All language subtitles for Wild.River.1960.Bluray.english-sdh

And then we got out of the car

and we got swept
down the stream.

And we caught on a tree.

And my father-in-law
lost his footing

and asked me to
grab the little girl.

And she... I grabbed for her,
and I went at that time.

The little girl, too.

And shortly after that,
the little boy, he went.

And... And it wasn't
far after that

that my wife and father-in-law
and the baby, they went, too.

(STAMMERS)

The three children that
were lost, their ages...

The oldest was six years old,

and the middle one was four,
and the baby was three.

They haven't found the baby
and the oldest boy yet.

The little girl we have,
and that's all.

NARRATOR: To stop
the devastation, the waste,

the loss of life caused by the
Tennessee River at flood,

the Congress of the United
States on May 18, 1933,

created a vast new agency called
the Tennessee Valley Authority

or TVA, and authorized it
to build a series of dams

at chosen points
along this river.

At the same time,
the Tennessee Valley Authority

had to buy up all the land
along the shore of the river

and all the islands
in the course of the river.

There were some people who had lived
on this land for generations.

There were some people
who refused to sell

under any
persuasion whatsoever.

Garthville!

Hi. I'm Chuck Glover.

Oh. I'm Betty Jackson. I
was Mr. Biggs's secretary.

Oh. Do I inherit you, too?

Well, I don't know.

Mr. Biggs left so sudden,
he didn't say a thing.

You're inherited.
How do you do?

What... What desk should I use?

Well, that was Mr. Biggs' desk.

Thank you.

What's the matter?

I just thought they'd
send an older man.

No, they sent a younger one.
Shall we get to work?

I'll get the folder
on Garth Island.

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

I gather getting the old
lady off is quite a task.

Well, you're the third one
they've sent down here.

None of the others
could get around her.

- Ella Garth versus Washington.
- Thank you.

Poor old Mr. Biggs was really
disgusted when he quit.

I'll bet he was.
Maybe...

It could be he went
about it the wrong way.

That man did everything
anybody could do.

He begged with that old woman.

He pleaded with her, but she
just won't budge an inch.

That is the American
way of life.

Rugged individualism
is our heritage.

Three thousand people sell,
and Ella Garth won't sell.

We applaud that spirit. We admire it.
We believe in it.

But we've got to get her
the hell out of there.

The dam is finished, and
once they close those gates

and the water starts to rise...

Well, we've not only got
to get her out of there,

we got to get the land cleared,

the houses down,
the trees down.

Be careful.

I guess I'm not telling you
anything you don't know.

Betty, what... How would you go
about getting her off the island?

I'd let her drown.

Well, that's one way.

How many...

Is that the island?

Look at it. Every one of them
bought up except that one.

How many Garths are there
on the island?

Oh, there's a whole mess of them,
but that old woman, she's it.

And all of them have been told

that water is gonna
cover the island?

- About a million times. That's all.
- Mmm-hmm.

Well, I guess I go out
and talk to her.

You do that.

Well, it's not that I think I can
talk any better than the others,

but I do think we often underestimate
the intelligence of people.

We can talk to them,
and they will listen.

Well...

Well, what?

Let's just see how you feel
about it in a few days.

Well, I'm off to see the mayor.

He is in charge of clearing
the land, isn't he?

That's right.

Wish me luck.

Have your cards and your stamps
in your hands and be ready.

Sorry I'm late.

We've been waiting
for you, Mr. Davis.

Excuse me. Could you tell me
where I can find the mayor?

In the barbershop.

Thank you.

(SINGING) Sing, baby, sing...

Is the mayor still in there?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, shut up, dandy.

(MAN VOCALIZING)

Uh, Mayor Maynard?

Be with you in just a minute.

Oh.

Right.

The only way you'll ever
get her off the island

is take the U.S. Marshal
out there and put her off.

Except, Mr. Maynard,
we can't use force.

We're having trouble enough
in Washington as it is.

Some senators are even against

any appropriations
at all for these dams.

Hey, Tom, how long
you gonna be?

I can't take you
before tomorrow, Jack.

And we got to get those
Garths off that island.

Bottled it Friday.

With no dispossess,
no marshals, no shotguns

and no incident that might
get into the papers.

You'll never do it.

I'll do it.

I mean, uh, I'll try to do it.

There must be some way.
Don't you think?

Stay where you are.

There'll be 20 feet
of water right there.

We're a little behind
in our clearing,

but we'll make it just before
the winter rains, I hope.

Well, if you're behind, why
don't you get more men?

Can't, unless we use colored.

Well?

You use colored,
and the whites would quit.

For a minute there,
I forgot where I was.

Here we are.

There's the island.

It looks deserted.

It's not deserted.
They're there.

They know you're here.

I suppose that means me.

Nobody else.

Well...

- Here I go.
- Good luck.

Thanks. After all, what
can they do to me?

Just pole yourself over.

And let me know
how you come out.

I will.

(MOUTHING)

MAN: (SINGING)
Every time I

Feel the spirit

Movin' in my heart

I'll pray

Hi, men.

- Who that?
- I don't know.

(SINGING) ...in the pines
Where the sun...

(CAN CLATTERS)

Good afternoon.

I'm from the Tennessee
Valley Authority.

And...

Uh...

I saw your sign.

Unfortunately,
I had to disregard it.

I'd like to talk to you.

Would you give me
a few minutes?

If I was you, I'd go now.

Would you give me
a few minutes?

I have a problem.

See, we've just... We've just
built this big dam downriver.

And pretty soon this whole
place will be water.

Everywhere,
it's gonna be water.

Well, that's wonderful.

What's your name?

Barbara Ann.

- How old are you?
- Five years old.

- You're what?
- Five years old.

You're not five. You're
six if you're a day.

No, honest, I'm only five.

CAROL: Barbara Ann?

Yes, Mama.

Barbara Ann, uh,
where are the men working?

Barbara Ann, you come in here.

