Original subtitles

[ Man Narrating ]

[ Townspeople Chattering ]

[ Man #1 ] On the side! Let us pass!

[ Man #2 ] This is the landlord, lads!

Buntin, you landlord bastard!

J Her beautiful eyes were a terrible curse J

~ Three days in his grave she ran off with his purse f

Lads! Lads!

That bloody landlord Buntin's on his way in!

All hell's breakin’ loose. Buntin?

[ Woman ] Death to all landlords!

| hope they kill him.

Would you look at that bastard, Joe!

- Damn your black soul! - Landlord!

You're a sinner!

Between your lungs there's neither heart nor spirit...

but the lump of your own swallowed money bag!

He'll never get over that one, Joe. [ Chuckles ]

You're a blight on this country that never belonged to ya!

- [ Whinnying ] - [ Gunshot ]

-[ Screaming ] - [ Whinnying ]

Out! Out! Out, you robber!

[ Woman Screaming ]

Hey! Hey, Joe! Joe!

Joe! Come on! Are you hurt, Joe? Joe, are you all right?

Take me-- Take me home to my sons.

[ Clicking Tongue ]

- Hey! Back! - [ Braying ]

Stand still, ya ugly animal.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa, ya ugly--

Damn ya! Oh, the hell with ya!

Colm! What?

Will ya look at our little brother?

He can't keep hold of his ass.

[ Colm Laughs ] Sweetheart of a child!

Slavin’ away.

Is it not enough, Joseph, ya plowed all that muck down there?

My ambition's a little grander than yours, a couple of lazy cows!

[ Colm ] Oh, ambition, is it?

To break your back on land that isn't your own,

that belongs to the landlord Christie?

Hold your face up, lad. Here.

Aye. Ah, come on.

Give us somethin’ we can aim at.

Just shag off, the pair of ya.

There's a goat over there. Go improve your love life.

Come on now, Joseph, honey.

Just a nosebleed's all we're askin’.

I've no wish to fight you.

- [ Grunts ] - [ Paddy Growls ]

Try pummelin’ me, ya arrogant son of a bitch!

Get him, Pad-- Oh!

[ Groaning ]

[ Paddy ] Aaah!

[ Grunting ]

[ Paddy ] Watch him! He's riled up now!

- [ Laughing ] - Aaah!

[ Laughing ]

Hold still now. [ Groans ]

Stand up, Joseph! Stand!

Lads! Hey there, your father's been damaged!

You're here, Joe.

Da! Da.

Yeah, and he took on the enemy with his own bare hands.

Fifty of them. Armed, and with hideous guns.

Yeah, and your father, he walloped them all.

One by one, the whole lot of them.

And | killed off a fair share meself, to tell you the God's truth.

- Quiet, Danty Duff, for once! - Yeah, well.

Humble as | am, I'll keep that part of the story for another time.

How are you feeling now, Da, huh?

My soul is departing from me, Joseph.

Don't you talk that way.

I'll talk any way | please. I'm dying, | tell you!

Well, ya can't die. We need ya here, Da.

Need me? [ Chuckles ] What for?

J Her beautiful eyes were a terrible curse J

[ Sighing ]

Da?

[ Danty ] God bless your soul.

Poor Joe Donelly.

Sure, we'd be as well to sell off a thing or two now that the old man's gone.

[ Whispering ] Is that any way to keen over the death of our father?

Misery's a personal matter, Joseph.

- We don't need any instruction. - Thanks.

Sure, he's left us with a huge debt of rent on the land.

We'll begin to settle our debts when we harvest the land.

Ah! Grow the potatoes and pick them yourself, Joseph, you ambitious boy.

You son of a-- Joseph!

[ Gasps ] Sweet Mary, Jesus and all the saints preserve us!

- We thought you died, Da! - | did, son.

| passed away.

But you're talkin’ to us, Da, and your eyes are lookin’ about.

| was as dead as a stone, I tell you.

Now shut your mouth before | die again.

Well, aye, um--

Come here!

I've come back to tell you something.

You're... an especially odd boy.

Ya came back from the dead to tell me that I'm odd?

You have all kinds of oddities clattering around in your brain.

So had I when | was as young as you.

But dreams, my boy, in this poor corner of the world,

end up in a glass of ale.

No, not my dreams, Da.

I'll work my own land someday.

Without land a man is nothing.

That's it. Yeah.

Land... is a man's... very own soul.

Yeah.

A miracle. That's what you're lookin’ for.

And by God, if you manage it,

your old da will be smiling down on you from heaven above.

f Her beautiful eyes J

S Were a terrible-- JJ

Well, God bless your soul, Joe Donelly,

for a second time.

God rest your soul, Da.

[ Whinny ]

Say nothing to them, lads.

This country's ours. They don't exist.

What dead man is this?

What dead man is this?

You needn't answer, but hear these words.

| represent Mr. Daniel Christie, who by right of law...

owns this land and all improvements upon it.

Rent on this property has not been paid.

Though warning's been given thrice!

[ Whinnying ]

Keep walkin’, lads. Our father's bein’ buried today.

[ Flames Crackling ] Bastards are burnin’ our house!

[ Cackling ] That will do.

Where is this landlord Christie?

| want justice for what he's done.

[ Grunts ] Ah.

There's nothing-- nothing | like better...

than the glow of murder in a young fella's eyes. [ Chuckles ]

- It has a terrible go of rust on it. - Huh?

I've only killed chickens and pigs till now.

He's a pig and a chicken all in one, the same Daniel Christie.

Here now. Give him a proper taste of death.

Yeah. Landlords. [ Scoffs ]

Captain Moonlight.

Captain Moonlight.

Don't you be pretendin’ you know what Captain Moonlight means, 'cause ya don't.

It's the code. The rebel code.

And now you've heard it, keep it to yourself.

Don't breathe it to a livin’ soul. Ya understand now?

Yeah, yeah.

Captain Moonlight, Joseph!

[ Laughing ]

Off to kill your landlord, eh?

[ Shouting ]

Blow the bastard's head off!

[ Woman ] Don't be afraid to kill him!

[ Man ] Assassinate the bastard! [ Laughing ]

Danty! Ah, Joseph,

it was too good to be kept a secret, son.

[ Paddy ] Do you know which end of the gun to point at the gentleman's ear?

No, he'll shoot himself in the balls, I'll wager, and come hobblin' home in tears!

Good-bye, Colm. Good-bye, Paddy.

Good-bye, Joseph. We'll see ya at your wake.

[ Laughing ]

[ Cheering ]

Joseph!

[ Clicks Tongue ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Chattering, Laughing ]

God bless all in this house. God bless you, son.

[ Man Whispering ]

Down from the north, are ya?

Or perhaps the east?

West of here maybe?

South.

| prefer to keep my business to myself, if you please.

Very wise, very wise, very wise.

- God bless you, everyone! - God bless you, sir!

Whiskey for everyone! Oh, great, great, huh?

[ Man Laughs ]

[ Man ] How are ya, sir, tonight?

Oppressed. [ Murmuring ]

That's the word for me.

| live in a house that's stuffy and dull,

and worse, I've a wife who forbids me to drink.

Oh, | crave adventure, boys!

If | had wings, I'd fly to the stars.

Ha, ha! Your good health, sir.

To your good health, sir.

Your health, Mr. Christie.

[ Man Speaking Gaelic ]

[ Man #2 ] Ale, Mr. Christie, sir?

Liven up, lad. You're too young to be brooding in your ale.

What places you in this small chapter of the world?

He's keepin’ himself to himself, that one.

Aye, he is.

Then it's one of two things: enterprise or love.

It isn't love. Rest assured of that.

Then you're a man of business, like myself.

But | warn ya. It's brought me nothing but misery.

I'm lost in a fog of commerce and compromise.

I'd trade it all away for 15 minutes of freedom.

Yeah. Freedom is a rare thing in these parts.

It is.

