All language subtitles for Rufus.2012.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG

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(English accent):
Why here?

Because I can't
go any further.

Promise me
you'll try to fit in.

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I'll try.

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What if they find me?

They're all
dead and buried.

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Nobody remembers
who you are, Rufus.

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[TRUCK HORN HONKS]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

The trucker said she
stepped right into him.

The boy say anything?

Not a word, Hugh.

He's a strange one.

You might want
to stand up wind.

He don't smell so good.

Looks like you've had
a pretty hard day, huh?

What's your name son?

Rufus.

You got a
last name, Rufus?

Was she your grandmother?

A stranger?

So you knew her then?

Where are you from?

Nowhere.

Where were you going?

I think we
were coming here.

You think?

How old are you?

Old enough.

Look, why don't we
try this all again later...

when you're feeling
a little better, huh?

What do you say we get you in
the car and warm up, right?

Okay?

Come on.

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It's okay.

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Would you mind
cracking your window?

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( CLEARS THROAT )
( SNIFFING )

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Please.

( WINDOW ROLLS DOWN )

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[JENNIFER]
He's filthy, Hugh.

It's only for
one night, Jen.

Who is he?

I don't know.

Please.

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[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[HUGH]
Hey, kid?

You've been
in there almost an hour.

Are you okay?

HUGH (echoing):
Kid?

Get your clothes off.

Clean yourself up.

( DOOR CLOSES )

Joe's downstairs
in the cooler, Hugh.

[JOE]
Well, I'm surprised

she's even in one piece.

I sent her fingerprints
over to Chet.

I mean what do
you want me to do?

I'm a vet
not a coroner, Hugh.

You know if you could keep
her on ice for a few more days,

I'd appreciate it, Joe.

I need some time to get
the story from the boy.

You know,
sort this thing out.

Did you find
anything in her clothes?

Nothing.
Not even lint.

But there is a small
scar on her left temple

and matching one
on her right.

Puncture marks
of some sort.

Here, see?

Now I'll bet if
you opened her skull

you'll find her frontal
lobe has been severed.

Lobotomy?

It's just a hunch.

How old would
you say she is?

75, 80?

Maybe a bit older.

If the health department
discovers she's down here,

I lose my license.

Thanks Joe.

Don't worry.

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You plan on stayin'
up there all day?

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You're a long way up.

It must be quite a view.

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They say your
grandma killed herself.

Is that so?

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My mom's in Las Vegas.

There's a second
mortgage on our house.

We'll lose it
if she's not careful.

Is it true Hugh and Jennifer
sleep in separate rooms?

Mine don't even
live in the same town.

They won't even talk
unless it's an argument.

You don't say much.
Do you?

You haven't given me
a chance.

Did you push her?

Who told you that?

No one.

I just thought
you might've.

I've considered poisoning
my mother once or twice.

I like your accent.

I like yours.

You want to play a game?

Stay behind that line.

Take off your clothes.

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Go on!
Your turn.

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Let me see
the rest of you.

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I haven't got all day.

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What now?

That depends.

I think most boys would have
crossed that line about now.

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You said not to.

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The game's not that much fun
if you follow the rules, Rufus.

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You're cold.

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I can't feel your heart.

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It's on the other side.

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Don't worry, Rufus.

Most boys
don't even have one.

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You are
something different.

( DOORBELL RINGS )

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Nice, very nice.

Check in... excellent.

Service... unsatisfactory.

Bathroom?

No... no, no, no.

( KNOCKING )
Knock, Knock.

I hope
you don't mind.

I found it
in the closet.

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They built these near
our house in Seattle.

16 bombers a day.

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They'd fly them so low,

I could
almost touch them.

When was this?

During the war.

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Which war?

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World War II was
over 70 years ago, Rufus.

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It doesn't seem so long.

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Try these on.

See if they fit.

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I spent the day
sifting through missing

person's reports with Chet.

We called the British
Embassy, Interpol.

Man, you can't believe
how many young people

go missing every year.

You think
he's one of them?

Well, he's definitely
not from around these parts.

That's for damn sure.

He said he
lived in Seattle.

He told you he
lived in Seattle?

And a thousand other places,

if you can
believe what he says.

Did he tell
you his last name?

No, but he has
a heart condition.

"Situs inversus"
I looked it up.

It's quite rare.

His heart and his other
organs are all turned around.

And, I took his
temperature twice.

It's 68 degrees.

It's warmer in the house.

Is it fatal?

No, but it
makes him different

and I can tell
he doesn't like it.

Where is he
right now anyway?

