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[MARCHING BAND
PLAYING FANFARE]
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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Provided by explosiveskull
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[WIND WHISTLING]
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[♪♪♪]
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DOC:
Vicious winds peeled
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the topsoil off
the plains and prairies
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of the Texas Panhandle,
creating a waking nightmare
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called the Dust Bowl.
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It's hard to remember
which came first,
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the Dust Bowl
or the Great Depression,
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but what followed made
hell on earth look forgiving
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and would
leave families broken,
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as thousands of children
were orphaned
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across a nation
clamoring for a sense of hope.
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What they didn't know
was that hope was coming.
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But it wasn't coming
in the form of rain.
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- DOC: Here we go. Okay.
- [GROANS]
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[GRUNTS]
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- You wanna block?
- You're gonna tell me to block?
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- We're losing because of you!
- Hey! Hey!
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- You can't block or tackle!
- Don't touch me!
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- You haven't done shit!
- You need to help.
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Get your ass out there
so I can hand it to you!
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- You want faster?
- DOC: Maybe we ought to think
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about calling this game
right now.
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BOY 1:
Hardy ain't said a word.
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BOY 2: Think you've done
a good job at tackling?
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A.P.:
Don't talk to him like that!
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- BOY 3: Shut up, A.P.!
- BOY 4: Y'all need to do better!
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Run down the damn field!
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[♪♪♪]
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WHEATIE:
What now, coach?
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[PEOPLE APPLAUDING,
CHEERING ON RADIO]
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ROOSEVELT [ON RADIO]:
Let me assert my firm belief
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that the only thing
we have to fear is fear itself.
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Daddy, what are
all these people doing?
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- Rusty. Rusty.
- Yes?
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Well, honey, they're finding
a new place to live.
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I want to go back home.
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We have a new home now,
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and we should be very thankful.
What do I always say?
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New adventures brave the heart
and set the soul asail.
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- Isn't that right?
- Yes, Daddy.
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ROOSEVELT: This nation
is asking for action,
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and action now.
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[CROWD CHEERS]
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We humbly ask
the blessing of God.
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May he protect
each and every one of us.
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- Is that it?
- Yup.
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Looks like a castle. I've never
seen a building like that.
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Me neither.
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DOC:
A castle perhaps,
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but this is no fairy tale.
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The Masonic Home was not
full of imaginary beings
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but of children, forgotten
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during the harsh reality
of these times.
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WHEATIE:
Half a mile out.
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Fancy?
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Nah, shitty, old Ford.
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Ah, hell, you can take them.
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Looking for a sugar mama myself.
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There's a lady in there,
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and, boy,
does she look like a peach.
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Let me see that.
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SNOGGS: Oh, Lordy,
does she got a set on her.
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Here comes mama.
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You boys just save yourselves
the heartache.
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One look at me,
I'm out of this damn hoosegow.
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[STUTTERING] Who-who'd want a b-bag
of bones l-like you, S-Snoggs?
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You're one to t-t-talk, DeWitt.
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Who's gonna adopt a grown man,
you stuttering Sasquatch?
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[♪♪♪]
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It's what's inside that counts.
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- [CHUCKLES]
- Mommy, I don't like it here.
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DOC: The orphanage was seen as a
cold, uncaring institution
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where children were
to be pitied, if not feared.
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Are you picking up,
or are you dropping off?
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- Aren't you the cutest thing.
- I'm Rusty Russell,
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the new math, science teacher.
This is my wife, Juanita.
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She's teaching English...
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- How do you do?
- ...and music.
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- The football coach? Ha-ha-ha!
- That's right.
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Yeah, I'm Frank Wynn.
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I run the day-to-day
and keep the hooligans in line.
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- Welcome to the home.
- Thank you very much.
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- We're pleased to be here and...
- Let's get you settled.
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Boys, get down here
and unload this car!
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RUSTY:
That's not necessary.
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Thank you, I've got it.
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See, it's a little precarious
there, the way I got it tied up.
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RED:
Afternoon, Frank.
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Got another stray
for your stock.
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This old Hardy Brown's boy.
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Found him curled up
next to his dead daddy.
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Smells like it too.
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- Could use a little scrubbing.
- Yeah, we can handle that.
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Uh, meet the new football coach.
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This is Rusty Russell.
This is Red Wright.
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- Sheriff.
- Football, huh?
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- That's right.
- You're a little south on talent.
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- Don't even have a field.
- The field don't make the team.
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I'm gonna get my family inside.
It's nice to meet you.
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Can you get
the Brown boy up to Doc?
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- Yeah, I can do that.
- FRANK: Unload the car!
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[♪♪♪]
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DOC: Orphans were stigmatized
as misfits and outcasts
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and often referred to
not as orphans but as inmates.
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It didn't matter that
they had done nothing wrong.
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Kids without parents were
simply second-class citizens.
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JUANITA:
How many orphans do you have?
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I got about 150 right now.
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I like to keep it manageable.
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Everything in order.
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I run a very tight ship,
military style.
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Leon!
Get to the back of the line!
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You can't trust those types.
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They'll steal your hat,
then help you look for it.
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[LAUGHING]
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Help you look for it.
Come on!
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DOC: You got jock itch, Snoggs.
I don't want to scare you,
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but if you don't stop
shucking your corn,
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- your cob's gonna fall off.
- Oh, Doc, there's gotta be
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- something else we can do.
- No cure for adolescence,
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but this might help the itching.
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- RED: Good afternoon, Doc.
- Sheriff.
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I got Hardy Brown here.
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Mr. Brown, I'm Doc Hall.
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You all right?
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Ah, he's all right.
It's not his blood.
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I assume
you can read and write, son.
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It's okay.
You can fill this out later
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after you get cleaned up.
How that'd be?
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Snoggs, maybe you can show
Mr. Brown his new home.
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SNOGGS:
Yes, sir.
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I'll show you the shower.
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What in the tarnation
are the Masons thinking,
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hiring a damn football coach?
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He's not just a damn football
coach, he's a damn good one.
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Took Temple
to district three times.
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He must have
a screw loose somewhere,
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signing on with this outfit.
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No offense,
but this is no Poly High.
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Well, not yet. To the New Deal.
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Unh! All right, here we go.
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One, two.
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[GRUNTS]
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I'll get that fixed right away.
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JUANITA:
Careful, careful.
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- Watch out.
- [COUGHS]
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Let's get you some air in here.
That'll make it better.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Already been unlocked. Hey!
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Come on, now. All right, okay.
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[FRANK GASPING, THEN WHIMPERING]
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[♪♪♪]
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SNOGGS:
Didn't figure you had any soap,
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seeing as how you came in
with the sheriff.
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Unless you got some
stuffed somewhere,
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but who the hell'd
have soap on them?
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So I brought you some.
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Fat-ass gets off
on whupping our butts.
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Especially Snoggs' skinny ass.
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You can sleep here.
Any questions?
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My mama will come for me.
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Only mamas that come here
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are the ones
that give up their kids.
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You're an orphan now,
Hardy Brown.
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It'll be all right.
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[♪♪♪]
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[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
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[QUIETLY]
Don't worry, I'm gonna...
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I'm gonna get
that patched and painted up,
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all of that.
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Oh, I'm not worried
about the ceiling.
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I'm more concerned
about the fact
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that we just adopted 150 kids.
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This is going to be even
more work than you imagined.
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Juanita, we have a chance
to make a real difference here.
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We were making
a difference at Temple.
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We left everything
for a place with nothing.
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That's exactly
why we came here.
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We can do this together.
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I'm starting to question that
for the first time in my life.
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This decision
was not made together.
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You informed me.
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There is a big difference.
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[SIGHING]
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PINKNEY: Boy,
you're gonna have to earn your keep.
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Mind your elders.
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- God help you.
- [HORSE WHINNIES]
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George, look after Rusty.
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When things get better,
I'll be back.
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I promise. I do.
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- Mom, please don't leave.
- PINKNEY: Let's go!
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- Mommy!
- [STIFLED SOB]
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[♪♪♪]
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Not much to look at, is it?
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Matter of perspective,
I guess.
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I like your optimism.
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We need more of that
around here.
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I'm E.P. Hall. They call me Doc.
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Rusty Russell.
I'm a new teacher...
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Oh, I know who you are.
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And I know what you can do
with mediocre talent.
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I saw what you did
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- against Corsicana in '34.
- Oh, yeah.
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That's why I recommended you
for this job.
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- You did?
- Yes, sir.
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- Why'd you do that, doctor?
- Well, like I said,
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I like your optimism.
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- Okay.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
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This field used for anything?
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Mexican lad used to graze
his goats up here a while back.
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Guess he quit the goat business.
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- Goat must've liked to eat rocks.
- That's right.
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I grew up out in West Texas.
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I know goats
don't need much grass,
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but I never knew one
that liked to eat rocks.
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These were
Fort Worth goats, coach.
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Fort Worth goats are different.
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[LAUGHING]
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[CHUCKLING]
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- Heh, all right.
- BOYS [CHANTING]: Fight! Fight!
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Fort Worth goats, huh?
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- Uh-oh!
- Fight, fight, fight!
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[BOYS CLAMORING]
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- Kick his ass!
- Get him!
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Hey! Hey.
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Stop that!
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Didn't take you long
to make friends.
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Hey, calm down.
Take it easy, son.
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- No, it's over. Hey.
- Calm down. Calm down.
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Look at me. You all right?
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What is going on?
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DOC: Nothing to be concerned
about, Frank.
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A little misunderstanding about
who's gonna play what position
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on the new football team,
right, lads?
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- That's right.
- Sure.
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The rest of you
should come out too.
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Well, the way I see it,
you can either work the field
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or play the field.
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Hell, sounds good to me. I'm in.
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- See you on the field.
- All right, good deal.
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- Might as well.
- Okay.
246
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RUSTY:
Here we go.
247
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Looks like there's gonna be
some changes around here.
248
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[CHUCKLES]
249
00:13:37,201 --> 00:13:39,533
Oh, nothing changes
around here, Doc.
250
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[FLASK CLINKS]
251
00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,867
You should know that
more than anyone.
252
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DOC: Rusty knew that life inside
the orphanage held little promise.
253
00:13:52,001 --> 00:13:54,001
Chicken, I'm putting
a football team together.
254
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We could use a good athlete
like yourself.
255
00:13:56,067 --> 00:13:59,067
Oh, thank you, sir, but I ain't
never played football before.
256
00:13:59,201 --> 00:14:01,767
I ain't so good with balls,
just mainly eggs.
257
00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:04,767
RUSTY: Boys, think about joining
this team I'm putting together.
258
00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:07,867
He knew that football
would inevitably bring
259
00:14:08,001 --> 00:14:09,700
self-respect to these boys.
260
00:14:09,834 --> 00:14:11,700
We teach survival here.
261
00:14:11,834 --> 00:14:14,167
If we don't, they'll never
make it on the outside.
262
00:14:14,301 --> 00:14:16,533
Well, the Masonic board hired us
263
00:14:16,667 --> 00:14:19,167
to implement a curriculum
and a football program
264
00:14:19,301 --> 00:14:21,900
that'll prepare these kids
for new opportunities
265
00:14:22,034 --> 00:14:24,301
- beyond manual labor.
- Right.
266
00:14:24,434 --> 00:14:26,500
I'm sure you're probably aware
267
00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:29,800
that the Interscholastic League
has strict guidelines
268
00:14:29,934 --> 00:14:31,401
when it comes
to admitting teams.
269
00:14:31,567 --> 00:14:33,134
- Yes, sir.
- Convince them,
270
00:14:33,267 --> 00:14:35,834
then go ahead
and have your football program.
271
00:14:35,967 --> 00:14:37,700
- Okay.
- But it's very important
272
00:14:37,834 --> 00:14:40,934
that it does not interfere
with the day-to-day at the home.
273
00:14:41,067 --> 00:14:43,334
What is it that you produce
at the home,
274
00:14:43,468 --> 00:14:44,334
if I might ask?
275
00:14:44,468 --> 00:14:45,667
FRANK:
More paper!
276
00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,034
And get these rollers
cleaned faster.
277
00:14:48,167 --> 00:14:52,234
You boys wouldn't last
two days in the outside world.
278
00:14:52,368 --> 00:14:53,734
Hey! God!
279
00:14:53,867 --> 00:14:56,700
- These are two-dollar shoes!
- It was just an accident.
280
00:14:56,834 --> 00:14:59,533
Do you have something to say
for yourself? Do you? Huh?
281
00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:02,368
My brother ain't said more than
four words since he was little.
282
00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:04,101
He's got a mouth, doesn't he?
283
00:15:04,234 --> 00:15:06,934
Are you dumb
or are you just plain crazy?
284
00:15:07,067 --> 00:15:08,201
Listen here. He's clumsy.
285
00:15:08,334 --> 00:15:10,167
- He didn't mean to...
- Who you talking to?
286
00:15:10,301 --> 00:15:12,034
Hug that pole!
287
00:15:12,167 --> 00:15:13,867
This should open his mouth.
288
00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:15,900
I have a lovely
little prescription.
289
00:15:16,034 --> 00:15:18,867
Maybe this will
open your mouth, huh?
290
00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:20,700
- It's a little kiss of mercy!
- [GRUNTS]
291
00:15:20,834 --> 00:15:24,201
Yeah, that'll make you
wide-mouthed, won't it, boy?
292
00:15:24,334 --> 00:15:26,067
- Whoo!
- CRAZY: Ow!
293
00:15:26,201 --> 00:15:28,267
You gonna feel this one, boy!
You gonna...
294
00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:32,633
Do not hit that boy.
295
00:15:32,767 --> 00:15:35,533
- You understand?
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
296
00:15:35,667 --> 00:15:38,034
- I think you're making a mistake.
- Yeah?
297
00:15:38,167 --> 00:15:42,368
And you, you don't have
any authority here.
298
00:15:43,468 --> 00:15:45,967
It's my class. My rules apply.
299
00:15:46,101 --> 00:15:48,967
Actually, it's 9:20.
300
00:15:49,101 --> 00:15:53,001
These boys are due
in my classroom at 9 a.m.
301
00:15:53,134 --> 00:15:56,001
Do not release them tardy again.
302
00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,001
See... See, those are my rules.
303
00:16:01,134 --> 00:16:02,201
All right?
304
00:16:03,468 --> 00:16:06,001
Let's go, gentlemen, right now.
305
00:16:06,134 --> 00:16:08,101
Let's go. Come on.
306
00:16:08,234 --> 00:16:12,800
My name's Harvey Nual Russell.
But you can call me Mr. Russell.
307
00:16:12,934 --> 00:16:15,834
I grew up in Fredonia, Texas,
308
00:16:15,967 --> 00:16:19,034
and my father farmed
and he drank.
309
00:16:19,167 --> 00:16:22,368
He's a better drinker
than he was a farmer.
310
00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,034
Life's difficult,
311
00:16:24,167 --> 00:16:26,234
hard work leads
to great beginnings,
312
00:16:26,368 --> 00:16:29,134
knowledge is power,
and education...
313
00:16:31,633 --> 00:16:33,567
Boys, that's the key.
314
00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:36,067
So let's begin with a question.
315
00:16:36,201 --> 00:16:40,334
You got four apples
and they're setting in a basket,
316
00:16:40,468 --> 00:16:42,834
and you gotta feed 16 people.
317
00:16:42,967 --> 00:16:46,334
How many baskets do you need?
What do you think?
318
00:16:46,468 --> 00:16:48,267
Any of you.
319
00:16:48,401 --> 00:16:49,633
What about you, young man?
320
00:16:51,201 --> 00:16:54,500
Howdy, sir. My name is
Leon gosh damn Pickett,
321
00:16:54,633 --> 00:16:57,201
and honestly I think
the answer's none.
322
00:16:57,334 --> 00:16:59,368
Make everybody bring
their own damn apples.
323
00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:02,167
- [BOYS LAUGHING]
- RUSTY: Incorrect.
324
00:17:02,301 --> 00:17:04,567
And I don't appreciate
the swearing, Mr. Pickett.
325
00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:06,001
- Sit down.
- Yes, sir. Thank you.
326
00:17:06,134 --> 00:17:08,001
Take your hat off. You too.
327
00:17:08,134 --> 00:17:11,201
Get your head up off the desk.
Get your hand out of your head.
328
00:17:11,334 --> 00:17:12,867
How about you, sir?
329
00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:16,234
Stand up.
330
00:17:19,667 --> 00:17:22,368
- I-I-I'm not sure, s-s-sir.
- [CHUCKLES]
331
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,034
Four into 16.
332
00:17:25,167 --> 00:17:26,600
What do you think?
333
00:17:27,667 --> 00:17:30,001
It's all right. Sit down.
334
00:17:30,134 --> 00:17:31,368
[SCOFFS]
335
00:17:36,234 --> 00:17:38,134
Mr. Brown, what do you say?
336
00:17:38,267 --> 00:17:39,867
Four into 16.
337
00:17:43,934 --> 00:17:45,967
- Four.
- Four.
338
00:17:46,101 --> 00:17:48,368
He's correct.
Come on up to the board.
339
00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,533
Show everyone how you figured
that out. Come on up, son.
340
00:17:54,267 --> 00:17:56,301
Go ahead. Just write it out.
341
00:17:56,434 --> 00:17:59,368
[♪♪♪]
342
00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:00,867
There you go.
343
00:18:06,101 --> 00:18:08,368
It's okay. Just show them
how you figured it out.
344
00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:10,001
It's all right, son.
345
00:18:11,067 --> 00:18:13,034
You're the teacher.
346
00:18:13,167 --> 00:18:14,600
Figure it out yourself.
347
00:18:15,934 --> 00:18:17,201
- [WHISTLES]
- Ooh!
348
00:18:17,334 --> 00:18:20,700
[BOYS MURMURING, EXCLAIMING]
349
00:18:20,834 --> 00:18:23,767
It's all right. We'll get to it.
350
00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:26,867
Now, who of you
has played football before?
351
00:18:31,201 --> 00:18:35,234
How many of you actually held
a football before today?
352
00:18:35,368 --> 00:18:37,867
Least we don't
have to start from scratch.
353
00:18:41,633 --> 00:18:44,001
Doc, where are their shoes at?
354
00:18:44,134 --> 00:18:45,867
Well, sir,
we have two seasons here,
355
00:18:46,001 --> 00:18:48,301
one with shoes
and one without shoes.
356
00:18:48,434 --> 00:18:50,900
This here is
the without shoes season.
357
00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:52,633
You need shoes to play football.
358
00:18:52,767 --> 00:18:55,334
And helmets
and pads and jerseys.
359
00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:57,600
But you do have players.
360
00:18:57,734 --> 00:18:59,600
- [WHISPERS] Optimism.
- Right.
361
00:18:59,734 --> 00:19:02,734
Okay, boys, one step at a time.
362
00:19:02,867 --> 00:19:05,468
Now, the more mass
an object has,
363
00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,368
the greater its kinetic energy.
364
00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,134
Now, DeWitt's energy,
365
00:19:09,267 --> 00:19:11,468
it's clearly greater
than old Snoggs over here
366
00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,201
because Snoggs
is a little smaller.
367
00:19:13,334 --> 00:19:15,700
Snoggs' velocity
can be reached quicker,
368
00:19:15,834 --> 00:19:18,567
and he can maneuver it to divert
and transfer that energy
369
00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,301
in another direction, faster.
370
00:19:20,434 --> 00:19:22,500
Get down
in defensive stance for me.
371
00:19:22,633 --> 00:19:24,500
Notice your opponent's knuckles.
372
00:19:24,633 --> 00:19:27,034
If they're white,
he's leaning too far forward.
373
00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:29,500
You throw him off his feet.
Balance is key.
374
00:19:29,633 --> 00:19:32,134
All right, let's line up.
Eight-on-eight, right down here.
375
00:19:32,267 --> 00:19:33,800
DOC:
Choose a partner, one-on-one.
376
00:19:33,934 --> 00:19:34,834
RUSTY:
On one.
377
00:19:36,468 --> 00:19:37,867
Ready!
378
00:19:38,001 --> 00:19:38,900
Set!
379
00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:40,034
Hike!
380
00:19:44,001 --> 00:19:46,101
DOC:
When you hear the word "hike,"
381
00:19:46,234 --> 00:19:48,468
that means the ball
has been centered
382
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,401
and play may commence.
383
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,767
Ready! Set! Hike!
384
00:20:00,834 --> 00:20:03,734
RUSTY: Come on, boys.
You gotta use leverage.
385
00:20:03,867 --> 00:20:05,334
Drive with your lower body.
386
00:20:05,468 --> 00:20:08,167
You can't wrap up and put
your opponent in a headlock.
387
00:20:08,301 --> 00:20:10,201
Looks like
an Arthur Murray dance class.
388
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,767
- It ain't funny.
- And it ain't funny!
389
00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:15,700
[♪♪♪]
390
00:20:19,834 --> 00:20:20,900
- [GRUNTS]
- [YELLS]
391
00:20:25,334 --> 00:20:27,201
[BOTH GROAN]
392
00:20:27,334 --> 00:20:28,533
Whoo!
393
00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:31,167
What the hell, Hardy?
394
00:20:32,401 --> 00:20:34,267
- [BOYS EXCLAIM]
- Whoa!
395
00:20:34,401 --> 00:20:37,401
- Should've been quicker.
- You all right? You okay?
396
00:20:37,533 --> 00:20:41,134
- RUSTY: Hey, check him out.
- I'm here. Don't move, Scott.
397
00:20:41,267 --> 00:20:43,834
- You just got your bell rung.
- Now, here's what's gonna happen.
398
00:20:43,967 --> 00:20:47,834
Mr. Brown gonna run
to the water tower and back
399
00:20:47,967 --> 00:20:50,633
till I say stop or you drop.
