Elizabethtown (2005) - full transcript

[C.B. chatter]

[beeping]

[scoffs]

Welcome back, boys.

[man] As somebody once said,

there's a difference
between a failure

and a fiasco.

["Jesus Was a Crossmaker"
by the Hollies playing]

♪ Sweet silver angels
Over the sea ♪

♪ Please come down
Flying low for me ♪

♪ One time I trusted
A stranger ♪



♪ 'Cause I heard
His sweet song ♪

♪ And it was gently
Enticing me ♪

♪ There was
Something wrong... ♪

Watch your head.

♪ He was gone... ♪

I'm fine!

[man] A failure is simply
the non-presence of success.

♪ He's a bandit
And a heartbreaker... ♪

[man] Any fool
can accomplish failure.

I'm fine.

♪ Jesus was a crossmaker ♪

I'm fine.

[man 2] What the hell
is he doing here?

[man 1] But a fiasco...



A fiasco is a disaster
of mythic proportions.

A fiasco is a folk tale
told to others

that makes other people
feel more... alive...

because it didn't
happen to them.

I'm fine.

I... I...

I'm fine.

I'll take you to Phil
so you don't get lost.

[man]
Mercury Worldwide Shoes,

which is actually Phil,

contains some of America's
finest artist's masterworks

seen only by people

heading for very
important meetings.

A promotion,

or otherwise.

We are not just employees,
as Phil once said.

We are denizens of greatness.

Phil says the world
is full of those

who achieve through
negativity or theft.

We succeed through
original thought.

A shoe is not just a shoe.
It connects us to the earth.

The right shoe can transport us,

make us believe
we are capable of more.

But there are sacrifices

for a goal like pure
greatness, like birthdays,

or last Christmas
with my family.

[all] ...and make bounties
through our Lord, amen.

Dig in, and no making
fun of my cooking.

Ha ha. This must be homemade.

Oh, Dad!

[man] Though we
sometimes celebrate

odd things at Mercury,

like the day the Italians
invented rubber...

Which they didn't, of course...

But that's beside the point.

[woman] where exactly
is Drew, anyway?

[yelling and cheering]

We've contained magic...

in a shoe!

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah!

[all] Drew! Drew!
Drew! Drew! Drew!

[Drew] It was meant
to approximate

walking on a cloud.

Hey, if you ever need
anything around here,

I'm your girl.

[Drew] Any true student
of functional shoe design

is also a student
of Phil himself.

He is a master,

and Phil's innate wisdom
of what people want and need

has never failed to date.

I'm fine.

[Drew] He's also obsessed
with the number 2.

Hi, how are you doing?

7:30 or 8:00...

[Drew] These are Phil's prized
2 Norman Rockwell's.

The pair of paintings
that once hung outside

the White House office
of John F. Kennedy.

And yes, the 2 treasured doors

Phil once purchased
from a church

on vacation in Tunisia
and had sent back home

for a total cost
too enormous to mention.

$762,000.

Each.

Just 2 more minutes and
I can send you in, hmm?

[Drew] Because
we have a moment here,

let me tell you that
I have recently become

a secret connoisseur
of last looks.

You know the way
people look at you

when they believe
it's for the last time?

I've started collecting
these looks, and...

OK, he's ready for you.

[Drew] There's one right now.

How are you, Drew?

I wanted to jump out of
the window of that helicopter

and just splatter on the
trees, to tell you the truth.

Don't do that.

It's only money.

The American psyche
is in turmoil, Drew,

and we have miscalculated.

I'm sorry.

I have no rule book
for this situation.

They tell me that
we are about to lose

972...

million dollars.

I am...

ill-equipped in
the philosophies of failure.

Walk with me, Drew.

My basketball team.

They don't even know yet.

My global environmental
watchdog project will have to go.

Sweet people.

We could have saved the planet,

but...

how do I make the concept
of $972 million

more real to you?

It's the operating budget
of a mid-sized country,

a small civilization.

It's big.

It's so big,
you could round it off

to a billion dollars.

I cry a lot lately.

The promise of a global future,

pinned to a groundbreaking
shoe, your design,

with a new form of material
launched this week to great fanfare,

and now meeting
a growing international

roar of laughter...
and rejection.

Enough to cause this memo...

from Jeffrey Barlow,
CEO Of D.C.S.:

"This once highly
anticipated product

may actually cause
an entire generation

to return to bare feet."

[laughing hysterically]

Wow.

We are about to enter...

a free-fall plunge.

And the sound you hear

is the sound of shit
hitting the fan.

Globally.

[whispering]
You hear it?

Swoosh!

I wish there was
something I could do.

Actually, there is.

In a room downstairs
is a reporter from Global Business Today.

We need to make him understand

we hired you from our
national scholarship program.

We supported... invested in...
Your brilliance.

This was a very
creative endeavor,

and I think you
should stand up...

for your incredible work.

You OK?

I'm fi...

It's a little bit like knowing the
plane's going down before anyone else,

isn't it?

When does this
run? A week? A week.

Come Sunday evening,
it'll be on the stands.

Any last words?

[Drew] And in
that moment, I knew.

I know we hired you at
the last minute, but I just...

[Drew] Success.

Success, not greatness,

was the only god
the entire world served.

[door closes]

Home sweet home.

♪ Oh, you ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ We sure ♪

♪ Can dream... ♪

[Drew] Eight years.

Night and day.
Can you imagine?

An entire life
wrapped up in a shoe.

♪ We might have been ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ That I ♪

♪ Treat you unkind ♪

♪ And long ago ♪

♪ I lost my mind ♪

♪ Oh, I ♪

♪ Shut us down ♪

♪ No, I ♪

♪ Will stay around ♪

♪ As long ♪

♪ As I can ♪

♪ As long ♪

♪ As I can ♪

♪ As long ♪

♪ As I can ♪

[cell phone ringing
"I Can't Get Next to You"]

[cell phone stops ringing]

[ring]

[ringing stops]

[ring]

[ring]

Yell-O.

Drew, it's your sister.

I have some really bad news.

Could you call me tomorrow?

No.

Could you call me
a little later?

No, honey!

Dad died.

He had a heart attack
back in Kentucky.

He was still visiting
Uncle Dale.

Mom is in total shock.

You have to handle this.

You're the oldest!

You're the responsible one.

I don't know why
he went to Kentucky.

I don't know what
the attraction was. He was born there.

They never liked me
there. They never have.

Drew will take care
of everything.

Honey, you understand I
can't go because of the baby?

I'll be back
in 2 days. I'll man the phones.

I'll always be the one that
snatched him away from them.

The 2 sides of this family
have never integrated well,

so don't expect to make a lot
of friends when you go there.

Drew doesn't make friends, Mom.

I have friends! Do you have
the blue suit?

I have the blue suit.

Oh, he loved that
silly blue suit.

God only knows if
I made him truly happy.

I'll call from Kentucky,
I'll be there in the morning.

We have a plan! We have a plan,

and you hold your head up
high, because don't you forget,

you go back there as the most successful
man in the history of this family.

Don't let them try anything.

Oh, my God!
I have to call people.

I have to clean out
the office. I'm a widow!

We'll figure this out.
We'll figure this out.

Just get Dad home.
Hurry.

I was still waiting
for everything to start.

Now it's... over?

I'll bring him home. Wait, wait!
Stay close. Come, come, come.

Now, what was it
that Dad always said?

