["Fly Sparrow Fly" by Peter Salett]
♪ Sittin' by the road one day, a-playin' my guitar ♪
♪ She came along and listened
♪ Looked at me understandin' I'd traveled far ♪
♪ To sit here alone and wishin' ♪
♪ Fly sparrow fly
♪ But wave
♪ Bye-bye
♪ So sorry
♪ Will be I
♪ Looked up above me to the ribbon skyway ♪
♪ That's where she goes a-walkin' ♪
♪ But there's dust on my shoes and it was always that way ♪
♪ I know she's not for keepin'
♪ So fly sparrow fly
♪ But wave
♪ Bye-bye
♪ So sorry
♪ Will be I
- Hey, Tobe.
- What?
- Where are you goin'?
- Nowhere.
- Can I come?
- [Tobe] I kinda wanna be alone.
- Let me come.
- Don't even know where I'm going.
- I don't care.
- Okay.
Just don't bother me.
♪ One moment love can be most everywhere ♪
♪ One moment lost forever
♪ Branches still shakin' as she soars through the air ♪
♪ Let's sing one more song for parting ♪
[brother spits]
- [chuckles] You can't even spit.
[spits]
The cigarette helps.
Here.
But don't inhale it, just hold the smoke in your mouth.
[horn honks]
Now hold it.
Hold it.
Okay, blow it out.
[brother spits]
See?
[plane engine whines]
[horn honks]
Picks up this bolt, it's like, pretty big, [chuckles]
walks over to where I am and like--
- Wade's here.
[car door closes]
- Hang on a sec.
So, he sticks his hand out and drops it, right?
Smashes his window.
- Hello?
Hello?
- Hang on.
Didn't anyone ever teach you to knock?
- I'll start knockin' when you start workin'.
- I'll see you later.
- I need you to get dinner for you and Lon tonight.
I'm going out. - I can't.
April's coming in like 15 minutes, I have to get ready.
- She can wait.
- I've been with Lonnie all day, I just wanna go out.
- 15 minutes, it won't kill you.
Get chicken for him and you can have the rest.
- You'll be okay here on your own?
- Yeah.
[somber atmospheric music]
[leaves rustle]
[switch clicks]
[muffled chatter]
- Come on, come on, come on. [woman laughs]
[woman giggles and moans]
[woman moans]
[door closes] - What was that?
- [Wade] It's just my kid.
- [Woman] Kid?
[laughs]
[knocks]
- [Lonnie] Hey.
- [Tobe] Hey.
- I told you, I don't want you sleepin'
in Tobe's room all the time.
Why can't you just [sighs] sleep in your own room?
With a light on?
- Thought I saw someone outside my window.
- Well, you know, if there really is someone
outside your window, then come and get me.
- You told me not to bother you.
- [Wade] Well, don't, if it's just a shadow.
[horn honks]
- [Friend] Tobe!
- I'll be right there! - Let's go!
- [Wade] You goin' to school like that?
- It's Spring Break.
- All you kids ever get are breaks.
No wonder you have no idea about anything.
Where are you going?
- To the beach.
- No, hold on, hold on.
- What?
- Well, don't stay out so late again.
- Okay.
- And put a shirt on.
[lively rock music] [girls laugh]
- She's 18, who gets fake tits when you're 18?
It's, it's just fuckin' disgusting.
- I don't know, I think she looks better, actually.
- Feel better, too. - Oh, yeah.
- Of course she feels better, all the guys look at her now.
She's such a snobby bitch, yeah, I said it.
[group laugh]
- Does he work here?
Oh, my god.
[horn honks]
He does work here, oh my god.
- [Friend] Look at his fuckin' hat, man, he's a cowboy.
- [Friend] Oh, my god, what a hick.
- [April] Oh, my god, shut up.
- Howdy. - Howdy. [chuckles]
- What can I do for y'all?
- You can fill her up with unleaded, Tex.
- Will do.
- Yee-haw! - Shut up, Jeremy!
Jesus Christ.
Hey, Tex, you wanna check the oil?
- [Attendant] Yeah, I'm gonna do your windows, too.
- All right, that's quite a deal.
- Well, we advertise full service,
so we gotta give full service.
- Are you for real?
- What?
- Are you for real? [friends chuckle]
- I think so.
Wanna give a squeeze?
- Yeah, he's real. [friend laughs]
[group laughs]
Oh.
- [Girl] Cute ass, though, do you think that's real, too?
- [Jeremy] Why don't you give it a squeeze?
- [Girl] Asshole!
- [Tobe] So how's the oil?
- You're all right.
This fan belt's a little ratty, though.
How far are y'all goin'?
- We're just goin' to the beach.
- Yeah? [chuckles]
That's nice, I ain't never been to the beach.
- How long have you lived here?
- Not too long.
- You can drive there in like, less than an hour.
- Well, I can't, I don't have a car.
- How come?
- How come I don't have a car?
No, I don't like 'em.
Kinda make you lazy.
- It's a pretty funny place to work, if you don't like cars.
- Ain't that the truth, gotta make a livin'.
- So what about the fan belt?
- Mm, she'll get you there.
Have a good time.
[horn honks]
- Hey.
[chuckles]
Do you wanna come?
- With y'all to the beach?
That's mighty kind of ya.
- [Tobe] I guess you gotta work, though.
- You know what? Let me see about that.
Hang on.
- Tobe. - I invited Tex to the beach.
- Oh, my god! [friends laugh]
- You've got to be kidding. - I can't believe you did it!
- He could be like a psycho. [group laughs]
- [April] I'd like to get my change, if you don't mind.
- Get out of here.
[peaceful acoustic guitar music]
- Was that offer for real?
- Yeah!
Did you get off work?
- Sorta.
- Sorta?
- Well, he said I could go, but if I go, not to come back.
- And why would you wanna do that?
- I wanna see the beach with ya.
- Okay.
Then come on.
So, what's your name?
- Harlan.
- Just Harlan?
- My full name's Harlan Fairfax Carruthers.
- [Tobe] That's definitely full.
- Well, what's your name?
- Tobe.
- Tobe, short for what, Toby?
No?
Tabitha?
[boys laugh] Tobias?
[group laughs] Manitoba?
What?
- For October.
- October, really?
That's pretty.
