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-♪ 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 ♪

-EVER SINCE I COULD REMEMBER,

THE COOPERS' ANNUAL BARBECUE

HAD BEEN THE FIRST EVENT OF SUMMER.

IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD TRADITION,

THE HERALD OF GOOD TIMES.

JAPANESE LANTERNS GLOWED IN THE DUSK...

AND WARM BREEZES CARRIED THE SMELL OF BURGERS

SIZZLING ON THE GRILL,

AND THE SOUNDS OF KIDS HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.

BUT MAYBE THE BEST THING ABOUT IT

WAS THAT IT HAPPENED THE FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER VACATION,

ONE DAY AFTER...

THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

IT WAS KIND OF A SOLEMN MOMENT.

EIGHT MONTHS OF RELENTLESS EDUCATION

WERE FINALLY ERUPTING IN A BLAST OF SUMMER MADNESS.

-WINNIE!

IS THIS GREAT OR WHAT?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

-WELL, I THINK I'M GONNA KIND OF MISS IT.

-LEAVE IT TO WINNIE COOPER

TO GET ALL SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THINGS.

YOU HAD TO LOVE HER...

FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, OF COURSE.

-SO, UM, SIGN MY YEARBOOK?

-SURE.

-AND... MAYBE I COULD SIGN YOURS?

-GIVE IT BACK TO ME FOURTH PERIOD.

GOTTA GO.

-YEP, YOU COULD FEEL IT IN THE AIR...

HOPE, POTENTIAL...

WHO KNEW WHAT THE SUMMER BREEZE MIGHT BRING?

-SIGN MY YEARBOOK?

-UH... SURE.

-WE REALLY HAD A GREAT YEAR. DON'T YOU THINK?

-YEAH.

-THERE WAS ONE MINOR PROBLEM HERE.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHO THIS GIRL WAS.

I HAD TO THINK FAST.

"HAVE A NEAT SUMMER."

OKAY, IT WAS CHEAP,

BUT IT DID HAVE A CERTAIN FLAIR.

-MEN, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER.

WE'VE PLAYED TOGETHER.

I'D LIKE TO THINK WE'VE LEARNED TOGETHER.

IT HASN'T BEEN EASY. - GONNA BE A LONG ONE.

-I'VE HAD TO PUSH. I'VE HAD TO YELL.

SOMETIMES I'VE HAD TO DOUBLE-KNOT MY HARD SHOES

AND KICK YOU SQUARE IN THE FANNY.

BUT IT'S BEEN WORTH IT.

38 WEEKS AGO,

YOU ARRIVED HERE

A RAGTAG BUNCH OF SOFTIES.

NOW YOU'RE LEAVING

A HARD-BOILED CADRE OF YOUNG ATHLETES.

THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

THIS SUMMER, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE,

THINK BACK ON THE GUY WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE...

ED CUTLIP...

HUMAN BEING, A MAN,

AN EDUCATOR.

SURE, MAYBE HE DIDN'T HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE...

BUT HE WAS FAIR...

-What's he doing?

-OH, MY GOD. WAS IT POSSIBLE?

CUTLIP WAS FALLING APART BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.

IT WAS HORRIBLE,

LIKE WATCHING A BUG DIE ON A WINDOW SILL.

SOMEONE HAD TO STOP THIS.

-AND SOMEONE DID...

- JOEY PUTNAM.

IT WAS HIS LAST ACT OF SEVENTH GRADE,

BUT IT WAS HIS FINEST.

-WYNAN. GET A MOP.

THE REST OF YOU... 60 LAPS.

THAT'S 6-0, AND NO SHIRKING.

LET'S GO.

LET'S GO!

-"SO WE BEAT ON...

"BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT,

BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY, INTO THE PAST."

-LET'S FACE IT...

NO ONE COULD PRESS PAGES QUITE LIKE MISS WHITE.

-DID YOU FEEL THE SENSUAL POWER OF FITZGERALD'S IMAGERY?

-YES! YES!

HELLO!

OKAY, SO MAYBE SHE WAS A LITTLE OLD FOR ME...