If it wasn't this...

[Drew and Hollie]
It would be something else.

Now, you go. You go
and you make him proud,

and you call and tell me

what's going on, OK?
All right.

[Drew] I would go to Kentucky,

put my father in the blue suit,

bring him home,

and then get back on that bike.

Nothing would stop the plan.

♪ She wore faded jeans
And soft black leather ♪

♪ She had eyes so blue ♪

♪ They looked like weather ♪

♪ When she needed me,
I wasn't around ♪

♪ That's the way it goes
It'll all work out ♪

♪ There were times apart
There were times together ♪

♪ I was pledged to her
For worse or better ♪

♪ When it mattered most
I let her down ♪

♪ That's the way it goes
It'll all work out ♪

Sir?

Sir!

By flying this flight,

you have helped
save all our jobs.

Definitely mine, maybe even...

[whispering]
the entire airline.

We would like to reward you

with a free seat in first class.

I'm fine.

OK, let me try it like this...

I'm really tired.
Please don't make me

keep walking all the way
back down here all night long.

Louisville, Kentucky, huh?

Home, business, or family?

My dad.

Oh. Where does he live
in Louisville?

Actually, he's near Louisville.

Lou-a-vul.

Louie-ville.
Vul.

Lou... Louie... Vul.

He's in Elizabethtown.

Oh, good. Hope
someone's driving you,

because the roads around there

are hopelessly and
gloriously confusing.

Lou-a-vul.

I'll keep that in mind.

I'll draw you a quick map.

I mean, I'm so happy
we're sitting here

having this conversation
at 3:00 in the morning,

or whatever
time it is, you know?

It's such... such a great time,

everyone's sleeping but us.

It's really nice to have
a conversation with you

and that you're
really listening.

I feel like I can
really talk to you,

and that's there's no...

So you want to get to 264,

and then you want
to not miss 60B.

I'm gonna be obnoxious
about that.

Bens are strangely delightful

and very intuitive.

Complex. Almost too
complex to be around.

Do you know any Bens?

I know one Ben.

Oh. I'm a student
of names.

For example, what's
your dad's name?

Mitchell.

Mitchell? Yep.

Or Mitch?

Mitchell, sometimes Mitch.Ah.

Son of a Mitch.

And today I was fired by a Phil.

Phil?

Phils are dangerous.

Phils are less
predictable than Bens.

Oh-ho!

And your girlfriend is a...?

Ellen.

Hmm.
How's that going?

Sort of a wait and see. Oh, yeah?

But then I waited, and I saw.

I was gonna say.

I have never had a good
experience with an Ellen.

Or a Phil.

How about with a Mitch?

Never met a Mitch I didn't like.

Fun. Full of life,
you know?

You know what I mean
when I say "fun"?

Like, you want to be a part

of Mitch's club.

Am I close?

Close.

He's OK, right?

Yeah. He's...

He's fine.

Well...

you give him
a big old hug for me.

I'm Claire, by the way.

Drew.

Nice. Same to you.

Please.

I'll let you sleep.
Here's your map.

Let me take this.

Oh.

I can handle this.

Let go.

[Drew] I am not asleep.

I'm not.

[overlapping voices]

OK.

There you go, Drew.

[Drew] I am not asleep.

Blue suit.

[overlapping voices]

[Drew] We'll go next year.

Come back.

♪ This time around ♪

♪ This time around ♪

♪ This time around... ♪

[Drew] $1 billion.

[cheering]

Whoo!

Good morning!

And congratulations, Drew.

You've earned your wings
as our 10 millionth passenger.

And here is a coupon
for any 4 Diamond Hotel

in the greater
western Kentucky area.

Better move quickly.

[whispering] Lots
of people behind you.

[laughing]

Well, thank you.

Absolutely.

And good luck with Ben.

Look, I know I may
never see you again,

but we are intrepid.

We carry on.

Drew!

Uh, rental car's
around the corner.

You'll see the signs.

Bluegrass Parkway
turns into exit 60B.

Don't forget! 60B.

OK. Thanks.

You OK to drive?

I'm fine.

60B!

60B!

[imitates shutter click]

["Big Love" by
Fleetwood Mac playing]

♪ Looking out for love ♪

♪ In the night So still ♪

♪ Oh, I'll build you
A kingdom ♪

♪ In that house
On the hill ♪

♪ Looking out for love ♪

♪ Big, big love ♪

♪ You said
That you loved me... ♪

Uncle Dale.

I'm in Louisville.
Just landed.

I'm on the road.

60B. Yeah.

I have a map.

♪ Looking out for love ♪

And I'll be there
by 2:00.

♪ Big, big love ♪

I have the blue suit.

Where is 60B?

Oh, shit, man.

Oh, man!

Did I miss 60B?

Did I miss 60B?

[yelling]
Did I miss 60B?

God! No!

[honking horn]

Did I miss 60B?

Elizabethtown.

Elizabethtown.
Elizabethtown! Yes!

Elizabethtown!
Elizabeth...

We're in...
Oh, yeah! OK.

[man yelling]

Oh! Hey!

Whoo!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

[cicadas singing]

[sighs]

Oh, yeah.

Jesse?

Cuz.

[chuckles]

Oof!
Cuz.

This loss will be met
by a hurricane of love.

Um, ahem...

Charles Dean, meet
grown-up Drew Baylor.

Drew, it's good to see you.

Thank you.
My condolences.

And here's my dad,
your uncle Dale.

Wonderful to see you again.

Well, Drew,

this is Mitch's plot,

and it has been in your
family for 272 years.

Now, I've endeavored

to keep this area here clear

for your daddy.

We're still discussing
that issue.

There is a possibility
of... cremation.

Um... Oh!

Ahem.

Well...

Now, here's some of your
daddy's personal things.

The brown wallet.

And here's his ring
from West Point.

Now, I don't know how y'all
feel out there in California,

but West Point sure
does matter around here.

It matters a lot,

even though we now
live in Oregon.

Uh-huh.

Everybody.

This is Mitch's boy
from California.

One of the California Baylors.

This is Drew.

And just like your daddy was,

we are all very excited

about your 8-year triumph

with that beautiful shoe.

My condolences to all.

[sighs]

No, sir, I'm not
gonna let you feel bad

'cause that was from your heart,

but let them
say condolences to you.

I thought condolences was...

It's incoming...
It's an incoming phrase.

[sighs]

Did I not capture your daddy?

I don't know what the word is.

It's just a look
I never saw before.

What's the word?

Drew,

if you just move around a bit,

you will see different aspects.

Go ahead and cry.

[thinking]
What's the word?

Whimsical.

The word is whimsical.

[Elton John]
♪ From this day on ♪

♪ I own my father's gun ♪

Hey, why not?

♪ We dug his shallow grave ♪

Whimsical.

♪ Beneath the sun ♪

♪ I laid
His broken body down ♪

♪ Below the Southern land ♪

♪ It wouldn't do
to bury him ♪

♪ Where any Yankee stands ♪

♪ I take my horse ♪

♪ And I ride
The northern plain ♪

♪ To wear the color
Of the grays ♪

♪ And join the fight again ♪

♪ Oh, I'll not rest
Until I know ♪

♪ The cause
Is fought and won ♪

♪ From this day on
Until I die ♪

♪ I'll wear
My father's gun ♪

♪ I'd like to know ♪

♪ Where the riverboat
Sails tonight ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ To New Orleans ♪

♪ Well, that's
Just fine, all right ♪

I brought the turkey
hash brown casserole.

