Brotherhood (2019) - full transcript
In 1926, a band of teenage boys arrive at Long Point Camp for the adventure of their lives. When their canoe capsizes in a freak summer storm, their holiday descends into a soul-shuddering fight for survival.
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Photographer:
All right, boys.
Whoo! Come on, boys!
Robert:
Let's see that
Andrean spirit, boys!
♪ My paddle's keen and bright
♪ Flashing with silver
♪ Follow the wild goose flight
♪ Flashing with silver
♪ Follow the wild goose flight
Joseph:
Guys, guys.
Do you wanna see a magic trick?
Will: I do. Let me see it.
Bless you.
Vernon:
Ooh, what do we got here?
Frank: No, no, no, no, no.
Frank:
Hey, let, hey, let go!
That's a keen wristwatch.
Ingersole Radiolite.
Tells the time in the dark.
You never know how much you
need one 'til you own one.
Will:
I want one.
I'll leave it to you
in my will, kiddo.
Thanks.
Jack?
Yeah, Willis?
Jesus, Will.
Thanks.
It's gonna be a swell
trip with him in tow.
I'm gonna kill him.
Hello, pleasure to meet you.
My second-in-command.
Arthur Lambden.
Robert Butcher.
This is the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
Hello, boys.
Hello, sir.
- Hello to you, sir.
You may fall in line
next to Leonard.
Very good.
Robert:
We've operated a boys'
camp for years at Clear Lake.
This is our first
time at Long Point.
Sorry, sir.
I'm Leonard O'Hara.
I have hypersensitivities.
To what?
Trees.
Will:
We're here.
Robert:
Parade rest!
Let's get to work, boys.
Whoo!
Yeah!
Hi, Will.
- Hi, Gordon.
Will, thanks.
Vern, go field.
Vernon:
Over into it.
Yup, yup, yup.
Got a lot stronger.
Where'd you get the gum?
Great, thank you.
- Okay.
Out of the way, Leonard.
Leonard:
What's that book
that you're reading?
Here, and then you pull...
There's this one part where
T-Rex puts this other-
Here it is.
Leonard:
I love storybooks.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
All this open wilderness
and you're still underfoot.
I wanna help.
Well then stay out
of the bloody way.
I'm not here to babysit, Will.
Vernon:
Ooh, you
got told off.
Oh, good enough.
Conductor:
Peterboro'.
Next stop, Peterboro'.
Sydney:
George Waller, at last.
I got a later train.
Here, take this, Ray.
Good to see you, too.
All right, boys,
it's rough water,
so let's all work together.
All right, let's go!
Arthur:
How many can't swim?
About half.
And those who can
need improvement.
And then there's Vernon.
He's a fish, that one.
Couple lifeguard medals.
Vernon:
Last one there has to
bunk beside Frank.
You wanna swim now fellas?
Waller: Sure.
Samuel de Champlain
recorded his travels to
Balsam Lake in his diary.
The Ojibway had a
settlement here,
used the lake as
their travel route.
They hunted these very woods.
They lived and they died here.
They're buried
beneath your feet.
Robert:
Centuries later,
voyageurs portaged here
and stopped for the night.
Slept right under their canoes.
Now all you know each other,
but Mister Lambden's new,
so give him your respect.
I hope to meet all of you
individually throughout the day.
At this camp, you'll get
out of it what you put in.
Games, duty, devotion.
Canon Rutherford is arriving
the day after tomorrow,
so expect a series of
lectures on Wednesday.
Questions?
Mr. Wigington.
When does Waller get here?
The rest of the boys are
paddling up from Peterborough
with Mister Manley.
Oh, that's great.
Jack:
We get to hear his stories.
Go ahead.
Don't have a
hypersensitivity to water,
do you, Leonard?
Mister Lambden.
His father drowned.
Oh god, I'm an idiot.
You didn't know.
Leonard, go light the
stove, would you?
Mhm.
You and Vernon'll have him
swimming in a few days.
You do know how to swim?
My father made sure of that.
Most of these boys
don't have fathers.
They never came back.
They're adrift, Mister Lambden.
They've been feminized
by their mothers
and their female teachers.
