Crypto (2018) - full transcript
When junkie photojournalist Jake (Harmon) takes work as watchman of a remote wilderness lodge alongside veteran handyman Sparky, he shoots and develops his own photos - which begin to reveal spectres of his haunted past and uncertain future.
(SILENCE)
(WIND BLOWING)
(TWINKLING CHIMES)
(LIGHT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Identify departure,
regional navigation craft
on altitude at your discretion.
(AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHATTER)
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
Hello?
(AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHATTER)
This is Masset airport on
122, Tesla seven, go ahead.
(AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHATTER)
(STATIC OBSCURING SPEAKER)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(ZIPPER ZIPPING)
(MAN SIGHING)
Old habits, am I right?
Thanks.
(COUGHING)
Made by a friend, burns
a little when you piss
but hell of a fine drunk.
(ITEMS RUSTLING)
Thanks, sweet pea.
You a regular here?
About that time.
You going to
Sportsman's Lodge too?
Sure, kid, I'm
flying you there.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
So, you're the new watchman.
No, I'm just filling
in for couple of weeks.
Photographer, photojournalist.
Fuck me, they must be
desperate. (CHUCKLING)
Yeah, well, just trying
to get some quick cash,
some good shots.
First time to Haida Gwaii?
Yeah.
Man, islands at
the end of the sky.
Ice age missed 'em, you know?
The legends are,
some of the strangest
I ever fucking heard.
Oh and watch yourself,
low salmon run this year.
Bears are hungry.
(PLANE ENGINE HUMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Hey, hey, hey, Kohler, woo!
Hey, ya old cocksucker!
(MEN LAUGHING)
Hey buddy!
You gotta watch
out for this guy.
Last time he had a couple of
drinks he tried to fuck a deer.
That didn't happen,
Kohler, geeze.
- You must be Jacob.
- It's just Jake.
Call me Sparky.
Seriously?
(LAUGHING) Yeah.
There's some
goodies in the back.
Oh, great, okay.
You boys stay out
of each other's bunks.
(MAN LAUGHS)
That ain't funny, Kohler.
(MEN LAUGHING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(ENGINE HUMMING)
These the only shoes you got?
What?
What, are you a size
nine, nine and a half?
Yeah, nine and a half.
Let's see what we got.
(ENGINE HUMMING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(RUSTLING)
(KNOCKING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIRDS CALLING)
Haida Gwaii forms a
dagger-shaped archipelago
of over 150 islands.
Located 90 miles from the
west coast of British Columbia
and just over 60 miles
to the Alaskan Panhandle.
Haida Gwaii's first settlements
date back over 13,000 years.
It's considered by some
scientists the Pacific route
taken by the first humans
that migrated to the Americas.
During the Ice Age, glaciers
receded from Haida Gwaii
2000 years earlier
than the mainland.
Nicknamed the Galapagos of
the North, the islands make up
a unique biocultural zone
with many ancient plants
and animals found nowhere
else in the world.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(FRIGHTENING CHORD)
(CHUCKLING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(KNOCKING)
Jake, time to get going!
Fuck.
Shit.
(KNOCKING)
Yeah, fuck, I'm up, I'm up.
(WATER SPLASHING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(PEOPLE SPEAKING FAINTLY)
Hang on there Sparks, I've
got him on the line right now.
Oh sure, get back to me
on that count by tomorrow
if you can darling, over.
Very good,
thanks, Donna, over.
Anything for you, honey buns.
(KISSING)
(SPARKY LAUGHING)
I don't want you going
hungry down there.
Especially with the
new kid joining you.
Oh baby.
Oh hey, you tried on
those PJs I sent you?
You know they're not
real silk but they sure...
I got to get back to you
tomorrow, over and out.
Hey.
Boots and everything
fitting all right?
All a perfect fit.
Right, cool.
I got a lot of work to do, so.
Welcome to Sportsman's
Lodge in Quinna Sound.
Opened in 1911, originally
it was called Sporter's Lodge
until she burnt to the
ground, was rebuilt in 1955.
What's with the dead trees?
We got some heavy
winds this time of year,
bit of a dust up but
firewood is free.
You take a shower?
Yeah, why?
With soap?
No, fucking gasoline.
You take a shower,
I recommend no soap,
nothing with perfume.
Bugs love it.
No one to impress up
here anyway. (LAUGHING)
Mostly what we do this
time of year is repairs,
groundskeeping,
winterizing, you know.
What's this for?
I'm a photographer.
Oh, well, you should get some
real nice pictures up here.
What you do there,
you cut yourself?
Heat rash jerking off.
(CHUCKLING) Okay.
This here's the water tank.
We pump the water up
from the well through
the chlorine system.
But when the temperature
drops below zero
the pipes'll freeze.
One winter we went three
weeks without running water.
And I'm not gonna let
that happen again.
See?
(MACHINE RUNNING)
Hey, hey, what's
that shed used for?
It had a leak,
I had to emptiy it out.
I've been looking for
a place to maybe store
some darkroom equipment.
There's nothing pretty about
it, but you wanna fix it up,
you can use it.
