want us to
bring you to the party?
We can take you.
Yeah.
Patty and I are riding
our horses together
if that's okay.
Back before dark.
Promise.
Be safe.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
-(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
-(ENGINE STARTS)
HELEN:
Hey!
(KISSES)
()
MARGARET:
Is that lipstick?
Maybe.
Oh.
Don't use mother's.
Here, come with me.
Here's the perfect color.
Make sure you use a lot of it
to cover up my not-pretty face.
I did not mean that.
You don't even need
this silly lipstick.
Well...
since I'm here...
()
Open slightly.
There you go. Here.
Okay.
Beautiful.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
()
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
KID:
Come on! This way!
()
Oh my gosh!
You guys made it!
(JOANNA CHUCKLES)
I had to burn
all my babysitting money
to throw this party,
but it's so worth it.
So, I can kiss Mark tonight.
Love the genie costume.
(SIGHS)
I knew I shouldn't have come.
Oh my God, Annie.
Mark has a matching costume on.
I mean, that's a good sign.
This is the opposite direction
to the boys.
Ooh!
Something special's coming
Ooh!
Something special's coming
for you
Ooh!
Cutest girl will find you
coming for you out of the blue
Ooh!
Something special's coming
Ooh!
Something special's coming
for you...
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So, you think your dreams
have been forsaken...
So, is Charlie a good kisser?
I have no idea.
(CHUCKLES)
Sorry, I thought you were Patty.
Sorry.
I thought you would have been
locked lips with Joanna by now.
(SIGHS)
She's a little much.
And how can I put this?
She's a disco fan.
-(CHUCKLES)
-We have to go.
It's getting dark.
Curfew, remember?
Come on.
Uh, I'm, sorry.
Wait, Annie.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Wait, Annie.
Wait!
Do you wanna go swimming
up at Weeki Wachee tomorrow?
Uh, swimming. Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll um, I'll ask my parents.
-Okay.
-I mean, if I can go.
Not-- not to come with us.
Okay.
(SMOOCHES)
I'm sorry, but we have to go.
I'll be grounded forever.
Whoa! Nice wheels!
Thanks. Uh, Mark, meet Rebel.
Rebel, meet Mark.
Okay. Let's go.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Oh my God.
-You and Mark are so cute.
-Stop!
(GIGGLES)
Whoa, Rebel!
(GASPS)
Whoa!
PATTY:
Hey, Annie?
Come on!
Run, Patty! Run!
PATTY:
Annie!
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(ANNIE GRUNTS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(PANTS, GROANS)
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()
I was sleeping
And right in the middle
of a good dream
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
Like all at once, I wake up
From something that keeps
knocking at my brain
Before I go insane
I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out the words
I dread
I think I love you...
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...And did not go and shout it
When you walked into the room
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
so, what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure
of a love there is no cure for
I think I love you
Isn't that what life
is made of?
Though it worries me to say
that I never felt this way...
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...I don't know
what I'm up against
I don't know
what it's all about
I got so much to think about
(DOOR CREAKS, SHUTS)
Hey, I think I love you
so, what am I so afraid of?
(PANTS)
I'm afraid that I'm not sure
(GASPS)
(CREAKS)
(ENGINE STARTS, RUMBLES)
(PANTS)
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(PANTS)
(GROANS, PANTS)
(SOBS)
(PANTS)
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Come on. Come on.
Eight, eight. Come on.
I look at you
and I see love...
I think Carol will be
homecoming duchess,
and then Pam probably princess,
and Shelly for homecoming queen.
(CHUCKLES)
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(PANTS)
Rebel.
Okay. Okay. We gotta go.
Come on.
Rebel, now is not the time,
okay? It's okay. It's okay.
Come on.
Okay.
(GRUNTS)
(CHOKES, COUGHS)
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(GROANS, COUGHS)
Help!
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
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(COUGHS, GROANS)
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Rebel!
(GRUNTS)
(REBEL NEIGH)
(THUDS)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
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(GRUNTS)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
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PATTY:
Come on, come on.
(BEEPS)
PATTY:
Ugh, Margaret!
Well, how do you feel
about going shopping with me
this weekend?
(COUGHS, PANTS)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(SCREAMS)
(PANTS, SHRIEK)
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(GROANS)
(CHOKES, GROANS)
I mean,
pink's the obvious choice.
But I-- I heard blue
is the new color this season.
(GROANS, CHOKES)
(BEEPS)
Ugh, Annie, come on!
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(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
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(GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(SCREECHES)
(PANTS)
No. You need to go
get to that party.
You're already late.
Okay, well, please tell Carol
I said hi.
Okay, you hang up.
No, you hang up first.
(ANNIE WHEEZING)
Margaret!
(PANTS)
Margaret!
What if we hang up
at the same time?
Okay. 3, 2, 1.
Are you still there?
(CHUCKLES)
(BANGING DOOR)
ANNIE:
Margaret!
(SOBS)
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ANNIE:
Margaret!
Margaret!
(GASPS)
(SOBS)
Margaret!
Annie?
(GASPS)
(ANNIE COUGHS)
(PANTS)
(SHRIEKS)
(BOTH GRUNT, PANT)
MARGARET:
Annie, what's going on?
(ANNIE SCREAMS)
ANNIE:
Margaret, go!
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
Run!
Where's the phone?