With Tracy McKay.

You let him go out
with Tracy McKay?

Hugh, he likes her.
What was I supposed to do?

It is nice having a boy
around the house again.

Hot or cold.

He's not ours, Hugh.

What are you
doing here, Rufus?

No one
comes to Conrad?

I've seen worse.

I find that
hard to believe.

If a genie popped out of a
lamp and gave you just one wish,

what would it be?

Just one?

Don't get greedy, Rufus.

Well?

I can't tell you.

It won't come true.

You can trust me.

I can keep a secret.

You really hate it here.
Don't you?

( VEHICLE APPROACHES )

Let's go.

Hey!
We need to talk.

I know what you want and
it sure ain't conversation.

I sure hope
you're baby sitting.

He doesn't look old enough
to be out after 10:00.

Look, there's a bush party
in Paterson on the weekend.

Maybe I'll take you
if you're nice to me.

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Not interested.

Don't walk away from me!

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Ow.

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Stop it!

Rufus! Stop it!

Stop it, Rufus.

[TRACY]
Are you crazy?

Sorry.

He's gonna kill you.

It's a little
late for sorry.

Oh, my god!

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[TRACY]
Rufus, wake up.

You'll live.

( TRACY SCREAMS )

[TRACY]
Clay, he's hurt!

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( TRACY SCREAMS )

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Don't.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop it!

( TRACY SCREAMS )

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What the hell
was that for, huh?

( DOOR OPENS )
( LOUD GROWL )

( CLAY YELLS )
Ahh!

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[TRACY]
Oh, my god.

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[TRACY]
Rufus!

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( ROARS )

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Stop it!

Get off of him!

( YELLING )
Ahh!

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What the hell?

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Clay, you better
get your ass home.

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( TRUCK ENGINE STARTS )

Rufus?

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[VAN DUSEN]
Begin... capital letters...

bold print... quote.

Our success rides on the outcome
over the next several days.

This opportunity will not come
again, ever, in our lifetime.

Standard second paragraph.

Add the latest cost
report and distribute

amongst the department heads.

P.S... it is very
barren out here... end.

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You didn't have
to walk me home.

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I live across the street.

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Yeah.

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I wish I wasn't me.

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What would you wish for?

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I'd wish for you.

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I had a nose bleed.

It happens sometimes.

Jenny waited up
half the night for you.

We figured you'd run off.

Rufus you're a guest
in this house okay.

I expect you home
at a decent hour.

Understand?

Good.

I'd like to think
I can trust you.

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These are very old.

I've been through
them a hundred times.

They're for looking.

You can't even
take them out.

I brought change
for the photocopier.

Smile.

Go on.
It's not gonna kill you.

I don't see any fangs.

But you had
them, claws too.

There was a
nasty bump there.

I didn't mean to
hit you so hard.

The problem is, you don't
fit the vampire rule book.

You have a reflection,

you don't burst into
flames in daylight.

You should consider
yourself lucky.

Yeah,
I'm really lucky.

That would hurt.

It's the only way to
kill someone like you.

Look,
I'm not a vampire.

There's no such thing.
They're just stories in books.

Fairy tales.

You should know better.

I know what I saw.

He tried to hurt you.

What are we going
to do with you, Rufus?

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[HUGH]
'56.

[RUFUS]
New York Yankees.

'57.

Milwaukee Braves.

'87.

Minnesota Twins.

Winning manager.

Tom Kelly?

Maybe.

All right kid,
let's see what you got.

No mercy.

You sure?

Yeah, come on.
Drill it home.

Jesus kid, where'd you
learn to throw like that?

Jen? Did you get
a load of his arm?

Who said that
you could use this?

[HUGH]
Hey!

What are you doing?

There was a reason
this was put away.

Nobody touches it.

[HUGH]
Oh come on Jen, he's

wearing his clothes,

he's sleeping
in his bed.

What the hell's
the difference?

( DOOR SLAMS )

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1904?

They didn't
play that year.

If you say so, kid.

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[HUGH]
What happened, happened.

I can't change the past.

[JENNIFER]
Hugh, please don't.

How long are you
going to punish me, huh?

Just give the kid
the god-damn glove.

It's not the Holy Grail.

Look, for the
first time in years

I really thought
we had a chance.

Don't, don't take
that away from me.

Please.

I want you back.

Hey uh,
let's play some ball.

Come on.

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( DOOR CLOSES )

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( DOG BARKING )

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( DOG WHINES )

Shhhh.

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It's real nice here.

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I made a friend.