That'd be great.
It's real nice
to have you around.
I'm not in as good a
shape as I used to be,
so having a little help
this time of year is just real n
No problem.
This here's the
hardware store.
Got a few projects on the go.
Obviously we do our own building
and marine repairs here.
Now, have you ever done any
repair work before, Jake?
Took a lawnmower
repair class in school.
Ah, good work with that.
Whatever you say, Zippy.
Oh, good one,
the name's Sparky.
This is a genny, it's
water cooled and requires
a constant top up with diesel.
And these things
sometimes get loose
so you gotta check 'em out.
Oh yeah, this one's
loose right here.
You wanna give it a whirl?
Come on, give that a whirl,
come on, there you go.
Now easy now, damn it,
you're stripping it now!
Just take it easy there, okay.
Aw damn it!
(TENSE MUSIC)
(KNOCKING)
(COUGHING)
Jake, hey.
You caught me having
a little puff here.
My homegrown, it
helps with the hips.
Sure it does.
What do you have there?
A little tobacco and hash.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Been out here
for a while, huh?
12 seasons.
Been guiding and doing winters.
Four straight, year around.
No shit.
You ever miss the
real world then?
Real world?
Come on, Jake, I have
everything I need up here.
It must get
lonely, doesn't it?
Sometimes.
Had this cat that hung around.
But I ain't seen him lately.
In that case, how often do
you and Donna see each other?
- You two are...
- Donna?
No, no, no, Donna, she's
up in the headquarters
up in Alaska.
How about yourself, Jake?
You have a special
girl back home?
Seriously, sounds like
she was wet for you
though, Sprinkles.
Hold on now, Jake, Donna's
your superior and no.
I'm telling you, never
even met face to face.
So you're telling me
you never busted through
those cobwebs, that's
what you're telling me?
Come on, Jake.
You're getting a bit
disrespectful here.
I'm just saying,
think about it.
(OWL HOOTING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(GRUNTING)
(CRUSHING)
(CRUSHING)
(DEEP RUMBLING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Sparky!
Oh hey, Jake.
What the fuck, man?
Oh sorry, man, the
damn martens are chewing
up my lawn again.
Think I got 'em though.
Congratulations.
(EERIE HUMMING)
Hey, hey.
(SOFT MUSIC)
The islands' inhabitants
developed a culture made rich
by the abundance
of land and sea.
(GULLS CRYING)
Noted seafarers, they occupied
more than 100 villages
throughout the islands.
They were skilled traders.
The islands played an important
role during the maritime
fur trade era of the late
18 to early 19th centuries.
Haida Gwaii is home to
an abundance of wildlife.
There are nearly
7000 rare species.
Most notable is the Queen
Charlotte black bear.
A native subspecies known
for its exceptionally large
jaws and teeth.
(BIRD CAWING)
(ANIMAL CROAKING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(LONG SIGH)
(LONG SIGH)
(RUSTLING)
(WIND BLOWING)
(RUSTLING)
(ELK WARBLING)
Fuck!
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BEAR GROWLING)
(JAKE YELPING)
(JAKE PANTING)
(DEEP SIGH)
(RUSTLING)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Well, think I know what
happened to your cat.
Little White Lightning?
(COUGHING)
More, more.
(SPARKY LAUGHING)
Should have read your
fucking horoscope today, kid.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(BIRDS CAWING)
(WATER POURING)
(METAL RATTLING)
(SPITTING)
Fuck's sake.
You ever fire one
of these before?
No.
Wanna learn?
Okay.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Water level's
higher than normal,
hike up your socks, Jake!
Hey, watch those ones,
they're real slippery.
Come on, Jake!
(LAUGHING)
Yeah, laugh it up.
My foot's fucking freezing.
It's all part of
the adventure, buddy.
(BIRD CALLING)
Another watchman and I set
this up a few years back.
It's a great place
to let off some steam
and learn to protect yourself.
Rule one, always the treat
the gun as if it were loaded.
All right.
Whoa! (LAUGHING)
Rule two, be careful where
you point the damn
thing, all right?
Rule three, keep your finger
off the trigger, all right?
Aim down the sights,
square your feet up a bit.
There you go, now you
aim, and then you squeeze.
(CLICKING)
Just like that.
- I think I got it.
- Okay.
There you go.
Okay, square your feet,
aim your front foot
towards the target.
(SHOT FIRING)
Fuck!
You could have
warned me about that.
You all right?
There you go, okay, same thing.
This time old the butt
right against your shoulder
like that, nice and tight
so you don't get a kick
like that again, okay?
All right, it's all you,
this time.
(SHOT FIRING)
Yeah, you see that?
- Oh my god, buddy.
- Whoo!
You've earned that, holy shit.
(ANIMALS CHIRPING)
Kohelr said something
about these islands.
Said strange things happen here,
you know what he
was talking about?
I've never been a
superstitious guy personally.
Never seen anything to give
those old stories any credence.
What do you mean?
What if you saw something
you couldn't explain?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Think I'd keep that to myself.
