Down in the Valley (2005) - full transcript

Tobe is about 16, living with her dad and younger brother in LA's San Fernando Valley. She invites a gas station attendant named Harlan to come to the beach with her and her friends. He's from South Dakota, wears a cowboy hat, talks country, and has been a ranch hand. They have a great time, his simple expressions seem like wisdom, he's attentive and polite, and even though he's more than twice her age, she wants to spend time with him. When her father objects, she rebels. Harlan, meanwhile, thinks she's his soul mate, and he starts making plans to get her away from her father. Worlds are set to collide, but which ones?

♪ Sittin' by the road one
day, a-playin' my guitar ♪

♪ She came along and listened

♪ Looked at me understandin'
I'd traveled far ♪

♪ To sit here alone and wishin'

♪ Fly sparrow fly

♪ But wave

♪ Bye-bye

♪ So sorry

♪ Will be I

♪ Looked up above me
to the ribbon skyway ♪

♪ That's where she
goes a-walkin' ♪



♪ But there's dust on my shoes
and it was always that way ♪

♪ I know she's not for keepin'

♪ So fly sparrow fly

♪ But wave

♪ Bye-bye

♪ So sorry

♪ Will be I

- Hey, Tobe.

- What?

- Where are you goin'?

- Nowhere.

- Can I come?

- I kinda wanna be alone.

- Let me come.



- Don't even know
where I'm going.

- I don't care.

- Okay.

Just don't bother me.

♪ One moment love can be
most everywhere ♪

♪ One moment lost forever

♪ Branches still shakin' as
she soars through the air ♪

♪ Let's sing one more
song for parting ♪

- You
can't even spit.

The cigarette helps.

Here.

But don't inhale it, just
hold the smoke in your mouth.

Now hold it.

Hold it.

Okay, blow it out.

See?

Picks up this bolt, it's
like, pretty big,

walks over to where I
am and like--

- Wade's here.

- Hang on a sec.

So, he sticks his hand
out and drops it, right?

Smashes his window.

- Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

- Hang on.

Didn't anyone ever
teach you to knock?

- I'll start knockin'
when you start workin'.

- I'll see you later.

- I need you to get dinner
for you and Lon tonight.

I'm going out.
- I can't.

April's coming in like 15
minutes, I have to get ready.

- She can wait.

- I've been with Lonnie all
day, I just wanna go out.

- 15 minutes, it won't kill you.

Get chicken for him and
you can have the rest.

- You'll be okay here
on your own?

- Yeah.

- Come on, come on, come on.

- What was that?

- It's just my kid.

- Kid?

- Hey.

- Hey.

- I told you, I don't
want you sleepin'

in Tobe's room all the time.

Why can't you just
sleep in your own room?

With a light on?

- Thought I saw someone
outside my window.

- Well, you know, if
there really is someone

outside your window, then
come and get me.

- You told me not to bother you.

- Well, don't,
if it's just a shadow.

- Tobe!

- I'll be right there!
- Let's go!

- You goin' to
school like that?

- It's Spring Break.

- All you kids ever
get are breaks.

No wonder you have no idea
about anything.

Where are you going?

- To the beach.

- No, hold on, hold on.

- What?

- Well, don't stay out
so late again.

- Okay.

- And put a shirt on.

- She's 18, who gets
fake tits when you're 18?

It's, it's just fuckin'
disgusting.

- I don't know, I think
she looks better, actually.

- Feel better, too.
- Oh, yeah.

- Of course she feels better,
all the guys look at her now.

She's such a snobby
bitch, yeah, I said it.

- Does he work here?

Oh, my god.

He does work here, oh my god.

- Look at his fuckin'
hat, man, he's a cowboy.

- Oh, my god,
what a hick.

- Oh, my god, shut up.

- Howdy.
- Howdy.

- What can I do for y'all?

- You can fill her up
with unleaded, Tex.

- Will do.

- Yee-haw!
- Shut up, Jeremy!

Jesus Christ.

Hey, Tex, you wanna
check the oil?

- Yeah, I'm
gonna do your windows, too.

- All right, that's
quite a deal.

- Well, we advertise
full service,

so we gotta give full service.

- Are you for real?

- What?

- Are you for real?

- I think so.

Wanna give a squeeze?

- Yeah, he's real.

Oh.

- Cute ass, though, do
you think that's real, too?

- Why don't
you give it a squeeze?

- Asshole!

- So how's the oil?

- You're all right.

This fan belt's a little ratty,
though.

How far are y'all goin'?

- We're just goin' to the beach.

- Yeah?

That's nice, I ain't
never been to the beach.

- How long have you lived here?

- Not too long.

- You can drive there in
like, less than an hour.

- Well, I can't, I
don't have a car.

- How come?

- How come I don't have a car?

No, I don't like 'em.

Kinda make you lazy.

- It's a pretty funny place to
work, if you don't like cars.

- Ain't that the truth,
gotta make a livin'.

- So what about the fan belt?

- Mm, she'll get you there.

Have a good time.

- Hey.

Do you wanna come?

- With y'all to the beach?

That's mighty kind of ya.

- I guess you gotta work,
though.

- You know what? Let me
see about that.

Hang on.

- Tobe.
- I invited Tex to the beach.

- Oh, my god!

- You've got to be kidding.
- I can't believe you did it!

- He could be like a psycho.

- I'd like to get my
change, if you don't mind.

- Get out of here.

- Was that offer for real?

- Yeah!

Did you get off work?

- Sorta.

- Sorta?

- Well, he said I could go,
but if I go, not to come back.

- And why would you
wanna do that?

- I wanna see the beach with ya.

- Okay.

Then come on.

So, what's your name?

- Harlan.

- Just Harlan?

- My full name's Harlan
Fairfax Carruthers.

- That's definitely full.

