1 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,448 Hey, Rose. 2 00:03:34,449 --> 00:03:35,865 Hey, Dorothy. 3 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,699 I'm gonna go over there. 4 00:05:55,991 --> 00:05:57,699 We're waitin'. 5 00:06:18,324 --> 00:06:20,116 Alvin. 6 00:06:20,117 --> 00:06:22,615 Alvin Straight! 7 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:27,615 Rose left a couple of hours ago. 8 00:06:27,616 --> 00:06:32,532 Did you hear me hollerin' for Rose? I wasn't lookin' for Rose. 9 00:06:32,533 --> 00:06:37,199 - I haven't seen Alvin today. - Did I ask? 10 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,032 Straight, you're late! 11 00:06:52,408 --> 00:07:04,657 Alvin! 12 00:07:04,658 --> 00:07:08,032 - Come in, Bud. - What the... Alvin?! 13 00:07:09,282 --> 00:07:11,615 Where the hell are you? 14 00:07:11,616 --> 00:07:14,365 I can't see a thing. 15 00:07:14,366 --> 00:07:17,865 Over here, Bud. Watch your step. 16 00:07:17,866 --> 00:07:19,990 What the hell's going on? 17 00:07:19,991 --> 00:07:24,199 What are you doin' layin' on the floor? You nuts? 18 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,990 Supposed to be down at Davmar's one hour ago. 19 00:07:27,991 --> 00:07:29,573 What's going on? 20 00:07:29,574 --> 00:07:32,323 Oh, my God! 21 00:07:32,324 --> 00:07:33,907 Hey, Dorothy. 22 00:07:33,908 --> 00:07:36,740 What's the number for 911? 23 00:07:36,741 --> 00:07:39,657 - No, Dorothy. - What you doin'? 24 00:07:39,658 --> 00:07:43,824 I'll call the bar and tell 'em we're not comin'. 25 00:07:43,825 --> 00:07:47,699 Are you crazy? We have a stricken man here. 26 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:50,323 Are you stricken, Alvin? 27 00:07:50,324 --> 00:07:53,490 Put the phone down! 28 00:07:53,491 --> 00:07:55,573 Dad, what's all the yellin'? 29 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:01,990 What... have you done to my dad? 30 00:08:01,991 --> 00:08:03,990 Oh, for cry eye! 31 00:08:03,991 --> 00:08:06,074 Dad? 32 00:08:06,075 --> 00:08:08,116 Are you OK, Dad? 33 00:08:08,117 --> 00:08:11,657 I just need a little help gettin' up, honey. 34 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,490 I'm goin' to Davmar's. I'll be right back. 35 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:45,699 OK, Bud. 36 00:08:56,449 --> 00:08:57,907 I'm not goin'. 37 00:08:57,908 --> 00:08:59,490 Dad. 38 00:08:59,491 --> 00:09:00,740 I'm not goin'. 39 00:09:00,741 --> 00:09:02,949 You promised me, Dad. 40 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:22,907 OK, Mr Straight, put this robe on. 41 00:09:22,908 --> 00:09:25,323 Just bring me the doctor. 42 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,240 You like birds. 43 00:09:56,908 --> 00:10:01,615 I build... birdhouses... for bluebirds. 44 00:10:01,616 --> 00:10:04,323 Oh, that's nice. 45 00:10:04,324 --> 00:10:08,365 Yeah, it's Pete... Pete sells my... 46 00:10:08,366 --> 00:10:11,740 birdhouses... at the Ace Hardware. 47 00:10:11,741 --> 00:10:15,532 - I'll look for them next time. - Yeah? 48 00:10:15,533 --> 00:10:17,865 No operation. 49 00:10:17,866 --> 00:10:22,573 This morning you fall and can't get up, that's your hips, Alvin. 50 00:10:22,574 --> 00:10:24,907 And you'll need a walker now. 51 00:10:24,908 --> 00:10:26,365 No walker. 52 00:10:26,366 --> 00:10:29,365 Fine, a second cane then. 53 00:10:29,366 --> 00:10:31,699 You say you're having trouble seeing. 54 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:34,407 That could be a diabetes-related problem. 55 00:10:34,408 --> 00:10:36,824 I'd like to run some tests. 56 00:10:36,825 --> 00:10:40,074 No tests and no X-rays. 57 00:10:40,075 --> 00:10:45,074 Well, I see and hear that you smoke. 58 00:10:45,117 --> 00:10:48,990 My guess is you're in the early stages of emphysema. 59 00:10:48,991 --> 00:10:51,782 And Alvin, you have circulation problems 60 00:10:51,783 --> 00:10:54,865 and I'm worried about your diet. 61 00:10:54,866 --> 00:10:58,782 If you don't make some changes quickly, 62 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:01,240 there will be some serious consequences. 63 00:11:51,366 --> 00:11:54,323 It... has a... a red roof. 64 00:11:54,324 --> 00:11:57,116 Another pretty one, Rose. 65 00:11:57,117 --> 00:12:00,490 I want to... paint the... next one blue. 66 00:12:00,491 --> 00:12:02,116 That's a good idea. 67 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:13,323 What... did the doctor say? 68 00:12:16,449 --> 00:12:20,157 He said I was gonna live to be 100. 69 00:12:56,033 --> 00:12:59,365 I think I'll go and mow the lawn. 70 00:12:59,366 --> 00:13:02,615 I can... cut it for you, Dad. 71 00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:04,240 I got it, sweetheart. 72 00:13:40,075 --> 00:13:41,824 God darn! 73 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,990 No, we'll... we won't be mowin' today. 74 00:14:06,825 --> 00:14:08,865 Storm's comin' in. 75 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:11,657 Yeah. 76 00:14:21,491 --> 00:14:23,407 I love a lightnin' storm. 77 00:14:23,408 --> 00:14:25,074 Me too, Dad. 78 00:14:47,950 --> 00:14:49,365 Hello? 79 00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:53,490 This is... is Rose. 80 00:14:54,616 --> 00:14:57,949 Yeah... Yeah... 81 00:14:59,324 --> 00:15:00,740 Oh, no... 82 00:15:01,908 --> 00:15:03,407 When? 83 00:15:05,075 --> 00:15:07,949 OK... right... right... 84 00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:09,907 I'll tell him. 85 00:15:09,908 --> 00:15:13,323 Yeah... OK... Bye. 86 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,990 That was... Bobby. 87 00:15:26,117 --> 00:15:29,532 Uncle Lyle... had a... 88 00:15:29,533 --> 00:15:30,865 a stroke. 89 00:15:38,616 --> 00:15:40,240 Dad? 90 00:16:06,991 --> 00:16:09,657 No, Bobby, he... he didn't say much. 91 00:16:09,658 --> 00:16:10,949 They've both... 92 00:16:10,950 --> 00:16:12,240 been so... 93 00:16:12,241 --> 00:16:13,657 stubborn. 