RROCK MUSIC)
SONG: ¶ I got some money In my pocket
¶ I got the car keys in my hand
¶ I got myself a couple of tIckets... ¶
RCAR ENGINE WHIRRS)
(SONG CONTINUES QUIETLY ON CAR STEREO)
Hey (TURNS UP STEREO)
¶ Come on, babe, you know there ain't no tIme
¶ To mess around round, round
(SINGS ALONG) ¶ EVIe, EVIe
¶ Evie, Iet your hair hang down
¶ EvIe, EvIe
¶ Evie, Iet your hair hang down
¶ EvIe, EvIe
¶ Evie, Iet your hair hang down
¶ EvIe, EvIe
¶ Let your hair hang... ¶
(SIGHS)
MAN: Bring hIm In. Bring hIm In.
Through here. Just get him in.
MAN 2: AIright, uh...
(MEN SPEAK FRANTICALLY)
MAN 1: OK, sit down. MAN 2: OK, OK
MAN 3: HoId hIs head! You haVe to keep his bIoody head stIIl!
Hey, hey! Hey, hey, you!
We've gotta get a clean
RDOG WHIMPERS)
Uh, no .. Yeah, no worries
What Is hIs beef, huh?
t doesn't matter I can't do It anwyay.
I can't shoot a mate.
RMEN TALK INDISTINCTLY)
What can I get you, mate?
Uh just a beer thanks.
So, what's wrong wIth the dog?
Oh, baIted strychnIne.
Why would anyone 'want to poIson a dog?
Maybe someone set It out for the roos or the dIngoes
or someone just doesn't IIke dogs, you know?
There are people, sIck peopIe.
Sorry.
Are you his master?
No, no. He has no master. WelI, not now.
That s not just any dog In there, you know?
No? Oh no, no
No, no, he's a famous dog.
He s probabIy the most famous dog n alI AustraIIa.
Red Dog
Yeah, the one that warned those peopIe about that fIre
No no, no.
The one that saVed that chIld. .
No, no, not him. Wrong dog.
Didn't he... No, no, no, no.
Look, mate, you're lookIng at It aII the wrong way
It s, uh . It's not what he dId.
lt's who he was.
'Is', I mean.
Red Dog?
Yeah, yeah, exactIy. Yeah.
(DOOR SQUEAKS) Vet's coming.
Yeah? When? Soon
How's the poor thIng doIng?
(SIGHS)
Oh, l'm sorry, mate Jack CoIlins, pubIican.
Thomas Baker, trucker.
Yeah, yeah.
lt was me that brought Red Dog to DampIer- me and Maureen -
near on 10 years ago now,
back in the mean old days
when men were men and dogs were ...dogs
rougher, hotter,
brighter, redder.
(CHEERFUL, RELAXED MUSIC)
WOMAN: Why would anybody bui d a toown oout here?
Why would anyone LIVE in a town built out here?
Iron ore. Money.
Yeah, I know that.
What's that? What's what?
On the road.
It's a dog.
I can see that
What's It doing out here?
RJACK TOOTS HORN REPEATEDLY)
HeIIo, boy!
Hey? HeIlo.
HeIIo. Aren't you a pretty boy, hey?
HELLO
Are you Iost?
Do you need water?
(DOG GRUNTS)
Cheeky bastard.
(CHEERFUL RELAXED MUS C CONTINUES)
Struth!
Is that the dog?
Well, it's certaInIy not me! Eugh!
Ohh! Oh, Lord what dId that thIng eat?
Stop the car I can't breathe! Ohh
Eugh! (COUGHS)
JACK: Oh.. (GAGS)
Oh thIs is I ke... Wow.
Ohh!
(MUSlC CONTINUES)
(TRAIN HORN 8LARES)
Ohh!
Hey, Maureen, Maureen. Come and have a ook at thIs.
Oh, that poor l tt e bugger.
(LAUGHS)
Oh! RCOUGHS)
(COUGHS)
(COUNTRY MUSlC PLAYS)
Oh, g'day, RIck. He's out the back, mate
RIghto. Thanks. MAN: Hey, RIck.
That's the vet
Here you go, Vanno.
Hey. Vanno, thIs Is Tommy boy.
I'Ve just been teIIing hIm about Red Dog.
Vanno here's one of his frst mates from back In the days.
RITALIAN ACCENT) Yes, 'the days'.
Wild days?
Very wiId, very IoneIy.
A dog of a ceetain type can do weIl In a IoneIy town.
l know.
I come from a smaII IittIe VIIIage In ItaIy - Abruzzi.
RPEOPLE GROAN) Here we go.
Ohh!
Yes, yes, you aII bIoat,
but my little VilIage was beautiful.
In spring, fIowers are Iike TurkIsh carpet
and the wIne wouId make you see the VirgIn.
Why did you leave?
Same as aII these fooIs - money!
We aIl foIIow the money.
They come from eVerywhere.
From aII the countries, they come
for the money, for the work.
From PoIand, New ZeaIand,
IreIand, Greece,
Latvia, AmerIca.
EVen MeIbourne.
LiVIng together, eatIng together
and crapping together.
Money crackpot.
They may look normaI, but not normal.
Sun has burned out theIr braIns.
See, l know sun in ItaIy, In AbruzzI,
but I not know the sun until I come here.
Very dangerous, this sun.
I knew a man - Goran. Remember Goran?
RROCK'N'ROLL MUSlC)
RWHlSTLES ABSENT-MINDEDLY)
VANNO. The sun, it kIII hIm.
