All language subtitles for The.Wild.and.Wonderful.Whites.of.West.Virginia.2009.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

[train whistle blowing]

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[train rumbling]

[gentle instrumental music]

*

[train whistle blowing]

- CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE REPUTATION

OF THE WHITE FAMILY IN
BOONE COUNTY AND WEST VIRGINIA?

- I'D REALLY RATHER
NOT COMMENT ON THAT.

- IF YOU MENTION THEIR NAMES,

YOU GET A CERTAIN REACTION
FROM PEOPLE.

- THE WHITES,
THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF CHARISMA.

NOT ONLY CAN THEY DRAW YOU IN;
THEY CAN KEEP YOU THERE.

- THEY DON'T WANT TO CONFORM
TO ANY AUTHORITY,

NO RULES.

AND ALL THEY GOT TO DO
IS TO FUSS, FIGHT, AND PARTY.

- SOME OF THEM ARE GOOD.

SOME OF THEM ARE ENTERTAINING.

AND A WHOLE LOT OF THEM
ARE JUST TROUBLE

AND...
AND DANGEROUS.

- EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE
THE MOST HATED FAMILY,

WELL, THEY'RE PROBABLY
THE MOST FREE.

THEY ARE THE TRUE REBELS
OF THE SOUTH.

[acoustic bluegrass guitar]

*

* WAY DOWN IN WEST VIRGINIA

* THERE'S SOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE ONE OF A KIND *

* THEY DON'T NEED NOTHING
FROM NOBODY *

* 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY
DOING FINE *

- MY NAME IS MAMIE WHITE,

AND I'M THE BIGGEST
AND THE MEANEST AND THE BADDEST

OF ALL OF THE WHITE FAMILY.

AND MY FATHER IS D. RAY WHITE,

AND HE WAS THE LAST KING
OF THE MOUNTAIN TAP DANCERS.

HE INVENTED HIS OWN STYLE
OF DANCING.

HE KNEW 52 STEPS
THAT NOBODY ELSE COULD DO.

NOBODY SHOWED HIM OR TAUGHT HIM.

HE DID THIS OUT OF HIS OWN HEART
AND HIS MIND.

MY FATHER, D. RAY WHITE,

WAS REALLY GETTING
REALLY FAMOUS.

HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO CANADA

TO FINISH MAKING HIS FILM,
TALKING FEET.

AND HE GOT KILLED
IN A SHOOTOUT.

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

SO HE LEFT FOUR SONS BEHIND

THAT HE TRIED TO LEAVE
HIS TALENT TO.

MY BROTHER MARK,
HIS NAME IS DONALD MARIS WHITE.

HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH THIS GUY
CAME OVER ABOUT HIS PIT BULL,

AND WHEN HE GOT THE DOOR
TO SEE WHO WAS AT THE DOOR,

THEY SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

[gunshot]

DORSEY, MY BROTHER,
WENT AND BOUGHT THIS PISTOL,

AND DORSEY EVIDENTLY
TOOK THE CLIP OUT THE BOTTOM,

THOUGHT IT WAS EMPTY,

AND WHEN HE PUT IT TO HIS TEMPLE
TO SHOW HIM IT WASN'T LOADED,

IT WENT OFF
AND BLOWED HIS BRAINS OUT.

[gunshot]

AND THAT WAS THE END OF DORSEY.

MY BROTHER PONEY GOT IN TROUBLE
IN BOONE COUNTY

FOR PRESCRIPTION FRAUD.

SO HE HAULED HEINIE OUT OF HERE
TO MINNESOTA TO CHANGE HIS LIFE.

GOT HIM A JOB,

GOT HIM A HOME,

AND HE'S DOING FINE.

MY BROTHER JESCO ENDED UP
WITH MY FATHER'S SHOES,

AND PBS MADE A DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT HIM

CALLED THE DANCING OUTLAW.

- AND I TOOK THE BUTCHER KNIFE
AND HELD IT UP TO HER NECK.

I SAID, "IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
TO SEE TOMORROW,

"YOU BETTER START
FRYING THEM EGGS

"A LITTLE BIT BETTER
THAT WHAT YOU WERE FRYING 'EM.

I'M TIRED OF EATING SLOPPY,
SLIMY EGGS."

- AND THEN AFTER THAT,
IT MADE HIM A LITTLE BIT BIG,

AND ALL OF THESE
OTHER MOTHERFUCKERS

STARTED PUTTING HIM
IN THEIR SONGS,

LIKE HANK III, BIG AND RICH,
KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS.

- * THERE SHE GO

* DON'T YOU KNOW

* YOU'RE THE STARS
IN OUR EYES *

- MY BROTHER JESCO WHITE

BECAME THE MOST FAMOUS MAN
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

- WILL YOU SIGN MY HAT, DUDE?

- YEAH.

- * AND MAMIE, YOU KNOW SHE'S
STILL RAISING HELL *

- I STAYED BEHIND
TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING,

MY MOTHER, SISTERS,
AND BROTHERS,

MY KIDS, THEIR KIDS.

I HAD IT ALL TO DO.

[lively bluegrass music]

I'M TALKING ABOUT ANYWHERE
FROM 10 TO 20 KIDS A DAY.

IT WAS A ROUGH ROAD TO GO DOWN,
BUT I MADE IT.

SO NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS

ALL ABOUT MAMIE WHITE
AND JESCO WHITE.

NOW, BY GOD,
IT'S TIME YOU LEARNED

ABOUT THE REST
OF US FUCKING WHITES.

[galloping bluegrass music]

*

[acoustic guitar music]

*

- * MAMA

* THE MIRACLE OF YOU

* IT MELTS MY CARES AWAY

* MAMA

[dogs howling and yelping]

- OH, NO.

- * OH, MAMA

* I LOVE YOU

* MAMA

* NO ONE ABOVE YOU

* YOU'RE SO DEAR TO ME

[laughter]

WHAT'D HE USED TO SAY?

[laughs]

- THE REASON WHY MY MOTHER

GOT THE NAME
OF "THE MIRACLE WOMAN"

IS BECAUSE SHE RAISED
OVER 34 KIDS, IF NOT MORE,

THAT WAS ABANDONED
AND THAT NEEDED HELP,

FROM THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHERS
OR THE LOSS OF THEIR FATHERS,

AND WITH SISTERS AND BROTHERS,
YOU KNOW, HAD THEM

AND JUST LEFT THEM
AND DIDN'T WANT THEM.

BUT MY MOM TOOK THEM IN,

AND EVERYBODY MADE A POINT
TO GO TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE,

IF NOT TO EAT, JUST TO GO THERE
TO BE WITH MY MOTHER.

AND THERE'S NEVER ANOTHER MOTHER
IN THE WORLD

COULD FILL MY MOTHER'S SHOES.

[stuttering drum beat]

[lively bluegrass music]

*

- MY NAME'S SUSAN RAY WHITE,
BUT EVERYBODY CALLS ME KIRK.

JESCO'S MY UNCLE.

MY MOM'S HIS SISTER.

WELL, MY DAD'S TERRY LEE THOMAS,

AND THE REASON WHY HE'S
IN PRISON IS FOR DOUBLE MURDER.

[gunshots]

THEY TRIED TO CHARGE ME
WITH ACCESSORY,

AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID,

"JUST GO AHEAD
AND SEND MY ASS TO JAIL,

'CAUSE I'M NOT A SNITCH."

AND I WOULDN'T SNITCH
NOBODY OUT.

- WHOA.

- I'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE
MANY TIMES.

FIGHTING, CUSSING OUT THE COPS,

DRUG CHARGES.

I'VE BEEN TO JAIL SO MANY TIMES,
I CAN'T COUNT 'EM.

NOW, LIKE, IF YOU STARTED
SOME SHIT WITH ME,

IT WOULD BE--I'D, LIKE--

I'D FIGHT YOU.

I LOVE TO FIGHT; I REALLY DO.

- YOU NEVER DO FIGHT ME YET,
BUT I WANT YOU TO.

URGH!

- WELL, I USED TO BE A STRIPPER
BACK THEN

WHEN I WAS 17, 18, 19 YEARS OLD.

AND I MADE THE BEAUCOUP MONEY.

I'D BRING HOME AT LEAST $1,500
TO $2,000 A NIGHT IN MY BOOT.

AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
THE SEXIEST ONE IN THE FAMILY.

I ALWAYS HAD COMMENTS
FROM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

- OH, BABY.

- MY NAME IS SUE ANN WHITE.

I'M THE BABY GIRL OF DONALD RAY
AND BERTIE MAE WHITE.

MY NICKNAME IS SUE BOB.

I PREFER TO BE CALLED SUE BOB.

IT'S A NICKNAME I HAVE.

AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN,
ASHLEY AND BRANDON POE.

- MY NAME'S BRANDON POE,
AND SUE'S MY MOM,

AND JESCO'S MY UNCLE.

AND I GOT IN TROUBLE,

AND I'M HERE IN JAIL.

[metal doors banging]

- OH, I USED TO BE WILDER
THAN A BUCK.

I USED TO TRY A LITTLE COKE
HERE AND THERE.

I'VE SMOKED A LITTLE CRACK,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I'VE TRIED THIS AND THAT.

MY FAVORITE BUZZ,
CHOICE OF BUZZ, IS MARIJUANA.

I LOVE MARIJUANA.

I'M A POTHEAD.

- I'LL TELL YOU STRAIGHT UP
WHAT I LIKE.

I PREFER ROXICONTIN, LORCET,
NORCO, A VICODIN ES,

A PERCOSET 10, A XANAX,
ESPECIALLY A XANIBAR.

RIGHT HERE, LISTEN.

YOU WANT TO HEAR
THE BOONE COUNTY MATING CALL?

[pills clacking]

COME AND GET IT, BABY.

- * I LOVE PILLS

- * EVERY MORNING

- * I LOVE PILLS

- * EVERY NIGHT

- I'M BERNADINE COOK.

MY NICKNAME IS BO,

OR BOCEPHUS.

I'M JESCO WHITE'S SISTER.

- MY NAME'S DEREK WAYNE CASTLE.

JESCO'S MY UNCLE.

THAT'S MY MOM RIGHT THERE.

EVERYBODY CALLS ME DERKY.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING
STUCK WITH ME

SINCE I WAS LITTLE,
DERKY,

AKA THE OL' DIRTY WHITE BOY.

- WE'RE GOOD PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY PUTS US DOWN
HERE AND THERE,

BUT YOU CAN'T BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU HEAR.

SEEING IS BELIEVING,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

BUT FROM MY HEART,

WE'RE JUST RIGHT DOWN DIRTY
WHITE GOOD 'OL PEOPLE,

HILLBILLIES.