94 00:16:15,574 --> 00:16:18,157 No, no, it was longer, I remember. 95 00:16:18,158 --> 00:16:22,490 It was... July, 7th, 19... 88, Bobby. 96 00:16:24,491 --> 00:16:26,782 I always... remember the dates. 97 00:16:29,574 --> 00:16:30,990 Yeah. 98 00:16:34,574 --> 00:16:37,240 I don't know... what he'll do. 99 00:17:42,449 --> 00:17:44,281 Rose, darlin'? 100 00:17:47,158 --> 00:17:48,824 Rose? 101 00:17:48,825 --> 00:17:52,240 I'm gonna go back on the road. 102 00:17:52,241 --> 00:17:54,281 I've gotta go see Lyle. 103 00:17:57,324 --> 00:17:58,573 But, Dad... 104 00:18:00,825 --> 00:18:02,532 How are you? 105 00:18:05,616 --> 00:18:08,657 Well, I... haven't quite got that figured yet. 106 00:18:25,324 --> 00:18:27,824 One, your eyes are bad. 107 00:18:27,825 --> 00:18:30,907 That's why you don't... drive your car. 108 00:18:30,908 --> 00:18:34,949 Two, Uncle Lyle... lives in... Wisconsin, 109 00:18:34,950 --> 00:18:38,615 which is... 317 miles away. 110 00:18:38,616 --> 00:18:42,824 You would have to... stay all night... in Des Moines. 111 00:18:42,825 --> 00:18:46,907 Then there's no... bus... to Zion. 112 00:18:46,908 --> 00:18:50,407 Three, your... hips are bad. 113 00:18:50,408 --> 00:18:52,782 You can hardly... stand... 114 00:18:52,783 --> 00:18:56,824 for two minutes... And when you... do stand up... 115 00:18:56,825 --> 00:19:00,448 this... is the sound you make... 116 00:19:00,449 --> 00:19:03,365 when you... stand. 117 00:19:11,241 --> 00:19:15,782 Four, you are... 73 years old... 118 00:19:15,783 --> 00:19:17,448 You were... born 119 00:19:17,449 --> 00:19:22,448 when, Calvin... Coolidge was president... of America. 120 00:19:24,491 --> 00:19:28,740 You are... 73 years old, Dad. 121 00:19:28,741 --> 00:19:31,323 And... I cannot drive you there. 122 00:19:32,950 --> 00:19:35,407 Rose, darlin', I'm not dead yet. 123 00:19:40,449 --> 00:19:43,323 What are we... building, Dad? 124 00:19:45,616 --> 00:19:47,407 Havin' a party? 125 00:19:47,408 --> 00:19:49,532 Oh, jeez... I love... parties. 126 00:19:51,241 --> 00:19:53,490 Oh, me too. 127 00:19:53,491 --> 00:19:55,281 And so... where's it at? 128 00:19:55,282 --> 00:19:56,824 Where's what at? 129 00:19:56,825 --> 00:19:59,949 Your... party. 130 00:20:02,158 --> 00:20:04,573 I'm not havin' a party. 131 00:20:04,574 --> 00:20:07,782 I thought you were havin' a party. 132 00:20:07,783 --> 00:20:09,365 I am? 133 00:20:09,366 --> 00:20:12,699 Well, yeah. Look at all that Braunschweiger. 134 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:15,532 Oh, yeah, it's a lot of Braunschweiger. 135 00:20:15,533 --> 00:20:18,573 It's... for my dad, for his... his trip. 136 00:20:18,574 --> 00:20:21,281 My dad... he's going to... Wisconsin. 137 00:20:21,282 --> 00:20:24,990 I... asked him how he's... going to get there... 138 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,782 but he... won't say nothing. 139 00:20:27,783 --> 00:20:31,949 Wisconsin? That is a real party state. 140 00:20:31,950 --> 00:20:33,365 Yeah. 141 00:20:34,991 --> 00:20:38,074 I... hate... Braun... schweiger. 142 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,699 Yeah. 143 00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:11,824 Alvin, you've got three five-gallon cans there. 144 00:21:14,075 --> 00:21:16,657 15 gallons of gas. 145 00:21:16,658 --> 00:21:20,199 What do you need so much gas for, Alvin? 146 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,782 Sig, you're one nosey son of a gun. 147 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:26,532 You got that right. 148 00:21:26,533 --> 00:21:30,199 - I wanna buy that. - What? 149 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,740 The grabber. 150 00:21:38,075 --> 00:21:40,032 Oh, jeez, Alvin. 151 00:21:40,033 --> 00:21:43,699 - That's my grabber, Alvin. - Well? 152 00:21:47,991 --> 00:21:52,990 Oh, jeez, Alvin. I don't... I... I do have two of them... 153 00:21:54,117 --> 00:21:56,573 I think five dollars is right. 154 00:21:56,574 --> 00:22:01,116 That's a darn good grabber, Alvin. 155 00:22:01,117 --> 00:22:02,824 - I... I... - Well? 156 00:22:02,825 --> 00:22:05,323 They're hard to come by, Alvin. 157 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:10,199 It's gonna take me two months to get another one on order. 158 00:22:18,574 --> 00:22:21,782 Jeez, Alvin, ten dollars. 159 00:22:21,783 --> 00:22:23,532 Ring her up. 160 00:22:59,117 --> 00:23:02,407 What do you need that grabber for, Alvin? 161 00:23:03,366 --> 00:23:04,615 Grabbin'. 162 00:23:58,408 --> 00:24:03,990 Oh, jeez, Dad. 163 00:24:21,117 --> 00:24:23,573 Listen to that old grain elevator. 164 00:24:25,950 --> 00:24:29,116 It's... harvest time. 165 00:24:39,741 --> 00:24:44,157 That... trailer is too heavy for... for that. 166 00:24:44,158 --> 00:24:47,532 It's a lawn mower. You're going to... 167 00:24:47,533 --> 00:24:51,240 drive a... a lawn mower to another state? 168 00:24:56,324 --> 00:24:59,199 Rosie, I've... I've gotta go see Lyle. 169 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:04,990 And I... I've gotta make this trip on my own. 170 00:25:04,991 --> 00:25:07,699 I know you understand. 171 00:25:13,366 --> 00:25:14,782 I guess so. 172 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,157 Look up at the sky, Rosie. 173 00:25:41,658 --> 00:25:45,323 The sky is sure full of stars tonight. 174 00:26:06,616 --> 00:26:10,281 Crimenetto, it's Alvin and he's driving his lawn mower. 175 00:26:18,491 --> 00:26:22,907 Alvin! What are you settin' out to do here? 176 00:26:22,908 --> 00:26:24,490 For cry eye, Alvin! 177 00:26:24,491 --> 00:26:27,949 Alvin, you're gonna get blown right off the road, 178 00:26:27,950 --> 00:26:29,532 that's what I'm afraid! 179 00:26:39,741 --> 00:26:42,615 He'll never make it past The Grotto. 