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Ghost stories in the south go together like heat and hell.

Well, I never believed in ghosts, but I always believed in hell.

And I remember the day I found out that hell is a place on earth.

I was just a boy and I was playing in these woods and I stayed out too late.

It was dark and I couldn't see my house yet, but I can hear my aunt screaming my

name.

I'd never heard a scream like that.

When I stepped into the clearing, she came running at me so fast I thought she

was coming to kill me.

I froze.

She picked me up and started squeezing me so tight I couldn't breathe.

And all she kept saying, over and over, was, Thank you.

Thank you, Gilbert Flay, for not taking him away.

After dinner, I asked her, Who's Gilbert Flay?

She said that Gilbert was one of the few children that survived the massacre of

Ebenezer Creek, and by the grace of God, he made his way here with a few others,

and built Hermantown.

I asked why she was so afraid of a dead man.

She said he wasn't dead.

She said Gilbert Flay is a part of our history, and sometimes, history gets

buried alive.

Baby, if you keep running from life, you're just going to end up alone and

tired.

Got it.

Mind if I join you?

Long day? Mmm, long night.

You'd be surprised what that train will do to a possum.

Turn him into one of those flat -hot sandwiches with a track.

You mean a panini.

Yeah, that's it.

Possum panini.

I'm Reese.

Reese Van Zandt.

Century. Like a hundred years?

Somewhat.

You know, this park officially opened on April 14th, 1965.

Exactly 100 years to the day after Lincoln was shot.

Lincoln.

It's a big deal for black folks, am I right?

He did free the slaves.

Speaking of free, black folks, where are you from?

If it's all the same to you, I'd rather just sit quietly.

Well, excuse me.

Sorry for staring at you like that, but you remind me of this fella I used to

work with.

Y 'all might even be kinfolk.

Do you know Jeremiah?

No.

Well, actually, we called him Jerry.

Oh, wait, Jerry.

Yeah, I know Jerry, my cousin.

Really? No.

That's funny.

Jerry was funny, too.

He used to say that black folks don't like the woods because all the trees

their necks itch. Is that true?

Only around your kinfolk.

Well, there sure are a lot of your people in the park today, too.

Oh, my God.

Movie people, I mean.

You're here for the festival, right?

Right.

Yep, well, they're all running crazy through the park like shit through a

What's it called?

440's in the film, right?

It's the 44 -hour film competition.

Yeah, you got your fo -fo with your peeps, huh?

Well, don't that start over at Pavilion 3 by the West Gate?

I thought it was here at the East Gate. Well, we can't both be right now, can

we? Hell, maybe I'm wrong.

Shit. Need some help?

It would be my absolute honor to aid and assist you, ma 'am.

Yes, please. Thank you.

My pleasure.

Colquitt, come in.

Go ahead for Colquitt.

Yeah, that film competition they're having today, where are they meeting at?

Over.

Thanks.

Hey, look, if you want, I can give you right over there. Oh, no, that won't be

necessary.

You got a map?

No. Well, the way I hear it, time is money, and you're already on CP time and

running behind.

Don't seem smart to get lost on top of that. You are too kind, but no, thank

you.

Where can I get a map?

Look, it is really no trouble for me to drive you over there.

Yeah, but you just sat down for your break. You want to know a secret? I take

breaks all day long.

Come on, I'd be a perfect gentleman.

Is he coming too?

Oh yeah, he's fine.

Besides, we'll be back in two shakes.

You just sit right up here.

What the hell are you doing?

I think she likes you.

Can we go?

A

lot

of people don't like me because I'm honest.

But I just don't know any other way to be.

I'm like that big rock, you know?

Everything can change around me, but I'll be the same old Reese until I die.

When will that be?

Say what? There are a lot of trees.

Yeah, a lot of history in these woods.

Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail

against it.

I bet you didn't know that the White Citizens Council used to have sermons up

the mountains once a month after the war. The White Citizens Council?

That is right.

You mean the Ku Klux Klan?

The what?

Cross -burning cowards behind white sheets? Are those the citizens you're

referring to?

Those were God -fearing men.

Oh, they were fearful, all right, but not of God.

I suppose you're one of those all -black -lives -matter people, am I right?

Can you see the pavilion from here? Apparently, it's just past the tree line

ahead. Grace, stop the cart. What?

Stop the cart, please. Fine.

Suit yourself. Your kind never could listen to reason long enough to make a

difference. My kind?

Yeah. Women.

My granddaddy used to say that a woman ain't nothing but one good -looking rib.

But you go ahead and have a nice walk.

Hey, you ain't got no map, so don't get lost. Now I have to come back and find

you.

Take care.

Is she with us?

Yeah. What's her name?

Century Day.

Wow.

She just made my day.

Jesus, Eddie's thirsty much? Oh my God, was I talking to you, Arlene? Eddie,

Eddie, chill.

Just relax.

What are you... Hi.

Hi.

Listen, I... I know this is out of the blue, but...

I'm working sound for the film crew over here, and the director keeps asking me

if I know any gorgeous women that know how to act.