- Well, what's your name?

- Tobe.

- Tobe, short for what, Toby?

No?

Tabitha?

Tobias?

Manitoba?

What?

- For October.

- October, really?

That's pretty.

Well, pleased to meet y'all.
- Do you smoke?

- What, is that that wacky weed?

That's okay, I don't
touch any of that stuff.

- Where are you from?

- From South Dakota.

- South Dakota.

I knew some people in
South Dakota.

They weren't anything like you.

- Well, that's okay, too.

I tell you what, when
I woke up this mornin',

I didn't think I was gonna
end up lookin' at the ocean.

- You wanna go in?

- What, go in there?
- Yeah.

- Nah, I like lookin' at it.

I ain't plannin' on drownin'
in it.

- I'll protect you.

- I ain't got the right
duds for ocean swimmin'.

- Well, just go in
your underwear.

It's what the Mexicans do.

- I don't
know about that.

- Okay, just go in your pants.

- These jeans could use a wash,
you know?

- Come on.

- Sure about this?
- Yeah!

It'll be fun, I promise.

♪ I got a girl and I call
her sunshine ♪

♪ Through the air she's
dancing in the line ♪

♪ I say hey, sunshine

♪ Won't you be with me
now and for all time ♪

- Ain't we a little far out?

- You okay?

- We ain't gonna get
pulled out to sea, are we?

- Don't worry, I'm not
gonna let you drown.

- Man, that's about as close
to forever as I can imagine.

- Don't look at that.

Just look at me.

♪ Oh so free 'cause
she's loves me sunshine ♪

♪ Catch her laughing
down by the waterline ♪

♪ I say hey, sunshine

♪ Won't you be with me
now and for all time ♪

- Holy smoke.

- See?

You should've gone to
the beach sooner.

- Wow.

- What time is it?

- I don't know, it's late.

It's early, almost.

- I better go.

My dad's gonna kill me.

- Well, I hope not, then
I couldn't take you out.

- You
wanna take me out?

- Well yeah, sure, I mean...

This was fun and all, but this
ain't a proper way to meet.

- You're so funny.

- Hey, how you doin'?

I'm Harlan, what's your name?

- Lonnie.
- Lonnie?

Glad to meet ya, Lonnie.

Oh, hell, I didn't mess that up,
did I?

- No, just
gotta crank it up.

- Oh, yeah.

Look at that.

God, man, that's like a classic,
isn't it?

I've never seen one of
those that worked.

- Are you my dad's friend?

- Oh, no, no, I'm uh...

I'm here to take your sister,

just, you know, out.

Out on the town.

Is that all right with you?

- Yeah.

- Oh, okay.

You're Tobe's little brother,
yeah?

What, you're like 11 or 12?

- I'm 13.

- Are you 13, really?

Oh, sorry.

- I'll get bigger.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, I didn't mean, uh...

Yeah.

I was smaller than you
when I was your age.

I really was, I was, I had
an uncle who said I was like

a tree twig, I was gonna
blow away in a strong wind.

Yeah, I
was real small.

Till I grew up.

- Where's Tobe?

- She's just...

- How do I look?

- Oh, man!

Look at you!

Does that really fit you?
I was just--

- Yeah, it's perfect.
- Guessing at the size.

- Do I look purdy in it?
- Oh, you look so purdy.

You wanna, um...

You wanna get a bite to eat,
take your little brother,

before we go dancin'?

Hey, you wanna go get a
burger with us or somethin'?

Yeah?

All right.

Let's do it.

- Hey, Dad.

- Hey.

- This is Harlan.
- Pleased to meet you, sir.

- Wade.

Where'd you get that dress?

- Harlan got it for me.

What?
- Yeah, it's nothin'.

It's just, I haven't seen you
in a dress since you were 13.

- Well, that's a shame,
isn't it?

A girl as beautiful as
your daughter.

- What's your line, Harlan?

- Well, I, I...

I'm in the middle of
figurin' that out right now.

But I have a
background in ranchin'.

- There's not much ranchin'
around here.

- Not that much anymore, but
anyway, you know, you'd be

surprised how those skills
apply in a lot of other areas.

- You're right, I would be.

- We're gonna go take Lon
out for a burger

and then we're gonna go out.

- As long as that's okay
with you, sir.

- I guess.

- Okay.

- Well, sir, I wanna tell ya,

I got real admiration for
your daughter.

She's got a great spirit and

I hope to earn your trust in me.

- Let's go.

- Who is that guy?

- I met him at beach.
- You met him at the beach?

- I gotta go,
Lonnie's hungry, I gotta go.

I gotta go eat.

- You worked on a ranch?
- Yeah, I sure did.

- Where?

- South Dakota, right?

- Yeah, yeah, back
there a little.

Out here more.

- They still have
ranches out here?

- They got a few.

I mean, most of 'em been cut
out or sold off and stuff, but,

why, you like animals?

- Yeah.
- Yeah?

Well...

I don't know, if you're
interested, we could go out

and check out one of those
spreads up in the North Valley.

I mean, not like a dude
ranch or nothin' like that.

Like a real workin' place?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Can I ask you somethin'?

- Sure.

- Is that kid okay?

- Who, Lonnie?
- Yeah.

- Yeah, why?

- I don't know, he just
seems kinda...

I don't know, like he needs
some fresh air or, you know,

I don't know, he
needs somethin'.

- He's still really
scared of the dark.

He has to sleep with
the lights on.

- I can barely sleep with
the lights off.

- He's okay, I watch
out for him.

- You're a good girl.

No, I mean it.

You have a good heart.

♪ Field of light

♪ They hold me inside

♪ Count my stars

♪ They're all lucky in the sky

♪ There's a time

♪ When you go off the light

♪ And all my things

♪ Look like someone else's

♪ Memories

♪ Cold outside

♪ Burns a great big
hole in my heart ♪

- I wanna do
this with you.