180 00:31:43,783 --> 00:31:46,281 I'm havin' a little engine trouble. 181 00:31:46,282 --> 00:31:49,573 What the heck is that you're driving there? 182 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:54,532 It's a Rehds. Could you give me a lift into town? 183 00:31:54,533 --> 00:31:59,323 Yeah, to The Grotto. This is the Sun Ray Tour. Get in. 184 00:31:59,324 --> 00:32:03,865 - I'll get you help there. - I'd appreciate that. 185 00:32:23,491 --> 00:32:25,949 My Edward loved his riding mower. 186 00:32:59,574 --> 00:33:02,157 Hey, come here, hurry. Hurry up. 187 00:33:17,449 --> 00:33:18,865 Poor Alvin. 188 00:33:27,825 --> 00:33:32,782 So the man... in a... pick-up, he brought my dad back. 189 00:33:32,783 --> 00:33:37,116 I must've been at the beauty shop. 190 00:33:40,408 --> 00:33:42,032 What kinda pick-up? 191 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,824 A Ford. 192 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,907 But what's your dad doin' with that gun? 193 00:34:07,908 --> 00:34:09,657 I don't know. 194 00:34:18,616 --> 00:34:22,074 I gave you that old Rehds last time, right? 195 00:34:22,075 --> 00:34:23,782 That you did. 196 00:34:23,783 --> 00:34:28,782 - You tradin' in that Rehds now? - No, I don't believe I will. 197 00:34:29,408 --> 00:34:34,116 Pete told me you used that rider in a real interestin' way. 198 00:34:34,117 --> 00:34:37,990 - You still plannin' to do that? - Yeah, Tom. 199 00:34:37,991 --> 00:34:42,990 I know not to talk you out of somethin' you set your mind to, 200 00:34:43,616 --> 00:34:47,116 but Alvin, you've always struck me as smart. 201 00:34:47,117 --> 00:34:49,199 Well, that's appreciated. 202 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,907 Until now. 203 00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,448 What year? 204 00:34:59,449 --> 00:35:00,782 '66. 205 00:35:00,783 --> 00:35:04,074 Kohler engine. We've used it for parts 206 00:35:04,075 --> 00:35:07,532 but I always replace them. The guts are good. 207 00:35:07,533 --> 00:35:11,448 It's got the old transmission. Nothing fancy. 208 00:35:11,449 --> 00:35:14,907 - Is it a good machine? - It's good. 209 00:35:14,908 --> 00:35:18,407 Tom, I got $325. 210 00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:20,074 That's a fact. 211 00:35:20,075 --> 00:35:24,532 Sounds good to me, Alvin. Let's go settle up with Alice. 212 00:35:24,533 --> 00:35:27,657 One more thing, sometime you can find out 213 00:35:27,658 --> 00:35:31,532 about these old machines, if you know who run 'em. 214 00:35:31,533 --> 00:35:35,865 - Do you know who owned it? - You bet... Me. 215 00:35:35,866 --> 00:35:37,074 All right. 216 00:39:07,324 --> 00:39:09,782 I couldn't get a ride. 217 00:39:15,533 --> 00:39:17,532 Are you hungry? 218 00:39:17,533 --> 00:39:20,699 Whaddaya got? 219 00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:22,365 Weeners. 220 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:26,448 Weeners? 221 00:39:26,449 --> 00:39:29,281 Weeners. Wanna try one? 222 00:39:47,366 --> 00:39:49,949 Here's a good stick for you. 223 00:40:27,950 --> 00:40:29,990 What a hunk of junk. 224 00:40:29,991 --> 00:40:32,532 Eat your dinner, missy. 225 00:41:26,282 --> 00:41:31,074 So... how long you been out on the road? 226 00:41:31,075 --> 00:41:35,740 Well, I been travellin' most of my life. 227 00:41:35,741 --> 00:41:37,990 Where you from? 228 00:41:39,282 --> 00:41:40,699 Laurens. 229 00:41:43,616 --> 00:41:47,323 Got a wife back there? Kids? 230 00:41:49,033 --> 00:41:54,032 My wife, Francis delivered 14 babies. Seven of 'em made it. 231 00:41:54,408 --> 00:41:57,448 My daughter, Rose lives with me. 232 00:42:00,825 --> 00:42:03,448 Francis died in '81. 233 00:42:11,408 --> 00:42:13,699 Where's your family? 234 00:42:18,282 --> 00:42:20,116 Are you runnin' away? 235 00:42:29,533 --> 00:42:31,573 How far along are ya? 236 00:42:36,241 --> 00:42:38,032 Five months. 237 00:42:52,491 --> 00:42:55,782 Well, I'm headin' to see my brother Lyle. 238 00:43:00,324 --> 00:43:05,116 I said I'm goin' to see my brother Lyle in Mount Zion. 239 00:43:06,825 --> 00:43:09,824 - Where's that? - Wisconsin. 240 00:43:09,825 --> 00:43:13,199 Just across the state line. 241 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,448 Cheddar Heads. 242 00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:17,740 Aren't those the dumbest things 243 00:43:17,741 --> 00:43:21,199 you ever seen somebody stick on their head? 244 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:25,323 I hear that's a real party place, Wisconsin. 245 00:43:30,241 --> 00:43:33,157 Guess I'll never get to find out. 246 00:43:40,282 --> 00:43:43,199 There's a blanket in the trailer. 247 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,074 Why don't you go get it? 248 00:44:32,658 --> 00:44:34,782 My family hates me. 249 00:44:39,408 --> 00:44:42,865 They'll really hate me when they find out. 250 00:44:46,117 --> 00:44:48,240 You didn't tell 'em? 251 00:44:48,241 --> 00:44:54,532 No. No one knows. Not even my boyfriend. 252 00:45:01,324 --> 00:45:04,074 Well, they may be mad, 253 00:45:04,075 --> 00:45:08,448 but I don't think they're mad enough to wanna lose you 254 00:45:08,449 --> 00:45:11,323 or your little problem. 255 00:45:11,324 --> 00:45:13,573 I don't know about that. 256 00:45:13,574 --> 00:45:18,573 Well, of course, neither do I, but a warm bed and a roof 257 00:45:18,741 --> 00:45:23,448 sounds a might better than eatin' a hot dog on a stick 258 00:45:23,449 --> 00:45:27,199 with an old geezer that's travellin' on a lawn mower. 259 00:45:35,991 --> 00:45:38,615 My daughter Rose is... 260 00:45:38,616 --> 00:45:43,032 Some people call her a little bit slow but she's not. 261 00:45:43,033 --> 00:45:47,782 She's got a mind like a bear trap for facts. 262 00:45:49,616 --> 00:45:54,448 She keeps everything organised around the house. 