Original subtitles

Downloaded from YTS.BZ

Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ

You do to Roy to toy.

They say.

They have lived in this village a thousand year.

How can you just come and blow it up?

You tell them all this free strike zone. Go safe here.

Dangerous.

They said they don't want to go any further with the

Marines. They want to stay here.

They want to come back their home.

You tell them they go to new home Freedom Hamlet seven.

How far is that new place from here?

Five clicks.

How do they go? Five clicks to their rice pad.

Did you tell them everything in the village is bombed,

blown up, burnt down.

Vu, Gonzo, Riann.

No more village.

Let's move on now Zo. So let's get out of this war.

He.

Say their ancestors are very in the village and everything

they have is in this village.

Just keep them over.

I thought we're going back. So you,

you said you wanted to lay a fire base down at their

village. We're not laying any fire base.

We're moving out.

Well what about their village Battalion change plans.

Oh what? What about your village?

So we just believe they're building up.

Just move your squad out Corporal.

Okay. Marine on here please.

Balloon.

Got a loose scratch here on your head.

Get that drop right here. Now moving.

Come on.

Be okay with us boy. Hang with us little.

You're gonna get a ticket outta here. Now you going.

Cozy Corner. Six.

Six. Raven Got two incoming.

They're major.

That's affirmative. Six.

Six Raven catches some heat down there gonna be lots more.

Are you guys ready?

Cozy quarter?

Yeah. Raven.

Standby.

We got Charlie confirmed and hot on approach. 2 6, 9.

Thank you. Cozy nine zero.

With us Marine.

Don't be good on me now. It ain't your time.

I said it ain't your time now.

Hey man. Hey don't you die on me?

Yeah.

You like driving these cows?

How'd you get in this man?

I said how'd you get in this mess?

How more somebody's talking to you man?

How'd you get in this mess cowboy?

Hell I signed up.

You.

That's awful. Good son.

What are you doing tonight?

First song.

Not everybody makes it

right here. Soldier.

What's your name?

Annie DeFazio.

DeFazio.

You're making a mistake getting close to that guy.

What about him?

What.

About you? If he dies, he's not gonna die.

I'm not gonna let him.

I was a nurse when my brother got killed over here and I

wanted to do something about it.

When this thing's over go to the VA in Boston.

You know, work with the guys that aren't so lucky.

You wouldn't wanna hold my hand again would you?

Hmm. Well.

You're not supposed to mess around with Noncoms.

Your voice sounds like to water running down in China Creek

Falls.

Listen to the pretty talk.

Where's China Creek Falls?

Rose County.

Tell me about Rose County.

Oh it just smells like sagebrush and hay cows eating wild

onions.

You go up to China Creek falls at nighttime.

You can see the stars shining right down there in the water.

Oh hell. I'm a long way from home.

Are you not?

I want you to see it.

Yeah sir.

I don't mean it. I wanna show it to you.

You're a real romantic guy.

Amazing.

God.

You probably think I saved your life.

You did.

What do you think you're doing?

Next thing she'll forget about the cooking and be off with

you somewhere.

Hmm.

Go.

Ringing the kids.

Hon.

Julie, where's your brother?

Don't know.

You are going in town later. We need a few things.

What do you mean you don't know where your brother is?

I didn't see him. He went riding up to the creek.

He can do it.

Grass is all them cows need this time of year.

You going them down later.

Minerals ain't in yet. Dad.

Put them cows down on the bottom near the creek.

Grass is fat. Fill 'em up.

Good. Don't need no mineral.

What you gonna call it?

You are going to pick up some calf feed don't you.

Daddy? It's all on order.

I'll go to town later.

I know it's always, always on order.

You're always going to do it but you always forget it.

Try to remember it this time. Will you?

Yes.

Sir. I will.

You old man guts crazy with age.

Well come on in here and sit.

Down. Take your hat off.

Shut the door.

Where you been rounder.

There's some men in a Jeep North Pasture.

Could be Dub Elle looking for strays. Uhuh.

It wasn't Mr.

Elle.

What'd they look like son?

Like soldiers.

Not like the bureau Land management to get lost up here.

You lost Jack.

You buddy Whitman? Yes sir.

Who are you? I'm Buck Wallers, district engineer.

Department of Defense. Nice to meet you.

Pleasure.

To meet you.

Look, if you got something to talk to us about,

you can call us on the telephone or come by the house.

There's a little red mailbox down there on Rose Road in case

you wanna write us a letter. But back up in here.

This is more or less what you'd call a trespassing.

Hi buddy. How you.

Doing.

Connie? Priest.

Surveyor. I know who he is.

I'm wondering what he's doing up here doing little.

Appraisal work.

