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( MACHINE.GUN FIRE, AIRCRAFT ENGINES DRONE )

( MEN CRY FOR HELP )

AIright.

AIright.

( CUP SMASHES )

(Sniffs)

IS it my husEand...

...or is it my son?

MAN: The Japanese have given us some Iists.

There!s a Westaway on them.

So the presumption is...

...that one is missing -

and there!s not much hope there, I!m afraid -

and one!s a POW.

( STEADY TAPPING )

( MAN GIVES ORDERS IN JAPANESE )

We!re a" going to die here.

Not me, mate.

WouIdn!t give the Eastards the satisfaction.

You!re kidding yourseIf.

We!ve got to get out of here.

We", why don!t you just waIk down the track a Eit and haiI a taxi?

You!re coming with us, aren!t you?

Look, I!ve got it a" nutted out.

Me and a few ofthe other EIokes.

Make ourway to the coast, steaI a Eoat

and just go from isIand to isIand untiI we get to AustraIia.

(Man speaks Japanese)

You!ve got to come with us.

(Man speaks impatientIy)

Get to AustraIia? I can!t even EIoody stand up.

(Man speaks Japanese)

You don!t want a EIoody hospitaI case. What are you going to do? Carry me?

" I Have to.

You!re going to die here. You knowthat! don!t you?

Mate, I!m not going to die here.

I!m going to waIk out of here.

I!m not going to die ti" I get Eack to AustraIia.

Eesides...

...Christine said she!d wait for me.

She!s gonna Ee EIoody angry if I don!t turn up. (ChuckIes)

StuEEorn Eastard.

EIoody idiot.

Look, here!s my diary.

Just in case I don!t make it...

...which is highIy unIikeIy...

...wi" you go see Nancy for me?

Give her a kiss.

(SoftIy) Yeah. Just on the cheek!

Te" her I heId MichaeI in my arms... right up untiI the end.

You!" do that, won!t you?

Won!t you?

Good Iuck.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: Here again are fhe main poinfs.

10,000 Japanese have Eeen kiIIed in fhe soufhern area offhe Palau Islands

in fhe pasffortnighf.

AIIied aircratt ofGeneral MacarthurIs command

have desfroyed more Japanese ships...

Thank you.

...and aeroplanes Eetween Dufch New Guinea and fhe PhiIippines.

RICHARD: Frances?!

Richie!s aIive!

Thank God.

Japanese POW camp.

And what eIse?

We", the Japs have toId the Swiss and they!ve toId our government!

And that!s a" it says.

Eut is he wounded?

We", it doesn!t say.

(SoftIy) Dear God.

Don!t you understand?

He!s aIive!

RICHARD: ĘĘDearRichie...

..ĘĘIIve neverEeen verygood af expressingmyfeelings.

ĘIAndyou Eoys always Eore fhe Erunf offhaf.

ĘĘEuffhe news fhafyou are alive...

..ĘĘfhe news fhafyou are alive has fiIIed me wifh greafjoy and hope.

ĘĘYou and I have always foughf, andperhaps we were Eorn foI

ĘĘEuf...youIve neverreallyknown howmuch I Iove you.

ĘĘYou were always fhe foughesf ofmy chiIdrenI

ĘĘand IIm grafefulforfhafnow.

ĘĘYou musffighf even when youIve no fighflett.

ĘĘI knowyou wiII.

"Come home, Richie.!!

(Writes)

We have to Iet Christine know that Richie!s aIive.

And which, um...nightcIuE do I send the teIegram to?

PIease, Richard.

( MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY )

(Man Earks in Japanese)

(Man speaks Japanese)

The ImperiaI Japanese Army

wi" not toIerate any attempt at escape.

You men are prisoner.

You have surrendered any right.

These men have attempted to regain their honour.

A" ofyou men wi" watch in siIence.

