1 00:00:23,422 --> 00:00:25,356 [Liquid Dripping] 2 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:31,255 [Man] You're gonna actually drive this deathtrap from Tennessee to California? 3 00:00:31,330 --> 00:00:34,493 - You're sayin' I'm not? - I'm sayin' you won't make it past that tree. 4 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:39,095 - Hey, Novalee, you plannin' on leavin' today? - In the bathroom, WillyJack. 5 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:41,231 Why don't she just move in to the damn bathroom? 6 00:00:41,307 --> 00:00:44,174 - Get all those pictures and knickknacks. - I'm ready. 7 00:00:44,243 --> 00:00:47,007 - I'm ready to go. - Now, hold on, hold on. 8 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:49,604 Now I gotta go. 9 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:54,346 - We'll miss you, Novalee. - You know the floor's missin'. 10 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:57,981 WillyJack got the whole car for 80 bucks. He had to fix everything on it. 11 00:00:58,057 --> 00:01:03,791 And here's the best part. No fives. 12 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:06,195 - You and your fives. - What fives? 13 00:01:06,265 --> 00:01:11,828 On my fifth birthday, my mama ran off with a baseball umpire named Fred and never came back. 14 00:01:11,904 --> 00:01:15,101 After I dropped out of school and was waitin' tables at Red's, 15 00:01:15,174 --> 00:01:17,335 one of the regulars there named Gladys went crazy. 16 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:20,106 When I tried to calm her down she jumped at me with a steak knife... 17 00:01:20,179 --> 00:01:23,012 and cut me from my wrist to my elbow. 18 00:01:23,082 --> 00:01:25,414 And what's that got to do with fives? 19 00:01:25,484 --> 00:01:27,611 It took 55 stitches to close her up. 20 00:01:27,687 --> 00:01:29,655 I don't like fives. 21 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:36,823 - That's it. Let's hit it. Let's go, let's go! - Hon, 22 00:01:39,031 --> 00:01:41,727 will you take a picture of us with my new camera? 23 00:01:45,304 --> 00:01:50,207 - Wait! - All around, let's go. Come on, come on! 24 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:53,803 - I'm gonna miss you. Call me, okay? - All right. Bye. 25 00:01:56,349 --> 00:01:58,647 All right. Bye. 26 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:01,346 - Jesus, finally. It's already 5:00. - 5:00? 27 00:02:28,347 --> 00:02:31,839 I hope we can a place to live that overlooks the ocean. 28 00:02:31,917 --> 00:02:35,353 Hell, Novalee, you can't see the ocean from Bakersfield. 29 00:02:35,421 --> 00:02:38,652 Well... well, maybe a pond then. 30 00:02:38,724 --> 00:02:41,557 I wanna get one of those patio tables with an umbrella over it... 31 00:02:41,627 --> 00:02:45,996 where we can sit with the baby and drink chocolate milk and watch the sun go down. 32 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:50,868 I've never lived anyplace that didn't have wheels under it. 33 00:02:52,004 --> 00:02:55,201 Hey. Hey! [Whistles] 34 00:02:58,711 --> 00:03:02,408 [music][Radio: Rock] 35 00:03:02,481 --> 00:03:05,314 [WillyJack Singing] [Music] Sometimes I wonder [music] 36 00:03:05,384 --> 00:03:08,319 [Music] Will I ever make it home [music] 37 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:14,621 - [Snoring] - [Music] Sometimes I wonder [music] 38 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:17,356 [Music] Will I ever make it home [music] 39 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:19,364 [Continues Snoring] 40 00:03:20,866 --> 00:03:23,733 [Music] I been gone so long [music] Hey! 41 00:03:26,305 --> 00:03:30,173 Hey, Novalee, wake up! You sound like a damn pig. 42 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:35,508 Jesus. What the hell's the matter with you? 43 00:03:36,849 --> 00:03:39,079 And where are your shoes? 44 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:48,819 That's just great. That's great. 45 00:03:49,995 --> 00:03:52,964 My feet are swollen. I had to take 'em off. 46 00:03:54,767 --> 00:03:57,759 Ooh! 47 00:03:57,837 --> 00:03:59,930 Wanna feel the baby? 48 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,140 Here. 49 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:07,445 - Feel that? - No. 50 00:04:10,116 --> 00:04:13,882 Right there. Feel that little bomp-bomp-bomp? 51 00:04:15,087 --> 00:04:17,055 That's where the heart is. 52 00:04:20,292 --> 00:04:23,022 Couldn't prove it by me. 53 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:30,069 - Ooh! - Would ya... The hell... 54 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:31,730 - Ooh! - Would ya... The hell... 55 00:04:31,804 --> 00:04:34,637 Wal-Mart. I can go to the bathroom. 56 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:37,904 [Horns Honking] 57 00:04:43,582 --> 00:04:47,780 - All right. Hurry up. - Hon, I'm gonna need some money. 58 00:04:47,853 --> 00:04:51,983 - They gonna charge you to pee? - I have to get some house shoes. 59 00:04:52,057 --> 00:04:54,753 I gotta get some kind of shoes. 60 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:00,663 - All right. Get you some house shoes. - Come on. 61 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:03,634 Get you some green polky-dot house shoes. 62 00:05:05,004 --> 00:05:07,802 That way everyone will be sure to notice you. 63 00:05:12,978 --> 00:05:14,912 [Man Over Loudspeaker, Indistinct] 64 00:05:14,980 --> 00:05:17,346 - Bathroom, bathroom? - All the way to the back. 65 00:05:17,416 --> 00:05:19,350 Thank you. 66 00:05:21,754 --> 00:05:25,918 You all got yourself a beautiful child here. Be an award-winning picture. 67 00:05:25,991 --> 00:05:29,950 I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up on a cereal box. Steve, look at me. 68 00:05:30,029 --> 00:05:32,725 - Say "cheese" for me. - Cheese. 69 00:05:37,236 --> 00:05:40,797 [music] [Humming] 70 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:43,808 [Woman] Do you mind? 71 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:52,044 [Toilet Flushes] 72 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:55,987 [music] [Continues Humming] 73 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:01,952 Thank you. 74 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:07,432 [Novalee Sighs Loudly] 75 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:13,264 - [Sighs Ecstatically] - Mommy! 76 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:17,168 [Register Beeping] 77 00:06:22,081 --> 00:06:25,517 - Ma'am, here's your change. - Hmm? Oh, sorry. 78 00:06:25,584 --> 00:06:28,280 Five dollars and 55 cents. 79 00:06:29,388 --> 00:06:33,848 - No! - Ma'am! 80 00:06:35,761 --> 00:06:38,161 [Whimpering] 81 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:12,697 Ma'am? Ma'am? 82 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:16,125 You left these at the counter. 83 00:07:19,104 --> 00:07:21,038 And your change. 84 00:07:23,709 --> 00:07:27,236 - Are you all right? - Uh-huh. 85 00:07:28,547 --> 00:07:32,142 I... just... 86 00:07:32,217 --> 00:07:36,779 My boyfriend... went to get the car fixed. 87 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:41,215 He'll pick me up. 88 00:07:41,293 --> 00:07:44,888 Well, have a nice day. 89 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:26,970 Well, Ruth Ann Mott. 90 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:30,497 Why, honey, just look at you! Little Ruth Ann Mott. 91 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:34,068 Honey, I haven't seen you since your mama passed. What's that... 10, 11 years? 92 00:08:34,146 --> 00:08:37,707 - I'm not... - Don't you remember me? I'm Sister Husband. 93 00:08:37,783 --> 00:08:43,380 Oh, you remember me. You used to call me "Telma" because you couldn't say Thelma. 94 00:08:43,455 --> 00:08:46,913 [Laughs] Can you say "Thelma"? 95 00:08:46,992 --> 00:08:49,722 - Thelma. - Good! 96 00:08:49,795 --> 00:08:54,357 Oh, Lord, look at you... havin' a baby. 97 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:57,527 - So, you just move back home, Ruth Ann? - See, I'm not who... 98 00:08:57,603 --> 00:09:01,061 Oh, you know what they say: "Home is where your history begins. 99 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:05,406 Home is where they catch you when you fall." 100 00:09:05,477 --> 00:09:07,445 That's what the late Brother Husband used to say. 101 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:10,482 Brother Husband... was he your husband? 102 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:14,645 No, he was my brother, a real man of God. 103 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,123 - You read the Bible, Ruthie? - Not as much as I should. 104 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:21,921 Good. I think that's good. 105 00:09:21,994 --> 00:09:24,428 Folks read too much of it. They just get confused. 106 00:09:24,496 --> 00:09:28,262 That's why I like to hand out just one chapter at a time. 107 00:09:28,333 --> 00:09:33,532 That way, folks can deal with their confusion as it comes. 108 00:09:34,873 --> 00:09:38,775 Come on. Come on. You're comin' with me. Come on. 109 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:42,837 I'm not gonna let you get away empty-handed. 110 00:09:42,915 --> 00:09:47,784 Now, on behalf of the Merchants and Businessmen's Association... 111 00:09:47,853 --> 00:09:49,787 of the city of Sequoyah, Oklahoma, 112 00:09:49,855 --> 00:09:53,951 I do present you with this basket of gifts and merchandise. 113 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:57,723 - Thank you. - Looky here, Ruth Ann, you got, um, discount coupons... 114 00:09:57,796 --> 00:10:01,664 and matches, a map of the city, emery boards... oh, oh, yeah. 115 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:05,568 Now, you see this little appointment book? I ran out of these last week, 116 00:10:05,637 --> 00:10:08,538 so I had to put two or three of my own appointments in this one, 117 00:10:08,607 --> 00:10:11,667 but if you're not an alcoholic, you'll know those meetin's aren't for you. 118 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:15,578 - No, ma'am, I'm not. - Good. I think that's good. 119 00:10:15,647 --> 00:10:19,310 Oh, yeah, one more thing. 120 00:10:21,019 --> 00:10:25,922 - What is that? - This is a buckeye tree. Brings you good luck. 121 00:10:25,991 --> 00:10:29,427 Here, take it. There. 122 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:32,896 Well, good-bye, Ruth Ann. 123 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:37,664 You know it was real nice to see you again. Hmm. And welcome home! 124 00:10:42,407 --> 00:10:46,138 I'm in the phone book. You come and see me anytime you want. 125 00:10:46,211 --> 00:10:48,270 And bring that baby. 126 00:10:51,383 --> 00:10:53,317 [Engine Starts, Backfires] 127 00:11:32,491 --> 00:11:35,221 Excuse me. 128 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:38,525 - Would you like a picture of your baby? - Hmm? 129 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:42,465 - I'm not... I mean, I'm still... - Oh, well, I mean, after. 130 00:11:42,534 --> 00:11:46,095 - Oh! - [Chuckling] Of course. 131 00:11:46,171 --> 00:11:49,106 Wow! What kind of camera is that? 132 00:11:49,174 --> 00:11:51,108 This is a Rollei. 133 00:11:51,176 --> 00:11:54,339 - There aren't many made like this here. - It's a beauty. 134 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:57,007 My name is Moses... Moses Whitecotton. 135 00:11:57,082 --> 00:11:59,209 Novalee Nation. 136 00:11:59,284 --> 00:12:01,616 Novalee Nation... that's a good strong name. 137 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:04,417 You know, a name's important. 138 00:12:04,489 --> 00:12:07,253 Have you picked out a name for your baby yet? 139 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:11,126 Well, I was thinkin' about "Wendi" with an "I." 140 00:12:11,196 --> 00:12:13,858 Oh, don't you dare. 141 00:12:13,932 --> 00:12:17,993 Give that baby a name that means somethin', a good, sturdy name. 142 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:21,699 Here. 143 00:12:21,773 --> 00:12:26,107 I'm here the first Friday of every month, 12:00 to 6:00. Take care. 144 00:12:28,547 --> 00:12:32,347 And remember: Give that baby a name that means somethin', you hear? 145 00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:35,952 I will, I promise. 146 00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:40,358 [Woman Over P.A.] Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers. 147 00:12:40,425 --> 00:12:43,690 It is 9:00, and Wal-Mart is closing. 148 00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:47,664 Please bring your final selections to the checkout counters. 149 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:51,567 Wal-Mart will open again at 9:00 tomorrow morning, 150 00:12:51,637 --> 00:12:55,300 and, as always, thank you for shopping Wal-Mart. 151 00:12:59,211 --> 00:13:01,076 [Gasps Softly] 152 00:13:01,146 --> 00:13:04,449 Oh. Oh. 153 00:13:04,582 --> 00:13:06,812 [Coughing] 154 00:13:08,019 --> 00:13:09,953 [Toilet Flushes] 155 00:13:47,058 --> 00:13:49,686 [Radio] [Music] You said you was the king of love [music] 156 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,694 [music] [Continues, Indistinct] 157 00:14:14,652 --> 00:14:17,246 - Hi. - Hey. 158 00:14:17,321 --> 00:14:19,949 You, uh... you need a hand? 159 00:14:21,025 --> 00:14:22,925 I need a lift. 160 00:14:25,229 --> 00:14:27,322 So, where you goin'? 161 00:14:27,398 --> 00:14:31,391 Anywhere but here. Where you goin'? 162 00:14:31,469 --> 00:14:34,438 - Vegas. - Cool. 163 00:14:36,974 --> 00:14:39,602 Whoa-whoa-whoa. Hey, hey. No. No. 164 00:14:49,887 --> 00:14:51,821 Thanks. 