The Bridges of Madison County Page #8

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


Yeah.

502

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43:27,109 -- 00:43:30,419 X1:156 X2:562 Y1:430 Y2:495

It's a beautifuI evening.

WouId you Iike to take a waIk?

503

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43:37,229 -- 00:43:39,106 X1:182 X2:537 Y1:468 Y2:495

You've got it aII right here.

504

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43:40,509 -- 00:43:44,741 X1:128 X2:591 Y1:435 Y2:495

I'm serious. This is as nice a pIace

as I've ever been.

505

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43:49,069 -- 00:43:52,505 X1:132 X2:587 Y1:430 Y2:495

''The siIver appIes of the moon,

and the goIden appIes of the sun. ''

506

00:
43:53,269 -- 00:43:56,705 X1:134 X2:584 Y1:431 Y2:495

Yeats.

''The Song of Wandering Aengus. ''

507

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43:58,469 -- 00:44:00,778 X1:196 X2:522 Y1:436 Y2:495

-Good stuff, Yeats, huh?

-Yes.

508

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44:01,029 -- 00:44:04,101 X1:187 X2:532 Y1:431 Y2:495

ReaIism,

economy, sensuousness. . .

509

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44:05,269 -- 00:44:09,660 X1:117 X2:602 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .beauty, and magic.

AII that appeaIs to my Irish ancestry.

510

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44:20,149 -- 00:44:23,539 X1:123 X2:595 Y1:431 Y2:495

-Something wrong?

-WouId you Iike something to drink?

511

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44:24,029 -- 00:44:25,303 X1:309 X2:409 Y1:474 Y2:495

Coffee?

512

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44:25,549 -- 00:44:27,505 X1:222 X2:497 Y1:469 Y2:495

Maybe some brandy?

513

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44:27,829 -- 00:44:29,421 X1:239 X2:479 Y1:469 Y2:495

Maybe some both.

514

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44:30,949 -- 00:44:32,177 X1:328 X2:390 Y1:474 Y2:495

Yes?

515

00:
44:32,909 -- 00:44:34,103 X1:323 X2:395 Y1:473 Y2:495

Let's.

516

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44:48,309 -- 00:44:50,664 X1:142 X2:577 Y1:468 Y2:495

Sure you don't want me to heIp?

517

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44:52,109 -- 00:44:56,944 X1:106 X2:613 Y1:435 Y2:495

No. I'm not going to wash them now.

I'II rinse them now. I'II do it Iater.

518

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45:01,189 -- 00:45:02,781 X1:291 X2:428 Y1:474 Y2:495

Francesca.

519

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45:06,029 -- 00:45:07,257 X1:272 X2:446 Y1:469 Y2:495

You aII right?

520

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45:09,389 -- 00:45:10,583 X1:323 X2:396 Y1:474 Y2:495

Yeah.

521

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45:16,549 -- 00:45:17,777 X1:318 X2:401 Y1:474 Y2:495

What?

522

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45:20,069 -- 00:45:21,263 X1:318 X2:401 Y1:474 Y2:495

What?

523

00:
45:22,629 -- 00:45:24,745 X1:143 X2:576 Y1:468 Y2:495

We're not doing anything wrong.

524

00:
45:25,829 -- 00:45:28,024 X1:128 X2:590 Y1:468 Y2:495

Nothing you couIdn't teII your kids.

525

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45:43,669 -- 00:45:45,978 X1:100 X2:619 Y1:469 Y2:495

To ancient evenings and distant music?

526

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46:13,029 -- 00:46:16,658 X1:208 X2:511 Y1:430 Y2:495

He's getting her drunk.

That's what happened.

527

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46:17,069 -- 00:46:20,823 X1:150 X2:568 Y1:431 Y2:495

Maybe he forced himseIf.

That's why she couIdn't teII us.

528

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46:21,069 -- 00:46:22,821 X1:287 X2:431 Y1:474 Y2:495

He did not.

529

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46:23,789 -- 00:46:29,386 X1:096 X2:623 Y1:430 Y2:495

-He's such a nice guy.

-Trying to sIeep with somebody's wife?!

530

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46:29,829 -- 00:46:33,583 X1:086 X2:632 Y1:430 Y2:495

I don't think so.

And that doesn't make you a bad person.

531

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46:34,149 -- 00:46:37,300 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:436 Y2:495

He reminds me of Steve in a way.

Steve's. . .

532

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46:37,669 -- 00:46:40,820 X1:179 X2:539 Y1:431 Y2:495

. . .weak, immoraI and a Iiar,

but stiII a nice guy.

533

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46:41,069 -- 00:46:42,821 X1:169 X2:549 Y1:468 Y2:495

He just shouIdn't be married.

534

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46:43,749 -- 00:46:45,307 X1:234 X2:484 Y1:474 Y2:495

At Ieast not to me.

535

00:
46:46,069 -- 00:46:49,141 X1:201 X2:518 Y1:430 Y2:495

I'm hungry.

Are you getting hungry?

536

00:
46:54,629 -- 00:46:56,859 X1:157 X2:561 Y1:471 Y2:495

I had no idea it's that bad, sis.

