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Yeah.

Hey, hey, kids, look there!

My name is Abraham Jacob Lee

and I am my father's son.

My father, Hubert Lee, served in Korea.

One day he found a baby in a ditch.

But the baby died

before he could deliver it to the orphanage.

Well, you look happy.

What do you know that all the others don't?

The moment he saw my Korean name

I became his son.

Abraham Jacob Lee.

So who's that?

Is she afraid I'll take you and not her?

I think I know you.

I think you are none other than Louise Janine Lee.

Abraham Jacob Lee?

Yes, Dad?

Who's your favorite father? You are.

Who's your only father?

You are.

Janine Louise Lee?

Who's your favorite father?

Daddy, must we?

Who's your favorite father, Louise?

Right here.

This, I knew immediately, was our journey's end.

A stretch of sand

halfway between Jacksonville and Saint Augustine.

This is going to be just right, don't you think?

Here my father would build his great wall of life

and it would be exactly as he saw it in his mind--

big as a dream.

What's that?

My father studied literature in college

and to him the world was full of signs and symbols.

Everything had a meaning.

From the moment my father first laid eyes on him

Turner Knight was Death personified.

And since my father saw himself as life

it was inevitable that they would be adversaries.

Bye.

Perhaps other things were inevitable, too

etched in stone long before any of us were born.

Look at him, kids.

He has no idea

what the future has in store for him--

that Hubert T. Lee and his great wall of life

are going to put him in the dark.

Abraham, Louise

your father is a dramatic man.

Pay him no mind.

Come on.

All right now

here we go, here we go.

My father thought that once The Flamingo was built

Turner Knight would be forced to relocate.

Life would send Death packing.

He was wrong.

I'm glad your mother didn't live to see this.

Come inside, Dad.

Uh-oh.

What?

Death's paying life a visit.

During the year we built the Flamingo

we didn't formally introduce ourselves to Turner Knight.

He and my father communicated only through lawyers.

: I beg you to be reasonable, Mr. Lee.

I'm trying to conduct a funeral service.

I thought we agreed

that you were going to stay

on your side of the highway

and I was going to stay on mine.

That's just the point, Mr. Lee.

Your music is on my side

of the highway.

Well, what manner of man

objects to music?

I don't object

to music, Mr. Lee, but I am well aware

you're trying to ruin my business to drive me out.

I'm trying to conduct a funeral service

for the 17-year-old daughter

of the mayor of Saint Augustine!

How would you like to kneel

in my chapel

beside the casket of your daughter

and be forced to listen to "Oogum Boogum"?

I will never kneel in your chapel, Mr. Knight.

On this you may rely implicitly.

Mr. Knight...

Mr. Knight.

Mr. Knight...

I fear we have been very inconsiderate.

Mrs. Lee, believe me

I harbor no ill feeling for you or your...

Husband.

...family.

Surely, we could come

to some reasonable accommodation.

Of course, perhaps you could telephone

our office when you're having a service.

Thank you, Mrs. Lee.

And we will be installing individual speaker posts

as soon as possible.

According to whom?

According to me, Hubert.

If you'll excuse me.

Gladly, you're excused.

Hubert, Hubert!

Hubert, you're a good, decent man.

Act like one.

Oh, Hubert.

What gets into you?

Abraham?

Yes, Dad?

Later on, when you grow up

and find yourself a good woman...

run like crazy.

Yes, Dad.

Oh, oh, my, yes!

You know what this place is going to be?

A gold mine!

That is right.

We ran out of everything.

I'm guessing about 50 or 60 kids snuck in in car trunks.

Maybe more.

They're sneaking in the exit, too.

We should hire someone to guard it.

Mm-hmm. Hubert, listen.

Louise is right.

We're seriously understaffed on weekends.

We need two registers going Fridays and Saturdays.

Popcorn is where we make our money.

Yeah, Daddy, you're going to have

to adopt at least two more kids.

Ooh!

I know what we really need.

Pirate costumes!

Daddy.

Yes.

Pirate...

Yeah.

Pirate costumes.

Oh, yes.

Ten, 20...

Come on, Abraham.

Oh, yes... here, hold these.

You got that?

Here.

Huh?

Ha!

You like it?

Yeah.

Ha!

My goodness!

Stand back, stand back!

My goodness, are you...?

Come on out of there.

Are you... are you all right?

Yeah.

Now, really, are you all right? Yeah.

Are you sure you're all right, Mr...?

Maws, Pete Maws.

Really?

Yeah.

Hubert T. Lee.

Edna Lee, Abraham Lee, Louise Janine Lee.

How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.

I'm sorry about the fence, Mr. Lee.

Not at all, not at all, don't you worry about that.

That's not important.

This, this your drive-in?

It's not just a drive-in, Mr. Maws.

You're looking at the world's largest movie screen...

conceived, built, and operated by the Hubert T. Lee family

formerly of North Carolina.