We didn't ask for no appraisal. Excuse me Mr.

Whitman.

But you were indeed notified by mail that we are appraising

some of the properties, bordering the air base.

Didn't get any notice either. I.

Was telling the major you had a nice little piece of

property here.

It might be worth a whole lot more than you know.

I'm gonna have to ask you gentlemen to leave the property.

Got some loose cattle together.

Connie,

you've been told a number of times by my pappy not to set

foot on this place.

You need to listen to him and you sir can tell whoever sent

you up here, that place isn't for sale.

Everything's for sale.

Connie, you know better than be leaving people's gates open.

Scattering a Cadillac. Guess man.

Get hurt doing that.

Coal boys used to come tramping through here like they owned

the place saying how lucky you were then.

What a fool you were.

But I think the government's even worse when they get to

going, waving their big fat checks and everybody's face.

I don't.

Think you should have throwed that. Notice away dad.

Well we'll just tell 'em we never got it.

Things do get lost. You know.

It starts things off on the wrong foot.

Anybody ever offer you a big fat check for the ranch Pepper?

Oh you bet they did once I ate it right in front of them.

Didn't want to be tempted.

Gotta get a haircut.

Can I have.

My little tur? Yeah.

Sure.

Here go get yourself a soda pop and a slice it at pizza.

Yeah.

Quitman.

You know you've been a whole lifetime of fun around here.

Here.

We're all gonna hate to see you have to move.

You are the one that better be moving.

They've been up at four. She's place too ing.

You can take an aerial photograph.

All ready to go buddy. You fell.

Wanna help me load up or is everybody's legs broke?

Well already ready.

This mine? Yeah.

Load all these blocks first.

Daddy's gonna attack my high to the farm wall if I get home

without his minerals. Oh, I wanna know buddy,

why the Air Force won all these lands anyway.

I mean they owner lease practically everything from here to

border MX missiles.

You know what's going on downstate.

They're getting ready to stick those new bigger missiles in

the old mini men silos. Hell.

If they offered me something worth,

well it's selling them in.

Can't only make a living on my spread anymore for too long

and it'll all be gone. Wait and see.

I realize the kind of money they bring into this area,

like West Hill and the boon days.

Oh yeah. Where's West Hill at now?

Yeah.

You know buddy, you can't stop progress.

Fast progress. It's gonna have to stop at my gate.

What about you Douglas? I don't know.

Haven't made me an offer yet. Oh,

thing is Washington wants something bad enough.

They usually get it

normally.

What would you say if somebody offered us a whole bunch of

money for the ranch?

I tell 'em to stick it in their ear.

I didn't wanna say anything in front of the kids,

but there's been government people all over this valley.

That's who was in the North Pasture this morning.

Rounder said it was Connie Priest.

He's working for him baby.

'cause the air base wanting more land.

Are you worried?

No.

I want to go up to China Creek.

Okay.

Hey cattle help.

How Tech.

Morning major. Well.

Good morning Mr. Whitman.

Turn. Wester OMI Air Force Base.

Buddy.

No Mr. Priest.

Honey, I want you off my land Now.

Wait. In the car.

Mr. Whitman,

the Department of Defenses authorized me to make you

following offer.

I already told you this place isn't for sale.

Take a look at it.

Department of the Treasury, you're wasting your time.

You and I both know how much you made last year after taxes.

You realize that you and your family can live on the

interest from this.

Now you're telling me how to raise my family.

Sir.

Sure Boy, I always been this stubborn.

Sure has just like me goes with the territory.

Alright?

And I'll tell it to the both of you.

This is a very, very good offer.

More than the land is worth. If we had to condemn it,

you might find yourself with a heck of a lot less.

What are you talking about?

I'm saying that if you and I don't come to some agreement,

the United States government could take over this property

by eminent domain.

Eminent domain.

Understand.

You're a marine. Yes sir.

Served in Vietnam.

Icorp.

One three silver star purple heart.

You know we're not out here just arbitrarily kicking people

off their land.

You mean like we did in Vietnam?

We have compelling strategic reasons for expanding this.

Facility. Like what?

More missiles.

Bigger missiles.

Let's just say for reasons of national security.

National security.

What about our security?

Let's go code.

Look at him.

Dad says Judge Munson's about the only man on rear And he

is.

That's impossible.

Anyway. He is the only lawyer dad ever left in the house.

The law of them domain gives the federal government the

right to appropriate private property for public.

Use. What about the rights of the individual judge?

Well you see that's the issue.

Your right to use your land as you see fit their right to do

what they feel is necessary for the defense of the country.

Who decides that?

The courts. That's who.

I was born on that place judge.

My granddaddy held the first deeded. Yeah, I.