Oh, that's fine.

♪ 'Cause there's
Fighting there ♪

♪ And the company
Needs men... ♪

Dora. Dora.

This is Dora.
Dora. Aunt Dora.

Aunt Dora.
Look what I found.

Oh, my God.

Look at Mitch's baby!

You look just like your
daddy with those big feet.

Wait just a minute.
I got to talk to Drew.

We hope you're gonna
stay for a while.

You know your aunt Lena.

[indistinct]

♪ To watch
The children growing ♪

This is your blood.

♪ And see
The women sewing... ♪

And that's Samson, my son.

Clearly up to no good.

Samson.

Hey! Uncle Mitch
always wanted us to meet.

Everybody says we look alike.

Ha ha!

Well...

Weird, huh? It's like
looking in a mirror.

Hi, Drew.
Drew, I'm Connie.

I was your daddy's
first girlfriend.

Hi. Hi, uh, Drew.
I'm Charlie.

I just wanted to say that
I'm a huge fan of shoes

and the work you've done
in the shoe business.

We'll talk.

We've got memorial plans
to discuss.

Your daddy was one of my
10 most favorite people.

Nice to meet you.

Drew, I'm
E. Russell Marlow

with the American Legion
in Bardstown, Kentucky.

We want to sign you up
for the American Legion

or the Sons of the Legion,

and I've got a hat that I want
you to keep as a souvenir

in honor of your dad.

♪ To New Orleans ♪

♪ Well, that's just fine,
All right... ♪

Bill Banyon's not coming, is he?

♪ And the company
Needs men ♪

♪ Oh, I tell ya,
Oh, I tell ya ♪

♪ Slip us a rope and sail on
'Round the bend... ♪

[dogs barking]

Oh! Stop it!

Bad dog! Bad dog!

Stop it!

Bad dog!

Oh!
Look at this mess!

[high-pitched screaming]

So, come on in.

You know, it's not every day I invite
good-looking men to my bedroom,

but I just wanted you
to meet your family.

The Baylors and the Conleys.

Let's start with Dickey Conley.

Now, he was...
He was an alcoholic.

He had a drinking problem,

[whispering]
and he also had 3 nipples.

He had 3 nipples.

And, uh, he was a poet.

How's your mother?

Drew, honey, you know...

I really should have
a picture of her in here.

And this picture is...

[Lena] Aunt Dora!

Coming! Hold... Lena.

Lena, just watch over it
2 more minutes. I'm comin'.

This was the last picture
taken of your daddy.

This was just 3 days ago, Drew.

He was the most lovin' man.

[Lena] Dora! Comin'!

Honey, you stay
as long as you need to.

[car engine starts]
Hey!

Ah!
Samson!

Samson!
Samson?

Unh!
[tires squeal]

Oh, my God!

[groans]

Was he driving that?

You didn't get hurt. You all right, boy?

Oh, my... Oh, my God!

Where the hell's his father?
That's what I want to know.

What happened?

Who taught you
how to drive, huh?

[all talking at once]

He's such a good boy.

[door slams]

Oh!

So!

Y'all obviously made
a group decision

not to call and invite me.

Hi! Bill Banyon here.

Ha ha!
Good to see you.

Bill Banyon. How are you?
Good to see you.

I hear Drew Baylor's here.

Hi, Connie. How are you?

Is this Samson?

It is.
This is Samson.

Come here, Samson.
How are you doing?

Give me a big-boy hug.

[vomits]
Ohh!

No!

I'm sorry, Bill.

I'll go in the kitchen.

Good to see you.

Ha ha! Cute kid.

Drew, can I have
your autograph, please?

Ahem. Of course.

♪ Round, round, And round ♪

Hey, now...

where can I find
an original model

of Adidas SL72s?

That boy is lookin'
for rules from you.

Blame me.
Everybody does.

You can't be a kid
and raise a kid.

Dad, I'm taking this moment

to tell you that...
I'm untraditional.

When we celebrate
the life of Mitch,

we're gonna do it with no tears.

We're gonna do it
with excitement,

and I'll take care
of everything.

All right.
All right.

We know what's up,
and it's shoes.

Aah! We're
so much alike!

Look, I teach him things
that everybody should know.

I teach him
about Abraham Lincoln

and Ronnie Van Zandt,

because, in my house,

they are both
of equal importance.

You don't get what I'm saying.

You can't be buddies
with your own son.

[My Morning Jacket]
♪ It's the art of feeling ♪

♪ That you get
When you're close... ♪

Beautiful night.

Does it ever cool off?

No, this time of year, it's
hotter than the hinges of hell.

You got stars, though.

♪ That's how I knew
I would never be denied ♪

♪ That face in the mirror ♪

♪ Who could it be now? ♪

Well, see, I'm surprised
your mom didn't make it.

Yeah. She's
pretty broken up.

She sends her love
to everybody, though.

Mm-hmm.

Nah, I don't blame her.

Around here, their
favorite thing to do

is to get offended
by something small

and hold onto it for 50 years.

Of course, you
and your dad were close.

Oh, very close.

And I knew him very, very well.

He was my dad.

We were actually going
to drive here together

this year.

Then it became next year and...

No.

I knew him very well.

Very, very well.
Hmm.

Very well.

Yeah, I don't know
my dad very well, either.

[laughs]

That was my band.

This was the show we opened

for Lynyrd fucking Skynyrd.

2 of the original members.

Cool.

Ruckus.

Keep goin'.

Keep goin'.

Right below the reggae
tribute. Look at that.

Ruckus.

We almost opened for 'em.

It's a really long
story. We never played,

and we never played since.

And now you fix computers.

♪ All those postcards
I sent to Birmingham ♪

♪ All the way from
Those windows of ♪

♪ Amsterdam ♪

[high-pitched
screaming throughout]

♪ Copped a gram
From Dapper Sam ♪

♪ Just a four-letter man
In another jam ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, oh, yeah... ♪

["Same in Any Language"
by My Morning Jacket playing]

♪ It's the same
In any language ♪

♪ A brother is a brother
If there's one thing I know ♪

♪ It's the same
In any language ♪

♪ Wherever you go ♪

Welcome to the
Louisville Brown Hotel.

How long will you be
staying with us?

Two nights.

That coupon I have not seen.

You with the Hasboro wedding?
Chuck and Cindy? Hmm...

I'm leaving Friday.

OK.

Put it on my company card.

Let it rip.

Ooh.

[screaming]

OK, cool.

Have fun.

I love, love, love you, Cindy!

We're not married yet.H-Hey...

Hey, Rebecca.

Don't change the schedule
or Cindy'll freak out.

She's been plannin' this
for a year.

Don't forget...

There's a rehearsal
dinner in... dinner in the...

[chattering]

Chuck and Cindy.

Lovin' life.

Heather? Pick up, Sis,
I'm exhausted.

I'm at the Brown Hotel
in Louisville.

Call me on the cell.

Hey, Mom, are you there?

[beep]

Ellen, hey, it's Drew,
you there?

[hangs up]

Call me back...

Somebody, call me back.

[laughing]

That's what happens to a man

when he lets a woman
take over, George.

Ha ha ha.

You listen hard, laughing boy.

You bring the stuff?

No, Blinky, no.[gunshot]

Here's a knife that
you'll really like.

