1 00:00:22,404 --> 00:00:25,490 Long ago, when I was a young man.. 2 00:00:25,657 --> 00:00:29,995 ...my father said to me "Norman, you like to write stories. " 3 00:00:30,203 --> 00:00:32,998 And I said "Yes, I do. " 4 00:00:33,165 --> 00:00:36,543 Then he said "Someday, when you're ready... 5 00:00:36,752 --> 00:00:39,338 ...you might tell our family story. " 6 00:00:39,546 --> 00:00:42,924 "Only then will you understand what happened... 7 00:00:43,091 --> 00:00:44,301 ...and why. " 8 00:00:45,344 --> 00:00:47,304 9 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,907 In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing. 10 00:01:14,289 --> 00:01:18,168 We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in Missoula, Montana... 11 00:01:18,377 --> 00:01:20,879 ...where Indians still appeared out of the wilderness... 12 00:01:21,046 --> 00:01:23,632 ...to walk the honky-tonks and brothels of Front Street. 13 00:03:01,063 --> 00:03:05,025 My father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly-fisherman. 14 00:03:05,233 --> 00:03:08,070 There is one yonder... 15 00:03:08,570 --> 00:03:13,075 And though it is true that one day a week was given over wholly to religion... 16 00:03:13,241 --> 00:03:17,579 ...even then he told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen. 17 00:03:17,788 --> 00:03:21,667 And we were left to assume, as my younger brother Paul and I did... 18 00:03:21,875 --> 00:03:26,046 ...that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly-fishermen... 19 00:03:26,213 --> 00:03:29,591 ...and that John, the favourite, was a dry fly-fisherman. 20 00:03:30,175 --> 00:03:35,472 The poor without Christ are of all men the most miserable. 21 00:03:36,181 --> 00:03:38,141 But the poor with Christ... 22 00:03:38,308 --> 00:03:42,479 ...are princes and kings of the earth. 23 00:03:43,605 --> 00:03:47,693 In the afternoon, we would walk with him while he unwound between services. 24 00:03:48,485 --> 00:03:51,530 He almost always chose a path along the Big Blackfoot... 25 00:03:51,697 --> 00:03:54,199 ...which we considered our family river. 26 00:03:54,408 --> 00:03:58,662 And it was there he felt his soul restored and his imagination stirred. 27 00:04:00,247 --> 00:04:03,291 Long ago, rain fell on mud and became rock. 28 00:04:03,667 --> 00:04:06,545 Half a billion years ago. 29 00:04:07,713 --> 00:04:10,716 But even before that, beneath the rocks... 30 00:04:12,759 --> 00:04:15,762 ...are the words of God. Listen. 31 00:04:23,228 --> 00:04:26,940 And if Paul and I listened very carefully all our lives... 32 00:04:27,899 --> 00:04:29,985 ...we might hear those words. 33 00:04:35,532 --> 00:04:40,120 Even so, Paul and I probably received as many hours' instruction in fly-fishing... 34 00:04:40,329 --> 00:04:43,874 ...as we did on all other spiritual matters. 35 00:04:44,833 --> 00:04:50,213 As a Presbyterian, my father believed that man by nature was a damned mess... 36 00:04:50,422 --> 00:04:54,760 ...and only by picking up God's rhythms could we regain power and beauty. 37 00:04:55,594 --> 00:04:57,054 Ten... 38 00:04:57,220 --> 00:05:01,808 To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salv ation, come by grace. 39 00:05:02,017 --> 00:05:06,521 And grace comes by art, and art does not come easy. 40 00:05:06,730 --> 00:05:08,523 Norman? 41 00:05:14,029 --> 00:05:17,324 So my brother and I learned to cast Presbyterian style... 42 00:05:17,532 --> 00:05:19,409 ...on a metronome. 43 00:05:22,913 --> 00:05:25,707 He began each session with the same instruction. 44 00:05:25,874 --> 00:05:27,417 Casting is an art... 45 00:05:27,584 --> 00:05:31,546 ...that is performed on a four-count rhythm between ten o'clock and two o'clock. 46 00:05:35,550 --> 00:05:38,929 If he had had his way, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish... 47 00:05:39,137 --> 00:05:42,683 ...would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching it. 48 00:05:49,898 --> 00:05:53,360 So it was with my formal education as well. 49 00:05:53,819 --> 00:05:57,114 Each weekday, while my father worked on his Sunday sermon... 50 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:01,618 ...I attended the school of the Reverend Maclean. 51 00:06:01,785 --> 00:06:04,121 He taught nothing but reading and writing... 52 00:06:04,329 --> 00:06:08,917 ...and, being a Scot, believed that the art of writing lay in thrift. 53 00:06:20,429 --> 00:06:21,471 Half as long. 54 00:06:28,603 --> 00:06:32,482 So while my friends spent their days at Missoula Elementary, I stayed home... 55 00:06:32,649 --> 00:06:36,111 ...and learned to write the American language. 56 00:06:46,288 --> 00:06:47,497 Again... 57 00:06:47,664 --> 00:06:49,416 ...half as long. 58 00:07:17,277 --> 00:07:19,279 Good. Now throw it away. 59 00:07:34,711 --> 00:07:36,463 Norman! 60 00:07:36,964 --> 00:07:38,799 Norman! 61 00:07:38,966 --> 00:07:40,926 Wait for your brother! 62 00:07:48,767 --> 00:07:51,603 However, there was a balance to my father's system. 63 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:57,484 Every afternoon, I was set free, untutored and untouched till supper... 64 00:07:57,651 --> 00:08:01,697 ...to learn on my own the natural side of God's order. 65 00:08:11,039 --> 00:08:16,586 And there could be no better place to learn than the Montana of my youth. 66 00:08:17,838 --> 00:08:20,674 It was a world with dew still on it... 67 00:08:21,717 --> 00:08:26,638 ...more touched by wonder and possibility than any I have since known. 68 00:09:01,673 --> 00:09:03,925 Goddamn it! Open up the door! 69 00:09:04,092 --> 00:09:06,928 Hey! What the hell is going on? 70 00:09:07,095 --> 00:09:11,058 - Hey, where are you guys going? - Chicken! 71 00:09:11,266 --> 00:09:13,226 72 00:09:18,690 --> 00:09:21,026 Go on, move over. 73 00:09:50,681 --> 00:09:52,849 But it was a tough world, too. 74 00:09:53,016 --> 00:09:55,352 Even as children we understood that, and admired it. 75 00:09:59,523 --> 00:10:02,359 And of course, we had to test it. 76 00:10:03,860 --> 00:10:06,863 I knew I was tough, because I'd been bloodied in battle. 77 00:10:07,030 --> 00:10:08,782 Get him! Get him! 78 00:10:08,949 --> 00:10:10,909 You sissy! 79 00:10:11,076 --> 00:10:12,202 Come on! 80 00:10:13,286 --> 00:10:17,541 Come on! Let's see some blood here! Go on! Lots of blood! 81 00:10:17,708 --> 00:10:19,209 Go on! 82 00:10:19,376 --> 00:10:24,381 Paul was different. His toughness came from some secret place inside him. 83 00:10:24,589 --> 00:10:26,842 He simply knew he was tougher than anyone alive. 84 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,888 Grace will not be said until that bowl is clean. 85 00:10:45,944 --> 00:10:50,782 Man has been eating God's oats for a thousand years. 86 00:10:50,991 --> 00:10:55,412 It's not the place of an eight-year-old boy to change that tradition. 87 00:11:57,975 --> 00:11:59,726 Grace. 88 00:12:08,610 --> 00:12:10,570 Oh, God... 89 00:12:10,737 --> 00:12:14,825 ...who art rich in forgiveness, grant that we may hold fast... 90 00:12:14,992 --> 00:12:17,244 ...the good things we receive from Thee. 91 00:12:17,452 --> 00:12:18,829 And as often as we fall into sin... 92 00:12:18,996 --> 00:12:21,331 ...be lifted by repentence through Thy grace. 93 00:12:21,498 --> 00:12:23,333 Amen. 94 00:12:26,628 --> 00:12:29,131 Norm, what do you wanna be when you grow up? 95 00:12:30,716 --> 00:12:32,175 Minister, I guess. 96 00:12:34,344 --> 00:12:36,054 Or a professional boxer. 97 00:12:36,221 --> 00:12:38,807 You think you could beat Jack Johnson? 98 00:12:38,974 --> 00:12:40,851 I dunno. 99 00:12:42,352 --> 00:12:45,981 I think you could. I'd lay a bet on it. 100 00:12:47,232 --> 00:12:48,525 What are you gonna be? 101 00:12:49,318 --> 00:12:51,570 Professional fly-fisherman. 102 00:12:51,778 --> 00:12:54,281 There's no such thing. 103 00:12:54,448 --> 00:12:56,783 - There isn't? - No. 104 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:07,085 I guess... a boxer. 105 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:09,254 Not a minister? 106 00:13:20,807 --> 00:13:23,852 In 1917, World War One came to Missoula... 107 00:13:24,019 --> 00:13:27,898 ...taking with it every able-bodied lumberjack... 108 00:13:28,065 --> 00:13:30,651 ...leaving the woods to old men and boys. 109 00:13:32,778 --> 00:13:35,280 So at 16, I did my duty... 110 00:13:35,447 --> 00:13:37,949 ...and started working for the US Forest Service. 111 00:13:40,827 --> 00:13:43,497 It was a life of timber and toil... 112 00:13:43,997 --> 00:13:47,125 ...with the men as tough as their axe handles... 113 00:13:47,876 --> 00:13:52,464 ...and more mountains in all directions than I would ever see again. 114 00:13:54,716 --> 00:13:59,721 Too young to join me, Paul took a job as lifeguard at the municipal swimming pool. 115 00:13:59,888 --> 00:14:02,474 During the day, he could look over the girls... 116 00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:05,769 ...and in the evenings he could pursue his other purpose in life... 117 00:14:05,936 --> 00:14:07,062 ...fishing. 118 00:14:07,270 --> 00:14:10,315 119 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:14,194 120 00:14:14,361 --> 00:14:21,451 save that Thou art 121 00:14:21,618 --> 00:14:29,459 122 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:37,801 Thy presence my light 123 00:15:12,628 --> 00:15:15,839 - Preacher, come on! - Please be quiet! 124 00:15:16,006 --> 00:15:18,342 Shh! 125 00:15:19,593 --> 00:15:22,262 Look at that baby! Preacher! 126 00:15:22,429 --> 00:15:25,015 - Come on! - Shut up! 127 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:43,742 Did I tell you what a forest fire sounds like coming down a mountain at 60mph? 128 00:15:43,909 --> 00:15:45,118 Shut up! 129 00:15:45,285 --> 00:15:47,954 Damn it, the forest fires! 130 00:15:48,121 --> 00:15:51,500 I've got a great idea. I know how we can go down in history. 131 00:15:51,708 --> 00:15:52,668 How's that? 132 00:15:52,876 --> 00:15:56,672 We borrow old man Seifert's rowboat and we shoot the Chutes. 133 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,841 - You can't shoot the Chutes, Pauley. - You can try. 134 00:16:00,008 --> 00:16:01,051 You can die trying. 