Well, pleased to meet y'all. - Do you smoke?
- What, is that that wacky weed?
[group laughs]
That's okay, I don't touch any of that stuff.
- [April] Where are you from?
- From South Dakota.
- [chuckles] South Dakota.
I knew some people in South Dakota.
They weren't anything like you.
- Well, that's okay, too.
[group laughs]
I tell you what, when I woke up this mornin',
I didn't think I was gonna end up lookin' at the ocean.
- You wanna go in?
- What, go in there? - Yeah.
- Nah, I like lookin' at it.
I ain't plannin' on drownin' in it.
- I'll protect you.
- I ain't got the right duds for ocean swimmin'.
- [Tobe] Well, just go in your underwear.
It's what the Mexicans do.
- [Harlan] I don't know about that.
- Okay, just go in your pants.
- These jeans could use a wash, you know?
- [Tobe] Come on.
- Sure about this? - Yeah!
It'll be fun, I promise.
["Sunshine" by Peter Salett]
♪ I got a girl and I call her sunshine ♪
♪ Through the air she's dancing in the line ♪
♪ I say hey, sunshine
♪ Won't you be with me now and for all time ♪
- Ain't we a little far out?
- You okay?
- We ain't gonna get pulled out to sea, are we?
- Don't worry, I'm not gonna let you drown.
- Man, that's about as close to forever as I can imagine.
- Don't look at that.
Just look at me.
♪ Oh so free 'cause she's loves me sunshine ♪
♪ Catch her laughing down by the waterline ♪
♪ I say hey, sunshine
♪ Won't you be with me now and for all time ♪
[Harlan pants]
[Tobe pants]
[Tobe moans]
[Harlan grunts and pants]
[Harlan moans]
[Harlan chuckles]
- [Harlan] Holy smoke.
- See?
You should've gone to the beach sooner.
- Wow.
[peaceful acoustic guitar music]
- What time is it?
- I don't know, it's late.
It's early, almost.
- I better go.
My dad's gonna kill me.
- Well, I hope not, then I couldn't take you out.
- [chuckles] You wanna take me out?
- Well yeah, sure, I mean...
This was fun and all, but this ain't a proper way to meet.
- You're so funny.
[plane engine whines]
[lively fiddle music]
- Hey, how you doin'?
I'm Harlan, what's your name?
- Lonnie. - Lonnie?
Glad to meet ya, Lonnie.
[music winds down]
Oh, hell, I didn't mess that up, did I?
- [Lonnie] No, just gotta crank it up.
- Oh, yeah.
Look at that.
God, man, that's like a classic, isn't it?
I've never seen one of those that worked.
- Are you my dad's friend?
- Oh, no, no, I'm uh...
I'm here to take your sister,
just, you know, out.
Out on the town. [chuckles]
Is that all right with you?
- Yeah.
- Oh, okay.
You're Tobe's little brother, yeah?
What, you're like 11 or 12?
- I'm 13.
- Are you 13, really?
Oh, sorry.
- I'll get bigger. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, I didn't mean, uh...
Yeah.
I was smaller than you when I was your age.
I really was, I was, I had an uncle who said I was like
a tree twig, I was gonna blow away in a strong wind.
[chuckles] Yeah, I was real small.
Till I grew up.
- Where's Tobe?
- She's just...
- How do I look?
[chuckles] - Oh, man!
Look at you! [Tobe laughs]
Does that really fit you? I was just--
- Yeah, it's perfect. - Guessing at the size.
- Do I look purdy in it? - Oh, you look so purdy.
[Tobe laughs]
You wanna, um...
You wanna get a bite to eat, take your little brother,
before we go dancin'?
Hey, you wanna go get a burger with us or somethin'?
Yeah?
All right.
Let's do it.
[door opens]
- [Tobe] Hey, Dad.
- [Wade] Hey.
- This is Harlan. - Pleased to meet you, sir.
- Wade.
Where'd you get that dress?
- Harlan got it for me.
[Wade chuckles]
What? - Yeah, it's nothin'.
It's just, I haven't seen you in a dress since you were 13.
- Well, that's a shame, isn't it?
A girl as beautiful as your daughter.
- What's your line, Harlan?
- Well, I, I...
I'm in the middle of figurin' that out right now.
But I have a background in ranchin'.
- There's not much ranchin' around here.
- Not that much anymore, but anyway, you know, you'd be
surprised how those skills apply in a lot of other areas.
- You're right, I would be.
- We're gonna go take Lon out for a burger
and then we're gonna go out.
- As long as that's okay with you, sir.
- I guess.
- Okay.
- Well, sir, I wanna tell ya,
I got real admiration for your daughter.
She's got a great spirit and
I hope to earn your trust in me.
- [Tobe] Let's go. [chuckles]
- Who is that guy?
- I met him at beach. - You met him at the beach?
- [Tobe] I gotta go, Lonnie's hungry, I gotta go.
I gotta go eat.
- You worked on a ranch? - Yeah, I sure did.
- Where?
- South Dakota, right?
- Yeah, yeah, back there a little.
Out here more.
- They still have ranches out here?
- They got a few.
I mean, most of 'em been cut out or sold off and stuff, but,
why, you like animals?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
Well...
I don't know, if you're interested, we could go out
and check out one of those spreads up in the North Valley.
I mean, not like a dude ranch or nothin' like that.
Like a real workin' place?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Can I ask you somethin'?
- [Tobe] Sure.
- Is that kid okay?
- Who, Lonnie? - Yeah.
- Yeah, why?
- I don't know, he just seems kinda...
I don't know, like he needs some fresh air or, you know,
I don't know, he needs somethin'.
- He's still really scared of the dark.
He has to sleep with the lights on.
- I can barely sleep with the lights off.
- He's okay, I watch out for him.
- You're a good girl.
No, I mean it.
You have a good heart.
["Happy" by Mazzy Star]
♪ Field of light
♪ They hold me inside
♪ Count my stars
♪ They're all lucky in the sky
♪ There's a time
♪ When you go off the light
♪ And all my things
♪ Look like someone else's
♪ Memories
♪ Cold outside
♪ Burns a great big hole in my heart ♪
- [Tobe] I wanna do this with you.
It makes you so happy.
- I'm happy just bein' with ya.
- Not like this.
