Ordinary Magic (1993) - full transcript
When his father dies, Jeffrey (Ryan Reynolds) is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte (Glenne Headly) in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Final boarding call
for Air Canada flight four...
- Jeffrey?
- Charlotte?
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm very honored to
be meeting you, Auntie.
- Is that all the
luggage you've got?
Well, come on this way,
I'm parked just outside.
You haven't got a coat?
Have you ever seen snow?
It's open.
Get in, you'll freeze.
♪ I'm just a simple guy ♪
♪ With no big intention ♪
Oh, this damn heater,
gonna have to get it
fixed one of these days.
♪ False pretension ♪
♪ And as I walk down the road ♪
♪ There's one
thing, sir, I know ♪
♪ If you were me ♪
♪ Instead of you ♪
♪ If you could walk ♪
♪ Instead of riding shotgun ♪
On your left, the Eiffel Tower.
Just kidding.
That's the other Paris.
- I was thinking
Paris was bigger.
- Don't say that out loud.
People here are very touchy.
Boy, when I was growing up,
I hated being here, you know?
People poking their noses
in their neighbors' business
and well, we couldn't
wait to get out of here,
your father and I.
Anyway, after Mom died,
I came back to take care
of the legal stuff, and
I just kinda stayed.
Well, here we are.
- Which part would
you be living in, Auntie?
Unfortunately, all of it.
- Father?
- Jeffrey.
Why don't you sit
down at the table?
I'll be right out.
I don't want you to think I
cook like this all the time.
I usually eat standing
up in the kitchen.
- What is it?
- Turkey.
White meat or dark?
- I'm sorry Auntie, but
I am not taking meat.
- What, you're a vegetarian?
Oh, terrific.
I guess I'll be eating a
lot of turkey sandwiches
for the next year or two.
- I'm sorry, Auntie,
but the vegetables
are looking very good.
- Well, fill up.
Cheers.
Clink it.
Welcome home.
Don't you know how to
use a knife and fork?
- I've tried with them.
Well, you're gonna have
to learn how to use them,
because you can't really go
around eating with your hands.
- I'm sorry, Auntie.
- Look, stop apologizing,
and don't call me Auntie
'cause Charlotte will do.
Oh, for God's sake.
This was your dad's room.
I thought, would you
like to sleep here?
I laid these out for you.
You must miss him, huh?
Me too.
I always thought he'd come back.
Well, good night.
Sleep well.
- Good night.
- So, Ganesh, any
interpretation please?
- Miss, the immortal bard
was telling us that love
is beset by difficulties.
- "For never was a
story of more woe
"than this of Juliet
and her Romeo."
And what are the difficulties
the two lovers felt
- They would not
permit the marriage?
- That's correct.
Which brings us to the--
- Ganesh.
Come, come, quickly.
- Father?
What is it?
What's wrong?
- Shh.
It's his heart.
I have not the equipment
to do the test.
His heart is weak.
He's worn out.
I left some
medicalment, marumba,
in case he gets this
attack all over again.
- Come.
Eat.
You must eat to get
your strength back.
Yes, oh master,
whatever you command.
Jeffrey.
If anything happens to me--
- Nothing will happen.
The doctor said you must rest.
- There's some money
buried in the strongbox
under the chicken coop.
It's not much, but enough,
and there's a letter for you
with my sister's
address in Canada.
I don't want to
talk about this now.
- I know.
Just promise me you'll
follow my instructions.
- Nothing's
going to happen.
- Promise me!
- I promise.
I promise.
Now please, take rest.
I promise.
Rest.
You will be fine
if you just rest.
♪ Now I've been happy lately ♪
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
♪ Oh, out on the edge
of the darkness ♪
♪ There rides a peace train ♪
♪ Oh peace train,
take this country ♪
♪ Come on, take me home again ♪
♪ Oh, I've been smiling lately ♪
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
Good morning, Auntie,
I mean Charlotte.
- I'm late, eh?
So go over to Dave's, give him
this, tell him I trust him.
I'll just be at the cafe there.
Come over when
you're done, okay?
- This beauty's the
warmest thing we've got.
Guaranteed 30 below.
Hmm?
I'll be right with you, son.
We got four outside
pockets, they're all velcro,
and two inside pockets,
you got drawstrings for it,
snap shut, hey move.
- Hi Dad.
- Hi Tom.
Did you wanna ring this
up for Mr. Barrett?
- Sure.
I just got here, he's
already got me working.
- Anything special
I can help you with?
- Charlotte said I should
be giving you this.
- Gee.
You're Warren's kid.
Charlotte told me,
I'd almost forgotten.
I'm Dave Randall.
I was your dad's best friend.
Did he ever mention me?
Ah, well, you'll be
going to school here.
That's my son Tom.
Tom's gonna be captain
of basketball this year.
How old are you, son?
- I am 15 now.
- Ah, well now, so is Tom.
You'd probably be
in the same class.
Anyway, what can I do for ya?
- Charlotte told me I
could be trusting you.
- Oh, a compliment.
- Two eggs over easy,
bacon and ham,.
- I hear you're gonna be
a rich woman, Charlotte.
Hey Mike, looks
like you're gonna
have to get yourself
a new waitress.
Charlotte here, she's gonna
be at home with her feet up,
sitting watching The
Young and the Restless.
Right Charlotte?
- Well, I'm thinking about it.
Here you go.
Hi.
- Hello.
- Why don't you sit down?
Do you want a
drink or something?
- That would
be very fine, thank you.
- Check out the hat, man.
- It's the ace
from outer space.
- Having fun, guys?
It's bad luck to wear a
hat indoors, you know.
- One club,
light, no mayo, cheese fries,
one beef with bacon, no onion.
- Aren't you warm in that thing?
- Yes.
- Charlotte.
- Hi.
When did you get into town?
- Last night.
How have you been?
- Fine.
How's your wife?
- Very funny.
Who's this?
- This is my nephew Jeffrey.
Jeffrey, Rick, Rick, Jeffrey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Why don't you go across
the street to the store
just over there and you can
get some vegetables and things.
It's just right
across the street.
- All right.
- He's vegetarian.
- No shit.
- It was an honor to
be meeting you, Rick.
- Yeah, same here.
Catch you later.
- Yes.
- Where'd he learn
to talk like that?
- India.
- Well, boy, I sure missed you.
- Dear Rahm.
I hope you are well and
have not forgotten me.
It is very cold here, and the
people are very different.
I met a boy today,
his name is Tom,
and he is the son of my
father's best friend.
- Jeffrey!
- The hell?
- Rahm,
there is so much
I could not even
begin to explain.
I wish you were here.
In two days I start school.
- Morrison, pathetic as usual.
Antonio, more
pathetic than usual.
Randall.
Come in.
Randall, if you've...
What!
What, are we waiting
for a royal summons?
What's this?
All right, class, this is
Geoffrey Moore from India.
Great time for a transfer.
What am I supposed
to do with you?
Perhaps consult an Oracle.
Pipe down in the cheap seats.
So Jeffrey Moore from India.
You speak English?
- Yes sir, I'm speaking English.
- Oh, good good death, a relief.
Why don't you just
grab a seat in the back
till I figure out
what to do with you.
Where was I, Randall.
Good job your father's
the mayor, son,
'cause nobody's gonna
give you a job otherwise.
Kochek, good job.
Rosenberg, better.
Big John, thanks for coming in.
Carver.
- Don't worry about it,
it was already broken.
- Okay, split up,
cut the chatter.
Next is holding the breath
underwater for one minute.
Get ready,
and...
Come on, you two, in.
- Sure this is a violation
of my constitutional rights.
- In we go.
- Good, Melissa.
That's good, Ashley.
- Is he gonna come up?
- Guruji,
I've come to beg humbly
for a small portion
of your time,
but have done nothing to
deserve your generosity.
- Begin.
Breathe.
- Three minutes
50, Jesus Murphy.
- Maybe he's drowned, sir.
- Hey everybody, stand back.
- How did you do that?
- It is
because of yoga.
- Okay, everybody
hit the showers!
- I
thought you might like
to take a look at these.
♪ Ooh na na na na na na ♪
♪ Ooh na na na na na na ♪
- Was my father good?
- Hockey player?
Oh, Warren was
good at everything.
At least I always
thought he was.
And then one day he
came home and announced
that team sports were fascist.
Gosh, I was about seven, I
didn't even know what it meant.
Oh, your father
and Dave Randall.