135 00:16:01,259 --> 00:16:03,679 They'd bury you with full honours. Tell them, Norm. 136 00:16:05,555 --> 00:16:08,850 - Well, we would be the kings of Missoula. - Yeah, kings! And famous! 137 00:16:09,059 --> 00:16:12,354 And all of you would get your photographs in the paper. 138 00:16:12,562 --> 00:16:13,480 I'm doing it. 139 00:16:15,190 --> 00:16:16,692 - I am. - You'll die. 140 00:16:16,858 --> 00:16:18,151 No. 141 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,154 Let's do it. 142 00:16:21,321 --> 00:16:23,657 - Come on! - I'm with you! 143 00:16:23,824 --> 00:16:27,119 Let's go! 144 00:16:27,285 --> 00:16:29,538 Yeah! 145 00:16:29,746 --> 00:16:31,581 All right! 146 00:16:32,332 --> 00:16:35,168 Gently down the stream 147 00:16:35,335 --> 00:16:37,004 Let's go! Whoo! 148 00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:39,423 Oh! 149 00:16:39,631 --> 00:16:41,258 Steady! 150 00:16:41,425 --> 00:16:43,093 I'll get the oars. 151 00:16:45,804 --> 00:16:47,889 Whose idea was this, anyway? 152 00:16:48,098 --> 00:16:50,892 Come on! This way! 153 00:16:54,855 --> 00:16:57,691 Gently down the stream 154 00:16:57,858 --> 00:16:59,735 I need a woman! 155 00:17:17,794 --> 00:17:19,713 Jesus, Mary and Joseph! 156 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:26,178 OK, we'll put it upstream. 157 00:17:32,059 --> 00:17:33,477 Aagh! OK. 158 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:37,356 Flip it! 159 00:17:42,277 --> 00:17:43,987 OK, hop in. 160 00:17:49,284 --> 00:17:51,370 Come on! We can all fit. 161 00:17:51,536 --> 00:17:53,705 - I don't think so. - No, I uh... 162 00:17:55,999 --> 00:17:58,502 Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! 163 00:17:58,669 --> 00:18:00,295 Cluck! 164 00:18:01,421 --> 00:18:04,091 All right. Just me, Norm and Chub. 165 00:18:05,008 --> 00:18:07,260 Jeez, Pauley... 166 00:18:07,427 --> 00:18:08,971 OK. 167 00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:13,100 Then I guess it's just the Macleans. 168 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:40,127 Be careful! 169 00:18:53,932 --> 00:18:55,600 They'll come ashore. 170 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:57,853 You got it! 171 00:18:58,020 --> 00:19:00,022 Let me tell you something. 172 00:19:13,702 --> 00:19:15,871 See you later, boys! 173 00:19:22,085 --> 00:19:23,837 On the right! 174 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:33,805 On your right! Watch right! 175 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,234 Aagh! 176 00:19:48,570 --> 00:19:50,447 Look out! 177 00:20:02,793 --> 00:20:04,878 Right! 178 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,132 Watch it! On the right, on the right! 179 00:20:16,306 --> 00:20:18,725 Right! Right! 180 00:20:25,107 --> 00:20:26,316 Hang on! 181 00:20:48,213 --> 00:20:49,506 Oh, jeez. 182 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:55,971 Macleans! 183 00:21:00,684 --> 00:21:02,477 Macleans! 184 00:21:10,527 --> 00:21:12,237 Pauley! 185 00:21:12,404 --> 00:21:13,780 Hey, Chub! 186 00:21:27,794 --> 00:21:29,254 Macleans! 187 00:21:33,967 --> 00:21:34,926 What the hell...? 188 00:21:35,135 --> 00:21:36,928 Oh! 189 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:38,680 Ha, ha! 190 00:21:44,144 --> 00:21:45,771 Son of a... 191 00:21:46,855 --> 00:21:49,107 Jesus Christ! 192 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,527 Crazy son of a bitch! 193 00:21:55,113 --> 00:21:57,783 - You guys OK? - Where's...? 194 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:03,830 Preach, you OK? 195 00:22:04,998 --> 00:22:06,541 Sure. 196 00:22:27,521 --> 00:22:30,190 You will go to church this day and pray for forgiveness. 197 00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:38,198 Your mother spent the night sick with worry. Did you think of her feelings? 198 00:22:38,407 --> 00:22:40,659 Mrs Campbell called. 199 00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:45,247 Who gave you the boat? 200 00:22:45,455 --> 00:22:47,874 - We, um... - We borrowed it. 201 00:22:49,418 --> 00:22:51,169 Borrowed? 202 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:56,591 Boys, what have you done? 203 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:06,310 Well, you will work off every cent of its value. 204 00:23:07,561 --> 00:23:09,313 Yes, sir. 205 00:23:09,479 --> 00:23:11,815 I'll work it off, Father. It was my idea. 206 00:23:25,620 --> 00:23:27,122 Whoo! 207 00:23:28,457 --> 00:23:30,626 What you making? 208 00:23:30,834 --> 00:23:32,377 Know what you need on that? 209 00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:36,632 - Ham, cheese, sardines. Delicious. - I hate sardines. 210 00:23:36,798 --> 00:23:39,885 I'll show you. Can you believe those guys? 211 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:43,513 They'll be telling everyone the class of '19 did it. 212 00:23:43,722 --> 00:23:45,599 I should write an article. 213 00:23:45,766 --> 00:23:48,560 - "Macleans Conquer Chutes. " - I don't like sardines. 214 00:23:48,727 --> 00:23:51,146 You could get it in the school paper, I bet. 215 00:23:52,397 --> 00:23:55,776 - Chub! - Jeez, Pauley. 216 00:23:55,984 --> 00:23:59,780 - What a skeezix! - I don't want any goddamn sardines! 217 00:24:25,222 --> 00:24:27,307 No! Stop it! 218 00:24:27,516 --> 00:24:31,853 Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop! 219 00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:37,109 - You hit her, you son of a bitch! - You knocked her down, you bastard! 220 00:24:37,275 --> 00:24:40,821 - Son of a bitch! - Please, I slipped, I slipped, I slipped! 221 00:24:49,788 --> 00:24:52,749 I just slipped, that's all. 222 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:14,688 That was the only time we ever fought. 223 00:25:14,855 --> 00:25:18,400 Perhaps we wondered afterwards which one of us was tougher. 224 00:25:18,608 --> 00:25:22,237 But if boyhood questions aren't answered before a certain point... 225 00:25:22,446 --> 00:25:24,531 ...they can't be raised again. 226 00:25:24,698 --> 00:25:27,367 So we returned to being gracious to one another... 227 00:25:27,534 --> 00:25:29,077 ...as the church wall suggested. 228 00:26:07,491 --> 00:26:09,826 I then saw something remarkable. 229 00:26:11,662 --> 00:26:15,374 For the first time, Paul broke free of our father's instruction... 230 00:26:15,582 --> 00:26:18,168 ...into a rhythm all his own. 231 00:26:30,806 --> 00:26:32,307 OK. 232 00:26:42,651 --> 00:26:44,319 OK. 233 00:26:50,283 --> 00:26:52,703 They're both marvellous. 234 00:27:01,169 --> 00:27:03,964 I'd say the Lord has blessed us all today. 235 00:27:13,932 --> 00:27:16,810 It's just that he's been particularly good to me. 236 00:27:23,483 --> 00:27:27,279 North Coast! Stops in Helena, Bozeman... 237 00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:30,657 The year ended with my acceptance into Dartmouth College. 238 00:27:30,866 --> 00:27:32,576 Sometime before, Father had told me... 239 00:27:32,743 --> 00:27:35,329 ...I could attend any college in the world I could get into. 240 00:27:35,495 --> 00:27:38,332 I knew he earned no more than $1,800 a year... 241 00:27:38,498 --> 00:27:42,210 ...so his offer meant more to me than anything in my life. 242 00:27:42,377 --> 00:27:44,713 Well, do your best. 243 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,340 I will. 244 00:27:46,506 --> 00:27:48,550 All aboard! 245 00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,606 Hey, Norman! Norm! 246 00:28:23,877 --> 00:28:26,880 So, in the autumn of 1919... 247 00:28:27,047 --> 00:28:30,842 ...I boarded the Northern Pacific for a 3,000-mile trip east... 248 00:28:31,051 --> 00:28:32,928 ...to the unknown. 249 00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:40,811 To the son of a Montana minister, Dartmouth was more than an education. 250 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:45,273 It was a revelation, exposing me to a world I'd only guessed at. 251 00:28:52,781 --> 00:28:53,699 As part of my degree... 252 00:28:53,907 --> 00:28:58,161 ...I had to enlighten incoming freshmen on the wonders of the Romantic poets. 253 00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:03,333 And although I was unaware of it then, teaching fit me. 254 00:29:04,251 --> 00:29:07,462 But most of the time, I sat in the card room of my fraternity house... 255 00:29:07,629 --> 00:29:11,258 ...giving my blue-nosed brothers a lesson in Front Street poker. 256 00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:15,971 In all, I spent six years at Dartmouth... 257 00:29:16,179 --> 00:29:18,432 ...away from home nearly all that time. 258 00:29:21,143 --> 00:29:23,854 On the other hand, Paul stayed home for college... 259 00:29:24,021 --> 00:29:27,024 ...unwilling to leave the fish he had not yet caught. 260 00:29:32,112 --> 00:29:36,283 After graduation, he took a job as a reporter for a Helena newspaper... 261 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:38,535 ...and moved to that town... 262 00:29:39,244 --> 00:29:43,415 ...his connection with the family growing as slight as my own. 263 00:29:52,132 --> 00:29:54,301 It was not until the spring of 1926... 264 00:29:54,509 --> 00:29:57,095 ...that I finally did come home. 265 00:30:41,890 --> 00:30:44,476 Dinner is in half an hour, so you have time for a bath. 266 00:30:46,561 --> 00:30:48,522 Do I look thin, Mother? 267 00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:54,277 Do I look old, Norman? 268 00:30:56,613 --> 00:30:59,116 No, you look, uh... 269 00:30:59,658 --> 00:31:04,329 I wish Paul could have been here tonight. He's working late. 270 00:31:08,750 --> 00:31:10,043 Norman? 271 00:31:10,210 --> 00:31:11,336 Won't you come in? 272 00:31:18,969 --> 00:31:21,013 I'm sorry Paul won't be here. 273 00:31:21,179 --> 00:31:23,598 The life of a newspaperman. 