North Carolina?

Mm-hmm.

Where you headed, Mr. Maws?

I wasn't headed for your fence, Mrs. Lee.

I'm not exactly sure

where I'm headed.

I was just looking for a place to park my engine.

Do you possess any skills, Mr. Maws?

For instance, uh, carpentry?

I can pound a nail, if that's what you're asking.

Matter of fact, I'm looking for a job, if you're offering.

Do you believe in accidents, Mr. Maws?

I believe I just had one.

I don't... believe in accidents, that is.

I believe everything happens for a reason.

And I believe that if you're not just looking for a job

but also for a new home, you just found both.

Both? Mm-hmm.

What do you think about that, Mr. Abraham?

My dad's usually right.

Your dad's always right.

Put her there. Come on in.

Come on in?

Yeah.

You're a lucky man, Pete Maws.

You've escaped the "Iron Line of Necessity"

and become part of the "Great Wall of Life."

Directionless just a few short hours ago

you are now part of the "Grand Design."

Well, Mrs. Lee

you have yourself two beautiful children.

Miss Louise, I believe, favors you

and Mr. Abraham...

his father.

At the risk of appearing nosy

Mr., Mr. Maws, there's, uh...

well, there's something about your story

I don't quite understand.

What's that, Mr. Lee?

You retired from the railroad?

Yes, sir.

On the Palm Coast Line, in Florida?

Yes, sir, started out in linens

and worked my way up through the dining car.

And I spent the last ten years in charge of maintenance.

And the Palm Coast gave you a pension?

The Palm Coast Line is under the mistaken impression that...

I'm white.

You may have to explain

that one, Mr. Maws.

Well, Mrs. Lee, I was hired

with a bunch of boys out of Palatka.

And, well, I was the only one that could write

so I got to fill out all the forms.

Now, you had to check either

that you were colored or you were white.

At that time-- I must have been about Mr. Abraham's age--

and, well, I wished I was white.

So when it came down to my own form

well, guess which one I checked?

Wasn't that a lie?

Yes, that's exactly what it was, Mr. Abraham.

Big, old white lie.

I mean, as young as I was

I didn't know that there's some things

that you just can't change by wishing, you know?

And later on, well, I felt more ashamed

about the wish than the lie

if you follow my meaning.

You still look a little young to retire, hmm?

Well, sir, that's another lie I told.

Instead of 14, I wrote down that I was 40 on the form.

Yeah, yeah, Mrs. Lee. That's true.

You're looking at a 65-year-old white man.

Are you, are you sure

you're telling us the truth about all this, Mr. Maws?

Now, would I lie to you?

Here's to retirement.

Yes!

Let us pray.

O Lord, be merciful to your people.

Fill us with your gifts

and make us always eager to serve you

in faith

hope and love.

What's your name?

We ask this through Christ, our Lord...

Amen.

A reading from the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians...

I'm Gary.

Gary.

"Now I will show you the greater way

"which surpasses all others.

"If I speak with human tongues

"and angelic as well, but do not have love

"I am a noisy gong, a clanging cymbal.

"If I have the gift of prophesy

"and with full knowledge comprehend all mysteries

"and have faith great enough to move mountains

"but do not have love, I am nothing.

"Love is patient.

"It is never self-seeking.

"Love never fails.

"Prophesies will cease.

"Tongues will be silent.

"Knowledge will pass away.

"In the end

"but three things last: faith, hope and love.

And the greatest of these is love."

Mrs. Lee, how nice to see you.

Mr. Knight.

Mother, can I wait for you across the street?

Close by, Louise.

I don't want to have to search for you. Yes, Mother.

I didn't know you were a member of the parish, Mr. Knight.

Oh, I belong to seven churches and, and a synagogue.

My vocation requires it.

Does that make me a hypocrite,

do you suppose?

Well, that would be a rather harsh judgment.

Harsh, but perhaps just.

Faith and I have been resolute strangers since my wife died.

Abraham, go keep your sister company.

She's got company.

Yes, but I think she could benefit from yours.

Dad said not to be late.

Go.

Mrs. Lee

I am happy to run into you.

I've been wanting

to thank you for intervening with your husband.

Oh, what you were asking for was more than reasonable.

Mrs. Lee, might I ask you

why he hates me so?

Oh, now, Hubert doesn't hate you, Mr. Knight.

He hates...

the idea of you.

Ah, well...

that's reassuring.

Have you been down the street?

Well, I think it's a great success.

Mother's found an admirer, Abraham.

Mom loves Dad.

It was kind of you

to give me that advice about the schools.

Oh, I'm happy to any... anytime.

I do appreciate it.

Bye-bye. Bye.

Abraham, Louise.

Mr. Knight has suggested a school for the two of you:

Saint Margaret.

Catholic school?

With nuns and uniforms?

Dad would never allow it.

Uh-huh...

Who's your favorite father?

My favorite father wouldn't make me go to Catholic school.