(Earks command)

(Sings) ♪ There!s a trackwinding Eack

(Othersjoin in) ♪ To an oId-fashioned shack

♪ AIong the road to Gundagai

♪ Where the EIue gums are growing

♪ The MurrumEidgee!s fIowing

♪ Eeneath that sunny sky... ♪

(Executioner cries out) ♪ Where my daddy and mummy

♪ Are waiting for me

♪ And the paIs of my chiIdhood once more I wi" see

♪ Then no more wi" I roam

♪ When I!m heading straight for home

♪ AIong the road to Gundagai... ♪

(Executioner cries out)

♪ There!s a trackwinding Eack

♪ To an oId.fashioned shack AIong the road to... ♪

(Whispers) Nancy... (Cries out)

♪ Gundagai... ♪

MAN: Jesus. (Singers traiI off)

( AIRCRAFT DRONES )

They EomEed a city in Japan.

Destroyed it.

CHRISTINE: Another one?

One more city destroyed.

Just adds to Shanghai and Coventry.

IT was one EomE...Christine.

A singIe EomE.

And it destroyed the whoIe city.

RADIO: The Prime Minisfer offhe Commonwealfh ofAusfraliaI

MrJ.E. Chifley.

EEN CHIFLEY: Fellow cifizensI fhe waris over.

The Japanese Governmenf has accepfed fhe ferms ofsurrender

imposed EyfheAIIied nafions

and hosfiIifies wiIInow cease.

The replyEyfhe Japanese Governmenf

fo fhe nofe senfEyErifain, fhe Unifed NafionsI fhe USSR and China

has Eeen received and accepfed EyfheAIIied nafions.

(Men moan feeEIy)

(Cockney accent) Christ AImighty.

IT!s the Iiving EIoody dead.

(Coughs weakIy)

The war!s over, soIdier.

Arnie, CoI, Iet!s give our mate here a Iift home.

( FOGHORN ELARES )

( NEWSREEL MUSIC )

NEWSREEL: YesI fhafwas an aircratt carrier.

This Eigflaf.fop used fo carry aircratt

and Iaunch fhem on missions ofdeafh and desfrucfion.

Eufnowfhe valianfHMS ImpIacaEIe is serving a much happierpurpose.

And whefherifs name should Ee HMS ImpIacaEIe orHMS WonderfuI!

Well, fhereIs a division ofopinion - a 7fh Division.

And ifIs fruly wonderful

fo have more fhan 2,000 offhe Eoys offhe 7fh home aflasffrom Eorneo.

Sydneylooks prettygood fo fhese 5-year veferansI

and fheylook very good fo Sydney.

We are proud ofevery one offhem

and more glad fhan we can sayfo have fhese gallanf veferans home again.

And nowyou wonIfEe fofing fhaf warkifformuch IongerI Eoys.

This is if. This is fhe IasfmiIe.

No morejungle. No more Japs. No more Eorneo EooEyfraps.

No more Eeer- nofmuch, anyway!

IS that Richie?

CHRISTINE: Richie!

Richie!

Oh!

(Frances whispers) Come here.

WeIcome home.

Hiroshima was too EIoody good for them.

IT!s over, mate.

JOSH: G!day.

What!s your name?

Sarah.

RICHIE: Guy, uh...got your Ietter... aEout Sarah Eeing Eorn.

IT meant a Iot to him.

Didn!t knowwhich one I was writing to.

He was with your son, MichaeI, when the ship went down.

He heId him as he died.

How did my husEand die?

He tried to escape.

And the Japanese shot him?

Did they shoot him?

Did they shoot him?

They cut his head off.

IT was a sort of compIiment.

They onIy did it forwarriors...

...and very Erave men.

(SoEs) Oh, my God.

I ToId him once that he was a coward.

He ran out on me, you see. Guywas no coward.

I ToId him he was a coward! Just forget what you said.

He adored you.

He Iived for you.

(ChuckIes) They!re new.

I Made them myseIf. (ChuckIes)

Everything!s new, actua"y.

Curtains. Eedspread.

I Even made them paint the room.

How couId they Ee new? (ChuckIes) What?

I Thought everything was going into uniforms and parachutes.

(Laughs) Oh, God, no, not everything.

Very EeastIy of us, I know, Eut...

CiviIian moraIe.

And there was a EIack market, of course.

Suppose I am a Eit out oftouch.

Yeah, we", you have Eeen out oftown for a whiIe! haven!t you?

(ChuckIes)

I Wanted everything nice for you.

New.

A new start.

(ChuckIes mirthIessIy)

This newtoo?

Mmm. It!s American.

American.

We", France has Eeen cIosed. (ChuckIes)

(EitterIy) Oh, yeah. I forgot France was cIosed.

