Mountains breathe,,, Just like the rest of us,
If you sit still, you can feel their pulse,
Air becoming life,
Fire propels that pulse beyond a manageable rate,
And air becomes death,
Time goes on, new trees rise, and bones get buried,,,
But the ghosts never leave,
Kicked a little left,
Look good to me,
I've been eyeing that top section,
You wanna go pop some off with me?
The access is a little tricky,
You good?
- Yeah, I'm good, - Alright,
Maybe we can squeeze through here,
- Good shit today, - Thanks, tick,
You look like you know what you're doing up there,
- You've been doing along, - Off and on,
Huh?
I'll be seeing you,
- I'll see you tomorrow, - Alright,
Hey,
Heard you did good out there today,
It'll be a long run, Lot of days,
I can do this, That's good work,
Alright, Good deal then, I'll see you tomorrow,
Hey, Dave, thanks, man,
Yeah, of course,
Come on,
There we go, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Let's go, Come on, Jack, you're late,
Yeah, I know,
Better run,
Come on, let's go,
All I'm saying is don't make your back cut so high,
You've got barber chairs all over this place,
Bullshit, Come on, ladies, let's go,
No, I see the change,
Of course,
Oh, one second,
I have to take this, I'll see you when I land,
Jack! Thank god, Um,,,
How are you?
Good,
Did you get my message?
No, I've been working,
Okay, Well, I, uh,,,
I need a favor,
What, Kelly?
I need you to pick up your daughter,
She's at this sky camp in Wyoming
and something came up, I can't get there in time,
But I just thought maybe you could,,,
Sky camp? What's,,,
Umm, it's an astronomy camp, just outside of Cody,
She has a flight leaving Jackson Monday morning,
I can't go to Wyoming tomorrow,
That's six hours to Cody
and another four hours to Jackson,
I'm not asking for much,
I'm not going to Wyoming tomorrow, Kelly,
It's just a ride,
Jack, I just need to get her to the airport,
Well, you're her mom, I'm sure you'll figure it out,
Lady, we're here,
Jack, it's been a long time,
I just think it would be good for her to see you,
It's just not a good time for me right now,
She's your daughter,
I can't, I'm sorry,
No, no, don't hang up,
Hey, it's not nap time yet,
Let's go, Jack, Tick tock,
You good?
You know it's a day rate, not hourly, right?
Yeah, I know, I know,
I just wanted to finish clearing that tree, That's all,
Well, pace yourself, We got a long run,
Oh, hey, Dave!
I really appreciate the work and all,
It means a lot to me,
You bet,
I need to take a couple of days though,
You serious?
You just started, I got 23 days to finish this job,
I'm not gonna finish on time if I don't have a full crew,
No, I know,
Buzz for Dave,
You aren't making this easy, man,
Go for Dave,
These extra stihls showed up,
Where do you want them?
Just put them by the loading dock,
I'll grab 'em in the morning,
What are we talking about here?
Two days,
I want this job, man, I really do,
- Is everything okay? - Yeah, no, it's fine,
I,,, I just need to head to Jackson,
Jackson? What's going on there?
My daughter,
I need to pick up her up at this camp, and take,,,
Okay,
You still got your cdl?
Yeah,
I picked up a new truck, It's outside of spokane,
I was gonna have someone drive it here for me,
maybe you could pick it up for me?
Yeah, I can do that,
Call the office and they'll give you details,
- Thanks, Dave, - Just a couple of days,
- I need you back, - You bet,
You must be Hanna's father,
I'm the camp director, Julie,
Nice to meet you, Jack,
You've got a real bright young lady there,
Wasn't too keen on the social events,
but really took to the course work,
- She lives with her mom, - Oh, She was lovely,
Take care, Hanna, I hope you can come back next year,
Have a good drive,
I didn't think you'd come,
I got it,
Don't you have a car?
Your mom said you got a 9 o'clock flight
out of Jackson tomorrow,
We'll stay the night just outside of town, okay?
I'm gonna fill this, You want anything?
Kombucha,
What's this?
It's all they had,
How much farther?
Yeah, we're almost half way,
I need to charge my phone,
Turn it off, save your battery,
It's gonna get cold, You have anything warmer?
I'm fine,
Well, suit yourself,
Why'd we stop?
It's not much farther to camp,
Camp?
Put this on, It's only getting colder,
Mom didn't say anything about camping?
We'll stop just north of Dubois,,,
I'm not camping!
Hanna, what are you doing?
I'm not camping, I'll find a hotel,
Hanna, there aren't any hotels around here,
Shit! I need to charge my phone and wash my face! Ugh!
What's the plan here, Hanna?
