Train now leaving.
Destination... Kansas city, Independence, Lee's Summit,
Warrensburg, Sedalia, Jefferson City, Kirkwood,
St. Louis, East St. Louis, Centralia, Effingham,
Terre Haute, Indianapolis.
All aboard! All aboard!
I'm so sorry.
Here, let me.
I'm so sorry.
It's OK.
Excuse me, sir.
Hey, gimme a bud, will you?
Yes, sir. Right away, sir.
Thank you.
Here you are, sir.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
Hey... Indianapolis.
Am I right?
Shortly high?
Yeah, Short... Yeah, I went there.
Yeah. That's what I thought.
Tom Casselman, class of'48.
Sure. Gunner. Hell, everybody knows you.
Yeah. How are you?
Have... a seat.
And you're, uh... um...
Willard Burns.
You're "Sonny" Burns.
Right? Yeah!
Right. That's what they called me.
Yeah. I remember you.
You're the photographer, right?
Took pictures for The Daily Echo.
Yeah, just sports stuff, you know.
You might've seen it. Actually, I got...
There was one of you in particular.
It was in... You were scoring in the Southport game.
Right. I remember that. That's a great picture.
Yeah. Action stuff, Right?
Damn good, too. Damn good stuff.
Yeah. This is great, running into you.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah. As a matter of fact, I've been...
Well, I've been doing a little photography myself.
I picked me up a Nikon over in Japan and...
I mean, I'm not worth a damn yet...
post card shots and tourist crap...
but I wanna learn. Here you go.
Oh, thank you.
Sure.
So, um...
Korea, huh? You must've seen some combat.
Mmm. Yeah.
You know, I caught a little shrapnel in the ass is all.
Yeah. I didn't... you know, I didn't really, uh...
Got stuck in Kansas City. Public Information.
Good conduct.
Well, hey, you know, somebody's gotta hold down the fort, right?
Exactly. That'd be me.
You know what? There's really only one thing you missed.
Yeah? What's that?
Japan.
Yeah? Yeah?
You really liked it, huh?
Oh, God. I mean, it...
it changed my whole approach.
Right. Sure. To what?
Everything, you know? You name it.
I mean, I never really...
Hell, I never really thought about anything before I went to Japan.
I mean, in college, I memorized stuff,
but I mean really think, you know? Question.
I mean, take your Zen Buddhism, OK?
- Okay. - They got these riddles,
and they really make you think about things differently.
Do you know any zen?
Uh... well, I had some sukiyaki once.
You know... in Chicago.
Well, uh...
you ever have any sake?
Um,
not that I know of.
Did you play any sports at all?
No. I always wanted to...
Ha ha ha!
Hey, at least you didn't get arrested.
Hey, at least you got your fingers worked out, huh?
Fuck it. Maybe you'll never return.
- Cheers. - Ha ha ha!
Last stop! Indianapolis!
Feel like I got hit by a truck.
You know, uh...
we should get together some time, huh? No shit.
Yeah, that'd be great. Fantastic.
You got a lift home?
Yeah. Yeah, I think... my mother's picking me up.
Christ died for our sins!
Communism is the religion of failures!
Christ died for our sins!
Communism is the religion of failures!
Gunner!
Hey, see you later, all right?
All right.
Gunner!
Gunner! Oh!
Gunner!
Ha ha ha!
There he is! Sonny!
Oh, it's Sonny!
Sonny! Sonny!
Oh! You're home!
Oh, You're home.
Welcome home, son.
Thank you, sir.
We thank you, oh, Lord,
for protecting this dear child
and for bringing him home safe...
from the horrors of war.
Mother, I was only in Kansas City.
There's danger everywhere.
We're in a "no parking"zone, folks.
Elwood. Your father... such a worry wart.
Come on.
Oh, I almost forgot. We have a surprise for you.
What's the surprise?
Well, it's not a surprise if I tell you.
Come on1
Surprise! Ha ha!
Hello!
There she is!
Welcome home!
Give your best girl a kiss.
Sonny?
Got you a little treat, honey.
Sweet dreams.
Fuck you, God.
Come here, Sonny.
Come on, Sonny, take my picture.
Come here, you war hero.
Come here...
Mmm... tastes good.
Well, I think he'd feel better...
if he got up before noon.
He deserves a rest...
after fighting for his country for 2 long years.
He's been home 3 days,
and he hasn't been out of the house.
Well.
Well!
♪ Good morning to you
♪ We're all in our places
♪ With bright, shiny faces
♪ For this is the way
♪ To start a new day
I heard Eli Lily's looking for young men.
They have a wonderful retirement plan.
♪ Life is just a mountain railway
♪ From the cradle to the grave
Have you thought about life insurance, son?
Oh, look who's here!
Hi, everybody!
Oh! Look at that cake!
Oh, she is some girl...
Kind of girl you wanna marry.
Wanna go for a swim?
It'll do you good, son.
You do look a little pale.
How's your pie?
Hello?
Hey! Hi! Absolutely.
Where should I meet you?
In the red key? Great. Yeah. Bye.
I don't see it that way, you know?
To me, all those years, it's like, wasted.