400
00:20:51,767 --> 00:20:52,800
- You got it?
- Yeah.
401
00:20:52,934 --> 00:20:54,301
What?
402
00:20:54,434 --> 00:20:56,234
- Yes, sir.
- That's right.
403
00:20:56,368 --> 00:20:58,600
- Now, hit it.
- Move.
404
00:21:00,734 --> 00:21:03,301
[BOYS LAUGHING,
CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
405
00:21:03,434 --> 00:21:04,834
God dog.
406
00:21:04,967 --> 00:21:06,567
Sumbitch is still running.
407
00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:08,368
Toughest old mule I ever saw.
408
00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,401
- He ain't so tough.
- If he ain't tough,
409
00:21:10,533 --> 00:21:11,834
then you're a little flower,
410
00:21:11,967 --> 00:21:14,267
because he tossed you
around like a rag doll.
411
00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,201
My old man used to say
412
00:21:19,334 --> 00:21:21,334
the best horses
are always the hardest to break.
413
00:21:21,468 --> 00:21:22,667
Yeah.
414
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,134
Every horse wants to be ridden.
415
00:21:25,267 --> 00:21:27,967
Some are just particular
about when and how.
416
00:21:28,101 --> 00:21:29,167
I'll drink to that.
417
00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:32,500
- Here you go.
- No, no.
418
00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:35,667
- Juanita'd have my hide.
- [CHUCKLES]
419
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,034
Funny the things
you miss about a woman.
420
00:21:38,167 --> 00:21:41,134
- Even the henpecking, no offense.
- You ever been married, Doc?
421
00:21:42,867 --> 00:21:44,067
Yes, sir.
422
00:21:46,334 --> 00:21:47,633
Agnes.
423
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,867
Lost her and the baby
in childbirth.
424
00:21:52,001 --> 00:21:53,167
Long time ago.
425
00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,967
These kids are my family now.
426
00:21:57,101 --> 00:22:00,301
Kind of strange, because
that's what she always wanted.
427
00:22:00,434 --> 00:22:02,167
Lots of kids.
428
00:22:02,301 --> 00:22:04,700
I'm sorry, Doc.
I didn't know that.
429
00:22:04,834 --> 00:22:07,134
I know these boys
think the world of you.
430
00:22:07,267 --> 00:22:09,034
That's for sure.
431
00:22:09,167 --> 00:22:11,134
It true you don't take
a paycheck up here?
432
00:22:11,267 --> 00:22:13,301
I don't know
where you heard that story.
433
00:22:13,434 --> 00:22:15,134
- Is that true?
- Well, sir,
434
00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:18,034
I know damn well you're
not here for the do-re-mi.
435
00:22:18,167 --> 00:22:21,667
BOTH: ♪ You ain't got The
do-re-mi, boy ♪
436
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,500
♪ If you ain't got
That do-re-mi... ♪
437
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,234
[HARDY YELLS, GASPS]
438
00:22:26,368 --> 00:22:29,201
Think you might be
too hard on that boy?
439
00:22:29,334 --> 00:22:30,800
I'll go check on him.
440
00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:34,134
- That's enough.
- [GRUNTS]
441
00:22:34,267 --> 00:22:35,468
Hardy.
442
00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:42,301
Now, look, I understand
that you don't want to be here,
443
00:22:42,434 --> 00:22:44,334
and I get that you're angry,
444
00:22:44,468 --> 00:22:46,667
but I want you to know
something. Look at me.
445
00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:49,533
I'm here for you, son.
446
00:22:49,667 --> 00:22:51,201
I'm not your son.
447
00:22:51,334 --> 00:22:53,767
Look, you can make me play
this little game of yours.
448
00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:55,500
Don't mean I gotta like you.
449
00:22:55,633 --> 00:22:57,468
[PANTING]
450
00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,700
We done here, coach?
451
00:22:59,834 --> 00:23:00,967
Go ahead.
452
00:23:05,234 --> 00:23:09,834
Every second that they're on
the field, we're losing money.
453
00:23:09,967 --> 00:23:12,468
You make it sound like we're
running a damn assembly line.
454
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,468
- Yeah, well...
- Just ease up
455
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,234
on any new printing jobs
456
00:23:16,368 --> 00:23:18,201
till I figure
this football program out.
457
00:23:18,334 --> 00:23:20,434
- Oh, Bill.
- Hey, new rules,
458
00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:22,434
page 24, section C.
459
00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:24,600
It's gonna be real tough
to field a team
460
00:23:24,734 --> 00:23:26,567
if most of these boys
aren't able to pass
461
00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:29,134
- their standardized test.
- Section C?
462
00:23:29,267 --> 00:23:31,301
- Mm-hm.
- RUSTY: Watch where you're going.
463
00:23:31,434 --> 00:23:33,167
- Just keep it moving.
- Speak of the devil.
464
00:23:33,301 --> 00:23:34,934
- RUSTY: To Mrs. Russell's room.
- Mr. Russell?
465
00:23:35,067 --> 00:23:36,767
Y'all should be
on opposite sides.
466
00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:39,101
- Yes, sir?
- The Interscholastic League
467
00:23:39,234 --> 00:23:41,734
has agreed to hear
your request for admittance.
468
00:23:41,867 --> 00:23:44,067
Oh, that's great news.
I'm happy to hear that.
469
00:23:44,201 --> 00:23:46,567
However, new rules state
470
00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:50,633
that all players are required
to take a basic aptitude test.
471
00:23:50,767 --> 00:23:53,368
- All right.
- Rules are rules.
472
00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:58,201
Shame to come all this way and
not even be able to play ball.
473
00:23:58,334 --> 00:24:00,301
Page 24, section C.
474
00:24:00,434 --> 00:24:02,834
Oh, thank you.
475
00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:04,401
You take that with you
476
00:24:04,533 --> 00:24:06,500
and let me know
if you have any questions.
477
00:24:06,633 --> 00:24:08,500
- All right, then.
- Thank you for your time.
478
00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:13,468
The sensational struggle
for existence.
479
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,301
The result of this is
the formation of a new species,
480
00:24:17,434 --> 00:24:20,834
perhaps known as the
great orphan football player.
481
00:24:20,967 --> 00:24:22,368
I kind of like that.
482
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,301
It's science, gentlemen,
it's evolution,
483
00:24:24,434 --> 00:24:26,201
and it's happening
all around us.
484
00:24:26,334 --> 00:24:28,334
William,
I do appreciate your time.
485
00:24:28,468 --> 00:24:30,034
Frank, it's always good
to see you.
486
00:24:30,167 --> 00:24:32,567
I'm gonna get on to class.
Thanks for the notebook.
487
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,201
[♪♪♪]
488
00:24:39,001 --> 00:24:42,967
The survival of those who are
better equipped for surviving.
489
00:24:43,101 --> 00:24:46,234
Some are heritable traits.
That means they're inherited.
490
00:24:46,368 --> 00:24:48,900
Others are learned.
That means you learn them.
491
00:24:49,034 --> 00:24:51,301
"Those," "these,"
"there," "that."
492
00:24:51,434 --> 00:24:55,301
ALL: "Those," "these,"
"there," "that."
493
00:24:55,434 --> 00:24:57,201
RUSTY: But our focus
will be on learning
494
00:24:57,334 --> 00:25:00,301
through intense practice
through repetition,
495
00:25:00,434 --> 00:25:02,301
so that we can pass
this test together.
496
00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:04,401
DOC:
Fumble!
497
00:25:05,834 --> 00:25:08,134
Come on, coach,
that's horseshit.
498
00:25:08,267 --> 00:25:09,468
Horse excrement.
499
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,700
I've never seen
a more chaotic clamber
500
00:25:11,834 --> 00:25:13,334
for a football
in my entire life!
501
00:25:13,468 --> 00:25:16,234
Most boys your age could
pass this test blindfolded,
502
00:25:16,368 --> 00:25:18,201
but you're not most boys,
are you?
503
00:25:18,334 --> 00:25:21,067
- RUSTY: You need to focus.
- They had the fundamental idea.
504
00:25:21,201 --> 00:25:22,667
- Are you kidding? Come on.
- No, sir.
505
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,468
You're better than most boys.
You're unique.
506
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,167
You've dealt with hardship.
Now you got something to prove,
507
00:25:29,301 --> 00:25:31,301
- and that's called motivation.
- [JUANITA CLEARS THROAT]
508
00:25:31,434 --> 00:25:33,368
Is this test
gonna cover female parts?
509
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:36,368
Because I'm looking to get
a little hands-on practice,
510
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,633
- you know, sharpen my skills.
- [BOYS LAUGHING]
511
00:25:39,767 --> 00:25:42,700
No, Snoggs,
unfortunately for you, it won't.
512
00:25:42,834 --> 00:25:44,533
But the examination will cover
513
00:25:44,667 --> 00:25:46,567
reading, writing,
science and arithmetic.
514
00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:48,201
Arithme-what?
515
00:25:48,334 --> 00:25:52,067
- Does that mean we gotta dance?
- Coach, I-I don't dance.
516
00:25:52,201 --> 00:25:55,434
Everything that's donated
to the home goes down here.
517
00:25:55,567 --> 00:25:57,500
RUSTY: All right, boys,
this is from Dutch Meyer,
518
00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:59,934
Texas Christian University
athletic department.
519
00:26:00,067 --> 00:26:01,900
Shoulder pads,
helmets and cleats.
520
00:26:02,034 --> 00:26:04,667
Find cleats that fit you.
Don't want you getting blisters.
521
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,034
I'm gonna teach you
how to become ladies.
522
00:26:07,167 --> 00:26:09,001
Come on, it'll be fun.
Heh-heh!
523
00:26:09,134 --> 00:26:11,334
- Yes! Yeah!
- [ENGINE RUMBLING]
524
00:26:11,468 --> 00:26:12,700
DOC:
What I tell you?
525
00:26:12,834 --> 00:26:13,967
What's that?
526
00:26:14,101 --> 00:26:15,001
- "Tie-on."
- [BOYS LAUGH]
527
00:26:15,134 --> 00:26:16,700
What do you think, coach?
528
00:26:16,834 --> 00:26:18,001
I think it looks good.
529
00:26:18,134 --> 00:26:19,533
You got those on
backwards, Chicken.
530
00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:22,533
- Is a dozen six or 12?
- I don't know.
531
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,267
- "Block"?
- That's right, Leon.
532
00:26:27,401 --> 00:26:29,301
- Thank you, sir.
- Twenty percent off next time.
533
00:26:29,434 --> 00:26:31,201
Good doing business with you.
Ha!
534
00:26:31,334 --> 00:26:33,533
RUSTY:
That's where all life began,
535
00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:37,034
and I've always found it
particularly fascinating that...
536
00:26:38,967 --> 00:26:40,001
Damn it, boys!
537
00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,468
All right, that's good.
538
00:26:44,567 --> 00:26:45,934
[BOY WHISTLES]
539
00:26:46,067 --> 00:26:47,967
"Wild Saddle"?
540
00:26:48,101 --> 00:26:49,301
"Men's Club"?
541
00:26:49,434 --> 00:26:51,401
We're not here
to practice our reading!
542
00:26:51,533 --> 00:26:53,401
Get to work! Now!
543
00:26:53,533 --> 00:26:57,301
MILLER: Mr. Russell,
you forgot the final valence electron.
544
00:26:57,434 --> 00:26:59,434
You're right. Thank you.
545
00:27:01,401 --> 00:27:05,500
You don't pass the test,
you don't play football.
546
00:27:05,633 --> 00:27:08,468
So let's buck up
and let's bear down
547
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,334
and let's get back to work.
548
00:27:10,468 --> 00:27:13,368
[♪♪♪]
549
00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,468
Two minutes.
550
00:27:23,967 --> 00:27:25,034
[SNAPS]
551
00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:27,134
- Time.
- BILL: Pencils down.
552
00:27:31,001 --> 00:27:33,834
PROCTOR: You'll have your
results on Wednesday.
553
00:27:35,633 --> 00:27:38,034
Stack them neatly.
554
00:27:38,167 --> 00:27:39,334
Thank you.
555
00:27:45,067 --> 00:27:46,967
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
556
00:27:57,633 --> 00:27:59,468
It's a good field.
557
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,967
Well, I don't know if you can
technically call it a field.
558
00:28:07,101 --> 00:28:09,368
Well, it doesn't
have to be fancy
559
00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,234
to know what it represents.
560
00:28:11,368 --> 00:28:12,834
[SOFTLY]
Yeah.
561
00:28:16,267 --> 00:28:19,267
Even if those boys don't pass,
562
00:28:19,401 --> 00:28:22,067
we have a purpose here
that's greater than football.
563
00:28:25,334 --> 00:28:29,867
I ever tell you how attractive
you are when you're optimistic?
564
00:28:30,001 --> 00:28:32,167
No, I don't believe you have.
565
00:28:35,234 --> 00:28:36,434
Well...
566
00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:39,468
maybe one day I will.
567
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,334
- Oh, Rusty.
- Hey.
568
00:28:42,468 --> 00:28:44,067
[LAUGHS]
569
00:28:51,134 --> 00:28:52,368
Hike!
570
00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:55,201
DOC:
Whoa! Hold on!
571
00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:58,334
There's a penalty here!
Carlos, you may not trip anyone!
572
00:28:58,468 --> 00:29:00,368
[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]
573
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:03,001
That's 15-yard penalty
against the defense.
574
00:29:03,134 --> 00:29:05,301
- Let's move it back.
- They only take the young ones.
575
00:29:05,434 --> 00:29:08,700
Be good, all right? Take care
of your new mom and dad.
576
00:29:13,266 --> 00:29:15,734
I'm sure you boys
are all chomping at the bit
577
00:29:15,867 --> 00:29:17,500
to hear about your test results.
578
00:29:17,633 --> 00:29:21,167
Miraculously,
some of you pulled it off.
579
00:29:21,301 --> 00:29:25,500
Scott, Hal, Jerry, Daniel,
step forward.
580
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,134
I'm sorry, boys. Didn't pass.
Better luck next time.
581
00:29:34,267 --> 00:29:36,867
Which means the remaining
of you can play ball.
582
00:29:37,001 --> 00:29:41,633
That is, if Mr. Russell gets you
all accepted into the district.
583
00:29:41,767 --> 00:29:44,301
RUSTY: Natural selection
seems to have reduced our team
584
00:29:44,434 --> 00:29:46,067
to only 12 players.
585
00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:49,334
So let's consider that
high-level evolutionary fitness
586
00:29:49,468 --> 00:29:51,700
will allow us to play both ways.
587
00:29:51,834 --> 00:29:53,700
Leon, you and Chicken
588
00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:55,967
gotta be ready to rotate in
at various positions.
589
00:29:56,101 --> 00:29:58,167
Y'all think you can do that?
590
00:29:58,301 --> 00:30:00,034
It sounds like
they're a lesser species.
591
00:30:00,167 --> 00:30:01,533
I should be the first string.
592
00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:03,967
I'm the fittest sumbitch
out here.
593
00:30:07,034 --> 00:30:09,101
Pickett, you know
that was our only football?
594
00:30:09,234 --> 00:30:12,067
- Sorry, coach.
- All right, now hit the tower.
595
00:30:12,201 --> 00:30:14,301
- Let's go. Hustle!
- [BOYS GRUMBLING]
596
00:30:14,434 --> 00:30:17,034
They wear on me sometimes.
I gotta be honest with you.
597
00:30:17,167 --> 00:30:19,267
At least one good thing
came out of all that.
598
00:30:19,401 --> 00:30:22,267
- What's that?
- We got ourselves a punter.
599
00:30:22,401 --> 00:30:24,834
That's true.
Can you stitch that thing up?
600
00:30:24,967 --> 00:30:26,800
I'm not a veterinarian,
but I'll try.
601
00:30:26,934 --> 00:30:28,201
- Let me get it.
- All right.
602
00:30:28,334 --> 00:30:29,867
[CHUCKLES]
603
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,800
JUANITA:
Well, girls, I hope this works.
604
00:30:40,401 --> 00:30:42,201
- Morning.
- JUANITA: Morning.
605
00:30:47,034 --> 00:30:48,134
What's this?
606
00:30:48,267 --> 00:30:49,633
- It's your new football.
- [CHUCKLES]
607
00:30:49,767 --> 00:30:51,368
Is that right?
608
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,267
We're making two,
in case you pop one.
609
00:30:53,401 --> 00:30:56,167
Very fitting for
these trying times. I like it.
610
00:30:57,401 --> 00:30:58,500
Scoot over.
611
00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:03,401
What's that?
A science experiment?
612
00:31:03,533 --> 00:31:05,201
RUSTY:
That's right, Snoggs,
613
00:31:05,334 --> 00:31:08,301
to see who wants to play
and earn a real ball.
614
00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:11,533
If you don't want it, ain't
no use in us being out here,
615
00:31:11,667 --> 00:31:13,900
sweating like
a bunch of dirt farmers.
616
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:18,967
Practice over already?
617
00:31:19,101 --> 00:31:21,368
I don't know, Doc.
It's up to them.
618
00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:24,934
Six-on-six. Miller, A.P.,
Fairbanks, Snoggs, DeWitt,
619
00:31:25,067 --> 00:31:26,967
you're with me,
and I'm playing tailback.
620
00:31:27,101 --> 00:31:29,967
- Why you get to play tailback?
- Because I'm tall and handsome.
621
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,800
I like your hands-on approach.
622
00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:35,734
In my business,
we call it scouting.
623
00:31:35,867 --> 00:31:39,468
We get the ball first.
Losers steal the grape juice.
624
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,633
DOC: I'll be damned if
Wheatie doesn't look
625
00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:44,134
- like a genuine leader.
- Set. Hike! Oh!
626
00:31:44,267 --> 00:31:46,301
[DOC LAUGHING]
627
00:31:48,667 --> 00:31:50,401
- Lineman, maybe?
- I think you're getting
628
00:31:50,533 --> 00:31:51,734
this scouting thing down.
629
00:31:51,867 --> 00:31:53,434
Hike!
630
00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:55,368
- RUSTY: All right.
- DOC: There's a runner!
631
00:31:55,500 --> 00:32:00,001
Talent in each of these boys.
It's our job to find it.
632
00:32:00,134 --> 00:32:02,401
- Think you're up to the task?
- What?
633
00:32:02,533 --> 00:32:06,134
I mean I need you to have
your wits about you, Doc.
634
00:32:06,267 --> 00:32:08,700
Don't you worry about me.
635
00:32:08,834 --> 00:32:11,368
You know you're supposed
to tackle him, right?
636
00:32:13,234 --> 00:32:14,600
Hike!
637
00:32:19,134 --> 00:32:20,201
Oh, my.
638
00:32:20,334 --> 00:32:21,667
[GASPING]
639
00:32:24,468 --> 00:32:26,034
- Oh!
- DOC: Are you all right?
640
00:32:26,167 --> 00:32:28,533
It's just flour.
We can wash it out. Hang on.
641
00:32:28,667 --> 00:32:30,700
Just get back to the game, boys.
642
00:32:30,834 --> 00:32:33,734
We can't. Hardy busted the ball.
643
00:32:33,867 --> 00:32:36,900
Well, don't just stand around
scratching your nuts.
644
00:32:37,034 --> 00:32:39,334
Go on, hit the tower,
all of you, pronto!
645
00:32:41,234 --> 00:32:42,201
RUSTY:
I'm sorry.
646
00:32:42,334 --> 00:32:44,034
Sorry?
647
00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:47,167
No, I'm fine, Doc.
I'm okay. I'm fine.
648
00:32:47,301 --> 00:32:48,734
[CLEARING THROAT]
649
00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:51,800
[♪♪♪]
650
00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:57,867
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
651
00:33:00,734 --> 00:33:03,700
GEORGE:
Rusty, look at me. You're fine.
652
00:33:03,834 --> 00:33:06,368
[BOMB WHISTLES, EXPLODES]
653
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,067
Hey, it's time.
654
00:33:09,434 --> 00:33:12,034
We've got to spread out.
655
00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:13,800
RUSTY:
George!
656
00:33:13,934 --> 00:33:15,201
Guys!
657
00:33:16,267 --> 00:33:17,900
Stay with me, George.
658
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,334
DOC: I'm just hoping we
got a quorum of coaches.
659
00:33:25,468 --> 00:33:27,600
RUSTY: Once we get in there,
let me handle it, Doc.
660
00:33:27,734 --> 00:33:29,434
- How you feeling?
- I'm good, thank you.
661
00:33:29,567 --> 00:33:30,767
RUSTY:
This'll go great.
662
00:33:30,900 --> 00:33:33,201
- Rusty Russell.
- Luther Scarborough.
663
00:33:33,334 --> 00:33:36,301
I heard you took a charity post
over at the orphanage.
664
00:33:36,434 --> 00:33:39,834
I thought, surely I must be
mistaken, but here you are.
665
00:33:39,967 --> 00:33:43,600
Luther, good to see you. Been
since the '35 playoffs, right?
666
00:33:43,734 --> 00:33:46,301
- It was a close game.
- Tough loss. For you.
667
00:33:46,434 --> 00:33:48,201
- You did a good job down there.
- [LAUGHS]
668
00:33:48,334 --> 00:33:49,700
Yeah, it got me one of these.
669
00:33:49,834 --> 00:33:52,667
Oh, that's nice.
Is that, what, topaz?
670
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:58,468
Apparently, you boys are filing
a request to join my district.
671
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,167
That's correct, and I better
get in there. Good to see you.
672
00:34:01,301 --> 00:34:02,600
[CHUCKLES]
673
00:34:02,734 --> 00:34:04,267
Orphan football.
674
00:34:06,468 --> 00:34:09,201
That's as dumb
as letting women vote.
