1 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:48,760 CHRlS: Mom! 2 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,160 Mom! Help me. 3 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:53,440 (GASPlNG) 4 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,160 WALT: What is it? 5 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,960 l wasn't dreaming, Walt. l didn't imagine it. 6 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,080 (SOBBlNG) l heard him. l heard him. l heard him. l heard Chris. 7 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,840 -l heard him! -l know. 8 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,440 No. l wasn't imagining it, Walt. 9 00:01:07,841 --> 00:01:10,281 No, l did. He's... He's... 10 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,560 -l heard him! -Billie. 11 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,440 MAN: That's about as far as l can get you. 12 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,080 CHRlS: All right. Thank you. 13 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,640 MAN: You left all your shit on my dash. CHRlS: Keep it. 14 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,040 MAN: Suit yourself. 15 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,000 CHRlS: Thanks again. 16 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,680 MAN: Hey, hold on a minute. 17 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,400 Here, take these. They'll keep your feet dry. 18 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,520 lf you make it out alive, give me a call. My number's inside the boots. 19 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,960 Thanks. 20 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,240 (LONG NlGHTS PLAYlNG) 21 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,520 Hello? 22 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,920 ls there anybody here? 23 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:54,120 Guess not! 24 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,600 (HOWLlNG) 25 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,600 (SlGHlNG) 26 00:10:59,919 --> 00:11:01,999 Two years he walks the earth. 27 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,200 No phone, no pool, no pets, 28 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:13,719 no cigarettes. 29 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,080 Ultimate freedom. 30 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:37,759 An extremist. An aesthetic voyager 31 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:39,400 (CLEARlNG THROAT) 32 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,480 whose home is the road. 33 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,640 "Hey, listen, old man. Now, don't psychoanalyze me, all right? 34 00:11:47,959 --> 00:11:50,519 "Shut up. l'm taking you out to where we're going." 35 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,120 "Where you going?" 36 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:54,799 "l told you. We're going nowhere!" 37 00:11:57,279 --> 00:12:02,679 So now, after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. 38 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,320 The climactic battle to kill 39 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,480 the false being within 40 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,360 and victoriously conclude the spiritual revolution. 41 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:29,719 (SlGHlNG) 42 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,400 (EXCLAlMlNG) 43 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,240 No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, 44 00:12:49,079 --> 00:12:51,759 and walks alone upon the land to become 45 00:12:53,079 --> 00:12:54,639 lost in the wild. 46 00:12:57,359 --> 00:12:58,799 (CHRlS READlNG) 47 00:13:24,879 --> 00:13:27,519 MAN ON PA: ...hard work and manifold contributions 48 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:29,719 to our community during their time here, 49 00:13:30,639 --> 00:13:33,839 we salute you and offer all of you 50 00:13:33,959 --> 00:13:36,919 one more round of applause and congratulations. 51 00:13:36,999 --> 00:13:38,519 (ALL APPLAUDlNG) 52 00:13:43,439 --> 00:13:46,119 Nina Lynn Lockwynn. 53 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,960 (AUDlENCE APPLAUDlNG) 54 00:13:49,759 --> 00:13:50,719 (lNAUDlBLE) 55 00:13:50,799 --> 00:13:53,919 Vanessa Denise Lowery. 56 00:13:58,119 --> 00:14:01,439 Christopher Johnson McCandless. 57 00:14:03,439 --> 00:14:05,159 (STUDENTS WHOOPlNG) 58 00:14:12,079 --> 00:14:15,199 Regina Victoria McNabb. 59 00:14:37,399 --> 00:14:40,879 CHRlS: l see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges. 60 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,840 l see my father strolling out under the ochre sandstone arch, 61 00:14:48,239 --> 00:14:52,199 the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood behind his head. 62 00:14:53,119 --> 00:14:55,759 l see my mother with a few light books at her hip, 63 00:14:55,839 --> 00:14:59,319 standing at the pillar made of tiny bricks with the wrought-iron gates 64 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:03,319 still open behind her, its sword-tips black in the May air. 65 00:15:04,239 --> 00:15:06,279 They are about to graduate. 66 00:15:07,439 --> 00:15:11,999 They are about to get married. They are kids. They are dumb. 67 00:15:12,559 --> 00:15:16,439 All they know is they are innocent, they would never hurt anybody. 68 00:15:18,599 --> 00:15:22,159 l want to go up to them and say, "Stop, don't do it. 69 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:25,839 "She's the wrong woman, he's the wrong man. 70 00:15:26,119 --> 00:15:29,999 "You are going to do things you cannot imagine you would ever do. 71 00:15:30,159 --> 00:15:33,119 "You are going to do bad things to children. 72 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,680 "You are going to suffer in ways you never heard of. 73 00:15:35,759 --> 00:15:37,679 "You are going to want to die." 74 00:15:40,079 --> 00:15:43,959 l want to go up to them there in the late May sunlight and say it. 75 00:15:44,359 --> 00:15:47,199 But l don't do it. l want to live. 76 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,000 l take them up like the male and female paper dolls, and bang them together 77 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,880 at the hips like chips of flint, as if to strike sparks from them. l say, 78 00:15:59,319 --> 00:16:03,679 "Do what you are going to do and l will tell about it." 79 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,280 Here they are, Walt. Okay? 80 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,800 Who wrote that? 81 00:16:10,279 --> 00:16:14,599 Well, could have been either one of us, couldn't it? 82 00:16:14,679 --> 00:16:17,279 Why is he letting Carine drive his car? 83 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,560 There's a lot of great poems in here. 84 00:16:25,199 --> 00:16:27,359 WALT: l have to speak to her about it. 85 00:16:27,439 --> 00:16:28,399 Sit down. 86 00:16:29,319 --> 00:16:31,039 Excuse me. l'm going to get my son. 87 00:16:31,119 --> 00:16:34,199 He just graduated today from Emory College. 88 00:16:34,279 --> 00:16:35,519 l'll get it. l'll get it. 89 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,040 Chris, hi! We've been waiting and waiting. 90 00:16:39,119 --> 00:16:43,319 You scared me half to death jumping up there on that stage like that. 91 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,640 -Hi, Dad. -Congratulations, Son. 92 00:16:46,799 --> 00:16:49,999 -This is a big step. -Thank you, Dad. 93 00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:51,799 All right. 94 00:16:52,999 --> 00:16:54,919 You're not supposed to be driving in Georgia. 95 00:16:54,999 --> 00:16:56,079 Why? l have my permit. 96 00:16:56,159 --> 00:16:58,279 'Cause it's against the law for a learner's permit 97 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,600 to drive in another state from one's home state. That's why. 98 00:17:01,679 --> 00:17:04,959 l didn't know that. l thought that if l was with a legal driver that it'd be okay. 99 00:17:05,039 --> 00:17:05,999 Well, let's... 100 00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:07,599 (MEN WHOOPlNG) 101 00:17:15,279 --> 00:17:18,239 -BlLLlE: Are they going to continue? -No. 102 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:22,959 l guess everybody's celebrating today. 103 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,240 -They're going to stay in the bar, right? -That's right. 104 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:27,279 (ALL CHANTlNG TEAM SLOGAN) 105 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:41,279 My grades are good enough, l think, to get into Harvard Law. 106 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,279 Chris, that's wonderful. 107 00:17:44,679 --> 00:17:46,639 That is a big deal. 108 00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:49,919 How much do you have left in the college fund? 109 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:55,239 Exactly $24,500.68. 110 00:17:55,319 --> 00:17:56,919 Well, that's specific. 111 00:17:56,999 --> 00:17:59,639 l had to go to the bank this morning, Mom. 112 00:18:01,199 --> 00:18:05,239 Your mother and l will be glad to contribute the balance for Harvard. 113 00:18:05,319 --> 00:18:06,719 That's right. 114 00:18:06,999 --> 00:18:08,279 l've got to figure out what l'm going to do. 115 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,679 l've got a lot of things to pack and organize here first. 116 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:16,079 Your father and l, we want to make a present to you. 117 00:18:16,839 --> 00:18:19,799 -We want to get you out of that junker. -Mmm-hmm. 118 00:18:19,879 --> 00:18:21,199 What junker? 119 00:18:21,679 --> 00:18:22,879 That. 120 00:18:25,199 --> 00:18:28,399 -We want to buy you a new car. -That's right. 121 00:18:28,519 --> 00:18:29,879 -A new car? -Mmm-hmm. 122 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:34,039 Why would l want a new car? 123 00:18:35,079 --> 00:18:36,719 Datsun runs great. 124 00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:40,879 Do you think l want some fancy boat? 125 00:18:42,639 --> 00:18:45,559 Are you worried what the neighbors might think? 126 00:18:45,679 --> 00:18:48,399 Well, we weren't gonna get you a brand new Cadillac, Chris. 127 00:18:48,479 --> 00:18:51,559 We just want to get you a nice new car that's safe to drive. 