The Ballad of Little Jo Page #3

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-nineteenth century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to his child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his secret?
Director(s): Maggie Greenwald
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
1993
121 min
223 Views


COME ON IN, GENTS.

BRING YOUR:

BOOTS AND BRITCHES.

HERE YOU GO,

MY PRETTY.

THAT'S A LLAMA,

FROM PERU.

[WHOOPING AND HOLLERING]

OH, BOY!

MARY, GO GET ME

A COUPLE OF RABBITS

AND A SACK:

OF BEANS, OK?

OK, EVERYBODY,

NOW, THAT'S ENOUGH.

NOW GET THAT HORSE

OUT OF MY SALOON.

GET HIM OUT!

HEY, JO.

HOW ABOUT A DRINK?

NO, THANKS, MR. BADGER.

HEY...

TONIGHT'S THE NIGH YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

I DON'T THINK SO.

THIS IS A RARE:

OPPORTUNITY, YOUNG MAN.

I'M SURE

YOU'RE RIGHT, SIR.

LITTLE JO, I THINK

YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER.

A MAN CAN GET DISEASES

HE DON'T DO IT REGULAR.

JACK WILKINS,

WHAT THE HELL:

ARE YOU DOING HERE?

SAME THING AS YOU,

FRANK.

BY GOD, IF YOU

LEFT MY SHEEP...

I LEFT THE DOG.

THEY'LL BE FINE

FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

YOU'RE

A SON OF A B*TCH!

I HAD ENOUGH.

DRIVE A MAN CRAZY

OUT THERE ALL ALONE.

SH*T!

MR. BILLY,

LOOK AT THIS.

THE WHOLE THING.

THE WHOLE THING, BU I GET NUMBER ONE.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THE NAME,

THERE, WHAT'S THE NAME?

BIG NIGHT TONIGHT,

EH, JO?

MMM.

HEY, OVER HERE!

BADGER!

BADGER! BADGER!

B-A-D-G-E-R!

GODDAMN IT!

ALL RIGHT,

WHO'S NEXT HERE?

HEY, LITTLE JO,

I GOT SOMETHING:

I WANT TO SHOW YOU.

JO. YOU GOING?

ALL RIGHT, BOYS!

ALL RIGHT,

BOYS!

EVERYBODY SETTLE

DOWN, NOW!

ALL RIGHT!

NUMBER ONE:

IS BIG AL,

THE GOLD NUGGE MAN!

YAY! YAY!

HOORAY!

LET ME THROUGH,

BOYS!

SEE YOU LATER!

I GOT NUMBER 10!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

OH!

WHOO-HOO!

EEE-WHOO-HOO!

FRANK BADGER!

DEAR HELEN,

ARE YOU HOLDING MY LADDIE

CLOSE IN YOUR ARMS?

I THINK OF HIM:

CONSTANTLY.

I MISS YOU BOTH FIERCELY.

I'VE MADE IT OUT WES

AND DECIDED TO SETTLE

FOR A WHILE IN RUBY CITY.

IT IS REALLY FAR

FROM BEING A CITY.

TRULY, IT IS

A MINING CAMP:

WHICH MAY SOMEDAY

BECOME A TOWN.

BAD CHAD!

CHESTER ALBERT!

WOODRIDGE!

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

JO? JO? YOU

BETTER COME QUICK!

PERCY'S GONE CRAZY!

PERCY?

HURRY!

HE'S IN THERE.

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

AAH!

GOD, YOU'RE A WHORE!

GET OUT!

[GARBLED SHOUTING]

PERCY!

JO?

[CRYING]

[CRYING]

AW, TO HELL

WITH THIS CHOLA!

AAH!

GIVE ME THE GUN,

PERCY.

OHHH...

SHE WOULDN'T PUT I IN HER MOUTH.

LET'S GO HOME.

I DIDN'T GE MY TURN YET.

ANOTHER TIME, PERCY.

AAH!

[SOBBING]

YEAH, YOU--

YOU NEED A GOOD:

SHACKING, TOO, JO.

EVERYBODY THINKS

SOMETHING'S WRONG

WITH YOU.

YOU ROTTEN:

SON OF A B*TCH!

GET HIM OUT OF HERE!

GE THAT BLOODY ASSASSIN

OUT OF HERE NOW!

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[COUGH COUGH]

MR. BADGER?

WHAT?

HAVE YOU HIRED:

ANOTHER SHEEPHERDER YET?

NOW, WHEN WOULD

I HAVE DONE THAT?

JOBS SEEM TO BE:

PRETTY SCARCE.

I FIGURED SOMEONE

WOULD'VE JUMPED AT IT.

NO ONE JUMPS:

AT SPENDING A WINTER

IN A LINE CAMP.

WHAT'S THAT, SIR?

OH, THAT'S WHERE

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Maggie Greenwald

Maggie Greenwald (born June 23, 1955 in Queens, New York) is an American filmmaker.Most recognized as an independent writer and director, Greenwald’s most notable films include Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016), starring an ensemble cast that included Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Lorraine Toussaint and Diane Ladd, Songcatcher (2000) starring Aidan Quinn and Janet McTeer and introducing Emmy Rossum, and The Ballad of Little Jo (1993), starring Suzy Amis and Ian McKellan. She also directed an adaptation of Jim Thompson's The Kill-Off featuring an ensemble cast that included Cathy Haase and the film debut of Jorja Fox. more…

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