This is my chef's knife.

These knives are...

really razor sharp!

[beep]Claire Colburn.

It's Drew Baylor.

You don't have to
call me back. It's, um...

It's all good.

What am I saying? I don't
even say "it's all good."

Uh, good night.

[cell phone rings]

♪ Can turn A gray sky blue ♪

Hello?

You have to come home.

Mom has decided that
she wants to learn to cook.

Oh, no.

I'll be home soon.

Have you cried yet?

A little.

When it happens,
it's gonna be for days.

Y-You should come home.
She's out of control.

[beep]Wait a second.
I'll be right back.

Please come home.
Hello?

Great to hear from you. I
didn't expect for you to call.

Then again, I did leave you
a few thousand numbers.

It's Claire... Colburn.

Claire. American Airlines.

Can I call you right back?

I'll hold.
OK.

[beep]Hello?

Please come home.

I wanna learn to cook,

I wanna learn to laugh,

and I wanna tap dance.

It will be my salvation.

She won't stop moving, Drew.

Not even... We need
a decision here.

What's your opinion
on the whole burial issue?

Because there's a lot of
people here with big opinions.

And there's a problem
with the blue suit

that I can't put my finger on...

[beep]

W-W-W-Wait...

How you doin', Mom?

Great. I'm great.

We are gonna make it.

Hello.

Drew, it's Ellen.
You called me?

Ellen!

Ellen? Ellen!

Thank you for calling me back!

I'm so happy you called.

Could you just
hold on one second?

[beep]
Hello?

You need
to come home, Drew. I'll be right back.

Hello? Drew.

Silly good-bye.

Could you hold on
for just one second?

Yeah, but I'm actually
on my way out to dinner.

Just... Just hold a second.

Can we just do... I'm just in the middle of...

I've gotta... Ellen!

Just call me later... Don't go.

OK.

[beep]
Hello?

Hello, stranger.

So, here's what's great
about the Nashville airport.

I just wanted to call
you and thank you

so, you know, good-bye,
thank you and...

I'll hold.OK.

Hello?

Cremated.
Don't you agree?

Heather, they really
love him here.

They're not buying cremation.

They don't even
acknowledge the word,

but I need to call
you right back.

Is there anything more important

than the conversation
we're having?

I will call you right back.

No problem. Just dial
"hell" and I'll answer.

I'll call you right back.

I miss Dad.

Was he a fun guy?

Of course he was a fun guy,

especially in the last few
years when you got so busy.

I'll call you right back.

[beep]

[beep]

I know you're late for dinner.

I am late.

I'm in Kentucky.

Drew...

it was real, and it was great.

And it was really great.

Call me anytime.

OK? Good-bye.

It's just good-bye, you know?

It's not good-bye. It's...

It's just good-bye. Take care.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

[beep]

Hello?

Good Lord! Did I win
the phone lottery?

Tell me about
the Nashville Airport.

I'm over it.

I'm actually almost home now.

Were the roads
as hellish as I told you?

Claire...

my dad's dead.

I know.

You knew?

I don't know a lot
about everything,

but I do know a lot about
the part of everything

that I know...
which is people.

And I thought
I was so mysterious.

Trust me,

everybody is less mysterious
than they think they are.

And they all know me,

and I don't know any of them,

and I'd never seen
a dead body before.

To have never taken a solitary
road trip across country?

I mean,

everybody's gotta
take a road trip

at least once in their lives.

Just you and some music.

You have no idea

of the sheer volume of my
cousin's kid when he cries.

I mean, I think there is
definitely a higher spirit.

But I agree, what's
left behind, finally,

are the impressions
you made on people.

[toilet flushes]

More important
is to know where to go.

You haven't traveled
at all, have you?

I just recently decided

that things really
are black and white.

And so we all became helpers,
which I still can't help.

I can't help helping.

OK, I'll drive back home,

at least part of the way.

I will take a road trip.

I was actually gonna go
with Mitch next year.

Why am I calling him "Mitch"?

I spent so much time
thinking about

all the answers to the problem

that I forget what
the problem actually was.

If you're smart, you'll just wear your
shoes and never ask any questions.

Just enjoy your footwear.

Do you ever just think,

"I'm fooling everybody?"

You have no idea.

Men see things in a box,

and then women see them
in a round room.

Look at this.
He was so young here.

Wow.

My mom.

Not the one they
wanted him to marry.

They met in an elevator.

I think I've been
asleep most of my life.

Me, too.

[Ryan Adams]
♪ Come pick me up ♪

♪ Take me out ♪

♪ Fuck me up ♪

♪ Steal my records ♪

♪ Screw all my friends ♪

♪ They're all full of shit ♪

♪ With a smile
On your face ♪

Good Lord!

♪ And then do it again ♪

♪ I wish you would ♪

Do you want to have
a beer over the phone?

[music playing in distance]

Chuck and Cindy.

Cindy and Chuck.

Aha!

I am currently stealing...

Chuck and Cindy's wedding beer.

Ahem.

You're a friend
of Chuck's, right?

Yes.

No, you're not.

I'm Chuck.

Of Chuck and Cindy?

Is that Chuck?

It's Chuck.

Who are you?

Drew Baylor.
Your neighbor.

Oh, you... you're here
for my wedding? No.

Business?

My dad died. I'm here
for his funeral.

Ohh.

I'm sorry.
I can't think...

That's hard.

It is hard, yeah.

No, no, no, please! Aw, shit.

Please!
No, no, Chuck, no!

Chuck, no.

Chuck, please.

[sobbing]

Death and life
and death and life.

Right next door to each other!

There's like, there's
a hair between them.

Uhh!

We're here for the next 3 days.

If there's anything
I can do for you...

here.

Chuck Hasboro.

Hi, Claire. Look,

if there's anything
I can do for you guys, OK?

Anything!

Thank you, Chuck.

I love you, Claire.

OK.

It's all about family, bro.

Thank you, Chuck.

Uhh!

[music playing in distance]

[guests chanting]
Chuck! Chuck!

But they say it will hit you.

It could be 10 minutes,

or it could be 10 years
from now.

So it's good that
you talk about it,

or don't talk about it.

Well, we have talked
about it, but...

that's what they say.

That's what they say, huh?

Yes! That's what they say.

I've always wondered this.

Who are "they"?

You know, "them."

Them. Mm-hmm.

The inimitable,
collective "them."

And who says we're
supposed to listen to them?

Theydo!

Doesn't your ear hurt?

Yes, it does,

and I have to get up in 2
hours and be charming.

Going to Hawaii.

You'll get there and have fun.

I'll get there and sleep.

It's just a little
vacation I traded...

routes for.

I'll let you go.

Wait.

Um...

when will you be back?

Hello?

Still there?

Yeah.

I'm just wondering

if this whole thing
is better on the phone.

So much better on the phone.

Maybe we should never
face each other again.

I enjoyed this.

Hey, you're only
45 minutes away...

[laughs]

You want to meet halfway
and see the sun rise?

At this point, it's
probably easier to stay up.

You think so?

I think that's what "they" say.

Hey, you still with me?

[yawning]
Yeah, I'm still here.

Yeah, I'm still here.

Take exit 43.

OK.

I see your headlights.

I see your red hat.

There you are.

Hello.

Hey.

Should we hang up now?

Follow me.

We peaked on the phone.

Yeah, I'm a little tired.