Yes, Ma.

Uncle Hamilton and Uncle
Cal are in the slough.

You mean you get catfish
bigger than that?

HAMILTON: Some are bigger.
Some are smaller.

Uh-huh.

Well, uh, about what I came
down here to talk to you about.

Why don't you get
out of here, mister?

We don't want any
trouble from you.

Why should there be trouble?

You're from the federal
government, ain't you?

Yes. Yes, I am.

Why don't you go on
about your business?

My business is with you.

Ma says we wasn't
to talk to you.

Well, you have to talk to me.

We do?

Look.

You know as well as I know that
you've got to get out of here.

TVA has offered you
a fair price.

They've offered to get you
a new place just as good.

What do you... What have you
got against the new place?

Too much work.

Well, you work here, don't you?

- No, sir.
- CHUCK: Who does?

You mean, you don't
do any work at all?

No, sir.

How do you manage that?

Just never started.

Mister, Ma owns this property,
and she ain't gonna sell it.

Well, I... Certainly I can
understand how a senile old woman

would have
sentimental attachment

to a place and not
want to leave it.

Perhaps she doesn't understand
what it's all about.

Ma understands
what it's all about.

Well, if she understands
what it's all about,

then what is she doing?
These floods down here...

Ma knows all about
these floods down here.

Well, then I really
don't understand.

Now you just quiet down, mister.
You hear? We ain't stupid.

I didn't say you were.

Been reading your mind.

Mister, Ma ain't selling.

Well, it's up to you
to make her sell.

What's the matter?
Are you all afraid of her?

Joe John.

Don't say nothing
agin Ma, mister.

What am I saying against her?

I am saying that
if your mother is senile,

it's up to you to
make her understand

she's got to leave this place.

But Ma ain't gonna.

She is gonna. You know
that as well as I do.

Joe John. Mister,
you'd better go now.

Not until I talk
to your mother.

Come on.
Take me up there.

- What's so funny?
- (CHUCKLES) What's senile?

Crazy.

He says Ma is crazy?

I never saw so many men afraid
of one woman in my whole...

Whoa, man, what are you doing?
Hey! Hey, hey!

Let go!
Let go of me!

(SPUTTERING)

MRS. SLEDGE ON RADIO: Wake up, Mr. Penner.
(MR. PENNER SNORING)

MR. PENNER: Huh? What
time is it, Mrs. Sledge?

October, and you
haven't got a job yet.

Is that so?

(LAUGHING)

Wanna buy a duck? I'll
sell you goo-goo-cheap.

(RADIO PROGRAM CONTINUES)

I've been swimming.

MRS. SLEDGE: You'll
probably starve to death.

MR. PENNER: I'm
starving already.

I'm so hungry, I could
eat the grapes of wrath.

(PHONE RINGING)

- Hello?
- Hello. Hello, Glover?

Well, you sure got her off
in a hurry.

Now start getting
the land cleared.

What do you mean,
I sure got her off... Oh.

Well, what's holding you up?

Look, I've been here
exactly one-half day.

Yes, except for the possibility
that Biggs was right.

The only way to get her
off may be by force.

- Well, we can't use force.
- What?

I'm sorry. I can't...
I can't hear you.

There are a couple
of senators up here

who've really got
their teeth into us.

They're just waiting
for something like this

to put on the docket,
and we're through.

Yes, I know that. Um...

Why don't I call you
in a couple of days?

Right. Good-bye.

You wanted to see me?

Too bad what happened
this afternoon.

Old Joe John's
real unpredictable.

What do you want?

Ma says you got an
apology coming to you.

Ma says she's sorry
about what happened today.

Cal's sorry.
Joe John's sorry.

Carol, she's sorry, too.

And me, I'm all
busted up about it.

Ma says if you was to come
tomorrow, she'd talk to you.

You better hang them things up.

They're gonna get all
crinkled lying down there.

- What time tomorrow?
- Anytime. We don't go no place.

Well, they say that
President Roosevelt's got

some kind of new
government, you know.

It's called the New Deal. Now,
what do you think of that?

You know anything
about Mr. Roosevelt, son?

- Yes'm.
- Yes'm. Well, I'll tell you.

Mr. Roosevelt is gonna
flood this island.

- This island here, you say?
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

He's gonna take the best piece
of land in these here parts

and put it right smack
under the Tennessee River.

Well, you know
these politicians.

They... Oh, they got
to get the votes.

Yes, they got to... They got
to get the votes somehow.

So, the President,
you see, he sits up there

in that big white house,
and he says,

"This country," he says,
"is just going to the dogs."

And the only way that he can
figure to do anything to stop it

is to put my island underwater.

Now, what do you think of that?

Now, I'm telling you this

because our friend

in this end cabin here
just sneaked off last night.

Yes, sir, he...

He just left out
with his family

in the middle of
the night last night.

I ain't blaming him, mind you.

I ain't blaming him

because nobody wants to be
put underwater permanent.

But I'm telling you,
all of you right now,

don't go sneaking off
in the middle of the night.

Now, any of you wanna go?

Any of you wanna
leave out, too? Huh?

Well, the ferry is right
down there waiting for you

just anytime you wanna go.

Well, there ain't
nobody keeping you here.

Hi.

You go off and
join the government.

As I understand, they're
gonna put you on relief.

Well, now you just go and
get yourselves relieved

anytime you want to.

Me, I ain't going.

(DOG WHINING)

Sam?

- Yes, Miss Ella.
- How...

How is Old Blue
running these days?

- He's milling, Miss Ella.
- Uh-huh.

Well, you know what, I decided
I'm gonna buy Old Blue, Sam.

What's that, Miss Ella?

You heard me. I said I
wanna buy Old Blue.

Now, uh, how much
you want for him?

Oh, I wouldn't wanna sell
Old Blue, Miss Ella.

Well, I didn't ask you if you
wanted to sell him, did I?

I said I'm gonna buy him.