Know.

But the right of imminent domain supersedes all property

rights.

Any sovereign nation must have that power.

It's how it sometimes affects the little guy that stinks to

have,

you know that bridge into the city built back in 57 by the

Army engineers? Yes sir.

Okay.

Joe Kaiser owned the only piece of land with a little sand

river Aaron.

So they invoked the law of imminent domains. They,

they condemned Kaiser's property that paid him $10,000,

took the land and set up a bridge right across Mortgage

Barn. Used to be.

Now when that new bridge came in,

why everybody forgot all about Joe Kaiser's properties.

'cause what happened was, you see,

and this is the crux of the law of I the domain,

the exchange Kaiser's limited use of the land for a greater

public use.

Thousands of people benefited from that break.

What about the hearing judge?

Is there anything you can help us with?

Oh,

Paul Quilling sits on the federal bench Now he used to clerk

for me back before I retired.

I don't know whether I'd have any influence on him or not,

but he sure as heck's not going to laugh at me if I come in

and stand up for you.

Well, we don't have a whole lot of money.

I'll tell you what, you go home and ya Vern,

pick out a nice cow for me. I'll take one cow.

He looked down at him, said it takes a big dog away.

A thousand pounds.

Buddy. Yeah, that was the dudleys on her phone.

They say they're just real sorry, but they can't make it.

That's five families.

We.

Better start freezing some of those steaks.

Maybe we better start eating.

We got this notice that the government wants all our land

and here we are.

14 families adding up to 26,000 acres while right next to

Lummis Air Force base.

The Claridge Ranch with 75,000 acres and 103,000 acres in

national forest land they won't touch.

Looks to me like it's a lot easier to pick on the little

people. Yeah.

But if.

The government says they need it,

then by God they must need it.

We got a right to make 'em show us what they need it for.

Right. If it's not real important,

we ought to be able to keep our land.

I say we get together and make 'em,

show us why they gotta kick 14 working families off their

ranches and out of their homes.

Somebody up there is hearing you buddy.

Fact is buddy. We are the little guys.

It's hard to go up against the whole darn government and the

national defense makes you feel kind of unpatriotic.

Where'd.

You.

Grit? Go to Abel.

Do you think you'd be a better American if you went quietly

to the feedlot like a bucket fed cab?

Wait a minute, Vern.

My family's been in this valley long as yours and worked

just as hard. Well.

I haven't lived here as long as any of you,

but nobody could love a place more.

That's what we're talking about here, isn't it?

Loving a place.

Gillian Rounder. Were born right upstairs.

We belong here and it's our right to fight for where we

belong.

But we can't do it alone.

Annie. That's.

Right. It ain't just a case of loving a place.

You know that.

You know how we feel about you Annie.

Maybe five, six years ago.

I said the same things myself,

but our children saw how hard small ranching was and well,

George moved off to Seattle and I feel sort of ashamed to

say so.

But what the government's offering,

it's beginning to look mighty good to fill in me. Oh you.

Your place supposed to mean more to you in profit laws now,

isn't it?

Mostly loss.

Look, my granddad homestead at this place in 1889.

He fought for his country in the Spanish American war. Yeah.

My grandpa fought Indians and he.

He lost.

Our family has fought three droughts,

one bank and a great depression from this house.

My dad here was at Bienville and he was at Tarawa and he was

shipped home from Iwo Jima to fight the grasshoppers in

another bank and the coal companies.

Uncle Jesse was killed in Korea, got his leg blow off,

laid down, froze to death for an idea.

And that idea is that life and liberty and the pursuit of

happiness are.

An alienable.

Well,

I'm not the only one here with big problems trying to make

ends meet.

And a good offer to buy us out shouldn't be looked at as if

we're just caving in.

Abel's. Right.

And what you're proposing is that we fight them until.

They condemn our lands. Yeah.

Which is just what they're gonna do. No,

and we're gonna have to settle for a whole lot less and for

what?

Be in debt to Gil worthy for the rest of our lives.

Watch cattle prices drop. Watch oil and feed prices go up.

Hell, that's not.

For me.

Excuse me, Fern.

Here, dig your hat.

I ain't going anywhere. Fern.

You need to be at that hearing on Monday.

Douglas.

I wasn't just talking in here.

I've been up a lot of nights thinking about this buddy.

You're making it hard for us all.

When did you start smoking them things again?

About five minutes ago.

Well buddy Whitman's a proud man and I respect his decision.

I hope he respects mine.

Mr. Whitman, I'm authorized to raise you at 10% final offer.

You don't understand dust major.

We don't want your money. Oh.

Doug Al said the same thing over at Scramble and Coffee.

We settled with him.

Well, we've already had breakfast.

