All language subtitles for Slow Burn 1986 1080p AMZN WEB-DL DD 2 0 H 264-SiGMA

** [ man singing in
Native american language ]

** [ continues ]

[ insects chirping ]

** [ instrumental ]

[ insects buzzing ]

** [ singing resumes ]

[ footsteps ]

[ man narrating ]
Of all the ways
This desert tests you,

The most dangerous
Is the mirage.

In those shimmering,
Sparkling depths,
You see whatever you want--

Water, wealth, dreams.

That's the promise,
And that's the curse.

When the sand swallowed
The widow mcteague,

The desert turned her silver box
Into a mirage.

In 1907, her second husband
Squandered his last pesos...

Pursuing what
He'd almost had.

Thirty years later,
Her grown children
Began to believe....

They saw a way
To recover their lost glory.

After the war,
One of their sons
Imagined he saw a way...

To get back
The life he'd discarded
At the recruiting office.

Finally, 12 years ago,
His granddaughter saw me.

[ girl ]
Humidity's about six percent.

That means it takes a grown-up
Four quarts a day just to sweat.

If you run dry,
Your blood gets thick,
Your tongue turns hard,

And you're dead
In 19 hours.

I'll remember that.

[ man narrating ]
Oh, she was the last thing
You'd expect to find out here.

She belonged.

[ bird cawing ]
Hi, mom.

[ man narrating ]
Which is more than I can say
For catalina.

- [ girl ] hey, dad.
- hi. Jacob mcteague.

Come on up.

Frank norris.
[ frank narrating ]
A couple of handshakes.

The ordinary greetings.
Just what you'd do
With any strangers.

But out here you don't
Stay strangers for long.
Trina.

Over the next months,
We became a family... Of sorts.

I didn't
Catch your name.
Catalina.

Catalina. Oh.
[ frank narrating ]
I even shared their secrets.

- [ catalina ] you sold
The house, didn't you ?
- I sold the trailer, yeah,

To get the truck so we
Don't get stranded out here.
Stranded ?

What were you thinking ?
Come on. Piece--

Trina, come here.
There's something
I wanna show you.

I'm sick and tired of hearing--
We found her watch, the key,
We found the bible.

We're so close.
Jacob, we found paulina's watch
Two and a half years ago !

Did I ever show you this ?
Here. It's volcanic.
[ arguing continues ]

Stop it !
Come here. Come here.

I've had it with you !
Stop it !

There are steam vents
On the other side
Of the salt flats.

Five thousand degrees.

What ?
I can't-- I can't
Take this anymore.

I can't do this anymore.
Oh, come on.

No, leave me alone !
It takes thousands of years
To lay those things down.

We're gonna find it.
It's out there.

Hey, it doesn't matter.

[ gasps ]
Is it for me ?

Yes, it is.
[ kissing sound ]

I got somethin' else
For you.

Somethin' very special.

[ gasps ]

That's for you.

Put it around your neck.

I won't disappoint you,
Daddy. I promise.

I know you won't.

What do you say
We light your cake ?

I miss mama.

[ sighs ]

[ sniffling ]

Tell me what to do.

[ frank narrating ]
But even then, we all knew
Catalina wasn't coming back.

[ trina ]
Three hundred and fifteen
Degrees.

Three hundred and forty.

- it's probably over there.
- maybe.

[ chuckling ]
"Maybe." it is !

Probably.
[ frank narrating ]
So they went on,

Day after day,
Year after year,

Until there was only her...

And the search.

[ footsteps ]

I'm sorry. Your geodes
Aren't bringin' in
What they used to.

Since you promised this'd be
Your last season, that shouldn't
Be a problem, right ?

What you got planned, frank ?

A surprise.

Oh, yeah ?

What is this ?
A little dutch courage,

A nice new dress,
And then you walk me into town ?

No, it's to celebrate
Your new life...
In cancun.

I know this guy who works
In one of these resorts
They have.

They need people who can speak
Both languages. You know,
Fit in with the clientele.

I told him you'd be
Just right for it.
No. For you.

- for people that belong there.
- oh, come on.

- you're a beautiful young lady.
- what are you now, my dad ?

No. No.
[ sighs ]

Tsk. Aw, gee.

Let me do it.

- no.
- come on ! You can't do--

I have this dream, frank.

I'm in a grocery store.

Just a regular grocery store.

I wake up
And my heart is pounding,

Because I don't
Belong there, and...

Any place I go
Is a foreign country.

I've never been to a dance.
I've never been to a library.

I never had a phone number.

I've never been
In a swimming pool.

I never-- never--

[ chuckles ]

I'm not gonna wake up
And sprout wings and fly.

Right ? I mean, um,
This is, um--

This is me.
This is it.

Uh--

I've grown up.

I mean,
Look at me, frank.
Look hard.

Who would want this ?

Jesus ! Look at you.
[ chuckles ]

You're catalina's
Little girl.

Get your money back !
And I'm not goin'
To cancun either.

- we had a deal.
- no deal !

