Lilies of the Field Page #6

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
289 Views


You still listening, Lord,

would you mind putting

a little meat on the table? Please?

The work goes well.

The problem is money.

I request to your organisation...

which is renowned for its...

- Philanthropics.

- Was?

Philanthropics.

- Was machen Sie da, Schwester?

- Das Mittagessen fr Herr Schmidt.

Lesen Sie mir das Ganze noch mal vor.

"The Maximillian Fund,

sieben elf, Fnf Avenue, New York City.

"Highly honoured

and respected gentlemen,

permit me to an appeal

for financing assistance... "

No. Wait. A better word.

Dollars!

- The Lions.

- Ja.

- The Elks.

- Ja.

- The Order of Moose.

- Ja.

Kiwanis. What kind of animal is that?

Americans.

Schmidt! You make knocking.

Like I told you.

- We saved for you supper.

- No more bread and milk.

A nice potato soup.

Oh, and that'll make me

nice and fat and strong?

- Ja.

- And you love me fat and strong!

Ja.

Oh, Schnuller!

Hey, hey. You like that.

What now?

Look your hands. Dirty!

Go wash your dirty hands and face.

OK, I will.

Then I come and give for you

the English lesson. Nein? Ja!

Ja!

Danke dir Gott, fr diesen Segen.

Ah, how about thanking me too, eh?

No. I thank Him.

You, you couldn't help yourself.

Oh, boy.

# Wrapped in the manger

- # Amen

- # On Christmas morning

- # Amen, amen, amen

- # See him in the temple

- # Amen

- # Talking with the elders

- # Amen

- # Who marvel at his wisdom

- # Amen, amen, amen

- # Down at the Jordan

- # Amen

- # Where John was baptising

- # Amen

- # And saving all the sinners

# Amen, amen, amen...

- Come with us, Schmidt.

- No, ma'am.

- I'm gonna go feed my Baptist stomach.

- Come.

Good people of Piedras,

you have seen this man

who brings us now to the mass,

but you did not know who he was,

what he was.

I tell you now.

His name is Homer Schmidt.

He is not of our faith,

but he was sent to us by our God,

who is the God of all faiths.

He is building us a chapel.

It is true! And so we will

all see it. A miracle!

Hey, Mother!

- I laid my last brick.

- A good start.

- And I ran out of board.

- Everything works out.

- I'm ready to keep going but...

- Everything works out.

Yeah, you said that.

- Tomorrow you for Ashton work?

- Tomorrow and the next day. Why?

Then we see.

- Look, we had a bargain. I kept my end...

- Everything works out. It's God's will.

- That we get brick or that we don't?

- Whatever.

You would have made a great lawyer,

you know that?

Bobkin.

Sherman.

Good night.

Smith.

- Tell me, how's the contracting business?

- It's all right.

Just out of curiosity,

what are you using for materials?

We're expecting a new shipment.

No bricks?

Why do you buy things to eat

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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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