♪ And your smile makes it bright ♪
♪ It makes it bright
♪ Sleep inside
♪ Ocean has miles
- Hey, man.
Hey, there's an open window.
Hey, what're you all doin'?
- Where's Cowboy? - Where's John Wayne?
- Oh, my god. - Yeah, sure I do.
- Come on in, you'll love my car.
- No, no, you gotta love people, not cars!
No, hey, I'm serious!
- What do I do?
- [Harlan] We don't belong in there, you belong out here!
You're trapped in there, you know that?
- Man, look, we not trapped.
We got places to go, you underdig?
- Get... - Harlan!
- Out the box, we gotta get out the box, baby.
Hey, baby, we gotta get out the box.
You preach it, preach it, Tex.
[Harlan speaks foreign language]
- Hey, hey. - Stop!
You're crazy, what're you doing?
- I'm not crazy, I'm the only sane man on this street.
- [laughs] Yeah, on the street.
- [Harlan] Look, they're all sittin' here in boxes.
♪ I know they shine
- How long does this last?
- Just for a little while.
You won't feel it tomorrow.
- What're you thinkin'?
- There's all these things that I wanna do, but,
I don't think I'll ever get to do 'em.
- You can do anything you wanna do.
You can even be anybody you wanna be, you just have to
decide on it, and then just do it.
- It's like waiting for your life to start.
What starts it, you know?
- Most days I just wanna step outside of my own heart,
go walk under a sky full of stars,
and hear nothin' but the wind.
And when I do speak, I want it to be with my true voice.
Do you think you talk with your true voice?
- I don't know.
How do I know it?
- 'Cause you don't hear other words in your head
while you're talkin'.
The things you really wanna be sayin'.
And you don't say things that don't matter to you.
- Do you feel true to yourself?
- Not very often.
I do right now.
- [Tobe] Me, too.
Hey.
- Where the fuck you been?
- I slept over at April's.
- Wait a goddamn minute!
What happened to the guy?
- Nothin'.
- I was up the whole goddamn night worryin' about you!
- Well, I'm sure your friend kept your mind off of it.
- God damn it, I'm not done talkin'.
Tobe I'm not, come on, Tobe?
Open the door, come on, open the door.
- No fuckin' way. - Open the fucking door!
All right, we're gonna talk about this tonight,
and you'll be here when I get home!
You hear me?
- Yes. - What?
- [Tobe] Yes!
[door slams]
- Look, you got somethin' in there that's mine,
and I ain't aimin' to give it up cheap!
If I come in there, I'm comin' in hot.
[gun clicks]
You got a lot of nerve shootin' at me!
Half of that's mine, there was plenty for everyone!
[thuds]
- [Neighbor] Hey, keep it down in there, you idiot!
- Keep it down, yourself!
You think I like listenin' to your game shows all day?
- [Neighbor] There's somethin' wrong with you!
- It's greed that's gonna be the death of ya,
'cause you're gonna...
You're a greedy little pig, and you're gonna squeal
like a pig when I come through that door!
[muffled TV audience cheers]
[guns click]
[groans]
All over a few little lumps of ore.
I guess that's just the human folly.
["For You To Be Mine" by Peter Salett & Amy Miles]
It's just up here apiece.
- Are those the ones? - That's them, all right.
You like them?
Well, which one you want?
Hey, bud.
Hey, there.
Hey, there, shh. [horse whinnies]
Shh.
Come on.
♪ Join uphill
♪ To hide away
♪ Leave your nest
♪ To run astray
♪ For you to be mine
- What do you think?
- It's beautiful.
- Yeah, it still is, isn't it?
♪ Lead me in
♪ To a-wanderin'
♪ For you to be mine
- You think things have a purpose?
- [Tobe] What do you mean?
- You think everything has somethin' it's supposed to do?
Or be?
- It's kind of a nice thought.
- I sat here a lot of times, I looked at this tree, I...
I wondered if that branch had a purpose.
Maybe it's there to
provide shade,
maybe it's gonna get cut down to make somebody
a nice piece of furniture some day.
Or maybe you're supposed to have a swing on it.
I don't know, maybe it's just there
so the tree can balance itself.
I leaned toward the swing,
'cause it seemed kinda hopeful to me.
And now I see you sittin' up there and I know I was right.
["For You To Be Mine" by Peter Salett & Amy Miles]
- Can I watch?
- Yeah.
Where's your sister?
- I don't know.
Are you still mad at her?
- Look, I love your sister, she just...
She gets under my skin sometimes, okay?
- What do you love about her?
- I don't know, what do you love about her?
- I don't know.
- [Wade] Just the whole package, huh?
- Yeah, I guess.
- Well, she's got gumption.
- [Lonnie] What's that?
- It means, uh, she's got spirit, she won't take shit.
Drives me crazy, but I know it's good for her.
America's tough on the meek.
- "The meek shall inherit the earth."
- [Wade] What?
- "The meek shall inherit the earth."
[Wade chuckles]
- Where'd you get that crap?
- Heard it on TV.
- Oh.
The meek might inherit a fortune when a relative dies,
but they won't get the earth.
No, the only good thing about the meek is that, uh,
they make it easier on the ones with gumption.
- Can you learn gumption?
- No.
No, I think you got it, or you don't.
- Hold it!
- Hey, Charlie.
Boy, you sure got him in great shape.
He's runnin' all day, stopped right on the 11s.
- Get off him.
- What?
- Get off my horse.
Get off the horse!
You speak english.
- Quit foolin' around, Charlie, you're scarin' my girl.
- You're on my property.
You're on my horse.
If I shot you, I would be well within the law.
- Well, I ain't even sure that's technically correct.
- Get off the horse, Harlan. - It's okay, sweetheart.
We're having some kind of miscommunication here,
but we'll work it out.
- I don't know what's wrong with your friend's head there,
ma'am, but you better talk him down off that horse
just as fast as you can. - Harlan, get down.
- Yeah, all right.
But I ain't gettin' off 'cause of you and your gun.
I'm just gettin' off 'cause my girl here wants me to,
and I'll do anything for her.
Unlike you, Charlie, I got my priorities straight.
- I don't give a rat's ass about your priorities.
Stop callin' me Charlie.
- You know what? You really disappoint me.
After them nice conversations we had, you're gonna go
and embarrass me in front of my girl like this?
