The Bridges of Madison County Page #14

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


Seems right now,

that aII I've done in my Iife. . .

928

01:
31:34,109 -- 01:31:36,225 X1:127 X2:592 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .was making my way here to you.

929

01:
31:38,709 -- 01:31:41,348 X1:198 X2:520 Y1:431 Y2:495

And if I think about

Ieaving here tomorrow. . .

930

01:
31:41,589 -- 01:31:42,942 X1:247 X2:471 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .without you. . . .

931

01:
32:00,229 -- 01:32:01,582 X1:277 X2:442 Y1:468 Y2:495

Don't Iet go.

932

01:
32:05,269 -- 01:32:07,863 X1:130 X2:589 Y1:469 Y2:495

My God, what are we going to do?

933

01:
32:30,229 -- 01:32:31,582 X1:227 X2:492 Y1:468 Y2:495

Where's your truck?

934

01:
32:31,829 -- 01:32:34,468 X1:200 X2:518 Y1:430 Y2:495

It's out behind the barn.

I'II go. . .

935

01:
32:34,989 -- 01:32:36,388 X1:290 X2:429 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .upstairs.

936

01:
32:52,029 -- 01:32:55,260 X1:182 X2:536 Y1:431 Y2:495

-Hi, Madge.

-I made some brown betty.

937

01:
32:55,549 -- 01:32:57,824 X1:146 X2:573 Y1:436 Y2:495

Sent FIoyd and the boy to town.

I said. . .

938

01:
32:58,069 -- 01:33:01,425 X1:172 X2:547 Y1:435 Y2:495

. . . ''I'm visiting my girIfriends

for the afternoon. ''

939

01:
33:01,669 -- 01:33:04,183 X1:145 X2:574 Y1:435 Y2:495

He said, ''Who wiII make Iunch?''

I said. . .

940

01:
33:04,429 -- 01:33:07,307 X1:197 X2:521 Y1:435 Y2:495

. . . ''I'm taking a sick day.

Eat at the diner. ''

941

01:
33:07,829 -- 01:33:11,060 X1:146 X2:573 Y1:430 Y2:495

Isn't that hiIarious?

He didn't dare raise an eyebrow.

942

01:
33:11,309 -- 01:33:14,904 X1:171 X2:548 Y1:435 Y2:495

I don't even want to teII you

how Iate he was out.

943

01:
33:15,149 -- 01:33:19,461 X1:107 X2:612 Y1:431 Y2:495

Sorry 2 days passed before I came by.

With the boy home, time escapes me.

944

01:
33:19,709 -- 01:33:22,587 X1:162 X2:557 Y1:434 Y2:495

Have you heard from Richard?

God, it's hot.

945

01:
33:22,829 -- 01:33:25,184 X1:268 X2:450 Y1:473 Y2:495

Yes. It's hot.

946

01:
33:59,669 -- 01:34:00,988 X1:260 X2:458 Y1:474 Y2:495

Come with me.

947

01:
34:08,549 -- 01:34:10,221 X1:221 X2:498 Y1:469 Y2:495

Come away with me.

948

01:
35:51,829 -- 01:35:53,182 X1:254 X2:464 Y1:474 Y2:495

Care for a beer?

949

01:
35:53,589 -- 01:35:54,624 X1:338 X2:381 Y1:474 Y2:495

No.

950

01:
36:11,589 -- 01:36:13,898 X1:114 X2:605 Y1:468 Y2:495

You're not coming with me, are you?

951

01:
36:23,669 -- 01:36:27,344 X1:180 X2:538 Y1:431 Y2:495

No matter how many times

I turn it over in my mind. . .

952

01:
36:29,149 -- 01:36:31,344 X1:113 X2:605 Y1:468 Y2:495

. . .it doesn't seem Iike the right thing.

953

01:
36:33,029 -- 01:36:34,428 X1:299 X2:419 Y1:474 Y2:495

For who?

954

01:
36:36,869 -- 01:36:38,302 X1:284 X2:435 Y1:469 Y2:495

For anyone.

955

01:
36:41,029 -- 01:36:43,668 X1:204 X2:514 Y1:430 Y2:495

They'II never be abIe

to Iive through the taIk.

956

01:
36:46,909 -- 01:36:48,342 X1:261 X2:458 Y1:474 Y2:495

And Richard. . . .

957

01:
36:51,749 -- 01:36:55,105 X1:177 X2:541 Y1:431 Y2:495

Richard wiII never be abIe

to get his arms around this.

958

01:
36:59,109 -- 01:37:02,260 X1:198 X2:521 Y1:436 Y2:495

It wiII break him in haIf.

He doesn't deserve that.

959

01:
37:02,509 -- 01:37:04,977 X1:207 X2:512 Y1:435 Y2:495

He's never hurt anyone

in his whoIe Iife.

960

01:
37:07,949 -- 01:37:11,066 X1:249 X2:469 Y1:431 Y2:495

He can move on.

PeopIe move.