Who'd have ever thought
that he'd end up town mayor?
Boy, I remember
when they snuck in
to the Coopers' dressing
room and they spray-painted
these peace symbols on
all the team jerseys
and forced him to wear
them for the game.
God, were they mad.
- Why?
What was the purpose?
- Well, it was a protest.
That's what we did
in this town then.
There wasn't much else to do.
Still isn't.
♪ Oh, peace train
sounding louder ♪
♪ Ride on, peace train ♪
♪ Oh oh oh, peace train ♪
- Parisians love their town.
Oh, they do.
They're proud of it, they're
proud of the pioneering spirit
that built this
place out of nothing,
and stuck it out through
some tough times.
That's what I've told
our guest of honor.
I know I don't have to
introduce you to Mr. Joey Dean.
Most of you have got
some records sitting
around your house.
It's a great song.
As a matter of fact,
and in the back seat
of a 1962 Volkswagen
bug, oh, well,
Grace, don't write that down.
No, the point is I've told
Mr. Dean that we support him,
we're behind him,
and that we're behind
the Grand Valley Resorts 110%.
- 120%.
150%.
- Well, whatever.
- Thank you, David.
This isn't just another major
resort development, gentlemen.
Ladies.
It's a vision.
The future.
That's what's at stake here.
The future of this town.
And people are gonna come
from all around the world
to spend their
dollars, and their yen.
- And Deutsche marks.
- Whatever.
And we have got to
be ready for it.
It's a pleasure meeting you all.
David?
- Which means we've got to
get our spades in the ground
as soon as it unfreezes.
George?
George is handling
land acquisitions.
- Okay, we've got
this lot here, 206,
where the marina will
go, and these two,
220 and 221, for the ski lodge.
So, the only piece missing
is this one, right here.
225.
♪ You bring out the
best in me, Paris ♪
♪ There's no other place
I would rather be ♪
♪ Yes you stuck it through
the rough times and sorrow ♪
♪ What a special
night this must be ♪
♪ 'Cause you're standing in
the doorway of tomorrow ♪
♪ Can't you see what it can be ♪
♪ Paris can be ♪
- Thank you.
Thank you.
You are beautiful.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I thank you, thank you.
This town, your town,
is going to be the heart
of the Grand Valley
Total Resort Concept.
We're gonna sell this
place around the world.
This little town is going to
be the Paris of North America,
Paris on the Grand.
Yes!
Yes!
Yes.
Now enough talk.
Go tuck yourselves in
to some of that barbecue
those gorgeous little ladies
have prepared for you.
Go have a good time.
You children, come on up here,
take a look at the model, huh?
Goodbye everybody, thank you!
- Not even your goddamn kid
and you let him ruin our--
- Our what?
Anyway, I just don't feel
right about him waking up
and finding you there, okay?
You're not exactly a pretty
sight at the breakfast table.
- I haven't heard
you complaining.
- Hmm.
Cool your jets.
There you are.
- Tell me please, Charlotte.
Where is our house?
- Listen, why don't
you get yourself
some food while it lasts,
okay, and get me a plate too?
Okay?
Thanks.
- Temperatures
have reached a high of 25.
Another beautiful CXGB spring
day in Paris on the Grand.
In local news, Parisians
voted overwhelmingly
in support of the Grand
Valley Resort Complex
at City Council last night.
Construction is expected
to begin at once.
- Oh my goodness gracious me.
- What is that, anyway?
- Well, it is yoga.
- How does it work?
- There are different
positions called asanas.
Some easier and many harder.
- Why?
I mean, why do you do it?
- Well, why do you
play basketball?
- Because everyone expects me.
I have a responsibility
to the town,
according to my father.
- If you do not enjoy
playing basketball
then you should not.
- Look, I'll show
you what I do enjoy.
It's most beautiful
sound in the world.
They're not so very different,
basketball and yoga.
- Grand Valley
Resorts, gimme a break.
I'm packed.
How was school?
- Very good.
Today after school I was
practicing asanas, and--
- Asanas, what's that?
- It is yoga.
- Where were you doing that?
- In the gymnasium.
And I met a boy--
- Jeffrey, you've been
here almost two months,
why don't you try doing
more North American
kinds of things,
not Indian things.
You're only making it more
difficult for yourself
to fit in here.
- I'm not knowing
North American things.
- Well that is my point exactly,
and you're not gonna learn any
by pretending you're still
in India, you live here now.
- Well I don't want
to be living here now.
- Well it sure as
hell wasn't my idea.
Look, I'll only be
gone for a few days.
Here's some money.
When I get back
we've gotta talk,
there's something I have to
tell you about the house.
- What about the house?
- Well, we'll talk about
it when I get back.
- Are you going with Rick?
- Not that it's any of your
business, but yes I am,
I'm going with Rick.
- Rick is not liking me.
- That is not true.
- I'm not liking him either.
- Will you be okay?
- I'm very used to
taking care of myself.
- Well, here's my number.
I'm off.
Don't do anything dangerous.
And don't stay up too late!
Goodbye!
- Goodbye.
- That's way too
close to the house.
Hold it still, Frank, yeah.
All right.
- How much they
offer you for the place?
- A lot.
- So take it, I
sure as hell would.
Relax.
Come on.
Let's go for a swim.
- I just want to make
sure everything's okay.
- I'd known
all along you have
this maternal instinct.
- What do you know?
- Oh no.
Hey.
Is tonight Diwali?
- I guess so.
- You guess so.
Since when does a boy
of 15 guess it's Diwali?
Well go on.
- No, I should
really be staying with you.
- Go.
Hurry, or you'll miss it.
- Maybe just for an hour.
- I'm
supposed to be dying.
But how can I die?
I'm here.
I'm a part of the whole.
The whole that is one.
The one that has no
death, that is eternal.
How can I die?
I am here.
- Ganesh!
Where are you going, Ganesh?
- Ganesh.
This was in his hand.
- I heard, he was saying...
- Very auspicious words.
He was being a very devout man.
Ganesh.
We will give him a good funeral.
Ganesh, the body in this heat.
It would be more
comfortable for the funeral
to take place early.
- Jeffrey?
- Is it okay?
I found them in the attic.
Are these people all my family?
- Yes, I took 'em
down after Mom died
because it felt so
much like a mausoleum.
- I'm sorry, I will
take them down.
- No, no leave 'em up,
it feels like a home.
- Come.
Please sit.
- Mm.
- Do not drink water.
Eat rice.
That is spicy it
is, called sambar.
Rice will help.
Rice is better than water.
Good.
You see?
- Mm.
It's very good.
Jeffrey, you remember
there was something
I wanted to talk to you about,
about the house, remember?
- Yes.
- Well...
Mm, god.
That is really, really hot.
Hmm, but very good.
Well, I'm just gonna
say this right out.
You see, I have been
offered a lot of money
to sell the house, and
there's a lot of repairs
that have to be done, and it's
just a lot of work for me,
and I've been wanting
to go back to Vancouver.
And then you came
here, and now--
- If it is what you
want to do, then--
- No, that's it, I just, I
don't know what I want to do.
It's just, I guess...
Mm.
Mm.
I guess I don't want to
sell the house, really.
I don't.
I don't.
Do you?
- No.
No, of course not.
- Well then, let's
not sell it, okay?
- Okay.
Very okay.
- Deal?
- Deal.
- It's the spice.
You have complimented
my cooking.
- It was very good.
Very good.
- Charlotte.
- Yeah?
- What is happening at a party?
- Wait, you've been
invited to a party?
Great.
Well, I don't know, I mean,
there's dancing I guess.
- Dancing.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ Hey, whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ Tell me could I say ♪
- Hey, you made it.
- Hello.
- How's it going?
- Hey Tom, you're up.
- Catch ya later.
- Have a seat.
So, you do yoga.
Tom was just telling me.
It's a spiritual thing.
Is that right?
- It is a practice
of discipline.
- What?
I can't hear you.
- It is a discipline
of the body and spirit.
Well, you have the pranayama,
which is through the breath.
- But what's it for?
- The goal is to free
the mind from desire.
- Do you want to dance?
♪ So you came into my life ♪
♪ Not unseen ♪
- Here.
You're nervous.
Boys and girls don't
dance together in India?
- No.
- Well, here it's okay.
♪ So lonely without you ♪
♪ Girl, girl, girl, girl ♪
♪ You just see me ♪
♪ The way I can be ♪
♪ Forget the lies I told you ♪
♪ I just wanna hold you ♪
- Hey guys.