274 00:31:23,765 --> 00:31:27,644 Well, you know how Paul likes to... 275 00:31:27,853 --> 00:31:29,479 I do. 276 00:31:29,646 --> 00:31:31,356 Sit. 277 00:31:37,362 --> 00:31:39,781 I also hear that he... 278 00:31:41,950 --> 00:31:44,036 Well, I hear everything, don't I? 279 00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:46,246 The Lord forbid my flock keep me in ignorance. 280 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:52,628 Yes. 281 00:31:52,794 --> 00:31:56,882 You can bet that everyone from here to Helena knows all about your education. 282 00:31:57,966 --> 00:32:00,719 It is an achievement. 283 00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:03,472 To what use shall you put this achievement? 284 00:32:06,308 --> 00:32:10,646 Uh... Well, I've been considering the Forest Service. 285 00:32:10,854 --> 00:32:13,106 As a career? 286 00:32:13,273 --> 00:32:14,900 No... 287 00:32:17,277 --> 00:32:19,321 No, for the summer. 288 00:32:21,323 --> 00:32:23,075 As a break. 289 00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:25,327 Well, that's a good idea. 290 00:32:26,370 --> 00:32:29,206 - The body fuels the mind. - That's what I was thinking. 291 00:32:29,373 --> 00:32:31,792 And after? 292 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,669 I'm not absolutely sure yet. 293 00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:38,882 Well, you've had six years to become sure, Norman. 294 00:32:49,059 --> 00:32:51,895 Have you considered an advanced degree? 295 00:32:53,146 --> 00:32:56,525 - The law? Medicine? - No. 296 00:32:56,692 --> 00:32:59,277 The ministry? 297 00:33:01,405 --> 00:33:03,824 I've applied for several teaching positions. 298 00:33:04,032 --> 00:33:07,411 - Have you? - College level, but I haven't heard yet. 299 00:33:07,619 --> 00:33:09,705 No, no, it's early, but... 300 00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:13,709 Now, you have taught classes already, haven't you? 301 00:33:14,376 --> 00:33:15,669 Yes. 302 00:33:15,877 --> 00:33:18,714 And did you find that experience rewarding? 303 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,716 That is to say... 304 00:33:20,882 --> 00:33:23,677 ...do you feel this could be your calling? 305 00:33:23,844 --> 00:33:26,013 My calling? 306 00:33:28,056 --> 00:33:30,142 Dinner, gentlemen! 307 00:33:45,782 --> 00:33:47,409 Pee in their pants? 308 00:33:47,576 --> 00:33:50,704 If it's so funny, how come I'm not laughing? Yes, pee in their pants. 309 00:33:50,871 --> 00:33:52,789 I got a better story. 310 00:33:52,956 --> 00:33:54,708 - Paul Maclean? - In there. 311 00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:58,003 The rules at Anaconda mines say "No breaks, not even for the john. " 312 00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:00,505 So the poor bastards pee in their pants. 313 00:34:00,672 --> 00:34:03,098 - What about the late, uh... - George Masterson! 314 00:34:03,133 --> 00:34:06,345 - Oh, I'll take that. - She's 23 and built like a brick shithouse. 315 00:34:06,511 --> 00:34:08,930 - No, no! - You take the Anaconda thing... 316 00:34:09,097 --> 00:34:12,726 - I'll interview the grieving widow. - But I'm the boss, Maclean! 317 00:34:12,934 --> 00:34:15,354 Fine by me, Boss! 318 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:16,730 Brother! 319 00:34:19,816 --> 00:34:21,026 Look at you! 320 00:34:22,944 --> 00:34:26,073 Boys, this is my big brother, the professor. 321 00:34:26,281 --> 00:34:28,075 - Gentlemen. - Hiya! 322 00:34:28,241 --> 00:34:29,993 Come on! 323 00:34:31,328 --> 00:34:33,288 Sit. 324 00:34:34,456 --> 00:34:35,999 Thanks for coming to see me last night 325 00:34:36,166 --> 00:34:38,961 I am sorry about that. I wanted to be there. 326 00:34:39,127 --> 00:34:43,548 I wanted to hear the old man say "Norman, come into my study, please. " 327 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:53,558 Jeez, the professor! 328 00:34:56,812 --> 00:34:58,772 We should celebrate! 329 00:35:05,779 --> 00:35:06,697 Yeah! 330 00:35:08,448 --> 00:35:10,367 A little early for me. 331 00:35:10,534 --> 00:35:13,912 Oh! The east is making you soft. 332 00:35:16,164 --> 00:35:18,166 Is that right? 333 00:35:34,224 --> 00:35:36,310 Do much fishing out east? 334 00:35:37,811 --> 00:35:39,187 None. 335 00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:41,106 None? 336 00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:44,026 Well, what do you say? The Big Blackfoot. 337 00:36:10,761 --> 00:36:13,347 - You set? - Yeah. 338 00:36:21,605 --> 00:36:24,191 - Why don't you take this hole? It's good. - No, it's all right. 339 00:36:24,358 --> 00:36:26,443 No, it's a good hole. 340 00:36:47,547 --> 00:36:50,050 Too tight. Try a roll-cast. 341 00:37:06,942 --> 00:37:09,903 The fish are out further. 342 00:37:11,071 --> 00:37:12,948 Just a little... further. 343 00:37:14,908 --> 00:37:16,618 Cast your line into the current. 344 00:37:16,785 --> 00:37:19,538 It'll give you better base, add some distance. 345 00:37:20,289 --> 00:37:23,166 You're just rusty, that's all. 346 00:39:21,493 --> 00:39:23,745 He called it shadow-casting... 347 00:39:23,912 --> 00:39:27,958 ...keeping his line above water long enough, and low enough... 348 00:39:28,125 --> 00:39:30,794 ...to make a rainbow rise. 349 00:39:31,962 --> 00:39:34,673 And I realised that in the time I was away... 350 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,551 ...my brother had become an artist. 351 00:39:39,594 --> 00:39:44,099 And one day my coach says "Mac, how'd you like to meet John L Sullivan?" 352 00:39:44,266 --> 00:39:45,892 John L Sullivan? 353 00:39:46,059 --> 00:39:49,354 Yes, the John L Sullivan, the last bare-knuckle champion of the world! 354 00:39:49,563 --> 00:39:52,274 It was then I knew I was home. 355 00:39:52,441 --> 00:39:55,902 Standing on the steps of the Missoula library once again... 356 00:39:56,111 --> 00:39:58,113 ...late at night... 357 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,868 ...telling stories to the same boys who had sat there and listened 100 times before. 358 00:40:03,035 --> 00:40:05,037 - Irish or Scot? - Scot. 359 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:07,504 And who had, in my absence, become men. 360 00:40:07,539 --> 00:40:11,168 It just goes to show the world is full of bastards... 361 00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:15,797 ...the number increasing the further one gets from Missoula, Montana! 362 00:40:16,006 --> 00:40:17,215 Amen! 363 00:40:17,424 --> 00:40:20,385 See, Professor, that's why you need to stick around here from now on. 364 00:40:20,552 --> 00:40:22,304 Hey, where's the gargle? 365 00:40:22,471 --> 00:40:25,265 Yes, pass this way! 366 00:40:25,432 --> 00:40:27,934 I'll take you to the Fourth of July dance. 367 00:40:28,101 --> 00:40:31,396 Every girl you need to know will be there... without Momma! 368 00:40:31,605 --> 00:40:33,315 Ooh! 369 00:40:33,482 --> 00:40:35,817 Find you a little Sheba. 370 00:40:37,361 --> 00:40:39,154 Gentlemen, it's been swell... 371 00:40:39,321 --> 00:40:40,781 ...but I have to rush. 372 00:40:40,947 --> 00:40:41,948 Where are you going? 373 00:40:42,157 --> 00:40:44,868 - Heavy date, Paul? - Where you going, Pauley? 374 00:40:45,035 --> 00:40:47,913 - With the poker table! - They got new signs on the way down. 375 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,832 "Does your husband misbehave?" 376 00:40:50,999 --> 00:40:52,668 "Grunt 'n' grumble, rant and rave?" 377 00:40:52,834 --> 00:40:55,837 "Well, shoot that brute some Burma-Shave!" 378 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,592 The road to where? 379 00:41:00,759 --> 00:41:03,637 - Lolo. - Lolo Hot Springs. 380 00:41:14,147 --> 00:41:17,526 Being back in my father's church seemed to complete my return. 381 00:41:17,734 --> 00:41:19,194 More than anything else... 382 00:41:19,361 --> 00:41:22,906 ...I realised it was my father's words that made me feel most at home. 383 00:41:23,073 --> 00:41:25,409 And in the glow of awakened memories... 384 00:41:25,575 --> 00:41:29,037 ...with the deepest feelings of the heart all a-stir... 385 00:41:30,747 --> 00:41:33,625 ...we are reminded of the poet who sings. 386 00:41:34,918 --> 00:41:38,797 "Backward, turn backward O time in your flight 387 00:41:38,964 --> 00:41:40,966 Make me a child again 388 00:41:41,133 --> 00:41:43,635 Just for tonight. " 389 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,680 390 00:42:11,538 --> 00:42:13,498 391 00:42:25,385 --> 00:42:26,595 Recognise anybody? 392 00:42:26,762 --> 00:42:30,641 - Well, uh... - Oh, you were gone too long, son! 393 00:42:34,645 --> 00:42:36,188 Who's that? 394 00:42:36,355 --> 00:42:38,357 Who? 395 00:42:38,523 --> 00:42:40,108 There. 396 00:42:42,819 --> 00:42:44,404 Oh, yeah? 397 00:42:46,448 --> 00:42:49,451 A little, uh, infatuation? 398 00:42:49,618 --> 00:42:51,578 Chub, who is that? 399 00:42:52,287 --> 00:42:53,914 Jessie Burns. 400 00:42:54,081 --> 00:42:57,960 From Wolf Creek. She got a brother went to Hollywood. 401 00:42:58,168 --> 00:43:00,504 Jessie Burns. 402 00:43:08,929 --> 00:43:10,806 Excuse me. Would you like to dance? 403 00:43:10,973 --> 00:43:14,101 Would you be a doll and get us a drink? 404 00:43:14,309 --> 00:43:16,561 Jessie, who's that? 405 00:43:38,834 --> 00:43:40,127 Here you are. 406 00:43:44,756 --> 00:43:49,177 - Here you go. - Oh, great. Life-saver! 407 00:43:49,344 --> 00:43:52,639 Oops! How ladylike 408 00:43:54,933 --> 00:43:59,062 I'll have to be careful. I'll wipe off all the powder. 409 00:43:59,229 --> 00:44:02,524 Phantom Of The Opera! 410 00:44:07,779 --> 00:44:10,198 411 00:44:10,407 --> 00:44:13,285 412 00:44:13,452 --> 00:44:15,454 413 00:44:15,621 --> 00:44:19,249 414 00:44:20,292 --> 00:44:24,254 You know, I heard, uh, Louis Armstrong sing, this, uh, song once... 415 00:44:24,421 --> 00:44:26,673 ...in a little speak in Greenwich Village, New York. 416 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,675 Really? 417 00:44:29,217 --> 00:44:31,803 Best jazz in the world. Coloured jazz, you know? 418 00:44:32,012 --> 00:44:33,972 The real McCoy, not like, uh... 419 00:44:34,139 --> 00:44:37,225 ...Paul Whiteman of the Cliquot Club Eskimos. 420 00:44:37,392 --> 00:44:40,479 My mother loves the Cliquot Club Eskimos. 