263 00:45:54,449 --> 00:45:56,990 She was a real good mom. 264 00:45:56,991 --> 00:45:59,990 She had four kids. 265 00:45:59,991 --> 00:46:04,990 One night, somebody else was watchin' the kids 266 00:46:05,366 --> 00:46:08,824 and there was a fire. 267 00:46:08,825 --> 00:46:13,116 Her second boy got burned real bad. 268 00:46:13,117 --> 00:46:16,657 Rose had nothin' to do with it but... 269 00:46:16,658 --> 00:46:20,615 on account of the way Rose is, the State figured 270 00:46:20,616 --> 00:46:24,116 she wasn't competent to take care of them kids 271 00:46:24,117 --> 00:46:27,448 and they took 'em all away from her. 272 00:46:27,449 --> 00:46:32,782 There isn't a day goes by that she don't pine for them kids. 273 00:46:50,783 --> 00:46:55,782 When my kids were real little, I used to play a game with 'em. 274 00:46:56,700 --> 00:47:00,240 I'd give each one of 'em a stick and... 275 00:47:00,241 --> 00:47:05,032 one for each one of 'em, then I'd say you break that. 276 00:47:05,033 --> 00:47:07,573 'Course they could, real easy. 277 00:47:07,574 --> 00:47:12,573 Then I'd say tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that. 278 00:47:13,282 --> 00:47:18,281 'Course they couldn't. Then I'd say that bundle... 279 00:47:19,366 --> 00:47:20,782 that's family. 280 00:47:37,449 --> 00:47:40,199 Why don't you sleep in the trailer? 281 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,782 This chair's just fine for me tonight. 282 00:47:44,783 --> 00:47:48,907 No, I'll be fine sleepin' out here. 283 00:47:48,908 --> 00:47:52,199 Lookin' at the stars helps me think. 284 00:47:54,408 --> 00:47:55,824 Well... 285 00:48:14,449 --> 00:48:15,699 Thank you. 286 00:53:34,282 --> 00:53:35,573 What the? 287 00:53:39,408 --> 00:53:40,699 What the hell? 288 00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:12,615 Hey, how're you doin'? 289 00:54:12,616 --> 00:54:13,865 Doin' good. 290 00:54:58,033 --> 00:54:59,532 Hey, Irene. 291 00:54:59,533 --> 00:55:04,074 You don't think about gettin' old when you're young. 292 00:55:04,075 --> 00:55:05,699 You shouldn't. 293 00:55:14,991 --> 00:55:17,865 Must be something good about gettin' old. 294 00:55:17,866 --> 00:55:22,865 Well, I can't imagine anything good about being blind and lame 295 00:55:24,366 --> 00:55:26,657 at the same time, but... still 296 00:55:26,658 --> 00:55:31,657 at my age, I've seen about all that life has to dish out. 297 00:55:32,449 --> 00:55:35,615 I know to separate the wheat 298 00:55:35,616 --> 00:55:40,699 from the chaff and let the small stuff fall away. 299 00:55:44,117 --> 00:55:45,740 Let's go, man. 300 00:55:48,158 --> 00:55:51,907 So... what's the worst part about being old, Alvin? 301 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:59,907 The worst part of being old is rememberin' when you was young. 302 00:57:59,658 --> 00:58:01,740 Can I help you, lady? 303 00:58:01,741 --> 00:58:06,032 No, you can't help me. No one can help me. 304 00:58:06,033 --> 00:58:10,490 I've tried driving with my lights on, sounding my horn! 305 00:58:10,491 --> 00:58:15,490 I scream, I roll the window down and bang on the door 306 00:58:15,491 --> 00:58:18,782 and play Public Enemy real loud! 307 00:58:18,783 --> 00:58:22,740 I've prayed to St Francis of Assisi, St Christopher too! 308 00:58:22,741 --> 00:58:26,782 What the heck! I've tried everything and still every week 309 00:58:26,783 --> 00:58:29,199 I hit at least one deer! 310 00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:34,199 I have hit 13 deer in seven weeks driving down this road! 311 00:58:35,449 --> 00:58:40,448 And I have to drive down this road every day, 312 00:58:40,950 --> 00:58:43,448 40 miles to work and back. 313 00:58:43,449 --> 00:58:49,615 I have to drive to work and I have to drive home! 314 00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:55,740 Where do they come from? 315 00:59:08,408 --> 00:59:09,657 Oh... he's dead. 316 00:59:14,574 --> 00:59:16,573 And I love deer. 317 01:01:28,366 --> 01:01:33,365 Well, they sure picked the right place to practise a burn on. 318 01:01:46,783 --> 01:01:50,907 That Rumelthanger place was an eyesore. 319 01:02:35,741 --> 01:02:38,199 What do you suppose? 320 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,407 Is that a lawn mower? 321 01:03:11,783 --> 01:03:13,824 Mister, you OK? 322 01:03:20,700 --> 01:03:24,782 Jeez, mister, you're lucky she didn't roll on you. 323 01:03:32,241 --> 01:03:34,323 I guess the belt broke. 324 01:03:34,324 --> 01:03:36,657 I wouldn't be surprised. 325 01:03:36,658 --> 01:03:39,990 You don't have brakes on that trailer, right? 326 01:03:39,991 --> 01:03:43,074 I worked for John Deere for 30 years, 327 01:03:43,075 --> 01:03:46,990 you shouldn't be hauling a rig behind a mower. 328 01:03:46,991 --> 01:03:50,116 At least not down a hill like that. 329 01:03:50,117 --> 01:03:52,949 I'm Danny Riordan. 330 01:03:52,950 --> 01:03:55,699 Alvin Straight. 331 01:03:55,700 --> 01:04:00,281 Alvin, let's get you and this rig off the road 332 01:04:00,282 --> 01:04:03,157 and see what the damage is. 333 01:04:15,574 --> 01:04:18,032 Let's get this off the road. 334 01:04:19,658 --> 01:04:21,782 Sure you're OK? 335 01:04:58,491 --> 01:05:01,074 OK. 336 01:05:01,075 --> 01:05:05,490 You OK? Everything all right? I'm going back to the exercise. 337 01:05:05,491 --> 01:05:07,657 Thanks. Appreciate it. 338 01:05:13,825 --> 01:05:17,199 Well... let's take a look at this mower. 339 01:05:18,700 --> 01:05:23,074 - This is what '65, '66? - '66. 340 01:05:29,449 --> 01:05:32,407 Well... tell you right now, Alvin, 341 01:05:32,408 --> 01:05:34,949 you won't be going anywhere tonight. 342 01:05:34,950 --> 01:05:38,157 Aside from your drive belt being busted, 343 01:05:38,158 --> 01:05:40,740 you got transmission problems. 344 01:05:40,741 --> 01:05:44,116 - Where you headed? - Mount Zion. 345 01:05:44,117 --> 01:05:47,240 Mount Zion, Wisconsin? Past Prairie du Chien? 