Caught (1987) - full transcript
Tim Devon was born out of wedlock and that his mother never told his father about him. Overwhelmed, Tim leaves Los Angeles in search of his father-armed with only a name and the city of Amsterdam as clues. When funds run out, Tim begins the downward spiral into a life of crime and drug use. He is encountered by a single caring person.
[muttering in
foreign language]
[woman moaning]
[mumbling]
[bell tolls in background]
[footsteps retreating]
[woman muttering]
[muttering in
foreign language]
YOU MAKE PROBLEMS, MOIRA.
YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY.
HAVEN'T WE TAKEN
GOOD CARE OF YOU?
YOU WANT TO FLY, MOIRA.
IS THAT IT?
YOU MUST, YOUR WINGS
ARE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG.
PARIS
IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
[muttering]
[humming softly]
FLY...
[cup crashes]
YOU'RE FREE.
THE DOOR OF YOUR CAGE
IS OPEN.
GO HOME...
YOU CAN DO IT.
[thud]
WE WERE
HER FAMILY.
NO RESPECT
FROM THE LADY.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU
OUT THERE, TIM.
I THINK YOU WILL DO
SOME BUSINESS TODAY.
♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT
DOWN MY BACK ♪
♪ LIKE A FLAME BURNING
INSIDE OF ME ♪
♪
♪ I CAN SEE IT EVERYWHERE
♪ WHAT A SHAME
THE FIRST TIME IS FREE ♪
♪
♪ AND I CAN'T SHAKE OFF
THE FEELING ♪
♪ THAT THEY'RE WATCHING ME
♪ SO I'VE GOT TO BE STRONG
♪ OR THEY'LL STEAL
MY SOUL FROM ME ♪
♪
♪ LIFE CAN BREAK YOU
♪ LOVE FORSAKE YOU
♪ THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
♪ I'M CAUGHT
[glass crashes]
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
♪ I'M CAUGHT
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
♪
♪ [electric guitar riffs]
♪
♪ LIFE CAN BREAK YOU
♪ LOVE FORSAKE YOU
♪ THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
♪ I'M CAUGHT
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
♪ I'M CAUGHT
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
[coins jingle]
BE NICE IF YOU PEOPLE
THROW SOME BLESSINGS
IN MY TIP BUCKET,
IT WOULD BE
MOST APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
AW C'MON,
LET'S GO GET A TAXI.
I WANNA CHECK THIS OUT.
[coins jingle]
♪
HI...WHERE YOU FROM?
WHY?
IS THIS A POLL?
I'M FROM THE WEST COAST,
CALIFORNIA BOY.
I WAS JUST HOPING TO FIND
A FRIENDLY FACE.
HOW CAN YOU BE LONELY?
THIS IS AMSTERDAM.
YOU ONE OF THE,
THE OFFICIAL
GREETERS, HUH?
YOU DO THIS
FOR A LIVING?
YEAH...NO, MY FATHER'S
THIS AWESOME MOVIE STAR.
I MEAN, NO, REALLY,
IF I DROPPED HIS NAME,
YOU'D PROBABLY SQUEAL.
AND HE PULLED MY ALLOWANCE
AND BOOTED ME OVER TO EUROPE
TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT LIFE.
HEY, LISTEN, I'VE GOT SOME
REALLY GREAT HASH, COCAINE,
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
GUARANTEED TO MAKE AMSTERDAM,
UH...MEMORABLE.
YOU'RE IN LUCK
TO BUY FROM ME.
THE STUFF IN THIS TOWN'S
PRETTY DIRTY.
TALK PRICE WITH
THIS SCUM BAG, SAL.
I'ML BE BACK IN A MINUTE,
ALL RIGHT?
OFFICER, OFFICER,
EXCUSE ME...
EXCUSE ME,
COULD I TAKE YOUR PICTURE?
DON'T GO!
IT'S JUST A TEST!
[organ grinder music plays
in background]
[P.A. announcement
in background]
[jet engine roars]
[P.A. announcement
in foreign language]
[indistinct chatter]
AMSTERDAM '86 PARTICIPANTS,
PLEASE BE SEATED
OVER THIS WAY.
AMSTERDAM '86 PARTICIPANTS...
[fades out]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE...
HELLO, BROTHER,
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HO-HO-HO,
SO, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?
IT'S NOT TOO HEAVY
FOR YOU?
I AM THE GUEST
OF THE I.C.I.E.
♪ I CAN'T LIVE WITH
SOMEONE ELSE ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
[organ grinder music plays]
HEY! TIM!
EASE UP, MAN.
HEY, WOUTER,
HOW'S IT GOIN'?
YOU GOT A PLANE TO CATCH?
OR YOU GOT TIME
FOR A BEER?
BUSINESS...
I GOT A SALE GOING DOWN.
STAY AWAY FROM
THE DAM TONIGHT.
TOO MANY NARCS
IN LEATHER JACKETS.
OKAY, THANKS,
I'LL CATCH YA LATER.
UH...IF YOU SEE JACQUES,
DON'T TELL HIM
YOU SAW ME, ALL RIGHT?
TROUBLE?
NO, BUT I,
I'LL OWE YOU ONE, OKAY?
[train rumbles overhead]
[glass crashes]
[glass crashes]
[door opens and closes]
TIM, WHY ARE YOU
IN THE DARK?
I'M SORRY I'M LATE, HON.
I CLOSED THE RIVERDALE PROPERTY
TODAY
AND OFFICE INSISTED ON
HAULING OUT THE CHAMPAGNE.
MY COMMISSION WILL COVER
YOUR FIRST YEAR AT U.S.C.
NOT BAD FOR AN OLD LADY, HUH?
HONEY?
OH, HONEY?
WHAT IS IT?
I JUST FOUND OUT MY MOTHER
IS A WORLD-CLASS LIAR.
MAYBE YOU'D BETTER START
AT THE BEGINNING.
TIM!
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
SOMETHING DIRTY!
I WON'T LET YOU!
TIM!
TALKED TO HIS PICTURE
WHEN I WAS A KID.
TOLD "DAD" ALL THIS STUFF
I COULDN'T SAY TO YOU.
WHERE'D YOU COME UP
WITH GUY?
DID YOU CUT HIM OUT OF
A MAGAZINE?
HE WAS JUST A FRIEND,
SOMEONE I ADMIRED.
IT WAS SUCH A LONG
TIME AGO.
WE'RE NOT...
NOT WHAT, JANET?
WE'RE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE.
MAYBE THAT WORKS FOR YOU,
BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHO I AM ANYMORE!
[glass shatters]
[train horn sounds]
[train rumbles]
I WAIT FOR HEAVEN,
SLEEP ON SOFT BED.
LORD MUST GIVE ME
NEW BACK FIRST.
YOU'RE IN THE WEST NOW,
BROTHER ABRAHAM.
IT IS THE CUSTOM.
YOU HAVE CAMERA?
I LIKE SHOW PICTURE
TO MY PEOPLE.
MMM.
ONLY RICH MEN LIVE IN PALACE
MY COUNTRY.
I WONDER WHY
THEY GAVE US A TELEPHONE?
DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS
TO RING UP IN AMSTERDAM?
OH, NO, BROTHER.
OH, ER, YES,
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WHO AM I CALLING, PLEASE?
OH...
THE HOTEL OPERATOR
WISHES US
A VERY GOOD MORNING.
OH...
[chuckling]
EH, MY FRIEND ABRAHAM AND I
DO NOT KNOW ANYONE
IN AMSTERDAM TO CALL.
IF YOU NEED
THE TELEPHONE,
PLEASE BE SO KIND
TO TAKE IT.
OH...SHE SAYS THEY DO NOT
NEED THE TELEPHONE.
THE HOTEL HAS MANY.
HEY, THE WEST.
[speaking in foreign language]
I WILL WALK AHEAD,
I HAVE CHARTED MY COURSE.
[muttering in Punjabi]
NAMASKA.
A GREETING FROM MY COUNTRY
WHICH MEANS
GOOD WISHES TO YOU.
HEY! PARDON, PLEASE!
I'M SEEKING THE RAI CENTER.
I WAS TOLD IT WAS EXACTLY
A FIVE MINUTE'S WALK
FROM MY HOTEL.
IF I RETRACE MY STEPS
I COULD BE LATE
FOR THE OPENING SESSION
OF THE GREAT CONFERENCE
OF ITINERANT EVANGELISTS
AND THAT WOULD CLEARLY BE
AN INSULT TO MY HOSTS.
I AM RAJAM PRASAD.
MY COUNTRY IS INDIA.
HEY, TO BE IN
YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY
IS PROOF THAT WITH GOD
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE?
MAN, COULD YOU SPARE
SOME GUILDERS?
LAST NIGHT,
THESE GUYS JUMPED ME
AND UH...
THEY CLEANED ME OUT,
MY WALLET AND
MY TRAVELER'S CHECKS,
THE WORKS.
YOU ARE AMERICAN, YES?
YEAH, I'M TIM DEVON.
I'M SO HUNGRY THAT MY GUT'S
IN KNOTS, MAN.
OH, THANK GOD,
THEY DIDN'T TAKE
YOUR BEAUTIFUL GUITAR, TIMOTHY.
WELL, I TRIED TO HOLD
THESE GUYS OFF,
BUT THERE WERE SIX OF THEM,
YOU KNOW?
I ONCE PLAYED THE GUITAR
MYSELF AT SCHOOL.
IT WAS MY FAVORITE
INSTRUMENT.
I LEARNED A POPULAR SONG
FROM THE UNITED STATES.
"HOMELAND ON THE RANGE."
JUST TEN GUILDERS,
ALL RIGHT?
AND I CAN PAY YOU BACK.
I'LL BRING IT TO
YOUR HOTEL ROOM, ALL RIGHT?
I NEVER DREAMED TO FIND ANYONE
HUNGRY IN AMSTERDAM.
I HAVE NO GUILDERS,
BUT I WILL GO IN SEARCH OF
FOOD FOR YOU.
SHOVE IT, MAN!
[muttering]
IDIOT!
I WILL RETURN
TO THIS VERY PLACE
AT THE FIRST POSSIBLE MOMENT,
TIMOTHY!
[P.A. announcements
being made in foreign language]
[announcer]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IF I MAY HAVE
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT
READY TO BEGIN,
WILL YOU PLEASE FIND
YOUR PLACES QUICKLY
AND BE PREPARED
FOR THE OPENING SESSION
OF OUR AMSTERDAM 1986
CONFERENCE.
[bike bell jingles]
[whistling]
[speaking foreign
language]
[yelling angrily]
AW!
[horn honks]
HEY! WHAT...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[yelling]
HEY!
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
I'M GONNA GET OFF
AT THE NEXT STOP, ALL RIGHT?
[yelling]
[speaking in
foreign language]
[applause]
[Raj] AMERICAN BOY
NEEDS SOME FOOD.
WILL YOU HELP ME
TO GET SOME.
OH, SURE, BROTHER.
OH, DON'T WORRY, YES.
YOU CAN GET ME SOME...
[announcement over P.A.
in foreign language]
[announcement]
PLEASE, HELP YOURSELF
TO THE SANDWICHES AND COFFEE,
AND THEN MOVE ALONG QUICKLY
TO THE EATING AREA,
SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE WAITING
MAY ALSO BE SERVED.
THANK YOU.
AS A REMINDER,
THIS AFTERNOON'S WORKSHOP
BEGINS AT 12:45.
TONIGHT, ONE HALF HOUR
BEFORE DR. GRAHAM'S ADDRESS,
YOU WILL ENJOY SOME WONDERFUL
AND UPLIFTING MUSIC,
AND WE'LL BEGIN
OUR PLENARY SESSION PROMPTLY
AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
HEY! HOLD IT!
HEY, MAN, THAT'S MINE,
THAT'S MY GUITAR!
I'VE GOTTA RAISE SOME CASH,
OKAY?
I CAN PROVE IT'S MINE, MAN...
I CAN PROVE IT'S MINE.
NOW THERE'S PICTURES,
MY GIRLFRIEND,
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE INSIDE,
JUST OPEN IT UP.
PICTURES...
YEAH.
WHAT THE...?
HEY!
COME ON, MAN!
THEY'RE MINE, MAN!
AH!
OW!
I'M GONNA KILL YOU!
[splashing]
THEY'RE MINE, MAN!
[woman complaining in Dutch]
[country music plays
in background]
LAST NIGHT,
THE DAM WAS UNREAL.
I MEAN, IT WAS SWARMING
WITH NARCS.
I MEAN I CAN USUALLY SPOT THEM,
LIKE YOU TOLD ME, YOU KNOW?
BUT THERE WAS THIS ONE DUDE,
HE WAS FLASHING HIS CASH,
A REAL COWBOY.
SAID HE WAS FROM ALBUQUERQUE.
HAD THE ACCENT DOWN TO A "T."
ANYWAY, CAME TIME FOR THE BUY,
THE LOW-LIFE NAILED ME.
GOING OVER THIS BRIDGE, UH,
COWBOY WAS DRIVING,
LEATHER JACKET AND ME
IN THE BACK SEAT,
AND THAT'S WHEN I
KICKED OPEN THE DOOR,
I JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE,
GUESS THAT'S WHERE
I HIT BOTTOM.
THE POLICE?
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET WET.
THEY PULLED OVER,
LOOKED AROUND,
BUT I JUST HID UNDER THE BRIDGE
UNTIL THEY WERE GONE.
YOUR ACCOUNT NOW TOTALS
422 GUILDERS.
I MUST CHARGE YOU
FOR LAST NIGHT'S LOSS.
CHARGE THE NARCS!
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS,
THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU
TO CLEAR THIS UP.
YOUR PASSPORT, PLEASE.
IT'S IN MY BACKPACK.
[snaps fingers]
WITH YOUR LOOKS,
YOU CAN MAKE 50 GUILDERS A GO,
FOR TEN OR MAYBE
FIFTEEN MINUTES WORK.
OF COURSE,
YOU'LL HAVE TO SHAVE,
BUT YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A BATH,
LAST NIGHT, WASN'T IT?
I'LL KEEP THIS FOR YOU
AND THE REST OF YOUR GEAR.
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
OR ELSE I'LL BE FORCED
TO SEE THAT THE POLICE GET THIS.
THEY WON'T BE SO TOLERANT.
SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR YOU
IN GETTING BACK INTO
THE STATES, OKAY?
REMBRANDTSPLEIN IS YOUR VERY
BEST OPPORTUNITY.
MAYBE YOU NEED A LITTLE HELP.
TELL THEM YOU'VE NEVER
DONE IT BEFORE,
THEY JUST MIGHT BELIEVE YOU.
THE PRICE GOES UP!
[car races away]
EXCUSE ME,
SORRY.
EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME,
WOULD YOU LIKE
SOMETHING TO EAT?
SANDWICHES?
I HAVE PLENTY
IN MY PACK.
I'M NOT HUNGRY.
♪
♪
♪
OH, HI...I'M TIBBE.
DON'T STAND HERE,
I CAN'T COMPETE
WITH THOSE BOOTS.
HELLO?
[speaking Dutch]
[Billy Graham]
WE HAVE COME FROM
MORE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
THAN PROBABLY ANY EVENT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
[applause]
ALREADY MORE THAN 174 COUNTRIES
ARE REPRESENTED HERE,
WHICH IS ABOUT 10 COUNTRIES MORE
THAN HAVE EVER GATHERED BEFORE
IN ANY EVENT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
NOW MANY OF YOU ARE WEARY
FROM THE LONG TRAVEL.
YOUR MINDS AND YOUR BODIES
MAY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT PLACES
RIGHT NOW,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOUR HEARTS
ARE HERE,
AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS!
NOW AN EVANGELIST MUST BE
MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE.
THE PREACHER FOR THIS WORK
MUST HAVE THE HEART
OF A LION,
THE PATIENCE OF A DONKEY,
THE WISDOM OF AN ELEPHANT,
THE INDUSTRY OF AN ANT,
AND AS MANY LIVES AS A CAT.
