1 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:24,927 First of all, it was October. A rare month for boys, 2 00:02:24,995 --> 00:02:30,524 full of cold winds, long nights, dark promises. 3 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,366 Days get short. The shadows lengthen. 4 00:02:35,071 --> 00:02:37,904 The wind warms in such a way, 5 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:41,206 you want to run forever through the fields, 6 00:02:41,278 --> 00:02:43,610 because up ahead, 7 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,639 10,000 pumpkins lie waiting to be cut. 8 00:03:05,768 --> 00:03:09,967 It was the October of my 12th year when the seller of lightning rods 9 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,134 came along the road toward Green Town, Illinois, 10 00:03:13,210 --> 00:03:15,906 sneaking glances over his shoulder. 11 00:03:15,979 --> 00:03:20,109 Somewhere not far back was a terrible storm. 12 00:03:20,584 --> 00:03:24,042 Even now, on those special autumn days, 13 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,213 when the air smells like smoke 14 00:03:26,289 --> 00:03:29,486 and the twilights are orange and ash gray, 15 00:03:29,559 --> 00:03:31,925 my mind goes back to Green Town, 16 00:03:31,995 --> 00:03:34,293 the place where I grew up. 17 00:03:34,364 --> 00:03:36,924 In my memory, I'm back on Main Street again, 18 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,197 among the neighbors who gave me my first glimpses 19 00:03:40,270 --> 00:03:42,966 into the fearful needs of the human heart. 20 00:03:44,808 --> 00:03:47,242 The cigar store was owned by Mr. Tetley, 21 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:49,140 a man obsessed with money. 22 00:03:49,211 --> 00:03:51,441 Morning, Mr. Crosetti, 23 00:03:51,513 --> 00:03:55,313 Mr. Crosetti, our barber, cut my hair a thousand times, 24 00:03:55,385 --> 00:03:59,116 always talking about faraway ladies he would never know. 25 00:03:59,989 --> 00:04:02,048 I remember Ed the barman, 26 00:04:02,124 --> 00:04:04,217 yesterday's football hero, 27 00:04:04,293 --> 00:04:08,594 still haunted by 40-yard runs down the dark fields of his dreams. 28 00:04:11,433 --> 00:04:13,765 Our teacher was Miss Foley. 29 00:04:13,836 --> 00:04:17,830 We couldn't believe it, but folks said that once, before we were even born, 30 00:04:17,908 --> 00:04:20,967 she had been the most beautiful woman in town. 31 00:04:28,083 --> 00:04:31,075 And of course, I can still see Jim Nightshade, 32 00:04:31,153 --> 00:04:36,989 my best friend, my blood brother, my shadow. 33 00:04:52,775 --> 00:04:55,266 - Finished? - Yes, Miss Foley, 34 00:04:55,344 --> 00:04:58,108 - Then you may leave, - Thank you, Miss Foley, 35 00:04:58,180 --> 00:05:00,478 Quietly, 36 00:05:00,549 --> 00:05:02,608 And let this be a lesson to both of you: 37 00:05:02,685 --> 00:05:05,882 I will not have whispering, 38 00:05:24,773 --> 00:05:27,173 - Never, - Of course I can, I'm older, 39 00:05:27,241 --> 00:05:29,870 You 're not older, We were born on the same night, 40 00:05:29,945 --> 00:05:34,905 Yeah, I was born one minute to midnight and you weren't born till one minute after, 41 00:05:34,984 --> 00:05:39,512 - You see? - I won't always be younger than you, 42 00:05:43,926 --> 00:05:46,190 - Hey, Mr. Crosetti, - Hello, boys, 43 00:05:46,261 --> 00:05:49,822 Hello, Mr. Tetley, 44 00:05:56,005 --> 00:05:59,338 Don't be messin' up my work, Come on, I'll race ya... 45 00:05:59,408 --> 00:06:02,775 Hellfire storm's a-comin', An electric storm, 46 00:06:02,845 --> 00:06:05,712 To clean your streets and wash away your troubles, 47 00:06:05,781 --> 00:06:08,716 - So buy one of these lightning rods... - Tie! 48 00:06:08,784 --> 00:06:11,252 Some folks need special protection, 49 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,915 I can sniff out which of your old homes is in danger, 50 00:06:14,990 --> 00:06:19,859 Some folks draw lightning to 'em as a cat sucks in a baby's breath, 51 00:06:25,067 --> 00:06:29,163 But I suppose that this is really the story of my father, 52 00:06:29,237 --> 00:06:32,696 and that strange, leaf-whispery autumn, 53 00:06:32,774 --> 00:06:36,266 when his heart was suddenly too old and tired 54 00:06:36,344 --> 00:06:39,780 and too full of yearning and regrets, 55 00:06:39,847 --> 00:06:42,372 and he didn't know what to do about it. 56 00:06:44,153 --> 00:06:47,554 Hello, son, - You saw me, 57 00:06:47,623 --> 00:06:50,386 Well, what can I find you that'll keep you awake all night? 58 00:06:50,458 --> 00:06:54,953 Let's see, Travelers to the North Pole? Wild West. Zane Grey, huh? 59 00:06:55,029 --> 00:06:59,296 - I don't think so, Dad, - Well, I thought all boys liked adventure, 60 00:06:59,368 --> 00:07:03,599 - I don't know, Do all fathers? - Mine sure does, 61 00:07:03,671 --> 00:07:06,902 He's in Africa right now, The Gold Coast of Africa, 62 00:07:06,974 --> 00:07:11,207 But he's coming back real soon, and he's bringing me a present, 63 00:07:13,014 --> 00:07:17,542 He's bringing me a parrot, The letter said a green and yellow one, 64 00:07:17,618 --> 00:07:22,681 And a native spear and a war drum and a necklace made of human teeth, 65 00:07:22,758 --> 00:07:24,622 Oh, yes, and a shrunken head, 66 00:07:24,692 --> 00:07:27,388 - Have you ever seen a shrunken head? - Only yours, 67 00:07:27,463 --> 00:07:30,397 Shh, boys, Now, young Jim Nightshade, what can I find you? 68 00:07:30,465 --> 00:07:35,368 Something from the Arabian Nights now, full of magicians and monsters? No? 69 00:07:35,436 --> 00:07:38,803 Let's see, Drums of Doom? The Saga of the Thunder Lizards? 70 00:07:38,873 --> 00:07:42,331 No, thanks, Mr. Halloway, Something about headhunters, 71 00:07:42,410 --> 00:07:44,537 They're my father's friends right now, 72 00:07:44,612 --> 00:07:49,447 Look, who are you fooling? Your father doesn't ever write, 73 00:07:49,517 --> 00:07:55,046 That's better than a father who's afraid, , - My father's not afraid of anything, 74 00:07:55,123 --> 00:08:00,151 He's just a bit old, that's all, It doesn't mean he's afraid, 75 00:08:00,228 --> 00:08:05,723 - Doesn't it? - Anyway, my father's here, 76 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,998 Yours isn't coming back, is he? Not ever, 77 00:08:10,071 --> 00:08:12,938 One day, You'll see, 78 00:08:13,007 --> 00:08:18,604 Shh, listen, Can you hear? 79 00:08:18,679 --> 00:08:21,773 - What is it? - Listen, Why don't you ever listen? 