Crazy in Alabama Page #7

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Let the games begin.

Okay, bring in the--

Hold it!

Get them out.

What the hell is this?

Bailiff, get the children

out of my court!

What the hell do you think this is,

a kindergarten? Get them out!

Out!

Gentlemen. I mean you,

lawyers, gentlemen. Forward.

Yeah, you and you. Come here.

Darling, would you mind coming up here

with a little pen and pencil?

What are you doing with

that cheap trick you just pulled?

I tried to do that 30 years ago.

You don't bring children

into the courtroom...

...to influence the jury

and get sympathy.

Is that understood to you?

Not a word from you, my friend!

Now, just get your ass back.

Get your ass back!

Yes, sir.

You got an ass? Move it.

He's a mean son of--

Now you can bring in the jury.

Now...

...when you arrived at the Vinson

residence on May the 5th...

...you found the body of a man who had

been decapitated. Is that correct?

It is.

I've been on this job for 20 years.

This is my first decapitation.

And you have identified...

...this man...

...as Chester Vinson?

That's right.

Let me ask you...

...how you knew who it was...

...if he didn't have a head?

I took Dove's word on that.

You consider Dove Bullis

to be a man of his word?

He gets confused about

whose side he's on...

...but I'd say sure,

more or less, he's honest.

You don't have a murder weapon.

You don't have a witness.

You don't have a confession.

You don't even know for sure whose

body was in that deep freeze, do you?

She had his head

when she was arrested!

-What more proof do you need?

-Isn't it true...

...that you have always planned

to use Mrs. Vinson...

...to keep her brother in line?

Isn't that why you didn't bother

to gather evidence?

Chester Vinson didn't cut off

his own head! Did he?

That did it.

All right. I tell you what.

I'd like to have...

...a meeting with the young lady

in my chambers...

...and there'll be

a short recess, okay?

Without counsel?

I'd like to see her alone,

you understand? Thank you.

I object.

Do you know what A-L-O-N-E means?

Alone?

Violation of procedural rules,

Your Honour.

Okay, objection overruled.

You shall see her alone.

Be careful, you hear? Watch it.

What did he say to you?

What did he say?

He said that he really liked me

in Bewitched.

Let me ask you, Mrs. Vinson...

...why you decided to take

your husband's head with you...

...to California.

-That's kind of hard to explain.

-Well, just do your best.

Well, remember Fantasia?

That movie?

When Mickey Mouse...

...chops the wicked little broom

into splinters...

...and then those splinters...

...they turn into hundreds

and hundreds...

...and hundreds of brooms ?

I was afraid that Chester was gonna

pull some kind of stunt like that.

But you must've had plenty

of opportunities along the way...

...to dispose of his head.

Well....

Yeah, but as long as it was

in there keeping fresh....

You know, those plastic containers,

those things are...

...absolutely amazing.

Well, anyway, it was kind of like

it never happened...

...except that I was happy...

...and I was free.

I'm not sorry I killed him.

I'm not saying that.

I probably should've done that

a long time ago--

No further questions, Your Honour.

Mr. Bullis, you've testified

that Mrs. Vinson...

...has trouble telling

the difference...

...between what's real and what's...

...not.

Can you give us some examples?

She said Chester's head

was talking to her.

Talking to her?

Out in California.

Can you think of anything else?

The whole pattern of her behaviour--

Your Honour, I object.

This man is not a psychiatrist.

Come on, will you?

You're overruled.

Just sit down now.

Go ahead.

I'm not a psychiatrist.

I'm her brother.

She's always been a wonderful part of

our family, a good mother to her kids.

But Chester Vinson was not

good to her!

I never realized how much...

...how much he damaged her...

...or I would've--

I think he made her go...

...a little crazy.

Do you think she's still dangerous?

Absolutely not.

No further questions, Your Honour.

What did she tell you that day?

She said she killed Uncle Chester

right after the 14 0:00 news.

Did she tell you how she killed him?

She put rat poison in his coffee.

Terrible way to go.

Did she say why?

She said you use rat poison

if you wanted to kill a rat.

I meant, did she say

why she killed him?

He wouldn't let her go to Hollywood.

He said she was crazy because

she wanted to be on Bewitched.

She made it too. She got there.

She was great.

I bet she was.

Said you only got one life. Can't sit

around waiting for your next life.

She made me promise not to tell...

...how she did it.

But you're breaking that promise?

You made me swear to tell the whole

truth and nothing but the truth.

Have you done that for us today?

Have you told us the whole truth...

...and nothing but the truth?

No, sir.

What exactly do you mean?

The whole truth is...

...she's here because of me.

I know who killed Taylor Jackson.

It was that man there!

Sheriff Doggett!

He pretended it was an accident,

but I saw it!

He knows I saw it! He's been after

Aunt Lucille ever since...

...to keep me from telling.

He did it!

He killed Taylor Jackson!

Quiet in the court!

Okay, now.

Hold it down! I ain't running no

circus. Everybody just settle down!

Your Honour.

-Your Honour!

-I hear you.

With the court's indulgence...

...my client would like

to make a statement.

A closing statement

from the defendant?

I don't know. I'd like to hear

what the young lady's got to say.

-You go ahead, darling.

-Thank you, sir.

Thanks. Last night I wrote down

a list of every single bad thing...

-...Chester Vinson ever did to me.

-I fail to see the relevance.

Please sit down and be quiet.

You've had your turn.

Be a gentleman. Take her advice.

Sit down.

My darling, you can continue.

And if you wanna move around...

...whatever makes you relaxed,

go ahead.

Thank you, sir.

Here, honey, come on. Go on.

Say it. Yeah, that's it.

Go right on up there.

Thank you, Your Honour.

I guess I'll just

start at the beginning.

The night that we got married....

Mama, remember?

Chester got so drunk...

...that he just ran off with

his coon-hunting buddies...

...and he forgot all about me.

And he stayed gone for three days.

Number two...

...the time that I was pregnant

with Sond...

...we went to the football game

and my water broke...

...but he didn't wanna leave...

...so I had to stand there with water

running down my legs until halftime.

There are worse things on this list.

He used to poke holes

in my diaphragm with a pin...

...because he loved having

me pregnant...

...because that way I could stay home

and take care of him, cater to him.

So I was pregnant

for 54 months of my life.

And he used to cheat on me

all the time.

He cheated on me when I was pregnant.

The last one was with my best friend.

That's right.

I'm talking about you, Charlene!

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