Well, I saw you walking, and I told him I knew you.

So could you do me a favor?

Could you pretend like your name is Century and that we know each other?

So you want me to act like my name is... Century.

That's a pretty unique name. How'd you come up with that?

It just came through me.

Huh.

Well, that's not my name, but... Okay.

Well, hey, my name's Eddie.

What's your real name?

Darshelenia. Darshelenia?

Your face.

Oh, God, I needed that. Thank you.

Well, hey, if you need anything, don't hesitate.

I'll probably hesitate, Eddie.

Is this the last of your team?

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Do you want to go over to the lockbox, or should I? No, I got it. I've got a

song.

You want to pay?

We could blame it on the juice. No, no, no more, Eddie.

No more, all right? Can we just stop drinking? Can we stop?

Okay, Brandon, calm down, man.

It's not like we're on a real movie. Yeah, with a real director.

Hey,

Josh, forgive me if I forget to put your name in the credits.

You got it.

Okay.

So, welcome.

Actually, you know what? Before we get started, I will get everybody's phones.

Okay?

Like, no.

Like, yeah.

What do you need our phones for?

Come on, it's just until we finish filming.

Okay? No distractions.

Come on.

Give it up.

Thank you.

Just let me finish. Yeah, go ahead. Hurry. Please.

Okay?

All right.

So welcome, everyone, to the inaugural Stone Mountain 44 -Hour Folklore Film

Competition.

My name is Melvin Colquitt, Jr., but everyone just calls me Colquitt.

Think of me as your tour -slash -safety guide for the evening. So any and all

questions relating to the park or the competition, I can answer.

Okay? All right.

Now, as I'm sure all of you have figured out by now, this event is sponsored by

my family's company, Colquitt Construction and Development, which

the largest Black -owned construction company in the Southeast.

Yeah, how about a round of applause for that?

All right, moving on.

Now, the grand prize for this competition is $25 ,000 and...

and the opportunity to attend the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Right. Now, if there are any of you who aren't familiar with this kind of

competition, I'm going to give you a few of the ground rules, okay?

Each team will be given a genre, character name, prop, and a line of

they must use.

Each team has 44 hours to write, shoot, and complete their films.

No stock footage is allowed.

No collaborating with any of the film crews in the park.

Where are the other teams?

All right. Each team must have their completed film delivered by 3 p .m. on

Sunday. A failure to comply with any of these guidelines will result in

disqualification.

Okay? All right.

Drumroll, please.

The line of dialogue, character name, and prop you must use has just been sent

to your team leader.

Let's see.

Okay.

Damn.

Silent film.

Okay.

Character name is Mary.

Prop is a rock or stone. And the line we have to use is... Is that the whole

line?

I'm sorry? What's the line that we have to use?

Right. The line of dialogue you must have one of your characters say is...

I hate it when you fill in the blank.

If this is a silent film, how are we supposed to use the line?

Subtitles.

Great idea.

Very creative.

Okay, so good luck, everyone, and let the cameras roll.

Action.

Hey, Brandon.

I hate it when you forget to tell people to bring bug spray. Yeah, Brandon.

You buggin'. Okay, one.

Hey, I'll introduce you to everybody.

Okay. Hey, everybody.

This is Century Day.

Oh, that's it. Okay.

Hi, I'm Matt.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, Matt.

Hi, sis.

I'm Eileen, the female lead.

And that's Josh.

Josh!

Hey, Josh.

Okay, well, as I was saying, we are trying to capture lightning in a bottle.

So everybody here, except Century, has done one of these projects before. So y

'all know we need to move quickly and deliberately.

No mistakes.

Yes. What's our genre again?

What?

I can't hear you. I'm not doing this with you. If you don't have to write us

dialogue, can't we just start filming right now?

I mean, this doesn't have to take all night.

Yes, but I have to write.

Story first. I'll come up with a story first, Eileen. Then we can start

shooting, okay?

Yeah. Wait, so there's no dialogue?

Are you drunk?

No!

So if it's silent, that means that no one will know how sexy my voice is?

That's correct.

But I've been working on... You know what, Matt?

Just practice now, all right? You can just... Let's just make this a silent

meeting, yeah?

Y 'all, seriously, look.

If we pull this off and we win the 25K, we could get screened at Canes next

year.

Now, I don't know about any of y 'all, but I want to go to Paris, okay?

So let's do something fresh and original, all right? Something powerful.

Yeah?

Oh.

What the fuck?

Yeah. Is she throwing rocks? What the fuck is up?

Green.

Fucking files, all my... Fuck!

Hey! Brynn!

Brynn! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

On it right there, friend. Hold it.

What the fuck, man? She just broke my shit. Why aren't you talking to her?

on. We don't even know for sure if you're season one or the other. I hate

laptop.

No! No!

Hey,

Brynn, wait!

Stop it, okay? Brandon, you and your people need to step back, all right?

handle this.

Evelyn. Evelyn.

Stop.

Now, I'm not going to tell you again, all right?