This desert killed
Four generations of my family !

- do you wanna make it five ?
- I will not be the last loser
In a chain of losers !

You know why ?
Because I learned
About this desert.

I respect it,
And I listen to it.

- why do you have to be so
Goddamn stubborn over this ?
- because this is all I got !

What if you find paulina
And the diamonds aren't there ?

- shut up ! Shut up !
- then what are you gonna have ?

You're never gonna find
Those diamonds !

Oh, jesus, I'm sorry.

No, you know what ?
Don't need a daddy anymore.

- maybe tomorrow, tracy.
- [ chirping ]

[ grunting ]

[ groans ]

[ shouts, grunts ]

[ grunting ]

[ grunts ]

[ frank narrating ]
Some dreams die hard.

Because in this desert,
Under that burning eye,

There's always
Another dreamer.

You're thinkin' again,
Aren't ya ?
Yeah.

I was thinkin' about
What's gonna happen when
We get across the border.

See ? I'm in this hellhole,
Fightin' for our lives,

You're sittin' in some
Ice cream parlor in el paso
With a banana in your mouth.

Come on.
I still-- I still say...

That if we never plan
Where we wanna go,
We ain't never gonna get there.

When are you
Gonna learn, duster ?

The future ain't gonna happen
Unless you make the most of it
Right here and right now.

It could be so good,
Marcus.

You hit the jackpot
When you got chained to me,
And what did I get ?

Hey !
[ chuckling ]
There we go.

See, discipline.
Mental toughness.

Get some, if you
Wanna be like me.

What if I don't
Wanna be like you ?
I heard that.

[ chuckles ]

Marcus, wait up.

You think bugs
Get itchy, marcus ?

Because if they get itchy,
They'd itch on the inside,

'cause the skeleton's
On the outside.

Bugs don't get itchy !
Why not ?

Their lives are too
Goddamn short, that's why.
What is that ?

What is that ?

[ chuckles ]
Holy shit !

Congratulations, pal.
You ain't the only one out here
Dead between the ears.

[ groans ]
You sure know how
To pick an easy mark.

This sucker's been
Out here so long,

We might find
Some antique jewelry.

Marcus, I'm gonna
Leave this for it, okay ?

Ain't that sweet ?
Sending flowers
While I grope the stiff.

Hey, marcus,
These little pictures
Are everywhere.

- huh ?
- you think they
Mean somethin' ?

What have we got here ?
Ring.

Oh, jesus ! Na--

Hey, duster, you remember
Our little conversation ?

Which one ?

The one about all the things
You miss if you ain't livin'
In the here and now.

Aah, fuck ya.
[ chuckles ]

The here and now here
Or wh-when you
Were talking before ?

Forget it.
I take it all back.

Don't need no chain,
To have you drag me down.

I knew it the day mama said,
"Meet your cousin."

In the lottery of life,
How the hell
Did I draw you ?

I don't know why we got
What we got, but we
Gave ourselves a combine.

And no matter what, we put
Everything we are, everything
We got in the combine,

'cause that's what's
Gotten us through.

Sometimes what we share is good,
And sometimes it's bad.

But right now--

Right now it's this, marcus.

You did it.

You son of a bitch !
We're rich !
And you did it !

Dumb fuckin'--

I got this off the stiff.
I should've put it
In the combine,

But I didn't,
So I'm doin' it now.

That's good enough
For me, marcus.

I love ya.

I love ya.

[ chuckles ]

Marcus, make sure you
Don't slam that box shut,

Because it's
Gonna take a blowtorch
To get it open again.

[ sighs ]

What now, with
The rock collection ?

Yeah, yeah,
Especially now, marcus.

[ chuckles ]
Hell, then,
Take a big one.

[ chirping ]

* pawn my watch
Shh, shh, shh ! Come on.
[ chirping continues ]

* pawn my chain

* pawn everything
That was in my name *

* oh, lordy me

* didn't I shake
Sugary *

* everything I got

* down in pawn

* everything I got

* down in pawn *

[ frank narrating ]
The widow's diamonds.

It was the last thing on earth
I ever would have thought.

All I knew was that
A couple of convicts
Had escaped from matamoros.

Disowned or not,
I needed to warn trina,

So I went back
Into the desierto,
And I came across some tracks.

In the end, I'd guess you'd
Just call that good luck.

I brought you a surprise.

I'm ready to live again.

Go get the truck.

[ frank narrating ]
So what do you want me to say ?

I followed their tracks,
But I lost them where
They met a set of tire tracks.

Hey !

Sorry to bother ya.
Wouldn't you know it ?
Our truck wiped out.

We were hopin' you
Could give us a ride...

El norte.

What are you doing
Out here ?

W-w-we could pay you.

I'm not some taxi.

W-we're just out here
Collecting rocks.

We must have took
A wrong turn somewhere.

We're on our way to texas.
Where you goin' ?

Get in.

Come on, marcus.

The back.

We've got to stock up
On water.

Gabby's tank's up there
Where those three rocks are.