675
00:34:09,334 --> 00:34:12,167
RUSTY: It's my belief that if
we show faith in these boys,
676
00:34:12,301 --> 00:34:16,201
they'll prove themselves, much
as David did against Goliath.
677
00:34:16,334 --> 00:34:18,767
All I ask is that you give
these boys a chance
678
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,368
- a chance to compete.
- The Interscholastic League
679
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:25,368
requires a minimum enrollment
of 500 students
680
00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:27,334
to compete in Class A football.
681
00:34:27,468 --> 00:34:32,867
Your home has only 150 children.
Your football team has only 12.
682
00:34:33,001 --> 00:34:36,533
- That's right, 12.
- Motion is denied.
683
00:34:36,667 --> 00:34:38,867
All right, let's get back
to why we're here today.
684
00:34:39,001 --> 00:34:40,800
Excuse me, Mr. Chairman.
685
00:34:40,934 --> 00:34:42,468
I would like to request
686
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,900
a clarification
from the committee, if I may.
687
00:34:45,034 --> 00:34:47,234
- And you are?
- I'm Dr. E.P. Hall.
688
00:34:47,368 --> 00:34:50,500
I'm the Masonic Homes physician
as well as the team medic.
689
00:34:50,633 --> 00:34:51,767
He's the assistant.
690
00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:53,468
He's a drunk.
691
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,134
RODNEY:
You're an assistant medic?
692
00:34:55,267 --> 00:34:57,800
Assistant coach.
He's the head of the defense.
693
00:35:00,434 --> 00:35:03,001
Mr. Hall, do you or do you not
have something to address?
694
00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:05,434
Yes, sir, indeed I do.
If I may,
695
00:35:05,567 --> 00:35:08,567
I would like to direct
your attention to page 27,
696
00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:12,700
paragraph two of the league rule
book. It states and I quote:
697
00:35:12,834 --> 00:35:14,667
"Any school that does not meet
698
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,368
the minimum enrollment
of 500 students
699
00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:19,334
can be admitted
with a majority vote
700
00:35:19,468 --> 00:35:22,934
of the coaches in
the school's division," Unquote.
701
00:35:23,067 --> 00:35:26,667
Now, sir, I am a firm believer
in doing things by the book,
702
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,001
which in this case,
Chairman Kidd,
703
00:35:29,134 --> 00:35:33,034
I do believe that you
participated in its authorship.
704
00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:35,800
- Am I in the right?
- That's a...
705
00:35:35,934 --> 00:35:38,468
That's a good job, doctor.
Indeed, I did.
706
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,067
Accordingly, sir,
I would like to suggest
707
00:35:41,201 --> 00:35:44,301
that all of the coaches
here from Division A
708
00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:47,834
vote on our admittance
and we'll accept the results.
709
00:35:47,967 --> 00:35:50,001
- How'd that be, gentlemen?
- [SCOFFS]
710
00:35:50,134 --> 00:35:51,334
Good to see all of y'all.
711
00:35:51,468 --> 00:35:52,834
DOC:
Much obliged, Mr. Secretary.
712
00:35:52,967 --> 00:35:54,134
Is this a joke?
713
00:35:54,267 --> 00:35:55,700
Page 27, paragraph two.
714
00:35:55,834 --> 00:35:57,700
Read it and weep, Luther.
715
00:35:57,834 --> 00:36:00,034
[ALL MURMURING]
716
00:36:00,167 --> 00:36:02,301
Well, hell, let's vote.
717
00:36:02,434 --> 00:36:06,167
As requested from our doctor,
assistant medic,
718
00:36:06,301 --> 00:36:08,334
all those in favor,
raise your hand.
719
00:36:08,468 --> 00:36:11,067
- [COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO]
- [WHISTLES]
720
00:36:15,834 --> 00:36:16,967
[SIGHS]
721
00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,167
Hey, guys, they're back.
722
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:22,834
They don't look happy.
723
00:36:22,967 --> 00:36:24,667
Doc doesn't have his whiskey.
724
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,633
Y'all are expecting someone
to do something in favor of us?
725
00:36:27,767 --> 00:36:29,201
- It ain't gonna happen.
- Hey.
726
00:36:29,334 --> 00:36:31,867
Why you always gotta be
such a downer, Hardy?
727
00:36:32,001 --> 00:36:33,934
I'm just trying
to tell y'all how it is.
728
00:36:34,067 --> 00:36:35,633
No one cares about us.
729
00:36:39,468 --> 00:36:40,867
How you doing, boys?
730
00:36:41,001 --> 00:36:43,468
Just go on, say it.
731
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,468
We didn't get in.
732
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:46,667
Go ahead.
733
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,301
[CLEARS THROAT]
734
00:36:50,434 --> 00:36:51,533
Well, sir...
735
00:36:54,201 --> 00:36:55,767
- I can't do it.
- What?
736
00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:58,267
- You said you wanted to do it.
- I said I might do it.
737
00:36:58,401 --> 00:37:00,167
You told me
you were the elder statesman.
738
00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:02,533
- You're the head coach.
- All right, I'm just gonna
739
00:37:02,667 --> 00:37:04,834
go ahead and tell it
to you straight, boys.
740
00:37:06,134 --> 00:37:07,600
Bad news is...
741
00:37:09,468 --> 00:37:13,067
each one of you is gonna need
to put on about 10 pounds
742
00:37:13,201 --> 00:37:14,533
because y'all gonna be playing
743
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,167
Class A
Texas high-school football.
744
00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:19,234
- And I'll see you on the field.
- [ALL CHEER]
745
00:37:19,368 --> 00:37:22,468
Good job, huh? Come on!
746
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,700
- Huh?
- [ALL CLAMORING]
747
00:37:26,134 --> 00:37:28,101
Let's us show Poly
and those city boys
748
00:37:28,234 --> 00:37:30,434
- what we're made of!
- [ALL CHEER, EXCLAIMING]
749
00:37:34,067 --> 00:37:35,934
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
750
00:37:36,067 --> 00:37:37,934
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: The Poly
Parrots welcome Masonic Home
751
00:37:38,067 --> 00:37:39,201
in their first game ever.
752
00:37:39,334 --> 00:37:40,934
RUSTY:
They gotta put their best 11
753
00:37:41,067 --> 00:37:42,301
up against our best 11.
754
00:37:42,434 --> 00:37:44,167
WHEATIE:
Their 11 looks a lot bigger.
755
00:37:44,301 --> 00:37:46,134
It's David versus Goliath,
all right.
756
00:37:46,267 --> 00:37:48,468
This is gonna be entertaining.
757
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,734
[VOMITS, COUGHS]
758
00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:52,167
DOC:
Chicken, you all right?
759
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:55,867
I had to use 12-gauge
baling wire on mine.
760
00:37:56,001 --> 00:37:58,134
Today, we're going up
against a team
761
00:37:58,267 --> 00:38:00,368
that's won
two state championships
762
00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:02,533
in the past five years,
763
00:38:02,667 --> 00:38:05,867
so you got everything to gain
and nothing to lose,
764
00:38:06,001 --> 00:38:07,001
so play that way.
765
00:38:07,134 --> 00:38:08,600
And one more thing.
766
00:38:08,734 --> 00:38:11,301
We win today,
we take home the game ball.
767
00:38:11,434 --> 00:38:12,834
So listen to me.
768
00:38:12,967 --> 00:38:16,301
Hit that field with heart,
focus and conviction,
769
00:38:16,434 --> 00:38:19,167
and you will see good results.
Let's get it done.
770
00:38:19,301 --> 00:38:20,734
[PLAYERS APPLAUDING]
771
00:38:20,867 --> 00:38:24,001
Bribery. Now, there's
a new motivation.
772
00:38:24,134 --> 00:38:26,167
- To the game ball.
- Let's do it.
773
00:38:26,301 --> 00:38:30,134
POP: Well, Mr. Hawk,
I'm proud you got your football team out.
774
00:38:30,267 --> 00:38:32,600
- MASON: Yeah.
- You only got 12 players.
775
00:38:32,734 --> 00:38:35,267
I mean, most of them
look like horse jockeys.
776
00:38:35,401 --> 00:38:38,600
Y'all got some kind
of weight restriction?
777
00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:41,667
Might as well call them
the Mighty Mites.
778
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,900
- Can I have that?
- You got it. Yeah.
779
00:38:45,034 --> 00:38:46,667
Why not? You're the writer.
780
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,201
[CHUCKLES]
781
00:38:48,334 --> 00:38:49,734
- Pop.
- Hey, Doc.
782
00:38:49,867 --> 00:38:52,201
- Give me a quote after the game.
- I will, for sure.
783
00:38:52,334 --> 00:38:55,134
Mr. Hawk, we're delighted
you're making our first game.
784
00:38:55,267 --> 00:38:57,001
- Good to see you.
- After all the years
785
00:38:57,134 --> 00:38:59,900
and all the talk, we got
a football team, thanks to you.
786
00:39:00,034 --> 00:39:02,500
Thanks to you for bringing
this coach in and his wife.
787
00:39:02,633 --> 00:39:04,800
- How's he doing?
- He's doing remarkable.
788
00:39:04,934 --> 00:39:06,934
You've met Juanita.
They're great teachers,
789
00:39:07,067 --> 00:39:08,600
and he's a great football coach.
790
00:39:08,734 --> 00:39:10,034
We finally got a team.
791
00:39:10,167 --> 00:39:12,034
Finally got a team,
thanks to you.
792
00:39:12,167 --> 00:39:14,633
- No, thanks to you.
- Okay, heh.
793
00:39:14,767 --> 00:39:17,167
Only 12 players
on the Orphan team,
794
00:39:17,301 --> 00:39:19,034
and not one
can push 200 pounds.
795
00:39:19,167 --> 00:39:22,001
Folks, this is gonna
get ugly pretty fast.
796
00:39:22,134 --> 00:39:24,401
Fellas, the visiting team
will call it in the air.
797
00:39:24,533 --> 00:39:26,301
- Masonic Home...
- Orphans.
798
00:39:26,434 --> 00:39:27,834
Orphans, what is your call?
799
00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:30,067
- Heads.
- Heads.
800
00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:32,101
It's tails. Poly?
801
00:39:32,234 --> 00:39:33,800
- We'll receive.
- Poly will receive.
802
00:39:33,934 --> 00:39:35,834
Y'all's parents
couldn't find the stadium?
803
00:39:35,967 --> 00:39:38,301
- [POLY PLAYERS LAUGH]
- Must be pretty stupid.
804
00:39:38,434 --> 00:39:40,368
- [CHUCKLING]
- [HARDY GRUNTS]
805
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,368
A skirmish
as Hardy Brown wallops...
806
00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,034
- Come on, Hardy!
- ...Poly captain Percy Maywood.
807
00:39:45,167 --> 00:39:48,700
I wouldn't wanna be
on the wrong side of that kid.
808
00:39:48,834 --> 00:39:50,700
- Who was that?
- JUANITA: Hardy Brown.
809
00:39:50,834 --> 00:39:55,201
My daddy says he's
the toughest sumbitch around.
810
00:39:55,334 --> 00:39:57,134
- [LAUGHING]
- We're not supposed to repeat
811
00:39:57,267 --> 00:39:59,567
- what your father says at home.
- Can I quote that?
812
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:02,934
- Oh, no, sir, please don't.
- We'll use "son of a gun."
813
00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:04,800
That is unnecessary roughness.
814
00:40:04,934 --> 00:40:07,368
Fifteen-yard penalty
will be enforced on the kick.
815
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:08,834
Hardy, you're out! Come on!
816
00:40:08,967 --> 00:40:10,600
Fairbanks, Wheatie,
get in position.
817
00:40:10,734 --> 00:40:12,201
Chicken, you're in.
818
00:40:12,334 --> 00:40:14,034
DOC:
It'll be all right, son.
819
00:40:14,167 --> 00:40:17,001
Leon, knock one down there.
Keep them inside the 20.
820
00:40:17,134 --> 00:40:18,700
Line up. Come on, boys.
821
00:40:20,468 --> 00:40:23,067
- What are you thinking, son?
- What are you thinking, son?
822
00:40:23,201 --> 00:40:24,134
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
823
00:40:24,267 --> 00:40:26,667
[♪♪♪]
824
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,700
And the Orphans
pound the ball into the air
825
00:40:28,834 --> 00:40:30,667
as it twists in an ugly spiral,
826
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,234
straight into the hands
of Percy Maywood.
827
00:40:34,401 --> 00:40:35,267
Jesus.
828
00:40:35,401 --> 00:40:37,167
Get him.
829
00:40:37,301 --> 00:40:39,533
To the 40, the 30, the 20.
830
00:40:39,667 --> 00:40:42,034
And Maywood practically
walks in for an easy score.
831
00:40:42,167 --> 00:40:43,633
[CROWD CHEERING]
832
00:40:43,767 --> 00:40:45,667
What was
Coach Russell thinking,
833
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,034
leaving the district champion
Temple Wildcats?
834
00:40:48,167 --> 00:40:49,368
We missed every tackle.
835
00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:51,201
That's all right. Keep going.
836
00:40:51,334 --> 00:40:52,633
I find it embarrassing.
837
00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:54,800
RUSTY:
All right, A.P. Good snap, boys.
838
00:40:54,934 --> 00:40:57,500
Seems to me they have
no place on this field.
839
00:40:57,633 --> 00:40:59,334
I hope none of them get hurt.
840
00:40:59,468 --> 00:41:01,401
Fumble! Get the...
841
00:41:01,533 --> 00:41:03,234
...a fumble is
scooped up by Poly
842
00:41:03,368 --> 00:41:05,001
and returned
for a walk-in touchdown.
843
00:41:05,134 --> 00:41:07,934
My Lord, they're not
doing too good, are they?
844
00:41:08,067 --> 00:41:10,434
Stay down in the dirt
where you belong, loser orphan.
845
00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:14,167
- Hey, hey, hey, take it easy.
- Hey, Fairbanks, cut that out!
846
00:41:14,301 --> 00:41:17,600
Come on, now, Frank, a little
scrapping builds character.
847
00:41:17,734 --> 00:41:18,934
It's good for the boys.
848
00:41:19,067 --> 00:41:20,900
I don't think it does
after every play.
849
00:41:21,034 --> 00:41:22,900
- My knee feels funny.
- Can you walk it off?
850
00:41:23,034 --> 00:41:25,633
- No, let's have a look.
- Doc, check it out.
851
00:41:25,767 --> 00:41:27,034
DeWitt! Come here.
852
00:41:27,167 --> 00:41:29,900
Cheer up, son!
It's just the first game!
853
00:41:30,034 --> 00:41:32,800
I need you to take 42
and drive him back, son.
854
00:41:32,934 --> 00:41:34,700
- Yes, sir.
- Don't let him drive you back.
855
00:41:34,834 --> 00:41:37,301
Get out there, boy.
Hardy, you're in.
856
00:41:37,434 --> 00:41:39,267
You ready, son?
These boys need you.
857
00:41:39,401 --> 00:41:41,201
Show them what you're made of.
Get out there.
858
00:41:41,334 --> 00:41:43,167
Come on, boys, you got it!
859
00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:45,967
Glad you could join us, Hardy.
860
00:41:46,101 --> 00:41:47,434
Fairbanks,
the ball's coming to you,
861
00:41:47,567 --> 00:41:48,767
to the left this time.
862
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:51,368
By some miracle,
can we please block?
863
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,567
Just give me the damn ball.
864
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,667
Okay, Hardy,
you're getting the ball.
865
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,334
- On one and...
- ALL: Break!
866
00:41:58,468 --> 00:42:01,201
Come on. Good blocks now, boys.
You got it. Come on!
867
00:42:01,334 --> 00:42:04,667
- Six-two-one! Hike!
- And here's the snap.
868
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,368
Brown gets the ball,
sweeps to the right,
869
00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:08,167
mowing over a Poly defender.
870
00:42:08,301 --> 00:42:10,767
- Cuts back to the left...
- Go! Go!
871
00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:14,267
...and tries to bring life
into the Orphan offense.
872
00:42:17,101 --> 00:42:18,633
Runs over his old pal Maywood
873
00:42:18,767 --> 00:42:21,001
and into the end zone
on a magnificent run.
874
00:42:21,134 --> 00:42:23,001
- Touchdown, Brown.
- We scored! Yes!
875
00:42:23,134 --> 00:42:25,034
- [WHISTLE BLOWING]
- Hold everything, folks.
876
00:42:25,167 --> 00:42:26,967
There's a penalty flag
on the play.
877
00:42:27,101 --> 00:42:30,134
Clipping, number 40!
No touchdown!
878
00:42:30,267 --> 00:42:33,067
- DeWitt, you dumb son of a bitch!
- Hey, he made a mistake!
879
00:42:33,201 --> 00:42:35,401
He's always making mistakes
and you're no better!
880
00:42:35,533 --> 00:42:37,234
- Hey!
- Hey!
881
00:42:37,368 --> 00:42:39,667
[BOYS CLAMORING]
882
00:42:42,334 --> 00:42:44,034
- Get off him!
- Boys! Boys!
883
00:42:45,334 --> 00:42:46,633
- Stop.
- DOC: Break it up!
884
00:42:46,767 --> 00:42:48,500
- Stop that!
- Stop it! Get off the field!
885
00:42:48,633 --> 00:42:50,267
- Just stop that.
- Get off the field!
886
00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,167
- Get out of here! Go on!
- Damn it.
887
00:42:52,301 --> 00:42:53,867
- Stop that!
- Get off the field!
888
00:42:54,001 --> 00:42:56,468
What's the matter with you?
Get out of here!
889
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,500
[♪♪♪]
890
00:43:12,734 --> 00:43:14,267
[SIGHS]
891
00:43:28,633 --> 00:43:31,234
What are you doing?
Are you copying me?
892
00:43:31,368 --> 00:43:32,468
[CHUCKLES]
893
00:43:33,967 --> 00:43:34,967
Let me see that.
894
00:43:37,301 --> 00:43:39,334
I put this one here.
895
00:43:39,468 --> 00:43:41,434
That's a funny formation.
896
00:43:41,567 --> 00:43:43,201
What are you two doing?
897
00:43:44,834 --> 00:43:46,368
Well, I think I might have found
898
00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:48,700
my new offensive coordinator.
899
00:43:48,834 --> 00:43:50,600
If I can even
put an offense together.
900
00:43:50,734 --> 00:43:53,834
It doesn't sound like you're
adapting to your environment.
901
00:43:53,967 --> 00:43:56,734
I once heard a wise old coach
say something about
902
00:43:56,867 --> 00:43:59,500
helping his players
see what they can become.
903
00:44:02,134 --> 00:44:03,834
You see how she tells me
what to do?
904
00:44:03,967 --> 00:44:05,301
Mm-hm.
905
00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:07,167
You think that's funny?
906
00:44:07,301 --> 00:44:08,633
- No.
- I don't either.
907
00:44:12,434 --> 00:44:13,700
[RUSTY CHUCKLES]
908
00:44:13,834 --> 00:44:16,767
[♪♪♪]
909
00:44:20,334 --> 00:44:22,034
♪ The boogiewoogie shake ♪
910
00:44:22,167 --> 00:44:26,434
♪ Boogiewoogie shake
Boogiewoogie shake ♪
911
00:44:26,567 --> 00:44:28,368
Come on.
Are we not gonna talk anymore
912
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:29,834
just because
we got our butts whupped?
913
00:44:29,967 --> 00:44:31,034
Exactly!
914
00:44:32,101 --> 00:44:33,034
RUSTY:
All right.
915
00:44:34,533 --> 00:44:36,700
I want to see y'all
down on the field.
916
00:44:36,834 --> 00:44:38,700
Let's go. Hustle. Come on.
917
00:44:38,834 --> 00:44:41,533
[♪♪♪]
918
00:44:43,834 --> 00:44:46,533
WHEATIE:
What are we doing, coach?
919
00:44:46,667 --> 00:44:49,500
All right, it's
your new offense, Mr. Sealey.
920
00:44:49,633 --> 00:44:52,334
Here's the first change.
A yard in between each man,
921
00:44:52,468 --> 00:44:55,001
all the way down the line.
Okay, Fairbanks,
922
00:44:55,134 --> 00:44:58,201
you take it three yards back,
get on the same line as Hardy.
923
00:44:58,334 --> 00:45:00,867
I'm gonna have you
line up a quarter yard
924
00:45:01,001 --> 00:45:02,700
directly behind A.P.
for the snap.
925
00:45:02,834 --> 00:45:04,234
Let me show you how.
926
00:45:04,368 --> 00:45:07,234
- What position does that make me?
- Quarterback.
927
00:45:07,368 --> 00:45:09,001
Quarterback takes the snap.
928
00:45:09,134 --> 00:45:12,201
He's gonna pivot to his right.
Halfback comes forward.
929
00:45:12,334 --> 00:45:15,600
Fake that handoff to Hardy.
Fairbanks will roll right.
930
00:45:15,734 --> 00:45:18,834
I'm gonna pitch it to him,
or if he gets too far out,
931
00:45:18,967 --> 00:45:21,934
fake the pitch, keep it
yourself, take it downfield.
932
00:45:22,067 --> 00:45:24,600
Fairbanks becomes
your primary blocker.
933
00:45:24,734 --> 00:45:26,867
You'll be my coach on the field.
Make the decisions.
934
00:45:27,001 --> 00:45:29,368
This is how we'll beat
the bigger teams.
935
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:31,800
You gotta adapt
if you're gonna be competitive.
936
00:45:31,934 --> 00:45:33,633
We don't have the size,
937
00:45:33,767 --> 00:45:36,234
so we gotta utilize
what we do have, speed.
938
00:45:36,368 --> 00:45:39,633
Quick huddles, few time-outs.
