All language subtitles for Zurueck.aus.der.Hoelle.1989.GERMAN.DUBBED.DL.1080p.WEB.H264-TSCC_track4_[eng]

Left!

Left!

Left!

Platoon...

Halt!

Left face!

Ground your gear.

P.A.: Gentlemen,
you depart today

to fight the forces
of godless communism.

You men have been chosen
to be the leaders

in a fight that will
never be forgotten.

You are chosen.

Chosen because
you are the best,

because you are the meanest,

because you are
the hardest, fastest,

toughest sons of bitches
in the world,

and the Vietcong
is gonna learn to respect you,

or he is going to die.

You are going
to make him die

until he gives you
that respect.

The Vietcong is never
going to forget you.

America is never going
to forget you.

God bless you.

I love you.

America loves you.

You are the best.

You are the chosen.

Good luck,

and go with god.

Man: Where
the fuck are we?

Blue velvet, blue velvet,
this is night cross.

Code lz. Request medevac.
Coordinates 9-5-6.

Take cover!

Let's get the fuck
out of here!

Courage.

Courage to face the legions
of godless communism,

wherever they may be.

America used to be
god's light on this earth.

America was the world's
good samaritan,

and there was no place
on the globe

that an American
couldn't walk tall...

Proud...

Respected...

And safe.

But along the way,
our world has fallen,

and our dreams
have vanished,

and we forgot our place
in god's plan

for america.

Things need to be changed,

changed for the better,

and it's up to you,
the youth of america.

I congratulate you
on the achievement

of graduation
from high school.

May god bless
every one of you

because you are
the future of america.

Congratulations

to hopewell high's
class of '89.

Good luck.

And may you all find
your heart's desire.

Whoo!
Yay!

[Marching band
music playing]

Sam! Sam!

Mom, wasn't it
wonderful?

Aren't you
proud of me?

Honey,
hold the program...

Let me get a shot of
this grown-up woman.

All right now,
say cheese!

Oh, for god's sake!
I hate--cheese!

Here. Take her
for a minute.

You looked cute
as a bug up there.

I'm so proud of you!

Oh, Sam,

I wished your daddy had
been here to see you.

I think he was, mamaw.
I felt his eyes on me.

Grandpa!

Ooh. You're
fattening up.

You, too.

Hey, how are you?

Congratulations,
Lonnie.

Are you going to
Murray in the fall?

No, no. My brother's
the family college boy.

I'm just glad to be
done outta school.

Everybody's meeting
after at the lake.

You come pick me up.
Ok.

Sam, is that the boy
that won the game

over at libertyville
with all them jump shots?

Uh-huh.
That's Lonnie Malone.

Oh. That would be
Roy Bob Malone's grandson.

That's him.

His mom's
a cricklin.

Oh.

See y'all
at the lake.

All right. I'll come
meet you guys there.

Ok, everybody,
family group.

Excuse me, honey,
just move back here.

You don't want me
in this.

Well, now,
we declared everybody.

Now, nobody's everybody
without you, Mrs. Hughes.

Ok, all right,

Donna, let's see
George's little face.

Now, nobody's paying
for his back.

Wish you'd
come live with us.

I don't like to see you
stuck here with Emmett.

Oh, I can't just pick up
and walk away.

I put up with Emmett
for 13 years.

I think I deserve
a little happiness now,

so don't talk to me
in that tone.

Here we go.
Everybody ready?

1...2...
Everybody say...

Wait. Wait.
We forgot Emmett.

Emmett!

Come on, uncle Emmett,
come get your picture took.

This is history.

I'm not ready
for history.

You look
real good.

Oh, she's on me again.

Why does
she have to do that?

She ruins everything.

She's your mom.

She's just doing
her job.

Feel smart?

I feel like I could fly.
Now come on!

All right. Family portrait.
Everybody looking pretty.

1...2...

Late. Gotcha!

Bruce Springsteen:
* oh-oh-oh *

* I'm on fire *

* oh-oh-oh,
I'm on fire *

* oh-oh-oh,
I'm on fire *

* woo hoo hoo *

yeah! Come on, baby!

Hey! Whoo!

* woo hoo *

* woo hoo woo *

* whoo hoo hoo... *

Hi, Marlene.

Marlene: Hi!

Hi, belinda.

Belinda: Hi.

Lonnie says
his dad told him

they're hiring
at the tire plant.

Fuck the tire plant.

Uh-huh.

Fuck the tire plant
by all means.

Marlene,

jelly doughnut,
diet Pepsi, please!

You let her use
that kind of language

around you at home,
Emmett?

It's on the hbo.

You let her watch
hbo?

Hell, I don't let
my wife watch hbo.

You mind if I sit
next to you, Sam?

I swear I ain't smelled
nothin' sweet in weeks.

Uh-huh.

You can if you
show me your tattoo.

Emmett,
you dog!

You told her
my dark secret.

Well, I tell you,

you come on out
to my truck,

and I'll show you.

I wonder if anybody
ever tattooed

his own face on his chest,
like a face on a t-shirt.

Why would anybody
want to do that?

Well, so when
you get older,

people could see
how you started out.

That could be a lot
to live with.

Emmett,

what is your long-legged
little niece doing here?

What's her problem?

Earl.

I hear
they're hiring

at the tire
plant, Emmett.

Both: Fuck the tire plant.

Buddy mangrum
ain't comin'.

His little girl's
taken sick again.

Eggs over easy,
Marlene.

Bacon and a lot
of coffee, hon.

Marlene: Ok.

Her gut's all twisted
around on itself.

He blames agent orange.

Aw, hell.

He blames everything
on agent orange.

It wasn't
no big deal.

Did you get sprayed with
agent orange over there,

Emmett?

Why? Is something
wrong with Emmett?

Well, yeah.

He gets these headaches,
and he can't sleep.

Look,
he's got this rash.

Emmett, don't be macho
and pretend.

Well, now, I had a place
come up on my leg,

all kind of brown
and funny,

kind of like a bruise
on a banana,

but then
it just went away.

You don't reckon

it ate clear on down
to my bone, do you?

Ain't nothin' gonna
hurt you, Pete.

You're like that guy
on TV ate a bicycle.

Oh, that was on
that's incredible.

I saw that.

Well, it didn't
hurt him much.

He was going
to go up to Canada

and eat a helicopter.

If I had a car,

I'd drive Emmett down
to the v.A. Hospital,

get him checked out.

I got a car
I'll sell you.

Uh-huh.

Vw bug.

I'll fix it up
real good.

Now, 600 bucks.

That's what
I got in it.

I don't know where I can
round up that much cash.

You want a car?

Uh-huh.

I'll show you a car.

Look at that.

Wow! Jeez.

You see that
little thing there

looks like a ladybug?

Sam: Mm-hmm.

That's my old corvette.

My wife sold it
while I was gone.

The thing would be
a classic now.

Earl:
You got that right.

That's my house.

That there's
my street.

This is the county.

I tell you, I think this
could be the stupidest thing

I ever did in my life.

Nobody can eat
a helicopter.

You don't know
how to lie.

Hey, man,

keep it long
to the left.

Amen, bucko.

Think about
that vw, Sam.

Come on over

and take
a test drive--

teach me how to lie.

See you all later.

See ya.

Sam, now you come by
any time you want.

