Thin Ice (1988) - full transcript

- Uh.

Uh.

Go away, go away.

Uh.

Uh, uh.

(snoring)

Please.

Uh.

Stop, stop.

Go away.

Uh, uh.



Uh.

What are you, who.

(screaming)

- Vince, Vince.

It's me, Ross, your roommate, remember?

It's okay, you're just having another one

of your nightmares.

Hey.

- What's that?

What is that?

- This?

Just a little night music.

It helps me sleep.

You oughta try it sometime,



with the way you've been waking up lately.

- I dreamed that I woke up

and there was nobody here,

it was like I was isolated
from everyone in the world.

I was walking down these barren streets

and this cloaked figure was following me.

And he takes off, and so
I start chasing after him

and I'm running and running,

we're running for miles
through empty buildings

and through alleys and
I finally catch him,

and I pull off his hood,
and you know what I saw?

Ross, I saw myself.

I was standing there looking at myself.

I was like, more alone than I was before.

- Vince, man, listen,
you're probably just letting

everything get to you, you know?

You got your play next
week, you got finals,

man, you gotta learn to take it easy, man.

Deal with school like I do.

- Right, you're failing every class, Ross.

- (laughs) And am I
losing any sleep over it?

No.

- I don't know, I just wonder sometimes.

- Look, trust me, loosen up,
man, forget about things.

You'll feel better.

Then maybe you'll be able
to sleep as good as me.

- Yeah, yeah, maybe you're
right, maybe you're right.

- Of course I'm right.

Now, get some sleep.

Oreo?

- [Disc Jockey] 102.5 FM
GZLT, that went out to Jenny,

who says she's glad to finally be done

with her last exam.

If you'd like to request a
song, the number is 677-1025.

Well, school is out for the semester,

but don't forget tonight.

Oregon State hosts the
University of Washington

in PAC 10 basketball play.

And weather for central Oregon,

it's gonna be a warm weekend,

highs should reach into the upper--

- Bus log, diary date December 14th,

this is Captain Vince Fuller
of the star bus, Booby Prize.

This entry marks our departure
from the strange galaxy

of Oregon State University.

From here we begin our journey

to the home town planet of Los Angeles.

And so the voyage has begun,

into the unknown, the
meaningless, the absurd,

where we shall stand
firmly against injustice,

cruelty, and other bad things.

If we can just figure out what they are.

As a wise old guru once
said just before attaining

complete unity with the cosmos,

don't take life too seriously, man,

'cause you'll never get out of it alive.

After all, could we not
summarize life itself

as just one lengthy stage performance

with no intermissions?

What strange, unknown
marvels lie before us?

What great achievements of valor

and bravado await us?

And will Mom have dinner
ready when we get home?

- [Dad] I've been thinking, son,

have you ever considered the
promotional end of the theater?

- Aw, come on, Dad,
please, this is a very old

and worn out topic.

- [Mom] It is worth
thinking about, though.

- Yes, it is.

It is worth thinking about.

And I'll think about it, okay?

Can I have the salt, please, Mom?

- Well, I know you're not real interested,

but if you ever change your mind,

I have a client, Steve Cather's his name,

he's a promoter.

And I'll bet he'd have
some connections for you.

- By the way, Vince, tomorrow's Sunday

and your father and I
have started attending

a very nice church.

The Seeleys down the street,

you remember Mr. and Mrs. Seeley.

Well, anyway, they invited
us to go to church with them

and we met a lot of
really friendly people.

I think it'd be good if you
would go with us tomorrow.

- Church, huh?

- Oh, come on, son, it
wasn't as bad as I thought

it was gonna be.

Pastor really had something to say.

(laughing)

- You're going to church?

Come on.

- The cry of every person
is, I want to be free.

Many understand freedom to be the liberty

to do as you please.

We read in the Old
Testament that every man

did what was right in his own eyes.

Freedom is not the absence of
all authority and restraint.

Think of a train.

A train that ignores its rails
is no longer free to move.

The rails that give freedom to man

are responsibility and truth.

On the one hand, we must

accept responsibility for our own lives.

On the other hand, we must let our lives

be directed by God's truth.

Jesus said you shall know the truth

and the truth shall set you free.

Jesus Christ is the truth.

- [Vince Voiceover] He makes
it sound like if you don't

have a commitment to Christ,

then you're some kind of prisoner.

Wonder what would happen if
I jumped up and shouted out,

excuse me, sir, but where's the line

to get your ball and
chain, because according

to what you just said,
I'm not free at all.

People would flip out.

Probably excommunicate Mom and Pop.

I could just shout it and
then dive into the aisle.

I could escape through the back doors.

