Shy People (1987) Movie Script

Hey! "Jump and Shout".

From the Big Apple.

We got a good one

coming at ya from....

♪ Memories

♪ May be beautiful

♪ But yet...

♪ What's too painful

♪ To remember

♪ We simply choose

♪ To forget

- ♪ So it's laughter

- ♪ Laughter

- ♪ We shall remember

- ♪ We will remember

- ♪ The way we...

- ♪ But we will...

♪ ...remember

- ♪ The way...

- ♪ The way we were

♪ The way we...

Where's that stupid belt?!

♪ ...were

Taxi!

Trinity School, 91st Streetbetween Columbus and Amsterdam.

I changed my mind.

Follow that Porsche.

Go on, go on.

Make the light.

I think they're pulling over.

Andre.

Your husband?

My daughter.

Grace?

I thought you left to work

on your story.

I changed my reservation.

It's tomorrow.

Oh.

I thought maybe

you'd like to come.

You get to miss a day of school.

You never asked me to go

with you on a story before.

This one's special.

You know that, that series

I'm writing for Cosmo,

on families,

family tree articles.

Roots for Honkies.

This one is about our family.

You know Grand-dad's brother

who went down to Louisiana,

and became some

kind of an outlaw.

I mean, it is fabulous.

There's got to be a story in it.

So, I thought that

since it involved you...

Yeah, okay.

Okay?

Okay, I'll go.

You know, you don't have to go,

if it doesn't appeal to you.

I'm not doing anything.

Honey, you know...

you can always talk to me.

I know.

Where can I get a boat

to Sullivan town?

- No boat to Sullivan town.

- Oh.

There must be

a road by now.

No road.

No road?

Nope.

No town.

No town?

Never was much of a town,

just an old supply store.

How're doing, Larry?

Officer, I'm Diana Sullivan,

I'm from Cosmopolitan Magazine

and I'm lookin for some

relatives of mine.

Joe Sullivan is my uncle.

Well, I'm sure one of you fine

gentlemen would be happy

to take Miss Sullivan down

the river to meet her kinfolk.

Man, I ain't goin' all the way

back there into that mess.

Why don't you go, Larry?

I don't want to get

my head blown off

by some old crazy Sullivan.

If you pardon

my sayin' so, ma'am.

They do that stuff?

Head blowing off and everything?

Well, now, miss, uh...

Uh, all the people back

in the Bayou,

mostly they're Cajun...

peaceful people.

So the stories are exaggerated.

Well, now, ma'am, uh,

the Sullivans areamong the few who aren't Cajun.

Uh, it's different.

Uh, hell, I guess I could say

they were a little, uh, shy.

Shy. What are you guys

talking about?

Well, ma'am, uh...

what I mean to say is, uh...

Uh, they're a little wild.

Oh, yeah.

That's right.

Well, look, they're my family,

for better or for worse,

I'd like to see them if I can.

Come to, sir. Come to

for a moment, please, sir.

- Well, howdy, folks.

- Hello, there.

- Hi, there.

- How are you, Jake?

What do you got there, Jake?

What do you think?

Where are your traps, Jake?

Hey, I can't tell ya where I hidmy lucky traps, now, can I?

You know, someday those people

are going to kill you, Jake.

You won't think

that's so damn funny.

Big fuckin' deal.

I kicked Gook's ass

in 'Nam

you think these hicks scare me?

Poacher.

You got to catch 'em red-handedor ya can't take 'em in.

- Don't forget my present!

- What? Oh!

Calculance here.

♪ Louisiana

♪ Just about a mile

from Texacana ♪

♪ In them old...

♪ Cotton fields back home

Is this the Sullivan place?

Oh, no, ma'am.

That's another hour or so

down the Bayou.

Henry here, he'll take you.

Why can't you take us?

Don't worry.

Henry know the way.

I hate to take people

like surprise this way.

You know, I hope they don't

think we're rude

not saying we're coming

or anything?

They know you coming.

They do? How?

Look over there.

I don't see anything.

You don't see them.

They see you.

Should we take our stuff?

Oh, I don't think so.

You'll wait?

You paid me for it.

Mrs. Sullivan?

Are you Mrs. Sullivan?

I just came to ask

a few questions.

I won't stay very long.

The IRS sendin' out some funny

agents this year.

I'm not from the IRS at all.

Really. I'm Diana Sullivan,

this is my daughter, Grace.

Joe Sullivan was my great uncle.

Really, he was.

Nobody gonna kick us off

this place!

No IRS,

no National Park whatever it is,

no Audubon Society.

No, look, look, look.

Here, take it.

It's a picture of Uncle Joe

and my grandfather.

You a Yankee. There ain't no

Yankee Sullivans.

There are.

