The Bridges of Madison County Page #12

Synopsis: The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois state fair in the summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid happens turn into the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Roseman Bridge. Francesca later learns that he was in Iowa on assignment from National Geographic magazine. She is reluctant seeing that he's a complete stranger and then she agrees to show him to the bridges and gradually she talks about her life from being a war-bride from Italy which sets the pace for this bittersweet and all-too-brief romance of her life. Through the pain of separation from her secret love and the stark isolation she feels as the details of her life consume her, she writes her thoughts of the four-day love affair which took up three journals. The journals are found by her children after the lawyer was going over Francesca's will and all
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Clint Eastwood
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
1995
135 min
3,802 Views


Why were you troubIe?

788

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I had a temper.

789

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19:57,789 -- 01:20:00,667 X1:097 X2:622 Y1:469 Y2:495

What were your mother and father Iike?

790

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20:04,469 -- 01:20:06,983 X1:171 X2:548 Y1:473 Y2:495

I don't know if I can do this.

791

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20:09,109 -- 01:20:10,064 X1:318 X2:401 Y1:474 Y2:495

What?

792

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20:11,669 -- 01:20:15,025 X1:156 X2:562 Y1:431 Y2:495

Try to cram in a whoIe Iifetime

between now and Friday.

793

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20:41,789 -- 01:20:44,542 X1:253 X2:465 Y1:474 Y2:495

iFor all we know/i

794

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20:49,789 -- 01:20:53,304 X1:190 X2:528 Y1:469 Y2:495

iWe may never meet again/i

795

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20:57,869 -- 01:21:00,383 X1:267 X2:451 Y1:469 Y2:495

iBefore you go/i

796

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21:03,709 -- 01:21:07,179 X1:153 X2:565 Y1:469 Y2:495

iMake this moment sweet again/i

797

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21:13,229 -- 01:21:16,426 X1:193 X2:525 Y1:469 Y2:495

iWe won 't say good night/i

798

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21:19,549 -- 01:21:22,746 X1:240 X2:479 Y1:474 Y2:495

iUntil the last note/i

799

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21:29,549 -- 01:21:32,427 X1:221 X2:497 Y1:469 Y2:495

iI'll hold out my hand/i

800

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21:34,749 -- 01:21:37,900 X1:190 X2:529 Y1:469 Y2:495

iAnd my heart will be in it/i

801

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21:44,269 -- 01:21:46,829 X1:253 X2:465 Y1:474 Y2:495

iFor all we know/i

802

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21:50,389 -- 01:21:53,620 X1:192 X2:527 Y1:469 Y2:495

iThis may only be a dream/i

803

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-Where'd you go?

-Bar in town.

804

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Did you caII Betty?

805

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22:34,029 -- 01:22:35,508 X1:237 X2:481 Y1:469 Y2:495

Maybe you shouId.

806

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22:36,589 -- 01:22:38,420 X1:142 X2:576 Y1:469 Y2:495

I found out who Lucy DeIaney is.

807

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22:39,789 -- 01:22:42,428 X1:202 X2:517 Y1:436 Y2:495

Remember the DeIaneys

from HiIIcrest Road?

808

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22:42,829 -- 01:22:45,502 X1:167 X2:552 Y1:469 Y2:495

Yeah, but I thought she died.

809

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He remarried.

Lucy RedfieId.

810

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22:49,109 -- 01:22:52,067 X1:105 X2:613 Y1:431 Y2:495

ApparentIy, they were having an affair

for years.

811

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22:52,309 -- 01:22:55,221 X1:213 X2:506 Y1:436 Y2:495

The first Mrs. DeIaney

was a bit of a stiff.

812

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You mean. . .

813

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. . .she didn't Iike sex?

814

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Mom couId have heIped.

815

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Oh, boy!

816

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23:11,309 -- 01:23:15,541 X1:126 X2:592 Y1:430 Y2:495

I've resented not Iiving the wiId Iife

in some pIace Iike Paris.

817

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I couId have moved back to Iowa.

818

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Are you drunk?

819

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23:30,709 -- 01:23:31,937 X1:307 X2:412 Y1:469 Y2:495

Not yet.

