Original subtitles

AAAH!

I'VE HAD IT WITH HER!

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU NOW?

DID YOU SEE THAT SIGN SHE PUT UP?

YES.

SHE PUT IT UP HIGH IN THE AIR!

THEY CALL THEM "BILLBOARDS."

I KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED.

HEY, DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER, NOW.

"EAT AT VIVIAN'S DINER 'CAUSE THE LOVE TRAIN DINER

HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH."

I OUGHT TO SUE HER!

SUE HER FOR WHAT?

FOR HATERATION.

I OUGHT TO SUE YOU FOR USING THAT WORD.

YOU CAN'T SUE NOBODY FOR HATIN'.

I KNOW THAT, BUT I WILL SUE HER FOR SLANDER.

THAT'S NOT SLANDER.

HOW COME IT AIN'T?

SHE PUT IT UP ON THE BILLBOARD.

'CAUSE IT'S THE TRUTH.

WE GOT SHUT DOWN.

WE WERE SHUT DOWN FOR ONLY 24 HOURS, AND WE WERE BACK OPEN.

BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID SHUT US DOWN.

[ STAMMERS ]

YOU SEE?! NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!

WELL, THEY DID SHUT US DOWN, SO, THEREFORE, IT'S NOT SLANDER.

FLOYD, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

IT DEPENDS. WHICH FACE YOU GONNA SHOW ME TODAY?

THE ONE WITH THE BEARD OR WITHOUT?

OKAY, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR LITTLE "JOKEY JOKES,"

BUT I GOT THE LAST LAUGH.

WHAT DID YOU DO?

LOOK AT IT.

READ IT.

"EAT AT VAGI"‐‐

YOU SPRAY‐PAINTED LETTERS OVER HER SIGN?

IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO CHANGE "VIVIAN" TO ANOTHER "V" WORD.

HATTIE, I'M UPSET WITH YOU.

GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN AND SHAVE!

YOU GO TO HELL, FLOYD!

ONLY IF YOU'LL MEET ME THERE.

‐‐Captions by VITAC‐‐ www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

HOW DID YOU GET 80 FEET IN THE AIR

TO SPRAY‐PAINT THAT BILLBOARD?

YOU KNOW I USED TO BE IN THE CIRCUS.

SO, YOU CLIMBED ALL THE WAY UP THERE?

YES, I DID.

AND THEN I GOT IN CONTACT WITH MY PICASSO.

I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE FALLEN FROM THAT BILLBOARD,

[Chuckling] AND YOU COULD'VE ACTUALLY DIED.

WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT?

OH, I'M SORRY.

KEEP IT UP, HERE.

THERE YOU ARE!

YOU DESTROYED MY PROPERTY!

AND YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT IT UP THAT HIGH IN THE AIR!

WELL, IT'S THE TRUTH.

WHO MADE YOU KEEPER OF RECORDS?

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

NOW GET OUT!

THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN?

I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS "FLIGHT OF THE WILDEBEESTS."

WHAT IS GOING ON?

YOUR MOTHER SPRAY‐PAINTED SOME VULGAR GRAFFITI ON MY BILLBOARD.

MAMA, DID YOU DO THAT?

NO.

THAT BILLBOARD'S OVER 100 FEET IN THE AIR.

I'M TOO OLD TO GET UP THERE.

YOU KNOW I CAN'T GET UP THERE.

YOU DID. THERE IS THE EVIDENCE!

WHAT EVIDENCE?

THAT SPRAY PAINT ON YOUR FACE.

NO, NO‐NO‐NO, THAT'S HER BEARD COMING IN.

I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT ENOUGH OF OUT OF YOU, HATTIE MAE.

AND I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT ENOUGH OUT OF YOU, TOO, FA‐KRAY‐KRAY.

[ GASPS ]

YOU DID!

YOU SPRAY‐PAINTED THAT BILLBOARD OF MINE!

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL, OR I WILL GET YOUR PLACE CLOSED DOWN.

AND YOU KNOW SHE'S ALREADY TRIED THAT ALREADY.

AND YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL THAT YOUR PLACE DON'T BURN DOWN.

OKAY, S‐STOP IT, YOU TWO. HEY.

YOU'LL GET YOURS, HATTIE.

YOU'LL GET YOURS. HA‐HA‐HA‐HA.

[ Mockingly ] HA‐HA‐HA‐HA‐HA.

AND YOU'LL GET YOURS.

YOU'LL GET YOURS, TOO, VIVIAN...

...'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE IT FROM YOU!

BOOM! [ IMITATES EXPLOSION ]

MAMA, YOU AND THAT LADY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GET ALONG.

DO I LOOK LIKE I'M IN THE MOOD FOR KUMBAYAS?

ACTUALLY, SHE LOOKS CONSTIPATED.