All that time, it just seems like it was flushed away...
jockin' around and acting like I knew it all...
and being a big rod and...
I must've seemed like a real asshole.
Oh, you know...
That's all right.
Hell, I get to thinking how I was back then...
It's embarrassing, you know what I mean?
Really, there were a lot of times when I felt like, myself...
Lock up the women and children! Gunner!
Hey, you old cocksman!
You old jocks can still hit the ball, huh?
Shit, man. We're 5-2, and leading the league.
Ha ha ha!
You guys remember Sonny Burns.
Hi.
Sonny, you know this bunch of muff divers.
You got Wilks Wilkerson, Jocko Biemer...
Russ, hey, let's get another round for the boys.
Please and thank you, huh?
So, Guns, you still blankin' Deedee Armbruster?
Hey, be careful, Gun.
She'll make an honest man out of you.
No. The old cocksman is not ready to pack it in yet.
So, I heard Shins tied the knot, huh?
You mean, "Pops" Shins?
Oh, no!
Patsy already dropped a bambino for him.
Hey, Guns, we need a good man on the mound.
How's the old wing?
Yeah, how about it?
Don't you worry about the old wing.
Yeah? All right!
The old Gunner's back!
Gunner! Gunner! Gunner! Gunner!
All I wanna know is...
what the hell was I doing hanging out with a loser like Sonny Burns?
Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Whoo-hoo! Aah!
Sonny!
Yeah? Hey.
Where you going?
Oh, I don't know. I just thought you might...
You know, you haven't seen these guys...
I don't feel like shootin' the shit with those guys right now.
- Let's get outta here. - Yeah?
Hey, you guys still out here, huh?
Welcome home, Guns, baby.
How you doin'?
Oh, these two look good.
All right, war hero.
Why don't you stop loafing and get a job
instead of hanging out in front of my house?
Nina... I'm home!
Yeah, that was that Southport game.
Did you take that picture?
I... I don't know.
Nina loves that picture.
That's a 67...
Speak of the devil.
Hi, Nina.
Hi, darling!
Oh... sweetheart.
How are you?
Good. I want you to meet my friend, Sonny Burns.
Sonny, this is my mother, Nina.
Very pleased to meet you, Mrs. Casselman.
Hmm. Well, you fellas want a drink?
Uh, no. I was just gonna get me and Sonny a beer.
It's a very nice apartment you have here, Mrs. Casselman.
Nina.
Oh, it's suits me fine, bachelor girl like myself.
Sit down.
I haven't seen you before.
What'd you say your name was again?
Willard Burns.
That's Sonny Burns. He went to Shortly.
I know all the gang from Shortly.
I haven't heard of him before.
Well, nobody did, really.
Why not?
Well, I didn't do much.
Oh, hell yes, he did.
Sonny was an ace photographer for the Echo.
He was the same for the paper up at I.U.
Oh. I.U.?
What house were you in?
Uh, the rooming house.
Ha ha ha! The rooming house. That's good.
That's funny.
Well, I guess I just don't get the joke.
Well, I'm gonna give Sonny a lift home.
I hope you're not forgetting about tonight, Gunner.
No, Nina.
I broke 2 dates to be with you tonight, sweetie.
Not that I wouldn't rather be with you.
I want you to show Nina a good time.
All right. We'll paint the town, Nina.
Come here. Give me a kiss.
Come on.
Mmm! I love you.
OK.
♪ Well, I'm a mighty, mighty man
♪ I'm young and I'm in my prime
♪ Yes, I'm a mighty, mighty man
♪ I'm young and I'm in my prime
♪ Well, I don't pick my jobs
♪ I'm ready for any old kind
♪ Yes, I'm a real young man
♪ A brand-new 25
♪ Yes, I'm a real young man
Well... you're up awfully early this morning.
Do we have sausage or bacon and eggs or anything?
That's not what you like in the morning.
Your stomach is too delicate for greasy things.
Did you have a nice time with your new friend?
Mm-hmm.
Does your new friend make it a habit...
of going to bars in the middle of the afternoon?
So what if he does? So what if he goes to bars in the morning?
Don't yell at me. No need to yell at me.
I'm not yelling!
I'm not yelling.
I just asked what business is it of yours...
what Gunner Casselman does?
It's my business what happens to my son.
It's really none of your damn business, Mother.
And for your information, he's a great guy.
Sonny.
When you lie down with dogs,
you come up with fleas.
Where's my mind? I'm losing my mind...
I'm losing my fucking mind... fucking mind...
It's my business... business...
It's my business... it's my business...
...the photographer. I remember you.
You took pictures for The Daily...
I've been doing a little photography myself...
♪ Boy
♪ Yeah
♪ Uh-huh
This is so good.
I mean, this is...
I never... you know...
I never observed anything.
I never looked at anything...
and questioned it, you know?
At least not till I got to Japan.
And only then, I think, 'cause I was... I was an outsider.
You know? I was a real outsider for the first time.
And I realized that I didn't know shit about my own society.
I just accepted it.
That's when I wanted to learn how to start taking pictures...
Learn how to see.
You already got that. You're...
You know, it's like you were born with it.
This is... so good.
