1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 OpenSubtitles recommends using Nord VPN from 3.49 USD/month ----> osdb.link/vpn 2 00:00:34,831 --> 00:00:39,591 Long ago, when I was a young man, my father said to me... 3 00:00:39,668 --> 00:00:42,339 'Norman, you like to write stories.' 4 00:00:42,439 --> 00:00:44,634 And I said, 'Yes, I do.' 5 00:00:45,841 --> 00:00:48,911 Then he said, 'Someday, when you're ready... 6 00:00:49,011 --> 00:00:51,847 ...you might tell our family story. 7 00:00:51,947 --> 00:00:56,577 Only then will you understand what happened and why.' 8 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:19,668 In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing. 9 00:01:26,444 --> 00:01:30,282 We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in Missoula, Montana... 10 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:32,583 ...where Indians still appeared out of the wilderness... 11 00:01:32,683 --> 00:01:37,358 ...to walk the honky-tonks and brothels of Front Street. 12 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,910 My father was a Presbyterian minister... 13 00:03:16,010 --> 00:03:18,010 ...and a fly-fisherman. 14 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,518 Though it is true that one day a week was given over wholly to religion... 15 00:03:25,618 --> 00:03:29,825 ...even then he told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen. 16 00:03:29,925 --> 00:03:33,794 And we were left to assume, as my younger brother Paul and I did... 17 00:03:33,894 --> 00:03:38,231 ...that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly-fishermen... 18 00:03:38,331 --> 00:03:42,102 ...and that John, the favorite, was a dry fly-fisherman. 19 00:03:42,202 --> 00:03:47,047 The poor without Christ are of all men the most miserable. 20 00:03:48,473 --> 00:03:50,768 But the poor with Christ... 21 00:03:50,776 --> 00:03:54,268 ...are princes and kings of the earth. 22 00:03:55,679 --> 00:03:57,583 In the afternoon, we would walk with him... 23 00:03:57,683 --> 00:04:00,518 ...while he unwound between services. 24 00:04:00,618 --> 00:04:03,753 He almost always chose a path along the Big Blackfoot... 25 00:04:03,853 --> 00:04:06,491 ...which we considered our family river. 26 00:04:06,591 --> 00:04:12,201 It was there he felt his soul restored and his imagination stirred. 27 00:04:12,596 --> 00:04:15,799 Long ago rain fell on mud and became rock. 28 00:04:15,899 --> 00:04:18,366 Halt a billion years ago. 29 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:23,655 But even before that, beneath the rocks... 30 00:04:25,207 --> 00:04:27,247 ...are the words of God. 31 00:04:27,309 --> 00:04:29,366 Listen. 32 00:04:35,350 --> 00:04:40,054 And if Paul and I listened very carefully all our lives... 33 00:04:40,154 --> 00:04:42,619 ...we might hear those words. 34 00:04:47,727 --> 00:04:52,365 Even so, Paul and I received as many hours of instruction in fly-fishing... 35 00:04:52,465 --> 00:04:56,205 ...as we did in all other spiritual matters. 36 00:04:57,069 --> 00:04:59,306 As a Presbyterian, my father believed... 37 00:04:59,406 --> 00:05:02,442 ...that man, by nature, was a damn mess... 38 00:05:02,542 --> 00:05:04,908 ...and that only by picking up God's rhythms... 39 00:05:05,008 --> 00:05:08,663 ...were we able to regain power and beauty. 40 00:05:09,179 --> 00:05:14,384 To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation, come by grace. 41 00:05:14,484 --> 00:05:18,734 And grace comes by art, and art does not come easy. 42 00:05:18,823 --> 00:05:20,823 Norman. 43 00:05:26,161 --> 00:05:29,431 So my brother and I learned to cast Presbyterian style: 44 00:05:29,531 --> 00:05:31,930 on a metronome. 45 00:05:35,003 --> 00:05:37,839 He began each session with the same instruction: 46 00:05:37,939 --> 00:05:40,907 Casting is an art that is performed on a four-count rhythm... 47 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:44,066 ...between 10:00 and 2:00. 48 00:05:47,679 --> 00:05:51,082 If he had had his way, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish... 49 00:05:51,182 --> 00:05:55,687 ...would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching it. 50 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,656 So it was with my formal education as well. 51 00:06:05,763 --> 00:06:09,333 Each weekday, while my father worked on his Sunday sermon... 52 00:06:09,433 --> 00:06:13,258 I attended the school of the Reverend Maclean. 53 00:06:14,302 --> 00:06:18,140 He taught nothing but reading and writing. And being a Scot... 54 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,490 ...believed that the art of writing lay in thrift. 55 00:06:32,454 --> 00:06:34,454 Half as long. 56 00:06:40,728 --> 00:06:43,798 So while my friends spent their days at Missoula Elementary... 57 00:06:43,898 --> 00:06:48,658 I stayed home and learned to write the American language. 58 00:06:58,578 --> 00:07:00,977 Again, halt as long. 59 00:07:29,606 --> 00:07:31,732 Good. Now throw it away. 60 00:07:47,690 --> 00:07:49,953 Norman. Norman. 61 00:07:51,124 --> 00:07:53,124 Wait for your brother. 62 00:08:00,934 --> 00:08:05,072 However, there was a balance to my father's system. 63 00:08:05,172 --> 00:08:07,841 Every afternoon I was set free... 64 00:08:07,941 --> 00:08:09,941 ...untutored and untouched till supper... 65 00:08:10,041 --> 00:08:14,546 ...to learn on my own the natural side of God's order. 66 00:08:23,588 --> 00:08:29,708 And there could be no better place to learn than the Montana of my youth. 67 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:33,290 It was a world with dew still on it... 68 00:08:33,963 --> 00:08:39,828 ...more touched by wonder and possibility than any I have since known. 69 00:09:14,067 --> 00:09:16,447 Goddamn it, open up the door. 70 00:09:17,102 --> 00:09:19,401 What the hell is goin' on? 71 00:09:19,539 --> 00:09:22,664 Where are you guys going? - Chickens. 72 00:09:31,684 --> 00:09:34,617 Move out of the way. Get. 73 00:10:02,910 --> 00:10:05,345 But it was a tough world, too. Even as children... 74 00:10:05,445 --> 00:10:08,590 ...we understood that and admired it. 75 00:10:12,152 --> 00:10:14,872 And of course, we had to test it. 76 00:10:16,056 --> 00:10:19,325 I knew I was tough because I had been bloodied in battle. 77 00:10:19,425 --> 00:10:21,228 Get him. 78 00:10:21,328 --> 00:10:24,695 Don't be a sissy. Come on. 79 00:10:24,797 --> 00:10:28,197 Yeah, come on. Let's see some blood here. 80 00:10:31,236 --> 00:10:33,236 Paul was different. 81 00:10:33,305 --> 00:10:36,475 His toughness came from some secret place inside of him. 82 00:10:36,575 --> 00:10:40,570 He simply knew he was tougher than anyone alive. 83 00:10:41,012 --> 00:10:45,007 Grace will not be said until that bowl is clean. 84 00:10:57,994 --> 00:11:02,521 Man has been eating God's oats for a thousand years. 85 00:11:02,664 --> 00:11:08,104 It's not the place of an 8-year-old boy to change that tradition. 86 00:12:10,159 --> 00:12:12,159 Grace. 87 00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:23,030 Oh, God... 88 00:12:23,138 --> 00:12:25,807 ...rich in forgiveness, grant that we... 89 00:12:25,907 --> 00:12:29,745 ...may hold fast the good things we receive from Thee. 90 00:12:29,845 --> 00:12:33,781 And as often as we tall into sin, be lifted by repentance through Thy grace. 91 00:12:33,881 --> 00:12:35,881 Amen. 92 00:12:38,917 --> 00:12:42,742 Norm, what do you want to be when you grow up? 93 00:12:42,754 --> 00:12:44,754 A minister, I guess. 94 00:12:46,624 --> 00:12:48,527 Or a professional boxer. 95 00:12:48,627 --> 00:12:51,857 You think you could beat Jack Johnson? 96 00:12:54,666 --> 00:12:58,466 I think you could. I'd bet on it. 97 00:12:59,705 --> 00:13:04,043 What are you gonna be? - A professional fly-fisherman. 98 00:13:04,143 --> 00:13:07,770 There's no such thing. - There isn't? 99 00:13:16,952 --> 00:13:19,582 I guess a boxer. 100 00:13:20,656 --> 00:13:22,784 Not a minister? 101 00:13:32,967 --> 00:13:36,367 In 1917, World War I came to Missoula... 102 00:13:36,403 --> 00:13:40,007 ...taking with it every able-bodied lumberjack... 103 00:13:40,107 --> 00:13:43,592 ...leaving the woods to old men and boys. 104 00:13:45,013 --> 00:13:47,377 So at 16, I did my duty... 105 00:13:47,514 --> 00:13:51,764 ...and started working for the U.S. Forest Service. 106 00:13:53,021 --> 00:13:55,996 It was a life of timber and toil... 107 00:13:56,057 --> 00:13:59,712 ...with men as tough as their ax handles... 108 00:13:59,991 --> 00:14:02,295 ...and more mountains in all directions... 109 00:14:02,395 --> 00:14:05,030 ...than I would ever see again. 110 00:14:06,797 --> 00:14:08,667 Being too young to join me... 111 00:14:08,767 --> 00:14:11,936 Paul took a job as lifeguard at the municipal swimming pool... 112 00:14:12,036 --> 00:14:14,505 ...so that during the day he could look over the girls... 113 00:14:14,605 --> 00:14:19,009 ...and in the evenings he could pursue his other purpose in life: fishing. 