Original subtitles

-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS, AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪ - ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪ - ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

TURN ON...

TUNE IN...

AND DROP OUT.

-♪ JOHNNY'S IN THE BASEMENT, MIXING UP THE MEDICINE ♪

-IN 1969,

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DOING A LOT OF THINGS

A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

-♪ SAYS HE'S GOT A BAD COUGH ♪

♪ WANTS TO GET IT PAID OFF ♪

-LOVE-INS...

BE-INS...

HAPPENINGS.

IT WAS... DIFFERENT.

IT WAS WEIRD.

-♪ THE MAN IN A COON-SKIP CAP IN THE BIG PEN ♪

♪ WANTS $11 BILLS ♪

♪ AND YOU ONLY GOT 10 ♪

-KEVIN, CALL YOUR SISTER FOR DINNER.

-KAREN! DINNER!

-BUT WHERE WE LIVED,

THINGS WERE STILL PRETTY MUCH NORMAL...

WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

OKAY, WE KNEW HER NAME WAS KAREN.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT,

SHE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN FROM MARS.

MARS OR PLUTO.

- A "D" IN MATH? - MOM!

-DON'T "MOM" YOUR MOTHER.

-AS FAR AS I COULD TELL,

HER MAIN FUNCTION IN THE FAMILY

WAS AN ONGOING BATTLE OF WILLS WITH OUR PARENTS.

-YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD IN MATH.

-THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF MATH ON THE S.A.T.s...

BELIEVE ME.

-DAD, GEOMETRY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LIFE!

- "D" IN MATH.

-YOU'RE NOT EVEN LISTENING TO ME!

-NOT THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HER WAS ENTIRELY NIL.

PAY ATTENTION, NOW.

- WATCH IT! - WATCH IT!

-BUT IT HADN'T ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT.

WE USED TO PLAY TOGETHER.

WE USED TO SHARE THINGS.

SHE'D TELL ME SECRETS.

SHE'D MAKE ME LAUGH.

WE USED TO HAVE FUN.

BUT THAT WAS THEN.

-HEY.

A LITTLE PRIVACY. DO YOU MIND?

-UH... SURE.

-KAREN HAD HER WORLD, AND I HAD MINE,

AND NEVER THE TWAIN WOULD MEET.

UNTIL ONE DAY...

-GET IN.

-US?

-GET IN. WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

-WHAT WAS THIS?

AN ACTUAL CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC?

I WAS SUSPICIOUS.

PAUL WAS LESS SO.

-I THINK WE SHOULD GET IN!

-WELL, THIS WAS DIFFERENT...

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE.

-BOY! SHARP TURNS, HUH?

-SO WHERE ARE WE GOING?

-GOING CRAZY. WANT TO COME?

-WE NEED A FAVOR.

WE NEED YOU TO DROP THESE OFF FOR US

AT TINA DESARIO'S LOCKER.

-AT YOUR SCHOOL?

-FIRST FLOOR, END OF THE HALL,

107.

-WILL YOU DO IT?

-WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO IT?

-WE CAN'T. WERE NOT GONNA BE IN SCHOOL.

-WE'RE TAKING ONE OF OUR FREE DAYS.

RIGHT?

-ODDLY ENOUGH, I SMELLED A RAT.

-A FREE DAY?

-IT'S KIND OF AN... INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE.

WE ALL TAKE IT.

-WHAT'D THEY THINK I WAS, A NAIVE LITTLE KID?

-I DON'T THINK I WANT TO DO IT.

-OH, COME ON.

BE COOL.

-YEAH, COME ON, KEVIN! BE COOL!

-UH-OH. A CHEAP, OBVIOUS APPEAL TO MY SENSE OF COOL.

-WELL, WHAT IF SOMEBODY STOPS ME?

-THEY WON'T. NOBODY PAYS ANY ATTENTION.

LOOK, IF IT'S A TEACHER,

JUST TELL THEM YOU'RE GETTING YOUR BOOKS.

