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Church leaders blame the rise of hate crimes and racially-motivated attacks...
...on a militia-like group calling themselves "The Holnists. "
One of the most radical and poWerful of these groups...
...claims as its founder, the famed motivational speaker Nathan Holn.
The last of the great cities died...
... When my father Was a child...
... victims of yet another War.
He told of the plagues that folloWed...
...and hoW the living hid themselves, scattered in tiny hamlets...
...in hopes of surviving Whatever neW madness...
...conspired to rob them of the little that remained.
ln those days, he Walked alone...
...a solitary Witness to the chaos that reigned.
The earth itself had fallen victim to the insanity.
He told stories of the 3-year Winter...
...and hoW the dirty snoW never stopped falling.
He saW the ocean, barren, poisoned, near death.
And hoW they Watched the sky for 16 long years...
...praying for the great lungs to start Working again.
He said it Was as if the ocean had breathed a great sigh of relief.
Many commuters are abandoning their vehicles.
Goddamn it, Bill!
You know l need to check it first.
l don't know.
Better than turpentine, Bill.
Tastes about the same.
What do you say?
Your call.
You ain't picky, Bill.
l like that about you.
Things l like about my ass. . .
. . .number 1 :
Will settle for turpentine.
We got TV!
We got 1 47 channels, Bill.
We got everything from. . .
. . .Jesus to Jeopardy .
"Like. . .
. . .sands through the hourglass, so are the days--. "
We'll watch that.
...sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
"Monday. "
"Monday night. "
Monday-night football!
l don't want any trouble.
l bet you don't either.
Let's just call it a draw.
l'm rich!
l know the rule.
lt's my rule.
"Avoid civilization at all cost. "
We got to eat, don't we?
Open your mouth.
lt's true we haven't done this for awhile but. . .
. . .for God sakes, it's like riding a bicycle, Bill.
What are you so worried about?
All you got to do is stand there.
l'm the one with all the lines.
Open up.
Awful.
Just awful.
They said, "Fear not, Macbeth. . .
. . .till Birnam Wood. . .
. . .comes to Dunsinane. "
l said. . .
" . . .till Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane! "
Thank you.
Arm yourselves!
Arm yourselves.
lf the witch's words are true. . .
. . .there'll be no running, hiding here!
We'll fight. . .
. . .as if our last meal depended on it.
Tomorrow. . . .
And tomorrow. . . .
Tomorrow.
And the day after that.
Out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow. . .
. . .a poor player who struts. . .
. . .and frets his hour upon a stage. . .
. . .and is heard no more.
lt's a tale told by. . . .
ldiot.
A moron. . .
. . .full of sound and fury. . .
. . .signifying. . .
. . .nothing.
But blow, wind!
Come, wrack!
At least we'll die. . .
. . .with the harness off our back!
l want to talk to him.
The children have never seen Shakespeare before.
They still haven't.
Thank you. You're very kind.
l'm clapping because you stink.
Larry!
l don't think you know how it works.
When l was young, l tried to be an actor. l was awful.
But now l won't die thinking l was the worst one.
-Stop it! -That's all right.
How much did you pay to get in?
So bite me.
You were very good.
-Good enough to get something to eat? -Yes, we have some soup.
Holnists. Goddamn!
Bastards hardly kill anyone lately.
We give them food and supplies.
All the towns do.
l'd just as soon not give them anything of mine, thanks.
What are you doing there?
What are you doing?
lt's just a game, General Bethlehem.
lt's something they saw in a play. No harm in it.
Wait a minute!
A play?
Show me.
lt's all right, children. Show me.
Arm yourselves.
No running from the witches.
Shakespeare, is it?
l'm sorry l missed it.
We haven't nearly stocked the game that we thought we would.
Really? But you had time for a play?
l'm taking 3 conscripts. . .
. . .from each town!
They will have the honor of serving in the Holnist Army. . .
. . .until such time as l see fit!
3 men.
Could you do that?
Captain!
All men. . .
. . .between 1 5 and 50. . .
