1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 iSubDB.com - fast, modern, simple Subtitles search by drag & drop 2 00:00:33,404 --> 00:00:37,942 Long ago, when I was a young man, my father said to me... 3 00:00:38,043 --> 00:00:40,598 "Norman, you like to write stories." 4 00:00:40,701 --> 00:00:42,806 And I said, "Yes, I do." 5 00:00:43,963 --> 00:00:46,898 Then he said, "Someday, when you're ready... 6 00:00:47,003 --> 00:00:49,718 you might tell our family story. 7 00:00:49,819 --> 00:00:54,260 Only then will you understand what happened and why." 8 00:01:10,617 --> 00:01:14,991 In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing. 9 00:01:22,903 --> 00:01:26,579 We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in Missoula, Montana... 10 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,752 where Indians still appeared out of the wilderness... 11 00:01:28,887 --> 00:01:31,571 to walk the honky-tonks and brothels of Front Street. 12 00:03:05,325 --> 00:03:07,845 My father was a Presbyterian minister... 13 00:03:07,981 --> 00:03:09,836 and a fly-fisherman. 14 00:03:12,844 --> 00:03:17,099 Though it is true that one day a week was given over wholly to religion... 15 00:03:17,196 --> 00:03:21,223 even then he told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen. 16 00:03:21,326 --> 00:03:25,035 And we were left to assume, as my younger brother Paul and I did... 17 00:03:25,133 --> 00:03:29,289 that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly-fishermen... 18 00:03:29,388 --> 00:03:33,000 and that John, the favorite, was a dry fly-fisherman. 19 00:03:33,101 --> 00:03:37,509 The poor without Christ are of all men the most miserable. 20 00:03:39,115 --> 00:03:41,188 But the poor with Christ... 21 00:03:41,323 --> 00:03:44,672 are princes and kings of the earth. 22 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:47,850 In the afternoon, we would walk with him... 23 00:03:47,947 --> 00:03:50,664 while he unwound between services. 24 00:03:50,762 --> 00:03:53,761 He almost always chose a path along the Big Blackfoot... 25 00:03:53,865 --> 00:03:56,387 which we considered our family river. 26 00:03:56,491 --> 00:04:00,863 It was there he felt his soul restored and his imagination stirred. 27 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:05,316 Long ago rain fell on mud and became rock. 28 00:04:05,417 --> 00:04:07,783 Halt a billion years ago. 29 00:04:09,513 --> 00:04:12,327 But even before that, beneath the rocks... 30 00:04:14,344 --> 00:04:16,230 are the words of God. 31 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,333 Listen. 32 00:04:24,072 --> 00:04:27,366 And if Paul and I listened very carefully all our lives... 33 00:04:28,679 --> 00:04:30,981 we might hear those words. 34 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:40,349 Even so, Paul and I received as many hours of instruction in fly-fishing... 35 00:04:40,486 --> 00:04:42,787 as we did in all other spiritual matters. 36 00:04:44,901 --> 00:04:47,040 As a Presbyterian, my father believed... 37 00:04:47,142 --> 00:04:50,043 that man, by nature, was a damn mess... 38 00:04:50,150 --> 00:04:52,416 and that only by picking up God's rhythms... 39 00:04:52,515 --> 00:04:54,687 were we able to regain power and beauty. 40 00:04:56,515 --> 00:05:01,502 To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation, come by grace. 41 00:05:01,603 --> 00:05:05,662 And grace comes by art, and art does not come easy. 42 00:05:05,764 --> 00:05:07,583 Norman. 43 00:05:12,801 --> 00:05:15,933 So my brother and I learned to cast Presbyterian style: 44 00:05:16,033 --> 00:05:18,334 on a metronome. 45 00:05:21,281 --> 00:05:23,997 He began each session with the same instruction: 46 00:05:24,097 --> 00:05:26,943 Casting is an art that is performed on a four-count rhythm... 47 00:05:27,039 --> 00:05:29,973 between 10:00 and 2:00. 48 00:05:33,438 --> 00:05:36,700 If he had had his way, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish... 49 00:05:36,798 --> 00:05:39,286 would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching it. 50 00:05:47,134 --> 00:05:50,679 So it was with my formal education as well. 51 00:05:50,781 --> 00:05:54,196 Each weekday, while my father worked on his Sunday sermon... 52 00:05:54,301 --> 00:05:56,756 I attended the school of the Reverend Maclean. 53 00:05:58,971 --> 00:06:02,648 He taught nothing but reading and writing. And being a Scot... 54 00:06:02,747 --> 00:06:05,203 believed that the art of writing lay in thrift. 55 00:06:16,379 --> 00:06:17,841 Half as long. 56 00:06:24,314 --> 00:06:27,249 So while my friends spent their days at Missoula Elementary... 57 00:06:27,354 --> 00:06:30,703 I stayed home and learned to write the American language. 58 00:06:41,433 --> 00:06:43,734 Again, halt as long. 59 00:07:11,190 --> 00:07:13,229 Good. Now throw it away. 60 00:07:28,533 --> 00:07:30,704 Norman! Norman! 61 00:07:31,827 --> 00:07:33,736 Wait for your brother! 62 00:07:41,235 --> 00:07:44,235 However, there was a balance to my father's system. 63 00:07:45,299 --> 00:07:47,852 Every afternoon I was set free... 64 00:07:47,955 --> 00:07:49,862 untutored and untouched till supper... 65 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:53,350 to learn on my own the natural side of God's order. 66 00:08:02,961 --> 00:08:06,092 And there could be no better place to learn than the Montana of my youth. 67 00:08:09,168 --> 00:08:11,338 It was a world with dew still on it... 68 00:08:12,911 --> 00:08:16,686 more touched by wonder and possibility than any I have since known. 69 00:08:51,372 --> 00:08:53,412 Goddamn it, open up the door! 70 00:08:54,283 --> 00:08:56,488 What the hell is goin' on? 71 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:59,617 - Where are you guys going? - Chickens! 72 00:09:08,268 --> 00:09:11,081 Move out of the way. Get. 73 00:09:38,215 --> 00:09:40,549 But it was a tough world, too. Even as children... 74 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:43,330 we understood that and admired it. 75 00:09:47,078 --> 00:09:49,664 And of course, we had to test it. 76 00:09:50,822 --> 00:09:53,953 I knew I was tough because I had been bloodied in battle. 77 00:09:54,053 --> 00:09:55,777 Get him! 78 00:09:55,878 --> 00:09:59,107 Don't be a sissy! Come on! 79 00:09:59,205 --> 00:10:01,441 Yeah, come on. Let's see some blood here. 80 00:10:05,381 --> 00:10:07,236 Paul was different. 81 00:10:07,365 --> 00:10:10,399 His toughness came from some secret place inside of him. 82 00:10:10,501 --> 00:10:13,182 He simply knew he was tougher than anyone alive. 83 00:10:14,756 --> 00:10:18,018 Grace will not be said until that bowl is clean. 84 00:10:31,043 --> 00:10:35,384 Man has been eating God's oats for a thousand years. 85 00:10:35,521 --> 00:10:39,483 It's not the place of an 8-year-old boy to change that tradition. 86 00:11:40,252 --> 00:11:41,592 Grace. 87 00:11:50,524 --> 00:11:52,595 Oh, God... 88 00:11:52,699 --> 00:11:55,252 rich in forgiveness, grant that we... 89 00:11:55,355 --> 00:11:59,031 may hold fast the good things we receive from Thee. 90 00:11:59,131 --> 00:12:02,905 And as often as we tall into sin, be lifted by repentance through Thy grace. 91 00:12:03,002 --> 00:12:04,343 Amen. 92 00:12:07,832 --> 00:12:10,222 Norm, what do you want to be when you grow up? 93 00:12:11,512 --> 00:12:13,335 A minister, I guess. 94 00:12:15,223 --> 00:12:17,047 Or a professional boxer. 95 00:12:17,144 --> 00:12:19,697 You think you could beat Jack Johnson? 96 00:12:22,936 --> 00:12:26,580 I think you could. I'd bet on it. 97 00:12:27,768 --> 00:12:31,925 - What are you gonna be? - A professional fly-fisherman. 98 00:12:32,024 --> 00:12:35,503 - There's no such thing. - There isn't? 99 00:12:44,309 --> 00:12:46,831 I guess a boxer. 100 00:12:47,861 --> 00:12:49,902 Not a minister? 101 00:12:59,668 --> 00:13:02,864 In 1917, World War I came to Missoula... 102 00:13:02,963 --> 00:13:06,411 taking with it every able-bodied lumberjack... 103 00:13:06,515 --> 00:13:09,362 leaving the woods to old men and boys. 104 00:13:11,220 --> 00:13:13,488 So at 16, I did my duty... 105 00:13:13,619 --> 00:13:16,074 and started working for the U.S. Forest Service. 106 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:21,713 It was a life of timber and toil... 107 00:13:21,812 --> 00:13:23,916 with men as tough as their ax handles... 108 00:13:25,585 --> 00:13:27,789 and more mountains in all directions... 109 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:30,279 than I would ever see again. 110 00:13:32,112 --> 00:13:33,936 Being too young to join me... 111 00:13:34,001 --> 00:13:37,035 Paul took a job as lifeguard at the municipal swimming pool... 112 00:13:37,137 --> 00:13:39,503 so that during the day he could look over the girls... 113 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,822 and in the evenings he could pursue his other purpose in life: fishing. 