The Rider Page #2

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"James, you know what?

"One thing

I've learned in life,"

he says... (CLEARS THROAT)

"I've always thought girls

come in with a name

"and they leave

with a number."

(ALL LAUGHING)

It's kind of

f***ed up, but...

- Dirty dog.

- Yeah. Lane.

Yeah.

Real wild.

CAT:
Want to say

a prayer for him.

I mean, be best if we say a

prayer every day, you know...

Yeah.

For the guy,

'cause he sure could use it.

But I just want to

go ahead and say...

Pray to God that

he takes in all the strength

from all his friends

across the nation.

North, south, east and west.

'Cause we all know he's got

friends all over this country.

Pulls through.

Hope he gets to ride again.

Feel the wind

hit his back

and watch it flow

through the grass.

We are him, and he is us.

We're all

one in this together.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

(STRUMMING GUITAR)

Sun shines in

This traveling car

Leaving one rodeo

Headed on to another

Rolling patience

Burning down that highway

Loving the things that

Keep rolling my way

'Cause I'm a gambling man

(WHINNYING)

(TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

(HORSE WHINNYING)

- Get over here.

- (SNORTS)

Should have left

them mares alone

and quit rubbing your nose

on the fence.

Wouldn't have to be

sitting here.

Come on, Gus.

- Hello, ma'am.

- WOMAN:
Hi.

I'm here to see Lane Scott.

Hey, brother. How you doing?

Long time, no see, brother.

I missed you.

Feeling better?

You're looking good.

Looks like they're doing

a lot for you here.

How you feeling?

Feeling good, huh?

It's a pretty good place here.

H...

O...

W...

S.

How's...

How's my head?

(SIGHS)

Feeling all right.

B...

S.

Oh, "Rub some..."

D.

"Rub some dirt in it"?

(LAUGHING)

Little bit of Copenhagen,

too, huh?

(ON VIDEO) Name's Lane Scott.

I'm 18 years old, and I'm

from Kennebec, South Dakota.

MAN:
Lane, he's young,

but he's really good.

Best bull rider to come out

of South Dakota, for sure.

LANE:
I mean... I mean,

I'm not... Not trying to imply

anything, but me and Superman have

never been seen in the

same room together, so...

(HEAVY METAL PLAYING ON VIDEO)

MAN:
No shirt. Wild man.

(WHOOPING)

MAN:
Nice, baby!

Good ride, cowboy!

I was about three years old

when my dad introduced me

into the rodeo world.

There's nothing

that really can beat it.

You get on a bull,

make a good ride, everybody...

Everybody in the stands

stands up for you,

yells, cheers. Um...

Your adrenaline's going,

you...

You just can't stop

but smiling.

There's nothing

like strapping yourself

onto a 2,000 pound animal

and just going with it.

That's what I wanted to do,

and I knew I wanted to do it

for the rest of my life.

I couldn't imagine

doing anything else.

Somebody come and play

Somebody come

and play my way

Somebody come

And rhyme the rhymes...

- Lil.

- What?

Thinking about going

to the rodeo.

If I do, you want to go with?

Nope.

Nope.

Take you to

the carnival afterwards.

- Carnival?

- Get on some rides.

Are you sure?

- If you want to.

- Yes.

Somebody come

And play today...

All right.

And watch the sun

Till the rain again

Somebody...

- (CROWD CHEERING)

- (MUSIC PLAYING)

What are you doing here, bro?

Riding today?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY)

BRADY:
Go! Go! Go! Go!

Hustle! Hustle! Hustle!

ANNOUNCER:
He's got

an eight-second whistle.

He could beat South Dakota.

He's safe on the ground.

Put your hands together

for Tanner Langdeau.

(HORSES WHINNYING)

(ANNOUNCER WHOOPS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

ANNOUNCER:

Let's hear it for Tanner!

CAT:
Holy piss, did you see

that gray horse buck today?

TANNER:
With Cameron, right?

CAT:
Yeah. Saddle horse.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Hey. Wake up, Grandpa.

Falling asleep over there.

You entering Water's Rodeo

on the 17th?

- 17th?

- TANNER:
Yeah.

Should be ready to roll

by then.

TANNER:
Yeah, man, it'll be good to see

you back out there, scratching 'em.

Come on, now, Tanner.

TANNER:

What's wrong with that?

WOMAN:
He has a metal plate

in his head.

So? Metal's strong.

It's supposed to not break.

He'll be fine.

He's not a little b*tch.

WOMAN:

You know what? F*** you.

Yeah, f*** you, Brady.

It's dangerous.

Hey, don't worry

about it, man.

Howdy.

- Are you Brady Blackburn?

- Yeah.

- Bill.

- Bill, it's good to meet you.

I heard you're

a great horse trainer.

LILLY:
Sesame Street?

BILL:
I have a colt

that nobody can break.

I'm 15, silly.

BILL:
Would you come

and look at him?

Tell me what you think?

BRADY:
I caved my head in riding a

bucking horse not too long ago.

I got some

healing up to do right now.

- TANNER:
Lil, are you thirsty?

- LILLY:
What?

- Nah.

- And...

Here in a couple weeks, I'll

probably be able to come and...

- Come on, Lil.

- No way!

- Right here, right here. Come on.

- No way.

- LILLY:
No!

- TANNER:
It's just one sip.

It's way better for you

than that. Come on.

The f*** you think

you're doing with her?

What the f***, man?

What do you want?

- Hey, hey, hey, hey...

- F*** you!

- Calm down, man. Calm down.

- Get the hell out of here.

Tanner didn't mean

nothing by it.

TANNER:
Just being friendly.

That's all.

F***, man.

We all love Lilly.

You know that.

BRADY:
Okay.

- Lil, are you all right?

- I'm okay.

(EXHALES)

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

This is what you need

right now.

LILLY:
Hey, everybody.

Look at the moon

and the stars.

(GASPS) And the planets!

Wow.

Planets, moon and stars

Above the world so high

Higher than the clouds...

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.

Higher than the sky

Planets, moon and stars

Shining stars in space

Each one in its home...

The problem with you boys,

you don't like to get

your pride hurt.

Earth, it is far below

Below each shining star

Earth is what we know...

Lilly used to get all mad

whenever we were in the store

and she didn't get

what she wanted, and...

She'd throw a fit.

You know,

and be mad about it.

I don't know, she's just

not like that anymore.

She's got all these new things

that she does and likes,

and saying...

She's growing up so fast.

You get to be around more.

No more rodeo for you.

- (KNOCKING AT DOOR)

- (GIGGLES)

Here I go!

Hey, Miles.

How's it going, guys?

MILES:
I'm looking

for your dad.

He owes me some money

on this trailer.

Need payment.

Otherwise,

I'm gonna come and get it.

He went to the horse sale

in Corsica yesterday,

and I haven't seen him

since he left, but...

Yeah, it's been four months

since I got any money from him.

I need some.

I'm tired of looking

for his ass.

Okay. I'll be sure

to let him know.

MILES:
Yeah, he needs

to come and find me.

I'm done.

I like your tattoos.

- WOMAN:
Do you have a resume?

- No.

Any job experience?

I'm a horse trainer.

You can't do that

right now?

Um... Well, I would,

but I can't ride for a while

since I'm laid up, so...

Any high school? GED?

No, ma'am.

The OST TERO office,

they have job training

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