. . .and of suitable ethnic foundation are required to show themselves now!
General.
No, but keep that.
Acceptable.
Sir?
Acceptable, Captain.
Need some meat on you, but l like an impressionable mind.
Acceptable.
Mongoloid.
Unacceptable.
l want pure blood.
Someone. . . .
-Don't wave. -Oeople, you will look at me!
Someone like. . . .
Like that man!
You don't understand.
You were required to show yourself.
l'm not with them. l'm just passing through.
Take the mule.
Let's go! Move!
Ten-hut!
l want a line right here.
Welcome, gentlemen, to your new life.
You have been born again as soldiers in the United Army of Nathan Holn.
God rest his soul!
The strong have been sapped. . .
. . .by the whimpering propaganda of the weak.
Men. . .
. . .strong men, have been denied their destiny.
You men have been saved from that fate.
Redemption. . .
. . .is within your grasp.
You.
What did you do before you were given this opportunity?
l had a shovel. l digged holes.
You digged holes.
Now you'll fill them.
And you?
Me?
ls there any question in anyone's mind that l was speaking to you?
Yes, you.
l'm just a performer.
Shakespeare. Stuff like that.
Shakespeare?
He was a writer.
Yes, l know.
l know who Shakespeare was.
"Cry 'Havoc!' . . .
. . .and let slip. . .
. . .the dogs of war. "
Me?
"To be or not to be:
That is the question. "
"We few. . .
. . .we happy few. . .
. . .we band of brothers! "
"Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer. . .
. . .by this sun of York. "
You're pretty good.
You're also a fighter. l can see it in your eyes.
You are a dangerous man.
Don't you agree?
No disrespect, sir, but you'd be better off letting me go.
A fighter is about the last thing that l am.
Don't you think l should be the judge of that, soldier?
Get up.
l said, get up!
You're right. You're not a fighter.
But you will be.
l'm giving you a chance at a life. . .
. . .that means something.
A life worth living.
-l'm glad to see you. -We missed you.
-l missed you. Kurt, hoW are you? -Hungry.
-Gretl, What happened to your finger? -lt got caught.
-Caught in What? -Friedrich 's teeth.
Thanks.
Did l win?
l tried to tell him.
Say it again.
Say what?
Words you said in town.
About the wind blowing and the rest. Say it again.
"Blow, wind. Come, wrack.
At least we'll die with the harness off our back. "
What's it mean?
"Live free or. . .
. . .die. "
l think.
You're going to watch a movie or you can sleep!
But tomorrow. . .
. . .you run in uniform. . .
. . .full packs. . .
...20 miles!
Everybody makes it...
...or nobody eats...
...for the third day in a roW!
Everybody up.
You got meat tonight.
Why don't you tell Shakespeare what kind it is?
Mule.
God-awful animal.
Sterile offspring of horse and donkey.
Can you imagine that?
There's no room in the New World for a bastard like that.
Any man last in line ain't hungry enough to eat.
You show up last. . .
. . .you don't eat!
l'm going to die before l'm last in line again!
That's what they're hoping for.
Shut up! At least you're eating!
You serious?
Good.
This is good!
You want this?!
This is what you want?
Babies!
The hills are alive
With the sound of music
These were supposed to be the best years of my life.
The Laws of Eight, gentlemen.
That is the legacy handed down to us by Nathan Holn.
May he burn in hell.
These are the laws that we live by.
The 8. . .
. . .is our symbol.
Each man will bear it with pride.
Only then will you be part of the clan.
Sit down, gentlemen.
Law One:
You will obey orders without question. l told you to sit.
There weren't enough chairs.
l didn't specify chairs. You could've sat on the ground.
You disobeyed a direct order. You broke. . .
. . .Law One.
Law Two:
Ounishment shall be swift.
Law Three:
Mercy. . .
. . .is for the weak.
Four:
Terror. . .
. . .will defeat reason.
Five:
Your allegiance is to the clan.
Six:
Justice can be dictated.
Seven:
Any clansmen may challenge for leadership of the clan.
Does anyone wish to challenge me?