Stop with this mess around the park, or I'm going to have you arrested.

Again.

Do you understand?

All right, it's okay.

Just go.

All right?

Leave your wagon and go. Oh, wait, ma 'am, ma 'am.

Do you need help?

Wait, hey, it's Evelyn, right?

Evelyn, do you need us to call someone?

I'm fine, baby.

Don't. I'm fine. No, no, you're not. You're not. You're not fine. She's not

fucking fine. Why were you trying to stone us, old lady? I wasn't throwing

at you.

I was giving them back. Giving them back? Those aren't my fucking rocks!

This is bullshit!

All right? I want to press charges.

Please.

Those

don't

belong to you.

Okay, she just assaulted me. Did you see that?

If you don't call the police, I'm going to press charges and make sure that

you... You're going to do what, little white girl?

I just stopped you from stealing.

And everybody saw it, too.

Black bitch.

Is she going to be all right, you know, out here like that?

Yeah, Evelyn's harmless.

Usually, usually she's harmless.

Hey, Evelyn, don't come back for this wagon.

This is bullshit.

My laptop better not be fucking ruined.

Brandon.

Brandon, come on.

Brandon.

This shit's fucking... It's done.

It's over. I can't.

Look at this.

Look, I can't. I can't. Look at the screen. Look at the screen. Brandon,

fine.

Okay? Like that horrible girl said, we don't need a script.

What horrible girl?

Funny.

Funny. Yeah, we don't need a script, but, like, I needed the software, okay?

Like, how are we going to finish this and turn it on? We can use mine.

Your what?

My laptop.

You brought one. Yeah. I can use it. Yes.

Relax. Thank God.

Where is it?

Shit. What?

Shit! I left it on that fucking racist four -wheeler. What racist?

The one that dropped me off.

But what?

I'll be right back. Officer Colquitt.

Colquitt. Do you have, um... Shit, what is his name?

The hillbilly.

He's really fucking racist and obnoxious. What is, uh, uh... Uh, Reese?

Do you have his number? Uh, please radio him.

Oh, yeah, okay. I can do that, but he got off a few hours ago. He might have

dropped off his radio.

Go for Reese.

Reese, do you copy?

Reese, do you read? Come in.

Go for Reese.

Reese, the young lady that you dropped off at Pavilion 3, she thinks that she

left her bag on your four -wheeler. Over.

She did not.

Over. He's lying.

Are you sure?

Can you double -check?

Over.

I could triple -check, and it wouldn't make a lick of difference because I

blind.

Over. Are you sure? Maybe it fell off while you were driving.

It is not on my gator.

I swear trying to talk any sense in y 'all is like putting steam in a bucket.

Tell me something, Colquitt. If you lose something and you can't find it, where

do you go?

Over.

Lost and found.

Bingo, dingo.

Over and out.

Idiot.

Great. Where's the lost and found?

It's not too far from here.

What a fucking asshole.

Excuse me?

Not you. I'm talking about Rafe. Whatever the fuck his name is.

We could also file your property damage report over there, too.

How far of a walk is it?

Maybe 30 minutes.

We don't have time for that. Okay, I'll go. And Colquitt can come with me, too,

right? Yeah. Great. I can do that, sure.

On my notes, everything about the park was on that laptop. I don't even have a

story. I just...

Just give me a minute. Just give me a minute to think, all right?

Well, either way, I need to go get my backpack.

But you don't even know where it is, Century. Like, you could be out there

day.

Well, you want to use it too, right?

Plus, my camera's in there, so I have to get it.

Okay, just fucking go then. Just fucking go. If it means that much to you, just

fucking go.

Century.

Whatever you've learned or received from me, put it into practice.

You still want to go?

Yeah, give me a minute.

Hey, what was that song that she was singing?

What? Who?

That song that What's Her Problem was singing.

It's not a song.

What is it?

Kind of an old game that turned into a rhyme.

It's nothing.

What's the game?

It's called Wholehearted.

It's based on a true story, I think.

Something about love and hate, and if you have a whole heart, then after you

play the game, your greatest dream will come true.

What if you don't have a...

whole heart or whatever, then Gilbert Flay will take your heart

away.

Gilbert Flay.

That's what she was saying.

Yeah.

Gilbert Flay was a man that worked in the rock quarry, right here in the park

long time ago.

Every day, Gilbert would go to work, his wife and son would sit on the porch and

watch as he walked out of sight.

And one day...

His son would sneak out while his mother wasn't looking and followed his father

to work.

Well, it is a long hike through the woods to the mountaintop.

And the little boy got lost.

And then his mother went out looking for him, and she got lost too.

And then when Gilbert got home, he went out looking for them both.

And three of them were never seen again.

That's terrible.

Yeah, it's awesome.

Okay. So if your heart's filled with love, then the thing you most want,

find. Like Gilbert Flay looking for his family.

I get it. Something like that.

That's perfect, Junior.

That's it.

What?

We're going to tell the story of the couple falling in love.

Eileen, you'll be the wife.

Matt, Gilbert Flay.

Really?