THIS YEAR.

-NOW, BEFORE THE BELL RINGS...

-BUT, HECK, JUST THE OTHER DAY,

I-I COULD HAVE SWORN I FELT A WHISKER COMING IN.

- I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.

-SO, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, NEXT YEAR...

-I'M IN LOVE WITH KEVIN ARNOLD...

AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT!

OH, KEVIN!

-MISS WHITE!

-YES, KEVIN?

-UM...

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

-I SAID I'M GETTING MARRIED THIS SUMMER.

AND WHEN I COME BACK NEXT YEAR,

YOU'LL ALL BE CALLING ME...

MRS... HEIMER.

-HEIMER? HEIMER?!

WHAT KIND OF NAME WAS THAT FOR MISS WHITE?!

-CLASS?

CAN YOU SAY "HEIMER"?

- HEIMER. - HEIMER. - HEIMER.

-OH, WELL.

MAYBE PART OF LOVING IS LEARNING TO LET GO.

-FOUR MORE HOURS, ONE LUNCH PERIOD,

AND A FEW ARIAS WERE ALL THAT STOOD

BETWEEN ME, PAUL, AND SUMMER.

I WASN'T GONNA LET ANYTHING RUIN THAT.

-GOT YOUR BIKE READY?

-HUH?

-ALL RIGHT, SO, TOMORROW MORNING

WE HAVE TO GET MY TENT OUT OF THE GARAGE.

-YEP, I COULD FEEL IT NOW...

THE WIND IN OUR FACES, THE OPEN ROAD AHEAD,

OUR KNAPSACKS ON OUR BACKS.

-I CAN HARDLY WAIT! CAN YOU?

-WE GOTTA TALK.

-UH-OH.

IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND,

NO GOOD HAS EVER COME FROM THOSE FOUR WORDS.

-WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE GOING AWAY?

HOW COME YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING?

-WELL, THE SCHWARTZES KEPT CHANGING THEIR MINDS.

-THE WHO?

-THE PEOPLE WE'RE SHARING THE CABIN WITH.

AND, LOOK, IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

WE'LL ONLY BE THERE UNTIL LABOR DAY.

-PAUL, THAT'S THE WHOLE SUMMER.

-NO, YOU SEE, NOT TECHNICALLY.

THE SUMMER OFFICIALLY GOES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21st.

-PAUL!

OKAY, THE WHOLE SUMMER.

ANYWAY, I'M GONNA HAVE A LOUSY TIME.

-OH, YEAH? WHERE YOU GOING?

-LAKE COHASSET.

-OH, SO BASICALLY YOU'LL BE SWIMMING, FISHING, SAILING,

AND WATER-SKIING.

-I GUESS.

-PAUL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADMIT

THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME?

-I WAS ASKING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE.

I'D HAVE TO TRY ANOTHER TACK.

-OKAY, TELL ME ONE THING THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT LOUSY.

-I HAD HIM ON THE ROPES.

-MOSQUITOES!

-WHAT?

-YEAH, ARE YOU KIDDING?

WITH ALL THAT STANDING WATER?

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY DISEASES

ARE TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITOES?

-THE MAN WAS A MASTER.

-WELL, AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE THE BARBECUE TOMORROW NIGHT.

-YEAH, SURE.

EXCEPT I'M LEAVING TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

-WELL, HOW ABOUT TONIGHT, THEN?

-I GOTTA PACK.

-I WAS MAD...

MAD AT PAUL... HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO ME?!

HE WAS RUINING MY SUMMER.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I STILL HAD WINNIE.

WINNIE WASN'T THE TYPE TO UP AND LEAVE YOU.

SHE WOULDN'T PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT.

SHE WAS THOUGHTFUL.

LOOK AT HER...

MULLING OVER WHAT TO WRITE IN MY YEARBOOK,

CAREFULLY CHOOSING HER WORDS.

WAIT A SECOND. THIS WAS SERIOUS MULLING.

SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY GOING ON HERE.

SURE, WE'D HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS, OUR MISSTEPS,

BUT WE WERE OLDER, WISER.