114 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,951 Be Thou my vision 115 00:13:47,086 --> 00:13:51,244 O Lord of my heart 116 00:13:51,344 --> 00:13:54,603 Naught be all else to me 117 00:13:54,702 --> 00:13:58,347 Save that Thou art 118 00:13:58,446 --> 00:14:01,316 Thou might press on 119 00:14:01,422 --> 00:14:06,278 By day or by night 120 00:14:06,382 --> 00:14:09,479 Waking or sleeping 121 00:14:09,581 --> 00:14:13,772 Thy presence my light 122 00:14:47,051 --> 00:14:48,905 Preacher, come on. 123 00:14:55,273 --> 00:14:57,606 Preacher, come on. 124 00:14:57,737 --> 00:14:59,078 Shut up! 125 00:15:14,087 --> 00:15:18,309 Have I told you what a fire sounds like coming down a mountain 6o miles an hour? 126 00:15:18,407 --> 00:15:20,675 Him and his forest fires. 127 00:15:20,806 --> 00:15:23,040 I've got a great idea. 128 00:15:23,138 --> 00:15:25,596 - I know how we can go down in history. - How? 129 00:15:25,733 --> 00:15:29,474 We borrow old man Seitert's rowboat and we shoot the chutes. 130 00:15:29,571 --> 00:15:32,474 - You can't shoot the chutes. - You can try. 131 00:15:32,579 --> 00:15:36,093 - You can die trying. - They'd bury us with honors. Tell him. 132 00:15:37,826 --> 00:15:41,142 - We would be the kings of Missoula. - We'd be famous. 133 00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:44,567 All of you would get your photographs in the paper. 134 00:15:44,674 --> 00:15:47,488 I'm doing it. I am. 135 00:15:47,586 --> 00:15:50,042 You'll die. No. 136 00:15:52,288 --> 00:15:55,256 - Let's do it. Come on. - I'm with you. 137 00:16:01,122 --> 00:16:02,496 All right. 138 00:16:05,888 --> 00:16:07,260 Let's go! 139 00:16:12,415 --> 00:16:14,204 I'll get the oars. 140 00:16:16,191 --> 00:16:18,165 Whose idea was this? 141 00:16:18,269 --> 00:16:20,727 - Which way we goin', Pauly? - This way. 142 00:16:28,030 --> 00:16:30,070 I need a woman! 143 00:16:47,132 --> 00:16:49,020 Jesus, Mary and Joseph! 144 00:16:52,797 --> 00:16:55,216 Okay, we'll put in upstream. 145 00:17:03,643 --> 00:17:04,985 Flip it. 146 00:17:10,524 --> 00:17:12,345 Okay, hop in. 147 00:17:17,273 --> 00:17:19,096 Come on. We can all tit. 148 00:17:19,194 --> 00:17:21,616 I don't think so. 149 00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:31,605 All right. Just me, Norm and Chub. 150 00:17:32,858 --> 00:17:34,644 Geez, Pauly. 151 00:17:37,496 --> 00:17:40,246 I guess it's just the Macleans. 152 00:18:04,246 --> 00:18:05,873 Be careful! 153 00:18:16,307 --> 00:18:18,284 You ain't goin' over, Pauly. 154 00:18:19,349 --> 00:18:21,716 - They'll pull to shore. - See you in heaven! 155 00:18:21,812 --> 00:18:24,943 Come back a second. I gotta tell you something. 156 00:18:38,065 --> 00:18:40,433 See you later, boys! 157 00:18:45,969 --> 00:18:47,857 Rudder on the right. 158 00:18:55,632 --> 00:18:57,640 On your right. Watch your right. 159 00:19:23,790 --> 00:19:26,725 - Steer around. - Right! 160 00:19:29,005 --> 00:19:31,493 Watch it! On your right. 161 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:48,041 Hang on! 162 00:20:08,938 --> 00:20:10,277 Oh, geez. 163 00:20:14,794 --> 00:20:16,134 Maclean! 164 00:20:30,088 --> 00:20:31,996 Pauly! 165 00:20:32,103 --> 00:20:33,477 Hey, Chub. 166 00:20:52,709 --> 00:20:54,529 What the hell! 167 00:21:08,292 --> 00:21:10,266 You crazy son of a bitch! 168 00:21:12,994 --> 00:21:15,035 - You guys okay? - Where's-- 169 00:21:19,587 --> 00:21:21,562 Preach, you okay? 170 00:21:22,915 --> 00:21:24,702 Sure. 171 00:21:44,128 --> 00:21:46,746 You will go to church this day and pray for forgiveness. 172 00:21:50,688 --> 00:21:54,517 Your mother spent the night sick with worry. Did you think of her feelings? 173 00:21:54,624 --> 00:21:56,828 Mrs. Campbell called. 174 00:22:00,253 --> 00:22:03,734 - Who gave you the boat? - We borrowed it. 175 00:22:05,214 --> 00:22:06,523 Borrowed? 176 00:22:10,205 --> 00:22:12,059 Boys, what have you done? 177 00:22:17,948 --> 00:22:21,396 You will work off every cent of its value. 178 00:22:22,556 --> 00:22:24,313 Yes, sir. 179 00:22:24,413 --> 00:22:26,745 I'll work it oft. It was my idea. 180 00:22:42,586 --> 00:22:44,757 What're you making? 181 00:22:44,857 --> 00:22:49,233 Know what you need? Ham, cheese and sardines. Delicious. 182 00:22:49,370 --> 00:22:51,704 - I don't want sardines. - I'll show you. 183 00:22:51,834 --> 00:22:55,794 Those guys will tell everyone the class of '19 did it. 184 00:22:57,272 --> 00:22:59,094 I should write an article. 185 00:22:59,192 --> 00:23:02,040 - "Macleans conquer chutes." - I don't like sardines. 186 00:23:02,136 --> 00:23:04,438 You could get it in the school paper. 187 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,582 Chub! 188 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,917 "Geez, Pauly!" 189 00:23:09,016 --> 00:23:12,725 - What a skeezicks! - I don't want any goddamn sardines! 190 00:23:37,043 --> 00:23:40,274 No! Stop it! Stop it! 191 00:23:44,052 --> 00:23:46,157 You hit her, you son of a bitch! 192 00:23:46,259 --> 00:23:48,431 You knocked her down, you bastard! 193 00:23:48,532 --> 00:23:52,013 - Son of a bitch! - Please, I slipped! 194 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:03,052 I just slipped. That's all. 195 00:24:20,722 --> 00:24:22,544 That was the only time... 196 00:24:22,642 --> 00:24:24,551 we ever fought. 197 00:24:24,687 --> 00:24:28,005 Perhaps we wondered afterwards which one of us was tougher. 198 00:24:28,144 --> 00:24:31,625 But if boyhood questions aren't answered before a certain point... 199 00:24:31,728 --> 00:24:33,671 they can't be raised again. 200 00:24:33,776 --> 00:24:36,265 So we returned to being gracious to one another... 201 00:24:36,369 --> 00:24:38,343 as the church wall suggested. 202 00:25:15,019 --> 00:25:17,191 I then saw something remarkable. 203 00:25:19,116 --> 00:25:22,727 For the first time, Paul broke free of our father's instruction... 204 00:25:22,827 --> 00:25:25,609 into a rhythm all his own. 205 00:25:55,975 --> 00:25:58,276 They're both marvelous. 206 00:26:06,471 --> 00:26:09,285 I'd say the Lord has blessed us all today. 207 00:26:18,405 --> 00:26:21,569 It's just that He's been particularly good to me. 208 00:26:31,555 --> 00:26:34,622 The year ended with my acceptance into Dartmouth College. 209 00:26:34,756 --> 00:26:39,393 Father had told me I could attend any college in the world I could get into. 210 00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:42,973 I knew he earned no more than $1,800 a year... 211 00:26:43,074 --> 00:26:46,205 so his offer meant more to me than anything in my life. 212 00:26:46,306 --> 00:26:48,409 Do your best. 213 00:26:48,512 --> 00:26:49,943 I will. 214 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:53,023 All aboard! 215 00:27:03,199 --> 00:27:04,543 Norman! 216 00:27:25,855 --> 00:27:30,197 So in the autumn of 1919 I boarded the Northern Pacific... 217 00:27:30,302 --> 00:27:33,750 for a 3,000-mile trip east to the unknown. 218 00:27:38,428 --> 00:27:41,974 To the son of a Montana minister, Dartmouth was more than an education. 219 00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:46,550 It was a revelation, exposing me to a world I'd only guessed at. 220 00:27:53,532 --> 00:27:56,694 As part of my degree, I was required to enlighten incoming freshman... 221 00:27:56,795 --> 00:27:59,829 on the wonders of the Romantic poets. 222 00:27:59,931 --> 00:28:02,035 And although I was unaware of it then... 223 00:28:02,137 --> 00:28:04,310 teaching fit me. 224 00:28:04,411 --> 00:28:07,477 But most of the time I sat in the card room of my fraternity house... 225 00:28:07,579 --> 00:28:10,775 giving my bluenose brothers a lesson in Front Street poker. 226 00:28:13,464 --> 00:28:15,799 In all, I spent six years at Dartmouth... 227 00:28:15,898 --> 00:28:18,134 away from home nearly all that time. 228 00:28:20,888 --> 00:28:23,376 On the other hand, Paul stayed home for college... 229 00:28:23,481 --> 00:28:26,449 unwilling to leave the fish he had not yet caught. 230 00:28:31,352 --> 00:28:35,126 After graduation, he took a job as a reporter for a Helena newspaper... 231 00:28:35,223 --> 00:28:38,038 and moved to that town... 232 00:28:38,136 --> 00:28:41,299 his connection with the family growing as slight as my own. 233 00:28:50,517 --> 00:28:52,722 It was not until the spring of 1926... 234 00:28:52,822 --> 00:28:55,211 that I finally did come home. 235 00:29:38,097 --> 00:29:40,780 Dinner is in half an hour, so you have time for a bath. 236 00:29:42,961 --> 00:29:44,619 Do I look thin? 237 00:29:48,241 --> 00:29:50,151 Do I look old? 238 00:29:52,432 --> 00:29:55,182 No, you look-- 239 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,851 I wish Paul could've been here tonight. He's working late. 240 00:30:03,822 --> 00:30:06,540 Norman, would you come in? 241 00:30:13,550 --> 00:30:15,623 I'm sorry Paul won't be here. 242 00:30:15,757 --> 00:30:18,277 The life of a newspaperman. 