I don't know. I guess... thanks.
You're very kind. I guess I'm just lucky that way.
No. That's... that's not lucky. That's good.
Okay, I got it!
We are choppin' in tall cotton tonight, my man, oh, yeah.
Nina's got a date for the races...
Saturday night at Churchill Downs.
She'll be in Louisville.
We're gonna have the place to ourselves.
Oh, ho-ho!
Think you can line up a hot one for tonight?
I... yeah.
- Yeah? - Sure.
Good. I figure one of us gets the couch.
The other one gets the bedroom... or the red room...
Have us a regular fuck-a-thon.
What do you say?
You say "yes" is what you say.
Yes.
Oh... I actually got this little drink theory here, OK?
It's called the secret of the sea breeze.
Now, these are the girls' drinks, all right?
Now, the secret is...
they can't taste the vodka
because it's mostly grapefruit, understand?
It tastes like nothing, you know?
Sonny...
Hi.
I love this one of the monument.
Thank you very much.
The way you get the line of the shadow...
That's a masterpiece.
It's really good.
Very kind of you.
Sonny, that looks just like the monument.
You know, Buddy...
Great art, it sneaks up on you.
You have to let it soak in a little bit, study it.
Right, yeah. Yeah.
Do you know, uh, Gunner learned zen in japan.
Oh. That's not all he learned.
I love you, Sonny.
Me, too.
What are you talking about?
I don't wanna be like some teenager...
parking and making out at a golf course.
This look like a goddamn golf course?
We're still hiding out.
Well, where do you wanna do it?
In my own house.
In your own house. Well, that's great.
With your parents upstairs?
I mean, my own house.
Goddamn it. I wanna get married.
Gunner, my mother was 22 when she had me.
I'm almost 23 years old, for God's sake.
It's time for me to have kids.
I want a family.
Deedee, you know...
I just got home, you know?
I don't even know what I wanna do yet.
Here, you want a puff of that?
I want children... more than anything in the world.
You know that.
You're an adult, Gunner.
What are you waiting for?
Deed's,
I don't know much right now. I just...
The only thing I know is...
I love to do it with you,
and you like it, and I like it.
So come on... let's do it.
Oh, I love you, Sonny.
Me, too.
I feel sorry for Deedee.
How come?
He's never going to marry her.
She was just his girlfriend...
in high school, that's all.
You know, it's not...
Is that what I am?
What?
What do you want me to say?
What would you like me to say?
Nothing. I would just like to know what your plans are.
I don't know! I don't... I don't...
I don't... I...
I don't want anything.
OK, I won't ask.
'Cause every time I ask,
it turns into this.
No, no.
I mean, I don't... I don't...
All right.
I don't even know.
Don't be angry, OK?
I'm not.
Will you call me?
Yeah, I'll call you.
Will you?
Yes, yes, I will.
I will call you, I will.
I'll call you on the phone...
OK, fine, all right.
I will.
I'm sorry.
I'll call you.
Sonny?
It's like this deep new book I'm reading...
Called A Lonely Crowd, right?
And I'm realizing that I've always been kind of...
more of an outer directed guy, right?
Right.
And now as time goes on,
I'm kind of becoming more inner directed...
and not giving a shit so much...
what the crowd think.
You mean what the lonely crowd thinks?
Hell, any crowd.
They're all lonely, you know that.
You've always been kind of more...
of an inner directed guy, right?
Um, well, um,
I don't know, actually.
Maybe.
I...
Whoa.
♪ For Saturday night
♪ I fell in love
Oh, goodness.
♪ I want a Sunday kind of love
♪ I want love
Ohh, man.
What I wouldn't give for a nice,
new piece of ass right now.
You bet.
What about Deedee?
Well, what about Buddy Porter?
Mmm.
Yeah, well, Buddy's, um...
You know, she's...
She's...
She's, uh...
She's nice.
She's good.
You know, she's...
She's Buddy.
And she's available.
Right, exactly.
See what I'm saying?
It's not just getting laid we want.
That's not it.
It's something else, right?
It's something... something extra.
It's a little something...
different?
Exactly.
It's something different.
You got it.
I mean, say you could only eat one thing...
for the rest of your life, right?
Say, I don't know, peach pie, OK?
Now, fine, great, maybe you love peach pie.
Maybe peach pie is great to you.
But that's all you get?
I mean morning, noon, and night, peach pie?
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, peach pie.
Peach pie, day in, day out,
Day in, peach pie.
I mean, for God's sake,
Maybe you want some blueberry one day.
There's nothing wrong with that.
You know, maybe you want some... some...
some chocolate cream.
Lemon chiffon.
God, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
♪ I want a Sunday kind of love
Yeah.
Interesting.
I really think he's...
he's on to something here.
How can you tell?
Well, uh, his use of color.
You know, the reds and the green.
And like, you know,
The movement that he gets.
You know?
Right.
How long you supposed to look at it?
Oh, my.
Talk about art, hmm?
Uh, excuse me.
Hi.
Do I, uh...
Do I know you from somewhere?
Because you look very familiar to me.
Mmm, I don't think so.
What's your name?
Marty.
Sonny.
Marty, Sonny.