I oughta give you an ass kickin' just on principle.
Come on, sweet pea, let's get outta here.
- That ain't an exit.
- You wanna put the rifle down, sir?
Just put the firearm down, sir.
- They're the thieves! - Thank you, officer.
God, have you lost your mind, Charlie?
Going and pointing guns at your friends?
- Easy, easy, easy. - They're the thieves!
These are the thieves! - You too, sir.
- They're the thieves! - Sir, everybody!
What's goin' on here?
- They stole one of my horses. - We didn't steal anything!
- Yeah, the horse is right there.
- He's right there!
- They came on my property and they stole a horse.
And the guy with the cowboy hat?
He just threatened me.
- What? That's bullshit!
- Hey, you got a filthy mouth, ma'am!
- Take it easy!
Now, where's the horse? - The horse is right there!
- The white one was stolen by them, without my permission--
- Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute, officer.
Officer, I come here and borrow the horses all the time.
Charlie says it's fine, as long as I bring my own gear.
You know? And he wasn't here when we happened to show up.
So we borrowed the horse, we come back,
and now he's flipped his lid on me.
- This ain't the Old West, it's the goddamn Valley, son!
- [Harlan] You're the one with the gun!
- [Charlie] I don't even know the guy, for Christ's sake!
- He takes a lot of medication and sometimes he gets off it,
so he gets in a mood like this.
- I don't take medication!
- [Harlan] You gotta take those pills, Charlie.
- My name is not Charlie!
- Gene, get him in the car right now, now, let's go.
- Have you really met Charlie?
- What? Yeah, of course, I told ya I did.
- 'Cause you can tell me, it's okay.
I mean, he says his name wasn't Charlie.
- Oh, that.
I mean, I don't know if he's got another name or somethin',
but I just always called him Charlie.
You mad at me?
- Oh, shit.
Great.
- I'd say I take care of my critters
a hell of a lot better than you take care of your children.
- Right.
You mind tellin' me exactly what happened?
- Listen, sir, I just wanna say, uh...
I understand if you're upset, but,
it really had nothin' to do with Tobe.
If there's any fault at all, it was definitely mine.
- You don't have to apologize to him, Harlan.
- Well, no, I think it's important to
take responsibility for your actions, you know?
Not really much more you can ask of a person
than take responsibility.
- How about not breakin' the law with a minor?
- Well, yeah, sure.
But that don't apply, 'cause, you know that wasn't the case.
It really was just a misunderstandin'.
- Tobe, tell your friend here,
it's gonna take a little more honesty to win me over.
- I don't give a shit if he wins you over.
Ow.
[horn honks]
[moody guitar music]
- See you, Lonnie.
Hey, thanks a lot.
- No! [grunts]
Let me go!
- No, you're gonna sit here and you're gonna talk to me!
- I don't wanna talk to you!
Let me go! - You're gonna talk to me!
- Now, look-- - Fuck you!
- Don't you tell me to fuck off!
I'm your fucking goddamn father!
[Tobe grunts]
[door slams]
God damn it, if I catch you near that nutcase again,
I'll break his fuckin' ass!
[pants]
[Tobe screams] Come on, come on, come on.
Tobe, get the hell back in--
[glass smashes]
Tobe, I...
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Get the fuck away from me.
- Are you all right?
- Get the fuck away!
[whistles]
[taps]
[whistles]
What're you doing?
- I'm knockin' on your window.
What're you doin'? - I'm sleeping.
- How'd your window get broke?
- Just an accident.
- Did he get rough with you?
- No.
- You swear? - Yeah.
- Did he say anything about me?
[melancholic guitar music]
- He just said that he didn't want me to see you anymore.
[Harlan sighs]
- You ain't gonna listen to him, are you?
- [chuckles] No way.
- You wanna come take a walk with me?
- I can't.
- There's a mean church service goin' on down the road.
Spanish Lutherans, you never seen spirit like that.
- I can't, just not tonight.
- Will I see you tomorrow?
- I'm not gonna be here, I gotta go with April
and her parents to San Diego for the weekend.
- I'll come and see you on Monday mornin'.
- Don't come over here, just 'cause of my dad.
I'll come and see you.
- Okay, what time?
- 10:02 in the morning.
- Why so late?
- 10:01?
- All right, that'll do.
- Crazy cowboy.
- Do you love me?
- Yes.
Now, get.
[Harlan sighs]
[dark atmospheric music]
- [Harlan] Dear Joe, I am sorry to notice how many days
have come and gone since you have heard word from me.
Did you think your old cowpoke had rode himself
off the edge of the earth?
Gone but not forgotten, I hope.
♪ No one to say goodbye
- [Harlan] I've meant to write you for some time,
but have just been too darn busy.
What, with workin' so hard and tryin' to have
a little fun now and then on the side.
I know that you worry about me bein' lonely out here
on my own, so you'll be pleased to know that I am goin'
with a super gal, her name is October.
Eight million folks in this town, but she's the one for me.
She brought me to her family,
and they have made me their own,
and we are stuck together like each other's shadow.
- [Reporter] And those are the top headlines at 10:44 AM,
this sunny Monday morning in Los Angeles.
- Hey, it's the twig man.
What's shakin', bud?
- All right.
- You havin' a good vacation? - Yeah.
- Well, is Tobe around?
- [Lonnie] No.
- [Harlan] Has she got back from her trip?
- I don't know.
- Huh, I...
- You wanna wait for her?
- Well, I mean, I was waitin' for her.
She was supposed to come by.
Nah, that's all right, I'm gonna be at my spread.
When she gets home, just tell her to come and see me, okay?
- Okay. - All right, I'll see ya.
- Hey, Harlan?
Do you wanna see somethin'?
- Yeah.
Wow, that's a hell of a collection.
You know what that is?
That's a 1921 Colt Peacemaker.
- [Lonnie] Yeah, that's his favorite.
- That's a beauty.
You ever shoot any of these with him?
- No, he says I have to be 16 to touch a gun.
- 16? [chuckles]
Your dad was in the war, huh?
- [Lonnie] Yeah, I guess.
- Well...
You doing anything today?
[peaceful folk music]
So, who's your real pa then, if it ain't Wade?
- [Lonnie] I don't know.
I never met him.