This modern world
does not serve them.
I think it's a pretty
exciting time to be a boy.
They spend all their days
sitting in front of the radio.
They need to get outdoors.
Well, sure, but-
Canon Rutherford has
always extolled the virtues
of a strenuous life.
I heard of a Father Rutherford
who was at the Somme.
He braved the front lines.
Disobeyed his superiors
to be there.
He's now Secretary of
the Anglican Council.
Arthur:
I look forward to his lecture.
Stick together!
Everybody to the canoe!
Arthur:
Goddammit!
Waller, get the paddles.
Waller, fetch the canoe!
Waller:
Here it is, Coach.
Arthur:
We need the paddles!
Allen!
Yes!
Burkett!
Here!
Burgess?
Here!
Robert:
Clarke?
Here!
Robert:
Edwards?
Waller:
Joseph, Joseph?
Vernon:
Joseph?
Joseph?
Joseph Edwards?
Waller:
Joe? Do you see him?
Boy:
Joseph?
Joseph?
Robert:
Well boys, there's
another wave.
Robert:
Hold on, boys, and
stay close to the boat!
Boy:
Help!
Boy:
Waller!
Waller!
Boy: Waller, wait!
- Whoo!
Arthur:
So this is the war canoe?
Thirty-footer.
Beautiful.
Robert:
Tomorrow we'll take her
across the lake to Coboconk.
Fetch some supplies, canoes.
We need 11.
Arthur:
That many?
Robert:
We need extra boys to
bring the canoes back.
Of course.
We'll sleep on the beach,
paddle back in the morning.
Sounds like fun.
There's a tuck shop
there, Gordon.
If I can convince
my lieutenant here,
we'll have shaved cherry ice.
Yes, please.
Robert:
Welcome, voyageurs!
Greetings.
Our treasurer, Sydney Manley.
Arthur:
Arthur Lambden.
Let me take that.
Ah, thanks.
And this hellion
is George Waller.
Yeah.
Fall in, boys.
He has a fascination
with the war.
Quite lucky he missed it.
This is Ray Allen.
He's a Sunday school teacher
and plans on entering
the ministry one day.
Oh, I'm not too sure
about that, Mr. Butcher.
Well, time for some fun, I say.
Thank you.
That any good?
It's a swell story.
Well, it's no Shakespeare.
Fitzgerald's the
Lost Generation,
like us.
Is that what we're called?
Waller:
Hey, Gordon!
Gordon:
What?
George Waller!
Leave him alone!
I'm not doing anything.
Uh oh, George.
Robert:
Unpack your gear or
rake the latrine.
Jack:
How was it?
Waller:
Aces.
You shoulda met us
in Peterborough.
My mom made me come on a bus
with my little brother.
Hey, Willy Killjoy.
I haven't seen you
since last summer.
I'm Will now.
Oh, you've grown.
Will:
Two inches.
Yeah, you've grown funny.
Waller:
Now, Jack, tell
me all about her.
Don't skimp on any of
the dirty details.
I'm open!
Pass it!
Right here!
Boy:
We're on the same
team, Waller!
Jack:
Right here! Come on!
- Leonard, incoming!
Arthur:
Work as a team!
Vernon:
Come on, pass it!
Boys:
Oh, whoa.
Jack:
Look out.
Waller's here.
Sorry-
Waller: You little prick.
Vernon:
Whoa, hey, hey, hey.
Stop, stop, stop.
Waller:
That wasn't fair!
Enough!
Boys:
Oooh.
Arthur:
All right, okay.
Take a walk.
Calm down.
Mr. Lambden,
you're in charge now.
Arthur:
Okay, boys, back to it.
What's the axe for?
Don't be sore because
I play to win.
Robert:
You aren't even aware
that there's other players.
It's the George Waller game.
I'm a good player.
And you think that's how
a captain leads his team?
If my captain was like you,
I would be dead.
It's a screwy game.
That has been played on this
lake for thousands of years.
Warriors specific-
Waller:
Oh, fine, then,
I'm a warrior.
Robert:
A warrior's goal
is to bring honour and
glory to their tribe.
Not themselves.