421 00:44:43,231 --> 00:44:45,192 Does she? 422 00:44:46,026 --> 00:44:50,697 423 00:45:03,210 --> 00:45:04,127 Dance? 424 00:45:07,422 --> 00:45:08,715 Yeah. 425 00:45:08,924 --> 00:45:11,718 Rain, rain, rain! 426 00:45:11,885 --> 00:45:13,553 Let the fireworks begin! 427 00:45:15,681 --> 00:45:17,099 Come on! 428 00:45:17,265 --> 00:45:19,518 Come on, Jessie! 429 00:45:19,685 --> 00:45:21,311 Jessie! 430 00:45:31,822 --> 00:45:34,157 I have a wonderful idea. 431 00:45:34,283 --> 00:45:38,161 What better lesson for those girls than a trip to the reservation? 432 00:45:38,328 --> 00:45:42,833 To learn a real Christian lesson in giving. Hm? Don't you think? 433 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,085 I'll organise it. Don't lift a finger. 434 00:45:45,294 --> 00:45:50,132 Ah, thank you, Eva. This is the most charitable idea I've heard in years. 435 00:45:51,675 --> 00:45:54,678 Do you know those Indian children don't even have shoes, Norman? 436 00:45:54,845 --> 00:45:56,930 - Mm? - Are you waiting for the phone? 437 00:45:57,139 --> 00:46:00,017 - No, I don't have to. - No, you go ahead. 438 00:46:00,183 --> 00:46:04,938 - OK. If you need to use it... - No, no, no, I have work to do. 439 00:46:05,147 --> 00:46:06,940 OK. 440 00:46:17,326 --> 00:46:19,494 Hello, Mrs Hatcher. 441 00:46:23,332 --> 00:46:25,417 Hello, Mrs Hatcher. I'd like... 442 00:46:25,626 --> 00:46:29,087 Oh, she's fine. I'd like... 443 00:46:29,254 --> 00:46:32,633 Yes, they're fine, everybody's fine. They're all fine, Mrs Hatcher. 444 00:46:32,841 --> 00:46:36,053 I'd like the Burns residence, Wolf Creek, please. 445 00:46:37,346 --> 00:46:40,474 Yes, Mrs Hatcher, I know it's long-distance. 446 00:46:41,642 --> 00:46:43,477 Thank you. 447 00:46:46,438 --> 00:46:48,398 Hello. 448 00:46:48,815 --> 00:46:50,859 Is Jessie there? 449 00:46:51,818 --> 00:46:56,156 Oh, this is Norman Maclean, but I don't think she... 450 00:46:58,617 --> 00:47:00,410 Hello. 451 00:47:03,455 --> 00:47:06,667 No, I'm the one who brought you the drink. 452 00:47:10,545 --> 00:47:14,508 No, we didn't get a chance. The fireworks started and... 453 00:47:14,758 --> 00:47:16,551 Well... 454 00:47:16,718 --> 00:47:18,887 We talked about music. 455 00:47:21,014 --> 00:47:25,852 And I said I heard Louis Armstrong sing the... 456 00:47:28,188 --> 00:47:30,148 Yeah, that's me. 457 00:47:30,899 --> 00:47:33,318 Yeah, I was just a little nervous. Mm? 458 00:47:33,527 --> 00:47:35,278 Well, because... 459 00:47:37,114 --> 00:47:39,157 ...you're so je ne sais quoi. 460 00:47:44,371 --> 00:47:46,123 I thought maybe I could come over... 461 00:47:46,290 --> 00:47:49,293 ...and listen to the Cliquot Club Eskimos with your mother. 462 00:47:50,335 --> 00:47:53,088 Yes. 463 00:47:56,842 --> 00:48:00,220 Well, I called because I wanted to see you again. 464 00:48:03,598 --> 00:48:07,060 Well, um, how about Saturday? 465 00:48:08,687 --> 00:48:10,605 Uh... eight? 466 00:48:12,524 --> 00:48:14,192 OK! 467 00:48:17,154 --> 00:48:18,530 OK. 468 00:48:19,531 --> 00:48:21,700 Then I'll see you then. 469 00:48:22,618 --> 00:48:24,119 Bye. 470 00:48:39,009 --> 00:48:40,469 I could do that again! 471 00:48:42,220 --> 00:48:44,014 Hey, here they are! 472 00:48:47,142 --> 00:48:48,602 Brother! 473 00:48:49,686 --> 00:48:51,772 - Hi. - Hi. 474 00:48:51,938 --> 00:48:54,274 Jessie, this is my baby brother, Paul. 475 00:48:54,441 --> 00:48:58,487 - And this is Monasetah. - Mabel. 476 00:48:59,363 --> 00:49:00,572 Hi. 477 00:49:01,698 --> 00:49:02,824 Shall we? 478 00:49:08,830 --> 00:49:10,874 - What do you say, Pauley? - Hey, Pauley! 479 00:49:11,041 --> 00:49:12,459 Murph! 480 00:49:12,626 --> 00:49:14,586 - Preacher! - Preacher? 481 00:49:14,753 --> 00:49:16,171 How are you, Murph? 482 00:49:16,338 --> 00:49:18,215 Long time, long time. 483 00:49:18,382 --> 00:49:20,050 Good to see you. 484 00:49:20,217 --> 00:49:24,638 Uh, you know the house rules as good as I do, Paul. 485 00:49:25,806 --> 00:49:28,392 No Injuns. Period. 486 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,728 I just flat don't like the house rules, Murph. 487 00:49:31,937 --> 00:49:33,689 Me neither. 488 00:49:37,109 --> 00:49:40,237 Well, what are you gonna make me do here, Pauley? 489 00:49:40,445 --> 00:49:43,407 Just get us a table, for four. 490 00:49:53,834 --> 00:49:56,086 - Last time, Paul. - Hello, Judge. 491 00:49:56,253 --> 00:49:57,546 Paul. 492 00:49:57,713 --> 00:50:01,508 Oh, you can get him back. Get drunk and dance naked on his tables. 493 00:50:01,717 --> 00:50:04,303 And beat hell out of the son of a bitch! 494 00:50:04,469 --> 00:50:05,762 495 00:50:10,976 --> 00:50:12,936 - My darling! - Hi, Paul. 496 00:50:17,024 --> 00:50:20,736 They got some swell hooch here. They even wash the glasses. 497 00:50:35,334 --> 00:50:36,752 Drink? 498 00:50:36,918 --> 00:50:39,338 What'll it be, Je... Jessie? 499 00:50:39,546 --> 00:50:42,507 Uh, I'll have a martini, Paul. It is Paul? 500 00:50:44,635 --> 00:50:47,387 Righty-ho! The usual for Norm... 501 00:50:47,554 --> 00:50:49,097 ...a gin and prune juice. 502 00:50:49,264 --> 00:50:51,516 Make that a double! 503 00:50:51,683 --> 00:50:53,393 Excuse me! 504 00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:55,646 I'd like to order a drink, too. 505 00:50:55,854 --> 00:50:57,856 Whisky... double. 506 00:51:03,987 --> 00:51:07,199 So, uh... what are you doing now, Mabel? 507 00:51:08,325 --> 00:51:10,369 I sell bait. 508 00:51:13,914 --> 00:51:16,583 You know, you have the most beautiful hair I've ever seen. 509 00:51:19,127 --> 00:51:23,882 - You think I should get it bobbed? - No, no, not in a million years. 510 00:51:30,555 --> 00:51:33,141 - Well... - The candle burns at both ends. 511 00:51:33,350 --> 00:51:35,185 It will not last the night. 512 00:51:35,352 --> 00:51:39,940 But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, it gives a lovely light. 513 00:51:42,401 --> 00:51:44,653 That's... nice. 514 00:51:58,875 --> 00:52:02,671 How about "To my editor, the old fa... the old curmudgeon. " Excuse me. 515 00:52:02,838 --> 00:52:05,090 You know, he took me off the Anaconda story. 516 00:52:05,257 --> 00:52:07,175 I'm a reporter at the Bee. 517 00:52:07,342 --> 00:52:08,927 - I know. - How do you know? 518 00:52:09,094 --> 00:52:10,679 Oh, I'm famous. 519 00:52:10,846 --> 00:52:12,472 The Fishing Newspaperman. 520 00:52:12,639 --> 00:52:15,225 - You know he fishes, too? - I thought everybody knew. 521 00:52:15,434 --> 00:52:17,602 Brother, you've been away a long time. 522 00:52:17,811 --> 00:52:19,521 I'd say so. 523 00:52:19,688 --> 00:52:22,357 - Anyway, it seems my editor... - The old curmudgeon! 524 00:52:22,524 --> 00:52:27,029 Yes, exactly. Has been getting calls. No names, just threats. 525 00:52:27,237 --> 00:52:28,864 Real threats? 526 00:52:29,031 --> 00:52:32,576 Well, it's nice to know you're touching a nerve, but... 527 00:52:32,743 --> 00:52:35,704 - Well, what did they say? - Mm? 528 00:52:35,871 --> 00:52:38,123 - What did they say? - Mm? 529 00:52:38,290 --> 00:52:41,376 - What did they say? - You'll have to cut it out of him. 530 00:52:41,543 --> 00:52:43,211 The usual. 531 00:52:43,378 --> 00:52:46,340 "The boys are gonna have to come down and pay me a little visit. " 532 00:52:46,506 --> 00:52:49,343 Ah! "Fit you with a pair of concrete galoshes, see?" 533 00:52:49,509 --> 00:52:51,345 Exactly. 534 00:52:53,013 --> 00:52:54,973 I have to dance. 535 00:52:59,311 --> 00:53:01,730 536 00:53:06,985 --> 00:53:08,278 Hey, hey! 537 00:53:09,905 --> 00:53:11,198 Watch out! 538 00:53:12,282 --> 00:53:13,408 Wow! 539 00:53:42,729 --> 00:53:45,816 And now, the Muskrat Ramble! 540 00:53:45,983 --> 00:53:47,734 541 00:53:49,278 --> 00:53:51,321 Watch it! Hey! 542 00:53:51,488 --> 00:53:53,448 Get out of it! 543 00:54:23,103 --> 00:54:26,398 544 00:54:31,194 --> 00:54:34,906 I'm nowhere near as good as my brother, but would you do me the honour? 545 00:54:35,115 --> 00:54:37,117 I'd love to. 546 00:55:16,281 --> 00:55:22,329 "Dear Jessie, as the moon lingers a moment over the Bitterroots... 547 00:55:22,537 --> 00:55:24,790 ...before its descent into the invisible... 548 00:55:25,749 --> 00:55:28,001 ...my mind is filled with song. " 549 00:55:28,835 --> 00:55:31,254 "I find I am humming softly... 550 00:55:31,463 --> 00:55:34,049 ...not to the music, but something else. " 551 00:55:35,467 --> 00:55:37,552 "Someplace else. " 552 00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:40,514 "A place remembered. " 553 00:55:40,681 --> 00:55:44,059 "A field of grass, where no-one seemed to have been... 554 00:55:44,226 --> 00:55:46,019 ...except the deer. " 555 00:55:46,186 --> 00:55:49,398 "The memory is strengthened by the feeling of you... 556 00:55:49,564 --> 00:55:52,317 ...dancing in my awkward arms. " 557 00:55:52,651 --> 00:55:54,569 "Norman. " 558 00:56:10,210 --> 00:56:11,795 Yes? 559 00:56:13,422 --> 00:56:15,465 - What's wrong? - Who is it? 560 00:56:17,009 --> 00:56:19,845 It's OK, Mother! Who is this? 561 00:56:33,734 --> 00:56:37,362 I'm, uh, Norman Maclean. 562 00:56:37,571 --> 00:56:40,449 Ah, he doesn't have to post bond. 563 00:56:40,616 --> 00:56:42,784 He covers the police beat and has friends here. 564 00:56:42,951 --> 00:56:45,203 All you have to do is look at him and take him home. 565 00:56:46,163 --> 00:56:48,123 What did he do? 566 00:56:48,290 --> 00:56:52,002 He hit a guy and a guy is missing a couple of teeth. 567 00:56:52,169 --> 00:56:53,128 Why did he hit him? 568 00:56:55,172 --> 00:56:57,341 It says here a remark was passed... 569 00:56:57,507 --> 00:57:00,344 ...concerning the Indian woman he was with. 570 00:57:00,510 --> 00:57:02,471 Well, the guy deserved it. 571 00:57:04,389 --> 00:57:06,558 You're picking your brother up too much lately. 572 00:57:09,811 --> 00:57:11,855 Is that right? 573 00:57:12,022 --> 00:57:14,733 Besides, he's behind in the big stud poker game at Lolo. 574 00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:18,111 It's not healthy to get behind in that big game at Lolo. 575 00:57:21,323 --> 00:57:24,451 - Is he hurt? - He's not hurt, he's just sick. 576 00:57:24,618 --> 00:57:26,870 He drinks too much. 577 00:57:27,079 --> 00:57:30,207 Down at Lolo, they don't drink too much. 578 00:57:36,338 --> 00:57:39,049 You better go in and get your brother. 