All language subtitles for North.Country.2005.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG2_English

[***]

WOMAN:
Lady, you sit
in your nice house...

Karen.

...clean floors,
your bottled water,

your flowers
on Valentine's Day...

and you think you're tough?

Wear my shoes. Tell me tough.

Work a day in the pit,
tell me tough.

I'm sure we're all sufficiently
impressed, Mrs. Aimes.

There is no "Mrs." here.

[WATER RUNNING]

AIMES:
No. I didn't go to the police.

What did you do?

What I had to.

[KAREN CRYING]

Karen, stop crying.
Sammy, let's go!

It's just gonna
piss him off some more.

Look at my face.

Don't toss shoulders at me!
Sammy, goddamn it!

[CRYING]
Mama!

[WHISPERING]
It's okay, it's okay.
Okay, come on.

Mommy!

Come on, come on.
You can do it, baby.

There you go. Good girl.

Who's a good girl, huh?

We're not coming back, right?

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

[***]

[SNIFFS]

Come on.

Hey, Mom.

Oh, dear God.

I'm fine, I'm okay.

Say hi to your grandkids.

Oh, for heaven's sake.
Look at you beauties.

Hi, Grandma.

You're working nights?

So...

he catch you with another man?

That why
he laid hands on you?

You're really
asking me that?

LAWYER:
This wasn't the first time

you'd disappointed
your father, was it?

Wasn't the first time
he disappointed me, either.

How old were you
when you had your first child?

[BELL RINGING]

Here you go.

Bobby Sharp!
I'm gonna beat you good.

Come on, you wanna
blow out of here?

Who is Sammy's father?

AIMES:
I don't know
who Sammy's father is.

LAWYER:
Is that because you've had
so many sexual partners?

[BANG]

[SOBBING]

[***]

[LAUGHING]

[ORGAN PLAYING PACHELBEL'S
CANNON IN D]

[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]

PRIEST:
The body of Christ.

The body of Christ.

The body of Christ.

[PLAYING POLKA MUSIC]

[CROWD CHATTERING AND LAUGHING]

Always was a beauty, your girl.

Boys, cut it out!

Poor Alice. That girl
has been nothing but trouble

for her since day one.

Got two kids with
two different fathers already.

KAY:
Heck of a shame.

Those kids are just
gobbling up my crispy bars.

KAY:
Well, nobody
makes them better.

Don't know what you put
in those things,

but it just can't be legal.

Oh, yeah. Everybody
seems to like 'em.

MAN:
Ah, probably on
a bender when he did it.

MR. AIMES:
What I figured.

So you take him out to the shed,
give him a talking to.

They'll work it out.

I mean, hell,
Beth left me a dozen times

before we worked out
the kinks.

Did she?

LAWYER:
How did you first hear
that Pearson Taconite and Steel

was hiring women?

Wanna lean back there?
Okay.

[KIM CARNES' "BETTE DAVIS EYES"
PLAYING FAINTLY]

Oh, my-- Glory?

Yeah?

No way. Josey? No way!

Look at you, all grown up.

Yeah, all grown up,
washing hair.

And married?
Who's the lucky?

Oh, jeez.

Okay. Who's the unlucky?

Me, I suppose.

[WARREN ZEVON'S
"WEREWOLVES OF LONDON" PLAYING]

You're a crap storyteller.

You left out the part
where you tell all his friends

he likes to wear your panties.

How about I tell 'em
the truth?

Beats his wife.

Bad enough, ain't it?

Oh, you weren't kidding.
You're good.

So I'm back
living with my folks.

Only now I got two more
mouths to feed.

The mine's hiring, you know.

What do you even do up there?
You a secretary?

No. I drive truck.

[LAUGHS]

You drive truck?

Yours truly,
first woman ever.

Now, isn't that a heck of a...?

That's weird.

Money isn't weird,
I'll tell ya that much.

Going for gold.

BOTH:
Oh!

MAN:
Shouldn't have
put down the beer.

Balance. Everybody knows,
can't throw darts

without a beer
in the other hand.

Would a soda work?

MAN:
Nope. Dart knows.

MAN 2:
That's why it's never
gonna be an Olympic event.

They don't allow drinkin'.

MAN:
Well, why don't we buy
the girls another round

and test the theory.

Maybe later. Okay?

Jeez, Glory.

You come working up at the mine,
you gotta ignore that crap.

Who says I'm workin'
at the mine?

Wouldn't you like
to make the same kind
of money your dad does?

You wanna be a lesbian now?

I wanna be a lesbian.

How come I have to eat
if I'm not hungry?

'Cause people
are starving in China.

People are starving right here.

Clean plates,
both of you.

I haven't made a decision yet.

But the mine pays six times
what I make now.

You have any idea how many
accidents there've been

since this whole thing
started?

Somebody's gonna get killed
'cause of them women.

Well, I can't afford to own
a place by washing hair.

So you stay here.

She's a grown woman with kids.

She's not gonna be living
with her folks.

All clear.

Clear of what?

You're not pregnant.

I already told you that.

Well, company just wants
to be sure before they hire you.

It's to clean yourself with.

LAWYER:
You submitted to the exam
willingly, correct?

Yeah. I submitted.

Before your law firm hired you,
they put your feet in the air,

look around your insides?

KAREN:
I got ya.

MAN:
You got me?

I'm gonna get you then.
I'm gonna get you then.

[MAN GROWLS]

Come here, baby.

Grahh!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

MAN:
Hey, Jo.

What are you
doing here, Wayne?

Come to bring you back home.

Karen. In the house.

WAYNE:
--can't talk anymore.
Get in-- Come here!

Come by here
and think everything is okay?

You know what--?
It's not okay!

WAYNE: Get in the car!
JOSEY: It's over!

MR. AIMES:
So how 'bout we let your
mom and dad talk in private?

JOSEY:
Get out of here!

He's not my father.

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

He is your husband, you know.

He beat me, Mom.

More than once,
more than lightly.

A man needs a job.

Wayne beat me
'cause he was out of work?

That's what you're sayin'?

I'm just saying,
everyone needs a purpose.

Your purpose is those kids.

Your father's is that mine.

And if you take
a job up there...

Well, it'll shame him.

You should think about that.

[BOB DYLAN'S
"TELL OL' BILL" PLAYING]

Sammy, open the glove box.

There's a piece of paper
on top of the pile.

* The river whispers
In my ear *

Hold it on the dash,
would ya?

* I've hardly a penny
To my name *

* The heavens
They never seemed so near *

* All of my body
Glows with flame *

* The tempest
Struggles in the air *

* Unto myself alone I sing *

* It could sink me
Then and there *

* I can hear the echoes ring *

* I try to find
One smiling face... *

GLORY:
Hey!

JOSEY:
Hey! Sorry about this.

That's what
guest rooms are for.

Come on, honey, I'll show you
where your room is.

MAN:
Hiya.

This is Kyle.

KYLE:
Hiya. Pleased to meet you.

JOSEY:
Wow, look at this.

GLORY:
All right,
so all right, there's--

We're doing a little work.

How long are they staying?

I don't know.
Just a little while.

No such thing,
and you know it.

Oh, come on.

She's kind of girlie
to be a miner.

* Tell me straight out
If you will *

* Why must you
Torture me within? *

Okay, now, what are ya?
A cowboy or a cowgirl?

I'm a cowgirl.

No, not up there,
you're not.

Gotta get your cowboy on.

What's that all about?
I thought it was just your hand.

Yeah. That's the thing
about arthritis.

It spreads
like a nasty rumor.

You know they don't want us
up there. Right?

Yeah, I got that.

MAN:
The mine is a shit pit.

There's dirt everywhere.
Loud as all get-out.

You'll be hauling, lifting,

driving and all sorts
of other things

a woman shouldn't be doing,
if you ask me.

But Supreme Court
didn't ask me, did they?

[DOOR BANGS OPEN]

You must be Hank's daughter.

You're late.
Got your paperwork?

Yeah. Yes, sir.
I got my consent form.

Yeah. The doc says you look
darn good under those clothes.

Sense of humor, ladies.

Rule-o numero uno.

Okay, grab your gear
and meet me outside.

We're gonna take a tour.

[SNICKERING]

[ALL CHUCKLING]

What?
What a homo!

[ALL LAUGHING]

Well, they do.

MAN:
Cunts.

Ear protection, ladies!