[acoustic bluegrass music]

- * WELL, MY WORN-OUT BOOTS

* ARE TAKING ME DOWNTOWN

* AND I'M LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

* AND I WANT TO GET LOUD

* SERVE ME UP A DRINK

* AND I'LL SHOOT IT RIGHT DOWN

* AND I'LL JUMP UP ON THE BAR

* AND HOLLER, "ONE MORE ROUND"

* I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL

* AIN'T NOTHING
SLOWING ME DOWN *

* I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL

* SO YOU JUST BETTER GIVE ME
OUT MORE ROUND *

* WELL, I'M RACING
THESE BACK ROADS *

* TRYING TO SAVE MY LIFE

* 'CAUSE THE SHERIFF
WANTS TO KILL ME *

* 'CAUSE I FUCKED HIS WIFE

* I WAS ON THE RUN
WITH A GUN IN MY HAND *

* 'CAUSE I LIKE A GOOD TIME

* AND A ONE-NIGHT STAND

* I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL

* AIN'T NOTHING
SLOWING ME DOWN *

* I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL

* SO YOU JUST BETTER GIVE ME
OUT MORE ROUND *

*

HEY, HEY.
- HEY, HEY.

- THERE IT IS, MAN.

- LOCK IT DOWN, JUDY,
ALL RIGHT.

- WHEN YOU REPRESENT THE WHITES,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA GET INTO.

CUSTODY...

- LARCENY...

- PRESCRIPTION FRAUD...

- SHOOTINGS...

- ARMED ROBBERIES...

- EMBEZZLEMENT...
- FORGERY...

- DRUG CASES...

- BURGLARY...
- FIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

- JUDGE SCHLAGEL, WHO WAS
THE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE HERE

FOR 26 YEARS BEFORE HE RETIRED
A COUPLE YEARS AGO,

USED TO SAY THAT
IF YOU REALLY EXCLUDED

ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT FAMILIES
FROM THIS COUNTY,

YOU'D CUT THE CRIME
IN ABOUT HALF.

- THE WHITES HAVE BEEN
ONE OF THOSE TEN FAMILIES?

- I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANY DOUBT THAT THE WHITES

WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE
OF THE TEN FAMILIES.

- AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'VE
PROBABLY DEALT WITH THIS FAMILY

MORE THAN WE'VE DEALT WITH
ANY OTHER FAMILY IN THE COUNTY.

- THEY'RE CLEVER.

THEY'RE NOT EDUCATED
NECESSARILY.

BUT THEY ARE VERY CLEVER,
CRAFTY IN WHAT THEY DO.

- VIOLENCE IS JUST PART
OF THE WHITES' LIVES.

- I'D CHOP THE SON OF A BITCH UP
AND THROW HIM

IN A GODDAMN MINE SHAFT
UP IN A GARBAGE BAG.

I GOT THREE MINE SHAFTS
UP THIS HOLLER.

- ONE TOOK A BAR ABOUT THAT LONG

AND BIG AS ROUND AS A QUARTER

AND HIT THE OLD MAN.

HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR
WITH ONE LEG.

- AND I HAD TO HIT IT AGAIN
JUST TO WATCH THE BLOOD FLY,

'CAUSE IT TURNED ME ON.

- NOBODY WORKS.

EVERYBODY LAYS AROUND
AND PARTIES.

AND THEY'VE ALWAYS GOT MONEY.

SO WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

- XANAX BARS.

- CAN I GET ME A FEW OF THEM?

- WELL, GIVE ME SOME MONEY,
$6 A PIECE.

- I JUST NOW BOUGHT
TEN GODDAMN GREEN BEANS,

WHAT'S CALLED PAIN KILLERS,
OKAY?

FUCK THAT CAMERA.

AND I GOT 'EM FOR $8 APIECE.

AND I'M GONNA BE TAKING 'EM
UP THE ROAD,

AND I'M GONNA SELL 'EM
FOR $10 A PIECE

AND MAKE ME $2 MORE
ON EACH PILL.

THAT'S CALLED HUSTLE,
RUSTLE, AND BUSTLE.

THAT'S HOW YOU SURVIVE
IN THE COUNTRY.

- THE WORD "DISCRETION"
IS A WORD THAT,

UNDOUBTEDLY, THEY DON'T KNOW.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT MEANS,

AND THEY WOULDN'T PRACTICE IT
IF THEY DID.

- AND HERE ON THE LEFT,
THIS USED TO BE

A EXXON GAS STATION.

AND THIS USED TO BE
A GROCERY STORE.

THAT'S THE ONE I ROBBED
WHEN I WENT

TO FORMING SCHOOL
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD
WHERE THE CHURCH IS,

AND ALSO ROBBED IT TWO TIMES
AND GOT AWAY.

- THE GENERAL FEELING, PROBABLY,
FOR MOST FOLKS,

ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS
OF BOONE COUNTY

AND MAYBE EVEN FOR THE STATE
OF WEST VIRGINIA,

IS THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT
OF AN EMBARRASSMENT.

- THERE ARE SO MANY
DECENT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY.

THERE'S A KID DOWN HERE
FROM VERY HUMBLE UPBRINGING

WHO WAS ADMITTED TO M.I.T.

M.I.T.

I MEAN...

WHY ISN'T SOMEBODY FOLLOWING HIM
AROUND WITH A CAMERA?

- [howling wildly]

- THAT'S WHY THEY RECEIVE
THIS ATTENTION.

AND IT DOES NOT REPRESENT
ANYTHING,

DOESN'T REPRESENT ANYTHING
OF WEST VIRGINIA,

OTHER THAN THE WHITES.

[together] * HAPPY BIRTHDAY

* TO YOU

* HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

* HAPPY BIRTHDAY

* DEAR MOTHER

* HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

- I LOVE YOU, MAMA.

- WE LOVE YOU, AND MANY MORE.

GOD BLESS YOU, AND HOPE YOU'RE
HERE ANOTHER YEAR.

- AND MAY YOU HAVE 1,000 MORE.

- WE GOT YOUR CAKE SPECIAL
AND EVERYTHING IN THERE.

[laughter]

WELL, GIVE US THAT PAINER
TO CRUSH.

- [indistinct speech]

- IT'S A PARTY, MAN.

[laughing] A PARTY.

- I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE IT NOW.
[child whining]

- OH, HE'S GOING INTO SHOCK.

- OH, BABY, NO.

[indistinct speech]

- DON'T DO THIS.

- DON'T DO HER LIKE THAT.

- I AIN'T DOING NOTHING.

[laughter]

- I'M HELPING YOU, MA.

THERE YOU GO.

- WE AIN'T GOT NO POT.

[coughing] MOMMY.

- IT'S IN MY PLACE.

- HEY, IT'S JUST A ROACH,
ALL I LIT.

[laughter]

- THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S THE MARK OF THE BEAST.

JESUS SENT MOSES TO TELL HIM
THAT WHEN THE GREAT FLOOD CAME,

THAT'S THE REASON
HE SHUT THE DOOR.

HIM AND THE ANIMALS,
AND THEY COULDN'T GET IN.

THEY DROWNED 'EM.

[rollicking bluesy music]

*

- YES.

TURN ME ON AND TURN ME LOOSE.

[laughs]

- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH THAT?

- LIFE'S TOO SHORT
TO WORRY, MAN.

Y'ALL COULD KILL ME
WITH THAT SHIT.

I QUIT WORRYING.

[dogs barking]

[rollicking bluesy music]

*

- THIS IS THE GREATEST
BIRTHDAY PARTY

THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER
AND CHERISH FOREVER,

FROM OUR HEARTS, MA, TO YOU.

- MAKE YOUR WISH.

- THIS IS FROM OUR HEART TO YOU,

FOR ALL THE LOVE THAT YOU GIVE
US OVER THE YEARS.

[applause]
- GOOD.

- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.

- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERTIE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MA.

[train clunking]

[train whistle blowing]

- GO, MOTHER.

WOMAN.

- NAH, UH-UH.

- * ANYTHING I WANT TO DO

- * NO RULES

- I MET DENNIS.

I LIKED HIM
'CAUSE HE LOOKED GOOD.

FEEL ME?

AND YOU KNOW,
HE HAD IT GOING ON.

HE HAD A JOB.

AND I LOVED 18-WHEELERS,

AND DROVE AN 18-WHEELER.

[searing punk rock music]

- [laughing]

- * START A RIOT

- * NO RULES

- * I LIKE TO MAKE NOISE
AND HATE TO BE QUIET *

- * NO RULES

- * THEY CAN'T TELL ME
WHAT TO DO *

- * NO RULES

- * 'CAUSE I WILL NEVER
EVER LOSE *

- BUT THE NIGHT I STABBED HIM,

IT WAS COOL,

'CAUSE MY GRANDMA--

Y'ALL KNOW MY MAMA--

SHE CLEANED UP THE BLOOD
AND HID THE KNIFE,

SO THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE,

SO THEY COULDN'T TAKE ME
TO JAIL.

- [laughs]

- I MEANT TO SLIT HIS THROAT.

AND THAT'S FOR REAL.

I MEANT TO KILL
THAT MOTHERFUCKER.

[punk rock music]

AND HE THREW HIS HAND UP,
AND I CUT HIS THUMB.

AND THEN I THOUGHT,
"DAMN, THAT'S A BIG MOTHERFUCKER

IF HE GETS AHOLD OF ME."

SO I STABBED HIM IN HIS SIDE.

OH, WILL PEOPLE SEE THIS?

- WELL, I DO
IF THEY'RE GONNA SEE IT.

- UH, I WANT DENNIS TO SEE IT,

'CAUSE I HATE THAT MOTHERFUCKER.

- MEAN, I'M A PEOPLE PERSON.

I CAN GET ALONG WITH THE DEVIL.

BUT I HATE THAT SON OF A BITCH.

I HATE HIM.

- 'CAUSE HE PUT ME THROUGH HELL.

UM, GOT ALL MY SHIT--

HE CAUSED MY FAMILY
A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT,

COME BE IN BETWEEN MY FAMILY.

- YOU AND DENNIS.

TELL HIM THAT DAMN BASTARD
HIT YOU.

- YEAH, WE FOUGHT,
BUT HE'S NOT FAMILY.

- IF I HAD A KNIFE,
I'LL SLIT HIS DAMN THROAT OPEN.

OR HIS NUTS.

- QUIT CUSSIN'.

NOW, QUIT, OR I'M GONNA
BUST YOUR ASS SO HARD.

- I HATE DENNIS.

