( chirping )
( man speaking Tagalog )
( speaking Tagalog )
( man speaking Tagalog )
( praying in Spanish )
( speaking Tagalog )
( tapping )
( shouting )
( gunfire )
JOAQUINITO!
( shouting )
DOWN! DOWN! ON THE GROUND!
EVERYBODY OFF THAT PLATFORM.
LET'S GO.
HERE, CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICK.
( shouting )
SHUT YER YAP AND SHUFFLE THEM FEET, AMIGO!
WE'RE NOT FALLING FOR THAT DODGE.
( speaking Spanish )
( speaking Tagalog )
LITTLE MONKEY RUN RIGHT IN HERE. I SEEN HIM.
SPREAD OUT AND KEEP LOW. WE'LL FLUSH HIM OUT!
TRY NOT TO SHOOT US, GREENHORN.
THERE HE IS! GET ON HIM, BOY!
( gunfire )
THOUGHT I HAD HIM. SHEE-IT.
Y'ALL FELLAS MIND STANDING GUARD A MINUTE?
I GOT TO IRRIGATE.
I DON'T WANT 'EM TO CATCH ME WITH MY PANTS DOWN.
THEM GOOGOOS'RE ALL HALFWAY TO DAGUPAN BY NOW.
GODDAMN. ( urinating ) O LORD, HAVE MERCY.
AAAAH!
AAAH! AAAAH!
SOMEBODY HIT?
NO, IT'S JUST SHANKER DRAINING THE SNAKE.
I'M SICK, SERGEANT. I GOTTA GO BACK.
IT BURNS ME.
OL' DEADEYE HERE MISSED ONE.
I EXPECT HE'LL GET ANOTHER CHANCE.
( woman crying )
I NEED TO KNOW WHO THE HEAD MAN IS.
BUSCA LA CABEZA.
( speaking Tagalog )
THIS BUNCH LOOK ALMOST WHITE.
TIME TO JOIN THE PARTY, FELLAS.
VAMOOSE.
ARE YOU WITH US, SHANKER?
I'M DYIN' HERE, SARGE.
SERVES YOU RIGHT.
( speaking Tagalog )
THE CABEZA DE BARRIO... IS THAT ONE.
THESE HERE WERE LOCKED UP OUT BACK, LIEUTENANT.
WE HAVE BEEN PRISONERS OF THE INSURRECTOS...
AND OF THESE POOR COWARDS AND SINNERS.
YOU SPEAK ENGLISH.
I COMPREHEND THIS LANGUAGE, YES.
THE CABEZA IS THIS ONE.
YOU.
ON YOUR FEET.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
SU NOMBRE.
( speaking Spanish )
( speaking Tagalog )
WHERE ARE ALL THE YOUNG MEN?
THEY HAVE GONE AWAY TO FIGHT IN THIS UNHOLY REBELLION.
I'M ASKING HIM. I KNOW THIS ONE.
HE IS A LIAR. ASK HIM.
AS YOU WISH.
HE SAYS THEY ARE HIDING. WHERE?
HE WON'T TALK.
HIS OWN BROTHER IS THE JEFE OF THE INSURRECTOS.
THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING US PRISONERS
SINCE THE SURRENDER IN BATANGAS.
TELL HIM...
THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE INSURRECTOS ARE.
IF THEY DON'T SURRENDER,
WE WILL HUNT THEM DOWN AND KILL THEM.
YOU ARE CAPABLE OF THIS?
TELL HIM.
( speaking Spanish )
HIS NAME IS RAFAEL DACANAY,
AND HE HAS BEEN CABEZA DE BARRIO HERE,
AS WAS HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM,
FOR TEN YEARS.
IT IS HE WHO COLLECTS THE TAX FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
GOOD DUTY IF YOU CAN GET IT.
AND WHAT HE IS NOT ABLE TO COLLECT,
HE MUST PAY FROM HIS OWN POCKET.
NOT SO GOOD.
BRASS ON THE HORIZON, LIEUTENANT.
EVERYTHING LOCKED DOWN HERE, LIEUTENANT? YES, SIR.
WE TOOK THE BARRIO WITH NO RESISTANCE--
ONLY A COUPLE OF RUNAWAYS.
PICK TEN YOU CAN TRUST AND WORK OUT THE BILLETING.
SIR?
CAN'T HAVE THE MONKEYS SNEAKING IN BEHIND US
WHILE WE'RE CHASING AGUINALDO UP THE ISLAND.
I NEED A GARRISON HERE.
MY BOYS ARE HOT TO GO, COLONEL.
STAYING HERE WOULD BE-- I NEED A GARRISON.
YES, SIR.
HELL, FOR ALL I KNOW, OLD AGGY'S HIDING RIGHT IN THIS VILLAGE.
YOU COULD SMOKE HIM OUT AND END THE WAR.
LORD KNOWS I CAN'T TELL ONE FROM THE OTHER.
MAY I THANK YOU, COLONEL,
THAT YOU DELIVER US FROM CAPTIVITY.
THIS IS PADRE HIDALGO.
THE LOCAL INSURRECTOS HAD HIM CAGED UP IN THE BODEGA
ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF DONS THEY CAUGHT.
WE'LL GET YOU BACK TO MANILA AS SOON AS WE CAN, PADRE.
THESE ARE MY CHILDREN.
THEIR SOULS ARE IN MY CARE.
I CANNOT LEAVE THIS PLACE.
( laughs )
YOU GOT YOURSELF AN INTERPRETER, LIEUTENANT.
ZUÑIGA!
YOU VAMOS WITH US.
YOU HOLD ONTO A SIGNALIST AND SOME COOLIES
TO HANG THE WIRE TOMORROW, AND YOU KEEP IT SINGIN'.
