The Bridges of Madison County Page #3

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
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
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PG-13
Year:
1995
135 min
3,956 Views

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. . .on the covered bridges

of Madison County.

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Remember when we got that issue,

when we got the subscription. . .

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. . .how we feIt Iike ceIebrities?''

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That's Roseman Bridge.

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That must be Robert Kincaid.

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And that's Mom's medaIIion.

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''I don't want you to be angry with him.

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I hope after you know the story,

you think weII of him, even gratefuI. ''

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-GratefuI?

-''It's aII there in the 3 notebooks. ''

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''It was the week

of the IIIinois State Fair.

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The two of you were going

with Dad to exhibit. . .

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. . .CaroIyn's prize steer.

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It was the Sunday night you Ieft.

I know it sounds awfuI. . . . ''

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iBut I couldn 't wait for you to leave./i

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iYou were going to be gone until Friday./i

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i4 days./i

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iJust 4 days./i

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Richard! Dinner!

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-What I teII you about the door?

-Sorry.

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WouId you Iike to say grace?

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Grace.

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More sauces.

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A piece of bread.

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Thanks.

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Damn drawer.

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Here.

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You can't get mad at it.

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Sorry. Didn't mean to yeII.

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I want you to stay away

from anything too spicy.

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And you promise me.

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I swear. OnIy fiIters.

No more than haIf pack a day.

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-I've got my orders.

-Doc ReynoIds said so.

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I know, I'm onIy kidding.

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-Are you sure you don't want to go?

-I'm positive.

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What are you going to do

as a woman of Ieisure?

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Same thing I do as a hired hand,

except with Iess heIp.

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I won't be abIe to sIeep. I can't sIeep

without you next to me anymore.

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It's onIy 4 days.

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Oh, God, where have you been?

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You missed them.

They aIready Ieft.

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Why do you Iove me so much?

I don't Iike you.

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Get down.

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You Iike that song?

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It's just you and me.

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Just you and me.

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Hi.

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I get the distinct feeIing

that I'm Iost.

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You supposed to be in Iowa?

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Then you're not that Iost.

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I'm Iooking for a bridge.

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One of those covered bridges

in this neighborhood.

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Roseman Bridge?

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That's it.

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You're pretty cIose.

It's onIy about 2 miIes from here.

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Which way?

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You go that way and come to Cutter's

and turn Ieft.

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To Cutters?

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Cutter's a farm.

SmaII house, cIose to the road.

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Big, mean yeIIow dog.

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Mean yeIIow dog. Okay.

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Then you go aIong that road

untiI you come to a fork.

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It's onIy. . . .

Less than haIf a miIe.

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And then where, after the fork?

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The right.

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And then you. . . .

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No, no. Not that fork.

Excuse me.

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You pass Peterson's.

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Peterson's.

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Peterson's is a farm.

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Past the oId schooIhouse, you turn Ieft.

It'd be easier to teII you. . .

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. . .if the roads were marked.

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It certainIy wouId.

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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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