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I've been trying
real hard, like I promised.

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It's not so easy.

Did you cry?

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Should I have?

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I don't know, Rufus.

It all depends
what she means to you.

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She's cold like you.

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I'm not so cold.

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Not really.

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Here you go.

I'm not hungry.

You haven't had as much as a
cookie crumb since you got here.

You're a growing boy.

If you don't eat something
you're going to get sick.

What is it?

[JENNIFER]
Chick peas and wild rice.

What's this thing?

[JENNIFER]
It's a tofu patty.

The girl at the store said
that it tasted like hamburger.

I don't remember the kid
saying he was a vegetarian.

I thought Rufus
might like it.

I'm the one who's going to
starve to death around here.

It looks good.

Well things must
look a little better

on your side of
the table than mine.

Why don't you just
scrape the food off your

plate into the garbage, Hugh,

and save yourself the experience
of trying something new.

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( VOMITING )

[TRACY]
Why did you eat it if you

knew it would make you so sick?

She made it special.

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It's okay,
just let it out.

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Okay, breathe.

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( CELL PHONE RINGS )

It's okay.

You're gonna be-

( CELL PHONE RINGS )

I'm fine, Mom.
How's Vegas?

No.

I said everything's fine.

What could possibly be
going on around here?

I'm sitting on the toilet.

Can I talk to you later?

Yeah, yeah,
I love you too, bye.

What are you doing?

I think someone's
in the backyard.

It's Rufus.

He's sleeping
in his snow fort.

He's what?

It's a snow house, Hugh.

Tracy helped him.

Where'd he get
a stupid idea like that?

Tracy.

You told me he
has a bad heart.

He'll get
pneumonia out there.

It's lined with the
tarp from your motor boat

and he has
your sleeping bag.

You yourself said it was
the best money could buy.

Why didn't
somebody run this by me?

He won't be out there long.

Trust me.
He's snuck inside twice already.

She might be
out there with him.

There's barely
enough room for one.

All zipped up
in there real tight.

Christ, you might as well
give him the keys to the car.

They could have
got a motel room.

If you could
only hear yourself.

She had an abortion.
You know that right?

It's a rumor.

Well, she sure as
hell wasn't on vacation.

( DOORBELL RINGS )

Oh, well, that's
probably a surprise visit

from child
services right now.

Don't worry, I'll let
them know the kid's outside

sleeping in a snow bank.

Rufus lives here, right?

It's 11:00 o'clock
at night, Clay.

Is he sleeping?

We're all sleeping.

What do you want?

It can wait.
I'll come back another time.

Hey!

What happened here?

Just horsin' around,
you know.

It's nothing.

Be careful.

I'll try.

Is that Clay Huxley?

Listen, the next time
Rufus wants to camp out,

tell him he can make a fort with
the dining room chairs, huh.

You're pretty quiet today.

What did he want?

You'd know more than me.

Clay is almost a man,
Rufus.

You're still a boy.

Be careful around
him, and Tracy too.

Don't do anything
you know is wrong.

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I owe Hugh a couple of steaks
after that wild rice fiasco.

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Yeah, I think
he still loves you.

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You can't keep a
secret in this town.

Not for long.
You can't be different.

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Hold still.

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Are there
others like you?

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I hope not.

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An old boy scout trick.

Here, keep this
on for a week.

Real magic... scares people.

We're having
steak for dinner.

Do you
wanna come over?

Jenny's still shopping.

We could pick
you up another.

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Look, I'm a senior.

I can't be seen
with a boy like you.

I mean my friends
wouldn't understand.

Friends are important.

What did you
want last night?

Another look.

( TOOLS CLANKING )

You wanna take a picture?

Help me up.

Thanks. Hey look uh,
if it's a ride you want

I can't,
even if I wanted to.

Company policy.

But, you know I
could use some help.

There's a socket
set up in the cab

behind the passenger
seat, if you want?

I'd sure appreciate it.

All right.

Thanks.

Ah, it's in a red case.

( DOOR OPENS )

( DOOR SLAMS SHUT )

Getting a
little colder, huh?

You know I'm
glad you came by.

Why don't you relax.

You know uh, why don't you
warm up for now.

Let's warm up.

Come on.

( RUFUS GROWLING )

( TRUCKER SCREAMS )

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Sorry.

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( HONKS HORN )

I'm here.

CHET (On radio):
We've got a fingerprint match

on that gal in Joe's cooler.

Did we hear
anything about the boy?

No. Nothin' yet, Hugh.

Sorry, I'm workin' on it.

