Holes (2003) - full transcript

"But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?

(SINGING) Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it
dig it, oh-oh-oh, yeah

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, yeah

With broken hands and weathered souls

Emancipated from all you know

You got to go dig those holes

You got to go dig those holes

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, yeah

You got to go dig those holes



Dig it, oh-oh-oh

(SNAKE HISSING)

BOY 1: Get that straight.
Get that straight.

BOY 2: Let me tell you, boy,
we're burnin' up back here, man.

This global warmin'.

BOY 3: Hole in the ozone
is directly above my head.

BOY 1: The hole's in your head.

(LAUGHTER)

(RATTLING)

BOY 2: Barf Bag!

-Man, what you doin'?!
-Barf Bag!

It ain't that bad! Come on, man!

Come on, man!

BOY 1: This ain't funny, Dog.
Get back, Barf Bag, for real!



BOY 4: Come on!
What are you doin'?!

-BOY 2: Barf Bag, deal with it, baby!
-MAN 1: Barf Bag!

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

(PANTS, GROANS)

STANLEY IV: All my life, I seemed to be
in the wrong place at the wrong time.

My grandpa, Stanley Yelnats II,

says it's all because
of this 150-year-old curse.

Now, I don't really believe
in the family curse,

but when things go wrong,

it kind of helps if you can
blame it on something.

And for me, things went wrong a lot.

(SNIFFS)

Oh, jeez! Oh!

Grandpa says our destiny is sealed.

(SIREN WAILING)

Could a pair of shoes falling from the sky
really be part of my destiny?

Come here, boy!

-FEMALE OFFICER: Hold it right there!
-Hey, why you runnin'?

-Did you steal those shoes?
-Officer, I didn't do anything.

-FEMALE OFFICER: What's your name, boy?
-St... I'm Stanley. Stanley Yelnats IV.

STANLEY IV:
You see, my father, Stanley Yelnats III,

is an inventor,

and for the last few years,
he's been trying to find a cure...

for foot odor.

(LAUGHS)
I'm glad you're here.

This whole floor smells like stinky feet.

(DOOR HINGES CREAK)

What did you do to my Stanley?

Don't freak out. It's a bruise.

Can I just say right off the bat,
this is a big mistake.

Don't say nothing
until we talk to our lawyer!

You're gonna be sorry
you ever messed with Stanley Yelnats!

Let me see that.

Just don't grab it out of their hands.

-Why not?
-Because you're gonna make 'em angry.

Would you like a piece of cake?

MALE OFFICER: Excuse me.

STANLEY III: How about some coffee?
A little cup of coffee?

(HISSING)

Now, that is a fine pair of shoes.

Could I just smell your shoe?

How about if you take your shoe off,
and I'll just...

MALE OFFICER:
Check the bedroom.

STANLEY II: Just a minute!
Where you going?!

This warrant isn't warranted!

This will never hold up in court!

FEMALE OFFICER:
Uh-huh. Here it is.

We got him.

We share the room.
How do you know that's not mine?

-Which bed is yours?
-You don't have to answer that.

We have the right to remain silent.

-Oh, wouldn't that be nice.
-I sleep here.

It's all because of your
no-good, dirty-rotten,

pig-stealing great-great-grandfather.

There is no curse on this family.

There is on the men in this family.

(SINGS) "If only, if only,"
the woodpecker sighs,

Please don't sing that song.

(SINGING) "the bark on the tree
was as soft as the skies."

Please don't sing that song,
not at my table!

Ma, relax.
I don't believe in the curse, anyways.

We're gonna need a damn good lawyer.

We can't afford a lawyer, pop.

We don't need a lawyer, Stanley.
We'll just tell the truth.

Stanley Yelnats, please rise.

(SIGHS)

Stanley Yelnats IV.

Sit down!

(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)

I could send you to jail,

and I would not lose
one bit of sleep over it.

(WHIMPERS)

But I don't know what good that would do.

There is currently a vacancy
at Camp Green Lake.

They help troubled youth build character.

The choice is yours.

Camp Green Lake... or jail.

(FEEDBACK)

Uh, well,
I never have been to camp before.

Eighteen months, Camp Green Lake, son.

(SINGING) Well, the sun is shinin',
but it don't feel good

Don't smile down on this neighborhood

When I go walkin' through
this stinkin' town

This is why I keep my eyes down

You keep your eyes down

The brotherhood of the misunderstood

Live and die here, in all likelihood

You're livin' in this town,
better pray for sundown

Like all the men, you go downtown

You keep your eyes down

Hey, baby!

You keep your eyes down

You keep your eyes down

(BRAKES SQUEAK, HISS)

You keep your eyes down

Thanks for the ride.

You keep your eyes down

(COUGHS)

MAN: Yo, fresh meat!

So, uh, where's the lake?

GUARD: Hey, what did I just tell you?
Don't be a wise guy.

Follow me.

(FLY BUZZING)

(CRUNCHING)

(DOOR HINGES CREAK)

Sit down.

What's with the sunflower seeds, man?

I give up smokin'.

Stanley Yelnats...

-...The fourth?
-Yeah.

Everyone in my family
names their son Stanley 'cause it's...

Yelnats backwards.

It's like this... it's a little...

It's a...

It's a tradition.

(CRUNCHES)

My name is Mr. Sir.

Whenever you speak to me,
you will call me by my name.

(SNICKERS)

Is that clear?

Yes, Mr. Sir.

Do you think that's funny?

Huh?

No, Mr. Sir.

This isn't a girl scout camp.

Understand?

Here.

Boy, you're a bag o' tricks.

Thanks.

You thirsty, Stanley?

Yes, Mr. Sir.

Well, you better get used to it.

You're gonna be thirsty
for the next 18 months.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Look around you, Yelnats.
What do you see?

Any guard towers?

How about an electric fence?

Hmm?

No, Mr. Sir.

You want to run away?

Go ahead, start running.
I won't stop you.

I'm warnin' you!

MAN: You heard the man, Spence.

Oh, don't worry.

This here's for yellow-spotted lizards.
I wouldn't waste a bullet on you.

I'm not gonna run away, Mr. Sir.

Good thinkin', Yelnats.

Doesn't nobody run away from here.
You know why?

We got the only water for 100 miles.

Our own little oasis.

You want to run away,
them buzzards will pick you clean

by the end of the third day.

MAN: Hi, Mr. Sir.

MR. SIR: Undress.

You get two sets of clothes.

One for work, one for relaxation.

After three days,
your work clothes will be washed,

your second set
becomes your work clothes.

-Is that clear?
-Yes, Mr. Sir.

You are to dig one hole each day.

5-foot deep, 5-foot in diameter.

Your shovel is your measuring stick.

The longer it takes you to dig,

the longer you'll be out in the hot sun.

STANLEY IV: Sorry, Mr. Sir.

You need to keep alert
for lizards and...

rattlesnakes.

Rattlesnakes?

You don't bother them,
they won't bother you...

Usually.

Being bit by a rattler ain't
the worst thing that can happen to you.

You won't die, usually.

But you don't want to get bit
by a yellow-spotted lizard.

That is the worst thing
that can happen to you.

You will die
a slow and painful death...

Always.

(DOOR HINGES CREAK)

Stanley Yelnats?

-Yeah?
-I just want you to know

that you may have done
some bad things,

but that does not make you a bad kid.

I respect you, Stanley.

Welcome to Camp Green Lake.

I'm Dr. Pendanski, your counselor.

Start that touchy-feely crap,
I'm outta here.

Give him some towels, tokens. Set him up.

You'll be in "D" tent.

"D" stands for "diligence."
that's the mess hall.

There's the rec room.
And there's the showers.

There's only one knob 'cause there's
only one temperature - cold.

And that's the Warden's cabin over there.

That's the number-one rule
at Camp Green Lake -

do not upset the Warden.

-Yeah, he seemed kind of...
-Who?

Oh, Mr. Sir?
Oh, he's not the Warden.

He's just been in a bad mood
since he quit smokin'.

Hey, Mom...

Who's the Neanderthal?

This is Stanley.

So, what's happening with Barf Bag?

Oh, Lewis won't be returning.

He's still in the hospital.

Stanley, meet Rex, Alan, and Theodore.

Hi.

Yo, my name is X-Ray.

And that's Squid, that's Armpit.

Him, he's Mom.

They all have their little nicknames,

but I prefer to use the names
their parents gave them,

the names society will recognize them by.

Theodore, why don't we
show Stanley his cot?

Go ahead, 'pit.

DR. PENDANSKI:
Welcome to your new home, Stanley.

(STANLEY GROANS)

Barf Bag slept here.

DR. PENDANSKI:
Keep your bed clean.

Hey, I'm Magnet.

That's Zigzag.

Hi.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

What I told you
about leaving that thing right there, man?

And this... is Zero.

Say hello to Stanley, Zero.

Do you want to know
why they call him Zero?

'Cause there's nothing goin' on
in his stupid little head.

Did you tell him about the lizards?

DR. PENDANSKI:
Ricky, let's not scare Stanley.

His name's not Ricky.

It's Zigzag, a'ight?

Stanley, if you have any questions,
just ask Theodore.

Theodore will be your mentor.

-You got that, Theodore?
-Yeah, man. Whatever, dude.

I'm depending on you.

It should be no labor
to be nice to your neighbor.

Hey, Theodore, is there a place
where I can fill my canteen up with water?

-BOY: I know he smells that.
-Yo, my name is not Theodore.

It's Armpit.

There's a water spigot over there.

Man, 'pit,
what you gotta be so mean for?

ARMPIT: Man, I ain't mean.
I'm his mentor.

Ain't that what I'm supposed to do?

Thanks, Armpit.

Man, whatever.

MAN: (ON PA.)
Today's menu - chili, string beans,

refried beans,

garbanzo beans,

green beans,

and banana jell-o.

(LAUGHTER)

Hey, Stanley, come here, boy.

This is where you sit. Sit down.

X-RAY: Hey, yo, new kid. Hey, yo.

See, you didn't dig today.

So, uh, you wouldn't mind
giving up your bread

to somebody who did, now, would you?

