What's wrong with him?
Get off me!
- You got nowhere to go now, - Get off me!
Why don't you just tell me, huh?
Who put you up to it?
Was it the Shipes?
It doesn't really matter,
Your father was a fuck-up,
They don't hold that against you,
But it will come up,
You are what people know a Shipe to be,
Someone in control,
Someone they can trust,
And someone who looks after them,
If you wanna marry her,
you'll have to show that you're part of the family,
Well, I do, sir,
It would be an honor,
This war, when it's all over, we will win,
The Shipes will win, no matter what side is the victor,
You will marry my daughter,
You will run this country with us,
Mr, Shipe,
What are you doin' in town?
Come back in town for a while,
Your grandfather,
best governor this state's ever had,
Nice to be home,
Welcome home, Will,
Does your mother need anything?
A pack of smokes?
Yeah,
You know he went mad,
Mom's a pill-popper, shut in,
We let 'em take what they need,
bread and butter, lemonade,
Nick and I were best friends when we were kids,
Before I went away to school,
He had something in his hands earlier today,
An ax or something,
Oh yeah, he was working at your factory,
Got into a nasty fight with the boys,
They were making fun of his visions,
Visions?
Yeah, he was digging all
around the field this summer,
Something buried in town,
MAN IN LEATHER JACKET: Something big,
Gold or some shit,
Only one talks to him now
is his Momma and Mary,
I gave him a lottery ticket,
He never even scratched it,
Found it lying out here on the ground,
Hello,
Is Nick here?
It's Will Shipe,
He's with Mary,
Where?
At the water,
You need anything Ms, Taylor?
Money,
You have a good day, Ms, Taylor,
Hey,
William Shipe,
I'm back in town now,
What's this I hear, you diggin' for gold?
Treason,
Dead men, you know,
All of it right here,
How's Mary been?
She's with God now,
Is her brother still in town?
Shot himself,
You take care of yourself, Nick,
What is it that will be taken?
What's in the trunk will help us win the war,
Who's it goin' to?
When the Confederacy is victorious, with our help,
we will have a seat at the table,
There'll be the three of us,
We will trade off carrying it
while the other one in the front
will have the map and the gun,
Hey, Will, how you doin'?
I haven't seen you in a while,
I'm good, Ms, Linda, how are you?
Good, good, nice to see you back in town,
- Nice to be back, - What can I get ya today?
- Just a beer, - Just a beer?
- Yeah, - Will,
- How are ya, Jim? - Welcome back,
- How are ya? - It's good to see ya,
- It's good to see you too, - How long you in town for?
No, you're welcome,
- Undecided, - I got that beer,
Can I have some shots for the bar too?
Oh, no, please, please, please let me do it,
What would you like?
- Whiskey today? - Whiskey's good,
Whiskey's good?
Yeah,
- Whiskey's good, I guess, - Absolutely, good,
You gotta be gentle on me,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
That's why I'm giving you the break,
I'm breakin',
All right, here we go,
How's everything at the factory, good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
- Yeah? - You know how it goes,
Gettin' old, body's breakin' down,
Yeah?
How are them knees?
Rough man, rough,
Let's try this one,
Whoo, there you go,
All right,
You might get one on the old man today,
All right, let's go,
Cheers, I got a beer and a shot here,
Yeah,
- You gotta love it, - There ya go, there ya go,
Get another beer in you, you'll float it out,
Hey, Will, you having a good time?
Yes,
So let's do shots,
And she needs a refill so can we?
Yup,
Are you good down there?
There we go,
Linda, take it out of there,
Shame about your father,
Excuse me?
- Shame about your father? - Excuse me?
Will, Will, Willy, Willy, it's okay,
Linda, Linda, Linda,
Let's fight man,
Huh?
Hello,
How was town?
It was fine,
You remember Nick Taylor?
There's a nut job,
Hmm,
Yeah,
He's all cracked up, Ms, Taylor too,
The whole town's cracked up,
Yeah, he's really lost it,
He's out diggin' for gold,
Digging for gold?
Says he's having visions about the war,
Poor kid,
There's gotta be something buried,
Lots of things,
Like what, do you think?
Skeletons,
Weapons,
Secrets,
You know where that gold is?
I know that Nick would be better off
paying attention to his sick mother,
Yeah,
Maybe that's why he's diggin',
So he doesn't have to,
And whatever it was is buried
in the land,
So why don't you just tell me what you're up to?