I MEAN, I HATE--

- I LET HIM GO DOWN, THOUGH,
TO BE WITH HIM--

- I HATE DENNIS.

- WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT DENNIS.

- HE'S THIS.

DENNIS...

DENNIS IS THIS.

[punk rock music]

[lively fiddle music]

- * WHOSE BABY

* ARE YOU, BABY

* CAN YOU TELL ME

* YES, NO, MAYBE

* COME ON, I GOT TO KNOW

* WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME SO

* WHOSE BABY ARE YOU, BABY

*

- I GOT PREGNANT
BEFORE I STABBED DENNIS.

HE'S LUCKY HE'S WALKING.

- BUT WHOSE BABY IS IT?

- DENNIS'.

BUT WHEN MY BABY GETS OLDER,

I'D LIKE FOR HER LIFE TO GO

IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION
THAN WHAT MINE WENT.

YOU KNOW, FINISH SCHOOL,
DO THE RIGHT THINGS,

STAY AWAY FROM THE WRONG PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, HAVE HER OWN DREAMS
AND WORK HARD TOWARD THEM.

YOU KNOW...

YOU STAY IN BOONE COUNTY,

I DON'T CARE HOW MANY DREAMS
YOU GOT;

IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

OKAY.

NOW I GOT A SHARE
OF MY MEDICINE.

- I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST TRIED TO CALL,
AND I GOT MAMIE'S VOICE

ON THE ANSWERING MACHINE.

- [coughing]

- HERE'S SUSAN BACK.

- I BETTER PEE.

- OH, HOLD ON A MINUTE,
ALL RIGHT?

- SHE'S THE NEXT MISS AMERICA.

MISS UNIVERSE.

- [sniffs]

[guitar music]

*

[dark bluesy music]

*

[dark bluesy music]

*

- MAN CALLED AND TOLD HER
THEY WERE GONNA KEEP THE BABY,

AND I CALLED BO,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SHE WAS HERE.

- SEE, Y'ALL JUST DOING
THE DRAMA THING.

- AIN'T WHAT NOBODY TAKING
THAT BABY.

LET ME HIT THAT.

- JUST THIS NEVER STOPS.

- I KILLED A DEER WITH THIS
THIS YEAR.

LOOK AT THIS FUCKER.

STEP BACK, JUNIOR.

[gun clacking]

- .30-30, RIGHT?

- .30-30.

SEE THAT SHIT?

- BUT IT AIN'T LOADED.

I JUST KICKED IT 100 TIMES.

- OH, I KNOW THAT.

WHY DO YOU THINK I BROUGHT IT
BACK HERE?

GET SOME SHELLS;
WE'RE GONNA BLAST SOMETHING.

- * WELL, I'M A GUN-TOTIN',
MOTHER-HUMPIN' *

* SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
WHITE BOY *

[gunshot]

- FIVE BULLETS, SON.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
THE ROCKS.

DID YOU SEE THAT, TRACI?

THIS IS HOW REDNECKS DO IT;
YOU HEAR ME?

THIS IS HOW REDNECKS
DO THIS SHIT.

SHIT.

MOM, CAN YOU GET ME
SOME ALCOHOL, PLEASE?

- GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER
BEFORE YOU START THAT.

[electric needle buzzing]

WHERE IS THE ALCOHOL?

IT WAS ON THE BAR.

- WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOING,
YOU PIECE OF SHIT?

- THIS IS WHAT XANAX
WILL DO TO YOU.

I NEED A BUTTER KNIFE.

- DID YOU HEAR ME?

PUT MERANDA RAVEN ON MY ARM.

- "M-A."

- NO, "M-E."

- "M-E-R-A-N-D-A."

- RIGHT.

[needle buzzing]

- "M-A-R"--

- "M-E."

[needle buzzing]

- THAT'S A "E," RIGHT?
RIGHT HERE?

- "R-A-V-E-N."

- "R-A-V-E..."

- "N."

- SHIT, I WAS PUTTING
A "A" IN THERE.

I'M FUCKIN' GOOD,
IF YOU CAN'T TELL.

BY GOD, PERFECT.

- * I'M A WEST VIRGINIA
WHITE BOY *

* MOTHERFUCKER

[dog barking]

- SHUT UP.

CHEY.

CHEYAN!

WAKE UP, MAN.

WE'RE ROLLIN'.

[pills clacking]

- WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP MOUSIE
OUT OF LAKIN STATE PRISON.

TANYA FAYE WHITE,

36-YEAR-OLD,
SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS THERE.

SO I PITY ANYBODY'S ASS

WHO TRIES TO GET IN THE WAY
OR FUCKS WITH HER.

[jaunty instrumental music]

*

- HERE'S MY HONORABLE DISCHARGE
PAPER.

[laughter]

LOOK AT THAT.

NO MORE, I DO NOT BELONG
TO THE STATE NO MORE.

LET ME SHOW YOU MY NO-GOOD,
SON-OF-A-BITCHIN' HUSBAND.

HIS NAME'S CHARLES.

HE'S A BASTARD AND A CHEATER.

[laughter]

YEAH, WELL, I'MA HOP OUT
AND FINISH SMOKING REAL FAST.

- YOUR DAMN STINKING ASSES OUT.

- MY ASS DON'T STINK.

- GET OUT.

- YOU, GET OUT.

I THOUGHT WE WAS GONNA SMOKE.

THIS TIME I'M FREE, NO PAROLE,

NO SHIT.

SEE, I WAS ONLY OUT 3 1/2 MONTHS
WHEN I GOT LOCKED BACK UP.

- GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS;
YOU'LL BE BACK.

- WHY YOU--WHY YOU SAY
I'LL BE BACK?

I'M NOT ON PAROLE NOW.

I'M FREE.

LET ME SEE YOUR PHONE, SUE,
FOR A MINUTE.

- YOU AIN'T GONNA LISTEN
TO NO-FUCKING-BODY.

- JAMES, IS CHARLES GREEN THERE?

- HERE WE GO.

CHARLES GREEN,
THAT'S ALL SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT.

- WHEN I WENT TO JAIL,

HE MOVED IN WITH THE LADY
HE'D LEFT TO MARRY ME FOR.

HE MOVED BACK IN WITH HER
BECAUSE OF HIS LITTLE GIRL.

THEN I GUESS HE CHEATED ON HER
WITH ANOTHER LADY

AND GOT HER PREGNANT.

SHE'S GONNA HAVE HIS BABY.

HE DIDN'T COME TO WORK?

- SORRY SON OF A BITCH.

- WHEN I WAS IN PRISON
THE SECOND TIME,

HE CHEATED ON ME
WITH MY COUSIN KIRK,

MOVED HER IN MY APARTMENT
FOR TWO MONTHS.

AND THEN WHEN I MADE PAROLE,
HE MADE HER MOVE OUT.

SHE CUT UP
ALL MY WEDDING PICTURES,

ALL MY CLOTHES,

DESTROYED MY APARTMENT
BEFORE SHE LEFT.

JOEY...

WHERE'S CHARLES?

WELL, I JUST WANT
TO TALK TO HIM,

AND THEN HE CAN DO
WHATEVER HE'S GOT TO DO.

LATER.

I GOT A LOT OF THINGS
I GOT TO DO THIS WEEK.

I'VE GOT TO GO GET
A PICTURE I.D. MADE,

CONTACT MY HUSBAND CHARLES...

DISCUSS OUR DIVORCE.

[rollicking bluesy music]

*

- * WELL, SOME LAZY
MOTHER, AREN'T YOU *

* SLEEP LATE EVERY DAY

* I'M OFF TO WORK
BEFORE THE SUN *

* 'CAUSE I GOT TO EARN MY PAY

* I LOVE MY JOB

- THIS IS A LITTLE QUICK JOB.

- * I'M A MAN WHO LOVES TO WORK
AND GET 'ER DONE *

* GET 'ER DONE

* YEAH, SON

* 'CAUSE MOSES SAID
IN THE BIBLE *

* GO TO WORK AND PLAY
WHEN THE WORK IS DONE *

*

- HEY, I'M PONEY WHITE.

MINNESOTA BOUND.

RAVEN STREET, DON'T GET
NO BETTER, NO LESS.

HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN.

[laughter]

I'M FROM BOONE COUNTY,
WEST VIRGINIA.

THAT'S WHERE
I WAS BORN AND RAISED.

AND I THOUGHT,
"WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO."

[laughter]

THAT'S WHY I COME TO MINNESOTA.

AND I REALLY LIKE TO WORK.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ALL MY LIFE,
AND I'LL ALWAYS WORK,

TILL I LEAVE THIS EARTH.

AND I DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL
AT SEVENTH GRADE, VAN HIGH.

I LEARNT MORE ON THE STREETS
THAN I DID AT SCHOOL.

- WERE YOU EVER ARRESTED?

DID YOU EVER GET INTO TROUBLE
WITH THE LAW?

- YEAH, A FEW TIMES.

I DID 18 MONTHS
OVER AT CHARLESTON WORK RELEASE,

AND THREE YEARS PROBATION.

AND I PLEADED EVERYTHING.

SO I COME TO MINNESOTA.

I HAVE A BETTER LIFE FOR MYSELF,
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

AND FOR MY KIDS.

I WANT THEM TO HAVE BETTER
THAN WHAT I HAD.

- I TOOK NURSING OUT HERE.

NOW I GOT A CERTIFICATE.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT
DOWN HOME,

SO, YEAH, I THINK IT'S BETTER
OUT HERE FOR US.

- AIN'T NOTHING BACK THERE
BUT, UH...

DEADBEATS.

[laughter]

HERE YOU GOT EVERYTHING
YOU EVER WANT,

AS LONG AS YOU WORK HARD FOR IT.

MY LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT,

'CAUSE I'D PROBABLY BE DEAD
BY NOW,

HANGING AROUND THE WRONG PEOPLE

AND PROBABLY OVERDOSED
OR SOMETHING ON DRUGS.

THAT'S WHY I LIKE
COMING OUT HERE.

THERE'S SCHOOL.

TEACHERS BACK IN BOONE COUNTY,
THEY TALK ABOUT ME.

THEY CALL ME DIRTY TRASH
AND WHITE TRASH AND ALL THAT,

DIRTY WHITE.

I JUST GOT SICK OF IT.

- YOU KNOW HOW, YOU, LIKE,
TRY TO GO DOWN

IN BOONE COUNTY AND TRY TO LOOK
FOR A JOB?

THEY WOULDN'T HIRE YOU
'CAUSE OF YOUR LAST NAME.

LIKE, THEY, LIKE, HATED YOU.

