Those Calloways (1965) - full transcript
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.
[rousing fanfare]
[geese honking]
[uplifting orchestral music]
*
- HEY.
HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU
TO STAY OUT OF THE GAR--
[geese honking]
*
- [sighs]
[geese honking]
*
[geese honking]
- NAT!
NAT!
- I HEARD 'EM!
HARRY!
HARRY, THEY'RE COMING!
[doorbell rings]
- THE GEESE!
THEY'RE HERE!
BRIDIE!
- HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS CATALOG
YOUR MA'S BEEN WAITING FOR.
- MA SAYS THEY'RE GONNA
STOP THIS YEAR.
[gunshots]
[goose squawks]
- I GOT HIM.
THAT ONE'S MINE!
I GOT HIM!
[laughs]
- DON'T, BUCKY.
YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.
DON'T TRY.
- WE TOLD YOU ABOUT
THE GEESE, PA, AND ME.
- YOU GIMME THAT.
- [grunts]
- YOU SURE KEEP ASKING FOR IT,
DON'T YOU, BUCKY?
COME ON.
COME ON, BUCKY.
[grunts]
- [grunts]
- STOP IT!
- [laughs]
NOW TAKE HIM OUT, WHIT.
STAY ON HIM, WHIT.
[laughs]
- [grunts]
- PAPA, STOP THEM.
- I RECKON THEY GOT
TO SETTLE THIS, BRIDIE,
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
- COME ON, BUCKY.
COME ON!
TELL YOU WHAT I'LL GIVE YOU.
ONE FREE SHOT RIGHT HERE,
HUH?
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!
ONE FREE SHOT RIGHT HERE.
COME ON.
RIGHT HERE.
OH, YOU MISSED!
WELL, COME ON.
LET'S TRY AGAIN.
COME ON. COME ON.
RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE.
COME ON, BUCKY.
COME ON.
ONE MORE.
ONE MORE.
AW!
[laughs]
THREE MISSES AND YOU'RE OUT!
OH!
YOU'RE OUT!
[laughs]
GET OUT OF HERE.
- [laughs]
- WHIT.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
- YEAH, ALL RIGHT,
MR. MELLOTT.
[chuckles]
[sighs]
ALL RIGHT, OLLIE.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
[laughter]
[somber music]
*
- BRIDIE, I THINK YOU BETTER
GO BACK IN THE STORE.
- [coughs]
- IF YOU WANT TO COME
IN THE STORE,
BUCKY, I'LL PUT SOMETHING
ON THAT FOR YOU.
- KID DOESN'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT FIGHTING,
BUT HE'S PRETTY GAME.
- NAME'S BUCKY CALLOWAY.
LIVES UP THE WOODS A PIECE.
- WHAT WERE THEY
FIGHTING ABOUT?
- GEESE.
- YEAH, THAT GOOSE COMING DOWN,
THAT DID IT.
- HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A GUN.
- COURSE NOT.
THE CALLOWAYS DON'T HOLD
WITH SHOOTING WILD GEESE.
- IF YOU ASK ME, THOSE CALLOWAYS
DON'T HOLD TO ANYTHING.
THEY'RE CRAZY,
THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM.
- I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, DOANE.
- WELL, I WOULD.
THEY'RE MORE AT HOME
WITH INDIANS
THAN THEY ARE RESPECTABLE
FOLKS.
- INDIANS?
- YEAH, THE BOY'S PA WAS RAISED
WITH 'EM.
THE MICMACS.
WILD GOOSE IS THEIR TOTEM.
- YOU MARK MY WORDS.
THE WOODS HAS CLOSED IN
ON THOSE CALLOWAYS.
THEY'RE JUST PLAIN CRACKED.
- IT MIGHT BE,
BUT IF THEY'RE CRACKED,
IT LETS IN A GOOD PATCH
OF BLUE SKY AND I'M ALL FOR IT.
- SAY, I'D LIKE
TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
[chuckles]
NAME'S DELL FRASIER.
I'M IN HARDWARE.
- HOW DO?
- BE SEEING A LOT
OF ME AROUND HERE.
MIND IF I SIT DOWN?
- WELL, NO.
SUIT YOURSELF.
- THEY ADDED SWIFTWATER
TO MY TERRITORY.
SCAT, KITTY.
[wildcat growls]
[laughter]
WHAT IS THAT THING?
A WILDCAT?
- YES, SIR, THAT'S A WILDCAT
AND A WATCHCAT.
BETTER THAN A WATCHDOG
ANY DAY.
MUCH OBLIGED, ETHAN.
IF YOU EVER COME BY A CHAIR
OF YOUR OWN, ETHAN'S AVAILABLE.
- [chuckles]
- WELL, I NEVER SAW ANYTHING
LIKE IT, THOSE BIRDS.
THEY COME THROUGH HERE
EVERY YEAR?
- TWICE A YEAR.
COMING AND GOING.
- [whistles]
MUST BE A HUNTER'S PARADISE.
BET THEY COME FLOCKING IN HERE
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, HUH?
- NOT IF WE CAN HELP IT.
WE GOT ENOUGH HUNTERS
RIGHT HERE IN THIS VILLAGE.
- BUT YOU'RE TURNING AWAY
GOOD BUSINESS.
- SAY, YOUNG MAN,
DO YOU KNOW
THE BEST WAY TO COOK
A GOOSE?
- HUH?
- HE WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU KNOW
THE BEST WAY TO COOK A GOOSE.
- NO.
- HMM?
- HE SAYS, "NO," ED!
- OH.
- HE'S KIND OF HARD
OF HEARING.
- WELL, SIR,
YOU TAKE THE GOOSE
AND YOU PUT IT
IN A PAN
AND YOU TAKE A HAND OR A BIG
HANDFUL OF BREAD STUFFING,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU MIX
THAT STUFFING THOROUGHLY
WITH ABOUT A--
OH, I'D SAY A HALF A JUG
OF HARD CIDER.
THEN YOU PUT
IN A PINCH OF NUTMEG.
JUST A PINCH.
THEN YOU BASTE
THE GOOSE ABOUT, UH--
OH, ABOUT THREE HOURS.
YOU BASTE IT WITH A PINT
AND A HALF OF GOOD JAMAICA RUM.
- YEAH.
[chuckles]
WELL--
- THEN--
THEN YOU THROW
THE GOOSE AWAY
AND YOU DRINK THE GRAVY.
[laughter]
- VERY FUNNY.
- YOU THROW AWAY THE GOOSE
AND YOU DRINK THE GRAVY.
[laughter]
FUNNY. VERY GOOD.
- WELL, WHAT I WAS
SAYING WAS...
THESE GEESE COULD GIVE THIS TOWN
A REAL FACE-LIFTING.
- UH, SON?
- HMM?
- WE LIKE THIS TOWN'S FACE.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT
FOR 182 YEARS.
AND WE DON'T SEE
NO WRINKLES YET.
- OH, YES, SIR.
IT'S A REAL,
REAL FINE LOOKING TOWN,
BUT I'D THINK ABOUT THOSE GEESE
IF I WERE YOU, GENTLEMEN.
THERE'S A FLYING FORTUNE
UP THERE...
IF SOMEONE COULD JUST
FIND A WAY TO USE IT.
- HELLO, PA.
I FIGURED YOU'D BE HERE.
- HOW'S YOUR MA?
- WAITING FOR YOU.
- LIKE ALWAYS, HUH?
- YOU ALL RIGHT NOW, PA?
- YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.
SHE, UH, SAY ANYTHING,
YOUR MA?
- NO, PA.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?
- OH, FIGHT.
- WELL, I CAUGHT
A MESS OF PERCH.
LET'S EAT 'EM.
YOU CAN TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT.
- THERE'S NOTHING MUCH TO TELL.
I GOT LICKED.
- AH.
WELL, THAT DON'T MATTER.
LONG AS YOU DON'T
STAY LICKED,
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS
THE MOST.
[geese honking]
- BUCK?
- HMM?
- I BEEN ASKING AROUND.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
WE COULD BUY THIS WHOLE PLACE
FOR $1,100.
I MEAN, LAKE AND ALL.
- BUY IT?
WHAT FOR, PA?
IT RUNS MOSTLY TO MARSH.
- WELL, FOR THE GEESE.
THEY OUGHT TO HAVE
A STOPPING-OVER PLACE.
SOME PLACE THEY COULD
COME DOWN EVERY YEAR
AND BE SAFE
FROM THESE DOGS AND GUNS.
- YEAH, BUT THEY DON'T
STOP EVERY YEAR.
- JUST 'CAUSE THEY AIN'T
BEEN INVITED.
THERE'S A WAY
TO BRING 'EM DOWN.
INDIANS GOT A TRICK.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS PLANT SOME CORN.
SEE, YOU COULD
PUT A PATCH OVER THERE.
- JUST CORN?
- LIKE SAYING, "MOLASSES,"
TO A BEAR CUB.
THEM GEESE CAN SPOT A CORN HUSK
FROM TWO MILES UP.
- I DON'T KNOW, PA.
$1,100.
MIGHT AS WELL BE $11 MILLION.
- YEAH.
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING
TO THINK ON ANYHOW.
[dog barks]
[bear groans]
[crow caws]
- ARR, YA PUP.
- BOY, SOUNDER SURE MISSED YOU,
PA.
- [growls]
- HEY, LOOK, PA.
IT'S KEG.
AH, HE WANTS TO WRESTLE.
AH!
COME ON, KEG.
LET'S SEE HOW TOUGH
YOU REALLY ARE.
I GOT YOU.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
[chuckles]
DOWN YOU GO.
HEY, TAKE IT EASY.
HEY, I'M SUPPOSED
TO WIN THIS.
OW!
- LIDDY--
- WE'LL NOT SPEAK OF IT,
CAM.
- YES, WE WILL.
IT GETS A LITTLE LONGER
EACH TIME.
AND, LYDIA,
I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU
IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN,
BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD
TOO MANY MORNING-AFTER
PROMISES.
- IT'S OVER, CAM.
- ALL RIGHT, LIDDY.
- BUCKY, YOU LET GO
OF THAT ANIMAL.
GET WASHED UP FOR SUPPER.
YOU TOO.
LONELY?
WHO SAYS I'LL BE LONELY?
BUCKY AND ME WILL
MAKE OUT JUST FINE.
- WELL, THAT'S JUST IT,
LIDDY.
SEE, I WAS FIGURING ON TAKING
HIM ALONG WITH ME
FOR THE TRAPPING.
FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.
- OH.
- LIDDY, I BEEN MARKING
THE FIRST SIGNS
AND IT'S GONNA BE
A PRIME YEAR.
BEST SINCE '21.
THERE'S FOX
AND ERMINE AND--
WE GOT TO LAY OUT
TWO TRAP LINES.
- GUESS I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED UP
SO MUCH READING.
- WELL, YOU'VE GOT PLENTY LEFT,
MA.
YOU'RE ONLY UP TO INFANTS
AND CHILDRENSWEAR.
- WHAT ABOUT THE CHORES?
CRACKS NEED CHINKING.
ROOF LEAKS.
- WELL, PA AND ME WILL TAKE CARE
OF THOSE BEFORE WE LEAVE.
RIGHT, PA?
- SURE.
NOW THIS IS A CHANCE
WE CAN'T PASS UP.
IT'S GONNA BE
A GOLD MINE IN FURS.
- ALWAYS A GOLD MINE
IN SOMETHING.
- WELL, BETTING BOTTOM DOLLAR
ON IT.
- DON'T BET WHAT YOU HAVEN'T
GOT, CAM CALLOWAY.
BESIDES...
EVEN IF THE FUR CATCH
IS GOOD...
I KNOW WHAT'S ON THE TOPSIDE
OF YOUR MIND.
AND IT'S NOT TAKING $400
AND PAYING OFF
DOANE SHATTUCK FOR THE LAND.
WHAT'S ON THE TOPSIDE
OF YOUR MIND
IS BUYING A LAKE SO'S EVERY TOM,
DICK, AND HARRY GOOSE
FROM CANADA CAN SET HIMSELF
DOWN ON IT.
- WELL, MA, PA AND ME WERE ONLY
IFFING ON THAT ONE.
- KIND OF CONSIDERING
THE IDEA IS ALL.
- A PRIVATE LAKE
JUST FOR GEESE?
AND ME THINKING WHAT I'D DO
IF I EVER GOT AN EXTRA DOLLAR.
HOW I'D SET MYSELF
DOWN SOMEDAY...
IN A HOUSE WITH REAL
SNAP-ON LIGHTS
AND A GENUINE RUG UNDERFOOT.
[sighs]
IF I'D KNOWN 20 YEARS AGO
WHAT I KNOW NOW--
WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO--
I GUESS I WOULD HAVE GOT
INTO IT ANYWAYS.
- HI!
- HI.
YOU'RE DELIVERING PARCEL POST?
- UH-HUH.
YOUR PA'S TRAP'S COME IN.
OH, UH...
SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE A BOOK.
- FOR ME?
- UH-HUH.
- AH, IT'S ABOUT TIME.
THANKS.
I WAS WAITING FOR IT.
YOU CAN JUST PUT THOSE TRAPS
OVER THERE.
I'LL FETCH 'EM IN LATER.
- YOU CLEARING TO PLANT
SOMETHING, BUCKY?
MAKE A NICE POTATO PATCH.
- MAKE A BETTER FIREWOOD PATCH.
- THIS IS GOOD GROUND, BUCKY,
IF YOU'D USE IT.
- THE ONLY GOOD GROUND
IS THE KIND YOU'RE WALKING ON
TO GET FROM ONE PLACE
TO ANOTHER.
- OH, BUCKY.
- NOPE, PA AND ME DON'T NEED
TO PIN OURSELVES DOWN
TO ANY ONE PIECE OF LAND.
- YOU MIGHT AS WELL
GO ROOST WITH THE OWLS.
LIVE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PINEY WOODS.
- THAT'S JUST WHAT THE FOLKS
IN THE VILLAGE SAY, AIN'T IT?
- I DIDN'T MEAN--
- SURE IT IS!
"CRAZY CALLOWAYS.
"OUGHT TO BE HANGING
FROM THE BRANCHES
WITH THE REST
OF THE WILD ONES."
OH, LET 'EM TALK.
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
- WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT
ALL RIGHT WITH YOUR MA.
- MA'S ONE OF US,
NOT THEM.
- WELL, A WOMAN WANTS
TO SETTLE DOWN SOMEDAY.
- HOW WOULD YOU KNOW
WHAT A WOMAN WANTS?
- I'M 17 GOING ON 18!
- OH.
- WELL, HOW OLD WAS YOUR MA
WHEN SHE MARRIED YOUR PA?
- WELL, THAT--
WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
- OH!
OH!
- BRIDIE, I'M SORRY.
- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
- DOES IT HURT BAD?
- UH-UH!
[chuckling]
- WELL, IT'S NOTHING
LIKE THE TIME
WE WERE OUT
HUNTING HAWK EGGS
AND YOU FELL DOWN HALF
OF BALD MOUNTAIN.
REMEMBER?
- [gasps]
- BOY, I MUST HAVE CARRIED YOU
A GOOD TWO MILES.
WELL, DON'T KNOW
IS I COULD DO IT NOW.
- I'M NOT SAYING
I'D WANT YOU TO.
- WELL, I'LL TAKE THE CHANCE.
- I CAN WALK.
- OH, YOU WANT TO?
- OH!
- [chuckles]
YOU WANT ME
TO DRIVE YOU HOME?
- NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
DON'T FORGET YOUR THINGS.
- ARE YOU SURE?
- ONE, TWO, CUT MY SHOE.
THREE, FOUR, HURT NO MORE.
YOU USED TO MAKE ME
SAY THAT
WHEN YOU WERE SCARED I WAS GOING
TO START BAWLING.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
I DID.
- FUNNY THING.
IT ALWAYS WORKED.
- JAB.
JAB.
LEFT HOOK.
LET'S SEE.
UH...RIGHT CROSS.
OKAY.
[grunts]
YEAH.
[grunts]
- [clears throat]
THAT'S SORT OF ONE-SIDED,
AIN'T IT?
- OH, HI, PA.
- I'D SAY THAT'S ONE FIGHT
YOU CAN'T LOSE.
FINISH THE CORDWOOD?
- YES, SIR.
DID YOU GET THE PUMP FIXED?
- MM-HMM.
NOTHING LEFT TO DO NOW
BUT THE LOCK CHINKING.
YOU LEARNING ANYTHING
IN HERE?
- YEAH, I'M TRYING TO.
- HMM.
YOU KNOW, I USED
TO BE PRETTY HANDY
AT THIS SORT OF THING MYSELF.
- I BET YOU WERE, PA.
- YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE INDIANS
USED TO CALL ME?
- WHAT?
- [speaking foreign language]
WELL, THAT MEANS,
"THUNDER IN MY HANDS."
- OH.
- YOU KNOW?
BOOM!
BOOM!
- UH, THE ONLY THING IS, PA,
ISN'T IT MORE, UH--
BOOM!
BOOM!
- HOW'S THAT?
- WELL, THE BOOK SAYS
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO LEAD WITH YOUR RIGHT.
- OH, YEAH, WELL,
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT LEADING,
JUST THE HITTING.
WITH LEFT, HUH?
WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME THAT?
- OH, WELL,
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I GOT
THE FULL HANG OF IT YET, PA.
- AWW, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA LEARN
TILL YOU TRY.
THERE YOU ARE.
PUT ON YOUR--
PUT ON YOUR BOXING GLOVES.
- OKAY.
"SPARRING FOR AN OUTLAW."
THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU JUST COME AHEAD
AND SPAR THEN.
- SAYS YOU JAB WITH YOUR LEFT.
KEEP YOUR RIGHT READY
FOR A CROSS
AS SOON AS THERE'S AN OPENING.
- NOW WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
IF THERE AIN'T AN OPENING?
- OH, IT SAYS THERE WILL BE
IF I USE THIS LITTLE TRICK
I BEEN PRACTICING.
- OH.
- ONLY TROUBLE IS,
BOOK DOESN'T SAY
WHAT THE OTHER FELLA'S DOING.
- OH, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT.
ALL RIGHT, COME ON.
- YOU READY, PA?
- IT DON'T LOOK
LIKE I'M READY?
- YEAH.
UH, PA, DON'T YOU THINK
YOU OUGHT
TO BE PROTECTING
AGAINST A FAINT?
- UH, WHAT'S A FAINT?
- ACCORDING TO THE BOOK,
IT'S, UM--
- AH!
- WORKED.
PA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- WELL, OF COURSE
I'M ALL RIGHT.
HERE.
THAT FANCY FELLA OF YOURS
IN THE BOOK THERE
JUST GOT A LITTLE LUCKY
IS ALL.
- I GUESS THAT WAS IT, PA.
- COME ON.
CAREFUL NOW.
[sighs]
YES, SIR, THAT FELLA
IS PRETTY LUCKY.
- GEE, I'M SORRY, PA.
- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SON, INDIAN FIGHTING IS MORE
TO MY STYLE.
[yelling]
- THAT'S NOT FAIR, PA!
- SAY QUIT!
- THAT'S NOT IN THE BOOK!
- SAY QUIT!
- NO!
- ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT.
- CUT IT OUT, PA.
- SAY YOUR PA
IS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER.
- OH!
[laughs]
MAKE ME!
- ALL RIGHT,
YOU WANT TO EAT GRASS?
- NO, PA.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
YOU GON' EAT GRASS.
EAT GRASS.
AH!
- [coughs]
- SAY IT!
COME ON! SAY IT!
- MY FATHER
IS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER.
- HOLLER OUT LOUDER SO THEY CAN
HEAR YOU IN BOSTON.
- PA IS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER.
- LOUDER!
- MY PA IS A GREAT
INDIAN FIGHTER!
- YES!
[laughter]
- [spits]
[laughter]
THAT'S A--
- [groans]
- THAT'S A PRETTY
GOOD TRICK, PA.
- WELL, IT MIGHT NOT
BE SCIENTIFIC
LIKE IN THE BOOK, BUT IT CAN
COME IN HANDY, I'LL TELL YOU.
- OH, YOUR TRAP'S COME, PA.
- OH, WHERE?
- BRIDIE BROUGHT 'EM.
I GOT TO READING THE BOOK.
WHEN ARE WE GOING, PA?
- RIGHT AFTER THE SNOW FALLS.
COURSE, FIRST WE HAVE TO GO OUT
AND TAKE A SCOUTING TRIP.
YOU KNOW, FIND YOU SOME PRIME
FUR COUNTRY.
- WHEN?
- OH, LET'S SEE.
WELL, IF WE FINISHED UP
THAT LOG CHINKING TODAY,
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE
COULDN'T GO TOMORROW MORNING.
- WELL, LET'S GET AT IT.
- [grunts]
- [chuckles]
BOY, YOU WERE RIGHT, PA.
FIRST SIGN EVERYWHERE.
- YEAH, IF IT'S GOOD HERE,
IT'S GONNA BE EVEN BETTER
WHERE WE'RE GOING.
JACK PINE VALLEY'S
VIRGIN TERRITORY.
NEVER BEEN TRAPPED BEFORE.
- HMM?
HOW COME IT'S NEVER
BEEN TRAPPED?
- NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT
EXCEPT THE INDIANS
AND THEY WON'T GO NEAR IT
ON ACCOUNT OF BAD SPIRITS.
- WHAT KIND OF BAD SPIRITS?
- WELL, IT'S NOTHING
YOU CAN PUT A FINGER ON.
IT'S JUST SORT OF
A BAD LUCK PLACE.
LEAST THAT'S
WHAT THE MICMACS SAY.
[geese honking]
- THOUGHT THEY'D ALL
BE GONE BY NOW.
- NO, THEY'RE THE LATE STARTERS.
THEY FLY RIGHT ON THROUGH
WITHOUT STOPPING.
[geese honking]
HEAR 'EM?
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT NICE,
WARM SUN
DOWN IN CAROLINA.
[branch snaps]
[laughter]
NIGOSH.
- [speaking native language]
- [replies in foreign language]
- AH, BUCKY.
- NIGOSH.
- HOW ARE ALL MY BROTHERS
ON THE RESERVATION?
- ALL WELL.
ALL WELL.
LITTLE WOLF GROWS OLD.
HE ASKS FOR YOU OFTEN.
- HMM.
- CROW FACE MARRIED
THE OLD SCHOOL TEACHER.
- NO.
- [chuckles]
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE,
MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
WANT TO LIVE IN THE BIG CITY.
THE TIMES ARE CHANGING, CAM.
- YEP.
- ONLY OUR TOTEM,
THE WILD GEESE, ARE THE SAME.
SOMEDAY
THEY WILL BE GONE TOO...
AND OUR PEOPLE WITH THEM.
- NO. NO, NEVER.
- [speaking native language]
- EACH TIME A WILD GOOSE FALLS,
A MICMAC DIES.
- [chuckles]
YOU ARE--
YOU ARE THE ONLY IRISH MICMAC
I EVER SAW.
[laughter]
MY CAMP IS UP YONDER.
COME. WE EAT.
- NO, WE'RE OUT TRYING
TO FIND
A NEW PLACE TO SET UP
A TRAP LINE.
- WHERE?
NOT THE JACK PINE, CAM.
- WELL, WE GOT TO GO WHERE
THE BEST FURS ARE, NIGOSH.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- BE CAREFUL, CAM.
- WELL, SURE.
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANKS.
- THERE IT IS.
- OH!
- I GOT YOU.
- [grunts]
- WELCOME TO JACK PINE.
- YOU FEEL IT, PA?
- YEAH, I FEEL IT.
- LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
WATCHING US OR--
- YEAH, YOU KNOW
WHAT IT REALLY IS?
- WHAT?
- A LOT OF OLD INDIAN TALK
WORKING ON OUR MINDS.
TOO MUCH THINKING
AND NOT ENOUGH DOING,
THAT'S OUR TROUBLE.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE
OUR FIRST TRAP
SET RIGHT OVER THERE.
SEE?
ON THE BANK.
- HMM.