80 00:08:21,849 --> 00:08:24,784 I am, - Like music, 81 00:08:27,155 --> 00:08:29,953 I don't hear no music, It must be that old wind again, 82 00:08:39,534 --> 00:08:45,062 - Oh, do you live hereabouts, boys? - These are our houses, 83 00:08:45,138 --> 00:08:48,131 One of which, as I listen to it, 84 00:08:48,209 --> 00:08:51,075 has murmuring timbers, 85 00:08:51,145 --> 00:08:54,602 Can't you hear it? Who tells ya? 86 00:08:54,682 --> 00:08:56,945 Tom Fury tells ya, 87 00:08:58,386 --> 00:09:00,478 Your house is in need of protection, 88 00:09:00,555 --> 00:09:02,216 Which house? 89 00:09:06,894 --> 00:09:09,988 This one, - It's his house, 90 00:09:10,064 --> 00:09:12,692 - Now, your names, gentlemen? - Will Halloway, 91 00:09:12,767 --> 00:09:17,067 - Jim Nightshade, - Well, Mr. Nightshade, sir, 92 00:09:17,138 --> 00:09:21,097 You just go right in and tell your father 93 00:09:21,175 --> 00:09:25,612 that Mr. Tom Fury of the lightning rods 94 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:28,308 presents his compliments, 95 00:09:28,381 --> 00:09:32,215 and your house is in very urgent need of protection, 96 00:09:32,285 --> 00:09:35,516 - All right, I'll tell my father that, - Jim! 97 00:09:35,589 --> 00:09:38,888 You want to say something, Will Halloway? 98 00:09:38,959 --> 00:09:41,427 Will, what kept you so late? 99 00:09:41,494 --> 00:09:45,157 - Your supper's ready, - Coming, Mom, 100 00:09:45,232 --> 00:09:47,724 Later, - Yeah, 101 00:09:51,171 --> 00:09:56,438 - Jim? Is that you, Jim? - Yes, Mom, 102 00:09:56,509 --> 00:09:59,911 Darling, can you get yourself something to eat out of the icebox? 103 00:09:59,980 --> 00:10:04,076 There's a ham in there and some peanut butter, 104 00:10:04,150 --> 00:10:07,381 Mother's just all tired out, darling, 105 00:10:07,454 --> 00:10:10,685 Jim, what are you doing? Cat got your tongue? 106 00:10:10,757 --> 00:10:15,592 - Oh, we're buying a lightning rod, Mom, - Don't make jokes, please, 107 00:10:22,036 --> 00:10:23,559 Well, my father said yes, 108 00:10:23,637 --> 00:10:26,037 Well done, Now, which one will you have? 109 00:10:26,106 --> 00:10:30,168 This one's got old Chinese hen tracks on her, A rod invented to catch... 110 00:10:30,244 --> 00:10:35,011 I'll have this one with the beetles on there, Like an Egyptian scarab, 111 00:10:35,081 --> 00:10:39,984 Good boy, Once the lightning rod on the pyramids of Egypt, 112 00:10:40,053 --> 00:10:44,217 Trained for 3,000 years to pitch the lightning back to the high heavens, 113 00:10:44,292 --> 00:10:46,191 And it's yours for... 114 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,294 How much you got there, boy? 115 00:10:51,931 --> 00:10:55,332 It's yours, - Thank you, 116 00:10:56,436 --> 00:10:59,803 You're welcome... Mr. Nightshade, sir, 117 00:11:19,693 --> 00:11:22,685 "Eight, seven, zero..." 118 00:11:22,762 --> 00:11:25,162 which surely has to be lucky, 119 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:29,063 Do you ever play the numbers, Mr, Halloway? 120 00:11:29,135 --> 00:11:32,969 - Me? No, Never take risks, - Well, you should, sir, 121 00:11:33,039 --> 00:11:35,973 One day, I'm gonna win that §100,000 number, 122 00:11:36,041 --> 00:11:38,977 And it won't be ten-cent cigars for us then, Mr. Halloway, 123 00:11:39,045 --> 00:11:40,979 It'll be the big imported Havana Specials, 124 00:11:41,047 --> 00:11:43,982 rolled on the plump, smooth thighs of Cuban ladies, 125 00:11:44,050 --> 00:11:45,745 Mr. Halloway, 126 00:11:48,887 --> 00:11:52,345 - You can't smell it, can you? - Smell what? 127 00:11:52,424 --> 00:11:56,623 Powder, Lady's powder and perfume, 128 00:11:57,062 --> 00:12:00,589 The sweet smell of rustling petticoats, 129 00:12:00,666 --> 00:12:03,932 Smells to me like we're going to have visitors, 130 00:12:04,002 --> 00:12:08,769 - Elegant visitors, Beautiful ladies, - You'll have to make do with 131 00:12:08,841 --> 00:12:12,903 the ladies you've got here, Mr. Crosetti, We don't get any visitors in this town, 132 00:12:12,979 --> 00:12:16,847 Not in October, Or any other time of the year, come to that, 133 00:12:19,052 --> 00:12:23,112 Do you know what you need, Mr. Halloway? 134 00:12:23,188 --> 00:12:26,022 A touch of Crosetti's Color Restorer, 135 00:12:27,826 --> 00:12:29,760 Make you feel years younger, 136 00:12:30,963 --> 00:12:33,159 I wish it were that easy, 137 00:12:36,835 --> 00:12:40,498 Oh, Doc, did you see what Northwestern did last week? 138 00:12:40,572 --> 00:12:45,032 Northwestern, 20 seconds to go, they got the ball, he fades back for a pass, 139 00:12:45,110 --> 00:12:49,605 - Touchdown, Wins by two! - Ed, Doc, 140 00:12:49,681 --> 00:12:53,412 Charlie, do you have any idea what Northwestern's gonna do this week? 141 00:12:53,485 --> 00:12:57,046 Now, you remember your heart, Just one drink and one cigar, 142 00:12:57,122 --> 00:12:59,323 Come on now, You know what they'll do? They'll kill 'em, 143 00:12:59,358 --> 00:13:02,759 That's what they're gonna do, Boy, I wish I was out there 144 00:13:02,828 --> 00:13:07,027 to run, to throw, tackle... touchdowns, There's nothing like it, 145 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:11,263 - to smell that grass, to run on the field! - Hey, Ed, 146 00:13:12,371 --> 00:13:16,331 - Boy, ain't you somethin', - Always was, always was, 147 00:13:16,409 --> 00:13:19,810 - To your health, Doc, - Wait a minute, To Northwestern, 148 00:13:19,879 --> 00:13:21,641 Northwestern, 149 00:13:22,282 --> 00:13:24,215 Jim! 150 00:13:34,193 --> 00:13:37,595 Jim, 151 00:13:37,663 --> 00:13:41,190 Jim, why don't you ever answer? 152 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:44,099 I've got half a mind to throw this darn thing away, 153 00:13:44,169 --> 00:13:47,002 - And get yourself burned? - Yeah, 154 00:13:50,976 --> 00:13:55,276 Hey, look, A carnival, Saturday, 24th, 155 00:13:55,347 --> 00:13:57,815 Why, that's tomorrow! 156 00:15:04,716 --> 00:15:09,152 Pretty big wind blowin' today, huh, Will boy? 157 00:15:09,220 --> 00:15:12,587 One of the stone lions blew off the library steps, 158 00:15:15,126 --> 00:15:18,028 Prowlin' around town now, 159 00:15:18,096 --> 00:15:22,533 Lookin' for some juicy, tender young Christian to eat, I don't wonder, 160 00:15:28,774 --> 00:15:32,301 You got something there, Dad? 161 00:15:32,376 --> 00:15:35,642 Huh? No, 162 00:15:45,523 --> 00:15:48,788 You seem sad tonight, 163 00:15:48,859 --> 00:15:51,419 Oh, it's Will, 164 00:15:51,495 --> 00:15:54,931 He makes me feel so darn old, 165 00:15:54,999 --> 00:15:57,992 A man should be able to play baseball with his son, 166 00:15:58,070 --> 00:16:00,537 Baseball is not necessary, 167 00:16:00,605 --> 00:16:03,073 not with a heart like yours, 168 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:05,836 He'll forgive you that, hmm? 169 00:16:05,911 --> 00:16:08,902 Hmm, Maybe so, 170 00:16:12,550 --> 00:16:15,520 You know... 171 00:16:15,587 --> 00:16:20,047 I feel restless, 172 00:16:20,125 --> 00:16:21,490 Must be a storm comin', 173 00:16:34,438 --> 00:16:36,429 Dad? 174 00:18:18,075 --> 00:18:19,201 Will! 175 00:18:22,112 --> 00:18:25,571 Will, the carnival's come, The carnival's come! 176 00:18:32,789 --> 00:18:36,452 - In the middle of the night? - Hell, yes, Come on! 177 00:20:41,985 --> 00:20:44,852 - But how could it... - Come on! 178 00:21:08,177 --> 00:21:09,974 Jim, don't, 179 00:23:19,574 --> 00:23:23,874 What is it, son? Can't sleep? 