J.C. (1972) - full transcript
Jesus Christ is born again on Earth. But his father is a hardcore Southern Baptist, and during his teen years, Jesus rebels, joining a biker gang and leading an LSD-fueled pilgrimage to "the West" to fight "the establishment."
> Like the calm of the morning
> I'm always there, I don't know why
> like the sun up high
> I'm always there, I don't know why
> I'm just a man
> who don't know where he's goin'
> I wonder if I'll ever find my way
> I'm just a man
> who don't know where he's goin'
> I wonder if I'll ever find my way
> like the dark at the end
> I'm always there, I don't know why
> like the sun up high
> I'm always there, I don't know why
> I'm just a man
> who don't know where he's goin'
> I wonder if I'll ever find my way
Hey baby, you home?
J.C., what are you doing home?
I thought you were
helping David build houses.
Oh shit, baby, I couldn't handle it.
I let you down, I'm sorry,
but I couldn't handle it.
What happened, sweetheart?
Don't touch me right now, Kim.
What happened, sweetheart?
I'll be okay in a little while.
I don't wanna talk about it.
I'm sorry, baby. What's the matter?
You look paranoid.
I don't wanna talk about it, baby.
I don't wanna talk about it.
I'll make you feel better.
Let's take off these dirty boots.
Get off those dirty clothes.
Hey, I wanna show you something!
Look, our babies, they're growing!
Yeah. You did a good job with these.
It's big! It's gonna be a big boy.
I love them.
Like his daddy.
It's a girl.
Whatever you say.
Are you okay, J.C.?
Yeah.
This redneck bugged me
today. I couldn't handle it.
Jesus Christ! You're no damn carpenter!
Can't saw, can't mix cement,
you can't even drive nails!
What the hell can you do?
Peace, man. Look, don't get uptight.
Everything's gonna be groovy.
Groovy's ass.
You don't even know how to talk right.
You look like a broad sittin'
there with long stringy hair.
Yes sir, you're right.
You know, I wish I could be more like you.
It was just a bad scene.
Me and David smoked.
I knew you had a secret, man.
I knew you had a way to make
it on this lousy job every day.
Ain't no other way.
I'm hip, let's smoke.
Those crackers don't know what smoking is?
Right, let's make it a good one.
Light my fire.
Let me do it, man.
Look at that.
It ain't much, but it's comin' through.
Make sure that keeps goin'.
Hi!
You be high.
You should have seen that cracker.
I just was nailing these nailing
and I just walked off.
Oh man, man. You gave
him the time, didn't you?
Very good stuff! Where'd you get it?
I got it at a store.
I got it at a smoke store.
There goes a whistler.
There goes the whistle, man.
No man, it's the whistle.
It's the whistle man. - Whistle man.
No man it's, whistle, whistle.
Man. - Right.
The whistle man.
Hey, what the hell is going on around here?
Waiting on Christmas or something?
You can't hear that whistle
blow? This ain't no damn picnic.
- Yeah man, it's a picnic.
- The grass is fine.
Come on, jc. We gotta get back to work.
Either get to work or
get the hell out of here.
It don't make a damn to me.
Yeah, well, we on our
way right now, mister.
Come on, jc. Come on, jc!
Come on, man! Come on!
Come on, man!
Not me, man! I done have me the vision!
Saw that giant winkin' eye
told me to put it down, man.
I'm gonna get outta here, I'ma quitin'.
Come on, J.C. - I'll see you cats later.
Adios, motherfuckers!
Yeah, I let you down. I know.
You worry about things too much, jc.
You know I'm gonna take care of you.
God damn it, Kim,
that's part of the trouble.
I don't always want you to take care of me.
But I love you, jc. I love you.
I really love your beard,
little David. I dig it!
Yeah, you're something.
No, I really like it, honest.
Yeah, yeah, I know, I know,
but the guys at the
construction site, they didn't dig it.
You know, they told me I could sky up.
But that's after jc blew their minds so.
What happened? He
wouldn't talk about it very much.
> Ba, ba ba ba, ba ba ba, ba ba ba
> ba, ba ba ba, ba ba ba, ba ba ba
> sit down beside me and be my friend
> we can talk about the weather
> and how the day will end
> I beg you to believe when
I say the worlds has gone
> and that no one else is left to lean upon
> it's the fault of every man
> oh, can't you understand
Man, I don't know what we're gonna do.
I've only got one more check coming.
Yeah, but you can't sweat it, you know?
J.C.has gotta find something he want
to get down on, you know?
Yeah, but I don't know.
He's so uptight that it really scares me.
> And maybe someday we'll all run away
> trying to lose what
we tried so hard to win
> ba, ba ba ba, ba ba ba
I try, but you know when you love somebody
that's not very easy, I don't think.
I know. What's his sign?
What's his sign?
> Pretty colored rainbow just
Look, I've tried four or five places,
but they always say I'm overqualified.
Oh, really? - That's right.
> Ba, ba ba ba...
In late news headlines,
six youths have been
arrested for violations
of drug laws and an explosion and fire
at a chemical warehouse has resulted
in at least five deaths.
Those are news headlines,
Bob carr reporting.
Man, I don't know why I got laid off.
Let me see here.
There's a barnett lawn
care, cutting, cutting grass.
Cut, are you outta your
mind? Me cutting grass?
I cut my own grass. Oh, wait.
On second thought, I might
do good moving some grass.
You know that?
Yeah, that might be really good.
Well, there's nothing
wrong with cutting grass.
No, I meant... you said, mowing grass?
Moving grass, daddy.
I'd make a good mover
of some grass, you know?
I might really be able to get
down on moving some grass.
Sign me up for that, yeah!
> Walking down to see my Jesus
> walking on down to see my lord
> walking on down to hold his hand in mine
> and hear him say
> love
> love
> love
> is the way
> come on and walk on down to see my Jesus
> walk on down to see my lord
> walk on down and hold his hand in yours
> and hear him say
> love
I don't know about the rest of them.
Okey doke.
Well, let's see.
How'd you get down here?
I hooved it. Hey, David,
would you chauffer me home?
Well, I sure will.
I don't have a helmet.
We'll take the side streets.
Yeah, I hope you know some good ones.
I know all of 'em, baby.
> Love
> oh, love
> ooh, love
> oh, don't you know I'm
talking about that love
Be careful, you'll get too much.
It's not that bad. I have the green.
Get a good stomach.
Hey, you sure you don't wanna come in here?
No, I gotta pick up neffie.
She's down at the regency
right now waitin' on me.
Hmm, okay. I sure do thank you, David.
It's nothing, peace.
Peace.
Hey, why don't you and
neffie come on over later?
Okay, that'd be a groove.
All right, okay. See ya.
Tell jc to keep cool.
Come on, cheer up!
Come on, you've got to
come right out of this right now.
J.C., come on now.
J.C., what are you doing in here like this?
What's the matter, baby?
Don't you feel all right?
What's the matter, baby? I love you, jc.
Come on! That's my baby.
There, that's better!
I love you, jc.
Why do you get into things like this?
I love you jc. Jc, you know I do.
I never started living until I met you.
And you laying here like
this, it really bothers me
'cause I don't know what to do for you
and I want to help you so
much and make you happy.
Can't you talk about it? Please talk to me.
Things aren't so bad.
Honestly, they're not, jc.
You'll see, I'm going to love you
so much nothing can ever hurt us.
We'll be together always, honest.
Nothing bad is going to happen.
Just let me kiss you
please. It's okay, honest.
Just when you get on these downers
like this that's what's wrong.
If you love me, jc,
everything will be fine.
We can do anything
together, you and I, anything.
I know one thing, J.C.
I didn't start iivin' 'til I
met you and I mean it.
I love you so much.