I'd have to knock down that big guy there,

looks like some kind of a guard.

But if I ran down hard enough, boom,

he'd go right over.

- [Pastor] Freedom to
be what I ought to be,

a child of God.

- Hi, I'm Nick Martin.

- Hi.

- I don't think we've met.

- No, I'm up in Oregon most of the time.

Vince Fuller.

- Right, right, right, right.

I met your father before at
a businessman's breakfast.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, I just wanted to let you know

that we have separate
meetings for people our age,

in case you wanna meet some new people.

- Great.
- I have a schedule here

somewhere, anyway, we meet
Thursday nights at seven

and Sunday at eight,
and the rest of the week

we do your typical college
age stuff, you know,

like going bowling and going to the beach

or hit a movie.

- Sounds great.

- [Vince Voiceover] Why am I saying this?

- Yeah, you'll have to
come along sometime.

Oh, oh, oh, I don't wanna,
I don't mean to hold you up.

Look, here's my work number.

Give me a call sometime, if
you need a ride or something.

And I have your folks' number at my house.

- Great.

Well, just give me a call
if something comes up.

That'd be great.

- All right, great, man.

- Nice meeting you.
- You, too.

- Okay.
- Bye-bye.

- [Vince Voiceover] What
are you, crazy, Fuller?

(phone ringing)

- Hello, Fuller Estate, Vince speaking.

- Hi, Vince, this is Nick Martin.

We met at church today?

- Right.

Yeah, what's up, Nick?

- I know this seems kinda
like a strange offer

since we just met, but
there's a bunch of us,

that we go up to the
mountains on a sorta ski trip.

my folks have a cabin up in Tahoe.

You're invited if you want to come.

And it's next weekend.

And don't worry if you
don't know how to ski.

Do you?

- Yeah, I ski.

- Are you busy next weekend?

Well, actually, it's
Friday through Monday.

- No, I'm not too busy.

- [Nick] Great, there's
so far five of us going,

most of us are friends
of mine from church,

so I doubt if you met any of 'em.

- Church, huh?

♪ Come on choir ♪

♪ Come on with me ♪

♪ All you got to do ♪

♪ Is just reach out and try Jesus ♪

♪ Jesus ♪

- Vince?

You there?

Hello?

- Huh, yeah, I was just thinking.

So it's next weekend, right?

- Right, I'll drive and we'll
meet the rest of 'em up there.

- Hm.

Uh, shoo.

Uh, wow, uh.

Yeah, why not, yeah, I'll be there.

(hard rock music)

♪ All my thoughts and this confusion ♪

♪ Brings me down to this conclusion ♪

♪ I'm man of conviction ♪

♪ I wasted time out windowpanes ♪

♪ No place to go to recreate ♪

♪ The feelings that I have inside me ♪

♪ But I spend time with you ♪

♪ We are never on bringing
down angels today ♪

♪ These promises are who
he's always close to them ♪

♪ We're far away ♪

♪ Turn it up I wanna feel all right ♪

♪ Like a shining star on a summer night ♪

♪ Can he grow our rock and roll ♪

♪ Mama turn the stereo ♪

♪ Makes me wanna sing ♪

♪ We are never wrong
bringing down angels today ♪

♪ His promises are true ♪

♪ He's always closer than we're far away ♪

- [Nick] Aw, looks like
the other guys are here.

- [Vince] All right.

- This is it.

- Beautiful, what's with these horns here?

Moose horns?
- Yeah, great grandpa

bagged that back in about 1802.

- Gorgeous.

- Oh, Vince, by the way,

that's your share of firewood to cut.

- That's my share of firewood to cut?

- That's your share of firewood to cut.

(laughing)

(screaming)

Hey, you guys.

Oh, that's great.

- Woody Wells, sorry about
the bursey wuss attack.

We thought you were bush whackers.

- Hey, don't worry about
first impression, guys,

Vince, this is Woody Wells,

- Woody, I think we met.

Thank you very much, appreciate it.

- This is Xalton Stiles and Woody.

- How you doing, nice to meet you.

- This is Trish, this is
Alton's little sister.

- Hi there.

- Wait a minute, why am I
always labeled little sister?

- Well, because I'll
always be your big brother.

- And you're Shawna, right?

You go to school or college
with Woody, don't ya?

- Yeah.

- Hi, I'm Nick, and this is Vince.

- Hi.
- Nice to meet you, pleasure.

- Nick, Woody Wells, how ya doin'?

- Hi, hi, Woody.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey.

- Anyway, so Xalton over
here takes it upon himself

to place his own trail.

And he's cutting in and out of the woods,

trees and he doesn't
see the avalanche signs.

- Wait a second.