Here comes a geek.
You want a drink?
- Yes, please.
May I be getting two?
- Sure.
- What is it, please?
- Grape juice.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
♪ I know today I
can feel no pain ♪
♪ With you so far from me ♪
♪ Although it seems
just like yesterday ♪
♪ I watch the years pass me ♪
♪ When I think of
you, I feel no pain ♪
♪ I'm never lonely,
and I dream of you ♪
♪ A thousand times
in a thousand ways ♪
♪ I watch you more ♪
♪ Monty's in a limousine
15 miles from nowhere ♪
♪ I'm trying to find
the ♪
- There you are.
What is it?
- It's grape juice.
Let us dance.
♪ Never know where to go ♪
- You're drunk.
- I have never touched
alcohol in my life.
- Maybe we should just sit down.
Jeffrey?
Are you okay?
Jeffrey?
Wake up, Jeffrey.
Isn't funny.
Jeff?
Can you hear me?
What happened?
- Hey.
- Good morning.
Charlotte Moore?
- Mm-hmm.
- Sign here, please.
- Here?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
- Morning.
Girl called for you.
Guess you had a good
time last night.
Oh my god.
- What?
What is it?
Notice of expropriation.
What is it meaning?
- It means they're
gonna take the house.
- How could can they
be taking the house?
- It means they want
to tear it down.
- I thought we sent 78 Glenlake
a notice about that fence.
- We did, back in February.
- I knew
this would happen.
- Okay, send
him another notice.
Motion to adopt?
- Hello.
- Seconded.
- Discussion?
- I have something
I want to discuss.
- Mr. Davis's fence?
- No, I've got--
- Then you're out of order.
- Well I don't give a damn.
- Out of order.
- Shh shh shh.
Let her talk.
- She just can't
walk in here and--
- George, don't
be a horse's ass.
You have the floor.
What is it?
- Well you know damn
well what it is.
I have a letter here saying our
house is being expropriated.
- You're too late, the plan
has already been approved.
This is a waste of time.
- Just a second.
I told you last January
what we were going to do.
You said--
- I told you I'd think about it.
- You were sent an official
notice two weeks ago.
- Well I didn't read it, I
thought it was more junk.
- Just a minute.
- And you told me
I had until June.
- Well, we had to
change the deadline
because of
construction schedules.
- Oh, for God's sake.
- Well, we've thought about
it and I don't want to sell,
that's final.
- Wait.
A lot of us here tonight have
invested in this development,
and we think it's
best for the town.
- Oh, give me a break.
- Order, out of order!
- Fascist bastards.
- Hold on a second.
- No, you hold on.
We're gonna appeal, you can
be goddamn sure about that.
- But there's nowhere
left to appeal.
It's all been done legally.
You're too late.
Look, maybe we can
sweeten the deal.
- First thing tomorrow,
we're gonna call a lawyer,
we'll see about this.
- Hi Sal.
- What do you mean compensation?
We hired you to find a way to
keep our house, god dammit,
not to make deals.
No!
Well you may think
it's generous.
No.
Who the hell are you working
for, us or town council?
Oh, fine, we'll
find someone else.
- Did not sound so good.
- He says we have no choice.
The eviction is legal.
We're supposed to be
out of here tomorrow.
What are we gonna do?
- How was
it in Kelianpoli?
- Well, we walked for three days
and three nights to get there.
Then we began a fast
to draw attention.
Words of such satyagaha
spreads quickly.
We want no more
than what is ours.
Our human dignity.
And so until we are recognized,
no more food in our bodies,
no more planning, no more
harvest, no more crops.
Mahatma Gandhi
showed us the way.
United we stand to prosper.
The landlord and
his goons came too.
He swore he'd scorched
the fields with fire
before he'd give
up a single acre.
Empty threats, I told him.
- In the end, we were
less than a dozen.
They laughed in our faces.
When your mother was
alive, it was easier
to be philosophical.
She used to say to me, "not
every battle is worth fighting.
"Some you're not meant to win."
Remember that, Jeffrey.
Lord of removing obstacles.
May the lord of
day grant us peace.
May the lord of
night grant us peace.
May the lord of
sight grant us peace.
May the lord of
might grant us peace.
I bow down to ,
source of all power.
I will speak the truth
in front of the law.
Guard me and my teacher
against all harm.
We can save the house by
practicing satyagraha.
It is with satyagraha
that Gandhiji
convinced the British
to leave India.
The first step is to occupy
a piece of vital territory
and refuse to leave
no matter what.
This porch will
be our territory.
My father spent his life
fighting losing battles.
In the end it broke his heart.
Once we start we must never
stop, till we have won.
- All right.
I'll just call the cafe.
Jeffrey.
- Charlotte?
- I'm really glad you came.
- Hi Charlotte.
- Hi Billy.
- This your nephew?
- Uh-huh.
- So, ready to move?
- We will not be
moving, your honor.
- Okay.
You can have until tomorrow.
- We will not be
moving tomorrow.
- He speak for you, Charlotte?
- Mm-hmm.
- If you're not out by tomorrow,
we'll just have to move you out.
- Whatcha doing?
- We are sitting here so they
will not be taking our house.
- Oh.
- What do we do
tomorrow when they come back?
- We must wait and see.
Sooner or later they will
see that they are wrong.
- Charlotte Moore?
- Uh-huh.
- You and your nephew are
trespassing on property
which belongs to
the city of Paris,
which has been leased
to Grand Valley Resort.
Will you go peacefully?
- We're not leaving.
- Well in that case, we'll
just have to carry you out.
- Then we will come back.
We've begun a fast.
As of today we'll be
taking nothing but water.
And bicarbonate of soda.
- You are in very
serious trouble, buddy.
I don't know what it's like
wherever it is you come from,
but over here there's
respect for the law.
You want to live
here, better be ready
to act like a Canadian.
- Who do you think you are?
- My great-grandfather,
his great-great-grandfather
built this house
with his bare hands,
and if you think you can
come here and scare us off,
I've got news for you.
- You're making a
very serious mistake.
You won't get away with it.
- That was our first victory.
- That was a victory?
- They came to take
us away by force.
They did not.
Satyagraha has begun to work.
- You didn't say anything
about not eating.
- Good morning.
May I come up?
- Oh, hi Mr. Samuels.
- How do, Miss.
Fine day.
- Yeah.
Well, can I get you something,
a lemonade or a beer?
- Oh, lemonade, if it's
not too much trouble.
- All right.
- Garden's a mess.
What are you drinking?
- It is water with
bicarbonate of soda, uncle.
- Sick?
- No, it is to
settle the stomach.
We are not eating until they
are changing their minds
about taking our house.
- So I heard.
You're gonna upset a lot
of people in this town.
That's for sure.
- It'll be easier
tomorrow, won't it?
Good night, Jeff.
- Good night, Charlotte.
Good morning.
- Hi.
- It's gonna be a scorcher.
- Satyagraha?
You don't get many
opportunities to observe it
being practiced.
Do you mind if I?
- Please.
- Thanks.
- Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
- Good morning.
- Where have you been?
The phone hasn't
stopped ringing.
Mr. Dean wants you to
call him immediately.
Everybody wants to
know what's going on
up at the Moores' house.
- Okay, would you get me
Mr. Dean on the phone,
and then when you get a moment,
you bring me a cup
of coffee, please?
- Dream on.
Paris on the Grand,
how can I help you?
- I mean, we should
just go in there
and haul him out
and get on with it.
- Easy for you, you're not
the one that has to do it.
- Yeah, well you're the man
wearing the badge, Billy.
- Hey, why don't you make
Lenny here into it deputy?
He's so fired up
about law enforcement.
- Damn right.
I'll go in there kick
a little ass for you.
- Get your goddamn
ass off my car!
Right now!
- Hey man, come on, let's go
in there and get that geek.
- Yeah, why don't
you do it, huh?
- Hey, don't be such an asshole.
- What the hell's
the matter with you?
- Tired of that shit.
He's not a geek.
- Yes sir.
- Hey Tom.
- Hey Luce.
- And here we are in day
four of satyagraha, graha.
We'll go again right away.
And here we are in
day four of sichi...
All right.
- My dad said
Charlotte's a crackpot.
- He did?
What's a crackpot?
- I don't know.
I'll ask him.
- Sarah, dinner!
- Bye.