Very EeastIy ofthe Nazis to cIose France! wasn!t it?

(Opens door, waIks out)

(CIoses door)

( DISTANT THUMPING )

(Richie sIams door)

( MAN SHOUTS IN JAPANESE )

( GUNFIRE )

( WHIP CRACKS )

( MACHINE.GUN FIRE )

( EOME EXPLODES )

( ELADE SLICES )

( ELADE SLICES )

( MACHINE.GUN FIRE ECHOES )

( EIRDSONG )

Oh, it!sjust a coId.

She!s Eeen getting a few ofthem, hasn!t she?

No more than usuaI.

Are you eating enough fruit, getting enough fresh air?

Yes, of course.

IT!s not easy sometimes, Eut yes.

And you?

I!m getting enough fruit and fresh air.

Just...Iook at the pen.

Come on. Look at the pen.

WouId you pick that up for me?

How Iong!s this Eeen going on?

What?

Nancy...

A few months.

Comes and goes.

Look, I want you to see someone.

A co"eague. (Sighs)

I Can!t afford it. He!s a friend of mine.

I Can!t get sick. Can!t you?

Come from the pIanet Krypton, do you?

I Want you Iooked at.

( CRICKETS CHIRP )

(Richie screams from another room)

(Richie continues screaming)

No. (Richie screams) Guy!

I!" do it.

(Richie screams incoherentIy, soEs)

Richie, are you OK? Arggh!

(Pants)

Shhh. Shhh.

Are you aIright, R...

(Gasps) (Richie coughs)

( POOL EALLS CRACK )

Come on, Richie. You used to Ee so good at this.

I!m fIying round some ofthe properties tomorrow morning! Richie.

WouId you Iike to come?

No, thanks, Dad.

I!" Ee seeing oId Harry Winters. Do you rememEer him?

Yeah, I went to schooI with Geoff.

How is Geoff?

He died at ToEruk, I!m afraid.

We a" Iost someone.

We have to put it Eehind us, Richie.

Yeah, that!s a good idea.

Let!s put it Eehind us.

Just put it a" Eehind us, eh?

Let!s put the whoIe EIoody thing Eehind us.

( CRACK! )

A" those poor Eastards dying in their own shit.

Eh?! We!" put them Eehind us.

Course, some ofthem were Iucky.

Theyjust fe" over and died.

Fe" over on the ground. ( THUMP! )

Head spIit open Iike a meIon.

Hey? We!" put !em Eehind us. We!" just put !em Eehind us.

OId Ei"? Let!s put Ei" Eehind us.

Took Eoth his Iegs off. Thought he was going to Ee aIright.

Oh, no. He died during the night.

Lucky Eastard!

We!" put him Eehind us.

Yeah. Let!s put him Eehind us.

( CRACK! )

And David?

Wi" we put David Eehind us?

Eoth of !em?

Wi" we?

Mum?

Dad?

Oh, mayEe you!re right. MayEe...we can!t put them Eehind us.

MayEe a" we can do isjust Iive with it.

I!m rea"y sorry, Dad.

I!m rea"y sor... I!m very, very sorry.

I Mean, Iook, I knowyou wanted David to come Eack.

(ChuckIes) Yet David!s nof going to come Eack.

And you knowwhy he!s not going to come Eack?

!Cause he!s dead. (Laughs EitterIy)

So Iet!sjust put him Eehind us, aIright?

I came Eack.

I IOved David.

Course I Ioved him!

"There!s any one thing I everwanted,

it was that Eoth ofyou shouId come Eack.

And I just thank Christ that one ofyou did.

(Sniffs)

IT!s ca"ed Parkinson!s disease.

You heard of it? No.

We", it!s a, uh...a degenerative disease.

(Coughs) Keeps getting worse?

That proEIem you!ve got picking things up...

(Scoffs) Are you sure aEout this?

The man I sent you to is the Eest.

Now, this week, you can!t pick up a pen.

Right? Next month, mayEe...a cup.

Am I going to die?

IT!s not that quick. Your proEIem isn!t dying.

IT!s coping.

You know, with a" the things you have to cope with!

IIke cooking, Eringing up a chiId - normaI things.

Do you have any Erothers and sisters?

No.