Yeah, I mean, like, yeah. Let's play the game. How do you play it?

I'm gonna win.

Because I know what I love will come to me.

We all have to touch it at the same time while saying it.

Say what?

Say the rhyme.

We all have to say the rhyme at the same time.

Okay, then what?

Then, if you have a whole heart, your greatest dream will come true.

That's ridiculous.

Yeah, yeah, but let's get into the spirit. Let's do it.

Who doesn't want their dreams to come true, right?

Hold it.

Just like this.

Now, in order for this to work, we all have to say it in unison.

You know what?

At the same damn time.

Gilbert Flay, come out to play. I found one of your stones.

Little Flay or Mary Day, is this one of their bones?

Creepy much? This is so silly.

Come on, we can do it. Right, team?

One, two, three.

Gilbert Flay, about to lay a pound of stone.

May, merry day, is this one of your bones?

All right, since you didn't say anything... Eric, wait, if you don't say

wish won't come true.

We're supposed to make a wish?

Yes, a wish for what you want most in the world.

Come on, Century.

Okay.

One, two, three.

Gilbert Flay, come out to play. I found one of your stones.

Little Flay or Mary Day, is this one of your bones?

What the fuck?

What is this?

Watch it, Josh.

It's just paint.

You watch it, pretty boy.

Pretty boy?

Strike that. Pretty mentally challenged boy.

Why are ugly people so rude?

Because they're ugly.

Is there anything going on up there? Oh!

Okay.

No, no, no.

Josh. Josh.

Don't.

Do I need to go to the hospital and get tested for some kind of disease?

Huh? What the hell is this, Colquitt?

Oh, man, hey, listen.

I don't know. I didn't know there was anything on the rock.

No, this is a shitty trick, man.

How are we supposed to get this to come off? I'm sorry, guys. I'm sure it will

just rub off.

Yeah, well, it's not coming off.

You people are useless.

Speaking of useless, why don't we send the help so we'll get some cleaning

supplies for the talent?

Excuse me?

I said, we're the talent, and you're the help.

First of all, the only talent I see doesn't look like you.

And as far as me being the help, I guess I can help.

You save some money on Botox and just swell your lip up right now.

Wow, sis.

Is that what you say to your baby daddy?

Okay, okay.

Hey, hey, hey!

Everybody calm down, okay? It's just a little paint.

Just take a second go down to the restrooms wash your hands

Yeah,

that's like real blood We

just

really need to get a handle on this set, okay Can you, like, just try to keep

them calm while I finish formulating this film?

Yeah, yeah. You need help? Yes. Just keep them calm.

No, I mean with the film.

No, no, I'm good on that. I just... You're not creative like that, okay?

got it. What do you mean I'm not creative? No, no, I'm just... You're

other things.

Like what?

Like wasting time.

Wow, Eddie, I really like your party favor.

That's what she said.

That's what who said, Matt, huh?

Who said that?

You don't know shit.

Wow, dude.

Look, if you can't handle your liquor, don't drink it.

Can you even have liquor in the park? Oh, my God, you're not funny, man.

You're not funny. You're nothing but, like, a functioning moron.

At least I'm functioning.

Okay, take it easy, Eddie.

Yeah, E .D.

Like erection disabled.

It's erectile dysfunction.

Yeah, we know what he's talking about, Officer Corrections. You mean

Officer? God, I fucking hate you, Matt.

Hey, hey, hey!

Just relax, relax.

Can you just, okay, can you go find Josh?

Can you go find Josh?

We need to get moving, please.

Yeah.

Yeah, Eddie. Thank you.

Fetch. Oh, yeah.

Oh, look what I've fetched you! Oh, look what I've fetched you!

All right, we're wasting time. Thank you. Thank you.

You know, that was actually a death threat.

Coco, what are you talking about?

Before the invention of gunpowder, archers were the world's first snipers.

This finger is key to knocking the arrow before you draw back.

So sometimes an archer would show a man the finger that he was going to use to

kill him.

How do you know that?

I read a lot.

History, mostly.

Oh, so you're like a jack of all trades.

A black jack of all trades.

Yo!

Josh!

Josh!

Come now, whatever.

Has anybody seen Josh come this way?

No.

No, no, just keep... Josh!

Uh, look, can I talk to you for a minute, Junior?

I really need you to stop calling me that.

Okay, okay.

Um, so listen.

You know that I'm going to sue the shit out of this park and your company,

right?

I wish you wouldn't do that.

Right. Um, you'll probably get fired.

Or demoted, at least.

Yeah, so I really wish you wouldn't do that.

Right, right.

I wish you wouldn't do that, sir.

Sir.

Right. So, maybe I will, maybe I won't.

If... If what?

Let me use the Gilbert Flay story for the film.

If you do, you get to keep your job.

Tell me something, Brandon.

Do you do you practice being manipulated?

No, it's uh, it's a gift We have a deal

Eddie

Look, I know you begged me to let Josh on this film But I'm telling you right

now if he does not do his fucking part and kiss that IMDB credit. Goodbye.

