Blue Valley Songbird (1999) - full transcript
A popular Nashville performer wants national recognition, but is hampered by her controlling boy friend - manager and events from her past. Finally, by turning to her guitarist, she finds the resolve to face her troubles - including her long estranged mother and the death of her estranged father, who had tried to control her career in her early days.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
CUCKOO! CUCKOO!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO!
[ INDISTINCT TALKING
ON POLICE RADIO ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ SIREN WAILING ]
WHO COULD THAT BE?
OFFICER...
BRAGG.
OFFICER, I DID NOT
MISS THAT STOP SIGN.
THAT THING'S
BEEN THERE SINCE --
WELL, LET'S JUST SAY
SINCE YOU WERE A GLINT
IN YOUR DADDY'S EYE.
MM-HMM.
WHERE YOU FROM? YOU'RE NOT
FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YA?
FULTON. MISS...TAYLOR,
YOU RAN THROUGH THE STOP SIGN --
OFFICER, I WAS READIN'
IN PEOPLES DIGEST --
YOU TAKE PEOPLES DIGEST?
IT SAID THOSE RADAR GUNS
CAN CAUSE IMPOTENCE
IF YOU SIT WITH THEM
IN YOUR LAP.
YOU, UH, DON'T SIT WITH IT
IN YOUR LAP, DO YA?
UM...
[ LAUGHS ]
LILA'S YELLIN',
"GET YOUR PHILANDERIN' BUTT
OFF MY PORCH!"
AN OLD 70-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN CAN PACK A WALLOP.
OOH!
Woman: FRANKLIN, SOMETHIN'
YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGET.
WELL, TO LILA --
TO ALL THE LILAS,
YOUNG AND OLD,
MAKIN' SURE
WE NEVER RUN OUT OF SONGS.
YEP.
RIGHT ON, BOBBY.
[ COIN CLATTERS ]
CALL YOU.
I'M OUT.
THREE JACKS.
[ LAUGHS ]
THREE KINGS.
DAMN, BOBBY!
THANK YOU, BOYS.
WHERE DID YOU ALL
DIG HIM UP, ANYWAY?
YOU BEEN WITH THE BAND
THREE MONTHS,
AND ALREADY WIPED OUT
MY LIFE SAVINGS.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
EVENIN', SIR. I WAS JUST --
WELL, MISS TAYLOR WAS JUST --
MM-HMM. LEANNA, BY MY WATCH
YOU GOT ABOUT 12 MINUTES.
HANK HAS PROBABLY
GOT HIS BOXERS IN A TWIST.
WE DON'T WANT THAT,
DO WE?
NO.
COME ON.
Bragg: YES, SIR!
THANK YOU, DARLIN'.
[ SIGHS ]
RUBY,
ONE OF THESE DAYS
THAT WOMAN'S GONNA
GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK.
SIT DOWN, HANK.
SHE'S GOT HER RITUALS.
[ SIGHS ] PEOPLES DIGEST
AIN'T A RITUAL.
I'VE SEEN STRANGER.
ROY USED TO HAVE TO
CHANGE HIS UNDERWEAR
RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
WOULD NOT GO ON STAGE
TILL HE SNUGGED UP
A FRESH PAIR.
[ MEN LAUGHING ]
SHE COULD READ THEM HERE.
AT LEAST I'D KNOW WHERE SHE WAS
30 SECONDS BEFORE
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
ON THE DAMN STAGE.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
THANKS, HANDSOME.
HEY! [ LAUGHS ]
SHE'S HERE!
YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T GONNA SHOW,
DIDN'T YOU?
COME ON. LET'S GO.
[ CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING ]
HEY, HEY, HEY!
HEY, BO!
WELL, JULIE EVERS!
WHERE'S JOE TONIGHT?
HE LET YOU OUT
LOOKIN' LIKE THAT? THAT FOOL!
HEY, THERE.
EXCUSE ME.
COMIN' THROUGH.
Man: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
LEANNA TAYLOR
AND THE BLUE VALLEY RAMBLERS!
HEY, EVERYBODY!
Y'ALL READY FOR ANOTHER
SATURDAY NIGHT AT RUBY'S?
Man: IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
LEANNA!
WELL, NOW, DO I LOOK LIKE
A WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO YOU?
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, ALL RIGHT, THEN!
Hey, honey.
A SOUND CHECK
WOULD'VE BEEN NICE.
OH, JUST PUT THE KNOBS WHERE
YOU HAVE THE LAST 933 TIMES.
HERE'S THE SET LIST.
I THOUGHT WE WERE
DOIN' "BITTERSWEET" TONIGHT.
IF YOU'D BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT
LIKE ME,
YOU'D KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
IN THE MOOD FOR.
DO THE LIST.
ALL RIGHT, HONEY.
Y'ALL READY?
YOU FOLKS READY?!
♪ I HOPE YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY ♪
♪ WITH ANYBODY BUT ME ♪
♪ I WISH YOU
NOTHIN' BUT TROUBLE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IF YOU'VE DECIDED TO LEAVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M JUST NOT LIKE
THOSE HEROES ♪
♪ FIND IN BOOKS AND ON TV ♪
♪ I HOPE YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY ♪
♪ WITH ANYBODY BUT ME... ♪
[ LAUGHS ] SHE IS GONNA
JUMP RIGHT OUT OF THAT DRESS
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS!
KEEPS THEM
COMIN' BACK FOR MORE.
YEAH.
♪ ...I HOPE YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY ♪
♪ NEVER, EVER, EVER HAPPY ♪
♪ WITH ANYBODY BUT ME ♪
YEAH!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Hank: YOU SHOULD BE
DRINKIN' WATER.
IN GERMANY PREGNANT WOMEN
DRINK A BEER EVERY NIGHT --
SOMETHIN' TO DO
WITH THE MINERALS.
I WAS TALKIN'
TO LEANNA.
I DON'T DRINK WATER.
I CAN SMELL.
TALK TO THE CITY,
DON'T TALK TO ME.
WE GOT A LONG WEEKEND
AHEAD OF US.
I JUST DON'T WANT
YOUR VOICE FROGGIN' UP.
RIBBIT!
RIBBIT!
[ LAUGHS ]
Hank: YOU BOYS,
THE WAY YOU SOUND,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL
GO ON DRINKIN'.
AMEN TO THAT!
OH, BROTHER!
LEANNA, RUBY,
YOU WANT A COKE?
YOU KNOW HOW MANY CDs
WE SOLD TONIGHT?
THREE.
EVERYBODY THAT WANTS ONE
HAS GOT ONE.
WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA
COME UP WITH ANY NEW MATERIAL,
WE'RE GONNA
BE IN TROUBLE.
WELL, YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE
I'M NOT EVEN TRYIN'.
NEW SONGS DON'T
JUST POP OUT OF THIN AIR.
LOOK, WHATEVER HAS GOT YOU
IN A RUT --
YOU -- YOU --
AW, WHAT'S THE USE?
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO
HIT A COUPLE OF COLLEGE TOWNS
THIS TIME OUT.
I'VE TALKED
TO A FRIEND OF RUBY'S.
SHE'S GOT A CLUB
IN ASHEVILLE.
NOW, WHAT WOULD THOSE KIDS
WANT WITH ME?
I'M NOT EXACTLY
COURTNEY LOVE.
[ LAUGHS ] WELL,
THERE'S AN IDEA.
MAYBE YOU COULD
COVER ONE OF HER SONGS,
LIKE, UH...
"SHE WALKS ON ME"
OR "YOU HIT ME
AND IT FELT LIKE A KISS."
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, AIN'T
WE FULL OF SURPRISES?
WELL, I'M JUST
TRYIN' TO KEEP UP.
[ SIGHS ]
TRYIN' TO KEEP UP.
IT'S KEEPIN' ME DOWN.
♪ TRYIN' TO KEEP UP ♪
♪ IT'S KEEPIN' ME DOWN ♪
♪ TRYIN' TO KEEP UP ♪
♪ IT'S KEEPIN' ME DOWN ♪
♪ Tryin' to keep up ♪
GRASS NEEDS CUTTIN'.
FIRST THING TOMORROW,
HONEY.
[ HUMMING ]
♪ WHEN A FLOWER GROWS WILD ♪
♪ IT CAN ALWAYS SURVIVE ♪
♪ WILDFLOWERS DON'T CARE
WHERE THEY GROW ♪
♪ NO, WILDFLOWERS DON'T CARE
WHERE THEY GROW ♪
[ LEANNA LAUGHS ]
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THAT SONG,
AND I HAVE NEVER LEARNED IT.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
YOU'VE GOTTA DO IT.
Hank: MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO
PLAY A LITTLE MANDOLIN
ON THAT.
NO, I MEAN SHE SHOULD DO IT --
ALONE, JUST LIKE THAT.
REALLY?!
WELL IF YOU WANT TO DO IT,
LEANNA, DO IT.
BUT YOU GOTTA WORK UP
AN ARRANGEMENT, LIKE ALWAYS.
WE GOT A SOUND
PEOPLE EXPECT TO HEAR.
WE AIN'T GONNA START
THROWIN' THEM CHANGE-UPS.
YOU CAN'T GET FASTBALLS
BY THEM FOREVER.
THAT'S NOT
HOW I SEE IT.
WELL, HELL!
THIS BAND AIN'T NOTHIN'
BUT A BUNCH OF KNUCKLE BALLS.
AND BESIDES,
IT THE CURVES THAT GET THEM!
DON'T YOU BOYS
FORGET IT.
MELON, DON'T
LEAVE YOUR WIFE OUT THERE!
ALL RIGHT!
SHE SAID
YOU COULD COME IN.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
JUST GO BACK
IN THE HOUSE.
BOBBY, WE'LL DO IT --
WORK UP AN ARRANGEMENT,
JUST LIKE HANK SAID,
'CAUSE HANK IS RIGHT.
HANKS'S ALWAYS RIGHT!
THAT'S WHY
I KEEP HIM AROUND.
Woman: I JUST DON'T
GOT TIME TO READ.
HEY, YOU THINK
THEY GOT "CLIFF NOTES"
FOR PEOPLES DIGEST?
[ LAUGHS ]
I DON'T THINK SO, HONEY!
OH, THELMA.
I AM GONNA FORWARD THIS NUMBER
TO HANK'S CELL PHONE.
SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING AT ALL,
YOU JUST CALL THE HOUSE HERE.
OH, I NEVER DID
TRUST THOSE THINGS.
MNH-MNH.
LEANNA...
IF MELON WAS TO --
WELL, I MEAN, YOU ARE GONNA
BE AT THAT COLLEGE CLUB,
AND THERE'S GONNA
BE LOTS OF GIRLS.
[ Crying ]
AND I KNOW HOW HE OPERATES.
OH, HONEY, WE'RE ONLY
GONNA BE GONE THREE DAYS.
WELL, IT DIDN'T
TAKE HIM THAT LONG WITH ME!
YOU GOT
NOTHIN' TO WORRY ABOUT.
WHY DON'T YOU
GO ON OUT THERE
AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME
WITH HIM BEFORE WE LEAVE?
AND DO ME A FAVOR --
GIVE THIS TO HANK.
OKAY.
[ SNIFFLES ] OKAY.
HEY, BABY!
HEY, BABY.
DON'T BE IN THE WAY NOW.
HERE YOU GO, HANK.
HMM?
THANK YOU.
THELMA, PLEASE DON'T
STAND RIGHT IN THE WAY.
BABY, MOVE, OR YOU'RE
GONNA GET HURT, NOW.
[ SOBBING ]
OF ALL THE CHICKS
YOU COULD'VE KNOCKED UP.
I DON'T REMEMBER
ASKIN' YOUR OPINION!
THELMA!
THELMA, HONEY,
COME ON, NOW!
[ CELL PHONE RINGS ]
Hank: HELLO?
AW, FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD,
THELMA!
WE HAVEN'T EVEN
CROSSED THE COUNTY LINE YET!
Leanna: HANK,
LET HER TALK A MINUTE!
DOES ANYBODY ELSE
GOTTA TAKE A LEAK?
IT'S ALL YOURS.
THANKS.
Melon: SWEETIE, I WILL CALL YOU
WHEN I GET TO THE MOTEL.
LEANNA, I WAS JUST WONDERIN'.
I GOT THIS TUNE.
I MEAN, IT AIN'T MUCH --
A LITTLE LYRIC AND ALL.
BUT IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHIN' NEW
WE COULD JUST
TOSS OUT THERE.
I WAS WONDERIN'
IF I COULD SHOW IT TO YOU.
YOU KNOW,
JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
HAPPY TO WHAT?
OH, BOBBY'S
WORKIN' ON A SONG.
WE'LL GET TOGETHER LATER.
WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME
BEFORE THE SHOW.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
HEY, BUDDY.
THIS BAND HAS ALREADY
GOT A SONGWRITER.
SURE THING.
LET'S GO BOYS!
SADDLE UP. WE'RE
GONNA HIT THE ROAD.
[ BOBBY HUMMING ]
I WAS THINKIN' HERE
WE COULD SPLIT THE VERSES.
AND I COULD DO
THE FIRST HALF,
IF IT'S OKAY,
AND YOU'D SING THE SECOND HALF.
AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK IN
TOGETHER ON THE CHORUS.
YEAH. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO
HAVE SOME LYRICS, DO YA?
UH!
WELL, JUST LIKE
HE WAS READY FOR THIS!
[ LAUGHS ] I'VE EVEN GOT
THE CHANGES IN HERE FOR YOU.
OH, WELL,
GOOD FOR YOU!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
SHOW ME BUT ONCE.
THEY SAY I'M A QUICK STUDY.
[ LAUGHS ] THEY SAY!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ STRUMMING GUITAR ]
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
IT'S PRETTY.
IS THIS MY PART?
♪ AND I KNOW MY HEART IS -- ♪
IS THAT "CALLING"?
[ Laughing ] YEAH.
YOU DON'T
WRITE VERY PLAIN.
THAT'S WHY
I NEED YOUR HELP.
♪ I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
OH, THAT'S NICE!
♪ DOES YOUR HEART FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ HMM-MMM ♪
♪ IT COULD BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
♪ HMM-MMM ♪
♪ IS IT RACING AND WILL NOT SLOW
UP? ♪
Yes.
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN'
WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
OH, THAT'S
GONNA BE NICE!
I'M PLAYIN'
WITH A REAL STAR.
[ Laughing ] A STAR?!
DON'T BE USING THAT WORD
AROUND RUBY.
SHE'LL THINK
I'M BUCKING FOR A RAISE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU
NEVER GOT PICKED UP
BY A RECORD LABEL.
WELL,
THAT'S A LITTLE LIKE
WONDERIN'
WHY A GOOD-LOOKIN' GUY
IS STILL
RUNNIN' AROUND TOWN SINGLE.
SO WE BOTH
SING THIS PART, RIGHT?
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ THE BEST I CAN TELL ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN' THOUGHTS
THAT I NEVER PONDERED ♪
♪ AND I'M FEELIN'
LIKE I NEVER FELT ♪
DO YOU GIRLS
LIKE TEQUILA?
HEY! STICKS. STAGE.
AW, NOW?!
♪ EXCITEMENT AND PURE ECSTASY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
COME ON, LET'S GO.
WE'RE UP.
YOU'RE GOING
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I GOTTA GET MY SHIRT!
[ CELL PHONE RINGING ]
WELL, JUST TELL HER
I'M IN THE CAN.
YEAH, AND SHE'S GONNA
WANT TO TALK TO ME,
AND I CANNOT TALK!
THELMA! LOOK, HE'S
NOT MESSIN' AROUND ON YA.
HE'S SLEEPIN'
IN THE CAR TONIGHT.
EXCUSE ME?
UH, YES, MA'AM.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
LEANNA,
IT'S YOUR MOTHER.
YEAH, RIGHT!
MY MOTHER!
I AIN'T TALKED TO MY MOTHER
SINCE I WAS A B-CUP!
THELMA, YOU KNOW
I CANNOT TALK BEFORE I GO ON --
WELL...NO, MAMA.
I'M JUST SURPRISED,
THAT'S ALL.
DADDY?
WHEN?
[ SIGHS ] SO I GUESS
YOU NEED ME TO SEND MONEY
FOR THE FUNERAL?
NO. DADDY WOULDN'T
HAVE WANTED THAT.
SO JUST
SOMETHING SIMPLE, THEN.
COME ON! LET'S GO!
YEAH, MAMA,
I-I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.
MAMA, DID -- DID YOU EVER
GET ANY OF MY LETTERS?
WELL, THEN, UH,
WOULD YOU GIVE THE REVEREND
MY REGARDS?
OKAY, MAMA. BYE.
[ CELL PHONE BEEPS ]
UH...YOU DON'T NEED TO
MENTION THIS TO HANK.
[ CROWD LAUGHING ]
SO...
THIS JIMMY -- HE WAS
JUST HANGIN' IN THERE
JUST A LI-I-I-TTLE TOO CLOSE
FOR JUST A LITTLE TOO LONG.
AND HE WAS CUTE!
SO, I SAYS TO HIM,
"GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN!
AND GO WAIT
IN THE BACK OF MY CADILLAC."
[ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ]
OH!
[ SIGHS ]
WELL, LET ME SEE HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHY DON'T
WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
MAYBE LIKE
AN OLD STANDARD?
"ANGEL BAND"?
Y'ALL KNOW "ANGEL BAND,"
DON'T YA?
YEAH, THAT'S "F."
YOU KNOW IT, DON'T YOU?
Y'ALL WANT TO HEAR IT?
YEAH!
YEAH!
YEAH!
♪ MY LATEST SUN ♪
♪ IS SINKING FAST ♪
♪ MY RACE IS NEARLY RUN ♪
♪ MY STRONGEST TRIALS ♪
♪ NOW ARE PAST ♪
♪ MY TRIUMPH HAS BEGUN ♪
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ ANGEL BAND ♪
♪ COME AND ♪
♪ AROUND ME STAND ♪
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
♪ TO MY IMMORTAL HOME ♪
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
♪ TO MY IMMORTAL ♪
♪ HOME ♪
MORNIN', MISS LEANNA.
HE'S HERE EARLY TODAY.
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ ANGEL BAND ♪
♪ COME AND ♪
♪ AROUND ME STAND ♪
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
YOU CAN HEAR THAT
EVERY NIGHT.
[ SIGHS ] NOT LIKE THIS,
I DON'T.
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
♪ TO MY IMMORTAL HOME ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE PEOPLES DIGEST
15 MOST POPULAR
IS "EVEN A SMALL STAR
SHINES IN THE DARK,"
"DON'T RUN
AFTER A MAN OR A BUS.
THERE WILL ALWAYS
BE ANOTHER ONE"...
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
...AND "YOU CAN
CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY
THAN YOU CAN
WITH VINEGAR."
I WOULD SAY MANURE
GETS THE MOST OF THEM.
EW!
EW!
OH COME ON, THAT WAS
FUNNY!
NEXT! YOUR TURN.
YOU GO.
WHERE'S MELON?
STILL ON THE PHONE.
ANYBODY WANT ANYTHING
FROM THE DRUGSTORE?
