The Mosquito Coast Page #2

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Beats me.

We're not allowed to go in!

- Little Charlie's here!

- Your father great man!

He my father, too. We all his children.

Charlie, come here.

I want you to do something for me.

Take this and give it to Polski.

I'll take it, Dad. I'm dressed.

Charlie's the oldest. I want him to do it.

This is a historic occasion.

Sit down. Sit down there.

"Ever heard of the Mosquito Coast?

"I hope not because that's the reason

we're going there!

"See, I'm not only quitting this job

but also this sad ruin of a country.

"Good luck, Doc! You'll need it."

Charlie, your father is the worst kind

of pain in the neck.

A know-it-all who's sometimes right.

I've come to see he's a dangerous man.

You tell him that.

Tell him he's a dangerous man!

And one of these days,

he's going to get you all killed!

Daddy, you take a picture of me.

Don't waste film.

- Leave those.

- It's only the breakfast things.

- Leave them. We're getting out of here!

- I'll start loading things up, okay?

Mother! Come on.

- But what about all our books and things?

- If it's not in this pile, it's not going!

- Where are we going?

- Can I ride shotgun?

No. Put the bags in the back of the truck.

April, come on!

Don't put everything in the cab!

No, your mother's gonna ride up there.

- Hurry up, Mom!

- Go to the back seat, guys.

Girls, in the back.

- Can I ride in the back here?

- No, no! It's not safe.

"Under the bam

Under the boo

"Under the bamboo tree

"Two live as one

"One lives as two

"Two live as three

"Under the bam

Under the boo

"Under the bamboo tree"

Good-bye, America! And have a nice day!

- I'm Reverend Gurney Spellgood.

- Pleased to meet you.

- You can call me Gurney.

- Call me Brighton.

Jerry, sit down.

Mrs. Fox, I'm Captain Smalls.

Come on over here. I have a seat for you.

The sea around us. The earth beneath.

This night commit this food to thy keep.

Jeedoof.

- Amen.

- Amen.

We don't say prayers at home.

Captain first, Reverend.

"The last shall be first."

- No, "some."

- Pardon?

"Some of the last who will be first and

some of the first who will be last." Luke.

I was quoting Matthew.

You were misquoting Matthew.

Matthew says "many," not "some."

You certainly understand my mission,

Mr. Fox.

And a pretty good knowledge

of the Scriptures, too.

I've tinkered a bit with the Bible.

God's owner's handbook, isn't it?

Except it doesn't work.

So, this is your first visit to Mosquitia?

Actually it's more than a visit.

We're planning to stay.

Stay there?

Why would you want to?

That whole country's back

in the Stone Age.

Sounds perfect.

Mr. Fox!

There you are. I've got a gift for you.

It's the latest. The Blue Jeans Bible.

It was designed by a psychologist.

Look at this, kids. It's just what I've been

warning you about.

"Of making many books there is no end.

Much study is a weariness of the flesh."

Ecclesiastes.

"There are many rooms in

my Father's house, but I am the door."

Don't slam it on the way out.

May God forgive you.

Have a nice day.

Thank you. I will, Brother!

Hi.

It's a whole lot hotter than this

in the jungle.

- You've never been there, have you?

- No.

We're from Baltimore.

I study communication in school.

I hate school. It's so boring.

What's your favorite band?

Mine's The Executioners.

I love the lead guitarist. He is so cool.

He reminds me of James Dean.

Your father's a missionary.

You don't live in Baltimore.

Yes, we do.

My father has two churches. One's in

Guampu, and the other one is in Baltimore.

It's a drive-in.

What kind of drive-in?

There's only one kind.

You know, outdoors with cars.

Gosh, you're stupid.

So, what's your old man do?

My father's an inventor.

He invented this mechanical mop.

You sort of dance around with it.

It works by itself. You have to see it.

Weird.

My father's a genius.

Charlie.

Do you have a girlfriend?

No.

I could be your girlfriend, if you want.

I think about you

when I go to the bathroom.

Come here, honey.

"He's all right

What do you think about Jesus?

"He's all right

What do you think about Jesus?

"He's all right..."

Where's my bag?

Honey, look at this place! It's beautiful!

- Everybody ready?

- Yeah!

I think about you

when I go to the bathroom.

Jeedoof!

Jeedoof!

- Amen!

- Amen!

All right, Mother,

let's get this show on the road.

Come on, kids, let's go.

Everybody's got a long way to go.

Let's go!

Look at him, Charlie.

I love him when he's like that.

Happy hunting, Reverend.

Thank you very much, Mr. Fox,

and you, too.

- Look at all the boats.

- They're beautiful.

Hey, sweet peas, come to Papa.

The twins are asleep.

Tell her, Charlie.

- Dad bought a town.

- You're joking.

- Drunken German.

- He fell asleep.

Not before he signed this.

You're looking at the new mayor

of Jeronimo.

- You bought a town?

- A small town.

Where is it?

Jeronimo? Launches can't go up there.

Too shallow.

Well, Mr. Haddy,

we'll just have to experiment.

Experiment? Why you want to go

to Jeronimo?

We've bought it.

Ran out of room in America, Mr. Haddy.

Here, let me take the wheel.

It's against regulations.

- What regulations?

- It's my launch.

I steer. You passenger.

- Experiment.

- Haddy, you all right there?

There is no channel here.

Don't give up, Haddy. Right?

Stay back!

Stay back! No channel.

Keep looking.

Oh, my God. Mr. Haddy!

- You all right?

- Channel! Channel! Channel!

All right.

Can you get in all right?

"I don't own a VCR

And a house or a car

"And I got no color TV"

Hello!

Them Zambus.

Ask him where we are, Haddy.

It's Jeronimo.

This is it. Jeronimo!

Where?

Stay back there.

Give me room, Son.

Haddy, get ready on the bowline.

- Can we help you?

- I've been looking all over for you.

- Shall I get the luggage?

- Help Mother.

Now, don't run, boys.

Jerry, help me with this.

Careful, girls.

- Can we take our bags?

- No, no, leave them there.

- Can you see the town yet, Allie?

- Yes.

Perfect. It's perfect.

Everything we need is here. Right here.

Yes, yes.

Starting from scratch.

This is what I've always dreamed about.

Don't look at me that way, Mother.

This is our home.

This is life. This is not a vacation.

Can you see it, Charlie?

No, Dad.

Can you see it, Mother?

See what, Allie?

Why, a beautiful house.

Right in front of you.

Me no see no house.

This will do for the kitchen.

That could be the laundry and wash house.

Tie it all together with a platform

and put the sleeping quarters up above.

It's like the hub of a wheel

with the crops radiating out.

I smell a bit of a swamp back there.

We'll have to drain that.

Put a plant there, pump up river water

for the fish farm.

Slash and burn the area.

We have four or five acres

of good growing land.

Boy, have we got some work to do.

I don't want to hit you.

Perhaps if I hit them...

...and you take them out.

- Let me hold.

- Okay.

Okay, take that away, will you?

Dad, there's a big pile of cut wood here.

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