Sonny, this is Marty.
Hi.
Go ahead.
Yeah, Marty was at Shortly.
She was a couple years behind us.
Yeah, I went to Shortly, too.
But I don't think we actually met.
But then we wouldn't have,
You being a big rod and all.
Isn't that what they called you golden boys?
Oh, well, you know,
that was high school.
And college, too.
Depauw, wasn't it?
Football star, big man on campus,
B.M.O.C.
So, you went, uh...
You went back east to college?
Uh-huh. And I'm going to go back
and live there.
Really? Uh, when?
Oh, when I serve my time here.
Well, daddy would let me go now.
But mother thinks if I stay here,
I'll meet a nice Jewish boy at the country club,
get married, and grow up to bejust like her.
So, I'm taking courses at Harrod and painting.
If I can hack it for a year,
I get my freedom.
Ayear from now,
I'll be gone.
Where are you going?
Well, New York, of course.
Sure.
- Sure. - Yeah, I mean, you know.
Is there any place else?
No, absolutely not.
No, I meant what part of New York?
You know, I actually, uh...
Well, I may be heading there myself,
as a matter of fact,
to do some studying on the G.I. Bill.
Oh.
What would you study?
Well, you know...
philosophy maybe.
Philos...
Philosophy.
Or, uh...
Well, or...
art.
Art, yeah.
You know, I figure art.
Probably something, you know,
something to do with, you know, art.
Art.
Well, I've got to run.
Oh, thanks for the coffee.
Did she leave?
Marty.
Hold on a second.
Hold on there for a second.
Listen, I was, uh...
Well, I was thinking maybe, you know,
we could get together sometime, you know.
'Cause, uh...
Because I...
I want to talk to you about some stuff.
You know, I was thinking we could get together...
and talk about some, uh...
some... stuff.
Like what?
Well, uh...
OK, would you at least give me your phone number?
It's in the book.
You all right?
Did you twist your ankle?
No, my ankle's fine.
I just got such a goddamn hard-on,
I can barely walk.
Yeah, she's...
I don't even know what she is.
She's something else.
She just thinks I'm a dumb jock.
Oh, no, really?
You think?
Why don't you tell her about zen and that stuff?
You know, take her to see some art.
I don't know shit about art, OK?
Oh, really, really, you do.
You know, you look like you do.
You know how to stand and...
What happened to us?
I thought we came down here
to improve our minds, right?
We were going to see some real art.
Wasn't that the idea?
I guess even art leads to pussy.
I guess.
Come on, man, let's go.
Sonny, I want you to meet...
a wonderful man.
Happy to meet you, son.
I'm Luke Matthews.
Mr. Matthews wrote a book.
Well, I'm going to leave you two alone...
for a little while.
I've got to run.
"Matthews is a pseudonym...
for a hardened convict...
who found god on a prison rock pile."
Mr. Matthews,
I believe there's been a misunderstanding.
What's that?
That is my mother.
Your mother understands that you were troubled,
and she wishes to help you.
My mother does not understand...
that I'm sick of hearing about God.
I don't believe in God.
And frankly, I don't even like the guy.
Well, you can't dislike something...
or somebody that doesn't exist, can you?
Mr. Matthews, I think I just need to...
I need to figure some things out for myself.
Yes, but at your age,
you need to be watchful.
We can come under the influence of magnetic people,
and not realize they may walk in evil ways...
and take others with them on the downward path.
Are you talking about Gunner Casselman?
Is that who you're talking about?
Because... Is that right?
Because if you're talking about Gunner Casselman,
he happens to be a good friend of mine.
He's great.
He's a good friend.
And I believe I'm at an age now, sir,
where I can begin to pick my own friends.
And frankly, if I want to hang out with Lucky Lucciano,
I will, sir.
The ways of evil may seem glamorous at first,
until you view them from inside prison bars as I have.
Mr. Matthews,
I'm really glad that you're out on bail... parole.
You did your time or whatever.
But I think I need to lead my own damn life.
You're at a turning point, son.
Then I'll make the goddamn turn myself.
- Yeah, so I'm trying to snow her, right?
With a bunch of intellectual shit.
Right, right.
And she keeps shooting me down, you know?
And every once in a while,
she's yawning, OK?
Ha ha ha ha!
And she's really pissing me off.
Finally she makes this crack...
about how boring people are in the Midwest.
I just flipped my lid right there.
I couldn't take it anymore.
I just said exactly what I thought,
not giving a shit if she liked it or not.
Absolutely. What'd you say? What'd you say?
I just looked right at her and I said,
"Hey, look, bitch,
maybe I didn't go to school back east, OK?
And I'm no egghead.
And maybe I am just a dumb jock.
But I know a few things...
you don't know.
Like I know how to fuck you.
And I know you want it too."
Yeah, so what...
What did she say?
She was jelly.
Jelly.
Oh, goddamn it!
Is this in the Jewish style?
What?
Well, I'm not really familiar...
with this style of painting.
So, I naturally assumed...
that since you're taking lessons...
from that little Jewish girl...
You know what, Mother?
You don't have to keep saying Jewish all the time.
You can just call her Marty.