Leanna: NOT ME, HONEY.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SIGHS ]
[ SIGHS ]
SO, WHEN
IS YOUR DADDY'S FUNERAL?
SATURDAY.
SO, WE'LL
BE IN ASHEVILLE.
I'M SURE
THEY'LL UNDERSTAND.
I CAN'T GO.
YOU SEE...
ME AND MAMA --
WELL, I USED TO
WRITE HER ALL THESE LETTERS.
I EVEN SENT THEM
TO THE PREACHER BACK HOME,
SO DADDY WOULDN'T KNOW.
I NEVER HEARD A SINGLE WORD
FROM HER
FOR 25 YEARS --
25 YEARS...
...UNTIL TODAY.
[ SNORING ]
[ VEHICLE PASSES BY ]
DAMN!
WHAT TIME IS IT?!
TIME TO GET UP.
IS ANYBODY ELSE UP YET?
I AM.
I'LL BE ACROSS THE STREET
AT THE PAY PHONE.
YOU'RE UP EARLY.
WELL,
I NEED AN EARLY START.
IF YOU NEED A SHOULDER,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME WHY.
YOU CAN JUST
TELL ME WHEN.
BOBBY, YOU DON'T NEED TO
BE WORRYING ABOUT ME.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
IF YOU NEED TO
LET IT OUT
A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME
OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO
LINGER OVER IT AWHILE.
I'M NOT A MASOCHIST.
WELL, YOU'RE THE ONLY
COUNTRY SINGER THAT AIN'T.
[ Laughing ]
AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!
BISHOP,
GET OUT OF BED.
[ SIGHS ]
ARE YOU GONNA
LET BISHOP SLEEP ALL DAY?
WELL, HE'S UP.
WELL, YES HE IS!
GOOD MORNIN', SWEETIE.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
LISTEN, BABY,
I GOTTA GO.
DON'T CRY.
NOW, DON'T CRY.
I GOTTA GO.
THE GUYS ARE WAITIN' FOR ME.
HEY, YOU GUYS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?
IN YOU GO!
[ LAUGHING ]
Melon:
THELMA! HEY, THELMA!
[ HORN HONKING ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
Bobby: MA'AM,
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
Thelma: What the hell
are you doin'? Answer me!
You hear me, Melon?
I swear to God, I'm gonna
come and find you guys. I am!
I WAS THINKIN' ABOUT SPRINGING
FOR AN EXTRA ROOM TONIGHT.
GIVE EVERYBODY A BED.
YOU BOYS CAN
STICK ALL THE EQUIPMENT
INTO YOUR ROOM.
BISHOP DOESN'T GET TO
SKIP HIS TURN IN THE CAR.
HE'S GOTTA
DO IT TOMORROW.
HEY, MAN, WE DREW NIGHTS.
AND BOBBY'S GOT TOMORROW.
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!
JUST PUSH THE ROTATION
BACK A NIGHT!
GIVE US A LITTLE TIME
TO OURSELVES FOR ONCE.
RIGHT, LEANNA?
LEANNA?
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
Man: "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
I SHALL NOT WANT.
"HE MAKETH ME
TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
"HE LEADETH ME
BESIDE THE STILL WATERS.
HE RESTORETH MY SOUL."
PLEASE DO NOT
CLIMB ON ELEPHANT.
YOU KNOW,
I NEVER READ ONE OF THOSE.
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO.
IT'S THE WORLD'S GREATEST
LITERATURE AND WISDOM
CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
LIKE YOUR SONGS.
YOU SAY A LOT IN ONE SONG.
IT ADDS UP.
DON'T YOU EVER QUIT?
WHAT?
[ LAUGHS ]
READIN' BETWEEN THE LINES.
[ LAUGHS ] I'M SORRY.
I KINDA LIKE IT, REALLY.
MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL...
OR IMPORTANT...
OR SOMETHING.
LIKE YOU'RE NOT ALREADY.
YOU JUST NEED TO
PUSH FOR MORE.
WELL, YOU CERTAINLY ARE
FIXATED ON THIS CELEBRITY THING.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE
GET WHAT THEY DESERVE.
WELL, BOBBY,
DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I'D BE LYIN' IF I SAID
I NEVER WANTED TO BE A BIG STAR,
BUT I'M PRETTY HAPPY
WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE.
NOT A WEEK GOES BY
THAT I DON'T GET TO
STAND UP IN FRONT
OF AN AUDIENCE AND SING.
A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE
DON'T GET TO SAY THAT.
[ HORN HONKING ]
OH, DUTY CALLS!
I'M JUST SAYIN'...
YOU DESERVE BETTER.
[ SLOW ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYS ]
Leanna: ♪ HMM-MMM ♪
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ AND I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
♪ DOES YOUR HEART
FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ IT COULD
BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
♪ IS IT RACING
AND WILL NOT SLOW UP? ♪
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY ♪
♪ THEN I'M THINKIN' ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ THESE FEELINGS OF WONDER,
OF PASSION, AND ROMANCE ♪
♪ EXCITEMENT, AND PURE ECSTASY ♪
♪ OO-OH OO-OH OOH ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ AND IT MIGHT BE FOREVER ♪
♪ I THINK
THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US ♪
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IN AND ALL OVER ME ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I PROMISE FOR KEEPS ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE FEELIN' LIKE ME ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ THEN IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I DARE SAY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN ♪
♪ LOVE ♪
[ MICROPHONE SQUEALS ]
AAAH!
SORRY ABOUT THAT SQUALLING,
FOLKS.
SOMEBODY MUST BE ASLEEP
AT THE SWITCH BACK THERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Yeah, asleep, my ass!
What do you wanna
do next?
Hmm...
WHY DON'T YOU ALL
TAKE FIVE?
Go.
NOW, YOU KIDS
WON'T REMEMBER THIS,
BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNTRY MUSIC
WASN'T COUNTRY MUSIC
WHEN I WAS GROWIN' UP.
IT WAS JUST OUR MUSIC.
IT CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART,
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS GOOD.
GOOD THING TO REMEMBER
THIS DAY AND TIME.
SO, IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT,
I GIVE YOU THIS.
♪ MM-HMM, MM-HMM-MM-MMMM ♪
♪ THE HILLS WERE ALIVE ♪
♪ WITH WILDFLOWERS AND I ♪
♪ WAS AS WILD,
EVEN WILDER THAN THEY ♪
♪ FOR AT LEAST I COULD RUN ♪
♪ THEY JUST DIED IN THE SUN ♪
♪ AND I REFUSED
TO JUST WITHER IN PLACE ♪
♪ JUST A WILD MOUNTAIN ROSE ♪
♪ NEEDING FREEDOM TO GROW ♪
♪ SO I RAN, FEARING NOT
WHERE I'D GO, WHOA-WHOA ♪
♪ WHEN A FLOWER GROWS WILD ♪
♪ IT CAN ALWAYS SURVIVE ♪
♪ WILDFLOWERS DON'T CARE
WHERE THEY GROW ♪
♪ DE-DE-DUM DE-DE-DE-DO ♪
♪ DE-DE-DUM DE-DE-DE-DO ♪
♪ MM-HMM, MM-HMM-MM-MMMM ♪
♪ I GREW UP FAST AND WILD ♪
♪ AND I NEVER FELT RIGHT ♪
♪ IN A GARDEN
SO DIFFERENT FROM ME ♪
♪ I JUST NEVER BELONGED... ♪
NEXT TIME
YOU STEP OFF THAT STAGE
WITHOUT MY PERMISSION...
JUST KEEP
RIGHT ON WALKING.
♪ ...HITCHED A RIDE
WITH THE WIND ♪
♪ AND SINCE HE WAS MY FRIEND ♪
♪ I JUST LET HIM DECIDE ♪
♪ WHERE WE'D GO, WHOA-WHOA ♪
♪ WHEN A FLOWER GROWS WILD ♪
♪ IT CAN ALWAYS SURVIVE... ♪
Man: ACTUALLY, I FREELANCE,
BUT, UH...
PETER McNALLY
AT WISTERIA RECORDS --
I WORK WITH HIM A LOT.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?
OH, HANK,
THIS IS JOHN CONROY.
I WANT McNALLY
TO HEAR YOU.
I'M GONNA TELL HIM TO.
ARE YOU GUYS GONNA
BE ON THE ROAD FOR A WHILE?
WE'RE IN AND OUT.
McNALLY IS NOT GOING TO
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
I NEED TO GIVE HIM
YOUR ITINERARY,
AND HE'LL DECIDE WHEN AND WHERE
TO DROP IN ON YOU.
I TELL YOU WHAT --
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT
OUT HERE AT THE BAR?
I'LL WRITE UP
THE ITINERARY FOR YOU.
THAT LAST ONE
WAS GORGEOUS, SWEETHEART.
IT MADE THE HAIRS
ON MY ARMS STAND UP.
THAT'S HOW I KNOW.
THANK YOU.
WOW, PETER McNALLY!
YOU THINK
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS HE'S --
WHAT? HE'S FORGOTTEN?
HELL, NO, SWEETHEART.
WELL, IT'S WORTH A TRY!
OH, GET REAL, LEANNA.
I MEAN, AFTER THE WAY
YOU BLEW HIM OFF?
LOOK, IF McNALLY WAS GOING TO
GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE,
HE WOULDN'T GO THROUGH
SOME HACK TALENT SCOUT.
LISTEN, SWEETHEART.
YOU BEEN PLAYIN' AT RUBY'S
FOR WHAT,
10 YEARS NOW?
IT'S NOT LIKE HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE TO FIND YOU.
WELL, MAYBE
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
MAYBE I'VE BEEN WORKIN'
THE SAME GIG FOR SO LONG,
NOBODY'S PAYIN' ATTENTION
ANYMORE.
PLENTY OF PEOPLE
ARE PAYIN' ATTENTION.
I SEE TO THAT.
OH, YEAH, ONE MORE THING.
I CAN'T MIX THE SONGS
IF I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE HELL
IT IS YOU'RE SINGIN'.
NEXT TIME YOU PULL
A STUNT LIKE THAT,
YOU'RE
LIABLE TO SOUND LIKE
A WHORE
ON A 3-DAY BINGE.
[ HUMMING ]
Young Leanna: I KNOW
AT LEAST TWO DOZEN SONGS.
I GOT ALL THE REGULAR ONES --
CARTER FAMILY,
MISS KITTY WELLS.
HOLD ON, NOW.
I GET THE PICTURE, ALL RIGHT?
I GOT A COUPLE
OF MY OWN, TOO.
BUT SHE'S REAL GOOD, SIR!
JUST LISTEN.
PLAY HIM ONE,
LEANNA.
MAMA!
TAKE THIS
OUT OF THE HOUSE AGAIN,
AND IT'S KINDLING!
THERE'S NOTHIN' WRONG
WITH HER SINGING.
SHE'S GOT
A GIFT FROM GOD!
AND IT'S FOR HIS EARS!
HIS AND MINE!
DADDY, I DON'T MEAN
TO GET YOU ANGRY.
I JUST LOVE TO SING.
YOU'RE TOO YOUNG
TO KNOW THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.
SO I GOTTA
KEEP THE BAD FROM YA.
[ HUMMING ]
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ SIGHS ]
LET'S GET SOME SLEEP.
WE GOTTA GET HOME
EARLY TOMORROW.
[ SIGHS ] I'M SORRY
ABOUT TONIGHT, BABY.
I'M SORRY
ABOUT THE WAY I TALKED.
IT'S JUST THAT
YOU'RE SO DOGGONE TRUSTING,
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA
WATCH OUT FOR YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
MY DADDY'S FUNERAL
WAS TODAY.
[ SIGHS ]
I'M GONNA GET A COLD DRINK.
YOU WANT ANYTHING?
[ SIGHS ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
HANG ON, YOU GUYS.
I'M COMING.
HANG ON!
HEY!
HEY!
YOU GUYS STILL UP?
YEAH, THEY'RE
STILL AT THE BAR.
COME ON IN.
SO, I WONDER WHO IS SLEEPIN'
ON THE COT TONIGHT.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, BISHOP AND MELON ARE
GONNA BE WORKIN' THAT ONE OUT.
YEAH, I'M SURE.
MY BOYS!
HEY, I JUST WANTED TO
TELL YOU
THAT I THINK
YOU ARE A GREAT SONGWRITER.
THANK YOU.
AND YOU MAKE MY SONGS
SOUND BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I DO.
I'VE WORKED
WITH DOZENS OF MUSICIANS,
AND I HAVE NEVER
SOUNDED THIS GOOD.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
WELL, HEY,
IF I WAS YOU,
I'D GET ME A BED
BEFORE THOSE GUYS GET BACK.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THELMA!
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
MELON WAS SUPPOSED TO
CALL BEFORE THE SHOW.
SO, IS THIS YOU ALL'S ROOM?
WELL, THE MEN'S ROOM,
YEAH.
MINE AND HANK'S ROOM
IS OVER THERE.
UH-HUH.
WELL,
DON'T LET ME KEEP YOU.
THELMA, YOU GOT NO BUSINESS
DRIVING SIX HOURS ALONE
IN YOUR CONDITION.
YOU CAN'T JUST
BE THINKIN' ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU GOT A BABY
IN THAT CAR WITH YOU!
[ LIVELY COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
HOW YOU DOIN'?
ANY SIGN OF THEM?
NOPE.
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
THELMA, YOU PRACTICALLY
GOT HIM UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW
WHERE HE IS?
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE
WITH RUBY'S CAKE,
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
SWEETIE, THAT'S
NOT GOOD FOR THE BABY.
WOULD YOU JUST STOP
ABOUT THIS DAMN BABY?
I KNOW YOU ALL
THINK I'M A BITCH,
THE WAY I CHECK UP ON MELON,
AND ALL.
BUT I'M STUCK WITH HIM
FOREVER,
AND THIS BABY IS
WHAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT.
NOBODY'S JUDGING YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU'RE THE ONLY FRIEND
I GOT HERE, LEANNA.
IF I HADN'T GOTTEN PREGNANT,
I NEVER WOULD'VE MARRIED MELON.
I'D JUST GO BACK HOME
AND LEAVE MELON
TO HIS OWN SELF.
WELL, IF MELON
AIN'T GOOD TO YOU,
MAYBE THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
I DON'T THINK I COULD
MAKE IT ALL ALONE WITH A KID.
THELMA, LISTEN TO ME.
NOBODY SHOULD EVER
STAY WITH A MAN
BECAUSE OF A BABY.
IF MELON
DON'T TREAT YOU GOOD,
CHANCES ARE HE'S NOT GONNA
BE GOOD FOR THAT BABY, EITHER.
AND DON'T LET ANYBODY
TELL YOU DIFFERENT.
[ HORN HONKS ]
AH! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
YEAH, WELL AT LEAST HANK
TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS FOR YOU.
I CAN'T GET MELON
TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE.
WELL, DOES THAT MEAN HANK
GETS TO RUN MY LIFE?
HEY, I DON'T BLAME YOU
CHECKING OUT YOUR OPTIONS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE HANK HAS
PUT A RING ON YOUR FINGER.
THELMA, WHATEVER YOU THINK
YOU SAW LAST NIGHT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S ALL
WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE.
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
FRANKLIN,
I DON'T GET IT!
HANK WAS HERE EARLIER.
[ SIGHS ]
HEY...
WHO'S THAT?
WHAT THE --
WHAT NOW?
HEY, MISTER,
YOU CAN'T GET UP THERE!
BUDDY!
[ POP DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]
I CAN'T? WELL, THEN...
I BETTER GET DOWN!
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS?!
OH, NO. UNH-UNH!
UNH-UNH!
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, MY LORD!
I WANT TO KNOW WHO DID THIS!
WHO BRUNG HIM IN HERE?
LEANNA TAYLOR, I SEE YOU!
I KNEW IT WAS YOU!
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!
PUT THAT SHIRT BACK ON!
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
OH, STOP IT, NOW!
WHOO! YOU ENJOY IT RUBY.
YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
OH! YOU CUTE THING!
YOU ARE A SWEET DARLIN'!
Man: RUBY, SPEECH!
Man #2: SPEECH!
SPEECH, RUBY!
SPEECH!
THIS IS GREAT
AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S ONE PROBLEM.
IT IS NOT MY BIRTHDAY!
WELL, OF COURSE NOT!
RUBY AIN'T HAD A BIRTHDAY
IN 20 YEARS!
[ LAUGHS ]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY.
THANK YOU.
THANK Y'ALL.
I APPRECIATE IT.
[ MICROPHONE SQUEALS ]
OH, MAN.
[ TRUCK DOOR SLAMS ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ SIGHS ] WELL,
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, HONEY?
[ SIGHS ]
COME ON.
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
HANK?
[ SIGHS ]
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ POUNDS ON HOOD ]
OH!
GOOD MORNIN'!
OH, YEAH.
[ GROANS ]
YOU LOOK LIKE HELL.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
I FEEL OLD, RUBY.
WANT SOME COFFEE?
OH, NO. UNH-UNH.
I AM SO SORRY.
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO?
OH! BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
COME ON.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
GOT LEANNA ON SUCH A TEAR.
WELL, IT COULD BE
BECAUSE HER DADDY DIED.
SHE DIDN'T TELL ME
TILL AFTER SHE'D
ALREADY MISSED THE FUNERAL.
WELL! SHE DIDN'T TELL ME.
THAT'S SOMETHING.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ ROOSTER CROWS ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
HEY, YOU!
HEY.
IS HANK INSIDE?
YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT -- LAST NIGHT,
I WANTED TO TELL YOU,
IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY
I NEVER HAD.
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT WAS SOMETHIN'.
IT WAS.
LOOK...I MEAN,
I BEEN TASTIN' YOUR LIPSTICK
ALL DAY.
I HOPE YOU HAD SOMETHIN'
A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL
THAN THAT.
WE'RE DOIN'
FOUR SETS TONIGHT.
I DON'T WANNA
PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I MEAN, YOU AND HANK --
I KNOW Y'ALL
BEEN TOGETHER FOREVER.
AND I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE
TO TRY TO BUST THAT UP.
ESPECIALLY NOT NOW,
WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON WITH YA.
I JUST --
[ SIGHS ]
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
HEY, LOOK...
I AM LATE!
YOU'RE ALWAYS LATE.
NO, I MEAN,
I AM ACTUALLY LATE.
COULD YOU WAIT
A FEW SECONDS?
[ CHEERING ]
HEY, THERE! HERE I AM!
I'M SORRY I MADE YOU WAIT!
I'M NOT LATE!
YOU'RE EARLY!
WELL! THANK YOU!
AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO
TALK TO EVERYBODY,
SOMEBODY AROUND HERE
BETTER BE MAKIN' SOME MUSIC,
OR RUBY'S GONNA
POP A GUSSET.
[ CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS ]
YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME
ABOUT YOUR DADDY'S FUNERAL.
I COULD'VE
CHANGED THE DATES.
YOU LOOK LIKE HELL!
WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE
A THOUSAND BUCKS...
AN HOUR.
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
♪ DOES YOUR HEART
FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ IT COULD
BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
HOW MANY HAS HE HAD?
THIRD ROUND THIS SET.