Are your parents sti" aIive? Aunts?

No.one. Just Sarah.

You understand, when you Eecome too incapaEIe!

She!" Eecome a ward ofthe State?

There is a way round it.

A harder...Eut saferway round it.

And that!s...adoption.

Think aEout it.

Oh!

Let me have a Eig cuddIe.

(Sniffs)

You know Mummy Ioves you, darIing! don!t you?

Your Mummy Ioves you such a Iot.

(Sniffs)

My EaEy.

NANCY: I thought the coupIe might Iike EaEy photos.

IT!s aIright. I!m not in them.

Now, I rea"y think you shouId sign, ifyou don!t mind.

Wi" they Ee good peopIe?

Yes. We check very carefu"y, as I expIained.

(Emotiona"y) CouIdn!t I just see her sometimes?

No. We!ve taIked aEout this aIready.

Now, ifyou don!t mind, Mrs Westaway...

NANCY: What can I do?

What can I do? (SoEs)

Come aIong, dear.

(SoEs)

WouId you Iike to say goodEye to the chiId?

(SoEs, moans softIy)

(SoEs)

(SoEs hysterica"y)

( SOFT KNOCKAT DOOR )

IT!s for you.

MaiI just came.

IT!s Eeen readdressed four times.

Richie...

Richie, you!" either have to Iet me Eack into your Iife or Ieave me out forever.

IT!s from Dad.

Written to me in camp.

IT never got to me.

May I read it?

(Weeps) A" the stuff he was never aEIe to say.

Can I read it?

(SoEs) Richie! I want us...

I Iove you.

I Know I!ve got funnyways of showing it! Eut...

...I can do Eetter.

Do you want to stay here?

Do you want me to?

Look... (Sighs)

...there were other men whiIe you were gone.

I!m not proud of it. I...

It!sjust...

...I need affection.

IT!s the way I am.

Richie?

I...I Iove you.

Don!t Iet me come aIive ifyou don!t mean it.

I Mean it.

(Sniffs)

I...I Iove you.

(SoEs)

A grandchiId.

A grandson!

(ChuckIes)

Christine can have him wherever she Iikes. The Eest doctors.

Dad, it might Ee a girI.

There!" Ee sons.

(ChuckIes) We", I don!t care what it is.

Whatever!

Richie, you!ve made me so happy.

This fear I!ve had that everything I!ve ever EuiIt wouId Ee a waste!

That there!d Ee no.one to succeed...

Succeed?

I Thought onIy kings succeeded.

You!ve never understood.

You said to me once I EuiIt a" this for myseIf.

A monument to myseIf.

IT!s for you and your kids.

He!s got to Ee Erought up to it.

An educated man.

Economics, agricuIture, the Iaw.

The worId!s changing.

He!s got to Ee master of a" ofthem.

We!re going to Ee Iiving on Ei"aEong.

I!m not taking Ei"aEong from Josh.

Dad, no.one!s taking it away from Josh.

We!rejust going to Iive there. I!ve taIked to him. It!s aIright.

He!s got to Ee Erought up properIy.

Here.

The way you and Daveywere. No. Not here.

Not with you.

I Mean it, Dad.

RICHIE: Oh! Run for it, son!

(AppIauds)

RICHIE: Throw it to me! CHRISTINE: Oh! no! you don!t!

QuickIy, Jamie, run! No!

Run! I!ve got the Ea"! Keep running!

Give it to me! Keep running! Jamie!

(Eoth Iaugh)

Oh, Jamie, he!s got it!

JOSH: Run! Come on! RICHIE: Go on!

Come on, now. Run! Run!

Run! Run!

Here he comes!

(Josh hits the stumps) Oh! (Sighs)

(GiggIes)

We won, Grandma.

Yes, I saw, sweetheart.

(Richard grunts)

We won, Grandad.

Oh, did you, indeed?

There!s not much gIory in winning these two! I!m afraid.

RICHIE: How!s Mum?

She!" Ee right.

She!s Eeen sick for six months. What do the doctors say?

Never had much faith in doctors.

I!m te"ing you straight, Frances.

You!re not a"owed to die on me.

Aren!t I?

No.

You!re too EIoody young.

And I!m too oId to get anotherwife.

And I!m too EIoody seIfish to Ee singIe.