- It is indeed. It is! - Oh, indeed it is!

To a long and happy life, Mr. Christie.

God bless you, lad.

[ Man ] God bless you.

[ Bird Calls ] [ Christie ] [ Why should | expire J

J For the fire of any eye J

~ Though foolish men you slay J

< For thee | shall not die J

ff [ Whistling ]

~ Your beauty and your name J

f Will never conquer me J

< What have | done for-- f [ Mumbles ]

[ Urinating ] Ah...

[ Bird Calls ] Hello,

souls of the departed.

What a disappointment | must seem to you all.

[ Chuckling ]

[ Mumbling ]

Oh, no, here we are. [ Groans ] [ Blusters ]

| recognize these hedges by their dullness.

[ Christie Sighs ]

~< Owoman high of fame J

~ Though men have died for thee JJ

if [Humming ]

[ Burps, Chuckles ]

This is a difficult murder.

[ Man ] Good evenin', Mr. Christie.

[ Christie ] Take the horse.

Take the horse.

[ Horse Whinnies In Distance ]

[ Hoofbeats Approaching ] [ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Woman ] Shannon! | saw you galloping in the fields!

Dignity, Shannon! Dignity!

A lady must always be civilized, even when she rides! No one saw me riding, Mother.

I saw you! Yes, Mother.

[ Sighs ] "A lady must always be civilized."

[ Scoffs ] She never leaves us alone, does she, Teal?

[ Nickers ] No, she doesn't.

There. Go on. Good girl.

[ Wings Flapping ]

Somebody there?

[ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Gasping ] [ Shannon Grunts ]

Stay right where you are!

Don't flutter an eyelid, or I'll stab ya!

I'll stab ya through!

Father!

[ Groaning ]

- Jesus! - [ Gasping ]

| didn't-- Oh, no!

Father!

Father! [ Groans ]

Father!

Father!

Father! Help! Help!

I've been all but raped and slaughtered!

What? What is it? In the stables!

What's all the fuss about? It's the devil himself!

- Mr. Daniel Christie! - [ Mother ] Oh, my God!

Look! Yes?

I'm Joseph Donelly...

of the family Donelly that you pushed off our land!

What in the name of God are you talking about?

Prepare to pay for your crimes.

[ Mother Shrieks ] No! No!

- [ Man ] Good Lord Jesus! - [ Shrieks ]

- [ Dogs Barking ] - [ Maid ] Oh, Mr. Christie, sir!

[ Whinnying, Barking ]

[ Groans ] Captain Moonlight.

Shannon, come back!

Quickly! Find Mr. Chase and bring him here! Go!

Shannon, come inside.

Shannon, turn around!

Look how black his fingers are, Mother.

Never mind his fingers. He's a lowborn blatherskite of filth.

If he's so worthless, then why are you bothering to dress his wounds?

Our duty is to restore him to full health,

so he can hear his own neck crack when he dangles from the hangman's noose.

Turn away, Shannon, and protect the innocence of your eyes.

[ Mother ] Of all the days to intrude upon our peaceful life.

The ladies are coming by this afternoon for tea.

[ Moan ] I'm feeling very sick all of a sudden.

Mind yourself, Shannon. Those ladies are models of manners and behavior.

There.

[ Crashing ]

- [ Christie ] Nothing happened! - Nothing happened indeed!

[ Crashi in Oh! i

[ Christie ] Uh--

A poor misguided robin has broken a windowpane.

What a manufactured lie!

I-l was merely dusting the liquor cabinet.

As if a bottle in your vicinity stood long enough to gather dust!

[ Christie ] Go upstairs. I can manage this.

[ Mother ] Oh, look at what you've done!

~ Mary, Mary, Mary Nell J

~ Do ya hear your weddin' bell? J

f Will he love you, Mary Nell? I

< Time and time alone will tell JJ

[ Floorboard Creaks ]

[ Gasps ]

- [ Groans ] - [ Gasping ]

You're havin’ a dream! This isn't really happenin’!

No!

| want my... land.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Mother ] Whatever became of the man | married?

Some other man's replaced him and goes about with his name.

A murderous insurgent under your own roof!

Oh, how horrible!

He's as ugly as sin and the most vicious creature I've ever set eyes upon.

Did you get a look at him, Shannon?

Um, a peek.

Shannon, what is your collar doing?

It's choking me. Well, do it up.

Better to choke than to be vulgar.

[ Door Opening ] [ Murmuring ]

Noise. | hear a noise!

[ Mother ] Let us hope it's Stephen Chase.

[ Man ] We've come for your prisoner, Mr. Christie.

Good afternoon, Mrs. Christie. Good afternoon, ladies.

[ Woman ] Oh, he's dashing.

Speak of the sun and we see its rays.

Oh, my goodness, we were so frightened.

No, no, keep calm. You're safe and protected.

- Oh. - Go back to your sinful card playing.

Oh, ho, ho, ho. [ Laughing ]

Hello, Shannon.

Hello, Stephen.

My, how handsome he is.

He's a brilliant young man. He was educated at Trinity.

Of course.

He manages all my husband's business affairs.

Your daughter's certainly a very lucky girl.

Mmm.

Yes, indeed.

[ Grunts ]

[ Panting ]

[ Grunts ]

Shannon? The ladies and | would like you to play the piano.

No.

[ Gasps ]

| beg your pardon?

Come, play something, Shannon. Something fanciful and nice.

if [ Classical ]

ff [ Piano ]

She plays beautifully.

if [ Tune Changes, Tempo Increases ]

Shannon. Good gracious, child!

- It's band music, Mother. - Band music?

It's very modern. It's from America.

[ Grunting ]

[ Discordant Note, Stops Playing ]

-[ Screaming ] - [ Shouts ]

Shannon, stay back.

Careful, boy. Your life's worth little as it is.

You're the bastard that burned my father's house.

I've burnt many houses in the line of duty. Am | meant to remember yours?

- [ Shouts ] - [Woman Exclaim ]

Maybe you'll remember this.

[ Groans ]

Pistols, tomorrow at dawn.

[ Stephen ] Get him upstairs!

Go on!

Come, ladies. Let us resume our pleasantries in the parlor.

Come, dear. You too, Shannon.

What's buzzing around inside that head of yours, my little monkey?

The day's been disrupted, Father.

Hmm? Heaven forbid.

[ Groaning ]

[ Snoring ]

[ Thud ]

[ Whispering ] Shh! I'm running away.

[ Dress Rips ] [ Grunts ]

Excuse me. [ Clearing Throat ]

There's something in here I need.

Perhaps you're wondering... why I'm running away.

[ Grunting ] Well, I'll tell you.

I'm running away because I'm modern.

I'm modern, and I'm going to a modern place.

You're not the only one who's trapped.

If | stay here, my mother will turn me into one of her stuffy old friends.

No, thank you.

I'm a little more interesting than that.

I'm very smart and I'm very modern. That's all you need to know about me.

Boy! Here!

Have a look at this!

Look!

Oh. You can't read, can you?

How pathetic.

"Land," it says!

Land?

“Wanted: Strong, healthy men and women.

Every resident of the United States is entitled to 160 acres of land."

They've got so much of it, they give it away for free.

No land is given away...

in any part of the world!

In America, it is, and I'm going there.

I'm going to have a place of my own.

And I will have horses on it and | will raise them...

and | will ride them any way | please.

What do you need more land for?

You own half of Ireland as it is! You took it, your people did!

| didn't take it.

You just live here all fancied up on rent...

and broken backs.

Boy, you said you wanted land.

If that's what you want, then come with me.

Great ships sail out of Dublin and Liverpool,

but a woman dare not travel alone, no.

You're brave. You shoot men. You step on their necks.

When | saw that, | realized you could be very useful to me.

- Useful, could I? - Yes! You could be my servant boy.

Oh, I see.

| see. | could--I could polish your boots for ya.

- They will need a polish now and then. - Aye.

Aye, they would, and | could--

| could make you a cup of tea.