180 00:23:26,580 --> 00:23:29,709 Well, me neither, 181 00:23:30,919 --> 00:23:32,819 I thought I heard a train, 182 00:23:34,322 --> 00:23:36,119 Couldn't be, though, 183 00:23:36,191 --> 00:23:38,124 Not this time of night, 184 00:23:39,161 --> 00:23:41,685 No, it couldn't have been, 185 00:23:41,762 --> 00:23:44,493 Couldn't be a carnival, could it? 186 00:23:44,566 --> 00:23:47,433 Not in October, 187 00:23:47,501 --> 00:23:49,663 I mean, you never saw no scraps of paper, did you? 188 00:23:49,738 --> 00:23:53,366 Not about any carnival comin', 189 00:23:59,413 --> 00:24:01,439 3:00, 190 00:24:03,351 --> 00:24:07,253 They call it "the soul's midnight,". 191 00:24:08,556 --> 00:24:12,584 - Do they? Why? - I don't know, 192 00:24:13,627 --> 00:24:18,030 I guess it's the time when a lot of people die, 193 00:24:18,099 --> 00:24:20,796 Uh, old people, 194 00:24:20,869 --> 00:24:23,167 I only meant old people, 195 00:24:25,473 --> 00:24:27,703 Old people? 196 00:24:32,313 --> 00:24:36,250 Will... 197 00:24:36,318 --> 00:24:39,445 we should have a talk sometime, 198 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,115 just you and I, 199 00:24:42,190 --> 00:24:45,887 - What about? - Oh, about when you were small, 200 00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:53,557 That... picnic that we took down by Indigo River, 201 00:24:53,634 --> 00:24:57,469 - Look son, I know you got a fright then... - I better get back to bed now, 202 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:02,373 Mom wouldn't like us up this late, talking, 203 00:25:03,478 --> 00:25:06,275 She'd say we got to think of tomorrow, 204 00:25:06,347 --> 00:25:07,439 Yeah, yeah, 205 00:25:09,750 --> 00:25:11,651 Guess you're right, son, 206 00:25:27,368 --> 00:25:30,769 I want you to remember, you boys have to stay with your father, 207 00:25:30,838 --> 00:25:34,706 Now, Billie, don't start picking on them already, 208 00:25:40,114 --> 00:25:43,106 It's nothing but a plain, ordinary old carnival, 209 00:25:43,184 --> 00:25:47,484 No, it can't be, It can't be ordinary, 210 00:25:47,955 --> 00:25:51,152 We couldn't see it last night in the dark, 211 00:25:55,062 --> 00:25:57,326 It's Ed, - Hey, Ed, 212 00:26:18,185 --> 00:26:22,212 Your prize, sir, A free pass to our fabulous Mirror Maze, 213 00:26:24,158 --> 00:26:26,558 Thank you, Come on, 214 00:26:45,179 --> 00:26:50,081 I tell ya, I wish I was out there, to run, to throw, tackle... 215 00:26:50,149 --> 00:26:52,291 touchdowns. I mean, there's nothin' like the 216 00:26:52,303 --> 00:26:54,314 smell of that grass, to run on the field. 217 00:27:04,163 --> 00:27:06,064 - Want to go in? - No, 218 00:27:07,634 --> 00:27:11,901 - No? - Those mirrors... 219 00:27:11,972 --> 00:27:15,065 - they're like last night, - Miss Foley, 220 00:27:15,141 --> 00:27:16,341 Are you all right, Miss Foley? 221 00:27:16,377 --> 00:27:18,503 Here we are, Miss Foley, Are you OK? 222 00:27:19,545 --> 00:27:22,777 Jim, Will, My two whisperers, 223 00:27:24,550 --> 00:27:28,042 I'm all right now, Yes, of course I am, Silly, 224 00:27:28,121 --> 00:27:31,090 I must be tired out, I guess, 225 00:27:31,157 --> 00:27:36,220 Why, it's so bright in there, So beautiful, so strange... 226 00:27:36,296 --> 00:27:39,732 It must have dazed me, I don't quite remember, 227 00:27:42,769 --> 00:27:45,465 I must get home, My little nephew's arriving, 228 00:27:48,575 --> 00:27:52,442 - Is she ill? - I don't know, 229 00:27:52,512 --> 00:27:55,106 Must be a shock, though, staring in all those mirrors, 230 00:27:55,181 --> 00:27:57,810 especially if you have a face like that, 231 00:27:59,585 --> 00:28:02,850 I can see your place of work, my good sir, 232 00:28:02,922 --> 00:28:06,483 and a red, white and blue pole turning, 233 00:28:11,832 --> 00:28:13,822 It's a miracle, 234 00:28:15,902 --> 00:28:17,893 Your eyes see everything, 235 00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:24,506 Only I think there is something missing from your life, 236 00:28:25,946 --> 00:28:29,711 Something that could make you so happy, 237 00:28:29,782 --> 00:28:31,249 Ladies, 238 00:28:32,885 --> 00:28:35,183 You have lived here a long time 239 00:28:35,254 --> 00:28:37,552 without the scent of a lady's skin, 240 00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:42,027 They're waiting for you, my good sir, 241 00:28:43,363 --> 00:28:46,730 Call them, 242 00:28:48,768 --> 00:28:50,861 - Number two, - Two! Number two, that's me, 243 00:28:50,937 --> 00:28:55,533 Excuse me, that's me! That's my number, I won it, 244 00:28:55,608 --> 00:28:58,008 - So it is, sir, So it is, - I won it at last! 245 00:28:58,077 --> 00:29:01,410 - No need to agitate yourself, - Oh, you don't know how long... 246 00:29:01,481 --> 00:29:06,009 1000, Now, here's one, two, three, four, five, 247 00:29:06,085 --> 00:29:09,451 six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 248 00:29:09,522 --> 00:29:12,719 §1000, And may I offer you a cigar, sir? 249 00:29:12,792 --> 00:29:16,522 - Oh, thank you, - A genuine Havana Special, 250 00:29:16,596 --> 00:29:20,726 rolled for you on the smooth, plump thighs of Cuban beauties, 251 00:29:21,734 --> 00:29:24,999 And a free pass to our magnificent Ferris wheel, compliments of the management, 252 00:29:25,071 --> 00:29:28,507 Oh, thank you, Oh, number two, Who would have believed it? 253 00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:32,577 Ohh, this is my lucky day, 254 00:29:39,685 --> 00:29:41,208 This is my lucky day, 255 00:29:42,989 --> 00:29:46,322 Uh, may I, uh... join you? 256 00:29:46,392 --> 00:29:49,326 Oh, this is my lucky day, 257 00:29:49,394 --> 00:29:51,920 I just won §1000, and I have it here, 258 00:29:51,998 --> 00:29:54,227 And now I get to sit next to, if I may say so, 259 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:57,292 a very beautiful... woman, 260 00:29:57,369 --> 00:30:00,430 It's a lucky day, 261 00:30:00,506 --> 00:30:02,599 Number two, I won on number two, Did you know that? 262 00:30:02,675 --> 00:30:07,077 Step up, step up, ladies and gentlemen. 