PA, I DON'T HOLD WITH
THE INDIAN WAY OF THINGS,
BUT IT SURE SEEMS
TO ME THERE IS SOME--
[rustling]
HEY.
[grunts]
- PA, WHAT HAPPENED?
- IT'S BROKE.
BROKE MY LEG, SON.
- SHOULD I GO FOR HELP?
- NO, WE GOT
TO SET IT OURSELVES
BEFORE THE SWELLING STARTS.
YOU GO CUT A COUPLE
OF STRIPS OF PINE BARK.
GO ON NOW.
TIE THAT AROUND MY FOOT.
SNAP IT AROUND THAT ROOT.
- PA?
- SLIDE THAT PIECE
OF BARK UNDERNEATH.
YOU GET THROUGH,
GO AND GET DOC WATERS
AND SOME MEN TO FETCH ME
OUT OF HERE.
[sighs]
- WELL, SIR,
HE SET THAT LEG OF HIS
ALL BY HIMSELF RIGHT OUT THERE
IN THE WOODS.
AND YOU'D THINK OLD DOC WATERS
WOULD GIVE HIM A DISCOUNT?
NO, SIREE.
HE UP AND CHARGED HIM REGULAR
BUSTED-LEG PRICES.
[laughter]
NOW IF YOU ASK ME,
I'D SAY
THAT'S NOT FOLLOWING
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.
[laughter]
- YEAH, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.
- GONNA BE PRETTY HARD
ON THE CALLOWAYS THIS WINTER
WITH CAM LAID UP.
- THEY'LL MAKE OUT.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
- LONG AS SOME FOLKS ARE WILLING
TO HELP THEM.
- LIKE THE WAY YOU DID, DOANE?
- WELL, I LOANED 'EM MONEY
WHEN NOBODY ELSE WOULD.
- SURE.
SURE YOU DID.
A GOOD PIECE OF TIMBERLAND
FOR AIRTIGHT SECURITY.
- NO MAN WANTS CHARITY, ALF.
- NO, NO.
NOT AT 7% INTEREST.
[laughter]
- HEY, UM, SPEAKING
OF THE CALLOWAYS,
I BEEN THINKING A LOT
ABOUT THOSE WILD GEESE.
- I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE
TO SELL RAT TRAPS, YOUNG FELLA.
- I SELL EVERYTHING
AND ANYTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I BEEN TALKING
TO MY BOSS ABOUT THIS THING.
- SAY, FELLAS, YOU HEAR
CAM CALLOWAY BROKE HIS LEG?
- WE HEARD, ED.
- SO I'VE BEEN TALKING
TO MY BOSS ABOUT THIS.
- HE SET IT HIMSELF.
SET HIS OWN LEG.
- [chuckles]
YEAH.
AS I WAS SAYING,
I BEEN TALKING
TO MY BOSS ABOUT THIS THING.
NOW HE'S BIG MONEY
DOWN IN BURLINGTON.
- DID YOU SAY SOMETHING
TO ME?
- NO, ED.
HE JUST SAID HIS BOSS
WAS BIG MONEY
DOWN IN BURLINGTON.
- OH.
[chuckles]
BURLINGTON?
I WAS DOWN THERE ONCE MYSELF.
PRETTY WILD PLACE.
- WELL, LOOK.
THE BIG MONEY SAYS
WHAT I SAY.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET THE HUNTERS
TO COME IN HERE,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO OFFER THEM THE GEESE
IN AN ATTRACTIVE
LITTLE PACKAGE.
- MET A GIRL DOWN THERE.
NAME WAS LOTI.
NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.
[laughter]
- WELL, NOW, LOOK.
THIS TOWN IS THE PACKAGE.
BUT WE GOT TO DRESS IT UP
A LITTLE BIT.
WE GOT TO REMODEL THE HOTEL.
WE GOT TO PAVE
THE MAIN STREET.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GIVE HER
ANOTHER LABEL.
NOW, I FIGURE THE OLD INDIAN
NAME WOULD DO.
NOW THERE'S A NAME
THAT'S GOT SOME PUNCH.
- [speaking Native American
dialect]
THAT MEANS, "WILD GOOSE STOP."
- RIGHT.
"WILD GOOSE STOP."
NOW THERE'S A NAME
WITH SOME CLASS!
- THE ONLY THING IS THE GEESE
DON'T STOP HERE EVERY YEAR.
- THEY DON'T, HUH?
- PASSED US CLEAN BY IN '23.
- HMM.
THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM, HUH?
- TO YOU, BUT TO THE GEESE,
IT REALLY DON'T MAKE NO
DIFFERENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
[laughter]
- WONDER WHATEVER BECAME
OF HER.
- HUH?
- LOTI.
[laughter]
- BUCK.
- PA.
I'M GOING TO THE JACK PINE.
- HERE'S YOUR COFFEE
AND BEANS AND FLOUR.
THAT'LL LAST YOU.
- GOT PLENTY OF MATCHES
AND CARDS TO PUT IN THERE?
- THINK I'D LET HIM
GO WITHOUT?
BUCK, YOU TAKE CARE.
MIND YOU'RE HEAD
OF THE FAMILY NOW.
- OH, THERE'S ONLY ONE HEAD
OF THIS FAMILY ANYTIME.
[crow caws]
I'LL BE BACK
AT THE END OF THE WEEK, MA.
NOW YOU STAY HERE AND KEEP
THE FAMILY COMPANY, YOU HEAR?
GUESS KEG WON'T BE MUCH COMPANY
TILL NEXT SPRING.
DON'T WAKE HIM UP, MA.
- HMM, WAKE HIM UP?
I'D KNOWN HE WAS GONNA
HIBERNATE HIMSELF
IN OUR ROOT CELLAR,
I'D HAVE BROOMED
HIS BACKSIDE OVER THE MOUNTAIN
A LONG TIME AGO.
THERE YOU ARE.
- BE SEEING YOU, PA.
- BUCK, DON'T GO UP THERE.
- GO WHERE?
- AW, NOWHERE, MA.
HE'S JUST GETTING FEISTY
'CAUSE HE CAN'T COME ALONG.
COME ON, SOUNDER.
- DON'T TRAP THE JACK PINE.
- WHY SHOULDN'T HE?
WHAT'S UP THERE?
- NOTHING, MA,
BUT A MINT OF FURS.
- CAM?
- PA?
IF I'M TO DO THE TRAPPING,
I GOT TO CHOOSE WHERE I GO.
- I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT, SON.
- I'LL BE BACK
AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANKS, PA.
[dog barks]
- WHAT'S UP
IN THE JACK PINE CAMP?
- HMM?
OH, YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID.
NOTHING BUT A MINT OF FURS.
[dog barks]
- [whistles]
[dog barks]
[dog barks]
[dog barks]
- COME ON, BOY.
[branches rustling]
[dog barks]
NOW CUT OUT THAT YAPPING.
YOU'LL HAVE EVERY VARMINT
IN THE VALLEY
HEADED FOR CANADA
BY THE END OF THE DAY.
[owl hoots]
[branch snaps]
THINK WE BETTER
GET A LITTLE SLEEP.
WAS A REAL PRIME ERMINE.
LOOKS LIKE A BOBCAT GOT HIM.
THAT WASN'T MADE
BY ANY BOBCAT.
COME ON.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE REST OF THE LINE.
EVERY LAST TRAP.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
ONLY THING LIVING THAT KILLS
JUST FOR THE JOY OF KILLING.
WOLVERINE.
HE AIN'T LEFT US MUCH CHOICE.
TRACK HIM DOWN AND KILL HIM
OR TURN AROUND AND GO HOME.
AND I AIN'T FIGURING
ON GOING HOME YET.
COME ON, BOY.
LET'S GET US A WOLVERINE.
[dog barks]
EASY!
EASY, BOY!
HE'S A LITTLE
OUT OF YOUR CLASS.
[dog barks]
[gunshot and wolverine growls]
WE NICKED HIM.
[dog barks]
NOW YOU STAY PUT,
YOU HEAR?
YEAH!
YEAH!
[hisses]
[gun clicks]
[gunshot]
[dog barks]
[wolverine growls]
[wolverine growls]
[gunshot]
[dog barks]
SOUNDER, GET OUT OF HERE!
[wolverine growls]
[dog barks]
SOUNDER, LEAVE HIM ALONE.
SOUNDER!
[dog yelps]
[dog whimpers]
SOUNDER?
SOUNDER!
[wolverine growls]
HEY!
AH!
[wolverine growls]
AH!
[sighs]
[dog whimpers]
[crow caws]
- CAW, CAW, CAW!
HUSH UP, YOU BLACK-EYED
TOWER OF BABEL.
HE'S BEEN SCREAMING
AT THAT VARMINT SKIN
FOR TWO WEEKS NOW.
WHAT HE WANTS OF IT,
I'LL NEVER KNOW.
HUSH!
- "THE LORD HATH PUT DOWN
THE MIGHTY
FROM THEIR SEATS AND EXALTED
THEM OF LOW DEGREE."
LUKE 1:52.
- DON'T HURT HIM
TO BE A MIGHT EXALTED,
YOU KNOW, LADY?
- MIGHT'S ONE THING,
BUT EXALTING
24 HOURS A DAY
IS SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
- WHY HE'S JUST PROUD
OF BUCKY.
SAME AS WE ARE.
ALF, OUR BOY'S DOING
A MAN-SIZED JOB.
YOU KNOW, HE KEEPS STACKING UP
THEM SKINS LIKE THAT, HE--
[groans]
- WHAT'S THE MATTER, CAM?
- AH, JUST A NETTING PAIN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
- WELL, HERE.
LET ME GET A PILLOW FOR IT.
- NO, THAT'S JUST
HEALING ITSELF.
NOW LEAVE ME ALONE.
- LET ME PUT A PILLOW UNDER IT.
STOP FUSSING.
- WELL, DON'T FRET OVER ME SO.
- GET BACK TO YOUR GOSSIP,
ALF.
ANYMORE GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN?
- WELL, NO,
I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT.
EXCEPT THAT STEAM THEY GOT
FOR TURNING THE VILLAGE
INTO A HUNTER'S PARADISE.
- TURN IT TO WHAT?
- GOING TO BUILD UP
THE WHOLE TOWN.
MAKE EVERYBODY A MILLIONAIRE.
- YOU SERIOUS, ALF?
- I AIN'T,
BUT SOME FOLKS ARE.
PARADISE! HA!
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF
A PARADISE IT'S GONNA BE.
HOT DOGS, NEON SIGNS,
BEER BOTTLES,
JAZZ BAND,
HOOP AND HOLLER PARADISE.
"THAT'S THE KIND IT'S GONNA BE,"
I TOLD 'EM.
KIND OF A SKIMPY CUPFUL,
LIDDY.
EVEN TALKING ABOUT CHANGING
THE VILLAGE NAME
TO CALL IT "WILD GOOSE STOP."
- WILD GOOSE STOP?
- LIDDY, IF YOU'RE AIMING
TO HOLD HANDS,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
COME OUT AND SAY SO?
- IF THAT'S THE WAY
I WAS AIMING,
I'D HIT A SPRIER TARGET,
ALF.
- [laughs]
- ALF.
ALF...
THEY'RE FIXING
TO SHOOT THE GEESE.
- NOW LOOK, DON'T GET YOURSELF
STIRRED UP, CAM.
I ALREADY GIVE 'EM
THE COMER UPPER.
I REMINDED 'EM THAT THE GEESE
DON'T STOP HERE EVERY YEAR.
- OH, BUT THERE'S A WAY
TO MAKE 'EM STOP, ALF.
- WELL, NOW THAT DON'T SEEM
LIKELY, LIDDY.
- IF SOMEONE WAS TO BUYING
THEIR OWN PRIVATE LAKE.
- LIDDY, I'LL THANK YOU
TO KEEP OUT OF THIS, PLEASE.
- DON'T MATTER THAT THAT SOMEONE
CAN'T BUY HIMSELF
A NEW MACKINAW FOR WINTER.
- PRIVATE LAKE?
- YEAH.
WITH ITS OWN PRIVATE CORN PATCH
TO FEED 'EM.
HAPPENED HIS FAMILY
NEED A CORN PATCH
IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.
- LIDDY, I--
- NOW YOU SIT, CAM.
- OW.
- YOU COULD REALLY DO IT, CAM?
YOU COULD REALLY BRING DOWN
THE GEESE?
- OH, WOW.
DON'T GET HIM ANY MORE
STIRRED UP
THAN HE ALREADY IS.
- KIND OF A SANCTUARY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
AIMING AT, AIN'T IT?
- SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- EH.
WELL, BUYING A LAKE
AND FEEDING THE GEESE...
SURE RUN INTO A LOT OF MONEY.
WE COULD CALL A MEETING
AND GET THE TOWN
TO PETITION
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
- I CAN JUST SEE THE TOWN
STANDING IN LINE
TO BACK ME UP ON SOMETHING.
- WELL, DO YOU WANT
TO SAVE THE BIRDS OR NO?
[dog barks]
- THAT'S GOT TO BE BUCKY.
- YEAH.
YEAH, IT IS.
HE'S HOME.
- NUMBER ONE PRIME, BUCKY.
WORTH $25,
EVERY LAST ONE OF 'EM.
YOU DID REAL GOOD.
- PA...
I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE
FOR THE SPECIAL.
- LOOKY THERE.
THAT'S REAL PRIME ERMINE.
HOW MANY WE GOT?
- WE GOT ABOUT 50--
- SPECIAL WHAT?
- CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?
- I NEVER COULD.
ALWAYS BLAB SOONER OR LATER.
SPECIAL WHAT?
- YOU'LL FIND OUT
COME CHRISTMAS.
- CHRISTMAS?
- SHH!
- YOU'RE STAYING
FOR SUPPER, ALF.
- WELL, THANK YOU, LIDDY.
I KNEW YOU'D HAVE
TO ASK ME
IF I HUNG ON LONG ENOUGH.
- WHAT'S ALL THIS TALK
ABOUT CHRISTMAS?
- HMM?
- OH, NOTHING, LIDDY.
WE WAS JUST SAYING IT'S COMING
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
- COME THE SAME TIME
IT COMES EVERY YEAR.
- AHEM.
ALF, THANKS FOR NOT BLABBING.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
CAM?
- YEAH?
- COME CHRISTMAS,
WILL YOU TELL ME
WHAT IT WAS I DIDN'T BLAB?
- SURE THING.
- NO, THAT DOESN'T
LOOK MUCH LIKE MA'S STYLE.
- DIDN'T SHE EVER TELL YOU?
- WELL, ALL I KNOW IS SHE'S BEEN
TALKING FOR YEARS.
SOMEDAY SHE'D LIKE
TO HAVE HERSELF AN ERMINE CAPE.
PA AND ME FIGURED WE'D LIKE
TO SURPRISE HER FOR CHRISTMAS.
- OH!
SHE'D LIKE THIS ONE, BUCKY.
ANYWAYS, I WOULD.
- CAN YOUR MA SEW
THAT GOOD, BRIDIE?
- OH, NOBODY CAN WORK FURS
BETTER THAN MY MOM.
- ALL RIGHT,
YOU TELL YOUR MA
THAT PA AND ME WOULD BE PLEASED
IF SHE'D GO AHEAD.
- HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME
IN THIS, BUCKY?
- [chuckles]
- WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
- WELL, YOU, IN THIS.
[chuckles]
- WHY NOT?
- WELL, THIS IS
FOR GROWN-UP LADIES.
YOU'RE TOO SKINNY
FOR THE LIKES OF THIS.
- HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT ME?
- OH, BRIDIE,
I BEEN LOOKING AT YOU
SINCE YOU WERE
OLD ENOUGH TO FALL
OUT OF AN APPLE TREE.
- WELL, I'VE STOPPED FALLING OUT
OF APPLE TREES
AND PLAYING MUMBLY PEG AND
"LAST ONE IN THE WATER'S
A ROTTEN EGG,"
AND TAGGING ALONG
LIKE SOMEBODY'S KID BROTHER.
- BRIDIE, ALL I MEANT--
- I'M A GROWN-UP LADY TOO.
AND I'VE GOT MEASUREMENTS
JUST LIKE
ALL THE GROWN-UP LADIES
IN THIS MAGAZINE.
34-22-34.
AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW,
THAT DOESN'T REFER TO THE SIZE
OF SHOTGUN AMMUNITION.
[church bells toll]
- "HE THOUGHT IT QUITE AS WELL
THAT THEY SHOULD
"WRINKLE UP THEIR EYES
IN GRINS,
"AS HAVE A MALADY IN LESS
ATTRACTIVE FORMS.
"HIS OWN HEART LAUGHED AND THAT
WAS QUITE ENOUGH FOR HIM.
"HE HAD NO FURTHER VISITATIONS
FROM SPIRITS,
"BUT LIVED UPON THE TOTAL
ABSTINENCE PRINCIPAL
"EVER AFTERWARDS.
"AND IT WAS ALWAYS SAID
OF OLD SCROOGE
"THAT HE KNEW HOW
TO KEEP CHRISTMAS WELL
"IF ANY MAN ALIVE POSSESSED
THE KNOWLEDGE.
"MAY THAT BE TRULY SAID OF US
AND ALL OF US.
"AND SO AS TINY TIM OBSERVED,
'GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE.'"
[applause]
- WELL, WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
I COULD JUST HEAR THAT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU, CAM.
- YOU KNOW, FOLKS IS ALWAYS
KNOCKING THAT SCROOGE,
BUT HE WASN'T A BAD FELLA.
HE WAS JUST
A MITE CONSERVATIVE.
- OH.
BUCK, MOVE THAT THING,
WILL YOU?
- OH, SURE.
- NIGOSH, YOU EVER SEE
A FOUR-LEGGED MICMAC?
- FIRST TIME.
- BEAUTIFUL STORY.
- AHEM, WELL,
I GUESS IT'S ABOUT TIME
WE OPEN UP SOME PRESENTS,
HUH?
- 9:00 ON CHRISTMAS EVE?
- OH, WELL, BUCKY AND ME
ARE GONNA OPEN OURS
IN THE MORNING
LIKE WE ALWAYS DO,
BUT WE GOT ONE FOR YOU
AND WE'D SORT OF LIKE YOU
TO OPEN IT UP BEFORE
THE MELLOTTS GET HERE IS ALL.
- WE'LL ALL OPEN
THE SAME TIME.
- MA, WE KNOW WE'RE
GETTING SWEATERS.
- YEAH, WE'VE HAD 'EM ON EVERY
DAY FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
- I CAN WAIT TILL TOMORROW
IF YOU ALL CAN.
- WELL, WE CAN'T.
GO ON.
GIVE HER THE PRESENT, BUCK.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS, MA.
PA AND ME BOTH.
- WELL, NOW THIS DON'T SEEM FAIR
FOR ME TO BE--
- OH, COME ON, LIDDY.
OPEN IT UP.
I WON'T BE ABLE
TO SLEEP ALL NIGHT!
- ALL RIGHT, IF THAT'S
THE WAY Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT IT.
OH, MY.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
- WELL, OPEN IT.
- WHO TAUGHT YOU
HOW TO TIE A RIBBON?
- [chuckles]
MA.
- WELL, THANK YOU.
I WONDER IF IT COULD BE
THAT OVENWARE
I BEEN LOOKING AT
IN THE CATALOG.
NO, IT'S NOT HEAVY ENOUGH
FOR THE OVENWARE.
- COME ON, LIDDY.
- IT COULD
BE A COMFORTER THOUGH.
NO, I GUESS IT COULDN'T
BE A COMFORTER.
- LIDDY.
- DO INDIANS GIVE CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS, NIGOSH?
- MA, IF YOU DON'T OPEN IT--
- NOW YOU JUST LEAVE ME BE.
ONCE I GET THIS OPEN,
THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER ONE
TILL NEXT CHRISTMAS.
COULD BE TOWELING.
I BEEN WANTING THAT TOO.
- [sighs]
- ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M OPENING IT.
WHAT COULD IT BE?
OH!
[weeping]
- MA?
- [sobbing]
- WHAT IS IT?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
DON'T YOU LIKE--
PA, SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT.
- LIDDY, WE COULD HAVE
GOT BEAVER, BUT WE--
- CAM, CAM, CAM,
JUST SIT.
DON'T YOU KNOW HAPPY CRYING
WHEN YOU HEAR IT?
YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, LIDDY.
ENJOY YOURSELF.
- [sobbing loudly]
- ARE YOU REALLY HAPPY, MA?
- OH!
OH!
- WE COULD HAVE GOT
SILVER FOX.
- IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- MA, PUT IT ON.
- LIDDY?
LIDDY, I WANT TO SEE YOU
WEAR IT.
- OH, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL,
I COULD JUST CRY.
- YOU ALREADY DONE THAT, MA.
- LIKE IT, ALF?
- YOU LOOK AS PRETTY
AS A QUEEN
ON A PLAYING CARD.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THERE!
- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- COME ON, HURRY UP!
IT'S COLD OUT HERE!
- SARAH!
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- HELLO, ALF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- OH, LIDDY,
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- OH, MRS. CALLOWAY,
IT IS.
- DO YOU LIKE IT?
- OH, YES.
- CAM AND BUCKY
GAVE IT TO ME.
- MRS. MELLOTT SEWED IT
FOR YOU, MA.
- OH, SARAH.
- SHE'S GONNA BE HAPPY AGAIN.
- OH, I AM NOT.
COME ON IN HERE.
LET'S GET OUR WRAPS OFF.
YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT I THOUGHT
WHEN THEY GAVE ME
THAT GREAT BIG BOX.
I THOUGHT IT WAS...
[trails off indistinctly]
- SHE REALLY LIKED IT,
HUH, CAM?
- CRIED HER HEAD OFF.
[laughter]
- THAT'S A SURE SIGN.
- WELL, BUCKY, GET THE BOTTLE
OUT OF THE CUPBOARD.
IT'S TIME THE GENTLEMEN
HAD A DRINK HERE.
NIGOSH, COME ON.
- OKAY, PA.
- NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE SPIKED
CIDER FOR CHRISTMAS, HUH?
OH, JIM.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL DO THAT, SON.
NIGOSH.
ALF.
- THANK YOU, CAM.
- JIM.
- THANK YOU, CAM.
- UH, I'LL TAKE MINE
STRAIGHT, PA.
- GENTLEMEN,
THAT'S GOOD WHISKEY.
I'LL HAVE MINE STRAIGHT TOO.
[chuckling]
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GENTLEMEN.
all: MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- BRIDIE, MY GOODNESS.
YOU SURE THAT'S YOU?
- MAY I HAVE SOME CIDER TOO?
- WELL, OF COURSE YOU CAN.
GO ON, BUCK.
- I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
- BRIDIE, YOU ARE...
[speaking native dialect]
- I HOPE THAT MEANS SOMETHING
NICE, NIGOSH.
- WHY, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE
THE PRETTIEST FLOWER
IN THE WHOLE PINE FOREST.
- THANK YOU.
- BUCK, UH--
- OH.
- * O LITTLE TOWN
OF BETHLEHEM *
* HOW STILL WE SEE THEE LIE
* ABOVE THY DEEP
AND DREAMLESS SLEEP *
* THE SILENT STARS GO BY
* YET IN THY
DARK STREETS SHINETH *
* THE EVERLASTING LIGHT
* THE HOPES AND FEARS
* OF ALL THE YEARS
* ARE MET IN THEE TONIGHT
- [humming O Little Town
of Bethlehem]
- BUCKY, NO ONE LIKES CHRISTMAS
BETTER THAN I DO,
BUT IT'S A WHOLE WEEK
GONE NOW.
- BEEN SINGING
THAT SONG DAY AND NIGHT.
- MAYBE IT REMINDS HIM
OF SOMEONE.
- [snaps fingers]
- ARE YOU TALKING TO ME, MA?
- WE'RE JUST WONDERING
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
- OH, I FIGURED I'D JUST DROP
DOWN TO MELLOTT'S HOUSE.
JIM OUGHT TO BE GETTING A
BULLETIN ABOUT THE FUR PRICES.
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US AN IDEA
OF HOW WE'RE DOING.