It makes you so happy.

- I'm happy just bein' with ya.

- Not like this.

♪ And your smile
makes it bright ♪

♪ It makes it bright

♪ Sleep inside

♪ Ocean has miles

- Hey, man.

Hey, there's an open window.

Hey, what're you all doin'?

- Where's Cowboy?
- Where's John Wayne?

- Oh, my god.
- Yeah, sure I do.

- Come on in, you'll
love my car.

- No, no, you gotta love people,
not cars!

No, hey, I'm serious!

- What do I do?

- We don't belong in
there, you belong out here!

You're trapped in there,
you know that?

- Man, look, we not trapped.

We got places to go,
you underdig?

- Get...
- Harlan!

- Out the box, we gotta
get out the box, baby.

Hey, baby, we gotta
get out the box.

You preach it, preach it, Tex.

- Hey, hey.
- Stop!

You're crazy, what're you doing?

- I'm not crazy, I'm the
only sane man on this street.

- Yeah, on the street.

- Look, they're
all sittin' here in boxes.

♪ I know they shine

- How long does this last?

- Just for a little while.

You won't feel it tomorrow.

- What're you thinkin'?

- There's all these things
that I wanna do, but,

I don't think I'll ever
get to do 'em.

- You can do anything
you wanna do.

You can even be anybody you
wanna be, you just have to

decide on it, and
then just do it.

- It's like waiting
for your life to start.

What starts it, you know?

- Most days I just wanna
step outside of my own heart,

go walk under a sky
full of stars,

and hear nothin' but the wind.

And when I do speak, I want
it to be with my true voice.

Do you think you talk
with your true voice?

- I don't know.

How do I know it?

- 'Cause you don't hear
other words in your head

while you're talkin'.

The things you really
wanna be sayin'.

And you don't say things
that don't matter to you.

- Do you feel true to yourself?

- Not very often.

I do right now.

- Me, too.

Hey.

- Where the fuck you been?

- I slept over at April's.

- Wait a goddamn minute!

What happened to the guy?

- Nothin'.

- I was up the whole goddamn
night worryin' about you!

- Well, I'm sure your friend
kept your mind off of it.

- God damn it, I'm not
done talkin'.

Tobe I'm not, come on, Tobe?

Open the door, come on,
open the door.

- No fuckin' way.
- Open the fucking door!

All right, we're gonna
talk about this tonight,

and you'll be here
when I get home!

You hear me?

- Yes.
- What?

- Yes!

- Look, you got somethin'
in there that's mine,

and I ain't aimin' to
give it up cheap!

If I come in there, I'm comin'
in hot.

You got a lot of nerve shootin'
at me!

Half of that's mine, there
was plenty for everyone!

- Hey, keep it
down in there, you idiot!

- Keep it down, yourself!

You think I like listenin'
to your game shows all day?

- There's
somethin' wrong with you!

- It's greed that's
gonna be the death of ya,

'cause you're gonna...

You're a greedy little pig,
and you're gonna squeal

like a pig when I come
through that door!

All over a few little
lumps of ore.

I guess that's just
the human folly.

It's just up here apiece.

- Are those the ones?
- That's them, all right.

You like them?

Well, which one you want?

Hey, bud.

Hey, there.

Hey, there.

Hey, there, shh.

Shh.

Shh.

Come on.

♪ Join uphill

♪ To hide away

♪ Leave your nest

♪ To run astray

♪ For you to be mine

- What do you think?

- It's beautiful.

- Yeah, it still is, isn't it?

♪ Lead me in

♪ To a-wanderin'

♪ For you to be mine

- You think things
have a purpose?

- What do you mean?

- You think everything has
somethin' it's supposed to do?

Or be?

- It's kind of a nice thought.

- I sat here a lot of times,
I looked at this tree, I...

I wondered if that branch
had a purpose.

Maybe it's there to

provide shade,

maybe it's gonna get cut
down to make somebody

a nice piece of
furniture some day.

Or maybe you're supposed
to have a swing on it.

I don't know, maybe
it's just there

so the tree can balance itself.

I leaned toward the swing,

'cause it seemed kinda
hopeful to me.

And now I see you sittin' up
there and I know I was right.

- Can I watch?

- Yeah.

Where's your sister?

- I don't know.

Are you still mad at her?

- Look, I love your sister,
she just...

She gets under my skin
sometimes, okay?

- What do you love about her?

- I don't know, what
do you love about her?

- I don't know.

- Just the whole package,
huh?

- Yeah, I guess.

- Well, she's got gumption.

- What's that?

- It means, uh, she's got
spirit, she won't take shit.

Drives me crazy, but I
know it's good for her.

America's tough on the meek.

- "The meek shall
inherit the earth."

- What?

- "The meek shall
inherit the earth."

- Where'd you get that crap?

- Heard it on TV.

- Oh.

The meek might inherit a
fortune when a relative dies,

but they won't get the earth.

No, the only good thing
about the meek is that, uh,

they make it easier on
the ones with gumption.

- Can you learn gumption?

- No.

No, I think you got it,
or you don't.

- Hold it!

- Hey, Charlie.

Boy, you sure got him
in great shape.

He's runnin' all day,
stopped right on the 11s.

- Get off him.

- What?

- Get off my horse.

Get off the horse!

You speak english.

- Quit foolin' around, Charlie,
you're scarin' my girl.

- You're on my property.

You're on my horse.

If I shot you, I would
be well within the law.

- Well, I ain't even sure
that's technically correct.

- Get off the horse, Harlan.
- It's okay, sweetheart.

We're having some kind
of miscommunication here,

but we'll work it out.

- I don't know what's wrong
with your friend's head there,

ma'am, but you better talk
him down off that horse

just as fast as you can.
- Harlan, get down.

