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BEFORE THE BEGINNING,
AFTER THE GREAT WAR BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL,
GOD CREATED THE EARTH AND GAVE DOMINION OVER IT
TO THE CRAFTY APE HE CALLED MAN.
AND TO EACH GENERATION WAS BORN A CREATURE OF LIGHT
AND A CREATURE OF DARKNESS,
AND GREAT ARMIES CLASHED BY NIGHT IN THE ANCIENT WAR
BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
THERE WAS MAGIC THEN,
NOBILITY,
AND UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY.
SO IT WAS, UNTIL THE DAY THAT A FALSE SUN
EXPLODED OVER TRINITY,
AND MAN FOREVER TRADED AWAY WONDER...
FOR REASON.
( heavy breathing )
( growling )
( screaming )
( coughing )
UH...
( chains rattling )
( gasping )
NO...
MOMMA...
MOMMA, PLEASE.
NO...
( sobbing )
I'M GONNA RUN YOU DOWN, BOY.
THE LAW SAYS I CAN DO THAT.
YOUR CHOICE, BOY.
WHAT THE HELL'S GOIN' ON UP THERE ?
GET A MOVE ON.
YOU'RE TRESPASSIN'.
THIS IS MY PLACE.
THIS PLACE IS THE PROPERTY OF FIRST MERCHANTS TRUST.
NOW YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
THE LAW'S ON ITS WAY.
THEY'RE SET TO SQUASH HIM.
NAH, THEY WON'T SQUASH HIM.
WAGER TWO BITS.
YOU'RE ON.
HEY...
I DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD STICK YOUR NOSE IN IT.
YOU DIDN'T SAY I COULDN'T.
HOW MUCH IT WORTH TO GET THAT HAYSEED OFF YOUR BACK !
HELL.
I'LL JUST ROLL OVER HIM.
SHIT !
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
IT'LL GUM UP YOUR WORKS, MAKE A MESS OF YOUR RIG.
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT !
MAKE IT QUICK.
FAIR ENOUGH.
NO TIME FOR PLANTING, SON.
EASY.
( wind whistling )
( male ) I AIN'T GOT ALL DAY !
MISTER, YOU TELL THAT SON-BITCH BETTER SHUT HIS PIE-HOLE
OR I SWEAR TO CHRIST I'MA TAKE THIS SHOVEL TO HIS HEAD.
SHUT YOUR HOLE !
OH, GREAT.
THIS YOUR PLACE ?
MY MA'S.
IT'S OURS.
IT'S MINE, YOU SON-BITCH !
( male ) NO, IT AIN'T !
SON, WHERE'S YOUR MA ?
THAT'S HER.
HEY, I GOT WORK TO DO HERE !
OH SWELL.
YOU GOT SHOVELS ?
* E'EN THOUGH IT BE A CROSS *
* THAT RAISETH ME
* STILL, ALL MY SONG SHALL BE *
* NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
* NEARER MY GOD TO THEE *
* NEARER TO THEE
* THOUGH LIKE THE WANDERER *
* THE SUN GONE DOWN
* DARKNESS BE OVER ME
* MY REST A STONE
( whistling )
( singing in French )
( engine starting )
OKAY, CHILDREN, LET'S SHAKE SOME DUST.
CAN'T JUST LEAVE HIM.
THE BOY RAN RABBIT FROM A CHAIN-GANG.
HE'S STILL SPORTING ANKLE-IRON.
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID ABOUT YOU.
C'MON, RUTHIE, DON'T DO THIS, WE GOT NOTHING OPEN.
WE'RE DOWN TO TATER-SHUCKS !
HE CAN HAVE MY TATER-SHUCKS.
JUST TO MILFAY.
YEAH, LIKE--
( sirens )
LET'S GET HIM THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
* ... KINDRED GO
* THIS MORTAL LIFE ALSO
* THE BODY THEY MAY KILL
* GOD'S TRUTH ABIDETH STILL *
* HIS KINGDOM IS FOREVER *
LATTER DAY VERSIONS
OF THE VILE PLAGUES THAT RAINED ON EGYPT,
THE FIRES THAT CONSUMED SODOM AND GOMORRAH !
SCOURGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, YES,
BUT EVEN NOW, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
EVEN NOW DROUGHT AND PESTILENCE FESTER
IN THE VERY HEART OF THIS GREAT LAND.
