1969
- R
- Year:
- 1988
- 95 min
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( "When I Was Young"
by the Animals)
The rooms were so much
colder then
And times were very hard
When I was young
When I was young
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls, I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young
When I was young it
was more important
ain more painful
and laughter much louder
Yeah
When I was young
When I was young
I met my first love at 13
She was brown and
I was pretty green
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
it was more important
ain more painful,
laughter much louder
Yeah
When I was young
When I was young
My faith was so much
stronger then
And I was so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
(man) In 1969, Richard Nixon
was inaugurated president.
Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King
had been assassinated the year before
and the Beatles were still together.
Ralph and I were 19.
Two years out of high school
and we owned the world.
At least, the 83-mile stretch
from Barton State College home.
You know what freedom is?
OK, I'll tell you what freedom is.
Standing on the road
with your thumb out.
Got no cares, no problems in your life.
You can go anywhere you want
in the whole world.
- I wanna go home.
- That's one place you can go.
Douche bag! Go to hell.
Thank you. Thanks a lot, you scum!
You slug!
Thanks a lot, you f***ing mould.
I told my mother
I'd be there by dinner.
It's gonna be a late dinner.
All we need is a ride Ralf,
then we'll be home, I promise.
God... goddammit! Goddammit!
Something funny?
Hey! Give us a ride,
you motherhumper. Give us a ride!
Argh!
Hey.
Hey, Scott. Scottie.
Eat it. Eat this. There you go.
(Ralph) We should've
stayed collage man.
At least we could've got laid.
No, you could've got laid.
I've already decided if nothing...
...happens by the time I'm 20,
I'll cut it off.
- How you gonna pee there, Scott?
- Sitting down.
(Ralph laughs)
You think that's funny?
You've slept with 13 girls, Ralph.
You slept with that girl
with the thingies in her hair?
When? Last night?
Oh, sh*t.
You wanna get laid, man?
I'm gonna help you out.
I'll show you how easy it is.
Alright, the next car
that comes down that road...
...is gonna be the woman
of your dreams.
Come on. Look human,
look human, OK?
What do you want her
to look like, man?
I mean, name your requirements.
- Alive and from this planet.
- OK.
Look. Here she comes.
Here she comes.
What's she like?
Blonde? Brunette?
She got big boppers,
little boppers? Come on!
She's blonde. Blonde.
Strawberry blonde, actually.
Uh, she's 28 years old.
She wants it.
She wants it real bad.
Not bad enough to stop for us,
though.
- Sh*t. Did you see her face?
- What are you telling man.
She's beautiful. She wants you.
Why do yo think she stop?
Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Ralph.
I'm ready. I've been practising.
( "Aquarius"
by the Fifth Dimension)
No. No. I just thought
you were someone else.
Well, I'm not. I'm just me.
Sorry. Would you still like a lift
or am I too much of a disappointment?
No, no, that'd be great. Thanks.
(radio plays "Let The Sun Shine"
by the Fifth Dimension)
Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in
Let the sun shine
- Got enough room?
- Yeah, thanks.
You're big, aren't you?
- How big are you?
- About six even.
Really? Is that hard or soft?
- Hey, mister.
- Marshall. Call me Marshall.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend.
Let the sun shine
Let the sun shine
Can I see it?
- What?
- I'll show you mine.
You can let us out here.
Ok. This is as far as we
wanted to go anyway.
You don't have to be rude.
It's my car, I can do whatever I want.
- Hey!
- Jesus.
No one touches my friend,
you f***ing homo.
(brakes squeal)
Sorry! I didn't know
you were married!
(Scott) Well, at least we got
a little farther down the road.
(laughs)
(trickling water)
Hey.
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
We're gonna need it.
(congregation sings
"Christ The Lord Is Risen Today")
Alleluia
Sons of men and angels say
Alleluia
Raise your joys
and triumphs high
Alleluia
Sing, you heavens,
and earth, reply
Alleluia
(complex solo)
- (giggling)
- (woman) Shh.
(clears throat)
"And on the third day,
he rose again from the dead. "
"And his countenance was like... "
(whooping)
(clears throat)
"Go, ye, therefore,
and teach all nations. "
"I am with you always,
even to the end of the world. "
(man) Hey, Ralph!
What's happening?
Well, if it isn't Jesus Christ
and Mary Magdalene.
Hi, Ralph. How are you?
It's good to see you, wild buck.
Look at you, you look horrible.
How you doing, Dad?
What brings you girls down here?
Little brother.
Hi, Cottie. Alden,
are you a mailman?
Yeah.
Here. I got a special delivery
for you right there.
Look at you two.
- Can hardly tell us apart, huh?
- (she laughs)
How you doing, Bethany Willow?
Why can't you just call me Beth?
So, you jerks took a short cut, huh?
I was about to call the National Guard.
You should've. We coulda used the ride.
Uh-huh? Well, look at you.
I wouldn't have picked you up
with a dump truck.
The '60s hadn't really hit yet
in our little town in Maryland,
even though they were
almost over.
I mean that in the sense that
not much had changed.
Not in my lifetime anyway.
(girl on bike) Hi, puppy.
(woman) Do I live
by myself here?
Anyone going to join me
for dinner?
Not you.
Here you are, Happy. Go on.
Kids, it's Easter Sunday,
for Christ's sake.
You gonna rake the yard
before you go back?
No. Well, I gotta study.
You're gonna rake the yard,
aren't you?
On Easter Sunday? Wrong.
Come on, cut it out. Beth.
Don't do that.
OK.
- Peace.
- Peace.
- Mercy.
- Ow. Ow. Ow.
Stop it. Goddammit! Stop it.
Close your eyes
while I pray for you.
Dear Lord...
Amen.
(squealing and laughter)
(man) Go get 'em, Alden.
Scottie?
How's it going? Huh?
All right.
I like your hair.
- Yeah, I like yours too.
- Yeah?
- Superintendents, huh?
- Yeah.
It's hard to imagine
Yeah, well. He might have been
young like you.
At my age he was alread
married and had me.
Well, he was in a hurry to get old.
That's not my trip.
I keep trying to picture myself...
getting out...
and getting married.
Having a real job, but...
I just can't see it.
So, how's your love life, huh?
You getting any?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Yeah, I've been doing that
a long time now.
No sh*t?
I didn't get laid till I was almost 20.
Really? That's a drag.
Yeah.
Well, I guess I was
on a slow trip, huh?
Hey, come here.
Get down here.
What do you think of my car, huh?
- It's OK.
- Yeah? Yeah? Tell me the truth.
- It's a piece of sh*t, Alden.
- Yeah?
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