820

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23:35,389 -- 01:23:37,300 X1:195 X2:523 Y1:469 Y2:495

Want to get out of here?

821

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23:38,829 -- 01:23:40,387 X1:261 X2:457 Y1:474 Y2:495

I think I better.

822

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23:47,789 -- 01:23:49,541 X1:246 X2:472 Y1:468 Y2:495

I'II take the keys.

823

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23:51,109 -- 01:23:52,508 X1:286 X2:432 Y1:468 Y2:495

I'm driving.

824

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23:55,389 -- 01:24:00,622 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:433 Y2:495

I've never cheated on Betty.

Not once we were married, I mean.

825

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-Did you want to?

-OnIy about a thousand times.

826

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What do I do now?

827

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24:12,509 -- 01:24:15,182 X1:163 X2:555 Y1:430 Y2:495

What's good enough for Mom

is good enough for me?

828

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24:20,349 -- 01:24:21,907 X1:253 X2:465 Y1:469 Y2:495

What gets me. . .

829

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24:22,949 -- 01:24:25,383 X1:217 X2:502 Y1:468 Y2:495

. . .is I'm in my forties.

830

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24:25,749 -- 01:24:29,424 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:430 Y2:495

I've been in this crummy marriage

for over 20 years. . .

831

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24:29,669 -- 01:24:33,867 X1:119 X2:600 Y1:430 Y2:495

. . .because that's what I was taught.

You stick things out.

832

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24:34,109 -- 01:24:37,101 X1:101 X2:617 Y1:430 Y2:495

I don't recaII when he made Iove to me

so intenseIy. . .

833

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24:37,349 -- 01:24:39,499 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:474 Y2:495

. . .that he sent me to Africa.

834

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24:39,749 -- 01:24:42,263 X1:141 X2:578 Y1:468 Y2:495

FrankIy, I don't think he ever did.

835

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24:43,309 -- 01:24:47,985 X1:108 X2:610 Y1:431 Y2:495

Now I find out that in between

bake saIes, my mother was Anais Nin.

836

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What about me?

837

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24:49,949 -- 01:24:52,065 X1:242 X2:476 Y1:469 Y2:495

I feeI reaIIy weird.

838

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24:52,309 -- 01:24:55,699 X1:138 X2:580 Y1:436 Y2:495

Like she cheated on me, not Dad.

Isn't that sick?

839

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24:56,029 -- 01:24:58,862 X1:190 X2:528 Y1:430 Y2:495

When you're the onIy son

you sort of feeI. . .

840

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24:59,109 -- 01:25:03,068 X1:144 X2:574 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .Iike the prince of the kingdom.

In your mind, you think. . .

841

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25:03,309 -- 01:25:06,824 X1:130 X2:588 Y1:430 Y2:495

. . .your mother shouIdn't want sex,

because she has you.

842

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25:08,349 -- 01:25:10,180 X1:195 X2:524 Y1:468 Y2:495

You're right, that is sick.

843

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25:13,309 -- 01:25:16,062 X1:207 X2:512 Y1:431 Y2:495

If she was so unhappy,

why didn't she Ieave?

844

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Can I. . .

845

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25:31,789 -- 01:25:33,017 X1:263 X2:455 Y1:474 Y2:495

. . .read it now?

846

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Did I miss anything important?

847

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25:44,509 -- 01:25:47,103 X1:157 X2:561 Y1:469 Y2:495

She just took him to her room.

848

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Dad's room?

849

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25:49,789 -- 01:25:53,259 X1:148 X2:570 Y1:431 Y2:495

AII right, you can skip that part.

Let's just start. . .

850

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. . .here.

851

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''Robert Iay asIeep in the bed.

852

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I was up aII night that night.

853

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What happens tomorrow?

854

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26:13,949 -- 01:26:16,907 X1:123 X2:595 Y1:431 Y2:495

He wiII Ieave

and everything new and unknown. . .

855

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26:17,149 -- 01:26:19,379 X1:141 X2:578 Y1:473 Y2:495

. . .that had become so famiIiar. . . ''

856

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i... would be gone./i

857

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Did you sIeep weII?

858

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Thanks.

859

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Good.

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-More coffee?

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Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese (born October 30, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known as the writer of The Fisher King. more…

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