THEY DIDN'T, LIKE,
WANT YOU TO WORK FOR THEM,

'CAUSE YOU'LL PROBABLY END UP
STEALING SOMETHING

OR ROBBING 'EM OR DOING
WHATEVER YOU HAD TO DO.

- YOU GOT SOME OF THE KIDS
DOWN THERE THAT ARE RAISED

JUST TO...

ROB AND THIEF OFF PEOPLE.

THEIR PARENTS--

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT MENTIONING
NAMES OR NOTHING,

BUT, YEAH, THEY'RE LIKE THAT.

I'VE BEEN ROBBED
A FEW TIMES MYSELF

BY MY OWN RELATIVES, YOU KNOW?

FRIENDS OF THEIRS, YOUNG KIDS,
YOUNG, MAN, YOU KNOW,

THEY START YOUNG DOWN THERE.

[indistinct radio chatter]

- DRESSED IN CAMOUFLAGE,

HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS READY
TO HUNT.

BUT POLICE SAY THIS TEENAGER
WAS WAGING WAR IN BOONE COUNTY.

- IT'S A LONG STORY,
BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAPPENED WAS,

I WAS BUYING MY DRUG OF CHOICE,
XANAXES,

AND A LITTLE BIT OF COKE
AND WEED.

AND I WAS BUYING
A SHIT-LOAD OF GUNS.

- MY SON WAS THE BEST KID
YOU COULD EVER MEET, YOU KNOW,

UNTIL HE GOT AROUND MY FAMILY,
THE WRONG CROWD,

THE WRONG PEOPLE
AT THE WRONG TIME.

- I HAD A COUPLE GUNS
STASHED IN MY CAR,

'CAUSE THE NEXT DAY
WAS DEER SEASON.

SO WE WENT UP TO JESCO'S,

PARTIED WITH HIM THERE
FOR A COUPLE DAYS.

SOON AS WE GOT HOME,

I NOTICED MY WINDOW
WAS BUSTED OUT OF MY CAR.

SOMEBODY HAD FLICKED MY SEAT UP
AND TOOK MY GUNS.

- CHAOS THAT STARTED
LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN WHARTON.

POLICE SAY THE TEENAGER
GOT INTO A FIGHT

WITH THIS UNCLE OVER THE PHONE,

SO HE STOLE A CAR,
DROVE TO BILLY HASTINGS' HOME,

AND PULLED OUT A RIFLE.

- WHAT IT WAS, BILLY SAYS
IT'S OVER A BROKEN-DOWN TRUCK.

NO, BRANDON SOLD HIM A GUN
FOR A TRUCK,

AND...

WELL, BRANDON COME BACK UP HERE,
YOU KNOW.

WE WAS HIGH.
WE WAS TAKING PILLS, YOU KNOW.

AND BILLY CALLED BACK UP HERE.

HE SAID, "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
YOU LITTLE BONEY BASTARD..."

YOU KNOW, AND BRANDON'S DAD,
HE HAD JUST PASSED ON.

- HIS DAD HADN'T BEEN BURIED
THREE DAYS AGO,

AND HE WAS STILL HURT OVER THAT.

- AFTER MY DAD DIED, YEAH,
I GOT ON THE HARD STUFF.

I WAS DOING IT ALL, COKE, PILLS,

WHATEVER I COULD GET
MY HANDS ON, PRETTY MUCH.

- BILLY CALLED UP HERE,
AND HE SAID,

"I'LL BURY YOU
BESIDE YOUR COLD, DEAD DADDY,

YOU MOTHERFUCKER."

I JUST SAID,
"MAN, YOU NEED TO COME UP HERE,

AND BRING EVERYTHING
YOU'VE GOT."

- AND BRANDON SAID, "OKAY."

HE SAID, "WE'LL SEE."

AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE.

HE HUNG HIS PHONE UP.

HE WALKED OUT THAT DOOR.

- HE WAS DONE BEHIND ME,

WITHIN PROBABLY TEN FEET OF ME,

POINTING A GUN RIGHT AT ME.

I SAID, "BRANDON, WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA DO, SHOOT ME?"

HE PULLED THE TRIGGER,
AND IT BLOWED MY CHIN OFF.

- KA-BANG.

LIKE A STICK OF DYNAMITE.

- HE RAISED THE GUN UP
AND TURNED HIS HEAD

AND HOLLERED, "AH!"

SHUT HIS EYES
AND PULLED THE TRIGGER AGAIN.

[gunshot]

BLOWED MY NECK OPEN.

HE SEEN ME TRYING TO RAISE UP,

SO HE PUT THE GUN ON THE WINDOW
LIKE THAT,

TOOK AIM AND SHOT AGAIN.

[gunshot]

HIT ME IN THE SHOULDER

AND TWISTED ME BACK AROUND
AGAIN.

[heavy rock music]

HE JUST BLOWED THIS PART
OF MY SKIN

UP OVER MY EYEBALL.

I COULDN'T SEE OUT OF THIS EYE,
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE.

AND THEN I SEEN, LIKE,
WHEN I WAS MOVING THIS EYE,

I COULD FEEL MY EYE
UNDER MY SKIN,

SO I WAS TRYING
TO ADJUST MY SKIN

TO GET BACK TO THAT HOLE
RIGHT THERE.

AND FINALLY, I DONE IT,
AND I COULD SEE LIGHT.

SO WIPED IT OFF LIKE THAT.

- POLICE SAY THE TEENAGER
SHOT HIS UNCLE,

STOLE HIS AUNT'S CAR,
AND THEN TOOK OFF.

- AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE.

HE HUNG HIS PHONE UP.

HE WALKED OUT THAT DOOR.

15 MINUTES LATER, BILLY HASTINGS
IS LAYING UP THERE

PUTTING HIS FACE BACK TOGETHER.

SO YOU TELL ME WHO GOT
THE BETTER END OF THAT DEAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

- BUT IT DIDN'T END THERE.

HE SET THE CAR ON FIRE,

AND THE CLOCK STARTED TICKING
ON WHAT WOULD TURN OUT TO BE

A LONG AND TENSE STANDOFF
WITH POLICE.

- I THOUGHT I KILLED BILLY.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE
WHERE I SHOT HIM,

BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD,
SO YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT,

YOU KNOW, "THEY AIN'T GONNA
TAKE ME OUT ALIVE."

I ENDED UP SHOOTING
AT THE COPS,

FROM NOVEMBER 21ST TO THE 22ND,
AT 4:30 THAT MORNING,

WHEN THEY APPREHENDED ME.

IT WAS ONE HELL OF A NIGHT.

I JUST WENT ON A RAMPAGE,
PRETTY MUCH.

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T THINKING
OF MY FAMILY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID IT,
REALLY.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

THEY SAY THEY FORGIVE ME,
BUT YOU KNOW.

I SHOT A DUDE IN THE FACE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THEY HELPED,
YOU KNOW--

I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM
ALL MY LIFE.

SO I'M SURE THEY STILL
GOT LOVE FOR ME,

BUT YOU KNOW,
I TERRORIZED THEM, PRETTY MUCH.

AND I'M SURE THEY HATE ME
FOR THAT.

- NO MATTER WHAT,

THERE'S A PART IN ME THAT,
YOU KNOW, SAYS,

"WELL, HE GETS OUT OF PRISON,
I'VE GOT TO KILL THIS BOY."

BUT THEN THERE'S--
MY HEART TELLS ME,

"MAN, I CAN'T KILL HIM."

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I LOVE HIM.

- I'M GETTING SENTENCED
ON THE 16TH.

AND IT'S REALLY UP TO THE JUDGE
WHAT HAPPENS TO ME.

BUT MY JUDGE LIKES ME.

YOU KNOW, WE GET ALONG GOOD.

AND I THINK SOMETHING'S GOOD
GONNA HAPPEN.

I THINK I'M GONNA GO HOME
ON A ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE.

- I'M JESCO WHITE,
THE DANCING OUTLAW,

AND THIS IS PONTY'S CAMPER BAND.

THEY COME A LONG WAY
TO PLAY FOR ME TONIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU
SOME PICKIN' AND CLICKIN',

DOWN ON MAIN STREET.

HIT IT.

[fiddle intro]

[lively bluegrass music]

*

AND THIS IS MY DADDY'S
ORIGINAL HORSESHOE

THAT CAME OFF FROM HIS SHOES
AFTER HE GOT KILLED.

[lively bluegrass music]

- D. RAY COULD GIVE
THE CHILDREN DIRECTION.

AND WHEN D. RAY DIED
SO SUDDENLY,

THEY JUST WEREN'T PREPARED
FOR THAT.

- WELL, WHEN MY FATHER
PASSED AWAY,

EVERYBODY JUST WENT WILD.

- NOBODY TRIED TO CONTROL,
YOU KNOW.

BERTIE MAE WOULD TRY.

BUT NO LUCK.

YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T
GONNA LISTEN TO BERTIE MAE.

- JESCO, HE STARTED SNIFFING
THAT GAS AND LIGHTER FLUID

WHEN WE WAS YOUNG.

AND WE COULDN'T DO NOTHING
WITH HIM.

- WELL, I'VE GOT BRAIN DAMAGE

ON THE SIDE OF MY BRAIN,

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIDE,
THE LEFT OR RIGHT,

WHERE I'D HUFF GASOLINE
FOR TEN LONG YEARS.

- THE STORY WAS THAT HE HAD
HUFFED SO MUCH GASOLINE

THAT HE COULD TELL
HIGH-TEST FROM REGULAR,

JUST BY THE SCENT.

- AND IT EAT A HOLE
OUT MY BRAIN.

AND THE DOCTOR TOLD MY WIFE
WHEN THEY COME TO GET ME

OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,
MENTAL INSTITUTION,

HE SAID, "I'M GONNA TELL YOU,
HIS BRAIN CELL IS ATE UP

LIKE A PILE OF CIGARETTE ASHES."

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH CELL
IT IS IN MY HEAD.

- THIS MAN HAS A LOT OF ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, HE'S LOST MANY PEOPLE
THAT HE'S LOVED IN HIS LIFE.

HE'S HAD A HISTORY
OF DEPRESSION.

HE'S DEPRESSED TO THIS DAY.

- IT'S LIKE, WHEN I LAUGH,
SOMETIMES IT'S FAKING.

WHEN I'M REALLY SAD,

I'M TRYING TO DO
GOOFY, CRAZY STUFF.

AND I HAVE DOCTORED MYSELF
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

- IF JESCO WHITE
AIN'T HIGH ON DRUGS,

IF HE AIN'T HIGH ON ALCOHOL...

YOU CAN'T STAND
TO BE AROUND HIM.