[***]

[BUZZER]

[LAUGHING]

[BELL RINGS]

WOMAN [OVER CB]:
Hank, I need
a five-minute break.

HANK:
You took a coffee break
an hour ago.

That's the point, Hank.
She's been drinking coffee

like everyone else.

HANK:
Hey, Glory, are you talking
as a union rep

or just butting into
anybody's business as usual?

All I'm saying is that you can
whip it out anytime, Hank.

We gotta pull the coveralls
all the way down.

You know what I'm saying?

We start peeing in our seats,

I don't think the next shift's
gonna be too happy about it.

You got another load to get.

So pull them up and go get it.

[HONKS HORN]

This down here is taconite.

That's what pays bills.

We've taken to calling
this area the Powder Room.

Catchy, don't you think?

Especially since you girls
will be the ones cleaning it.

[CHUCKLES]

So. So, Arlen,

which one of these girls
is gonna be my bitch?

Ladies, meet Bobby Sharp.

He runs the Powder Room,
where they're short one body.

BOBBY:
And we want a nice body.
No fatties.

[WHISPERS]
Gimme the one on the right.

BOBBY:
Ladies.

[***]

Cock tease.

Fuck you.

Fuck! You don't
have to eat my face.

It's cool.

Just take it easy.

[MAN CLEARING THROAT]

Shit.

You two just bought yourselves
a Saturday in my classroom.

Let's go.

Let's go, guys.

GLORY:
Least they spelled it
right this time.

[WOMAN CHUCKLES]

So how'd it go?

Good. Yeah.

Heard you were in the Powder
Room with that Bobby Sharp.

Weren't you two friends
in high school or something?

We were never friends.

You know, you should
get that checked out.

My mom's got arthritis,

and she never
tapes her wrist up.

You should look in that first.

Ham and cheese.

Hm.

What were you
expecting?

You never know in this place.

[CHATTERING]

[MAC DAVIS' "BABY DON'T GET
HOOKED ON ME" PLAYING]

[LAUGHING]

* Girl, don't let your life
Get tangled up with mine *

* 'Cause I'll just leave you
I can't take no clingin' vine *

GLORY:
Come on, let's sit
with the girls.

* Baby, baby
Don't get hooked on me *

* Baby, baby
Don't get hooked on me *

Meet the ladies.

Ladies, ladies.
Josey Aimes.

Oh, hey. Big Betty.

Pleased to meet ya.
Nice to meet ya.

GLORY:
There used to be two Bettys.
Big and Little. Little quit.

Why?
Ah, too little.

[LAUGHTER]

I'm Peg.
Hey, nice to meet you.

Hey, you two.
Hey, guys.

How you doing?

[GASPS]

[LAUGHING]

MAN [YELLING]:
Hey! No getting off
in the lunchroom, ladies.

[ALL MEN LAUGH]

Well, it won't leave
the toilet seat up.

It won't fart in bed.
I might just marry it.

[LAUGHING]

JOSEY:
Right?

You don't mind, do ya?

Okay, if there's nothing else,
I move to adjourn.

GLORY:
There's one more thing.

What's that?

Porta-Johns.
Here we go again.

I got one girl
with a bladder infection

from holding it in all day.

Maybe Pete over there
likes sitting in his own pee,

but I don't.

Whether you guys like it or not,
I represent members

of this union
who just happen to be female.

All right.
Well, if we do get management

to give you girls Porta-Johns...

what are you gonna do for us?

Uh, didn't you hear, Pete?

Discount blowjobs,
for everybody but you.

[LAUGHTER]

[TICKING]

[DOOR SHUTS]

KYLE:
Down here.

Found your way back?

I'm not retarded.

Come on in.

Take a look at this.

See that?

It's a Hamilton.

It's about 60 years old.

You mind if I go
watch your TV?

No.

[SIGHS]

SAM:
He's always in the basement
with his stupid watches.

He's weird.

He's not weird.
He's nice.

He used to work at Pearson till
he hurt his back or something.

Good morning.

Morning. Table for four, please.

Right this way.

Have you talked to Wayne yet?

No, Sammy, I haven't
talked to Wayne yet.

Maybe he'll call us tonight.

JOSEY:
I don't think so, sweetheart.

KAREN:
Why not?

JOSEY:
He's a little busy right now.

KAREN:
Aw.

I think you're one
of my girls, right?

Pardon me, I'm Donald Pearson.
I believe you work for me.

Wow, yeah. Uh, Josey Aimes.

Nice to meet you.

These are my kids,
Sammy, Karen.

Hi.

I was down to the plant
this week,

and I remembered your face.

Welcome aboard.

If you have any problems, you
make sure you come and see me.

Thank you.

Enjoy your meal.

Thanks.

[WHISPERS]
Oh, jeez, that's my boss!

Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Before we eat...

I wanna say somethin'.

This is our first time
in a nice restaurant,

and I just think--

Are you gonna cry?

Can you mind your mouth?

I know things have been hard.

But they're gonna get better,
all right?

They're gonna change.

I knew you were gonna cry.

You know there's nothing

I wouldn't do
for you two, right?

[SIREN WAILING]

[MAN YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

Nice. She could put
her hands on the hose.

Ah!

Come on, lady!
Gotta appreciate the talent.

It's a pretty good
likeness, I'd say.

Hi, I'm Earl. I don't think
we've met yet.

How about a cigarette, then?

Go fuck yourself.

Oh, be nice, now,
darling.

Come on,
how about the smoke?

Nah, it's okay.
I'll get it myself.

Come on, Earl.

All right, fun's over.

Just trying to see if she's got
a full pack. She don't.

[LAUGHING]

You're okay.

All right, back to work,
slacker, come on.

Boy Scout.

You okay?
Yeah.

Do you even know
what's going on out there?

Sweetheart, this country's
elected a president

who's letting the world flood
our market with cheap steel.

We're knee-deep in layoffs.

Mines are closing
left and right.

What's this gotta do with Earl

laying hands
on Sherry like that?

Are you hearing a word
of what I'm saying?

You're taking jobs
where there aren't any to take.

These boys
aren't your friends.

I'm not your friend.

You got no business being here,
and you damn well know it.

But you're not
hearing that, are ya?

So let's try something new.

How 'bout work hard,
keep your mouth shut

and take it like a man.

All right.

Maybe I'll go
see Mr. Pearson.

He said come to him
if I had a problem.

You-- You don't see Pearson.
I see Pearson.

You know? When you got
a real problem,

you take it up with me,
and I'll be happy to help.

All right?

You know, it's a shame that
this stuff is toxic as hell.

Otherwise, it'd be good
for a little...

[WHISTLES]

You know?

You like a little
Boy Scout love, don't ya?

[LAUGHING]

You know, the key
is in the lube.

Otherwise, it's just a bunch
of squealin' and moanin'--

[LAUGHING]

You should see your face, Josey.

Why, you--?
Why, you think I'm serious?

I'm just fuckin' with ya.
Where's your sense of humor?

[WEEPING]
[DOOR CREAKS SHUT]

GLORY:
Honey, you gotta get
a gator's skin on you,

you're gonna work
in this stink-hole.

Just promise me something:

do not go to Arlen
with this one.

You keep whinin' and moanin'.

We're doing the exact thing
they want us to do. Screw that.

We can take any crap
they dish out, can't we?

I just don't want 'em
to have any reason

to get rid of you, is all.

Glory?

I don't know how
I'm ever gonna thank you.

Oh, what for?

For this.

First time in my life
I'm making my own money.

I can feed my kids.

I'm gonna get us our own place.

I just feel like for the first
time in my life, like I'm...

You're living?

Yeah.
Living.

[RUSTY SCHWIMMER'S "HIT ME
WITH YOUR BEST SHOT" PLAYING]

She ain't asking for alimony?

No. She's offering
to pay me alimony.

You taking it?

Hey, I already feel
like half a man.

I should wear
a miniskirt too?

[LAUGHS]

BIG BETTY:
* ...another notch
In my lipstick case *

* You better make sure
You put me in my place *

* Hit me with your best shot *

* Come on
Hit me with your best shot *

Hey, don't drink 'em all
yourself, huh?

Ah, don't dare me.

Ready to meet my girl yet?

She's that one:

blond, skinny one.

* One more time *

What do you think?

Uh, I'm, ahem, taking a break
from women for a while.

"Taking a break."

What is that,
New York talk?