IF IT'S A STUDENT,

TELL HIM IT'S NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.

-I DON'T KNOW.

-LOOK, IT'S JUST THIS ONCE.

DO IT FOR ME.

OKAY, KEVIE?

-WHOA. "KEVIE."

SHE HADN'T CALLED ME THAT IN YEARS.

-OKAY...

BUT JUST THIS ONCE.

-WHY'D I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS?

OKAY, I SAID I'D DO IT.

SO THE BEST THING TO DO WAS TO FIND THE LOCKER,

DROP OFF THESE NOTES,

AND GET OUT WHILE THE GETTIN' WAS STILL GOOD.

-NEED SOME HELP?

-I HAD A DECISION TO MAKE.

STUDENT? TEACHER?

-UH...

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS?

-YOU DID IT? YOU REALLY DID IT?

-I TOLD YOU HE'D DO IT.

-BOY, THAT IS SO COOL!

-YEAH, I WAS COOL.

AFTER ALL, I WAS PLAYING WITH THE BIG GUYS NOW.

-SO, WHERE DO WE GO NOW?

YOU GUYS HAVE GOT ONE MINUTE TO GET TO CLASS!

-NOT EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND.

STILL, KAREN AND I HAD KIND OF SHARED SOMETHING.

AND THERE WAS NO HARM DONE.

-WHERE'D YOU AND KEVIN GO IN JULIE'S CAR THIS MORNING? HMMM?

-WHOOPS. MAYBE I SPOKE TOO SOON.

-NOT THAT IT'S ANY OF MY BUSINESS, OF COURSE.

I SAW YOU AT THE BUS STOP.

SO LET'S JUST SAY I'M...

CURIOUS. - LEAVE IT TO MY BROTHER

TO FERRET OUT POTENTIAL MISDOINGS.

-YOU GAVE KEVIN A RIDE?

-WELL, SURE.

-A RIDE TO WHERE?

-TO SCHOOL. RIGHT, KEV?

-UH, YEAH.

TO SCHOOL.

-IN JULIE'S CAR?

-OH, THAT WAS NICE OF YOU.

-EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T GO RIGHT TO SCHOOL.

DID YOU, GUYS?

-NO, WE DIDN'T, WAYNE.

-I DIDN'T THINK SO.

-SEE, JULIE'S CAR WAS SPUTTERING.

IT DOES THAT WHEN IT'S LOW ON GAS.

BUT JULIE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD MAKE IT TO A GAS STATION.

-WHAT?!

-REALLY?

-BUT THEN, WE SAW KEVIN AND PAUL.

SO SANDY SAID, "LET'S PICK 'EM UP,

IN CASE WE HAVE TO PUSH."

-HELP!

-AND THEN?

-AND THEN WE MADE IT TO THE GAS STATION.

AND THERE WAS THIS REALLY CUTE GUY WORKING THE PUMPS.

SO WE STOPPED TO TALK FOR A WHILE,

AND THEN...

WE DROPPED KEVIN AND PAUL OFF AT SCHOOL!

RIGHT, KEV?

-WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY?

THIS STORY WASN'T GONNA FLOAT.

-WELL...

YOU WERE LUCKY.

-HUH?

-YOU COULD HAVE BEEN LATE FOR SCHOOL...

BOTH OF YOU.

-MOM, THEY DIDN'T...

-WHY THE HELL WAS JULIE DRIVIN' AROUND WITH NO GAS?

DIDN'T SHE EVER HEAR OF CHECKIN' THE GAS GAUGE?

-DAD...

-THAT FUNNY LITTLE DIAL ON THE DASHBOARD.

-MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE KAREN SOME MONEY

SO SHE CAN CHIP IN FOR GAS.

-AMAZING. KAREN HAD PULLED IT OFF.

SHE GOT THEM THINKING LIKE... PARENTS!

-WELL, I GOTTA DO MY HOMEWORK.

-I WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK AT MY SISTER WITH A NEW RESPECT.

- "GAS GAUGE."