- Well, I guess Wade's it then, huh?
- Yeah, I guess he pays for our food and everything.
- Nah, it takes more than that to be your pa.
- Where's your dad?
- Well, he up and left me, when I was right about your age.
This right here?
That's a single-action Colt .45.
They've been makin' that gun since 1873,
and they ain't made a single change to it.
That's how sweet it is.
Everyone you ever heard of, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid,
all of 'em, they had a gun just like this.
Now, single-action, what that means,
is you can pull that trigger all day,
and it doesn't do nothin'.
You gotta thumb that hammer back for it to fire,
and you gotta do it every time.
That makes it a little tricky.
So that means in the old days, those gunfighters,
they had to draw and cock and shoot all in one motion.
[gun fires] [glass smashes]
After a while, you start gettin' a rhythm with it.
[gun fires] [glass smashes]
[gun fires rapidly] [glass smashes]
You want the last two?
Come on over here.
Now, when you're ready, just thumb her back.
Just let it roll, nice and easy.
Be ready, it's gonna kick a little the first time.
[gun fires]
Now this time, don't even aim it.
Just point it, like you point your finger.
Make it almost like an extension of you, okay?
[gun fires] [glass smashes]
Look at that!
That's good stuff.
[gun fires]
[gun fires rapidly]
[gun fires]
[guns fire rapidly]
♪ The silence of a fallin' star ♪
♪ Lights up a purple sky
♪ And as I wonder where you are ♪
♪ I'm so lonesome, I could cry
- Boy, that's about my favorite song.
We could sound all right with a little more practice.
- Tobe's not here.
And I don't want her spendin' time with you.
- Well, I'm gonna have to hear that from her,
before it's okay with me.
Anyway, I wasn't spendin' time with Tobe.
I was here with Lonnie.
- The point is, I don't want you around here, period.
- I know that the circumstances of the other night
probably don't sit too well with you.
I'm sure you're feelin' like I'm a bad influence.
But I ain't.
No, I got nothin' but good intentions.
I just wish you'd accept my apology.
You're the head honcho, sir.
I really ain't tryin' to take that away from you.
- Okay, it's Harlan, right?
- Yes, that's right, Harlan.
Harlan Fairfax Carruthers.
- Okay, well, Harlan, I know all about you,
and I ain't buyin' what you're sellin'.
- Huh, how do you know so much about me?
- [Wade] 'Cause it's my job and I see your kind every day.
- My kind? - Yes, sir.
- Well, what kind is that?
- Well, you need it spelled out for ya?
- Well, I think you should.
- What you are, is you're a piece of trailer trash.
You're a nobody who wishes he was a somebody.
But what makes you different,
is you're willing to do somethin' stupid to meet your goal.
And that makes you a menace.
And that's why I don't want you around my kids.
[Harlan mumbles]
- Tell me the truth, does that sound like me to you?
- No.
- Shut up and go inside.
- That boy has a right to his opinion of me.
- Go inside, Lonnie. - No, he's my friend.
- Lonnie-- - No, he knows me.
- Go inside. - It's okay, it's okay.
- You shut the fuck up, you go inside!
- Hey, yell at him-- - Get the fuck inside!
- Hey, you better talk to me, mister, 'cause I am here!
And I ain't nobody, I am a person, and I ain't goin'
outta here just 'cause one son of a bitch don't like me!
- All right, if that's the way you want it.
- Okay? - Okay.
- I know I ain't important,
but I know how to stand my ground!
For love!
I'm sorry, man.
I'm really sorry.
- You should go.
- I can't, I can't do that.
[sighs] No more, no more. [moody guitar music]
No more. - He's getting his gun!
- That's okay, that's okay, that's okay.
You don't gotta go here, we don't have to do this at all.
- [Wade] Get the hell outta here.
- You're settin' a terrible example for that boy.
- Don't!
- Am I gettin' through to you?
- Yeah, you're gettin' through.
You're gettin' through loud and clear.
You wanna pull it or you want me to walk outta here?
- I want you to get the fuck outta here.
- Okay, put her down, I'll leave.
You're a real solid kid.
Don't you let anybody tell you different.
- No, Lonnie.
- You can't threaten my friends with a gun.
What right do you have to do that?
- How do I know he's not some kind of pervert?
- You're a fucking bastard. - God damn it.
Just watch your fuckin' mouth.
- I'll cuss at you if I fucking want to!
- What'd you... [slap]
[Tobe grunts] Don't, Tobe, come on, Tobe.
- [Tobe] Stop, stop, stop, stop!
- Stop it, will you stop? - Stop!
I love him!
Why can't you just let me love him?
[melancholic acoustic guitar music]
[rain splashes]
[distant thunder claps]
- Hey. - Hey.
Where you been? You had me all worried.
Come here, sit down.
Come here, come on, sit down.
Sit down.
- It's okay.
[sighs]
I'm really sorry that he did that to you.
- Well...
Yeah.
It's all right.
You know, sometimes things like this
make things a whole lot clearer.
- He was goin' off about you like you kidnapped Lonnie,
or some bullshit. [Harlan chuckles]
I can't even believe him, he's just gotten so crazy.
- I had him back before the sun was even down, you know?
Hey, do you want a donut, sweetheart?
Or a cup of hot chocolate or something?
- No, no, no, wait.
You really did take him out?
- Yeah, yeah, I went lookin' for you.
I was worried when you didn't show up.
He was there on his own, you know.
He didn't have nothin' to do.
I felt bad for him, I took him out to that wash
and we just popped a few cans.
- You took him shooting?
Why would you do that?
- He was all alone, you should've seen his face.
I felt so bad for him.
- That's not the point, you knew that would piss my dad off!
- Oh, hey.
I just, [chuckles] I thought,
I was gonna have him back before he got home, but...
- Harlan, you can't just do things like that.
Now it's gonna be even harder for me to see you.
- October.
Are you happy livin' in that house with Wade?
We gotta get you outta there.
- What?
- We gotta get you outta there, you and Lonnie, both.
We'll take you somewhere else.
- Harlan, no, just stop being so--
- I'm, how am I bein'? - Just be cool, okay?
- I'm cool as can be.
- Look.
Let's just not see each other for a while.
- No, no, I don't wanna do that.
- [Tobe] Just until he calms down a little bit.