It's like a regroup.

Re-what?
That's what old Bill here

says he's doing back in town:

regroupin'.

You must have like a whole other
language out there in New York.

Oh, yeah. I brought you
something back from New York.

Well, now we're having
a conversation.

[SONG ENDS, PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

Shooters!
PEG: I didn't order these.

No, that's okay.
Hal bought 'em.

Why are we
the only ones dancing?

You call that dancing?

Last time I danced like that,
I ended up with twins.

[ALL LAUGH]

Here's to broad shoulders,
leather skin

and a belly I can
rest my drink on.

ALL:
Yeah! Whoo!

[JEREMY RENNER'S
"I DRINK ALONE" PLAYING]

WOMAN:
Yeah, baby!

How 'bout ya?
How 'bout ya?

* I drink alone *

* Yeah, all by myself *

Hey, I heard, uh, Glory's
new friend's living with you.

You got a three-way going
or what?

[CHUCKLES]

Bitch is on my crew.

If you ask me,
this shit's outta control.

Funny thing,
I didn't ask you.

Come on, let's go.
Come on.

Please, take it easy.

What are you gonna do,
my taxes?

Huh?

You shouldn't have
done that, Earl.

MAN: Hey!
WOMAN: Nice!

MAN:
Come on!

MAN 2:
Take it easy.

Welcome home, pal.

[LAUGHS]

Thanks.

What a fucking asshole.

Yeah.

Cheers.

Welcome back to the range.

JOSEY:
Okay, come on, now.

Give me the bunny.
Give me the bunny.

Give me the bunny.

Give me the bunny.
Yes!

I got a bunny!
Whoo!

[BOB DYLAN'S "LAY, LADY, LAY"
PLAYING]

* Lay, lady, lay *

* Lay across
My big, brass bed *

* Lay, lady, lay *

* Lay across
My big, brass bed *

Why haven't you asked me
to dance?

[CHUCKLES]

Not much of a dancer.

Sherry.

Bill.

So I hear you're, uh, some kind
of hockey star up in Carlson.

Well, uh, high school.

Long, long time ago.

So you wanna dance?

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sure you got a lot of guys
to choose from in this place.

[LAUGHING]
I know you're not a homo.

[GIGGLES]

How old are you?
Nineteen.

Oh.

So you wanna dance or not?

Uh...
I don't think you do.

I, uh...
ahem,

I'm wearing underwear
older than you.

[GIGGLES]
Oh...

You really are a homo.

* And you're the best thing
That he's ever seen *

* Stay, lady, stay *

* Stay with your man awhile *

* Why wait any longer
For the world to begin? *

* You can have your cake
And eat it too *

* Why wait any longer
For the one you love *

* When he's standing
In front of you *

[LAUGHING]

* Lay, lady, lay *

* Lay across
My big, brass bed *

* Lay, lady, lay *

* Lay across
My big, brass bed *

* Whatever colors
You have in your mind *

Evening, ladies.

[LAUGHTER]

Evening, man.

[WOMEN LAUGH]

Just one dance?

Your friends here'll
keep an eye on us.

* Stay, lady, stay *

* Stay with your man awhile *

Are you nice,
Ricky?

You seem nice.

* Let me see you
Make 'em smile *

* His clothes are dirty
But his hands are clean... *

JOSEY:
Hurry.

GLORY:
Get out, get out, get out!

Whoa! Oh!

[LAUGHTER]

You fuckin' suck.

You told me to have fun.

GLORY:
I didn't say do it
till you puke.

[DOOR OPENING]

Oh, great.
Where's Sammy?

Oh, found him.

SAMMY:
* Hey, Joe *

* Where you goin'
With that gun in your hand? *

[IMITATES GUITAR RIFF]

Where are your clothes?

[SIGHS]

Barfed on 'em.

[GIGGLING]
Runs in the family.

All right,
let's go.

No more.

Oh!

JOSEY:
All right.

SAMMY [LAUGHING]:
* Hey, Joe... *

Stop singing that song,
Sammy.

SAMMY:
What? It's a cool song.

JOSEY:
It's not a cool song.

KAREN:
Will I get my own bedroom?

Karen, please,
no screaming.

Seriously.

Hey, nobody's talkin'
to you.

Then why am I even here?

'Cause you're still
a part of this family.

Oh, so now
we're a family?

What the hell's
the matter with you?

JOSEY:
Karen, honey.

JOSEY:
It's pink, isn't it?

Yeah.
Yeah!

It's great.

I just don't know if I can come
up with 20 percent down.

Can you do 10?

How about five?

We can work something out.

How about that, huh?
Huh, what do you guys think?

Definitely take it.

I think it sucks.

You know, someday you're gonna
beg me to forgive you

for being such a horse's ass
on the biggest day of my life.

And I won't!

[BOB DYLAN'S
"TELL OL' BILL" PLAYING]

* The woods are dark
The town is too *

* They'll drag you down
They run the show *

* Ain't no tellin'
What they'll do *

Holy crap!

Oh!
Look at that long face.

Somebody thought I forgot
about her, huh? But I didn't.

[GASPS, WHISPERS]
There's a surprise outside.
Cover your eyes.

You ready?
Yeah.

Okay, keep closed.
Okay...

Okay?

KAREN: Mm-hm.
JOSEY: There it is.

[SHRIEKS]

Well, I'm sure
the neighbors heard.

Whoa!

Come on, Sammy!

Get on there.

* I look at you now
And I sigh *

I'll show you how
to bounce really high.

* How could it be
Any other way? *

Come on.
Come on, Karen.

BOBBY:
So, Josey...

I know I've been giving you
a hard time,

but I want you to know
that I had a talk with the guys.

And, uh, we're gonna
give it a shot, okay?

JOSEY:
Give what a shot?

You know, being cool with you
and whatnot.

Okay.

All right.

As you can see,
the conveyor's down.

So I need someone
to get up there,

see if something's
cloggin' the works.

If all's smooth in the tube,
you just come on home.

Think you can do it?

All right.

Go on!

Nothing to be scared of.

[PANTING]

All clear,
number four.

I repeat,
all clear, number four.

[MACHINERY WHIRRING LOUDLY]

Oh, God. Oh.

[COUGHING]

Oh, God!
Oh.

Can you imagine
falling down there?

Nobody'd ever find ya.

Two minutes, five ton of rock
would be on top of you.

[YELLS]
Hello!

[ECHOING]
Hello!

[LAUGHING]

Oh, man.

I remember the first few times
I came out here.

Oh, I hated it.

Then I realized I could just
stand out here, you know,

and smoke a joint
and what have you.

Nobody'd be the wiser.

I mean, we're
totally fuckin' alone.

So, uh,
what do you say, Josey?

You wanna, I don't know...
kiss and make up?

Come on, just one kiss.

I'm going back.

BOBBY:
Hey, come on.

What's the matter
with you, Josey?

It's not like--
Am I hurting ya?

Hey, I ain't
hurting ya, am I?

All right, fine, then.

Go on.

Oh!

[SPITS]

ARLEN:
No, that was pretty
typical behavior,

if you wanna know the truth.

What do you mean, "typical"?

Josey made a lot of mountains
from molehills.

Always misconstruing things.

You know, paranoid stuff.

She was pretty emotional.

When she told you what happened
out in the number four conveyor,

what did you do?

I yanked Bobby into my office
for a sit-down.

ARLEN: He said she--
Objection. Hearsay.

Sustained.

Mr. Pavich...

how do you know who to believe
in a situation like that?

Your Honor, is she kidding
with that question?

Maybe she could ask
if he likes piña coladas

and walks in the rain.

Are you kidding
with that objection, Mr. White?

Because it's denied.

The witness may answer.

Pfft.

Look, men'll always
walk the line.

It's when they cross over it

is when most gals'll give 'em
a slap on the hand,

get 'em back on their side
of that line.

That's how men and women have
been handling their problems

since Adam and Eve.

[***]

Okay, guys.

That's it.

I'm outta here.

Hey, you want a ride?

Uh, Josey, stay a moment,
would you?

I'd like to have
a word with you.

Later.

ALICE:
Don't stick me.

That's good.

Okay.

We'll get it straight
this time.

Stand up straight.

Was that my dress?

A little young
for Communion, no?

No, never too young
to be with God.

Looked at the can and asked...

You been watchin' this?

On other occasions,

he referred to the size
of his own penis...