- Bye.
- I don't think I've ever
been hungry like this before.
God, half the world
is starving to death
and I have never
even been hungry.
- Come, sit.
Try it, like this.
Straighten your back.
Good.
My teacher used to say
to me,
"the mind is the monkey
in a cage, Ganesh."
"Always busy, always emotional.
"But if you stop it from moving,
"you're not feeling restless."
- Then what?
- Try it.
Close your eyes.
Take a breath.
Take another breath,
let it out slowly.
As it goes out, let all your
consciousness flow out with it.
All your thoughts
flow out and dissolve.
Then take another breath.
Let it out all over again.
- It worked.
I felt empty.
No, that doesn't sound right.
Steady.
- Like a
sail catching the wind.
- They want to be
martyrs, it won't be me
who gives them the opportunity.
Too bad, they can just
sit there and get hungry.
Let's see how long
they can hold out.
Hunger strike.
It's just typical of Charlotte
to be so unreasonable,
acting as if we were
driving out into the night.
- I wanted a wing, Daddy.
- Oh dear.
And what we offered
her was far more
than the house in the land
are worth at market value,
and let me tell you, I
had to twist a few arms,
let me tell you, personally
twist a lot of arms.
- A wing, dear.
- But I don't hear
anyone thanking me.
Oh no.
- A wing.
- What?
- A wing.
- Oh.
- What if it was our house, Dad?
- Look, son, I feel just as
badly about this as you do.
- Why don't you do
something about it?
- Like what?
We can't redo the
whole development plan
just because of one house.
- Why not?
- Because it's too late.
Mr. Dean has threatened to pull
out if we don't move ahead.
We could lose the
development altogether,
and a lot of people stand
to lose their investments,
including us.
- But I thought his
father was your best friend.
- He was.
He was my best friend.
But that's not the point.
- Then what is the point?
- Hmm.
Good move.
How about there.
- Satyagraha,
satyagraha, satyagraha.
Here we are on day
five of satyagraha.
How do you say it?
- Satyagraha.
- Okay good.
Here we are on day
five satyagraha.
- Here's the pride
of the Ottawa Valley to sing--
- Clogs to clogs in
three generations.
The old story.
Remember the boy,
always in trouble?
Where did he end up?
In India, dead.
- They were a fine old
family, the Moores.
- You guys are so full of
bull, you make me laugh.
I knew old Duncan Moore.
He built that house,
and half the damn town.
He wouldn't let nobody
come in and tell him
they were gonna
tear his house down.
Ooh, no sirree.
He'd have been out there
on the front porch.
Only he'd have had his
12-gauge, and a box of shells.
I don't blame them kids one bit.
- Yeah, well I'd take the money.
- Hell, if I lived in a dump
like yours, I would too.
- Just a goddamn minute.
- Well, I'd do the same as
them if it was my place.
- Yeah, you haven't quit eating
for an hour in your life,
much less a week.
Ah, for Christ's sakes!
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- What's wrong with this town?
Everyone's getting so touchy.
- The hell are you looking at?
- So what's the latest
up at the Moore place?
- Talk about touchy.
- Well, it's day six and
Paris is still burning.
The satyagraha
continues, I said it!
Oh.
Cut.
- Hello.
- How are you feeling?
- Empty.
- When we were little,
we used to think
this place was haunted.
- Haunted?
- Ghosts, you know.
Ooh.
It's cold out here.
- I could get you a blanket.
- No.
- Dave, Dave, look.
It's not my style to tell
a man how to do his job.
But I gotta--
- Been out there a week,
how long can they last?
Why don't we wait two
or three more days?
- I hope you know what
you're doing, Dave.
I really do.
Otherwise I gotta tell
ya, there's gonna be
a world of pain
around the corner.
There really is.
- Have a little faith.
- Just get it done, would you?
- Doesn't look good.
Making a lot of
people think twice
about the whole development.
- Frankie?
Hey Frankie.
Hi, it's Joey.
Yeah, fine, babe.
Listen, I need you
to do a favor for me.
- Chair.
- Why are you doing this!
Come back here!
- Charlotte, sit down.
- Are you all right?
- Who would do this?
- Hi there.
I'm Joey Dean, you
all know the mayor.
- Charlotte.
- First of all,
about last night.
I gotta tell you, we all
feel very very badly.
Now, I want you to
know that I understand
those strong emotions
that you're feeling,
I really do, and I respect them.
This place, the view from here,
these things are important.
So what I am proposing is this.
When those condos
are built right here,
there's gonna be a
two-bedroom, make that a three,
a three-bedroom right here
looking out at that view.
You know something, it's yours,
free, no strings attached.
So what do you say?
Can we just act like
reasonable people here?
Let's make a deal, let's
get this thing over with.
- No.
- No.
What does he mean no?
- No is what I am meaning.
Although I thank you
for your offer, uncle.
- Uncle?
I'm not your goddamn uncle.
If I were your uncle--
- I think
we better leave.
- God damn right.
- You've got to midnight
tonight to move your things out.
This has gotten out of hand.
This has got to stop.
- That was
their last chance.
- And we were gonna
change the world.
- Lucy, why don't
you take Sarah home.
- Bye Jeffrey.
- We're
gonna shut 'em down.
We gotta wait till we
get a signal from the man
before we move in,
so just stand by,
we'll let you know, over.
Okay John, we copy.
- Do you want some water?
Oh, sorry.
- All right you all right?
- I'm fine, just a bit dizzy.
- Come lie down.
- No no, I wanna stay here.
- Let's go here, come on.
Take rest.
I will wake you if
something happens.
- How many days has it been?
- Please rest.
- Sorry.
- Jeffrey?
Jeffrey.
Jeffrey, it's Charlotte.
She's fallen, she's
in the kitchen.
Maybe we should
call an ambulance.
- No.
- I should probably go with her.
- Coming through.
Move it.
Almost there.
- Please sir,
you'll have to wait outside.
- To
emergency immediately please.
- You're Charlotte's nephew?
- Yes.
- This fasting.
- It was my idea.
- Her kidneys have
started to malfunction.
We're gonna keep her here for
a couple of days, at least.
- Can I see her?
- I've given her something
to make her sleep.
Why don't you come
back in the morning?
- Time's up, folks.
Let's go.
Tom, what the hell
are you doing?
♪ Now I've been ♪
- Hey Tom.
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
- Jesus Christ.
Will you look at that.
♪ Oh peace train,
take this country ♪
♪ Come on, take me home again ♪
♪ Oh I've been smiling lately ♪
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
♪ Oh peace train,
sounding louder ♪
♪ Ride on, peace train ♪
♪ Oh oh oh, peace train ♪
♪ Come on, peace train ♪
- Excuse me.
Excuse me please.
Excuse me.
This is my house.
♪ Oh oh oh, come
on peace train ♪
♪ Oh, get your bags together ♪
♪ Go on, bring
your friends too ♪
♪ Because it's getting nearer ♪
- What the hell is this?
What the hell is this?!
What's going on here?
What is this, David?!
What the hell is this
kid doing back again?
You, get back in there,
start the engine!
♪ Oh peace train,
sounding louder ♪
♪ Ride on, peace train ♪
- How's Charlotte?
- She will be okay.
She is resting.
- All right, this is it.
This is it, drag 'em away,
I want 'em outta here,
get 'em off my land get 'em off.
- How about you
shut the hell up.
♪ Oh, I've been crying lately ♪
♪ Thinking about the world ♪
- Nobody talks to me like that.
Nobody.
You know who I am?
I've got some heavy
connections, my friend.
Follow me?
- Hey look, I'm shaking.
You know where I live.
♪ Peace train take
this country ♪
- Paris on the Grand, huh?
Paris, you're on your ass!
Coulda made millions.
Millions!
♪ Peace train ♪
♪ Oh, come on ♪
♪ I've been telling lately ♪
♪ Dreamin' about the wars won ♪
♪ And I believe it could
be some day has come ♪
♪ 'Cause out on the
edge of darkness ♪
♪ There lands a new strand ♪
♪ Oh peace train,
take this country ♪
♪ Come on, take me home again ♪
♪ Oh, home again ♪
♪ Home again ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Home again, home again ♪
♪ Oh, peace train ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Hmm ♪
♪ Home again ♪
♪ Come on, come on ♪
♪ Oh, peace train ♪
♪ Mm, peace train ♪
♪ Peace train ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Peace train ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Hmm ♪
♪ Oh, peace train ♪
for Air Canada flight four...