No, you can have it.

So, what'd they get you for?

Stealing a pair of shoes.

(LAUGHTER)

From the store, or were
they still on someone's feet?

No, no, he just killed the dude first.

You just left out
that little detail, right?

They were Clyde Livingston's shoes.

X-RAY: Sweetfeet? What?

Man, you did not steal
no Clyde Livingston's Sweetfeet shoes.

His world series cleats.

Hold on, hold on. How did you get 'em?

He's, like, the fastest guy
in the majors, right?

The guy hit four triples in one game.

(LAUGHTER)

Clyde Livingston donated his shoes to
this, uh, this... this homeless shelter.

Did they have red X's on 'em?

ALL: What?

You got Zero to talk.

Hey, yo, what else can you do, Zero?

Yeah.

Yeah, they did.

LAWYER: Tell us a little something
of your background,

Mr. Livingston.

Besides the fact that it
was your donated shoes that were stolen.

What other connection
might you have with this case?

Well, I was an orphan.

I grew up in that home.

I don't understand what type of person
steals from homeless children.

You're no fan of mine.

(SNORING)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

-(FARTS)
-(SNIFFS)

It was all because of your
no-good, dirty-rotten,

pig-stealing
great-great-grandfather.

That's who sealed our destiny.

Why do you think
none of his inventions work?

Pa.

I learn from failure.

Doesn't matter how... how smart you are.

You need luck. Something we ain't got.

Yeah, what about your father,
the first Stanley Yelnats?

He wasn't so unlucky.

You told me he made a fortune
in the stock market.

STANLEY II: Some luck.

Yeah, he lost everything.

He was robbed by Kissin' Kate Barlow.

Get on up outta there!

Gimme your loot!

(GUN COCKS)

Are you kidding me?

She kiss him?

(SMOOCHES)

Oh, no. She only kissed the men
she killed.

What you got down there, huh?

Pass it up! Come on!

She left him stranded in the desert.

Come on, boys! Let's ride!

No water, no food, for 16 days.

If she'd have kissed him,
she'd have killed him.

You'd have never been born.

(SNORING CONTINUES)

(REVEILLE PLAYS)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

DR. PENDANSKI:
Smiling faces! Smiling faces!

The early mole digs the deepest hole.

Shovels on the left,
tortillas on the right.

Let's go!

Okay, come and get it.

Let's go!
Come on, Magnet! Open them peepers!

Let's go! Let's go!

Head's still on the pillow!

This ain't no dreamland,
it's... it's reality.

DR. PENDANSKI: Let's go, hotshots!
Step up and get your...

Hey, man, you picked up X-Ray's shovel.

It's shorter than the rest of them.

Smaller shovel, smaller hole.

(SINGING)
H-e-e-e-ey

Oh, sinners, let's go down

Let's go down

Let's go down

Oh, sinners, let's go down

Down in the valley to pray

Oh, sinners

-Let's go down
-MR. SIR: This isn't a girl scout camp.

Nobody's gonna babysit ya.

Let's go down

-Dig here.
-Oh, sinners, let's go down

-Now, if you find anything interesting...
-Down in the valley to pray

...you are to report it to me
or Pendanski.

If the Warden like what you find,

you get the rest of the day off.

(SINGING)
H-e-e-e-ey

What am I supposed to be
looking for, Mr. Sir?

You're not looking for anything.

You're building character.

You take a bad boy,
make him dig holes all day in the hot sun,

and it turns him into a good boy.

That's our philosophy
here at Camp Green Lake.

Start digging.

(SINGING)
Show me the way

Good lord, show me the way

One down, 10 million to go.

(SINGING)
Show me the way

Good lord, show me the way

Oh, sinners, let's go down

Let's go down

Let's go down

(GROANS)

Excuse me, can you throw that
in another pile or something,

-'cause it keeps getting in my hole.
-Shut up! Just shut up!

Watch where you're moving your dirt!

X-RAY: Watch where you're throwing
your dirt, Stanley.

(LAUGHTER)

STANLEY II: It was all because
of your no-good, dirty-rotten,

pig-stealing great-great-grandfather,

Elya Yelnats.

It started in a little village in Latvia.

He was shoveling in Morris Menke's barn,

When Myra, his beautiful daughter,
walked by.

(CHUCKLES) And that was it.

So, what does your
great-great-grandfather do?

He goes to a fortune-teller,
Madame Zeroni, for advice.

MADAME ZERONI:
All you think about is Myra Menke.

I know.

STANLEY II:
That's when our troubles began.

Listen to Madame Zeroni.

You should go to America.

That's where my son is.

That's your future.

Not Myra Menke.

Her head's as empty as a flowerpot.

Mr. Menke...

I would like your permission
to marry your daughter.

You too?

(GRUNTS)

Igor Barkov has offered
his fattest pig for her.

What do you got?

A heart full of love.

(LAUGHTER)

He's just a boy!

I'd rather have a fat pig.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Morris Menke is a schmuck.

Okay, here's what you do.

Take the little one.

(ALL OINKING)

But this solves nothing.

So, it will grow.

Every day, you carry the pig
up the mountain.

Make it drink the water from the stream
while you sing...

(SINGS) "If only, if only,"
the woodpecker sighs...

Woodpecker sighs.

(SINGS) ..."the bark on the tree
was as soft as the skies."

While the wolf waits below,
hungry and lonely

He cries to the moon, "if only, if only."

MADAME ZERONI:
Every day, the pig will get fatter,

and you will get stronger.

Now, after you give the pig to Menke,

you must carry Madame Zeroni up a mountain

and sing while I drink
so I can get strong, too.

(LAUGHING)

But, if you forget to come back
for Madame Zeroni,

you and your family
will be cursed for always and eternity.

(LAUGHING)

(MUSIC ON THE RADIO)

-Get your water, Dog. Get your water.
-Oh, my god.

Here comes the water truck.

-First hole's the hardest, right?
-MR. SIR: Let's go!

MAGNET: Hey, Mr. Sir.

-What you doin', man?
-Get your place in line, Magnet!

Keep your hands off of me, man!

So, how'd it go your first day, Yelnats?
Got some blisters on ya?

-Big, fat blisters.
-Yeah.

Well, don't worry.

Everything turns to callus eventually.

That's life. Next.

-(PIG SNORTING)
-MORRIS: Myra!

Who do you choose - Igor Barkov...

or Elya Yelnats?

You want me to decide?

That's right, my blossom.

(CHUCKLES)

Gee, I don't know.

(PIGS SNORTING)

Which pig weighs more?

They are the same.

Oh, I know!

I will think of a number between 1 and 10.

Okay, I'm ready.

Marry Igor.

You can keep my pig as wedding present.

(LAUGHTER)

Two pigs for one daughter!

(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

You done already?

BOY: Don't you know, man?

He's, like,
the fastest digger in the camp.

BOY 1: He's a mole.
I think he eats the dirt.

He's a weird dude.

BOY 2: Moles don't eat dirt.

-Worms eat dirt.
-BOY 1: Really?

(BELL DINGING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

STANLEY II: So that was it.

He took Madame Zeroni's advice
and went to America, like her son,

but the dummy forgot to go back
and carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain.

MADAME ZERONI: If you forget to come back
for Madame Zeroni,

you and your family will be cursed
for always and eternity.

(LAUGHING)

STANLEY IV: Somebody help me!

Anybody up there?!

(COUGHS)

I'm done with my hole now!

(GRUNTING)

Oh, god.

(GRUNTING)

Oh, god.

(SIGHS)

(GUN COCKS)

Don't move.

Oh, f...

(GUNSHOT)

(HISSES)

(SHRIEKS)

(STANLEY IV WHIMPERS)

(GUNSHOT)

(GASPS)

Get your stuff.

Get yourself a good sleep, son.

-Yes, sir.
-Yeah.

Oh, my god!

(GUNSHOT)

What color was his blood?

I don't... I don't know. I couldn't tell.

I wish I'd have seen it.

-Bam!
-(LAUGHS)

ARMPIT: If Mr. Sir didn't shoot it...

Stanley, you'd be in a hole.

Did you know
that each one's got exactly 11 spots?

Yeah, man, but if you ever get
close enough to count 'em...

(IMITATES SLASHING SOUND)

You're dead.

ARMPIT: Look, it's the lizards
we're working for, man.

We build their houses for 'em.

I mean, yesterday, I saw, like,
10 of them in one hole.

X-RAY: Man, we ain't diggin'
for no lizards.

ARMPIT: What we diggin' for then, man?

Like Mr. Sir said,
we're diggin' to build some character.

(LAUGHTER)

(GUNSHOT)

(GROWLS)

(RECORD PLAYER CRACKLES,
REVEILLE PLAYS)

-Come on! Wake up, buddy!
-(SINGING) Feelin' mighty fine

Feelin' mighty fine this time

STANLEY IV: "Dear Mom...

I'm having a wonderful time at camp.

(SINGING) Yes, I am

"The food's great.

Not as good as yours,
of course, but I like it."

(SINGING) Feelin' mighty fine

Feelin' mighty fine this time

"We've been out on the lake all day."

STANLEY IV: Where's a person go to
the bathroom around here?

-Man, pick a hole, any hole.
-(SINGING) Feelin' mighty fine

"Once I pass the swimming test,
I'll get to learn how to water ski.

I've made lots of friends."

-Oh, you're goin' to hell for sure.
-(LAUGHTER)

(SINGING) Feelin' mighty fine

-"And the water is cool and refreshing."
-Feelin' mighty fine

(CLUNK)

(SINGING) This time

-"You'd like my counselor. He's a doctor."
-(SINGING)Yes, indeed

Smells like puke from a mule

been ruminating on asparagus
for two weeks.

"And I'm really enjoying the wildlife."

(SINGING)
Don't believe a word they say about me

Because I'm feelin' mighty fine

Feelin' mighty fine

-Rent time! Pay up!
-(SINGING) This time

"The other boys aren't bad kids.

Like me, they were just in the wrong place
at the wrong time."

Get on there, fool!

"Well, that's it for now, ma.

Say hi to dad and grandpa for me.

Love, your son, Stanley."