- I LIKE TO GET
REALLY FUCKED UP, YOU KNOW?

PLUM OUT OF THE FRAME,

BUT I STILL CONTROL MYSELF.

I JUST LIKE TO DANCE
AND HAVE A GOOD TIME,

TILL SOMEBODY FUCKS WITH ME
IN THE WRONG WAY.

THEN I'M ALL TO PIECES.

YOU KNOW,
I CAN'T CONTROL IT THEN.

- HE CAN BE LOOKING AT YOU
AND BE HAPPY ONE MINUTE

AND SNAP THE NEXT AND READY
TO FUCKIN' BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.

[electric motor buzzing]

- I FINALLY NOW GET A TATTOO
OF BOTH PEOPLE I FEEL LIKE.

[needle buzzing]

- I BELIEVE WE ARE DONE.

- CHECK THE BACK OUT.

SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT.

[chuckles]

WHEN I'M IN MY ELVIS MOOD,
I'M IN A GOOD MOOD.

I'M GETTING PLASTERED
AND RIPPED OUT OF THE FRAME,

AND I'M SINGING
AND HAVING A GOOD TIME

FOR EVERYBODY
AND LETTIN' THE GOOD TIMES ROLL,

AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY,
AND EVERYBODY LOVES IT.

WHEN I SEE YOU LAUGH,
IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

AND THEN WHEN I'M MAD,
I FEEL LIKE I AM CHARLES MANSON.

[making machine gun sound]

I CAN'T STOP KILLING.
DO YOU?

I'D ENJOY KILLING PEOPLE,

CUTTING 'EM UP, SHOOTING 'EM.

WHATEVER, IT WOULDN'T MAKE
NO DIFFERENCE,

BECAUSE THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE
NOTHING TO LOSE ANYWAY.

[laughs]

IT'S LIKE THE DEAD
KILLING THE DEAD.

[laughs]

PSHOO!
PSHOO!

[chatter and shouting]

- RIGHT NOW I PRESENT TO YOU

DIRTY COAL RIVER BAND
AND JESCO WHITE.

[bluesy country music]

- WHOO!

*

- I DON'T FEEL REALLY HUMAN,

BUT I KNOW I AM.

'CAUSE I'M SO FAMOUS,
I HARDLY COULD EVER GET OUT,

AND IT SCARES ME
AND MAKES ME PARANOID.

SOMETIMES KNOWING I'M FAMOUS,
DON'T KNOW WHAT--

IS THIS REAL,
OR AM I JUST CARRYING ON?

[rollicking bluesy music]

- LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE,
HE'S APPALACHIAN ROYALTY.

YOU HAVE HALF OF THE PEOPLE

TRULY LOVE HIM
AS AN ENTERTAINER.

THERE'S A VAST MAJORITY

THAT JUST WANT TO SEE
THE SPECTACLE OF JESCO WHITE.

HE IS PRESSURED BY THE FAN BASE.

HE FEELS THIS OBLIGATION
TO BE THAT GUY FOR THEM.

AND THAT'S GONNA KILL THAT MAN.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOVE JESCO,

BUT THEY'RE ALSO
FASCINATED WITH HIM

TO A POINT
THAT IS VERY DISRESPECTFUL.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY,
GO TO HIS HOME

AND SEE WHAT'S ON
THE FRONT OF HIS DOOR.

IT'S A DIFFERENT SIGN
EVERY DAY.

HE CAN'T EVEN PUT UP A SIGN
THAT SAYS,

"KEEP OUT OF THIS PLACE,"
WITHOUT A FAN COMING

AND TAKING IT DOWN
AS A SOUVENIR.

- THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE
MY HOME.

BUT THE WAY YOU GOT TO GO
LIVE HERE AND SURVIVE,

IT IS LIKE A PRISON,

YOU KNOW, IN A WAY,

BUT THERE AIN'T NO GUARDS
OR BARS.

- I DON'T THINK JESCO REALLY
WANTS TO BE AS FAMOUS

AS HE COULD BE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LINE
THAT HE'S DRAWN

TO KEEP HIM INDEPENDENT

AND TO KEEP HIM
ON HIS OWN TWO FEET

AND KIND OF IN HIS WORLD
AND NOT THEIR WORLD.

- IN A WAY,
IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD

TO HAVE MY OWN PRISON.

AFTER ALL, IT'S PRIVATE,

AND IT KEEPS ME OUT
OF THE REAL ONE.

GOD MADE EVERYTHING
FOR A PURPOSE

AND FOR A REASON.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING
TO FIND, MINE.

AND I GUESS IT'S TO DANCE
AND ENTERTAIN FOR PEOPLE,

KIND OF, LIKE, TO BRING LAUGHTER

FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT'S REALLY FEELING DOWN

THAT REALLY ENJOYS YOU,
LIKES HANGING OUT WITH YOU

BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING YOURSELF
AND BEING HONEST.

[lively bluegrass music]

*

EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M CRAZY,

BUT IT KEEPS ME
FROM GOING INSANE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[cheers and applause]

[spare acoustic guitar plucking]

*

- DON'T PULL OFF THIS HOSE, NOW.

SEE, THEY BRING YOU MEDICINE,
AND THEY PUT IT IN A LITTLE TUBE

AND IT GOES DOWN IN THIS

SO YOU'LL GET YOUR MEDICATION.

- HUH?

- I KNOW YOU AIN'T SNORTIN'
NO PILLS.

THAT'S NOT SNORTIN'
NO PILLS, MA.

[phone ringing]

[laughs]

HELLO?

YEAH.

YEAH.

SHE LOST ALL THAT BLOOD.

SHE HAD A STROKE.

AND IT PARALYZED HER RIGHT ARM

AND HER SIDE
OF HER RIGHT FACE.

AND HER MOUTH'S DRAWED.

THEY GOT A TUBE UP HER NOSE

GOING DOWN INTO HER NECK

BECAUSE HER NECK IS NUMB
AND SHE CAN'T SWALLOW THAT GOOD.

I'M PRETTY FUCKIN' STRESSED.

I'M LOSING MY MOTHER.

AND I DON'T KNOW
HOW I'M GONNA TAKE IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GONNA COME OF IT.

YOU MIGHT--AFTER TONIGHT,

YOU MIGHT NOT SEE MAMIE AGAIN.

THEN AGAIN, YOU MIGHT.

BUT RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY HURT
AND STRESSED.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK
TO GO TO JAIL,

AND I DON'T CARE TO KILL
SOME SON OF A BITCH,

ANYBODY THAT LOOKS AT ME WRONG.

I AM HURTING.

REALLY, IN MY HEART,
I'M HURTING,

'CAUSE I'M LOSING MY MOM.

AND THAT'S ALL THE FUCK I GOT.

- I MEAN, WE CAN MAYBE
GO OVER HERE.

WE'RE HERE, SUSAN,

AT THE HOSPITAL.

BETTER WAKE UP
BEFORE WE GET IN THERE.

- [sighing] OH, JEEZ.

- SUSAN, MOM SAID
THE BABY'S NOT HERE,

SAID THAT CPS
HAS GOT THE BABY.

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN
THAT CPS HAS GOT THE BABY?

- YOU'VE GOT TO GO HOME.

- WHAT IS IT?

- CPS HAS GOT THE BABY
IN BOONE COUNTY.

I SWEAR I WAS JUST THERE.

I JUST TRIED TO GO SEE HER.

CPS HAS GOT THE BABY
IN BOONE COUNTY.

YOU GOT TO GET IN THE CAR
AND GO WITH THEM.

- I JUST WANTED TO SEE HER.

- NO, YOU HAVE TO STAY
ALL NIGHT.

- DRIVE ALL THE WAY OVER HERE
TO SEE IT, MAN.

MIGHT NEVER GET TO SEE IT AGAIN.

- [crying indistinctly]

- CPS IN BOONE COUNTY'S
GOT THE BABY.

I WAS JUST THERE
TRYING TO VISIT HER.

- [crying]

- I WAS JUST TRYING.

DO YOU WANT TO GO
USE FRANK'S PHONE

TO TRY AND CALL YOUR MOM?

HE'S OVER HERE
IN THE PARKING LOT.

COME ON.

- [crying]

- NO, DON'T DO THAT, KIRK.

- [crying]

- LET'S GO.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

CAN YOU TURN THAT OFF, PLEASE?

- OKAY.

LET'S TURN IT OFF.

- [sniffling]

- HELLO?

- GIVE ME TWO TACOS,

ONE SOFT SHELL,
ONE HARD, PLEASE.

COULD YOU REPEAT THAT ORDER
BACK TO ME?

- YES, I GOT THE QUESADILLA,

A STEAK GORDITA
WITH JUST THE STEAK AND CHEESE,

A CHEESY GORDITA--

- OH.
[honks horn]

SHE'S NOT LOOKING.

RENEE!

- GET OUT AND KNOCK
ON THE WINDOW.

- [honking horn]

HEY.

HEY, TAYLOR.

YOU GOT TO KILL THE COW
TO GET THAT BEEF,

OR WHAT, BUDDY?

SHIT.

THANK YOU.

[somber acoustic guitar]

*

- COME ON.

- I NEED A CORONA.

I GOT TO GET THE FUCK
OUT OF HERE.

MY NERVES IS TORE UP.

NOW, YOU SEE ALL THREE
OF US GIRLS?

THE BIGGEST.

- THE MEANEST.

- AND BADDEST.

- THERE YOU GO.

NOW, YOU SEE US NOW?

WE LOOK PRETTY GODDAMN GOOD.

BUT WHEN WE LEAVE THIS BAR,

WE'RE GONNA COME IN LIKE THIS.

WHO'S GONNA FUCKIN'
PACK MAMIE IN?

ALL RIGHT, GIRLS, YOU READY?

LET'S ROCK IT.

- WE'RE READY.

- YEAH-HA!

- WHAT'S UP, MY BABY?

- WE GOT SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE
IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT,

MISS MAMIE WHITE,

MISS KIRK WHITE,

MISS SUE BOB WITH THE TITTIES.

- HELL YEAH.

- THAT WOMAN'S GOT
THE PRETTIEST TITTIES

I EVER SEEN.

AND THIS IS HER FAVORITE SONG,

AND THEY GONNA SHAKE
THEIR ASSES,

SHAKE THEIR TITTIES.

[bluesy rock music]

*

- WE RAISED OUR OWN VEGETABLES,

CUCUMBERS, TOMATOES, ONIONS,
LETTUCE...

- CORN.

- CORN, BEETS, SPINACH.

YOU NAME IT, WE RAISED IT.