128 00:18:51,639 --> 00:18:55,039 And you never know when that thing out there just might blow up. 129 00:18:55,119 --> 00:19:01,119 Blow up. Blow up? Are you guys crazy? lt's a great car. 130 00:19:01,639 --> 00:19:05,679 l don't need a new car. l don't want a new car. 131 00:19:06,039 --> 00:19:08,039 -l don't want anything. -BlLLlE: Okay. 132 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,719 -These things, things, things, things. -BlLLlE: Okay. 133 00:19:11,799 --> 00:19:13,519 -Everything has to be difficult. -Thank you. 134 00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:15,599 -Thank you. -Maybe that's not what he means. 135 00:19:15,679 --> 00:19:19,199 Maybe he just wants his old car. lt's not such a big deal. 136 00:19:21,399 --> 00:19:23,919 Thank you. l just don't want anything. 137 00:19:32,959 --> 00:19:35,239 CARlNE: Chris measured himself and those around him 138 00:19:35,319 --> 00:19:37,799 by a fiercely rigorous moral code. 139 00:19:37,879 --> 00:19:38,959 Bye, Chris! 140 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:42,239 He risked what could have been a relentlessly lonely path 141 00:19:42,319 --> 00:19:45,879 but found company in the characters of the books he loved 142 00:19:48,399 --> 00:19:52,439 from writers like Tolstoy, Jack London and Thoreau. 143 00:19:53,999 --> 00:19:57,039 He could summon their words to suit any occasion, 144 00:19:57,839 --> 00:19:59,479 and he often would. 145 00:20:14,239 --> 00:20:19,039 l forgot to ask what quote he'd have picked for his graduation dinner, 146 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,599 but l had a good idea of who the primary target would be. 147 00:20:27,239 --> 00:20:30,119 lt was inevitable that Chris would break away. 148 00:20:32,079 --> 00:20:36,079 And when he did, he would do it with characteristic immoderation. 149 00:20:36,839 --> 00:20:38,479 (HARD SUN PLAYlNG) 150 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:21,199 CHRlS: "lt should not be denied 151 00:21:21,279 --> 00:21:24,279 "that being footloose has always exhilarated us. 152 00:21:25,239 --> 00:21:28,039 "lt is associated in our minds with escape 153 00:21:29,159 --> 00:21:32,839 "from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations. 154 00:21:34,279 --> 00:21:35,919 "Absolute freedom. 155 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,399 "And the road has always led west." 156 00:22:56,319 --> 00:22:57,719 (FLY BUZZlNG) 157 00:23:35,759 --> 00:23:37,199 CHRlS: l need a name. 158 00:23:42,479 --> 00:23:44,599 (GOlNG UP TO COUNTRY PLAYlNG) 159 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,159 CARINE: Toward the end of June, 160 00:24:07,238 --> 00:24:10,158 Emory had mailed our parents Chris' final grade report. 161 00:24:10,678 --> 00:24:12,238 Almost all A's. 162 00:24:12,639 --> 00:24:15,279 A in Apartheid in South African Society. 163 00:24:16,039 --> 00:24:20,399 A-minus in Contemporary African Politics and the Food Crisis in Africa. 164 00:24:21,238 --> 00:24:24,478 And on it went. Clever boy, my brother. 165 00:24:25,999 --> 00:24:29,559 But by the end of July, we hadn't heard anything from him 166 00:24:29,639 --> 00:24:32,079 and my parents were becoming unsettled. 167 00:24:33,599 --> 00:24:35,839 Chris had never had a phone, 168 00:24:35,918 --> 00:24:39,318 so they decided to drive down to Atlanta and surprise him. 169 00:24:53,799 --> 00:24:56,439 When they arrived at the apartment, there was a "For Rent" sign up 170 00:24:56,519 --> 00:24:59,839 and the manager said that Chris had moved out at the end of May. 171 00:24:59,918 --> 00:25:01,918 Oh, yes. He left two months ago. 172 00:25:02,159 --> 00:25:04,119 CARlNE: So when they got home, 173 00:25:04,199 --> 00:25:08,159 l had to hand them all the letters that they had sent Chris that summer, 174 00:25:08,719 --> 00:25:12,399 which had been returned in a bundle. 175 00:25:12,759 --> 00:25:16,799 Chris had arranged for the post office to hold them until August 1st, 176 00:25:16,879 --> 00:25:19,639 to buy himself some time. 177 00:25:20,638 --> 00:25:22,598 WALT: Did you know about this? 178 00:25:23,159 --> 00:25:24,999 He didn't say anything. 179 00:25:25,599 --> 00:25:28,999 l understood what he was doing. That he had spent four years 180 00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:32,999 fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college, 181 00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:39,799 and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, 182 00:25:39,879 --> 00:25:43,399 false security, parents and material excess, 183 00:25:43,479 --> 00:25:45,039 (BlLLlE LAUGHlNG) 184 00:25:45,199 --> 00:25:48,879 the things that cut Chris off from the truth of his existence. 185 00:26:06,958 --> 00:26:08,518 (BlRDS CHlRPlNG) 186 00:26:24,918 --> 00:26:26,638 (AlRPLANE WHOOSHlNG) 187 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,239 Hey! 188 00:27:05,079 --> 00:27:06,999 RAlNEY: Hey, man. Step around. Jump in. 189 00:27:07,078 --> 00:27:08,318 Okay, great. 190 00:27:08,398 --> 00:27:11,518 We barely saw you there underneath that crazy hat of yours. 191 00:27:11,639 --> 00:27:15,199 This door's a little tricky. There you go. Hop in. 192 00:27:18,639 --> 00:27:19,839 That's Rainey. 193 00:27:19,918 --> 00:27:21,558 -Hi, Rainey. -Yeah, l'm Rainey. 194 00:27:21,639 --> 00:27:23,199 -l'm Jan. -Hi. l'm Alex. 195 00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:24,599 Alex with the hat on. 196 00:27:24,679 --> 00:27:26,679 JAN: Yeah, l know. You said it, man. CHRlS: Yeah. 197 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,239 So you're a leather now. 198 00:27:31,438 --> 00:27:32,478 l'm a leather? 199 00:27:32,558 --> 00:27:37,478 Yeah, a leather tramp. That's what they call the ones that hoof it, go on foot. 200 00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:40,399 Technically we're rubber tramps. 201 00:27:40,479 --> 00:27:42,439 Because we have a vehicle. 202 00:27:43,558 --> 00:27:46,718 -You don't have to push me away. -Come on, please? 203 00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:53,079 Yeah, Alex could have a vehicle as well, but he decided to burn all of his money. 204 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,199 (WAVES CRASHlNG) 205 00:27:55,279 --> 00:27:57,159 And why did you do that? 206 00:27:58,799 --> 00:28:01,999 l don't need money. Makes people cautious. 207 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:06,719 Come on, Alex. You gotta be a little cautious. 208 00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:09,799 l mean, that book of yours is cool and everything, 209 00:28:10,039 --> 00:28:13,039 but you can't depend entirely on leaves and berries. 210 00:28:14,118 --> 00:28:17,598 l don't know if you want to depend on much more than that. 211 00:28:18,439 --> 00:28:20,439 Where are your mom and dad? 212 00:28:23,318 --> 00:28:25,438 Living their lies somewhere. 213 00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:30,759 You look like a loved kid. Be fair. 214 00:28:31,879 --> 00:28:32,919 Fair? 215 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:35,598 You know what l mean. 216 00:28:38,558 --> 00:28:40,718 l'll paraphrase Thoreau here. 217 00:28:41,678 --> 00:28:45,798 "Rather than love, than money, than faith, 218 00:28:45,879 --> 00:28:49,759 "than fame, than fairness, 219 00:28:52,078 --> 00:28:53,598 "give me truth." 220 00:29:03,878 --> 00:29:05,398 (TENT UNZlPPlNG) 221 00:29:14,158 --> 00:29:17,078 CARlNE: From as long ago as Chris and I couId remember, 222 00:29:17,198 --> 00:29:20,278 there have been daily bouts of rage in our house. 223 00:29:20,358 --> 00:29:24,678 Violence that we were forced to witness. lt was very real. 224 00:29:25,239 --> 00:29:26,399 (lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG) 225 00:29:26,479 --> 00:29:28,999 But it was also like theater. 226 00:29:30,439 --> 00:29:34,239 They cast us as both judges and the accused. 227 00:29:34,559 --> 00:29:39,959 And l got you this token, this expensive token. 228 00:29:40,358 --> 00:29:42,398 CARlNE: Dad had been the young genius 229 00:29:42,478 --> 00:29:47,118 that NASA enlisted to do crucial designs for the American satellite radar systems 230 00:29:47,199 --> 00:29:51,519 that would be our answer to the Russian Sputnik. 231 00:29:51,598 --> 00:29:53,958 And Mom and he later started up a consulting firm 232 00:29:54,039 --> 00:29:57,359 combining her get-up-and-go resourcefulness 233 00:29:57,439 --> 00:29:58,999 with his wealth of knowledge. 234 00:29:59,078 --> 00:30:01,198 Look at this. 235 00:30:04,078 --> 00:30:07,678 But by the time the company actually made its first million, 236 00:30:07,999 --> 00:30:12,559 the careerism and money seemed only to embolden their blindness. 237 00:30:13,198 --> 00:30:15,118 Thank you very, very much. 238 00:30:16,078 --> 00:30:18,558 l remember the first family meeting 239 00:30:18,879 --> 00:30:22,159 to let us in on their plans for getting a divorce. 240 00:30:22,918 --> 00:30:26,198 They wanted us to choose which of them we'd live with. 241 00:30:28,078 --> 00:30:29,878 We cried our eyes out. 242 00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:34,159 The divorce never happened, 243 00:30:34,838 --> 00:30:37,838 but the battles and the meetings never stopped. 244 00:30:39,078 --> 00:30:42,038 lt wasn't very long before Chris and l shut off. 245 00:30:43,839 --> 00:30:46,479 We'd say "Go ahead. 246 00:30:48,038 --> 00:30:49,638 "Get the divorce." 247 00:30:50,998 --> 00:30:55,718 Jeez. lf l struck a match to you l'd have dinner and warmth at the same time. 248 00:30:56,719 --> 00:30:58,319 Where's Jan going? 249 00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:02,318 Well, my friend, 250 00:31:03,758 --> 00:31:06,198 all is not well on the hippie front. 251 00:31:15,478 --> 00:31:18,478 You're an industrious little fucker, aren't you? 252 00:31:19,678 --> 00:31:20,998 Little bit. 253 00:31:25,758 --> 00:31:29,998 lt's funny how things happen at particular times. 254 00:31:31,878 --> 00:31:35,198 l've loved that woman for a lot of years, bro. 255 00:31:38,038 --> 00:31:40,598 But, you know, she's got a story. 256 00:31:41,478 --> 00:31:45,518 We've been going through this thing, real quiet. 257 00:31:48,078 --> 00:31:51,998 So when we ran into you yesterday, 258 00:31:52,438 --> 00:31:55,598 this thing that we've been going through real quiet, 259 00:31:56,639 --> 00:31:59,439 she's talking about it. You know what l mean? 260 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:02,758 -l think l do. -You think what? 261 00:32:05,518 --> 00:32:06,478 Well... 262 00:32:09,478 --> 00:32:13,238 Some people feel like they don't deserve love. 263 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:17,838 They walk away quietly into empty spaces, 264 00:32:19,399 --> 00:32:22,359 trying to close the gaps to the past. 265 00:32:22,478 --> 00:32:25,478 That's a hell of an insight. Jesus! 266 00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:31,199 -You're not Jesus, are you? -Look who's talking. 267 00:32:31,278 --> 00:32:35,758 You gonna walk across the water and get her back for me, pal? 268 00:32:36,518 --> 00:32:40,078 No. l'm afraid of water. 