114 00:14:19,109 --> 00:14:22,270 Be Thou my vision 115 00:14:22,410 --> 00:14:26,746 O Lord of my heart 116 00:14:26,850 --> 00:14:30,248 Naught be all else to me 117 00:14:30,352 --> 00:14:34,152 Save that Thou art 118 00:14:34,256 --> 00:14:37,248 Thou might press on 119 00:14:37,359 --> 00:14:42,422 By day or by night 120 00:14:42,530 --> 00:14:45,760 Waking or sleeping 121 00:14:45,866 --> 00:14:50,236 Thy presence my light 122 00:15:24,936 --> 00:15:26,936 Preacher, come on. 123 00:15:33,510 --> 00:15:35,942 Preacher, come on. 124 00:15:36,079 --> 00:15:38,079 Shut up. 125 00:15:53,127 --> 00:15:55,333 Have I told you what a fire sounds like... 126 00:15:55,433 --> 00:15:57,532 ...coming down a mountain 6o miles an hour? 127 00:15:57,632 --> 00:15:59,996 Him and his forest fires. 128 00:16:00,133 --> 00:16:02,462 I've got a great idea. 129 00:16:02,565 --> 00:16:05,171 I know how we can go down in history. - How? 130 00:16:05,271 --> 00:16:09,172 We borrow old man Seitert's rowboat and we shoot the chutes. 131 00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:12,309 You can't shoot the chutes. - You can try. 132 00:16:12,409 --> 00:16:17,339 You can die trying. - They'd bury us with honors. Tell him. 133 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,350 We would be the kings of Missoula. - We'd be famous. 134 00:16:21,450 --> 00:16:24,920 All of you would get your photographs in the paper. 135 00:16:25,020 --> 00:16:27,955 I'm doing it. I am. 136 00:16:28,057 --> 00:16:30,618 You'll die. No. 137 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,054 Let's do it. Come on. - I'm with you. 138 00:16:42,171 --> 00:16:44,171 All right. 139 00:16:47,141 --> 00:16:49,141 Let's go. 140 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:55,946 I'll get the oars. 141 00:16:57,884 --> 00:16:59,942 Whose idea was this? 142 00:17:00,050 --> 00:17:03,195 Which way we goin', Pauly? - This way. 143 00:17:10,228 --> 00:17:12,355 I need a woman. 144 00:17:30,146 --> 00:17:32,146 Jesus, Mary and Joseph. 145 00:17:36,053 --> 00:17:38,575 Okay, we'll put in upstream. 146 00:17:47,362 --> 00:17:49,362 Flip it. 147 00:17:54,537 --> 00:17:56,537 Okay, hop in. 148 00:18:01,574 --> 00:18:03,574 Come on. We can all tit. 149 00:18:03,577 --> 00:18:06,103 I don't think so. 150 00:18:13,721 --> 00:18:16,526 All right. Just me, Norm and Chub. 151 00:18:17,825 --> 00:18:19,825 Geez, Pauly. 152 00:18:22,661 --> 00:18:25,528 I guess it's just the Macleans. 153 00:18:50,554 --> 00:18:52,554 Be careful. 154 00:19:03,130 --> 00:19:05,510 You ain't goin' over, Pauly. 155 00:19:06,302 --> 00:19:08,770 They'll pull to shore. - See you in heaven. 156 00:19:08,870 --> 00:19:12,780 Come back a second. I gotta tell you something. 157 00:19:25,817 --> 00:19:28,286 See you later, boys. 158 00:19:34,058 --> 00:19:36,058 Rudder on the right. 159 00:19:44,134 --> 00:19:46,769 On your right. Watch your right. 160 00:20:13,495 --> 00:20:16,555 Steer around. - Right. 161 00:20:18,933 --> 00:20:21,527 Watch it. On your right. 162 00:20:37,383 --> 00:20:39,383 Hang on. 163 00:21:00,571 --> 00:21:02,571 Oh, geez. 164 00:21:06,677 --> 00:21:08,677 Maclean. 165 00:21:22,624 --> 00:21:24,624 Pauly. 166 00:21:24,725 --> 00:21:26,725 Hey, Chub. 167 00:21:46,211 --> 00:21:48,211 What the hell. 168 00:22:02,460 --> 00:22:04,585 You crazy son of a bitch. 169 00:22:07,363 --> 00:22:09,491 You guys okay? - Where's-- 170 00:22:14,237 --> 00:22:16,297 Preach, you okay? 171 00:22:17,708 --> 00:22:19,708 Sure. 172 00:22:39,827 --> 00:22:44,502 You will go to church this day and pray for forgiveness. 173 00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:50,671 Your mother spent the night sick with worry. Did you think of her feelings? 174 00:22:50,771 --> 00:22:53,069 Mrs. Campbell called. 175 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,270 Who gave you the boat? - We borrowed it. 176 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:03,813 Borrowed? 177 00:23:07,017 --> 00:23:09,142 Boys, what have you done? 178 00:23:15,091 --> 00:23:18,686 You will work off every cent of its value. 179 00:23:19,896 --> 00:23:21,732 Yes, sir. 180 00:23:21,832 --> 00:23:24,552 I'll work it oft. It was my idea. 181 00:23:40,781 --> 00:23:43,045 What're you making? 182 00:23:43,149 --> 00:23:47,824 Know what you need? Ham, cheese and sardines. Delicious. 183 00:23:47,855 --> 00:23:50,324 I don't want sardines. - I'll show you. 184 00:23:50,424 --> 00:23:54,929 Those guys will tell everyone the class of '19 did it. 185 00:23:56,094 --> 00:23:57,996 I should write an article. 186 00:23:58,096 --> 00:24:01,066 'Macleans conquer chutes.' - I don't like sardines. 187 00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:04,311 You could get it in the school paper. 188 00:24:04,403 --> 00:24:05,804 Chub. 189 00:24:05,904 --> 00:24:08,237 'Geez, Pauly.' 190 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:12,845 What a skeezicks. - I don't want any goddamn sardines. 191 00:24:37,564 --> 00:24:40,933 No. Stop it. Stop it. 192 00:24:44,872 --> 00:24:47,074 You hit her, you son of a bitch. 193 00:24:47,174 --> 00:24:49,444 You knocked her down, you bastard. 194 00:24:49,544 --> 00:24:53,173 Son of a bitch. - Please, I slipped. 195 00:25:02,023 --> 00:25:04,684 I just slipped. That's all. 196 00:25:23,109 --> 00:25:25,011 That was the only time... 197 00:25:25,111 --> 00:25:27,111 ...we ever fought. 198 00:25:27,243 --> 00:25:30,748 Perhaps we wondered afterwards which one of us was tougher. 199 00:25:30,848 --> 00:25:34,485 But if boyhood questions aren't answered before a certain point... 200 00:25:34,585 --> 00:25:36,620 ...they can't be raised again. 201 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,324 So we returned to being gracious to one another... 202 00:25:39,424 --> 00:25:42,144 ...as the church wall suggested. 203 00:26:19,725 --> 00:26:22,445 I then saw something remarkable. 204 00:26:23,997 --> 00:26:27,766 For the first time, Paul broke free of our father's instruction... 205 00:26:27,866 --> 00:26:30,767 ...into a rhythm all his own. 206 00:27:02,430 --> 00:27:04,829 They're both marvelous. 207 00:27:13,374 --> 00:27:16,944 I'd say the Lord has blessed us all today. 208 00:27:25,818 --> 00:27:29,898 It's just that He's been particularly good to me. 209 00:27:39,529 --> 00:27:42,767 The year ended with my acceptance into Dartmouth College. 210 00:27:42,867 --> 00:27:48,673 Father had told me I could attend any college in the world I could get into. 211 00:27:48,773 --> 00:27:51,440 I knew he earned no more than $1,800 a year... 212 00:27:51,540 --> 00:27:54,810 ...so his offer meant more to me than anything in my life. 213 00:27:54,910 --> 00:27:57,103 Do your best. 214 00:27:57,211 --> 00:27:59,211 I will. 215 00:28:00,050 --> 00:28:02,050 All aboard. 216 00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:14,525 Norman. 217 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:40,685 So in the autumn of 1919 I boarded the Northern Pacific... 218 00:28:40,785 --> 00:28:44,610 ...for a 3,000-mile trip east to the unknown. 219 00:28:49,258 --> 00:28:52,963 To the son of a Montana minister, Dartmouth was more than an education. 220 00:28:53,063 --> 00:28:58,418 It was a revelation, exposing me to a world I'd only guessed at. 221 00:29:05,008 --> 00:29:08,310 As part of my degree, I was required to enlighten incoming freshman... 222 00:29:08,410 --> 00:29:11,580 ...on the wonders of the Romantic poets. 223 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,880 And although I was unaware of it then... 224 00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:16,246 ...teaching fit me. 225 00:29:16,351 --> 00:29:19,554 But most of the time I sat in the card room of my fraternity house... 226 00:29:19,654 --> 00:29:24,839 ...giving my bluenose brothers a lesson in Front Street poker. 227 00:29:25,791 --> 00:29:28,229 In all, I spent six years at Dartmouth... 228 00:29:28,329 --> 00:29:31,644 ...away from home nearly all that time. 229 00:29:33,532 --> 00:29:36,136 On the other hand, Paul stayed home for college... 230 00:29:36,236 --> 00:29:40,656 ...unwilling to leave the fish he had not yet caught. 231 00:29:44,443 --> 00:29:48,379 After graduation, he took a job as a reporter for a Helena newspaper... 232 00:29:48,479 --> 00:29:51,414 ...and moved to that town... 233 00:29:51,517 --> 00:29:56,702 ...his connection with the family growing as slight as my own. 234 00:30:04,426 --> 00:30:06,730 It was not until the spring of 1926... 235 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:09,550 ...that I finally did come home. 236 00:30:54,038 --> 00:30:58,628 Dinner is in half an hour, so you have time for a bath. 237 00:30:59,110 --> 00:31:01,110 Do I look thin? 238 00:31:04,616 --> 00:31:06,616 Do I look old? 239 00:31:08,986 --> 00:31:11,853 No, you look-- 240 00:31:11,955 --> 00:31:16,800 I wish Paul could've been here tonight. He's working late. 241 00:31:20,862 --> 00:31:23,696 Norman, would you come in? 242 00:31:31,006 --> 00:31:33,207 I'm sorry Paul won't be here. 243 00:31:33,307 --> 00:31:35,935 The life of a newspaperman. 