(SHOT FIRING)
(SPARKY YELLING)
Jesus, Sparky, what the fuck?
(SPARKY LAUGHING)
Got him!
One more down. (GROWLING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(JAKE SIGHING)
(LIQUID POURING)
- Sparky.
- Hey.
Going to head out,
get some shots, thinking
maybe I could borrow the rifle?
Tide's changing, I'm
dropping a couple rods.
I actually wouldn't
mind coming on the boat
with you sometime, getting
some shots on the water.
Sure.
Another time?
The rifle then.
Not sure that's
a good idea, Jake.
(DOOR CREAKING)
(MOTOR HUMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
The islands are home to
large forests with a wide
variety of ancient trees,
including the spruce,
western red cedar,
yellow cedar, shore pine,
western hemlock, mountain
hemlock, and red alder.
And then there's the rare and
magnificent golden spruce.
A naturally occurring genetic
mutation causes the needles
of some Haida Gwaii spruces
to have a golden hue.
Lacking pigment to protect its
leaves from excess sunlight
the golden spruces should
have withered and died
but instead they
have flourished.
(RUSTLING)
(GLASS SHATTERING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(RUSTLING)
(CHILD GRUNTING)
Anna.
Anna!
Anna!
Anna, wait, Anna, wait please!
Please don't leave me.
(SCREECHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(JAKE GRUNTING)
Fuck!
(ELK SQUEALING)
(BIRD CAWING)
(RUSTLING)
(SHOUTING)
Ah!
Day off.
Come on, we're going fishing.
(REEL CREAKING)
You know why fish make
lousy hockey players?
What?
Because they're afraid
of the net. (CHUCKLING)
You're a funny guy, Sparky.
Thought you were
just going for a walk.
Yeah, I passed out.
Well how the hell
far did you get?
Because I looked
all over for you.
What's wrong with you
there, you got a rash?
Just allergies.
You know it's just you and
me out here, no one else.
So the next time
you go for a walk...
Why don't you just mind
your fucking business, friend?
Hey, hold it there, Jake.
I need your friendship like
I need a kick in the teeth.
Do your damn job.
And I know you been sneaking
supplies from my shed.
- I see everything around here...
- I'm sick of your shit!
(PLANE ENGINE ROARING)
Hey, you cocksuckers.
(CHUCKLING)
Sorry to interrupt you
there, nice glassy day.
How you doing, Kohler?
Oh, me?
I need a drink.
Holy hell, Sparky.
You been working the
piss out of him or what?
He had a rough day.
No shit.
(MAN PANTING)
- And got another one.
- Thank you sir.
(KOHLER LAUGHING)
(MELLOW MUSIC)
(LIQUID POURING)
(RUSTLING DROWNING OUT SINGING)
They tell you boys about
the storm?
Another blower?
Not another pussyfart.
They're calling
for category three.
God damn, how long?
Day after next, southwesterly.
It's gonna be one dirty whore.
It's in the air.
Only one thing to do.
Get liquored.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
How many you need?
- (SIGHING) Two.
- Two.
- One?
- Yeah.
Shit.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
You sure you're
okay to fly, Kohler?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
(RUSTLING)
Fuck!
Come on, baby.
(BLOWING HARD)
(PANTING)
(DISTORTED SPEECH)
(SHOUTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(STATIC CRACKLING)
I'm on with him right now.
I can't tell if he can read me or not.
Sparks, are you reading me?
Sparks, do you read me?
Can you read me, over?
(STATIC CRACKLING), over.
Say again Donna, over.
We've been tracking it.
The forecast... (STATIC CRACKLING)
Can you please say that,
come again Donna, over.
The forecast is
saying that it is headed
straight for you, hurricane
confirmed, category three.
We've been tracking it
every hour and it's only
getting nastier, over.
Copy that, Donna.
Don't worry about
me, we'll talk to you
in the morning, darling.
I'd better get a status
report in 24 hours.
Or I'm going to worry, over
and out.
(ITEMS CLATTERING)
The fuck is this?
I'm sorry about this, Jake.
What's your
fucking problem, huh?
Did you forget already?
I must have hit you harder
than I thought, huh?
Sparky, listen to me, I
don't know what you think
you saw but you gotta let me go.
You came at me with a
goddamn knife, think I saw!
Jesus Christ.
You think I did
this to myself, huh?
I am really trying to
give you the benefit
of the doubt here Jake.
Can't believe you tied me up.
Like I said, I feel
real bad about it.
- Do you?
- Yeah.
It was for your own good.
You're outta control, bud.
I mean, you insult me, you
damage company property,
you steal load supplies
and you lost the rifle.
I don't know what you're
smoking or snorting
but you are not gonna
jeopardize my home here.
You wanna hurt
somebody or yourself?
Not on my watch,
not at my lodge!
Now, again, I'm real
sorry to say it.
Because of right now,
you are suspended.
Your place here in the future
is questionable at best.
Understand, huh?
Now.
Nothing's flying in or
out 'til after the storm.
Kohler was right, calling
for a category three.
Now I have to batten
down the hatches.