- Well, when is that gonna be?
- I don't know.
- Hey, hey, hey, where are you goin'?
Don't go, don't go.
- Harlan, I have to go home.
- Look, everything's gonna be fine, okay?
I'm gonna figure somethin' out, okay?
I promise.
[thunder claps]
[radio interference and static]
[passing siren wails]
[dark atmospheric music] [sobs]
What's your line, what's your line?
I have a background in...
Automotive service.
Man, I'm a fuckin' cowboy, what's your line?
[helicopter blades whir]
Why'd I say ranchin'?
But really, I'm a, I'm an Indian.
Yeah, I'm an Indian.
Last of the Mohicans.
Why, what's your line?
What's your line?
Wade.
Corrections?
Oh, so you're a screw head.
Yeah, a screw head, yeah.
No, that's what we called ya.
What, oh, you come from a long line of screw heads?
I come from a long line of warrior...
Kings.
Shit.
[gun clunks] Shit.
You think I'm foolin'?
You see that?
That's how that's gonna look comin' at ya.
[gun barrel clicks]
[gun clicks]
[gun fires]
Yeah, who's the nobody now?
[dark atmospheric music]
[frantic knocks]
- Comin' in, Harlan!
Harlan, Harlan, you in here?
- What's up, Renee?
- Just tell me that is not a bullet hole in my window.
- Mm, no, I guess it is.
- [Renee] Well, have you just lost your fuckin' mind?
- [Woman] You can't be shootin' at windows out here.
Renee? - Go to your room!
Both of you, go to your room!
Are you fucking crazy?
- What? It was just an accident, Renee, I'm sorry.
- I don't care what it was.
Now, Harlan, you know I like you,
but you never give me any respect, so you have got to go!
Don't think about it, don't ponder it,
don't roll it around in that brain of yours.
Just pack up your stuff and go.
[distant siren wails] [dark atmospheric music]
I'm serious, Harlan.
- I'm gettin' my fuckin' shit, Renee, all right?
- [Driver] Last stop.
Hey, buddy.
End of the line.
["All Your Sisters" by Mazzy Star]
♪ And I knew
♪ I was close to you
♪ And I knew
♪ Catch me flyin'
♪ In the sun
♪ Catch me drinkin'
♪ Of your wine
- [Harlan] Dear Joe.
Isn't it funny how life goes?
We all struggle so mightily, I don't even think
we really know what secret we're lookin' for.
♪ I'm gonna put something in you ♪
- [Harlan] People'll tell you all kinds of things out here,
designed to make you feel better.
I've never heard so many huckster remedies.
♪ All your sisters wanna fly
- [Harlan] I've tried livin' down in the Valley again.
♪ Around my golden sky - Really tried this time.
I walked up and down it, lookin' for one open face,
but most people I've met hardly seem
like human beings to me anymore.
I've often felt that somethin' mysterious
was keepin' itself hidden from me,
and I've spent years tryin' to guess at it.
Now life has gone and revealed my purpose to me all at once,
and everything else just seems like an illusion.
Like a painted wooden horse.
[knocks]
♪ It's real
♪ Just because you feel
♪ Hollow inside
♪ It's real
[men chant] [dark string music]
- Can I help you? - Uh, maybe you can.
I'm lookin' for someone. - Who're you looking for?
- [Harlan] I'm looking for a friend of mine.
- [Rabbi] You're disturbing our prayers and you must leave.
- Okay, just-- - Okay?
- Okay, yeah, it's not him. - It's time to go.
You're disturbing our prayers. - Okay, okay, okay!
Take your hands off me.
Don't, don't, don't push me, big fella.
Don't, don't push me.
Cut it out!
Oh, come on, come on, now.
Come on, this is no way to treat a person!
[glass smashes]
It's been a long time, Joe.
Will you be surprised to hear from me?
If we passed each other on the street,
we might not even recognize each other to say hello.
Maybe that's happened without our even sensing it.
I used to wonder why you did what you did.
What made you leave.
But I think I see now what you were lookin' for.
I hope you see that in my own way I'm after the same things.
I hope this letter finds you well, though I would've liked
to look you in the face one more time.
The winter rains have cleared the smog out.
For the first time,
I can really see the trail in front of me.
I'm off to a greener pasture.
If you think of me now and then, wish me luck.
Your loving son.
[knocks]
[thuds]
[muffled radio chatter]
Hey, sweet pea. [Tobe gasps]
[Tobe chuckles]
- Harlan, what're you doing?
- What? Oh, hey.
Oh, gosh.
- Where have you been?
- Well, I've been around, I just...
I had a few things I had to do.
- I was really worried about you.
I didn't know where you were.
- I thought you didn't wanna see me for a while, so I...
Well, I thought I should leave you alone.
- You didn't have to disappear.
I was just really upset when I said that.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
- You ain't still mad at me now?
Oh, gosh.
Well, that's all that matters, then.
As long as we're stickin' together.
- Are you okay?
[Harlan sighs]
- Yeah.
I know you don't want me comin' around here, but I...
I don't know, I really needed to see you, you know?
I wanted to talk to you about things.
- How did you even get in?
- I thought I heard you round the side,
so I went round and there was a door open.
I didn't see your dad's truck here,
so I thought I could surprise you or somethin'.
- Let's go for a walk. - No, no, no, come here.
Come on, no, no, come on.
Come on, we ain't got time.
- What's going on, Harlan?
- What do you mean?
- [Tobe] Why is my bag out?
- 'Cause we're gonna get outta here.
- What're you talking about?
- Like I said, I told you I would figure this out.
I did, look, look, it took me a little while,
but I got some real dough together.
This'll take us a long way and then we can get set up
and send for Lonnie, or whatever you wanna do.
Whatever you wanna do, we can do it now.
I packed a few things, I mean, I didn't know
exactly what you would want, but I just got excited.
I got seven of everything.
I couldn't find seven of your bras.
I mean, [chuckles] I put your dress in,
but I'm sure there's stuff you're gonna want.
Little things I don't know about?
Sweetheart, what do you say? Come on.
- Okay, Harlan, my dad's gonna be here any second,
so let's just go, right now, okay?
- No, no, no, we got time, we got time.
Just, let's get our stuff.
'Cause we ain't gonna have another chance.