244 00:31:37,245 --> 00:31:40,042 You know how Paul likes to-- 245 00:31:40,145 --> 00:31:41,849 I do. 246 00:31:41,949 --> 00:31:43,949 Sit. 247 00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:52,056 I also hear that he-- 248 00:31:54,159 --> 00:31:59,939 I hear everything, don't l? God forbid my flock keep me in ignorance. 249 00:32:02,635 --> 00:32:04,900 Yes. 250 00:32:05,005 --> 00:32:10,275 You can bet everyone from here to Helena knows the details of your education. 251 00:32:10,375 --> 00:32:13,072 It is an achievement. 252 00:32:13,177 --> 00:32:16,747 To what use shall you put this achievement? 253 00:32:20,485 --> 00:32:25,444 I'm considering the Forest Service. - As a career? 254 00:32:29,759 --> 00:32:31,759 No. For the summer. 255 00:32:33,862 --> 00:32:35,862 As a break. 256 00:32:35,865 --> 00:32:40,131 That's a good idea. The body fuels the mind. 257 00:32:40,270 --> 00:32:43,585 That's what I was thinking. - And after? 258 00:32:44,139 --> 00:32:46,139 I'm not sure yet. 259 00:32:47,909 --> 00:32:51,275 You've had six years to become sure. 260 00:33:01,456 --> 00:33:04,771 Have you considered an advanced degree? 261 00:33:05,493 --> 00:33:07,686 The law? Medicine? 262 00:33:08,962 --> 00:33:10,962 The ministry? 263 00:33:13,599 --> 00:33:16,235 I've applied for several teaching positions. 264 00:33:16,335 --> 00:33:19,672 Have you? - College level. I haven't heard yet. 265 00:33:19,772 --> 00:33:21,772 No, it's early. 266 00:33:23,474 --> 00:33:26,077 You have taught classes already, haven't you? 267 00:33:26,177 --> 00:33:28,177 Yes. 268 00:33:28,179 --> 00:33:30,943 Did you find that rewarding? 269 00:33:31,048 --> 00:33:35,951 That is to say, do you feel this could be your calling? 270 00:33:36,953 --> 00:33:38,953 My calling? 271 00:33:40,223 --> 00:33:42,487 Dinner, gentlemen. 272 00:33:59,508 --> 00:34:04,812 If it's so tunny, how come I'm not laughing? Yes, pee in their pants. 273 00:34:04,912 --> 00:34:07,039 Paul Maclean? - In there. 274 00:34:07,147 --> 00:34:09,248 The Anaconda Mine rules say no breaks... 275 00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:12,819 ...not even for the john, so they stand there and pee in their pants. 276 00:34:12,919 --> 00:34:15,055 What about the late-- - George Masterson. 277 00:34:15,155 --> 00:34:18,692 I'll take that widow. She's 23 and built like--... 278 00:34:18,792 --> 00:34:22,061 You take the Anaconda. - I'll interview the grieving widow. 279 00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:25,095 But I'm the boss, Maclean. 280 00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:29,127 Fine by me, boss. Brother. 281 00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:33,836 Look at you. 282 00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:38,742 Boys, this is my big brother, the professor. 283 00:34:38,842 --> 00:34:40,842 Gentlemen. 284 00:34:43,447 --> 00:34:45,447 Sit. 285 00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:48,919 Thanks for visiting me last night. - Yeah, damn. 286 00:34:49,019 --> 00:34:51,569 I am sorry. Wanted to be there. 287 00:34:52,287 --> 00:34:58,917 Wanted to hear the old man say, 'Norman, could you come into my study, please?' 288 00:35:03,831 --> 00:35:05,891 Geez, the professor. 289 00:35:09,104 --> 00:35:11,104 We should celebrate. 290 00:35:20,713 --> 00:35:22,713 A little early for me. 291 00:35:24,717 --> 00:35:27,550 The East is making you soft. 292 00:35:28,421 --> 00:35:30,421 Is that right? 293 00:35:46,805 --> 00:35:48,930 Do much fishing out east? 294 00:35:50,006 --> 00:35:51,509 None. 295 00:35:51,609 --> 00:35:53,376 None? 296 00:35:53,476 --> 00:35:56,344 What do you say? Big Blacktoot. 297 00:36:23,036 --> 00:36:25,631 You set? - Yeah. 298 00:36:33,847 --> 00:36:36,382 Take this hole. It's a good one. - That's all right. You go ahead. 299 00:36:36,482 --> 00:36:38,780 It's a good hole. 300 00:36:59,838 --> 00:37:02,396 Too tight. Try a roll cast. 301 00:37:19,355 --> 00:37:22,219 The fish are out further. 302 00:37:23,357 --> 00:37:25,357 Just a little further. 303 00:37:27,194 --> 00:37:31,832 Cast your line into the current. It'll give a better base and add distance. 304 00:37:31,932 --> 00:37:34,629 You're just rusty. That's all. 305 00:39:34,175 --> 00:39:36,077 He called it shadow casting... 306 00:39:36,177 --> 00:39:39,681 ...keeping his line above water long enough and low enough... 307 00:39:39,781 --> 00:39:42,443 ...to make a rainbow rise. 308 00:39:44,218 --> 00:39:46,955 And I realized that in the time I was away... 309 00:39:47,055 --> 00:39:51,253 ...my brother had become an artist. 310 00:39:51,358 --> 00:39:54,695 My coach comes up to me and says, 'Mac, how'd you like to meet... 311 00:39:54,795 --> 00:39:57,229 John L. Sullivan?' 312 00:39:58,297 --> 00:40:01,500 The John L. Sullivan, the last bare-knuckle champion of the world. 313 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,592 It was then I knew I was home. 314 00:40:04,705 --> 00:40:08,175 Standing on the steps of the Missoula Library once again... 315 00:40:08,275 --> 00:40:11,543 ...late at night, telling stories to the same boys... 316 00:40:11,643 --> 00:40:17,168 ...who had sat on those steps and listened a hundred times before. 317 00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:19,817 And who had, in my absence, become men. 318 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:23,355 It goes to show the world is full of bastards... 319 00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:28,025 ...the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana. 320 00:40:28,125 --> 00:40:29,524 Amen. 321 00:40:29,624 --> 00:40:32,694 That's why you need to stick around here from now on. 322 00:40:32,794 --> 00:40:34,632 Where's the gargle? 323 00:40:34,732 --> 00:40:37,164 Yes, pass this way. 324 00:40:37,299 --> 00:40:42,136 Every girl you need to know will be at the 4th of July dance... 325 00:40:42,236 --> 00:40:44,236 ...without mama. 326 00:40:45,374 --> 00:40:47,773 Find you a little Sheba. 327 00:40:49,243 --> 00:40:51,538 Gentlemen, it's been swell. 328 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,283 Where're you going? 329 00:40:54,383 --> 00:40:57,146 Heavy date, Paul? 330 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:00,990 With a poker table. - You see them new signs? 331 00:41:01,186 --> 00:41:04,990 'Does your husband misbehave? Grunt and grumble, rant and rave? 332 00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:08,116 Shoot that brute some Burma Shave.' 333 00:41:11,096 --> 00:41:13,929 The road to where? - Lolo. 334 00:41:14,031 --> 00:41:16,031 Lolo Hot Springs. 335 00:41:26,444 --> 00:41:29,846 Being back in my father's church seemed to complete my return. 336 00:41:29,946 --> 00:41:33,050 More than anything else, I realized it was my father's words... 337 00:41:33,150 --> 00:41:35,085 ...that made me feel most at home. 338 00:41:35,185 --> 00:41:37,121 In the glow of awakened memories... 339 00:41:37,221 --> 00:41:42,066 ...when the deepest feelings of the heart are all astir... 340 00:41:43,026 --> 00:41:47,017 ...we are reminded of the poet who sings... 341 00:41:47,129 --> 00:41:50,832 'Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight. 342 00:41:50,932 --> 00:41:53,663 Make me a child again... 343 00:41:53,769 --> 00:41:56,259 ...just for tonight.' 344 00:42:37,474 --> 00:42:39,474 Recognize anybody? 345 00:42:41,009 --> 00:42:43,808 You've been gone too long, son. 346 00:42:46,883 --> 00:42:50,649 Who's that? - Who? 347 00:42:50,753 --> 00:42:52,753 There. 348 00:42:55,058 --> 00:42:57,058 Oh, yeah? 349 00:42:58,693 --> 00:43:01,754 A little infatuation? 350 00:43:01,863 --> 00:43:03,863 Who is that? 351 00:43:04,766 --> 00:43:06,168 Jessie Burns. 352 00:43:06,268 --> 00:43:10,260 From Wolf Creek. Her brother went to Hollywood. 353 00:43:10,372 --> 00:43:12,372 Jessie Burns. 354 00:43:21,115 --> 00:43:23,155 Would you like to dance? 355 00:43:23,182 --> 00:43:26,497 Would you be a doll and get us a drink? 356 00:43:26,585 --> 00:43:28,585 Jessie, who's that? 357 00:43:57,113 --> 00:43:59,706 Here you go. - Thanks. 358 00:43:59,815 --> 00:44:01,815 You're a lifesaver. 359 00:44:03,318 --> 00:44:05,318 How ladylike. 360 00:44:07,890 --> 00:44:11,326 I have to be careful or I'll wipe off all the powder. 361 00:44:11,426 --> 00:44:14,826 Phantom of the Opera. 362 00:44:22,670 --> 00:44:25,571 Pack up all my care and woe 363 00:44:25,673 --> 00:44:27,673 Here I go, singing low 364 00:44:27,775 --> 00:44:31,574 Bye-bye, blackbird 365 00:44:32,544 --> 00:44:36,369 I heard Louis Armstrong sing this song once... 366 00:44:36,447 --> 00:44:38,951 ...in a little speak in Greenwich Village, New York. 367 00:44:39,051 --> 00:44:41,349 Really? 368 00:44:41,453 --> 00:44:43,956 Best jazz in the world. Colored jazz, you know? 369 00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:49,494 The real McCoy. Not like Paul Whiteman or the Kliquot Club Eskimos. 