165 00:16:16,507 --> 00:16:21,240 [Music] We could wait on that plan make all new strategy [music] 166 00:16:21,312 --> 00:16:25,772 [Music]And when it hits the fan make it what we want it to be [music] 167 00:16:25,850 --> 00:16:31,618 [Music]And wanna get higher then higher than you've ever been [music] 168 00:16:31,689 --> 00:16:34,749 [Music] What about you What about you [music] 169 00:16:34,825 --> 00:16:39,592 [Music]Shake it up, shake it down You can feel it all around [music] 170 00:16:41,065 --> 00:16:43,795 [Thunder Rumbling] 171 00:16:55,012 --> 00:16:58,971 [Radio] [Music] I know that your memory lives [music] 172 00:16:59,050 --> 00:17:01,746 - [Girl] You know, you're almost out of gas. - Yeah. 173 00:17:01,819 --> 00:17:06,483 Some son of a bitch stole my wallet last night right out of my damn hotel room. 174 00:17:10,061 --> 00:17:12,655 Maybe this'll help. 175 00:17:12,730 --> 00:17:14,664 Hey! 176 00:17:18,069 --> 00:17:22,472 Well, I tell you what. You want it? 177 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:25,771 Glide on over here and get it. 178 00:17:25,843 --> 00:17:28,471 Maybe I will. 179 00:17:28,546 --> 00:17:31,310 Maybe you'll get yourself a nice big surprise. 180 00:17:36,554 --> 00:17:38,681 [Siren Blaring] 181 00:17:40,658 --> 00:17:43,456 Shit. 182 00:17:43,527 --> 00:17:48,658 $218 in your pocket and 14 cartons of Winston Light 100s... 183 00:17:48,733 --> 00:17:52,066 in a plastic sack in the trunk of your car. 184 00:17:52,136 --> 00:17:56,470 By the strangest damn coincidence, that's exactly what someone stole... 185 00:17:56,540 --> 00:17:59,634 from the 7-11 store about two hours ago. 186 00:17:59,710 --> 00:18:03,612 Not to mention... Jolene, how old are you these days? 187 00:18:03,681 --> 00:18:07,139 - Fourteen. - Oh? Fourteen. 188 00:18:08,719 --> 00:18:10,653 [Grunting] 189 00:18:14,024 --> 00:18:19,724 [Alarm Clock Rings, Clicks Off] 190 00:18:40,384 --> 00:18:43,547 [Voices] 191 00:18:46,223 --> 00:18:48,157 [Chattering] 192 00:18:50,427 --> 00:18:53,658 - I cleaned the bathroom the other day. - And you did such a good job... 193 00:18:53,731 --> 00:18:56,666 - you get to do it again! - [All Laugh] 194 00:19:31,335 --> 00:19:33,860 [Prisoner] Hey, sweet thing. 195 00:19:37,775 --> 00:19:41,472 - [music] [Radio Starts] - [Alarm Clock Rings] 196 00:19:58,963 --> 00:20:01,056 [Music] Comes down to just one moment [music] 197 00:20:01,131 --> 00:20:04,123 [Music]No way you can control it [music] 198 00:20:04,201 --> 00:20:08,467 [Music]Somehow your heart will know the place and time [music] 199 00:20:08,539 --> 00:20:12,737 [Music]It won't change your world but it just might change your life [music] 200 00:20:27,057 --> 00:20:28,991 [Cooing] 201 00:21:16,106 --> 00:21:19,166 - [Man] What do you want? - Uh, 202 00:21:19,243 --> 00:21:22,440 I'm lookin' for... for a book. 203 00:21:22,513 --> 00:21:24,504 What kind of book? 204 00:21:24,581 --> 00:21:27,641 About... about trees. 205 00:21:28,719 --> 00:21:30,914 Trees? 206 00:21:30,988 --> 00:21:33,149 Yeah. 207 00:21:34,725 --> 00:21:37,819 You know. 208 00:21:37,895 --> 00:21:41,831 Forestry? Environment? Agriculture? Botany? What do you want to know about trees? 209 00:21:41,899 --> 00:21:45,733 Well, a few weeks ago somebody gave me a buckeye tree. 210 00:21:45,803 --> 00:21:49,705 Buckeye... horse chestnut... 211 00:21:49,773 --> 00:21:54,233 belongs to the genus Aesculus, of the family Hippocastanaccae. 212 00:21:54,311 --> 00:21:58,680 L-I think it's dyin'... my tree. I could show it to the people who gave it to me, 213 00:21:58,749 --> 00:22:01,684 but I'm embarrassed to let them see how sick I let it get. 214 00:22:01,752 --> 00:22:05,017 - There. Look up "buckeye" in the index. - The what? 215 00:22:05,089 --> 00:22:08,115 I'll start slower. These are called "books." 216 00:22:08,192 --> 00:22:10,922 - Are you still with me? Here. - Hey. 217 00:22:13,330 --> 00:22:17,061 Uh, there. See? Read. 218 00:22:17,134 --> 00:22:20,763 "Leaf rot. Root damage. Nit... Nitro... 219 00:22:20,838 --> 00:22:24,604 "Nit... Nitrogen d... def... 220 00:22:24,675 --> 00:22:28,475 defic..." [Sighs] 221 00:22:28,545 --> 00:22:32,572 - "Defic..." - Deficiency! Keep reading. 222 00:22:32,649 --> 00:22:35,277 Also buckeye... 223 00:22:35,352 --> 00:22:37,286 Mm-hmm. 224 00:22:38,355 --> 00:22:40,789 [Glass Breaks, Woman Cries Out] 225 00:22:42,793 --> 00:22:44,988 Excuse me. 226 00:22:49,933 --> 00:22:51,867 [Door Opens] 227 00:22:54,304 --> 00:22:57,171 Well, I don't know how I could have made such a mistake. 228 00:22:57,241 --> 00:23:00,074 You don't look like Ruth Ann at all, do you? [Laughs] 229 00:23:00,144 --> 00:23:03,045 It's good to see you again, darlin'. You come right on in. 230 00:23:03,113 --> 00:23:07,812 I want you to meet my gentleman, Mr. Sprock. 231 00:23:07,885 --> 00:23:11,048 - Mr. Sprock? Mr. Sprock. - Hmm? 232 00:23:11,121 --> 00:23:16,024 - Oh, how do you do? - Buttermilk? 233 00:23:23,534 --> 00:23:27,800 Dear Lord, we pray that You will bless this food... 234 00:23:27,871 --> 00:23:30,362 to the nourishment of our bodies, 235 00:23:30,441 --> 00:23:35,105 and we pray, Lord, for a safe delivery and a healthy child... 236 00:23:35,179 --> 00:23:37,647 for our new friend. 237 00:23:37,714 --> 00:23:42,378 And we ask forgiveness, Lord, for the fornication that Mr. Sprock and me... 238 00:23:42,453 --> 00:23:45,445 have committed again this afternoon. 239 00:23:45,522 --> 00:23:47,854 Amen. 240 00:23:47,925 --> 00:23:50,553 - Amen. - Amen. 241 00:23:55,432 --> 00:23:58,765 I'll come by every day to take care of it. You won't have to do a thing. 242 00:23:58,836 --> 00:24:01,828 - Oh, good. - Now, if it's any kind of bother, I could... 243 00:24:01,905 --> 00:24:05,397 Oh, no, no, darlin'. I meant it's good that you'll be by every day. 244 00:24:05,476 --> 00:24:10,470 - Why, we'd sure be glad to see you. - Oh. 245 00:24:10,547 --> 00:24:12,538 Although, you know, I have to say, 246 00:24:12,616 --> 00:24:16,017 I don't know what kind of people you're staying with that won't let you plant a tree. 247 00:24:16,086 --> 00:24:19,351 - Well, they're... - And what's gonna happen when you have your baby? 248 00:24:20,858 --> 00:24:24,316 L... I'm not sure. 249 00:24:24,394 --> 00:24:26,726 Let me help you there, Mr. Sprock. 250 00:24:28,499 --> 00:24:32,731 - Hey, Rosita! How you doin' today? - Good! 251 00:24:35,272 --> 00:24:37,399 [Sighs] 252 00:24:37,474 --> 00:24:39,840 You know, the book in the "libary" said the highest spot in the yard... 253 00:24:39,910 --> 00:24:44,347 - is the best place to plant the tree. - Oh, you must have met Forney. 254 00:24:44,414 --> 00:24:46,348 - Who? - [Wheezing] 255 00:24:46,416 --> 00:24:48,543 [Continues Wheezing] 256 00:24:48,619 --> 00:24:53,022 - You all right, Mr. Sprock? - Oh, I'm fine. A little emphysema. 257 00:24:53,090 --> 00:24:58,221 - It's nothin' serious. - You know, he makes that noise whenever he exerts himself? 258 00:24:59,296 --> 00:25:01,730 - Who's "Thorny"? - Forney. 259 00:25:01,798 --> 00:25:05,894 Forney Hull... brilliant man, lives in the "libary." 260 00:25:05,969 --> 00:25:08,961 - Brilliant. - There's no tellin' what he might have done in this world... 261 00:25:09,039 --> 00:25:11,064 if he'd been allowed to finish his schoolin'. 262 00:25:11,141 --> 00:25:14,304 Why didn't he? 263 00:25:14,378 --> 00:25:16,312 The Lord gives us obstacles. 264 00:25:18,682 --> 00:25:21,708 [Train Whistle Blowing] 265 00:25:47,511 --> 00:25:49,445 [Gasps] 266 00:25:51,114 --> 00:25:53,048 [Thunder Rumbles] 267 00:26:02,159 --> 00:26:04,855 [Gasps, Moans] 268 00:26:04,928 --> 00:26:06,953 [Panting] 269 00:26:14,938 --> 00:26:17,873 [Gasps, Moans] 270 00:26:30,054 --> 00:26:32,852 [Thunder Rumbles] 271 00:26:43,634 --> 00:26:45,829 [Groaning] 272 00:26:57,781 --> 00:27:00,648 [Sobbing] 273 00:27:05,823 --> 00:27:07,757 [Cries Out] 274 00:27:13,497 --> 00:27:18,434 [Wailing] 275 00:27:23,107 --> 00:27:26,042 [Continues Whimpering, Crying] 276 00:27:43,127 --> 00:27:46,062 [Grunting] 277 00:27:47,631 --> 00:27:50,759 [Screaming] 278 00:27:58,542 --> 00:28:01,409 [Screaming Echoes] 279 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,657 I hope you're not hungry, 'cause it's Tuesday. 280 00:28:19,930 --> 00:28:22,899 Friday is the best breakfast day... they have bacon. 281 00:28:22,966 --> 00:28:26,197 - I'm Lexie... Lexie Coop. - Hi. 282 00:28:26,270 --> 00:28:29,205 - Hi. - Where'd all these flowers come from? 283 00:28:29,273 --> 00:28:31,707 All over. You're a big celebrity. 284 00:28:31,775 --> 00:28:34,437 They're reporters here. Lean up. 285 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,014 See? 286 00:28:41,985 --> 00:28:45,182 - TV! They've been here all night. - What for? 287 00:28:45,255 --> 00:28:48,190 For you! They wanna talk to you. 288 00:28:48,258 --> 00:28:50,192 - Me? - Of course. 289 00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:52,751 Everybody wants to talk to the mother of the Wal-Mart baby. 290 00:28:52,829 --> 00:28:56,492 - Am I in trouble? Are they gonna arrest me? - What for? 291 00:28:56,567 --> 00:29:00,628 - For livin' in the Wal-Mart. - Arrest you? 292 00:29:00,704 --> 00:29:04,435 Is the hospital gonna keep my baby? Where is she? 293 00:29:04,508 --> 00:29:07,500 - Why would the hospital keep your baby? - Because I can't pay. 294 00:29:07,578 --> 00:29:12,038 It's like... it's like a restaurant... when you can't pay, they make you wash dishes. 295 00:29:12,115 --> 00:29:15,516 I don't know what they're gonna make me do. 296 00:29:15,586 --> 00:29:19,352 - No. No. - I'm broke. I got nothin'. 297 00:29:19,423 --> 00:29:23,223 I have no family, no job, and I got a baby. 298 00:29:24,461 --> 00:29:27,396 I know what you need. 299 00:29:31,068 --> 00:29:35,596 - [Gurgling] - Yes, you're okay. Look who we're going to see. 300 00:29:35,672 --> 00:29:38,573 [Gasps] Say, "It's about time." 301 00:29:47,951 --> 00:29:50,784 - Does that help? - [Gurgling] 302 00:29:50,854 --> 00:29:52,788 Oh, oh, yeah. 303 00:29:54,024 --> 00:29:57,551 How can you love someone so much you just met? 304 00:30:00,430 --> 00:30:04,594 Forney's okay too. Doctor stitched him up and sent him on home. 305 00:30:04,668 --> 00:30:07,364 - Forney? The "libary" guy? - Mm-hmm. 306 00:30:07,437 --> 00:30:10,270 - Yeah. - Why? What happened to him? 307 00:30:10,340 --> 00:30:13,571 He jumped through a plate-glass window to deliver your baby. 308 00:30:13,644 --> 00:30:15,942 - Don't you remember? - That was him? 309 00:30:17,981 --> 00:30:20,575 - [Fussing] - Oh. 310 00:30:20,651 --> 00:30:24,519 So, what are you gonna name her? 311 00:30:25,589 --> 00:30:28,080 Oh, that's right. 312 00:30:28,158 --> 00:30:32,060 [Lexie] "Americus"? How the hell'd you come up with a name like Americus? 313 00:30:32,129 --> 00:30:36,361 [Novalee] I wanted her to have a strong name, a name that stood for somethin'. 314 00:30:36,433 --> 00:30:40,164 - Ooh. Aw. - [Baby Crying] 315 00:30:40,237 --> 00:30:43,331 Well, I guess I should talk. I call my kids after snack foods: 316 00:30:43,407 --> 00:30:45,705 Brownie, Praline, Cherry and Baby Ruth. 317 00:30:45,776 --> 00:30:48,370 - You got four? You don't look old enough. - Yep. 318 00:30:48,445 --> 00:30:51,744 Well, I started when I was 15, and I just couldn't stop. 319 00:30:51,815 --> 00:30:55,751 I wanted to find the first one a daddy, but all I got out of that was another baby. 320 00:30:55,819 --> 00:30:59,220 So, I wanted to find 'em both a daddy, and so on, and so on. 321 00:30:59,289 --> 00:31:02,122 - I think I'm goin' about this the wrong way. - [Chuckles] 322 00:31:02,192 --> 00:31:05,389 Hey! There she is! That's the Wal-Mart mommy! 323 00:31:05,462 --> 00:31:08,898 Now, how long were you living in the Wal-Mart? 324 00:31:11,635 --> 00:31:14,399 Uh, uh, 325 00:31:14,471 --> 00:31:18,066 - six weeks. - And what was it like? 326 00:31:21,978 --> 00:31:23,912 You know. 327 00:31:25,148 --> 00:31:27,116 [Giggles] 328 00:31:27,184 --> 00:31:29,516 Have you spoken to the father? 329 00:31:32,022 --> 00:31:36,652 Novalee, if I was you, I'd rule out a career in broadcastin'. 330 00:31:36,727 --> 00:31:41,221 - Why would anyone write anything so hurtful? - What's it say? 331 00:31:41,298 --> 00:31:46,361 "A baby born out of holy wedlock is an abomination in the eyes of God." 332 00:31:46,436 --> 00:31:49,428 - [Sighs] - My baby is not an abomination. 333 00:31:49,506 --> 00:31:52,964 - Screw 'em. - Midnight, Mississippi. 334 00:31:59,816 --> 00:32:03,775 Oh, my. This one's sad. 335 00:32:03,854 --> 00:32:08,382 "I gave birth to a baby in a V.W. Van where I lived for nearly a year." 336 00:32:08,458 --> 00:32:12,326 [Sighs] " My baby didn't make it. I hope yours does. 337 00:32:12,396 --> 00:32:15,593 I don't have much else to offer you, but I know that some money might help, 338 00:32:15,665 --> 00:32:18,225 so I enclose $10." 339 00:32:19,569 --> 00:32:22,003 Can you believe that? 340 00:32:27,511 --> 00:32:29,979 - "Duda," Texas. - [Chuckles] 341 00:32:31,448 --> 00:32:34,178 "I wish I could send you some money, but I don't have any. 342 00:32:34,251 --> 00:32:36,845 What I can offer you is a good home." 343 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,854 Send her the $10. 344 00:32:40,223 --> 00:32:42,817 Lexie, one of your kids is on the phone. 345 00:32:42,893 --> 00:32:45,157 Which one? 346 00:32:45,228 --> 00:32:48,664 I don't know. Pez, Twinkie... one of 'em. 347 00:32:48,732 --> 00:32:53,066 - [Scoffs] I'll be right back. - [Giggles] 348 00:32:57,641 --> 00:32:59,575 - [Woman] Is Novalee in there? - [Lexie] Yes, ma'am. 349 00:33:04,981 --> 00:33:06,915 Well, 350 00:33:06,983 --> 00:33:10,851 I hope you don't think this kid's gonna call me "Grandma." 351 00:33:10,921 --> 00:33:13,082 I'm sorry, ma'am, but visiting hours are not until... [Gasps] 352 00:33:13,156 --> 00:33:15,522 - Are when? - Right now. 353 00:33:15,592 --> 00:33:17,685 Yes. Thank you. 354 00:33:19,796 --> 00:33:23,357 - Mama? - I thought you'd be surprised. 