I'll let you know.

Look Chet, I'm over
here at the truck stop.

Grab a set
of bolt cutters

and get your ass over
here immediately, alright.

And by the way,
do we have any of that

yellow police tape left over?

It's in the
glove box, Hugh.

Why, what's going on?

Just get your butt
over here. You'll see.

What's back there?

Hamburger patties.

There's an awful lot
of blood in that cab.

Yeah.

I'll ask around,
see if anyone saw anything.

Good.

What do you think happened?

I prefer my food
cooked, personally.

There's a lot of talk about
what happened at the truck stop.

[HUGH]
Yeah, it's a

nasty bit of business.

That's for sure.

You need a body
to prove a murder.

Well thank you for your
expert opinion, Clarence Darrow.

But I'd prefer not to talk
about it at the dinner table.

I thought you were
a vegetarian anyway?

[JENNIFER]
I bumped into Vera Stern

over at the school board.

She wants to know what
our plans are for Rufus.

Tell Vera Stern to
mind her own business, huh.

Besides, Rufus is
just passing through.

Isn't that right, Rufus?

If you want to talk
to me I'm all ears.

Yeah,
that's what I thought.

You've got
blood on your chin.

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Why did you have to
pick such a big one?

He's not that big.

Besides,
I didn't pick him.

He picked me.

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We'll put him out
across the highway.

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You've got to promise me
you'll never do this again.

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He wasn't a
nice man, Tracy.

He would have buried
me just as fast.

Promise me.

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Alright fine.
I promise.

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Say it like you mean it.

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I promise, all right?

Now just help.

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[HUGH]
Sit down.

Now how was it the
world's oldest living woman

was your
traveling companion?

[JENNIFER]
Hugh, please don't!

[HUGH]
Jen, I know what I'm doing.

It's my job.

If you don't like it you
can sit in the living room.

Read it, kid. Some pretty
interesting tidbits in there.

Go on.

I don't know how.

What?

You don't
know how to read.

Jesus Christ, kid!

How many secrets
do you have?

"The patient has been diagnosed
as paranoid delusional.

"She represents a
severe danger to herself

"and other patients
of this institution.

Attempts to modify her behavior
have proven unsuccessful."

Well, it's no wonder she
stepped in front of a truck.

They drilled
holes in her head.

She was crazy.

That's a lie!

Listen!

Vacation's over all right!

Who are you?!

I don't know.

Everybody knows
who they are.

What's your
last name, kid?

[JENNIFER]
Rufus, what are

you afraid of?

She helped me escape.

She told me to fit in
but, I don't know how!

Escape from where?

The people who hurt me.

What people?
What did they do to you?

Listen, sit down!

[JENNIFER]
We want to help you!

Don't you get it?!
You can't!

No one can!

Kid!

Don't.

Don't give up on him.

Not yet.

( VEHICLE APPROACHING )

Where you going, kid?

That way.

70 miles of nothing
between here and the next town.

Where you from?

Conrad.

Thought so.

Come on.
Get in.

Come on.

You're not from
around here. Are you?

Nope.
Just visiting.

Who are you visiting?

Are you coming
or are you going?

You know my dad's
the chief of police.

Oh, that's
very honorable.

Should I be worried?

Just a fact.

Where do you live?

Can I stay here tonight?

They're worried
sick about you.

Please?

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I can take a hot bath
if you think I'm too cold.

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Are you okay?

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Take off your underwear.

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Like this.

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( CLEARS THROAT )

( CLEARING THROAT LOUDER )

Good morning.

Morning.

I'm Tracy's mother.

Tracy, Tracy?

Hi.

[VICKIE]
You and I need

to have a little talk!

[JENNIFER]
Vickie.

I believe this
belongs to you.

Now my daughter
is vulnerable.

You know that Jennifer.

The next time I find this boy
in her bed, I will chop it off.

You've been warned.

You got that stud?

- You just can't just--
- Why not?

Because there are
consequences to your actions.

Tracy feels the
need to be loved.

She'll do whatever it
takes to find that love.

And then she gets hurt.

And it takes her
a very long time

to feel good
about herself again.

I want to be loved.

We all do, Rufus.

107 years old.

She doesn't
look a day over 90.

You're not kin, Mr. Van Dusen.

So why are you here?

Our legal department has
prepared all the documents.

I'm sure you're gonna
find them in order.

We only confirmed
her identity yesterday.

Your legal department must
have been working overtime.

Bristol Anderson does have over
17,000 employees world wide.

You're a two-man operation

with a chipped
Black and Decker coffee pot.