370 00:44:49,594 --> 00:44:53,079 My mother loves the Kliquot Club Eskimos. 371 00:44:55,298 --> 00:44:57,298 Does she? 372 00:45:15,048 --> 00:45:17,048 Dance? 373 00:45:19,788 --> 00:45:21,788 Yeah. 374 00:45:24,058 --> 00:45:26,098 Let the fireworks begin. 375 00:45:27,961 --> 00:45:31,294 Guys, come on. - Jessie, come on. 376 00:45:43,342 --> 00:45:46,334 I have a wonderful idea. 377 00:45:46,444 --> 00:45:50,283 What better lesson for those girls than a trip to the reservation... 378 00:45:50,383 --> 00:45:55,120 ...to learn a real Christian message of giving, don't you think? 379 00:45:55,220 --> 00:45:57,390 I'll organize it. Don't lift a finger. 380 00:45:57,490 --> 00:46:02,845 Thank you. This is the most charitable idea I've heard in years. 381 00:46:03,860 --> 00:46:09,266 Do you know those Indian children don't even have shoes? Do you need the phone? 382 00:46:09,366 --> 00:46:13,665 No, I don't have to. - No, you go ahead. 383 00:46:13,770 --> 00:46:17,765 If you need to use it-- - No, I have work to do. 384 00:46:29,686 --> 00:46:31,686 Hello, Mrs. Hatcher. 385 00:46:35,556 --> 00:46:37,855 Hello. I'd like-- 386 00:46:37,959 --> 00:46:41,256 She's fine. I'd like-- 387 00:46:41,362 --> 00:46:44,763 Yes, everybody's tine. 388 00:46:44,899 --> 00:46:49,149 I'd like the Burns residence in Wolt Creek, please. 389 00:46:50,470 --> 00:46:53,907 Yes, I know it's long distance. 390 00:46:54,007 --> 00:46:56,007 Thank you. 391 00:46:58,676 --> 00:47:00,676 Hello. 392 00:47:00,914 --> 00:47:02,914 Is Jessie there? 393 00:47:04,082 --> 00:47:07,992 This is Norman Maclean, but I don't think she-- 394 00:47:10,889 --> 00:47:12,889 Hello. 395 00:47:15,727 --> 00:47:19,322 No, I'm the one who brought you the drink. 396 00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:26,865 No, we didn't get a chance. The tireworks started. 397 00:47:28,805 --> 00:47:30,805 We talked about music. 398 00:47:33,175 --> 00:47:38,271 And I said I heard Louis Armstrong sing the-- 399 00:47:40,348 --> 00:47:42,348 Yeah, that's me. 400 00:47:43,184 --> 00:47:45,812 I was a little nervous. 401 00:47:45,955 --> 00:47:47,955 Because... 402 00:47:49,325 --> 00:47:51,960 ...you were so je ne sais quoi. 403 00:47:56,562 --> 00:48:03,192 I thought I could come and listen to the Kliquot Club Eskimos with your mother. 404 00:48:03,934 --> 00:48:05,934 Yes. 405 00:48:09,207 --> 00:48:12,862 I called because I wanted to see you again. 406 00:48:15,778 --> 00:48:18,942 How about Saturday? 407 00:48:20,917 --> 00:48:22,917 8:00? 408 00:48:31,693 --> 00:48:33,750 I'll see you then. 409 00:48:34,729 --> 00:48:36,729 Bye. 410 00:48:54,380 --> 00:48:56,380 Hey, here they are. 411 00:48:59,352 --> 00:49:01,352 Brother. 412 00:49:03,989 --> 00:49:06,624 Jessie, this is my baby brother Paul. 413 00:49:06,724 --> 00:49:10,751 And this is Monasita. - Mabel. 414 00:49:13,864 --> 00:49:15,864 Shall we? 415 00:49:20,969 --> 00:49:23,604 What do you say, Pauly? - Murph. 416 00:49:24,807 --> 00:49:27,037 Preacher. - Preacher? 417 00:49:27,142 --> 00:49:30,245 How are you, Murph? - Long time. Long time. 418 00:49:30,345 --> 00:49:32,345 Good to see you. 419 00:49:34,249 --> 00:49:37,820 You know the house rules as good as I do, Paul. 420 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,684 No lnjuns. Period. 421 00:49:40,789 --> 00:49:43,984 I don't like the house rules, Murph. 422 00:49:44,090 --> 00:49:46,090 Me neither. 423 00:49:50,031 --> 00:49:52,500 What are you going to make me do, Pauly? 424 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,624 Get us a table for four. 425 00:50:06,078 --> 00:50:08,713 Last time, Paul. - Hello, Judge. 426 00:50:10,549 --> 00:50:13,618 You can get him back. Get drunk and dance naked on the table. 427 00:50:13,718 --> 00:50:17,458 And beat the hell out of the son of a bitch. 428 00:50:22,859 --> 00:50:25,324 Molly, my darling. - Hi, Paul. 429 00:50:28,964 --> 00:50:33,724 They've got swell hooch here. They even wash the glasses. 430 00:50:47,750 --> 00:50:49,215 Drink? 431 00:50:49,315 --> 00:50:51,586 What'll it be? Jessie? Jessie. 432 00:50:51,686 --> 00:50:54,831 I'll have a martini, Paul. It is Paul? 433 00:50:57,057 --> 00:51:01,323 Righty-o. The usual for Norm. Gin and prune juice. 434 00:51:01,461 --> 00:51:03,725 Make that a double. 435 00:51:03,863 --> 00:51:05,632 Excuse me. 436 00:51:05,732 --> 00:51:08,000 I'd like to order a drink, too. 437 00:51:08,100 --> 00:51:10,899 Whiskey, double. 438 00:51:15,875 --> 00:51:19,435 So, what are you doing now, Mabel? 439 00:51:20,645 --> 00:51:22,645 I sell bait. 440 00:51:26,084 --> 00:51:30,079 You have the most beautiful hair I've ever seen. 441 00:51:30,988 --> 00:51:32,988 Should I get it bobbed? 442 00:51:32,990 --> 00:51:36,118 No, not in a million years. 443 00:51:42,831 --> 00:51:45,335 'The candle burns at both ends. 444 00:51:45,435 --> 00:51:47,927 It will not last the night. 445 00:51:48,037 --> 00:51:50,472 But, ah, my toes, and oh, my friends... 446 00:51:50,572 --> 00:51:53,040 ...it gives a lovely light.' 447 00:51:54,507 --> 00:51:57,033 That's nice. 448 00:52:11,058 --> 00:52:14,928 How about to my editor, the old curmudgeon? Excuse me. 449 00:52:15,028 --> 00:52:19,431 He took me off the Anaconda story. I'm a reporter at The Bee. 450 00:52:19,531 --> 00:52:21,165 I know. - How do you know? 451 00:52:21,265 --> 00:52:22,936 I'm famous. 452 00:52:23,036 --> 00:52:25,905 Fishing newspaperman. - You know he fishes, too? 453 00:52:26,005 --> 00:52:29,842 I thought everybody knew. - You've been away a long time. 454 00:52:29,942 --> 00:52:33,274 I'd say so. - It's seems my editor--... 455 00:52:33,377 --> 00:52:36,267 The old curmudgeon. - Yes, exactly. 456 00:52:36,279 --> 00:52:39,283 He's been getting calls. No names, just threats. 457 00:52:39,383 --> 00:52:41,085 Real threats? 458 00:52:41,185 --> 00:52:44,822 It's nice to know you're touching a nerve button. 459 00:52:44,922 --> 00:52:46,922 What did they say? 460 00:52:48,058 --> 00:52:50,355 What did they say? 461 00:52:50,459 --> 00:52:53,629 What did they say? - You'll have to cut it out of him. 462 00:52:53,729 --> 00:52:58,566 The usual. The boys will come down and pay me a little visit. 463 00:52:58,666 --> 00:53:01,537 Fit you with a pair or concrete galoshes, see? 464 00:53:01,637 --> 00:53:03,637 Exactly. 465 00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:07,240 I have to dance. 466 00:53:22,021 --> 00:53:24,021 Watch out. 467 00:53:24,492 --> 00:53:26,492 Wow. 468 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,216 Now, The Muskrat Ramble. 469 00:54:01,725 --> 00:54:03,725 Watch it. 470 00:54:43,395 --> 00:54:47,132 I'm nowhere near as good as my brother, but would you do me the honor? 471 00:54:47,232 --> 00:54:49,232 I'd love to. 472 00:55:29,604 --> 00:55:34,209 'Dear Jessie, As the moon lingers a moment over the Bitteroots... 473 00:55:34,309 --> 00:55:37,611 ...before its descent into the invisible... 474 00:55:37,711 --> 00:55:40,908 ...my mind is filled with song. 475 00:55:41,015 --> 00:55:43,480 I find I am humming softly... 476 00:55:43,516 --> 00:55:47,351 ...not to the music, but something else. 477 00:55:47,453 --> 00:55:49,453 Someplace else. 478 00:55:50,657 --> 00:55:52,817 A place remembered. 479 00:55:52,926 --> 00:55:57,997 A field of grass where no one seemed to have been except the deer. 480 00:55:58,097 --> 00:56:01,267 And the memory is strengthened by the feeling of you... 481 00:56:01,367 --> 00:56:03,917 ...dancing in my awkward arms. 482 00:56:04,736 --> 00:56:06,736 Norman.' 483 00:56:21,885 --> 00:56:23,885 Yes? 484 00:56:25,155 --> 00:56:28,283 What's wrong? 485 00:56:28,391 --> 00:56:32,018 It's okay, Mother. Who is this? 486 00:56:47,575 --> 00:56:49,575 I'm Norman Maclean. 487 00:56:49,642 --> 00:56:52,635 No, he doesn't have to post bond. 488 00:56:52,746 --> 00:56:55,082 He covers the police beat and has friends here. 489 00:56:55,182 --> 00:56:58,157 Just look at him and take him home. 490 00:56:58,552 --> 00:57:00,552 What did he do? 491 00:57:00,553 --> 00:57:04,223 He hit a guy and the guy is missing a couple of teeth. 492 00:57:04,323 --> 00:57:06,814 Why did he hit him? 493 00:57:06,927 --> 00:57:12,531 It says, 'A remark was passed concerning the Indian woman he was with.' 494 00:57:12,631 --> 00:57:15,429 The guy deserved it. 495 00:57:15,532 --> 00:57:19,357 We're picking your brother up too much lately. 496 00:57:21,940 --> 00:57:23,706 Is that right? 497 00:57:23,806 --> 00:57:26,943 Besides, he's behind on the big stud poker game at Lolo. 498 00:57:27,043 --> 00:57:31,378 It's not healthy to get behind on that game at Lolo. 499 00:57:33,249 --> 00:57:36,618 Is he hurt? - He's not hurt. He's just sick. 500 00:57:36,718 --> 00:57:39,084 He drinks too much. 501 00:57:39,187 --> 00:57:43,249 At Lolo, they don't drink too much. 502 00:57:48,194 --> 00:57:51,424 You better go in and get your brother. 