355 00:33:25,902 --> 00:33:29,770 - How'd you know I was here? - There ya are. 356 00:33:31,641 --> 00:33:35,338 I saw your fabulous interview on the television, 357 00:33:35,412 --> 00:33:38,779 and I hopped right in the car, and here I am. 358 00:33:40,784 --> 00:33:44,982 Oh, I must have been in that damn car, like, ten hours, I'm tellin' you. 359 00:33:45,055 --> 00:33:47,546 From where? 360 00:33:49,326 --> 00:33:51,260 New Orleans. 361 00:33:52,762 --> 00:33:56,391 I been livin' there about, um... 362 00:33:56,466 --> 00:33:58,400 Huh. 363 00:33:58,468 --> 00:34:01,266 I guess I been livin' there about two, three years now. 364 00:34:01,338 --> 00:34:03,636 - With Fred? - Who? 365 00:34:03,707 --> 00:34:05,937 Fred, the umpire. 366 00:34:06,009 --> 00:34:08,341 [Scoffs] 367 00:34:09,412 --> 00:34:12,472 That shithead? Oh, my God! 368 00:34:12,549 --> 00:34:15,074 [Laughing] Jesus! 369 00:34:15,151 --> 00:34:17,312 What in God's name made you think of him? 370 00:34:19,723 --> 00:34:22,317 Because he was the reason you left. 371 00:34:22,392 --> 00:34:25,987 - Left what? - Me. 372 00:34:27,264 --> 00:34:30,825 Oh, geez. Now, 373 00:34:30,901 --> 00:34:32,835 sweetie, look. 374 00:34:32,903 --> 00:34:35,770 [Scoffs] That is all water under the bridge. 375 00:34:35,839 --> 00:34:38,808 I didn't drive here for ten hours to reminisce with you, all right? 376 00:34:38,875 --> 00:34:41,901 - Well, then why did you come? - Well, I thought you could use some help. 377 00:34:41,978 --> 00:34:44,344 You didn't look too good up there. You... 378 00:34:44,414 --> 00:34:48,373 Livin' in the Wal-Mart is not my idea of a big success. 379 00:34:48,451 --> 00:34:51,477 - How are you gonna help? - I don't know. 380 00:34:54,357 --> 00:34:56,689 - You got a man? - No. 381 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,196 It's not one of those artificial "spermination" things is it? 382 00:35:00,263 --> 00:35:01,992 No. 383 00:35:02,065 --> 00:35:05,228 Then where is the prick who put you in this mess? 384 00:35:05,302 --> 00:35:07,497 California. 385 00:35:07,571 --> 00:35:10,870 [Laughs] Well, that figures. 386 00:35:10,941 --> 00:35:13,569 All the pricks... they move to California. 387 00:35:13,643 --> 00:35:15,907 They ought to call it "Prick-ifornia." 388 00:35:20,116 --> 00:35:22,209 Got a place to live? 389 00:35:23,753 --> 00:35:28,053 Sweetie, look. You are going to need a place to take this baby. 390 00:35:28,124 --> 00:35:32,254 Maybe you should think about movin' into Sears. I hear Kmart is really nice. 391 00:35:32,329 --> 00:35:34,991 Did you come all this way just to make fun of me? 392 00:35:35,065 --> 00:35:37,932 God, no. 393 00:35:38,001 --> 00:35:40,595 Jesus. 394 00:35:40,670 --> 00:35:44,629 - [Stamping Out Ash] - I didn't. I wanted... 395 00:35:44,708 --> 00:35:47,905 [Laughing Nervously] To help my child with her child, is all. 396 00:35:51,681 --> 00:35:55,117 - You want me to go? - No. 397 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,411 All right then. [Chuckles] 398 00:35:59,489 --> 00:36:01,719 - When are they lettin' you out? - Tomorrow. 399 00:36:03,026 --> 00:36:04,960 Hmm. 400 00:36:05,028 --> 00:36:08,191 Well, I'm not in any hurry to move on. 401 00:36:08,264 --> 00:36:12,132 Maybe I could find a place... you and me and the baby. 402 00:36:13,536 --> 00:36:16,266 You mean like... like a home? 403 00:36:18,108 --> 00:36:20,076 Uh... 404 00:36:20,143 --> 00:36:23,078 home, apartment, whatever... till you get on your feet. 405 00:36:23,146 --> 00:36:25,478 I got me a little money. [Chuckles] 406 00:36:25,548 --> 00:36:29,951 Oh, I got money. The president of Wal-Mart sent me $500. 407 00:36:32,255 --> 00:36:34,189 Why? 408 00:36:36,459 --> 00:36:39,656 - He's not the father of the child, is he? - No. 409 00:36:39,729 --> 00:36:43,665 - Aw, shit. - No, he just wanted to be nice. 410 00:36:43,733 --> 00:36:47,328 They offered me any job in any Wal-Mart in the country. 411 00:36:47,404 --> 00:36:49,338 Wow. [Chuckles] 412 00:36:51,141 --> 00:36:53,075 So. 413 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:59,476 I'm thinkin', 414 00:36:59,549 --> 00:37:03,349 what with your money and my money together, 415 00:37:03,420 --> 00:37:05,911 we might be able to find us a real decent place, 416 00:37:05,989 --> 00:37:10,153 so I don't want you to worry about anything anymore, 417 00:37:10,226 --> 00:37:12,626 'cause Mama Lil is here now. 418 00:37:12,696 --> 00:37:17,292 Why don't you come by and pick us up tomorrow... me and Americus... 9:00 a.m.? 419 00:37:19,135 --> 00:37:21,069 On the dot. [Chuckles] 420 00:37:27,377 --> 00:37:32,713 So, I got me a lot of stuff to do. We gotta get diapers and blankets... 421 00:37:32,782 --> 00:37:34,773 and a cradle. 422 00:37:34,851 --> 00:37:37,217 - Mama? - Yeah? 423 00:37:37,287 --> 00:37:39,187 Thank you for comin'. 424 00:37:40,824 --> 00:37:42,758 You bet. 425 00:37:46,096 --> 00:37:48,030 [Baby Fussing] 426 00:37:53,536 --> 00:37:55,561 It's okay, baby. It's okay. 427 00:37:55,638 --> 00:37:57,572 You're okay. 428 00:38:06,282 --> 00:38:09,217 Maybe you should try to call whoever's pickin' you up. 429 00:38:09,285 --> 00:38:11,583 I don't know where she's stayin'. 430 00:38:11,654 --> 00:38:14,350 I could call a cab for you. Where you goin'? 431 00:38:19,796 --> 00:38:21,730 [Baby Crying] 432 00:38:30,406 --> 00:38:33,239 Five hundred dollars... I should have known. 433 00:38:44,721 --> 00:38:46,780 [Horn Honking] 434 00:38:56,466 --> 00:38:59,094 Hey. 435 00:39:06,209 --> 00:39:08,473 [Sighs] 436 00:39:08,545 --> 00:39:10,740 Well, look at all this. 437 00:39:10,814 --> 00:39:13,977 [Chuckles] And look at you. 438 00:39:14,050 --> 00:39:17,417 Oh, yes, you're just as cute today as you were yesterday, 439 00:39:19,189 --> 00:39:21,521 - maybe cuter. - Yeah. 440 00:39:23,693 --> 00:39:28,323 Well, you know that tree... 441 00:39:28,398 --> 00:39:31,526 your tree that you planted in my yard? 442 00:39:31,601 --> 00:39:34,798 I've been tryin' to take care of it, and I just don't have the feel for it. 443 00:39:34,871 --> 00:39:37,465 I don't have the time either. 444 00:39:37,540 --> 00:39:42,443 So, I thought maybe if you and the baby came to stay with me for a while... 445 00:39:42,512 --> 00:39:44,776 that you could take care of it for me. 446 00:39:46,416 --> 00:39:48,646 Sure help me out a lot. 447 00:39:50,253 --> 00:39:52,187 Okay. 448 00:40:02,565 --> 00:40:04,624 - [Woman] Forney! - What? 449 00:40:04,701 --> 00:40:08,034 - Where are you? - I'm just putting the dishes in the sink. 450 00:40:08,104 --> 00:40:11,471 - Forney? - I'll be... I'll be right back. 451 00:40:11,541 --> 00:40:15,443 - Forney. Forney! - [Knocking] - We're closed! 452 00:40:17,347 --> 00:40:19,941 Look, we're... 453 00:40:20,016 --> 00:40:22,314 Hi. 454 00:40:22,385 --> 00:40:24,285 Can I come in? 455 00:40:24,354 --> 00:40:26,755 Uh, yeah. 456 00:40:26,888 --> 00:40:29,379 - I need a towel! - They're in the bathroom! 457 00:40:29,457 --> 00:40:32,620 - Is this a bad time? - Uh, yeah. No. [Chuckles Nervously] 458 00:40:32,694 --> 00:40:35,322 I just... I just wanted to thank you for... 459 00:40:35,396 --> 00:40:39,332 - I can't reach them! - Give me two minutes! 460 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,198 I'll be right there. 461 00:40:42,270 --> 00:40:46,331 - Sorry, l... - That's okay, l... 462 00:40:46,407 --> 00:40:51,401 I just wanted to thank you for... Well, I guess you saved our lives... 463 00:40:51,479 --> 00:40:53,970 - me and Americus. - "Americus"? 464 00:40:56,785 --> 00:40:59,117 You wanna hold her? 465 00:40:59,187 --> 00:41:02,213 - Oh... - It's okay. 466 00:41:04,626 --> 00:41:07,151 Oh, oh, oh. [Gasps] 467 00:41:09,297 --> 00:41:12,323 Moses Whitecotton gave me this as a baby gift. 468 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,198 - Uh-huh. - Oh. 469 00:41:17,305 --> 00:41:19,705 Hat. 470 00:41:23,912 --> 00:41:28,781 All right. One, two, three, smile. 471 00:41:30,819 --> 00:41:33,947 - Forney! - L... 472 00:41:36,658 --> 00:41:39,752 All right. So, 473 00:41:41,462 --> 00:41:43,657 - I'll see you soon. - Uh-huh. 474 00:41:44,666 --> 00:41:46,600 Oh, uh... 475 00:41:48,970 --> 00:41:51,131 - Good-bye. - Bye. 476 00:41:51,206 --> 00:41:53,640 - Forney! - [Sighs] 477 00:42:01,749 --> 00:42:05,082 - You may find [music] - [Inmate] Shut up! 478 00:42:05,153 --> 00:42:08,554 [Music] Look inside and find the part [music] 479 00:42:08,623 --> 00:42:10,557 [Sighs] 480 00:42:10,625 --> 00:42:16,461 - [Music] Look inside and find the part that's leadin' you [music] - Shut the hell up! 481 00:42:20,635 --> 00:42:23,297 Jack. Hey, Jack... 482 00:42:23,371 --> 00:42:25,737 - [Grunting] - [Inmates Yelling] 483 00:42:25,807 --> 00:42:30,107 [music][Radio, Indistinct] 484 00:42:30,178 --> 00:42:33,477 What do you think? It took me a whole month to get back to my old size. 485 00:42:33,548 --> 00:42:35,948 [Gurgling] 486 00:42:36,017 --> 00:42:39,180 Oh, well, a little weight on a woman's no harm. 487 00:42:39,254 --> 00:42:41,279 Huh? What do you think of that? 488 00:42:41,356 --> 00:42:43,290 [Chuckles] Breakfast? 489 00:42:43,358 --> 00:42:48,022 No. Before work I'm gonna take your truck in and get those brakes checked. 490 00:42:48,096 --> 00:42:50,030 I'm payin'. Don't argue. 491 00:42:50,098 --> 00:42:53,795 - Sister, there's people at the door. - Oh, here. Come on. 492 00:42:54,869 --> 00:42:56,803 - Come on. There ya go. - Hello. 493 00:42:56,871 --> 00:42:59,965 - There ya go. Who's a good girl? - Yes. 494 00:43:00,041 --> 00:43:01,975 I got her. 495 00:43:04,045 --> 00:43:05,876 - Yes? - Ma'am, 496 00:43:05,947 --> 00:43:10,145 we have come here today to bring the Word of God to the Wal-Mart baby... 497 00:43:10,218 --> 00:43:13,619 and to her young, unmarried mama. 498 00:43:13,688 --> 00:43:18,125 We drove all the way up from Midnight, Mississippi. 499 00:43:18,192 --> 00:43:22,253 Well, you folks could have saved yourself a trip, 500 00:43:22,330 --> 00:43:26,630 'cause the Word of God's been in this house a long time. 501 00:43:29,938 --> 00:43:33,305 [Sighs] I thought that was all over and done with... 502 00:43:33,374 --> 00:43:36,707 people wantin' to see the Wal-Mart baby. 503 00:43:36,778 --> 00:43:39,076 - Bye, sweetie. Mama will be back. - [Gurgles] 504 00:43:39,147 --> 00:43:42,207 - Bye, Mr. Sprock. - I made links! 505 00:43:42,283 --> 00:43:44,217 Thank you. 506 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,818 [Sighs] Dear Lord, we pray... 507 00:43:47,889 --> 00:43:51,017 that you will bless this food for the nourishment of our bodies, 508 00:43:51,092 --> 00:43:55,995 and we ask forgiveness, Lord, for the fornication that Mr. Sprock and me... 509 00:43:56,064 --> 00:43:59,522 committed this morning on this very table. 510 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:01,568 - Amen. - Amen. 511 00:44:07,575 --> 00:44:12,911 [Radio] [music] Only you [music] 512 00:44:12,981 --> 00:44:15,176 [Music] Can make this world [music] 513 00:44:15,249 --> 00:44:17,979 [Man] Hey, whoa, whoa! You can't park there! 514 00:44:18,052 --> 00:44:22,682 - We ain't open yet. - I know that, but I gotta get to work. 515 00:44:22,757 --> 00:44:26,488 - Well, I'm workin' too, and I gotta keep the sidewalk clear. - I'll leave you the keys, then... 516 00:44:26,561 --> 00:44:30,429 [music] Can make the darkness bright [music] 517 00:44:31,799 --> 00:44:34,097 [Music] Only you [music] 518 00:44:34,168 --> 00:44:37,365 [Music]And you alone [music] 519 00:44:38,906 --> 00:44:42,774 [Music] Can thrill me like you do [music] 520 00:44:42,844 --> 00:44:46,177 I think I might be pregnant. 521 00:44:46,247 --> 00:44:48,772 You know that guy I told you about... the one I met last month? 522 00:44:48,850 --> 00:44:52,286 - Yeah, the good-lookin' mechanic. Honey... - Yeah. 523 00:44:52,353 --> 00:44:54,947 I don't know what's wrong with me. I didn't even want to be with him. 524 00:44:55,023 --> 00:44:58,049 - Well, didn't he use anything? - Just me. 525 00:44:58,126 --> 00:45:01,186 I don't know what I'm gonna do. 526 00:45:01,262 --> 00:45:05,028 Well, this old Gypsy woman once told me that if you jump backwards nine times... 527 00:45:05,099 --> 00:45:07,329 before the sun come up, you won't be pregnant. 528 00:45:07,402 --> 00:45:12,396 So I jumped so far I had to take a bus to get back home, and then I had twins. 529 00:45:12,473 --> 00:45:15,408 - [Chuckles] - Which is why the guy I'm seein' now is pretty perfect. 530 00:45:15,476 --> 00:45:18,240 - Why's that? - Well, 531 00:45:18,312 --> 00:45:20,644 he's sterile as a cotton ball. 532 00:45:22,817 --> 00:45:26,150 - So it's permanent? - Oh, yeah. He had mumps when he was 15... 533 00:45:26,220 --> 00:45:29,155 - and they went down on him. - Down where? 534 00:45:29,223 --> 00:45:31,157 To his manly areas. 535 00:45:31,225 --> 00:45:34,717 - So they're... - Oh, God, Novalee, no. 536 00:45:34,796 --> 00:45:37,196 He's just shootin' blanks, is all. 537 00:45:37,265 --> 00:45:40,325 Well, let's face it: Girls like us don't get the pick of the litter. 538 00:45:40,401 --> 00:45:44,132 I don't think you're pregnant, but you'll have to wait it out. 539 00:45:44,205 --> 00:45:46,833 - I'll see ya. Bye-bye. - Bye. 540 00:45:46,908 --> 00:45:49,342 - Bye. - You ready to go home? 541 00:45:49,410 --> 00:45:52,004 [Grunting] 542 00:46:02,223 --> 00:46:04,691 Are you finding what you want? 543 00:46:04,759 --> 00:46:07,319 I don't know what they're talkin' about. 544 00:46:07,395 --> 00:46:09,386 I have to look up every other word in the dictionary, 545 00:46:09,464 --> 00:46:11,898 then I have to look up those words in the children's dictionary. 546 00:46:11,966 --> 00:46:15,129 Takes me a half-hour to read a page. 547 00:46:15,203 --> 00:46:17,398 Well, maybe this is something that's hard to learn from books. 548 00:46:17,472 --> 00:46:21,135 - I mean, it's photography. - Hard for me anyway. 