- AND IF JIM ISN'T THERE,
MAYBE BRIDIE WILL BE THERE.
YOU'LL STILL GET AN IDEA
HOW YOU'RE DOING.
- GONNA TAKE SOUNDER
WITH YOU?
- OH, DOG'S JUST IN THE WAY
IF YOU FIGURE ON SPENDING
THE EVENING TALKING FUR PRICES.
COME ON, BOY.
YOU GOT TO STAY HERE.
- NOW, SOUNDER,
YOU STAY HERE.
TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY
WHILE I'M GONE.
NIGHT, MA.
GOOD NIGHT, PA.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- AIN'T NOTHING NEEDS
TAKEN CARE OF.
I'LL GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
[chuckles]
COME ON BACK, SOUNDER.
YOU GO ON OVER THERE.
- [chuckles]
AND WHAT YOU THINKING?
YOU'RE WONDERING IF I REMEMBER
THE FIRST TIME
I CAME COURTING TO YOU.
- DO YOU?
- YOU WERE ALL OF 16.
- [sighs]
21 YEARS AGO, CAM.
- 21 YEARS PILLAR TO POST.
- NOT SUCH BAD PILLARS
AND POSTS EITHER.
- YEAH.
- I'M NOT COMPLAINING,
AM I?
- NO, BUT YOU GOT A RIGHT TO.
YOU GOT A RIGHT TO HOLLER
THE HILLS DOWN.
21 YEARS AND ALL YOU GOT
TO SHOW FOR IT
IS A BACKWOODS SHACK,
ONE-LEGGED HUSBAND.
- CAM, DON'T START THAT AGAIN.
- LIDDY, WHY'D YOU EVER
MARRY ME?
- [scoffs]
'CAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT
A SINGLE GRAIN OF GOOD SENSE.
- WELL, ONE LOOK SHOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU.
EVEN YOUR MA COULD SEE IT.
"WILL O' THE WISP,"
SHE CALLED ME.
SHE SAID I'D NEVER BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.
- MY MOTHER HAD LESS SENSE
THAN I DID.
- WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU
SEND ME PACKING
WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE?
- I DID ONCE.
YOU CAME BACK.
REMEMBER?
- WELL, IF YOU'D HAD ONE SPECK
OF FORESIGHT--
- WELL, I HADN'T!
I FELL FOR YOUR FINE AIR
AND YOUR SLICK TONGUE
AND THAT MYSTERIOUS WAY
YOU HAD AS IF YOU KNEW
SOMETHING REAL IMPORTANT.
- I DIDN'T KNOW ONE THING!
- I FOUND THAT OUT TOO!
- OH, YOU DID?
WELL, HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE YOU?
- TILL THE FIRST TIME
YOU KISSED ME.
[giggling]
I KNEW YOU WERE NOTHING
BUT A DRESSED-UP,
BACKWOODS BOY, THAT--
[sighs]
THAT WOULD NEVER
PROVIDE A GIRL
WITH ANYTHING SHE THINKS
SHE WANTS,
BUT GIVE HER EVERYTHING
SHE REALLY NEEDS.
- LIDDY...
I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU HAVEN'T
GOT GOOD SENSE.
- DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE ME,
CAM CALLOWAY.
- I WON'T LEAVE YOU.
I COULD NEVER LEAVE YOU.
- HEY, BRIDIE, COME ON.
GIVE ME A DANCING LESSON.
- I THOUGHT YOU CAME BY
TO SEE PAUL.
- WELL, SO IT'S MY LUCK
HE'S LATE.
[chuckles]
- OH, WHIT.
- NOW WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
I TAKE YOUR HAND
AND YOU TAKE MINE.
- ANY DAY YOU HAVE
TO ASK SOMEBODY THAT.
[dog barks]
- OH, GET OUT OF HERE.
[dog barks]
GET OUT OF HERE!
- MORNING, ED.
- GOOD MORNING, ED.
- GOOD MORNING.
- I'LL HAVE A PACKAGE
OF ROUGH CUT, JIM,
IF YOU GOT THE TIME.
- OH, YEAH, SURE THING.
- WELL, THAT'S THE LAST SNOW
OF WINTER, JIM.
SPRING'S JUST
AROUND THE CORNER.
- YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR BONES,
HUH, ED?
- HMM?
- I SAY, YOUR RHEUMATIST
TOLD YOU, HUH?
- NO, I HEARD IT
ON THE RADIO.
[laughter]
I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO.
- WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
HOWDY, CAM, BUCKY.
- GOOD MORNING.
- HI JIM.
MORNING.
- HOW'S THAT LEG COMING ALONG?
- OH, IT'S MENDING.
NOW ERNIE, I WANT YOU
TO SAVE A CHAIR FOR ME,
BECAUSE AS SOON AS I GET
THROUGH WITH JIM HERE
I'M GONNA COME OVER THERE
AND I WANT
YOU TO GIVE ME
A SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT
AND ONE OF THEM FANCY
TIGER OIL SHAMPOOS.
- I'LL WARM UP THE RAZOR
RIGHT NOW.
- ALL RIGHT.
- COMING, ED.
- HI, CAM.
HOW'S YOUR LEG?
- HI, ED.
IT'S GONNA STAY ON!
[doorbell rings]
WELL, JIM, YOU CAN
BREAK OPEN THE SAFE,
BECAUSE WE REALLY COME LOADED
THIS TIME.
- YEAH, I SEE YOU HAVE.
I'VE BEEN MEANING
TO COME OUT TO YOUR PLACE
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
- UH-HUH?
- WE GOT THE QUOTATIONS
FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN
FUR BUYERS.
- HOW'S THE PRICES?
- LET'S GO IN THE BACK WHERE
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, CAM.
- JIM?
HOW'S THE PRICES?
- CAM, LET'S GO IN THE BACK.
[crow caws]
- OH, NEVER MIND
YOUR SCOLDING.
WITH ALL THAT FUR MONEY,
I COULD ORDER
THIS WHOLE PAGE
IF I HAD A MIND TO.
[crow caws]
[footsteps approaching]
OH, THE FELLAS ARE BACK
AND I HAVEN'T
SPENT A SINGLE PENNY.
SIT, BOTH OF YOU.
I'M ORDERING.
MEN FIRST.
HERE'S A GENUINE SHEEPSKIN-LINED
OUTER JACKET.
IT COMES IN LEATHER
OR STURDY MOLESKIN.
WHAT'LL IT BE, CAM?
- WHERE'D YOU
HIDE THE BOTTLE, LIDDY?
I WANT ANOTHER DRINK.
NOW WHERE'D YOU HIDE IT?
TELL HER.
- WELL, MA, YOU SEE--
- I'LL TELL HER.
LIDDY, WE DIDN'T GET
THE $1,800
THAT WE FIGURED ON
FOR THE FURS.
AND WE DIDN'T
GET $1,000 EITHER.
WE DIDN'T EVEN GET $500.
[glass shatters]
- SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO THE FUR MARKET, MA.
WE ONLY GOT $450.
MR. MELLOTT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
HOW IT HAPPENED.
NOBODY KNOWS.
"THE BOTTOM JUST FELL OUT,"
THEY SAID, AND THAT'S IT.
- ALL THOSE MONTHS OF WORK.
OH, IT'S NOT THE END
OF THE WORLD, CAM.
WE'LL MAKE OUT.
LEAST WE GOT THE $400 WE CAN PAY
DOANE SHATTUCK ON THE LAND.
WE'LL HAVE A ROOF
OVER OUR HEADS.
- MA--
- I'LL TELL HER.
[sighs]
[cough]
LIDDY...
I TOOK $400 AND MADE
A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE LAKE.
- ON WHAT?
- THE LAKE!
- THE LAKE, MA.
FOR THE GEESE.
- YOU LET HIM DO A FOOL THING
LIKE THAT?
- WELL, MAYBE MR. SHATTUCK
WILL GIVE US
SOME MORE TIME ON OUR--
- ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
DOANE SHATTUCK HAS BEEN
WANTING THE TIMBER
ON THIS LAND
FOR OVER A YEAR NOW!
HE'LL CLOSE US OUT
IN A MINUTE!
- MA, PA THOUGHT--
- HE DIDN'T THINK
AND NEITHER DID YOU!
A LAKE FOR THE GEESE.
MONEY FOR THE GEESE.
A HOUSE, BREAD AND BUTTER,
EVERYTHING FOR THE GEESE!
NOBODY WAS DOING ANY THINKING
BUT THE WHISKEY BOTTLE!
- PA!
PA, IT'S KEG!
HE'S COME AWAKE!
[bear groans]
HI, KEG.
- WELL, HI, KEG.
YOU HAVE A GOOD NAP?
[bear groans]
AIN'T HE A SORRY-LOOKING
SIGHT?
- BOY, LOOK HOW HE'S GROWN.
LOOK AT HIM, PA.
HE WANTS TO WRESTLE.
ARGH!
- WAIT, WAIT JUST A MINUTE NOW.
HE'S LIABLE TO FORGET
HE AIN'T A CUB NO MORE.
- I'M NOT GIVING HIM
THAT CHANCE.
I'LL FIX IT.
- OH, NOW, LIDDY, NOW--
- GET!
- OH, LIDDY.
- GET ON OUT OF HERE,
YOU BIG OL' LUMP!
GET OUT!
- AW, MA.
- OH, LIDDY, NOW PICK
ON SOMEBODY YOUR SIZE.
- GET OUT OF HERE!
MOVE!
JUST LIKE BEATING A RUG!
COME ON!
MOVE!
GET OUT OF HERE!
- MA?
- I'LL POUND ON YOU ALL DAY,
IF NEED BE.
NOW GET ACROSS THERE.
HURRY UP.
GET ACROSS THAT FIELD AND INTO
THAT BUSH WHERE YOU BELONG.
NOW HURRY UP!
- [chuckles]
- SHE'S GONNA RUN HIM OFF
FOR GOOD, PA.
- NO, HE'S GONNA NEED
SOME TIME IN THE WOODS.
HE'S GOT TO EAT SOME
NUTS AND BERRIES.
BREAK HIS WINTER FAST.
- FIGURE HE'LL COME BACK, PA?
- OH, HE MIGHT IF HE DON'T FIND
A MATE TO HIS LIKING.
- WELL, HE BETTER FIND A MATE.
I'M TIRED OF RUNNING
A HOMEMADE ZOO.
- LIDDY, I DON'T THINK
HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU
NO MORE TROUBLE.
[car engine approaches]
- I'LL MAKE SOME COFFEE.
- AFTERNOON, CAM, BUCKY.
IF YOU'VE GOT A MINUTE
OR TWO TO SPARE,
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.
- YOU WOULD?
- IF YOU GOT A MINUTE
OR TWO TO SPARE.
- ALL RIGHT, MIGHT AS WELL
GET IT OVER WITH.
COME ON IN THE HOUSE.
BUCK, GO ON AND FINISH
YOUR CHORES.
[bear groans]
- [stammering]
CAM!
GO AWAY.
GO AWAY.
GO, GO, GO.
G-G-G--CAM!
- KEG, I TOLD YOU TO GET!
- KEG!
- MA?
- GET OUT OF HERE!
YOU CRAZY VARMINT!
- MA, MA, HE DIDN'T MEAN
ANY HARM.
- LIDDY, WAIT.
- KEG! KEG!
MA!
MA, PLEASE DON'T.
YOU'LL HURT HIM.
MA, PLEASE.
AIN'T NO NEED
TO BROOM HIM, MA.
- WHOA, EASY, BUCK.
NOW LET YOUR MA HANDLE IT.
AW, GET SOME WATER,
WILL YOU?
HEY, DOANE?
WHOA, DOANE?
WELL, IF HE WAS FIXING
TO TALK ABOUT OUR LOAN,
WE AIN'T EXACTLY STARTING OFF
ON THE RIGHT FOOT, ARE WE?
[clears throat]
- OH, THANK YOU, LIDDY.
NOW THAT'S CLEAR WHAT IT SAYS,
AIN'T IT?
- YEAH, THAT'S CLEAR.
I OWE THE MONEY
AND IT'S THREE DAYS OVERDUE.
YOU DON'T WASTE MUCH TIME,
DO YOU, DOANE?
- WELL, NOW LOOK HERE, CAM,
I'VE BEEN FAIR.
- WELL, SURE.
- MORE THAN FAIR.
TWO TIMES RUNNING,
I'VE LET YOUR PAYMENTS
GO 10, 15 DAYS OVER.
- ONLY NOW YOU'RE GONNA
TAKE THE LAND
FOR THE TIMBER THAT'S ON IT.
IS THAT RIGHT, DOANE?
- I'M ONLY ASKING
FOR WHAT'S MY LEGAL DUE.
- I HEAR PULPWOOD'S BRINGING
IN GOOD MONEY THIS YEAR.
- NOW CAM,
I'M PREPARED TO GIVE YOU
A COUPLE OF DAYS LONGER,
BUT AFTER THAT--
- COUPLE OF DAYS IS MIGHTY
GENEROUS, DOANE.
- THIS IS NO TIME
FOR FEMALE BACKTALK, LIDDY.
- DOANE, IF YOU'RE FIGURING
ON GOING OUT OF HERE
STANDING UP,
YOU'RE GONNA APOLOGIZE
TO MRS. CALLOWAY.
NOW.
- SORRY, LIDDY.
- ALL RIGHT, NOW I BOUGHT
SOME LAND UP NEAR SUGAR LOAF.
IT'S GOT A LAKE ON IT.
AND I'M WILLING
TO GIVE YOU THAT
IN PAYMENT OF OUR DEBT.
- CAM!
- IT'S ALL RIGHT, LIDDY.
CAN'T BE HELPED.
- UP NEAR SUGAR LOAF?
- MM-HMM.
- CAM, YOU DON'T MEAN
THAT PIECE OF MARSHLAND
JED MILLER'S
BEEN TRYING TO PALM OFF
ON PEOPLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS?
- THAT'S THE PLACE.
- [laughs]
- THAT'S GOT 30 ACRES
NOT EVEN COUNTING THE LAKE.
- OH, CAM.
WHY I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU $100
FOR THE WHOLE THING.
NO, SIR.
NOT IF YOU WAS TO THROW
IN THAT CURSED BEAR
SKINNED AND CURED,
I WOULDN'T.
[chuckles]
- WE'LL BE OUT OF THE HOUSE
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
THE PLACE IS ALL YOURS.
- WELL, NOW, CAM,
I'VE GOT A PERFECT RIGHT TO--
- YES, SIR,
YOU'VE GOT A RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT
OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
THAT'S YOUR CHAPTER AND VERSE
AND YOUR TABLET
OF COMMANDMENTS.
- NOW CAM, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS
FOR A GOOD MANY YEARS--
- AW, NO, WE HAVEN'T.
DOANE, YOU HAVEN'T
GOT ANY FRIENDS.
ALL YOU GOT IS THEM COINS
YOU LOVE TO JINGLE
IN YOUR POCKET.
- GOOD DAY, LIDDY.
- WELL, SAY IT.
GO ON. SAY IT.
I SHOULD HAVE KEPT
WHAT WAS LEFT
OF THE FUR MONEY
AND PAID HIM OFF
INSTEAD OF BUYING A LAKE
FOR THE GEESE.
SAY IT.
I'M A BORN FOOL FULL
OF CRAZY IDEAS.
- YOU'RE GONNA LET THE WHISKEY
DO THE TALKING FOR YOU
BEFORE YOU EVEN DRINK IT?
- WELL, YOU JUST HEARD ME,
DIDN'T YOU?
I TOLD HIM WE'D BE
OUT OF HERE IN THE MORNING.
- ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE'LL BE OUT.
- AND GO WHERE?
- WELL, YOU'VE GOT 30 ACRES,
AIN'T YOU?
YOU GOT TWO HANDS.
YOU CAN BUILD A CABIN,
CAN'T YOU?
YOU AND BUCKY COULD EVEN BUILD
A BETTER ONE THAN THIS.
COULDN'T YOU?
WELL, COULDN'T YOU?
- I COULD.
YES, BY THE ALMIGHTY,
WE COULD.
- WELL, IT'S SETTLED THEN.
SO DRINK UP.
AND I'LL HAVE ONE WITH YOU.
- I'M ALL THROUGH WITH THAT.
I'M THROUGH
WITH DOANE SHATTUCK.
THE MONEY CHANGERS.
THE FUR MARKET.
LIDDY, WE'RE GONNA START
ALL OVER AGAIN
OUT BY THE LAKE.
LIDDY, I'M GONNA BUILD
YOU A CABIN
FIT FOR THE QUEEN YOU ARE.
WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD
I EVER DO WITHOUT YOU?
- THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SOMETIMES I WONDER MYSELF.
- [whistling melodically]
[dog barks]
- I'M OKAY, BOY.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND.
- GO ON HOME, SOUNDER!
- THANKS.
MORNING, MA'AM.
MORNING.
DELL FRASIER'S THE NAME.
YOU'RE CAM CALLOWAY,
AREN'T YOU?
- UH-HUH.
- WELL, WE'VE NEVER MET,
BUT I'VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT YOU.
- OH.
- SAY, I'VE SEEN YOU
IN TOWN, HAVEN'T I?
- DON'T REMEMBER RIGHTLY.
MIGHT BE.
- [chuckles]
YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN OUT
TO THIS LAKE.
SURE IS A PRETTY SPOT.
MIND IF I TAKE SOME PICTURES?
- NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
- I'VE BEEN DOING
WATER BIRDS MOSTLY.
ONLY THING THAT
TAKES MY MIND OFF BUSINESS.
UM, WILD GOOSE.
- OH.
- HEY.
HEY, YOU CAUGHT HIM JUST RIGHT,
MISTER.
THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE.
- OH, YOU CAN HAVE 'EM.
I GOT MORE OF 'EM.
YEAH, I THINK I'LL COME BACK
HERE IN THE FALL.
THEY SAY YOU MIGHT BE
SETTING UP A SANCTUARY.
- WHO SAID THAT?
- ALF SIMES.
ALF'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER--
IT'S NOT A SECRET OR ANYTHING.
- [chuckles]
NOT IF ALF SIMES KNOWS IT,
IT AIN'T.
- GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHERE--WHERE DO THEY COME IN,
MR. CALLOWAY?
- OH, THEY COME IN ALL OVER.
SOME OVER SWIFTWATER.
SOME OF 'EM OUT HERE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA
GET A FEW THIS YEAR.
REST OF 'EM WILL
COME ALONG IN TIME.
- WELL, I SURE HOPE
I'M IN TOWN
WHEN THEY COME IN THIS YEAR.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SOUND OF
THESE BIRDS JUST--
[grunts]
[chuckles]
- WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME
TO COME OUT HERE, MISTER,
BUT THERE'S NO SAYING
THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN.
- WELL, DIDN'T ALF TELL ME
YOU COULD BRING 'EM DOWN?
- WELL, THAT MIGHT BE
NEXT YEAR MAYBE.
- WHY NOT THIS?
- WELL, 'CAUSE IT TAKES
A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY
TO SET THINGS UP,
YOU KNOW?
- OH, MONEY, EH?
MONEY, MONEY.
MONEY'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM,
ISN'T IT?
- SURELY IS.
- WELL, MAYBE SOMETHING GOOD
WILL TURN UP.
- YEAH.
- HEY, YOU EVER HEAR
OF E.J. FLETCHER?
- CAN'T SAY I HAVE.
- WELL, HE'S MY BOSS.
HE OWNS JUST ABOUT HALF
THE REAL ESTATE IN VERMONT.
HE'S ALWAYS CONTRIBUTING
TO THINGS.
WHY DON'T I GET HIM
TO SEND YOU A FEW DOLLARS
FOR YOUR SANCTUARY?
- I AIN'T FIGURED ON ANYBODY--
- WHAT'LL IT TAKE
TO GET YOU STARTED?
COUPLE HUNDRED?
- OH, THAT'D BE MORE THAN
PLENTY, BUT--
- YOU LET ME TRY.
CAN'T DO ANY HARM, EH?
WELL, BEEN NICE MEETING YOU,
GENTLEMEN.
AND YOU'LL BE HEARING
FROM MR. FLETCHER.
I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE IT.
GOOD DAY AGAIN, MA'AM.
- PA, DO YOU THINK
HE MEANS IT?
- HE MIGHT.
MIGHT.
I'LL HELP.
- I CAN MANAGE.
YOU GO ON BACK AND PLANT
YOUR CORN FOR YOUR GEESE.
- LIDDY--
- OH, GO ON.
YOU WON'T REST TILL EVERY
KERNEL'S IN THE GROUND ANYWAY.
NEVER MIND THERE'S
NO ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
- WELL, NOW ME AND BUCK'S
FIXING TO PUT IN
ANOTHER ROW OF TIMBERS
TOMORROW.
- TOMORROW?
IT'S ALWAYS TOMORROW.
EVER SINCE YOU GOT THE MONEY
FOR THAT CORN,
THERE'S NOT BEEN A LICK OF WORK
DONE AROUND HERE TODAY.
- LIDDY, I'VE BEEN--
- PLENTY OF WORK
FOR THE GEESE THOUGH.
- I'VE BEEN THINKING
I NEVER
SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU UP HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT'S JUST TOO LONELY
FOR A WOMAN.
- THE GOOD BOOK SAYS,
"WHITHER THOU GOEST, I WILL GO.
AND WHERE THOU LODGEST,
I WILL LODGE."
- RUTH 1:16.
- ALL I'M ASKING
IS A PLACE TO LODGE.
THAT'S LITTLE ENOUGH,
ISN'T IT?
JUST A PLACE TO KEEP
THE COLD AND THE WIND OUT!
[bluegrass music playing]
- THERE THEY ARE, FOLKS.
ALL TOGETHER NOW.
- * WE'RE GONNA ROLL
UP OUR SLEEVES *
* AND RAISE UP A CABIN
* GONNA ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES
* AND GET IT UPRIGHT
* WITH LOTS OF SOLID PINE
* IT'LL STAND
TILL THE END OF TIME *
* AND WE'LL HAVE HER UP
BY SUNDOWN TONIGHT *
* WE'RE GONNA ROLL UP
OUR SLEEVES *
* AND BUILD UP A CHIMNEY
* GONNA CUT OUT SOME WINDOWS
* PUT IN A DOOR
* PUT PLANK DOWN ON FLOOR
* YOU CAN WALK FOREVER MORE
* AND WE'LL HAVE HER UP
BY SUNDOWN TONIGHT *
* WE'RE GONNA ROLL UP
OUR SLEEVES *
* AND RAISE UP A CABIN
* GONNA HOIST UP THE RAFTERS
* NAIL 'EM DOWN TIGHT
* THEN AFTER WE'RE THROUGH
* WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO
* WE'RE GONNA
RAISE A ROOF TONIGHT *
[laughter]
- WE HEARD YOU STARTED
A HOUSE UP HERE, CAM.
WE COME TO FINISH IT.
- COME ON, LET'S GET STARTED.
[overlapping dialogue]
- NO, FELLAS, NOT THERE.
RIGHT OVER HERE.
[indistinct chatter]
- [gasps]
CAM!
- EASY DOES IT.
THAT'S IT.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST FINE.
- COME AND GET IT!
[bangs pan]
COME AND GET IT!
[indistinct chatter]
- COME ON, AREN'T YOU GONNA
COME IN AND DANCE WITH ME?
- DANCE?
AFTER THE DAY I PUT IN?
- OH, COME ON.
YOU DON'T NEED THAT FOOD.
- OH, I DON'T WANT TO.
- COME ON, THE MUSIC'S GREAT.
COME ON, PLEASE?
- YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
THE LOGS I CARRIED.
- I DID.
I SAW EVERY ONE OF THEM.
- OH, MY BACK.
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat old-time music]
[rhythmic clapping]
[music end,
cheers and applause]
- HEY, EVERYBODY,
WHY DON'T WE
HAVE A RHYME-AROUND?
[cheers and applause]
- A RHYME-AROUND?
YOU ASKED FOR IT NOW.
NOW DON'T NOBODY HOLD BACK
ANY HOT FOOD.