346 01:05:47,241 --> 01:05:49,699 That's 60 more miles of hills. 347 01:05:49,700 --> 01:05:51,615 That's across the Mississippi. 348 01:05:51,616 --> 01:05:54,074 What's in Mount Zion, Alvin? 349 01:05:54,075 --> 01:05:55,865 My brother lives there. 350 01:05:55,866 --> 01:06:00,281 - Why didn't you take your car? - I'm not licensed. 351 01:06:00,282 --> 01:06:04,490 - Couldn't he visit? - He's had a bad stroke. 352 01:06:04,491 --> 01:06:07,782 Where are you coming from? 353 01:06:07,783 --> 01:06:09,657 Back a piece. 354 01:06:09,658 --> 01:06:12,032 West Union? 355 01:06:12,033 --> 01:06:13,865 - Hawkeye? - Nope. 356 01:06:15,616 --> 01:06:19,824 Well, not New Hampton? You haven't come that far. 357 01:06:19,825 --> 01:06:23,074 You've come a long ways, haven't you? 358 01:06:23,075 --> 01:06:26,240 Yeah, I have. Laurens, Iowa. 359 01:06:26,241 --> 01:06:27,949 Laurens?! 360 01:06:27,950 --> 01:06:32,949 That's west of The Grotto. How long have you been on the road? 361 01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:34,448 What's the date? 362 01:06:34,449 --> 01:06:35,865 October eighth. 363 01:06:40,408 --> 01:06:44,448 Five weeks. I left Laurens on the fifth of September. 364 01:06:44,449 --> 01:06:47,907 You been bunkin' in that? 365 01:06:47,908 --> 01:06:50,782 That's my rollin' home. 366 01:06:50,783 --> 01:06:52,949 Where you been settin' up camp? 367 01:06:52,950 --> 01:06:57,615 In the fields. I pull off. I don't travel at night. 368 01:06:57,616 --> 01:07:00,074 Haven't you been scared, being alone? 369 01:07:00,075 --> 01:07:02,074 There are weird people everywhere. 370 01:07:02,075 --> 01:07:07,074 Well, ma'am, I fought in the trenches in World War II. 371 01:07:07,866 --> 01:07:11,199 Why should I be scared of an Iowa cornfield? 372 01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:14,490 Well... 373 01:07:14,491 --> 01:07:16,824 till we get this mower fixed... 374 01:07:18,533 --> 01:07:22,157 why don't you... bivouac in our yard here? 375 01:07:22,158 --> 01:07:25,615 There's a bathroom in the garage you can use. 376 01:07:25,616 --> 01:07:28,199 Well, that's awful generous of you 377 01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:32,615 and I'm sure my machine here is agreeable to that too. 378 01:07:35,449 --> 01:07:39,281 Sure wanna thank you folks for helping me today. 379 01:07:39,282 --> 01:07:41,782 There's a lot of rain forecast. 380 01:07:41,783 --> 01:07:45,448 Sure don't want to get stuck in that trailer. 381 01:07:45,449 --> 01:07:50,074 I... I do a little woodwork. I thought you'd like a few fish. 382 01:07:50,075 --> 01:07:53,199 My daughter does woodwork. She makes birdhouses. 383 01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:54,824 Oh, that's nice. 384 01:08:01,366 --> 01:08:05,074 - You finished there? - I believe I am. 385 01:09:33,700 --> 01:09:38,407 - I'm in need of a phone. - Sure. Come in. 386 01:09:38,408 --> 01:09:42,365 I wanna tell my daughter about my recent travels. 387 01:09:42,366 --> 01:09:44,032 Sure. Come in. 388 01:09:44,033 --> 01:09:49,032 If it's all the same with you, do you have a cordless phone? 389 01:09:49,282 --> 01:09:54,074 - Door's wide open, come... - I can call from out here. 390 01:10:03,241 --> 01:10:07,615 Here you go. You're welcome to sit in the kitchen. 391 01:10:07,616 --> 01:10:11,074 We can leave, if you're lookin' for privacy. 392 01:10:11,075 --> 01:10:15,907 Out here's fine. Is the area code still 712 here? 393 01:10:15,908 --> 01:10:19,157 No, Alvin. That hill rolled you into 319. 394 01:10:19,158 --> 01:10:22,865 You need to dial one and your area code. 395 01:10:22,866 --> 01:10:24,281 712, thank you. 396 01:10:40,449 --> 01:10:41,699 Hello? 397 01:10:41,700 --> 01:10:42,990 Rose? 398 01:10:42,991 --> 01:10:44,407 Dad? Dad... 399 01:10:47,324 --> 01:10:49,699 I'm... so glad to hear you. 400 01:10:57,241 --> 01:11:01,199 It's gonna cost him a bundle to fix that mower. 401 01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:04,907 I don't think he's got that kinda money. 402 01:11:04,908 --> 01:11:07,824 I wouldn't drive that thing to Excelsior. 403 01:11:07,825 --> 01:11:10,657 It's a lawn mower, for God's sake. 404 01:11:10,658 --> 01:11:15,490 Your social security cheque? It's here, Dad. 405 01:11:15,491 --> 01:11:18,365 Rose, can you send me my cheque? 406 01:11:18,366 --> 01:11:20,615 Yeah. 407 01:11:20,616 --> 01:11:24,323 He's damn lucky he made it down that hill. 408 01:11:24,324 --> 01:11:27,865 - He could've died easily. - Yeah. 409 01:11:27,866 --> 01:11:29,907 He's none too strong. 410 01:11:29,908 --> 01:11:33,573 See how he has to walk with the canes? 411 01:11:33,574 --> 01:11:35,782 OK, Dad. 412 01:11:40,616 --> 01:11:43,032 I... I... 413 01:11:45,574 --> 01:11:50,365 OK, OK, Dad, OK. I... I have a pencil, Dad. 414 01:11:50,366 --> 01:11:53,157 The hills just get worse 415 01:11:53,158 --> 01:11:56,032 the closer you get to the Mississippi. 416 01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:00,865 Go ahead and drive him, honey. 417 01:12:00,866 --> 01:12:04,615 Mount Zion can't be half a day. It's fine. 418 01:12:04,616 --> 01:12:07,865 You're a good man, Danny Riordan. 419 01:12:07,866 --> 01:12:12,407 And that's why I married you, despite what my mother said. 420 01:12:14,449 --> 01:12:15,699 Now, shoo! 421 01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:16,949 Dad? 422 01:12:16,950 --> 01:12:18,740 I miss you, Dad. 423 01:12:20,033 --> 01:12:21,824 I love you, Rosie. 424 01:12:21,825 --> 01:12:23,907 I love you too, Dad. 425 01:12:23,908 --> 01:12:25,573 Bye, Dad. 426 01:12:26,950 --> 01:12:28,990 Bye... Dad. 427 01:13:02,033 --> 01:13:04,490 What are you cookin' there, Alvin? 428 01:13:04,491 --> 01:13:07,032 Oh, I'm makin' my Mexican coffee. 429 01:13:07,033 --> 01:13:09,615 Mind if I join you? 430 01:13:09,616 --> 01:13:12,907 Get you a chair... that iron one there. 