- Jeffrey?
- Charlotte?
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm very honored to
be meeting you, Auntie.
- Is that all the
luggage you've got?
Well, come on this way,
I'm parked just outside.
You haven't got a coat?
Have you ever seen snow?
It's open.
Get in, you'll freeze.
♪ I'm just a simple guy ♪
♪ With no big intention ♪
Oh, this damn heater,
gonna have to get it
fixed one of these days.
♪ False pretension ♪
♪ And as I walk down the road ♪
♪ There's one
thing, sir, I know ♪
♪ If you were me ♪
♪ Instead of you ♪
♪ If you could walk ♪
♪ Instead of riding shotgun ♪
On your left, the Eiffel Tower.
Just kidding.
That's the other Paris.
- I was thinking
Paris was bigger.
- Don't say that out loud.
People here are very touchy.
Boy, when I was growing up,
I hated being here, you know?
People poking their noses
in their neighbors' business
and well, we couldn't
wait to get out of here,
your father and I.
Anyway, after Mom died,
I came back to take care
of the legal stuff, and
I just kinda stayed.
Well, here we are.
- Which part would
you be living in, Auntie?
Unfortunately, all of it.
- Father?
- Jeffrey.
Why don't you sit
down at the table?
I'll be right out.
I don't want you to think I
cook like this all the time.
I usually eat standing
up in the kitchen.
- What is it?
- Turkey.
White meat or dark?
- I'm sorry Auntie, but
I am not taking meat.
- What, you're a vegetarian?
Oh, terrific.
I guess I'll be eating a
lot of turkey sandwiches
for the next year or two.
- I'm sorry, Auntie,
but the vegetables
are looking very good.
- Well, fill up.
Cheers.
Clink it.
Welcome home.
Don't you know how to
use a knife and fork?
- I've tried with them.
Well, you're gonna have
to learn how to use them,
because you can't really go
around eating with your hands.
- I'm sorry, Auntie.
- Look, stop apologizing,
and don't call me Auntie
'cause Charlotte will do.
Oh, for God's sake.
This was your dad's room.
I thought, would you
like to sleep here?
I laid these out for you.
You must miss him, huh?
Me too.
I always thought he'd come back.
Well, good night.
Sleep well.
- Good night.
- So, Ganesh, any
interpretation please?
- Miss, the immortal bard
was telling us that love
is beset by difficulties.
- "For never was a
story of more woe
"than this of Juliet
and her Romeo."
And what are the difficulties
the two lovers felt
- They would not
permit the marriage?
- That's correct.
Which brings us to the--
- Ganesh.
Come, come, quickly.
- Father?
What is it?
What's wrong?
- Shh.
It's his heart.
I have not the equipment
to do the test.
His heart is weak.
He's worn out.
I left some
medicalment, marumba,
in case he gets this
attack all over again.
- Come.
Eat.
You must eat to get
your strength back.
Yes, oh master,
whatever you command.
Jeffrey.
If anything happens to me--
- Nothing will happen.
The doctor said you must rest.
- There's some money
buried in the strongbox
under the chicken coop.
It's not much, but enough,
and there's a letter for you
with my sister's
address in Canada.
I don't want to
talk about this now.
- I know.
Just promise me you'll
follow my instructions.
- Nothing's
going to happen.
- Promise me!
- I promise.
I promise.
Now please, take rest.
I promise.
Rest.
You will be fine
if you just rest.
♪ Now I've been happy lately ♪
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
♪ Oh, out on the edge
of the darkness ♪
♪ There rides a peace train ♪
♪ Oh peace train,
take this country ♪
♪ Come on, take me home again ♪
♪ Oh, I've been smiling lately ♪
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
Good morning, Auntie,
I mean Charlotte.
- I'm late, eh?
So go over to Dave's, give him
this, tell him I trust him.
I'll just be at the cafe there.
Come over when
you're done, okay?
- This beauty's the
warmest thing we've got.
Guaranteed 30 below.
Hmm?
I'll be right with you, son.
We got four outside
pockets, they're all velcro,
and two inside pockets,
you got drawstrings for it,
snap shut, hey move.
- Hi Dad.
- Hi Tom.
Did you wanna ring this
up for Mr. Barrett?
- Sure.
I just got here, he's
already got me working.
- Anything special
I can help you with?
- Charlotte said I should
be giving you this.
- Gee.
You're Warren's kid.
Charlotte told me,
I'd almost forgotten.
I'm Dave Randall.
I was your dad's best friend.
Did he ever mention me?
Ah, well, you'll be
going to school here.
That's my son Tom.
Tom's gonna be captain
of basketball this year.
How old are you, son?
- I am 15 now.
- Ah, well now, so is Tom.
You'd probably be
in the same class.
Anyway, what can I do for ya?
- Charlotte told me I
could be trusting you.
- Oh, a compliment.
- Two eggs over easy,
bacon and ham,.
- I hear you're gonna be
a rich woman, Charlotte.
Hey Mike, looks
like you're gonna
have to get yourself
a new waitress.
Charlotte here, she's gonna
be at home with her feet up,
sitting watching The
Young and the Restless.
Right Charlotte?
- Well, I'm thinking about it.
Here you go.
Hi.
- Hello.
- Why don't you sit down?
Do you want a
drink or something?
- That would
be very fine, thank you.
- Check out the hat, man.
- It's the ace
from outer space.
- Having fun, guys?
It's bad luck to wear a
hat indoors, you know.
- One club,
light, no mayo, cheese fries,
one beef with bacon, no onion.
- Aren't you warm in that thing?
- Yes.
- Charlotte.
- Hi.
When did you get into town?
- Last night.
How have you been?
- Fine.
How's your wife?
- Very funny.
Who's this?
- This is my nephew Jeffrey.
Jeffrey, Rick, Rick, Jeffrey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Why don't you go across
the street to the store
just over there and you can
get some vegetables and things.
It's just right
across the street.
- All right.
- He's vegetarian.
- No shit.
- It was an honor to
be meeting you, Rick.
- Yeah, same here.
Catch you later.
- Yes.
- Where'd he learn
to talk like that?
- India.
- Well, boy, I sure missed you.
- Dear Rahm.
I hope you are well and
have not forgotten me.
It is very cold here, and the
people are very different.
I met a boy today,
his name is Tom,
and he is the son of my
father's best friend.
- Jeffrey!
- The hell?
- Rahm,
there is so much
I could not even
begin to explain.
I wish you were here.
In two days I start school.
- Morrison, pathetic as usual.
Antonio, more
pathetic than usual.
Randall.
Come in.
Randall, if you've...
What!
What, are we waiting
for a royal summons?
What's this?
All right, class, this is
Geoffrey Moore from India.
Great time for a transfer.
What am I supposed
to do with you?
Perhaps consult an Oracle.
Pipe down in the cheap seats.
So Jeffrey Moore from India.
You speak English?
- Yes sir, I'm speaking English.
- Oh, good good death, a relief.
Why don't you just
grab a seat in the back
till I figure out
what to do with you.
Where was I, Randall.
Good job your father's
the mayor, son,
'cause nobody's gonna
give you a job otherwise.
Kochek, good job.
Rosenberg, better.
Big John, thanks for coming in.
Carver.
- Don't worry about it,
it was already broken.
- Okay, split up,
cut the chatter.
Next is holding the breath
underwater for one minute.
Get ready,
and...
Come on, you two, in.
- Sure this is a violation
of my constitutional rights.
- In we go.
- Good, Melissa.
That's good, Ashley.
- Is he gonna come up?
- Guruji,
I've come to beg humbly
for a small portion
of your time,
but have done nothing to
deserve your generosity.
- Begin.
Breathe.
- Three minutes
50, Jesus Murphy.
- Maybe he's drowned, sir.
- Hey everybody, stand back.
- How did you do that?
- It is
because of yoga.
- Okay, everybody
hit the showers!
- I
thought you might like
to take a look at these.
♪ Ooh na na na na na na ♪
♪ Ooh na na na na na na ♪
- Was my father good?
- Hockey player?
Oh, Warren was
good at everything.
At least I always
thought he was.
And then one day he
came home and announced
that team sports were fascist.
Gosh, I was about seven, I
didn't even know what it meant.
Oh, your father
and Dave Randall.
Who'd have ever thought
that he'd end up town mayor?