I'm gonna give you... Oh,
I'll give you $15 for him.

What's the matter? He ain't
worth more than that, is he?

No.

No, ma'am. He ain't worth nothing,
but I ain't gonna sell him.

Well, you gotta sell him, Sam,
because I'm gonna buy him.

Now, how am I gonna buy
him lessin' you sell him?

I don't know, but I
ain't gonna sell him.

Sam Johnson, you're selling
him, and that's that.

No'm, I ain't gonna sell him.
Old Blue is mine.

And I ain't gonna
sell him even to you.

You ain't got
no right to make me.

Well, now that's true,
isn't it, Sam?

Come to think of it, I don't
have the right, do I?

You see, young man, Sam
and me, we don't sell.

Sam don't sell his dog,
and I don't sell my land

that I poured
my heart's blood into.

Joe John.

Now, Joe John is real sorry
for what he done yesterday.

Ain't you, Son?

That's all right, Joe John.

Mrs. Garth,

uh,

sometimes it happens that we
can't remain true to our beliefs

without hurting
maybe a great many people.

And I'm afraid this
is one of those times.

You're the only person who
hasn't sold in this valley.

Well, that's all right with me.

- CAROL: Grandma?
- Yes, Carol.

What?

Huh?

Nothing.

Young man, do you know
anything at all about land?

I believe so, yes. That's
why I was sent down here.

Oh. Well, when you go
back down to that ferry,

you just pick up a
handful of that soil.

That's real bottom.

And thousands of tons of it are
being washed away every year.

(SIGHS)

Mrs. Garth, you don't love the
land, you love your land.

You know the Tennessee River
has been a killer for years.

Year after year, it's taken
God knows how many lives.

Isn't it just plain common
sense to want to harness it?

And do you know
what that will mean?

Today, 98% of the people in this
valley have no electricity.

The dam will bring
them the electricity.

I expect that's what you
call progress, isn't it?

- And you don't?
- No, sir, I don't.

Taking away people's souls,

putting electricity
in place of them

ain't progress,
not the way I see it.

We're not taking away people's souls.
Just the opposite.

We're giving them
a chance to have a soul.

And it isn't just dam.
It's dam after dam after dam.

We aim to tame
this whole river.

You do? Well, I like
things running wild.

Like nature meant.

There's already enough dams
locking things up.

Taming them.

Making them go against their
natural wants and needs.

I'm agin dams of any kind.

Oh, you can get me off
by force, I reckon.

It won't take much force.

But it will take some.

And that's the only way you'll
ever get me off of here

because I ain't
a-going against nature.

And I ain't a-crawling
for no dang government.

Mrs. Garth, we don't want
to put you off by force.

What is going to happen to you?

Me?

I'll show you.

You just come with me,
and I'll show you.

Now, read it out.

(CHUCK READING)

Now that one.

(CHUCK READING)

I stay right here in this land.

The water would never come
up this far, would it? Hmm?

No.

Young man,

my husband come down this
river in a flat-bottom boat

when he was nothing but a boy.

There wasn't even a road
anywhere hereabouts then.

He was looking for
an island, you know.

And he took this one.

Why, that near field there
was all trees, you know.

That one down there,
nothing but a dang swamp.

Well, he cleared it.

He drained the fields.
He cleared the brush.

He cut down them trees.

He worked hisself to death
just to make these fields.

And he told me
never to get off.

And I ain't.

I ain't.

I'm getting a little tired.

Good-bye.

How come you haven't gotten her off?
You know what's coming.

Don't look to me, mister.

I was born on this place. I
know what she's talking about.

You better believe it. If she has to
leave this island, it'll kill her.

People don't die
as easy as that,

not when you come
right down to it.

There's some people
who's like that.

We'll get her a nice house.

She'll have a radio.
She'll have a modern kitchen.

You don't know her.

You love her, don't you?

And you are afraid of her.

Not really.

You know, I think if anyone
has a chance of reaching her,

it would be you.

Was that your little girl?

I have a little boy, too.

One of those men
isn't your husband?

My uncles.

Where is your husband?

I'm sorry.

How long have you
lived here with her?

Since my husband died.

Jim and I lived on the other
bank in a little white house.

Did you notice?

Yes, I did. Yes.

Well, when he died,

I just locked the door

and took my two babies

and come over here to Grandma.

How old were you when he died?

- Nineteen.
- Nineteen?

And you had two children?

I just plain gave up.

But Grandma wouldn't have it. She
doesn't believe in giving up.

Yes, I kind of gathered that.

She gave me what
little money she had.

Sent me on down
to Jennings College

to better myself.

I tried it a whole year, but I
just couldn't keep my mind on it.

So, I come back here,

and I've been here ever since.

Well, certainly...

Certainly you've got a fellow.

- Somebody who cares.
- Oh, yeah.

- Yeah, I got a fellow.
- Well, then.

"Well, then." What's
that supposed to mean?

I mean, if you
do have a fellow...

Oh, yeah? That's the answer to
everything, if you have a fellow?

I gather you don't care
too much about him.

I'm gonna marry him.

But you don't love him.

My children.

Everything's so
confused. I don't...

Well, I can't wait much longer.

He's getting sort of impatient.

If you don't love him,
I wouldn't marry him.

You wouldn't?

You're a real romantic,
aren't you?

I'll walk you to the ferry.

Come on.

CHUCK: You can't let a tough
break ruin your whole life.

CAROL: I know you can't.

It's like they say, you
got to snap out of it.

You got to take
an interest in things.

I know you do.

The most dangerous
erosion is not to land.

It's when your capacity
for living gets eroded.

What you looking at, Sam?

Just measuring, Miss Carol.

The water won't rise, Sam, until
they close the gates of the dam.

How do they
get the electricity?

Is it in the water all the time

and they just sort of
squeeze it out somehow?

Uh, no, Sam. It's the
fall of the water.

The force of water coming
down from the mountain.

