Inside 'The Village': A Movie Special Page #4

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At the old shed that is not to be used.

Yeah.

- lvy.

- Yes, Father?

Do your very best not to scream.

(door unlocking)

(door opening)

What?

I am leaving to fetch you medicines.

I had a difficult time getting away.

What is it?

(sighs)

Ivy...

...has asked...

...to go to the towns...

...for medicines.

(sniffing)

(footsteps approaching)

Christop.

Christop...

you needn't be scared.

We have the magic rocks.

They will keep us safe.

Why have we not heard

of these rocks before?

Christop, please.

Do not leave us.

There is nothing to fear.

Then why do you wear the cloak

of the safe color?

We will light torches.

It will be safe.

It is forbidden.

(Finton) Christop.

Ivy...

there's something in these woods.

It turns my stomach to rot.

You will be safe. They will not harm you,

because you cannot see.

They will take pity on you,

the way they took pity on Noah

when... when he ventured in the woods.

They will kill me, lvy.

I cannot stay.

You're better in these woods

than most boys. Anyone would say so.

It is my burden, Finton.

- You may go.

- Come with me.

(Walker) Do your very best not to scream.

(door opens)

(Ivy) There's an odd smell.

(Walker) It is ahead of you.

(Ivy) What is it?

(Walker) I cannot explain in words.

It is just a few steps.

(screams)

- Those We Don't Speak Of!

- Do not be frightened.

It is only farce.

Do not be frightened.

There did exist rumors

of creatures in these woods.

It is in one of the history books

I used to teach in the towns.

The screams from the woods?

We created those sounds.

The Ceremony of Meat?

We remove it ourselves.

An elder is always assigned.

The drills -

they are farce, too?

We did not want anyone

to go to the towns, lvy.

What about the animals -

the skinned ones?

- Are the elders responsible for that, too?

- I believe one of the elders is responsible.

It will not happen again.

There is no one in this village

who has not lost someone irreplaceable,

who has not felt loss so deeply that they

questioned the very merit of living at all.

It is a darkness I wished...

...you would never know.

Forgive us our silly lies, lvy.

They were not meant to harm.

I am... sad for you, Papa.

For all the elders.

On this paper has been written

a tool of medicine.

It is common in the towns.

You will go... with two escorts.

Follow the sounds of the stream.

A half day's journey

will bring you to a hidden road.

At this hidden road, the two escorts

will wait as you continue.

You alone will follow the road...

...and leave Covington Woods.

You are to tell no one

in the towns where we are...

...and return with haste.

I cannot come with you.

You gave your heart to this boy.

He is in need.

Are you ready to take this burden,

which, by right,

is yours and yours alone?

I am making fresh cloths for Lucius.

He needs them.

Alice, I've sent for help.

I've sent lvy to the towns.

You cannot.

It is all that I can give you.

It is all that I can give you.

I accept.

- What have you done?

- He is the victim of a crime.

We have agreed never to go back. Never.

What was the purpose of our leaving?

Let us not forget it was out of hope

of something good and right.

You should not have made

decisions without us.

- You have gone too far.

- I'm guilty, Robert!

I made a decision of the heart.

I cannot look into another's eyes

and see the same look

I see in August's without justification!

It is too painful. I cannot bear it!

You have jeopardized

everything we've made.

Who do you think

will continue this place, this life?

Do you plan to live forever?

It is in them that our future lies.

It is in lvy and Lucius that

this... this way of life will continue.

Yes, I have risked! I hope I am always able

to risk everything

for the just and right cause.

If we did not make this decision, we could

never again call ourselves innocent.

And that, in the end, is what we

have protected here - innocence!

That, I'm not ready to give up.

Let her go.

If it ends, it ends.

We can move towards hope.

It's what's beautiful about this place.

We must not run from heartache.

You know, my brother

was slain in the towns.

The rest of my family died here.

Heartache is a part of life.

We know that now.

Ivy's running toward hope.

Let her run.

If this place is worthy,

she'll be successful in her quest.

How could you have sent her?

She's blind.

She's more capable

than most in this village...

...and she is led by love.

The world moves for love.

It kneels before it in awe.

# All the world to see

# Time to look about and know

# How the shadows come and go

# How the breeze stirs the trees

# How the blossoms grow

# Sleep, baby, sleep

# Sleep, gently sleep

(screams)

(whimpering)

(grunting)

(gasping)

(gasping)

(Walker) There did exist rumors

of creatures in these woods.

It is in one of the history books

I used to teach in the towns.

(grunts)

(crying)

(gasps)

(rustling)

(rustling)

(whimpering)

(rustling)

(crying)

(growl)

(growl)

It is not real.

It is not real.

(whimpering)

(growls)

(roars)

(screaming)

(roaring)

(roars)

(screaming)

(gasping)

(roaring)

(woman) Noah?

- Oh, my God. What is this?

- What is this?

(woman) Where is he?

(Robert) He found one of the suits

we kept under the floorboards.

(woman sobbing) Oh, no.

Oh, God.

The animals.

(moaning)

(whimpering)

(whimpering)

(gasps)

(Walker) His will to live is very strong.

(Walker) A half day's journey

will bring you to a hidden road.

You alone will follow the road...

...and leave Covington Woods.

You are to tell no one

in the towns where we are...

...and return with haste.

(yelps)

(grunting)

(Mrs. Clack) My sister did not live

past her 23rd birthday.

A group of men raped and killed her.

They stuffed her in a Dumpster...

three blocks from our apartment.

(August) My brother worked

in an emergency room downtown.

A drug addict came in

with a wound to his ribs.

My brother tried to dress the wound.

He pulled a gun from his jacket...

... then he shot my brother

through his left eye.

(Alice) My husband, Michael,

Ieft for the supermarket

at a quarter past nine in the morning.

He was found

with no money and no clothes

in the East River, three days later.

(Walker) My father was shot

by a business partner,

who then hanged himself

in my father's closet.

They had argued over money.

I am a professor.

I teach American History

at the University of Pennsylvania.

I have an idea...

... that I would like to talk to you about.

(siren)

Mile 27 - there's a girl.

I'm gonna check it out.

(man on radio) Be careful.

(siren)

You're not allowed to go in there.

Please return to your vehicle.

(Ivy) What was that noise?

What are you doing out here?

How... how'd you get here?

Are you from the towns?

Uh...

Where are you from?

The woods.

You came from the woods?

In there?

Will you help me?

I need to find a doctor of medicine.

I must find these things.

We must make haste.

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