The Making of 'The River Wild' Page #4

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What are you...

That's right.

First, ya take out the empties.

See that?

Three, five, seven.

In go the new ones.

A full load.

Can I hold it?

I don't think your mom

would like it very much.

My mom wouldn't care.

Really.

- All right.

- They're right there.

Be careful.

It's loaded.

- Bang. Bang.

- Hey!

- Hey.

- Come on, man.

All right, all right.

Better give it back now. Come on.

- Thanks, Wade.

- Hey, what are friends for?

Don't forget. It's our secret.

Hey, what were you

and the guys talkin' about?

- Hmm?

- Things. I'm goin' fishing.

Listen, if you want to catch

anything this time of day...

you're gonna have to go

around that big rock.

There's a little eddy there. There's

some big fish waitin' for ya, honey.

I'll call ya

when lunch is ready.

Take it up to that flat area there.

There's a spring if you want to wash up.

Come on, Maggie.

Be careful on the rocks.

Just stay close to the shore downstream.

- Okay!

- Don't go where I can't see you.

I'll be right back.

Terry?

Help me with this, Terry.

Did you get the drinks, Tom?

No, I didn't.

I'll go get them.

Oh, this looks pretty great.

Oh, boy.

Ah, that's great.

You ought to try it.

I'll get a towel.

Oh!

Wade!

Oh, man!

Wade!

Come on!

Wade!

We're gonna make it.

We're gonna make it.

Roarke. Roarke. Reel it in, honey.

We're gonna find another place.

You said this was

a good place.

- Just reel it in.

- It's stuck.

- Break it, damn it.

- What are you doing?

- I'll explain later. Get in the boat.

- No!

I don't want to ride with you!

I hate you!

- Roarke! Get in the boat!

- What about Maggie?

- Maggie! Maggie!

- Roarke!

- Come on, Maggie. Come on, girl.

- Hey.

What are you guys doin'?

We were just gonna go on ahead

and be by ourselves for a little bit.

Oh.

Yeah. It is our vacation and we haven't

been alone together all that much.

I thought you guys

were runnin' out on us.

No. Uh-uh.

I think that's exactly

what they were doin', Terry.

You're right. We were.

I-It's just not working out between us.

Why's that? Because your son

wants to be with me instead of you?

Roarke. Come here.

Look, I'm taking my family

and we're gonna go down the river alone.

That's what we're gonna do.

I'm sorry.

We'll send somebody back to get you.

Who died and made you stud dick

all of a sudden, Tom?

You go get in

the boat right now.

Wade, rangers come down here

all the time.

You could hook up with one of them

and get to Bridle Creek ahead of us.

And what if I said

I'm not gonna let you go?

What would you do?

What would you do, stud?

- Hey! What is he...

- Just let him talk to him for a second.

- I don't want to fight with you.

- Oh.

Wade!

I tried to be nice to you.

I tried to be nice

to your family.

And what do you do?

You try and run out on me.

I'm drownin', Tom.

You wanna hit me?

I'm pullin' you down, Tom.

Whoa!

Hit 'im, Dad! Hit 'im.

Okay, we're even.

You hit me, I hit you. It's over.

Now, I'm takin' my family

and I'm leavin'.

- No, you're not.

- Look out, Dad! He's got a gun!

Roarke.

Don't! Damn it!

It's not gonna be that easy.

Get off of her!

Get off me!

Get! Get!

Don't, Wade! Stop!

He's my dad! Stop hitting him!

This is not fun anymore.

- Oh, God, no!

- Wade!

Wade, please!

God, please, don't...

I need your wife

to get me down the river.

I need your son to control her.

You and the dog are expendable.

Right now, I think I'll get rid of...

The dog.

No! Run, Mags, run!

Run, Maggie, run!

Run! Run!

You got guts, Roarke.

But you shouldn't have

broken your promise about the gun.

Friends don't do that.

I thought you were a nice guy.

I am a nice guy.

Just a different kind

of nice guy.

Damn, Terry.

Looks like we lose our deposit.

All right!

Now that I'm head of the family,

here's what we're gonna do!

We're gonna haul ass down this river.

No more fishing. No more sightseeing.

And unfortunately,

no more skinny dipping.

By the way, Gail...

You're gonna get another chance

to run the Gauntlet.

- We're not stopping at Bridle Creek.

- What?

That's right. Come on, let's get

this sh*t up the hill and outta sight!

Roarke.

Were you takin'

pictures of me?

Give me that camera.

You know, it's really dangerous

to be tied into the raft like this.

If we flip, we'll just

be dragged under and drowned.

It would be dangerous for me if you were

to flip us on purpose. I could drown.

This just levels the playing field.

Sure is pretty country, isn't it?

What's in the green bag, Wade?

It's the money, isn't it?

From the cattle auction?

You guys robbed

the cattle auction, right?

If we had, it'd be a pretty

slow getaway, wouldn't it?

Yeah, it's slow,

but it's smart, sort of.

This close to Canada...

they'd think you

jumped the border...

but instead you just go off road

for four or five days.

End up couple of

hundred miles downriver...

where you have a car waiting.

Couple of...

Big problems, though.

Frank and the Gauntlet.

Frank was supposed to take you

down the Gauntlet, right?

But what was he? Wounded?

So you had to finish him off.

Did you do it, Wade?

Or did you make Terry kill him?

Shut up!

So what's the big problem

with the Gauntlet anyway?

The Gauntlet is just...

It's not just the size

of the water, you know.

Although the three rivers

do all pour into that one canyon.

But it's glacier water, so...

You know what hypothermia is?

Probably not.

If the raft gets caught in there,

it gets sucked under the falls.

It's kind of like being

in a washing machine, you know.

You can just churn and churn

and churn in there 'til Christmas.

But swimming ability

is not the problem.

Swimming... is beside the point.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I just can't believe

this is happening to us now.

I can't believe you think

I can take you down there.

Mom? Mom, I'm hungry.

- What?

- I'm really hungry.

- He's gotta have something to eat.

- He can eat in the boat.

Yeah, well,

we can't pee in the boat.

Come on. Let's go over here.

Hello, the beach!

Hello, the canoe.

Terry, come on.

Get 'em up here.

Wade and Terry are old family friends.

Remember, Wade has the gun.

Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

How ya doin', Officer?

Shoot. On a day like today?

Can't complain. How you doin'?

Not too bad.

I been tryin' to catch you folks ever

since I heard you were on the river.

But the office told me

there were only three of you.

Been five right from the start.

Wanna see our tags?

No. I must've heard wrong. You guys have

been travelin' along pretty quickly.

I was afraid you were gonna

get to Bridal Creek and be gone.

Well, Gail here is our guide.

She makes the trip so interestin'...

that once she

shows us one thing...

we just wanna move on to

the next as quick as we can.

I can believe that.

She sure made my life interesting.

I'm sorry.

Do I know you?

Well, on more than one occasion you

tried to get me into bed... before 9:00.

But usually you spent more time

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