269 00:32:40,679 --> 00:32:42,239 Always have been. 270 00:32:42,478 --> 00:32:48,118 Something l've gotta get over sometime though, huh? So l will swim in it 271 00:32:48,398 --> 00:32:51,118 if you'll carry the firewood back to camp. 272 00:32:53,358 --> 00:32:54,878 -Shit, yeah. -Yeah? 273 00:32:54,958 --> 00:32:57,398 -Call it carried. -All right. 274 00:33:30,718 --> 00:33:33,358 CHRlS: "The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, 275 00:33:36,958 --> 00:33:39,758 "and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. 276 00:33:40,438 --> 00:33:43,958 "Now, l don't know much about the sea, 277 00:33:44,558 --> 00:33:47,478 "but l do know that that's the way it is here. 278 00:33:48,958 --> 00:33:51,358 "And l also know how important it is in life 279 00:33:51,439 --> 00:33:55,319 "not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong, 280 00:33:56,478 --> 00:33:58,918 "to measure yourself at least once, 281 00:34:00,478 --> 00:34:04,758 "to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, 282 00:34:06,318 --> 00:34:08,838 "facing the blind, deaf stone alone 283 00:34:09,398 --> 00:34:13,358 "with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head." 284 00:34:18,358 --> 00:34:20,558 CHRlS: There's a big wave coming! 285 00:34:21,038 --> 00:34:22,478 (JAN SHOUTlNG) 286 00:34:24,158 --> 00:34:26,638 JAN: Rainey, l'm freezing! 287 00:34:27,158 --> 00:34:31,198 Could you put your arms around me? 288 00:34:52,278 --> 00:34:56,718 The Navy bulldozed and abandoned this base down there, 289 00:34:56,798 --> 00:35:03,518 and all that's left is this huge grid of concrete foundations, or slabs. 290 00:35:04,158 --> 00:35:07,838 -Man, you would dig the Slabs. -You would like it. You would like it. 291 00:35:07,918 --> 00:35:10,038 -lf you're on the road still. -JAN: You'd love it. 292 00:35:10,118 --> 00:35:11,518 Fellow travelers. 293 00:35:11,598 --> 00:35:14,078 Just living on the cheap under the sun. Can't beat it. 294 00:35:14,158 --> 00:35:15,518 Sounds good. 295 00:35:15,718 --> 00:35:18,238 lf you come, l'll make you a proper hat. 296 00:35:18,318 --> 00:35:21,318 -Promise? -l swear to God. 297 00:35:27,238 --> 00:35:28,638 (RAlNEY CHUCKLlNG) 298 00:35:28,718 --> 00:35:30,678 RAlNEY: Oh, baby. Baby. 299 00:35:30,758 --> 00:35:31,718 (JAN CHUCKLlNG) 300 00:35:31,798 --> 00:35:34,078 JAN: Stop it. Wait. RAlNEY: Yeah. 301 00:35:34,158 --> 00:35:35,638 (JAN SHUSHlNG) 302 00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:39,118 RAlNEY: Oh, yes. JAN: (CHUCKLlNG) Okay. 303 00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:42,318 JAN: Let me turn off the light. 304 00:35:46,358 --> 00:35:47,918 (SEAGULLS CAWlNG) 305 00:36:22,438 --> 00:36:26,358 -He reminded me of... -l know. 306 00:36:28,918 --> 00:36:30,358 (RlSE PLAYlNG) 307 00:36:34,798 --> 00:36:37,798 (SlNGlNG) Such is the way of the world 308 00:36:37,878 --> 00:36:40,238 You can never know 309 00:36:43,038 --> 00:36:48,718 Just where to put all your faith And how will it grow? 310 00:36:50,398 --> 00:36:52,958 Gonna rise up 311 00:36:53,038 --> 00:36:57,518 Burning back holes in dark memories 312 00:36:58,238 --> 00:37:00,758 Gonna rise up 313 00:37:00,838 --> 00:37:04,998 Turning mistakes into gold 314 00:37:05,078 --> 00:37:08,598 l mean, you're really good. l mean, you're like 315 00:37:09,798 --> 00:37:14,478 1 00,000 times better than, like, any apple l've ever had. 316 00:37:16,238 --> 00:37:18,518 l'm not Superman, l'm Supertramp. 317 00:37:20,597 --> 00:37:22,397 You're Superapple. 318 00:37:22,478 --> 00:37:28,958 You're so tasty. You're so organic, so natural. 319 00:37:30,078 --> 00:37:32,118 You're the apple of my eye. 320 00:37:34,358 --> 00:37:37,478 (SlNGlNG) Hey! Such is the passage of time 321 00:37:37,558 --> 00:37:40,638 Too fast to fold 322 00:37:42,278 --> 00:37:48,158 And suddenly swallowed by signs Lo and behold 323 00:37:49,397 --> 00:37:52,117 Gonna rise up 324 00:37:52,198 --> 00:37:56,598 Find my direction magnetically 325 00:37:57,198 --> 00:37:59,718 Gonna rise up 326 00:37:59,798 --> 00:38:04,078 Throw down my ace in the hole 327 00:38:06,198 --> 00:38:10,438 CARlNE: ln early September, Mom and Dad got a call from the Annandale police 328 00:38:10,517 --> 00:38:12,477 notifying them that Chris' abandoned car 329 00:38:12,558 --> 00:38:15,878 had been identified by the Arizona Highway Patrol. 330 00:38:16,318 --> 00:38:20,358 A group of rare flower hunters stumbled upon it in the desert. 331 00:38:21,637 --> 00:38:25,037 There were no signs that Chris had intended to return to it. 332 00:38:25,118 --> 00:38:28,158 But there wasn't any evidence of struggle, either. 333 00:38:29,997 --> 00:38:32,317 The police thought Chris had chosen to leave it behind 334 00:38:32,398 --> 00:38:34,958 and not that it was taken from him. 335 00:38:38,398 --> 00:38:43,158 The initial comfort that gave Mom and Dad quickly turned 336 00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:47,798 to the realization that Chris was actually trying not to be found. 337 00:39:27,238 --> 00:39:28,558 Strong. 338 00:39:29,797 --> 00:39:33,997 You can do anything. You can go anywhere. 339 00:39:34,678 --> 00:39:40,518 Money, power is an illusion. lt's up here. 340 00:39:41,958 --> 00:39:43,478 You can be here. 341 00:39:44,678 --> 00:39:47,118 Me and you. 342 00:40:00,958 --> 00:40:05,358 One, two. No, no, no. 343 00:40:12,717 --> 00:40:14,157 Two, 344 00:40:18,638 --> 00:40:19,758 three... 345 00:41:08,677 --> 00:41:10,957 WAYNE: Don't be shy with it. Get it moving there. That's good. 346 00:41:11,518 --> 00:41:13,198 -That's your speed right here. -CHRlS: Right. 347 00:41:14,358 --> 00:41:16,198 WAYNE: You go too fast, you won't get all the wheat. 348 00:41:16,398 --> 00:41:19,078 That's it, straight line, straight line, little straighter. 349 00:41:19,158 --> 00:41:22,358 See how you're bearing? Just a little straighter. Now you're a combiner. 350 00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:24,438 Wow, look at this view! 351 00:41:24,518 --> 00:41:27,078 But keep your eye on the wheat, here. Make sure you're cutting it. 352 00:41:27,158 --> 00:41:30,238 You can look back here and see how much is coming out, all right. 353 00:41:30,318 --> 00:41:31,878 -How do you feel? -l feel great. 354 00:41:31,958 --> 00:41:34,878 Okay, keep it straight. God bless you. 355 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:37,198 Make yourself some money, my friend. l'll see you in a little bit. 356 00:41:37,278 --> 00:41:38,318 Okay. 357 00:41:44,757 --> 00:41:48,437 Wayne. Where you going? 358 00:42:06,478 --> 00:42:10,678 Kevin, you know l love you. l'm joking with you. l'm joking. Stop it. 359 00:42:10,797 --> 00:42:13,917 -l'm joking with you. -Mind your own business, Wayne! 360 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:16,118 -What are you getting so hostile for? -l don't know. 361 00:42:16,198 --> 00:42:18,398 Me and you are on the same side. We're on the same side. 362 00:42:18,477 --> 00:42:21,437 -l'm just tired of the teasing a lot. -Kevin, we're on the same side. 363 00:42:21,517 --> 00:42:25,997 Let me get some... lf l want some vagina, let me get it. 364 00:42:26,078 --> 00:42:28,478 MAN: Whoa. He's serious about this. WAYNE: Let's just play cards. 365 00:42:28,558 --> 00:42:30,078 -Can we just play cards? -Let's go, then. 366 00:42:30,157 --> 00:42:32,797 $2, $4, $6, just put all the money in. 367 00:42:32,877 --> 00:42:34,677 l just wanna see everybody going for broke. 368 00:42:34,758 --> 00:42:37,238 -You want to play? -No. 369 00:42:51,557 --> 00:42:53,277 -Kevin, what have you got for the week? -l got 260. 370 00:42:53,358 --> 00:42:55,038 We're at 260. 371 00:43:01,198 --> 00:43:03,038 We're gonna stay right at 260, that's our number. 372 00:43:03,118 --> 00:43:04,878 We've got 20,000 pounds. 373 00:43:04,958 --> 00:43:08,678 We've got 20,000 pounds we need to get rid of. 374 00:43:11,437 --> 00:43:12,717 WAYNE: Maybe just do all that after lunch 375 00:43:12,797 --> 00:43:15,237 before we get back into everything else. 376 00:43:15,318 --> 00:43:18,638 MAN: Can we do the $500 reserves... 377 00:43:27,197 --> 00:43:29,637 What do you think about all this? 378 00:43:30,438 --> 00:43:31,958 l like all this. 379 00:43:39,157 --> 00:43:40,637 (MUSlC PLAYlNG) 380 00:43:43,557 --> 00:43:45,837 l don't think he can do it. 381 00:43:48,838 --> 00:43:50,838 ls there a library or bookstore around here 382 00:43:50,917 --> 00:43:52,917 where l can get books on hunting and preserving? 383 00:43:52,997 --> 00:43:54,917 Anything at all to do with hunting or preserving the meat, 384 00:43:54,998 --> 00:43:56,958 smoking it, whatever the hell it is, 385 00:43:57,038 --> 00:43:59,838 talk to Kevin over there. That's your man. 386 00:44:00,158 --> 00:44:03,198 Outdoorsman. What's your fascination with all that stuff? 387 00:44:03,277 --> 00:44:04,877 l'm going to Alaska. 388 00:44:05,197 --> 00:44:07,997 Alaska, Alaska? Or city Alaska? 389 00:44:08,077 --> 00:44:10,517 Because they do have markets in Alaska. 390 00:44:10,598 --> 00:44:13,638 The city ofAlaska. Not in Alaska. ln the city ofAlaska, they have markets. 391 00:44:13,717 --> 00:44:16,877 No, man. Alaska, Alaska. 392 00:44:17,358 --> 00:44:21,038 l'm gonna be all the way out there, all the way fucking out there. 393 00:44:21,677 --> 00:44:22,877 Just on my own. 394 00:44:22,958 --> 00:44:28,238 You know, no fucking watch, no map, no ax, no nothing. No nothing. 395 00:44:28,318 --> 00:44:30,878 Just be out there. Just be out there in it. 396 00:44:30,957 --> 00:44:35,197 You know, big mountains, rivers, sky, game. 397 00:44:35,278 --> 00:44:38,998 Just be out there in it, you know? ln the wild. 398 00:44:39,118 --> 00:44:40,918 -ln the wild. -Just wild. 399 00:44:40,997 --> 00:44:41,957 -Yeah. -Just... 400 00:44:42,038 --> 00:44:43,038 (GROWLlNG) 401 00:44:43,118 --> 00:44:44,118 What are you doing when we're there? 402 00:44:44,198 --> 00:44:46,318 Now you're in the wild, what are we doing? 403 00:44:46,398 --> 00:44:47,518 You're just living, man. 404 00:44:47,597 --> 00:44:50,877 You're just there, in that moment, in that special place and time. 405 00:44:50,958 --> 00:44:52,118 Yeah. 406 00:44:52,237 --> 00:44:54,677 Maybe when l get back, l can write a book about my travels. 407 00:44:54,758 --> 00:44:55,718 Why not? 408 00:44:55,797 --> 00:44:57,797 You know, about getting out of this sick society. 409 00:44:57,877 --> 00:45:00,557 -Society! -Society! 410 00:45:00,637 --> 00:45:02,157 CHRlS: Society, man! WAYNE: Society! 411 00:45:02,237 --> 00:45:04,357 -Society! Society! -Society! 412 00:45:04,437 --> 00:45:07,077 Society, you know! Society! 413 00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:10,398 'Cause you know what l don't understand? 414 00:45:10,477 --> 00:45:14,277 l don't understand why people, why every fucking person 415 00:45:14,357 --> 00:45:17,597 is so bad to each other so fucking often. 416 00:45:17,678 --> 00:45:22,598 lt doesn't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. All that, the whole spectrum. 417 00:45:22,677 --> 00:45:26,317 -Well, it just... -What "people" we talking about? 