549 00:46:23,044 --> 00:46:25,478 - Uh... - Is something wrong? 550 00:46:25,546 --> 00:46:28,674 - Is there a ladies' room? - Yeah. 551 00:46:46,834 --> 00:46:51,498 [Novalee Shouting] Yes! Thank you, Lord! Thank you so much. 552 00:46:56,077 --> 00:46:59,535 - Things went well? - You bet. 553 00:47:02,783 --> 00:47:04,751 Oh, l-I gotta go. 554 00:47:04,819 --> 00:47:08,050 - Oh, you've got a big date or something? - No. 555 00:47:08,122 --> 00:47:11,990 Oh, because I thought you were sort of seeing somebody, or... 556 00:47:12,059 --> 00:47:16,393 No, that's done. That's finished. I am done with guys like that. 557 00:47:16,464 --> 00:47:19,729 - Like what? - You know... good-lookin', cocky, 558 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,531 look great in tight jeans and a white t-shirt. 559 00:47:23,604 --> 00:47:25,936 Those guys are all wrong for me, Forney. 560 00:47:26,007 --> 00:47:28,942 I don't want that anymore. I want a change. 561 00:47:29,010 --> 00:47:33,106 - No more men at all. - Oh. 562 00:47:33,181 --> 00:47:36,582 [Crashing] 563 00:47:44,192 --> 00:47:46,319 Forney, help me. 564 00:47:50,731 --> 00:47:53,256 [Sighs] All right. Here. 565 00:47:53,334 --> 00:47:55,268 Okay. 566 00:48:03,744 --> 00:48:05,678 Who's that? 567 00:48:10,418 --> 00:48:13,854 Novalee, I'd like you to meet my sister. 568 00:48:13,921 --> 00:48:16,321 This is Mary Elizabeth Hull. 569 00:48:16,390 --> 00:48:18,324 She's the librarian. 570 00:48:23,564 --> 00:48:25,930 Mary Elizabeth's a lot older than I am. 571 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,264 I was still just a kid when she started drinking. 572 00:48:29,404 --> 00:48:32,237 Oh, you're underselling that. [Chuckles] 573 00:48:33,975 --> 00:48:37,502 I was about ten, I guess, the first time my father put her away. 574 00:48:37,578 --> 00:48:41,605 - Away? Where? - In a sanitorium back east. 575 00:48:41,682 --> 00:48:45,311 So, what exactly are you looking for? 576 00:48:45,386 --> 00:48:48,549 Well, I'm lookin' for a gift for Sister and Mr. Sprock. 577 00:48:48,623 --> 00:48:50,750 - It's their anniversary. - Anniversary? 578 00:48:50,825 --> 00:48:54,192 Yeah, they've been... close for six years. 579 00:48:57,131 --> 00:48:59,531 So anyway, I was back east at college, and... 580 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,228 - College? - Yeah, I was studying to be a history teacher, 581 00:49:02,303 --> 00:49:05,170 but my dad died and my sister couldn't be left alone here. 582 00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:10,176 She begged me never to send her away again. Told me she'd kill herself if I did. 583 00:49:10,244 --> 00:49:13,975 That was nine years ago. 584 00:49:14,048 --> 00:49:16,539 So what are you thinking? Candlestick holders? 585 00:49:16,617 --> 00:49:18,551 Picture frame? 586 00:49:18,619 --> 00:49:21,383 Good God. Who would buy somebody else's toupee? 587 00:49:21,456 --> 00:49:26,484 [Laughs] Oh, my gosh. Look at this. 588 00:49:26,561 --> 00:49:29,029 [Blows] 589 00:49:29,096 --> 00:49:31,326 It just needs a little cleanin' is all. 590 00:49:45,446 --> 00:49:47,437 Hey, Moses, you want to hear somethin' funny? 591 00:49:48,916 --> 00:49:51,612 I wouldn't mind. 592 00:49:51,686 --> 00:49:55,588 Well, I was thinkin' that... 593 00:49:55,656 --> 00:49:58,147 someday... I mean, I mean a long time from now... 594 00:49:58,226 --> 00:50:01,787 I could, you know, maybe be a photographer. 595 00:50:01,863 --> 00:50:04,058 That's not funny. 596 00:50:04,131 --> 00:50:06,622 - It's not? - You don't hear me laughin'. 597 00:50:09,170 --> 00:50:12,105 [music][Rock & Roll] 598 00:50:24,352 --> 00:50:26,877 [Chattering] 599 00:50:40,668 --> 00:50:43,967 [music]["Jingle Bells" Playing On Sound System] 600 00:50:45,907 --> 00:50:48,808 I never had a Christmas tree before. 601 00:50:48,876 --> 00:50:50,810 Not a live one. 602 00:50:50,878 --> 00:50:53,472 You have one of those aluminum ones? 603 00:50:53,548 --> 00:50:55,482 No. 604 00:50:56,684 --> 00:50:58,618 Those cost money. 605 00:50:59,987 --> 00:51:02,888 No, when I was eight, 606 00:51:02,957 --> 00:51:04,982 I was livin' with this... this old lady. 607 00:51:05,059 --> 00:51:08,893 She promised me we'd have a Christmas tree. 608 00:51:08,963 --> 00:51:12,364 And then she went and spent all her money... 609 00:51:12,433 --> 00:51:14,628 on a set of bagpipes... 610 00:51:14,702 --> 00:51:19,469 because, well, I guess she was just insane, but... 611 00:51:19,540 --> 00:51:22,976 - [Chuckles] - She, she felt bad. 612 00:51:23,044 --> 00:51:26,844 So, on Christmas morning, she found some green paint, 613 00:51:26,914 --> 00:51:29,883 and she painted a Christmas tree... 614 00:51:29,951 --> 00:51:33,978 on her living room wall, floor to ceilin'. 615 00:51:34,055 --> 00:51:37,456 And that was my only tree till now. 616 00:51:41,295 --> 00:51:43,320 - Hey. - Hey, Lexie. 617 00:51:45,266 --> 00:51:47,234 - Hi. - Hi. 618 00:51:47,301 --> 00:51:49,735 - Hey, Lex. Hi, kids. - [Lexie] Hi. 619 00:51:49,804 --> 00:51:52,534 - Hi. - Everybody say "hi." 620 00:51:54,775 --> 00:51:58,142 - How do you feel? - Ha! Mumps? 621 00:51:58,212 --> 00:52:00,146 I got his mumps right here. 622 00:52:00,214 --> 00:52:02,842 All right, babies. Go find us a good-lookin' Christmas tree. 623 00:52:02,917 --> 00:52:04,885 One that doesn't cost more than $40. 624 00:52:04,952 --> 00:52:07,648 - So have you heard from him? - Oh, you mean, since he stole... 625 00:52:07,722 --> 00:52:11,681 my brand new Dutch oven, king-size pillows and rode out of town on his Harley? 626 00:52:11,759 --> 00:52:14,091 I guess that's what I meant. 627 00:52:15,730 --> 00:52:17,721 You want us to wait around, give you a ride? 628 00:52:17,798 --> 00:52:19,925 Nah. You never know. 629 00:52:20,001 --> 00:52:22,526 Maybe I can get knocked up again on the way home. 630 00:52:23,604 --> 00:52:25,765 - Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas. 631 00:52:34,081 --> 00:52:37,107 Why would a man on a Harley steal a woman's pillows? 632 00:52:39,353 --> 00:52:42,186 Just because he could, I guess. 633 00:52:53,801 --> 00:52:58,898 You know, I cannot wait till Americus sees this tree. 634 00:53:00,041 --> 00:53:02,236 Well, don't expect too much of a reaction. 635 00:53:02,309 --> 00:53:05,039 After all, Americus is only... 636 00:53:05,112 --> 00:53:07,672 - Hey, you know what? - What? 637 00:53:07,748 --> 00:53:11,684 Americus is exactly five months old today. 638 00:53:11,752 --> 00:53:14,721 - What? - Yeah, she was born July 5. 639 00:53:14,789 --> 00:53:16,723 [Tires Screeching] 640 00:53:30,204 --> 00:53:32,229 - [Sister] Novalee! - What happened? 641 00:53:32,306 --> 00:53:35,400 I'm sorry. I no more than turned around and she was gone. 642 00:53:35,476 --> 00:53:38,240 - What happened? - She's gone. Americus is gone. 643 00:53:38,312 --> 00:53:40,246 You say the front door was unlocked. 644 00:53:40,314 --> 00:53:43,579 I went to the shed for more Christmas decorations. I wasn't gone two minutes. 645 00:53:43,651 --> 00:53:45,676 Was anything else missing? Money, jewelry? 646 00:53:45,753 --> 00:53:50,588 Is there anyone you can think of? Anyone mad at you, has a score to settle? 647 00:53:50,658 --> 00:53:53,092 There's a woman at work doesn't like me much. 648 00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:56,596 She says I park in her space even though we don't have regular spaces, 649 00:53:56,664 --> 00:53:59,030 but I don't think she'd take Americus. 650 00:53:59,100 --> 00:54:01,364 What about you, Sister? 651 00:54:01,435 --> 00:54:03,767 - Anyone have a grudge against you? - Like who? 652 00:54:03,838 --> 00:54:07,797 Someone at the A.A. Anyone there might wanna hurt you for some reason? 653 00:54:07,875 --> 00:54:10,070 Harry, we're alcoholics. 654 00:54:10,144 --> 00:54:12,442 We're generally satisfied just to hurt ourselves. 655 00:54:12,513 --> 00:54:15,209 Yeah. 656 00:54:21,422 --> 00:54:25,859 Anyone could have her, and I don't know if she's scared or if she's sick or if she's hurt. 657 00:54:25,926 --> 00:54:28,156 I don't know if she's hungry or cold. 658 00:54:28,229 --> 00:54:30,197 - I know, honey. I know. - I don't even... 659 00:54:30,264 --> 00:54:33,859 Excuse me. Is this always in the baby's crib? 660 00:54:33,934 --> 00:54:36,402 No, that's not my Bible. 661 00:54:36,470 --> 00:54:38,631 Oh, Lord. 662 00:54:38,706 --> 00:54:41,072 Lord, I know who took her. I know who took Americus. 663 00:54:41,142 --> 00:54:42,666 What? 664 00:54:42,743 --> 00:54:45,371 Yesterday, 665 00:54:45,446 --> 00:54:47,641 this woman came to the door. 666 00:54:47,715 --> 00:54:51,173 She was here once before. She had a man with her, 667 00:54:51,252 --> 00:54:54,983 and they said that they wanted to give you the Word of God. 668 00:54:57,291 --> 00:54:59,225 I smart-mouthed 'em, 669 00:54:59,293 --> 00:55:01,420 and they had Bibles with 'em, 670 00:55:01,495 --> 00:55:03,429 like that one. 671 00:55:03,497 --> 00:55:05,397 They came from Mississippi... 672 00:55:05,466 --> 00:55:07,900 Midnight, Mississippi. 673 00:55:10,671 --> 00:55:13,401 They said my baby was an abomination? 674 00:55:17,011 --> 00:55:19,673 Am I bein' punished, Forney? 675 00:55:19,747 --> 00:55:21,112 For what? 676 00:55:21,182 --> 00:55:23,173 Things I did. 677 00:55:24,852 --> 00:55:27,343 I wasn't married when I had my baby. 678 00:55:29,323 --> 00:55:31,757 Do you really think this is what you deserve? 679 00:55:34,061 --> 00:55:36,552 Let me tell you about what you deserve, Novalee. 680 00:55:36,630 --> 00:55:40,066 - If it were up to me... - [Siren Wailing] 681 00:55:46,173 --> 00:55:49,540 [Wailing Continues] 682 00:55:54,548 --> 00:55:57,244 - [Truck Doors Close] - [Engine Starts] 683 00:55:58,385 --> 00:56:01,479 [Dispatcher, Indistinct] 684 00:56:04,358 --> 00:56:07,657 Sorry, folks. We got a classical crime scene across the street. 685 00:56:07,728 --> 00:56:09,821 - Oh, my God! - You can't... - Let her go! 686 00:56:09,897 --> 00:56:12,798 Hey, hey, hey! Get down! 687 00:56:12,867 --> 00:56:15,563 - Hey! - [Sirens Wailing] 688 00:56:15,636 --> 00:56:18,104 [Tires Screech] 689 00:56:19,406 --> 00:56:22,898 [Gasping] 690 00:56:22,977 --> 00:56:24,911 [Sirens Stop] 691 00:56:38,626 --> 00:56:40,560 [Baby Fussing] 692 00:56:46,333 --> 00:56:49,894 [Crying] 693 00:56:49,970 --> 00:56:52,131 [Laughing] 694 00:56:52,206 --> 00:56:56,472 A highway patrol had spotted a Mississippi plate and stopped 'em. 695 00:56:56,543 --> 00:57:00,001 They admitted they took her and said we'd find her right here. 696 00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:03,140 [Continues Crying] 697 00:57:25,406 --> 00:57:30,036 Jesus Christ. Another guitar player. What's your name? 698 00:57:30,110 --> 00:57:32,078 WillyJack Pickens. 699 00:57:32,146 --> 00:57:35,343 You didn't even have to make that up did you? 700 00:57:35,416 --> 00:57:36,815 What? 701 00:57:36,884 --> 00:57:39,512 Well, you just carry that guitar around to keep your balance? 702 00:57:39,586 --> 00:57:41,816 You want me to play? 703 00:57:41,889 --> 00:57:44,687 What the fuck do you think I want you to do, call bingo? 704 00:57:46,727 --> 00:57:50,185 One, two. You're best shot. 705 00:57:50,264 --> 00:57:53,358 All right. Well, I wrote this one myself. 706 00:57:53,434 --> 00:57:57,393 - I have goose bumps already. - Jesus Christ. 707 00:57:57,471 --> 00:58:02,238 [music][Guitar] 708 00:58:03,844 --> 00:58:06,005 [Music] Sometimes it's hard [music] 709 00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:10,210 [Music] You don't wanna look over your shoulder [music] 710 00:58:11,318 --> 00:58:13,684 [Music] 'Cause you don't want to [music] 711 00:58:13,754 --> 00:58:16,552 [Music]Remember where you've been [music] 712 00:58:17,925 --> 00:58:20,291 [Music] There'll come a time you'd die [music] 713 00:58:20,361 --> 00:58:24,525 [Music] If you could only hold her [music] 714 00:58:24,598 --> 00:58:30,127 [Music] I know that's where I am [music] 715 00:58:32,806 --> 00:58:35,070 [Music]So listen with all your heart [music] 716 00:58:35,142 --> 00:58:39,511 [Music] Hold it inside forever [music] 717 00:58:39,580 --> 00:58:43,710 [Music] You may find all your dreams have already [music] 718 00:58:43,784 --> 00:58:46,218 [Music] Come true [music] 719 00:58:46,286 --> 00:58:48,481 [Music]Look inside and find the part [music] 720 00:58:48,555 --> 00:58:52,889 [Music] That's leading you [music] 721 00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:57,294 [Music] That's the beat of the heart [music] 722 00:59:01,235 --> 00:59:03,260 [music][Guitar Stops] 723 00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:08,774 What do you think? 724 00:59:08,842 --> 00:59:11,811 It's gonna cost me $1,000 to clean you up. 725 00:59:11,879 --> 00:59:15,007 Pictures, another 200. 726 00:59:16,950 --> 00:59:20,181 My name's Ruth Meyers. Call me Ruth Meyers. 727 00:59:21,288 --> 00:59:23,916 All right. All right. 728 00:59:23,991 --> 00:59:25,925 [Hair Dryer Whirring] 729 00:59:25,993 --> 00:59:28,985 Well, Penny, could you just please sign it? Thank you. 730 00:59:29,063 --> 00:59:31,429 By the way, I changed your name. 731 00:59:31,498 --> 00:59:33,830 - You did? - Yes, you're Billy Shadow now. 732 00:59:33,901 --> 00:59:35,960 One Willy in the business is enough. 733 00:59:36,036 --> 00:59:38,504 Billy Shadow. I like it. 734 00:59:38,572 --> 00:59:40,369 Here. 735 00:59:41,842 --> 00:59:44,310 Spending money? 736 00:59:47,247 --> 00:59:49,738 [music][Country Rock] 737 00:59:52,086 --> 00:59:55,249 [Music] So listen with all your heart [music] 738 00:59:55,322 --> 00:59:58,314 - [Music] Hold it inside forever [music] - [Glass Shattering] 739 00:59:58,392 --> 01:00:03,625 - [Grunting] - [Music] You may find all your dreams have already come true [music] 740 01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:09,501 - [Grunts] - Whoa! 741 01:00:09,570 --> 01:00:11,765 [Ruth] I told you it wasn't gonna be easy. 742 01:00:11,839 --> 01:00:14,273 I told you it would take two years to get you on the radio. 