"Oh, my." "Look at the mess that you're making." "When did my princess turn into such a little slob?" "Just like her daddy." "Come on!" "Wake up, people, and give me a break, will you?" "You people should know me better than that by now." "George Rathbun speaks the truth!" "The simple truth." "I am amazed." "No, I am flabbergasted, at how many American citizens continue to believe the horse crap our government is feeding us!" "Okay, folks." "Take a deep breath and listen to me!" "During the first gulf war there were something like 120, 000 Iraqis killed, and despite what we did or did not hear, not all of them were soldiers or little Husseins in training." "Many of them were just ordinary men, women, and children who happened to live in the same geographical areas in which we were dropping our bombs." "Now, did we know that?" "No, we certainly did not!" "And why?" "I'll tell you why." "Because our news is controlled and filtered by our government." "Did you see bodies on the news?" "Are we there yet?" "Almost, baby." "Can we turn that off?" "that man's given me a headache." "Well, all that talk about dead bodies and blood might be a bit much, don't you think?" "Sorry about that." "It's just a long drive." "That's okay." "Here it is." "Do you remember it, Amy?" "Yeah." "I remember." "It gave me the creeps back then, and it's giving me the creeps right now." "Remember what we talked about?" "Try not to be scared of everything." "Try to be brave." "I'm not scared, daddy." "I promise." "Hello?" "That must be the guy's car I talked to on the phone." "Hello!" "Is anybody there?" "Sir?" "Well, hey there, folks." "I never heard you drive up." "Sorry to interrupt your nap." "No, no need to be sorry, son." "I always like to see new faces, especially when they're as pretty as these two." "I'm Mike Franks." "I believe we spoke on the phone." "Mr. Franks, I am so sorry for your loss." "I knew your grandmother very well." "She was a special lady." "It's never easy when someone crosses over to the other side." "But I thank the lord she swept off that mortal coil without any pain or suffering." "We should all be so lucky." "Thank you." "This is my wife Pam and my daughter Amy." "And I am Samuel Madison III, and it is my honor to meet you and you family and little miss cupcake." "You can call me Sam." "It's okay, Amy." "You can shake his hand." "This one's scared of her own shadow." "And a pretty little shadow it must be." "I do believe" "I do believe these belong to you now." "We can process the necessary paperwork after the service." "No rush on my end." "I just hope you have a peaceful stay as can be." "Now, I have been saving this for just the most perfect day for just the most perfect occasion." "I think I'd like to give it to you." "It's my favorite flavour." "Cherry." "Thank you, Sam." "Just let me know if there's anything else I can do for you folks." "I think I just better mosey yonder on." "Thank you." "I told you, you don't need to be scared of everyone." "Not everyone's going to reach out and bite you." "Come on." "Great grams used to make the best chocolate fudge brownies." "She used to put those little sprinkles on top." "They were so yummy." "I don't remember them." "The car's unpacked." "Anybody hungry?" "I have to use the bathroom." "It's down the hallway around to your right." "It's just around the corner, honey." "Go on." "You're a big girl." "She gets that from you." "I'm not afraid." "I'm not afraid." "I'm not afraid." "I'm not afraid." "I'm not afraid." "I'm not afraid." "I'm not afraid." "Amy!" "Daddy!" "There's a man downstairs!" "Are you okay?" "Come here." "Come on, it's okay." "See?" "It's just a painting." "But I got to tell you, you're a lot braver than I used to be." "When I was little, I'd never come down here." "That old painting creeped me out too much." "I don't know why that door was open." "My grandma always kept it locked." "You doing okay?" "Yeah, I was just thinking." "We'll be the only relatives at the funeral tomorrow." "There's no one else left." "When my grandfather died, my grandmother had everything from the store packed up and moved down here." "I think it was her way of keeping him close." "Your grandfather had a tobacco shop when you were growing up, right?" "In town." "It was more than just a tobacco shop." "He has shelves and shelves of little artifacts from American history." "It was like his own little museum." "You know, it looks like somebody's gone through these already." "I'm not afraid of you." "I'm not afraid of you." "I'm not afraid of you!" "I'm not afraid of you!" "Oh, my god!" "Amy!" "What in the world were you doing?" "I was just trying to be brave." "Are you okay?" "Nice catch." "You okay?" "Let's go get you cleaned up." "I will skin your children and eat them." "Upon finishing, I will fashion utensils out of their bones." "Is it damaged?" "Jesus, you're scaring me." "Sorry." "Take a look at this." "This is bizarre." "I found it hidden behind this canvas." ""G.W."" "G.W." "No way." "George Washington was the father of our country." "He chopped up cherry trees, not the arms and legs of children." "Take a look at this." "Looks like bone to me." "Yeah." "Maybe even human bone." "You're serious." "You really think it was written by George Washington?" "I said it could have been." "So where did the painting come from?" "I don't know." "It's been around since way before I was born." "Do you know he was born around here?" "Who was born around