Steven Spielberg's Movie (2001) - full transcript
A young film director named Milo Jacobson is awaiting word from his girlfriend's uncle (a sleazy movie producer named Donald Columbus) as to whether or not he will finance Milo's screenplay to make a film. What Milo doesn't realize is that Don hates his script. When Don informs Milo that the only way he'd finance his film is if Milo were to tell him that Steven Spielberg is directing it, Milo does the only thing he can do; he legally changes his name to Steven Spielberg. Don takes a liking to this "angle". Milo just wants to get his film made, while Don Columbus wants to use Milo's new name to dupe the public and make a profit. This is where the absurdity begins!
01 Beyond The Sky English.
[GIRL ALLIE] My mother
always talked to me
a lot about the sky.
She liked to watch
the clouds in the day
and the stars at night...
especially the stars.
We would play a game sometimes.
A game called
What's Beyond the Sky?
We would imagine darkness
or a blinding light
or something else that
we didn't know how to name.
But. Of course.
That was just a game.
There's nothing beyond the sky.
The sky just is. And it goes on and on.
And we play all of our games
beneath it.
Coming in. Twelve o'clock high!
Tail gunner. Get the bogey!
Gunners...
give 'em short bursts
when they're in range.
Do not waste ammunition.
Watch out!
Bandit, twelve o'clock.
Watch out,
they'll come back around.
There's one! There's one!
- That was too close!
- Roger that!
Nine o'clock!
He's coming around. I'm on him!
Come on. You lousy Kraut!
Come to papa! Yeah!
Whoo! I got him!
Nine o'clock.
Keep your eyes open!
There's another one!
Whoo-hoo!
Captain!
What do you got, Toland?
Lights... blue ones.
- We see them. Too!
- Holy Mary!
- What the hell are they?
- Let's get a look at these.
- Are they Germans?
- They're too bright. I can't see!
Three bogeys. Moving fast!
Everybody keep calm.
We're gonna take care of this.
- Bandit. Twelve o'clock!
- F-1s coming down on our left.
Head right. Full throttle!
- I'm hit!
- Oh, Christ! Russ!
- We're losing altitude!
- We're losing engines!
Co-pilot. Take the plane!
- Co-pilot, take the plane!
- Yes, sir!
Captain Keys is on fire!
Cover his tail!
You hang on. Russ!
We're getting out of here!
- We lost an engine!
- Shut it down!
They're coming back!
Christ. All around us!
Keys is going down!
She's breaking up!
We're going down!
Get a parachute!
We gotta get out of here!
Let's go. Guys!
We've gotta bail out now!
Captain, we've got to bail out!
I don't want to die!
Trust me, Johnson... we won't die.
[ALLIE] Russell Keys
came home from the war
like a lot of other soldiers.
He was tired of fighting.
And he was very glad
to be coming home.
There were things
that had happened to him.
And he knew that
he was not the same person
he had been when he left.
He had changed.
And he wondered about
all the things here at home
that might have changed. Too.
While he'd been away.
But sometimes
when you go somewhere far away
and then come back.
The part that bothers you most
is not the things that have changed.
But the way that other things
have stayed the same.
Like you hadn't been anywhere
or done anything at all.
Hello, Mum.
The kids would still play ball
on the vacant lot
where he and his friends
had played every summer.
The high-school band would
still play every Friday night
in the park downtown.
And old Mrs Parker
would still be waiting.
As the kids
came home from school.
To yell at them
if they stepped on her flowers.
All of that might still be the same.
But he was different.
And so nothing would really
be the same at all.
- I know you will.
- Miss?
Who do I talk to about getting
one of those G. I. Loans?
I remember the day
I proposed to your mother.
I was nervous as hell.
I can't picture anything
making you nervous.
I had to walk
around the block five times,
and then I walked
halfway home after that
before I finally managed
to get my nerve up.
Of course, I hadn't had
the life experience that you've had.
- Dad.
- Hmm?
My car looked real nice.
Well, we hid her
from a couple of scrap drives.
Kind of unpatriotic, I guess,
but we did our bit in other ways.
Was it very terrible?
Nah, it wasn't so bad.
[RUSSELL]
What do you got. Toland?
Lights! Blue ones!
What the hell are they?!
[MACHINE-GUN FIRE]
[JOHNSON]
Captain. We've got to bail out!
I don't want to die!
Trust me. Johnson... we won't die.
[ALLIE] They say some men
carry their war with them
for the rest of their lives.
And some men put it behind them
like an old pair of shoes.
And then. I guess. There are
others who go on fighting.
Even if they have no idea
who their fight is with
or why it's so important
not to give up.
[MAN] Some people
will tell you the war was won
by superior manpower.
Some people say that it was strategy
or a just cause
or the fact that
we're so damn tough.
None of that is true.
What won the war was secrets...
knowing theirs and keeping ours.
Gentlemen, meet the Enola Gay.
When the Enola Gay dropped
her payload on Hiroshima,
only 107 men in the entire country
knew what that specific payload was.
The B-29 had been redesigned
to carry its load,
and a new crew, selected
to carry an atomic bomb, was on board.
They were carrying out
a mission so secret
that even they didn't know
what it was.
The secret was kept
until the ultimate moment.
As a result, the war was won.
As members of the Intelligence Corps,
it will be your job to keep secrets.
Here at the 509th Bomb Group,
that responsibility
is made all the more awesome
by the fact that we are
the only base authorised
to store atomic weapons.
At any given moment,
your ability to keep your mouth shut
and, if necessary,
to lie through your teeth
may very well determine
the course of history.
Group, ten-hut!
We had 18 more sightings today.
Dancing lights, mostly.
The bulk of them
over the Pacific Northwest
and three, I think,
over the Great Lakes.
Something Russian?
I heard something on the radio.
People were saying that they're
from another planet.
We used to hear that
a lot at Los Alamos.
We never knew if it was
something of ours
or something
the Germans had going.
That's right, Owen, I forgot.
You were at Los Alamos.
We got a new mare in at the stables.
I thought you might like
to join me for a ride.
- I'd like that very much.
- Fine.
Will you be joining us?
No. She doesn't ride.
Her constitution...
it's a little too delicate.
He's a bit of a bully, your father.
It's not personal.
He just... he's like that.
Captain, are you gonna ride
or stand around yapping?
If he doesn't let you ride,
how does he feel about you
going to the movies?
Man named Kenneth Arnold...
Private pilot out of Boise
flying over the Cascades...
Says he saw nine
saucer-shaped disks in the sky.
This is all over the Seattle papers.
Wire services picked it up,
and they're running with it.
And they're running with it, sir.
You don't want to forget
about the sir.
Some officers around here
that can really get their shorts
in a bunch over that, Howard.
Just something to keep in mind.
What do you make of all this?
Russians.
Some sort of reconnaissance
coming over the Bering Strait.
It has to be.
You don't think we're being
invaded by Martians, then?
No... sir.
I don't.
- [WOMAN] I did.
- [MAN] I thought it was swell.
[THUNDER]
[WOMAN] Hey there, soldier.
You looking for some fun?
Not now, Sue. I'm on duty.
You look ready for action,
but you don't look
like you're on duty.
I'm meeting the colonel
to go over something.
Sure you are.
Call you later?
I won't be there.
[MAN] Welcome back
to KGFL studios
in Roswell. New Mexico.
It's a breezy July 2. 1947.
And here is Dinah Washington
with Stairway To The Stars.
♪ Let's build ♪
♪ a stairway to the stars ♪
♪ And climb that ♪
♪ stairway to the stars ♪
♪ With love beside us ♪
♪ To fill the night with song ♪
[MAN] Second season as manager...
[CHANGING CHANNELS]
[STATIC]
Great.
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[SPUTTERING]
Damn it!
[RADIO PLAYS]
Hello?
Hello!
Is anybody out here?
[GASPS]
Aah!
- [RUSTLING]
- [GASPS]
We believe that what we saw
was God's angels dancing.
That, or some new aeroplane
from White Sands
gone out of control.
You mentioned that you saw a crash.
Clear as day.
If that was God's angels,
then right now, they're
camped out about a mile and a half
above Pine Lodge.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[OWEN] Yes?
Excuse me for interrupting, sir.
There's a rancher just came
into the sheriff's office
with something I think
you ought to take a look at.
Sue.
I'm right in the middle of something.
I really need to see you.
And I need to see you.
How about if I give you
a call tonight if I can get away?