You've gotta be shittin' me.
I mean, what--
[ scoffs ]

[ mutters ]

Hey, hey. Whoa, whoa.
You gotta take all that stuff
Out of the truck now ?

I'm not rigged
For passengers.

- [ trina grunting ]
- [ cocks gun ]

There's nothing out here
But a thousand dead ends.

[ sighs, sniffs ]

[ gunshot ]

[ duster ]
You know, I'll bet
We could hire a lawyer,

Sort out the past,
All the bad things we ever done.
You got that right.

I'd like to get a house too.
Definitely a house.

With a yard
So I can have a big dog.

Hell, you can get
Three of 'em.
[ chuckles ]

We need new clothes too.
Definitely new duds.

- nothin' with stripes
On 'em, right, marcus ?
- nothin' but giorgio armani.

[ sighs ]

Look at that.
A lifetime in the makin'.

So what are you gonna do with
The big score, marcus ?
Me ?

Ah, well--

[ duster ]
What ?

I never, uh--
[ chuckles ]

- [ trina ] shit !
- yes--

Why didn't
You stop it ?

Wha--
Go get the box.

- now, how are we supposed
To get out of here alive ?
- settle down, all right ?

Duster, come on.
Chop-chop.

Give me the box.

Could you help me, please ?

[ all grunting ]
Keep pushing. I'm gonna go
Try and bounce it off.

Keep pushing !

[ marcus ]
Ready ?
[ metal creaking ]

One, two, three.

[ both grunt ]

[ gasps ]

Duster, you know what
An intelligent man would do
In this situation ?

Sit and watch.

A real intelligent man
Would put his back
Into it, marcus.

All right.

[ both grunting ]

[ metal creaking ]

[ marcus ]
Watch it ! Watch it !

You all right ?

Where's the box ?
Where's the box ?

You were holdin' it !

Where's the fuckin' box ?
I found it.

It's right here.

[ grunts ]

Hey, is this thing
Important ?

What is it ?

This thing better not
Put any kinks in my plans.

What plans, marcus ?

I don't want my future
Slippin' away before I
Figure out what it is.

[ mouths word ]

[ marcus ]
That's what you'll get.
Booze is just the first step.

[ duster ]
I know the rest
Of the 12 steps.

I'm gonna use that booze
To start a little business.

I get myself a house,
A yard, a dog.
That's my future.

There is no future !

We don't have any way
To fix the truck,
And you can't walk out of here.

In four days that water
Will be gone, and then you
And me are gonna be dead.

[ muttering ]

Isn't this funny,
Marcus ?
Yeah.

Funny if it's happenin'
To someone else.
[ chuckles ]

[ duster ]
I-I-in the future they'll buy us
Steak dinners, limousines.

But the here and now,
Our big score is worthless.

They can't even buy us
12 hours of water.

Hey, you got anything useful
In that saddlebag ?

Uh, yeah, yeah,
We got lots of things.

We got--
We got some clothes
And some tortillas,

A couple pieces of hacksaw
And my-- my collection.

What collection ?

His rock collection.

You're carrying rocks
Across the desert ?

No.

I-I-I mean, yeah.

He's been collectin'
Since he was a kid.

I mean, they're nothin' special,
But there's a couple in here
That are kind of nice.

I like this one a lot.
That one's nice.
You know what this is ?

What ?

You just saved our lives.

This is pumice.
That's tufa.

We mix it together
With a little sand
And some motor oil.

It could make a forge.
Could fix the linkage.

What are you lookin' at ?

Nothin'.

Rocks.

[ frank narrating ]
At sunset, I stopped searching,
And I took catalina back,

Back to the place
I'd found the widow mcteague
All those years ago.

Now, I don't know
How catalina died,

But I was the one
Who gave her the diamonds.

The least I could do
Was give my old flame
A decent burial.

You died for
A bunch of rocks, cat.

A bunch of goddamn rocks.

[ grunting ]

I got the truck.

Trina's not...
Coming with us.

And neither are you.

Wait, wait.
What'd I do wrong ?

- you listened to me.
- wait !

[ shouts ]
[ drops shovel ]

[ frank narrating ]
I'll never know what happened
To catalina...

In those few minutes
It took me to get my truck.

The one thing I do know,
Is that trina was never
Quite the same...

After that night
Her mother left.

Ow !

[ frank narrating ]
I was searching for trina
At first light.

I knew it might be days
Before I found her.

But, in truth,
I was less worried
About the convicts than trina.

[ chuckling ]
I don't care how well
You know the desert.

If you're thirsty enough,
You start stumbling
To the mirage.

[ duster ]
When we get the forge built,
Everything's gonna be fine.

So stop ridin' me.
[ groans ]
Ah, mr. Independence.

Where the hell do you
Think you'd be without me
Telling you what to do ?

I wouldn't be
Bustin' out of some jail.

You're damn right,
'cause you never would have
Shot the guard.

That's it.

Perfect.

- [ small amount
Of water swishing ]
- [ sighs ]

Hearing you're gonna die
Should have got your attention.