Unfortunately, I
could use your help.
I just wanna know
that I can trust you.
- What does that mean?
- It means yes.
Yes what?
That you can trust me.
I'll admit, maybe I was a
little bit out of it before
but I'm okay now.
I promise you, Sparky,
you can trust me.
Jesus Christ, man. Just get
me the fuck out of here.
I just need a cigarette.
I'm gonna untie your hands.
The rest you can do yourself.
Sure.
Easy.
(SIGHING)
(ENGINE HUMMING)
Wanna top it up?
Goes right down there.
(SOFT MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
You got a bunker?
This place is
full of surprises.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Spent many a night down here.
(GULLS CAWING)
That's good.
Okay, got it.
That should do it.
You want me to take over?
No, I got this.
Whatever you say, boss.
Marine forecast, hurricane.
Force wind warning in effect
through Tuesday afternoon.
West winds 35 to 45 knots,
gusts up to 60 knots.
After midnight, rain.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
It's accelerating quickly.
Landfall less than an hour.
We should get underground.
Just need to grab something
from my room quickly.
Yeah, sure.
Don't make me come get you.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!
(GLASS SHATTERING)
(PANTING)
(RAIN PATTERING)
No!
You can fix this.
(CLATTERING)
(CREAKING)
(SHOUTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
What'd you do to
yourself now, Jake?
Nothing.
Those are supposed to
be the emergency supplies.
Well, they're being put to
good use then, aren't they?
You either have very bad luck
or you're the stupidest
goddamn idiot I've ever met.
I need your opinion
like I need another
needle in the cock.
So you never leave here, huh?
Never wash your fucking clothes?
Never shower, it's the
same pair of underwear
for the last four fucking years?
Better hygiene than
someone else at this table.
Ah, well, nobody to
impress up here, right?
Is that what you told me?
Anyway, you'll have to get
some aftershave at least
when you finally
hook up with Donna.
Christ, don't start in on
Donna again.
She's a saint.
Sure she is.
You still wanna play?
Hm?
Thank for your help today.
You were really helpful
and I appreciate it.
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
Oh.
Wanna tell me
what's on your mind?
I've heard it all and then some.
Why don't you start with
here you found that knife?
I wish I could.
You know, living up here
puts things in perspective.
Some people come up
here and the islands
find the best of them.
And some, they find the worst.
Before I came here,
I worked on big
fishing trawlers.
We were on this run
in the Bering Strait.
I was asleep in my
bunk, skeleton crew.
We were working
double shifts and this
young deckhand took over watch.
He was barely into puberty.
A rouge wave hit us
without warning, a monster.
All the glass on the bridge
broke and the pressure
from the water threw this
kid down onto the cabin deck.
Broke his back and
one of his legs.
I carried him out.
(SIGHING)
We drifted for 15 hours
before I realized he'd
stopped breathing.
Back home I couldn't shake it.
People always had
something to say or they'd
just stare at you.
I needed to get away.
This place is quiet, peaceful.
I haven't driven a car in years.
I can't remember the last
time I was stuck in traffic
or carried a wallet
around, heard a phone ring.
And I do not miss
any of that shit.
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
(SIGHING)
Devil always gets his due.
(SOFT MUSIC)
He may not have got me on
that boat, but when he does,
I'm gonna be right
here on Haida Gwaii.
(RUSTLING)
What you got here?
Nudie pictures, huh?
What are these
supposed to be, Jake?
You know I had
to get away too.
Got nothing to go back to.
Is that what you wanted
to hear, Sparky?
That everyone I love is
either dead or fucked off
a long time ago?
That everything I own
I brought with me here
on that plane?
I think about ending it every
fucking goddamn day like it's
a fucking hobby.
But I tell myself to
keep going for the work,
but guess what?
No one gives a shit about
my work, it's firestarter.
And now this.
This is fucking different.
I need you to listen
to me, Sparky.
I could have kept this
to myself but I am being
straight with you here, straight
as a goddamn arrow, okay?
Shit man, it's like living
in a fucking nightmare.
What are you saying, Jake?
I'm saying I don't know
how, Sparky, but I know
you are gonna die.
(EERIE HUMMING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
What are you talking about...
Listen, you leave here,
you're a fucking dead man...
(THUNDER CRASHING)
And what if I stay?
Sparky, don't do this!
Listen to me, Sparky...
Stay the fuck away from me!
Sparky, wait.
No more Jake, I'm
done with your shit.
Listen to me, Sparky!
Please, okay, you're gonna
die if you go out there.
Sparky!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Sparky, Sparky!
Sparky!
Sparky!
Sparky, wait!
(TREE CRACKING)
(SPARKY GRUNTING)
Sparky!
(BEAR GROWLING)
Hey over here, over here!
(SPARKY GRUNTING)
(BEAR GROWLING)
(GRUNTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(HORN HONKING)
(CAR CRASHING)
(BEAR GROWLING)
Come on, I'm right
fucking here, come on!
(BEAR ROARING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(PAINED GROANING)
Jake?
Jake?