431 01:13:15,950 --> 01:13:19,240 You'll be a guest in your own back yard. 432 01:13:21,741 --> 01:13:25,865 I talked to the Olsen twins, and... they estimate 433 01:13:28,282 --> 01:13:32,699 it'll cost around 250 dollars to get your mower fixed. 434 01:13:32,700 --> 01:13:35,865 Well, that's twice what it oughta be, 435 01:13:35,866 --> 01:13:38,782 I guess it's cos they're twins, huh? 436 01:13:40,449 --> 01:13:45,448 I'd be happy to drive you the rest of the way to Mount Zion. 437 01:13:46,241 --> 01:13:50,657 Be a nice Sunday drive. We enjoy crossin' the river, 438 01:13:50,658 --> 01:13:53,323 especially now with the trees in colour. 439 01:13:53,324 --> 01:13:55,990 Well, I appreciate that, but... 440 01:13:55,991 --> 01:13:59,281 I wanna finish this one my own way. 441 01:14:11,158 --> 01:14:12,573 Try this. 442 01:14:17,491 --> 01:14:18,699 Thank you. 443 01:14:20,866 --> 01:14:24,199 Well, you know, Alvin, there's a lotta hills 444 01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:27,032 bigger than Clairmont's between here and Zion. 445 01:14:27,033 --> 01:14:30,199 Even if you get that mower runnin' again, 446 01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,448 it may still break down. 447 01:14:32,449 --> 01:14:36,990 Well, you're a kind man talkin' to a stubborn man. 448 01:14:36,991 --> 01:14:40,365 I still wanna finish this the way I started. 449 01:14:44,449 --> 01:14:45,907 No, no... 450 01:14:47,033 --> 01:14:48,281 Hi, Verlyn. 451 01:14:48,282 --> 01:14:51,532 - How the heck you doin'? - Fine. 452 01:14:51,533 --> 01:14:52,907 Wonderful. 453 01:14:52,908 --> 01:14:54,323 He's there. 454 01:15:07,117 --> 01:15:10,490 Well... they gave you a plate of her brownies. 455 01:15:10,491 --> 01:15:12,407 Yeah. 456 01:15:12,408 --> 01:15:14,157 How's that for timing? 457 01:15:14,158 --> 01:15:16,240 Janet makes the best brownies... 458 01:15:16,241 --> 01:15:18,074 in Lafayette county. 459 01:15:18,075 --> 01:15:21,824 She won prizes every year at the county fair. 460 01:15:21,825 --> 01:15:24,365 - Help yourself. - Thank you. 461 01:15:28,908 --> 01:15:32,949 I've been doin' errands and I'm heading for a beer. 462 01:15:32,950 --> 01:15:35,740 I thought you'd like to join me. 463 01:15:35,741 --> 01:15:38,074 Well, I don't drink any more, but... 464 01:15:38,075 --> 01:15:41,281 I'm always up for a change of scenery. 465 01:15:41,282 --> 01:15:42,532 Well, come on. 466 01:15:50,991 --> 01:15:54,782 Well, I'm ridin' a little higher and a little faster. 467 01:15:54,783 --> 01:15:57,907 Except when you came down that hill. 468 01:16:06,616 --> 01:16:10,782 I picked up a mournful taste for liquor in France. 469 01:16:10,783 --> 01:16:14,615 When I came back, I couldn't drink enough of it. 470 01:16:14,616 --> 01:16:19,740 I wasn't worth a stick of stove wood... I was mean. 471 01:16:22,658 --> 01:16:25,573 A preacher helped me put some distance 472 01:16:25,574 --> 01:16:29,949 between me and the bottle. And he helped me see... 473 01:16:29,950 --> 01:16:34,782 the reason I was drinkin', I was seein' all them things here, 474 01:16:34,783 --> 01:16:36,865 that I'd seen over there. 475 01:16:47,658 --> 01:16:50,448 Lots of men came back drinkin' hard. 476 01:16:53,200 --> 01:16:56,490 Well... everyone tryin' to forget. 477 01:16:57,658 --> 01:17:01,365 I can see it in a man right away. 478 01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:06,365 Yup. 479 01:17:23,658 --> 01:17:25,281 There was one time... 480 01:17:27,616 --> 01:17:29,240 when we just... 481 01:17:31,075 --> 01:17:35,490 Were waiting for the first warm meal in ten days. 482 01:17:42,574 --> 01:17:44,907 We... thought we'd seen the worst. 483 01:17:47,783 --> 01:17:51,157 We hadn't had much trouble from the air. 484 01:17:54,616 --> 01:17:56,990 I was on the rise... 485 01:17:56,991 --> 01:17:58,990 with the quartermaster, 486 01:18:00,408 --> 01:18:04,116 workin' on more coffee for me and my buddies. 487 01:18:06,366 --> 01:18:09,407 A stray Fokker came over the treetops... 488 01:18:10,825 --> 01:18:14,490 and dropped an incendiary on the mess tent. 489 01:18:15,991 --> 01:18:17,615 All my buddies... 490 01:18:19,491 --> 01:18:24,032 The Kraut banked right in front of me on that hill... 491 01:18:25,991 --> 01:18:29,074 and now I can... see the... Swastika. 492 01:18:42,825 --> 01:18:46,615 That is one thing that I can't shake loose... 493 01:18:46,616 --> 01:18:49,699 All my buddies faces are still young. 494 01:18:52,533 --> 01:18:57,532 And the thing is, the more years I have, the more they've lost. 495 01:18:59,783 --> 01:19:03,448 And it's not always buddies faces that I see, 496 01:19:03,449 --> 01:19:05,407 sometime they're German faces. 497 01:19:09,075 --> 01:19:12,949 Near the end we were shootin' moon-faced boys. 498 01:19:19,117 --> 01:19:21,116 I was a sniper. 499 01:19:21,117 --> 01:19:25,949 Where I grew up, you learned how to shoot to hunt food. 500 01:19:25,950 --> 01:19:31,281 They'd post me up front. Darn near ahead of the lines. 501 01:19:33,950 --> 01:19:35,782 And I'd sit... forever. 502 01:19:37,574 --> 01:19:41,990 It's an amazing thing what you can see while you're sittin'. 503 01:19:41,991 --> 01:19:48,199 I'd look for the officers, the radio guys or artillery spotter. 504 01:19:50,783 --> 01:19:54,490 Sometime I'd spot a gun nest by the smoke 505 01:19:56,282 --> 01:19:59,116 and I'd fire into it. 506 01:19:59,117 --> 01:20:02,907 Sometime it was just a movement in the woods. 507 01:20:08,950 --> 01:20:10,615 We had a scout, 508 01:20:12,117 --> 01:20:13,323 a little fella... 509 01:20:14,783 --> 01:20:15,990 name of Kotz. 510 01:20:18,366 --> 01:20:21,323 He was a Polish boy from Milwaukee. 511 01:20:24,533 --> 01:20:29,074 He'd always take recon and he was darn good at it. 512 01:20:29,075 --> 01:20:34,532 We went by his word and he saved our skin many a time. 513 01:20:36,825 --> 01:20:39,074 He was a little fella... 