IT WAS TIME TO LET HER KNOW HOW I FELT.

IT WAS TIME TO MAKE POETRY...

NO MATTER WHAT THE OBSTACLES.

THERE.

I HAD FILLED AN ENTIRE PAGE WITH PHRASES

LIKE "NEVER CHANGE,"

"ALWAYS STAY THE SAME," AND "GOOD LUCK."

STILL SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

IT NEEDED SOMETHING MORE.

SOMETHING...

OKAY, IT WAS A BOLD AND RECKLESS MOVE,

BUT I WAS A BOLD AND RECKLESS GUY,

AND THESE WERE BOLD AND RECKLESS TIMES.

-I'M FINISHED.

I TRIED NOT TO HOG UP TOO MUCH SPACE.

-ME TOO.

HERE'S YOURS.

WELL, I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

-YEAH, SEE YOU LATER.

-I COULDN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND...

TO READ ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS

WINNIE HAD BEEN TOO EMBARRASSED TO SAY IN PERSON.

ALL THOSE SECRET PASSIONS AND YEARNINGS

SHE'D KEPT BOTTLED UP INSIDE FOR THE PAST YEAR.

"HAVE A NEAT SUMMER!"?

I HADN'T EVEN LEFT SCHOOL GROUNDS,

AND ALREADY MY SUMMER VACATION WAS A BUST.

-FOUR. AND TWIST.

AND TWIST. AND TWIST.

-HEY, KEVIN, IT'S STARTING TO CLEAR UP.

DON'T YOU WANT TO GET DRESSED AND DO SOMETHING?

-IT WASN'T FAIR.

I WAS DOING SOMETHING. I WAS HIDING OUT.

-WELL, THE BARBECUE TONIGHT WILL CHEER YOU UP.

-I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA GO.

-WHAT? WHY?

-I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT.

-WILD HORSES COULDN'T DRAG ME TO THAT PARTY,

NOT AFTER I'D MADE A TOTAL FOOL OF MYSELF

ALL OVER WINNIE COOPER'S YEARBOOK.

-I JUST WANT TO STAY HOME, OKAY?

-I THINK YOU SHOULD GO.

MOM.

-HONEY, THEY'RE EXPECTING US.

IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO THEM...

ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.

-MOM!

-KEVIN, YOU'RE GONNA GO.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

OKAY?

-GREAT... FIRST MY BEST FRIEND WALKS OUT ON ME,

NOW I HAVE TO DIE OF EMBARRASSMENT

IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF PARTYGOERS.

I COULDN'T TAKE IT.

-WHY CAN'T WE GO ON VACATION?

-MAYBE NEXT SUMMER.

-WELL, IT'S NOT FAIR!

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO!

-WHAT WAS THAT?

-UH...

-I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT I BELIEVE HE SAID,

"I HAVE NOTHING TO DO."

-NOTHING TO DO?

-UH-OH.

-ALL RIGHT, START IN THE CORNER,

YOU CLEAN OUT THE JUNK,

THEN YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO THE CENTER.

THEN YOU SWEEP IT OUT AND HOSE IT DOWN.

-THAT'S ALL?

-AFTER THAT...

WE'LL SEE ABOUT THE ATTIC.

-WELL, SO MUCH FOR MADCAP VACATION PLANS.

-I HAD FINALLY HIT BOTTOM.

-HI, KEVIN.

-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

-I WAS JUST TAKING A WALK.

IT'S A LITTLE HECTIC AT MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

-DO YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH THIS?

-NO, THAT'S OKAY. I CAN HANDLE IT.

IT'S PART OF MY REALLY NEAT SUMMER.

-OH.

- "OH"?!

I'M DYING OF EMBARRASSMENT,

AND SHE GIVES ME, "OH"?!

-WELL, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT, AT THE PARTY.

-YEAH, WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE THERE.

-OH.

-BOY, NOW SHE WAS REALLY MAKIN' ME MAD.

-WELL? DID YOU SHOW IT TO ANYBODY?

-SHOW WHAT?

-WELL, THE YEARBOOK.