- There ain't. Joe told me.

- Well, look, if you would just

look at the picture.

Didn't Joe have a birth mark

on his right hand

that looked like a rabbit?

Goat.

Give it here.

The little one's Joe,

the big one's my

grandfather Michael.

What you want?

We wanted just to talk

about the family.

Mom, this isn't gonna, work.

This is ridiculous.

What is her problem?

Mother, she doesn't wantto talk to you.

You're making an ass out

of yourself.

Where you goin' so fast?

She's just doing this

to humor you.

Henry, you go on.

You pick 'em up

in a couple days.

Pauli, you go get

the--their suitcases.

She's making

a fool of you.

She doesn't want to talk to us.

Grace.

Look at this house.

Look at this house! I don't want to stay here, Mom.

Stop it!

Come on, come over here,

sit with me.

Come on.

Come on, Grace.

- Grace!

- Mom!

Come on.

Wipe this off.

Chicken stuff.

It's my son, Pauli.

Joe's and mine.

Don't let him scare ya.

He ain't no together with us.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You're sorry.

God made him that way

and god sure ain't sorry.

He's your and Joe's son?

You seem so young

to have been Joe's wife.

I was and I am Joe's wife.

Took me as his second wife

when I was twelve years old.

It was after Jessie and the kidsburned up in the fire

back by the church there.

I don't see any church.

Well, how in heaven could you?

It burned up!

The whole town burned up

twenty years ago.

You sure are an odd one.

Where you say you from?

Baltimore?

Oh, uh, New York.

That your girl?

Yes.

Yes this is my Grace.

Don't talk much.

That's what you think.

Go away.

That one doesn't either.

- My daughter in-law, Candy.

- Hi.

Well, you certainly have

a lovely wife.

He ain't my wife.

That's my baby boy, Tommy.

Where's he?

In the tool shed.

Why is he screaming?

He can't get out.

Why don't you help him?

I put him there. Why would I

help him get out?

Mama!

I'm hungry!

Let-let's go on inside.

What did your brother do?

Pauli's got a button missing.

Don't you understand that?

Now, Tommy's trouble.

You know what his trouble is?

Memory problem. He forgets

who's his daddy.

Make yourself to home.

You know, this is reallyfascinating work here.

My God.

It's like some...

combination of Grant Wood,

Grandma Moses and Salvador Dali.

Look at this!

It's Joe.

Oh, yes, of course.

You see, we had him

made that way.

- Lookin' right at us.

- Uh, huh.

So we can't forget him

and all he gives us.

Oh, it's very functional.

We like it.

It's his place.

Not a day goes by we don't

give our thanks to Joe.

All we got is from him.

I said, it's his place.

He sit in it every day.

It's his.

May we help you?

Can't see as there's much

you can do.

Here is my place.

Looks good.

Bow your heads.

We thank you, Lord,

for this our food.

For our health.

And Joe, I know you're watchin'these nice kinfolk

who come to see us today.

They say they're from

Baltimore--

- New York.

- A Yankee's a Yankee

but we say welcome anyway.

- Amen.

Amen.

Hmm...

this is really good.

Turtle soup.

I had a turtle once.

Ain't him.

Oh, my God.

Oh my god! Look

at those two heads!

Incredible.

- They're fighting!

- They're jumping!

They don't know which way to go!

I gotta get this

on film.

It's weird!

- Oh.

- Strange.

Can you turn them

around this way?

It's so sad.

This is not exactly

Cosmopolitan--

I never saw nothin' like that

'till the oil companies come.

That's when it

all started happening.

Ma! Come out here!

- How bizarre.

- Uh, two heads!

Excuse me, very much.

See this?

It's the third time

this week.

They stole my crabs,

all my craw fish

and all but those stupid crabs.

What the hell

am I supposed to do, Ma?

They got them big boats

and they come at night.

What the hell am I supposed

to do against that?

You don't raise your voice

to your Momma, Mark Sullivan.

I'm sorry, Momma.

And about the poachers.

What you got to do

- is you gotta find that--

- On the way here today,

we met a man

with a boatload of crabs.

I think he's supposed to be

a poacher.

Who's this?

Kin, from Baltimore.

It's my big boy, Mark.

What kind of man was it?

He was big, um...

with a very husky voice.

- His name was Jake.

- Jake, right.

But of course

you couldn't prove it.

It's him.

Outsider.

Minute he come around

there was trouble.

You can take care of that.

How?

You just think of what paw

would it done.

Then you do it.

Uh, can't the police--

I think you should go on inside.

Somebody's soup gonna get cold.

We be along soon.

I understand.

All right, let's just sit down.

♪ My days have grown

so lonely ♪

♪ For I have lost

♪ My one and only

♪ My pride has been humbled

♪ But I am his,

body and soul... ♪

- Yeah.

