Bombay Beach

man:
The American West is big.

You'd think there was plenty of

room here, wouldn't you,

for all who needed room?

But people began finding

conditions too crowded

and they spread out.

For this is the story of the

"miracle sea in the desert,"

the Salton Sea.

385 square miles of water,

formed by accident

back in 1905,

when the Colorado River

ran wild over manmade dikes.

A sea in the desert, with its

white sandy beaches, it's--

The Salton Sea,

the new recreational capital

of the world.

The future is now.

And you-- you have been present

at the birth of a city.

man:
Love is a combination

of several things:

trust, caring, honesty--

which honesty

is the biggest thing.

And I'll just bet

my bottom dollar,

it was beautiful to you

to see your dad give your mom

a hug and a kiss.

If you see love

between your parents,

even if it's just once

in awhile,

that would

install love in you.

If you don't, you're gonna be

a long, lonesome dude

in a far away place.

The desert

is very unforgiving.

It has no mercy on anybody

or anyone.

To live on it, you have to

improvise in order to survive.

Whoo!

Where's the dead bird?

boy:
Right there.

Look inside this,

while he's right here.

Ew!

Listen, you want

a piece of gum?

boy:
Sarah, will you pass me

my chips?

I really love those.

Ooh!

Ooh!

Ooh!

We're gonna have to

climb over here.

woman:
You were grounded

for one week for throwing rocks

at another child.

You were fighting on the bus

and you threw a rock

at another child today.

Remember that?

And you hit her in the head

and made her bleed?

- boy:
Was it her?

- woman:
Mm-hmm.

I thought that was William

'cause his head was bleeding.

There was more than one.

There was three,

actually.

- I know what this is for.

- What?

Because this is

for the cut.

This thing is for cookies.

- Yeah.

- And the white ones.

This one is to--

it's Ritalin.

What this one does--

Is you know when you

run around a lot,

and you can't stop moving,

and you're very hyper?

This is supposed to make you

where you don't do that.

- Calms you down.

- Is that new, Mom?

No, that's not new.

He's been taking that for

almost two years.

And this one,

Resveratrol, is for--

Crazy?

No, you're not crazy,

sweetie.

Don't ever think

you're crazy, okay?

kids:
Happy Birthday,

dear Benny...

Make a wish!

boy:
Benny,

what'd you wish for?

I wished for Mom and Dad

to love me all year long.

girl:
Bubbles, woo-hoo!

- Are you ready?

- Yeah.

- Are you ready?

- No.

Yes!

Let's get it on!

Bring it, bring it!

- Bring it!

- woman:
Okay, you ready?

More!

man:
I left home

when I was 13.

My father told me,

many years ago,

"The harder you work,

the richer you will die."

"Is richness what you have

learned, by experience,

or the amount of dollars

you can get in the bank?"

Around a lot of the places in

the Southwest part

of the country here,

the state cannot tax

the Indian reservation

for the cigarettes.

So they sell 'em a little

cheaper.

So if you buy them there,

you can bootleg a few of them

and make a few pennies profit.

Well, you might say,

well, that's illegal.

You'd have to figure out a way,

at your golden age,

to support yourself,

at least partially.

Where's your master, huh?

Hey, Justin?

Do you know where Jerry is?

No, I don't.

woman:
Like I said, I haven't

seen him since Wednesday.

Well, that'll be the last

f***ing bill he gets on me.

I got a damned near $300

phone bill this month.

The desert has

a lot of poor people.

For different reasons,

they are poor.

They wanna bum a cigarette.

Why bum?

Why damn, for a quarter,

I'd sell 'em one.

Sometimes I wonder where

my next meal is coming from.

I've been that way

all my life.

But I sure enjoyed it.

# I been a #

# Moonshiner #

# For 17 long years #

# I spent all my money #

# On whiskey and beer #

# God bless them

pretty women #

# I wish they was mine #

# Their breath is #

# As sweet as #

# The dew on the vine #

Ooh.

We're goin' off-road

golf cartin' driving.

Left turn!

- man:
Watch out for that hole!

- I got this!

- I got-- I got...

- I told you.

I got it.

Shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo,

shoo, shoo, shoo...

- Man, let me drive.

- Nope.

This is the other

bar right here.

- Uh, it's open.

- I know.

Could I see the-- the menu?

A cheeseburger and onion rings,

and a hamburger and fries.

( playing piano )

Will you tell him

to get up, dude?

- What happened?

- Some f***ing d*ckhead.

Could've been-- might've been

just a common mistake.

No one lookin'

or whatever and--

He just kept going?

He hit you?

Both--

Most people do.

Did he...

What the hell?

What's hurting?

Your back or your arm?

It's all sides,

f***ed up.

- Can you move your leg?

- The leg, too?

No, that's fine.

- It's just your shoul--

- My shoulder and my arm.

Mm, his sh*t is broke,

see it?

It's something.

It'll heal.

It'll heal.

You need to go to the doctor

or something.

You need to get up.

But if you want to lay down,

just lay down.

Don't get up,

just lay down.

- Yeah, sure, man.

- You just gonna stay here?

But please don't--

We're not, we're not,

we're not.

I don't want

nobody botherin' nothin'.

- All right.

- All right.

- I'll handle it.

- You're-- you're okay?

- You're all right?

- Yeah, thank you very much.

- All right then.

- Yeah, all right.

I'll remember your face,

probably.

All right.

And it's not funny juice.

man:
His arm is broken,

can you see it?

woman:
Probably.

His arm-- arm right here

is broke.

I'm not gonna touch--

I'm not gonna touch you.

Is your arm broken?

Above his elbow, look at it.

Right here?

You gotta go in the hospital now

and get it looked at.

I'll take care of it.

You need to go to the hospital,

seriously, to get a--

If it starts bleeding

inside, you'll bleed to death.

Thank God.

I thought I wasn't

gonna like it out here.

But it's better than LA,

to me.

boy:
Eight, nine,

15, 17, 18, 30.

- boy:
I'm not ready!

- Here I come or not.

- Whoa.

- How do I get down?

Hey, how did you get

all the way up there?

What the--?

How'd he get up there?

( screaming )

Go back there and look,

your happy face...

Benny, Mom's playing--

- Turn the light on!

- Come on.

Aah!

- I wasn't ready!

- No, you were--

- One, two...

- Hurry up and run!

man:
You can't use a flashlight,

that's not hide-and-seek.

boy:
Ten, nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four, three,

two, one.

man:
KSWT, TV 13 Weekend News.

Sheriff's deputies recovered

the explosives and ammunition

in an island home.

Police first

responded to the home

to investigate

a child-neglect case

and found deplorable conditions

inside the home,

along with explosives.

Authorities arrested the couple

who lived there,

Michael and Pamela Parrish.

They say it's the largest

illegal-ammunition find

ever in Niland.

The Parrish Family

liked to play Army.

FBI attempted to get 'em

as terrorists.

You gotta remember

this is one year after 9/11.

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