Hi, Will,
I don't know if you remember me,
I'm Mary Burke, Nick's cousin,
I remember you,
I just wanted to say welcome home
and if you need anything,
Thank you, that's very kind,
Momma, this is Nick Taylor's cousin, Mary,
Hello, Mary,
I also wanted to thank you for your help with Nick's Mom,
He's an old friend,
Would you wanna take a walk with me?
I'm gonna go for a walk, do you need anything?
No, I'm fine,
Don't stay out too late,
The devil gets up around now,
How long you been going out on the water like that?
You been spying on me?
Guilty,
I've been going for a little while,
There were a few years where I didn't,
It's like a Christian thing?
Kind of,
I don't remember that growing up here,
Well, you haven't made it home much,
Yeah,
Just been travelin' a lot,
So why'd you come home now?
I was, um,
My Mom says I was living too fast up there in the city,
She was right,
You gonna abandon me?
I miss these bells,
Nick?
I'm gonna kick this door down!
Come on,
Come on, Mom,
Get up,
Get up!
Hey!
Come on, get up!
Get up!
Damn it,
Anne?
Will Shipe is here,
I don't give a fuck,
Get the fuck out here!
- Get the fuck out here! - Hey, hey,
You're okay!
You're o,,,
She's, she's okay,
Would you come out just so I could
see that you're all right?
You're okay,
Oh, did you go to the bar last night?
No, I just got into a bottle with some old friends,
Had a little adventure,
I like adventures,
I get some Tylenol?
That's on me,
Got something stronger if you need it,
Good to know,
- Come on now, that was,,, - Leave him, just leave it,
He's nothin'!
You're uncle says hello,
Oh yeah?
How's he doin'?
Where's he livin'?
Mm-hmm,
Look at you,
You're too old for this shit!
You're back one day
and you're already hanging out with those idiots!
I want you to get an apartment downtown,
Soon,
Sooner the better,
Hey, Jessie, how you doin'?
Good,
I'm just gonna grab that table,
Will,
Hey,
- Hey, John, - What's goin' on?
How are ya, Tom?
Heard you were in China,
Yeah, yeah, I was there for a while,
Food's not as good as home though,
- I know, Bonnie's soup, shoo! - Mm mm,
Hey, I heard the women over there love Americans,
You clean up over there,
Don't tell him that,
Gotta travel more,
Travel?
- Yeah, - Your broke ass?
Would you like to join us?
Thank you, no, that's very kind of you,
but I'm just gonna grab the corner table over there
and just catch up on some reading,
But I'm here for a while so we've got plenty
of time to catch up,
Good,
Well, someone's gotta steer the ship, right?
How is everything at the plant?
- Okay, - Yeah, all good,
Aside from Nick Taylor goin' crazy,
Yeah, he tried to fight half the guys,
I broke it up, he cracked me in the eye a couple times,
- Did he? - Yeah,
I had to make an example out of him,
I mean, I had to fire him,
I didn't wanna do it,
Hey, have a good one,
We'll make sure things are running on time at the plant,
Good man,
It's great to see you two,
If you need anything, you just let me know, all right?
Looking good, ain't he?
Yeah, he is,
That's what money does for you,
Hey,
You didn't wanna join?
One of these days,
You wanna walk me home?
Of course,
I was married when I was 18,
I lived with him for a few years,
Who were you married to?
Jason Ridgely,
Jason Ridgely?
Broomstick Jason Ridgely?
He was a,
No, he was fun,
He still in town?
No, he's in jail,
Come on now, Dunkus,
Come on!
They normally this shy?
Yeah, little bit,
They just don't know you yet,
Lloyd's following you though, you see him?
Lloyd's the tiny one,
I have more,
I got more,
They can tell,
Don't eat my finger,
More?
Here,
Hold on now,
Easy, that's my hand,
Oh, here you go,
I'm here,
Get outta the way, lady!
I'm gonna hit ya!
You can't go any further,
Get outta the way!
You're on the wrong side!
You have to get Nick to stop digging,
To stop digging,
Help me,
You know us,
Help me,
What?
What's wrong?
What are you doin'?
You tell me,
Tell you what?
Where were you yesterday?
What do you mean?
I saw you walk into this house in the middle of the night
and you left the door wide open,
You're crazy,
Were you with Mary?
Hi, Ma'am,
Can I take your order?
Yes, hot tea, toast, and no butter,
Yes, Ma'am,
Bunny,
Well, hello, young lady,
Oh, you're just saying that so
that you can be young too,
Yeah,
You know we were young women once upon a time,
Now we're just wise,
I saw you knocking on Mary's door,
Something wrong?
Oh, you know me so well,
What do you know about her?