Thank you.

You make it easy for me, ma'am.

Hard.

On yourselves.

I wouldn't bet on that.

Let the record show that the government has made every

reasonable effort to negotiate a fair price in good faith

with Mr. Whitman.

Well, no, no prices, right, your Honor.

Speak up.

Mr. Whitman.

No prices right, your Honor.

When a man is forced off of his land against his will.

Sir, you are aware of the law of eminent domain.

Yes sir. I am.

Then what brings you before this court?

My right to do process, sir, but your Honor,

if I understand the idea of imminent domain correctly,

it means a higher cause or noble purpose.

Better use of the land.

I don't doubt that the Air Force got serious business to do

and I know they got a million acres to do it in,

but up there the land is our home and we work it and we

protect it.

We cultivate it and improve it.

We raise our families on it.

So I'm asking the government to show me exactly how they

plan to use the land better than we do.

Would you state your name please?

Ma General Dale Fellows.

Commanding Officer Loomis Air Force Base.

General,

would you kindly tell the court why the government has moved

to acquire the property in question?

Yes sir.

Of course it is imperative that this area be reserved for

the use of the United States Air Force in order to assure

the defense and the security of this country of ours.

I think you can be more specific general, precisely.

How does the Air Force plan to use the property presently

deeded to Buddy Whitman?

I'm not at liberty to say.

Why is that general.

Sir, that information is classified for reasons of national

Security.

Your Honor,

I submit that in order for the bench to arrive at a correct

decision,

the government must disclose cause real and actual and not

go hiding behind some national security issue.

And I request that the court direct this general to tell Mr.

Whitman exactly what you they're gonna make of his land.

That man deserves to know. Your honor.

That information is classified and I would like to point out

to the court at this time that under Title 40,

section 2 58 of the US code,

when the Department of Defense deems that the land in

question is necessary in the defense of our country

that no further explanation is required.

Court will adjourn.

I would like to see the government counsel in my chambers.

A decision on this will be rendered within three days.

Mr. Whitman.

Mr. Whitman,

what are you gonna do if the court rules against you?

Keep on fighting.

You mean you're going to fight even if the law orders you to.

Vacate? That depends on your definition of fighting.

Now that's all.

What do you think, judge?

Asking for my eminent legal opinion. Yes sir.

You keep fighting in court.

I can't do it for you.

I don't have the expertise.

What you need to do, hire yourself some good trial lawyers.

They don't come cheap.

Probably cost you more than a ranch is worth.

Don't guess they'd do it for a cow.

Would they?

He's not.

Your mother. And I want to talk to you now,

what's been going on around here? Can.

I some more marsh? Shut up.

Rounder. This is important.

The government says it wants more land for the Air Force

base.

A lot of our friends have been selling out to 'em.

And the camera's all moving into town next week. That's.

Right.

And the thorns too.

Looks like we might be the only ones left out here and

there's a chance they're gonna try to make us sell.

I don't wanna move to town. Shut up rounder, Gillian.

It's okay. We're all here to talk about it.

He's not talking. He's just yelling.

Do you wanna move into town?

No.

Well, I mean if you don't wanna I don't wanna anyway.

You can't have a horse in town can too, Rodney.

The reins keeps a horse in town.

Well, that's not the point.

The point is that this is our home and trying to make us

move is wrong.

Now that's not a very easy thing to say because we love our

country and because they got the law on their side.

But sometimes something tells you, wait a minute,

this just isn't right.

Rounder.

That's when you gotta fall your conscience like a fool.

Even if you wind up someplace all along.

You mean you might go to jail?

I don't know.

But I can promise you I'm gonna do everything I can to save

the place you were born on Friday.

What?

Is this a midnight prayer meeting or did somebody shoot the

rooster?

You step back. Mr.

This is private property. This land has been.

Condemned, sir, by order of the federal district court,

this land is no longer yours.

Mr. Whitman.

My name's Gil Rose,

deputy United States Marshall representing the US

government.

I have here a copy of a declaration of taking filed this

morning at Federal district court.

It automatically transfers title of this property to the

federal government.

I'm also serving notification that I'm, I'm sorry, sir.

I I'm from a ranching family myself.

We appreciate your sympathy, Marshall.

Now why don't you go home to your family?

This is a court order, sir.

It's all legal.

There can be a lot of difference between what's legal and

what's right.

Cash.

Compensation has been transferred into an account. You're.

Just wasting your time. Mr.

It's also my duty to inform you that the court will allow

you to remain on these premises for a period not to exceed

90 days from today's date.

At which time you will vacate these premises and surrender

your property to the United States government and take care

not to place yourself in contempt.

Now what in the hell do you think they're up to?