743 01:00:14,341 --> 01:00:17,606 - But it's been two years. - Well, then you know what? 744 01:00:17,678 --> 01:00:21,614 - What? - It's gonna take three years. 745 01:00:21,682 --> 01:00:23,547 [Line Disconnects] 746 01:00:25,953 --> 01:00:28,547 [Music] You may find all your dreams [music] 747 01:00:28,622 --> 01:00:32,422 [Music] Have already come true [music] 748 01:00:33,594 --> 01:00:35,892 [Music] Look inside and find the part [music] 749 01:00:35,963 --> 01:00:39,922 [Music] That's leadin' you [music] 750 01:00:41,568 --> 01:00:46,972 [Music] That's the beat of the heart [music] 751 01:00:48,642 --> 01:00:50,940 [Music] No one [music] 752 01:00:51,011 --> 01:00:54,469 [Music] Can tell you how to get there [music] 753 01:00:54,548 --> 01:00:56,880 [Music] It's a road you take [music] 754 01:00:56,950 --> 01:01:00,317 [Music] All by yourself [music] Come on, Americus. Sing with me. 755 01:01:00,387 --> 01:01:06,121 - [Music] All by yourself [music] - [Music] All by yourself [music] 756 01:01:06,193 --> 01:01:07,922 Oh, that song! 757 01:01:07,995 --> 01:01:10,520 [Music] All your heart [music] 758 01:01:10,597 --> 01:01:12,724 - [Music] Hold it in... [music] - [Radio Stops] 759 01:01:12,799 --> 01:01:14,767 - It's catchy. - I don't know. 760 01:01:14,835 --> 01:01:18,635 Something about that guy's voice just rubs me the wrong way. 761 01:01:21,108 --> 01:01:23,702 Americus, honey, what are you doing? 762 01:01:23,777 --> 01:01:27,372 - Eatin' dough in my nose. - Don't. 763 01:01:27,447 --> 01:01:29,278 Forney's outside waitin'. 764 01:01:29,349 --> 01:01:31,647 [Giggling] 765 01:01:32,986 --> 01:01:34,920 How do I look? 766 01:01:34,988 --> 01:01:38,389 Great. How do I look? Nervous? 767 01:01:38,458 --> 01:01:40,392 Uh-huh. 768 01:01:42,462 --> 01:01:44,953 - [Forney] Are you ready to go? - Forney! 769 01:01:45,032 --> 01:01:46,966 - Oh! - Pony ride! 770 01:01:47,034 --> 01:01:48,968 Well, if it doesn't rain. 771 01:01:49,036 --> 01:01:50,970 It can't rain. 772 01:01:51,038 --> 01:01:53,302 I'm shootin' an outdoor wedding. 773 01:02:00,847 --> 01:02:02,781 Do I look professional? 774 01:02:02,849 --> 01:02:05,579 - You know what would help? - What? 775 01:02:05,652 --> 01:02:07,176 If you brought your camera. 776 01:02:07,254 --> 01:02:09,745 Shit. Mama didn't say, "Shit." 777 01:02:09,823 --> 01:02:12,393 - Yes you did. - Here you go. 778 01:02:12,526 --> 01:02:15,962 Now you take some beautiful picture of that weddin'. You look wonderful. 779 01:02:16,029 --> 01:02:18,190 - Drive careful, all right? - Bye, baby. 780 01:02:18,265 --> 01:02:20,199 - Bye. - Bye. Good luck. 781 01:02:20,267 --> 01:02:22,428 - Say bye to Mama. Bye. - Bye. 782 01:02:22,503 --> 01:02:24,494 - [Americus] Bye. Bye, Mama. - [Sister] Good luck. 783 01:02:24,571 --> 01:02:26,505 - [Forney] Bye. - Bye. 784 01:02:30,377 --> 01:02:32,709 [Wind Blowing] 785 01:02:38,419 --> 01:02:40,887 Mommy! Mommy! Storm's comin'! 786 01:02:40,954 --> 01:02:45,618 Weather Channel just put out a tornado warnin'. We better get going. 787 01:02:50,597 --> 01:02:53,532 Ooh. You better pick these up. 788 01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:56,068 - Here you go. - I swear. 789 01:02:56,136 --> 01:02:58,468 I spent more on film than I got paid. 790 01:02:58,539 --> 01:03:00,473 What is goin' on here? 791 01:03:00,541 --> 01:03:04,068 Well, it turns out that the groom's former girlfriend... 792 01:03:04,144 --> 01:03:06,237 was a waitress at the reception. 793 01:03:06,313 --> 01:03:10,215 And this was right after the bride called her a cheap, big-ass tramp. 794 01:03:10,284 --> 01:03:12,878 Ooh. Who's this on the stretcher? 795 01:03:12,953 --> 01:03:16,320 The waitress, after the bridesmaids finished jumpin' up and down on her. 796 01:03:16,390 --> 01:03:19,757 - [Both Laughing] - You think they're gonna want these pictures? 797 01:03:19,827 --> 01:03:23,593 - I took everything. - Ooh, we better get movin'. 798 01:03:23,664 --> 01:03:26,224 I'll meet you two in the cellar. 799 01:03:26,300 --> 01:03:28,234 I'm ready! 800 01:03:28,302 --> 01:03:31,328 You certainly are. Now, you're all set. 801 01:03:31,405 --> 01:03:33,339 Got it? 802 01:03:33,407 --> 01:03:35,341 Where you goin'? 803 01:03:35,409 --> 01:03:39,243 Dixie Marlon's still sick. Gonna bring her some potato soup right quick. 804 01:03:39,313 --> 01:03:41,247 I'll be right back. 805 01:03:41,315 --> 01:03:43,749 [Wind Gusting] 806 01:03:47,087 --> 01:03:49,112 [Dog Barking] 807 01:03:52,292 --> 01:03:54,226 - [Phone Ringing] - Pick it up. Pick it up. 808 01:03:54,294 --> 01:03:56,524 Come on, Novalee, pick it up. Pick it up. 809 01:03:56,597 --> 01:03:59,896 - [Ringing] - [TV] Those in Rogers County should take action as well. 810 01:03:59,967 --> 01:04:02,868 - This includes areas of Claremore and Sequoyah. - [Ringing Continues] 811 01:04:02,936 --> 01:04:05,530 - [Moans] - [Softly] All right. 812 01:04:05,606 --> 01:04:07,540 - Oh. - I got you. 813 01:04:09,276 --> 01:04:11,210 Rosita, help me. 814 01:04:11,278 --> 01:04:15,942 - [Americus] I'm scared. - I've got you, honey. Hold on. I've got you. 815 01:04:16,016 --> 01:04:18,814 [Radio Announcer] We interrupt this program for an important weather bulletin. 816 01:04:18,886 --> 01:04:20,581 Where's Grandma Sister? 817 01:04:20,654 --> 01:04:23,487 She's coming, honey, all right? 818 01:04:23,557 --> 01:04:26,492 - There you go. - [Radio] Those of you in Rogers County... 819 01:04:26,560 --> 01:04:29,495 My husband's painting a house somewhere on Commerce Street. 820 01:04:29,563 --> 01:04:32,259 He'll be all right. 821 01:04:32,332 --> 01:04:36,234 - Hi, Americus. Do you wanna play cards? - I wanna play with my bear. 822 01:04:36,303 --> 01:04:40,672 - [Americus] He's scared of the storm. - I'm gonna go look for Sister. 823 01:04:40,741 --> 01:04:42,675 Sister? 824 01:04:48,982 --> 01:04:51,883 Shouldn't we shut the door? 825 01:04:51,952 --> 01:04:54,079 Sister's still comin'. Let's wait. 826 01:04:54,154 --> 01:04:56,748 [Siren Wailing] 827 01:04:59,893 --> 01:05:01,827 Oh, God. 828 01:05:03,363 --> 01:05:05,763 - Novalee, come back. - Mommy, where are you going? 829 01:05:05,832 --> 01:05:07,766 Novalee, please! 830 01:05:20,714 --> 01:05:23,012 [Grunts] 831 01:05:23,083 --> 01:05:25,381 [Grunting Continues] 832 01:05:35,896 --> 01:05:38,660 - [Screaming] - Mommy! 833 01:05:38,732 --> 01:05:41,826 [Rosita] Come here! Come here! 834 01:05:41,902 --> 01:05:45,360 [Screaming Continues] 835 01:05:45,439 --> 01:05:47,634 Americus, come here! 836 01:05:49,142 --> 01:05:51,201 [Screaming Continues] 837 01:05:51,278 --> 01:05:53,473 Hold on, Novalee! I've got you! 838 01:05:53,547 --> 01:05:56,675 - Stay here, Americus! - Americus, stay back! 839 01:05:56,750 --> 01:05:58,513 Kids, get back! 840 01:06:04,558 --> 01:06:07,254 - Americus! - Hang on! 841 01:06:07,327 --> 01:06:10,694 - Get back, baby! - Americus, no! 842 01:06:11,765 --> 01:06:14,700 [Whimpering] 843 01:06:14,768 --> 01:06:17,362 - No! - Mommy! 844 01:06:55,607 --> 01:06:57,541 [Shutter Clicking] 845 01:07:07,286 --> 01:07:09,254 Look, Mommy. 846 01:07:53,499 --> 01:07:56,525 [Lexie] I still don't know why they couldn't reopen the Wal-Mart here. 847 01:07:56,602 --> 01:08:00,470 - Too much structural damage. - Well, livin' in Poteau, we'll never see you. 848 01:08:00,539 --> 01:08:03,030 That's where they built the new store. I gotta go, Lexie. 849 01:08:03,108 --> 01:08:06,100 What else can I do? I've gotta make a living. 850 01:08:06,178 --> 01:08:09,409 - So where's this guy we're supposed to meet? - Come on, honey. 851 01:08:10,482 --> 01:08:12,712 Where is he? 852 01:08:12,785 --> 01:08:16,881 - We're still early. - Mommy, can I play? 853 01:08:16,955 --> 01:08:20,789 Yeah, you can play for a couple of minutes, honey, but then we have to go. 854 01:08:24,830 --> 01:08:27,162 - A trailer. - Hmm? 855 01:08:27,232 --> 01:08:31,828 The place I rented in Poteau. It's got wheels under it. 856 01:08:31,904 --> 01:08:35,169 - Forney called me last night. - Forney? 857 01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:38,004 I figured his sister fell out a window or somethin'. 858 01:08:38,077 --> 01:08:40,773 He asked me if I could find you a job at the hospital, and I said, 859 01:08:40,846 --> 01:08:43,713 "Oh, gee, Forney, as what, brain surgeon on weekends?" 860 01:08:43,782 --> 01:08:47,343 - [Chuckles] - That boy does not want you to move to Poteau. 861 01:08:47,419 --> 01:08:51,253 It's just he's so crazy about Americus. 862 01:08:51,323 --> 01:08:53,257 Oh, give me a break. 863 01:08:53,325 --> 01:08:57,227 - He is. - Forney is in love with you. 864 01:08:57,296 --> 01:08:59,355 Tell me you don't know that. 865 01:09:00,532 --> 01:09:03,000 It's just not like that with me and Forney. 866 01:09:03,068 --> 01:09:06,799 I have seen him. He loves you. 867 01:09:06,872 --> 01:09:10,000 He loves the way you walk. He loves your hair. 868 01:09:10,075 --> 01:09:12,509 He loves everything about you. 869 01:09:12,578 --> 01:09:16,571 Forney and me... we're just not that way. 870 01:09:16,648 --> 01:09:18,878 Forney's different from us. 871 01:09:18,951 --> 01:09:21,784 He went to college. His family had money. 872 01:09:21,854 --> 01:09:24,084 What are you tryin' to say, 873 01:09:24,156 --> 01:09:26,351 that you're not good enough for him? 874 01:09:28,627 --> 01:09:30,561 [Horn Honks] 875 01:09:31,697 --> 01:09:33,722 I wonder what he wants. 876 01:09:33,799 --> 01:09:36,893 I wouldn't know. He just called me last night and asked to meet me. 877 01:09:36,969 --> 01:09:40,132 And I told him I was goin' out of town, but he still wanted to. 878 01:09:43,709 --> 01:09:46,735 - Miss Nation. - Uh-uh. Her. 879 01:09:46,812 --> 01:09:49,076 - Hi. I'm Ray. - Hi. 880 01:09:49,148 --> 01:09:51,878 Well, Sister spoke of you often at the meetings. 881 01:09:51,950 --> 01:09:55,477 - Oh, both of you were al... - Alcoholics, yes, ma'am. 882 01:09:55,554 --> 01:09:59,012 - Ray? You used to call in... - Call in the middle of the night. 883 01:09:59,091 --> 01:10:03,494 And Sister would come and pick my sorry ass up... excuse me... 884 01:10:03,562 --> 01:10:07,054 in whatever sleazy beerjoint I happened to be passed out in. 885 01:10:07,132 --> 01:10:11,364 [Sighs] She never gave up on me, even after I got disbarred. 886 01:10:13,071 --> 01:10:17,838 You know, I once went into court and started defendin' the wrong person. 887 01:10:17,910 --> 01:10:20,470 [Laughing] Anyway, 888 01:10:20,546 --> 01:10:23,140 she's the one who helped me turn it all around... 889 01:10:23,215 --> 01:10:25,149 get my license back. 890 01:10:27,186 --> 01:10:30,121 - Well, everything's in here. - What is? 891 01:10:30,189 --> 01:10:32,953 - It's Sister's estate. - Estate? 892 01:10:33,025 --> 01:10:35,289 Yeah, she left it all to you. 893 01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:40,855 The land, the insurance on the trailer and contents, life insurance, 894 01:10:40,933 --> 01:10:46,428 even some old oil stock her grandfather bought from the Comanches back in 1909. 895 01:10:46,505 --> 01:10:49,440 - Comes to about $41,000. - [Gasps] 896 01:10:49,508 --> 01:10:52,875 [Spits] Sorry. 897 01:10:52,945 --> 01:10:55,778 [Chuckling] 898 01:10:57,216 --> 01:10:59,150 [Music]I'm gonna shake my soul [music] 899 01:10:59,218 --> 01:11:01,152 [Music]And release my hold [music] 900 01:11:01,220 --> 01:11:03,245 [Music] Givin' up control [music] 901 01:11:03,322 --> 01:11:05,517 [Music]And let the rest unfold [music] 902 01:11:05,591 --> 01:11:08,651 [Music] 'Cause it's a long, long way from here [music] 903 01:11:08,727 --> 01:11:11,696 - [Music] To where we go [music] - [Kids Shouting] 904 01:11:11,763 --> 01:11:14,664 Brownie! Brownie, do not lasso your sister! 905 01:11:14,733 --> 01:11:17,201 [Music] Take off the training wheels [music] 906 01:11:17,269 --> 01:11:19,499 [Music]Lift off the handle bars [music] 907 01:11:23,775 --> 01:11:26,039 [Music]I'll drive right through my fears [music] 908 01:11:26,111 --> 01:11:28,636 [Music]And resurrect my heart [music] 909 01:11:31,083 --> 01:11:34,814 Mr. Sprock, I still don't feel right about this. 910 01:11:34,886 --> 01:11:37,582 I feel like some of what Sister had should be yours. 911 01:11:37,656 --> 01:11:41,558 The only thing I wanted I got... that old kitchen table. 912 01:11:42,995 --> 01:11:45,896 A lot of fine memories. 913 01:11:45,964 --> 01:11:47,898 All right. 914 01:11:49,801 --> 01:11:51,735 [Music]I'm gonna shake my soul [music] 915 01:11:51,803 --> 01:11:54,397 [Music]And release my hold [music] 916 01:11:54,473 --> 01:11:56,668 [Music]I'm givin' up control [music] 917 01:11:56,742 --> 01:11:58,869 [Music]I let the rest unfold [music] 918 01:11:58,944 --> 01:12:01,242 [Music] 'Cause it's a long, long way [music] 919 01:12:01,313 --> 01:12:03,247 [Music]It's a long, long way [music] 920 01:12:03,315 --> 01:12:07,251 [Music]From here to where we go [music] 921 01:12:09,821 --> 01:12:12,551 [music][Blues] 922 01:12:12,624 --> 01:12:16,082 I just think that Ruth Meyers has went about as far as she can with me. 923 01:12:16,161 --> 01:12:19,688 My head just keeps buttin' against the ceilin', and I wanna break through. 924 01:12:19,765 --> 01:12:22,734 And you're the guy. You’re Johnny Desoto, for Christ's sake. 925 01:12:22,801 --> 01:12:24,894 - You got the clout. - Well, 926 01:12:24,970 --> 01:12:29,703 I will say I thought you'd pick up a little more momentum off of "Beat of a Heart." 927 01:12:29,775 --> 01:12:32,039 Exactly. That was eight months ago. 928 01:12:32,110 --> 01:12:36,069 Here I am in Santa-friggin'-Fe still playin' to damn clubs. 929 01:12:38,684 --> 01:12:42,051 Shit. I gotta go get ready. I got a show. 930 01:12:43,322 --> 01:12:48,555 You and Ruth Meyers got some kind of a contract? 