- Harlan, no, come on, put this back, please.
- No, no, hey, whoa whoa, what're you doin'?
- [Tobe] Harlan, you know if my dad sees this he's gonna
kill me, okay, so let's just-- - He's not gonna kill ya.
Sweetheart, sweetheart.
We're gonna be a long way away before he figures this out.
- Harlan, I told you the other day
that I didn't wanna go away.
- No.
That wasn't you talkin', though.
- Who was it, then?
- That was someone else's voice talkin' through you.
That was your fear-- - Okay, you know what?
I don't even know what the hell you're talking about
right now, okay, so I think you need to go.
- October, listen to me.
Sweetheart, I know you're scared,
but we ain't gonna get another chance.
Now you gotta look down inside you
and listen to your true heart, listen to what it's telling--
- Okay, you know what, this is my true heart,
and this is my true voice and I want you to go, okay?
Go! - Don't holler at me!
- There is a need to holler, you're not listening to me,
and you need to get out of here!
What is wrong with you, Harlan?
- What's wrong with you?
[gun fires]
[body clunks]
[Tobe wheezes]
Sweet pea. [Tobe wheezes]
Sweet pea, I didn't...
Honey, can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
[Tobe wheezes]
Just keep breathing.
Keep breathing.
[phone keypad bleeps]
[phone rings]
- [Operator] 911, state your emergency.
[car approaches] 911, what is your emergency?
Hello?
[moody guitar music]
- Anyone home here?
Tobe?
Lonnie?
[muffled creaks]
Tobe?
Somebody help my daughter!
[gun clunks]
[gun fires]
- [Partner] Do you have any other firearms in the house?
- I keep them all under lock and key.
- [Partner] Except for the one.
- He must've broken into it.
- [Man] The case wasn't broken into.
- Well, look, he got it, somehow.
- Okay.
She say anything?
- No.
She was, she was already unconscious.
- [Partner] What about your son?
- He came home after we left.
- [Partner] Does he have access to your guns?
- No way.
- His fingerprints were on the gun.
Could've been an accident. - It wasn't an accident.
- Well, nobody else has seen this cowboy person, Wade.
[leaves rustle]
[taps]
- [Harlan] Hey, Twig.
Hey, bud.
[door closes]
- Tobe got shot.
- Yeah, I know it.
I got hit, too.
- Who did it?
- She didn't say nothin' to nobody?
- [Lonnie] She's in coma.
- It was Wade.
- It was? - Yeah.
I came over here to see her, I wanted to say goodbye,
'cause I was goin' away for a while.
She wanted to come with me and...
We were talkin' about it and we didn't hear him come home.
He come at me with that gun.
Tobe got in between us, then he shot her.
She was tryin' to protect me and he shot her.
[sobs]
What kind of a son of a bitch would do a thing like that?
He'd have shot me too, but I jumped out that window.
- Where'd you get shot?
Does it hurt?
- No, it just went through the skin.
I'll be all right.
- They found my fingerprints on the gun.
I have to talk to the police tomorrow morning.
[suspenseful music]
- Twig.
I want you to listen to me.
I think that you should go and get some of your things
together and you should come with me right now.
- I can't.
- Yes, you can.
Now, sooner or later, those cops are gonna figure out
it was your dad that done this thing.
And when they do, they're gonna lock him away.
Then they're gonna take you,
and they're gonna put you with another family.
- No, they won't. - Yes, they will.
Now, if you get lucky, maybe you'll get a good one.
One that'll be nice to you,
and keep you around for a long time.
But I think the chances of that are slim.
'Cause people don't want a half-grown kid.
They want a little baby they can raise up from scratch.
They'll even take one from China, if they have to.
That's the truth.
You're gonna end up a ward of the state, bud.
Do you know what that means?
Mm, it's about the worst thing that can happen to a kid.
And I don't want that to happen to you.
If you wanna come with me, I'll take you outta here.
Go up to my hideout for a while?
When Tobe gets better, we'll come down here
and we'll get her, too.
And then all three of us will take off
and leave this whole shitty place behind.
What do you say, bud?
You wanna go with me?
- Yeah.
- All right.
Go and throw a few of your duds in a bag,
and get me a blanket.
And I'll meet you out in the back alley, okay?
Come on.
[machine bleeps rhythmically]
Come on, come on.
Whoa.
Hey, Twig!
- Hi.
- It's gonna be a beautiful day.
You hungry? - Yeah.
- Let's get somethin' to eat and go for a ride, all right?
- Yeah.
[dark atmospheric music]
- Boy, that's about as high up as you can get around here.
Are you cryin', bud?
- I'm sorry.
- Don't ever be sorry for cryin'.
Ain't no shame in that.
I try not to cry in front of someone,
if I think they're against me, but that's about it.
- Is Tobe gonna be okay?
- Is that what you're worryin' about?
[sighs]
You know what?
Come here.
Come on, come with me, I wanna do somethin' with ya.
I think we should say a prayer.
Send a message to Tobe and these antennas here
will carry it down to her.
She'll hear us communicatin' with her and she'll wake up.
Okay? - Okay.
- Let's close our eyes.
Tobe.
I love ya.
And Twig here loves ya.
And God and all the angels are pullin' for ya along with us.
You're gonna be fine. [peaceful folk music]
You're gonna be fine.
- Mr. Summers.
She's up.
[somber string music]
- Hi.
What happened?
- Well, you've been passed out.
- I feel really weird.
Where's Lonnie?
- [Wade] Lonnie?
Lonnie!
Lon!
- [Partner] Hey.
- He isn't here.
Lonnie?
Lonnie!
Remember me?
- Oh, yeah.
You're the dad who can't keep control of his own kid.
Lets her hang around with a liar.
- Well, that liar shot my daughter.
And he ran off with my little boy.
[Charlie sighs]
What we'd like to know is if you've seen him, since we met.
- No, sir, but I had a horse stole.
Same one.
- Have you tried to look for the horse?
- Of course I looked for him, I found him about a half-mile
over that little green hill there.
Started up into the draw and I lost him.
- Can you show us where?
- Do you ride?
If you scatter your seeds to the wind and move on,
you ain't never gonna get nothin' but weeds.
You gotta plant 'em.
Neat little rows.
And then look after each one, like it's the only one.