243 00:30:19,534 --> 00:30:22,216 You know how Paul likes to-- 244 00:30:22,315 --> 00:30:23,943 I do. 245 00:30:24,045 --> 00:30:25,735 Sit. 246 00:30:31,437 --> 00:30:33,738 I also hear that he-- 247 00:30:35,755 --> 00:30:39,978 I hear everything, don't l? God forbid my flock keep me in ignorance. 248 00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:46,056 Yes. 249 00:30:46,157 --> 00:30:50,182 You can bet everyone from here to Helena knows the details of your education. 250 00:30:51,307 --> 00:30:53,893 It is an achievement. 251 00:30:53,994 --> 00:30:56,548 To what use shall you put this achievement? 252 00:31:01,003 --> 00:31:05,759 - I'm considering the Forest Service. - As a career? 253 00:31:09,897 --> 00:31:11,720 No. For the summer. 254 00:31:13,832 --> 00:31:15,656 As a break. 255 00:31:15,753 --> 00:31:19,844 That's a good idea. The body fuels the mind. 256 00:31:19,977 --> 00:31:21,886 - That's what I was thinking. - And after? 257 00:31:23,688 --> 00:31:25,511 I'm not sure yet. 258 00:31:27,303 --> 00:31:30,532 You've had six years to become sure. 259 00:31:40,296 --> 00:31:42,945 Have you considered an advanced degree? 260 00:31:44,167 --> 00:31:46,270 The law? Medicine? 261 00:31:47,494 --> 00:31:48,835 The ministry? 262 00:31:51,941 --> 00:31:54,427 I've applied for several teaching positions. 263 00:31:54,565 --> 00:31:57,762 - Have you? - College level. I haven't heard yet. 264 00:31:57,861 --> 00:31:59,551 No, it's early. 265 00:32:01,412 --> 00:32:03,900 You have taught classes already, haven't you? 266 00:32:04,004 --> 00:32:05,826 Yes. 267 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,575 Did you find that rewarding? 268 00:32:08,675 --> 00:32:13,378 That is to say, do you feel this could be your calling? 269 00:32:14,339 --> 00:32:15,681 My calling? 270 00:32:17,475 --> 00:32:19,646 Dinner, gentlemen. 271 00:32:35,970 --> 00:32:39,351 If it's so tunny, how come I'm not laughing? Yes, pee in their pants. 272 00:32:41,152 --> 00:32:43,192 - Paul Maclean? - In there. 273 00:32:43,296 --> 00:32:45,303 The Anaconda Mine rules say no breaks... 274 00:32:45,407 --> 00:32:48,724 not even for the john, so they stand there and pee in their pants. 275 00:32:48,831 --> 00:32:50,871 - What about the late-- - George Masterson. 276 00:32:50,976 --> 00:32:54,358 I'll take that widow. She's 23 and built like-- 277 00:32:54,464 --> 00:32:57,562 - You take the Anaconda. - I'll interview the grieving widow. 278 00:32:57,695 --> 00:33:00,509 But I'm the boss, Maclean. 279 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:04,376 Fine by me, boss. Brother! 280 00:33:06,974 --> 00:33:08,467 Look at you. 281 00:33:10,239 --> 00:33:13,586 Boys, this is my big brother, the professor. 282 00:33:13,693 --> 00:33:15,034 Gentlemen. 283 00:33:18,109 --> 00:33:19,449 Sit. 284 00:33:21,149 --> 00:33:23,353 - Thanks for visiting me last night. - Yeah, damn. 285 00:33:23,453 --> 00:33:25,624 I am sorry. Wanted to be there. 286 00:33:26,587 --> 00:33:30,232 Wanted to hear the old man say, "Norman, could you come into my study, please?" 287 00:33:37,658 --> 00:33:39,634 Geez, the professor. 288 00:33:42,715 --> 00:33:44,570 We should celebrate. 289 00:33:53,849 --> 00:33:55,736 A little early for me. 290 00:33:57,689 --> 00:34:00,406 The East is making you soft. 291 00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:03,063 Is that right? 292 00:34:18,872 --> 00:34:20,693 Do much fishing out east? 293 00:34:21,942 --> 00:34:23,372 None. 294 00:34:23,479 --> 00:34:25,168 None? 295 00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:28,020 What do you say? Big Blacktoot. 296 00:34:53,619 --> 00:34:56,108 - You set? - Yeah. 297 00:35:03,987 --> 00:35:06,374 - Take this hole. It's a good one. - That's all right. You go ahead. 298 00:35:06,514 --> 00:35:08,718 It's a good hole. 299 00:35:28,913 --> 00:35:31,367 Too tight. Try a roll cast. 300 00:35:47,631 --> 00:35:50,378 The fish are out further. 301 00:35:51,469 --> 00:35:53,323 Just a little further. 302 00:35:55,149 --> 00:35:59,589 Cast your line into the current. It'll give a better base and add distance. 303 00:35:59,693 --> 00:36:02,279 You're just rusty. That's all. 304 00:37:56,929 --> 00:37:58,750 He called it shadow casting... 305 00:37:58,849 --> 00:38:02,197 keeping his line above water long enough and low enough... 306 00:38:02,305 --> 00:38:04,858 to make a rainbow rise. 307 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,178 And I realized that in the time I was away... 308 00:38:09,281 --> 00:38:13,307 my brother had become an artist. 309 00:38:13,408 --> 00:38:16,571 My coach comes up to me and says, "Mac, how'd you like to meet... 310 00:38:16,704 --> 00:38:19,038 John L. Sullivan?" 311 00:38:20,063 --> 00:38:23,129 The John L. Sullivan, the last bare-knuckle champion of the world. 312 00:38:23,230 --> 00:38:26,100 It was then I knew I was home. 313 00:38:26,208 --> 00:38:29,524 Standing on the steps of the Missoula Library once again... 314 00:38:29,632 --> 00:38:32,761 late at night, telling stories to the same boys... 315 00:38:32,862 --> 00:38:36,243 who had sat on those steps and listened a hundred times before. 316 00:38:38,397 --> 00:38:40,699 And who had, in my absence, become men. 317 00:38:40,797 --> 00:38:44,094 It goes to show the world is full of bastards... 318 00:38:44,190 --> 00:38:48,532 the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana! 319 00:38:48,669 --> 00:38:50,010 Amen! 320 00:38:50,107 --> 00:38:53,009 That's why you need to stick around here from now on. 321 00:38:53,147 --> 00:38:54,903 Where's the gargle? 322 00:38:55,005 --> 00:38:57,338 Yes, pass this way. 323 00:38:57,467 --> 00:39:02,103 Every girl you need to know will be at the 4th of July dance... 324 00:39:02,202 --> 00:39:03,633 without mama. 325 00:39:05,211 --> 00:39:07,512 Find you a little Sheba. 326 00:39:08,922 --> 00:39:11,027 Gentlemen, it's been swell. 327 00:39:12,218 --> 00:39:13,746 Where're you going? 328 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:16,501 Heavy date, Paul? 329 00:39:16,601 --> 00:39:19,416 - With a poker table. - You see them new signs? 330 00:39:20,376 --> 00:39:24,021 "Does your husband misbehave? Grunt and grumble, rant and rave? 331 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,022 Shoot that brute some Burma Shave!" 332 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,597 - The road to where? - Lolo. 333 00:39:32,695 --> 00:39:34,517 Lolo Hot Springs. 334 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:47,860 Being back in my father's church seemed to complete my return. 335 00:39:47,958 --> 00:39:50,925 More than anything else, I realized it was my father's words... 336 00:39:51,031 --> 00:39:52,886 that made me feel most at home. 337 00:39:52,982 --> 00:39:54,837 In the glow of awakened memories... 338 00:39:54,935 --> 00:39:58,894 when the deepest feelings of the heart are all astir... 339 00:40:00,502 --> 00:40:04,330 we are reminded of the poet who sings... 340 00:40:04,437 --> 00:40:07,981 "Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight. 341 00:40:08,084 --> 00:40:10,703 Make me a child again... 342 00:40:10,805 --> 00:40:13,193 just for tonight." 343 00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:54,062 Recognize anybody? 344 00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:58,794 You've been gone too long, son. 345 00:41:01,743 --> 00:41:05,355 - Who's that? - Who? 346 00:41:05,455 --> 00:41:07,047 There. 347 00:41:09,584 --> 00:41:11,108 Oh, yeah? 348 00:41:13,070 --> 00:41:16,005 A little infatuation? 349 00:41:16,110 --> 00:41:17,964 Who is that? 350 00:41:18,894 --> 00:41:20,235 Jessie Burns. 351 00:41:20,334 --> 00:41:24,163 From Wolf Creek. Her brother went to Hollywood. 352 00:41:24,270 --> 00:41:25,992 Jessie Burns. 353 00:41:34,573 --> 00:41:36,426 Would you like to dance? 354 00:41:36,556 --> 00:41:39,719 Would you be a doll and get us a drink? 355 00:41:39,819 --> 00:41:41,729 Jessie, who's that? 356 00:42:09,097 --> 00:42:11,584 - Here you go. - Thanks. 357 00:42:11,688 --> 00:42:13,543 You're a lifesaver. 358 00:42:15,048 --> 00:42:16,837 How ladylike! 359 00:42:19,432 --> 00:42:22,726 I have to be careful or I'll wipe off all the powder. 360 00:42:22,824 --> 00:42:26,084 Phantom of the Opera. 361 00:42:33,607 --> 00:42:36,389 Pack up all my care and woe 362 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:38,374 Here I go, singing low 363 00:42:38,503 --> 00:42:42,146 Bye-bye, blackbird 364 00:42:43,077 --> 00:42:46,721 I heard Louis Armstrong sing this song once... 365 00:42:46,820 --> 00:42:49,210 in a little speak in Greenwich Village, New York. 366 00:42:49,317 --> 00:42:51,521 Really? 367 00:42:51,621 --> 00:42:54,009 Best jazz in the world. Colored jazz, you know? 368 00:42:54,117 --> 00:42:59,331 The real McCoy. Not like Paul Whiteman or the Kliquot Club Eskimos. 369 00:42:59,428 --> 00:43:02,428 My mother loves the Kliquot Club Eskimos. 370 00:43:04,899 --> 00:43:06,241 Does she? 371 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,150 Dance? 372 00:43:28,385 --> 00:43:29,563 Yeah. 373 00:43:32,481 --> 00:43:34,137 Let the fireworks begin! 