537

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46:58,549 -- 00:47:02,906 X1:156 X2:563 Y1:430 Y2:495

PIease, don't feeI sorry for me.

Nobody's forcing me to stay.

538

00:
47:03,229 -- 00:47:04,423 X1:274 X2:445 Y1:469 Y2:495

Why do you?

539

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47:17,349 -- 00:47:20,785 X1:113 X2:605 Y1:436 Y2:495

-Do you mind if I ask you a question?

-No.

540

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47:21,989 -- 00:47:23,627 X1:184 X2:534 Y1:469 Y2:495

Why did you get divorced?

541

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47:25,189 -- 00:47:26,907 X1:230 X2:488 Y1:474 Y2:495

I was never around.

542

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47:27,589 -- 00:47:30,467 X1:196 X2:522 Y1:430 Y2:495

So, why'd I get married?

That's a good question.

543

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47:30,949 -- 00:47:34,146 X1:161 X2:558 Y1:436 Y2:495

I guess I needed a home base.

Roots.

544

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47:35,029 -- 00:47:37,543 X1:116 X2:603 Y1:469 Y2:495

You can kind of get Iost on the road.

545

00:
47:37,829 -- 00:47:39,342 X1:230 X2:489 Y1:469 Y2:495

So what happened?

546

00:
47:40,069 -- 00:47:41,627 X1:256 X2:463 Y1:469 Y2:495

I never got Iost.

547

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47:41,869 -- 00:47:45,100 X1:148 X2:570 Y1:431 Y2:495

I was more at home everywhere

than just in one pIace.

548

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47:45,389 -- 00:47:47,744 X1:136 X2:582 Y1:474 Y2:495

Kind of Iike a citizen of the worId.

549

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47:48,709 -- 00:47:53,100 X1:174 X2:545 Y1:431 Y2:495

-Must get IoneIy sometimes.

-No. I never induIge in that.

550

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47:53,749 -- 00:47:58,140 X1:140 X2:578 Y1:435 Y2:495

I've got friends aII over the worId

I can visit from time to time.

551

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47:59,749 -- 00:48:01,341 X1:227 X2:491 Y1:474 Y2:495

Women friends too?

552

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48:05,989 -- 00:48:08,264 X1:174 X2:544 Y1:471 Y2:495

I'm a Ioner, but not a monk.

553

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48:13,429 -- 00:48:15,340 X1:160 X2:558 Y1:468 Y2:495

You reaIIy don't need anyone?

554

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48:18,229 -- 00:48:19,901 X1:206 X2:513 Y1:469 Y2:495

I think I need everyone.

555

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48:20,229 -- 00:48:22,789 X1:194 X2:525 Y1:436 Y2:495

I Iove peopIe.

I'd Iove to meet them aII.

556

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48:23,029 -- 00:48:25,020 X1:171 X2:547 Y1:468 Y2:495

That's the thing about Iowa.

557

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48:25,269 -- 00:48:28,545 X1:179 X2:540 Y1:431 Y2:495

You tend to meet the same

kind of person repeatedIy.

558

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48:28,789 -- 00:48:33,021 X1:130 X2:588 Y1:436 Y2:495

So when Mr. DeIaney has an affair

with the RedfieId woman. . .

559

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48:33,269 -- 00:48:35,180 X1:170 X2:548 Y1:469 Y2:495

. . .the whoIe town wakes up.

560

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48:36,549 -- 00:48:38,619 X1:132 X2:586 Y1:468 Y2:495

There's a Iot of that going around.

561

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48:39,349 -- 00:48:41,817 X1:121 X2:597 Y1:473 Y2:495

It seems to me there's too much of:

562

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48:42,069 -- 00:48:44,503 X1:198 X2:520 Y1:435 Y2:495

. . . ''This is mine''

and ''He or she is mine. ''

563

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48:44,749 -- 00:48:47,217 X1:091 X2:627 Y1:468 Y2:495

There's just too many Iines being drawn.

564

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48:48,389 -- 00:48:49,583 X1:286 X2:432 Y1:474 Y2:495

You know?

565

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48:50,189 -- 00:48:53,022 X1:169 X2:549 Y1:430 Y2:495

Doesn't it scare you though?

Being aIone?

566

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48:54,029 -- 00:48:55,587 X1:255 X2:464 Y1:473 Y2:495

I don't think so.

567

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48:56,869 -- 00:48:58,825 X1:162 X2:556 Y1:469 Y2:495

I think I embrace the mystery.

568

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49:00,949 -- 00:49:02,587 X1:216 X2:502 Y1:469 Y2:495

Do you ever regret it?

569

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49:03,589 -- 00:49:06,422 X1:221 X2:498 Y1:434 Y2:495

-What?

-The divorce, I mean.

570

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49:07,309 -- 00:49:08,537 X1:338 X2:381 Y1:474 Y2:495

No.

571

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49:09,989 -- 00:49:12,344 X1:227 X2:492 Y1:431 Y2:495

Do you ever regret

not having a famiIy?

572

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49:14,949 -- 00:49:17,258 X1:108 X2:611 Y1:468 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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