931 01:12:48,627 --> 01:12:52,961 I just wanna warn you. Ruth Meyers could be a powerful ally, 932 01:12:53,031 --> 01:12:54,965 but she makes a hell of an enemy. 933 01:12:55,033 --> 01:12:57,763 You mess with her, and nobody'll touch you. 934 01:12:57,836 --> 01:13:02,398 Johnny, Ruth Meyers ain't got that kind of clout. Come on. 935 01:13:21,259 --> 01:13:23,193 [Elevator Bell Dings] 936 01:13:30,502 --> 01:13:32,766 [Applause] 937 01:13:32,838 --> 01:13:36,968 And the winner of this year's Kodak first prize, 938 01:13:37,042 --> 01:13:39,374 for the greater Southwest area, 939 01:13:39,444 --> 01:13:42,777 she's from Sequoyah, Oklahoma. 940 01:13:42,848 --> 01:13:45,783 How 'bout a real big hand for Miss Novalee Nation? 941 01:13:45,851 --> 01:13:48,445 Novalee, congratulations. Way to go. 942 01:14:00,165 --> 01:14:03,532 I shot this picture with a Rollei twin lens Reflex at F-4... 943 01:14:03,602 --> 01:14:06,435 using A.S.A. 125. 944 01:14:06,505 --> 01:14:10,874 I took it... I took it to remember a very dear friend. 945 01:14:13,879 --> 01:14:17,838 She gave me that tree, and then she took me in... 946 01:14:17,916 --> 01:14:20,851 when me and my baby had no place else in the world to go. 947 01:14:22,387 --> 01:14:25,083 And I would rather be livin' again with her in that trailer... 948 01:14:25,157 --> 01:14:27,682 than in the finest house in Oklahoma. 949 01:14:29,728 --> 01:14:33,220 - Thank you. - [Applause] 950 01:14:34,499 --> 01:14:36,433 [Giggling] 951 01:14:39,805 --> 01:14:42,740 All right. Hold on. We're almost there. 952 01:14:53,084 --> 01:14:55,211 - Who's that? - Who's what? 953 01:14:55,287 --> 01:14:57,755 There's a lady. 954 01:15:00,659 --> 01:15:02,593 Ruth Meyers. 955 01:15:02,661 --> 01:15:05,630 You, out. 956 01:15:05,697 --> 01:15:08,530 Are you married? 957 01:15:08,600 --> 01:15:11,091 - To her? - Out. 958 01:15:11,169 --> 01:15:13,899 I will leave when I am good and ready. 959 01:15:13,972 --> 01:15:17,237 [Grunts, Moans] 960 01:15:17,309 --> 01:15:20,745 - [Door Slams] - So, how's it goin'? 961 01:15:20,812 --> 01:15:24,248 So, I got a call from an attorney down in Albuquerque. 962 01:15:27,185 --> 01:15:29,312 Well, hell, if this is about that girl... 963 01:15:29,387 --> 01:15:33,221 It's about a guy named Tommy Reynolds. 964 01:15:33,291 --> 01:15:35,816 - Who? - Don't lie to me! 965 01:15:35,894 --> 01:15:39,295 God! All right. Tommy Reynolds. What? 966 01:15:39,364 --> 01:15:43,460 - He says he was your cellmate in prison. - So? 967 01:15:43,535 --> 01:15:45,935 He says he wrote "Beat of a Heart." 968 01:15:46,004 --> 01:15:48,802 That is such bullshit. 969 01:15:48,874 --> 01:15:52,776 I wrote that song. He sold me his damn guitar. That's it. 970 01:15:52,844 --> 01:15:56,371 I got the crap kicked out of me for writin' that song. 971 01:16:02,053 --> 01:16:03,987 Shit! 972 01:16:05,524 --> 01:16:08,015 What are we gonna do? What... 973 01:16:08,093 --> 01:16:13,156 What are we gonna do? We ain't gonna do nothin'. 974 01:16:15,267 --> 01:16:18,293 Maybe Johnny Desoto will help you out. 975 01:16:25,377 --> 01:16:27,641 [Door Opens] 976 01:16:27,712 --> 01:16:30,237 Ruth. Ruth Meyers. 977 01:16:30,315 --> 01:16:32,681 - Come on. I need your help with this. - [Elevator Bell Dings] 978 01:16:33,752 --> 01:16:35,686 Hey, Ruthie. 979 01:16:35,754 --> 01:16:38,552 I bet if we went back to my room we could work it out. 980 01:16:38,623 --> 01:16:41,786 Huh? You sexy sweet thing. 981 01:16:41,860 --> 01:16:45,023 [Grunts] Oh, goddamn! 982 01:16:57,742 --> 01:16:59,710 Hi! 983 01:16:59,778 --> 01:17:01,712 Hi, honey. Sorry, but I made it. 984 01:17:01,780 --> 01:17:03,714 Was it a big inconvenience? 985 01:17:03,782 --> 01:17:07,843 Novalee, I have five children. Everything is an inconvenience. 986 01:17:07,919 --> 01:17:11,980 You mind if I drive real slow on the way home? I'd like to pretend it's a vacation. 987 01:17:12,057 --> 01:17:13,991 - You all right, honey? - I'm great. 988 01:17:14,059 --> 01:17:17,187 - Good. - So, anything new around here? 989 01:17:17,262 --> 01:17:20,026 No, not a thing, unless you think me meetin' a guy is new. 990 01:17:20,098 --> 01:17:23,465 - Who? How? - Well, his name is Roger. 991 01:17:23,535 --> 01:17:26,197 Roger Brisco. He's a C.P.A. 992 01:17:26,271 --> 01:17:30,731 - He has his own successful business in Fort Worth. - How'd you meet him? 993 01:17:30,809 --> 01:17:34,370 We pumped gas together at the Texaco. He drives a new Buick. 994 01:17:34,446 --> 01:17:38,280 And when his dipstick got jammed, I helped him yank it out. 995 01:17:38,350 --> 01:17:40,443 Yeah. 996 01:17:40,518 --> 01:17:44,579 He told me my kids were beautiful, so I know he likes me. 997 01:17:46,524 --> 01:17:49,015 You never know, Novalee. 998 01:17:49,094 --> 01:17:51,619 Maybe in a couple of months, you'll be takin' pictures at my weddin'. 999 01:17:52,697 --> 01:17:55,097 Oh. All right. Thank you. 1000 01:17:55,166 --> 01:17:57,031 You're welcome, honey. Bye. 1001 01:17:57,102 --> 01:17:59,036 Bye. Oh. 1002 01:17:59,104 --> 01:18:00,594 What? 1003 01:18:00,672 --> 01:18:03,976 I forgot to get Forney a gift for watchin' Americus. 1004 01:18:04,109 --> 01:18:06,202 - Oh, I know what you can give him. - What? 1005 01:18:08,113 --> 01:18:10,707 [Laughing] Oh! 1006 01:18:12,351 --> 01:18:16,879 No, l-I'll give him... hotel slippers. 1007 01:18:16,955 --> 01:18:19,446 Oh, Novalee, that's just what every man wants. 1008 01:18:19,524 --> 01:18:22,322 A nice pair of house slippers. 1009 01:18:22,394 --> 01:18:24,328 - Bye. - Bye. 1010 01:18:31,503 --> 01:18:33,437 Forney. 1011 01:18:57,162 --> 01:18:58,629 [Camera Shutter Clicks] 1012 01:19:07,072 --> 01:19:09,131 [Shutter Clicks] 1013 01:19:10,575 --> 01:19:13,305 Mmm. Hi. 1014 01:19:14,679 --> 01:19:17,705 - What time is it? - It's late. Sorry. 1015 01:19:18,784 --> 01:19:21,275 It's all right. 1016 01:19:21,353 --> 01:19:24,618 - Mm, how was your trip? - Great. 1017 01:19:26,591 --> 01:19:28,525 Well, better get her to bed. 1018 01:19:28,593 --> 01:19:30,857 No, that's okay. I'll do it. 1019 01:19:35,867 --> 01:19:38,301 [Whispering] Hey. There. 1020 01:19:51,917 --> 01:19:53,851 - Forney? - Mm-hmm. 1021 01:20:02,961 --> 01:20:04,895 I brought these for you. 1022 01:20:04,963 --> 01:20:07,898 Oh! Thanks. 1023 01:20:13,238 --> 01:20:15,763 - Bye. - Good night. 1024 01:20:36,294 --> 01:20:38,057 [Phone Ringing] 1025 01:20:40,198 --> 01:20:42,132 Hello? 1026 01:20:43,301 --> 01:20:45,667 Hello? Is somebody there? 1027 01:20:45,737 --> 01:20:47,671 Who? 1028 01:20:49,274 --> 01:20:51,208 Brownie? 1029 01:20:52,277 --> 01:20:54,404 Why? Where's Lexie? 1030 01:20:55,480 --> 01:20:58,938 Brownie, is your mama there? 1031 01:20:59,017 --> 01:21:01,781 Brownie. 1032 01:21:01,853 --> 01:21:05,516 Brownie, let me talk to Lexie. Put your mama on the phone. 1033 01:21:07,993 --> 01:21:11,724 Why? What's wrong? 1034 01:21:11,796 --> 01:21:13,730 I'm coming. 1035 01:21:23,208 --> 01:21:26,371 [Dog Barking] 1036 01:21:27,879 --> 01:21:29,813 Lexie? 1037 01:21:33,752 --> 01:21:35,686 [Static] 1038 01:21:47,299 --> 01:21:49,233 Are you both okay? 1039 01:21:54,673 --> 01:21:57,107 You stay here, honey. I'll be right back. 1040 01:22:16,127 --> 01:22:18,061 [Moaning] 1041 01:22:18,129 --> 01:22:19,892 Oh, God. 1042 01:22:19,965 --> 01:22:21,899 [Horn Honks] 1043 01:22:26,705 --> 01:22:30,163 Moses, can Lexie keep her things in your barn for a while? 1044 01:22:30,242 --> 01:22:33,143 - Sure. How come? - She doesn't have any more sick leave, 1045 01:22:33,211 --> 01:22:35,145 and she can't pay for her apartment. 1046 01:22:36,248 --> 01:22:39,308 Where are her and the kids gonna stay? 1047 01:22:40,819 --> 01:22:43,549 - [Kids Chattering] - We had this for lunch. 1048 01:22:43,622 --> 01:22:46,113 Well, finish it or you're gonna have it for breakfast. 1049 01:22:49,094 --> 01:22:51,028 No more. 1050 01:22:54,733 --> 01:22:56,667 Sorry, honey. 1051 01:23:00,071 --> 01:23:02,005 Eat your food, Brownie. 1052 01:23:06,611 --> 01:23:09,774 - [Coughing] - Wanna eat? 1053 01:23:48,586 --> 01:23:50,520 Lex. 1054 01:23:52,190 --> 01:23:53,919 You all right? 1055 01:24:11,876 --> 01:24:15,835 I was supposed to work until 4:00 that day. 1056 01:24:15,914 --> 01:24:19,281 But I decided to skip my lunch hour and get off at 3:00... 1057 01:24:19,351 --> 01:24:22,081 'cause Roger was coming in from Fort Worth. 1058 01:24:24,356 --> 01:24:26,984 I wanted to take a shower and shampoo my hair. 1059 01:24:31,029 --> 01:24:34,294 I picked up the baby and the twins from the day care. 1060 01:24:36,434 --> 01:24:41,371 And when I got home I was surprised because Roger's car was in the driveway. 1061 01:24:42,640 --> 01:24:45,473 And he said he wouldn't be there until after 4:00. 1062 01:24:45,543 --> 01:24:49,070 But Brownie and Praline were home, and I knew they'd let him in. 1063 01:24:51,616 --> 01:24:54,813 When I went inside, 1064 01:24:54,886 --> 01:24:58,219 I heard a noise comin' from the back of the apartment... 1065 01:24:59,357 --> 01:25:01,291 from my bedroom. 1066 01:25:03,361 --> 01:25:07,229 And I set down the baby, and I ran to see... 1067 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:11,291 There was somethin' against the door. 1068 01:25:12,370 --> 01:25:14,395 I had to push, 1069 01:25:14,472 --> 01:25:16,531 and it was Praline. 1070 01:25:16,608 --> 01:25:20,135 She was crumpled on the floor coverin' her eyes. 1071 01:25:20,211 --> 01:25:22,771 And... [Crying] 1072 01:25:22,847 --> 01:25:28,308 Roger had... Brownie... on the bed. 1073 01:25:30,622 --> 01:25:32,556 And he had his... 1074 01:25:36,394 --> 01:25:38,328 And I flew at him. 1075 01:25:41,533 --> 01:25:44,832 I wanted to kill him and I would have. 1076 01:25:44,903 --> 01:25:47,565 I hit him twice, and that's all I remember. 1077 01:25:50,575 --> 01:25:52,509 You know, 1078 01:25:53,578 --> 01:25:55,944 he went after little Praline first, 1079 01:25:56,014 --> 01:25:58,676 and she threw up on him. 1080 01:26:00,185 --> 01:26:03,211 And that's when Brownie came in. 1081 01:26:11,095 --> 01:26:13,529 How did he find me, Novalee? 1082 01:26:13,598 --> 01:26:17,432 How do men like that find my kids? 1083 01:26:17,502 --> 01:26:20,938 How'd he know he could do such a thing to us? 1084 01:26:22,774 --> 01:26:25,004 He had to be lookin'. 1085 01:26:25,076 --> 01:26:27,874 He was lookin' for women like me... 1086 01:26:27,946 --> 01:26:30,471 who are alone with children... 1087 01:26:30,548 --> 01:26:32,675 and women who are stupid. 1088 01:26:34,018 --> 01:26:36,748 And they saw through him. 1089 01:26:36,821 --> 01:26:38,755 They could tell he was evil. 1090 01:26:40,158 --> 01:26:42,820 And all I saw was a Buick. 1091 01:26:47,832 --> 01:26:51,199 Oh, God. 1092 01:26:51,269 --> 01:26:53,999 What am I gonna tell my babies? 1093 01:26:54,072 --> 01:26:56,233 What am I gonna say... 1094 01:26:56,307 --> 01:27:00,243 to Brownie and Praline when they ask me why this happened to them? 1095 01:27:01,579 --> 01:27:04,980 [Sobbing] What am I supposed to say, Novalee? 1096 01:27:10,188 --> 01:27:12,349 [Sighs] 1097 01:27:12,423 --> 01:27:15,620 You tell them... 1098 01:27:15,693 --> 01:27:20,357 you tell them that our... our lives can change with every breath we take. 1099 01:27:21,900 --> 01:27:23,765 We both know that. 1100 01:27:24,936 --> 01:27:28,497 And you tell them to let go of what's gone. 1101 01:27:29,607 --> 01:27:33,008 'Cause men like Roger Brisco never win. 1102 01:27:34,846 --> 01:27:39,476 And tell them to hold on like hell to what they've got... 1103 01:27:40,752 --> 01:27:44,279 each other and a mother who would die for them... 1104 01:27:44,355 --> 01:27:47,017 and almost did. 1105 01:27:47,091 --> 01:27:51,391 You tell them we've all got meanness in us. 1106 01:27:53,898 --> 01:27:56,458 But we've got good in us too. 1107 01:27:58,970 --> 01:28:01,996 And the only thing worth livin' for is the good. 1108 01:28:02,073 --> 01:28:06,567 And that is why we've got to make sure to pass it on. 1109 01:28:16,321 --> 01:28:18,255 [Continues Crying] 1110 01:28:22,827 --> 01:28:25,057 [Sighs] 1111 01:28:25,129 --> 01:28:28,223 [Birds Chirping] 1112 01:28:30,335 --> 01:28:34,362 Forney, if you feed a cow chocolate, will you get chocolate milk? 1113 01:28:34,439 --> 01:28:35,906 Yeah. 1114 01:28:35,974 --> 01:28:40,809 And, if you spin a cow around real fast, you'll get whipped cream. 1115 01:28:40,878 --> 01:28:43,506 Wow! You know a lot. 1116 01:28:43,581 --> 01:28:45,742 Well, I work in the library. 1117 01:29:25,223 --> 01:29:28,158 I don't know how you kept her alive this long, Forney. 1118 01:29:30,495 --> 01:29:32,929 You're welcome to ride along with us. 1119 01:30:21,512 --> 01:30:23,446 [Knock At Door] 1120 01:30:30,555 --> 01:30:32,614 How did you find me? 1121 01:30:32,690 --> 01:30:34,624 Small town. 1122 01:30:36,561 --> 01:30:39,052 You didn't come to the service. I was worried. 1123 01:30:39,130 --> 01:30:41,030 I didn't mean to worry you. 1124 01:30:42,634 --> 01:30:45,194 - Can I come in? - Okay. 1125 01:31:03,855 --> 01:31:05,789 You all right? 1126 01:31:07,792 --> 01:31:10,158 I couldn't stay at the library. I had to... 1127 01:31:10,228 --> 01:31:13,493 I understand. 1128 01:31:13,564 --> 01:31:16,431 I have to go away for a while, 1129 01:31:16,501 --> 01:31:18,731 take Mary Elizabeth back to Maine, 1130 01:31:18,803 --> 01:31:20,737 bury her in the family plot. 1131 01:31:22,774 --> 01:31:24,708 I'm so sorry, Forney. 1132 01:31:28,746 --> 01:31:30,941 I couldn't go to the service. 1133 01:31:33,651 --> 01:31:36,279 I had four white roses. 1134 01:31:37,522 --> 01:31:40,855 And when I got to the service, [Sighs] 1135 01:31:40,925 --> 01:31:43,393 They turned brown. 1136 01:31:46,898 --> 01:31:49,731 I couldn't take her brown roses. 