Yeah, me, too.

["Learning to Fly"
by Tom Petty playing]

[Drew] Last looks.

♪ Well, I started out ♪

♪ Down a dirty road ♪

Have fun in Hawaii.

♪ Started out ♪

[Drew] There's one right now.

Aloha.

♪ All alone ♪

Aloha.

♪ And the sun went down ♪

♪ As across the hill ♪

♪ And the town lit up ♪

♪ And the world got still ♪

♪ I'm learning to fly ♪

You will not defeat me.

♪ But I ain't got wings ♪

♪ Coming down ♪

Aah!

What are you doing?

♪ Is the hardest thing ♪

Mom, are you sure?

Are you sure about the cre...

Are you sure
about the cremation?

Honey, I don't know
when I'm going to crash,

but as of right now, uh,

we are learning about
the car, and I'm... I'm...

Learning organic cooking,
I'm going to tap dance,

and later on today,

I am going to fix the toilet.

It is 5 minutes at a time.

Do y'all know 'bout that, um...

Out in California, how many
people they cremate out there?

No, how many? 80%, I read.

Get out! I'm not kidding you.

Mom, I think you need
to slow down.

Look, everybody tells me
that I should take sedatives,

but, hey, I am out here, and
I am making things happen.

All forward motion counts.

Uh, sweetheart,
when are you coming back?

There's a memorial
this Saturday.

OK, and who's there, um,

helping you plan all this,
sweetheart?

Uncle Dale and, uh, Bill Banyon.

Bill Banyon is there?

Bill Banyon?
Yeah.

He is a con man.

He swindled your father
out of thousands of dollars.

17 years ago, he did
something which almost

ruined this family
to its very core.

Mother... Wrapping himself

in the nobility
of your father's memory.

Are you... Boy, he's getting
an earful.

Mother! Listen!

Focus!

Beware.

I know it's all very charming

with the pickled things in jars

and the Southern charm

and the hams that hang
in the garage

until they're so
covered with mold

you could grow penicillin
on them, but I'm telling...

Are you sure
about the cremation?

If Bill Banyon is there,
definitely cremation!

And you... you tell Bill Banyon

I'll be there.

[cell phone ringing
"I Can't Get Next to You"]

Hello?

Aloha.

I talked to my friend Kendra

who, uh, had a girlfriend
with a kid

who's exceedingly loud
like Samson,

and she's given me a video tape

that works absolute miracles.

Hey, thanks, Claire.

What? You're already
tired of me?

I just haven't slept.
I'm sorry.

How's Hawaii?

Well...

I'm checking out this cute guy.

Why are you telling me that?

[bang]

How could I leave you
in distress?

I'm taking you out.

I thought you were in...

What's this?
Hawaii.

"When cremation is your
preference"...

[man] I just got some brochures
I want y'all to look at.

And these are some choices
of urns available here

at the Cave Hill Cemetery.

You can take them home with you.

["Summerlong" by
Kathleen Edwards playing]

♪ I know how
To play this game ♪

♪ One, two, three
And I'm safe ♪

♪ Count real slow To five ♪

♪ You couldn't keep me
Around if you tried ♪

♪ I know how
To beat the rage... ♪

[Drew] We are shopping...
for an urn.

♪ Touch me once
In the hall ♪

♪ But don't look back
And don't call ♪

♪ There are some things
I can hardly say ♪

♪ You've got me feeling
A brand new way ♪

You can pick this up tomorrow,

immediately following
the procedure.

♪ Please don't let this be ♪

♪ Summerlong ♪

♪ And I used to play
this game ♪

[Claire] The Jim Morrison
of Kentucky.

♪ In the middle lane ♪

♪ Pass them all
On the inside ♪

♪ And don't get
Caught in a lie ♪

♪ There are some things
I can hardly say ♪

♪ You've got me feeling
a brand new way ♪

♪ Please don't Let this be ♪

♪ Summerlong ♪

You're kind of great, Claire.

You do know that.

Sort of amazing, even.

Oh, come on!

I don't need an ice cream cone.

It's not an ice cream cone.

What's an ice cream cone?

You know,

here's a little something
to make you happy.

Something sweet that
melts in 5 minutes.

I'm completely cool

with anything you want
to say or not say.

I don't need it.

Besides, Ben is coming
in tomorrow.

Do you want to hear my theory?

Of course.

You and I have a special talent,

and I saw it immediately.

Tell me.

We're the substitute people.

Substitute people?

I've been the substitute
person my whole life.

I'm not an Ellen...

I never wanted to be an Ellen.

And I'm not a Cindy, either.

Although Chucks love me.

I'm sure they do.

I like being alone too much.

I mean, I'm with a guy

who's married to his
academic career.

I rarely see him.

And I'm the substitute
person there.

I like it that way.
It's a lot less pressure.

Here.

Play this for the loudest
kid in the world.

I'm not used to girls like you.

That's because
I'm one-of-a-kind.

You don't have to make a joke.

I like you without the jokes.

Get some sleep.

I have a personnel interview
tomorrow morning,

and if I get transferred...

Ben will die.

[sighing]

[sighs]

[plastic thumping]

Didn't it just feel better

that we just didn't
do something impulsive?

I mean... Yes.

Hey.

Now we actually have
a shot at being friends

for the rest of our lives.

The rest of our lives.

Hmm.

[children yelling]

OK, now for
the celebration proper,

we got the military bands,
the right mix of 7 speakers,

no crybabies.

It's official. Paul, Doug, and
Rick are flying in from Florida.

Ruckus will reunite
for this one evening.

Ahem.

How we doing on balloons?

I sent to Balloon City.
I got a bunch of them.

And Drew, my casket did
come in from Lexington.

And I got to tell you
it's quite beautiful.

Look, Drew, I am getting
the question constantly, OK?

Why isn't he buried
in Elizabethtown?

It's not an insult
to anybody here.

Well, is there such a thing
as partial cremation?

Aah!

Bill Banyon, how can you
even say such a thing?

I know you all love my dad.

You can't dismiss
my mother's wishes.

And we're not from California.

Jesse, can you do something
about your son?

Yeah.
All right.

A couple good
ass-kickings might be in line.

I think what Charles Dean
wants to say...

I know what he's saying.

You all have different versions
of him that you love a lot.

This is ours.

My family's record
of the last thing

he said on the subject.

That's the plan.

That is the way
it's going to be, guys.

Sprinkled at sea!

[yelling]

And that's the decision
from California!

Shit.

Oregon.

We really are from Oregon.

Randy, don't make me
come spank you.

Leave him alone!

Jesse, I have something for you.

[yelling]

We're going to watch this.

One second.

Hi.

My name's Rusty.

I helped build this house
a long time ago.

But wood-eating insects,
called termites,

have compromised the integrity
of this once-fine structure.

What's that sound?

So, today...

I'm going to blow it up.

Silence.

Now, if I blow this house up,

will you promise to behave

and mind your mommy and daddy?

[all] Yes.

Yes.
Yes.

Yes.
Yes.

Yes.
Yes.

Yeah.

Yes!
Yes!

Yes!
Yes!

Good.

Let's blow it up.

[Rusty] Joe, we ready to go?

[man on radio] Yeah, Rusty. Light it up.

3...

2...

1.

Whoo!

Now let's build a new house.

Thank you...

for taking an interest in Jesse.

Feels good, doesn't it?