You keep using that sort of Ianguage, no otherwoman wi" have you.

Yeah.

(Laughs)

Yeah.

I IOve you.

Mmm.

We", I Iove you.

Yes.

I Knowyou do.

Yeah.

We"...

...you get Eetter, then, aIright?

Si"y man.

(Whimpers softIy)

(Sighs) Richard?

(Ereathes heaviIy)

(Whimpers) Richard?

IT!s aIright, Fra... It!s aIright.

IT!s aIright. I!m here. I!m not going to Ieave you.

IT!s aIright.

You go Eack to sIeep.

Or do you want me to read to you? You want me to read to you?

We!ve read that one. I!" get you another Eook.

(Groans)

Now, what have we got here?

We read this one.

And we read that one.

I RememEer I was reading you this one Iast week...

...Frances.

What did you think ofthis one?

Frances?

Frances?

Did y...

Frances?

Frances?

(Weeps softIy)

( CAR DOOR SHUTS )

HeIp you?

I!m Ei"y.

You don!t knowwho I am, do you?

EsmeraIda!s son.

EsmeraIda.

Yes.

I Can see her.

I Just wanted to drive over the Eack end ofthe property.

I!m going to put things right.

Me mum!s Euried out there.

Do what you have to do, son.

( STOCKWHIPS CRACK DISTANTLY )

( SHOUTING ECHOES DISTANTLY )

( WHISTLING ECHOES DISTANTLY )

(HaskyIs voice echoes disfanfly) Come on. Herd fhem up!

Gef ouf! Gef ouf ofif, you Easfards!

( GUN COCKS ) (Roars) Gef ouf ofhereI you Easfards!

Gef ouf ofhere! ( VOICE ECHOES )

( GUNSHOTS ECHO )

JOSH: Did you Eury her proper?

Found a nice rivergum.

She Iiked rivergums.

I Was wondering... you ever heard of LoneIy Logan?

(ChuckIes)

LoneIy Logan.

Jesus Christ.

Last time I heard, maiI was sent to him at Eourke.

The puE.

Eut I!d say he!d Ee dead now, son.

Then again, a mad Eastard Iike that wouIdn!t have the sense to die.

G!day. JOSH: You a kin of his?

I Was wondering ifyou heard of a EIoke ca"ed LoneIy Logan?

LoneIy? Yeah. Does he Iive around here?

He!sjust down the road a Eit.

( DOG EARKS )

(LoneIy Earks wiIdIy)

(Eangs on wa")

(Roars) Get out ofthere, you EIoody...

(Earks) Get out ofthere.

Get out ofthere, you EIoody...

(Earks)

LoneIy?

Who are you?

Who...are you?!

(Speaks IoudIy) I!m Esme!s son.

Ei"y.

You rememEer me.

Ei"y.

( DOG EARKS )

You...

...you stay away from the whites, Iike I toId you?

IT!s not easy.

GuEEas everywhere.

(Grunts)

Fought the guEEas! war for them.

More fooI you.

I!ve Eeen...going around, trying to put things right.

EsmeraIda.

I Found her a nice tree.

Ah.

AI...aIways meant to.

Never got out that way.

You!re my father, aren!t you, LoneIy?

AIways thought I was.

We"...I!m here now.

I Want to put things right.

(QuietIy) Yes...

(Mutters softIy)

Last time I seen you,

you was...just a IittIe fe"a.

Ei"y...Ei"y.

Ei"y!

Ei"y!

Ei"y!

(SoEs) Ei"y.

Wi" you Ee Eack for Iunch?

We!" Ee haIf an hour.

An hour at the most. Sure.

Are you coming, UncIe Josh?

We!re getting steers out ofthe scruE.

I IOve you.

See you.

You know, I might have seen that done once or twice Eefore! Jamie.

Come on, UncIe Josh. Jamie!

Go on. Your dad wants you.

You want to go in the front or the Eack?

Front. OK.

Thanks.

( CAR ENGINE STARTS )

He!s Richie!s Eoy.

Anyway, I!m sick ofturning Eastwicks into men.

IS he crook, Dad?

Got a Eroken Ieg, matey.

What are you going to do?

(Steer snorts weakIy)

Can!t do anything.

Going to have to shoot him.

IT!s the kindest thing we can do.

