Brother.
Mother.
It was they who led me to your door.
Τhe nuns taught us there are two ways through life-
the way of nature...
and the way of grace.
You have to choose which one you'll foliow.
Grace doesn't try to please itself.
Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked.
Accepts insults and injuries.
Ooh!
Nature only wants to please itself.
Bless, O Lord, this food to our use- Get others to please it too.
...your loving and faithful service.
Likes to lord it over them.
Bless these boys.
To have its own way.
It finds reasons to be unhappy...
when all the world is shining around it,
when love is smiling through all things.
Τhey taught us that no one who loves the way of grace...
ever comes to a bad end.
I will be true to you.
Whatever comes.
Oh, God!
My son.
I just want to die...
to be with him.
He's in God's hands now.
Ηe was in God's hands the whole time.
Wasn't he?
My hope.
My God.
"I shall fear no evil-
fear no evil, for you are with me."
What did you gain?
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near."
Okay, go on now. We're all right.
We're all right.
Τhank you. Thank you.
Sure, you have your memories of him, and, uh-
you're gonna have to be strong now and-
I know the pain will-
It will pass in time, you know?
It might seem... hard, my saying that,
but it's true.
I don't want it to.
Life goes on.
People pass along.
Nothing stays the same.
Υou've still got the other two.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away,
and...
that's the way he is.
He sends flies to wounds...
that he should heal.
I never got a chance to teil him how sorry I was.
One night he...
punched him- himself in the face for no reason.
He was sitting next to me at the piano,
and I criticized the way he turned the pages.
I made him feel shame.
My shame.
That poor boy.
Τhat poor boy.
How did you come to me?
In what shape?
What disguise?
I see the child that I was.
I see my brother.
Τrue.
Kind.
Ηe died when he was 19.
Just check this- this one against this.
She wants to get back together, but... that chapter's closed,
story's been told.
What are you gonna do?
Experiment.
When you're young, it's all about your career.
Υou don't understand anything.
I just feel like I'm bumping into walls.
I didn't know how to do her hair.
Hey, Dad. I'm sorry I said what I said. I-
Υeah. Yeah, I think about him every day.
I just shouldn't have said what i did, and I'm sorry.
No, it's just, oh, this day.
What are you thinkin'?
I know- I know you did everything you couid.
And only two of those were turned down by the client.
One of them-
How did I lose you?
Wandered?
Forgot you?
Find me.
How did she bear it?
Mother.
Was I false to you?
Lord.
Why?
Where were you?
Did you know?
Who are we to you?
Answer me.
We cry to you.
My soul.
My son.
Ηear us.
Light of my life.
I search for you.
My hope.
My child.
You spoke to me through her.
You spoke with me from the sky.
Τhe trees.
Before I knew I loved you,
believed in you.
When did you first touch my heart?
And manfully to fight under his banner...
against sin, the world and the devil.
We had the commander over for dinner.
This little devil bit him right on the ankle.
Mama!
Me!
Rhinoceros.
Two alligator.
Two alligators.
Kangaroo. Kangaroo.
Jump.
Mmm.
Ah!
Sweetheart.
Shh! Please.
I know. No!
No!
It's mine!
You found me.
You'll be grown before that tree is tall.
Blue. Far.
You.
Are you afraid?
Come here.
Come here. All right. Now, come back here, Son. Stay out of there.
Τhat's the Spencers' yard. Okay?
You see this line? Let's not cross it. Do you understand?
Ηmm? Do you understand?
You see this line? Lookit here. Look here.
Okay. Now, come back here, Son. Come on back.
Stay out of there.
"'Now, my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning,
'you may go into the fields or down the lane,
but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden:
Father had an accident there."'
That's where God lives.
Good night. We'll see ya in five years.
You want to eat a grasshopper?
I found a dinosaur bone!
Oh!
Is that a rock? No.
Ah.
Hey!
Boys!
Come home!
Boys!
Come home!
You're a "potleak" now!
You're filthy!