(PHONE RINGING)
(BANGS THE DOOR)
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
ANNIE:
Shh!
(MARGARET GRUNTS)
(SCREAMS)
(BOTH GRUNT)
(BANGING THE DOOR)
What are you doing?
(BANGING THE DOOR)
Margaret!
Margaret!
(GRUNTS)
ANNIE:
Go!
Margaret, you have to go!
You can do it!
(GASP)
Now!
(BANGING THE DOOR IN BACKGROUND)
(BOTH GRUNT)
ANNIE:
Margaret!
(GRUNTS, SHRIEK)
Margaret!
MARGARET:
Annie!
(GRUNTS)
Margaret! Margaret!
Help me! Help me!
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
(GROANS, COUGHS)
MARGARET:
Annie!
(BOTH PANT)
Can you drive that?
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OFFICER: (OVER TELEPHONE)
Hernando
County Sheriff's Office.
(PANTING, GRUNTING)
Annie!
ANNIE:
Whoa! Uh...
Go!
(GASPS)
(VAN WHIRRING)
MARGARET:
Annie! Stop!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Okay! Reverse! Reverse! Go!
(ANNIE WHEEZING)
Margaret!
(VAN WHIRRING)
MARGARET:
Annie!
(BOTH PANTING)
Go! Go! Go, go, go! Annie!
ANNIE:
I'm trying!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(VAN WHIRRING)
(BODY THUDS)
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(POLICE SIREN)
Annie!
(OFFICER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO)
(TAKING DEEP BREATHES)
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SHERIFF:
There's nobody here.
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
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(DOG BARKING IN BACKGROUND)
DANIEL:
It's okay.
MARK:
Hey, Daniel.
DANIEL:
Max, Max, Max.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MARGARET:
That bowtie definitely works.
(CHUCKLES)
MARGARET:
Your tie is great, too, father.
-Thank you.
-(LAUGHS)
Thank you very much.
You have to ask for it.
You guys should say
thanks to your mom.
-ANNIE: Thank you, mom.
-It's delicious, hey.
MARGARET:
The sweet potato.
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Hey!
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(SIGHS)
CAR DEALER:
3, 4, 5, and 6.
All right.
Looks like we are in business.
And you are the proud owner
of a new vehicle.
You're gonna need this.
I'll tell you what,
you're getting yourselves
a real beaut there.
She has got herself
a lot of life left in her.
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NEWSCASTER 1:
Human remains found
on a property
in Hernando County are believed
to be that of a girl
who went missing
five years ago from a...
NEWSCASTER 2:
Second body discovered today.
Authorities believe
it could be the work
of a serial killer.
They expect to find
up to six bodies in the...
NEWSCASTER: (ON TV)
Neighbors say they complained
for years about the horrors
they believed were happening.
All perpetrated by a man
referred to by local teens as...
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)
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MAN 2:
I'm gonna go
get fresh batteries.
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(GIRL HUMS)
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(VAN WHIRRING)
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Is growing up
supposed to hurt?
The way your eyes burn
When the dirt gets blown
in by the summer wind
Can't bear to beg
one more time
Guess I've told
one too many lies
For anyone to believe
my crying eyes
Mm-hmm
How could you say
nothing back?
Don't you love me
more than that?
Mm-hmm
Dare you say
that I'm selfish
'Cause I admit
that I'm helpless
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Mm-hmm
I went over
I got lost on the way
What a turning
didn't know where to go
And you just washed away
And I know it's all right
this rush
That you're giving me
all night
I know you can meet my soul
In my life is a letter
surrenders my control
And I know it's love
in disguise
Only need your guidance,
is it from above, yeah
How could you know
when you're young or old?
It's all the same,
it's just another day
Dig in your own grave
How could you tell
If they all spell
magic the same
When it's in your veins?
Oh my, I'll have another cry
Just, just flying
to my moon
Fly as I know, is it right?
Learning by my own
in the sense
I don't hold it against
Hold me
Down the road up
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin' for love
For love
For love
For love
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin'
Start lookin'
Maybe it's time
that I start lookin' for love
For love
For love
For love
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BARRY:
Oh, hope is why we're here
Missing, another day
Another child goes missing
Another mother starts to cry
Her greatest fears
are realized
It's so clear that hope
is why we're here
Nothing, they disappear
and we begin with nothing
But the waves of grief
and sinking hearts
Pleading for a place
to start
It's so clear that hope
is why we're here
ALL:
Here to help them
Come home safely
We're here to find them
if they're gone
Here to fight for peace
and justice
We're here to see
the search goes on
BARRY:
Not knowing
The cruelest test
of helplessness
Not knowing,
wondering if they're okay
Are they close or faraway
But we're still clear
that hope is why we're here
ALL:
Here as families are united
And here to keep
our children safe
We're here to prove
to them it's over
BARRY:
So they no longer are afraid
ALL:
Forever
BARRY:
In our dreams and memories
ALL:
Forever
Love without a place to land,
feelings few can understand
Make it clear that hope
is why we're here
BACKUP SINGERS:
Every child
Every child
Every child deserves
a childhood
ALL:
We here as families
Are united
Here to keep
our children safe
Here to prove to them
it's over
BARRY:
So they no longer are afraid
Oh, hope is why...
BACKUP SINGERS:
Every child...
BARRY:
Every child...
BACKUP SINGERS:
...Deserves a childhood
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