The Dark Divide (2020) - full transcript

Hey.

Which pump?

Oh, uh.

I'm just messing with you.

There's only one.

Oh.

That's a new one.

Oh yeah, I mean you can't
knock it.

Tourists, love them.

They just go nuts for that crap.

Oh, I'm sure they do.



What's the saying?

There's one born every minute.

Ooh.

Hello.

So where are you headed?

The Gifford Pinchot National
Forest.

Which reminds me,

I've been having a little
difficulty here.

So let me,

wait, no, no.

All right, I thought it went
this way.

All right, I need to go this
way.

Unfortunately, I am not
as good at cartographer

as I am a lepidopterist, uh
okay.



What?

- I'm looking.
- What are we doing?

Bear with me one second,
please.

Okay, because, let's see.

So we be, oh yeah.

Am I here?

You are here.

Ah, okay.

You one of those owl people.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm actually searching for
new species of butterfly,

Butterflies?

And moths.

In fact, three years ago,

I discovered six new species

and that is a Xerces Society
record,

and I've authored several
books on the subject.

You don't say.

Yeah, that's kind of a big
deal,

just so you know.

And I should be getting there
just in time for the hatch.

Much money in butterflies?

- And moths.
- And, and moths.

Yes, um, normally, no,

but I do have a Guggenheim.

You hunt butterflies with a
gun?

No, it's a grant.

And one doesn't hunt
butterflies, good grief.

Where are you hiking to?

I'm going from Highway 12,

over Mount Adams to the Columbia
Gorge.

On foot?

Yeah.

Jesus, how long does that
take?

Well, I'm anticipating up to a
month.

Didn't Petras brothers do
something like that back in '88?

Yeah, they sure did.

They got their ass kicked.

Well.

Yeah, he's right.

I mean, you should not do this
right now.

That's trail's no joke.

The bears have slept awful
long.

They're gonna be extra hungry.

I think I'll be, I'll be fine.

Thank you though.

I've done several
overnights in the field, so.

Overnights.

Overnights?

Perhaps I should get
another bag of peanuts.

For the, it's a long trip.

It's not the first
time I've ever heard that.

Getting it in right the first
time.

It was so funny.

See you in the rec room.

But you can't have
bees in your walls, Bob,

you're going to have to
spray before summer comes.

They're harmless honeybees.

Nature's pollinators.

Harmless?

When it heats up, you're going
to have

every rat in the county
running around your place.

I didn't realize your PhD in
art history

made you an expert on rodents,
Carl.

Who's to say that the
chemicals that we spray

on so-called nuisance species,

aren't affecting other insect
populations.

You know?

And that's another reason why

my Gifford Pinchot
expedition is so critical.

Nobody has amassed a
comprehensive list

of the Lepidoptera in the
region.

And until we catalog all the
species that reside there,

how are we gonna know whether
their numbers are dwindling?

That is a great point.

In fact, tell us a little bit
more

about this proposal of yours.

I assume that you already
have a start date,

you've already planned out.

I don't have a date as of yet.

My, my class schedule is,
is just crazy this semester.

So you're going during the
summer break.

Oh that's terrific.

Summer makes perfect sense.

Yeah.

Not necessarily, I don't
have a date as of yet.

It's really a complicated
endeavor, gentlemen.

Yeah, it must be.

You've been talking
about this for years now.

Yeah.

So Bob, will you bring
your supplies with you

or are you going to have
them drop by helicopter?

Well, I suppose, I suppose
there's a,

you bring some and then others
are dropped

and then one would have.

You have gym membership,
you've been going right?

Checking it out, getting
yourself ready.

I'm, I'm in very good shape.

My BMI is actually a,

I can't remember if it's a low
or high,

but whatever that number
it's supposed to be

is, it's better.

Bob, you've been camping
before, right?

Yes, of course I've been
camping before.

Cub Scouts, that kind.