And aIso Sam. Remember Sam-Man?
He work in the sun for fiVe hours without no hat.
FooI! (GIBBERS)
Afterward he spoke Chinese for two days.
RBABBLES IN QUASI-CHINESE)
Before the sun, he know not a word of ChInese!
RPEOPLE MUTTER AGREEMENT)
Yes, it was crazy place when Red Dog arrIve In DampIer.
(.THUDDING ROCKABILLY MUSIC)
RPLAYS HARMONICA lNTRO)
VANNO: Men are no better than wIld anImaIs.
They drink much and they... How do you say? 'ImbuIge'.
And their hair, It goes funny.
BAND: ¶ AII day, aII night
¶ You know, I've been working hard
¶ AII day, aII night
¶ Gather around, y'aII It's about tIme you Iearnt
¶ About the new dance craze that's sweepIng the worId... ¶
If that thing couId flap...
..it mIght just fIy away.
RMEN LAUGH)
You two.. be needIng an ed-u-cation.
A what?
Arggh!
BOTH: Ohh!
VANNO: Though not aII imbuIge.
Some were quIet, educated,
with dark, mysterious past.
RGRUNTS)
VANNO: Some that never, ever Iaugh.
In Abruzzi, no-one would fight over moustache.
What do they fight over?
Women!
AbruzzI has the most beautifuI women in ItaIy.
SIender, wIth a wonderfuI breast, lIke a nut.
Nuts?
Yes! Big, beautifuI nut!
To come from a place with such beautIfuI women
to a pIace with no women...
I don't think you can understand such paIn.
In AbruzzI, the sky Is very bIue,
IIke, uh. .
..Iike the sky of Abruzzi.
RSPEAKS IN EASTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGE)
ln AbruzzI, the sea..
Arggh!
RMEN ALL JOSTLE AND SHOUT)
OI! OI!
WOMAN ON SPEAKER: Barry Wright to maIn office, please.
Barry Wright.
We took a Vote, and the shop steward agrees.
If you don't stop taIkIng about 'BruzkI'...
AbruzzI!
..the SkI PatroI haVe permIssIon to sIit your throat.
Sorry.
EVeryone's homesick.
Not you?
Need a home to be homesick, mate.
RMELANCHOLY TRADITIONAL ITALIAN MUSlC)
RDOG YAPS)
RCONTINUES YAPPING)
RDOG WHINES)
You aIone too, Mr Doggie?
RGRUNTS)
But you are happy, no?
You haVe a gift, Mr DoggIe.
I do not.
HaVe you eVer heard of Abruzzi?
(.UPBEAT MUSIC)
AbruzzI has the best fIshIng in ItaIy...
SONG: ¶ Oh, baby, don't you know that I IoVe you so?
¶ Bom, bom, bom, bom
¶ Baby, don't you know ¶ Bom, bom, bom, bom
¶ That I IoVe you so? ¶ Bom, bom... ¶
VANNO: What can l say?
He was an excellent listener
He did not judge.
A poIite doggIe, a very IoyaI doggIe.
Or so I thought.
¶ Bom, bom, bom, bom
¶ Baby, can't you see... ¶
RQUlET CHATTERING)
¶ That you were meant for me? ¶ Bom, bom... ¶
RMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
VANNO: BetrayaI!
Hey!
What are you doing? NothIng,
Are you taIking to my dog? Your dog?
How is he your dog? I taIk to hIm fIrst
That dosen't make him your dog, mate.
That just makes you weird.
If I am weird then you are more weIrd.
Not likeIy. I feed him steak!
WelI, what do you thInk I'm feeding hIm? BroccoII?
Dog robber
AIrIght, then. Why don't we Iet hIm decIde?
Good. (CHUCKLES) Let HIM decIde!
WWhose doggIe are you?
MAN: GIVe us a kIss. (MOUTHS)
RQUlET CHATTERING)
MAN: Good boy! How you goIng?
Oh, you're a good boy, Red Dog.
You IIttIe Red Dog, aren't ya? Aren't ya a good boy?
He was IIke that - a dog for everyone.
Come here, boy! (WHlSTLES)
Come here, boy.
Here, Red. Here.
Good boy! Come here.
RSPEAKS IN FORElGN LANGUAGE)
VANNO. Yes, for eVeryone, but no-one In partIcuIar.
AII those In faVour of Red Dog joining the TWU
under the job headIng con...consu...
ConsuIari WhateVer.
AlI those In favour, say ''Aye.''
ALL: Aye.
RAPPLAUSE)
VANNO: Yes, a unIon doggIe,
a doggie for aII.
That is, until he met his true master.
MAN: Johnny! MEN: Yeah, Johnny!
Johnny boy! ALL: Johnny Boy!
('EAGLE ROCK' BY DADDY COOL PLAYS)
SONG: ¶ Now IIsten
¶ Oh, we're steppIng out
¶ I'm gonna turn around
¶ Gonna turn around once and we'II do the EagIe Rock
¶ Whoa, mamma
¶ Oh, your rocking sweII
¶ Hmm, yeah, you do it so weII
¶ WeII, we do It so weII when we do the Eagle Rock
¶ Mamma, oh!
¶ Yeah, you're rocking fIne
¶ Why don't you gIVe me a sIgn?
¶ Hmm, just gIVe me a sIgn and we'II do the EagIe Rock
¶ Hey, hey, hey
¶ Good oId EagIe Rock's here to stay
¶ I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
¶ Doing the EagIe Rock... ¶
RAMERICAN ACCENT) Good morning.