Bless this food to our use and us to your loving and faithful service,
and make us ever mindful of those who are in need.
Amen.
Can you pass the butter, please?
"Can you pass the butter, please, sir?" Sir.
What'd you do today?
Went to school. After that?
What about the yard? Did you put the runners in like I asked?
Yeah.
Yes, sir.
Well, it didn't look like it.
Ηmm? Yes.
Mr. Reese liked Jack's book report-
What is that, sweetheart? and wanted him to make a model.
You know this?
Brahms.
Son?
Sir?
Reach me my lighter.
Haven't you forgotten somethin'?
Do you love your father?
Yes, sir.
"...against the Panther,
and they went off to look for Kaa the Rock Python.
Τhey found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun,
admiring his beautiful new coat."
Who do you love the most?
I love you all three the same.
Τell us a story from before we can remember.
Went for a ride in a plane once.
It was a graduation present.
Mother.
Make me good.
Brave.
Aah! Aah!
Can it happen to anyone?
Shh.
Nobody talks about it.
Help me not to sass my dad.
Help me not to get dogs in fights.
Ηelp me be thankful for everything I've got.
Where do you live?
Ηelp me not to tell lies.
Are you watching me?
I want to know what you are.
I want to see what you see.
Come here, you!
Come here. Come here, you!
Τhat funny?
You're gonna stand there, and you're gonna close this
door quietly 50 times.
Count it out.
Three, four,
five, six,
seven, eight-
You can't just yank off the top. You gotta get it by the root.
Your mother's naive. Whoa!
It takes fierce will to get ahead in this world.
If you're good, people take advantage of you.
Every one of these top executives- you know how they
got where they are?
Floated right down the middle of the river.
Don't let anyone tell you there's anything you can't do.
Don't do like I did. Promise me that.
I dreamed of being a great musician.
I let myself get sidetracked.
If you're lookin' for somethin' to happen, that was it.
That was life. You lived it.
job imagined he might build his nest on high,
that the integrity of his behavior would protect him
against misfortune.
And his friends thought, mistakenly,
that the Lord could only have punished him...
because secretly he'd done something wrong.
But no.
Misfortune befalls the good as well.
We can't protect ourselves against it.
We can't protect our children.
We can't say to ourselves, "Even if I'm not happy,
I'm going to make sure they are."
We run before the wind.
We think that it will carry us forever.
It will not.
We vanish as a cloud.
We wither as the autumn grass...
and, like a tree, are rooted up.
Is there some fraud in the scheme of the universe?
Is there nothing which is deathless,
nothing which does not pass away?
We cannot stay where we are.
We must journey forth.
We must find that which is greater than fortune or fate.
Nothing can bring us peace but that.
Is the body of the wise man or the just...
exempt from any pain,
from any disquietude,
from the deformity that might blight its beauty,
from the weakness that might destroy its health?
Do you trust in God?
job, too, was close to the Lord.
Are your friends and children your security?
There is no hiding place in all the world...
where trouble may not find you.
No one knows when sorrow might visit his house...
any more than job did.
The very moment everything was taken away from Job,
he knew it was the Lord who'd taken it away.
Ηe turned from the passing shows of time.
Ηe sought that which is eternal.
Does he alone see God's hand who sees that he gives?
Or does not, also, the one see God's hand-
I'm your man. who sees that he takes away?
Or does he alone see God,
who sees God turn his face towards him?
Does not, also, he see God...
who sees God turn his back?
That's a friend of mine. He owns half the real estate in town.
Frank Johnson.
He started out as a barber.
But he built something big.
Now you'd think he's the fourth person of the holy Trinity.
They never talk about their money.
Wrong people go hungry,
die.
Wrong people get loved.
The world lives by trickery.
If you want to succeed, you can't be too good.
Ηey there, young fellas. How's it going today?
Do y'all want some barbecue?
How about a pound of brisket?
You're like this, right? Okay? Come on. You act like you're scared.
You act like you're in trouble. You don't wanna fight. Nah.
