On the Edge of Innocence Page #2

Sorry, lady,

it's against the rules.

But l have a divine right.

ROBERT:
Your left ain't bad,

either, but rules is rules.

Let's go. Check it, please.

(Camera clicking)

ROBERT:
Beautiful.

MAN:
Huh. Kodiak bear.

Soon kill you as look atyou.

And the one's killed a man,

man-hunter for the rest

of his life.

Nothing he'd rather eat.

Got the taste of human flesh.

A man-killing machine.

ROBERT:
l'm leaving today,

so let's getthe shoes polished.

Do l need to walk you

through this whole thing?

-No,the shoes---

-Scrapthe shoes.

Whatthe--for God's sakes,

this isn't brain surgery.

lt's afucking pair of shoes.

GetJames down here.

Robert, he's sick.

He's sick,

the shoes look like sh*t,

and everything l ask youfor--

This is lame.

This is reallyfucking lame.

The inside of a banana peel

will shine shoes.

Come with me.

Afount of information.

Shine shoes with a banana.

You should know that.

He's sick, Bob. James is sick.

Well, how sick is he?

He'd have to get betterto die.

Ha!

That guy.

That guy. He's the guy

for my photograph.

Excuse me. Where is this guy?

He's yourfriend, right?

Where is this guy in the photo?

This is the guy we want,

not somefucking model.

Where--where is he?

Jack Hawk?

Cabin up north,80 miles.

ROBERT:
Does he have a phone?

MAN:
No phone, no radio.

He'll likely be out hunting.

ROBERT:
Well,then we'll just

go andfind him. Let's go.

Seems you can make a compass

out of a needle.

My God. That's a new one on me.

You spend much time

in the woods?

No, l'm afraid most of

my knowledge is theoretical.

Such a...perfect spot.

Such privilege.

lt's a shame...

everyone can't enjoy it.

Yeah.

lt is remote, and--

That's true. Now,you think

this spot is so remote...

that only thefew can enjoy it,

but l got a plan.

l got a scheme

to developthis lake,

and l thinkthat

you could appreciate it.

Now, no need, really,

foryou to look atthese...

'cause you can envision this

betterthan they can draw,

but l wantyou to look

atthesefigures.

Now, here's

the interesting part.

For only 30 or

Ah.

l beg your pardon?

l thoughtfor a moment

you were just being courteous.

What do you mean?

Nothing.

Come on, let's go get him.

We'll lose the light.

We lose the light at4:18.

There's the guy we should've

been shooting all along.

He's got some character

in hisface.

-Charles.

-Yeah?

-What's the matter?

-Huh?

Uh...no, it's nothing.

He's jaded. That's what it is.

That's it. l'm jaded.

We're going on an impromptu

adventure. You come,too.

MlCKEY:
Charles on an adventure?

That's right.

What do you say, Charles?

We'll be back in two hours.

-Uh...

-Get some air underyourwings.

All right.

Yeah, OK.

Behold the mighty hunter.

Come on.

Hello!

(Echoing)

(Knocking)

Aw,that's just great.

Our model's gone bear hunting.

How butch of him.

Where's he going?

Big Bass Lake, partner!

lt's about 20 miles northwest.

And we're left here taking

a picture of sweet Fanny Anne.

-What do you say, Charles?

-Huh?

ROBERT:
We, uh...

-Should we chance it?

-Be careful.

ROBERT:
Careful of what?

CHARLES:
lt's a deadfall.

-What's a deadfall?

-lt's a pitto catch bears.

What are we being careful of?

lt's a bear pit.

What do you say? Should we

press on? Should we be bold?

You really need tofind him?

l need to getthatfilm.

A good plan today is better

than a perfect plan tomorrow.

-What do you say?

-OK, let's be bold.

Hey,there's the spirit

that beatthe Japanese.

Weather coming infrom

the north. Snow, maybe.

-Could l tell you something?