- Hey, you.

Which were all over the
place, but he doesn't notice,

he was into his skiing, you know,

and so all of a sudden he looks up

and there was an avalanche,
and for the first time

he was paranoid, ahh, boom, down the hill,

he got swept, bah dah dah,
bah dah dah, bah dah dah,

he's down the hill,
he's all over the place.

(laughing)

And bam, right into the ski chalet window.

Right into the window, and not a scratch.

Not a scratch.

I loved it.

- Yeah, that's very entertaining, Woody,

but the reason I didn't see the signs

was because somebody had plod 'em all down

before I got there.

(laughing)

- You're gonna see a lot
of that with these guys.

- Yeah.

- So when'd you become a Christian, Vince?

- Well, uh.

- Xalton, I don't think everyone here

is necessarily Christian.

- Nick, you don't mean.

You can't mean.

There are pagan skiers in this very room?

- I'm afraid so, Woody.

- No, help.

- Oh, no, he needs CPR.

- I need you, baby.

(laughing)

- Get outta the way.

I need you.

- Huh?

- I thought you said this was,

this trip was supposed to be

with a bunch your friends,

not with a convention of preachers.

- Well, they are my friends.

- Woody, you're a lot of fun to be with,

but you have got a lot
to learn about life.

Why didn't you tell me that this was,

that you were into all
this Christian stuff?

- I'm sorry.

I did not think that it would be such a--

- It's too late now.

Look, I just hope that I
don't have to hear anything

about God, about Christians,
or about pearly gates.

- So, where are we going tomorrow?

Skiing, I mean?

- To the rebound.

- All right.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Well, I spent my life
dreaming super dreams ♪

♪ But I hate to wake 'cause then I see ♪

♪ That I'm nothing more than a dreamer ♪

♪ Superstar in my dreams I'm a dreamer ♪

♪ Say the lights have
started recalling me ♪

♪ Because only then so the one I can be ♪

♪ So my goal in life was to get there ♪

♪ Never satisfied ♪

♪ I wanna be a star but is that all ♪

♪ I'm really true ♪

- I think we should try
Dead Man's Run, c'mon.

- No chance.
- No.

- Come on.

- I can't stop.

(screaming)

Vince, I can't stop.

- Ow.

(screaming)

- Oh, come on, man, Woody.

- Whoa.

- Guys, I have an idea.

What do you say the experts
go ski on the ledges

and those of us who are less expert

can bunny slope it.

- Ah, come on, Woody, I
thought we were doing great.

- Yeah, right.
- No.

- Oh, well, if you insist, the three of us

we'll meet you down at the base lodge,

say, three o'clock, Xalton?

- Sounds like a plan, let's go.

- All right.

- See you later.

- Hey, you guys, wait for me.

♪ And I hope somehow yeah ♪

♪ I wanna be a star but is that all ♪

♪ I'm really here for ♪

- Well, I guess you have to
ask yourself one question.

- Why, right?

- Wrong.

Why not, punk?

Woohoo ha.

Woo.

(laughing)

- That's a good reason.

♪ Will I still be someone. ♪

♪ Superstar I'll never be ♪

♪ And that is just a reality ♪

♪ A superstar I may never be ♪

♪ And that is just a reality ♪

♪ Why can't we be young superstars ♪

♪ I wanna be a star but is that all ♪

♪ I'm really here for ♪

♪ And if I'm not a star ♪

♪ Will it be okay ♪

♪ Will I still be someone ♪

♪ I wanna be a star but is that all ♪

♪ I'm really here for ♪

♪ And if I'm not a star will it be okay ♪

♪ Will I still be someone ♪

♪ Young superstars ♪

♪ I wanna be a star but is that all ♪

♪ I'm really here for ♪

♪ And if I'm not a star ♪

♪ Will it be okay, will
I still be someone ♪

♪ I wanna be a star ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

- [Xalton] So, you don't
go to any church, do you?

- No, I went one time.

Same one you guys go to,

my parents just started going there.

- Any reason?

- My mother thinks it's social.

- No, I mean you.

Is there something between you and God?

- Well, no, I wouldn't
really say that, no.

- Listen, Vince, whether
you realize it or not,

if you haven't accepted what Christ

did for you on the cross,

then there is something
between you and God.

Our sin has caused a separation

in the relationship between God and us

that only he can fix.

- Okay, great, Xalton, that's great.

I understand where you're coming from.

And I respect that, but I
don't think this religion thing

is for me, okay, okay?

- That's fine, it's your decision.

I just hope you realize
the choice you're making.

- I do realize the choice I'm making.

Can we leave it at that?

- Not really.