She was traveling with
a companion, yes, a boy?

I think we're done here.

I'll have my deputy
draw up the death certificate.

I'm sure you're anxious
to be on your way.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

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[JENNIFER]
Hugh kept-

his service revolver
locked in a case in his closet.

And Adam knew that he
wasn't supposed to touch it.

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He had some friends over
and I was in the backyard.

And I heard the shot.

He bled to death before we could
even get him to the hospital.

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Hugh blamed himself.

I was angry...

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and I let him.

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All these years.

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Who's fault was it?

No one's.

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It's just the worst
kind of bad luck.

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We meet again.

I hear an old gal was hit
by a truck- most unfortunate.

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I wouldn't know.

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What do you know?

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You never said who
you were visiting?

No I didn't.
Did I?

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I'd wager there's
a lot of secrets

in a tiny town
like this, huh?

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Is that what you do,

collect secrets?

I've got a warehouse
full of secrets.

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Do you know mine?

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I know you're not
the Sheriff's son.

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Enjoy your stay.

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See you around.

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( CHUCKLES )

Come on. Come on.

What does it say?

"Welcome to Conrad.

We support our troops."

What if you don't?

I suspect the
Chamber of Commerce and

local legion would
probably burn your house down.

Thoughts like that are
best kept to yourself.

You've been warned.

Wars are stupid.

If you bit my neck,
would I live forever?

Don't be silly.

Of course, not.

Try, right here.

I don't want to.

Just for fun.

I said no!

Then why
do you do it?

I don't know.

Why do birds fly?

Because they
have wings, Rufus.

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Don't.

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In 1934, she escaped with
12 other wards of the State.

They were all apprehended
except Kettle and a juvenile.

Juvenile, huh?

There's a schedule of her
weekly electroshock therapy.

Looks like they pumped
enough voltage through her

to light up a
football stadium.

[HUGH]
Van Dusen, here it is.

He's 48 years old,

holds degrees in
mythology and archeology.

He's been with
Bristol Anderson 23 years,

research and development.

Founding directors
are Thomas Bristol,

Patrick Anderson, and
they are both deceased.

Bristol was born in England.

Richard Nixon attended his
funeral in '72, a president.

Wait a minute.

Yeah, they were both on
staff at Scranton back in '32.

Chief of psychiatry
Thomas Bristol,

Chief Surgeon
Patrick Anderson.

That's interesting.

But what does it mean?

I don't know.

( PHONE RINGS )

Conrad Police Department.

You don't say.

Can you hold on a sec?

Nevada D.O.C.

Seems our missing
trucker has a history.

Sheriff Wade.
What do you got?

No one bothers them.

They just stand
there looking out.

I envy them sometimes.

How long has it been closed?

I don't know.

A long time.

I don't remember
it ever being open.

Do you remember
Jenny's son Adam?

I know he died.

It was a long time ago.

Why didn't you tell
me you dated Clay?

Who told you that?

Jenny.

She doesn't lie.

Yeah and so what?

You bit him and sucked his
blood and puked it up in my tub.

That makes us even.

I thought I was
saving your life.

[ * ]

Guess not.

*

How many other boys?

*

I screwed half the town.

Is that what
you want to hear?

I've been called a
lot worse than what you're

thinking right now, Rufus.

Of all people-
you judging me.

Yeah, well I haven't
slept with half the town.

No, but given the chance
you'd probably eat them.

*

You might not even
be here next week.

*

Where does that leave me?

*

Don't confuse
sex with love, Rufus.

You can't even spell it.

*

I thought I was your wish.

Wake up!

Wishes don't come true.

I wish you hadn't
slept with Clay.

*

Can I let go?

Um, not yet.

It's not dry.

You know if we
could find some tape,

I wouldn't need
your help at all.

Oh, I don't mind.

You should call her.

And say what?

I did nothing.

Are you sure about that?

Well, I should know
if I did something.

She's the one that
slept with half the town.

Ahh.

Are you okay?

Where's your little
cutie pie tonight?

I'm over him.

That was fast.

Were you in love with Dad?

That's a silly question.

Of course, I was.

Then why did
you leave him?

I don't know.

I suppose the
things I loved most

about him I started to hate.

It usually works that way.

I probably should have
fallen for somebody boring.

But they're no fun.

Are they?

I don't need some boy
falling in love with me.

Sweetie, there's tape
on that for a reason.

Dad doesn't call anymore.

( MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO )

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( MUSIC STOPS )

[CLAY]
Hey!

Come on.

Rufus.