This place tests you.

Yeah ? What makes you think
It even cares ?

Think what you like,
But it watches,

And it's in charge.

Yeah ?

So, trina,
I was thinkin'.

Shouldn't we top off
The jerrican
At the water hole...

So we don't lose so much
To evaporation ?

Yeah.

I'm a quick study.

Why don't you stack those rocks
In the forge ? Trina and I
Are gonna tank up.

Come on, trina.

[ tracy chirping ]

I've been thinkin' about
What the hell I'm gonna do
Once I'm back in the states.

In case you're blind
And didn't notice,

My life took sort of
A wrong turn somewheres back.

You mean getting arrested ?
Hell, I mean
Breaking the law.

The only reason we got busted
Down here in the first place...

Was 'cause duster
Was already wanted
North of the border.

Had it all worked out,
Happy as a clam.
How was I supposed to know ?

I'm lyin' there,
Takin' a nice snooze
On the railroad tracks.

Comin' right at me,
Full steam ahead,
A freight train named duster.

First his parents get wiped out
By some drunk,
And mama's next of kin.

A couple years later,
I'm la of kin.

It took me a while,
But you start to see you
Can't rise to the top...

With an anchor tied
Around your neck, you know ?

- duster seems harmless enough.
- duster ?

Duster's my cousin,
So I don't wanna say
Nothin' bad about him.

You know what you got to do
To get 25 years labor
In a mexican prison ?

Don't give 'em the chance
To show ya.

[ tracy chirping ]

[ squeaking ]

Oh, no, no.
You can't go nowhere.

You can't go nowhere.
You gotta stay right here.

Shh, tracy. It's okay.

It's okay. I'm gonna
Fix your door for ya.

Hey ! Don't !
Don't touch her !

But the door was open.

Well, I-I-I can fix it
So she can live in there.

Hold on, hold on. I got it.
Hold it right there.

Yep, she'll be comfy
As a kitten in here, trina.

- [ muttering ]
- see, I'm a locksmith.

- you ain't no locksmith.
- I was before, and I
Trained for a long time.

And who sacrificed
His hard-earned cash
To give you that training ?

- please, stop wasting
Everybody's time.
- see, I can do it.

- I can fix it
If you want me to.
- we'll just open this up, and--

I was gonna put
A piece of wire on it.
There we go !

And we got it right here.

What are you lookin' at ?

I'm lookin' at nothin',
Marcus.

There you are.
A little drink.

Now, I-I-I know
What marcus must've told ya,

And I understand why
You don't wanna be around me.

But I need you
To know somethin'.

I-I'd never do anything
To hurt that bird of yours.

I wanted you
To know that.

I just really wanted you
To know that.

Hey, you know
These little pictures
On the rocks here ?

Yeah ?

Are-- are they like
A language or somethin' ?

Like this bird here.
Does that mean somethin' ?

It's not a bird.
It's a dragonfly.

Oh, it's a dragonfly.

Dragonflies need water
To breed.

When you see one on a rock,
In the direction
That it's pointing,

It means
There's water there.

- I knew it meant somethin'.
I knew it.
- [ chuckles ]

The indians used to
Leave 'em for each other.

Just hundreds of years of
People leaving their mark.

Sun.

Snake.

Corn, counting.

Man. Woman.

- well, they're real beautiful.
- [ chuckles ]

Now, I bet you can read all
These rocks around here, huh ?

Can read the chatter.

The big guys there,
Most of the time
They keep to themselves.

They're called petroglyphs.

"Glyph's" a carving,
And "Petro" means stone.

Hey-- hey, marcus !

- what are you doin' here ?
- you know all these
Stone pictures ?

Bug-eyed, starin' things ?
They're messages.

You can read 'em.
Each one means
Somethin' different.

[ sighs ] why don't you
Try to read the meaning
On that one, duster ?

- what are you doing ?
- it's just graffiti, trina.

- it's not graffiti.
These are sacred carvings.
- sacred to who ?

They're sacred to me !
It's the gran desierto !

You respect it,
Or it will kill you !

It ain't gonna kill me,
'cause I'm gettin' out of here
In that vehicle !

So when you're finished
Teaching art appreciation
To picasso here,

Fix the goddamn truck !

[ huffs ]

What's up with you ?

He's my partner.

[ chirping ]

[ whispers ]
Partner.
[ chirping continues ]

It's gonna be hot work.

Keep going.

You want it to melt
Or what ?

** [ man singing in
Native american language ]

[ both panting ]

** [ continues ]

Do I gotta do this
Alone or what ?

[ panting continues ]

I need it hotter.

Hotter !

You're looking
Kind of peaked, duster.
Why don't you take a break ?

I don't--
I don't need a break.
Yeah ?

[ panting continues ]

He can't keep up.

[ metal clangs ]

He's down.

[ duster panting ]
You all right ?

Come on, pal.
He's all right.
He's got heatstroke.

[ trina ] no, we've got to
Get him to the water hole.
Come on, help me !