579 00:58:13,875 --> 00:58:17,254 580 00:58:18,338 --> 00:58:21,967 581 00:58:22,884 --> 00:58:25,220 582 00:58:26,221 --> 00:58:28,557 583 00:58:29,891 --> 00:58:32,394 584 00:58:32,561 --> 00:58:36,815 singing this song 585 00:58:37,649 --> 00:58:40,652 586 00:59:36,959 --> 00:59:41,630 If you need any money, Paul, or anything else... 587 00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:45,759 ...I want you to know that... - She lives past the slaughterhouse. 588 00:59:50,430 --> 00:59:52,432 I can help. 589 00:59:55,894 --> 00:59:57,854 Turn here. 590 01:00:08,740 --> 01:00:12,369 591 01:00:25,382 --> 01:00:27,551 Come here, Queenie, come here! 592 01:00:30,971 --> 01:00:32,806 I got it! Whoo, whoo, whoo! 593 01:00:53,243 --> 01:00:55,120 Look at that! Ha! 594 01:00:55,287 --> 01:00:59,458 Well, the chickens haven't come home to roost yet, Al. 595 01:01:05,922 --> 01:01:07,466 Not bad. 596 01:01:09,926 --> 01:01:12,721 - Are you all right, Norman? - Clara. 597 01:01:12,888 --> 01:01:15,682 - Was that your jelly? - Yes, it was, Ethel. 598 01:01:15,849 --> 01:01:16,767 - It's wonderful. - Thank you so much. 599 01:01:16,975 --> 01:01:19,144 - And is this Norman? - Yes, it is. 600 01:01:19,353 --> 01:01:21,396 Yes, we're very proud of him. 601 01:01:21,563 --> 01:01:23,982 - Nice to have you back. - Thank you. 602 01:01:24,191 --> 01:01:26,944 Her daughter has turned into quite a beauty. 603 01:01:27,110 --> 01:01:29,988 And there she is over there. Twenty only a week ago. 604 01:01:30,155 --> 01:01:31,990 She's bright as a light, Norman. 605 01:01:33,283 --> 01:01:34,201 Mother... 606 01:01:34,409 --> 01:01:37,079 Mr Murchison! How are you? 607 01:01:38,705 --> 01:01:40,582 How are you? 608 01:01:40,749 --> 01:01:43,752 - How are you? - Oh, quite well, thank you. 609 01:01:43,919 --> 01:01:45,712 Good, good. 610 01:01:45,879 --> 01:01:47,965 And this is Paul? 611 01:01:48,131 --> 01:01:49,925 No, this is Norman. 612 01:01:50,092 --> 01:01:53,387 - Norman. - Oh, Norman! 613 01:01:53,595 --> 01:01:57,307 - You're looking good. - Yes, hasn't he grown up? 614 01:01:57,474 --> 01:02:01,812 - You're looking so good. - Oh, Paul's here. Come on! 615 01:02:02,521 --> 01:02:05,899 I'm sorry, Mother. I have to meet Jessie Burns' family at the station. 616 01:02:06,108 --> 01:02:07,484 Her brother Neal's coming from California. 617 01:02:07,651 --> 01:02:09,569 Oh, well now. 618 01:02:09,736 --> 01:02:13,031 - So I'm late. - Should we have this girl over to dinner? 619 01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:15,409 Perhaps, Mother. 620 01:02:30,340 --> 01:02:31,842 - Hello! - Howdy! 621 01:02:32,009 --> 01:02:33,010 Mother! 622 01:02:40,767 --> 01:02:42,728 - Paul! - Well, well... 623 01:02:42,894 --> 01:02:44,396 Hey, Maclean! 624 01:02:44,563 --> 01:02:45,605 - Paul. - Maclean. 625 01:02:45,814 --> 01:02:48,609 - Let me borrow those a moment. - Sure, why not? 626 01:02:48,694 --> 01:02:49,654 Hello, Father. 627 01:02:49,862 --> 01:02:53,407 Come here, come here! 628 01:03:10,174 --> 01:03:12,260 - Yes, you are! - No! 629 01:03:13,261 --> 01:03:16,389 The Burns family ran a general store in a one-store town... 630 01:03:16,556 --> 01:03:19,267 ...and still managed to do badly. 631 01:03:20,810 --> 01:03:22,103 This is Norman. 632 01:03:22,270 --> 01:03:23,563 They were Methodists... 633 01:03:23,771 --> 01:03:27,900 ...a denomination my father always referred to as "Baptists who could read". 634 01:03:28,067 --> 01:03:31,529 - Glad to know you. It's a pleasure. - This is my mother. 635 01:03:31,696 --> 01:03:34,615 It's a pleasure to meet you, Norman. Jessie tells me you're a poet. 636 01:03:34,782 --> 01:03:36,617 Are you related to the Fishing Newspaperman? 637 01:03:36,784 --> 01:03:38,161 That's my brother. 638 01:03:38,327 --> 01:03:40,913 - Jessie says you just got your degree. - Yes. 639 01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:43,416 Jessie was at the university. She was majoring in... 640 01:03:43,624 --> 01:03:44,542 Flapperism. 641 01:03:44,750 --> 01:03:47,753 Wasn't it? 642 01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:51,007 - She dropped out. - Aunt Sally! 643 01:03:51,174 --> 01:03:53,259 She can learn from you. Stick-to-activity. 644 01:03:53,426 --> 01:03:56,095 Oh, now, just let the young man breathe. 645 01:03:56,262 --> 01:03:58,347 He's not used to all this. He's a Presbyterian. 646 01:04:01,559 --> 01:04:04,645 Ooh, he's here! He's here! 647 01:04:21,287 --> 01:04:23,623 Jessie's brother Neal stepped off the train... 648 01:04:23,831 --> 01:04:26,417 ...trying to remember what a Davis Cup tennis player looked like. 649 01:04:26,584 --> 01:04:30,213 - You look so good! - He looks a little thin! 650 01:04:30,379 --> 01:04:33,674 You look great! You look great! 651 01:04:33,841 --> 01:04:36,677 Neal, this is Norman. Norman, my brother Neal. 652 01:04:36,844 --> 01:04:39,263 Hello, boy. 653 01:04:39,430 --> 01:04:41,766 What, did you sit up all night on that thing? 654 01:04:41,974 --> 01:04:44,143 Did you get my card from Yellowstone? 655 01:04:44,352 --> 01:04:46,229 - I did. I got that. - What do you think about this tie? 656 01:04:46,395 --> 01:04:49,190 Come on, guys. Let him breathe. He just got here. 657 01:04:49,357 --> 01:04:51,442 - Let's go eat. - That's a good idea! 658 01:04:51,651 --> 01:04:53,653 I got some chicken salad sandwiches in the car... 659 01:04:53,820 --> 01:04:56,322 ...and I've got some baking chickens at home. 660 01:04:56,531 --> 01:04:59,659 Mrs Miller has given us some cherries so I can make your favourite pie. 661 01:04:59,826 --> 01:05:02,745 Mrs Miller's still alive? 662 01:05:04,622 --> 01:05:06,541 Not the home-made beer! 663 01:05:06,707 --> 01:05:08,793 It was a good year! 664 01:05:09,293 --> 01:05:14,048 Over the lips, past the gums, look out stomach, here she comes! 665 01:05:15,758 --> 01:05:17,718 So what's the first station out there now? 666 01:05:17,885 --> 01:05:21,764 When I travelled that way, San Berdoo was there. 667 01:05:21,973 --> 01:05:25,518 San Berdoo and a lot of sand, and a lot of desert... 668 01:05:25,726 --> 01:05:27,395 ...a hell of a lot of desert. 669 01:05:27,562 --> 01:05:29,897 We came back to Salt Lake City... 670 01:05:30,064 --> 01:05:33,067 ...and had to change at Salt Lake City. 671 01:05:33,234 --> 01:05:35,945 There was a little hotel there that used to... 672 01:05:36,112 --> 01:05:39,407 - Serve oysters. - ... serve oysters. 673 01:05:39,574 --> 01:05:43,453 - Norman, do you drink? Does he drink? - Oh, a little bit. 674 01:05:43,661 --> 01:05:46,456 Well, here's to the old fam-damn-ily! 675 01:05:46,622 --> 01:05:48,541 Fam-damn-ily! 676 01:05:48,708 --> 01:05:50,960 - Hear, hear! - Fam-damn-ily. 677 01:05:53,463 --> 01:05:56,591 He's just tired. It's a long trip. 678 01:05:56,757 --> 01:05:59,760 At least he still has his appetite! 679 01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:09,437 So how long you planning to stay, Neal? 680 01:06:11,314 --> 01:06:13,232 Sport! Sport, come here! 681 01:06:15,026 --> 01:06:18,404 I don't know. I miss the ocean. 682 01:06:18,613 --> 01:06:20,406 What's it like? 683 01:06:20,573 --> 01:06:23,618 Oh, it's big and it's blue. People ride on the waves. 684 01:06:23,785 --> 01:06:26,996 I tell you, I was getting pretty good at it! Ow! 685 01:06:27,205 --> 01:06:29,624 Down, man! Bad dog, bad! 686 01:06:29,791 --> 01:06:34,045 - Jeez, Ma! - Well, you get him so excited! 687 01:06:34,253 --> 01:06:35,546 Sport! 688 01:06:35,755 --> 01:06:38,716 Anyhoo, what was I... What was I talking about? 689 01:06:38,883 --> 01:06:40,176 - The water. - The ocean. 690 01:06:40,343 --> 01:06:42,136 Oh, yeah. Yes, yes, yes. 691 01:06:42,303 --> 01:06:44,347 So we'd ride those waves all day long, all the boys... 692 01:06:44,514 --> 01:06:46,933 ...Ramon, me, Ronnie Coleman. 693 01:06:47,141 --> 01:06:48,684 Ronald Coleman?! 694 01:06:48,851 --> 01:06:52,146 - Ronald Coleman? - I love Ronald Coleman. 695 01:06:52,355 --> 01:06:55,900 You know, people have told me I look like Ronald Coleman. 696 01:06:56,109 --> 01:07:00,780 - Yeah. - I can't picture him riding on waves. 697 01:07:06,994 --> 01:07:09,163 Some Kodak, huh? 698 01:07:10,289 --> 01:07:12,875 Well, Ma... 699 01:07:13,084 --> 01:07:14,836 ...it's been a long trip. 700 01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:22,051 Maybe you could go fishing with Norman sometime? 701 01:07:23,219 --> 01:07:25,888 - Hm? - Yeah, that's a good idea. 702 01:07:29,684 --> 01:07:30,726 Yeah. 703 01:07:30,935 --> 01:07:33,187 Wonderful. Wouldn't it be? 704 01:07:33,354 --> 01:07:34,564 Fishing? 705 01:07:34,730 --> 01:07:36,399 Well, you do fish? 706 01:07:36,566 --> 01:07:39,777 Course he does! He has a pole and everything. 707 01:07:39,944 --> 01:07:41,154 Oh, yes, everybody does. 708 01:07:41,362 --> 01:07:43,030 You betcha! 709 01:07:43,197 --> 01:07:46,993 - When's a good time for you, Norman? - Oh, uh, Friday? 710 01:07:47,201 --> 01:07:48,244 Friday's good. 711 01:07:48,453 --> 01:07:50,955 - Friday's good. - What time? 712 01:07:52,081 --> 01:07:53,458 Six? 713 01:07:53,624 --> 01:07:55,042 AM? 714 01:07:58,463 --> 01:08:02,008 Oh, yes. He'll be there. Won't you, honey? 715 01:08:02,175 --> 01:08:04,969 Thank you, Norman, that's very kind of you. 716 01:08:05,136 --> 01:08:06,053 Oh, my pleasure. 717 01:08:06,262 --> 01:08:08,055 And... and maybe Paul could come, too? 718 01:08:08,222 --> 01:08:10,641 Oh, that would be nice. 719 01:08:10,808 --> 01:08:13,728 I'm sure Paul would love to go fishing with us. 720 01:08:13,895 --> 01:08:18,065 - Can I come? - Oh, no, not this time, honey. 721 01:08:18,274 --> 01:08:23,446 Let's get these things outside. 722 01:08:30,995 --> 01:08:33,831 Why don't you go with Neal, Norman? 723 01:08:33,998 --> 01:08:35,666 So you can make your plans. 724 01:08:36,751 --> 01:08:38,711 Oh... yeah. 725 01:08:43,382 --> 01:08:47,261 The only plan Neal had in mind was a trip to Black Jack's Bar... 726 01:08:47,428 --> 01:08:50,223 ...which was simply an old freight car set in the woods... 