I work here
on the weekends.

Pretty cool, right?

[ * ]

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I don't suppose you saw
the 1956 World Series.

*

New York Yankees and
the Brooklyn Dodgers.

*

Yankees won the
series in seven games.

*

Four-three.

I wasn't
alive then, Rufus.

*

*

My mom's never happy.

Glass is
always half empty.

I mean she has a million excuses
why she never did anything.

Everybody in this
town has an excuse.

My dad, he expects me to be
all the things he never was.

I've got to be number one,
best athlete, most popular.

I mean, he likes my
friends more than I do.

[ * ]

I'm so busy
living his dreams,

it's hard to remember if
I ever had any of my own.

*

I'm not so tough.

*

It's late.

I should go.

*

*

I saw him
eyeing the carrots.

It seems like a lot of work
for such a little cup of juice.

I mean from what I can tell he
only likes red meat and ketchup.

I made him a baloney sandwich
and he only ate the meat.

He hid the bread
in the flower pot.

Sounds like something
Adam would have done.

I thought
the same thing.

( JUICER WHIRRING )

( CAR APPROACHING )

( HORN HONKS )

Hey.

You know if you had fun
last night we can do it again.

It's no bother.
I've got nothing better to do.

[TRACY]
Rufus!

Tonight.

Same time.

What was that about?

Is there something
you're not telling me?

Like what?

Like one
of your secrets!

He likes you, Rufus!

It's plain as day.

I didn't realize
you were so popular.

Why does he like you?

You liked me.

How dare you, Rufus!

He tried to rape me.

Well, are you
sure about that?

Clay always gets
what he wants, Rufus.

[ * ]

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Adam would want
you to have this.

It's his
airplane isn't it?

You finish it.

He'd like that.

I thought you'd be happy.

There's something
wrong with me, Jenny.

Oh, Rufus,

there's something
wrong with all of us.

How can you see
with all that hair?

[ * ]

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They were digging a pad
for a new grain elevator.

*

You know, I keep hearing
people using the phrase

"the highway hacker".

Where would they
get that from?

I've used it a few times.

That's what I thought.

Don't use it again.

Okay, we've got enough trouble.

We don't need a town
afraid to walk the streets.

Christ, Chet, you know,
you should know better.

Crap.

*

So this is our
missing trucker, huh?

Sure looks like it.

I guess we better hope so.

How do you work
the zoom on this?

It's that
button on the side.

*

Maybe we'll get interviewed
by one of those cop shows.

You know, do our own
re-creation of the events.

*

Yeah well,
I wouldn't count on it.

*

[HUGH]
All right well,

let's dig him out, huh.

All right.

*

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[JOE]
Hey! You can't be up there.

*

Come on down before you
fall and kill yourself.

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*

[VAN DUSEN]
Nice trick.

You didn't really
believe until just now.

Did you?

Why don't you touch me,
see if I'm real?

It's not gonna be that easy.

Rufus, you don't belong here.

You know that.

Look, don't pretend to
know me because you don't.

How long do you think it's gonna
take for these nice people

to figure out
what you really are?

You're the one who
doesn't belong here.

You need a friend.

Someone who understands.

I have friends and
they like me just fine.

Listen to me.

Dr. Bristol said
he was my friend.

He cut me open to look inside.

Why should I trust you?

He's been dead
for almost 40 years.

What he did was wrong.

I told him a thousand times,
but he wouldn't listen.

No one should have
to live forever.

Why is that so
hard to understand?

You go back and you
tell them I don't exist!

What can I get ya?

I should go.

What do you want, Rufus?

Can I get a hamburger,
almost raw?

Raw?

Almost.

How much is that?

I'll get it.
Thank you.

Anything to drink?

No, thank you.

What's wrong?

Dennis Mitchell saw us at
the batting cage last night.

His little brother
just called me a faggot.

I mean, I'd punch his little
face in, but he's only 12.

We didn't do anything.

No...

but I wanted to.

[ * ]

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Louise wouldn't let me out.

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She said I was too dangerous.

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*

Jenny wants me to go
to school but, I'm scared.

*

Want some?

Are you kidding me?

The thing's probably
loaded with E-coli.

*

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Why is it so hard
to be my friend?

It's not hard.

It's impossible.

*

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[HUGH]
Why don't you

take your cadaver

and get out of town
Mr. Van Dusen.

I thought I'd
see the sights first.

I've got a free coupon
for the Pioneer Museum,

wouldn't want to waste that.

You're here for the boy.

Is that a question
or a statement?