374 00:43:36,224 --> 00:43:39,420 - Guys, come on. - Jessie, come on. 375 00:43:50,975 --> 00:43:53,844 I have a wonderful idea. 376 00:43:53,950 --> 00:43:57,628 What better lesson for those girls than a trip to the reservation... 377 00:43:57,727 --> 00:44:02,265 to learn a real Christian message of giving, don't you think? 378 00:44:02,366 --> 00:44:04,437 I'll organize it. Don't lift a finger. 379 00:44:04,543 --> 00:44:09,276 Thank you. This is the most charitable idea I've heard in years. 380 00:44:10,652 --> 00:44:15,835 Do you know those Indian children don't even have shoes? Do you need the phone? 381 00:44:15,933 --> 00:44:20,056 - No, I don't have to. - No, you go ahead. 382 00:44:20,156 --> 00:44:23,005 - If you need to use it-- - No, I have work to do. 383 00:44:35,420 --> 00:44:37,241 Hello, Mrs. Hatcher. 384 00:44:41,050 --> 00:44:43,255 Hello. I'd like-- 385 00:44:43,355 --> 00:44:46,517 She's fine. I'd like-- 386 00:44:46,618 --> 00:44:49,880 Yes, everybody's tine. 387 00:44:50,010 --> 00:44:52,858 I'd like the Burns residence in Wolt Creek, please. 388 00:44:55,353 --> 00:44:58,649 Yes, I know it's long distance. 389 00:44:58,745 --> 00:45:00,055 Thank you. 390 00:45:03,223 --> 00:45:04,566 Hello. 391 00:45:05,369 --> 00:45:07,191 Is Jessie there? 392 00:45:08,408 --> 00:45:11,092 This is Norman Maclean, but I don't think she-- 393 00:45:14,936 --> 00:45:16,277 Hello. 394 00:45:19,576 --> 00:45:23,023 No, I'm the one who brought you the drink. 395 00:45:26,263 --> 00:45:29,558 No, we didn't get a chance. The tireworks started. 396 00:45:32,118 --> 00:45:33,973 We talked about music. 397 00:45:36,309 --> 00:45:41,196 And I said I heard Louis Armstrong sing the-- 398 00:45:43,188 --> 00:45:45,076 Yeah, that's me. 399 00:45:45,908 --> 00:45:48,428 I was a little nervous. 400 00:45:48,565 --> 00:45:50,223 Because... 401 00:45:51,797 --> 00:45:54,065 you were so je ne sais quoi. 402 00:45:58,738 --> 00:46:03,660 I thought I could come and listen to the Kliquot Club Eskimos with your mother. 403 00:46:05,808 --> 00:46:07,150 Yes. 404 00:46:10,865 --> 00:46:13,897 I called because I wanted to see you again. 405 00:46:17,167 --> 00:46:20,201 How about Saturday? 406 00:46:22,095 --> 00:46:23,437 8:00? 407 00:46:32,430 --> 00:46:34,403 I'll see you then. 408 00:46:35,342 --> 00:46:36,651 Bye. 409 00:46:54,188 --> 00:46:56,010 Hey, here they are. 410 00:46:58,956 --> 00:47:00,296 Brother! 411 00:47:03,403 --> 00:47:05,923 Jessie, this is my baby brother Paul. 412 00:47:06,026 --> 00:47:09,888 - And this is Monasita. - Mabel. 413 00:47:12,874 --> 00:47:14,019 Shall we? 414 00:47:19,688 --> 00:47:22,210 - What do you say, Pauly? - Murph. 415 00:47:23,368 --> 00:47:25,507 - Preacher. - Preacher? 416 00:47:25,608 --> 00:47:28,575 - How are you, Murph? - Long time. Long time. 417 00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,589 Good to see you. 418 00:47:32,424 --> 00:47:35,840 You know the house rules as good as I do, Paul. 419 00:47:35,944 --> 00:47:38,595 No lnjuns. Period. 420 00:47:38,696 --> 00:47:41,760 I don't like the house rules, Murph. 421 00:47:41,862 --> 00:47:43,619 Me neither. 422 00:47:47,559 --> 00:47:49,925 What are you going to make me do, Pauly? 423 00:47:50,023 --> 00:47:52,923 Get us a table for four. 424 00:48:02,949 --> 00:48:05,316 - Last time, Paul. - Hello, Judge. 425 00:48:07,237 --> 00:48:10,171 You can get him back. Get drunk and dance naked on the table. 426 00:48:10,276 --> 00:48:12,698 And beat the hell out of the son of a bitch. 427 00:48:19,043 --> 00:48:21,115 - Molly, my darling. - Hi, Paul. 428 00:48:24,898 --> 00:48:28,160 They've got swell hooch here. They even wash the glasses. 429 00:48:42,914 --> 00:48:44,320 Drink? 430 00:48:44,415 --> 00:48:46,588 What'll it be? Jessie? Jessie. 431 00:48:46,689 --> 00:48:49,591 I'll have a martini, Paul. It is Paul? 432 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:55,931 Righty-o. The usual for Norm. Gin and prune juice. 433 00:48:56,064 --> 00:48:58,235 Make that a double. 434 00:48:58,367 --> 00:49:00,026 Excuse me. 435 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,330 I'd like to order a drink, too. 436 00:49:02,431 --> 00:49:05,115 Whiskey, double. 437 00:49:09,887 --> 00:49:13,301 So, what are you doing now, Mabel? 438 00:49:14,462 --> 00:49:16,250 I sell bait. 439 00:49:19,678 --> 00:49:22,263 You have the most beautiful hair I've ever seen. 440 00:49:24,381 --> 00:49:26,204 Should I get it bobbed? 441 00:49:26,301 --> 00:49:29,301 No, not in a million years. 442 00:49:35,739 --> 00:49:38,129 "The candle burns at both ends. 443 00:49:38,236 --> 00:49:40,626 It will not last the night. 444 00:49:40,732 --> 00:49:43,066 But, ah, my toes, and oh, my friends... 445 00:49:43,163 --> 00:49:45,530 it gives a lovely light." 446 00:49:46,937 --> 00:49:49,359 That's nice. 447 00:50:02,810 --> 00:50:06,518 How about to my editor, the old curmudgeon? Excuse me. 448 00:50:06,617 --> 00:50:10,839 He took me off the Anaconda story. I'm a reporter at The Bee. 449 00:50:10,936 --> 00:50:12,496 - I know. - How do you know? 450 00:50:12,599 --> 00:50:14,193 I'm famous. 451 00:50:14,297 --> 00:50:17,046 - Fishing newspaperman. - You know he fishes, too? 452 00:50:17,145 --> 00:50:20,822 - I thought everybody knew. - You've been away a long time. 453 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:24,116 - I'd say so. - It's seems my editor-- 454 00:50:24,215 --> 00:50:26,898 - The old curmudgeon. - Yes, exactly. 455 00:50:26,998 --> 00:50:29,867 He's been getting calls. No names, just threats. 456 00:50:29,975 --> 00:50:31,601 Real threats? 457 00:50:31,703 --> 00:50:35,149 It's nice to know you're touching a nerve button. 458 00:50:35,287 --> 00:50:37,010 What did they say? 459 00:50:38,294 --> 00:50:40,497 What did they say? 460 00:50:40,597 --> 00:50:43,630 - What did they say? - You'll have to cut it out of him. 461 00:50:43,733 --> 00:50:48,370 The usual. The boys will come down and pay me a little visit. 462 00:50:48,468 --> 00:50:51,218 Fit you with a pair or concrete galoshes, see? 463 00:50:51,317 --> 00:50:53,138 Exactly. 464 00:50:54,773 --> 00:50:56,627 I have to dance. 465 00:51:10,866 --> 00:51:12,210 Watch out! 466 00:51:13,236 --> 00:51:14,576 Wow! 467 00:51:42,993 --> 00:51:45,579 Now, The Muskrat Ramble. 468 00:51:48,944 --> 00:51:50,470 Watch it! 469 00:52:28,907 --> 00:52:32,485 I'm nowhere near as good as my brother, but would you do me the honor? 470 00:52:32,587 --> 00:52:34,497 I'd love to. 471 00:53:13,223 --> 00:53:17,599 "Dear Jessie, As the moon lingers a moment over the Bitteroots... 472 00:53:17,736 --> 00:53:20,897 before its descent into the invisible... 473 00:53:20,998 --> 00:53:24,064 my mind is filled with song. 474 00:53:24,167 --> 00:53:26,468 I find I am humming softly... 475 00:53:26,566 --> 00:53:30,243 not to the music, but something else. 476 00:53:30,341 --> 00:53:31,901 Someplace else. 477 00:53:33,414 --> 00:53:35,486 A place remembered. 478 00:53:35,590 --> 00:53:40,445 A field of grass where no one seemed to have been except the deer. 479 00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:43,582 And the memory is strengthened by the feeling of you... 480 00:53:43,685 --> 00:53:46,018 dancing in my awkward arms. 481 00:53:46,916 --> 00:53:48,443 Norman." 482 00:54:03,363 --> 00:54:04,955 Yes? 483 00:54:06,499 --> 00:54:09,499 What's wrong? 484 00:54:09,602 --> 00:54:13,081 It's okay, Mother. Who is this? 485 00:54:28,001 --> 00:54:29,887 I'm Norman Maclean. 486 00:54:29,983 --> 00:54:32,853 No, he doesn't have to post bond. 487 00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,197 He covers the police beat and has friends here. 488 00:54:35,296 --> 00:54:37,434 Just look at him and take him home. 489 00:54:38,528 --> 00:54:40,350 What did he do? 490 00:54:40,447 --> 00:54:43,960 He hit a guy and the guy is missing a couple of teeth. 491 00:54:44,063 --> 00:54:46,452 Why did he hit him? 492 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:51,892 It says, "A remark was passed concerning the Indian woman he was with." 493 00:54:52,030 --> 00:54:54,714 The guy deserved it. 494 00:54:54,813 --> 00:54:57,912 We're picking your brother up too much lately. 495 00:55:00,958 --> 00:55:02,648 Is that right? 496 00:55:02,748 --> 00:55:05,748 Besides, he's behind on the big stud poker game at Lolo. 497 00:55:05,852 --> 00:55:08,984 It's not healthy to get behind on that game at Lolo. 498 00:55:11,804 --> 00:55:15,033 - Is he hurt? - He's not hurt. He's just sick. 499 00:55:15,131 --> 00:55:17,400 He drinks too much. 500 00:55:17,499 --> 00:55:21,394 At Lolo, they don't drink too much. 501 00:55:26,137 --> 00:55:28,887 You better go in and get your brother. 