GET THESE PEOPLE UP OUT OF THE DIRT, FOR GOD'S SAKE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WINNING THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS!
YES, SIR!
WHATLEY AND NINE I CAN TRUST, SERGEANT.
WHATLEY, THOMAS...
CASEY, DORTMUNDER...
LYNCH, PEDERSON,
FITZSIMMONS, ANDREWS,
SHANKER AND McBRIDE--
YOU WILL REMAIN HERE ON GUARD!
THE REST OF YOU FALL OUT AND FORM UP BEHIND THE COLONEL.
ON THE DOUBLE! WHOSE SHACK IS THAT?
IT BELONGS TO THIS SAME MAN.
IN THAT CASE, TELL HIM HE'S GOT FIVE MINUTES
TO REMOVE HIS PERSONAL ITEMS.
THAT'LL BE MY HEADQUARTERS.
TELL HIM WE'RE STAYING HERE TO PROTECT HIS VILLAGE FROM THE LADRONES.
TELL HIM HE'S STILL HEAD MAN,
WHICH MEANS IF THERE'S TROUBLE, IT'S HIS HEAD.
( bell rings )
HOLD THAT FIRE!
DO NOT SHOOT! DO NOT SHOOT!
IT IS THE TIME OF THE ANGELUS.
THIS IS HIS DUTY.
PRAYERS.
EVERY DAY AT THE SIX. IT IS OUR CUSTOM.
HAVE SOMEBODY CLIMB UP THERE AND YANK THE CLAPPER OUT OF THAT BELL.
LYNCH.
Lynch: WHEN THE SUN IS UP,
YOUR GOOGOO JUST LAYS AROUND
EATING BANANAS AND WATCHING CHICKEN FIGHTS.
BUT THE MINUTE IT GETS DARK,
HE LIKES TO CREEP UP THROUGH THE JUNGLE
WITH THAT BOLO HE CARRIES,
AND THEN CHOP-CHOP!
WE LOST MORE GOOD AMERICANS THAT WAY
THAN WE EVER DONE IN BATTLE.
DEADEYE'S RELIEVING YOU, PRIVATE. GET SOME SLEEP.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER HERE KILLING SPANIARDS.
JUST KILL SOME IN YOUR DREAMS.
CHANGE YOUR POSITION EVERY NOW AND THEN.
THEY CAN'T SHOOT FOR SHIT, BUT NO SENSE MAKING AND EASY TARGET.
RIGHT.
FOUR HOURS, SON.
DON'T LET US DOWN.
POSTED? FOUR CORNERS.
I TOLD THE REST OF THE BOYS TO SLEEP WITH THEIR BOOTS ON
JUST IN CASE.
MY FEET HAVEN'T BEEN DRY SINCE CALOOCAN.
GRAB A SPOT.
EASY DUTY HERE.
MIGHT BE.
PLAY CARDS...
AND SWAT FLIES.
YOU WERE OUT WEST.
REGULAR ARMY. FIFTEEN YEARS.
DRAGGIN' REDSKINS BACK TO THE RESERVATION.
YOU?
BEFORE I VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS MESS,
I BUILT HOUSES...
GREAT, BIG ONES.
LIEUTENANT.
THAT PADRE...
HE'S GOT HIS OWN DEAL RUNNIN' HERE.
I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM.
RELIGION IS A CIVILIZING INFLUENCE, SERGEANT.
AND IF HE CAN HELP KEEP A LEASH ON THESE PEOPLE,
HE'S WELCOME TO THEIR SOULS. YES, SIR.
AND I DON'T TRUST HIM.
( rooster crows )
( speaking Tagalog )
( man speaking Tagalog )
( twig snaps )
TO YOUR POSTS!
DON'T SHOOT TILL YOU SEE SOMETHING!
THEY COMIN'?
I DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING OUT THERE, DAMNIT.
WHAT DO WE DO, SARGE?
WE WAIT TILL THE SUN COMES UP.
I'LL LET THE OTHERS KNOW.
THERE DAMN WELL BETTER BE A DEAD GOOGOO OUT THERE, BOY.
ATTAGO, DEADEYE.
AT LEAST YOUR AIM IS GETTING BETTER.
I ATTENDED SEMINARY IN VALLADOLID,
BUT I WAS BORN IN TOLEDO. THE ALHAMBRA.
YOU HAVE BEEN THERE?
NO. I STUDIED THE BUILDING.
SO YOU DECIDED TO BE A MISSIONARY.
THE FILIPINAS ARE A COLONY OF SPAIN--
"WERE."
WERE A COLONY OF SPAIN.
SERVICE HERE IS NOT ONLY A RELIGIOUS DUTY,
BUT A PATRIOTIC ONE.
WE ARE SOLDIERS OF GOD.
THE PEOPLE HERE LISTEN TO YOU?
THEY LISTEN, BUT THEY DO NOT ALWAYS OBEY.
I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP.
WHICH I OFFER FREELY
IN ANY MATTER THAT DOES ENDANGER THE MORALS OF MY FILIGRESES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
YOU'RE NOT A CATHOLIC.
NO.
I MUST WARN YOU THAT THE MORAL PATH
IS NOT ALWAYS THE MOST OBVIOUS.
CAN YOU WALK?
IF IT GETS ME TO THE CLAP SHACK,
I'LL CRAWL BACK TO MANILA.
I'M PUTTING THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR CARE.
NO SWEAT, SARGE.
ALL RIGHT, YOU DAGOES--
VAMOOSE!
( speaking Tagalog )
( both speaking Spanish )
( speaking Tagalog )
THERE ARE TWO HARVESTS.
ONLY DURING JULY AND AUGUST DOES THE LAND REST.