Who you writin' to?

Aw, you miss your mommy and daddy?

-I don't want them to worry.
-They don't care.

-Give me the letter.
-Believe me.

They're glad to be rid of you.

(SMOOCHES)

Found something.

-It's a fossil. You see that?
-Well, that's interesting.

Do I get a day off?

-What?
-That's what Mr. Sir said.

He said that, uh, if I found
something interesting, I get the day off.

Stanley, the Warden
isn't interested in fossils.

Let me see that.

-What is it?
-Man, see, look.

(SINGSONG VOICE)
Look at the little fishies!

Aww!

(NORMAL VOICE) I mean, you know,
it look like those cave pictures, man.

Ain't nothin', anyway.

Fossil. I tell you what,
I think Stanley belongs in a cave, man.

I told you he was a Neanderthal
the first time I saw him.

Guess there really was
a lake out here once, right?

There was a town, too.

The Warden's grandfather owned the lake

and half the town.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Whoo!

-Tie her off, there, boys.
-All right, now.

SAM: Get your sweet,
sweet magical ointments!

Get your elixirs, health potions,
onion tonics.

Onions, get your onions here, folks.

God's own chosen vegetable.

Nature's magic vegetables
right here, folks.

Mr. Collingwood,
let me see that head of yours.

-My head?
-Yes, sir.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

I got exactly what you need.

Just rub this on his head
every night, Mrs. Collingwood,

and before you know it,
his hair's gonna be

as long and as thick as Mary Lou's mane.

-(BELL RINGING)
-Sam, thank you.

The ancient Egyptians knew
the secrets of the onions.

How its potent juices
can cure stomachaches and toothaches

measles and mumps,
rheumatism, hemorrhoids.

(CHILDREN GIGGLE)

If you don't believe me,
just ask Mary Lou.

All she eats is onions,
and she's almost 100 years old.

-How would you know, Sam?
-You're not a day over 25.

Nature's magic vegetable, Miss Katherine.

I don't care how much gold
there is back there,

I ain't goin' back
without some lizard juice.

I see your friend back there
wasn't so smart.

Too bad he didn't know

yellow-spotted lizards
don't like my onion juice.

Get your sweet, sweet onions, folks.

Health potions, lizard oils,

onion tonics, cure-alls.

And for you, Miss Katherine,

I have this special bag of onions.

Thank you.

-And your peaches.
-Thank you.

Sometimes I think Green Lake, Texas,
is heaven on earth.

Those peaches are the work of an angel.

-I like peaches.
-(LAUGHTER)

Come on, boys.

-Buy you a drink, Sheriff?
-Buy me two.

(BIRD CHIRPING)

That was some lame crap you pulled.

What?

Look, man, you ever find anything,

give it to me, you understand?

I've been here for over six months
and never found anything.

No one has.

Why should you get a day off
when you just got here?

You know what I'm saying.
It's only fair.

Right?

-Right?
-Right.

That's what I call
an informed decision, Dog.

-(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
-(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)

-What are you doing? No.
-I'm watching that.

Not today you ain't.

Look, you broke it!

Right there!

(GRUNTS)

Watch it!

You watch it, man.

What you say to me?!

Sorry, man. I didn't mean...
I didn't mean to hit you.

You're a dead man!

Hey, hey.

Hey, just chill, okay, man, all right?

Look, we start a fight now,

the Warden will come down
hard on all of us.

Just keep that punk away from me!

-X-RAY: Cool.
-ARMPIT: Just chill.

It's all right. It's all good.

Just relax.

Here's your tunes, man.

Don't look at him. He's crazy.
You understand me?

Hey, nobody messes
with the Caveman. Nobody.

-Did you see the Caveman back there?
-No, I don't want to mess with anybody.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Let's go eat.
Hey, you coming, Caveman?

Come on, Caveman.

Come on, Caveman.

What?

Caveman?

So, I'm Caveman?

It's better than Barf Bag.

Line up, fishies.

Get your lake water.

You get it?

Lake water. It's a joke.

You're here now, Caveman, all right?

-MR. SIR: Let's go, fellas.
-X-RAY: Move up, fool.

MAGNET: Hey, X, when you moving me up?

Oh, man.

MR. SIR: Can I start now, your highness?

Yes, Mr. Sir.

DR. PENDANSKI: What about you, Jose?
What do you like?

MAGNET: I like animals.

That's what got Magnet
sent here in the first place.

(LAUGHTER)

Man, it's criminal the way
they keep them locked up in cages.

No, Jose.
What you did was criminal.

No, no. Tell 'em, Magnet.

They wanted 1,000 bucks
for just one puppy.

-What?
-Yeah.

I would've made it out
if my pocket didn't start barking.

(LAUGHTER)

You boys get one life,

and so far, you've done a pretty good job
of screwing it up.

So, you're Caveman now, big shot.

Got a nickname.

Well, let me tell you something, Caveman,

You are here on account of one person.

You know who that person is?

Yeah.

My no-good, dirty-rotten,
pig-stealing great-great-grandfather.

That's who it is.

(LAUGHTER)

No.

You screwed your life up, Stanley Yelnats,

and it's up to you to fix it.

It's not gonna be easy,

but you'd be surprised
what you can accomplish

once you set your mind to it.

Even Zero here isn't completely worthless.

What about you, Zero?

What do you like to do?

You just won't talk with me, will you?

Man, he only talks to Caveman, you know?

You think you're better than all this?

I like diggin' holes.

Then you're in the right place
for it, buddy boy.

"My dearest Stanley,

your letters make me feel
like one of the other moms

who can afford to send
their kids to summer camp."

Do not touch my shoes!

"Your father thinks he's real close
to a breakthrough.

I do hope so, Stanley,
'cause the landlord

is threatenin' to evict us
because of the odor."

Sir, you are an insult
to the chemistry of smell!

-Eight months!
-You know what I'm gonna do with this?

I am going to boil it with cross-trainers!

Don't do that!

Aah! Aah!
Oh, yeah, "Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!"

"I feel so sorry for the old lady
who lived in the shoe

'cause it must have smelled real bad."

(LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES)
She's crazy.

What are you laughing at?

Uh, just something my mom wrote.

She, uh (CLEARS THROAT)
She said...

"I feel sorry for the little old lady
who lived in the shoe

'cause it must have smelled really bad."

(CHUCKLES)

You know, like the nursery rhyme.

I... I feel really awkward

with you reading over
my shoulder like that, so...

I can't read.

Can you teach me?

Um...

You know, I'm... I'm not really a...

a good teacher,

and, uh, I get tired from digging all day,

so, I just wanna come back
and chill, you know?

Just relax.

See you in there?

Look at this guy.

Whoo!

(ALL GROANING)

Armpit, put it down! Put it down!

Armpit!

Hey, look, a cloud.

Right there.

Maybe it'll move in front of the sun.

Come on, little cloud.

You can do it.

Please, that's all I'm asking
for is just a little shade.

Warden owns the shade, man.

Maybe we'll get lucky.

Maybe we'll get some clouds.

It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights.

Yeah, and we'll have to build an ark
and get two of each animal.

Yeah, two scorpions, two rattlesnakes,

two yellow spider lizards. All of that.

(INDISTINCT YELLING IN DISTANCE)

Hey.

What do you got there, Caveman?

What?

What do you got there?

STANLEY IV: I don't know.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Hey, X...

I think I might have found something.

(SIGHS)

X-RAY: Let me see that.

What do you think?

(SNIFFLES)

Looks like an old shotgun
shell or something, man.

No, man, it's too skinny
to be a shotgun shell.

-No. No, it's not a shotgun shell.
-Yeah. No, it's not a shotgun shell.

Look at this. You see that little heart?

You see that?
With the letters in it right there?

-Yeah. "K.B." that's what it is.
-Let me see.

-Let me see it.
-K.B.?

-Yeah. Yeah.
-That's Keith Berenger.

Man, who is that?

-He was in my math class.
-(LAUGHS)

-Stupid.
-Good thinking, Zigzag.

Yeah, it must belong to him, huh?

Yeah, it must belong to him.

Well, I'm gonna go show it to Mom.

-Maybe I'll get the rest of the day off.
-Rest of the day off?

No. No. Your hole's already dug.

I'm not even close.
I'm gonna be out here all day.

Yeah? So?

So, uh... Why don't you, uh,

Why don't you just turn it in tomorrow?
You know, give it to Mom in the morning?

Then you get the whole day off.

That's good thinking, Caveman.

(CHUCKLES)
I like it.

Pretty smart, Caveman.
Pretty smart.

(SINGING)
No matter how you're sad and blue

There's always someone who
has it worse than you

Sometimes you gotta pay your dues

So, don't worry, just push on through

Keep'n it real

Gotta pick up all my peoples
who be working on the future

Though they know they gotta struggle

-Keep'n it real
-To all my Homies working on the 9 to 5

And doing right to keep themselves...

-There you are, X.
-Keep'n it real

Although sometimes I know
it seems impossible

Good morning, Theodore.

Man, it's Armpit.

Yo, I don't know no fool named
Theodore, all right?

-Well, I don't know no fool named Armpit.
-ARMPIT: Whatever.

There's your water, whoever you are.

X-RAY: Hey, Mom!

I think I found something.

Come here for a second.
I think I found something.

Looks like a... Gold...
golden bullet or something, Doesn't it?

It's nice, right?

So, I get the day off now, right?

DR. PENDANSKI: You just might.
We're gonna call the Warden.

Hey, Lou.

You better get down here.

I think we got something.

We got something nice.

Got something nice.

We got something nice.

(SINGING)
Sometime

Get a hump in my back, sometime

I'm going over here, sometimes

When my honey comes back, sometimes

I'm gonna rap that jack, sometimes

Get a hump in my back, sometimes

I'm going over here, sometimes

When my honey comes back, sometimes

I'm gonna rap that jack, sometimes

Get a hump in my back, sometimes

I'm going over here, sometimes

When my honey comes back, sometimes

-Whew. Oh, man.
-I'm gonna rap that jack, sometimes

Get a hump in my back, sometimes

I'm going over here, sometimes

DR. PENDANSKI: Right over there.