I mean, have I done
a, an expedition, no.

but I've been overnight.

What happens if you get sick?

Sprained ankle, something like
that?

What if you broke your leg,
Bob?

What if you lost your glasses?

There are mountain lions out
there too.

Rattlesnakes.

And tigers.

Okay, okay.

Have you ever sucked the venom
out

of a poisonous bite, Bob, ever?

Big rivers you can drown in.

I went to the rental car place

and I see this giant
broken down station wagon

that they're gonna junk,

and I'm like that one.

Give me that one.

And they did.

And I drove it up to 84
and I get it going 105.

No.

And then I come around the
corner

and all of a sudden there it is

that big yellow sign, runaway
truck ramp.

Tell them, tell them.

Oh well, it.

The car bottomed out,
she snapped the front axle,

and Thea broke her nose and
chipped

her two front teeth on the
steering wheel.

Oh goodness.

Yes, those are plastic.

Oh my God.

So, reckless and
irresponsible.

Irresponsible?

Yes.

What are you talking about?

I sprung for the insurance
when I rented it.

Okay, that wasn't what.

You all right?

Mm-hmm.

You okay?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, yeah.

I just want to tell them about
you.

Are, you all right?

Mm-hmm.

So exciting.

Bob's publisher can't wait
to read the first draft

of his next book.

Mm, yes.

Well, are you going to
be doing the illustrations

for this one as well?

Well, of course.

How are you going to find
another artist who knows

the difference between

an Arabia Magdalena and a common
Alpine?

Can't be done.

You can't, they don't exist.

Well, I can't wait to read it.

And I, for one, can't wait
to get started working on it.

And I mean that quite literally,
I mean, I truly can't wait.

Can I have a water?

Yeah, of course, of
course.

Okay, thanks.

Come on, big fella.

Oh God, sorry, sorry.

Bob, let's dial back on
you being so miserable.

Well, I apologize, but my wife
is.

Alive.

I'm alive.

I know.

I know.

I know.

I'm okay.

I know.

I know.

Stop, no!

Ow, quit it, don't!

Don't.

Thea.

I'm fine, I'm fine, look.

No, you're not fine.

Yes I am.

Honey.

Grab your girlfriend, Marsha.

Go look for specimens.

No.

And scribble down some of that
poetry

you keep threatening to write.

Just, just get away from me for
awhile.

No.

Thea no, hey, hey, hey.

I'm here right now.

What can I do?

Go.

I already made you a
lunch, it's with Marsha.

Go.

Just go chase something.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I love you.

I love you more.

Ma'am, don't change your
baby on the air hockey table.

One adult, no children.

I'm joining a birthday party.

Hey Steve, do we have a
birthday party scheduled today?

Don't test me, dude.

Game over.

Okay, all right.

♪ Lay back, lay back ♪

♪ Go to sleep my man ♪

♪ Wipe the blood from
your face and your hands ♪

♪ Forgive yourself if you think
you can ♪

♪ Go to sleep, go to sleep my
man ♪

♪ 21 days lost at sea I fall ♪

♪ For 22 years nonstop I talk ♪

♪ Through the desert ♪

♪ Distraught and confused I walk ♪

♪ I spin a tube in the palm of
my hand ♪

Okay.

You are, Oregon blueberry?

Oregon grape.

All right.

Yuck!

Oh God.

I'd say bitter, not sour.

I would have said bitter.

Supposed to be one left over.

All right, well.

Every journey begins somewhere.

Move, get out of the
way!

Move!

Hey!

Ow, ow.

God, blessed.

♪ Deep in my heart ♪

♪ Deep in my heart ♪

♪ Deep in my heart I've
got that scouting spirit ♪

♪ Deep in my heart ♪

♪ Deep in my heart ♪

Ow.

