Villa Rides Page #2

Synopsis: Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté.
Genre: War, Western
Director(s): Buzz Kulik
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.5
R
Year:
1968
125 min
186 Views


LUIS GONZALES...

ON MY HORSE.

URBINA.

Urbina:
MY CHIEF?

POST SENTRIES.

EXCUSE ME, MY CHIEF.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO

WITH THE OFFICERS?

THE OFFICERS?

HANG THEM.

[FINA SOBBING]

THE COLORADO:

CAPTAIN RAMIREZ.

MY CHIEF SENDS ME TO SAY

YOUR HUSBAND:

IS IN THE CHURCH.

MY CHIEF:

SENDS ME TO SAY...

HE GRIEVES WITH YOU

FOR YOUR HUSBAND

AND THAT YOUR HUSBAND

WAS A GREAT HEART.

I SAY THIS FOR MYSELF,

TOO, SENORA GONZALES.

YOU, GRINGO.

WHO, ME?

DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER

GRINGOS AROUND HERE?

[HORSES APPROACHING]

URBINA.

MY CHIEF.

READ ME:

WHAT THE GUNS SAY.

"PROPERTY OF...

MUNITIONS COMPANY OF..."

[SPITS]

"EL PASO."

YOU KNOW...

I THINK SOMEBODY'S

BEEN RUNNING GUNS

TO OUR ENEMY.

GRINGO GUNS.

I THINK SO.

HEY, GRINGO.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A...

GUNRUNNING:

SON-OF-A-B*TCH GRINGO

AROUND HERE, HAVE YOU?

[HORSE APPROACHING]

SAY SOMETHING, GRINGO.

WHAT CAN I SAY?

WHATEVER IS:

IN YOUR HEART.

RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THIS IS YOUR HEART.

URBINA.

MY CHIEF.

PUT HIM:

WITH THE COLORADOS.

PLEASE.

[PRISONERS TALKING LOW]

QUIET.

I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU.

Prisoners:
NO!

LET ME EXPLAIN THINGS.

YOU SEE THIS WALL?

IF YOU RUN REAL FAS AND CLIMB OVER THIS WALL,

YOU CAN GO FREE.

[PRISONERS SHOUTING]

DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH,

BECAUSE I AM:

A VERY BAD SHOT.

WHY ARE YOU NERVOUS?

YOU THINK I'M GOING

TO SHOOT YOU?

BUT YOU WOULDN' WANT THAT, CHIEF.

IF ONE COLORADO:

GETS OVER THAT WALL

BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE

A LOADED GUN IN MY HAND,

I WILL SHOOT YOU.

YES, CHIEF.

NO. NO!

NO! POR DIOS!

5 THIS TIME.

Prisoners:
NO!

NO.

NO, NO, NO.

NO, NOT ME!

NO!

[GUNSHOT]

5 MORE.

[GUNSHOT]

CHIEF, CHIEF!

RUN.

WALK, THEN.

Villa:
WAIT, FIERRO.

YOU KNOW,

THAT AIRPLANE...

IT COULD TELL US

WHERE:

THE COLORADOS ARE

BEFORE THE COLORADOS

KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND I'M THE ONLY ONE

WHO CAN FLY THAT AIRPLANE.

IT CAN BE:

VERY USEFUL TO YOU.

VERY USEFUL.

FIERRO...

YOU THINK THE GRINGO

WANTS TO FLY FOR US?

I'LL FLY FOR YOU.

I HOPE HE CAN FLY

BETTER THAN HE CAN WALK.

I'LL FLY IT FOR YOU,

BUT I WANT SOMETHING.

WHAT?

I WANT TO BLOW:

HIS BRAINS OUT.

I DON'T THINK HE'

LL LET YOU DO THAT.

WELL, LET THESE MEN GO.

ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY?

HOW--

ALL OF THEM!

THEIR OFFICERS ARE DEAD.

THEY CAN'T HURT YOU.

THEY DON'T WANT TO

FIGHT ANYMORE.

NO.

JUST ONE.

ONE?

ONE.

PICK HIM.

GO ON, GRINGO.