It's like Mitch is here.

I can see Mitch right now.

So proud...

in that blue suit.

Can't you?

Stop the cremation!

Stop the cremation!

Stop the cremation! What the hell's
going on, man?

Hold on, wait right here.

I'm sorry.

Here's your dad, man.

It takes a year and a half
to plan a wedding properly.

It does.

Are you serious?
Yes.

This is Claire.

I feel like I've known
her my whole life.

[girls chattering]

Is that...

Hey, Mitch.

So what happened to Ben?

Ahh.

There was a storm in Georgia.

They grounded all the planes.

And he doesn't like to fly.

And... And now they want him
to speak at some trustees' event.

Trot out some big ideas.

Claire, I want to see you
on the tour of Maker's Mark

tomorrow at 10 A.M., sharp.

All right.
All right?

I love this girl!
I love this girl!

Whoo!

You look great.

Oh, I'm a mess.

You're crazy, Claire.
You look amazing.

Thank you. And this dress...

Did well on the personnel
interview, though.

Right.

The interview.
I forgot.

I know.
I'm impossible to forget,

but I'm hard to remember.

Drew!

Loving life. Loving you.

[upbeat music plays]

Hey, missed you
at the rehearsal dinner.

[all chanting "Chuck"]

Claire?
Yeah?

Let's show Mitch the
site of his memorial.OK.

[all chanting "Chuck"]

"Chuck and Cindy,
the wedding."

[chuckles]

There you go, Dad.

Welcome to the annual meeting

of people
who... annually meet.

[Drew claps]

And we'll see y'all
again next year. Very nice.

Come on.

I'm just going to say right
now what we're not saying

and let the chips fall.

Let the chips fall.

Let the chips fall
where they may.

Yes, yes. I may be
embarrassing myself,

but I'm just going to say it.

I like you!

What?

I think you should
eat something.

[laughs]

I have been starving
myself all week long...

For Ben. And I'm gonna eat.

We'll eat in my room.

Oh, room service? Ooh.

I want cheese

and cheese-related things...

No, eggs and fries,
with cheese on everything.

Cheese it is. Cheese and Coca-Cola.

[chuckles]

And don't worry,
because as great

as you look tonight,
you are safe with me.

'Course it's safe.

It's a full moon.

I look good.

You do look good.

I'm wearing
these clothes, I mean...

Have you ever had
unlucky clothes?

This dress that you like?

Good things have not
happened to me in this dress.

But I saw it tonight,
and I said,

"I'm gonna give you
one more chance."

And I refuse to be let down
by this dress again.

[laughs]

Oh, anyway, forget all that.

You're here,

and we're together,

and it's
a get-out-of-jail-free card.

It's almost midnight.

Life cannot be so cruel
that we don't deserve

to be together...

to eat.

[sighs]

Hi, Chuck.

Hey, Cindy.

[giggles]

Wait.

Where's Mitch?

I left him in the ballroom.

I'm sorry Ben missed the flight.

He forgot?

No storm in Georgia.

No... trustees.

No big ideas.

What a fuckin' jerk. He's not a jerk.

He's a brilliant man
who gives himself permission

to be preoccupied.

Come on.

You know, there
is nothing greater

than deciding in your life

that things maybe really
are black and white.

And this guy, Ben,

who clearly takes
you for granted,

who serially takes
advantage of you, is bad.

And what I am saying is good.

See what I mean?

You shouldn't be
the substitute for anybody.

This guy should be right here,

right now,

doing this.

Maybe so.

He's lucky I'm not the
right person for you.

I know why it's not you,

but just tell me so...

I can see it
from your perspective.

See, I know what you deserve.

What do I deserve?

You deserve...

You deserve...

You deserve...

a guy who says...

"I can't imagine
a world without you."

We will start a winery
when we are 70.

We will snowboard
every December,

"and one year,
take our kids."

Hmm.

"And we will always have
the twin red Lexuses

with the license plates
reading 'Chuck' and 'Cindy.'"

You deserve all this.

And more.

It's not you, I know.

Please don't
take this as rejection.

[whispers]
I really don't.

[glasses rattle]

[Claire giggles]

[Drew] Ben's very lucky.

All we did was kiss.

[Claire] Most of the sex
I've had in my life...

was not as personal
as that kiss.

[music playing on television]

[grunting]

I'm putting on my shoes now.

[stomps]

Oops! Excuse me.

[whispering] Sorry.

[crash]Hmm?

I'm walking out the door...

in last night's clothes.

Hey, Claire!

Don't leave! Stay!

Let's have breakfast!

[grunts]

I will miss your lips and
everything attached to them.

See ya, Mitch.

[girls shouting]

I love that dress!

Claire, you slut!

Claire, swear to God!
Claire!

Yeah, Claire!

Hey!

Hey!

Wait up!

Just tell me you love me
and get it over with.

Claire, I'm just gonna say this,

because you deserve it.

It's not easy for me,

but... here goes.

4 days ago...

I lost...

a major American shoe company...

frankly, you could round it off

to 1 billion dollars.

And by tomorrow afternoon,

everyone will know.

Something's going
to be published

that pinpoints me as the most

spectacular failure
in the history

of my profession, which is
all I know how to do.

And I've been here
this whole time

tryin' to be responsible
and charming,

and live up to this success

that doesn't exist.

All I really want...

is to not...

be here.

I'm sorry.

I have a very dark

appointment with destiny.

That's my secret.

That's who I am.

That's it?

Yes, that's it.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Oh, I guess I just thought
a small part of you

might be a small bit sad
to see me go,

but I guess this is all
mostly about a shoe?

Of course I'm sad about you,

but this is just
a little bit bigger

than you and me, and by the way,

I didn't say million,
I said billion!

[chuckles]

A billion dollars.

That's a lot of million.

So you failed.

No, you don't get it.

All right.

You really failed.

You failed, you failed,

you failed.

You failed. You failed.

You failed, you failed,
you failed.

You failed, you failed,
you failed, you failed, you...

You think I care about that?

I do understand.

You're an artist, man.

Your job is to break
through barriers,

not accept blame,
and bow, and say,

"Thank you. I'm a loser.
I'll go away now."

"Oh, Phil's mean to me."
Whaa, whaa, whaa. So what?

I don't cry.

You want to be really great?

Then have the courage
to fail big

and stick around.

Make 'em wonder
why you're still smilin'.

That's true greatness to me.

But...

don't listen to me.

I'm a Claire.

Well, thank you, Claire.

You're welcome.

Now would you quit tryin'
to break up with me?

You are always tryin'
to break up with me,

and we're not even together.

I know.

Wait.

We're not?

Of course not.

We're the substitute
people, remember?

I'll see you at Mitch's
memorial, if I can make it.

[dull music playing]

All right, when I
give you the signal,

pull the pulley slowly across.

All right, slow and soulful.

Will do.
Slow and soulful.

[crowd] Hollie.

[Dale] Hollie.

[Hollie] It's really
good to see you.

You look more
beautiful than ever.

Thank you.
Sit down.

Thanks.

Mitch wrote letters.

Never once sent an e-mail.

He was always there for me.

Where are you, Mitch?

And I loved him.

And y'all know that.

[sobs]

I loved him.

Even though he moved
to California...

[sighs]
God love him,

he always came back
to his roots.

And I will miss his laugh.

I don't have anything
funny to say.

And I don't have a funny
story to tell.