TITANIC SANDSTORMS, THE LIKES OF WHICH MAN
HAS NOT SEEN SINCE THE DAYS OF THE PROPHETS !
AND I ASK MYSELF, WHAT ARE THESE THINGS ?
WHAT ARE THEY, IF NOT EVIDENCE OF GOD'S FURY !
WHAT ARE THEY, IF NOT HARBINGERS OF THE APOCALYPSE !
AND YET...
AS I WALKED TO CHURCH TODAY,
THESE TROUBLED THOUGHTS WERE SOOTHED BY A BALMY WIND.
AND AS I LOOKED OUT UPON THE ENDLESS ACRES OF RICH,
UNTILLED EARTH, I REALIZED, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
THAT THIS IS TRULY THE PROMISED LAND.
AND THAT WE ARE INDEED BLESSED.
BUT LET US NOT FORGET THE LESS FORTUNATE.
LET US NOT FORGET THAT THEY, TOO, WERE ONCE BLESSED.
AND LET US NOT FORGET THAT THE LORD GIVETH,
AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY.
* HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS *
* HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IN HIS HANDS *
* HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS *
* HE'S GOT THE WIND AND THE RAIN IN HIS HANDS *
* HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS... *
MAY I OFFER YOU SOMETHING ?
MY SISTER CAN GET YOU SOME TEA ?
NO, THANK YOU.
TEXAS, OKLAHOMA ?
TULSA.
WE COME UP FOR THE CANTALOUPES.
NO NEED FOR PICKERS, THOUGH.
MAYBE ONE OUT OF 100 THAT SHOWS UP.
SO WE'RE UP AT THE CAMP.
BY THE HIGHWAY.
CAN'T MISS IT, NO, SIR.
IT'S A BIG ONE.
BUT WE AIN'T GOT NO PREACHER,
SO, I BEEN COMING UP HERE THE LAST THREE SUNDAYS.
A LADY'S GOT A RIGHT TO WORSHIP.
OF COURSE YOU DO.
AND YOU'RE WELCOME HERE ANYTIME.
ELEANOR.
ELEANOR McGILL.
ELEANOR.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE IT.
ELEANOR, I SEE YOU AT MY SERMONS,
AND YOU PRAY SO HARD YOU BREAK MY HEART.
BUT MY WORDS, THEY WASH OVER YOU LIKE WATER OVER A STONE.
NO, NO.
WE ALL, EACH OF US,
CARRY WITHIN US THE SEEDS OF OUR OWN SALVATION...
AND OUR OWN DAMNATION.
YOU DO BELIEVE THAT, DON'T YOU ?
ELEANOR ?
AH, AH...
KNEEL.
NOW !
PRAY WITH ME, SISTER.
PRAY !
KNEEL AND PRAY !
PLEASE, DEAR LORD, I HAVE SINNED.
I HAVE--
I HAVE SINNED !
I HAVE SINNED.
MERCIFUL FATHER...
FORGIVE ME.
FORGIVE ME !
ENOUGH, ENOUGH !
SISTER, YOU MUSTN'T BE AFRAID.
YOU MUSTN'T BE AFRAID...
( crying )
( male on radio ) Let me state the simple fact
that when you deposit money in a bank,
the bank does not put the money into a safe deposit vault.
It invests your money in many different forms of credit.
In bonds, in commercial paper,
mortgages and in many other kinds of loans.
In other words, the bank puts your money to work to keep
the wheels of industry and of agriculture...
( music )
TALK TO MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE HICK ?
YEAH, I TALKED TO HIM.
$34.87 IN THE KITTY.
WE'RE ALREADY CHOKING ON THE NUT.
LAST THING WE NEED IS ANOTHER BELLY TO WASH.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS ?
WHAT ?
"HE WAS EXPECTED."
EXPECTED, WHAT THE HELL'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN ?
I STOPPED ASKING THAT QUESTION A LONG TIME AGO.
( child ) I TOLD YOU THEY'D COME.
( music )
FINE LOOKING BOY.
( laughing )
YOU HAVE A SINGULARLY PRURIENT MIND, LILA.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT ?
MORE THAN I CARE TO, BELIEVE ME.
INCIDENTALLY, DEAR,
YOU SHOULD DISCARD THAT JACK OF CLUBS.
HE'S DOING YOU NO GOOD
AND IT WOULD ONLY COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU.
GIN.
YOU OLD FRAUD.
( laughing )
POOR BABY.