I HEARD THAT, YOU BASTARD.

I'M NOT SURPRISED WITH THAT GERMAN‐SHEPHERD HEARING.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ] WOW.

THAT WAS A GREAT MOVIE.

[ Affectedly ] I ENJOYED IT, TOO.

DID YOU ENJOY IT, UNCLE FLOYD?

[ Affectedly ] HMM, YES, IT WAS GREAT.

[ CHUCKLES ]

CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING ELSE MORE FUN [CHUCKLES]

THAN SPENDING TIME AT THE MOVIES [CHUCKLES] WITH YOUR MOM.

COME ON, FLOYD.

[ Muttering ] DON'T STAND HERE

AND ACT LIKE YOU REALLY ENJOYED THAT MOVIE.

I DID.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU WERE ASLEEP.

I LOVED THE ENDING.

ME, TOO.

SO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.

IT WAS GOOD.

ELABORATE.

AND I‐I WAS S‐S‐SO MOVED AND INSPIRED ‐‐

YOU WERE S‐S‐SO ASLEEP.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ALL BOTHERED

TO COME TO THE MOVIES WITH ME.

[ Fake crying ] THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING

TO TELL YOUR [MUTTERING]

WELL, I ENJOYED IT,

AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOUR MAMA

EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.

YEAH, BUT JUST NOT EVERY DAY.

WELL, I'M GOING TO SEE IT AGAIN.

BY YOUR DAMN SELF.

COME ON, UNCLE FLOYD. IT WASN'T THAT BAD.

WERE YOU WATCHING THE SAME MOVIE I WAS WATCHING?

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT MOVIE SUCKED! [ CHUCKLES ]

YEAH. YES, UH‐HUH.

SO YOU DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY IT, EITHER?

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.

YOU JUST SAID IT SUCKED.

NO, HE SAID THAT MOVIE WAS WHAT'S UP.

WHAT'S UP.

WELL, LOOK HERE, WE'RE WASTING TIME WITH ALL THIS.

LOOK HERE, WE'RE MISSING THE GAME.

OH, NOW YOU'RE TALKING.

BASKETBALL IS BORING.

[ Singsong voice ] I'D RATHER WATCH ANOTHER MOVIE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Both: OHH!

YOU SAW THAT?

MOM, DID YOU SEE THAT? SEE, LOOK, THIS IS FUN.

WATCHING MOVIES THAT YOU LIKE ‐‐ THAT'S LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY.

OR LIKE WATCHING GRASS GROW.

[ CHUCKLES ] LIKE WATCHING WATER BE WET.

[ CHUCKLES ]

OR WATCHING THE SKY BE HIGH.

OKAY, I‐I GET IT.

[ BEEP BEEP BEEP ]

Woman: WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM TO BRING YOU BREAKING NEWS.

OH, I HATE WHEN THEY BREAK INTO A BASKETBALL GAME LIKE THAT

LIKE SOMETHING'S IMPORTANT, LIKE THE ECONOMY OR SOMETHING.

VIVIAN'S DINER, A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS,

HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND.

DID THEY ‐‐ DID THEY SAY‐SAY VI‐VI‐VIV‐VIVIAN'S?

YES, I SAID VIVIAN'S DINER.

OH, NO.

WHERE'S HATTIE?

THIS IS BAD.

OH, NO.

LOOK AT THE FLAMES.

[ FLAMES SIZZLE ]

THAT'S A GASOLINE FIRE, RIGHT THERE.

WHERE IS MY MOTHER?

I DON'T KNOW.

WAIT, YOU DON'T THINK SHE BURNED IT DOWN, DO YOU?

YES.

YOU HEARD HER THREATEN TO BURN THE WHOLE PLACE DOWN.

BUT ‐‐ BUT SHE WOULDN'T DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW.

OH, COME ON, NOW. GRANDMA'S NOT CRAZY.

YEAH, I HEARD MYSELF SAY THAT, TOO.

DO YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR GRANDMOTHER?

HEY.

[ SIRENS BLARE ]

WHAT IS SHE DOING WITH A GAS CAN?

ABOUT TO GET 5 TO 10.

HEY, GRANDMA.

HEY, MAMA. HOW ARE YOU?

MAD AS HELL.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

FLOYD, I OUGHT TO TAKE THAT GAS CAN AND BURN YOUR EYES UP.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GONNA STAND OVER HERE 'CAUSE THE DEVIL IS USED TO FIRE.

GRANDMA, YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT IT IS

AND WHY YOU HAVE THE GAS CAN?

OH, THAT? THAT'S NOT A GAS CAN.

THAT'S MY NEW PURSE.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A GAS CAN TO ME, MAMA.

OF COURSE IT'S A GAS CAN!

WELL, WHY DO YOU HAVE IT?