Boy, I remember
when they snuck in
to the Coopers' dressing
room and they spray-painted
these peace symbols on
all the team jerseys
and forced him to wear
them for the game.
God, were they mad.
- Why?
What was the purpose?
- Well, it was a protest.
That's what we did
in this town then.
There wasn't much else to do.
Still isn't.
♪ Oh, peace train
sounding louder ♪
♪ Ride on, peace train ♪
♪ Oh oh oh, peace train ♪
- Parisians love their town.
Oh, they do.
They're proud of it, they're
proud of the pioneering spirit
that built this
place out of nothing,
and stuck it out through
some tough times.
That's what I've told
our guest of honor.
I know I don't have to
introduce you to Mr. Joey Dean.
Most of you have got
some records sitting
around your house.
It's a great song.
As a matter of fact,
and in the back seat
of a 1962 Volkswagen
bug, oh, well,
Grace, don't write that down.
No, the point is I've told
Mr. Dean that we support him,
we're behind him,
and that we're behind
the Grand Valley Resorts 110%.
- 120%.
150%.
- Well, whatever.
- Thank you, David.
This isn't just another major
resort development, gentlemen.
Ladies.
It's a vision.
The future.
That's what's at stake here.
The future of this town.
And people are gonna come
from all around the world
to spend their
dollars, and their yen.
- And Deutsche marks.
- Whatever.
And we have got to
be ready for it.
It's a pleasure meeting you all.
David?
- Which means we've got to
get our spades in the ground
as soon as it unfreezes.
George?
George is handling
land acquisitions.
- Okay, we've got
this lot here, 206,
where the marina will
go, and these two,
220 and 221, for the ski lodge.
So, the only piece missing
is this one, right here.
225.
♪ You bring out the
best in me, Paris ♪
♪ There's no other place
I would rather be ♪
♪ Yes you stuck it through
the rough times and sorrow ♪
♪ What a special
night this must be ♪
♪ 'Cause you're standing in
the doorway of tomorrow ♪
♪ Can't you see what it can be ♪
♪ Paris can be ♪
- Thank you.
Thank you.
You are beautiful.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I thank you, thank you.
This town, your town,
is going to be the heart
of the Grand Valley
Total Resort Concept.
We're gonna sell this
place around the world.
This little town is going to
be the Paris of North America,
Paris on the Grand.
Yes!
Yes!
Yes.
Now enough talk.
Go tuck yourselves in
to some of that barbecue
those gorgeous little ladies
have prepared for you.
Go have a good time.
You children, come on up here,
take a look at the model, huh?
Goodbye everybody, thank you!
- Not even your goddamn kid
and you let him ruin our--
- Our what?
Anyway, I just don't feel
right about him waking up
and finding you there, okay?
You're not exactly a pretty
sight at the breakfast table.
- I haven't heard
you complaining.
- Hmm.
Cool your jets.
There you are.
- Tell me please, Charlotte.
Where is our house?
- Listen, why don't
you get yourself
some food while it lasts,
okay, and get me a plate too?
Okay?
Thanks.
- Temperatures
have reached a high of 25.
Another beautiful CXGB spring
day in Paris on the Grand.
In local news, Parisians
voted overwhelmingly
in support of the Grand
Valley Resort Complex
at City Council last night.
Construction is expected
to begin at once.
- Oh my goodness gracious me.
- What is that, anyway?
- Well, it is yoga.
- How does it work?
- There are different
positions called asanas.
Some easier and many harder.
- Why?
I mean, why do you do it?
- Well, why do you
play basketball?
- Because everyone expects me.
I have a responsibility
to the town,
according to my father.
- If you do not enjoy
playing basketball
then you should not.
- Look, I'll show
you what I do enjoy.
It's most beautiful
sound in the world.
They're not so very different,
basketball and yoga.
- Grand Valley
Resorts, gimme a break.
I'm packed.
How was school?
- Very good.
Today after school I was
practicing asanas, and--
- Asanas, what's that?
- It is yoga.
- Where were you doing that?
- In the gymnasium.
And I met a boy--
- Jeffrey, you've been
here almost two months,
why don't you try doing
more North American
kinds of things,
not Indian things.
You're only making it more
difficult for yourself
to fit in here.
- I'm not knowing
North American things.
- Well that is my point exactly,
and you're not gonna learn any
by pretending you're still
in India, you live here now.
- Well I don't want
to be living here now.
- Well it sure as
hell wasn't my idea.
Look, I'll only be
gone for a few days.
Here's some money.
When I get back
we've gotta talk,
there's something I have to
tell you about the house.
- What about the house?
- Well, we'll talk about
it when I get back.
- Are you going with Rick?
- Not that it's any of your
business, but yes I am,
I'm going with Rick.
- Rick is not liking me.
- That is not true.
- I'm not liking him either.
- Will you be okay?
- I'm very used to
taking care of myself.
- Well, here's my number.
I'm off.
Don't do anything dangerous.
And don't stay up too late!
Goodbye!
- Goodbye.
- That's way too
close to the house.
Hold it still, Frank, yeah.
All right.
- How much they
offer you for the place?
- A lot.
- So take it, I
sure as hell would.
Relax.
Come on.
Let's go for a swim.
- I just want to make
sure everything's okay.
- I'd known
all along you have
this maternal instinct.
- What do you know?
- Oh no.
Hey.
Is tonight Diwali?
- I guess so.
- You guess so.
Since when does a boy
of 15 guess it's Diwali?
Well go on.
- No, I should
really be staying with you.
- Go.
Hurry, or you'll miss it.
- Maybe just for an hour.
- I'm
supposed to be dying.
But how can I die?
I'm here.
I'm a part of the whole.
The whole that is one.
The one that has no
death, that is eternal.
How can I die?
I am here.
- Ganesh!
Where are you going, Ganesh?
- Ganesh.
This was in his hand.
- I heard, he was saying...
- Very auspicious words.
He was being a very devout man.
Ganesh.
We will give him a good funeral.
Ganesh, the body in this heat.
It would be more
comfortable for the funeral
to take place early.
- Jeffrey?
- Is it okay?
I found them in the attic.
Are these people all my family?
- Yes, I took 'em
down after Mom died
because it felt so
much like a mausoleum.
- I'm sorry, I will
take them down.
- No, no leave 'em up,
it feels like a home.
- Come.
Please sit.
- Mm.
- Do not drink water.
Eat rice.
That is spicy it
is, called sambar.
Rice will help.
Rice is better than water.
Good.
You see?
- Mm.
It's very good.
Jeffrey, you remember
there was something
I wanted to talk to you about,
about the house, remember?
- Yes.
- Well...
Mm, god.
That is really, really hot.
Hmm, but very good.
Well, I'm just gonna
say this right out.
You see, I have been
offered a lot of money
to sell the house, and
there's a lot of repairs
that have to be done, and it's
just a lot of work for me,
and I've been wanting
to go back to Vancouver.
And then you came
here, and now--
- If it is what you
want to do, then--
- No, that's it, I just, I
don't know what I want to do.
It's just, I guess...
Mm.
Mm.
I guess I don't want to
sell the house, really.
I don't.
I don't.
Do you?
- No.
No, of course not.
- Well then, let's
not sell it, okay?
- Okay.
Very okay.
- Deal?
- Deal.
- It's the spice.
You have complimented
my cooking.
- It was very good.
Very good.
- Charlotte.
- Yeah?
- What is happening at a party?
- Wait, you've been
invited to a party?
Great.
Well, I don't know, I mean,
there's dancing I guess.
- Dancing.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ Hey, whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ Tell me could I say ♪
- Hey, you made it.
- Hello.
- How's it going?
- Hey Tom, you're up.
- Catch ya later.
- Have a seat.
So, you do yoga.
Tom was just telling me.
It's a spiritual thing.
Is that right?
- It is a practice
of discipline.
- What?
I can't hear you.
- It is a discipline
of the body and spirit.
Well, you have the pranayama,
which is through the breath.
- But what's it for?
- The goal is to free
the mind from desire.
- Do you want to dance?
♪ So you came into my life ♪
♪ Not unseen ♪
- Here.
You're nervous.
Boys and girls don't
dance together in India?
- No.
- Well, here it's okay.
♪ So lonely without you ♪
♪ Girl, girl, girl, girl ♪
♪ You just see me ♪
♪ The way I can be ♪
♪ Forget the lies I told you ♪
♪ I just wanna hold you ♪
- Hey guys.
Here comes a geek.