- Yeah, all right.

But I ain't gettin' off
'cause of you and your gun.

I'm just gettin' off 'cause
my girl here wants me to,

and I'll do anything for her.

Unlike you, Charlie, I got
my priorities straight.

- I don't give a rat's
ass about your priorities.

Stop callin' me Charlie.

- You know what? You
really disappoint me.

After them nice conversations
we had, you're gonna go

and embarrass me in front
of my girl like this?

I oughta give you an ass
kickin' just on principle.

Come on, sweet pea, let's
get outta here.

- That ain't an exit.

- You wanna put the rifle down,
sir?

Just put the firearm down, sir.

- They're the thieves!
- Thank you, officer.

God, have you lost your mind,
Charlie?

Going and pointing guns
at your friends?

- Easy, easy, easy.
- They're the thieves!

These are the thieves!
- You too, sir.

- They're the thieves!
- Sir, everybody!

What's goin' on here?

- They stole one of my horses.
- We didn't steal anything!

- Yeah, the horse is
right there.

- He's right there!

- They came on my property
and they stole a horse.

And the guy with the cowboy hat?

He just threatened me.

- What? That's bullshit!

- Hey, you got a filthy mouth,
ma'am!

- Take it easy!

Now, where's the horse?
- The horse is right there!

- The white one was stolen by
them, without my permission--

- Whoa whoa whoa, wait a
minute, wait a minute, officer.

Officer, I come here and
borrow the horses all the time.

Charlie says it's fine, as
long as I bring my own gear.

You know? And he wasn't here
when we happened to show up.

So we borrowed the horse,
we come back,

and now he's flipped
his lid on me.

- This ain't the Old West,
it's the goddamn Valley, son!

- You're the
one with the gun!

- I don't even know
the guy, for Christ's sake!

- He takes a lot of medication
and sometimes he gets off it,

so he gets in a mood like this.

- I don't take medication!

- You gotta take
those pills, Charlie.

- My name is not Charlie!

- Gene, get him in the car
right now, now, let's go.

- Have you really met Charlie?

- What? Yeah, of course,
I told ya I did.

- 'Cause you can tell me,
it's okay.

I mean, he says his name
wasn't Charlie.

- Oh, that.

I mean, I don't know if he's
got another name or somethin',

but I just always
called him Charlie.

You mad at me?

- Oh, shit.

Great.

- I'd say I take care
of my critters

a hell of a lot better than
you take care of your children.

- Right.

You mind tellin' me
exactly what happened?

- Listen, sir, I just wanna say,
uh...

I understand if you're upset,
but,

it really had nothin'
to do with Tobe.

If there's any fault at
all, it was definitely mine.

- You don't have to
apologize to him, Harlan.

- Well, no, I think
it's important to

take responsibility for
your actions, you know?

Not really much more
you can ask of a person

than take responsibility.

- How about not breakin'
the law with a minor?

- Well, yeah, sure.

But that don't apply, 'cause,
you know that wasn't the case.

It really was just a
misunderstandin'.

- Tobe, tell your friend here,

it's gonna take a little
more honesty to win me over.

- I don't give a shit if
he wins you over.

Ow.

- See you, Lonnie.

Hey, thanks a lot.

- No!

Let me go!

- No, you're gonna sit here
and you're gonna talk to me!

- I don't wanna talk to you!

Let me go!
- You're gonna talk to me!

- Now, look--
- Fuck you!

- Don't you tell me to fuck off!

I'm your fucking goddamn father!

God damn it, if I catch you
near that nutcase again,

I'll break his fuckin' ass!

Come on, come on, come on.

Tobe, get the hell back in--

Tobe, I...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- Get the fuck away from me.

- Are you all right?

- Get the fuck away!

What're you doing?

- I'm knockin' on your window.

What're you doin'?
- I'm sleeping.

- How'd your window get broke?

- Just an accident.

- Did he get rough with you?

- No.

- You swear?
- Yeah.

- Did he say anything about me?

- He just said that he didn't
want me to see you anymore.

- You ain't gonna listen to him,
are you?

- No way.

- You wanna come take a
walk with me?

- I can't.

- There's a mean church
service goin' on down the road.

Spanish Lutherans, you
never seen spirit like that.

- I can't, just not tonight.

- Will I see you tomorrow?

- I'm not gonna be here,
I gotta go with April

and her parents to San
Diego for the weekend.

- I'll come and see you on
Monday mornin'.

- Don't come over here,
just 'cause of my dad.

I'll come and see you.

- Okay, what time?

- 10:02 in the morning.

- Why so late?

- 10:01?

- All right, that'll do.

- Crazy cowboy.

- Do you love me?

- Yes.

Now, get.

- Dear Joe, I am
sorry to notice how many days

have come and gone since
you have heard word from me.

Did you think your old
cowpoke had rode himself

off the edge of the earth?

Gone but not forgotten, I hope.

♪ No one to say goodbye

- I've meant to
write you for some time,

but have just been
too darn busy.

What, with workin' so
hard and tryin' to have

a little fun now and
then on the side.

I know that you worry about
me bein' lonely out here

on my own, so you'll be
pleased to know that I am goin'

with a super gal, her
name is October.

Eight million folks in this
town, but she's the one for me.

She brought me to her family,

and they have made me their own,

and we are stuck together
like each other's shadow.

- And those are
the top headlines at 10:44 AM,

this sunny Monday morning
in Los Angeles.

- Hey, it's the twig man.

What's shakin', bud?

- All right.

- You havin' a good vacation?
- Yeah.

- Well, is Tobe around?

- No.

- Has she got
back from her trip?

- I don't know.

- Huh, I...

- You wanna wait for her?

- Well, I mean, I was waitin'
for her.

