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the following is based on a true story some names have been changed

Let's keep it down for a dull roar back there.

We're just having fun, Edward.

We're all acting like a barrel full of monkeys.

The monkey business gotta stop or we're staying right here.

You can't do that.

No

more

monkey business.

I'm the monkey in charge here, okay?

Sit.

Stay.

You too.

Okay.

How much do we pay for this one?

$350. I put $180 in so far.

What do you figure?

I think we add $1 ,000 per.

All right, that's what, $500 profit?

If we sell it.

The three ways, nothing.

You folks home?

I don't know. My grandma is, though.

Why? I don't know.

What you gonna do tonight?

I don't know. Nothing, I guess.

My mom and dad wants home for dinner.

How much you think we made this month?

Not enough.

This isn't working too good. These things just aren't moving.

I need some money. I need some money bad.

What are you talking about? Your parents got more money than God.

Yeah, well, my folks have had so much for so long that they don't think much

money. They live like dirt farmers.

Yeah.

78 acres of dirt.

The richest suburb of San Francisco.

This place is worth more than Rhode Island.

I could hit up my grandma, though.

I'd have to lie.

I could do that.

If I got some money, I could get my parents off my back.

I'm supposed to be a podiatrist like dear old Dad, you know?

You gotta live for now, man.

Risk, daring, it all comes to the fast and the strong. That is who makes it in

this world, the bold and the daring.

Like you and your old cars, huh?

Very bold and daring

Okay,

so

the car thing ain't working out There's got to be way to

score some big money

Talk about it later.

I gotta go.

Yeah, go home to Mommy and Daddy.

You know, Odessa, sometimes I feel I've got all a man could ever need. Take a

look.

It's not much, but it's ours.

Come here, my darling Hannah.

We have a beautiful daughter, a beautiful grandson.

Yes.

And a beautiful wife.

I told the girls down at work that if you ever won the lottery, you'd probably

just buy a new battery for that old tractor.

Maybe. and a new transmission for the old school bus.

Look, Lee's coming by for Hannah in an hour, and they're going to stay for

dinner now. Hannah, you tell Grandpa to be sure and get washed up and ready.

Hannah, you tell her that I'll be done in 20 minutes.

I think it's about time you started putting your nose

to the grindstone, Fred.

Frankly, you're becoming an embarrassment, and I won't have it.

You've been given everything.

Now do something with it instead of squandering it all. You were given

everything, too.

What do you do?

What's that supposed to mean?

You inherited everything from Grandma, so why are you acting like you earned

everything on your own? Don't use that tone with me, young man. I've worked.

I run this quarry, and I run this family.

Freddy Neff.

You need to prove you're worthy of our family name.

It's an old name.

A proud name.

We've been a part of the history of this state since the gold rush, and I won't

have my only son treat his heritage like the dole. You just seem to have one

harebrained, worthless scheme after another.

leave it again dad rodeo up at calgary can i go oh you got school and you got

be man of the house while i'm gone well maybe i don't want to be the man of the

house time's gonna come when you got to measure up to being a man whether you're

ready or not life doesn't always wait on here why don't you load up that other

horse for me while i take a bite of your mom

You gotta show that horse who's bald. Jack, you spooked some, Dad.

Spooked?

You're being a little hard on him, aren't you?

Yeah, well, maybe you're being a little too soft on him.

You still think we could renovate this place?

Yeah, we could.

even have enough for the down payment.

Oh, I think my grandma would cough up the dough.

Think about how much work it is. I got a better idea.

What?

Use grandma's money.

Make some big money.

Yeah, right.

How?

A movie.

We come up with a story, produce it.

What do we know about making movies?

Nothing. Who does?

I got a friend at film school who says it's a breeze.

You know what they make? People like stories about crime and violence.

I saw this Clint Eastwood movie last week.

They hijacked this bunch of kids. It was great.

Kids?

That's really smart.

People would pay ransom right away for kids.

Yeah, but they blew it in the movie, Fred.

Yeah? Yeah, but if you did it right, really planned it?

See, that's where they always screw up.

They're stupid. They don't plan it.

You remember that bus full of kids that crashed?

How upset everyone was?

For a bus full of kids, you could get a million dollars.

Easy. What the heck? Two million.

Three million, huh?

Five million.

Five million dollars from the state of California.

Let's plan it.

See if it can work.

That's crazy.

Yeah, we are.

But what else you got to do?

It's just a game.

See if we can come up with something.

Come up with what?

A movie on a crime?

A crime.

A perfect crime.

Just like clockwork.

I got your peanut butter fix for you.

Kisses.

I'm home from work, and you two start it up, the both of you. Fight, fight,

fight.

Just cool it.

All right, Jim, come on. You've had enough time. What do you got for me?

I've looked through hundreds of pages, county section maps.