There's no more time I just need you to grab all the gear that you can and head

over to the cliff. All right? I'll get the rest of it.

Come on.

Come on. All right.

All right. So, yes.

The cliff is where we're going to shoot my masterpiece.

Okay? The cliff?

The cliff.

Yes.

Century, could you and Colquitt go and get the laptop and meet us at the south

pass of the mountain?

You know where that is, right?

Okay.

All right, break over, people.

Let's get it going.

Come on, get the flies out of my ointment.

Film ain't going to shoot itself.

Come on.

Yeah, yeah, I'll get you.

Go, go.

They don't seem to get along very well, your team.

That is not my team. I do not know those people and I did not pick them.

So, what, you're just co -workers?

Something like that.

How'd you get picked?

I'm in a photography class at Brandon.

Oh, you're a photographer.

Very cool.

Yeah, I love taking pictures.

I mean, to me, they're worth way more than a thousand words.

And honestly, I believe a great capture can change the way you look at life and

make you feel something.

What do you feel when you look at this part?

I don't know. I guess peace in the space.

Yeah, nature has always been really calming to me.

You photograph a lot of nature?

I do, actually.

Oh. Well, it sounds like you might be in tune with your purpose this day.

I wish my grandmother could have heard you say that.

She always used to say that I spent more time shooting life than actually living

it.

Okay, hold on.

What's her number? Because I'll tell her right now.

Come on.

It's 1 -800 -HEAVENSGATE.

What? She passed away last year.

I'm sorry.

It's okay. It's fine. You didn't know. I knew something was wrong with that

number. There's too many digits.

So, Brandon, is he your boyfriend? No.

No. That makes sense.

Why do you say that?

Because Brandon is arrogant and you're humble.

Thank you, but he's not that bad.

He's definitely bad adjacent.

I mean, his property was damaged. I think he has a right to be upset, don't

Maybe, but...

I mean, he looked like he was going to jump on Evelyn if I hadn't stopped him.

That kind of thing makes you question his character.

I'm just saying, my aunt said the only difference between a good person and a

bad person is timing.

Have you been here before?

Yep.

Can I show you something real quick?

I've already seen everything already.

You haven't seen this.

I thought we were going to the lost and found.

Come on, it'll be fast. I promise.

I

did

hear that your last name was Day, right?

Yeah, that's right.

Where's your family from?

Do they teach you guys to ask that question in training or something?

No, why'd you ask that?

Your boy Reese asked me the same question. Reese is not my boy.

Oh, so you don't like him either?

Nope. Really? He's so charming. He's so awful.

Yeah, I always wondered what makes a man so hateful like that.

In his case, it's in the blood.

How so?

His family actually owned all of this mountain back in the 1800s.

Their plantation was all of Sherman Town back in the day.

Oh. And not to mention, they are some of the founding members of the Klan here

in Georgia.

So they lynched and terrorized families like mine for years.

Wow, so what's his family up to now?

I'm not sure.

I've seen some of his cousins around town over the years, but they are not

well.

So you're from around here then?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sherman town, born and bred.

Oh, small world.

Ah, do tell.

My grandmother lived in Sherman Town. I knew it.

Knew what?

That you were good peoples.

You know, I think some of my family married some of your family back in the

days. Hmm, that's funny.

Yeah, we might be cousins.

Don't tell Reeve.

Why not?

He thinks we're all cousins anyway.

Where is it?

Where's what?

The statue of the worker.

Oh, um... I don't know. They took that last week for touch -ups.

No, it was here earlier. I just took a picture of it.

Earlier? Yeah, today.

Nah, that can't be right.

What, you don't believe me?

No, no, no. I'm not saying that. I'm just... You might be mistaken. There are

lot of statues in this park.

Oh, whatever.

What did you want to show me, Colquitt?

It's actually what I wanted you to show me.

Come again?

Well, since you're family, or might be family, I bet you have some of the

mountain in you.

And I bet you could pick out a geode with your gut, just like me. No, I don't

think so.

Come on, it'll be easy.

You know, I really think I should be coming back.

How about I make you a deal?

Right?

If you successfully pick one out, I'll punch Reese in the face.

No, you won't. Yes, I will.

You forget I do not work here.

Okay, I'm going to hold you to that.

Hi, where can I find one?

Anywhere around here.

I don't see it. There aren't any around here.

Are you sure?

Welcome to the family, cuz.

Wow.

You know, I bet he found your bag.

You want to head over to Lost and Found?

No, we should really be getting back.

I mean, I'll just tell Brandon that we can get it on the way back, and we can

finish everything tomorrow.

You sure?

Nope, but that's his best bet.

What's he pointing at?

Looks like the foot of the mountain near the base.

What is it? Nothing, nothing, nothing.

I just hope you don't let this group of people change who you are.

My grandmother would roll over in her grave if I ever let anyone change who I

so quick.

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey.

What are y 'all doing?

We're setting up the shop.

Did y 'all find it?