I want every bit of debris
out of this pasture
and back at the base.
All of your men are confined
to the base pending a debriefing.
And that means the two of you.
- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
- Any witnesses?
- Yes, sir.
His name's Brazel.
Sir, we'd appreciate your not
speaking to anyone about this.
It's a matter of national security.
It's from outer space, isn't it?
What crashed in that field
was a constant-level balloon train.
And this is the material
out of which
the radar reflectors
on the train are made.
If the Russians have figured out
how to build a bomb,
we want to know about it,
and this little spy balloon
will tell us.
This is a project called Mogul
and has a security
classification of A-1.
Reporters are all over this.
We're gonna have to
give them something.
Somebody already has.
[MAN] With us this morning
in the KGFL studios
is a local rancher who has
a startling story to tell.
You found something
on your ranch.
Some kind of debris?
[RANCHER]
This wasn't just any debris. Sir.
This was some metal like
nothing I'd ever seen before.
This was something
from another world.
We've got
to shut this guy up, sir.
We thought we'd let it go,
divert attention from Mogul.
You've seen the reports
on all these sightings.
People are eating this up
with a spoon.
I wouldn't recommend that, sir.
Why is that, Captain?
If we give our seal
of approval to this,
people are gonna believe it.
You get a country that thinks
we're not in control of the skies,
you're inviting a major panic.
Oh, really?
Which do you like better
for the press release...
Flying disks or Flying saucers?
Is this for real, Captain?
Those were pieces of a spaceship?
No, it was ours.
Spy balloon,
highly classified, A-1.
That weird metal, all of that...
Part of the project.
Some flying saucer, eh, sir?
This highly classified project
collided with something,
that's how it crashed?
I suppose so, yes.
So what did it collide with?
The advantage comes
through preparation.
By the time your troop
goes out for its wilderness badge,
you guys are gonna know
every inch of this ground.
Isn't that kind of like cheating?
Scouting is about attitude.
You're gonna have to
do something about yours.
We've done this weekend
14 times, Dad.
Don't you think we're ready?
You're ready when you know...
When you absolutely
know your ground, okay?
When you can be sure
that nothing can surprise you.
Oh, my God.
RADIO: Jackie Robinson continues
to extend his consecutive game
hitting streak to 19.
While Robinson will no doubt
remain the centre of attention
in the National League.
He's about to share the spotlight
with Larry Doby.
Another Negro who...
Once you let them in,
there's no turning back.
It's the end of the world
as we know it.
What do you guys make of all
this flying-saucer razzmatazz?
I think the Russians
was giving us a buzz
with some spy gadget,
see what all we got
out at the base.
The hell with that. It was ours.
We were testing something
to spy on them.
Or maybe the Germans.
I say it was the Martians,
pure and simple.
The captain!
Owen, I need to speak to you.
Sue, uh...
Um, you know what?
Couple of minutes.
- Marty.
- Yes, sir.
That woman I just nodded to...
Give me a couple of minutes,
then go tell her I was
called away on an emergency
and I won't be back today.
And, Marty, she's gonna
know you're lying,
so try to sound
as sincere as possible.
Yes, sir.
[MARTY] Excuse me, Miss.
I'm sorry, but the captain's
been called away.
You're welcome to wait,
but he may not
be back for a while.
Excuse me. Are you the people
we talk to about flying saucers?
There's someone who can
help you down the hall.
My boys and I
have some information.
Down the hall.
[BOY] But we know
where one crashed.
I was out with the boys,
doing a little practise
for their wilderness outing...
[BOY] Which we think
is kind of cheating.
Knowing as much as possible
beforehand is not cheating.
- It's being prepared.
- Thank you, Captain.
We were just coming up
over this rise.
It's a real one, isn't it, sir?
Most people
change kind of slowly.
They're who they are.
And then after a while.
They're someone else.
But some people
know the exact moment
where their lives changed.
They saw the person
they were going to marry
or the look in their baby's eyes
the first time he smiled.
For some people.
It's not the good things in life
that made them change.
It's something
they've gone through
that makes everything
they look at from that moment on
seem very different
from how it had always been.
Beautiful boy
you got there, Russell.
Yeah, he takes after his mum.
Yeah, he does.
You've got the life,
I'm telling you.
You've got
the best girl in Bement,
a beautiful boy,
you got your memories
of your heroic youth.
Yeah, I've got it all.
Russell, if I was you, I'd be
the happiest man in town.
I wouldn't be looking like
something the cat dragged in.
Bill, I'm all right.
I just have, uh...
trouble sleeping, that's all.
[BOY] Come on, stop!
[LAUGHING]
Hey!
- Get off of him! Let him go!
- Go... go, go!
♪ For they'll never know ♪
♪ what love can do ♪
♪ To each his own. I found my own ♪
♪ One and only... you ♪
[BABY COOS]
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
It's all right.
I get these pictures
in my head...
and I can't concentrate
on anything.
Pictures in your head...
from the war?
I was shot in the gut, Kate...
And I was dying...
and my plane was going down.
And three days later,
I was in a field in France
with all of my men...
With no idea where we'd been
for those three days
or how we'd gotten to that field...
Or why weren't we dead.
What did your men say?
We never talked about it.
Something happened to me.
I don't know what.
I just have this feeling
it's still happening.
Jetzt bist Du mein gefangener.
[RUSSELL] Aah!
Get away from me!
It was a dream!
Get away from me!
It was a dream.
You're all right, honey.
You're here with me.
It was a dream.
It was a dream. A dream.
A dream. It was a dream.
[PANTING]
You're all right, sweetie.
You're all right.
It wasn't a dream.
For God's sakes, Russell,
how are we gonna get out?
It doesn't matter.
As long as they can't get in.
Who? As long as who
can't get in?
You don't want to know.
Russell! Russell!
- Look at me!
- No! No!
What's happening to you?
You're gonna let them
give this to the press, too?
Well, it was one thing
when we knew it was a lie.
We can control that.
But now that it's real,
there's no way
we can let this out.
Who found it?
A father and his sons out hiking.
Did you clean that up?
I already have.
That's good.
Son... I appreciate your
coming to me with this,
and when the time comes,
you won't be forgotten.
Sir, when I went inside the craft,
there were...
There were five seats.
There are only four bodies.
Canvass everything
within a 200-mile radius
of the crash site.
If something crawled
out of here alive,
I want to know about it.
People are lonely in this world
for lots of different reasons.
Some people have something
in their disposition.
Maybe they
were just born too mean.
Or maybe
they were born too tender.
But most people are brought
to where they are
by circumstance.
By calamity or a broken heart
or something else happening
in their lives
that wasn't anything
they planned on.
What the hell's wrong
with my chicken?
I don't think
it was your chicken, Tyler.
[SIGHS]
You can go on home, Sally.
I'll take care of these
stragglers and lock up.
Lessen, of course,
you want to call Fred
and tell him you're leaving him
and the kids for me.
Well, maybe I best go home
and tell him in person, Tyler.
He ain't good enough
for you, Sal.
People are lonely in this world
for lots of different reasons.
The one thing that I do know is.
It doesn't matter what any one of them
might tell you...
Nobody wants to be alone.
- Shoehorn?
- What?
The shoehorn... have you seen it?
You have to leave tonight?
I'm in San Antonio
tomorrow afternoon
selling to an insurance company.
Those guys can smell
road sweat on a person.
They don't respond well
to road sweat.
Did the kids eat?
You want me to feed the kids?
You're the waitress, you feed 'em.
I gotta go.
I'll see you in three weeks.
If something comes up,
call the home office.
They know where I am.
[RACKET IN DISTANCE]
[RUSTLING]
[THUNDER]
[MAN] Please help me.
Stay right here for just a second.
Tom, honey. Wake up, sweetie.
What's wrong?
Nothing. I need you
to go sleep on the couch, okay?
Who's that?
We'll talk about it
in the morning.
Go get the pillow
and the extra blanket
from my bed.
Come on, sweetie, go on.
Go on.
You really should see a doctor.
I'll be fine as soon as I can
collect my thoughts.
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing me in.
Good night.
Who is he?
Who's that man?
He's a stranger, honey,
and he's hurt.
How long does he
have to stay in my room?
I don't know.
I guess until he's better.
Mama, what happened
to your nose?
Some people
have given up all hope
of anything in their lives
ever changing.
They just go on with it
day by day.
And if something
were to come along
and make things different.
They probably wouldn't even
notice it right off.