[old-time music plays]
- * NOW'S THE TIME
TO RHYME AROUND *
* EVERYONE GETS A TRY
* EVERYONE TELLS
ON EVERYONE ELSE *
* AIN'T NO USE BEING SHY
* RHYME AROUND RHYME AROUND
* WHO WE GONNA RHYME AROUND
* COULD BE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO *
* SOMEONE NEW EACH TIME AROUND
[clapping rhythmically]
[indistinct chatter]
- HEY, I GOT ONE!
I GOT ONE!
- WHO? ME?
NO, NO.
OH, NO.
- * ED PARKER
HE DON'T HEAR SO GOOD *
* BUT STILL
HE'S MIGHTY CHEERFUL *
* WHEN HE SEES A PRETTY GIRL
* HE WANTS AN EYEFUL
* NOT AN EARFUL
[laughter]
*
- OOH!
SAY, I GOT ONE!
I GOT ONE!
- WELL, GO AHEAD.
- GO TO BED?
- GO AHEAD!
- OH, "GO AHEAD."
[laughter]
- WHO IS IT?
WHO IS IT?
- OH, CAM.
GET CAM.
- OH, CAM.
- GO ON, PA. GO ON.
*
- * NOW CAM HAS TRAPPED
A LOT OF FUR *
* AIN'T NEVER
SEEN NONE PRETTIER *
* BUT THE PRETTIEST
HER HE EVER CAUGHT *
* WAS A LITTLE GIRL
NAMED LYDIA *
[laughter]
- * RHYME AROUND RHYME AROUND
* WHO WE GONNA RHYME AROUND
* COULD BE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO *
* SOMEONE NEW
EACH TIME AROUND *
- WELL, MA, WE'RE ALONE.
- [gasps]
- OH, I GOT ONE.
- I GOT AN IDEA.
DO ONE ON HIM.
- I GOT ONE ON ALF SIMES.
- OH, NO, YOU AIN'T.
I AIN'T GETTING OUT
OF THIS CHAIR!
NOW, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NOW GET SOMEBODY ELSE.
NO!
OH!
*
- ALL RIGHT.
* ALF SIMES KNOWS
A THING OR TWO *
* WE HAVE ALL DISCOVERED
* WHICH ONLY PROVES
THAT YOU CAN'T JUDGE *
* A BOOK BY HOW IT'S COVERED
- * RHYME AROUND RHYME AROUND
* WHO WE GONNA RHYME AROUND
* COULD BE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO *
* SOMEONE NEW EACH TIME
AROUND *
[laughter]
- I GOT ONE, I THINK.
GET BUCKY IN HERE.
- COME ON, SON.
NO, YOU GO ON IN THERE NOW.
*
- * OUTSIDE IN THE PINEY WOODS
* A LOVER'S MOON IS BLAZING
* NOW IF BUCKY HERE
TOOK BRIDIE THERE *
* WE'D HAVE ANOTHER
CABIN RAISIN' *
[laughter]
*
AND DON'T COME BACK!
[laughs]
- LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT?
- BUCKY, LET'S TAKE A WALK.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
PLEASE?
BUCKY, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
RIGHT THIS MINUTE.
WHAT DID I DO?
- NOTHING.
- WELL, I KNOW
IT'S SOMETHING.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE STORE,
ALL YOU SAY IS,
"I'LL TAKE MA'S MAIL,"
AND GO.
BUCKY, WHY DON'T YOU EVER COME
OVER TO MY HOUSE?
- I WAS THERE ONCE.
- WHEN?
- LOOK, BRIDIE,
LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT.
LET'S JUST SAY I'VE
BEEN BUSY WORKING WITH PA.
- WELL, WERE YOU SO BUSY THAT--
- YES!
YES, I WAS.
WE'RE PLANTING
THIS WHOLE PLACE TO CORN.
- I HEARD ABOUT THE CORN.
- HEARD WHAT?
- NOTHING.
- THEY'RE TALKING
IN THE VILLAGE, AREN'T THEY?
- BUCKY--
- SURE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE LAUGHING,
AREN'T THEY?
- YES.
YES, THEY ARE.
THE WHOLE VILLAGE.
OH, BUCKY, WHY DID YOU PLANT
IN A CRAZY PLACE LIKE THIS?
IN A MARSH?
- WELL YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD
AND LAUGH TOO.
- I DON'T WANT TO LAUGH,
BUCKY.
I WANT TO TELL 'EM
THAT YOU AND CAM
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
THAT THERE'S A REASON.
- YOU THINK WE CARE
WHAT THE VILLAGE THINKS?
- I CARE, BUCKY.
BUCKY, WHAT'S HAPPENED
BETWEEN US?
USED TO BE WE COULD
TALK ANYTHING.
NOTHING TO HIDE.
- MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
TO HIDE ON BOTH SIDES.
- WHAT COULD I HIDE
FROM YOU?
- NOTHING. NOTHING.
EXCEPT...OTHER COMPANY
YOU BEEN KEEPING.
- OTHER COMPANY?
- WHIT TURNER!
- BUCKY!
- I SAW YOU!
ONE NIGHT RIGHT
AFTER CHRISTMAS,
I CAME OVER
TO YOUR PLACE.
YOU WERE DANCING WITH HIM
RIGHT IN THE WINDOW.
- WHIT TURNER?
- SO CLOSE YOU COULDN'T
PUT A DOG'S EAR
IN BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.
- BUCKY CALLOWAY,
WHIT CAME BY TO SEE PA
ABOUT BUYING A USED OUTBOARD.
WHILE HE WAS WAITING,
HE ASKED ME
COULD I TEACH HIM DANCING.
- WELL, IT DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE YOU MINDED TOO MUCH.
- WELL, I COULDN'T VERY WELL
THROW HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
- LOOKED TO ME LIKE
YOU WERE ENJOYING ALL THAT
CLOSE-UP FANCY NUZZLING.
- BUCKY, STOP THAT!
- LOOKED TO ME LIKE
DANCE TEACHING'S
ABOUT THE BEST THING YOU DO!
ALL RIGHT THEN.
YOU CAN GIVE ME A LESSON
IF YOU CAN SPARE THE TIME.
I SAID GIVE ME A LESSON!
BRIDIE.
- I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN WHIT TURNER, BUCKY.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN ANYONE BUT YOU.
I NEVER HAVE BEEN
AND I NEVER WILL.
I GUESS I DON'T KNOW YOU
AS WELL AS I ALWAYS FIGURED.
[sobbing]
I'M SORRY!
[dog barks]
[indistinct chatter]
- BYE, PA!
[dog barks]
- COME ON, SOUNDER.
YOU STAY HERE.
SOUNDER, COME ON!
SOUNDER!
- LIDDY, THEY'RE READY.
WON'T BE LONG NOW.
- WHAT'S THAT THING?
- FELLA SAYS
IT'S A DUCK BLIND.
- WHAT?
- A DUCK BLIND
FOR SHOOTING DUCKS.
- WHY'S IT PAINTED LIKE THAT?
- HE SAYS SO THE DUCKS
CAN'T SEE IT.
- OH, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
IF I CAN SEE IT,
THE DUCKS CAN SEE IT.
ANY FOOL CAN SEE IT.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
- SURE.
- [chuckles]
- AH, GOOD MORNING,
MR. SIMES.
- OH, IS THIS A SAMPLE
OF WHAT YOU'RE
GONNA DO FOR SWIFTWATER?
- OH, THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.
YOU GONNA BE THERE?
- I SURE AM, SON.
I SURE AM.
- AH, GOOD.
CAMP'S AT THE NORTH END
OF THE LAKE.
NOW YOU FOLLOW US.
WELL, EVERYTHING'S READY
TO ROLL, MR. FLETCHER.
- SET IT UP?
- YES, SIR.
THERE'S GONNA BE A MEETING
TONIGHT AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSE.
THAT'LL START THINGS ROLLING.
- APPEARS LIKE THERE'S MORE
TO OUR DELL FRASIER
THAN JUST HOT AIR.
- OH!
[sighs]
- HUH?
- DON'T TELL ME THE DUCKS
CAN'T SEE THAT CONTRAPTION.
- MORNING, BUCKY.
HOW'S YOUR MA?
- I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY CAN'T SEE 'EM.
[doorbell rings]
- MR. MELLOTT.
MA WOULD BE OBLIGED IF
YOU'D FILL OUT THIS LIST.
- I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN JUST A MINUTE, BUCKY.
- I'LL WAIT ON HIM, PA.
- OH, OKAY.
- MA'D BE OBLIGED IF
YOU'D FILL OUT THIS LIST.
- HEY, BUCKY.
BETTER STOCK UP
WITH SOME SHOTGUN SHELLS.
THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY
OF GOOSE HUNTING PRETTY SOON.
- NEVER MIND THAT, WHIT.
HERE'S YOUR CHANGE.
- OH, YEAH.
THANK YOU.
- BUCKY, I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU.
- HEY, YOU COMING
TO THE MEETING TONIGHT, BUCKY?
- WHAT MEETING?
- HE DOESN'T KNOW.
WELL, TELL HIM, JIM.
- HE'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH.
- WHAT MEETING, MR. MELLOTT?
- WELL, DELL FRASIER'S
SORT OF ORGANIZED
A DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
HE'S GONNA REBUILD
SWIFTWATER.
- GONNA TURN THE WHOLE VILLAGE
OVER TO GOOSE HUNTING.
- MR. FRASIER?
- SURE.
HE SAYS AS SOON
AS THE GEESE
START COMING DOWN,
OUR BANK ACCOUNTS
ARE GONNA GO UP.
- WELL, THAT'S NOT SO.
MR. FRASIER'S HELPING
WITH THE SANCTUARY.
HE'S FOR PROTECTING
THE GEESE.
- HE'S FOR PROTECTING
DELL FRASIER.
- NOW WHIT, LOOK,
YOU GOT YOUR THINGS.
NOW WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO?
- YEAH, OKAY.
[doorbell rings]
I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING,
OLLIE.
THAT LAKE
THAT BUCKY'S PA HAS GOT
IS THE BEST PLACE ANYWHERE
FOR SHOOTING GEESE.
NOW YOU DON'T THINK OLD
PA CALLOWAY
HAD SOMETHING COOKING
ALL ALONG?
- HEY, YEAH,
I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.
- YES, SIR.
MAYBE CRAZY OLD CAM AIN'T
AS CRAZY AS WE FIGURED.
I BET EVEN MONEY
HE AND DELL FRASIER
WERE WORKING A NICE LITTLE DEAL
ON THE SIDE.
- LIKE SELLING THE LAKE
TO THE COMMITTEE
AND MAKING THEMSELVES A NICE
HEALTHY PIECE OF CHANGE?
- YES, SIR.
OH, I BET HE'S GONNA
CASH IN ON THE GEESE,
BUT LOOKS LIKE OLD PA CALLOWAY'S
GONNA CASH IN FIRST.
[chuckles]
[groans]
YOU GOT TO GET YOUR LUMPS ONCE
THIS SEASON, DON'T YOU?
- MAKE IT SNAPPY, WHIT.
WE GOT WORK TO DO.
- YEAH, YEAH.
YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING, HUH?
WELL, LET'S SEE
JUST HOW GOOD YOU ARE.
- HE WAS LUCKY, WHIT.
NOW TAKE HIM.
WELL, DON'T KEEP PLAYING
WITH HIM, WHIT.
NOW NAIL HIM GOOD.
YOU STAND STILL.
MAKE HIM STAND STILL, WHIT.
TAKE HIM, WHIT.
TAKE HIM.
NOW GET HIM.
- [breathing heavily]
- HOW ABOUT THAT, ALF?
- I'LL GET THE RIG
AND DRIVE YOU HOME.
- YEAH.
GOT TO SEE PA.
[geese honking]
- HEY.
HEY.
HEY!
[laughs]
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
- NOW ALL WE NEED
IS SOME GEESE.
- WHEN DO THEY COME IN?
- OH, ANYTIME NOW--
TODAY, TOMORROW.
ANYTIME.
- YOU LIKE THE LOOKS
OF THIS PROPERTY, DOUG?
- VERY PROMISING,
IF YOU CAN BUY IT
AT A REASONABLE PRICE
AND IF MR. FRASER
IS CORRECT ABOUT GOOSE HUNTING
BEING SUCH AN ATTRACTION.
- IF.
YEAH, A LOT OF IFS
IN THIS SCHEME.
- OH, IT'LL PAY OFF,
MR. FLETCHER.
I GUARANTEE IT.
THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF
THE BIGGEST RESORT AREAS
IN THE EAST.
- WHAT IF THE BIRDS
DON'T COME DOWN, FRASER?
- OH.
[chuckles]
THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN.
I'M SURE OF THAT.
- YEAH, WELL,
I'M NOT SO SURE.
- EH?
- ALL DEPENDS ON SOME
BACKWARDS CHARACTER
AND A PATCH OF CORN.
- OH, THEY'RE GONNA--
[geese honking sounds play]
HELLO THERE,
MR. CALLOWAY.
SAY, I WAS JUST THINKING
ABOUT COMING OVER
TO TALK TO YOU.
MR. FLETCHER,
THIS IS MR. CAMERON CALLOWAY,
THE MAN THAT KNOWS
ABOUT THE GEESE.
- WELL, MR. CALLOWAY,
I'VE BEEN ANXIOUS TO MEET YOU
EVER SINCE MR. FRASER
TOLD ME ABOUT YOU.
[goose sounds stop]
- YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
TO ME, MR. FRASER?
- WELL, I HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY TO YOU.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT TO SAY
TO ME, MR. FRASER,
AFTER FILLING ME UP
WITH YOUR LIES?
TELLING ME ABOUT HOW YOU WAS
ALL FOR PROTECTING THE BIRDS.
- HE IS. WE ALL ARE.
A LITTLE THINNING
OF THE FLOCKS EVERY YEAR
KEEPS THEM IN BALANCE.
- THINNING?
WHAT, WITH THEM FANCY
PUMP GUNS
AND CONTRAPTIONS LIKE THAT?
WITH YOUR KIND OF THINNING,
THERE WOULDN'T BE A GOOSE LEFT
BETWEEN HERE AND CANADA
IN TWO SEASONS.
- WELL, LET'S CALM DOWN.
HERE, HAVE A DRINK.
LET'S LOOK AT THIS THING
FROM OUR ANGLE.
- WELL, I KNOW
WHAT YOUR ANGLE IS.
MONEY, AIN'T IT?
MONEY.
FIRST AND LAST.
HUNTERS' PARADISE.
GET THE LAND CHEAP
AND SELL IT HIGH.
WELL, NOW SUPPOSING
YOUR WHOLE SCHEME
GOT BLOWED SKY HIGH?
SUPPOSING THEM GEESE
DON'T COME DOWN.
- WELL, NOW, UH...
[chuckles]
LISTEN HERE, MR. CALLOWAY,
YOU KNOW,
THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY
IN THIS THING
FOR YOU TOO, HUH?
YOU KNOW?
- THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
TO DEAL WITH YOUR KIND.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
- NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
- THE GEESE AIN'T COMING DOWN
THIS YEAR, MR. FRASER.
NOT THIS YEAR,
THEY AIN'T.
- CALLOWAY.
YOU OWE ME $200.
- WELL, YOU'LL GET PAID BACK
EVERY CENT, MR. BUSINESSMAN.
AND YOU ADD THAT
TO MY BILL.
[dramatic music]
*
- BUCKY, THE CORN!
- PA!
PA, WE WORKED SO HARD.
- LEAVE IT BE, SON.
THE FLAMES OF HELL
ARE CONFOUNDING
THE WAYS OF THE WICKED.
- CAM! CAM, WAIT!
CAM, DON'T! CAM!
- PUT DOWN YOUR BUCKET NOW,
LIDDY.
- CAM!
CAM, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL,
BUT THINK,
THIS AIN'T THE WAY.
CAM.
- JUDGE NOT THAT YOU BE
NOT JUDGED.
- LEAVE HIM BE, BUCKY.
IT'S NO USE NOW.
- MODERATOR, ALF SIMES
IS JUST TALKING GENERALITIES.
HE'S NOT SAID ONE WORD
SPECIFIC TO THE ISSUE.
- I HAVEN'T?
- NO, YOU HAVEN'T.
- WELL, IF YOU WILL LISTEN
INSTEAD OF--
[overlapping shouting]
[gavel banging]
- LET'S CONDUCT THIS MEETING
IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER.
NOW DOANE, YOU SIT DOWN.
ALF STILL HAS THE FLOOR.
- ALL RIGHT,
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU FOLKS ARE HINDSIGHTED
JUST LIKE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN.
ALL YOU WANT IS THE HUNTERS
TO COME IN HERE
AND DROP A LITTLE MONEY
IN THE CASH REGISTER.
NEVER MIND WHAT IT DOES
TO THE TOWN.
NEVER MIND THAT THE LAKEFRONT
LOOKS LIKE A--
LIKE A BIG HOT DOG STAND.
MONEY IS ALL THAT COUNTS.
NOW WE'RE ASKING OUR GOVERNMENT
TO TURN OUR TOWNSHIP
INTO A SANCTUARY
FOR THE GEESE.
NOW MOST OF YOU HERE
HAVE GOT A PIECE OR TWO
OF GOOD MARSHLAND
THAT WE COULD SELL
TO THE GOVERNMENT
AT A FAIR PRICE.
BUT THAT'LL BE DEPRIVING
MR. DELL FRASER
AND HIS BOSS AT BILLINGTON.
'CAUSE ONCE THE GOVERNMENT
GETS THE LAND,
THEN THEY COULDN'T BUY IT
AND CASH IN ON IT.
- MR. MODERATOR.
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
- MR. FRASER.
- YOU KNOW, ALF IS RIGHT.
YOU SELL YOUR PROPERTY
TO THE GOVERNMENT,
YOU'RE GONNA GET ONE PRICE
FOR IT AND THAT'S THAT.
OUR WAY THE MONEY KEEPS
ROLLING IN YEAR AFTER YEAR.
YOU FOLKS WANT TO STAY PUT
IN YOUR HORSE AND BUGGY,
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
ONLY OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
SEES SOMETHING BETTER
FOR SWIFTWATER.
NOW OUR PLAN--
- NOW JUST A MINUTE, DELL.
WAIT DO YOU MEAN THE MONEY
KEEPS ROLLING IN?
- I WAS JUST COMING TO THAT.
NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE
TO EACH AND EVERY ONE
IN THIS TOWN--GIVE MIND YOU--
TEN SHARES OF STOCK.
TEN FULL SHARES OF PROGRESS.
- PROGRESS?
WHICH WAY?
- FORWARD WITHOUT GOVERNMENT
INTERFERENCE.
- I SAW THE WAY YOU LOOKED--
[overlapping shouting]
- I STILL GOT THE FLOOR!
- YOU'VE HAD THE FLOOR
FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF
AND HAVEN'T DONE
A THING WITH IT.
GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE A CHANCE.
[overlapping shouting]
[geese honking]
[gunshots]
- THE VILLAGE
DIDN'T WASTE MUCH TIME.
THEY'RE ALREADY SHOOTING
OVER SWIFTWATER LAKE.
- IF YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR PA,
THAT'S MOST LIKELY
WHERE HE'LL BE.
[gunshots continue]
- [laughing]
- OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL.
- [laughs]
- STOP IT!
STOP IT! STOP IT!
- WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING?
- HEY, HEY, WHAT'S THE IDEA?
[gunshot]
- PA!
- NO.
- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
- PA!
- YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED, PHIL.
- PA!
- HE GRABBED THE GUN.
- HE'S HURT BAD.
- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
- HELP ME!
- GIVE A HAND HERE.
LET'S GET HIM TO THE CAR.
EASY.
[bird cawing]
- NOW YOU BE STILL, YOU HEAR?
- HE'S ALL RIGHT, BUCKY.
LEAVE HIM BE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT
IF YOU FOLKS GO ALONG.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD
YOUR SUPPER YET.
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT, LIDDY,
WE'D JUST AS SOON STAY HERE.
- GO AHEAD, MAMA,
I'LL STAY.
- LIDDY, ARE YOU SURE
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO?
- NO.
- COME ALONG THEN, SARAH.
ALF SIMES HAS CALLED
ANOTHER MEETING FOR TONIGHT,
AND I WANT TO BE THERE.
- EVERYTHING
FOR THOSE GEESE.
EVERYTHING.
- TAIN'T FAIR.
WE HEARD EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT
TO SAY LAST NIGHT, ALF SIMES.
WE GOT A RIGHT TO SELL
OUR PROPERTY IF WE WANT TO.
- YES, YOU HAVE.
AND CAM CALLOWAY'D
BE THE FIRST MAN TO SAY SO.
CAM WAS ALWAYS ONE
FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
I WAS WALKING IN THE WOODS
WITH CAM ONE TIME.
THERE WAS A BIG SNAKE
SUNNING HIMSELF ON A ROCK.
I WANTED TO GET
A STICK AND KILL IT,
BUT CAM SAID NO.
THAT SNAKE WAS PART
OF THE SCHEME OF THINGS
IN THE WOODS
AND HAD AS MUCH RIGHT
TO BE THERE AS ME AND HIM.
CAM KNEW A LOT ABOUT RIGHTS.
EVEN YOURS, DOANE SHATTUCK.
WELL, WHAT DOES
A MAN HAVE TO DO,
GET HIMSELF KILLED
TO SHOW THIS TOWN
WHICH WAY TO GO?
I GUESS MAYBE HE DOES.
HOW MUCH MORE TIME I GOT,
MR. MODERATOR?
- ONE MORE MINUTE, AL.
- WELL, I GUESS I'VE SAID
ALL I COULD ABOUT THE PETITION.
NOW IF IT'S ALL RIGHT
WITH YOU FOLKS,
WE'LL JUST GIVE THIS NEXT
MINUTE TO CAM CALLOWAY,
NOT DISCUSSING,
NOT VOTING.
THOSE OF YOU THAT'S
GOT A MIND TO PRAY
CAN DO A LITTLE PRAYING.
THE REST OF YOU
CAN DO A LITTLE THINKING
ABOUT CAM CALLOWAY.
[dog whimpering]
- I'LL BE BACK AT 8:00.
YOUR MA KNOWS WHAT TO DO
TILL THEN.
- DOC?
- I CAN'T TELL YOU
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUCKY.
YOUR PA'S TOUGH,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SHOT
IN A 10 GAUGE.
HE MOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SEEMS LIKE HE WAS TRYING
TO COME BACK
FROM A LONG WAYS OFF
AND START FIGHTING.
WISH I COULD TELL YOU
SOMETHING MORE.
HE'S GOT INDIAN BLOOD
IN HIM NOW.
THAT OUGHTA COUNT
FOR SOMETHING.
[geese honking]
[geese honking outside]
- CAM. CAM.
CAM.
[sobbing]
[dog whimpering]
- TAKE IT EASY NOW.
QUIT YOUR--
- [sobbing]
- DIDN'T I TELL YOU
I'D NEVER LEAVE YOU, HUH?
[dog barks]
- [sobbing]
- YOUR MA'S HAVING
ONE OF HER HAPPY CRIES.
HEAR THEM GEESE, SON?
- I SURE DO, PA.
- GO ON OUT THERE
AND SEE HOW IT'S WORKING.
SEE IF THEY'RE
GETTING ANY CORN.
- HE HEARD THE GEESE.
HE'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
ALF, HE'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
- MORNING, CAM.
- MORNING, ALF.
- IT WORKED, PA!
THEY'RE COMING IN.
- TOWN MEETING
LASTED ALL NIGHT.
IT'S DECIDED.
EVERYBODY, IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
THERE IT IS.
PETITION FOR NEW SANCTUARY.
- DOANE SHATTUCK.
- I WORE HIM DOWN.
- [chuckles]
THANKS, ALF.
- WELL, I'LL FIX US SOME
HOT COFFEE.
[geese honking]
- LISTEN TO THAT, ALF.
SURE A POWERFUL
PIECE OF MUSIC, ISN'T IT?