♪ I've got that scouting spirit ♪

♪ Down in my feet ♪

♪ Down in my feet ♪

♪ Down in my feet I've
got that scouting spirit ♪

♪ Down in my feet ♪

♪ Down in my feet to stay ♪

Next time, string your
pack on some branches,

the bears can't get to it.

No one told me that.

♪ I've got that scouting
spirit all over me ♪

My apples.

♪ I've got that scouting spirit ♪

Oh!

Papilio Indira.

Well, you're really quite
common.

Did you know that?

Sorry.

Wait, Marsha?

It's bad luck to name it after
me.

You know like a boat.

Wait, you named this after a
boat?

No, it's bad luck.

You don't name a boat after your
wife?

Oh, I didn't, I'm not a
Seafarer.

Wll, I will get you a
captain's hat.

All right, thank you.

And I would like to try this
bad boy.

Bad boy?

Bad girl, bad girl, bye.

I see another bad girl.

Oh, I've got a bad girl.

No!

Bad boy's coming.

Ow, don't.

Sorry.

I've got your electrolytes
and you're water.

I know, I know.

What's gonna happen to you when
I'm gone?

You're gonna be fine.

Do I look like I'm gonna be
fine?

Do I?

Huh, do I?

I don't need an audience!

I don't need an audience, go!

I just want to make sure,

make you feel better.

What have I done to
deserve this?

Oh, hey.

Do you need a painkillers or
water?

When I wrecked that stupid
rental car,

you must've been furious.

Thea.

You were furious, why
didn't you yell at me?

It's fine.

Bob.

We're almost out of the
Dilaudid.

I'll call the pharmacy,

put in another order.

I played one last trick on
you.

And this time you're
gonna be really pissed.

And burdock root.

We are now officially out of
burdock root.

With any luck, you'll get
the punchline in a few weeks.

I guess I can have Ms
Santisa drive me into town.

That'll be Friday, so
I think we have enough.

We have enough until then,
when she can drive it down.

Hey,

just be with me.

Come on.

Hey Bob.

Hm?

Knock knock.

Thea.

Come on.

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Death.

That's not funny.

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

It was a little funny.

All right, it's a little
funny.

I mean,

if we're not going to personally
experience biodiversity,

we won't expect it to exist
anywhere.

And really only by observing
and recording what's out there

can we hope to?

Conserve it.

We hope to conserve it.

Okay, well thank you
very much for your time.

Again, I can explain any of
this.

I'm here to sign books if you
want.

Oh wow.

Thea.

What?

Wait, what?

♪ Early in the mornin' ♪

♪ I needed you ♪

♪ I wanted you ♪

♪ By my side ♪

♪ You were singing Lord ♪

♪ Let me live till I die ♪

♪ You were singing Lord ♪

♪ Let me live until I die ♪

Wow.

That is beautiful.

Oh.

Oh, ah.

Oh, oh,

oh God.

Stupid belt!

Hello.

Oh man, do you smell that?

You think I crapped my pants,
don't you?

You think I crapped my own
pants?

Why would I do that?

Why would I?

Oh yeah, run away!

Run away from the pants
crapping monster, yes!

God.

Yes, it does look like a crapped
my pants.

No it doesn't, 'cause it's on
the outside.

If I did that, it would have had

to go all the way through, I
take it back.

Oh gosh, sorry.

Sorry.

Jesus!

She thought he was a
spirit hidden in the woods.

She thought you were a
bigfoot.

Do I look like a god
damn bigfoot to you?

You almost shot me.

It's okay.

You almost shot me.

You're gonna hike all
the way to the gorge?

Yes, I'm on a field study on
lepidoptera in the region.

I have a Guggenheim.

I got a Guggenheim.

That trail you've been hiking,

was a highway for 20,000 years.

My ancestors would trade
salmon from the river,

obsidian from the Oregon
deserts,

seashells from the coast.

The four corners of this
land, where the volcanoes.

Tahoma to the North, Paito to
the East,

Wais to the South and Lewit to
the West.