I got tattoos in places
you never even dreamed of.

Ha ha.

Woo-hoo!

That true what you
told me about Pete

chasing his wife
with a shotgun?

Nope. It was
her chased him.

Why?

Why

why does everything
have to have a reason?

Because it does.

Well, some things don't.
Some things just are.

Can't do nothing
about 'em.

Well, I don't
accept that.

Oh, you don't
accept that.

No.

Well, what's your plan
to deal with gravity?

Do you accept that?

How come
all the sudden

you got to know
about Vietnam?

What do you remember
when you think about it--

first thing?

Hey, Emmett. Hey, Sam,
you want to come with me?

I need to talk to you.

Hey, Lonnie.

Well, go on.

Go on, take her
out of here, Lonnie.

She's pestering me.

Boy, you're in a mood.

That's a good reason
to be alone, ain't it?

[Honky tonk music
playing on radio]

What's the matter
with him?

Oh, I don't know.

They all act like there's
some big, deep, dark secret

or something.

Why aren't
you at work?

I walked in there
this morning,

and I looked
in quinny's face,

and I thought
to myself,

"I do this
for 30 years,

and I'm gonna look
just like quinny,"

so I told him
"I quit."

You what?

He says, "fine,

because we don't
need you.

You're fired."

Wouldn't that
burn your ass?

Oh, so you just
up and quit?

Box boy. Hmmph.
That ain't for me.

I'd like to do
something outdoors,

where i'm
my own boss.

You're your own boss now,
all right.

So how come you started
hanging out

with Emmett's friends
over at the diner?

You know, I ain't
crazy about that.

I didn't ask you
to worry about it.

Those guys are still
back in Vietnam.

Ain't none of them
come to nothing.

Oh, shut up, Lonnie.

What do you think
they're gonna do,

snap and hold me
hostage?

Well, you know what
they say about Emmett.

Yeah, I know what they say
about everything in hopewell.

Yeah. This town
never shuts up.

You think I'm weird
because of Emmett.

Oh, god.
You're not weird.

You just think
you are.

Ohh.

You're only
about half-weird.

I got to find me a job.

I got to get a car,

otherwise
I'm gonna go nuts.

Oh, let me out, Lonnie.
I feel like running.

Hi, Sam.

Hi.

Oww!

I been thinking.

Good.

How old were you
when you went over there?

Old enough
to know better,

I guess.

Well, how old is that?

About a year older
than you are now.

Wow.

What do you remember
when you think about it,

you know,
the first thing?

There was these
little white birds.

They used to follow
the water buffalo around.

And there was one
for every water buffalo,

like he had a little pet.

These birds
would pick the bugs

off the buffalo's head.

Sometimes it would get
right inside of his mouth

and pick the bugs
right out of his teeth.

One time...

Yes, algebra.

There was this tree,

and it was full
of these white birds,

and a grenade blew it
all to hell...

And all these white birds
go flying out of that tree

just like it was snowing.

It was beautiful.

All these
beautiful white birds

just going about
their business,

and all this crazy stuff
going on around them.

Egrets.

They call them egrets.

I sure would like to see
one of them egrets again.

Woman: Sam?

I got everything
all ready!

Yeah, I'm coming!

Emmett, that's neat.

Is it numb?

I hope so.

Here. Can you feel it.

N-No.

All right.

Aah!

Got you by surprise.

Ahh.

Oh. Didn't hurt
that much.

If I had a car,

I could go
to paducah

and get it done
at the mall.

Person needs a car
to be free.

Ohh.

Think of the money
you're saving.

Is your mom
gonna shit bricks

over the second holes?

My mama's provincial
and misguided,

and my uncle lets me
do anything I want to.

Lonnie's slept over
3 nights

since he quit his job.

Man!

My dad would
shit bricks

if I did something
like that.

Gonna marry Lonnie?

I don't know.

Lonnie's not the main
thought on my mind now.

Oh, I gotta find a dress

to wear to his
brother's wedding.

Come on, help me
find something.

Man, look at this
old junk.

Man.

Oh, my god!

Great!

Is this your
mom's old stuff?

Uh-huh.

This is
like a museum.

I know. Look.
This was never in style.

Look at it. Whoo!

I wouldn't wear this
in the dark.

No, this is too awful.

Well, slap my thigh.

Oh, I do declare.

Oh, god. I have to
dig up some money

for a dress to wear
one time.

Look at these
old records.

Do you listen
to them?

No. My ma used to.

She'd sing along

in this real
embarrassing way.

It drove me nuts.

Who are country Joe
and the fish?

And now she's off having
babies in Lexington,

driving around
with the top down,

and the easy listening
on the car radio

with Lorenzo Jones.

Lorenzo Jones?

Mmm. That's what
I call her husband.

I guess she thinks
he treats her good.

I'm late.

That doesn't mean anything.

Well, how late?

2 weeks.

I've been this late
before.

Dawn, why ain't you
on the pill?

Jeez, I don't know.

Hey, who's this?

This looks like Lonnie,

only what's he doing
in a uniform?

That's my dad.

He was cute.

Yeah, he was.

He died over there
just before I was born.

I never knew
she had this stuff.

Oh, look
at these letters.

Oh, can we read them?

God, no!

Why not?

Well, I don't know.

Look at him.

He missed everything.

You know what I wish
we could do?

I wish we could steal

the keys
to your brother's car,

and we could drive over
to the paducah oaks mall

and we could
hang out in those bars

where the businessmen go

and dress up
in sexy outfits.

Yeah, we could wear
black leather pants

and pink sunglasses.

Bet we could get 'em
to give us money.

Ooh, for sex,
they'll pay anything.

Anything.

God, this town is dead
without a mall.

Yeah, I know it.

Shoot.
That's Kenny.

Does he know?

I don't even know,
do it?

I'm just late.

All right, I'm coming! God!

We're the baddest girls
in hopewell! Ooh!

"The guys were as excited
as I was.

I danced all--"

"I danced all around,

"and they poured beer on me.

I dreamt
maybe I got a baby boy."

Oh.

I really don't want
to name it darrel.

That was the name
of a guy in my outfit

who isn't with us anymore.

And I'd feel like
it was unlucky

to name him darrel.

Bill and Bob
are too ordinary.

My favorite name is Samuel.

It's from the Bible.

I wish you didn't have to
go through this by yourself.

Don't ask me to tell you
how it is here.

You don't want to know.

I guess if it's a girl,

you could call it Samantha.

Answering machine:
This is Larry...

And Irene...

Business is good...

Life is great...

And we look forward
to your terrific message...

At the beep! Ha ha!

Mom, I was looking
for a dress to wear

to Lonnie's brother's
wedding,

and I found daddy's
old letters to you.

Why didn't you take them
with you?

I mean, what kind of person
would just walk off

and leave something
like that behind?

If I loved somebody,

I wouldn't leave
their letters all around!

Why, I'd keep them
close to my heart,

and you ne--

you never even told me
he wanted a boy.

You never told me
anything!

I don't even know
how he died.

Emmett:
Get on home, Danny.

You're possessed
of the devil.

Mend your evil ways,
dog.

Ha ha ha!

God, Emmett, now,
that's the kind of thing

makes people think
you're mentally alienated.

Mentally what?

Alienated.