♪ ...AND WILL NOT SLOW UP? ♪
♪ DO YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY? ♪
♪ WELL, I'M THINKIN' ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ THE BEST I CAN TELL ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN' THOUGHTS
THAT I'VE NEVER PONDERED ♪
♪ AND I'M FEELIN'
LIKE I'VE NEVER FELT ♪
♪ OO-OH OO-OH OOH ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE I DRANK ♪
♪ FROM SOME MAGIC POTION ♪
♪ SIPPIN'
FROM YOUR LOVING CUP ♪
♪ INTOXICATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ INFATUATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN'
WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ THESE FEELINGS OF WONDER,
OF PASSION AND ROMANCE ♪
♪ EXCITEMENT AND PURE ECSTASY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ AND IT MIGHT BE FOREVER ♪
♪ I THINK
THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US ♪
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IN AND ALL OVER ME ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I PROMISE FOR KEEPS ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE FEELIN' LIKE ME ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ THEN IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I DARE SAY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN ♪
♪ LOVE ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK!
I'm gonna
get something to drink.
WHAT?
DON'T LET GO, LEANNA.
HUH! IT'S COLD!
[ GIGGLES ]
DADDY!
UGH!
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MAN
WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO
TURN THE WOMAN IN
FOR A YOUNGER MODEL.
HEY, YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT DIDN'T COME HOME
LAST NIGHT.
YEAH, WELL,
THERE WERE SOME FRIENDS
I HADN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.
IT FELT GOOD
TO THINK ABOUT MYSELF FOR ONCE
INSTEAD OF THE BAND.
OH, YOU'RE
BREAKIN' MY HEART!
HEY, LISTEN TO ME!
I DON'T DO IT FOR THE VAST
APPRECIATION IT GETS ME!
THE ANCHOR AIN'T THE MOST
GLAMOROUS PART OF THE YACHT!
LEANNA?
ARE YOU OKAY?
SHE'S FINE!!
BOBBY, IT'S OKAY.
GO BACK INSIDE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?!
WILL YOU STOP?!
WHAT ARE YOU --
ARE YOU CRAZY?!
DADDY, STOP! DADDY!
STOP!
HANK, GET OFF OF HIM!
GET OFF OF HIM!
I'M FINE!!
I'M FINE!!
HEY, LEANNA!
YOU GET BACK HERE!
YOU GET BACK HERE!
WE GOT TWO MORE SETS!
[ BOBBY COUGHING ]
[ GROANING ]
YOU ARE FIRED.
YOU HEAR ME?
YOU GET YOUR GUITAR
AND YOU GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE!
[ COUGHING ]
Young Leanna:
DADDY, HE'S HURT!
YOU FELL, YOU HEAR ME?
YES, SIR!
YOU FELL.
YOU SAY DIFFERENT,
AND I'LL FINISH THE JOB.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
YES, SIR!
NOW, GE-E-ET!
UGH!
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
♪ DOES YOUR HEART
FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ IT COULD
BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
♪ IS IT RACING
AND WILL NOT SLOW UP? ♪
♪ DO YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY? ♪
♪ WELL, I'M THINKIN' ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ THE BEST I CAN TELL ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN' THOUGHTS
THAT I'VE NEVER PONDERED ♪
♪ AND I'M FEELIN'
LIKE I'VE NEVER FELT ♪
♪ OO-OH OO-OH OOH ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE I DRANK ♪
♪ FROM SOME MAGIC POTION ♪
♪ SIPPIN'
FROM YOUR LOVING CUP ♪
♪ INTOXICATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ INFATUATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN'
WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
[ CAR DOOR SLAMS ]
[ CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
DID YOU GET MY GUITAR?
WHAT?
LAST NIGHT --
DID YOU GET MY GUITAR?
IT'S IN THE TRAILER.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
I NEED A CHANGE.
[ SIGHS ] WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?
I BEEN STANDING
IN THE SAME PLACE FOR TOO LONG.
THEN GO FOR A WALK.
REARRANGE THE FURNITURE.
HANK, YOU'RE
NOT LISTENING TO ME.
LAST NIGHT'S THE FIRST TIME
I'VE EVER WALKED OUT ON A SHOW.
WELL, THANK GOD YOU GOT
YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT!
I THOUGHT LAST NIGHT
WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT YOU SLEPT
WITH ANOTHER MAN!
IT TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST
A LITTLE CAREER CRISIS.
IT'S NOT MY CAREER!
IT'S MY LIFE!
WELL, IT IS MINE, TOO.
AND 15 YEARS OF IT
HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO YOU!
WHEN I FIRST MET YOU,
YOU WERE A FLAKE.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE
GOTTEN A GIG
AT A FIRE DEPARTMENT PICNIC
IF YOUR HAIR WAS IN FLAMES!
YOU WERE ON A FAST TRACK
TO NOWHERE,
READY TO CRASH AND BURN!
AND I FIXED IT!
I FIXED IT, DAMN IT!
I FIXED IT SO YOU
NEVER HAD TO DO ANYTHING
BUT WRITE YOUR SONGS
AND SING THEM.
I DID THAT FOR YOU!
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
JEEZ!
SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR.
I GOTTA HAVE A SHOT
AT SOMETHING BETTER!
I JUST HAVE TO!
LEANNA,
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER.
WELL, MAYBE!
BUT I HAVE TO KNOW!
I'VE GOT TO
REACH FOR SOMETHING HIGHER!
I'VE GOT TO, HANK!
OR I'M GONNA
REACH FOR THE DOOR!
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO?
SIT ON MY HANDS WHILE YOU THROW
YOURSELF AT SOME GUITAR PLAYER?
NO. AND I CAN'T
TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW!
I WANT YOU
TO CALL JOHN CONROY.
McNALLY KNOWS YOU.
LEANNA, HE KNO--
NO, HE DOESN'T!
I'VE CHANGED!
ARE YOU GONNA CALL HIM?
SURE.
IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES,
I'LL CALL HIM.
GOOD.
I'VE KNOWN
PETER McNALLY FOREVER --
WAY BEFORE YOU STARTED
WORKING WITH LEANNA.
HE HAS THIS PHRASE HE LIKES
TO JOKE ABOUT -- "SNAKE ALERT."
WHEN HE WORKED HERE
15 YEARS AGO,
HE SAW LOTS OF TALENT
COME THROUGH.
PROBLEM WAS, MOST OF THEM
HAD SNAKES IN THEIR HEADS --
HIS WORDS.
PETER HAS
AN AVERSION TO SNAKES.
AND HE CAN SPOT ONE
IN 10 SECONDS FLAT.
THIS CONROY GUY -- DOES HE CARRY
ANY WEIGHT WITH McNALLY?
SHOOT, LEANNA DOESN'T
NEED CONROY TO GET TO McNALLY.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
STAY OUT OF IT
AND LET NATURE
TAKE ITS COURSE.
SHE DOESN'T WANT ME
TO STAY OUT OF IT.
Franklin: FOR WHAT IT'S
WORTH, THE WAY I SEE IT,
A FILLY GETS SPOOKED, A MAN'S
GOT TO HANG ON, LET HER RUN.
THAT HAPPENED TO AN UNCLE
OF MINE ONCE.
HE GOT KNOCKED OFF
BY A TREE BRANCH --
KILLED HIM.
WELL, THAT TOO.
YEP.
[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
I thought you told him
to make an appointment.
He insisted on waiting.
He said he knew you --
Mr. Hatcher.
[ SIGHS ]
HANK!
OH, HEY, PETER.
I WASN'T SURE YOU'D REMEMBER ME.
I HEARD
YOU WERE WITH LEANNA TAYLOR.
YEP. GOIN' ON 15 YEARS.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO TALK.
CALL ME.
THIS WON'T TAKE
BUT A SECOND.
THING IS, ONE OF YOUR FELLOWS
HAS BEEN GIVING ME A PROBLEM.
REALLY? WHO?
A GUY BY THE NAME
OF JOHN CONROY.
HE'S BEEN SNIFFING
AROUND LEANNA,
MAKING
ALL THESE BIG PROMISES.
FRANKLY IT'S GOT HER ALL
DISTRACTED.
IS SHE STILL A HANDFUL?
WELL, SHE'S STILL
HANGING IN THERE.
WE GOT
A LOT OF SOLID BOOKINGS.
IT AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE
THE BIG TIME,
BUT WE'RE GETTIN' BY.
SHOULD I BE PAYING
ATTENTION?
WELL, I'D GIVE UP MY RIGHT ARM
FOR LEANNA,
-BUT LORD KNOWS
SHE CAN BE A PROBLEM.
-STILL?
JUST THE OTHER NIGHT,
SHE WALKED OUT ON THE SHOW.
I MEAN,
RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE,
JUST UP AND LEFT
BEFORE THE THIRD SET.
LOOK, I KNOW
CONROY CAN GET EXCITED.
I'LL TALK TO HIM, OKAY?
I APPRECIATE THAT.
HEY, IT WAS
GOOD SEEIN' YOU.
IF YOU SEE RUBY,
TELL HER I SAID, "HEY."
AND TELL HER IF SHE'S
ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER,
SHE'D BETTER COME
AND SEE ME.
I'LL DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ LOUD COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
Hank: SOMETIMES, SHE'LL REPEAT
THE CHORUS RIGHT HERE.
YOU JUST GOT TO
KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR IT.
GOOD MORNIN', HONEY.
YOU KNOW DWAYNE RANDOLF.
OH, WE'VE NEVER MET.
BUT, YEAH, SURE.
OF COURSE I DO.
I'VE SEEN YOU ALL A BUNCH
OF TIMES OVER AT RUBY'S.
DWAYNE WAS SUPPOSED TO
GO ON TOUR WITH RICKY,
BUT RICKY'S WIFE GOT SICK.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
-ANYWAY IT'S OUR LUCK
I TALKED HIM INTO SLUMMIN'
FOR A FEW WEEKS,
TAKIN' THAT SWING
DOWN TO GEORGIA WITH US.
YEAH, WELL,
THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SURE WOULD.
IT'S BOBBY.
-HANK, ABOUT THAT CHORUS...
-HEY
HUH?
IT'S BEEN 30 HOURS -- 31.
I'M SORRY.
I JUST COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
WELL, THINGS ARE
A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
I kind of picked up on that.
Are you okay?
YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
WELL, THIS TORNADO
BLEW IN HERE THE OTHER NIGHT,
KIND OF SPUN ME AROUND,
THEN BLEW RIGHT BACK
OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO --
BOBBY, I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU.
Peter McNally may audition me,
and I can't take any chances.
-McNALLY?
-YEAH
THAT'S GREAT.
IT'S AMAZING TIMING.
AND, WELL, ABOUT THE BAND --
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ME THERE.
WHAT I REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW
IS TO SEE YOU.
I'm not sure how --
TO MEET ON SATURDAY.
HANK'S GOING TO BE WATCHING
THE BALLGAME AT MELON'S,
and I'll be
at the Candlelight.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN.
JUST SAY YOU'LL COME, PLEASE.
THAT'S ALL I NEED RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW, BOBBY.
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
[ Dial tone ]
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW.
I'M GLAD YOU CAME,
HANK.
YOU KNOW,
I USED TO WANT TO BE A SINGER.
REALLY?
I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU SING.
I CAN'T.
WELL, YOU CAN'T BE THAT BAD.
WANNA BET?
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SOMETHING I NEVER COULD BE --
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A MAMA.
AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
JOB IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
IF KIDS ARE SO GREAT,
THEN HOW COME YOU NEVER HAD ANY?
WELL, I JUST RAN OUT OF TIME,
I GUESS.
I KEPT WAITIN' AROUND...
AFRAID I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW,
QUALIFY.
I GUESS I WAS JUST AFRAID
I'D MESS IT UP.
HONEY, BRING ME A BEER.
YOU EVER NOTICE
HOW THEY GET DRUNK,
THEN WE END UP
WITH THE HANGOVER?
Announcer:
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE KICKER.
SO, THIRD DOWN AND...
LEANNA, YOU'D MAKE
A REAL GOOD MOTHER.
OH, THANK YOU.
HEY, HANK, WHAT WAS THAT
BEER SHOWER ALL ABOUT?
YOU LOOKED A LITTLE HOT.
[ Sarcastically ]
YEAH, RIGHT.
HANK, I NEED THE CAR KEYS.
I GOT TO GET SOME AIR.
IT AIN'T THELMA, IS IT?
YOU WANT ME
TO TELL HER TO SHUT UP?
YOU BE GOOD TO THELMA.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER.
WHERE ARE YOU GOIN'?
I'M GOIN' HOME.
...HERE IN NASHVILLE.
WE'LL BE BACK
AFTER THESE MESSAGES.
THE REF WAS
IN SOMEBODY'S BACK POCKET.
SEE YOU LATER.
BYE, LEANNA.
LET'S DO IT!
LET'S DO IT!
GO!
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
Hank: HEY, LEAVE A MESSAGE
FOR HANK OR LEANNA.
[ BEEP ]
Hatcher, it's Conroy.
Look, what you did was stupid.
OH, HELLO?
IT'S LEANNA.
I GOT NO PROBLEMS WITH YOU.
THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND HANK.
WELL, HANK'S NOT HERE.
Well, tell him to call me.
ANY BUSINESS YOU GOT WITH HANK,
YOU GOT WITH ME.
HANK SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT
IF HE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT
YOUR HISTORY WITH McNALLY,
I COULD HAVE FINESSED
THINGS.
AS IT IS YOU WANT HIM
TO HEAR YOU NOW,
YOU BETTER PRAY
FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?!
WHAT DID HANK DO?
ASK HIM. HE'S THE ONE
WHO MESSED IT UP.
DAMN HIM!
HANK STILL AT MELON'S?
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL ME
YOU WEREN'T GONNA COME?
I WANTED TO.
I COULDN'T.
THE OTHER NIGHT, I CROSSED
A LINE I WOULDN'T HAVE CROSSED
UNLESS I THOUGHT
YOU WANTED ME TO.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME THERE.
I WAS JUST --
WELL, I KIND OF
LET IT ALL COME UP OUT OF ME.
I GOTTA KNOW
IF I'M WALKIN' AWAY FROM A LIE
OR SOMETHIN' REAL.
I DON'T KNOW, BOBBY.
OH, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
YEP.
WHERE YOU GOIN'?
GO TO HELL!
[ SIGHS ]
REVEREND TAFT...
I'M LEANNA TAYLOR.
LEANNA TAYLOR?!
YOUR MOTHER DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT YOU COMING.
NO, I-I GUESS
I SHOULD CALL HER.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PHONE.
I GOT SOMETHIN'
THAT BELONGS TO YOU.
AND I DON'T SUPPOSE
THERE'S ANY NEED
FOR ME TO KEEP IT ANY LONGER.
I PROBABLY
SHOULD BURN THESE.
IF I EVER GET FAMOUS,
I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S SOME
INCRIMINATIN' STUFF IN HERE.
JUST A GIRL GROWING UP
IN THOSE PAGES.
SHE HAD ME READ THEM TO HER.
IT DID HER GOOD TO SHARE IT
WITH SOMEONE, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
IS JUST SO MUCH SMALLER
THAN I REMEMBER.
THINGS DON'T GET SMALLER,
LEANNA.
THEY JUST KIND OF LOSE
THEIR POWER TO OVERWHELM US --
WITH ENOUGH TIME, ANYWAY.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
MAMA!
LEANNA?
[ SIGHS ]
I MADE SWEET TEA.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET
GOOD TEA IN NASHVILLE.
ALL THEY HAVE IS
THAT OLD, INSTANT STUFF.
OH? UH-HUH?
PLEASE, SIT.
YOU KNOW, REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WAS A LITTLE GIRL
HOW YOU ALWAYS LOVED
THEM DOILIES?
WELL, THEY WENT OUT OF STYLE
A WAYS BACK,
AND THEY WAS JUST
COLLECTIN' DUST, ANYWAY.
SO I KEPT THEM FOR YA.
OH, WELL, THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO --
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO --
YOUR ROOM'S JUST
A DUMP-IT ROOM NOW.
SEEMS LIKE
I GOT MORE AND MORE TO DUMP.
THINGS JUST KEEP BREAKIN'.
AND NOW I GOT
ALL OF DADDY'S STUFF.
YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT,
MAMA?
OH, NO. THE CHURCH WILL
COME BY AND GET IT --
SOON AS I CALL THEM.
HOW YOU GONNA DO THAT?
LET ME HAVE YOU A PHONE PUT IN.
NOW, JUST WHO
AM I GONNA CALL?
REVEREND TAFT AND ME. AND
WHAT IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY?
I GOT MY BIBLE.
I KEPT
YOUR DADDY'S OLD SHOTGUN.
ANYTHING THOSE TWO CAN'T HANDLE,
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
HERE --
HAVE SOME TURNIP GREENS.
YOU'RE NOT
GONNA BELIEVE THIS,
BUT I STILL HAVE
THAT DRESS YOU MADE FOR ME.
THAT OLD SEWING MACHINE
STILL PURRS LIKE A KITTEN.
DO YOU STILL HAVE
THE TOUCH?
YOU BET I DO. IN FACT,
I STILL GOT THAT SWATCH
OF FABRIC AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU KEEP THAT TINY WAIST.
MY MAMA HAD AN HOURGLASS FIGURE,
TOO -- TILL SHE HAD ME.
MY DADDY USED TO SAY,
"A FIGURE LIKE THAT
BRINGS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE."
♪ FLY YOU AWAY FROM MY WINDOW,
LITTLE BLUEBIRD ♪
♪ FOR THE ONLY ONE
THAT I HAVE EVER LOVED ♪
♪ HAS GONE AWAY ♪
♪ AND I'M IN NO MOOD ♪
♪ FOR TO HEAR
YOUR SONG TODAY ♪
♪ MM-HMM HMM HMM
HMM HMM HMM ♪
♪ HMM HMM MM-HMM
MM-MM-HMM HMM ♪
♪ SO SPREAD YOUR BLUE WINGS ♪
♪ LIGHT YOUR BLUE SKY ♪
♪ AND I'LL SHARE
MY BLUE TEARS ♪
♪ HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM ♪
OH, HERE IT IS.
YOU LOOK SO PRETTY
IN THIS DRESS.
YOUR LETTERS,
FOR YEARS NOW,
IT'S, "HANK THIS,"
AND, "HANK THAT."
I DECLARE,
FOR THE LIFE OF ME,
I CAN'T SEEM
TO GET A FIX ON HIM IN MY MIND.
WELL, WHEN YOU GET BACK
TO NASHVILLE,
YOU FIND ME THE FABRIC
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
OF COURSE,
I CAN GO ON OVER TO KNOXVILLE
AND GET THE MATERIAL.
I JUST THOUGHT
YOU'D WANT TO PICK IT OUT.
REVEREND TAFT MUST HAVE HAD
50 LETTERS THERE.
I'LL GO AHEAD
AND MAKE A PATTERN.
HOW COME
YOU NEVER WROTE ME BACK?
YOU KNOW
I CAN'T BARELY WRITE.
REVEREND TAFT WOULD'VE BEEN GLAD
TO HAVE HELPED YOU.
I THOUGHT...