Catch them off guard.
939
00:45:39,767 --> 00:45:42,700
Wear their defense down.
That's how we'll do it.
940
00:45:44,267 --> 00:45:45,934
What do y'all think so far?
941
00:45:46,067 --> 00:45:49,034
I think we'll get our asses
kicked from here to El Paso.
942
00:45:49,167 --> 00:45:51,267
I don't think it matters
what offense we run.
943
00:45:51,401 --> 00:45:52,700
Won't be good anyways.
944
00:45:54,134 --> 00:45:56,034
Mr. Brown, what do you think?
945
00:45:56,167 --> 00:45:59,533
We had no business
playing Poly to begin with.
946
00:45:59,667 --> 00:46:02,001
We got outplayed
and outcoached, coach.
947
00:46:05,867 --> 00:46:08,401
Mr. Brown's right.
948
00:46:08,533 --> 00:46:10,301
And I take full responsibility
949
00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:12,567
for what happened
on that field today.
950
00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:13,834
Everything.
951
00:46:14,967 --> 00:46:17,500
But I did learn something.
952
00:46:17,633 --> 00:46:22,468
I told DeWitt to drive
number 77 to hell and back.
953
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,700
And I'm glad I did,
954
00:46:24,834 --> 00:46:27,267
because I got to see
what he's really made of.
955
00:46:27,401 --> 00:46:31,700
And I believe in him. And now
he better believe in himself.
956
00:46:31,834 --> 00:46:35,468
And I get it.
It's tough to believe
957
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:40,001
when all you've known is
hurt and loss and abandonment.
958
00:46:40,134 --> 00:46:42,800
I know because I felt it
my whole life.
959
00:46:46,134 --> 00:46:47,767
I'm an orphan.
960
00:46:49,267 --> 00:46:51,368
Just like all of y'all.
961
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:55,034
I know what it feels like
to not have a mother or a father
962
00:46:55,167 --> 00:46:58,034
cheering you on from the stands.
963
00:46:58,167 --> 00:46:59,800
I look at you boys,
964
00:46:59,934 --> 00:47:03,533
and I can honestly say
I'm proud to be an orphan.
965
00:47:03,667 --> 00:47:07,034
I'm not ashamed,
and I'm not worthless.
966
00:47:07,167 --> 00:47:09,234
I'm a mighty warrior.
967
00:47:09,368 --> 00:47:11,834
And you'll feel the same way
968
00:47:11,967 --> 00:47:16,067
if you can believe in yourselves
and believe in each other.
969
00:47:16,201 --> 00:47:18,134
You do that,
you'll be able to do
970
00:47:18,267 --> 00:47:21,500
what they all say is impossible.
971
00:47:21,633 --> 00:47:25,167
So say it with me. I am worthy.
972
00:47:25,301 --> 00:47:28,301
- ALL [SOFTLY]: I am worthy.
- Believe it!
973
00:47:28,434 --> 00:47:31,500
- I am valuable.
- ALL: I am valuable!
974
00:47:31,633 --> 00:47:35,067
- I'm a mighty warrior!
- ALL: I'm a mighty warrior!
975
00:47:35,201 --> 00:47:38,034
- I'm a mighty orphan!
- ALL: I'm a mighty orphan!
976
00:47:38,167 --> 00:47:40,567
Believe as I do.
977
00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:43,700
Because it's true. It's true.
978
00:47:47,434 --> 00:47:50,368
- Leon, break it down.
- All right, get in here.
979
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:52,167
Let's get a "Orphans" on three!
980
00:47:52,301 --> 00:47:54,167
One, two, three!
981
00:47:54,301 --> 00:47:55,267
ALL:
Orphans!
982
00:47:55,401 --> 00:47:57,201
[ALL LAUGHING]
983
00:48:03,767 --> 00:48:06,001
Mr. Hardy, let me
have a word with you.
984
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:10,500
I ain't gonna
yell your stupid chant.
985
00:48:10,633 --> 00:48:12,734
And I'm not gonna make you.
986
00:48:14,533 --> 00:48:16,667
But you do need
to make a choice.
987
00:48:18,667 --> 00:48:23,633
Now, I obligated you to be here.
That was my mistake.
988
00:48:23,767 --> 00:48:26,834
You're free to leave
anytime you want.
989
00:48:26,967 --> 00:48:29,267
That run of yours today,
990
00:48:29,401 --> 00:48:32,468
son, that was one
of the best I've ever seen.
991
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,101
And it's all natural instinct.
992
00:48:35,234 --> 00:48:37,034
Must've felt pretty good.
993
00:48:40,001 --> 00:48:41,700
Why don't you go warm up?
994
00:48:48,700 --> 00:48:51,533
So, what do you think
about the new offense?
995
00:48:51,667 --> 00:48:55,434
Sir, I think you'll piss a lot
of people off, but I like it.
996
00:48:55,567 --> 00:48:59,468
Now, if you excuse me,
I'm freezing my nuts off.
997
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:00,700
All right.
998
00:49:02,934 --> 00:49:04,368
[CLEARS THROAT]
999
00:49:06,067 --> 00:49:08,001
DOC:
Armed with Betty's drawing,
1000
00:49:08,134 --> 00:49:11,834
Rusty was about to change
the game of football forever.
1001
00:49:11,967 --> 00:49:13,401
Shift!
1002
00:49:13,533 --> 00:49:15,900
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]:
The Orphan offense has lined up
1003
00:49:16,034 --> 00:49:17,734
in a formation
I have never seen before.
1004
00:49:17,867 --> 00:49:21,134
What the hell is he doing lining
up behind the center like that?
1005
00:49:21,267 --> 00:49:24,434
Appears to be some kind
of new formation, coach.
1006
00:49:24,567 --> 00:49:25,867
I got that.
1007
00:49:26,001 --> 00:49:27,934
[CROWD MURMURING]
1008
00:49:28,067 --> 00:49:29,633
Looks like cheating to me.
1009
00:49:29,767 --> 00:49:31,001
Six-two, split!
1010
00:49:32,468 --> 00:49:34,167
- Hike!
- Sealey takes the snap.
1011
00:49:34,301 --> 00:49:36,700
Pitches it to the outside
to Hardy Brown.
1012
00:49:36,834 --> 00:49:39,034
- He takes it up the sideline.
- [CROWD CHEERING]
1013
00:49:39,167 --> 00:49:41,900
Brown rumbles down the field
like a locomotive.
1014
00:49:42,034 --> 00:49:44,567
They fooled the entire defense
on that play, folks.
1015
00:49:44,700 --> 00:49:46,967
- I'll be damned.
- Brown takes it all the way
1016
00:49:47,101 --> 00:49:50,567
- for an 80-yard touchdown.
- [CROWD CHEERING]
1017
00:49:50,700 --> 00:49:51,900
That's a good start.
1018
00:49:52,034 --> 00:49:54,101
[BOYS CLAMORING]
1019
00:49:54,234 --> 00:49:56,368
Gosh dang, he's fast, coach.
1020
00:49:56,500 --> 00:49:59,201
He is. He's fast.
You're observant.
1021
00:49:59,334 --> 00:50:01,867
Everybody's got a gift.
What's ours?
1022
00:50:02,001 --> 00:50:04,468
[♪♪♪]
1023
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:05,767
PLAYER 1:
Shift, shift!
1024
00:50:05,900 --> 00:50:08,001
MINERAL WELLS COACH:
There's a shift.
1025
00:50:09,767 --> 00:50:11,734
- We're not looking good, coach.
- Dang it.
1026
00:50:11,867 --> 00:50:13,734
- Thataway. Huddle.
- Hike!
1027
00:50:13,867 --> 00:50:16,067
These fellas have come out
swinging tonight,
1028
00:50:16,201 --> 00:50:19,867
- take no prisoners.
- Sweep left! Sideline!
1029
00:50:20,001 --> 00:50:21,734
The Orphans have
fooled the Rams again.
1030
00:50:21,867 --> 00:50:23,967
- Catch him!
- Fairbanks runs in the end zone
1031
00:50:24,101 --> 00:50:25,301
untouched and smiling.
1032
00:50:25,434 --> 00:50:27,101
- Touchdown.
- Oh, my.
1033
00:50:27,234 --> 00:50:29,334
I'm thinking about
shooting all the parents,
1034
00:50:29,468 --> 00:50:32,967
starting my own orphanage. Maybe
that'll motivate these boys.
1035
00:50:33,101 --> 00:50:36,667
I want you to imagine
your opponent is Mr. Wynn.
1036
00:50:38,401 --> 00:50:39,800
Thanks, Doc.
1037
00:50:39,934 --> 00:50:42,633
- That's a good analogy, Doc.
- We'll see.
1038
00:50:42,767 --> 00:50:43,800
PLAYER:
Set. Hike!
1039
00:50:46,767 --> 00:50:49,201
Speedy Leonard Roach
leveling the halfback.
1040
00:50:49,334 --> 00:50:50,533
Nice to meet you, fat-ass.
1041
00:50:50,667 --> 00:50:52,533
[ORPHANS EXCLAIMING]
1042
00:50:52,667 --> 00:50:54,301
Pardon my French,
but The Rams
1043
00:50:54,434 --> 00:50:56,267
are getting their butts
handed to them.
1044
00:50:56,401 --> 00:50:57,767
My God, Sealey has it.
1045
00:50:57,900 --> 00:50:59,967
Sealey looks like
a running duck
1046
00:51:00,101 --> 00:51:01,767
as he hits
the wide-open pastures.
1047
00:51:01,900 --> 00:51:03,001
They're running outside.
1048
00:51:03,134 --> 00:51:05,301
They are running
to the outside.
1049
00:51:05,434 --> 00:51:07,468
...the five,
and touchdown, Orphans.
1050
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:09,500
- [CROWD CHEERING]
- [FIRES]
1051
00:51:09,633 --> 00:51:11,934
[ALL CHEERING]
1052
00:51:14,334 --> 00:51:17,001
- Good job, boys.
- That'll be the dagger there.
1053
00:51:17,134 --> 00:51:19,667
And Coach Russell's
underdog Orphans
1054
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,468
will get to take home
the game ball.
1055
00:51:22,967 --> 00:51:24,633
DOC:
Nothing I admire more
1056
00:51:24,767 --> 00:51:27,001
than a full-service
football team.
1057
00:51:27,134 --> 00:51:28,700
And they played
a great game today.
1058
00:51:28,834 --> 00:51:31,633
They played all right.
Still room for improvement.
1059
00:51:31,767 --> 00:51:36,034
Improvement? Didn't we just whup
the tar out of General Mills?
1060
00:51:36,167 --> 00:51:38,633
- You mean Mineral Wells?
- You know that's who I meant.
1061
00:51:38,767 --> 00:51:41,368
Hey, Doc, we had eight penalties
for over 100 yards.
1062
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:43,900
We can't compete against
real teams playing like this.
1063
00:51:44,034 --> 00:51:45,667
We gotta
get these boys refocused.
1064
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:48,368
We just win our first game
with your new system,
1065
00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:49,967
and suddenly,
you're a pessimist.
1066
00:51:50,101 --> 00:51:52,201
- I need another drink.
- Oh, now you're mad, huh?
1067
00:51:52,334 --> 00:51:55,134
- I'm not mad. I'm thirsty.
- RUSTY: How's it looking, Leon?
1068
00:51:55,267 --> 00:51:57,368
Try to turn her over, coach.
1069
00:51:57,500 --> 00:52:00,700
I saw Claudette Colbert
do this in a movie once.
1070
00:52:00,834 --> 00:52:03,001
- We're gonna be here all day.
- [ENGINE SPUTTERS]
1071
00:52:04,934 --> 00:52:06,767
LEON:
Shit.
1072
00:52:06,900 --> 00:52:09,533
You orphans can
change the oil in my car
1073
00:52:09,667 --> 00:52:11,934
- when you get done there.
- [PLAYERS LAUGHING]
1074
00:52:12,067 --> 00:52:14,101
Get down here
and say that to my face.
1075
00:52:14,234 --> 00:52:16,900
- I'm right here, boy. Come on.
- RUSTY: Come on, boys. Let's go.
1076
00:52:17,034 --> 00:52:18,900
You just wait, I'll tear you up.
1077
00:52:19,034 --> 00:52:21,334
- BOY 1: You heard him.
- BOY 2: You don't want this.
1078
00:52:21,468 --> 00:52:22,734
LUTHER:
You boys need a lift?
1079
00:52:22,867 --> 00:52:24,700
No, we're good. How you doing?
1080
00:52:24,834 --> 00:52:27,800
Very well. Coach, you need
to get yourself a nice bus
1081
00:52:27,934 --> 00:52:30,633
- like this for these boys.
- Yeah, that's nice.
1082
00:52:30,767 --> 00:52:34,134
Fella on the radio said
y'all got your first victory.
1083
00:52:34,267 --> 00:52:37,134
- We sure did.
- Everyone beats Mineral Wells.
1084
00:52:37,267 --> 00:52:38,368
[BOYS LAUGHING]
1085
00:52:38,500 --> 00:52:40,533
See you next season, coach.
1086
00:52:40,667 --> 00:52:42,001
If you survive this one.
1087
00:52:42,134 --> 00:52:44,034
I like them
tiny cowboy boots.
1088
00:52:44,167 --> 00:52:46,368
I wanna get some for my
daughter. Where you get those?
1089
00:52:46,500 --> 00:52:48,368
[CHUCKLES]
1090
00:52:48,500 --> 00:52:50,067
Y'all enjoy that fresh air.
1091
00:52:50,201 --> 00:52:51,468
Good to see you.
1092
00:52:56,967 --> 00:52:58,533
Doc, you shouldn't
have done that.
1093
00:52:58,667 --> 00:53:01,101
- I know. It was half full.
- That's not what I meant.
1094
00:53:01,234 --> 00:53:03,301
- Come on, get in. Let's go.
- [ALL LAUGHING]
1095
00:53:03,434 --> 00:53:06,167
[♪♪♪]
1096
00:53:16,101 --> 00:53:18,900
Huh. Kid, you ought
to come work for me
1097
00:53:19,034 --> 00:53:20,800
at the Star-Telegram.
1098
00:53:20,934 --> 00:53:22,334
You'll sell more papers.
1099
00:53:24,434 --> 00:53:27,201
LEON: You know what them Dallas
girls say after a good poke?
1100
00:53:27,334 --> 00:53:29,167
- No, what?
- "Get off me, Dad.
1101
00:53:29,301 --> 00:53:31,900
- You're crushing my smokes."
- [ALL LAUGHING]
1102
00:53:32,034 --> 00:53:35,201
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: The Highland Park
Scots are one of the toughest teams
1103
00:53:35,334 --> 00:53:36,867
and a favorite in the district.
1104
00:53:37,001 --> 00:53:39,134
You still write fantasy
for that rag of yours?
1105
00:53:39,267 --> 00:53:40,633
Amon Carter.
1106
00:53:40,767 --> 00:53:42,368
We ain't the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram,
1107
00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:43,934
- but we're surviving.
- [LAUGHS]
1108
00:53:44,067 --> 00:53:45,800
What the hell you doing
so far east?
1109
00:53:45,934 --> 00:53:47,500
You lose a bird dog or a wife?
1110
00:53:47,633 --> 00:53:50,834
I wanted to see what all
the goddang fuss was about.
1111
00:53:50,967 --> 00:53:53,500
I tell you what.
I'll make you a wager.
1112
00:53:53,633 --> 00:53:56,734
I'll give you your 12 Orphans,
plus 30 points.
1113
00:53:56,867 --> 00:53:58,034
- Thirty points?
- Uh-huh.
1114
00:53:58,167 --> 00:53:59,234
Five dollars.
1115
00:53:59,368 --> 00:54:01,234
Between the prince
and the pauper?
1116
00:54:01,368 --> 00:54:03,633
- Pun intended.
- Five will get you 50. Done.
1117
00:54:03,767 --> 00:54:05,967
[VOMITS, RETCHING]
1118
00:54:11,167 --> 00:54:12,934
- RUSTY: You all right?
- CHICKEN: Yes, sir.
1119
00:54:13,067 --> 00:54:15,700
Tell you what. I can't believe
what I overheard.
1120
00:54:15,834 --> 00:54:18,667
Scots say that they're gonna
beat us by 50 points.
1121
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:20,334
- Fifty!
- [SCOFFS]
1122
00:54:20,468 --> 00:54:23,334
They said we're nothing
but some hillbilly orphans,
1123
00:54:23,468 --> 00:54:25,368
and that I was a washed-up,
1124
00:54:25,500 --> 00:54:28,167
four-eyed,
half blind orphan coach.
1125
00:54:28,301 --> 00:54:31,900
- Heh, and that hurts my feelings.
- Mine too.
1126
00:54:32,034 --> 00:54:35,234
So, what do y'all say
we go out there
1127
00:54:35,368 --> 00:54:37,468
and we show
these silver-spooned Scotties
1128
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:39,434
how us country boys play ball?
1129
00:54:39,567 --> 00:54:41,334
And from the moment
we hit that field,
1130
00:54:41,468 --> 00:54:44,700
from that first whistle,
we light them up?
1131
00:54:44,834 --> 00:54:46,600
- ALL: Yeah!
- Get out there
1132
00:54:46,734 --> 00:54:48,301
and take care of business!
1133
00:54:48,434 --> 00:54:50,034
Come on, boys! Let's do it.
1134
00:54:50,167 --> 00:54:51,800
This is what we worked towards.
1135
00:54:51,934 --> 00:54:54,067
Get out there. Attaway.
1136
00:54:54,201 --> 00:54:56,034
Reverse psychology. Good one.
1137
00:55:27,792 --> 00:55:30,192
Fight, fight, fight,
you Mighty Mites!
1138
00:55:30,326 --> 00:55:32,625
Run the left, run the right!
1139
00:55:32,758 --> 00:55:35,493
Down the middle
and through the air!
1140
00:55:35,625 --> 00:55:38,593
The Mighty Mites
will all be there!
1141
00:55:38,725 --> 00:55:41,459
The Scots will receive as
the Orphans get ready to kick.
1142
00:55:41,593 --> 00:55:44,392
[CROWD CHEERING]
1143
00:55:44,526 --> 00:55:46,226
Bouncing on the ground
and scooped up
1144
00:55:46,359 --> 00:55:48,658
by the Scottie return man,
who turns upfield.
1145
00:55:48,792 --> 00:55:51,758
- MAN: Fumble!
- He's lit up by number 43,
1146
00:55:51,892 --> 00:55:54,192
- Hardy Brown.
- [ORPHANS CHEERING]
1147
00:55:56,126 --> 00:55:58,593
Sealey lines up a quarter
of a yard behind center...
1148
00:55:58,725 --> 00:56:01,126
All right, boys, come on.
1149
00:56:01,259 --> 00:56:04,959
- Hike!
- Sealey tosses it to Fairbanks.
1150
00:56:05,092 --> 00:56:07,126
Takes it down
to the ten, the five,
1151
00:56:07,259 --> 00:56:09,126
- and touchdown, Orphans!
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
1152
00:56:09,259 --> 00:56:12,493
- Touchdown! Ha-ha!
- There we go, Doc.
1153
00:56:12,625 --> 00:56:14,725
You sandbagging me, pauper?
1154
00:56:14,859 --> 00:56:16,892
- Every chance.
- Fifty-three!
1155
00:56:17,025 --> 00:56:19,226
The Orphans are running circles
around the Scotties,
1156
00:56:19,359 --> 00:56:21,159
who look confused out there.
1157
00:56:22,593 --> 00:56:24,526
[ORPHANS CHEERING]
1158
00:56:29,625 --> 00:56:31,992
- Look at Snoggs!
- Roach goes on a wild ride,
1159
00:56:32,126 --> 00:56:35,025
as the Scots halfback drags him
for well over five yards
1160
00:56:35,159 --> 00:56:37,426
to get the Scots close
to the first down marker.
1161
00:56:37,559 --> 00:56:39,326
Beat us by 50, huh?
1162
00:56:39,459 --> 00:56:42,426
- RUSTY: It's a damn rodeo.
- Show some mercy, Snoggs!
1163
00:56:42,559 --> 00:56:43,959
[LAUGHING]
1164
00:56:44,092 --> 00:56:46,658
- Time-out.
- Highland Park calls a time-out.
1165
00:56:46,792 --> 00:56:48,825
Beck covers the guy
taking the snap.
1166
00:56:48,959 --> 00:56:50,725
Hank, you take the halfback.
1167
00:56:50,859 --> 00:56:52,725
Milo, you take the fullback.
1168
00:56:52,859 --> 00:56:53,792
Hike!
1169
00:56:56,126 --> 00:56:59,025
Scots cause a turnover
and have found a solution
1170
00:56:59,159 --> 00:57:00,625
in shutting down the Wing-T
1171
00:57:00,758 --> 00:57:02,625
by tackling everybody
in the backfield,
1172
00:57:02,758 --> 00:57:04,825
- no matter who has the ball.
- They figured out
1173
00:57:04,959 --> 00:57:06,925
how to shut down
your Wing T, coach.
1174
00:57:07,059 --> 00:57:08,259
Looks that way, Doc.
1175
00:57:08,392 --> 00:57:11,059
Don't worry.
My defense will hold them.
1176
00:57:11,192 --> 00:57:13,758
Well, this is it, folks.
Do or die for the Scots,
1177
00:57:13,892 --> 00:57:15,725
who can punch it in
for the win.
1178
00:57:15,859 --> 00:57:17,692
Not over till it's over.
1179
00:57:17,825 --> 00:57:19,992
Shift!
1180
00:57:20,126 --> 00:57:21,259
Hike!
1181
00:57:23,359 --> 00:57:26,259
- [CROWD EXCLAIMS]
- Whoa! Yes! Defense!