When teatime calls for it, yes.

I'll throw the tea in your face and

I'll piss on your boots before I serve the likes of you!

- Get out! - No!

- I'll pay ya threepence a day. - Get out!

I've an appointment in the morning, and I'm going to honor it.

Ha! You'll never win this duel with Stephen!

We've all seen you handle a gun. Boy, | am giving you your freedom!

I'll not go to a distant world.

I'm of Ireland, and I'll stay in Ireland till I die!

That's in about five hours. Aaah!

These weapons belonged to my father's father.

His father's father was an ass.

Oh, um, I'm, uh,

I've asked to serve as your second in this barbarism.

| appreciate that, sir. [ Mutters ]

Choose one of those things.

[ Christie ] Ya had a good breakfast this morning, did ya?

- It was, it was grand, sir. Thank you. - Good, good.

[ Man ] Count away 15 paces!

- [ Man ] One, two, - This way, son.

- three, four, - Ah, fog!

- My life is one long mollifying fog. - five, six,

- The land | hold | inherited. - seven,

It manages itself with a foggy logic of its own.

eight,

Son, | was up

- thinking about you all night long. - nine,

- ten, eleven, | knew nothing of your family

or their eviction.

- I'm sorry for their pain. - twelve,

- | understand why you came to murder me, - thirteen,

- and | don't blame you for it at all. - fourteen,

- fifteen! - Oops!

Turn, each man, and fire.

| can't see anything!

[ Stephen ] | can!

[ Shannon ] Boy! Boy! Come away from there!

Shannon! Get out of the way!

- Assess your stupidity, lad! - Get away from me, woman!

As you wish. Hyah! Hyah!

- Wait! - [ Mother ] Shannon!

Wait! Hyah! Hyah!

Shannon!

Shannon!

Shannon, don't!

- Good-bye, Stephen! - Good-bye?

- Don't shoot! - [ Mother ] No!

- Shannon? - No!

- Shannon! - No!

[ Mother ] Shannon! No!

No! [ Sobs ]

| saved your neck! You remember that!

Hyah!

[ Whistle Blows ]

- Thank you, boy. - [ Whispering ] Don't call me boy.

Sugar.

Two.

You might display some gratitude...

considering the price | paid for your passage.

! paid, let me remind you.

- Oh, good afternoon. - Forgive me if I'm intruding,

but | wonder if you'd enjoy a gentle stroll around the deck.

She's drinkin’ her tea now.

There's no need to state the obvious, boy.

My name's McGuire, from Boston, Massachusetts.

Oh. Oh, you're American?

Irish born. | went back for, well, personal reasons.

A stroll would be delightful, Mr. McGuire.

[ Whispers ] Parasol.

In my imagination, America is a wonderfully modern place.

- Am | right? - Modern as modern can be.

The people, the culture, the industry.

What about the land? | beg your pardon?

Land. This girl's got it in her head they're givin’ land away for free.

That's true. Oklahoma Territory. The West's opening up.

I told you, boy. Can't be good land.

It's the finest in the world. Seeds flourish in it.

The cattle that grow upon it are fat as elephants.

How do you get it? Is it there when you step off the boat?

Oh, no, you have to travel a thousand miles or so.

When you get there, you'll have to run for the land in a race.

[ Gasping ] A race?

Don't lose time in Boston.

As soon as you can, purchase horses, a wagon and supplies.

Oh.

- Have | upset you? - Well, I,

| didn't expect it to be so complicated.

Oh, we're very fortunate. Any difficulty can be overcome with money.

[ Clearing Throat ] Excuse me. I'd like to speak to Mr. McGuire alone.

Mr. McGuire, | do have money, but it's in the form of spoons.

- Spoons? - Ancient spoons made of silver.

I'd planned to sell them when | arrived in Boston.

Well, | can recommend a couple of shops that will treat you honestly.

- Oh. I'm very much obliged to you, sir. - Pleasure's mine.

[ Laughs ] Thank you.

May | ask what are you doing sitting at my table?

I'm eating your chocolate cake.

| see, and what have you done with my father's necktie?

| flung it into the sea. It was gaggin’ my throat.

[ Chuckles ] Oh, you're just upset...

because everything I've told you about is turning out to be true.

"Cows as fat as elephants." | know what that man's after.

I think you should cover your ankles.

[ Chattering ]

[ Chatter In Foreign Language ]

America. I'm here. I've made it.

I've arrived, Joseph.

Flags! Beg your pardon.

Flags! Beg your pardon.

United States of America flag.

You're an American today. Viva American.

Your great friend Mr. McGuire has vanished.

You want American dollar?

Oh, there he is! Mr. McGuire!

[ Shannon ] Over here!

Mr. McGuire! Mr. McGuire!

Ah, there you are.

[ Boy ] Hey, mister, ya Irish? | can take ya to the ward boss.

Need work? Need lodgin'? There's people that hate ya if you're Irish.

Ya can't get nothin’ without the ward boss. He's the biggest man in Boston.

Go fleece somebody else, boy!

| know the games of these shysters. Come on, Miss Christie.

I'll find you a suitable hotel. Cab!

Thank goodness for Mr. McGuire.

[ McGuire ] Take Miss Christie to a decent hotel.

[ Chattering In Foreign Language ]

Well, you've certainly upheld your end of the bargain.

Good luck, Shannon.

Good luck, Joseph.

[ Ship Whistle Blows ]

[ Man ] Hey, McGuire!

- Yes? - Welcome back.

Oh, my God! Aaah!

[ Shannon ] Joseph! Oh, my God!

My spoons! My spoons! They're taking my spoons!

Joseph! Mr. McGuire stole my spoons!

[ Shannon ] No! Please! Those are mine! He stole them from me!

Joseph! Please! Joseph! That dead man stole my spoons!

My bag! They're taking everything!

[ Grunts ]

[ Whistles Blowing ] [ Shouting ]

Now | have nothing!

Come away, Shannon. We have to go.

| have nothing now! | have no money!

God is punishing me. He's punishing me, Joseph.

I stole those spoons from my mother the morning | ran away!

Hey, you! You! Stand still!

I didn't do nothin"! Stand still!

Who's this man, the ward boss?

[ Cheering ] [ Laughing ]

[ Shouting ]

That's him there, fightin’ in the fancy clothes.

Mike Kelly, his name is.

[ Shouting ] Come on.

[ Man ] Come on, Mike!

Shannon, you should stand back over there.

Don't shield me, Joseph. It's only a boxing match.

-[ Screaming ] - What?

[ Shouts ] [ Groaning ]

Mike? I'm sorry, Mike.

Mike isn't happy when he loses.

Sh--

You... distracted me.

You weren't concentratin’.

A scrappy Connemara man, huh? Fresh off the boat, huh?

- Follow me. - Joseph.

Not you, woman. You just cost me part of a tooth.

- If he gets to go, then | get to go. - I'm Mike Kelly!

Who is this bit of a snit anyway, huh? Your wife?

Certainly not!

Then who the hell are ya, lass, comin’ into my club?

- She's-- - I'm--

my sis-sister.

Oh. Tell me she isn't a pain in the ass, huh?

Settle your bets, gentlemen.

Sister? Our blood's not even the same temperature.

Shannon-- These people, Shannon,

these people are my kind of people.

And my kind doesn't like your kind.

In fact, they hate everything about you.

Now, for some reason or other, I'm willin’ to lie for you.

Or we could tell them that you're a rich Protestant.

Might be sportin’. No, no, Joseph.

My brother.

Good.

- [ Kelly ] What do you call yourself? - Joseph Donelly.

Well, Donelly, let's put you on the road to citizenship.

We'll get you workin’ and get you votin' when the time comes, huh?

See how the system works here, lad, huh?

- Yeah. - [ Shannon ] Stop it!

- No! Leave me alone! - [ 'Twas a lady who took to the street J

- J Her name was Biddy McMack J - Get away, or I'll claw your eyes out!