WHAT YOU SUPPOSE HE'S DREAMING ABOUT, ANYWAY ?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, DEAR.
AW, LODZ.
TELL ME WHAT HE'S DREAMING ABOUT.
MM-HM.
PRETTY PLEASE ?
HMM ?
FOR LILA.
VERY WELL.
( chuckling )
LODZ !
LODZ, LODZ !
AH !
LODZ.
( snoring )
MOTHER, PLEASE.
EVERY TIME WE PICK UP A NEW--
WELL, HE'S JUST A BOY.
I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'RE GONNA PICK THAT UP.
* I LIKE TO SAY, THIS VERY DAY *
* I'D LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND *
WHAT ARE YOU, SOME KIND OF FREAK ?
HEY, WATCH IT !
( laughing )
COOTCH-CHEE- COOTCH-CHEE-KOO.
KIMONO.
( laughing )
( knocking )
COME.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME ?
IS THE STRANGER STILL WITH US ?
YEAH, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
HE'S DANGEROUS, SAMSON.
AW, HELL.
HE'S A RUBE.
LAST NIGHT,
LILA ASKED ME TO READ HIS DREAMS.
A LITTLE PARLOR TRICK TO KEEP THE BOREDOM AT BAY.
A HARMLESS CURIOSITY REALLY.
IT ALMOST DESTROYED ME.
LIKE NOTHING I'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
I BARELY SURVIVED.
HOGWASH.
IS THAT SO ?
HAVE YOU TALKED TO MANAGEMENT ABOUT HIS PRESENCE HERE ?
YEAH.
YEAH, I TALKED TO HIM.
AND ?
HE TOLD ME TO TAKE HIM ON FULL TIME IF I COULD.
LOOK, IF THE KID WERE A THREAT, MANAGEMENT WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.
WOULD HE ?
( music )
WANT A RIDE ?
NO.
WHERE YOU GOING ?
IT'S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS.
WHAT'S GOT YOU SO BOTHERED ?
I DON'T APPRECIATE GETTING SHANGHAIED
BY A PACK OF FREAKS WHO STEAL MY DUDS.
FINE.
( barking )
( female humming )
IT AIN'T RIGHT.
THAT CHILD DESERVES A DECENT BURIAL.
SHE WON'T GIVE HIM UP.
HEY.
AIN'T THAT A PRETTY BABY YOU GOT ?
SHH.
HE'S SLEEPING.
WHAT'S HIS NAME ?
MICHAEL.
LIKE THE ARCHANGEL.
HE'S DEAD.
ISN'T HE ?
YES, MA'AM.
HE IS.
IT'S OKAY.
( music )
IF YOU COULD FILL THOSE TWO CANS BACK THERE, I'D BE OBLIGED.
YES, MA'AM.
YOU WITH THEM CARNIES, AIN'T YA ?
YEAH.
( yelling )
C'MON.
WHAT YOU WAITING FOR ?!
HUH ?
C'MON
YOU SONOFABITCH !
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ?
OH...
NOTHIN'.
HERE...
THANKS...
PUT THIS ON.
THANK YOU.
LET ME HAVE A SCREWDRIVER.
WHAT HAPPENED ?
NOTHING.
DID HE DO THAT ?
NO.
NO, IT WAS SOME MEN IN TOWN.
GOT FRESH.
SO HOW'D THE HICK GET IN THE PICTURE ?
HE JUST HAPPENED BY.
STOPPED IT.
C'MON, JONESY, IT WAS NOTHING.
HOW MANY TIMES YOU BEEN TOLD--
I KNOW, I CAN'T BUY A DRESS.
I CAN'T BUY A MAGAZINE.
I CERTAINLY CAN'T SIT IN A BEAUTY SHOP AND READ IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO ?
SOF, THERE'S PLENTY.
BUT ONE THING YOU CANNOT DO IS PRANCE
INTO THESE TOWNS WITHOUT ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
SO IT WAS MY FAULT ?
YEAH, IT WAS.
I WAS ASKING FOR IT.
YEAH !
THE ONLY THING I ASKED FOR WAS A TANK OF GAS AND A NEHI SODA
AND MAYBE 10 MINUTES TO MYSELF.
THE REST OF IT WAS THEM !
GET OUT.
SOF--
GET OUT !
GO, PLEASE !
WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT UP ?!
KID ?
HEY, KID !
HEY, I HEAR JONESY GIVE YOU THE BUSINESS ABOUT THE KIMONO.