1182
00:57:26,392 --> 00:57:27,526
[CROWD CHEERING]
1183
00:57:27,658 --> 00:57:30,426
[WHISTLE BLOWING]
1184
00:57:30,559 --> 00:57:32,326
Ladies and gentlemen,
the game is over
1185
00:57:32,459 --> 00:57:33,925
and Highland Park has lost.
1186
00:57:35,292 --> 00:57:36,758
Thank you, easy money.
1187
00:57:36,892 --> 00:57:38,959
Best 50 bucks I ever spent.
1188
00:57:39,092 --> 00:57:42,392
Congratulations, coach.
We should've never voted you in.
1189
00:57:42,526 --> 00:57:45,259
I cannot believe my eyes,
folks, and I'm just as stunned
1190
00:57:45,392 --> 00:57:46,959
as the Highland Park fans
today.
1191
00:57:47,092 --> 00:57:49,292
This might go down
as one of the biggest upsets
1192
00:57:49,426 --> 00:57:52,025
in all of Texas
high-school football.
1193
00:57:52,159 --> 00:57:55,925
[♪♪♪]
1194
00:57:56,059 --> 00:57:57,192
ALL:
Break!
1195
00:57:59,226 --> 00:58:01,625
WHEATIE:
Set! Hike!
1196
00:58:03,259 --> 00:58:05,593
Wouldn't old Luther Scarborough
have him a heyday
1197
00:58:05,725 --> 00:58:08,625
if he saw you out here
coaching these boys on Saturday?
1198
00:58:08,758 --> 00:58:10,593
Why, he'd get ahold of the UIL,
1199
00:58:10,725 --> 00:58:12,493
get you kicked out
of Class A football
1200
00:58:12,625 --> 00:58:14,959
- faster than I can talk about it.
- I'm not coaching.
1201
00:58:15,092 --> 00:58:19,059
They're playing on their own,
for fun. I'm eating an apple.
1202
00:58:19,192 --> 00:58:21,625
POP: Lot of talk about
that Hardy Brown boy.
1203
00:58:21,758 --> 00:58:23,725
He hits godawful hard
just to be 17.
1204
00:58:23,859 --> 00:58:25,658
Well, Pop,
that's what people do.
1205
00:58:25,792 --> 00:58:28,159
They talk and they gossip.
1206
00:58:28,292 --> 00:58:31,092
Or in your case,
write what people gossip about.
1207
00:58:31,226 --> 00:58:33,658
What if I wrote your Orphans
going to state this year?
1208
00:58:33,792 --> 00:58:36,159
I'd say you're gonna lose
a lot of readers,
1209
00:58:36,292 --> 00:58:39,025
especially on the Poly side
of town. I'd be careful.
1210
00:58:39,159 --> 00:58:42,392
Not gonna lose readers.
They'll want you to win.
1211
00:58:42,526 --> 00:58:45,792
Everybody'll be behind a team
with nothing, just like them.
1212
00:58:45,925 --> 00:58:48,559
Team cobbled together with
a bunch of resilient orphans,
1213
00:58:48,692 --> 00:58:51,259
on top of that, an orphan coach.
1214
00:58:51,392 --> 00:58:54,059
Quite the backstory.
War hero.
1215
00:58:54,192 --> 00:58:57,593
Overcame blindness
to become an All-American.
1216
00:58:57,758 --> 00:59:00,493
Sounds like you already
got your story, Pop.
1217
00:59:00,625 --> 00:59:02,025
Good talking to you.
1218
00:59:02,159 --> 00:59:04,326
And I like your articles.
Keep it up.
1219
00:59:07,625 --> 00:59:10,459
Y'all remember what to do?
Call this the Snoggs Special.
1220
00:59:10,593 --> 00:59:13,459
- WHEATIE: You got this?
- Yeah, I can do it. I got it.
1221
00:59:13,593 --> 00:59:15,992
- On one and...
- ALL: Break!
1222
00:59:18,859 --> 00:59:19,825
Set.
1223
00:59:21,359 --> 00:59:23,792
- I'm gonna smoke you, Chicken.
- Just you try.
1224
00:59:23,925 --> 00:59:24,925
Hike!
1225
00:59:31,692 --> 00:59:33,025
WHEATIE:
Damn it, Snoggs!
1226
00:59:33,159 --> 00:59:35,092
If you can't do this,
I'll get Fairbanks to.
1227
00:59:35,226 --> 00:59:37,459
- I can do it!
- LEON: You know what they say?
1228
00:59:37,593 --> 00:59:39,625
You play with it too much,
you'll go blind.
1229
00:59:39,758 --> 00:59:41,825
- [BOYS LAUGHING]
- Hey, Leon.
1230
00:59:41,959 --> 00:59:44,025
Snoggs Special, again.
1231
00:59:46,859 --> 00:59:48,159
[CROWD CHEERING]
1232
00:59:48,292 --> 00:59:50,493
DOC:
In the depth of the Depression,
1233
00:59:50,625 --> 00:59:52,725
people needed something
to cling to.
1234
00:59:52,859 --> 00:59:54,259
And Pop was right.
1235
00:59:54,392 --> 00:59:56,758
The Orphans were
just the classic underdog
1236
00:59:56,892 --> 00:59:59,725
that the common folk
could get behind.
1237
00:59:59,859 --> 01:00:01,658
This love affair between Texas
1238
01:00:01,792 --> 01:00:04,825
and its little band of orphans
was not hard to fathom.
1239
01:00:04,959 --> 01:00:07,992
Granted, most folks
were in love with football.
1240
01:00:08,126 --> 01:00:12,692
It was just as indigenous
as oil wells and tumbleweeds.
1241
01:00:12,825 --> 01:00:16,758
These scrappy orphans
are undersized, outnumbered,
1242
01:00:16,892 --> 01:00:19,392
and every damn one of them
plays both ways.
1243
01:00:19,526 --> 01:00:22,593
I mean, they are full
of bull piss and vinegar.
1244
01:00:22,725 --> 01:00:25,159
That's exactly
the kind of Cinderella story
1245
01:00:25,292 --> 01:00:26,825
this country needs,
1246
01:00:26,959 --> 01:00:29,392
which is why you should've been
the one to break it
1247
01:00:29,526 --> 01:00:32,092
- and not the Fort Worth Press.
- [LAUGHS]
1248
01:00:32,226 --> 01:00:34,593
I had no idea
you had enough leisure time
1249
01:00:34,725 --> 01:00:37,159
to read every paper
in the country, Mr. President.
1250
01:00:37,292 --> 01:00:40,593
I don't. But Eleanor does.
1251
01:00:40,725 --> 01:00:41,859
[LAUGHS]
1252
01:00:41,992 --> 01:00:43,292
DOC:
By the time
1253
01:00:43,426 --> 01:00:45,326
anyone can figure out
how to stop it,
1254
01:00:45,459 --> 01:00:46,658
I'm sure you will have
1255
01:00:46,792 --> 01:00:48,426
already thought of
an even better scheme.
1256
01:00:48,559 --> 01:00:50,226
- That's what you think.
- It's what I know.
1257
01:00:50,359 --> 01:00:53,725
All right, I wanna bring up
one thing about the offense.
1258
01:00:53,859 --> 01:00:57,059
- BILL: Now, hang on. Hang on.
- Get away. I want to see C.D.
1259
01:00:57,192 --> 01:00:58,825
C.D.! C.D.!
1260
01:00:59,925 --> 01:01:01,059
Who's C.D.?
1261
01:01:05,559 --> 01:01:06,526
I am.
1262
01:01:07,925 --> 01:01:09,025
Oh.
1263
01:01:10,092 --> 01:01:11,159
Oh, C.D.
1264
01:01:12,459 --> 01:01:15,192
Oh, my boy, I've... Oh!
1265
01:01:15,326 --> 01:01:17,326
Oh, I've missed you.
1266
01:01:17,459 --> 01:01:18,825
[SIGHING]
1267
01:01:20,959 --> 01:01:23,593
Now, let me get a look at you.
1268
01:01:23,725 --> 01:01:27,159
Oh, you're...
You're so tall and thin.
1269
01:01:30,059 --> 01:01:31,059
You...
1270
01:01:32,126 --> 01:01:33,825
You look like your daddy.
1271
01:01:36,792 --> 01:01:39,159
How old are you now?
1272
01:01:39,292 --> 01:01:41,025
I'm 17.
1273
01:01:42,292 --> 01:01:43,825
Been here almost ten years now,
1274
01:01:43,959 --> 01:01:46,658
since the day
you dropped me off.
1275
01:01:46,792 --> 01:01:48,259
Oh...
1276
01:01:48,392 --> 01:01:51,559
I'm... I'm so sorry.
1277
01:01:51,692 --> 01:01:55,892
I never should've given you up.
It was a mistake.
1278
01:01:56,025 --> 01:01:57,092
I...
1279
01:01:57,226 --> 01:01:58,792
After your father left,
1280
01:01:58,925 --> 01:02:02,092
I just...
I didn't know what to do.
1281
01:02:02,226 --> 01:02:03,959
What are you doing here, Mom?
1282
01:02:05,126 --> 01:02:06,459
Oh.
1283
01:02:06,593 --> 01:02:09,859
I want you
to come with me and Earl
1284
01:02:09,992 --> 01:02:12,925
and spend this coming
Thanksgiving with us,
1285
01:02:13,059 --> 01:02:15,526
so we can be a family again.
1286
01:02:15,658 --> 01:02:18,493
He's very nice,
once you get to know him.
1287
01:02:20,126 --> 01:02:21,825
So come on. Come on, baby,
1288
01:02:21,959 --> 01:02:23,825
you get your things
and let's go.
1289
01:02:25,692 --> 01:02:27,159
C.D.?
1290
01:02:27,292 --> 01:02:29,825
That's not my name anymore.
It's Wheatie.
1291
01:02:29,959 --> 01:02:31,825
Oh, okay.
1292
01:02:31,959 --> 01:02:35,859
Well, Wheatie, come on.
Hurry up and grab your things.
1293
01:02:35,992 --> 01:02:39,859
Wanda, get the damn kid
and let's go.
1294
01:02:39,992 --> 01:02:42,025
Now!
1295
01:02:42,159 --> 01:02:43,792
Know what?
I'm gonna be in the car.
1296
01:02:43,925 --> 01:02:47,126
Just come to the car.
We're gonna go home.
1297
01:02:54,859 --> 01:02:55,992
No.
1298
01:02:58,459 --> 01:02:59,426
I am home.
1299
01:03:03,226 --> 01:03:06,625
Don't you talk back to me!
1300
01:03:06,758 --> 01:03:09,493
I am your mother!
1301
01:03:11,292 --> 01:03:13,292
- BILL: Now, hold on.
- Get in the car.
1302
01:03:13,426 --> 01:03:15,459
- Calm down.
- Come on, baby. Come to the car.
1303
01:03:15,593 --> 01:03:16,925
Please come to the car.
1304
01:03:17,059 --> 01:03:18,326
- Come to the car!
- I said...
1305
01:03:18,459 --> 01:03:20,092
- This is not your home!
- Ms. Sealey!
1306
01:03:20,226 --> 01:03:22,359
You let go of me!
1307
01:03:22,493 --> 01:03:24,326
- RUSTY: You all right?
- [SOBS]
1308
01:03:24,459 --> 01:03:26,226
- MRS. SEALEY: Well...
- [SNIFFLES]
1309
01:03:26,359 --> 01:03:28,326
If you...
1310
01:03:28,459 --> 01:03:30,126
If you change your mind...
1311
01:03:37,259 --> 01:03:38,625
You all right?
1312
01:03:47,725 --> 01:03:50,493
What are we gonna do without
a quarterback now, coach?
1313
01:03:51,959 --> 01:03:53,792
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
1314
01:03:53,925 --> 01:03:54,825
[GRUNTS]
1315
01:03:56,892 --> 01:03:59,792
[♪♪♪]
1316
01:04:07,959 --> 01:04:09,992
[CRYING]
1317
01:04:15,159 --> 01:04:16,658
[SNIFFLES, BREATHING HEAVILY]
1318
01:04:21,959 --> 01:04:22,859
[GRUNTING]
1319
01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:28,259
Goddamn it!
1320
01:04:29,292 --> 01:04:31,426
[SCREAMS, THEN SOBBING]
1321
01:04:49,825 --> 01:04:52,758
You're an orphan now,
C.D. Sealey.
1322
01:04:52,892 --> 01:04:54,192
Come here.
1323
01:04:54,326 --> 01:04:55,658
[PATTING BACK]
1324
01:04:57,758 --> 01:05:00,459
Hey, you'll be all right.
1325
01:05:16,892 --> 01:05:18,925
Mommy!
1326
01:05:19,059 --> 01:05:21,292
MARY JANE:
George, look after Rusty.
1327
01:05:21,426 --> 01:05:22,758
GEORGE:
Rusty, it's time.
1328
01:05:24,825 --> 01:05:27,226
- [GUNFIRE]
- When you run out of here,
1329
01:05:27,359 --> 01:05:29,992
you're gonna break right.
We got to spread out.
1330
01:05:30,126 --> 01:05:32,459
SERGEANT:
Attack! Spread out!
1331
01:05:37,925 --> 01:05:38,992
RUSTY:
George!
1332
01:05:40,459 --> 01:05:42,226
- [MOUTHING WORDS]
- SERGEANT: Spread out!
1333
01:05:42,359 --> 01:05:43,292
[GRUNTS]
1334
01:05:45,493 --> 01:05:47,326
[TRAIN HORN BLOWS]
1335
01:05:55,226 --> 01:05:58,025
DOC: He spread them out on
the field and let them run.
1336
01:05:58,159 --> 01:06:00,092
Totally innovative.
1337
01:06:00,226 --> 01:06:02,992
- RUSTY: Widen out, Snoggs.
- They can't do this.
1338
01:06:03,126 --> 01:06:05,426
They can't spread out
all over the field.
1339
01:06:05,559 --> 01:06:07,326
As long as they have
seven on the line,
1340
01:06:07,459 --> 01:06:08,925
they can spread out
however they want.
1341
01:06:09,059 --> 01:06:10,059
This ain't football.
1342
01:06:10,192 --> 01:06:11,992
You don't just spread out.
1343
01:06:12,126 --> 01:06:13,658
He did it because his players
1344
01:06:13,792 --> 01:06:16,126
were too small
to fight toe-to-toe
1345
01:06:16,259 --> 01:06:19,092
with the bigger boys
from the bigger schools.
1346
01:06:19,226 --> 01:06:21,493
[CROWD CHEERING]
1347
01:06:21,625 --> 01:06:24,526
[♪♪♪]
1348
01:06:29,725 --> 01:06:31,925
The spread offense was simple.
1349
01:06:32,059 --> 01:06:35,725
The ends break wide
to get open and catch the ball.
1350
01:06:35,859 --> 01:06:38,392
Until that time, passing
and catching the football
1351
01:06:38,526 --> 01:06:41,959
was something as rare
as Rusty Russell himself.
1352
01:06:42,092 --> 01:06:44,959
The spread offense
would go on to become
1353
01:06:45,092 --> 01:06:47,426
one of the greatest innovations
of the passing game
1354
01:06:47,559 --> 01:06:49,426
in modern football.
1355
01:06:49,559 --> 01:06:50,959
And Pop was right.
1356
01:06:51,092 --> 01:06:53,526
Everyone from El Paso
to Brownsville
1357
01:06:53,658 --> 01:06:56,426
had taken a fancy
to the perennial underdogs
1358
01:06:56,559 --> 01:06:58,593
in their tattered uniforms.
1359
01:06:58,725 --> 01:07:00,159
And winning did exactly
1360
01:07:00,292 --> 01:07:02,959
what Rusty thought
it would for the boys.
1361
01:07:03,092 --> 01:07:05,792
Being an orphan,
and one from the Masonic Home,
1362
01:07:05,925 --> 01:07:08,459
was something
you could now say with pride.
1363
01:07:10,692 --> 01:07:12,959
Naturally, the rough-hewn boys
playing football
1364
01:07:13,092 --> 01:07:17,792
would soon be idealized
like the cowboys of old.
1365
01:07:17,925 --> 01:07:19,959
That's not your money.
That's the orphans'.
1366
01:07:20,092 --> 01:07:22,426
Are you accusing me
of stealing? Ha!
1367
01:07:24,059 --> 01:07:24,959
[LAUGHING]
1368
01:07:29,892 --> 01:07:31,725
"Why so much grief for me?"
1369
01:07:31,859 --> 01:07:33,625
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]:
Brown just might be
1370
01:07:33,758 --> 01:07:35,792
the toughest kid
I've seen in years.
1371
01:07:35,925 --> 01:07:38,126
"No man will hurl me down
to Death, against my fate."
1372
01:07:38,259 --> 01:07:40,326
Like a ton of bricks,
Brown lays into him.
1373
01:07:40,459 --> 01:07:41,493
HARDY:
"And fate?
1374
01:07:43,126 --> 01:07:44,959
No one alive
has ever escaped it..."
1375
01:07:46,725 --> 01:07:48,526
ANNOUNCER:
The Mighty Orphans win again.
1376
01:07:48,658 --> 01:07:50,625
"...neither brave man
nor coward..."
1377
01:07:50,758 --> 01:07:52,959
Coach Russell does it again.
1378
01:07:53,092 --> 01:07:55,426
The Orphans just might
win the district.
1379
01:07:55,559 --> 01:07:57,758
HARDY: "...I tell you...
it is born with us
1380
01:07:57,892 --> 01:07:59,359
the day that we are born."
1381
01:08:00,792 --> 01:08:01,692
Very nice.
1382
01:08:01,825 --> 01:08:04,059
[STUDENTS APPLAUDING]
1383
01:08:08,025 --> 01:08:11,059
PHOTOGRAPHER: All right, boys,
give me eight wins! Get it!
1384
01:08:11,192 --> 01:08:12,326
DOC:
And just like that,
1385
01:08:12,459 --> 01:08:13,825
the Mites were now headed
1386
01:08:13,959 --> 01:08:15,426
to the regional championship
1387
01:08:15,559 --> 01:08:19,092
to face their old friends
at Poly High.
1388
01:08:19,226 --> 01:08:22,292
Oh, Doc,
did you forget something?
1389
01:08:22,426 --> 01:08:24,326
[BOTH LAUGHING]
1390
01:08:26,559 --> 01:08:28,593
Thank you, Juanita.
1391
01:08:28,725 --> 01:08:30,459
For everything.
1392
01:08:30,593 --> 01:08:33,758
It's the best Thanksgiving
I've had in 20 years.
1393
01:08:33,892 --> 01:08:35,426
Felt like family again.
1394
01:08:35,559 --> 01:08:37,292
We are family, Doc.
1395
01:08:37,426 --> 01:08:39,226
If you ask me,
y'all are the best thing
1396
01:08:39,359 --> 01:08:41,159
to ever happen to this place.
1397
01:08:42,725 --> 01:08:44,059
Good night.
1398
01:08:44,192 --> 01:08:45,426
Night.
1399
01:08:45,559 --> 01:08:47,292
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
1400
01:08:51,892 --> 01:08:53,758
- [BOY FARTS]
- BOY [WHISPERS]: Sorry.
1401
01:08:55,459 --> 01:08:57,025
[WHISPERS]
Snoggs?
1402
01:08:57,159 --> 01:08:59,692
[♪♪♪]
1403
01:09:02,426 --> 01:09:03,559
[CREAKS]
1404
01:09:08,593 --> 01:09:09,959
[DOOR SHUTS]
1405
01:09:15,593 --> 01:09:17,559
[MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]
1406
01:09:19,259 --> 01:09:21,092
[BOYS CHATTERING]
1407
01:09:22,292 --> 01:09:23,992
I got that for you, ma'am.
1408
01:09:24,126 --> 01:09:26,658
I didn't know they were showing
Oliver Twist tonight.
1409
01:09:26,792 --> 01:09:28,192
Think you're cute?
1410
01:09:28,326 --> 01:09:30,692
Leave them, Hardy.
They're just bullies.
1411
01:09:30,825 --> 01:09:33,259
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER: Two-time
state champion Amarillo
1412
01:09:33,392 --> 01:09:35,092
is home to halfback
Myrle Greathouse.
1413
01:09:35,226 --> 01:09:37,825
Standing over 6 feet tall
and weighing 240 pounds,
1414
01:09:37,959 --> 01:09:39,859
no wonder scouts
are calling him
1415
01:09:39,992 --> 01:09:41,326
the best high-school player
in America.
1416
01:09:41,459 --> 01:09:42,493
He's not. Hardy Brown is.
1417
01:09:42,625 --> 01:09:45,426
WHEATIE:
He's a monster.
1418
01:09:45,559 --> 01:09:47,625
Well, hell,
they ain't faced us yet.
1419
01:09:47,758 --> 01:09:48,658
Damn right.
1420
01:09:50,159 --> 01:09:52,059
- WHEATIE: Hey!
- Come on, back up!
1421
01:09:52,192 --> 01:09:53,725
- Let's go!
- Back it up!
1422
01:09:53,859 --> 01:09:56,459
- I'll see you on Friday!
- I'll see you there!
1423
01:09:56,593 --> 01:09:58,493
[BOYS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
1424
01:10:07,559 --> 01:10:09,459
[HAWKING, THEN SPITS]
1425
01:10:11,625 --> 01:10:13,925
[BOYS VOMITING]
1426
01:10:15,625 --> 01:10:16,758
Son of a bitch!
1427
01:10:19,126 --> 01:10:20,825
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
1428
01:10:20,959 --> 01:10:23,593
Every decision in life
has consequences, boys.