UH, WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE WALK AROUND WITH A GAS CAN?

OH, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE BURN DOWN BUILDINGS?

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS, AND I'LL START THERE.

YOU MEAN FINISH THERE?

WHAT?

GRANDMA, WHY DO YOU HAVE THE GAS CAN?

I RAN OUT OF GAS.

SEE, I TOLD Y'ALL SHE HAD A GOOD REASON.

FLOYD, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU FIXED THAT NEEDLE ON MY CAR.

NO, I SAID THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THAT IS TO GET A NEW CAR.

I AIN'T GETTING RID OF MY DEUCE AND A QUARTER!

HATTIE, THAT CAR HAS ALMOST 3 MILLION MILES ON IT.

THAT'S ALMOST AS MANY MILES AS ON YOU.

FLOYD, MY NEEDLE IS STUCK ON HIGH FUEL,

SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN I DON'T HAVE GAS.

I RUN OUT AND HAD TO WALK THREE MILES TO GET TO THE GAS STATION.

AND I HAD TO WALK THROUGH A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ‐‐ ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD?

YOU LIVE IN THE ROUGHEST NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.

FLOYD, I HAD TO WALK THROUGH RICH PEOPLE,

AND THEIR MANSIONS ABOUT SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH.

I WISH IT SCARED YOU WHOLE TO DEATH.

SO, MAMA, THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE GAS CAN.

WHY ELSE WOULD PEOPLE WALK AROUND WITH A GAS CAN?

[ Imitating Hattie ] MAYBE ARSON.

WHAT?

MAMA, WE NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

[ Voice breaking ] OH, LORD, DON'T TELL ME

AIN'T NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED TO MY RESTAURANT, DID IT?

NO.

WELL, WHAT IS IT?

VIVIAN'S RESTAURANT BURNED DOWN.

NO.

NO, FLOYD.

BURNED DOWN.

NO, SAY IT AIN'T SO.

SEE, I TOLD YOU ALL SHE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

LOOK HOW SAD SHE IS.

OH, IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, GRANDMA.

I KNOW YOU'RE SAD.

THANK YOU, JESUS!

THANK YOU, JESUS!

THANK YOU, JESUS.

MAMA.

WHAT?

YOU BURNED THAT WOMAN'S RESTAURANT DOWN.

I DID NO SUCH A THING.

OOH, THANK GOD.

THAT'S WHO DID IT! THAT'S WHO DID IT!

HE'S DONE IT.

NO, GOD DOES NOT BURN THINGS DOWN.

YOU MUST NOT READ YOUR BIBLE.

NEITHER DO YOU.

I DID NOT DO THAT,

BUT I THANK GOD FOR THAT MIGHTY BURNING FIRE.

HE WAS JUST LIKE, FIRE... UP IN HER RESTAURANT.

MAMA, THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING.

WHY?

SHE'S BEEN A THORN IN MY SIDE EVER SINCE SHE CAME HERE.

EVERYONE IN THE DINER HEARD YOU THREATEN TO BURN DOWN HER PLACE.

MM‐HMM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

WHAT? IT MEANS YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

HMM. YOU'RE GONNA NEED A LAWYER.

DANNY, I KNOW YOU BELIEVE ME, DON'T YOU?

WELL, THAT GAS CAN IS REALLY SAYING A LOT.

WE BETTER FIND A LAWYER.

WE ARE SO BUSY TODAY.

WON'T A LITTLE FIRE DO YOU GOOD?

MAMA, STOP SAYING THAT.

SHE'S RIGHT. ARE YOU TRYING TO GO TO JAIL?

HEY, MAMA. HEY, BABY.

YOU FIND OUT ANYTHING?

JUST THAT THEY SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.

I KNEW IT.

AND LOOK AT HER,

OVER THERE SKIPPING AROUND LIKE SHE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING.

I THOUGHT IT JUST MEANT THAT SHE NEEDED TO USE THE BATHROOM.

DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR MAMA EVIL.

BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE COULD DO THAT.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

GET HER TO CONFESS.

PBHT!

RIGHT.

IF SHE CONFESSES, IT'LL BE EASIER.

BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT?

I'LL DO IT.

LOOK, YOUR GRANDMA'S AN O. G.

SHE AIN'T GONNA NEVER CONFESS TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'M JUST GONNA FLAT‐OUT ASK HER, BUT I'M DO HER

HOW SHE USED TO DO ME WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

GRANDMA, GET YOUR ASS OVER SO I CAN ASK YOU A QUESTION!

WHAT IN THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU?

YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET KNOCKED THE HELL OUT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

ARE THE ARSON INVESTIGATORS GONNA FIND ANYTHING OVER THERE

THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT?

I DON'T KNOW.

ARE THEY GONNA FIND SOMETHING OVER THERE

THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT?

