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Tell me you haven't melted
it down and sold it already.
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The Union Pacific provides
the final spike,
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the Central Pacific
nails it down, like we agreed.
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I agreed to hold a ceremony
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at the location
of your choosing.
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Collis, the heaviest thing
you've lifted to date
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is a dessert spoon.
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You think my
masculine capabilities
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are insufficient, sir?
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I think you'd rather not
answer that question
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in front of 200 of
Washington's finest.
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Mr. Lee?
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Mr. Lee?
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Wake up. Translate that.
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Need sleep, bossman.
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Translate.
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Address.
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In Ningpo.
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An address?
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China?
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Ribbed with iron,
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clad in silver,
and crowned with gold,
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this spike will wed the oceans.
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Telegraphs
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in every major city
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will buzz to life
with the knowledge
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America's transcontinental
railroad is now complete.
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At the fall of my hammer,
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the operator will tap out
a three dot transmission.
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The message?
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One word...
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Done.
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Whiskey.
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You don't need
another drink, mate.
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Hair of the dog.
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- Give the man a drink!
- Pipe down, ya traitor.
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What'd you say?
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For the love of Josephine,
can't a man sleep?
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- Whiskey damn it.
- I called you a traitor.
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And we don't serve C.P. here.
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Call me traitor again.
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It's over, there ain't no sides.
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All right?
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Except the side of whiskey.
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Just give him a drink,
for God's sake, Mick.
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Ah, shut up, Patrick.
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I told you all,
there ain't no U.P.
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and there ain't no C.P.,
God damn it.
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Oi, the hell there ain't.
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Job or no job,
I'm a Union Pacific man.
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Your pasty Mic ass'd
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still be down a mine shaft
if it weren't for me.
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Call me traitor again.
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Keep your voices down.
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I don't work for you, Bohannon.
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You mean the winning side?
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Hand to God,
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the next man
who asks me for a drink,
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I swear I'll throttle him.
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Whiskey.
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Thank you, thank you.
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What the hell is this all about?
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Mr. Bohannon?
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Mick?
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I...
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Hell if we know.
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Congress requests your
presence in Washington
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to testify against Thomas Durant
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on charges of bribery,
fraud and corruption.
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Well, shit.
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I ain't going to Washington.
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You've been summoned
by Congress.
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You tell Congress
I've a railroad to see to.
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Supplies to send West...
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The railroad is finished.
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President Grant is determined
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to see all those
guilty of corruption
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over its building punished
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to the full extent of the law.
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Uh-huh.
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You're not yet an old man,
Mr. Bohannon,
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but you are no longer young.
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I advise you to reflect
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on what it is you decide
to do next,
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whose company you
choose to keep.
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Your subsequent venture
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will likely determine
the shape of your life.
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A subpoena is not a request.
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A cavalry escort can be
arranged if need be.
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I'm buying out your stake
in the railroad.
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But I'm not selling.
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I've been indicted.
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News will hit
the papers tomorrow.
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I want no record
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of your involvement
in the Union Pacific.
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I helped build
the Union Pacific.
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You're associated
with the Dead Rabbits.
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I'm compelled to cut ties.
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Your stock value by tomorrow
will plummet.
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Stick around, then you'll
be broke or in jail or both.
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I've buried bodies for you.
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I hope you don't want
a kiss goodbye, McGinnes.
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I'm not your father.
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I hope you hang.
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Eva, here you are.
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Sheets don't wash themselves,
Ms. Ellison.
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Need all the girls
on their backs.
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Tricks'll dry up soon
as the workers leave.
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Hey!
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You want a roll, go round
the front, wait your turn.
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Oh, Eva, that's not a John.
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That's my editor from
the Chicago Tribune.
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He's very interested in you.
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I ain't on the menu.
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No, he's interested
in your story.
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He wants me to help you
write it, in a book.
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Folks don't wanna read
about a whore.
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It would be a story
about a survivor
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and folks will love it.
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Folks will love you.
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That ain't been my experience.
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This could be a way in for you.
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Into what?
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Society.
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If that's what you want.
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Or anything, really.
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A best-selling authoress
can write her own ticket.
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Slow down, Mr. Bohannon,
pack light.
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I need you back in San Francisco
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as soon as you're finished
with this Washington business.
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That well's deeper
than you think.
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Careful you don't fall in.
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They're interested in Durant,
not me.
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No, they're a hound
with a scent.