Sometimes I love you so much it scares me.
We gotta get outta here, baby.
Right now?
We gotta get outta here, baby.
Okay, we'll go. Please, baby?
Come on. I'm gonna make you so healthy.
Jc, I love you!
Make love to me!
You're never gonna wanna
be anything else but J.C.
> Hey, mister can you
tell me where I'm goin' to
> I'm always hopin' that
friends would see me through
> they're just like yesterday,
won't be here when you come
> don't try to find a way again
> don't try to understand
> they're always wishin'
and hopin' that love is awake
> and if I don't go on
> Hey, mister can you
tell me where I'm goin' to
> I'm always hopin' that
friends would see me through
> they're just like yesterday,
won't be here when you come
> don't try to find a way again
> don't try to understand
> they're always wishin'
and hopin' that love is awake
> and if I don't go on
Yee-haw!
Yeah! - Break out the wine!
Hey, how's it going? - Hey, my man!
Yee-haw! - Whoa!
Put it over here where it goes!
> Why is pot like motherhood
and motherhood like pot
> it's not exactly who you think you are
> but who you think you're not
> who you think you're not
> Well, why is pot like
motherhood, motherhood like pot
> it's not who you, yeah, think you are
> but who you think you're not
Hey, welcome, boy!
Hey, big dad.
Hey, man. I want you to
tell me about the thing, man.
You know, I want you
to tell me about the thing.
Hey, man, tell little David about
that giant winkin' eye you got there.
You see in the trees?
Hey, giant winkin' eye! Don't
you bring no magic in here!
Come on, David!
No!
- David, will you come on!
- I'm better than that!
Come on, David!
Hey, drown us in that
flood, man! Blast me to hell!
Blast us all to hell!
Come on, man.
Yeah, drown us in that flood, man!
Drown us all! Blast us, burn us!
Come on.
You hear?
Hey! Hey, man!
David, are you making fun of me, man?
David, hey, you think I don't
see that thing up there man?
You think I don't see that
giant winking eye up the sky?
It came on me, man. It
came on me like a vision.
He's there, David! He's there,
cool as a dead whore, man.
I'm telling you, David. He's there.
You got to believe me, man.
I'm going to tell you about him.
I'm going to tell you about
that giant winkin' eye up there
and you listen to me, man.
I'm gonna tell you, David! He's there!
He's there, man!
Jc, come back!
- Hey, listen, man, listen!
- Listen, he's up there!
Hey, giant winkin' eye up in the sky!
Hey, you're there, man! He's there!
He's up there! Cool as a dead whore, man!
He's there! I saw him!
He came on me like a vision!
Listen, everybody
'cause I'm going to tell you
about that giant winkin' eye!
Now listen! Listen to what I have to say!
You hear me? Listen!
And the world is small, right?
Right. - Right.
But we ain't seen it all
and we ain't got long to live, man.
Right. - Right.
Okay, man.
You'll follow me because
you've learned what you are.
Yeah, man!
What it is to be free, man!
Just simple, like, to be!
And you know where I get
it? You know where I get it?
Out there in that flower bed of sweetness!
Listen to that, man.
I see the eye and I tell it to you
and you're going to follow me.
- Listen, listen.
- I don't understand that.
It tells me where to go.
It tells me when we've
had enough of this place.
We're going to have to move on.
It tells me we got to spread love.
Tell us what to do, jc.
We got to preach peace,
man because the eye tells me.
We've got to stop the wars.
We got to feed the hungry.
It tells me to walk away
from all those faceless pigs
who spit before and after us
and call us hippies and yippies and shit!
Right! - Yeah, man!
Ain't that hell now?
Well, we're all god's children.
Listen, red and yellow and black and white
and we got black people with us.
Ain't none of those other groups
got no black people with them.
I got black brothers because I see the eye!
Let's go now! -And I hear it!
- And I tell it to you.
- Yeah, it had me a vision.
It tells me we're going to split from here.
We about to make a run.
Okay.
And there are those
of you going to go with it.
I'm with you. It's the only way, man.
There are those of you-
- we got to go!
It's the eye of god, jc.
Go west!
God sent you here to lead us.
Come here, baby.
Oh, mister c, will you
just look after him, please?
Baby, I'll take care of you and jc always.
And we're going to
be free! Yeah, let's go!
Yeah, free! - Let's go, man!
Let's go! Who's gonna go with me?
- I'm with you, man.
- Who's gonna go with J.C.?
Right behind ya. - Let's go!
J.C., I'm with ya! - Let's go!
I wanna go with ya, man! - Let's go!
Let's go!
I'm ready, I'm ready! Let's go!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Let's go, go, go, go, go!
Yeah! - Let's do it!
Come on! - Let's go!
Let's go! - J.C.!
Yeah! - Let's go!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Let's go, J.C.! Let's go! - Let's go!
> No food in my stomach
> no money to spend
> but the wind's in my face
> and I'm a free man again
About a mile down the road there,
there's this little town called Mason.
Mason, Alabama; It's in norcross county.
I'd say the population's about 2,790.
Same today as it was yesterday.
Same yesterday as it was a year ago
and the year before that.
I never told you this before
but that's where I spent 17,
almost 18 years of my life.
I hated it.
Slopping through the back
doors and going to revival?
Man, that place is something else.
You just say "damn" down there
and they slap you on your ass!
That town bugs me, man!
Hey man, you from an Alabama town?
Small hick town, southern fried chicken
and overalls and everything?
Hush up! - Hey, people!
People! - Hey, hey, hey!
You're on sacred ground
here! This is J.C.'S hometown.
He was born and raised.
Oh, it's got pickup
trucks, gun racks, overalls.
Hey, cut it out! - Gotta order grits-
- before they let you in this place!
Shut up, hunter, man!
Shut up! What do you mean, man?
You're ashamed your town
or is that a shame to you?
Come on, man.
I mean it, man.
Goddamn it! I said shut up!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Man, I got that place
buried down in my guts!
Man, I lived it, not you!
Look, this may be hick town to you.
All of ya, but I had to
chew it up and stomach it
for 18 goddamn years,
man, before I got the hell out!
Just cool it, all right? It's
your goddamn hometown.
As long as you split,
all right? We're friends.
I love you. Just, no more.
- You remember that, hunter?
- You remember that, man?
It's been 10 years since
I've been to this place.
Man, I got a gut full of this place.
Man, I said I was never coming back here
but I got a sister down there
and we're going to go in and see her.
They're going to know
jc masters is back, man.
I'm going in and see her and I want them
to know we came in peace
but when we get ready to leave,
I want them to know jc
maters had been there, man.
I want them to know we came.
It's okay, baby.
We gonna go in and they're
going to know I'm here, man.
J.C.masters is back home,
man. They gonna know it.
I'm with ya, baby! I'm with ya!
- They gonna know it.
- Hunter, you hear me, man?
We'll go back. We'll
go in and they're gonna know.
- They're gonna know.
- That my man has returned.
They're gonna know it, man!
They're gonna know I'm back.
> Ridin' down, ridin' down
> hey, lock up your women
> hide you beer, yeah
> on Thursday we're on up to hell
> on up to hell
> well, free will and mothers
> that way don't give a damn
> and we'll follow big
poppa onto his hometown
> his hometown
- No wonder your mouth hurts!
- You got a bad tooth, darling.
I don't wanna go to the dentist, ma!
Well, I know you don't but you got to.
Why can't daddy fix it?
Darling, if daddy was to have the mind to,
he wouldn't take the time.
Well, I don't want to go to the dentist.
Sit down here. Let me tell you something.
Did you know that anything
that makes you a lot
better, real fast, hurts.
Nope.
Yeah.
Is that true, ma?
It's true.