- You won't.

- Who's that?

- You know,

that's my grandparents.

That's, uh, Melrose,

my grandmother.

And that's Sam.

Oh, she's got your jaw.

She's Irish.

- And then, there's Joe.

- Great looking.

- See him?

- Oh, he was a scoundrel.

Oh, I don't know

about that.

- There's Joe again.

- Uh-hmm.

- Good looking.

- You recognize who that is?

Oh, You were so pretty.

Oh, I don't know

about that.

- Yup.

- I don't look like that

- no more that's for sure.

- I know, who does.

That's Mark.

Do you mind if I ask you...

who this is?

My dead son.

Why is his...

He's a sinner.

Went to town.

That boy's dead to me.

Did you mean he's nearby?

- He's dead, that's all.

- You never see him?

He dug his own grave,

he can lie in it.

That's ridiculous.

That's the way it is.

You're with us

or you're against us.

He went against us.

But it--it's your son!

He needs your warmth

and support.

Oh, you city people.

You--you're all warm

like dishwater.

That don't do nobody, no good.

What do you mean?

I mean, you don't run

hot nor cold.

You should be one way

or the other, hot or cold,

that's all.

Feel this, Mark. Come here!

Pauli, come here.

Wait.

- Did you feel it?

- That's nice.

Come here.

Wild!

God!

I mean, it looks like

a dinosaur could come out

of here.

Can we go in here?

It's Joe's place.

Now Joe, he spent

some time back here.

Why?

Well, one day he had words

with old Carter Atkins.

And Joe, he had his rifle by,

and you can guess the rest.

Joe killed a man.

Oh, that time it sure

got him in a mess of trouble.

'Cause Carter's wife,

she was never one

to let things drop,

and she got the sheriff

out after Joe

and they kept up on it, too,

even though they knew

it was a waste of time.

And Joe, he had

to keep on runnin'

I only seen him Sundays

when I bring a basket.

Right here.

You mean, you knew

where he was?

Well, everyone knew

where he was.

They just didn't know

when he'd be there.

'Cept me.

He come to me...

every Sunday.

'Till he stopped coming.

I used to wait right here,

till I saw his lantern light.

What happened?

He just never come out no more.

I come here every Sunday

for a year.

Then I stopped.

Funny.

You have a live son

you think of as dead,

and a dead husband

you think of as alive.

Things I show

they is, that's all.

That's all.

Psst!

Psst! Hey!

Hi.

What's them bug-ears

you got on your head?

You've never seen

a walk-man before?

Well, here.

No, it's okay. Here, listen.

Listen.

There, just relax.

It's Elvis Costello.

Guess that's all right!

He doesn't know

we can't hear us.

- Hi.

You want a turn, honey?

No.

Well...

here.

- You guys ever get out of here?-CANDY: Come here, pup.

Momma says it's all hell

and high water out there.

Yeah.

We seen what's in town.

Yeah.

I bet you'd get out of here

if you weren't so scared

of your mother.

I mean, listen, I understand.

My mother's a drag.

Just nag, nag, nag all the time.

And yours...

what a killer bitch.

Be sorry you said that.

My dad is watchin' you.

He heard that.

Wait a minute. This is crazy.

Isn't he dead?

Why don't you guys wake up?

You're like slaves here.

Don't you know

there are places like Sweden,

where kids can sue their parents

for fuckin' them up?

And you're here

afraid of your dead father!

What did you say

this record was?

You!

You get back up to the house.

Hear me?

Now!

No, it's okay.

Jesus Christ.

I don't believe it.

What don't you believe?

These people.

They're crazy. Can we get out

of here, please?

Well, they--

they are odd.

But Henry won't be back

for two days, so.

Anyway, I'm finding out

amazing stuff about Joe.

What a character.

Uh, this is going

to be the best story.

What about the kid

who's locked up in the shed?

That is part of the whole thing.

The ignorance, the superstition.

Maybe we can help

a little by being here.

You know, teach them something.

Yeah, maybe you think so.

But it's like South Africa here.

But, it's not South Africa.

Mother, that woman

is a slave driver!

Well, that's too extreme.

No. She's...

I don't think

they've ever heard of fun.

Maybe their fun is simple.

I bet their fun is stupid.

And you have fun in enlightened

and sophisticated ways.

Do you know what I mean?

Is going out

with a forty year old man

sophisticated enough for you?

Now, exactly what is going on

between you

and Andre Zimbalm?

Oh god! What a choice!

I don't believe your nerve.

That slick,

underhanded, phoney, flashy...

Well, you certainly liked

him enough to fuck him.

Come on, I know all about it.

He told me.

We share everything.

Including his drug habit,

am I right?

- You spied on me.