That's her name.
Does it bother you that she's Jewish?
No, Mother.
It bothers you.
Are you accusing Nina of prejudice?
I'm not accusing anybody of anything.
I should probably... I'll just...
You know, I never made a peep...
when you took out those little Jewesses...
in high school.
I'm as broad-minded as the next person.
But this is a different story now.
Why is that?
Because you are a man now.
You are at an age...
when any girl might be a potential wife.
And you know that!
Don't you play dumb with me!
I'm not.
You're not going to marry her?
No, I'm not playing dumb.
You are going to marry her?
That's what you're saying?
You are telling me...
that you intend to marry a Jewish girl?
What if I am?
Don't you know what it means...
to marry a Jewish girl?
Don't you know what they have to do before the wedding?
No, what?
The father,
the night before the wedding,
he does it with his own daughter.
It's part of the Jew religion.
They... they... they make them do that.
Mother, where did you hear that?
How did you come by that little nugget?
It's common knowledge!
Oh, God!
The thing to do is just concentrate on your art, right?
Forget all the bullshit.
Yeah.
Fucking "A."
Just concentrate on your art.
Oh, Sonny.
You're terrific.
You really do know about art.
Oh, you're the art, baby.
Did you forget the camp pine tree pledge?
A pine tree man never ever betrays another camper.
"And it came to pass...
when Onan went in unto his brother's wife,
and had spilled his seed upon the ground."
Genesis 38, verses 4 through 10.
"And the Lord slew Onan...
when he spilled his seed."
My poor boy,
now you must be strong.
Stay strong.
Oh, Lord,
would you look down upon this...
this fine young man...
in his time of trouble...
and help him,
help him to learn the way?
The true way.
Mr. Matthews?
Yes, son?
I was just wondering...
why the hell you're in my room.
Your mother has offered me...
the hospitality of your home.
And I'm just here...
to do whatever it is you need.
OK, son?
Well, good night.
Good night.
What are you doing?
I'm just throwing away...
some old kids games.
Oh, Sonny.
This might be something you ought to save...
for your own kids.
I don't have any kids, Mother.
You will if you marry the right girl,
settle down.
God save your eternal soul.
♪ Well, rocks is my pillow
♪ The cold ground is my bed
♪ The highway is my home
♪ So I might as well be dead
♪ I walked the wrong way
♪ Seems I have no place to go
♪ My mother's dead and gone
♪ Father drove me from his door
♪ I got work down here
♪ So I don't even have a chance at love
♪ I got work down here
♪ So I don't even have a chance at love
♪ I was wrong, gotta try
♪ Before my Jesus comes
Oh.
Oh, I love you, Sonny.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh.
Where you going?
Well, Harry Stapler's taking me...
to the Brown County Fair.
I just came by to say hello.
Are you seeing him all the time now?
Well, I could see you on Saturday night...
if you want to.
That would be good, sure.
We could do something...
somewhere if you want.
Well, I accept.
Bye.
♪ I got so much trouble
♪ Sometimes I could cry
Good morning.
Am I serious about Marty?
I don't know.
What does that mean?
I like to fuck her,
and I like to talk to her.
Pretty rare combination.
Fucking "A."
She's going to New York too.
That about clinches it for me.
It's Columbia and the G.I. Bill now,
that's it.
So, you're really leaving, huh?
Yep.
I mean, why not, you know?
Getting it from both sides here.
Marty's mother is all over her...
For seeing Asheiguhtz.
And Nina won't quit with her Jewish remarks.
Such a load of shit.
Whatever happened with that ad agency offer...
you had in Chicago?
I didn't tell you?
I flunked the personality test.
You're shitting me.
No.
How'd that happen?
Well, they send you this test in the mail, right?
And in one part of it...
you're supposed to draw a picture of yourself.
So, I drew a picture of me, you know, casual,
drink in one hand, other hand in the pocket.
The psychiatrist who graded the test said...
it showed a tendency toward alcoholism and masturbation.
You believe that shit?
I guess I'll never make it...
in the ad world, either.
Ahh.
Fuck 'em.
I'm heading to New York.
Greenwich Village.
All you got to do is get the G.I. Bill.
Why don't you come with me?
New fucking York.
Oh, hey, man,
I forgot to tell you.
Marty has this friend who's coming down...
that she went to college with...
who's apparently, you know,
pretty hot to trot.
And Marty was thinking...
that we could fix you up with her...
for that big dinner dance saturday night.
Want to go?
Uh, sure.
You know, I mean, who knows?
Lightning could strike.
You could get laid.
Crazier things have happened.
Good night!
♪ Well, Monday, Tuesday
♪ Work hard all day
♪ Wednesday, Thursday, no time to play
♪ Friday is when I get my pay
♪ So I can go out Saturday night
♪ Sleep Sunday all day
That's right. No, I do remember.
Actually, absolutely I remember.
You... you haven't changed. No, no, don't change. Don't change.
♪ Saturday night
♪ Ooh
♪ Ooh Ooh
♪ You and me
I'm Sonny Burns. Yeah, Son... Sonny Burns!
Sonny Burns.
Greetings and salutations!
Hi, Sonny, it's me.