503 00:58:25,796 --> 00:58:30,199 I'm tired and I wanna go to bed 504 00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:34,761 I just had a drink about an hour ago 505 00:58:34,872 --> 00:58:37,998 It went right to my head 506 00:58:38,108 --> 00:58:40,701 No matter where I roam 507 00:58:40,809 --> 00:58:44,642 By land or sea or foam 508 00:58:44,746 --> 00:58:49,581 You can always hear me singing this song 509 00:58:49,716 --> 00:58:53,278 Show me the way to go home 510 00:59:49,038 --> 00:59:52,496 It you need any money, Paul... 511 00:59:52,607 --> 00:59:54,909 ...or anything else, I want you to know that-- 512 00:59:55,009 --> 00:59:58,171 She lives past the slaughterhouse. 513 01:00:02,416 --> 01:00:04,416 I can help. 514 01:00:08,054 --> 01:00:10,054 Turn here. 515 01:01:07,242 --> 01:01:11,702 Well, chickens haven't come home to roost yet, Al. 516 01:01:17,618 --> 01:01:19,643 Not bad. 517 01:01:21,555 --> 01:01:23,324 Are you all right? 518 01:01:23,424 --> 01:01:27,223 Clara, was that your jelly? - Yes, it was. 519 01:01:27,326 --> 01:01:29,895 It was wonderful. And is this Norman? 520 01:01:29,995 --> 01:01:33,658 Yes, it is. Yes, we're very proud of him. 521 01:01:33,765 --> 01:01:36,402 Nice to have you back. - Thank you. 522 01:01:36,502 --> 01:01:40,339 Her daughter's turned into a beauty. There she is. 523 01:01:40,439 --> 01:01:44,434 Twenty only a week ago. She's bright as a light. 524 01:01:46,176 --> 01:01:49,169 Mr. Murchison, how are you? 525 01:01:50,648 --> 01:01:52,648 How are you? 526 01:01:54,251 --> 01:01:58,451 Quite well, thank you. - Good, good. 527 01:01:58,556 --> 01:02:02,013 And this is Paul? - No, this is Norman. 528 01:02:03,426 --> 01:02:08,356 Oh, Norman. You're looking good. - Yes. Hasn't he grown up? 529 01:02:11,534 --> 01:02:15,595 Paul's here. Come on. - I'm sorry, I can't. 530 01:02:15,738 --> 01:02:19,641 I'm meeting Jessie Burns' family. Her brother's coming in from California. 531 01:02:19,741 --> 01:02:21,476 Oh, well, now. 532 01:02:21,576 --> 01:02:25,245 I'm late. - Should we have this girl to dinner? 533 01:02:25,345 --> 01:02:27,345 Perhaps, Mother. 534 01:02:53,606 --> 01:02:55,606 Well, well. 535 01:02:56,007 --> 01:02:57,441 Hello, Paul. 536 01:02:57,541 --> 01:03:00,144 Hi, Sam. Let me borrow those. - Sure. Why not? 537 01:03:00,244 --> 01:03:02,244 Hello, Father. - Son. 538 01:03:11,590 --> 01:03:14,650 First shot, bangs it right up there. 539 01:03:24,633 --> 01:03:28,637 The Burns family ran a general store in a one-store town... 540 01:03:28,737 --> 01:03:31,542 ...and still managed to do badly. 541 01:03:32,441 --> 01:03:33,976 This is Norman. 542 01:03:34,076 --> 01:03:39,112 They were Methodists, who my father called 'Baptists who could read.' 543 01:03:39,212 --> 01:03:41,702 Pop. - It's a pleasure. 544 01:03:41,815 --> 01:03:43,815 This is my mother. 545 01:03:43,850 --> 01:03:46,554 A pleasure to meet you, Norman. Jessie tells me you're a poet. 546 01:03:46,654 --> 01:03:49,991 Related to the fishing newspaperman? - That's my brother. 547 01:03:50,091 --> 01:03:53,157 Jessie says you just got your degree. - Yes. 548 01:03:53,257 --> 01:03:55,326 Jessie was at the university. She was majoring in-- 549 01:03:55,426 --> 01:03:57,426 Flapperism. 550 01:03:58,096 --> 01:03:59,997 Science, I believe. Wasn't it? 551 01:04:00,097 --> 01:04:02,965 She dropped out. - Aunt Sally. 552 01:04:03,067 --> 01:04:05,502 She could learn from you. Stick-to-itivity. 553 01:04:05,602 --> 01:04:07,937 Let the young man breathe. 554 01:04:08,039 --> 01:04:11,949 He's not used to all this. He's a Presbyterian. 555 01:04:13,711 --> 01:04:16,839 Oh, Neal. He's here. 556 01:04:33,028 --> 01:04:35,896 Jessie's brother Neal stepped off the train trying to remember... 557 01:04:35,996 --> 01:04:38,567 ...what a Davis Cup tennis player looked like. 558 01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:41,302 You look so good. He looks a little thin. 559 01:04:41,402 --> 01:04:45,134 How are you doing? You look great. 560 01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:48,875 Neal, this is Norman. Norman, my brother Neal. 561 01:04:48,975 --> 01:04:50,975 Hello, boy. 562 01:04:51,577 --> 01:04:55,213 Did you sit up all night? - I met some nice people. 563 01:04:55,313 --> 01:04:58,452 Did you get my card from Yellowstone? - What do you think about this tie? 564 01:04:58,552 --> 01:05:03,147 Let him breathe. He just got here. - Let's go eat. 565 01:05:03,253 --> 01:05:08,459 I've got chicken salad sandwiches in the car and baking chickens at home. 566 01:05:08,559 --> 01:05:13,914 Mrs. Miller has given us cherries. I can make your favorite pie. 567 01:05:16,265 --> 01:05:20,090 Not the homemade beer. - Boy, was a good year. 568 01:05:21,338 --> 01:05:26,693 Over the lips, past the gums, look out, stomach, here she comes. 569 01:05:27,077 --> 01:05:29,713 What's the first station out there now? 570 01:05:29,813 --> 01:05:33,248 When I traveled that way, San Berdoo was there. 571 01:05:33,348 --> 01:05:35,651 San Berdoo and a lot of sand... 572 01:05:35,751 --> 01:05:39,623 ...and a lot of desert, a hell of a lot of desert. 573 01:05:39,723 --> 01:05:41,856 We came back to Salt Lake City. 574 01:05:41,956 --> 01:05:45,289 We had to change at Salt Lake City. 575 01:05:45,390 --> 01:05:48,796 There was a hotel there that-- - Served oysters. 576 01:05:48,896 --> 01:05:51,591 Served oysters. Yeah. 577 01:05:51,699 --> 01:05:55,335 Norman, do you drink? Does he drink? - A little bit. 578 01:05:55,435 --> 01:05:58,892 Here's to the ol' fam-damn-ily. 579 01:05:59,005 --> 01:06:02,407 The tam-damn-ily. - Here. Here. 580 01:06:02,542 --> 01:06:04,601 Down the trenches. 581 01:06:05,913 --> 01:06:08,483 He's fine. He's just tired. It's a long trip. 582 01:06:08,583 --> 01:06:12,070 At least he still has his appetite. 583 01:06:19,524 --> 01:06:22,414 How long are you planning to stay? 584 01:06:23,363 --> 01:06:25,421 Sport. Come here. 585 01:06:27,965 --> 01:06:30,628 I don't know. I miss the ocean. 586 01:06:30,735 --> 01:06:32,436 What's it like? 587 01:06:32,536 --> 01:06:35,839 It's big and blue. People ride on the waves. 588 01:06:35,939 --> 01:06:39,237 I was getting pretty good at it. 589 01:06:39,344 --> 01:06:43,038 Damn it. Bad dog. Bad. Geez, Ma. 590 01:06:44,210 --> 01:06:46,675 You get him so excited. Sport. 591 01:06:48,519 --> 01:06:52,352 Anywho, what was I talking about? - The ocean. 592 01:06:52,454 --> 01:06:56,190 Oh, yeah. So we'd ride those waves all day long, all the boys. 593 01:06:56,290 --> 01:06:59,158 Ramon, me, Ronnie Colman. 594 01:06:59,260 --> 01:07:01,260 Ronald Colman? 595 01:07:02,662 --> 01:07:07,762 I love Ronald Colman. - People say I look like Ronald Colman. 596 01:07:08,236 --> 01:07:09,402 Yeah. 597 01:07:09,502 --> 01:07:13,327 I can't picture Ronald Colman riding on waves. 598 01:07:19,078 --> 01:07:21,376 Some Kodak, huh? 599 01:07:22,382 --> 01:07:24,382 Well, Ma... 600 01:07:25,216 --> 01:07:27,341 ...it's been a long trip. 601 01:07:31,586 --> 01:07:35,581 Maybe you could go fishing with Norman sometime. 602 01:07:36,538 --> 01:07:39,747 That's a good idea. 603 01:07:41,709 --> 01:07:43,709 Yeah. 604 01:07:44,335 --> 01:07:47,070 Wonderful, wouldn't it be? - Fishing? 605 01:07:47,170 --> 01:07:48,908 You do fish? 606 01:07:49,008 --> 01:07:52,282 Of course. - He has a pole and everything. 607 01:07:52,382 --> 01:07:55,527 Oh, yes, everybody does. - You betcha. 608 01:07:55,637 --> 01:07:59,517 When would be a good time for you? - Friday. 609 01:07:59,642 --> 01:08:03,437 Friday's good. - Yeah. What time? 610 01:08:04,814 --> 01:08:07,482 6:00. - A.M.? 611 01:08:11,903 --> 01:08:15,013 Oh, yes, he'll be there. Won't you, honey? 612 01:08:15,113 --> 01:08:18,184 Thank you. That's very kind. - My pleasure. 613 01:08:18,284 --> 01:08:20,579 Maybe Paul could come, too. 614 01:08:20,619 --> 01:08:22,911 That would be nice. 615 01:08:22,994 --> 01:08:26,190 I'm sure Paul would love to go fishing with us. 616 01:08:26,290 --> 01:08:28,566 Can I come? - Not this time, honey. 617 01:08:28,666 --> 01:08:30,666 Next time, okay? 618 01:08:43,138 --> 01:08:46,268 Why don't you go with Neal, Norman? 619 01:08:46,393 --> 01:08:48,393 Make your plans. 620 01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:51,020 Oh, yeah. 621 01:08:55,233 --> 01:09:00,472 The only plan Neal had was a trip to Black Jack's bar, an old freight car... 622 01:09:00,572 --> 01:09:06,391 ...set in the woods where any honest policeman would be unlikely to find it. 623 01:09:06,491 --> 01:09:09,622 It was this otter and her pups. 624 01:09:09,747 --> 01:09:13,899 l had a hell of a time tracking them because they turn white in winter. 625 01:09:13,999 --> 01:09:18,070 After a few shots of this vile whiskey brewed by Black Jack himself... 626 01:09:18,170 --> 01:09:20,295 Neal began to hold forth. 627 01:09:20,338 --> 01:09:25,159 He'd chosen Montana subjects to spin his lies about shooting, hiking, trapping. 628 01:09:25,259 --> 01:09:29,082 Probably to impress the only other client at the bar. 629 01:09:29,182 --> 01:09:31,499 A ploy that was beginning to pay off. 630 01:09:31,599 --> 01:09:34,559 Anywho, she tried to lose me... 631 01:09:34,641 --> 01:09:36,461 ...again and again. 