WE ALSO RAISED HOGS
TO GET OUR MEAT.

ANY PIECE OF HOG YOU CAN MEAT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT
FROM IT'S FUCKING HEAD

TO IT'S ASSHOLE.

[bluesy rock music]

- FUCK!

BITCH, YOU FUCK.

- DADDY WAS
A VERY, VERY STRICT FATHER.

BUT HE WASN'T A MEAN FATHER.

HE WAS JUST
A DISCIPLINED FATHER.

AND THEN WE ALL TURNED OUT
TO BE FUCKIN' CRIMINALS,

AND IT AIN'T HIS--

AND IT AIN'T REALLY HIS FAULT,
BECAUSE HE DONE HIS DAMN JOB.

MY DADDY HAD 14 CANCERS
CUT OUT OF HIM.

AND HE WORE COLOSTOMY BAG
RIGHT HERE.

I WAS TEN YEAR OLD

WHEN HE STARTED TAKING ME
TO BARS WITH HIM,

'CAUSE DADDY WOULD GET DRUNK,
YOU KNOW,

START A FIGHT,
AND THEN I'D SAY,

"LOOK, MOTHERFUCKER,
THIS IS MY FATHER.

"YOU HIT HIM,
YOU BETTER HIT ME," I SAID,

"'CAUSE HE'S GOT BOWELS HERE.

"HE CAN'T GET HIT
IN THE STOMACH.

"WHEN YOU HIT HIM,
I'M GONNA FUCKIN'

BUST YOUR BRAINS OUT
WITH A POOL STICK."

I ALWAYS CARRIED A POOL STICK.

ALWAYS DRANK A BEER IN A BOTTLE.

I CAN ALWAYS BREAK THE BOTTLE

AND SHOVE THE NECK
IN YOUR FUCKIN' HEART,

OR I CAN ALWAYS BACK YOU UP,

GET YOU THE FUCK
OUT OF MY FACE.

[rollicking bluesy music]

*

- FUCKING JACK BASTARD!

- HELL YEAH!

- MY FAVORITE VERSE
IS MATTHEW'S 21:22.

AND WHEN EVERYTHING'S--

YOU'RE ASKING A PRAYER
ABOUT BELIEVING,

YOU WILL RECEIVE,

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW,

NO MATTER HOW HARD
THINGS IS DOWN ON ME.

I'M LOOKING.

I'M STILL BELIEVING.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD'S SAYING,

"HEY, LOOK HOW MUCH
YOU LOVE THIS BABY.

"THREE DAYS--LET'S NOT PUSH IT
OUT THREE MONTHS, THREE YEARS.

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER."

- WELL, WE'RE IN LINCOLN COUNTY
ON BODGER ROAD,

GOING TO PICK UP CHARLIE GREEN,
WHICH COULD BE MY HUSBAND,

WHICH IS MY HUSBAND.

[laughs]

AND HERE IS THE COMMANDMENT
HE BROKE.

[laughs]

SHIT.

I'M GONNA KILL HIM,
IS WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

- READ THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT.

[rollicking bluesy music]

*

- THERE HE IS.

HEY, YOU LITTLE PRICK.

I'M LOOKING FOR CHARLES.

- LET'S GO GET HIM.

HE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

- YEAH, WHERE,
THE MOTHERFUCKER?

- FUCK.

- WELL, WE WENT TO LINCOLN
COUNTY LOOKING FOR CHARLES.

WE DID NOT FIND HIM.

YOU DON'T TELL ME
WHAT TO DO, BITCH.

SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO MADISON,

WE CALL [bleep],
WHICH IS HIS GIRLFRIEND,

THE ONE HE HAS THE BABY BY.

IS CHARLES OVER THERE?
HUH?

THE FUN'S JUST GETTING READY
TO START, HONEY.

BELIEVE THAT.

- GOD.

- * LOVING AIN'T MUCH FUN

* WITH THE LYING CHEATIN' DUMB

* YOU DIRTY ROTTEN
DOUBLE-DEALING MAN *

- I CAN GO WITH THEM NOW
FOR A COUPLE HOURS,

COME BACK HERE.

WAIT, WHERE YOU GOING?

YOU LEAVING?
WHERE YOU GOING?

- JUST GET IN THE FUCKING HOUSE.

- SHE'S PISSED.

- * YOU DIRTY ROTTEN
DOUBLE-DEALING MAN *

- WOULD YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP?

YOU ALWAYS RUN YOUR MOUTH.

- OH, BE EASY.

- THERE AIN'T ROOM FOR YOU;
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

THAT BEER'S GOT YOU GOOD.

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

- OH, GOD DAMN, HERE.

[indistinct speech]

- MOVE IT, CHRIS.
- I'M TRYING.

- I'M NOT PLAYING
WITH YOU TWO FUCKIN' RETARDS.

- * I DRINK A LOT OF WHISKEY

* I'M SMOKING ALL THE TIME

* AND I'M GETTING FUCKED UP

* EVERY GODDAMN NIGHT

* EVERYBODY'S DOING COCAINE

* AND STARTING UP FIGHTS

* AND I'M LIVING FAST AND HARD

* AND DYING YOUNG

* WITH MY GODDAMN LOADED FIST
OF FURY *

* DOING WHAT I DO

* AND I'M SPITTIN'
IN YOUR FACE *

* 'CAUSE I'M DOMINATING YOU

* LIVING HARD AND DOING TIME

* AND I DON'T GIVE A FUCK

* AND I BEEN BEAT DOWN
AND THROWN AROUND *

* AND NOW YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK

* AND PUNCH

* FIGHT, FUCK

* PUNCH

* FIGHT, FUCK

- YOU WAIT TILL
I GET BACK HOME TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW THERE'LL BE
A HELL OF A FIGHT.

- YOU AIN'T GOING BACK HOME,
SORRY TO TELL YOU.

- OH, YEAH, I AM.
- OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT.

- BE GODDAMNED.

- NO, NO, YOU'RE STUCK
WITH OL' MOUSIE TONIGHT.

MOUSIE'S GETTING DICK TONIGHT.

- YOU CAN GO FUCK HER RIGHT NOW.

- SHH, GOD DAMN.

HELL NO.

- YES.
- NO.

[laughter]

- WILL BE YOUR COCK LATER.

- NO.

- I WILL...
- NO, YOU AIN'T.

- BEFORE THE NIGHT'S OVER WITH.

- THE HELL, YOU WILL.

[laughter]

NO.

- GIVE ME A KISS.

- QUIT IT, MAN.
- GIVE HER A KISS.

- GIVE ME A FUCKING KISS
AND QUIT ACTING STUPID!

- NO, QUIT, QUIT.

NO.

QUIT.

CHRIS, YOU MOTHERFUCKER.

GOD DAMN YOU, YOU--

- KISS ME.

- QUIT.
- KISS ME.

- QUIT.

- LIKE YOU MEAN IT.

- GOD DAMN IT!

- LIKE YOU MEAN IT!

DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.

- [sighs]

[laughter]

I WAS MARRIED TO HER,
YOU FUCKIN' RETARD.

- WELL, YOU GET UP ON IT THEN.

[laughter and muffled speech]

- QUIT, GOD DAMN IT.

- GET 'ER DONE.

- * PUNCH
- * PUNCH

- * FIGHT
- * FIGHT

- * AND...

[together] * FUCK

- [laughing] ALL RIGHT.

- OKAY.

NOW WE GOT THAT
ALL ACCOMPLISHED.

NOW, NOW WHAT?

[Mendelssohn's Wedding March]

[smooch]

- QUIT IT.

OKAY, QUIT.

- I GOT A BUZZ.

- I'M NEVER GETTING MARRIED,
NEVER.

- COME ON, WE'RE GETTING READY
TO TAKE YOU IN THE STORE

THAT WE GOT MARRIED IN.

[climactic orchestral music]

[Wagner's Wedding March]

*

- WE COME DOWN HERE,

PICK OUR MEDICINE UP
AT THIS PHARMACY.

- LORTAB 10s, 90,
AND 60 PURPLE XANAXES.

SO WE GET THE MEDICINE.

WE COME OUT HERE IN THE TRUCK.

WE CRUSH FOUR UP.

WE SNORT 'EM.

- YOU THINK I WASN'T FUCKED UP?

YEAH, I WAS FUCKED UP.

- THE PHARMACIST WAS A PREACHER,
A PASTOR OR WHATEVER.

AND THEY TOOK US OVER
TO THE FLOWER DEPARTMENT

AND MARRIED US.

WHAT THE FUCK?

I WANTED TO GET MARRIED.

THAT DIDN'T DO US APART.

THAT DID.

[laughter]

DO YOU REGRET IT?

- HELL, YEAH.

[laughter]

- HE THINKS HE'S GOING HOME

WHEN HE GETS BACK
TO BOONE COUNTY,

BUT I GOT NEWS FOR HIM;
HE'S NOT.

I'M HOLDING HIM HOSTAGE.

- MAN, IT'S 3:00, 4:00
IN THE FUCKING MORNING.

- CHARLES GETTING IN MY BED.

AND CHRISTOPHER'S GETTING
ON THE COUCH.

[Mendelssohn's Wedding March]

*

- AH, QUIT IT!

[sirens wailing]

- THE WHITES ARE A PRODUCT
OF THE MOUNTAIN CULTURE.

AND THIS IS THE SAME TYPE
OF CULTURE THAT SPAWNED

THE HATFIELD-MCCOY FEUD,
FOR EXAMPLE.

THEY COME FROM A TIME
AND A PLACE

WHERE THEY WERE ISOLATED.

THEY WERE ISOLATED BY GEOGRAPHY.

THEY WERE ISOLATED BY CULTURE.

[horn honking]
[man shouting]

- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE KNOWS HOW TO "BEEP-BEEP."

- WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN OWNED
FOR ALMOST ALL OF ITS EXISTENCE

BY WEALTHY INTERESTS
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.

IT'S LIKE SOME AFRICAN NATIONS
THAT EUROPEAN NATIONS GO

AND EXPLOIT
THE NATURAL RESOURCES,

TAKE ALL THE WEALTH,
AND THEN LEAVE.

- PICK 'EM UP, BABY.

- MAY I HAVE
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE?

THANK YOU FOR COMING
TO THE 15TH ANNUAL

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL SERVICE.

- IT'S GOOD MONEY;
IT'S WEST VIRG--

- IT'S WEST VIRGINIA, BUDDY.

- YOU GONNA BE A MINER.

- COAL MINING IS,
THAT'S THE BEST JOB

IN WEST VIRGINIA RIGHT NOW.

