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[ethereal music]

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CHARLIE: The summer of 1995
was the hottest summer in
years.

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The single of the season was
Seal's "Kiss from a Rose,"

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and Jim Carrey was the
biggest star in Hollywood.

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Michael Jordan, back from
his stint in baseball,

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helped the Bulls reach the
postseason, though they'd fall
to the Magic in six.

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♪ ♪

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On top of the heat that
summer, the cicadas had
awoken

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from their 17-year
hibernation and were covering
everything--

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mailboxes, parked cars,

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tree trunks,
and trampolines.

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Everyone got used
to the noise.

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Eventually, the cicadas
retreated to the forest,

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and our summer continued.

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In June, Owen Cooper,
a Catholic school kid

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from the neighboring
community...  OWEN: Whoa!

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CHARLIE: Got loaded with his
girlfriend on whiskey and
pills.

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He was found the
next morning...

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GIRL: Owen!  CHARLIE: Face
down in the shallow end.

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[sirens wailing]
On the Fourth of July,

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the 80-year-old Frank Lloyd
Wright house by the library
burned down.

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It was built in 1908,

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and FDR was said to have
stayed there once while on the
campaign trail.

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♪ ♪

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Our town was put under a dark
spell in the summer of 1995.

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♪ ♪

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It began with a heat wave and
didn't end until six months
later

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when the Monroe sisters
were finally dead.

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♪ ♪

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I observed it all
from my bicycle.

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I was 15 years old.

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[Natalie Merchant's
"Carnival" playing over
radio]

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♪ ♪

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SINGER: ♪ Well, I've
walked these streets ♪

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♪ A virtual stage ♪

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♪ It seemed to me ♪

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♪ Makeup on their faces ♪

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♪ Actors took their
places next to me ♪

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♪ Well, I've walked
these streets ♪

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[phone ringing]
♪ In a carnival ♪

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♪ Of sights to see ♪

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- [clears throat]
Hello?

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CALLER: [heavy breathing]

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- Hello?

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CALLER: Sorry.

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SINGER: ♪ Same as
it was before ♪

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[Madder Rose's "Car Song"
playing on record]

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♪ So I'll try to
get some sleep ♪

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♪ I'll try to get some re-- ♪

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[record scratches, music stops]

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- Did you take my CK One again?

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You know, just because a
fragrance works for me,

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it doesn't mean
it'll work for you.

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I think your fragrance would be
more like grungy, Bohemian
weirdo.

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- Don't ever touch my
record player again.

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- Don't touch my things
without asking again.

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- Hey, Chrissy.

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- [scoffs]
Fuck you, freak.

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BILL CLINTON: Lives
of ordinary people...

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- Sweetheart, where you going?

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BILL CLINTON: In the end,
all that really counts...

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- I'm gonna go do homework
with Brad at the library.

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- Curfew is 10:45, young lady.

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- I'll be home at 11:00.

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Love ya!

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[crickets chirping]

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[cicadas chirping]

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- Hi. [laughs]
- [laughing] Hi.

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[upbeat rock music
playing over radio]

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[giggles]
You don't have to worry.

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My parents are watching
television. - Oh, my God.

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Your parents are watching TV?
No way.

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- That's what happens
when you stop having sex.

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- Yeah, monogamy's a bitch.

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- Mm-hmm.

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What's the news?

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- News is not good for you.

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You got a D on your
"Crime and Punishment" essay.

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- [laughs]
- Sorry.

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CHARLIE: Mr. Carpenter was
the young, hip English
teacher

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who let kids in class talk
about movies, philosophy,

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and things unrelated to the
text.  [rock music playing
over boom box]

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When Kurt Cobain shot
himself the previous year,

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Mr. Carpenter played
"Nevermind" on repeat all
day

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and didn't say a word
in any of his classes.

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He was the teacher
all the guys wanted to be

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and all the girls
wanted to be with.

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And he was indeed
with Chrissy Monroe.

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- I--I think I'm leaving Kate.

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- [laughs]
What?

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Why?

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- Because I love you.

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This is where you would
maybe get excited.

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Ideally, say anything.
- No, no, no, no, no.

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I, um--I--I...

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- [laughs]
- I... [laughs]

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I think it's great.
- You think it's great?

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- I think it's great.
I think it's great.

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- Okay, well--okay.

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- But is this really what you
want? - I don't care what people
say.

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I mean, we'll go somewhere else
if we have to.

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- Okay, okay.
- Yes, yes?

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Okay, yes.
- I love you.

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- I love you.

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[tense musical sting]

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[gun clicks]
Oh, Jesus.

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[door slams]
[stammers] Don't--

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- I have a handgun pointed
at the back of your head.

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Start the car and drive.

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[foreboding music]

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- What--okay, okay, okay, okay,
okay. - Start the fucking car
and drive.

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[engine turns over]

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- [quietly] It's okay.

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♪ ♪

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Look, man, you want
money or something?

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You can have--welcome
to whatever I have.

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- Turn left here.

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In a quarter mile,
there will be a gravel road.

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Turn left onto it.

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Stop.

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Turn the car off, and
leave the radio on.

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SINGER: ♪ Days go
by, glycerine ♪

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FIGURE: Turn on the brights.

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♪ ♪

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SINGER: ♪ Don't let
the days go by ♪

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FIGURE: Now you're
going to get out.

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Keep your hands where I can see
them, and stand in front of the
car.

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- Chrissy, let's just do what he
says and get it over with, okay?

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[tense music]

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♪ ♪

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[car doors slam]

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FIGURE: Stop.

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- [breathing heavily]

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FIGURE: Take each
other's clothes off.

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- Chrissy, babe...
[stammers] It's gonna be okay.

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I swear to God, okay?
It's a stupid game.

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Just--let's do what he says.
We'll go home.

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- Mm-hmm.

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- It's okay.
Okay.

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- [whimpers]
- Ah, sorry.

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Okay.
[both breathing heavily]

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FIGURE: Now kiss each other.

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- Okay.
Okay.

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[unhinged music]

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♪ ♪

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- Now touch her.

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- Come on--
[gunshot]

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[Chrissy shrieks]

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[gunshot]

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[ominous music]

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♪ ♪

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[Chrissy panting]