[AIRPLANE APPROACHING]
FEMALE ANNOUNCER OVER PA: Continental
Airlines, Flight Number One
now arriving from Los Angeles at gate number 33.
Would arriving passenger Francis Moores
please come to the white courtesy telephone.
Next, please.
Now what's the purpose of your visit?
Uh, passing through.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
I remember you.
Place has changed.
Yeah.
Won't recognize it.
Probably not.
[CATTLE MOOING]
[QUACKING]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Red, got the rig fixed, eh?
Was the blow plate on the axle, wasn't it?
Yeah, yeah.
MAN: Got me me batteries?
RED: Yeah, they're in the truck.
LYLA: I thought you wasn't due back till tomorrow.
Who's that you got with you up there?
I need a beer.
Beer, Parnell, and lots of it.
LYLA: Hey, hey, he's gettin' down. He's gettin' down.
PARNELL: My old man used to talk about him all the time.
He said Foley was a commando in the war.
R.C.: Yeah. And I heard he ran cattle in Colorado.
RED: Right. HARLAN: That was later.
After the war, he and Chris made roads in Peru.
RED: Peru? Mmm.
LYLA: You don't say.
Heard told he saved Chris' life once.
Carried him on his back for 50 miles to get him to a doctor.
RED: What? Our Christian?
The very same.
JESSICA: Parnell, you've got a paying customer.
HARLAN: Dalton!
RED: Hey, princess, get us a beer, will you?
DALTON: I got it. I got it.
JESSICA: Ah, Dalton, how many times have I told you
not to go over the counter?
What'd you think we got a door for?
Hi, folks, fill her up?
Yeah, sure.
Come on, let's get something to eat.
HARLAN: There's a lot of land with
timber that ain't never been cut.
His old man didn't believe in it.
"Never take out what you can'tgive back," his pa used to say.
LYLA: He was right, too.
All those who sold their timber went broke anyway.
[LYLA CONTINUES CHATTERING]
What would you like to eat?
I don't know yet, honey.
HARLAN: 'Sides, if he's anything like
his old man, he won't be hirin' labor.
[MAN LAUGHING]
He'd be doin' it himself.
[THUDS]
HARLAN: didn't believe in two classes of people.
One to work and the other to pay, you know?
You know he cut out that place up
in the mountains all by himself?
RED: Yeah?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
[CHATTERING CONTINUES]
BETTINA: Shawn. Shawn! Where are you?
Shawn, come here.
[GROANS]
[SIGHS]
Christian!
[HAMMERING]
Christian!
Hello?
[SOFTLY] God damn!
[LAUGHS] Yep.
You've come home.
Goin' up to my dad's farm.
Well, I will be goddamned.
Got to lay the ghosts.
[CHUCKLES EXCITEDLY]
What the hell are you doing down there?
[CHUCKLES] Cutting it. Just gulling it up for scrap.
I told 'em they'd run out of trees.
How long you stayin'?
I'm not.
You mean you're goin' up right away?
Yep.
So...
I'll see you when? In a month?
I love you, Christian.
But you don't hear.
You just don't listen.
I'm not comin' back this way.
What are you saying?
But then... There's nothin' up there.
Here you have friends.
People who care.
And that's a comfort, that is.
I'm not into hangin' around.
You gotta understand that.
But we wait around together, huh?
You and I have plans, remember?
Our ashes into the sea.
We swore to it, by God!
You were always so damned stubborn!
Is it pride or are you just tryin' to live something down?
Chris... And you're ornery, I say!
Who the hell ever knows what you're thinkin'?
Time to go. Oh, sure.
Sure!
Thirty, forty years pass, just a holiday for you.
Just passin' through! Slummin'!
Well, if you wanna go, you go.
Truth is, I can't stop you.
So this is how it ends.
In a stinkin' handshake?
Well, no. By God, no.
You're a coward, Foley.
You're runnin' out.
Not on me, but on yourself.
A man has a duty to take care of himself and his friends.
Foley, why don't you stay here with me?