I will tell you it wasn't easy

for Mitch to leave the military

and start over again
in California.

[crowd murmuring]

And I apologize, per se,

for my role
in that deal, per se.

And to all of you who put

this evening together,

it has gone beautifully.

And thank you.

[whispers] Lena,
it hasn't hit him yet.

[whispers]
Oh, it will. It will.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Hollie Baylor.

[crowd murmuring]

I want you to stay awake
for this, all right?

[sighs]

I'm a little nervous.

But here we are.

It's been a while.

Ohh.

There was the shorthand
of a long marriage.

We were complete opposites,
and it worked.

Um,

the plan was to send...

my son to represent the family.

I was terrified
that you would look at me

and see that woman
from California

who... took him away.

Even though we only lived in
California as a family

for 18 months
27 years ago. Heh!

I always...

felt it.

All because...

I was standing
in an elevator in Tokyo,

and this handsome
captain walked in, and...

On his way home
to Elizabethtown...

And he was engaged,

and so was I,

and, um...

somehow I hijacked him
and took him to Disneyland.

But something
happened between us

that was not part of the plan.

We were in love.

[microphone feedback]

Let me tell you a little bit
about life without Mitch.

I, uh, wanted to get
to know about Mitch's car,

and it actually ate me.

I went to the bank,

and the teller looked
at me strangely,

and I got home,
and I looked at myself

in the mirror,
and my face was still green

from a facial mask that
I had forgotten to take off.

And I called our
insurance man of 30 years,

whose son Mitch
had actually helped

to get into West Point,
to tell him that

Mitch was gone.

He didn't call me back
for 2 days.

Uh-huh.

The car, the bank,

the, um, insurance man,
the world...

I mean, nobody truly cared.

Not like us.

I always wanted
to learn to tap dance,

so I took tap dance lessons,

and I wanted
to learn... yep, I did.

And I wanted to learn
to cook organically,

and so I attempted that.

And, uh... I, uh...

I fixed the toilet.

[laughter]

Yep, all by myself.

[applause]

And...

I wanted to learn to laugh.

Why couldn't I be funnier
when Mitch was alive?

But, you know, I figured it out.

It takes time to be funny,

and it takes time
to extract joy from life.

So I enrolled in comedy school.

[laughter]

It's... Yeah, I did.

And... I know, I know.

I was the oldest one
in the class, thank you.

And, uh, we were told
to, um, tell a story,

something true, something
that really happened to us.

So I got up there,

and I talked about my husband

and the love he left behind.

A few days after Mitch died,

I was walking through the yard,

and I saw our neighbor,

who was a very good
friend of Mitch's, Bob.

And he saw me coming through
the gate, and, um...

he said, "I am so sorry...
for your loss."

And I knew that he needed
to feel that loss, too,

and to share it,
and I wanted to help him,

and he-he put his arms
around me.

He cradled me.

And his embrace tightened.

Finally, here was somebody
who truly cared.

And then...

I felt something...
else.

[embarrassed laughter]

Something... huge.

[laughter]

Let's just say it.
Let's just say it.

A boner!

[hysterical laughter]

A boner!

That's... That's what I get...

That's what I get for tryin'
to do everything myself.

Boner Bob, my neighbor.

Oh, dear.

He rooted for all of you.

I love you.

This is for you.
Your favorite song.

On a Saturday night.

["Moon River" playing]

Well, you really brought
everybody together.

I'll give you that.

[footsteps]

I have this thing for you.

It's a very unique map.

It's for your road trip home.

Right. A map.

You promised, remember?

No. No, I do.
I remember.

[band playing "Freebird"]

This is for you, Mitch.

♪ If I leave here
Tomorrow... ♪

"Freebird," huh?

Well, I better
get back to... Ben.

He finally made it.

Does Ben even exist?

[chuckles]

Just...

Just... call me
when you get home.

And not until.

I want you to get into the deep,

beautiful melancholy

of everything that's happened.

It's a great map.

♪ Lord, I can't change ♪

[screaming]

♪ Won't you fly ♪

♪ Freebird ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

Whoo!

Whoo! Ha ha!

Jessie! Just keep going.

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Oh, my God!

Come on, this way!

You have to get out of here!

Please come this way.

I am a licensed
flight attendant!

Use this exit, please!

[Drew] As a specialist
in the field of last looks...

this one was
pretty iconically Claire.

Friends and neighbors,
we are gathered here

to say our final good-byes to...

a dear friend...

Mitch.

Ow.

[metal screeches]

[all gasp]

[creaking]

[all gasp]

[creaking]

[crash]

Come on, General.

[Drew] The route of Claire's map

with accompanying music
and detailed instructions

would take 42 hours

and 11 minutes.

[engine starts]

["That's Life"
by James Brown playing]

"Begin your journey
and do not skip ahead."

♪ Gimme the brew ♪

♪ That's life ♪

♪ That's what
The people say ♪

♪ Ridin' high in April ♪

♪ Shot down in May ♪

♪ But I know ♪

♪ I'm gonna change
That tune ♪

[Drew] She had laid out
the entire road trip

and timed it to music
she herself had put on CDs.

♪ Said that's life ♪

[Drew] The songs, of course,

were classic mix-tape songs.

About her, of course.

And the rich flurry
of our almost romance.

["Hard Times" by
Eastmountainsouth playing]

♪ Oh, hard times ♪

♪ Come again no more ♪

♪ 'Tis a song, a sigh... ♪

[Drew] 60B.

[man on tape] I preach,
my dear friends,

you're about to receive
on John Barleycorn,

nicotine and the
temptations of Eve.

["Let It Out"
by the Hombres playing]

[Claire] This is the Hombres.

♪ No parking
By the sewer sign ♪

♪ Hot dog, my razor broke ♪

♪ Water drippin'
Up the spout ♪

♪ But I don't care
Let it all hang out ♪

[Drew] And she had
even provided music

for what would happen next.

Down to the minute.

[ominous classical music
playing]

[Claire] You have 5 minutes

to wallow
in the delicious misery.

Enjoy it, embrace it,

discard it...

and proceed.

["Sugar Blue"
by Jeff Finlin playing]

♪ All those songs
And railroad ends ♪

[Claire] Here is a river

leading to the Mississippi.

[Drew] "This is America,"
she wrote.

"And if everybody gets a vote

where their Mitch gets buried...

here are a few
where myMitch gets buried.

"Or scattered."

♪ Holding darkness
Up to the light ♪

♪ The other side
Shows through ♪

♪ The raven's song
It breaks the night ♪

[Claire] Pause for 30 minutes

for the greatest chili
in the world.

And elsewhere in Memphis...

["Yeah Man"
by Eddie Hinton playing]

♪ Have you ever needed
Someone to talk to? ♪

♪ Darlin', you're not sure ♪

♪ What you ought to do ♪

[Claire] This would be
a good time

to stop in at
Earnestine & Hazel's

and say hello to Russ. How you doin'?

He's hung on to the place
for 38 long years.

He'll tell you a few stories.

[indistinct]

♪ Yeah, man Don't you know ♪

♪ I'm talking about it ♪

♪ Yeah, man ♪

Look at this.

That's the blues!

[Claire] And just
around the corner,

the Lorraine Motel.

["Pride [In the Name of Love"]
by U2 playing]

[Claire] the hotel balcony
where Martin Luther King

drew his last breath.