You'll have to take that up with your favorite mother.

All right, how old is the earth?

Millions of years? And how do we know?

Carbon dating.

Who's the father of modern science? Galileo.

And who had Galileo thrown in prison

for telling the truth?

The Pope.

Where'd your mother come up with this idea

is what I'd like to know.

All right.

Be careful, now.

Don't grow up now.

Don't you ever grow up now.

Sister. Mother.

Today is a special day, class.

Class!

Today it is my pleasure

to introduce to you, not one, but two new classmates.

Ow!

Their names are

Abraham Jacob Lee

and Louise Janine Lee.

I'm sure you'll want to join me

in welcoming them.

You may go to your seats.

GIRL I wonder what's wrong with her.

BOY I don't know, maybe...

Nice shot.

Thank you, Mother.

Today we are reading Romeo and Juliet

Act Two, Scene One.

Use this one here.

Come on.

You can look on with me.

Thank you.

Have you read ever read Romeo and Juliet before?

What scene is this?

Act Two, Scene One.

He dropped all this popcorn

and then he dropped all the money my mother gave me.

Oh, hey, Louise, you dropped this.

See you later, Grace.

Bye.

Hi.

Hi.

Your sister's really pretty.

Why was she limping before?

It only happens when she's really nervous.

You'll probably never see it again.

Well, it was really nice the way you took care of her.

The nuns will make her button her blazer.

They think the sight of girls' breasts

inspires boys to evil thoughts.

So, are you Chinese?

Louise and I were born in Korea.

We were adopted when we were little.

Do you know who your parents are?

They're Hubert and Edna Lee.

No. I mean your real parents.

They are our real parents.

I'm... sorry. I didn't mean to...

No. That's okay.

We probably shouldn't even be talking.

My father is Turner Knight, you know.

I know.

I recognized you.

Guess that makes you a Capulet.

And you a Montague.

Your top button has to be fastened.

Come on, you guys.

So, what's it like

to live in the world's largest movie screen?

Pretty normal mostly.

What's it like to live in a funeral parlor?

Well, it's the same-- pretty normal.

Do you sleep in a bed or a coffin?

So, since you work in the Flamingo Drive-in and all...

Yeah.

Are there any good movies?

No.

No? Not at all?

No. Not at all.

...cheerleading class?

Do you really think I should?

Yeah. I definitely think you should.

They could really use somebody like you.

I don't know.

There's my dad.

I'll see you later.

Take care. I'll see you.

Her name's Ashley.

And she's on... she's like...

Oh, that's so sweet.

Abe. Come on.

Sorry. I-I have to go.

So long now.

Okay, I'll...

We've got to get going.

Okay.

Hi, Mom.

How was it?

How was your school?

Fine.

Great.

You got a lot of homework.

Yes. No.

I'm glad you brought your books home, Abe.

I'd like to have a look through them.

Your father wants to check them for Papal fallacies.

We've already read most of them.

Our living room has more books than the school library.

See? What did tell you?

Maybe a donation is in order.

You give hand-outs to everyone else.

Fine with me, Edna.

I'll start making a list of books

no high school library should be without.

D.H. Lawrence, Nabokov, Salinger.

So you make

any new friends?

Yeah. Yeah?

Who's the young lady, Abe?

Which one?

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

Under the elms

just now.

I think her name was Grace.

Grace what?

Hubert.

Edna.

Yeah, Abraham.

Grace what?

How come you two are arguing so much lately?

Who?

Here he comes.

Money. Money.

Watch this. Watch. Watch.

He said he's going to do a loop-de-loop.

Isn't that dangerous?

Don't you worry, son.

That is none other than

Judge Lester at the throttle.

He's the best circus pilot in all of Dixie.

Advertise, advertise, advertise.

Rule Number Always, always hire the best.

Hey, what's that?

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Whoo!

Come on.

Whoa!

Is he okay?

Uh... I think so.

I-I think he made it.

Hey!

You kids

stay away from there now!

That's not a toy.

It's not exactly a plane anymore, either.

Yeah. She'll need a little work before she flies again.

Judge Lester, this is my son, Abraham, you remember?

Young man...

you are the spitting image of your father.

Thanks.

Well, it could have been worse.

How?

You could have been killed.

These children

could have been killed.

Could have been better, too.

Mr. Lee

maybe this ain't such a good idea.

Come along. Edna probably doesn't even remember you.

It's okay. Come on in. Come in.

Well...

Look what the cat dragged in.

Sweetheart.

Hi. Now, you may not recall, but this is Judge Lester.

He's the best stunt pilot in all of Dixie.

Oh, I remember Judge Lester.

They finally run you out of North Carolina, Judge.

And-and this...

is our new projectionist, Mr. Pete Maws.

Hey, Judge.

Well... an outdoor cinematic technician.

Whoa!

Is that Miss Louise there?

Why, you're even prettier than your pictures.