Be good. Because it isn't me.
Oh, don't argue.
Because you're not me and this isn't me!
MEG: You're shouting again.
[LAUGHING]
There she is. Meg Meetrees.
The finest dancer south of the Equator.
How are you?
Tell me, did you ever marry him to make it legal?
[SCOFFS] Hog piss!
Patrick just got here. Now he says he's leavin'.
Well, he's old enough to know what he's doing,
young enough to try it again.
You don't understand.
He's not well.
Ease off, Christian, ease off!
He looks okay to me.
That's not the point. Are you takin' medicine?
You crazy ole' boar coon!
Leave it, leave it. No, God damn it!
It ain't right! Neilson!
What the hell's eatin' you?
Morphine.
No. I'm not gonna let him do it! No!
Stop it!
No, no. I'm not gonna let you do it! No!
Stop! Stop it!
I'm not lettin' you leave for that valley to die alone.
I'll break his bloody leg first.
Doesn't look like much has changed.
Is that you? Or am I going blind as well?
Well, I left here. Went on a walkabout.
Ran a station, dug for gold.
I was mayor of a town, population 35.
Fell in love
and had some kids.
Oh, just about drove me crazy.
God, the bush goes on forever out there,
so I come back here to the trees.
Same as you, I reckon.
Well, my dancin' days are done
and walkin' shoes don't fit no more,
so I feed and I care and talk to the animals and...
I'm not even gonna ask why you're here.
Oh, remember me brother Rodney died?
Oh, it must be goin' on 14 years now.
I never thought I'd get arthritis.
Bobby... Now I'm getting it.
I got a present for you.
Oh, what it is, I wonder now.
No telling, with the likes of you.
[EXCLAIMS]
Genuine 30 hand-tied flies.
Pretty bag.
Indian that gave it to me said that
it'd keep the evil spirits away.
[STUTTERING] Why... Ain't been fishin' in a long time.
[ROOSTER CROWING]
Thanks for the hat.
Wish I could go.
Goddamn gammy leg. What I'd ever do to you?
My head had the stroke, not you.
BOBBY: I want you to take a horse.
Haven't you been hearin' me?
I've been tryin' to tell you...
Oh, I hear you.
What I'm gonna give you, I don't want back.
You get that?
Stud's real old but his heart's big.
He looks like Cerebus.
[CHUCKLES]
That's his colt. He's more than 25.
He'll take you to the river
then turn him loose, out there.
He'll go in my place.
[HORSE NEIGHING]
Good morning. Yeah, good luck.
I hope you find the place you're looking for.
Oh, we'll find it, all right.
Spotted it last night. Marked off on an old logging map.
Ross, we need more coffee.
Relax, honey, we'll get it.
BOBBY: Too good for fishing around here, you know.
We'll boat up-country for this.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON RADIO]
What's your name, son?
Shawn. Shawn Daley.
Took a fancy to this thing now, didn't you?
Yeah. What is it?
It's just a genuine American Indian magic medicine bag.
No!
Yes, sir. Indian.
Given to me by the son of Big Chief Red Feather himself.
Yeah?
Wow!
What say I was to lend this to ya, eh?
Yeah.
'Cause it'll keep evil spirits from you.
BETTINA: Shawn, come on.
[HORSE NEIGHS]
Might be a good idea to take a shortcut.
Yeah.
[MAN CHATTERING ON RADIO]
[STATIC ON RADIO]
SHAWN: Wow, we sure are in the middle of nowhere.
BETTINA: Ross, are you sure we're not lost?
ROSS: The map hasn't been wrong so far, has it?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING OVER RADIO]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Well, what do you think so far,darling? Isn't it something?
Beautiful.
Makes you wonder whether we should even be here.
It's almost too beautiful.
Yee-haw!
Hey, it's too cold.
Oh, Ross.
Well, what did we come for if it wasn't to have fun?
Come on! Come on in.
It's too cold.
It's not too cold. Hey, come on.It's important.
It's freezing.
I know it's cold.