here?" " Washington." " Washington?" "Yeah." "I didn't know that." "Did you hear that?" "Hear what?" "What is it?" "I heard something." "Maybe it was George Washington looking for some children to eat." "Come inside." "We've got a long day tomorrow." "There they are." "Hello." " Good afternoon, Mrs. Franks." " Amy." "Mr. Franks, please allow me to introduce some lifelong friends of your grandparents." "This is Nancy Arnold." "Hello." "I'm so sorry about your grandmother." "She was a wonderful woman." "A true blessing to this community." "And you must be little Amy." "I've heard precious things about you." "Name is Jared Barkish." "I knew your grandfather back in the day." "We used to gather down in his tobacco shop." "We shared many a cigar and many a meal with him." "It's a pleasure to meet you." "I appreciate you all coming." "How old is your daughter, Mr. Franks?" "She's" "Amy just turned 10a month ago." "Just turned 10?" "Ladies and gentlemen, please." "Gather round, folks." "The service is about to begin." "Let's meet later this evening, if you're up to it." "God bless you, son." "Today, we are gathered here to honor the memory of Jephine Franks." "If I might ask, Mr. Franks, what do you plan to do with your grandfather's belongings?" "Keep some things, sell the rest." "There you go." "You do know your grandfather was quite a collector?" "Yes, I do." "There might be something there worth more than the unexperienced eye can see." "Not everything your grandfather did was what it appeared to be." "Oh, coffee's on me." "At least let me get the tip." "All right." "Whatever." "You know, I appreciate all your help." "You've been very kind to me and my family." "The pleasure was all mine, good sir." "You know, I did find something in my grandmother's house." "Maybe you can tell me what to make of it." "Where did you find this?" "In the basement." "G.W.!" "George Washington?" "You do know that George Washington was born around these parts." "up north." "Virginia planter family." "My grandfather told me that story many times." "This letter, this could very well be an authentic piece of American history." "May I ask, Mr. Franks, what do you plan to do with this?" "I haven't really given it much thought." "Would you like me to hold on to it for you, check with some colleagues of mine?" "I probably should discuss it with my wife." "If you would consider selling it," "I'm sure I could find some interested parties." "No, I-- wait, wait, wait." "Come to think about it," "I know a collector who might pay top dollar for something like this." "Would you mind if I gave him a call?" "He's very discrete, very powerful, and I ha every reason to believe h'd." "be very generous." "No." "I don't think so." "I'll call him for your right now, set it all up." "If this is the real thing," "I probably should get it in a museum somewhere." "I'm not sure you realize what you have here, Mr. Franks." "This single sheet of paper could entirely rewrite the history of our country." "This letter could forever change the image we have of George Washington." "That's an immense responsibility, sir." "Think about it." "You want this knowledge to be known?" "I'll discuss it with my wife." "I appreciate everything you've done for me and my family, and being so quick with my grandmother's estate and it was a pleasure to know you." "Thank you very much." "If I may, Mr. Franks?" "I would like to suggest you do something." "What's that?" "Sleep on it." "Sleep on this, old man." "Pam!" "Pam!" "Pam, where are you?" "I'm down here!" "What are you yelling about?" "Is everything okay?" "No, everything is not okay." "Something weird is going on." "What do you mean "weird"?" "First off, Sam Madison just proved that he's a lunatic, and I was just followed home by a guy on horseback." " What?" " It was the weirdest thing." "I'm driving along and I look outside the window, and there's this guy riding along side the car with his horse." "He's got this makeup on his face and it's creepy as hell." "Honey, it was probably just come local having a laugh." "Pam, I almost wrecked the car." "Go on." "What happened with Samuel?" "I showed him the letter and he freaked out." "What, he thinks it's real?" "Look, you should have seen his face." "I didn't think he was going to give this back." "That sweet old man?" "Sweet old man, nothing." "I thought he was going to eat me for lunch." "Look, it's not funny." "He went on and on about how this letter could change the course of American history, how Washington's image could be ruined if this letter was made public." "So he really thinks that George Washington was some kind of cannibal?" "Nothing but meat as far as the eye can see." "Squirrel meat, rabbit meat, puppy meat." "Daddy!" "How are you folks doing tonight?" "We're doing just fine, thank you." "Get you anything to drink?" "Diet coke." "Do you have any chocolate milk?" "Why, yes, we do." "Oh, my." "Little sweetie, you're about cute enough to eat." "Be right back to take your orders." "You're about cute enough to eat." "cute enough to eat." "You're about cute enough to eat!" "Here we go!" "And here's your chocolate milk just for you!" "oh, my god." "They're looking for the letter." "Who?" "Sam and that guy on the horse, I'm telling you." "Where is the letter?" "I kept it with me." "Oh, no." "What on earth are you doing?" "It's gone." "What is?" "The fork!" "The bone." "Whatever the hell it is." "It's gone!" "You said this is your grandmother's