632 01:09:36,561 --> 01:09:38,713 She went by the name of Old Rawhide. 633 01:09:38,813 --> 01:09:42,676 About ten years before, she'd been elected beauty queen of Wolf Creek. 634 01:09:42,776 --> 01:09:47,554 She rode bareback standing up through the 100 inhabitants, mostly male. 635 01:09:47,654 --> 01:09:50,975 Her skirts flew high, and she won the contest. 636 01:09:51,075 --> 01:09:53,811 It's stiff. l couldn't feel my hands. 637 01:09:53,911 --> 01:09:56,604 I'm thinking about my dog Sport that's with me. 638 01:09:56,704 --> 01:10:00,316 If it gets any colder, l may have to slit him open... 639 01:10:00,416 --> 01:10:02,776 ...and stick my hands in to keep them from freezing. 640 01:10:02,876 --> 01:10:04,986 It would have been a tough thing to do. 641 01:10:05,086 --> 01:10:08,673 But, hell, I did it before at the Yukon. 642 01:10:08,799 --> 01:10:10,742 God knows I love that damn dog. 643 01:10:10,842 --> 01:10:13,912 She still wore the divided skirts of a horsewoman... 644 01:10:14,012 --> 01:10:16,747 ...although they must have been a hardship in her new profession. 645 01:10:16,847 --> 01:10:21,294 There, on a branch waiting to jump on their first deer... 646 01:10:21,394 --> 01:10:24,521 ...is the goddamn otter. 647 01:10:25,606 --> 01:10:27,691 Hey, buster. 648 01:10:27,816 --> 01:10:32,070 What's an otter doing on the top of Roger's Pass? 649 01:10:32,194 --> 01:10:35,084 l thought they swam in the creeks. 650 01:10:36,949 --> 01:10:40,349 Why don't you bring this lady a whiskey? 651 01:10:40,452 --> 01:10:43,164 I've got to shove off. 652 01:10:44,287 --> 01:10:47,517 Don't forget, ol' boy, Friday, fishing. 653 01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:49,960 What? 654 01:11:17,570 --> 01:11:18,971 What say? 655 01:11:19,071 --> 01:11:21,307 They said I'd find you at your other office. 656 01:11:21,407 --> 01:11:24,495 Yeah, deadline. Can't work there. 657 01:11:27,412 --> 01:11:29,412 You come for a drink? 658 01:11:31,124 --> 01:11:33,294 A favor. 659 01:11:39,551 --> 01:11:41,551 Go fishing with me? 660 01:11:45,637 --> 01:11:47,637 Sure. 661 01:11:48,515 --> 01:11:52,086 That's marvy, because Jessie's got a brother... 662 01:11:52,186 --> 01:11:55,022 ...in from California and-- 663 01:11:55,104 --> 01:11:58,340 I'm not gonna lie. He's a world champion peckerwood. 664 01:11:58,440 --> 01:12:00,843 Bait fisherman? - He didn't say. 665 01:12:00,943 --> 01:12:03,528 Good Lord. George. 666 01:12:03,653 --> 01:12:06,180 He's going to show up with a coffee can full of worms. 667 01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:10,105 Red can. Hills Brothers. I'll lay a bet on it. 668 01:12:11,661 --> 01:12:13,661 l promised Jessie. 669 01:12:16,792 --> 01:12:18,832 Are you getting serious? 670 01:12:18,876 --> 01:12:23,046 What? - You son of a bitch. You're serious. 671 01:12:26,842 --> 01:12:28,201 Well? 672 01:12:28,301 --> 01:12:30,301 l don't know. 673 01:12:34,766 --> 01:12:36,766 Then we ought to do it. 674 01:13:04,501 --> 01:13:06,501 Whoa, whoa. 675 01:13:12,217 --> 01:13:14,594 As I live and breathe. 676 01:13:14,676 --> 01:13:17,137 Buster here wants to fish. 677 01:13:25,644 --> 01:13:27,644 You're late, Neal. 678 01:13:29,188 --> 01:13:31,675 Yeah, I didn't get in till late. 679 01:13:31,775 --> 01:13:35,005 l didn't get in at all, but I was here. 680 01:13:35,070 --> 01:13:37,778 Neal, Paul. Paul, Neal. 681 01:13:37,905 --> 01:13:43,435 In Montana, three things we're never late for: church, work and fishing. 682 01:13:43,535 --> 01:13:46,789 Righty-o. Anywho--... 683 01:13:46,913 --> 01:13:49,666 This is-- - We've met. 684 01:13:53,709 --> 01:13:55,963 Don't go away. 685 01:14:06,681 --> 01:14:10,226 Watch the first step. It's a lulu. 686 01:14:19,026 --> 01:14:21,445 So. - You ready to-- 687 01:14:25,406 --> 01:14:26,809 What? 688 01:14:26,909 --> 01:14:28,909 Fishing. 689 01:14:35,665 --> 01:14:38,002 Buster wants to fish. 690 01:14:43,882 --> 01:14:46,258 Neal, what about the bait? 691 01:14:48,925 --> 01:14:50,925 Dumb Dora. 692 01:15:03,271 --> 01:15:06,593 We're not going to catch anything. It's too damn hot. 693 01:15:06,693 --> 01:15:09,571 May he catch three doses of clap. 694 01:15:09,695 --> 01:15:13,520 Sure glad I didn't go home and get some sleep. 695 01:15:17,079 --> 01:15:19,247 Where is he? 696 01:15:21,916 --> 01:15:24,042 Oh, God. - Geez. 697 01:15:27,546 --> 01:15:29,673 I'll catch up. 698 01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:31,800 Yeah. 699 01:16:01,825 --> 01:16:03,870 l know. You got 20. 700 01:16:14,380 --> 01:16:17,950 Couldn't you find him? - The hell with him. 701 01:16:18,342 --> 01:16:20,328 l thought we were supposed to help him. 702 01:16:20,428 --> 01:16:24,168 How the hell do you help that son of a bitch? 703 01:16:25,557 --> 01:16:27,602 By taking him fishing. 704 01:16:28,895 --> 01:16:35,270 He doesn't like fishing. Doesn't like Montana. Sure as hell doesn't like me. 705 01:16:35,356 --> 01:16:37,356 Well... 706 01:16:37,943 --> 01:16:42,448 ...maybe what he likes is somebody trying to help him. 707 01:16:56,166 --> 01:17:00,506 You sank the beer, yeah? - You bet your life. 708 01:17:04,342 --> 01:17:06,342 Let's go. 709 01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:16,645 Oh, geez, I can taste it. 710 01:17:21,817 --> 01:17:24,819 Should we kill him? - Shit. 711 01:17:30,283 --> 01:17:32,283 Goddamn it. 712 01:17:34,118 --> 01:17:36,118 Holy Christ. 713 01:17:49,090 --> 01:17:51,260 This is not good. 714 01:17:52,929 --> 01:17:54,929 She's got a tattoo. 715 01:17:57,054 --> 01:17:59,517 Initials? 716 01:18:00,476 --> 01:18:02,476 'Love.' 717 01:18:09,232 --> 01:18:13,280 l can get in myself. l don't need help. 718 01:18:17,240 --> 01:18:20,130 You got anything to drink, buster? 719 01:18:20,244 --> 01:18:23,134 Buster's the one with the red ass. 720 01:18:35,716 --> 01:18:40,119 I'm in deep trouble. - Yeah. Want me to come and protect you? 721 01:18:40,219 --> 01:18:42,498 Mrs. Burns would love to meet the girlfriend. 722 01:18:42,598 --> 01:18:44,891 l ain't burned. 723 01:18:45,017 --> 01:18:47,685 The sun don't bother me. 724 01:18:49,437 --> 01:18:51,005 Yeah. 725 01:18:51,105 --> 01:18:55,216 What do you think about me spending the night with you and the folks? 726 01:18:55,316 --> 01:18:58,719 We come back here tomorrow, wipe this day oft the books. 727 01:18:58,819 --> 01:19:00,680 It's a deal. 728 01:19:00,780 --> 01:19:04,699 Come on, buster. I'm as dry as dirt. 729 01:19:04,784 --> 01:19:06,909 Hark, fair Juliet speaks. 730 01:19:10,581 --> 01:19:12,581 Good luck. 731 01:19:36,812 --> 01:19:38,812 Sweet Jesus. 732 01:19:39,983 --> 01:19:42,448 What have you done to my boy? 733 01:19:46,321 --> 01:19:49,156 He tell asleep in the sun. 734 01:19:52,660 --> 01:19:56,205 Oh, my Lord in heaven. It's all right. 735 01:19:56,329 --> 01:19:59,414 It's all right, honey. We'll fix it. 736 01:20:06,714 --> 01:20:08,714 You left him alone? 737 01:20:08,716 --> 01:20:12,970 He brought someone, and-- 738 01:20:13,054 --> 01:20:15,346 You better go home. 739 01:20:34,197 --> 01:20:36,240 l need a ride home. 740 01:21:03,056 --> 01:21:05,476 You better hang on. 741 01:21:05,558 --> 01:21:07,558 What are you--... 742 01:21:33,418 --> 01:21:35,418 ...l don't think you-- 743 01:21:35,503 --> 01:21:40,518 They send trains down here all the time, without a schedule. 744 01:21:41,134 --> 01:21:43,426 You're not-- 745 01:21:45,594 --> 01:21:48,824 I don't think they can see us in here. 746 01:22:58,203 --> 01:23:01,205 Well, thanks for the flight. 747 01:23:04,586 --> 01:23:06,586 You're funny. 748 01:23:06,670 --> 01:23:09,171 Oh? How am I funny? 749 01:23:10,505 --> 01:23:13,843 You don't like my brother, do you? 750 01:23:18,847 --> 01:23:21,482 No, I do not like your brother. 751 01:23:25,144 --> 01:23:27,463 l don't know any card tricks. 752 01:23:27,563 --> 01:23:32,067 But I like you, and I want to see you again. 753 01:23:42,369 --> 01:23:46,038 Hello, Jess. - Hey, Paul. 754 01:23:46,164 --> 01:23:50,083 How's your brother? - You both left him alone. 755 01:23:50,209 --> 01:23:52,735 I'm sorry about that. That was my fault. 756 01:23:52,835 --> 01:23:55,214 You're not forgiven. 757 01:23:56,380 --> 01:23:57,947 Was Norman forgiven? 758 01:23:58,047 --> 01:24:00,511 Norman's not funny. 759 01:24:15,772 --> 01:24:18,468 I hung fresh towels on the washstand for you. 760 01:24:18,568 --> 01:24:21,968 Did you remember to powder my toothbrush? 761 01:24:23,238 --> 01:24:25,224 Let Paul tell his latest story. 762 01:24:25,324 --> 01:24:28,685 Which one? The murder, the wreck or the fire? 763 01:24:28,785 --> 01:24:31,646 l think they should put you on the church beat. 764 01:24:31,746 --> 01:24:33,315 l agree. 765 01:24:33,415 --> 01:24:37,691 Quote: 'The Reverend Maclean had a nice roast while dining with his family. 766 01:24:37,791 --> 01:24:41,045 All, except for the poor, elder son... 767 01:24:41,131 --> 01:24:43,840 ...enjoyed it immensely.' 