(SOFT MUSIC)
(WOOD CREAKING)
(SOFT PANTING)
(STATIC CRACKLING)
(PANTING)
(BREATH HITCHING)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)
(WIND BLOWING)
(TWINKLING CHIMES)
(LIGHT DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Identify departure,
regional navigation craft
on altitude at your discretion.
(AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHATTER)
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
Hello?
(AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHATTER)
This is Masset airport on
122, Tesla seven, go ahead.
(AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHATTER)
(STATIC OBSCURING SPEAKER)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(ZIPPER ZIPPING)
(MAN SIGHING)
Old habits, am I right?
Thanks.
(COUGHING)
Made by a friend, burns
a little when you piss
but hell of a fine drunk.
(ITEMS RUSTLING)
Thanks, sweet pea.
You a regular here?
About that time.
You going to
Sportsman's Lodge too?
Sure, kid, I'm
flying you there.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
So, you're the new watchman.
No, I'm just filling
in for couple of weeks.
Photographer, photojournalist.
Fuck me, they must be
desperate. (CHUCKLING)
Yeah, well, just trying
to get some quick cash,
some good shots.
First time to Haida Gwaii?
Yeah.
Man, islands at
the end of the sky.
Ice age missed 'em, you know?
The legends are,
some of the strangest
I ever fucking heard.
Oh and watch yourself,
low salmon run this year.
Bears are hungry.
(PLANE ENGINE HUMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Hey, hey, hey, Kohler, woo!
Hey, ya old cocksucker!
(MEN LAUGHING)
Hey buddy!
You gotta watch
out for this guy.
Last time he had a couple of
drinks he tried to fuck a deer.
That didn't happen,
Kohler, geeze.
- You must be Jacob.
- It's just Jake.
Call me Sparky.
Seriously?
(LAUGHING) Yeah.
There's some
goodies in the back.
Oh, great, okay.
You boys stay out
of each other's bunks.
(MAN LAUGHS)
That ain't funny, Kohler.
(MEN LAUGHING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(ENGINE HUMMING)
These the only shoes you got?
What?
What, are you a size
nine, nine and a half?
Yeah, nine and a half.
Let's see what we got.
(ENGINE HUMMING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(RUSTLING)
(KNOCKING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIRDS CALLING)
Haida Gwaii forms a
dagger-shaped archipelago
of over 150 islands.
Located 90 miles from the
west coast of British Columbia
and just over 60 miles
to the Alaskan Panhandle.
Haida Gwaii's first settlements
date back over 13,000 years.
It's considered by some
scientists the Pacific route
taken by the first humans
that migrated to the Americas.
During the Ice Age, glaciers
receded from Haida Gwaii
2000 years earlier
than the mainland.
Nicknamed the Galapagos of
the North, the islands make up
a unique biocultural zone
with many ancient plants
and animals found nowhere
else in the world.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(FRIGHTENING CHORD)
(CHUCKLING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(KNOCKING)
Jake, time to get going!
Fuck.
Shit.
(KNOCKING)
Yeah, fuck, I'm up, I'm up.
(WATER SPLASHING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(PEOPLE SPEAKING FAINTLY)
Hang on there Sparks, I've
got him on the line right now.
Oh sure, get back to me
on that count by tomorrow
if you can darling, over.
Very good,
thanks, Donna, over.
Anything for you, honey buns.
(KISSING)
(SPARKY LAUGHING)
I don't want you going
hungry down there.
Especially with the
new kid joining you.
Oh baby.
Oh hey, you tried on
those PJs I sent you?
You know they're not
real silk but they sure...
I got to get back to you
tomorrow, over and out.
Hey.
Boots and everything
fitting all right?
All a perfect fit.
Right, cool.
I got a lot of work to do, so.
Welcome to Sportsman's
Lodge in Quinna Sound.
Opened in 1911, originally
it was called Sporter's Lodge
until she burnt to the
ground, was rebuilt in 1955.
What's with the dead trees?
We got some heavy
winds this time of year,
bit of a dust up but
firewood is free.
You take a shower?
Yeah, why?
With soap?
No, fucking gasoline.
You take a shower,
I recommend no soap,
nothing with perfume.
Bugs love it.
No one to impress up
here anyway. (LAUGHING)
Mostly what we do this
time of year is repairs,
groundskeeping,
winterizing, you know.
What's this for?
I'm a photographer.
Oh, well, you should get some
real nice pictures up here.
What you do there,
you cut yourself?
Heat rash jerking off.
(CHUCKLING) Okay.
This here's the water tank.
We pump the water up
from the well through
the chlorine system.
But when the temperature
drops below zero
the pipes'll freeze.
One winter we went three
weeks without running water.
And I'm not gonna let
that happen again.
See?
(MACHINE RUNNING)
Hey, hey, what's
that shed used for?
It had a leak,
I had to emptiy it out.
I've been looking for
a place to maybe store
some darkroom equipment.
There's nothing pretty about
it, but you wanna fix it up,
you can use it.
That'd be great.
It's real nice
to have you around.
I'm not in as good a
shape as I used to be,
so having a little help
this time of year is just real n
No problem.