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Once they've chewed
through Durant,
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they'll come sniffing after us.
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I'm ahead of that problem.
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It was you,
lit that little bonfire
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in the C.P. Depot
last night, huh?
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I got something for you.
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To commemorate the Golden Spike.
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Only four like it in the world.
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Go ahead, put it on,
Mr. Bohannon,
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you've earned it.
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Once you're back
in San Francisco,
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we'll get started on
the Southern Pacific.
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- Shortline?
- Uh-uh.
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She doesn't have the romance
of the transcontinental,
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but don't write her off.
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She's just the beginning.
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Plenty of roads to build yet.
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Oh, see that?
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Railroad man,
through and through!
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All aboard!
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Thank you, sir.
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Mr. Bohannon?
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Archibald Romans,
Senior White House Staff.
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I'm here to invite you to President
Grant's gala this evening.
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I ain't much for galas.
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In celebration of the
completion of the railroad.
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I come to testify, Mr. Romans,
not socialize.
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The President has asked for
you personally, Mr. Bohannon.
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Grant knows I'm in town?
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Your stay at the Willard Hotel
has been compensated.
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Might I suggest you get
yourself checked in
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and cleaned up
before the soiree?
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I assume you've been
corralled into testifying
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at this circus tomorrow.
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I'm not at liberty to discuss
the hearing, Thomas.
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Congratulations on driving
the golden spike.
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I stand accused of bribing
government officials.
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That's officials like you.
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Now, I would advise you
to say nothing,
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we're all in this
together, Stephen.
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You've been away,
so, allow me to fill you in.
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You're poison in this town.
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And very much in this alone.
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Now, if you'll excuse me.
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Now these hands...
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Have built things.
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Ma'am.
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You're Cullen Bohannon,
aren't you?
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The man of the hour.
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Quite an accomplishment,
this railroad of yours.
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Thank you ma'am.
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You're more handsome
than I ever imagined.
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You must tell me everything
about the Wild West.
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They say it isn't safe
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for a respectable woman.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm not in the right place.
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Margaret, your husband
is asking for you.
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Oh, George, he's a bore.
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And he's hopeless without you,
my dear.
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Can't begrudge poor
Margaret for flirtations.
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That's her husband.
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Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
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Damn impressed
with your accomplishment
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on the railroad, Mr. Bohannon.
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Ten miles in a single day,
was it?
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Well, had me one hell of a crew.
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You've the guts and countenance
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of a good soldier, sir.
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Who did you serve?
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I rode under General
Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Confederate.
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That's right.
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Shit, I led the charge
against you boys at Bull Run.
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Had you outnumbered
and outgunned,
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but God damn
if you didn't give us
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one hell of a steeplechase.
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Where I come from,
an ass-whooping amounts
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to more than a steeplechase,
Colonel.
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Come over here, boys.
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I want you to meet
the Grayback son-of-a-bitch
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who built ten miles of
iron road in a single day.
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To Mr. Cullen Bohannon...
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Toughest whoop-ass on
the transcontinental railroad.
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Thank you.
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He looks at me and he says,
"What's a poodle?"
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- Oh, now.
- Oh, at ease, gentlemen.
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Mr. Bohannon.
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You've met the Colonel, I see.
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Bohannon here was just
explaining the difference
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between a blood hound
and a poodle.
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I got that right, Captain?
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Good enough for a Yankee.
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Have you boys heard how to tell
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a good Yankee from a bad one?
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Mr. Bohannon?
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Why, that's simple,
Mr. President.
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All the good Yankees go home.
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Let's go get some real food.
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Yes, sir. Nice to meet y'all.
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Ah.
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Oh, yes.
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Go ahead, eat it.
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Those frilled dainties
they're serving up there
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aren't fit to feed men.
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Mmm.
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'Coffee'?
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Mmm-mmm.
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Now,
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if you brought me down here
to talk about Thomas Durant...
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Oh, I have a Senator who
will testify to taking bribes
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from Doc Durant.
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Bad fruit left over from
the previous administration.
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I don't need your help
cleaning house.
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- We just here for the coffee then?
- Mmm.
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I'd like to make you a Colonel
in the Fourth Cavalry.
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You'd be the Undersecretary
of the Western Territories
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for the United States Army.
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Your job would be to protect
the railroad you've built
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from all present threats.
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- You mean Indians.
- All threats, Mr. Bohannon.
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Cutthroats and train robbers.
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Cattle rustlers along
the Texas border.