On your feet.
Law Eight:
There's only one penalty. Death.
Olease! l'm begging you!
You will get out of this army what you put into it.
Work and you'll be fed.
Fight and you'll be respected.
Die and you'll be remembered.
You thinking of challenging for leadership?
No, sir.
l'm a follower. . .
. . .not a leader.
You got a smart mouth. . .
. . .Shakespeare.
You see Colonel Getty always following the General?
He was the last man ever to challenge.
Fight lasted 6 seconds. . .
. . .but he didn't kill him.
Cut off his tongue. . .
. . .then he cut off his balls.
And old Getty's been following him around like a dog ever since.
Fall out!
The General don't see it. . .
. . .but l say you've got some nigger in you.
They're yours?
A solitary man, aren't you?
Binoculars to watch life from a distance and Shakespeare. . .
. . .to read about it, instead of living it.
No offense, but you seem to have read Shakespeare. . .
. . .yourself.
lf he wishes to rise above mere thuggery. . .
. . .a military commander must be classically educated. . .
. . .philosophy and history, even a sense of the dramatic.
What do you think that l did before the war?
Do you think that l was in the army?
l sold copying machines.
l was a salesman. . .
. . .with the talent to lead men, devise and execute a battle plan. . .
. . .locked away inside.
lf Nathan Holn hadn't come along, l'd still be selling copying machines.
Can you imagine. . .
. . .the wasted life? Can you imagine the magnitude of that?
But war. . .
. . .war gives men like me a chance.
Here.
"The prize is often left unclaimed.
We must have the courage to grasp it. . .
. . .for fortune always favors the bold. "
He always inspires me.
l have a design for the future. A master plan.
l will need able officers to help me carry it out.
You have the intelligence.
lf your heart matches. . .
. . .you will go far.
We'll talk more in weeks to come.
Dismissed.
Captain!
We'll be moving out tomorrow.
lssue those binoculars to a scout.
And the book, sir?
Burn it.
Quit moving!
What happened?
-What happened? What'd he say? -Nothing.
Did he say anything about me?
No!
-l'm getting out of here. -What are you talking about?
-Escaping. -What?!
You ever hear of St. Rose? lt's on the coast.
-lt's a paradise. -We can't.
We could!
Between the 3 of us we could.
l can't.
l like it here. l like being a part of something.
Take a point!
Some of the men shot a lion.
They crawled into the thicket.
One of you dogs earned a treat.
Over there.
Those men hunted a lion this morning.
Must've been a goddamn zoo here before the war.
Anyway, a third man went in after it.
We don't know if he's alive or dead.
l want a volunteer.
One of you is going in there after him.
l'll go.
l guess size ain't a measure of courage.
ls it?
l don't think so, Captain!
Come out alive, you get a lion steak!
Maybe you'll find your St. Rose over there.
What the hell are you waiting for, Christmas?
Why are you stopping?
l found him.
He got him.
Let's go.
Hurry up!
You still got a lion to bag!
You men get back in line!
-There he is! -Shoot him!
ln the water. Come back without him. . .
. . .and you and another man will die in his place.
Go! Go!
l'll get him!
Go!
Don't.
Just let me go.
l don't want to be a part of your army.
My army?
l like the sound of that.
l got him!
l'm sorry.
How come. . .
. . .you wrecked it. . .
. . .for me?
lt's me or you.
What?
lt doesn't have to be.
We can go together. You and me.
Good boy!
Good boy.
Get him.
Finish it!
Get him.
That's it.
Get him, damn it!
"No harness on my back. "
Bleeding?
Well, bleeder. . .
. . .you want your St. Rose?
l'll give you your St. Rose.
How you doing?
You shouldn't have.
Here's a piece of good neWs.
Jerry's decided to go to school. . .
. . .to get his contractor's license.
Good, Jerry.
And little Jimmy wants his grandpa to know that he lost. . .
. . .a tooth.
Thanks for being there for me.
"Turn-ons:
Men in uniform. "
Greetings. . .
. . .Oineview, Oregon.
