Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Page #4

Synopsis: It's 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a'changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid has become a sheriff, tasked by cattle interests with ridding the territory of Billy. After Billy escapes, Pat assembles a posse and chases him through the territory, culminating in a final confrontation at Fort Sumner, but is unaware of the full scope of the cattle interests' plans for the New West.
Director(s): Sam Peckinpah
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
1973
122 min
1,889 Views


- Have you ever been to California?|- Not yet.

I ain't either.

But they're sure pushing on me|to go somewhere.

Yeah, your leaving would sure|give Garrett some size.

I reckon he's given me|about all the time he can.

Mexico might not be bad|for a couple of months.

Depends on who you are.

I reckon.

There's a lot of us who'd ride with you.

Mexico won't be so bad|for a few months.

I guess that depends who you are.

But if I was y'all...

...I'd be clearing out of here.

Gonna be some hard times|coming down.

Remember me to whoever rides by.

Boy, get some water for these horses.

- All right about the goddamn...|- Hello there, Lemuel.

Well, if it ain't the limb|of the law, Patrick J. Garrett.

Your booze is under the bar,|where I always keep it.

Shake it up, it's got a little oil on it.

That's the fairest drink of whiskey|you'll ever throw lip over, boy.

Know you around these parts?

I ain't ever rode through here before.

Don't seem the best way|to be tracking a man down.

They're already talking about you|in Lincoln.

I calculate you ain't been there|in more than seven weeks.

Well, when I want somebody|to keep time for me, I'll ask you.

I'll stay here the night.

You take that trail east, then south.|I'll pick you up in Roswell. Five days...

...six at the most.

You might be able to find something|out there alone.

Are you getting tired, Garrett?

Looks like you only got|a couple more days left in you.

Yeah, well... adis.

You want yourself a woman?

One come in here from Albuquerque,|run a cathouse over there. Name is Bertha.

Got an ass on her like a $40 cow, and a tit.

I'd like to see that thing filled|full of tequila.

Say, you know something,|you can't beat that, can you?

Howdy, ma'am.

Mr. Horrell.

- Hey, Tommy.|- Billy.

Didn't think we'd be getting to see you.

I felt obliged to come and pay my respects|before moving on.

Sit down, Bill.

You picked a fine time to come, Billy.

I sure never figured on you|taking on the badge.

Didn't figure on it myself.|I was just in town being sociable.

Rode in from Seven Rivers|to watch you hang.

- Garrett swore me in when you lit out.|- Won't be having no ill talk at my table.

Fill yourself, Billy.

Another fried pie?

Don't mind if I do.

Never tasted anything so good.

Thank you, ma'am.

Billy?

Tomato.

I don't suppose you ran into|old Pat, did you, Billy?

Can't say I did.

He'll track you down, Billy, and get you.

Pat Garrett's got more sand than most.

Yeah, I'm outlawed, for sure.

Old Alamosa here will see to that.

It wasn't long ago, I was the law,|riding for Chisum.

And old Pat was an outlaw.

The law is a funny thing, ain't it?

Well, we best get to it.

Just got through putting up|that new cottonwood door.

Used the old one for my son, John.

He got into a shooting with Olin Carroll.

He's buried out yonder there.

I'm sorry to hear that, Mr. Horrell.

John was a good hand.

Couldn't shoot, though.

Harley, you and Lee give me a hand|with this door.

I don't suppose there's any other|way we could work this out?

Well, let's get to it.

Ten steps?

Suits me.

You count them.

You ain't thought of another way,|have you?

No, I can't come up with nothing.

Get to it.

One, two, three, four, five...

...six, seven, eight...

That wasn't 10, hoss.

I never could count.

At least I'll be remembered.

Howdy, old-timer.

You're wasting the best part of your day.

Hello, Holly.

- Bit off your graze, ain't you?|- A bit.

Hell, everybody knows|he's looking for the Kid.

Everybody knows the Kid|ain't in this territory.