Oh, dear God,

turn it off.
as being larger than nor--

[SIGHS]

That poor man's family.

HANK:
Alice?

Here.
Great.

JOSEY:
I'm not staying long.

Just wanna let you know,
Sammy's got a game on Sunday.

Uh, we're busy Sunday.

Don't do this to him.

HANK:
You're doing it to him.

You can quit anytime.

Pop.

We got a house.

We got the loan
and everything.

You want me
to congratulate you?

You act like
I'm stealing.

I work damn hard every day,
same as you.

Oh.

Now you're the same as me.

Oh, no.
There's a few differences.

You don't go to work scared
of what they're gonna write

about you on the walls,
or what kind of disgusting thing

you might find in your locker.

You don't gotta be scared
that one of these days,

you'll come to work
and get raped.

You done?

Yeah, I'm done.

[REFEREE WHISTLE BLOWS]

[CROWD APPLAUDING,
CHEERING INDISTINCTLY]

Glory!

What are you doing
bringing him?

I'll see you over there.

If at first
you don't succeed...

Thanks, Bill.

What's that all about?

He's famous.

They got a picture of him
in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Bill, Bill!

Josey, I-I don't think you
and Bill have met, have you?

No, we haven't.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi!

Which one's yours?

There he is,
number 12.

Tell me he's not 0-for-cute.

Get a new project.
I'm fine.

Well, look at that.

Good for him.

ALL:
Oh!

Inside, Sammy!

Get off
the board!

Oh, Jesus,
I hate this game.

Kid's pretty quick
on the ice.

Go, go,
go, go!

Pass it out!

PLAYER: I'm open!
SAMMY: Pass it out!

MAN IN CROWD:
Pass it!

What?

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[CROWD ROARS]

[SCATTERED BOOS]

Nobody passes anymore.

Why didn't you pass it?

My dad would've killed me
if I passed the puck to you.

Want some chili?

Yeah, I'll go with you.

But you said
you weren't hungry.

Gotta be smart
to be a lawyer, right?

Hm. You have a high opinion
of lawyers.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

Man, I love the sounds,
you know?

The wood knocking on the ice,

the slush of the blades.

Figured hockey wouldn't
take care of me forever.

Thought a law degree might.

What happened?

Don't listen to me.
I'm, uh, in a bitter phase.

What about you?
What do you do?

I work at Pearson's.

In the mine?
Yep.

You don't smell
like a miner.

[GIGGLES]

You Josey Aimes?

Yeah.

Stay the hell away
from my husband.

What--

Goddamn mining whores!

You just keep away from Bobby,
you know what's good for you!

Bobby? Bobby Sharp?

Tossing your ass around
lost you your own marriage.

Don't think I'm gonna let you
mess with mine.

MAN:
You hear that?

[CROWD MURMURING]

Jesus Christ.

Everybody heard.

My father, my kids.

I mean, can somebody
say things like that?

You know,
legally or whatever?

In front of the whole
goddamn world?

Only if it's true.

Well, it's not.

He came on to me.

Then it's slander.

GLORY:
What are you gonna do, sue him?

Well, could I?

Best thing you could do
is just let it go.

Ms. Aimes?

Hi, I'm Stacey.

Sammy's girlfriend.

Sammy's got a girlfriend?

Sammy says to tell you that he's
gonna stay at my house tonight.

Is that so?

And where is Sammy?

He's over there in my mom's car,
and she said it's fine.

Really?

Sammy's mom says it's not.

GLORY:
Hey, Josey, come on.

BOY:
Great job today.

GIRL:
I get the front seat!

Sammy!
Get out of the car now.

He's very upset.
Maybe you should--

Lady, don't tell me about
my son, all right?

Get out!
No!

I said,
get out of the car, now!

SAMMY:
Let go!

Get out of the car!

Go to the truck.

You're a whore,
just like everyone says!

Don't you ever
talk to me like that!

Hey-hey!
Josey, stop it, now!

[PANTING]

Are you gonna tell me
how to be a parent now?

Huh, Glory, with all
your personal experience?

Karen, get in the truck.

Now! Get in the truck!

[WHIMPERS]

You want a show?
Huh?

Is that what you want?

You can all go to hell!

[***]

[PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[SNIFFS]

[SOBBING]

PEG:
After that she kind of lost it.

When you say "lost it"?

Ranting all the time about how
we shouldn't take it anymore,

how the company wasn't
protecting us,

the union wasn't
protecting us.

What did she think you needed
protection from?

Don't know.

Did you have any problems
getting along

with the men at the mine?

I didn't bother them.

They didn't bother me.

Hey, Peg!

Three for a dollar?

Got change for a dollar?

EARL [LAUGHING]:
You kill me.

You kill me.
You see, she was like...

[LAUGHING]

JOSEY:
It's what they've been
talking about

on the news every day:

sexual harassment.

BIG BETTY:
Hey, Sherry?

SHERRY: Yeah?
What's this one do?

[PHONE RINGING]
Exfoliator, $11.99.

Oh, jeez.
Right.

Hello?

KYLE:
It's me.

Glory can't make it.
She's got a bad flu.

Oh, no, I need her here.

I told you, Josey,
she's sick.

JOSEY:
Well, can I talk to her?

Josey, she's not coming,
all right?

Jesus,
what are you doing?

[CRASH]

What I was saying
before was,

I think we should go
to Pearson.

You know, tell him
what's going on.

What do you get outta this?

Jeez, Peg, I'm just trying
to make things better.

Not you.

I'm talking to Sherry.

H-how much do you get paid
to sell this stuff?

Five percent
of each sale.

PEG:
Don't expect to get rich
from me. I'm not buying.

What about what happened
to you, Peg? Don't you--?

That's my business.

Well, actually,
it's all of our business.

I mean, hell, it's
happening to all of us.

Tell you one thing.

Getting sick of having my ass
grabbed by a bunch of old men.

Maybe you've been asking for it.
You ever think of that?

Up yours, Peg.

PEG:
Hey, you could quit tomorrow.

Go sell your face cream.

I need my job.

You don't know shit about me.

I need this job
just as much as you--

BIG BETTY:
Okay, okay...

Now, what would you even
say to Pearson?

That we've been
sexually harassed?

Honey, he'd laugh you
out of his office.

PEG:
Not to mention what the guys
would do to us.

All that "never rat
on a brother" crap.

Yeah?

Union oath says,
"Respect fellow members."

Where's our respect?

Huh?

JOSEY:
Where is it?

Come on,
who's coming with me?

What else you got there?

SHERRY:
A lot.

BIG BETTY:
Will it get all the soot
off my hands?

Sherry, Sherry, quite contrary
Kiss my ass, it's really hairy

Oh, a real funny guy.

What are you doing
in the pit?

Filling in for Glory
while she's out.

Just in time
to use the new Porta-Jane?

Yeah.

You don't mind, we took
a big dump in that this morning.

Oh, how charming.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[THUMP ON WALL]

Sherry!

Hey, cut it out!

SHERRY:
Hey, stop it!

[ALL LAUGHING]

SHERRY:
Cut it out!

What the hell's
going on?

They got Sherry
in the crapper.

SHERRY:
Cut it out! It's not funny!

Hey, somebody's
gonna get hurt.

Knock it off!

Let her out.
That's enough.

Turn the fucker over!

[SHERRY SCREAMS]

MEN:
Ugh! Damn! Ew!

What the hell!

[SQUEAKS, CRIES]

[CHUCKLING]

[GASPING, SOBBING]

[BOB DYLAN'S "DO RIGHT TO ME
BABY (DO UNTO OTHERS)" PLAYING]

* Don't wanna judge nobody *

* Don't wanna be judged *

* Don't wanna touch nobody *

* Don't wanna be touched *

* Don't wanna hurt nobody *

* Don't wanna be hurt *

* Don't wanna treat nobody *

* Like they was dirt *

* But if you do right
To me, baby *

* I'll do right
To you too *

* Got to do unto others *

* Like you'd have them
Like you'd have them *

* Do unto you *

* Don't wanna shoot nobody *

* Don't wanna be shot *

* Don't wanna buy nobody *

* Don't wanna be bought *

* Don't wanna bury nobody *

* Don't wanna be buried *

* Don't wanna marry nobody... *

PEARSON:
Send her in, please.

Ms. Aimes.

Sorry to keep you
waiting so long.

Please, sit.