Women of quality don't
Usually occupy themselves
With heatstroke and hammers.

You learn fast when
Your life depends on it.
That's my point exactly.

It's all about
What we depend on.

Your friend's gonna die
If we don't get
His body heat down.

You don't give a damn
About him, do you ?
Of course I do.

The way I see it,
It's pretty much
Out of our hands.

If he dies, you can't tell me
You're gonna be heartbroken.
What ?

You got class.
Mama learned me
How to spot it.

That ain't easy
When you're growin' up
In a cathouse.

I learned all kinds of women.
Trash, hard-luck girls,
You name it.

I know I ain't got any class,
But god, do I know the taste.

When the door is closed,
You look in
The client's wallets...

At the pictures--
Kids, houses, wives.

That's how I
Got to know class.
That's why I know you.

You don't know
A goddamn thing about me !

I know whatever
Happens to duster,

It's not gonna stop you
Anymore than it's
Gonna stop me.

'cause I know somethin' else--
You don't let nothin'
Get in your way.

You're a son of a bitch,
Just like me.
I am nothing like you !

I'm a sleazy, greedy roach
Who doesn't give a damn...

About the one person
Who gives a damn
About him ?

Fuck you !
You're trash !

Pretty soon, you grubby
Little desert rat, we're
Gonna go our separate ways,

And you're never gonna know
What kind of pearls you
Just threw out with the trash.

Wait. Do--

[ clanging ]

Hey.

Hey.

You all right ?
I don't feel good.

Huh ?
My head hurts.

You're pretty feverish.

Duster, remember anything ?

I remember the forge.

I remember you.

I remember the heat.
I remember lots of heat.

- come on, drink this.
- no, I don't want your ration.
That's yours.

You have heatstroke.
You need water.
No.

Come on.

Did we fix the linkage ?

It's nothing
A bigger hammer won't fix.

Please, drink this.

Mmm.

I'm glad you're all right.

For a moment I thought
You were gonna leave me
With marcus.

Marcus don't mean
To do those bad things.

Marcus had a real
Tough time growin' up.

- and you didn't ?
- you don't understand.
Marcus done extra work for me.

Someone like me
Could have opportunities.

I learned about
Radial pin keys...

And multipass
Combination mechanisms.

He paid for
All those courses.

Advanced locksmithing.

- why'd you stop ?
- locksmithing's a special job.

I mean, I'm responsible
For people's homes,
Valuables.

It takes a special person,
The right kind of people.

And I ain't the right kind
Of people anymore.

Oh, duster.

Why were you
In a mexican jail ?

He and I robbed a bank.

Advanced locksmithing.

You shouldn't let people
Take advantage of you.

Yeah. Maybe all that time
You were busy cracking safes,

It was you
Who was being robbed.

One dream doesn't
Make a whole life.

Trina.

It's-- it's
Nothin' special, but--

I can't take that.

Okay.

It's beautiful.

It's just been a long time
Since anyone was glad
I was around.

Be careful, duster.

It's funny how you never
Turn into florence nightingale
When I'm around.

You seem to have a lot
Of spare time...

For someone who's supposed
To be tryin' to get us
Out of here, huh ?

If you're that bored,
Darlin'--

I said I'd work on the linkage.
So, uh, if you'll allow me.

Mmm.

[ groans ]
All right.

All right. All right.

[ shouts ]
Jesus christ !

[ groans ]
How could you let her
Put that thing on me ?

- you know I don't like bugs !
- without insects, human life
Would end in two months.

I do not wanna talk
About bugs !
[ grunting ]

[ grunting continues ]

Aw, jesus ! Yuck !

Ehh !
[ panting ]

Did I... See that...
Ring on her hand ?

It was in the combine.

It was worth somethin'.

Well, if you had plans, marcus,
You should've said so.

Well, it's a little late now,
Isn't it ?

Marcus.

Marcus.

Marcus !

Shut your fuckin' mouth !

I don't wanna hear any more
Of your goddamn lip !

Where the fuck did she go ?

You leave her alone.
I'll give you my half
Of the diamonds, okay ?

It's what you want,
Ain't it ?

Unless I'm mistaken,
They're common property.
They're in the combine.

I'll give 'em to you.
I'll give you everything.

I'll give you
The whole combine.

Wait a minute. Wait.

- what you're sayin' is, we
Don't need a combine anymore ?
- no, I didn't say that.

- that's what you said.
That's exactly what you said !
- I did not--

You're always babbling about how
We've got to get some future.
Well, we just found it !

I've been motherin' you
Since I was 16.
It's been cruel and unusual.

You want a future,
I'll give you a future,
All right ?

The future I want
Is the one without you.

We'll still be partners ?

Not no more.

[ gunshot ]

Come on !
Don't go weak on me, boy.
Hit it harder.

Goddamn it, get it open !
I want my share
Of them diamonds now !

Damn it.

- goddamn it !
- you can't shoot it open.

You can't hit it open.
You can't get it open.

Then make a key
And get it open,
All right ?