- Hmm.

I was looking for my belt.

- Yeah, right.

- Uh! Listen to me, miss.

I hate to tell you this

but all I want

is to help you,

help yourself.

Right now, my opinion of you

is at an all-time low.

Here.

Take it,

take it from me.

I think you should

take responsibility

for this yourself.

You throw it away.

I mean, how am I supposed

to trust you?

I'm sure you've got it

hidden all over the place.

Don't put

the responsibility on me.

Please, just take it.

No, no, no.

What about the next time?

You know,

you're gonna have to live

without a policeman

standing at your back.

You're a free person!

So I'm free, then.

Free.

I can do whatever I want.

I'll kill myself here.

I'll give you a secret.

When I was a girl,

I was like you.

I wanted to go, too.

But Joe, he wouldn't hear

nothin' like that.

And then, somethin'

happened to me.

You know what happened?

I started havin' my boys.

And honey,

when you look at the world

with a baby in your arms,

it looks so different.

But don't you see?

We could all live

away from here.

We could all go to town.

If Mark worked on a oil rig,

we could have a car.

We could have electricity!

This is where I am.

And this is where I'll die.

But there's nothing

to do here!

There's no radio...

no T.V.

I hate here.

- I hate it.

- All right,

you can go to town!

First baby is a frightening

thing. You go to town.

You go have that baby in town.

But then you come

right back here.

I know you wouldn't leave me

without the comfort

of my own grandchild.

What's the matter,

I give you my word.

All right! We'll find you a T.V.

What'd I say wrong now?

I told you I was goin'

to get you a T.V.

Where'll we plug it in?

God will provide.

Well, I think...

God forgot about this place.

I need some form

of entertainment.

You will never take

my son from me.

You will never take

my grandchild from this house.

Never! Do you hear me?

Uh-hmm.

Come here.

Yeah, yeah, you, come on.

Come over here. Come on,

I ain't gonna bite ya.

Anybody around?

Okay. Will you hand me

that key right there?

It's that key

hangin' right on there.

Oh, oh, okay.

That's it. Come on.

- Where are we going?

- I'll show you.

- Wee!

- This better be good.

Oh god.

It's so far!

No it's not. No it's not.

Yes, it is.

Wee!

Here's the tricky part.

Oh god.

Just got to grab this rope, swing down.

- You got it?

- Yes, I've got it.

Sit down.

Here.

No.

Thank you for letting me

out of that shed.

It was nothing, really.

Can I steal you

something to eat,

or something like that?

I ain't hungry.

Oh.

- How can you stand that?

- What?

Being locked up like an animal?

I'm no animal.

I didn't say that.

Don't you ever want to live

in the city?

No.

Well, do you have a girlfriend?

I don't need no girlfriend.

You better lock me

back up in the shed now.

Why?

I don't wanna make my momma mad.

Pa?

Oh, god.

Hush now.

You don't got to look so pretty, you already got a wife.

Can you hand me the scissors?

Swear I'm gonna kill that Jake.

Hold his head.

Yeah, looks like he came

pretty near to killin' you.

Can't even keep hold

of your own boat.

Anything I can do to help?

Okay, I'll go

to the police with you.

No sheriff.

Hang on, it's the last one.

Here goes.

Oh, god.

Hold still.

Ah, god damn it!

Does it hurt?

You've got to dosomething to stop this violence.

You have a right

to police protection.

Don't you see I can help you?

I'm from Cosmopolitan Magazine!

Do you know what that means?

The Press!

The police don't want me writing

that they're not doing

their jobs.

You can go now, I'm done.

Candy, Candy, you dress it.

If Joe was here,

Jake'd never mess

with Sullivan traps.

Nobody messed with us.

It's different now.

♪ Freedom

♪ Where is the freedom

you promised me? ♪

♪ Open this door

♪ Set me free

♪ Whatever the cost

♪ Now is the time

♪ Liberation calls

♪ Now is the the time

♪ Let's break down the walls

♪ Freedom, now

♪ Yeah

Jesus Christ, Mark.

Do something.

Here, kid. Get an education.

What happened?

That must have hurt like hell.

You know...

it's really impolite

not to answer.

Well...

I've got something

that'll fix you right up.

I don't like pills.

It's not pills.

It's magic powder

that kills all pain.

Why are you looking at me

like that?

- Good morning.

It won't take my quarter, man.

Ruth, Ruth!

The sheriff can see you now.

Ruth, Ruth Sullivan,

Candy Sullivan.

Well, hell man.

I've tried to put money

into the bank.

Sit down over there.

It was Jake Wilson.

Hold on there,

Mrs. Sullivan.

You have I.D. numbers

or inventory numbers

on any of them traps?

Or any other identification?

Name?