502 00:56:02,199 --> 00:56:06,421 I'm tired and I wanna go to bed 503 00:56:06,518 --> 00:56:10,796 I just had a drink about an hour ago 504 00:56:10,903 --> 00:56:13,901 It went right to my head 505 00:56:14,006 --> 00:56:16,493 No matter where I roam 506 00:56:16,597 --> 00:56:20,273 By land or sea or foam 507 00:56:20,372 --> 00:56:25,009 You can always hear me singing this song 508 00:56:25,139 --> 00:56:28,555 Show me the way to go home 509 00:57:22,031 --> 00:57:25,347 It you need any money, Paul... 510 00:57:25,454 --> 00:57:27,624 or anything else, I want you to know that-- 511 00:57:27,757 --> 00:57:30,790 She lives past the slaughterhouse. 512 00:57:34,861 --> 00:57:36,749 I can help. 513 00:57:40,268 --> 00:57:41,794 Turn here. 514 00:58:37,032 --> 00:58:41,309 Well, chickens haven't come home to roost yet, Al. 515 00:58:46,983 --> 00:58:48,925 Not bad. 516 00:58:50,758 --> 00:58:52,449 Are you all right? 517 00:58:52,551 --> 00:58:56,194 - Clara, was that your jelly? - Yes, it was. 518 00:58:56,293 --> 00:58:58,749 It was wonderful. And is this Norman? 519 00:58:58,853 --> 00:59:02,366 Yes, it is. Yes, we're very proud of him. 520 00:59:02,468 --> 00:59:04,957 - Nice to have you back. - Thank you. 521 00:59:05,093 --> 00:59:08,771 Her daughter's turned into a beauty. There she is. 522 00:59:08,869 --> 00:59:12,447 Twenty only a week ago. She's bright as a light. 523 00:59:14,371 --> 00:59:17,241 Mr. Murchison, how are you? 524 00:59:18,660 --> 00:59:20,514 How are you? 525 00:59:22,115 --> 00:59:26,143 - Quite well, thank you. - Good, good. 526 00:59:26,244 --> 00:59:29,559 - And this is Paul? - No, this is Norman. 527 00:59:30,914 --> 00:59:35,169 - Oh, Norman! You're looking good. - Yes. Hasn't he grown up? 528 00:59:38,690 --> 00:59:42,585 - Paul's here. Come on. - I'm sorry, I can't. 529 00:59:42,722 --> 00:59:46,464 I'm meeting Jessie Burns' family. Her brother's coming in from California. 530 00:59:46,561 --> 00:59:48,220 Oh, well, now. 531 00:59:48,321 --> 00:59:51,834 - I'm late. - Should we have this girl to dinner? 532 00:59:51,936 --> 00:59:53,496 Perhaps, Mother. 533 01:00:19,039 --> 01:00:20,467 Well, well! 534 01:00:21,342 --> 01:00:22,716 Hello, Paul. 535 01:00:22,813 --> 01:00:25,301 - Hi, Sam. Let me borrow those. - Sure. Why not? 536 01:00:25,405 --> 01:00:27,030 - Hello, Father. - Son. 537 01:00:36,286 --> 01:00:38,805 First shot, bangs it right up there. 538 01:00:48,795 --> 01:00:52,624 The Burns family ran a general store in a one-store town... 539 01:00:52,731 --> 01:00:54,739 and still managed to do badly. 540 01:00:56,283 --> 01:00:57,744 This is Norman. 541 01:00:57,851 --> 01:01:02,672 They were Methodists, who my father called "Baptists who could read." 542 01:01:02,777 --> 01:01:05,165 - Pop. - It's a pleasure. 543 01:01:05,273 --> 01:01:07,129 This is my mother. 544 01:01:07,225 --> 01:01:09,811 A pleasure to meet you, Norman. Jessie tells me you're a poet. 545 01:01:09,914 --> 01:01:13,077 - Related to the fishing newspaperman? - That's my brother. 546 01:01:13,210 --> 01:01:16,111 - Jessie says you just got your degree. - Yes. 547 01:01:16,247 --> 01:01:18,190 Jessie was at the university. She was majoring in-- 548 01:01:18,327 --> 01:01:19,668 Flapperism. 549 01:01:20,888 --> 01:01:22,710 Science, I believe. Wasn't it? 550 01:01:22,807 --> 01:01:25,557 - She dropped out. - Aunt Sally! 551 01:01:25,655 --> 01:01:27,990 She could learn from you. Stick-to-itivity. 552 01:01:28,086 --> 01:01:30,325 Let the young man breathe. 553 01:01:30,423 --> 01:01:33,270 He's not used to all this. He's a Presbyterian. 554 01:01:35,863 --> 01:01:38,863 Oh, Neal! He's here! 555 01:01:54,389 --> 01:01:57,140 Jessie's brother Neal stepped off the train trying to remember... 556 01:01:57,235 --> 01:01:59,692 what a Davis Cup tennis player looked like. 557 01:01:59,797 --> 01:02:02,315 You look so good! He looks a little thin. 558 01:02:02,420 --> 01:02:05,999 How are you doing? You look great! 559 01:02:06,101 --> 01:02:09,578 Neal, this is Norman. Norman, my brother Neal. 560 01:02:09,683 --> 01:02:10,829 Hello, boy. 561 01:02:12,178 --> 01:02:15,659 - Did you sit up all night? - I met some nice people. 562 01:02:15,761 --> 01:02:18,730 - Did you get my card from Yellowstone? - What do you think about this tie? 563 01:02:18,867 --> 01:02:23,274 - Let him breathe. He just got here. - Let's go eat. 564 01:02:23,376 --> 01:02:28,363 I've got chicken salad sandwiches in the car and baking chickens at home. 565 01:02:28,464 --> 01:02:32,327 Mrs. Miller has given us cherries. I can make your favorite pie. 566 01:02:35,855 --> 01:02:39,468 - Not the homemade beer. - Boy, was a good year. 567 01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:44,614 Over the lips, past the gums, look out, stomach, here she comes. 568 01:02:46,224 --> 01:02:48,711 What's the first station out there now? 569 01:02:48,848 --> 01:02:52,109 When I traveled that way, San Berdoo was there. 570 01:02:52,238 --> 01:02:54,443 San Berdoo and a lot of sand... 571 01:02:54,543 --> 01:02:58,252 and a lot of desert, a hell of a lot of desert. 572 01:02:58,352 --> 01:03:00,389 We came back to Salt Lake City. 573 01:03:00,493 --> 01:03:03,690 We had to change at Salt Lake City. 574 01:03:03,787 --> 01:03:07,052 - There was a hotel there that-- - Served oysters. 575 01:03:07,149 --> 01:03:09,734 Served oysters. Yeah. 576 01:03:09,837 --> 01:03:13,318 - Norman, do you drink? Does he drink? - A little bit. 577 01:03:13,420 --> 01:03:16,736 Here's to the ol' fam-damn-ily. 578 01:03:16,844 --> 01:03:20,107 - The tam-damn-ily! - Here! Here! 579 01:03:20,236 --> 01:03:22,211 Down the trenches. 580 01:03:23,469 --> 01:03:25,889 He's fine. He's just tired. It's a long trip. 581 01:03:26,030 --> 01:03:29,374 At least he still has his appetite. 582 01:03:36,523 --> 01:03:38,530 How long are you planning to stay? 583 01:03:40,204 --> 01:03:42,178 Sport! Come here. 584 01:03:44,618 --> 01:03:47,172 I don't know. I miss the ocean. 585 01:03:47,274 --> 01:03:48,900 What's it like? 586 01:03:49,002 --> 01:03:52,131 It's big and blue. People ride on the waves. 587 01:03:52,265 --> 01:03:55,428 I was getting pretty good at it. 588 01:03:55,531 --> 01:03:59,074 Damn it! Bad dog! Bad! Geez, Ma! 589 01:04:00,198 --> 01:04:02,208 You get him so excited. Sport. 590 01:04:04,330 --> 01:04:08,006 - Anywho, what was I talking about? - The ocean. 591 01:04:08,104 --> 01:04:11,682 Oh, yeah! So we'd ride those waves all day long, all the boys. 592 01:04:11,783 --> 01:04:14,533 Ramon, me, Ronnie Colman. 593 01:04:14,631 --> 01:04:16,158 Ronald Colman? 594 01:04:17,894 --> 01:04:21,725 - I love Ronald Colman. - People say I look like Ronald Colman. 595 01:04:23,239 --> 01:04:24,318 Yeah. 596 01:04:24,454 --> 01:04:27,769 I can't picture Ronald Colman riding on waves. 597 01:04:33,637 --> 01:04:35,841 Some Kodak, huh? 598 01:04:36,806 --> 01:04:38,146 Well, Ma... 599 01:04:39,524 --> 01:04:41,280 it's been a long trip. 600 01:04:45,633 --> 01:04:48,221 Maybe you could go fishing with Norman sometime. 601 01:04:50,382 --> 01:04:53,460 That's a good idea. 602 01:04:55,341 --> 01:04:56,821 Yeah. 603 01:04:57,860 --> 01:05:00,422 - Wonderful, wouldn't it be? - Fishing? 604 01:05:00,579 --> 01:05:02,220 You do fish? 605 01:05:02,341 --> 01:05:05,500 - Of course! - He has a pole and everything. 606 01:05:05,577 --> 01:05:08,579 - Oh, yes, everybody does. - You betcha. 607 01:05:08,699 --> 01:05:12,420 - When would be a good time for you? - Friday. 608 01:05:12,540 --> 01:05:16,179 - Friday's good. - Yeah. What time? 609 01:05:17,500 --> 01:05:20,059 - 6:00. - A.M.? 610 01:05:24,299 --> 01:05:27,258 Oh, yes, he'll be there. Won't you, honey? 611 01:05:27,377 --> 01:05:30,257 - Thank you. That's very kind. - My pleasure. 612 01:05:30,418 --> 01:05:32,578 Maybe Paul could come, too. 613 01:05:32,658 --> 01:05:34,856 That would be nice. 614 01:05:34,935 --> 01:05:38,018 I'm sure Paul would love to go fishing with us. 615 01:05:38,096 --> 01:05:40,257 - Can I come? - Not this time, honey. 616 01:05:40,375 --> 01:05:42,177 Next time, okay? 617 01:05:54,254 --> 01:05:57,256 Why don't you go with Neal, Norman? 618 01:05:57,376 --> 01:05:58,975 Make your plans. 619 01:05:59,895 --> 01:06:01,613 Oh, yeah. 620 01:06:05,854 --> 01:06:10,895 The only plan Neal had was a trip to Black Jack's bar, an old freight car... 621 01:06:10,974 --> 01:06:15,451 set in the woods where any honest policeman would be unlikely to find it. 622 01:06:16,651 --> 01:06:19,653 It was this otter and her pups. 623 01:06:19,773 --> 01:06:23,731 l had a hell of a time tracking them because they turn white in winter. 624 01:06:23,851 --> 01:06:27,773 After a few shots of this vile whiskey brewed by Black Jack himself... 625 01:06:27,851 --> 01:06:29,851 Neal began to hold forth. 626 01:06:29,931 --> 01:06:34,492 He'd chosen Montana subjects to spin his lies about shooting, hiking, trapping. 627 01:06:34,650 --> 01:06:38,332 Probably to impress the only other client at the bar. 628 01:06:38,412 --> 01:06:40,652 A ploy that was beginning to pay off. 629 01:06:40,730 --> 01:06:43,569 Anywho, she tried to lose me... 630 01:06:43,648 --> 01:06:45,370 again and again. 631 01:06:45,489 --> 01:06:47,569 She went by the name of Old Rawhide. 