Is that
what I am?

In a nutshell.

Uh-huh.

Mm-hmm.

Do you know about these?

Irene left them here?

Yeah.
You read them?

She give them to me
a long time ago.

He writes like a kid.

Yeah, that was us,

a bunch of little kids
out in the jungle.

Didn't know diddly shit.

Hard to read.
What's a click?

And what's
a bouncing booby?

Bouncing Betty.

Well, what is it?

Cake recipe.

You ain't never
gonna understand it.

You don't want to.

Well, I want to know
about it!

I got the right.

Father: No, I haven't seen
any tigers or gorillas.

It's been raining steady
for 3 months now,

and everything is mud.

Seems like we've been
in country forever.

I can't tell you
what we're doing,

but every time we go out,

we push the enemy back
a little further.

I dream maybe I got
a baby boy at home.

I got your picture
I look at sometimes

so I know
it's not a dream.

It's you standing
by the Nash rambler.

It's black and white,

but I know you've got on
the red shorts.

The food's not that good.

I miss
mama's fried chicken.

I'm sick of beans.

The world's a dream,
now that I'm here.

Maybe when I'm home,
this will be a dream.

Father:
I've been making plans

for us to take over
daddy's farm.

We could build a new house
down by the pond.

Just you and me
and the baby.

I can't wait
to see a picture.

Hope he looks like you.

My favorite name is Samuel.

I guess if it's a girl

you could call it Samantha.

Car radio:
* high rollin' *

* I'm rollin' *

* I'm goin'-- *

When are you gonna fix
that thing?

Well, not tonight,
that's for sure.

There's
a tornado watch on.

Hey.

I'm making muffelatas,
y'all.

You want one, Lonnie?

I don't mind.
Have a beer, Emmett.

Ha ha. Where'd
you get that get

it's a joke.

I don't get it.

You know,
like klinger on m.A.S.H.

I still
don't get it.

Have a beer.

Where did you
get these?

Well, I got them
from the bootlegger.

I'm still sore about
what you said about Emmett.

I thought you liked him.

Oh.

You always acted
like you did.

I like him fine.

Now, how long
are you gonna go on

keeping house for him?

My ma wants me
to move in with her.

She's enrolled in psychology
up there in Lexington,

so now she's got
an answer for everything.

She wants me to go
to college with her

this fall.

Tell her she can't
go to school

with her mother,
Lonnie.

She'd be mentally
alienated for life.

What's that?

Mmm.

Take my word for it.
Come on and eat.

He's right, you know.

You can't go.

Both of us
want you here.

Well, so what are
you going to do

now that you know

you don't want to be
a box boy, hmm?

If you ain't got a family,

you shouldn't take a job
away from a man that does.

Wow, Emmett,
that's neat.

You got the unemployment
problem all worked out.

So you're a hero
by being a bum.

I ain't no bum,
goddamn it.

Just ain't gonna work in
no pollutin' tire plant,

that's all.

There's a job
you can do

without hurting
somebody.

You could be
a disc jockey.

Selling every damn thing
nobody needs.

Yeah, I'll be
a disc jockey. Good.

You been
at them letters?

What letters?

They were out of order.
Did you read them?

What letters?

Dwayne's letters?

My father's letters.
Yes!

It's ok if you did.

I wanted you to.

Yeah, I read 'em.

Eat your supper, girl.

Well, is that
what it was like?

Well, they don't
say much, do they?

Talk to me, Emmett.

Little stuffy in here.

It's the humidity.

No, it's not.

It's them letters!

Jesus.

It's really something
out there.

Socrates wore a skirt.

All your Greeks
and romans wore dresses.

It's healthy for a man
to wear a skirt.

He ain't all cramped up
and stuff.

Jeez!
Emmett, what--

just burn them
damn letters, Sam.

Just forget all about
that damn shit.

You're prying
into something

you ain't never
gonna understand!

It's just--

just leave it alone!

Well, what was in them
to make you feel so bad?

God, they're mostly
just love letters.

It's really
whipping up.

I best unplug
some stuff.

Man: Incoming, Emmett.
Watch your ass, buddy.

Damn it!

Emmett,
are you all right?

Yes, I'm all right.

My god.

What is this,
a tornado?

Did you pay your bill,
Emmett?

This ain't no tornado.

Well, it's something.

They don't have
tornadoes at night.

This is some kind of weird
climatic event.

Emmett!

Emmett,
get in here!

You crazy?

Lonnie: What is he doing?

Emmett, don't be
a damn fool!

Where you going,
Emmett?

Go for it, Emmett.

Emmett!

Go for it!

Show me!

Show me your face!

Emmett!

Get down!

Show me your face!

Not afraid of that.

Emmett.

Burn them
damn letters, Sam.

There ain't nothin'
in them for you.

What are you doing,
Emmett?

Morning,
Mrs. Hughes.

Look like you're digging
clear down to China.

What I'm doing
is excavating,

Mr. Hughes.

Very noble work.

Your Egyptians
and romans

were all great
excavators.

Pretty good builders,
too.

That storm hit
y'all last night?

A couple
of tree limbs down.

That old dog
about lost his mind.

Morning, grandpa.

Guess we'll have to
shoot him, I reckon.

Grandpa, don't say
things like that!

Oh, hi, Sam.

Hi, mamaw.

How you doing?

Here, help me with that,
will you?

I brought you
half a country ham.

I know you don't eat right.

Thanks, mamaw.

You having fun
down there, Emmett?

Basement's full of water.

If I don't find this leak,

the whole doggone thing's
going to come in on me.

You got no drainage,
the way these houses set.

They built all these
the same--

wrong.

I brought you a pie,

and we won't let
Emmett have any.

What did
Emmett do?

He doesn't treat you
right.

Oh! Look at that
refrigerator.

Ohh.

Oh, lord.

Rinse that off,
would you, Sam?

Ugh.

Ha. Y'all got a frog
in your ditch.

Water seeping
under the house

spawns all kinds of life,
Mr. Hughes.

Frogs.

Mosquitoes.

Tadpoles.

Mud daubers.

Dry rot, fungus.

Worms and snakes
of all types.

Emmett, I got a bone
to pick with you!

What's that,
miss Hughes?

Remember them hippies
you brought out to the farm?

They got stuck in their Van
trying to turn around.

And they just tried to bull
their way out of it.

And they plowed right
through my Rose garden.

Nothing grows there
to this day.

And they never said
they was sorry or nothing.

Miss Hughes,

that must've been
12 years ago.

It was April 14,
1972.

And then your mama
run off to Lexington

with one of them looked
like a wild hyena.

Oh, I don't remember him.

Now she's in Lexington again
with a different baby.

There's just something
about that girl

that has to wag a baby
off to Lexington.

Where in the hell
all them idjits go?

California, Mr. Hughes.

All the hyenas and idjits
went to California.

Well, remind me
never to go there.

Yes, sir.

I'd like to go
to California.

Emma!

Emma! I hate to tear you
away from your pleasure,

but we got to get them
pullets out of the sun

before they die on us.
Come on, let's go.

You going to marry
that boy

did all them jump shots
against libertyville?

Lonnie, the jumper?

Emmett, you know,

you look real good
with the sweat on you.

Sam, you come on out
and visit.

Sam: Not if you're gonna
shoot your dog, I won't.