That's the Army Corps engineers. Pappy.

I don't think they're sight seeing.

General.

Here's the area where we'll be working.

Easiest access to it is from across the creek over.

There.

That's right. General,

you just cut through the fence into Whitman's place and lay

down a road across the creek.

Build a bridge.

Oh, you just stop it up for now.

It's.

Got a nice sandy bottom.

You can drive a four wheeler right across it in the dry

season.

We can't wait for dry season.

General watch the alternative. Then.

You have to bring the road in way around that side.

Move a bunch of rocks and cut through the fence down there.

US Attorney Brewer tells me there's nothing in that court

order to keep us from entering that land.

It's based property. Now keep on schedule.

Do what you have to do within the law of court. Sir.

Grandpa, look.

Someone turned off the.

What's.

Up?

You wait right here.

Ah, dad.

Grandpa took some dynamite down to the valley.

Somebody's down with the I'm coming too. No you are not.

Why's down there buddy?

Down.

Let's get outta here.

Where's grandpa over there?

Make it easy. Dad.

Who's the boss of this job?

It's Connie Priest, right?

Mr. You're crazy.

Daddy. You going to jerk him in trail.

You don't put backing that horse up. Who.

Sent you up here anyway? I work for the government.

You're not from around here, are you?

Well, of course he is not from around here.

If he was, he wouldn't be messing with another man's water.

I was told this land belongs to the air base. Well,

the water don't belong to him. What you need.

To do is go back and tell whoever you work for.

There's nothing they can put in here to stop by water that

we can't take out. Let's see if you can catch up to you,

friend.

You all set Pat?

Oh, not yet.

So all right.

Left lighter?

Yeah.

Yeah.

The general Let him go.

Yeah. How come he said it was all a misunderstanding.

Whitman's. Cows need water.

I agree. I told him though,

if I don't get on that land pretty soon,

I'm not gonna be able to pour cement before the ground

freezes. He's just gonna let 'em get away with it.

It's a small caliber.

High powered.

Probably 2 23 caliber.

Like from an M 16.

No, like from a varmint gun.

I.

Bet there's three dozen guns like that hanging in pickups,

running around rows right now.

Yeah. Try 300.

Well you got a 2 23, don't you buddy?

Now what's that supposed to be?

Only that it's a popular caliber.

Only a sick individual will shoot cows down in cold blood

with no purpose.

What makes you think there was no purpose? Oh.

Come on now let's don't start throwing around unfounded

accusations.

You're trying to tell me this had no purpose, Mr.

Whitman, we are eager to get you off your land, but nobody,

I repeat nobody at that air base is shooting your cows.

This is the work of a sick individual.

Well.

Sick or not. Somebody's trying to run us outta here.

We also eliminate a need for creek water.

We better call the Sheriff Pep.

That's right.

Sheriff's department has no jurisdiction on this land.

The sheriff's aware of that. Well,

let me make you aware of something.

I don't give a what you or the judge or the Secretary of

Defense has to say.

This is our land as our dead cattle laying there and we're

not moving.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Made months ago.

We.

Do.

Linda says this. Daddy.

Check all the Disney Man.

Afternoon buddy.

Sorry about them cattle buddy. Imagine a goal.

How many did they kill? They killed six.

I had to put four more of 'em down.

Gilbert.

Lemme have 10 boxes of 12 gauge double lock buck shot and

four boxes of 30.

30 and four boxes of 2 23 hollow points and four boxes of

three fifty seven, a hundred twenty five grain hollow point

and two boxes of Colt 44.

Looks like you're ready to do some serious hunting, buddy.

We're expecting a ment problem this fall.

You don't plan on being on your place this fall, do you?

Yes I do.

You've been putting any holes in your ears, did you?

They're just clip bodies.

Dad, am I pretty?

Yes darling. You are.

As pretty as mom.

Yes darling.

Sure are.

I saw the camera. Z's new house.

How'd you like it?

It's all modern.

They've got these real thick carpets. Microwave, oven,

shower.

That's a zana and a tree going right in their dining room.

Linda even has her own TV upstairs.

Linda says the school bus won't be coming out our way to

pick us up.

So not enough school kids living out there.

What do you think we ought to do?

I don't know.

I guess you and rounder could ride old Headlight and

Juliette to school, couldn't you?

Dad? It's over 10 miles.

10 Miles ain't that far.

What.

Are you doing? It's late.

Trying to get organized.

I don't like this gun business. I never have.

When we talked about it,

you gave me this whole lecture about hunting and target

shooting.

Things are a lot different now, darling.

Somebody has been shooting our cattle.

Next thing you know they're gonna be trying to shoot us.

Can you're gonna shoot back? Hell yes.

