Wild River Page #5
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- 1960
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mixing in mine,
that you wouldn't mind
if just I mixed in yours.
But you're like me, Mr. Glover.
You do mind.
Well, how about it?
Four dollars?
No.
If you don't give it to me,
I'm going to take it away from you.
You may have some trouble.
Oh, man...
Good night, Sully.
Was you there, Charlie?
Then the air was full
of hamburger meat.
Our friend in Number 3
needs change for this ten.
I think I have it.
I think you'll get
your girl all right, Walter.
And I think our friend upstairs
will be leaving town soon.
This is his change.
Take my four dollars and send him
the best liquor you can find.
He needs it.
Okay, I am stubborn,
but I can't get it out of my head
that there isn't some way
to reach that old woman.
After all, people are human,
I mean, people are human.
I don't know if Ella Garth is.
I don't care what you call her.
She was born, she'll die, won't she?
Mrs. Garth!
Mrs. Garth!
Mrs. Garth!
Who's there?
It's me, Chuck Glover.
Who's that with you?
That's my friend, Walter Clark.
You've been drinking
that corn liquor, ain't you?
I acknowledge, I had a drink.
It seems to me
you can hardly stand up.
Mrs. Garth, we've come here
we want to talk to you
as one human being to another.
Walter.
You better take this lunatic home.
I'll take him home in a minute,
but I want to say something.
I understand you, Mrs. Garth.
I know exactly
what you're fighting for.
It's your dignity.
I know!
I'm right?
It's your everlasting,
ever loving dignity.
It's your dignity.
That's it, it's your dignity.
He's...
Well, he sure is.
He looks smaller
than I thought.
That's right.
They're closing that dam Monday.
You got two weeks
to get that island levelled.
We haven't got the old lady
off yet.
Have the U.S. Marshal put her off
as soon as you can.
- Or sooner.
- Clear the land!
But what about the bad publicity?
There'll be worse publicity
if she gets wet!
Yeah.
I'll get to it right away.
Another cup of coffee?
Mr. Glover!
It's about Ma.
This here is Mr. Armstrong,
our lawyer.
We feel that Mrs. Garth is
no longer fit to handle her affairs.
We'll declare her senile
and sell the property ourselves.
You said yourself
she was incompetent.
Anybody that stays when
the water is rising, must be crazy.
- The rest of us done got off.
- And Joe John and Mattie.
Under the law we can
have her declared incompetent.
I'd rather have her put off
at gun point.
I'll have the papers ready
in the morning.
I've known her since I was a boy.
I hate to do this.
You hate to do it?
It all goes under the general
heading of progress.
Yeah, that's what they say.
Heard you had trouble last night.
Any complaints?
All goes under the general
heading of progress.
Mrs. Garth?
I apologise for the other night.
First and only time
I ever liked you.
Mrs. Garth, Hamilton y Cal
came to my office with a lawyer.
They'll prove you're of unsound mind
and unable to negotiate
the sale of your property.
Worthless!
Can you hear me?
They was always worthless!
If they can prove it
they can sell your land.
This whole island
will be flooded in two weeks.
You can't stay here any longer!
Are you listening?
Marshal Hogue has issued
an order for your eviction
and tomorrow it'll be executed.
Come with me now.
Mrs. Garth.
What are you trying to prove?
Sam, all this is going to be
under water.
I said a house with a porch.
It's got to have a porch.
So keep trying, will you?
When other helpers fail
and comfort flees,
Help of the helpless,
oh, abide with.
Jimmy learned a new one.
Sing it for me.
Jesus loves me,
this is know.
For the Bib...
Hi.
Hello, Chuck!
How is it?
Okay.
You look tired.
What you been doing all day?
Looking for a house with a porch.
Good night, Chuck.
Good night.
Frances, just put them down for me.
Get to bed, honey.
When I first came down here
I thought,
"How can one person go against
what's happening in the country?"
There she's been, sitting there
for 80 years
and I was going to get her off
in one day.
I was even looking forward to it.
Imagine.
And now, I have to make sure
I get her off alive.
Goodnight, honey.
Goodnight.
You're becoming human,
aren't you?
I was always human, wasn't I?
Then you'll be leaving soon.
Not for a couple of weeks
at least.
I have to wait until the land
is cleared first,
and stuff like that.
A couple of weeks?
Maybe more,
maybe a little longer.
A little longer.
I'm going now, Mrs. Carol.
Good night, Frances.
Good night, Frances.
Here you are.
Chuck.
Yes, dear?
I hate to say this.
Say what?
Something I hate to say.
What?
When you go,
take me with you.
One day soon,
you're going to come to me
and you're gonna say,
"Carol, I have to go. "
And there won't be time to talk,
or to think, or anything.
And there'll be a car waiting,
and then a plane
and you'll say,
"Carol, honey, I have to go. "
Isn't that right?
Yes, that's right.
Take me with you.
Did I tell you what happened
after you left with Walter?
No.
He came back here
at the middle of the night
and he nearly broke my heart.
How?
I kept saying to him,
"Stop looking at me.
I have nothing to give any man.
Except if I love him. "
He kept saying,
"He'll leave you
after his job's done,
but I'm forever.
I'm forever. "
He's right.
I wish you hadn't said that.
Why did you say that?
I know it's true,
but why?
I know it's true.
I know.
I'm leaving here,
with or without you,
but I want you to know something.
I'd be a good wife for you.
A damn good wife.
I'm smart in some ways
and I know what's good about you
and what's bad
and I'm not afraid to tell you.
I have two children who love you.
They love you and I love you.
And you're not easy to love,
but you do need someone.
And I love you.
I love you.
It's stopped raining.
Don't say anything.
Don't.
I'm afraid of what you might say.
I don't know what to say.
God, that says it all.
That's not what I meant.
It's what you really meant.
It's what you are thinking.
I heard you.
I asked you and you said "no. "
I heard you.
Chuck.
Anything.
What do you want from me?
I'll do anything.
I'm sorry to break in here.
I told you...
I owe it to him.
Carol!
What is it?
There are men coming.
Silence.
Turn off those lights.
Alden, give me that rifle.
- Whose truck is this, Buddy?
- Walter Clark.
Get out.
I don't know what's happening.
Mama!
I'm in here, honey.
I'd better pull down that shade.
Walter.
What happened?
Are you all right?
Chuck! It's your old buddy,
Bailey!
I've brought my friends along!
Got you all packed!
What are they doing with my car?
Excuse me, Barbara.
Don't you dare go out there.
Got your ticket bought
all the way to Washington!
Got you a travelling mate.
How'd you like to go to Washington?
- What do you think?
- They're just having fun.
Mommy! Mommy!
You go...
Did you see that?
What are you doing in my pickup!
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