Well, I guess
we won't do that.

Oh, bye, sugar.

Mamaw!

Come on, let's go,
Emma!

Come on out.
We got to fatten you up.

Get yourself in the car.
We got to get rolling.

Mmm! Sounds good.
Yum.

Will you please
close the door?

I want
out of here!

Bye, sugar!

Bye!

Bye, grandpa!

Are you?

Am I what?

Gonna marry Lonnie?

Can't pour piss
out of a boot, you know?

I don't know, Emmett.

How do I know
what I'm gonna do

until I do it? God.

Oh, Jesus, Sam.

Come here.

Do you know
that saleslady?

I think
she might know me.

Oh, thanks. Now she'll
think it's for me.

You're not pregnant
so it doesn't matter!

Oh, who the hell cares
anyway?

But I'm not gonna
pay for it.

Saleslady:
Thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

Can I get
a price check,

please?

On lambert-Warner
test kit #5068-a!

I don't think
it's this high.

Well, which one is it,

the pregnancy test
or the blood

the pregnancy!

The first-aid
pregnancy test!

5068-a!

$14.79!

Here's
your change.

It could be wrong.

W-We could buy
another one.

I'll pay for it.

Shit.

I always wanted this
to be a happy time.

Well...

Well, if it does happen,

we could go away,

and you could have
the baby in Florida

and we could both work
at Disney world!

Is that the right time?
I gotta go.

Cosgrove's
gonna murder me.

See ya.

Thanks.

Sure.

You missed Watergate...

E.t...

The Bruce Springsteen
concert.

God, you missed everything.

You were just a country boy.

And you never knew me.

Bruce Springsteen:
* hey, little girl *

* is your daddy home? *

* did he go
and leave you all alone? *

* mm-hmm *

* I got a bad desire *

* oh-oh-oh,
I'm on fire *

slow down there,
Sam.

* tell me now, baby,
is he good to you? *

* and can he do to you
the things that I do? *

* oh, no *

* I can take you higher *

oh, hi.

What?

* ...I'm on fire *

hi.

Oh, hi.

What are
you doing here?

I'm just passing by.

Well, I see you running
everywhere.

Where you going, Sam,
going so fast?

Anita, if I was
to ask you could--

if it's you,
you got to tell me.

If it's a friend,

you tell them
to come see me.

No crapping around.

I'm not handing out any
free drugs or advice.

Well, gee.

Who are you
going with now, Sam?

Oh, that boy who won
the libertyville game.

I don't know.

You don't know?

Lonnie's not
the main thing

on my mind right now.

I want to get Emmett
to a doctor.

What's wrong?

Well, he gets
these headaches,

and he's got
these rashes.

Well, you know
how he is.

And he gets these
crazy moods, Anita.

It's not just one thing.
It's a whole lot of things.

He'll never
look after himself.

He ought to get
his eyes checked.

I'm gonna get
some paper,

and give you the name
of a skin doctor

and an eye doctor
I want him to see.

Are you going
to the veterans' dance?

Nobody asked me.

You seeing anybody?

I'm dating a policeman
from Benton.

His idea of a good time

is to buy a 6-pack

and drive a truck
in a ditch.

And he's getting
possessive.

When they get that way,
I just have to get out.

Probably why I care
so much about Emmett.

He just didn't
give a damn.

That made me possessive.

I just had to have him.

Well, I'm glad to see

that you are taking care
of him.

Will you come over
sometime?

Mmm. "Said the spider
to the fly."

I'll get Emmett
to make lasagna.

Mmm...
I don't know.

Well, why?

Don't you like lasagna?

I like it...
Well enough.

Oh, come on over

and help me get Emmett
interested

in that veterans' dance.

I want to go in honor
of my daddy,

and I don't want
to go alone.

Well...

Maybe.

My mom never told me
anything about my daddy,

like what he was like,

what his favorite foods
were or anything.

My mama acts
like the Vietnam war

was back
in the dark ages.

It was the dark ages,
Sam.

Will you come?

We'll see if Emmett
remembers how to dance.

Your mama called
from Lexington.

She wants to know
what's the big idea

leaving that lousy message
on her answering machine.

I'm not ready
to talk to her yet.

What was the message?

Did you eat?

Ain't hungry.

Did you feed
moon pie?

Fed moon pie.

Did you go
to a doctor?

Anita gave me
some names.

Been to the damn
doctor's.

What'd they say?

Not much.

Did you tell him

about the headaches
and rashes?

Yeah,
I told him.

Can't they add
2 and 2?

Yeah, and higher
than that.

They know where
the bank is, too,

and where it ain't.

I don't get you.

That's ok.

Would you go
to these doctors?

I will if you leave me
the hell alone about it.

Boy, are you difficult!

I know.

Emmett:
There you go, Lonnie.

There's your future--

franchise medicine.

Sam: What, doctor?

Emmett:
Doc in a box.

Bob's big doc!

Very funny.

Oh! Mr. Smith.

Right this way.
The doctor's waiting for you.

Your order's up.

Go get
your whopper.

I'm going up to the lake
tomorrow with the guys.

Well, that's nice.

I need a little token
of your affection.

What for?

Well, they're having a big
stag party for my brother.

We all need
to bring something.

You let me have a pair
of your panties?

Black ones?

That's...

That's ridiculous.

What

well, it is.

Well, show you care
about me.

It'll make me think
about you.

Emmett: 63 bucks?!

Sam: Well?

Emmett: Well, what?

Well, what did he say?

Dr. Mcshaft?

Yes.

He tells me I gotta wash my
face 10 times a day.

Or perhaps
it is something I ate.

Or perhaps it is something
around the house

like an allergy.

Figured he was gonna
ask me about cats,

I told him
we didn't have any.

I was ahead of him
on that one.

Asked him how many lab rats
he had to kill

to figure all this out.

Did he give you
any medication?

He didn't give me
no medication.

He give me one of them
goddamned TV-doctor smiles

and says, "Mr. Smith,

I believe
it's all in your head."

I said,

"doc, tell me something
I don't know."

Well, how are you
gonna get it out?

Well...

There's gotta be a way.

Bruce Springsteen:
* oooh hoo hooo *

* oooh hoooo ooh *

* ooah ah hoooo oooh *

* oooh hoo hooo *

* ooah ah hooo oooh *

jumping Jesus,
girl!

Don't come up
on a man that way.

Sorry. I didn't mean
to sneak up on you.

I just wanted to take
a look at that bug.

Well...

Check it out.

Is that it?

Yeah.

Oh.

What do you need
a car for

if you run
all the time?

Everybody wants a car
so you can go places!

Sure you don't
want a dirt bike?

I mean,
it's a lot cheaper.

You can drive 'em
in the dirt, fall off.

It don't hurt much.

I put one together,
wreck it,

just put me another one
together.

Don't mean nothing.

Oh, everything
means something.

You always so serious?

Don't you ever feel

like the whole world's
falling to pieces?

And everybody's
just paying attention

to their little piece,

so nobody's doing anything
about what's really wrong.

Scares me.

What are you scared
is gonna to happen, Sam?

I'm afraid for Emmett.

Well,
Emmett's a character,

but he's probably
not easy to live with.

Did he find
his bird yet?

The egret?

Yeah. There's some eagles
down at reelfoot lake.