What is he to you?
What has he done?

I don't fully know
how to answer that

and if I did I'd say it's
really none of your business.

Well, you don't fully understand
the law, Mr. Van Dusen.

Because you may be a predator.

It's my job to
protect that boy.

Now I could accuse you of
some very nasty business.

You've got enough
on your plate, Sheriff.

So please don't threaten me.

Who is he?

Why don't you ask him?

You're a good man.

I can tell-

but there are things
going on here that you

don't fully understand.

So please move your car.

I have a date with a
wagon wheel thank you.

We're closed.

I know.

Clay, I need five
minutes of your time.

Hmm?

How do you know
all this stuff, huh?

I checked with the hospital.

People tend to get hurt
when Rufus is around, huh?

Just got off to
a bad start. That's it.

Oh.

Can I?

It's all right, it's all right,
I just wanna see...

Yeah.

You heal fast.

From what I know about Rufus
he doesn't do that for everyone.

Magic.

( LAUGHS )

Is that what he calls it?

Tell me about Tracy McKay?

You're not a cop.

I mean, why should
I tell you anything?

Because I came a long way
and I'm asking politely.

She lives across the street.

They're friends.

I think they're more than that.

Yeah, well, she's a tramp.

Everybody knows that slept with
a student teacher last year.

The guy was like 30 years old.

Come on do you
really believe that?

What does it matter?

People believe what they want.

Rufus...
Rufus can have her.

I think you want
what she already has.

I've seen the way
you look at him.

I know.

I know what's going on.

Clay, Rufus is an innocent.

He is.

He's got charm.
It's part of the thing.

Stop it.

Stop.

I need to see this.

Please don't threaten me again

or this will end
very badly for you.

Do you hear me?

- Yeah.
- Do you hear me?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Okay.

Personally, I think
he's a little old for you.

Don't let him make
a fool of you, Clay.

( HOCKEY GAME OFF SCREEN. )

[ * ]

*

I'm not sure what you did
but my daughter is very unhappy.

*

Can I see Tracy?

You know what why don't
you just give it a few days.

*

She likes you.

*

*

Well, he's definitely
not the boring type.

*

I think you
should go after him.

*

[RUFUS]
Clay?

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( BAT CLANGS )

*

He's got a broken arm,
three broken ribs

and he won't say
who or what happened.

Chet, make sure
we get pictures

all around
inside here, alright?

And bag that shell casing.

Who the hell did he shoot?

He couldn't have got
too far.

I mean...

Okay, he fires the weapon,
ejects the shell,

gets clubbed from
behind, right?

Now how-

Well, Mr. Van Dusen.

Ah, let's talk.

[ * ]

Chet, ah, call every
hospital in a 200-mile radius.

See if anyone's come
in with a gunshot wound.

You go it.

*

[VAN DUSEN]
August 4th, 1972.

Rufus was arrested
for shoplifting.

It's been verified.

I've got affidavits
from the arresting officers.

Both have retired.

The files dated
between 1906 and 1934

run close
to 38,000 pages,

meticulously prepared
and quite insightful.

Sheriff, Rufus doesn't
mean to harm people.

He's a freak of nature,
he's a one of.

Science has never
seen anything like him.

When was this photo taken?

1927.

That makes him
almost 100 years old.

He's older than that.

I know it sounds
crazy but it's true.

His real age, it's
never been determined.

He lives in
a world of his own.

He doesn't perceive time
the way you and I do.

The invention of
the electric light bulb

would be a
recent event to him.

[ * ]

This is a hoax.
It's gotta be.

I thought so too at
first, Sheriff, I did.

( DOOR OPENS )

[CHET]
Hugh. Everything okay?

Chet, not now.

*

I have come here to
retrieve the property

of Bristol Anderson
Pharmaceuticals, Sheriff,

with or
without your help.

That's why I'm here.

- Your property?
- Yes.

He's a little boy.

Is he?

Boy's grow into men.

Rufus will always
be as you see him now.

He has the ability
to heal himself

and the limited
capacity to heal others

which explains the
advanced age of Louise Kettle.

His DNA will lead to
revolutionary discoveries

in heath and science.

Can you imagine the human race
without sickness and disease.

Cut the crap.

What kind of a rube do you
take me for, Mr. Van Dusen?

*

I know you lost your son.

Rufus can't change that.

How dare you pry
into my private life.

Now you take your fantasies
and you get out of this town.

Understood?

You've been warned.

( DOOR OPENS, CLOSES )

Cindy, hi.
This is Sheriff Wade.