Last camp left firewood.
Pick on something
bigger than yourself.
It's a tree.
I never cut down a
tree in my life.
That's your problem.
Waller:
Well you can't make me.
Whoa.
- Crap.
Oh my god.
- Oh my god.
Waller, you do this?
Waller:
Whoohoohoo!
Vernon:
That wasn't you.
This is you?
This is him?
What?
Amazing.
Come here!
Whoo, yeah!
Oh!
Will:
Jack!
Get the youngest up!
Be careful you
don't bust a hole.
You're bleeding.
What?
Robert?
Robert?
You can't swim with your knees.
Get up.
- No!
Now!
Boys in the water,
take off your shoes,
anything heavy.
Take off your trousers,
they'll drag you down!
Where did we capsize?
Gordon, where did we capsize?
Gordon:
Near Grand Island, I think.
Robert:
What are the chances
of us gaining a shore?
Do you see the shore?
Oliver:
Mr. Butcher?
Mark's hurt.
He banged his head.
I'm fine, I'm fine!
I'll go.
We need to stop the bleeding.
Oliver:
Here.
Arthur:
Wrap it up.
Mark, switch spots with me.
Stay where you are.
There's room.
It's not about room!
We'll lose buoyancy.
If we try and flip it it will
fill up with water and sink.
I'm coming down.
I can't dive for you
every time you sink.
♪ My paddle's keen and bright
♪ Flashing with silver
♪ Follow the wild goose flight
♪ Dip, dip and swing her back
♪ Flashing with silver
♪ Follow the wild goose flight
♪ Get up, get out of bed
♪ Cheer up, cheer up,
the sun is red
♪ Live, live
♪ Love, love
Oh, wow.
Ohh.
Waller:
Then will he strip his
sleeve and show his scars,
and say "These wounds
I had on Crispin's day."
Old men forget; yet
all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember,
with advantages,
What feats he did that day.
From this day to the
ending of the world,
but we in it shall
be remembered,
We few, we happy few,
we band of brothers;
For he to-day that
shed his blood with me
Shall be my brother.
Amen.
We need 11 boys to take
the canoe across the lake.
Sign up with Mr. Lambden
throughout the day tomorrow.
Vernon, Waller?
We'll need you in
the engine room.
I'm sore from the trip up.
Sometimes God uses
pain as a chisel
to model human character.
Tell God to take
it easy already.
Excuse me?
I'm coming.
I'll go.
I wanna mail a letter.
Leonard?
Will?
You'll be sure to volunteer?
Ray?
Raymond?
What?
I was wondering.
Since you're joining
the priesthood,
does that mean you're
not allowed to-
beat the bishop?
Dileas Gu Brath.
Digitus Impudicus.
Where are you going?
None of your potatoes.
The adults need a smoke, Willy.
I'm just going outside
and I may be some time.
Will:
What's that from?
Ray:
Laurence Oates?
Have you ever heard the story of
Captain Scott's
expedition to the South Pole?
Yeah, they get lost
in a blizzard.
Everyone was starving and dying.
Ray:
That's right.
Laurence Oates was
the worst of the lot.
His feet were
frostbitten, gangrenous.
He was slowing down the group,
and he knew
that if Captain Scott and the
others wanted to make it out,
they'd have to leave him behind.
So one night,
he walks out of the tent,
right into a snowstorm,
it's minus 40,
and the last thing
that he said was-
Oh my goodness.
Please excuse me,
do continue, Raymond.
Will:
That reeks.
You're an asshole.
Where did you serve?
Ypres.
Massacre.
You?
Somme.
The infantry.
I fell in a shell hole
and buggered up my knee.
Some pals dragged me
out before I drowned.
You were lucky.
Four men pulled me out,
one brought me back.
Not lucky.
I became an orderly
with General Currie.
Carried the Allied
colours into Mons.
What was Currie like?
He was respected,
Mr. Lambden,
but he didn't win the men over.
Could you call me Arthur?
I reckon a boys' camp
is the last place
to stand on ceremony.
Robert.
Mr. Butcher in
front of the boys.
Of course.
He doesn't let me smoke in here.