[upbeat orchestral music]
*
[geese honking]
[uplifting orchestral music]
*
- HEY.
HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU
TO STAY OUT OF THE GAR--
[geese honking]
*
- [sighs]
[geese honking]
*
[geese honking]
- NAT!
NAT!
- I HEARD 'EM!
HARRY!
HARRY, THEY'RE COMING!
[doorbell rings]
- THE GEESE!
THEY'RE HERE!
BRIDIE!
- HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS CATALOG
YOUR MA'S BEEN WAITING FOR.
- MA SAYS THEY'RE GONNA
STOP THIS YEAR.
[gunshots]
[goose squawks]
- I GOT HIM.
THAT ONE'S MINE!
I GOT HIM!
[laughs]
- DON'T, BUCKY.
YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.
DON'T TRY.
- WE TOLD YOU ABOUT
THE GEESE, PA, AND ME.
- YOU GIMME THAT.
- [grunts]
- YOU SURE KEEP ASKING FOR IT,
DON'T YOU, BUCKY?
COME ON.
COME ON, BUCKY.
[grunts]
- [grunts]
- STOP IT!
- [laughs]
NOW TAKE HIM OUT, WHIT.
STAY ON HIM, WHIT.
[laughs]
- [grunts]
- PAPA, STOP THEM.
- I RECKON THEY GOT
TO SETTLE THIS, BRIDIE,
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
- COME ON, BUCKY.
COME ON!
TELL YOU WHAT I'LL GIVE YOU.
ONE FREE SHOT RIGHT HERE,
HUH?
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!
ONE FREE SHOT RIGHT HERE.
COME ON.
RIGHT HERE.
OH, YOU MISSED!
WELL, COME ON.
LET'S TRY AGAIN.
COME ON. COME ON.
RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE.
COME ON, BUCKY.
COME ON.
ONE MORE.
ONE MORE.
AW!
[laughs]
THREE MISSES AND YOU'RE OUT!
OH!
YOU'RE OUT!
[laughs]
GET OUT OF HERE.
- [laughs]
- WHIT.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
- YEAH, ALL RIGHT,
MR. MELLOTT.
[chuckles]
[sighs]
ALL RIGHT, OLLIE.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
[laughter]
[somber music]
*
- BRIDIE, I THINK YOU BETTER
GO BACK IN THE STORE.
- [coughs]
- IF YOU WANT TO COME
IN THE STORE,
BUCKY, I'LL PUT SOMETHING
ON THAT FOR YOU.
- KID DOESN'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT FIGHTING,
BUT HE'S PRETTY GAME.
- NAME'S BUCKY CALLOWAY.
LIVES UP THE WOODS A PIECE.
- WHAT WERE THEY
FIGHTING ABOUT?
- GEESE.
- YEAH, THAT GOOSE COMING DOWN,
THAT DID IT.
- HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A GUN.
- COURSE NOT.
THE CALLOWAYS DON'T HOLD
WITH SHOOTING WILD GEESE.
- IF YOU ASK ME, THOSE CALLOWAYS
DON'T HOLD TO ANYTHING.
THEY'RE CRAZY,
THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM.
- I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, DOANE.
- WELL, I WOULD.
THEY'RE MORE AT HOME
WITH INDIANS
THAN THEY ARE RESPECTABLE
FOLKS.
- INDIANS?
- YEAH, THE BOY'S PA WAS RAISED
WITH 'EM.
THE MICMACS.
WILD GOOSE IS THEIR TOTEM.
- YOU MARK MY WORDS.
THE WOODS HAS CLOSED IN
ON THOSE CALLOWAYS.
THEY'RE JUST PLAIN CRACKED.
- IT MIGHT BE,
BUT IF THEY'RE CRACKED,
IT LETS IN A GOOD PATCH
OF BLUE SKY AND I'M ALL FOR IT.
- SAY, I'D LIKE
TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
[chuckles]
NAME'S DELL FRASIER.
I'M IN HARDWARE.
- HOW DO?
- BE SEEING A LOT
OF ME AROUND HERE.
MIND IF I SIT DOWN?
- WELL, NO.
SUIT YOURSELF.
- THEY ADDED SWIFTWATER
TO MY TERRITORY.
SCAT, KITTY.
[wildcat growls]
[laughter]
WHAT IS THAT THING?
A WILDCAT?
- YES, SIR, THAT'S A WILDCAT
AND A WATCHCAT.
BETTER THAN A WATCHDOG
ANY DAY.
MUCH OBLIGED, ETHAN.
IF YOU EVER COME BY A CHAIR
OF YOUR OWN, ETHAN'S AVAILABLE.
- [chuckles]
- WELL, I NEVER SAW ANYTHING
LIKE IT, THOSE BIRDS.
THEY COME THROUGH HERE
EVERY YEAR?
- TWICE A YEAR.
COMING AND GOING.
- [whistles]
MUST BE A HUNTER'S PARADISE.
BET THEY COME FLOCKING IN HERE
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, HUH?
- NOT IF WE CAN HELP IT.
WE GOT ENOUGH HUNTERS
RIGHT HERE IN THIS VILLAGE.
- BUT YOU'RE TURNING AWAY
GOOD BUSINESS.
- SAY, YOUNG MAN,
DO YOU KNOW
THE BEST WAY TO COOK
A GOOSE?
- HUH?
- HE WANTS TO KNOW
IF YOU KNOW
THE BEST WAY TO COOK A GOOSE.
- NO.
- HMM?
- HE SAYS, "NO," ED!
- OH.
- HE'S KIND OF HARD
OF HEARING.
- WELL, SIR,
YOU TAKE THE GOOSE
AND YOU PUT IT
IN A PAN
AND YOU TAKE A HAND OR A BIG
HANDFUL OF BREAD STUFFING,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU MIX
THAT STUFFING THOROUGHLY
WITH ABOUT A--
OH, I'D SAY A HALF A JUG
OF HARD CIDER.
THEN YOU PUT
IN A PINCH OF NUTMEG.
JUST A PINCH.
THEN YOU BASTE
THE GOOSE ABOUT, UH--
OH, ABOUT THREE HOURS.
YOU BASTE IT WITH A PINT
AND A HALF OF GOOD JAMAICA RUM.
- YEAH.
[chuckles]
WELL--
- THEN--
THEN YOU THROW
THE GOOSE AWAY
AND YOU DRINK THE GRAVY.
[laughter]
- VERY FUNNY.
- YOU THROW AWAY THE GOOSE
AND YOU DRINK THE GRAVY.
[laughter]
FUNNY. VERY GOOD.
- WELL, WHAT I WAS
SAYING WAS...
THESE GEESE COULD GIVE THIS TOWN
A REAL FACE-LIFTING.
- UH, SON?
- HMM?
- WE LIKE THIS TOWN'S FACE.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT
FOR 182 YEARS.
AND WE DON'T SEE
NO WRINKLES YET.
- OH, YES, SIR.
IT'S A REAL,
REAL FINE LOOKING TOWN,
BUT I'D THINK ABOUT THOSE GEESE
IF I WERE YOU, GENTLEMEN.
THERE'S A FLYING FORTUNE
UP THERE...
IF SOMEONE COULD JUST
FIND A WAY TO USE IT.
- HELLO, PA.
I FIGURED YOU'D BE HERE.
- HOW'S YOUR MA?
- WAITING FOR YOU.
- LIKE ALWAYS, HUH?
- YOU ALL RIGHT NOW, PA?
- YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.
SHE, UH, SAY ANYTHING,
YOUR MA?
- NO, PA.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?
- OH, FIGHT.
- WELL, I CAUGHT
A MESS OF PERCH.
LET'S EAT 'EM.
YOU CAN TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT.
- THERE'S NOTHING MUCH TO TELL.
I GOT LICKED.
- AH.
WELL, THAT DON'T MATTER.
LONG AS YOU DON'T
STAY LICKED,
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS
THE MOST.
[geese honking]
- BUCK?
- HMM?
- I BEEN ASKING AROUND.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
WE COULD BUY THIS WHOLE PLACE
FOR $1,100.
I MEAN, LAKE AND ALL.
- BUY IT?
WHAT FOR, PA?
IT RUNS MOSTLY TO MARSH.
- WELL, FOR THE GEESE.
THEY OUGHT TO HAVE
A STOPPING-OVER PLACE.
SOME PLACE THEY COULD
COME DOWN EVERY YEAR
AND BE SAFE
FROM THESE DOGS AND GUNS.
- YEAH, BUT THEY DON'T
STOP EVERY YEAR.
- JUST 'CAUSE THEY AIN'T
BEEN INVITED.
THERE'S A WAY
TO BRING 'EM DOWN.
INDIANS GOT A TRICK.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS PLANT SOME CORN.
SEE, YOU COULD
PUT A PATCH OVER THERE.
- JUST CORN?
- LIKE SAYING, "MOLASSES,"
TO A BEAR CUB.
THEM GEESE CAN SPOT A CORN HUSK
FROM TWO MILES UP.
- I DON'T KNOW, PA.
$1,100.
MIGHT AS WELL BE $11 MILLION.
- YEAH.
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING
TO THINK ON ANYHOW.
[dog barks]
[bear groans]
[crow caws]
- ARR, YA PUP.
- BOY, SOUNDER SURE MISSED YOU,
PA.
- [growls]
- HEY, LOOK, PA.
IT'S KEG.
AH, HE WANTS TO WRESTLE.
AH!
COME ON, KEG.
LET'S SEE HOW TOUGH
YOU REALLY ARE.
I GOT YOU.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
[chuckles]
DOWN YOU GO.
HEY, TAKE IT EASY.
HEY, I'M SUPPOSED
TO WIN THIS.
OW!
- LIDDY--
- WE'LL NOT SPEAK OF IT,
CAM.
- YES, WE WILL.
IT GETS A LITTLE LONGER
EACH TIME.
AND, LYDIA,
I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU
IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN,
BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD
TOO MANY MORNING-AFTER
PROMISES.
- IT'S OVER, CAM.
- ALL RIGHT, LIDDY.
- BUCKY, YOU LET GO
OF THAT ANIMAL.
GET WASHED UP FOR SUPPER.
YOU TOO.
LONELY?
WHO SAYS I'LL BE LONELY?
BUCKY AND ME WILL
MAKE OUT JUST FINE.
- WELL, THAT'S JUST IT,
LIDDY.
SEE, I WAS FIGURING ON TAKING
HIM ALONG WITH ME
FOR THE TRAPPING.
FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.
- OH.
- LIDDY, I BEEN MARKING
THE FIRST SIGNS
AND IT'S GONNA BE
A PRIME YEAR.
BEST SINCE '21.
THERE'S FOX
AND ERMINE AND--
WE GOT TO LAY OUT
TWO TRAP LINES.
- GUESS I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED UP
SO MUCH READING.
- WELL, YOU'VE GOT PLENTY LEFT,
MA.
YOU'RE ONLY UP TO INFANTS
AND CHILDRENSWEAR.
- WHAT ABOUT THE CHORES?
CRACKS NEED CHINKING.
ROOF LEAKS.
- WELL, PA AND ME WILL TAKE CARE
OF THOSE BEFORE WE LEAVE.
RIGHT, PA?
- SURE.
NOW THIS IS A CHANCE
WE CAN'T PASS UP.
IT'S GONNA BE
A GOLD MINE IN FURS.
- ALWAYS A GOLD MINE
IN SOMETHING.
- WELL, BETTING BOTTOM DOLLAR
ON IT.
- DON'T BET WHAT YOU HAVEN'T
GOT, CAM CALLOWAY.
BESIDES...
EVEN IF THE FUR CATCH
IS GOOD...
I KNOW WHAT'S ON THE TOPSIDE
OF YOUR MIND.
AND IT'S NOT TAKING $400
AND PAYING OFF
DOANE SHATTUCK FOR THE LAND.
WHAT'S ON THE TOPSIDE
OF YOUR MIND
IS BUYING A LAKE SO'S EVERY TOM,
DICK, AND HARRY GOOSE
FROM CANADA CAN SET HIMSELF
DOWN ON IT.
- WELL, MA, PA AND ME WERE ONLY
IFFING ON THAT ONE.
- KIND OF CONSIDERING
THE IDEA IS ALL.
- A PRIVATE LAKE
JUST FOR GEESE?
AND ME THINKING WHAT I'D DO
IF I EVER GOT AN EXTRA DOLLAR.
HOW I'D SET MYSELF
DOWN SOMEDAY...
IN A HOUSE WITH REAL
SNAP-ON LIGHTS
AND A GENUINE RUG UNDERFOOT.
[sighs]
IF I'D KNOWN 20 YEARS AGO
WHAT I KNOW NOW--
WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO--
I GUESS I WOULD HAVE GOT
INTO IT ANYWAYS.
- HI!
- HI.
YOU'RE DELIVERING PARCEL POST?
- UH-HUH.
YOUR PA'S TRAP'S COME IN.
OH, UH...
SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE A BOOK.
- FOR ME?
- UH-HUH.
- AH, IT'S ABOUT TIME.
THANKS.
I WAS WAITING FOR IT.
YOU CAN JUST PUT THOSE TRAPS
OVER THERE.
I'LL FETCH 'EM IN LATER.
- YOU CLEARING TO PLANT
SOMETHING, BUCKY?
MAKE A NICE POTATO PATCH.
- MAKE A BETTER FIREWOOD PATCH.
- THIS IS GOOD GROUND, BUCKY,
IF YOU'D USE IT.
- THE ONLY GOOD GROUND
IS THE KIND YOU'RE WALKING ON
TO GET FROM ONE PLACE
TO ANOTHER.
- OH, BUCKY.
- NOPE, PA AND ME DON'T NEED
TO PIN OURSELVES DOWN
TO ANY ONE PIECE OF LAND.
- YOU MIGHT AS WELL
GO ROOST WITH THE OWLS.
LIVE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PINEY WOODS.
- THAT'S JUST WHAT THE FOLKS
IN THE VILLAGE SAY, AIN'T IT?
- I DIDN'T MEAN--
- SURE IT IS!
"CRAZY CALLOWAYS.
"OUGHT TO BE HANGING
FROM THE BRANCHES
WITH THE REST
OF THE WILD ONES."
OH, LET 'EM TALK.
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
- WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT
ALL RIGHT WITH YOUR MA.
- MA'S ONE OF US,
NOT THEM.
- WELL, A WOMAN WANTS
TO SETTLE DOWN SOMEDAY.
- HOW WOULD YOU KNOW
WHAT A WOMAN WANTS?
- I'M 17 GOING ON 18!
- OH.
- WELL, HOW OLD WAS YOUR MA
WHEN SHE MARRIED YOUR PA?
- WELL, THAT--
WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
- OH!
OH!
- BRIDIE, I'M SORRY.
- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
- DOES IT HURT BAD?
- UH-UH!
[chuckling]
- WELL, IT'S NOTHING
LIKE THE TIME
WE WERE OUT
HUNTING HAWK EGGS
AND YOU FELL DOWN HALF
OF BALD MOUNTAIN.
REMEMBER?
- [gasps]
- BOY, I MUST HAVE CARRIED YOU
A GOOD TWO MILES.
WELL, DON'T KNOW
IS I COULD DO IT NOW.
- I'M NOT SAYING
I'D WANT YOU TO.
- WELL, I'LL TAKE THE CHANCE.
- I CAN WALK.
- OH, YOU WANT TO?
- OH!
- [chuckles]
YOU WANT ME
TO DRIVE YOU HOME?
- NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
DON'T FORGET YOUR THINGS.
- ARE YOU SURE?
- ONE, TWO, CUT MY SHOE.
THREE, FOUR, HURT NO MORE.
YOU USED TO MAKE ME
SAY THAT
WHEN YOU WERE SCARED I WAS GOING
TO START BAWLING.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
I DID.
- FUNNY THING.
IT ALWAYS WORKED.
- JAB.
JAB.
LEFT HOOK.
LET'S SEE.
UH...RIGHT CROSS.
OKAY.
[grunts]
YEAH.
[grunts]
- [clears throat]
THAT'S SORT OF ONE-SIDED,
AIN'T IT?
- OH, HI, PA.
- I'D SAY THAT'S ONE FIGHT
YOU CAN'T LOSE.
FINISH THE CORDWOOD?
- YES, SIR.
DID YOU GET THE PUMP FIXED?
- MM-HMM.
NOTHING LEFT TO DO NOW
BUT THE LOCK CHINKING.
YOU LEARNING ANYTHING
IN HERE?
- YEAH, I'M TRYING TO.
- HMM.
YOU KNOW, I USED
TO BE PRETTY HANDY
AT THIS SORT OF THING MYSELF.
- I BET YOU WERE, PA.
- YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE INDIANS
USED TO CALL ME?
- WHAT?
- [speaking foreign language]
WELL, THAT MEANS,
"THUNDER IN MY HANDS."
- OH.
- YOU KNOW?
BOOM!
BOOM!
- UH, THE ONLY THING IS, PA,
ISN'T IT MORE, UH--
BOOM!
BOOM!
- HOW'S THAT?
- WELL, THE BOOK SAYS
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO LEAD WITH YOUR RIGHT.
- OH, YEAH, WELL,
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT LEADING,
JUST THE HITTING.
WITH LEFT, HUH?
WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME THAT?
- OH, WELL,
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I GOT
THE FULL HANG OF IT YET, PA.
- AWW, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA LEARN
TILL YOU TRY.
THERE YOU ARE.
PUT ON YOUR--
PUT ON YOUR BOXING GLOVES.
- OKAY.
"SPARRING FOR AN OUTLAW."
THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU JUST COME AHEAD
AND SPAR THEN.
- SAYS YOU JAB WITH YOUR LEFT.
KEEP YOUR RIGHT READY
FOR A CROSS
AS SOON AS THERE'S AN OPENING.
- NOW WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
IF THERE AIN'T AN OPENING?
- OH, IT SAYS THERE WILL BE
IF I USE THIS LITTLE TRICK
I BEEN PRACTICING.
- OH.
- ONLY TROUBLE IS,
BOOK DOESN'T SAY
WHAT THE OTHER FELLA'S DOING.
- OH, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT.
ALL RIGHT, COME ON.
- YOU READY, PA?
- IT DON'T LOOK
LIKE I'M READY?
- YEAH.
UH, PA, DON'T YOU THINK
YOU OUGHT
TO BE PROTECTING
AGAINST A FAINT?
- UH, WHAT'S A FAINT?
- ACCORDING TO THE BOOK,
IT'S, UM--
- AH!
- WORKED.
PA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- WELL, OF COURSE
I'M ALL RIGHT.
HERE.
THAT FANCY FELLA OF YOURS
IN THE BOOK THERE
JUST GOT A LITTLE LUCKY
IS ALL.
- I GUESS THAT WAS IT, PA.
- COME ON.
CAREFUL NOW.
[sighs]
YES, SIR, THAT FELLA
IS PRETTY LUCKY.
- GEE, I'M SORRY, PA.
- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SON, INDIAN FIGHTING IS MORE
TO MY STYLE.
[yelling]
- THAT'S NOT FAIR, PA!
- SAY QUIT!
- THAT'S NOT IN THE BOOK!
- SAY QUIT!
- NO!
- ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT.
- CUT IT OUT, PA.
- SAY YOUR PA
IS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER.
- OH!
[laughs]
MAKE ME!
- ALL RIGHT,
YOU WANT TO EAT GRASS?
- NO, PA.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
YOU GON' EAT GRASS.
EAT GRASS.
AH!
- [coughs]
- SAY IT!
COME ON! SAY IT!
- MY FATHER
IS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER.
- HOLLER OUT LOUDER SO THEY CAN
HEAR YOU IN BOSTON.
- PA IS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER.
- LOUDER!
- MY PA IS A GREAT
INDIAN FIGHTER!
- YES!
[laughter]
- [spits]
[laughter]
THAT'S A--
- [groans]
- THAT'S A PRETTY
GOOD TRICK, PA.
- WELL, IT MIGHT NOT
BE SCIENTIFIC
LIKE IN THE BOOK, BUT IT CAN
COME IN HANDY, I'LL TELL YOU.
- OH, YOUR TRAP'S COME, PA.
- OH, WHERE?
- BRIDIE BROUGHT 'EM.
I GOT TO READING THE BOOK.
WHEN ARE WE GOING, PA?
- RIGHT AFTER THE SNOW FALLS.
COURSE, FIRST WE HAVE TO GO OUT
AND TAKE A SCOUTING TRIP.
YOU KNOW, FIND YOU SOME PRIME
FUR COUNTRY.
- WHEN?
- OH, LET'S SEE.
WELL, IF WE FINISHED UP
THAT LOG CHINKING TODAY,
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE
COULDN'T GO TOMORROW MORNING.
- WELL, LET'S GET AT IT.
- [grunts]
- [chuckles]
BOY, YOU WERE RIGHT, PA.
FIRST SIGN EVERYWHERE.
- YEAH, IF IT'S GOOD HERE,
IT'S GONNA BE EVEN BETTER
WHERE WE'RE GOING.
JACK PINE VALLEY'S
VIRGIN TERRITORY.
NEVER BEEN TRAPPED BEFORE.
- HMM?
HOW COME IT'S NEVER
BEEN TRAPPED?
- NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT
EXCEPT THE INDIANS
AND THEY WON'T GO NEAR IT
ON ACCOUNT OF BAD SPIRITS.
- WHAT KIND OF BAD SPIRITS?
- WELL, IT'S NOTHING
YOU CAN PUT A FINGER ON.
IT'S JUST SORT OF
A BAD LUCK PLACE.
LEAST THAT'S
WHAT THE MICMACS SAY.
[geese honking]
- THOUGHT THEY'D ALL
BE GONE BY NOW.
- NO, THEY'RE THE LATE STARTERS.
THEY FLY RIGHT ON THROUGH
WITHOUT STOPPING.
[geese honking]
HEAR 'EM?
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT NICE,
WARM SUN
DOWN IN CAROLINA.
[branch snaps]
[laughter]
NIGOSH.
- [speaking native language]
- [replies in foreign language]
- AH, BUCKY.
- NIGOSH.
- HOW ARE ALL MY BROTHERS
ON THE RESERVATION?
- ALL WELL.
ALL WELL.
LITTLE WOLF GROWS OLD.
HE ASKS FOR YOU OFTEN.
- HMM.
- CROW FACE MARRIED
THE OLD SCHOOL TEACHER.
- NO.
- [chuckles]
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE,
MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
WANT TO LIVE IN THE BIG CITY.
THE TIMES ARE CHANGING, CAM.
- YEP.
- ONLY OUR TOTEM,
THE WILD GEESE, ARE THE SAME.
SOMEDAY
THEY WILL BE GONE TOO...
AND OUR PEOPLE WITH THEM.
- NO. NO, NEVER.
- [speaking native language]
- EACH TIME A WILD GOOSE FALLS,
A MICMAC DIES.
- [chuckles]
YOU ARE--
YOU ARE THE ONLY IRISH MICMAC
I EVER SAW.
[laughter]
MY CAMP IS UP YONDER.
COME. WE EAT.
- NO, WE'RE OUT TRYING
TO FIND
A NEW PLACE TO SET UP
A TRAP LINE.
- WHERE?
NOT THE JACK PINE, CAM.
- WELL, WE GOT TO GO WHERE
THE BEST FURS ARE, NIGOSH.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- BE CAREFUL, CAM.
- WELL, SURE.
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANKS.
- THERE IT IS.
- OH!
- I GOT YOU.
- [grunts]
- WELCOME TO JACK PINE.
- YOU FEEL IT, PA?
- YEAH, I FEEL IT.
- LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
WATCHING US OR--
- YEAH, YOU KNOW
WHAT IT REALLY IS?
- WHAT?
- A LOT OF OLD INDIAN TALK
WORKING ON OUR MINDS.
TOO MUCH THINKING
AND NOT ENOUGH DOING,
THAT'S OUR TROUBLE.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE
OUR FIRST TRAP
SET RIGHT OVER THERE.
SEE?
ON THE BANK.
- HMM.