Maybe someday you'd like to come over
to the dam, and I'll show you. Okay?

Yes, sir.

What are all of you gonna do when the
water starts covering the island?

Let the white folk work.

We all gonna drown?

Of course not, but you've
all got to get off.

Who's gonna look after us?

Who looks after you now?

Miss Ella.
She looks after us good.

Wouldn't you rather
look after yourselves?

I've got an idea.

Why don't all of you come down

to the TVA office
in the morning?

We can talk about it.

Miss Ella won't like
us coming over there.

Well, think about it.

I'll be in the office
all morning.

I wanna thank you, Mrs...

I don't know your name.

- Carol.
- Okay, Carol.

Don't worry. Everything's
gonna turn out all right.

Will it?

Sure. If we help a little.

(MAN 1 EXCLAIMING)
MAN 2: There we go!

- Do you mind if I come with you?
- CHUCK: No.

- (EXCLAIMING)
- Do you mind? Do you mind?

No.

I haven't talked to anyone
in so long.

I know.

The current will
carry us across.

Slowly.

WOMEN: (SINGING)
And he walks with me

Slowly.

And he talks with me

And he tells me
I am his own

And the joy we share
as we tarry there

What's that song?

It's just some old hymn.

(HUMMING)

(SINGING)
And he walks with me

And he tells me
I am his own

And the joy we share
as we tarry there

None other has ever known

You know,
I think it might work.

What?

What you was talking about.

Will you come with me?
I wanna show you something.

Sure.

- Would you get me the key?
- Sure.

MAN: (SINGING)
Hurry on sundown

See what tomorrow brings

Hurry on sundown

See what tomorrow brings

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING)

Oh, my.

You all right?

I'm all right. Thank you.

This is... Is this the first
time you've been back?

Oh, my. Oh, my.

I had someone come in and straighten
up in here a few weeks after.

But since then...
Oh, my.

There's that river out there.

Grandma loves that river.

Oh, maybe she could
just come here

and set here
and just look at it.

How come you never
suggested it to her?

I just thought of it
coming over on the ferry.

You never thought
of that before?

I never thought I'd get
through that door again.

You really loved your
husband, didn't you?

Jim.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Can I ask you something?

Of course.

Well, when I told
you about Walter...

About who?

Walter Clark, the man
who wants to marry me.

Oh, yes. Yes?

Well, you said that I shouldn't
marry him if I didn't love him.

Yes, I said that,
but as a sort of...

You know, sort of
a general rule.

Is he a nice person?

Oh, yeah.

Well?

And I like him.

But...

(SIGHS) Oh, I...

Well, maybe I'd get to love him
after I was married to him a while.

Do you think it
ever happens that way?

(SIGHS)

No.

No.

But still, if I married Walter,

I could come and live here
with the children.

And then maybe
Grandma would come.

Oh, God, she won't.
I know she won't.

She'll never leave that island.

Oh. I don't know what to do.

I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know.

I just don't know.

Getting dark out.

Don't go.
Please don't go.

Don't go.

CAROL: (SINGING)
And he walks with me

And he talks with me

And he tells me
I am his own

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

And the joy we share
as we tarry there

None other has ever known

I don't understand.

You say you're behind
in clearing the fields

and yet here you have 12
able-bodied men who want jobs.

They wanna work.

I also said that we...

- Tom...
- Not now, Jack.

I also said that we can't hire Negroes.
The whites would quit.

That is a chance
we have to take.

Let's go out back.

I suppose you figure that if you take
all the Negroes off Garth Island,

you'll leave
the old lady stranded,

and she'll have
to get off, too.

Is that it?

Well, Sheriff, it might
work out that way.

I'm afraid you're
heading into trouble

with some of the
townfolk if you do this.

- The custom here...
- Look, this is TVA.

We're new. We don't
have any customs yet.

I'm gonna hire those men

and every man, black or
white, gets paid the same.

Well, Mr. Glover, I predict your
next visit will be from a Mr. Moore.

We'd like a few words.
My name's Sy Moore.

Mr. Moore.

Come on in.
What can I do for you?

Thank you.

Now, Mr. Glover, we've
come here to help you.

- Mr. Todd here is president of our bank.
- Just fine.

And Mr. Thompson,
he's our undertaker.

Also runs the furniture store.

Very highly thought of.

I'm just a plain businessman.

- Won't you sit down?
- Well, thank you.

Telling you all this
just so you'll know

who you're having
this little chat with.

We're all, what you might say,
the responsibles of the town.

I see.

And you're here
to tell me that if I...

If I hire Negroes,
the whites will quit.

- Is that it?
- Why, not at all.

What could possibly
make you think that?

Sorry.

Just a matter of keeping
them in separate gangs.

Of keeping them...

In separate gangs.

(SIGHS) All right, all right.
I will do that.

- I'll do that.
- MOORE: Well, we were sure you would.

Now, Mr. Glover, how much
you plan to pay these men?

- What do you mean?
- Well, I mean, you're not planning

to pay them same
as a white man?

They're gonna do the same jobs.

Now, Mr. Glover, you look
like a reasonable man.

You do.

So, just think, after this
project of yours is over,

we can't go on
paying these boys

the same money
a white man gets.

It would ruin our whole
economy down here.

Uh, the federal government
can't make such distinctions.

MOORE: Well, just the same,
we'd a whole lot rather

you paid these boys what
they're used to getting.

How much you pay a
white man for the job?

$5 a day.

Well, now, you're not talking about
paying one of these darkies $5 a day?

I'll go out myself
for $5 a day.

I'll get you any number
of the biggest, strongest,

best-looking bucks in this
country for $2 a day.

Now, we're all for the TVA,
Mr. Glover, and we wanna help you.

So if you'll just go along with
us on this one little point,

I'm sure everything
will be satisfactory.

And if I don't
go along with you?

Well, now...

As I said, we're the
responsibles of this town...

- But there are other type men here.
- Yes, there are.