THINGS WERE GONNA GET BETTER.
I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS GONNA BE THIS LONG.
25 YEARS?!
FOR 25 YEARS,
I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT YOU.
I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT YOU
AND THAT DOOR.
WHAT'S BEHIND THAT DOOR,
ANYWAY, MAMA?
WHAT YOU GOT LOCKED UP
IN THERE NOW?
NOTHIN'!
YOU SAW HOW HE ACTED.
HOW COULD YOU JUST PRETEND
IT WAS NOTHIN'?
YOU JUST PLAYED YOUR GUITAR --
HE NEVER TOUCHED YOU!
HE WAS CRAZY!
HE DIDN'T LET ME PLAY ANYWHERE!
ALL HE DID WAS LOCK ME IN
THAT ROOM AND SING JUST FOR HIM!
HOW COULD YOU JUST SIT
AND DO NOTHIN' ABOUT IT?!
I WAS AFRAID.
I APOLOGIZE, MAMA.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME.
[ SOBBING ]
[ FAUCET RUNNING ]
Hank:
ARE YOU HOME TO STAY,
OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER STOP
ON YOUR WAY TO WHO-KNOWS-WHERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
[ SIGHS ]
I'VE BEEN TO HELL AND BACK
A HUNDRED TIMES ON YOUR ACCOUNT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
I ALMOST CALLED THE POLICE.
MAYBE YOU RAN OFF A BRIDGE,
OR YOU GOT KIDNAPPED.
I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE YOU LEFT TOWN
WITH SOME GUITAR PLAYER.
WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
OH, DAMN, LEANNA,
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
I MEAN,
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
I GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW.
ASK JOHN CONROY.
MM-HMM.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
WERE YOU LISTENIN' TO ME?
SHE'S GOT LARYNGITIS --
THAT'S
WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLIN' YA.
OH, HELL, I'VE HAD TO CANCEL
A BUNCH OF GIGS.
WE HAVEN'T REHEARSED FOR MORE
THAN -- OW! -- THREE WEEKS.
I DON'T KNOW.
NOT LIKE I PLANNED IT THIS WAY.
YEAH, I'LL CALL YOU.
YOU'LL BE THE FIRST ONE I CALL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
HATCHER.
YEAH -- LEMON AND HONEY,
AND SALTWATER GARGLES,
ANTIBIOTICS --
DONE IT, DOIN' IT.
I'LL CALL YOU.
BYE.
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
[ SIGHS ]
I CAN'T BELIEVE
HANK WOULD BE SO STUPID
TO MESS SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP.
ONE THING HANK IS NOT
IS STUPID.
SO, WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN?
[ SIGHS ] WELL, McNALLY
PUT ON A TALENT SHOWCASE.
SHE WAS A NO-SHOW.
HE PROMOTED
THE HELL OUT OF HER.
HE WAS JUST GETTING STARTED,
AND SHE EMBARRASSED HIM
PRETTY GOOD
IN FRONT OF A BUNCH
OF RECORD-COMPANY MUCKETY-MUCKS.
SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT NOW.
SHE WOULDN'T EVEN CANCEL
FOR HER OWN FATHER'S FUNERAL.
THAT'S THE PICTURE
OF MENTAL HEALTH, ISN'T IT?
WE ARE TALKIN' ABOUT LEANNA.
YES.
WE ARE.
AND I LOVE HER TO DEATH,
AND SO DO YOU.
LEANNA?
LEANNA, OPEN THE DOOR.
IT'S ME -- THELMA.
LEANNA?
LEANNA?
HOO HOO?
THIS PACKAGE
WAS ON THE DOORSTEP.
I GOT SOME FOOD FOR YA.
RUBY SENT IT OVER.
OH, HEY,
I SAW AN ULTRASOUND TODAY --
YOU KNOW, OF THE BABY.
POOR THING
LOOKS JUST LIKE MELON.
OKAY, THEN.
WELL, I'M JUST GONNA GO HOME.
I'LL BE SITTIN' BY MY PHONE
IN CASE YOU NEED ME.
OKAY.
OH!
OH, GOD, MAMA!
[ Crying ] OH, MAMA!
OH, THERE.
THAT'S FINE.
WONDERFUL.
LET'S SEE THE BACK.
OH...
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!
OH, MAMA!
[ CRYING ]
HEY, HANK.
LOOK, MAN,
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM...
I MEAN...
HEY, BUDDY,
I GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING
THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
LEANNA'S WITH YOU --
I SEE THAT.
AND I SEE HOW IT'S
ALL WRAPPED UP IN HER MUSIC.
I MEAN,
IT'S HER SAFETY NET.
I PUSHED HER.
I WAS WRONG TO DO IT.
♪ DOO DOO DOO DOO ♪
♪ BLUEBIRD ♪
♪ DOO DOO DOO DOO
DOO-DOO-DOO DOO-DOO ♪
♪ MM-HMM HMM HMM HMM
HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM ♪
♪ HMM HMM HMM MM-HMM
HMM HMM HMM HMM ♪
[ HANK PLAYS SAME NOTES ]
♪ I -- ♪
♪ HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM
HMM-MM-MM-HMM-HMM-HMM ♪
HANK?
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?
I JUST THOUGHT WE MIGHT
KICK OUT SOME JAMS.
YOU AND ME?!
SURE, WHY NOT?
OH, I DON'T THINK SO.
LEANNA, I'M TRYIN' HERE.
YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED
IN SO LONG.
WELL, I KNOW HOW THE MUSIC --
IT'S YOUR SAFETY NET.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST
THING ABOUT NOT BEIN' SAFE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOIN'
A LOT OF THINKING
ABOUT WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE,
WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE
DIFFERENT,
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THAT I SCREWED UP.
I MEAN, I COULD THINK OF
A THOUSAND THINGS
I COULD PROBABLY APOLOGIZE FOR.
WHERE I KEEP GETTING HUNG UP IS,
I-I THOUGHT
YOU WANTED ME
TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING
AND LEAVE YOU TO THE MUSIC.
NOW I JUST DON'T KNOW.
OH, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE
AND YOU KNOW IT.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ANYMORE.
I MEAN, NOTHING YOU'RE DOIN'
MAKES ANY SENSE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
JUST TELL ME AND I'LL DO IT.
WELL, I WANT YOU TO STOP
COMIN' UP WITH ALL THE ANSWERS.
AND I WANT
TO GO BACK ON THE ROAD.
OKAY.
AND I WANT
BOBBY BACK IN THE BAND.
DONNY'S A GOOD GUITAR --
IT'S THE BEST WE'VE EVER
SOUNDED, AND YOU KNOW IT.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU'VE GOT TO TRUST ME,
HANK.
WHAT I DID WAS WRONG.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE HURT YOU
THAT WAY,
AND I AM TRULY SORRY.
BUT I DIDN'T GET THERE
ALL BY MYSELF.
[ SIGHS ]
AND ONE MORE THING.
HMM?
YOU PLAY THAT THING AGAIN,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
HAVE IT PUT DOWN.
[ LAUGHING ]
WELL, YOU ALWAYS DID HAVE
THE GIFT.
OH, YEAH --
THE GIFT OF GETTIN' IN
MY OWN WAY!
I ALWAYS MADE SURE I HAD
SOMEBODY ELSE TO BLAME FOR IT.
OH, WELL,
MEN CAN BE HANDY FOR THAT.
ALL I KNOW IS GOD DEALT ME
A HAND OF CARDS,
AND THAT'S
WHAT I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH.
WELL, HAVIN' A HAND TO PLAY AND
KNOWIN' WHAT TO DO WITH IT --
THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
[ HORN HONKS ]
KNOWIN' WHAT YOU CAN DO,
AND WANTIN' TO DO IT --
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING.
[ HORN HONKING ]
THERE'S MY RIDE.
I'LL SEE YA.
GET IN. LETS GO.
HEY.
WHOA!
FRANKLIN, GET ON YOUR HAT.
WE'RE GOIN' TO TOWN.
YOU MEAN UPTOWN?
I MEAN PETER McNALLY UPTOWN.
IT'S TIME WE SET HIM STRAIGHT
ON A THING OR TWO.
COME ON.
♪ GOT A CRAZY,
RESTLESS FEELIN' ♪
♪ I CANNOT BE CONSOLED ♪
♪ GOT AN ITCHY URGE
TO UP AND RUN ♪
♪ I THINK
I'VE LOST CONTROL ♪
♪ LIKE ELVIS
AND HIS HOUND DOG ♪
♪ IN A DEEP FOG,
I KEEP RUNNIN' AFTER YOU ♪
[ Imitating Elvis Presley ]
♪ UH-HUH ♪
♪ I THOUGHT
I'D BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE ♪
♪ BUT BEFORE
DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE ♪
♪ ANYMORE ♪
♪ I'VE GOT THAT ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ I COULD GRAB YOU UP
AND JUST RUN OFF ♪
♪ FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE ♪
♪ YEAH,
THAT THOUGHT'S APPEALIN' ♪
♪ AND THAT
RUNAWAY FEELING'S ♪
♪ LETTIN' MY FEELINGS
RUN AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ RUN AWAY WITH IT, BOYS ♪
WHOO!
♪ GOT THAT RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ I COULD GRAB YOU UP
AND JUST RUN OFF ♪
♪ FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE ♪
♪ YEAH,
THAT THOUGHT'S APPEALIN' ♪
♪ AND THAT RUNAWAY FEELING'S ♪
♪ LETTIN' MY FEELINGS
RUN AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ I GOT THAT RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ RUN AWAY! ♪
♪ RUNWAY FEELIN',
RUN AWAY ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ WON'T YOU RUN AWAY WITH ME? ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN',
RUN AWAY ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN',
RUN AWAY ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ WON'T YOU RUN AWAY WITH ME? ♪
[ As Elvis Presley ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO, THANK YOU.
WHOA!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
YOU ALL STAY PUT.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
NOW, THAT WAS FUN!
HEY, THANK YOU
FOR BEING MY GUITAR PLAYER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVIN' ME.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
HEY, LEANNA, THE BABY KICKED
THROUGH THE WHOLE SET!
OH, DID IT?
I THINK I GOT
A LITTLE DANCER IN HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
WELL, WHAT DID I DO?
I WANT TO BE A MOM NOW, AND
I REALLY WANT TO BE GOOD AT IT.
YOU GAVE ME THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE
A GREAT LITTLE MAMA.
THANK YOU.
HEY, THERE, LEANNA!
I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS
FOR YOU, SWEETHEART.
WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU --
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DIVINE
INTERCESSION CAME FROM,
BUT McNALLY CALLED.
IT SEEMS
HE'S CHANGED HIS MIND.
HE WANTS YOU TO CALL HIM --
DIRECT LINE.
WOW! YEAH, WE'LL CALL --
FIRST THING.
GOOD.
LET ME BUY YOU ALL A ROUND.
YOU GET THE BIGGEST NEWS
IN YOUR CAREER,
AND YOU'RE AT A BAR
TOO CHEAP FOR CHAMPAGNE!
COME ON, BABY.
LET'S GO.
HONEY, YOU KNOW THIS IS GONNA
HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE GET HOME.
WHY?
WHAT IF WE CALL AND
HE WANTS TO SEE YOU RIGHT AWAY?
WE GOT TWO MORE WEEKS
ON THE ROAD.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TELL
THE BOYS?
OH, HANK,
DON'T DO THIS TO ME.
FINE. I JUST DIDN'T FIGURE
YOU'D BE ONE OF THOSE SINGERS
WHO GETS THEIR BIG SHOT --
FORGETS WHO GOT THEM THERE.
I'M NOT FORGETTIN' ANYBODY --
OR ANYTHING.
GIMME A KISS.
WELL, NOBODY EVER ACCUSED ME
OF GOOD TIMIN'.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY
I COULD NEVER PLAY AN INSTRUMENT
WORTH A DAMN.
SO I'M PROBABLY ABOUT TO MAKE
THE BIGGEST DAMN FOOL OF MYSELF,
BUT SOME THINGS ARE JUST
TOO IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRIVATE.
HONEY,
I CAN'T MAKE YOU A STAR...
...BUT I CAN GIVE YOU ONE.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
NOW, THIS IS YOURS,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.
YOU DESERVE IT --
AND MORE.
HANK, I --
NO, NO, PLEASE,
DON'T SAY ANYTHING EITHER WAY --
EXCUSE ME.
UNLESS YOU'RE SURE...
BECAUSE ONCE YOU SAY...
WELL, IT'S FOR GOOD,
WELL, I GUESS
WE BETTER HIT THE ROAD, HUH?
WE HAVE TO BE IN MACON
BY 3:00.
I'M JUST GONNA FINISH
MY SODA.
EVER NOTICED
HOW IT'S THEIR WEAKNESSES
WIND UP DEFININ' YOU?
HONEY, YOU TAKE YOUR TIME
WITH YOUR DRINK.
PLEASE TELL ME YOU SEE
WHAT HE'S UP TO THIS TIME.
YEAH.
BUT YOU GOT TO LOVE HIM
FOR TRYIN'.
I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU.
TROUBLE IS, I NEVER SAW MYSELF
AS HAVIN' ANY REAL OPTIONS.
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD CHOICES.
YEAH, BUT
I HAD IT ALL MIXED UP.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT FINDIN'
THE RIGHT MAN.
IT WAS ABOUT FINDIN'
THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A COUNTRY SONG TO ME.
THELMA,
I AIN'T WAITIN' ALL DAY.
OKAY.
OH!
MAN!
SHE TOOK THE CAR!
OH, MAN!
SHE LEFT THIS
ON THE TABLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT!
[ CRYING ]
Young Leanna:
DADDY, STOP!
AAAH!
DADDY, STOP!
DON'T YOU TELL ME --
SHE'S MINE!
NO!
-SHE DOES WHAT I TELL HER!
-MAMA!
NO! NO!
DADDY, STOP!
[ GASPS ]
NEXT TIME
YOU RAISE YOUR HAND TO ME,
YOU BETTER KILL ME,
'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT'LL BE
THE LAST THING YOU EVER DO.
-I'M SORRY!
♪ HOW SWEET THE SOUND ♪
♪ THAT SAVED
A WRETCH LIKE ME ♪
♪ I ONCE WAS LOST ♪
♪ BUT NOW I'M FOUND ♪
♪ WAS BLIND ♪
♪ BUT NOW I SEE ♪
LEANNA?
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO THE DOBSONS.
LEANNA, WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE
QUITE A LITTLE VOICE, HONEY.
THANK YOU.
LEANNA, HONEY...
YOU KNOW HOW GOD SOMETIMES
ANSWERS PRAYERS
IN WAYS
WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND?
WELL, THE DOBSONS GOT
A LITTLE CHURCH IN NASHVILLE.
THEY SOMETIMES
HELP PEOPLE OUT.
Y-YOU CAN SING.
WHY, SURE SHE CAN!
AND YOU CAN DO CHORES
FOR THEM
UNTIL YOU GET A JOB.
AND THERE'S THE YWCA,
WHERE YOU CAN GET A SAFE BED
FOR NOT MUCH MONEY.
[ WOMAN HUMMING
"AMAZING GRACE" ]
COME ON.
LET'S GET YOUR THINGS.
[ SNIFFS ]
EVERY YEAR...
I GIVE A SERMON
ON FORGIVENESS.
AND EVERY YEAR,
AFTER THE SERMON,
I GO INTO MY OFFICE,
AND I LOOK UP TO GOD.
AND I SAY, "GOD, PLEASE DON'T
TAKE ME OFF OF THIS EARTH
TILL I LEARN
HOW TO FORGIVE."
[ SNIFFS ]
'CAUSE, ONE DAY,
WHEN I GIVE THAT SERMON...
[ Voice breaking ]
I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE HELL IT IS
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND?
I'LL BE 83 NEXT MONTH.
[ CRYING ]
[ KNOCKING ]
MAMA?
MAMA?
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
MAMA?
[ SOBBING ]
LEANNA, I'M SO HAPPY
TO SEE YOU!
OH, LET'S GO.
WHAT DID YOU SAY
YOUR NAME IS?
LEANNA TAYLOR.
Man:
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
Woman:
ALL RIGHT. BYE.
LEANNA,
YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT.
OH, I'M NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THAT.
COME ON BACK.
OKAY, JUST RELAX.
WELL, IF I GET
ANY MORE RELAXED,
I'M GONNA SLIDE
RIGHT OFF THIS STOOL.
OKAY, GOOD.
WHEN YOU'RE READY.
OH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US?
WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?
WELL, THIS IS A NEW SONG.
I JUST WROTE THIS.
IT'S CALLED
"BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD."
ALL RIGHT --
WHEN YOU'RE READY.
♪ SHE WAS BORN
IN A PLACE CALLED BLUE VALLEY ♪
♪ AT THE FOOT
OF THE TENNESSEE HILLS ♪
♪ WITH THE BLUEBIRDS
AND BLUEBELLS ♪
♪ AND BLUE MOUNTAIN WATER ♪
♪ AND THE SOUND
OF THE BLUE WHIPPOORWILL ♪
♪ BUT THERE WAS
NO PEACE IN THE VALLEY ♪
♪ HER DADDY --
A CRUEL, RUTHLESS MAN ♪
♪ USED AND ABUSED
HER MIND AND HER SPIRIT ♪
♪ SO HER MAMA SAID,
"RUN WHILE YOU CAN" ♪
♪ SO AT 15,
SHE TOOK TO THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ BELONGINGS AND GUITAR
IN HAND ♪
♪ AND SHE BURIED HERSELF
IN HER MUSIC... ♪
RUBY HERE.
JUST A MOMENT --
FROM MR. McNALLY.
RUBY, YOU WERE RIGHT --
PURE PLATINUM.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SEE YOU LATER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YE-HA-HA-HA!
♪ ...SHE HURTS, AND HER SONGS
ARE THE BEST WAY TO SHOW IT ♪
♪ SO THE BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD
IS TRAVELING AROUND ♪
♪ OOH OOH OO-OOH OOH
OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪
♪ A BLUE DRESS, BLUE SHOES ♪
♪ A BLUE CADILLAC ♪
♪ A BAND DRESSED IN BLUE
BY HER SIDE ♪
♪ INSTRUMENTS TIED
TO THE TOP AND THE BACK ♪
♪ 'CAUSE THE BLUE VALLEY
SONGBIRD IS SINGIN' TONIGHT ♪
♪ ONE NIGHT, AS
HONKEY-TONK TEARS FLY ON BY ♪
♪ SHE'S NEVER MADE IT,
BUT GOD KNOWS SHE'S TRIED ♪
♪ EXPRESSING THE FEELINGS ♪
♪ SHE HOLDS INSIDE ♪
♪ AND THE BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD
IS SINGIN' TONIGHT ♪
♪ OH, THE BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD
IS SINGIN' TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND SHE SINGS LIKE A BIRD ♪
♪ AND SHE WRITES LIKE A POET ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SO LONG, LEANNA.
GOOD LUCK.
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
CUCKOO! CUCKOO!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO!
[ INDISTINCT TALKING
ON POLICE RADIO ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ SIREN WAILING ]
WHO COULD THAT BE?
OFFICER...
BRAGG.