(SINGING)
When my honey comes back, sometimes

I'm gonna rap that jack, sometimes

Get a hump in my back, sometimes

I'm going over here, sometimes

When my honey comes back, sometimes

I'm gonna rap that jack, sometimes

Get a hump in my back

This where you found it?

Yes, ma'am.

Dr. Pendanski, drive X-Ray back to camp.

Give him double shower tokens
and a snack.

But first, fill everyone's canteen.

I already filled them.

Excuse me?

I had already filled them
when you drove up in the car.

WARDEN: Excuse me?

Did I ask you when you last filled them?

-No. You didn't, but...
-Excuse me.

Now, these fine boys
have been working hard.

Don't you think it just might be possible
they have taken a drink

since you filled their canteens?

It's possible.

-WARDEN: Oh, it's possible, is it?
-(CHUCKLES)

Caveman!

You come over here, please.

-MR. SIR: Get over there.
-WARDEN: That's right.

Go on. Come on over.
Come on over.

WARDEN: Now, did you
by any chance take a drink

since he filled your canteen?

Oh, no. I... I'm fine. I have plenty.

Excuse me?

I... I might have, uh, uh, drinken some.

Thank you.

May I have your canteen, please?

Oh, god.

(WATER SLOSHING)

Can you hear the empty spaces?

Yes, I can hear.

Fill it.

If that's too much trouble,

you can grab a shovel,
and Caveman here can fill the canteens.

Armpit! Squid!

Get them wheelbarrows out of the truck!

Zero, you take over X-Ray's hole.

Caveman will assist you.

We're gonna dig this dirt twice.

(ENGINE TURNS OVER)

Y'all be good now, you hear? (CHUCKLES)

WARDEN: Get "C" and "F" over here.

Get "C" and "F" over here!

(SINGING)
I'm gonna be a wheel someday

I'm gonna be somebody

Come on, boys, let's see it.

-WARDEN: Use those muscles.
-I'm gonna be a real gone cat

-MR. SIR: Keep it up.
-Then I won't want you

WARDEN: This is a special day.
I got a good feeling about today.

There you go. I'm feeling some
double shower tokens, boys.

WARDEN: There'll be steaks
for dinner tonight.

-MR. SIR: Keep it up.
-Then I won't want you

You're doing fine!

-No hurry.
-You can cry

We don't want to miss anything.

While you were high high high

-We don't want to miss nothing.
-If you were wondering why

I don't look at you

When I go rolling by

MR. SIR: Pick every rock now.

Make sure it's a real rock.

-WARDEN: Caveman! Let's go!
-Then I won't want you

-Hey, how'd she know my name, man?
-Oh, she's got the whole place wired.

Oh, yeah, she's got these little, tiny
microphones and cameras

all over the place.

Yeah, she's got 'em in the rec room.

She's got 'em in the tent.

-She's got 'em in the showers.
-They're not in the showers.

Man, don't listen to him. I read his file.

It says he suffers from, um,
acute paranoia.

Hey, so that means
she watches me every day, huh?

Man, he says she got
cameras and microphones,

not microscopes.

-(LAUGHTER)
-Get outta here, man.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

Okay, children, come back
first thing in the morning.

Okay? Rain or shine,
we're gonna have school.

Put your cap on.

Oh, here, take that, Louise.

KID 1: Bye, Miss Katherine.

KID 2: See you tomorrow!

Hello, Miss Katherine.

Hello, Sam.

I thought you might
still want some onions.

Thank you.

I can fix that.

Sam, are you gonna try to tell me now

that your onions are a cure
for a leaky roof?

Naw.

I'm just good with my hands.

I built my own boat, you know.

I needed to get across
the lake to my onion field.

Well, then, I guess you'd be
in real trouble if your boat leaked.

I tell you what,

I'll fix that roof

in exchange for three jars
of your spiced peaches.

It's a deal.

-(BIRDS CHIRPING)
-(HAMMERING)

Well, Miss Katherine,

I guarantee that roof for five years.

If there's anything else...

(SIGHS)
The windows won't open.

And the children and I would
enjoy a breeze now and then.

I can fix that.

"And this maiden,
she lived with no other thought

than to love and be loved by me.

She was a child, and I was a child

in this kingdom by the sea.

But we loved with..."

"With a love that was more than love,

I and my Annabel Lee."

Sam.

You know, that door
doesn't hang straight.

I can fix that.

MR. PENN: "The duck swims on the lake."

-MISS KATHERINE: Very good, Mr. Penn.
-Thank you, ma'am.

The d-duck may swim on the lake,

but my daddy owns the lake.

(LAUGHTER)

Tsk.

(LAUGHTER FADES)

That will be all for tonight.

Thank you, class. You're dismissed.

Come on, boys.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Whew.

Hey, Katherine...

How about me and you,
uh, having a little picnic?

Take a ride on my motorboat.

No, thank you, Mr. Walker.

It's brand-new.

I mean, you don't even have to row it.

No, thank you.

Uh, come on now, girl.

Hey.

No one ever says no to Trout Walker.

I believe I just did.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Come on, boys.

MR. SIR:
We're digging around, all around.

Then we're digging toward the center, see?

Got something to do with it, huh?

Today's the day.

I can feel it.

DR. PENDANSKI: You know,
the ancient Mesopotamians,

they didn't have shovels.

Glad to have you back, X-Ray.
We can use your sharp eyes.

Hello, Warden.

Ma'am, I think I found something.

Are you trying to be funny?
Or do you just think I'm stupid?

No, ma'am, I... I wasn't
trying to be funny.

Excuse me?

Well, Armpit, your little joke
just cost you a week of shower privileges.

ALL: Aww.

All right. Everyone back to work.

-Man, you sleeping outside.
-You heard her, back to work.

Aside from that,
everything's going real well.

I don't think so. I want results.

Sam, this is the finest schoolhouse
in all of Texas.

(LAUGHS) Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Katherine.

(SINGING) Hello, my friend,
it's been a while

It's nice to see your beautiful smile

We went our separate ways

Only to return

To face a lesson

We failed to learn

We didn't understand the truth

We're blinded by the eyes of youth

-(MISS KATHERINE SOBS)
-(THUNDER RUMBLES)

-Time kept on moving
-I can fix that.

And the change has come

The change has come

You think that I don't know

Where you're coming from

Well, I feel just like you

And I cry just like you

I cry

But I heal

Heal

Just like you

Come on. Ha!

(SINGING)
Under my skin

Under my skin

I'm just like you

Four days.

Four long days.

And this is all you jackasses got
to show for it.

Probably ain't nothing down there.
We would have found it by now.

I wouldn't tell the queen bee that.

I ain't on stupid pills.

What are you jawing about?

If you can't get 'em to dig any faster,

you can grab a shovel and join 'em.

How about that? Huh?

Get to work!

This ain't no kindergartners
in the sandbox.

I want to see some effort here

Or I'll put a hurt on you.

I ain't just whistling
"Bye-bye, sue" neither.

I am surrounded by cow turds.

(INDISTINCT YELLING)

Stop it! Stop it!

Yeah!

Lady, where you going?

(KATHERINE CRYING)

-Stop it!
-(GLASS BREAKING)

Do something!

Yeah, girl!

How do you like me now?!

Sheriff!

Sheriff! Come quick!

They're destroying the school!

Give me a kiss.

You kissed the onion picker.

You're drunk.

I always get drunk before a hanging.

If you hang him,

then you better hang me, too,

because I kissed him back.

It ain't against the law
for you to kiss him,

just for him to kiss you.

(GRUNTS)

(INDISTINCT YELLING IN DISTANCE)

MAN: Whoo-hoo-hoo!

There she is!

Come on now!

Sam!

Sam!

(ENGINE CHUGGING)

(GASPS)

Sam!

(GUNSHOT)

Sam!

(CRYING)

(SIGHS)

Listen up.

(YAWNS)

After the behavior exhibited
these past several days,

the Warden and I have decided

that your character-building
be best served

by returning to the digging
of individual holes.

(GROANS)

Over to you.

All right!

Let's go dig, boys!

Let's go! Let's go!
Let's go! Let's go!

(FOOTSTEPS)

Good morning, Sheriff.

Do you still want that kiss?

(GUN COCKS)

(GUNSHOT)

(WIND HOWLING)

MR. SIR: Water's the most
precious commodity

on the face of the planet.

All life begins with water.

(WATER SLOSHING)

So, think of it this way...

I'm giving you life.

Say "thank you."

Thank you, Mr. Sir.

Next!

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

Don't get your hopes up.

Them storms never make it
past the mountains.

Maybe this time they will.

I got a story for you girl scouts.

Once upon a time,

there was a magical place
where it never rained.

The end.

(CHUCKLING)

I don't get it.

(MR. SIR LAUGHING)

Have a nice day.
(SIGHS)

I never get anything he says.

-(TRUCK DOOR CLOSES)
-(ENGINE TURNS OVER)

Guys. Hey, guys.

What?

Anybody want some sunflower seeds?

-Whoo!
-(LAUGHTER)

I can't help it, man.
My hands are like magnets.

Good old Magnet.

Sticky fingers.

Pass it over here, man.

Yeah, I'll take some of those. Whoo!

Hey, Zig, come on, man. Hurry up.

Mr. Sir's coming back.

Hey, he's coming back!
He's coming back!

Catch it.

Oh, Stanley, you butterfingers!

MAGNET: He's coming back.

You better hide it.

Hide it.

Come on, man.

Well, well.

How did this get here?

What?

MR. SIR: How did that get there?

Did it fall from the sky, huh?

(SNIFFLES) No.

(SPITS)

I stole that out of your truck.

I think maybe the Warden
would like to see what you found.

Let's go.

Y'all having a nice day?

-Yes, Mr. Sir.
-MR. SIR: Good.

Hey, what are you doing, Dog?

-Caveman...
-MR. SIR: See what turns up.

(SPITS)

-(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS)
-What?

We found a little something
in Caveman's hole.

What is it? What'd you find?

Come in. Come in.

You're letting the cold out.

MR. SIR: Tell her.