AND THE VILLAGERS OWN THE LAND TOGETHER?
HE OWNS THIS LAND, AND THAT.
THE PEOPLE ARE KASAMAS--
THEY WORK FOR A PORTION OF WHAT THEY HARVEST.
SO AMIGO HERE HAS GOT THE WHOLE DEAL SEWED UP.
THE LANDS BEYOND,
AND MANY MORE YOU CANNOT SEE, ARE MINE.
WHEN I AM PRISONER, THE PEOPLE, THEY DO NOT CARE FOR THEM.
BUT IF THEY'RE WORKING FOR SHARES...
THIS IS THE POLO--
A WORK THAT IS A DUTY OVERSEEN BY THE CHURCH
AND THE GUARDIA CIVIL.
AND YOU RAKE IN ALL THE PROFITS. I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
TELL HIM THE PEOPLE CAN DO FOR THE CROP JUST LIKE ALWAYS,
ONLY THAT DIKE THERE, THAT'S THE DEAD LINE.
ANYONE STEPS PAST THAT WITHOUT PERMISSION, WE SHOOT THEM.
AND TELL HIM FROM NOW ON HE CAN WORK HIS OWN DAMN FIELDS
WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
IT WOULD PLEASE ME TO DO THIS.
ALL RIGHT! HUSTLE, BOYS!
DO YOU HEAR ME? WE'RE COMIN' WITH THAT WIRE.
CHOP-CHOP! HEY! BOSSMAN!
YOU WORKEE COOLIE TOO HARD.
WHERE YOU HEADED? BACK TO MANILA.
SO'S YOU CAN INFECT THE REST OF THE WHORES IN SAMPALOC.
THAT'S A NICE LITTLE CREW YOU GOT.
YEAH, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S CHOP-CHOP,
AND THE SOURPUSS THERE I CALL "CHUCKLES."
THAT'S, UM, "SKINNY,"
AND THAT ONE THERE, THAT'S "MOON."
THERE'S A GANG HANGING WIRE UP FROM SANTA ANA
WHERE BATES HERE IS GOING, WE'RE GONNA MEET 'EM HALFWAY.
I'LL GIVE 'EM YOUR REGARDS.
YOU SURE YOU GOT A DOSE OR YOU JUST GOLDBRICKING?
YOU WANNA SEE IT? NOT ON A BET.
I'LL DRINK SOME OF THEM COLD SAN MIGUELS FOR YA.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S HUSTLE THOSE POLES, BOYS!
COME ON! HURRY! HURRY!
( hollow thudding )
WHO NEEDS A DAMN TELEGRAPH?
I HEAR THAT YOU THE BIG BOSSMAN AROUND HERE, AMIGO.
GOTTA BE ROUGH, HAVING TO HUNKER DOWN, GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY.
JUST LIKE YOUR OLD DADDY BACK ON THE PLANTATION.
WE WAS SHARECROPPERS.
NIGGERS ON BOTH SIDES OF US, CHOPPIN' THE SAME DAMN COTTON.
AI.
( grunts )
AH GA. OGALOGO.
GA GA GA. ( laughs )
WHAT'S HE SAYIN'? IT'S ALL GOOGOO TO ME.
( laughs )
ALL RIGHT, THE PROVISIONS OF GENERAL ORDER 100.
( interpreting )
"ANY DISTRICT OR COUNTRY OCCUPIED BY AN ENEMY
"STANDS UNDER THE MARTIAL LAW OF THE INVADING COUNTRY.
"GREAT SEVERITY IN THAT MARTIAL LAW
MAY BE EXERCISED IN REGIONS WHERE ACTUAL HOSTILITIES EXIST."
"MEN WHO COMMIT HOSTILITIES
"WITH INTERMITTING RETURNS TO THEIR HOMES AND AVOCATIONS,
"DIVESTING THEMSELVES OF THE CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF SOLDIERS,
"SHALL BE TREATED NOT AS COMBATANTS,
BUT AS BANDITS AND MURDERERS."
"GUIDES, WHEN IT IS PROVED THAT THEY HAVE MISLED INTENTIONALLY,
"AND THOSE DISGUISED IN THE CIVILIAN DRESS OF THE COUNTRY
"BUT EMPLOYED IN OBTAINING INFORMATION FOR THE ENEMY,
SHALL BE TREATED AS SPIES AND SUFFER DEATH BY HANGING."
( speaking Cantonese )
*
( speaking Tagalog )
COMO SE?
CAPITAN.
CAPITAN...
( both laugh )
YOUR FILIPINO...
IS LIKE A MIX BETWEEN A MEXICAN AND A CHINAMAN.
THE MISSING LINK. A STUNTED RACE.
HELL, EVEN THEIR HORSES ARE PUNY.
WE MISSED OUT ON THEM CUBAN WOMEN.
WHORES ARE WHORES.
NOT THE WHORES--
THEM TOBACCO-ROLLING SEÑORITAS,
THE ONES THEY SHOW ON THE CIGAR BOXES.
YOU'RE AS GREEN AS DEADEYE HERE.
MAYBE I OUGHTA GIVE THESE GOOGOO DOLLS A TUMBLE.
WIND UP LIKE SHANKER.
SHANKER DIPPED IT IN THE WRONG PUDDLE IS ALL.
CAN'T GO PICKING YOUR PUTAS WHEN YOU'RE BLIND DRUNK.
SOMEBODY BLIND DRUNK?
BEENO. YOU'RE SHITTIN' ME.
UNH-UNH. SOME OLD-TIMER IN THE VILLE HERE MAKES IT.
I THINK IT'S FROM COCONUT PALMS. I DON'T CARE...
IF IT'S FROM BUFFALO PISS.
HAND IT OVER.