Gentlemen.

I asked some of my colleagues
to sit in, if you don't mind.

No.

I believe you know
Mr. Pavich?

Yes, I do.

Mr. Pavich was the one
who told me

I had to take a day off work
to come and see you.

I didn't want to waste
your time, sir.

Well, I appreciate that.

But it's not
a waste at all.

Ms. Aimes has a problem,
and we're gonna solve it.

Thank you, Mr. Pearson.

That's-- That's really great.

I didn't wanna forget anything,

so I wrote a couple
of things down

on a piece of paper here.

[CLEARS THROAT]
Uh, excuse me, Josey.

Do you mind
if I call you Josey?

No.

I'd like to make this easier
for you, if you don't mind.

I already know what you're
going to tell me.

I've been well-briefed.

Well, that's great.
I just thought

that maybe a few
of these--
Please, uh...

I think you'll be
pleasantly surprised.

Okay.

Well, the current union contract
requires that an employee

give us a two weeks' notice
before leaving his position.

However, given how
obviously emotional

this has been for you,

we're willing to do something
special in this case.

We've decided to waive
the two-week requirement

and allow you to tender
your resignation,

effective immediately.

[CHUCKLES]

No. I'm sorry, I d--
I'm not resigning. I--

Mr. Pavich will
take care of the details.

I'd be happy to.

No!

I'm not quitting.

I need this job.

Well, then I suggest
you spend less time

stirring up
your female co-workers

and less time in the beds
of your married male co-workers,

and more time trying
to find ways to improve

your job performance.

Does anyone else
have anything to add?

That says it.

PEARSON:
Josey, thank you again
for making the drive down here.

Now, if you don't mind,
we have other business.

ANITA HILL [ON TV]:
--to teach at Oral Roberts
University opened up.

When I informed him
that I was leaving in July,

I recall that his response

was that now I would
no longer have an excuse

for not going out with him.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

Hey. Where have you been?

He made a comment
that I will vividly remember.

He said that if I ever
told anyone of his behavior

[DOOR CLOSES]
that it would ruin his career.

This was not an apology--

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

JOSEY:
Sammy, can I come in?

Why?

I was only 20 minutes late.

Don't freak.

You know,
I'm still the mom here.

Yeah, right.

What's that supposed to mean?
Nothing.

Just most people's mothers
cook and clean.

They don't work at the mine.

Do you remember
when you used to tell me

you wanna be a doctor
when you grow up?

So?

So...

I used to tell you could be
anything you want.

Isn't it the same for me?

Aren't I allowed
to be anything I want?

Not when you're doing
someone else's job.

You know, Bill White's
gonna sign some autographs

down at the rink on Saturday.

Maybe we could
go down there--

I don't want a autograph from
one of your loser boyfriends.

He's not my boyfriend.
And he's not a loser.

He broke some record
in high school or something.

Yeah.

A million years ago.

Jesus, Sammy,
I'm just trying here.

I thought it was something
we could go and do together.

You love hockey--
I quit the team, all right?

Quit?

When?

Who cares?

I care.

You love that team.

Why didn't you come
and talk to me about it?

'Cause I don't want
to talk to you.

Don't you get it?

[***]

KYLE:
I'll get her to call you.

I'm not leaving
till I see her.

She doesn't have
the flu, Josey.

Guess he told you, huh?

How you feelin'?

Great.

I never heard of--

I mean, I've heard
of Lou Gehrig.

I just never knew
about the disease.
I know.

It's...kind of like
piece by piece

your body just quits
listenin' to you,

like a bullheaded teenager.

So how's Sammy doin'?

Hates me.

I'd like to say

time heals all, but--

[SNORTS]

Uh-uh.

You sure you should be
drinking that stuff?

Well, sooner or later,

my liver's gonna
crash and burn on me,

so until then...

I'm still in the driver's seat.

KYLE:
Hey.

GLORY:
You never could keep a secret,
could ya?

Me? The whole town knows I only
have one ball 'cause of you.

You only got one what?

Now the whole town knows.

Jeez.

Does it--?
I mean, can you--?

Works great.

You only need one.

A big one.

[CHUCKLING]

[CHUCKLING]
Oh, God.

[CHUCKLING]

Watch out.

[CHUCKLES]

Ahh!

Okay?
Yeah.

[GIGGLING]

Hey, you mind
if I use your bathroom?

Nah, go ahead.

But come back smilin',

or I'm gonna describe to you

what's gonna happen
to my asshole.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

[***]

JOSEY:
God, what's that smell?

BIG BETTY:
Aw, toilets overflowed again.

I suggest you ladies get
some sponges and buckets

and get that room cleaned
before somebody gets sick.

What's going on?

Go in.

Look for yourself.

[WHISPERS]
Oh, my God.

They can't do this to us.

Sure they can.

They're gonna keep on
doing it worse,

as long as you keep opening
that mouth of yours.

Sherry, what they did
to you, it--

You didn't help any.

[WHISPERS]
That's for sure.

[SNORTS]
Don't look at me.

This is our lives
you're screwing with.

Your mess.

Start cleanin'.

Hey, Josey!

How you like your new
scratch-and-sniff wallpaper?

Was it him?

Was it?

You know, I give a piece
of my check to that union,

just like everyone else.

You fucked up.

What do you want me to say?

Hey, lovebirds!
Wanna get to work?

Or should I dim
the lights for ya?

Josey, get your ass down here!

I got a job for you
in the Powder Room.

You are one crazy bitch,
you know that?

You said you had
a job for me?

Yeah.

Unh!

[WHISPERING]
You like that, don't ya?

You like that. To grab
your pussy like that, don't ya?

Forgot you like it
a little rough.

[GASPING, CHOKING]

You're gonna learn
the goddamn rules,

if I have to beat them
into you myself.

[COUGHING]

Damn you, Josey.

[JOSEY COUGHING, WHEEZING]

[BELL RINGS,
INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

He attacked me.

Who attacked you?

Bobby in the Powder Room,
just now.

Bob, you lay
a hand on her?

You sure you wanna
ask that, Rick?

The answer's no.

I wasn't
in the Powder Room all day.

EARL:
He was workin' the concentrator
with me all afternoon!

See?

Gonna call me and Earl
liars now?

Come on.

Ricky...

Can somebody drive me home,
please?

[SNIFFLES]

BETTY:
Where's your dad?

He's on nights.

[SIGHS]

Just take my keys
in my locker.

Betty.

Don't.

Where do you think
you're going?

I quit.

Rules are clear:

you go around the union,
you broke your oath.

Period, the end.

Glory.

What you doin' here?

What's it look like I'm doin'?
I'm here for the meeting.

[CHUCKLING]
Well...

You're not, uh,
an employee anymore.

You're not required
to be here.

Yeah, well,

maybe I can
help you out.

Kinda out of control
up there, isn't it?

I mean, I'm not saying
Josey should've gone

to management
or anything, but--
Glory.

We were all sorry
to hear you're sick.

Glory. Glory--

Don't try to help me.
Glory.

I mean, if you help me,
I'll cry. Please don't.

GIRL:
Good.

Yeah, right.
[BOY CHUCKLING]

Need an autographed
hockey puck?

Got a hundred
of 'em out here.

I need a lawyer.

I wanna sue the mine,
the company, all of 'em.

Well...

good luck with that.

I'm saying I wanna hire you.

Sorry, don't do that anymore.

Well, that sucks,

'cause you were
the only lawyer I ever met.

Well, the good news is...
all roads lead to lawyers.

Tell you what.
I will buy you a beer, though.

I don't need a beer.

I need a lawyer.

Look, Josey,
the illusion is that

all your problems are solved
in a courtroom.

The reality is that even
when you win, you don't win.

I know, but I'm right.

Oh, yeah,
I'm sure you are,

but right has nothing to do
with the real world.

Look at Anita Hill,
'cause she's you.

You think you're outgunned
at the mine.

Wait till you get
to a courtroom.

It's called "the nuts
and sluts defense."

You're either nuts
and you imagined it,

or you're a slut
and you asked for it.

Either way,
it's not pleasant.

Take my advice.

Find another job.

Start over.

I don't have any
start-over left.

Look...

you're a beautiful girl.

You can always--
Yeah, I'm a beautiful girl?

I could find a guy
to take care of me?

I'm done lookin'
to be taken care of.

I wanna take care of myself,
take care of my kids.