-Hmm? Yeah, if you like.

l admire the way you took

thatjoke last night.

Handled itwell.

Embarrassing moment.

-l thoughtyou handled itwell.

-Thank you.

Tough row to hoe,

you think about it.

Whatwould that be?

Oh, all that money.

Ah.

A lot of responsibility.

Never knowing

who yourfriends are,

never knowing

what people value youfor.

Yeah.

Must be tough.

Neverfeel sorryfor

a man who owns a plane.

So...what do you

value mefor, Bob?

Well, l tell you what...

l like your style.

And l think yourwife's

pretty cute,too.

Yes.

So...how are you planning

to kill me?

-Oh,f***! Hold on!

-Oh, sh*t!

-What's happening?!

-Oh, no! Jesus!

Aah!

(Engine sputtering)

-God damn it!

-Look out!

Jesus!

(Screaming)

(Gurgling)

Aah! Aah...

(Gasps)

(Coughing)

Bob!

OK, get him up. Get him up.

l got him.

Steve. Steve!

(Steve coughing)

Anyone got any matches?

Got any matches?

Help me up.

We'll make afire right here.

Make afire.

That's better. Yeah.

Come on. Oh, God.

CHARLES:
Come on.

Come on. Come on.

That's it. Come on. Oh, God.

Oh, sh*t.

STEPHEN:
l'm cold.

Let's stopfucking about,

shall we, and getthe guy warm.

Hey, come on. We need those.

We need them.

Come on, Stephen, come on.

Come here.

ROBERT:
l letthefire burn out.

CHARLES:
We've only got

afewflares left.

Shouldn'twe keepthem

for signaling?

Whatwe need is...

Whatwe want is wood--quite

a bit of it,for a signalfire.

When they comefor us,

they'll see the smoke.

Huh?

-Why would they comefor us?

-Hmm?

Well,they know

we wentto the cabin.

When they go there,

they'll see the note.

Oh.

ROBERT:
l'm afraid

we're infor a walk.

What's that mean,

'we're infor a walk"?

Whatthefuck does that mean?

l once read an interesting book.

lt said that most people

lost in the wilds,they...

CHARLES:
They die of shame.

STEPHEN:
What?

Yeah.

They die of shame.

'What did l do wrong?"

'How could l have gotten

myseIf into this?"

And so they sitthere,

and they...die.

They didn't do the one thing

thatwould've saved their lives.

And what is that, Charles?

Thinking.

Look. Steve, look.

All right, here's the lodge.

Here's the cabin where

we were supposed to have gone.

This is where we did go--

through this pass,

mountains, river.

They'll be lookingfor us

in the south, all right?

If we can get back south

of this pass by tonight,

we can use theflares.

How do wefind it in the woods?

Head south.

Aha. We head south. How do

we know which way is south?

OK, uh...

Look.

Pointthe hour hand atthe sun.

HaIfway between the hour hand

and 12:
00 is south.

This is broken.

Give me yourwatch.

Mine's busted,too.

-Steve?

-lt's lost.

OK. All right, l'll tell you.

Uh...the birds will beflying

south. We'llfollow them.

-What if we can't see them?

-Sorry l got us into this!

Stopthat! Stop it!

Just stop it.

-Where are you going?

-Gonna make a compass.

Uh...

Right. You take a needle,

rub it on silk, magnetize it.

And, uh...

Here, place it on a leaf. Here.

You have a compass.

Who travels with a needle?

Ah.

Here.

Ha ha! Oh, sh*t.

You see? ltworks.

ltworks.

That peak is south.

-What if it isn't?

-Huh?

lt is. Has no choice. lt's drawn

by the Earth's magnetism.

l know how itworks, Charles.

Good. Then you know.

That's south.

What do we do when we getthere?

Take another sighting.

lt doesn'tfeel south, Charles.

Just because you're lost doesn't

mean your compass is broken.

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