Sydney:
What time are you
setting that for?
4:30.
You know, I grew up on a farm
and my dad woke me at five.
Those were the days.
A father taught his son a trade.
Sydney:
I hated growing up on a farm.
We were just telling
old war stories.
He served at Ypres.
100,000 boys in one day.
In my interview,
they told me you were decorated
four times for bravery.
Three, they were
being grandiose.
Sydney:
He's a humble hero.
A hero's just a man who's
too afraid to run away.
Thank god it stopped raining.
What time is it, Mark?
My watch stopped
when it got wet.
Stop.
Maybe we need more boys.
There's nothing to
push us against her.
What?
There's nothing to push on,
no leverage, dummy.
Waller:
What'd you call me?
I knew this wouldn't work.
It's not a kayak.
Why don't you shut
your pie hole, Vern?
Arthur:
Boys.
You boys get back on the boat.
Mr. Butcher, we can't
break the water seal.
We don't have paddles, anyway.
Gee, Vernon, always
with the obvious.
Can't the boys back
at camp do something?
Vernon:
They probably think
we're safe on land.
Come on.
If we overload.
How long can these
boys stay immersed?
Another hour.
The water gets colder
the deeper the body is.
The higher the body,
the less heat you'll lose!
Come on, boys,
keep yourselves up!
We'll take shifts,
on and off the hull.
It's not the water
I'm concerned about.
Joseph had a
piano recital coming up.
We need to make our
way to Grand Island.
It's that way.
Mr. Lambden,
please, we have to try.
Everybody stern.
What?
Robert:
You heard Mr. Lambden.
We can do this.
Leonard?
This is a bad idea.
Will:
Jack.
Jack?
What?
Oh for chrissake, Will.
Jack:
Ah, the water's freezing.
Will:
Thanks for taking care of me.
You're
like a dad.
Jesus, Will.
I'm not our goddamn father.
You're what I
imagine he would be.
Don't say that.
He was a soldier.
He got shot.
Will:
But that made him a hero.
It didn't.
Will:
Jack?
Why wasn't he a hero?
He was shot by his
commanding officer.
What?
Why?
Why do you think?
Vernon:
Wake up.
♪ Wake up, wake up,
you sleepy head
♪ Get up, get out of bed
♪ Cheer up, cheer up,
the sun is red
♪ Live, love, laugh and be happy
♪ There'll be no more sobbin'
Hey!
♪ Wake up, wake up,
you sleepy head
♪ Get up, get up, get out of bed
♪ Cheer up, cheer up,
the sun is red
♪ When the red, red robin
comes bob, bob, bobbing along
♪ There'll be no more sobbin'
Come on in.
Waller:
Who's the first one
to give me twenty?
♪ Get up, get up, get out of bed
♪ Cheer up, cheer up,
the sun is red
♪ Live, love, laugh and be happy
♪ What if I've been blue
♪ Now I'm walking through
fields of flowers
♪ I'm just a kid again,
doing what I did again
♪ Singing a song
Okay, okay, okay.
And, go.
Go, go, Will!
Sydney:
Get your backs in it,
come on!
♪ When the red, red robin
comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
♪ There'll be no more sobbin'
♪ When he starts throbbin'
his old sweet song
♪ Get up, get out of bed
♪ Cheer up, cheer up,
the sun is red
♪ Live, love, laugh and be happy
♪ What if I've been blue
♪ Now I'm walking through
fields of flowers
♪ Rain may glisten, but still
I listen for hours and hours
♪ I'm just a kid again,
doing what I did again
♪ Singing a song
Robert: Mark?
Mark?
Mark?
Is he dead?
Let me do it.
Prop me up.
You all right, ?
Vernon:
You're all right,
you're okay.
You can get through this, okay.
Robert:
Leonard?
We need you in the water.
What?
Mark can't go in the water.
We need you in the water.
It's okay.
I-I can't, I can't.
Don't be a cry-baby.
It won't be long.
We'll take shifts.
My father drowned.
Waller:
Mark's gonna drown,
ya sissy!
Waller.
Can anyone tell me why
migrating birds fly in a V?
What?
