The Spitfire Grill
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1996
- 117 min
- 781 Views
Maine Tourist Office,
how can I help you today?
Yes, ma'am, I can connect you
to the Alagash Hotel.
Between us, it's awful busy
that time of year and...
...the Pine Tree in Dawesport...
...it's just a skip up the road
for hardly half the price.
Me, ma'am?
I guess I come up here to stay
going on five years now.
I don't believe I could leave Maine
even if I wanted to.
No, ma'am, there's nothing else
like it nowhere.
When the sugar maples turn scarlet
and the hickories go all gold it's like...
...seeing the colors of paradise
come back to you...
...even if it don't last but a week.
You're welcome. It's been
real nice talking to you.
Have a nice day.
"Like seeing the colors of paradise
come back to you. "
Where you get that
sh*t from, Percy?
All you seen of Maine
is the inside of this prison.
Most people'd rather hear a good lie
over the truth any day.
Now, you getting out.
You best watch that lying, girl.
Maine Tourist Office,
how can I help you today?
Don't say I told you, but I was there.
And that's what she said, Sarah.
Now, what's this?
Shelby?
I said my blue shirt...
...needed washing.
I did all the white ones, but there
wasn't enough for a colored load.
I'm showing the quarry tomorrow, Shel,
I told you. I need the blue shirt.
Warden Minton said he'd call.
He called, all right. About someone
Truth be told,
I didn't take him serious.
Nothing much starts
But here you are.
Yes, sir.
Tell me why you chose Gilead.
Something wrong
with this place?
Oh, no, I wouldn't say that.
If you give any account to the
Indian legends, it was here...
Story goes...
...when the gods heard how beautiful
the land was, they left heaven to see it.
I mean, it does have more pegmatite
rock formations than...
...just about any other county
in the country.
Is that right?
Yes, sir. Had a caller once
wanted to know all about...
...stuff like that.
You lost your last
waitress this winter.
With your hip and all...
Another body in here
ain't gonna cure my hip, Gar'.
Hannah, it don't have
to be permanent, and...
...you've got that empty
room upstairs.
And you need the help.
And, Hannah...
You'd be doing me...
...a big favor.
I don't owe you no favors.
Bathroom's at the end of the hall.
There's hot water enough, but not
if you dawdle while you're washing.
There's extra blankets and sheets
in the sideboard.
I give you breakfast at 6:00.
Anything else you need to
know can wait till then.
Lamp's on the right.
Wood's gotta come
in for the stove.
Leave the tending of the fire
to me for now.
Water's gotta be set
to boil for the cereal.
Greens gotta come up
from the root cellar.
If there ain't a gallon of coffee
out there in 15 minutes...
...I'll hear about it
for the whole day.
You got that, have you?
Yep.
I don't allow no smoking
in the kitchen either.
Will you get that hair out of
your face working around food?
I ain't open yet, Effy.
I know what time you open.
Just come to see if there was something
you needed from the store.
Well, I don't.
And her name is Percy.
You happy?
Don't turn around.
She's coming right to his table.
What can I bring for you?
Hannah knows what I'm having.
That one's been real popular today.
You want coffee with that?
She's going to
pour his coffee...
I saw her from the
store last night.
What's she doing
here anyway?
Don't know and don't care.
She came in...
...on the bus last night.
I saw her coming...
Say, Hannah...
Did I forget to mention...
...I been in prison at Windham
for the last five years?
And I only got sent to
solitary three times.
Imagine that.
Percy!
'Evening to you, Hannah.
Brought some supplies
back from Bethel.
Got you a box of
new scrubbing pads.
New scrubbing pads?
I had no complaints
about the old ones.
Talked to those fellows
about the quarry again.
They'll come to...
...look at it anytime now.
Well, you let me know
when the rush starts.
Percy.
I'm Nahum Goddard.
Hannah's my aunt.
You'd be?
Perchance Talbott.
Percy'll do.
I got that real-estate office
across the street.
Where you come from?
Ohio.
Ohio?
I had some clients from Ohio once.
They didn't sound like you.
I wouldn't mind coming from
someplace else if that don't suit you.
I sort of look after Hannah,
so you're apt to be seeing a lot of me.
How much do you
know about this girl?
You've met Henry Minton...
...the warden up
there at Windham?
Short and stout,
kind of balding?
He called...
...and asked if I could
lend her a hand.
That's all it is.
Just the same...
talked to me about this.
Hannah's a grown woman,
she's got a mind of her own.
She's getting on, Gar'.
I'm not warm to the prospect
of a criminal living with her.
Who do you suppose will
keep an eye on this girl?
Well, if she's working
at the Spitfire...
...who won't?
Did you know we've got
more pegmatite formations...
...around here than
any other county?
Pegmatite.
No.
I just know we got about a million
ton of granite in that hole.
It ain't gonna dig itself out.
What's that you're reading?
"Rosy-fingered Dawn...
"... came upon the sleeping
sailors and they woke...
"... to resume their long journey. "
I don't think I know that one.
It's a pretty old story.
My name is...
Joe.
I was here when Hannah
set you to work.
I'm just guessing, but I bet you already
heard mine more than once.
Percy.
I was...
...thinking I might take a ride
You're welcome
to come along if...
What they got in Millfield?
Nothing much, really, just...
...it's someplace besides Gilead.
I don't know. I gotta finish
a letter to someone.
It's not like she owns
me or something.
I know.
I know that.
I guess this place is starting
to push in on me some.
All right.
Like I said, it ain't Gilead.
- Hey, Joe.
- How're you doing?
I think I want to stay
here for a minute.
All right.
That's fine. I could run in
and get something for us.
Okay.
I'll be right back.
Where'd you find her?
Come on, honey.
Get off of me!
- Come back here.
- What're you doing?
She just wants to be alone.
Go back inside.
Go on.
Here you are. Will this kind
be okay for you?
I wouldn't know the difference.
No, I guess...
You know, you sound like
you're from the South.
Your accent.
- Things ain't always like they sound.
- I know.
is South from here.
Flatlanders.
That's what we call them.
there anywhere?
Make a list of all your damn questions
and I'll answer when I got the time.
What's going on?
Manslaughter, all right?
That's why I was in Windham.
Now you got something
to tell all your friends.
You can take me back.
Can we go?
Sure.
Don't touch me.
Just go get help.
But don't touch me.
- Don't touch me.
- I heard you, Hannah.
Joe's bringing the
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