( speaking Cantonese )
( speaking Tagalog )
WE'RE ON AN OPEN CIRCUIT HERE IN THE FIELD.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LOOP US INTO THE MAIN LINES,
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE SEND OR RECEIVE
WILL BE RELAYED ON FROM THE STATION AT SANTA ANA.
FROM NOW ON, YOU SLEEP NEXT TO THIS RIG.
IF A MESSAGE COMES IN--
IT MAKES A SOUND.
ENOUGH TO WAKE YOU?
LIKE A BUCKET OF COLD WATER.
( speaking Cantonese )
DUTCH! YOU OUT THERE?
YEAH, YEAH!
I GOT THE QUICK-STEP AGAIN.
OH, BOY, WHEN IT HITS YOU...
I'M HERE TO RELIEVE YOU.
HE STILL OUT THERE?
WHO? THE AMIGO.
WITH THE WATER BUFFALO.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN IN THERE?
( speaking Tagalog )
( clacking )
( sighs )
ANYTHING?
I TESTED IT LAST NIGHT.
BUT YOU'RE GETTING NOTHING BACK FROM SANTA ANA?
LINE MUST BE DOWN SOMEWHERE.
Man (distant): WHOO!
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE.
WELL, YOU'VE SEEN OUR BATTERY, RIGHT? YEAH.
THERE'S COPPER SULFATE SOLUTION ON THE BOTTOM,
AND ZINC SULFATE SOLUTION ON THE TOP-- WHOA. WHOA.
I SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,
NOT THAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT.
DOWN!
TWO AT A TIME, IN RUSHES.
FIND YOURSELF SOME COVER.
OH, GOD.
HEY.
DON'T TELL NOBODY ABOUT THAT AMIGO SLIPPIN' OFF MY WATCH.
FOUND 'EM TWO MILES DOWN THE SOUTH ROAD.
GOT THE LINE BACK UP, BUT THEY CAN CUT IT ANYTIME THEY WANT.
MURDERERS.
ASK HIM WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT THIS.
WHAT HE SAYING? HE'S A LIAR.
WHAT'S HE SAYING?!
HE SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
TELL HIM HE CAN HELP BURY THIS BUNCH.
AND YOU CAN DO THE CEREMONY.
THESE MEN WERE HEATHENS.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR THEM?
MAKE SOMETHING UP.
WHATLEY! YES, SIR!
NEXT DAMN HOLE I DIG...
IS GONNA BE YOURS,AMIGO.
*
( telegraph clacking )
LONG MESSAGE.
MILITARY PARLANCE, SIR.
WHAT'S THE GIST OF IT?
THEY WANT US TO HOLD THE FORT.
( gunshots )
( gunfire continues )
THEY'RE ALL AROUND US.
FALL BACK!
EVERYBODY FALL BACK!
( gunfire continues )
HOLD FIRE!
HOLD FIRE TILL YOU SEE A FACE!
TAKE COUNT.
DORTMUNDER! YO!
LYNCH! YO.
PEDERSON! YO!
( shouting in distance )
( sobbing )
( wailing )
CAUGHT ONE IN THE BACK.
ONE OF OURS?
THAT'S A MAUSER WOUND. OURS'D MAKE A BIGGER HOLE.
IS IT SAFE?
WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE TO YOU?
HER NAME WAS ESPERANZA BANAAG.
HER FATHER WAS WITH THE INSURRECTOS.
HE WAS KILLED BY OUR GUARDIA FOUR YEARS AGO.
( singing elegy in Tagalog )
( Padre reading scripture in Latin )
( bell ringing )
NICE DIGS.
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT CHASING THE DIRTY DAGOES DOWN IN CUBA,
SO ME AND MY BUDDY TOM SIGNED UP,
ONLY HE GOT SO SICK IN CAMP BACK IN SAN FRANCISCO
THEY DIDN'T EVEN LET HIM ON THE BOAT.
HELL, THE TRIP OVER HERE WOULD HAVE KILT HIM.
DOWN IN THE HOLD...
THREE BUNKS, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER,
AND...
THE FOOD THEY GIVE YOU...
IF WE HADN'T GOTTEN TO STOP AT HAWAII--
YOU EVER BEEN TO HAWAII?
'COURSE YOU HAVEN'T.
YOU'RE AWFUL PRETTY FOR A...
WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR ONE OF YOU.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYIN', DO YOU?
THEM HAWAIIAN GIRLS WAS PRETTY TOO,
THEY WERE DARK LIKE YOU....
MAYBE DARKER, BUT...
REAL PRETTY, YOU KNOW?
MOST DAYS I WISH I'D JUST STAYED HOME IN LUBBOCK.
THAT LITTLE FELLA WHO OWNED THIS PILE
WAS SOME KIND OF MUCKITY-MUCK IN THE GOVERNMENT.
WE SHIPPED HIM OFF TO GUAM.
POST AND BEAM.
HUH?
THE, UH...
THE ROOF HERE SITS SQUARE ON THE FOUR CORNER POSTS...
SO THE WALLS BEAR NO WEIGHT.
EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY.
WHAT'S YOUR BAILIWICK AGAIN?
SAN ISIDRO.
ZONE TWO, HUH? YES, SIR.
THEM INDIANS BEEN UP TO MISCHIEF?
SNIPING MOST NIGHTS.
THEY CUT OUR TELEGRAPH LINES ONCE A WEEK.
MURDERED OUR COOLIES, SIR.
WE TAKE A TOWN,
AND IF WE DON'T GARRISON IT,
THEY'RE BACK IN BUSINESS A DAY LATER.
IF WE DO GARRISON IT, THEY SIT OUT IN THE DAMN JUNGLE!
IT'S AWFUL HARD TO TELL THE INDIANS FROM THE AMIGOS, SIR.