As much as you don't wanna face it,

one day, there's gonna be
a judgment for our choices

here on Earth, and I think you should know

that judgment is for eternity.

You are unholy, evil one,
and you shall be thrust

deep into the bottomless pit.

Only now, could you be
like me, divine and holy

and never parting from the narrow path,

not given to any form of idolatry.

Blasphemy, adultery, drunkenness,

slander, uncleanliness.

Slander, uncleanliness,
all forms of worldliness.

These things are called abominations.

And if you haven't asked for forgiveness,

then you're in rebellion against God.

- Great, great.

- Anyways, I've made it as clear as I can.

But if I were you, I'd do some
serious thinking about it.

- I will.

- Hey, that's okay.

- How you doin'?

- Fine.

- All right.

- [Xalton] The rest is up to you.

Because right now, you're
walking on thin ice.

- Who's walking on thin ice?

- Xalton here was just
telling me all about

how he can walk on water.

Let's go ski.

- Vince isn't too receptive
to the gospel, is he?

- Hey, gang, would you look
what I found in the attic?

- All right.
- Hey.

- Official bobo transportation of 1802.

- Those are great, buddy, those are great.

Fat web skis, exactly what
you need for the slopes.

(laughing)

- Hey, very funny,
Nick, I'll remember that

next time I pull you out
of the snow bank, huh?

Gee.

Hey, there's another pair up there,

does anybody want to do

a little nocturnal snow shoeing?

- Hey, 20 bucks and being all railroad?

I'm outta here, gang.

(laughing)
I'll try it out.

- A novice?

- Yeah.
- Well, then let

snowshoe Woody give you
a few lessons, my son.

- All right, all right.

- Oh, give me a break.

- We're about to be enlightened
by the snowshoe guru.

Let's do it--
- Aaahhh.

I love you, let's get outta here.

- How you doing back there, Denna?

- I think I smell engines.

I think we should wait here a bit.

- Hey, great man isn't
getting tired, is he?

- Heck, no, just trying
to protect my shoes

from the savages.

I know you don't see
'em, but they're here.

- I appreciate the protection man.

- Coulda used a little
protection from Xalton

a little earlier today, so I hear.

- Ah, oh, no, no big deal.

He's just lucky I didn't get mad

and use my snowshoe fu on the guy.

(grunting)

- You know, that might not
have been a bad approach.

I don't know, I don't know about Xalton.

I don't get along with the guy too much.

We sorta have nicknamed him the Pharisee.

(laughing)

- Hey, what's with that?

I thought you were one of
the Christians on this trip.

- Oh, you mean the dope?

- Yeah.

- You mean, you don't do--

- Huh-uh.

- Ah, well, I, way.

Yeah, I'm not into the heavy duty

righteousness stuff, you know?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I mean, there's better
things to do in life

than go around being a monk.

You know what I mean??

I mean, I'm human, too, you know.

I need to get my occasional kicks

just like everyone else.

I mean, what's an occasional joint?

What's integrity, man?

It's just a concept, huh?

I mean, I carry my bible on a keychain.

It's subtle, it's quick, and it just has

the words that I wanna see.

Do you know what I mean?

Seriously, because just
because I'm a little bit

more into God than you are, I'm really not

that much different
than you at all, really.

- Yeah.

I guess you're not.

Okay.

What do you say, Grizzly,
ready to get back to the fort?

- Let's do it.

- We're outta here.

- Ow, oh.

Whoa.

- Hey, hey, hey.

- Hey, hey, hey.

What's up?

- Not much.

Just checking out what
you're reading here.

What've you got?

- A little Tolstoy, "Resurrection."

- Huh.
- You ever read it?

- No, can't say I have.

I'm strictly a Hardy Boys man.

- Is that right?
- Yeah.

(laughing)

- So what are you doing tonight?

- Mm, nothing.

I basically came over here

to ask you a couple questions, though.

Is that okay?

- Sure.

- How did you get into all this?

- Christianity?

Well, actually, it started when
I was in high school, Vince.

I was struggling, searching for answers

that I didn't have.

I started partying a little bit.

I was confused with my life.

But I met some Christian guys

and when I was in college,

and they turned me on to some material,

I started reading it,
and I got interested.

- And so all of a sudden, overnight, boom,

you're a Christian?

- Well, not exactly like that, but.

See, Vince, I was brought up in a church.

And it always seemed so meaningless to me.

All the people cared about

was their formality and their tradition

and I thought all I just had to be good.

But for God, that's not enough.

- Okay, so what made the difference?

- Well, the difference,
Vince, is there's someone

that'll always, always care about you.

And your life.

And you're not alone out there.

Here, lemme show you something.

Read this part right here in red.