OH, YOU'RE TALKING BACK. I'LL GO GET A SWITCH!

AND YOUR LIGHT'S ABOUT TO GET SWITCHED OFF.

THAT WAS YOUR IDEA OF COMING STRAIGHT OUT AND ASKING HER?

ANYWAY, NOW, HATTIE, LOOK NOW,

I NEED YOU TO BE STRAIGHT UP AND HONEST WITH ME.

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT BURN THAT ‐‐

UHHH‐UNCLE FLOYD.

BURNED THAT BURGER YESTERDAY?

NO, SAY WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, FLOYD.

I WASN'T GONNA SAY NOTHING, M‐MISS DAISY.

I KNOW YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH BURNING DOWN MY BUILDING.

NO, NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE WATER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT HER.

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK NOTHING.

I KNOW IT, AND I'M GONNA PROVE IT.

JUST AS SOON AS THE INVESTIGATORS ARE THROUGH

OVER THERE, THEY'RE GONNA COME OVER HERE

AND TELL ME THAT YOU BURNED DOWN MY BUILDING.

AND I ASKED THEM TO COME WITH THE POLICE.

I DON'T CARE. NOW, GET THE HELL OUT!

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I'M GONNA SIT HERE AND WATCH YOU AND WAIT

JUST IN CASE YOU TRY TO RUN OUT SOME PLACE.

FINE BY ME, BUT WE AIN'T GOT NO PLACE FOR YOU TO SIT DOWN

'CAUSE I'VE GOT MY CUSTOMERS AND YOUR CUSTOMERS, TOO.

MISS VIVIAN, I'M SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR PLACE.

[ Voice breaking ] IT WAS MY LIFE'S WORK.

YOU GOT THAT IN A DIVORCE.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

I STILL PUT MY BLOOD AND SWEAT AND TEARS INTO IT.

WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY PUT SOME GASOLINE INTO IT.

[ SOBS ] GRANDMA.

WHAT? THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THIS PLACE BURNED DOWN?

WHY, SHUT YOUR TRAP!

MAMA, STOP IT.

SHE'S UPSET, AND YOU WOULD BE, TOO,

IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE.

I BUILT THIS PLACE BRICK BY BRICK, AND I ‐‐

OHHH, HATTIE, WE'VE HEARD THAT STORY.

AT LEAST SHOW HER SOME SYMPATHY.

FINE.

[ Imitates voice breaking ] I'M SO SORRY YOUR PLACE BURNED DOWN.

WELL, TELL IT TO ME FROM JAIL.

HATTIE, THERE THEY ARE.

NOW, LOOK HERE, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I COME DOWN THERE

AND PUT SOME ‐‐ SOME MONEY ON YOUR BOOKS, OKAY?

DON'T WORRY. I'LL RUN THE PLACE.

Vivian: WELL?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK IN PRIVATE?

NO, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SAY IT SO ALL OF THEM CAN HEAR

THAT SHE BURNED DOWN MY PLACE.

IT ACTUALLY STARTED BECAUSE YOUR GREASE TRAP

HAD NOT BEEN CLEANED IN MONTHS.

THE FLAMES WENT ALL THE WAY UP THE WALL.

WHAT?!

I'M SORRY.

AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES USUALLY DON'T COVER THIS.

[ Voice breaking ] OH, NO! WHAT?

I'M SORRY.

MISS VIVIAN, I'M SO SORRY.

WELL, THIS IS AWFUL!

[ Imitating Vivian ] OH, THAT IS AWFUL!

NOT AS AWFUL AS THAT FACE SHE MADE.

[ SIGHS ]

I'M SO RELIEVED MAMA DIDN'T BURN THAT PLACE DOWN.

NOW, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOUR MAMA

DIDN'T DO SOMETHING IN THOSE GREASE TRAPS

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT?

UNCLE FLOYD, STOP IT. YOU KNOW MAMA DIDN'T DO IT.

JURY'S STILL OUT.

COME ON, GRANDMA. JUST TALK TO ME.

GRANDMA, LOOK, WE SAID ‐‐ COME ON.

NOW, THIS AIN'T RIGHT.

DON'T Y'ALL THINK Y'ALL NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO ME?

I'M SORRY, GRANDMA.

ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO.

I'M SORRY, MAMA.

TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO.

TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO.

UNCLE FLOYD.

I HEARD HER.

I'M...

I'M SORRY.

YOU ALL KNOW GOOD AND WELL

I WOULDN'T BURN DOWN NOBODY'S PLACE.

AH‐HA‐HA!

YES, YOU WOULD.

OKAY, I WOULD, BUT I DIDN'T DO HERS.

WELL, I'M HAPPY YOU DIDN'T.

THANK YOU.

I'M NOT.

I WANTED THIS WHOLE PLACE TO MYSELF.