1429
01:10:23,725 --> 01:10:25,859
Hit the tower. Hustle!
1430
01:10:25,992 --> 01:10:27,959
LEON:
I didn't even do anything.
1431
01:10:28,092 --> 01:10:30,459
If I live through this...
1432
01:10:30,593 --> 01:10:33,159
- I'll kill you.
- Oh, do it now.
1433
01:10:33,292 --> 01:10:35,493
- Okay.
- RUSTY: Mr. Remmert.
1434
01:10:35,625 --> 01:10:37,326
Highland Park coaches
pooled together
1435
01:10:37,459 --> 01:10:39,959
and bought y'all
brand-new game jerseys.
1436
01:10:40,092 --> 01:10:42,126
Although I got half a mind
to send them back
1437
01:10:42,259 --> 01:10:43,992
after that damn stunt
they pulled last night.
1438
01:10:44,126 --> 01:10:47,192
- You hear about it?
- Oh, yeah, I heard. Sorry.
1439
01:10:47,326 --> 01:10:49,459
Hey, thanks for these.
Sorry to hear about your leg.
1440
01:10:49,593 --> 01:10:52,292
- Yeah, well.
- [LAUGHING]
1441
01:10:52,426 --> 01:10:54,459
Oh, man, they burned his leg.
1442
01:10:54,593 --> 01:10:56,959
- Yeah, I know. I heard about it.
- Yeah.
1443
01:11:03,192 --> 01:11:05,059
So, Doc...
1444
01:11:05,192 --> 01:11:08,959
you know we're the closest thing
to a father these boys have.
1445
01:11:09,092 --> 01:11:10,625
We gotta set an example.
1446
01:11:12,825 --> 01:11:15,825
You gotta have some dignity
and stop with this.
1447
01:11:15,959 --> 01:11:17,758
What we do, they'll do.
1448
01:11:19,292 --> 01:11:21,059
No more.
1449
01:11:21,192 --> 01:11:22,891
What the hell
are you doing that...
1450
01:11:23,025 --> 01:11:25,359
No, it's all right.
1451
01:11:25,493 --> 01:11:26,593
I mean it.
1452
01:11:28,825 --> 01:11:30,526
There you go.
1453
01:11:30,658 --> 01:11:32,025
You'll be okay.
1454
01:11:37,326 --> 01:11:39,758
[♪♪♪]
1455
01:11:41,725 --> 01:11:44,925
You can tell a lot about a man
by the kind of shoes he wears.
1456
01:11:45,059 --> 01:11:46,493
[URINAL FLUSHES]
1457
01:11:46,625 --> 01:11:48,359
What kind of man am I, Luther?
1458
01:11:49,792 --> 01:11:51,326
Oh...
1459
01:11:53,658 --> 01:11:57,792
You're the kind that wants
to be in charge, but ain't.
1460
01:11:57,925 --> 01:12:00,459
That's why you obsess
over your shiny shoes.
1461
01:12:00,593 --> 01:12:02,992
They make you feel important...
1462
01:12:03,126 --> 01:12:04,126
but you're not.
1463
01:12:04,259 --> 01:12:07,292
That's where
you're wrong, coach.
1464
01:12:07,426 --> 01:12:10,292
You see, 'cause what I have
in this folder
1465
01:12:10,426 --> 01:12:12,593
could affect your season.
1466
01:12:12,725 --> 01:12:16,226
If that's not important to you,
well, I don't know.
1467
01:12:16,359 --> 01:12:18,559
[MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]
1468
01:12:18,725 --> 01:12:21,593
Don't you want it?
Yeah, I guess he does.
1469
01:12:21,725 --> 01:12:25,892
Uh, I think that your
brother-in-law, Rodney Kidd,
1470
01:12:26,025 --> 01:12:28,192
will find that
intriguing as well.
1471
01:12:28,326 --> 01:12:30,526
- Is this legit, Frank?
- I don't think it's gonna
1472
01:12:30,658 --> 01:12:32,959
keep you from playing them
on Friday...
1473
01:12:33,092 --> 01:12:35,625
but it should be enough
to end their season.
1474
01:12:38,725 --> 01:12:40,092
What do you get out of this?
1475
01:12:40,226 --> 01:12:42,758
There's a new principal position
over at Poly.
1476
01:12:42,892 --> 01:12:45,792
Maybe I should finally
put these shoes to work.
1477
01:12:45,925 --> 01:12:48,192
[SCATTING AND SHOES TAPPING]
1478
01:12:48,326 --> 01:12:49,758
Shiny.
1479
01:12:49,892 --> 01:12:53,092
- [CHUCKLES]
- That's real cute, Frank.
1480
01:12:53,226 --> 01:12:56,126
[♪♪♪]
1481
01:13:04,459 --> 01:13:06,259
Ah!
[GRUNTS]
1482
01:13:06,392 --> 01:13:07,459
Ow, ow, ow!
1483
01:13:07,593 --> 01:13:09,059
- Get out!
- I'm sorry!
1484
01:13:11,259 --> 01:13:13,959
[HAND SLAPPING
AND SNOGGS CRYING OUT]
1485
01:13:17,559 --> 01:13:19,658
DOC: Hardy Brown did not
invent the face mask.
1486
01:13:19,792 --> 01:13:21,126
PLAYER:
Hike!
1487
01:13:22,392 --> 01:13:24,159
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- But he inspired
1488
01:13:24,292 --> 01:13:25,593
a great need for it.
1489
01:13:26,959 --> 01:13:28,625
I told you
I'll lay you out, boy.
1490
01:13:28,758 --> 01:13:30,925
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]:
Brown isn't just tackling
1491
01:13:31,059 --> 01:13:33,292
these Poly players, he's
knocking them out of the game.
1492
01:13:33,426 --> 01:13:36,825
There's more than bragging
rights at stake here today,
1493
01:13:36,959 --> 01:13:40,025
as the winner will go on
to the state championship.
1494
01:13:40,159 --> 01:13:41,126
Hike!
1495
01:13:43,593 --> 01:13:46,825
- Come on, Hardy! Downfield block!
- DOC: He's going!
1496
01:13:46,959 --> 01:13:48,526
Hardy Brown on the touchdown!
1497
01:13:48,658 --> 01:13:50,758
[CROWD CHEERING]
1498
01:13:50,892 --> 01:13:52,959
PLAYER:
Knocked him out so hard.
1499
01:13:56,625 --> 01:13:59,025
- Time-out. Time-out.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
1500
01:13:59,159 --> 01:14:01,326
I want you
to check 43's shoulder pads.
1501
01:14:01,459 --> 01:14:03,493
He's got steel
in his shoulder pads.
1502
01:14:03,625 --> 01:14:05,326
Coach, you can't be serious.
1503
01:14:05,459 --> 01:14:06,992
I'm dead serious.
1504
01:14:07,126 --> 01:14:08,593
Check his damn pads.
1505
01:14:08,724 --> 01:14:10,792
I need to check
43's shoulder pads, coach.
1506
01:14:10,925 --> 01:14:12,959
For what?
1507
01:14:13,092 --> 01:14:16,326
Well, coach thinks he's got
steel plates under there.
1508
01:14:16,459 --> 01:14:18,792
- [LAUGHS]
- Are you kidding me?
1509
01:14:18,925 --> 01:14:20,992
- Afraid I'm not.
- Let's do it.
1510
01:14:21,126 --> 01:14:23,493
Hey, Hardy! Come on in here.
1511
01:14:23,625 --> 01:14:25,426
- Yeah, coach?
- All right.
1512
01:14:25,559 --> 01:14:28,493
Uh, Poly thinks you got steel
plates in your shoulder pads.
1513
01:14:28,625 --> 01:14:30,059
You gotta take your shirt off.
1514
01:14:30,192 --> 01:14:32,426
Ain't no damn way
those are legal shoulder pads.
1515
01:14:32,559 --> 01:14:34,825
RUSTY:
Take it easy, Luther.
1516
01:14:34,959 --> 01:14:36,925
There ain't nothing under there.
1517
01:14:37,059 --> 01:14:39,658
- How old are you, boy?
- Seventeen.
1518
01:14:39,792 --> 01:14:42,658
Uh-huh. We'll see about that.
1519
01:14:42,792 --> 01:14:44,792
You mind
if we play football now?
1520
01:14:44,925 --> 01:14:47,825
Oh, you call what you're doing
playing? I call it cheating.
1521
01:14:47,959 --> 01:14:50,159
You're on the wrong side
of the field, Luther.
1522
01:14:50,292 --> 01:14:52,493
Get your damn hand off me,
you zebra.
1523
01:14:52,625 --> 01:14:55,825
Get back out there, son.
Playing great, playing great.
1524
01:14:55,959 --> 01:14:58,625
I want you to take that halfback
out of the game permanently.
1525
01:14:58,758 --> 01:14:59,959
- You hear me?
- Which one?
1526
01:15:00,092 --> 01:15:02,292
The one that's
been getting the ball.
1527
01:15:02,426 --> 01:15:03,792
- That one.
- I'll be kicked out.
1528
01:15:03,925 --> 01:15:07,059
Do I look like
I give a damn? Go.
1529
01:15:07,192 --> 01:15:08,658
Flat pass to Hardy on one.
1530
01:15:08,792 --> 01:15:10,725
No, give it to Fairbanks.
Show off for Opal.
1531
01:15:10,859 --> 01:15:13,559
- He needs a little sugar tonight.
- Annie wants you to kiss her.
1532
01:15:13,692 --> 01:15:16,126
- [ALL CHUCKLE]
- Okay, you lovebirds.
1533
01:15:16,259 --> 01:15:18,226
- To Fairbanks on one and...
- ALL: Break!
1534
01:15:18,359 --> 01:15:19,625
As the clock winds down,
1535
01:15:19,758 --> 01:15:21,226
the Mighty Mites have dominated
1536
01:15:21,359 --> 01:15:22,825
every level of the game today,
1537
01:15:22,959 --> 01:15:24,725
as they look to add
injury to insult
1538
01:15:24,859 --> 01:15:26,593
by running another play
on offense.
1539
01:15:26,725 --> 01:15:29,625
All right, create a wedge
and make a hole now.
1540
01:15:31,459 --> 01:15:33,792
Six-two, six-two!
1541
01:15:33,925 --> 01:15:34,925
Hike!
1542
01:15:43,925 --> 01:15:46,259
- [BONE CRACKS]
- [SCREAMS]
1543
01:15:49,159 --> 01:15:50,359
Get your bag, Doc.
1544
01:15:50,493 --> 01:15:51,992
Why isn't he getting up?
1545
01:15:55,493 --> 01:15:57,925
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.
- [FAIRBANKS SCREAMS]
1546
01:15:58,059 --> 01:15:59,792
- My God.
- Folks, this doesn't look good,
1547
01:15:59,925 --> 01:16:02,459
as Coach Russell and Doc Hall
rush to his side.
1548
01:16:02,593 --> 01:16:04,126
- Doc, over here!
- RUSTY: Hold on, son.
1549
01:16:04,259 --> 01:16:06,059
Hold on. Breathe, breathe.
1550
01:16:06,192 --> 01:16:08,925
- It's okay.
- We got a compound fracture.
1551
01:16:09,059 --> 01:16:11,392
Carlos, stretcher,
on the double!
1552
01:16:11,526 --> 01:16:14,126
Listen, son, we gotta get you
off the field in a hurry.
1553
01:16:14,259 --> 01:16:17,126
Here we go, gentlemen. Quickly.
1554
01:16:17,259 --> 01:16:18,658
On three.
1555
01:16:18,792 --> 01:16:21,059
- One, two, three.
- [SCREAMS]
1556
01:16:21,192 --> 01:16:24,959
- Okay. All right.
- [FAIRBANKS GROANING]
1557
01:16:25,092 --> 01:16:26,925
Chicken, bring my bag,
bring my bag.
1558
01:16:27,059 --> 01:16:28,292
RUSTY:
One, two, three.
1559
01:16:28,426 --> 01:16:29,625
ALL:
Mighty Orphans!
1560
01:16:30,859 --> 01:16:32,758
[GROANS]
1561
01:16:32,892 --> 01:16:36,459
DOC: As national attention
bolstered the boys' morale,
1562
01:16:36,593 --> 01:16:40,092
it was a bittersweet moment
for the Mites.
1563
01:16:40,226 --> 01:16:44,593
Goliath may have fallen,
but not without its cost.
1564
01:16:44,725 --> 01:16:46,658
They were headed
to the state championship
1565
01:16:46,792 --> 01:16:48,692
with only 11 players.
1566
01:16:50,126 --> 01:16:52,658
"There's a new s-sheriff
in Fort Worth.
1567
01:16:52,792 --> 01:16:55,025
His name is R-R-Rusty Russell,
1568
01:16:55,159 --> 01:16:58,493
surrounded
by his 12 orphaned..."
1569
01:16:58,625 --> 01:17:01,092
- "Deputies."
- Thank you, heh.
1570
01:17:01,226 --> 01:17:03,959
"The Mites and their creative
new coach have orchestrated..."
1571
01:17:04,092 --> 01:17:05,625
"Orchestrated"?
What's that mean?
1572
01:17:05,758 --> 01:17:07,758
- Means we whipped their ass.
- [ALL LAUGH]
1573
01:17:07,892 --> 01:17:11,292
"...orchestrated a new
and exciting brand of football
1574
01:17:11,426 --> 01:17:13,259
- not seen before."
- DOC: All right, lads,
1575
01:17:13,392 --> 01:17:14,992
let's break the huddle.
1576
01:17:15,126 --> 01:17:17,625
Douglass needs his beauty rest.
Y'all got work to do.
1577
01:17:17,758 --> 01:17:19,092
- See you, buddy.
- Bye.
1578
01:17:19,226 --> 01:17:21,159
Take it easy.
1579
01:17:21,292 --> 01:17:25,326
You know, I should be
the one laying there.
1580
01:17:25,459 --> 01:17:26,925
Oh, hell, Hardy.
1581
01:17:27,059 --> 01:17:29,092
Then we wouldn't have a shot
at beating Amarillo.
1582
01:17:29,226 --> 01:17:31,825
Besides, Opal thinks
I'm a regular old war hero now.
1583
01:17:31,959 --> 01:17:34,392
Heh, you know I always have.
1584
01:17:34,526 --> 01:17:35,625
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
1585
01:17:37,892 --> 01:17:39,625
All right, you two.
1586
01:17:39,758 --> 01:17:41,825
[GIRLS GIGGLING]
1587
01:17:50,493 --> 01:17:52,126
[WHISTLES]
1588
01:17:57,625 --> 01:17:58,959
Fat-ass is coming.
1589
01:18:00,326 --> 01:18:03,126
[PADDLE TAPPING]
1590
01:18:05,792 --> 01:18:08,959
[♪♪♪]
1591
01:18:19,192 --> 01:18:21,925
You think you can fool me,
you little pervert?! Come here!
1592
01:18:22,059 --> 01:18:24,593
Come on, come on! Get up here!
Get up here!
1593
01:18:24,725 --> 01:18:28,259
Get in this room!
Get up against that wall!
1594
01:18:28,392 --> 01:18:30,593
- SNOGGS: I'm sorry, Mr.... Unh!
- [PADDLE THUDDING]
1595
01:18:30,725 --> 01:18:33,292
- FRANK: What do you got to say?
- I'm sorry, Mr. Wynn!
1596
01:18:33,426 --> 01:18:35,493
- I'm sorry, Mr....
- [PADDLE CONTINUES THUMPING]
1597
01:18:35,625 --> 01:18:38,625
[SNOGGS GROANING]
1598
01:18:38,758 --> 01:18:40,725
FRANK:
There, that should do you.
1599
01:18:40,859 --> 01:18:44,192
[CHUCKLES, THEN SIGHS]
1600
01:18:44,326 --> 01:18:47,126
Oh, I'm tired,
but a good kind of tired.
1601
01:18:47,259 --> 01:18:48,959
[FRANK CHUCKLES]
1602
01:18:49,092 --> 01:18:50,593
Gentlemen...
1603
01:18:50,725 --> 01:18:56,493
spying on the girls
will not be tolerated!
1604
01:18:58,725 --> 01:19:01,959
If I so much as hear a snivel
1605
01:19:02,092 --> 01:19:05,126
from one of you
motherless bastards,
1606
01:19:05,259 --> 01:19:09,159
you will all receive
a kiss from Bertha.
1607
01:19:09,292 --> 01:19:11,825
[PADDLE CLANKING ON BED POSTS]
1608
01:19:11,959 --> 01:19:13,959
Music to my ears.
1609
01:19:22,625 --> 01:19:24,459
Is... Is he dead?
1610
01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:26,725
- Hey, Snoggs.
- Hey, Snoggs.
1611
01:19:26,859 --> 01:19:29,792
- Hey.
- [GROANING SOFTLY]
1612
01:19:29,925 --> 01:19:31,292
Hardy, help.
1613
01:19:31,426 --> 01:19:33,559
Hey, Wheatie, go get Doc.
1614
01:19:33,692 --> 01:19:35,292
DeWitt, come here.
Pick up Snoggs,
1615
01:19:35,426 --> 01:19:38,292
carry him back to his bunk.
Take care of him.
1616
01:19:38,426 --> 01:19:39,493
Where you going?
1617
01:19:50,292 --> 01:19:52,025
Oh! What the...?
1618
01:19:52,159 --> 01:19:53,292
[GRUNTS]
1619
01:19:53,426 --> 01:19:55,192
[GROANING]
1620
01:19:58,925 --> 01:20:00,658
- You're gonna see how it feels!
- Wait!
1621
01:20:00,792 --> 01:20:02,658
[GRUNTING]
1622
01:20:04,159 --> 01:20:05,859
[CRIES OUT]
1623
01:20:07,159 --> 01:20:08,758
You sorry sack of shit.
1624
01:20:09,792 --> 01:20:11,192
[SOBBING]
1625
01:20:19,692 --> 01:20:21,925
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
1626
01:20:22,059 --> 01:20:24,426
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
1627
01:20:24,559 --> 01:20:25,459
RUSTY:
Come in.
1628
01:20:26,559 --> 01:20:27,925
Hey, Dot.
1629
01:20:42,892 --> 01:20:45,259
[DOOR OPENS]
1630
01:20:45,392 --> 01:20:47,192
- RUSTY: You seen this?
- DOC: What?
1631
01:20:47,325 --> 01:20:48,658
"Orphan team is accused
1632
01:20:48,792 --> 01:20:51,493
of breaking numerous
state UIL regulations,
1633
01:20:51,625 --> 01:20:55,192
including age violations
and excessive practicing.
1634
01:20:55,326 --> 01:20:57,126
Therefore, the Polytechnic team
1635
01:20:57,259 --> 01:20:59,792
will advance to the Class A
state championship."
1636
01:20:59,925 --> 01:21:01,593
They can't do this.
1637
01:21:01,725 --> 01:21:04,625
- Sounds like they just did.
- Coach, they're kicking us out?
1638
01:21:07,493 --> 01:21:10,126
- What happened to you, Snoggs?
- Well, Mr. Wynn decided
1639
01:21:10,259 --> 01:21:12,025
to teach Leonard here a lesson.
1640
01:21:12,159 --> 01:21:14,259
He's just damn lucky
this boy's so tough.
1641
01:21:15,825 --> 01:21:17,959
He's a son of a bitch.
1642
01:21:18,092 --> 01:21:20,326
- Go on, son. You'll be fine.
- Yes, sir.
1643
01:21:22,692 --> 01:21:25,126
I want him found,
and I want him arrested!
1644
01:21:25,259 --> 01:21:26,725
Calm down, Frank.
1645
01:21:29,292 --> 01:21:31,892
I expect you'll
finally be firing this man.
1646
01:21:32,025 --> 01:21:34,892
Now, why would Bill
be doing something like that?
1647
01:21:35,025 --> 01:21:36,892
Where do I begin?
1648
01:21:37,025 --> 01:21:39,059
How about
stealing gate receipts?
1649
01:21:39,192 --> 01:21:42,792
How about running
a child labor camp for profit?
1650
01:21:42,925 --> 01:21:45,059
How about sending Snoggs
to the infirmary?
1651
01:21:45,192 --> 01:21:46,658
Think it's fair
to these children
1652
01:21:46,792 --> 01:21:49,126
that you fill them with hope
of unrealistic dreams?
1653
01:21:49,259 --> 01:21:50,758
I'm preparing them
for the real world.
1654
01:21:50,892 --> 01:21:54,658
And how many of your Mites
are gonna use football
1655
01:21:54,792 --> 01:21:58,259
while they're working on
a factory floor in six months?
1656
01:21:58,392 --> 01:22:02,192
You beat a boy so badly
he couldn't walk.
1657
01:22:02,326 --> 01:22:05,459
Now, hold on. Snoggs was caught
spying on the girls' dorm,
1658
01:22:05,593 --> 01:22:06,493
- Coach Russell.
- Right.
1659
01:22:06,625 --> 01:22:08,192
Yeah, he's a 16-year-old boy.
1660
01:22:08,326 --> 01:22:09,526
What do you expect?
1661
01:22:09,658 --> 01:22:11,192
I expect everyone to follow
1662
01:22:11,326 --> 01:22:12,593
the damn rules of the home,
1663
01:22:12,725 --> 01:22:14,959
including Hardy Brown!
1664
01:22:15,092 --> 01:22:17,925
He retaliated
with violence against Frank.
1665
01:22:18,059 --> 01:22:20,459
[SIGHS]
Damn it, now he's missing.
1666
01:22:20,593 --> 01:22:22,593
The little bastard attacked me.
1667
01:22:22,725 --> 01:22:24,326
Now, if he sets foot
on this property,
1668
01:22:24,459 --> 01:22:26,593
I will see to it
that he's arrested.