Nobody's seen him.

Maybe he be outside there.|I wish he'd come get a drink.

Get himself a drink?

Yeah. Well, I had mine.

No need to run off, Holly.

He ain't out there, Pat.

You boys shuck them gun belts.|Let them lay where they fall.

- You boys carrying wages?|- What kind of wages do you mean?

Well, any kind of wages.|Thought maybe we'd just have a few...

...sociable hands.

Ain't no harm in being sociable.

Ain't no harm in being sociable.

Boy...

...go over there to Lemuel|and get that shotgun...

...he's got his fingers wrapped around|and bring it over to me, stock first.

Do it!

It ain't no use, you getting mad.|I wasn't set on using that.

But those boys have been|patronizing me real well.

No use getting him mad, old Pat.|We been patronizing him real well.

Now, I want you to stand over|behind breed here.

I want you to take the stock of that gun and|rap him smartly on the back of the head.

You do it, or this bullet|that's going through his chest...

...is liable to come out the other side|and tickle your private parts.

Private parts?

- Lemuel.|- Yeah?

I want you to drag your fat ass over here|so we can all see you.

You're crazier than a mule-humping goat.

Sitting there with all that law crammed|inside of you, busting to get out.

I wouldn't give a sweet jerk in hell|if the Kid did lay you out.

You used to be just like a daddy|to that boy.

Boy.

Come over here.

I want you to take Lemuel's hat|and stuff it down over his eyes, gentle-like.

Those eyes ain't seen nothing but bad|since he's been in this territory.

And I'm looking right smack-dab at it.

Now, I want you to go over there|to that shelf of airtights...

...and give us a nice read,|loud enough for us all to hear.

Let's hear it!

"Beans. Beans.

Spinach.

Eastern plums.

Beans. Beef stew. Salmon."

- Two is a better game.|- "Pears."

Listen, Pat, we haven't done nothing.

All we did was come in|and wet ourselves down.

- "Spinach."|- Take it right from the bottle, Holly.

"Beef stew."

No need to stand on manners|around here.

No, no, no.|Go ahead, have another one there.

"Climax tobacco."

Just keep on going there.

"AMK fine quality tomatoes."

He's trying to drown you. That's what.|Trying to get his bark back on him.

Thinks it's going to make him young,|like the Kid.

"AMK salmon.

Beans. Spinach and beans.

Baked beans.

Beans."

- Boy, this sure lights up and kill you.|- "Baked beans.

Beans."

"Quality."

"Quality."

"Beef stew."

Tell me, Pat.

Are you afraid to take it|to the Kid, or what?

Ever since you and the Kid|have been together...

...you've just been a little short|of supplies, you know what I mean?

"Lima beans."

Oh, hell.

I don't care about either one of you.

"Lard. Quality... Quality salmon."

"Plums. Beans. Tomatoes."

You just made me have a bowel|movement in my britches, Garrett.

I ain't gonna never forgive you for this.

"Succotash. Beets.

Spinach."

Boy.

When you see Billy...

...tell him we had a little drink together.

No!

No!

No. No.

It's ready.

Jesus Christ!

You working for Chisum?

Yeah. We're working for him.

Hello, Paco.

I will tell you about a house|that I want to build.

No, not here.

For us, amigo.

It will be on the other side.

In old Mex.

I will sell my sheep.

And I will build the adobe bridge myself.

You know, Billy...

...I'll put a vine...

...a grapevine out on the veranda...

...and I will have three chairs...

...and I will sit in the middle one.

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Rudy Wurlitzer

Rudolph "Rudy" Wurlitzer (born January 3, 1937) is an American novelist and screenwriter.Wurlitzer's fiction includes Nog, Flats, Quake, Slow Fade, and Drop Edge of Yonder. He is also the author of the travel memoir, Hard Travel to Sacred Places, an account of his spiritual journey through Asia after the death of his wife Lynn Davis' 21-year-old son. more…

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