It was Jake Wilson.

I know that you

suspect Mr. Wilson,

but your cousin here,

Miss Sullivan,

she told me that your son

never saw his attacker

in the dark.

It was Jake.

I can understand your feelings,

but the rules

of evidence is such

they won't let me

bring a charge.

We'll be right back.

Ruth!

Ruth! You've got to try

talking to him.

I mean, if you just give him

something to go on.

I've got somethin' to see to.

Here, take this.

Take her to buy a T.V.

One of them with the batteries.

Thank you, Jesus.

Ruth, I think

if you come back later.

I'll meet you

at the pier.

They're all gone.

Maybe you could get in.

You're pretty skinny.

What for?

- Oh, I don't know.

- What?

Maybe I'll kiss you.

Or somethin'.

Ta da!

Jeez! What? How'd--don't.

I didn't guess you'd fit.

Why are you whispering?

Mark found put you was in here.

I mean, he'd kill us.

Should I go?

No.

Okay.

Well...

do you want to kiss me?

Well?

Do you know how?

Yeah!

I have a great idea.

I have a really good idea.

- Do you wanna have fun?

- Yeah!

Okay.

I know you don't know

what this is.

Yeah.

That's coke.

- Yeah.

See, I got this older brother.

Where?

He lives in town.

My momma don't let me

say his name.

What's his name?

Michael.

Urgh!

We better get a salesman.

Where do you think Ruth

had to go in such a hurry?

Oh, she probably went

to kill Jake.

What?

Jake.

Come on, honey.

Hey! Hey!

Make them move baby!

I wanna do it for you.

Can I get you a set up?

Where's Jake Wilson?

You can't miss him.

Hey, hey, honey!

Let me see the boobs!

Move it, baby!

You Jake Wilson?

What's this?

Some kind of joke?

You're Jake.

Or ya ain't.

Well?

Yeah.

Glad you know somethin'.

Put your right hand down there.

Ain't got all day.

Now get your momma

to stitch that up!

I'll kill you Sullivans!

God damn it, call an ambulance!

God damn it!

I'll kill ya!

God damn it!

For the days

shall come upon thee,

that thine enemies shall cast

a trench about thee--

God dang, she shot me.

Call an ambulance.

I'll kill ya God damn Sullivans!

---And keep thee on every side.-JAKE: God damn!

And shall lay thee

even with the ground,

and thy children within thee.

Ruth! My god!

--And shall not

leave in thee

one stone upon another

for I know it's not...

--the time of thy visitation!

Get down!

Mike! Get down!

Momma!

Hey, that's my mother!

You turn her loose!

I ain't his ma!

- Let her be!

- I ain't his ma!

- I said let her go!

- I ain't his ma!

I ain't his ma!

I did it!

Put on the cuffs

and take me away.

I did it.

Oh, for Christ's sake, let her go.

Ma, what are you doin'?

- He's crazy as a loon!

- I ain't his ma!

Fellas,

this is a family thing!

She shot a man!

That's right!

- Over here!

- Oh, Jesus Christ!

God damn.

Holy shit!

Minnie!

Bring some trash cans here.

Clean this place up.

So, you're Michael Sullivan.

Yeah, so fucking what?

Margo!

Get over there with Chuckand start sweepin' this shit up!

Hey! Hey!

Get out of here! Hear me?

We're shut.

Hey, how come, Mikey?

What's the matter? Huh?

My mother was here.

- Go on, get outta here!

- Your mother!

Ah, Jesus Christ,

let's get out of this place.

Who the hell are you?

I don't even know

where to start.

Well, first of all,

I'm your cousin.

I am, I am.

Diana-Diana Sullivan.

Uh, actually, I'm a reporter

from-from Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Look, I don't have time

for this.

I've got to help your mother.

I mean, it's practically

my fault that,

I mean, she never would have--

oh, dear God, I feel awful.

- I'm so confused.

- Oh, here, here, baby, baby.

- Sit down, sit down--

- I feel bad enough.

---We'll get you unconfused.

- No, could I come back

- and talk to you later?

- Chuck, bring me

a couple of glasses,

will you?

I can't do this now, I can't.

I--

It's now or never, okay?

- Your mother.-Let her sit in the fucking box

for a couple of hours.

Jesus, look at this place.

Say, nobody told me

I had a cousin like you.

From the Big Apple, too?

So, what brings you

to Sportsman's Paradise?

Well, believe it or not,

I'm writing an article

about the family.

Yeah, that's great.

You know, actually,

I started off...

writing about your father.

Your mother told me

a lot about him.

Really?

What did she say?

Quite a bit.

My mother...

did she tell you...

that this man used to hang her

upside down

when he was drunk?

You know, she never ever tells

anybody that.

I call that nuts.