REAL CARD, THAT JONESY.
ALWAYS POKING FUN.
YEAH, HE'S REAL COMICAL.
WELL, YOU SEE, THERE YOU GO !
I ADMIRE A FELLA WHO CAN TAKE A JOKE.
MEASURE OF A MAN IS HIS SENSE OF HUMOR.
YOU KNOW WHO SAID THAT ?
I DON'T CARE, HOW 'BOUT THAT ?
IT WAS HIZZONER WILL ROGERS.
OR MAYBE IT WAS MARK TWAIN.
THE POINT IS, KID,
I'M ABOUT TO MAKE YOU THE OFFER OF A LIFETIME--
HEY, STOP CALLING ME KID.
OKAY ?
MY NAME IS BEN HAWKINS.
WELL, BEN HAWKINS.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS ?
WHAT'S THE WAGES ?
NOTHING AT FIRST.
HEY, CUT ME A BREAK HERE, HAWKINS.
OFFER COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE BOSS MAN.
THAT'S RIGHT !
THAT'S RIGHT, BOY, WALK, GODDAMNIT !
NICE STRAIGHT BEE-LINE TO THAT DIRT-FARM OF YOURS.
AND WHEN YOU GET THERE,
WILL YOU BE SURE TO GIVE JOHN LAW
A BIG HI-DEE-HO FOR ME !
AND WHEN HE TAKES YOU UPSTATE...
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, BOY ?!
WILL YOU ASK HIM WHAT KINDA WAGES
THEY PAYING FOR BREAKING ROCKS !
( wind howling )
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A WHELP.
MY DADDY WORKED IN THE STOCKYARDS.
BIG HANDS.
SPOKE GERMAN AT HOME.
I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF THE DEUTSCH NOW.
MMM.
YOU'RE NOT REAL BIG ON SMALL-TALK, ARE YOU, HAWKINS ?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ?
WHAT'S YOUR STORY ?
I WAS BORN ON A FARM.
YOU SAW IT.
I WAS RAISED THERE.
STARTED WORKING IT.
THEN THE BANK COME, THEY RUN ME OFF.
THAT'S THE END OF STORY.
YOU SATISFIED NOW ?
DO I LOOK SIMPLE TO YOU, HAWKINS ?
NO.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I'M NOT.
I BEEN TO NEW YORK CITY.
I BEEN TO CHI-TOWN AND THE BIG EASY.
I MET CARUSO AND DEMPSEY.
I MADE EYES WITH THEDA BARA.
ON A BAD DAY, I'VE CRACKED TOUGHER NUTS THAN YOU.
SO ?
I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO YOU THAN PLOWING AND PLANTING.
WHAT'S THE MATTER ?
YOU DON'T LIKE STEAK ?
OH, MEAT'S FINE.
IT DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.
COME ONE, COME ALL, SEE LILA, THE BEARDED WOMAN OF BRUSSELS !
WITNESS TWO BEAUTIES BORN UNITED TRAGICALLY AT THE HIP...
... THERE'S A MAN WITH THE STOUT HEART, THE BRUTE STRENGTH
AND THE SPIRITUAL FORTITUDE TO BEST
MY BOY GABRIEL IN THE RING ?
MANY HAVE TRIED.
NONE HAS SUCCEEDED...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
A SIGHT, NEVER BEFORE SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
I WILL SWALLOW THIS LONG BLADE OF SOLID STEEL DOWN MY THROAT,
AND INTO MY STOMACH.
( singing in French )
WELL, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER
FOR THESE TWO LOVELY BUTTERCUPS.
( applause )
COME ON...
MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG.
ALRIGHT, DARLIN'.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU GIVE THIS MAN RIGHT HERE YOUR TICKET ?
HERE'S TWO MORE.
AND TWO FOR YOUR BROTHER.
YOUR MONEY'S NO GOOD HERE, SUNSHINE.
YOU HANG ON AND SAY HI TO THE MAN IN THE MOON FOR ME.
INSIDE THIS TENT HERE, GENTLEMEN,
YOU WILL NOT SEE SOME TIRED OLD HOOTCHIE-KOOTCHIE SHOW.
NO, SIREE-BOB !
THIS HERE IS AN INFORMATIVE ED-U-CATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
OF EUROPEAN MUSCLE DANCING.
... YOUNG MAN.
CATCHES THE FRONT ROW.
( laughing )
( music )
SHE'D BE HONORED IF YOU PAID HER A CALL.