Except maybe for that
kind of nervous feeling
you get in your stomach.
My mom and I used to call that
the car trip feeling.
Because it was how I'd feel
whenever I knew
we were going to go
somewhere far away
or somewhere new.
How you feeling?
I'm much better.
What's this?
Breakfast.
Thank you.
Maybe in a few minutes.
The bathroom's
right down the hall.
I put out some towels
and shirt and pants
that belonged to my husband
before he gained weight.
I reckon you can keep 'em.
That's very kind.
Your husband doesn't appreciate
that kindness in you.
He doesn't see
your sadness, either.
But you've stopped
wanting him to.
I think you're right.
There's some things you don't share
with an uncaring person.
What happened to you?
I was in an accident.
I can see that.
What kind of accident?
Farming.
You got a farm around here?
No, I...
Someone gave me a ride.
[GROANS]
What's wrong?
Oh, I woke up
with this headache.
I thought it was gone already.
You were telling me
about your accident.
I'm not feeling much
like talking right now.
Would you mind letting me rest
for a while?
I'm sorry. Sure, not at all.
I'll put the tray here.
That way, it'll be here
if you wake up hungry.
You were right, you know.
I guess I don't care
if my husband sees my sadness.
Early in the morning of the 5th,
this debris was recovered
in a field near Roswell, New Mexico.
Earlier reports have stated
that this debris
was the wreckage
of a flying saucer.
I'm afraid we are here today
to pop that balloon
and replace it
with one of our own.
This, gentlemen,
is a weather balloon.
On any given day
in the United States,
there are hundreds
of these in the air,
and they do not come
from outer space.
They are manufactured
in Cleveland.
This is its radar reflector.
It tracks wind speed.
None of this debris
is from outer space.
The reflector is made
in Newark, New Jersey,
and the balloon
is made in Cleveland.
Excuse me, sir. I wonder
if I might have a word.
Yes, Captain?
I was wondering, sir,
what we're gonna do now.
About what?
About the craft, about the bodies.
What craft?
What bodies?
[MAN] It's clearly organic.
[SECOND MAN]
It's not clearly anything.
Jenkins says it's animal,
and it takes on the characteristics
of an animal cell.
Kraus says
it's some sort of fungus,
which would explain
its sameness and density,
and we look again, and it has
those characteristics.
It seems to be able to change...
into whatever we want it to be.
You'd all better
come see Dr Goldin.
[MAN SINGING IN HEBREW]
[MAN] I came to check
on the body from the crash,
and I found him like this.
[CAMPBELL] What's he saying?
Is it German?
Goldin wouldn't speak German.
It's Hebrew.
What has he done with the body?
My God.
[PANTING]
Hello, operator?
I'd like to place a call
to Fresno, California.
Madison 4573.
Yes, ma'am, thank you.
[TOY RATTLING]
My crew of nine men...
Eight of them are dead.
And Johnson, my co-pilot...
He's in the hospital at Fort Bliss,
not expected to recover.
What happened to them?
No one knows.
No one has any idea at all.
What are you doing?
I have to find out
what's happened to my men
and what's happening to me.
No, you don't.
Kate, I'm no husband...
and I'm no father to our boy
until I can find out
what's going on.
You're not going to find
anything out there, Russell.
What do you think
you're gonna find?
- Bishop, right?
- I'm Bishop.
You flew Colonel Campbell
out of Fort Worth the other night.
- Right.
- Destination?
That's need-to-know.
Army intelligence. I need to know.
Captain Crawford. Is that right?
Colonel Campbell told me
you might want to talk to me.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
[WOMAN]
A gentleman to see you, Miss.
[OWEN] Can you go for a ride?
I'll get my car coat.
No, I said a ride,
not a drive.
Loosen up on the reins
just a little.
- Okay. Okay.
- There you go.
- Like that?
- Yep.
There you go. You all right?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Okay.
You all right?
You doing okay?
- You want to go faster?
- Yes.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, please.
Okay. Okay.
Where did you learn to ride?
One of my many odd jobs
before I found the army.
Well, I'm glad you found us.
I was afraid you wouldn't
come out with me.
Why wouldn't I come?
Your father.
He's so dead set against
you and me seeing each other.
I'm not quite sure why he
has such a low opinion of me.
Well, I'm not my father.
I know that.
You're the sun
and the moon to me, Anne.
The sun and the moon.
Here we go.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
[CHUCKLES]
[GIGGLES]
Um... Anne...
I had to come up
through the ROTC ranks.
I may never be anything more
than a captain.
I don't care.
But I can tell you this...
I'm gonna do some things
in this world, Anne.
I am nobody's fool, and I know
that I can make my mark.
Anne...
Will you marry me?
Owen, what happened
back there up on the hill...
I would never do anything
like that with anyone
but the woman I intend to marry.
Marry me.
- Owen.
- [LAUGHS]
Marry me.
I want to tell your father.
Do you have any idea
where he's gone?
He seemed to be able
to reach inside my brain,
to use my own memories
as a stage
on which to mount
our conversation.
I don't quite follow, professor.
I was there...
in that room...
My bar mitzvah in Dresden.
If I could have stayed...
I could have spoken again
with my father.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
I wish...
to see my father.
What in God's name
happened here?
They're both dead.
[SIREN]
Mind stepping out
of the car, sir?
What did I do, officer?
Would you mind stepping
out of the car, sir?
Thank you, officer,
I'll take it from here.
Captain Crawford,
Army Intelligence.
This is a routine debriefing.
Routine?
I apologise for
the unconventional approach.
I'll be honest with you.
There's a leak in the project.
Someone's talking.
We don't suspect you,
but we need to go over
some information
to verify the source
of the leak.
Does this have to do with
what happened to Dr Goldin?
In part, yes.
I don't see how Dr Goldin's death
could have anything
to do with a leak.
Why don't you tell me
what you think happened?
Well, Dr Goldin
was in the room with, uh...
the one that turned out to be alive.
Apparently, they can...
well, uh, this is incredible.
We saw it first
on a cellular level.
They can become
whatever they want.
I don't follow you at all.
They can appear as people.
Dr Goldin, for example,
thought he was 13,
at his bar mitzvah.
He saw his father.
Apparently, that's what killed him.
And the... visitor.
You've been a lot of help,
and, doctor, I think
you can appreciate
how important it could be
that you say nothing about this
to anyone.
They can appear
as people, you say?
Yes, as unbelievable
as that seems.
And exposure to one
of these apparitions,
that's what killed Dr Goldin?
It's not safe to spend
too much time with one of them.
Whoa.
How do you feel?
Like I'm floating.
Headaches?
Anything like that?
Nothing like that.
That's good. That's good.
[footsteps]
Tom?
Becky?
Wimmy, wammy, woo!
That was amazing.
[BECKY] Mama,
John's been doing magic tricks
that are much better than Tom's.
You're not hungry?
- No, I...
- He's never hungry.
Tom, that's enough.
No, it's all right.
How are you feeling?
Your headache?
I'm fine. I hadn't even
thought about it. Thank you.
Good. That's good.
[TOM] So where did you
come from, anyway?
- Tom...
- I don't mind.
I come from Des Moines.
That's like 1,000 miles
away from here.
How'd you know that?
It's where
my magic kit came from.
Tom, Becky, sit up
and watch your manners.
I come from there originally.
I've just been working
any place I could since then.
Farm work, mainly.
What happened to you
that got you so messed up?
Machine accident.
Why are you being
so mean to John?
- He's our friend.
- He's not my friend.
You certainly seem
to be recovering nicely.
Like I told you,
I just needed a little rest.
[SALLY] So now that
you're feeling better,
I guess you'll be moving on?
[JOHN] I guess so.
I just need a few more days.
Everyone knows
not to stare into the sun.
It's something your mother
tells you when you're a kid.
Don't look at the sun.
Or you'll go blind.
But sometimes you want to
understand something so badly
that you'll risk going blind
for just a glimpse
of what it all might be about.
Damn.
I brought you something.
Thanks, Captain.
You got married, huh?
Same girl?
The one that worked at the bank?
Yeah, same one.
What the hell
are you doing here, Captain?
Not that I'm not glad to see you.
Do you know about the other men?
What about them?
They're dead.
Same thing?
Yeah, more or less.
What about you?
How come you're
the walking one and only?
I don't know.
Do you believe in God, Captain?
Yes. Yes, I do.
How about you?
Not in any way that helps.
Look, I'm sorry, Captain.