IT'S YOUR CHANCE

TO SAVE ONE LIFE.

GO AHEAD.

YOU PICK HIM.

LET ONE GO.

URBINA, A HORSE

FOR THE GRINGO.

[SPEAKING

SPANISH]

Fierro:
5 MORE.

[GUNSHOTS]

YOU KNOW,

YOU AMAZE ME, GRINGO.

YOU RUN GUNS, AND YOU DON' CARE WHO GETS KILLED,

SO LONG AS YOU GET PAID

AND YOU DON' HAVE TO WATCH.

MUST BE A TERRIBLE THING

TO KILL MEN:

WITHOUT HATING THEM.

[GUNSHOTS]

[PLAYING MARIACHI SONG]

CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR.

PUT IT ON THE TABLE.

URBINA.

YES, MY CHIEF?

GET ME SOME WIRE

OUT OF THAT PIANO.

YES, IMMEDIATELY,

MY CHIEF.

HEY.

[PIANO WIRES SNAPPING]

WHERE YOU GOING?

I'VE BEEN TOLD

THE VILLAGERS,

THEY WILL FIGH WITH YOU NOW.

THE WOMEN?

THE WOMEN, THEY WILL

FOLLOW THE MEN.

YOU SEE?

BRING THIS OUTSIDE.

I'LL GE THE MOUNT READY.

YES, CHIEF.

WHAT DID HE MEAN,

"YOU SEE?"

WELL,

IT IS LIKE THIS.

OUR CHIEF:

LET THE COLORADOS

HAVE THEIR WAY:

WITH THE VILLAGERS

FOR A WHILE:

BEFORE WE ATTACKED.

YOU MEAN TO SAY HE WAS

HERE IN TIME TO PREVENT IT?

WELL...IT IS LIKE THIS.

THE VILLAGERS, WELL,

THEY LOVE MY CHIEF,

AND THEY LOVE MEXICO,

BUT THEY DIDN'T HATE H

ER ENEMIES ENOUGH TO FIGHT.

NOW THEY DO.

PABLO, MIGUEL,

ANTONIO, OUT!

[GUITAR PLAYING SOFTLY]

AY, YI. I SWEAR,

EVER SINCE:

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING,

MY HORSE GETS MORE

THAN I DO.

YOUR HORSE HAS MORE

TO OFFER THAN YOU DO.

AAH! UNH!

JUST A DAMN MINUTE--

Fierro:
LET HER GO.

AH, WHAT THE HELL.

[MUSIC STOPS]

YOU GO OUTSIDE:

AND DIE.

WHERE ARE:

YOUR MANNERS?

WHAT HAPPENED?

THAT ONE:

WITH THE FOUL MOUTH

WANTED HER:

FOR HIS WOMAN.

SO?

SHE DIDN'T WANT HI

M. I TOOK CARE OF IT.

I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT HAPPENED.

WHILE YOU WERE TEACHING

THE VILLAGERS:

TO HATE THIS AFTERNOON,

SHE WAS BEING RAPED

BY CAPTAIN RAMIREZ,

SO SHE DOESN'T WAN ANY MAN TONIGHT.

IT MAY JUST BE POSSIBLE

THAT SHE FEELS:

THAT NO DECENT MAN

WANTS HER.

IT WASN'T JUS THAT SOLDIER, YOU KNOW.

IT WAS YOU, TOO.

YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE.

YOU MIGHT JUST AS WELL

HAVE RAPED HER YOURSELF.

URBINA.

Urbina:
YES, MY CHIEF?

GET A PRIEST.

WHAT PRIEST?

ANY PRIEST.

JUST GET ONE.

AND SO,

MY CHILDREN...

I PRONOUNCE YOU:

MAN AND WIFE.

Men:
VIVA VILLA!

URBINA, FIERRO, LET'S,

UH, FIX THE CANNON.

[GUITAR PLAYING,

MAN SINGING]

GOOD MORNING.

NOT GOOD.

WHAT?

I SAID, "NOT GOOD."

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH YOU?

DON'T YOU UNDERSTA

ND THE LANGUAGE OF MEN?

NOT GOOD.

HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE

WITH THE WIFE?

THIS IS MY WIFE...

AND MY MISTRESS.

DON'T YOU

FORGET IT, GRINGO.

PLANE READY?

PLANE'S READY.

IS HE ALWAYS LIKE THA IN THE MORNING?

MY CHIEF RECEIVED

A TELEGRAM.

HE IS NO TO ATTACK PARRAL.

GENERAL HUERTA IS

TO ATTACK PARRAL. [SPITS]

BUT AREN'T THEY BO

TH FIGHTING FOR MADERO?

VILLA FIGHTS FOR MADERO

AND MEXICO.

HUERTA, I THINK

FIGHTS FOR...HUERTA.

AH.

Villa:
WAIT.

FIERRO IS:

GOING WITH YOU.

WHAT? NOW,

WAIT A MINUTE, CHIEF.

NOT WITH--

CHIEF, IT'S TOUGH ENOU

GH UP THERE AS IT IS.

NOW, YOU GO UP THERE ALONE,

YOU COULD FLY AWAY.

YOU TRY THA WITH FIERRO...

FIERRO WILL SHOOT YOU.

OH? AND

WITHOUT A PILOT,

WHAT'S FIERRO

GONNA DO?

FIERRO WILL SHOOT YOU.

FIERRO.

FIERRO,

YOU GO WITH HIM.

NO.

FIERRO...

WHAT DO:

YOU MEAN "NO"?

I MEAN...NO.

NO!

WELL, WHY NOT?

BECAUSE...

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK

HE IS A GOOD PILOT.

YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

NO?

IF HE IS NO GOOD,

YOU SHOOT HIM:

AND FLY IT YOURSELF.

ME?

WHY, ANY CHILD COULD

LEARN HOW TO FLY

ONE OF THESE THINGS.

AHH, YOU THINK SO?

YES.

YOU COULD FLY THIS?

OF COURSE.

THEN FLY IT.

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?

YOU CAN'T FLY THIS THING.

YOU TEACH ME. NOW.

CHIEF, IT TAKES YEARS

TO LEARN HOW TO FLY

AN AIRPLANE.

YOU'LL PROBABLY--

YOU'LL CRACK UP

BEFORE YOU GET I OFF THE GROUND.

T.

YOU BETTER HOPE I DON'

THIS MACHINE IS ALL

THAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE.

TEACH GOOD.

THAT'S FINE.

NOW,

WE'RE NOT WORRIED

ABOUT THE MAGNETO

ANYMORE, CHIEF.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING

AT THE ALTIMETER.

THE WHAT?

ALTIMETER.

ALTIMETER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALTIMETER. RIGHT. HURRY!

I'LL TELL YOU WHA , CHIEF.

LET'S TRY THE WHOL

E THING ONE MORE TI--

NOW, GRINGO.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

MAGNETO SET?

Villa:
YEAH.

[STOPS ENGINE]

HA HA! VIVA VILLA!

[ALL CHEERING]

VIVA VILLA!

[FIRING GUNS IN THE AIR]

DON'T DO THIS!

I DON'T LIKE IT.

I WILL SHOOT YOU.

THIS IS PARRAL,

AND...

THIS IS PARRAL.

THIS IS:

WHERE WE ARE.

AND RIGHT HERE...

THERE'S

A TROOP TRAIN:

FULL OF TROOPS:

COMING TOWARD US.

MAYBE 400.

WHO COOKED THIS?

ME, CHIEF.

NO, YOU DIDN'T.

NO, I DIDN'T.

COOK IT.

YEAH, CHIEF.

THIS IS PARRAL.

THIS IS US.

AND THE TRAIN...

HEADED NORTH.

YET THE COLORADOS KNOW

THAT HUERTA IS SOUTH.

NOW, THEY HAVE TO

HOLD PARRAL:

TO CONTROL:

ALL THE SUPPLY LINES.

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Robert Towne

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. His most notable work was his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest movie screenplays ever written. He also wrote its sequel The Two Jakes in 1990, and wrote the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973), and Shampoo (1975), as well as the first two Mission Impossible films (1996, 2000). more…

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