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I've been hearing about.

Wish it were funnier. OK.

You say you're good with engines?

I'll make you a deal.

If you can get this baby running,

she's all yours.

- This?

- That's a bad-ass car, boy.

OK, OK. The door sticks.

And the gas pedal's missing.

A couple of the, uh...

Hey, it's a fixer-upper.

He did it! He did it!

Have a safe trip!

Oh, sh*t!

Step out of your vehicle, son.

- Is there a problem, officer?

- Driver's license.

Massachusetts, huh?

You got that music cranked

pretty loud, Mr. MacCormack.

You gonna throw me in jail

for playing Quiet Riot?

Let's watch that attitude, son.

- Yankee sarcasm.

- What was that?

Nothing. Sir.

- You'll have to appear in court.

- For what?

Disturbing the peace.

Peaceful out here, isn't it?

Progress.

What does progress mean to you?

We have computers in our pockets,

telephones in our automobiles,

and money on a plastic card.

Who here today remembers a time

when you had to go

inside the bank to get your money?

Remember old Mr. Rucker

down at Bomont State Bank?

Every time you made a deposit, he'd

give you a piece of Bazooka gum.

Now, I haven't yet met an ATM machine

that would give me a piece

of Bazooka chewing gum,

let alone make me feel special,

like Mr. Rucker did.

Now, is that progress?

Today...

more and more, as families,

we are tuning each other out.

We're either surfing on the Internet,

texting on our cell phones, or

staring mindlessly at a television set.

Now, if that is a portal to the world,

I want no part of it.

These are the people

that we need to tune in to.

Everyone in this church.

- Thanks for coming today.

- Nice preaching today, Reverend.

- Good to see you.

- Yes, sir, you, too.

This is my sister's son, the one I was

telling you about. Ren MacCormack.

- Ren, Ren, welcome to Bomont.

- How you doing?

- We are so happy to have you with us.

- Thank you.

I think you're gonna like

Bomont High School.

In fact, if I'm not mistaken,

the graduating class this year

is the biggest in the school's history.

Hey, Roger! Come on over here!

How many seniors

we have at Bomont High this year?

- About 220, give or take a dropout.

- Roger's the school principal there.

- Hello.

- Wait... Do you play football?

- 'Cause we really need a good kicker.

- Ain't that a fact!

But, remember, if you're gonna play

for us, you gonna have to stay clean,

keep out of trouble. I heard you

already had a run-in with the law.

You what?

I don't know how it is up in Boston,

but down here we have rules

against playing music too loud.

You're kidding me.

He got popped for playing music?

Ariel! I want you to meet my daughter,

she goes to Bomont.

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