Hey, come on. You can do it. No!
I know it's cold. Mountain water's cold.
It's great. Look!
Whoo!
Sweetheart, go easy on the boy, he's only 10.
Need a little company?
[PANTING]
Viva la shortcut!
[DISTORTION ON RADIO]
BETTINA: Sweetheart, is there any
way we can get another station?
ROSS: I think we're too far out to pick up anything.
[CHUCKLING] Shawn, stop eating those Fritos.
You're gonna spoil your dinner.
Wow! Look at that view!
BETTINA: Shawn! Shawn! All right!
Mom, Dad, look at this!
Shawn! Please! Get away from that edge.
Do you have any idea how dangerous
that is? Shawn, please.
Honey, why don't you relax? Be careful.
There's no harm done. All he did was throw a rock.
Look, why don't you let me talk to the boy
while you go and start dinner?
Look, Son, your mother's right.It is dangerous.
You go get some firewood, I'll move
the camper away from the edge.
Right, Dad.
Ross! What are you doing?
Ross!
[BOTH EXCLAIMING]
[BETTINA SCREAMING]
Oh, my God! Ross!
For God's sake, jump, Betty!
Jump! [SCREAMING]
ROSS: I can't hold it!
[BETTINA SCREAMING]
ROSS: Betty! Oh, no!
[ROSS AND BETTINA SCREAMING]
SHAWN: [ECHOING] Mommy!
[ECHOING] Mommy!
Mommy!
Mom!
Mommy!
Daddy!
Huh!
Mommy!
Daddy!
I'm coming, Mom!
Ma!
Mommy, can you hear me?
Ma!
Mommy!
[SHOUTING] Daddy, can you hear me?
Mom!
I'm gonna get you, Ma!
Daddy!
Mommy!
Mommy, can you hear me?
Mommy!
[ECHOING]
Mommy!
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[INSECTS CHITTERING]
[WRAPPER RUSTLING]
[BIRD WHISTLING]
[HISSING]
[WATER FLOWING]
[HISSING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[LIZARD HISSING]
[SHAWN BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SHAWN WHIMPERING]
[SCREAMING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[BIRDS CALLING]
[SHUDDERS]
[SQUAWKING]
[GASPS]
[SQUEAKING]
[SHUDDERING]
[PANTING]
[SCREAMS]
[MAN COUGHING]
[EXCLAIMS SOFTLY]
No sense.
No damn sense at all.
[COUGHS]
[GROANS SOFTLY]
Ow. Ow!
[GRUNTING] [EXCLAIMS]
You make too much noise.
Couldn't stalk a butterfly.
And then we had chocolate chip cookies
and ice cream...
And it was so good.
I have warm clothes.
Well, I used to get lots of toys.
And Mommy used to cook everything for me and Dad.
Like pot roast,
baked potatoes
and chocolate cake.
Dad and I used to go to the basketball games.
And we used to go to Ram games.
[STUTTERING] I don't know where they are.
I'm all alone.
I want my dad!
I want Mommy!
Mommy!
[ECHOING]
Mommy!
What the hell can I do?
Can't take him back.
Not enough time, I'd never make it.
Can't teach him, can't take him with me.
What the hell good would it do?
He's past the pain.
Out of his head already.
God.
He's better off.
[FIREWOOD CRACKLING]
[SHAWN MUMBLES WEAKLY]
You wanna share the fire, you fetch your own wood.
[MUMBLES] Your own!
You're half-dead.
Together, that makes one of us.
Hmm?
There is no more, nothin'.
Unless you bring it in.
Hmm?
Yeah.
I saw.
They're gone.
They're gone and you're not.
All right. What's your name, child?
I said, what's your name?
[MUMBLES] Mommy. Mommy.
All right, all right.
[STUTTERING] Dad.
Now, look.
I want you to listen to me and Iwant you to listen to me good.
Because I'm gonna tell you about this stick.
'Cause it acts like a compass.
Now, in the morning time, you point
this right hand stub to the sun.
But you walk the way this stub points, okay?