418 00:45:27,917 --> 00:45:32,437 You know, parents, hypocrites, 419 00:45:33,277 --> 00:45:36,597 politicians, pricks. 420 00:45:38,157 --> 00:45:40,477 This is a mistake. 421 00:45:40,557 --> 00:45:44,117 lt's a mistake to get too deep into all that kind of stuff. 422 00:45:46,677 --> 00:45:49,797 Alex, you're a hell of a young guy, a hell of a young guy. 423 00:45:51,317 --> 00:45:53,157 But l promise you this. 424 00:45:54,318 --> 00:45:58,718 You're a young guy! Can't be juggling blood and fire all the time! 425 00:45:59,118 --> 00:46:02,238 -You've got to just kind of... -Wayne, what are you talking about? 426 00:46:02,317 --> 00:46:03,677 -What? -GAlL: l mean... 427 00:46:03,758 --> 00:46:04,998 l'm talking about blood and fire. 428 00:46:05,077 --> 00:46:07,037 We're talking about trying to juggle blood and fire. 429 00:46:07,117 --> 00:46:08,797 Who are you to be giving advice to anybody anyway? 430 00:46:08,877 --> 00:46:10,397 Who am l to be giving advice to anybody? 431 00:46:10,478 --> 00:46:12,038 -Yes. -Well, it's nice to meet you. 432 00:46:12,118 --> 00:46:13,838 -My name is Mr. Happy. -CHRlS: Mr. Happy. 433 00:46:13,918 --> 00:46:16,078 WAYNE: And Mr. Happy sometimes gives advice. 434 00:46:16,157 --> 00:46:18,117 -Alex, please. -l'm sorry. 435 00:46:18,197 --> 00:46:20,717 Sometimes Mr. Happy... Well, Mr. Happy is always happy. 436 00:46:20,798 --> 00:46:22,198 But you know when he's happiest? 437 00:46:22,278 --> 00:46:23,598 -He's not always happy. -When is he happy? 438 00:46:23,678 --> 00:46:26,118 Are you really gonna say that to me? Come on, tell me about it. 439 00:46:26,197 --> 00:46:28,077 l am going to say that to you. 440 00:46:32,757 --> 00:46:35,157 -Now... -Sit down before you hurt yourself. 441 00:46:35,237 --> 00:46:38,317 One thing that you should try to keep your eye on 442 00:46:38,957 --> 00:46:41,877 is what happened in the late 1 940s in Roswell. 443 00:46:55,277 --> 00:46:57,397 CARlNE: When a search of tax records revealed that 444 00:46:57,477 --> 00:46:59,917 Chris had given his life savings to charity, 445 00:47:00,278 --> 00:47:04,438 Mom and Dad became what Dad called "mobilized." 446 00:47:04,518 --> 00:47:08,838 They hired a private investigator and notified law enforcement nationwide, 447 00:47:09,117 --> 00:47:11,397 determined to track him down. 448 00:47:11,678 --> 00:47:16,078 l just figured he'd be with gypsies, far from the eyes of the law. 449 00:47:19,997 --> 00:47:22,237 These are those free satellite TV deals. 450 00:47:22,317 --> 00:47:25,157 You're the one who said it, Alex, not me. 451 00:47:27,278 --> 00:47:29,638 KEVlN: You're gonna need something. What kind of gun you got? 452 00:47:29,717 --> 00:47:33,837 CHRlS: l'm probably gonna get like a .22, l think. A .22 caliber rifle. 453 00:47:35,997 --> 00:47:37,357 KEVlN: All right, then. 454 00:47:37,838 --> 00:47:40,478 When you get your kill, time is of the essence. 455 00:47:40,557 --> 00:47:42,557 Now, the first thing you wanna do is make sure 456 00:47:42,638 --> 00:47:45,558 that you got that meat nice and shaved up. 457 00:47:45,678 --> 00:47:48,118 And you don't have a lot of time to do this. This is about an hour or two. 458 00:47:48,197 --> 00:47:51,957 Depending on the weather. Especially if it's hot, you've got less time to do it. 459 00:47:52,037 --> 00:47:56,037 What you do is you want to make sure that them flies don't land on your meat. 460 00:47:56,117 --> 00:47:59,797 Because once them flies start shitting out larvae and them maggots, 461 00:48:00,478 --> 00:48:04,478 you know, those creepy crawlies, it's too late. lt's too late. 462 00:49:09,077 --> 00:49:11,397 You got me. You got me. 463 00:49:11,917 --> 00:49:13,957 (WOMAN CHATTERlNG ON RADlO) 464 00:49:16,957 --> 00:49:19,437 l warned Wayne about them little black boxes. 465 00:49:19,597 --> 00:49:23,037 Mr. Westerberg, Scott Baker, FBl. l think you know why we're here. 466 00:49:23,117 --> 00:49:25,237 -lmpressive turn-out. -Yeah. 467 00:49:25,317 --> 00:49:28,277 You mind grabbing that zipper for me there? Thank you. 468 00:49:28,997 --> 00:49:30,037 -Let's go. -Sorry, boys. 469 00:49:30,117 --> 00:49:32,277 We're gonna have to shut down for a little while. 470 00:49:32,357 --> 00:49:34,997 Alex, you come back and work for me any time you want. 471 00:49:35,077 --> 00:49:37,677 Gil's got your checks, guys. l shouldn't be away too long. 472 00:49:37,757 --> 00:49:42,437 Remember Alex, no Alaska till spring. South, kid. You wanna head south. 473 00:50:06,957 --> 00:50:09,237 CARlNE: The year Chris graduated high school, 474 00:50:09,317 --> 00:50:12,557 he bought the Datsun used and drove it cross-country. 475 00:50:13,837 --> 00:50:15,917 He stayed away most of the summer. 476 00:50:16,517 --> 00:50:18,877 BlLLlE: Come on. The neighbors are gonna be watching, honey. 477 00:50:18,957 --> 00:50:20,277 CARlNE: Can you spray it? 478 00:50:25,397 --> 00:50:29,357 As soon as l heard he was home, l ran into his room to talk to him. 479 00:50:33,997 --> 00:50:37,437 In CaIifornia, he'd looked up some old family friends. 480 00:50:38,157 --> 00:50:42,837 He discovered that our parents' stories of how they fell in love and got married 481 00:50:42,917 --> 00:50:45,677 were calculated lies masking an ugly truth. 482 00:50:46,797 --> 00:50:49,397 When they met, Dad was already married. 483 00:50:50,317 --> 00:50:52,517 And even after Chris was born, 484 00:50:52,597 --> 00:50:55,357 Dad had had another son with his first wife, Marcia, 485 00:50:56,637 --> 00:50:59,157 to whom he was still legally married. 486 00:51:01,037 --> 00:51:06,037 This fact suddenly re-defined Chris and me as bastard children. 487 00:51:10,477 --> 00:51:15,037 Dad's arrogance made him conveniently oblivious to the pain he caused. 488 00:51:16,677 --> 00:51:20,597 And Mom, in the shame and embarrassment of a young mistress, 489 00:51:21,197 --> 00:51:23,597 became his accomplice in deceit. 490 00:51:28,797 --> 00:51:32,397 The fragility of crystal is not a weakness but a fineness. 491 00:51:33,517 --> 00:51:36,517 My parents understood that a fine crystal glass had to be cared for 492 00:51:36,597 --> 00:51:38,917 or it may be shattered. 493 00:51:38,997 --> 00:51:43,077 But when it came to my brother, they did not seem to know or care 494 00:51:43,157 --> 00:51:45,317 that their course of secret action 495 00:51:45,397 --> 00:51:49,317 brought the kind of devastation that could cut them. 496 00:51:50,917 --> 00:51:55,357 Their fraudulent marriage and our father's denial of this other son 497 00:51:55,597 --> 00:51:59,637 was, for Chris, a murder of every day's truth. 498 00:52:00,717 --> 00:52:04,397 He felt his whole life turn, like a river suddenly reversing 499 00:52:04,478 --> 00:52:08,398 the direction of its flow, suddenly running uphill. 500 00:52:14,797 --> 00:52:19,237 These revelations struck at the core of Chris' sense of identity. 501 00:52:19,317 --> 00:52:23,197 They made his entire childhood seem like fiction. 502 00:52:25,237 --> 00:52:26,757 Chris never told them he knew 503 00:52:30,037 --> 00:52:32,477 and made me promise silence, as well. 504 00:52:33,237 --> 00:52:35,357 OFFlCER: l can't afford four. Who's gonna pay for the fourth one? 505 00:52:35,437 --> 00:52:38,477 Bryan can't afford four. Does it matter? 506 00:52:39,317 --> 00:52:40,797 Can l help you? 507 00:52:40,877 --> 00:52:43,197 Yeah. lf l wanted to paddle down the river, 508 00:52:43,277 --> 00:52:45,397 where's the best place to launch out of? 509 00:52:45,477 --> 00:52:46,557 Hang on a second. 510 00:52:46,637 --> 00:52:49,757 "To launch out of?" What's your experience level? 511 00:52:50,837 --> 00:52:53,997 -Not much. -Any? Do you have a permit? 512 00:52:54,077 --> 00:52:56,037 A permit? Permit for what? 513 00:52:56,557 --> 00:52:58,797 You can't paddle down the river without a permit. 514 00:52:58,877 --> 00:53:01,117 lf you want, you can apply for one here, get some experience, 515 00:53:01,197 --> 00:53:03,037 and l'll put you on the wait-list. 516 00:53:03,117 --> 00:53:05,717 No, l got this guy in here. We'll figure it out. 517 00:53:05,797 --> 00:53:08,277 There's a wait-list to paddle down a river? 518 00:53:08,357 --> 00:53:09,677 That's right. 519 00:53:09,997 --> 00:53:12,157 -Yeah, it's gonna be... -Well, how long do l have to wait? 520 00:53:12,237 --> 00:53:13,637 Yeah, hang on a second. 521 00:53:13,717 --> 00:53:17,597 Now, the deal is it's gonna be me and you 522 00:53:17,677 --> 00:53:20,877 or it's gonna be me, you and her. 523 00:53:20,957 --> 00:53:25,357 Next available is May 1 7th, 2003. 524 00:53:26,157 --> 00:53:30,037 Great. Done. The three of us, then. 525 00:53:30,237 --> 00:53:31,637 Twelve years? 526 00:53:32,077 --> 00:53:33,957 -What's that? -Twelve years? 527 00:53:34,117 --> 00:53:35,637 To paddle down a river. 528 00:53:35,717 --> 00:53:37,477 Let me call you back. 529 00:53:38,077 --> 00:53:39,837 You can do that, 530 00:53:39,917 --> 00:53:42,877 or you can join a commercial raft trip, go with a licensed guide. 531 00:53:42,957 --> 00:53:44,677 They may have some last-minute cancellations, 532 00:53:44,757 --> 00:53:47,197 but that's gonna cost you $2,000. 533 00:53:48,877 --> 00:53:50,597 Thank you very much. 534 00:54:26,797 --> 00:54:28,357 Helmet, man! 535 00:55:06,157 --> 00:55:07,357 (ECHOlNG) l'm Supertramp! 536 00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:23,116 CHRlS: "lf we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, 537 00:55:23,877 --> 00:55:26,317 "the possibility of life is destroyed." 538 00:55:26,437 --> 00:55:28,837 (CAN'T TOUCH THlS PLAYlNG ON STEREO) 539 00:55:30,557 --> 00:55:31,797 (GRUNTlNG) 540 00:55:34,357 --> 00:55:36,037 (WHOOPlNG) 541 00:55:42,197 --> 00:55:44,117 (MUSlC BLARlNG ON STEREO) 542 00:55:52,077 --> 00:55:53,637 (WOMAN SHOUTlNG) 543 00:55:53,917 --> 00:55:55,557 (WOMAN SPEAKlNG DANlSH) 544 00:55:55,637 --> 00:55:57,037 Hello! 545 00:55:59,397 --> 00:56:00,517 Hello. 546 00:56:01,196 --> 00:56:03,556 Come. Join us. 547 00:56:04,717 --> 00:56:06,157 We have hot dogs. 548 00:56:20,956 --> 00:56:22,396 -l'm Mads. -Mads? 549 00:56:22,477 --> 00:56:24,037 -Mads. Hi. -Mads. 550 00:56:24,116 --> 00:56:25,876 -Alex. -Hi, Alex. 551 00:56:25,957 --> 00:56:27,917 Hey. l'm Sonja. 552 00:56:28,677 --> 00:56:30,197 Hey, Alex. 553 00:56:31,557 --> 00:56:35,597 We are from Copenhagen, and you are from the rapids. 554 00:56:36,397 --> 00:56:37,517 l am. 555 00:56:37,637 --> 00:56:39,437 (BOTH SPEAKlNG DANlSH) 556 00:56:44,357 --> 00:56:46,437 -You're crazy! You're crazy, man. -My God! 557 00:56:46,517 --> 00:56:49,437 Sonja, get away from him. Get away from him. He's crazy! Look, he's crazy. 558 00:56:49,517 --> 00:56:51,597 l'll make you a hot dog. One minute. 559 00:56:54,556 --> 00:56:57,636 l love this. Don't you love this? 560 00:56:57,836 --> 00:57:01,076 You know, this is nature. 561 00:57:02,957 --> 00:57:04,237 (SHOUTlNG) 562 00:57:05,197 --> 00:57:07,117 (MADS AND SONJA SHOUTlNG) 563 00:57:09,677 --> 00:57:11,477 MADS: So where are you going? 564 00:57:12,157 --> 00:57:14,597 -l haven't decided yet. -Really? 