Do you know where we're going yet...
or when I should pick you up?
Uh... oh...
Yeah, actually, you know, I'm... I'm... I'm not... I'm not, uh...
I'm not... I don't think I'm, uh, well, really.
You know, um, I haven't, you know, I was...
I've... I've been really... It's just been coming in in waves.
It comes and goes.
Just before y-y-you called I was feeling... I was fine, but, um...
I'm really... I'm not... I think it's something I ate, really.
Um...
you know?
Buddy, are you still there?
Yeah, Sonny, I'm always here.
Isn't that how it is?
Well, listen, you know, we can, uh...
I'm sure this won't last. It's really, you know...
I'm... I'm just gonna lie down for a bit,
and, um, and then...
and after I lie down, uh, uh, I... I mean soon, very soon,
I'm sure we can go to Hollyhock Hills or something.
So, is that all right?
Yeah, sure.
Hi, Harry?
It's me.
♪ From the moment you walked in
♪ I knew
So, uh, now that Nina's guy...
is taking her up to Max and Cutty's for the weekend,
we're gonna have the place to ourselves,
and I hear that Gale is hot to trot.
So I think we may be choppin' the tall cotton.
♪ Tempted and tangled by love
♪ In the moment I held you, I knew
♪ You were meant for me
♪ Oh, just to know the bliss of one single kiss
Don't get up, don't get up.
I just had to powder my nose.
Well, you look, uh, great.
Thank you.
She'll be down in a minute.
Here she is.
♪ From the moment I saw you, I knew
♪ You were a dream come true
♪ As I still feel this way
♪ Until that day I'll wait for you, dear
Sonny,
Gale Thayer.
Gale, this is my good friend Sonny Burns.
Hi, Sonny Burns.
Hi. You...
Mm-hmm.
Gale, Sonny is an ace photographer,
sports being his specialty.
Really? What's your favorite sport?
Um...
basketball.
Mine, too.
Yeah.
So I plow through... I grind to the end, you know,
and by then I'm holding my breath...
as C.C. Waddles to the front of the room, right?
And he stands right next to Itchy,
and I look at him and he looks at me,
and he waits about a year and a half, right?
I had no idea what to do. I'm horrified at this point.
So finally, he looks at me and he says,
"Mr. Burns!"
So, yeah, straight. Ahem.
"Mr. Burns,
"In all my years,
I've never seen anything like this.
Your speech...
has moved this young man to tears!"
Whoo! Good night!
Ha ha ha ha.
That's it.
I love your imitations.
Oh.
You should be on Ed Sullivan.
Oh, why not?
Why not?
Time for the girls to powder our noses.
We'll be right here.
Right here.
Ahh.
Yes! I am rolling, Guns baby. I'm just... I... I feel... ahem.
You better eat something. You got to line your Stomach...
No, no, no, I got a large capacity.
I'm just... I'm just fine.
All right.
Ha ha ha ha.
Whew!
That was funny.
Ahh!
They just don't understand Catcher In The Rye, you know?
I think what bothers them...
what bothers them is that they know that what Holden is trying to do...
is he's trying to break through...
this accepted, unquestioned, adult existence, you know.
And to get... Excuse me, Gale...
Uh, and, um, get to a place...
beyond where he can be... he can be Holden and be accepted,
And... and not have the... the corruption and disillusionment...
th-th-th-that just... that seems inevitable, you know.
Sometimes I... I wonder if we'll wake up one day...
and... and won't be like holden anymore, you know.
That is really amazing, Sonny.
Really.
What's the matter?
Uh, nothing.
I'm just gonna have to... have to go to the bathroom.
Oh.
Oh, I didn't... I didn't mean...
Oh, just go to the bathroom, for God's sake.
Please.
I'll just...
Well, what... what are you thinking?
Why... why are you drinking?
Why do you think you're so fucking amazing?
Just stop. Just... no.
No, God, please, just don't... don't let me come.
Please, I'll go to church.
It's OK, it's OK, I'll get it up... get it up... get it up.
Don't let me come. Please...
I'm having such a wonderful time.
Having such a wonderful time.
Having such a wonderful time... wonderful time.
Having such a wonderful time.
You're so amazing. You're so amazing.
Sonny, you're so... you're so amazing.
You are... you are...
You'rejust incredibly special.
You ought see that she's a bitch.
She really gets into... She's so perfect.
♪ Does she love me?
♪ It's too soon to know
♪ Can I believe her?
Listen, I just...
I just want you to understand...
that, um...
um...
I'm just... I am com-completely...
I'm... I'm... absolutely... I'm...
I'm madly in...
I'm in love with you.
Um...
but, I'm...
I'm in love with you.
I am... I am in love with you.
But... but...
I'm wanna go to bed with you.
But?
No, no, no buts.
I'm wanna...
I'm wanna go to bed with you.
To bed to...
Take a nap?
No, I...
So... so...
we can...
So we can have, uh, sexual intercourse.
All right.
♪ Does she love me?
♪ It's too soon to know
♪ Can I believe her?
♪ When she tells me so
♪ Is she only
♪ Is it all in my desire?
♪ Orjust another play?