Our stories say that Wais and
Lewit

were once lovers who were turned
to stone.

Lovers.

The tribes met at Council
Lake at the base of Pato,

but they abandoned because
there's too many bigfeet there.

They renamed it Cotas Lake, Bad
Lake.

So there's more than one
bigfoot?

Okay, so doc,

what do you think?

Tell me,

your thoughts.

Do you believe bigfoot exists?

No, I don't believe that
bigfoot exists.

At least not in the traditional
sense.

I do believe he exists as a
sort of totem or a symbol.

My man.

Totem.

But you've seen things
you can't explain.

That is true.

Come on.

You're, you screwing around?

Grandpa saw one.

Grandpa saw a lot of things.

The old boy loved his peyote
ritual.

Tried to convince everybody
he was a medicine man.

He was really just an old pot
head.

So is your dad.

You know that.

That's why your mom,
lovely woman that she is,

traded up.

They were Holy men,

and you eat peyote you don't
smoke it.

Okay.

Either way.

Just bunch of old dopers, that's
all.

Holy men.

It's our heritage.

Some heritage, am I right?

What do you got that's so
great

besides a disability check?

Hey, hey hey, easy biggun.

Let it go,

let it go.

Buncha.

Bigfoot sleeps in lava
tunnels.

Deep beneath Pato.

He protects the forest and its
creatures.

But when white man gets too
greedy

and steals too much of his land,

bigfoot smashes his trucks as
revenge.

All right, Shane, that is
enough.

Why do you always turn into such
an ass

when other white people are
around?

What?

- Uh.
- You heard me.

I don't.

I didn't even know he's
white, how about that?

You're white?

Uh, yes.

You don't raise your voice to
me.

Or what, you'll move out?

Huh?

I might.

So,

you're married?

I was.

Well, when did you guys split
up?

We didn't

split up.

Oh.

I met her in mushroom class.

About this time every year

she would get fungus fever,
is what she would call it.

And we'd go out hunting and,

but she's good.

She was good.

She was, she,

she was, she was very good.

I wouldn't want to be a
chanterelle in a forest with her.

And I fell in love with her

the second I heard her name.

Thea Linnaea.

Linnaea, like the little twin
flowers.

Linnaea borealis, yes.

You know, he was a good man
once.

Sometimes he still is.

He forgets how angry he is.

Well, I can't say I blame him.

You know there's, a lot to be
angry about.

Life is exceptionally unfair.

I was hoping that this journey

would help me get through that,

you know, so that I could move
on.

Maybe you should start looking

to yourself for the answers.

Thank you.

A little hungry.

Look out, look out, look
out!

All right, back it up.

Oh wow, if it isn't the owl
nut.

What?

Oh, you're the man from the gas
station.

I knew there was something
about you I didn't like.

I don't know how you did
it or how many men you had.

How you did this without a
winch.

Whoa whoa whoa, gentlemen,
gentlemen.

Gentlemen, let's be rational
here.

It would take at least.

You're going to tell me or
I'm gonna beat it out of you.

Oh, weapons of mass
destruction in here.

You can't just go
around beating people up.

Hey!

Oh yeah, why not?

Because, I have a Guggenheim.

He's got a gun.

It's not a gun, you idiot.

Let that poor guy go
before he pisses himself.

And go start those slash piles.

Go on, get the work.

What the hell you guys do, join
union while I was at lunch?

Slash pile.

We're just having a
little fun.

Here comes that
hippie,

you better get back to work.

Hey!

Hey, I want the names of those
men.

No.

You can have some coffee though.

How long you been on the trail?

Two weeks.

Or no, longer maybe.

I don't know.

I, I, I guess I've lost track.

Seems ill advised to be hiking
so long

without a radio or a rifle.

What if you run into a bear?

I did.

We worked it out.

And the only dangerous animals
I've run into are your men.

Well, you'll just have to
forgive them.

They've been through an awful
lot these last few years.