565 00:57:14,677 --> 00:57:17,917 Well, we like it here very much. And it's so good to meet you, man. 566 00:57:17,996 --> 00:57:19,036 So good to meet you. 567 00:57:19,116 --> 00:57:23,036 You know, we went to Los Angeles, and then we went to Las Vegas. 568 00:57:23,117 --> 00:57:27,757 Oh, yeah. Las Vegas is very nice. The universe is so good. 569 00:57:27,876 --> 00:57:29,436 (SPEAKlNG DANlSH) 570 00:57:32,477 --> 00:57:35,197 -The universe is very good. -You know what l mean? 571 00:57:35,276 --> 00:57:37,396 -Yeah. -The whole universe. 572 00:57:37,557 --> 00:57:41,677 Just the place. The city, she means. Her English is not very good. 573 00:57:41,837 --> 00:57:46,597 But then we came here. l don't care if she's a little stupid, but l like her. 574 00:57:47,717 --> 00:57:50,197 You know you can actually go all the way down to Mexico from here. 575 00:57:50,277 --> 00:57:51,237 -Yeah? -Yeah. 576 00:57:51,316 --> 00:57:55,676 You can take the kayak, and you can take it all the way around 577 00:57:55,757 --> 00:57:58,077 down to Hoover Dam, you can sail around, 578 00:57:58,157 --> 00:58:02,437 and then from there you can take the river all the way down to Mexico! 579 00:58:02,836 --> 00:58:04,476 -Really? -Yeah. 580 00:58:04,717 --> 00:58:06,437 (SPEAKlNG DANlSH) 581 00:58:08,076 --> 00:58:09,956 Come on, come on! 582 00:58:10,437 --> 00:58:12,677 She's so slow sometimes. 583 00:58:13,637 --> 00:58:17,037 -Here's the map. -But l like her. 584 00:58:19,757 --> 00:58:21,597 -Here. Hoover Dam. -Okay. 585 00:58:21,837 --> 00:58:23,997 About 330 kilometers, l think. 586 00:58:24,077 --> 00:58:26,837 -Miles? -Yeah, miles, about 200 miles. 587 00:58:26,917 --> 00:58:30,797 -Two hundred miles. -Two hundred miles. Yeah, man. 588 00:58:31,277 --> 00:58:32,677 You know, l wonder if l could paddle 589 00:58:32,756 --> 00:58:34,796 all the way down that into the Gulf of California. 590 00:58:34,877 --> 00:58:37,637 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can. You know, l will go with you. 591 00:58:38,077 --> 00:58:40,477 l will go with you. We leave Sonja here, and then we take the kayak. 592 00:58:40,556 --> 00:58:42,716 No, no. We go all the way down into Mexico. 593 00:58:42,797 --> 00:58:47,397 You know, because in every man's heart, there is a Mexican mistress. 594 00:58:47,917 --> 00:58:49,237 (ALL LAUGHlNG) 595 00:58:49,317 --> 00:58:50,877 (SPEAKlNG DANlSH) 596 00:58:57,357 --> 00:58:58,957 (SlREN SOUNDlNG) 597 00:59:03,437 --> 00:59:05,077 Oh, man. 598 00:59:05,556 --> 00:59:07,796 l've gotta go, you guys. l'm really sorry. l gotta go. 599 00:59:07,876 --> 00:59:09,636 -What's going on? -Why? 600 00:59:09,717 --> 00:59:13,197 The river patrol's after me. l'm actually not supposed to be here, you know. 601 00:59:13,277 --> 00:59:14,837 You have to have, like, a permit, 602 00:59:14,917 --> 00:59:18,397 it's like a government thing to be here, and l didn't get one. 603 00:59:18,477 --> 00:59:20,317 lf you see anybody, any of the rangers or anything, 604 00:59:20,397 --> 00:59:22,197 just tell them you didn't see me, okay? 605 00:59:22,276 --> 00:59:23,316 MADS: Okay. 606 00:59:23,397 --> 00:59:27,717 Okay, again, l'm really, really sorry, man. l wish l could stay, you know. 607 00:59:27,797 --> 00:59:28,797 MADS: Take care, man. 608 00:59:28,877 --> 00:59:29,877 -All right. Take care, Mads. -SONJA: Nice to meet you. 609 00:59:29,956 --> 00:59:32,756 -Bye, Alex. -l wish... l wish l could stay. 610 00:59:32,836 --> 00:59:35,036 Say hello to Mexico from me. 611 00:59:35,517 --> 00:59:36,797 (TRlLLlNG) 612 00:59:37,356 --> 00:59:39,436 SONJA: Bye, Alex! 613 00:59:40,717 --> 00:59:42,277 (SlREN SOUNDlNG) 614 00:59:46,757 --> 00:59:47,957 (PANTlNG) 615 01:00:01,636 --> 01:00:02,956 (SCREAMlNG) 616 01:00:10,556 --> 01:00:13,356 CARlNE: lt would be Christmas in a couple of months, 617 01:00:13,637 --> 01:00:17,077 and the last news we'd had was about his car being found. 618 01:00:17,597 --> 01:00:21,917 l woke up a couple of days ago, and for the first time, it bothered me 619 01:00:21,997 --> 01:00:25,277 that it wasn't only my parents who hadn't heard from Chris. 620 01:00:25,356 --> 01:00:26,436 OLD MAN: Honey? 621 01:00:26,517 --> 01:00:30,877 lt's me. l'm sorry. Everything that happened, it's my fault. 622 01:00:32,397 --> 01:00:34,237 Give me another chance. 623 01:00:35,916 --> 01:00:39,276 Please do that... Come on. Do that for me. 624 01:00:42,277 --> 01:00:44,477 Come on. They're calling for another quarter right now, 625 01:00:44,556 --> 01:00:47,076 and l ain't got it, so will you hurry it up? 626 01:00:48,357 --> 01:00:50,357 Come on now, don't hang up on me. 627 01:00:51,237 --> 01:00:54,077 Hey, here's a quarter. 628 01:00:54,156 --> 01:00:55,436 Thank you. 629 01:00:55,676 --> 01:00:59,316 There's a quarter just happened out of the sky, 630 01:00:59,396 --> 01:01:02,636 so l'm on here talking to you again. 631 01:01:03,797 --> 01:01:07,157 l got the quarter now, let's... No, no, no, no, no! 632 01:01:11,797 --> 01:01:15,477 CARlNE: l wondered why he hadn't tried to call in case l might answer. 633 01:01:15,757 --> 01:01:18,197 He could've hung up if it wasn't me. 634 01:01:19,317 --> 01:01:22,797 Why wouldn't he send a letter, maybe through a friend? 635 01:01:22,877 --> 01:01:24,437 lt hurt a little, 636 01:01:26,757 --> 01:01:29,277 but l told myself it was good. 637 01:01:31,277 --> 01:01:34,957 He knew l loved him enough to bear with the not knowing. 638 01:01:36,997 --> 01:01:41,157 And it helped me remember that there was something more than rebellion, 639 01:01:41,437 --> 01:01:43,917 more than anger that was driving him. 640 01:01:50,157 --> 01:01:53,797 Chris had always been driven, had always been an adventurer. 641 01:02:07,437 --> 01:02:09,197 When he was four years old, 642 01:02:09,277 --> 01:02:14,117 he once wandered six blocks away from home at 3:00 in the morning. 643 01:02:20,556 --> 01:02:22,756 He was found in a neighbor's kitchen 644 01:02:22,837 --> 01:02:25,957 up on a chair, digging through their candy drawer. 645 01:02:28,317 --> 01:02:32,997 Whatever drawer he was opening now must have something pretty sweet in it. 646 01:04:26,436 --> 01:04:28,796 OFFlCER: You lived in a cave for 36 days? 647 01:04:28,877 --> 01:04:30,197 CHRIS: Yes, sir. 648 01:04:30,316 --> 01:04:32,236 OFFlCER: And how did you get into Mexico in the first place? 649 01:04:32,317 --> 01:04:34,797 CHRlS: Through the spillway at Morelos Dam. 650 01:04:35,236 --> 01:04:37,156 OFFlCER: River dries out pretty quickly beyond there, doesn't it? 651 01:04:37,237 --> 01:04:40,037 CHRlS: Yeah. Turns into a maze of irrigation canals, 652 01:04:40,117 --> 01:04:41,837 thanks to our dams up north. 653 01:04:42,236 --> 01:04:45,996 So l ported my kayak over the desert, and l hitched down to Golfo. 654 01:04:47,117 --> 01:04:51,117 But after a few weeks, a sandstorm came up and blew the kayak away. 655 01:04:51,436 --> 01:04:53,676 So l walked back north. Here l am. 656 01:04:53,756 --> 01:04:55,396 OFFlCER: Well, you just can't be crossing the borders 657 01:04:55,477 --> 01:04:57,317 without any identification. 658 01:04:57,397 --> 01:04:59,197 -Are we understood? -Yes, sir. 659 01:04:59,276 --> 01:05:01,636 l've eaten enough sand to send me back to the city anyway. 660 01:05:01,716 --> 01:05:04,316 All right. Sit tight. l'll be right back. 661 01:05:05,676 --> 01:05:09,556 Some may ask, "Why act now? Why not wait?" 662 01:05:10,316 --> 01:05:13,916 The answer is clear. The world could wait no longer. 663 01:05:41,396 --> 01:05:44,866 (SlNGlNG KlNG OF THE ROAD) 664 01:05:51,876 --> 01:05:52,876 (KlNG OF THE ROAD PLAYING) 665 01:07:34,157 --> 01:07:35,797 Hi. Do you have the time? 666 01:07:36,236 --> 01:07:37,636 -Time? -Time? 667 01:07:37,716 --> 01:07:38,916 Yeah. 668 01:07:40,156 --> 01:07:41,516 Okay. 669 01:07:42,316 --> 01:07:43,916 (VEHlCLE HONKlNG) 670 01:07:48,476 --> 01:07:49,956 (SlREN WAlLlNG) 671 01:07:51,717 --> 01:07:53,517 (lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG) 672 01:08:20,756 --> 01:08:22,076 WOMAN: Front and back. 673 01:08:22,156 --> 01:08:25,996 l don't have any more clipboards, so get one from the other fellas. 674 01:08:26,236 --> 01:08:27,676 -Next. -Hi. 675 01:08:27,916 --> 01:08:30,196 Can you tell me how to get an lD? 676 01:08:30,356 --> 01:08:32,996 -Did you lose your identification, sir? -Yeah. 677 01:08:33,076 --> 01:08:35,556 No birth certificate? Nothing? 678 01:08:35,956 --> 01:08:37,036 Ouch. 679 01:08:37,156 --> 01:08:40,756 All right. Well, you're gonna have to work that out with the DMV. 680 01:08:40,836 --> 01:08:44,956 You can catch them in the morning. The closest one is Montebello, 681 01:08:45,916 --> 01:08:47,836 and we can help you with the bus voucher. 682 01:08:47,916 --> 01:08:49,916 So just come to this desk when you're ready for the voucher. 683 01:08:49,996 --> 01:08:51,546 -Okay. -What's your name? 684 01:08:51,636 --> 01:08:55,156 -Alexander Supertramp. -What's that? 685 01:08:55,236 --> 01:09:00,876 -Alexander Supertramp. -Supertramp. Really? 686 01:09:01,116 --> 01:09:02,076 Yeah. 687 01:09:03,156 --> 01:09:06,746 Okay, so l'm gonna look for you, Supertramp. l got something for you. 688 01:09:09,156 --> 01:09:11,476 -Here you go, Supertramp. -Thank you very much. 689 01:09:11,556 --> 01:09:12,796 Okay, baby. 690 01:09:12,876 --> 01:09:15,786 -And one last thing. -Yeah. 691 01:09:17,636 --> 01:09:19,956 Do you have a bed for me? l'm sorry... 692 01:09:20,036 --> 01:09:23,676 Oh, no. Sure, l got a bed for you. Sign your name right here. 693 01:09:23,756 --> 01:09:27,516 You fill this out. And l'll set you right up. Now, l'm out of... 694 01:09:27,596 --> 01:09:28,756 (THUDDlNG) 695 01:09:28,836 --> 01:09:31,556 -What's going on back there? -WOMAN 1 : l got it. l'm sorry. 696 01:09:31,636 --> 01:09:34,876 -Come on, now. Work with me. -All right. Thanks, ma'am. 697 01:09:34,956 --> 01:09:37,186 Supertramp, huh? 698 01:09:39,996 --> 01:09:41,836 WOMAN: You know the drill. 699 01:09:50,396 --> 01:09:51,796 (CAR HONKlNG) 700 01:10:13,716 --> 01:10:15,196 MAN: Move it! 701 01:10:20,676 --> 01:10:22,196 (SlRENS ECHOlNG) 702 01:11:00,836 --> 01:11:03,346 Thanks, but l'm not gonna need that bed after all. 703 01:11:03,436 --> 01:11:05,556 You leaving us so soon? Supertramp! 704 01:11:24,236 --> 01:11:25,836 (TRAlN CHUGGlNG) 705 01:12:06,636 --> 01:12:10,786 Show me your face. l never, ever, ever forget a face. 706 01:12:11,196 --> 01:12:14,076 lf l see yours again, l won't arrest you, l'll kill you. 707 01:12:14,156 --> 01:12:15,956 This is the goddamned railroad, 708 01:12:16,036 --> 01:12:17,596 and we will do whatever we have to do 709 01:12:17,676 --> 01:12:19,996 to keep you freeloaders from violating our liability. 710 01:12:20,076 --> 01:12:21,316 Yes, sir. 711 01:12:24,876 --> 01:12:26,476 You got any lD? 712 01:12:27,756 --> 01:12:30,836 -No, sir. -Of course you don't. 713 01:12:31,676 --> 01:12:33,116 Last time, my friend. 714 01:12:33,196 --> 01:12:34,396 (GROANlNG) 715 01:12:34,476 --> 01:12:35,716 All clear. 