This here's the
hardware store.
Got a few projects on the go.
Obviously we do our own building
and marine repairs here.
Now, have you ever done any
repair work before, Jake?
Took a lawnmower
repair class in school.
Ah, good work with that.
Whatever you say, Zippy.
Oh, good one,
the name's Sparky.
This is a genny, it's
water cooled and requires
a constant top up with diesel.
And these things
sometimes get loose
so you gotta check 'em out.
Oh yeah, this one's
loose right here.
You wanna give it a whirl?
Come on, give that a whirl,
come on, there you go.
Now easy now, damn it,
you're stripping it now!
Just take it easy there, okay.
Aw damn it!
(TENSE MUSIC)
(KNOCKING)
(COUGHING)
Jake, hey.
You caught me having
a little puff here.
My homegrown, it
helps with the hips.
Sure it does.
What do you have there?
A little tobacco and hash.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Been out here
for a while, huh?
12 seasons.
Been guiding and doing winters.
Four straight, year around.
No shit.
You ever miss the
real world then?
Real world?
Come on, Jake, I have
everything I need up here.
It must get
lonely, doesn't it?
Sometimes.
Had this cat that hung around.
But I ain't seen him lately.
In that case, how often do
you and Donna see each other?
- You two are...
- Donna?
No, no, no, Donna, she's
up in the headquarters
up in Alaska.
How about yourself, Jake?
You have a special
girl back home?
Seriously, sounds like
she was wet for you
though, Sprinkles.
Hold on now, Jake, Donna's
your superior and no.
I'm telling you, never
even met face to face.
So you're telling me
you never busted through
those cobwebs, that's
what you're telling me?
Come on, Jake.
You're getting a bit
disrespectful here.
I'm just saying,
think about it.
(OWL HOOTING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(GRUNTING)
(CRUSHING)
(CRUSHING)
(DEEP RUMBLING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Sparky!
Oh hey, Jake.
What the fuck, man?
Oh sorry, man, the
damn martens are chewing
up my lawn again.
Think I got 'em though.
Congratulations.
(EERIE HUMMING)
Hey, hey.
(SOFT MUSIC)
The islands' inhabitants
developed a culture made rich
by the abundance
of land and sea.
(GULLS CRYING)
Noted seafarers, they occupied
more than 100 villages
throughout the islands.
They were skilled traders.
The islands played an important
role during the maritime
fur trade era of the late
18 to early 19th centuries.
Haida Gwaii is home to
an abundance of wildlife.
There are nearly
7000 rare species.
Most notable is the Queen
Charlotte black bear.
A native subspecies known
for its exceptionally large
jaws and teeth.
(BIRD CAWING)
(ANIMAL CROAKING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(LONG SIGH)
(LONG SIGH)
(RUSTLING)
(WIND BLOWING)
(RUSTLING)
(ELK WARBLING)
Fuck!
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BEAR GROWLING)
(JAKE YELPING)
(JAKE PANTING)
(DEEP SIGH)
(RUSTLING)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Well, think I know what
happened to your cat.
Little White Lightning?
(COUGHING)
More, more.
(SPARKY LAUGHING)
Should have read your
fucking horoscope today, kid.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(BIRDS CAWING)
(WATER POURING)
(METAL RATTLING)
(SPITTING)
Fuck's sake.
You ever fire one
of these before?
No.
Wanna learn?
Okay.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Water level's
higher than normal,
hike up your socks, Jake!
Hey, watch those ones,
they're real slippery.
Come on, Jake!
(LAUGHING)
Yeah, laugh it up.
My foot's fucking freezing.
It's all part of
the adventure, buddy.
(BIRD CALLING)
Another watchman and I set
this up a few years back.
It's a great place
to let off some steam
and learn to protect yourself.
Rule one, always the treat
the gun as if it were loaded.
All right.
Whoa! (LAUGHING)
Rule two, be careful where
you point the damn
thing, all right?
Rule three, keep your finger
off the trigger, all right?
Aim down the sights,
square your feet up a bit.
There you go, now you
aim, and then you squeeze.
(CLICKING)
Just like that.
- I think I got it.
- Okay.
There you go.
Okay, square your feet,
aim your front foot
towards the target.
(SHOT FIRING)
Fuck!
You could have
warned me about that.
You all right?
There you go, okay, same thing.
This time old the butt
right against your shoulder
like that, nice and tight
so you don't get a kick
like that again, okay?
All right, it's all you,
this time.
(SHOT FIRING)
Yeah, you see that?
- Oh my god, buddy.
- Whoo!
You've earned that, holy shit.
(ANIMALS CHIRPING)
Kohelr said something
about these islands.
Said strange things happen here,
you know what he
was talking about?
I've never been a
superstitious guy personally.
Never seen anything to give
those old stories any credence.
What do you mean?
What if you saw something
you couldn't explain?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Think I'd keep that to myself.
(SHOT FIRING)
(SPARKY YELLING)
Jesus, Sparky, what the fuck?
(SPARKY LAUGHING)
Got him!