She was supposed to come by.

Nah, that's all right,
I'm gonna be at my spread.

When she gets home, just tell
her to come and see me, okay?

- Okay.
- All right, I'll see ya.

- Hey, Harlan?

Do you wanna see somethin'?

- Yeah.

Wow, that's a hell of
a collection.

You know what that is?

That's a 1921 Colt Peacemaker.

- Yeah, that's
his favorite.

- That's a beauty.

You ever shoot any of
these with him?

- No, he says I have to
be 16 to touch a gun.

- 16?

Your dad was in the war, huh?

- Yeah, I guess.

- Well...

You doing anything today?

So, who's your real pa
then, if it ain't Wade?

- I don't know.

I never met him.

- Well, I guess Wade's it then,
huh?

- Yeah, I guess he pays for
our food and everything.

- Nah, it takes more
than that to be your pa.

- Where's your dad?

- Well, he up and left me, when
I was right about your age.

This right here?

That's a single-action Colt .45.

They've been makin' that
gun since 1873,

and they ain't made a
single change to it.

That's how sweet it is.

Everyone you ever heard of,
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid,

all of 'em, they had a gun
just like this.

Now, single-action,
what that means,

is you can pull that
trigger all day,

and it doesn't do nothin'.

You gotta thumb that
hammer back for it to fire,

and you gotta do it every time.

That makes it a little tricky.

So that means in the old
days, those gunfighters,

they had to draw and cock
and shoot all in one motion.

After a while, you start
gettin' a rhythm with it.

You want the last two?

Come on over here.

Now, when you're ready,
just thumb her back.

Just let it roll, nice and easy.

Be ready, it's gonna kick
a little the first time.

Now this time, don't
even aim it.

Just point it, like you
point your finger.

Make it almost like an
extension of you, okay?

Look at that!

That's good stuff.

♪ The silence of a fallin'
star ♪

♪ Lights up a purple sky

♪ And as I wonder
where you are ♪

♪ I'm so lonesome, I could cry

♪ I'm so lonesome, I could cry

- Boy, that's about my
favorite song.

We could sound all right
with a little more practice.

- Tobe's not here.

And I don't want her
spendin' time with you.

- Well, I'm gonna have
to hear that from her,

before it's okay with me.

Anyway, I wasn't spendin'
time with Tobe.

I was here with Lonnie.

- The point is, I don't want
you around here, period.

- I know that the circumstances
of the other night

probably don't sit too
well with you.

I'm sure you're feelin'
like I'm a bad influence.

But I ain't.

No, I got nothin' but
good intentions.

I just wish you'd
accept my apology.

You're the head honcho, sir.

I really ain't tryin' to
take that away from you.

- Okay, it's Harlan, right?

- Yes, that's right, Harlan.

Harlan Fairfax Carruthers.

- Okay, well, Harlan,
I know all about you,

and I ain't buyin' what
you're sellin'.

- Huh, how do you know so
much about me?

- 'Cause it's my job
and I see your kind every day.

- My kind?
- Yes, sir.

- Well, what kind is that?

- Well, you need it
spelled out for ya?

- Well, I think you should.

- What you are, is you're
a piece of trailer trash.

You're a nobody who
wishes he was a somebody.

But what makes you different,

is you're willing to do
somethin'
stupid to meet your goal.

And that makes you a menace.

And that's why I don't
want you around my kids.

- Tell me the truth, does
that sound like me to you?

- No.

- Shut up and go inside.

- That boy has a right
to his opinion of me.

- Go inside, Lonnie.
- No, he's my friend.

- Lonnie--
- No, he knows me.

- Go inside.
- It's okay, it's okay.

- You shut the fuck up,
you go inside!

- Hey, yell at him--
- Get the fuck inside!

- Hey, you better talk to
me, mister, 'cause I am here!

And I ain't nobody, I am a
person, and I ain't goin'

outta here just 'cause one
son of a bitch don't like me!

- All right, if that's
the way you want it.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- I know I ain't important,

but I know how to
stand my ground!

For love!

I'm sorry, man.

I'm really sorry.

- You should go.

- I can't, I can't do that.

No more, no more.

No more.
- He's getting his gun!

- That's okay, that's okay,
that's okay.

You don't gotta go here, we
don't have to do this at all.

- Get the
hell outta here.

- You're settin' a terrible
example for that boy.

- Don't!

- Am I gettin' through to you?

- Yeah, you're gettin' through.

You're gettin' through
loud and clear.

You wanna pull it or you
want me to walk outta here?

- I want you to get the
fuck outta here.

- Okay, put her down,
I'll leave.

You're a real solid kid.

Don't you let anybody
tell you different.

- No, Lonnie.

- You can't threaten
my friends with a gun.

What right do you
have to do that?

- How do I know he's not
some kind of pervert?

- You're a fucking bastard.
- God damn it.

Just watch your fuckin' mouth.

- I'll cuss at you if I
fucking want to!

- What'd you...

Don't, Tobe, come on, Tobe.

- Stop, stop, stop, stop!

- Stop it, will you stop?
- Stop!

I love him!

Why can't you just
let me love him?

- Hey.
- Hey.

Where you been? You had
me all worried.

Come here, sit down.

Come here, come on, sit down.

Sit down.

- It's okay.

I'm really sorry that he
did that to you.

- Well...

Yeah.

It's all right.

You know, sometimes
things like this

make things a whole lot clearer.

- He was goin' off about you
like you kidnapped Lonnie,

or some bullshit.

I can't even believe him,
he's just gotten so crazy.

- I had him back before the
sun was even down, you know?

Hey, do you want a donut,
sweetheart?

Or a cup of hot
chocolate or something?

- No, no, no, wait.

You really did take him out?

- Yeah, yeah, I went lookin'
for you.

I was worried when you
didn't show up.