- [ She makes a handsome livin’ now f - Don't! No!

- J A-layin’ on her back J - No! | said to leave me alone!

- J Biddy, be good to me J - Excuse me, Mr. Kelly.

- / I'm not a wealthy man J - Leave me alone! | won't ask you again!

~ So give me an hour in paradise I'll pay you what I can I

Get away! ff [ Singing Continues, Stops ]

I'll ask ya to leave this lady alone.

Go ahead and ask.

I've no wish to fight ya.

- He's no wish to fight me-- - [ Joseph Grunts ]

[ Shannon Shrieks ] [ Man ] I'll take him!

No, no! No, no, no. No, he's mine. He's mine alone.

Get him, Joseph!

[ Grunting ] [ Man ] Okay, okay.

Well, now. You knocked the piss outta the man

who knocked the piss outta me.

I'm not sure how | feel about that.

- Dermody. - Yes, sir, Mr. Kelly.

Time to make the rounds.

We'll take this scrapper and the girl here...

and lodge them at Molly Kay's.

Grab the luggage. Yes, sir.

Come on.

[ Kelly ] Hey, Pete, get a match goin’ these fellas can bet on, will ya?

[ Man ] Hey, Mike, how the hell ya doin'?

[ Kelly ] All depends, huh? Good to see you, lads.

- This is it. Here we are. - Good day to you, Mr. Kelly!

Oi, man. [ Chuckles ]

- Ah. - [Woman ] Out of my way.

Molly.

It's just as unpleasant for me as it is for you!

[ Kelly ] Got a brother and sister, Molly, need a room.

You're in luck. We had a suicide just this morning.

[ Gasps ]

- [ Kelly ] Bridget, how are you? - Hello, Mike.

- Ah, yes. Any gentlemen up here, girls? - No, no.

- Make an announcement, Dermody. - Ward boss! Ward boss!

I give ya another year.

- You're not campaignin’, Mike. - Relax, Molly.

[ Kelly ] Politics is more important to these men than sex.

[ Molly ] And I'm the Virgin Mary. God forgive ya, Molly!

- [ Molly ] Not likely, Mike. - Come on.

Is that Jimmy Dunne | see? | was chattin’ with your wife today, Jimmy.

[ Dunne ] Don't tell me wife, Mike.

[ Molly ] In here is the bath,

but don't linger in it too long. It's the only one in the house.

[ Kelly ] Gentlemen, button up your trousers.

[ Kelly Continues, Indistinct ]

This is your room here.

[ Glass Breaking ]

Ours?

You're not suggesting that we Share this room, | hope?

| don't care what you do in it as long as you pay me a dollar a week.

There must be some mistake. We need two rooms.

I've only got the one. Well, that's not good enough.

- Mike, what have you sent me? - You're not listening!

Shannon. Molly, the room is fine, and we'll take it gratefully.

[ Kelly ] As you know, election time is comin’ up.

Your sister was spoilt, I'd say.

[ Kelly ] I'm here for your support.

I'm sure you've noticed all these Italians takin’ Irish jobs.

Well, no Eyeties are gonna run this town...

as long as Mike Kelly's in charge.

All | ask--

[ Crying ]

[ Laughing ]

ff [ Singing ]

[ Thunderclap ]

Shannon? Shannon, are you awake?

No, I'm sound asleep.

| think | like America.

Do ya now? Aye.

We've only been here a day. Look at the welcome we've got.

Would you like a room? Here you go.

Would you like a job? Why, here you go.

How about some land? Well, get a horse and help yourself.

So, now you believe me about the land, do you?

Aye, if they're throwin’ it away, | wouldn't mind a piece of it.

Maybe this is my destiny.

On his deathbed,

my father told me he'd be watchin’ me from up above.

| wonder now if his spirit might be near, guidin’ me along.

If he bumps into Mr. McGuire up there, tell him | want my spoons back.

Ah, imagine me,

Joseph Donelly, standin’ on my own plot of land.

What would I plant, | wonder, what?

Oats? Corn? Potatoes?

Oh, God, no, not potatoes.

Maybe wheat.

Wheat.

Oh, Shannon, I'm dreamin’ of it now.

Great fields of wheat as far as the eye can See.

Oklahoma land was my idea, you blathering fool!

[ Mocking ] “Maybe this is my destiny."

If it weren't for me, farm boy, you wouldn't even be here!

Well, if it weren't for me, Miss High and Mighty,

you'd have died outside in the street!

Give me back my pillow.

Not in a hundred years.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs, Huffs ]

This book is irritating me.

Do you actually think you're fooling me, Daniel?

Would you prefer | proclaim my independence and drink in the open?

No. | like the system we've got.

How can she be so cruel? Not to send us any word.

She's in America, Nora.

She's been writing to me for some time now.

You hid these from me?

At Shannon's request.

Read them.

Though they may not bring you comfort.

- Nora! - Daniel!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Nora!

Death to the landlord! Burn the house to the ground!

Burn it down!

Captain Moonlight!

Get out of the house, Nora!

- Oh, the letters! - Leave the letters alone, Nora!

My baby!

Come with me.

Stephen, we're over here!

- Stephen. - Quickly. Come this way.

All of your life collected and destroyed.

I'm truly sorry for your loss.

[ Christie ] Does this mean we're finished?

- Are we impoverished now? - No, sir.

You still have your land and your holdings.

This is no longer the Ireland of my birth.

Our daughter's fallen into perilous ruin, Daniel. We must go to her now.

Shannon?

Uh, she's, uh--

she's been in Boston these many months.

Then we shall find her there.

[ Man ] You over there, keep working.

You don't work, you don't get paid.

Get those chickens plucked!

[ Gasps ] Get to work!

| think the prettiest girl in this factory,

the one with the prettiest eyes and the prettiest red hair, is Joseph's sister.

- If you don't mind me saying so, Joseph. - You can say what you like, lad.

But | warn ya, that redhead has a bite that stings.

Get to work!

Get your filthy hands off me, you ugly animal!

That'll cost you a day's wage.

Go ahead. Insult me again.

[ Gasps ]

Pig.

[ Laughing ]

There goes tomorrow.

Done?

Take Friday as well, you spineless little fraction of a man.

Bite, lads. Bite!

~f [ Shannon Humming ]

What are you looking at?

I'm just tryin’ to figure out what you're doin’ there.

It's obvious what I'm doing. I'm cleaning my clothes.

| see.

Do you ever wonder why it takes you so long, Shannon?

My clothes, if you notice, if you look about, are washed and hung.

- Done. - Hmm.

Your talent astounds me, Joseph.

Move over.

Move... over.

Now, if you want to clean your clothes, you have to get your hands wet.

First, you place the board like so.

You take the soap in your right hand,

the clothes in the left.

You brush the soap across the clothes twice,

like so.

Then you plunge and scrub. You plunge... and scrub.

Plunge and scrub and plunge and scrub.

And plunge and scrub and lift.

And if it's still not clean, aye,

then you go again.

You plunge and scrub. You plunge and scrub.

You keep on plungin’ and scrubbin‘...

till all your plungin’ and scrubbin’... is done.

[ Joseph ] Thirty, forty,

forty-five-- forty-five, fifty.

Mmm. You could be a banker, Joseph, with your ability to count.

Oh! A compliment.

Thank you, Shannon.

Don't suppose you've calculated what the journey will cost.

If | barter, | can get a buckboard for under 25.

It's the harness that's costly.

Bit, frame--

frame, collar...

reins.

Mmm. Very impressive.

How much have you saved, Shannon? Huh?

Are you still prayin’ you'll make it to the Oklahoma land race?

- I'll get there. - [ Scoffs ] What a corker.

[ Chuckles ] You're a corker, Shannon.

Why don't you go back home to Ireland, write your parents for money?

They'll forgive you for your petty foolishness.