You just gonna walk 25 miles to the next town, are ya, huh?
Hanna, stop!
It's not what you expect, me neither,
I don't ride at night, okay? Especially over this pass,
It is cold and dangerous,
There are deer and elks scattered everywhere,
Now come on, get on the bike,
It's a good campsite, It's not far,
It is what it is, Hanna,
Mom was right about you,
Thanks,
Not so bad, huh?
You don't camp much anymore, do you?
So?
You used to,
I don't remember,
Yeah, we used to take you all over the place,
This one time, I think we were at yellowstone,
You were probably three,
Your mom had pulled out these marshmallows to make s'mores,
And you got so excited,
Yeah, it's been a while,
Good morning!
Morning,
Um, thanks,
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Yeah,
Well, we better get going,
We got a couple hours of ride ahead of us,
Okay,
You ready?
You gotta come with me to the gate, Jack,
I'm an unaccompanied minor,
Hi, I don't have my boarding pass
and my phone just died,
That's okay, What's your last name, sweetie?
Elliot,
- Hanna? - Yeah,
Did you guys have a nice stay in Jackson?
No, not really,
I see you are traveling alone,
Is this your dad?
Yeah,
I'll need to see some ID,
I'm sure you know this, but you'll have to accompany
your daughter to the gate
and wait for the plane to depart,
Sir?
Yeah,
Am I in an aisle seat?
Oh, let me see,
No, right now I have you in a window,
Can I switch?
Unfortunately, honey, it's a full flight this morning,
I really hate windows,
The seats have already been assigned,
So move someone!
She's 12, for Christ's sake,
I'm 13,
As I just told your daughter
the seats are all assigned, I can't,,,
You can't? Or you won't?
- Excuse me? - Dad, it's okay,
No, do your job, lady,
Move someone over, bump someone up, do what you gotta do,
Dad?
But put this child in a seat
where she's goddamn comfortable!
Dad! What are you doing?
Sir, I'm gonna have to ask you to calm down,
Calm down?
It's fine, I'll just ask someone to switch with me,
Dad?
What time do you board,
It already left,
What?
You missed your flight?
Me? You were the one who didn't take me to get on my plane,
Damn it!
Alright, grab your bag, We'll catch another flight,
I already checked,
Same time, tomorrow,
Shit!
Come on,
You got to be kidding me,
A bus, We'll get you on a bus,
A bus? I'm not taking a bus back to la?
Well, I'm not staying here!
We could get a hotel, I have mom's credit card, we can,,,
No, I can't do that,
I shouldn't even be here, Do you understand that?
I have got a job, I have a life,
My own problems,
I don't even know why your mom called me,
You are not my problem!
Enough with you!
You think I don't know that?
I hate you,
Get your helmet!
What?
I gotta go to spokane, You're coming with me,
Spokane? Where's spokane?
Eastern Washington,
Washington? Really?
That's the deal,
You'll catch a flight from there,
I just want to go home!
You wanna go home? This is how you do it,
Are you okay?
Call your mom, Let her know,
Good?
Yeah,
You have some toilet paper or something?
Uh,,,
Shit,
It's a long ride,
We're gonna take a few days,
Okay,
That is too much,
Sorry,
Are you alone?
What?
Do you live with anyone?
No,
And you like it like that?
Yeah, I do,
Mom doesn't talk about you much anyways,
I prefer it too,
You prefer what?
To be alone,
We need more wood,
What?
What did you tell your mom?
When you called your mom, what did you say to her?
You didn't tell her, did you?
So?
You're really screwing me here, Hanna! You know that?
What do you care?
Pack up!
No! You're not telling me what to do,
God dammit, Hanna, I'm your dad,
My dad? You're not my dad!
Urgh!
What?
Was I suppose to tell mom,
"sorry, mom, dad had a total
frickin' meltdown, threw up all over the place,
and I missed my flight?"
That's enough,
I'm the one who shouldn't be here,
I'm ready, Jack,
How do people live out here?
I mean, it's so depressing,
What do you even do?
Would you knock it off!
Chill,
I think I got it running, I'm getting pretty hungry,
How about we get some real food?
Okay,
You want some of these fries?
I'm good,
You guys save room for dessert?
Ah, no, I think we're good,
- Okay, - Can I get a refill?
Ya, you sure can,
Is that your wide glide out there?
Yeah,
Late '90s?
'98,
Great looking bike,
Alright, whenever you get a chance,
I'll be at the bike,
Hey, Here you go,
Thanks, Um, this is for you,
Thank you,
You guys having fun out there?