That's gonna
Take time, marcus.

Here we go.

I'll make sure
You're not disturbed,
All right ?

Any questions,
Partner ?

Not no more, marcus !

[ metallic scraping ]

[ trina ]
Hey.

I thought I heard a car...
Backfire or somethin'.

I didn't hear nothin'.

Bring that key with you.

Come on.

[ marcus ]
A tour bus full of lap dancers
On their way to vegas.

Absolutely nothin' that compares
To what we got here.

What are you doin' ?

I changed my mind
About you fixing the latch.

If your offer's still good.

Y-yeah, the offer's
Always open.

You already got
A hobby, duster.

Here, I'll polish it up
So it'll look
Just like new, okay ?

All right.

- you really gonna work
On princess' cage ?
- yes, I am.

[ sighs ]

[ metal clanging ]

Hey.

Let's test the engine.

You can't be serious.

If we can't crank it over,
We ain't going nowhere.

- it's out of gear, right ?
- I can't get it in gear.

But if you get it started,
I'm sure I'll be able
To find one.

What are you
So happy about ?

Oh, fuck me !

[ grunting ]

[ engine starts ]

Take over from duster.

[ grunts ]
All right, I got it.

[ engine revs ]

Come here.

Can you keep
The revs up ?

[ engine revs ]

Give me some slack,
Will you ?

Truck will be ready
Tomorrow.

We can leave tomorrow.

[ engine revs ]

We can leave tomorrow.

Wh-what are you saying ?

That we take the truck
And just leave marcus here ?

Hey !
Well, when
You passed out,

He wanted to leave you
Lying like roadkill.

He didn't give a damn
About you.
I know marcus.

You don't know me.

Hey !

Now, I grew up out here.
Hey !

And my family, well,
They had some bad breaks
Way back.

And now it's just me.

I got no one,
And I got nothing,

Except this desert
And a few heirlooms.

[ engine revs ]

Duster.

Duster.

Don't you know
I wanna go with you ?

I mean,
What are we gonna do,
Just ditch marcus ?

Well, no.
We'll radio the federales.

We could hire someone
To come pick him up.

It's still gonna
Be rough for him.

Now, all he's ever had
Is combine and me.

[ engine revs ]

Hey, duster !

If I leave the combine,
He'll be all right.

[ engine revs ]

Wha-- no.

- oh, christ.
- I don't have anything.

Not any money.
Nothing.

It don't matter.
No, because marcus and I,

We been-- we been up,
And we been down and out.

I know you think
You don't have nothing,

But you have everything
That you need in order
To have a good life.

Nobody-- nobody
Is gonna make me do
What I know is wrong !

Hey !

Not you, not marcus,
Nobody !

Ever again.

[ engine revs ]

Aw, shit !
[ sputtering ]

What's eatin' her ?

[ tools clanging ]

I would think you would get
A lot of magnetic interferences
Out here.

Yep.

Must play hell
With the compasses.

I'm surprised you know
Where you are half the time.

What, do you keep them
All adjusted or what ?

Most of them.

[ metal clanging ]

[ metal clangs ]

- right. We're in gear, right ?
- yup. It's our one slow gear.

But it'll run, right ?
I mean, we can get the hell
Out in the morning ?

Sure. A whopping
Five miles an hour.

What are you
Looking at, marcus ?

Nothin'.

[ frank narrating ]
I've been searching water hole
After water hole all day,

But it was the darkness
That let me find them.

Hey, duster, wake up.

Come on. Get up.
We're back on the job.
Come on.

Let's go.
Listen. Hey, listen.

That thing I said
About us not being partners.
I was way out of line.

Hey, and just to prove
I trust you.

All right ?
[ sighs ]

Now, come on.
Shake it. Let's go.

We're gonna swipe
The truck, all right ?
I got maps, a compass.

Got it all figured out.

I ain't gonna
Do that, marcus.

I even guessed
You might say that.

All right, let's see.
I got all the angles,
All right ?

Now, you are going
To hot-wire the truck.

I'm driving you,
Me and them diamonds
Out of this desert.

We're gonna get things back
The way they used to be.

It ain't gonna
Be the same, marcus.

It ain't gonna be
Like it used to be.

It ain't.

All right.

All right.

Fine.
It'll be a new way.

Move it !

You know, I've been listening
To your bullshit my whole life.

What, are you
Gonna shoot me ?

- if you're gonna shoot me,
Go ahead and do it.
- [ cocks gun ]

You son of a bitch.

I hate ya.

I hate ya.

I've hated you
Since the first day
I ever laid eyes on you.

She did this.

No, marcus, no !

Stop !

Marcus, come back here !
Come on, trina.
Come on.

- marcus ! Marcus !
- frank !

Marcus,
Don't you touch her !

Marcus, don't--

Marcus, please !

Get away from her,
Marcus !

God, how did you
Find me ?

'cause I've been looking,
That's why.

I read about
These two convicts.
They got the diamonds.

Jesus, trina, it doesn't
Matter about that now.
Come on.