This is a conversation between Jesus

and a man who asked him
about life after death.

Go ahead, read that.

- For God loved the world so much

that he gave his only son

so that anyone who believes in him

shall not perish, but have eternal life.

- You see what that means, Vince?

We all mess up.

God loves us so much
he gave us his only son

to die for our sins.

So we could have another chance.

Now it's our choice.

- So that's, that's it?

It's that simple?

- It's that simple.

But it's not always that easy.

I still have my struggles, my problems.

But now I know I never have
to go through 'em alone.

- Thanks.

- Anytime.

- [Disc Jockey] Good morning, it's 7:32,

I'm Crude Morris, KSLN.

- Hey, you know, if you brush 'em any more

you're gonna blind somebody
when you stand in sunlight.

Okay, just step aside, c'mon, man.

- Hey, come on, I'm awake.

- What?

- I gotta comb my hair.

- Forget it.
- No.

- It's a lost cause, buddy.

- Hey, you wanna have a morning pepe?

(laughing)

- So you guys ready for
bible study this morning?

- Um, so, I was thinking
about postponing it

and cutting it out, Shawna
does not go for this.

- Well, why do we have
to change some things

just because Shawna doesn't think it's--

- Xalt, Xalt, maybe Woody's right.

- Yeah.

- Let's get together later on.

Us and Trish, okay?

- All right.

- Okay, fine, whatever.

- Cut you down.

- Don't do that.

- Bad news, guys.

The plows won't have the roads
cleared until this afternoon.

- What?
- Oh, dear.

- Okay, wait a second, so
skiing is completely out?

- You got it.
- We can't ski?

- Wait, you can't ski anyway.
- Hey, come here.

(laughing)
- So now what do we do?

- Well, don't be so pessimistic, kids,

I mean, there's plenty
of fun indoor games.

- Yeah, like what?

- How about an exciting
game of Charades, huh?

(cheering)

- The day I play Charades
is the day I die.

- [Woody] She's dead.

- [Nick] "Death of a Salesman"

You're dead, right?

- [Woody] You're dead,
but your eyes are open.

- [Vince] Uh-oh.

- [Woody] It's a movie, it's a movie.

- "Night of the Living Dead."

- Return, uh.

- "Return of the Living Dead."

- Superman.

- Wait.

- I got it, "Night of
the Return of the Revenge

of the Living Dead."

- Ha.

(screaming)

(laughing)

- It's a classic.

- Well, that's enough for me.

Who's up for some sledding?

- Right here.

- It's too cold.

What we need is a good party.

(laughing)

- [Woody] Come on, Shawna,
what do you call this?

- Oh, yeah, right.

You guys went to college,
you go to college, right?

You know how to party.

- Well, we don't really have that need.

- Oh, I stand corrected.

What about you, Nick?

I can see you letting loose.

Don't you get sick of all
this school book stuff?

- Hey, I have my party animal moments.

Hey, you've seen me ski haven't you?

- All over the place.

- Yeah.

You got potential.

Let's take Trish here.

Trish, why are you doing
this Christianity thing?

I mean, why are you, you're
so good all the time.

- I'm not, I wouldn't say I'm all--

- I mean, who are you doing this for?

For your parents?

For yourself?

Who are you doing this for?

- Hey, what does it matter?

At least she's on the right track.

- Whoa.

You really take this seriously, don't you?

I'm just trying to figure you guys out.

- I'm gonna go pack some lunches if anyone

wants to go sledding.

- Need some help?

- Vince, do you guys believe

in this whole Adam and Eve thing, too?

- And I suppose you've studied about it.

- No, not lately.

- Well, actually, it's pretty easy to see

why people have trouble with it at first.

I did, Shawna.

- Woody.

- There's a lot of good books
on creation, I think if--

- Would you please help me out here?

Do you believe in this whole
Christianity stuff, too?

- Yeah.

- Well, at least you don't
let it ruin your fun.

- Which makes an excellent
Christian example.

- Oh, listen to you.

Is it better to go around
and preach to everyone

like you do, huh?

- Now this is getting interesting.

♪ Was I not born up in the sky ♪

♪ When all there was was you and I ♪

♪ So far from you ♪

♪ I was not made to walk alone ♪

♪ I was counted in a holy war ♪

♪ Now you're leaving me notes on my door ♪

♪ Sending on the shore ♪

♪ You're leaving me notes on my ♪

♪ I went in search of a greener place ♪

♪ Like some lost art in outer space ♪

♪ Ship lost at sea ♪

♪ John and was writing from a make ♪

♪ I was drowning in a holy war. ♪

- Yeah, I guess I meant it at the time.

But I was mad.