716 01:12:35,796 --> 01:12:37,716 (MAN CHATTERlNG ON RADlO) 717 01:12:43,435 --> 01:12:44,755 MAN: Good boy! 718 01:12:56,116 --> 01:12:57,676 (SOClETY PLAYlNG) 719 01:13:02,076 --> 01:13:05,106 CHRlS: Yeah! That's what l'm talking about. Finally! 720 01:13:08,115 --> 01:13:11,145 MAN: (SlNGlNG) lt's a mystery to me 721 01:13:11,955 --> 01:13:17,115 We have a greed With which we have agreed 722 01:13:18,476 --> 01:13:23,116 You think you have to want more than you need 723 01:13:24,276 --> 01:13:28,796 Until you have it all you won't be freed 724 01:13:31,596 --> 01:13:36,796 Society, you're a crazy breed 725 01:13:37,316 --> 01:13:43,036 l hope you're not lonely without me 726 01:13:46,316 --> 01:13:51,156 When you want more than you have You think you need 727 01:13:52,155 --> 01:13:56,795 And when you think more than you want Your thoughts begin to bleed 728 01:13:58,195 --> 01:14:02,745 l think l need to find a bigger place 729 01:14:03,556 --> 01:14:05,956 'Cause when you have more than you think 730 01:14:06,036 --> 01:14:08,596 You need more space 731 01:14:11,355 --> 01:14:16,545 Society, you're a crazy breed 732 01:14:17,036 --> 01:14:22,716 l hope you're not lonely without me 733 01:14:22,875 --> 01:14:27,515 Society, crazy indeed 734 01:14:28,396 --> 01:14:34,476 l hope you're not lonely without me 735 01:15:21,835 --> 01:15:23,225 Thanks a lot. 736 01:15:32,076 --> 01:15:34,916 CARlNE: ln the letters Chris wrote me from college, 737 01:15:35,435 --> 01:15:39,465 it was clear his anguish and problems with Mom and Dad had continued. 738 01:15:48,556 --> 01:15:50,346 He said l was the only person in the world 739 01:15:50,436 --> 01:15:52,956 who could possibly understand what he had to say. 740 01:15:53,036 --> 01:15:55,916 WALT: With whose money are you buying all these goddamn presents? 741 01:15:55,995 --> 01:15:58,305 BlLLlE: l work. The only reason l'm not talking is because 742 01:15:58,396 --> 01:16:00,956 you're wandering around acting like the big-shot flirt with everybody. 743 01:16:01,036 --> 01:16:04,476 l am making the contacts for this business to work! 744 01:16:04,596 --> 01:16:06,476 You don't care at all about what l do! 745 01:16:06,555 --> 01:16:08,315 l don't even want to talk to you about it anymore! 746 01:16:08,396 --> 01:16:11,356 Don't you walk away from me, woman! Woman! 747 01:16:11,956 --> 01:16:14,236 Kids! Look what your dad is doing to me! 748 01:16:14,395 --> 01:16:17,585 (GRUNTlNG) For God's sake, look what your mother is making me do! 749 01:16:17,675 --> 01:16:19,585 BlLLlE: Fuck you! l hate you! 750 01:16:19,715 --> 01:16:21,035 (SCREAMlNG) 751 01:16:21,876 --> 01:16:24,906 WALT: There ain't gonna be no party. l'm gonna cancel Christmas this year. 752 01:16:25,036 --> 01:16:28,156 BlLLlE: Cancel Christmas? Who do you think you are? God? 753 01:16:28,235 --> 01:16:29,985 WALT: That's right! l'm God! 754 01:16:30,076 --> 01:16:32,796 BlLLlE: Well, you're not God. You can't cancel Christmas. 755 01:16:33,035 --> 01:16:34,305 That's bullshit! 756 01:18:25,676 --> 01:18:27,116 We're 1 0 deep! 757 01:18:28,156 --> 01:18:29,706 (MACHlNE BEEPlNG) 758 01:18:30,236 --> 01:18:32,066 (lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG) 759 01:18:34,675 --> 01:18:39,275 Alex, l don't mean to be on you about everything. You're doing a great job. 760 01:18:39,475 --> 01:18:43,025 l wanna keep you on and we all wanna help you get to Alaska, 761 01:18:43,676 --> 01:18:46,186 but you've got to start wearing socks. 762 01:18:53,796 --> 01:18:57,356 CARlNE: With almost a year having passed since Chris' disappearance, 763 01:18:57,875 --> 01:19:01,115 my parents' anger, their desperation, 764 01:19:01,195 --> 01:19:03,425 their guilt was giving way to pain. 765 01:19:06,316 --> 01:19:08,826 And pain seemed to bring them closer. 766 01:19:11,076 --> 01:19:13,196 Even their faces had changed. 767 01:19:38,315 --> 01:19:40,665 She convinces herseIf it's Chris, 768 01:19:41,995 --> 01:19:45,185 that it's her son whenever she passes a stray. 769 01:19:46,916 --> 01:19:49,196 And l fear for the mother in her. 770 01:19:52,715 --> 01:19:57,505 lnstincts that seem to sense the threat of a loss so huge 771 01:19:57,596 --> 01:20:02,116 and irrevocable that the mind balks at taking its measure. 772 01:20:04,235 --> 01:20:08,625 l'd begin to wonder if l can understand all that Chris is saying any longer, 773 01:20:11,675 --> 01:20:14,505 but l catch myself and remember that 774 01:20:14,596 --> 01:20:16,876 these are not the parents he grew up with, 775 01:20:18,115 --> 01:20:22,545 but people softened by the forced reflection that comes with loss. 776 01:20:26,956 --> 01:20:31,836 Still, everything Chris is saying has to be said. 777 01:20:33,516 --> 01:20:37,236 And l trust for him that everything he is doing has to be done. 778 01:20:38,955 --> 01:20:40,505 This is our life. 779 01:21:24,396 --> 01:21:25,916 (MOOSE GRUNTlNG) 780 01:21:45,435 --> 01:21:48,905 Big game. Very big game. 781 01:21:49,355 --> 01:21:50,465 Got it. 782 01:22:19,195 --> 01:22:20,665 (FLlES BUZZlNG) 783 01:23:18,516 --> 01:23:20,116 (lNTENSE BUZZlNG) 784 01:23:36,875 --> 01:23:38,185 Damn it! 785 01:23:42,355 --> 01:23:43,625 Get off! 786 01:24:24,795 --> 01:24:28,065 CHRlS: "Hey, Dad, can l light the barbeque, please, Dad, this time?" 787 01:24:28,675 --> 01:24:30,065 "Well, Son, you can go get the lighter fluid." 788 01:24:30,155 --> 01:24:32,555 "Come on, Dad. Please, Dad, please?" 789 01:24:33,195 --> 01:24:35,665 "Well, why not, Walt? That sounds like a good idea..." 790 01:24:35,755 --> 01:24:37,585 "Shut up, Carine! Shut up, Carine! 791 01:24:37,675 --> 01:24:41,995 "No, Billie. l told you once. Don't make me tell you again. Okay? 792 01:24:42,315 --> 01:24:43,905 "Okay? 793 01:24:44,155 --> 01:24:45,755 "You hear me? You hear me, woman? 794 01:24:45,835 --> 01:24:48,705 "You hear me, woman? Huh? You hear me, woman?" 795 01:24:50,955 --> 01:24:56,145 "Sorry. Sorry, Walt. l'm sorry." 796 01:24:56,555 --> 01:24:58,025 (FLlES BUZZlNG) 797 01:25:08,835 --> 01:25:09,985 Shit. 798 01:25:15,795 --> 01:25:20,345 No! No! Damn it! 799 01:25:23,115 --> 01:25:25,665 God damn it! Fuck! 800 01:26:07,275 --> 01:26:09,705 CHRlS: "There was clearly felt the presence of a force 801 01:26:09,795 --> 01:26:12,145 not bound to be kind to man. 802 01:26:13,355 --> 01:26:16,745 "lt was a place of heathenism and superstitious rites, 803 01:26:18,035 --> 01:26:21,305 "to be inhabited by men nearer of kin to the rocks 804 01:26:21,515 --> 01:26:23,945 "and to the wild animals than we." 805 01:26:45,675 --> 01:26:46,865 Sunni. 806 01:26:47,355 --> 01:26:50,265 Hey, Sunni! Come here, baby. 807 01:26:55,595 --> 01:26:58,105 No. No! 808 01:26:58,395 --> 01:26:59,875 (BOTH LAUGHlNG) 809 01:27:02,115 --> 01:27:05,475 (SlNGlNG) 810 01:27:28,635 --> 01:27:30,265 (ALL CHEERlNG) 811 01:27:30,355 --> 01:27:33,545 But now all l'm focused on is just Alaska. 812 01:27:33,635 --> 01:27:35,145 -Yeah. -Alaska. 813 01:27:37,035 --> 01:27:39,905 All right. Let's hear it for lnsane Cain! 814 01:27:43,235 --> 01:27:46,235 Let's give it up for Slab City's own Tracy T! 815 01:27:46,315 --> 01:27:47,945 (AUDlENCE CHEERlNG) 816 01:27:54,595 --> 01:27:56,425 Hey. My name's Tracy. 817 01:27:56,515 --> 01:27:58,225 MAN: Tracy! WOMAN: Yeah! 818 01:28:00,715 --> 01:28:04,865 (SlNGlNG) 819 01:28:27,075 --> 01:28:29,585 Jack London is king. 820 01:28:30,674 --> 01:28:32,714 Hey, you gonna stay with us long? 821 01:28:33,475 --> 01:28:35,545 Well, l'm waiting on a check from my last job 822 01:28:35,635 --> 01:28:37,915 to come into Salton City the day after Christmas. 823 01:28:37,995 --> 01:28:40,675 l've got to start thinking about getting ready for Alaska. 824 01:28:40,755 --> 01:28:45,145 When the sun gets a little lower tonight, l'm going to start a calisthenics routine. 825 01:28:45,475 --> 01:28:48,105 After the check comes in, l think l'm gonna try to find 826 01:28:48,195 --> 01:28:51,345 some big old mountains l can climb every day until spring comes. 827 01:28:51,435 --> 01:28:53,505 l've got to see how far the money's gonna go. 828 01:28:53,595 --> 01:28:57,025 l've still got a lot of supplies to pick up before spring. 829 01:28:57,834 --> 01:29:02,194 So, l might get anotherjob or l might be okay. 830 01:29:02,715 --> 01:29:06,705 Hell, we'd give you a little something for the days you spend in the booth here. 831 01:29:06,795 --> 01:29:09,195 l'm not taking any money from you, Rainey. 832 01:29:09,634 --> 01:29:12,434 lt's been a real great twist meeting you two. 833 01:29:12,514 --> 01:29:14,634 You two look like you're doing good. 834 01:29:14,915 --> 01:29:16,785 -We are doing good. -Yeah? 835 01:29:16,875 --> 01:29:18,025 We're doing real good. 836 01:29:18,715 --> 01:29:21,585 Speaking of which, don't you think 837 01:29:21,675 --> 01:29:25,825 you ought to introduce yourself to our little Joni Mitchell over there? 838 01:29:30,074 --> 01:29:31,034 l... 839 01:29:31,555 --> 01:29:32,865 (EXCLAlMlNG) 840 01:30:04,395 --> 01:30:06,865 -Hi. -Hi. 841 01:30:12,275 --> 01:30:14,145 You selling these books? 842 01:30:14,435 --> 01:30:17,145 l am. We are. 843 01:30:18,354 --> 01:30:19,634 He was. 844 01:30:23,235 --> 01:30:24,705 l like to read. 845 01:30:25,515 --> 01:30:27,915 -Do you? -Yeah. 846 01:30:28,555 --> 01:30:30,305 That's good. 847 01:30:31,435 --> 01:30:34,985 l heard you play your song last night. 848 01:30:36,155 --> 01:30:40,705 -l'm terrible. -You are not terrible. You sing sweet. 849 01:30:41,514 --> 01:30:42,794 Thank you. 850 01:30:46,034 --> 01:30:49,074 l was gonna go take a walk to Salvation Mountain. 851 01:30:49,715 --> 01:30:52,385 -You wanna go? -Okay. 852 01:31:00,275 --> 01:31:02,865 LEONARD: Hi. CHRlS: Hi. Alex. 853 01:31:03,555 --> 01:31:09,065 l'd like to show you around up here. l've been here since 1 984, more or less. 854 01:31:11,755 --> 01:31:13,425 A lot of tourists come in here 855 01:31:13,515 --> 01:31:17,155 and they look at that car door up there. They really like it. 856 01:31:17,994 --> 01:31:21,834 And l found car doors and put them up there and l bolted it all in. 857 01:31:21,915 --> 01:31:23,345 CHRlS: Where did you get the telephone poles? 858 01:31:23,435 --> 01:31:26,145 A lot of people in the valley just love me a lot. 859 01:31:26,275 --> 01:31:28,705 Everybody now, l think, in the whole world is just loving me. 860 01:31:28,795 --> 01:31:31,905 And l want to have the wisdom to love them back. 861 01:31:32,875 --> 01:31:35,385 And that's about it. So l really get excited. 862 01:31:35,475 --> 01:31:37,105 CHRlS: You really believe in love, then. 863 01:31:37,194 --> 01:31:39,434 Yeah. Totally. 864 01:31:40,074 --> 01:31:41,754 LEONARD: This is a love story 865 01:31:41,835 --> 01:31:44,785 that is staggering to everybody in the whole world. 866 01:31:44,874 --> 01:31:47,594 That God really loves us a lot. 867 01:31:48,594 --> 01:31:50,034 Does that answer that? 868 01:31:50,114 --> 01:31:51,674 -Yeah. -Good. 869 01:31:53,555 --> 01:31:54,665 LEONARD: l really love it here. 870 01:31:54,754 --> 01:31:57,634 l think the freedom of this place is just so beautiful. 