I don't mean to sound bitter.
I should be thanking you.
After all, you saved my life.
The thing is, Johnson, um...
Except for these dreams...
I've been having...
I don't remember a thing
about what happened.
Aw, well, hell, Captain,
that's a damn shame,
cause you were an A-1,
Audie Murphy hero.
Whatever they did to us,
they did for a long time.
Whenever I'd stop screaming,
I'd hear one of the other guys.
It seemed like we were there for days.
You were on the cot next to mine.
I don't know,
maybe it was sloppy,
maybe they thought we were
just too far gone to care,
that we wouldn't fight back,
but they put
that machine gun down
right across from your cot...
And they left the clip in the gun,
almost like they
didn't quite understand
how a machine gun worked.
Well, you sure as hell
showed them, Captain.
Only one thing.
You and I both know it wasn't
Germans you killed that day.
It wasn't Germans at all.
How are you coming with the canvass
for the fifth occupant
of the craft?
We haven't had much luck, sir.
You might be interested to know
there was another live one,
at least he was
when he was brought in.
Our scientists have learned
that they have certain abilities.
What kind of abilities?
In good time.
Colonel Campbell...
he's a small and petty man.
I don't like him. He's an idiot!
In an attempt to control
the most important revelation
of the century, if not all time,
the colonel
has confiscated the bodies
and initiated
a high-level cover-up.
He froze you out,
just like he did to us in that field.
He doesn't share the limelight,
and I'm not a person you freeze out.
I'm gonna take
this project from him.
In the process,
I hope to ruin his career.
I will also take down anyone
who stands with him.
I'm under the impression
that the two of you
would never make that mistake.
No, sir.
If you were to have
a bit of luck in your canvass
for what is now
the only live visitor,
I would hope you'd share
that information with someone
who's more forthcoming
than the colonel.
- We would, sir.
- Yes, sir.
Good, Howard.
Oh, I mentioned that they
had certain abilities.
Don't confine your search
to little grey men.
Look for someone
who's a little bit more...
human.
Ah, this is beautiful country.
I guess it is.
Live in a place long enough,
you forget to notice
that sort of thing.
I think it's important
to always try and see
as much as you can.
Sometimes a person's life
can spoil the view.
You're a really special woman.
You need to believe me
when I tell you that.
[CHUCKLES]
You don't know
what you're talking about.
Yes, I do.
You know, I've...
I've done some things
I didn't mean to do.
You don't have to tell me.
And I've...
I've had to learn
to control my emotions.
It's okay...
It's all been worth it...
Cause it brought me to you.
Oh, I don't know
what's happening here...
But I sure as heck don't care.
And when the Indians
first saw the Spaniards,
they thought
they were gods or devils.
Because to the Indians,
white man
did not look like man at all.
I don't like him.
I think he's nice.
Ahem!
[whispers]
Children...
these gentlemen are
from the United States Army.
They are searching West Texas
for a deserter.
This man ran away from his post.
These men think he might be
hiding around here somewhere.
If anyone has seen a stranger
round these parts,
you let us know about it right away.
Don't go trying
to talk to him yourself.
This fella's dangerous, boys and girls.
I want to go through
through his clothes and stuff,
see if I can find
anything from the army.
I don't know, Tom.
The sheriff said
the deserter was dangerous.
That's why I want to know
if it's John.
Come on!
Where are his clothes?
[BECKY] Tom!
It's him.
[JOHN] It's who?
Now listen to me.
You think you know something,
but you don't.
Ah, ah.
Let me go! Let me go!
Let him go! Let him go!
My business here is almost done,
and I won't let you interfere.
[BECKY]
Tom, your nose is bleeding.
I'm sorry, Tom. I...
[SALLY] Where is everybody?
What's with them?
See for yourself.
[dogs barking]
- [TOM] Sheriff! Hey, sheriff!
- All right, son.
The man you're looking for
is at our house.
[SHERIFF]
Come on, let's move out!
Harry, you take the south road!
My boss down at the diner
called to say
that there were
some soldiers in town
looking for a deserter
from the army base in New Mexico.
I know you come from a place
a whole lot further than that.
I don't know how you
do what you do.
I know you can see into people.
They're gonna be
coming for you soon.
My grandmother gave me these.
She came over to Texas in 1893.
I always thought
they were kind of funny.
They're for Texas,
the Lone Star state,
and there's two of 'em.
Will you take one with you?
And I'll keep the other.
Can I see you once
before you go?
You better go inside.
[ENGINE DIES]
What's this? Come on!
[ENGINE SPUTTERS]
I don't know
what the trouble is.
[WHOOSHING]
That summer.
A lot of things had happened
that people couldn't explain.
There had been lights in the sky
and stories in the paper
about saucers crashing.
John had come.
And then he had gone.
Put it on the table.
Take the cookies out.
For a while.
Life went back to being life.
And almost everyone
forgot the things that
that summer had brought
with it from out of the sky.
[KNOCKS]
He's gone, hasn't he?
He has.
Home?
Yes, home.
I guess I'm too late, then.
Ma'am.
[SCREAMING]
[JOHNSON] What the hell
are you doing here. Captain?
[RUSSELL]
I don't remember a thing
about what happened.
I don't remember a thing
about what happened.
Aw. Well. Hell. Captain.
That's a damn shame.
You sure as hell
showed them. Captain.
You were an A-1. Audie Murphy...
You sure as hell
showed them. Captain.
Only one thing.
You and I both know
those weren't Germans
you killed that day.
Those weren't Germans
you killed that day.
Wasn't Germans at all.
I thought I told you to keep
that woman away from me.
I'm doing my best, sir.
She's somewhat persistent.
Persistent?
Right.
Sue, it's so good to see you.
Lieutenant Bowen, this is Sue.
[HOWARD] Ma'am.
You don't even know
my last name.
I haven't been coming here
for two weeks
about you and me, Owen.
I came about this.
Where'd you find this?
Up at Pine Lodge.
Here, come in my office.
That night after you ditched me
to go to the movies
with that army brat,
I was out driving around.
I saw something crash.
I went up there,
and there was something
in the trees,
but it was dark,
and I couldn't really see what.
And then I found that.
And you brought it to me.
Sue, you never let me explain
about that night.
I was supposed
to meet the colonel.
He was ill, and his daughter
came to give me the message.
Sure she did.
You completely misunderstood
the situation.
Sure I did.
You are the sun
and the moon to me, Sue.
The sun and the moon.
- Boo!
- Aah!
You really should get in the habit
of locking your door.
Oh, well.
It's too late.
Owen Crawford
is the best commanding officer,
boss, advisor,
and all-around good guy
that I've ever come to know.
And, Anne,
well, you're not
just marrying Owen.
You're getting
me and Marty, too,
and everyone else
who's ever served under him.
So I hope you like company.
To Owen and Anne...
congratulations.
[PIANO PLAYING
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT]
Dance with me.
[GIGGLING]
I can't believe it.
You can pour one
for me, too, Dad.
If I didn't think that it'd
break my daughter's heart,
I'd kill you where you stand.
But it really would
break her heart.
You know what I'd like
as a wedding present?
- I'd like to be a major.
- What?
A major. Anything less,
and it wouldn't be right
when you put me in charge
of your little project
at Wright Field.
That project is mine.
You won't see the inside
of that laboratory.
I disagree.
It's an alloy unknown on this planet.
There's no translation, ancient
or modern, for the language.
It was found at Pine Lodge,
at the crash site.
Either you give me
exactly what I want,
or I'll go public with this.
I'll bring your flying saucer
crashing down on your head...
Dad.
Enjoy your new promotion.
Oh, and, uh...
I'd never do anything to hurt Anne.
She's the sun and the moon to me.
Hey, Tyler,
what do I have to do
to get a refill in here today?
Well, just hang on a minute,
will you, Larry?
Sally will be right there.
[RADIO PLAYS]
Sally?
Sally, honey, you all right?
I'll be out in just a minute.
Honey, what's the matter
with you?
Oh, hell, Tyler.
I'm pregnant.
Well, Fred will be proud.
Oh. Honey, I'm sorry.
My mother always talked to me
a lot about the sky.
She liked to watch
the clouds in the day
and the stars at night...
especially the stars.
We would play a game sometimes...
a game called
What's Beyond the Sky?
We would imagine darkness
or a blinding light
or something else that
we didn't know how to name.
But. Of course.
That was just a game.
There's nothing beyond the sky.