One more down. (GROWLING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(JAKE SIGHING)
(LIQUID POURING)
- Sparky.
- Hey.
Going to head out,
get some shots, thinking
maybe I could borrow the rifle?
Tide's changing, I'm
dropping a couple rods.
I actually wouldn't
mind coming on the boat
with you sometime, getting
some shots on the water.
Sure.
Another time?
The rifle then.
Not sure that's
a good idea, Jake.
(DOOR CREAKING)
(MOTOR HUMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
The islands are home to
large forests with a wide
variety of ancient trees,
including the spruce,
western red cedar,
yellow cedar, shore pine,
western hemlock, mountain
hemlock, and red alder.
And then there's the rare and
magnificent golden spruce.
A naturally occurring genetic
mutation causes the needles
of some Haida Gwaii spruces
to have a golden hue.
Lacking pigment to protect its
leaves from excess sunlight
the golden spruces should
have withered and died
but instead they
have flourished.
(RUSTLING)
(GLASS SHATTERING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(RUSTLING)
(CHILD GRUNTING)
Anna.
Anna!
Anna!
Anna, wait, Anna, wait please!
Please don't leave me.
(SCREECHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(JAKE GRUNTING)
Fuck!
(ELK SQUEALING)
(BIRD CAWING)
(RUSTLING)
(SHOUTING)
Ah!
Day off.
Come on, we're going fishing.
(REEL CREAKING)
You know why fish make
lousy hockey players?
What?
Because they're afraid
of the net. (CHUCKLING)
You're a funny guy, Sparky.
Thought you were
just going for a walk.
Yeah, I passed out.
Well how the hell
far did you get?
Because I looked
all over for you.
What's wrong with you
there, you got a rash?
Just allergies.
You know it's just you and
me out here, no one else.
So the next time
you go for a walk...
Why don't you just mind
your fucking business, friend?
Hey, hold it there, Jake.
I need your friendship like
I need a kick in the teeth.
Do your damn job.
And I know you been sneaking
supplies from my shed.
- I see everything around here...
- I'm sick of your shit!
(PLANE ENGINE ROARING)
Hey, you cocksuckers.
(CHUCKLING)
Sorry to interrupt you
there, nice glassy day.
How you doing, Kohler?
Oh, me?
I need a drink.
Holy hell, Sparky.
You been working the
piss out of him or what?
He had a rough day.
No shit.
(MAN PANTING)
- And got another one.
- Thank you sir.
(KOHLER LAUGHING)
(MELLOW MUSIC)
(LIQUID POURING)
(RUSTLING DROWNING OUT SINGING)
They tell you boys about
the storm?
Another blower?
Not another pussyfart.
They're calling
for category three.
God damn, how long?
Day after next, southwesterly.
It's gonna be one dirty whore.
It's in the air.
Only one thing to do.
Get liquored.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
How many you need?
- (SIGHING) Two.
- Two.
- One?
- Yeah.
Shit.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
You sure you're
okay to fly, Kohler?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
(RUSTLING)
Fuck!
Come on, baby.
(BLOWING HARD)
(PANTING)
(DISTORTED SPEECH)
(SHOUTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(STATIC CRACKLING)
I'm on with him right now.
I can't tell if he can read me or not.
Sparks, are you reading me?
Sparks, do you read me?
Can you read me, over?
(STATIC CRACKLING), over.
Say again Donna, over.
We've been tracking it.
The forecast... (STATIC CRACKLING)
Can you please say that,
come again Donna, over.
The forecast is
saying that it is headed
straight for you, hurricane
confirmed, category three.
We've been tracking it
every hour and it's only
getting nastier, over.
Copy that, Donna.
Don't worry about
me, we'll talk to you
in the morning, darling.
I'd better get a status
report in 24 hours.
Or I'm going to worry, over
and out.
(ITEMS CLATTERING)
The fuck is this?
I'm sorry about this, Jake.
What's your
fucking problem, huh?
Did you forget already?
I must have hit you harder
than I thought, huh?
Sparky, listen to me, I
don't know what you think
you saw but you gotta let me go.
You came at me with a
goddamn knife, think I saw!
Jesus Christ.
You think I did
this to myself, huh?
I am really trying to
give you the benefit
of the doubt here Jake.
Can't believe you tied me up.
Like I said, I feel
real bad about it.
- Do you?
- Yeah.
It was for your own good.
You're outta control, bud.
I mean, you insult me, you
damage company property,
you steal load supplies
and you lost the rifle.
I don't know what you're
smoking or snorting
but you are not gonna
jeopardize my home here.
You wanna hurt
somebody or yourself?
Not on my watch,
not at my lodge!
Now, again, I'm real
sorry to say it.
Because of right now,
you are suspended.
Your place here in the future
is questionable at best.
Understand, huh?
Now.
Nothing's flying in or
out 'til after the storm.
Kohler was right, calling
for a category three.
Now I have to batten
down the hatches.
Unfortunately, I
could use your help.
I just wanna know
that I can trust you.
- What does that mean?
- It means yes.
Yes what?
That you can trust me.