Traced my steps and couldn't find it. But it's okay. Let's just get everything

done. And even if I can't find my backpack, we can just go to school

and do it in post there.

You are truly an asset.

All right, so what's the shot?

It's going to be a master, obviously.

And we'll do several takes here and then 75 over there, a

45 -degree angle over there, and then another one over here.

All right, gotcha.

Brandon, is this close enough?

Yeah, that's perfect. That's perfect, darling. Just stay still.

Don't fall.

Matt, help her.

Hey, I got to take a piss.

Jesus, you can't hold it?

Go, go, man.

Mobility.

Stop drinking.

You ain't got talent.

You ain't got creativity.

Come on, man.

How you got Matt's side?

Making me feel like a little bitch, you know what I mean?

You're supposed to be my boy.

Whatever, man.

Gotta go.

Gotta go.

Damn, man.

Yeah, how about this for a little creativity?

Yeah, I'm very creative right now.

Whoa, man.

Whoa. Sorry, man.

I didn't see you there.

Whoa.

You're right.

Wait, hold on!

Uh, uh, stand over there.

No.

Excuse me?

I said no.

Look it up. It means no.

What's the problem?

Oh, there's no problem, but from where I'm from, people say please and thank

you.

Fine. Would you please go stand over there?

My pleasure.

Here? Uh, no.

That is perfect.

Um, Eileen, so use Sentry for your line of sight, okay? So when Matt's talking

to you, look at Sentry.

Why? Because there's something coming in this direction.

What's approaching?

Eileen, just trust me, okay?

Okay. I guess she's not the superstar you thought she was.

Yeah, maybe she's icing on a shit cake.

What?

I lost my laptop. I don't know where the fuck my assistant is. You mean Josh.

Yeah, whatever his... Where's Eddie? Like, how long does it take to piss on a

tree? Brandon, Brandon.

It's fine, okay? You don't need Josh because, hello, you have me.

And I'm sure Eddie will be back soon. I mean, he doesn't have, like, a really

bad sense of direction, does he?

I don't know. You think he got lost?

No, I was just thinking that... You're just helping.

Sorry.

Okay, look, we really need to get this. We need to start shooting, okay?

Um, Coco, can you please go and find our colleague?

Why me?

Because he's basically a missing fucking person at this point, and you said it

was your job to keep us safe.

Uh, Matt, Eileen, y 'all just rehearse in the meantime, okay?

Rehearse what?

Just, you know what we're doing.

Okay, I got security looking for him down at Pavilion 3, okay?

Shit, where the fuck is Josh?

Maybe he went back to his car.

No, he couldn't because he rode with me. So if he needed to go to the car, he

had to come to me for the keys.

Call it quits.

I hate to ask.

Would you mind?

Mind what?

Okay, we are back in business.

I don't think he knows what he's doing.

Well, gave it away.

All right, um, um, Coquit, the boom.

Yeah, I gotcha.

Wait, this is a silent film, right?

Yes. Then why does he have to do sound?

The ambient, okay? The, the, the, the noise.

Can you just let me be the director, please?

Thank you. Okay, okay.

Colquitt, can you actually... Um, like this? Yeah.

Like that.

Yeah. Is it on?

What are we doing, dude?

Yes, it's getting cold out here.

All right.

All right, so... Like I told you both before...

This scene is about love, right? It's your honeymoon night, and y 'all are

taking a stroll.

But it's not night yet.

Okay, sunset, okay?

Okay.

Now, this is the moment where the audience falls in love with y 'all as a

couple.

All right? So I need y 'all to look into each other's eyes with passion and

adoration.

I can do that.

What are you doing? Wait, wait, wait.

I didn't say action yet.

My bad. It's fine. And the kiss is fine, too.

Just, after the kiss, I want y 'all to dance.

Okay? Just grab each other, start spinning around, and, you know, and

Eileen, I want you to run away from Matt.

Run where?

To the thicket.

The thicket?

Yes, the thicket. Just run to the thicket and invite him over.

Why?

Because... You want him to make love to you. Yeah, you do.

Okay.

Do I chase her?

Yes, when I say so.

Okay? Okay, and when do I run?

When I say so.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay. Okay!

I don't understand this movie.

No one's supposed to understand it but the director.

It's art.

Okay.

Action.

Look, you can kiss me, but better not linger.

Good.

Good. Good, good. All right.

Yep. Yep.

Okay, now Matt, hold her close.

Yep.

Eileen, now.

I feel like it, Eileen.

I'm ready. You ready?

Ready? I've been ready.

Good,

good. Yeah.

Keep going.

Matt! Go!

Go!

What the fuck?

Okay, uh, cut.

Wait.

Matt, who is that? How the fuck should I know? That looked really real.

Like, for real.

Okay, okay, okay.

Um, action.

Is that one of your actors?

What? The guy with the... I mean, he is now.

Is he crying?

It's all good.

Brandon, I don't get it.

I thought I was playing Gilbert Play.

Okay.

Okay, cut.

Matt, you are Gilbert Flay, okay? So, um, just go over there and try to save

from him.