[applause]
WE ARE LIKE SCHOOLBOYS AGAIN.
I FIND MANY GOOD MESSAGES HERE
FOR MY PEOPLE.
IT MAKES YOUR HEART
BURN TO PREACH.
IN MY DISTRICT IN THE NORTH,
25 CHURCHES.
I AM PASTOR.
YOU MUST NOT EXAGGERATE
TOO MUCH, BROTHER...
THIS CAN BE SIN!
[chuckling]
THE SPIRIT OF GOD CONVINCES ME,
25 CHURCHES.
IS GOOD, YEAH?
I WAS STAYING IN THE BUSH
TWO, THREE MONTHS.
ONE SERMON FOR ME
GOOD 25 TIMES.
THEN I COME HOME...
I'M MOST WELCOME!
YOU HAVE FAMILY
WAITING FOR YOU?
MY WIFE, EIGHT CHILDREN.
I'M TOLD ALL GOSPEL
IN THIS SMALL BOOK.
MANY ENGLISH WORDS
BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME.
SHALL WE READ IT TOGETHER?
OH, YES, BROTHER.
STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD.
IN ALL OF LIFE,
THERE IS NOTHING
MORE WONDERFUL
THAN DISCOVERING PEACE
WITH GOD.
AMEN!
STEP NUMBER ONE
TO THIS DISCOVERY
IS REALIZING GOD'S PLAN.
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
"THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE
AND ONLY SON,
"THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH,
"BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."
[Raj] STEP NUMBER TWO,
WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PROBLEM
OF SEPARATION.
GOD DID NOT MAKE US ROBOTS
TO AUTOMATICALLY LOVE
AND OBEY HIM,
BUT GAVE US A WILL OF OUR OWN
AND THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
CHOOSING OUR OWN WAY
IS SEPARATION FROM GOD.
OH, YES!
THAT MAKES FOR A DIFFICULTY.
[Raj] STEP NUMBER THREE...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST
DIED ON THE CROSS
AND ROSE FROM THE GRAVE,
HE PAID THIS PENALTY FOR SIN,
AND BRIDGED THE GAP FROM GOD
TO ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
STEP NUMBER FOUR...
WE MUST TRUST JESUS CHRIST
AND RECEIVE HIM
AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
JESUS SAID, "BEHOLD,
I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK,
"IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE
AND OPENS THE DOOR,
"I WILL COME IN."
♪
♪
[sniffs]
[bell tolls]
HI! I'M ELLY.
YOU LOOK YOU COULD
USE A FRIEND.
YOU CAN TELL ME EVERYTHING,
I'M A GOOD LISTENER.
YOU'RE OUT EARLY, ELLY.
FARM GIRL...
EARLY MORNINGS.
SO HOW 'BOUT IT?
NO, NO THANKS.
OKAY, YOUR LOSS, CHEERIO!
HEY, TIM!
HOW DID YOU FIND
REMBRANDTSPLEIN?
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
I ASSUME YOU DID BETTER.
SIT!
BEER?
MY PASSPORT AND MY GEAR.
OF COURSE,
THAT WAS THE ARRANGEMENT.
REMBRANDTSPLEIN
IS NOT YOUR STYLE, HUH?
TIM, HOW ELSE CAN WE
STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR SITUATION?
THE TOWN IS JUMPING
WITH AMERICAN KIDS
WITH TRAVELER'S CHECKS
IN THEIR JEANS.
GET OUT THERE
AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
AN INCENTIVE...
I LIKE YOU, TIM,
A MAN OF YOUR WORD.
GOTTA GET RID
OF THESE GUILDERS.
DOLLARS!
THIS STUFF IS OUTRAGEOUS!
HI, I'M TAKING A SURVEY.
WELCOME TO AMSTERDAM.
WHERE'S YOUR LAWYER?
WE HAD A FIGHT.
SHE INSISTED ON THE HILTON,
AND I THOUGHT THE LOBBY
WAS A GERIATRIC WARD.
SO SHE'S OFF TO VENICE.
I'M OUT DOING THE TOWN.
WHAT DID YOU
HAVE IN MIND?
ONE OF THOSE
NIGHT CANAL RIDES.
I NEED A GUIDE TO SHOW ME
THE TERRITORY.
UH, GENERAL DELIVER-,
POST RESTANT,TIM DEVON.
SHOULD BE FROM LOS ANGELES.
DEVON?
WHAT MOVIE STAR'S
CALLED "DEVON"?
WHAT MOVIE STAR
USES HIS REAL NAME?
IS IT FROM HIM?
UH...I JUST REMEMBERED
AN APPOINTMENT, OKAY?
MAYBE ANOTHER TIME.
HEY, HOW 'BOUT LATER?
THE BOAT RIDE?
[woman voiceover]
I CAN'T BE SURE
YOU'LL EVER READ THIS,
BUT IT KEEPS MY HOPES GOING
JUST TO TRY AND FIND YOU
THIS WAY.
I FOUND THIS BOOK ON HOLLAND
AT THE LIBRARY...
BUT IT ONLY MADE ME
MISS YOU MORE.
LIFE IS FUNNY, HUH?
IS THIS WHAT BEING
AN ADULT MEANS?
WE HAD SO MANY PLANS
THIS SUMMER.
HI!
YUCATAN JUST DUMPED!
[Tim]
I KEPT TELLING HER
I HAD TO GET GOING
ON A PASSPORT
AND SHE GIVE ME THIS BULL
ABOUT MISPLACING
MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
I ALMOST TOOK ON THAT NERD
AT THE HALL OF RECORDS.
I'M STANDING THERE
LIKE A FOOL.
HE'S GOT THE COMPUTER...
NOTHING!
NOTHING COME UP FOR DEVON
ON MY BIRTHDAY.
IT WAS LIKE
A TWILIGHT ZONE.
NOW I KEEP YELLING AT HIM,
"YOU DON'T KNOW THE CODE!"
FINALLY HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"MAIDEN NAME?"
AND THAT'S WHEN
IT ALL SPIT OUT.
I MEAN, SHE WAS ON THERE.
MY BIRTH DATE,
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL.
FATHER...
BLANK.
TURKEY TURNS AROUND.
HE HAS THE TIGHT SMILE
ON HIS FACE.
TELLS ME THAT'S HOW
THEY DO IT
WHEN THE MOTHER CHOOSES
NOT TO NAME THE FATHER.
HERE...
FIVE BUCKS WILL
TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE
WHO YOU ARE...
NOT TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.
GREW UP WITH A GHOST
FOR A FATHER.
MAYBE HE'S ALIVE SOMEWHERE.
LOOK, I'M TAKING OFF!
WITH MY GRADUATION LOOT.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
WAIT... I GUESS...
IF YOU WANT TO.
I FEEL SO JERKED AROUND.
I'M SCARED.
ME, TOO.
♪
♪ RIGHT FROM THE START
♪ YOU HELD MY HEART
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ♪
♪
♪ YOU HELPED FIND
♪ FEELINGS I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW I HAD ♪
♪ IF I FOUND OUT TOMORROW
IT WAS ALL OVER ♪
♪ I'D HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU
♪ TRYING TO FIND MYSELF
♪ BUT I CAN'T THINK OF TOMORROW
AND YOU AND ME ♪
♪ 'TIL I FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪ FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪
♪ I CAN'T LIVE WITH
SOMEONE ELSE ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY AND THEN
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN... ♪
TIMOTHY!
TIMOTHY!
TIMOTHY!
THANKS GOD
I FOUND YOU THIS DAY!
I OWE YOU A MEAL!
I'M INVITING YOU,
BROTHER.
[indistinct chatter]
PLEASE...
PLEASE, SEAT.
YOU'RE MOST WELCOME.
YES.
IT IS NOT STUPID
TO SEARCH FOR YOUR FATHER.
MINE WAS LOST TO ME
MANY YEARS AGO.
HE DIED, HUH?
HE LIVES THIS DAY,
BUT I AM NO LONGER
HIS SON.
HOW'S THAT?
IN INDIA,
THERE IS A HINDU RELIGION.
DO YOU KNOW OF IT?
MMM, YOU WEAR TURBANS, RIGHT?
[chuckling]
SOMETIMES, NOT ALWAYS.
MY PARENTS ARE DEVOUT HINDUS.
IT WAS MY UPBRINGING.
[slurping]
IT IS TOO HOT?
HAVE SOME YOGURT,
TO COOL DOWN THE FIRE.
BETTER?
WHEN I WAS TWELVE,
MY FATHER SENT ME
TO THE MISSION SCHOOL.
I WOULD BE THE FIRST
IN MY FAMILY TO BE EDUCATED.
MY PARENTS WARNED ME
TO IGNORE THE CHRISTIAN GOD.
CHRISTIANS WERE "COW EATERS,"
YOU KNOW?
THEY HAD NO RESPECT
FOR KARMA,
VERY UNDERDEVELOPED.
I THOUGHT I WAS
STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST.
THE MISSIONARIES
WORKED YOU OVER, HUH?
VERY LITTLE WAS SAID.
IT WAS PERHAPS
THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE.
IN MY THIRD YEAR,
I BORROWED A BIBLE
FROM THE DESK OF MY TEACHER.
HINDUS SPEND THEIR LIVES
TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO GOD.
IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE,
I WAS ASTONISHED TO LEARN
THAT GOD WANTED TO
GET CLOSE TO ME,
THAT HE SENT HIS SON
TO SHOW US THE WAY.
MY MOTHER WOULD BE ASHAMED
TO SERVE SUCH A DISH,
UM, BUT FOR AMSTERDAM, UH?
WELL, WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST
BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANTED TO?
I MEAN,
KEEP IT TO YOURSELF,
AVOID THE HASSLE?
WHEN I EXPERIENCED
THE LOVE OF JESUS,
HE WARMED ME IN SUCH A WAY,
IT WAS AN "OPEN" SECRET.
MY FATHER DECLARED ME DEAD
BEFORE THE FAMILY,
AND ONLY THE HEART OF GOD
WAS STRONG ENOUGH
TO RECEIVE MY PAIN.
YOUR FOLKS...
YOU NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN?
AS IF I HAD NOT
BEEN BORN.
WELL, I'VE NEVER
SEEN MY DAD.
I WILL HELP YOU FIND HIM.
WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
I RAN OUT OF LEADS.
SHE SAID HIS NAME
WAS DI BEY.
THAT'S AN AMERICAN SPELLING.
THE CLOSEST THE DUTCH COMES
IS "DI BIE."
I LOOKED THROUGH
EVERY DI BIE IN THE BOOK.
WRITE IT DOWN FOR ME,
PLEASE.
WE NEED SOME TEA.
SERVICE IS VERY BAD HERE.
[speaking foreign language]
GREAT FOOD,
PUT ME OUT.
UH, I'VE GOT TO
TAKE OFF.
TIMOTHY, I AM MOST
FORTUNATE TO HAVE
AT THIS MOMENT
A HOTEL ROOM
WITH TWO
EMPTY BEDS.
MY BUSINESS WILL
KEEP ME AWAY FOR
HOURS... PLEASE.
WHY ARE YOU
DOING THIS?
THE HOTEL PEOPLE
ARE MOST GENEROUS.
IT WOULD PLEASE THEM
IF THE ROOM IS OCCUPIED.
THEY'RE ALWAYS
TIDYING UP.
THERE IS EVEN
A TELEPHONE.
[phone rings]
YES?
WHO IS IT?
TIM, IS THAT YOU?
DON'T HANG UP...PLEASE?
HELLO?
[sighs]
[Janet voiceover]
HIS NAME WAS PETER DE BIE.
WE SAW EACH OTHER ON AND OFF
FOR SIX MONTHS.
WE WERE AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE
IN OUR SENIOR YEAR.
MONEY WAS TIGHT.
HE WAS ON
A FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP.
I WORKED PART-TIME.
WE TALKED ABOUT
LIVING TOGETHER.
YOU SHACKED UP WITH HIM!
TIM, IT WAS THE SIXTIES,
IT SEEMED NATURAL.
AFTER GRADUATION,
I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT.
IT DIDN'T SEEM
FAIR TO ASK HIM TO
CHANGE HIS...
HIS LIFE.
HIS WHOLE LIFE
WAS IN HOLLAND.
NOBLE OF YOU!
CARRYING ME...
A BASTARD!
THAT'S AN UGLY,
STUPID WORD.
YOU WERE MINE!
I BUILT A LIFE FOR US.
I LOVE YOU, TIM!
YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN ME CAUSE
TO REGRET...
NEVER!
TIM!
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
GET AN ABORTION?
I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS YOU!
HEY! TOO MUCH SOAP!
SOAP IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY
YOUR DISHWASHER
WHEN HE'S NOT SICK, HUH?
NEVER MIND.
HE'S MUCH FASTER THAN YOU.
EIGHTY-TWO GUILDERS.
YOU ATE LIKE A PRINCE!
MAY I SUGGEST A MINOR
IMPROVEMENT
IN YOUR AUBURGINE BHAJIS?
SILENCE, YOU!
I'M WORKING!
THE ADDITION OF
GINGER ROOT,
FINELY GROUND.
MY MOTHER RECEIVED MUCH HONOR
FOR HER AUBURGINE BHAJIS.
[thump]
♪ O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES
TO SING ♪
HEY!
♪ MY GREAT REDEEMER'S PRAISE
SHUT UP!
NO SINGING.
CUSTOMERS, THEY PAY.
THANKS, GOD,
BUSINESS IS GOOD.
♪ O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES
TO SING... ♪
[speaking in Punjabi]
...82 GUILDERS...
[bell tolls]
[soft snoring]
[snoring continues]
AH! GOOD MORNING, BROTHER,
I GO NOW RAI CENTER.
I'LL BE WITH YOU.
I MUST CHANGE.
I SPENT THE NIGHT
WITH FRIENDS.
HALLELUJAH.
[audience singing]
♪ ...ON THIS TERRESTRIAL BALL
♪ ON THIS TERRESTRIAL BALL
♪ TO HIM
ALL MAJESTY ASCRIBE ♪
♪ AND CROWN HIM
♪ CROWN HIM, CROWN HIM
♪ CROWN HIM
♪ AND CROWN HIM LORD OF ALL.
♪
♪
[can clatters]
GOOD AFTERNOON!
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
CAN I HELP YOU AT ALL?
I AM MOST PLEASED
TO BE INFORMED OF YOUR
"MEET THE DUTCH" PROGRAM.
I OBSERVED THE SIGN
IN YOUR WINDOW.
THANKS, GOD!
MY STEPS WERE DIRECTED TO
THIS VERY PLACE.
IT HAS PROVED
QUITE EFFECTIVE.
LONG FRIENDSHIPS ARE
OFTEN ESTABLISHED
OVER A CASUAL DINNER.
SHALL WE GO DOWN
TO MY OFFICE?
YES.
CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME?
R-A-J-A-M, RAJAM,
P-R-A-S-A-D, PRASAD.
RAJAM PRASAD.
THANK YOU,
MR. PRASAD.
PRASAD.
YOU ARE VISITING
FROM THE GREAT COUNTRY OF INDIA?
AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE
A GUEST
IN A TYPICAL DUTCH HOME?
VERY GOOD INDEED.
OH, YES, SIR,
THANK YOU.
HIS NAME IS DE BIE.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
DE BIE.
I WILL WRITE IT
FOR YOU.
SIR, IT IS QUITE
IMPOSSIBLE
TO REQUEST FOR
A SPECIFIC
INDIVIDUAL.
OUR PROGRAM HAS A LIST
OF RECOMMENDED HOMES
WILLING TO ENTERTAIN
FOREIGN VISITORS.
ALL INVITATIONS
MUST BE BY MUTUAL CONSENT.
I AM CERTAIN MR. DE BIE
WILL NOT DENY ME
WHEN HE UNDERSTANDS
THE PURPOSE OF MY VISIT.
I'M AFRAID WE DO NOT SPEAK
THE SAME LANGUAGE.
I SEEM UNABLE TO
EXPRESS MYSELF PROPERLY.