♪ One man come
In the name of love ♪

♪ One man come and go ♪

♪ One man come here
To justify ♪

♪ One man to overthrow ♪

♪ In the name of love ♪

♪ One more
In the name of love ♪

♪ In the name of love ♪

♪ One more... ♪

[Claire] His death was only
the beginning of his victory.

Go across the bridge
traversing Mark Twain's muse,

Jeff Buckley's funeral bed,

as the night air whips
through your hair,

around your face,
and out the other window.

You can feel the soul
of that dark water

even as you arrive
on the other side.

["Words" by Ryan Adams playing]

♪ Don't worry up Your mind ♪

♪ People are sick
And mean sometimes ♪

♪ Don't worry up Your mind ♪

♪ They're only words ♪

♪ It's only words ♪

["Don't I Hold You"
by Wheat playing]

[Claire]
Some music needs air.

Roll down your window.

♪ Don't I hold you ♪

♪ Like you want
to be held? ♪

♪ And don't I treat you ♪

♪ Like you want ♪

All right!
I love you, Dad.

I love you too.
Where you want to go?

Tucky.
Kentucky?

♪ Don't I love you
Like you want ♪

♪ To be loved? ♪

♪ You're running away ♪

♪ What's your name? ♪

♪ Like I'm in the way ♪

[Claire] Good morning.

How you doin'?

["What Are They Doing in Heaven
Today" by Washington Phillips playing]

♪ What are they doin'
In heaven today? ♪

♪ My sin and sorrow ♪

♪ Are all done away ♪

[Claire] The survivor tree.

It's my favorite tree
in the world.

And I like trees.

♪ What are they doing
Right now? ♪

["Square One"
by Tom Petty playing]

♪ You can say
What you don't know ♪

[Phil] "This once
highly-anticipated product

may actually cause
an entire generation

to return to bare feet."

[Claire] Sadness is easier
because it's surrender.

I say, make time
to dance alone...

with one hand waving free.

♪ Square one,
My slate is clear ♪

♪ Rest your head
On me, my dear ♪

♪ It took a world
Of trouble ♪

♪ Took a world of tears ♪

♪ It took a long time ♪

♪ To get back here ♪

["My Father's Gun"
by Elton John playing]

Look at us.

You with your many almost-great
projects, me with my fiasco.

Oh, God.

♪ As soon as
This is over... ♪

Both of us working so hard.

For what?

♪ Demand the seeds
Of justice ♪

♪ In our bones... ♪

We should have taken
this trip years ago.

♪ To watch
The children growing ♪

♪ And see
The women sewing... ♪

And the fact that I want
to go home and kill myself

is really not your fault.

For what? For Phil?

No!

♪ I'd like to know ♪

♪ Where the riverboat
Sails tonight ♪

[inaudible]

♪ To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ 'Cause
There's fighting there ♪

♪ And the company
Needs men ♪

♪ Oh, I said, oh, I said ♪

♪ Slip us a rope ♪

♪ And sail
On 'round the bend ♪

♪ Oh, I'd like to know ♪

♪ Where the riverboat ♪

♪ The riverboat,
The riverboat sails ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

♪ To New Orleans ♪

♪ Well, that's just fine ♪

♪ That's just fine,
All right ♪

♪ 'Cause there's
Fighting there ♪

♪ And the company
needs men ♪

♪ Oh, I said ♪

♪ Slip us a rope ♪

♪ And sail on 'round
The bend ♪

[Claire] Don't get lost.

Proceed to the second largest

farmers' market in the world...

located on the second largest

Farmer's Market
in the World Boulevard,

for some essentials

for the rest
of your journey home.

["English Girls Approximately"
by Ryan Adams playing]

♪ The English girls
Are pretty ♪

♪ When they play guitar ♪

♪ Crazy like a day
Just a-breaking ♪

♪ I ain't sure what for ♪

♪ Said you didn't
Love me... ♪

[Claire] Go to the pet area.

Look inside the book
about Springer spaniels.

♪ Said you didn't love me
Didn't want a thing ♪

♪ English girls
Can be so mean ♪

[Claire] Find a pair
of Spasmoticas on display,

and look inside.

Here you have reached
a fork in the map.

You can go to your car,
and the rest of the directions

will take you home.

Or...

look for a girl in a red hat

who's waiting for you
with an alternate plan.

[Drew] No true fiasco ever began

as a quest for mere adequacy.

A motto of the British

Special Service Air Force is...

"Those who risk, win."

A single green vine shoot

is able to grow through cement.

The Pacific Northwestern salmon

beats itself bloody on its quest

to travel hundreds
of miles upstream,

against the current,

with a single purpose...

sex, of course.

But also...

life.

["I Can't Get Next to You"
by the Temptations playing]

♪ I can turn
A gray sky blue ♪

♪ I can make it rain ♪

♪ Whenever I want it to ♪

♪ I can build a castle ♪

♪ From a single grain
Of sand ♪

♪ I can make a ship sail ♪

♪ Huh, on dry land ♪

♪ But my life
Is incomplete ♪

♪ And I'm so blue ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't get
Next to you ♪

♪ Can't get
Next to you, babe ♪

♪ Next to you ♪

["Same in Any Language"
by I Nine playing]

♪ Some time ago
I met a Navajo ♪

♪ In a parking lot in Tokyo ♪

♪ He said everything
Wordlessly ♪

♪ The wanderlust
In my eyes ♪

♪ He did see ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Those postcards I sent
To Birmingham ♪

♪ All the way from
Those windows of Amsterdam ♪

♪ I copped a gram
From Dapper Sam ♪

♪ Just to fall at her man
In another jam ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪

♪ It's the same ♪

♪ In any language ♪

♪ A brother is a brother ♪

♪ If there's one thing I know ♪

♪ It's the same ♪

♪ In any language ♪

♪ Wherever you go ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

♪ I ran out of jack
In Tripoli ♪

♪ Oh, those freedom fighters ♪

♪ They were good to me ♪

♪ They asked me all about
Tennessee ♪

♪ And on one thing ♪

♪ We all did agree ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪

♪ It's the same ♪

♪ In any language ♪

♪ A brother is a brother ♪

♪ If there's one thing
I know ♪

♪ It's the same ♪

♪ In any language ♪

♪ Wherever you go ♪

♪ Wherever you go ♪

♪ Yeah, where are you
You going to? ♪

♪ Oh, no, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ Where are you going to? ♪

♪ Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ And on, and on, and on ♪

♪ Where are you going to? ♪

♪ Everything, everything ♪

♪ Hey, say it, say it
Say it, say it ♪

♪ Where are you going to? ♪

♪ Where are you going to? ♪

♪ I'll say it ♪

♪ Where are you going? ♪

♪ Hoo-hoo, yeah ♪

[I Nine playing "Moon River"]

♪ Moon River ♪

♪ Wider than a mile ♪

♪ I'm crossing you
In style ♪

♪ Someday... ♪

♪ Dream maker ♪

♪ You heartbreaker ♪

♪ Wherever you're going ♪

♪ I'm going ♪

♪ Your way ♪

♪ Two drifters ♪

♪ Out to see the world ♪

♪ There's such a lot of world ♪

♪ To see ♪

♪ We're after ♪

♪ The same rainbows ♪

♪ And ♪

♪ Just around the bend ♪

♪ My huckleberry friend ♪

♪ Moon River ♪

♪ And ♪

♪ Me ♪