The Education of Little Tree Page #3

Synopsis: Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the wisdom of the Cherokee way of life.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Richard Friedenberg
Production: Paramount Home Video
  4 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
PG
Year:
1997
112 min
253 Views


it the Trail of hears.

But the Cherokee did not cry.

They did not speak,

they did not look.

They walked on.

But by some magic that I don't know,

some managed to escape

and make their way back,

staying off the trail, until

they found their mountains again.

And they went far back

into them and time went on.

By and by, the white man

forgot about them and passed by,

and finally left them in peace.

And that's you,

Little Tree. That's us.

That's where you come from,

and that's why we're here.

Well, now!

I reckon Willow John likes you.

- He left it for me?

- Looks like it.

- But I didn't get to thank him.

- He didn't do it for thanks.

He gave it to you 'cause you deserve it.

That don't call for no show, does it?

- I suppose not. But shouldn't I...?

- Go on to bed now.

Long day tomorrow.

Take them big shoes off,

for once and for all.

They're finally ready.

They're still wet!

You put 'em on wet and walk 'em dry.

That way they fit like

they growed on your feet.

Got rid of them clobbers,

did you? Just in time.

Got a long, heavy haul

down to the settlement.

How many jars you

reckon you can tote?

- How many in all?

- Thirteen.

Two to keep, for medicinals.

That makes... what number?

- Eleven to go.

- All right. Try it now.

- What say I put two in the sack for you?

- Three.

You're sure, now? If I put in

three, that's how many you'll carry.

- Three.

- All yours.

Don't feel like nothin' at all.

That new knife kind of

balances things out, don't it?

- How do them moccasins feel?

- Like they growed on my feet!

Now, that there is Jenkins' store.

You got good eyes. Tell me, is

there a pickle barrel out front?

- No, only some men sitting.

- That's the sign to come on in.

Pickle barrel means the law.

That's another thing to remember.

I guess new fortune's

on its way. Howdy, Wales!

- Who's the little fellow?

- My grandson, Little Tree.

Hey, Little Tree!

It was Wednesday... No...

It was Tuesday, for I'd been playing

at a dance on the Monday night.

I come through the settlement

and I seen Smokehouse,

Turner, you know, police.

I'm talking with Smokehouse

and this big shiny car comes

pulling into the filling station.

It hit me right off! I said to

myself, that's a big-city criminal.

Smokehouse asked him,

"Where you from?"

He says, "Chicago. "

Meantime, pulling

Smokehouse aside, I say,

"He says he's from Chicago, but

he's got an Illinois tag on his car. "

Old Smokehouse come down

on him like Judgment Day!

He was jumpin' and sayin' to him...

Let's give it the acid

hest, Wales. Here we go.

Elegant!

Hey, Little Tree, come over here.

Thank you.

Would you do an old man a favor

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Richard Friedenberg

Richard Friedenberg is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the screenplay for A River Runs Through It (1992), starring Brad Pitt, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and the screenplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame television film Promise (1986), starring James Garner and James Woods, for which he won an Emmy Award. He also wrote the screenplay for Dying Young starring Julia Roberts and wrote and directed The Education of Little Tree (1997). more…

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