Men who aren't so responsible.

We can control
them only to a point.

For instance, old Bailey, he...

He runs the gas station.

Yes, he's a very good boy. Bailey
wanted to come over with us.

In which case, the conversation

would have been a
whole lot different.

MOORE: Well, we said to Bailey...
Didn't we, Fred?

We said, "Let us go over
and talk to that boy."

TODD: Give him a chance.

And that was all
right with him.

We made it all right with him.

We wanna help you,
but Bailey...

He's a hard boy to reason with.

Yes, he is. And there are a whole
lot just like him in this town.

Really?

We want you to know just how
we feel about it, Mr. Glover.

I understand how
you feel about it.

I'd like to think it over.

Betty, would you
ask them to come in, please?

Y'all come on in.

Come on in now.

CHUCK: I'll be right with you.

Hi, Sam.

Well, here we are, boys.

Jerry, I think this ought to
do for you and your family

at least until you find
something of your own.

Sure.

(LAUGHS) Who in the world
ever thought of that?

MAN: Yes, sir. We'd have trouble
coming up through that mud tonight.

I'll say.

Thank you.
Thank you.

- Good night.
- Good night. I'll see you in the morning.

I got them all jobs.

They're leaving in the morning.
They're leaving the island.

Carol?

It's beautiful here.

When it rains, too.

I don't blame her
for not wanting to leave.

You're shivering.

It's October.

I hate to see the summer go.

Look at the leaves falling.

Chuck.

Don't. Don't.
Don't, don't.

I don't wanna
kid myself or you.

I believe maybe
I'm in love with you.

Didn't think I'd ever be in
love with anybody again.

But pretty soon all this business here
will be over and you'll be leaving.

I got to protect myself, Chuck.

I sort of feel like
living again now.

I don't wanna be hurt anymore.

Not by anybody.

Yes.

You wanna come in a minute?

Oh, I've been working in here all day.
And you know what?

I'm gonna paint every room a
different color. Look. Look.

Oh, that's all Jim's stuff.

Them boots and
that old shotgun.

I don't know
what to do with it.

Look, Chuck.

Look at this old sweater
Grandma knit.

Doesn't it look like
something I'd knit?

And these silly old socks.

Just stop walking around
in front of me, would you?

Just don't walk in front of me.

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry.

You know what?
I'd like a drink.

Oh...

I'll look.

(EXCLAIMING IN PAIN)

What's the matter? Wait a minute.
Let me see. Don't move.

- (KISSING)
- Oh.

CAROL: Don't.
Let go. Please.

Don't! Don't.

No.

I'm gonna go.

(PULLEY CREAKING)

(AXES CHOPPING)

(WAGON CLATTERING)

(EXCLAIMING)

(SPITS)

Carol?

Did you...

Did you know about this?

Hmm?

- I had hints.
- Hints?

Carol, you remember
that yellow cat we had?

Come her season, you know, we
used to let her out at night.

It was dawn when
she'd come back.

Now, a cat is really quiet.

But I could hear her at dawn,

sneaking back into the house.

I know I'm doing wrong.

I'm doing wrong. I know it.
I know. I know.

How long has Jim been dead now?

Three years.

Well, that's a long time.

I remember when I was a woman.

It's a long time.

But I just... I just can't
understand going over to the enemy.

Grandma, he's right. You
can't stay here any longer.

Stop looking at me that way, Grandma.
People saying you're crazy.

Come with me. I fixed up my house.
We can take the children.

We can't stay here
any longer either.

Then you better go, too.

- Grandma!
- No, I want you to go!

- No.
- Tonight!

- I won't.
- Git!

All right, I'll go,
but I'm not going far.

I'm going over there to
that little house of mine

and I'm gonna wait for you.

Jim Junior, Barbara Ann.

Well, what are you
setting there for?

Just resting my bones.

Well, rest them, then,
and get going.

I changed my mind.
I ain't going.

Get up.

Get up!

Look at you.

Never did have no brains,
did you, Sam?

Don't you know what's coming?

Yes, ma'am.

You get going, Sam.

I want you to go.

I ain't going.

Well...

The ferry pole.

Oh, Grandma.

We'd better go
get some groceries.

One gallon, Mr. Bailey.

That'll be eight gallons at 18�.
$1 .44.

Bailey, how's Alice?

Why, Carol.
Why, she's just fine.

(HORN HONKS)

Oh, do you two know each other?

R.J. Bailey, Chuck Glover.

So you're Bailey.

R.J. Bailey.

No, I haven't had the pleasure.

I'm happy to
meet the gentleman.

My, that's a nice, ready-made
family you got, Mr. Glover.

"Glover."

(JACK SINGING)

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

Hey, did I read that
right? Carol Garth?

That's who I believe
I saw, too.

You think Walter Clark knows
somebody's getting in his nest?

Well, I heard he knew about it.

What do you expect
he'll do about it?

Well, now, he's so scared of
what Carol thinks of him,

he just might not do nothing.

On the other hand,
he might appreciate

a little help in
this situation.

And as for those jobs that
Mr. What's-His-Name is handing out...

(CAR ENGINE TURNS OFF)

Mmm. They had a hard day.

Give them their supper
and put them to bed.

(SIGHS)

What's the matter, Chuck? Afraid
you're getting in too deep?

I don't want you to marry me.
Does that make you feel better?

- You see...
- Well, that is it.

I understand how you men
have to watch every step.

Can't be caught saying
anything permanent sounding.

I'm not out to tie you down. You
don't even have to say you love me.

No, it's...
It's not...

Now, will you come on in?

(SIGHS)

It's just that I've...
I don't know.

I've been taking a
good look at myself...

And you decided that you're
not the marrying type.

No. No, it's not...

You got so much to do before you
saddle yourself with a wife?

Don't. Please.

Besides, let's tell the truth.

We're different people,
Chuck, aren't we?

You're, I don't know,
everything different.