You want a drink?
- Yes, please.
May I be getting two?
- Sure.
- What is it, please?
- Grape juice.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
♪ I know today I
can feel no pain ♪
♪ With you so far from me ♪
♪ Although it seems
just like yesterday ♪
♪ I watch the years pass me ♪
♪ When I think of
you, I feel no pain ♪
♪ I'm never lonely,
and I dream of you ♪
♪ A thousand times
in a thousand ways ♪
♪ I watch you more ♪
♪ Monty's in a limousine
15 miles from nowhere ♪
♪ I'm trying to find
the ♪
- There you are.
What is it?
- It's grape juice.
Let us dance.
♪ Never know where to go ♪
- You're drunk.
- I have never touched
alcohol in my life.
- Maybe we should just sit down.
Jeffrey?
Are you okay?
Jeffrey?
Wake up, Jeffrey.
Isn't funny.
Jeff?
Can you hear me?
What happened?
- Hey.
- Good morning.
Charlotte Moore?
- Mm-hmm.
- Sign here, please.
- Here?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
- Morning.
Girl called for you.
Guess you had a good
time last night.
Oh my god.
- What?
What is it?
Notice of expropriation.
What is it meaning?
- It means they're
gonna take the house.
- How could can they
be taking the house?
- It means they want
to tear it down.
- I thought we sent 78 Glenlake
a notice about that fence.
- We did, back in February.
- I knew
this would happen.
- Okay, send
him another notice.
Motion to adopt?
- Hello.
- Seconded.
- Discussion?
- I have something
I want to discuss.
- Mr. Davis's fence?
- No, I've got--
- Then you're out of order.
- Well I don't give a damn.
- Out of order.
- Shh shh shh.
Let her talk.
- She just can't
walk in here and--
- George, don't
be a horse's ass.
You have the floor.
What is it?
- Well you know damn
well what it is.
I have a letter here saying our
house is being expropriated.
- You're too late, the plan
has already been approved.
This is a waste of time.
- Just a second.
I told you last January
what we were going to do.
You said--
- I told you I'd think about it.
- You were sent an official
notice two weeks ago.
- Well I didn't read it, I
thought it was more junk.
- Just a minute.
- And you told me
I had until June.
- Well, we had to
change the deadline
because of
construction schedules.
- Oh, for God's sake.
- Well, we've thought about
it and I don't want to sell,
that's final.
- Wait.
A lot of us here tonight have
invested in this development,
and we think it's
best for the town.
- Oh, give me a break.
- Order, out of order!
- Fascist bastards.
- Hold on a second.
- No, you hold on.
We're gonna appeal, you can
be goddamn sure about that.
- But there's nowhere
left to appeal.
It's all been done legally.
You're too late.
Look, maybe we can
sweeten the deal.
- First thing tomorrow,
we're gonna call a lawyer,
we'll see about this.
- Hi Sal.
- What do you mean compensation?
We hired you to find a way to
keep our house, god dammit,
not to make deals.
No!
Well you may think
it's generous.
No.
Who the hell are you working
for, us or town council?
Oh, fine, we'll
find someone else.
- Did not sound so good.
- He says we have no choice.
The eviction is legal.
We're supposed to be
out of here tomorrow.
What are we gonna do?
- How was
it in Kelianpoli?
- Well, we walked for three days
and three nights to get there.
Then we began a fast
to draw attention.
Words of such satyagaha
spreads quickly.
We want no more
than what is ours.
Our human dignity.
And so until we are recognized,
no more food in our bodies,
no more planning, no more
harvest, no more crops.
Mahatma Gandhi
showed us the way.
United we stand to prosper.
The landlord and
his goons came too.
He swore he'd scorched
the fields with fire
before he'd give
up a single acre.
Empty threats, I told him.
- In the end, we were
less than a dozen.
They laughed in our faces.
When your mother was
alive, it was easier
to be philosophical.
She used to say to me, "not
every battle is worth fighting.
"Some you're not meant to win."
Remember that, Jeffrey.
Lord of removing obstacles.
May the lord of
day grant us peace.
May the lord of
night grant us peace.
May the lord of
sight grant us peace.
May the lord of
might grant us peace.
I bow down to ,
source of all power.
I will speak the truth
in front of the law.
Guard me and my teacher
against all harm.
We can save the house by
practicing satyagraha.
It is with satyagraha
that Gandhiji
convinced the British
to leave India.
The first step is to occupy
a piece of vital territory
and refuse to leave
no matter what.
This porch will
be our territory.
My father spent his life
fighting losing battles.
In the end it broke his heart.
Once we start we must never
stop, till we have won.
- All right.
I'll just call the cafe.
Jeffrey.
- Charlotte?
- I'm really glad you came.
- Hi Charlotte.
- Hi Billy.
- This your nephew?
- Uh-huh.
- So, ready to move?
- We will not be
moving, your honor.
- Okay.
You can have until tomorrow.
- We will not be
moving tomorrow.
- He speak for you, Charlotte?
- Mm-hmm.
- If you're not out by tomorrow,
we'll just have to move you out.
- Whatcha doing?
- We are sitting here so they
will not be taking our house.
- Oh.
- What do we do
tomorrow when they come back?
- We must wait and see.
Sooner or later they will
see that they are wrong.
- Charlotte Moore?
- Uh-huh.
- You and your nephew are
trespassing on property
which belongs to
the city of Paris,
which has been leased
to Grand Valley Resort.
Will you go peacefully?
- We're not leaving.
- Well in that case, we'll
just have to carry you out.
- Then we will come back.
We've begun a fast.
As of today we'll be
taking nothing but water.
And bicarbonate of soda.
- You are in very
serious trouble, buddy.
I don't know what it's like
wherever it is you come from,
but over here there's
respect for the law.
You want to live
here, better be ready
to act like a Canadian.
- Who do you think you are?
- My great-grandfather,
his great-great-grandfather
built this house
with his bare hands,
and if you think you can
come here and scare us off,
I've got news for you.
- You're making a
very serious mistake.
You won't get away with it.
- That was our first victory.
- That was a victory?
- They came to take
us away by force.
They did not.
Satyagraha has begun to work.
- You didn't say anything
about not eating.
- Good morning.
May I come up?
- Oh, hi Mr. Samuels.
- How do, Miss.
Fine day.
- Yeah.
Well, can I get you something,
a lemonade or a beer?
- Oh, lemonade, if it's
not too much trouble.
- All right.
- Garden's a mess.
What are you drinking?
- It is water with
bicarbonate of soda, uncle.
- Sick?
- No, it is to
settle the stomach.
We are not eating until they
are changing their minds
about taking our house.
- So I heard.
You're gonna upset a lot
of people in this town.
That's for sure.
- It'll be easier
tomorrow, won't it?
Good night, Jeff.
- Good night, Charlotte.
Good morning.
- Hi.
- It's gonna be a scorcher.
- Satyagraha?
You don't get many
opportunities to observe it
being practiced.
Do you mind if I?
- Please.
- Thanks.
- Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
Paris on the Grand,
can you hold please?
- Good morning.
- Where have you been?
The phone hasn't
stopped ringing.
Mr. Dean wants you to
call him immediately.
Everybody wants to
know what's going on
up at the Moores' house.
- Okay, would you get me
Mr. Dean on the phone,
and then when you get a moment,
you bring me a cup
of coffee, please?
- Dream on.
Paris on the Grand,
how can I help you?
- I mean, we should
just go in there
and haul him out
and get on with it.
- Easy for you, you're not
the one that has to do it.
- Yeah, well you're the man
wearing the badge, Billy.
- Hey, why don't you make
Lenny here into it deputy?
He's so fired up
about law enforcement.
- Damn right.
I'll go in there kick
a little ass for you.
- Get your goddamn
ass off my car!
Right now!
- Hey man, come on, let's go
in there and get that geek.
- Yeah, why don't
you do it, huh?
- Hey, don't be such an asshole.
- What the hell's
the matter with you?
- Tired of that shit.
He's not a geek.
- Yes sir.
- Hey Tom.
- Hey Luce.
- And here we are in day
four of satyagraha, graha.
We'll go again right away.
And here we are in
day four of sichi...
All right.
- My dad said
Charlotte's a crackpot.
- He did?
What's a crackpot?
- I don't know.
I'll ask him.
- Sarah, dinner!
- Bye.
- Bye.
- I don't think I've ever
been hungry like this before.