I mean, my mother's

a grade A whacko.

I mean, they're all whacko.

You know, I am lucky

because I am normal.

I am normal, right?

Normal!

Well, right.

What are you saying about

your father?

Uh, I really don't want

to talk about that.

Just look at this place!

Jesus Christ!

I've got three crews

of horny guys off a rig

comin' in tonight and this

place looks like a fuckin'

free-fire zone!

I got out, that's all.

I see.

You're independent.

You have your own business.

Right.

Independent.

Free.

You be sure to write that down.

I got the fuck out.

Ah.

Lordy, Lordy!

Listen! Listen!

Mark, listen! Listen.

- What? Whoa!

- Come on, come on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

hush, now, whoa!

- Listen, it's them!

- Uh, uh, uh, nope!

- What?

- It's them in the shed.

They goin' at it.

They goin' at it like a dog

and a bitch in heat.

- Uh-uh.

Ah! Let's go!

Come on!

What are you doing?

He's gonna tell her.

- You better watch out.-Boys, you ain't got no manners.

I'm just gonna have

to come in there

and drag your ass outta there.

Pauli, give me the keys.

Listen, Mark.

Relax for a minute here.

- Maybe it's--

- Just relax.

Pauli, relax.

What if I gave you

something special?

Something that would make you

feel really good.

Like what we talked

about before.

And then we could have a party

and no one

would know the difference.

What? What-what

what she talking--

- what she talkin' about?

- Look! Relax! Chill out!

Don't be so hyper.

Ah.

Okay.

All right.

Now, we're all adults

here, right?

- Right.

- So we can do

whatever we want, right?

Right?

We can take care

of ourselves, right?

So, come here.

You've never had this stuff,

have you?

- No.

- Well, come here.

Jesus Christ, Mark.

Do something!

Why don't--why don't you try

something new for once, okay.

Okay.

Ready?

Ah. No!

Not through your mouth.

Through your nose.

All right, inhale it.

Breathe deep!

Hmm.

Hey, Mark!

Look-look what I found.

Look at what I found.

Look, I'll be right back.

Oh god.

You wanna get some honey?

Honey.

Don't forget the spoon.

Okay.

We want some honey.

Come on, guys, let's go!

Come on, we're gonna--

we're gonna have us a party.

Come on, we'll buy a gift.

Come on, Eddie and Lola.

Go play, play!

Come on, Mark! Play with us!

Weee!

Go on, get back here!

You're crazy, bro.

Pauli, watch!

Come back here!

Come on, Mark.

Come on.

Hi.

Oh, good, listen,

can you help me open this?

I can't get it.

Thank you.

You know, I don't know

why you're so hard

on your brother.

He's a really sensitive guy

and if you

and your mom would

just take the time out.

I don't know,

just sit down and talk,

maybe you'd get to know him

a little better.

Got any more

of that white stuff?

You're high enough already.

Aw, come on.

Don't Mark, Mark, stop.

Mark! Please stop it!

Mark! No!

Tommie!

Mark! You let her go!

Tommie!

No!

No! Go away!

No! God!

Tommie!

No!

No! God!

No!

No! God! No!

No, God!

No, God. No.

Grace! Grace! Run! Run!

Grace!

Grace, run!

Come back!

That's my boat.

Run, Grace! Run!

Mark, you fucked up, you!

- I'm gonna kill you!

- Hey, come back!

I'll kill you!

Fuck!

I'll kill you!

Grace!

Help me.

And the man that said

that he is invaluable

or that he has no sin

be the liar

for we know

that there are many,

many people that lie,

and they call

upon the name of Mary.

Oh, how blessed Mother of God,

I tell you this morning,

when you look

into the scriptures

beyond the birth of Christ

and Mary's part,

you find something there

about calling on God

and calling on the Lord

but never will you find

about Mary.

But where is Mary

when we come to prayer?

Where is our most

priestly father,

ah, when we come to pray?

It's not there.

Somebody....

Ruth, I have to talk to you

about this.

About Joe.

How he treated you.

Michael told me.

This what John said,

"I'll tell you this morning--"

Michael told you.

You find somethin' there

about callin' on God

and callin' on the Lord and--

Why don't you take

your family away from here?

And where is the mighty,

priestly Father

when we come to pray?

You don't really believe

all that about his ghost

in the swamp?

To the book

and God shall add....

I don't believe.

I know.

Where is Mary

in the scriptures?

Where is she? She is missing

in the scriptures where

they're talking about

the Virgin Mother of Christ.

Of the Gospel

according to Matthew,

Mark, Luke and...

Ma! Momma!

He raped her!

- Her-she had to run away!-MICHAEL: No! I didn't rape her!

That little whore

was in there with him.

He had her in there.