(SIGHS)

You ever really need anybody?

(INHALES)

Shut up.

Come here.

Don't.

Don't.

Chuck.

- Chuck. Chuck.
- (SHUSHING)

Hold still. Hold still.
Hold still.

Anyway, now it's
wonderful. Right now.

You can't get enough of
me right now, can you?

Tell me. Tell me.

I can't get enough of you.

(MOANING)

Let's put the kids to bed.

(CHUCK BREATHING HEAVILY)

Let's put the kids to bed.

Jim Junior.
Wake up, honey.

Hi, Jimmy.

Hi. I love Chuck.

Little rabbit?

Little white rabbit?

Wake up.

- Chuck, will you carry me in?
- Yes.

(CHUCKLING)

Jimmy!

(EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY)

You got close, my loving boy.

You got close.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Huh?

(LAUGHING)

Walter Clark.
What you doing here?

Just thought I'd help
on the cleaning up.

Hello, Jim Junior.

Well, aren't you going to
introduce me to Mr. Glover?

I'm Walter Clark,
Mr. Glover.

Oh, I brought some eggs,
and milk, and some bread,

and some good coffee
for breakfast.

You didn't have anything here.

Oh, we...
You didn't...

You see, Mr. Glover? She
takes all that for granted.

- No word of thanks.
- CAROL: Oh, thanks, Walter.

WALTER: Oh, you don't
have to thank me.

It's a natural thing looking
after the girl you're courting.

Carol. You better get those kids to bed.
They look awful tired.

They slept in the car.

They look awful tired.

Will you sleep with me, Chuck?

You going back to town?

Yes.

Would you drive me in? I'll
leave my car here for her.

She'll need it in the morning.

Do you mind?

No, not at all.

Well, then. Say
good-bye, and let's go.

- Good night.
- Good night.

You get some rest, too, Carol.
You look tired.

As soon as this Garth
business is settled,

you'll be leaving here,
won't you?

Yes.

And it ought to be settled
pretty soon, oughtn't it?

It has to be.

That's right.
It has to be.

I'll tell you. You just
drive me in to your hotel.

I'll walk home from there.

You do have my thought
by now, don't you?

I have your thought.

(CAR DOORS CLOSING)

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

You eat your cereal.

(CAR DRIVING AWAY)

(DOG BARKING)

Well...

Which did you
say your room was?

I didn't say.
It's next to the end.

You left your light on.

Well, good night.

And I want to pay
you a compliment.

Carol... Carol could do worse.

(DOG WHINING)

MAN ON RADIO:
Yowsa, yowsa.

Tonight, ladies and gentlemen,
we open the jolly festivities

by singing the praises
of dear old Red Seal.

Good old Red Seal, that gives
you the most of the best.

Hello, G-Man.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

What's the matter?

Don't go up there.

How many of them are there?

Just one. He said he had
to see you, and I...

Go on home.
Go home.

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

Turn on the light.

There is only one of you.

Well, I didn't figure
I needed anyone else.

What do you want?

If you've forgotten my name, it's R.J.
Bailey.

I run that gas station.

Yeah, I remember.

I also work 400 acres of cotton
just outside of town here.

I'd have come to see you
sooner, Mr. Glover,

- but we just begun picking our cotton.
- Mmm-hmm.

Yesterday, one of my best
hands, Ben, real nice boy,

he took off and he joined that
new gang you started, $5 a day.

When I heard about it,
I went back of the house

and I cut me a stick
about so long,

about that thick.

And I went down to where
that boy was working.

I didn't even get out the car.
I didn't wanna shame him.

I called him over and said,
"Ben, get in the car."

When we got home, I took
him back of the barn

and went after
him with the stick.

Oh, he's all right now.

I mean, his thinking's
all right now.

Of course, he couldn't work yesterday.
He couldn't work today.

Had to hire another boy
to do his job for two days.

Mmm-hmm.

So, I figure you owe me what I
had to pay that extra hand.

Two times $2 a day, $4.

Uh-huh.

Yep. Mr. Glover,
you owe me $4.

I don't see it that way.

(WRAPPER RUSTLING)

Well, you need some time
to think it over.

I don't need time
to think it over.

You think it over.
Here. Do you want one?

You see, Mr. Glover,

if you go on stealing our
best field hands at $5 a day,

you're gonna be dealing with
a lot of my friends, too.

What's keeping you
here anyway, huh?

(BLOWS)

They tell me you're down here to
get an old woman off an island?

(SCOFFS) Man, there's
nothing to that.

I'll go down and get her off
there for you tomorrow.

I'll just go down. I'll pack her up.
I'll get her off.

I'll do that for you tomorrow.
Would you like me to?

I want you to mind
your own business.

Oh.

Now, I figured, since
you been mixing in mine

that you wouldn't mind if I just
mixed in yours a little bit.

But you're like me, Mr. Glover.
You do mind.

Well, fella,
how about it? $4.

No.

Now, if you don't
give it to me,

I'm afraid I'm gonna have
to take it away from you.

You may have some trouble.

(SIGHS)

Oh, man.

Good night, Sully.

(BLOWS STRIKING)
(CHUCK GRUNTING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Was you there, Charlie?

Then the air was
full of hamburger meat.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Our friend up in Number Three
needs change for this here 10.

CLERK: I think I have it.

I think you'll get your
girl all right now, Walter.

And I think maybe our friend
upstairs will be leaving town soon.

This is his change.

Now, I want you to
take this $4 of mine

and send that boy up the best bottle
of white lightning you can find.

He needs it.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Okay, I am stubborn, but I
can't get it out of my head

that there isn't some way
to reach that old woman.

After all, people are human,
aren't they? I mean...

People are human, right?

I don't know if you could
call Ella Garth human.

I don't care what you call Ella Garth.
She was born, wasn't she?

She's gonna die, isn't she?
All right. She's human.

CHUCK: Mrs. Garth?

Mrs. Garth?