While Mr. Sir was filling our canteens...

I snuck into his truck

and, uh, stole his sunflower seeds.

Yeah.

That's it.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Caveman, would you,
uh, kindly bring me that little brass case

in the bureau over there
with my nail polish in it?

Yeah, sure.

MR. SIR: Them little diddles think I
don't have eyes in the back of my head.

But I don't miss much,

as you well know.

You know, my philosophy is...

See, I keep 'em in line,
punishment and reward.

Punishment... Reward.

Every time they see me coming,

a little shiver goes up their spine.

"D" tent, snaky little bunch, you know.

They think they're a step ahead of me,
but I'm miles ahead of them.

I come back at night. I look around.

I see in their eyes. They know I know.

WARDEN: Come right over here, son.

-Here you go.
-Thank you.

See this, Caveman?

This is my special nail polish.

I make it myself.

You want to know my secret ingredient?

Rattlesnake venom.

I just love what it does to the coloring.

It's perfectly harmless.

When it's dry.

So, you think he stole
your sunflower seeds.

No, I don't.

I think he's covering
for X-Ray or somebody.

It was a 5-pound sack,
and he claims to have eaten it all.

But... but it
was only half full when I got it.

And, uh, there's a lot in my hole.
You could check that.

I will. I will check it. (YELLS)

Ah!

Ah! Ah! Ah!

All I give you is respect and affection.

I suggest you go back to your hole now.

Uh! Uh!

Ohh! Why'd you do that? Ooh!

I liked you better when you smoked.

Aah. (FEET TAPPING)

Hey, look who showed up.

All right, man, we thought
you were dead for sure.

Hey, Caveman, what'd you say?

Nothing.

What'd she do to you?

Nothing.

Pbbtt. Nothing?

Yeah. She didn't do nothing.

(LAUGHING)
What is this?

Thank you, guys.

Man.

-Don't look at us.
-Yeah, it was Zero.

That boy likes to dig holes.

-ARMPIT: He'd dig a hole to China, man.
-X-RAY: Yeah, man.

But where do them Chinese kids dig to?

Man, shut up.

Hey, Zero.

Why'd you dig my hole, man?

You didn't steal the sunflower seeds.

Yeah, but neither did you.

You didn't steal the shoes.

You still want to learn to read?

All right, man.

MR. SIR: I don't like no hocus-pocus.
$14 for onions.

We don't need no stinking onions.

-You told me to get onions, I get onions.
-I want to taste it.

-Go ahead and taste it. I don't care.
-I'll taste it then.

Go ahead.
I'm tasting it.

Whoa. What happened to your face?

(CLATTERING)

Something the matter with my face?
Huh?

No. No, Mr. Sir.

You got that right.

(CRASHING, CLATTERING)

Anybody see anything wrong
with my face?

Huh?!

I think I'm kind of Purty, don't you?

BOYS: Yes, sir.

Clean this up.

(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)

I think we just learned a valuable lesson.

We're all people, and Mr. Sir
is a very sensitive man,

just like all of us.

(SINGING)
Leader, he's a mighty good leader

He's a mighty good leader

Next.

All the way

All the way, lord

From up to heaven

You thirsty, Yelnats?

-Yes, Mr. Sir.
-He's a mighty good leader

(FAUCET SQUEAKS)

There. That should hold you.

Next!

(HORSE WHINNIES)

(HOOFBEATS)

MR. SIR: Magnet, wipe that
smile off your face.

Yes, you.

You want some water?

Remember that gold tube?

Yeah.

I think that that tube...

was a tube of lipstick, you know?

And the "K.B." stands for Kate Barlow.

Kissin' Kate Barlow?

Kissin' Kate Barlow.

(SINGING) I've done a lot of things
that I'm not so proud of

Took a lot of turns

That turned out wrong

That's a worn-out song

Day by day, moment by moment

Takin' my chances

Trustin' my heart

It wasn't too smart

I will survive, I will endure

When the going's rough, you can be sure

I'll tough it out, I won't give in

If I'm knocked down, I'll get up again

As long as my dream's alive

I will survive

I will survive

All right. Come on now.

"z"... "e"...

Okay.

"r"...

"o."

That's it.

I can help you dig your hole
so you won't be so tired to teach me.

No, I'm fine.

Look, you're a slow digger.

Oh ho ho.
You're trying to bag on me.

Yeah, I'm trying to bag on you.
All right.

This way, we'll be done at the same time.

-Well, it couldn't hurt.
-Yeah.

Go ahead.

"z"...

"z"...

"e"...

No.

This has to go out like this.
That's an "r."

-Okay.
-Okay?

his one's easy. "o."

That's it.

You know, Zero's not my real name.

It's not?

But even Pendanski calls you "Zero."

My name's Hector, Hector Zeroni.

Hector Zeroni.

Nice to meet you, Hector.

-Nice to meet you.
-(BOTH CHUCKLE)

ZERO: 26 letters. So, we can do
five letters a day for four days,

and then six letters on the fifth day.

That's good math.

I'm not stupid.
I know everyone thinks I am.

I just don't like answering
stupid questions.

Right.

Yo, Caveman, it must be kind of easy

working with your own personal
slave and all, huh?

What's up, stupid?

Come on, Squid.

Whatever, man.

ZERO: "m"...

"o"...

"m."

We weren't always homeless.

I remember we used to live
in a lot of different places.

And then...

We didn't live anywhere.

It must have been hard.

Yeah.

My ma had problems,

but she would try so hard to
make a better life for us.

STANLEY IV: Yeah.

She always used to say,
"I love you more than air."

She couldn't take me everywhere she went.

I used to have to wait like
on a porch or a playground.

(SIGHS)
Then one day, she didn't come back.

What happened to her?

(SIGHS DEEPLY) I don't know.

That's what bothers me the most.

If I could,

I would hire a whole team
of private investigators

just to find her...

or to find out what happened to her.

(SIGHS) I used to wait at Laney Park.

Laney Park?

Yeah.

I used to go to Laney park all the time.

-Oh, really?
-Yeah.

I used to sleep in the tunnel
next to the swinging bridge.

But no biggie.

(SIGHS)

DR. PENDANSKI:
Let's go, boys! Lunch!

Where's your whip, Caveman?

You don't want your slave
to be slacking off.

It's not slavery.
It's an agreement.

Yeah, man, whatever.

Line 'em up. I don't have all
day. Let's go. Let's go.

We have bologna and cheese,
apples, and graham crackers.

All right, let's move it along.

-Get your sandwich.
-Hello, Theodore.

That's not my name, fool. It's Armpit.

Uh-huh. Alan, a good day to you.

Good afternoon.

-Ricky...
-Sir.

BOY: Sandwiches?

-You can have one sandwich.
-(MAGNET SPEAKING SPANISH)

DR. PENDANSKI: This is America.
We speak English here.

Hey, man, I got some
extra graham crackers.

Hey, how about I give you my cookie
and you let me dig your hole?

Go on. Take it.

Look, I get it, all right?
I'll dig my own hole from now on.

Just let me eat my lunch.

(LAUGHING) He isn't gonna take it.
Come here.

Eat the cookie.

BOYS: Whoa.

Back off, man.

DR. PENDANSKI: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
What's going on here?

Nothing, Mom.
We was just fooling, right?

I saw what was going on.
Go on, Stanley.

Teach him a lesson.
Hit him back.

-Yeah, teach me a lesson.
-BOY 1: Yeah, Stanley, teach him a lesson.

-Come on. Hit me.
-DR. PENDANSKI: Hit him.

-Come on. Teach me a lesson.
-BOY 2: Hit him, Stanley.

(BOYS MURMURING)

Get him!

All right, all right.

Ugh!

Go get him.

BOYS: Awww.

DR. PENDANSKI:
That's enough!

(GRUNTING)

I said, "That's enough!"

-That's enough!
-(CHOKING)

Stop. Hey, stop, Zero. Hey, stop.

-Come on, man.
-(CHOKING)

-(GUNSHOT)
-Now, I said, "that's enough!"

When I say to end something,
I mean end it.

-BOY: Come on. Let's go.
-DR. PENDANSKI: Get back to your holes!

-You all right?
-Zero's crazy.

No, no, no. Leave me alone.

Basically, Zero almost killed Ricky.

Basically?

Uh, uh, Ziggy was beating up
the Caveman, right?

And then Zero started choking Zigzag.

I had to pull Zero off of him.

Yeah, I mean, you know,
Zig just got a little hot.

Out in the sun all day,
the blood starts to boil.

Is that what happened, Zigzag?

Yep.

Like X-Ray said, you know,

working all day
out in the hot sun, you know,

while Caveman sits around
and does nothing.

Excuse me?

Caveman digs his hole
just like everyone else.

Sometimes.

WARDEN: Excuse me?

Ma'am, Zero's been digging
a part of Caveman's hole every day.

You're not digging holes no more?

Huh?

I... I'm teaching him how to read.

What?

He's a smart kid.

Smart? (CHUCKLES)

Oh, yeah?

Hey, Zero, what does c-a-t spell?

Huh?

What's it spell?

Yeah, he's a real genius.

He's so stupid,
he doesn't even know he's stupid.

Okay, from now on,

I don't want anyone
digging anyone else's hole.

Is that clear?

And no more reading lessons.

Why? I mean, if the hole gets dug,
who cares who's digging it, right?

You know why you're digging holes?!

'cause it's good for you.
It teaches you a lesson.

If Zero digs your hole for you,
you're not learning your lesson, are you?

MR. SIR: Yeah. See that?

Why can't I still just dig my hole
and teach him how to read?

'cause I said so.

We know you mean well, Stanley.

But the mental stress

just causes his brain too much
of a challenge.

That's what made his blood boil,
not the hot sun.

I'm not digging any more holes.

Good.

I mean, you might as well
teach this shovel to read.

Go ahead, Zero. Take it.

It's all you'll ever be good for.

D-i-g.

What's that spell?

Uhh!

BOYS: Ohh!

Dig.

Go, Zero! Go!

-Run, Zero!
-Don't shoot!

He can't go anywhere.

You think I was gonna shoot him?