You know it's happenin'
to all of us.

Every woman up there.

But you don't
give a shit, do ya?

[THE BELLAMY BROTHERS'
"IF I SAID YOU HAD
A BEAUTIFUL BODY" PLAYING]

If somebody like her
came to see me

back in New York
with this dogshit case,

you know what I'd do?

I'd take it.

Settle quick,
pocket the contingency,

make more money than her,
never see a courtroom.

Pearson would never settle.

Sure he would.
Naw.

It'd be her word
against everybody else.

All the guys up there
can't be bad,

which makes some
of 'em witnesses.

[SCOFFS]

That mine is bread and butter
for people around here.

Nobody wants to shit
where they eat.

What is this place?

Like a...pet cemetery
or something?

Why, you got a lot of
pet elk at home?

[CHUCKLES]
[CHUCKLES]

So,

they never picked
on Glory. Why?

Would you wanna pick
a fight with Glory?

No, Glory-- Glory became
a union rep early on.

She did some good things.

Got their respect.

Plus she doesn't wanna...
run with the herd.

Keeps her head
above the fray.

Safety in numbers.

Hm?

Herds. They stay together,
they have a chance.

They separate...

they're easy prey.

Can you get the other women?

You know what a class action is?

It's when a bunch of plaintiffs
have the same issue.

File a claim on behalf
of the whole group,

they're a class.

It's tough for the company
to argue

that you're all lying,

you're all crazy.

It's why you have
to get the others.

Why'd you change
your mind?

It's never been done before.

Sexual harassment class action.

So you'd be doing this

just 'cause
it's never been done.

Yeah.

Can you live with that?

GLORY:
Sue them?

Are you kidding?

You know what's
going on up there.

Life is too short, trust me.

Not too short to do
something good with it.

How do you know?
You're still alive.

So are you, you know.

You call this alive?

Get outta here.

I didn't--
Get the hell...

[VOICE CRACKING]
outta here.

BILL:
It's not just
one or two bad guys.

It takes a village to do
what's being done here.

I'm not saying all of 'em.

But enough of 'em.

In the plant, out in the pit
and even up in the offices,

all with the foot on the throat
of every woman in that mine.

So it's not just my client

who needs relief
from this court, Your Honor.

We are asking for an injunction
to protect all the women.

Further we ask the court
to certify a class.

A class made up of every woman
working at Pearson,

because everyone of 'em
deserves protection

under the law.

Doesn't a class actually require
more than one plaintiff?

This complaint was filed
on behalf of one Josey Aimes.

The key word there being "one."

By comparison we have affidavits
from 13 women,

all stating there have been no
incidents of abuse at Pearson.

That is not true.

[WHISPERS]
Hey. Shh. Sit down.

[WHISPERS]
It's not true.

[WHISPERS]
Sit down.

Your Honor, uh...

are you as confused
as we are?

I-- I don't think Ms. Conlin
is supposed to be

waving around
a pile of paper

without letting us
see it first, is she?

No, she's not.
Ms. Conlin?

They'll be submitted
to the court today, Your Honor.

It doesn't matter
what kind of document

they've been intimidated
into signing, Your Honor.

Give me a break.
Please.

Get me three plaintiffs.

Your Honor, please.

Counselor, if those affidavits
are legitimate,

you shouldn't have an objection.

I'll continue to hear evidence
on Aimes v. Pearson, et al.

If you find three plaintiffs
with similar grievances,

I'll give you your class action.

Uh, thank you,
Your Honor.

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

Okay, then.
Here we go.

We'll just hold it
against your throat.

Push the button.
Push the button.

[BUZZING]
There you go.

KYLE [WHISPERS]:
Glory.

Give it a try now.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Ms. Dodge?

My name is Leslie Conlin.
I'm an attorney.

I represent Pearson
Taconite and Steel.

We know who you are.

What do you want?

The other women have
signed these affidavits

on behalf of the mine.

I brought one for you
to look at.

KYLE:
Get the hell outta here.

I said, get out!

You should be ashamed
of yourself.

She's not represented
by counsel. I have every right--

She's represented by me.

NURSE:
I'll have to ask you
to leave.

Keep in mind,
as long as you're alive,

you can be subpoenaed.

Why you--
[ELECTRONIC VOICE]
Fuck you.

Bitch.

You keep this crap away from us,
you understand?

Glory.

The reason I'm here is
to ask you to reconsider.

Jesus, are you fucking kiddin'.

It's not your decision, Kyle.
It's hers.

Glory, you know all this
is not just about Josey.

This affects everybody.

She already decided.

You think I don't wanna
stick it up their asses?

Then why don't you do it.

And what if we lost?

And I had to go back
to that mine every day

and face those sons of bitches.

No way.

Who else you got so far?

It'd just be you and me.

Are you crazy?

[WOMAN COUGHING]

You know what they did to me.

[WOMAN COUGHING]

No way, man.

I got my own problems.

Hey, Mama.
You okay?

MEL [ON TV]:
First thing tomorrow morning.

[LAUGHTER ON TV]

[DOG BARKING]

BOY [IN DISTANCE]:
Look over here!

[ENGINE STARTS]

CONLIN:
If she's gets any
of the other women,

they'll get their class,
and you'll lose this case.

Leslie, why do you think
I hired you?

Because you're
the smartest lawyer

I could find?

No. I hired you

because you were the smartest
woman lawyer I could find.

But if you're getting soft,
I need to know now.

I'm not soft.

But I am pragmatic.

Do the Minnesota Vikings

have to put a girl in
at quarterback.

Of course not.

Some things are for men,
and some things are for women.

Mining is men's work.

Like lawyering.

See, a man would never
say something like that.

Women take everything
too personally.

You're gonna take it
personally, if she wins.

First of all, you're not insured
for punitive damages.

Plus a loss here
will change the entire way

you run your business.

Porta-Johns will be
a blip on the radar.

There'll be paid leave
for pregnancies

and more lawyers to draft
a sexual-harassment policy.

Not to mention that
you will have helped establish

a legal precedent
that will affect

every single company
in America...

including
the Minnesota Vikings.

Except she's not going to win.

This woman is
a single welfare mother,

with two kids out of wedlock,

a sordid sexual history--

We don't know if that's true.

Send him in, please.

Mr. Sharp.

Would you share with Ms. Conlin
what you told me today.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Mom?

Everything all right?

How are you and the kids
supposed to eat

if you don't have a job?

I'm your mother, Josey.

I haven't always been
the best at it, I know.

But I'm here.

You give away
my hard-earned money,

Then you toss
your shoulders at me.

I didn't give it away.
[SIGHS]

I gave it to Josey.

I work hard
for that money, Alice.

Oh, and I don't?

Maybe I should charge you
for every load of laundry.

She said Bobby Sharp
attacked her at the mine.

Well...

not the story I heard.

There's only one story, Hank.

Your daughter's.

You know, those girls
are just asking for trouble.

Oh, are you saying
Josey asked for it?

I'm saying I had
to find some sandpaper

for the bathroom wall
the other day.

Stuff was scratched right
into the metal.

What's goin' on
up there, Hank?

They don't belong
in that mine. You know it.

All I know is
that girl's our daughter.

Our daughter's brought nothing
but shame on this family.

And I'm so goddamn sick
of her.

She had a baby, Henry.

She didn't rob a bank.

[SIGHS]

[***]

Alice.

Well...

Is Hank with ya?

No.

[WHISPERS]
He's not.

I need a room, Tom.

[***]

You know what, man?

I'll bet she wants
to get in my pants.

[UNION MEMBERS LAUGHING]

[CHEERING]

[WHISPERS]
Oh, Jesus.

You okay?

I never did anything
to this bitch.

[CROWD CHEERING, CLAPPING]
That's right.

Now she wants
to sue all of us?

MAN:
No way!

You know what a class action is,
don't ya?

[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

It means it's all of them
against all of us!

That's right.
This bitch wants to take

every single swinging dick
in this room to court.

Now, the other women
have shown us something here

in the past few months.

Tellin' the truth for a change.

CROWD: Yeah!
How 'bout ya?

How 'bout that, huh?

Who knew?

Who knew?

How 'bout ya, ladies?

I just hope
nobody's thinking

of breaking the ranks
back there.

Okay, that's it,
let's go.

[CHEERING, CLAPPING, WHISTLING]

[CHUCKLING]
Okay.

