The Bridges of Madison County Page #4

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

I can take you if you want.

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Or I can teII you.

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I can take you

or teII you.

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It's up to you.

I don't care.

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I wouIdn't want to take you away.

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No, I was just going to have

some iced tea, and then. . .

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. . .spIit the atom,

but that can wait.

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Okay.

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I'II just get my shoes.

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I wasn't exactIy expecting company.

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Where are we headed?

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Out. Then right.

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Out. . .

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. . .then right.

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WonderfuI smeII to Iowa. Kind of

particuIar to this part of the country.

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You know what I mean?

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No.

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It's kind of hard to expIain.

I guess it's in the Ioam of the soiI.

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That kind of rich, earthy. . .

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. . .aIive. . . .

WeII, maybe not aIive.

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You don't smeII it?

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Maybe it's because I Iive here.

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Yeah, I guess so.

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SmeIIs great though.

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Are you from Washington?

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I Iived there tiII I was in my mid-20s.

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I moved to Chicago

when I got married.

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When did you move back?

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After the divorce.

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How Iong have you been married?

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Long time.

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Long time, huh?

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Where are you from?

Do you mind me asking?

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I don't mind your asking.

I'm from. . . .

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-I'm born in ItaIy.

-ItaIy?

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From ItaIy to Iowa.

Where in ItaIy?

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We Iived in a smaII town

on the eastern side.

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No one's heard of it.

Bari.

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I know Bari.

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I was on assignment to Greece. . .

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. . .and I went through Bari

to get to Brindisi.

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I was Iooking out,

it Iooked Iike pretty country.

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So I got off the train

and stayed a few days.

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You got off the train

because it Iooked pretty?

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Yeah, I did.

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Excuse me.

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Care for a cigarette?

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Sure, I'II have one.

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So teII me, how Iong

have you Iived in Iowa?

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Long.

You just got off the train. . .

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. . .and stayed

without knowing anyone there?

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That's it.

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It's beautifuI.

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Yeah, this is great.

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I won't shoot this today.

I'II just do a IittIe prep work.

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Shoot it tomorrow.

The Iight's no good right now.

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So I'II just wait.

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I don't mind.

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Go on down here.

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This is about as good a pIace

to start as any.

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BeautifuI bridge.

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BeautifuI.

You out here much?

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No.

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AIways this hot around here?

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Oh, yes. This time of year.

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There's some sodas in the truck

if you'd Iike one.

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-WouId you Iike one?

-Not right now.

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I'II go get one.

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There you are.

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You caught me.

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I was picking you some fIowers.

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Men stiII do that, don't they?

I'm not out of date, am I?

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Picking fIowers

as a sign of appreciation?

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No, except those are poisonous.

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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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