PA, I DON'T HOLD WITH
THE INDIAN WAY OF THINGS,
BUT IT SURE SEEMS
TO ME THERE IS SOME--
[rustling]
HEY.
[grunts]
- PA, WHAT HAPPENED?
- IT'S BROKE.
BROKE MY LEG, SON.
- SHOULD I GO FOR HELP?
- NO, WE GOT
TO SET IT OURSELVES
BEFORE THE SWELLING STARTS.
YOU GO CUT A COUPLE
OF STRIPS OF PINE BARK.
GO ON NOW.
TIE THAT AROUND MY FOOT.
SNAP IT AROUND THAT ROOT.
- PA?
- SLIDE THAT PIECE
OF BARK UNDERNEATH.
YOU GET THROUGH,
GO AND GET DOC WATERS
AND SOME MEN TO FETCH ME
OUT OF HERE.
[sighs]
- WELL, SIR,
HE SET THAT LEG OF HIS
ALL BY HIMSELF RIGHT OUT THERE
IN THE WOODS.
AND YOU'D THINK OLD DOC WATERS
WOULD GIVE HIM A DISCOUNT?
NO, SIREE.
HE UP AND CHARGED HIM REGULAR
BUSTED-LEG PRICES.
[laughter]
NOW IF YOU ASK ME,
I'D SAY
THAT'S NOT FOLLOWING
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.
[laughter]
- YEAH, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.
- GONNA BE PRETTY HARD
ON THE CALLOWAYS THIS WINTER
WITH CAM LAID UP.
- THEY'LL MAKE OUT.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
- LONG AS SOME FOLKS ARE WILLING
TO HELP THEM.
- LIKE THE WAY YOU DID, DOANE?
- WELL, I LOANED 'EM MONEY
WHEN NOBODY ELSE WOULD.
- SURE.
SURE YOU DID.
A GOOD PIECE OF TIMBERLAND
FOR AIRTIGHT SECURITY.
- NO MAN WANTS CHARITY, ALF.
- NO, NO.
NOT AT 7% INTEREST.
[laughter]
- HEY, UM, SPEAKING
OF THE CALLOWAYS,
I BEEN THINKING A LOT
ABOUT THOSE WILD GEESE.
- I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE
TO SELL RAT TRAPS, YOUNG FELLA.
- I SELL EVERYTHING
AND ANYTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I BEEN TALKING
TO MY BOSS ABOUT THIS THING.
- SAY, FELLAS, YOU HEAR
CAM CALLOWAY BROKE HIS LEG?
- WE HEARD, ED.
- SO I'VE BEEN TALKING
TO MY BOSS ABOUT THIS.
- HE SET IT HIMSELF.
SET HIS OWN LEG.
- [chuckles]
YEAH.
AS I WAS SAYING,
I BEEN TALKING
TO MY BOSS ABOUT THIS THING.
NOW HE'S BIG MONEY
DOWN IN BURLINGTON.
- DID YOU SAY SOMETHING
TO ME?
- NO, ED.
HE JUST SAID HIS BOSS
WAS BIG MONEY
DOWN IN BURLINGTON.
- OH.
[chuckles]
BURLINGTON?
I WAS DOWN THERE ONCE MYSELF.
PRETTY WILD PLACE.
- WELL, LOOK.
THE BIG MONEY SAYS
WHAT I SAY.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET THE HUNTERS
TO COME IN HERE,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO OFFER THEM THE GEESE
IN AN ATTRACTIVE
LITTLE PACKAGE.
- MET A GIRL DOWN THERE.
NAME WAS LOTI.
NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.
[laughter]
- WELL, NOW, LOOK.
THIS TOWN IS THE PACKAGE.
BUT WE GOT TO DRESS IT UP
A LITTLE BIT.
WE GOT TO REMODEL THE HOTEL.
WE GOT TO PAVE
THE MAIN STREET.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GIVE HER
ANOTHER LABEL.
NOW, I FIGURE THE OLD INDIAN
NAME WOULD DO.
NOW THERE'S A NAME
THAT'S GOT SOME PUNCH.
- [speaking Native American
dialect]
THAT MEANS, "WILD GOOSE STOP."
- RIGHT.
"WILD GOOSE STOP."
NOW THERE'S A NAME
WITH SOME CLASS!
- THE ONLY THING IS THE GEESE
DON'T STOP HERE EVERY YEAR.
- THEY DON'T, HUH?
- PASSED US CLEAN BY IN '23.
- HMM.
THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM, HUH?
- TO YOU, BUT TO THE GEESE,
IT REALLY DON'T MAKE NO
DIFFERENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
[laughter]
- WONDER WHATEVER BECAME
OF HER.
- HUH?
- LOTI.
[laughter]
- BUCK.
- PA.
I'M GOING TO THE JACK PINE.
- HERE'S YOUR COFFEE
AND BEANS AND FLOUR.
THAT'LL LAST YOU.
- GOT PLENTY OF MATCHES
AND CARDS TO PUT IN THERE?
- THINK I'D LET HIM
GO WITHOUT?
BUCK, YOU TAKE CARE.
MIND YOU'RE HEAD
OF THE FAMILY NOW.
- OH, THERE'S ONLY ONE HEAD
OF THIS FAMILY ANYTIME.
[crow caws]
I'LL BE BACK
AT THE END OF THE WEEK, MA.
NOW YOU STAY HERE AND KEEP
THE FAMILY COMPANY, YOU HEAR?
GUESS KEG WON'T BE MUCH COMPANY
TILL NEXT SPRING.
DON'T WAKE HIM UP, MA.
- HMM, WAKE HIM UP?
I'D KNOWN HE WAS GONNA
HIBERNATE HIMSELF
IN OUR ROOT CELLAR,
I'D HAVE BROOMED
HIS BACKSIDE OVER THE MOUNTAIN
A LONG TIME AGO.
THERE YOU ARE.
- BE SEEING YOU, PA.
- BUCK, DON'T GO UP THERE.
- GO WHERE?
- AW, NOWHERE, MA.
HE'S JUST GETTING FEISTY
'CAUSE HE CAN'T COME ALONG.
COME ON, SOUNDER.
- DON'T TRAP THE JACK PINE.
- WHY SHOULDN'T HE?
WHAT'S UP THERE?
- NOTHING, MA,
BUT A MINT OF FURS.
- CAM?
- PA?
IF I'M TO DO THE TRAPPING,
I GOT TO CHOOSE WHERE I GO.
- I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT, SON.
- I'LL BE BACK
AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANKS, PA.
[dog barks]
- WHAT'S UP
IN THE JACK PINE CAMP?
- HMM?
OH, YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID.
NOTHING BUT A MINT OF FURS.
[dog barks]
- [whistles]
[dog barks]
[dog barks]
[dog barks]
- COME ON, BOY.
[branches rustling]
[dog barks]
NOW CUT OUT THAT YAPPING.
YOU'LL HAVE EVERY VARMINT
IN THE VALLEY
HEADED FOR CANADA
BY THE END OF THE DAY.
[owl hoots]
[branch snaps]
THINK WE BETTER
GET A LITTLE SLEEP.
WAS A REAL PRIME ERMINE.
LOOKS LIKE A BOBCAT GOT HIM.
THAT WASN'T MADE
BY ANY BOBCAT.
COME ON.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE REST OF THE LINE.
EVERY LAST TRAP.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
ONLY THING LIVING THAT KILLS
JUST FOR THE JOY OF KILLING.
WOLVERINE.
HE AIN'T LEFT US MUCH CHOICE.
TRACK HIM DOWN AND KILL HIM
OR TURN AROUND AND GO HOME.
AND I AIN'T FIGURING
ON GOING HOME YET.
COME ON, BOY.
LET'S GET US A WOLVERINE.
[dog barks]
EASY!
EASY, BOY!
HE'S A LITTLE
OUT OF YOUR CLASS.
[dog barks]
[gunshot and wolverine growls]
WE NICKED HIM.
[dog barks]
NOW YOU STAY PUT,
YOU HEAR?
YEAH!
YEAH!
[hisses]
[gun clicks]
[gunshot]
[dog barks]
[wolverine growls]
[wolverine growls]
[gunshot]
[dog barks]
SOUNDER, GET OUT OF HERE!
[wolverine growls]
[dog barks]
SOUNDER, LEAVE HIM ALONE.
SOUNDER!
[dog yelps]
[dog whimpers]
SOUNDER?
SOUNDER!
[wolverine growls]
HEY!
AH!
[wolverine growls]
AH!
[sighs]
[dog whimpers]
[crow caws]
- CAW, CAW, CAW!
HUSH UP, YOU BLACK-EYED
TOWER OF BABEL.
HE'S BEEN SCREAMING
AT THAT VARMINT SKIN
FOR TWO WEEKS NOW.
WHAT HE WANTS OF IT,
I'LL NEVER KNOW.
HUSH!
- "THE LORD HATH PUT DOWN
THE MIGHTY
FROM THEIR SEATS AND EXALTED
THEM OF LOW DEGREE."
LUKE 1:52.
- DON'T HURT HIM
TO BE A MIGHT EXALTED,
YOU KNOW, LADY?
- MIGHT'S ONE THING,
BUT EXALTING
24 HOURS A DAY
IS SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
- WHY HE'S JUST PROUD
OF BUCKY.
SAME AS WE ARE.
ALF, OUR BOY'S DOING
A MAN-SIZED JOB.
YOU KNOW, HE KEEPS STACKING UP
THEM SKINS LIKE THAT, HE--
[groans]
- WHAT'S THE MATTER, CAM?
- AH, JUST A NETTING PAIN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
- WELL, HERE.
LET ME GET A PILLOW FOR IT.
- NO, THAT'S JUST
HEALING ITSELF.
NOW LEAVE ME ALONE.
- LET ME PUT A PILLOW UNDER IT.
STOP FUSSING.
- WELL, DON'T FRET OVER ME SO.
- GET BACK TO YOUR GOSSIP,
ALF.
ANYMORE GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN?
- WELL, NO,
I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT.
EXCEPT THAT STEAM THEY GOT
FOR TURNING THE VILLAGE
INTO A HUNTER'S PARADISE.
- TURN IT TO WHAT?
- GOING TO BUILD UP
THE WHOLE TOWN.
MAKE EVERYBODY A MILLIONAIRE.
- YOU SERIOUS, ALF?
- I AIN'T,
BUT SOME FOLKS ARE.
PARADISE! HA!
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF
A PARADISE IT'S GONNA BE.
HOT DOGS, NEON SIGNS,
BEER BOTTLES,
JAZZ BAND,
HOOP AND HOLLER PARADISE.
"THAT'S THE KIND IT'S GONNA BE,"
I TOLD 'EM.
KIND OF A SKIMPY CUPFUL,
LIDDY.
EVEN TALKING ABOUT CHANGING
THE VILLAGE NAME
TO CALL IT "WILD GOOSE STOP."
- WILD GOOSE STOP?
- LIDDY, IF YOU'RE AIMING
TO HOLD HANDS,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
COME OUT AND SAY SO?
- IF THAT'S THE WAY
I WAS AIMING,
I'D HIT A SPRIER TARGET,
ALF.
- [laughs]
- ALF.
ALF...
THEY'RE FIXING
TO SHOOT THE GEESE.
- NOW LOOK, DON'T GET YOURSELF
STIRRED UP, CAM.
I ALREADY GIVE 'EM
THE COMER UPPER.
I REMINDED 'EM THAT THE GEESE
DON'T STOP HERE EVERY YEAR.
- OH, BUT THERE'S A WAY
TO MAKE 'EM STOP, ALF.
- WELL, NOW THAT DON'T SEEM
LIKELY, LIDDY.
- IF SOMEONE WAS TO BUYING
THEIR OWN PRIVATE LAKE.
- LIDDY, I'LL THANK YOU
TO KEEP OUT OF THIS, PLEASE.
- DON'T MATTER THAT THAT SOMEONE
CAN'T BUY HIMSELF
A NEW MACKINAW FOR WINTER.
- PRIVATE LAKE?
- YEAH.
WITH ITS OWN PRIVATE CORN PATCH
TO FEED 'EM.
HAPPENED HIS FAMILY
NEED A CORN PATCH
IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.
- LIDDY, I--
- NOW YOU SIT, CAM.
- OW.
- YOU COULD REALLY DO IT, CAM?
YOU COULD REALLY BRING DOWN
THE GEESE?
- OH, WOW.
DON'T GET HIM ANY MORE
STIRRED UP
THAN HE ALREADY IS.
- KIND OF A SANCTUARY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
AIMING AT, AIN'T IT?
- SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- EH.
WELL, BUYING A LAKE
AND FEEDING THE GEESE...
SURE RUN INTO A LOT OF MONEY.
WE COULD CALL A MEETING
AND GET THE TOWN
TO PETITION
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
- I CAN JUST SEE THE TOWN
STANDING IN LINE
TO BACK ME UP ON SOMETHING.
- WELL, DO YOU WANT
TO SAVE THE BIRDS OR NO?
[dog barks]
- THAT'S GOT TO BE BUCKY.
- YEAH.
YEAH, IT IS.
HE'S HOME.
- NUMBER ONE PRIME, BUCKY.
WORTH $25,
EVERY LAST ONE OF 'EM.
YOU DID REAL GOOD.
- PA...
I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE
FOR THE SPECIAL.
- LOOKY THERE.
THAT'S REAL PRIME ERMINE.
HOW MANY WE GOT?
- WE GOT ABOUT 50--
- SPECIAL WHAT?
- CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?
- I NEVER COULD.
ALWAYS BLAB SOONER OR LATER.
SPECIAL WHAT?
- YOU'LL FIND OUT
COME CHRISTMAS.
- CHRISTMAS?
- SHH!
- YOU'RE STAYING
FOR SUPPER, ALF.
- WELL, THANK YOU, LIDDY.
I KNEW YOU'D HAVE
TO ASK ME
IF I HUNG ON LONG ENOUGH.
- WHAT'S ALL THIS TALK
ABOUT CHRISTMAS?
- HMM?
- OH, NOTHING, LIDDY.
WE WAS JUST SAYING IT'S COMING
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
- COME THE SAME TIME
IT COMES EVERY YEAR.
- AHEM.
ALF, THANKS FOR NOT BLABBING.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
CAM?
- YEAH?
- COME CHRISTMAS,
WILL YOU TELL ME
WHAT IT WAS I DIDN'T BLAB?
- SURE THING.
- NO, THAT DOESN'T
LOOK MUCH LIKE MA'S STYLE.
- DIDN'T SHE EVER TELL YOU?
- WELL, ALL I KNOW IS SHE'S BEEN
TALKING FOR YEARS.
SOMEDAY SHE'D LIKE
TO HAVE HERSELF AN ERMINE CAPE.
PA AND ME FIGURED WE'D LIKE
TO SURPRISE HER FOR CHRISTMAS.
- OH!
SHE'D LIKE THIS ONE, BUCKY.
ANYWAYS, I WOULD.
- CAN YOUR MA SEW
THAT GOOD, BRIDIE?
- OH, NOBODY CAN WORK FURS
BETTER THAN MY MOM.
- ALL RIGHT,
YOU TELL YOUR MA
THAT PA AND ME WOULD BE PLEASED
IF SHE'D GO AHEAD.
- HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME
IN THIS, BUCKY?
- [chuckles]
- WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
- WELL, YOU, IN THIS.
[chuckles]
- WHY NOT?
- WELL, THIS IS
FOR GROWN-UP LADIES.
YOU'RE TOO SKINNY
FOR THE LIKES OF THIS.
- HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT ME?
- OH, BRIDIE,
I BEEN LOOKING AT YOU
SINCE YOU WERE
OLD ENOUGH TO FALL
OUT OF AN APPLE TREE.
- WELL, I'VE STOPPED FALLING OUT
OF APPLE TREES
AND PLAYING MUMBLY PEG AND
"LAST ONE IN THE WATER'S
A ROTTEN EGG,"
AND TAGGING ALONG
LIKE SOMEBODY'S KID BROTHER.
- BRIDIE, ALL I MEANT--
- I'M A GROWN-UP LADY TOO.
AND I'VE GOT MEASUREMENTS
JUST LIKE
ALL THE GROWN-UP LADIES
IN THIS MAGAZINE.
34-22-34.
AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW,
THAT DOESN'T REFER TO THE SIZE
OF SHOTGUN AMMUNITION.
[church bells toll]
- "HE THOUGHT IT QUITE AS WELL
THAT THEY SHOULD
"WRINKLE UP THEIR EYES
IN GRINS,
"AS HAVE A MALADY IN LESS
ATTRACTIVE FORMS.
"HIS OWN HEART LAUGHED AND THAT
WAS QUITE ENOUGH FOR HIM.
"HE HAD NO FURTHER VISITATIONS
FROM SPIRITS,
"BUT LIVED UPON THE TOTAL
ABSTINENCE PRINCIPAL
"EVER AFTERWARDS.
"AND IT WAS ALWAYS SAID
OF OLD SCROOGE
"THAT HE KNEW HOW
TO KEEP CHRISTMAS WELL
"IF ANY MAN ALIVE POSSESSED
THE KNOWLEDGE.
"MAY THAT BE TRULY SAID OF US
AND ALL OF US.
"AND SO AS TINY TIM OBSERVED,
'GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE.'"
[applause]
- WELL, WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
I COULD JUST HEAR THAT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU, CAM.
- YOU KNOW, FOLKS IS ALWAYS
KNOCKING THAT SCROOGE,
BUT HE WASN'T A BAD FELLA.
HE WAS JUST
A MITE CONSERVATIVE.
- OH.
BUCK, MOVE THAT THING,
WILL YOU?
- OH, SURE.
- NIGOSH, YOU EVER SEE
A FOUR-LEGGED MICMAC?
- FIRST TIME.
- BEAUTIFUL STORY.
- AHEM, WELL,
I GUESS IT'S ABOUT TIME
WE OPEN UP SOME PRESENTS,
HUH?
- 9:00 ON CHRISTMAS EVE?
- OH, WELL, BUCKY AND ME
ARE GONNA OPEN OURS
IN THE MORNING
LIKE WE ALWAYS DO,
BUT WE GOT ONE FOR YOU
AND WE'D SORT OF LIKE YOU
TO OPEN IT UP BEFORE
THE MELLOTTS GET HERE IS ALL.
- WE'LL ALL OPEN
THE SAME TIME.
- MA, WE KNOW WE'RE
GETTING SWEATERS.
- YEAH, WE'VE HAD 'EM ON EVERY
DAY FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
- I CAN WAIT TILL TOMORROW
IF YOU ALL CAN.
- WELL, WE CAN'T.
GO ON.
GIVE HER THE PRESENT, BUCK.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS, MA.
PA AND ME BOTH.
- WELL, NOW THIS DON'T SEEM FAIR
FOR ME TO BE--
- OH, COME ON, LIDDY.
OPEN IT UP.
I WON'T BE ABLE
TO SLEEP ALL NIGHT!
- ALL RIGHT, IF THAT'S
THE WAY Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT IT.
OH, MY.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
- WELL, OPEN IT.
- WHO TAUGHT YOU
HOW TO TIE A RIBBON?
- [chuckles]
MA.
- WELL, THANK YOU.
I WONDER IF IT COULD BE
THAT OVENWARE
I BEEN LOOKING AT
IN THE CATALOG.
NO, IT'S NOT HEAVY ENOUGH
FOR THE OVENWARE.
- COME ON, LIDDY.
- IT COULD
BE A COMFORTER THOUGH.
NO, I GUESS IT COULDN'T
BE A COMFORTER.
- LIDDY.
- DO INDIANS GIVE CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS, NIGOSH?
- MA, IF YOU DON'T OPEN IT--
- NOW YOU JUST LEAVE ME BE.
ONCE I GET THIS OPEN,
THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER ONE
TILL NEXT CHRISTMAS.
COULD BE TOWELING.
I BEEN WANTING THAT TOO.
- [sighs]
- ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M OPENING IT.
WHAT COULD IT BE?
OH!
[weeping]
- MA?
- [sobbing]
- WHAT IS IT?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
DON'T YOU LIKE--
PA, SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT.
- LIDDY, WE COULD HAVE
GOT BEAVER, BUT WE--
- CAM, CAM, CAM,
JUST SIT.
DON'T YOU KNOW HAPPY CRYING
WHEN YOU HEAR IT?
YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, LIDDY.
ENJOY YOURSELF.
- [sobbing loudly]
- ARE YOU REALLY HAPPY, MA?
- OH!
OH!
- WE COULD HAVE GOT
SILVER FOX.
- IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- MA, PUT IT ON.
- LIDDY?
LIDDY, I WANT TO SEE YOU
WEAR IT.
- OH, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL,
I COULD JUST CRY.
- YOU ALREADY DONE THAT, MA.
- LIKE IT, ALF?
- YOU LOOK AS PRETTY
AS A QUEEN
ON A PLAYING CARD.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THERE!
- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- COME ON, HURRY UP!
IT'S COLD OUT HERE!
- SARAH!
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- HELLO, ALF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
- MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- OH, LIDDY,
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- OH, MRS. CALLOWAY,
IT IS.
- DO YOU LIKE IT?
- OH, YES.
- CAM AND BUCKY
GAVE IT TO ME.
- MRS. MELLOTT SEWED IT
FOR YOU, MA.
- OH, SARAH.
- SHE'S GONNA BE HAPPY AGAIN.
- OH, I AM NOT.
COME ON IN HERE.
LET'S GET OUR WRAPS OFF.
YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT I THOUGHT
WHEN THEY GAVE ME
THAT GREAT BIG BOX.
I THOUGHT IT WAS...
[trails off indistinctly]
- SHE REALLY LIKED IT,
HUH, CAM?
- CRIED HER HEAD OFF.
[laughter]
- THAT'S A SURE SIGN.
- WELL, BUCKY, GET THE BOTTLE
OUT OF THE CUPBOARD.
IT'S TIME THE GENTLEMEN
HAD A DRINK HERE.
NIGOSH, COME ON.
- OKAY, PA.
- NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE SPIKED
CIDER FOR CHRISTMAS, HUH?
OH, JIM.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL DO THAT, SON.
NIGOSH.
ALF.
- THANK YOU, CAM.
- JIM.
- THANK YOU, CAM.
- UH, I'LL TAKE MINE
STRAIGHT, PA.
- GENTLEMEN,
THAT'S GOOD WHISKEY.
I'LL HAVE MINE STRAIGHT TOO.
[chuckling]
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GENTLEMEN.
all: MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- BRIDIE, MY GOODNESS.
YOU SURE THAT'S YOU?
- MAY I HAVE SOME CIDER TOO?
- WELL, OF COURSE YOU CAN.
GO ON, BUCK.
- I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
- BRIDIE, YOU ARE...
[speaking native dialect]
- I HOPE THAT MEANS SOMETHING
NICE, NIGOSH.
- WHY, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE
THE PRETTIEST FLOWER
IN THE WHOLE PINE FOREST.
- THANK YOU.
- BUCK, UH--
- OH.
- * O LITTLE TOWN
OF BETHLEHEM *
* HOW STILL WE SEE THEE LIE
* ABOVE THY DEEP
AND DREAMLESS SLEEP *
* THE SILENT STARS GO BY
* YET IN THY
DARK STREETS SHINETH *
* THE EVERLASTING LIGHT
* THE HOPES AND FEARS
* OF ALL THE YEARS
* ARE MET IN THEE TONIGHT
- [humming O Little Town
of Bethlehem]
- BUCKY, NO ONE LIKES CHRISTMAS
BETTER THAN I DO,
BUT IT'S A WHOLE WEEK
GONE NOW.
- BEEN SINGING
THAT SONG DAY AND NIGHT.
- MAYBE IT REMINDS HIM
OF SOMEONE.
- [snaps fingers]
- ARE YOU TALKING TO ME, MA?
- WE'RE JUST WONDERING
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
- OH, I FIGURED I'D JUST DROP
DOWN TO MELLOTT'S HOUSE.
JIM OUGHT TO BE GETTING A
BULLETIN ABOUT THE FUR PRICES.
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US AN IDEA
OF HOW WE'RE DOING.