THAT WAS SOME STORY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE MOM AND DAD BOUGHT IT.

-THEY NEVER LISTEN.

-YEAH.

THAT WAS PRETTY FUN TODAY, HUH?

-WHAT WAS FUN?

-WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL AND ALL.

I-I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR LOCKERS ARE THE SAME SIZE AS OURS.

-YEP. WE WERE REALLY CONNECTING NOW.

-SO, UH...

WHERE'D YOU GO TODAY?

REALLY.

KEVIN!

BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

-SORRY.

-DON'T YOU HAVE ANY HOMEWORK TO DO?

-WELL...

-THEN CLOSE THE DOOR ON YOUR WAY OUT, OKAY?

-OKAY.

-IF THAT'S THE WAY SHE WANTED IT...

FINE.

ANYWAY, THAT WAS THE END OF MY RELATIONSHIP

WITH MY SISTER...

UNTIL...

-WE NEED ANOTHER FAVOR.

-COME ON, MAN!

-LOOK, IT'S THE LAST TIME. I PROMISE.

-NO WAY!

I-I JUST DID YOU A FAVOR LAST WEEK!

-IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

-REALLY IMPORTANT.

-SOUNDS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ME!

-AMAZING.

DID THEY THINK THEY COULD TURN ME ON AND OFF LIKE A...

LIKE A...

-YOU'RE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE!

KAREN, YOU'RE DITCHING SCHOOL!

MOM AND DAD ARE GONNA FIND OUT.

-MAYBE HE'S NOT AS COOL AS WE THOUGHT.

-FINE. I'M NOT COOL.

-IT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

-AW, HECK. WAS I MADE OF STONE?

-LET'S GO.

-OKAY, SOME WORDS THAT COME TO MIND HERE...

SUCKER, STOOGE, PUSHOVER.

-HI!

-STILL, KAREN HAD SAID

IT WAS IMPORTANT.

MAYBE THERE WAS A REASON SHE WAS SKIPPING SCHOOL...

SOMETHING I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND,

SOMETHING COMPLICATED.

LIKE...

- "THE HILL"?

-I WAS MAD.

THIS WAS WHY I WAS RISKING 13-YEAR-OLD LIFE AND LIMB?

-THAT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHTWING.

- "BRIGHTWING"?

-THE RAIN WILL WASH IT OFF.

AND THEN IT'LL BE PERFECT.

- GIVE ME A BREAK! - HEY!

-KEVIN!

-LOOK... WE'VE GOT TO TALK...

ABOUT THE NOTES... ABOUT EVERYTHING!

-YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ANYONE, HAVE YOU?

-WELL, NO, BUT...

-I WANTED TO TELL HER THAT THIS WAS WRONG,

THAT SOMEBODY WAS BOUND TO FIND OUT.

THAT SHE C-

-OOH, KEVIN! I KNEW I COULD TRUST YOU!

-WELL... I COULD ALWAYS TELL HER TOMORROW.

WELL, IN FOR A PENNY, IN FOR A POUND...

WHATEVER THAT MEANT.

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS WERE BECOMING ROUTINE.

-HI.

-HI.

-GEORGE FINCH.

-KEVIN ARNOLD.

-HOW YOU DOIN'?

-NOT BAD.

SEE YOU, GEORGE.

-AND THEN AFTER SCHOOL, I WAS UP TO THE HILL.

-♪ YELLOW, BLUE, WHAT'LL I DO? ♪

♪ MAYBE I'LL JUST SIT HERE THINKING ♪

♪ BLACK, WHITE, STOP THE FIGHT ♪

♪ DOES ONE OF THESE COLORS EVER BOTHER YOU? ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH ♪

-IT WAS FUN!

MAYBE BECAUSE THEY WERE BIG KIDS

AND I WAS A LITTLE KID.

OR MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

-♪ MAKE YOUR OWN STEPS UP IF YOU WANT TO ♪

♪ ANY OLD STEPS THAT YOU THINK WILL DO ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH ♪

-I'M NOT AVOIDING YOU, PAUL.