I finally found the perfect place, Chowchilla.

It's remote.

It's got plenty of escape routes.

Far from the law and just the right size.

Taking this a little bit serious for a game, aren't you?

This is excellent work, Jim.

Attention to detail.

I like it.

How far is this place?

It's only three hours from here.

Let's go for a ride.

This is good.

This is ridiculous.

Come on, let's go home. Come on, relax.

It's a big deal.

Man, can you believe this place is only three hours from Portola Valley?

Too many kids.

Too many people around here and way too much traffic.

Summer school starts in two weeks.

There'll be a lot less kids then.

Can we get out of here?

You guys are getting a little too serious.

We'd have to have him get pretty far from the school.

He turns on road 16.

Map this on your chart there. When he goes down road 12, he's as far from

as possible.

Look at that guy.

Dumb as a post, I bet.

This is the place.

The place for what?

What do you think we've been cruising this dump for?

We got this thing all damn near planned out.

Don't we?

Damn near.

Damn near.

Are you in?

Because it's a go.

Up next, we got Tim Pearson out of chute number four. He's riding Bambino.

And Tim's representing the Pearson Farms today. So good luck to you, Timmy.

Okay, son.

Make me proud.

Go.

Tough luck there. Hang in next time there, Timmy.

You're never going to win a buckle that way.

I think you did just fine.

You'll get a buckle from me anytime.

Okay.

We'll wait to register these things until just before.

Why? In case anybody gets a license plate, the information will get locked

the bureaucracy.

All right, we've got to refit these interiors. And we've got to install the

And you guys have got to get a name out of the phone book that we can register

these things to.

We're going to do all this in a month?

We've got to finish before summer school's out.

You got any better ideas?

Hey, uh, is it safe to do the work here at your folks?

Let me worry about that.

Also, I got an old x -ray machine.

An x -ray machine?

Yeah, and some parachutes and some mannequins, too.

Hey, Jim.

Why don't we wait for dinner?

Thank you.

All right, here's how I figure it.

The kids.

After we transfer them into the vans, we drive them around until we get to the

place where we're going to hide them.

And we do have to hide them.

Where's Rick?

Mom made him stay at home, clean his room.

We're going to do this, Jim.

Is he in?

Don't do anything I tell him.

Yeah?

I'm telling you.

Be better.

You will.

So where could you hide them? I mean, where could you hold a bunch of kids

the ransom's delivered?

How could you be sure that they're gonna stay put unless you're there yourself?

I am way ahead of you.

What's the matter, darling? You've been blue.

It's nothing.

It's been nothing for three weeks now. Come on, honey.

I hurt Tim's feelings.

I thought you liked him. I do. He asked me at the movies.

That's nice.

I couldn't give him any answer.

Bonnie and Wendy were there and they laughed at him.

You can still say yes if you want.

He's been avoiding me this whole time.

And summer school's almost over anyway.

You know, sometimes you feel like you'd never get another chance at anything.

But you always do.

I promise.

Thanks, Mom.

Hold up!

Hold up!

Hold up!

Dirt's gonna collapse the trailer!

What's the problem? Dirt's gonna collapse the trailer.

Relax.

Relax. You go down there. I'm not going in there.

Get my toolbox.

Go get some two -by -fours out of that lumber pile, all right?

Strong sent him a gun for an old guy.

I'll have to be on him all the time.

You know, I'll be glad

when summer school is out so that I can put a little more time in on this place.

You've been working it too hard on both ends. Maybe you should think about

cutting... Getting back on the driving.

I hate to admit it, but those kids are beginning to get on my nerves.

They're getting sassier and louder every year.

Well, you're getting older every year.

Older, Emily?

Older?

Come on.

Let's wrestle, huh?

Come on.

Yeah.

I have a good mind to take you both to the pound.

I don't want to hear another peep out of either one of you.

Okay, shut the door.

Perfect.

Get those extra jerry cans.

Three hours away. Man, I can taste the adrenaline.

This is it.

We can't miss.

Come on, let's do it. We have planned it to perfection.

It is foolproof.

Yes. We're really going to do this, aren't we? Yes. Yes!

Okay. We picked up those kids at the pool at four o 'clock. Let's move.

We can't back out now.

We're counting on you.

You got your gun?

John Terry, here we come.

Let's go.

Don't bunch up. One at a time. One at a time. Come on.

All right, here we go.

Come on.

Thank you.

We're going to do this, aren't we?

Yeah, we are.

My head is pounding like crazy.

Open the door, now.

What is this, some kind of a joke? Get in back. This is my bus. What's this all

about? I said get in back.

You want anybody hurt?

No. Do you want trouble?

No, no. Then get in back.

All right.

All right.

Everybody shut up!

Get in that bus.

State court. You listen to instructions.