263 00:30:07,145 --> 00:30:12,140 - See the exotic dancers from the erotic... - Come on, Jim. 264 00:30:12,218 --> 00:30:15,483 You don't want to see this, Come on! 265 00:30:15,555 --> 00:30:18,251 You've never seen before, 266 00:30:18,324 --> 00:30:21,521 These are dancers that will thrill you, chill you... 267 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:29,296 Jim, come on, 268 00:31:37,202 --> 00:31:39,102 Sorry, boys, too young, 269 00:31:39,171 --> 00:31:41,195 Come back in ten years, 270 00:31:42,941 --> 00:31:44,408 - I just saw... - Shut up, 271 00:31:56,688 --> 00:32:00,055 Lucky, lucky, lucky... 272 00:32:22,213 --> 00:32:25,580 Ooh, look at this one, 273 00:32:31,623 --> 00:32:33,921 Wow! 274 00:32:37,761 --> 00:32:39,992 This one's my favorite! 275 00:32:54,411 --> 00:32:58,246 Put them down, Mr. Cooger, Bring them back to earth again, 276 00:33:02,087 --> 00:33:05,318 The sign says "out of order," boys, 277 00:33:05,390 --> 00:33:08,153 Or don't they teach you reading at this town's academy? 278 00:33:12,129 --> 00:33:15,189 Introductions all around? 279 00:33:15,265 --> 00:33:18,029 My name is Mr. Dark, 280 00:33:18,102 --> 00:33:22,904 I advise you to respect it, 281 00:33:24,442 --> 00:33:26,637 Of Dark's Pande-minium Carnival? 282 00:33:26,711 --> 00:33:29,179 Isn't he the brave one? 283 00:33:52,470 --> 00:33:56,133 Show's over, boys, All that's fit for you to see, 284 00:33:58,243 --> 00:34:00,210 Why don't you come back later 285 00:34:00,277 --> 00:34:03,542 for free rides on these exotic animals? 286 00:34:04,581 --> 00:34:08,176 See all the fun of the fairground, What do you say? 287 00:34:08,252 --> 00:34:11,085 Go on, Go on, take them, 288 00:34:26,804 --> 00:34:29,705 I bet you somethin' goes on after sundown, 289 00:34:29,773 --> 00:34:32,241 We gotta stay and see, 290 00:34:32,309 --> 00:34:34,800 We can't stay after it closes, 291 00:34:34,878 --> 00:34:37,346 They'll chuck us out, 292 00:34:37,414 --> 00:34:41,214 Not if they can't find us, they won't, Come on, 293 00:34:56,633 --> 00:34:58,123 Come on, 294 00:35:15,385 --> 00:35:18,377 Mr. Cooger, are you ready? 295 00:35:32,870 --> 00:35:36,567 My gosh, Look, 296 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,132 - It's going the wrong way, - Backwards, 297 00:36:10,541 --> 00:36:12,600 Look at Mr. Cooger, 298 00:37:00,656 --> 00:37:03,819 It's late, Time to go about your work... 299 00:37:05,729 --> 00:37:08,196 Mr. Cooger, 300 00:37:40,263 --> 00:37:42,094 Come on! 301 00:37:58,214 --> 00:38:02,116 - Look, it's Miss Foley's house, - Will, 302 00:38:02,184 --> 00:38:05,051 Look, look, There, 303 00:38:05,121 --> 00:38:07,749 Who's that kid she's got in there with her? 304 00:38:07,822 --> 00:38:11,657 Don't you know, Will? 305 00:38:11,727 --> 00:38:15,720 - What are you playin' at? - I want to warn Miss Foley, 306 00:38:15,798 --> 00:38:19,359 Don't you lie to me, Jim, That's not what you want to do, 307 00:38:19,435 --> 00:38:22,893 You want to meet that... that... thing, 308 00:38:22,972 --> 00:38:26,668 No! No, oh, my gosh, Come on, 309 00:38:26,741 --> 00:38:30,439 Land sakes, who is it? My two little whisperers? 310 00:38:30,513 --> 00:38:33,175 We wanted to see... 311 00:38:33,249 --> 00:38:35,547 if you were quite all right, Miss Foley, 312 00:38:35,618 --> 00:38:37,779 Yeah, we were kinda worried, 313 00:38:37,853 --> 00:38:42,483 That's very considerate of you boys, I was just a little faint, I guess, 314 00:38:42,558 --> 00:38:46,153 Why don't you step inside? Come in, Will, come in, 315 00:38:46,228 --> 00:38:49,993 My nephew Robert just arrived, and I baked a whole batch of cookies, 316 00:38:51,499 --> 00:38:54,367 Come in, Robert? 317 00:39:00,976 --> 00:39:03,969 I'd like you to meet my young nephew, Robert, 318 00:39:11,988 --> 00:39:16,823 - Miss Foley... - Swell, Hi, Glad to meet you, 319 00:39:18,426 --> 00:39:21,419 Miss Foley, we came to warn you, 320 00:39:21,497 --> 00:39:22,827 - Warn? - Yes, 321 00:39:22,897 --> 00:39:26,424 He won't be in school Monday, He's sick, 322 00:39:26,501 --> 00:39:29,163 - Oh? - Yeah, See ya! 323 00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,400 What you up to, Jim? 324 00:39:35,478 --> 00:39:37,240 You touched his hand, 325 00:39:37,312 --> 00:39:39,405 His horrible, devil's hand, and you touched it, 326 00:39:39,481 --> 00:39:42,814 Oh, shh, 327 00:40:17,786 --> 00:40:21,347 Will Halloway, you wicked, wicked hooligan, 328 00:40:21,423 --> 00:40:22,947 - But I didn't... - Little liar, 329 00:40:23,024 --> 00:40:25,458 You stay right there, I'm coming down, 330 00:40:25,527 --> 00:40:28,325 Come back here, Come back here this minute, 331 00:40:28,396 --> 00:40:30,592 I'm going to call your mother! 332 00:40:48,483 --> 00:40:51,713 - Dad, - What's the trouble, boy? 333 00:41:11,873 --> 00:41:13,636 Mom? 334 00:41:15,777 --> 00:41:19,974 Jim, Oh, honey, supper's over, It's late, 335 00:41:20,048 --> 00:41:23,040 Well, we've already had our supper, 336 00:41:23,118 --> 00:41:26,019 But I'll fix you something real nice, 337 00:41:26,087 --> 00:41:31,081 - OK? You hungry? - No, It's all right, I guess, 338 00:41:35,997 --> 00:41:37,988 Jim? 339 00:41:39,601 --> 00:41:43,662 Well, just now, you seemed kinda glad to see me, 340 00:41:43,738 --> 00:41:48,675 - Well, at least you weren't the, uh... - Mmm, I wasn't the devil? Was that it? 341 00:41:48,743 --> 00:41:50,176 I guess, 342 00:41:52,579 --> 00:41:55,413 Will... 343 00:41:55,483 --> 00:41:57,883 about that picnic down by the Indigo River... 344 00:41:57,952 --> 00:42:01,479 - It's getting late... - Now, you sit, son, 345 00:42:01,556 --> 00:42:05,390 Sit until this is finished and done with, 346 00:42:05,459 --> 00:42:06,540 What? 347 00:42:06,552 --> 00:42:09,829 The talk we were tryin' to have last night, 348 00:42:09,898 --> 00:42:12,832 It's one we should've had a long time ago, 349 00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:17,667 About that strong old current that swept you way out in the middle of the river, 350 00:42:19,573 --> 00:42:23,373 And I stood there and watched... 