America may not be exactly what | thought it would be,

but if | went back to Ireland, | wouldn't--

What? Wouldn't what?

| said I'll get there and I'll get there... by myself.

- Well, you'll need supplies. - Of course. Food, clothes.

Ammunition, gun.

Whenever | think of guns, | remember Stephen Chase.

Aye.

You're lucky to be rid of that piss-headed snob.

He wasn't so bad. You didn't know him as well as | did.

[ Grunts ] | knew him well enough.

Me, he adored.

He worshipped me.

There wasn't a puddle of mud he didn't lay his coat upon for me to walk across.

[ Sighs ] Are you facing east?

Aye. Facing east.

All right.

Almost ready.

Thanks be to Jesus.

[ Sighs ] Light!

I'm in.

Good night, Shannon.

Joseph?

What?

Am | beautiful at all?

I've never seen anything like you in all my livin’ life.

Good.

[ Woman Moaning ]

[ Bedsprings Squeaking ]

[ Moaning ] [ Bedsprings Squeaking ]

[ Dermody ] Let's have another boxing match then. We need another challenger.

This man has not been defeated tonight.

Will anyone box him?

Any challengers? You, sir, you can beat him. You've got the face of a winner.

I'll fight him! Oh, Joseph.

[ Joseph Shouts ] No! No, no, no, no.

Joseph, there's rules in this club.

Toe the line and all that. You got to wait till | signal, Joseph.

Toe the line, gentlemen!

No kicking, no biting, no gouging!

[ Man ] You're facing the wrong way!

Fight me here, farmer!

[ Dermody ] Foot on the line.

- Right. - Toe the line! Toe the line!

- Get away! - Just toe the line.

- Come on! You're yella! - [ Shouts ]

Come on!

[ Shouts ]

Go on, scrapper!

[ Shouting ]

[ Shouting ]

Stop it. You won, Joseph! Stop it!

Well! What a fight! Huh? | knew you had it in ya, eh?

Girls, let's get up the burly-cue!

What do you call yourself again?

Joseph. Joseph Donelly.

That's right. Joseph Donelly. You clobbered that fella's brains out, lad.

Yeah, | discovered this fella fresh off the boat!

Gordon, get this scrapper somethin’ to smoke.

Who's your boy there, Kelly?

A newfangled style of fightin’ he's got there. He's slippery all right.

Joseph, shake hands with Mr. D'Arcy Bourke, member of the city council.

I'll shake your hand, Mr. Bourke, but I'm not in a friendly mood.

| came here to fight.

- There's fight left in me yet. - He's a lively one, Kelly.

Would you box an Italian if | scared one up?

I'll box any man you put in front of me.

[ Dermody ] Mike! Mike! Mike!

Jesus Christ, Dermody, when's your voice gonna change?

- We've got another pug, Mike. - Bring him on.

And I'll put money on ya.

[ Dermody ] Place your bets, gentlemen!

The boy's got an appetite, Kelly.

Toe the line, gentlemen. Joseph.

[ Exhales ] [ Woman Giggling ]

[ Joseph ] Aye, | am. Hello, ladies.

[ Chattering ]

[ Joseph ] It's nothin’. Ah. I'm feelin’ grand tonight.

[ Grunts ] [ Laughs ]

- [ Girl ] Steady now, ya rogue. - It's nothin’.

[ Laughs ]

Joseph!

Oh, my God, what happened?

Help me get him into bed.

Joseph, you're covered in blood. What happened to you?

Oh, he's been prize fightin’, but he'll survive.

He had a charge of gunpowder in him that needed to go Off.

And who might you be?

I'm Grace. I work at the social club.

| did well tonight, didn't I?

Aw. You beat ‘em all, Joseph. But don't talk now.

[ Clears Throat ]

Get some sleep.

| need to talk to you.

- You're his sister, right? - Mm-hmm.

What sort of man is he? | mean, besides tough and handsome as the devil.

Well, uh, he's extremely moody.

Oh. | believe that.

Full of spit, isn't he? And passion.

No, not really, no. He's fairly dull.

[ Chuckles ] Dull?

Well, | don't know what sort of men you're used to,

but he's anything but dull.

Mmm, and the build on him.

Me and the girls got swollen eyes from gawkin’' at his bum.

Yes, well, good-bye, Grace.

- Would you tell him, | just-- - Nice to meet you.

- | just want to tell him-- - Good night, Grace.

- That was Grace. - So she said.

- She dances in the burly-cue. - Yes, well, never mind her now.

Just lay there. No, no. Joseph. Lie still. Lie still.

Look in my boot down there.

Four dollars. That's more than plucking chickens in a month. | won it.

I'll have my horse-and-buggy money before the winter comes,

and it won't be from pluckin’ chickens.

There are other ways to get to Oklahoma, Joseph.

You should have heard them, Shannon, cheering me on.

It was grand.

So grand.

Toe the line, gentlemen!

[ Shouting, Cheering ]

[ Shouts ]

[ Grunting ]

-[ Screams ] - [ Grunting ]

Too slow!

[ Crowd Cheering ]

Whoa!

[ Shouting, Cheering ]

Ya come to the body, ya come to the face.

When he's comin’ around, you get outta the way.

They just stand there. Look at them.

[ Groans ]

[ Joseph Shouts ]

[ Body Thuds ]

[ Laughs ] Come on! Come on, now! Mwah!

Mmm! Well, hello there, Joseph. Hello, Cara.

- All done up like a gentleman. - Ahh!

- | hardly recognized him. - How do you do, ladies?

[ Laughing, Exclaiming ]

Shannon. Joseph.

He's a handsome catch, that Joseph Donelly is.

If he can keep his knuckles up all night, imagine what his willy can do.

[ Women Laughing ]

Shoes. Secondhand shoes, madam?

- What do ya think of those? - Ah, would ya look at that!

Oh, look at the sleeves, all billowed out.

From Paris, France, it says.

Oh, so beautiful and modern.

Excuse me!

Ah-ha! Well, excuse me.

Even her poodle's putting on airs.

Oh, look, Shannon, there's your famous brother.

Good grief, he's bought himself another hat.

See you tomorrow. Bye. Bye, Olive.

- Hello, Shannon. - Hello, Joseph.

Well, what do ya think? Do ya like it?

- Like my hat? - No. Not at all.

I'll get some other opinions.

- Do ya like my hat? - It's a fine hat, Mr. Donelly,

- and a fine fight last night as well. - Glad you enjoyed it, Connor.

[ Factory Whistle Blowing ]

[ Kelly ] So I left her there pullin’ up her knickers.

[ Men Laughing ]

Hold on a second. Here he comes.

Ah, there's my boy, lookin’ fit and dandy.

How are you, scrapper? Never better, Mike.

- Hello, lads. - Mr. Bourke would like a word with ya.

[ Bourke ] Joseph Donelly, still undefeated, eh?

Oh, he's a rascal of a holy terror, isn't he?

That he is.

[ Men Laughing ] [ Scoffs ]

[ Inhales Sharply ] That's a long-legged piece of strawberry tart.

- [ Laughs ] - [ Men Chuckling ]

Mind your mouth, Mr. Bourke.

Now, Donelly, you don't talk to Mr. Bourke that way.

Let it go, Kelly.

This is business, and the boy's our stock-in-trade.

Now, listen to me, lad. There's a man | want you to box.

He's a goddamn Italian, and | want you to spill his blood.

I'll box and I'll win.

But you boys don't own me, Mr. Bourke.

| box for myself, alone.

What do you think you're doin’ pissing against the wind, huh?

D'Arcy Bourke is a powerful man in Boston, a man whose connections | need.

I'm not gonna kiss the back of his trousers just ‘cause the rest of ya do.

You like your suit?

Well, do ya? Mmm.

Ya like havin’ a roof over your head?

I'm your bread and butter, lad.

Cross me and you're nothin’.

Nothin’ but an ignorant mick!

You do what you're told, or I'll throw you out on the street,

and every door you'll knock on will be slammed in your face.