WELL, GENERAL MacARTHUR IS TAKING COMMAND,
AND HE WANTS US TO PUT SOME TEETH INTO GENERAL ORDER 100.
THEM GLOVES ARE COMING OFF, GENTLEMEN.
FROM NOW ON THERE'S NO MORE EASY COME AND GO.
WE CONCENTRATE THE POPULATION
AND ISOLATE THE LADRONES OUT IN THE BOONDOCKS.
CONCENTRATE, SIR?
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE,
THEM BANDITS WILL STARVE.
NOW, WE MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE FOR 'EM.
YOU'RE EITHER UNDER AMERICAN PROTECTION,
UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL,
OR YOU'RE CONSIDERED TO BE HOSTILE, ARMED OR NOT.
THERE IS TO BE NO TRAVEL BETWEEN BARRIOS
WITHOUT SAFE CONDUCT PAPERS,
WHILE TRANSPORT AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS
WILL BE UNDERTAKEN AND SUPERVISED BY GARRISON COMMANDERS.
AND THERE WILL BE A CURFEW AT SUNDOWN,
AND VIOLATORS WILL BE SHOT.
NOW, WE HAVE DONE WITH THE CARROT FOR THE MOMENT, GENTLEMEN...
AND IT IS TIME TO EMPLOY THE STICK.
NOW WHAT?
IF IT DON'T STOP RAININ', I'M GONNA SHOOT MYSELF.
BE MY GUEST.
CALL YOU.
KINGS. SHIT ON A STICK.
NO, YOU CAN'T PLAY. WHAT?
AT LEAST NOT TILL YOU PAY ME WHAT YOU OWE ME,
SO'S I CAN PAY THIS SIGNAL CORPS SUMBITCH,
WIPE THAT GRIN OFF HIS COUNTENANCE.
I CAN'T PLAY CARDS, WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
THAT SUICIDE DEAL SOUNDED PRETTY GOOD.
USE MY RIFLE. THE BARRELS GOT COBWEBS IN IT.
OH.
YOU STARTLED ME, SKEAKIN' UP LIKE THAT.
WHAT'S THAT, COFFEE?
SOME KIND OF SOUP.
OH!
DAMN, IT'S HOT.
DID YOU MAKE THIS FOR ME?
GEE, THAT'S SWELL OF YA.
IT'S NOT THAT SPICY STUFF, IS IT?
OH, THAT'S GOOD.
I LIKE A LITTLE PEPPER IN MY GREENS,
BUT SOME OF THE STUFF YOU FOLKS EAT--
SERGEANT RUNNELS'D NAIL MY HIDE TO A WALL IF HE CAUGHT YOU HERE,
BUT... I DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
I SURE AM SORRY ABOUT KILLING ALL YOUR BUFFALOS.
( moaning )
( slurring ) I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP TO TAKE A SHIT...
SONNY!
YOU FELL DOWN THE STEPS, YOU FELL IN A PUDDLE...
"ME WANT AMIGO."
( muttering )
JESUS, YOU'RE A MESS...
SWILLIN' THAT TUBA DOWN.
GET YOUR PANTS DOWN.
FALL IN THE DAMN SLIT TRENCH AND DROWN.
HA HA HA!
TAKE MY HAND.
HEY.
THERE'S SOMEBODY LOOSE IN THE CAMP!
HEY, GIL--
HEY!
HOLD UP THERE!
DON'T YOU MOVE!
Runnels: GET TO YOUR POST, DAMNIT!
FULL ALERT!
WHO THE HELL IS THIS?
WHAT WAS THIS ONE DOING?
FAR AS I CAN TELL, HE WAS LEADING THE OTHER ONE TO YOU, LIEUTENANT.
ONE MAN WITH A BOLO?
MAYBE HE'S ONE OF THEM AMOKKERS, HOPPED UP ON BEENO.
PUT HIM BACK IN LOCK-UP.
YES, SIR. COME ON, YOU.
GET THE REST OF THESE PEOPLE BACK INSIDE.
YES, SIR. LYNCH.
COME ON, SARGE.
COME ON, LET'S GO. MOVE!
COME ON, LET'S GO!
SOMEBODY GOT SHOT.
( sighs ) THESE THINGS ARE JUST FALLIN' APART.
WHAT IS THIS, FIVE WEEKS OF RAIN?
IT'S A WONDER MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AREN'T BUGHOUSE CRAZY.
WHO SAYS THEY'RE NOT?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO NOT APPOINT A CABEZA,
AS WAS DONE BEFORE. SATURNINO HERE--
HE WILL BE JUST AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB AS EVERYONE ELSE.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THE ORDER IS TO GET THEM USED TO THE WORKINGS OF DEMOCRACY.
THESE ARE CHILDREN! AND CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEM!
IN YOUR ARMY, ARE THE OFFICERS ELECTED?
LOOK, THIS COMES FROM THE TOP.
ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD.
WHAT'S HE ASKING?
HE DOUBTS THEIR CHOICE WILL BE ACCEPTED.
TELL HIM THAT IN AMERICA, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS SACRED.
HOW MANY MEN OVER TWENTY-ONE HAVE WE GOT?
NOT MUCH OF A TURNOUT.
WELL, LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.
YOU COULD LET THE WOMEN VOTE.
DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
THREE TO ONE THEY GO FOR WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANT.
WE'LL COUNT THEM IN THE CHAPEL.
WE'LL COUNT THEM RIGHT HERE.
VERY WELL.
A SURPRISING DEMONSTRATION
FOR MEN WHO CANNOT READ OR WRITE.
IS THIS WHO I THINK IT IS?
NOW DO YOU SEE?
YOU WILL FORCED TO CONTRADICT YOURSELF BEFORE THEM.