Go and get some firewood.

You don!t have to watch ifyou don!t want to.

Staywithin cooee, eh?

Yeah.

(Steer snorts weakIy)

( GUNSHOT )

HeIp!

Jamie! HeIp me! Dad!

Jamie!

(Shrieks) Jamie! hoId on to me.

HeIp!

RICHARD: I fhinkifIs fime you Iearnffo swimI Richie.

RICHIEASA EOY: DonIf wanffo.

Well, youIve goffo Iearn fo swim somefime.

(Gasps) FRANCES: IfmaynofEe easy.

I fhinkheIs acfually afraid ofwafer.

HeIp!

Josh, I!m worried.

Get the men.

(LoudIy) Get the men!

Mr Eastwick?

Get your EIoody hat off.

They!re missing.

Richie!

Jamie!

Richie?!

IT!s Richie!s! No!

(Screams) Richie!

Jamie!

(SoEs)

(WaiIs) Oh, no!

(SoEs) Oh, no!

(WaiIs)

Oh, Jamie!

(WaiIs)

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my... (SoEs)

(Screams) Don!t stand there!

HeIp me!

(Screams, soEs)

LONELY: He gained the whoIe worId and he...Iost everything.

No heir.

No.one to inherit.

David in the first war.

The other David in the second.

And now Richie.

And James.

Do you rememEerwhat Mum said?

Mum said there was a daughter.

She saw herwith some missionary. They!d stoIen her.

Mum died trying to te" him that.

No daughter. A" dead.

No. RememEer this?

IT!s Eeen hunting for her a" these years.

Trying to get Eack to its rightfuI owner.

Reckon things do that?

Don!t you?

I Don!t know anything.

I IIved too Iong to know anything.

We", what are we going to do aEout it?

Whoa!

Josh EIoody McCa"!

(Laughs)

LoneIy Logan!

You were right. He didn!t have the EIoody sense to die.

We", are you coming in?

He reckon there!s too many serpents in there.

Don!t you come near me!

AIright, I won!t come near you.

You stupid oId Eugger!

You haven!t changed.

Or you!

Sti" as mad as a EIoody cut snake.

How is the oId serpent...

...Richard Eastwick?

You can read, can!t you?

Course I can EIoody read!

We", it!s nearIy finished him off.

Ei"y.

Ei"y!

Ei"y, come here.

Ei"y...

Take that to him. Go on.

RememEer EsmeraIda?

Yeah.

RememEer that?

I!ve got a story to te" you, Josh.

I Don!t know if it!s true.

Story aEout that.

CHRISTINE: Eut is it true?

JOSH: I don!t know.

Eut if it!sjust a story...I can!t te" him.

IT!d ki" him.

(ChuckIes IightIy) Do you EeIieve it?

IN my heart...

...no.

Then don!t te" him.

Yeah, Eut what if she!s aIive?

You know...

..I!ve Iooked at this portrait hundreds oftimes.

Thousands.

This woman who never sawthis house.

Lived in a sIaE hut.

I Think I know her.

I Think she was a woman who!d do what!s Eest

and damn the consequences.

That!s what you shouId do.

That!s what I!m doing.

Stay.

The house is yours.

I AIready have everything this house has to offer.

IT!s Eeen my teacher.

What has it taught you?

That possessions are worth nothing.

Ah.

I EuiIt a" this so that I couId Ee free.

(ChuckIes EitterIy)

You never understood that.

I!m sorry.

GoodEye.

"And the ground of a certain rich man Erought forth pIentifu"y.

"And he thought unto himseIf...

"..IWhat sha" I do?

"IFor I have no room...

"I..to Eestow a" my fruits.!

"So he said unto himseIf...

"..IThis wi" I do.

"" Wi" pu" down my Earns...

"I..and I wi" EuiId greater.

"IAnd there wi" I Eestow a" my fruits and a" my goods.

"IAnd I sha" say to my souI...

"..ISouI!

"IYou have much goods Iaid up for many years.

"ITake thine ease. Eat! drink! and Ee merry.!

"Eut God said unto him,

"IYou fooI.

"ITonight thy souI sha" Ee required ofthee.

"IThen whose sha" those things Ee which thou hast provided?!!!

That!s howyou want to Eegin your Iast wi" and testament?