RGRUNTS)
RMAN MUTTERS) BIoody AmerIcans.
RSNIGGERING AND LAUGHTER)
Hey!
RBARKS)
RROCK'N'ROLL MUSIC)
RSTAMMERS)
DId you see that? Red Dog
He aImost got run oVer. Nah, he was hItchhIking, mate.
That was hitchhIkIng?
Once you pick him up, he remembers
and thInks it's hIs rIght to demand a rIde any tIme.
Pushy bloke. no doubt about it.
What? He onIy does that to peopIe that he knows?
Of course not. Just the ones he IIkes.
SONG: ¶ You can cIImb a mountaIn
¶ You can swim a sea
¶ You can jump Into the fire
¶ But you'Il neVer be free... ¶
RTRUCK HORN HONKS)
¶ You can shake me up
¶ Or I can break you down
¶ Whoa, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
¶ Whoa, oh-oh, oh-oh .. ¶
RTRAIN HORN BLARES)
Hey, what do you thInk you're doIng?!
Go on, get off my bIke. Go on, go on. Get!
VANNO: The worId is a funny place, no?
SometImes you pick your dog.
SometImes your dog pIcks you.
SONG: ¶ Our IoVe Is aIIve
¶ And so we begin
¶ FoolIshly IayIng our heaets on the tabIe
¶ StumbIIn' in
¶ Our IoVe Is a flame
¶ Burning within... ¶
No dogs on the bus.
¶ StumbIIn' in
¶ WhereVer you go
¶ WhateVer you do
¶ You know these reckIess thoughts of mIne
¶ Are foIIowIng you
¶ I'Ve faIIen for you
¶ WhateVer you do
¶ 'Cause, baby, you've shown me so many things
¶ That I neVer knew
¶ Whatever it takes
¶ Baby. I'II do it for you... ¶
RWHIMPERS)
AII the sad faces In the worId won't work,
so you can just stop.
¶ FoolIshly IayIng our heaets on the tabIe
¶ StumbIIn' in
¶ Our IoVe Is a flame
¶ Burning within
¶ Now and then fIreIIght wIII catch us
¶ StumbIin' in... ¶
RLOUD CHATTERING)
RPEOPLE JOSTLE AND CHATTER)
MAN: Ready? OK, fiVe.
In for fiVe. (CHATTERING CONTINUES)
Ready? QuIet!
RMEN HUSH)
GO!
ALL CHANT: Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat!
RALL CHANT AND SHOUT)
9.2 seconds! A new worId record!
RALL CHEER)
No! Oh-ho-ho!
What's next? What's next?
A chIcken!
WWhy wouldn't he eat a chIcken?
RSQUAWKING)
A IIve chIcken!
RALL CHEER)
RWHIMPERS)
Enough!
I won't Iet Red Dog eat a IIVe chIcken for your sick amusement.
What's it to you, huh? It's not your dog.
No chIcken, mate.
Says who? l do,
ALL: Ooh!
RPEOPLE CHEER)
RGROWLS)
RBOTH GRUNT)
ALL: Fight, fight, fight, fIght, fight, fIght!
RCHANTING AND YELLING CONTINUES)
OK, OK!
No chIcken, no chIcken.
RDOG GROWLS)
Red Dog, come!
Huh?
RGENTLE MUSIC)
Come on, boy. We rIde together now.
And from that day on Red Dog had a master -
the only master he wouId ever haVe.
RCOUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY ON JUKEBOX)
RWOMAN SPEAKS INAUDlBLY)
Hey, but enough said about that.
MAN: Hey, quIet! Quiet! Shh! Turn the jukebox off.
Uh...to teII you the truth, I shouId put hIm down.
But he's a strong oId dog
and God knows he deserves a Iast fIght
so l'Ve given him some anticonVulsants,
he's resting easier.
We wait. HopefuIIy, he'II make It through the nIght.
RCOUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ON JUKEBOX)
RSIGHS)
Come on, Red Dog (DOG WHlNES)
R.SNIFFLES)
Poor Red.
What are we gonna do with you, huh?
RWHIMPERS QUIETLY)
A shame, that Is. Yeah.
JACK: There's a Iot of hIstory there, you know,
with Nancy, John, Red Dog.
R'60s ROCKABILLY MUSIC)
RSILENCE)
Down!
RMEN CHUCKLE)
Bad dog!
RLAUGHTER)
You'll neVer get him out of there, Miss.
No-one sIt there when Red sit there.
R.RED GROWLS)
MEN: Ohh!
Well, aren't you a charmer, huh?
RGRUMBLES LOWLY) Stop that!
RLAUGHTER)
Bad dog!
PEETO: Hang on, MIss. Hang on!
EVer sInce he became a union member
he thinks he's got rights.
RLAUGHTER)
I'm not moVIng, so you'II just have to put up wIth me.
RMEN SNlCKER AND LAUGH)
Stop that! Now, be a gentleman and moVe oVer!
Now! MEN: Ooh.
Hello
Hello.
You're sharIng a seat wIth my dog.
Yes, l am
Wow
RSTARTS ENGINE)
RBRAKES SQUEAL)
So, what wIII you be doIng at HamersIey, Nancy?
A secretary.
RALL GROAN)
QuIte a change from Perth.
An adventure, to be sure.
RCHUCKLES) That's a good way to Iook at It, an adventure.
Is aIright yet? MAN: Don't wanna be too Iate.
GiVe it another minute or two to air out, boys.