OFFICER, I DID NOT
MISS THAT STOP SIGN.
THAT THING'S
BEEN THERE SINCE --
WELL, LET'S JUST SAY
SINCE YOU WERE A GLINT
IN YOUR DADDY'S EYE.
MM-HMM.
WHERE YOU FROM? YOU'RE NOT
FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YA?
FULTON. MISS...TAYLOR,
YOU RAN THROUGH THE STOP SIGN --
OFFICER, I WAS READIN'
IN PEOPLES DIGEST --
YOU TAKE PEOPLES DIGEST?
IT SAID THOSE RADAR GUNS
CAN CAUSE IMPOTENCE
IF YOU SIT WITH THEM
IN YOUR LAP.
YOU, UH, DON'T SIT WITH IT
IN YOUR LAP, DO YA?
UM...
[ LAUGHS ]
LILA'S YELLIN',
"GET YOUR PHILANDERIN' BUTT
OFF MY PORCH!"
AN OLD 70-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN CAN PACK A WALLOP.
OOH!
Woman: FRANKLIN, SOMETHIN'
YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGET.
WELL, TO LILA --
TO ALL THE LILAS,
YOUNG AND OLD,
MAKIN' SURE
WE NEVER RUN OUT OF SONGS.
YEP.
RIGHT ON, BOBBY.
[ COIN CLATTERS ]
CALL YOU.
I'M OUT.
THREE JACKS.
[ LAUGHS ]
THREE KINGS.
DAMN, BOBBY!
THANK YOU, BOYS.
WHERE DID YOU ALL
DIG HIM UP, ANYWAY?
YOU BEEN WITH THE BAND
THREE MONTHS,
AND ALREADY WIPED OUT
MY LIFE SAVINGS.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
EVENIN', SIR. I WAS JUST --
WELL, MISS TAYLOR WAS JUST --
MM-HMM. LEANNA, BY MY WATCH
YOU GOT ABOUT 12 MINUTES.
HANK HAS PROBABLY
GOT HIS BOXERS IN A TWIST.
WE DON'T WANT THAT,
DO WE?
NO.
COME ON.
Bragg: YES, SIR!
THANK YOU, DARLIN'.
[ SIGHS ]
RUBY,
ONE OF THESE DAYS
THAT WOMAN'S GONNA
GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK.
SIT DOWN, HANK.
SHE'S GOT HER RITUALS.
[ SIGHS ] PEOPLES DIGEST
AIN'T A RITUAL.
I'VE SEEN STRANGER.
ROY USED TO HAVE TO
CHANGE HIS UNDERWEAR
RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
WOULD NOT GO ON STAGE
TILL HE SNUGGED UP
A FRESH PAIR.
[ MEN LAUGHING ]
SHE COULD READ THEM HERE.
AT LEAST I'D KNOW WHERE SHE WAS
30 SECONDS BEFORE
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
ON THE DAMN STAGE.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
THANKS, HANDSOME.
HEY! [ LAUGHS ]
SHE'S HERE!
YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T GONNA SHOW,
DIDN'T YOU?
COME ON. LET'S GO.
[ CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING ]
HEY, HEY, HEY!
HEY, BO!
WELL, JULIE EVERS!
WHERE'S JOE TONIGHT?
HE LET YOU OUT
LOOKIN' LIKE THAT? THAT FOOL!
HEY, THERE.
EXCUSE ME.
COMIN' THROUGH.
Man: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
LEANNA TAYLOR
AND THE BLUE VALLEY RAMBLERS!
HEY, EVERYBODY!
Y'ALL READY FOR ANOTHER
SATURDAY NIGHT AT RUBY'S?
Man: IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
LEANNA!
WELL, NOW, DO I LOOK LIKE
A WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO YOU?
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, ALL RIGHT, THEN!
Hey, honey.
A SOUND CHECK
WOULD'VE BEEN NICE.
OH, JUST PUT THE KNOBS WHERE
YOU HAVE THE LAST 933 TIMES.
HERE'S THE SET LIST.
I THOUGHT WE WERE
DOIN' "BITTERSWEET" TONIGHT.
IF YOU'D BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT
LIKE ME,
YOU'D KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
IN THE MOOD FOR.
DO THE LIST.
ALL RIGHT, HONEY.
Y'ALL READY?
YOU FOLKS READY?!
♪ I HOPE YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY ♪
♪ WITH ANYBODY BUT ME ♪
♪ I WISH YOU
NOTHIN' BUT TROUBLE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IF YOU'VE DECIDED TO LEAVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M JUST NOT LIKE
THOSE HEROES ♪
♪ FIND IN BOOKS AND ON TV ♪
♪ I HOPE YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY ♪
♪ WITH ANYBODY BUT ME... ♪
[ LAUGHS ] SHE IS GONNA
JUMP RIGHT OUT OF THAT DRESS
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS!
KEEPS THEM
COMIN' BACK FOR MORE.
YEAH.
♪ ...I HOPE YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY ♪
♪ NEVER, EVER, EVER HAPPY ♪
♪ WITH ANYBODY BUT ME ♪
YEAH!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Hank: YOU SHOULD BE
DRINKIN' WATER.
IN GERMANY PREGNANT WOMEN
DRINK A BEER EVERY NIGHT --
SOMETHIN' TO DO
WITH THE MINERALS.
I WAS TALKIN'
TO LEANNA.
I DON'T DRINK WATER.
I CAN SMELL.
TALK TO THE CITY,
DON'T TALK TO ME.
WE GOT A LONG WEEKEND
AHEAD OF US.
I JUST DON'T WANT
YOUR VOICE FROGGIN' UP.
RIBBIT!
RIBBIT!
[ LAUGHS ]
Hank: YOU BOYS,
THE WAY YOU SOUND,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL
GO ON DRINKIN'.
AMEN TO THAT!
OH, BROTHER!
LEANNA, RUBY,
YOU WANT A COKE?
YOU KNOW HOW MANY CDs
WE SOLD TONIGHT?
THREE.
EVERYBODY THAT WANTS ONE
HAS GOT ONE.
WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA
COME UP WITH ANY NEW MATERIAL,
WE'RE GONNA
BE IN TROUBLE.
WELL, YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE
I'M NOT EVEN TRYIN'.
NEW SONGS DON'T
JUST POP OUT OF THIN AIR.
LOOK, WHATEVER HAS GOT YOU
IN A RUT --
YOU -- YOU --
AW, WHAT'S THE USE?
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO
HIT A COUPLE OF COLLEGE TOWNS
THIS TIME OUT.
I'VE TALKED
TO A FRIEND OF RUBY'S.
SHE'S GOT A CLUB
IN ASHEVILLE.
NOW, WHAT WOULD THOSE KIDS
WANT WITH ME?
I'M NOT EXACTLY
COURTNEY LOVE.
[ LAUGHS ] WELL,
THERE'S AN IDEA.
MAYBE YOU COULD
COVER ONE OF HER SONGS,
LIKE, UH...
"SHE WALKS ON ME"
OR "YOU HIT ME
AND IT FELT LIKE A KISS."
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, AIN'T
WE FULL OF SURPRISES?
WELL, I'M JUST
TRYIN' TO KEEP UP.
[ SIGHS ]
TRYIN' TO KEEP UP.
IT'S KEEPIN' ME DOWN.
♪ TRYIN' TO KEEP UP ♪
♪ IT'S KEEPIN' ME DOWN ♪
♪ TRYIN' TO KEEP UP ♪
♪ IT'S KEEPIN' ME DOWN ♪
♪ Tryin' to keep up ♪
GRASS NEEDS CUTTIN'.
FIRST THING TOMORROW,
HONEY.
[ HUMMING ]
♪ WHEN A FLOWER GROWS WILD ♪
♪ IT CAN ALWAYS SURVIVE ♪
♪ WILDFLOWERS DON'T CARE
WHERE THEY GROW ♪
♪ NO, WILDFLOWERS DON'T CARE
WHERE THEY GROW ♪
[ LEANNA LAUGHS ]
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THAT SONG,
AND I HAVE NEVER LEARNED IT.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
YOU'VE GOTTA DO IT.
Hank: MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO
PLAY A LITTLE MANDOLIN
ON THAT.
NO, I MEAN SHE SHOULD DO IT --
ALONE, JUST LIKE THAT.
REALLY?!
WELL IF YOU WANT TO DO IT,
LEANNA, DO IT.
BUT YOU GOTTA WORK UP
AN ARRANGEMENT, LIKE ALWAYS.
WE GOT A SOUND
PEOPLE EXPECT TO HEAR.
WE AIN'T GONNA START
THROWIN' THEM CHANGE-UPS.
YOU CAN'T GET FASTBALLS
BY THEM FOREVER.
THAT'S NOT
HOW I SEE IT.
WELL, HELL!
THIS BAND AIN'T NOTHIN'
BUT A BUNCH OF KNUCKLE BALLS.
AND BESIDES,
IT THE CURVES THAT GET THEM!
DON'T YOU BOYS
FORGET IT.
MELON, DON'T
LEAVE YOUR WIFE OUT THERE!
ALL RIGHT!
SHE SAID
YOU COULD COME IN.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
JUST GO BACK
IN THE HOUSE.
BOBBY, WE'LL DO IT --
WORK UP AN ARRANGEMENT,
JUST LIKE HANK SAID,
'CAUSE HANK IS RIGHT.
HANKS'S ALWAYS RIGHT!
THAT'S WHY
I KEEP HIM AROUND.
Woman: I JUST DON'T
GOT TIME TO READ.
HEY, YOU THINK
THEY GOT "CLIFF NOTES"
FOR PEOPLES DIGEST?
[ LAUGHS ]
I DON'T THINK SO, HONEY!
OH, THELMA.
I AM GONNA FORWARD THIS NUMBER
TO HANK'S CELL PHONE.
SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING AT ALL,
YOU JUST CALL THE HOUSE HERE.
OH, I NEVER DID
TRUST THOSE THINGS.
MNH-MNH.
LEANNA...
IF MELON WAS TO --
WELL, I MEAN, YOU ARE GONNA
BE AT THAT COLLEGE CLUB,
AND THERE'S GONNA
BE LOTS OF GIRLS.
[ Crying ]
AND I KNOW HOW HE OPERATES.
OH, HONEY, WE'RE ONLY
GONNA BE GONE THREE DAYS.
WELL, IT DIDN'T
TAKE HIM THAT LONG WITH ME!
YOU GOT
NOTHIN' TO WORRY ABOUT.
WHY DON'T YOU
GO ON OUT THERE
AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME
WITH HIM BEFORE WE LEAVE?
AND DO ME A FAVOR --
GIVE THIS TO HANK.
OKAY.
[ SNIFFLES ] OKAY.
HEY, BABY!
HEY, BABY.
DON'T BE IN THE WAY NOW.
HERE YOU GO, HANK.
HMM?
THANK YOU.
THELMA, PLEASE DON'T
STAND RIGHT IN THE WAY.
BABY, MOVE, OR YOU'RE
GONNA GET HURT, NOW.
[ SOBBING ]
OF ALL THE CHICKS
YOU COULD'VE KNOCKED UP.
I DON'T REMEMBER
ASKIN' YOUR OPINION!
THELMA!
THELMA, HONEY,
COME ON, NOW!
[ CELL PHONE RINGS ]
Hank: HELLO?
AW, FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD,
THELMA!
WE HAVEN'T EVEN
CROSSED THE COUNTY LINE YET!
Leanna: HANK,
LET HER TALK A MINUTE!
DOES ANYBODY ELSE
GOTTA TAKE A LEAK?
IT'S ALL YOURS.
THANKS.
Melon: SWEETIE, I WILL CALL YOU
WHEN I GET TO THE MOTEL.
LEANNA, I WAS JUST WONDERIN'.
I GOT THIS TUNE.
I MEAN, IT AIN'T MUCH --
A LITTLE LYRIC AND ALL.
BUT IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHIN' NEW
WE COULD JUST
TOSS OUT THERE.
I WAS WONDERIN'
IF I COULD SHOW IT TO YOU.
YOU KNOW,
JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
HAPPY TO WHAT?
OH, BOBBY'S
WORKIN' ON A SONG.
WE'LL GET TOGETHER LATER.
WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME
BEFORE THE SHOW.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
HEY, BUDDY.
THIS BAND HAS ALREADY
GOT A SONGWRITER.
SURE THING.
LET'S GO BOYS!
SADDLE UP. WE'RE
GONNA HIT THE ROAD.
[ BOBBY HUMMING ]
I WAS THINKIN' HERE
WE COULD SPLIT THE VERSES.
AND I COULD DO
THE FIRST HALF,
IF IT'S OKAY,
AND YOU'D SING THE SECOND HALF.
AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK IN
TOGETHER ON THE CHORUS.
YEAH. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO
HAVE SOME LYRICS, DO YA?
UH!
WELL, JUST LIKE
HE WAS READY FOR THIS!
[ LAUGHS ] I'VE EVEN GOT
THE CHANGES IN HERE FOR YOU.
OH, WELL,
GOOD FOR YOU!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
SHOW ME BUT ONCE.
THEY SAY I'M A QUICK STUDY.
[ LAUGHS ] THEY SAY!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ STRUMMING GUITAR ]
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
IT'S PRETTY.
IS THIS MY PART?
♪ AND I KNOW MY HEART IS -- ♪
IS THAT "CALLING"?
[ Laughing ] YEAH.
YOU DON'T
WRITE VERY PLAIN.
THAT'S WHY
I NEED YOUR HELP.
♪ I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
OH, THAT'S NICE!
♪ DOES YOUR HEART FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ HMM-MMM ♪
♪ IT COULD BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
♪ HMM-MMM ♪
♪ IS IT RACING AND WILL NOT SLOW
UP? ♪
Yes.
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN'
WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
OH, THAT'S
GONNA BE NICE!
I'M PLAYIN'
WITH A REAL STAR.
[ Laughing ] A STAR?!
DON'T BE USING THAT WORD
AROUND RUBY.
SHE'LL THINK
I'M BUCKING FOR A RAISE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU
NEVER GOT PICKED UP
BY A RECORD LABEL.
WELL,
THAT'S A LITTLE LIKE
WONDERIN'
WHY A GOOD-LOOKIN' GUY
IS STILL
RUNNIN' AROUND TOWN SINGLE.
SO WE BOTH
SING THIS PART, RIGHT?
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ THE BEST I CAN TELL ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN' THOUGHTS
THAT I NEVER PONDERED ♪
♪ AND I'M FEELIN'
LIKE I NEVER FELT ♪
DO YOU GIRLS
LIKE TEQUILA?
HEY! STICKS. STAGE.
AW, NOW?!
♪ EXCITEMENT AND PURE ECSTASY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
COME ON, LET'S GO.
WE'RE UP.
YOU'RE GOING
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I GOTTA GET MY SHIRT!
[ CELL PHONE RINGING ]
WELL, JUST TELL HER
I'M IN THE CAN.
YEAH, AND SHE'S GONNA
WANT TO TALK TO ME,
AND I CANNOT TALK!
THELMA! LOOK, HE'S
NOT MESSIN' AROUND ON YA.
HE'S SLEEPIN'
IN THE CAR TONIGHT.
EXCUSE ME?
UH, YES, MA'AM.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
LEANNA,
IT'S YOUR MOTHER.
YEAH, RIGHT!
MY MOTHER!
I AIN'T TALKED TO MY MOTHER
SINCE I WAS A B-CUP!
THELMA, YOU KNOW
I CANNOT TALK BEFORE I GO ON --
WELL...NO, MAMA.
I'M JUST SURPRISED,
THAT'S ALL.
DADDY?
WHEN?
[ SIGHS ] SO I GUESS
YOU NEED ME TO SEND MONEY
FOR THE FUNERAL?
NO. DADDY WOULDN'T
HAVE WANTED THAT.
SO JUST
SOMETHING SIMPLE, THEN.
COME ON! LET'S GO!
YEAH, MAMA,
I-I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.
MAMA, DID -- DID YOU EVER
GET ANY OF MY LETTERS?
WELL, THEN, UH,
WOULD YOU GIVE THE REVEREND
MY REGARDS?
OKAY, MAMA. BYE.
[ CELL PHONE BEEPS ]
UH...YOU DON'T NEED TO
MENTION THIS TO HANK.
[ CROWD LAUGHING ]
SO...
THIS JIMMY -- HE WAS
JUST HANGIN' IN THERE
JUST A LI-I-I-TTLE TOO CLOSE
FOR JUST A LITTLE TOO LONG.
AND HE WAS CUTE!
SO, I SAYS TO HIM,
"GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN!
AND GO WAIT
IN THE BACK OF MY CADILLAC."
[ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ]
OH!
[ SIGHS ]
WELL, LET ME SEE HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHY DON'T
WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
MAYBE LIKE
AN OLD STANDARD?
"ANGEL BAND"?
Y'ALL KNOW "ANGEL BAND,"
DON'T YA?
YEAH, THAT'S "F."
YOU KNOW IT, DON'T YOU?
Y'ALL WANT TO HEAR IT?
YEAH!
YEAH!
YEAH!
♪ MY LATEST SUN ♪
♪ IS SINKING FAST ♪
♪ MY RACE IS NEARLY RUN ♪
♪ MY STRONGEST TRIALS ♪
♪ NOW ARE PAST ♪
♪ MY TRIUMPH HAS BEGUN ♪
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ ANGEL BAND ♪
♪ COME AND ♪
♪ AROUND ME STAND ♪
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
♪ TO MY IMMORTAL HOME ♪
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
♪ TO MY IMMORTAL ♪
♪ HOME ♪
MORNIN', MISS LEANNA.
HE'S HERE EARLY TODAY.
♪ OH, COME ♪
♪ ANGEL BAND ♪
♪ COME AND ♪
♪ AROUND ME STAND ♪
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
YOU CAN HEAR THAT
EVERY NIGHT.
[ SIGHS ] NOT LIKE THIS,
I DON'T.
♪ GO BEAR ME ♪
♪ AWAY ON YOUR SNOWY WINGS ♪
♪ TO MY IMMORTAL HOME ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE PEOPLES DIGEST
15 MOST POPULAR
IS "EVEN A SMALL STAR
SHINES IN THE DARK,"
"DON'T RUN
AFTER A MAN OR A BUS.
THERE WILL ALWAYS
BE ANOTHER ONE"...
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
...AND "YOU CAN
CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY
THAN YOU CAN
WITH VINEGAR."
I WOULD SAY MANURE
GETS THE MOST OF THEM.
EW!
EW!
OH COME ON, THAT WAS
FUNNY!
NEXT! YOUR TURN.
YOU GO.
WHERE'S MELON?
STILL ON THE PHONE.
ANYBODY WANT ANYTHING
FROM THE DRUGSTORE?
Leanna: NOT ME, HONEY.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SIGHS ]
[ SIGHS ]
SO, WHEN
IS YOUR DADDY'S FUNERAL?
SATURDAY.
SO, WE'LL
BE IN ASHEVILLE.
I'M SURE
THEY'LL UNDERSTAND.
I CAN'T GO.
YOU SEE...
ME AND MAMA --
WELL, I USED TO
WRITE HER ALL THESE LETTERS.