Gordon?
Gordon:
Aerodynamics.
The bird rides the updraft
caused by the flapping wings
of the bird in front of it.
So, there's no benefit
to being the first bird.
Gordon:
There's no
aerodynamic advantage.
So how does it make
it the whole trip?
They switch.
They take turns being leader.
I think I'll trade
places with Mark.
Mark?
Let's switch places
with Leonard.
Mark:
Yes, Mr. Lambden.
Boy:
Come on, Mark.
Waller:
Wait.
What are you doing?
Leonard,
that was very brave.
Take this.
Go on.
Take it.
When this is all over,
it's yours to keep.
Thank you.
Robert, get on the boat.
No, I'm dead weight.
I'm sinking the canoe.
What?
I'm a hindrance to the others.
These boys need their leader.
They have their leader.
You're not gonna
make it out
there with
your knee.
Take this.
Don't.
If you think that
I fought for my,
my country for glory and honour,
you'd be wrong.
I did it for the man beside me.
Behind me, in front of me.
He is what makes a
soldier do what he must.
Will you remember that?
Yes.
Will:
What's happening?
Is he coming back?
Boy:
What the fuck?
Arthur:
Mark, Mark?
Stay awake.
Mark:
Sure thing, Mr. Butcher.
Leonard?
Give me the compass.
I dropped it.
Who knows where we capsized?
You, on the end.
What's your name?
You know my name.
Your name.
Ray Allen.
Arthur:
Address.
100 Old Norwood Road.
Do you know where we capsized?
I don't know.
It was right after
we entered the narrows.
Here.
Vernon:
Let me see.
Grand Island was on our right.
Who can find the Plough?
Gordon?
Gordon:
There.
Waller:
What are you doing?
Arthur:
Finding north.
Take the last two
stars of the Bowl
and draw a line directly.
The North Star.
Indian Point is north.
Let's keep paddling.
Vernon:
It didn't work before.
We have more light now.
Waller, get back in the water.
Leonard, get back on top.
Arthur:
Come on, Ray.
Yeah.
Arthur:
Keep out of the water.
Get his face out of the water.
Keep his head up.
Keep kicking, boys.
Keep kicking.
Oliver:
Hey, what's that?
It's just a deadhead.
Oliver:
What's a deadhead?
It's an old log that
probably broke away
from a boom a while back.
Gordon:
It gets so waterlogged
that it floats vertically.
So what's your story, Oliver?
Uh, I'm a payroll clerk
at Wrigley's.
Arthur:
A solid job.
Yeah.
It makes me popular.
Arthur:
Yeah.
Well, thank you.
I'm saving up to go to Europe.
To visit your dad's grave.
Oliver:
He made it back all right,
but he died in the epidemic.
I was nine.
Arthur:
Okay.
Waller:
Get it out, get it out,
get it out.
Tackle box.
Fetch the first aid kit.
It's not important.
Pliers.
There you go, boy.
Ray, hold him.
Arthur:
There you go.
Sticky plaster?
Oliver:
Here.
It's okay, there you go.
Give me your finger.
There you go.
Waller:
Ha.
How'd you know how to do that?
You can't go back.
You have to go through.
Jack:
I can't see Indian Point.
Vernon:
The wind's turning
us southeast.
Arthur:
Keep moving, boys.
Vernon:
This is useless!
Waller:
You have a better idea?
Vernon:
We're wasting energy.
Arthur:
Just five more minutes.
Mark's dead.
Stop.
Ray:
Mark?
Oh, my God, he's not breathing.
Mark.
No, no.
Arthur:
Mark?
No.
Vernon:
Hey wait, wait.
Mark said Will can
have his watch.
What?
It might still work,
if it dries.
I-I don't want it.
I'll take it off.
He doesn't want it.
It's for his parents.
Ray, take his place.
Teach us, O Lord,
true brotherhood,
in daily thought and deed.
That we may
tread with humble heart,
the path where Thou dost lead.
Love then shall reign
supreme over all,
over heart and mind and hand.
Eternal love and brotherhood.
In all this storm tossed-
Fuck!
What are we doing?
Arthur:
Waller.