Darling. Did you think there wouldn't be any risk?

Sure.

I know the risks of losing our land and losing our home,

but not the life and death kind of risks.

Not for Gillian rounder and not for you and me.

Maybe I promise you nothing's gonna happen to Gillian around

her.

You think we need those guns over there?

Maybe we should get out.

Well, that's exactly what they want us to do, isn't it?

You think getting ready to kill somebody is gonna make them

change their minds?

Oh, maybe.

I hope they changed their minds.

Buddy.

You better come quick.

What are we gonna do with these snakes, buddy?

Every time we blink or go to church, Mr.

We're only doing our job. Put.

Your shotgun up. Pappy.

I put these fence posts in by hand.

Most of 'em for you is born.

Oh,

now we got the Earth brothers themselves only there really?

A bunch of cattle killers, wrestlers,

slimy yellow fence busters. You.

Still don't know what's happening, do you, Vern?

Honey,

you've been a pain in our lives since four high school.

I never thought you'd live past 30.

Well, here I am.

We've been going over this nearly two months now.

There's work to be done. These men can't wait.

Major Walters know about this.

The base general told Walters to get things moving.

Now I talked to Marshall Rose.

There's nothing in that court order says we can't be on this

land. This is now government land the.

Hell it is. Happy buddy.

Will you tell your old man to back off happy?

This is my land till you drag me off it.

You ain't gonna make me do that. Now are you Vern.

Happy? Let's go to the house.

Happy.

I don't wanna fight with you old man.

Then you back away from that fence. Happy.

Let's go to the house.

You stay out of this son. This is my fight.

You're.

Proving your mind's gone. Fern.

Just like your land.

Everything plows under in time.

Go. See.

He shot first.

You all saw?

Put him on my horse. Alright, easy, easy.

And hang on. Pep Annie.

What?

Oh, lay him down right here.

Don, go get my bag from the whole.

Closet. Yeah.

What is it?

It's a 38 from 20 feet.

We gotta get him into town. Go get the station wagon.

Go hang in there, daddy.

How's he doing?

Just get there.

Darland.

Th who knows.

All things in earth in heaven fill our hearts with trust in

Dee, that by night and by day and in all seasons,

we may without fear commit those who are dear to us.

To thy never failing,

love for this life and the life to come.

We commit to thy care,

the soul of our departed friend and neighbor,

Vernon Whitman,

and ask that you grant him eternal rest in the name of our

Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Amen. Amen.

Amen.

Is that you song?

How you doing, bud?

I'm all right.

Thought you were dead, man.

You. I am.

How'd you find me out here?

I heard about you and your dad on the radio.

Something inside of me keeps tabs on you.

You picked yourself a good fight cowboy. Well,

I didn't pick it, but it's mine.

Where you been cold?

I'm putting in a new throughway. Oh yeah.

Doing what? Blowing things up.

What can I say?

I could never leave my hands off a firecracker.

Came to offer you some help and I don't need any help.

Yeah, you do remember that village we blew up.

Yeah.

You and me carried that old papa sun outta that hooch tear

just to running down his face.

And what do you think they're getting ready to do to you

bud?

Won't be any tears running down my face.

Paul.

Hello Judge.

Paul, you surely opened a box of snakes.

Don't go hang and burn Whitman around my neck. Judge,

the preliminary ruling was that priest acted in self-defense.

Only about the case for eminent domain.

Well, I had no choice in that.

It was open and shut.

The law is the law.

No, Paul, you interpret the law.

You decide what's in the public good and taking productive

ranch land, turning it into a military base.

Maybe you're right. But will you tell me one thing?

Why should I make an exception of one single individual when

an entire community of obey the law,

when this seems to be legitimate cause for taking the land.

Seems.

To me our laws have a tradition of protecting the one single

individual against the rest of the community.

Well, I believe I did the right thing.

Paul.

You can't say that to Vern Whitman anymore,

but you can sure try explaining to his boy.

Just why you made that ruling.

Oh.

I sold out. But.

I'm behind you 100% and I won't take no for an answer.

Well put your horse up then.

Come on in the house.

So what are you gonna do, buddy?

I'm gonna save this place.

Oh, I don't wanna hear that anymore.

Can't you see what's happening here?

This thing's already killed your dad.

The 90 days are almost up.

They're gonna come in and get us and carry us outta here.

There's nothing you can do, buddy.

Listen to me.

We can go find another place like this somewhere.

We're gonna move old Gilbert worthy with us when we go.

Or you think we're always gonna find a feed man to carry us

and we can't pay our bills.

And what about Jay Hunt over at the bank.

You think we're gonna find ourselves another banker that'll

stick his neck out for us like he has?