They say she practices witchcraft with those women,
They're looking for others to come
with them down to the water, saying it's Christian,
She'll be home in a few hours,
Ladies,
I hope your families are well,
Mary, a word, please,
You know, Will is so very busy,
I think you should let him focus on his work,
I think he can do what he wants,
Aren't we reckless,
Your family should have been written off 100 years ago,
You're standing on the edge, dear,
Oh, I forgot how long it takes to get to the city,
Thank you, for helping him,
Yeah,
I spoke with Mary today,
About what?
You know our family has a long history,
Yeah, and I assume like everybody else no one is perfect,
Well, exactly,
that's why it's only polite not
to mention the less fortunate moments,
You know, I remember when Nick and I were kids,
and we used to play football down at the high school field
with some of the older kids,
And this one day this ball just floated in slow motion,
and I reached up and I grabbed it,
and I brought it in real close,
And I remember spinning around and I just got, pooh!
Hit by Nick,
Tackling me right to the ground,
and knocked the wind outta me,
And I just remember looking up at him,
and he was staring down at me with tears in his eyes,
And that was one of my last memories of being a kid here,
What is it that Nick is digging for?
I don't know,
When I heard that you were coming back home,
I started having these visions,
Like the one's Nick's having?
They were too much for me so I prayed that they'd go away,
And they did,
And that's when Nick started having them,
The same ones?
Yes, the soldiers, the gold,
Nick's goin' crazy 'cause of me,
'Cause of my thoughts,
Haven't told anyone about them?
Just Natalie,
And what does she say?
To pray,
I just,,,
Need to know what happened,
What happened?
To who?
To me,
Here, come on,
I spoke with Mary,
She's just having these,,,
Thoughts,
About what?
Like Nick,
On the war,
Soldiers and gold,
Will, I don't know what he's going to find,
but their family and ours have history,
Nick, can you do me a favor?
Can you stop digging for whatever it is
that you're looking for?
I can't do that,
Why not?
Too important,
Well, I could pay you,
Nah,
It don't matter,
What doesn't matter?
I can't stop, even if I wanted to,
I don't understand,
I don't have a choice,
I don't think he'd do it for any amount of money,
He's crazy,
Just let him dig,
He's not gonna find anything,
I was told this many years ago by Aunt Helen,
One of her premonitions?
What did she say?
She came to my door in the middle of a lightning storm,
opened it, and then fell flat at my feet,
She said when the storm approached,
that she felt sick and started to vomit,
and found herself on the ground on her front lawn,
and with all the thunder and lightning crashing around her,
she thought she was going to die,
She said she knew our family had done something,
and that some day someone was going
to come and try to correct it,
And whatever it was, is buried in the land,
So what?
Let them find it, whatever it is, it doesn't matter now,
Will, all anybody has is their name,
You know that,
Your father tried to take that away from us, from you,
Tried to make me a fool,
But I will protect it, and I will protect you,
I know that Dad was,,,
Oh, fuck that man!
And she,
She had other premonitions too,
Like what?
When you were a little boy, the three of us went camping,
and we were having a very good time, but not you,
You sat outside the tent to protect us,
You had that little cat pistol,
And you said that Aunt Helen and I could go to sleep,
and that you would protect us
against any animal that would harm us,
And as Aunt Helen and I were falling asleep,
she rolled over and she told me something
that had come to her in a dream,
She said one day Will
will be very powerful,
Did Will talk to him?
He's not stopping,
Your family and ours have stuck together
for many, many years,
So what can we do for you?
This is a critical mission for the cause,
There are very few people outside this family we can trust,
And I trust you,
As I know you would never hurt my daughter,
Thank you,
And I won't let you down,
See that you don't,
Hi,
What's wrong?
Did you hear what happened?
No, what?
Nick got into some trouble this morning,
Is he all right?
Last night I was with him at the police station,
He started firing his gun in the street,
I don't know why,
- He'll be okay, - He's not okay,
Let's go inside,
I,
I know,,,
where to dig,
Get offa me,
Get offa me!
I'm not gonna tell you anything,
Well?
Where is it?
Tell me who put you up to this, huh?
Was it Shipe?
Huh?
Please, I'm begging you,
I need to speak to Will!
Please, just get him!
I think he's resting,
Wake him, I need to speak to him,
- Will! - Mary?
Someone shot him,
What?
Someone shot Nick!
- It's all right, - He's gone,
You shouldn't have done this!
I'm gonna need you to,,,
help me take something out of the ground,
Rope!
Give me the rope!