- YEAH, AND ALL THE BITCHES
LOVE COAL MINERS.

[laughing]
WELL, I AIN'T GONNA LIE TO YOU.

- THEY DO.

- LET US PRAY.

WE THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER,

FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY
FOR THE FAMILIES

OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST SOMEONE

IN A MINING ACCIDENT
IN THE MOST RECENT YEAR.

- YOU GO UNDERGROUND,
YOU DON'T KNOW

IF YOU'RE COMING UP THE NEXT
NIGHT--I MEAN THE MORNING.

- YOU'D BE A STUPID MOTHERFUCKER

IF YOU DIDN'T THINK
YOU WAS GONNA DIE.

- YOU WATCHED YOUR FELLOW

GET COVERED UP
IN A SLEDGE FALL.

HE'S DEAD.

HE'S JUST TAKEN
OUT OF THE MINES.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY
IN THE MINES.

- WHEN YOU GO IN THAT HOLE,
"MAN, IT'S GONNA CAVE IN,

"OR COULD IT BLOW IN,
OR COULD I DROWN,

OR GET ELECTROCUTED."

THAT'S FOUR THINGS CAN MAJOR
HAPPEN TO YOU.

- PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING

IN ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
OCCUPATIONS THAT THERE IS.

IT CREATES A CERTAIN FATALISM

AND A LACK OF THE FEAR OF DEATH.

THAT TYPE OF THINKING
IS PERVASIVE.

IT'S A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T FIND

A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIMISM
ABOUT THE FUTURE.

- THOSE VALUE SYSTEMS
WERE PASSED DOWN,

GENERATION TO GENERATION.

[rhythmic tapping]

- * LITTLE PIECE OF CORNBREAD
LAYING ON THE SHELF *

* LITTLE PIECE OF CORNBREAD
LAYING ON THE SHELF *

* YOU WANT ANYMORE,
YOU CAN SING IT YOURSELF *

* GROUNDHOG

* GROUNDHOG

- MY FATHER D. RAY WHITE
WORKED IN THE COAL MINES.

THEN HE GOT SICK.

THEN HE COULDN'T WORK NO MORE
IN THE MINES.

- WHEN D. RAY WAS COMING ALONG,

COAL MINES PAID PEOPLE SCRIP.

WHEN YOU WORKED
FOR A CERTAIN COAL COMPANY,

YOU GOT THEIR SCRIP.

YOU HAD TO GO BUY
FROM THEIR COMPANY STORE,

AND SO REALLY,
A DOLLAR IN SCRIP

ONLY BOUGHT YOU 30 CENTS
IN GROCERIES, OKAY?

I MEAN, YOU WERE JUST ENSLAVED
BY THE COAL COMPANIES.

SO D. RAY SEES ALL OF THIS.

HE SEES POLITICIANS, SHERIFFS,
COAL COMPANIES DOING IT.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH D. RAY
DOING IT

TO HELP HIS FAMILY ALONG?

- I HEARD THAT D. RAY SAW
HOW THE COAL COMPANIES

WERE RIPPING PEOPLE OFF,

AND HE DECIDED IF EVERYONE ELSE
WERE CHEATERS AND CROOKS,

HE WAS GONNA TRY
AND WORK THE SYSTEM

JUST LIKE
THE COAL COMPANIES DID.

- WELL, IF YOU DON'T DO IT,
THE OTHER FELLA WILL.

EVERYBODY DOES IT,
SO WHY CAN'T WE DO IT?

- D. RAY WAS A MASTER.

D. RAY UNDERSTOOD
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

BETTER THAN MOST ATTORNEYS.

HE GOT ALL OF HIS KIDS
"CRAZY CHECKS," AS THEY SAY.

- MY FATHER SIGNED ME UP
ON A CHECK,

I THINK, WHEN I WAS
ABOUT 11 AND 12 AND STUFF,

AND I'VE BEEN GETTING IT
EVER SINCE.

- I GET A GODDAMN CHECK
FROM THE GOVERNMENT

SAYING THAT I AM FUCKIN'
CERTIFIED CRAZY.

[laughter and coughing]

- WHAT--WHY ARE YOU CRAZY?

- 'CAUSE I WANT TO BE.

- THAT HAS REALLY, REALLY
BEEN A PROBLEM

WITH THE WHITE FAMILY,
IS THE ENTITLEMENT,

IS THE ENTITLEMENT
TYPE OF CULTURE

AND THE DISABILITY CULTURE.

AND THAT'S LED A LOT
TO WHAT THEY ARE NOW.

[cheers and shouts]

- THE MEANEST, THE BIGGEST,
AND THE BADDEST!

- THAT'S RIGHT!

- THEY DON'T EXPECT A WHOLE LOT
OUT OF LIFE.

AND THEY LIVE FOR THE IMMEDIATE.

- * WELL, I WAS BORN
A COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER *

* IN A CABIN ON A HILL
IN BUTCHER HOLLER *

- HERE IT'S JUST LIKE YOU'RE
JUST WAITING AROUND

FOR EVERYTHING TO GET WORSE
AND EVERYTHING TO END.

IT'S SAD.

- * NOT MUCH IS LEFT
BUT THE POOR *

* NOTHING LIVES HERE ANYMORE

* EXCEPT THE MEMORIES
OF COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER *

[crowd cheering]

HELL YEAH!

THANK YOU!

- I'M NOT GETTING THE BABY.

- LET ME GO DOWN THERE
AND KILL A MOTHERFUCKER,

AND I PROBABLY WON'T EVEN
HAVE TO GO TO COURT OR NOTHING

AND WALK SCOTT FREE.

- SON OF A BITCH, THEY DONE
HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT.

IT'S MESSED UP, MAN.

REGARDLESS, FUCK,
ONE THING ABOUT IT,

I LIKE TO FIGHT,
AND I'M A HELL OF A FIGHTER.

AND I'M NOT GONNA GIVE UP.

I DON'T GIVE UP THIS EASY.

HEY, PENNY.

HOW'S YOU BEEN DOING?

I DON'T CARE WHERE IT IS.

THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME,

AS LONG AS I CAN--

SINGLE.

UNEMPLOYED.

A PRESCRIPTION FRAUD.

NO, I HAVEN'T BEEN CHARGED
WITH IT.

EVERY DAY.

VICODIN AND A COUPLE XANAX.

AND I'VE SMOKED WEED.

WHAT'S PCP?

NO, I DON'T DO ANGEL DUST.

OKAY, I SURE APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, BYE.

SHE'S GONNA GET ME
STRAIGHT IN THERE ON MONDAY.

- SHE'LL DO ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING

AND ALL SHE CAN
BEFORE SHE GOES OUT OF HERE,

ESPECIALLY PILLS AND STUFF.

- I HAVE TO ADMIT IT.

IF THERE'S A PILLED
LAID OUT THERE,

I'M GONNA DO IT,

'CAUSE I KNOW I ONLY GOT
48 HOURS TO DO IT IN.

[tires screeching]

- THIS BOTTLE IS SUS-IRK'S
LAST PARTY FOR REHAB.

WE'RE HAVING HER ONE LAST PARTY
BEFORE SHE GOES TO REHAB

AT THE BOWLING ALLEY
IN CHAPMANVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA.

AND I SIGNED EVERYONE'S NAME
ON IT THAT DRUNK OUT OF IT.

THAT WAY, I'M GONNA
KEEP IT TREASURE.

THAT WAY, WHEN KIRK COMES OUT
STRAIGHT AND CLEAN,

I'M GONNA SAY, "REMEMBER THIS?"

- CAN I SAY ONE THING?

FUCK YOU, DENNIS [bleep].

[upbeat country music]

*

OW-OO!

- WHOO-HOO!

- * NOW LET ME TELL YOU 'BOUT

* A WILD, WILD PARTY

* I WAS AT LAST NIGHT

*

both: * NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE

*

- REALLY HAD TO PEE.

- * IT WAS A WILD PARTY

* AND I KNOW

* WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE

- [shouting indistinctly]

- REHAB?
I AIN'T GOING TO REHAB.

I DON'T NEED NO FUCKIN' REHAB.

- [shouting indistinctly]

- Y'ALL, WHAT NIPPLES.

- I DONE HAD MY REHAB,

TEN MONTHS
IN LAKIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

I'M DONE.

NOW IT'S TIME TO PARTY.

[jaunty country music]

*

- * OH, SICK

* SOBER AND SORRY

* BROKE, DISGUSTED, AND SAD

- THIS IS FUCKED UP.

- * SICK, SOBER, AND SORRY

* BUT LOOK AT THE FUN
THAT I HAD *

- I HATE REHAB.

- WELL, YOU GOT TO SOMETIMES
GOT TO DO THINGS IN LIFE

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.

- FLIP OFF DENNIS, REHAB.

- LET'S DROP DENNIS.

HE AIN'T IN THIS PICTURE
NO MORE.

- DENNIS IS A IDIOT.

- YEP, THAT'S TRUE.

- TAKE ME TO DENNIS
SO I CAN BLOW HIS HEAD OFF.

- [whispering] I CAN'T STOP IT.

- TYLOR, DON'T BE SAYING THAT.

THEY'RE RECORDING IT.

YOU WANT TO GO TO JAIL?

- DENNIS, MAN.

I'D BLOW HIS HEAD OFF.

[laughter]

- * LOOK AT THE FUN THAT I HAD

- YOU TIRED?
- MM-HMM.

WANT TO TAKE THAT SWEATER OFF?

- MM-HMM.

- WE GOT TO GO TO BECKLEY
AND DROP ME OFF,

AND THEN Y'ALL COME BACK.

- WHY DO WE GOT TO GO
TO BECKLEY?

- 'CAUSE I GOT TO GO OVER THERE
AND STAY, BUB.

- FOREVER?

- NO.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT REHAB IS?

- NO.

CAN I STOP AT THE DOLLAR STORE
FOR A LITTLE BIT?

- NO, WE GOT TO GO.

[bluesy country guitar music]

*

- WHERE YOU GOING, SUSAN?

- REHAB.

- REHAB?

CAN I GO?
- REHABILITATION CENTER.

- WELL...

- CHARLIE'S BEEN IN THIS FAMILY
FOR MANY YEARS.

- ME AND SUSAN,
WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE HORN.

- YEAH.

- [laughs]

- YOU WANT TO GO OR NOT?

WANT YOU TO GO WITH HER.

CAN'T YOU TAKE THE HINT?

- YEAH.

- HEADING TO REHAB.

AND STEVE'S GONNA TAKE US
TO WHERE THE REHAB IS.

- GET-STRAIGHT TIME.