961

01:
37:14,829 -- 01:37:18,663 X1:175 X2:543 Y1:431 Y2:495

His famiIy has had this farm

for over 1 00 years.

962

01:
37:21,469 -- 01:37:24,063 X1:215 X2:503 Y1:430 Y2:495

He doesn't know how

to Iive anywhere eIse.

963

01:
37:26,469 -- 01:37:28,061 X1:259 X2:460 Y1:469 Y2:495

And my kids. . . .

964

01:
37:28,469 -- 01:37:32,223 X1:145 X2:574 Y1:430 Y2:495

They're practicaIIy grown.

You said they hardIy taIk to you.

965

01:
37:32,469 -- 01:37:34,300 X1:177 X2:541 Y1:468 Y2:495

Yeah, they don't say much.

966

01:
37:35,869 -- 01:37:37,905 X1:210 X2:508 Y1:469 Y2:495

But CaroIyn is onIy 1 6.

967

01:
37:40,789 -- 01:37:44,065 X1:179 X2:540 Y1:435 Y2:495

She's about to find out

about aII of this for herseIf.

968

01:
37:44,309 -- 01:37:46,459 X1:177 X2:542 Y1:468 Y2:495

She's going to faII in Iove. . .

969

01:
37:46,789 -- 01:37:49,906 X1:190 X2:528 Y1:435 Y2:495

. . .and she'II try to

buiId a Iife with someone.

970

01:
37:53,149 -- 01:37:54,548 X1:289 X2:430 Y1:474 Y2:495

If I Ieave. . .

971

01:
37:54,789 -- 01:37:56,507 X1:167 X2:551 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .what does that say to her?

972

01:
38:02,949 -- 01:38:04,382 X1:256 X2:463 Y1:474 Y2:495

What about us?

973

01:
38:05,749 -- 01:38:07,421 X1:225 X2:493 Y1:474 Y2:495

You have to know. . .

974

01:
38:08,029 -- 01:38:09,428 X1:259 X2:459 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .deep down. . .

975

01:
38:09,669 -- 01:38:12,229 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .the minute we Ieave here,

everything wiII change.

976

01:
38:14,389 -- 01:38:16,949 X1:236 X2:482 Y1:431 Y2:495

Yeah, it couId. . . .

It couId get better.

977

01:
38:17,189 -- 01:38:21,944 X1:110 X2:609 Y1:436 Y2:495

No matter how much distance we put

between ourseIves and this house. . .

978

01:
38:23,909 -- 01:38:25,820 X1:227 X2:491 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .I carry it with me.

979

01:
38:27,509 -- 01:38:30,228 X1:223 X2:495 Y1:431 Y2:495

I feeI it every minute

we're together.

980

01:
38:32,869 -- 01:38:36,862 X1:127 X2:591 Y1:436 Y2:495

And I wiII start to bIame Ioving you

for how much it hurts.

981

01:
38:37,989 -- 01:38:39,502 X1:204 X2:514 Y1:472 Y2:495

And then, even these. . .

982

01:
38:40,389 -- 01:38:41,583 X1:247 X2:472 Y1:474 Y2:495

. . .even these 4. . .

983

01:
38:41,829 -- 01:38:46,061 X1:131 X2:588 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .beautifuI days wiII seem just Iike

something sordid and a mistake.

984

01:
38:48,149 -- 01:38:52,222 X1:085 X2:634 Y1:431 Y2:495

Do you think that what happened with us

just happens to anyone?

985

01:
38:53,349 -- 01:38:55,340 X1:166 X2:552 Y1:474 Y2:495

What we feeI for each other?

986

01:
38:56,989 -- 01:38:58,308 X1:262 X2:456 Y1:468 Y2:495

We're hardIy. . .

987

01:
38:59,269 -- 01:39:01,783 X1:147 X2:571 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .hardIy 2 separate peopIe now.

988

01:
39:04,109 -- 01:39:07,658 X1:149 X2:570 Y1:436 Y2:495

Some peopIe search aII their Iife

and never find this.

989

01:
39:07,909 -- 01:39:09,820 X1:143 X2:576 Y1:473 Y2:495

Others don't even think it exists.

990

01:
39:10,629 -- 01:39:12,779 X1:189 X2:530 Y1:468 Y2:495

You're going to teII me. . . .

991

01:
39:13,029 -- 01:39:17,819 X1:111 X2:608 Y1:430 Y2:495

You're going to teII me this

is the right thing to do? Giving it up?

992

01:
39:20,109 -- 01:39:23,738 X1:176 X2:543 Y1:434 Y2:495

We are the choices

that we have made, Robert.

993

01:
39:29,749 -- 01:39:31,785 X1:213 X2:506 Y1:473 Y2:495

You don't understand.

994

01:
39:33,589 -- 01:39:34,863 X1:261 X2:458 Y1:468 Y2:495

Don't you see?

995

01:
39:35,109 -- 01:39:38,306 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:436 Y2:495

Nobody understands when

a woman makes a choice. . .

996

01:
39:38,549 -- 01:39:40,779 X1:156 X2:563 Y1:469 Y2:495

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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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