Now, in the afternoon, you point this stub to the sun,
but you keep on walking the way this stub points.
Now you got that?
And at night time, put the stick on the ground
with the handle pointin' toward the Southern Cross.
But in the morning, the middleone points the way you gotta go.
The middle one points north. North, kid, north!
Ah, shit.
[SHOUTING] Why are you out hereall alone and so helpless?
Damn it to hell, youngster, you're on your own.
Look, I'll tell you what you do.
You just follow that stream.
You just follow the water downstream.
And you'll run into other streams,
but you just keep on going and follow the water downhill.
And then you'll come to a railroad track,
and you take those tracks to the left, to the north.
And in a couple of days you'll find someone or
somebody'll find you.
[BIRD CALLING]
[THUDDING ECHOES]
Like I said, what's your name?
If you're gonna make it, you gotta try!
[SHOUTING] My name is...
My name... My name is...
[SCREAMS]
My name!
My... My name...
[STUTTERING] My name
is...
Wait. Wait!
My... My... My...
My name...
Here, here.
Sir.
Where the devil did you get that?
That bag used to belong to...
Red Feather. Red Feather.
It keeps away evil spirits.
That's right.
I know the bag. You keep it.
[STUTTERING]
SHAWN: I'm hungry.
Can you give me some food?
Please? Our caravan went over the cliff.
It had all the food.
A little bit? Please?
I... I...
SHAWN: Wait. Wait, please.
I'm so tired.
Gotta rest.
[PANTING]
Please.
Food. Food.
Hungry.
Why don't you go back?
Just follow the stream down.
You got just as much chance of making it as you did before.
[STUTTERING] I wanna go back.
Back to my Ma... Ma...
And my Pa.
Your mama's dead, and your papa's
dead, and that's the hard truth.
Just like my folks are dead.
And someday you're gonna die,
just like someday I'm going to die.
But until then you fight like hell to stay alive!
You get that?
And you're on your own.
'Cause I'm not even here to help you.
You're in my way.
Bothersome sissy kid.
And I don't even know who you are!
Shawn Daley.
I'm Shawn Daley!
Me! I'm Shawn Daley!
Ah.
Well, my name's Foley. Patrick Foley.
SHAWN: If I had my fishin' rod, I'd eat you.
And I'd catch ya.
I wouldn't be staring at you right now!
I'd have you on my hook.
It'd be so good.
You're not only a whining kid that wastes his time,
you're also deaf and half blind!
Sure, you can hear me now.
But do you listen to that water?
Can you hear those birds back there?
Can you hear the insects?
And the wind?
And the trees creaking and rubbin'?
You're deaf to those frogs down there.
And the sun pingin' off of these rocks.
You're deaf to your own heartbeat,
and me comin' up behind you.
My God, boy! There's a whole symphony goin' on here.
And you can't hear a thing.
Don't talk to those fish, catch 'em!
You're mean. And not even nice.
My dad was nice,
and he was the best fisherman in the whole world!
If I had his fishing pole right now, I'd get that fish,
and I wouldn't even give you any.
I get 'em. I don't talk to 'em.
I see where they're laying.
Big, fat ones.
Down there in the cool.
Out of the sun.
Just waiting for a bug to drift by.
So I move like a lazy driftwood log.
Then I wait.
And then I move.
And then I wait.
Then real slow.
And wait.
Now! [EXCLAIMS]
[LAUGHING]
That's how I outsmart all those wonderful creatures.
Ow!
I saw this little animal.
He was eating these by this tree.
Boy, that's using your noodle.
Here.
I want you to climb up on my shoulders.
[CLEARING THROAT]
Come on, just put your foot right here.
No, the other foot.
This hand here.
[GRUNTS] Okay. Come on, we'll try it again.
Here we go.
That's a boy.
Now step up.
It's okay. I got you.
Now step up.
Okay, now take that hat off and fill it up.
This trap needs a little adjustment.
There you go.
Now, give me some of those berries
you've been hiding in your pocket.
Come on. I know you've been hiding 'em.