Nah, he's not looking
for eagles.

He's seen eagles.

He's looking
for an egret.

I know.

There are just
some things

we can't stop
thinking about.

I got a friend
who thinks he might snap.

Lonnie Malone?

Yes, sir.

Well, what do you think
Lonnie Malone

knows about anything
like that?

He'd need a map
to find the bathroom.

Y'all gonna get married?

No.

Heard you was gonna get
married in September.

Why don't
you get married?

In fact, why don't
any of the vets I know

ever get along
with women?

Well, ask Emmett.

Besides, I never said
I didn't like women.

Emmett says
you got wounded.

How?

Well, you see,

me and this piece
of shrapnel

tried to occupy the same
space at the same time.

See, sarcastic!
That's what I mean.

So hard to ever get
an answer to anything.

Sam, you might as well
stop asking questions

about the war.

Nobody cares.
Nobody gives a shit.

Well, I do.

My daddy died
over there,

and I want to know
what happened to him.

God, nobody will
tell me anything.

Well,
you weren't there,

so you can't
understand it.

Do you wanna take
a test ride or not?

Come on,
pump it some.

Women: * while
I'm far away from you *

* my baby *

* I know
it's hard for you *

* my baby *

* because
it's hard for me *

* my baby *

* and the darkest hour
is just before dawn... *

your daddy
was a good boy...

Not wild.

Him and your mama made
a good-looking couple.

I don't know much
about him.

Well...

He was the quiet type.

What did
he like to eat?

Everything that
we didn't have over there.

Did he like lasagna?

Boy, you know,

this music really
takes me back.

I used to like
white rabbit.

Women:
* ...Knowing you loved me *

* there's one thing
I want you to do *

* especially for me *

* and it's something... *

Bobby ray,

take that with you
on your ride there.

Watch your speed there,
Jackson.

They would take
one of these cards

and put it on his chest.

Like the Navy seal team.
They would do that, too.

This is the purple heart
right here.

These are Vietnamese--

Vietnam medals.

What's this?

That's the
bronze star medal.

What's it for?

It's for bravery,
I guess.

Is it yours?

Yes, ma'am.

Ho! Ho!
Ho chi minh, boys!

Hey, Sam.

Y'all know
my wife Cindy...

Corvette salesman.

This is Sam,
Emmett's keeper.

I wouldn't have the nerve
to wear all those earrings.

How do you do it?

I wouldn't
have the nerve

to chase somebody
with a shotgun.

You heard about that?

Ah, hell.

Sometimes you need
a little drama

just to get
some people's attention.

Yeah.

Hon, I got to take
this cheese log

over to the food table.

I'll get us some beers.

Bye.

Now, Sam,

don't you
be telling Cindy

I showed you
my tattoo.

Why? What will
she do to me?

Now, that ain't
the question.

It's what she'd
be doing to me.

Thank you, ma'am.

It look better than ham
and motherfuckers,

don't it, Earl?

Oh, I'll never
eat them again.

I can't go near

ham nor beans
of any kind.

Sue Ann
ain't comin'.

Why not?

Oh, she started
a Jesus diet.

She figured there
would be about a ton

of pies and cakes

and all that other
stuff she loves.

What's
a Jesus diet?

Oh, sue Ann made
a pledge to Jesus

to lay off
the calories.

You can cheat
on yourself,

she says,

but you can't cheat
on Jesus.

But she didn't want to test
her faith tonight.

Well, the truth be told,
she didn't wanna come.

Hell, I almost didn't
come myself.

'Cept this is the first
kind of recognition

the town ever gave.

Hell, we didn't even
get a parade!

Did you go to the Vietnam
memorial in Washington?

That damn hole
in the ground?

No, I did not.

See, that's like
living in the past.

I ain't interested
in the past.

I'm living
in the future,

not back in some war
we couldn't win.

Correction.

A war they
would not let us win.

Hey, listen.
Listen to me, man.

We could have paved
that motherfucker over,

put a McDonald's
right in the middle of it

if they
would have let us.

If Johnson
had declared war

and stopped lying
to the goddamn country,

we could have.

If he declared war
like he should have--

see, that's
what I mean.

You still wanna
win the mother.

It ain't about that,
Earl.

This is sickening.

Look at all these
flags and pictures.

Why have all this?
This is stupid!

Hey!

Lay off it, Earl.

Lay off it?

You better watch
yourself, Earl.

Old Pete here may whack you
with his cheese log.

Anita: Emmett Smith...

How the hell are you?

Anita!
Anita!

Hey, y'all!

You look like
a Kentucky red bird.

And I am flying
tonight.

Sam, you look
darli--

oh! I love
those earrings.

Well, yours are cute,
too, Anita.

Thank you.

Why, Emmett,

you just are nesting
right into the floor.

You wanna dance
before you grow roots?

No.

Sam:
Come on, Emmett.

Stop it, now.

Come on. Go on.

Come on, baby doll.

Martha Reeves and the vandellas:
* dancin' in the street *

* all we need is music *

* sweet, sweet *

* sweet music... *

what the hell
you laughing at?

I'm laughing at you,
Emmett. Hee hee hee!

* they'll be swingin',
swayin' *

* and records playin' *

* dancin' in the street *

* ohh *

* it doesn't matter
what you wear *

* just as long
as you are there *

* so come on... *

go, Emmett, go!

* grab a girl... *

oh, hi.

Hello, there.

I'm glad
you could come.

I was beginning
to think

you weren't gonna
make it.

I almost didn't,
but, uh...

Where's
your boyfriend?

What boyfriend?

I got my dancing
shoes on!

Whoo!

Uh, maybe later, Sam.

I'm feeling a bit stiff.

I'll get you something
to drink.

* ...In the street *

* Philadelphia, pa *

hey ya, Sam.

Hi, Pete.

Hey, well, come on,

let's give your
dancing shoes a workout!

Whoo!

* all we need *

* is music *

* sweet music *

I can't keep Pete
away from Earl,

and Earl's just
looking for a fight.

Does Earl drink
a lot?

He shouldn't
be drinking at all.

He's got liver
trouble.

Those earrings
are so cute.

They remind me of what
they did over there.

What?

Oh, you're probably
too young to know this,

but they cut off the ears
of the Vietcong they killed

to prove that they did it.

They brought 'em home
as souvenirs.

Pete had some
in a glass jar.

They're like
little mouse ears--

kind of sweet-looking.

I didn't think
about it for years,

and then one day,
they got to me.

So I made him put them
in the garage

where I wouldn't
have to look at them.

Did you collect ears
off the dead?

Where'd you hear
about that?

Well, did you?

Some guys did.

Did you have a girl
back home

who wrote you
sexy letters?

Yeah, yeah.

Is it anybody I know?

No.
Not from around here.

It was ok. I...

She wouldn't have fit
into my story anyway.

What is your story?

Earl: You are not adjusted!

Oh, god!
There goes Earl!

You need
professional help!

Don't tell me
professional help!

Now, come on,
you guys!

You guys, stop it now!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Hey!

Hey!

Come on, come on.

Hey!

Let go.

What the hell is
the matter with you?

Turn him loose,
Tom.

All right, buddy?
Huh?

Hey!

You all right there,
killer?

This is bullshit.

Ruining a pretty
good party, too.