351 00:42:23,443 --> 00:42:27,038 tied to the riverbank and helpless, 352 00:42:27,114 --> 00:42:32,347 'Cause I had a dad who didn't think it was right to teach boys to swim, 353 00:42:34,821 --> 00:42:36,847 Well... 354 00:42:36,925 --> 00:42:41,521 there was a man standin', drinkin' liquor out of a stone bottle 355 00:42:41,596 --> 00:42:45,759 on the other side of the river, and he dove in after you, 356 00:42:45,832 --> 00:42:50,132 Dove in without even taking his boots off and pulled you out of danger, 357 00:42:52,006 --> 00:42:55,601 You must've been all of four years old at the time, 358 00:42:56,778 --> 00:42:59,541 I knew someone caught hold of me, 359 00:43:01,882 --> 00:43:05,249 Someone who wasn't me, 360 00:43:08,088 --> 00:43:12,684 No one else knew who it was, but I did, 361 00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:17,423 It was Harry Nightshade, son, Your friend Jim's dad, 362 00:43:17,497 --> 00:43:21,024 A couple of years before he lit off across the seas 363 00:43:21,101 --> 00:43:24,400 and was never seen in this town again, 364 00:43:24,471 --> 00:43:28,271 Mr. Nightshade did your father's work, 365 00:43:31,511 --> 00:43:35,174 Can't forgive myself for that, 366 00:43:35,249 --> 00:43:37,513 Or him either, I guess, 367 00:43:39,386 --> 00:43:41,581 But I'll tell you somethin', son, 368 00:43:43,957 --> 00:43:48,326 When you see the end of things comin' close and starin' at you, 369 00:43:48,395 --> 00:43:50,659 it's not what you've done that you regret, 370 00:43:50,731 --> 00:43:55,293 it's what you didn't do, And most of all... 371 00:43:55,369 --> 00:43:57,769 that afternoon at the river, 372 00:43:57,837 --> 00:44:00,671 when there was nothin' I could do, Will, 373 00:44:05,812 --> 00:44:09,645 Blame my father if you like, blame me, 374 00:44:11,184 --> 00:44:13,812 We gotta stop blaming sometime, 375 00:44:20,627 --> 00:44:22,788 I wish you could be happy, 376 00:44:30,736 --> 00:44:36,300 Well... just tell me I'll live forever, Then I'll be happy, 377 00:44:37,643 --> 00:44:41,135 Dad, don't talk death, Someone'll hear you and... 378 00:44:43,516 --> 00:44:45,780 Dad... 379 00:44:50,823 --> 00:44:54,817 Guess I kept you up kinda late, 380 00:44:54,895 --> 00:44:56,920 Up you go, 381 00:45:03,170 --> 00:45:07,299 - Do you want to come up this way? - Hmm? Uh, I don't think so, 382 00:45:09,910 --> 00:45:14,107 - Because you're welcome, - Uh, no, I want to finish my cigar, 383 00:45:17,550 --> 00:45:20,986 - I don't want to ditch you, - I gotta lock up, Will, 384 00:45:35,701 --> 00:45:39,000 Why do boys always keep their windows open? 385 00:45:42,141 --> 00:45:44,336 Warm blood, 386 00:45:44,410 --> 00:45:47,608 Warm blood? 387 00:45:47,681 --> 00:45:50,911 That was your father's problem, 388 00:45:50,983 --> 00:45:54,316 What are you doing still awake? 389 00:45:54,387 --> 00:45:56,514 Do I look like him? 390 00:45:56,589 --> 00:45:59,080 I mean, do I look like my father? 391 00:46:02,795 --> 00:46:06,094 Too like, 392 00:46:06,165 --> 00:46:09,692 The day you leave home, my Harry will be dead forever, 393 00:46:12,938 --> 00:46:14,496 Go to sleep now, sweet dreams, 394 00:46:14,573 --> 00:46:18,703 - Good night, mom, - Good night, darling, 395 00:46:32,691 --> 00:46:35,683 Yes, please! 396 00:46:42,802 --> 00:46:44,770 Please, 397 00:46:46,371 --> 00:46:48,897 Please, 398 00:47:25,009 --> 00:47:27,274 Help me! 399 00:47:31,584 --> 00:47:33,711 Please, help me! 400 00:47:35,488 --> 00:47:37,820 Please, help me! 401 00:47:58,577 --> 00:48:00,841 Jim, you're ditching me, Jim! 402 00:48:14,093 --> 00:48:16,583 - Where are you goin'? - Back to the merry-go-round, 403 00:48:16,661 --> 00:48:21,394 Oh, no you ain't, He'll be there, that Mr. Cooger, 404 00:48:21,466 --> 00:48:25,597 Making himself so big and tall and strong that he'll kill us, 405 00:48:26,772 --> 00:48:30,264 Let go, Let go, or so help me... I'll remember this when... 406 00:48:30,342 --> 00:48:33,003 - When what? - When I'm older, darn it, older, 407 00:48:33,077 --> 00:48:35,171 When you're older? 408 00:48:35,246 --> 00:48:37,238 - I didn't mean... - Oh, yes you did! 409 00:48:37,316 --> 00:48:41,843 If that darn merry-go-round could make Mr. Cooger younger... 410 00:48:41,921 --> 00:48:44,150 why, you think you'd be older 411 00:48:44,222 --> 00:48:46,520 if you got on it and went the other way around, 412 00:48:46,591 --> 00:48:50,550 Is that what you figured out in your little mind, Jim Nightshade? 413 00:48:50,628 --> 00:48:54,394 You'd be 2 feet taller, looking down at me, 414 00:48:56,201 --> 00:48:58,191 And you'd ditch me, 415 00:49:00,505 --> 00:49:01,505 Wait! 416 00:49:10,782 --> 00:49:14,115 That's the trouble, those two boys, Should we... 417 00:49:14,185 --> 00:49:18,645 Just make certain they don't interfere in our work, 418 00:49:18,723 --> 00:49:23,524 Oh, doom, damnation, death and destruction, 419 00:49:23,595 --> 00:49:26,029 Who tells you? Tom Fury tells you, 420 00:49:26,097 --> 00:49:30,295 Tell me when, you old fool, When is the lightning due? 421 00:49:30,368 --> 00:49:32,529 I am Tom Fury, 422 00:49:32,604 --> 00:49:35,767 Did I take the name? No, sir, The name took me... 423 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:40,072 I must know, Lightning reveals our dark corners, 424 00:49:40,144 --> 00:49:42,806 Rain washes away our dust, Tell me when, 425 00:49:43,948 --> 00:49:46,007 What color is lightning? 426 00:49:46,084 --> 00:49:48,416 Where does the thunder go when it dies? 427 00:49:48,486 --> 00:49:51,216 - Mr. Crosetti, - And Mr. Tetley! 428 00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:53,654 What country does the rain come from? 429 00:49:53,724 --> 00:49:56,660 Who knows? Tom Fury knows, 430 00:49:57,395 --> 00:50:00,761 If I show her to you, your bride... 431 00:50:01,633 --> 00:50:04,466 you will tell me when the storm is coming, 432 00:50:39,603 --> 00:50:41,662 Most beautiful, 433 00:50:51,849 --> 00:50:57,617 More beautiful than Pocahontas and Helen of Troy... 434 00:50:57,689 --> 00:51:00,157 You will tell me when the storm is coming, 435 00:51:00,224 --> 00:51:05,126 When comes the storm? 436 00:51:05,195 --> 00:51:08,461 Oh, Tom Fury says the lightning shall jump the world, 437 00:51:08,532 --> 00:51:11,023 and make men hop and skip like scalded cats, 438 00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:16,232 You fool, Lightning shall make you hop and make you tell! 439 00:51:16,708 --> 00:51:21,338 Ohh, Tom told to... aah... 440 00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:24,505 - Tom Fury has a secret! - When? 441 00:51:24,582 --> 00:51:29,315 So does the lightning and the thunder, Aah! 442 00:51:29,387 --> 00:51:31,617 Stop, Stop it! 443 00:51:58,750 --> 00:52:01,184 Those boys..., 444 00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:03,811 They've seen too much, 445 00:52:03,887 --> 00:52:05,514 Hunt them down... 446 00:52:07,057 --> 00:52:09,287 and bring them back to me, 447 00:53:02,244 --> 00:53:06,943 It's that Jim Nightshade, And take your hat off, He's a bad influence, 448 00:53:07,016 --> 00:53:09,042 - But mom... - Don't you "but mom" me, 449 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:12,280 How dare you sneak out this late? 450 00:53:12,355 --> 00:53:17,054 I want no excuses, Now march right upstairs, 451 00:53:19,728 --> 00:53:21,822 Best go up, son, 452 00:53:44,154 --> 00:53:47,715 You know, I never liked my father either, a lot of the time, 453 00:53:49,926 --> 00:53:54,556 - Was Grandpa a good man? - Everyone thought so, 454 00:53:54,631 --> 00:53:59,068 - He knew about evil? - Sure talked a lot about it, 455 00:53:59,135 --> 00:54:00,692 Really knew? 456 00:54:00,769 --> 00:54:05,002 We had devils for breakfast, lunch, and supper in our house, 457 00:54:07,943 --> 00:54:11,072 I believe in devils, 458 00:54:11,146 --> 00:54:15,242 But if you're a good person, they can't hurt you, can they? 459 00:54:18,754 --> 00:54:23,418 Am I... a good person? 