You don't want any trouble. The minute you see him
blink, crack him, okay?
Okay. Okay? Come on. Three quarters.
Cover. You're gonna cover, right? Okay. Hit it. Come on.
Nice. Nice. Ηarder. Nice. That's a good right. Let's see your left.
That's the most important thing, okay? You come in this way?
You come in this way? You keep the guard up. Hit me! Come on, hit me.
Come on! Come on, jack! Hit me. Ηit me. Ηit me. Come on. Come on.
Ηere. Ηere it is. Here it is. Ηit it. Come on, Son! Come on! Son.
Left. What are you doing?
Dust yourself off.
Left. Don't leave your tongue out. You're gonna lose it.
Left. Left.
Right. Right.
Left. Harder. Harder. Harder!
Come on, hit me. Hit me.
Come on, Son. Ηit it. Give me something.
Show me what you got.
Come on. Go on.
One meal.
Leave the table.
You too?
You gonna continue to defy me? No, sir.
You interrupted me. I wasn't done yet.
Am I finished?
May I?
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Makes up stories.
Original words.
Ηe says, "Don't put your elbows on the table."
Are you ready?
He does.
Insults people.
Doesn't care.
I remember when you were born.
Τhey wouldn't let me come home.
The navy said an officer must be present for the laying of the keel,
but... not at the launching.
The next word is "volcano."
The next word is "socket."
Please pass your answers to each other. We're gonna grade
each other's papers now.
No interruptions, please.
Come on. Get your pencil out.
After logs go to the paper mill-
Τaylor! Taylor, sweetheart!
Honey! Honey!
Let me go!
Was he bad?
Will you die too?
You're not that old yet, Mom.
Where were you?
You let a boy die.
You'll let anything happen.
I can't see!
Why should I be good...
if you aren't?
Thank you.
Too close.
Edges.
Why's this bare here, hmm?
Grass won't grow under the trees. Does at the Kimballs'.
They have a yardman. They have money.
Course, he inherited it.
I don't want to hear one more word out of you, not
till this is finished.
Ηmm?
Cropping that too close.
You're gonna have to keep that watered.
Not high enough.
Toscanini...
once recorded a piece 65 times.
You know what he said when he finished?
"It could be better."
Τhink about it.
Twenty-seven patents your father has.
It means ownership. Ownership of ideas.
You gotta sew 'em up. Get 'em by the nuts-
We'll get 'em next time. pardon my French.
We'll be rich.
You make yourself what you are.
You have control of your own destiny.
You can't say, "I can't."
You say, "I'm having trouble.
I'm not done yet."
You can't say, "I can't."
Why does he hurt us?
Our father.
Come on, Dix. Come on!
Ah, yeah. Get it! Get it!
Give your father a kiss.
He lies.
Pretends. Can you do something for me?
You promise you'll do it without having to ask what it is?
Just have the confidence that what your father asks of you is right?
Yes, sir.
For the next half hour, will you not speak unless you have
something important to say?
What'd you do today, my fine feathered friend?
Sit on the front two inches of your chair. Better for your posture.
I read that in the paper.
Did you actually buy this from Mr. Ledbetter?
Don't explain. Just nod- yes or no.
Ηmm? No.
Be quiet.
What did you say?
Please.
Leave him alone! Come here!
Honey!
Leave him alone!
Come here! Get back. Come here.
Get up there!
You turned my own kids against me.
You undermine everything I do.
Ηow do you like- Stop-
Stop it.
Stop it! Stop. Stop it.
Stop it.
Stop. Stop.
Where's Dad?
He's gone on a trip.
Whoo!
No!
Open the door!
Get her! No!
Help each other.
Do not slam that screen door!
Love everyone.
Every leaf.
Every ray of light.
Forgive.
Τhis is my house!
You're allowed to live here!
You are allowed to live here!
Get out of my way!
No!
Shut up!
I got it, I got it, I got it!
Boom! Boom! Boom, boom! Boom, boom!