I knew what they was doin'.

Pauli could tell you!

Come here.

- Pauli, tell--

- No. No. No! No! Momma!

She gave him this dirty

magazine and he was--

Don't hit me, momma!

I swear on the bible--

What are you saying?

Where is my daughter?

Mark?

Tommie had that girl

in the shed, Ma.

They was up to no good.

We saw 'em!

No! You liar!

She's my girl!

You hurt her!

Ma? What's he sobbin' about?

Would you get in-the house, now!

I wanna know,

I wanna know!

Where is she?

Where is Grace?

- Where is she?

- She run off when her

- and Mark were playin'.

- Oh, God!

Oh, God!

Grace!

Grace! Grace! Grace!

I wanna know

what happened here.

I wanna know!

Ma, that girl done it.

She give us this drug

and it made me go crazy.

- Oh, god!

- Look,

she scratched

my damn head open again!

What was that girl

doin' in the shed?

Oh, can't you understand?

- He raped her!

- No!

I kissed her!

And then she scratched me

like some bobcat

and run like hell,

but she done it!

She crawled in there

with Tommie

and gave him drugs

and they went all the way.

Just ask him.

What do you think...

your Pa would do to you

for this?

Please!

Listen to me!

She's out in the swamp!

Pa would be mad!

Fuck Pa!

He's dead, god damn it.

Can't you understand?

He died 15 years ago

and rotted out there

in the bayou!

- Ma, Momma?

- Oh, don't you get it?

What's he sayin' about Daddy?

Momma?

What's he sayin' about Daddy?

Daddy, he don't mean nothin'!

Don't listen him, Daddy!

You take that back, Tommie!

The fucking asshole's buried

under a hundred tons of shit!

- Stop it now!

- No!

He's dead!

He's dead! He's dead,

and you're a stupid old woman!

Tommie! You shut up!

Pauli?

I want you to go

find the key.

I want you to open the shed.

Grace!

And Mark!

I want you to go inside

and I want you to teach

your poor little brother...

to show some respect!

- You son-of-a-bitch!

- Good!

Good! Come in here!

I'm gonna kill him!

I'm gonna kill you, you bastard!

You fucking bastard!

Okay. Now, come on.

Come on in here!

Fight me!

Come on I'll fight ya!

I'll fight ya!

I'll kill you!

Don't say that about Pa!

Mark!

Dead!

He's dead.

He's dead!

My daddy's dead!

He's dead.

My daddy, he's dead.

Daddy's dead.

He's dead!

Dead!

- Dead!

- No more.

Momma, he's dead!

Momma!

I said no more!

She's gone!

She's gone.

My baby's gone. Help me!

Help me! Please, help me.

Get some water and bandages.

Now.

My baby.

Ah!

Ahhhh!

Ah!

No!

Grace!

Mommy!

- Grace!

- Mommy!

Grace!

Mommy!

Grace!

Mommy! Come!

It's me!

- Oh, Grace!

- Please. Mommy!

Oh, come!

I'm here.

My baby.

I guess you ain't got too many

nice things to say about us

in that magazine of yours.

Listen to me.

I want to say somethin'.

I wanna tell you what he was.

Joe.

I want to tell you

how I hated him.

It was more than Michael said.

I'm the one that lived

in Joe's hell.

Me and my Paul.

My Pauli, who he spoilt.

He spoilt my little boy.

On one night when even I

believed the good Lord

had forsaken us,

the highwater burst the levery.

Took everything, all the houses.

It was 1966.

I was carryin' Pauli.

Sick as a dog.

Scared.

Joe come to the room, he pulledme out of bed by my hair.

He was sayin' that, uh,

if I didn't come out

that without two more hands,

we'd all surely die.

But you see,

I thought I was dyin' already.

I begged him, on my knees,

I swear, like I never beg

'cause I couldn't walk,

I couldn't bend.

So, he grabbed me up

with one hand,

and then I saw his fist.

It was covered with mud,

and he aimed it right here.

This is where he hit me.

It was right here.

And then he hit me again.

And I swear to God

I heard somethin' go.

I heard somethin' pop.

And he dragged me outside

and I worked.

I worked against the water.

And it wasn't 'cause

I was scared the flood,

it was 'cause

I was scared of him.

And I hated him,

I hated him.

How could he do such a thing?

Because there would have been

no child.

There would have been

no children.

None of us.

No nothing.

If he hadn't a done it.

You see,

he was never a warm man.

He ran hot and he ran cold.

It was because of that

he saved us.

He saved us all.

Now, you go home...

and you write that.

I'm not writing anything.

I saw him,

last night...

- out there.

- Joe?

Yeah.

The swamp makes a body see...

whatever they wants to see.

Do alligators actually

eat people?

I'm moving out.

