Goin' South Page #2

Synopsis: Texas, shortly after the Civil War. Henry Moon is an outlaw, on the run from the law. He is captured trying to escape to Mexico and taken back to town to be hanged. The town has a special law that a condemned man can walk free if one of the single women of the town offer to marry him. Henry is in luck - at the last moment Julia Tate offers to marry him, and pretty soon they are married. However, Henry soon discovers that Julia's motives are purely business-orientated - she needs someone to work the mine on her property. This makes for a very cold marriage.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director(s): Jack Nicholson
Production: Paramount Home Video
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG
Year:
1978
105 min
107 Views


- Down she go, up you go.

Is she dead?

Then I'll take him.

Julia, what are you

saying? He's an outlaw.

I assumed that's why

you're hanging him.

Are you drunk?

Sheriff, you know I don't drink.

'Course she don't drink.

You want him?

The law says I can claim him, right?

I asked you out ten times. What did

I get? A flap of your umbrella. Sh*t!

All right.

OK, Julia.

Mr Moon, what do you say?

I ain't no side of beef

to be auctioned off, but...

...hell, fine by me.

Well, I think I'll skip the wedding.

I ain't taking Frank

Towfield's business tonight.

Somebody's taking his business,

or we ain't got no business.

Now, Mr Moon:
No

drinking, no gambling,

no wife-beating, no

alley-cattin' and what have you.

You've got to mind her.

If you try running, there'll

be $500 on your head.

Well, gentlemen, much

obliged to you. Much obliged.

Shall I take the reins, dear?

Adios!

See, I told you he had a plan.

You can dance in the air, you

sonofabitch. Stealing my girl.

Miss, in case you want to

know who you're dealing with...

...I used to ride with

Quantrill's Raiders.

You always this quiet?

When I have something

to say, you'll hear it.

Well, look, I can get off right

here as far as I'm concerned.

Of course, a good

husband's hard to find.

You weren't hard to find, standing

there with a rope around your neck.

Yeah. You sure are a smart woman.

I like smart women.

Sure you do.

Who's that?

One of the reasons we got married.

Hey, Rover.

That's Grover.

This is where I live.

Well, Julia. It ain't

much, but it's a start.

Guess I don't get to carry

you across the threshold.

Wipe your feet, please.

Always do.

Well... it looks like the opera house.

Please take your clothes off, Mr Moon.

Don't sit there.

Here, put these on.

These is work clothes.

That's right.

But I just got married.

Don't count on that too much.

This is a gold mine? In Texas?

It's gonna be.

Looks like mice bit into it.

First you'll begin crevassing,

then cross-cut using the

singular jacking method.

I ain't familiar with

that particular method.

You pry away any loose rocks.

Are you watching?

Then you insert the drill.

Like this.

Then you use the sledgehammer.

Simple.

Where's the gloves?

My hands blister easy.

Better blisters than neck burns.

Mr Moon...

Pretend we're friends

and call me Henry.

The railroad is breathing down my

neck, so let's not waste any more time.

I'll do all I can do, but...

...that's all I can do.

I'll be outside running

auriferous tests.

Why don't you run one on

your skull while you're at it?

Supper's ready.

I don't believe in

wasting time at the table.

How'd you come into this place?

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