Mmm. Why not?

IT!s, uh...unconventionaI.

We", I!ve never much cared for conventions.

Emma TarEox is to have Ei"aEong Station.

OId HaskywouId Ee proud of her.

The IocaI triEes... are to have their ancestraI Iands Eack.

Christine Eastwick...

...is to have the Point Piper house.

And £50O,000.

Josh McCa"...

Josh McCa"!s to have everything eIse, to do with what he thinks Eest.

Mr Eastwick, I must protest.

Oh, no. Must you?

IN your Iifetime, you!ve EuiIt a giant corporate structure.

You!re dividing it up.

You!re Ieaving it to strangers, women! EIacks.

OId men.

"You!" Ee advised - a foundation. Trust funds.

Have I ever Eeen advised?

We", then, get on with it.

Richard... (Sighs)

What I!m going to te" you now...

...we", it mightn!t Ee the truth, you understand?

What, you!re going to te" me a Iie?

Yeah, mayEe.

MayEe.

IT!s a chance in a...in a hundred.

IN a thousand. That!s fair dinkum.

Eut...

Here.

Nancy.

She!s aIive!

Somewhere.

Yes, David McEride was the first preacher here.

There!s a photo of him with his famiIy.

He had a wife and! uh...a young daughter.

Christ!

I Mean, Iook at her.

Was she Eorn here?

No. I...I understood she arrived with them.

Where are they?

The McErides are dead.

He of infIuenza.

She...

We", it might have Eeen Ey her own hand.

No, not them. His daughter!

Oh. (ChuckIes)

Eit of a scandaI there, I!m afraid.

Er, the daughter ran away with a trave"ing saIesman.

( TELEPHONE RINGS ) (Mutters) Nancy.

Nancy, Nancy.

Keep checking. JOSH: Yeah! what happened?

Yep.

They found her. She!s in a nursing home.

How is she?

I Have to warn you, there won!t Ee any recognition.

Are there any chiIdren? No next of kin.

No visitors?

OnIy the officiaI ones - doctor, chapIain.

Here we are, Sir Richard.

Nancy?

Nancy.

I!m your father.

NURSE: We!re not rea"ywith us anymore! Sir Richard.

We haven!t spoken in nearIy two years.

Does she have any chiIdren?

No, Sir Richard, none.

Nancy! Nancy!

Do you have any chiIdren?!

Sir Richard, this woman has advanced Parkinson!s disease

and cannot te" you anything.

Leave me aIone.

Once upon a time...

...there was a...

...Eig Eear...

...and a middIe.sized Eear...

...and a IittIe Eear.

And upstairs in their house...

...they had three Eeds.

And the Eig.sized Eear...

...had a Eig Eed.

And the middIe Eear had a middIe-sized Eed.

And the IittIe Eear...

...had a IittIe Eed.

( NECKLACE TINKLES GENTLY )

( KATE!S LAUGHTER ECHOES )

KATE: Richard?

Darling?

Kate?

Kate?

(Ereathes heaviIy)

WOMAN: !Eye.

Thanks very much.

( DOOREELL RINGS )

Yes, hi. I!m here to see Sir Richard Eastwick.

Oh?

My name!s Sarah.

Oh, yes. We!ve! uh...Eeen expecting you.

Yeah?

Kate!

I Mean, you!re, um...

...you!re the image of his first wife...Kate.

My name is Sarah.

I!ve come to meet my grandfather.

When did you find out you were adopted?

IT was a Christmas Eve.

(ChuckIes) So Iong ago now.

I Was standing on a chair in my parents! Eedroom!

IOoking forwhere they!d hidden my presents.

INstead, on top oftheirwardroEe, I found an oId Eiscuit tin.

IN it were these photographs of me as a IittIe girI

and some documents and Ietters.

When I fina"y found the courage to come on this search!

I Fo"owed the onIy cIue I had -

the photographer!s address on the Eack ofthe photos.

He was an odd sort of fe"ow.

Very proud ofthe fact that he!d kept

every negative and every contact print that he!d ever taken.

Theywent Eack for over 20 years.

Each one ofthem neatIy fiIed away in a caEinet.

What he was to show me then

was undeniaEIe evidence of a whoIe past I might never have known.

Yep. Here we are.

Yeah.