Man out here's got only one thing to think of.
That's staying alive.
When he isn't thinking of ways to stay alive, he's dying.
Slow but sure, he's losing ground.
I hear something.
[BIRDS CAWING]
Why don't you go out there and check around?
It's dark out there.
It's scary out there.
Oh, there's nothing to be scared of.
Use your nose and your ears.
Anybody can tell you you don't use
your eyes to see in the dark.
It was a rabbit.
What makes you think so?
Rabbits don't make any noise.
So, it was a rabbit.
You looked with your ears, huh?And you didn't see anything.
Good.
I'll get to where I'm going in a few days.
There's a nice hot bath waiting for me there.
It's all there.
Under that peak, at the end of the valley.
[TRAP SPRINGING]
[SCREAMING]
Foley!
[SCREAMING]
Foley!
[SCREAMS]
Foley!
[STUTTERING]
Easy now.
Grabbed my arm...
Quiet. Quiet.
No, she took my rabbit.
It's an Aborigine man.
No! Monster!
No, no, no. Now, listen to me.
You shared your food with the people
that the white man's driven out.
You ought to be proud and honored.
[BIRD CAWING]
Foley?
Foley, where are you?
Foley!
Hello?
Hello anywhere.
[WHISTLING]
Probably wants to ditch me.
Oh, but God will punish him. Won't you, God?
Anyway, I have his rabbit.
I have your rabbit, Patrick Foley!
And this!
And your spear.
You bastard!
Wanna know something?
You smell! You stink!
You should take a bath.
A nice hot bath.
A nice hot bath till you drown.
You know, Foley, I can see your footsteps.
Now, that's dumb.
I mean, dumb.
I mean, really dumb.
You're tracking the sun. That's what you're doing.
[SHOUTING] Why are you so mad at me?
You wanna know my name?
It's God!
G-O-D! God!
I'm not gonna give up, Foley.
You can climb all you want!
You're not gonna get away from me.
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
I can see you, Foley.
[COUGHS]
[GRUNTS]
You're on your own!
We're all on our own.
You can't fool me.
You've got your life to lead, and I've got mine.
I don't like you.
Good.
Why are you always trying to get away from me?
FOLEY: Wild dogs.
All right, if you're coming with me,
you better move it, and fast.
Look behind ya.
[BARKING]
Ow! Help! Foley!
Hey!
You got nothing to worry about, just start climbing.
Those dogs can't get you there.
Foley!
[DOGS SNARLING]
Help me!
Are you coming or not?
Help me!
You gotta help yourself!
Those dogs will get me!
No reason for me to climb back down there.
I can't climb either.
You're gonna have to help yourself.
I can't...
Well, you can just go on back,
'cause I sure as hell don't need you.
Like I said, you gonna stay down there all day?
I can't move.
[DOGS BARKING]
Those animals will kill me.
Yeah, they might eat you up.
Poop you out in cute little piles
and make the flowers grow.
That doesn't matter.
What matters is that rabbit.
Now, I got a fire going. If you get
up here, I'll cook it for you.
[DOGS CONTINUE BARKING]
SHAWN: It's my rabbit.
Okay, I'll give you a piece.
I want half.
All right.
But you get up here in a few minutes.
Otherwise, I'm gonna piss on the fire and go.
[MOANS]
[GRUNTING]
Use your legs.
The strongest muscles you got.
Put the power to 'em.
Foley, I'm afraid.
Foley, I can't make it.
Foley, help me, please!
FOLEY: You're the one that's making a nightmare out of it.
So why don't you try a little harder?
First thing you know, you'll be
right up here, next to the fire.
[PANTING]
Where's the fire?
Uh, I lied.
Anyway, your nose should've told you I was lying.
Well, come on.
Bring your rabbit, and I'll build a fire.
You'll probably want the biggest piece, I suppose?
I'm scared those animals are gonna come up here.
If you're worried about those wild dogs,
why don't you go and do something about it?
Stand guard.
Or better yet,
get downwind and see if you can smell 'em.
