The Making of 'The River Wild' Page #5

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with my older brother and his friends.

- Johnny?

- Yeah!

Oh, Johnny!

Oh! How's Raymond?

And... And your folks?

Oh, my folks are fine.

Raymond lives outside of Boise now.

My brother and Gail, they used

to be the terrors of this river.

The little kids... my friends and I...

we used to call her Whitewater.

Whitewater, huh?

We never had nicknames where

I came from. Certainly not Whitewater.

White trash, maybe.

Now, I hear it's worse

in this country to be an Indian...

than it is even

a-a black or a Mexican.

Is that right...

Ranger Johnny?

Ahem. I-I'm Tom. I, uh...

I'm Whitewater's husband.

- Really nice to meet you, Tom.

- Nice to meet you.

What happened to your eye?

Uh, s-slipped on a rock and, uh,

met up with a tree. I hurt my knee too...

Hi. I'm Terry.

- Nice to meet ya.

- Friend.

And I'm Wade.

And this is Roarke, Gail's son.

Oh, hey, Roarke.

Nice to meet you too.

I was about your age

when I first knew your mom.

Well, now you've met everyone.

I guess I have.

Well, I better be shovin' off then.

I'll see ya.

So we'll see you at

Bridal Creek, then?

Oh, no, I gotta do a portage up to

Swanson Meadow and do a fish count.

It was nice seein' ya again, Gail.

You guys take it easy.

That was real smart.

Real smart.

Oh, hey, uh, I almost forgot.

Did anybody lose a camera?

Is it a yellow

waterproof one?

- Yeah. Catch.

- Toss that puppy on up here, Johnny.

Hey, Roarke!

Found your camera.

- What do you say, big man?

- Thank you.

You all take it easy now.

- Bye.

- See ya later.

You're a real smart man,

aren't ya? Huh?

- Oh!

- Get in the boat!

Get up! What do you think?

I'm some kind of idiot?

Sit down.

Put your hands together.

- Go right up there, sweetie.

- Sit in the middle.

That's Bridal Creek up ahead.

That's the last take-out

before the Gauntlet.

Are Grandma and Grandpa gonna be there?

No, sweetie. They're not

expecting us for two more days...

so... they're not there yet.

You still intend to go on?

That's right.

Then can Terry row

for a little bit?

Can I get a break?

Sure.

Untie her.

Keep an eye on them.

You listen to me,

you little idiot!

I'm not bullshitting you

about the Gauntlet. It's big.

Bigger than anything you've ever seen.

And tomorrow, you're gonna drown in it.

And the rest of us are gonna

be hauled under with the raft.

I'm not gonna pretend that I give a sh*t

about you and your stupid friend...

and your pathetic

small-time nothing life!

But I got everything I care

about in the world in this boat.

And I got my baby girl waiting at the

other end. And I know I cannot do this!

I cannot row this big water, man!

That's the truth.

I cannot do it!

You're an amazing woman.

I gotta get some sleep.

Here. Wake me up at 1:00.

Shh! Shh! Shh!

- What are you doing?

- Shh! Shh!

Terry's asleep.

I'm gonna get the gun.

No! No! You can't do that.

Oh, God!

You can't do that.

If they catch you, they'll kill you.

They're gonna kill us anyway,

even if we get through the Gauntlet.

We have to do something.

Just listen.

Wait. Wait. Wait.

I was thinking about...

Little Niagara.

It's a... It's a big drop

about two miles above the Gauntlet.

I can take the raft

in there sideways and flip us.

If we hold on to the D-rings, we can

catch the air pocket underneath...

and they'll just be swept away.

Well, will that work?

It could work. It could work.

God. What other option do we have?

I'm gonna get the gun.

God.

If I don't make it...

you can still flip the boat.

I love you too.

Wade!

Give me the gun.

Stay here...

and watch them!

Tom!

Tom, are you up here?

I don't think

you're up here.

Sh*t.

Tom!

Tom!

I know you're there!

Tom!

Where are you?

Hey! There you are.

How does it feel to know you only have

a few more seconds left to live?

- Aah!

- Sit down!

Damn.

I don't have a very good

shot from here, Tom...

so I'm gonna have to head

a little farther downriver.

You stay where you are now.

There. That's better.

I'm gonna try to hit you in the spine...

right between the shoulder blades.

You ready?

Set.

What are they doin' out?

Tie her in the tent. Kid too.

- Where's my dad?

- He's dead.

Dead? Why'd you kill him?

- He was tryin' to get away.

- You killed my dad.

So what if he got away?

Where's he gonna go? We can't walk out.

- How the hell is he gonna?

- Do you wanna make the decisions, huh?

Here's the gun.

Go ahead.

Hey, man. When we started this thing,

you told me no one was gonna get hurt.

Now three people are dead!

Whose fault is that?

Did I tell you

to frisk the guard? Huh?

Did I tell you

to frisk the guard?

If you'd have frisked the guard

like I told ya, Frank would be alive.

If you'd stayed awake

like I told ya, Tom would be alive!

Now shut your fat mouth

and tie them in the tent.

Oh, man.

- I will be right there.

- No! No, Mommy!

- You go with him.

- Stop it!

Where is he?

I wanna see him.

Can't help you there.

He's in the river.

Well, then he might

still be alive.

I shot him, Whitewater.

He's dead.

I'm sorry.

No tears.

Things must've been worse

between you and Tom than I thought.

I'm gonna kill you.

I'm gonna kill you, Wade.

I don't think so.

I'm runnin' the show.

I could bury you

and Roarke tonight.

I could do anything

I want with you.

So go ahead.

Don't keep tellin' me how tough

you are, Wade. Just show me.

Come on.

Do it.

Terry. Put her in the tent.

Terry, get up. Come on!

Get up! Get up!

Come on. Pack this sh*t up.

We gotta get outta here.

When you're done with that,

just grab those oars.

- Forget the rest of their stuff.

- All right, all right.

Oh! Ah! Oh!

All right.

Come on. Let's go.

Let's go. Come on.

Uh! Oh!

Oh, Maggie! You good girl, you!

It's good to see you!

Yes! Yes!

Good girl! Good girl!

Come on, girl.

Let's go.

Come on!

We gotta get ahead

of 'em, girl.

Hey. You wanna listen

to some music?

I have to go along with Wade.

He didn't mind goin' to jail.

He don't seem

to mind anything.

I can't go back

to jail, Roarke.

I don't care.

Terry, hand me that box

of cartridges, will you?

Hey, Wade!

Go, Mom!

We're gonna make it!

Gail.

Three left.

Okay, Mags, here's where

we get ahead of 'em.

Oh, go slow, Gail.

For once in your life don't be first.

That's it, Mags.

That's Little Niagara.

That's where she's

gonna flip the boat.

What?

Oh, sh*t.

What's that?

- What's around the corner?

- That? That's Little Niagara.

Get in the back

with the kid.

You're up.

Come on. Come on.

Come on!

Roarke.

Put your helmet on, buddy.

Come on.

- Roarke!

- What are you doin'? Wade!

- They're talkin' or whatever!

- Hey!

What are you sayin' to him?

Hey, what did you say?

What are you doin'?

What the hell are you doin'? Huh?

I'm just getting

into position.

Look up, Gail.

Please, look up here.

Hang on, Terry.

Gail thinks she's gonna flip us.

- But I don't think she has the guts.

- Mom.

Oh, yes!

Whoa!

- Grab the oar!

- Where'd he go?

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