Ben, Ben! You gotta see
what I came here to tell you.
Bunch of motor-motorcycles and guys
with beards and pretty girls on back.
Y'all come to see it.
Charles, you know better than that!
There's no motorcycle
gang coming through Mason!
I don't know,
but they're here, Ms. Wages.
Let's go, Ben!
Now listen, child!
Y'all stay away from those
chil, that gang! Do you hear me?
Yes, mom!
Do you understand me?
> I'm movin' on
> movin' on to nowhere now
> a vision of my life is
standing here before me now
> in my mind
> I feel to them as they feel to me
> I wish they all would set me free
> do you have a passport
> do you have a diploma
> do you have a memory or two
> Come on like a lie
> we will be our destiny
> we don't care or try to understand
> the way for man to be man
> it's just a thing to talk about
> just a thing I'll never see
> do you have your passport
> do you have a diploma
> do you have a memory or two
Cut it out! Cut it out!
Okay, shut them down.
Hey, you leaving
Mr. Nabors? Hey, Mr. Nabors.
I wouldn't want you to
leave without meeting some
of my putt ridin' friends here.
We just rode in to see ya!
Hey folks, this is Mr. Dj. Nabors!
He's the leading dealer
in pork and beans here in north Alabama!
He's out of sight, man! Hey, Mr. Nabors!
Can you tell me where Carlton wages
and his wife live these days?
You know Carlton wages, don't ya?
Don't reckon I know you, young feller!
No!
Not unless...
Wait a minute! You J.C. Masters?
Yes, that's who you'd be,
asking for Carlton wages!
Carlton married your sister, didn't he?
How about that, Mr. Clean! He remembers!
Yeah, old man like that can remember, man.
Hey mister, where's the bathroom?
Oh, they might have a
outhouse around here. I don't know.
Tell you, Mr. Apron string,
where's all the old town rah-rah.
The spirit, you know?
Brass band, key to the city
house of ill repute? Yeah, man.
What kind of jungle are you
apes swinging in around here?
You leave him alone! Me Jane, you Tarzan!
Jane swing with Tarzan, woo!
Now, you wait one minute. All of you!
Hey, cool it, Mr. Nabors, man! Cool it!
These are friends of mine!
They're all friends of mine!
We ride together! They're
a beautiful people, man!
Yeah, man!
The only difference between
us is you have chicken dinner
on Sunday and we eat sardines, big man!
See this machine. This is my hog!
Something you slop, baby! And I love it!
Suey! - My machine!
Suey, suey!
Damn you, J.C. Masters!
Everybody know'd you'd go to hell
when you left town the way you did!
And you have gone to hell!
Every damn one of you
ought to be thrown in jail!
Riding in here, like your own the place!
Even got niggers with ya! You damn fool!
You can get killed over that!
I beg your pardon, Mr. Nabors,
but haven't you ever heard
of the civil rights here in Alabama?
Neffie, come here!
This isn't a nigger!
This is a black woman!
And you'll find the definition very clear
in "Webster's unabridged dictionary",
pronounced negro,
member of black afro race,
black pigmentation of the skin,
very fine black kinky hair,
and her man is a black man!
They aren't niggers!
Yeah, man.
The only difference between you and them,
they don't have to get a suntan.
Big man!
Tell you what? We're playing a little game.
We're playing follow the leader.
We're falling my big daddy, J.C. Masters!
Yeah, all we want to
know is where his sister is.
If you'll tell us that,
we'll bug this place.
The old carswell place.
Where? Speak up, old man!
Talk a little louder!
The old carswell place.
- Goddamn beautiful!
- Now we can get outta here.
- Thank you, Mr. Nabors!
- You're a scholar and a gentleman!
All right, let's
go, guys. Start 'em up.
Yeah!
- Mom, mom, mom!
- Motorcycles coming down here!
Who?
Uncle J.C. And the motorcycles riders.
He is not!
It's true!
Mr. Nabors, down at the
store and a bunch of men,
they said it was uncle J.C.!
With the motorcycles?
Yes, ma'am!
That is not true!
You what... it is!
He hasn't been here in ages
and don't you dare say
that in front of your daddy!
It is! They're coming down the road!
Really, they're coming down the road!
Miriam?
Red rover, red rover,
send Miriam right over!
J.C.! Oh, my gracious!
You look so different!
Yeah. I guess I look a
little grubby, but it's me.
Oh my goodness!
Hey, you think your old man would mind
if I give you another hug?
Who cares!
Oh, my own little sister!
And you're home.
> Love ain't dead
> love ain't dyin'
> love just needs a little tryin'
Why don't you get cute
on your own damn time?
Okay, cool it! These are my friends, sis.
Group of beautiful people I
met in big a and all around.
I guess y'all don't know 'em. Let's see.
All right, the one over there riding
with me is Kim, Ms. Cool.
Back in the back with a guitar,
that's dick, "the disciple".
Up this way it's little David right there.
That's little neffie with him.
Right there, see that
man with the bald head?
That's Mr. Clean!
Girl ridin' with him name is
Mary, but we call her my bird.
And over here, there's Harriet "the hare"
we call her that for a couple of reasons.
And there's beaver bud with
her. He's a handsome mother!
Behind him is happy Von wheelie.
And there's Beverly bell-bottoms.
We call her Panama red.
And the man sleeping
on his bike back there,
that's, uh, that's the hunter
and girl with him is Shirley "the Saint".
And I don't know who
those two boys there are.
Well that's my son, Ben
and his little friend, Charles.
Well, I guess these names sound
a little strange to you, made up names.
But I remember when we were young,
we had some made up names.
What was it we used to call you?
Uh, dawn star?
Dawn star! That's right.
First star that dawns.
Yeah. - That was silly.
- No, no, it's not silly.
- Hey, look us.
Man, we're not children, but
we still got made up names.
Just because it's a little different
and we dig it, that's all.
What do they call you, J.C.?
That's big poppa, ma'am.
That's J.C., "big poppa" from alabam-bam.
They're jokes. Don't worry about it.
Nothing to worry about.
J.C.? - Huh?
You all gonna stay very long?
I don't know if we're going to stay at all.
That's what I was going
to talk to you about.
Ugly bunch of people out there, innit?
You really changed.
Yeah. Well, you haven't changed too much.
Well, I have. Mason hasn't change though.
Mason won't ever change. - And I just-
- you know that.
What I really want to know
is it okay if my people and I,
you know, just kinda stop and sack out
under your garage, maybe,
for one day or something?
Sure. Of course you can.
The girls can stay in
the, in the, in the parlor
and part in the bedroom and,
well, you could even, what?
Miriam, these are grown people and bikers!
Bickers that ride together,
sleep together, you know?
Okay, well that's fine, J.C.
Okay, I mean, you know. I
don't want to offend anybody.
I'm not, that's not what I'm worried about.
I'm worried about you.
You and Carlton never got along at all!
We ain't worried about Carlton.
I mean, you know, I
just don't want my sister
to throw me out, you know?
I wouldn't throw you out, J.C.!
Daddy left you enough to enough money
to buy this place, didn't he?
Sure, I just was worried about you
'cause you got that
colored boy and everything.
Well.
Carlton's hard to get
along with. He's a mess.
Well, we ain't worried about Carlton.
If, you know, if you don't mind us stayin'
then we'll, we'll stay.
That's fine.
Is it? Okay, we'll handle Carlton, okay?
Yeah.
If Carlton don't like what we do,
then he can go down to his service station
and he can curl up
with a tire or something.
All right.
All right. - Fine.
Okay, settled.
Something still just a
little bit scary about a man.
- Yeah, J.C. Masters.
- Yeah, I remember him.
He was a good athlete!
He was a quiet sort of fellow!