The truck's
Not that far.
They've got my diamonds !

Do you want to die
For those diamonds ?
Do you want to kill for them ?

They've just brought
Misery to everyone
Who's ever touched them.

Just look
What those diamonds
Have done to you.

Can't you see ?
All I want
Is your happiness.

Haven't you done
Enough damage ?

[ frank narrating ]
Some dreams won't die.

They have to be killed.

Oh, god !

- did you see marcus ?
- well, look at here.
Ain't this cute ?

No, marcus. No.
[ gunshot ]

Who the fuck is that ?

Oh, what have you done ?

We gotta get
To the truck !

- you gotta help me
Start the truck.
- what have you done ?

[ gunshot ]
Come on ! We gotta
Get to the truck !

Tracy.
[ tracy chirping ]

[ frank narrating ]
This is what it is
To live with these things.

You shoot a man
You don't even know...

And count it as good luck
Because he was carrying them.

But it didn't matter
Who was holding them now.

Me. Him.
This desert.

The curse of these diamonds
Is that they exist.

As long as they exist,
You think they're going
To be within reach.

Where we headed ?

Get some ice cream.
[ chuckles ]

I never wanted him around,
But then I got
Kind of used to him.

He was--
[ chuckles ]

It's like--
[ chuckles ]

Like you were married.

What ?

That's why
I never had a life.

Married to duster before
I even got out of high school.

Must have really
Brought you down.

I know I, uh,
Done some bad things.

We got off to kind of
A rocky start.

You know what
I'm talking about ?

Go on.

No, I'm--

I'm just saying
Maybe, uh--

I want to forget
The past.

I'm saying-- I'm saying,
You know, maybe--

What I really want
Is a friend.

But not someone--

Well, not someone
Like duster, but...

Someone
With style and class.

A woman.

Not like those other types.

I learned something out here
In the past few days.

You gotta give to get.
[ chuckles ]

I wanna-- I'm gonna--

I mean, I wanna--
I'm gonna give you something.

You know,
Half of something that's--

Still, half's
The best thing...

Probably anyone
Has ever given you.
[ chuckles ]

But before I do, I just--
I feel like I want--

I really want
That you should...

Shake my hand.

There's a gun
In your hand, marcus.

What ?

What the hell, right ?

Good enough for you ?

Anyway, I--
See this ?

Huh ?

See this ?

Your diamonds belonged
To my great-grandmother.

But I wanted to share.

No deal !

Oh, jesus.

[ backfires ]

Marcus !

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh.

[ mumbles,
Indistinct ]

[ groans ]
No. Hold on.
Hold on.

It's pretty bad.
Hold on.

Stop the bleeding,
And it'll be fine.
Come here.

Hold on.
Hold-- hold tight.

Hold on. Come on.

[ whimpering ]
Hold on.

Hold on tight now.

[ sobbing ]

Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to.

[ frank narrating ]
Eventually I knew trina
Would double back...

And look at the guy
I shot.

Then she'll know
I took the diamonds,
And she'll come after me.

As she must.

[ chuckles ]
Maybe in another life...

I could have converted them
Into cash,

Found a charity,
Washed my hands.

But, uh, that was before
This desert reminded me...

That penitents typically
Travel on foot.

And so I have.

The one place
I can end this curse
And pay for my crimes.

The desert will swallow
These diamonds again.

Forever.

And this time,
Even she will know
That they are gone for good.

And she will have no choice
But to drive out
Of this desert.

And these ghosts
Will finally
Be laid to rest.

[ tracy chirping ]

[ groans ]

[ chirping continues ]

Duster.

I thought you--

No, the bullet
Just grazed my head
And knocked me out.

I'm sorry.

Well, he had it coming.

He was going to strand you
Out here, take your truck
And leave you to die.

And I was gonna
Let him try.

And then he was pumping you
About maps and compasses.

And I finished the new key,
And I traded my rocks
For your diamonds.

All the pieces were there.
I put them together.

A prospector with
No prospecting gear.

And that key you were wearing
Looked like an original to me.

The thing is,
I don't have
Your diamonds anymore.

What ?
No, I had 'em.
I had 'em.

That guy was gone
When I came to.

Frank has them ?
I found his truck.

And believe me,
I searched through it.

But there's a hole
In the radiator.
He must have set out on foot.

You know, he could have
Gone in any direction.

No, no, he couldn't.

No, he's--
He's got to cross
The flats first.

No, texas is still
A long way, and this thing's
Just patched up.

No, we--
We just take his truck.

Come on. Come on.
We can get him.

Trina, maybe it's better
This way.

Help me start the truck.
Maybe it's better
This way.

Look at what the diamonds
Did to marcus...

And what they did
To the woman
Who had them first.

Well, that woman
Was my grandmother,
And she lost them.

Look at what
They did to her.
She didn't understand.

Look at what
They did to her !

I spend
My whole life here.

Every year.
Every day. Please.

You wanna know
Why I gave up
My rock collection ?