♪ Oh, I'll cry
♪ When she's gone
♪ I wonder
♪ Ohh
♪ Is it
Well...
sexual...
intercourse?
♪ zt's just all way too soon
♪ Good night
♪ Ohh
What... what's the matter?
Sorry. It's just... It's fine.
Ha ha ha.
Jesus.
It's fine. It... it's fine.
Yes.
It's gonna be fine.
Please.
It's gonna... It's gonna...
See... see, it takes a little time...
Please.
Get... get up and going.
It'll be all right.
Please.
It's all right.
Please,
just go away.
♪ Why was I born?
♪ Why am I living?
♪ What do I... do I get?
♪ What am I... what am I giving?
♪ Why... why... why do I... do I want to think
♪ I... I am here at all?
She will make everything OK.
Everything OK... everything will be OK.
She will be OKfor me and we will be... We will be OK.
Please, dear God, make everything... OK.
OK... OK...
Just go away.
I'm having a fabulous time.
Gunner?
I'm...
I'm... I'm sorry, man.
I didn't wake you, did I?
I'm... I'm sorry.
I was just...
I got something that...
I think I need...
I think I need a little...
help here, please.
Hey, what is it, man?
What's going on?
Oh,
God, man.
Jesus.
No, uh... uh... uh...
Man, that's not it, you know. That's...
really, th-th-that's not it, you know?
That's... that's... that's not the way.
What do I do, man?
What do I do?
Well, you know, we got to think of something, you know.
We... we... we gotta...
We gotta do something. We gotta...
We gotta figure something out.
We just gotta, you know...
We got to get you out of here.
Pack.
♪ Golden
♪ Teardrops
♪ Ooh
♪ I remember when
♪ You fell from the eyes
♪ Of my love
♪ You made me reconsider
♪ What a fool
♪ I've been
♪ And swear to God
♪ I'll stray no more
♪ By all the stars above
♪ Golden teardrops
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ohh
♪ You caught my envy
So, what happened with you and Gale?
Nothing.
Thank you and good night.
Absolutely nothing. Not a goddamn thing.
Nothing?
She frigid or something?
Oh, no. No.
Hell, no.
No, that would be me.
Yeah.
I fucked up, pal.
How about that? I...
Instead of fucking her, I... I fucked up.
You know, 'cause I couldn't get it up.
Really?
I thought you were hot for her, man.
Oh, man, you know...
Shit! Shit! She was it, man.
She was... the dream, the girl, the beginning, the end.
She was everything.
The perfect combination of sex and brains,
The one we're all supposed to find, the one we deserve.
You know, everything.
I bet you make out with Buddy like a bandit though, right?
Oh, sure. Exactly, yes, yes.
I have no problem making out with the ones that I'm not hot for.
No problems.
You know.
I mean, what is that? Why... why... why... why...
it's like the opposite of what, you know...
If I'm... if I'm hot for... for... for somebody,
then, uh, then my prick is just nowhere in sight, you know.
It's game over. It's not gonna happen.
You know?
No, maybe you don't know. I don't know.
I'll never forget the way she looked up at me, man.
Oh, man.
Don't worry about that, you know.
It... Gale was a bitch.
That was the trouble.
That... that... that's all it was.
Nah, she wasn't a bitch.
♪ Those golden teardrops
♪ For me
♪ Those golden teardrops
♪ For me
♪ Those golden teardrops
I wish you'd been in Japan.
Best thing about Japan was the women.
Uhh.
Uh, you'd have to say that they're whores, you know, technically,
'cause you pay them,
but, I mean, it's not like how it is here, you know.
It's not this "wham-bam- thank-you-ma'am" kind of thing...
where you feel dirty after it.
They... they... they take their time there.
They treat you right.
Ah, if we were in Japan right now...
Yeah, but we're not.
We're right here,
surrounded by Ohio,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Michigan,
- Right here in Indiana. - Illinois!
Shit, I forgot, man. Fuck!
I forgot.
There... there... there's this great little whorehouse...
about 40 miles south of Chicago.
My frat buddies took me there. It was great.
It... it... it was totally different.
Different? What's different about it?
All the girls.
I mean, they're... they're... they're pretty and they're sweet.
Hell, they're farm girls,
you know?
I mean, they... they... they let you play with them.
They... they talk to you like you're a real person,
like it's a real... date.
Oh, that's what you need.
Yeah, that's what you need.
One of these nice, sexy farm girls.
Treat you right.
All right?
That's the answer.
So, where is this place?
Ha! It's in this jerkwater town.
Gladiola.
That's what they called it,
the Gladiola House.
Ha ha!
Ow!
Go!
♪ You women have heard ofjalopies
See where the fuck we are.
Here we go. Here we go. Here, take this.
♪ My new rocket 88
♪ Yeah, it's straight, just one way
♪ Everybody likes my rocket 88
♪ We'll go ridin'in style
You know where we are?
I can't...
Look at that.
Where are we?
Look,
there's a light right there.
I see the light. Is that it?
I think so. I don't know, man.
It looks like it.
Hold on.