Mrs. Garth!

ELLA: Who's there?

It's me, Chuck Glover.

Who's that with you?

Who's that? That's
my friend, Walter Clark.

Been putting away a little of
that corn liquor, ain't you?

I acknowledge I...
I had a drink, yes.

Appears to me
you can hardly stand up.

Mrs. Garth,
we've come here...

(STAMMERS)

We wanna talk to you as one
human being to another.

- Walter.
- Yes, ma'am?

You'd better take
this lunatic home.

I'll take him home
in just a minute.

But first, there's
something I want to say.

I understand you,
Mrs. Garth.

I know exactly what
you're fighting for.

It's your dignity.

I know.

I'm right? It's your...

It's your everlasting,
ever-loving dignity.

It's your dignity.

That's it.
It's your dignity.

He's...

Yeah, he sure is.

(ELLA SCOFFS)

He looks smaller
than I thought.

That's right. They're going to close
the gates of that dam Monday.

You've got exactly two weeks
to get that island leveled

before the water starts rising.

But we haven't even got
the old lady off yet.

Take the U.S. Marshal out there

and put her off
just as soon as you can.

- Or sooner.
- And get to clearing that land.

But I thought
you were so anxious

to avoid the publicity.
What about that?

- Publicity, he's worried about.
- It'll be a lot worse publicity

if she starts getting wet.

Yes. I'll get to it right away.

(SHUDDERING)

(SIGHING)

Why don't you have
another cup of coffee?

- Mr. Glover.
- Not now, please.

It's about Ma.

What's happened?

This here's Mr. Armstrong,
our lawyer.

Mr. Glover, we feel
that Mrs. Garth

is no longer really fit
to handle her own affairs.

And we feel it's only
right for me and Cal

to declare her senile and
sell the property ourselves.

CAL: You said yourself
she's incompetent, mister.

You know, anybody
stays out there

when they know that water's
coming up must be crazy.

All the rest of us
done got off.

Joe John and Mattie
got off yesterday.

And under the law, we can have
her declared incompetent.

I'd rather have her put off
at the point of a gun.

I'll have the papers
ready in the morning.

I've known Miss Ella
since I was a boy.

I sort of hate to do this.

You hate to do it?

I guess it all goes under the
general heading of progress.

Yeah, that's what they say.

I heard you had a little trouble last
night. Any complaints, Mr. Glover?

It all goes under the general
heading of progress.

Mrs. Garth?

I apologize for
the other night.

First and only time
I ever liked you.

Mrs. Garth?

Hamilton and Cal came to
my office with a lawyer.

They plan to prove
you are of unsound mind

and consequently unable to negotiate
the sale of your property.

Worthless.

Can you hear me?

They was always worthless.

They may be able to prove it. And
if they can, they can sell it.

This whole island will
be flooded in two weeks.

This house is coming down.

You can't stay here
any longer, Mrs. Garth.

Are you listening?

Marshal Hogue
has issued an order

for your eviction,
and tomorrow...

Tomorrow, it will be executed.

Come with me now.

Mrs. Garth?

What are you trying to prove?

Sam. All this is
gonna be underwater.

(URGING HORSES)

(INAUDIBLE)

I said a house with a porch.

It's got to have a porch.

So, keep trying, will you?

ALL: (SINGING)
When other helpers fail

And comforts flee

Help of the helpless

Oh, abide with me

Jimmy learned a new one.

Will you sing it for me, Jimmy?

(SINGING) Jesus loves me

Yes, I know

For the...

- Oh.
- (JIMMY LAUGHING)

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Hi, Chuck.
- JIMMY: Hey, Chuck!

- How is it?
- Hi.

Huh? Oh.

Okay.

You look tired.

What you been doing all day?

Trying to find a
house with a porch.

JIMMY: (SLEEPILY)
Good night, Chuck.

Good night.

Oh. Frances, just put him
down for me, will you?

Come on, Barbara. Let's
get to bed, honey.

When I first came
down here, I thought,

"How could any one person
go against

"what's happening
in this country?"

There she's been, sitting there
for, I don't know, 80 years,

and I was gonna get her
off the island in one day.

I was even looking forward to it.
(SCOFFS)

Imagine.

And now, I have to make
sure I get her off alive.

Good night, honey.

Good night.

You're getting awfully
human, aren't you, Chuck?

I was always human.
Wasn't I?

Then you'll be leaving
soon, won't you?

Not for a couple
of weeks at least.

But I have to wait until the land is
cleared first, and stuff like that.

A couple of weeks?

Maybe more.
Maybe a little longer.

A little longer.

I'm going now, Miss Carol.

Oh, yeah, good night, Frances.

Good night, Frances.

- Good night, Mr. G.
- Here you are.

(WIND BLOWING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

- Chuck?
- Yes, dear?

I hate to say this.

Say what?

I wanna say something
I hate to say.

What?

When you go,

take me with you.

One day soon, you're
gonna come to me

and you're gonna say,
"Carol, I have to go."

And there won't be time to
talk or to think or anything.

And there'll be a car
waiting and then a plane.

And you'll say, "Carol,
honey, I have to go."

Isn't that right?

Yes, that is right.

Take me with you.

(SIGHS)

Did I tell you what
happened the other night

after Walter took
you back to your hotel?

No. No.

Well, he come back here
in the middle of the night

and he nearly broke my heart.

How?

I kept saying to him,
"Stop looking at me.

"I have nothing, nothing special,
nothing to give any man.

"Except if I love him,
I have a lot to give him."

- And?
- He kept saying,

"He'll leave the first day after
his job's done down here.

"But I'm forever
and forever."

- He's right.
- And I told him that...

Oh, I wish you
hadn't said that.

Oh, why did you say that
that way?

I know it's true, but why?

Oh, I know it's...

(SOBBING)

I know.

I know

that.

I'm leaving here
with you or without you.

But I want you
to know something.

I'd be a good wife for
you, a damn good wife.