And old honest Abe there, why

he-he looks like a...

a doctor.

Hey, how about some candy, you two, huh?

Yeah. Take as much as you want.

I got connections with all the candy kings

of North America.

Whoo!

And, uh, Mrs. Lee...

the lady of the house always deserves a gift

when a guest comes for a long visit.

A long visit?

Um...

I've invited the judge to work here at the Flamingo

for a while until he gets his plane fixed up.

We had a little problem in town this afternoon.

I know that, Hubert.

It was all over the radio.

You know what they call that, Judge?

Hmm?

Free publicity.

Yeah.

Well, it's a good thing

we just made a $5,000 donation

to the Policeman's Benevolent Fund

or you two overgrown adolescents would be in jail

for public endangerment.

Always make friends with the cops.

"Advertise, advertise, advertise."

is "Always hire the best."

Okay, then, call it 2A and 2B.

isn't he?

Would you take me flying?

Sweetie

the finest stunt pilot in all

of Dixie just wrecked his plane.

Oh, there's lots of planes for hire, Mrs. Lee.

I'll be glad to take you up.

Louise, darling, we don't need to discuss that now.

Oh, Please, Daddy? We really don't.

Please, Daddy, please.

Louise, no-no sugar.

Mom, please. I want to fly more than anything.

You have to say yes. Please?

Louise!

Please? No.

Please?

On one condition.

Anything. Anything. I promise.

The Judge takes me up first so I know it's safe.

But, Mom, you're scared of heights.

You won't even go up on the roof.

Oh, I think I'll be safe enough, won't I, Judge?

You're a different man up here.

Aren't you, Judge?

Nothing to be afraid of in the sky, Mrs. Lee.

It's down there where everything gets messed up.

Up here...

Even I...

don't make you nervous.

Oh, not a bit, Mrs. Lee.

I got you just where I want you.

What do I do? Yeah, that's good.

You all right? I'm fine.

Yeah.

Whee!

Thanks, Mom.

Come on, little lady.

Abraham...

you were really worried about me, weren't you?

Here comes our

next aviator.

It's gorgeous.

Bye!

Bye.

Dad, can you listen?

He is going to give us a practical demonstration

of what I feel safe in saying

is a pretty exciting birthday present.

Dad, we need to talk about this for a second.

I can't hold them much longer, Ben.

You'd better get out here.

I'd like to discuss this.

Hey, you're flexing my face. Air.

Hey, fellas, that's $3.75.

Oh, come on, man. Give us a break.

Admission is one and a quarter times three.

Makes $3.75, fellas.

Ah, man.

Come on, fellas.

Let's bug out...

Come on, baby.

Thanks a lot, guys.

Enjoy the show.

This remarkable young man

is going to perform for you...

I think your sister's in love with me.

Don't you?

No.

Not even a little?

She loves the fact that you love her.

That's not the same thing, is it?

She wants to be an actress.

That way everybody will love her.

You could be one of the everybody.

What I want to be is the only body.

All right...

spill it.

What?

Whatever's wrong.

You've been moping since yesterday.

You regret now you didn't go flying.

No.

What then?

I wasn't supposed to know about you and Grace Knight?

Is that it?

How did you find out?

You didn't invent

falling in love, Abraham.

You going to tell Dad?

You're going to.

Why not?

Shall I tell you why not?

You're not going to tell him because you love him, right?

Because you're crazy about Grace.

And because telling your father

would serve no useful purpose.

Do you like Turner Knight?

Yes, Abraham, I do.

Why do you have to talk to him every Sunday after church?

I think I just answered that question.

Were you paying attention?

Abraham, look at me.

Look at me.

Turner Knight

is a lonely man in need of a friend.

That's all we are though if that's what's worrying you.

I haven't told your father

about my friendship with Mr. Knight.

The same reason you haven't told him about Grace

because no possible good could come of it.

Keeping a secret...

isn't that the same as a lie?

Abraham...

your father's right.

We shouldn't be sending you to a Catholic school.

You were born a Jesuit.

Whoa.

Run. Run.

Abraham Easy.

don't, uh... okay.

Here.

This boy...

he's either real brave or...

he don't understand too good.

That boy's name is Abraham.

And he's smart enough

not to drop that crate in the first place.

You know what would be extra neat?

Set them babies off

from the top of the screen.

Too dangerous.

Let's just go along

as we planned, okay?

Set them off from the barge.

Just in case anything happens--

there's an accident or something

it happens right over the water.

Now, if something goes wrong up there

it's over a crowd of people.

Pete's right.

Well, I just don't see what's going to go wrong, I guess.

So, exactly who makes the decisions around here?

I do.

And I like the idea as much as you do, Judge

but Pete's right.

We're gonna fire the rockets off the barge, like we planned.

Except for the finale.

I don't see where it'd hurt to shoot

the last four Rebel Dogs off the roof.

Just when folks think it's all over

bang, bang, bang!