Thanks, Ray, but praying's
not going to help Mark.
It's not gonna save us.
We can't right the canoe.
We got no paddles.
Arthur:
You're scaring
the younger kids.
I'm gonna drown.
We can't do anything
until we see the shore.
I'll swim to shore.
Even if you guessed
the right way,
there's no light to swim to.
But didn't Mr. Butcher
swim to shore?
Waller:
You know what?
Go, Ray.
It's better than praying.
Why not do something useful?
No one's going anywhere
by themselves.
As a team maybe.
But not you, Ray.
I see a light.
Momma?
Wait.
- Momma?
Ray!
- Momma.
Momma, Momma?
- Ray!
Momma, Momma?
Arthur: Ray.
He won't make it.
Momma.
Arthur: Ray.
Ray:
Momma.
Will:
No, please don't leave us.
No, please!
Ray!
- Momma.
Momma.
Momma.
Arthur:
Ray, come back here!
Ray, come back here.
Ray:
Momma?
Momma.
You're the one who
made him leave.
I didn't tell him to swim away.
He just wanted him to wise up.
Well if you didn't egg him on,
he wouldn't have swam off.
Leonard:
He still might make it,
even if it's the wrong shore.
He could hike back to camp
and tell them what happened.
What are they gonna do?
They don't have a canoe.
Go to Fenelon?
Tell the police?
Waller:
Walk all night in darkness?
Vernon:
It's probably a mile to shore.
He'll never make it.
Mr. Lambden's back.
Will:
What about Ray?
I need a volunteer to
swim to the Indian Point.
You said no one's
going anywhere.
Arthur:
Yeah, not alone, with me.
Vernon's the best swimmer.
What? No, no, no way.
I'll go alone if I have to.
Fine.
Oliver:
Mr. Butcher left
you in charge.
I'll go with Vernon, we-
No, go by yourself!
Because swimming out
there is suicide.
You're a pussy.
I can't swim straight in this.
I can't follow a goddamn star!
Or I'll push you off.
Waller!
Whoa.
What the fuck?
What do you think,
you're some kinda tough guy?
You're just a kid.
When are you gonna grow up?
I don't know what to do!
You're the strongest,
you have the most influence.
That makes you my
second in command.
Your attitude can
save us or sink us.
So what's it gonna be?
Do you hear how scared they are?
Oliver!
- Oliver!
Will:
Oliver swam away.
He went that way.
Arthur:
Oliver?
Oliver!
What'd he say to you?
Oliver!
Oliver?
Oliver?
Oliver!
I killed Joe and Frank.
What?
I messed up the stroke.
It was a wave that blew us over.
I caused the accident.
Jack:
Don't say that.
It was Butcher's fault.
What, Vern?
I said it was
Mr. Butcher's fault.
Waller:
You dope, what do you know?
There were too many boys.
We set out too late.
His whole trip was balled up.
We should have had
cushions or cork.
Then why didn't
you say anything?
Because I know how
to swim, Waller.
You son of a bitch.
Will:
Stop!
Waller, you're making
everything worse!
Arthur:
Oliver!
Hey.
Robert:
Why'd you join
the Brotherhood?
I had a son.
He died in the epidemic.
He would have liked it here.
He loved to fish.
Oh, here's a list of
the boys for the trip.
Some of them were hoping
that the tuck shop
would be playing the
Sam 'n Henry Show.
Beg your pardon?
It's a radio show.
The point of all of this,
Mr. Lambden,
is to get them as far away
from electrical sockets
as possible.
You're not one for
modernity, I understand.
I think electrical things
put us further from ourselves.
Hi, Mr. Lambden!
I heard you pulled a
thorn from the lion's paw.
Just some old
Boy Scout know-how.
You gained some respect.
Not an easy thing to do.
You're not gonna make me
chop down a tree, are you?
If he wasn't chopping
down a tree,
he'd be at the nickel craps.
He'd be a rum-runner.
He could have hurt himself.
Risk builds character,
Mr. Lambden.
Challenge builds character.
So can-
- This is a leadership camp.
Not a holiday.
Come with me. Now.
We can't go back, only through.