- HER EX-HUSBAND.

BEEN IN THE FAMILY
FOR MANY YEARS.

HE'S A GOOD FELLER
AND A HARD WORKER,

AND HE'LL ALWAYS STAY
IN THE FAMILY,

JUST LIKE CHARLIE.

- COME ON, TURKEY.

[loud whistle]

- LET'S GO!

COME ON, HURRY.

- HOW LONG YOU GOT TO BE
IN REHAB?

- I CAN STAY THREE MONTHS.

I CAN STAY--
- THREE MONTHS?

- I CAN STAY SIX MONTHS.

I CAN STAY UP TO TWO YEARS.

- WELL, WHO DECIDES THE TIME?

- ME.

- BETTER NOT GO IN THERE
ONE FUCKING DAY AND COME OUT.

- I'M NOT.

- I'LL KICK YOUR ASS.

- I GOT TO DO THIS.

- WELL, WHO TOLD YOU
YOU GOT TO DO IT?

- I DID.

- YOU DID?

YOU MIGHT AS WELL LOOK
AT THIS DEAL

AS YOUR LAST CHANCE.

- I AM;
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

[acoustic guitar music]

*

- AT THIS LIGHT UP HERE,

YOU'RE GONNA GO
STRAIGHT THROUGH,

AND YOU'LL BE RIGHT AT F.M.R.S.

YOU'RE HERE.

YOU UP FOR IT?

- I AIN'T GOT NO OTHER CHOICE.

*

- HE'LL BE 47 YEARS OLD
WHEN HE GETS OUT.

[sniffs]

I'LL BE DEAD AND GONE.

- THAT SUCKS, YOU KNOW?

YOUNG BOY LIKE THAT, MAN.

LIFE WASTED.

IF HE'D HAVE KILLED HIM,
HE'D PROBABLY GOT LESSER TIME.

[laughs]

IT'S SAD BUT TRUE.

[acoustic bluegrass music]

*

- * WAY DOWN IN WEST VIRGINIA

* THERE'S SOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE ONE OF A KIND *

* THEY DON'T NEED NOTHING
FROM NOBODY *

* 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY
DOING FINE *

* YOU GOT BERTIE MAE WHITE

* SHE'S THE STRONGEST WOMAN

* THAT I'VE EVER MET
IN MY LIFE *

* SHE RAISED OVER 24
OF HER OWN *

* AND HAD TO WATCH
HER HUSBAND DIE *

* BUT SHE'S ALWAYS
FIGHTING HARD *

* AND LIVING OFF THE LAND

* AND WHEN SHE'S DONE LIVING
IN THIS WORLD *

* YOU KNOW THE LORD'S GONNA
TAKE HER BY HER HAND *

* AND OL' MAMIE, YOU KNOW
SHE'S STILL RAISING HELL *

* AND THE LEGEND
OF D. RAY WHITE *

* WILL NEVER DIE,
LIKE THE REBEL YELL *

* YEAH THE LEGEND
OF D. RAY WHITE *

* WILL NEVER DIE,
LIKE THE REBEL YELL *

*

[somber string music]

*

- THIS IS BANDYTOWN.

THIS IS MY FAMILY CEMETERY.

AND THIS IS MY BROTHER'S GRAVE
HERE, DORSEY,

ONE THAT BLOWED HIS BRAINS OUT
AND KILLED HIS SELF.

AND OVER THROUGH HERE
IS MY DADDY'S GRAVE,

DONALD RAY WHITE.

SOMEONE TOOK A CHISEL TO.

THIS RIGHT HERE
IS MY SISTER'S GRAVE,

ONA FONTAINE.

SHE WAS NEXT TO ME,
AND A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

AND SHE GOT SLAY AND KILLED
IN CLEVELAND

BY HER EX-HUSBAND
THAT SHE DIVORCED.

AND THIS GRAVE HERE
IS MY OTHER SISTER'S, VIRGINIA.

AND SHE WAS PREGNANT
AT THE TIME SHE WAS KILLED

IN A CAR WRECK;
BOTH MY SISTERS WAS.

BUT THIS IS MY SISTER'S GRAVE,
AND LIKE I SAID,

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE,

'CAUSE I KINDLY REALLY

KNOCKED OFF
AND LIVE IN MY OWN WORLD

ON ACCOUNT OF, YOU KNOW,
SHIT WAS GOING DOWN, YOU KNOW.

SOME FAMILIES JUST CAN'T
GET IT TOGETHER.

- BUT IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE
IN THE WHITE FAMILY,

A LOT OF THEM DIED YOUNGER
THAN OTHER PEOPLE.

- UH, I HAVE NO--
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SIN

OR THE THING THAT BOTHERS 'EM
THAT LIVES IN 'EM

OR THE DEMON THAT THEY CARRY
OR WHAT IT IS.

BUT IT'S JUST STRANGE
HOW EVERYTHING HAD HAPPENED

IN OUR FAMILY.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S--

MY LIFE, OUR LIVES,
HAS JUST BEEN A PARTY,

AND WE'RE JUST LIVING
LIKE IT'S A STORY,

THAT WE'RE ALREADY DEAD,
BUT WE'RE STILL ALIVE TOO,

GET TO TELL ABOUT IT.

SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE,
AND IT'S WEIRD.

AND I STILL, TO THIS DAY,

AIN'T FIGURED OUT HOW COME
ALL THIS STUFF'S GOING DOWN.

[dramatic acoustic guitar]

*

- I'M AT PINE HAVEN.

IT'S A REHAB, LONG-TERM REHAB.

AND I'VE BEEN CLEAN
FOR THREE MONTHS.

THAT'S MY 24-HOUR COIN.

THAT'S MY 30-DAY COIN.

AND THAT'S MY 60-DAY COIN.

- MOMMY!

- I COME TO GET TYLOR TODAY.

HE'S GOING TO SPEND
THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS

WITH ME OVER THERE.

- YOU NEVER PLAY WITH ME.

- WE'LL PLAY IN THE PARK.

HOW ABOUT I SIT THERE, AND--

- IS THERE--

THERE'S A PARK BY THERE?

- THERE'S A PLAYGROUND,
BUT, TYLOR,

MOM CAN'T GET IN NO HOLES
AND STUFF AND CRAWL.

I MIGHT GET STUCK IN 'EM.

- YOU WILL LEAVE ME.

- I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE YOU.
- YOU ALWAYS DO.

- I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU.

- YOU LEFT ME LAST TIME.

- WHY DO YOU ALWAYS REMIND ME
OF THAT?

I'VE TOLD YOU I'M SORRY, LIKE,
A MILLION TIMES.

- NO, YOU HAVEN'T.
YOU ONLY SAID--

- OH, OKAY,
I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY

FOR EVER LEAVING YOU ANYWHERE.

I'M REALLY SORRY FOR NEVER
PLAYING YOUR GAME WITH YOU.

- THAT'S BETTER.

- MOM'S REALLY SORRY.

- NOW SAY IT AGAIN.

- I'M SORRY, TYLOR, OKAY?

I'M SO SORRY.

- YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY,
"I'M SO SORRY."

- OH, I'M SORRY.

WILL YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

- YEAH.

- OKAY.

- WHAT?

- NOTHING.

[acoustic guitar music]

BOONE COUNTY'S MY DOWNFALL.

I LOVE IT,
BUT IF I'M HERE TOO LONG,

IT'S LIKE IT'S MY HOLE,
AND IT SUCKS ME IN.

IT FUCKS ME UP.

*

KIRK'S GOT SOME PROBLEMS.

AND THAT'S IT.

- GOOD.

MOMMY, COME EAT NOW.

- I AM.

- COME ON.

YOU DONE?

THANK YOU, TYLOR.

SAVED BY TYLOR.

- [squealing]

[woman shouting]

- IT'S SAD.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE,

AND WE'RE GONNA ALL
HAVE TO BE RISEN AND JUDGED.

YOU GO THIS WAY,
AND YOU GO THIS WAY.

YOU DON'T LIVE FOR THE LORD,

THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO THAT WAY
TO HELL.

AND YOU GOT A CHOICE.

HE DIED FOR YOU ON THE CROSS.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SERVE HIM,
THEN WHEN YOU DIE,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY
YOUR CONSEQUENCES LIKE ME.

I'M GONNA BURN LIKE THE REST,
I GUESS.

WE ALL GOING TO HELL.

YOU KNOW WE ARE
IF WE AIN'T SAVED CHRISTIANS,

HELL BOUND.

IT'S SCARY.

- AT YOUR FUNERAL,

WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DO?

- PARTY THEIR BALLS OFF,

BLOW POT IN MY FACE AND SNORT
PILLS ON MY HEAD, AND...

FUCKIN' ROCK AND ROLL, BABY.

[upbeat bluesy music]

*

- FUCK YOU.

[giggles]

*

FUCK YOU!

*

- DO YOU THINK LIFE'S
A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?

- I AIN'T NEVER FUCKIN' SEEN IT
BEING GOOD.

COME IN THIS WORLD WITH NOTHING.

I GUESS I'LL DIE WITH NOTHING.

BUT AT LEAST THE WORLD KNOWS
WHO THE FUCK WE ARE.

[lively bluesy rock music]

*

[acoustic guitar music]

*

- * IN THE HILLS
AND THE HOLLERS *

* AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE

* WE ARE THE SONS
AND THE DAUGHTERS *

* OF BERTIE MAE
AND D. RAY WHITE *

* SOME FOLKS WONDER
WHY WE WANDER *

* THROUGH THIS WILDERNESS

* WE JUST LOOK AT THEM
RIGHT CRAZY *

* AND TELL 'EM,
KISS OUR ASS *

* WE ARE ONE
BIG-ASS HAPPY FAMILY *

* UNDER ONE
BIG-ASS FAMILY TREE *

* WE ARE ONE
BIG-ASS HAPPY FAMILY *

* AND LIFE IS ONE
BIG-ASS FAMILY JUBILEE *

* ALMOST HEAVEN,
WEST VIRGINIA *

* ALMOST HELL, IT'S PARADISE

* HOME TO THE WILD

* AND THE WONDERFUL WHITES

* DOWN FROM DRYDEN HOLLERS

* THE DANCING OUTLAW CAME

* WE ALL COME
FROM BOONE COUNTY *

* NOW THE WHOLE WORLD
KNOWS OUR NAME *

* AND WE ARE ONE
BIG-ASS HAPPY FAMILY *

* AND LIFE IS ONE
BIG-ASS FAMILY JUBILEE *

*

[lively bluegrass music]

*

- YEAH!

WAY TO GO, BROTHER!

GET 'ER DONE!