460 00:54:23,492 --> 00:54:27,861 I wouldn't count on your mother's answer right now, but I think you are, 461 00:54:30,332 --> 00:54:33,733 Yeah... Drink your milk, then, 462 00:54:33,802 --> 00:54:35,895 Maybe we'll talk tomorrow, 463 00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,900 - Dad? - Hmm? 464 00:54:40,976 --> 00:54:45,310 Be careful, Dad, Something's going on, 465 00:54:45,381 --> 00:54:50,114 - Something? - Just be careful, OK? 466 00:54:52,955 --> 00:54:54,752 OK, 467 00:55:52,548 --> 00:55:53,947 Quick, Will, quick! 468 00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:14,091 Listen to that, 469 00:57:02,316 --> 00:57:04,148 Quick, Jim, this way, 470 00:57:07,823 --> 00:57:08,915 Look out! 471 00:59:18,352 --> 00:59:24,017 § of endless light is waking, 472 00:59:24,090 --> 00:59:29,085 § and shades of evil. 473 00:59:40,708 --> 00:59:42,698 Hey, a parade! 474 00:59:44,545 --> 00:59:49,039 No, a search... for us, 475 00:59:49,116 --> 00:59:53,415 We can't go home, They'd follow us and kill our folks, 476 01:00:14,307 --> 01:00:17,708 - Hello? - Dad, they're after us, 477 01:00:17,777 --> 01:00:22,078 - Look son, you come home, And... - I can't. 478 01:00:23,483 --> 01:00:24,575 Will? 479 01:00:40,934 --> 01:00:45,098 - They're coffins, - Yeah, kid size, 480 01:01:07,694 --> 01:01:09,787 Hi there! 481 01:01:58,945 --> 01:02:00,139 Ma? 482 01:02:03,249 --> 01:02:05,012 I love your parade! 483 01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:15,888 Hey, Charlie, - Huh, Doc? 484 01:02:15,961 --> 01:02:18,088 Charlie, look here, The bar is empty, 485 01:02:18,163 --> 01:02:21,929 First time in 20 years, there's nobody there, Ed must've just taken off, 486 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:25,128 He wouldn't do that, That's not like Ed, 487 01:03:03,008 --> 01:03:06,945 Now, that's odd, - It sure is, 488 01:03:07,013 --> 01:03:10,277 Hey Doc, have you seen Will and Ji... 489 01:03:13,519 --> 01:03:18,513 Excuse me, gentlemen, I am a stranger in this town, perhaps you could help me, 490 01:03:18,591 --> 01:03:22,492 My name is Dark, I'm looking for two young boys, 491 01:03:24,564 --> 01:03:28,397 - Town's full of them, - Yes, No doubt, sir, No doubt, 492 01:03:28,467 --> 01:03:31,436 But these boys in particular, they're two of a kind, 493 01:03:31,503 --> 01:03:35,462 Much of a height, One towheaded, the other black as pitch, 494 01:03:35,541 --> 01:03:38,670 You could take them for blood brothers, 495 01:03:38,745 --> 01:03:43,272 - What have they done? - Done, sir? Why, nothing wrong, surely, 496 01:03:43,349 --> 01:03:47,079 No, they're two lucky lads who've won prizes at the carnival, 497 01:03:47,152 --> 01:03:51,521 I merely wish to give them the valuable rewards that they so richly deserve, 498 01:03:53,358 --> 01:03:54,757 Can you help me? 499 01:03:56,228 --> 01:03:58,924 Excuse me, See you, Doc, 500 01:03:59,866 --> 01:04:01,457 Charlie, 501 01:04:11,477 --> 01:04:14,469 Dad, 502 01:04:15,848 --> 01:04:19,340 - Lose something, sir? - Uh... 503 01:04:19,418 --> 01:04:23,479 Uh, folks around here all seem to be taking a holiday, hmm? 504 01:04:23,555 --> 01:04:27,616 - Must be the carnival, - These boys I'm looking for, 505 01:04:27,693 --> 01:04:33,290 - perhaps you know them? - Won prizes, I think you said, 506 01:04:33,365 --> 01:04:36,960 - Lucky fellas, Have a cigar? - No, 507 01:04:50,248 --> 01:04:55,277 Well now, I wouldn't want a couple of kids to miss out on their good fortune, 508 01:04:56,922 --> 01:04:59,220 Let me see, that one, Yes, I know him well, 509 01:04:59,291 --> 01:05:01,691 - His name's, uh... - Yes? 510 01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:05,196 Uh, Milton Blumquist, 511 01:05:05,264 --> 01:05:08,893 And that... oh, why, Avery Johnson, 512 01:05:08,966 --> 01:05:13,801 Yeah, Fine boys, fine, Both of 'em quite a credit to this little town, 513 01:05:13,871 --> 01:05:16,101 if you want to know the truth, 514 01:05:16,173 --> 01:05:18,368 I do want to know the truth, sir, 515 01:05:18,442 --> 01:05:21,139 And the truth is that you are lying, 516 01:05:21,213 --> 01:05:23,875 You see, I already have their names, 517 01:05:23,949 --> 01:05:27,180 I got them from a blind girl, used to be a teacher hereabouts, 518 01:05:27,252 --> 01:05:30,881 A poor creature by the name of Foley, 519 01:05:30,956 --> 01:05:35,085 Will is the fair-haired, and Jim, the dark, 520 01:05:36,294 --> 01:05:39,695 Now tell me, old man, 521 01:05:39,764 --> 01:05:43,427 - what's your name? - Halloway, sir, 522 01:05:43,501 --> 01:05:47,904 - Charles William Halloway, - Oh, yes, The town's librarian, 523 01:05:47,972 --> 01:05:53,036 - I have the honor, sir, - And have had for many years, I believe, 524 01:05:53,111 --> 01:05:56,706 All that time spent living only through other men's lives, 525 01:05:58,382 --> 01:06:03,012 Dreaming only other men's dreams, What a waste, 526 01:06:03,087 --> 01:06:05,955 Sometimes a man can learn more from other men's dreams 527 01:06:06,024 --> 01:06:07,820 than he can from his own, 528 01:06:09,260 --> 01:06:13,322 Come visit me, sir, if you would wish to improve your education, 529 01:06:13,397 --> 01:06:16,799 I will, And I may improve yours, 530 01:07:15,059 --> 01:07:17,027 Boys, what the hell's goin' on? 531 01:07:44,422 --> 01:07:46,686 Come to the library tonight, 532 01:08:10,714 --> 01:08:15,914 That's why they had the parade, so they could find us and kill us, 533 01:08:15,986 --> 01:08:22,185 And so, we had to hide, because, well... who'd believe us? 534 01:08:22,258 --> 01:08:26,161 - I believe you, - You do? But we're not grownups, 535 01:08:26,230 --> 01:08:29,494 That's why I believe you, Now, listen to this, 536 01:08:29,566 --> 01:08:34,060 Diary of my father, Charles Herbert Halloway, minister of this town: 537 01:08:35,438 --> 01:08:38,340 "October, 1891," 538 01:08:39,110 --> 01:08:42,739 "We have had no good fortune since there arrived here" 539 01:08:42,813 --> 01:08:44,871 "the autumn carnival,." 540 01:08:46,417 --> 01:08:50,614 "It seems strange to speak of such things in these enlightened days, 541 01:08:50,687 --> 01:08:53,321 "A poor, lame servant girl went to the 542 01:08:53,333 --> 01:08:56,387 fortuneteller to inquire how she might run," 543 01:08:56,459 --> 01:08:59,361 "Her leg mended..." 544 01:08:59,430 --> 01:09:00,987 "and then she ran mad,." 545 01:09:04,634 --> 01:09:07,194 "It seems they destroy people 546 01:09:07,270 --> 01:09:09,568 "by granting their dearest wishes," 547 01:09:09,639 --> 01:09:12,234 "as has been the way of the devil" 548 01:09:12,309 --> 01:09:14,573 "since God created the world,." 