Will:
Mr. Lambden!
Leonard:
Waller!
Mr. Lambden.
- Waller, right here.
Jack:
Waller.
Over here.
Did you see Oliver?
Waller:
Yeah, we saw him but he was-
way ahead of us.
Man, he looked strong.
He was slicing through the
water like it was nothing.
Leonard:
You should have gone
with him, Vern.
I hope he makes it.
Will, Leonard,
take out your shoelaces.
Why?
Because I said so,
Willy Killjoy.
Come on.
Yes, sir.
We've decided we're not
gonna send anyone else.
We're gonna stick together,
wait till we can see.
Leonard?
Make me a slipknot
with the lace.
Will, can you make
me a figure eight?
All right.
Waller:
If you get stuck,
me or Mr. Lambden will help.
Gordon, slide up on the hull,
there's no sense freezing there.
Thanks, Waller.
Anyone know a song to sing?
Something from choir?
Something dirty.
♪ Tickling the
ivories on the organ
♪ Running my fingers
up and down the keys
♪ Clearing out my throat
♪ Gonna sail my boat
♪ Starting the
journey at her knees
♪ I've got a big one,
a real kidney cracker
♪ A major bobble whacker
♪ For a salty cracker
♪ I got the goods,
the tickler and the lair
♪ Wanna fly my plane back
home right into her hair
♪ Adam had an apple at the altar
♪ Eve must have the
serpent down within
♪ Then she took a bite
Sydney:
All right, boys.
Robert:
Sydney.
Captain, my captain.
We'll be back in the morning.
Bring me a shaved cherry ice.
It'll melt.
Paddle fast then.
Would you mind
making some copies of this?
Looks good.
Might not sound good.
All right, boys.
Come on, Joseph,
you missed the photo!
Why are we heading out so late?
Geez, Vernon, you got
something to say, say it.
Arthur:
Thank you for joining
us, Mr. Edwards.
Sydney:
Goodbye, boys.
Sydney:
See you tomorrow morning.
Arthur:
All right.
Sydney:
Goodbye!
Arthur:
Everybody set?
Stroke.
Stroke.
In cohesion.
All in rhythm.
Hey.
Do you remember Hamm Smith?
I don't know who that is.
Oh, Hamm Smith,
you remember him.
Such a queer fellow.
Who you talkin' about, Vern?
Hamm Smith.
Conserve your energy, Vernon.
I-I can't believe no one
remembers Hamm Smith.
He was so funny.
♪ My paddle's keen and bright
♪ Flashing with silver
♪ Follow the wild goose flight
♪ Dip, dip and swing her back
♪ Flashing with sliver
♪ Follow the wild goose flight
♪ Land of the silver birch
♪ Home of the beaver
♪ Where still the mighty moose
♪ Wanders at will
♪ Blue lake and rocky shore
Shoeshine.
Shoeshine, shoeshine, shoeshine.
Shoeshine.
Shoeshine.
Come get your shoe shine.
Shoeshine, shoeshine
come get your shoeshine!
Shoeshine!
Come on, get your
shoe shined, sir.
Shoeshine!
Shut up, Vernon.
Waller:
No, Vern,
you're all right.
Robert:
I'm pointing at
Grand Island, boys.
♪ Speed, bonnie boat,
♪ Like a bird on the wing
♪ Onward! The sailors cry
♪ Carry the lad
♪ That's born to be king
♪ Over the sea to Skye
♪ Sing me a song
♪ Of the lad that is gone
♪ Say, could that lad be I
♪ Be I
♪ Merry of soul,
he sailed on a day
♪ Over the sea to Skye
Doctor:
He should be buried
as soon as possible.
He should be laid
next to his mother.
Oh.
I have a girl, Will.
Madeline.
I, uh, I didn't add
the address yet.
But it's 783
Prairie Avenue.
You can deliver it yourself.
Just repeat it back to me.
783 Prairie Avenue.
What makes you think
I'm gonna make it?
You have a better chance
if there's just a few.
Mr. Butcher,
he did the right thing.
You can make it.
We just all can't.
Jack.
Please.
Jack:
I made that stuff up.