514 01:20:45,574 --> 01:20:48,032 We'd broken out of the hedgerows... 515 01:20:49,658 --> 01:20:52,782 We were makin' a run across the open 516 01:20:53,866 --> 01:20:56,323 and we come upon a woods. 517 01:20:58,408 --> 01:21:00,199 We started drawin' fire. 518 01:21:02,282 --> 01:21:04,281 I took my usual position... 519 01:21:06,033 --> 01:21:09,865 and I saw somethin' movin', real slow like. 520 01:21:11,866 --> 01:21:17,448 I waited ten minutes, it moved again and I shot. 521 01:21:18,991 --> 01:21:20,824 The movement stopped. 522 01:21:22,991 --> 01:21:27,657 The next day we found Kotz... head shot. 523 01:21:29,366 --> 01:21:33,074 He'd been workin' his way back toward our lines. 524 01:21:35,075 --> 01:21:39,740 Everyone in the unit thought a German sniper had taken him... 525 01:21:42,658 --> 01:21:44,657 Everyone, all these years. 526 01:21:47,158 --> 01:21:48,782 Everyone but me. 527 01:22:47,950 --> 01:22:49,990 See, Harald... brainiac... 528 01:22:52,366 --> 01:22:56,949 Got the mower assembly free with this here little old wrench... 529 01:22:56,950 --> 01:22:58,865 You said it wouldn't work. 530 01:22:58,866 --> 01:23:02,323 I'd say it worked pretty good. Wouldn't you? 531 01:23:06,117 --> 01:23:10,657 So help me slide her out. We can get settled up. 532 01:23:37,408 --> 01:23:42,824 I got parts and labour that add up to $247.80. 533 01:23:47,741 --> 01:23:52,240 Well, I'd say that's a little heavy for light work. 534 01:23:52,241 --> 01:23:54,240 Don't you think? 535 01:23:54,241 --> 01:23:57,573 I've got an old man's eyes, but... 536 01:23:57,574 --> 01:24:00,573 I'm noticin' some new tyre here. 537 01:24:00,574 --> 01:24:04,116 Well, now... we got those off a resell, 538 01:24:04,117 --> 01:24:06,157 but the treads are good! 539 01:24:06,158 --> 01:24:10,907 Well, friend, are you chargin' me for good or for new? 540 01:24:10,908 --> 01:24:13,949 Thorvald? 541 01:24:15,491 --> 01:24:18,824 We can make an adjustment there. 542 01:24:18,825 --> 01:24:24,907 Well, I think the adjustment should be about thirty dollars. 543 01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:28,657 Is that what your pencil's sayin'? 544 01:24:28,658 --> 01:24:30,699 And... about the labour... 545 01:24:33,282 --> 01:24:38,199 I appreciate that you boys have done some real time on this... 546 01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:42,615 of course, a man's gotta ask when he's workin' with twins... 547 01:24:42,616 --> 01:24:44,448 especially a bickerin' pair... 548 01:24:45,700 --> 01:24:48,074 how much workin' was fightin'? 549 01:24:48,075 --> 01:24:50,116 He got that right. 550 01:24:50,117 --> 01:24:51,824 Shut up, Danny. 551 01:24:51,825 --> 01:24:56,532 If I was to judge by this joyous affair I saw today, 552 01:24:56,533 --> 01:25:00,782 I would calculate maybe 20 per cent taken off the labour. 553 01:25:01,783 --> 01:25:03,899 Anything else, mister? 554 01:25:04,408 --> 01:25:09,407 Well, I'm not from these parts, but where I come from, 555 01:25:09,491 --> 01:25:14,281 I would say that that was a little rich for Iowa oil. 556 01:25:14,282 --> 01:25:16,949 Take the oil, no charge. 557 01:25:16,950 --> 01:25:21,407 Well, that's a splendid offer and I do appreciate it. 558 01:25:22,908 --> 01:25:24,281 What's the tally? 559 01:25:34,075 --> 01:25:36,032 Hundred and eighty even? 560 01:25:36,033 --> 01:25:38,407 Done. 561 01:25:38,408 --> 01:25:43,407 Thanks to you boys, I'm gonna get this rig back on the road. 562 01:25:44,033 --> 01:25:49,032 I've drove it all the way across Iowa and I'm hopin' it holds on 563 01:25:49,366 --> 01:25:53,199 till I get to Wisconsin. My brother lives there. 564 01:25:53,200 --> 01:25:56,323 I haven't seen him in ten years. 565 01:25:56,324 --> 01:25:59,116 There's no one knows your life better 566 01:25:59,117 --> 01:26:01,907 than a brother that's near your age. 567 01:26:01,908 --> 01:26:04,657 He knows who and what you are 568 01:26:04,658 --> 01:26:07,907 better than anyone on Earth. 569 01:26:07,908 --> 01:26:12,407 My brother and I said some... unforgivable things 570 01:26:12,408 --> 01:26:17,782 the last time we met, but, I'm tryin' to put that behind me. 571 01:26:19,991 --> 01:26:23,699 And this trip is a hard swallow... of my pride, 572 01:26:26,117 --> 01:26:28,824 I just hope I'm not too late. 573 01:26:37,574 --> 01:26:40,116 A brother's a brother. 574 01:26:51,491 --> 01:26:52,699 Well... 575 01:26:54,491 --> 01:26:56,990 Guess I'll be turnin' in. 576 01:26:56,991 --> 01:27:01,573 I'll... see you in the morning, then, before you go. 577 01:27:01,574 --> 01:27:03,615 I'm gonna leave awful early. 578 01:27:23,449 --> 01:27:27,782 I wanna thank you for your kindness to a stranger. 579 01:27:27,783 --> 01:27:31,907 It's been a genuine pleasure havin' you here, Alvin. 580 01:27:31,908 --> 01:27:33,782 Write to us, sometime. 581 01:27:33,783 --> 01:27:34,990 I will. 582 01:32:22,908 --> 01:32:24,990 I noticed your campfire. 583 01:32:24,991 --> 01:32:29,824 I brought you some dinner... Mashed potatoes, meat loaf. 584 01:32:29,825 --> 01:32:33,032 Well, thank you kindly. I've had my dinner, 585 01:32:33,033 --> 01:32:36,199 but would you join me for a while? 586 01:32:36,200 --> 01:32:37,448 Sure. 587 01:32:44,741 --> 01:32:45,949 Thank you. 588 01:32:54,366 --> 01:32:57,323 I hope you don't mind me trespassin'. 589 01:32:57,324 --> 01:32:59,657 Oh, no, not at all. 590 01:32:59,658 --> 01:33:01,240 Made a fine choice. 591 01:33:01,241 --> 01:33:04,740 You're camped next to one of the oldest cemeteries 592 01:33:04,741 --> 01:33:08,740 in the Midwest. French Catholic trappers. 593 01:33:08,741 --> 01:33:12,448 - The Marquette party. - Two of his men. 594 01:33:14,574 --> 01:33:17,448 I couldn't help but notice 595 01:33:17,449 --> 01:33:19,949 the rather unusual mode of transport. 596 01:33:21,950 --> 01:33:26,074 Well, you're not the first person to notice that, Padre. 