Wheeler
- PG
- Year:
- 2017
- 100 min
- 98 Views
Hm.
That's all I got so far.
Damn, man.
When are you gonna go down
Oh, man, we've been
to Austin many times.
I wanna save the music
for Nashville, Bobby.
I'm Jill, and Wheeler had, uh...
Come on to break horses
for my daddy,
workin' at the ranch.
And I was helpin' out some
that summer.
Whew.
He walked in...
He was the handsomest man
I'd ever seen.
Wheeler is a guy
we'd let work with our animals
and do anything
around this ranch.
He has a soft touch,
a soft hand with them.
about a human being,
their character
and their nature,
is how they react with animals.
My name is speedy master.
I've known Wheeler
since he was a little kid
and in elementary school.
Wheeler is the boy
of my older sister.
And, you know, he was just a boy
when she passed,
and Wheeler took it real hard.
He clung to his daddy.
Wheeler's dad just passed away.
Wheeler came to this school
and, uh, he was a smart kid.
He knew a lot about history.
He... asked me out in algebra,
and I barely even knew him.
in high school,
when we hung out,
got into all kinds of trouble.
There's nobody like Wheeler.
We did all the usual
high-school stuff:
Drivin' around
and lookin' for friends,
and of course
we'd go to the rodeo.
and, uh, he kissed me,
out behind one
of the stables one night
when we were cleanin' up.
We had the greatest summer...
He was none too happy.
He came down to the office
for the teacher,
for talkin' back and, uh...
So I said, "Wheeler,
"you have your choice.
"You can call your mama to come
get you or take it like a man.
"You bend over a chair
and give you one good lick.
Now, you want your mama...
Or you want the board?
Which one?"
So he took the board.
Took it like a man.
Went back to class and never
came back for that again.
Hey, Wheeler.
Hey, Bobby.
- Jimmy, can you hold her for me?
- I sure will.
You know Bobby, don't you?
Yeah! Hi, Bobby!
Hey, good to see you, Jimmy!
You got some fancy
camera gear over there, huh?
I told you. I'm here
to make you look good, man.
I know, but what
are you doin', Bobby?
I don't wanna be famous.
I don't wanna be on TV, man.
Your music
deserves the pictures.
You've been talkin' about that
for years.
Trust me, you won't even know
we're there.
Well, I'm leavin'
at sunrise, man.
All right. We'll be there.
Bobby... bring your toys,
whatever you wanna do.
I'll see you back at the house
in a little bit.
I'm almost done here.
He didn't share his music
with a whole lot of people.
But he'd play for me, at nights.
He said, "I got this one song
I want you to hear."
And he got through
with it and...
I was just smilin'
from ear to ear.
"She's only 20." Heh.
That's about me.
I am so excited that Wheeler
is gettin' outta Kaufman
and going to Nashville,
because he has that passion,
he has that heart
for country music.
Jimmy and I both hate
to see him leave,
but we know
that he needs to do this.
We'd be out summers,
out at the lake,
Wheeler'd always have
his guitar there.
Everybody said, "you gotta go.
You gotta go for it!
You're good.
You're better than Garth."
He should've done that
20 years ago.
He will do well,
I guarantee you.
He will do really well
in Nashville.
He's as good
as anybody who'll be there.
I never heard any of his songs.
I don't know
if he's really all that good
or if it's just
kind of a pipe dream, but...
Seems to me like
it's kind of late in life
to be doing somethin' like that.
I don't know how he did it,
goin' through all that.
I can't imagine and it...
But I guess if he goes on
then more power to him,
and I'll be so proud.
You know, today, sugar,
that country music
just isn't country.
It's just cheesy.
What happened to the cowboys
singin' about real life?
Wheeler's...
Got a life and a story to tell.
He's so full of heart.
Nashville doesn't even know
what's comin' to 'em.
Don't you find it
pretty damn hilarious
when people go bitchin'
and complainin'
and goin' on
about illegal immigrants?
What do you mean?
Hell, my ancestors actually
came from Tennessee.
They came down to Texas
in the 1830s.
At that time,
Texas was part of Mexico.
Basically, the Mexican
government couldn't get
any of its own people
to settle up there,
so they offered Americans
free land and low taxes.
They had people showin' up from
Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee.
Most of 'em didn't register.
They were growin' their cotton,
raisin' their cattle...
And gettin' stinkin' rich
livin' off the free resources.
Santa Anna found out about it,
and home boy
He sent the troops up there
to control all these illegals.
Started taxin' 'em
out their ass.
Now, the Americans,
they didn't take too kindly
to that,
so they started to revolt.
And what did that lead to?
What's that?
The battle of the Alamo, man.
Texas became its own country
for nine years.
Then joined up
with ol' America in 1845.
So basically,
at the end of the day...
We're all illegal immigrants.
I was surprised to see
a Japanese pickup
sittin' in the drive.
Yeah...
I was too,
when daddy came home with it.
I gave him some sh*t.
You know where they make
this pickup?
No, man. San Antonio.
Really?
Swear to god, man.
San Antonio.
So...
It's not a bad truck too,
you know.
It gets good mileage,
good power on here.
Yeah, it drives smooth.
Yep.
Wheeler, we never got
a chance to talk about...
What you went through
a few years back.
Yeah, I don't wanna
go there, Bobby.
Look, I'm sorry.
I care about you.
I just... wanna get an idea
of how you dealt with it.
I mean, years went by and...
You didn't talk to anyone.
I was runnin', man,
like you hear about everybody.
When you're in pain, you run.
forget where you come from.
What changed, man?
Moved back in with my daddy,
was on my farm,
started writin' songs again.
Bad things happen
to good people, man.
The way of the world.
The mavericks are lookin'
pretty good this season.
You gotta come down
for some games, man.
Went to a couple with daddy
last year.
They got these chicken fingers.
Me and daddy, we'd go through
three orders Durin' the game.
I know he's proud of you
for takin' this journey.
Yeah... I'm just happy
he's somewhere else now.
He had a good, long life.
He was a good man.
Yeah, he was.
Even though he drove
Hold on. Hold on, boys.
Hell yeah!
I can't believe...
We're comin' into town, man.
We finally made it.
I do need
to find a toilet, though.
All right, I'm gettin' off, man.
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