I'm smarter than you
in some ways,

and I know what's
good about you

and I know what's bad, and
I'm not afraid to tell you.

I have two children
who love you.

They love you, and I love you.

And you're not easy to love,
but you do need someone.

And I love you.

I love you. I love you.

It stopped raining.

Don't say anything.

Don't say a thing.

I'm afraid of
what you might say.

(STAMMERING) I don't
know what to say.

Oh, God.
That says it all.

That's not what I meant.

It's what you really meant.

What you finally figure out
to say isn't what you mean.

I heard you. I asked
you, and you said no.

I heard you.

Oh, Chuck!

Anything! Anything!

What do you want?
What do you want from me?

I'll do anything. I'll do anything.
(FOOTSTEPS CLATTERING)

Walter Clark!
What are you doing?

I'm sorry to break in this way.

- I told you not to come back.
- I owe it to him!

You've got no business...

Carol. Carol.
(VEHICLES APPROACHING)

What is it?

There are men here.

(MEN LAUGHING)

He's in there.
See him?

BAILEY: All right.
(SHUSHING)

Turn off those lights. Elden?

- Yes, sir.
- Give me that rifle.

(SCREECHING)

(ALL SCREECHING)

- Whose truck is this, buddy?
- Walter Clark's.

Get out!

(SCREECHING CONTINUES)

They'll break...

I don't know what's happening.

(MEN SHOUTING)

Mama!

CAROL: I'm in here,
honey. I'm in here.

MAN: (CHANTING) Round and round she
goes Where she stops, nobody knows!

(EXCLAIMING)

I got to pull down that shade.

(GUNSHOT)

- CHUCK: Walter! Walter!
- (YELLING)

Walter, what happened?

Are you all right?

BAILEY: Chuck! It's
your old buddy, Bailey!

(CHATTERING JUBILANTLY)

Come to give you
a farewell party!

Got you all packed.

(ALL CHEERING)

What are they
doing with my car?

Get away, Barbara. Don't
you dare go out there.

BAILEY: Got your ticket bought
all the way to Washington!

Got your traveling mate! How'd you
like to go to Washington, boy?

- What do you think?
- They're just having some fun.

There she goes!

(ALL CHEERING)

BARBARA: Mommy!
Mommy! Mommy!

Did you see that?

What are you
doing in my pickup?

Get out of there! Get out!

Bailey, you damaged my house, and
you're gonna get the bill for it!

Time to go, Mr. Glover.

Bailey, you shot at me!
You shot at me!

BAILEY: I shot
at the lamp.

WALTER: You shot at me!

Well, old buddy. Sure
is nice to see you.

Mr. Glover, it sure has been
mighty fitting to meet you.

When are you going home?

How's Eleanor up there?

Who's Eleanor?

Eleanor Roosevelt.

(ALL CLAMORING)
...that pickup! You did! You did!

I'll see you to the train.

- I'll see that he gets there.
- (BAILEY SHOUTS)

(CLAMORING STOPS)

Watch it, Chuck.

Bailey. There's
no way to scare me out.

I came down here to
do a job, and I...

CAROL: Oh!

Carol!

(ALL CLAMORING)

Bite his ear off!

Carol, let...

Bailey, what's the matter with you?
What are you doing?

No, no! No, don't!

I'm gonna kill that...

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

- You know what you just did?
- Don't hit a woman.

- BAILEY: I don't want a word out of you!
- You just hit a woman!

I don't want a word...

Time to go beddy-bye.

You just knocked a woman
right on the ground!

Don't hit a woman.
Don't hit a woman.

Who else is gonna say a word?

Go on! Another word! I wanna hear
another word out of someone!

Just say one word!

- Sheriff.
- How you getting along?

Oh, all right, I guess.

I'm a little tired.

Why don't y'all go on home?

(CAR ENGINES STARTING)

Anything I can do
for you, Miss Carol?

Get off my place now.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

You know,

(CAR DRIVING AWAY)

I wish someday I could
win maybe one fight.

You were wonderful up there.

I don't care if
you ever win a fight.

Marry me?

I know I'll probably regret it.

I'm sure you'll regret it.

But...

Go get your hat.

Get a coat. Wash up.

All right?

All right.

And now, by the authority invested
in me by the state of Tennessee

as a justice of the peace,

I now pronounce
you as man and wife.

And what God hath joined together,
let no man put asunder.

$5, please.

$5, please.

Anyway, it's got a porch.
I hope she likes it.

"...and it further
appearing to the court

"that you have failed and refused
to vacate said property,

"you are therefore hereby commanded
to immediately and forthwith

"vacate the real
estate, buildings,

"outbuildings
and appurtenances

"designated as Tract C49647, and
this you shall in no wise fail to do

"under the fear and
penalty of the law.

"Signed, Allan R. Nealy,
District Judge."

Well, that's it.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Hmm?

(CHOPPING INCREASES)

(BOAT ENGINE STARTING)

MAN: There she goes!

CHUCK: Well, this is it.

Grandma, you look...
You look kind of tired.

Don't you wanna go in,
lie down a minute?

Carol.

Yes, Grandma?

(SIGHS)

I owe Frank Zachary

16� for two pounds of sugar.

You see that he gets it
next time you go in.

Yes, Grandma.

That's all I owe

anybody.

Chuck?

Oh.

Well, here she goes.

Grandma just died.

You had it to do.

There was nothing you could
have done different.

Looks like we're ready
to go, Mr. Glover.

Go ahead.

Yeah.

Okay, Jerry, go ahead.

MAN: Truly, truly,
I say to you,

she who believeth
hath life eternal.

(SINGING) In the pines,
in the pines

Where the sun never shines

And we'll shiver

When the cold wind blows

In the pines, in the pines

Where the sun never shines

And we'll shiver

When the cold wind blows

CAROL: Barbara Ann.

(INAUDIBLE)

ENGLISH - US
from PSDH to SDH