Bang, bang. Right in a row.

Right overhead.

Heck, that'd bring down the house.

It's your house.

Are you ready for the biggest

fireworks display ever witnessed in the great state

of Florida, huh?

The line in front of the snack bar

is going to wind halfway to Jacksonville, son.

And you'll be glad to know that I hired

I hired two extra girls to help.

That way I can emcee things

instead of being stuck behind the counter.

Uh, uh, Abraham, could...?

Yep...

about the finale...

Yeah, Dad.

I don't see what where it's necessary

to tell your mother about what we're planning.

Oh, you mean shooting the Rebel Dogs off the roof instead of the barge?

Shh, shh, shh.

Why, thank you. Here.

You want me to lie

to Mom? No.

No, no, not lie.

Just...

Keep a secret?

Exactly. A small secret.

A small, insignificant little secret.

Isn't a secret the same as a lie?

I just don't see the point in worrying her.

Do you?

Hi.

Oh, you-you like the green?

I prefer the red. Mm-hmm.

Hello, sugar.

Hot as a biscuit today, isn't it?

What?

It's nothing.

I just hate lying to my father.

Well... it's not a lie.

You didn't lie to him.

Abraham, I snuck out of the house.

If I'd asked for his permission

he would have said no.

Well, they keep secrets, too, you know?

Who?

My parents.

What are those lights out on the water?

They're shrimp boats.

They like to fish at night.

The shrimp are attracted to the light.

It's all so beautiful.

I'm really glad we're here.

Abraham!

Abraham!

Have you met her? Met who?

Go, right this minute. She's in the snack bar.

Hurry!

Hurry!

Stare much?

Who are you?

Cat seems to have got his tongue.

But unless I miss my guess

this is none other than Abraham Jacob Lee

future heir to the fortune

of Hubert Lee, our employer.

No one told me he was a mute, though.

I'm not a mute.

Good.

The one you were admiring over here

this is Polly.

And the one who scares you...

I'm Alice.

And I forgive you for admiring her and not me.

So, um, what do people call you?

Abraham.

Hmm...

Then I'm going to call you Jacob.

Aw, I like the way you blush, Jacob.

You know we are going to be very good friends

you and I.

Did you know that I used to go to Saint Margaret myself

until I was expelled?

What for?

So what do you think? Isn't she something?

Oh, she's gorgeous all right, but...

Gorgeous?

Abe, I'm not talking about the muffin in the mini.

I'm talking about Alice.

Don't you get it?

She's the Alice King. The?

Haven't you heard the stories

about Alice King at school?

She's a legend.

She's the one who got caught dancing in her birthday suit

in the courtyard fountain during the bishop's visit.

I don't believe it.

It's true, Abraham, I'm telling you.

I don't know. That's a pretty small fountain.

No, no, no, no.

Go to the other side, other side.

No, no...

No, you have to park.

No, you have to park.

Whoa.

Bye-bye.

Bye.

Virgil.

Is it busy out there?

You take care, you hear?

Uh-huh.

Excuse me.

Can I help you?

Two popcorns.

Psst...

One with butter, one without.

Would you like some advice?

Sure, I guess.

Okay, you like Grace Knight...

right?

Yeah.

Then how come every time Polly is around

you make a beeline for her?

When you walk into a room and there are two girls there

you don't always have to sit next to the pretty one.

Popcorn.

Abraham, Abraham.

listen, there's been a change of plans.

Now, your dad's gone off to the barge

to set the fireworks off now.

He wants you to find the Judge

and head to the top.

And he said remember your cue!

Got to go.

Your dad invited me to come live with you guys for the rest of the summer.

That's great.

He likes the regular crew to live here.

He's neat, your dad.

There's the big, green one!

Th-that's our cue.

All right, get back there now.

Come on.

There they go.

What happened here?

It's a dud.

Judge! Get down! Hey!

Uh-oh.

Hurry up!

Hurry up!

Daddy!

Damn.

Hold onto your sister.

You all right?

Yeah, we're all right.

Uh-oh.

Oh, man...

Well...

it was the biggest night in the history

of the Flamingo Drive-In.

Every single space in that park

had a car sitting in it.

The snack bar broke the record, right?

Abraham, we made more money in one night

than we usually do in a good week.

Subtract the cost of a new roof

for the Knight Funeral Home, and what did we make?

Well, that's why we have insurance, sweetheart

because accidents happen.

Oh, I'm sorry, Hubert.

Aren't you the one that's always saying

there's no such thing as an accident?

Or was that somebody else?

Turner Knight does not need to worry.

He'll get his new roof.

That is not the point.

Good grief!

We almost burned that man's house down.

If it hadn't rained when it did

that's exactly what we'd be guilty of.

You did a bad thing, Hubert.

You did it secretly, because you knew I'd object.

And you!

You kept the secret.

It's not like you don't have secrets, too, Mother.