He can't fight him alone.

I'm not alone.

I got some help.

So he's staying, isn't he?

Yes he is.

And duck camera soul's out there. I saw him.

Is he staying too buddy? Is he?

Yes.

You are escalating this thing into a war.

They started the war.

We're just defending our property.

Oh no, you're not.

You're starting a war. You can't win.

You want me to give it up, don't you?

Yes.

Yes I do.

I didn't save you Gucci to see you get killed at home.

Darling.

We got 15 Whitmans buried in our cemetery right up there on

the hill.

Doc's wife is up there and so is his mother.

You wanna dig 'em all up and take 'em to town?

Stick 'em in the ground next to a church house across the

street from those little condominiums, fast food joint.

Stop.

It. Maybe they've got millions and millions and millions of

acres of land out there and they have planted thousands of

missiles.

How many more missiles do they need?

How many more ranchers are they gonna take? You know.

I don't give a about governments, ORs, or ranches anymore.

I care about my family now.

There is no land that means more than the people who live on

it, buddy.

Oh baby.

Land and the people.

What? Insane.

Taking the kids over to the Housers.

I don't wanna see him get hurt.

I don't wanna see anybody get hurt.

Let's.

Go.

You don't have to stay if you don't want to.

Doc, you're telling me to go.

No, I'm not.

Breakfast is getting lousy around here.

Vern made on a good coffee.

Yeah, I I ain't going nowhere.

This land was nine long before it was yours.

Mr. Whitman.

90 days.

The court has allowed you to remain on this land as elapsed.

You are now in contempt of a court order.

You must surrender possession of this land immediately.

Are you threatening an officer of the law?

What law you talking about?

The same law that shut our water off and tore our fences up,

shot our cattle, kill my dad.

Mr. Whitman,

the law did not kill your father or your cattle.

We got a lot of work to do.

Marshall,

you're gonna have to kill me to get me off of this place.

We don't want any more killing.

I don't either.

Holster your shotgun,

otherwise we'll have to come in and disarm you.

I will shoot the first man that walks through that gate.

You gonna hold off the whole world?

Yes, I am.

General, as I told you,

if I don't get a construction crew onto this land this week,

latest,

I won't be able to build anything for you till next spring.

Now the man is in contempt of court.

He's been served.

He's been given three months to find another place to live.

He hasn't even bothered to look.

It all boils down to an eviction, plain and simple.

Marshall, what do you think?

You want to do this the old fashioned way and carry 'em out?

No.

Sir.

Usually when you serve papers on a squatter, he moves.

If he puts up a fight, it's all bluff.

Well, they're not bluffing this time.

I know it.

I've looked down the barrel of his shotgun myself and

officer. I agree with Mr.

Priest.

Whitman won't move peaceably.

So we're faced with a confrontation.

Mr. Brewer here says he is illegally on base property.

Well why don't we get some soldiers and just get him out of

there.

Mighty military crushing a lone rancher.

I know that won't look good.

If the courts can't do their job.

What about the military.

Major? You can't do that.

You cannot have federal troops act against citizens.

That's why we have US Marshals. Thank.

You Mr. Brewer.

Gentlemen,

I don't think that the president of the United States is

gonna order a battalion of combat troops to take away a

man's ranch.

Why not make it a local issue?

What do you mean?

Well, the marshals here can deputize anybody in town.

Isn't that right?

Can.

But I don't see your point.

Why not swear in some of the local boys like the park

rangers?

Now somebody's making sense. General.

Those men are amateurs.

I'd rather call in a team of Marshalls from Cheyenne. Do.

We have time?

They're not locals.

You see general,

the idea of which wouldn't take hardly any time at all is to

swear in the likes of Jack Hall,

local foresters and the local postal workers.

And then you have the locals march out to Buddy Whitman's

ranch and talk some sense into him.

And you could deputize me.

I know more about his place than practically anybody.

So does my field crew too.

If you walk up to his gate with a dozen men and we won't

shoot Whitman and Whitman won't shoot the mailman.

Simon.

Chief gentlemen. My name's Gil Rose.

I'm the United States Marshall State your name please.

Gene Stewart. Why you Simon and Crane.

What's going on? Jack?

You'll see Mr. Stewart.

Mr. Crane for the powers vested in me in my office.

I hereby deputize you temporary at United States Marshals.

You will be under my command.

Like hell. I will.

It's official. Gene, listen up here.

Well, I don't have to listen to you or anybody else here.

I take my orders from the United States postmaster.

This is Mr.

Allen Brewer of the United States Attorney's Office.

It's legal. You're deputized.

You mean I don't have to raise my right hand or nothing?