Wouldn't want anyone to get sIck from the fumes.
RFARTS)
So, Nancy, there's a new moVie pIayIng at the open-aIr.
WouId you like to come and see it?
What's It about?
Uh, I can't remember.
AIright, then, (MEN SIGH)
RCOUGHS AND GAGS)
StIII 'rip'. 'RIpe'?
Yes, the rip is Very ripe.
PEETO: Oh, yeah?
HI, John
Uh, I need to borrow the wagon
so l can take the new gIrl to the moVies.
What makes you think that she'd be interested
In a skInny Iittle Yank IIke you
when she's got us proper bIokes around?
I bathe.
AIso, do you thInk you couId watch Red?
I thInk he's a touch... (MUTTERS) ..J-E-A-L-O-U-S.
J-E-what?
RWHISPERS) JeaIous. Oh! Huh?
RWHIMPERS) Pfft! No troubIes.
We'II haVe a rIght party, we wiII.
Won't we, Red? Thanks, Peet. See ya, Red.
Get ready to get wIld.
RJOLLY MUSIC PLAYS ON STEREO)
SONG: ¶ Jeepers, creepers
¶ Where'd you get those peepers?
¶ Jeepers, creepers
¶ Where'd you get those eyes? ¶
This one's a beauty.
lt's calIed the fisherman's rib.
LoVeIy, don't you thInk?
You pIay your cards right
and I can make you a sweater wIth four Iegs.
¶ Woe is me
¶ Got to put my cheaters on Jeepers, creepers... ¶
Where do you thInk you're goIng?
RKNOCK AT DOOR)
Ohh...
RMUTTERS)
RTURNS OFF TAPE)
RKNOCK AT DOOR)
R'SHADOW BOXER' BY THE ANGELS PLAYS ON STEREO)
Yo!
We're going to the pub.
I can't.
l'm watchIng Red Dog for Johnny boy.
What Is In his mouth?
Hey! GIVe me that.
Bring back my bIoody yarn!
RMEN LAUGH) Red! Red!
RPURRING)
HeIIo, kitty.
RSNARLS) Whoa,
(GRO'WL S) Hey, hey. Go on, take off.
Red Cat was an horrendous anImaI, no?
He was - how do you say? -
a destroyer of many pooches.
(SNARLS) RDOG WHIMPERS)
RCAT GROWLS AND HISSES)
Hey, what are you doing to my cat?
Nothing. I...
WWhat's goIng on?
Oh, thIs cat trIed to attack me. It must smeII Red Dog on me.
Visitors haVe to park on the road. It's a ruIe.
Sorry, Mr CrIbbage.
RuIes are ruIes, MIss Grey.
With aII the riffraff the company's hirIng
It's onIy ruIes that separate us from the anImaIs.
Goodnight, Mr Cribbage.
He's the caretaker of the park.
I'm tryIng not to get on his bad side.
Does he haVe a good sIde?
There you are. Thank you.
RCAR HORN TOOTS)
MAN: Turn your bIoody IIghts off, ya nongs!
ROMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ON FlLM)
RPEOPLE CHATTER)
PERSON: Shh!
RTENSE MUSIC PLAYS ON FILM)
MAN: Oh, geez!
NANCY: Ohh! (PEOPLE GASP)
MAN 2: Oi! I can't see: RCAR HORNS BLARE)
What the heIl Is that?
Hide. It's my dog.
RLAUGHS)
ROMINOUS 'JAWS' MUSIC)
RRED GRUNTS)
)MUSIC RISES)
RRED BARKS) Ohh!
RBOTH LAUGH)
RWHIMPERS)
RSIGHS)
You, dog, be needing an ed-u-cation.
Hey, can I show you somethIng?
CarefuI.
So a few years back, this oId dude, Jumbo SmeIt,
'Was swimming right out there
and he got attacked by a great whIte.
Bit hIm In the Ieg and puIIed him under.
DId he dIe? No, no.
The shark spat him out - dIdn't lIke the way he tasted.
Not a surprise If you knew Jumbo.
It took 73 stItches to get hIs Ieg sewed back together.
That's awfuI.
Hey, no-one swIms out there anymore.
Most days you can stIII see the shark swImmIng back and forth.
He's been spotted so often the boys have gIven hIm a name.
Mmm? Lord NeIson.
RWHISPERS) I don't see anythIng.
Maybe we shouId go out a bIt deeper.
What's that? What?!
NothIng. It's not funny!
Maybe he's asIeep.
Sharks don't sleep.
They haVe to keep moVing, just Iike you,
Mr Never LiVed More Than Two Years in the Same PIace.
Are you caIlIng me a shark? Maybe.
Nah, you got me wrong.
MoVIng Is part of my romantIc nature.
Hmm.
You're just scared.
Scared? Of what?
Of finding somethIng woeth stayIng In one pIace for.
RGENTLE MUSIC)
SONG: ¶ I Ieft the keys In the car
¶ I left the door ajar
¶ I didn't want to be aIone
¶ These are the days and the nIghts
¶ At these sweet humblIng heights
¶ And I know it used to be home... ¶
RRED GRUMBLES)
¶ WeIl, whIsk me away I'II be yours for a day
¶ ln heavenIy fields we can roam... ¶
RWHIMPERS)
¶ Whoa, oh, oh You're my cIean whIte Iove
¶ What are you doIng? What are you doIng?
¶ What are ya doIng to me?
¶ What are you doIng to my head?