And he always seemed to
be disturbed about something.
In army we'd have called him a psychopath
or something like that.
Ooh, I can't believe he's
coming to this though.
Mm-mm, I suppose, the way
old man died had something
to do with it.
Anyway, he oughta have
his damned head examined
for bringing in a
motorcycle gang like this.
I knew a lot about them
kind. Read a lot about them.
I knew some guys in
Vietnam who claimed they rode
with them in California.
Didn't believe them one week
to hell, but they were devils.
Now, I wouldn't trust any of
them behind you with a gun.
It's that nigger boy that's a bothering me!
Guess you know what
a hot head on Carlton is?
Why he's liable to blow
that boy's damn fool head off
with that old 12-Gauge of his.
I guess maybe we ought
to ride on him out there
and warn that bunch to stay
out of trouble and out of town.
Maybe we can encourage him to ride
light out of there before they get settled.
Case you know, we'd
have every goddamn paper
in the country on our necks if we had
to run them out of town
or throw them in jail.
Freakin' papers!
Guy can't do nothing decent no more
without having them on your neck!
Well, knowin' J.C., even
played on the same team with him,
I guess I oughta handle it, huh?
Seems like I remember the two
of you tangling asses
when you was in high school.
Well?
If I remember right, why
he kicked the living shit outta
of you and you was a couple
of years older than he was.
Well, that was a long time ago.
I've learned a little bit since then.
Yeah, you fight the cong and you learn.
Yeah, I know.
I know all about you
being a big karate expert,
but I know that boy, too,
and his daddy before him.
No, I think maybe I better
ride on out there with ya.
If there's any trouble,
why it'd be better if we was both along.
Want shotguns?
Hell no, we don't want no shotguns!
Boy, we'd just be asking for trouble!
You know you're going to be
the sheriff around here someday
and there's one thing
that you got to learn.
You can't insult a man by taking
an advantage of him
like that if you're going
to reason with him.
Now you got to learn that.
Yes, sir.
> I'll be satisfied as long
> as my love keeps me close
> close to thee
I remember you. You
was singer in the family.
Yeah. Hi, babe.
Miriam, you've been
asking about the people I run
around with, here's one.
This is Kim. The one I call Ms. Cool.
How do you do?
She's a, she thinks she
oughta mother me, you know?
Thinks I can't get along
without her, but she's all right.
Well, I'm glad to see
somebody's watching over him.
Well, he's not telling
you the truth, you know?
He loves his motor more than he does me,
but I love him anyway.
Yeah. You don't know
who you love, you know that?
Let me tell you about her.
Say she's a social worker, right?
So, you went to school, got her masters.
Yeah.
And then she saw so much shit
in the world that she couldn't take it
and it blew her mind, so now,
she thinks I'm one of her orphans
and she's got to look after me
and she tries to mother me like I said.
He didn't tell you that we
were living together, did he?
He didn't tell you that, did he?
No, I couldn't very well sleep
with him if I mothered him, could I?
Well, I'm no judge, J.C.
You live your life your
way and I live my life mine.
That's, I can
dig it! That suits me fine.
How about you?
Mm-hm.
There they come.
Who's that?
Get 'em, dog! That your dog?
One of your friends?
I mean, she used to
be your friends, too, J.C.
Yeah, it's been a long time, Miriam.
Hey, Grady!
Good evening, Miriam.
Danny. - Hey, little J.C.
How you doing, sheriff? Dan.
Good to see ya, J.C.
Yeah.
How you doin', Miriam?
What's the matter, sheriff?
My friend's making too much noise?
Bothering you a little bit or something?
Just thought she could
explain what's going on here.
That's all.
Ain't nothing going on.
I just came to visit my sister,
brought a few people with me.
Why? What the hell they doing anyhow?
Hey, hold J.C., old guy.
Nobody's accusing you of
doing anything. We're just curious.
You know this town as well as we do.
People still wonder about
the county fair around here.
Never had a motorcycle gang in here before
and that's bound to make people wonder.
They can stop their wondering, man.
Now, wait a minute, J.C.!
Just cause you're wearing
them motorcycle boots
and sportin' that long hair and a beard
that don't make you the
top beast around here.
Man, that's funny. "Top beast".
Hey, instead of being big
poppa, I can be the top beast.
You like that?
Forget it!
But there's one thing it
ain't so easy to forgive.
You bring in that colored
boy into town here.
Good god, man! Don't you
know what could happen?
Mr. Sheriff and Mr. Deputy,
that colored boy happens
to be a friend of mine.
Remember, I always had colored friends?
'Member Willie parks?
Used to run around Willie parks.
The only difference in Willie parks
and little David is Willie's
probably driving a mule now
and little David's driving motorcycle.
You guys tell me how old do you have
to be around here before you have
to quit associating with colored boys?
Hoo-wee!
Well, you really went off the
deep end, didn't you, J.C.?
Knew some guy just like that in Vietnam.
I guess maybe you
want to stage ya a protest
'fore you leave, huh?
Huh?
Nope, officer friendly,
but I bet you'd love a love-in.
Dan, why don't you quit passing out
that high school hero bullshit?
If we're going to protest about anything,
it'll be that kind of stuff.
Man, you're even more
ignorant than you used to be.
Cut it out! You, too!
Let him, let him go, Grady!
Watch who you're calling ignorant!
Let him go, Grady, man.
What? You think you're so
much better than everybody else?
Huh? You.
Got on a uniform
now. You still a fighter?
Get in the car.
Wanna find out?
Yeah.
Martin!
Now, as for you smart ass.
He started it!
I want you to know one thing!
I ain't gonna figure on having
any trouble around here.
You understand that?
All right, I ain't looking for any trouble
but can he push me just
cause he's got a uniform on?
Look, we didn't come in
here looking for any trouble.
I came to visit my sister, like I said.
And I didn't mean to cause anything.
I guess just seeing him in
that uniform pisses me off.
You know that? How we used to be.
And I ain't going to
cause any trouble here,
but we ain't gonna take any crap either.
If the townspeople don't like us
and they start bugging us,
we ain't gonna run, okay?
All right. You just
remember what I told you?
Yeah, okay.
> We're standing here on the day of death
> waiting for the hour
> we're standing here on the day of death
> lookin' for an ivory tower
> oh, come fair death and
> take our hand and
> lead us to the promised land
Freeze it, baby. Freeze it.
Freeze it, man. Just freeze it.
Why don't you just take
that pipe and bust up...
You son of a bitch!
Ain't no nigger ever talked
that way around here and lived!
You got about 20 seconds to get
on that bike and crank
up and get outta here
or I'll bust your ears
with this little persuader!
- You white mother!
- Damn you to hell, I mean it!
Come on! Come on, come on!
Black bastard, I'll kill you!
Come on! - I'll kill you yet!
You and what army, mother?
- Let's go, men!
- Brother needs help down here!
Gotta get the redneck out, man.
Hey, what's going on?
It's all right, little David!
What's happening?
I come down here to take a pee
and here this bird is after
me with that lead pipe.
Cool it, man. Just cool it.
All of you get the hell off of my property!
He's a pussy. He won't hurt us.
I'll have all your asses
thrown in jail for trespassing!
Trespassing, man?
If I remember right, I think
my sister bought this place.
Look, Carlton, all we're doing is resting.
Is that any way to greet your kin?
Man, we just going
to take us a little break
and then we're going to
go on Mr. Brother-in-law.
Brother-in-law? You ain't
even kin to the human race!
God knows what blood runs in your veins!
It ain't enough that you've
already disgraced your sister!
The whole town is talking about it!
God, I just don't know!
They come down to the
station and tell me a bunch
of bums out here hivin' around my house
and you're the leader.
We're here, man.
And we're going to stay
as long as we want to.