The last thing we need
is an investigation.

MR. SIR: I know that.

Misinterpretation.

Let him go, then. Let him go.

I want round-the-clock guards
on all water sources.

I still expect seven holes.

I'll have the chicken tenders, Warden.

(LAUGHTER)

I'm a heel. I'm a heel.

I'm feeling queasy. Take it or leave it.

You still pouting?

No, I'm not pouting.

I'm just asking,
are we sure that he had no family?

He was a ward of the state.

He was living on the streets
when he was arrested.

Is there some prissy caseworker
who might ask questions?

He had nobody. He was nobody.

I want you to destroy his records.

He was never here.

Can you get into the state files
from our computer?

I can do anything, but I'm telling you,
no one is going to come looking for him.

No one cares about Hector Zeroni.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS IN DISTANCE)

I do.

MR. SIR: They was in this thing together.

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

His blood's on your hands, then.

(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

Man, if he's not back by morning,

he's dead.

He's dead either way.

If he stays out there or if he comes back.

When do you think
they're gonna find his body?

What body?

Man, Zero's buzzard food.

You know what?

They pick out the eyeballs first.

BOY: I can't believe you just said that.

(LAUGHTER)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Learn how to take a joke.

STANLEY II: She left him
stranded in the desert.

No water, no food for 16 days.

(SQUEAKING)

Well, grandpa, how'd he survive?

They said he found refuge on God's Thumb.

-STANLEY IV: What's God's Thumb?
-STANLEY II: Who knows.

He was half crazy when they found him.

Zero!

Zero!

Zero!

-(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
-(CLATTERING)

So, what you in here for, Twitch?

Oh, ha, joyriding.

I guess you never really plan
to steal one or nothing,

but when I walk past
a really nice car...

Whoo! Oh... I just start twitching,
you know?

Really kind of...
well, you think I'm jumpy now?

You should have seen me behind the wheel
of that mustang convertible.

Whoo! Vroom!

BOY: Come on, Twitch. Let's go.

Hey, Twitch, get some water.

MR. SIR:
I'm getting tired...

First hole's the hardest.

Thanks, man.

MR. SIR: If you see me coming,
I want you to jump out of that hole.

Be first in line right away.

I'm a little scratchy today,
so you got to be sensitive with me.

-Yeah, I apologize, Mr. Sir.
-Yeah, yeah.

Hey, man, I'm sick and tired
of you cutting in line.

Man.

Chill out.

-BOY 1: What's wrong with you?
-BOY 2: We all getting water.

What? What?

Don't be squabbling up in here.
Both of us getting it.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

MR. SIR: Gentlemen, there's
only one law around here

and that's me.

You guys want to learn
the tough lessons? Here.

-I'll give you a tough-guy...
-(ENGINE TURNS OVER)

Come on. Come on. Put it in gear.

Hey! Wait!

Aaaah!

(ALL CHEERING)

Wwaahhh!

(INDISTINCT CHEERING)

You stop this truck...

(MUTTERING)

Or I'll kill you!

Wuh!

(LAUGHTER)

(SCREAMS)

Keep going, Caveman!

MR. SIR: Yelnats! Stop that truck!

Yelnats!

(SCREAMS)

Bye-bye, Camp Green...

My truck.

BOY: You okay? Caveman!

You all right?

(STEAM HISSING)

You done it now!
You done it now!

(BOYS YELLING INDISTINCTLY)

Get back away from that truck!

Get away from the truck.

(INDISTINCT CHEERING)

Yeah!

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

BOY: Keep going! Don't stop!

Yeah, keep going!

There ain't gonna be no Yelnats V!

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

(PANTING)

Whoa.

No, senor. Not for me.

DR. PENDANSKI: I'm not gonna see
what's not there.

WARDEN: All right,
fill in this section here

and start digging over there in between.

What are you gonna do about Caveman?

He ain't like Zero. He's got family.

In two weeks, we'll report he's run away.

Call in dogs, helicopters,
the whole nine yards.

By then, there will be
nothing left to find.

That's exactly right.

(WIND HOWLING)

(RATTLING)

Zero?

Zero?

Huh?

Stanley.

What's up, man?

-How you doing?
-All right.

Oh!

We thought you were gone.

I was.

Let me see. You don't look too bad.

You got any water?

-No. I'm out.
-Oh.

But, hey, you know the water truck?

I tried to drive the whole thing
over here. I drove it into a hole.

-(LAUGHS)
-Figures.

What's in the bag?

Oh, it's empty.

No.

(YAWNS)

Zero, we got to get back to camp.

I'm not going back.

Want some Sploosh?

Some what?

Sploosh.

Come on, follow me. I'll show you.

-Some w...
-Come on. (GRUNTS)

Can't you get a door?

This is how I found it.

-(GLASS SHATTERS)
-(COUGHS)

(GRUNTS)

-(EXHALES)
-Here.

What is this?

Sploosh. That's what I call it.

-(SNIFFS)
-Drink it. It's good.

(SLURPS)

(LIPS SMACKING)

That is pretty good.

-Yeah.
-Tastes like peaches.

How many of these you got left?

(SIGHS) That's the last one.

(EXHALES) We need to go back to camp.

Okay? So, let's wrap it up, get your bag,
put this in there, and we'll go.

I'm not going back.

You will die out here.

Here's what we're gonna do. Okay?

We're gonna go back to camp.

And we're gonna tell the Warden exactly
where I found Kate Barlow's lipstick tube.

And she'll be so happy,

We won't get in any trouble.

Okay?

What's "mare-yelo"?

What are you talking about?

Mare-yelo.

-I don't know.
-(SIGHS)

Come on, dude.

Come on.

(GRUNTS)

(EXHALES)

See?

-Oh, it's "Mary Lou."
-Oh.

But I thought "y" made the "Yuh" sound.

Yeah, well, it does
at the beginning of a word,

but not at the end of a...

Word.

See that mountain right there?

-That one?
-Yeah.

Huh.

What does that look like to you?

STANLEY IV: You know,
my great-grandpa almost died out here.

-ZERO: Really?
-STANLEY IV: Yeah.

But they say he survived because he
made it to the top of God's Thumb.

-You ready?
-It's a long way.

-Yeah. We better get up before dark.
-Yeah.

(WHISTLES)

(SINGING)
All our dreams are gone

With a loss of faith

And we're still hanging on

Hey, Stanley.
What do you think's up there?

(SINGING)
Through another day

Oh, I don't know.
Probably a great, big frosty-freeze.

(SINGING)
It's so hard to see

Good. I could use a hot-fudge sundae.

-(SINGING) That it's gonna get better
-You know what I keep thinking about?

Imagine how fine this
Mary Lou probably looked in a bikini.

(SINGING)
But when will that be?

-Oh! (BREATHES HEAVILY)
-(SINGING) It's hard to say

Whoa.

(SINGING)
Don't give up never give up

We won't stop givin' all we got

Don't give up never give up

We won't stop givin' all we got

Don't give up never give up

We won't stop givin'

-All we got
-Come on!

Don't give up never give up

-We won't stop givin' all we got
-Don't look down, man.

Oh, my god.

You okay?
Come on, Stanley. You can do it.

-Okay.
-Come on.

Okay. I'm coming.

-You grab right there?
-Yeah, look. That's where I got.

Whoa!

Whoa! No, no, no, no! No.

Come on, come on, come on! Come on!

(GROANING)

(GROANS)

Oh! (PANTING)

(LAUGHS)

Whoo!

Oh!

Look at that.

Look at this, man.

-This isn't cool.
-What happened?

(GRUNTS)

-All right, hold on.
-(INHALES SHARPLY)

-ZERO: Aah!
-STANLEY IV: Is it numb or is it stinging?

ZERO: It stings, man.

STANLEY IV: Don't think about it now.
When we get to the top of the mountain,

I'm gonna get you a hot-fudge sundae,
all right?

-I promise.
-Good.

All that Sploosh is getting to me.

Maybe he found Zero.

Maybe they're both still alive.

Maybe the Easter bunny
and the tooth fairy are still alive too.

Yeah.

Maybe my Mom will stop drinking
and my dad will come home.

Man, when Caveman stole that truck...

That was awesome.

Yeah, man.

Caveman did have style.

ZERO: Give me another word.

STANLEY IV: R-o-c-k.

ZERO: R-rock?

Yep, that's right, man.
You're doing good.

(EXHALES)

-Keep practicing.
-(ZERO COUGHING)

We're almost there. Come on.

-(GAGS)
-You all right?

(VOMITS)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

-Zero!
-(GROANING)

Zero, Zero, Zero, Zero!
Got you, got you, got you!

Got you. You good?
You good? Hold on.

All right. All right.
All right, hold on.

Hold on. Let me get in front of you.
Stay right there.

Stay right there.

Okay. Here.

Slide this down. Okay. All right.

There you go.

Nice and comfy. (EXHALES)

(WEAKLY) Stanley...

I got to tell you something, man.

What? (EXHALES)

Huh?

Come on, Zero.

Zero, Zero.

(GASPS)

(SIGHS) All right. We can't sit here.

Got to keep going.

We're gonna go get the shovel,

and we're gonna fill it full of ice cream.

MADAME ZERONI: You must carry
Madame Zeroni up the mountain

and sing while I drink

so I can get strong, too.

(INSECTS BUZZING)

(GRUNTS) Damn bugs.

(GRUNTS)

(STRAINING) All right.

(FROGS CROAKING)

Wait a minute...

Wait.

If there's bugs, that must mean there's...

(WATER FLOWING)

...water.

(LAUGHS)

Hector, wake up, man!

Hector, wake up!

All right, buddy. All right.

There we go.

Wake up, Hector, huh?

(SLURPS AND GASPS)

Hector, wake up. Wake up.

(LAUGHS)

Ooh!

Oh! Oh!

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Dude, this feels so good!

(SQUEALS)
We made it!

Stanley!

Ah, ha ha!
Hector, we made it, buddy!

Whoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Cool, cool, cool!

What are you doing?

(CRUNCHES)

Here, try this.

Try this.

What is it?

It's a hot-fudge sundae. Just eat it.