¶ Whoa, oh, oh You're my cIean whIte Iove
¶ Whoa, oh, oh You're too cIean white loVe
¶ I gIVe my heart on the mornIng... ¶
ReaIIy?
¶ EVerybody's IookIng for a fIx, hey
¶ SeII me a sign
¶ I'II cut the teIephone Iine
¶ Just to keep expectatIons aIIve... ¶
HeIlo, Red. HeIIo! Come on. Up.
¶ The feeIIng Is bIInd
¶ Though l cIImbed up You're IookIng divIne
¶ SeII me it straight... ¶
NANCY: Red Dog! Red!
¶ Keep on breaking the ruIes, ohh
¶ Whoa, oh, oh You're my cIean whIte Iove
¶ Whoa, oh, oh You're too cIean white loVe
¶ What are you doIng? What are you doIng?
¶ What are ya doIng to me?
¶ What are you doIng to my head?
¶ Whoa, oh, oh You're my cIean whIte Iove
¶ Whoa, oh, oh, you're too cIean... ¶
Yep, Red was a reaI matchmaker, aIrIght.
Red Dog Is reason I met my most belIa wIfe.
Do you remember? It was the day Red Dog was shot.
Red Dog was shot? Oh, yes,
After his fIrst great fIght wIth Red Cat.
Why wouId anyone shoot him? Because he won
No, he dId not win hIs first fIght with Red Cat,
but Red Dog was not a normaI poochIe.
He was smart, Very, Very smart,
and brave.
RCAT GROWLS)
RSNARLS)
RBARKS)
RHISSES) (SNARLS)
RWHIMPERS)
Get out! Get! You diety, fIIthy, whorIng hound!
RGUNSHOT)
RWHINES AND WHIMPERS)
Johnny boy! Yeah?
Phone.
Hello.
HHe's oVer here!
RRED WHIMPERS)
Hey, buddy. Hey.
Oh, what haVe they done to you?
RYELPS AND WHIMPERS)
Ohh. What do you thInk?
I can stop the bIeedIng, but 'we have to get hIm to a vet.
That's four hours.
Three and a half, mate, the way l drIVe.
Don't you dare dIe on me, you damn dog.
Don't you dare die.
RWHINES) You're OK.
So, who do you thInk did It?
EVII CrIbbages.
They IIVe on pIg snouts and they hate the doggIes.
What makes you think he has a rifIe?
I know. PEETO: How do you know that?
After Jumbo Smelt was eaten In the Ieg
aII the men with gun...
..went out to kiII the sharky.
I'm gIad they didn't kiII it.
WWhy?
You neVer know when you mIght need a shark.
What in God's red earth wouId you need a shark for?
Say you woke up one fIne mornIng
and dIdn't find It so fIne.
BeIng eaten by a shark Is rather a memorabIe way to go.
You wouId not taIk thIs way if you Iaugh once In a whiIe.
I Iaugh.
NeVer. He's rIght, mate.
I'Ve neVer eVen heard you chuckIe.
Maybe you haVen't noticed,
but DampIer's no three-rIng bIoody cIrcus, Is It?
In my home VIIIage of Abruzzi
there was aIways Iaughter, aIways.
I don't eVen think there is an Abruzzi.
You probabIy come from some pIss-ugIy town In AIbanIa
and are trying to pass.
RCHUCKLES) VannoskI!
That Is not funny.
Yuri Vannoski. RTITTERS)
RlMITATES ALBANlAN ACCENT) DImItrI VannoskI.
RLAUGHS)
KnItter.
What dId you caII me? I caIIed you a knitter!
What kind of a man knIts a sweater?
RALL YELL AND ARGUE)
Shut up! Give Red Dog some peace, for Godsakes!
RWHIMPERS)
It's OK. It'Il be OK.
W eII, he got Iucky.
The buIIets mIssed the bone.
I saVed them for you.
W eII, Iook at that.
How Iong wiII he need to stay? Just a coup e of hours.
RDRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's my shout, boys.
(SWEEPING ROMANTlC MUSlC)
JOHN: You aIrIght?
Red's gonna need to come back in two weeks.
That's a long bIoody driVe. Yeah.
I could try and take the stItches out for you.
No.
l wIII take hIm.
It wouId be an honour.
RROMANTIC ITALIAN MUSIC)
RWHIMPERS)
Idiota, IdIota, IdIota!
His nose, it is, uh, Very dry.
I cannot sIeep.
Yes, a worm.
A big white worm.
RWHINES)
l am sorry they giVe you enema Iast time.
This tIme l promise to ask her out.
OK, OK, OK.
I ask her out and gIve you bIg meat, huh?
No. After.
(BARKS)
I can't see any gIass.
I wonder, you know, sometime,
I and you together maybe...
Are you askIng me out?
I do.
Arggh!
RBABY CRIES)
W eII?
Yes, l, Vincenzio AIbefto GiroIomo,
ask you, beIIa Rosa, out.
A round of drInks on me
for my beIIa Rosa, my beIIo chIld GIovanni and Red Dog.
RALL CHEER)
He saVed my IIfe once. True.
Yeah? How dId he do that?
EVeryone that ends up in thIs part of the country
has somethIng they're running away from.
Hang on.
Lack of money, broken heaet,
vIoIent acts, Ioss of hope.
We alI haVe a story we Ieft behind.
10 years ago, my wife and gIrl were kiIIed In an auto accident
wWhen I was driVing.
Oh, Jesus, l...I'm sorry.
What Vanno saId was true. I...I hadn't Iaughed in years.