I-I JUST WENT ON A RIDE BY MYSELF, THAT'S ALL.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW.

-WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR FACE?

-UH...

I WAS, UH...

-UH-OH. STAY CALM, NOW.

HOW WOULD KAREN HANDLE THIS?

- FINGER PAINTING!

FINGER PAINTING?

-UH, YEAH, I-IN ART CLASS.

-KEVIN, FINGER PAINTING IS FOR 5-YEAR-OLDS.

-TH-TH-THAT'S THE IDEA.

IT WAS JUST LIKE... A... EXPERIMENT.

-OH, PLEASE CONTINUE.

THIS IS FASCINATING.

-UH...

SEE...

WAYNE, RUN AND GET ME A BAND-AID.

-WHOA. CLOSE CALL.

-MM.

THANK YOU.

-AND THEN SUDDENLY I GOT THIS WEIRD FEELING.

MY GOD, MY MOTHER WAS SPILLING HER OWN BLOOD,

MAKING MY DINNER,

AND ALL I WAS GIVING HER IN RETURN WERE LIES.

-HONEY? ARE YOU OKAY?

-UH, S-SURE, MOM.

-WELL, YOU LOOK ALL WHITE.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE CUT.

IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

-LIES.

-OPEN UP! WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!

OPEN UP, ARNOLD! YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM US!

-WE KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR SECRET!

OPEN UP, KEVIN!

-MOM?

DAD?

-BOOK HIM, NORMA.

-SUDDENLY, I FELT IN OVER MY HEAD.

AND THEN, THE NEXT NIGHT, IT HAPPENED.

-UM, KAREN?

IS SOMETHING WRONG AT SCHOOL?

-I DON'T THINK SO. WHY?

-HOW'S YOUR MATH COMING?

-FINE. I'M DOING IT NOW.

-PHEW! FALSE ALARM. JUST A HOMEWORK NUDGE.

-I JUST GOT A, UH, CALL...

FROM A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.

A GEORGE SOMETHING?

DID SHE SAY "GEORGE"?

-DO YOU KNOW HIM?

-YEAH! YEAH, HE'S CUTE.

HE'S YOUNG.

HE LOOKS LIKE A STUDENT. - GEORGE FINCH.

HE WANTS ME TO COME IN FOR A CONFERENCE TOMORROW.

-WHAT KIND OF CONFERENCE?

-I'M NOT SURE.

HE SAID WE'D DISCUSS IT TOMORROW.

-WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

-I HAVE NO IDEA, DAD.

MAYBE HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MY FUTURE.

MAYBE HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MY LIFE.

ISN'T THAT WHAT EVERYONE AROUND HERE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT?!

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO POOR KAREN?!

-WOW! ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE.

MAYBE SHE COULD PULL IT OFF.

ANYWAY, NOW WAS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC.

-I'M COMING WITH YOU TO THAT CONFERENCE.

NOW WAS THE TIME TO PANIC.

-WE'VE GOTTA TELL 'EM.

WE'VE GOTTA TELL THEM NOW.

I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA FIND OUT TOMORROW ANYWAY!

-SO WHAT?

-DID THIS PERSON HAVE CEMENT IN HER HEAD?!

-WELL, IF WE TELL THEM NOW, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND.

THEY'LL GROUND US FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS,

BUT YOU KNOW MOM AND DAD.

-I HATE TO POP YOUR BUBBLE, LITTLE ONE,

BUT MOM AND DAD ARE NOT THE SUN AND THE MOON.

-HUH?

-THEY'RE PEOPLE! LIKE YOU AND ME!

-WRONG-O! THEY WERE MOM AND DAD.

- BUT... - LOOK.

I'M SORRY I GOT YOU INTO THIS.

BUT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.

WILL YOU TRUST ME?

-ONLY IF YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME.

-WHAT?

-YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE NOT TO CUT SCHOOL ANYMORE.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE TO STOP GOING TO THE HILL.

WILL YOU DO THAT?

-OKAY.