- AND IF JIM ISN'T THERE,
MAYBE BRIDIE WILL BE THERE.
YOU'LL STILL GET AN IDEA
HOW YOU'RE DOING.
- GONNA TAKE SOUNDER
WITH YOU?
- OH, DOG'S JUST IN THE WAY
IF YOU FIGURE ON SPENDING
THE EVENING TALKING FUR PRICES.
COME ON, BOY.
YOU GOT TO STAY HERE.
- NOW, SOUNDER,
YOU STAY HERE.
TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY
WHILE I'M GONE.
NIGHT, MA.
GOOD NIGHT, PA.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- AIN'T NOTHING NEEDS
TAKEN CARE OF.
I'LL GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
[chuckles]
COME ON BACK, SOUNDER.
YOU GO ON OVER THERE.
- [chuckles]
AND WHAT YOU THINKING?
YOU'RE WONDERING IF I REMEMBER
THE FIRST TIME
I CAME COURTING TO YOU.
- DO YOU?
- YOU WERE ALL OF 16.
- [sighs]
21 YEARS AGO, CAM.
- 21 YEARS PILLAR TO POST.
- NOT SUCH BAD PILLARS
AND POSTS EITHER.
- YEAH.
- I'M NOT COMPLAINING,
AM I?
- NO, BUT YOU GOT A RIGHT TO.
YOU GOT A RIGHT TO HOLLER
THE HILLS DOWN.
21 YEARS AND ALL YOU GOT
TO SHOW FOR IT
IS A BACKWOODS SHACK,
ONE-LEGGED HUSBAND.
- CAM, DON'T START THAT AGAIN.
- LIDDY, WHY'D YOU EVER
MARRY ME?
- [scoffs]
'CAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT
A SINGLE GRAIN OF GOOD SENSE.
- WELL, ONE LOOK SHOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU.
EVEN YOUR MA COULD SEE IT.
"WILL O' THE WISP,"
SHE CALLED ME.
SHE SAID I'D NEVER BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.
- MY MOTHER HAD LESS SENSE
THAN I DID.
- WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU
SEND ME PACKING
WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE?
- I DID ONCE.
YOU CAME BACK.
REMEMBER?
- WELL, IF YOU'D HAD ONE SPECK
OF FORESIGHT--
- WELL, I HADN'T!
I FELL FOR YOUR FINE AIR
AND YOUR SLICK TONGUE
AND THAT MYSTERIOUS WAY
YOU HAD AS IF YOU KNEW
SOMETHING REAL IMPORTANT.
- I DIDN'T KNOW ONE THING!
- I FOUND THAT OUT TOO!
- OH, YOU DID?
WELL, HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE YOU?
- TILL THE FIRST TIME
YOU KISSED ME.
[giggling]
I KNEW YOU WERE NOTHING
BUT A DRESSED-UP,
BACKWOODS BOY, THAT--
[sighs]
THAT WOULD NEVER
PROVIDE A GIRL
WITH ANYTHING SHE THINKS
SHE WANTS,
BUT GIVE HER EVERYTHING
SHE REALLY NEEDS.
- LIDDY...
I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU HAVEN'T
GOT GOOD SENSE.
- DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE ME,
CAM CALLOWAY.
- I WON'T LEAVE YOU.
I COULD NEVER LEAVE YOU.
- HEY, BRIDIE, COME ON.
GIVE ME A DANCING LESSON.
- I THOUGHT YOU CAME BY
TO SEE PAUL.
- WELL, SO IT'S MY LUCK
HE'S LATE.
[chuckles]
- OH, WHIT.
- NOW WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
I TAKE YOUR HAND
AND YOU TAKE MINE.
- ANY DAY YOU HAVE
TO ASK SOMEBODY THAT.
[dog barks]
- OH, GET OUT OF HERE.
[dog barks]
GET OUT OF HERE!
- MORNING, ED.
- GOOD MORNING, ED.
- GOOD MORNING.
- I'LL HAVE A PACKAGE
OF ROUGH CUT, JIM,
IF YOU GOT THE TIME.
- OH, YEAH, SURE THING.
- WELL, THAT'S THE LAST SNOW
OF WINTER, JIM.
SPRING'S JUST
AROUND THE CORNER.
- YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR BONES,
HUH, ED?
- HMM?
- I SAY, YOUR RHEUMATIST
TOLD YOU, HUH?
- NO, I HEARD IT
ON THE RADIO.
[laughter]
I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO.
- WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
HOWDY, CAM, BUCKY.
- GOOD MORNING.
- HI JIM.
MORNING.
- HOW'S THAT LEG COMING ALONG?
- OH, IT'S MENDING.
NOW ERNIE, I WANT YOU
TO SAVE A CHAIR FOR ME,
BECAUSE AS SOON AS I GET
THROUGH WITH JIM HERE
I'M GONNA COME OVER THERE
AND I WANT
YOU TO GIVE ME
A SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT
AND ONE OF THEM FANCY
TIGER OIL SHAMPOOS.
- I'LL WARM UP THE RAZOR
RIGHT NOW.
- ALL RIGHT.
- COMING, ED.
- HI, CAM.
HOW'S YOUR LEG?
- HI, ED.
IT'S GONNA STAY ON!
[doorbell rings]
WELL, JIM, YOU CAN
BREAK OPEN THE SAFE,
BECAUSE WE REALLY COME LOADED
THIS TIME.
- YEAH, I SEE YOU HAVE.
I'VE BEEN MEANING
TO COME OUT TO YOUR PLACE
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
- UH-HUH?
- WE GOT THE QUOTATIONS
FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN
FUR BUYERS.
- HOW'S THE PRICES?
- LET'S GO IN THE BACK WHERE
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, CAM.
- JIM?
HOW'S THE PRICES?
- CAM, LET'S GO IN THE BACK.
[crow caws]
- OH, NEVER MIND
YOUR SCOLDING.
WITH ALL THAT FUR MONEY,
I COULD ORDER
THIS WHOLE PAGE
IF I HAD A MIND TO.
[crow caws]
[footsteps approaching]
OH, THE FELLAS ARE BACK
AND I HAVEN'T
SPENT A SINGLE PENNY.
SIT, BOTH OF YOU.
I'M ORDERING.
MEN FIRST.
HERE'S A GENUINE SHEEPSKIN-LINED
OUTER JACKET.
IT COMES IN LEATHER
OR STURDY MOLESKIN.
WHAT'LL IT BE, CAM?
- WHERE'D YOU
HIDE THE BOTTLE, LIDDY?
I WANT ANOTHER DRINK.
NOW WHERE'D YOU HIDE IT?
TELL HER.
- WELL, MA, YOU SEE--
- I'LL TELL HER.
LIDDY, WE DIDN'T GET
THE $1,800
THAT WE FIGURED ON
FOR THE FURS.
AND WE DIDN'T
GET $1,000 EITHER.
WE DIDN'T EVEN GET $500.
[glass shatters]
- SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO THE FUR MARKET, MA.
WE ONLY GOT $450.
MR. MELLOTT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
HOW IT HAPPENED.
NOBODY KNOWS.
"THE BOTTOM JUST FELL OUT,"
THEY SAID, AND THAT'S IT.
- ALL THOSE MONTHS OF WORK.
OH, IT'S NOT THE END
OF THE WORLD, CAM.
WE'LL MAKE OUT.
LEAST WE GOT THE $400 WE CAN PAY
DOANE SHATTUCK ON THE LAND.
WE'LL HAVE A ROOF
OVER OUR HEADS.
- MA--
- I'LL TELL HER.
[sighs]
[cough]
LIDDY...
I TOOK $400 AND MADE
A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE LAKE.
- ON WHAT?
- THE LAKE!
- THE LAKE, MA.
FOR THE GEESE.
- YOU LET HIM DO A FOOL THING
LIKE THAT?
- WELL, MAYBE MR. SHATTUCK
WILL GIVE US
SOME MORE TIME ON OUR--
- ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
DOANE SHATTUCK HAS BEEN
WANTING THE TIMBER
ON THIS LAND
FOR OVER A YEAR NOW!
HE'LL CLOSE US OUT
IN A MINUTE!
- MA, PA THOUGHT--
- HE DIDN'T THINK
AND NEITHER DID YOU!
A LAKE FOR THE GEESE.
MONEY FOR THE GEESE.
A HOUSE, BREAD AND BUTTER,
EVERYTHING FOR THE GEESE!
NOBODY WAS DOING ANY THINKING
BUT THE WHISKEY BOTTLE!
- PA!
PA, IT'S KEG!
HE'S COME AWAKE!
[bear groans]
HI, KEG.
- WELL, HI, KEG.
YOU HAVE A GOOD NAP?
[bear groans]
AIN'T HE A SORRY-LOOKING
SIGHT?
- BOY, LOOK HOW HE'S GROWN.
LOOK AT HIM, PA.
HE WANTS TO WRESTLE.
ARGH!
- WAIT, WAIT JUST A MINUTE NOW.
HE'S LIABLE TO FORGET
HE AIN'T A CUB NO MORE.
- I'M NOT GIVING HIM
THAT CHANCE.
I'LL FIX IT.
- OH, NOW, LIDDY, NOW--
- GET!
- OH, LIDDY.
- GET ON OUT OF HERE,
YOU BIG OL' LUMP!
GET OUT!
- AW, MA.
- OH, LIDDY, NOW PICK
ON SOMEBODY YOUR SIZE.
- GET OUT OF HERE!
MOVE!
JUST LIKE BEATING A RUG!
COME ON!
MOVE!
GET OUT OF HERE!
- MA?
- I'LL POUND ON YOU ALL DAY,
IF NEED BE.
NOW GET ACROSS THERE.
HURRY UP.
GET ACROSS THAT FIELD AND INTO
THAT BUSH WHERE YOU BELONG.
NOW HURRY UP!
- [chuckles]
- SHE'S GONNA RUN HIM OFF
FOR GOOD, PA.
- NO, HE'S GONNA NEED
SOME TIME IN THE WOODS.
HE'S GOT TO EAT SOME
NUTS AND BERRIES.
BREAK HIS WINTER FAST.
- FIGURE HE'LL COME BACK, PA?
- OH, HE MIGHT IF HE DON'T FIND
A MATE TO HIS LIKING.
- WELL, HE BETTER FIND A MATE.
I'M TIRED OF RUNNING
A HOMEMADE ZOO.
- LIDDY, I DON'T THINK
HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU
NO MORE TROUBLE.
[car engine approaches]
- I'LL MAKE SOME COFFEE.
- AFTERNOON, CAM, BUCKY.
IF YOU'VE GOT A MINUTE
OR TWO TO SPARE,
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.
- YOU WOULD?
- IF YOU GOT A MINUTE
OR TWO TO SPARE.
- ALL RIGHT, MIGHT AS WELL
GET IT OVER WITH.
COME ON IN THE HOUSE.
BUCK, GO ON AND FINISH
YOUR CHORES.
[bear groans]
- [stammering]
CAM!
GO AWAY.
GO AWAY.
GO, GO, GO.
G-G-G--CAM!
- KEG, I TOLD YOU TO GET!
- KEG!
- MA?
- GET OUT OF HERE!
YOU CRAZY VARMINT!
- MA, MA, HE DIDN'T MEAN
ANY HARM.
- LIDDY, WAIT.
- KEG! KEG!
MA!
MA, PLEASE DON'T.
YOU'LL HURT HIM.
MA, PLEASE.
AIN'T NO NEED
TO BROOM HIM, MA.
- WHOA, EASY, BUCK.
NOW LET YOUR MA HANDLE IT.
AW, GET SOME WATER,
WILL YOU?
HEY, DOANE?
WHOA, DOANE?
WELL, IF HE WAS FIXING
TO TALK ABOUT OUR LOAN,
WE AIN'T EXACTLY STARTING OFF
ON THE RIGHT FOOT, ARE WE?
[clears throat]
- OH, THANK YOU, LIDDY.
NOW THAT'S CLEAR WHAT IT SAYS,
AIN'T IT?
- YEAH, THAT'S CLEAR.
I OWE THE MONEY
AND IT'S THREE DAYS OVERDUE.
YOU DON'T WASTE MUCH TIME,
DO YOU, DOANE?
- WELL, NOW LOOK HERE, CAM,
I'VE BEEN FAIR.
- WELL, SURE.
- MORE THAN FAIR.
TWO TIMES RUNNING,
I'VE LET YOUR PAYMENTS
GO 10, 15 DAYS OVER.
- ONLY NOW YOU'RE GONNA
TAKE THE LAND
FOR THE TIMBER THAT'S ON IT.
IS THAT RIGHT, DOANE?
- I'M ONLY ASKING
FOR WHAT'S MY LEGAL DUE.
- I HEAR PULPWOOD'S BRINGING
IN GOOD MONEY THIS YEAR.
- NOW CAM,
I'M PREPARED TO GIVE YOU
A COUPLE OF DAYS LONGER,
BUT AFTER THAT--
- COUPLE OF DAYS IS MIGHTY
GENEROUS, DOANE.
- THIS IS NO TIME
FOR FEMALE BACKTALK, LIDDY.
- DOANE, IF YOU'RE FIGURING
ON GOING OUT OF HERE
STANDING UP,
YOU'RE GONNA APOLOGIZE
TO MRS. CALLOWAY.
NOW.
- SORRY, LIDDY.
- ALL RIGHT, NOW I BOUGHT
SOME LAND UP NEAR SUGAR LOAF.
IT'S GOT A LAKE ON IT.
AND I'M WILLING
TO GIVE YOU THAT
IN PAYMENT OF OUR DEBT.
- CAM!
- IT'S ALL RIGHT, LIDDY.
CAN'T BE HELPED.
- UP NEAR SUGAR LOAF?
- MM-HMM.
- CAM, YOU DON'T MEAN
THAT PIECE OF MARSHLAND
JED MILLER'S
BEEN TRYING TO PALM OFF
ON PEOPLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS?
- THAT'S THE PLACE.
- [laughs]
- THAT'S GOT 30 ACRES
NOT EVEN COUNTING THE LAKE.
- OH, CAM.
WHY I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU $100
FOR THE WHOLE THING.
NO, SIR.
NOT IF YOU WAS TO THROW
IN THAT CURSED BEAR
SKINNED AND CURED,
I WOULDN'T.
[chuckles]
- WE'LL BE OUT OF THE HOUSE
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
THE PLACE IS ALL YOURS.
- WELL, NOW, CAM,
I'VE GOT A PERFECT RIGHT TO--
- YES, SIR,
YOU'VE GOT A RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT
OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
THAT'S YOUR CHAPTER AND VERSE
AND YOUR TABLET
OF COMMANDMENTS.
- NOW CAM, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS
FOR A GOOD MANY YEARS--
- AW, NO, WE HAVEN'T.
DOANE, YOU HAVEN'T
GOT ANY FRIENDS.
ALL YOU GOT IS THEM COINS
YOU LOVE TO JINGLE
IN YOUR POCKET.
- GOOD DAY, LIDDY.
- WELL, SAY IT.
GO ON. SAY IT.
I SHOULD HAVE KEPT
WHAT WAS LEFT
OF THE FUR MONEY
AND PAID HIM OFF
INSTEAD OF BUYING A LAKE
FOR THE GEESE.
SAY IT.
I'M A BORN FOOL FULL
OF CRAZY IDEAS.
- YOU'RE GONNA LET THE WHISKEY
DO THE TALKING FOR YOU
BEFORE YOU EVEN DRINK IT?
- WELL, YOU JUST HEARD ME,
DIDN'T YOU?
I TOLD HIM WE'D BE
OUT OF HERE IN THE MORNING.
- ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE'LL BE OUT.
- AND GO WHERE?
- WELL, YOU'VE GOT 30 ACRES,
AIN'T YOU?
YOU GOT TWO HANDS.
YOU CAN BUILD A CABIN,
CAN'T YOU?
YOU AND BUCKY COULD EVEN BUILD
A BETTER ONE THAN THIS.
COULDN'T YOU?
WELL, COULDN'T YOU?
- I COULD.
YES, BY THE ALMIGHTY,
WE COULD.
- WELL, IT'S SETTLED THEN.
SO DRINK UP.
AND I'LL HAVE ONE WITH YOU.
- I'M ALL THROUGH WITH THAT.
I'M THROUGH
WITH DOANE SHATTUCK.
THE MONEY CHANGERS.
THE FUR MARKET.
LIDDY, WE'RE GONNA START
ALL OVER AGAIN
OUT BY THE LAKE.
LIDDY, I'M GONNA BUILD
YOU A CABIN
FIT FOR THE QUEEN YOU ARE.
WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD
I EVER DO WITHOUT YOU?
- THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SOMETIMES I WONDER MYSELF.
- [whistling melodically]
[dog barks]
- I'M OKAY, BOY.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND.
- GO ON HOME, SOUNDER!
- THANKS.
MORNING, MA'AM.
MORNING.
DELL FRASIER'S THE NAME.
YOU'RE CAM CALLOWAY,
AREN'T YOU?
- UH-HUH.
- WELL, WE'VE NEVER MET,
BUT I'VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT YOU.
- OH.
- SAY, I'VE SEEN YOU
IN TOWN, HAVEN'T I?
- DON'T REMEMBER RIGHTLY.
MIGHT BE.
- [chuckles]
YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN OUT
TO THIS LAKE.
SURE IS A PRETTY SPOT.
MIND IF I TAKE SOME PICTURES?
- NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
- I'VE BEEN DOING
WATER BIRDS MOSTLY.
ONLY THING THAT
TAKES MY MIND OFF BUSINESS.
UM, WILD GOOSE.
- OH.
- HEY.
HEY, YOU CAUGHT HIM JUST RIGHT,
MISTER.
THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE.
- OH, YOU CAN HAVE 'EM.
I GOT MORE OF 'EM.
YEAH, I THINK I'LL COME BACK
HERE IN THE FALL.
THEY SAY YOU MIGHT BE
SETTING UP A SANCTUARY.
- WHO SAID THAT?
- ALF SIMES.
ALF'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER--
IT'S NOT A SECRET OR ANYTHING.
- [chuckles]
NOT IF ALF SIMES KNOWS IT,
IT AIN'T.
- GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHERE--WHERE DO THEY COME IN,
MR. CALLOWAY?
- OH, THEY COME IN ALL OVER.
SOME OVER SWIFTWATER.
SOME OF 'EM OUT HERE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA
GET A FEW THIS YEAR.
REST OF 'EM WILL
COME ALONG IN TIME.
- WELL, I SURE HOPE
I'M IN TOWN
WHEN THEY COME IN THIS YEAR.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SOUND OF
THESE BIRDS JUST--
[grunts]
[chuckles]
- WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME
TO COME OUT HERE, MISTER,
BUT THERE'S NO SAYING
THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN.
- WELL, DIDN'T ALF TELL ME
YOU COULD BRING 'EM DOWN?
- WELL, THAT MIGHT BE
NEXT YEAR MAYBE.
- WHY NOT THIS?
- WELL, 'CAUSE IT TAKES
A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY
TO SET THINGS UP,
YOU KNOW?
- OH, MONEY, EH?
MONEY, MONEY.
MONEY'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM,
ISN'T IT?
- SURELY IS.
- WELL, MAYBE SOMETHING GOOD
WILL TURN UP.
- YEAH.
- HEY, YOU EVER HEAR
OF E.J. FLETCHER?
- CAN'T SAY I HAVE.
- WELL, HE'S MY BOSS.
HE OWNS JUST ABOUT HALF
THE REAL ESTATE IN VERMONT.
HE'S ALWAYS CONTRIBUTING
TO THINGS.
WHY DON'T I GET HIM
TO SEND YOU A FEW DOLLARS
FOR YOUR SANCTUARY?
- I AIN'T FIGURED ON ANYBODY--
- WHAT'LL IT TAKE
TO GET YOU STARTED?
COUPLE HUNDRED?
- OH, THAT'D BE MORE THAN
PLENTY, BUT--
- YOU LET ME TRY.
CAN'T DO ANY HARM, EH?
WELL, BEEN NICE MEETING YOU,
GENTLEMEN.
AND YOU'LL BE HEARING
FROM MR. FLETCHER.
I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE IT.
GOOD DAY AGAIN, MA'AM.
- PA, DO YOU THINK
HE MEANS IT?
- HE MIGHT.
MIGHT.
I'LL HELP.
- I CAN MANAGE.
YOU GO ON BACK AND PLANT
YOUR CORN FOR YOUR GEESE.
- LIDDY--
- OH, GO ON.
YOU WON'T REST TILL EVERY
KERNEL'S IN THE GROUND ANYWAY.
NEVER MIND THERE'S
NO ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
- WELL, NOW ME AND BUCK'S
FIXING TO PUT IN
ANOTHER ROW OF TIMBERS
TOMORROW.
- TOMORROW?
IT'S ALWAYS TOMORROW.
EVER SINCE YOU GOT THE MONEY
FOR THAT CORN,
THERE'S NOT BEEN A LICK OF WORK
DONE AROUND HERE TODAY.
- LIDDY, I'VE BEEN--
- PLENTY OF WORK
FOR THE GEESE THOUGH.
- I'VE BEEN THINKING
I NEVER
SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU UP HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT'S JUST TOO LONELY
FOR A WOMAN.
- THE GOOD BOOK SAYS,
"WHITHER THOU GOEST, I WILL GO.
AND WHERE THOU LODGEST,
I WILL LODGE."
- RUTH 1:16.
- ALL I'M ASKING
IS A PLACE TO LODGE.
THAT'S LITTLE ENOUGH,
ISN'T IT?
JUST A PLACE TO KEEP
THE COLD AND THE WIND OUT!
[bluegrass music playing]
- THERE THEY ARE, FOLKS.
ALL TOGETHER NOW.
- * WE'RE GONNA ROLL
UP OUR SLEEVES *
* AND RAISE UP A CABIN
* GONNA ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES
* AND GET IT UPRIGHT
* WITH LOTS OF SOLID PINE
* IT'LL STAND
TILL THE END OF TIME *
* AND WE'LL HAVE HER UP
BY SUNDOWN TONIGHT *
* WE'RE GONNA ROLL UP
OUR SLEEVES *
* AND BUILD UP A CHIMNEY
* GONNA CUT OUT SOME WINDOWS
* PUT IN A DOOR
* PUT PLANK DOWN ON FLOOR
* YOU CAN WALK FOREVER MORE
* AND WE'LL HAVE HER UP
BY SUNDOWN TONIGHT *
* WE'RE GONNA ROLL UP
OUR SLEEVES *
* AND RAISE UP A CABIN
* GONNA HOIST UP THE RAFTERS
* NAIL 'EM DOWN TIGHT
* THEN AFTER WE'RE THROUGH
* WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO
* WE'RE GONNA
RAISE A ROOF TONIGHT *
[laughter]
- WE HEARD YOU STARTED
A HOUSE UP HERE, CAM.
WE COME TO FINISH IT.
- COME ON, LET'S GET STARTED.
[overlapping dialogue]
- NO, FELLAS, NOT THERE.
RIGHT OVER HERE.
[indistinct chatter]
- [gasps]
CAM!
- EASY DOES IT.
THAT'S IT.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST FINE.
- COME AND GET IT!
[bangs pan]
COME AND GET IT!
[indistinct chatter]
- COME ON, AREN'T YOU GONNA
COME IN AND DANCE WITH ME?
- DANCE?
AFTER THE DAY I PUT IN?
- OH, COME ON.
YOU DON'T NEED THAT FOOD.
- OH, I DON'T WANT TO.
- COME ON, THE MUSIC'S GREAT.
COME ON, PLEASE?
- YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
THE LOGS I CARRIED.
- I DID.
I SAW EVERY ONE OF THEM.
- OH, MY BACK.
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat old-time music]
[rhythmic clapping]
[music end,
cheers and applause]
- HEY, EVERYBODY,
WHY DON'T WE
HAVE A RHYME-AROUND?
[cheers and applause]
- A RHYME-AROUND?
YOU ASKED FOR IT NOW.
NOW DON'T NOBODY HOLD BACK
ANY HOT FOOD.