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And, yes, renegade Indians.
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I ain't no Indian killer.
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You're smart enough to prevent
bloodshed where possible,
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and not afraid to get your
hands dirty when necessary.
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You'd report to the
Secretary of the Interior.
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Sounds like you're asking me
to wear Union Blue.
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00:21:16,209 --> 00:21:19,643
I'm asking you to wear
an American uniform.
265
00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,913
Your country needs you,
Mr. Bohannon.
266
00:21:22,915 --> 00:21:24,148
Don't deny who you are.
267
00:21:25,685 --> 00:21:26,817
I'm a railroad man.
268
00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:28,452
Bullshit.
269
00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:32,790
You're a soldier.
270
00:21:33,059 --> 00:21:35,259
Lost without a war to fight.
271
00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,066
Ah, damn.
272
00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:44,301
I've got to go make a speech.
273
00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:48,472
Think it over.
274
00:21:49,075 --> 00:21:50,508
Yes, sir.
275
00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:46,697
A backwards rebel right at
home in the nation's capital,
276
00:22:48,935 --> 00:22:51,235
I never thought I'd see the day.
277
00:22:53,473 --> 00:22:55,573
Ain't nobody more surprised
than me, Doc.
278
00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:58,843
Never thought I'd see the day
you'd be itching for a train
279
00:22:58,845 --> 00:23:00,711
back to Hell on Wheels.
280
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:04,648
They've turned a Senator.
281
00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:08,552
Several, probably.
282
00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:13,457
I don't know who, but
whatever hog they've got tied
283
00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:16,327
will squeal loud and clear.
284
00:23:16,696 --> 00:23:17,928
Mmm.
285
00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:21,031
You've gotten outta tighter
spots than this.
286
00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:23,000
Grant needs a scapegoat.
287
00:23:24,971 --> 00:23:27,004
I'm out of allies.
288
00:23:30,877 --> 00:23:32,576
Maggie Palmer was right.
289
00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:38,582
She was a good woman.
290
00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:42,086
I loved her.
291
00:23:55,034 --> 00:23:56,934
They brought me here to testify.
292
00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:03,607
Say whatever you want.
293
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,114
Enjoy your newfound favor
294
00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,617
because it will be over
in an instant.
295
00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:19,924
Those men you were
laughing with in there,
296
00:24:20,226 --> 00:24:22,293
they're not your friends.
297
00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:25,763
They'll bleed you dry,
298
00:24:26,732 --> 00:24:29,500
toss you out with
yesterday's newspapers.
299
00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:01,865
I came to cash out my 10%.
300
00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:06,770
I've got a big labor contract
at the docks in San Francisco.
301
00:25:07,974 --> 00:25:09,340
I thought you'd come along.
302
00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:12,376
I ain't a labor contractor.
303
00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:15,613
Well, we'll keep
the whores, then.
304
00:25:15,615 --> 00:25:18,048
Hell, we'll import
new ones from France.
305
00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:19,817
I've big plans, Eva.
306
00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:22,052
We're only expanding.
307
00:25:23,289 --> 00:25:25,522
We ran a good enterprise.
308
00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:28,525
I'll always be thankful
for that.
309
00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:31,729
But we're bad
for each other, Mickey.
310
00:25:32,932 --> 00:25:34,031
Josie...
311
00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,067
- Shea...
- That was business.
312
00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:41,205
Come to San Francisco.
313
00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,979
We stick together,
it's a matter of time
314
00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:51,749
before one of us devours
the other one,
315
00:25:51,751 --> 00:25:53,384
and you know it.
316
00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,419
Here you go then.
317
00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:30,421
Good luck to you.
318
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:33,857
Me leaving's the closest thing
we got to a happy ending.
319
00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:35,959
Sounds like you've
got it all sorted.
320
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,267
Don't go sour on me.
321
00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:45,803
See yourself away.
322
00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:36,920
The President will see you now.
323
00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:51,835
...property,
and free political opinion...
324
00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:01,011
You've reached a decision.
325
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:34,711
Perfect fit.
326
00:28:35,281 --> 00:28:36,280
Anything else, sir?
327
00:28:36,282 --> 00:28:37,748
No. No, thank you.
328
00:28:56,836 --> 00:28:58,335
Your name and title
for the record.
329
00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:00,571
Cullen Bohannon.
330
00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:02,506
Stake-holder
and Chief Engineer,
331
00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:04,208
Central Pacific Railroad.