And if you don't like it,
you can go back down
to your gas station and
pump a little ethnol, man.
I'm tired of you.
Oh, man. That's guy's a down.
You big trouble, David,
big trouble. He'd kill us.
See, love and peace and this kind
of freedom are what god
meant for all of us to do.
We're the leaders.
The whole rest of the world would get
on scooters and come out here with us,
we'd all be saved.
That's what it's right.
That's what it's all
been about all this time.
He or she comes. Cleanliness
is next to godliness.
What are you doing?
I'm gonna way my my bird.
What are you doing?
What, what are, hey!
I can't get 'em!
Ah, hell with 'em!
Get her clean. Get her clean.
That's all right,
baby. I'll do it myself!
Take if off. - Don't-
- whee!
Well, Carlton, he's your kin!
- Y'all remember J.C.
- You heard what he's like.
That boy ain't no more like his sister
that that old nigger me and
I'll tell you one thing else,
we let them stay out
there one minute longer
we all in for trouble!
Yeah! - How long he been out there?
- Too damn long!
- None of 'em worth a damn!
You know how J.C. Is!
Nobody says anything on account of Miriam,
but you know what he's like!
We know that he ain't no good.
I'll tell you one thing,
if he's the leader of that bunch out there,
you can just imagine what they are.
You come on in! Get in!
Hey, I gotta get there next
and get the watermelon outta my hair!
I'll help you get it out!
Harriet!
Get in there!
You're on my feet! - God loves you!
There you are.
Thank you.
After all those moon pies
and big oranges on the road,
this lemonade sure does look good.
So does a cigarette. I can't
smoke when Carlton's around.
You don't smoke when he's home? Why not?
He got a mean temper!
Yeah, I know he's got a mean temper,
but you got a mean temper, too.
Yeah, well he's got a
lot of men at, you know,
around him and he's
planning on taking everyone
of them to run y'all out of here.
You know that don't ya?
Who, us?
Mmhm.
He ain't gonna bother us.
J.C., you know, y'all
been acting different.
It's, it's, everybody's seen
motorcycles on TV and stuff,
but y'all are noisy.
It's, you act different.
We are different.
Are you on dope?
Dope? What do you mean dope?
Well, I don't know.
Well, it's according to
what you call dope, man.
You mean my people here?
Yeah.
Well, they're probably
smokin' a little grass,
drinkin' a little beer.
Hell, everybody in the world does that.
They're smoking here?
They might be drinking lemonade,
but I imagine they're
smoking a little bit, yeah.
Well that's great. That's just terrific.
Everybody's getting stoned
now I'm getting bussed.
Bussed? What do you know about a bus?
- Well, that's on TV, too!
- You live in the mountains?
Oh, wow!
You really have changed though.
You used to play football
and were really active.
You don't, you don't do
much. What do you do?
And why?
And why? - Yeah.
Well, we ride a lot
and we just go where the,
where it's happening, listen to music.
But every morning when I get up Miriam,
there's so much depressing news
on the television and the radio, man,
I just, it ruins my day.
It just, there's so much
war and so much killing
and so much hate And the old fogies
that run this country,
what they ought to do,
they ought to listen to the young people
who want peace and want to be free.
It's just so much waste, man.
All right, J.C., you're free
and you're not doing anything.
What do you think of that?
Now, I don't know what to do about it.
Well, you don't have
to do anything about it.
We're doing what we want to do
and, you know, we don't
know all the answers,
but at least We
aren't causing a lot of trouble.
We ride and we go places
and we're looking for something.
Well, I think a part
of it's real good, J.C.
I really do.
Yeah.
And I think part of
it is flat out escaping.
I don't know which is which.
Well, there's nothing wrong with escaping.
Maybe that's what we're
doing, but you know, we'd dig it.
It's our thing.
And I, I don't really want to
be preached to, you know?
I'm not preaching.
I'm just kinda, kinda
thinking about it. That's all.
Well,
we'll see.
Hmm?
I just don't know.
Well.
I'll stick by you in any case.
I know you will.
Hell, we ain't, we ain't like other people
you've read about anyway.
What do you think we're like?
I tell you what bothers
me. I've been reading.
Honest to goodness.
Now if you doing what you said that,
you say your a pacifist, right?
Pacifist, yeah.
Yeah, but you know what?
Every time you go into
a town, there's trouble.
Now, I know you don't steal.
Do you, J.C.?
No. -And-
- I don't know what a sex pervert is.
I'll let you in on a
little secret, little sister.
We ain't anything like that.
We dress this way 'cause we dig it
and 'cause we travel light.
Yeah, we're riding 'cause
we're looking for something.
I don't know what it is, but we're looking.
But we ain't anything
like those other cats,
the ones you read about in the paper.
I guess some of us get a
little carried away with it.
Kim's got this thing for me
and Shirley thinks it's a religion.
Disciple actually wants to die.
That's the reason he's riding.
He wants to die and he's looking for a way.
But what we're trying to do, we're just,
you know, just trying to be free.
We don't want to answer to anybody
and we really don't bother
anybody unless they push us.
Then we, we don't run.
You still have those bad dreams, jc.?
Yeah. You mean those nightmares?
Papa used to call them visions.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, sometimes I still
see that giant winking eye
on the ceiling or playing
around up in the clouds,
telling me what to do and where to go.
That may be the reason we're here.
You know, sis, talking
about that giant winkin' eye,
sometime I think maybe
I'm a little bit crazy.
Just a little bit.
You know papa said you were a prophet?
Yeah, and pop always said you were going
to be damned because you're a woman.
Woman created lust and
lust is the handiwork of hell.
Poppa probably spinning around his grave
if he could see us now.
See how wrong he really was.
J.C., let's don't ridicule the dead.
Let's let him be. You're here today.
You're gone tomorrow. It's very peaceful.
Let's leave poppa in peace, too, okay?
Yeah, you're right, sis.
I know and you know that I've gone
to hell on a hog, my motorcycle.
So let's admit it and shut up about it.
Hey, do you ever see Rachel?
Mmhm.
Every once in a while.
Is she married?
No. No, she's not.
She works at the bank. She's a teller.
You know somethin', J.C.?
I don't think she's
going to ever forget you.
She's a very, very funny thing.
I go in there from time to time
and she'll be talking about
something else, you know?
She'd ask me if I've heard from you.
Just like an afterthought.
I tell her "no", but I just never ask
if she's heard from you.
I don't think she'd ever forget you.
Rachel, Rachel, Rachel.
Oh, pharaoh's army got drownded.
Oh Rachel, don't you wait for me.
Quit it, J.C.!
You know what? Maybe
I'll shave this thing off.
Maybe I'll shave it all
off and I'll go see her
and maybe we'll get married
and maybe we'll have a dozen kids.
Yeah, maybe that's what you should do.
Just exactly what you should do.
Maybe, maybe lots of things.
No maybe about it.
Damn, I'm 'bout outta beer.
Yeah, baby. I got the last one.
Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean.
What about a collection, hunter?
Get it up yourself, man.
I don't want no part of it.
Well how about that?
How about that?
Well, before you go,
would you like to hear a song
about how all the beer is gone?
No, baby. You sing songs, I drive cycles.
I think it'd be wonderful.
Play me
something, baby! Play me.
Oh, wow! - Thank goodness!
Might even bring me back a playmate.
Yeah, make it smoked meat, baby.
That's my taste.!
Better watch these hick towns now.
Whoo, baby, baby, baby!
Yeah.
Don't see much fruit on
what you're doing right now.
Yeah, but I'm digging it, you know?
Hey J.C., come on down to the party, man.
I'm fine, hunter. Thank you. Man.
Smoke?
Nah, just, just gonna
have a little lemonade, man.