Thanks to this spotted owl
nonsense.

Nonsense.

You're talking about a species
that will never be back.

We'll never see it again.

Along with who knows how many
others.

And once they're gone, that's
it.

They're gone forever, okay.

You don't,

you don't get to snap your
fingers and have them come back.

You know, there's no,
they're gone forever.

And then all we have are
memories.

Have you ever seen a spoted
owl?

No, because they're very rare
because they're endangered.

Well count your lucky stars.

Mean sons of bitches.

I'm glad to see them go.

Hey, that's terrible.

That's a terrible thing to say.

I'm sure it is to someone like
you.

Okay.

Thanks to misinformed
do-gooders like yourself.

There's too many trees, too much
brush.

Too many regulations.

Okay.

Fewer plants mean fewer insects.

Fewer insects mean fewer frogs
and birds.

Fewer frogs and birds
means fewer larger mammals.

Fewer of them means fewer of us.

On that, we agree.

Okay, good.

Good.

How, in what way?

Now that we're not
able to thin the stands

like we used to, like we should,

every fire season nature does it
for us.

Only her fires are faster and
longer than they used to be.

Because there's 70 years of
fuel on the forest floor.

It's only gonna get
worse and worse and worse

till there ain't nothing left.

And you'll probably
blame us for that, too.

You ever heard of a rustic
bunty?

I don't know.

You remind me of a rustic
bunty.

Saw one the other day.

Brown bird about that big.

Ought to be in Siberia.

But here it was.

Dumb little bird, stupid little
bird.

Surprised if it lives
another week out here.

Can I get another cup of
coffee, please.

No.

Drop the wood over
there.

Start a new pile.

♪ I keep telling myself
that it'll be fine ♪

♪ You can't make everybody
happy all of the time ♪

♪ But I found myself in a
place that I've never been ♪

♪ A place that I thought
that I would never be ♪

♪ People looking back at me ♪

Yeah right, of course.

No, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no.

♪ Once I thought I loved you for
sure ♪

♪ But of course I let myself
down ♪

♪ And where your door was open
to me ♪

♪ No one is there anymore I have
found ♪

♪ And so I fade away ♪

♪ Into the ghost land ♪

♪ Soon I disappear ♪

♪ and nothing's left behind ♪

♪ Maybe today ♪

♪ Maybe tomorrow ♪

♪ I'll find a way ♪

♪ To outlive this sorrow ♪

Ah, come on.

Hello, hello dinner.

Hello, dinner and lunch.

Hey, travel by motorized
vehicle is prohibited!

Violators will be prosecuted!

We're the
forest service, dumbass!

Sorry, sorry.

I didn't, it sounded.

Hey.

Peace offering.

Not many chances for fresh water
between here and the gorge.

Thank you.

You're the butterfly guy?

Huh?

Not lot goes on that
we don't know about.

You certainly seem to miss

your fair share of motorized
vehicles.

Hey, we're the only Rangers
for an area

five times the size of
Manhattan.

Wait, please.

I have a question.

Have you ever seen,

Bigfoot?

Yeah, you've got bigfoot fever
already.

I get a few of you guys every
season.

I'm just curious is all.

Yeah, yeah.

Do you believe?

I've never seen a spotted owl,

but I know they're around here
somewhere.

Why not bigfoot?

I mean, if you were one of
them, wouldn't you hide from us?

I know I would.

Pace yourself with that water.

This is North.

No, this is North.

That's not, okay no I'm,

I should be North of here.

Missed the trail.

Oh god, of course.

Lava beds are magnetic.

Okay, let's go climb a tree.

Hey, hey!

Sorry, I'm lost.

Where is it?

It's around here somewhere.

Oh wow.

Wonderful.

Wow.

Thea.

Thea.

Thea!

Oh!

Ow, oh!

Oh God!

What?

Help!

Help, help me.

Help me!

Help, come on.