632 01:06:47,649 --> 01:06:51,328 About ten years before, she'd been elected beauty queen of Wolf Creek. 633 01:06:51,449 --> 01:06:56,048 She rode bareback standing up through the 100 inhabitants, mostly male. 634 01:06:56,128 --> 01:06:59,288 Her skirts flew high, and she won the contest. 635 01:06:59,409 --> 01:07:02,047 It's stiff! l couldn't feel my hands! 636 01:07:02,128 --> 01:07:04,648 I'm thinking about my dog Sport that's with me. 637 01:07:04,807 --> 01:07:08,248 If it gets any colder, l may have to slit him open... 638 01:07:08,367 --> 01:07:10,605 and stick my hands in to keep them from freezing. 639 01:07:10,726 --> 01:07:12,767 It would have been a tough thing to do. 640 01:07:12,846 --> 01:07:16,286 But, hell, I did it before at the Yukon. 641 01:07:16,407 --> 01:07:18,246 God knows I love that damn dog. 642 01:07:18,366 --> 01:07:21,287 She still wore the divided skirts of a horsewoman... 643 01:07:21,406 --> 01:07:24,004 although they must have been a hardship in her new profession. 644 01:07:24,125 --> 01:07:28,406 There, on a branch waiting to jump on their first deer... 645 01:07:28,486 --> 01:07:31,485 is the goddamn otter! 646 01:07:32,525 --> 01:07:34,525 Hey, buster. 647 01:07:34,645 --> 01:07:38,724 What's an otter doing on the top of Roger's Pass? 648 01:07:38,843 --> 01:07:41,202 l thought they swam in the creeks. 649 01:07:43,404 --> 01:07:46,643 Why don't you bring this lady a whiskey? 650 01:07:46,763 --> 01:07:49,364 I've got to shove off. 651 01:07:50,441 --> 01:07:52,762 Don't forget, ol' boy, Friday, fishing. 652 01:07:53,964 --> 01:07:55,362 What? 653 01:08:22,361 --> 01:08:23,721 What say? 654 01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:25,920 They said I'd find you at your other office. 655 01:08:26,041 --> 01:08:29,002 Yeah, deadline. Can't work there. 656 01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:33,560 You come for a drink? 657 01:08:35,360 --> 01:08:37,441 A favor. 658 01:08:43,441 --> 01:08:45,319 Go fishing with me? 659 01:08:49,278 --> 01:08:50,599 Sure. 660 01:08:52,038 --> 01:08:55,479 That's marvy, because Jessie's got a brother... 661 01:08:55,559 --> 01:08:58,279 in from California and-- 662 01:08:58,357 --> 01:09:01,437 I'm not gonna lie. He's a world champion peckerwood. 663 01:09:01,557 --> 01:09:03,837 - Bait fisherman? - He didn't say. 664 01:09:03,957 --> 01:09:06,436 Good Lord! George. 665 01:09:06,556 --> 01:09:08,957 He's going to show up with a coffee can full of worms. 666 01:09:09,076 --> 01:09:11,878 Red can. Hills Brothers. I'll lay a bet on it. 667 01:09:14,236 --> 01:09:16,076 l promised Jessie. 668 01:09:19,157 --> 01:09:21,036 Are you getting serious? 669 01:09:21,156 --> 01:09:25,155 - What? - You son of a bitch. You're serious. 670 01:09:28,795 --> 01:09:30,156 Well? 671 01:09:30,195 --> 01:09:31,875 l don't know. 672 01:09:36,395 --> 01:09:38,275 Then we ought to do it. 673 01:10:04,912 --> 01:10:06,392 Whoa, whoa. 674 01:10:12,312 --> 01:10:14,591 As I live and breathe. 675 01:10:14,670 --> 01:10:17,030 Buster here wants to fish. 676 01:10:25,189 --> 01:10:26,789 You're late, Neal. 677 01:10:28,588 --> 01:10:30,949 Yeah, I didn't get in till late. 678 01:10:31,069 --> 01:10:34,149 l didn't get in at all, but I was here. 679 01:10:34,229 --> 01:10:36,826 Neal, Paul. Paul, Neal. 680 01:10:36,948 --> 01:10:41,066 In Montana, three things we're never late for: church, work and fishing. 681 01:10:42,347 --> 01:10:45,468 Righty-o. Anywho-- 682 01:10:45,587 --> 01:10:48,227 - This is-- - We've met. 683 01:10:52,104 --> 01:10:54,266 Don't go away. 684 01:11:04,545 --> 01:11:07,945 Watch the first step. It's a lulu. 685 01:11:16,384 --> 01:11:18,704 - So. - You ready to-- 686 01:11:22,503 --> 01:11:23,862 What? 687 01:11:23,944 --> 01:11:25,702 Fishing. 688 01:11:32,342 --> 01:11:34,583 Buster wants to fish. 689 01:11:40,222 --> 01:11:42,501 Neal, what about the bait? 690 01:11:45,059 --> 01:11:46,740 Dumb Dora! 691 01:11:58,817 --> 01:12:01,979 We're not going to catch anything. It's too damn hot. 692 01:12:02,099 --> 01:12:04,859 May he catch three doses of clap. 693 01:12:04,978 --> 01:12:08,019 Sure glad I didn't go home and get some sleep. 694 01:12:12,059 --> 01:12:14,139 Where is he? 695 01:12:16,698 --> 01:12:18,737 - Oh, God. - Geez! 696 01:12:22,098 --> 01:12:24,138 I'll catch up. 697 01:12:24,259 --> 01:12:25,777 Yeah. 698 01:12:54,973 --> 01:12:56,934 l know. You got 20. 699 01:13:07,013 --> 01:13:09,734 - Couldn't you find him? - The hell with him. 700 01:13:10,813 --> 01:13:12,694 l thought we were supposed to help him. 701 01:13:12,814 --> 01:13:15,333 How the hell do you help that son of a bitch? 702 01:13:17,733 --> 01:13:19,694 By taking him fishing. 703 01:13:20,934 --> 01:13:25,174 He doesn't like fishing. Doesn't like Montana. Sure as hell doesn't like me. 704 01:13:27,130 --> 01:13:28,532 Well... 705 01:13:29,611 --> 01:13:33,293 maybe what he likes is somebody trying to help him. 706 01:13:47,088 --> 01:13:51,250 - You sank the beer, yeah? - You bet your life. 707 01:13:54,929 --> 01:13:56,570 Let's go. 708 01:14:03,808 --> 01:14:06,728 Oh, geez, I can taste it. 709 01:14:11,688 --> 01:14:14,567 - Should we kill him? - Shit! 710 01:14:19,807 --> 01:14:21,446 Goddamn it! 711 01:14:23,485 --> 01:14:24,926 Holy Christ! 712 01:14:37,844 --> 01:14:39,925 This is not good. 713 01:14:41,526 --> 01:14:43,443 She's got a tattoo. 714 01:14:45,482 --> 01:14:47,844 Initials? 715 01:14:48,764 --> 01:14:50,124 "Love." 716 01:14:57,161 --> 01:15:01,043 l can get in myself. l don't need help. 717 01:15:04,841 --> 01:15:07,603 You got anything to drink, buster? 718 01:15:07,722 --> 01:15:09,921 Buster's the one with the red ass. 719 01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:26,758 - I'm in deep trouble. - Yeah. Want me to come and protect you? 720 01:15:26,879 --> 01:15:29,080 Mrs. Burns would love to meet the girlfriend. 721 01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:31,359 l ain't burned. 722 01:15:31,480 --> 01:15:34,039 The sun don't bother me. 723 01:15:35,719 --> 01:15:37,198 Yeah. 724 01:15:37,319 --> 01:15:41,238 What do you think about me spending the night with you and the folks? 725 01:15:41,357 --> 01:15:44,638 We come back here tomorrow, wipe this day oft the books. 726 01:15:44,717 --> 01:15:46,516 It's a deal. 727 01:15:46,598 --> 01:15:50,356 Come on, buster. I'm as dry as dirt. 728 01:15:50,438 --> 01:15:52,357 Hark, fair Juliet speaks. 729 01:15:55,997 --> 01:15:57,595 Good luck. 730 01:16:21,154 --> 01:16:22,515 Sweet Jesus! 731 01:16:24,195 --> 01:16:26,434 What have you done to my boy? 732 01:16:30,273 --> 01:16:32,992 He tell asleep in the sun. 733 01:16:36,353 --> 01:16:39,752 Oh, my Lord in heaven. It's all right. 734 01:16:39,871 --> 01:16:42,830 It's all right, honey. We'll fix it. 735 01:16:49,831 --> 01:16:51,671 You left him alone? 736 01:16:51,751 --> 01:16:55,831 He brought someone, and-- 737 01:16:55,911 --> 01:16:58,109 You better go home. 738 01:17:16,188 --> 01:17:18,148 l need a ride home. 739 01:17:43,865 --> 01:17:46,186 You better hang on. 740 01:17:46,265 --> 01:17:47,624 What are you-- 741 01:18:12,984 --> 01:18:14,862 l don't think you-- 742 01:18:14,983 --> 01:18:19,063 They send trains down here all the time, without a schedule. 743 01:18:20,384 --> 01:18:22,582 You're not-- 744 01:18:24,661 --> 01:18:26,741 I don't think they can see us in here. 745 01:19:34,296 --> 01:19:37,175 Well, thanks for the flight. 746 01:19:40,417 --> 01:19:42,296 You're funny. 747 01:19:42,416 --> 01:19:44,815 Oh? How am I funny? 748 01:19:46,094 --> 01:19:49,295 You don't like my brother, do you? 749 01:19:54,094 --> 01:19:56,374 No, I do not like your brother. 750 01:20:00,133 --> 01:20:02,374 l don't know any card tricks. 751 01:20:02,453 --> 01:20:06,773 But I like you, and I want to see you again. 752 01:20:16,653 --> 01:20:20,171 - Hello, Jess. - Hey, Paul. 753 01:20:20,292 --> 01:20:24,051 - How's your brother? - You both left him alone. 754 01:20:24,172 --> 01:20:26,570 I'm sorry about that. That was my fault. 755 01:20:26,690 --> 01:20:28,972 You're not forgiven. 756 01:20:30,090 --> 01:20:31,529 Was Norman forgiven? 757 01:20:31,689 --> 01:20:34,052 Norman's not funny. 758 01:20:48,688 --> 01:20:51,288 I hung fresh towels on the washstand for you. 759 01:20:51,369 --> 01:20:53,488 Did you remember to powder my toothbrush? 760 01:20:55,848 --> 01:20:57,727 Let Paul tell his latest story. 761 01:20:57,848 --> 01:21:01,088 Which one? The murder, the wreck or the fire? 762 01:21:01,168 --> 01:21:03,928 l think they should put you on the church beat. 763 01:21:04,007 --> 01:21:05,528 l agree. 764 01:21:05,608 --> 01:21:09,725 Quote: "The Reverend Maclean had a nice roast while dining with his family. 765 01:21:09,805 --> 01:21:12,925 All, except for the poor, elder son... 766 01:21:13,008 --> 01:21:15,606 enjoyed it immensely." 767 01:21:15,686 --> 01:21:18,326 - Norman, what's the matter? - He's not funny. 768 01:21:18,405 --> 01:21:20,845 - Pardon me? - He's not tunny. 