I EVEN SENT THEM
TO THE PREACHER BACK HOME,
SO DADDY WOULDN'T KNOW.
I NEVER HEARD A SINGLE WORD
FROM HER
FOR 25 YEARS --
25 YEARS...
...UNTIL TODAY.
[ SNORING ]
[ VEHICLE PASSES BY ]
DAMN!
WHAT TIME IS IT?!
TIME TO GET UP.
IS ANYBODY ELSE UP YET?
I AM.
I'LL BE ACROSS THE STREET
AT THE PAY PHONE.
YOU'RE UP EARLY.
WELL,
I NEED AN EARLY START.
IF YOU NEED A SHOULDER,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME WHY.
YOU CAN JUST
TELL ME WHEN.
BOBBY, YOU DON'T NEED TO
BE WORRYING ABOUT ME.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
IF YOU NEED TO
LET IT OUT
A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME
OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO
LINGER OVER IT AWHILE.
I'M NOT A MASOCHIST.
WELL, YOU'RE THE ONLY
COUNTRY SINGER THAT AIN'T.
[ Laughing ]
AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!
BISHOP,
GET OUT OF BED.
[ SIGHS ]
ARE YOU GONNA
LET BISHOP SLEEP ALL DAY?
WELL, HE'S UP.
WELL, YES HE IS!
GOOD MORNIN', SWEETIE.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
LISTEN, BABY,
I GOTTA GO.
DON'T CRY.
NOW, DON'T CRY.
I GOTTA GO.
THE GUYS ARE WAITIN' FOR ME.
HEY, YOU GUYS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?
IN YOU GO!
[ LAUGHING ]
Melon:
THELMA! HEY, THELMA!
[ HORN HONKING ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
Bobby: MA'AM,
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
Thelma: What the hell
are you doin'? Answer me!
You hear me, Melon?
I swear to God, I'm gonna
come and find you guys. I am!
I WAS THINKIN' ABOUT SPRINGING
FOR AN EXTRA ROOM TONIGHT.
GIVE EVERYBODY A BED.
YOU BOYS CAN
STICK ALL THE EQUIPMENT
INTO YOUR ROOM.
BISHOP DOESN'T GET TO
SKIP HIS TURN IN THE CAR.
HE'S GOTTA
DO IT TOMORROW.
HEY, MAN, WE DREW NIGHTS.
AND BOBBY'S GOT TOMORROW.
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!
JUST PUSH THE ROTATION
BACK A NIGHT!
GIVE US A LITTLE TIME
TO OURSELVES FOR ONCE.
RIGHT, LEANNA?
LEANNA?
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
Man: "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
I SHALL NOT WANT.
"HE MAKETH ME
TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
"HE LEADETH ME
BESIDE THE STILL WATERS.
HE RESTORETH MY SOUL."
PLEASE DO NOT
CLIMB ON ELEPHANT.
YOU KNOW,
I NEVER READ ONE OF THOSE.
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO.
IT'S THE WORLD'S GREATEST
LITERATURE AND WISDOM
CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
LIKE YOUR SONGS.
YOU SAY A LOT IN ONE SONG.
IT ADDS UP.
DON'T YOU EVER QUIT?
WHAT?
[ LAUGHS ]
READIN' BETWEEN THE LINES.
[ LAUGHS ] I'M SORRY.
I KINDA LIKE IT, REALLY.
MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL...
OR IMPORTANT...
OR SOMETHING.
LIKE YOU'RE NOT ALREADY.
YOU JUST NEED TO
PUSH FOR MORE.
WELL, YOU CERTAINLY ARE
FIXATED ON THIS CELEBRITY THING.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE
GET WHAT THEY DESERVE.
WELL, BOBBY,
DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I'D BE LYIN' IF I SAID
I NEVER WANTED TO BE A BIG STAR,
BUT I'M PRETTY HAPPY
WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE.
NOT A WEEK GOES BY
THAT I DON'T GET TO
STAND UP IN FRONT
OF AN AUDIENCE AND SING.
A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE
DON'T GET TO SAY THAT.
[ HORN HONKING ]
OH, DUTY CALLS!
I'M JUST SAYIN'...
YOU DESERVE BETTER.
[ SLOW ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYS ]
Leanna: ♪ HMM-MMM ♪
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ AND I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
♪ DOES YOUR HEART
FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ IT COULD
BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
♪ IS IT RACING
AND WILL NOT SLOW UP? ♪
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY ♪
♪ THEN I'M THINKIN' ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ THESE FEELINGS OF WONDER,
OF PASSION, AND ROMANCE ♪
♪ EXCITEMENT, AND PURE ECSTASY ♪
♪ OO-OH OO-OH OOH ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ AND IT MIGHT BE FOREVER ♪
♪ I THINK
THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US ♪
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IN AND ALL OVER ME ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I PROMISE FOR KEEPS ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE FEELIN' LIKE ME ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ THEN IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I DARE SAY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN ♪
♪ LOVE ♪
[ MICROPHONE SQUEALS ]
AAAH!
SORRY ABOUT THAT SQUALLING,
FOLKS.
SOMEBODY MUST BE ASLEEP
AT THE SWITCH BACK THERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Yeah, asleep, my ass!
What do you wanna
do next?
Hmm...
WHY DON'T YOU ALL
TAKE FIVE?
Go.
NOW, YOU KIDS
WON'T REMEMBER THIS,
BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNTRY MUSIC
WASN'T COUNTRY MUSIC
WHEN I WAS GROWIN' UP.
IT WAS JUST OUR MUSIC.
IT CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART,
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS GOOD.
GOOD THING TO REMEMBER
THIS DAY AND TIME.
SO, IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT,
I GIVE YOU THIS.
♪ MM-HMM, MM-HMM-MM-MMMM ♪
♪ THE HILLS WERE ALIVE ♪
♪ WITH WILDFLOWERS AND I ♪
♪ WAS AS WILD,
EVEN WILDER THAN THEY ♪
♪ FOR AT LEAST I COULD RUN ♪
♪ THEY JUST DIED IN THE SUN ♪
♪ AND I REFUSED
TO JUST WITHER IN PLACE ♪
♪ JUST A WILD MOUNTAIN ROSE ♪
♪ NEEDING FREEDOM TO GROW ♪
♪ SO I RAN, FEARING NOT
WHERE I'D GO, WHOA-WHOA ♪
♪ WHEN A FLOWER GROWS WILD ♪
♪ IT CAN ALWAYS SURVIVE ♪
♪ WILDFLOWERS DON'T CARE
WHERE THEY GROW ♪
♪ DE-DE-DUM DE-DE-DE-DO ♪
♪ DE-DE-DUM DE-DE-DE-DO ♪
♪ MM-HMM, MM-HMM-MM-MMMM ♪
♪ I GREW UP FAST AND WILD ♪
♪ AND I NEVER FELT RIGHT ♪
♪ IN A GARDEN
SO DIFFERENT FROM ME ♪
♪ I JUST NEVER BELONGED... ♪
NEXT TIME
YOU STEP OFF THAT STAGE
WITHOUT MY PERMISSION...
JUST KEEP
RIGHT ON WALKING.
♪ ...HITCHED A RIDE
WITH THE WIND ♪
♪ AND SINCE HE WAS MY FRIEND ♪
♪ I JUST LET HIM DECIDE ♪
♪ WHERE WE'D GO, WHOA-WHOA ♪
♪ WHEN A FLOWER GROWS WILD ♪
♪ IT CAN ALWAYS SURVIVE... ♪
Man: ACTUALLY, I FREELANCE,
BUT, UH...
PETER McNALLY
AT WISTERIA RECORDS --
I WORK WITH HIM A LOT.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?
OH, HANK,
THIS IS JOHN CONROY.
I WANT McNALLY
TO HEAR YOU.
I'M GONNA TELL HIM TO.
ARE YOU GUYS GONNA
BE ON THE ROAD FOR A WHILE?
WE'RE IN AND OUT.
McNALLY IS NOT GOING TO
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
I NEED TO GIVE HIM
YOUR ITINERARY,
AND HE'LL DECIDE WHEN AND WHERE
TO DROP IN ON YOU.
I TELL YOU WHAT --
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT
OUT HERE AT THE BAR?
I'LL WRITE UP
THE ITINERARY FOR YOU.
THAT LAST ONE
WAS GORGEOUS, SWEETHEART.
IT MADE THE HAIRS
ON MY ARMS STAND UP.
THAT'S HOW I KNOW.
THANK YOU.
WOW, PETER McNALLY!
YOU THINK
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS HE'S --
WHAT? HE'S FORGOTTEN?
HELL, NO, SWEETHEART.
WELL, IT'S WORTH A TRY!
OH, GET REAL, LEANNA.
I MEAN, AFTER THE WAY
YOU BLEW HIM OFF?
LOOK, IF McNALLY WAS GOING TO
GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE,
HE WOULDN'T GO THROUGH
SOME HACK TALENT SCOUT.
LISTEN, SWEETHEART.
YOU BEEN PLAYIN' AT RUBY'S
FOR WHAT,
10 YEARS NOW?
IT'S NOT LIKE HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE TO FIND YOU.
WELL, MAYBE
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
MAYBE I'VE BEEN WORKIN'
THE SAME GIG FOR SO LONG,
NOBODY'S PAYIN' ATTENTION
ANYMORE.
PLENTY OF PEOPLE
ARE PAYIN' ATTENTION.
I SEE TO THAT.
OH, YEAH, ONE MORE THING.
I CAN'T MIX THE SONGS
IF I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE HELL
IT IS YOU'RE SINGIN'.
NEXT TIME YOU PULL
A STUNT LIKE THAT,
YOU'RE
LIABLE TO SOUND LIKE
A WHORE
ON A 3-DAY BINGE.
[ HUMMING ]
Young Leanna: I KNOW
AT LEAST TWO DOZEN SONGS.
I GOT ALL THE REGULAR ONES --
CARTER FAMILY,
MISS KITTY WELLS.
HOLD ON, NOW.
I GET THE PICTURE, ALL RIGHT?
I GOT A COUPLE
OF MY OWN, TOO.
BUT SHE'S REAL GOOD, SIR!
JUST LISTEN.
PLAY HIM ONE,
LEANNA.
MAMA!
TAKE THIS
OUT OF THE HOUSE AGAIN,
AND IT'S KINDLING!
THERE'S NOTHIN' WRONG
WITH HER SINGING.
SHE'S GOT
A GIFT FROM GOD!
AND IT'S FOR HIS EARS!
HIS AND MINE!
DADDY, I DON'T MEAN
TO GET YOU ANGRY.
I JUST LOVE TO SING.
YOU'RE TOO YOUNG
TO KNOW THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.
SO I GOTTA
KEEP THE BAD FROM YA.
[ HUMMING ]
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ SIGHS ]
LET'S GET SOME SLEEP.
WE GOTTA GET HOME
EARLY TOMORROW.
[ SIGHS ] I'M SORRY
ABOUT TONIGHT, BABY.
I'M SORRY
ABOUT THE WAY I TALKED.
IT'S JUST THAT
YOU'RE SO DOGGONE TRUSTING,
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA
WATCH OUT FOR YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
MY DADDY'S FUNERAL
WAS TODAY.
[ SIGHS ]
I'M GONNA GET A COLD DRINK.
YOU WANT ANYTHING?
[ SIGHS ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
HANG ON, YOU GUYS.
I'M COMING.
HANG ON!
HEY!
HEY!
YOU GUYS STILL UP?
YEAH, THEY'RE
STILL AT THE BAR.
COME ON IN.
SO, I WONDER WHO IS SLEEPIN'
ON THE COT TONIGHT.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, BISHOP AND MELON ARE
GONNA BE WORKIN' THAT ONE OUT.
YEAH, I'M SURE.
MY BOYS!
HEY, I JUST WANTED TO
TELL YOU
THAT I THINK
YOU ARE A GREAT SONGWRITER.
THANK YOU.
AND YOU MAKE MY SONGS
SOUND BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I DO.
I'VE WORKED
WITH DOZENS OF MUSICIANS,
AND I HAVE NEVER
SOUNDED THIS GOOD.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
WELL, HEY,
IF I WAS YOU,
I'D GET ME A BED
BEFORE THOSE GUYS GET BACK.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THELMA!
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
MELON WAS SUPPOSED TO
CALL BEFORE THE SHOW.
SO, IS THIS YOU ALL'S ROOM?
WELL, THE MEN'S ROOM,
YEAH.
MINE AND HANK'S ROOM
IS OVER THERE.
UH-HUH.
WELL,
DON'T LET ME KEEP YOU.
THELMA, YOU GOT NO BUSINESS
DRIVING SIX HOURS ALONE
IN YOUR CONDITION.
YOU CAN'T JUST
BE THINKIN' ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU GOT A BABY
IN THAT CAR WITH YOU!
[ LIVELY COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
HOW YOU DOIN'?
ANY SIGN OF THEM?
NOPE.
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
THELMA, YOU PRACTICALLY
GOT HIM UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW
WHERE HE IS?
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE
WITH RUBY'S CAKE,
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
SWEETIE, THAT'S
NOT GOOD FOR THE BABY.
WOULD YOU JUST STOP
ABOUT THIS DAMN BABY?
I KNOW YOU ALL
THINK I'M A BITCH,
THE WAY I CHECK UP ON MELON,
AND ALL.
BUT I'M STUCK WITH HIM
FOREVER,
AND THIS BABY IS
WHAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT.
NOBODY'S JUDGING YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU'RE THE ONLY FRIEND
I GOT HERE, LEANNA.
IF I HADN'T GOTTEN PREGNANT,
I NEVER WOULD'VE MARRIED MELON.
I'D JUST GO BACK HOME
AND LEAVE MELON
TO HIS OWN SELF.
WELL, IF MELON
AIN'T GOOD TO YOU,
MAYBE THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
I DON'T THINK I COULD
MAKE IT ALL ALONE WITH A KID.
THELMA, LISTEN TO ME.
NOBODY SHOULD EVER
STAY WITH A MAN
BECAUSE OF A BABY.
IF MELON
DON'T TREAT YOU GOOD,
CHANCES ARE HE'S NOT GONNA
BE GOOD FOR THAT BABY, EITHER.
AND DON'T LET ANYBODY
TELL YOU DIFFERENT.
[ HORN HONKS ]
AH! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
YEAH, WELL AT LEAST HANK
TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS FOR YOU.
I CAN'T GET MELON
TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE.
WELL, DOES THAT MEAN HANK
GETS TO RUN MY LIFE?
HEY, I DON'T BLAME YOU
CHECKING OUT YOUR OPTIONS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE HANK HAS
PUT A RING ON YOUR FINGER.
THELMA, WHATEVER YOU THINK
YOU SAW LAST NIGHT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S ALL
WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE.
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
FRANKLIN,
I DON'T GET IT!
HANK WAS HERE EARLIER.
[ SIGHS ]
HEY...
WHO'S THAT?
WHAT THE --
WHAT NOW?
HEY, MISTER,
YOU CAN'T GET UP THERE!
BUDDY!
[ POP DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]
I CAN'T? WELL, THEN...
I BETTER GET DOWN!
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS?!
OH, NO. UNH-UNH!
UNH-UNH!
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, MY LORD!
I WANT TO KNOW WHO DID THIS!
WHO BRUNG HIM IN HERE?
LEANNA TAYLOR, I SEE YOU!
I KNEW IT WAS YOU!
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!
PUT THAT SHIRT BACK ON!
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
OH, STOP IT, NOW!
WHOO! YOU ENJOY IT RUBY.
YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
OH! YOU CUTE THING!
YOU ARE A SWEET DARLIN'!
Man: RUBY, SPEECH!
Man #2: SPEECH!
SPEECH, RUBY!
SPEECH!
THIS IS GREAT
AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S ONE PROBLEM.
IT IS NOT MY BIRTHDAY!
WELL, OF COURSE NOT!
RUBY AIN'T HAD A BIRTHDAY
IN 20 YEARS!
[ LAUGHS ]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY.
THANK YOU.
THANK Y'ALL.
I APPRECIATE IT.
[ MICROPHONE SQUEALS ]
OH, MAN.
[ TRUCK DOOR SLAMS ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ SIGHS ] WELL,
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, HONEY?
[ SIGHS ]
COME ON.
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
HANK?
[ SIGHS ]
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ POUNDS ON HOOD ]
OH!
GOOD MORNIN'!
OH, YEAH.
[ GROANS ]
YOU LOOK LIKE HELL.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
I FEEL OLD, RUBY.
WANT SOME COFFEE?
OH, NO. UNH-UNH.
I AM SO SORRY.
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO?
OH! BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
COME ON.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
GOT LEANNA ON SUCH A TEAR.
WELL, IT COULD BE
BECAUSE HER DADDY DIED.
SHE DIDN'T TELL ME
TILL AFTER SHE'D
ALREADY MISSED THE FUNERAL.
WELL! SHE DIDN'T TELL ME.
THAT'S SOMETHING.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ ROOSTER CROWS ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
HEY, YOU!
HEY.
IS HANK INSIDE?
YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT -- LAST NIGHT,
I WANTED TO TELL YOU,
IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY
I NEVER HAD.
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT WAS SOMETHIN'.
IT WAS.
LOOK...I MEAN,
I BEEN TASTIN' YOUR LIPSTICK
ALL DAY.
I HOPE YOU HAD SOMETHIN'
A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL
THAN THAT.
WE'RE DOIN'
FOUR SETS TONIGHT.
I DON'T WANNA
PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I MEAN, YOU AND HANK --
I KNOW Y'ALL
BEEN TOGETHER FOREVER.
AND I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE
TO TRY TO BUST THAT UP.
ESPECIALLY NOT NOW,
WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON WITH YA.
I JUST --
[ SIGHS ]
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
HEY, LOOK...
I AM LATE!
YOU'RE ALWAYS LATE.
NO, I MEAN,
I AM ACTUALLY LATE.
COULD YOU WAIT
A FEW SECONDS?
[ CHEERING ]
HEY, THERE! HERE I AM!
I'M SORRY I MADE YOU WAIT!
I'M NOT LATE!
YOU'RE EARLY!
WELL! THANK YOU!
AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO
TALK TO EVERYBODY,
SOMEBODY AROUND HERE
BETTER BE MAKIN' SOME MUSIC,
OR RUBY'S GONNA
POP A GUSSET.
[ CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS ]
YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME
ABOUT YOUR DADDY'S FUNERAL.
I COULD'VE
CHANGED THE DATES.
YOU LOOK LIKE HELL!
WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE
A THOUSAND BUCKS...
AN HOUR.
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
♪ DOES YOUR HEART
FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ IT COULD
BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
HOW MANY HAS HE HAD?
THIRD ROUND THIS SET.