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS SACRED.
Sgt. Runnels: COME ON OUT.
AND SHE CAN'T JUST STAY WHERE WE HAD HER?
SHE HAS THE COUGHING DISEASE.
TUBERCULOSIS?
THIS ONE, YES.
DACANAY WISHES PERMISSION TO BUILD HER HOUSE AGAIN.
AND WHO'S GONNA BUILD IT?
GET A FEW OF OUR SHOVELS ON THAT.
YES, SIR.
I MUSTA TORCHED A HUNDRED OF THESE DAMN THINGS BETWEEN HERE AND MANILA.
NEVER THOUGHT I'D PUT ONE UP.
I DIDN'T THINK THE LITTLE MONKEYS HAD IT IN 'EM.
THEY ARE A VERY CLEVER PEOPLE.
ALWAYS SMILING, EVEN WHEN AT LABOR.
IT'S NOT SUCH A BAD THING.
ONE MUST NEVER FORGET WHAT LIES BEHIND THE SMILE.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
ON THE DAY OF OUR SAINT
FOR WHICH THE BARRIO IS NAMED
IS THE TRADITION TO CELEBRATE WITH A FIESTA.
A CELEBRATION.
PARTLY RELIGIOUS AND PARTLY PROFANE--
LIKE SO MANY THINGS IN THIS POOR COUNTRY.
MIGHT BE NICE TO LET THE FOLKS BLOW OFF SOME STEAM.
THE DRUMMER USED TO COME AROUND OUR PLACE ONCE A MONTH.
SELL YOU STORE GOODS, HARNESS LEATHER, LAMP OILS.
YEAH. WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THIS IS?
DON'T TOUCH IT.
( pig squealing )
*
HEY.
UH...
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ALL RIGHT, BUT I...
I SEEN THIS THEY WERE SELLING,
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK NICE ON YOU.
FOR YOU.
TAKE IT.
CAN YOU PUT IT ON?
PUT IT ON?
TOO RISKY, HUH?
YOU'D PROBABLY CATCH HELL FROM YOUR PARENTS.
LOOK, I'M JUST GONNA...
OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY,
I KNOW WE CAN'T LIKE...
UM... I'M JUST GONNA...
STICK PRETTY CLOSE TO YOU, ALL RIGHT?
IF I GET ON YOUR NERVES, YOU JUST TELL ME TO GO SHOO.
SHOO. ( laughs )
I'VE HAD HOME-BREW OUTTA PEACHES,
HOME-BREW OUTTA APPLES,
HOME-BREW OUTTA, UH, CORN, SUGAR CANE,
BUT THIS TUBA IS THE DAMNDEST STUFF.
WHATEVER YOU SAY, JOE.
JUST KEEP IT COMIN'.
HILARIO... ( laughing )
( laughter, shouting )
( band playing )
NOT A BAD TUNE.
IT IS THE AIR THAT OUR CAZADORES HEAR WHEN THEY MARCH INTO BATTLE.
NICE OF THEM TO PLAY IT FOR YOU.
THEY ARE WONDERFUL MIMICS.
IF THEY ADMIRE A MELODY...
NO, NO, NO!
YOU DON'T PUT SAUCE ON BARBECUE!
HOLY MOLEY, WHERE YOU FROM?
SOUTH CAROLINA.
WELL, THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.
( children respond in Tagalog )
( speaking Tagalog )
( band playing "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" )
WHERE DID THEY LEARN THAT?
AS I SAID, THEY ARE WONDERFUL MIMICS.
YOU SHOULD STAND UP.
*
WHY IS EVERYONE TAKING OFF THEIR HATS?
THEY BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
YOU'RE DRUNK.
I'M OFF DUTY, SARGE.
IT'S 10:00,
AND YOU GOT SENTRY ON THE SOUTH END.
THERE AIN'T ANY BANDIDOS LEFT OUT THERE.
( laughs ) IF I CATCH YOU SLEEPING...
OHH.
YOU GONNA WAKE UP IN THE HOOSEGOW.
MOVE.
I TAKE BACK EVERY GOOD THING I EVER SAID ABOUT YOU.
( band playing )
( man speaking Tagalog )
AH.
THE THING IS...
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR...
YOU...
YOU'VE GOT YOUR ORDERS,
AND YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR PEOPLE...
THEIR LIVES.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU?
OR MAYBE YOU DO.
NICE PARTY.
*
( snoring, panting )
NO.
( rooster crowing )
GODDAMNIT!
TO YOUR POSTS!
YOU'RE UP EARLY, SIR.
THERE'S A SENTRY BACK THERE WHO DESERVES A FIRING SQUAD.
WHAT IS ALL THIS?
A FIESTA-- SAINT ISIDRO THE LABORER.
YOU'RE GETTIN' PRETTY COMFORTABLE HERE.
IT'S BEEN QUIET, SIR.
NO SNIPING, NO THIEVERY...
SAN JUAN HAS BEEN HIT ONCE A WEEK.
AND THEY BURNED HALF OF ROSARIO DOWN.
AND BOTH OF THOSE BARRIOS
HAVE GARRISONS TWICE THE SIZE OF YOURS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
WE HAVE MADE EFFORTS AT-- AT UNDERSTANDING, SIR--
IT'S BECAUSE THE LADRONES
HAVE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THEM HERE!
THEY'RE GIVING THEM FOOD, INFORMATION...
WE GET A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE ONCE A WEEK MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION THEY--
A SUPPLY TRAIN WAS AMBUSHED ON THE SOUTH ROAD
OUTSIDE OF SANTA CLARA YESTERDAY!