That's nice and gold, man.
We weren't invited
up to your patio for tea.
You know, I thought I'd come up
and see if you want to join the party.
You're invited anywhere you wanna be.
Well, I'm glad to see
some southern hospitality, Mrs. Wages.
Would you like to show me some
of your southern singles here?
First of all, don't call me Mrs. Wages.
My name's Miriam.
You mind, J.C.?
Well, I can show you the scuff nuts.
The what?
Scuff nuns.
Do you smoke 'em?
No, I don't smoke.
All right, go right ahead.
You know, lady, I've been thinking,
I decided we'll try some
of the southern love y'all have down here.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, if you can ball at
grease monkey old man ears,
you oughta let me have some.
I wouldn't even dream of it!
J.C.!
J.C.!
J.C.!
- Goddamn you!
- I'm gonna kill you, you mother!
Son of a bitch! I'll kill him!
All right. - Let me at him, man!
Get out of the way!
All right.
Watch out! - Watch out.
Are you okay, Mrs. Myers?
I'm fine, Ben.
Me and Charlie playin' motorcycles.
We didn't mean to scare ya.
Ben's mother told him,
told him to come over
and spend the night with
us, with me, miss Myers.
Where are you boys going in such a rush?
My uncle J.C. And that crazy bunch
are gonna spend the
night in my yard tonight.
J.C.'s the leader of the gang.
Wasn't you the lady that, uh,
that went to school with my uncle J.C.?
Yes, I knew your uncle J.C.
He left before I, before I was ever born
and I never did to get to see him.
Now he's over there with
those bunch of hippies.
We got to go now!
Miriam?
You all right?
Yes.
Look, I, I, I didn't mean anything by it
and just got carried away.
You're a beautiful girl. That's
old southern blonde hair.
We're just used to takin' what
we want, whatever we want.
You understand how that works, huh?
You tell me you don't like it, huh?
Nothin' wrong with takin', is there?
I didn't mean to interfere in that.
It's all right.
But, you know, when we left Atlanta,
I promised Kim I'd
take care of you and her,
but I wouldn't care if you
killed the damn fella myself.
Yeah, I know.
Well, we don't get along that well
but this time I'm not
sure I blame it all on him.
I know my sister, you know?
I hate to say anything about your sister
but she is kind of
leading him on little bit.
If it hadn't been for
that, I'd have killed him.
You know that? You couldn't have helped.
You couldn't have kept me off.
I'd have stopped you
because I don't want this thing to happen.
Yeah, we got enough trouble in this town.
I got bad feeling about it anyway,
but we're only gonna be here one more day
and we're going to split, so it's no sweat.
I'll be glad to.
Okay, but remember,
the next time you
interfere, you owe me, dig?
All right. I'll let you have one.
One more time, nigger boy.
Are you the only one out
there smoking that junk?
Yes, sweetie man.
Dammit, boy.
You watch who you call
sweetie man, around here.
Oh, you all mad, ain't ya?
Boy, don't you know how many years
on the gang you can get for narcotics, boy?
No. No, no, you ain't
gonna bust me for that.
You got to send me to
Atlanta federal prison.
Well, around here we figure
that the gang is a little tougher
than the federal camp ground.
You are a mean man!
How we gonna win a war without you?
Black bastard!
The blacker the Berry,
the sweeter the juice.
At least I didn't dodge the draft
like you and the rest of you.
Medical reasons, daddy, medical reasons.
Nigger, you're just plain scum!
I got no time for a
chickenshit son of a bitch
who won't even fight for his country!
You take your hands off me, sheriff,
'cause you know I ain't gonna do it now.
Ooh!
Go ahead!
Right there, boy!
Right there. Now I'm
going to stop you good!
That's one.
> Lonely is the way we live and die
> lonely is the time we spend
> lonely is a wait from first to last
> waiting for the world to end
> oh
J.C?
Hm?
J.C., now you are really in trouble.
Carlton just called and he said that that,
that n, uh, uh, colored boy that was here
that you brought, David,
they had put him in jail
and they're gonna lynch him!
Oh, bullshit, Miriam.
They may put him in jail,
but they ain't gonna lynch him.
They don't even do that here.
J.C. You've forgotten!
When they say they're going
to do something, they'll do it!
You're serious?
I'm serious.
Go get the guys. We
just about to make a run.
We'll go on down there and get him out.
As quick as they get
here, we'll go get him.
We'll take care of it.
You're right.
They ain't gonna lynch anybody.
We'll blow the hell out of
this town. Give me my jacket.
All right, let's go then.
We're getting ready.
Come on, guys! Let's go!
Come on! - Hurry!
All right. We're about
to make a run, guys.
I've been waiting for it. We're ready.
What's the problem?
They got little David.
Oh!
It's okay, it's okay. We'll get him out.
There's no sweat. We're
going to go down there.
We're going to get our bikes.
Where are the rest of the guys?
Let me, let me get his things.
Okay, wait, all right.
- What the planning on doing?
- Wait a minute.
I'm going to go by myself.
How you doin', sheriff? I
hear you busted my man.
Is it still against the law
to be black here in Mason?
I've been expecting you
to drop in for a visit, J.C.
Before you get your self
all pushed out of shape,
I want you to know that we went
and picked up that black playmate
of yours on a narcotics charge
and there ain't a hell of a
lot that you can do about it.
All right, that's one point for you.
I don't aim to argue that point right now.
What'd you do to him?
Well, you might say
that he picked up a bruise
or two resisting arrest.
Course, that ain't nothing compared
to what some folks in this
town's fixing to do to him.
I told you J.C.!
I told you what might happen,
you bringing that colored boy in this town!
Goddammit, Grady Caldwell!
You know, as well as I
do it ain'tjust little David!
It's all of us, man, that's buggin' you!
The way we dress and the way we think.
You think all we do is go around,
burning draft cards and protesting?
Let me tell you, man,
we don't talk about it
as much as Mr. Martin here,
but we served our time, too.
Me, and little David, and the hunter,
and Mr. Clean, and we ain't like it.
So we're freewheeling now. We like that.
We're just free wheelers, that's all.
And it gets under your goddam skin
that you can't rule us, don't it?
Now wait a minute, boy!
This here's the law you're talking to!
You can't come bustin'
in here shoving us around!
Why, you'll wind up sharing a cell
with that black buddy of yours.
I just want to see him, Grady.
I just want to go in and talk to him.
I brought him some clean clothes.
Yeah, we put on clean clothes sometimes.
I just want to take
these back to him, okay?
What you got in there, a file?
I got a pair of sandals and a shirt.
Let's see!
Okay, you see!
Well, I reckon that ain't too much to ask.
Martin, let him in there.
Let him in yonder with
that nigger friend of his.
He gonna take your place someday?
Yeah, and he'll make a good sheriff.
If he lives.
Hey, David! Hey, man!
David? I got some stuff here for you, man!
Look here. Got your sandals.
Want you to be comfortable in here, man.
Got you a shirt. You okay, man?
Hey, I've seen you look a
lot worse. You know that?
I've seen you look a lot
worse, man. You, okay?
Yeah.
They get you pretty good?
One, two, three.
Hey Dan, why didn't you kill him, Dan?
Why did you kill him,
man? Like over in Vietnam.
He's too tough. Hey, look,
I don't want you to worry.
I don't want you to talk.
Don't sweat nothin', man.
I want you to get dressed up in these duds.
You going to be dued
and we gonna get you out.
You know it?
Oh, yeah.
We'll get you. Okay, man?
Stay cool. You stay cool,
rest, we'll be back, okay?
Hey Dan, you shouldn't have done that, man.
You know that? You
shouldn't have done that.
Now you let me out of
here. Let me out of here.