♪ ...AND WILL NOT SLOW UP? ♪
♪ DO YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY? ♪
♪ WELL, I'M THINKIN' ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ THE BEST I CAN TELL ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN' THOUGHTS
THAT I'VE NEVER PONDERED ♪
♪ AND I'M FEELIN'
LIKE I'VE NEVER FELT ♪
♪ OO-OH OO-OH OOH ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE I DRANK ♪
♪ FROM SOME MAGIC POTION ♪
♪ SIPPIN'
FROM YOUR LOVING CUP ♪
♪ INTOXICATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ INFATUATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN'
WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ THESE FEELINGS OF WONDER,
OF PASSION AND ROMANCE ♪
♪ EXCITEMENT AND PURE ECSTASY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ AND IT MIGHT BE FOREVER ♪
♪ I THINK
THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US ♪
♪ IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IN AND ALL OVER ME ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I PROMISE FOR KEEPS ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE FEELIN' LIKE ME ♪
♪ AAH-AHH ♪
♪ THEN IT MIGHT BE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ I DARE SAY ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN ♪
♪ LOVE ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK!
I'm gonna
get something to drink.
WHAT?
DON'T LET GO, LEANNA.
HUH! IT'S COLD!
[ GIGGLES ]
DADDY!
UGH!
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MAN
WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO
TURN THE WOMAN IN
FOR A YOUNGER MODEL.
HEY, YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT DIDN'T COME HOME
LAST NIGHT.
YEAH, WELL,
THERE WERE SOME FRIENDS
I HADN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.
IT FELT GOOD
TO THINK ABOUT MYSELF FOR ONCE
INSTEAD OF THE BAND.
OH, YOU'RE
BREAKIN' MY HEART!
HEY, LISTEN TO ME!
I DON'T DO IT FOR THE VAST
APPRECIATION IT GETS ME!
THE ANCHOR AIN'T THE MOST
GLAMOROUS PART OF THE YACHT!
LEANNA?
ARE YOU OKAY?
SHE'S FINE!!
BOBBY, IT'S OKAY.
GO BACK INSIDE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?!
WILL YOU STOP?!
WHAT ARE YOU --
ARE YOU CRAZY?!
DADDY, STOP! DADDY!
STOP!
HANK, GET OFF OF HIM!
GET OFF OF HIM!
I'M FINE!!
I'M FINE!!
HEY, LEANNA!
YOU GET BACK HERE!
YOU GET BACK HERE!
WE GOT TWO MORE SETS!
[ BOBBY COUGHING ]
[ GROANING ]
YOU ARE FIRED.
YOU HEAR ME?
YOU GET YOUR GUITAR
AND YOU GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE!
[ COUGHING ]
Young Leanna:
DADDY, HE'S HURT!
YOU FELL, YOU HEAR ME?
YES, SIR!
YOU FELL.
YOU SAY DIFFERENT,
AND I'LL FINISH THE JOB.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
YES, SIR!
NOW, GE-E-ET!
UGH!
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!
♪ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ MY HEART SEEMS TO WHISPER ♪
♪ BUT MY LIPS
CANNOT FORM THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ I KNOW MY HEART
IS CALLING OUT TO YOU ♪
♪ IN A VOICE
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ♪
♪ DOES YOUR HEART
FEEL AS IF ♪
♪ IT COULD
BURST ANY SECOND? ♪
♪ IS IT RACING
AND WILL NOT SLOW UP? ♪
♪ DO YOU JUST WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WITH ME ENDLESSLY? ♪
♪ WELL, I'M THINKIN' ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ THE BEST I CAN TELL ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN' THOUGHTS
THAT I'VE NEVER PONDERED ♪
♪ AND I'M FEELIN'
LIKE I'VE NEVER FELT ♪
♪ OO-OH OO-OH OOH ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE I DRANK ♪
♪ FROM SOME MAGIC POTION ♪
♪ SIPPIN'
FROM YOUR LOVING CUP ♪
♪ INTOXICATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ INFATUATED ♪
♪ OOOH ♪
♪ I'M THINKIN'
WE MIGHT BE IN LOVE ♪
[ CAR DOOR SLAMS ]
[ CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
DID YOU GET MY GUITAR?
WHAT?
LAST NIGHT --
DID YOU GET MY GUITAR?
IT'S IN THE TRAILER.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
I NEED A CHANGE.
[ SIGHS ] WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?
I BEEN STANDING
IN THE SAME PLACE FOR TOO LONG.
THEN GO FOR A WALK.
REARRANGE THE FURNITURE.
HANK, YOU'RE
NOT LISTENING TO ME.
LAST NIGHT'S THE FIRST TIME
I'VE EVER WALKED OUT ON A SHOW.
WELL, THANK GOD YOU GOT
YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT!
I THOUGHT LAST NIGHT
WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT YOU SLEPT
WITH ANOTHER MAN!
IT TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST
A LITTLE CAREER CRISIS.
IT'S NOT MY CAREER!
IT'S MY LIFE!
WELL, IT IS MINE, TOO.
AND 15 YEARS OF IT
HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO YOU!
WHEN I FIRST MET YOU,
YOU WERE A FLAKE.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE
GOTTEN A GIG
AT A FIRE DEPARTMENT PICNIC
IF YOUR HAIR WAS IN FLAMES!
YOU WERE ON A FAST TRACK
TO NOWHERE,
READY TO CRASH AND BURN!
AND I FIXED IT!
I FIXED IT, DAMN IT!
I FIXED IT SO YOU
NEVER HAD TO DO ANYTHING
BUT WRITE YOUR SONGS
AND SING THEM.
I DID THAT FOR YOU!
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
JEEZ!
SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR.
I GOTTA HAVE A SHOT
AT SOMETHING BETTER!
I JUST HAVE TO!
LEANNA,
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER.
WELL, MAYBE!
BUT I HAVE TO KNOW!
I'VE GOT TO
REACH FOR SOMETHING HIGHER!
I'VE GOT TO, HANK!
OR I'M GONNA
REACH FOR THE DOOR!
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO?
SIT ON MY HANDS WHILE YOU THROW
YOURSELF AT SOME GUITAR PLAYER?
NO. AND I CAN'T
TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW!
I WANT YOU
TO CALL JOHN CONROY.
McNALLY KNOWS YOU.
LEANNA, HE KNO--
NO, HE DOESN'T!
I'VE CHANGED!
ARE YOU GONNA CALL HIM?
SURE.
IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES,
I'LL CALL HIM.
GOOD.
I'VE KNOWN
PETER McNALLY FOREVER --
WAY BEFORE YOU STARTED
WORKING WITH LEANNA.
HE HAS THIS PHRASE HE LIKES
TO JOKE ABOUT -- "SNAKE ALERT."
WHEN HE WORKED HERE
15 YEARS AGO,
HE SAW LOTS OF TALENT
COME THROUGH.
PROBLEM WAS, MOST OF THEM
HAD SNAKES IN THEIR HEADS --
HIS WORDS.
PETER HAS
AN AVERSION TO SNAKES.
AND HE CAN SPOT ONE
IN 10 SECONDS FLAT.
THIS CONROY GUY -- DOES HE CARRY
ANY WEIGHT WITH McNALLY?
SHOOT, LEANNA DOESN'T
NEED CONROY TO GET TO McNALLY.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
STAY OUT OF IT
AND LET NATURE
TAKE ITS COURSE.
SHE DOESN'T WANT ME
TO STAY OUT OF IT.
Franklin: FOR WHAT IT'S
WORTH, THE WAY I SEE IT,
A FILLY GETS SPOOKED, A MAN'S
GOT TO HANG ON, LET HER RUN.
THAT HAPPENED TO AN UNCLE
OF MINE ONCE.
HE GOT KNOCKED OFF
BY A TREE BRANCH --
KILLED HIM.
WELL, THAT TOO.
YEP.
[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
I thought you told him
to make an appointment.
He insisted on waiting.
He said he knew you --
Mr. Hatcher.
[ SIGHS ]
HANK!
OH, HEY, PETER.
I WASN'T SURE YOU'D REMEMBER ME.
I HEARD
YOU WERE WITH LEANNA TAYLOR.
YEP. GOIN' ON 15 YEARS.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO TALK.
CALL ME.
THIS WON'T TAKE
BUT A SECOND.
THING IS, ONE OF YOUR FELLOWS
HAS BEEN GIVING ME A PROBLEM.
REALLY? WHO?
A GUY BY THE NAME
OF JOHN CONROY.
HE'S BEEN SNIFFING
AROUND LEANNA,
MAKING
ALL THESE BIG PROMISES.
FRANKLY IT'S GOT HER ALL
DISTRACTED.
IS SHE STILL A HANDFUL?
WELL, SHE'S STILL
HANGING IN THERE.
WE GOT
A LOT OF SOLID BOOKINGS.
IT AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE
THE BIG TIME,
BUT WE'RE GETTIN' BY.
SHOULD I BE PAYING
ATTENTION?
WELL, I'D GIVE UP MY RIGHT ARM
FOR LEANNA,
-BUT LORD KNOWS
SHE CAN BE A PROBLEM.
-STILL?
JUST THE OTHER NIGHT,
SHE WALKED OUT ON THE SHOW.
I MEAN,
RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE,
JUST UP AND LEFT
BEFORE THE THIRD SET.
LOOK, I KNOW
CONROY CAN GET EXCITED.
I'LL TALK TO HIM, OKAY?
I APPRECIATE THAT.
HEY, IT WAS
GOOD SEEIN' YOU.
IF YOU SEE RUBY,
TELL HER I SAID, "HEY."
AND TELL HER IF SHE'S
ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER,
SHE'D BETTER COME
AND SEE ME.
I'LL DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ LOUD COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ]
Hank: SOMETIMES, SHE'LL REPEAT
THE CHORUS RIGHT HERE.
YOU JUST GOT TO
KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR IT.
GOOD MORNIN', HONEY.
YOU KNOW DWAYNE RANDOLF.
OH, WE'VE NEVER MET.
BUT, YEAH, SURE.
OF COURSE I DO.
I'VE SEEN YOU ALL A BUNCH
OF TIMES OVER AT RUBY'S.
DWAYNE WAS SUPPOSED TO
GO ON TOUR WITH RICKY,
BUT RICKY'S WIFE GOT SICK.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
-ANYWAY IT'S OUR LUCK
I TALKED HIM INTO SLUMMIN'
FOR A FEW WEEKS,
TAKIN' THAT SWING
DOWN TO GEORGIA WITH US.
YEAH, WELL,
THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SURE WOULD.
IT'S BOBBY.
-HANK, ABOUT THAT CHORUS...
-HEY
HUH?
IT'S BEEN 30 HOURS -- 31.
I'M SORRY.
I JUST COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
WELL, THINGS ARE
A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
I kind of picked up on that.
Are you okay?
YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
WELL, THIS TORNADO
BLEW IN HERE THE OTHER NIGHT,
KIND OF SPUN ME AROUND,
THEN BLEW RIGHT BACK
OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO --
BOBBY, I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU.
Peter McNally may audition me,
and I can't take any chances.
-McNALLY?
-YEAH
THAT'S GREAT.
IT'S AMAZING TIMING.
AND, WELL, ABOUT THE BAND --
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ME THERE.
WHAT I REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW
IS TO SEE YOU.
I'm not sure how --
TO MEET ON SATURDAY.
HANK'S GOING TO BE WATCHING
THE BALLGAME AT MELON'S,
and I'll be
at the Candlelight.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN.
JUST SAY YOU'LL COME, PLEASE.
THAT'S ALL I NEED RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW, BOBBY.
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
[ Dial tone ]
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW.
I'M GLAD YOU CAME,
HANK.
YOU KNOW,
I USED TO WANT TO BE A SINGER.
REALLY?
I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU SING.
I CAN'T.
WELL, YOU CAN'T BE THAT BAD.
WANNA BET?
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SOMETHING I NEVER COULD BE --
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A MAMA.
AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
JOB IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
IF KIDS ARE SO GREAT,
THEN HOW COME YOU NEVER HAD ANY?
WELL, I JUST RAN OUT OF TIME,
I GUESS.
I KEPT WAITIN' AROUND...
AFRAID I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW,
QUALIFY.
I GUESS I WAS JUST AFRAID
I'D MESS IT UP.
HONEY, BRING ME A BEER.
YOU EVER NOTICE
HOW THEY GET DRUNK,
THEN WE END UP
WITH THE HANGOVER?
Announcer:
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE KICKER.
SO, THIRD DOWN AND...
LEANNA, YOU'D MAKE
A REAL GOOD MOTHER.
OH, THANK YOU.
HEY, HANK, WHAT WAS THAT
BEER SHOWER ALL ABOUT?
YOU LOOKED A LITTLE HOT.
[ Sarcastically ]
YEAH, RIGHT.
HANK, I NEED THE CAR KEYS.
I GOT TO GET SOME AIR.
IT AIN'T THELMA, IS IT?
YOU WANT ME
TO TELL HER TO SHUT UP?
YOU BE GOOD TO THELMA.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER.
WHERE ARE YOU GOIN'?
I'M GOIN' HOME.
...HERE IN NASHVILLE.
WE'LL BE BACK
AFTER THESE MESSAGES.
THE REF WAS
IN SOMEBODY'S BACK POCKET.
SEE YOU LATER.
BYE, LEANNA.
LET'S DO IT!
LET'S DO IT!
GO!
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
Hank: HEY, LEAVE A MESSAGE
FOR HANK OR LEANNA.
[ BEEP ]
Hatcher, it's Conroy.
Look, what you did was stupid.
OH, HELLO?
IT'S LEANNA.
I GOT NO PROBLEMS WITH YOU.
THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND HANK.
WELL, HANK'S NOT HERE.
Well, tell him to call me.
ANY BUSINESS YOU GOT WITH HANK,
YOU GOT WITH ME.
HANK SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT
IF HE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT
YOUR HISTORY WITH McNALLY,
I COULD HAVE FINESSED
THINGS.
AS IT IS YOU WANT HIM
TO HEAR YOU NOW,
YOU BETTER PRAY
FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?!
WHAT DID HANK DO?
ASK HIM. HE'S THE ONE
WHO MESSED IT UP.
DAMN HIM!
HANK STILL AT MELON'S?
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL ME
YOU WEREN'T GONNA COME?
I WANTED TO.
I COULDN'T.
THE OTHER NIGHT, I CROSSED
A LINE I WOULDN'T HAVE CROSSED
UNLESS I THOUGHT
YOU WANTED ME TO.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME THERE.
I WAS JUST --
WELL, I KIND OF
LET IT ALL COME UP OUT OF ME.
I GOTTA KNOW
IF I'M WALKIN' AWAY FROM A LIE
OR SOMETHIN' REAL.
I DON'T KNOW, BOBBY.
OH, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
YEP.
WHERE YOU GOIN'?
GO TO HELL!
[ SIGHS ]
REVEREND TAFT...
I'M LEANNA TAYLOR.
LEANNA TAYLOR?!
YOUR MOTHER DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT YOU COMING.
NO, I-I GUESS
I SHOULD CALL HER.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PHONE.
I GOT SOMETHIN'
THAT BELONGS TO YOU.
AND I DON'T SUPPOSE
THERE'S ANY NEED
FOR ME TO KEEP IT ANY LONGER.
I PROBABLY
SHOULD BURN THESE.
IF I EVER GET FAMOUS,
I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S SOME
INCRIMINATIN' STUFF IN HERE.
JUST A GIRL GROWING UP
IN THOSE PAGES.
SHE HAD ME READ THEM TO HER.
IT DID HER GOOD TO SHARE IT
WITH SOMEONE, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
IS JUST SO MUCH SMALLER
THAN I REMEMBER.
THINGS DON'T GET SMALLER,
LEANNA.
THEY JUST KIND OF LOSE
THEIR POWER TO OVERWHELM US --
WITH ENOUGH TIME, ANYWAY.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
MAMA!
LEANNA?
[ SIGHS ]
I MADE SWEET TEA.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET
GOOD TEA IN NASHVILLE.
ALL THEY HAVE IS
THAT OLD, INSTANT STUFF.
OH? UH-HUH?
PLEASE, SIT.
YOU KNOW, REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WAS A LITTLE GIRL
HOW YOU ALWAYS LOVED
THEM DOILIES?
WELL, THEY WENT OUT OF STYLE
A WAYS BACK,
AND THEY WAS JUST
COLLECTIN' DUST, ANYWAY.
SO I KEPT THEM FOR YA.
OH, WELL, THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO --
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO --
YOUR ROOM'S JUST
A DUMP-IT ROOM NOW.
SEEMS LIKE
I GOT MORE AND MORE TO DUMP.
THINGS JUST KEEP BREAKIN'.
AND NOW I GOT
ALL OF DADDY'S STUFF.
YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT,
MAMA?
OH, NO. THE CHURCH WILL
COME BY AND GET IT --
SOON AS I CALL THEM.
HOW YOU GONNA DO THAT?
LET ME HAVE YOU A PHONE PUT IN.
NOW, JUST WHO
AM I GONNA CALL?
REVEREND TAFT AND ME. AND
WHAT IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY?
I GOT MY BIBLE.
I KEPT
YOUR DADDY'S OLD SHOTGUN.
ANYTHING THOSE TWO CAN'T HANDLE,
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
HERE --
HAVE SOME TURNIP GREENS.
YOU'RE NOT
GONNA BELIEVE THIS,
BUT I STILL HAVE
THAT DRESS YOU MADE FOR ME.
THAT OLD SEWING MACHINE
STILL PURRS LIKE A KITTEN.
DO YOU STILL HAVE
THE TOUCH?
YOU BET I DO. IN FACT,
I STILL GOT THAT SWATCH
OF FABRIC AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU KEEP THAT TINY WAIST.
MY MAMA HAD AN HOURGLASS FIGURE,
TOO -- TILL SHE HAD ME.
MY DADDY USED TO SAY,
"A FIGURE LIKE THAT
BRINGS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE."
♪ FLY YOU AWAY FROM MY WINDOW,
LITTLE BLUEBIRD ♪
♪ FOR THE ONLY ONE
THAT I HAVE EVER LOVED ♪
♪ HAS GONE AWAY ♪
♪ AND I'M IN NO MOOD ♪
♪ FOR TO HEAR
YOUR SONG TODAY ♪
♪ MM-HMM HMM HMM
HMM HMM HMM ♪
♪ HMM HMM MM-HMM
MM-MM-HMM HMM ♪
♪ SO SPREAD YOUR BLUE WINGS ♪
♪ LIGHT YOUR BLUE SKY ♪
♪ AND I'LL SHARE
MY BLUE TEARS ♪
♪ HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM ♪
OH, HERE IT IS.
YOU LOOK SO PRETTY
IN THIS DRESS.
YOUR LETTERS,
FOR YEARS NOW,
IT'S, "HANK THIS,"
AND, "HANK THAT."
I DECLARE,
FOR THE LIFE OF ME,
I CAN'T SEEM
TO GET A FIX ON HIM IN MY MIND.
WELL, WHEN YOU GET BACK
TO NASHVILLE,
YOU FIND ME THE FABRIC
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
OF COURSE,
I CAN GO ON OVER TO KNOXVILLE
AND GET THE MATERIAL.
I JUST THOUGHT
YOU'D WANT TO PICK IT OUT.
REVEREND TAFT MUST HAVE HAD
50 LETTERS THERE.
I'LL GO AHEAD
AND MAKE A PATTERN.
HOW COME
YOU NEVER WROTE ME BACK?
YOU KNOW
I CAN'T BARELY WRITE.