And then every once in awhile,

you know I get out of hand.

But I really felt hurt, Xalton.

I mean, I know I'm not an ideal Christian,

but I wish that you'd care
a little more about me

than what I do all the time.

- I don't know, Woody,
this is really hard for me,

because I have a hard
time with people who--

- Say one thing and do another?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I know I've blown it.

But so have you.

I mean, Christ did not die
so that I could party hardy.

But he also didn't die so
that you could go around

thinking that you live
up to his standards.

I don't know, at least I'm
admitting that I'm wrong.

- You know, you're right.

The worst part of it, I
guess, is that I start

feeling like I'm better than other people.

'Cause I don't do the sort of things

that seem like real sin.

But if what you do is like the love of God

without the obedience, then what I do

is like the obedience without the love.

And that's real sin, all right.

I'm sorry, Woody.

- Me too, man.

I never knew you felt like this.

Guess we help feed each
others' problems, huh?

- Yeah, I guess.

- [Woody] Come on, Vince, get in.

- I'm not doing it, man.

You're a spastic gorilla,
man, I'll push you.

- Get in, you wimp.

- C'mon, there's lots of room.

- Come on, let's move.

- Let's take it easy start the run.

- Okay, I'll push this one, ready, Conan?

- All right, Conan.

(screaming)

- Woo.

- Hey, are we in the
hot seat here, or what?

- What do you mean?

Oh, you mean being the only
non-Christians in the group?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I hear ya.

- Look, I don't mind most of them,

but that Xalton guy, I'll tell ya.

- Yeah, he gets pretty bad sometimes.

- Yeah.
- I don't think he means it,

though.
- I think he does.

- Uh-uh, he was talking to Woody earlier

and I heard the guy said that he was

really down on himself
for being so hyper holy

around us, and he admitted he was wrong.

- Maybe there's some hope
for him, I don't know.

But I mean, this whole Christian thing,

hey, it's the 20th century.

- Yeah, yeah, but Nick's
a great guy, right?

- Yeah.

- So what's the great insight
of the 20th century, anyway?

- Good times.

(laughing)

Good times.

Party, good times.

That's what life's all about.

See, what did I tell you.

I mean, that makes a lot more sense to me

than believing in some
invisible god who tells you

what you can or cannot do.

I didn't ask to be here.

I mean, what god would
tell you don't have any fun

or you're going straight to hell.

- No, no, that's not what they believe.

- Yeah, yeah.
- No.

- That's what they
believe in so many words.

That is what they believe.

And you know something else,

it's definitely not my
lifestyle, that's for sure.

- Maybe, but what I'm wondering is,

is my lifestyle any better?

- I don't know.

- Where are those guys?

I can't make the spaghetti
without the Xalton secret sauce.

- Xalton, we're trying to
concentrate here, okay?

725, 726.
- Look at this.

Three hours to get 10
bucks worth of groceries?

- Frescas.

- Oh.

- Hey, Woody.

- Hey, we stopped to get one beer, one.

And, but she didn't want to leave.

- That's great.

Look, you can do what you
want, when it's just you.

Everybody here is
waiting on the groceries.

- I hope I wasn't too late.

(laughing)

Oh, excuse me.

'Scuse me.

I was wondering if we
can just get together

and gather around this altar here,

so I could do some spiritual exortations

on the merits of taking wine?

(laughing)

Oh, come on.

Come on.

Okay.

You guys wanna be deadbeats,
it's cool with me.

I'll just go find myself
another party somewhere else.

Right, Woody?

- Don't you know when to stop?

Can't you see that we've blown it here?

And that you--

- Uh-oh.

I think I see a halo.

He wants to be a good Christian tonight.

So be it, Woodrow.

- Hey, Shawna, what's wrong
with being Christian, huh?

- What is it like riding the fence?

Huh, Vince?

Does it hurt?

You're in no man's land, buddy.

You're nowhere.

Either you ride the straight
and narrow for Christianity

or you don't.

Or, you could be like Woodrow here,

the hypocrite, at one instance,

you say that you're a Christian,

are you really a Christian?

You don't get points with God.

You don't just all of a
sudden say I'm a Christian

and then the next day, say, I don't know,

and the day after that
say I'm a Christian again.

And don't tell me about
this Christianity stuff,

'cause I know all about it.

And you know something else?

You might be right.

Church boys, at least you
stand up for what you believe.

You, my buddy, my friend,

you don't even know what you believe.

And I feel sorry for you.

I'm outta this dump.

This place stinks.

- No, Nick.

I started this, I'm gonna finish it.

(car sputtering)

- Oh, no, no, you come here.

- Stay away from me.

- What do you mean, you stay away from me?