Then one fine morning I woke up
and I dIdn't fInd It so fine.
Oh, g'day, Jumbo.
CouIdn't stand a drInk
for me poor nerves and me throbbIng scar. couId you?
No worrIes, Jumbo.
ThrobbIng somethIng horrIble alI nIght.
And what do I hear thIs mornIng?
Me oId nemesis. Lord Nelson. is back off Hansen's CoVe,
swimming back and forth, carefree as a kIss.
JACK: Huh.
JUMBO: I feeI IIke CaptaIn bIoody Hook.
Tick-tock, tIck-tock
(M,EN YELL) (RED BARKS)
MAN: Hey, mate, can you grab us a coId one out of the esky?
MAN 2: Oh, g'day, mate.
Get It!
(RED BARKS)
Where are you, you Iazy-arse fIsh?
Hey, get out of It, you mongreI! That's my steak!
RLAUGHS)
Drop that steak!
RSOBS)
RDRAMATlC MUSIC SURGES)
RSPITS)
RPEOPLE SHOUT)
MAN: Jocko! MAN 2: Get out!
MAN 3: Shark!
Faster! Get in, Jocko!
Ah!
Do you want to die? Get rId of the steak!
Get In!
You aIrIght?
Wasn't for Red Dog and that prIme hunk of red meat,
you'd be looking at fish bait.
HeIIo?
RTOILET FLUSHES)
Oh. uh. Wait. Wait a second. Uh...
A gentIeman.
Four sIsters.
Ah. WelI...
Oh, yeah, sorry. Sorry.
Yeah.
So, whateVer happened to them?
Who? Nancy and John.
RSILENCE)
MAN ON RECORDING: Uno, dos, one, two, tres, cuatro.
RLIVELY ROCK MUSIC)
Up, up, up, up.
Yeah!
(MUSIC STOPS) WOMAN: Not that song!
MAN: Hey.
Excuse me, guys.
MAN: Oh, here we go, here we go, here we go.
Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech!
OTHERS: Speech! No. No, no, no, no, no.
What do you thInk I'm standIng up here for, the weather?
How's the weather? Hot!
Now, most of you bIokes haVe no idea
what we're ceIebratIng here tonight.
You heard there was free beer and food
and you came swarming out of the nIght Iike locusts.
He's not a bad bIoke for a seppo.
But I'm here to teII you there's somethIng deeper
going on here tonight.
We're ceIebratIng a unique moment In my IIfe.
Sedentariness DId he say he was on drugs?
Nah, I thInk he's joInIng the prIesthood.
RLAUGHTER)
Now, I'Ve been in DampIer two years and one day.
That is one day longer than I'Ve ever been
In any sIngIe place my whole IIfe.
Why, you ask? Why? Why? ALL: Why?
Why In thIs gIorIous armpIt of the North-West?
RLAUGHTER)
One reason.
One IncredIbIy beautIful reason.
I am hopeIessIy In IoVe wIth Nancy Grey,
and I am not afraId to teII the worId about It, or her.
RCHEERlNG)
Uh... Huh.
Nancy Jane Grey...
..wiII you marry me?
.John Grant...
..I wIII!
(CHEERING) RRED BARKS)
Now, go home!
Lovely pafty. Mmm
I thInk we shouId go to my pIace.
Or we couId just go Into my bed.
Which two of your mates are passed out In.
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
Red Dog, you stay. You hear me?
I'II be back in the morning.
(WHINES)
(.PANTS)
RBIRDS CAW)
Go back to sleep, beautIfuI.
I'II see you tonIght, OK?
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
RPHONE RINGS)
HeIIo?
Oh, heIIo, Nancy. It's Jocko.
HeIIo, Jocko. How's your head?
What head?
Some joker's repIaced it wIth a swoIIen pumpkIn.
RLAUGHS)
Have you seen John? Why?
WeII, he neVer showed up forwork.
He Ieft my pIace earIy to go back to hIs house
He probabIy went back to sIeep, Is aIl.
I'II... It's nearIy Iunch.
I'II pop oVer and take a peek.
CalI me when you fInd him. WIII do.
RTOOL WHIRRS)
See that? What?
Turn around.
JOCKO: SIow down.
RFLlES BUZZ)
Here!
V ANNO: Oh!
No. Oh!
PEETO: WIth all the sadness and the...
..arrangements for the funeraI,
eVeryone forgot about Red Dog.
Wasn't tIIl three days had passed
that anyone noticed that...
..he was still waitIng outside John's house.
Nancy made an effort to cIaIm hIm, but...
..he was a one-master dog.
So he waIted.
In the heat and the coId, day and nIght.
For three weeks, he sat in front of John's house
and bareIy moVed,
hIs eyes aIways on the road.
Then one day, Red Dog made a decisIon.
If John wasn't gonna come home. then he, Red Dog,
wouId go out in the world and find John.
WaIked in the transpoft...
and Iooked into the face... of eVery man there.
He was askIng a singIe questIon.
''HaVe you seen John?''
REMOTIONALLY) ''HaVe you seen John?''
He looked eVerywhere at HamersIey. Every department.
And when he couldn't find him there,
he went to the saItworks.
And then the malI.
And then the pub.
And eVen the harbour.
RSHIP'S HORN HONKS)
Most dogs wouId haVe stopped there, In Dampier.
But most dogs weren't Red Dog.
And this Is how he became famous.
This is how he became the PiIbara Wanderer,
Dog of the North-West.
You see, mate. .
..he went eVerywhere.
He traVeIled for years.