-It's good, huh?
-Mmm. Yeah!

That's the sweetest onion I ever tasted.

Mmm.

(SIGHS)

(SINGING) "If only, if only,"
the woodpecker sighs,

"the bark on the tree
was as soft as the skies."

As the wolf waits below hungry and lonely

Cries to the moon, "if only, if only."

"If only, if only," the woodpecker...

(SNIFFS)

(SNIFFS)

(SNIFFS DEEPLY)

Honey...

-Would you smell the shoe?
-Oh, my god, honey.

Can't you just wait
till I'm finished eating?

I know I've asked you a million times.
Just a million and one more.

-Smell the shoe.
-(SIGHS)

(SNIFFS)

-Honey, I don't smell anything.
-What?

I don't smell anything.

Uh-huh.

Pa... What do you smell?

Nothing.

Peaches and onions.
That's the secret.

I don't smell anything.

You don't smell anything.

-I don't smell anything.
-Whoo.

-Whoo, I don't smell anything.
-Smell anything.

BOTH: (CHANTING)
We don't smell anything.

I told you I was on the brink...

-I don't smell anything.
-...of no stink.

I don't smell anything.

-I don't smell...
-I don't smell anything!

Stanley doesn't smell anything!

-I don't smell anything!
-Oh, no!

(FOOTSTEPS)

Mm-mmm.

Rise and shine on you, man.

Been farting all night. I can't sleep.

I think you overslept.

-How long have I been sleeping?
-A long time.

Stanley, I got to tell you something.

What?

It's my fault you were sent
to Camp Green Lake.

I stole the shoes.

(SIGHS) I didn't know
they were Sweetfeet's.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

I mean, a lot of people donated, um,

all their old stuff
to the homeless shelter.

And I saw the shoes and I just...

I liked them.

I didn't know they were famous.

Next thing I know,
everyone's bugging out...

"The shoes are gone. The shoes are gone.

-Where are the shoes?"
-(SIREN WAILS)

Walking down the street,
I heard the sirens coming after me.

I got scared.

(THUD)

(SIGHS)

I end up getting busted the next day,

lifting a pair of shoes from a Payless.

(CHUCKLES)

That's destiny.

(CHUCKLES)

Hey, yo, check it out.

Maybe they're coming for Caveman's body.

Jaguar. That's a nice car.

Don't even think about it, Twitch.

MORENGO: Back up!
You can't keep him from me.

-WARDEN: Excuse me...
-I'm Stanley's attorney.

-I don't care if you are his attorney.
-You have no rights, okay?

-We have a right to protect our kids!
-That's it!

Come back here with a signed court order,
and then we'll talk.

What kind of operation is this?
What kind of malarkey is this?

I'm telling you, I'm not done with him.
I'll tell you that right now!

I'm not done with you. That's right.

Excuse me!

-(CAR DOOR SLAMS)
-(CAR ENGINE TURNS OVER)

We ain't seen the last of her.
She'll be back.

(SIGHS)

And next time with a court order.

We'll just tell her the truth...

He ran away.

Right?

He ran away after he was told
he was gonna be released?

Been almost three days.
He's a goner for sure.

What are we gonna do?

You'll do as I say.

What did she say?

Not much.

What'll we do?

You'll do as I say.

-But you didn't say anything either.
-(DOOR OPENS)

Hector...

I'm glad you stole those shoes
and threw them on my head.

What?

None of this would have happened.

When I first got sent
to Camp Green Lake...

I thought I got sent there

because of my... my... my family's curse.

But we're not even at camp anymore.

You know, we're... we're on God's Thumb.

(CHUCKLES)

I just have this weird feeling...

Everything's cool.

-Yeah. Same here.
-You got the same feeling?

-Same feeling.
-It's a good one.

You know, those stars look like
a shovel to me.

Exactly.

Hector...

What's up?

I feel lucky.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

The onions have gone to your head.

What do you say we dig one more hole?

(METAL RATTLES)

(SIGHS)

BARLOW: It's so hot, Sam...

But I feel so cold.

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS)

Sam...

I can fix that.

Ah.

(FOOTSTEPS)

(GUN COCKS)

You got five seconds to tell me
where you buried your loot!

-(GUN COCKS)
-I've been waiting for you, Trout.

I ain't gonna kill you.

Go on.

Where's the loot?!

There ain't no loot.

Don't give me that.

You robbed every bank
from hell to Houston.

We saw you headin' back
with the shovel, Miss Katherine.

Linda Miller, is that you?

I've been Linda Walker
for the last 13 years.

-One...
-Aw, Linda...

You were such a good student.

You must have married him
for his money. (CHUCKLES)

-Well, it's all gone now!
-Two!

It's dried up with the lake!

Hasn't rained here
since the day they killed Sam.

Now, you better tell him what he wants!
He's a desperate man!

-Three...
-Go on. Kill me.

The lake goes on for miles.

I ain't gonna kill you.

But by the time I'm finished with you,

you gonna wish you was dead.

(CHUCKLES)

I've been wishing I was dead
for a long time.

You...

Your children, and your
children's children...

will dig for the next 100 years,

and you will never find it.

(HISSES)

-Look out!
-(GUNSHOT)

(CHUCKLES)

Come here, sweetheart.

Start digging, Trout.

(GASPS)

(MOANS SOFTLY)

(LAUGHS)

-(BREATHES RAPIDLY)
-(GASPS)

Come on!

Ready?

You see right there?

-That's it?
-Yeah.

Book!

-Is this the hole?
-Yeah, this is it.

-Are you sure?
-Yeah, I'm positive.

It's gonna take too long, man.
I got to go find another shovel.

-All right. Be careful, though.
-All right.

DR. PENDANSKI: Of course, she's gonna
make you pay for it...

It's your truck. Now you're accusing
me of doing something!

You think I did this to my own truck?

You left the keys inside
of a truck in front of a...

This is a juvenile work camp
with juvenile delinquents.

MR. SIR: Don't get me heated because I...
Don't insult me!

DR. PENDANSKI:
A truck with a tank full of gas?

MR. SIR: I said, "get me a wrench."
Did I say, "get me a wrench"?

DR. PENDANSKI:
All right, fine, I'll get you a wrench.

Get me a wrench! You dumb...
Read my lips! Get me a wrench!

I'm gettin' it,
you sideburned Neanderthal!

I ain't here to be a mechanic!

-(THUD)
-Aah! Don't you throw nothing at me!

Whoa!

Man, you really been working.
Yeah. (EXHALES)

-Coming down.
-Go.

-(GRUNTS)
-How's it going?

Who knows? I could be digging up diamonds
and not see 'em.

I don't think Kissin' Kate Barlow
would have buried her treasure this deep.

Come on.
We got to make it wider.

How do we know one of her gang

didn't already come back
and dig up the treasure, man?

We don't.

(THUD)

Did you hear that?

(THUD)

What's this?

(THUDDING)

Watch out, watch out.

STANLEY IV: Hoo Hoo! We found it!

-(LAUGHS)
-ZERO: Come on, come on, come on!

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING AND STRAINING)

This is it!

-What did I say?! What did I say?!
-Oh, man!

Thank you, boys.
You've been a big help.

-(SIGHS)
-MR. SIR: Oh, jeez!

-(GASPS)
-Get back!

-WARDEN: Oh, my god.
-(SCREAMS)

O-o-oh ho. Ho ho.

-Don't move.
-(LIZARDS HISSING)

Well, get in there, and pull it out.

You get in there.

Fine. I'll just wait.

Won't take long.

No, it won't take long.

Oh, my goodness!

(WHIMPERS)

MR. SIR: Yeah, check it out.
Oh, my god.

Oh!

-MR. SIR: Here we go.
-DR. PENDANSKI: Hey, Stanley, guess what?

You're innocent.

Your lawyer came by yesterday to get you.

Too bad you weren't there.

ZERO: Don't listen to him, Stanley.

Least now we'll have a body to give her.

-(WHIMPERS)
-What about Zero?

(HISSES)

Zero was never here.

We got lots of holes to choose from.

Do you know how long
I've been waiting for this?

My granddaddy owned the whole lake,

then it dried up.

He drove himself crazy out here
digging holes.

Made me dig, too...

Even on Christmas.

(DIGGING)

GRANDPA: All Righty. Today's the day.

I'm tired of this, grandpa.

That's too damn bad!

You keep digging!

GIRL: Well, excuse me.

You'll thank me one day.

(INHALES AND CLEARS THROAT SHARPLY)

(HISSING)

Maybe we should just shoot them.

The lizards or the kids?

You don't want to shoot
any of those lizards.

They'll start leaping all over the place.

WARDEN: I just want to know
why they haven't been bitten yet.

MR. SIR: Oh, crap.

WARDEN: Oh, for Pete's sake.
That can't be her already.

Well, it ain't the girl scouts
selling cookies.

All right, keep holding the boys
in the mess hall.

Tell them not to talk to anyone.

As long as they keep their mouths shut,
they won't have to dig any more holes.

But if they talk...
they'll be severely punished.

What should I tell them
we're gonna do to 'em if they do talk?

Use your imagination.

Go on!

Ugh!

(STIFLING LAUGHTER)

(CHUCKLES)

MR. SIR: I just don't get it.

Nothing makes sense anymore around here.

-Stanley...
-What?

Is your last name your
first name spelled backwards?

Yeah.

We wanted to call, but the phone lines
go down out here sometimes.

-Well, you could have tried harder.
-Watch your step here.

-You can always reach me.
-We did. We called several times.

Don't go no further! It's danger!

-Where's Stanley?
-WARDEN: I'll tell you.

He broke into my cabin about an hour ago.

I woke up and saw him running out
with my trunk.

They ran out here.

I don't know what the hell
they were thinking!

DR. PENDANSKI:
I witnessed it myself, counselor.

Don't go too close!

(GASPS) Oh, my god!

EARL: Don't move.

-How long have they been down there?
-Have you tried to get them out?

Well, just what do you suggest, counselor?

Well, this wouldn't have happened
if you had released him to me yesterday.

Excuse me. This wouldn't have
happened if he wasn't a thief.