♪ V-8 motor and this modern design
♪ Black convertible top
♪ And the gal's goin'fine
♪ She's goin' with me ridin' all 'round down thejoint
So, this would be the part...
where you go into the church...
to ask directions to the whorehouse, right?
No. This would be the part...
where you go into the church...
and ask directions to the whorehouse.
This is the part where you go into the church to ask directions.
All right, you son of a bitch, you want to flip for it?
Loser goes into the church,
asks directions to the whorehouse.
All right.
You gonna call it?
You call it.
Heads.
The way of the devil!
Oh, won't you come,
come and lay down your burden...
and rest in the arms of God?
He's waiting for you.
A stranger has come to us out of the night,
out of the dark and the rain.
Don't be afraid, son.
Pour out your heart to God.
Uh, excuse me, I'm lost.
- Praise the Lord! - Praise the Lord!
The Shepherd loves a lost sheep most of all.
Tell us, son. Tell us,
what's in your heart?
Well, can you tell me how to get to Gladiola?
Uh,
nothing in Gladiola anymore, son.
What are you looking for, boy?
Uh,
It's just a... It's a house.
A... A house?
Son, if you're looking for the Gladiola House,
It's been closed down 4, 5 years ago now.
And hallelujah!
- Praise the Lord! - Praise the Lord!
Hallelujah!
♪ Rock of ages
♪ Cleft for me
♪ Let me hide myself in Thee
♪ Let the water and the blood
♪ From thy wounded side which flowed
♪ Be of sin, the double cure
♪ Save the wrath and make us pure
You're a lucky fella.
You could've been killed...
maybe paralyzed.
Well, we'll let you lie here...
for a couple of months.
Got you in some plaster.
Be good as new.
That big rod Buddy of yours?
Hardly had a scratch.
Came up smellin' like roses.
He's the kind that always does.
We all thank God...
that you're coming home in one piece.
You can just rest as long as you want.
I'll bake your favorites, and I'll rub your back for you.
All right, now, let's not do any good-bye shit.
I'm gonna write you from New York,
and you'll be out there in no time. OK?
See ya.
Walking up those stairs.
You might get a little faint.
Your mother has your room fixed up just right.
And I'll bring you up a little snack later.
You never heard a word from your fine-feathered friend,
if that's what you're looking for.
He said he was gonna write when he got to New York.
Oh.
Well, I guess he just got too busy...
raising cain down in Greenwich Village...
with the rest of the communists.
Him with hardly a scratch and you almost killed.
Is that your Christianity, Mother?
Anybody you don't like should die?
Let's not dwell on the past, OK?
OK?
Such a sweet little surprise.
Oh, that Buddy is so sweet.
Of course, she wanted to be here,
but I thought you needed your rest,
so I thought we'd pick her up
on our way to celebrate at your favorite restaurant.
Hmm?
Hollyhock Hill.
That's your favorite restaurant.
Oh,
Sonny.
Sonny, you loved their fried chicken
when you were a little boy.
Yes?
What is it?
Uh, good news, Son.
I got you an appointment...
with J. Briggs Dunlap...
over at Lily.
- He's their... - Ohh.
Head of public relations.
Wow. That's wonderful.
Thank you.
Sonny! Come on down!
We've got a surprise for you.
It's for your new life.
A career man...
needs a new car.
All right. Now, you just go pick up Buddy.
Meet us up at Hollyhock Hill.
She's waitin' for you.
Hi.
- Hi. - Hi.
How's your arm?
Uh, it's... it's peachy.
You look, uh... beautiful.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Very beautiful.
Listen,
I'm not gonna go to Hollyhock Hills.
That's all right.
Um.
See, I think you...
I think you...
You're great.
You really... You really are. You're great.
You're beautiful.
You're... You're great, and you deserve a great guy.
I've got one.
No.
Uh, who am I? I mean, I... I'm, um...
nobody I...
I can't begin to be...
whoever you need to treat you the way that...
- I've got one. - To love you.
Harry Stapler.
You what?
Harry Stapler.
We got engaged.
I tried to tell your mother,
but she, uh, she wouldn't listen.
I'm really, really... happy... Sonny.
And Harry and I both want the same things...
here...
in Indianapolis.
I love you.
I'm happy you're happy.
I want for you to be happy, too.
Happy.
Thank you.
Hey, Buddy?
Could you do me a favor?
Sure.
One way...
to New York.
There you go, son.
♪ Tempted and tried
♪ Where God made you wander
♪ Why it should be thus
♪ All the day long
♪ While there are others
♪ Living about us
♪ Never molested
♪ Knowin'home
♪ Farther along
♪ We'll know all about it
♪ Farther along
♪ We'll understand why
♪ Cheer up, my brother
♪ Live in the sunshine
♪ We'll understand it
♪ All by and by
♪ When we seeJesus
♪ Coming in glory
♪ When he comes from
♪ His home in the sky
♪ Then we shall meet him
♪ In that bright mansion
♪ And we'll understand it
♪ All by and by
♪ Farther along
♪ We'll know all about it
♪ Farther along
♪ We'll understand why
♪ Cheer up, my brother
♪ Live in the sunshine
♪ We'll understand it
♪ All by and by
♪ We'll understand it
♪ All by and by