Okay? Just run over there and try to stop him. Stop him?

Yeah. I think I missed my chance to stop him. Okay, whatever. Just go over there

and improvise some kind of confrontation.

Why am I confronting him?

Because you want to protect her, the love of your life.

Marry. It shouldn't marry.

I mean, Eileen be standing up wondering how long she has to lay on the ground

before the scene is over.

Eileen is a trained professional, Matt.

She's not going to get up unless she hears me say cut.

But you did say cut.

But she didn't hear me.

We heard you say cut. How do you know she didn't hear you say cut?

Because she is still on the ground.

She's still in character, Matt.

Okay? Just listen to me, okay? I'm the director. You're the actor. You're an

actor, right?

Correct.

Okay, then.

Action!

Where is he getting all that blood from?

Brandon?

Um, yeah, I think we should go.

Colquitt, uh, do something.

Wow, what a bastard!

So what do we do now?

How do we get help?

You know, you're really demonstrating poor leadership skills right now. Oh,

wouldn't it be nice to just get our cell phones and call someone, Brandon?

Problem? Solution.

Pick one century.

White gold.

What?

The quarry workers.

They would always come home covered in granite dust and...

And since they made a good enough living, everyone said they were covered

white gold.

He's real.

He's real.

Okay,

we gotta get the fuck out of here. You got your keys?

Yes, I do. Okay, good. I do too. Where are you parked?

Shit, I don't know. Somewhere.

Where are you parked?

Fucking far.

Really fucking far.

Who's real?

Colquitt, radio.

Gilbert Flay.

What did you say?

Gilbert Flay is real. Bullshit, that's not Gilbert Flay. That's an angry

landscaper with a sharp -ass hammer or something. That is Gilbert Flay. That's

not Gilbert Flay. Gilbert Flay isn't real.

And even if he was real, he's dead.

What's out there is an ashy -ass nigga with a garden tool, okay?

No way, he's some 200 -year -old ghost.

Would you bet your life on that?

Excuse me? Would you bet your life that that isn't Gilbert's play out there?

Because let's just say that he is a maniac.

Then what does he want?

Why is he killing people?

I don't know. I'm not a psychopath.

I don't know what a psychopath thinks. Well, if he's a psychopath, then what

him on this path?

Love.

What?

Looking for his family.

So am I.

Um... Security, we have an emergency.

If there is any security on this line, we're over.

We're... Fuck!

What?

Listen, Forrest, we don't have any time for you to be fucking stupid, slow, or

whatever the fucking politically correct term is for a social liability.

I need you to snap out of it and give me direct answers to my direct questions.

Where are our phones?

Reese.

Is that a complete thought? Oh, Reese is the groundskeeper.

Okay, good. So you can translate.

Okay, so where the fuck is Reese? And how do we get him here?

Oh, uh, Colquitt.

Colquitt?

Where's Reese?

You don't understand.

You're right, I don't understand. I don't fucking understand. No, no!

No.

If that is Gilbert Flay out there, then it doesn't matter who you call, Brandon.

or where you go. He is coming to kill us!

You know what?

Fuck this. Braden, wait, please! Fucking bullshit!

Gilbert Flay is a ghost!

He's a lie!

Okay, what's out there was a man, and that man wasn't moving very fast, so I'm

gonna run like the fucking wind back to my car and drive the fuck out of here.

Okay, Braden, please! You won't make it.

You cannot run your destiny.

And what's my destiny, Colquitt?

Judgment.

Only God can judge me. No.

No, no, no, no. That's when you die.

When you're alive.

Anybody. Anybody on Earth can judge you. Okay.

Destiny. Judgment.

Colquitt, what aren't you telling us?

Why is this happening?

Talk, Forrest. Talk. Reddit, please.

Colquitt.

Tell us.

I didn't tell you and your friends the whole story about Gilbert Flay. I didn't

think it mattered.

There's another version of the story.

One my aunt used to tell me so we wouldn't be mean to people.

She said that if you had any hate in your heart, Gilbert Flay will take you

away.

What does she mean by that, hate in your heart?

She said at some point Gilbert was becoming a wealthy man.

He was the best at his job. He could cut and carve granite like butter.

So his bosses, the Van Sands, they had him travel all around the country

and carving granite for their highest paying customers.

The Van Sands and Gilbert, they got along well enough, but Gilbert, he

work for himself.

So he saved his money and he bought his own slabs of granite and started trading

with people around the town who couldn't afford it on their own.

But in exchange, he would take a percentage of their business,

So, after long, Gilbert had enough money to leave the Van Sands.

Back then, I'll tell you, the only thing more dangerous than a black man with

ambition was a white man that wanted to stop him.

On Gilbert's last day working for the Van Sands, he went home.

found his house on fire and in a pile in the yard with his family's clothes

covered in blood.

They told him that they drug his family to the summit, and if he hurried, he

could catch them.

So what happened?

He killed those men.

Six of them with a pickaxe.

And then...

He went looking for his wife and son, but he never found them.

Just some piles of stones that he thought might have been their grave.