He was there on his own,
you know.

He didn't have nothin' to do.

I felt bad for him, I
took him out to that wash

and we just popped a few cans.

- You took him shooting?

Why would you do that?

- He was all alone, you
should've seen his face.

I felt so bad for him.

- That's not the point, you
knew that would piss my dad off!

- Oh, hey.

I just, I thought,

I was gonna have him back
before he got home, but...

- Harlan, you can't just
do things like that.

Now it's gonna be even
harder for me to see you.

- October.

Are you happy livin' in
that house with Wade?

We gotta get you outta there.

- What?

- We gotta get you outta
there, you and Lonnie, both.

We'll take you somewhere else.

- Harlan, no, just
stop being so--

- I'm, how am I bein'?
- Just be cool, okay?

- I'm cool as can be.

- Look.

Let's just not see each
other for a while.

- No, no, I don't wanna do that.

- Just until he
calms down a little bit.

- Well, when is that gonna be?

- I don't know.

- Hey, hey, hey, where
are you goin'?

Don't go, don't go.

- Harlan, I have to go home.

- Look, everything's
gonna be fine, okay?

I'm gonna figure somethin' out,
okay?

I promise.

What's your line,
what's your line?

I have a background in...

Automotive service.

Man, I'm a fuckin'
cowboy, what's your line?

Why'd I say ranchin'?

But really, I'm a,
I'm an Indian.

Yeah, I'm an Indian.

Last of the Mohicans.

Why, what's your line?

What's your line?

Wade.

Corrections?

Oh, so you're a screw head.

Yeah, a screw head, yeah.

No, that's what we called ya.

What, oh, you come from a
long line of screw heads?

I come from a long line
of warrior...

Kings.

Shit.

Shit.

You think I'm foolin'?

You see that?

That's how that's gonna
look comin' at ya.

Yeah, who's the nobody now?

- Comin' in, Harlan!

Harlan, Harlan, you in here?

- What's up, Renee?

- Just tell me that is not
a bullet hole in my window.

- Mm, no, I guess it is.

- Well, have you
just lost your fuckin' mind?

- You can't be
shootin' at windows out here.

Renee?
- Go to your room!

Both of you, go to your room!

Are you fucking crazy?

- What? It was just an
accident, Renee, I'm sorry.

- I don't care what it was.

Now, Harlan, you
know I like you,

but you never give me any
respect, so you have got to go!

Don't think about it,
don't ponder it,

don't roll it around
in that brain of yours.

Just pack up your stuff and go.

I'm serious, Harlan.

- I'm gettin' my fuckin'
shit, Renee, all right?

- Last stop.

Hey, buddy.

End of the line.

♪ And I knew

♪ I was close to you

♪ And I knew

♪ Catch me flyin'

♪ In the sun

♪ Catch me drinkin'

♪ Of your wine

- Dear Joe.

Isn't it funny how life goes?

We all struggle so
mightily, I don't even think

we really know what
secret we're lookin' for.

♪ I'm gonna put
something in you ♪

- People'll tell you
all kinds of things out here,

designed to make you
feel better.

I've never heard so
many huckster remedies.

♪ All your sisters wanna fly

- I've tried livin'
down in the Valley again.

♪ Around my golden sky
- Really tried this time.

I walked up and down it,
lookin' for one open face,

but most people I've
met hardly seem

like human beings to me anymore.

I've often felt that somethin'
mysterious

was keepin' itself
hidden from me,

and I've spent years
tryin' to guess at it.

Now life has gone and revealed
my purpose to me all at once,

and everything else just
seems like an illusion.

Like a painted wooden horse.

♪ It's real

♪ Just because you feel

♪ Hollow inside

♪ It's real

- Can I help you?
- Uh, maybe you can.

I'm lookin' for someone.
- Who're you looking for?

- I'm looking
for a friend of mine.

- You're disturbing
our prayers and you must leave.

- Okay, just--
- Okay?

- Okay, yeah, it's not him.
- It's time to go.

You're disturbing our prayers.
- Okay, okay, okay!

Take your hands off me.

Don't, don't, don't push me,
big fella.

Don't, don't push me.

Cut it out!

Oh, come on, come on, now.

Come on, this is no way to
treat a person!

It's been a long time, Joe.

Will you be surprised
to hear from me?

If we passed each other
on the street,

we might not even recognize
each other to say hello.

Maybe that's happened
without our even sensing it.

I used to wonder why you
did what you did.

What made you leave.

But I think I see now
what you were lookin' for.

I hope you see that in my own
way I'm after the same things.

I hope this letter finds you
well, though I would've liked

to look you in the face
one more time.

The winter rains have
cleared the smog out.

For the first time,

I can really see the trail
in front of me.

I'm off to a greener pasture.

If you think of me now
and then, wish me luck.

Your loving son.

Hey, sweet pea.

- Harlan, what're you doing?

- What? Oh, hey.

Oh, gosh.

- Where have you been?

- Well, I've been around,
I just...

I had a few things I had to do.

- I was really
worried about you.

I didn't know where you were.

- I thought you didn't wanna
see me for a while, so I...

Well, I thought I should
leave you alone.

- You didn't have to disappear.

I was just really upset
when I said that.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

- You ain't still mad at me now?

Oh, gosh.

Well, that's all that matters,
then.

As long as we're stickin'
together.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

I know you don't want me
comin' around here, but I...

I don't know, I really
needed to see you, you know?

I wanted to talk to you
about things.

- How did you even get in?

- I thought I heard you
round the side,

so I went round and there
was a door open.

I didn't see your
dad's truck here,

so I thought I could
surprise you or somethin'.

- Let's go for a walk.
- No, no, no, come here.

Come on, no, no, come on.

Come on, we ain't got time.

- What's going on, Harlan?

- What do you mean?