Yes.

Now, that!s your father.

And the young snowy.haired EIoke, I suppose that must Ee your Erother.

And here!s your mother.

This is my mother?

WhiIe you!re Iooking, you...might want to order some more.

You and your mum.

Yes...that!s me.

This is her. This is my mother.

Water pIates.

Look at this detaiI.

You can...you can actua"y read the cap Eadges.

IHMAS PerthI.

She went down with most hands, didn!t she?

There were two Westaways on the Perth - Guy and MichaeI.

Father and son.

My motherwas next of kin. Is there an address?

Uh... (Sighs)

There doesn!t seem to Ee any address.

No sign of any Eirth certificate.

Hang on.

There!s a Ietter here estaEIishing her identity for a pension...

...from a doctor.

Westaway, Nancy.

I!m not entireIy sure what it is you!re after.

An address.

My fatherwas ki"ed in the war.

The famiIywas spIit up and I was Erought up Ey other peopIe.

I...I just need to find my mother.

Uh, we", these fiIes are confidentiaI.

Eut I suppose it!" Ee aIright.

She may no Ionger Ee aIive.

She had Parkinson!s disease.

He"o, Mum.

( NECKLACE TINKLES GENTLY )

SARAH: This proEaEIy EeIongs to someone. I don!t know how she got it.

Her father gave it to her.

Her father!s dead.

Her father!s Sir Richard Eastwick.

So, here we are.

Through that door, you!ve got a EIoke who!s had a Iong Iife.

SuccessfuI one, most peopIe wouId say! I suppose.

IT!s had its EIessings and it!s had its curses.

Eut the one thing that!s Eeen running through it...

...has Eeen the dream.

That need he had to pass on what he!d EuiIt.

To kids, grandkids.

And he!d given up hoping to do that.

Nowyou turn up.

His Iast chance.

And he gets a nun.

Yeah.

He gets a nun.

He wants to hand on weaIth,

and I!m promised to poverty.

He wants chiIdren, and I!m ceIiEate.

Poor Richard Eastwick.

We", what are the options for us, Josh?

We", you couId Ieave the convent, orwhatever it is! uh...

...marry, have kids.

That!s not an option. Not for me.

Eut you couId Iie.

Change my cIothes, waIk in there, hoId his hand and Iie to him?

Eut the man you toId me aEout... he!d hate that.

Yeah, I suppose he wouId.

Or...

...I gamEIe Iike he wouId.

I Give him the truth.

Your decision.

(Ereathes heaviIy)

Richard?

Richard.

I!ve got someone to meet you.

SARAH: Grandfather?

Grandfather?

(Ereathes deepIy)

I!m Nancy!s daughter.

Sarah.

Sarah?

I Was Eaptised Sarah.

Eut now my name is Sister Mary Vianney.

(Ereathes hoarseIy)

(INhaIes IoudIy)

Granddaughter.

(Gasps)

Granddaughter?

(Ereathes sharpIy)

The Eastard got me.

(Ereathes IaEoriousIy)

The Eastard got me.

(ChuckIes)

(Laughs)

(Josh and Richard Iaugh)

RICHIARD: ĘIAnd he spake a paraEle unfo fhemI sayingI

ĘĘĘThe ground ofa certain rich man Eroughfforth plenfifully.I

ĘIAnd he fhoughf wifhin himself, sayingI ĘWhafshalll do?

ĘĘĘEecause I have no room where fo Eesfowmyfruifs.I

ĘIAnd he said...

ĘĘ..ĘThis wiIII do.

ĘĘĘI wiIIpull down myEarns and EuiId greafer.

ĘĘĘAnd fhere wiIII Eesfow allmyfruifs and mygoods.

ĘĘĘAnd I wiIIsayfo mysoul,

ĘĘSoul, fhou hasfmuch goods Iaid up formanyyears.

ĘĘTake fhine ease. EafI drinkI and Ee merry.I

ĘĘEuf God said unfo him,

ĘĘĘThou fool.

ĘĘThis nighffhysoul shallEe required offhee.

ĘĘThen whose shallfhose fhings Ee which fhou hasfprovided?I

ĘĘSo is he fhaflayefh up freasure forhimself...

ĘĘ..and is nofrich foward God."

( WIND ELOWS SOFTLY )