YOU KNOW, WHAT I WROTE?

-OH.

-YEAH, WELL, YOU CAN JUST FORGET ABOUT IT, OKAY?

'CAUSE I DIDN'T MEAN A WORD OF IT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN JUST RIP OUT THE PAGE

AND THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE BECAUSE...

-IT WAS AMAZING.

IT WAS OUR FIRST KISS SINCE THAT DAY LAST FALL

IN HARPER'S WOODS,

THE DAY WINNIE'S BROTHER, BRIAN, DIED.

I'D BEEN WAITING TO KISS HER AGAIN ALL YEAR,

AND NOW THAT IT HAD HAPPENED, I FELT AS CONFUSED AS EVER.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING I WAS SURE OF...

I WAS A MAN ON FIRE!

-♪ LOVE WAITS FOR NO ONE ♪

♪ WHO KNOWS WHERE IT'S GONNA GO? ♪

♪ PASSION, LIKE AN EMBER BLOWING ♪

♪ ONE SPARK, AND IT'S OUT OF CONTROL ♪

♪ LIGHTING UP THE DARKEST NIGHT ♪

♪ LOVE'S ON FIRE ♪

♪ BURNING WITH FLAMES SO BRIGHT ♪

♪ LOVE'S ON FIRE ♪

-WELCOME TO MY SUMMER OF LOVE.

THERE WAS THE USUAL CROWD OF PEOPLE

AT THE COOPERS' THAT EVENING,

BUT TO ME, IT WAS STRICTLY A TWO-PERSON AFFAIR.

-♪ MY TRUE LOVE WAS TRUE ♪

♪ OH OH-OH-OH ♪

♪ I OF COURSE REPLIED ♪

- HI. - HI.

-WHAT DO YOU SAY AFTER A KISS?

-WHAT'S THAT SMELL?

-HUH?

-IT SMELLS LIKE...

A SADDLE.

-OH, I GUESS IT'S MY AFTERSHAVE LOTION.

-REALLY?

-YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SHAVE.

I JUST SORT OF PUT IT ON.

I-I CAN GO WASH IT OFF.

-OH, NO, THAT'S OKAY.

-SO, UM...

WANT TO SIT DOWN?

-WINNIE!

-UH, CAN YOU TAKE THIS TO MY DAD?

-UH, SURE.

-THANKS.

-♪ SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES ♪

-OKAY, SO SHE WAS BUSY. THAT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE.

AFTER ALL, IT WAS HER PARENTS' PARTY.

-HI, MR. COOPER.

-♪ SO I CHAFFED ♪

♪ AND THEN I GAILY LAUGHED ♪

-OKAY, SO EVERYBODY WAS BUSY.

NO PROBLEM. THE EVENING WAS YOUNG.

-MR. ERMIN WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

-OH, MY GOSH... MR. ERMIN... THE GENGHIS KHAN OF LAWN CARE.

HE HAD A LAWN THE SIZE OF WYOMING.

-I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WORK, SON.

-♪ I AM WITHOUT MY LOVE ♪

-THIS EVENING WAS HEADING NOWHERE AND FAST.

- WINNIE! - HI.

-DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A WALK WITH ME SOMEWHERE?

-I CAN'T. I HAVE TO HELP OUT.

-COME ON, ONLY FOR A MINUTE.

-WINNIE, WOULD YOU TAKE THESE TO YOUR FATHER?

-MOM, I'M CHANGING THE RECORDS.

-HONEY, PLEASE.

-♪ OR YOU CAN KISS ME ON A WEDNESDAY ♪

-UM, I'LL CHANGE THE RECORDS!

-♪ SATURDAY IS BEST ♪

-DON'T MENTION IT. JUST HERE TO HELP.

-♪ BUT NEVER EVER ON A SUNDAY, A SUNDAY, A SUNDAY ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THAT'S MY DAY OF REST ♪

♪ MOST ANY DAY ♪

♪ YOU CAN BE MY GUEST ♪

♪ ANY DAY YOU SAY ♪

-IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT HOUR,

I WATCHED WINNIE WEAR A GROOVE IN THE PATIO

BETWEEN HER PARENTS.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION...