332
00:29:04,210 --> 00:29:05,409
Your current title, sir.
333
00:29:05,611 --> 00:29:08,345
Colonel, 4th Cavalry,
U.S. Army.
334
00:29:08,881 --> 00:29:10,180
I'll cut right to it, sir.
335
00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:13,217
Have you ever witnessed
Thomas Durant offer
336
00:29:13,219 --> 00:29:14,618
an elected official a bribe,
337
00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:16,453
in form of stock
or cash in exchange
338
00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:17,921
for favorable legislation?
339
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:30,534
The transcontinental railroad
340
00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:35,272
could not have been built
without Thomas Durant.
341
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:41,645
That wasn't an answer.
342
00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:43,547
I'll ask again.
343
00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:46,016
As a former employee
of the Union Pacific,
344
00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:48,352
did Thomas Durant
ever voice his intention to
345
00:29:48,354 --> 00:29:50,454
or offer any bribes
to an elected official?
346
00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:55,592
The transcontinental railroad could not
have been built without Thomas Durant.
347
00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:58,562
Mr. Bohannon,
you have sworn an oath
348
00:29:58,564 --> 00:30:01,398
before this committee
under penalty of perjury.
349
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,101
We have a dozen Senators
on record
350
00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:06,403
saying Thomas Durant
attempted to bribe them,
351
00:30:06,939 --> 00:30:09,806
are you disputing their
account of the facts?
352
00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:12,476
The fact I know to be true
353
00:30:13,212 --> 00:30:15,212
is that the transcontinental
railroad
354
00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:18,916
could not have been built
without Thomas Durant.
355
00:30:18,918 --> 00:30:21,551
This committee has the authority
to hold you in contempt, Colonel.
356
00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:23,887
You have the right
to detain me, Governor,
357
00:30:23,889 --> 00:30:25,689
but that won't change the fact
358
00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:28,492
that the transcontinental railroad
could not have been built
359
00:30:28,961 --> 00:30:31,128
- without...
- Thomas Durant.
360
00:30:38,771 --> 00:30:40,771
Thank you, Colonel.
That'll be all.
361
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,254
The lecture circuit won't
know what hit them.
362
00:30:57,256 --> 00:31:00,357
First stop, Council Bluffs,
day after tomorrow.
363
00:31:00,726 --> 00:31:02,659
But the book isn't written yet.
364
00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,728
The book will come,
don't worry about that.
365
00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:08,131
In the meantime, your face tells
the story better than any book.
366
00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:10,968
Maybe we should
go over the details.
367
00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:13,203
Yes. Walk us through it,
Mrs. Toole.
368
00:31:13,973 --> 00:31:16,306
You were headed West
with your family
369
00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:18,508
when you were attacked
by Wild Mojave...
370
00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:20,344
- Yavapai.
- Sorry?
371
00:31:22,147 --> 00:31:23,280
It was...
372
00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:26,316
We was attacked by Yavapai.
373
00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:27,818
Apache.
374
00:31:27,820 --> 00:31:29,753
Then they traded me
to the Mojave
375
00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:31,388
for three blankets and a horse.
376
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,590
Three blankets and a horse.
377
00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:36,293
The price of a human soul.
378
00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:37,627
Great detail. Possible title.
379
00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:39,296
- Remember that, Ms. Ellison.
- Mmm.
380
00:31:39,298 --> 00:31:43,433
So, the Mojave marked your
face and made you their slave.
381
00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:45,168
No. Not exactly.
382
00:31:45,170 --> 00:31:46,937
How would you describe it?
383
00:31:50,209 --> 00:31:51,341
They...
384
00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:54,578
Everyone had marks but...
385
00:31:56,048 --> 00:31:59,716
The point is to let Mrs. Toole
386
00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:02,085
tell her story in her own words.
387
00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:04,521
Go ahead, Eva.
388
00:32:04,523 --> 00:32:05,689
We won't interrupt.
389
00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,761
It was hard at first
390
00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:13,663
because I missed my momma.
391
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:15,966
But then I had me a Mojave...
392
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:23,106
Had me a Mojave sister and...
393
00:32:26,545 --> 00:32:29,846
I'm sorry, this dress just
don't seem to fit right.
394
00:32:29,848 --> 00:32:32,549
But, the dress
is part of the story,
395
00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:35,452
it indicates you...
You've been saved.
396
00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:40,257
Saved from what?