- Just stay away from me, Woody.

- Oh, get away from you.

(screaming)

The wine was real cute, you know that?

- Come on.

- Leave me alone.

I am so sick of this holy
roller Christianity garbage.

I am sick of it.

Now I just want you to leave me alone,

just leave me alone, okay?

Leave me alone.

- Shawna, listen, if it means anything,

I know I come on too strong,

and I've been out of line,

and I'm sorry.

Hey, I wouldn't blame you if you don't

want to forgive me, Shawna.

But please don't hold
that against the others.

- Shawna, come on, let's go in.

I'll make everyone some coffee.

- Oh, you're such a nice,
sweet little Christian girl,

aren't you, Trish.

- Okay.

- Everything is so neat and together.

If anything got outta line,

you'd get a little crazy, wouldn't you?

You know, I'd never be accepted
into your Sunday school

picnics or your prom nights, would I?

I'd love to go in and have some coffee

with you, Trish, but I
just don't have the time.

- You know, Shawna, you're right.

I probably have been
much too sweet to you.

I was just hoping that maybe somehow,

underneath all that anger you have in you,

that I could find somebody
I could be friends with,

somebody that I could like,

but no, instead you've
got this incredible thing

against Christians.

And there is no way in this world

we're ever gonna make it with you.

You know what your problem is?

- What?

What's my problem, Trish, huh?

- You won't let anyone near you,

that's what your problem.
- Yeah, right.

- That's right.
- Don't even tell me that.

Right.

- Trish, where are the mushrooms?

- They weren't in the bag.

I guess they didn't get any.

- No mushrooms?

- Hey, Woody.

- Hey.

- She still out there?

- Yeah.

She wants to be alone.

Hey, you guys, I'm really
sorry about all this.

I feel so stupid right now.

- It's cool.

- I think I'm gonna need
a little bit more oregano.

- Oregano, here you go.

- Hey, you guys, I don't
know what's going on,

but Shawna's taking off into the woods.

- What?

- Crazy.
- What?

- I'll go with him.

- Hey, Vince, why don't
you stay here with Trish?

Hopefully this won't take long.

- Okay, yeah.

- Keep stirring this, all right?

- All right.

- Okay.
- Keep stirring.

- How long do you want me to stir?

(tense music)

- I'm sorry, I didn't mean
to be so obnoxious, Woody.

I can't help thinking about my daddy.

- Your what?

- My father was a preacher, you know.

- What?

- Yeah.

He was so good, Woody.

I used to sit in the front
row, so proud of my daddy.

And I can still hear him if I want to.

God loves, you Shawnie.

Yeah.

One night he was walking along this road,

he was trying to get to a gas station,

and he never made it.

And the next day, they found his body.

They still don't know who or what hit him.

And you wanna know, you
wanna know something?

You wanna know how the Christian
people treated my family?

You know what the church did to us?

My mom, my sister, and
I were like outcasts.

They didn't know what to do
with the preacher's wife.

She worked so hard to support us.

And the church didn't help
her out because she wasn't

on staff or anything.

And they expected her
to go on with all her

volunteer work the way she used to.

After all, it was her duty.

I miss my daddy so much.

And that is what the
Christian church did to me,

Woody, that's what they
did to my whole family.

It's the only kind of
Christian love I know.

I don't know.

I just miss my daddy.

- I'm sorry.

I never knew.

Will you forgive me?

- Yeah, what if you forgive me?

(laughing)

- You're forgiven, a long time ago.

Let's get outta here.

- Okay.

(screaming)

(coughing)

Woody.

- You know, it's been almost an hour.

I hope everything's okay.

- Everything's fine.

She's probably sitting under some tree,

being drunk and sobering up.

- You know, you really
outta go easy on her.

I have a feeling that
underneath all that anger

there's something really troubling her.

- Whatever.

You know, you two make
an unlikely pair up here.

You're pretty funny.

- She scares me.

I don't understand her.

I've always avoided girls like her,

they've always avoided me.

- Help, Vince, Vince, you gotta help me.

She fell through the ice.

- Talk to me, man.

- Shawna fell into the river.

- What happened, man?

- Shawna fell into the river.

- Shawna fell where?

- Shawna fell into the river.

She's down in the river.

- What river?

- I pulled her out.
- Is she okay?

- I couldn't carry her.

She's gonna freeze to death.

Hurry, Vince, she'll die out there.

- All right, all right,
it's gonna be okay.

- Just couldn't carry her.

- Shawna.

Shawna.

Shawna.

Help.

Help.

Somebody help.

Hey, help.

Hey.

Hey.

Help.