I want both of y'all
to shake hands.

Go on.

Shake his hand,
Earl.

Yeah.

Woman: Aw.

Thanks.

Well, let's, uh,

let's get the music
started over there.

You know I could
have killed you.

Give them a beer
there.

I really could've.

Vinnie, glad you
could come down.

Some people
showed up.

Clovis.

* no one to talk with *

* all by myself *

* no one to walk with *

* but I'm happy
on the shelf *

* ain't misbehavin' *

* savin' my love for you *

* now I know for certain *

* you're the one I love *

* I'm thru with flirtin',
just you I'm dreamin' of *

* ain't misbehavin' *

* savin' my love for you *

* like Jack horner *

* in the corner *

* don't go nowhere *

* what do I care? *

* your kisses *

* are worth waiting for *

* believe me *

* I don't stay out late *

* I don't care to go *

* I'm home about 8:00,
just me and my radio *

* ain't misbehavin' *

* savin' my love for you *

W

Hell, it's not you,
Sam.

It's me.

I shouldn't have
brought you here.

You--you didn't
bring me here.

I made you bring me.

Did--did I do
something wrong?

No.

It's just me.

You see...

My mind takes me
where I don't want to go.

That ain't your fault,
Sam.

It's just me.

Would you hold me?

Just--just stay
real close.

Thanks for everything,
Jim.

I thought
it went real well.

Well...

I thought more would come.

Hardly anybody showed up
that wasn't in country.

People just don't care,
I guess.

Far as they're concerned,
Vietnam never even happened.

Make sure you take your
daddy's picture with you, now.

I'm not responsible
for that.

Well,
thanks again.

See ya.

Emmett!

Emmett!

Emmett?

Emmett!

Damn you.

I enjoyed myself.

See its good to pray
every morning.

Ok, try to come
Wednesday night.

Y'all come back

to the Wednesday night
prayer meeting.

[Country music
on car radio]

So there you are.

What are
you doing back?

Get in.

We had to cut
the weekend short.

We had a real
high time

at the stag party,
though.

What I remember
of it.

Your panties
was a real hit.

Oh, great.

Did you take pictures

and did you pass them
around?

Come on, Sam.
What's going on?

Oh, Emmett's turned up
missing for 2 whole days.

And I'm tired
of taking care of him.

Truth is,

I'm tired of everybody's
troubles.

Here.

Radio:
* ...She was quite a catch *

* yeah, I showered her
with hugs and kisses *

* till she wrap-- *

well, what's this?

It's your
friendship ring.

Well, I know that.

What does it mean?

I don't--

it means I'm confused.

If you're wondering

why I'm not throwing
a shit fit over this,

it's 'cause I don't
believe you mean it.

You're just--you're just
acting crazy again.

You know what I'm going
to do with this ring?

I'm going to throw it
in the lake

'cause I don't want any
other girl wearing it.

Do you hear me?

Want me
to take you home?

You can take me home
if you don't hate me.

I don't hate you.

* if the lonely night
surrounds you *

* yeah, you're weighted
down by gloom *

* no, you don't like
what it feels *

* in your dark
and dirty room *

* it'll be easier
in the morning *

* it'll be easier
in the day *

Moon pie.

Where is he, moon pie?

Go on! Go find him!

Emmett?

Emmett?

Jesus, Emmett.

You didn't have
a heart attack

and die down here,
did you?

Sam?

Sam?

Mom!

Sam, what are you doing?

I'm looking for Emmett.

Honey, I got him
in the car with me.

Come on out of there.

I just wanna look at you.

Well, why didn't you
call me?

You must've known
I'd be worried.

He showed up at my place

in the middle of the night,

so drunk, he was about
to pass out.

God, I've had to put up
with this

ever since
we left Lexington.

Hi, there,
you little fatty head.

Guy in a pickup
left him off.

Don't cry. I know
you're hungry, baby.

Larry was asleep,
and I was watching

invasion of the body
snatchers.

Did you see that?

The new one,
not the old one.

It was real strange.

I never got to see
how it turned out!

They all get
snatched.

Well, seemed like
it was headed that way,

but it didn't
seem right.

Just had to Pierce
them ears again,

didn't you?

Look at this house!

It's a dump.

I should sell it.

Be happy if I never
saw it again.

But don't you want
to see me?

Not if you gonna leave
hurtful messages

on my answering machine.

Did you read
those letters?

Every one.

What did they say?
I forget.

Sam, I was married
to him for a month

before he left,

and I never saw him
again.

I hardly even
remember him.

Well, if I loved
somebody,

I'd Cherish everything
about them forever.

Well, life goes on.

Mamaw's got some diaries
of his if you want them.

Didn't have the heart
to read that diary

if you want the truth.

It hurt too much.

Now it doesn't matter
the way it does to you.

That baby's hungry.
Yeah.

Can you tell me
how he died?

Oh, they don't
tell you that, Sam!

They just say
in the line of duty

or some such.

They don't want you
to really know.

I want you to come up

and go to college
with me.

Got to register
by next month

or you lose your chance.

What's Lorenzo up to?

Do you have
to call him Lorenzo?

Larry's
with his brother.

He promised
he'd help fix the roof.

I don't see
what keeps you here.

Still seeing
that basketball boy?

Y'all telling stories
on me again?

Emmett! You gonna
explain yourself?

Anita and me were
both worried sick.

Anita Stevens?

She on the loose again?

Well, sir...

I believe my body was
entered into by aliens,

and I was transported.

Ugh. Stinky baby.

No, i--i mean it.

I was gonna call
the national enquirer.

I was materialized

right on Irene's
doorstep.

She rescued me,

so it wasn't such
an unhappy ending.

Yeah. Will you
listen to him?

Sam, are you sure

all those bodies got
snatched in that show?

Usually they think
of a way out of it.

Nobody got saved.

Goddamn it, Emmett!

Why can't you ever
tell a straight story?

Well, there ain't
nothing to tell.

Anita and me
and Pete and Cindy

met up at the McDonald's

and messed around
over there for a while.

A little later,
I ran into Earl.

He said he was going
up to the lake,

he had a 6-pack

and piece of a bottle
of Jim beam,

so I said what the hell,

I didn't know he was
gonna stay there a week,

so he dumped me off.

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
th-that's all, folks.

Ha ha ha.

Where's moon pie?

He went out
looking for you.

Ha ha ha.

Why don't you go
get washed up?

Ahem.

Let me make up
your bed for you.

You don't wanna
drive back tonight.

Well, thanks, hon.

You're a stinky baby.

Are you a stinky baby?

Yucch!

Look at this place!

Oh, god, Sam...

I wish you'd
clear this all out

and have
a yard sale.

Oh, god.

What did you do

with the flag
on his casket?

God.

Emmett made a cape
out of it.

That's when Emmett's
crazy friends were here.

I was so mad at him.

That friend of Emmett's
you went to Lexington with?

Mm-hmm.

Well,
did you love him?

I thought I cared
for him at the time.

Everybody was mad
at me, like they thought

I should stay
an old maid forever

in memory of your daddy.

Emmett
was pitching fits.

Well,
grandpa went to war,

and, well,
he never came back

all twisted
out of shape.

Well, that war
was different.

Sam, those were just
different times.

Oh, there. There.