And the last anybody, anybody saw Gilbert alive, they said he was covered

in granite powder and weeping tears of blood from crying for so long.

That is...

Gilbert Flay, Brandon.

Y 'all heard that?

Shit. Shit.

Wait, so... Do you think Josh and Eddie are dead, too?

I don't know. Probably. If your blood is on the rock, you have hate in your

heart. That doesn't make any sense.

I mean, even if a person does have a small amount of hate in their heart...

How does this Gilbert play know about it? And how does he know the difference

between hate and a really strong dislike?

It's like I told you already.

Hate, it's in the blood. It stains.

That's probably why those fingerprints appear on the stone.

So what are you saying? If we would have picked up the stone anyway without

saying the rhyme, Gilbert would still be after us?

I think it has to be both.

Both what?

The touch and the taunt.

It's fucking ridiculous.

No, I don't get it. I don't get it. I mean, people say they hate things all

time, and they don't mean it.

I say that I hate traffic, but it doesn't stain my heart. I hate when I go

through a drive -thru, and my order is wrong, but it doesn't stain my heart.

There was a saying I used to hear when I was a kid.

If love is blind, then hate sees everything.

Maybe hate is all Gilbert sees now.

So what do you hate, Brandon?

I'm starting to fucking hate that I played that fucking game.

I mean... Fuck, a rock? Why would a random rock start all this shit?

Would it be the same if we took a shoe and did the rhyme?

I don't know.

Maybe the stone means something to him.

What? The stone?

Yeah, I mean, maybe if we give it back to him like that Evelyn lady did, maybe

he'll leave us alone.

You have it!

What do we do with it?

I'm not sure.

Okay, where could his family have been taken?

They said that they were burned alive on the summit and tossed into the Devil's

Arrow.

Where's the Devil's Arrow?

It's this crack on the south side of the mountain.

It's 50 feet wide and probably as deep as the Earth itself.

He thinks that Gilbert is still around because he's trying to dig him out the

base of the mountain.

Maybe... Maybe if we... If we toss it inside, then... Then he'll

let us go.

I know it's a long shot, but it's all I can think of.

What are you thinking?

I'll do it.

I'm faster than both of you.

How do I get to the Devil's Arrow?

It's on the summit, behind the radio tower. You can't miss it.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

I can't move.

Just here, here, take this. Come with me. I can't move, Sam Street. Just take

this gun and go and finish this, okay?

Not fear me.

See your heart.

I'm not going to do that. I hope he does not have your sense of humor.

What's his name there?

The only reason we look back is to see how far we've come.

Almost, come on now.

Right here, right here.

Get started.

Don't stop.

Go hide.

Hey!

Papa?

What is it, son?

Who are those people we buried?

Nobody. Don't worry about them. They're gone now.

Were they bad?

Everybody has a little bit of bad in them.

Am I bad?

What?

Hey.

Hey. You're good.

All right?

You were just doing what you were told. That's it.

You're a good son.

I'm, uh... I am proud of you.

Yes, Dad.

You're going to be a good man, Junior.

Better than me.

Better than your grandfather. Better than all of us.

You hear me?

Yes, Papa.

And, uh...

One day you're going to realize that sometimes to do the right thing, you

to do something you hate, but that doesn't change what's in your heart.

Because what's in your heart, I know, is special.

You understand?

Yes, Papa.

Come on.

Yes, Papa.

Stay back.

All right.

Done.

Now where's my money?

This is the young man I've been waiting to meet.

What's your name, son?

You ain't talking to him.

Talking to me.

Now where's my money?

Papa.

Stay behind me, Junior.

Grab that bag, son.

Can I put my hands down now? It's a free country.

Open the bag.

What the hell?

You son of a black bitch.

You think you own me? I know I do.

Because you're a smart guy.

You know, I'm probably not the only person that knows about those pictures.

Hell, I didn't take them.

So you probably know if you pull that trigger, you could be making your son a

fugitive, orphan, or the state. Maybe all three at the same damn time.

This isn't over.

I know it isn't.

It's just beginning, Reese.

Hey, in the future, when I call you, Answer the phone.

Or what?

Or don't.

It's pretty country.

I'll be seeing you around, kiddo.

Be sure of that.

Didn't your mama tell you not to play with your food?

I always finish my plate.

Wow, Auntie.

You look fabulous. That's because I am fabulous.

Why him?

I needed someone special.

At what cost?

Is that rhetorical? It is not.

Okay.

It cost me... It cost us.

Us, it cost us.

$150 ,000 to rent out that park and an extra $50 ,000 to put my white enemy

slavery. What is money for if not for that?

But what about Miss Century Day?

That, I admit, was a surprise.

But all experiments have their uncertainties.

But what are you going to do with her?

Nothing. No one's going to believe her, and she doesn't have any proof.

And if she starts going through her family tree.

You mean our family tree.

Hopefully, she does the same thing we did.

So, hope is a part of your plan?

A small part.

Whoever hates their brother.

Whoever hates their brother walks in darkness and they cannot see where they

going.