Do ya understand?

Yeah. Huh. Good.

It's gonna be a grand fight, Mr. Bourke.

[ Bourke ] Good. That's what | like to hear.

ff [ Lively ] [ Shouting ]

Shannon?

I'm drunk, Joseph!

Whoo! [ Laughs ]

How can you be drunk? You just left my sight.

She's workin’ her way through a jigger of rye. [ Laughs ]

And when | finish it, | may or may not have another one.

[ Cheering ]

[ Woman ] That a girl.

Well, Shannon, you came to America to be modern.

I'm glad everything's workin’ out.

[ Murmuring ]

- You have changed, Mr. Donelly. - Improved, you mean.

Nope! Changed.

Look at all those silly hats. Hmph!

You'll never get to Oklahoma. You've spent all your money.

At the rate I'm goin’, they'll bring the land to me.

You have turned into a snob.

[ Grace ] Joseph?

Joseph!

Excuse me, drunkard.

- Hello, Grace. - Hello, Joseph.

Will | be seein’ ya in church tomorrow morn?

Sounds divine and holy, Grace. We can share a pew, me and you.

- Toodle-oo. - Same to you.

She's got an awfully large chest to be goin’ to church.

Shannon, all chests are equal in the eyes of the Lord.

Huh! She goes into the confession box, she'll never come out, the little tramp.

Grace isn't a tramp. She's a dancer in the burly-cue.

That isn't dancing! That's kicking her knickers up.

| suspect if you asked her to, she'd kick her knickers off.

- Oh, maybe she would. - Has she?

Ah, let me see. Has she?

I'm tryin’ to remember.

Well, think hard! If there's any brain left in your head.

Look at you. They're making a fool of you, the ward boss and his friends!

They respect me.

- Oh, they do not. They don't respect you. - Enough.

You're money in their pockets and nothing more, Joseph.

| said that-- that's enough, Shannon.

You let them pickle you like a piece of pork.

They're just using you. | said that's enough outta you.

[ Screaming ] No! What? No! Put me down!

No! No! ! ![ Screa Oh! ml

Tell me-- Tell me ya like my hat.

You're not wearing a hat.

Say it! Say you like my hat!

You're not wearing a hat!

Say it!

Why can't you Say it, Shannon?

Why can't you say you like my hat? Why can't you say you like my suit?

I've earned it! I've--

I've done well!

Don't touch me, Joseph.

Why don't you go fondle that slut with the runaway tits?

If she isn't stuffing her face with pie.

You're jealous of me. | made more money than you and you're jealous!

| can make money as fast as you can! Just watch me, scrapper!

Shannon! Shannon!

Shannon! [ Pounds Door ]

Why don't you shag her and get it over with?

She's my sister.

And I'm your mother.

- Joseph! - Every time your gentleman leaves, Donna,

| want you to tidy your room, do ya hear me?

Molly? | don't want to say that again.

- Joseph, Mike Kelly's lookin’ for ya. - Molly, where's Shannon?

- Tonight's the big fight! - She didn't come home from work today.

The club is crawlin' with Eyeties.

Molly, have ya seen her? No, I have not.

- She's there! Shannon is there! - Where?

Viva I'Italia! Come on, Italia!

All right, Joseph. Show 'em how it's done, lad.

Joseph, for Ireland!

[ Shouting ] Dago pigs! They're all the same!

Shannon, stop this!

Where's your dignity, woman?

You mind your business, Joseph. [ Money Clinking ]

You get your brains smashed in every night. What's the difference?

There's a world of difference!

Come on! These Eyeties are tearin' the place apart.

Forget it!

Get in there and box. I've got $100 bet on you.

Kiss it good-bye, Mr. Bourke.

I'll make it 200, and I'll split the winnings with ya!

- Two hundred dollars, Joseph! - What?

Did you not hear me? | said I'll split the winning's with ya!

- No! - Joseph?

Donelly!

Take it. Take it?

- | thought you didn't want me to fight. - But it's so much money.

You've boxed for nickels before. This is a fortune!

[ Chanting ] Joseph! Joseph! Joseph!

[ Chanting Continues ] Joseph! Joseph! Joseph!

I'll match that offer.

Don't let your stubborn pride get in the way. You'll have it. You'll have Oklahoma!

You'll never have to fight for them again.

This'll get us out of here.

Us?

Well, you. [ Sighs ]

I mean you.

[ Cheering ]

That's a lad! [ Continues Indistinct ]

Come on. Let's show ‘em.

Right, Joseph, damage the dago. You hear me?

Keep back, will ya? Get back. Come on!

Get Mr. Bourke a chair up on the stage there. Come on, lad.

This is a fight to the finish, gentlemen. A fight to the finish.

Side bettin'’ is allowed and a knockdown terminates a round.

[ Dermody ] Contest, grudge, gentlemen.

- [ Shouts ] - [ Shouting, Cheering ]

[ Grunting, Groaning ]

[ Grunts, Groans ]

Ah!

Come on, scrapper! Keep your left up.

[ Grunts ] [ Groans ]

Yes! Go!

[ Groaning ]

[ Grunts ] [ Man Shouting ]

Bastardo! [ Shouting In Italian ]

Dirty dago bastard!

- Joseph! - [ Grunts ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Cheering, Whistling ]

Ah, Kelly, | smell victory.

I'd enjoy it even more with a little strawberry tart.

Mr. Bourke would like some company.

I'm not especially attracted to Mr. Bourke.

You came to me for help. Let's show some manners.

Come to scratch! Come to scratch!

[ Guffawing ]

[ Grunting ]

What the hell's he doing, Kelly?

What are you doing? Get back in there. Get your hands off her, Bourke!

There's too much money at stake here, Donelly.

Filthy pig!

- [ Shannon ] Joseph! - Get back to scratch!

Do you wanna forfeit?

- Shannon? - [ Shannon ] Put him down!

Shannon! Joseph!

You're losin’ me money, you coward!

Get back in there and fight! You're gonna forfeit!

Shannon! Kelly, you bastard!

[ Groaning ]

Move over!

Go on, Joe! Get up, Joe!

[ Muffled Shouting ]

Joseph!

[ Gasps, Groans ]

- No! - [ Dermody ] Get up, Joseph! Get up!

Joseph! Get up! Get up! Get up!

Get up, Joseph! Get up!

I've bet more money than you've got. Get up!

Get up! He's out!

[ Shouts ] [ Crowd Cheering ]

[ Shrieking ]

[ Joseph Coughs ] Joseph!

- My God. I'm sorry. - You, get off!

[ Screams ] Shut your mouth!

[ Joseph Groaning ] Get this loser out of my club!

[ Groaning ]

[ Meowing ]

[ Cat Screeching ]

[ Groans Softly ]

[ Men Chattering ]

[ Men Exclaiming, Laughing ]

[ Stephen ] Did you tell them we're in Jefferson Court?

Number six, Jefferson Court.

Six Jefferson Court, boys. Make sure they hear you!

In the south end.

Her family has come from Ireland. They're here in Boston.

They're offering a reward.

Have you seen a girl like that?

[ Stephen ] Find her. Do your job. Must | do everything for you?

Hey. We found her, and here she is right over here.

We'll never get anything out of these people. They're drunks.

If you see the girl, her family is in Jefferson Court.

Number six, Jefferson Court.

Ah, settle down, boys. Have a look at this.

[ Men Laughing ]

- Joseph, what happened to ya, sweetie? - What's happened to him?

Shannon?

[ Whispering ] Shannon.

Do come in, scrapper.

[ Coins Clanking, Jangling ]

That's our money. We earned it.

There isn't a penny here doesn't originate with me!

Get him out. [ Grunting ]

- Get out. - [ Joseph ] Don't touch her.

[ Wind Whistling ]

[ Grunts ] You're done, scrapper.

You won't work here, box here, nothin’ here.

- You coppers beat it! Get him up. - On your feet.