REVEREND TAFT WOULD'VE BEEN GLAD
TO HAVE HELPED YOU.
I THOUGHT...
THINGS WERE GONNA GET BETTER.
I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS GONNA BE THIS LONG.
25 YEARS?!
FOR 25 YEARS,
I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT YOU.
I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT YOU
AND THAT DOOR.
WHAT'S BEHIND THAT DOOR,
ANYWAY, MAMA?
WHAT YOU GOT LOCKED UP
IN THERE NOW?
NOTHIN'!
YOU SAW HOW HE ACTED.
HOW COULD YOU JUST PRETEND
IT WAS NOTHIN'?
YOU JUST PLAYED YOUR GUITAR --
HE NEVER TOUCHED YOU!
HE WAS CRAZY!
HE DIDN'T LET ME PLAY ANYWHERE!
ALL HE DID WAS LOCK ME IN
THAT ROOM AND SING JUST FOR HIM!
HOW COULD YOU JUST SIT
AND DO NOTHIN' ABOUT IT?!
I WAS AFRAID.
I APOLOGIZE, MAMA.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME.
[ SOBBING ]
[ FAUCET RUNNING ]
Hank:
ARE YOU HOME TO STAY,
OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER STOP
ON YOUR WAY TO WHO-KNOWS-WHERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
[ SIGHS ]
I'VE BEEN TO HELL AND BACK
A HUNDRED TIMES ON YOUR ACCOUNT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
I ALMOST CALLED THE POLICE.
MAYBE YOU RAN OFF A BRIDGE,
OR YOU GOT KIDNAPPED.
I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE YOU LEFT TOWN
WITH SOME GUITAR PLAYER.
WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
OH, DAMN, LEANNA,
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
I MEAN,
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
I GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW.
ASK JOHN CONROY.
MM-HMM.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
WERE YOU LISTENIN' TO ME?
SHE'S GOT LARYNGITIS --
THAT'S
WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLIN' YA.
OH, HELL, I'VE HAD TO CANCEL
A BUNCH OF GIGS.
WE HAVEN'T REHEARSED FOR MORE
THAN -- OW! -- THREE WEEKS.
I DON'T KNOW.
NOT LIKE I PLANNED IT THIS WAY.
YEAH, I'LL CALL YOU.
YOU'LL BE THE FIRST ONE I CALL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
HATCHER.
YEAH -- LEMON AND HONEY,
AND SALTWATER GARGLES,
ANTIBIOTICS --
DONE IT, DOIN' IT.
I'LL CALL YOU.
BYE.
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
[ SIGHS ]
I CAN'T BELIEVE
HANK WOULD BE SO STUPID
TO MESS SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP.
ONE THING HANK IS NOT
IS STUPID.
SO, WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN?
[ SIGHS ] WELL, McNALLY
PUT ON A TALENT SHOWCASE.
SHE WAS A NO-SHOW.
HE PROMOTED
THE HELL OUT OF HER.
HE WAS JUST GETTING STARTED,
AND SHE EMBARRASSED HIM
PRETTY GOOD
IN FRONT OF A BUNCH
OF RECORD-COMPANY MUCKETY-MUCKS.
SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT NOW.
SHE WOULDN'T EVEN CANCEL
FOR HER OWN FATHER'S FUNERAL.
THAT'S THE PICTURE
OF MENTAL HEALTH, ISN'T IT?
WE ARE TALKIN' ABOUT LEANNA.
YES.
WE ARE.
AND I LOVE HER TO DEATH,
AND SO DO YOU.
LEANNA?
LEANNA, OPEN THE DOOR.
IT'S ME -- THELMA.
LEANNA?
LEANNA?
HOO HOO?
THIS PACKAGE
WAS ON THE DOORSTEP.
I GOT SOME FOOD FOR YA.
RUBY SENT IT OVER.
OH, HEY,
I SAW AN ULTRASOUND TODAY --
YOU KNOW, OF THE BABY.
POOR THING
LOOKS JUST LIKE MELON.
OKAY, THEN.
WELL, I'M JUST GONNA GO HOME.
I'LL BE SITTIN' BY MY PHONE
IN CASE YOU NEED ME.
OKAY.
OH!
OH, GOD, MAMA!
[ Crying ] OH, MAMA!
OH, THERE.
THAT'S FINE.
WONDERFUL.
LET'S SEE THE BACK.
OH...
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!
OH, MAMA!
[ CRYING ]
HEY, HANK.
LOOK, MAN,
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM...
I MEAN...
HEY, BUDDY,
I GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING
THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
LEANNA'S WITH YOU --
I SEE THAT.
AND I SEE HOW IT'S
ALL WRAPPED UP IN HER MUSIC.
I MEAN,
IT'S HER SAFETY NET.
I PUSHED HER.
I WAS WRONG TO DO IT.
♪ DOO DOO DOO DOO ♪
♪ BLUEBIRD ♪
♪ DOO DOO DOO DOO
DOO-DOO-DOO DOO-DOO ♪
♪ MM-HMM HMM HMM HMM
HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM ♪
♪ HMM HMM HMM MM-HMM
HMM HMM HMM HMM ♪
[ HANK PLAYS SAME NOTES ]
♪ I -- ♪
♪ HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM
HMM-MM-MM-HMM-HMM-HMM ♪
HANK?
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?
I JUST THOUGHT WE MIGHT
KICK OUT SOME JAMS.
YOU AND ME?!
SURE, WHY NOT?
OH, I DON'T THINK SO.
LEANNA, I'M TRYIN' HERE.
YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED
IN SO LONG.
WELL, I KNOW HOW THE MUSIC --
IT'S YOUR SAFETY NET.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST
THING ABOUT NOT BEIN' SAFE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOIN'
A LOT OF THINKING
ABOUT WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE,
WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE
DIFFERENT,
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THAT I SCREWED UP.
I MEAN, I COULD THINK OF
A THOUSAND THINGS
I COULD PROBABLY APOLOGIZE FOR.
WHERE I KEEP GETTING HUNG UP IS,
I-I THOUGHT
YOU WANTED ME
TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING
AND LEAVE YOU TO THE MUSIC.
NOW I JUST DON'T KNOW.
OH, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE
AND YOU KNOW IT.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ANYMORE.
I MEAN, NOTHING YOU'RE DOIN'
MAKES ANY SENSE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
JUST TELL ME AND I'LL DO IT.
WELL, I WANT YOU TO STOP
COMIN' UP WITH ALL THE ANSWERS.
AND I WANT
TO GO BACK ON THE ROAD.
OKAY.
AND I WANT
BOBBY BACK IN THE BAND.
DONNY'S A GOOD GUITAR --
IT'S THE BEST WE'VE EVER
SOUNDED, AND YOU KNOW IT.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU'VE GOT TO TRUST ME,
HANK.
WHAT I DID WAS WRONG.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE HURT YOU
THAT WAY,
AND I AM TRULY SORRY.
BUT I DIDN'T GET THERE
ALL BY MYSELF.
[ SIGHS ]
AND ONE MORE THING.
HMM?
YOU PLAY THAT THING AGAIN,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
HAVE IT PUT DOWN.
[ LAUGHING ]
WELL, YOU ALWAYS DID HAVE
THE GIFT.
OH, YEAH --
THE GIFT OF GETTIN' IN
MY OWN WAY!
I ALWAYS MADE SURE I HAD
SOMEBODY ELSE TO BLAME FOR IT.
OH, WELL,
MEN CAN BE HANDY FOR THAT.
ALL I KNOW IS GOD DEALT ME
A HAND OF CARDS,
AND THAT'S
WHAT I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH.
WELL, HAVIN' A HAND TO PLAY AND
KNOWIN' WHAT TO DO WITH IT --
THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
[ HORN HONKS ]
KNOWIN' WHAT YOU CAN DO,
AND WANTIN' TO DO IT --
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING.
[ HORN HONKING ]
THERE'S MY RIDE.
I'LL SEE YA.
GET IN. LETS GO.
HEY.
WHOA!
FRANKLIN, GET ON YOUR HAT.
WE'RE GOIN' TO TOWN.
YOU MEAN UPTOWN?
I MEAN PETER McNALLY UPTOWN.
IT'S TIME WE SET HIM STRAIGHT
ON A THING OR TWO.
COME ON.
♪ GOT A CRAZY,
RESTLESS FEELIN' ♪
♪ I CANNOT BE CONSOLED ♪
♪ GOT AN ITCHY URGE
TO UP AND RUN ♪
♪ I THINK
I'VE LOST CONTROL ♪
♪ LIKE ELVIS
AND HIS HOUND DOG ♪
♪ IN A DEEP FOG,
I KEEP RUNNIN' AFTER YOU ♪
[ Imitating Elvis Presley ]
♪ UH-HUH ♪
♪ I THOUGHT
I'D BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE ♪
♪ BUT BEFORE
DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE ♪
♪ ANYMORE ♪
♪ I'VE GOT THAT ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ I COULD GRAB YOU UP
AND JUST RUN OFF ♪
♪ FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE ♪
♪ YEAH,
THAT THOUGHT'S APPEALIN' ♪
♪ AND THAT
RUNAWAY FEELING'S ♪
♪ LETTIN' MY FEELINGS
RUN AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ RUN AWAY WITH IT, BOYS ♪
WHOO!
♪ GOT THAT RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ I COULD GRAB YOU UP
AND JUST RUN OFF ♪
♪ FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE ♪
♪ YEAH,
THAT THOUGHT'S APPEALIN' ♪
♪ AND THAT RUNAWAY FEELING'S ♪
♪ LETTIN' MY FEELINGS
RUN AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ I GOT THAT RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ RUN AWAY! ♪
♪ RUNWAY FEELIN',
RUN AWAY ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ WON'T YOU RUN AWAY WITH ME? ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN',
RUN AWAY ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN',
RUN AWAY ♪
♪ RUNAWAY FEELIN' ♪
♪ WON'T YOU RUN AWAY WITH ME? ♪
[ As Elvis Presley ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO, THANK YOU.
WHOA!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
YOU ALL STAY PUT.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
NOW, THAT WAS FUN!
HEY, THANK YOU
FOR BEING MY GUITAR PLAYER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVIN' ME.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
HEY, LEANNA, THE BABY KICKED
THROUGH THE WHOLE SET!
OH, DID IT?
I THINK I GOT
A LITTLE DANCER IN HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
WELL, WHAT DID I DO?
I WANT TO BE A MOM NOW, AND
I REALLY WANT TO BE GOOD AT IT.
YOU GAVE ME THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE
A GREAT LITTLE MAMA.
THANK YOU.
HEY, THERE, LEANNA!
I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS
FOR YOU, SWEETHEART.
WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU --
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DIVINE
INTERCESSION CAME FROM,
BUT McNALLY CALLED.
IT SEEMS
HE'S CHANGED HIS MIND.
HE WANTS YOU TO CALL HIM --
DIRECT LINE.
WOW! YEAH, WE'LL CALL --
FIRST THING.
GOOD.
LET ME BUY YOU ALL A ROUND.
YOU GET THE BIGGEST NEWS
IN YOUR CAREER,
AND YOU'RE AT A BAR
TOO CHEAP FOR CHAMPAGNE!
COME ON, BABY.
LET'S GO.
HONEY, YOU KNOW THIS IS GONNA
HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE GET HOME.
WHY?
WHAT IF WE CALL AND
HE WANTS TO SEE YOU RIGHT AWAY?
WE GOT TWO MORE WEEKS
ON THE ROAD.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TELL
THE BOYS?
OH, HANK,
DON'T DO THIS TO ME.
FINE. I JUST DIDN'T FIGURE
YOU'D BE ONE OF THOSE SINGERS
WHO GETS THEIR BIG SHOT --
FORGETS WHO GOT THEM THERE.
I'M NOT FORGETTIN' ANYBODY --
OR ANYTHING.
GIMME A KISS.
WELL, NOBODY EVER ACCUSED ME
OF GOOD TIMIN'.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY
I COULD NEVER PLAY AN INSTRUMENT
WORTH A DAMN.
SO I'M PROBABLY ABOUT TO MAKE
THE BIGGEST DAMN FOOL OF MYSELF,
BUT SOME THINGS ARE JUST
TOO IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRIVATE.
HONEY,
I CAN'T MAKE YOU A STAR...
...BUT I CAN GIVE YOU ONE.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
NOW, THIS IS YOURS,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.
YOU DESERVE IT --
AND MORE.
HANK, I --
NO, NO, PLEASE,
DON'T SAY ANYTHING EITHER WAY --
EXCUSE ME.
UNLESS YOU'RE SURE...
BECAUSE ONCE YOU SAY...
WELL, IT'S FOR GOOD,
WELL, I GUESS
WE BETTER HIT THE ROAD, HUH?
WE HAVE TO BE IN MACON
BY 3:00.
I'M JUST GONNA FINISH
MY SODA.
EVER NOTICED
HOW IT'S THEIR WEAKNESSES
WIND UP DEFININ' YOU?
HONEY, YOU TAKE YOUR TIME
WITH YOUR DRINK.
PLEASE TELL ME YOU SEE
WHAT HE'S UP TO THIS TIME.
YEAH.
BUT YOU GOT TO LOVE HIM
FOR TRYIN'.
I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU.
TROUBLE IS, I NEVER SAW MYSELF
AS HAVIN' ANY REAL OPTIONS.
YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD CHOICES.
YEAH, BUT
I HAD IT ALL MIXED UP.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT FINDIN'
THE RIGHT MAN.
IT WAS ABOUT FINDIN'
THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A COUNTRY SONG TO ME.
THELMA,
I AIN'T WAITIN' ALL DAY.
OKAY.
OH!
MAN!
SHE TOOK THE CAR!
OH, MAN!
SHE LEFT THIS
ON THE TABLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT!
[ CRYING ]
Young Leanna:
DADDY, STOP!
AAAH!
DADDY, STOP!
DON'T YOU TELL ME --
SHE'S MINE!
NO!
-SHE DOES WHAT I TELL HER!
-MAMA!
NO! NO!
DADDY, STOP!
[ GASPS ]
NEXT TIME
YOU RAISE YOUR HAND TO ME,
YOU BETTER KILL ME,
'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT'LL BE
THE LAST THING YOU EVER DO.
-I'M SORRY!
♪ HOW SWEET THE SOUND ♪
♪ THAT SAVED
A WRETCH LIKE ME ♪
♪ I ONCE WAS LOST ♪
♪ BUT NOW I'M FOUND ♪
♪ WAS BLIND ♪
♪ BUT NOW I SEE ♪
LEANNA?
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO THE DOBSONS.
LEANNA, WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE
QUITE A LITTLE VOICE, HONEY.
THANK YOU.
LEANNA, HONEY...
YOU KNOW HOW GOD SOMETIMES
ANSWERS PRAYERS
IN WAYS
WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND?
WELL, THE DOBSONS GOT
A LITTLE CHURCH IN NASHVILLE.
THEY SOMETIMES
HELP PEOPLE OUT.
Y-YOU CAN SING.
WHY, SURE SHE CAN!
AND YOU CAN DO CHORES
FOR THEM
UNTIL YOU GET A JOB.
AND THERE'S THE YWCA,
WHERE YOU CAN GET A SAFE BED
FOR NOT MUCH MONEY.
[ WOMAN HUMMING
"AMAZING GRACE" ]
COME ON.
LET'S GET YOUR THINGS.
[ SNIFFS ]
EVERY YEAR...
I GIVE A SERMON
ON FORGIVENESS.
AND EVERY YEAR,
AFTER THE SERMON,
I GO INTO MY OFFICE,
AND I LOOK UP TO GOD.
AND I SAY, "GOD, PLEASE DON'T
TAKE ME OFF OF THIS EARTH
TILL I LEARN
HOW TO FORGIVE."
[ SNIFFS ]
'CAUSE, ONE DAY,
WHEN I GIVE THAT SERMON...
[ Voice breaking ]
I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE HELL IT IS
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND?
I'LL BE 83 NEXT MONTH.
[ CRYING ]
[ KNOCKING ]
MAMA?
MAMA?
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
MAMA?
[ SOBBING ]
LEANNA, I'M SO HAPPY
TO SEE YOU!
OH, LET'S GO.
WHAT DID YOU SAY
YOUR NAME IS?
LEANNA TAYLOR.
Man:
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
Woman:
ALL RIGHT. BYE.
LEANNA,
YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT.
OH, I'M NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THAT.
COME ON BACK.
OKAY, JUST RELAX.
WELL, IF I GET
ANY MORE RELAXED,
I'M GONNA SLIDE
RIGHT OFF THIS STOOL.
OKAY, GOOD.
WHEN YOU'RE READY.
OH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US?
WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?
WELL, THIS IS A NEW SONG.
I JUST WROTE THIS.
IT'S CALLED
"BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD."
ALL RIGHT --
WHEN YOU'RE READY.
♪ SHE WAS BORN
IN A PLACE CALLED BLUE VALLEY ♪
♪ AT THE FOOT
OF THE TENNESSEE HILLS ♪
♪ WITH THE BLUEBIRDS
AND BLUEBELLS ♪
♪ AND BLUE MOUNTAIN WATER ♪
♪ AND THE SOUND
OF THE BLUE WHIPPOORWILL ♪
♪ BUT THERE WAS
NO PEACE IN THE VALLEY ♪
♪ HER DADDY --
A CRUEL, RUTHLESS MAN ♪
♪ USED AND ABUSED
HER MIND AND HER SPIRIT ♪
♪ SO HER MAMA SAID,
"RUN WHILE YOU CAN" ♪
♪ SO AT 15,
SHE TOOK TO THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ BELONGINGS AND GUITAR
IN HAND ♪
♪ AND SHE BURIED HERSELF
IN HER MUSIC... ♪
RUBY HERE.
JUST A MOMENT --
FROM MR. McNALLY.
RUBY, YOU WERE RIGHT --
PURE PLATINUM.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SEE YOU LATER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YE-HA-HA-HA!
♪ ...SHE HURTS, AND HER SONGS
ARE THE BEST WAY TO SHOW IT ♪
♪ SO THE BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD
IS TRAVELING AROUND ♪
♪ OOH OOH OO-OOH OOH
OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪
♪ A BLUE DRESS, BLUE SHOES ♪
♪ A BLUE CADILLAC ♪
♪ A BAND DRESSED IN BLUE
BY HER SIDE ♪
♪ INSTRUMENTS TIED
TO THE TOP AND THE BACK ♪
♪ 'CAUSE THE BLUE VALLEY
SONGBIRD IS SINGIN' TONIGHT ♪
♪ ONE NIGHT, AS
HONKEY-TONK TEARS FLY ON BY ♪
♪ SHE'S NEVER MADE IT,
BUT GOD KNOWS SHE'S TRIED ♪
♪ EXPRESSING THE FEELINGS ♪
♪ SHE HOLDS INSIDE ♪
♪ AND THE BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD
IS SINGIN' TONIGHT ♪
♪ OH, THE BLUE VALLEY SONGBIRD
IS SINGIN' TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND SHE SINGS LIKE A BIRD ♪
♪ AND SHE WRITES LIKE A POET ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SO LONG, LEANNA.
GOOD LUCK.