768 01:24:43,924 --> 01:24:46,659 Norman, what's the matter? - He's not funny. 769 01:24:46,759 --> 01:24:49,303 Pardon me? - He's not tunny. 770 01:24:51,347 --> 01:24:54,999 There are more important accomplishments, Norman. 771 01:24:55,099 --> 01:24:57,649 It's all right it you're dull. 772 01:24:59,478 --> 01:25:01,518 We're very proud of you. 773 01:25:02,940 --> 01:25:06,525 l do have one story. No murder, no mayhem. 774 01:25:07,570 --> 01:25:09,950 l interviewed the President. 775 01:25:12,407 --> 01:25:14,518 Calvin Coolidge? - The President? 776 01:25:14,618 --> 01:25:17,162 Mr. Coolidge? - When? 777 01:25:17,286 --> 01:25:20,357 A few days ago. He was in Dakota, fly-fishing. 778 01:25:20,457 --> 01:25:22,233 Fly-fishing. 779 01:25:22,333 --> 01:25:26,737 Fly-fishing in a suit and tie, white gloves and patent-leather shoes. 780 01:25:26,837 --> 01:25:29,157 l asked him. l went right up to him. 781 01:25:29,257 --> 01:25:32,660 l said, 'Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me what they're biting on?' 782 01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:35,803 He says, 'The end of my line.' 783 01:25:35,969 --> 01:25:38,689 What? What? - The end of my line. 784 01:25:42,477 --> 01:25:46,504 Then some of the locals came over, tied on a fly the size of a chicken. 785 01:25:46,604 --> 01:25:48,716 Ol' Cal, he heaves it out there. 786 01:25:48,816 --> 01:25:53,831 Figured if he can't catch a trout, he'll scare one to death. 787 01:25:56,153 --> 01:25:57,766 Did you get a picture? 788 01:25:57,866 --> 01:25:59,768 Yeah. It'll be in the Sunday paper. 789 01:25:59,868 --> 01:26:03,693 'Closemouthed Cal communes with the crappies.' 790 01:26:11,671 --> 01:26:13,614 Mother, that was amazing. 791 01:26:13,714 --> 01:26:17,116 He usually only eats what he can hit on the road. 792 01:26:17,216 --> 01:26:18,534 That was tunny. 793 01:26:18,634 --> 01:26:21,638 l do worry about you. 794 01:26:21,719 --> 01:26:24,439 I'm gonna run over-- Hmm? - What? 795 01:26:25,850 --> 01:26:28,142 What? 796 01:26:28,228 --> 01:26:31,562 l was just going to say... 797 01:26:31,689 --> 01:26:36,789 ...l thought I'd go meet some of the old pals, being in town. 798 01:26:39,779 --> 01:26:41,639 Don't you wait up. 799 01:26:41,739 --> 01:26:46,414 l plan on eating the rest of this when nobody's looking. 800 01:27:15,770 --> 01:27:20,020 l understand he's changed the spelling of our name. 801 01:27:20,523 --> 01:27:23,651 'MacLean', with a capital 'L'. 802 01:27:25,611 --> 01:27:29,266 Now everyone will think we're lowland Scots. 803 01:27:44,211 --> 01:27:46,211 Howdy, Norman. 804 01:27:48,132 --> 01:27:50,591 Hi there, Mr. Sweeney. 805 01:27:50,675 --> 01:27:54,415 Who do you know at the University of Chicago? 806 01:27:56,637 --> 01:27:59,391 Chicken in a car, car won't go. 807 01:27:59,476 --> 01:28:02,602 That's how you spell 'Chi-car-go.' 808 01:28:31,504 --> 01:28:34,952 'Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass. 809 01:28:35,052 --> 01:28:38,118 Of glory in the flower, we will grieve not. 810 01:28:38,218 --> 01:28:42,389 Rather find strength in what remains behind.' 811 01:28:42,515 --> 01:28:46,165 'In the primal sympathy which having been must ever be.' 812 01:28:46,265 --> 01:28:49,422 'In the soothing thoughts that spring out of human suffering.' 813 01:28:49,522 --> 01:28:52,254 'In the faith that looks through death.' 814 01:28:52,354 --> 01:28:56,009 'Thanks to the human heart by which we live. 815 01:28:56,069 --> 01:29:00,655 Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, its tears. 816 01:29:00,781 --> 01:29:04,826 To me the meanest flower that blows... 817 01:29:04,910 --> 01:29:09,840 ...can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.' 818 01:29:14,916 --> 01:29:18,697 Good luck. We'll be rooting for you. - Here's sandwiches. 819 01:29:18,797 --> 01:29:22,616 It was one week exactly before I spoke to Jessie again. 820 01:29:22,716 --> 01:29:25,704 She called to tell me Neal was going back to California... 821 01:29:25,804 --> 01:29:28,956 ...and that he would appreciate me seeing him off. 822 01:29:29,056 --> 01:29:31,517 We love you. Good luck. 823 01:29:33,227 --> 01:29:36,629 Though surprised by the invitation, l asked only one question of Jessie. 824 01:29:36,729 --> 01:29:40,724 Did she want me to come? And she answered 'Yes'. 825 01:29:40,734 --> 01:29:43,693 l love you. Don't forget to write. 826 01:30:23,396 --> 01:30:26,549 If he came back next summer, would you try and help him? 827 01:30:26,649 --> 01:30:29,610 It you wanted me to, l would try. 828 01:30:29,694 --> 01:30:34,369 He's not coming back. - At least he's got friends there. 829 01:30:35,113 --> 01:30:37,241 Who? Ronald Colman? 830 01:30:46,502 --> 01:30:50,069 Why is it that people who need the most help... 831 01:30:50,169 --> 01:30:52,169 ...won't take it? 832 01:30:54,466 --> 01:30:56,466 l don't know. 833 01:31:04,601 --> 01:31:08,019 l don't cry, Norman. 834 01:31:24,244 --> 01:31:26,664 Can I show you something? 835 01:31:26,787 --> 01:31:29,623 Only it it's something good. 836 01:31:34,379 --> 01:31:36,379 Read. 837 01:31:45,595 --> 01:31:47,595 What do you think? 838 01:31:47,598 --> 01:31:51,351 What do I think? l think it's the berries. 839 01:31:51,476 --> 01:31:56,231 You do? - Yes. To get away. Chicago. It's heaven. 840 01:31:56,358 --> 01:31:59,300 Have you ever been? - No, not anywhere. 841 01:31:59,400 --> 01:32:01,400 Helena. 842 01:32:03,655 --> 01:32:05,698 God, congratulations. 843 01:32:08,409 --> 01:32:10,768 The truth is, I'm not sure I want to leave. 844 01:32:10,868 --> 01:32:15,331 Montana? Why? It'll always be here. 845 01:32:15,497 --> 01:32:17,193 Not Montana. 846 01:32:17,293 --> 01:32:19,293 Then what? 847 01:32:20,544 --> 01:32:22,544 What? 848 01:32:23,548 --> 01:32:26,353 I'm not sure l want to leave you. 849 01:32:50,611 --> 01:32:53,018 l just come from there, downing my liquid lunch. 850 01:32:53,118 --> 01:32:57,159 You got to watch it, Fred. They're after you. 851 01:32:58,910 --> 01:33:00,910 Well, now. 852 01:33:05,462 --> 01:33:08,012 Give us a couple boilermakers. 853 01:33:13,424 --> 01:33:15,424 Two up. 854 01:33:23,020 --> 01:33:26,312 Well, here's to the heart, goddamn it. 855 01:33:26,438 --> 01:33:28,438 Oh, Lordy. 856 01:33:46,749 --> 01:33:49,299 I'm in love with Jessie Burns. 857 01:33:52,003 --> 01:33:54,003 Jesus Christ, Norm. 858 01:33:54,005 --> 01:33:55,990 With all the fish in the river. 859 01:33:56,090 --> 01:33:58,090 Not like her. 860 01:33:58,134 --> 01:34:00,134 Oh, right. 861 01:34:01,218 --> 01:34:03,430 Not like her. 862 01:34:05,724 --> 01:34:07,724 Congratulations. 863 01:34:08,977 --> 01:34:11,352 I'm real happy for you. 864 01:34:14,147 --> 01:34:17,508 Well, goddamn it, let's get the hell out of here and go celebrate. 865 01:34:17,608 --> 01:34:19,608 Done. 866 01:34:19,652 --> 01:34:22,362 Bananas today 867 01:34:22,486 --> 01:34:24,390 We've got homegrown potatoes... 868 01:34:24,490 --> 01:34:27,683 And vine-ripened tomatoes - It's a stinker. 869 01:34:27,783 --> 01:34:30,203 What? - It stinks. 870 01:34:30,329 --> 01:34:32,898 What do you mean? It's a classic. 871 01:34:32,998 --> 01:34:34,998 Really? 872 01:34:38,084 --> 01:34:41,173 Yes. We have no bananas 873 01:34:41,297 --> 01:34:43,965 We have no bananas today 874 01:34:47,345 --> 01:34:49,345 Where are we? 875 01:34:50,304 --> 01:34:52,890 Where are we going? 876 01:34:57,144 --> 01:34:59,144 Lolo. - Yup. 877 01:35:10,449 --> 01:35:12,393 Figured you felt lucky tonight. 878 01:35:12,493 --> 01:35:14,992 l could use some of the luck. 879 01:35:22,418 --> 01:35:24,920 Jesus Christ. No, don't. 880 01:35:25,045 --> 01:35:27,680 Don't be the professor tonight. 881 01:35:30,048 --> 01:35:32,048 Preacher. 882 01:36:18,216 --> 01:36:20,719 Hello, Frank. 883 01:36:20,844 --> 01:36:23,472 Well, my gal Sal. 884 01:36:50,955 --> 01:36:53,166 Sal? Hey, Sal? 885 01:36:54,458 --> 01:36:56,487 Get a drink for my brother. 886 01:36:56,587 --> 01:36:58,322 Bourbon. 887 01:36:58,422 --> 01:37:02,674 In fact, how about a round on me? 888 01:37:02,800 --> 01:37:04,800 He's in love. 889 01:37:15,310 --> 01:37:17,648 Hang on. 890 01:37:17,732 --> 01:37:19,815 Take care of him, Sal. 891 01:37:27,738 --> 01:37:30,364 Not a good idea, Paul. 892 01:37:32,450 --> 01:37:35,788 Fellas, got a chair for me? 893 01:37:35,872 --> 01:37:38,164 Not for you, Paul. 894 01:37:43,294 --> 01:37:46,298 What do you want? - What? 895 01:37:47,591 --> 01:37:50,009 Cards? What? 896 01:37:52,679 --> 01:37:55,889 What do you want? - Nothing. 897 01:37:58,890 --> 01:38:02,545 A buck. I know Paul says he's paying, but-- 898 01:38:10,818 --> 01:38:13,904 Just games. Only games. 899 01:38:14,028 --> 01:38:16,028 Let's go. Now. 900 01:38:17,867 --> 01:38:19,937 We're getting out of here. 901 01:38:20,037 --> 01:38:22,205 Righty-o. 902 01:38:28,837 --> 01:38:30,837 Bye-bye, sonny. 