Yeah listen, I'm wondering.

Do you have those winter boots
with the fur around the top

you know, like
Tracy McKay wears?

Oh yeah.
Expensive, huh?

Well, what size
would she be?

Like size seven? Eight?

Size seven, huh.

That's what I figured.

Yes, I know she lives
across the street, Cindy.

Thanks.

Four pair in stock.

All right.
Thank you, yeah.

I didn't sleep last night.

I would have killed him.

No, you wouldn't.

It's not in you.

I'll see ya later.

( CAR DOOR CLOSES )

Tracy.

My mother bought
my first suit here,

a little
clip-on bow tie.

I was the sharpest
six-year-old in town.

I know Tracy was at the
batting cage last night.

She was?

Don't "she was" me, Rufus.

You guys are
thick as thieves.

What the hell
happened with Clay?

I thought he was my friend...

guess I was wrong.

What did you do?

I lived!

He wanted me dead!

Why would Clay
want you dead?

Stop pretending!

I could have
torn him to pieces.

You know what I can do.

[ * ]

*

I should never
have let you stay.

I guess.

*

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*

*

Fork, not your
fingers, Rufus.

You know Chet's nephew,
he's epileptic.

You wouldn't know it
to look at him but uh,

he definitely is.

I mean I've never
seen him have a fit.

Kid, you have this.
It's a little rare for me.

[JENNIFER]
I can stick it

in the microwave.

It's too late for that.

Isn't it, Rufus?

I'll grab a sandwich out.

( KNOCK ON DOOR )

Just go away!

Louise is dead, Rufus.

You can't take
care of yourself.

You've already proven that.

I'm not goin' back.

And you can't make me.

Louise wasn't protecting you.

She was protecting
others from you.

You're trouble.

You always will be.

No!
No, I'm not!

No, I'm not.

[ * ]

I know you don't want
to harm these people.

I do.

*

I like it here.

I know you do.

*

But it's time to come home
before you hurt anybody else.

*

It won't be like before.

I promise.

*

I promise.

*

You should see
that kid throw.

Who?

Rufus,
the kid's a natural.

I spoke to the lab.

If you want a DNA analysis
of that blood sample

it's going to cost $3,800.00.

That's a little steep,
isn't it?

Yeah.

Oh man, I was hoping to
get a new cruiser this year.

You know I was looking
at that Ford Interceptor.

That'd be my vote.

Ford Explorer's
kind of nice too.

It's got more cargo space.

And cup holders.

Yeah.

Hugh, are you gonna
tell me what's going on?

You wouldn't believe me.

( CAR DOOR SLAMS )

Shouldn't we have a warrant?

Your mom owns
the hotel, right?

She has the right
to inspect the rooms.

We're just
helping her out.

Now you stay out here
and keep your eyes open.

What if he comes back?

I don't know, Chet.
Buy him a coffee.

Stall him.
Don't let him in the room.

Great.

[ * ]

*

Chet!

*

( DOOR OPENS )

[CHET]
Find somethin'?

( DOOR CLOSES )

*

[CHET]
Oh, my God.

*

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*

*

Tracy?
Who's car is that?

He's come to take Rufus.

Who's in my house?

I've never seen him before.

Call Hugh, now!

I don't know if
I should take anything.

None of it's mine.

What are you doing here?

He's a friend, Jenny.

A 50-year-old man
is not a friend.

You wouldn't understand.

No.

My husband is about
to come home any minute.

I think you should leave.

Rufus, why don't
you go outside, please.

I never wanted to hurt anyone.

It's okay.

Jennifer, I've known about
Rufus for a very very long time.

He was just passing
through here.

You know that.

I don't know what kind
of game you're playing

but you're not
taking my boy anywhere.

Your boy's been
dead for 12 years.

- You're not taking him!
- This is not your boy.

He doesn't belong
to you. Please.

I am not going
to let you take him.

- I have to take the boy.
- No.

( SCREAMS )
Stop.

[ * ]

Sorry.

*

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( ROARS )

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( GROWLING )

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( ROARS )

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( ROARS )

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Jen!

*

Jesus Christ.

*

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( DOG BARKING )

[ * ]

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*

*

He seemed a little nervous.

*

He looked cute
with his new haircut.

Yeah, he did.

Very handsome.

*

Are we crazy?

A little,
but he'll be just fine.

*

*

It's too short.
Isn't it?

It makes you look younger.

Really?

Don't worry.
It'll grow back.

*

I got something for you.

*

I'm dead for sure.

Only if you
show it to someone.

*

Go.

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