Okay.

Okay.

You were right.

It's a little funny.

It's sort of funny.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Ow ow.

Ow, ow!

You're extremely rare.

♪ Woke up to follow you ♪

♪ You alone to the healing knew ♪

♪ And every chance that I get ♪

♪ When I pass the phone ♪

♪ I sing this song for you ♪

♪ Into the dial tone ♪

♪ I know how it seems ♪

♪ The smile when you call ♪

♪ Smile when you call ♪

♪ Smile when you call ♪

You are quite the mischief
maker, madam.

Thea.

Thea.

You can hang out as long as
you'd like.

You and me.

♪ So won't you roll on babe ♪

♪ Don't you roll so slow ♪

♪ When the wheel don't turn ♪

♪ You won't roll anymore ♪

♪ On a trip last night ♪

♪ A long lost tale ♪

♪ I saw an eight billion string ♪

♪ Hung around the head ♪

♪ So won't you roll on babe ♪

♪ Don't you roll so slow ♪

♪ When the wheel don't turn ♪

♪ You won't roll anymore ♪

♪ Now hop that train ♪

Thank you.

For everything.

I don't know what happens next
but,

I'll be ready.

♪ So roll on babe ♪

♪ Don't you roll so slow ♪

♪ When the wheel don't turn ♪

♪ You won't roll anymore ♪

Hey man, are you okay?

Are you okay?

Where'd you start?

Off Highway 12, East of
Rainier.

You've earned one of these
man.

What happened to your head?

My head?

Oh, an owl sat on it.

What happened to your arm?

Some earth first asshole,

boobie trapped the trail
with a bunch of punji sticks.

Huh.

I'm sorry,

sorry to hear that.

Well, gentlemen, thank you for
the suds.

Thank you, godspeed.

Hey, you leave a car up there?

Yeah.

So how are you going to get
back?

I was just gonna take the
bus up the highway here.

You'll be waiting a long time.

I mean when's the last time
you heard

of a government employee
working on the 4th of July,

especially in Washington.

It's the, it's the 4th of
July?

I was supposed to be back on
the 22nd of June, June 22nd.

We can take 12 home if you
need a lift.

I'd really appreciate
that, thank you, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Yeah man.

Thank you.

You all good?

All right, yeah.

Good luck to you.

All right, you take
care.

One, two, three, four!

♪ I open my door ♪

♪ And here's what occurs ♪

♪ A pretty little gal ♪

♪ With pretty little curls ♪

♪ Leans to the side ♪

♪ Leans on my mind ♪

♪ I don't wanna live ♪

♪ But I sure don't wanna die ♪

♪ I'm stuttering again ♪

♪ And telling her goodbye ♪

♪ Oh m-m-my ♪

♪ Goodbye ♪

♪ Will you come again ♪

♪ It's hard to say ♪

♪ I surely hope so ♪

♪ Will you come again ♪

♪ It's hard to say ♪

♪ I surely hope so ♪

♪ She walks up to me ♪

♪ With something more to say ♪

♪ That hello and goodbye ♪

♪ I hope that you're okay ♪

♪ Well I'm doing fine ♪

♪ I'm doing fine ♪

♪ Will you come again ♪

♪ It's hard to say ♪

♪ I surely hope so ♪

♪ Will you come again ♪

♪ It's hard to say ♪

♪ I surely hope so ♪

♪ I wish you'd see yourself ♪

♪ As beautiful as I see you ♪

♪ Why can't you see yourself ♪

♪ As beautiful as I see you ♪

♪ I open my door ♪

♪ And this is what I see ♪

♪ The hope inside a girl ♪

♪ Just looking back at me ♪

♪ Oh my ♪

♪ Goodbye ♪

♪ Will you come again ♪

♪ It's hard to say ♪

♪ I surely hope so ♪

♪ And will you come again ♪

♪ It's hard to say ♪

♪ I surely hope so ♪