What?

-A thief?
-That's right.

-EARL: Oh, back up. Those things'll bite.
-Oh! (GASPS)

That's a lie!

ZERO: Stanley didn't steal anything!

WARDEN: Thank god.

-Thank god, you're okay!
-What are you doing?

It's Stanley's.
What are you doing? Let go!

Now, listen, you've been
caught red-handed.

I could send Stanley right back to prison
if I pressed charges.

However, in view of all the circumstances,
I think I'll just take...

It has his name on it!

WARDEN: What?

-No, it doesn't!
-Let go!

-Oh, my god.
-You see?

"Stanley Yelnats."

He... he can't read.

That's not possible.

(LAUGHS)

MORENGO: Stanley, I'm taking you home.
Let's go.

Come on, Zero. We're getting out of here.

-What did you do?
-Come on.

MORENGO: Get your hands back.
Come on, get your hands off.

No, I have to look inside.
Get your hands off. Listen... don't.

This is mine, it was on my property,

-and you are a thief!
-It is not yours!

-My granddaddy...
-It has absolutely nothing to do...

-This is un-American.
-Stanley, come on.

Put your things in the trunk.
Your parents are waiting. Let's go.

I can't leave without Hector.

I'll be okay.

Stanley, there is nothing that
I can do for your friend.

Don't worry...

We'll take good care of Hector.

I'm not leaving here without him.

Earl...

Would you please get me Hector's file?

Most certainly, Carla. Ms. Walker...

Well?

Get me the file of Hector Zeroni.

Well, just do it.

They're alive!

What are you gonna say?
Think of something.

-Caveman!
-Hey, Zero!

What's up, Zero?

What's up? What's up, man?

I can't believe you guys made it.

Oh, man! We thought you were buzzard food.

No, I'm not.
I'm going home.

-Going home?
-Man, you stink, dude.

What you been eating, man?

BOY: You smell like onions!

(INDISTINCT TALKING AND LAUGHTER)

BOY: Whoo! Well, uh...

There seems to be no file of...

-Hector Zeroni.
-WARDEN: What?

Is that so?

What kind of a camp you running here?

A nice one.

If the state would give us some money,

then we'd have some decent filing.

I am ordering an investigation
of this facility.

Hey, lady, you got a pen
and paper I could borrow?

No, I don't.
But it looks like he does.

Yeah. You got a pen?

Yeah. Here.

Here's a pencil.

You got paper?

Um...

Here.

MORENGO: (SIGHS)
Here you go.

-Thanks.
-MORENGO: You're welcome.

Hey, call my Mom.

What?

-Tell her I said I was sorry.
-(PAPER RIPS)

Tell her,
"Theodore said he was sorry."

-I will, man.
-Thanks, man.

I will. I definitely will.

Marion Sevillo.

Oh, crap.

It's been a long time
since el Paso, Marion.

(LAUGHTER)

You're in violation of your parole,
carrying this weapon.

I had no knowledge of that.

Oh, yeah, just like you didn't know
Pendanski wasn't no doctor neither.

(LAUGHTER)

What?

Sit down, Marion.
You're under arrest again.

Marion? Tell ya, I didn't know
that was a man's name.

(LAUGHTER)

It ain't.

BOYS: Ooh!

-Okay...
-(BEEPS)

This facility is now
under our jurisdiction.

-What?
-Boys...

Put these three bozos right over there,

let them see the other side
of the criminal justice system.

-Excuse me?
-(CHEERING)

Don't push me! I'm a lady!

Come on, Hector.
You're coming with us. Let's go.

Come on, boss.

(THUNDER CRASHES)

What's that?

Oh!

Oh!

It's rain!

Ahh!

(CHEERING)

Whoo!

Hector!

Stanley!

Come on!

You be careful out there
in the real world, a'ight?

-All right, boss.
-Everyone's not as friendly as us.

Hold on for me.

We'll miss you, man!

All right, guys. Be good!

-Keep your head up!
-We'll miss you!

All right! Stanley...

Stanley, won't you just open it?

Just let me see what's inside it, please.

Excuse me?

-EARL: Have a seat over here.
-"D" tent!

-See you again!
-I'll see you!

"D" tent!

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up that right,
anything you say can,

and will, be used against you
in a court of law.

You have the right to be
represented by an attorney.

If you cannot afford one, the court...

Okay, one more thing,
no matter what is in this box...

-Mm-hmm.
-We are still family.

-We are the Yelnats.
-Okay.

We know.

-One...
-Cross your fingers.

-Two...
-Two...

-Three.
-Oh, my god, honey, you've still got it.

You are so strong.

STANLEY II: Oh, my god!

-Yeah? (LAUGHS)
-Oh, mama.

Oh, boy.

Oh, my goodness.

Let me see that.

-Sure.
-Look at this.

Okay, guys, hold on. Hold on.

Before we do anything,
I think that it's only fair

that half of whatever is in this box
goes to my best friend, Hector Zeroni.

Aw...You want to go halfsies? Well...

Did you say "Zeroni"?

Sure did.

Ha! (LAUGHS)

(SMOOCHES)

MOM: Oh, my god!
Is that really worth $25,000?

Hold on. Check the date, though.

AT&T.

1905.

What's it worth, honey?

It's worth a lot more now.

-Millions.
-Millions?

-Millions.
-STANLEY II: Millions.

-One for us...
-One for Mr. Zeroni.

-(LAUGHS)
-One for us...

One for Mr. Zeroni.

Boys.

Do good, bro.

Right this way, ma'am.

Thank you.

(CHUCKLES)

(SNIFFLING)

WOMAN: I love you.
I love you.

STANLEY IV:
So, Hector was able to hire

his own team
of private investigators.

Turns out his Mom had been
looking for him, too.

I love you.

(SNIFFLES)

And that's how
the great-great grandson

of Elya Yelnats

and the great-great-great-grandson
of Madame Zeroni

became next-door neighbors.

Camp Green Lake was closed

and the boys released for time served

and sent to real counselors.

They say Camp Green Lake
will be reopened soon

as a girls' camp.

At least they won't have to worry about
lizards anymore.

Just as long as the girls eat
lots of onions.

Come on, everybody! Out of the pool!

It's showtime! Book it out!

Come on, boys! Hurry! Hurry! It's on!

It's on!

Come on!

MOM: Sit down, sit down. Oh, good.

To my fans, I'm known as Sweetfeet...

But to my wife, I was known as...

Stinkyfeet.
None of his teammates ever wanted to sit

-next to him in the dugout.
-(LAUGHTER)

But that's all over now,
thanks to Sploosh.

Sploosh.

I just spray a little on each foot
every morning...

And now he really does have sweet feet.

ANNOUNCER: Sploosh! Now available
in the Sweetfeet collectible decanter.

A product of K.B. Industries.

Plus, I like the tingle.

(CHEERING)

(SINGING) The world we know
was built on skills

But that alone don't count

STANLEY IV: I guess you have
to fill the rest of the holes yourself.

(SINGING) Without the sweat
and toil of mine

Wouldn't be worth a dime

You got to live and give

Share and care

Really put some love in the air

When your neighbor's down
got to pick him up

Nobody can live in despair

Everybody let's sing, sing, sing

Let freedom ring

Everybody let's sing, sing, sing

Everybody, let's...

Let's all pitch in do our thing

Make a better world to live in

Everybody let's sing, sing, sing

Let freedom ring

Everybody let's sing, sing, sing

Everybody, let's...

Let's all pitch in do our thing

Make a better world to live in

(SINGING)

BOY 1:"D" tent.

Oh, that's what we're doing,
we're singing.

(SINGING) Oh

BOY 2: Y'all don't know nothing
about this. Watch me. Watch me.

Come on. Come on.

Prove yourself.

(SINGING)
Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

Two suits
two tokens in hand

I got no respect
'cause I'm the new man

Got my shovel,
shoes full of sand

Check out the tag
the name is "Caveman," Unh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Take a bad boy
make him dig five feet

The dirt in these shovels
will give us a beat

Okay, you gotta find something
never found before

If not, we'll just have to dig some more

Na-na na-na na-na-na-na

Na-na na-na na-na-na-na

Na-na na-na na-na-na-na

Na-na na-na

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

-You got to go and dig those holes
-Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

-You got to go and dig those holes
-Dig it, oh-oh oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, yeah

Your eyes may blister
Your muscles, they sore

You want a break
knock on the Warden's door

Uh-huh

Uh-huh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

A-r-m-p-i to the "t"

What is that you're smelling?
Dawg, that's me

I don't take showers
and I don't brush my teeth

That's all I do is dig holes,
eat, and sleep

There is no late there is no shade

There is no place to hide

So just sit and wait to fry

You got to go and dig those holes

Na-na na-na na-na-na-na

Na-na na-na

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

Oh

-Wake up in the morning before the sun
-Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Keep digging that hole
till the day is done

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

-Wake up in the morning before the sun
-Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Keep digging that hole
till the day is done

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

-You got to go and dig those holes
-Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

-You got to go and dig those holes
-Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh, dig it

Dig it, oh-oh-oh

(SINGING)
The old man's been stealing

She's holding a grievance
for a hundred-odd years

We all keep believing

That history repeats itself
year after year

All I fear is that the future is worse

We have to give in
to a hundred-year curse

Sweat in the sun
like we're digging a grave

Dig deep enough
and our fortune we'll save

"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs

"The bark on the trees was
as soft as the skies"

As the wolf waits below
hungry and lonely

He cries to the moon, "If only, if only"

Chasing the skirt of a beautiful wife

You'll make mistakes
and it's my back that breaks

And forever my past steals my life

To submission I'm beat

But there's hope beneath these feet

Blisters and blood
and the sun makes you blind

You don't let it eat you
can't help but be kind

'cause you know what's important

With your back to the wall

You can break metal chains

You and your friends won't let you fall

"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs

"The bark on the trees
was as soft as the skies"

As the wolf waits below
hungry and lonely

He cries to the moon, "if only, if only"

(IMITATING MADAME ZERONI)
But if you forget to

come back for Madame Zeroni,

you and your family will be cursed

for always and eternity.