♪ I thought once ♪

♪ This dark would last for so long ♪

♪ Here the sunlight on my face ♪

♪ You have brought me to this place ♪

♪ Jesus, Jesus, you found me ♪

♪ Through the long night you let me ♪

♪ You set me free ♪

- I almost died.

- [Trish] The important thing
is that you're safe now.

- I'm so sorry.

- [Trish] It's all right, it's all right.

- We're gonna go with you.

It's gonna be okay,
we'll be right behind us.

- Vince, what's an ambulance doing here?

- Nothing, nothing, it's okay.

- Is Shawna okay?

- Woody'll explain the
whole thing to you guys.

She's fine, she's gonna be fine, okay?

Look, I gotta go down
there, make sure she's okay.

Great spaghetti sauce.

Freezing.

- I am, too.

- Why don't you go in,
I'll get some firewood.

- Do you need any help?

- No, just go for it, I'll
get some wood bring it in.

- Sure?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- [Nick Voiceover] The difference, Vince,

is there's someone that'll always care

about you and your life.

- [Vince Voiceover] For
God loved the world so much

that he gave his only son so that anyone

who believes in him shall not perish

but have eternal life.

- [Shawna Voiceover] Buddy, you don't even

know what you believe.

And I feel sorry for you.

- [Vince] Coffee?

- Well, thanks, who trained you?

- I think some zookeeper somewhere.

It's cold outside.

- I have a confession to make.

- Well, speak, my child.

- No, I mean it, Vince.

I used to be afraid of you.

- Why?

- 'Cause you're not a Christian.

- Oh.

And that makes me some
kind of a monster, right?

- Well, I guess I thought so.

But you know, you're not a bad person.

You see, I was raised in this

really strict Christian family.

And I was always told that
people who went to parties

and did things that I
wasn't supposed to do

were really bad people.

But I guess that's not always true, is it?

- No, it's not true.

I mean, if you never feel any guilt,

if you never know you're wrong,

then you don't think
you're a sinner, right?

I mean, I was never
taught anything about God.

I didn't know that God was important.

I never did any reading or anything.

- Are you thinking about it now?

- I'm thinking about something.

I mean, I've been thinking
about something for a long time.

I mean, before I came up here,

I was saying to myself, man,
there's gotta be more to life

than what I've got.

I mean, I go to parties, and
I'd be in groups like this,

but it was always held together
by something, you know?

Like drinking or drugs or something.

I mean, we had a good time, I guess,

I always felt really empty, though.

Felt like everybody was just
afraid to be themselves,

for crying out loud.

So I don't know, I came
here and I met you guys,

you guys have something real here.

You guys have here what
I think I felt missing.

- You aren't trying to say
that you're thinking about

becoming a Christian, are you?

- Yeah.

The pay's right.

(laughing)

- You know, you're really silly.

- I am silly, and I'll always be silly,

Christian or otherwise.

- Well, you know, you don't
have to be strait-laced

and boring to be a Christian.

- Well, that's good.

I'm glad.

Thank you very much.

♪ Jesus, Jesus, you found me. ♪

- I got a roll.

Thank you, guys.

Take care, Xalton.

Trish, Nick, ahh.

She's never been in a
fine automobile like this,

she doesn't know how to get in.

(laughing)

- Hey, you gonna be around this spring?

- Yeah, why?

- Well, we have this little tradition.

A few of us, we go backpacking
every year, right guys?

- Tell me you're joking.

- Really, you'd love it.

- [Trish] No, you'll have a good time.

- Hey, I even talked to Shawna,

and she might even think about coming.

- Well, I might even think about
thinking about coming, too.

- Well, good, you do that.

- You guys be good, give me a call.

Okay.

- You're an animal.

(car engine revving)

♪ Jesus, one night you led me ♪

♪ You set me free ♪

- [Vince Recording] The
meaningless, the absurd, where

we shall stand firmly against injustice,

cruelty, and other bad things,

if we can just figure out what they are.

(recording fast forwarding)

- Bus log, diary date January fourth.

This is Captain Vince Fuller
of the star bus, Booby Prize.

Friends, crew members, and
aliens from distant galaxies,

our days of gloom are over.

The Christians from the planet of snow

have taught us truth.

There is a true god,
who gives real meaning

to this nutty mess we call life.

I guess I knew it all along.

Signing off.

♪ Through this place ♪

♪ Jesus, Jesus you found me ♪

♪ Through the long night you led me ♪

♪ You set me free ♪

♪ Feel the sunlight on my face ♪

♪ You have brought me through this place ♪

♪ Jesus, Jesus you found me ♪

♪ Through the long night you led me ♪

♪ You set me free ♪

♪ Good morning ♪

♪ The night is over and gone. ♪