That's how they found the dead rabbit.
It wasn't you that they were after.
Just close your eyes and picture 'em.
Wonderful beasts!
Tell 'em that we needed that rabbit,
and they can go and get their own.
But...
Tell 'em.
Go on. Tell 'em.
[DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE]
You can go find your own!
[ECHOING]
[GRUNTS]
[COUGHING]
How come you're always hurting?
Because I smoked too much when I was young.
[PANTING]
Because I thought it was...
When I was a kid, it was smart to be dumb and stubborn.
Aren't you glad I went back and got your spear?
Why? What for?
You dropped it.
Wanna know how I found you here?
I remembered the sun.
I saw your footprints.
You know, that was just dumb, leaving them around.
Maybe I'm growing old.
Got white hairs?
[PANTING]
Like I said,
if you forget to ask your mind what it's thinking,
you grow old.
You know, my dad, he had three white hairs.
Yeah. Yeah, but my mom always kept on pulling them out.
Got to get meat.
Wait a minute. You know...
Enough to see me through.
We gotta go back there.
You know, they're just... I'd hate to catch it here.
They're there all alone.
You know, they're lost!
I wanna do it in my valley.
You know, we just... We just can't leave 'em there.
You know?
[GRUNTING]
[EXCLAIMS]
[GROANS]
Man can die, eating nothing but rabbit.
Gotta have fat.
That's why I wanted the wombat.
You recognize the cravings,
your body will tell you what it wants.
What do you think those little white
things were I cooked up with the fish?
Rice?
Where am I gonna get rice?
It was almost pure fat.
SHAWN: Where'd you get 'em?
From under a log.
What were they?
Worms! Grub worms.
Yuck!
Well? What are you looking for?
Signs.
What signs?
Spoor, signs, tracks, droppings.
Animals are a lot like people.
You can tell a lot about 'em from what they leave behind.
And if you're hungry enough, you look for signs.
Oh, what's this?
That's a kangaroo sign.
Looks a lot like a large rabbit poop to me.
Are we gonna get there today?
Tomorrow.
How come?
Something I swore I'd never do on the other side.
In my valley.
[EAGLE CALLING]
Getting a rock up is hard,
but setting a trigger is a bitch.
[URINATING]
Hey, get the hell outta there!
You're gonna smell the place up.
[EAGLE CALLING]
[RUSTLING]
You got it! You got it!
You got a kangaroo!
You got a...
It's a wallaby.
Glad it wasn't any bigger.
We don't want what we can't use.
SHAWN: How come you put the fish down there?
FOLEY: We needed meat.
I didn't want that wallaby warned
about that dead fall trap.
Those fish were for that eagle up there.
You see, the eagle and the kangaroo are friends.
And those fish told the eagle that I'd
asked for permission to do what I did.
Otherwise, he would've told thekangaroo to go the other way.
Mmm.
It may be an old Aborigine superstition,
but if it is, then why was that eagle up there
just at the time that I wanted to trap a kangaroo?
If you're not leaving this valley,
how come you're climbing out of it?
It's a valley within a valley.
It isn't easy to find, or get into.
It's never been put on a map.
Except once, but...
Oh, but that was just an old logging map.
I made that map about 40 years ago.
SHAWN: This was the place we were going to.
This must be the valley the old man told us about.
It was on our map.
The farthest place anyone lived.
I've never seen anything like this.
The old man said it was beautiful, and special.
Yeah, if it's who I think it is,
he'd know better than most.
SHAWN: What place is this?
This is a magic place.
When I was about your age, my father
carved this out of the wilderness.
This is where I thought all the heroes in the world
would come to walk and talk with each other.
This looks like a broken-down old house to me.
Now maybe.
But not then.
But so far away from everything.
Where'd you go to school?
Or church?
Never went to school.
This was my school.
The land, and God.
My father tried to teach me
to take only from the earth and people
what I could give.
I could learn more in a week here than...
But I was a young man then.
Full of angry apples.
Didn't understand.
So I left.