I'll admit, maybe I was a
little bit out of it before
but I'm okay now.
I promise you, Sparky,
you can trust me.
Jesus Christ, man. Just get
me the fuck out of here.
I just need a cigarette.
I'm gonna untie your hands.
The rest you can do yourself.
Sure.
Easy.
(SIGHING)
(ENGINE HUMMING)
Wanna top it up?
Goes right down there.
(SOFT MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
You got a bunker?
This place is
full of surprises.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Spent many a night down here.
(GULLS CAWING)
That's good.
Okay, got it.
That should do it.
You want me to take over?
No, I got this.
Whatever you say, boss.
Marine forecast, hurricane.
Force wind warning in effect
through Tuesday afternoon.
West winds 35 to 45 knots,
gusts up to 60 knots.
After midnight, rain.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
It's accelerating quickly.
Landfall less than an hour.
We should get underground.
Just need to grab something
from my room quickly.
Yeah, sure.
Don't make me come get you.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!
(GLASS SHATTERING)
(PANTING)
(RAIN PATTERING)
No!
You can fix this.
(CLATTERING)
(CREAKING)
(SHOUTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
What'd you do to
yourself now, Jake?
Nothing.
Those are supposed to
be the emergency supplies.
Well, they're being put to
good use then, aren't they?
You either have very bad luck
or you're the stupidest
goddamn idiot I've ever met.
I need your opinion
like I need another
needle in the cock.
So you never leave here, huh?
Never wash your fucking clothes?
Never shower, it's the
same pair of underwear
for the last four fucking years?
Better hygiene than
someone else at this table.
Ah, well, nobody to
impress up here, right?
Is that what you told me?
Anyway, you'll have to get
some aftershave at least
when you finally
hook up with Donna.
Christ, don't start in on
Donna again.
She's a saint.
Sure she is.
You still wanna play?
Hm?
Thank for your help today.
You were really helpful
and I appreciate it.
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
Oh.
Wanna tell me
what's on your mind?
I've heard it all and then some.
Why don't you start with
here you found that knife?
I wish I could.
You know, living up here
puts things in perspective.
Some people come up
here and the islands
find the best of them.
And some, they find the worst.
Before I came here,
I worked on big
fishing trawlers.
We were on this run
in the Bering Strait.
I was asleep in my
bunk, skeleton crew.
We were working
double shifts and this
young deckhand took over watch.
He was barely into puberty.
A rouge wave hit us
without warning, a monster.
All the glass on the bridge
broke and the pressure
from the water threw this
kid down onto the cabin deck.
Broke his back and
one of his legs.
I carried him out.
(SIGHING)
We drifted for 15 hours
before I realized he'd
stopped breathing.
Back home I couldn't shake it.
People always had
something to say or they'd
just stare at you.
I needed to get away.
This place is quiet, peaceful.
I haven't driven a car in years.
I can't remember the last
time I was stuck in traffic
or carried a wallet
around, heard a phone ring.
And I do not miss
any of that shit.
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
(SIGHING)
Devil always gets his due.
(SOFT MUSIC)
He may not have got me on
that boat, but when he does,
I'm gonna be right
here on Haida Gwaii.
(RUSTLING)
What you got here?
Nudie pictures, huh?
What are these
supposed to be, Jake?
You know I had
to get away too.
Got nothing to go back to.
Is that what you wanted
to hear, Sparky?
That everyone I love is
either dead or fucked off
a long time ago?
That everything I own
I brought with me here
on that plane?
I think about ending it every
fucking goddamn day like it's
a fucking hobby.
But I tell myself to
keep going for the work,
but guess what?
No one gives a shit about
my work, it's firestarter.
And now this.
This is fucking different.
I need you to listen
to me, Sparky.
I could have kept this
to myself but I am being
straight with you here, straight
as a goddamn arrow, okay?
Shit man, it's like living
in a fucking nightmare.
What are you saying, Jake?
I'm saying I don't know
how, Sparky, but I know
you are gonna die.
(EERIE HUMMING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
What are you talking about...
Listen, you leave here,
you're a fucking dead man...
(THUNDER CRASHING)
And what if I stay?
Sparky, don't do this!
Listen to me, Sparky...
Stay the fuck away from me!
Sparky, wait.
No more Jake, I'm
done with your shit.
Listen to me, Sparky!
Please, okay, you're gonna
die if you go out there.
Sparky!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Sparky, Sparky!
Sparky!
Sparky!
Sparky, wait!
(TREE CRACKING)
(SPARKY GRUNTING)
Sparky!
(BEAR GROWLING)
Hey over here, over here!
(SPARKY GRUNTING)
(BEAR GROWLING)
(GRUNTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(HORN HONKING)
(CAR CRASHING)
(BEAR GROWLING)
Come on, I'm right
fucking here, come on!
(BEAR ROARING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(PAINED GROANING)
Jake?
Jake?
(SOFT MUSIC)
(WOOD CREAKING)
(SOFT PANTING)
(STATIC CRACKLING)
(PANTING)
(BREATH HITCHING)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)