549 01:09:16,212 --> 01:09:18,272 "Old folks of this town 550 01:09:18,348 --> 01:09:22,079 "say they remember such a carnival of evil 551 01:09:22,152 --> 01:09:25,952 visiting many autumns past, in the days of their youth,". 552 01:09:35,598 --> 01:09:37,896 "The traveling people swore 553 01:09:37,967 --> 01:09:41,926 "they would return, some other autumn, 554 01:09:42,005 --> 01:09:46,567 Each time their visit ended with a most unusual storm,". 555 01:09:50,814 --> 01:09:53,908 It's Mr. Dark, 556 01:09:53,983 --> 01:09:57,612 Boys, hide, quick, 557 01:10:36,492 --> 01:10:40,690 "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." 558 01:10:40,763 --> 01:10:43,959 "Then rang the bells both loud and deep, 559 01:10:44,033 --> 01:10:47,901 God is not dead, nor doth he sleep." 560 01:10:47,971 --> 01:10:51,202 "The wrong will fail, the right, prevail, 561 01:10:51,274 --> 01:10:54,107 with peace on earth, good will to men." 562 01:10:54,177 --> 01:10:57,544 It's a thousand years to Christmas, Mr. Halloway, 563 01:10:57,614 --> 01:11:03,052 You're wrong, It's here in this library tonight, and can't be spoiled, 564 01:11:03,119 --> 01:11:07,579 Did Will and Jim bring it with them on the soles of their shoes? 565 01:11:07,657 --> 01:11:09,955 Then we shall have to scrape them, 566 01:11:11,827 --> 01:11:13,489 Will? 567 01:11:15,530 --> 01:11:17,123 Jim? 568 01:11:19,101 --> 01:11:21,467 Free rides on the merry-go-round, 569 01:11:24,374 --> 01:11:27,605 How would you like to be king of the carnival, Jim? 570 01:11:28,543 --> 01:11:31,240 The ruler of the rides? 571 01:11:34,082 --> 01:11:37,984 How would you like to be grown up, Jim? 572 01:11:38,053 --> 01:11:41,854 How would that feel, huh? 573 01:11:41,925 --> 01:11:45,258 Not to be looked down at, 574 01:11:45,328 --> 01:11:49,491 Not to be told to run away and play, 575 01:11:49,564 --> 01:11:54,399 To be trusted, To be feared, 576 01:11:54,469 --> 01:11:58,735 To know what grownups do behind locked doors when children are asleep, 577 01:12:03,812 --> 01:12:05,803 Come out to me, Jim, 578 01:12:10,485 --> 01:12:13,614 I'm the father you've been waiting for... 579 01:12:13,690 --> 01:12:15,657 my son, 580 01:12:20,395 --> 01:12:22,829 I know who you are, 581 01:12:24,933 --> 01:12:28,232 You are the autumn people, 582 01:12:28,303 --> 01:12:31,534 Where do you come from? The dust, 583 01:12:31,606 --> 01:12:35,565 - Where do you go to? The grave, - Yes, 584 01:12:35,644 --> 01:12:38,341 We are the hungry ones, 585 01:12:38,414 --> 01:12:41,974 Your torments call us like dogs in the night, 586 01:12:42,050 --> 01:12:45,315 And we do feed, and feed well, 587 01:12:45,388 --> 01:12:48,686 To stuff yourselves on other people's nightmares, 588 01:12:48,757 --> 01:12:53,126 And butter our plain bread with delicious pain, 589 01:12:53,195 --> 01:12:57,632 So, you do understand a little, 590 01:12:57,699 --> 01:13:00,429 You are known in this town, My father knew you, 591 01:13:00,502 --> 01:13:04,302 Your father, The preacher? That half-man? 592 01:13:04,373 --> 01:13:07,501 - He lived on goodness, - Tasteless fare, 593 01:13:07,576 --> 01:13:10,272 Funerals, bad marriages, 594 01:13:10,345 --> 01:13:13,007 lost loves, lonely beds, 595 01:13:13,081 --> 01:13:15,311 That is our diet, 596 01:13:15,384 --> 01:13:18,547 We suck that misery and find it sweet, 597 01:13:18,620 --> 01:13:21,987 We search for more, always, 598 01:13:22,057 --> 01:13:26,357 We can smell young boys ulcerating to be men 1000 miles off, 599 01:13:26,428 --> 01:13:28,658 And hear a middle-aged fool like you, 600 01:13:28,730 --> 01:13:32,598 groaning with midnight despairs, from halfway around the world, 601 01:13:35,836 --> 01:13:38,202 Your books cannot hurt me, old man, 602 01:13:39,908 --> 01:13:44,538 Yes, old, Because your heart is old, 603 01:13:45,580 --> 01:13:47,570 Listen to it, 604 01:13:50,719 --> 01:13:53,779 You tell me where the boys are hiding, 605 01:13:53,855 --> 01:13:57,655 and I can make you young again, 606 01:13:57,726 --> 01:14:01,389 I could turn your years back for you to... 607 01:14:01,463 --> 01:14:03,454 let's say, 30? 608 01:14:05,634 --> 01:14:09,899 Now speak, or you've missed it, 609 01:14:09,970 --> 01:14:11,198 Going... 610 01:14:14,276 --> 01:14:16,267 it's gone, 611 01:14:17,244 --> 01:14:19,235 31, 612 01:14:20,816 --> 01:14:23,807 32, 32? 613 01:14:23,884 --> 01:14:27,615 Year of a man's prime, loved by many women, 614 01:14:27,688 --> 01:14:29,281 You might still learn to swim, 615 01:14:29,357 --> 01:14:32,724 32, going... gone, 616 01:14:32,794 --> 01:14:38,926 33... 34... 35... 35? 617 01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:41,195 Oh, 35, 618 01:14:41,269 --> 01:14:44,568 Time to father a family, build a fortune, 619 01:14:44,639 --> 01:14:49,041 35... a year when you could run up the stairs without panting for breath, 620 01:14:49,111 --> 01:14:52,409 35... gone, 621 01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:56,474 36... 37... 622 01:14:56,551 --> 01:15:00,885 Where are they? 38... 623 01:15:00,956 --> 01:15:05,255 Hear your heart, hear my count, 624 01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:11,195 39... Now, 39, a fine year, 625 01:15:11,265 --> 01:15:14,962 Still young, 39... gone, 626 01:15:15,036 --> 01:15:21,134 Oh, oh! 40, 40, and hear your old, old heart! 627 01:15:21,208 --> 01:15:23,302 Dad, no, Don't listen! 628 01:15:26,815 --> 01:15:28,304 And is that the voice 629 01:15:28,382 --> 01:15:30,907 of green grass and sunshine? 630 01:15:32,019 --> 01:15:35,511 Sweet Eden's child, the innocent young Will? 631 01:15:39,093 --> 01:15:42,859 42... 43... 632 01:15:44,533 --> 01:15:48,161 44... 45... 46... 633 01:15:48,235 --> 01:15:52,638 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 634 01:15:52,707 --> 01:15:54,799 Your loss! 635 01:16:02,049 --> 01:16:04,711 You fool, - Damn you, 636 01:16:04,785 --> 01:16:08,983 A taste of death? 637 01:16:09,056 --> 01:16:12,548 So you'll know it when it comes again, soon, 638 01:16:28,175 --> 01:16:30,267 Jim? Will? 639 01:16:34,548 --> 01:16:36,607 Time to go, 640 01:16:39,286 --> 01:16:42,255 Jim Nightshade, 641 01:16:42,323 --> 01:16:47,056 What a good... what a proper name for a carnival, 642 01:16:47,127 --> 01:16:51,495 Dark and Nightshade's Pandemonium Carnival, 643 01:16:52,866 --> 01:16:55,733 That's your name, Jim, 644 01:16:55,803 --> 01:16:58,237 Mr. Nightshade, 645 01:17:00,707 --> 01:17:03,267 Will, then, 646 01:17:03,343 --> 01:17:05,402 Will? 647 01:17:05,478 --> 01:17:07,969 Your mother was at the carnival tonight, 648 01:17:08,047 --> 01:17:10,482 She rode the carousel, 649 01:17:12,052 --> 01:17:16,682 She went backwards and forwards 650 01:17:16,757 --> 01:17:21,160 until she was quite, quite mad, 651 01:17:24,130 --> 01:17:28,965 You should've heard the one single sound she made, 652 01:17:36,376 --> 01:17:38,173 Come out now, 653 01:17:40,314 --> 01:17:41,440 Jim? 654 01:17:43,851 --> 01:17:45,842 Jim, you're the clever one, 655 01:17:47,187 --> 01:17:50,178 You tell me where your friend is hiding, 656 01:17:50,256 --> 01:17:53,817 and I can guarantee you a very special reward, 657 01:18:06,006 --> 01:18:10,203 Now, where would you be filed, I wonder? 