727 01:08:50,389 --> 01:08:52,642 ...where any honest policeman would be unlikely to find it. 728 01:08:54,268 --> 01:08:57,271 So, it was this otter and her pups. 729 01:08:57,438 --> 01:09:01,776 Now, I had a hell of a time tracking 'em, because they turn white in the winter. 730 01:09:01,984 --> 01:09:05,947 After a few shots of the especially vile whisky brewed by Black Jack himself... 731 01:09:06,114 --> 01:09:08,199 ...Neal began to hold forth. 732 01:09:08,407 --> 01:09:12,995 He'd chosen Montana subjects to spin his lies about shooting, hiking, trapping... 733 01:09:13,204 --> 01:09:16,332 ...probably, I figure, to impress the only other client at the bar... 734 01:09:16,541 --> 01:09:19,043 ...a ploy that was beginning to pay off. 735 01:09:19,210 --> 01:09:23,798 Anyhoo, she tried to lose me again and again... 736 01:09:23,965 --> 01:09:26,384 She went by the name of Old Rawhide. 737 01:09:26,592 --> 01:09:30,638 About ten years before, she'd been elected beauty queen of Wolf Creek. 738 01:09:30,805 --> 01:09:35,309 She had ridden bareback standing up through the 100 inhabitants, mostly male. 739 01:09:35,518 --> 01:09:40,022 Her skirts flew high, and she won the contest. 740 01:09:40,231 --> 01:09:44,360 I couldn't feel my hands! I'm thinking about my dog, Sport, that's with me. 741 01:09:44,527 --> 01:09:46,571 I'm thinking "If it gets any colder... 742 01:09:46,737 --> 01:09:50,366 ...I just may have to slit him open and stick my hands in to keep 'em from freezing. " 743 01:09:50,533 --> 01:09:52,577 It would have been a tough thing to do. 744 01:09:52,743 --> 01:09:56,289 But I... Well, I did it before, up at the Yukon. 745 01:09:56,456 --> 01:09:58,624 God knows, I love that damn dog. 746 01:09:58,833 --> 01:10:01,627 She still wore the divided skirts of a horsewoman... 747 01:10:01,794 --> 01:10:04,380 ...although they must have been a hardship in her new profession. 748 01:10:04,547 --> 01:10:07,133 And there, on a branch... 749 01:10:07,341 --> 01:10:09,302 ...waiting to jump on the first deer... 750 01:10:09,469 --> 01:10:13,097 ...is the goddamn otter! 751 01:10:13,306 --> 01:10:15,349 Hey, buster... 752 01:10:15,516 --> 01:10:19,145 ...what's an otter doing on the top of Rogers Pass? 753 01:10:19,312 --> 01:10:22,273 I thought they swam down in the cricks. 754 01:10:24,609 --> 01:10:27,820 Jack, why don't you bring this lady a whisky? 755 01:10:27,987 --> 01:10:30,031 Well, I gotta shove off. 756 01:10:32,158 --> 01:10:34,327 Don't forget, old boy. Friday, fishing. 757 01:10:35,703 --> 01:10:36,996 What? 758 01:11:05,399 --> 01:11:06,776 What say? 759 01:11:06,943 --> 01:11:08,945 They said I'd find you at your other office. 760 01:11:09,112 --> 01:11:12,198 Yeah. Deadline. I can't work there. 761 01:11:15,576 --> 01:11:16,953 You come for a drink? 762 01:11:18,788 --> 01:11:20,832 Um... a favour. 763 01:11:27,213 --> 01:11:29,173 Go fishing with me? 764 01:11:31,175 --> 01:11:34,637 Sure. 765 01:11:36,055 --> 01:11:41,602 Well, that's marvy, because Jessie's got a brother in from California, and, um... 766 01:11:42,854 --> 01:11:45,731 I'm not gonna lie to you: He's a world champion peckerwood. 767 01:11:45,898 --> 01:11:48,484 - Bait fisherman? - He didn't say. 768 01:11:48,693 --> 01:11:51,028 Good Lord! George! 769 01:11:51,237 --> 01:11:54,115 He's going to show up with a coffee can full of worms. 770 01:11:54,282 --> 01:11:56,868 Red can. Hills Brothers. I'd lay a bet on it. 771 01:11:58,578 --> 01:12:00,830 I promised Jessie. 772 01:12:04,500 --> 01:12:06,461 Are you getting serious? 773 01:12:06,627 --> 01:12:07,753 What? 774 01:12:07,962 --> 01:12:12,133 You son of a bitch, you're getting serious. You and Jessie. Huh? 775 01:12:14,719 --> 01:12:17,805 - Well? - I don't know. 776 01:12:22,268 --> 01:12:24,270 Then I guess we ought to do it. 777 01:12:51,255 --> 01:12:54,300 Whoa! Whoa! 778 01:12:55,885 --> 01:12:57,261 Hi. 779 01:13:00,473 --> 01:13:02,642 As I live and breathe. 780 01:13:02,809 --> 01:13:04,894 Buster here wants to fish. 781 01:13:13,820 --> 01:13:15,113 You're late, Neal. 782 01:13:16,864 --> 01:13:19,450 Yeah, I, uh, didn't get in till late. 783 01:13:19,617 --> 01:13:22,745 Well, I didn't get in at all, but I was here. 784 01:13:22,954 --> 01:13:24,914 Neal, Paul. Paul, Neal. 785 01:13:25,081 --> 01:13:28,376 Neal, in Montana there are three things we're never late for: 786 01:13:28,584 --> 01:13:31,087 ...church, work, and fishing. 787 01:13:31,295 --> 01:13:32,588 Righty-ho. 788 01:13:33,381 --> 01:13:35,550 Anyhoo, this is... 789 01:13:35,758 --> 01:13:37,510 We've met. 790 01:13:41,639 --> 01:13:43,599 Don't go away. 791 01:13:54,402 --> 01:13:57,780 Watch the first step - it's a lulu. 792 01:14:06,873 --> 01:14:10,418 - So... - You ready to... Neal? 793 01:14:12,587 --> 01:14:14,630 - Neal! - What? 794 01:14:14,797 --> 01:14:16,632 Fishing. 795 01:14:22,930 --> 01:14:25,766 Buster wants to fish. 796 01:14:31,981 --> 01:14:34,066 Oh, Neal? What about the bait? 797 01:14:35,485 --> 01:14:38,196 Dumb Dora! 798 01:14:51,209 --> 01:14:54,420 We're not gonna catch anything, anyway. It's too damn hot. 799 01:14:54,629 --> 01:14:56,964 May he get three doses of clap. 800 01:14:57,465 --> 01:15:00,051 Sure glad I didn't go home and get some sleep! 801 01:15:05,014 --> 01:15:07,099 Where is he? 802 01:15:10,019 --> 01:15:11,687 God! 803 01:15:15,316 --> 01:15:17,652 We'll catch up. 804 01:15:17,819 --> 01:15:19,445 Yeah. 805 01:15:49,809 --> 01:15:51,727 I know, you've got twenty. 806 01:16:01,737 --> 01:16:03,448 Couldn't you find him? 807 01:16:03,614 --> 01:16:08,119 - To hell with him. - I thought we were supposed to help him. 808 01:16:08,286 --> 01:16:10,872 How the hell do you help that son of a bitch? 809 01:16:13,499 --> 01:16:15,460 By taking him fishing. 810 01:16:15,626 --> 01:16:18,463 He doesn't like fishing. 811 01:16:18,629 --> 01:16:21,132 He doesn't like Montana, and he sure as hell doesn't like me! 812 01:16:23,342 --> 01:16:28,347 Well, maybe what he likes is somebody trying to help him. 813 01:16:44,197 --> 01:16:46,199 You... You sank the beer, yeah? 814 01:16:46,365 --> 01:16:48,326 You bet your life. 815 01:16:49,660 --> 01:16:52,079 Yeah. 816 01:16:52,246 --> 01:16:54,332 OK, let's go! 817 01:17:01,672 --> 01:17:04,008 Oh, jeez! I can taste it! 818 01:17:09,806 --> 01:17:12,642 Shall we kill him? 819 01:17:18,773 --> 01:17:21,109 Damn it! 820 01:17:21,317 --> 01:17:23,486 Holy Christ! 821 01:17:36,999 --> 01:17:39,085 This is not good. 822 01:17:39,252 --> 01:17:42,547 Well, she's got a tattoo. 823 01:17:42,713 --> 01:17:44,757 Well. 824 01:17:44,924 --> 01:17:47,343 - Initials? - No. 825 01:17:47,510 --> 01:17:49,428 Love. 826 01:17:56,978 --> 01:17:59,063 I can get in myself. 827 01:18:04,819 --> 01:18:07,947 Hey, you got anything to drink, buster? 828 01:18:08,114 --> 01:18:10,366 Uh, Buster's the one with the red ass. 829 01:18:22,837 --> 01:18:24,797 I'm in deep trouble. 830 01:18:24,964 --> 01:18:27,967 Yeah. You want me to come over and protect you? 831 01:18:28,134 --> 01:18:30,386 I'm sure Mrs Burns would love to meet the girlfriend. 832 01:18:30,553 --> 01:18:32,638 I ain't burned! 833 01:18:32,847 --> 01:18:35,016 The sun don't bother me! 834 01:18:36,726 --> 01:18:38,811 Yeah. 835 01:18:39,020 --> 01:18:43,191 What do you think about me spending the night with you and the folks? 836 01:18:43,399 --> 01:18:46,527 We'll come back here tomorrow, wipe this day off the books. 837 01:18:46,736 --> 01:18:48,529 It's a deal. 838 01:18:48,696 --> 01:18:52,492 Come on, buster! I'm as dry as dirt. 839 01:18:52,700 --> 01:18:54,619 Hark, fair Juliet speaks. 840 01:18:58,498 --> 01:19:01,167 Good luck! 841 01:19:18,184 --> 01:19:19,811 Ow! 842 01:19:19,977 --> 01:19:21,896 Ow! Aagh! 843 01:19:24,816 --> 01:19:27,735 Sweet Jesus! 844 01:19:27,902 --> 01:19:30,321 What have you done to my boy? 845 01:19:30,530 --> 01:19:33,116 Don't... Aagh! 846 01:19:33,282 --> 01:19:35,785 - What...? - He fell asleep in the sun. 847 01:19:40,581 --> 01:19:44,043 Oh, my Lord in heaven! It's all right. 848 01:19:44,252 --> 01:19:46,212 It's all right, we'll fix it. 849 01:19:46,379 --> 01:19:48,381 We'll fix it. 850 01:19:54,679 --> 01:19:56,472 You left him alone, Norman? 851 01:19:56,639 --> 01:19:58,808 He was... He brought someone... 852 01:19:58,975 --> 01:20:00,810 ...and, uh... 853 01:20:00,977 --> 01:20:03,020 I think you better go home. 854 01:20:21,330 --> 01:20:23,124 I need a ride home. 855 01:20:50,943 --> 01:20:53,279 You better hang on! 856 01:20:53,446 --> 01:20:54,822 What are you do...? 857 01:21:20,890 --> 01:21:23,226 I don't think you, uh... 858 01:21:23,434 --> 01:21:27,605 They send trains down here all the time, you know, without a schedule. 859 01:21:28,981 --> 01:21:31,234 You're not, uh... 860 01:21:33,653 --> 01:21:35,613 I don't think they can see us in here. 861 01:22:46,017 --> 01:22:48,519 Well, thanks for the flight. 862 01:22:52,482 --> 01:22:54,442 You know, you're funny. 863 01:22:54,609 --> 01:22:57,028 Oh? How am I funny? 864 01:22:58,446 --> 01:23:01,741 You, uh... You don't like my brother, do you? 865 01:23:06,621 --> 01:23:09,040 No, I do not like your brother. 866 01:23:12,877 --> 01:23:15,213 Look, I don't know any card tricks, Jess... 867 01:23:15,379 --> 01:23:17,340 ...but I like you. 868 01:23:17,673 --> 01:23:19,926 And I wanna see you again. 869 01:23:27,809 --> 01:23:30,144 Hey! 870 01:23:30,353 --> 01:23:33,898 - Hello, Jess. - Hey, Paul. 871 01:23:34,107 --> 01:23:37,985 - How's your brother? - You, uh... You both left him alone. 872 01:23:38,152 --> 01:23:40,571 Well, I'm sorry about that. That was my fault. 873 01:23:40,738 --> 01:23:43,074 Well, you're not forgiven. 874 01:23:43,616 --> 01:23:45,785 Was Norman forgiven? 875 01:23:45,952 --> 01:23:48,454 Norman's not funny. 876 01:23:51,624 --> 01:23:54,418 Whoo! 877 01:24:03,678 --> 01:24:06,180 And I hung fresh towels on the washstand for you. 878 01:24:06,931 --> 01:24:08,724 Won't you remember to powder my toothbrush, Mother? 