KILLED A TEAMSTER, RAN THE MULES OFF
AND PINNED THE REST DOWN TILL A SQUAD WANDERED UP FROM MACAPAL,
AND YOU'RE THROWING PARTIES FOR THE NATIVES!
NOW, WHAT BECAME OF THAT HEAD MAN?
HE'S, UH... HUH?!
HE'S RIGHT HERE, SIR.
I WILL BET YOU A FIFTH OF KENTUCKY BOURBON
THAT THIS MONKEY KNOWS WHERE THEIR HIDEOUT IS!
CHIEF! ZUÑIGA!
YOU GENTLEMEN KNOW THE DRILL.
( speaking Spanish )
( gagging )
( speaking Tagalog )
GARRISONED IN SOME LITTLE CORNER OF NOWHERE,
NOTHING MUCH TO DO, NO ACTION.
ALL YOUR SOLDIERING SKILLS BEGIN TO SLIP AWAY.
I SAT ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION FOR FIVE YEARS...
WATCHED MY MEN TURN INTO DRUNKS AND WHOREMONGERS.
A LITTLE RABBIT HUNT WILL DO YOUR FELLOWS A WORLD OF GOOD.
( speaking Spanish )
ANYTHING TO REPORT?
WHERE IS CREIGHTON? DAMNIT!
HE SAYS THE MAN CONFESSES.
HE KNOWS WHERE THE INSURRECTOS HIDE.
( scoffs ) YOU'RE STILL HERE?
I AM.
YOU THINK HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH?
I HEAR THE CONFESSIONS OF MANY MEN, COLONEL,
BUT THEY ARE ONLY TORTURED BY THEIR SINS.
( speaking Tagalog )
( crying ) RAFAEL! RAFAEL!
RAFAEL.
THAT'S NOT TORTURE, PADRE.
FIVE MINUTES ON THE TRAIL,
HE'LL BE AS GOOD AS NEW.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM HERE?
MAYBE HE NEEDS WATER.
HE HAD HIS FILL OF THAT THIS MORNING.
WHAT THE SON OF A MONKEY NEEDS IS A DOSE OF LEAD.
( leads congregation through the mea culpas )
CORPUS CHRISTI.
AMEN.
CORPUS CHRISTI.
AMEN.
CORPUS CHRISTI.
AMEN.
THAT'S GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, SOLDIER.
WELL, THE GOVERNMENT CAN COME AND GET IT.
SHOULDN'T NOBODY DO NOTHING BUT SLEEP IN THIS HEAT.
THAT'S WHAT THEM GOOGOO BANDIDOS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW,
STRETCHED OUT IN HAMMOCKS NEXT TO A NICE COOL STREAM.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING?
HELL NO.
WE'RE GOING ON AN ALL-DAY STROLL TO NOWHERE.
YOU THINK SO?
THAT LITTLE AMIGO UP THERE
COULDN'T WALK A STRAIGHT LINE IN A CATTLE CHUTE.
THEM FELLAS WORKED HIM OVER PRETTY GOOD.
FIRST CHANCE HE GET, HE'S GONNA GIVE US THE SLIP.
AND THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT'S HAPPEN TO US TODAY.
( clucking )
( speaking Tagalog )
HE SAYS THIS IS IT.
WE'VE BEEN GOING IN CIRCLES, DAMNIT!
IF ANYBODY CAMPED HERE, IT WAS A LONG WAY BACK.
AND ANYBODY WHO'S OUT HERE, UNLESS THEY'RE BLIND,
KNOWS WE'RE COMING BY NOW.
* IN THE LAND OF DOPEY DREAMS
* LOVELY, PEACEFUL PHILIPPINES
* WHERE THE BOLO MAN IS HIKING NIGHT AND DAY *
* WHERE TAGALOGS STEAL AND LIE *
* AND AMERICANOS DIE *
* THERE YOU HEAR THE SOLDIERS SING *
* THIS EVENING LAY
* DAMN, DAMN, DAMN THE FILIPINOS *
* CROSS-EYED KHAKIAK LADRONES *
* UNDERNEATH THE STARRY FLAG
* CIVILIZE 'EM WITH A KRAG *
* THEN RETURN US TO OUR OWN BELOVED HOMES *
( whistling )
Dutch: I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S NOT JUST THE BEENO.
I'M GETTIN CHILLS OUT HERE IN THE BLAZING SUN.
MY KNEES FEEL SHAKY.
YOU GOT THE RUNS?
I HAD THOSE EVER SINCE MANILA.
THIS HERE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT DEAL.
HEY, IF SHANKER CAN GET SENT HOME--
( gunshot )
( shouting )
( gunfire )
GET OFF OF THERE!
I CAN'T MOVE!
THEY DON'T HAVE THE AMMO TO KEEP THIS UP, PEOPLE!
FIX BAYONETS! GET READY TO CHARGE!
ON THE LIEUTENANT'S ORDERS, WE GO OVER THE TOP AND FLUSH THEM OUT!
READY!
CHARGE!
AAH!
( shouting )
DUTCH? CAN YOU SEE WHERE I'M HIT? I CAN'T FEEL NOTHIN'.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, KID. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
DAMNIT.
( crying )
LEAVE 'EM THERE.
COLONEL, THE FAMILIES OF THESE MEN ARE IN THIS BARRIO.
THEN LET 'EM GET A GOOD LOOK.
Creighton: COLONEL?
THAT'LL DO. GET SOME PEOPLE ON IT.
SIR, HE MAY HAVE RUN US AROUND TODAY, BUT THE AMBUSH--
WE TOOK THREE CASUALTIES TODAY, LIEUTENANT.
WE LOST OUR SCOUT, TWO AMERICAN BOYS.
ONLY KILLED FIVE OF THE ENEMY.
WE LET THE MONKEYS GET AWAY WITH THOSE NUMBERS, AND THEY'LL NEVER GIVE UP!
