Lilies of the Field Page #3

Synopsis: Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert...
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ralph Nelson
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
UNRATED
Year:
1963
94 min
279 Views


- Get that straight!

- Schlafen Sie wohl.

- And cut that out.

Bless you, Schmidt.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Morning.

- No breakfast?

- Never before mass.

Oh.

You guys look nice - lean, but nice.

- Where's it at?

- Was, Schmidt?

The church.

- Yeah, but where's it at?

- Er will wissen, wo die Kirche ist.

- That's not fair.

- Over there, Schmidt.

- Now come.

- No.

I'm gonna wait in here for you.

- Are you the man?

- I am the man.

- Can I get me some breakfast?

- Name it.

- A real breakfast?

- Whatever you say.

Double OJ and squeeze it fresh.

So?

A stack of wheatcakes with lots

of melted butter... maple syrup.

And fry me three, four, five eggs

with a mess of sausages

and a mountain of white toast

with strawberry marmalade

and... keep the coffee coming.

- No beans?

- You got beans?

- The most, seor.

- Them too.

You take milk?

- I said fresh.

- I squeezed it myself this morning.

OK.

Very nice.

Very nice. Now...

melt some cheese over those beans.

- What's the matter you're not in church?

- I'm a Baptist.

- Why are you working for the sisters?

- I work for myself.

- How come you're not in church?

- I got a business.

- But you're a Catholic.

- No! I was born one, but...

- Father Murphy...

- What's the matter with him?

- He drinks.

- He's a priest.

- He's Irish.

- Oh.

Holy, holy, holy, hm?

You pray hard enough and your stomach

doesn't feel empty any more.

Praying does not pay the rent

and praying does not fill up the gas.

God ain't gonna get behind

this counter and sling hash.

Me? I gotta fill my wallet.

- Hey.

- What?

- They pay you?

- Sure.

I just wondered.

I heard they don't have a cent.

Not a cent.

Crazy trying to farm that land.

They aren't mean enough.

That old Mother, she'll do.

Oh-h-h!

Old Gus Ritter -

he used to own the place.

He could grow potatoes on bare rock.

He left the place

to this religious order in Germany.

East Germany. The sisters

came over the Wall. They tell you that?

- No. Like in Berlin?

- S.

Over the Wall, across the ocean,

across the country to what? This.

- They can't even talk the language.

- I've been straightening them out.

- Yeah?

- Sho'nuff!

Hey, listen. You ain't

gonna hang around with the sisters?

- Nah. I'm just passing through.

- That's right!

The sisters ask you something,

you tell them no. Keep right on going.

- That pie there?

- Sure.

- The whole one. Can I have it?

- It's gonna cost you.

Wrap it. I'm a millionaire.

From Wall Street.

- My name is Homer Smith.

- Juan Aquilito.

Schmidt!

Schmidt!

- Schmidt!

- Looks like you're being paged.

Das ist Schmidt.

Schmidt, Father Murphy.

Father Murphy will talk with you.

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James Poe

James Poe (October 4, 1921 – January 24, 1980) was an American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Academy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Summer and Smoke, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. He also worked as a writer on the radio shows Escape and Suspense, writing the scripts for some of their best episodes, most notably "Three Skeleton Key" and "The Present Tense", both of which starred Vincent Price. Poe was married to actress Barbara Steele from 1969 to 1978. more…

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