769 01:21:22,805 --> 01:21:26,286 There are more important accomplishments, Norman. 770 01:21:26,404 --> 01:21:28,206 It's all right it you're dull. 771 01:21:30,603 --> 01:21:32,446 We're very proud of you. 772 01:21:33,924 --> 01:21:37,362 l do have one story. No murder, no mayhem. 773 01:21:38,364 --> 01:21:40,644 l interviewed the President. 774 01:21:43,003 --> 01:21:45,004 - Calvin Coolidge? - The President? 775 01:21:45,123 --> 01:21:47,563 - Mr. Coolidge? - When? 776 01:21:47,682 --> 01:21:50,641 A few days ago. He was in Dakota, fly-fishing. 777 01:21:50,723 --> 01:21:52,443 Fly-fishing! 778 01:21:52,522 --> 01:21:55,680 Fly-fishing in a suit and tie, white gloves and patent-leather shoes. 779 01:21:56,842 --> 01:21:59,042 l asked him. l went right up to him. 780 01:21:59,163 --> 01:22:02,400 l said, "Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me what they're biting on?" 781 01:22:02,522 --> 01:22:05,440 He says, "The end of my line." 782 01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:08,121 - What? What? - The end of my line. 783 01:22:11,841 --> 01:22:15,680 Then some of the locals came over, tied on a fly the size of a chicken. 784 01:22:15,799 --> 01:22:17,799 Ol' Cal, he heaves it out there. 785 01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:21,320 Figured if he can't catch a trout, he'll scare one to death. 786 01:22:24,957 --> 01:22:26,480 Did you get a picture? 787 01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:28,399 Yeah. It'll be in the Sunday paper. 788 01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:30,918 "Closemouthed Cal communes with the crappies." 789 01:22:39,839 --> 01:22:41,679 Mother, that was amazing. 790 01:22:41,799 --> 01:22:44,236 He usually only eats what he can hit on the road. 791 01:22:45,157 --> 01:22:46,397 That was tunny. 792 01:22:46,517 --> 01:22:49,398 l do worry about you. 793 01:22:49,476 --> 01:22:51,557 - I'm gonna run over-- Hmm? - What? 794 01:22:53,438 --> 01:22:55,636 What? 795 01:22:55,718 --> 01:22:58,916 l was just going to say... 796 01:22:59,037 --> 01:23:03,596 l thought I'd go meet some of the old pals, being in town. 797 01:23:06,796 --> 01:23:08,595 Don't you wait up. 798 01:23:08,676 --> 01:23:10,876 l plan on eating the rest of this when nobody's looking. 799 01:23:41,313 --> 01:23:44,470 l understand he's changed the spelling of our name. 800 01:23:45,871 --> 01:23:48,871 "MacLean", with a capital 'L'. 801 01:23:50,751 --> 01:23:54,230 Now everyone will think we're lowland Scots. 802 01:24:08,589 --> 01:24:09,948 Howdy, Norman. 803 01:24:12,349 --> 01:24:14,708 Hi there, Mr. Sweeney. 804 01:24:14,788 --> 01:24:17,989 Who do you know at the University of Chicago? 805 01:24:20,506 --> 01:24:23,147 Chicken in a car, car won't go. 806 01:24:23,229 --> 01:24:26,227 That's how you spell "Chi-car-go!" 807 01:24:53,945 --> 01:24:57,265 "Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass. 808 01:24:57,347 --> 01:25:00,264 Of glory in the flower, we will grieve not. 809 01:25:00,384 --> 01:25:04,384 Rather find strength in what remains behind." 810 01:25:04,505 --> 01:25:07,983 "In the primal sympathy which having been must ever be." 811 01:25:08,101 --> 01:25:11,064 "In the soothing thoughts that spring out of human suffering." 812 01:25:11,225 --> 01:25:13,821 "In the faith that looks through death." 813 01:25:13,941 --> 01:25:17,383 "Thanks to the human heart by which we live. 814 01:25:17,504 --> 01:25:21,902 Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, its tears. 815 01:25:22,023 --> 01:25:25,902 To me the meanest flower that blows... 816 01:25:25,982 --> 01:25:30,581 can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." 817 01:25:35,579 --> 01:25:39,180 - Good luck. We'll be rooting for you. - Here's sandwiches. 818 01:25:39,301 --> 01:25:42,940 It was one week exactly before I spoke to Jessie again. 819 01:25:43,059 --> 01:25:45,901 She called to tell me Neal was going back to California... 820 01:25:46,021 --> 01:25:48,980 and that he would appreciate me seeing him off. 821 01:25:49,139 --> 01:25:51,500 We love you. Good luck. 822 01:25:53,140 --> 01:25:56,417 Though surprised by the invitation, l asked only one question of Jessie. 823 01:25:56,498 --> 01:26:00,217 Did she want me to come? And she answered "Yes". 824 01:26:00,339 --> 01:26:03,177 l love you. Don't forget to write. 825 01:26:41,254 --> 01:26:44,293 If he came back next summer, would you try and help him? 826 01:26:44,373 --> 01:26:47,213 It you wanted me to, l would try. 827 01:26:47,294 --> 01:26:51,332 - He's not coming back. - At least he's got friends there. 828 01:26:52,491 --> 01:26:54,532 Who? Ronald Colman? 829 01:27:03,413 --> 01:27:06,851 Why is it that people who need the most help... 830 01:27:06,930 --> 01:27:08,771 won't take it? 831 01:27:11,051 --> 01:27:12,893 l don't know. 832 01:27:20,771 --> 01:27:24,049 l don't cry, Norman. 833 01:27:39,609 --> 01:27:41,930 Can I show you something? 834 01:27:42,048 --> 01:27:44,768 Only it it's something good. 835 01:27:49,329 --> 01:27:50,847 Read. 836 01:28:00,086 --> 01:28:01,925 What do you think? 837 01:28:02,007 --> 01:28:05,606 What do I think? l think it's the berries! 838 01:28:05,726 --> 01:28:10,286 -You do? -Yes. To get away. Chicago. It's heaven. 839 01:28:10,408 --> 01:28:13,245 - Have you ever been? - No, not anywhere. 840 01:28:13,325 --> 01:28:14,963 Helena. 841 01:28:17,406 --> 01:28:19,365 God, congratulations! 842 01:28:21,965 --> 01:28:24,166 The truth is, I'm not sure I want to leave. 843 01:28:24,324 --> 01:28:28,604 Montana? Why? It'll always be here. 844 01:28:28,763 --> 01:28:30,365 Not Montana. 845 01:28:30,485 --> 01:28:31,963 Then what? 846 01:28:33,603 --> 01:28:35,243 What? 847 01:28:36,484 --> 01:28:38,525 I'm not sure l want to leave you. 848 01:29:02,439 --> 01:29:04,763 l just come from there, downing my liquid lunch. 849 01:29:04,843 --> 01:29:08,719 You got to watch it, Fred. They're after you. 850 01:29:10,398 --> 01:29:12,201 Well, now. 851 01:29:16,681 --> 01:29:19,120 Give us a couple boilermakers. 852 01:29:24,317 --> 01:29:25,719 Two up. 853 01:29:33,520 --> 01:29:36,677 Well, here's to the heart, goddamn it. 854 01:29:36,798 --> 01:29:38,477 Oh, Lordy. 855 01:29:56,277 --> 01:29:58,396 I'm in love with Jessie Burns. 856 01:30:01,316 --> 01:30:03,155 Jesus Christ, Norm. 857 01:30:03,236 --> 01:30:05,115 With all the fish in the river. 858 01:30:05,236 --> 01:30:07,076 Not like her. 859 01:30:07,196 --> 01:30:08,794 Oh, right. 860 01:30:10,154 --> 01:30:12,275 Not like her. 861 01:30:14,475 --> 01:30:15,834 Congratulations. 862 01:30:17,595 --> 01:30:19,873 I'm real happy for you. 863 01:30:22,553 --> 01:30:25,753 Well, goddamn it, let's get the hell out of here and go celebrate. 864 01:30:25,872 --> 01:30:27,714 Done. 865 01:30:27,833 --> 01:30:30,432 Bananas today 866 01:30:30,551 --> 01:30:32,352 We've got homegrown potatoes 867 01:30:32,472 --> 01:30:35,472 - And vine-ripened tomatoes - It's a stinker. 868 01:30:35,631 --> 01:30:37,951 - What? - It stinks. 869 01:30:38,072 --> 01:30:40,553 What do you mean? It's a classic! 870 01:30:40,632 --> 01:30:41,992 Really? 871 01:30:45,510 --> 01:30:48,472 Yes. We have no bananas 872 01:30:48,591 --> 01:30:51,150 We have no bananas today 873 01:30:54,391 --> 01:30:56,109 Where are we? 874 01:30:57,229 --> 01:30:59,709 Where are we going? 875 01:31:03,789 --> 01:31:05,707 - Lolo. - Yup. 876 01:31:16,549 --> 01:31:18,387 Figured you felt lucky tonight. 877 01:31:18,509 --> 01:31:20,906 l could use some of the luck. 878 01:31:28,028 --> 01:31:30,427 Jesus Christ! No, don't. 879 01:31:30,547 --> 01:31:32,706 Don't be the professor tonight. 880 01:31:35,345 --> 01:31:36,785 Preacher. 881 01:32:21,540 --> 01:32:23,941 Hello, Frank. 882 01:32:24,061 --> 01:32:26,581 Well, my gal Sal. 883 01:32:52,938 --> 01:32:55,059 Sal? Hey, Sal? 884 01:32:56,298 --> 01:32:58,221 Get a drink for my brother. 885 01:32:58,340 --> 01:32:59,978 Bourbon. 886 01:33:00,099 --> 01:33:04,177 In fact, how about a round on me? 887 01:33:04,298 --> 01:33:06,097 He's in love. 888 01:33:16,296 --> 01:33:18,538 Hang on. 889 01:33:18,618 --> 01:33:20,616 Take care of him, Sal. 890 01:33:28,215 --> 01:33:30,733 Not a good idea, Paul. 891 01:33:32,734 --> 01:33:35,935 Fellas, got a chair for me? 892 01:33:36,015 --> 01:33:38,214 Not for you, Paul. 893 01:33:43,133 --> 01:33:46,014 - What do you want? - What? 894 01:33:47,254 --> 01:33:49,573 Cards? What? 895 01:33:52,134 --> 01:33:55,213 - What do you want? - Nothing. 896 01:33:58,091 --> 01:34:01,253 A buck. I know Paul says he's paying, but-- 897 01:34:09,530 --> 01:34:12,490 Just games. Only games. 898 01:34:12,609 --> 01:34:14,491 Let's go. Now. 899 01:34:16,290 --> 01:34:18,250 We're getting out of here. 900 01:34:18,371 --> 01:34:20,451 Righty-o. 901 01:34:26,811 --> 01:34:28,328 Bye-bye, sonny. 