You just head back the way you came.
Oineview ain't buying and we ain't listening. . .
. . .and we don't give charity.
Really?
Civilian, l'm on official business.
l demand entry into the town of Oineview.
What the hell are you talking about?
l'm through talking to you, buddy-boy.
Get someone with the authority to open this gate.
That's him.
l'm Sheriff Briscoe. Who the hell are you?
l'm a representative of the United States government.
Authorized by. . .
. . .Order 41 7 of the Restored Congress to reestablish. . .
. . .communication route. . .
. . .in ldaho and. . .
. . .lower Oregon.
What's that mean in English?
l'm your postman.
Hand me your gun.
Beg your pardon. Understand that. . .
. . .tampering with or obstructing the mail is a federal offense. . .
. . .and the Bolin Act requires that you provide. . .
. . .all mail carriers with. . .
. . .sanctuary and. . .
. . .nutri-- Food!
You got 3 seconds to get out of here.
You know Jerry the contractor?
Wait a minute.
l'll get something out of my bag.
Did you say one?
One.
"Oaul Davis. . .
. . . 1 24 Oineview. "
Never heard of him. Two.
"Lily May Reno, 1 6 Lincoln Road. "
Three.
"lrene March, 478 River Road. "
Did he say my name?
l'm lrene March.
l have a letter for you.
Would you read it?
l'm sure it's personal.
-Olease, someone has to. -l'll read it, Mom.
We're delivering old stockpiles. . .
. . .but l'll accept all new correspondence.
"Dear lrene: Sorry l haven't written.
Everything's so crazy.
The strange weather, the food shortages. . .
. . .that farmer Nathan Holn causing all that trouble.
lt's hard to understand.
David's home from the army.
The war was over before he even got there. Thank God for that.
We're going to miss you for Christmas. . .
. . .but maybe next year.
All our love, Donna. "
My sister. . .
. . .in Denver. . .
. . . 1 5 years ago.
Thank you.
You're a godsend.
A savior.
l'm just. . .
. . .the postman.
l've been on the road awhile.
l could use a little something to eat.
Yes, absolutely.
ls there anything else?
Yes, there is.
lf there are dogs in this town. . .
. . .you'll have to leash them while l'm here.
Mr. Postman
Hey, Mr. Postman Look and see
lf there's a letter A letter for me
Cleaned and pressed, sir.
l'll just set them over here.
One of the ladies took your pants in.
She thought maybe you lost some weight.
Thanks.
Didn't somebody say something about dinner?
l'm supposed to take you to Foster's.
My name's Ford.
Ford Lincoln Mercury.
My name used to be John Stevens, but l changed it. . .
. . .on account of l want to drive cars.
This is where everybody meet and gather.
Can you tell us about the government?
-Tell us everything. -ls there a Oresident?
Yeah.
What's his name?
-You know, l'm pretty hungry. -Come on.
Olease!
His name. . .
. . .is. . .
. . .Richard Starkey.
From Maine.
He has a saying.
"Stuff's getting better.
Stuff's getting better every day. "
ls he a Democrat or a Republican?
Oarties are over with.
lt's an individual that counts.
What about Europe?
Europe?
Any word?
Well, there's. . .
. . .good air in lceland.
ls Nathan Holn still alive?
He died.
Skin cancer.
He may be dead. . .
. . .but what about the Holnists? What'll the government do about them?
The government's just getting started.
So you're going to be on your own for 6, 8 or 1 8 months.
How about the Marine Corps?
Be quiet.
Everyone be quiet.
Can't we just let this man eat?
Let us pray.
We give you thanks for this food. . .
. . .this day. . .
. . .this man and his good news. . .
. . .evidence of your promise. . .
. . .that you will hold our country together.
Amen.
Would you like to dance?
l don't know if l can.
l think l'm still on duty.
All you have to do is hold on.
lt's been a long time.
Something wrong?
How tall are you?
About six feet.
Are you smart?
Smarter than some, l guess. Why?
Just wondering.
Have you ever had the bad mumps?