Town to town to town.
He was spotted down in Pefth more than once
and as far north as DarwIn.
And I haVe It on good authorIty
that he eVen hItched a rIde on an ore shIp
from Poet HedIand to SaganosekI, Japan.
But In the end, after aII the IookIng
and the traVeIIing...
..the grIef...
..I thInk he fInaIIy knew.
lt was tIme.
TIme to come home.
(.PANTS)
Red?
Red Dog! Red! (BARKS)
Red Dog! HeIIo!
Red Dog. Red Dog!
You came back!
Did you hear?
I got a promotion. I'm an executiVe assistant now.
Which Is reaIIy the same as a secretary
except l get paid a bit more.
They'Ve put me on the Iist for one of the new houses at Karratha.
Oh.
And I fInaIIy Iet that Kurt bIoke take me out.
(GROWLS) I don t th nk so
(BARKS) Bad dentaI hygIene.
RURGENT KNOCK AT DOOR)
Shh.
HHelIo.
Miss Grey. Mmm.
It's come to our attentIon
that you're In serIous vIoIation of park ruIes.
And what would they be? You know what.
No dogs aIIowed! It's a sIlly rule.
We know you have a dog in there. No poInt In denyIng.
Red Dog is not your average dog, Mr CrIbbage.
He has priVIIeges. Everybody knows that.
I don't care if he's the Queen's bIoody corgi.
If you don't get rid of hIm, we get rId of you.
RRED BARKS) (GROWLS)
Aha! (BARKS)
Red, stop that.
RGROWLS)
Your contract cIearIy states that you cannot own a dog.
l don't own Red Dog. Nobody does.
Then he's a stray. No. He's common.
What the heck's common?
He's accepted and cared for by the town.
(CAT GROWLS) The communIty.
Now, there's a Iaugh.
That's no proper town. And there's no such communIty.
It's just a bunch of dIrty mIners
working, drinking and whoring.
What happens In thIs park Is what I say.
And I say that dog is a dangerous stray,
pIain and simpIe.
And the next time I see him, l'Il shoot him for sure.
LIsten to me, you IIttIe bug.
You as much as harm a haIr on that dog's head
and you wiIl haVe me and the entire Pilbara to answer to!
You'Ve been warned, MIss Grey. And so have you.
(CAT HISSES) RBARKS)
RIMlTATES GUNSHOT)
(BARKS) RCAT GROWLS)
Now, once more.
SONG: ¶ We can't be beaten
¶ What'II we teII 'em, boys?
¶ We can't be beaten
¶ There comes a tIme 'when every man must fIght
¶ When he belIeVes In justIce and rIght
¶ He'lI take so much tiIl he'lI take no more
¶ They'II hear us comIng when they hear the mIghty roar
¶ ShouIder to shouIder. we're gonna stand
¶ We're gonna fIght to the Very Iast man... ¶
RMlAOWS)
RKNOCK AT DOOR)
(.PANTS)
Who was It?
EVeryone
RGROWLS)
RPEOPLE GROWL)
RBARKS) Stop that!
Who are alI you peopIe?
W elI, they wouId be the communIty of DampIer.
But sInce there is no proper town and no such community,
I guess they're just a bunch of dIrty, drunken miners.
OTHERS: Yeah! That's rIght. Dirty, drunken.
I'II caII the poIice, I wiII.
There's no need, Mr Cribbage. Back here.
Get these peopIe out of my park!
Now, Mr CrIbbage, you're just the caretaker.
HamersIey owns the land. So what?
I take care of the Iand. You got a probIem with that?
What do you aIl want wIth me?
Oh, we just haVe a smalI deIegatIon
that wouId Iike to haVe a prIvate word wIth you.
That's alI.
Oh, whoops. Seems to be my break tIme.
CaII me If you need me.
RGROWLS AND BARKS)
W e had a IIttle chat.
It was Very cIVIIIsed and aII. You were Very persuasive.
It was nothing, reaIIy.
All the Cribbages needed was a bIt of ed-u-catIon.
NANCY: WeII, they were so educated
that they ran away and took their caraVan with them.
The onIy thIng they Ieft behInd...
RMlAOWS) ,.was their cat.
(GRO'WL S) RGROWLS)
So as Red Dog wouId neVer be accused
of being a Iow-down dIrty stray agaIn,
we all had him registered at the shire as common.
RCHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RBARKS) Oh!
But...
..there was a reckoning stiIl to be decided.
The Cribbages 'were gone, true,
but let us not forget that a dark, sInister force
stiII ruIed oVer the caravan park.
RGROWLS)
Good versus eViI!
CIVIIIsatIon versus chaos!
Doggie do Versus cat poo!
RGROWLS)
(HISSES)
(BARKS)
RCAT MIAOWS AND HISSES) (RED BARKS)
RPHONE RINGS)
Red Dog and Red Cat are goIng at It! PIace your bets, gents!
They fight!
(ALL YELL)
RGROWLS)
(BARKS) RHlSSES)
RMlAOWS)
RHOOVES THUNDER)
RSNARLING AND HISSING)
RSHATTERING)
(.TRANSCENDENT MUSlC)
RBARKS)
W hat?
SpectacuIar.
RMlAOWS)
RGRUNTS)
PEETO: Nobody knows how or why
Perhaps It was a grudgIng respect.
CeetainIy, they were the scrappIest and the rangIest
theIr two kInds have ever cooked up.
Perhaps they saw more than a bit of themseIVes in each other.
Who knows?
But know thIs.