You traded it
For my diamonds.

I'd rather have my rocks
Than yours.

The first time
I ever picked one up
Was for my parents' funeral.

And the second was the day
I moved in with marcus.
I had 38 of them.

The day I got
My locksmith's license,

The day I went to prison,
The first day of freedom.

Some are good
And some are bad,

But when you put it
All together, it's
A whole life right there.

Yeah ?

Well, I threw
Your rocks away.

I-I guess that
Just makes us even.

Besides, I kept
The most important one--

The day you kissed me.

All's I need is one more,
And I can start
A new collection.

You don't understand !

Trina, this ain't
About the diamonds.

Your dreamin'
And the diamonds,
They ain't the same thing.

You've been looking
For these stones
For so long...

That you forgot
What you were looking for
In the first place.

You don't gotta
Be like that no more.

I mean, it's simple.

All's you gotta do
Is just walk out
Of this place.

You gotta make a choice.

You just gotta
Make a choice.

No, wait !

Look. All of this
Is gonna be the past.

It's all gonna be
The past.

Oh.

All right.

Just sit back, trina.
We'll be at frank's truck soon.

[ catalina ]
I'm ready to live again.

Go get the truck.

[ sobbing ]

Baby, I'm sorry
That you had--
How could you ?

[ bird squawking ]

I have to get
The diamonds.

I know I can get along
Without them.

Maybe they ain't
Even good for me.

I can't just give up.

What do you mean,
You can't just give up ?

It'll all have been
For nothing.

For my father,
For his father,

For my great-grandparents
And for me.

And now it's all down to me,
And I am good enough.

I am the one.

How can I start a new life
When I ain't even finished
The old one ?

What if I don't go
With you ?

You can't go with me.

You should take
Tracy with you.

No.
I'm comin' back !

No, she'll be all alone.
Take it.
I'm comin' back !

I'm comin' back !
Take it !

I'm comin' back.

[ tracy chirping ]

- I promise you.
- okay.

Tracy.

[ chirping ]

Tracy.
Tracy, I'll be back !

[ chirping ]

Stay away from me, trina.
I mean it.

Aw, come on, frank.
You've been here before.

It all went wrong.

Now you've got a chance
To undo your mistake.

That's what I'm doing.

Give me the diamonds.

This has got nothing
To do with you.

It has everything
To do with me.

What, you don't wanna
Give them to me ?

You wanna keep them
For yourself ?
Is that it ?

Okay. Well,
You're gonna have
To kill me first.

[ groans ]

[ sobbing ]
Trina.

I won't give them to you,
Trina. I won't.

You did it
For my mother.
You can't have them.

- why won't you
Give them to me ?
- listen to me.

- because they'll destroy you !
- it is over between
Your father and I.

You stole for her.
You lied for her.

- did everything
She ever asked you.
- it has been for a long time.

- no.
- it was wrong.
I should never have done it.

- what's wrong with me then ?
- there's nothing wrong
With you.

I can't stand here and let him
Squander your whole life.
No, you're leaving us !

Why didn't you
Tell me, huh ?
What is it ?

- no, I wouldn't leave you.
- am I stupid ?
Am I ugly ?

What did she do ?
What do I have to do ?

Shut up !

I'm taking you with me.
Trina !
No !

Where did you
Put them, huh ?

No !
I'm not leaving
Without you !

- where are the diamonds ?
- I am not leaving you.

- where are the diamonds ?
- listen to me !

- come on.
- damn it ! Calm down !

- trina !
- no. Stop !
- where are they ?

[ gasping ]

- no !
- trina, I'm taking you
With me. Trina !

[ gunshot ]

[ gasps ]

Wha-- frank.
Frank !

Wha-- frank.

Wh--

[ grunts ]
You can't go.

Dad's gonna find
The diamonds.

Where are the diamonds ?

Oh.

Oh.

No.
[ clatter ]

No !

[ screams ]

No !
Frank, come on !
Come on !

[ grunts ]

No !

No !

[ sets parking brake ]

[ chirping ]

* amazing grace

* how sweet the sound

* that saved

* a wretch

* like me

* I once

* was lost

* but now

* I am found

* I was blind

* but now

* I see

* through many dangers

* toils and snares

* I have

* already come

* and it is grace

* that brought me safely

* thus far

* and it is grace

* that will lead me home

* yes, and when
Yes, when this heart...

* this heart
And flesh shall fail.

* and flesh

* shall fail
And mortal life...

* and mortal life
Shall cease.

* shall cease

* I shall possess

* within the veil

* a life

* of joy

* and peace

Through many dangers
Toils and snares,

I shall possess
Within the veil...

A life of joy
And peace.

Grace will--
Grace-- grace will--

* amazing grace

* how sweet the sound
Flesh shall--
Flesh shall fail.

* that saved a wretch
Like me *

* oh, grace

* oh, grace

* oh, grace

Grace will lead--
Grace will lead me home--
* lead me home

* lead me home
* grace will
Lead me home *

* lead me

* a life of joy
Joy **