It's okay,
Yeah, I remember taking rides with my dad, some great trips,
Okay, take care,
Bye, Shelly! Have a great night,
Sounds like your jets are clogged,
Yeah, they might be, I haven't ridden her in a while,
Where are you guys going?
Spokane,
Oh, you're gonna wanna get that looked at before you head out,
You know what, my dad's got a shop at the house,
I'm sure he'd take a quick look for ya,
That's very kind, but, you know, I think we're good,
Aww, don't be silly, my dad's been working
on these things his whole life, He'd love it,
I don't want to impose,
Really, not a big deal,
We're just a few miles outside of town,
Yeah, okay,
Okay, I'll pull around,
You okay with this?
It is what it is, right?
Yeah,
By the way, I'm Helen,
Jack, This is my daughter, Hanna,
Can I ride with you?
- That okay? - Yeah,
Can I take a shower?
- Hanna! - It's fine,
Of course, you can, sweetie,
Alright, you wanna follow me, Jack?
- Seat belt on? - Yeah,
Okay,
You guys are camping, huh?
No tent though,,,
And your dad's the real deal,
I don't know,
I bet you came through yellowstone?
Did you guys see anything cool out there?
We saw a grizzly bear, That was pretty cool,
That is pretty cool, You guy see any buffalo?
- Quite a few, - These guys?
No, it's like this,
Like that?
- No, they curve, - I gotta curve it,
Yeah?
I bet you and your dad do this a lot, huh?
My dad's an asshole,
Oh, okay,
Yeah, you know what, I thought he seemed a bit shady,
I haven't seen my dad in four years,
That's a long time,
- This is good then, - What?
You guys taking this trip,
- Helen? - Yeah,
I really appreciate you helping us, but can we not talk?
Sure,
Ah! I really appreciate this,
Ah, it's no problem at all,
Dad, this is Jack,
- Jack Elliot, - Hello, Jack,
My names's Roy,
And this is my daughter, Hanna,
Hello, Nice to meet you,
Where you guys headed?
- Spokane, - La,
Well, I'm getting around her flight out of spokane,
- Vacation? - Yeah, something like that,
Something like that?
Dad, uh, I was hoping
that you might help him out with the bike,
Carburetor's been giving them some trouble,
Well, it doesn't look like she's too well cared for,
I haven't ridden her in a while,
Listen, if it's too much trouble,,,
Nonsense, wheel her up inside,
I'll take a look at her,
Right, you're ready for that shower?
Ah,
- Oh, - Mind your manners,
She'll be fine,
Never seen this sprint before,
'67 ss,
They only made 'em from '61 to '68,
Man, it's beautiful,
Let's see what we got going on here,
Oh! There's your problem,
How many miles you've been riding like this?
Hand me that set of 16s,
Well, I started south out of basin, and picked
my daughter up at camp in central Wyoming,
Starting from Montana, huh?
I'm impressed you made it this far,
Okay, you're gonna have to rebuild this thing entirely,
I mean, I can clean it out a bit, get you back on the road,
but I'd take her easy out there if I were you,
I appreciate it,
I couldn't just let you ride out of here like this, you know,
Fellow montanan and all, especially with that
sweet little girl of yours on the back,
Help me here, Hold this for me,
Uh-huh,
Here we go,
Good dog, Come here,
Just sitting there underneath the tarp,
Could have been under that tarp for the past 50 years
by the looks of it,
Tires were all rotted, but the body was in pristine condition,
Just 50 years of dust on top of it,
How's it looking?
Well, you were right about the carb,
Yeah, can you fix it?
I'll be able to get 'em back on the road,
And how much longer are you thinking?
Well, we need to soak it a bit,
Couple more hours, at least,
It's getting late,
Well, you can't rush this, This thing was gummed up real bad,
Well, Jack, where are you guys staying?
I was hoping to get as far as Thompson falls,
Thompson falls? That's four hours,
Well, we'll get a motel or something,
We're not camping?
You know, there's not much from here to there,
I mean nothing decent anyways,
Well, we've got a spare bedroom downstairs,
Hanna can take that, Couch folds out,
Ah, that's very kind of you,
but we've got a long day ahead of us,
I know, I don't wanna hold you up,
but from what Hanna shared, I just,,,
Sounds like you guys could use a good night's rest,
No, thank you, But we should,,,
Dad, can't we just leave real early in the morning?
Well, that'd make for a longer day tomorrow,
You okay with that?
Yeah,
You like whiskey, Jack? Come on, join me,
Yeah,
Let that ball go,
Now all these guys,
Use whatever you think,
Do it up, Here,
Hey,
Hanna says she's a vegetarian, so I thought
I'd make a nice little primavera,
That sounds great, Thanks,
Can I rinse off?