BELIEVE ME,
I WOULD NOT CONCERN YOU
IF IT WAS OF NOT
GREAT IMPORTANCE.
YOU MAY TELL MR. DE BIE
THAT THE MATTER TO BE DISCUSSED
HAPPENED DURING THE TIME
HE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES,
OH, PERHAPS, EIGHTEEN,
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
HOW MUCH TIME
WILL YOU REQUIRE?
DE BIE, DE BIE IS NOT
ON THE LIST.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
HE EVER WILL BE.
AND WHY IS THAT?
IF YOU CAN READ,
MR. PRASAD,
LET ME SUGGEST YOU
THE LOCAL TELEPHONE BOOK.
THE POST OFFICE
IS JUST OUTSIDE,
AROUND THE CORNER.
I HAVE ALREADY TRIED
THE LOCAL TELEPHONE BOOK.
I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO YOUR...
POST OFFICE.
NONE OF THE DE BIE'S WAS
CORRECT.
OH, EXCUSE ME
FOR YOUR TIME!
[door slams]
[Raj]
TIMOTHY!
YOU WILL SURELY HAVE HELP
WITH YOUR SEARCH, BROTHER!
I HAVE MADE
MY REQUEST KNOWN.
MY SEARCH?
YOU MEAN, FOR MY DAD?
LOOK, I'M DUE OVER IN
LEIDSEPLEIN, OKAY?
I CAN WALK YOU THERE.
I HAVE TIME.
THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE
THAT THE LORD IS INTERESTED
IN EVERYTHING
THAT CONCERNS US.
[laughs]
NOW, THERE'S A MIND
FOR DETAILS.
THE WORLD'S PRETTY
SCREWED UP.
SO... IF HE'S THE ONLY
REAL ONE,
WHY DOESN'T HE WIPE OUT
THE COMPETITION?
SET HIMSELF UP?
TIMOTHY!
YOU ARE A THEOLOGIAN!
OKAY, SO...
WHERE DID GOD GET A SON?
CAN WE NOT SIT?
I CAN'T RESPOND TO SUCH A GOOD
QUESTION WITHOUT THINKING.
THE SCRIPTURES SAY THAT
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE EXISTED
THERE WAS CHRIST WITH GOD.
PERHAPS JESUS CALLED HIMSELF
"SON" BECAUSE HE KNEW
IT WOULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT HE WAS PART OF HIS FATHER,
JUST AS WE ARE A PART
OF OUR FATHERS HERE ON EARTH.
JESUS CHRIST,
BY HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION,
BECAME THE GOSPEL.
MYSTERIOUS SOUNDING.
YES?
BUT TIMOTHY,
I AM A WITNESS TO THAT LIGHT,
AND BEYOND HISTORY,
AND OUTSIDE THE BIBLE,
HE IS AS REAL TO ME
AS ANY LIVING PERSON.
THAT IS WHY I DON'T ARGUE
ABOUT HIM,
I ONLY SAY,
"SEEK HIM, TRY HIM."
HOW ELSE CAN YOU BE SURE?
YOU TALK TO HIM, HUH?
OH, YES, A PART OF ME
IS TALKING TO HIM RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WHAT DOES HE SAY?
THAT HE'S GLAD
THAT WE ARE FRIENDS.
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
NO, I HAD A GOOD DAY.
I MADE SOME GUILDERS.
WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS?
SELL MAPS TO THE TOURISTS,
GUIDE 'EM AROUND.
HELP 'EM TAKE IN THE SIGHTS,
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
YOU KNOW SO MUCH
ABOUT THIS CITY?
[laughs]
FOR SURE...
YOU ARE AMERICAN.
HEY, CAPITALIST!
THANKS, UH, RAJ.
HEY, THE MEAL AND EVERYTHING,
YOU KNOW?
BUT I HAVE TO
GET BACK TO WORK.
THIS IS GOODBYE?
LOOK, I JUST CAN'T SPARE
ANY MORE TIME, ALL RIGHT?
IF I EVER GET OVER TO INDIA,
I'LL LOOK YOU UP.
[laughing]
HEY, HOW 'BOUT SOMETHING
TO PASS THE NIGHT?
YOU'LL THINK YOU STUMBLED
ON TO A CLOUD.
HEY, COWBOY,
OVER HERE!
THIS PLACE STINKS.
THEY HOSE IT OUT
EVERY MORNING.
CAMPSITES WERE FULL UP.
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE
TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
SOMETHING GOOD?
PERUVIAN.
BEST YOU'LL GET
IN THIS TOWN.
WE MADE A BUY AT THE DAM.
GOT SOAKED IN WITH SOAP.
HARDLY A BUZZ.
WE WERE CHEATED.
NOT FROM ME!
IT'S THE CLEANEST IT GETS.
MEXICO, MAYBE,
YOU'D DO BETTER,
BUT YOU'RE A LONG WAY
FROM HOME.
YOUR PRICE?
GUILDERS?
TWENTY-FIVE FOR A SNORT,
FIFTY FOR A PACKET,
ONE-EIGHTY TO TWO HUNDRED
FOR A GRAM.
CAN YOU SUPPLY IN QUANTITY?
WE LEAVE TOMORROW NIGHT.
WHAT'D YOU HAVE IN MIND?
HUNDRED GRAMS.
CAN YOU GET IN
WITH THAT MUCH?
WHY NOT?
CAN YOU CONNECT FOR US?
SURE, IT'S NO PROBLEM.
TOMORROW.
[girl]
THERE ARE RATS IN HERE.
[man]
THEY ALL HAVE TWO LEGS,
YOU CAN OUTRUN THEM.
WE SHOULD GO OUTSIDE.
MY CHILDREN KNOW NOT
WHERE CAN BE HOLLAND.
ON WALL, I FIX MAP.
EACH NIGHT BEFORE SLEEPING,
THEY TOUCH MAP
AND SEND LOVE
AND PRAYER TO ME.
YOUR FAMILY?
THEY PRAY GOOD FOR YOU HERE?
THE NARCS WON'T COME HERE,
IT'S OKAY.
OLF INTENDS TO BE
A FAMOUS DOCTOR,
THAT MAKES HIM CAUTIOUS
BY NATURE.
HE WILL SET UP
A MEETING PLACE.
THE AIR IS BETTER.
OKAY, YOU KNOW
REMBRANDTSPLEIN?
TOMORROW...
[yelling]
NO!
[groaning]
[coughing]
♪
RAJ! RAJ!
OVER HERE!
I HAVE TO HIDE.
THEY'LL FIND ME...
I'M DEAD.
YOUR BEAUTIFUL BOOTS!
THEY JUMPED ME.
MONEY'S GONE.
TWO GUYS.
WHERE CAN I GO?
IF THEY FIND ME,
I'M DEAD.
WHO'S SEARCHING FOR YOU?
FORGET IT,
ALL RIGHT?
YOU CALLED TO ME,
AND NOW I SHOULD
FORGET IT?
HERE, YOU'LL BE SAFE
AT THE HOTEL.
AN INDIAN CAN BE
BAREFOOTED.
IT IS EXPECTED.
NO ONE WILL NOTICE.
HI!
GOOD MORNING TO YOU,
DEAR SISTER!
NOBODY'S AROUND YET.
I'M JUST INTO SOME SORTING.
IS THERE ANYTHING
I CAN DO FOR YOU?
I AM TOLD THAT SAMARITAN'S
PURSE IS PROVIDING CLOTHING
FOR THOSE ATTENDING
THE CONFERENCE
WHERE THE NEED IS GREAT.
WELL, WE'RE ESPECIALLY
TRYING TO HELP
THOSE EVANGELISTS
FROM THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES,
YOU KNOW, THE REMOTE PLACES
WHERE SHOPPING'S A PROBLEM.
AND...MONEY?
THAT TOO.
WE'RE OPEN EVERY DAY
RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
I ASSUME I AM THIRD WORLD?
I KEEP HEARING THIS,
ALTHOUGH HOW WE
ACHIEVE THIS POSITION
IS NOT CLEAR TO ME.
I AM HOPING TO BE BLESSED
WITH SHOES.
FINE!
YOU COME BACK
RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
MERCY!
WHAT SIZE DO YOU WEAR?
WHATEVER YOU'RE KIND ENOUGH
TO SHARE WITH ME.
WELL... [sighs]
THEY HAVE TO MORE OR LESS FIT.
YOU CAN TRY ANYTHING
ON THESE TABLES.
PLEASE, THE GIFT
OF THE SAMARITAN'S PURSE
MUST BE OF
YOUR CHOOSING.
MERCY!
WELL...
HERE.
WILL THESE DO?
MY FEET ARE INSIGNIFICANT,
BUT SOMEWHAT WIDE.
THIS CONDITION COMES FROM
NOT WEARING SHOES
UNTIL I WAS TEN.
DON'T THEY PINCH A LITTLE?
SURELY THEY WILL STRETCH.
THEY ARE GOD'S GIFT TO ME
THIS DAY.
THANK YOU.
[speaking in foreign
language]
...AMERICAN, OKAY?
IT'S OKAY?
OH, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
OH, BROTHER, BROTHER,
BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER.
BROTHER...
GREETING, MY FRIEND.
WE HAVE COME TO PERSONALLY
THANK THE GENERAL MANAGER
FOR OPENING THE GREAT CITY
OF AMSTERDAM
TO THE CONFERENCE
OF ITINERANT EVANGELISTS.
THIS BROTHER HERE IS
A FORMER CHIEF
OF THE MASAI
IN KENYA.
HE HAS KILLED THREE LIONS.
BROTHER, WAS THIS
THE VERY SPEAR?
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM
TO DEMONSTRATE
HOW THIS GREAT FEAT
WAS ACCOMPLISHED?
OF COURSE,
THERE ARE NO LIONS HERE,
BUT HE HAS A GREAT
IMAGINATION, YES?
PLEASE,
NO DEMONSTRATIONS.
WE WILL NOT BE LONG.
GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER.
A TROUBLED YOUNG MAN'S SOUL
HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
DE BIE...
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
YOU ARE NOT OFFERING MUCH
IN THE WAY OF CLUES.
WE ARE ENTIRELY
IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.
[signs]
WELL...
I'LL BE IN TOUCH
WITH FRIENDS AT THE HAGUE.
PERHAPS SOME OFFICE THERE
WILL HAVE RECORDS
OF EXCHANGE STUDENTS
THAT WENT TO THE STATES
DURING THAT PERIOD.
WELL, I HAVE FOLLOWED
YOUR CONFERENCE
WITH GREAT,
PERSONAL INTEREST.
OH...
PERHAPS BECAUSE
I JOIN YOU IN YOUR FAITH.
HALLELUJAH!
YOU'RE WELCOME.
IS GOOD, YEAH?
BLESS YOU.
IT'S TOO HOT!
THIS JOINT CLAIMS
TO BE FIRST CLASS!
I WANT A BUCKET OF ICE!
THEY JUST BROUGHT YOU
COFFEE, TIMOTHY.
WELL, NOW I NEED ICE!
I'VE ASKED THE LORD
TO HELP YOU.
YOU REALLY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING TO HELP ME?
I'M TAKING THESE PILLS
FOR THE PAIN!
THE HOTEL OPERATORS INFORMS ME
THAT SHE CAN CALL A DOCTOR.
NO!
HE WON'T DO ANYTHING!
I KNOW WHAT TO TAKE!
THERE'S SOME CAPSULES.
THIS GUY AT THE DAM
SELLS THEM,
HIS NAME IS WOUTER.
NOW, GIVE HIM 35 GUILDERS.
TELL HIM IT'S FOR ME.
I DO NOT POSSESS
35 GUILDERS,
TIMOTHY.
WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?
YEAH, ASK THE LORD TO SHOVEL
35 GUILDERS MY WAY.
YOU'RE SO TIGHT WITH HIM!
I WILL BRING ICE, BROTHER.
GET OUT!
CALLED YOUR BLUFF, MAN!
[Timothy screaming
in bathroom]
[speaking in Punjabi]
[screaming continues
in bathroom]
[moaning]
TIMOTHY?
IN MY COUNTRY,
A SPIRITUAL PATH
IS MOST HONORABLE.
IT'S NOT THE SAME
HERE IN THE WEST.
OH, ALL PEOPLE THE SAME.
PRIDE AND SIN
BUILD HIGH WALLS OF STONE.
JESUS WAITS
OTHER SIDE FOR US.
TIMOTHY SHOULD
NOT BE MADE TO
FEEL GUILTY.
HE CARRIES MORE
ABOUT THAT BURDEN
THAN HE CAN MANAGE.
SIN LIKE HEAVY STONE
ON HEART.
ONLY CROSS OF CHRIST
CAN LIFT THIS SADNESS.
I WOULD LEAD HIM
TO THAT PLACE OF
REST, BROTHER,
BUT I CANNOT MAKE HIM STAY.
ONLY GOD CAN DO MORE.
DON'T WORRY, SON,
OKAY?
PERHAPS I MISUNDERSTOOD
MY CALLING.
O LORD,
I KNOW YOU DO NOT FAIL,
EVEN IF I AM NOT EFFECTIVE.
FORGIVE ME FOR PLACING
TOO MUCH VALUE ON MYSELF.
TIMOTHY?
[Timothy voiceover]
THIS CRAZY GUITAR'S
IN MY WAY FOR THE LAST TIME.
YOU KEEP IT NOW.
REMEMBER THE GUY WHO TRIED TO
HUSTLE YOU FOR BREAKFAST.
TIM DEVON.
P.S. THE LETTER IN THE CASE...
PLEASE MAIL IT
BEFORE YOU LEAVE AMSTERDAM.
THANKS.
[phone rings]
HELLO?
[woman]
MR. RAJAM PRASAD?
YES? THIS IS MR. PRASAD.
I'M SPEAKING.
I THINK WE HAVE FOUND
YOUR MR. DE BIE.
EXCUSE ME, PLEASE?
MR. DE BIE.
I HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR YOU.
ARE YOU THERE?
[horn beeps]
[yelling]
[Timothy]
WOUTER!
WOUTER!
MAN, WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?
I'VE BEEN LOOKING
FOR YOU.
GOT A MINUTE?
YEAH.
LOOK LIKE A TRAM
HIT YOU.
YEAH, LOOK, UH, WOUTER,
I NEED SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOTTA
GET KICKED UP.
JUST A HIT.
WHAT YOU ON?
I'M JUST SICK,
I'M JUST SICK!
YOU'RE HOOKED!
NO, MAN, I'M NOT HOOKED,
I'M SICK.
I JUST NEED SOME TIME
TO GET MY HEAD TOGETHER.
ANYWAY, JACQUES IS
LOOKING FOR YOU.
I'LL SEE HIM, I KNOW THAT,
I GOTTA SEE HIM.
BUT JUST NOT LIKE THIS, MAN,
C'MON, HELP ME.
WHAT KIND OF CASH
YOU GOT?
LOOK, JUST CARRY ME
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I'LL MAKE GOOD, OKAY?
RIP OFF SOME CLOTHES.
GET ME A COUPLE
OF PAIRS OF JEANS.
SOMETHING I CAN
TURN OVER FAST.
LOOK, MY WATCH, MAN,
LOOK AT THAT.
HOLD ON TO IT.
USED.
DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP,
MAN.
GRADUATION,
I GOT THIS,
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS IT'S WORTH!
I ONLY GOT IT
TWO MONTHS AGO!
ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?
IT WILL BRING YOU UP
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
WORK THE METRO.
SNATCH SOME PURSES.
IF YOU'RE NOT BACK BY FOUR,
I GOT TO JACQUES.
I GOT THE KID
WORKING THE METRO.
SENT HIM TO SNATCH
SOME OLD LADY'S PURSE.
LET'S PUT SOME SWEAT
ON HIM.
[yelling in
foreign language]
JACQUES,
I WAS GONNA BE THERE!
I'LL GET THE MONEY.
NO POLICE THIS TIME, TIM?
I MET THESE GUYS.