-REALLY?

YOU PROMISE?

-NO SCHOOL.

NO HILL.

-AND SUDDENLY, IT WAS LIKE

A 10-TON WEIGHT LIFTED OFF OF ME.

-EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE JUST FINE, KEVIE.

-YEAH.

-YEAH.

-THAT NIGHT, IT DID SEEM FINE.

THINGS WERE BACK TO THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE.

IT WAS GOING TO BE OKAY.

-NOW, LOOK, I KNOW IT'S 2:30 IN THE MORNING,

AND W-WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUR DAUGHTER.

WE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE WITH JULIE.

NO, JULIE'S NOT HERE!

WHO?

SANDY POTTER?

-NO, I CALLED HER FIRST.

MAYBE THEY'RE AT TINA'S.

-WHO THE HELL IS TINA?

-KAREN HAD LIED TO ME.

DID YOU LOOK IN YOUR GARAGE?

THE GARAGE!

DOESN'T SHE KEEP THAT BUCKET OF BOLTS IN THE DAMN GARAGE?

-IT WAS TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC.

-UH, I-I KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

WELL, CHECK IT FOR...

DIDN'T EVEN CHECK HIS DAMN GARAGE.

-I-I'VE BEEN HELPING HER DITCH SCHOOL,

AND... AND...

-LOOK, UH, CHECK THAT TINA...

WHAT'S-HER-NAME'S NUMBER.

-KAREN WAS RIGHT. THEY NEVER LISTENED.

-I-I KNOW WHERE SHE IS! SHE'S AT THE HILL!

THAT'S WHERE SHE GOES, WITH JULIE AND SANDY AND TINA!

-A NOTE. JULIE LEFT A NOTE.

-I SAID SHE'S AT THE HILL!

THAT'S WHERE SHE GOES! THAT'S HER BIG SECRET!

-THEY TOOK JULIE'S CAR.

THEY'VE GONE TO SAN FRANCISCO.

-THEY'VE RUN AWAY?

-I'LL, UH, PUT ON SOME CLOTHES.

-I DIDN'T SLEEP.

I LAID THERE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO KAREN,

TO ME, TO ALL OF US,

ABOUT HOW BIG THE WORLD IS, AND HOW FULL OF STRANGERS,

ABOUT HOW I MIGHT NEVER SEE MY SISTER AGAIN.

-♪ IN THE CHILLY HOURS AND MINUTES ♪

♪ OF UNCERTAINTY, I WANT TO BE ♪

♪ IN THE WARM HOLD OF YOUR LOVING MIND ♪

♪ TO FEEL YOU ALL AROUND ME ♪

♪ AND TO TAKE YOUR HAND ALONG THE SAND ♪

♪ AH, BUT I MAY AS WELL TRY AND CATCH THE WIND ♪

♪ WHEN SUNDOWN PALES THE SKY ♪

♪ I WANT TO HIDE A WHILE BEHIND YOUR SMILE ♪

♪ AND EVERYWHERE I'D LOOK, YOUR EYES I'D FIND ♪

♪ FOR ME TO LOVE YOU NOW ♪

♪ WOULD BE THE SWEETEST THING ♪

♪ IT WOULD MAKE ME SING ♪

♪ AH, BUT I MAY AS WELL TRY AND CATCH THE WIND ♪

-Oh, sweetheart.

-♪ WHEN RAIN HAS HUNG THE LEAVES WITH TEARS ♪

♪ I WANT YOU NEAR TO KILL MY FEARS ♪

-IN 1969, PEOPLE TRIED SO HARD TO FIND THEMSELVES.

SOMETIMES THEY GOT LOST.

-♪ FOR STANDING IN YOUR HEART IS WHERE I WANT TO BE ♪

-SOMETIMES THEY FOUND THEIR WAY HOME AGAIN.

-♪ AH, BUT I MAY AS WELL TRY AND CATCH THE WIND ♪

♪ AH, BUT I MAY AS WELL TRY AND CATCH THE WIND ♪