[old-time music plays]
- * NOW'S THE TIME
TO RHYME AROUND *
* EVERYONE GETS A TRY
* EVERYONE TELLS
ON EVERYONE ELSE *
* AIN'T NO USE BEING SHY
* RHYME AROUND RHYME AROUND
* WHO WE GONNA RHYME AROUND
* COULD BE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO *
* SOMEONE NEW EACH TIME AROUND
[clapping rhythmically]
[indistinct chatter]
- HEY, I GOT ONE!
I GOT ONE!
- WHO? ME?
NO, NO.
OH, NO.
- * ED PARKER
HE DON'T HEAR SO GOOD *
* BUT STILL
HE'S MIGHTY CHEERFUL *
* WHEN HE SEES A PRETTY GIRL
* HE WANTS AN EYEFUL
* NOT AN EARFUL
[laughter]
*
- OOH!
SAY, I GOT ONE!
I GOT ONE!
- WELL, GO AHEAD.
- GO TO BED?
- GO AHEAD!
- OH, "GO AHEAD."
[laughter]
- WHO IS IT?
WHO IS IT?
- OH, CAM.
GET CAM.
- OH, CAM.
- GO ON, PA. GO ON.
*
- * NOW CAM HAS TRAPPED
A LOT OF FUR *
* AIN'T NEVER
SEEN NONE PRETTIER *
* BUT THE PRETTIEST
HER HE EVER CAUGHT *
* WAS A LITTLE GIRL
NAMED LYDIA *
[laughter]
- * RHYME AROUND RHYME AROUND
* WHO WE GONNA RHYME AROUND
* COULD BE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO *
* SOMEONE NEW
EACH TIME AROUND *
- WELL, MA, WE'RE ALONE.
- [gasps]
- OH, I GOT ONE.
- I GOT AN IDEA.
DO ONE ON HIM.
- I GOT ONE ON ALF SIMES.
- OH, NO, YOU AIN'T.
I AIN'T GETTING OUT
OF THIS CHAIR!
NOW, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NOW GET SOMEBODY ELSE.
NO!
OH!
*
- ALL RIGHT.
* ALF SIMES KNOWS
A THING OR TWO *
* WE HAVE ALL DISCOVERED
* WHICH ONLY PROVES
THAT YOU CAN'T JUDGE *
* A BOOK BY HOW IT'S COVERED
- * RHYME AROUND RHYME AROUND
* WHO WE GONNA RHYME AROUND
* COULD BE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO *
* SOMEONE NEW EACH TIME
AROUND *
[laughter]
- I GOT ONE, I THINK.
GET BUCKY IN HERE.
- COME ON, SON.
NO, YOU GO ON IN THERE NOW.
*
- * OUTSIDE IN THE PINEY WOODS
* A LOVER'S MOON IS BLAZING
* NOW IF BUCKY HERE
TOOK BRIDIE THERE *
* WE'D HAVE ANOTHER
CABIN RAISIN' *
[laughter]
*
AND DON'T COME BACK!
[laughs]
- LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT?
- BUCKY, LET'S TAKE A WALK.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
PLEASE?
BUCKY, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
RIGHT THIS MINUTE.
WHAT DID I DO?
- NOTHING.
- WELL, I KNOW
IT'S SOMETHING.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE STORE,
ALL YOU SAY IS,
"I'LL TAKE MA'S MAIL,"
AND GO.
BUCKY, WHY DON'T YOU EVER COME
OVER TO MY HOUSE?
- I WAS THERE ONCE.
- WHEN?
- LOOK, BRIDIE,
LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT.
LET'S JUST SAY I'VE
BEEN BUSY WORKING WITH PA.
- WELL, WERE YOU SO BUSY THAT--
- YES!
YES, I WAS.
WE'RE PLANTING
THIS WHOLE PLACE TO CORN.
- I HEARD ABOUT THE CORN.
- HEARD WHAT?
- NOTHING.
- THEY'RE TALKING
IN THE VILLAGE, AREN'T THEY?
- BUCKY--
- SURE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE LAUGHING,
AREN'T THEY?
- YES.
YES, THEY ARE.
THE WHOLE VILLAGE.
OH, BUCKY, WHY DID YOU PLANT
IN A CRAZY PLACE LIKE THIS?
IN A MARSH?
- WELL YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD
AND LAUGH TOO.
- I DON'T WANT TO LAUGH,
BUCKY.
I WANT TO TELL 'EM
THAT YOU AND CAM
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
THAT THERE'S A REASON.
- YOU THINK WE CARE
WHAT THE VILLAGE THINKS?
- I CARE, BUCKY.
BUCKY, WHAT'S HAPPENED
BETWEEN US?
USED TO BE WE COULD
TALK ANYTHING.
NOTHING TO HIDE.
- MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
TO HIDE ON BOTH SIDES.
- WHAT COULD I HIDE
FROM YOU?
- NOTHING. NOTHING.
EXCEPT...OTHER COMPANY
YOU BEEN KEEPING.
- OTHER COMPANY?
- WHIT TURNER!
- BUCKY!
- I SAW YOU!
ONE NIGHT RIGHT
AFTER CHRISTMAS,
I CAME OVER
TO YOUR PLACE.
YOU WERE DANCING WITH HIM
RIGHT IN THE WINDOW.
- WHIT TURNER?
- SO CLOSE YOU COULDN'T
PUT A DOG'S EAR
IN BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.
- BUCKY CALLOWAY,
WHIT CAME BY TO SEE PA
ABOUT BUYING A USED OUTBOARD.
WHILE HE WAS WAITING,
HE ASKED ME
COULD I TEACH HIM DANCING.
- WELL, IT DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE YOU MINDED TOO MUCH.
- WELL, I COULDN'T VERY WELL
THROW HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
- LOOKED TO ME LIKE
YOU WERE ENJOYING ALL THAT
CLOSE-UP FANCY NUZZLING.
- BUCKY, STOP THAT!
- LOOKED TO ME LIKE
DANCE TEACHING'S
ABOUT THE BEST THING YOU DO!
ALL RIGHT THEN.
YOU CAN GIVE ME A LESSON
IF YOU CAN SPARE THE TIME.
I SAID GIVE ME A LESSON!
BRIDIE.
- I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN WHIT TURNER, BUCKY.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN ANYONE BUT YOU.
I NEVER HAVE BEEN
AND I NEVER WILL.
I GUESS I DON'T KNOW YOU
AS WELL AS I ALWAYS FIGURED.
[sobbing]
I'M SORRY!
[dog barks]
[indistinct chatter]
- BYE, PA!
[dog barks]
- COME ON, SOUNDER.
YOU STAY HERE.
SOUNDER, COME ON!
SOUNDER!
- LIDDY, THEY'RE READY.
WON'T BE LONG NOW.
- WHAT'S THAT THING?
- FELLA SAYS
IT'S A DUCK BLIND.
- WHAT?
- A DUCK BLIND
FOR SHOOTING DUCKS.
- WHY'S IT PAINTED LIKE THAT?
- HE SAYS SO THE DUCKS
CAN'T SEE IT.
- OH, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
IF I CAN SEE IT,
THE DUCKS CAN SEE IT.
ANY FOOL CAN SEE IT.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
- SURE.
- [chuckles]
- AH, GOOD MORNING,
MR. SIMES.
- OH, IS THIS A SAMPLE
OF WHAT YOU'RE
GONNA DO FOR SWIFTWATER?
- OH, THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.
YOU GONNA BE THERE?
- I SURE AM, SON.
I SURE AM.
- AH, GOOD.
CAMP'S AT THE NORTH END
OF THE LAKE.
NOW YOU FOLLOW US.
WELL, EVERYTHING'S READY
TO ROLL, MR. FLETCHER.
- SET IT UP?
- YES, SIR.
THERE'S GONNA BE A MEETING
TONIGHT AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSE.
THAT'LL START THINGS ROLLING.
- APPEARS LIKE THERE'S MORE
TO OUR DELL FRASIER
THAN JUST HOT AIR.
- OH!
[sighs]
- HUH?
- DON'T TELL ME THE DUCKS
CAN'T SEE THAT CONTRAPTION.
- MORNING, BUCKY.
HOW'S YOUR MA?
- I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY CAN'T SEE 'EM.
[doorbell rings]
- MR. MELLOTT.
MA WOULD BE OBLIGED IF
YOU'D FILL OUT THIS LIST.
- I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN JUST A MINUTE, BUCKY.
- I'LL WAIT ON HIM, PA.
- OH, OKAY.
- MA'D BE OBLIGED IF
YOU'D FILL OUT THIS LIST.
- HEY, BUCKY.
BETTER STOCK UP
WITH SOME SHOTGUN SHELLS.
THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY
OF GOOSE HUNTING PRETTY SOON.
- NEVER MIND THAT, WHIT.
HERE'S YOUR CHANGE.
- OH, YEAH.
THANK YOU.
- BUCKY, I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU.
- HEY, YOU COMING
TO THE MEETING TONIGHT, BUCKY?
- WHAT MEETING?
- HE DOESN'T KNOW.
WELL, TELL HIM, JIM.
- HE'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH.
- WHAT MEETING, MR. MELLOTT?
- WELL, DELL FRASIER'S
SORT OF ORGANIZED
A DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
HE'S GONNA REBUILD
SWIFTWATER.
- GONNA TURN THE WHOLE VILLAGE
OVER TO GOOSE HUNTING.
- MR. FRASIER?
- SURE.
HE SAYS AS SOON
AS THE GEESE
START COMING DOWN,
OUR BANK ACCOUNTS
ARE GONNA GO UP.
- WELL, THAT'S NOT SO.
MR. FRASIER'S HELPING
WITH THE SANCTUARY.
HE'S FOR PROTECTING
THE GEESE.
- HE'S FOR PROTECTING
DELL FRASIER.
- NOW WHIT, LOOK,
YOU GOT YOUR THINGS.
NOW WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO?
- YEAH, OKAY.
[doorbell rings]
I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING,
OLLIE.
THAT LAKE
THAT BUCKY'S PA HAS GOT
IS THE BEST PLACE ANYWHERE
FOR SHOOTING GEESE.
NOW YOU DON'T THINK OLD
PA CALLOWAY
HAD SOMETHING COOKING
ALL ALONG?
- HEY, YEAH,
I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.
- YES, SIR.
MAYBE CRAZY OLD CAM AIN'T
AS CRAZY AS WE FIGURED.
I BET EVEN MONEY
HE AND DELL FRASIER
WERE WORKING A NICE LITTLE DEAL
ON THE SIDE.
- LIKE SELLING THE LAKE
TO THE COMMITTEE
AND MAKING THEMSELVES A NICE
HEALTHY PIECE OF CHANGE?
- YES, SIR.
OH, I BET HE'S GONNA
CASH IN ON THE GEESE,
BUT LOOKS LIKE OLD PA CALLOWAY'S
GONNA CASH IN FIRST.
[chuckles]
[groans]
YOU GOT TO GET YOUR LUMPS ONCE
THIS SEASON, DON'T YOU?
- MAKE IT SNAPPY, WHIT.
WE GOT WORK TO DO.
- YEAH, YEAH.
YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING, HUH?
WELL, LET'S SEE
JUST HOW GOOD YOU ARE.
- HE WAS LUCKY, WHIT.
NOW TAKE HIM.
WELL, DON'T KEEP PLAYING
WITH HIM, WHIT.
NOW NAIL HIM GOOD.
YOU STAND STILL.
MAKE HIM STAND STILL, WHIT.
TAKE HIM, WHIT.
TAKE HIM.
NOW GET HIM.
- [breathing heavily]
- HOW ABOUT THAT, ALF?
- I'LL GET THE RIG
AND DRIVE YOU HOME.
- YEAH.
GOT TO SEE PA.
[geese honking]
- HEY.
HEY.
HEY!
[laughs]
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
- NOW ALL WE NEED
IS SOME GEESE.
- WHEN DO THEY COME IN?
- OH, ANYTIME NOW--
TODAY, TOMORROW.
ANYTIME.
- YOU LIKE THE LOOKS
OF THIS PROPERTY, DOUG?
- VERY PROMISING,
IF YOU CAN BUY IT
AT A REASONABLE PRICE
AND IF MR. FRASER
IS CORRECT ABOUT GOOSE HUNTING
BEING SUCH AN ATTRACTION.
- IF.
YEAH, A LOT OF IFS
IN THIS SCHEME.
- OH, IT'LL PAY OFF,
MR. FLETCHER.
I GUARANTEE IT.
THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF
THE BIGGEST RESORT AREAS
IN THE EAST.
- WHAT IF THE BIRDS
DON'T COME DOWN, FRASER?
- OH.
[chuckles]
THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN.
I'M SURE OF THAT.
- YEAH, WELL,
I'M NOT SO SURE.
- EH?
- ALL DEPENDS ON SOME
BACKWARDS CHARACTER
AND A PATCH OF CORN.
- OH, THEY'RE GONNA--
[geese honking sounds play]
HELLO THERE,
MR. CALLOWAY.
SAY, I WAS JUST THINKING
ABOUT COMING OVER
TO TALK TO YOU.
MR. FLETCHER,
THIS IS MR. CAMERON CALLOWAY,
THE MAN THAT KNOWS
ABOUT THE GEESE.
- WELL, MR. CALLOWAY,
I'VE BEEN ANXIOUS TO MEET YOU
EVER SINCE MR. FRASER
TOLD ME ABOUT YOU.
[goose sounds stop]
- YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
TO ME, MR. FRASER?
- WELL, I HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY TO YOU.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT TO SAY
TO ME, MR. FRASER,
AFTER FILLING ME UP
WITH YOUR LIES?
TELLING ME ABOUT HOW YOU WAS
ALL FOR PROTECTING THE BIRDS.
- HE IS. WE ALL ARE.
A LITTLE THINNING
OF THE FLOCKS EVERY YEAR
KEEPS THEM IN BALANCE.
- THINNING?
WHAT, WITH THEM FANCY
PUMP GUNS
AND CONTRAPTIONS LIKE THAT?
WITH YOUR KIND OF THINNING,
THERE WOULDN'T BE A GOOSE LEFT
BETWEEN HERE AND CANADA
IN TWO SEASONS.
- WELL, LET'S CALM DOWN.
HERE, HAVE A DRINK.
LET'S LOOK AT THIS THING
FROM OUR ANGLE.
- WELL, I KNOW
WHAT YOUR ANGLE IS.
MONEY, AIN'T IT?
MONEY.
FIRST AND LAST.
HUNTERS' PARADISE.
GET THE LAND CHEAP
AND SELL IT HIGH.
WELL, NOW SUPPOSING
YOUR WHOLE SCHEME
GOT BLOWED SKY HIGH?
SUPPOSING THEM GEESE
DON'T COME DOWN.
- WELL, NOW, UH...
[chuckles]
LISTEN HERE, MR. CALLOWAY,
YOU KNOW,
THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY
IN THIS THING
FOR YOU TOO, HUH?
YOU KNOW?
- THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
TO DEAL WITH YOUR KIND.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
- NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
- THE GEESE AIN'T COMING DOWN
THIS YEAR, MR. FRASER.
NOT THIS YEAR,
THEY AIN'T.
- CALLOWAY.
YOU OWE ME $200.
- WELL, YOU'LL GET PAID BACK
EVERY CENT, MR. BUSINESSMAN.
AND YOU ADD THAT
TO MY BILL.
[dramatic music]
*
- BUCKY, THE CORN!
- PA!
PA, WE WORKED SO HARD.
- LEAVE IT BE, SON.
THE FLAMES OF HELL
ARE CONFOUNDING
THE WAYS OF THE WICKED.
- CAM! CAM, WAIT!
CAM, DON'T! CAM!
- PUT DOWN YOUR BUCKET NOW,
LIDDY.
- CAM!
CAM, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL,
BUT THINK,
THIS AIN'T THE WAY.
CAM.
- JUDGE NOT THAT YOU BE
NOT JUDGED.
- LEAVE HIM BE, BUCKY.
IT'S NO USE NOW.
- MODERATOR, ALF SIMES
IS JUST TALKING GENERALITIES.
HE'S NOT SAID ONE WORD
SPECIFIC TO THE ISSUE.
- I HAVEN'T?
- NO, YOU HAVEN'T.
- WELL, IF YOU WILL LISTEN
INSTEAD OF--
[overlapping shouting]
[gavel banging]
- LET'S CONDUCT THIS MEETING
IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER.
NOW DOANE, YOU SIT DOWN.
ALF STILL HAS THE FLOOR.
- ALL RIGHT,
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU FOLKS ARE HINDSIGHTED
JUST LIKE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN.
ALL YOU WANT IS THE HUNTERS
TO COME IN HERE
AND DROP A LITTLE MONEY
IN THE CASH REGISTER.
NEVER MIND WHAT IT DOES
TO THE TOWN.
NEVER MIND THAT THE LAKEFRONT
LOOKS LIKE A--
LIKE A BIG HOT DOG STAND.
MONEY IS ALL THAT COUNTS.
NOW WE'RE ASKING OUR GOVERNMENT
TO TURN OUR TOWNSHIP
INTO A SANCTUARY
FOR THE GEESE.
NOW MOST OF YOU HERE
HAVE GOT A PIECE OR TWO
OF GOOD MARSHLAND
THAT WE COULD SELL
TO THE GOVERNMENT
AT A FAIR PRICE.
BUT THAT'LL BE DEPRIVING
MR. DELL FRASER
AND HIS BOSS AT BILLINGTON.
'CAUSE ONCE THE GOVERNMENT
GETS THE LAND,
THEN THEY COULDN'T BUY IT
AND CASH IN ON IT.
- MR. MODERATOR.
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
- MR. FRASER.
- YOU KNOW, ALF IS RIGHT.
YOU SELL YOUR PROPERTY
TO THE GOVERNMENT,
YOU'RE GONNA GET ONE PRICE
FOR IT AND THAT'S THAT.
OUR WAY THE MONEY KEEPS
ROLLING IN YEAR AFTER YEAR.
YOU FOLKS WANT TO STAY PUT
IN YOUR HORSE AND BUGGY,
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
ONLY OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
SEES SOMETHING BETTER
FOR SWIFTWATER.
NOW OUR PLAN--
- NOW JUST A MINUTE, DELL.
WAIT DO YOU MEAN THE MONEY
KEEPS ROLLING IN?
- I WAS JUST COMING TO THAT.
NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE
TO EACH AND EVERY ONE
IN THIS TOWN--GIVE MIND YOU--
TEN SHARES OF STOCK.
TEN FULL SHARES OF PROGRESS.
- PROGRESS?
WHICH WAY?
- FORWARD WITHOUT GOVERNMENT
INTERFERENCE.
- I SAW THE WAY YOU LOOKED--
[overlapping shouting]
- I STILL GOT THE FLOOR!
- YOU'VE HAD THE FLOOR
FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF
AND HAVEN'T DONE
A THING WITH IT.
GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE A CHANCE.
[overlapping shouting]
[geese honking]
[gunshots]
- THE VILLAGE
DIDN'T WASTE MUCH TIME.
THEY'RE ALREADY SHOOTING
OVER SWIFTWATER LAKE.
- IF YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR PA,
THAT'S MOST LIKELY
WHERE HE'LL BE.
[gunshots continue]
- [laughing]
- OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL.
- [laughs]
- STOP IT!
STOP IT! STOP IT!
- WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING?
- HEY, HEY, WHAT'S THE IDEA?
[gunshot]
- PA!
- NO.
- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
- PA!
- YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED, PHIL.
- PA!
- HE GRABBED THE GUN.
- HE'S HURT BAD.
- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
- HELP ME!
- GIVE A HAND HERE.
LET'S GET HIM TO THE CAR.
EASY.
[bird cawing]
- NOW YOU BE STILL, YOU HEAR?
- HE'S ALL RIGHT, BUCKY.
LEAVE HIM BE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT
IF YOU FOLKS GO ALONG.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD
YOUR SUPPER YET.
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT, LIDDY,
WE'D JUST AS SOON STAY HERE.
- GO AHEAD, MAMA,
I'LL STAY.
- LIDDY, ARE YOU SURE
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO?
- NO.
- COME ALONG THEN, SARAH.
ALF SIMES HAS CALLED
ANOTHER MEETING FOR TONIGHT,
AND I WANT TO BE THERE.
- EVERYTHING
FOR THOSE GEESE.
EVERYTHING.
- TAIN'T FAIR.
WE HEARD EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT
TO SAY LAST NIGHT, ALF SIMES.
WE GOT A RIGHT TO SELL
OUR PROPERTY IF WE WANT TO.
- YES, YOU HAVE.
AND CAM CALLOWAY'D
BE THE FIRST MAN TO SAY SO.
CAM WAS ALWAYS ONE
FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
I WAS WALKING IN THE WOODS
WITH CAM ONE TIME.
THERE WAS A BIG SNAKE
SUNNING HIMSELF ON A ROCK.
I WANTED TO GET
A STICK AND KILL IT,
BUT CAM SAID NO.
THAT SNAKE WAS PART
OF THE SCHEME OF THINGS
IN THE WOODS
AND HAD AS MUCH RIGHT
TO BE THERE AS ME AND HIM.
CAM KNEW A LOT ABOUT RIGHTS.
EVEN YOURS, DOANE SHATTUCK.
WELL, WHAT DOES
A MAN HAVE TO DO,
GET HIMSELF KILLED
TO SHOW THIS TOWN
WHICH WAY TO GO?
I GUESS MAYBE HE DOES.
HOW MUCH MORE TIME I GOT,
MR. MODERATOR?
- ONE MORE MINUTE, AL.
- WELL, I GUESS I'VE SAID
ALL I COULD ABOUT THE PETITION.
NOW IF IT'S ALL RIGHT
WITH YOU FOLKS,
WE'LL JUST GIVE THIS NEXT
MINUTE TO CAM CALLOWAY,
NOT DISCUSSING,
NOT VOTING.
THOSE OF YOU THAT'S
GOT A MIND TO PRAY
CAN DO A LITTLE PRAYING.
THE REST OF YOU
CAN DO A LITTLE THINKING
ABOUT CAM CALLOWAY.
[dog whimpering]
- I'LL BE BACK AT 8:00.
YOUR MA KNOWS WHAT TO DO
TILL THEN.
- DOC?
- I CAN'T TELL YOU
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUCKY.
YOUR PA'S TOUGH,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SHOT
IN A 10 GAUGE.
HE MOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SEEMS LIKE HE WAS TRYING
TO COME BACK
FROM A LONG WAYS OFF
AND START FIGHTING.
WISH I COULD TELL YOU
SOMETHING MORE.
HE'S GOT INDIAN BLOOD
IN HIM NOW.
THAT OUGHTA COUNT
FOR SOMETHING.
[geese honking]
[geese honking outside]
- CAM. CAM.
CAM.
[sobbing]
[dog whimpering]
- TAKE IT EASY NOW.
QUIT YOUR--
- [sobbing]
- DIDN'T I TELL YOU
I'D NEVER LEAVE YOU, HUH?
[dog barks]
- [sobbing]
- YOUR MA'S HAVING
ONE OF HER HAPPY CRIES.
HEAR THEM GEESE, SON?
- I SURE DO, PA.
- GO ON OUT THERE
AND SEE HOW IT'S WORKING.
SEE IF THEY'RE
GETTING ANY CORN.
- HE HEARD THE GEESE.
HE'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
ALF, HE'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
- MORNING, CAM.
- MORNING, ALF.
- IT WORKED, PA!
THEY'RE COMING IN.
- TOWN MEETING
LASTED ALL NIGHT.
IT'S DECIDED.
EVERYBODY, IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
THERE IT IS.
PETITION FOR NEW SANCTUARY.
- DOANE SHATTUCK.
- I WORE HIM DOWN.
- [chuckles]
THANKS, ALF.
- WELL, I'LL FIX US SOME
HOT COFFEE.
[geese honking]
- LISTEN TO THAT, ALF.
SURE A POWERFUL
PIECE OF MUSIC, ISN'T IT?
[upbeat orchestral music]
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