Too bad, but | saw it comin’ the first time you walked in off the boat.

[ Joseph Groaning Softly ]

- [ Groans ] - [ Shannon ] No! Leave him!

k No! elly Laughing ]

[ Sobs ] Leave--

- Molly Kay, these two are banished. - Joseph. No.

You shelter them even a night, I'll shut this whorehouse down.

Come on!

[ Wind Howling ]

It's too cold, Joseph.

Hey! Do you need help, sir?

- Get out of here! - We haven't eaten for three days.

I'll work for food.

| don't hire Irish!

For the love of God, we haven't eaten for three days.

| said | don't hire Irish! Now get outta here!

[ Coughing ]

Joseph, we can't keep wandering like this.

I know.

[ Coughs ]

It's been too long, too many days.

We can't keep doin’ this. [ Whimpers, Coughs ]

| think this house is empty. [ Mutters ]

[ Crystals Tinkling ]

[ Whispering ] Look.

A tree. Shannon!

Food!

There's food here.

[ Whispering ] Joseph, look at us.

I never thought it would turn out like this.

Coming all this way for land.

[ Crystal Tinkles ]

[ Whispers ] Shannon.

Sit down. Sit down at this beautiful table.

[ Whispering ] No, we can't. We're burglars.

Please, please? | want you to pretend.

Sit down. I'll serve you.

Tonight, | want you to dine.

No, Joseph. Don't serve me. Just sit down.

Sit down with me.

Let's pretend...

that this house is ours.

That you're my husband... and I'm your wife.

Sit down.

Joseph,

did you ever wonder what that land you dreamed of looked like?

Aye.

Mine--Mine was a green pasture with tall grass...

that rolled just a little bit.

Mine had a stream runnin’ through it.

Perhaps some trees.

Rich, dark soil.

No rocks to pick out of the ground.

Hmm. A green pasture and a stream.

They will complement each other, no?

They would.

The one, in fact, depends upon the other.

Pretend... you love me.

| pretend | love you.

| pretend | love you too.

[ Door Opens ] [ Crystals Tinkling ]

- What was that? - Who's there?

Shannon.

[ Man ] Get the hell out of my house!

- [ Rifle Cocking ] - No!

- [ Gunshot ] -[ Screams ]

- Shannon! - Police! Police!

- Get the police! - [ Whispering ] Shannon. Shannon.

Help! Help!

This girl needs help! Will ya let us in?

This--

[ Grunting ]

[ Joseph ] Is this the Christie's?

Shannon. Just let us in.

- [ Stephen ] Quickly, fetch a doctor. - [ Maid ] Yes, sir.

Step aside. You'll infect her with your filthy hands.

What did you expect? That you could climb to her station?

- Gunshot! - Aye.

God, look at her!

- Will she be all right? - She will now.

The wound is in the shoulder. | have to clean it.

Shannon, I--

You're safe now.

This house.

[ Sniffles ] You're gonna be fine.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

Take care of her.

[ Maid ] Mr. Christie, Mr. Christie. Here's the doctor.

Something terrible has happened.

What is it, Doctor? Your daughter, Mr. Christie.

- Shannon? She's here? - [ Nora ] What's happened to her?

All right! She's all clear! Let's get the mud cleaned out of here!

Hey, mick, after you drop that tie off, let's get after these rocks!

Come on! Let's get some goddamn work done here!

Fill up that wheelbarrow!

Clear those rocks! Come on! Fill it up. Fill it up.

[ Crystals Tinkling ]

Move it! Hey!

- Fire in the hole! - Fire in the hole!

Come on, boys, find yourself some cover. We got fire in the hole!

Hey, you, fire in the hole!

[ Men Shouting, Faint ]

[ Shannon ] Joseph.

Joseph.

[ Men Chattering, Shouting ]

[ Man ] Water!

Anybody need water?

Water?

[ Man ] Look at that. All them wagons headed for the Oklahoma Territory.

I'd be goin’ with 'em if | was as young as you. Doesn't interest me.

[ Whistle Blowing ]

if [Man Singing, Indistinct ]

[ Whistle Blowing Continues ]

| had a woman once.

But she don't want me “cause | had no money.

That's America. Unless you are rich, you are nobody.

| should never have come to this place.

Forget the women, boys. You got a job of work ahead of ya.

ff [ Singing Continues, Indistinct ]

[ Train Whistle Blowing ]

Da, is that you? Joseph!

[ Da ] Oh, you look like you're not doing too well, my boy.

I missed you, Da.

[Da]Aman is nothing without land, they say.

Land is a man's own soul.

[ Joseph ] I'll work my own land someday.

If you manage it, my God, your old da...

will be smiling down on you from heaven above.

[ Brakes Squealing ]

[ Man ] Stay where you are boys. We're just stopping for water.

- [ Man #2 ] It's the pioneers. - [ Man #3 ] There's so many of them.

[ Man #2 ] No, they go to Oklahoma, | think, for the free land.

[ Men Laughing ]

[ Man #4 ] They just wasting time. There ain't enough land to go around.

[ Horse Whinnying ] [ Man ] Hyah!

[ Scoffs ] One in a hundred will stake a claim.

The rest of 'em, they just dreamin’.

Think they gonna get some free land.

[ Train Car Rattles ]

[ Men Laughing ]

Hey, Irish!

Hey, mick, where do you think you're goin'?

Il was on the wrong road!

[ Train Whistle Blowing ]

[ Woman ] Sarah!

[ Man ] There now! Comin’ through! Keep it going!

Whoa! Coming through!

Farmers, ranchers, homesteaders,

this well driller is an example of modern American industry at its finest.

Come up and have a look. It's not gonna bite ya. It's just modern, that's all.

You may find land tomorrow,

but you won't survive in the wilderness, not without water.

Water is what you need.

Folks, each quarter section is marked.

You run for land, remove the marker and drive in your own stake.

The race begins tomorrow at noon!

Again, each quarter section is marked.

- You run for land-- - Where can | get a horse?

[ Horse Whinnies ] [ Man ] You're a little late, cowboy.

Pickings are slim.

Now, this here horse is broke.

That horse there, green broke.

Know the difference?

| think | can see it.

A broke horse is a dependable horse.

A green broke horse, he's faster.

- [ Whinnying ] - That sounds good. The faster the better.

No telling what he'll do though.

Hell, you could end up in Canada on that green broke son of a bitch.

[ Horse Squeals ] Stand back!

[ Horse Squeals, Blusters ]

[ Whinnying ]

I think I'll take the dependable horse.

| would.

You go out there and get you a good piece of land tomorrow, Joseph.

Thank you, Ralph.

[ Sighs ] I'm cursed.

Oh, Lord, I'm cursed.

[ Men And Women Chattering ]

Mother, the clothes will never come clean if you don't get your hands wet.

[ Gunshot ] [ Gasp ]

Oh! There's no order in this godforsaken place.

Here. Take the soap and you plunge and scrub.

Plunge and scrub? Mm-hmm. Like so.

Nora!

Nora! Nora! I've been shot.

- Shot? - Well, shot at anyway.

[ Gasps ] By the cavalry.

We crossed the starting line and we broke the law.

Daniel Christie, | will not have you riding tomorrow...

in that vulgarity of a race!

The Wild West suits me, Nora.

There's no telling what | might do.

Shannon?

Shannon, | found it.

Twenty miles straight west of here. It's paradise itself.

You will love it, Shannon. The earth is dry and dusty here.

But where we'll live there's a winding stream,

and the grass on the gentle hills around it grows high and rich and green.

It's the plot of land you've dreamed of.

Excuse me, Stephen.

Are you cross with me, Shannon?

Of course | am. We were doing this together, | thought.

| couldn't take you with me today. It was too dangerous.

I don't mind a little danger now and then.

Shannon, stop this childishness.

Are we not here, your parents and I,

amongst all these people, because you wanted this?