1137 01:31:51,703 --> 01:31:54,638 [Crying] 1138 01:32:21,265 --> 01:32:25,759 [Music]I give my all [music] 1139 01:32:25,837 --> 01:32:29,739 [Music] Or not at all [music] 1140 01:32:31,509 --> 01:32:36,003 [Music] There's no in-between [music] 1141 01:32:36,080 --> 01:32:39,345 [Music]I'll give my best [music] 1142 01:32:39,417 --> 01:32:43,547 [Music] Won't second guess [music] 1143 01:32:44,822 --> 01:32:49,156 [Music] This feeling deep in me [music] 1144 01:32:49,227 --> 01:32:52,719 [Music]I give my heart Give my soul [music] 1145 01:32:52,797 --> 01:32:58,235 [Music]I won't hold back I'll give you everything [music] 1146 01:32:58,302 --> 01:33:02,864 - [Whispers] Novalee. - Yeah? 1147 01:33:02,940 --> 01:33:05,374 I love you. 1148 01:33:12,850 --> 01:33:14,784 He told you he loves you, 1149 01:33:14,852 --> 01:33:16,820 and you didn't say anything? 1150 01:33:16,888 --> 01:33:21,052 I'm a dope. I'm such a dope. 1151 01:33:21,125 --> 01:33:25,391 But I was scared. I was confused, and... It's just strange. 1152 01:33:25,463 --> 01:33:28,057 Honey, don't take this wrong, but Forney is strange. 1153 01:33:28,132 --> 01:33:30,760 - [Chuckles] - So when's he comin' back? 1154 01:33:30,835 --> 01:33:32,803 [Car Horn Honks] 1155 01:33:37,041 --> 01:33:38,872 [Honking Continues] 1156 01:33:47,985 --> 01:33:50,954 - What was that all about? - Nothing. 1157 01:33:51,022 --> 01:33:55,152 Nothin'? Why was Ernie the exterminator honkin' at you? 1158 01:33:55,226 --> 01:33:59,492 Oh. I said I'd, uh... go out with him. 1159 01:33:59,564 --> 01:34:04,024 - You told him you'd what? - I said I'd go out on a date with him. 1160 01:34:04,101 --> 01:34:08,003 - [Chuckles] How'd that happen? - Tsk. 1161 01:34:08,072 --> 01:34:10,597 Well, he's Brownie's soccer coach. 1162 01:34:10,675 --> 01:34:14,805 And he makes him laugh, which, let's face it, nobody does. 1163 01:34:14,879 --> 01:34:17,370 And that psychologist said it would be a good idea, 1164 01:34:17,448 --> 01:34:20,076 but I don't know. 1165 01:34:20,151 --> 01:34:23,450 Oh, man. You don't think he's gonna wear that orange jumpsuit on our date. 1166 01:34:23,521 --> 01:34:25,386 - Do ya? - [Laughs] 1167 01:34:31,295 --> 01:34:33,229 [Bird Squawking] 1168 01:34:42,807 --> 01:34:46,573 You know, maybe it was a bad idea to tuck in the shirts. 1169 01:34:46,644 --> 01:34:50,136 [Chattering] Yeah. All right. Whoa. 1170 01:34:50,214 --> 01:34:53,047 Isn't there a championship banner or somethin'? 1171 01:34:53,117 --> 01:34:57,611 Oh, we're not the champions. We're just celebratin' we lived through the season. 1172 01:34:57,688 --> 01:34:59,883 - [Team Laughing] - All right. 1173 01:34:59,957 --> 01:35:02,221 Well, here we go, then. 1174 01:35:02,293 --> 01:35:05,421 Smile. 1175 01:35:05,496 --> 01:35:07,987 [Shutter Clicks] 1176 01:35:08,065 --> 01:35:10,727 Novalee, do you know how to reach Forney? 1177 01:35:10,801 --> 01:35:13,599 It's about some legal work involvin' the library. 1178 01:35:13,671 --> 01:35:16,105 Oh, I expect him back today or tomorrow. 1179 01:35:16,173 --> 01:35:19,336 - Forney's comin' back? - Sure. 1180 01:35:19,410 --> 01:35:22,004 Well, I just figured, with Mary Elizabeth gone, 1181 01:35:22,079 --> 01:35:24,673 he'd wanna pick up with his life again... 1182 01:35:24,749 --> 01:35:26,683 or go back to college. 1183 01:35:26,751 --> 01:35:29,345 Hey, did you know his great grandfather was governor of Maine? 1184 01:35:30,855 --> 01:35:32,789 No. 1185 01:35:32,857 --> 01:35:35,758 Well, sometimes things work out for the best. 1186 01:35:35,826 --> 01:35:39,193 Now he can get out of here and have a real life. 1187 01:35:40,998 --> 01:35:44,695 All right. Let's take this picture. We're all startin' to smell. 1188 01:35:44,769 --> 01:35:46,703 [Phone Ringing] 1189 01:35:50,041 --> 01:35:51,975 Hello? 1190 01:35:53,878 --> 01:35:55,812 Where are you? 1191 01:35:57,214 --> 01:35:59,148 When'd you get back? 1192 01:36:00,318 --> 01:36:02,252 No, no, no. I'll come over. 1193 01:36:02,320 --> 01:36:04,982 I'll come there. Okay? Bye. 1194 01:36:14,599 --> 01:36:16,726 - Hi. - Hey. 1195 01:36:25,810 --> 01:36:27,744 Come in. [Chuckles] 1196 01:36:29,547 --> 01:36:32,812 - Sorry I called so late. - No, no. That's... 1197 01:36:32,883 --> 01:36:35,078 - So how was your trip? - Good. 1198 01:36:35,152 --> 01:36:38,553 Okay. You wanna sit down? 1199 01:36:38,623 --> 01:36:40,557 Sure. 1200 01:36:42,660 --> 01:36:45,823 I was startin' to worry a little when you didn't come back. I thought... 1201 01:36:45,896 --> 01:36:48,228 Oh. I forgot how lovely it is back there. 1202 01:36:48,299 --> 01:36:51,598 - Very different from here. - I'll bet. 1203 01:36:51,669 --> 01:36:54,968 - I drove over to Bowden. - Mm-hmm? 1204 01:36:55,039 --> 01:36:58,406 Yeah. I, uh, was only gonna go for a couple of hours. 1205 01:36:58,476 --> 01:37:03,243 I wind up staying two days. I saw a couple of my old professors. 1206 01:37:03,314 --> 01:37:06,340 I forgot what a great library they have there. 1207 01:37:09,020 --> 01:37:11,750 Have they hired a new librarian here yet? 1208 01:37:11,822 --> 01:37:15,553 Yeah. Mayor Allbert's daughter. 1209 01:37:15,626 --> 01:37:16,888 Oh. [Chuckles] 1210 01:37:19,030 --> 01:37:20,964 Well. 1211 01:37:21,032 --> 01:37:23,728 Oh, well. It's okay. I wouldn't want to go back there anyway. 1212 01:37:25,503 --> 01:37:28,028 I hear they're hiring at the plastics factory. 1213 01:37:28,105 --> 01:37:30,369 I'll bet I could get a job there. 1214 01:37:32,109 --> 01:37:34,543 Are you okay? 1215 01:37:34,612 --> 01:37:36,546 What about teaching? 1216 01:37:36,614 --> 01:37:39,378 You said once you wanted to be a history teacher. 1217 01:37:39,450 --> 01:37:42,146 Oh, that was a long time ago. 1218 01:37:42,219 --> 01:37:46,622 - But if it's what you want, l... - What I want? 1219 01:37:46,691 --> 01:37:51,594 What I want is to be with you... to be with you and Americus. 1220 01:37:52,763 --> 01:37:55,630 I love you. I love you so much. 1221 01:37:55,700 --> 01:37:57,634 When we were here together... 1222 01:37:57,702 --> 01:37:59,499 That might have been a mistake. 1223 01:37:59,570 --> 01:38:02,801 - Mistake? - I mean... 1224 01:38:02,873 --> 01:38:06,809 Are you saying you made love to me because you felt sorry for me? Is that it? 1225 01:38:06,877 --> 01:38:10,904 - No. - Then what? It was a bad decision, an impulse? 1226 01:38:10,981 --> 01:38:13,779 - Forney. - Do you love me? 1227 01:38:15,386 --> 01:38:19,755 You are the best friend I've ever had. 1228 01:38:19,824 --> 01:38:23,487 - Just answer me. - You delivered my baby. 1229 01:38:23,561 --> 01:38:26,325 Do you love me? 1230 01:38:27,565 --> 01:38:29,499 No. 1231 01:38:31,736 --> 01:38:36,935 No, Forney, I don't love you... not that way. 1232 01:39:07,438 --> 01:39:09,497 [Crying] 1233 01:39:18,282 --> 01:39:20,773 This place looks good. 1234 01:39:20,851 --> 01:39:23,786 It's nice and bright. 1235 01:39:23,854 --> 01:39:26,379 The carpet looks new. 1236 01:39:26,457 --> 01:39:29,551 My kids could turn this place into a dump before the door closes. 1237 01:39:29,626 --> 01:39:32,527 [Gasps] Look. You can see the library. 1238 01:39:32,596 --> 01:39:34,791 Yeah. 1239 01:39:34,865 --> 01:39:36,799 You ever hear from Joe College? 1240 01:39:36,867 --> 01:39:39,028 He writes to Americus, sends her books. 1241 01:39:40,704 --> 01:39:43,002 At the end of every letter, he writes, 1242 01:39:43,073 --> 01:39:46,338 "Please tell your mother I extend my best wishes." 1243 01:39:46,410 --> 01:39:48,810 Hot. You written him back? 1244 01:39:48,879 --> 01:39:52,337 No. What could I say to him? 1245 01:39:52,416 --> 01:39:54,816 Oh, God, that you lied to him for one. 1246 01:39:54,885 --> 01:39:57,046 That you love him. That you miss him. 1247 01:39:57,121 --> 01:39:59,351 That these have been the most miserable three months of your life... 1248 01:39:59,423 --> 01:40:01,357 and that he should come back. 1249 01:40:01,425 --> 01:40:03,655 Come back to what? 1250 01:40:03,727 --> 01:40:05,661 To a job at the plastics factory... 1251 01:40:05,729 --> 01:40:07,924 or flippin' burgers at Lita's Drive-in? 1252 01:40:07,998 --> 01:40:10,660 - Or drivin' a delivery truck? - What about Wal-Mart? 1253 01:40:10,734 --> 01:40:12,929 - No. - Oh, so it's okay for you, 1254 01:40:13,003 --> 01:40:15,301 but it's not good enough for him. 1255 01:40:15,372 --> 01:40:18,808 - No. - Novalee, you never thought you deserved Forney. 1256 01:40:18,876 --> 01:40:21,401 You never thought you were good enough for him. 1257 01:40:21,478 --> 01:40:23,742 Honey, I know that your mother walked out on you... 1258 01:40:23,814 --> 01:40:25,873 and what that butthole WillyJack did, 1259 01:40:25,949 --> 01:40:28,247 but that is what makes them trash, not you. 1260 01:40:30,254 --> 01:40:33,690 - You still seein' Ernie? - Sort of. 1261 01:40:33,757 --> 01:40:36,692 - You know, sort of. - So you like him or what? 1262 01:40:36,760 --> 01:40:38,955 I don't know. He's, you know, 1263 01:40:39,029 --> 01:40:42,294 he's got kids of his own... 1264 01:40:42,366 --> 01:40:45,233 and the man kills bugs for a living, for goodness sake. 1265 01:40:45,302 --> 01:40:47,236 I just don't think he's my type. 1266 01:40:47,304 --> 01:40:50,967 [music][Wedding Recessional] 1267 01:40:51,041 --> 01:40:53,032 [Laughing, Clapping] 1268 01:41:02,119 --> 01:41:06,419 - You like that, huh? - Ah! 1269 01:41:06,490 --> 01:41:08,219 [Shutter Clicking] 1270 01:41:08,292 --> 01:41:11,853 [music][Rhythm & Blues] 1271 01:41:11,929 --> 01:41:13,863 [Music]Mustang Sally [music] 1272 01:41:17,768 --> 01:41:20,328 [music][Continues] 1273 01:41:20,404 --> 01:41:25,137 Oh, you wanna know how I knew Ernie was different and he was the one? 1274 01:41:25,209 --> 01:41:28,178 - Sure. - Well, you can't tell anybody 'cause it's a secret. 1275 01:41:28,245 --> 01:41:30,270 - Okay. - [Sighs] 1276 01:41:30,347 --> 01:41:32,281 - Ernie's daughter Carol Ann... - Uh-huh? 1277 01:41:32,349 --> 01:41:34,283 Is not his daughter. 1278 01:41:34,351 --> 01:41:38,253 His ex, Maxine... she had Caroline before they met. 1279 01:41:38,322 --> 01:41:42,452 And they had Cody together. She decided she's splittin' and she doesn't want Cody. 1280 01:41:42,526 --> 01:41:46,155 But she decides she doesn't want Carol Ann either until she finds out that Ernie does. 1281 01:41:46,230 --> 01:41:48,755 And then she's got somethin' to bargain with. 1282 01:41:48,832 --> 01:41:53,860 Ernie had this bright red fully-restored '67 Camaro. I mean, a beauty. 1283 01:41:53,937 --> 01:41:55,871 And she wants it. 1284 01:41:55,939 --> 01:41:59,841 So he trades his car. For her daughter. 1285 01:41:59,910 --> 01:42:03,038 [Novalee] Oh, my God. 1286 01:42:03,113 --> 01:42:06,105 When he told me that, Novalee, I knew he was the pick of the litter. 1287 01:42:08,885 --> 01:42:12,753 I am so happy I finally found me a winner. 1288 01:42:12,823 --> 01:42:15,291 Oh. I'm also pregnant. 1289 01:42:16,860 --> 01:42:19,351 - What? - [Both Laughing] 1290 01:42:19,429 --> 01:42:22,455 [Music] All you wanna do is ride around, Sally [music] 1291 01:42:22,532 --> 01:42:25,194 [Music] Ride, Sally, ride [music] 1292 01:42:25,269 --> 01:42:27,362 [Laughing] 1293 01:42:27,437 --> 01:42:32,739 [Music] Can't he see my head is reeling [music] 1294 01:42:32,809 --> 01:42:38,338 - [Music] There's so many things I'm feeling [music] - [Laughing] 1295 01:42:38,415 --> 01:42:41,509 - [Laughing, Chattering] - [Music]Don't know what I'm thinking [music] 1296 01:42:41,585 --> 01:42:46,682 [Music] Oh, I'm so in love [music] 1297 01:42:49,459 --> 01:42:53,725 [Music]Pardon me if I seem distant [music] 1298 01:42:53,964 --> 01:42:56,728 [music][Radio: Rock] 1299 01:43:00,270 --> 01:43:02,636 - [Engine, Radio Stop] - Hey. 1300 01:43:02,706 --> 01:43:05,368 - Where the hell are your shoes? - What? 1301 01:43:09,079 --> 01:43:12,480 - Why did we stop? - I'm hungry. 1302 01:43:12,549 --> 01:43:16,212 It wouldn't hurt you to get something inside you besides pills and whiskey. 1303 01:43:16,286 --> 01:43:18,777 [Sighs] Don't you start. 1304 01:43:20,023 --> 01:43:21,957 Suit yourself. 1305 01:43:48,218 --> 01:43:50,152 [Exhales] 1306 01:43:54,791 --> 01:43:58,318 [Willy Sighing, Sniffling] 1307 01:44:20,016 --> 01:44:21,950 [Grunts] 1308 01:44:22,018 --> 01:44:24,851 Ow. Shit! 1309 01:44:24,921 --> 01:44:28,118 Shit. Ah. 1310 01:44:28,191 --> 01:44:30,853 - [Novalee's Voice] Wanna feel the baby? - Huh? 1311 01:44:36,600 --> 01:44:38,795 Feel that? Right here. 1312 01:44:38,869 --> 01:44:41,599 That little bomp-bomp-bomp? That's where the heart is. 1313 01:44:41,671 --> 01:44:44,139 I don't feel nothin'. 1314 01:44:44,207 --> 01:44:46,471 [Grunting] 1315 01:44:56,753 --> 01:44:59,051 [Moaning] 1316 01:45:06,596 --> 01:45:10,123 [Shouting, Cheering] 1317 01:45:10,200 --> 01:45:12,134 Yeah! 1318 01:45:13,370 --> 01:45:15,600 How about that? What do you think of my cake? 1319 01:45:15,672 --> 01:45:19,108 - As pretty as a picture. - Thank you. I saw it in a magazine. 1320 01:45:19,176 --> 01:45:21,201 Thought, "I could do that." 1321 01:45:21,278 --> 01:45:23,246 I'm ready for candles. 1322 01:45:23,313 --> 01:45:25,713 - [Novalee] No candles. - Why? It's her birthday. 1323 01:45:25,782 --> 01:45:27,875 Five days old, she got the jaundice. 1324 01:45:27,951 --> 01:45:30,112 Five weeks old, she got an ear infection. 1325 01:45:30,187 --> 01:45:32,519 Five months old, she was kidnapped. Five years old? 1326 01:45:32,589 --> 01:45:34,819 I'm not lightin' any fires, thank you. 1327 01:45:34,891 --> 01:45:37,325 Novalee, you're a pip. 1328 01:45:37,394 --> 01:45:39,328 - [Ernie] Does everybody have one? - [Kids] Yeah. 1329 01:45:39,396 --> 01:45:42,729 All right. Come on. Let's go! 1330 01:45:42,799 --> 01:45:44,994 Oh, I'll get those. 1331 01:45:47,003 --> 01:45:51,064 Honey, it's been a perfect day. It's gonna keep bein' a perfect day. 1332 01:45:51,141 --> 01:45:53,371 It's her birthday cake. She's gotta have candles. 1333 01:45:53,443 --> 01:45:56,207 - If you say so. - What is it? 1334 01:45:56,279 --> 01:46:00,010 Let me see. "Victim's Wheelchair Stolen"? 