- Why is my bag out?

- 'Cause we're gonna
get outta here.

- What're you talking about?

- Like I said, I told you
I would figure this out.

I did, look, look, it
took me a little while,

but I got some real
dough together.

This'll take us a long way
and then we can get set up

and send for Lonnie, or
whatever you wanna do.

Whatever you wanna do, we
can do it now.

I packed a few things,
I mean, I didn't know

exactly what you would want,
but I just got excited.

I got seven of everything.

I couldn't find seven
of your bras.

I mean, I put
your dress in,

but I'm sure there's
stuff you're gonna want.

Little things I
don't know about?

Sweetheart, what do you say?
Come on.

- Okay, Harlan, my dad's
gonna be here any second,

so let's just go, right now,
okay?

- No, no, no, we got time,
we got time.

Just, let's get our stuff.

'Cause we ain't gonna have
another chance.

- Harlan, no, come on,
put this back, please.

- No, no, hey, whoa
whoa, what're you doin'?

- Harlan, you know if
my dad sees this he's gonna

kill me, okay, so let's just--
- He's not gonna kill ya.

Sweetheart, sweetheart.

We're gonna be a long way away
before he figures this out.

- Harlan, I told you
the other day

that I didn't wanna go away.

- No.

That wasn't you talkin', though.

- Who was it, then?

- That was someone else's
voice talkin' through you.

That was your fear--
- Okay, you know what?

I don't even know what the
hell you're talking about

right now, okay, so I
think you need to go.

- October, listen to me.

Sweetheart, I know
you're scared,

but we ain't gonna get
another chance.

Now you gotta look
down inside you

and listen to your true heart,
listen to what it's telling--

- Okay, you know what,
this is my true heart,

and this is my true voice
and I want you to go, okay?

Go!
- Don't holler at me!

- There is a need to holler,
you're not listening to me,

and you need to get out of here!

What is wrong with you, Harlan?

- What's wrong with you?

Sweet pea.

Sweet pea, I didn't...

Honey, can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Just keep breathing.

Keep breathing.

- 911, state
your emergency.

911, what is your emergency?

Hello?

- Anyone home here?

Tobe?

Lonnie?

Tobe?

Tobe?

Somebody help my daughter!

Somebody help my daughter!

- Do you have any
other firearms in the house?

- I keep them all under
lock and key.

- Except for the one.

- He must've broken into it.

- The case
wasn't broken into.

- Well, look, he got it,
somehow.

- Okay.

She say anything?

- No.

She was, she was
already unconscious.

- What about your son?

- He came home after we left.

- Does he have
access to your guns?

- No way.

- His fingerprints
were on the gun.

Could've been an accident.
- It wasn't an accident.

- Well, nobody else has seen
this cowboy person, Wade.

- Hey, Twig.

Hey, bud.

- Tobe got shot.

- Yeah, I know it.

I got hit, too.

- Who did it?

- She didn't say nothin'
to nobody?

- She's in coma.

- It was Wade.

- It was?
- Yeah.

I came over here to see her,
I wanted to say goodbye,

'cause I was goin'
away for a while.

She wanted to come
with me and...

We were talkin' about it and
we didn't hear him come home.

He come at me with that gun.

Tobe got in between us,
then he shot her.

She was tryin' to protect
me and he shot her.

What kind of a son of a bitch
would do a thing like that?

He'd have shot me too, but
I jumped out that window.

- Where'd you get shot?

Does it hurt?

- No, it just went
through the skin.

I'll be all right.

- They found my
fingerprints on the gun.

I have to talk to the
police tomorrow morning.

- Twig.

I want you to listen to me.

I think that you should go
and get some of your things

together and you should
come with me right now.

- I can't.

- Yes, you can.

Now, sooner or later, those
cops are gonna figure out

it was your dad that
done this thing.

And when they do, they're
gonna lock him away.

Then they're gonna take you,

and they're gonna put
you with another family.

- No, they won't.
- Yes, they will.

Now, if you get lucky,
maybe you'll get a good one.

One that'll be nice to you,

and keep you around
for a long time.

But I think the chances
of that are slim.

'Cause people don't want a
half-grown kid.

They want a little baby they
can raise up from scratch.

They'll even take one from
China, if they have to.

That's the truth.

You're gonna end up a
ward of the state, bud.

Do you know what that means?

Mm, it's about the worst thing
that can happen to a kid.

And I don't want that to
happen to you.

If you wanna come with me,
I'll take you outta here.

Go up to my hideout for a while?

When Tobe gets better,
we'll come down here

and we'll get her, too.

And then all three of
us will take off

and leave this whole
shitty place behind.

What do you say, bud?

You wanna go with me?

- Yeah.

- All right.

Go and throw a few of
your duds in a bag,

and get me a blanket.

And I'll meet you out
in the back alley, okay?

Come on.

Come on, come on.

Whoa.

Hey, Twig!

- Hi.

- It's gonna be a beautiful day.

You hungry?
- Yeah.

- Let's get somethin' to eat
and go for a ride, all right?

- Yeah.

- Boy, that's about as high
up as you can get around here.

Are you cryin', bud?

- I'm sorry.

- Don't ever be
sorry for cryin'.

Ain't no shame in that.

I try not to cry in
front of someone,

if I think they're against
me, but that's about it.

- Is Tobe gonna be okay?

- Is that what you're worryin'
about?

You know what?

Come here.

Come on, come with me, I
wanna do somethin' with ya.

I think we should say a prayer.

Send a message to Tobe
and these antennas here

will carry it down to her.

She'll hear us communicatin'
with her and she'll wake up.

Okay?
- Okay.

- Let's close our eyes.

Tobe.

I love ya.

And Twig here loves ya.

And God and all the angels are
pullin' for ya along with us.

You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be fine.

