
Ithaca
- PG
- Year:
- 2015
- 96 min
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- Come on, let's go!
You okay?
We must
be set to face a long war
against crafty
and powerful bandits.
can be repeated
at any one of many points,
in both oceans
and along both our coastlines
and against
all the rest of the hemisphere.
It will not only be a long war,
it will be a hard war.
We expect to eliminate
the danger from Japan,
if we accomplished that
and found that the rest
of the world was dominated
by Hitler and Mussolini.
We are going to win this war
and we are going to win
the peace that follows.
- Is it a letter from home?
- Yep, from my brother, homer.
- It's the youngest one, right?
- Uh, no, no.
Youngest one's Ulysses.
He's, um...
Well, he's four.
ever ends.
And he's under the impression
that he belongs
wherever there's something
interesting to see.
I have this idea
that you'll come to ithaca
and meet him one day.
And my brother homer,
my sister Bess... and ma.
- Hiya, Harry!
- Fourteen words, collect.
You're a little short.
- A little.
I got drafted.
- Drafted, I see.
- My mother'll send me
enough money to get home.
- Uh-huh.
- Do you know how long
it'll take the telegram
to get to her?
What's that?
Why...? What's this?
- Just go ahead. It's nothing.
- Wh-why? What's...
- you pay me back when
- Thanks.
- Send it paid, Willie!
- Tom...
- What?
I know, Willie. It's just...
Every once in a while.
So remind me, why do you want
to be a messenger?
- Because I'll get to visit
a lot of people
and go to a lot of places.
- Oh. And, uh,
how did you sleep last night?
D'you nod off today at school?
- A little.
- What about sports?
What about missing out on them
on account of having this job?
- We have a physical-education
period every day.
- Is that so? Well, I used
to run the 220 low hurdles
when I went to Ithaca high.
I was, uh...
I was the valley champion.
I was val...
So tell me,
you really want this job?
- I'm gonna be the best
messenger this office ever had.
- I was the best messenger this
office ever had, so you're on.
Okay, the faster
you deliver messages,
the more you can deliver.
The faster you pick up
outgoing messages,
the more we can send.
The more we can send,
the better our chances
and staying alive.
We're postal telegraph.
We get there swiftly.
We're polite to everyone.
We take off our hats
in elevators and,
above all things,
we never lose a telegram.
- Yes, sir.
- How old are you?
- Sixteen.
- Yeah, that's
what you said yesterday.
We're not allowed
to hire a boy unless he's 16.
How old are you?
- Fourteen.
- Well, so you'll be 16
in two years.
What are you gonna do
with the $15 a week?
- Give it to my mother.
- Alright, from here on out,
you're part of this outfit.
You watch everything,
you listen closely,
you keep your eyes open
and your ears peeled.
You got me? This here,
this is what we call a quarter.
You're gonna take it
to Chatterton's bakery
and bring me back two day-old
pies:
Apple and coconut-cream.- Yes, sir.
- What do you think of him?
- He's a good boy.
- I think he is.
that's all.
- Well, I'm a couple of years
overage,
so I think we'll get along.
- If you need me,
I'll be at Corbett's.
You two can share
those pies between you.
What's your name again?
- Homer Macauley.
- Homer Macauley.
You're just the boy
this office needs.
I reckon you're the
fastest-moving thing
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