THEY WERE AFTER
A REALLY BIG BUY--
A HUNDRED GRAMS.
NO CANAL TO JUMP INTO?
[tires screech]
TIMOTHY!
[tires screech]
[horns beeping]
[gasping]
[softly]
OH, JESUS!
HEY!
HEY!
[moaning]
MAKE GOOD, JACQUES.
I CAN GO TO REMBRANDTSPLEIN
EVERY NIGHT.
I CAN DO IT!
I'LL MAKE PLENTY
OF GUILDERS FOR YOU.
I NEVER DOUBTED IT.
AM I SUPPOSED TO FLY HOME?
YOU'RE NOT ABOUT
TO DIE, TIM.
IT'S MORE LIKE A...
GRADUATION.
YOU GAIN THE HONORS
WITHOUT HAVING TO BE
A STUDENT.
YOU'LL NEED TO SEE ME
EVERY DAY,
AND SPRUG WON'T HAVE THE WORRY
OF LOOKING FOR YOU.
JUST GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
[door bursts open]
[Raj] TIMOTHY!
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
I'M FAR FROM HELL,
BUT I RECOGNIZE YOU, SIR.
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS
IS YOUR MASTER.
BIG TALK FOR A COOLIE.
YOU CANNOT HAVE HIM.
THE POLICE WILL FIND YOU
IN SOME ALLEY
WITH HEROIN SWIMMING
IN YOUR VEINS,
BOTH OF YOU!
RUN!
GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE, GO!
I DO NOT GO
WITHOUT YOU, TIMOTHY!
WE MAKE A LITTLE BLOOD TEST.
IT IS MY WISH TO LIVE
PEACEFULLY WITH ALL MEN.
[yelling]
[pistol fires]
[grunting]
WHERE'D THE KARATE COME FROM?
I HAVE MUCH TO CONFESS
THIS DAY!
[Timothy]
OKAY, NOW JUST LET ME WALK
WHEN WE GET THERE.
[Raj] IT'S SOMEWHERE
AROUND HERE...
[shouting excitedly
in Punjabi]
WELL, WHAT CAN I
SAY TO HIM?
THE TRUTH, BROTHER.
OH, YEAH, "HI, THERE,
BY THE WAY, WE'RE RELATED."
AREN'T YOU COMING?
CALIFORNIA TO HOLLAND,
ACCOMPANIED BY INDIA?
IT COULD GIVE HIM
A HEADACHE.
WELL, I HOPE HE'S HAD
A GOOD DAY SO FAR.
[bell chimes faintly]
[speaking Dutch]
I'M...AN AMERICAN,
SORRY.
YES, UHM, WHAT IS IT?
I WOULD LIKE TO MEET...
SEE...MR. DE BIE.
IS THIS FOR
AN APPOINTMENT?
THE DOCTOR IS QUITE BUSY.
ARE YOU SELLING SOMETHING?
OH, NO, WE JUST BIKED OUT
FROM AMSTERDAM.
THE YOUNG MAN BRINGS GREETINGS
FROM A FRIEND IN AMERICA.
I WAS JUST ABOUT
TO SAY THAT.
[cow moos]
HELLO?
IS DR. DE BIE HERE?
GOOD MORNING!
YOU'LL HAVE TO COME TO ME.
I'M RUNNING LATE.
DO I KNOW YOU?
HAVE WE MET?
NOT EXACTLY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR BUSINESS.
MY SCHEDULE RULES ME TODAY.
SIR...
JUST WANTED TO
BRING YOU THIS.
HAS SOMEBODY DECIDED
TO SUE ME?
I WOULDN'T TAKE YOU
FOR A PROSPEROUS LAWYER.
BUT THEN, PERHAPS
YOU'RE INCOGNITO.
BUT WHERE DID YOU FIND
SUCH A THING?
I WAS PROWLING IN
THE FLEA MARKET IN THE CITY,
AND THERE IT WAS.
IT WAS ONLY TEN GUILDERS,
AND SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS YOU.
BUT WHY ARE TWO PICTURES
CIRCLED?
THE YOUNG LADY?
JANET CARSON.
WAS SHE RECOGNIZED AS WELL?
SHE'S MY MOTHER,
AND SHE INFORMED ME,
SOMEWHAT RELUCTANTLY,
THAT I AM YOUR SON.
YOU LIVED TOGETHER
IN SAN FRANCISCO
DURING THE SIXTIES.
THAT'S WHERE I CAME IN.
[speaking Dutch]
WELL, YOU'VE GOT
THE PICTURES NOW.
I'M TIRED OF CARRYING THEM
AROUND.
WAIT!
WHAT DO I CALL YOU?
YOU DON'T!
[speaking Dutch]
DID YOU EXPECT HIM
TO INVITE YOU TO TEA
AFTER SUCH NEWS?
HOW DO I KNOW
WHAT I EXPECTED?
OR DID GODTELL YOU THAT, TOO!
I THINK IT IS TOO FAST,
TIMOTHY.
HE NEEDS TIME.
[Timothy]
YEAH, HE NEEDS TIME!
SURE! GREAT!
HOW 'BOUT ANOTHER 18 YEARS
OF MYLIFE!
AFTER ALL, WE'VE ONLY GOT
A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING HERE.
I'LL GO WITH YOU,
WE'LL TALK TO HIM.
YOU'RE OUT OF IT NOW!
YOU GOT IT, SWAMI?
I KNOW YOUR PLAN, MAN.
YOU'RE SET ON
CLAIMING ME FOR JESUS.
YOU WANT MYSCALP
HANGING FROM YOUR BELT,
SO YOU CAN MAKE POINTS
WITH YOUR "GOD SQUAD"
BACK AT THE RAI CENTER.
YOU JUST FORGET
ABOUT ME, MAN!
[footsteps retreat]
[singing out of tune]
♪ AND THE SKIES
ARE NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY ♪
♪ HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE
♪ WHERE THE DEER
AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY ♪
♪ WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD
A DISCOURAGING WORD ♪
♪ AND THE SKIES
ARE NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY ♪
♪
♪
[sighs]
[knocking]
UM, HAS MR. PRASAD CHECKED OUT
OF ROOM THREE-ELEVEN?
THREE-ELEVEN?
NOT SURE...
HAVEN'T GOT
HIS DEPARTURE
LISTED,
BUT THERE HAS BEEN
MUCH CONFUSION.
SO MANY CONFERENCE
PARTICIPANTS HAVE LEFT
THIS MORNING.
[Billy Graham]
WHAT IF YOU KNEW CHRIST
WOULD RETURN IN ONE MINUTE,
AND YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE
IN THE WORLD THAT KNEW IT?
[translation]
WOULD YOU FALL ON YOUR KNEES
AND CRY OUT FOR MERCY
AND REALIZE YOU'VE NEVER
REALLY KNOWN HIM?
SUPPOSE YOU WERE THE ONLY
ONE THAT KNEW
THAT CHRIST WOULD RETURN
IN 30 SECONDS.
WOULD YOU RUN OUT
INTO THE STREET
AND SCREAM AT THE TOP
OF YOUR VOICE,
"JESUS IS COMING!
REPENT AND BELIEVE!
"REPENT AND BELIEVE!"
SUPPOSE IT WAS TWENTY SECONDS,
AND YOU REALIZE THAT
YOU'VE NOT LIVED A HOLY LIFE,
YOU'RE NOT READY TO SEE CHRIST
AND YOU'RE NOW DESPERATE.
TEN SECONDS...
NINE...
EIGHT...
SEVEN...
FIVE...
FOUR...
TWO...
ONE...
AND YOU'RE NOT READY.
GOD HAS ENTRUSTED TO PEOPLE
LIKE YOU AND ME,
REDEEMED SINNERS,
THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF CARRYING OUT
HIS DIVINE PURPOSE.
HE'S GIVEN US THE PRIVILEGE,
THE HIGH AND HOLY PRIVILEGE,
TO PROCLAIM HIS MESSAGE
OF THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM.
LET US THEREFORE ASK GOD
TO GIVE US A FRESH VISION
OF THE WORLD
THAT IS OUTSIDE CHRIST.
A WORLD FOR WHICH
CHRIST DIED.
A WORLD WHICH IS FILLED
WITH FEAR, GUILT, CHAOS,
AND SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS.
HOW MANY OF US HAVE
LOVED PEOPLE FOR CHRIST SO MUCH
THAT WE'VE SHED TEARS?
DO YOU SEE PEOPLE EVERY DAY
AND DO YOU LOOK AT THEM AS
"LOST PEOPLE"?
SEPARATED FROM GOD
WITH EMPTY HEARTS,
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THAT SOMETHING IS GOD.
I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF US
ARE HERE BY CHANCE.
GOD HAS BROUGHT EACH OF US HERE
FOR A PURPOSE,
AND MAY EACH OF US
GO FROM AMSTERDAM
WITH A NEW COMMITMENT
TO DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST.
THERE'S ONE WORD THAT ALL OF US
CAN SAY IN EVERY LANGUAGE.
I WANT US TO SAY IT TOGETHER.
HALLELUJAH!
[audience repeats]
HALLELUJAH!
[Billy Graham]
HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH!
[Billy Graham]
HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH!
NOW, DO THE WORK OF
AN EVANGELIST!
[applause]
DO THE WORK OF
AN EVANGELIST!
DO THE WORK OF
AN EVANGELIST!
NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE
TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING
AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS
BEFORE THE PRESENCE
OF HIS GLORY
WITH EXCEEDING JOY,
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD,
OUR SAVIOR, BE GLORY
AND MAJESTY AND DOMINION
AND POWER,
BOTH NOW AND EVERMORE,
AMEN!
[miscellaneous conversations]
AH, GOD KEEP YOU, SON.
AND YOU!
SUCH STRONG MEAT,
OUR DAYS HERE.
NEED SIT ALONE
TO TAKE IT IN.
WE'LL NOT MEET AGAIN 'TIL...
YEAH.
I PRAY FOR TIMOTHY.
♪
♪
HI YA, CHIEF.
I DIDN'T FIGURE
YOU SHOULD TAKE OFF
WITHOUT SOME SORT OF
GOODBYE.
TIMOTHY...
THANK YOU.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
SUPPOSE I DECIDED TO, LATER ON,
SHIFT TO YOUR SIDE?
IT'D BE A HASSLE
TO LOOK YOU UP IN INDIA.
FROM WHAT I HEAR
IT'S A PRETTY BIG PLACE.
"SHIFT TO YOUR SIDE?"
THIS EXPRESSION IS
NOT KNOWN TO ME.
UH, WHAT YOU SAID, UH,
THAT...I MEAN,
THE ONLY SURE WAY
IS TO TRY HIM, RIGHT,
AND...
THAT HE'S AS REAL TO YOU
AS ANY LIVING PERSON,
AND I DECIDED TO MAKE
A TEST FOR MYSELF.
I WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE...
YOU KNOW...
YOU'RE ASKING TO BE
A CHRISTIAN?
I'M FEELING MY WAY
THROUGH THIS THING, OKAY?
I'VE GOT A LOT OF
GARBAGE IN MY LIFE,
TO DUMP.
HE IS LIKE A LOWLY
STREET SWEEPER
IN MY COUNTRY.
HE WILL TAKE IT
ALL AWAY.
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS
TO HIM,
HE CAN BE DEPENDED UPON
TO CLEANSE US FROM
EVERY WRONG,
AND THEN...
YOU MUST ASK HIM TO BE
LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
UH, SEE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
[horn beeps]
HE WILL SHOW YOU.
RAJ SAYS YOU ALREADY
KNOW ABOUT ME, JESUS.
NOT MUCH SENSE IN
REPEATING MYSELF.
I'VE HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING MYSELF.
I REALLY KNOW THAT.
I'M SORRY.
PLEASE MAKE IT RIGHT.
I WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU.
I GUESS I'M OPENING THE DOOR.
[Raj] MY HEART IS SINGING.
I CAN BARELY HOLD IT
IN PLACE.
HERE! JUST HERE!
THANKS GOD.
HE'S INSIDE WAITING FOR US,
I HOPE.
UH-HUH.
WELL, TIMOTHY IS TIMOTHY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
MOM, WE GO THROUGH CUSTOMS
IN NEW YORK.
WELL, LOOK, HE REALLY
WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
HE'S WAITING, OKAY?
OKAY, JUST A MINUTE.
YEAH, YOU, TOO.
MOM... SHE REALLY WANTS TO
TALK TO YOU.
YOU STILL LIKE ICE CREAM
FOR BREAKFAST?
OF COURSE I REMEMBER.
YES, IT'S BEEN TWENTY YEARS
BUT...
[Raj] TIMOTHY!
I TOLD YOU HE WAS HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
YOUR GUITAR, TIMOTHY.
YOU LEFT IT AT THE HOTEL.
I TOLD THEM IT WAS YOURS.
HE'S A MUSICIAN,
MOST PROFESSIONAL.
IT'S YOURS, RAJ.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
YOU DO?
THEY SUSPECT I AM A SMUGGLER.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE IT.
THERE'S BEEN
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
I GAVE IT TO HIM.
DO YOU WANT TO
LOOK INSIDE AGAIN?
[man] WE MUST GO!
WE'D BETTER FINISH THIS OFF.
IF YOU THINK I HAVE
DIFFICULTIES HERE,
WAIT 'TIL THEY SEE
MY BEAUTIFUL GUITAR
IN NEW DELHI.
I HAVE 13 HOURS
TO WORK UP A GOOD STORY.
[chuckling]
WISH I COULD BE THERE
TO HEAR IT, MAN.
THANKS, RAJ,
FOR BEING MY FRIEND, MAN.
LET'S GO!
LOOK, I'D LIKE
TO WRITE YOU.
DO!
OKAY.
PERHAPS WE
SHOULD TRY AGAIN,
NEXT SUMMER, HUH?
YEAH! ALL RIGHT.
IT'S YOURS.
OKAY.
THEN...
[screaming]
TIM!
YOUR PLANE WAS EARLY.
NO! I'M LATE!
I'M REALLY LATE, MOM.
[squealing and laughing]
♪ [Raj strumming guitar]
[singing out of tune]
♪ WHERE THE DEER
AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY ♪
♪ WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD
A DISCOURAGING WORD ♪
[Tim] WHEN ANYBODY ASKS
ABOUT LAST SUMMER,
I HAVE TO TELL THEM
ABOUT RAJ
AND HIS 8,000 FRIENDS
WHO SHOWED UP IN AMSTERDAM.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT EACH OF THEM
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE
DOING WHAT THEY DO
I KINDA GET A GOOD FEELING,
YOU KNOW,
LIKE SOMETHING'S,
SOMETHING EXCITING'S HAPPENING
WAY OUT IN THE DEEP POCKETS
OF THE WORLD,
BUT THAT ALWAYS BRINGS IT
RIGHT BACK HOME,
TO MY OWN LIFE...
BECAUSE IT WORKS.
YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANITY
IS NOT SOMETHING
I SHOVE DOWN
ANYBODY'S THROAT,
ALL I CAN TELL 'EM
IS WHAT I KNOW.
AFTER THAT, THEY GOTTA
MAKE THEIR OWN TEST.
MAYBE THAT PRAYER I PRAYED
WILL HELP SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW.
I'M OPENING THE DOOR
FOR YOU TO COME IN.
IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING
I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE.
IT'S JUST THE BEST.
♪
♪
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN
♪
♪ RIGHT FROM THE START
♪ YOU HELD MY HEART
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ♪
♪
♪ YOU HELPED FIND
♪ FEELINGS I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW I HAD ♪
♪ IF I FOUND OUT TOMORROW
IT WAS ALL OVER ♪
♪ I'D HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU
♪ TRYING TO FIND MYSELF
♪ BUT I CAN'T THINK OF TOMORROW
AND YOU AND ME ♪
♪ 'TIL I FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪ FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN
♪
♪ IF I FOUND OUT TOMORROW
IT WAS ALL OVER ♪
♪ I'D HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
[LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN] ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP ♪
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN...
foreign language]
[woman moaning]
[mumbling]
[bell tolls in background]
[footsteps retreating]
[woman muttering]
[muttering in
foreign language]
YOU MAKE PROBLEMS, MOIRA.
YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY.
HAVEN'T WE TAKEN
GOOD CARE OF YOU?
YOU WANT TO FLY, MOIRA.
IS THAT IT?
YOU MUST, YOUR WINGS
ARE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG.
PARIS
IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
[muttering]
[humming softly]
FLY...
[cup crashes]
YOU'RE FREE.
THE DOOR OF YOUR CAGE
IS OPEN.
GO HOME...
YOU CAN DO IT.
[thud]
WE WERE
HER FAMILY.
NO RESPECT
FROM THE LADY.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU
OUT THERE, TIM.
I THINK YOU WILL DO
SOME BUSINESS TODAY.
♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT
DOWN MY BACK ♪
♪ LIKE A FLAME BURNING
INSIDE OF ME ♪
♪
♪ I CAN SEE IT EVERYWHERE
♪ WHAT A SHAME
THE FIRST TIME IS FREE ♪
♪
♪ AND I CAN'T SHAKE OFF
THE FEELING ♪
♪ THAT THEY'RE WATCHING ME
♪ SO I'VE GOT TO BE STRONG
♪ OR THEY'LL STEAL
MY SOUL FROM ME ♪
♪
♪ LIFE CAN BREAK YOU
♪ LOVE FORSAKE YOU
♪ THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
♪ I'M CAUGHT
[glass crashes]
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
♪ I'M CAUGHT
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
♪
♪ [electric guitar riffs]
♪
♪ LIFE CAN BREAK YOU
♪ LOVE FORSAKE YOU
♪ THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
♪ I'M CAUGHT
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
♪ I'M CAUGHT
♪ BETWEEN WHAT I BELIEVED
ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ AND WHAT I SEE
IS REALITY ♪
[coins jingle]
BE NICE IF YOU PEOPLE
THROW SOME BLESSINGS
IN MY TIP BUCKET,
IT WOULD BE
MOST APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
AW C'MON,
LET'S GO GET A TAXI.
I WANNA CHECK THIS OUT.
[coins jingle]
♪
HI...WHERE YOU FROM?
WHY?
IS THIS A POLL?
I'M FROM THE WEST COAST,
CALIFORNIA BOY.
I WAS JUST HOPING TO FIND
A FRIENDLY FACE.
HOW CAN YOU BE LONELY?
THIS IS AMSTERDAM.
YOU ONE OF THE,
THE OFFICIAL
GREETERS, HUH?
YOU DO THIS
FOR A LIVING?
YEAH...NO, MY FATHER'S
THIS AWESOME MOVIE STAR.
I MEAN, NO, REALLY,
IF I DROPPED HIS NAME,
YOU'D PROBABLY SQUEAL.
AND HE PULLED MY ALLOWANCE
AND BOOTED ME OVER TO EUROPE
TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT LIFE.
HEY, LISTEN, I'VE GOT SOME
REALLY GREAT HASH, COCAINE,
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
GUARANTEED TO MAKE AMSTERDAM,
UH...MEMORABLE.
YOU'RE IN LUCK
TO BUY FROM ME.
THE STUFF IN THIS TOWN'S
PRETTY DIRTY.
TALK PRICE WITH
THIS SCUM BAG, SAL.
I'ML BE BACK IN A MINUTE,
ALL RIGHT?
OFFICER, OFFICER,
EXCUSE ME...
EXCUSE ME,
COULD I TAKE YOUR PICTURE?
DON'T GO!
IT'S JUST A TEST!
[organ grinder music plays
in background]
[P.A. announcement
in background]
[jet engine roars]
[P.A. announcement
in foreign language]
[indistinct chatter]
AMSTERDAM '86 PARTICIPANTS,
PLEASE BE SEATED
OVER THIS WAY.
AMSTERDAM '86 PARTICIPANTS...
[fades out]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE...
HELLO, BROTHER,
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HO-HO-HO,
SO, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?
IT'S NOT TOO HEAVY
FOR YOU?
I AM THE GUEST
OF THE I.C.I.E.
♪ I CAN'T LIVE WITH
SOMEONE ELSE ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
[organ grinder music plays]
HEY! TIM!
EASE UP, MAN.
HEY, WOUTER,
HOW'S IT GOIN'?
YOU GOT A PLANE TO CATCH?
OR YOU GOT TIME
FOR A BEER?
BUSINESS...
I GOT A SALE GOING DOWN.
STAY AWAY FROM
THE DAM TONIGHT.
TOO MANY NARCS
IN LEATHER JACKETS.
OKAY, THANKS,
I'LL CATCH YA LATER.
UH...IF YOU SEE JACQUES,
DON'T TELL HIM
YOU SAW ME, ALL RIGHT?
TROUBLE?
NO, BUT I,
I'LL OWE YOU ONE, OKAY?
[train rumbles overhead]
[glass crashes]
[glass crashes]
[door opens and closes]
TIM, WHY ARE YOU
IN THE DARK?
I'M SORRY I'M LATE, HON.
I CLOSED THE RIVERDALE PROPERTY
TODAY
AND OFFICE INSISTED ON
HAULING OUT THE CHAMPAGNE.
MY COMMISSION WILL COVER
YOUR FIRST YEAR AT U.S.C.
NOT BAD FOR AN OLD LADY, HUH?
HONEY?
OH, HONEY?
WHAT IS IT?
I JUST FOUND OUT MY MOTHER
IS A WORLD-CLASS LIAR.
MAYBE YOU'D BETTER START
AT THE BEGINNING.
TIM!
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
SOMETHING DIRTY!
I WON'T LET YOU!
TIM!
TALKED TO HIS PICTURE
WHEN I WAS A KID.
TOLD "DAD" ALL THIS STUFF
I COULDN'T SAY TO YOU.
WHERE'D YOU COME UP
WITH GUY?
DID YOU CUT HIM OUT OF
A MAGAZINE?
HE WAS JUST A FRIEND,
SOMEONE I ADMIRED.
IT WAS SUCH A LONG
TIME AGO.
WE'RE NOT...
NOT WHAT, JANET?
WE'RE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE.
MAYBE THAT WORKS FOR YOU,
BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHO I AM ANYMORE!
[glass shatters]
[train horn sounds]
[train rumbles]
I WAIT FOR HEAVEN,
SLEEP ON SOFT BED.
LORD MUST GIVE ME
NEW BACK FIRST.
YOU'RE IN THE WEST NOW,
BROTHER ABRAHAM.
IT IS THE CUSTOM.
YOU HAVE CAMERA?
I LIKE SHOW PICTURE
TO MY PEOPLE.
MMM.
ONLY RICH MEN LIVE IN PALACE
MY COUNTRY.
I WONDER WHY
THEY GAVE US A TELEPHONE?
DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS
TO RING UP IN AMSTERDAM?
OH, NO, BROTHER.
OH, ER, YES,
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WHO AM I CALLING, PLEASE?
OH...
THE HOTEL OPERATOR
WISHES US
A VERY GOOD MORNING.
OH...
[chuckling]
EH, MY FRIEND ABRAHAM AND I
DO NOT KNOW ANYONE
IN AMSTERDAM TO CALL.
IF YOU NEED
THE TELEPHONE,
PLEASE BE SO KIND
TO TAKE IT.
OH...SHE SAYS THEY DO NOT
NEED THE TELEPHONE.
THE HOTEL HAS MANY.
HEY, THE WEST.
[speaking in foreign language]
I WILL WALK AHEAD,
I HAVE CHARTED MY COURSE.
[muttering in Punjabi]
NAMASKA.
A GREETING FROM MY COUNTRY
WHICH MEANS
GOOD WISHES TO YOU.
HEY! PARDON, PLEASE!
I'M SEEKING THE RAI CENTER.
I WAS TOLD IT WAS EXACTLY
A FIVE MINUTE'S WALK
FROM MY HOTEL.
IF I RETRACE MY STEPS
I COULD BE LATE
FOR THE OPENING SESSION
OF THE GREAT CONFERENCE
OF ITINERANT EVANGELISTS
AND THAT WOULD CLEARLY BE
AN INSULT TO MY HOSTS.
I AM RAJAM PRASAD.
MY COUNTRY IS INDIA.
HEY, TO BE IN
YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY
IS PROOF THAT WITH GOD
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE?
MAN, COULD YOU SPARE
SOME GUILDERS?
LAST NIGHT,
THESE GUYS JUMPED ME
AND UH...
THEY CLEANED ME OUT,
MY WALLET AND
MY TRAVELER'S CHECKS,
THE WORKS.
YOU ARE AMERICAN, YES?
YEAH, I'M TIM DEVON.
I'M SO HUNGRY THAT MY GUT'S
IN KNOTS, MAN.
OH, THANK GOD,
THEY DIDN'T TAKE
YOUR BEAUTIFUL GUITAR, TIMOTHY.
WELL, I TRIED TO HOLD
THESE GUYS OFF,
BUT THERE WERE SIX OF THEM,
YOU KNOW?
I ONCE PLAYED THE GUITAR
MYSELF AT SCHOOL.
IT WAS MY FAVORITE
INSTRUMENT.
I LEARNED A POPULAR SONG
FROM THE UNITED STATES.
"HOMELAND ON THE RANGE."
JUST TEN GUILDERS,
ALL RIGHT?
AND I CAN PAY YOU BACK.
I'LL BRING IT TO
YOUR HOTEL ROOM, ALL RIGHT?
I NEVER DREAMED TO FIND ANYONE
HUNGRY IN AMSTERDAM.
I HAVE NO GUILDERS,
BUT I WILL GO IN SEARCH OF
FOOD FOR YOU.
SHOVE IT, MAN!
[muttering]
IDIOT!
I WILL RETURN
TO THIS VERY PLACE
AT THE FIRST POSSIBLE MOMENT,
TIMOTHY!
[P.A. announcements
being made in foreign language]
[announcer]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IF I MAY HAVE
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT
READY TO BEGIN,
WILL YOU PLEASE FIND
YOUR PLACES QUICKLY
AND BE PREPARED
FOR THE OPENING SESSION
OF OUR AMSTERDAM 1986
CONFERENCE.
[bike bell jingles]
[whistling]
[speaking foreign
language]
[yelling angrily]
AW!
[horn honks]
HEY! WHAT...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[yelling]
HEY!
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
I'M GONNA GET OFF
AT THE NEXT STOP, ALL RIGHT?
[yelling]
[speaking in
foreign language]
[applause]
[Raj] AMERICAN BOY
NEEDS SOME FOOD.
WILL YOU HELP ME
TO GET SOME.
OH, SURE, BROTHER.
OH, DON'T WORRY, YES.
YOU CAN GET ME SOME...
[announcement over P.A.
in foreign language]
[announcement]
PLEASE, HELP YOURSELF
TO THE SANDWICHES AND COFFEE,
AND THEN MOVE ALONG QUICKLY
TO THE EATING AREA,
SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE WAITING
MAY ALSO BE SERVED.
THANK YOU.
AS A REMINDER,
THIS AFTERNOON'S WORKSHOP
BEGINS AT 12:45.
TONIGHT, ONE HALF HOUR
BEFORE DR. GRAHAM'S ADDRESS,
YOU WILL ENJOY SOME WONDERFUL
AND UPLIFTING MUSIC,
AND WE'LL BEGIN
OUR PLENARY SESSION PROMPTLY
AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
HEY! HOLD IT!
HEY, MAN, THAT'S MINE,
THAT'S MY GUITAR!
I'VE GOTTA RAISE SOME CASH,
OKAY?
I CAN PROVE IT'S MINE, MAN...
I CAN PROVE IT'S MINE.
NOW THERE'S PICTURES,
MY GIRLFRIEND,
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE INSIDE,
JUST OPEN IT UP.
PICTURES...
YEAH.
WHAT THE...?
HEY!
COME ON, MAN!
THEY'RE MINE, MAN!
AH!
OW!
I'M GONNA KILL YOU!
[splashing]
THEY'RE MINE, MAN!
[woman complaining in Dutch]
[country music plays
in background]
LAST NIGHT,
THE DAM WAS UNREAL.
I MEAN, IT WAS SWARMING
WITH NARCS.
I MEAN I CAN USUALLY SPOT THEM,
LIKE YOU TOLD ME, YOU KNOW?
BUT THERE WAS THIS ONE DUDE,
HE WAS FLASHING HIS CASH,
A REAL COWBOY.
SAID HE WAS FROM ALBUQUERQUE.
HAD THE ACCENT DOWN TO A "T."
ANYWAY, CAME TIME FOR THE BUY,
THE LOW-LIFE NAILED ME.
GOING OVER THIS BRIDGE, UH,
COWBOY WAS DRIVING,
LEATHER JACKET AND ME
IN THE BACK SEAT,
AND THAT'S WHEN I
KICKED OPEN THE DOOR,
I JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE,
GUESS THAT'S WHERE
I HIT BOTTOM.
THE POLICE?
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET WET.
THEY PULLED OVER,
LOOKED AROUND,
BUT I JUST HID UNDER THE BRIDGE
UNTIL THEY WERE GONE.
YOUR ACCOUNT NOW TOTALS
422 GUILDERS.
I MUST CHARGE YOU
FOR LAST NIGHT'S LOSS.
CHARGE THE NARCS!
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS,
THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU
TO CLEAR THIS UP.
YOUR PASSPORT, PLEASE.
IT'S IN MY BACKPACK.
[snaps fingers]
WITH YOUR LOOKS,
YOU CAN MAKE 50 GUILDERS A GO,
FOR TEN OR MAYBE
FIFTEEN MINUTES WORK.
OF COURSE,
YOU'LL HAVE TO SHAVE,
BUT YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A BATH,
LAST NIGHT, WASN'T IT?
I'LL KEEP THIS FOR YOU
AND THE REST OF YOUR GEAR.
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
OR ELSE I'LL BE FORCED
TO SEE THAT THE POLICE GET THIS.
THEY WON'T BE SO TOLERANT.
SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR YOU
IN GETTING BACK INTO
THE STATES, OKAY?
REMBRANDTSPLEIN IS YOUR VERY
BEST OPPORTUNITY.
MAYBE YOU NEED A LITTLE HELP.
TELL THEM YOU'VE NEVER
DONE IT BEFORE,
THEY JUST MIGHT BELIEVE YOU.
THE PRICE GOES UP!
[car races away]
EXCUSE ME,
SORRY.
EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME,
WOULD YOU LIKE
SOMETHING TO EAT?
SANDWICHES?
I HAVE PLENTY
IN MY PACK.
I'M NOT HUNGRY.
♪
♪
♪
OH, HI...I'M TIBBE.
DON'T STAND HERE,
I CAN'T COMPETE
WITH THOSE BOOTS.
HELLO?
[speaking Dutch]
[Billy Graham]
WE HAVE COME FROM
MORE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
THAN PROBABLY ANY EVENT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
[applause]
ALREADY MORE THAN 174 COUNTRIES
ARE REPRESENTED HERE,
WHICH IS ABOUT 10 COUNTRIES MORE
THAN HAVE EVER GATHERED BEFORE
IN ANY EVENT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
NOW MANY OF YOU ARE WEARY
FROM THE LONG TRAVEL.
YOUR MINDS AND YOUR BODIES
MAY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT PLACES
RIGHT NOW,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOUR HEARTS
ARE HERE,
AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS!
NOW AN EVANGELIST MUST BE
MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE.
THE PREACHER FOR THIS WORK
MUST HAVE THE HEART
OF A LION,
THE PATIENCE OF A DONKEY,
THE WISDOM OF AN ELEPHANT,
THE INDUSTRY OF AN ANT,
AND AS MANY LIVES AS A CAT.
[applause]
WE ARE LIKE SCHOOLBOYS AGAIN.
I FIND MANY GOOD MESSAGES HERE
FOR MY PEOPLE.
IT MAKES YOUR HEART
BURN TO PREACH.
IN MY DISTRICT IN THE NORTH,
25 CHURCHES.
I AM PASTOR.