About Dad, you know?
He wasn't a coward.
I don't understand.
Dad was-
He was part of the creeping
barrage that went up Vimy.
The artillery aimed
their shells,
right over the marching troops.
Dad, he, he marched up
side-by-side with his pals
under a ceiling of gunfire.
They could hear the pounding
all the way to England.
He was killed halfway up.
But they took that ridge.
He was a hero, Will.
No, it's just a story.
I'm not a kid anymore.
I know he wasn't brave.
Jack:
He wasn't conscripted.
He was a shop assistant
who volunteered.
I think he was very brave.
Is that land?
Where?
Right there.
I don't see...
No, no!
No, no!
Ew.
Leonard your allergies.
We're near-
There's land there.
I can see land, Waller.
Get on stern.
Leonard:
Stop!
Will.
No!
Leonard, here.
All right.
Pull it!
Wake up.
A paddle washed up.
Will:
Is this Grand Island?
Wake up.
Leonard.
What are we gonna do
with only one paddle?
I'm hungry.
Me too.
There's gotta be a
homestead somewhere.
I'll go with you.
No, stay with the boys.
Better stay in pairs, I'd say.
Leonard?
Look along the shore,
see if you can find something
that we can use as a paddle.
What if you can't find food?
Then we'll pick berries.
I need a minute.
Waller:
I have to piss.
He gave me his
spot on the canoe.
My own father wouldn't
have done that.
It was his fault, wasn't it?
Leonard:
First thing's first, Will.
Leonard:
Goddammit.
We'll eat,
then we'll have the
strength to paddle back.
And then the adults will tell
us what to do, all right?
Will?
Will!
Will!
He's older.
Where are you going?
He's stronger.
We don't get to decide
who lives and dies, Will.
There might be boys marooned on
the island or on the shores,
but we won't know
unless we get back.
Will:
No.
They're dead.
They're all dead.
Leonard:
Well your mom's not gonna
want two dead sons.
Come help me look
for wood, Will.
Waller:
You don't believe in God,
do you?
Arthur:
Let's just say I've
had a crisis of faith.
I'd only been back from
Europe a few months
when the Spanish flu hit.
My wife got sick.
And died quickly, mercifully.
Benjamin soldiered through.
For a while.
Sometimes boys are more
resilient than men.
How did you survive?
I didn't get sick.
I was the carrier.
Arthur:
We were in, uh,
close quarters.
Unsanitary conditions.
When we came back infected,
we didn't know.
We were weapons.
I killed them.
No.
Millions of people died,
Mr. Lambden.
But what about those eight boys?
At the bottom of the lake.
What about them?
That ain't your fault, either.
I keep on surviving.
You saved us.
Hey.
Let's go home.
Hello, young man.
Having a good time?
Canon Rutherford:
I'll see if they
made it there.
You take the other motor
to the Rosedale docks.
If you hadn't come-
Come now.
Let's make a move.
Boy:
Mr. Manley!
Robert:
Mr. Lambden.
Do you remember in the
Somme, the Basilica?
On top of the spire,
there was a tremendous statue.
It had been damaged
by the shelling.
It hung there at
a 45 degree angle.
People said if it
fell from the spire,
the Germans would win.
But some French engineers
decided to fix fate.
They installed a cable,
so it would remain secure.
So it would not fall.
Arthur:
Are you telling me
I'm the statue,
dangling from the spire?
Robert:
No, Arthur.
You're the cable.
Canon Rutherford:
Chief Coroner is here.
The police are here.
The, uh-
firemen have brought
grappling hooks.
Where are the boys?
Canon Rutherford:
They're outside.
They want to see you.
A greater love hath
no man than this.
Arthur:
Hello, boys.
Our number one priority
is to get you back
to your families.
Waller, Leonard and Will,
go to the hospital.
We're not leaving you.
We're staying right here.
Waller, gather a team
and dismantle the tents.
Understood.
Arthur:
Leonard,
gather some boys and
empty the cookhouse.
Right away.
Will.
Will,
if you could take down
the flag, that'd be swell.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Manley, if you
could help him?
Of course, Mr. Waller.
Well let's get to work.