I don't know what you're talking about, Louise.

And do you know what? Neither do you.

Now, you go upstairs to your room

and you think about that for a little while.

Abraham, you are not excused.

Don't you ever expect me to apologize to Turner Knight.

I've already apologized.

What I want is for you to quit

this senseless feud, and leave the poor man alone.

All this is unnecessary, Hubert.

May I be excused?

Yes.

Aren't you going to ask me if I got the job?

Did you get the job?

Yes, Abraham, I did.

You may now congratulate me.

I just don't see why you need a job.

I don't need one. I want one.

It was different when I was teaching you and your sister.

Now you're in school.

I could use a little help filling up the days.

I was a teacher before you came along, you know.

Who's going to look after Dad?

Well, Abraham, it is true

your father needs more or less constant supervision.

I guess we'll have to take turns.

To repeat this breaking story: the Reverend Martin Luther King

has been shot and killed

by an assassin's bullet in Memphis...

Oh, dear.

Witnesses say the shots were fired from the window

of a building adjacent to the Lorraine Motel...

Let's give Pete some privacy, son, okay?

I think she overdid it a little bit, don't you?

I completely agree.

Great turnout.

The flowers...

She just tries too hard.

How come your dad booked The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom?

Mom wanted to see it.

He's still trying to get back on her good side.

She still hasn't forgiven him?

Actually, she forgave him right away.

Then why's he still being so nice to her?

I don't know. It's the way they are.

Don't your parents ever argue?

No, that would require my dad to speak.

There you are! What is it?

They need you in the ladies' room!

Hurry!

Go! Go!

Read the sign!

It's me, Alice.

Oh!

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on...

Louise, go get your mother! Okay.

Take over the ticket office for her!

Is she sick?

Not anymore.

Ooh, she's...

You know what. Why don't you go out and guard the door?

Don't let anybody in here.

Me, too.

No-no-no, no-no-no. No! Not you, Jacob Lee.

What?

The door's locked from the inside.

So?

So, climb.

Come on.

Oh!

The latch is stuck.

Well, you're upside down, remember.

Try turning it the other way.

Okay, let me down.

Oh, you are kidding me.

Oh, my heavens!

What are we going to do?

I don't know, but it's going to require...

a Phillips head screwdriver.

Hi, hi. Um, I'm sorry, the ladies' room is out of order.

Yeah. But you can use the men's.

Mr. Knight has the solution.

Come on.

Come along. I'll show you what to do.

That'll be the police.

I'll go wait for them.

Pete... you go on to bed.

Thank you.

You'll be all right.

Uh-huh.

She looks so lonely.

We shouldn't have moved her.

No. It was the right thing.

If that lady had been found on your folks' property

the state would have closed you down.

Maybe for a week... or more.

Besides, it's better if her family

remembers her like this.

Uh, here come the professionals.

I'm to deliver a message from my daughter.

She says she misses you.

I miss her, too.

Well, you can come and visit Grace at our house

anytime you wish.

Evening, Mr. Knight.

Good evening, Randy.

Is she dead?

It would appear.

I'll decide what we need or do not need around here.

Listen to me, Hubert...

Oh, for goodness' sake.

No, I don't care, Edna. I don't want him here.

I asked him to come, darling.

He's doing us a favor.

No, I don't want any favors from him.

I don't want any favors from him. Come on.

Come on.

Edna, I do not believe

that I'm talking to you right now.

It's all right.

Be easier

to just bury her in the car.

Well, it would.

Morning!

Good morning to you.

How are you?

I'm just fine.

Did everything work out to your satisfaction?

Thank you so much.

You're very welcome.

I'll see you later.

I hope so.

Don't worry, Dad. We won't be late.

Abraham. Just the man I was looking for.

I'm kind of late, Dad.

Oh, I think our helpful neighbor

can wait a minute.

Is this going to be an everyday thing?

Just till the end of school.

Mom says Mr. Knight

is going to...

going to drive us to school in the morning

and she's going to bring us home in the afternoon.

Huh...

Anyway...

feast your eyes on this. Come here.

Come here, come here, come here.

Come on, come on, come on.

Not only is he the world's largest

freestanding neon cowboy, you know what else he is?

That's right, Abraham.

He's for sale.

But I like our flamingo.

I'm not talking about getting rid

of the flamingo.

I don't get it.

What are we going to do with a cowboy?

Hmm...

I happen to own this piece of land right here.

This will not stay on my property.

Uh-oh.

You must think I'm crazy.

Please yourself.

Here you go.

Thank you very, very much.

I appreciate you guys and getting it done so quickly.

Okay, we'll see you. All right, nice job. Okay, thank you.

Now, Mr. Knight, is there going to be

any more problem here today?

Mr. Knight?

No more trouble, Cal, I can promise you that.

Mr. Knight and I are going to establish

a peaceable kingdom right here in the Sunshine State.

Right, partner?

Hey, whoa!