I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THESE PEOPLE.
NO, LIEUTENANT! YOU GOTTA MAKE WAR ON THESE PEOPLE!
YOU LET THE BLEEDING HEARTS SORT OUT THE REST WHEN WE'RE GONE.
NO, NO, NO. IT IS NO. IT IS NO.
IT SAYS NO, AND IT IS CONFUSED,
AND IT SAYS NO!
( rambling )
NO, NO, NO, HOBO, NO, HOBO, HOBO.
I'M THINKING THE SAME THING. I COULD GET HOME,
BUT YOU HAVE TO GET ME OUT OF HERE.
I CAN--I CAN MOVE UP, YOU CAN MOVE ME UP!
HOW YOU DOIN', SON?
I CAN'T FEEL NOTHIN' BELOW MY BELT.
WELL, YOU TOOK ONE IN THE HIP.
IT CAME OUT CLEAN, BUT...
IT MUST HAVE NICKED YOUR SPINE ON ITS WAY.
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP. TAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP...
WILL YOU MAKE HIM SHUT UP?
( continues rambling )
FELLAS SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO A HANGING, CORPORAL.
BACK HOME.
WE STRUNG UP A NIGGER THAT STABBED A WHITE MAN.
YOU DO THE HONORS, THEN.
ANYTHING BACK FROM MANILA?
I SENT A LINE-CHECK TO SANTA ANA FIRST THING.
EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.
STAY WITH IT.
IF COLONEL HARDACRE FINDS OUT--
HE WON'T FIND OUT, WILL HE?
THE AMIGO DID LEAD US INTO AN AMBUSH, SIR.
MAYBE.
THEY CAN'T BEAT US.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY EVEN BOTHER.
IT'S THEIR COUNTRY, SIR.
LIEUTENANT, I MUST INFORM YOU THAT I MUST LEAVE THIS PLACE.
ABOVE ALL THINGS, I AM A SPANIARD.
LIVING UNDER THE RULE OF OTHERS--
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, THROW ON YOUR CEREMONIAL GEAR
AND DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOR THE AMIGO.
THIS ONE'S HEAD MAN NOW.
TELL HIM TO WATCH HIS STEP.
I THOUGHT I'D CATCH YOU SLEEPING.
AND I THOUGHT YOU'D BE BACK IN THE STATES BY NOW.
OH, THEY SAY I'M CURED.
CURED FROM THE CLAP?
THAT'S A BIGGER LONG SHOT THAN US CATCHING AGUINALDO.
YOU'RE SHITTIN' ME.
IT JUST CAME IN ON THE WIRE FROM MANILA.
THEY NAILED AGGY?
HOT DAMN! HO HO HO!
YEAH, AND HE'S ASKED OUR LITTLE BROWN BROTHERS TO GIVE UP THE GAME.
MacARTHUR'S ORDERED GENERAL AMNESTY,
LETTIN' PRISONERS GO LEFT AND RIGHT.
ANY INSURRECTO THAT WANTS TO THROW IN THE TOWEL
GETS 30 PESOS MEXICAN FOR HIS RIFLE.
THEY CAN HAVE MINE.
WE GOTTA CELEBRATE.
HERE WE GO!
CHAMPAGNE GLASS RIGHT HERE.
OH, YEAH.
I STRETCHED A COUPLE APACHES BACK IN THE TERRITORY.
THEY CONSIDER IT A...
PARTICULARLY IGNOBLE DEATH.
IT MAKES AN IMPRESSION ON THE OTHERS.
WITH THIS BUNCH, WHO KNOWS?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.
( groans )
( agrees in Tagalog )
"MILITARY NECESSITY ADMITS OF ALL DIRECT DESTRUCTION..."
( translating )
"...OF LIFE OR LIMB OF ARMED ENEMIES, HOWEVER,
"MEN WHO TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER
"DO NOT CEASE TO BE MORAL BEINGS
"RESPONSIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO GOD.
"WAR ADMITS OF DECEPTION, BUT DISCLAIMS ACTS OF PERFIDY,
"AND AS CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE HOSTILE, OCCUPIED COUNTRY
"OWE STRICT OBEDIENCE TO THE VICTORIOUS GOVERNMENT,
"AT PERIL OF THEIR LIVES,
IT HAS BEEN JUDGED THAT RAFAEL DACANAY..."
HEAD MAN OF THE BARRIO OF SAN ISIDRO
SHALL HANG BY THE NECK UNTIL HE IS DEAD.
( translating )
YOU THINK THIS IS A SHITHOLE,
YOU OUGHT TO SEE SAN ISIDRO.
THEY HAD A SMOKER THE OTHER DAY.
WAS ANYONE KILLED?
A COUPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
YOU KNOW WHO GOT IT?
THEY DIDN'T SEND NAMES.
THERE'S SOME GOOGOO THEY'RE GONNA STRETCH.
COURSE, THEN THIS MESSAGE CAME IN--
DAMN! I'D BETTER SEND ALONG THE HAPPY NEWS.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I CALL CUTTIN' IT CLOSE.
( laughing )
( clacking )
( drumming )
( speaking Spanish )
( clacking )
( clacking stops )
( shouting )
( gagging )
AAH!
I WAS JUST PART OF THE CROWD, SIR.
I DIDN'T TIE THE ROPE.
( praying in Latin )
( speaking Tagalog )
Lynch: SIGN OR MAKE YOUR MARK RIGHT HERE.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT, GIVE HIM SOME MONEY.
COME ON.
SIGN OR MAKE YOUR MARK RIGHT HERE.
THIS THING CAN STILL SHOOT.
WELL, THEN THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY, AMIGO.
( singing in Tagalog )