The sky just is.
And it goes on and on.
And we play
all of our games beneath it.
♪ Stay all night, stay a little longer ♪
♪ Dance all night ♪
♪ dance a little longer ♪
♪ Pull off your coat ♪
♪ and throw it in the corner ♪
♪ I don't see why ♪
♪ you don't stay a little longer ♪
[GIRL ALLIE] My mother
always talked to me
a lot about the sky.
She liked to watch
the clouds in the day
and the stars at night...
especially the stars.
We would play a game sometimes.
A game called
What's Beyond the Sky?
We would imagine darkness
or a blinding light
or something else that
we didn't know how to name.
But. Of course.
That was just a game.
There's nothing beyond the sky.
The sky just is. And it goes on and on.
And we play all of our games
beneath it.
Coming in. Twelve o'clock high!
Tail gunner. Get the bogey!
Gunners...
give 'em short bursts
when they're in range.
Do not waste ammunition.
Watch out!
Bandit, twelve o'clock.
Watch out,
they'll come back around.
There's one! There's one!
- That was too close!
- Roger that!
Nine o'clock!
He's coming around. I'm on him!
Come on. You lousy Kraut!
Come to papa! Yeah!
Whoo! I got him!
Nine o'clock.
Keep your eyes open!
There's another one!
Whoo-hoo!
Captain!
What do you got, Toland?
Lights... blue ones.
- We see them. Too!
- Holy Mary!
- What the hell are they?
- Let's get a look at these.
- Are they Germans?
- They're too bright. I can't see!
Three bogeys. Moving fast!
Everybody keep calm.
We're gonna take care of this.
- Bandit. Twelve o'clock!
- F-1s coming down on our left.
Head right. Full throttle!
- I'm hit!
- Oh, Christ! Russ!
- We're losing altitude!
- We're losing engines!
Co-pilot. Take the plane!
- Co-pilot, take the plane!
- Yes, sir!
Captain Keys is on fire!
Cover his tail!
You hang on. Russ!
We're getting out of here!
- We lost an engine!
- Shut it down!
They're coming back!
Christ. All around us!
Keys is going down!
She's breaking up!
We're going down!
Get a parachute!
We gotta get out of here!
Let's go. Guys!
We've gotta bail out now!
Captain, we've got to bail out!
I don't want to die!
Trust me, Johnson... we won't die.
[ALLIE] Russell Keys
came home from the war
like a lot of other soldiers.
He was tired of fighting.
And he was very glad
to be coming home.
There were things
that had happened to him.
And he knew that
he was not the same person
he had been when he left.
He had changed.
And he wondered about
all the things here at home
that might have changed. Too.
While he'd been away.
But sometimes
when you go somewhere far away
and then come back.
The part that bothers you most
is not the things that have changed.
But the way that other things
have stayed the same.
Like you hadn't been anywhere
or done anything at all.
Hello, Mum.
The kids would still play ball
on the vacant lot
where he and his friends
had played every summer.
The high-school band would
still play every Friday night
in the park downtown.
And old Mrs Parker
would still be waiting.
As the kids
came home from school.
To yell at them
if they stepped on her flowers.
All of that might still be the same.
But he was different.
And so nothing would really
be the same at all.
- I know you will.
- Miss?
Who do I talk to about getting
one of those G. I. Loans?
I remember the day
I proposed to your mother.
I was nervous as hell.
I can't picture anything
making you nervous.
I had to walk
around the block five times,
and then I walked
halfway home after that
before I finally managed
to get my nerve up.
Of course, I hadn't had
the life experience that you've had.
- Dad.
- Hmm?
My car looked real nice.
Well, we hid her
from a couple of scrap drives.
Kind of unpatriotic, I guess,
but we did our bit in other ways.
Was it very terrible?
Nah, it wasn't so bad.
[RUSSELL]
What do you got. Toland?
Lights! Blue ones!
What the hell are they?!
[MACHINE-GUN FIRE]
[JOHNSON]
Captain. We've got to bail out!
I don't want to die!
Trust me. Johnson... we won't die.
[ALLIE] They say some men
carry their war with them
for the rest of their lives.
And some men put it behind them
like an old pair of shoes.
And then. I guess. There are
others who go on fighting.
Even if they have no idea
who their fight is with
or why it's so important
not to give up.
[MAN] Some people
will tell you the war was won
by superior manpower.
Some people say that it was strategy
or a just cause
or the fact that
we're so damn tough.
None of that is true.
What won the war was secrets...
knowing theirs and keeping ours.
Gentlemen, meet the Enola Gay.
When the Enola Gay dropped
her payload on Hiroshima,
only 107 men in the entire country
knew what that specific payload was.
The B-29 had been redesigned
to carry its load,
and a new crew, selected
to carry an atomic bomb, was on board.
They were carrying out
a mission so secret
that even they didn't know
what it was.
The secret was kept
until the ultimate moment.
As a result, the war was won.
As members of the Intelligence Corps,
it will be your job to keep secrets.
Here at the 509th Bomb Group,
that responsibility
is made all the more awesome
by the fact that we are
the only base authorised
to store atomic weapons.
At any given moment,
your ability to keep your mouth shut
and, if necessary,
to lie through your teeth
may very well determine
the course of history.
Group, ten-hut!
We had 18 more sightings today.
Dancing lights, mostly.
The bulk of them
over the Pacific Northwest
and three, I think,
over the Great Lakes.
Something Russian?
I heard something on the radio.
People were saying that they're
from another planet.
We used to hear that
a lot at Los Alamos.
We never knew if it was
something of ours
or something
the Germans had going.
That's right, Owen, I forgot.
You were at Los Alamos.
We got a new mare in at the stables.
I thought you might like
to join me for a ride.
- I'd like that very much.
- Fine.
Will you be joining us?
No. She doesn't ride.
Her constitution...
it's a little too delicate.
He's a bit of a bully, your father.
It's not personal.
He just... he's like that.
Captain, are you gonna ride
or stand around yapping?
If he doesn't let you ride,
how does he feel about you
going to the movies?
Man named Kenneth Arnold...
Private pilot out of Boise
flying over the Cascades...
Says he saw nine
saucer-shaped disks in the sky.
This is all over the Seattle papers.
Wire services picked it up,
and they're running with it.
And they're running with it, sir.
You don't want to forget
about the sir.
Some officers around here
that can really get their shorts
in a bunch over that, Howard.
Just something to keep in mind.
What do you make of all this?
Russians.
Some sort of reconnaissance
coming over the Bering Strait.
It has to be.
You don't think we're being
invaded by Martians, then?
No... sir.
I don't.
- [WOMAN] I did.
- [MAN] I thought it was swell.
[THUNDER]
[WOMAN] Hey there, soldier.
You looking for some fun?
Not now, Sue. I'm on duty.
You look ready for action,
but you don't look
like you're on duty.
I'm meeting the colonel
to go over something.
Sure you are.
Call you later?
I won't be there.
[MAN] Welcome back
to KGFL studios
in Roswell. New Mexico.
It's a breezy July 2. 1947.
And here is Dinah Washington
with Stairway To The Stars.
♪ Let's build ♪
♪ a stairway to the stars ♪
♪ And climb that ♪
♪ stairway to the stars ♪
♪ With love beside us ♪
♪ To fill the night with song ♪
[MAN] Second season as manager...
[CHANGING CHANNELS]
[STATIC]
Great.
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[SPUTTERING]
Damn it!
[RADIO PLAYS]
Hello?
Hello!
Is anybody out here?
[GASPS]
Aah!
- [RUSTLING]
- [GASPS]
We believe that what we saw
was God's angels dancing.
That, or some new aeroplane
from White Sands
gone out of control.
You mentioned that you saw a crash.
Clear as day.
If that was God's angels,
then right now, they're
camped out about a mile and a half
above Pine Lodge.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[OWEN] Yes?
Excuse me for interrupting, sir.
There's a rancher just came
into the sheriff's office
with something I think
you ought to take a look at.
Sue.
I'm right in the middle of something.
I really need to see you.
And I need to see you.
How about if I give you
a call tonight if I can get away?
I want every bit of debris
out of this pasture
and back at the base.
All of your men are confined
to the base pending a debriefing.
And that means the two of you.
- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
- Any witnesses?
- Yes, sir.
His name's Brazel.
Sir, we'd appreciate your not
speaking to anyone about this.
It's a matter of national security.
It's from outer space, isn't it?