Back up! Back up!

Come on! Come on!

Hey, back off! Let go!

Hey! Whoa! Come on, now!

Hey, hey, back off! Back off!

All right, Hubert...

that does it.

Do I or do I not have a perfectly legal right to erect

a sign on my own property?

You have every legal right, Hubert.

No one's saying you don't own the land.

Except for the one tiny acre Turner's business is on

you own everything around here.

Oh, so he's "Turner" now, is he?

And what does he call you? "Edna"?

Don't change the subject, Hubert!

You're a rich man and you're abusing your power.

What's worse, all you're really proving

is how small you can be.

You're still angry because Turner Knight came over here

and helped us out when we needed it.

Oh, Hubert Lee needed Turner Knight? Ha!

You're moving that cowboy.

When pigs fly, Edna.

Not only are they going to fly

they're going to fly first thing tomorrow morning.

When I get home from school

I expect to see the air full of flying pigs.

Well, that's just too bad if he can't take a joke.

I just...

I'm never going to see Grace again.

Sorry about that bump.

Are you going to come up here and help me or not?

I'm a passenger, not a driver.

Hyah!

Ow! Ow!

Hey, grandpa...

You wouldn't think it

but this is much scarier than flying in a plane.

So, you feel like talking about it?

What's there to talk about?

We're freaks.

That's what you think?

Mom, we live in a movie screen.

People are laughing at us

and everybody thinks we're crazy.

Who thinks we're crazy?

Name one person who thinks we're crazy.

Everybody thinks... Dad's crazy.

Uh-huh.

Why did he do it?

Put the cowboy there?

Like most people

your father's... complicated.

I don't want him to be complicated

and I don't want him to be crazy.

Because if he's crazy, then you're crazy to love him.

Abraham...

your father went halfway around the world to fight a war...

and every minute he was there, he was surrounded by death.

A lot of men brought that death home with them

but not your father.

He brought life...

two lives: yours and your sister's.

There are times, like this afternoon with the cowboy

when your father will follow a notion

that seems a bit nutty, maybe.

And there are times I would like to wring his neck.

But, sweetie, that's love.

I love your father

and so do you.

Every now and then Hubert Lee needs to be saved from himself

but that's my job.

You want to make a little wager

what side of the highway that big ugly cowboy will be on

this time tomorrow?

No.

That's where you're smart.

Mm-hmm.

Mom, can I fly again, please?

You'll have to ask the Judge.

You should go up, too, sweetie.

Flying gives you

the most astonishing feeling of... freedom.

It's almost like you're not really tied

to anything down here.

I like it down here.

I don't want it to be different.

Whoo!

Hold on, now. Here we go!

So, was it fun?

I just hope

falling in love will be as exciting as flying...

but I just know it won't.

Abraham, I'd like to ask your opinion about something.

Turner Knight wants to put in a cemetery

in back of his funeral home.

For the last few months, he's been after me

to sell him a parcel of our land.

But you don't have to sell it to him, do you?

Legally, no.

No, but he did do us a favor with that lady who died

and so now he figures I owe him.

What does Mom think?

Well, I have to hand it to him.

He never mentioned it to your mother.

I think you should sell him the land.

Yes. Yes, you're probably right.

But I can't.

Because if I do, he'll stay.

Then again, maybe I'm the one who should give up.

Give up what?

Well, the Flamingo, for one thing.

I mean...

more drive-ins close down every year.

Some people say there's no future in it

and they-they could be right.

But it's our home.

The best home in the world.

Yeah. That's true.

Dad?

Mom never liked Turner Knight, you know.

She loves you.

Why?

Haven't you ever wondered why

your mother could love a man like... like me?

No.

Here she comes!

She's coming back.

Of course she is.

When do you think your husband might be willing

to discontinue his feud?

With Hubert, one... never knows.

He's nothing if not full of surprises.

Which is...

one of the reasons I love him.

I have a confession to make...

which shames me.

Your husband has not hated me more than I have hated him.

No man should be so lucky.

I've often wondered, Mr. Knight...

Would you call me Turner?

If I promise never to embarrass you again

would you do me that honor?

I've often wondered, Turner

does Grace resemble

her mother?

More and more every day.

She was so...

I have been slow to understand that for me

there will never be another.

And I take your point, Edna...

that I have been lucky, too.

Very nice.

Very nice. It's very impressive.

All right, well, let me show you how this deal works.

Step over here.

Oh, watch the wire.

Oh!

Okay, you got your two buttons.

It's foolproof.

When you get

over the drop area,

That releases the "Banner of the 10,000 Illuminations"

from this hook.

Come here. Let me show you.

Come on.

From this hook right back here.

You all see it?

Hook.

I see it.

Next, you look behind you

to make sure the banner has been released.

Why?

I'll tell you why.

Because if it is not released, you won't

Why?

I'll tell you why.

Because that will ignite that son of a gun

too close to your airplane.