658 01:18:12,078 --> 01:18:16,845 Under "A" for Adventure, or "B" for boys? 659 01:18:17,984 --> 01:18:22,648 "J" for Jim, or "N" for Nightshade? 660 01:18:23,691 --> 01:18:27,387 "H" for Halloway... 661 01:18:27,460 --> 01:18:29,452 or "H" for hidden? 662 01:19:00,693 --> 01:19:04,151 Well, here's a couple of fine new books, 663 01:19:04,230 --> 01:19:07,393 I'll enjoy cutting this one's pages, 664 01:19:12,739 --> 01:19:14,001 Mom! 665 01:19:19,512 --> 01:19:22,208 Seems I made a little mistake, 666 01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:25,444 It must've been your mother, Jim, at the carnival, 667 01:19:28,054 --> 01:19:32,548 Poor thing, What a tragedy, 668 01:19:33,493 --> 01:19:36,929 Still, you won't be needing her anymore, 669 01:19:36,996 --> 01:19:41,125 Look, You have a fine, new mother now, 670 01:19:51,777 --> 01:19:54,611 Time to quiet these two chatterers, 671 01:19:54,680 --> 01:19:59,117 Time to still these two whisperers, 672 01:19:59,185 --> 01:20:02,518 Lose their tongues until I choose to find them again, 673 01:20:03,555 --> 01:20:06,548 Quiet, you two chatterers, 674 01:20:07,827 --> 01:20:11,263 Still, you two whisperers, 675 01:20:24,309 --> 01:20:27,904 And give him a brief taste of death, 676 01:20:27,979 --> 01:20:31,279 so that he may recognize it when it comes again, 677 01:20:50,569 --> 01:20:54,472 Old man, hear your heart beating, 678 01:20:57,843 --> 01:20:59,834 Slow, now, 679 01:21:01,179 --> 01:21:03,170 Slower... 680 01:21:28,173 --> 01:21:31,142 Slower... 681 01:21:31,209 --> 01:21:34,110 Slower... 682 01:21:34,179 --> 01:21:37,080 slowest, 683 01:21:51,997 --> 01:21:55,728 What times we're going to have, Jim, you and I, 684 01:21:56,368 --> 01:21:58,495 Dark and Nightshade, 685 01:21:59,838 --> 01:22:02,033 Nightshade and Dark, 686 01:22:03,108 --> 01:22:04,972 And Will... 687 01:22:05,042 --> 01:22:07,841 we'll ride him backwards, shall we? 688 01:22:07,913 --> 01:22:10,473 Turn him into a little baby, 689 01:22:10,549 --> 01:22:13,278 a plaything for our little friend here, 690 01:23:13,243 --> 01:23:15,769 Harry, is that you? 691 01:23:15,847 --> 01:23:18,145 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Halloway, 692 01:23:18,216 --> 01:23:21,014 I... I was expecting somebody else, 693 01:23:21,085 --> 01:23:23,247 See, I have a message, I have a ticket... 694 01:23:23,321 --> 01:23:25,811 Whatever the messages, they'll be lies, Go home, 695 01:23:25,889 --> 01:23:29,189 - No, I have to wait here for Harry... - For God's sake, go home, 696 01:23:29,259 --> 01:23:32,388 The man coming for you isn't your husband, 697 01:23:33,565 --> 01:23:37,625 But... they told me... 698 01:24:15,472 --> 01:24:17,702 Dad! 699 01:24:40,364 --> 01:24:44,266 Not dead yet, Mr. Halloway? 700 01:24:44,334 --> 01:24:48,498 Come looking in my mirrors for another chance? 701 01:24:48,572 --> 01:24:50,904 Shall I help you find it? 702 01:24:50,974 --> 01:24:53,841 Would you know it if you saw it? 703 01:24:53,911 --> 01:24:58,041 Here the mirror of dreams, of beauty. 704 01:24:58,115 --> 01:25:02,552 Can Crosetti tell you of incredible loves he never lived? 705 01:25:03,153 --> 01:25:04,814 Over here... 706 01:25:04,888 --> 01:25:08,846 see the mirror of riches beyond wishing, 707 01:25:08,926 --> 01:25:11,656 where Mr. Tetley's buried. 708 01:25:11,729 --> 01:25:13,959 Halloway, look. 709 01:25:14,932 --> 01:25:17,127 Look here for the great and famous. 710 01:25:19,570 --> 01:25:24,131 Ed, the barman hero of all the football years. 711 01:25:25,409 --> 01:25:28,741 All his cheering crowds gone. 712 01:25:33,150 --> 01:25:37,849 Here, the looking glass of pride and ruined vanity, 713 01:25:37,921 --> 01:25:41,788 where wars of time are fought and lost. 714 01:25:42,792 --> 01:25:46,455 And now this. 715 01:25:46,529 --> 01:25:50,056 This is your glass of darkness, Mr. Halloway. 716 01:25:50,933 --> 01:25:53,732 Its name, regret. 717 01:25:54,570 --> 01:25:57,404 Its sum, despair. 718 01:26:16,426 --> 01:26:20,156 Drink deep its funeral sights and sounds. 719 01:26:22,466 --> 01:26:26,162 Your failure as a father and as a man. 720 01:26:28,205 --> 01:26:30,968 Your son hates you. 721 01:26:32,776 --> 01:26:36,109 You've lost him. He's mine. 722 01:26:36,180 --> 01:26:38,943 And young Jim Nightshade, too. 723 01:26:41,084 --> 01:26:43,382 Drown, Halloway. 724 01:26:44,655 --> 01:26:47,452 Drown in your regrets. 725 01:26:51,194 --> 01:26:53,719 Dad! 726 01:26:53,797 --> 01:26:55,821 Dad, please! 727 01:26:58,901 --> 01:27:01,563 I... 728 01:27:02,405 --> 01:27:04,397 I love you, 729 01:27:09,146 --> 01:27:11,614 I love you! 730 01:27:19,889 --> 01:27:22,915 Dad! Dad! 731 01:28:25,855 --> 01:28:30,086 King of the carnival, my son, 732 01:28:33,429 --> 01:28:37,593 My partner, forever, - Jim! 733 01:28:38,834 --> 01:28:42,132 Jim! Jim, no! 734 01:28:42,204 --> 01:28:44,764 Don't ditch me! 735 01:29:15,604 --> 01:29:19,232 Jim, please, Don't die, 736 01:29:19,307 --> 01:29:23,175 Stop that, do you hear? Stop it, 737 01:29:23,244 --> 01:29:25,144 Tears, that's what they like! 738 01:29:25,213 --> 01:29:28,308 My God, how they like tears! 739 01:29:29,652 --> 01:29:33,088 Look, that's no way to save young Jim, 740 01:29:38,560 --> 01:29:42,155 Jump around, eh? Whoop and holler, 741 01:29:42,230 --> 01:29:45,666 Come on, look at me, eh? Look at me, 742 01:29:45,734 --> 01:29:50,672 I'm the great whooping crane, Whoop, whoop, whoop, 743 01:29:53,775 --> 01:29:55,471 Come on, happiness makes 'em run, 744 01:30:04,119 --> 01:30:06,849 Dad, look, 745 01:30:10,458 --> 01:30:13,484 Hey Dad, he's alive! Jim! 746 01:30:23,304 --> 01:30:26,205 Let's get the hell outta here, 747 01:33:00,093 --> 01:33:02,688 And, tie! 748 01:33:20,281 --> 01:33:24,774 For my father, being old was all right now. 749 01:33:24,851 --> 01:33:27,285 He had freed himself from the shadows, 750 01:33:27,355 --> 01:33:30,517 and liberated our town. 751 01:33:30,591 --> 01:33:33,651 So, I think he knew on that bright morning, 752 01:33:33,727 --> 01:33:35,922 that he'd made a memory... 753 01:33:35,996 --> 01:33:39,591 that would live as long as sons tell sons 754 01:33:39,666 --> 01:33:43,693 about fathers they love.