OF COURSE, SHE'S A VERY BUSY WOMAN.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES--
I GOT MONEY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, MY FRIEND--
I GOT $20.
AS I WAS SAYING--
25.
SO HOW ABOUT THAT ?
HEY, SHE'S A WHORE.
RITA SUE DIDN'T DO NOTHIN' TO THAT CHUMP
THAT THE FIRST MERCHANTS TRUST DIDN'T DO TO YOU.
YOU THINK ON THAT.
HEY...
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT THIS BACK.
OH...
THANKS.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID EARLIER.
THANK YOU.
IT WAS NOTHIN'.
IT WAS STUPID.
SHOULD'VE SEEN IT COMING.
SOME FORTUNE-TELLER, HUH ?
THERE'S TALK OF YOU COMING ON PERMANENT.
NO...
NO.
THAT'LL BE THE DAY.
OH ?
I'M JUST, I'M NO CARNY.
THE OPLE IN THESE TOWNS...
THEY'RE ASLEEP.
ALL DAY AT WORK, AT HOME.
SLEEPWALKERS.
WE WAKE THEM UP.
COME ON.
I'LL READ YOUR CARDS.
MY WHAT ?
YOUR CARDS.
YOU KNOW, PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE.
THAT'S OKAY.
WHAT'S THE MATTER ?
I'M BROKE.
NO CHARGE.
NO.
I'M FINE, I'M...
MAYBE LATER.
OKAY.
LATER.
HEY ?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME ?
SOFIE.
HAWKINS. BEN HAWKINS.
I KNOW.
( male on radio ) So you weren't expecting me,
and yet prisons are filled with shadows.
Shadows in the minds of men
walking in the shadow of death itself....
( other male ) What do you want ?
You put me here, sent me to the chair.
Why can't you let me alone ?
Because your career of murder is not over.
Because I know you mean to carry out the threat.
You made it before.
Yeah, you can't stop me, Shadow.
I can, because you're going to tell me how the jury...
( dog barking )
HELLO, HANDSOME.
ARE YOU LONELY ?
( speaking Mandarin )
( car horn honking )
( dog barking )
( male ) READY, BOYS, PULL !
LEAVE A LITTLE EXTRA THERE.
( chattering )
ONE OF US ?
HUH ?
LAST CHANCE FOR THAT CARD READING.
PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE ?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ?
VERY WELL...
THE PAST.
SHUFFLE.
THE MOON.
IT INDICATES CONFUSION AND EXPOSURE.
OH GOOD LORD, BOY, YOU CAN'T DIG THAT UP !
SHE'S THREE DAYS IN THE GROUND.
SHE'S LIKE TO GET YOU SICK ?
GIVE IT TO ME !
NO.
GIVE IT TO ME ! NO !
GIVE IT TO ME !
( screaming ) ( meowing )
WHAT'VE YOU DONE ?
ARE YOU ALRIGHT ?
YEAH.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO STOP ?
NO.
GO ON.
DEATH.
YOU GOT NO RIGHT.
NO RIGHT, BOY.
LORD TAKES WHAT'S HIS, MAN DON'T TAKE IT BACK.
NOT A HARBINGER OF BAD FORTUNE, BUT OF TRANSFORMATION...
NO, NO, NO !
GO, GO !
YOU'RE MARKED, BOY.
YOU'RE MARKED BY THE BEAST !
( sobbing )
WHAT DO YOU SEE ?
BEN ?
NOTHIN'.
WHAT ?
THE MAGICIAN, REVERSED.
FILTH.
YOU HAVE A GREAT TALENT OR ABILITY.
WHAT'S THE...
REVERSED ?
UPSIDE DOWN.
THAT MEANS IT'S BEEN WASTED, UNFULFILLED.
A GIFT YOU'VE HIDDEN FROM OTHERS.
DON'T TOUCH ME !
GET OUT.
YOU FILTH !
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF ME !
YOU FILTH !
BEN, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING ?
TELL ME !
BEN ?!
( sobbing )
WHY ARE YOU CRYING ?
GREMMIE SAYS Y'ALL ARE MARKED.
THEY AIN'T MARKED.
THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE, THAT'S ALL.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN LIKE THAT ?
FOREVER.
DOES IT HURT ?
HEY, HAWKINS !
YOU RIDING WITH US, BOY ?
AH, HELL WITH IT...
LET'S SHAKE SOME DUST !
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