So, we're going to drop a bomb on our audience.

Safer than

dropping a payload of feathers.

Provided you're up at least 1,300 feet.

Now, I've already arranged

for the fire truck to be on hand, just in case.

You won't need no fire truck

as long as you stay above 1,300 feet.

Yeah, right.

Guarantee you one thing.

Everybody looking up will swear the sky is raining fire.

Well, that's what we want, right?

Something they'll remember all winter long.

That way they'll come back when we reopen next spring.

Oh, they'll remember.

Yeah, okay, thank you.

You got it?

Oh, yeah.

All right.

Sure you got that?

You want to have fun?

Drop that payload right on top

of that undertaker fellow you don't like.

He'll think the angels in all their glory

have come down from heaven to fetch him on high!

That would be something.

You've done a wonderful job.

I really want to thank you.

Every now and then

Hubert Lee needs to be saved from himself.

Mm-hmm.

Hey, Mom!

Hey, Mom, Alice needs some quarters.

You're just the person I was looking for.

Abraham, hold on. I want to talk to you.

She needs them right away.

Yesterday, in fact.

Hey, Mom?

Is everything okay?

Yes, Abraham.

Don't worry so.

Everything's fine.

Girls... order, order!

Girls, four minutes to intermission.

There appears

to be an epic lack of discipline

in these environs tonight, Jacob!

So, what are you going to do in the off-season, Alice?

Well, it's a sad story, Jacob

but Polly and I are going

to have to join the hoochy-koochy show

until the Flamingo opens up again in the spring.

Who'd pay to see you, Alice?

Hey, I've got news for you, missy.

Five years from now

after you have made the transition

to size 18 maternity dresses

they'll still be chasing after me

Miss Polly-Wolly!

So where's Mom?

Isn't she going to help with the rush?

Nope, she decided to go up with the Judge.

She did?

Why?

Um, there was some sort of problem

with the Banner of the 10,000 Illuminations.

The Judge fixed it.

Fixed it?

Actually, I think your mother wanted to make sure

there was no repeat of the last fireworks fiasco.

She wanted to make sure that old fool

dropped his payload over the ocean

not the funeral home.

Jacob?

Jacob?

...because we have for you a celestial conflagration

the likes of which we have never witnessed anywhere.

Hey, Abraham, ready for the fireworks?

Now, I want y'all to do a little favor for me now.

I want y'all reaching up toward

the celestial lights.

Yeah, that's right!

Because what we have for you tonight on this Labor Day

is the Banner of 10,000 Illumination Lights!

Yeah!

Now, what's that?

Do you hear that?

I hear something coming...

There she is.

How beautiful it all is.

How incredibly beautiful.

I hear something coming

so look to the firmament now, ladies and gentlemen

because I give you... the universe!

No!

No!

Shh...

I wonder if I might come in.

The land for the cemetery is yours

if you still want it

and if you would allow me to select her plot.

Yes.

Would you care to...?

Yes. Yes, thank you.

That would...

Thank you.

I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Knight.

You have a very, very great skill.

No, it is my sons you wish to thank.

I could not.

Going to the funeral?

Do you want to tell me why you knew

what was going to happen before it did?

No.

Why don't you tell me anyway?

Want to have a little fun?

Drop that payload

Right on top of that undertaker fella

you don't like.

He'll think the angels in all their glory

have come down from heaven to fetch him on high!

That would be something.

Think about it.

Every now and then Hubert Lee needs

to be saved from himself.

When the judge fixed the wires

he must have spliced them the wrong way.

When he pushed the button to release the banner...

I killed her, Alice.

Oh, come here, sweetheart.

It was an accident, Jacob.

Now, you listen to me, okay?

Listen.

I know that it doesn't feel like it now

but one day you are going to forgive yourself, Jacob.

And it won't be because you feel like you deserve it.

It'll be because you realize

that your mother has already forgiven you.

She forgave you in advance.

And there's something else you've been wrong about, Jacob.

You've always thought of yourself

as your father's son

but you are her son, too.

You have her faith, Jacob.

God forgives you.

Your mother forgives you...

and one day you will forgive yourself.

Come on.

Your father needs you.

Alice was right, of course.

With my mother gone

my father did need me far more than I knew.

This will be a fine cemetery, won't it, Abraham?

And this, right here

will be the finest plot.

But you do see the problem, though.

I won't put her in the dark, Abraham.

I can't.

If ever there was a woman who deserved to see the sun

that woman was your mother.

"Biology," my father always told me when I was little

"has got nothing to do with parenthood."

He was right.

No mother was ever more real than mine.

I was kissed every night and told that I was loved.

The night Edna Lee fell from the sky

was the night Hubert T. Lee, my real father

saw that Death had crossed the highway, not just to visit.

And in time, hope rose from the ashes

of the Flamingo Drive-in Theater...

for my father, for my sister

and yes, even for me

Abraham Jacob Lee.