[distant gun fires]
- [Wade] You hear that?
- See that raw right up there? - Right, I got it.
- You ever eat a rabbit before?
- No.
- Hey, bud.
Come on, let's take a walk, I wanna show you somethin'.
- What?
- Come on, just trust me.
Come on.
You hold onto that for a while.
- Where are you goin'?
- I'm right here.
I ain't goin' anywhere.
- You there?
- [Harlan] Yeah, I'm right with ya.
Now you're okay, just work your way back to that fire.
[wood snaps]
- What was that?
- [Harlan] That's just another scared creature like us.
[wings flap]
Don't run.
Move, but don't move like fear moves.
Move like a panther, move confident.
Then you will be.
- [Wade] Hey, it's comin' from this way.
I heard voices down over here.
[suspenseful music]
- [Lonnie] Harlan?
Harlan!
- There he is! [gun fires]
Grab the boy! [gun fires]
[groans]
[guns fire] [moody guitar music]
- [Wade] He's back there!
[horse neighs] [guns fire]
- Come on!
- No, no, no, don't shoot!
Lonnie!
Lon.
- Well, they sure ain't gonna find us,
'cause I don't even know where we are.
Come on.
Hey.
[moody atmospheric music]
Whoa.
- [Lonnie] Where are we?
- His name's Martin Lasson, he's a local kid from Rosita.
Did a year in Chino for robbery.
It says he was in some
juvie hall over there in Ventura County.
Is that where you work?
- No.
- Sure be a funny coincidence, though, if it was.
- Yeah.
[approaching helicopter blades whir]
[lively fiddle music]
[mumbled chatter]
- Would you take a turn with me?
[mumbled chatter]
Well, I'm asking you.
[sighs] Should we run it?
It's awfully nice.
- Yes, it is.
A town ain't a real town till it has a dance.
- Would you take a turn with me?
- I hardly feel I have the right to ask a lady
such as yourself to dance.
- Well, I'm asking you.
- Felt better, yeah. - Yeah.
- [Man] See you in a sec.
- [Harlan] Hey, bud, I think that's yours.
- Thanks, man.
- Let's make room for our new marshal and his lady fair!
[crowd cheers]
- Duty calls, man.
I'll catch you later.
[lively fiddle music]
- Harlan!
Harlan!
- Lon?
[gun fires]
- Jesus! - Don't take another step!
- Martin, take it easy!
- You take it easy!
Come on, Twig, come on down.
Untie that horse.
- Lonnie, get out of there.
[gun fires] [crowd gasps]
- Wade, you take another step toward that boy,
and I'll put the next one in your head and I ain't foolin'.
- Hey, hey, look, nobody's gonna shoot anybody, we're just
gonna put our guns down, we're gonna talk about it.
- No, you're gonna put your gun down.
Do it right now!
Do it, easy, easy!
Thumb and a finger, real slow.
You, too!
Drop that belt!
Go on, drop it!
Go on, Lonnie, untie the horse.
- Lonnie, he shot Tobe.
- You shut your fuckin' mouth!
- The girl is not dead, Martin.
- You can tell the police all the lies you want to, Wade,
but you and me both know it was you that killed her.
- You're out of your fuckin' mind!
- Lonnie knows it's true too!
He seen the same thing that I seen!
- Harlan!
[guns fire] [horse neighs]
[gun fires] [Harlan groans]
[guns fire] [suspenseful music]
[gun fires]
[guns fires]
- Come on, Lonnie, come on!
Come on!
Let's go. [horse neighs]
[car starts]
Aw, hell.
- Are you okay? - Yeah, take that.
Press it against there.
Press it right there. [groans]
Come on, press it, press it.
We gotta get off this ridge.
[moody guitar music]
[groans]
- Harlan.
[Harlan groans]
- Hey.
Hey, we gotta get outta here.
Come on, get me on my feet.
- [Lonnie] What about Lightning?
- Go on, go on!
[sighs]
- You gonna be all right?
- I hope so.
I don't wanna die in a place like this. [chuckles]
I don't like it in here.
[approaching footsteps]
[gun cocks]
Hey, [pants] hey.
Look out there.
- [Lonnie] It's Lightning.
- What's he doin'? - He's just standin' there.
- He's gonna give us away.
You gotta get him outta there.
Bring him around back and put him in the garage.
No, hey, look at me.
You can do this.
Go on, go on.
Go on, you can do it.
[suspenseful music]
[Lightning neighs]
- He was scared, but he's okay now.
[approaching footsteps]
[gun cocks]
[guns fire] [Harlan and Wade groan]
[moody guitar music] [Lightning neighs]
- Stop!
[gun fires] [Harlan groans]
[Lightning neighs] [door clangs]
- No, Lonnie, wait.
[Lightning neighs]
[door clangs]
[Lightning neighs]
[door clangs]
- Harlan! - Lonnie.
[Lightning neighs]
[door clangs]
He shot your sister.
Listen to me, he shot Tobe.
Lonnie, he shot her.
- You're lying. - I'm not.
She'll tell you. [distant sirens wail]
Listen to me, she'll tell you.
[Lightning neighs]
[door clangs]
[Lightning neighs]
[door clangs]
[train horn blows]
[peaceful folk music]
♪ Lean on me gently
♪ Run to me quickly
♪ Because I'm gone
♪ Away
- So, what do we do?
- I have to scatter them in the wind.
- But why did he--
- I don't know.
Let's not talk about it.
- What do we say?
[Tobe sighs]
- Don't say anything.
Just think it.
[peaceful folk music]
["Look on Down From the Bridge" by Mazzy Star]
♪ Look on down from the bridge
♪ There's still fountains
♪ Down there
♪ Look on down from the bridge
♪ It's still raining
♪ Up here
♪ Everybody seems so far away from me ♪
♪ Everybody just wants to be free ♪
♪ Look away from the sky
♪ It's no different when you're leaving home ♪
♪ I can't be the same thing to you now ♪
♪ I'm just gone
♪ Just gone
♪ How could I say goodbye
♪ Goodbye
♪ Maybe I'll just place my hands over you ♪
♪ And close my eyes real tight
♪ There's a light in your eyes
♪ And you know
♪ Yeah, you know
♪ Look on down from the bridge
♪ I'm still waiting
♪ For you