871 01:31:57,715 --> 01:32:01,505 To me, l wouldn't move for $1 0 million, unless l had to. 872 01:32:02,034 --> 01:32:03,154 (CHUCKLlNG) 873 01:32:03,235 --> 01:32:06,785 So l'm contented here in the desert, and l'm living where l want to live. 874 01:32:06,995 --> 01:32:12,305 And l think good gets better. And l think those great big tanks there 875 01:32:12,395 --> 01:32:15,865 were the sewer plant for the Marine base in World War ll. 876 01:32:18,354 --> 01:32:20,954 lf you want to, you can try putting your hands in there. 877 01:32:21,035 --> 01:32:24,065 And l'm gonna do the same thing, just for the fun. 878 01:32:24,715 --> 01:32:26,545 You're doing real good. 879 01:32:29,835 --> 01:32:33,025 You can wipe your hands off on my shirt if you want. 880 01:32:52,555 --> 01:32:54,945 This is starting to make me hungry. 881 01:32:55,715 --> 01:32:59,585 l was just a couple of years older than Tracy when l got pregnant. 882 01:33:03,275 --> 01:33:04,825 -Wow. -Yeah. 883 01:33:04,955 --> 01:33:06,465 (RAlNEY CHATTERlNG) 884 01:33:06,555 --> 01:33:10,505 Yeah, l thought my husband and l were going to just make peace on Earth 885 01:33:11,274 --> 01:33:13,954 and babies and love and stay together forever, 886 01:33:16,394 --> 01:33:19,114 and that didn't quite work out that way. 887 01:33:19,195 --> 01:33:21,665 He left me. 888 01:33:25,674 --> 01:33:27,314 So, l... 889 01:33:29,195 --> 01:33:30,185 Anyway, whatever, 890 01:33:30,275 --> 01:33:35,105 but l ended up raising Reno on my own. That's my boy, his name's Reno. 891 01:33:36,674 --> 01:33:38,314 Then l met Rainey. 892 01:33:39,434 --> 01:33:42,354 That was sweet. lt was really good for a while. lt's just... 893 01:33:47,195 --> 01:33:51,625 You know, Reno was a teenager already by then, 894 01:33:51,754 --> 01:33:54,794 and he was just on his way to becoming his own man. 895 01:33:59,235 --> 01:34:04,505 And l haven't even heard from him in two years. 896 01:34:08,074 --> 01:34:10,234 l don't even know where he is. 897 01:34:10,755 --> 01:34:13,065 l hope l get to meet him sometime. 898 01:34:15,395 --> 01:34:17,665 Do your folks know where you are? 899 01:34:22,395 --> 01:34:25,345 Hey, guys? Dinner's ready if you guys are hungry. 900 01:34:25,435 --> 01:34:29,025 Yeah, we are. We're hungry. 901 01:34:32,435 --> 01:34:33,985 l'll be all right. 902 01:34:44,394 --> 01:34:46,034 You want to come and eat? 903 01:34:46,594 --> 01:34:49,874 Or we'll sit here. Because l will sit here with you all night. 904 01:34:54,915 --> 01:34:56,385 Let's go. Let's go. 905 01:34:58,915 --> 01:35:00,905 Guys, come on. lt's getting cold. 906 01:35:04,395 --> 01:35:09,345 Check this out. Tawdry? Denise, that sounds like your cup of tea. 907 01:35:10,715 --> 01:35:11,985 (GRUNTlNG) 908 01:35:37,914 --> 01:35:41,754 That poor girl is about ready to vault herself onto a fence post. 909 01:35:42,554 --> 01:35:46,714 And here you are, the monk of Jack fucking LaLanne. 910 01:35:53,315 --> 01:35:57,185 -So Jan talked to you about Reno, huh? -Yeah. 911 01:36:00,075 --> 01:36:03,625 Children can be pretty harsh when it comes to their parents. 912 01:36:04,155 --> 01:36:06,265 You planning on seeing yours? 913 01:36:08,435 --> 01:36:10,665 l've only got one plan, Rainey. 914 01:36:11,715 --> 01:36:14,265 That would be Alaska? 915 01:36:14,475 --> 01:36:15,825 Alaska. 916 01:36:26,874 --> 01:36:27,994 Hello? 917 01:36:29,594 --> 01:36:32,514 -Merry Christmas. -Come in here. 918 01:36:41,274 --> 01:36:43,274 My parents went into town. 919 01:36:44,874 --> 01:36:45,834 No. 920 01:36:46,155 --> 01:36:49,185 Yeah. They went to call my grandma for Christmas. 921 01:36:49,835 --> 01:36:51,905 No, l mean we can't do that. 922 01:36:53,074 --> 01:36:54,274 Why not? 923 01:37:01,194 --> 01:37:02,714 How old are you? 924 01:37:03,594 --> 01:37:04,834 Eighteen. 925 01:37:07,795 --> 01:37:09,225 Seventeen. 926 01:37:10,994 --> 01:37:12,874 What year were you born? 927 01:37:19,434 --> 01:37:21,034 So l'm 1 6. 928 01:37:34,555 --> 01:37:36,865 You want to do something together? 929 01:37:39,994 --> 01:37:41,554 (PEOPLE CHEERlNG) 930 01:37:47,474 --> 01:37:53,314 (SlNGlNG) 931 01:38:47,834 --> 01:38:52,314 You can send mail to this address in South Dakota. 932 01:38:53,874 --> 01:38:58,074 l don't know when l'm going to get it, but l'll get it. 933 01:38:59,914 --> 01:39:00,954 Hey. 934 01:39:02,195 --> 01:39:03,905 You're pretty magic. 935 01:39:03,995 --> 01:39:06,545 -Yeah? -Yeah. 936 01:39:08,394 --> 01:39:09,994 And just remember 937 01:39:10,914 --> 01:39:15,234 if you want something in life, reach out and grab it. 938 01:39:35,115 --> 01:39:37,065 -You take care, kiddo. -You, too. 939 01:39:39,274 --> 01:39:42,234 -New Year's resolution? -We'll work on it. 940 01:40:47,274 --> 01:40:49,994 Just get your pack and get on out of here, okay? 941 01:40:51,074 --> 01:40:53,354 l don't think l could take a hug. 942 01:41:07,434 --> 01:41:08,394 Hey. 943 01:41:20,474 --> 01:41:21,514 Bye! 944 01:41:35,754 --> 01:41:36,874 CARlNE: A year and a half had passed 945 01:41:36,954 --> 01:41:40,154 in what Dad called "suspended animation." 946 01:41:47,474 --> 01:41:53,114 The weight of Chris' disappearance had begun to lay down on me full-length. 947 01:42:03,954 --> 01:42:06,114 CHRlS: "l have lived through much, 948 01:42:07,114 --> 01:42:10,714 "and now l think l have found what is needed for happiness. 949 01:42:14,354 --> 01:42:16,994 "A quiet secluded life in the country, 950 01:42:18,794 --> 01:42:23,354 "with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, 951 01:42:25,034 --> 01:42:28,394 "and who are not accustomed to have it done to them. 952 01:42:30,154 --> 01:42:33,154 "And work which one hopes may be of some use. 953 01:42:34,714 --> 01:42:38,874 "Then rest, nature, books, music, 954 01:42:39,554 --> 01:42:41,514 "love for one's neighbor. 955 01:42:45,274 --> 01:42:47,634 "Such is my idea of happiness. 956 01:42:50,434 --> 01:42:56,754 "And then, on top of all that, you for a mate, 957 01:42:57,874 --> 01:42:59,754 "and children perhaps. 958 01:43:01,554 --> 01:43:04,274 "What more can the heart of a man desire?" 959 01:43:06,994 --> 01:43:08,714 (NO CElLlNG PLAYlNG) 960 01:43:12,234 --> 01:43:16,474 Comes the morning when l can feel 961 01:43:16,554 --> 01:43:20,754 That there's nothing left to be concealed 962 01:43:20,834 --> 01:43:25,114 Moving on A scene surreal 963 01:43:25,194 --> 01:43:31,034 But my heart will never Never be far from here 964 01:43:31,114 --> 01:43:35,234 Sure as l'm breathing Sure as l'm sad 965 01:43:35,314 --> 01:43:39,634 l'll keep this wisdom in my flesh 966 01:43:39,714 --> 01:43:44,154 l leave here believing More than l had 967 01:43:44,234 --> 01:43:47,754 And there's a reason l will 968 01:43:47,834 --> 01:43:51,874 A reason l'll be back 969 01:43:55,314 --> 01:43:59,514 As l walk the hemisphere 970 01:43:59,594 --> 01:44:03,794 l got my wish to up and disappear 971 01:44:03,874 --> 01:44:08,034 l've been wounded l've been healed 972 01:44:08,114 --> 01:44:11,114 Now for landing l've been 973 01:44:11,194 --> 01:44:13,994 Landing l've been cleared 974 01:44:14,074 --> 01:44:18,434 Sure as l'm breathing Sure as l'm sad 975 01:44:18,514 --> 01:44:22,714 l'll keep this wisdom in my flesh 976 01:44:22,794 --> 01:44:27,034 l leave here believing More than l had 977 01:44:27,113 --> 01:44:30,993 This love has got no ceiling 978 01:45:47,034 --> 01:45:48,314 (GRUNTlNG) 979 01:47:30,994 --> 01:47:32,594 Where's your camp? 980 01:47:33,353 --> 01:47:35,793 Just out past Oh-My-God Hot Springs. 981 01:47:36,554 --> 01:47:39,554 l've lived in and around here for six years now 982 01:47:40,073 --> 01:47:42,073 and l've never heard of any place that goes by that name. 983 01:47:42,153 --> 01:47:44,993 -Show me how to get there. -Yeah. 984 01:47:48,474 --> 01:47:50,994 -Ron Franz. -Alex. 985 01:47:51,114 --> 01:47:52,874 Alex? Where you from, Alex? 986 01:47:53,754 --> 01:47:57,594 -West Virginia. -Okay, Alex from West Virginia. 987 01:47:59,914 --> 01:48:01,114 (HOWLlNG) 988 01:48:01,353 --> 01:48:03,273 (MUSlC BLARlNG ON STEREO) 989 01:48:40,794 --> 01:48:45,354 Well, this is something out here. 990 01:48:50,033 --> 01:48:51,233 Don't you... 991 01:48:52,194 --> 01:48:56,714 Don't you worry about those dope smokers and nudists down below there? 992 01:48:56,794 --> 01:49:00,474 No, they keep to themselves pretty much. 993 01:49:00,554 --> 01:49:03,714 You strike me as a bright young man. Am l wrong about that? 994 01:49:04,874 --> 01:49:07,194 l think l've got my head on my shoulders pretty good. 995 01:49:07,274 --> 01:49:08,954 Well, that's what l mean. 996 01:49:13,434 --> 01:49:15,434 How long you been out here? 997 01:49:16,994 --> 01:49:20,074 -Couple of weeks. -And before that? 998 01:49:20,554 --> 01:49:23,594 A lot of places. Been moving around a lot. 999 01:49:24,674 --> 01:49:27,754 -Well, how old are you? -Twenty-three. 1000 01:49:28,634 --> 01:49:29,834 Twenty-three years old! 1001 01:49:29,914 --> 01:49:32,794 Son, don't you think you ought to be getting an education? 1002 01:49:32,874 --> 01:49:35,754 And a job? And making something of this life? 1003 01:49:38,833 --> 01:49:40,393 Look, Mr. Franz, 1004 01:49:41,514 --> 01:49:45,234 l think careers are a 20th century invention, and l don't want one. 1005 01:49:46,153 --> 01:49:49,833 You don't need to worry about me. l have a college education. 1006 01:49:50,074 --> 01:49:54,074 l'm not destitute. l'm living like this by choice. 1007 01:49:55,674 --> 01:49:59,874 -ln the dirt? -Yeah, in the dirt. 1008 01:50:03,994 --> 01:50:07,554 -Where's your family? -Don't have one anymore. 1009 01:50:10,634 --> 01:50:12,114 That's a shame. 1010 01:50:15,434 --> 01:50:18,034 Hey, Mr. Franz, l want to show you something. 1011 01:50:18,753 --> 01:50:23,633 Come on. 1012 01:50:30,313 --> 01:50:31,593 (LAUGHlNG) 1013 01:50:39,473 --> 01:50:41,033 (CLEARlNG THROAT) 1014 01:50:48,233 --> 01:50:53,393 RON: lt's getting a little steep. A little high for me, kid. 1015 01:50:54,794 --> 01:50:56,274 CHRlS: All right, 1016 01:50:57,514 --> 01:51:00,674 but even from halfway out, it's quite a sight, isn't it? 1017 01:51:02,633 --> 01:51:07,273 From the top, you can see all the way to the Salton Sea, too. 1018 01:51:07,914 --> 01:51:10,234 RON: You can see the Salton Sea from up there? 1019 01:51:10,514 --> 01:51:11,754 CHRlS: Yes, sir. 1020 01:51:12,513 --> 01:51:13,833 RON: My goodness. 1021 01:51:14,873 --> 01:51:19,513 -You don't want to go up? -Nope. l don't do these kind of things. 1022 01:51:22,953 --> 01:51:25,273 l spent most of my life in the Army. 1023 01:51:27,994 --> 01:51:32,554 New Year's Eve, 1 957, l was stationed in Okinawa. 1024 01:51:33,994 --> 01:51:37,834 My wife and son were here in the States just driving down the road, 1025 01:51:37,913 --> 01:51:41,313 and some fella who'd had too much to drink plowed right into them. 1026 01:51:41,834 --> 01:51:43,754 Killed them both. 1027 01:51:47,953 --> 01:51:52,873 Now you might think the last thing l would do in the world 1028 01:51:55,593 --> 01:51:57,313 is go to the whiskey. 