Okay.
[CHUCKLES]

We all thank
Mr. Sharp and the others

for their enthusiastic comments.

Now, before we take the oath,

are there any other brothers
who want a turn at the gavel?

Yeah, I'd like a turn
at the gavel.

Oh, she's really lost it now.

[CROWD YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

Get the fuck outta here!

MAN:
Get your ass home!

I asked if any brothers
would like to speak.

[CROWD LAUGHING]

Bylaws say
no meeting can adjourn

if a member wants
to speak his or her mind.

Oh, I got your gavel
right here, bitch!

[LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE]
Oh, yeah!

I am--

I'm still a member
of this union.

[CROWD YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

[CROWD QUIETS]

MAN 2: Well?
MAN 3: Come on!

Say it!
Yeah!

Come on!

My-- My name is Josey Aimes--
EARL: Hey, Josey!

Show us your tits!

CROWD [CHEERING]:
Yeah!

Don't look at me, Hank.
I'm not the one can't
control his family.

Listen--
Rules say she gets to talk.

You can have the gavel next,
any of you,

but right now,
she's got it--

EARL:
I'll take the fucker next,
and he'll take--

All right,
but she's got it!

She's got it!

MAN: I can't hear you!
CROWD: Louder!

My father never wanted me
to work here.

MAN 2:
Should have listened to him.

Pretty much stopped talkin'
to me 'cause of it.

I know some of you here think
I wanna shut down the mine.

Don't worry, sweetheart,
we're not gonna let it happen!

[CHEERING]
Yeah.

I don't wanna
shut down the mine.

I just wanna go to work
like everyone else.

Get paid end of the week,
feed my kids, and hell,

maybe now and then
have enough left for a beer

at Tee-Gees Saturday night.

And not a woman
in that back row

don't know what
I'm talking about.

[CROWD YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

You all know
what's been done.

Time's up!

We need these jobs!

And it's not gonna stop
until we say stop!

Three-minute rule! You're done!
There's no three-minute rule.

You heard the man!
Get the fuck out!

It's not gonna stop
until we say stop!

[CROWD YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

I have a right to say--

Give me that, please.

[GRAY POUNDS GAVEL]
Three-minute rule!

There's no three-minute rule!

May I have it, please?
Pop.

[WHISPERS]
I'm not done.

I know. Please.

MAN:
Come on, Hank.

[YELLING FADES]

MAN 2:
Take control.

MAN 3:
All right, that's it.

Come here.

Stay with me.

MAN 4: Let her go, Hank.
MAN 3: Come on, let her go.

MAN 5:
Let her free.

[SIGHS]

My name is Hank Aimes.

And I've been a ranger
all of my life.

So have I!

MAN 6:
That's not the point.

And I never been ashamed of it
till now.

You know, when we take our wives
and our daughters

to the company barbecue,
I don't ever hear nobody

calling them those names, like,

bitches and whores and worse.

I don't ever see nobody grabbing
'em by their privates or,

you know, drawing pictures
of them on the bathroom wall

as doin' unspeakables.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Unspeakables!

So, what's changed?

She's still my daughter!

Isn't she?

It's a heck of a thing...

to watch one of your own get
treated that way, you know.

You're all supposed
to be my friends...

my brothers.
Well...

Right now, I don't have a friend
in this room.

Fact, the only one here
that I'm not ashamed of

is my daughter.

[MICROPHONE THUDS]

[APPLAUSE]

[SHOUTING]
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]

[***]

Well, it's tough stuff,

getting up in front of
all those sons of bitches.

No.

"Tough" is sticking
this shit out day after day

without bitching and moaning.

[SIGHS]

What are you doing in here?

That stuff really gets
the soot off your hands.

Doesn't it?

All I'm saying,

it's easy for her to get up
there and say whatever she wants

when she already quit.

The rest of us
still gotta work here.

Easy? I'd like
to see you do it.

It's easy when you're crazy.

She's definitely crazy.

Oh, hey, let me borrow
some of that cream, would ya?

Buy your own.

Creep took half of mine.

So you're okay
getting on that stand,

and-- And sayin'
she's lying, right?

PEG:
I'm gonna do what I gotta do.

Plus, we all signed
those affidavits already,

which means we don't
have a choice anymore, right?

Right, Betty?

[SOBBING]

[SOBBING]
No!

[WEEPING]
Oh, God.

Oh, fuck.

Who is Sammy's father?

I don't know
who Sammy's father is.

Is that because you've had
so many sexual partners?

Objection, plaintiff's
sexual history

is irrelevant,
Your Honor.

JUDGE:
Overruled.

Ms. Conlin,

who is the gentleman
entering the courtroom?

CONLIN:
Mr. Paul Lattavansky,
Your Honor.

Ms. Aimes'
high school teacher.

We've subpoenaed him
as an impeachment witness.

I have so many objections,
I don't know where to start.

Witness will answer.

Again, Ms. Aimes,

who is Sammy's fath--?

My son...

has got nothing to do
with any of this.

Is it true that you and
your teacher, Mr. Lattavansky,

had a sexual relationship
at one time?

A relationship?

What the hell
you been telling them, Bobby?

Ms. Aimes, did you not,
at the age of 16,

engage in a sexual relationship
with your high school teacher?

[***]

LATTAVANSKY:
Oh, Josey, stay a moment,
would you?

I'd like to have
a word with you.

Later.

Okay.

What are you doin' hanging
around a boy like Bobby Sharp?

Huh?

[GIGGLES]

You have so much more
going for you

than a kid like that'll
ever have.

Do you like me, Josey?

[CHUCKLES]
Far as teachers go.

Yeah.

You're my favorite student.

Did I ever tell you that?

No.

Yeah.

Frankly, um...

Josey?
Yeah?

I'd like to think of you
as more than that.

[GASPS]

No, no.
It's okay.

Maybe even as a friend.

What are you doing?

[WHISPERS]
No, it's okay.

What are you doing?
No, it's okay.

Please don't do this, Mr. L.
Please don't do--

[WHISPERS]
No, it's okay.
[SOBBING]

It'll be
our little secret, okay.

[WEEPING]

No, no, no.

YOUNG JOSEY:
No! Someone...

Stop!

Stop it, I don't wanna do this!
Stop it!

It's okay.

Stop!

Stop!
Stop!

[CRYING OUT]

Are there any other
witnesses to this...

alleged rape?

Anybody, besides, Mr. Sharp,

that can corroborate
your testimony?

No.

Isn't it true
that there was no rape?

That, in fact,
you have a long history

of inappropriate
sexual relationships--

BILL:
Objection, Your Honor,
at the very least

we're talking statutory rape.
It's outrageous--

You raped my daughter,
you son of a bitch!

Hank!

Order.
Bailiff!

Help me!
[PANICKED SHOUTING]

Remove that man!

Get your hands off me!

Remove that man!

HANK:
Darn it, let go of me!

Everybody, take your seats.

Ms. Aimes?

Ms. Aimes,
return to the stand, please.

Return to the stand,
Ms. Aimes!

Your Honor, move for recess?

Please.

Josey, wait.

No, I can't.
Slow down.

I gotta get home to Sammy.

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

We're gonna stay here tonight.

That's crazy, Mom.

He's gonna come home.

All the same...

we're gonna stay.

[SOBBING]

[MUFFLED THUMP]

I'd rather give you money...

if that's all right with you?

That's, uh...

That's a pretty old watch.

I was just lookin' at it.

She's lying, you know?

She didn't get raped
by that teacher.

She's just saying that
so she'll win her lawsuit.

It's illegal for her
to say that if it's not true.

Then she should go to jail.

I don't care.

She's a whore,
just like everybody says.

I wonder if it's illegal
to call your own mother a whore.

Sure sounds bad enough to be.

She's a liar.

My father didn't die
in the Army.

He's a scumbag raper.

It's a hard truth to tell,
Sammy--

That's crap!
I got a right.

Yeah, you got a lot of rights,

startin' with the right
to be pissed off.

In fact,

you got a right to hate
the whole world right now.

[SCOFFS]
I don't hate the whole world.

I just hate her.

It takes a lot of work
to hate someone.

You ready to put in
that kind of time?

To really hate your mom,

you gotta think
over and over again

'bout all the things
you hate about her.

She's mean to you.

Never proud of you.

Never comes
to watch your hockey games.

Leaves you hungry.
Never buys you clothes.