You meant I'll meet me tomorrow morning at Buddy Whitman's

ring. Oh, I knew that was coming.

Well you can count me out. I'll meet you.

Gene is here. Serious business.

I don't like this anymore than you do,

but you men are government employees.

You've been duly deputized. You have an obligation now.

You will meet me tomorrow morning at the front gate of Buddy

Whitman's ranch. Bring your personal weapons'.

Don't be late.

Okay folks, keep the road clear.

Clear the road.

Keep it clear.

Thank you.

Deputies.

Get around here man.

You men will wear these helmets and vests.

They'll identify you as Deputy Marshalls. Run out of badges

right there. Where are your personal weapons?

Aren't you instructed to bring your personal weapons? Oh,

they're in our trucks.

Go get 'em now.

Alright man, listen up.

I want you to move inside the gate,

line up on either side of the moving van,

10 yards apart and don't cross the bridge until I tell you.

Now go.

I don't like this one bit. You think I do.

For authorized vehicles?

What are.

Your casualties, Marshall?

Well sir, we got two superficial injuries with Burns.

One broken ankle while running away.

It wasn't my idea to use these locals. Major wasn't my.

Idea either. Marshall was priest.

General buddy. Whitman's gotta be placed under arrest.

But I suggest we call this off and wait for a compliment of

Marshalls to arrive from Cheyenne.

Are you saying you can't arrest him with what you got here

now?

Well.

Sir, some more of these deputized civilians could get hurt.

General, excuse me, Marshall.

It seems to me that Whitman has time on his side.

If we can take care of the situation before he starts

figuring his next move, we can end all this.

I grew up around here.

I know this place.

Can you figure a way to get him out?

Well, I figure I can reason with him.

I can walk in there and flush him outta the house and the

barn.

Take all the fight right out of him if I have to and bring

them out.

Then you can roll in and do whatever you want and you can

handle that alone. Oh, I won't be alone.

Do it.

Judge.

Where have you been? Buddy called last night,

asked if I'd seen you.

What's going on?

They're destroying the ranch judge and buddy along with it.

It's a battlefield. I tried going back.

I can't get in.

And Maye Stewart said they deputized Jean in a bunch from

the post office. The.

Post office.

I can't get this darn car to start. I can't.

Can't anybody do anything to stop this.

What about Judge Quilling or when the Justice Department did

that? Senator Coburn ever answer your letter?

Matter of fact, I put in a call to him just this morning.

We're just all gonna stand around and watch this happen,

aren't we?

Go ahead, try and turn it over now.

Okay.

Hey.

You know nobody believed Buddy really meant it.

I gotta get back to him before it's too late.

You gotta help us, judge.

I do what I can.

Whitman showed us all he had.

Now it's our turn.

Paul, hold.

Put your jacket on. What's the matter jacket?

Come see for yourself. Come on.

Excuse me.

Mr. Priest.

You keep in contact with me.

I'm in charge of this operation. Remember that?

How could I forget?

I didn't see any white flags on that big truck over. Oh,

it's gone just like the old days. This is it.

Wait, Charlie, Dawn's early light.

Only this time. Where's Charlie?

What's that? Things are getting simple.

Hey

Connie,

I'm going to give you a count of five to turn around.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Mr. Bri, stop your activity please.

Fire,

gonna leave this house.

Some smoke.

Hold on.

Okay sir. Come on here.

I'm right. Yeah, come on.

Which bug?

Quick bug.

We're gonna torch the house unless you put down your

weapons.

Come out front and give it up. Priest.

Come in.

Come in priest.

You.

Priest.

I'm taking over.

You're no longer authorized.

I want you off this place now and take your boys with you.

Do you understand what I'm telling you?

You're not a Deputy Marshall anymore. I want you.

Outta here. Not to the general.

You don't have the guts to do your job.

You know that Marshall ground back.

What's up?

Priest.

And I are gonna take a little ride.

Kyle.

Yeah.

Drop it.

Oh my God.

The way.

Hey, you over.

There. Stop that car.

This is a restricted area.

Military personnel. Stay off the fence.

Excuse sir. Off the fence.

Some need some.

Hey,

where's Buddy?

Get me a four by four up here.

This has gotta stop. General, I'm ordering you to stop this.

Now, your honor.

This land is the property of the united.

I said now states government now.

Do that.

Coming out that.

Marshall, if you're gonna arrest that man,

that won't be necessary.

Marshall Judge Munson assures me that Mr.

Whitman will be available when we need him.

I'm suspending this court order as of now.

I intend to reexamine the merits of this case first thing

tomorrow morning. Is that clear?

Now? If you people have no business on this land,

please clear off.

Let 'em throw.

Easy, baby.

At least the house is still standing.