Mates, they became.
Red Cat and Red Dog OTHERS: Red Cat and Red Dog.
RPANTS)
RLOUD CHATTER)
RTAPPING) (SILENCE)
PEOPLE: Shh, shh, shh.
There's an Iron statue outsIde
brought up from Perth
by thIs fIne man, Thomas, here.
lt's of that oId EngIish explorer WIIIIam Dampier
PaId for, as in aII thIngs, by HamersIey Iron...
RCHEERlNG)
.to stand at the entrance of this town.
DampIer saIIed Into the harbour In 16-something-or-other,
spent fIve minutes, saIIed out agaIn.
The onIy thIng he wrote about the pIace was,
''Too many flIes.''
RLAUGHTER) That's it!
''Too many flIes''!
WelI, l say, to helI with that!
Why shouId we haVe a statue
honourIng a poncy Pommy fIy-hating arIstocrat?
Or, for that matter, a fat bIoody generaI,
or, God heIp us, a stInkIn' poIItIcIan?
OTHERS: Yeah!
We shouId haVe somebody that understands thIs pIace.
Somebody that IiVes and breathes thIs Vastness and desoIatIon.
Somebody that's got red dust stuck up theIr nose
and in their eyes and their hair
and up their arse!
RLAUGHTER)
Somebody that's like aIl of us.
Men -
and women -
who understand the meanIng of Independence
and the Importance of a generous heart.
Mates who are IoyaI by nature, not desIgn...
..and who know the meaning of loVe and Ioss.
Somebody that represents our home.
Somebody that represents the PIIbara In aII of us.
And I say that somebody...
..dammit...
..is a dog!
RCHEERlNG)
RCOIN CLATTERS)
RLAID-BACK SONG INTRO PLAYS)
MAN: Guess whose shout.
RMEN SING WITH JUKEBOX) ¶ Way out west
¶ Where the rain don't faII
¶ Got a job with the company dIgging for ore
¶ Just to make some bread
¶ LIVing and a-working on the land
¶ QuIt my job and I Ieft my wIfe
¶ l headed out west for a brand-new Iife
¶ Just to get away
¶ LIVIng and a workIng on the Iand... ¶
Yeah!
¶ What a change it's been
¶ From workIng that nine-to-five
¶ How strange it's been
¶ At Iast I get the feeIIng that I'm reaIIy aIIve
¶ Way out west, where the rain don't faIl
¶ Got a job with a company drIIIIng for oII
¶ And I'm neVer gonna Ieave
¶ LIVing and a-working on the land
¶ La-Ia Ia-Ia-Ia Ia-Ia
¶ La-Ia-Ia Ia-Ia Ia-Ia
¶ La-Ia-Ia Ia-Ia Ia-Ia Ia
¶ LIVing and a-working on the land
¶ La-Ia-Ia Ia-Ia Ia-Ia
¶ La-Ia-Ia Ia-Ia Ia-Ia Ia... ¶
PEOPLE: Whoo! MAN: Yeah!
¶ LIVIng and a workIng on the Iand. ¶
MAN: Hey (CHEERING)
To Red Dog!
The best damn doggIe In the whoIe damn country!
RCHEERlNG)
Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
He's gone.
No, no.
He's gone from the room. He's not out the back anymore.
RMURMURlNG)
We have to find him. Come on. Let's go.
MAN: Red Dog! Red!
Red! Red!
R.PANTS)
RHORN HONKS)
RHISSlNG AND CLUNKING)
RHORN HONKS)
Doggie!
Red Doggie! Red!
Doggie!
Red!
Here, Red!
Here, boy!
RWHlSTLES)
Red!
Where are you, boy?
Red!
Red Dog, come home.
They'Ve found hIm.
You stay, boy.
You stay here
You're home now.
RSNIFFS)
RINTRO TO 'LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR' BY PETE TOWNSHEND PLAYS)
SONG: ¶ When peopIe keep repeatIng
¶ That you'lI neVer faIl in love
¶ When eVerybody keeps retreatIng
¶ But you can't seem to get enough
¶ Let my IoVe open the door... ¶
Oh, my God!
¶ Let my IoVe open the door... ¶
Where'd you get him? Vanno was gIVIng them away.
¶ Let my IoVe open the door ¶ Let my IoVe open the door
¶ Let my love open the door ¶ Ooh-ooh
¶ Let my Iove open the door
¶ When everythIng feels aIl over
¶ EVerybody seems unkind... ¶
Ladies and gentIemen, If you wouId please take a seat.
¶ Take aII worry out of your mInd
¶ Let my Iove open the door
¶ Let my IoVe open the door... ¶
RCHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
¶ Let my Iove open the door
¶ To your heaft ¶ Let my love open the door
¶ Ooh-ooh ¶ Let my love open the door
¶ Ooh-ooh
¶ I haVe the onIy key to your heart
¶ I can stop you faIIIng apart
¶ Try today You'II fInd thIs way
¶ Come on and gIve me a chance to say
¶ Let my Iove open the door
¶ It's aII I'm IiVing for
¶ ReIease yourseIf from mIsery
¶ There's onIy one thIng gonna set you free
¶ That's my IoVe
¶ Let my love open the door ¶ Ooh
¶ Let my Iove open the door
¶ When tragedy befaIls you ¶ Ooh ooh
¶ Don't Iet it drag you down
¶ LoVe can cure your probIem ¶ Ooh-ooh
¶ You're so Iucky I'm around
¶ Let my Iove open the door
¶ To your heart. ¶