597 01:33:27,825 --> 01:33:31,116 My eyes are bad. I can't drive. 598 01:33:31,117 --> 01:33:34,199 I don't like someone else drivin' the bus, 599 01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:37,199 and I need to get to my brother's. 600 01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:38,448 Fair enough. 601 01:33:38,449 --> 01:33:40,157 Where is he? 602 01:33:40,158 --> 01:33:43,949 Well, he's so close, I can practically feel him. 603 01:33:43,950 --> 01:33:45,365 Mount Zion. 604 01:33:45,366 --> 01:33:47,032 What's his name? 605 01:33:47,033 --> 01:33:49,865 Lyle Straight. 606 01:33:49,866 --> 01:33:54,865 Is he that fella that came in with a stroke some weeks ago? 607 01:33:57,033 --> 01:33:58,657 Do you know him? 608 01:33:58,658 --> 01:34:01,782 I work at the hospital in Boscobel. 609 01:34:01,783 --> 01:34:03,865 I remember him comin' in. 610 01:34:03,866 --> 01:34:07,116 Caught my attention because... he lives in my parish. 611 01:34:07,117 --> 01:34:08,657 Well, he's a Baptist. 612 01:34:08,658 --> 01:34:11,532 Oh, I believe he told me that. 613 01:34:12,991 --> 01:34:16,199 Told me a few things, matter of fact, 614 01:34:16,200 --> 01:34:19,116 but he didn't mention having a brother. 615 01:34:19,117 --> 01:34:25,782 Well, neither one of us has had a brother for quite some time. 616 01:34:29,825 --> 01:34:33,281 So, you saw him? Is he all right? 617 01:34:33,282 --> 01:34:38,657 I only saw him that once and I haven't heard anything more. 618 01:34:51,366 --> 01:34:56,365 Well, Lyle and I grew up as close as brothers could be. 619 01:34:56,783 --> 01:35:01,490 We were raised on a farm in Moorhead, Minnesota. 620 01:35:01,491 --> 01:35:06,490 We worked hard. My mom and dad darn near killed themselves 621 01:35:06,950 --> 01:35:10,199 tryin' to make that farm work. 622 01:35:10,200 --> 01:35:14,740 And me and Lyle would make games out of our chores. 623 01:35:16,449 --> 01:35:20,490 We'd dream up somethin' about racin' and wagerin' 624 01:35:20,491 --> 01:35:24,365 do anything to keep our mind off the cold. 625 01:35:24,366 --> 01:35:25,990 Lord, it was cold. 626 01:35:25,991 --> 01:35:30,782 He and I used to sleep out in the yard 627 01:35:30,783 --> 01:35:33,990 every summer night, if it wasn't pourin'. 628 01:35:33,991 --> 01:35:38,407 Nine months of winter, we couldn't get enough summer. 629 01:35:38,408 --> 01:35:41,740 We'd bunk down when the sun went down. 630 01:35:41,741 --> 01:35:46,490 We'd talk to each other until we went to sleep. 631 01:35:46,491 --> 01:35:50,990 We'd talk about the stars and whether there might be 632 01:35:52,282 --> 01:35:56,199 somebody else like us out in space, 633 01:35:56,200 --> 01:35:59,281 places we wanted to go and... 634 01:35:59,282 --> 01:36:02,199 it made our trials seem smaller. 635 01:36:04,282 --> 01:36:08,407 Yeah, we pretty much talked each other through growin' up. 636 01:36:13,241 --> 01:36:18,573 Oh, whatever happened between you two? 637 01:36:19,908 --> 01:36:23,824 Story as old as the Bible. Cain and Abel. 638 01:36:27,366 --> 01:36:28,573 Anger, vanity. 639 01:36:31,825 --> 01:36:35,490 You mix that together with liquor, and... 640 01:36:35,491 --> 01:36:40,699 you've got two brothers who haven't spoken in ten years. 641 01:36:42,658 --> 01:36:47,657 Well, whatever it was that made me and Lyle so mad... 642 01:36:48,991 --> 01:36:51,199 don't matter any more. 643 01:36:52,491 --> 01:36:54,032 I wanna make peace. 644 01:36:55,366 --> 01:36:57,240 I wanna sit with him, 645 01:36:58,533 --> 01:37:00,365 look up at the stars... 646 01:37:01,658 --> 01:37:03,490 like we used to do... 647 01:37:04,783 --> 01:37:06,032 so long ago. 648 01:37:12,700 --> 01:37:14,407 Well, sir... 649 01:37:14,491 --> 01:37:17,490 I say "Amen" to that. 650 01:38:15,200 --> 01:38:16,448 Howdy. 651 01:38:33,574 --> 01:38:37,448 I haven't had a drink in a lot of years. 652 01:38:37,449 --> 01:38:40,157 Now I'm gonna have me a beer. 653 01:38:40,158 --> 01:38:41,657 What flavour? 654 01:38:41,658 --> 01:38:44,699 What does a Miller's Lite taste like? 655 01:38:55,783 --> 01:38:57,032 There you go. 656 01:39:02,616 --> 01:39:05,532 - How's it taste? - It's good. 657 01:39:05,533 --> 01:39:08,365 - Keep the change. - Thank you. 658 01:39:08,366 --> 01:39:13,281 It's an interesting rig you got outside. Get up the hill OK? 659 01:39:13,282 --> 01:39:17,573 That hill and 200 more just like it. 660 01:39:17,574 --> 01:39:19,657 How far did ya come? 661 01:39:19,658 --> 01:39:21,907 From Iowa. 662 01:39:21,908 --> 01:39:24,281 I'm headed for Lyle Straight's place. 663 01:39:24,282 --> 01:39:28,157 Iowa! My God, you must be thirsty. 664 01:40:13,783 --> 01:40:15,032 Another beer? 665 01:40:15,033 --> 01:40:16,990 This will do me fine. 666 01:40:16,991 --> 01:40:20,448 I wonder could you point me to Lyle's place? 667 01:40:20,449 --> 01:40:23,990 I haven't seen him in an awful long time. 668 01:40:23,991 --> 01:40:28,448 Well, you just... cross 61 here, on "W", 669 01:40:28,449 --> 01:40:33,448 Take "W" on down to Weed Road and then on to Remington Road. 670 01:40:33,533 --> 01:40:37,199 On your right will be Lyle's place. 671 01:40:37,200 --> 01:40:39,949 If he's there that is. 672 01:43:01,741 --> 01:43:03,323 How you doin'? 673 01:43:03,324 --> 01:43:04,573 Not too good. 674 01:43:08,866 --> 01:43:10,532 This thing's just tired. 675 01:43:16,282 --> 01:43:20,074 Is there anything I can do to help you? 676 01:43:20,075 --> 01:43:23,824 Well, I don't know. It just quit on me. 677 01:43:23,825 --> 01:43:26,407 Why don't you try her again? 678 01:43:29,117 --> 01:43:32,448 I'm headin' to Lyle Straight's place. 679 01:45:38,491 --> 01:45:40,323 Lyle! 680 01:45:44,574 --> 01:45:45,949 Lyle? 681 01:45:55,783 --> 01:45:57,199 Alvin? 682 01:46:37,908 --> 01:46:39,949 Sit down, Alvin. 683 01:47:30,908 --> 01:47:36,281 Did you ride that thing all the way out here to see me? 684 01:47:37,616 --> 01:47:39,032 I did, Lyle.