902 01:34:41,247 --> 01:34:44,007 - I'm not leaving. - What? 903 01:34:45,288 --> 01:34:47,767 These hands are hot. l can feel it. 904 01:34:47,928 --> 01:34:50,048 What? You can't go back. 905 01:34:51,086 --> 01:34:53,406 It's fine. I'll be tine. 906 01:34:53,526 --> 01:34:55,326 They won't let you play. 907 01:34:55,447 --> 01:34:57,367 Yes, they will. 908 01:34:57,446 --> 01:35:00,766 With what? You're in debt up to your neck! 909 01:35:00,886 --> 01:35:03,406 Norm, it's my debt. 910 01:35:05,045 --> 01:35:06,925 Okay? It's my debt. 911 01:35:10,566 --> 01:35:12,046 Jesus Christ! 912 01:35:40,603 --> 01:35:43,443 We never got to go fishing again. 913 01:35:43,523 --> 01:35:47,042 Maybe we could go tomorrow. We could get Dad to come. 914 01:35:50,922 --> 01:35:52,683 You ask him. 915 01:35:58,602 --> 01:36:00,081 6:3o. 916 01:36:50,277 --> 01:36:52,395 Boy, something smells good! 917 01:36:52,477 --> 01:36:55,274 - Morning, everybody. - It's the muffins. 918 01:36:55,354 --> 01:36:56,876 Perfect. 919 01:36:56,995 --> 01:36:59,716 We're so glad you could make it. 920 01:36:59,837 --> 01:37:03,714 - I wouldn't miss it. - Have any new stories to tell us? 921 01:37:03,834 --> 01:37:05,716 A story? 922 01:37:05,795 --> 01:37:08,194 All righty. 923 01:37:08,313 --> 01:37:09,793 Geez. 924 01:37:11,353 --> 01:37:13,514 l have one. 925 01:37:16,432 --> 01:37:17,714 What? 926 01:37:18,795 --> 01:37:21,512 I've been offered a job at the University of Chicago. 927 01:37:22,712 --> 01:37:24,113 Yes? 928 01:37:25,115 --> 01:37:26,635 Teaching literature. 929 01:37:27,593 --> 01:37:28,792 What? 930 01:37:28,954 --> 01:37:31,512 Starting tall term. 931 01:37:34,713 --> 01:37:36,552 I'm going to take it. 932 01:37:44,872 --> 01:37:46,672 l am pleased. 933 01:37:48,191 --> 01:37:51,629 Yes, I am pleased! 934 01:37:53,230 --> 01:37:56,270 - Well. - A professor! 935 01:38:00,630 --> 01:38:02,990 A real professor. 936 01:38:03,148 --> 01:38:05,029 Damnation. 937 01:38:08,828 --> 01:38:10,668 I'm proud of you. 938 01:38:23,827 --> 01:38:27,185 Be sure to take pictures. 939 01:38:27,307 --> 01:38:31,546 - We're gonna catch some big fish. - Yes, we are. 940 01:38:31,665 --> 01:38:33,385 Let's go! 941 01:38:42,627 --> 01:38:46,864 Remember those rocks we used to build our fireplace? 942 01:38:46,945 --> 01:38:50,583 - Those were big rocks. - Nearly a billion years old. 943 01:38:50,706 --> 01:38:53,943 - Halt a billion, Norman. - Come on. 944 01:38:57,343 --> 01:38:59,383 Well ! 945 01:38:59,501 --> 01:39:03,465 l believe the high road will suit me better. 946 01:39:09,584 --> 01:39:11,424 There was a time. 947 01:39:11,543 --> 01:39:13,863 You'll make a killing. 948 01:39:17,982 --> 01:39:19,982 He'll make a killing. 949 01:39:20,903 --> 01:39:24,143 - Let's fish together today. - Good. 950 01:41:20,610 --> 01:41:23,009 - What are they biting on? - What? 951 01:41:24,650 --> 01:41:27,690 - What are they biting on? - Louder! 952 01:41:29,290 --> 01:41:31,047 l said-- 953 01:41:32,728 --> 01:41:34,489 Bunyon bugs. 954 01:41:38,369 --> 01:41:40,408 Want me to bring you one? 955 01:41:40,489 --> 01:41:44,008 No, I'll come and get it. 956 01:41:57,167 --> 01:42:00,247 Bunyon bugs, stone fly number two. 957 01:42:00,286 --> 01:42:03,166 Thank you, O merciful professor of poetry and trout. 958 01:42:30,243 --> 01:42:33,004 I'm going to ask Jessie to marry me. 959 01:42:35,325 --> 01:42:36,765 Yes... 960 01:42:39,283 --> 01:42:41,162 quite a day. 961 01:42:50,003 --> 01:42:52,281 Why don't you come with us to Chicago? 962 01:42:58,361 --> 01:43:02,682 It's 2,000 miles away. They've got more than a dozen papers there. 963 01:43:03,921 --> 01:43:06,518 You'd be right in the middle of things. 964 01:43:06,640 --> 01:43:08,440 What do you say? 965 01:43:09,880 --> 01:43:11,599 Come with us. 966 01:43:14,760 --> 01:43:17,479 I'll never leave Montana, brother. 967 01:46:31,138 --> 01:46:33,539 Oh me, oh my! 968 01:46:33,699 --> 01:46:35,621 Look at that fish! 969 01:46:40,378 --> 01:46:42,300 Unbelievable! 970 01:46:43,498 --> 01:46:46,937 At that moment I knew surely and clearly... 971 01:46:47,057 --> 01:46:49,017 that I was witnessing perfection. 972 01:46:51,457 --> 01:46:54,979 You are a tine fisherman. 973 01:46:55,857 --> 01:46:58,296 Only need three more years before I can think like a fish. 974 01:46:58,376 --> 01:47:01,697 You're already thinking like a deadstone fly. Pictures! 975 01:47:01,818 --> 01:47:03,218 Mother's pictures. 976 01:47:03,337 --> 01:47:05,456 - Hurry up. - One. 977 01:47:06,936 --> 01:47:08,257 Two. 978 01:47:08,376 --> 01:47:11,578 My brother stood before us, not on a bank of the Big Blackfoot River... 979 01:47:11,658 --> 01:47:13,976 but suspended above the earth... 980 01:47:14,056 --> 01:47:17,696 free from all its laws, like a work of art. 981 01:47:18,455 --> 01:47:20,057 Three. 982 01:47:32,894 --> 01:47:35,612 And I knew just as surely and just as clearly... 983 01:47:35,732 --> 01:47:38,455 that life is not a work of art... 984 01:47:38,533 --> 01:47:40,974 and that the moment could not last. 985 01:47:56,251 --> 01:48:00,372 When the police awakened me one morning before Jessie and I left for Chicago... 986 01:48:00,452 --> 01:48:02,892 I rose and asked no questions. 987 01:48:32,329 --> 01:48:35,568 He drove me back home down the length of the river... 988 01:48:35,647 --> 01:48:37,888 so that I could tell my father and mother... 989 01:48:38,008 --> 01:48:40,688 that Paul had been beaten to death by the butt of a revolver... 990 01:48:40,808 --> 01:48:43,327 and his body dumped in an alley. 991 01:49:23,964 --> 01:49:26,366 Is there anything else you can tell me? 992 01:49:31,444 --> 01:49:34,642 Nearly all the bones in his hand were broken. 993 01:49:52,761 --> 01:49:54,122 Which hand? 994 01:49:57,159 --> 01:49:59,081 His right hand. 995 01:50:32,157 --> 01:50:35,518 As time passed, my father struggled for more to hold onto... 996 01:50:35,638 --> 01:50:38,756 asking me again and again had I told him everything. 997 01:50:39,794 --> 01:50:41,597 Finally I said to him... 998 01:50:41,715 --> 01:50:44,235 "Maybe all I really know about Paul... 999 01:50:44,316 --> 01:50:46,996 is that he was a fine fisherman." 1000 01:50:47,116 --> 01:50:49,955 "You know more than that", my father said. 1001 01:50:50,075 --> 01:50:51,955 "He was beautiful." 1002 01:50:53,235 --> 01:50:56,557 That was the last time we ever spoke of my brother's death. 1003 01:51:07,473 --> 01:51:10,792 Indirectly, though, Paul was always present in my father's thoughts. 1004 01:51:11,753 --> 01:51:13,874 l remember the last sermon l heard him give... 1005 01:51:13,992 --> 01:51:16,234 not long before his own death. 1006 01:51:16,313 --> 01:51:20,991 Each one of us here today will, at one time in our lives... 1007 01:51:21,111 --> 01:51:26,352 look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question. 1008 01:51:26,511 --> 01:51:28,350 "We are willing to help, Lord... 1009 01:51:28,432 --> 01:51:31,633 but what, if anything, is needed?" 1010 01:51:33,231 --> 01:51:36,510 It is true we can seldom help those closest to us. 1011 01:51:36,630 --> 01:51:39,511 Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give... 1012 01:51:39,631 --> 01:51:43,590 or more often than not, the part we have to give... 1013 01:51:43,671 --> 01:51:45,511 is not wanted. 1014 01:51:46,669 --> 01:51:51,029 And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us... 1015 01:51:53,909 --> 01:51:57,069 but we can still love them. 1016 01:51:57,189 --> 01:51:58,991 We can love completely... 1017 01:51:59,831 --> 01:52:02,469 without complete understanding. 1018 01:52:39,626 --> 01:52:44,024 Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand in my youth are dead. 1019 01:52:44,103 --> 01:52:46,225 Even Jessie. 1020 01:52:46,345 --> 01:52:48,624 But I still reach out to them. 1021 01:52:59,784 --> 01:53:03,063 Of course, now I'm too old to be much of a fisherman. 1022 01:53:03,221 --> 01:53:06,183 And now I usually fish the big waters alone... 1023 01:53:06,302 --> 01:53:08,823 although some friends think I shouldn't. 1024 01:53:16,102 --> 01:53:19,581 But when I am alone in the half-light of the canyon... 1025 01:53:19,663 --> 01:53:24,539 all existence seems to fade to a being with my soul and memories... 1026 01:53:24,621 --> 01:53:28,900 and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm... 1027 01:53:28,980 --> 01:53:31,380 and the hope that a fish will rise. 1028 01:53:44,257 --> 01:53:47,419 Eventually, all things merge into one... 1029 01:53:50,339 --> 01:53:52,857 and a river runs through it. 1030 01:53:58,737 --> 01:54:01,537 The river was cut by the world's great flood... 1031 01:54:01,617 --> 01:54:04,415 and runs over rocks from the basement of time. 1032 01:54:05,655 --> 01:54:08,416 On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. 1033 01:54:09,775 --> 01:54:12,575 Under the rocks are the words... 1034 01:54:12,655 --> 01:54:15,496 and some of the words are theirs. 1035 01:54:24,415 --> 01:54:26,694 I am haunted by waters. 1036 01:54:27,305 --> 01:55:27,742 iSubDB.com - fast, modern, simple Subtitles search by drag & drop