YOU MUST NOT EXAGGERATE
TOO MUCH, BROTHER...
THIS CAN BE SIN!
[chuckling]
THE SPIRIT OF GOD CONVINCES ME,
25 CHURCHES.
IS GOOD, YEAH?
I WAS STAYING IN THE BUSH
TWO, THREE MONTHS.
ONE SERMON FOR ME
GOOD 25 TIMES.
THEN I COME HOME...
I'M MOST WELCOME!
YOU HAVE FAMILY
WAITING FOR YOU?
MY WIFE, EIGHT CHILDREN.
I'M TOLD ALL GOSPEL
IN THIS SMALL BOOK.
MANY ENGLISH WORDS
BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME.
SHALL WE READ IT TOGETHER?
OH, YES, BROTHER.
STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD.
IN ALL OF LIFE,
THERE IS NOTHING
MORE WONDERFUL
THAN DISCOVERING PEACE
WITH GOD.
AMEN!
STEP NUMBER ONE
TO THIS DISCOVERY
IS REALIZING GOD'S PLAN.
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
"THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE
AND ONLY SON,
"THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH,
"BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."
[Raj] STEP NUMBER TWO,
WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PROBLEM
OF SEPARATION.
GOD DID NOT MAKE US ROBOTS
TO AUTOMATICALLY LOVE
AND OBEY HIM,
BUT GAVE US A WILL OF OUR OWN
AND THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
CHOOSING OUR OWN WAY
IS SEPARATION FROM GOD.
OH, YES!
THAT MAKES FOR A DIFFICULTY.
[Raj] STEP NUMBER THREE...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST
DIED ON THE CROSS
AND ROSE FROM THE GRAVE,
HE PAID THIS PENALTY FOR SIN,
AND BRIDGED THE GAP FROM GOD
TO ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
STEP NUMBER FOUR...
WE MUST TRUST JESUS CHRIST
AND RECEIVE HIM
AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
JESUS SAID, "BEHOLD,
I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK,
"IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE
AND OPENS THE DOOR,
"I WILL COME IN."
♪
♪
[sniffs]
[bell tolls]
HI! I'M ELLY.
YOU LOOK YOU COULD
USE A FRIEND.
YOU CAN TELL ME EVERYTHING,
I'M A GOOD LISTENER.
YOU'RE OUT EARLY, ELLY.
FARM GIRL...
EARLY MORNINGS.
SO HOW 'BOUT IT?
NO, NO THANKS.
OKAY, YOUR LOSS, CHEERIO!
HEY, TIM!
HOW DID YOU FIND
REMBRANDTSPLEIN?
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
I ASSUME YOU DID BETTER.
SIT!
BEER?
MY PASSPORT AND MY GEAR.
OF COURSE,
THAT WAS THE ARRANGEMENT.
REMBRANDTSPLEIN
IS NOT YOUR STYLE, HUH?
TIM, HOW ELSE CAN WE
STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR SITUATION?
THE TOWN IS JUMPING
WITH AMERICAN KIDS
WITH TRAVELER'S CHECKS
IN THEIR JEANS.
GET OUT THERE
AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
AN INCENTIVE...
I LIKE YOU, TIM,
A MAN OF YOUR WORD.
GOTTA GET RID
OF THESE GUILDERS.
DOLLARS!
THIS STUFF IS OUTRAGEOUS!
HI, I'M TAKING A SURVEY.
WELCOME TO AMSTERDAM.
WHERE'S YOUR LAWYER?
WE HAD A FIGHT.
SHE INSISTED ON THE HILTON,
AND I THOUGHT THE LOBBY
WAS A GERIATRIC WARD.
SO SHE'S OFF TO VENICE.
I'M OUT DOING THE TOWN.
WHAT DID YOU
HAVE IN MIND?
ONE OF THOSE
NIGHT CANAL RIDES.
I NEED A GUIDE TO SHOW ME
THE TERRITORY.
UH, GENERAL DELIVER-,
POST RESTANT,TIM DEVON.
SHOULD BE FROM LOS ANGELES.
DEVON?
WHAT MOVIE STAR'S
CALLED "DEVON"?
WHAT MOVIE STAR
USES HIS REAL NAME?
IS IT FROM HIM?
UH...I JUST REMEMBERED
AN APPOINTMENT, OKAY?
MAYBE ANOTHER TIME.
HEY, HOW 'BOUT LATER?
THE BOAT RIDE?
[woman voiceover]
I CAN'T BE SURE
YOU'LL EVER READ THIS,
BUT IT KEEPS MY HOPES GOING
JUST TO TRY AND FIND YOU
THIS WAY.
I FOUND THIS BOOK ON HOLLAND
AT THE LIBRARY...
BUT IT ONLY MADE ME
MISS YOU MORE.
LIFE IS FUNNY, HUH?
IS THIS WHAT BEING
AN ADULT MEANS?
WE HAD SO MANY PLANS
THIS SUMMER.
HI!
YUCATAN JUST DUMPED!
[Tim]
I KEPT TELLING HER
I HAD TO GET GOING
ON A PASSPORT
AND SHE GIVE ME THIS BULL
ABOUT MISPLACING
MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
I ALMOST TOOK ON THAT NERD
AT THE HALL OF RECORDS.
I'M STANDING THERE
LIKE A FOOL.
HE'S GOT THE COMPUTER...
NOTHING!
NOTHING COME UP FOR DEVON
ON MY BIRTHDAY.
IT WAS LIKE
A TWILIGHT ZONE.
NOW I KEEP YELLING AT HIM,
"YOU DON'T KNOW THE CODE!"
FINALLY HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"MAIDEN NAME?"
AND THAT'S WHEN
IT ALL SPIT OUT.
I MEAN, SHE WAS ON THERE.
MY BIRTH DATE,
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL.
FATHER...
BLANK.
TURKEY TURNS AROUND.
HE HAS THE TIGHT SMILE
ON HIS FACE.
TELLS ME THAT'S HOW
THEY DO IT
WHEN THE MOTHER CHOOSES
NOT TO NAME THE FATHER.
HERE...
FIVE BUCKS WILL
TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE
WHO YOU ARE...
NOT TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.
GREW UP WITH A GHOST
FOR A FATHER.
MAYBE HE'S ALIVE SOMEWHERE.
LOOK, I'M TAKING OFF!
WITH MY GRADUATION LOOT.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
WAIT... I GUESS...
IF YOU WANT TO.
I FEEL SO JERKED AROUND.
I'M SCARED.
ME, TOO.
♪
♪ RIGHT FROM THE START
♪ YOU HELD MY HEART
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ♪
♪
♪ YOU HELPED FIND
♪ FEELINGS I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW I HAD ♪
♪ IF I FOUND OUT TOMORROW
IT WAS ALL OVER ♪
♪ I'D HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU
♪ TRYING TO FIND MYSELF
♪ BUT I CAN'T THINK OF TOMORROW
AND YOU AND ME ♪
♪ 'TIL I FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪ FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪
♪ I CAN'T LIVE WITH
SOMEONE ELSE ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY AND THEN
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN... ♪
TIMOTHY!
TIMOTHY!
TIMOTHY!
THANKS GOD
I FOUND YOU THIS DAY!
I OWE YOU A MEAL!
I'M INVITING YOU,
BROTHER.
[indistinct chatter]
PLEASE...
PLEASE, SEAT.
YOU'RE MOST WELCOME.
YES.
IT IS NOT STUPID
TO SEARCH FOR YOUR FATHER.
MINE WAS LOST TO ME
MANY YEARS AGO.
HE DIED, HUH?
HE LIVES THIS DAY,
BUT I AM NO LONGER
HIS SON.
HOW'S THAT?
IN INDIA,
THERE IS A HINDU RELIGION.
DO YOU KNOW OF IT?
MMM, YOU WEAR TURBANS, RIGHT?
[chuckling]
SOMETIMES, NOT ALWAYS.
MY PARENTS ARE DEVOUT HINDUS.
IT WAS MY UPBRINGING.
[slurping]
IT IS TOO HOT?
HAVE SOME YOGURT,
TO COOL DOWN THE FIRE.
BETTER?
WHEN I WAS TWELVE,
MY FATHER SENT ME
TO THE MISSION SCHOOL.
I WOULD BE THE FIRST
IN MY FAMILY TO BE EDUCATED.
MY PARENTS WARNED ME
TO IGNORE THE CHRISTIAN GOD.
CHRISTIANS WERE "COW EATERS,"
YOU KNOW?
THEY HAD NO RESPECT
FOR KARMA,
VERY UNDERDEVELOPED.
I THOUGHT I WAS
STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST.
THE MISSIONARIES
WORKED YOU OVER, HUH?
VERY LITTLE WAS SAID.
IT WAS PERHAPS
THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE.
IN MY THIRD YEAR,
I BORROWED A BIBLE
FROM THE DESK OF MY TEACHER.
HINDUS SPEND THEIR LIVES
TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO GOD.
IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE,
I WAS ASTONISHED TO LEARN
THAT GOD WANTED TO
GET CLOSE TO ME,
THAT HE SENT HIS SON
TO SHOW US THE WAY.
MY MOTHER WOULD BE ASHAMED
TO SERVE SUCH A DISH,
UM, BUT FOR AMSTERDAM, UH?
WELL, WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST
BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANTED TO?
I MEAN,
KEEP IT TO YOURSELF,
AVOID THE HASSLE?
WHEN I EXPERIENCED
THE LOVE OF JESUS,
HE WARMED ME IN SUCH A WAY,
IT WAS AN "OPEN" SECRET.
MY FATHER DECLARED ME DEAD
BEFORE THE FAMILY,
AND ONLY THE HEART OF GOD
WAS STRONG ENOUGH
TO RECEIVE MY PAIN.
YOUR FOLKS...
YOU NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN?
AS IF I HAD NOT
BEEN BORN.
WELL, I'VE NEVER
SEEN MY DAD.
I WILL HELP YOU FIND HIM.
WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
I RAN OUT OF LEADS.
SHE SAID HIS NAME
WAS DI BEY.
THAT'S AN AMERICAN SPELLING.
THE CLOSEST THE DUTCH COMES
IS "DI BIE."
I LOOKED THROUGH
EVERY DI BIE IN THE BOOK.
WRITE IT DOWN FOR ME,
PLEASE.
WE NEED SOME TEA.
SERVICE IS VERY BAD HERE.
[speaking foreign language]
GREAT FOOD,
PUT ME OUT.
UH, I'VE GOT TO
TAKE OFF.
TIMOTHY, I AM MOST
FORTUNATE TO HAVE
AT THIS MOMENT
A HOTEL ROOM
WITH TWO
EMPTY BEDS.
MY BUSINESS WILL
KEEP ME AWAY FOR
HOURS... PLEASE.
WHY ARE YOU
DOING THIS?
THE HOTEL PEOPLE
ARE MOST GENEROUS.
IT WOULD PLEASE THEM
IF THE ROOM IS OCCUPIED.
THEY'RE ALWAYS
TIDYING UP.
THERE IS EVEN
A TELEPHONE.
[phone rings]
YES?
WHO IS IT?
TIM, IS THAT YOU?
DON'T HANG UP...PLEASE?
HELLO?
[sighs]
[Janet voiceover]
HIS NAME WAS PETER DE BIE.
WE SAW EACH OTHER ON AND OFF
FOR SIX MONTHS.
WE WERE AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE
IN OUR SENIOR YEAR.
MONEY WAS TIGHT.
HE WAS ON
A FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP.
I WORKED PART-TIME.
WE TALKED ABOUT
LIVING TOGETHER.
YOU SHACKED UP WITH HIM!
TIM, IT WAS THE SIXTIES,
IT SEEMED NATURAL.
AFTER GRADUATION,
I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT.
IT DIDN'T SEEM
FAIR TO ASK HIM TO
CHANGE HIS...
HIS LIFE.
HIS WHOLE LIFE
WAS IN HOLLAND.
NOBLE OF YOU!
CARRYING ME...
A BASTARD!
THAT'S AN UGLY,
STUPID WORD.
YOU WERE MINE!
I BUILT A LIFE FOR US.
I LOVE YOU, TIM!
YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN ME CAUSE
TO REGRET...
NEVER!
TIM!
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
GET AN ABORTION?
I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS YOU!
HEY! TOO MUCH SOAP!
SOAP IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY
YOUR DISHWASHER
WHEN HE'S NOT SICK, HUH?
NEVER MIND.
HE'S MUCH FASTER THAN YOU.
EIGHTY-TWO GUILDERS.
YOU ATE LIKE A PRINCE!
MAY I SUGGEST A MINOR
IMPROVEMENT
IN YOUR AUBURGINE BHAJIS?
SILENCE, YOU!
I'M WORKING!
THE ADDITION OF
GINGER ROOT,
FINELY GROUND.
MY MOTHER RECEIVED MUCH HONOR
FOR HER AUBURGINE BHAJIS.
[thump]
♪ O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES
TO SING ♪
HEY!
♪ MY GREAT REDEEMER'S PRAISE
SHUT UP!
NO SINGING.
CUSTOMERS, THEY PAY.
THANKS, GOD,
BUSINESS IS GOOD.
♪ O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES
TO SING... ♪
[speaking in Punjabi]
...82 GUILDERS...
[bell tolls]
[soft snoring]
[snoring continues]
AH! GOOD MORNING, BROTHER,
I GO NOW RAI CENTER.
I'LL BE WITH YOU.
I MUST CHANGE.
I SPENT THE NIGHT
WITH FRIENDS.
HALLELUJAH.
[audience singing]
♪ ...ON THIS TERRESTRIAL BALL
♪ ON THIS TERRESTRIAL BALL
♪ TO HIM
ALL MAJESTY ASCRIBE ♪
♪ AND CROWN HIM
♪ CROWN HIM, CROWN HIM
♪ CROWN HIM
♪ AND CROWN HIM LORD OF ALL.
♪
♪
[can clatters]
GOOD AFTERNOON!
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
CAN I HELP YOU AT ALL?
I AM MOST PLEASED
TO BE INFORMED OF YOUR
"MEET THE DUTCH" PROGRAM.
I OBSERVED THE SIGN
IN YOUR WINDOW.
THANKS, GOD!
MY STEPS WERE DIRECTED TO
THIS VERY PLACE.
IT HAS PROVED
QUITE EFFECTIVE.
LONG FRIENDSHIPS ARE
OFTEN ESTABLISHED
OVER A CASUAL DINNER.
SHALL WE GO DOWN
TO MY OFFICE?
YES.
CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME?
R-A-J-A-M, RAJAM,
P-R-A-S-A-D, PRASAD.
RAJAM PRASAD.
THANK YOU,
MR. PRASAD.
PRASAD.
YOU ARE VISITING
FROM THE GREAT COUNTRY OF INDIA?
AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE
A GUEST
IN A TYPICAL DUTCH HOME?
VERY GOOD INDEED.
OH, YES, SIR,
THANK YOU.
HIS NAME IS DE BIE.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
DE BIE.
I WILL WRITE IT
FOR YOU.
SIR, IT IS QUITE
IMPOSSIBLE
TO REQUEST FOR
A SPECIFIC
INDIVIDUAL.
OUR PROGRAM HAS A LIST
OF RECOMMENDED HOMES
WILLING TO ENTERTAIN
FOREIGN VISITORS.
ALL INVITATIONS
MUST BE BY MUTUAL CONSENT.
I AM CERTAIN MR. DE BIE
WILL NOT DENY ME
WHEN HE UNDERSTANDS
THE PURPOSE OF MY VISIT.
I'M AFRAID WE DO NOT SPEAK
THE SAME LANGUAGE.
I SEEM UNABLE TO
EXPRESS MYSELF PROPERLY.
BELIEVE ME,
I WOULD NOT CONCERN YOU
IF IT WAS OF NOT
GREAT IMPORTANCE.
