Straw Dogs Page #6

for backward millionaires.

Amy, don't. Amy!

Amy, no!

Oh, God.

God.

So shut up.

WOMAN:
I got a right to know.

You got a right to

keep out of my hair, too.

Look,

put your nose in a book

and keep it there.

We're gonna leave

our doors locked

from now on.

It was Norman or Chris.

Did you hear me?

Cawsey or Scutt.

Amy, we're jumping to...

Look, the fact

of the matter is,

you know,

we leave our

doors unlocked.

God, Jesus, David.

A complete stranger

walks into our house,

strangles our cat

and hangs it.

I didn't say

a complete stranger.

Well, who then?

I don't know.

Norman or Chris.

That's my point.

Or Bic or Charlie

or all of them.

They came between

church and the picnic.

(MUTTERING QUIETLY)

Look...

Amy.

Okay.

Holy sh*t.

Why do you have a gun?

It's my father's gun.

We're gonna

keep it next to us.

Are you kidding me?

A gun, Amy?

Yes.

They will go

further next time,

David, all right?

Okay. All right, okay.

So that's it.

I think we're being

a little extreme.

They killed our

f***ing cat, David!

What's your definition

of "extreme"? Huh?

Hey, Big Brain,

bring up another one-by-four.

CHRIS:
All right,

two things, guys.

You can say "please"...

CHARLIE:
Please,

Mr. Big Brain!

CHRIS:
Who the f***

is Big Brain?

Coffee?

Thank you.

(SIGHS)

Are you just gonna stare?

Amy, I can't just

walk out there

and blatantly

accuse them, you know.

What if they didn't do it?

Maybe you can

just go out there

and mention to them

that our cat was

strangled last night.

It's at least possible

that they did it, isn't it?

It's at least...

Okay.

You can entertain

the idea that it's possible.

All right, all right.

Amy, can I talk?

(SIGHS)

I'm gonna go out there,

and I'm gonna ask them

if they've seen the cat.

Okay, I think that'II...

That'll tell us a lot.

Look, I'll figure out

a way to,

you know,

catch them off guard.

You don't think

that's enough, do you?

Any effort would be

greatly appreciated.

Guys!

Hey, I'm gonna come up.

All right.

What's up?

DAVID:
Listen,

can I ask a favor?

I'm gonna put

the bear trap up,

and I have no idea

how to do that.

Of course.

In the study over here.

(MEN LAUGHING)

Thank you, guys.

It's right over here.

I guess her father was

a collector or something.

Collector of what?

Anything that

killed sh*t, I guess.

Yeah, he sure was.

So, do you want it

open or closed, Mr. Sumner?

I don't know.

You know, open, I guess.

Open? All right.

Sure.

Come on, let's...

Right down there.

Seen one of these

before, Mr. Sumner?

DAVID:
Never in my life.

Pretty cool, huh?

(TRAP CREAKING)

Just good and tight.

NORMAN:
Yeah.

You got that?

Yeah.

Watch that spring

on that hand, man.

That's pretty dangerous.

You all right?

Don't worry about it.

We got our best man on it.

Don't worry.

Got it there?

All right, now you

can take your hand out.

There you go.

All right.

Where would you like it, sir?

Can you hang it?

Can we put it right

over the fireplace?

That'd be great.

Hey, you boys

want some beer?

That'd be great.

CHARLIE:
Watch your step

there, Amy.

Can never say no.

Thank you, ma'am.

Honey?

Thank you.

That's just right. Thanks.

Nice and cold, huh?

Here, Flutie, Flutie, Flutie!

Here, boy! Flutie?

Anyone seen my cat?

CHARLIE:
Watch your feet,

watch your feet.

No?

Now, Mr. Sumner...

Yeah,

really,

you can call me David.

You guys,

please call me David.

All right, great.

Tomorrow's gonna be

a hell of a day

for hunting.

Why don't you come with us?

Hunting? Oh.

Uh, (CHUCKLES)

I don't know.

I've never really been...

Never been hunting too much.

You have shot, haven't you?

Yeah, once or twice,

but that was a long time ago.

Don't make sense

to live out here,

not take a shot or two.

That's right.

Great hunting right

outside your door.

Yeah. No,

I understand that.

I see it's a great tradition.

Well, there's tradition

and then there's a lifestyle.

That whole

"when in Rome" thing.

When?

CHARLIE:
Tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

Hunting season only

comes around once a year.

What about the roof? Hmm?

And your work.

Ah. It can wait.

Attaboy.

Yeah.

Now we're talking.

So, we'll swing by

and pick you up

tomorrow morning then.

Round 7:
30.

Would that work?

DAVID:
7:30. Sounds great.

CHARLIE:
(CLEARS THROAT)

All right, boys.

Let's get back to it.

Go get my masonry bits...

Hey,

we'll just use a nail gun.

No nail gun going

in a stone wall.

BIC:
You ain't

seen me nail yet.

Where's Charlie?

Is he not coming?

BIC:
He's gonna

meet us out there.

He's coming from home.

BIC:
How'd you meet Ames?

Huh?

Your wife.

How'd you meet your wife?

DAVID:
That show

we worked on.

Perfect Crime.

CHRIS:
Love at first sight?

No.

At first sight,

she gave me hell for not

giving her more lines.

Looks like she forgave you.

WOMAN:
Got to send

a unit to the McManns'.

MAN:
All right,

Tammy, I got it.

Sounds like old Ben's

been hitting on that dog

and Lily again.

All right, Mr. Sumner.

DAVID:
Yeah?

Go ahead

and stick that on.

A whole bunch of

a**holes out there

shooting at

anything that moves.

A round, please.

One?

Yeah, we'll start with one.

Then just lock it in.

Got it.

CHARLIE:
Hey, Mr. Sumner,

can I ask you a question?

Sure.

Why you making a movie

about a bunch of Russians?

DAVID:
I don't really

see it like that.

I see it as more of

a universal tale of survival.

Fighting back,

the human spirit.

You know, that battle changed

the course of human history.

90% of Stalingrad was

occupied by the Nazis,

and the Russians

still beat them.

They beat them with innovation

and they beat them

with fortitude that they...

They didn't know they had.

You don't think

God had anything

to do with

helping the Ruskies?

DAVID:
God?

Yeah.

Uh... (CHUCKLES)

Why's that funny?

That God would help

a nation of atheists?

He works in mysterious ways.

Most dangerous

line ever uttered.

All right, boys,

I'm gonna go up

to Bergman's Crossing

and scout out there.

Hey, Charlie,

before you go.

Guys, just so you know,

somebody broke into our house

and killed our cat.

CHRIS:
What makes you

think Flutie was killed?

Didn't just die?

Well, generally,

cats don't hang themselves.

Whoa.

Somebody hanged Flutie?

Probably just

some f***in' kids.

Yeah.

CHARLIE:
I'm gonna

tell you something,

Mr. Sumner.

This world can be

pretty f***ed up.

Wow.

All right, come on, boys.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER

IN DISTANCE)

(INSECT BUZZING)

(CHATTER FADES INTO DISTANCE)

Guys?

Guys!

(GUN FIRES)

(GASPS)

(PANTING)

CHRIS:
Sh*t! Sh*t! Hey.

You okay, man?

Yeah.

Did you see the buck?

Dude, you f***ing

shot at me, man.

What?

You...

No, man, no.

I was shooting at the buck.

Don't talk like that.

Hey, you see the buck?

Yeah, I... Yeah, it was...

Yeah, it was right here.

I don't know where he went.

CHRIS:
F***.

All right,

well, let's go get him.

Bic, you go south,

I'm going to go north,

and Mr. Sumner,

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