I'm not stupid.

I know what you're doing.

What's that?

I know
she does all those things.

Yeah.

But you hate her, anyway.

Yeah.

I hate her guts.

Well,

you're lucky she never
gave up on you

as quick as you're
giving up on her.

When she was a bit older
than you are now,

she got pregnant in a way
nobody should get pregnant.

Would've been a lot easier to...

give you up to someone else.

Nobody would've blamed her
if she did, but she didn't.

She stuck by you.

And she's still sticking by you.

Even though she knows
you hate her.

She's still there waitin'...

hoping you'll get your ass home.

Take it.

What?

Well, if you wanna run off,

you can sell it
and use the money.

Or just...
put it on your wrist.

Either way, it's yours.

One friend to another.

[SNIFFS]

Karen, go to bed.

I'll wake you
when he comes back.

[SOBBING]

It's me.

[WEEPING]

I didn't want you, Sammy.

Something bad had happened to me
and I just wanted it to be over.

But every day my belly grew,
and it just reminded me of it.

It never even occurred to me
that there was a baby in there.

[WEEPING]
That you were in there.

[SIGHS]

That day,
what that man did to me...

it made me
into something different.

And I guess...

I guess I thought it...

It said something about
who you were too.

I was a girl who was raped,
and you were this...

[SOBBING]
thing...

that just kept
reminding me of it.

[SIGHS]

Oh, God,

I've dreaded this conversation
since the day you were born.

And I don't want
any more secrets between us.

This one night...

I was lying in bed.

And you moved inside me,

like this tiny,
little butterfly,

just fluttering around in there.

And all of a sudden,
I realized...

Oh, I just knew...

I knew you weren't his.

You were mine.

You were my baby.

And we were gonna
be in it together.

Just the two of us.

You had nothin' to do
with that ugliness, you hear me?

Nothing.

And there's nothing
in this world I wouldn't do

to be your mom.

[***]

[WEEPING]

I should've told you.

It's over, isn't it?

[CLEARS THROAT]
Not yet.

Mr. Sharp,

do you know the difference
between consensual sex and rape?

Oh, yeah.

But when you're havin'
a good time like she was,

isn't no rape,
that's for damn sure.

Are you a virgin?

[CHUCKLES]
No, I ain't a virgin.

Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance?

She can ask about my client's
sexual history,

but I can't ask this witness?

No, you can't.
Sustained.

Why didn't you help her, Bobby?
Objection.

When you saw Josey
being attacked--

Ms. Aimes' testimony has not
been corroborated by evidence.

Neither has his.

And my client would like
to prove that he's lying.

I'm allowing it.
For now.

Bobby?

When you saw Josey
being attacked,

why didn't you help her?

You know, you can use all
the lawyer mumbo-jumbo you want,

There still was no attack.

I asked around about you, Bobby.

Folks say you're kind of soft.

Well, anyone that said that

ain't man enough
to say it to my face.

Are you a red-ice player, then?

How's that?

I had a coach used to say,
"Win or lose,

leave your blood on the ice."

Good coach.

Yeah.

You're what coach'd call...

a yellow-ice player.

The kind that wets his pants
when things get rough.

[CROWD GIGGLES]
Objection, argumentative.

JUDGE: Denied.
She was your friend.

You watched him put
his filthy hands on her,

and you ran away!

It wasn't like that.

Your Honor.

Sustained.
Mr. White--

What was it like, then?
He held her down,

spread her legs,
jammed himself up inside her--

Mr. White!

Rangers are hard as steel, huh?

Not this one.

This one's made of butter.

You gonna keep lying
about your friend,

or you gonna stand up
and be a man?

Objection.
I'm not lyin'.

You wanna run right now,
don't you?
Fuck you.

All right, that's enough.
You wanna run, Bobby?

I didn't run.

Or you gonna put your guts
on the ice this time?

What's it gonna be?
Yellow...

or red?

Yellow or red?

[YELLING]
Yellow or red?

What was I supposed to do?

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

He was raping her, wasn't he?

Yeah.

And you ran?

What was I supposed to do?

What are you supposed to do...

when the ones with all the power

are hurting those with none?

Well, for starters,
you stand up.

You stand up and tell the truth.

You stand up...

for your friends.

Objection, Your Honor--

You stand up...

Even when you're all alone.

[TAPPING NOISES]
You stand up.

JUDGE:
All right. Mr. White,

if you are through with--
Excuse me,

Your Honor.
What is going on back there?

This is Glory.

She...
worked at Pearson's.

KYLE:
She wants to say...

[PAPER RUSTLING]

KYLE:
"My name is Glory Dodge...

"and I'm not fuckin' dead yet.

I stand with Josey."

[SIGHS]

[***]

Your Honor--

BILL:
Your Honor said
we needed three plaintiffs.

CONLIN:
It's still only two.

[SIGHS]

Oh!

Ready?

BILL:
Yeah!

Nice.

Yeah!
Oh, yeah!

Hey, your son was just telling
me how rich you guys are now.

[LAUGHS]
Oh, really?

You gonna buy me a car?

No.

You're not old enough
to drive yet.

So?

[TURN SIGNAL CLICKING]

Why are we stopping?

Well, if you want
a car someday,

you gotta know
how to drive it, right?

First lesson:

driver sits behind the wheel.

Come on, move your butt!

[HANDS DRUMMING ON HOOD]

Seat belt!

All right.

What do I do?
Okay.

Put your foot
on the accelerator.

Gently, okay?

And stay on the road,

[LAUGHING]
if you can.

Go on, go on.

Oh, Goaaah!
Whoaagh!

All right.

Let's take a tiny,
little bit at a time, okay.

Slow down!
Woo-hoo!

Slow down, race car driver.

There you go.
You're a natural.

[BOB DYLAN'S
"SWEETHEART LIKE YOU" PLAYING]

* They say that vanity
Got the best of him *

* But he sure left here
In style *

[LAUGHING IN CAR]

* By the way
That's a cute hat *

* And that smile's so hard
To resist *

* And what's a sweetheart
Like you *

* Doin' in a dump like this? *

* You know, a woman like you
Should be at home *

* That's where you belong *

* Taking care
Of somebody nice *

* Who don't know how
To do you wrong *

* Just how much abuse
Will you be able to take? *

* Well, there's no way to tell
By that first kiss *

* What's a sweetheart
Like you *

* Doin' in a dump like this? *

* You know, you can make a name
For yourself *

* You can hear
Them tires squeal *

* You could be known
As the most beautiful woman *

* Who ever crawled across
Cut glass to make a deal *

* You know, news of you
Has come down the line *

* Even before ya came
In the door *

* They say in
Your father's house
There's many mansions *

* Each one of 'em
Got a fireproof floor *

* Snap out of it, baby
People are jealous of you *

* They smile to your face but
Behind your back they hiss *

* What's a sweetheart
Like you *

* Doin' in a dump like this? *

* Gotta be an important person
To be in here, honey *

* Got to have done
Some evil deed *

* Got to have your own harem
When you come in the door *

* Got to play your harp
Until your lips bleed *

* They say that patriotism
Is the last refuge *

* To which a scoundrel clings *

* Steal a little
And they throw you in jail *

* Steal a lot
And they make you king *

* There's only one step down
From here, baby *

* It's called the land
Of permanent bliss *

* What's a sweetheart
Like you *

* Doin' in a dump like this? *

[***]

[CAT POWER'S "PATHS OF VICTORY"
PLAYING]

* The trail is dark and dusty *

* The road is kind of rough *

* But the clear road
Up yonder *

* With the cinders
On the side *

* Trails of trouble *

* And your roads of battle *

* They leave paths of victory *

* We shall walk *

[***]

* I walked out to the valley *

* Turned my head up high *

* Seen that silver linin' *

* It was hangin' in the sky *

* Trails of troubles *

* And roads of battles *

* They leave paths of victory *

* We shall walk *

[***]

* The mountain was a-movin' *

* The hummin' of its wheels *

* Told me of the new day *

* It was comin'
Across the fields *

* Trails of troubles *

* And roads of battles *

* They leave paths of victory *

* We shall walk *

[***]

* The gravel road is bumpy *

* It's a hard old road
To ride *

* But the good road
Is waitin' *

* And, boys
It ain't far off *

* Trails of trouble *

* And your roads of battle *

* They leave paths of victory *

* We shall walk *

[***]