SHE WAS AVOIDING ME.

-WAIT A MINUTE.

-HI.

-YEAH, WE'D ALREADY SAID THAT.

- LISTEN... - DID YOU HAVE A BURGER?

-WINNIE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOME TIME ALONE OR NOT?

-WINNIE!

-OKAY, I PROMISE, IN A FEW MINUTES.

I GOTTA GO.

-♪ MY LOVE MUST BE A KIND OF BLIND LOVE ♪

-FIVE BURGERS AND THREE HOT DOGS LATER,

I WAS FINALLY FED UP.

-♪ I CAN'T SEE ANYONE BUT YOU ♪

-♪ SHE-BOP SHE-BOP ♪

-SHE WASN'T HELPING HER PARENTS.

SHE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.

SHE WAS JUST STANDING THERE.

OKAY, ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH.

THE GAME WAS OVER. LET'S LAY OUT THE CARDS.

-♪ SHE-BOP SHE-BOP ♪

♪ SHE-BOP SHE-BOP ♪

-WHAT IS WITH YOU, HUH?!

-♪ ARE THE STARS OUT TONIGHT? ♪

-ONE MINUTE YOU LIKE ME,

AND THEN THE NEXT MINUTE YOU DON'T!

FIRST YOU KISS ME,

AND THEN YOU ACT LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!

YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALL YEAR!

I MEAN, IF YOU LIKE ME, THEN SAY SO!

BUT IF YOU DON'T...

THEN... DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DO, OKAY?

OKAY?!

-KEVIN, I HAVE TO GO AWAY THIS SUMMER.

-WHAT?!

WITH MY MOM.

WE'RE GOING TO MY AUNT'S IN MAINE.

-I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!

I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT MY SUMMER?!

PAUL'S GOING AWAY WITH HIS PARENTS.

NOW YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR MOM...

-♪ I ONLY HAVE EYES ♪

♪ FOR YOU ♪

-AND THEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT NIGHT, I LOOKED AROUND.

-♪ WE'RE IN A GARDEN ♪

-THE MUSIC WAS PLAYING...

COUPLES WERE DANCING...

HOLDING EACH OTHER TIGHT.

-♪ OR ON A CROWDED ♪

-BUT NOT EVERYBODY.

-♪ AVENUE ♪

-♪ SHE-BOP SHE-BOP ♪

-♪ YOU ARE HERE ♪

-AND SUDDENLY I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND.

-♪ SO AM I ♪

-♪ SHE-BOP SHE-BOP ♪

-♪ MAYBE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GO BY ♪

♪ BUT THEY ALL DISAPPEAR ♪

-I WANTED TO TELL WINNIE

I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HER FAMILY.

I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE HER COMFORT,

SOMETHING INCREDIBLY WISE.

-SORRY.

-WILL YOU WRITE TO ME WHEN I'M AWAY?

-SURE.

-I MISS MY BROTHER.

-YEAH.

-♪ ARE YOU GOIN' TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR? ♪

-THAT SUMMER, KIDS EVERYWHERE

SWAM, WATER-SKIED, AND SAILED,

WHILE WINNIE COOPER STRUGGLED TO KEEP HER HEAD ABOVE WATER,

IN A FAMILY TORN APART BY ANGER AND GRIEF.

-♪ REMEMBER ME TO ONE WHO LIVES THERE ♪

♪ SHE ONCE WAS A TRUE LOVE OF MINE ♪

-I PRETTY MUCH STAYED CLOSE TO HOME.

I MOWED MR. ERMIN'S LAWN.

I WENT FISHING WITH MY DAD.

I WATCHED A MAN WALK ON THE MOON.

-♪ TRACING A SPARROW ON SNOW-CRESTED GROUND ♪

-I CONSIDERED MYSELF...

PRETTY LUCKY.

-♪ BLANKETS AND BEDCLOTHES THE CHILD OF THE MOUNTAIN ♪

-♪ THEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE ♪

-♪ SLEEPS UNAWARE OF THE CLARION CALL ♪