What crashed in that field
was a constant-level balloon train.
And this is the material
out of which
the radar reflectors
on the train are made.
If the Russians have figured out
how to build a bomb,
we want to know about it,
and this little spy balloon
will tell us.
This is a project called Mogul
and has a security
classification of A-1.
Reporters are all over this.
We're gonna have to
give them something.
Somebody already has.
[MAN] With us this morning
in the KGFL studios
is a local rancher who has
a startling story to tell.
You found something
on your ranch.
Some kind of debris?
[RANCHER]
This wasn't just any debris. Sir.
This was some metal like
nothing I'd ever seen before.
This was something
from another world.
We've got
to shut this guy up, sir.
We thought we'd let it go,
divert attention from Mogul.
You've seen the reports
on all these sightings.
People are eating this up
with a spoon.
I wouldn't recommend that, sir.
Why is that, Captain?
If we give our seal
of approval to this,
people are gonna believe it.
You get a country that thinks
we're not in control of the skies,
you're inviting a major panic.
Oh, really?
Which do you like better
for the press release...
Flying disks or Flying saucers?
Is this for real, Captain?
Those were pieces of a spaceship?
No, it was ours.
Spy balloon,
highly classified, A-1.
That weird metal, all of that...
Part of the project.
Some flying saucer, eh, sir?
This highly classified project
collided with something,
that's how it crashed?
I suppose so, yes.
So what did it collide with?
The advantage comes
through preparation.
By the time your troop
goes out for its wilderness badge,
you guys are gonna know
every inch of this ground.
Isn't that kind of like cheating?
Scouting is about attitude.
You're gonna have to
do something about yours.
We've done this weekend
14 times, Dad.
Don't you think we're ready?
You're ready when you know...
When you absolutely
know your ground, okay?
When you can be sure
that nothing can surprise you.
Oh, my God.
RADIO: Jackie Robinson continues
to extend his consecutive game
hitting streak to 19.
While Robinson will no doubt
remain the centre of attention
in the National League.
He's about to share the spotlight
with Larry Doby.
Another Negro who...
Once you let them in,
there's no turning back.
It's the end of the world
as we know it.
What do you guys make of all
this flying-saucer razzmatazz?
I think the Russians
was giving us a buzz
with some spy gadget,
see what all we got
out at the base.
The hell with that. It was ours.
We were testing something
to spy on them.
Or maybe the Germans.
I say it was the Martians,
pure and simple.
The captain!
Owen, I need to speak to you.
Sue, uh...
Um, you know what?
Couple of minutes.
- Marty.
- Yes, sir.
That woman I just nodded to...
Give me a couple of minutes,
then go tell her I was
called away on an emergency
and I won't be back today.
And, Marty, she's gonna
know you're lying,
so try to sound
as sincere as possible.
Yes, sir.
[MARTY] Excuse me, Miss.
I'm sorry, but the captain's
been called away.
You're welcome to wait,
but he may not
be back for a while.
Excuse me. Are you the people
we talk to about flying saucers?
There's someone who can
help you down the hall.
My boys and I
have some information.
Down the hall.
[BOY] But we know
where one crashed.
I was out with the boys,
doing a little practise
for their wilderness outing...
[BOY] Which we think
is kind of cheating.
Knowing as much as possible
beforehand is not cheating.
- It's being prepared.
- Thank you, Captain.
We were just coming up
over this rise.
It's a real one, isn't it, sir?
Most people
change kind of slowly.
They're who they are.
And then after a while.
They're someone else.
But some people
know the exact moment
where their lives changed.
They saw the person
they were going to marry
or the look in their baby's eyes
the first time he smiled.
For some people.
It's not the good things in life
that made them change.
It's something
they've gone through
that makes everything
they look at from that moment on
seem very different
from how it had always been.
Beautiful boy
you got there, Russell.
Yeah, he takes after his mum.
Yeah, he does.
You've got the life,
I'm telling you.
You've got
the best girl in Bement,
a beautiful boy,
you got your memories
of your heroic youth.
Yeah, I've got it all.
Russell, if I was you, I'd be
the happiest man in town.
I wouldn't be looking like
something the cat dragged in.
Bill, I'm all right.
I just have, uh...
trouble sleeping, that's all.
[BOY] Come on, stop!
[LAUGHING]
Hey!
- Get off of him! Let him go!
- Go... go, go!
♪ For they'll never know ♪
♪ what love can do ♪
♪ To each his own. I found my own ♪
♪ One and only... you ♪
[BABY COOS]
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
It's all right.
I get these pictures
in my head...
and I can't concentrate
on anything.
Pictures in your head...
from the war?
I was shot in the gut, Kate...
And I was dying...
and my plane was going down.
And three days later,
I was in a field in France
with all of my men...
With no idea where we'd been
for those three days
or how we'd gotten to that field...
Or why weren't we dead.
What did your men say?
We never talked about it.
Something happened to me.
I don't know what.
I just have this feeling
it's still happening.
Jetzt bist Du mein gefangener.
[RUSSELL] Aah!
Get away from me!
It was a dream!
Get away from me!
It was a dream.
You're all right, honey.
You're here with me.
It was a dream.
It was a dream. A dream.
A dream. It was a dream.
[PANTING]
You're all right, sweetie.
You're all right.
It wasn't a dream.
For God's sakes, Russell,
how are we gonna get out?
It doesn't matter.
As long as they can't get in.
Who? As long as who
can't get in?
You don't want to know.
Russell! Russell!
- Look at me!
- No! No!
What's happening to you?
You're gonna let them
give this to the press, too?
Well, it was one thing
when we knew it was a lie.
We can control that.
But now that it's real,
there's no way
we can let this out.
Who found it?
A father and his sons out hiking.
Did you clean that up?
I already have.
That's good.
Son... I appreciate your
coming to me with this,
and when the time comes,
you won't be forgotten.
Sir, when I went inside the craft,
there were...
There were five seats.
There are only four bodies.
Canvass everything
within a 200-mile radius
of the crash site.
If something crawled
out of here alive,
I want to know about it.
People are lonely in this world
for lots of different reasons.
Some people have something
in their disposition.
Maybe they
were just born too mean.
Or maybe
they were born too tender.
But most people are brought
to where they are
by circumstance.
By calamity or a broken heart
or something else happening
in their lives
that wasn't anything
they planned on.
What the hell's wrong
with my chicken?
I don't think
it was your chicken, Tyler.
[SIGHS]
You can go on home, Sally.
I'll take care of these
stragglers and lock up.
Lessen, of course,
you want to call Fred
and tell him you're leaving him
and the kids for me.
Well, maybe I best go home
and tell him in person, Tyler.
He ain't good enough
for you, Sal.
People are lonely in this world
for lots of different reasons.
The one thing that I do know is.
It doesn't matter what any one of them
might tell you...
Nobody wants to be alone.
- Shoehorn?
- What?
The shoehorn... have you seen it?
You have to leave tonight?
I'm in San Antonio
tomorrow afternoon
selling to an insurance company.
Those guys can smell
road sweat on a person.
They don't respond well
to road sweat.
Did the kids eat?
You want me to feed the kids?
You're the waitress, you feed 'em.
I gotta go.
I'll see you in three weeks.
If something comes up,
call the home office.
They know where I am.
[RACKET IN DISTANCE]
[RUSTLING]
[THUNDER]
[MAN] Please help me.
Stay right here for just a second.
Tom, honey. Wake up, sweetie.
What's wrong?
Nothing. I need you
to go sleep on the couch, okay?
Who's that?
We'll talk about it
in the morning.
Go get the pillow
and the extra blanket
from my bed.
Come on, sweetie, go on.
Go on.
You really should see a doctor.
I'll be fine as soon as I can
collect my thoughts.
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing me in.
Good night.
Who is he?
Who's that man?
He's a stranger, honey,
and he's hurt.
How long does he
have to stay in my room?
I don't know.
I guess until he's better.
Mama, what happened
to your nose?
Some people
have given up all hope
of anything in their lives
ever changing.
They just go on with it
day by day.
And if something
were to come along
and make things different.
They probably wouldn't even
notice it right off.
Except maybe for that
kind of nervous feeling
you get in your stomach.
My mom and I used to call that
the car trip feeling.
Because it was how I'd feel
whenever I knew
we were going to go
somewhere far away
or somewhere new.
How you feeling?
I'm much better.
What's this?
Breakfast.
Thank you.
Maybe in a few minutes.