903 01:38:43,890 --> 01:38:46,767 I'm not leaving. - What? 904 01:38:48,103 --> 01:38:50,756 These hands are hot. l can feel it. 905 01:38:50,856 --> 01:38:53,066 What? You can't go back. 906 01:38:54,149 --> 01:38:56,568 It's fine. I'll be tine. 907 01:38:56,693 --> 01:38:58,596 They won't let you play. 908 01:38:58,696 --> 01:39:00,698 Yes, they will. 909 01:39:00,780 --> 01:39:04,350 With what? You're in debt up to your neck. 910 01:39:04,367 --> 01:39:06,995 Norm, it's my debt. 911 01:39:08,704 --> 01:39:10,704 Okay? It's my debt. 912 01:39:14,461 --> 01:39:16,461 Jesus Christ. 913 01:39:45,781 --> 01:39:48,742 We never got to go fishing again. 914 01:39:48,825 --> 01:39:53,245 Maybe we could go tomorrow. We could get Dad to come. 915 01:39:56,540 --> 01:39:58,540 You ask him. 916 01:40:04,548 --> 01:40:06,548 6:3o. 917 01:40:58,430 --> 01:41:00,624 Boy, something smells good. 918 01:41:00,724 --> 01:41:03,624 Morning, everybody. - It's the muffins. 919 01:41:03,724 --> 01:41:05,335 Perfect. 920 01:41:05,435 --> 01:41:08,272 We're so glad you could make it. 921 01:41:08,399 --> 01:41:12,466 I wouldn't miss it. - Have any new stories to tell us? 922 01:41:12,566 --> 01:41:14,566 A story? 923 01:41:14,611 --> 01:41:17,113 All righty. 924 01:41:17,237 --> 01:41:19,237 Geez. 925 01:41:20,406 --> 01:41:22,660 l have one. 926 01:41:25,702 --> 01:41:27,702 What? 927 01:41:28,166 --> 01:41:32,151 I've been offered a job at the University of Chicago. 928 01:41:32,251 --> 01:41:34,251 Yes? 929 01:41:34,756 --> 01:41:36,756 Teaching literature. 930 01:41:37,340 --> 01:41:38,659 What? 931 01:41:38,759 --> 01:41:41,426 Starting tall term. 932 01:41:44,764 --> 01:41:46,764 I'm going to take it. 933 01:41:55,357 --> 01:41:57,357 l am pleased. 934 01:41:58,818 --> 01:42:02,403 Yes, I am pleased. 935 01:42:04,072 --> 01:42:07,242 Well. - A professor. 936 01:42:11,788 --> 01:42:14,249 A real professor. 937 01:42:14,414 --> 01:42:16,414 Damnation. 938 01:42:20,336 --> 01:42:22,336 I'm proud of you. 939 01:42:35,976 --> 01:42:39,477 Be sure to take pictures. 940 01:42:39,604 --> 01:42:44,024 We're gonna catch some big fish. - Yes, we are. 941 01:42:44,149 --> 01:42:46,149 Let's go. 942 01:42:55,579 --> 01:42:59,997 Remember those rocks we used to build our fireplace? 943 01:43:00,081 --> 01:43:03,903 Those were big rocks. - Nearly a billion years old. 944 01:43:04,003 --> 01:43:07,378 Halt a billion, Norman. - Come on. 945 01:43:10,923 --> 01:43:13,050 Well. 946 01:43:13,173 --> 01:43:17,307 l believe the high road will suit me better. 947 01:43:23,687 --> 01:43:25,687 There was a time. 948 01:43:25,730 --> 01:43:28,149 You'll make a killing. 949 01:43:32,444 --> 01:43:34,529 He'll make a killing. 950 01:43:35,489 --> 01:43:38,868 Let's fish together today. - Good. 951 01:45:40,309 --> 01:45:42,944 What are they biting on? - What? 952 01:45:44,522 --> 01:45:47,691 What are they biting on? - Louder. 953 01:45:49,360 --> 01:45:51,360 l said-- 954 01:45:52,945 --> 01:45:54,945 Bunyon bugs. 955 01:45:58,827 --> 01:46:00,953 Want me to bring you one? 956 01:46:01,037 --> 01:46:04,706 No, I'll come and get it. 957 01:46:18,427 --> 01:46:21,639 Bunyon bugs, stone fly number two. 958 01:46:21,680 --> 01:46:26,015 Thank you, O merciful professor of poetry and trout. 959 01:46:52,916 --> 01:46:55,976 I'm going to ask Jessie to marry me. 960 01:46:58,215 --> 01:47:00,215 Yes... 961 01:47:02,342 --> 01:47:04,342 ...quite a day. 962 01:47:13,520 --> 01:47:16,750 Why don't you come with us to Chicago? 963 01:47:22,235 --> 01:47:27,760 It's 2,000 miles away. They've got more than a dozen papers there. 964 01:47:28,032 --> 01:47:30,768 You'd be right in the middle of things. 965 01:47:30,868 --> 01:47:32,868 What do you say? 966 01:47:34,246 --> 01:47:36,246 Come with us. 967 01:47:39,334 --> 01:47:42,224 I'll never leave Montana, brother. 968 01:51:04,100 --> 01:51:06,603 Oh me, oh my. 969 01:51:06,770 --> 01:51:08,774 Look at that fish. 970 01:51:13,734 --> 01:51:15,738 Unbelievable. 971 01:51:16,987 --> 01:51:20,642 At that moment I knew surely and clearly... 972 01:51:20,698 --> 01:51:23,758 ...that I was witnessing perfection. 973 01:51:25,286 --> 01:51:28,959 You are a tine fisherman. 974 01:51:29,874 --> 01:51:32,401 Only need three more years before I can think like a fish. 975 01:51:32,501 --> 01:51:35,990 You're already thinking like a deadstone fly. Pictures. 976 01:51:36,090 --> 01:51:37,574 Mother's pictures. 977 01:51:37,674 --> 01:51:39,883 Hurry up. - One. 978 01:51:41,426 --> 01:51:42,828 Two. 979 01:51:42,928 --> 01:51:46,250 My brother stood before us, not on a bank of the Big Blackfoot River... 980 01:51:46,350 --> 01:51:48,751 ...but suspended above the earth... 981 01:51:48,851 --> 01:51:52,676 ...free from all its laws, like a work of art. 982 01:51:53,437 --> 01:51:55,437 Three. 983 01:52:08,493 --> 01:52:11,352 And I knew just as surely and just as clearly... 984 01:52:11,452 --> 01:52:14,273 ...that life is not a work of art... 985 01:52:14,373 --> 01:52:17,603 ...and that the moment could not last. 986 01:52:32,848 --> 01:52:37,128 When the police awakened me one morning before Jessie and I left for Chicago... 987 01:52:37,228 --> 01:52:39,778 I rose and asked no questions. 988 01:53:10,467 --> 01:53:13,826 He drove me back home down the length of the river... 989 01:53:13,926 --> 01:53:16,288 ...so that I could tell my father and mother... 990 01:53:16,388 --> 01:53:19,208 ...that Paul had been beaten to death by the butt of a revolver... 991 01:53:19,308 --> 01:53:22,283 ...and his body dumped in an alley. 992 01:54:04,307 --> 01:54:07,622 Is there anything else you can tell me? 993 01:54:12,106 --> 01:54:15,846 Nearly all the bones in his hand were broken. 994 01:54:34,334 --> 01:54:36,334 Which hand? 995 01:54:38,920 --> 01:54:40,924 His right hand. 996 01:55:15,412 --> 01:55:18,942 As time passed, my father struggled for more to hold onto... 997 01:55:19,042 --> 01:55:23,275 ...asking me again and again had I told him everything. 998 01:55:23,375 --> 01:55:25,279 Finally I said to him... 999 01:55:25,379 --> 01:55:27,991 'Maybe all I really know about Paul... 1000 01:55:28,091 --> 01:55:30,910 ...is that he was a fine fisherman.' 1001 01:55:31,010 --> 01:55:33,996 'You know more than that', my father said. 1002 01:55:34,096 --> 01:55:36,096 'He was beautiful.' 1003 01:55:37,391 --> 01:55:42,321 That was the last time we ever spoke of my brother's death. 1004 01:55:52,237 --> 01:55:56,599 Indirectly, though, Paul was always present in my father's thoughts. 1005 01:55:56,699 --> 01:55:58,934 l remember the last sermon l heard him give... 1006 01:55:59,034 --> 01:56:01,354 ...not long before his own death. 1007 01:56:01,454 --> 01:56:06,384 Each one of us here today will, at one time in our lives... 1008 01:56:06,457 --> 01:56:11,982 ...look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question. 1009 01:56:12,088 --> 01:56:13,991 'We are willing to help, Lord... 1010 01:56:14,091 --> 01:56:17,429 ...but what, if anything, is needed?' 1011 01:56:19,095 --> 01:56:22,539 It is true we can seldom help those closest to us. 1012 01:56:22,639 --> 01:56:25,668 Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give... 1013 01:56:25,768 --> 01:56:29,881 ...or more often than not, the part we have to give... 1014 01:56:29,981 --> 01:56:31,981 ...is not wanted. 1015 01:56:33,107 --> 01:56:38,377 And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us... 1016 01:56:40,656 --> 01:56:43,951 ...but we can still love them. 1017 01:56:44,076 --> 01:56:46,201 We can love completely... 1018 01:56:46,831 --> 01:56:49,721 ...without complete understanding. 1019 01:57:28,325 --> 01:57:32,894 Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand in my youth are dead. 1020 01:57:32,994 --> 01:57:35,206 Even Jessie. 1021 01:57:35,331 --> 01:57:37,881 But I still reach out to them. 1022 01:57:49,344 --> 01:57:52,828 Of course, now I'm too old to be much of a fisherman. 1023 01:57:52,928 --> 01:57:56,041 And now I usually fish the big waters alone... 1024 01:57:56,141 --> 01:57:59,796 ...although some friends think I shouldn't. 1025 01:58:06,359 --> 01:58:09,972 But when I am alone in the half-light of the canyon... 1026 01:58:10,072 --> 01:58:15,142 ...all existence seems to fade to a being with my soul and memories... 1027 01:58:15,242 --> 01:58:19,687 ...and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm... 1028 01:58:19,787 --> 01:58:23,017 ...and the hope that a fish will rise. 1029 01:58:35,717 --> 01:58:39,032 Eventually, all things merge into one... 1030 01:58:42,059 --> 01:58:44,694 ...and a river runs through it. 1031 01:58:50,815 --> 01:58:53,718 The river was cut by the world's great flood... 1032 01:58:53,818 --> 01:58:57,898 ...and runs over rocks from the basement of time. 1033 01:58:58,029 --> 01:59:01,684 On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. 1034 01:59:02,325 --> 01:59:05,244 Under the rocks are the words... 1035 01:59:05,328 --> 01:59:08,388 ...and some of the words are theirs. 1036 01:59:17,590 --> 01:59:19,966 I am haunted by waters. 1037 01:59:20,305 --> 02:00:20,208 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org