Ah, yeah, that door just on the left,
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
There you go,
Okay,
Hope you're hungry, Jack,
Smells delicious,
Well,,,
Alright,
Hanna,,,
I'm not the only one who does that,
So, Hanna, tell us more about this camp?
- It's an astronomy camp, - Astronomy?
Well, that's not your typical summer camp,
I won an essay contest and got invited,
Well, that's very impressive,
Well, what did you learn about?
I can show you something,
Okay,
- Outside, - Oh,
Ah, Sure,
- I'll get my coat, - Ya, I'll get this later,
Okay, so on any given night, you can see almost 20 quadrillion
miles away with the naked eye,
But that number is kind of hard to make sense of,
so we use light years as a more manageable unit of distance,
Okay, that,,, Everybody knows that,
What's really cool to me is what that actually means,
Take the north star for example,
Well, its real name is polaris,
People think polaris is the nearest star
after the sun because it's light is so bright,
but it's not even close,
It might not even break the top 100,
It's actually 433 light years away,
Which means if we were somehow standing on polaris right now,
we'd actually be looking at earth 433 years in the past,
So like, 30 years before the pilgrims
landed on Plymouth rock,
I like looking up and thinking about that,
Like I'm looking into the past,
Jack, I think you got a future astronomer on your hands,
Now thanks for sharing, Hanna,
Okay,
Well, we got a long day ahead of us tomorrow,
Let's try and get some sleep,
You want an extra blanket?
Why did you leave?
It wasn't working, Hanna, For any of us,
You could come back home now,
It doesn't work like that,
Why not?
You don't want me in your life, You understand?
This,,,
This isn't real,
How do you know what I want?
I'm gonna get you home to your mom,
Get some sleep,
Is she comfortable?
Yeah,
Got a little bit left in this bottle,
If you wanna finish it off with me?
Sure,
She's a good girl,
Yeah, I know,
So, have you always lived here with your dad?
Nope,
Believe it or not, I used to live in New York,
That was a lifetime ago,
And then my mom passed, my dad took it pretty hard,
And I wasn't too tied down back east, so I came on home,
Wasn't planning on staying here, but, you know, now Montana
can have that effect on you, you know,
From what my mom shared, and this,
this was before I was born,
My dad went through a real rough patch, and it was
about some accident, I don't really know the details,
he doesn't talk about it,
He got really distant, and angry,
And that just got harder and harder on her,
She never said it, but I think she was about to leave,
So luckily, or not luckily, his dad passed suddenly,
and they came back and they never left,
And she always said this place saved him,
Look, I don't know your story, Jack, and I don't wanna ask you,
But whatever it is, it's not too late,
You know, that little girl needs you,
Thanks,
Yeah, Of course, Jack,
Dave, it's Jack Elliot,
Jack, where are you?
I heard you never picked up the truck,
Jack?
I need to be with my daughter a few more days,
Jack, I'm glad you're getting your family time
but we had a deal, I'm supposed to have a full crew here,
I know, I appreciate the work,
I just can't come back quite yet,
Well, I can't promise anything will be waiting,
I understand,
Thanks, Dave,
I think I,,, I caught one,
Okay,,,
Uh-oh,
Now remember to take her a bit easy,
I can't thank you enough, Roy,
Ahh, it's always nice to have some good people around,
Oh, that reminds me,
Hanna! Let's go! Hanna!
Coming!
You take care of your dad, okay?
He needs you,
- Thank you, - You're so welcome,
You guys ride safe, okay?
Lots of wildlife this time of year,
Figured you might need this, riding into Washington and all,
I want that back though,
Oh, well, if it's okay, I can drop it off on my way back down,
We'd like that,
Sounds good,
Now get going,
Here you go,
For me?
Yeah,
To remember me by,
Hey, there's a ghost town up ahead,
You wanna check it out?
Definitely,
Hey, thank you,
Yeah,
Ah!
It must have been a mining town,
Wonder what happened to them,
Well, you know, when they couldn't find any more gold,
they had to go elsewhere,
So you just leave your shoes,
No, they were probably lost or found somewhere,
I really like it out here,
Yeah, me too,
I'm glad I'm here,
What happened to you?
Mom don't talk about it either,
I have these memories,
You were always training,
You wore that big suit with the collar,
I thought you were a super-hero,
And those planes,,,
I loved watching them take off and land,
I remember the day of the fire,
Everyone seemed so nervous, but not you,
You told me it was your job, that everything would be okay,
You hugged me,
Then afterwards at the ambulance, your face was
all black, and you had bandages all over you,
I wanted to hold your hand, but I was scared,
I thought you were a zombie,
That was the last time you ever hugged me,
One, two,
Wait, dad!