The bathroom's
right down the hall.
I put out some towels
and shirt and pants
that belonged to my husband
before he gained weight.
I reckon you can keep 'em.
That's very kind.
Your husband doesn't appreciate
that kindness in you.
He doesn't see
your sadness, either.
But you've stopped
wanting him to.
I think you're right.
There's some things you don't share
with an uncaring person.
What happened to you?
I was in an accident.
I can see that.
What kind of accident?
Farming.
You got a farm around here?
No, I...
Someone gave me a ride.
[GROANS]
What's wrong?
Oh, I woke up
with this headache.
I thought it was gone already.
You were telling me
about your accident.
I'm not feeling much
like talking right now.
Would you mind letting me rest
for a while?
I'm sorry. Sure, not at all.
I'll put the tray here.
That way, it'll be here
if you wake up hungry.
You were right, you know.
I guess I don't care
if my husband sees my sadness.
Early in the morning of the 5th,
this debris was recovered
in a field near Roswell, New Mexico.
Earlier reports have stated
that this debris
was the wreckage
of a flying saucer.
I'm afraid we are here today
to pop that balloon
and replace it
with one of our own.
This, gentlemen,
is a weather balloon.
On any given day
in the United States,
there are hundreds
of these in the air,
and they do not come
from outer space.
They are manufactured
in Cleveland.
This is its radar reflector.
It tracks wind speed.
None of this debris
is from outer space.
The reflector is made
in Newark, New Jersey,
and the balloon
is made in Cleveland.
Excuse me, sir. I wonder
if I might have a word.
Yes, Captain?
I was wondering, sir,
what we're gonna do now.
About what?
About the craft, about the bodies.
What craft?
What bodies?
[MAN] It's clearly organic.
[SECOND MAN]
It's not clearly anything.
Jenkins says it's animal,
and it takes on the characteristics
of an animal cell.
Kraus says
it's some sort of fungus,
which would explain
its sameness and density,
and we look again, and it has
those characteristics.
It seems to be able to change...
into whatever we want it to be.
You'd all better
come see Dr Goldin.
[MAN SINGING IN HEBREW]
[MAN] I came to check
on the body from the crash,
and I found him like this.
[CAMPBELL] What's he saying?
Is it German?
Goldin wouldn't speak German.
It's Hebrew.
What has he done with the body?
My God.
[PANTING]
Hello, operator?
I'd like to place a call
to Fresno, California.
Madison 4573.
Yes, ma'am, thank you.
[TOY RATTLING]
My crew of nine men...
Eight of them are dead.
And Johnson, my co-pilot...
He's in the hospital at Fort Bliss,
not expected to recover.
What happened to them?
No one knows.
No one has any idea at all.
What are you doing?
I have to find out
what's happened to my men
and what's happening to me.
No, you don't.
Kate, I'm no husband...
and I'm no father to our boy
until I can find out
what's going on.
You're not going to find
anything out there, Russell.
What do you think
you're gonna find?
- Bishop, right?
- I'm Bishop.
You flew Colonel Campbell
out of Fort Worth the other night.
- Right.
- Destination?
That's need-to-know.
Army intelligence. I need to know.
Captain Crawford. Is that right?
Colonel Campbell told me
you might want to talk to me.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
[WOMAN]
A gentleman to see you, Miss.
[OWEN] Can you go for a ride?
I'll get my car coat.
No, I said a ride,
not a drive.
Loosen up on the reins
just a little.
- Okay. Okay.
- There you go.
- Like that?
- Yep.
There you go. You all right?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Okay.
You all right?
You doing okay?
- You want to go faster?
- Yes.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, please.
Okay. Okay.
Where did you learn to ride?
One of my many odd jobs
before I found the army.
Well, I'm glad you found us.
I was afraid you wouldn't
come out with me.
Why wouldn't I come?
Your father.
He's so dead set against
you and me seeing each other.
I'm not quite sure why he
has such a low opinion of me.
Well, I'm not my father.
I know that.
You're the sun
and the moon to me, Anne.
The sun and the moon.
Here we go.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
[CHUCKLES]
[GIGGLES]
Um... Anne...
I had to come up
through the ROTC ranks.
I may never be anything more
than a captain.
I don't care.
But I can tell you this...
I'm gonna do some things
in this world, Anne.
I am nobody's fool, and I know
that I can make my mark.
Anne...
Will you marry me?
Owen, what happened
back there up on the hill...
I would never do anything
like that with anyone
but the woman I intend to marry.
Marry me.
- Owen.
- [LAUGHS]
Marry me.
I want to tell your father.
Do you have any idea
where he's gone?
He seemed to be able
to reach inside my brain,
to use my own memories
as a stage
on which to mount
our conversation.
I don't quite follow, professor.
I was there...
in that room...
My bar mitzvah in Dresden.
If I could have stayed...
I could have spoken again
with my father.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
I wish...
to see my father.
What in God's name
happened here?
They're both dead.
[SIREN]
Mind stepping out
of the car, sir?
What did I do, officer?
Would you mind stepping
out of the car, sir?
Thank you, officer,
I'll take it from here.
Captain Crawford,
Army Intelligence.
This is a routine debriefing.
Routine?
I apologise for
the unconventional approach.
I'll be honest with you.
There's a leak in the project.
Someone's talking.
We don't suspect you,
but we need to go over
some information
to verify the source
of the leak.
Does this have to do with
what happened to Dr Goldin?
In part, yes.
I don't see how Dr Goldin's death
could have anything
to do with a leak.
Why don't you tell me
what you think happened?
Well, Dr Goldin
was in the room with, uh...
the one that turned out to be alive.
Apparently, they can...
well, uh, this is incredible.
We saw it first
on a cellular level.
They can become
whatever they want.
I don't follow you at all.
They can appear as people.
Dr Goldin, for example,
thought he was 13,
at his bar mitzvah.
He saw his father.
Apparently, that's what killed him.
And the... visitor.
You've been a lot of help,
and, doctor, I think
you can appreciate
how important it could be
that you say nothing about this
to anyone.
They can appear
as people, you say?
Yes, as unbelievable
as that seems.
And exposure to one
of these apparitions,
that's what killed Dr Goldin?
It's not safe to spend
too much time with one of them.
Whoa.
How do you feel?
Like I'm floating.
Headaches?
Anything like that?
Nothing like that.
That's good. That's good.
[footsteps]
Tom?
Becky?
Wimmy, wammy, woo!
That was amazing.
[BECKY] Mama,
John's been doing magic tricks
that are much better than Tom's.
You're not hungry?
- No, I...
- He's never hungry.
Tom, that's enough.
No, it's all right.
How are you feeling?
Your headache?
I'm fine. I hadn't even
thought about it. Thank you.
Good. That's good.
[TOM] So where did you
come from, anyway?
- Tom...
- I don't mind.
I come from Des Moines.
That's like 1,000 miles
away from here.
How'd you know that?
It's where
my magic kit came from.
Tom, Becky, sit up
and watch your manners.
I come from there originally.
I've just been working
any place I could since then.
Farm work, mainly.
What happened to you
that got you so messed up?
Machine accident.
Why are you being
so mean to John?
- He's our friend.
- He's not my friend.
You certainly seem
to be recovering nicely.
Like I told you,
I just needed a little rest.
[SALLY] So now that
you're feeling better,
I guess you'll be moving on?
[JOHN] I guess so.
I just need a few more days.
Everyone knows
not to stare into the sun.
It's something your mother
tells you when you're a kid.
Don't look at the sun.
Or you'll go blind.
But sometimes you want to
understand something so badly
that you'll risk going blind
for just a glimpse
of what it all might be about.
Damn.
I brought you something.
Thanks, Captain.
You got married, huh?
Same girl?
The one that worked at the bank?
Yeah, same one.
What the hell
are you doing here, Captain?
Not that I'm not glad to see you.
Do you know about the other men?
What about them?
They're dead.
Same thing?
Yeah, more or less.
What about you?
How come you're
the walking one and only?
I don't know.
Do you believe in God, Captain?
Yes. Yes, I do.
How about you?
Not in any way that helps.
Look, I'm sorry, Captain.
I don't mean to sound bitter.
I should be thanking you.
After all, you saved my life.
The thing is, Johnson, um...
Except for these dreams...
I've been having...
I don't remember a thing
about what happened.
Aw, well, hell, Captain,
that's a damn shame,
cause you were an A-1,
Audie Murphy hero.