1029 01:51:58,954 --> 01:52:02,994 But at the time, it felt like the only thing l could do. 1030 01:52:03,074 --> 01:52:05,594 And l did it hard! 1031 01:52:08,473 --> 01:52:10,873 But pretty soon l realized 1032 01:52:11,594 --> 01:52:15,674 l wasn't doing my wife and son any good mourning them with the bottle. 1033 01:52:16,033 --> 01:52:19,913 So l pulled myself together and l quit drinking, 1034 01:52:20,553 --> 01:52:21,873 cold turkey. 1035 01:52:23,114 --> 01:52:27,314 So since all that, this is pretty much me. 1036 01:52:28,553 --> 01:52:30,713 Do you ever travel, Mr. Franz? 1037 01:52:31,714 --> 01:52:34,674 No, l can't seem to get too far from my leather. 1038 01:52:36,313 --> 01:52:40,713 l do a lot of leather engraving. l got a little workshop out in the garage. 1039 01:52:41,033 --> 01:52:43,153 Between that and my pension, l do pretty well. 1040 01:52:43,234 --> 01:52:45,674 But every time l think l might take a trip somewhere, 1041 01:52:45,754 --> 01:52:49,234 l get too far behind on orders and such to consider it. 1042 01:52:50,073 --> 01:52:52,633 When we finish eating, l'd love to see your workshop. 1043 01:52:52,714 --> 01:52:54,074 -Would you? -Oh, yeah. 1044 01:52:54,153 --> 01:52:55,873 l was hoping you'd say that. 1045 01:52:55,953 --> 01:52:58,793 -lt's amazing how malleable this is. -RON: Yeah, it is. 1046 01:52:58,874 --> 01:53:00,514 When the leather is wet you can really... 1047 01:53:00,593 --> 01:53:01,873 -lt's like butter. -Yeah. 1048 01:53:01,953 --> 01:53:05,353 lt's amazing. And then it hardens up, and, l mean, it stays right there. 1049 01:53:16,594 --> 01:53:17,834 (PANTlNG) 1050 01:53:44,714 --> 01:53:46,514 (lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG) 1051 01:53:48,554 --> 01:53:53,994 A good whack with the mallet. Crack it down. Whack. Bang. 1052 01:54:51,873 --> 01:54:55,393 CHRlS: l went to South Dakota. l worked at a grain elevator 1053 01:54:55,474 --> 01:54:57,914 for this guy named Wayne. He was a really good guy. 1054 01:54:57,993 --> 01:54:59,513 So l took the Colorado River 1055 01:54:59,594 --> 01:55:02,754 all the way down through the Grand Canyon and did rapids, 1056 01:55:02,833 --> 01:55:06,313 which is by far one of the scariest things l've ever done. 1057 01:55:06,434 --> 01:55:11,594 And l took the Colorado down into Mexico, Golfo, where l got stuck. 1058 01:55:12,433 --> 01:55:14,673 Salvation Mountain. The Slabs. 1059 01:55:16,314 --> 01:55:18,354 What's the "N" stand for? 1060 01:55:19,913 --> 01:55:21,033 North. 1061 01:55:22,273 --> 01:55:23,873 RON: Alaska? 1062 01:55:26,754 --> 01:55:29,154 Son, what the hell are you running from? 1063 01:55:30,233 --> 01:55:32,593 You know, l can ask you the same question! 1064 01:55:33,594 --> 01:55:35,914 Except l already know the answer! 1065 01:55:36,713 --> 01:55:38,153 You do, do you? 1066 01:55:38,873 --> 01:55:42,953 l do, Mr. Franz! You got to get back out in the world! 1067 01:55:43,713 --> 01:55:46,793 Get out of that lonely house, that little workshop of yours. 1068 01:55:46,873 --> 01:55:50,753 Get back out on the road! Really! 1069 01:55:51,593 --> 01:55:54,113 You're going to live a long time, Ron! 1070 01:55:54,193 --> 01:55:57,353 You should make a radical change in your lifestyle! 1071 01:55:57,993 --> 01:56:01,753 l mean, the core of man's spirit comes from new experiences. 1072 01:56:02,274 --> 01:56:06,314 And there you are, stubborn old man, sitting on your butt. 1073 01:56:07,393 --> 01:56:10,113 -Sitting on my butt? -Yeah. 1074 01:56:10,553 --> 01:56:11,513 Ha! 1075 01:56:11,594 --> 01:56:15,834 l'll show you sitting on my butt! 1076 01:56:15,913 --> 01:56:17,873 "Stubborn old man." 1077 01:56:19,274 --> 01:56:20,874 l'll show you! 1078 01:56:21,353 --> 01:56:23,473 Come on, then! Come on. 1079 01:56:26,313 --> 01:56:29,313 Sitting on my butt? Yeah. 1080 01:56:31,313 --> 01:56:33,393 Come on, old man. Come climbing. 1081 01:56:33,473 --> 01:56:35,113 Sitting on my butt. 1082 01:56:35,433 --> 01:56:36,873 Come on. Keep going! 1083 01:56:37,514 --> 01:56:38,794 (GROANlNG) 1084 01:56:38,873 --> 01:56:40,393 (CHRlS LAUGHlNG) 1085 01:56:40,713 --> 01:56:42,393 CHRlS: You're doing great! 1086 01:56:46,793 --> 01:56:50,713 -Keep going. Keep going, Ron! -Yeah! 1087 01:56:51,033 --> 01:56:54,633 Can anybody see this? God, are you watching this right now? 1088 01:57:02,633 --> 01:57:03,713 Yeah. 1089 01:57:06,473 --> 01:57:10,633 -You all right? -You little pinhead! 1090 01:57:10,753 --> 01:57:12,393 (BOTH LAUGHlNG) 1091 01:57:13,113 --> 01:57:14,473 (RON PANTlNG) 1092 01:57:27,434 --> 01:57:29,674 l'm gonna miss you when you go. 1093 01:57:31,233 --> 01:57:34,753 l'll miss you, too, Ron. But you're wrong if you think 1094 01:57:34,833 --> 01:57:38,633 that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. 1095 01:57:39,593 --> 01:57:41,833 God's placed it all around us. lt's in everything. 1096 01:57:41,913 --> 01:57:44,193 lt's in anything we can experience. 1097 01:57:45,033 --> 01:57:48,393 People just need to change the way they look at those things. 1098 01:57:48,473 --> 01:57:50,593 Yeah, l'm gonna take stock of that. 1099 01:57:52,393 --> 01:57:53,633 No, l am. 1100 01:57:57,673 --> 01:57:58,713 l am. 1101 01:58:00,993 --> 01:58:03,113 But l wanted to tell you something. 1102 01:58:06,713 --> 01:58:09,353 From the bits and pieces l put together, 1103 01:58:09,433 --> 01:58:13,353 you know, from what you told me about your family, your mother and your dad. 1104 01:58:15,273 --> 01:58:18,473 And l know you've got your problems with the church, too. 1105 01:58:20,313 --> 01:58:23,913 But there's some kind of bigger thing we can all appreciate, 1106 01:58:24,873 --> 01:58:27,953 and it sounds like you don't mind calling it God. 1107 01:58:33,793 --> 01:58:36,593 But when you forgive, 1108 01:58:38,753 --> 01:58:39,953 you love. 1109 01:58:43,553 --> 01:58:46,473 And when you love, 1110 01:58:47,273 --> 01:58:49,753 God's light shines on you. 1111 01:58:54,273 --> 01:58:57,833 -Holy shit. -l told you about that language. 1112 01:59:02,313 --> 01:59:03,793 (BOTH LAUGHlNG) 1113 01:59:07,593 --> 01:59:09,033 RON: (LAUGHlNG) l told you so! 1114 01:59:09,953 --> 01:59:11,233 (GUNSHOTS) 1115 01:59:11,793 --> 01:59:15,193 CHRlS: Where are the fucking animals now? l'm hungry! 1116 01:59:15,313 --> 01:59:19,353 l'm fucking hungry! l'm fucking hungry! 1117 01:59:35,793 --> 01:59:39,433 CHRlS: "For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. 1118 01:59:40,273 --> 01:59:43,713 "She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment, 1119 01:59:43,793 --> 01:59:46,513 "and to call each thing by its right name." 1120 01:59:49,673 --> 01:59:51,273 "By its right name." 1121 01:59:52,033 --> 01:59:54,273 What is this? What is this one? 1122 01:59:54,433 --> 01:59:55,753 (MUTTERlNG) 1123 01:59:57,193 --> 02:00:01,953 This is Viburnum edule. Viburnum edule. 1124 02:00:06,593 --> 02:00:09,473 Hedysarum alpinum. 1125 02:00:11,473 --> 02:00:15,993 Hedysarum alpinum is wild potato root. Wild potato root. 1126 02:00:18,153 --> 02:00:21,673 Epilobium angustifolium. Fireweed. 1127 02:00:58,153 --> 02:00:59,313 (GRUNTS) 1128 02:01:01,833 --> 02:01:02,913 Whoa! 1129 02:01:18,553 --> 02:01:19,753 (GASPlNG) 1130 02:01:40,913 --> 02:01:42,233 (GROANlNG) 1131 02:02:55,953 --> 02:02:57,193 (SOBBlNG) 1132 02:03:08,193 --> 02:03:09,793 (WHlMPERlNG) 1133 02:03:09,873 --> 02:03:12,673 Fuck it all. Fuck it all! 1134 02:03:17,553 --> 02:03:18,873 (COUGHlNG) 1135 02:03:19,473 --> 02:03:20,753 (RETCHlNG) 1136 02:03:22,633 --> 02:03:23,913 (GROANlNG) 1137 02:04:15,353 --> 02:04:16,633 (SNlFFlNG) 1138 02:05:30,472 --> 02:05:32,072 (SWlTCH FLlCKlNG) 1139 02:05:44,592 --> 02:05:45,592 Hi. 1140 02:05:45,673 --> 02:05:48,713 What are you doing up? lt's 3:30 in the morning. 1141 02:05:49,033 --> 02:05:52,113 l heard you get off the couch about a half hour ago. 1142 02:05:53,353 --> 02:05:56,913 Had a funny feeling you might not be here for our breakfast. 1143 02:06:00,952 --> 02:06:05,672 l'm gonna drive you 1 00 miles to someplace where you can catch a train, 1144 02:06:06,393 --> 02:06:10,913 a plane or hitch a ride and not get stuck out in this desert. 1145 02:06:12,073 --> 02:06:15,913 l'd take you all the way to Alaska if l didn't have an 8:00 mass. 1146 02:06:16,233 --> 02:06:19,513 -Ron, you don't have to do that. -l want to do it. 1147 02:06:20,353 --> 02:06:23,233 Get you started on this thing of yours. 1148 02:06:23,673 --> 02:06:25,633 -On my great... -l know. 1149 02:06:26,273 --> 02:06:28,713 On your great Alaskan adventure. 1150 02:06:29,472 --> 02:06:32,072 Here. Here's a machete. 1151 02:06:34,313 --> 02:06:38,953 Collapsible fishing pole, a few other odds and ends l stuck in there for you. 1152 02:06:42,273 --> 02:06:44,593 -Ron... -Just take it. 1153 02:06:45,912 --> 02:06:48,632 (STUTTERlNG) l'll get dressed and meet you in the truck. 1154 02:07:42,592 --> 02:07:44,152 Well, my friend. 1155 02:07:46,512 --> 02:07:47,552 Yep. 1156 02:07:51,872 --> 02:07:54,272 (STUTTERlNG) l had an idea. 1157 02:07:55,233 --> 02:07:59,713 You know, my mother was an only child 1158 02:08:00,552 --> 02:08:02,312 and so was my father, 1159 02:08:02,913 --> 02:08:07,033 and l was their only child, 1160 02:08:10,313 --> 02:08:12,913 so when l'm gone, l'm the end of the line. 1161 02:08:13,873 --> 02:08:15,913 My family will be finished. 1162 02:08:19,432 --> 02:08:24,552 What do you say you let me adopt you? 1163 02:08:28,713 --> 02:08:32,673 l can be, say, your grandfather. 1164 02:08:37,113 --> 02:08:38,633 Ron, 1165 02:08:39,953 --> 02:08:43,593 could we talk about this when l get back from Alaska? 1166 02:08:43,953 --> 02:08:45,673 Would that be okay? 1167 02:08:52,672 --> 02:08:55,752 Yeah, yeah. We can do that. Yeah. 1168 02:09:00,513 --> 02:09:01,793 All right, Ron. 1169 02:09:04,072 --> 02:09:05,352 Thank you. 1170 02:09:52,472 --> 02:09:54,592 CARlNE: What did his voice sound like now? 1171 02:09:55,793 --> 02:09:57,913 What would he tell about now? 1172 02:09:58,352 --> 02:10:01,352 ALL: ...nine, ten. 1173 02:10:06,752 --> 02:10:08,072 (lNAUDlBLE) 1174 02:10:48,952 --> 02:10:53,712 l realized that the words to my thoughts were of less and less meaning. 1175 02:10:53,792 --> 02:10:55,832 Chris was writing his story, 1176 02:10:57,233 --> 02:11:00,113 and it had to be Chris who would tell it. 1177 02:11:34,392 --> 02:11:35,992 (BREATHlNG SLOWLY) 1178 02:12:10,753 --> 02:12:11,953 (SlGHlNG) 1179 02:12:18,472 --> 02:12:19,792 (SNlFFLlNG) 1180 02:13:15,112 --> 02:13:17,912 CHRlS: "To call each thing by its right name. 1181 02:13:22,152 --> 02:13:23,792 "By its right name." 1182 02:13:29,672 --> 02:13:31,392 (HEART BEATlNG) 1183 02:14:12,872 --> 02:14:14,832 What if l were smiling 1184 02:14:17,192 --> 02:14:19,432 and running into your arms? 1185 02:14:41,432 --> 02:14:43,112 Would you see then 1186 02:14:47,952 --> 02:14:49,672 what l see now? 1187 02:14:49,872 --> 02:14:51,712 (HEART BEATlNG RAPlDLY) 1188 02:14:56,192 --> 02:14:57,672 (CHRlS GASPlNG)