Tomorrow we'll ride as one, together, side by side.

We'll claim our land, and then we'll marry and finally settle down.

You do want to settle down, don't you, Shannon?

Yes.

Yes, | want to settle down.

There now. That's better.

| hate to see you angry.

It isn't your nature to be so.

[ Joseph ] Hello, Shannon.

| wondered if I'd see you here. | suspected that | might.

Not I. I... saw you living back in Boston all this while.

You look well. You look well.

I'm here with my family.

We came by train.

| came by train myself.

You'll be running in the race tomorrow, | presume.

| always said I'd get my land.

| even bought a horse, a fine horse.

Well.

Time takes care of everything, doesn't it, Joseph?

Everything's worked out as it should have.

Don't you agree?

Yeah.

- Good luck tomorrow, Joseph. - Aye.

Best of luck to you, Shannon.

Shannon Christie?

You never gave up.

You knew what you wanted back in Ireland.

And look at ya. Here ya are.

You're a corker, Shannon.

What a corker you are.

Beautiful country, isn't it, boy?

| found the perfect piece of land for Shannon and me,

almost the picture of what she described--

the land of her dreams.

Congratulations. [ Clicks Tongue ]

[ Clicks Tongue ] Just what the hell are you doing here?

You bring her to me bleeding, and now you think you can talk to her?

Stay away from her, do you hear me?

There'll be a lot of confusion in the race tomorrow, lad.

Someone could get shot.

[ Clicks Tongue ]

- [ Gunshots ] - [ Men Shouting ]

[ Joseph ] f Her beautiful eyes f

S Were a terrible curse f

- Three days in his grave J

- She ran off with his purse JS

They've got their land all picked out,

the pair of them-- the land of her dreams.

All those months | was tryin’ to forget about her,

| was-- | was layin" down the very track...

that brought her here. [ Laughing ]

And to hell with everyone! I'm gonna get my land.

That's my thought for the night.

Tomorrow | ride for me. Me alone.

And my horse.

[ Shouting ] [ Gunshots ]

Sweet Mary, Jesus,

and all the saints preserve us.

That there was the oldest horse I ever saw in my life.

[ Chattering ]

[ Chattering ]

It's almost noon. We're gonna miss the photograph.

Be all right. You ready?

[ Horse Whinnies ] [ Man ] Stay with him, Joseph!

[ Whinnies ] [ Shouting ]

Whoa.

| sold him that horse. [ Chuckling ]

[ Man ] Don't let him bluff ya, cowboy!

We're breaking the law, Nora.

| don't like you taking charge of the business side of our life.

Oh, you do too! Now listen up.

This stake goes into the ground over there.

That's your job. I'll tell ya when.

I, meanwhile, will run the horse around in circles.

He's got to look all sweaty and tired. Even dead would be good.

Got it? Yes.

But we-we don't really need all of this.

It's scary out here, Daniel.

Ah, we'll do fine.

Pretend we're starting out in life instead of ending up.

if [ Bugle ]

[ Horse Whinnying ] [ Laughs ]

Hey, you wanna buy a good pair of spurs?

- Sorry. - [ Laughing ]

The race is that way, lad. Hey, watch it!

[ Whinnying ]

[ Grunting ]

Forget the horse, lad, and find yourself a donkey. [ Men Laughing ]

Joseph.

Take him by the bit.

[ Stephen ] Shannon!

[ Man ] eady? Get ready!

[ Whinnying ]

[ Horses Whinnying ]

- Hyah! - [ Man ] Hey! Where the hell is he going?

Shoot him!

[ Woman Screaming ]

Fire!

- Hyah! - [ Horses Whinnying ]

Hyah!

[ Shouting ]

Giddyap!

[ Shouting ]

That way! Hyah! .

[ Girl Screaming ]

[ Squeals ]

I've no wish to fight you.

[ Grunts ]

Whoa!

Hyah!

Yeah! Hyah! Hyah-hyah!

Hyah!

[ Gunshot ]

Oh! God protect us. Daniel, here they come!

[ Shouting ]

Stand by, partner, and pretend you're out of breath!

Pretend? My heart's up here in my nose!

Oh, my God, Nora! Aw, this is thrilling.

Nora? Now, Nora! Now!

[ Exhales, Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Chuckles ] [ Laughs ]

Yah!

Hyah!

[ Stephen ] There it is!

Come on. Come on!

Hyah!

Come on, Shannon! Hurry!

- Yah! Yah! - [ Horse Whinnies ]

Hyah!

Come on! [ Clicks Tongue ] Yah!

- [ Grunting ] - [ Whinnies ]

Stephen! Stephen!

Shannon, get up! Grab the reins!

Hyah! Hyah-ha!

Are you all right, Shannon?

Are you all right?

Hyah! Hyah!

Go, Joseph. Go!

Ride! Go get your land!

Hyah! Hyah!

[ Joseph ] Yah!

[ Gunshots ]

[ Grunting ]

You're not in Ireland anymore, you arrogant bastard!

Hyah! Hyah!

Damn it, Shannon. Do you want your land or don't you?

Whoa! Whoa!

Devil! Whoa!

[ Grunts ]

This land is mine! Mine by destiny!

Go ahead, Joseph! Claim it!

Shannon!

Claim it? Hyah! Stephen!

Look out, Joseph!

No! Joseph!

Oh, my God! Joseph! Joseph!

- Shannon? - Joseph! Joseph!

- Don't touch him. - No! Get away, Stephen!

- Shannon, listen to me! - Get away, Stephen!

Leave!

[ Whimpers ] Joseph!

Joseph. [ Groans ]

Joseph, look at me. Look at me. [ Groaning ]

- No, don't move. Stay still. - Shannon?

[ Whimpers ]

Don't do this.

- You've made your choice. - Joseph, look at me.

[ Whimpers ]

Look at me.

Look at me. |--

- Joseph. Look at me. - [ Groans ] | feel myself dying.

No! No, you stay lookin’ at my eyes. Look at my eyes, Joseph!

- Shannon? - No, you're not dying.

- Look! - You've got your land.

But all the land in the world means nothing to me without you.

Joseph, shh. Shh.

I... tried to prove myself to you,

but | know nothin’ of books or alphabets...

or sun or moon Or--

All | know...

is Joseph loves Shannon.

That's all that matters to me.

Hey, Shannon. Joseph. Joseph, no.

- Shannon. - No! No, stay with me. Stay.

Joseph, no. No!

- Joseph, look at me. Joseph! - Shannon.

Joseph, please. Please don't leave me.

Please don't leave me alone.

[ Sobs ] Joseph. Joseph, no!

Joseph. Joseph, no! [ Sniffles ]

No! [ Crying ]

Please.

No! Please come back. Please.

Don't leave me. [ Sobs ]

[ Crying ] Jo-- No!

This is our dream together.

| don't want this without you.

Joseph. [ Crying ]

[ Sobs Loudly ] | loved you.

| loved you from the first time | saw you.

[ Crying ]

Joseph.

[ Inhales Deeply ]

| often wondered about that.

[ Gasps ] How? Joseph.

You died. You died!

Aye,

but you can be sure | won't be dying twice.

[ Sighs, Chuckles ]

[ Men Shouting ]

iS [ New Age Intro ]

[ Woman ] J One day, one night, one moment J

J My dreams could be tomorrow

f One step, one fall, one falter f

? East or west over earth or by ocean f

- One way to be my journey f

- This way could be my book of days f

if [ Continues In Gaelic ]

tS No day, no night, no moment f

~ Can hold me back from trying f

JV fly, Ui fall, I'll falter f

i I'll find my day maybe far and away J

- Far and away J

ff [Woman Vocalizing ]

if [ Vocalizing Continues ]

~ One day, one night, one moment f

S With a dream to believe in S

f One step, one fall, one falter f

S Found a new earth across a wide ocean Jf

~ This way became my journey f

- This day ends together far and away J

- This day ends together far and away J

f Far and away JS