Three!
Dad?
Dad!
Dad! Dad!
Jesus, that was crazy,
Whoo! Whoo!
It's freezing!
Why didn't you tell me it was so cold?
- It's so cold, - Oh,
Ah, No,
- Where you going? - To get dry clothes!
Ah! Huh,
Well, hey there,
That's your daddy down there?
Y'all from around here,
No, I guess no, You're looking more like a city girl to me,
Nice bike,
Don't touch that!
Hey, calm down, old lady, We're not here to bother you,
We're here to cool off, It's our hole, We go swimming,
Come on now,
Don't worry, he's just messing with you,
Joe, let's head upriver,
We got towels in the truck,
Denny, where is the cooler? Man, I give you one job,
I don't know,
Hanna! Hanna!
It's probably still on the porch, Dumb shit,
Hanna!
- Oh, - It's my bag,
Then take it,
Hanna!
Ah, Hanna!
Come on, man, let's find another spot,
Jesus, cut it, man,
What do you mean you're out of here?
Hey, man,
Dad!
Come on, let's go,
God dammit, You're crazy, man,
Shit,
- Hanna, get on the bike! - No!
Hanna, get on the bike!
- Yeah, - Man,
You're not making any sense,
- Get on the bike! - No,
Don't leave, Please don't leave,
Dad!
Hey! Pull over!
Oh, shit, man, Is he here?
This guy is insane!
Pull over, you son of a bitch! Pull over!
Hey!
Come on!
Just wanna let you know that your daughter is safe
and your bike's in the back,
Her mom should be here in about an hour or so,
Just thought you'd like to know,
Can I see him?
I'm sorry, darlin', I can't let you back there,
Are you sure you don't want something to eat?
Alright, well, your mom should be here in about an hour,
Let me know if you need anything, okay?
Hanna!
- Mom? - Hi,
Oh, baby,
Looks like your ex-husband got into it
with a couple of our local boys,
Everyone's okay?
Yeah, yeah, they're fine,
One of them clocked him pretty good though,
How's he doing?
Not saying much, but we had him checked out, seems fine,
Listen, I don't think anyone's pressing any charges here,
But he still gonna have to spend the night,
Okay, Thank you,
Ma'am,
Hey, kiddo, I got us some breakfast from up front,
Nice people here,
When can we go see dad?
Well, I imagine he'll be getting released pretty soon,
You wanna take a shower?
No, I'm fine,
Okay, then,
Why don't you eat some breakfast?
I'll take a quick one, and then we can go see,
- That sound good? - Yeah,
We don't have too much time though,
Our flight's at 2:00, and the airport's a few hours drive,
So I think we can just get some lunch at the airport,
That sound good?
Hi, I was wondering when my dad will be released?
Who's your dad?
Jack? Jack Elliot,
Oh, he was released an hour ago,
What?
Hey,
You left me,
Hanna, those guys,,,
I don't care! You left me,
You left me,
You're right,
I did leave you,
I left all of you, my marriage, my life, all of it,
Why?
Why, dad? Why did you leave?
Because I couldn't take it anymore!
Everyone was driving me crazy!
Everyone was trying to help,
trying to tell me what I needed,
But nobody knew, nobody had any idea!
I lost all of them that day, I lost everything,
Everything?
I was still there!
Hanna, that's,,,
You're right!
You're right,
It's like my body shut down,
And I was just trying to survive,
And it made me so,,,
It made me,,,
Stop caring,
I tried to power through, I tried to,,,
And I was just lying to myself,
I had to get away,
So I left,
And I'm so sorry,
Are you okay?
What are you,,, Hanna?
Dad's taking me to the airport, Sorry, mom,
How much farther we got?
About three hours,
The winds, they shift,
Fire pushes right up the hillside,
I know we can't get away,
The smoke, it's all around me,
I can't breathe,
I dropped my pack, and I pushed through the rocks and tell
everyone to follow me, but when I get there, I'm all alone,
Except for those flames,
I thought,,, this is it,
I push along the perimeter, about ready to collapse
when I see this rock slide,
So, I hunker down, and Bury my face in the rocks,
and I make my peace,
There's been this emptiness,
And then I saw you standing in that parking lot,
I'm scared, Hanna,
It's probably mom,
- Hello? - Jack, my man!
- Tick? - Yeah, buddy!
Hey, listen, I don't know how you got a vacation already,
maybe some hanky-panky with the boss,
I don't wanna know, but,,,
Are you coming back or what?
I'm definitely one-man show without you here,
The new guy is green!
Yeah, man, I'm coming,