I want to go see Caldwell.
Watch out for that man, will you?
- Let me outta here, man!
- You're going to get yours.
Yeah, you're going to get yours.
Why did you let him do it?
You shouldn't have let him do it, man.
You shouldn't have let Dan do that to him.
I may be wasting my time,
but I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll make you a sporting proposition.
You let my buddy out, in my custody,
and I'll go get the rest of them
and we will ride out a hick town
and they'll never see J.C. Masters no more.
Well, the last part of that little speech
sure does sound interesting,
but I'll give you one thing,
you're right about the first part.
You're sure wasting your time.
We'll see.
We'll see.
Yeah, we sure will.
You men having a good time?
Just fine. - Yeah.
You want to help me get my bike, man?
Hell no! - We help you get your bike!
I'll help you cut your damn hair!
How about that, pretty boy?
Give him a shave, too, while you're at it!
- Damn, good, man...
- Aren't you dodger Owens?
That's right.
- That's what I thought.
- Mrs. Owens' idiot son, right?
Yep.
You don't get it around here.
How you like that parkin' job, pretty boy?
Pretty good, man. - Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa!
Get on back on the other side of that bike!
Get away, buddy!
We done got one of your boys up in there!
Got your pants on there, son! Be careful!
Don't hang your teeth! Get the beard in.
Got one of you up there already, you know?
Yeah, got your other buddy.
You better get on and get outta here!
All right, you better stay back, man.
I got a switchblade knife in my pocket here
and I'm gonna use it the
first man that bothers me!
It's all to here now, darling.
Watch it! - That's all right!
You're gonna be all right now, aren't ya?
Gonna be all right?
You bet your sweet ass,
I'm going to be all right.
Yeah.
No, you might not think too good.
I don't know whether you ridin'
the thing out of here or not.
You'll see. - Want him put back in jail-
- with his black brother.
Will that toy, does that toy crank up?
Yeah!
Ooh-wee, wouldn't his old man
bring down the wrath of hell on him now?
Hmm?
That would be something
to see! Better than a circus.
You know, J.C. Ain't gonna let no old man
be preaching hell fire
and brimstone to him.
Oh, he ain't?
Yeah.
Well, you didn't know him 10, 12 years ago.
That may have been the most screwed up kid
ever come out of Alabama.
You know anything about black magic?
Oh, yeah, you mean-
- yeah, yeah, I know you
know, but you better read up on it
'cause soon as I get outta here,
I'm going to put a curse on you, man.
Oh, boy, come on.
I still got my slapjack
and ain't one minute afraid
of your big poppa, J.C.
Hey, man, I think you've
had about all you could stand.
Oh, oh boy, don't go and be foolish.
Hey, J.C. Ever tell you
about his life here in Mason?
No.
Never told you what J.C. Stood for?
No, Mr. Deputy.
Ever wonder? - No.
Well, nobody around here
ever knew for sure either.
Down at the courthouse,
his birth certificate
simply listed J.C. Masters.
At least, that's what they said.
I never checked on it myself.
Although I do recall J.C.
Telling me once before
it stood for John chambers.
Everybody around here always
thought his old man meant
for it to stand for Jesus Christ.
Ain't that a laugh?
You full of shit! You know that?
You know ain't nobody gonna ever name
their kid no Jesus Christ.
Now why don't you take this slop
and yourself and get outta here?
You mean J.C. Never told you
his old man was an evangelist?
You a funny man, too.
No boy, it's true! Yeah!
Back in the twenties, J.C. Old man rode
in here in a t model Ford.
Car gave out gas about
eight miles out in the country.
Being absolutely broke, he
swung off at the running board
and he got in that car,
shook his fist at the sky.
Took it as a sign from the almighty.
"This is my sign from jehovah," he said.
"On this place, I will build my church."
He did, too. Lord, lord, how he did.
You couldn't even call it
a religion. More like a cult.
That old man, he had
more visions than Moses.
Course now he died about 20 years ago.
Back when J.C. Was a little fella.
There's still some of his
people living around here.
What's that going to do with J.C.?
Well, it seems like a lot of them people,
they thought jc is going
to pick up where his old man left off.
They planned it that way.
Yeah, they just met and
prayed and hung together,
waiting for J.C. To get old enough
and one day J.C. Up and left,
but before he got up on his soap box
and told them people
they're blinder than hell
if they thought he's going to stick around
and have a visions for them.
As one of the smartest
kids ever lived around here,
quick mind I ever saw.
Best athlete we had, too.
I mean, he was mean tempered as hell.
Anybody mentioned him in the same breath
with his old man, he
had a fact to contend with.
From the looks of things,
I guess old J.C. Never did get over that.
He's really fucked up, I tell you.
All of you all and his old man,
all y'all helpin' him at the same time?
Wow, wow, wow!
Well, if we never gave him a chance,
how'd he get to be one of the best?
'Cause he beat you, man.
He just plain out beat you.
Mm-hm, well, it looks like,
in the end, he's one getting beat.
Ain't that right, boy?
Boy Roy!
Boy.
You through with that?
You eat it.
Oh, you'll eat it, boy.
Before you get outta here, you'll eat it
and a whole lot worse, huh?
First plan is to go in peace.
Here's my plan. Listen to it.
You don't dig it, we'll try something else.
I'm going to go around the back.
You guys are going to go in the front
and you're gonna raise
all kinds of hell, you see?
And you keep them, get the sheriff out,
get the deputy out,
get the people out there.
I want them to know that you're out there.
I'm want you to raise hell!
Von wheelie, I want
you to do some wheelies.
I want you to raise some
he!!! Take your clothes off!
I don't care what you
do, but get them out front!
Scoped out about a kilo of fireworks-
- fireworks would be great! - In that shed.
Man, great! Look, put the fireworks off!
Do anything! Just get them out front!
I'm going to go around the
back and get little David.
Look, I gotta go with you.
No, you're going to stay here.
That's what I'm going to tell you.
You're going to stay here.
Kim, you're going to stay here.
The rest of you guys meet me at that store.
You know that nalley store?
Yeah. - Yeah.
All right, meet me at nalley's store.
Where we had the watermelon.
Where we had the fight.
Yeah, I remember the watermelon.
No sweat. Okay, meet me there.
You guys stay here,
David and I ride back here.
We get you. We go meet them and we split.
That's good. - You're willing?
You're willing to try it?
I'm ready. - Okay, let's go.
Let's go. Let's do it.
Let's go. Let's go.
You want your helmet?
No, keep my helmet. I don't want it.
Hey, Martin, you hear anything?
Yeah, that sounds like motors.
I bet it's that damn, J.C. Coming back
with the rest of it.
Could mean trouble, lots of it!
Maybe you better go get the shotguns.
I got a sneakin' suspicion, you're right.
That blame fool kid!
I should have run him
out of town this afternoon.
Well, hurry up. Go get it.
Dan! Dan, what's happening?
Rachel, don't you hear that noise?
Now you get outta here 'fore you get hurt!
What is it? What's happening?
We had to arrest that nigger boy
and they're going to take
it out on the whole town.
And J.C.?
He's in trouble, Rachel.
I'm sorry about that for
you, but he's in trouble.
He as much as threatened us.
No! Dan, for god's sakes, don't hurt him!
You of all people know
what's wrong with him!
No matter what's happened
he has goodness in him!
I know he used to have goodness in him,
Rachel, but he's changed.
He's dead inside. Now, I got to go!
Sheriff went down to Carlton
station to get some help.
That's where all the men went earlier.
You stay here. You'll be safe here.
There's no telling what's liable
to happen out there on the streets.
David!
Yeah, man?
Hey, David!
Yeah, man?
Hey, man! Can you hear me?
Yeah.