Oh, oh. Yeah.

There.

Listen, Sam.

Larry has a friend
that was in Vietnam...

And he killed a whole family
of people in a hut.

Don't want it, baby?

A mother, a father,
3 children,

some uncles and aunts,
and a grandmother--

he killed
every one of them.

And he said
it took 2 years

for it to hit him
what he did,

but it worked out
that all he could do

was live his life

in the most
productive way.

He's married.

He's got kids.

He's joined the church,
and he tithes.

That's all he can do.

Did daddy kill
like that?

I don't know,

but it wouldn't
be unusual if he did.

That's what they were
sent there to do.

Sam, come here.

Oh.

Don't let them
load you up, baby.

I had a lot of years
with Emmett

to think about this.

You don't owe anybody
anything

just because
they love you.

No.

Hi, Tom.
This is my mom.

Is my car ready?

How you doing?

All right.

Is that it?

$600?

Is it ok to drive?

Mom!

Well, I overhauled
the transmission myself.

I guarantee it.

Now, she don't have
to buy it

if she don't want to.

Well, I didn't mean
to infer anything.

It's just not
what I expected.

Oh, mom,

it's exactly
what I want.

Well, all right.

Thank you!

Let me get the papers.
I got them all made out.

Do you go out with him?

God, mom.
What a question.

I hope it's just
a passing fancy.

He's too old
and too full of trouble.

How can you
see that?

I just do.

Oh, god,
I'm gonna be late.

Larry's gonna throw
a shit fit.

Sam...

You don't have
to live with me

to go to college.

I mean, you don't
have to move

'cause
I bought the car.

Just come up
and visit.

Thank you. Ok, mom.

All you got to do
is, uh, sign it.

Nice to meet you,
Tom.

Tom: Mmm.

Careful now, hear?

Yes, ma'am.

Drive safely.

I will.

All right.

Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.

Bye.

Bye! I love you.
Bye. Love you.

Uh, the keys
are in the car.

Here's your
pink slip here.

So you want to take
a test ride

and check me out?

Uh, your boyfriend
might see us.

Oh, well,
I got rid of him.

Why are you giving me
such a hard time?

I had a good time
the other night.

I think you just need
to get used to me.

You drive careful,
you hear?

[Honk honk
honk honk honk]

Dawn!

Yes! Yes!

Oh ho ho, yes!

Oh, my god!

When'd you get it?

Got it today.

Oh, it's beautiful.

And convertible, too!

Did your mama
really buy it for you?

Uh-huh.

Let's paint it pink.
Paint it pink!

Yeah! Awoo!

Yes!

Awoo!

So you like it?

I love it!

What's the matter?

Oh, I don't wanna
talk about it.

Sorry. I'm even sorrier
'cause I've got good news.

Oh, you got
your period?

No.

I finally got up
my courage,

and I told Ken
about the baby.

At first
he was real shocked,

but then...

Sam, he's happy!

Dawn, you didn't plan it.
You didn't want this baby.

What are you gonna tell it
when it grows up,

that it was an accident?

Babies should be born

because
somebody will love it

and because
they want a baby, not--

no, I want it!
Ken wants it!

Dawn, if I was you,

I'd get an abortion
for your own good.

I--I'm just gonna pretend
I didn't hear you say that.

God, I couldn't do that.

Listen, I'm happy, Sam.

I'm--I'm happy.

Can't you just be happy
for me?

God, dawn. Yeah.
I'm sorry.

I didn't mean it.
I really didn't.

God, I was thinking
about myself.

Listen, you be happy,
you hear?

I worry about you, Sam.
What's gonna happen to you?

Hi, aunt Donna!

Mama!

Mama!

It's little Sam.

Hi, grandpa!

Hello, Sam.

How you doing?

Them chickens
looking good?

How you been, honey?

Where'd you get
that thing?

Oh, my mom got it for me.

How's mamaw
and aunt Donna?

They're fine.
Come on, get in here.

Donna: Are the biscuits
ready yet?

I've got the chicken,
Donna, you get the rest.

Joe, tell Sam about Dwayne.

She's here wanting to know
more about her daddy.

I remember

when Dwayne first brought
your mother out here.

She was a skinny little
squirt like you once was.

That was just
after I was born.

I used to get
so tickled at her.

She come out here once,

and she brought a kite
with her.

And if she didn't run out
in high heels in the Meadow

and fly that kite,

I'm not here.

Ha ha ha!

Did he love her?

Well, he was young.

And when
you're young,

you don't know what
you really feel,

but I saw
how she felt

when the news come.

'Cause she was
carrying you, Sam,

she was big
as a barn.

Was there
a big funeral?

It was a closed casket.

They told us
not to open it and look.

And that was very hard,

'cause you're supposed
to prepare the body

and watch over it.

It's something
that brings you together.

But it was like
he wasn't there

because
we couldn't see him.

And the neighbors
started bringing food.

I tell you,

they just kept on
a-bringin' things to eat.

Lutie Cunningham
brought a whole ham

and a gallon
of potato salad

and 3 pies.

In a way,
it was a relief

when we got the body
in the ground.

They wrote

and told what a help
he was to his country.

It was like we never really
got to watch over him,

but it was
a closed casket.

Why don't we go

to the monument
in Washington,

see his name
at the wall?

You know, I've seen
pictures of that.

I thought about it.

Well, why not?

Oh, I couldn't do that
at my age.

Joe's been everywhere
in world war ii and all,

but I've never been
out of my time zone.

Pass the gravy,
will you?

Oh, j--

well, mom said
you had a notebook

or a diary or something
of daddy's.

You want that?

Well, yeah.

Well, it ain't personal,
you know.

It's troop movements
and like that.

Not loving,
like his letters.

Well, I don't mind.

I don't have the
slightest memory of him,

my own brother.

Ain't that a shame?

Everybody always thought
it was something

that Dwayne
left you behind

on earth for us...

Like a gift.

Be present
at our table, lord.

Be here and
everywhere adored.

These creatures,
bless and Grant

that we may feast in
paradise with thee.

Amen.

Amen.
Amen.

Now, you didn't get
any Greens, Sam,

for goodness sake.

Dwayne: No mail today.

No cigarettes.

Raining.

July 5th.

Hotshot says
we're getting closer.

Hands cracked and bleeding.

Depressed,

but a letter from Irene
got me out of it.

Baby kicking strong.

Shelling at dark.

July 6th.

Walkin' point all day.

Like hunting rabbits.

Miss those
great fall days...

Autumn leaves,
change of seasons.

July 7th.

Eddie looking for trouble.

Volunteered to walk point.

He's solid black
and real quiet.

Hotshot says
he wouldn't say shit

if he had a mouthful.

July 8th.

Hotshot in a rage.

He works us
like a team of dogs,

but if hotshot
didn't get so mad,

we wouldn't be
as good as we are.

July 9th.

Burned hooches.

Pregnant woman
didn't want to come out.

Hotshot made darrel
pull her out

before she burned up
with the house.

I pray Irene and babe ok.

I try to play
that she's here with me,

but when I get her
in my mind real good,

she floats away.

I wouldn't want her here
to see this.

July 10th.

Found a dead gook
under some rotten leaves.

Interesting to see
the body parts broken down,

like in biology.

Bobby g. Stirred a stick
around in it,

and some teeth fell out.