Watch out! Watch out!
Go!
One, two, three!
I say let's bust 'em.
Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah!
We found a frog!
Let's go set it off with a skyrocket!
He's getting away!
Get back! Get back!
Did it go to the moon?
Where is he?
Here he is.
It was an experiment!
Liar.
Never do it again.
Promise?
You gonna tell Dad?
They're just trying to scare you.
Keep you ignorant.
Things you got to learn.
Ηow can we know stuff until we look?
Τhey say you can't try stuff? They do.
What do you need to be afraid of?
You're afraid.
I see it.
Right here! Right here!
I can't talk to you.
Don't look at me.
What have I started?
What have I done?
Stick it in there.
I trust you.
You tired? No!
I never get tired!
Did this morning. No, I was just pretending.
Gonna call me a liar? No.
I don't want to fight.
Afraid to?
No, I just don't wanna.
If I was to say you're scared, would you call me a liar?
No.
Then you're scared, aren't you?
Aha!
Quit it.
Come here.
Come here!
No!
I'm not gonna do everything you tell me to.
I'm gonna do what I want.
What do you know? You let him run all over you.
How do I get back...
where they are?
Ηow are you, Son? Good.
This one's heavy. You're gonna need two hands for that one.
Whoa.
Careful now. You know what that-
Chinese? Know what that- That's Chinese.
That's very good. Yes, it is.
Your father went all around the world, all the way to China.
Τhat's Pan Am airlines.
That's what your father flew on.
The entire bathrooms are stainless steel, even the washbasin.
I feel confident the deal's going through.
If not, they can forget it. I'll tell them all to go to hell.
- That's from Germany. - How do you use them?
See that?
Put that down, Son.
Can Cayler come over?
Is your family not good enough for you?
Hope it's not gonna take as long as last time.
Al dente.
Subjective point of view. You know the difference?
"Subjective" means it comes from your mind. Can't be
proven by other people.
Mwah.
So- Ηere you go.
Mm, mm, oop, oop, oop.
Good to see you again. Okay.
Let's go, boys.
Come on.
There are things you can't do?
Well, there are things I can't do either.
You are not to call me "Dad." You will call me "Father."
But- But- Don't interrupt!
But you do. Don't interrupt!
It's your house.
You can kick me out whenever you want to.
You'd like to kill me.
No- Dad.
Why was he born?
Please, God, kill him.
Let him die.
Get him out of here.
She only loves me!
Defend, O Lord, this thy child with thy heavenly grace,
that he may continue thine forever...
and daily increase in thy holy spirit more and more...
until he come unto thy everlasting kingdom.
Amen.
I see something.
Put your finger over it.
Like that.
Come on.
What I want to do, I can't do.
I do what I hate.
You can hit me if you want.
I'm sorry.
You're my brother.
What was it you showed me?
I didn't know how to name you then.
But I see it was you.
Always you were calling me.
I wanted to be loved because I was great.
A big man.
I'm nothin'.
Look... at the glory around us.
Trees and birds.
I lived in shame.
I dishonored it all and didn't notice the glory.
I'm a foolish man.
Τhey're closing the plant.
Τhey gave me a choice.
No job...
or a transfer to a job nobody wants.
Father.
I never missed a day of work.
Mother.
I tithed every Sunday.
Always you wrestle inside me.
Always you will.
You know, Jack, all I ever wanted for you was...
to make you strong and-
and grow up and be your own boss.
Maybe I've been tough on you.
I'm not proud of that.
I'm as bad as you are.
I'm more like you than her.
You boys are about all I've done in life. Otherwise I've drawn zilch.
You're all I have. You're all I want to have.
My sweet boy.
You just gonna stand there like a bump on a log?
Go on.
Come on.
The only way to be happy is to love.
Unless you love,
your life will flash by.
Do good to them.
Wonder.
Ηope.
Brother.
Keep us,
guide us...
till the end of time.
Follow me.
I give him to you.
I give you my son.