
A Family Thing
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1996
- 109 min
- 230 Views
Now, let me run this by you
one more time real slow
so you can understand it.
If you rent a piece of equipment,
you are liable for it
if you bust it.
I don't think I'm responsible for faulty
equipment. The thing just flew apart.
I didn't rent it to you
to bust up a building.
It's none of your business
what I rented it for.
I paid good money. I'm the customer,
and I'm not being treated like one.
It damn well is my business.
I own this place,
and every piece
of equipment in it.
And you ain't gonna cost me
any money, by God. Yes, ma'am.
Where'd you say you were
from again? Wisconsin.
Wisconsin? There's
your trouble, Junior.
I've never seen a damn yankee yet
could operate more than a wheelbarrow.
I paid the rental,
and that's all I'm paying.
Earl, it's aunt Ruby on the phone.
Tell her I'll call her back.
It's about granny.
She's fixing to...
it's almost time.
Oh. Come on, daddy.
Let's go to the house.
Lock up, Sonny.
Where you going? Let's get this settled.
We're closing up.
I got things to take care of
- besides hoohahing with you. - Well,
I'm not leaving until we get it settled.
I'll talk to you tomorrow.
You better sign something
saying I'm not responsible.
You comin'? I'm locking this door. I'm
not leaving till you sign something.
Very funny.
Hey.
Hey!
Unlock this door!
Hear me?
Hey!
Hey! Get back here!
She's been talking
out of her head, Earl.
She's been calling for you.
All right.
Mama.
Why don't you make some
coffee or something?
That crying ain't helping any.
Carrie, how you feeling?
Tolerable, I reckon.
How you all doin'?
I'm kind of down in my back,
but I reckon I'll do.
You want me to get you
something or other to eat?
Naw. I don't feel much
like eatin' nothin'.
I seen your daddy today,
Sonny.
Daddy's dead, granny.
No, he ain't no such a thing.
He's out there in the back,
building me a little ol' shed
to keep things in.
Carrie, I'm gonna get
me some coffee.
You want some?
No. I don't believe I do.
I been kinda thinking
You want to?
All right.
Good.
Well, we'll do that.
Reckon why your daddy's
playing I'm all right?
You are all right, mama.
Doctor says you're liable
to live to be 100.
Said you're too ornery to die yet.
You're having a spell, that's all.
You never was too good
at storyin', Junior.
I'm 85 years old.
That's plenty of stayin' alive to do.
You take care of things, Earl.
You do things right.
Yes, ma'am.
I don't want you laying here
some of these days like me
wishing you'd done different.
You done real good, mama.
Real good.
You take care of
your family, Earl.
Yes, ma'am.
Use my memory to help you do that.
I always do. That's the first
thing. I always take care.
That's what you taught me.
I had a dream.
I was hanging a load of wash
on a tree limb down by the river.
Ain't that the silliest thing?
Earl.
Sheriff just called.
He said some man
called him from the store,
hollering you'd locked him
up inside of it.
Hey, daddy. What's going on?
I bought you a new cap today.
It says "Hunters do it
with both barrels. "
Well, she's gone.
Mama's gone.
Gone to heaven.
So you better call
whoever you're supposed to call, Ruby,
to take care of it.
When's that coffee
gonna be ready?
And when Jesus
came to the place
where Lazarus was buried,
Martha said unto him,
"Lord, if you had been here,
"my brother would not have died.
"But even now I know
God will give you whatever
you ask him. "
Jesus said unto her,
"Your brother will rise again. "
How about you, reverend?
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