879 01:24:08,850 --> 01:24:10,393 Oh! 880 01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:13,312 Now let Paul tell his latest story. 881 01:24:13,479 --> 01:24:16,607 Oh, yes, which one? The murder, the wreck or the fire? 882 01:24:16,774 --> 01:24:19,527 I think they should put you on church beat. 883 01:24:19,694 --> 01:24:21,487 I agree, I agree. 884 01:24:21,654 --> 01:24:25,700 Quote: "The Reverend Maclean had quite a nice roast while dining with his family. " 885 01:24:25,867 --> 01:24:28,911 "All except for the poor elder son... 886 01:24:29,078 --> 01:24:31,080 ...enjoyed it immensely. " 887 01:24:31,914 --> 01:24:34,500 - Norman, what's the matter? - He's not funny. 888 01:24:34,709 --> 01:24:37,211 - Pardon me? - He's not funny. 889 01:24:39,297 --> 01:24:43,009 Uh, well, there are more important accomplishments, Norman. 890 01:24:43,217 --> 01:24:44,886 Mm-hm. It's all right if you're dull, Norman. 891 01:24:45,052 --> 01:24:47,221 No! 892 01:24:47,430 --> 01:24:49,265 We're very proud of you. 893 01:24:50,391 --> 01:24:52,977 Well, I do have one story. 894 01:24:53,186 --> 01:24:54,395 No murder, no mayhem. 895 01:24:54,562 --> 01:24:57,690 I interviewed the President. 896 01:25:00,318 --> 01:25:02,361 - Calvin Coolidge? - The President? 897 01:25:02,528 --> 01:25:05,031 Mr Coolidge? 898 01:25:05,239 --> 01:25:06,365 - When? - A few days ago. 899 01:25:06,574 --> 01:25:08,284 He was in Dakota... fly-fishing. 900 01:25:08,451 --> 01:25:10,286 Fly-fishing! 901 01:25:10,453 --> 01:25:13,498 Fly-fishing in a suit and tie, white gloves and patent leather shoes. 902 01:25:13,664 --> 01:25:17,043 So I asked him. I went right up to him. 903 01:25:17,210 --> 01:25:20,838 I said "Excuse me, sir, can you tell me what they're biting on?" 904 01:25:21,005 --> 01:25:23,716 He turns around, looks at me, and says "The end of my line. " 905 01:25:23,883 --> 01:25:26,469 - What? - The end of my line. 906 01:25:29,013 --> 01:25:31,432 Then a bunch of the locals came running over... 907 01:25:31,599 --> 01:25:34,352 ...tied on some new-fangled fly the size of a chicken. 908 01:25:34,519 --> 01:25:36,604 Old Cal, he heaves it out there. 909 01:25:36,813 --> 01:25:40,274 Figured if he can't catch a trout, by God, he's gonna scare one to death. 910 01:25:44,112 --> 01:25:45,655 Did you get a picture? 911 01:25:45,822 --> 01:25:47,865 Oh, yeah. It'll be in the Sunday paper. 912 01:25:48,032 --> 01:25:50,284 "Closed Mouth Cal Communes With The Croppies. " 913 01:25:54,080 --> 01:25:55,748 Ugh! 914 01:25:59,502 --> 01:26:01,462 Mother, that was amazing. 915 01:26:01,629 --> 01:26:04,132 Yeah, he usually only eats what he can hit on the road. 916 01:26:04,298 --> 01:26:06,384 That was funny. 917 01:26:06,551 --> 01:26:10,721 - You know, I do worry about you, Paul. - I think I'm gonna run over and... 918 01:26:10,930 --> 01:26:14,225 - What? - What? 919 01:26:16,144 --> 01:26:19,439 Oh, I was just gonna say... 920 01:26:19,647 --> 01:26:23,818 ...I thought I'd go out and meet some of the old pals, being in town and all. 921 01:26:27,697 --> 01:26:31,868 Don't you wait up. I'm planning on eating the rest of this when nobody's looking. 922 01:27:03,107 --> 01:27:07,361 I understand he's changed the spelling of our name. 923 01:27:08,613 --> 01:27:11,115 "MacLean", with a capital L. 924 01:27:12,116 --> 01:27:15,912 Now everyone will think we're Lowland Scots. 925 01:27:32,220 --> 01:27:33,513 Howdy, Norman. 926 01:27:35,890 --> 01:27:37,850 Hi, there, Mr Sweeney. 927 01:27:38,017 --> 01:27:41,646 Who do you know at the University of Chicago? 928 01:27:44,440 --> 01:27:47,360 Chicken in the car. The car won't go. 929 01:27:47,527 --> 01:27:50,488 That's how you spell "Chi-ca-go"! 930 01:28:02,959 --> 01:28:08,756 "Hath elsewhere it's setting, and cometh from afar: 931 01:28:08,965 --> 01:28:13,302 Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, 932 01:28:13,469 --> 01:28:18,224 But trailing clouds of glory do we come 933 01:28:18,391 --> 01:28:19,600 From God, who is our home. " 934 01:28:19,767 --> 01:28:22,854 Nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass 935 01:28:23,020 --> 01:28:26,023 Of glory in the flower; We will grieve not 936 01:28:26,190 --> 01:28:30,319 Rather find strength in what remains behind; 937 01:28:30,486 --> 01:28:34,031 In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; 938 01:28:34,240 --> 01:28:37,285 In the soothing thoughts that spring out of human suffering; 939 01:28:37,452 --> 01:28:40,163 In the faith that looks through death 940 01:28:40,329 --> 01:28:43,875 Thanks to the human heart by which we live 941 01:28:44,083 --> 01:28:47,545 Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, its fears. 942 01:28:49,005 --> 01:28:52,383 To me, the meanest flower that blows 943 01:28:52,550 --> 01:28:57,930 Can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. 944 01:29:03,102 --> 01:29:05,772 Good luck, Son. We'll be rooting for you. 945 01:29:05,855 --> 01:29:06,856 There's sandwiches in here for you. 946 01:29:07,064 --> 01:29:10,693 It was one week ex actly before I spoke to Jessie again. 947 01:29:10,860 --> 01:29:13,863 She called to tell me that Neal was going back to California... 948 01:29:14,030 --> 01:29:16,449 ...and that he would appreciate me seeing him off. 949 01:29:16,616 --> 01:29:18,701 We love you, we love you. Good luck. 950 01:29:21,120 --> 01:29:24,665 Though I was surprised by the invitation, I asked only one question of Jessie. 951 01:29:24,874 --> 01:29:27,877 Did she want me to come? And she answered yes. 952 01:29:28,044 --> 01:29:30,797 I love you. Don't forget to write! 953 01:30:11,212 --> 01:30:14,590 If he came back next summer, would you try and help him? 954 01:30:14,799 --> 01:30:17,135 If he wanted me to, I would try. 955 01:30:17,635 --> 01:30:21,764 - Well, he's not coming back. - At least he's got friends out there. 956 01:30:21,931 --> 01:30:24,642 Who, Ronald Coleman? 957 01:30:34,318 --> 01:30:38,281 Why is it the people who need the most help... 958 01:30:38,489 --> 01:30:39,949 ...won't take it? 959 01:30:42,243 --> 01:30:44,287 I don't know, Jess. 960 01:30:49,792 --> 01:30:51,836 God. 961 01:30:52,003 --> 01:30:53,671 I don't... 962 01:30:53,838 --> 01:30:55,923 I don't cry, Norman. 963 01:31:11,731 --> 01:31:13,524 Can I show you something? 964 01:31:14,734 --> 01:31:17,236 Only if it's something good. 965 01:31:22,325 --> 01:31:23,993 Read. 966 01:31:34,128 --> 01:31:39,300 - So, what do you think? - What do I think? I think it's the berries! 967 01:31:39,509 --> 01:31:43,054 - You do? - Yeah. To get away... Chicago... 968 01:31:43,262 --> 01:31:44,097 God, it's heaven! 969 01:31:44,305 --> 01:31:47,183 - Have you ever been? - No, not anywhere. 970 01:31:47,350 --> 01:31:49,602 Helena! 971 01:31:49,811 --> 01:31:53,606 God, congratulations, Norman! 972 01:31:56,275 --> 01:31:58,611 The truth is, I'm not sure I wanna leave. 973 01:31:58,778 --> 01:32:03,449 Montana, why? It'll always be here. 974 01:32:03,616 --> 01:32:06,702 - Not Montana. - Then what? 975 01:32:08,412 --> 01:32:09,831 What? 976 01:32:11,707 --> 01:32:13,543 I'm not sure I wanna leave you. 977 01:32:38,484 --> 01:32:41,070 What do they know? I've just come from there. I'm having my liquid lunch. 978 01:32:41,279 --> 01:32:43,781 Watch it, Fred. I'm telling you, they're after you. 979 01:32:43,948 --> 01:32:44,991 You're all right if you're out of work. 980 01:32:47,660 --> 01:32:48,619 Well, now. 981 01:32:53,416 --> 01:32:55,668 Give us a couple of boilermakers, friend. 982 01:33:01,382 --> 01:33:03,134 Two up. 983 01:33:10,892 --> 01:33:12,351 Well... 984 01:33:12,518 --> 01:33:14,187 Here's to the heart, goddamn it. 985 01:33:14,353 --> 01:33:16,314 Oh, Lordy! 986 01:33:34,415 --> 01:33:36,834 I'm in love with Jessie Burns. 987 01:33:39,879 --> 01:33:41,964 Jesus Christ, Norm. 988 01:33:42,173 --> 01:33:43,841 With all the fish in the river. 989 01:33:44,008 --> 01:33:45,927 Well, not like her. 990 01:33:46,093 --> 01:33:48,096 Oh, right. 991 01:33:49,138 --> 01:33:51,307 Not like her. 992 01:33:53,851 --> 01:33:55,937 Congratulations. 993 01:33:56,979 --> 01:33:59,232 I'm real happy for ya. 994 01:34:02,110 --> 01:34:05,404 Well, goddamn it, let's get the hell out of here and celebrate. 995 01:34:05,571 --> 01:34:07,281 Done. 996 01:34:08,491 --> 01:34:10,201 997 01:34:10,660 --> 01:34:12,286 998 01:34:12,453 --> 01:34:13,871 999 01:34:14,038 --> 01:34:15,540 - It's a stinker. - What? 1000 01:34:16,374 --> 01:34:18,084 It stinks. 1001 01:34:18,251 --> 01:34:20,920 What do you mean? This is gonna be... It's a classic. 1002 01:34:21,087 --> 01:34:22,296 Oh, really? 1003 01:34:26,134 --> 01:34:29,345 1004 01:34:29,512 --> 01:34:33,224 1005 01:34:35,393 --> 01:34:39,439 Where are we? Where are we going? 1006 01:34:45,111 --> 01:34:47,071 - Lolo. - Yep. 1007 01:34:58,499 --> 01:35:03,171 I figured you felt lucky tonight. I could use some of the luck. 1008 01:35:10,428 --> 01:35:12,764 Jesus Christ! No, don't. 1009 01:35:12,930 --> 01:35:15,433 Don't be the professor tonight. 1010 01:35:16,309 --> 01:35:17,935 Norm... 1011 01:35:18,102 --> 01:35:19,395 Preacher? 1012 01:36:06,067 --> 01:36:07,610 Hello, Frank. 1013 01:36:07,777 --> 01:36:11,405 Well, my gal Sal. 1014 01:36:38,891 --> 01:36:41,060 Sal? Hey, Sal! 1015 01:36:42,770 --> 01:36:46,232 - Get a drink for my brother. - Bourbon. 1016 01:36:47,275 --> 01:36:49,861 In fact, how about a round on me? 1017 01:36:50,987 --> 01:36:52,947 He's in love. 1018 01:37:02,915 --> 01:37:03,958 Hang on. 1019 01:37:05,751 --> 01:37:07,712 Take care of him, Sal. 1020 01:37:15,553 --> 01:37:17,805 Not a good idea, Paul. 1021 01:37:21,017 --> 01:37:23,603 Fellas? Got a chair for me? 1022 01:37:23,770 --> 01:37:26,022 - Not for you, Paul. - Aw, come on, you know I'm good for it. 1023 01:37:31,277 --> 01:37:34,238 - What do you want? - What? 1024 01:37:35,698 --> 01:37:37,950 Cards? What? 1025 01:37:38,117 --> 01:37:40,453 Beat it. 1026 01:37:40,661 --> 01:37:42,288 What do you want? 1027 01:37:43,956 --> 01:37:44,582 Nothing. 1028 01:37:46,834 --> 01:37:49,837 A buck. I know Paul says he's paying, but... 1029 01:37:50,004 --> 01:37:51,214 OK! 1030 01:37:53,674 --> 01:37:55,635 OK, OK, OK. 1031 01:37:56,719 --> 01:37:59,931 No, no... Just... games. 