1335 01:46:03,687 --> 01:46:06,850 "A legless man, identified as W.J. Pickens, 1336 01:46:06,923 --> 01:46:09,858 was discovered Sunday afternoon in a men's room at a rest stop near Alva." 1337 01:46:10,927 --> 01:46:12,690 Oh, my gosh. 1338 01:46:12,762 --> 01:46:18,132 "Pickens, who lost his legs four months ago in a train accident, 1339 01:46:18,201 --> 01:46:22,604 had been trapped since sometime late Friday when he was robbed of his wheelchair." 1340 01:46:22,672 --> 01:46:24,697 Oh, my God. 1341 01:46:24,774 --> 01:46:27,800 - [Door Opens] - [Gasps] 1342 01:46:27,878 --> 01:46:29,971 What'd you say? 1343 01:46:40,890 --> 01:46:43,051 Novalee? 1344 01:46:43,126 --> 01:46:45,094 Yeah. 1345 01:46:45,161 --> 01:46:47,095 I can't believe it. 1346 01:46:50,500 --> 01:46:52,434 How'd you know I was here? 1347 01:46:52,502 --> 01:46:54,800 The story in the paper. 1348 01:47:00,977 --> 01:47:02,911 I was comin' to see you. 1349 01:47:02,979 --> 01:47:04,913 Sure. 1350 01:47:04,981 --> 01:47:06,949 I was. 1351 01:47:07,016 --> 01:47:10,008 Why? What were you gonna do, WillyJack? 1352 01:47:10,086 --> 01:47:14,182 Come back to the Wal-Mart, think I'd still be there waitin' for you five years later? 1353 01:47:15,625 --> 01:47:17,559 No. 1354 01:47:18,995 --> 01:47:21,190 I just... 1355 01:47:21,264 --> 01:47:24,529 I gave birth at a Wal-Mart. 1356 01:47:24,601 --> 01:47:26,865 Was it a boy? 1357 01:47:26,936 --> 01:47:28,870 Was it a girl? 1358 01:47:31,074 --> 01:47:33,941 - Is it all right? Does it have a name? - Yes, it's a girl. 1359 01:47:34,010 --> 01:47:36,638 Her name's Americus, and she's mine. You stay away from her. 1360 01:47:36,713 --> 01:47:40,672 Stay away from her? I can't even get out of this bad, Novalee. 1361 01:47:41,951 --> 01:47:44,545 What am I gonna do, run away with her? 1362 01:47:44,621 --> 01:47:48,887 - If you think I'm gonna feel sorry for you... - I'll get new legs and liver. 1363 01:47:48,958 --> 01:47:51,859 Why did you come here? Why are you coming after us? 1364 01:47:51,928 --> 01:47:55,420 Is there a problem here? I can hear you all the way down the hall. 1365 01:47:57,367 --> 01:47:59,301 Sorry. 1366 01:48:06,042 --> 01:48:08,010 You need another shot? 1367 01:48:08,077 --> 01:48:10,841 No. Let's wait. 1368 01:48:29,999 --> 01:48:32,331 I came back to tell you something. 1369 01:48:34,437 --> 01:48:38,498 You remember that last day... that last day we was together? 1370 01:48:38,574 --> 01:48:40,599 Yeah, I remember. 1371 01:48:40,677 --> 01:48:44,113 You put my hand on your belly... 1372 01:48:44,180 --> 01:48:46,512 and asked me if I could feel the baby's heart. 1373 01:48:46,582 --> 01:48:48,880 I said no. 1374 01:48:50,920 --> 01:48:52,854 L-I lied. 1375 01:48:54,590 --> 01:48:56,524 Why? 1376 01:48:56,592 --> 01:49:00,119 Why does anyone lie? 1377 01:49:00,196 --> 01:49:02,721 'Cause we're scared or crazy... 1378 01:49:02,799 --> 01:49:04,767 or just mean. 1379 01:49:04,834 --> 01:49:07,860 I mean, there's a million reasons to lie, Novalee. 1380 01:49:09,038 --> 01:49:11,973 Sometimes you tell a lie so big, it... 1381 01:49:12,041 --> 01:49:13,975 it'll change your whole life. 1382 01:49:17,980 --> 01:49:20,540 The lie's so big, 1383 01:49:20,616 --> 01:49:22,550 it makes you think... 1384 01:49:24,954 --> 01:49:27,252 "I'd do anything... 1385 01:49:27,323 --> 01:49:30,690 if I could have just one chance to set it straight." 1386 01:49:32,528 --> 01:49:34,826 Just one chance to change it. 1387 01:49:38,968 --> 01:49:41,232 You don't know what I mean. 1388 01:49:43,139 --> 01:49:45,073 Yeah. 1389 01:49:46,142 --> 01:49:48,076 I do. 1390 01:50:12,068 --> 01:50:14,366 [Music]Away [music] 1391 01:50:14,437 --> 01:50:16,928 [Music]Beyond [music] 1392 01:50:17,006 --> 01:50:19,668 [Music] The blue [music] 1393 01:50:21,644 --> 01:50:24,135 [Music]Away [music] 1394 01:50:24,213 --> 01:50:26,374 [Music]Beyond [music] 1395 01:50:26,449 --> 01:50:28,815 [Music] The blue [music] 1396 01:50:28,885 --> 01:50:31,149 I'm open! 1397 01:50:31,220 --> 01:50:33,654 [Music] One star [music] 1398 01:50:33,723 --> 01:50:37,921 [Music]Belongs to you [music] 1399 01:50:40,863 --> 01:50:43,263 [Music] One star [music] 1400 01:50:43,332 --> 01:50:45,664 [Music]Belongs [music] 1401 01:50:45,735 --> 01:50:48,670 [Music] To you [music] 1402 01:50:50,540 --> 01:50:55,307 [Music]And every breath [music] 1403 01:50:55,378 --> 01:50:58,176 [Music]I take [music] 1404 01:51:00,082 --> 01:51:04,951 - [Music]And every breath [music] - [Music]And every breath [music] 1405 01:51:05,021 --> 01:51:07,717 [Music]I take [music] 1406 01:51:09,692 --> 01:51:14,561 - [Music]I'm closer to [music] - [Music]I'm closer to [music] 1407 01:51:14,630 --> 01:51:18,122 [Music] That place [music] 1408 01:51:19,602 --> 01:51:23,936 - [Music]I'm closer to [music] - [Music]I'm closer to [music] 1409 01:51:24,006 --> 01:51:27,567 [Music] That place [music] 1410 01:51:27,643 --> 01:51:30,578 [Chattering] 1411 01:51:49,966 --> 01:51:51,900 Oh. 1412 01:51:58,674 --> 01:52:00,608 [Chattering, Indistinct] 1413 01:52:04,347 --> 01:52:06,941 [Chattering] 1414 01:52:07,016 --> 01:52:08,950 Novalee? 1415 01:52:10,786 --> 01:52:12,720 Novalee! 1416 01:52:15,391 --> 01:52:17,325 Novalee. 1417 01:52:19,195 --> 01:52:21,823 What are you doing here? 1418 01:52:21,898 --> 01:52:24,628 - L... - Are you all right? Is Americus all right? 1419 01:52:24,700 --> 01:52:27,225 - Yes, she's fine. - [Sighs] 1420 01:52:27,303 --> 01:52:30,431 Well, when, when did you get here? 1421 01:52:30,506 --> 01:52:32,474 - I just drove. - You drove? 1422 01:52:32,542 --> 01:52:35,909 - All the way from Oklahoma? - Yeah... No... Uh... 1423 01:52:35,978 --> 01:52:38,242 First I stopped in Tennessee. 1424 01:52:38,314 --> 01:52:41,647 I had to drop someone off. 1425 01:52:41,717 --> 01:52:43,480 - Oh. - Old friend. 1426 01:52:43,553 --> 01:52:47,580 - Somebody who needed to go home. - Oh. Well. 1427 01:52:47,657 --> 01:52:49,488 I lied, Forney. 1428 01:52:49,559 --> 01:52:52,027 You lied? You didn't go to Tennessee? 1429 01:52:52,094 --> 01:52:54,927 No. Yes, I did go to Tennessee... 1430 01:52:54,997 --> 01:52:58,728 Forney, hey. Hey, we're gonna go to Sam's for some coffee. 1431 01:52:58,801 --> 01:53:01,827 - Uh, do you wanna come? - Uh, yeah, yeah. I'll catch up later. 1432 01:53:01,904 --> 01:53:03,872 - Okay. - Okay. 1433 01:53:06,309 --> 01:53:08,077 It's too late, isn't it, Forney? 1434 01:53:08,210 --> 01:53:09,438 Too late? 1435 01:53:09,511 --> 01:53:12,139 For what? 1436 01:53:12,214 --> 01:53:14,148 I lied to you... 1437 01:53:14,216 --> 01:53:17,447 when you asked me if I loved you, and I said "no." 1438 01:53:19,655 --> 01:53:21,714 - Remember? - Yes. 1439 01:53:23,025 --> 01:53:25,858 I lied, Forney. 1440 01:53:25,928 --> 01:53:28,328 It wasn't true. L... 1441 01:53:28,397 --> 01:53:30,331 I love you. 1442 01:53:31,433 --> 01:53:34,197 It's just I lied because... 1443 01:53:35,571 --> 01:53:37,835 I thought you deserved something better. 1444 01:53:37,906 --> 01:53:39,840 Something better than you? 1445 01:53:41,577 --> 01:53:44,705 Novalee, there isn't anything better than you. 1446 01:53:57,693 --> 01:54:00,560 [Music] There you are [music] 1447 01:54:00,629 --> 01:54:04,121 [Music]In the early light of day [music] 1448 01:54:04,199 --> 01:54:07,134 [Music] There you are [music] 1449 01:54:07,202 --> 01:54:10,831 [Music]In the quiet words I pray [music] 1450 01:54:10,906 --> 01:54:13,670 [Music]I've been blessed [music] 1451 01:54:13,742 --> 01:54:16,438 - [music][Continues] - [Woman On P.A.] Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers... 1452 01:54:16,512 --> 01:54:18,446 and wedding guests. 1453 01:54:18,514 --> 01:54:23,110 Our garden center is running a special on potting soil and rakes. 1454 01:54:23,185 --> 01:54:26,746 - [Music]Every time I turn around [music] - [Cheering] 1455 01:54:26,822 --> 01:54:30,258 [Music] When I'm lost and when I'm found [music] 1456 01:54:30,325 --> 01:54:33,260 [Music]Like an angel standing by [music] 1457 01:54:33,495 --> 01:54:36,589 [Music] There you are [music] 1458 01:54:36,665 --> 01:54:39,964 [Music]Every time I take a breath [music] 1459 01:54:40,035 --> 01:54:43,300 [Music]And when I forget to breathe [music] 1460 01:54:43,372 --> 01:54:46,535 [Music] You're watchin' over me [music] 1461 01:54:46,608 --> 01:54:49,771 [Music] There you are [music] 1462 01:54:49,845 --> 01:54:53,246 [Music] When I'm looking for the light [music] 1463 01:54:53,315 --> 01:54:56,478 [Music]In the middle of the night [music] 1464 01:54:56,552 --> 01:54:59,715 [Music]Searching for the brightest star [music] 1465 01:54:59,788 --> 01:55:05,090 [Music] There you are [music] 1466 01:55:13,802 --> 01:55:16,236 [Music] The cool grass of the river bank [music] 1467 01:55:16,305 --> 01:55:20,071 [Music] We were lyin' there We were soakin' wet [music] 1468 01:55:20,142 --> 01:55:22,474 [Music]Feelin' things we'd never felt [music] 1469 01:55:22,544 --> 01:55:25,672 [Music] We were jumpin' in deep as we could get [music] 1470 01:55:25,747 --> 01:55:27,681 - [Music] That night [music] - [Music] That night [music] 1471 01:55:27,749 --> 01:55:29,683 - [Music] That night [music] - [Music] That night [music] 1472 01:55:29,751 --> 01:55:32,049 - [Music] The moon so bright [music] - [Music] The moon so bright [music] 1473 01:55:32,120 --> 01:55:35,351 - [Music]And your touch, your kiss [music] - [Music] Your touch, your kiss [music] 1474 01:55:35,424 --> 01:55:38,257 - [Music]Let's keep it like this [music] - [Music]Keep it like this [music] 1475 01:55:38,327 --> 01:55:41,854 [Music]I wanna grow young with you baby [music] 1476 01:55:41,930 --> 01:55:44,694 [Music]And cheat old Father Time [music] 1477 01:55:44,766 --> 01:55:48,133 [Music]I wanna grow young with you baby [music] 1478 01:55:48,203 --> 01:55:52,037 [Music]Make sure that sun keeps shining on us [music] 1479 01:55:52,107 --> 01:55:54,974 [Music] Crazy barefoot lovesick kids [music] 1480 01:55:55,043 --> 01:55:57,341 [Music] With fearless hearts and souls [music] 1481 01:55:57,412 --> 01:56:00,848 [Music]I wanna grow young with you baby [music] 1482 01:56:00,916 --> 01:56:04,977 [Music] Too young to ever grow old [music] 1483 01:56:05,053 --> 01:56:10,958 [Music] Oh [music] 1484 01:56:14,596 --> 01:56:17,292 [Music] Yeah, yeah [music] 1485 01:56:17,366 --> 01:56:20,062 [Music] Oh, yeah [music] 1486 01:56:20,135 --> 01:56:23,400 [Music]No fear, no rules [music] 1487 01:56:23,472 --> 01:56:28,136 [Music] We'll be love's fools just like we were [music] 1488 01:56:28,210 --> 01:56:30,144 [Music] That night [music] 1489 01:56:30,212 --> 01:56:32,976 [Music] The moon so bright [music] 1490 01:56:33,048 --> 01:56:36,381 - [Music] We took a chance [music] - [Music] We took a chance [music] 1491 01:56:36,451 --> 01:56:39,511 - [Music] We danced the dance [music] - [Music] We danced the dance [music] 1492 01:56:39,588 --> 01:56:42,716 - [Music] Your touch, your kiss [music] - [Music] Your touch, your kiss [music] 1493 01:56:42,791 --> 01:56:45,555 - [Music]Let's keep it like this [music] - [Music]Keep it like this [music] 1494 01:56:45,627 --> 01:56:50,155 [Music]I wanna grow young [music] 1495 01:56:50,232 --> 01:56:52,166 [Music] With you, baby [music] 1496 01:56:52,234 --> 01:56:57,729 [Music]I wanna grow young [music] 1497 01:56:57,806 --> 01:56:59,740 [Music]Let's be those [music] 1498 01:56:59,808 --> 01:57:02,276 [Music] Crazy barefoot lovesick kids [music] 1499 01:57:02,344 --> 01:57:06,371 [Music] With fearless hearts and souls [music] 1500 01:57:06,448 --> 01:57:09,849 [Music]I wanna grow young with you [music] 1501 01:57:09,918 --> 01:57:13,479 [Music] Too young to ever grow old [music] 1502 01:57:31,073 --> 01:57:33,837 [Music]Sometimes it's hard You don't wanna [music] 1503 01:57:33,909 --> 01:57:36,571 [Music]Look over your shoulder [music] 1504 01:57:38,513 --> 01:57:41,277 [Music] 'Cause you don't want to [music] 1505 01:57:41,350 --> 01:57:44,183 [Music]Remember where you've been [music] 1506 01:57:45,987 --> 01:57:48,751 [Music] There'll come a time you die [music] 1507 01:57:48,824 --> 01:57:51,418 [Music]lf you could only hold her [music] 1508 01:57:53,362 --> 01:57:55,296 [Music] 'Cause I know [music] 1509 01:57:55,364 --> 01:57:57,298 [Music] That's where [music] 1510 01:57:57,366 --> 01:57:59,926 [Music]I am [music] 1511 01:58:02,637 --> 01:58:05,401 [Music]So listen with all your heart [music] 1512 01:58:06,508 --> 01:58:10,069 [Music]Hold it inside forever [music] 1513 01:58:10,145 --> 01:58:12,613 [Music] You may find all your dreams [music] 1514 01:58:12,681 --> 01:58:16,082 [Music]Have already come true [music] 1515 01:58:17,552 --> 01:58:20,214 [Music]Look inside and find the part [music] 1516 01:58:20,288 --> 01:58:24,952 [Music] That's leading you [music] 1517 01:58:25,026 --> 01:58:29,360 [Music] 'Cause that's the beat of the heart [music] 1518 01:58:32,467 --> 01:58:34,833 [Music]No one [music] 1519 01:58:34,903 --> 01:58:38,361 [Music] Can tell you how to get there [music] 1520 01:58:38,440 --> 01:58:40,772 [Music]It's a road you take [music] 1521 01:58:40,842 --> 01:58:43,675 [Music]All by yourself [music] 1522 01:58:45,113 --> 01:58:47,741 [Music]All by yourself [music] 1523 01:58:47,816 --> 01:58:50,979 [Music]All by yourself [music] 1524 01:58:51,052 --> 01:58:54,749 [Music]So listen with all your heart [music] 1525 01:58:54,823 --> 01:58:58,259 [Music]Hold it inside forever [music] 1526 01:58:58,326 --> 01:59:00,988 [Music] You may find all your dreams [music] 1527 01:59:01,062 --> 01:59:04,520 [Music]Have already come true [music] 1528 01:59:05,967 --> 01:59:08,435 [Music]Look inside and find the part [music] 1529 01:59:08,503 --> 01:59:11,939 [Music] That's leading you [music] 1530 01:59:15,210 --> 01:59:18,737 [Music] 'Cause that's the beat of [music] 1531 01:59:18,814 --> 01:59:22,580 [Music] Oh, it's the sweetest sound [music] 1532 01:59:22,651 --> 01:59:26,747 [Music] 'Cause that's the beat of [music] 1533 01:59:26,822 --> 01:59:30,622 [Music] The heart [music] 1534 01:59:58,899 --> 01:59:59,198 5@y3