Always expecting more,
always wanting more.
I thought I didn't need them.
[CHIRPING]
How long can we stay here?
Oh, for a while.
What you doing?
I'm gonna bury this man-made junk I brought in.
Stuff doesn't belong here.
Nothing belongs here that wasn't born here.
Get your own fish.
[GRUNTS]
Please!
Just a little while longer.
Please.
I thought you might be hungry.
There's something I've been meaning to ask you.
You ever get married?
I loved once.
Only once.
She loved to dance.
And I loved to sing.
We were wild horses.
But then Christian and I were
soldiers of fortune.
Had to win the world.
I thought I could never come back here
unless I had the world in my pocket.
It's almost like someone else's dream.
All those wasted years
trying to find out who I was.
You're Foley.
Patrick Foley.
Yeah.
Thanks.
And you're Daley.
Shawn Daley.
Foley?
Yeah?
My clothes stink.
Wash 'em.
[SHAWN GIGGLING]
[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
You wanna go there?
[LAUGHING] Gotcha.
You have a nice beak.
Don't peck me.
Oh, you're fast.
Listen.
Listen to me.
You're here because your folks died too fast.
And I couldn't take you out because there wasn't time.
We'd have never made it.
So, when you leave this valley tomorrow,
I want you to take a good look
from the top of that rocky crag we passed.
I want you to take me.
I want you to show me the way.
You don't need me, son.
Just remember, go north.
You'll make it.
And anything you need will be in
a pack that I fixed up for you.
[EXHALING]
I don't know where my parents are anymore.
They're in your heart.
People only die if you forget them.
But if you leave me, I'm gonna die.
You said. I said nothing!
I promised you nothing!
I didn't ask you to come along.
You came along on your own, as it should be.
And you'll leave on your own, as it should be.
I don't wanna leave.
You can't make me leave.
Please don't make me leave. Please don't.
You've got to.
[SOBS]
[SHAWN SNIFFLING]
SHAWN: I hate you.
I really hate you.
I know.
I know you do.
[SNIFFLING]
Shawn,
you lost your folks,
and a lifetime ago, I lost mine.
I buried them here.
But I always made the mistake
of thinking that today was
some sort of rehearsal for tomorrow.
Don't ever do that.
I'm afraid.
[LAUGHS] Afraid?
Oh, there's nothing to be afraid of,
except the cold wind
that'll kill you just for standing around,
looking dumb.
[SNIFFLING]
I love you.
I love you!
I never told my father that.
I couldn't touch him.
Don't ever be ashamed of love, boy.
Show it.
Always show it.
[POUNDING ROCK]
FOLEY: Listen to what I say, child, and remember it.
Sleep on soft leaves, in the shelter of a fallen tree.
And eat whatever looks and tastes and smells good.
[SNIFFLING]
Look to the creeks for food.
The water plants, the young plants, are tender.
Catch frogs. Eat flowers.
Peel away bark and eat roots that are not too bitter.
And seeds.
And berries, not too red.
Except raspberries and blackberries.
[SNIFFLING]
Go north, boy, you'll make it.
[SOBBING]
This will keep away all the evil spirits.
[HALFWAY HOME PLAYING]
♪ The road seems so long
♪ I hope I'll be strong
♪ Afraid, on my own
♪ I think of you
♪ I'm halfway home
♪ Two lives, worlds apart
♪ You reached for me
♪ And touched my heart
♪ And, oh, how I've grown
♪ Alone again
♪ But halfway home
♪ Who am I without you there?
♪ Will my dream be worth the dream
♪ If you can't share it?
♪ I was lost
♪ Until you came
♪ Now you're gone but like you said
♪ I'm not the same
♪ I'm not sure
♪ What will be
♪ But part of you
♪ I take with me
♪ Afraid, but not alone
♪ Because you're part of me
♪ I'm halfway home
♪ I'm not sure
♪ What will be
♪ But part of you
♪ I take with me
♪ Afraid, but not alone
♪ Because you're part of me
♪ I'm halfway home