Straw Dogs Page #3

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- Hang on. Hang on.

- Hold it, hold it.

- Wait for him for a minute.

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Engine Revs ]

- [ Engine Halts ]

-[ Men Laughing ]

[ Ignition Clicking ]

[ Click ]

[ Laughing Continues ]

- [ Engine Starts, Revs ]

-[ Tires Skid ]

[ Laughing Continues ]

[ Cawsey ]

d Where be the blackbird d

- dd [ Continues, Indistinct ]

- [ Horn Honks ]

- [ Laughing ]

- Oh!

- Hey, let him pass!

Let's see how good he is!

-[ Horn Continues Honking ]

Whoo!

- [ Laughing ]

-[ Charlie ] You're out of your mind.!

- Hello, Henry.

- Hello,Janice.

Henry! Come here!

Oh, he's all right.

Aren't you, Henry?

[ Giggles ]

Henry, how many times

I gotta tell you, boy?

You don't listen.

[ Thump Thump ]

Come on.

Come on, Henry.

We're going home.

[ Tom ]

What do you want?

You'd have known for sure what

she was after 20 years ago, eh, Tom?

- Now, now, that'll do.

- [ All Laughing ]

- They still down at the hall bingoin'?

- Yeah.

Tell her I'm behavin' meself.

I'll be along soon.

Bobby.!

Run along now.

- Hello, David.

- Hi.

Bobby!

Take care of your sister, mind.

I will, Dad.

- Bye, Mr. Sumner.

- Good-bye.

I'd like a scotch, double...

with ice.

[ Snickers ]

Cheers.

[ Crunching ]

-[ Door Opens ]

- Evening, Major.

- Evening, Major.

- Evening, Major.

- Evening, Major.

- Evening, Major.

- Mr. Sumner?

- Yes?

I was about to call up to your farm to

welcome you into our little community.

I've just been welcomed.

-I'm John Scott.

-[ David ] Hello.

I saw your car outside. I thought

perhaps we could drive up together.

I wanted to have

the good Reverend and Mrs. Hood...

talk you into joining us at the

church social this coming Thursday.

The vicar will run me home.

Can I buy you a drink, Major,

before you go?

No, thank you, Tom.

We're in a hurry.

Buy 'em all one.

- Good night, Major.

- Good night, Major.

[ Riddaway ]

Watch out for sheep.!

- [ Snickering ]

- You got your

Wellington boots on, Major?

dNow, some men

goes for women d

d And some men

goes for boys d

d But my love's

warm and beautiful d

d And makes

a baa-in' noise dd

-[ Cawsey Imitates Sheep Bleating ]

-Amy, nice to see you.

- Major, why haven't you

been out to see us before?

- Shearing time. My apologies.

- I see you brought

my drunken husband home.

- Come on, I'm not drunk yet.

[ Major ]

Certainly not my fault.

- Hi. I'm David Sumner.

- I just brought him home.

- Barny Hood.

- Reverend.

- My wife.

- Mrs. Hood.

- Hello.

- Well, well. Please sit down.

- Barny. Louise.

-[ Barny, Louise ] Hello, Major.

dd [ Stereo:
Bagpipes, Drums, Loud ]

- dd [ Continues, Loud ]

- What are you drinking, Reverend?

Scotch.

dd [ Off]

The reverend and his wife...

came to invite us to a party

at the church hall next week, David.

Oh.

Well, it's, uh, going to be more than

an invitation, Reverend, isn't it?

Major, you gave away

our secret plan.

- Who said anything about money?

- I was thinking of about five--

I'll take it.

Thank you very much.

And I expect to see you both

at the social and at the church...

when you can spare the time.

Time is a little difficult to find

these days. Uh, so are cats.

By the way, Amy, did you find

your, uh, kitty, kitty, kitty?

No.

At least give us some hope

about your coming to church.

- Yes. After all, hope is your business,

Barny, isn't it?