1669
01:22:26,725 --> 01:22:28,259
That he's arrested?
1670
01:22:28,392 --> 01:22:30,259
Assault...
1671
01:22:30,392 --> 01:22:33,392
on one of my staff members is
ground for immediate expulsion.
1672
01:22:33,526 --> 01:22:35,758
This is supposed to be a place
1673
01:22:35,892 --> 01:22:38,658
to nurture
the broken and the weak,
1674
01:22:38,792 --> 01:22:40,825
the ones with nothing left.
1675
01:22:40,959 --> 01:22:44,493
You throw this boy away,
you break the foundation
1676
01:22:44,625 --> 01:22:46,892
of why we're even here
to begin with.
1677
01:22:48,859 --> 01:22:51,159
When are you gonna stand up
for these children
1678
01:22:51,292 --> 01:22:52,959
and do what's right?
1679
01:22:53,092 --> 01:22:56,859
Well, judging
by this morning's paper, coach,
1680
01:22:56,992 --> 01:22:59,792
you're the last person
who should be pointing fingers.
1681
01:22:59,925 --> 01:23:01,692
- Is that right?
- Yeah.
1682
01:23:01,825 --> 01:23:04,658
I think you're just smart enough
to know what I think of you.
1683
01:23:04,792 --> 01:23:06,992
Yeah. Bye-bye.
1684
01:23:08,658 --> 01:23:11,426
They're jeopardizing
everything we built up!
1685
01:23:12,825 --> 01:23:14,658
It's time for this to end.
1686
01:23:17,226 --> 01:23:19,526
Everything we've worked for...
1687
01:23:20,925 --> 01:23:23,126
and sacrificed...
1688
01:23:23,259 --> 01:23:25,126
it's been reduced to nothing.
1689
01:23:30,292 --> 01:23:31,925
Nothing?
1690
01:23:33,126 --> 01:23:34,758
I think this is something.
1691
01:23:36,392 --> 01:23:37,892
What is that?
1692
01:23:38,025 --> 01:23:40,392
Oh, this?
This is just your fan mail.
1693
01:23:40,526 --> 01:23:41,892
Been over there for two weeks,
1694
01:23:42,025 --> 01:23:44,493
but you've been too busy
to notice anything.
1695
01:23:44,625 --> 01:23:48,159
Dayton, Fort Worth, Austin,
1696
01:23:48,292 --> 01:23:50,925
Chicago, Los Angeles.
1697
01:23:51,059 --> 01:23:54,758
Courage, hope,
inspiration, dedication.
1698
01:23:54,892 --> 01:23:56,825
All the things that you
and your boys have given
1699
01:23:56,959 --> 01:23:59,493
to thousands of people
who now believe in something.
1700
01:24:02,126 --> 01:24:04,092
You think all this is nothing?
1701
01:24:07,959 --> 01:24:10,092
I think it's quite something.
1702
01:24:10,226 --> 01:24:12,758
[♪♪♪]
1703
01:24:48,059 --> 01:24:50,159
WHEATIE: You weren't gonna tell
us, coach?
1704
01:24:51,725 --> 01:24:53,126
Them lying sumbitches think
1705
01:24:53,259 --> 01:24:55,259
we're gonna lie down
without a fight?
1706
01:24:56,426 --> 01:24:57,692
Where's Hardy?
1707
01:24:58,992 --> 01:25:00,292
We gotta find him.
1708
01:25:01,825 --> 01:25:04,526
Think I might know
where he's at. Yeah.
1709
01:25:09,992 --> 01:25:12,159
RUSTY:
When I woke up in the hospital,
1710
01:25:12,292 --> 01:25:14,625
after the Battle
of Saint-Mihiel,
1711
01:25:14,758 --> 01:25:16,658
they told me
I'd never see again.
1712
01:25:19,392 --> 01:25:22,259
And all I could think about...
1713
01:25:22,392 --> 01:25:25,326
was how my brother looked
when he died,
1714
01:25:25,459 --> 01:25:28,593
and seeing the light
fade from his eyes.
1715
01:25:28,725 --> 01:25:31,559
So I'd try and think back
on all the good times we had,
1716
01:25:31,692 --> 01:25:34,792
when we were kids, with Mother.
1717
01:25:34,925 --> 01:25:38,559
But then I'd think
about how she'd react
1718
01:25:38,692 --> 01:25:44,226
when I finally found her
and told her how he died.
1719
01:25:44,359 --> 01:25:48,126
And I had to fight
to keep the good thoughts in...
1720
01:25:49,892 --> 01:25:51,593
and the bad thoughts out.
1721
01:25:53,259 --> 01:25:54,925
What's your point, coach?
1722
01:25:55,959 --> 01:25:57,359
My point, son...
1723
01:26:02,059 --> 01:26:03,459
is that you can't give up.
1724
01:26:03,593 --> 01:26:05,825
You gotta believe.
1725
01:26:05,959 --> 01:26:07,792
Without hope...
1726
01:26:07,925 --> 01:26:11,292
fear and anger...
1727
01:26:11,426 --> 01:26:14,126
they'll continue to dominate you
through violence.
1728
01:26:14,259 --> 01:26:16,526
Sure gets cheers at games.
1729
01:26:16,658 --> 01:26:20,459
At games, sure, but not in life.
1730
01:26:20,593 --> 01:26:23,259
It won't let you see what's
out there in front of you:
1731
01:26:23,392 --> 01:26:26,925
your talent, your intelligence.
1732
01:26:27,059 --> 01:26:28,825
Now, don't throw all that away
1733
01:26:28,959 --> 01:26:30,825
because you're blinded
by the past.
1734
01:26:32,526 --> 01:26:35,493
I saw my daddy...
1735
01:26:35,625 --> 01:26:38,758
shot and killed before my eyes,
standing right there.
1736
01:26:40,758 --> 01:26:42,292
Blew him in half.
1737
01:26:44,859 --> 01:26:46,959
Dead before he hit the ground.
1738
01:26:48,758 --> 01:26:51,758
You can't just forget that
because you want to.
1739
01:26:51,892 --> 01:26:54,625
Terrible things happen in life.
1740
01:26:54,758 --> 01:26:56,925
You and I know that firsthand.
1741
01:26:59,192 --> 01:27:00,658
But you gotta learn
to accept it.
1742
01:27:00,792 --> 01:27:01,959
Like your war?
1743
01:27:03,159 --> 01:27:04,359
Huh?
1744
01:27:06,959 --> 01:27:10,326
I've seen you cower
like a trembling baby.
1745
01:27:10,459 --> 01:27:12,925
It's got its hooks
in you still.
1746
01:27:13,059 --> 01:27:14,526
It ain't a choice.
1747
01:27:16,292 --> 01:27:17,992
It's like a sickness.
1748
01:27:19,593 --> 01:27:22,593
I told Mom
that Dad had been shot...
1749
01:27:24,126 --> 01:27:27,459
and all she did
was pack her bags...
1750
01:27:27,593 --> 01:27:30,359
and say
she don't want me no more.
1751
01:27:30,493 --> 01:27:33,892
Why would any mama
say that to her boy?
1752
01:27:34,025 --> 01:27:36,892
It wasn't my fault.
I didn't kill him. I...
1753
01:27:37,025 --> 01:27:38,326
I was trying...
1754
01:27:40,925 --> 01:27:43,159
[SOBBING]
It wasn't my fault, coach.
1755
01:27:54,059 --> 01:27:55,792
No, it's not your fault,
1756
01:27:55,925 --> 01:27:59,126
and maybe running was all
that she knew how to do.
1757
01:28:02,925 --> 01:28:05,092
And you got a family now.
1758
01:28:05,226 --> 01:28:06,925
These boys...
1759
01:28:07,059 --> 01:28:10,959
they're your brothers,
and they're counting on you.
1760
01:28:13,426 --> 01:28:15,758
I'm counting on you.
1761
01:28:15,892 --> 01:28:18,159
WHEATIE:
We need you, Hardy.
1762
01:28:18,292 --> 01:28:19,758
Soon as y'all done hugging,
1763
01:28:19,892 --> 01:28:21,292
we got some
administrative butt to whup
1764
01:28:21,426 --> 01:28:23,025
before we head to Amarillo.
1765
01:28:23,159 --> 01:28:25,126
[CHUCKLES SHARPLY]
1766
01:28:25,259 --> 01:28:26,259
Let's go.
1767
01:28:36,426 --> 01:28:38,658
POP: They've proven
theirselves against all odds,
1768
01:28:38,792 --> 01:28:42,092
and to get booted like they did,
chickenshit.
1769
01:28:42,226 --> 01:28:43,925
What you think is going on?
1770
01:28:44,059 --> 01:28:46,825
What's a hell of a coincidence
is that Luther Scarborough...
1771
01:28:46,959 --> 01:28:48,625
His brother-in-law
is Rodney Kidd,
1772
01:28:48,758 --> 01:28:51,326
who is president of the UIL.
1773
01:28:51,459 --> 01:28:55,159
- Something don't smell right.
- That couldn't be more obvious.
1774
01:28:55,292 --> 01:28:57,159
Make a hell of a headline
for one of us.
1775
01:28:57,292 --> 01:28:59,459
What do you think
about being more discreet?
1776
01:29:01,059 --> 01:29:03,059
When's the last time
you been fishing?
1777
01:29:03,192 --> 01:29:04,658
[CHUCKLES]
1778
01:29:04,792 --> 01:29:08,292
[♪♪♪]
1779
01:29:08,426 --> 01:29:10,792
Been a while.
1780
01:29:10,925 --> 01:29:13,426
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER: In a ruling
that shocked football fans,
1781
01:29:13,559 --> 01:29:16,526
the Mighty Mites were suspended
from the championship.
1782
01:29:16,658 --> 01:29:19,426
I feel confident that we will be
cleared of any wrongdoing.
1783
01:29:19,559 --> 01:29:23,459
The only thing mighty
about Coach Russell's Mites
1784
01:29:23,593 --> 01:29:27,192
is they got 12-month football
going on at that orphanage.
1785
01:29:27,326 --> 01:29:30,259
Plenty of rule-bending
going on to disqualify.
1786
01:29:30,392 --> 01:29:32,192
The Star-Telegram
are urging readers
1787
01:29:32,326 --> 01:29:35,493
to display the number 12 in
support of the Orphan players.
1788
01:29:35,625 --> 01:29:38,126
Letters of support
are pouring in.
1789
01:29:38,259 --> 01:29:41,625
Gentlemen,
I thank you for your time.
1790
01:29:41,758 --> 01:29:43,559
Great...
1791
01:29:43,692 --> 01:29:45,059
Gotta get back to my team.
1792
01:29:45,192 --> 01:29:47,159
Get the hell out.
I got practice.
1793
01:29:50,126 --> 01:29:54,559
RODNEY: Harden Henry Brown,
born September 4th, 1920,
1794
01:29:54,692 --> 01:29:57,392
is deemed ineligible to compete
at the high school level,
1795
01:29:57,526 --> 01:29:59,459
thus forfeiting
the entire year of wins
1796
01:29:59,593 --> 01:30:01,758
for the Masonic Home
football team,
1797
01:30:01,892 --> 01:30:03,925
rendering the team
suspended from the league
1798
01:30:04,059 --> 01:30:05,625
and out of the championship.
1799
01:30:05,758 --> 01:30:09,259
Mr. Kidd, Hardy Brown's
not over age, sir.
1800
01:30:09,392 --> 01:30:12,526
According to his official birth
certificate, I beg to differ.
1801
01:30:12,658 --> 01:30:14,426
[QUIETLY]
Coach, that is not mine.
1802
01:30:14,559 --> 01:30:16,025
May I take a look at that?
1803
01:30:16,159 --> 01:30:18,025
- Be my guest.
- Thank you.
1804
01:30:18,159 --> 01:30:20,459
[RUSTY CLEARS THROAT]
1805
01:30:20,593 --> 01:30:23,092
Hardy, would you
come up here, son?
1806
01:30:28,459 --> 01:30:30,426
Is this your birth certificate?
1807
01:30:33,792 --> 01:30:34,992
That's not mine, sir.
1808
01:30:35,126 --> 01:30:37,658
Well, son, whose is it,
1809
01:30:37,792 --> 01:30:39,658
if your name's
Harden Henry Brown?
1810
01:30:41,959 --> 01:30:43,725
That was my older brother.
1811
01:30:43,859 --> 01:30:45,992
He died
a week after he was born.
1812
01:30:46,126 --> 01:30:49,724
They named him Harden
Henry Brown II, after my dad.
1813
01:30:49,859 --> 01:30:55,259
I'm Harden Henry Brown III,
born December 4th, 1921.
1814
01:30:55,392 --> 01:30:56,992
Mr. Kidd,
may I have a word please?
1815
01:30:57,126 --> 01:30:58,326
What the hell you doing?
1816
01:30:58,459 --> 01:30:59,992
This young man's
telling the truth,
1817
01:31:00,126 --> 01:31:02,426
and I have the appropriate
certificate to prove that.
1818
01:31:02,559 --> 01:31:05,992
County clerk sent me
the wrong one by mistake,
1819
01:31:06,126 --> 01:31:08,859
and I realized it
when I found this...
1820
01:31:08,992 --> 01:31:11,126
the brother's death certificate.
1821
01:31:11,259 --> 01:31:13,159
Whoever snuck you
this other document,
1822
01:31:13,292 --> 01:31:14,526
they made the same mistake.
1823
01:31:14,658 --> 01:31:16,625
I think we've heard
just about enough,
1824
01:31:16,758 --> 01:31:18,292
and especially from you.
1825
01:31:18,426 --> 01:31:21,292
We should've shut this down
a long time ago, but we are now.
1826
01:31:21,426 --> 01:31:23,259
My decision is final!
1827
01:31:23,392 --> 01:31:25,593
The Mighty Mites
are out of Class A football!
1828
01:31:25,725 --> 01:31:27,859
- What?
- Bullshit! We have proof!
1829
01:31:27,992 --> 01:31:31,925
Mr. Kidd, my players come
from broken families, sir,
1830
01:31:32,059 --> 01:31:34,126
or no family at all.
1831
01:31:34,259 --> 01:31:36,326
They haven't had
much opportunity.
1832
01:31:36,459 --> 01:31:38,192
They haven't been
as lucky as you.
1833
01:31:38,326 --> 01:31:42,459
So if you need to suspend
somebody, suspend me.
1834
01:31:42,593 --> 01:31:44,493
Kick me out of coaching.
1835
01:31:48,959 --> 01:31:52,825
But don't take away
the hope of these boys here.
1836
01:31:52,959 --> 01:31:54,625
It's all they've got.
1837
01:31:57,092 --> 01:32:00,259
- That's a heartfelt statement.
- It really is.
1838
01:32:00,392 --> 01:32:03,159
However, we have to draw the
line somewhere. Now, I don't...
1839
01:32:03,292 --> 01:32:05,559
Can you not see
that I'm in a hearing now?
1840
01:32:05,692 --> 01:32:06,959
[WHISPERS]
It sounds important.
1841
01:32:07,092 --> 01:32:08,593
I don't care
if it's the damn president.
1842
01:32:08,725 --> 01:32:09,959
Sir, it is the president.
1843
01:32:10,092 --> 01:32:12,859
- RODNEY: What do you mean?
- The president.
1844
01:32:12,992 --> 01:32:15,025
Okay, I'll be out in a minute.
1845
01:32:17,658 --> 01:32:19,292
Just a moment, gentlemen.
1846
01:32:24,426 --> 01:32:27,593
Ahem. Sir, this is...
This is Rodney Kidd.
1847
01:32:27,725 --> 01:32:31,593
ROOSEVELT: Mr. Kidd,
you have probably heard me say:
1848
01:32:31,725 --> 01:32:33,426
"The only thing to fear...
1849
01:32:33,559 --> 01:32:36,658
is fear itself."
1850
01:32:38,092 --> 01:32:40,259
Mr. President, yes, sir, I have.
1851
01:32:40,392 --> 01:32:43,959
The allegations against
the Mites seem to benefit,
1852
01:32:44,092 --> 01:32:46,825
shall we say, other teams.
1853
01:32:46,959 --> 01:32:49,892
I am certain that you
and your brother-in-law
1854
01:32:50,025 --> 01:32:55,725
over at Polytechnic High
favor the Mites ejection.
1855
01:32:55,859 --> 01:32:57,459
Wouldn't you agree?
1856
01:32:57,593 --> 01:33:00,159
[♪♪♪]
1857
01:33:13,059 --> 01:33:14,526
[CLEARS THROAT]
1858
01:33:18,259 --> 01:33:20,259
After careful consideration...
1859
01:33:23,092 --> 01:33:28,925
the decision to remove the
Masonic... Home from Class A...
1860
01:33:30,292 --> 01:33:32,925
- has been overturned.
- [CROWD MURMURING]
1861
01:33:33,059 --> 01:33:35,959
The Mighty Mites will be
in the championship after all.
1862
01:33:36,092 --> 01:33:37,625
[CROWD CLAMORING]
1863
01:33:37,758 --> 01:33:39,758
[♪♪♪]
1864
01:33:44,593 --> 01:33:46,593
There's no way I could've known.
1865
01:33:49,226 --> 01:33:50,259
Aah!
1866
01:33:54,959 --> 01:33:56,725
The Mites are going to state!
1867
01:33:56,859 --> 01:33:59,493
[ALL CHEERING]
1868
01:34:08,859 --> 01:34:10,493
JUANITA:
I'm so proud of you.
1869
01:34:10,625 --> 01:34:12,959
- Well, we haven't won yet.
- You have in my book.
1870
01:34:13,092 --> 01:34:15,859
- Where is he, Bill?
- He's inside.
1871
01:34:19,892 --> 01:34:22,792
[♪♪♪]
1872
01:34:29,792 --> 01:34:31,859
Hardy Brown.
1873
01:34:31,992 --> 01:34:33,658
Uh, yes, sir?
1874
01:34:34,792 --> 01:34:36,692
Well, goddang, son!
1875
01:34:36,825 --> 01:34:38,126
Good luck in Amarillo.
1876
01:34:38,259 --> 01:34:40,326
- We're counting on you boys.
- Thank you.
1877
01:34:40,459 --> 01:34:41,925
These boys are going
to state, counselor.
1878
01:34:42,059 --> 01:34:45,692
- Yes, sir.
- They gonna kick Sandie butt.
1879
01:34:45,825 --> 01:34:46,992
[SIGHS]
1880
01:34:52,692 --> 01:34:55,126
Franklin Harry Wynn,
you're under arrest...
1881
01:34:55,259 --> 01:34:56,725
- Red?
- ...for the violation
1882
01:34:56,859 --> 01:34:59,959
of child labor laws 232 and 241,
1883
01:35:00,092 --> 01:35:02,825
embezzlement
and abuse of a minor.
1884
01:35:02,959 --> 01:35:04,892
Red, I've known you
for 30 years.
1885
01:35:05,025 --> 01:35:06,658
What are you doing?
1886
01:35:06,792 --> 01:35:09,559
There's no evidence of me
doing anything wrong.
1887
01:35:11,359 --> 01:35:14,092
- That's it.
- Red, now, come on.
1888
01:35:14,226 --> 01:35:15,959
Give me a break. I mean...
1889
01:35:18,493 --> 01:35:21,426
[♪♪♪]
1890
01:35:34,758 --> 01:35:36,625
You filthy weasel!
1891
01:35:36,758 --> 01:35:40,292
I told you there was gonna be
some changes around here, Frank.
1892
01:35:40,426 --> 01:35:43,925
You know,
that's music to m-m-my ears.
1893
01:35:44,059 --> 01:35:45,425
BILL:
Have a good game, Doc.
1894
01:35:45,559 --> 01:35:47,526
- Thank you.
- See you when we get back.
1895
01:35:47,658 --> 01:35:50,559
[CROWD CHEERING]
1896
01:35:50,692 --> 01:35:52,792
DOC: As the black
cloud of the Depression
1897
01:35:52,925 --> 01:35:54,392
loomed over the nation,
1898
01:35:54,526 --> 01:35:56,959
it certainly didn't stop
the true believers
1899
01:35:57,092 --> 01:36:00,493
from following the Mites
all the way to Amarillo.
1900
01:36:00,625 --> 01:36:04,059
[♪♪♪]
1901
01:36:15,892 --> 01:36:19,259
The Mites were a symbol
of inspiration for everyone.
1902
01:36:19,391 --> 01:36:21,925
They were devotion.
They were hope.
1903
01:36:22,059 --> 01:36:25,758
They were the belief that
winning lives within the heart.
1904
01:36:29,792 --> 01:36:31,658
Halftime at Amarillo.
1905
01:36:31,792 --> 01:36:36,459
That's right, halftime, because
the first half wasn't pretty.
1906
01:36:36,593 --> 01:36:39,526
But somehow my defense
was able to hold the Sandies
1907
01:36:39,658 --> 01:36:41,493
to just one touchdown.
1908
01:36:47,292 --> 01:36:50,126
I swear to God,
I'm gonna knock his teeth in.
1909
01:36:50,259 --> 01:36:53,426
- SNOGGS: Hurts like hell, Doc.
- DOC: All right. Sit down there.
1910
01:36:53,559 --> 01:36:56,725
Close your eyes.
Here we go. Okay.
1911
01:36:59,625 --> 01:37:02,625
- Hey, you want to block?
- You'll tell me a block?
1912
01:37:02,758 --> 01:37:04,725
- We're losing because of you!
- Hey! Hey! Hey!
1913
01:37:04,859 --> 01:37:06,259
I don't know why
you can't block more!
1914
01:37:06,392 --> 01:37:07,925
- Don't touch me!
- You haven't done shit!
1915
01:37:08,059 --> 01:37:09,493
Neither have you, Wheatie!