- Mr. Summers.

She's up.

- Hi.

- Hi.

What happened?

- Well, you've been passed out.

- I feel really weird.

Where's Lonnie?

- Lonnie?

Lonnie!

Lon!

- Hey.

- He isn't here.

Lonnie?

Lonnie!

Remember me?

- Oh, yeah.

You're the dad who can't
keep control of his own kid.

Lets her hang around
with a liar.

- Well, that liar
shot my daughter.

And he ran off with
my little boy.

What we'd like to know is if
you've seen him, since we met.

- No, sir, but I had
a horse stole.

Same one.

- Have you tried to look
for the horse?

- Of course I looked for him,
I found him about a half-mile

over that little
green hill there.

Started up into the draw
and I lost him.

- Can you show us where?

- Do you ride?

If you scatter your seeds
to the wind and move on,

you ain't never gonna
get nothin' but weeds.

You gotta plant 'em.

Neat little rows.

And then look after each
one, like it's the only one.

- You hear that?

- See that raw right up there?
- Right, I got it.

- You ever eat a rabbit before?

- No.

- Hey, bud.

Come on, let's take a walk,
I wanna show you somethin'.

- What?

- Come on, just trust me.

Come on.

You hold onto that for a while.

- Where are you goin'?

- I'm right here.

I ain't goin' anywhere.

- You there?

- Yeah, I'm
right with ya.

Now you're okay, just work
your way back to that fire.

- What was that?

- That's just another
scared creature like us.

Don't run.

Move, but don't move
like fear moves.

Move like a panther,
move confident.

Then you will be.

- Hey, it's comin'
from this way.

I heard voices down over here.

- Harlan?

Harlan!

- There he is!

Grab the boy!

- He's back there!

- Come on!

- No, no, no, don't shoot!

Lonnie!

Lon.

- Well, they sure ain't
gonna find us,

'cause I don't even
know where we are.

Come on.

Hey.

Hey.

Whoa.

- Where are we?

- His name's Martin Lasson,
he's a local kid from Rosita.

Did a year in Chino for robbery.

It says he was in some

juvie hall over there in
Ventura County.

Is that where you work?

- No.

- Sure be a funny coincidence,
though, if it was.

- Yeah.

- Would you take a turn with me?

Well, I'm asking you.

Should we run it?

It's awfully nice.

- Yes, it is.

A town ain't a real town
till it has a dance.

- Would you take a turn with me?

- I hardly feel I have
the right to ask a lady

such as yourself to dance.

- Well, I'm asking you.

- Felt better, yeah.
- Yeah.

- See you in a sec.

- Hey, bud, I
think that's yours.

- Thanks, man.

- Let's make room for our new
marshal and his lady fair!

- Duty calls, man.

I'll catch you later.

- Harlan!

Harlan!

- Lon?

- Jesus!
- Don't take another step!

- Martin, take it easy!

- You take it easy!

Come on, Twig, come on down.

Untie that horse.

- Lonnie, get out of there.

- Wade, you take another
step toward that boy,

and I'll put the next one in
your head and I ain't foolin'.

- Hey, hey, look, nobody's
gonna shoot anybody, we're just

gonna put our guns down,
we're gonna talk about it.

- No, you're gonna put
your gun down.

Do it right now!

Do it, easy, easy!

Thumb and a finger, real slow.

You, too!

Drop that belt!

Go on, drop it!

Go on, Lonnie, untie the horse.

- Lonnie, he shot Tobe.

- You shut your fuckin' mouth!

- The girl is not dead, Martin.

- You can tell the police all
the lies you want to, Wade,

but you and me both know
it was you that killed her.

- You're out of your fuckin'
mind!

- Lonnie knows it's true too!

He seen the same
thing that I seen!

- Harlan!

- Come on, Lonnie, come on!

Come on!

Let's go.

Aw, hell.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, take that.

Press it against there.

Press it right there.

Come on, press it, press it.

We gotta get off this ridge.

- Harlan.

- Hey.

Hey, we gotta get outta here.

Come on, get me on my feet.

- What about Lightning?

- Go on, go on!

- You gonna be all right?

- I hope so.

I don't wanna die in a
place like this.

I don't like it in here.

Hey, hey.

Look out there.

- It's Lightning.

- What's he doin'?
- He's just standin' there.

- He's gonna give us away.

You gotta get him outta there.

Bring him around back and
put him in the garage.

No, hey, look at me.

You can do this.

Go on, go on.

Go on, you can do it.

- He was scared, but
he's okay now.

- Stop!

- No, Lonnie, wait.

- Harlan!
- Lonnie.

He shot your sister.

Listen to me, he shot Tobe.

Lonnie, he shot her.

- You're lying.
- I'm not.

She'll tell you.

Listen to me, she'll tell you.

♪ Lean on me gently

♪ Run to me quickly

♪ Because I'm gone

♪ Because I'm gone

♪ Away

- So, what do we do?

- I have to scatter
them in the wind.

- But why did he--

- I don't know.

Let's not talk about it.

- What do we say?

- Don't say anything.

Just think it.

♪ Look on down from the bridge

♪ There's still fountains

♪ Down there

♪ Look on down from the bridge

♪ It's still raining

♪ Up here

♪ Everybody seems so far
away from me ♪

♪ Everybody just
wants to be free ♪

♪ Look away from the sky

♪ It's no different when
you're leaving home ♪

♪ I can't be the same
thing to you now ♪

♪ I'm just gone

♪ Just gone

♪ How could I say goodbye

♪ How could I say goodbye

♪ Goodbye

♪ Maybe I'll just place
my hands over you ♪

♪ And close my eyes real tight

♪ There's a light in your eyes

♪ And you know

♪ Yeah, you know

♪ Look on down from the bridge

♪ I'm still waiting

♪ For you