Hey, you hear that noise out front?
Yeah.
That's for you, man!
Hey, we're getting it stirred up out there.
Got all the men out there
and then when it gets going real good,
I'm gonna come back and get you, okay?
Right.
Are you okay?
Yeah, man.
Okay. - Hey, J.C.
Hey, man, look out 'cause they iookin'
for a lynching out there, man.
They ain't gonna have
no lynching around here, man.
We're gonna make it!
You stay right there, okay?
I ain't goin' nowhere.
Okay, man. You be cool.
Right.
I'll be back in wink and a blink, man!
Right on!
Okay, baby!
They just tryin' to do
what they want to do.
Yeah, they doin' anything they wanna do!
Yeah, they can-
- I tell you, I am getting tired of it now!
This is ridiculous
doing anything like that!
All right, men! - Look at them!
I don't want you to kill
nobody unless you have to.
Just knock them down and we'll catch them
and throw them in jail.
Now, look here!
I don't think that they're
all at that dangerous,
but I'll tell you one doggone thing sure.
We can handle them!
Yes sir. - We're with you, Grady!
We're with you! - I guarantee!
You know, we kill one of these guys
and we'll have every damn newspaper
in the whole dang country on her necks.
Now, you understand that?
We're with you. - Yeah.
Grady, I ain't gonna stand around
just let them take the town!
Now look, don't go flying
off the handle now, dodger!
And that goes for the rest of you!
Anybody that don't want to
take orders, go on home now!
No, we're with you. - No, no.
All right, let's go!
I wanna witness this.
We're not gonna let... they just trying-
- to do what they want to do.
- Yeah, they doing anything.
Just take it easy, boys!
Now watch thar damn rope.
All right, hold it right there!
Rachel?
J.C.!
Oh, god no!
- Thank god you're all right!
- Not you Rachel!
You've got to get outta here, Rachel!
Don't you hear that noise outside?
There are gonna be people
all over the place in a minute.
Get out of here.
Why, why are you here, J.C.?
Rachel I came to get somebody out of jail.
I got to get little David out of jail.
- Is he the colored boy?
- They got him locked up.
Yeah, he's the colored boy. Where's Dan?
He want outside with the others.
Good, then I'm gonna have to hurry!
Rachel, you get outta here.
If they find out I've got little
David and my people out,
everybody in the county's
gonna be looking for us.
Stop, J.C.! If you go, you'll be killed!
Oh, J.C. Please?
I couldn't stand it if
anything happened to you!
Rachel, if we we can just, if I can get him
and we can get on our
motors, we get a head start,
nobody in the county can catch us!
But why? Why do you take the chance?
Rachel, goddammit!
I think some people were killed
out there a few minutes ago!
No!
We don't have any other choice!
I've gotta get him! Where
are the goddamn keys?
No, J.C.!
Okay, I told you we'd get you.
I got all the men outside raising hell!
Gonna get you out of
this hotel. How you feeling?
Fine, man.
Okay. I seen Batman out there.
Oh, it's going down.
Are you okay?
Better every second.
Okay, beautiful.
We're gonna make it, man. Come on, come on.
We're gonna make it. We're gonna make it.
We're gonna make it,
man. We're gonna make it.
Who's she?
Oh, she's cool, man. She's with me.
She's an old friend. It's okay.
Come on. Come on, baby.
We're gonna make it
now. We're gonna make it.
J.C. - I'm takin' him out.
We're gonna make it. Come on, man.
You got it?
Yeah.
David, you okay?
Yeah.
All right, look. You go outside.
Can you, can you start my bike?
Yeah.
You go out there and I
already told the other guys
to meet us back on the hill.
Okay. You okay, man?
Yeah.
All right, you go ahead and start it
and we're going to meet
there and we're going to split.
We're going to beat them.
Yeah.
We're going to beat them,
but they're going to be after us.
I know it, but we're going to beat them
we always beat them, right?
Right.
All right, you get your ass out there
and get it started and
I'll be right there, okay?
Come on, J.C., man.
Okay, man. - Come on.
I'll be there. - Come on, man.
I'll be there.
Look... oh my!
Boy, halt!
Oh, god. - No, goddamn!
Oh, J.C.!
No!
No! Come on, J.C.
There now you a good nigger.
J.C.!
You in there, J.C.?
Dan, it's, it's me! He's here!
Don't kill him! Please don't kill him!
Rachel! You all right, Rachel?
Don't kill him, Dan!
No!
Car 15?
Car 15, 12115th street, 10-4, patrolling.
Station all units be on the lookout
for a 1957 white dodge convertible.
Alabama license tag: 1, aadam, 5, 6, 9.
Station unit 27?
Unit 27, lead a call, said
motorcycles making noises
In the north side area.
Patrol that area, check it out. 10-4, 27.
You had to kill him, didn't ya?
You had to kill him, didn't ya?
10-4, units. - You had to kill him!
Car 14?
Station to car 14?
Car 14, check them out.
Noise reported in the overlook park area.
Woman said it sounded like an explosion.
Go ahead, car 3.
David!
David!
Goddamn! David?
Hey, man.
I got him, David! I got him for you, man!
I got him, David.
I got him for you, man.
I got him, man.
What's up, big poppa?
Goddamn it! What are you guys doing here?
I told you to meet me at nalley's store!
Now get outta here, all of ya!
Jeez! - They killed him!
They killed little David
and the killed the hunter!
So, get 'em outta here,
Mr. Clean! Get 'em outta here!
All right, baby! All right!
Get the girls outta
here! Get 'em outta here!
Get 'em outta here!
J.C., I'm not leaving
without you, baby! Let's go!
Man, you gotta get outta here!
Mr. Clean, you gotta take over!
No, no, I'm staying here!
You owe me! - Staying here for you!
- You owe me, man!
- You gotta get outta here!
You gotta get the women!
You gotta get 'em outta here!
I'll come and join ya!
Let's go!
You gotta, you owe me one, goddamn it!
You gotta go and get the girls outta here!
All right, baby!
You owe me one! Now get going!
Get going! Let's go, get going!
Miriam? Miriam?
Hey, disciple! Hey, disciple, man.
Where's standing here here on the day
of death waiting for ivory tower, man.
J.C.?
Yeah.
They're coming down the road.
Yeah, I know. I know, Miriam.
J.C., they're coming to kill you now.
I had a vision. I had a
vision like pop always said.
I bet I could out vision him, you know?
But I'll be here, Miriam. I'll
be here when they get here.
I'm gonna hold a meeting. I'm
gonna hold a gospel meeting.
Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.
Please go, J.C.
Ma'am, get out of
there before you get hurt!
Glory to god!
My friends and neighbors,
jehovah has delivered unto
me so many in my congregation
at one time I've closed my eyes
and he sent me a vision that
you people have come to me
and I'll put my hands on your head!
I'm going to take away your sins
and I'm going to heal you
and I'm going to make you rise!
The young devil's speaking
blasphemy of his daddy!
Oh, glory to god! I will
relieve all of your illness!
And I'm going to bring
down the spirit on you!
That you'll know peace and tranquility!
Goddamn nigger lover!
Damn hippie's worse than a nigger lover!
And I come to you as Jesus to Jerusalem
to be mocked and spit upon and executed!
J.C.! J.C.!
Oh, no! Somebody do something!
Oh, god! Who did this?
Oh!
Oh! Oh!
- All right, break it up!
- Everybody go on home.
Come on now, fellas! Break it up.
Why? Why?
Oh! Oh, no!
Oh, J.C.!
Why? Why?
Oh, J.C.! Why?
> I'm just a man
> who don't know where he's goin'
> I wonder if I'll ever find my way
> I'm just a man
> who don't know where he's goin'
> I wonder if I'll ever find my way