Darrel take him one
for good luck.

July 11th.

Daddy's birthday.

Thinking about home.

July 12th.

Face to face with a vc.

I won.

Clean head shot,
back of his head gone.

Picture of his babies
in his pocket.

Easier than I thought.

Take cover!

Let's get the fuck
out of here.

Aah!
Aah!

[Men speaking
Vietnamese]

Dwayne: When I get back
to the world,

this will be a dream,

but now...

The world is a dream.

Hotshot says
we're almost there.

Oh, god! Emmett!
What are you--

what are you doing
out here?

Humping the boonies.

This ain't Vietnam.

It's just some swamp

for boy scouts
to get lost in.

How'd you find me?

It was just like you.

I knew you had
that diary.

Did you read it?

The way he talked
about them gooks

and that killing--

I hated it.

I don't like him
anymore.

You don't like him
anymore?

That's so fucking weak.

Who are you
to say that about him?

You know, when I...

First come back here,

and I looked around
at everybody,

it made me remember
how in country,

every second
you was on guard,

or you died.

It made you keen.

It made you sleep
with your eyes open.

Every cell in your body
was awake,

full of electricity.

That was being alive,
see?

Then I come back here,
and I look around,

and what I saw was how weak
everybody's game was.

You might not like him
anymore?

Who the hell are you
to judge him?

I tell you something, Sam,

when your best buddies
are getting shot to hell,

it feels pretty
damn good getting even.

I don't wanna
hear about it!

Yes, you do.

Yes, you do.
You wanted to know.

You've been at me,
and you've been at me,

and now you can
damn well listen.

When everybody
you care about--

even just a little--

gets killed...

One after the other,

sometimes
just in a big pile

of broken bones
and blood and guts,

why, after a while,
you--

after a while,

you just don't care
anymore.

Because if you do,
if you let yourself care,

if you let yourself
make a friend,

then that person's
gonna get killed, too.

So after a while,
you just quit feeling.

You understand that?

Huh?

You understand that,
little girl?

Here you are walking
around hopewell high,

wondering whether somebody's
looking at you the right way,

or am i--

shit.

And they're all still alive.

You know that?

In my head.

They're all sitting
around a village

that's all burned out,

eating ham
and motherfuckers,

waiting for the huey
to come evacuate us.

They got a dead vc
propped up against a hooch

with a cowboy hat on

and a cigarette stuck
in his mouth.

They're wondering
"where's old Emmett?"

"How's he doing
back in hopewell?"

And they're wondering

why I ain't out there
with them.

They're waiting for me.

I'm just hanging on here

with every bit
of strength I got.

Christ, it exhausts me.

I ain't got nothing left...

Not for you or Anita
or anybody else.

There's something wrong
with me...

Like there's this hole
in my heart,

like there's
just something missing,

and I can't get it back.

It's out there with them.

I'm already half-dead.

I still can't
get used to the way

you 2 whooshed
in there at home

and triggered me off
on this trip.

I'm sorry your grandpa's
back was up,

but he'd have worried
about the wheat anyway.

It was getting
near ready to cut.

For what, I don't know,
with the market prices.

Sometimes I think Dwayne

is almost better off
out of this.

And he'd have been
a farmer like his daddy.

If you could
do it over,

would you have sent
Dwayne

to Canada instead?

Oh, Sam, people don't
have choices like that.

Besides, he did good
for his country,

and I take comfort
in that.

What good did he do for
his country?

Emmett said they all died
over there for nothing.

Well, Emmett can talk.
He didn't die.

That's right,
Mrs. Hughes.

I'm alive...
And horrible.

Emmett, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to step
on your feelings.

I just had to say
how I feel.

Emmett...

Emmett, can you look
for another station

on the radio, please?

Emmett, my legs
are killing me.

I need to take
another pit.

Could you start looking
for a place to stop...

Where there's barbecue?

I didn't feed us enough
at breakfast.

Hold on, hold on.

Oh, lord. My knees!

Oh, lord.

Open the door.

Take it easy.
Get out of there.

She's driving me crazy.
I'm gonna scream!

She ain't never been
nowhere before.

You know that, Sam.

She's just
driving me nuts.

Oh! My god!

Pardon my French,

but if it isn't

all my favorite people
in the world!

Hi, mom!
I missed you!

I don't believe it.

Hi, Emmett.
Come on in.

I don't believe it!

Oh, don't bother
with that stack.

Larry's out of focus
on most of them.

That's a good one
of all of us.

I like that one.

Oh, that's a good one.
Can I have that one?

Oh, honey,
take what you want.

Larry got double prints
on a special.

Oh!

Are you--you sure
you won't come with us?

Oh, I don't...
I don't think so.

You do it.

Emmett:
Anybody want another beer?

Not for me.

Is Emmett with
Anita Stevens again?

Well, Emmett doesn't know
what he wants,

but Anita sure does.

Mrs. Hughes,

have you thought about going
through colonial williamsburg?

I've never been so far
from home in my life.

It's too late to do that
in my old age.

Oh, now, you're not old,
Mrs. Hughes.

Well, I'm 58,

with 20 years of worry
tacked on to that.

You're as old as you feel,
Mrs. Hughes.

Ah.

Well, did you tell her yet?

Yeah, I'm going to.

Well, go on.

I will!

Mom, can I move up here
and go to college?

Larry: What did I hear
over there?

Oh, Sam!

That's the sweetest thing!

Mrs. Hughes:
Oh, my god!

Your big sister's
going to come up

and live with us
and go to college.

How about that,
sweetheart?

You mean it?

I mean it!

She means it!
Ooh! Ha ha!

Dwayne always thought
you hung the moon.

She's moving up here.

Larry: How about that?

All right. Come on
out of there, Sam.

Oh, my.

I don't see it.

They say you come up on it
all of the sudden.

My legs are beginning
to hurt.

Emmett, will you get me
my geranium there,

will you?

All right.
You all go on ahead.

I'll catch up with you.

All right.

It's on panel 4-w.

Oh, look.
There it is.

Mrs. Hughes:
It don't show up good.

It's just a hole
in the ground.

Lord, it's black
as night.

I didn't think it
would look like this.

What are those
gold stars for?

I guess somebody

just wanted the name
to stand out.

I can go with that.

Yeah. Me, too.

You going to look
for anybody else

besides daddy?

Yeah.

We'll look up
a couple guys.

God.

It's just
like mom said,

the names--

Bobby gene
and Freddy ray

and Jimmy Bob--

country boys.

Country boys are just
like city boys now.

They got everything.

There it is.

"Dwayne e Hughes."

I'm gonna bawl.

I wish I could touch it.

Just a minute, mamaw.

Oh, mister, could
we use that ladder?

Yes, you may.

Let me give
you a hand.

I got it.

Watch yourself,
Mrs. Hughes.

Thanks.

Somebody might see
up my dress.

You go on.

You can do it.

Watch your step.

Sam, now you
go up there.

Take this
and get his name.

It's real close,
mamaw.

Mrs. Hughes: Smile.

Ohh.

Dwayne: When I get back
to the world,

this will be a dream...

But now...

The world is a dream.

Hotshot says
we're almost there.

Y'all wanna get
some barbecue?

I'm starvin'.

Why don't we stop at
that same place...

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