Whatever they did to us,
they did for a long time.
Whenever I'd stop screaming,
I'd hear one of the other guys.
It seemed like we were there for days.
You were on the cot next to mine.
I don't know,
maybe it was sloppy,
maybe they thought we were
just too far gone to care,
that we wouldn't fight back,
but they put
that machine gun down
right across from your cot...
And they left the clip in the gun,
almost like they
didn't quite understand
how a machine gun worked.
Well, you sure as hell
showed them, Captain.
Only one thing.
You and I both know it wasn't
Germans you killed that day.
It wasn't Germans at all.
How are you coming with the canvass
for the fifth occupant
of the craft?
We haven't had much luck, sir.
You might be interested to know
there was another live one,
at least he was
when he was brought in.
Our scientists have learned
that they have certain abilities.
What kind of abilities?
In good time.
Colonel Campbell...
he's a small and petty man.
I don't like him. He's an idiot!
In an attempt to control
the most important revelation
of the century, if not all time,
the colonel
has confiscated the bodies
and initiated
a high-level cover-up.
He froze you out,
just like he did to us in that field.
He doesn't share the limelight,
and I'm not a person you freeze out.
I'm gonna take
this project from him.
In the process,
I hope to ruin his career.
I will also take down anyone
who stands with him.
I'm under the impression
that the two of you
would never make that mistake.
No, sir.
If you were to have
a bit of luck in your canvass
for what is now
the only live visitor,
I would hope you'd share
that information with someone
who's more forthcoming
than the colonel.
- We would, sir.
- Yes, sir.
Good, Howard.
Oh, I mentioned that they
had certain abilities.
Don't confine your search
to little grey men.
Look for someone
who's a little bit more...
human.
Ah, this is beautiful country.
I guess it is.
Live in a place long enough,
you forget to notice
that sort of thing.
I think it's important
to always try and see
as much as you can.
Sometimes a person's life
can spoil the view.
You're a really special woman.
You need to believe me
when I tell you that.
[CHUCKLES]
You don't know
what you're talking about.
Yes, I do.
You know, I've...
I've done some things
I didn't mean to do.
You don't have to tell me.
And I've...
I've had to learn
to control my emotions.
It's okay...
It's all been worth it...
Cause it brought me to you.
Oh, I don't know
what's happening here...
But I sure as heck don't care.
And when the Indians
first saw the Spaniards,
they thought
they were gods or devils.
Because to the Indians,
white man
did not look like man at all.
I don't like him.
I think he's nice.
Ahem!
[whispers]
Children...
these gentlemen are
from the United States Army.
They are searching West Texas
for a deserter.
This man ran away from his post.
These men think he might be
hiding around here somewhere.
If anyone has seen a stranger
round these parts,
you let us know about it right away.
Don't go trying
to talk to him yourself.
This fella's dangerous, boys and girls.
I want to go through
through his clothes and stuff,
see if I can find
anything from the army.
I don't know, Tom.
The sheriff said
the deserter was dangerous.
That's why I want to know
if it's John.
Come on!
Where are his clothes?
[BECKY] Tom!
It's him.
[JOHN] It's who?
Now listen to me.
You think you know something,
but you don't.
Ah, ah.
Let me go! Let me go!
Let him go! Let him go!
My business here is almost done,
and I won't let you interfere.
[BECKY]
Tom, your nose is bleeding.
I'm sorry, Tom. I...
[SALLY] Where is everybody?
What's with them?
See for yourself.
[dogs barking]
- [TOM] Sheriff! Hey, sheriff!
- All right, son.
The man you're looking for
is at our house.
[SHERIFF]
Come on, let's move out!
Harry, you take the south road!
My boss down at the diner
called to say
that there were
some soldiers in town
looking for a deserter
from the army base in New Mexico.
I know you come from a place
a whole lot further than that.
I don't know how you
do what you do.
I know you can see into people.
They're gonna be
coming for you soon.
My grandmother gave me these.
She came over to Texas in 1893.
I always thought
they were kind of funny.
They're for Texas,
the Lone Star state,
and there's two of 'em.
Will you take one with you?
And I'll keep the other.
Can I see you once
before you go?
You better go inside.
[ENGINE DIES]
What's this? Come on!
[ENGINE SPUTTERS]
I don't know
what the trouble is.
[WHOOSHING]
That summer.
A lot of things had happened
that people couldn't explain.
There had been lights in the sky
and stories in the paper
about saucers crashing.
John had come.
And then he had gone.
Put it on the table.
Take the cookies out.
For a while.
Life went back to being life.
And almost everyone
forgot the things that
that summer had brought
with it from out of the sky.
[KNOCKS]
He's gone, hasn't he?
He has.
Home?
Yes, home.
I guess I'm too late, then.
Ma'am.
[SCREAMING]
[JOHNSON] What the hell
are you doing here. Captain?
[RUSSELL]
I don't remember a thing
about what happened.
I don't remember a thing
about what happened.
Aw. Well. Hell. Captain.
That's a damn shame.
You sure as hell
showed them. Captain.
You were an A-1. Audie Murphy...
You sure as hell
showed them. Captain.
Only one thing.
You and I both know
those weren't Germans
you killed that day.
Those weren't Germans
you killed that day.
Wasn't Germans at all.
I thought I told you to keep
that woman away from me.
I'm doing my best, sir.
She's somewhat persistent.
Persistent?
Right.
Sue, it's so good to see you.
Lieutenant Bowen, this is Sue.
[HOWARD] Ma'am.
You don't even know
my last name.
I haven't been coming here
for two weeks
about you and me, Owen.
I came about this.
Where'd you find this?
Up at Pine Lodge.
Here, come in my office.
That night after you ditched me
to go to the movies
with that army brat,
I was out driving around.
I saw something crash.
I went up there,
and there was something
in the trees,
but it was dark,
and I couldn't really see what.
And then I found that.
And you brought it to me.
Sue, you never let me explain
about that night.
I was supposed
to meet the colonel.
He was ill, and his daughter
came to give me the message.
Sure she did.
You completely misunderstood
the situation.
Sure I did.
You are the sun
and the moon to me, Sue.
The sun and the moon.
- Boo!
- Aah!
You really should get in the habit
of locking your door.
Oh, well.
It's too late.
Owen Crawford
is the best commanding officer,
boss, advisor,
and all-around good guy
that I've ever come to know.
And, Anne,
well, you're not
just marrying Owen.
You're getting
me and Marty, too,
and everyone else
who's ever served under him.
So I hope you like company.
To Owen and Anne...
congratulations.
[PIANO PLAYING
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT]
Dance with me.
[GIGGLING]
I can't believe it.
You can pour one
for me, too, Dad.
If I didn't think that it'd
break my daughter's heart,
I'd kill you where you stand.
But it really would
break her heart.
You know what I'd like
as a wedding present?
- I'd like to be a major.
- What?
A major. Anything less,
and it wouldn't be right
when you put me in charge
of your little project
at Wright Field.
That project is mine.
You won't see the inside
of that laboratory.
I disagree.
It's an alloy unknown on this planet.
There's no translation, ancient
or modern, for the language.
It was found at Pine Lodge,
at the crash site.
Either you give me
exactly what I want,
or I'll go public with this.
I'll bring your flying saucer
crashing down on your head...
Dad.
Enjoy your new promotion.
Oh, and, uh...
I'd never do anything to hurt Anne.
She's the sun and the moon to me.
Hey, Tyler,
what do I have to do
to get a refill in here today?
Well, just hang on a minute,
will you, Larry?
Sally will be right there.
[RADIO PLAYS]
Sally?
Sally, honey, you all right?
I'll be out in just a minute.
Honey, what's the matter
with you?
Oh, hell, Tyler.
I'm pregnant.
Well, Fred will be proud.
Oh. Honey, I'm sorry.
My mother always talked to me
a lot about the sky.
She liked to watch
the clouds in the day
and the stars at night...
especially the stars.
We would play a game sometimes...
a game called
What's Beyond the Sky?
We would imagine darkness
or a blinding light
or something else that
we didn't know how to name.
But. Of course.
That was just a game.
There's nothing beyond the sky.
The sky just is.
And it goes on and on.
And we play
all of our games beneath it.
♪ Stay all night, stay a little longer ♪
♪ Dance all night ♪
♪ dance a little longer ♪
♪ Pull off your coat ♪
♪ and throw it in the corner ♪
♪ I don't see why ♪
♪ you don't stay a little longer ♪