1032 01:38:00,848 --> 01:38:01,808 Only games. 1033 01:38:02,016 --> 01:38:03,893 Let's go. Now. 1034 01:38:05,770 --> 01:38:07,939 Come on, we're getting outta here. 1035 01:38:08,147 --> 01:38:10,149 Righty-oh-ho-ho. 1036 01:38:16,697 --> 01:38:18,324 Bye-bye, sonny. 1037 01:38:31,838 --> 01:38:34,715 - I'm not leaving. - What? 1038 01:38:36,008 --> 01:38:38,594 These hands are hot, Norm. I can feel it. 1039 01:38:38,803 --> 01:38:40,972 What are you talking about? You can't go back in there! 1040 01:38:42,014 --> 01:38:44,434 Norm, it's fine. I'll be fine. 1041 01:38:44,642 --> 01:38:48,521 - But they won't even let you play! - Oh, yes, they will. 1042 01:38:48,729 --> 01:38:52,108 With what? You're in debt up to your goddamn neck! 1043 01:38:52,316 --> 01:38:54,735 Norm, it's my debt. 1044 01:38:56,737 --> 01:38:59,073 OK? It's my debt. 1045 01:39:02,326 --> 01:39:04,287 Jesus Christ! 1046 01:39:24,474 --> 01:39:25,892 Norm! 1047 01:39:26,434 --> 01:39:27,727 Norm! 1048 01:39:28,227 --> 01:39:30,813 Norm. 1049 01:39:31,564 --> 01:39:33,608 Hey. 1050 01:39:33,775 --> 01:39:36,819 I was thinking. We never got to go fishing again. 1051 01:39:36,986 --> 01:39:40,448 Maybe we can go tomorrow. We could get Dad to come along. 1052 01:39:41,866 --> 01:39:43,242 OK? 1053 01:39:44,452 --> 01:39:46,287 You ask him. 1054 01:39:48,915 --> 01:39:50,208 OK. 1055 01:39:52,502 --> 01:39:54,003 6.30. 1056 01:40:46,431 --> 01:40:50,309 Boy, something smells good out there! Morning, everybody. Morning! 1057 01:40:50,518 --> 01:40:52,770 - Want some muffins? - Perfect. 1058 01:40:52,937 --> 01:40:56,149 I'm so glad you could make it, with work and everything. 1059 01:40:56,357 --> 01:40:57,900 I wouldn't miss it. 1060 01:40:58,067 --> 01:41:00,319 What are you working on? Do you have any new stories to tell us? 1061 01:41:00,528 --> 01:41:03,489 A story? Hm... All righty. 1062 01:41:05,199 --> 01:41:07,160 Oh, jeez. 1063 01:41:09,203 --> 01:41:10,580 I have one. 1064 01:41:13,332 --> 01:41:14,959 What? 1065 01:41:15,960 --> 01:41:18,921 I've been offered a job at the University of Chicago. 1066 01:41:20,381 --> 01:41:21,591 Yes? 1067 01:41:22,800 --> 01:41:24,260 Teaching literature. 1068 01:41:25,052 --> 01:41:26,554 What? 1069 01:41:26,721 --> 01:41:28,973 Starting fall term. 1070 01:41:32,518 --> 01:41:34,604 I'm gonna take it. 1071 01:41:36,564 --> 01:41:37,440 Norman! 1072 01:41:43,404 --> 01:41:45,198 I am pleased. 1073 01:41:46,991 --> 01:41:49,911 Yes, I am pleased. 1074 01:41:52,163 --> 01:41:53,456 Well... 1075 01:41:54,415 --> 01:41:56,292 A professor? 1076 01:41:59,837 --> 01:42:01,798 A real professor. 1077 01:42:02,590 --> 01:42:04,342 Damnation! 1078 01:42:08,304 --> 01:42:10,264 I'm proud of you. 1079 01:42:23,986 --> 01:42:26,155 Now, you be sure to take pictures. 1080 01:42:29,534 --> 01:42:32,912 - We're gonna get some big fish. - Yes, we are! Let's go! 1081 01:42:43,548 --> 01:42:47,718 Remember those rocks we used to go to? 1082 01:42:47,927 --> 01:42:51,389 - Those were mean rocks. - Yeah, nearly a billion years old. 1083 01:42:51,597 --> 01:42:53,641 Half a billion. 1084 01:42:53,808 --> 01:42:55,351 Come on! 1085 01:42:58,855 --> 01:43:00,523 Well... 1086 01:43:01,357 --> 01:43:04,652 ...I, uh, believe the high road will suit me better. 1087 01:43:06,404 --> 01:43:08,322 Oh! 1088 01:43:11,993 --> 01:43:13,536 There was a time... 1089 01:43:13,703 --> 01:43:16,038 You'll make a killing! 1090 01:43:20,168 --> 01:43:22,128 He'll make a killing. 1091 01:43:23,713 --> 01:43:26,632 - Let's fish together today. - Good. 1092 01:45:28,254 --> 01:45:30,757 - What are they biting on? - What? 1093 01:45:32,633 --> 01:45:35,678 - What are they biting on? - Louder! 1094 01:45:37,597 --> 01:45:40,433 I said... 1095 01:45:40,975 --> 01:45:42,727 Bunyan Bugs! 1096 01:45:47,023 --> 01:45:49,358 Want me to bring you one? 1097 01:45:49,525 --> 01:45:51,778 No! I'll come and get it. 1098 01:46:06,459 --> 01:46:08,795 Bunyan Bug stonefly number two. 1099 01:46:09,003 --> 01:46:12,632 Thank you, O merciful professor of poetry and trout. 1100 01:46:40,827 --> 01:46:43,746 I'm going to ask Jessie to marry me. 1101 01:46:46,165 --> 01:46:47,583 Yes. 1102 01:46:50,086 --> 01:46:52,171 Quite a day. 1103 01:47:01,681 --> 01:47:03,766 Why don't you come with us to Chicago? 1104 01:47:10,356 --> 01:47:14,694 It's 2,000 miles away. They got more than a dozen papers there. 1105 01:47:14,861 --> 01:47:17,989 You'd be right in the middle of things. 1106 01:47:19,323 --> 01:47:20,741 What do you say? 1107 01:47:22,368 --> 01:47:23,995 Come with us. 1108 01:47:27,457 --> 01:47:30,042 Oh, I'll never leave Montana, Brother. 1109 01:49:20,653 --> 01:49:22,572 There! 1110 01:50:52,745 --> 01:50:54,622 Oh me, oh my! 1111 01:50:54,789 --> 01:50:57,041 Look at that fish! 1112 01:51:01,754 --> 01:51:03,714 Unbelievable. 1113 01:51:05,007 --> 01:51:08,719 At that moment, I knew, surely and clearly... 1114 01:51:08,886 --> 01:51:10,763 ...that I was witnessing perfection. 1115 01:51:13,307 --> 01:51:16,936 You... You are a fine fisherman. 1116 01:51:17,103 --> 01:51:20,398 Only need three more years before I can think like a fish. 1117 01:51:20,565 --> 01:51:23,943 You're already thinking like a dead stonefly. Picture. 1118 01:51:24,152 --> 01:51:25,528 Mother's pictures. 1119 01:51:25,695 --> 01:51:26,904 - Hurry up. - One. 1120 01:51:29,449 --> 01:51:30,950 Two. 1121 01:51:31,117 --> 01:51:34,412 My brother stood before us, not on a bank of the Big Blackfoot River... 1122 01:51:34,579 --> 01:51:36,831 ...but suspended above the earth... 1123 01:51:36,998 --> 01:51:40,626 ...free from all its laws, like a work of art. 1124 01:51:40,793 --> 01:51:43,045 Three! 1125 01:51:56,642 --> 01:51:59,645 And I knew just as surely and just as clearly... 1126 01:51:59,812 --> 01:52:01,898 ...that life is not a work of art... 1127 01:52:02,774 --> 01:52:05,651 ...and that the moment could not last. 1128 01:52:20,958 --> 01:52:23,377 And so when the police sergeant awakened me one morning... 1129 01:52:23,586 --> 01:52:25,505 ...just before Jessie and I left for Chicago... 1130 01:52:25,671 --> 01:52:27,924 ...I rose and asked no questions. 1131 01:52:58,663 --> 01:53:02,291 He drove me back home, down the length of the river... 1132 01:53:02,500 --> 01:53:04,669 ...so that I could tell my father and mother... 1133 01:53:04,877 --> 01:53:07,130 ...that Paul had been beaten to death by the butt of a revolver... 1134 01:53:07,338 --> 01:53:09,757 ...and his body dumped in an alley. 1135 01:53:52,592 --> 01:53:55,470 Is there anything else you can tell me? 1136 01:54:00,308 --> 01:54:03,436 Nearly all the bones in his hand were broken. 1137 01:54:22,497 --> 01:54:24,499 Which hand? 1138 01:54:27,084 --> 01:54:29,087 His right hand. 1139 01:55:03,746 --> 01:55:06,874 As time passed, my father struggled for more to hold on to... 1140 01:55:07,083 --> 01:55:11,045 ...asking me again and again, had I told him everything? 1141 01:55:11,212 --> 01:55:13,548 And finally, I said to him... 1142 01:55:13,756 --> 01:55:16,259 ..."Maybe all I really know about Paul... 1143 01:55:16,426 --> 01:55:18,678 ...is that he was a fine fisherman. " 1144 01:55:18,886 --> 01:55:22,265 "You know more than that," my father said. 1145 01:55:22,473 --> 01:55:24,058 "He was beautiful. " 1146 01:55:25,518 --> 01:55:29,772 And that was the last time we ever spoke of my brother's death. 1147 01:55:40,450 --> 01:55:43,661 Indirectly, though, Paul was always present in my father's thoughts. 1148 01:55:43,870 --> 01:55:48,875 I remember the last sermon I heard him give, not long before his own death. 1149 01:55:49,792 --> 01:55:51,669 Each one of us here today... 1150 01:55:51,836 --> 01:55:54,714 ...will at one time in our lives... 1151 01:55:54,881 --> 01:55:59,552 ...look upon a loved one in need and ask the same question. 1152 01:56:00,511 --> 01:56:05,099 "We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed?" 1153 01:56:07,226 --> 01:56:10,521 For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. 1154 01:56:10,688 --> 01:56:13,983 Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give... 1155 01:56:14,150 --> 01:56:18,279 ...or, more often than not, the part we have to give... 1156 01:56:18,446 --> 01:56:20,615 ...is not wanted. 1157 01:56:21,365 --> 01:56:24,410 And so it is those we live with and should know... 1158 01:56:24,577 --> 01:56:26,662 ...who elude us. 1159 01:56:28,831 --> 01:56:31,083 But we can still love them. 1160 01:56:31,667 --> 01:56:33,920 We can love completely... 1161 01:56:34,128 --> 01:56:37,340 ...without complete understanding. 1162 01:57:16,254 --> 01:57:21,342 Now, nearly all those I loved and did not understand in my youth are dead... 1163 01:57:21,509 --> 01:57:23,469 ...even Jessie. 1164 01:57:23,636 --> 01:57:25,721 But I still reach out to them. 1165 01:57:37,400 --> 01:57:40,528 Of course, now I'm too old to be much of a fisherman. 1166 01:57:41,028 --> 01:57:44,031 And now I usually fish the big waters alone... 1167 01:57:44,198 --> 01:57:46,701 ...although some friends think I shouldn't. 1168 01:57:54,709 --> 01:57:58,421 But when I am alone in the half-light of the canyon... 1169 01:57:58,629 --> 01:58:02,967 ...all existence seems to fade to a being with my soul and memories... 1170 01:58:03,634 --> 01:58:08,055 ...and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm... 1171 01:58:08,222 --> 01:58:10,725 ...and the hope that a fish will rise. 1172 01:58:23,946 --> 01:58:27,158 Eventually, all things merge into one... 1173 01:58:30,328 --> 01:58:32,914 ...and a river runs through it. 1174 01:58:38,961 --> 01:58:41,964 The river was cut by the world's great flood... 1175 01:58:42,131 --> 01:58:45,676 ...and runs over rocks from the basement of time. 1176 01:58:46,385 --> 01:58:49,931 And some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. 1177 01:58:50,598 --> 01:58:52,850 Under the rocks are the words... 1178 01:58:53,768 --> 01:58:56,270 ...and some of the words are theirs. 1179 01:59:05,947 --> 01:59:08,116 I am haunted by waters.