God, half the world
is starving to death
and I have never
even been hungry.
- Come, sit.
Try it, like this.
Straighten your back.
Good.
My teacher used to say
to me,
"the mind is the monkey
in a cage, Ganesh."
"Always busy, always emotional.
"But if you stop it from moving,
"you're not feeling restless."
- Then what?
- Try it.
Close your eyes.
Take a breath.
Take another breath,
let it out slowly.
As it goes out, let all your
consciousness flow out with it.
All your thoughts
flow out and dissolve.
Then take another breath.
Let it out all over again.
- It worked.
I felt empty.
No, that doesn't sound right.
Steady.
- Like a
sail catching the wind.
- They want to be
martyrs, it won't be me
who gives them the opportunity.
Too bad, they can just
sit there and get hungry.
Let's see how long
they can hold out.
Hunger strike.
It's just typical of Charlotte
to be so unreasonable,
acting as if we were
driving out into the night.
- I wanted a wing, Daddy.
- Oh dear.
And what we offered
her was far more
than the house in the land
are worth at market value,
and let me tell you, I
had to twist a few arms,
let me tell you, personally
twist a lot of arms.
- A wing, dear.
- But I don't hear
anyone thanking me.
Oh no.
- A wing.
- What?
- A wing.
- Oh.
- What if it was our house, Dad?
- Look, son, I feel just as
badly about this as you do.
- Why don't you do
something about it?
- Like what?
We can't redo the
whole development plan
just because of one house.
- Why not?
- Because it's too late.
Mr. Dean has threatened to pull
out if we don't move ahead.
We could lose the
development altogether,
and a lot of people stand
to lose their investments,
including us.
- But I thought his
father was your best friend.
- He was.
He was my best friend.
But that's not the point.
- Then what is the point?
- Hmm.
Good move.
How about there.
- Satyagraha,
satyagraha, satyagraha.
Here we are on day
five of satyagraha.
How do you say it?
- Satyagraha.
- Okay good.
Here we are on day
five satyagraha.
- Here's the pride
of the Ottawa Valley to sing--
- Clogs to clogs in
three generations.
The old story.
Remember the boy,
always in trouble?
Where did he end up?
In India, dead.
- They were a fine old
family, the Moores.
- You guys are so full of
bull, you make me laugh.
I knew old Duncan Moore.
He built that house,
and half the damn town.
He wouldn't let nobody
come in and tell him
they were gonna
tear his house down.
Ooh, no sirree.
He'd have been out there
on the front porch.
Only he'd have had his
12-gauge, and a box of shells.
I don't blame them kids one bit.
- Yeah, well I'd take the money.
- Hell, if I lived in a dump
like yours, I would too.
- Just a goddamn minute.
- Well, I'd do the same as
them if it was my place.
- Yeah, you haven't quit eating
for an hour in your life,
much less a week.
Ah, for Christ's sakes!
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- What's wrong with this town?
Everyone's getting so touchy.
- The hell are you looking at?
- So what's the latest
up at the Moore place?
- Talk about touchy.
- Well, it's day six and
Paris is still burning.
The satyagraha
continues, I said it!
Oh.
Cut.
- Hello.
- How are you feeling?
- Empty.
- When we were little,
we used to think
this place was haunted.
- Haunted?
- Ghosts, you know.
Ooh.
It's cold out here.
- I could get you a blanket.
- No.
- Dave, Dave, look.
It's not my style to tell
a man how to do his job.
But I gotta--
- Been out there a week,
how long can they last?
Why don't we wait two
or three more days?
- I hope you know what
you're doing, Dave.
I really do.
Otherwise I gotta tell
ya, there's gonna be
a world of pain
around the corner.
There really is.
- Have a little faith.
- Just get it done, would you?
- Doesn't look good.
Making a lot of
people think twice
about the whole development.
- Frankie?
Hey Frankie.
Hi, it's Joey.
Yeah, fine, babe.
Listen, I need you
to do a favor for me.
- Chair.
- Why are you doing this!
Come back here!
- Charlotte, sit down.
- Are you all right?
- Who would do this?
- Hi there.
I'm Joey Dean, you
all know the mayor.
- Charlotte.
- First of all,
about last night.
I gotta tell you, we all
feel very very badly.
Now, I want you to
know that I understand
those strong emotions
that you're feeling,
I really do, and I respect them.
This place, the view from here,
these things are important.
So what I am proposing is this.
When those condos
are built right here,
there's gonna be a
two-bedroom, make that a three,
a three-bedroom right here
looking out at that view.
You know something, it's yours,
free, no strings attached.
So what do you say?
Can we just act like
reasonable people here?
Let's make a deal, let's
get this thing over with.
- No.
- No.
What does he mean no?
- No is what I am meaning.
Although I thank you
for your offer, uncle.
- Uncle?
I'm not your goddamn uncle.
If I were your uncle--
- I think
we better leave.
- God damn right.
- You've got to midnight
tonight to move your things out.
This has gotten out of hand.
This has got to stop.
- That was
their last chance.
- And we were gonna
change the world.
- Lucy, why don't
you take Sarah home.
- Bye Jeffrey.
- We're
gonna shut 'em down.
We gotta wait till we
get a signal from the man
before we move in,
so just stand by,
we'll let you know, over.
Okay John, we copy.
- Do you want some water?
Oh, sorry.
- All right you all right?
- I'm fine, just a bit dizzy.
- Come lie down.
- No no, I wanna stay here.
- Let's go here, come on.
Take rest.
I will wake you if
something happens.
- How many days has it been?
- Please rest.
- Sorry.
- Jeffrey?
Jeffrey.
Jeffrey, it's Charlotte.
She's fallen, she's
in the kitchen.
Maybe we should
call an ambulance.
- No.
- I should probably go with her.
- Coming through.
Move it.
Almost there.
- Please sir,
you'll have to wait outside.
- To
emergency immediately please.
- You're Charlotte's nephew?
- Yes.
- This fasting.
- It was my idea.
- Her kidneys have
started to malfunction.
We're gonna keep her here for
a couple of days, at least.
- Can I see her?
- I've given her something
to make her sleep.
Why don't you come
back in the morning?
- Time's up, folks.
Let's go.
Tom, what the hell
are you doing?
♪ Now I've been ♪
- Hey Tom.
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
- Jesus Christ.
Will you look at that.
♪ Oh peace train,
take this country ♪
♪ Come on, take me home again ♪
♪ Oh I've been smiling lately ♪
♪ Thinking about
the things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be
something good has begun ♪
♪ Oh peace train,
sounding louder ♪
♪ Ride on, peace train ♪
♪ Oh oh oh, peace train ♪
♪ Come on, peace train ♪
- Excuse me.
Excuse me please.
Excuse me.
This is my house.
♪ Oh oh oh, come
on peace train ♪
♪ Oh, get your bags together ♪
♪ Go on, bring
your friends too ♪
♪ Because it's getting nearer ♪
- What the hell is this?
What the hell is this?!
What's going on here?
What is this, David?!
What the hell is this
kid doing back again?
You, get back in there,
start the engine!
♪ Oh peace train,
sounding louder ♪
♪ Ride on, peace train ♪
- How's Charlotte?
- She will be okay.
She is resting.
- All right, this is it.
This is it, drag 'em away,
I want 'em outta here,
get 'em off my land get 'em off.
- How about you
shut the hell up.
♪ Oh, I've been crying lately ♪
♪ Thinking about the world ♪
- Nobody talks to me like that.
Nobody.
You know who I am?
I've got some heavy
connections, my friend.
Follow me?
- Hey look, I'm shaking.
You know where I live.
♪ Peace train take
this country ♪
- Paris on the Grand, huh?
Paris, you're on your ass!
Coulda made millions.
Millions!
♪ Peace train ♪
♪ Oh, come on ♪
♪ I've been telling lately ♪
♪ Dreamin' about the wars won ♪
♪ And I believe it could
be some day has come ♪
♪ 'Cause out on the
edge of darkness ♪
♪ There lands a new strand ♪
♪ Oh peace train,
take this country ♪
♪ Come on, take me home again ♪
♪ Oh, home again ♪
♪ Home again ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Home again, home again ♪
♪ Oh, peace train ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Hmm ♪
♪ Home again ♪
♪ Come on, come on ♪
♪ Oh, peace train ♪
♪ Mm, peace train ♪
♪ Peace train ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Peace train ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Hmm ♪
♪ Oh, peace train ♪