You're what?

I'm gonna move in with Andre.

He keeps asking me.

No.

What are you trying to be?

Tough?

I'll do what I want, remember?

- Grace!

- I'm busy!

Grace, Open the door!

I'm busy! Leave me alone!

Grace!

Leave me--shit!

What are you doing?

- I do what I want.

- No!

- I'm a free person.

- That's over now.

You! Bitch!

I'm a free person!

Oh! Ow!

I'm the mother!

You're the child!

You're not ready for freedom!

You know what I'm going to do?

I'm having you locked up!

You're going to be locked up

with the junkies in detox!

Excuse me, is everything

all right?

- Yes.

- No!

All right, go ahead and cry!

Cry and think!

And while you're there.

I'll rent a house,

a room,

any kind of a place

where I can see the gate,

or see you in the yard

or visit anytime

they'll let me for a minute,

an hour, anything,

I don't give a damn!

And when they let you out,

I'll hold you in my arms.

Oh, I'll hold you so hard...

and so close

and no one will ever take you

away from me again.

Or ever hurt you...

because you're mine!

You're my baby.

You're my Grace.

I love you.

Is the big deal

behind Door number one,

which opens up

to reveal some bacon!

Fifty dollars'

worth of Rath Hickory smoked,

sliced bacon, gently smoked

over genuine hickory fires,

the most flavorful bacon.

And we also have

Door 2 and 3

Of course,

it's not behind 2,

which is what

right?

First to put her

best foot forward

six pairs of shoes

from Kinney Shoes.

A beautiful selection

of Mayhem footwear.

Kinney Shoes

are everywhere.

Nobody explore the great

American shoe store.

Then there was an assortment

of beauty care products,

unique skin care products

made exclusively

with natural minerals,

and magnesium rich

bottled water

imported from Europe.

Barbara Rador,

what door do you want?

- Two.

- Door number two

and which one does

Herman Carter want?

- One.

- He wants door

- number one.

- Fifty dollars'

worth of natural cheese

from Norman.

Swiss, Muenster, Edam and more.

Norman cheese slices.

And for more mealtime health

we also have gifts for

the dining room and kitchen.

First of all,

to dress up the dining table,

by Jeannette, this classic

double

now Jeannette is again

producing it

in a limited quantity

and it sells for $44.20.

Then for handy help

in the kitchen,

Hamilton Beach's

versatile bender

featuring cross-watcher.

A collection

of seven appliances

is worth $232.76.

Finally, for all your cooking

needs, the ultimate,

digital timer,

changing the way Amer--

it retails for $1,099

so the total value

of your deal is $1,425.95.

Listen!

You can't just come in here

and treat my woman that way!

Ma, he's been gone!

Tell him he can't do that.

Michael...

who the hell do you think

you are?

Just coming in here

and telling us what to do?

You've been gone off to town

for 12 years!

It was me that worked

this place!

I took care of my mamma,

and these, these two boys!

I am the man here!

Mom, ain't it true?

I look at you,

my sons,

my babies.

There's no good for us

like this.

Maybe before, but not now.

Tommie, you wanna go?

You go.

Do you hear me? You go!

Any of you.

Candy, Mark, Pauli.

You wanna go away from here,

you go.

It's for me to stay

in this place.

You think I don't know

when the good Lord calls me,

you won't all leave here?

My momma, I don't wanna go.

Don't make me go, Momma.

Oh.

Oh, you always have...

have a home with me, son.

Don't worry.

And don't what you do

'cause of Pa no more, neither.

Do you still love us?

Oh, yes, I love you.

I always have.

I always will.

I just keep having

to learn how.

♪ Shadow and silence

♪ From a struggle

♪ That they've lost

♪ Wounded and frightened

♪ Even love

♪ Has its cause

♪ How to remain

♪ In a world full of lies

♪ How to explain

♪ The world

♪ Through their eyes

♪ Shy people

♪ Like the spirit

that is haunting ♪

♪ This place

♪ Shy people

♪ You can see

the look of fear ♪

♪ On their face

♪ But you'll never see

♪ The heart of their lives

♪ You can never be

♪ A part of their lives

♪ No, no, no

♪ Shy people

♪ See through their eyes

♪ Feelings are hot or cold

♪ There can be no compromise

♪ Someone must take control

♪ Compassion

♪ Has its price

♪ How to escape

♪ The darkness

♪ We have found

♪ How to re-shape

♪ The world

♪ That surrounds

♪ Shy people

♪ Like the spirit

that's haunting this place ♪

♪ Shy people

♪ You can see

the look of fear ♪

♪ On their face

♪ But you'll never see

♪ The heart of their lives

♪ You can never be

a part of their lives ♪

♪ Never

Shy People (1987) - full transcript