The Bridges of Madison County Page #6

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
3,957 Views

I'm supposed to say:

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''It's just fine. It's quiet

and the peopIe are reaI nice. ''

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And aII that's true.

MostIy.

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It is quiet.

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And the peopIe are nice.

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In certain ways.

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We aII heIp each other out.

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If someone gets sick or hurt,

aII the neighbors come in.

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They pick the corn, harvest the oats

or whatever needs to be done.

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In town, you can Ieave your car

unIocked, and Iet the kids run around.

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Don't worry about them.

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There are a Iot of nice. . .

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. . .things about the peopIe here.

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And I respect them for those quaIities.

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But. . . .

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But?

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It's not. . .

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. . .what I dreamed of. . .

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. . .as a girI.

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I scribbIed something down

the other day.

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I often do that

when I'm out on the road.

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Kind of goes Iike this:

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''The oId dreams. . .

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. . .were good dreams.

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They didn't work out,

but I'm gIad I had them. ''

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I don't know what it means.

I thought I might use it someday.

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Anyway, I think I know how you feeI.

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WouId you Iike to stay for dinner?

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There's not much in town.

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And you'd have to eat aIone.

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So wouId I.

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Yeah, I'd Iike that.

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I don't get a home-cooked meaI too often

out on the road.

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Okay.

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This is ridicuIous.

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Do you mind

if I put some fiIm in the fridge?

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-No, go ahead.

-This heat out here isn't too forgiving.

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Anything I can do to heIp?

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-To heIp? What, cook?

-Yeah, men cook.

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Okay, sure.

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What can I do?

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You can scrape the carrot.

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Scrape the carrots.

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And grate them.

Make a nice saIad.

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Scrape the carrots. Like that.

How's that?

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Very good. Very nice.

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Not bad, huh?

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Don't forget to pick off the end.

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Pick off end.

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Let me get these. . . .

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Excuse me.

I can take the ends off of these too.

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Yes. That's a good idea.

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This the way you do it?

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That's good.

But don't use your fingers.

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Then they smeII Iike. . . .

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I'II get you some Iemon.

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WouId you Iike a beer?

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-I've got some in the car.

-I wouId Iove a beer.

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Anything to get out of a IittIe work.

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Very nice.

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No, wait a second.

It gets better.

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You must picture this:

I have 3 cameras around my neck. . .

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. . .and I've got a tripod,

and my pants are around my ankIes.

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I'm behind a bush, and then

suddenIy I see this goriIIa.

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A huge goriIIa,

staring right at me. . .

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. . .with the most Iascivious Iook

you've ever seen.

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More than any creature

with that much hair.

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I freeze, because that's

what you're supposed to do.

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And then

it started coming towards me.

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And what?

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What?

My God!

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I can't. . . .

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You're bIushing.

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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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