YOU MAY TELL MR. DE BIE
THAT THE MATTER TO BE DISCUSSED
HAPPENED DURING THE TIME
HE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES,
OH, PERHAPS, EIGHTEEN,
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
HOW MUCH TIME
WILL YOU REQUIRE?
DE BIE, DE BIE IS NOT
ON THE LIST.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
HE EVER WILL BE.
AND WHY IS THAT?
IF YOU CAN READ,
MR. PRASAD,
LET ME SUGGEST YOU
THE LOCAL TELEPHONE BOOK.
THE POST OFFICE
IS JUST OUTSIDE,
AROUND THE CORNER.
I HAVE ALREADY TRIED
THE LOCAL TELEPHONE BOOK.
I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO YOUR...
POST OFFICE.
NONE OF THE DE BIE'S WAS
CORRECT.
OH, EXCUSE ME
FOR YOUR TIME!
[door slams]
[Raj]
TIMOTHY!
YOU WILL SURELY HAVE HELP
WITH YOUR SEARCH, BROTHER!
I HAVE MADE
MY REQUEST KNOWN.
MY SEARCH?
YOU MEAN, FOR MY DAD?
LOOK, I'M DUE OVER IN
LEIDSEPLEIN, OKAY?
I CAN WALK YOU THERE.
I HAVE TIME.
THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE
THAT THE LORD IS INTERESTED
IN EVERYTHING
THAT CONCERNS US.
[laughs]
NOW, THERE'S A MIND
FOR DETAILS.
THE WORLD'S PRETTY
SCREWED UP.
SO... IF HE'S THE ONLY
REAL ONE,
WHY DOESN'T HE WIPE OUT
THE COMPETITION?
SET HIMSELF UP?
TIMOTHY!
YOU ARE A THEOLOGIAN!
OKAY, SO...
WHERE DID GOD GET A SON?
CAN WE NOT SIT?
I CAN'T RESPOND TO SUCH A GOOD
QUESTION WITHOUT THINKING.
THE SCRIPTURES SAY THAT
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE EXISTED
THERE WAS CHRIST WITH GOD.
PERHAPS JESUS CALLED HIMSELF
"SON" BECAUSE HE KNEW
IT WOULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT HE WAS PART OF HIS FATHER,
JUST AS WE ARE A PART
OF OUR FATHERS HERE ON EARTH.
JESUS CHRIST,
BY HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION,
BECAME THE GOSPEL.
MYSTERIOUS SOUNDING.
YES?
BUT TIMOTHY,
I AM A WITNESS TO THAT LIGHT,
AND BEYOND HISTORY,
AND OUTSIDE THE BIBLE,
HE IS AS REAL TO ME
AS ANY LIVING PERSON.
THAT IS WHY I DON'T ARGUE
ABOUT HIM,
I ONLY SAY,
"SEEK HIM, TRY HIM."
HOW ELSE CAN YOU BE SURE?
YOU TALK TO HIM, HUH?
OH, YES, A PART OF ME
IS TALKING TO HIM RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WHAT DOES HE SAY?
THAT HE'S GLAD
THAT WE ARE FRIENDS.
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
NO, I HAD A GOOD DAY.
I MADE SOME GUILDERS.
WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS?
SELL MAPS TO THE TOURISTS,
GUIDE 'EM AROUND.
HELP 'EM TAKE IN THE SIGHTS,
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
YOU KNOW SO MUCH
ABOUT THIS CITY?
[laughs]
FOR SURE...
YOU ARE AMERICAN.
HEY, CAPITALIST!
THANKS, UH, RAJ.
HEY, THE MEAL AND EVERYTHING,
YOU KNOW?
BUT I HAVE TO
GET BACK TO WORK.
THIS IS GOODBYE?
LOOK, I JUST CAN'T SPARE
ANY MORE TIME, ALL RIGHT?
IF I EVER GET OVER TO INDIA,
I'LL LOOK YOU UP.
[laughing]
HEY, HOW 'BOUT SOMETHING
TO PASS THE NIGHT?
YOU'LL THINK YOU STUMBLED
ON TO A CLOUD.
HEY, COWBOY,
OVER HERE!
THIS PLACE STINKS.
THEY HOSE IT OUT
EVERY MORNING.
CAMPSITES WERE FULL UP.
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE
TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
SOMETHING GOOD?
PERUVIAN.
BEST YOU'LL GET
IN THIS TOWN.
WE MADE A BUY AT THE DAM.
GOT SOAKED IN WITH SOAP.
HARDLY A BUZZ.
WE WERE CHEATED.
NOT FROM ME!
IT'S THE CLEANEST IT GETS.
MEXICO, MAYBE,
YOU'D DO BETTER,
BUT YOU'RE A LONG WAY
FROM HOME.
YOUR PRICE?
GUILDERS?
TWENTY-FIVE FOR A SNORT,
FIFTY FOR A PACKET,
ONE-EIGHTY TO TWO HUNDRED
FOR A GRAM.
CAN YOU SUPPLY IN QUANTITY?
WE LEAVE TOMORROW NIGHT.
WHAT'D YOU HAVE IN MIND?
HUNDRED GRAMS.
CAN YOU GET IN
WITH THAT MUCH?
WHY NOT?
CAN YOU CONNECT FOR US?
SURE, IT'S NO PROBLEM.
TOMORROW.
[girl]
THERE ARE RATS IN HERE.
[man]
THEY ALL HAVE TWO LEGS,
YOU CAN OUTRUN THEM.
WE SHOULD GO OUTSIDE.
MY CHILDREN KNOW NOT
WHERE CAN BE HOLLAND.
ON WALL, I FIX MAP.
EACH NIGHT BEFORE SLEEPING,
THEY TOUCH MAP
AND SEND LOVE
AND PRAYER TO ME.
YOUR FAMILY?
THEY PRAY GOOD FOR YOU HERE?
THE NARCS WON'T COME HERE,
IT'S OKAY.
OLF INTENDS TO BE
A FAMOUS DOCTOR,
THAT MAKES HIM CAUTIOUS
BY NATURE.
HE WILL SET UP
A MEETING PLACE.
THE AIR IS BETTER.
OKAY, YOU KNOW
REMBRANDTSPLEIN?
TOMORROW...
[yelling]
NO!
[groaning]
[coughing]
♪
RAJ! RAJ!
OVER HERE!
I HAVE TO HIDE.
THEY'LL FIND ME...
I'M DEAD.
YOUR BEAUTIFUL BOOTS!
THEY JUMPED ME.
MONEY'S GONE.
TWO GUYS.
WHERE CAN I GO?
IF THEY FIND ME,
I'M DEAD.
WHO'S SEARCHING FOR YOU?
FORGET IT,
ALL RIGHT?
YOU CALLED TO ME,
AND NOW I SHOULD
FORGET IT?
HERE, YOU'LL BE SAFE
AT THE HOTEL.
AN INDIAN CAN BE
BAREFOOTED.
IT IS EXPECTED.
NO ONE WILL NOTICE.
HI!
GOOD MORNING TO YOU,
DEAR SISTER!
NOBODY'S AROUND YET.
I'M JUST INTO SOME SORTING.
IS THERE ANYTHING
I CAN DO FOR YOU?
I AM TOLD THAT SAMARITAN'S
PURSE IS PROVIDING CLOTHING
FOR THOSE ATTENDING
THE CONFERENCE
WHERE THE NEED IS GREAT.
WELL, WE'RE ESPECIALLY
TRYING TO HELP
THOSE EVANGELISTS
FROM THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES,
YOU KNOW, THE REMOTE PLACES
WHERE SHOPPING'S A PROBLEM.
AND...MONEY?
THAT TOO.
WE'RE OPEN EVERY DAY
RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
I ASSUME I AM THIRD WORLD?
I KEEP HEARING THIS,
ALTHOUGH HOW WE
ACHIEVE THIS POSITION
IS NOT CLEAR TO ME.
I AM HOPING TO BE BLESSED
WITH SHOES.
FINE!
YOU COME BACK
RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
MERCY!
WHAT SIZE DO YOU WEAR?
WHATEVER YOU'RE KIND ENOUGH
TO SHARE WITH ME.
WELL... [sighs]
THEY HAVE TO MORE OR LESS FIT.
YOU CAN TRY ANYTHING
ON THESE TABLES.
PLEASE, THE GIFT
OF THE SAMARITAN'S PURSE
MUST BE OF
YOUR CHOOSING.
MERCY!
WELL...
HERE.
WILL THESE DO?
MY FEET ARE INSIGNIFICANT,
BUT SOMEWHAT WIDE.
THIS CONDITION COMES FROM
NOT WEARING SHOES
UNTIL I WAS TEN.
DON'T THEY PINCH A LITTLE?
SURELY THEY WILL STRETCH.
THEY ARE GOD'S GIFT TO ME
THIS DAY.
THANK YOU.
[speaking in foreign
language]
...AMERICAN, OKAY?
IT'S OKAY?
OH, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
OH, BROTHER, BROTHER,
BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER.
BROTHER...
GREETING, MY FRIEND.
WE HAVE COME TO PERSONALLY
THANK THE GENERAL MANAGER
FOR OPENING THE GREAT CITY
OF AMSTERDAM
TO THE CONFERENCE
OF ITINERANT EVANGELISTS.
THIS BROTHER HERE IS
A FORMER CHIEF
OF THE MASAI
IN KENYA.
HE HAS KILLED THREE LIONS.
BROTHER, WAS THIS
THE VERY SPEAR?
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM
TO DEMONSTRATE
HOW THIS GREAT FEAT
WAS ACCOMPLISHED?
OF COURSE,
THERE ARE NO LIONS HERE,
BUT HE HAS A GREAT
IMAGINATION, YES?
PLEASE,
NO DEMONSTRATIONS.
WE WILL NOT BE LONG.
GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER.
A TROUBLED YOUNG MAN'S SOUL
HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
DE BIE...
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
YOU ARE NOT OFFERING MUCH
IN THE WAY OF CLUES.
WE ARE ENTIRELY
IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.
[signs]
WELL...
I'LL BE IN TOUCH
WITH FRIENDS AT THE HAGUE.
PERHAPS SOME OFFICE THERE
WILL HAVE RECORDS
OF EXCHANGE STUDENTS
THAT WENT TO THE STATES
DURING THAT PERIOD.
WELL, I HAVE FOLLOWED
YOUR CONFERENCE
WITH GREAT,
PERSONAL INTEREST.
OH...
PERHAPS BECAUSE
I JOIN YOU IN YOUR FAITH.
HALLELUJAH!
YOU'RE WELCOME.
IS GOOD, YEAH?
BLESS YOU.
IT'S TOO HOT!
THIS JOINT CLAIMS
TO BE FIRST CLASS!
I WANT A BUCKET OF ICE!
THEY JUST BROUGHT YOU
COFFEE, TIMOTHY.
WELL, NOW I NEED ICE!
I'VE ASKED THE LORD
TO HELP YOU.
YOU REALLY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING TO HELP ME?
I'M TAKING THESE PILLS
FOR THE PAIN!
THE HOTEL OPERATORS INFORMS ME
THAT SHE CAN CALL A DOCTOR.
NO!
HE WON'T DO ANYTHING!
I KNOW WHAT TO TAKE!
THERE'S SOME CAPSULES.
THIS GUY AT THE DAM
SELLS THEM,
HIS NAME IS WOUTER.
NOW, GIVE HIM 35 GUILDERS.
TELL HIM IT'S FOR ME.
I DO NOT POSSESS
35 GUILDERS,
TIMOTHY.
WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?
YEAH, ASK THE LORD TO SHOVEL
35 GUILDERS MY WAY.
YOU'RE SO TIGHT WITH HIM!
I WILL BRING ICE, BROTHER.
GET OUT!
CALLED YOUR BLUFF, MAN!
[Timothy screaming
in bathroom]
[speaking in Punjabi]
[screaming continues
in bathroom]
[moaning]
TIMOTHY?
IN MY COUNTRY,
A SPIRITUAL PATH
IS MOST HONORABLE.
IT'S NOT THE SAME
HERE IN THE WEST.
OH, ALL PEOPLE THE SAME.
PRIDE AND SIN
BUILD HIGH WALLS OF STONE.
JESUS WAITS
OTHER SIDE FOR US.
TIMOTHY SHOULD
NOT BE MADE TO
FEEL GUILTY.
HE CARRIES MORE
ABOUT THAT BURDEN
THAN HE CAN MANAGE.
SIN LIKE HEAVY STONE
ON HEART.
ONLY CROSS OF CHRIST
CAN LIFT THIS SADNESS.
I WOULD LEAD HIM
TO THAT PLACE OF
REST, BROTHER,
BUT I CANNOT MAKE HIM STAY.
ONLY GOD CAN DO MORE.
DON'T WORRY, SON,
OKAY?
PERHAPS I MISUNDERSTOOD
MY CALLING.
O LORD,
I KNOW YOU DO NOT FAIL,
EVEN IF I AM NOT EFFECTIVE.
FORGIVE ME FOR PLACING
TOO MUCH VALUE ON MYSELF.
TIMOTHY?
[Timothy voiceover]
THIS CRAZY GUITAR'S
IN MY WAY FOR THE LAST TIME.
YOU KEEP IT NOW.
REMEMBER THE GUY WHO TRIED TO
HUSTLE YOU FOR BREAKFAST.
TIM DEVON.
P.S. THE LETTER IN THE CASE...
PLEASE MAIL IT
BEFORE YOU LEAVE AMSTERDAM.
THANKS.
[phone rings]
HELLO?
[woman]
MR. RAJAM PRASAD?
YES? THIS IS MR. PRASAD.
I'M SPEAKING.
I THINK WE HAVE FOUND
YOUR MR. DE BIE.
EXCUSE ME, PLEASE?
MR. DE BIE.
I HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR YOU.
ARE YOU THERE?
[horn beeps]
[yelling]
[Timothy]
WOUTER!
WOUTER!
MAN, WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?
I'VE BEEN LOOKING
FOR YOU.
GOT A MINUTE?
YEAH.
LOOK LIKE A TRAM
HIT YOU.
YEAH, LOOK, UH, WOUTER,
I NEED SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOTTA
GET KICKED UP.
JUST A HIT.
WHAT YOU ON?
I'M JUST SICK,
I'M JUST SICK!
YOU'RE HOOKED!
NO, MAN, I'M NOT HOOKED,
I'M SICK.
I JUST NEED SOME TIME
TO GET MY HEAD TOGETHER.
ANYWAY, JACQUES IS
LOOKING FOR YOU.
I'LL SEE HIM, I KNOW THAT,
I GOTTA SEE HIM.
BUT JUST NOT LIKE THIS, MAN,
C'MON, HELP ME.
WHAT KIND OF CASH
YOU GOT?
LOOK, JUST CARRY ME
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I'LL MAKE GOOD, OKAY?
RIP OFF SOME CLOTHES.
GET ME A COUPLE
OF PAIRS OF JEANS.
SOMETHING I CAN
TURN OVER FAST.
LOOK, MY WATCH, MAN,
LOOK AT THAT.
HOLD ON TO IT.
USED.
DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP,
MAN.
GRADUATION,
I GOT THIS,
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS IT'S WORTH!
I ONLY GOT IT
TWO MONTHS AGO!
ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?
IT WILL BRING YOU UP
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
WORK THE METRO.
SNATCH SOME PURSES.
IF YOU'RE NOT BACK BY FOUR,
I GOT TO JACQUES.
I GOT THE KID
WORKING THE METRO.
SENT HIM TO SNATCH
SOME OLD LADY'S PURSE.
LET'S PUT SOME SWEAT
ON HIM.
[yelling in
foreign language]
JACQUES,
I WAS GONNA BE THERE!
I'LL GET THE MONEY.
NO POLICE THIS TIME, TIM?
I MET THESE GUYS.
THEY WERE AFTER
A REALLY BIG BUY--
A HUNDRED GRAMS.
NO CANAL TO JUMP INTO?
[tires screech]
TIMOTHY!
[tires screech]
[horns beeping]
[gasping]
[softly]
OH, JESUS!
HEY!
HEY!