1916
01:37:09,625 --> 01:37:10,992
I can't attack
unless y'all protect!
1917
01:37:11,126 --> 01:37:14,059
Get your ass out there
so I can hand it to you!
1918
01:37:14,192 --> 01:37:16,226
Coach, Miller's leg.
1919
01:37:16,359 --> 01:37:19,292
- RUSTY: Put that on.
- Maybe we ought to think
1920
01:37:19,426 --> 01:37:21,825
about calling this game
right now.
1921
01:37:21,959 --> 01:37:24,959
There's no dishonor
in making sure that these lads
1922
01:37:25,092 --> 01:37:27,359
don't get hurt anymore.
Think about Fairbanks.
1923
01:37:27,493 --> 01:37:30,692
Don't matter how hard we try,
we don't stand a chance.
1924
01:37:30,825 --> 01:37:33,658
- They ain't playing fair.
- Hardy, you haven't said a word.
1925
01:37:33,792 --> 01:37:36,192
CARLOS: They're killing us.
They're too damn big.
1926
01:37:37,925 --> 01:37:38,925
PLAYER:
Hike!
1927
01:37:40,959 --> 01:37:42,292
[BONE CRACKS]
1928
01:37:46,892 --> 01:37:49,192
You ain't so mighty. Hmph.
1929
01:37:50,758 --> 01:37:52,859
[GROANING]
1930
01:37:52,992 --> 01:37:55,426
- WHEATIE: What now, coach?
- [KNUCKLE CRACKS]
1931
01:37:55,559 --> 01:37:56,992
A.P.:
He's crying like a baby.
1932
01:37:57,126 --> 01:37:58,792
WHEATIE: Leave Chicken alone!
Such a baby!
1933
01:37:58,925 --> 01:38:01,291
CHICKEN: Scrap of coal
would've done better than you!
1934
01:38:01,426 --> 01:38:02,725
A.P.:
Getting our butt handed to us.
1935
01:38:02,859 --> 01:38:05,059
- Shut up, A.P.!
- Shut up and hike the ball.
1936
01:38:05,192 --> 01:38:07,092
I'm a mighty warrior!
1937
01:38:07,226 --> 01:38:08,226
[ALL QUIET]
1938
01:38:08,359 --> 01:38:10,126
[HARDY BREATHING HEAVILY]
1939
01:38:21,192 --> 01:38:23,426
I am a mighty warrior.
1940
01:38:27,226 --> 01:38:28,758
I never said it.
1941
01:38:32,825 --> 01:38:34,292
I didn't believe it.
1942
01:38:35,792 --> 01:38:37,259
Didn't believe in y'all.
1943
01:38:38,426 --> 01:38:39,859
In this team.
1944
01:38:39,992 --> 01:38:43,092
[♪♪♪]
1945
01:38:44,725 --> 01:38:46,758
I never believed in myself.
1946
01:38:47,925 --> 01:38:49,126
But now I do.
1947
01:38:50,326 --> 01:38:52,625
Now I know what that means...
1948
01:38:53,758 --> 01:38:55,493
because of all of you,
1949
01:38:55,625 --> 01:38:58,758
because of everything
each one of you has taught me.
1950
01:38:58,892 --> 01:39:01,459
I look around this room
and I don't see a bunch of...
1951
01:39:03,426 --> 01:39:06,392
a bunch of throwaway orphans
like everyone else does.
1952
01:39:07,593 --> 01:39:08,493
I see fighters.
1953
01:39:10,226 --> 01:39:12,292
I see guys that never give up!
1954
01:39:12,426 --> 01:39:15,658
And it makes me so damn proud
to be an Orphan.
1955
01:39:17,259 --> 01:39:18,725
Y'all think you're in pain now?
1956
01:39:18,859 --> 01:39:20,059
Think about Fairbanks.
1957
01:39:20,192 --> 01:39:22,259
He'll never play ball again.
1958
01:39:22,392 --> 01:39:23,959
That's real pain.
1959
01:39:25,859 --> 01:39:27,658
Ours is temporary.
1960
01:39:31,326 --> 01:39:35,025
"No man will hurl me down
to Death, against my fate.
1961
01:39:36,593 --> 01:39:40,292
And fate? No one alive
has ever escaped it,
1962
01:39:40,426 --> 01:39:43,326
neither brave man, nor coward...
1963
01:39:45,892 --> 01:39:49,825
I tell you... it is born with us
the day that we are born!"
1964
01:39:51,459 --> 01:39:52,825
We got another half
1965
01:39:52,959 --> 01:39:54,825
to kick those Sandie asses!
1966
01:39:54,959 --> 01:39:57,326
Now get in here!
Everyone, come on!
1967
01:39:59,758 --> 01:40:00,925
Mites on three.
1968
01:40:02,559 --> 01:40:05,059
- One, two, three!
- ALL: Mites!
1969
01:40:08,892 --> 01:40:11,792
[♪♪♪]
1970
01:40:50,126 --> 01:40:51,825
[CROWD CHEERING]
1971
01:40:51,959 --> 01:40:53,292
ALL:
Mighty Mites!
1972
01:40:54,758 --> 01:40:57,159
- What do you think?
- I think we need a miracle.
1973
01:40:57,292 --> 01:40:58,925
The Mites start the second half,
1974
01:40:59,059 --> 01:41:01,459
trailing the Amarillo Sandies,
7 to nothing.
1975
01:41:01,593 --> 01:41:04,059
And they've also
changed uniforms, folks.
1976
01:41:04,192 --> 01:41:07,758
I've been told these jerseys
were sewn together
1977
01:41:07,892 --> 01:41:09,992
and the numbers were painted on
1978
01:41:10,126 --> 01:41:12,126
by the young ladies
at the orphanage.
1979
01:41:12,259 --> 01:41:14,758
Turn that damn thing off!
1980
01:41:14,892 --> 01:41:16,159
Pipe down in there, Frank!
1981
01:41:18,625 --> 01:41:20,326
Six-two, split! Hike!
1982
01:41:25,758 --> 01:41:27,758
Snoggs has gotta
shuffle that guy off.
1983
01:41:27,892 --> 01:41:29,126
Hike!
1984
01:41:32,493 --> 01:41:33,992
[CROWD GROANS]
1985
01:41:34,126 --> 01:41:35,426
Hike!
1986
01:41:38,459 --> 01:41:39,692
[CROWD GROANS]
1987
01:41:39,825 --> 01:41:42,259
- Come on, boys!
- For the first time,
1988
01:41:42,392 --> 01:41:44,526
the Mites' innovative
passing offense
1989
01:41:44,658 --> 01:41:46,925
is having minimal effect
against the Sandies.
1990
01:41:47,059 --> 01:41:49,925
Coach Russell will need to go
into his bag of tricks
1991
01:41:50,059 --> 01:41:51,192
- to pull this off.
- Hike!
1992
01:41:57,159 --> 01:41:58,426
- Come on! Come on!
- Go!
1993
01:41:58,559 --> 01:41:59,992
Go, go, go.
1994
01:42:05,292 --> 01:42:07,625
- Touchdown for the Mites.
- [CROWD CHEERING]
1995
01:42:12,459 --> 01:42:14,159
What is going on?
1996
01:42:17,593 --> 01:42:19,226
- Yeah!
- And there you have it,
1997
01:42:19,359 --> 01:42:21,459
the Mites are finally
on the scoreboard
1998
01:42:21,593 --> 01:42:24,559
as number 23,
Douglass Lord Fairbanks,
1999
01:42:24,692 --> 01:42:26,392
takes it in for the touchdown.
2000
01:42:27,593 --> 01:42:29,959
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
2001
01:42:30,092 --> 01:42:31,625
I thought Fairbanks was injured.
2002
01:42:31,758 --> 01:42:33,692
That's Hardy Brown
in Fairbanks' uniform.
2003
01:42:33,825 --> 01:42:36,025
How about we double that bet?
Fifty more on the Mites.
2004
01:42:36,159 --> 01:42:38,025
- You're on.
- Damn right, I am.
2005
01:42:40,159 --> 01:42:41,758
[CROWD GROANS AND WHISTLE BLOWS]
2006
01:42:41,892 --> 01:42:42,925
Extra point no good.
2007
01:42:43,059 --> 01:42:45,792
Mites 6, Sandies 7.
2008
01:42:45,925 --> 01:42:47,159
WOMAN:
Good try, boys!
2009
01:42:47,292 --> 01:42:49,859
Yeah. We're proud
of you anyways, guys.
2010
01:42:49,992 --> 01:42:51,459
- POPS: Pound for pound?
- Yeah.
2011
01:42:51,593 --> 01:42:54,192
- I'll take Brown over Greathouse.
- Well, I'll take him too.
2012
01:42:54,326 --> 01:42:55,825
But you know
how he's gotta do it?
2013
01:42:55,959 --> 01:42:57,758
He's gotta hit him as low
as he can, that guy.
2014
01:42:57,892 --> 01:43:00,658
He's gotta bite off each of his
kneecaps first time he hits him,
2015
01:43:00,792 --> 01:43:02,825
because that guy's
three times taller than Hardy.
2016
01:43:02,959 --> 01:43:04,192
Hike!
2017
01:43:08,925 --> 01:43:12,593
Another bone-jarring collision
between Brown and Greathouse.
2018
01:43:12,725 --> 01:43:16,725
I'm not sure how those young
men can get up after that.
2019
01:43:16,859 --> 01:43:18,326
Get up, boys. Come on.
2020
01:43:20,892 --> 01:43:23,292
Son of a bitch is harder
to take down than a steer.
2021
01:43:23,426 --> 01:43:25,426
As the fourth quarter
winds down,
2022
01:43:25,559 --> 01:43:27,792
the Mites are
against the ropes.
2023
01:43:27,925 --> 01:43:31,658
Perhaps there's a miraculous
ending for the Mites.
2024
01:43:31,792 --> 01:43:32,958
ALL:
Break!
2025
01:43:37,593 --> 01:43:39,259
Set. Hike!
2026
01:43:41,593 --> 01:43:43,692
- [CROWD CHEERS]
- Fumble!
2027
01:43:46,892 --> 01:43:49,326
[WHISTLES BLOWING]
2028
01:43:49,459 --> 01:43:52,692
Moseley recovers on the Mites
20 with 50 seconds left.
2029
01:43:52,825 --> 01:43:54,825
[CROWD CHEERING]
2030
01:43:56,493 --> 01:43:58,025
All right, all right, all right.
2031
01:43:59,725 --> 01:44:03,025
Come here, Chicken.
We still got one more time-out.
2032
01:44:03,159 --> 01:44:05,658
Short pass to Hardy out
of the backfield. You got it?
2033
01:44:05,792 --> 01:44:08,126
- Yes, sir.
- All right. Take it in, son.
2034
01:44:08,259 --> 01:44:10,159
That's what
they'll be expecting.
2035
01:44:10,292 --> 01:44:11,725
I'm counting on it, Doc.
2036
01:44:11,859 --> 01:44:13,493
You're better than that.
2037
01:44:13,625 --> 01:44:15,758
Cover Hardy Brown out
of the backfield. You hear me?
2038
01:44:15,892 --> 01:44:16,992
- Yes, sir.
- Go!
2039
01:44:17,126 --> 01:44:18,593
ALL:
Break!
2040
01:44:18,725 --> 01:44:19,792
WHEATIE:
Six-two, wide!
2041
01:44:20,959 --> 01:44:21,925
Hike!
2042
01:44:25,792 --> 01:44:27,292
[CROWD GROANS]
2043
01:44:29,226 --> 01:44:31,159
- Time please. Time.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
2044
01:44:31,292 --> 01:44:34,025
[CROWD CHEERS]
2045
01:44:34,159 --> 01:44:35,326
Get in there.
2046
01:44:35,459 --> 01:44:37,092
Snoggs, you and Chicken
split right.
2047
01:44:37,226 --> 01:44:38,992
We're gonna run
the same play again,
2048
01:44:39,126 --> 01:44:41,126
only this time,
you fake it to Hardy,
2049
01:44:41,259 --> 01:44:44,658
you tuck the ball, you take it
yourself. You got it?
2050
01:44:44,792 --> 01:44:46,625
- Yes, sir. Yeah.
- RUSTY: Let's do it.
2051
01:44:46,758 --> 01:44:49,593
- They'll never expect you to run.
- Leon, break it down. Come on.
2052
01:44:49,725 --> 01:44:51,825
One, two, three!
2053
01:44:51,959 --> 01:44:53,992
ALL:
Mighty Mites!
2054
01:44:54,126 --> 01:44:55,126
What do you think?
2055
01:44:56,925 --> 01:44:58,126
- Huh?
- This is it.
2056
01:44:58,259 --> 01:45:00,493
Cover Hardy Brown
out of the backfield!
2057
01:45:00,625 --> 01:45:03,159
[♪♪♪]
2058
01:45:09,426 --> 01:45:10,792
Six-two-one!
2059
01:45:12,059 --> 01:45:13,159
Hike!
2060
01:45:16,426 --> 01:45:17,959
Sealey's gonna
run it in himself.
2061
01:45:18,092 --> 01:45:19,758
He's got open field
in front of him.
2062
01:45:22,426 --> 01:45:23,992
- See this?! Come on!
- Yes!
2063
01:45:24,126 --> 01:45:25,825
Greathouse drives Sealey out
2064
01:45:25,959 --> 01:45:27,226
to the Sandies 49-yard line
2065
01:45:27,359 --> 01:45:29,326
with seven ticks
left on the clock.
2066
01:45:29,459 --> 01:45:31,658
- Come here, son, come here.
- The Mites need a miracle
2067
01:45:31,792 --> 01:45:33,259
to pull this one off.
2068
01:45:37,059 --> 01:45:38,559
What's coach want to run?
2069
01:45:38,692 --> 01:45:40,259
He said it was up to us.
2070
01:45:44,658 --> 01:45:45,692
Snoggs Special.
2071
01:45:48,259 --> 01:45:51,859
[ALL CHUCKLING,
CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
2072
01:45:53,593 --> 01:45:56,025
You heard Crazy.
Snoggs Special on one.
2073
01:45:56,159 --> 01:45:58,292
Let's drive these Sandies
back to Fort Worth.
2074
01:45:58,426 --> 01:45:59,625
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
2075
01:45:59,758 --> 01:46:01,259
WHEATIE:
You can do this, Snoggs.
2076
01:46:01,392 --> 01:46:02,459
Mighty Mites on three.
2077
01:46:02,593 --> 01:46:04,426
One, two, three!
2078
01:46:04,559 --> 01:46:06,192
ALL:
Mighty Mites!
2079
01:46:06,326 --> 01:46:08,159
It's do-or-die for the Mites,
2080
01:46:08,292 --> 01:46:10,092
as they're down
to their final play.
2081
01:46:10,226 --> 01:46:13,593
[♪♪♪]
2082
01:46:13,758 --> 01:46:14,792
[SPITS]
2083
01:46:16,092 --> 01:46:17,159
Come on, boys!
2084
01:46:23,758 --> 01:46:25,259
Six-two, wide!
2085
01:46:26,758 --> 01:46:27,992
Hike!
2086
01:46:34,725 --> 01:46:36,292
Snoggs!
2087
01:46:52,725 --> 01:46:54,092
RUSTY:
Come on, Hardy!
2088
01:46:54,226 --> 01:46:55,792
- Go!
- Come on.
2089
01:46:55,925 --> 01:46:58,792
[CROWD CHEERING]
2090
01:47:01,925 --> 01:47:03,925
Get him!
2091
01:47:04,059 --> 01:47:05,959
- Come on! Come on!
- Go! Go!
2092
01:47:11,658 --> 01:47:16,059
[♪♪♪]
2093
01:47:16,192 --> 01:47:17,725
[TICKING]
2094
01:47:17,859 --> 01:47:19,226
Go, Hardy!
2095
01:47:20,892 --> 01:47:21,758
Come on!
2096
01:47:22,892 --> 01:47:24,292
Push him!
2097
01:47:31,692 --> 01:47:33,625
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
2098
01:47:33,758 --> 01:47:35,892
- They get that, Doc?
- They don't know yet. They...
2099
01:47:36,025 --> 01:47:37,925
- Can't see, Doc.
- No, they're not unpiled yet.
2100
01:47:38,059 --> 01:47:39,559
Hardy Brown is down,
2101
01:47:39,692 --> 01:47:41,725
and he's taken
six Golden Sandies with him.
2102
01:47:41,859 --> 01:47:46,159
- Referees are clearing the pile.
- Quiet down, everybody. Quiet!
2103
01:47:49,825 --> 01:47:51,359
- Is he short?
- I think he's in.
2104
01:47:51,493 --> 01:47:52,359
Did he get it?
2105
01:47:52,493 --> 01:47:53,526
Come on.
2106
01:48:01,226 --> 01:48:03,658
Hardy Brown has been
stopped inches from the goal.
2107
01:48:03,792 --> 01:48:05,658
The Golden Sandies have won!
2108
01:48:05,792 --> 01:48:07,459
[SIGHS]
2109
01:48:07,593 --> 01:48:09,658
That's the ball game! Yes!
2110
01:48:09,792 --> 01:48:13,092
[CROWD CHEERING]
2111
01:48:13,226 --> 01:48:16,025
[♪♪♪]
2112
01:48:22,959 --> 01:48:24,758
- Inch.
- [SIGHS]
2113
01:48:28,692 --> 01:48:29,758
Sorry, coach.
2114
01:48:31,859 --> 01:48:33,725
- Good job.
- You too.
2115
01:48:33,859 --> 01:48:35,059
Good job.
2116
01:48:37,792 --> 01:48:38,925
[SIGHS]
2117
01:48:45,526 --> 01:48:48,025
Toughest hoss I ever played.
2118
01:48:48,159 --> 01:48:51,159
Thank you, Myrle.
Pretty damn tough yourself.
2119
01:48:55,725 --> 01:48:57,025
Come on, boys.
2120
01:49:00,092 --> 01:49:02,126
Great game, coach.
Congratulations.
2121
01:49:02,259 --> 01:49:03,825
Thank you.
One hell of a ball game.
2122
01:49:03,959 --> 01:49:05,692
- Yes, sir.
- Congratulations.
2123
01:49:09,292 --> 01:49:11,658
DOC: A team that
started with nothing
2124
01:49:11,792 --> 01:49:15,259
left with more than they
could have ever dreamed of.
2125
01:49:15,392 --> 01:49:18,725
What the Mites won couldn't
be printed in the papers.
2126
01:49:18,859 --> 01:49:20,959
It was a belief in themselves
2127
01:49:21,092 --> 01:49:23,259
that would go on
to last their entire lives.
2128
01:49:23,392 --> 01:49:26,493
CROWD [CHANTING]: Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
2129
01:49:26,625 --> 01:49:29,758
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites!
2130
01:49:29,892 --> 01:49:32,959
Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
2131
01:49:33,092 --> 01:49:36,059
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites!
2132
01:49:36,192 --> 01:49:38,992
Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
2133
01:49:39,126 --> 01:49:42,426
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites!
2134
01:49:42,559 --> 01:49:46,559
Mighty Mites!
Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites!
2135
01:49:46,692 --> 01:49:49,593
[♪♪♪]
2136
01:50:07,559 --> 01:50:11,326
[♪♪♪]
2137
01:50:11,459 --> 01:50:12,959
My feet, they...
2138
01:50:14,959 --> 01:50:16,359
They just stopped.
2139
01:50:19,126 --> 01:50:20,593
I came up short.
2140
01:50:23,459 --> 01:50:25,825
You didn't come up short, son.
2141
01:50:28,126 --> 01:50:30,059
You came further
than I ever dreamed.
2142
01:50:31,725 --> 01:50:33,259
You did great.
2143
01:50:40,992 --> 01:50:43,625
I look around this bus
and I think:
2144
01:50:45,625 --> 01:50:47,259
"How lucky are we?"
2145
01:50:49,625 --> 01:50:51,159
Pretty lucky, coach.
2146
01:51:16,892 --> 01:51:19,492
[ORPHANS CHEERING, APPLAUDING]
2147
01:51:34,625 --> 01:51:36,392
- Buddy.
- Looking good, brother.
2148
01:51:36,526 --> 01:51:39,059
- Do they know we lost?
- [LAUGHS]
2149
01:51:39,192 --> 01:51:40,725
[ALL SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
2150
01:51:40,859 --> 01:51:43,126
What Rusty brought
to the Masonic Home
2151
01:51:43,259 --> 01:51:46,758
wasn't just football
or academics.
2152
01:51:46,892 --> 01:51:50,493
It was the feeling
of finally being a family.
2153
01:52:00,426 --> 01:52:02,459
RUSTY: Opal, are you gonna
stand up there with Fairbanks?
2154
01:52:02,593 --> 01:52:06,159
- Okay, we'll let that slide.
- Doc, come in this photo. Hey!
2155
01:52:06,292 --> 01:52:08,159
- Doc, we need you for the photo.
- JUANITA: Bring Betty.
2156
01:52:08,292 --> 01:52:10,593
- I'll be there. Last play.
- RUSTY: Okay.
2157
01:52:10,725 --> 01:52:13,192
For Rusty,
it was about believing.
2158
01:52:13,326 --> 01:52:16,625
Believing in something that
against all odds and evidence
2159
01:52:16,758 --> 01:52:18,992
might not seem possible,
2160
01:52:19,126 --> 01:52:21,493
but somehow would come to pass.
2161
01:52:21,658 --> 01:52:24,526
[♪♪♪]
2162
01:52:40,459 --> 01:52:43,392
[♪♪♪]
2163
01:56:02,925 --> 01:56:05,825
[♪♪♪]
2164
01:56:41,627 --> 01:56:46,627
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