397
00:32:41,393 --> 00:32:43,293
From a life of savagery,
of course.
398
00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:49,900
The marked face and the dress,
399
00:32:49,902 --> 00:32:51,401
we can't have one
without the other.
400
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:52,969
Not now, Ed.
401
00:32:58,744 --> 00:33:00,043
I can't do this.
402
00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:01,411
Eva, we'll get
a different dress.
403
00:33:01,413 --> 00:33:03,146
No, it ain't the dress.
404
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,784
The railroad is finished, Eva.
405
00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:10,854
What else will you do?
406
00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:12,956
This is the best that
you can hope for.
407
00:33:16,528 --> 00:33:18,595
Oh, God, I...
408
00:33:21,767 --> 00:33:22,999
I'm sorry. I...
409
00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:32,008
I love you, Louise.
410
00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:35,579
But I promised myself
411
00:33:35,581 --> 00:33:37,214
I'm done whoring.
412
00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:41,318
Good luck in Chicago.
413
00:33:57,569 --> 00:33:59,469
You're one hell of a shot.
414
00:34:00,405 --> 00:34:02,139
Plenty of practice.
415
00:34:02,141 --> 00:34:03,707
Too bad for the Apache.
416
00:34:04,309 --> 00:34:05,609
That's where you're
heading, right?
417
00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:06,610
Arizona territory?
418
00:34:06,612 --> 00:34:08,044
Ship out tomorrow.
419
00:34:09,248 --> 00:34:11,515
Apache women are
turned on by gore.
420
00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:14,784
Fornicate like rabbits
once the killing's done,
421
00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:16,720
you barely have to force them.
422
00:34:17,322 --> 00:34:20,190
Got myself a few trap
trophies from Arizona,
423
00:34:20,192 --> 00:34:22,359
had 'em stitched
into coin purses.
424
00:34:22,361 --> 00:34:23,393
No.
425
00:34:24,196 --> 00:34:26,396
It ain't that kind
of assignment.
426
00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:29,766
Just bringin' a couple
of renegades is all.
427
00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:31,701
Grant tell you that?
428
00:34:32,671 --> 00:34:34,871
He's a politician,
I suppose he has to.
429
00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:39,843
You're a killer.
430
00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:42,546
You know what happens
in the fog of war.
431
00:34:56,495 --> 00:34:58,662
Got to go see to the wife
before I go.
432
00:34:58,664 --> 00:35:00,830
Keep up with my conjugal duties,
433
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,265
lest she turn to the postman.
434
00:35:02,868 --> 00:35:04,701
You got yourself a girl?
435
00:35:08,507 --> 00:35:10,740
That's for the best.
Keeps you focused.
436
00:35:12,377 --> 00:35:14,544
Don't worry about
Grant's bullshit.
437
00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:16,379
You'll ship out,
kill some Injuns,
438
00:35:16,381 --> 00:35:19,583
blam, blam, blam, then ride
back to Washington a hero.
439
00:35:20,552 --> 00:35:21,818
Nothing better.
440
00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:09,659
Bless you, my son.
441
00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:13,530
How long has it been
since your last confession?
442
00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:24,607
Are you a soldier?
443
00:37:27,512 --> 00:37:29,346
It's all right, my son.
444
00:37:29,348 --> 00:37:32,415
No man is without sin,
but you can be forgiven.
445
00:37:36,021 --> 00:37:37,587
Do you seek salvation?
446
00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,572
Do you wish to be saved?
447
00:38:38,049 --> 00:38:39,516
Thank you.
448
00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:42,252
Thank you.
449
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,460
Thomas Durant will invoke
his fifth amendment right
450
00:38:50,462 --> 00:38:52,929
as secured by the constitution
of the United States.
451
00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:55,598
Mr. Durant,
we have sworn testimony
452
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,700
corroborating the charges
against you,
453
00:38:58,103 --> 00:39:00,804
am I clear you are choosing
to let these charges go
454
00:39:00,806 --> 00:39:02,705
unanswered by you here today?
455
00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:03,707
Mmm-hmm.
456
00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:06,776
As is your constitutional right,
457
00:39:06,778 --> 00:39:10,079
so long as you're aware
the record of history
458
00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:12,782
will remember Thomas Durant
as a criminal.
459
00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:15,051
The record of history?
460
00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:16,786
That's right, Mr. Durant.
461
00:39:16,788 --> 00:39:18,254
My client will invoke
his right...