[moaning]
MAKE GOOD, JACQUES.
I CAN GO TO REMBRANDTSPLEIN
EVERY NIGHT.
I CAN DO IT!
I'LL MAKE PLENTY
OF GUILDERS FOR YOU.
I NEVER DOUBTED IT.
AM I SUPPOSED TO FLY HOME?
YOU'RE NOT ABOUT
TO DIE, TIM.
IT'S MORE LIKE A...
GRADUATION.
YOU GAIN THE HONORS
WITHOUT HAVING TO BE
A STUDENT.
YOU'LL NEED TO SEE ME
EVERY DAY,
AND SPRUG WON'T HAVE THE WORRY
OF LOOKING FOR YOU.
JUST GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
[door bursts open]
[Raj] TIMOTHY!
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
I'M FAR FROM HELL,
BUT I RECOGNIZE YOU, SIR.
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS
IS YOUR MASTER.
BIG TALK FOR A COOLIE.
YOU CANNOT HAVE HIM.
THE POLICE WILL FIND YOU
IN SOME ALLEY
WITH HEROIN SWIMMING
IN YOUR VEINS,
BOTH OF YOU!
RUN!
GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE, GO!
I DO NOT GO
WITHOUT YOU, TIMOTHY!
WE MAKE A LITTLE BLOOD TEST.
IT IS MY WISH TO LIVE
PEACEFULLY WITH ALL MEN.
[yelling]
[pistol fires]
[grunting]
WHERE'D THE KARATE COME FROM?
I HAVE MUCH TO CONFESS
THIS DAY!
[Timothy]
OKAY, NOW JUST LET ME WALK
WHEN WE GET THERE.
[Raj] IT'S SOMEWHERE
AROUND HERE...
[shouting excitedly
in Punjabi]
WELL, WHAT CAN I
SAY TO HIM?
THE TRUTH, BROTHER.
OH, YEAH, "HI, THERE,
BY THE WAY, WE'RE RELATED."
AREN'T YOU COMING?
CALIFORNIA TO HOLLAND,
ACCOMPANIED BY INDIA?
IT COULD GIVE HIM
A HEADACHE.
WELL, I HOPE HE'S HAD
A GOOD DAY SO FAR.
[bell chimes faintly]
[speaking Dutch]
I'M...AN AMERICAN,
SORRY.
YES, UHM, WHAT IS IT?
I WOULD LIKE TO MEET...
SEE...MR. DE BIE.
IS THIS FOR
AN APPOINTMENT?
THE DOCTOR IS QUITE BUSY.
ARE YOU SELLING SOMETHING?
OH, NO, WE JUST BIKED OUT
FROM AMSTERDAM.
THE YOUNG MAN BRINGS GREETINGS
FROM A FRIEND IN AMERICA.
I WAS JUST ABOUT
TO SAY THAT.
[cow moos]
HELLO?
IS DR. DE BIE HERE?
GOOD MORNING!
YOU'LL HAVE TO COME TO ME.
I'M RUNNING LATE.
DO I KNOW YOU?
HAVE WE MET?
NOT EXACTLY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR BUSINESS.
MY SCHEDULE RULES ME TODAY.
SIR...
JUST WANTED TO
BRING YOU THIS.
HAS SOMEBODY DECIDED
TO SUE ME?
I WOULDN'T TAKE YOU
FOR A PROSPEROUS LAWYER.
BUT THEN, PERHAPS
YOU'RE INCOGNITO.
BUT WHERE DID YOU FIND
SUCH A THING?
I WAS PROWLING IN
THE FLEA MARKET IN THE CITY,
AND THERE IT WAS.
IT WAS ONLY TEN GUILDERS,
AND SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS YOU.
BUT WHY ARE TWO PICTURES
CIRCLED?
THE YOUNG LADY?
JANET CARSON.
WAS SHE RECOGNIZED AS WELL?
SHE'S MY MOTHER,
AND SHE INFORMED ME,
SOMEWHAT RELUCTANTLY,
THAT I AM YOUR SON.
YOU LIVED TOGETHER
IN SAN FRANCISCO
DURING THE SIXTIES.
THAT'S WHERE I CAME IN.
[speaking Dutch]
WELL, YOU'VE GOT
THE PICTURES NOW.
I'M TIRED OF CARRYING THEM
AROUND.
WAIT!
WHAT DO I CALL YOU?
YOU DON'T!
[speaking Dutch]
DID YOU EXPECT HIM
TO INVITE YOU TO TEA
AFTER SUCH NEWS?
HOW DO I KNOW
WHAT I EXPECTED?
OR DID GODTELL YOU THAT, TOO!
I THINK IT IS TOO FAST,
TIMOTHY.
HE NEEDS TIME.
[Timothy]
YEAH, HE NEEDS TIME!
SURE! GREAT!
HOW 'BOUT ANOTHER 18 YEARS
OF MYLIFE!
AFTER ALL, WE'VE ONLY GOT
A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING HERE.
I'LL GO WITH YOU,
WE'LL TALK TO HIM.
YOU'RE OUT OF IT NOW!
YOU GOT IT, SWAMI?
I KNOW YOUR PLAN, MAN.
YOU'RE SET ON
CLAIMING ME FOR JESUS.
YOU WANT MYSCALP
HANGING FROM YOUR BELT,
SO YOU CAN MAKE POINTS
WITH YOUR "GOD SQUAD"
BACK AT THE RAI CENTER.
YOU JUST FORGET
ABOUT ME, MAN!
[footsteps retreat]
[singing out of tune]
♪ AND THE SKIES
ARE NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY ♪
♪ HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE
♪ WHERE THE DEER
AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY ♪
♪ WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD
A DISCOURAGING WORD ♪
♪ AND THE SKIES
ARE NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY ♪
♪
♪
[sighs]
[knocking]
UM, HAS MR. PRASAD CHECKED OUT
OF ROOM THREE-ELEVEN?
THREE-ELEVEN?
NOT SURE...
HAVEN'T GOT
HIS DEPARTURE
LISTED,
BUT THERE HAS BEEN
MUCH CONFUSION.
SO MANY CONFERENCE
PARTICIPANTS HAVE LEFT
THIS MORNING.
[Billy Graham]
WHAT IF YOU KNEW CHRIST
WOULD RETURN IN ONE MINUTE,
AND YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE
IN THE WORLD THAT KNEW IT?
[translation]
WOULD YOU FALL ON YOUR KNEES
AND CRY OUT FOR MERCY
AND REALIZE YOU'VE NEVER
REALLY KNOWN HIM?
SUPPOSE YOU WERE THE ONLY
ONE THAT KNEW
THAT CHRIST WOULD RETURN
IN 30 SECONDS.
WOULD YOU RUN OUT
INTO THE STREET
AND SCREAM AT THE TOP
OF YOUR VOICE,
"JESUS IS COMING!
REPENT AND BELIEVE!
"REPENT AND BELIEVE!"
SUPPOSE IT WAS TWENTY SECONDS,
AND YOU REALIZE THAT
YOU'VE NOT LIVED A HOLY LIFE,
YOU'RE NOT READY TO SEE CHRIST
AND YOU'RE NOW DESPERATE.
TEN SECONDS...
NINE...
EIGHT...
SEVEN...
FIVE...
FOUR...
TWO...
ONE...
AND YOU'RE NOT READY.
GOD HAS ENTRUSTED TO PEOPLE
LIKE YOU AND ME,
REDEEMED SINNERS,
THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF CARRYING OUT
HIS DIVINE PURPOSE.
HE'S GIVEN US THE PRIVILEGE,
THE HIGH AND HOLY PRIVILEGE,
TO PROCLAIM HIS MESSAGE
OF THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM.
LET US THEREFORE ASK GOD
TO GIVE US A FRESH VISION
OF THE WORLD
THAT IS OUTSIDE CHRIST.
A WORLD FOR WHICH
CHRIST DIED.
A WORLD WHICH IS FILLED
WITH FEAR, GUILT, CHAOS,
AND SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS.
HOW MANY OF US HAVE
LOVED PEOPLE FOR CHRIST SO MUCH
THAT WE'VE SHED TEARS?
DO YOU SEE PEOPLE EVERY DAY
AND DO YOU LOOK AT THEM AS
"LOST PEOPLE"?
SEPARATED FROM GOD
WITH EMPTY HEARTS,
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THAT SOMETHING IS GOD.
I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF US
ARE HERE BY CHANCE.
GOD HAS BROUGHT EACH OF US HERE
FOR A PURPOSE,
AND MAY EACH OF US
GO FROM AMSTERDAM
WITH A NEW COMMITMENT
TO DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST.
THERE'S ONE WORD THAT ALL OF US
CAN SAY IN EVERY LANGUAGE.
I WANT US TO SAY IT TOGETHER.
HALLELUJAH!
[audience repeats]
HALLELUJAH!
[Billy Graham]
HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH!
[Billy Graham]
HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH!
NOW, DO THE WORK OF
AN EVANGELIST!
[applause]
DO THE WORK OF
AN EVANGELIST!
DO THE WORK OF
AN EVANGELIST!
NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE
TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING
AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS
BEFORE THE PRESENCE
OF HIS GLORY
WITH EXCEEDING JOY,
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD,
OUR SAVIOR, BE GLORY
AND MAJESTY AND DOMINION
AND POWER,
BOTH NOW AND EVERMORE,
AMEN!
[miscellaneous conversations]
AH, GOD KEEP YOU, SON.
AND YOU!
SUCH STRONG MEAT,
OUR DAYS HERE.
NEED SIT ALONE
TO TAKE IT IN.
WE'LL NOT MEET AGAIN 'TIL...
YEAH.
I PRAY FOR TIMOTHY.
♪
♪
HI YA, CHIEF.
I DIDN'T FIGURE
YOU SHOULD TAKE OFF
WITHOUT SOME SORT OF
GOODBYE.
TIMOTHY...
THANK YOU.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
SUPPOSE I DECIDED TO, LATER ON,
SHIFT TO YOUR SIDE?
IT'D BE A HASSLE
TO LOOK YOU UP IN INDIA.
FROM WHAT I HEAR
IT'S A PRETTY BIG PLACE.
"SHIFT TO YOUR SIDE?"
THIS EXPRESSION IS
NOT KNOWN TO ME.
UH, WHAT YOU SAID, UH,
THAT...I MEAN,
THE ONLY SURE WAY
IS TO TRY HIM, RIGHT,
AND...
THAT HE'S AS REAL TO YOU
AS ANY LIVING PERSON,
AND I DECIDED TO MAKE
A TEST FOR MYSELF.
I WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE...
YOU KNOW...
YOU'RE ASKING TO BE
A CHRISTIAN?
I'M FEELING MY WAY
THROUGH THIS THING, OKAY?
I'VE GOT A LOT OF
GARBAGE IN MY LIFE,
TO DUMP.
HE IS LIKE A LOWLY
STREET SWEEPER
IN MY COUNTRY.
HE WILL TAKE IT
ALL AWAY.
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS
TO HIM,
HE CAN BE DEPENDED UPON
TO CLEANSE US FROM
EVERY WRONG,
AND THEN...
YOU MUST ASK HIM TO BE
LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
UH, SEE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
[horn beeps]
HE WILL SHOW YOU.
RAJ SAYS YOU ALREADY
KNOW ABOUT ME, JESUS.
NOT MUCH SENSE IN
REPEATING MYSELF.
I'VE HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING MYSELF.
I REALLY KNOW THAT.
I'M SORRY.
PLEASE MAKE IT RIGHT.
I WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU.
I GUESS I'M OPENING THE DOOR.
[Raj] MY HEART IS SINGING.
I CAN BARELY HOLD IT
IN PLACE.
HERE! JUST HERE!
THANKS GOD.
HE'S INSIDE WAITING FOR US,
I HOPE.
UH-HUH.
WELL, TIMOTHY IS TIMOTHY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
MOM, WE GO THROUGH CUSTOMS
IN NEW YORK.
WELL, LOOK, HE REALLY
WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
HE'S WAITING, OKAY?
OKAY, JUST A MINUTE.
YEAH, YOU, TOO.
MOM... SHE REALLY WANTS TO
TALK TO YOU.
YOU STILL LIKE ICE CREAM
FOR BREAKFAST?
OF COURSE I REMEMBER.
YES, IT'S BEEN TWENTY YEARS
BUT...
[Raj] TIMOTHY!
I TOLD YOU HE WAS HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
YOUR GUITAR, TIMOTHY.
YOU LEFT IT AT THE HOTEL.
I TOLD THEM IT WAS YOURS.
HE'S A MUSICIAN,
MOST PROFESSIONAL.
IT'S YOURS, RAJ.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
YOU DO?
THEY SUSPECT I AM A SMUGGLER.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE IT.
THERE'S BEEN
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
I GAVE IT TO HIM.
DO YOU WANT TO
LOOK INSIDE AGAIN?
[man] WE MUST GO!
WE'D BETTER FINISH THIS OFF.
IF YOU THINK I HAVE
DIFFICULTIES HERE,
WAIT 'TIL THEY SEE
MY BEAUTIFUL GUITAR
IN NEW DELHI.
I HAVE 13 HOURS
TO WORK UP A GOOD STORY.
[chuckling]
WISH I COULD BE THERE
TO HEAR IT, MAN.
THANKS, RAJ,
FOR BEING MY FRIEND, MAN.
LET'S GO!
LOOK, I'D LIKE
TO WRITE YOU.
DO!
OKAY.
PERHAPS WE
SHOULD TRY AGAIN,
NEXT SUMMER, HUH?
YEAH! ALL RIGHT.
IT'S YOURS.
OKAY.
THEN...
[screaming]
TIM!
YOUR PLANE WAS EARLY.
NO! I'M LATE!
I'M REALLY LATE, MOM.
[squealing and laughing]
♪ [Raj strumming guitar]
[singing out of tune]
♪ WHERE THE DEER
AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY ♪
♪ WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD
A DISCOURAGING WORD ♪
[Tim] WHEN ANYBODY ASKS
ABOUT LAST SUMMER,
I HAVE TO TELL THEM
ABOUT RAJ
AND HIS 8,000 FRIENDS
WHO SHOWED UP IN AMSTERDAM.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT EACH OF THEM
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE
DOING WHAT THEY DO
I KINDA GET A GOOD FEELING,
YOU KNOW,
LIKE SOMETHING'S,
SOMETHING EXCITING'S HAPPENING
WAY OUT IN THE DEEP POCKETS
OF THE WORLD,
BUT THAT ALWAYS BRINGS IT
RIGHT BACK HOME,
TO MY OWN LIFE...
BECAUSE IT WORKS.
YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANITY
IS NOT SOMETHING
I SHOVE DOWN
ANYBODY'S THROAT,
ALL I CAN TELL 'EM
IS WHAT I KNOW.
AFTER THAT, THEY GOTTA
MAKE THEIR OWN TEST.
MAYBE THAT PRAYER I PRAYED
WILL HELP SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW.
I'M OPENING THE DOOR
FOR YOU TO COME IN.
IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING
I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE.
IT'S JUST THE BEST.
♪
♪
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN
♪
♪ RIGHT FROM THE START
♪ YOU HELD MY HEART
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ♪
♪
♪ YOU HELPED FIND
♪ FEELINGS I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW I HAD ♪
♪ IF I FOUND OUT TOMORROW
IT WAS ALL OVER ♪
♪ I'D HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP AGAIN ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU
♪ TRYING TO FIND MYSELF
♪ BUT I CAN'T THINK OF TOMORROW
AND YOU AND ME ♪
♪ 'TIL I FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪ FIND OUT WHO I AM
♪
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN
♪
♪ IF I FOUND OUT TOMORROW
IT WAS ALL OVER ♪
♪ I'D HAVE ONLY ONE DESIRE
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
[LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN] ♪
♪ LET ME SOAR
LIKE AN EAGLE ♪
♪ HIGH IN THE SKY
AND THEN ♪
♪ LET YOUR LOVE
LIFT ME UP ♪
♪ LOVE LIFT ME UP AGAIN...