- Yes, and faith.

- And charity.

- [ Chuckling ]

-[ Major ] Thanks.

- Amy's been telling us

why you came to Wakely.

- To write, to meditate.

- Why did you come?

I was drafted.

-[ Barny ] Well, tell us what you do.

-[ David ] Okay.

I'm a, uh,

astral mathematician.

Oh. Never heard of it.

- That's because I just made it up.

- [ Chuckles ]

[ Whispers ]

I'll get you another drink.

I have a grant to study, uh...

possible structures

in stellar interiors...

and the implications regarding

their radiation characteristics.

-Am I boring anyone?

- Radiation-- That's

an unfortunate dispensation.

It surely is.

Yes, indeed.

As long as it's not

another bomb.

You're a scientist.

Can you deny the responsibility?

Can you?

After all, there's never been

a kingdom given to so much bloodshed...

as that of Christ.

- That's Montesquieu, isn't it?

- Oh, really?

[ Louise ]

Who's he?

Somebody well worth reading.

We'd better leave

these good people.

Yes, well, you won't let me

walk home, will you, Barny?

Mrs. Hood,

you're very lovely.

- I'll get your coat.

- Does God bore you, Amy?

In the areas of boredom, Mrs. Hood,

God is not my problem.

- Your wife tells me you play

an interesting game of chess.

- Yeah, I guess I do.

You were... awful

to the reverend.

No, no, no, no.

I wasn't.

He's all right.

I like him.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

His wife is very attractive.

Oh.

Yes, she is, isn't she?

[ Moaning ]

- Here, I think I--

I think you need some help.

- [ Both Laughing ]

- David.

- Hmm?

What's a binary number?

Uh, zeroes or ones...

plus or minus.

In sequences of twos.

- Hey, that's right.

- [ Giggles ]

You're a bright lady.

[ Chuckles ]

You're not so dumb.

Sometimes I need help.

When?

Like, um, now, maybe.

You got it.

What's the matter?

[ Whimpering ]

Scutt or Cawsey.

I've locked all the doors

and windows downstairs.

Let's keep them locked

from now on. All right?

Great.

Did you hear me?

What?

Scutt or Cawsey.

- Why?

- To prove to you they could

get into your bedroom.

I don't believe that.

Well, who else

is around all the time?

Amy, uh...

we've left all...

the doors unlocked.

I mean, it could have

been anybody passing.

- ''Anybody passing''?

- [ Winding ]

David, a complete stranger

comes into our house...

and decides to strangle our cat

and hang her in the wardrobe?

-Somebody passing?

-[ Winding Mechanism Breaks ]

Cawsey or Scutt.

Here, Charlie.

It's bloody heavy.

Here, Charlie.

It's bloody heavy.

[ Charlie ]

Lousy way to make a livin; though.

You gonna look at them all day?

Would you feel better

if I went out and talked to them?

Not necessarily.

Perhaps we could just pack up and leave.

Nobody's leaving.

Why? Because we paid for a year?

Look, Amy,

I'm not going to...

just go out there

and blatantly accuse them.

You don't have to accuse them.

You could start by mentioning that our

cat was strangled and see what happens.

[ Men Continue Conversing,

Indistinct ]

You can believe in the possibility,

can't you?

Okay. Okay.

I'll go out and mention to them

that the cat is missing...

and I'll ask them

if they've seen her.

[ Hammering ]

[ Cawsey ] All right,

let's see what it's good for.

- You don't think that's enough, do you?

- Not quite.

Perhaps you'd like to write them

a note on your blackboard.

[ Cawsey ]

Well, I thought he might enjoy it.

[ Men Laughing ]

[ Crash ]

-[ David ] How are you?

-[ Cawsey ] Fine, thank you, sir.

- How's it, uh, going up there?

- It's all right, sir.

Yeah. Want a smoke?

I like the smell of those

American cigarettes, Mr. Sumner.

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