462
00:39:18,256 --> 00:39:20,557
The record of history
will read, however,
463
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:24,861
the handful of overfed
Senators in this room
464
00:39:25,063 --> 00:39:26,863
who choose to write it.
465
00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:31,501
I'm not interested in
the record of history...
466
00:39:31,503 --> 00:39:32,602
Mr. Durant, please.
467
00:39:32,604 --> 00:39:35,538
I am interested in reality.
468
00:39:36,641 --> 00:39:40,376
Not the one bandied
inside the halls of Congress,
469
00:39:41,580 --> 00:39:45,715
but the one I witnessed
with my own eyes out West.
470
00:39:48,086 --> 00:39:49,853
Five years ago,
471
00:39:50,489 --> 00:39:53,656
the American people,
torn apart by war,
472
00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:57,494
cried out into the darkness
and turned a hopeful ear
473
00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:59,562
to the void for an answer.
474
00:40:00,832 --> 00:40:02,866
Americans needed a dream
475
00:40:03,802 --> 00:40:05,235
and I gave them one.
476
00:40:06,671 --> 00:40:09,806
A transcontinental railroad
that would unite
477
00:40:09,808 --> 00:40:12,008
this nation and its people.
478
00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:17,347
Dreams don't come pretty,
479
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:19,616
they don't come clean
480
00:40:19,618 --> 00:40:21,751
and they sure as hell don't
come simple...
481
00:40:23,722 --> 00:40:25,021
They come true.
482
00:40:25,857 --> 00:40:28,424
Truth delivered by lies
is no less true,
483
00:40:32,364 --> 00:40:37,700
and dreams made reality by
falsehood are no less real.
484
00:40:40,539 --> 00:40:45,141
1,776 miles of iron track,
485
00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:47,710
that is what I delivered!
486
00:40:47,712 --> 00:40:51,948
Track upon which thousands
of wheels will now revolve
487
00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:56,753
carrying on their axles
the wealth of half the world.
488
00:40:58,023 --> 00:41:00,723
Final Destination,
San Francisco!
489
00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:03,626
Drawn by
the Iron Horse,
490
00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:07,297
darkening the landscape
with his smoky breath
491
00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:13,169
announcing to the world
with its piercing scream
492
00:41:13,738 --> 00:41:18,274
that we are a great people who
can accomplish great things.
493
00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:23,313
Yet the American people,
494
00:41:24,349 --> 00:41:28,151
driven by their cowardly
representatives in Washington,
495
00:41:28,687 --> 00:41:30,653
are in need of a villain.
496
00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:33,122
And so here I sit,
497
00:41:36,061 --> 00:41:37,660
elected by you,
498
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:40,463
to play my part...
499
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:46,302
The part of the scapegoat.
500
00:41:47,772 --> 00:41:49,973
The patsy.
Sent into the wilderness
501
00:41:51,042 --> 00:41:53,042
so that men sitting in this room
502
00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:55,378
can lay their sins upon my back,
503
00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:57,480
and claim they themselves
are clean.
504
00:41:59,084 --> 00:42:04,287
Men enjoying immunity while
enriching themselves on the backs
505
00:42:04,723 --> 00:42:07,190
of those who
sacrificed everything
506
00:42:08,460 --> 00:42:12,395
to make manifest
America's destiny.
507
00:42:13,131 --> 00:42:15,164
Blood has been spilt.
508
00:42:15,967 --> 00:42:17,066
Lives have been lost.
509
00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:19,302
Men have been ruined.
510
00:42:20,672 --> 00:42:23,906
I saw it, and I survived.
511
00:42:32,817 --> 00:42:38,421
I will not return from the wild
having made America's dream a reality
512
00:42:38,923 --> 00:42:44,827
only to have six bureaucrats
in starched collars judge
513
00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:48,998
the manner in which
I realized that dream.
514
00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:57,407
Put me on trial,
lock me in prison,
515
00:42:59,844 --> 00:43:01,411
erase me from the record.
516
00:43:05,350 --> 00:43:07,517
For history is written
in pencil...
517
00:43:10,855 --> 00:43:16,025
And the truth is carved in
steel across this nation.
518
00:43:18,997 --> 00:43:22,131
And one truth above
all others is this...
519
00:43:25,370 --> 00:43:27,437
Without me and men like me,
520
00:43:28,907 --> 00:43:31,274
your glorious railroad
521
00:43:32,343 --> 00:43:33,910
could never have been built.