house?" "You're here because she recently passed away?" "Yeah, that's right." "Is it possible this happened because of something your grandmother did?" "Do you know if she had any enemies?" "Was she involved in drugs?" "Guys, my grandma was 86 years old." "They take anything from the house?" "Anything at all?" "Maybe something that the heart could be considered some sort of trade for?" "A trade?" "An exchange." "Maybe the heart was a gift." "Seems more like a warning to me." "Don't you think if it was a warning, they would have left a head instead?" "Yeah, you're right." "A head would be better." "What the hell are you two talking about?" "Do you think it was a warning?" "You having problems with anyone here in town?" "We just got here yesterday." "I don't know anybody in town." "Okay, listen, Mr. Franks." "Tomorrow we'll come back and look around in the daylight." "If you can think of anything else, feel free to give us a call." "I will." "Thanks." "Just do us one favor, Mr. Franks." "What's that?" "Sleep on it." "We're getting the hell out of here." "Right now." "She's sleeping." " Need some help?" " I got her." "Good night, princess." "Daddy?" "Do you want to come in?" "Amy!" "What's wrong?" "There's a man outside my window!" "I don't see anyone." "Honey, are you sure it wasn't just a dream?" "It wasn't a dream!" "I promise." "George Washington was standing right outside my window." "What the fuck?" "Give us the letter." "We know you have it." "Is it George Washington, daddy?" "We know you're in there, franks." "Give us the letter and you and your family will not be harmed." "Just give it to them, mike!" "Did you see his teeth, daddy?" "Give us the damned letter or we'll carve you into pieces!" "Call the police!" "Now!" "We're calling the police!" "They'll be here any minute!" "9-1-1." "Yes, we have an emergency at 2285 Edgewood." "Yes." "Please hurry." "We will skin your child alive." "It's okay." "This is your final warning, Mr. Franks!" "Give us the letter!" "Fuck." "We'll be back." "They're gone." " Don't en the door!" " No, daddy." "I'll be right back." "Daddy, please don't go." "It's okay, baby." "I still don't understand why you didn't tell the police about the letter." "I told you, honey." "We don't know who we can trust and who we can't." "We can't just give it to anyone." "I don't care who we give it to," "I just don't want it in this house." "I'll just call-- why don't we just burn the damn thing?" "We can't burn it." "What if it's the truth?" "We have an obligation." "You saw those men, mike." "You saw them and you heard what they said." "Okay, let me just call professor Hartkinson." "The man knew more about American history than anyone I've ever met, including my grandfather." "We can trust him." "Michael franks, what a nice surprise." "Thanks for taking my call." "listen, pro the reason why I'm calling, this is going to sound crazy, but." "last night me and my wife were woken up by our daughter." "She said that she saw someone outside her window." "Then there was a pounding on the door and I looked outside and on our porch there are four men wearing powdered wigs and what looked like revolutionary war clothes." "Did you see their teeth?" "How did you know that?" "Michael, tell me about their teeth." "They were fake-looking." "Horrible." "Washingtonians." "Washingtonians?" "Washingtonians." "You're lucky you came to me." "They have spies everywhere." "What do you have?" "What?" "You must have something, otherwise they wouldn't be after you." "What is it?" "I'd rather not talk about that on the phone." "No, no, no." "Of course not." "I'll come to you." "Look, my last class ends at 6:30." "I'll see you then." "Listen, Michael, be very, very careful." "You and your family are in grave danger." "Professor." " Thank you for coming." " Been a long time." "Come inside." "In there." "The Washingtonians?" "Who the fuck are they?" "The Washingtonians." "they are the fringe of the fringe, and they are sworn to protect Washington's true legacy." ""I will skin your children and eat them."" "What does it mean?" "It's the truth." "What's in this letter is the truth." "George Washington was a cannibal, Michael." "He was a fiend." "A murderer, a child-eater." "He was also chosen to be father of our country, and that image was more important than the actuality." "History, Michael, is myth." "It's far more than a collection of names, dates, and places." "It's a system of beliefs, and ultimately it says more about the people who bought into those beliefs than the actual historical participants themselves." "We're taught in school George Washington:" "Father of our country." "L.C Freed the slaves." "That's our lasting impression of them." "In fact, we are who we are as a nation because of what we believe they were." "what we were told to believe." "Let me tell you something about historians, Michael." "Historians are not interested in the truth." "They aren't interested in facts." "They aren't interested in teaching people what actually happened." "No, they're far more concerned with perpetuating the lies that they were sworn to defend." "We're very much like politicians in that regard." "I want to show you something." "You know, it's a very exclusive club, those people that know the reasons we actually fought our wars, what actually happened behind closed doors of our world leaders." "Very exclusive club, and they want to keep it exclusive." "But there are those of us that are altruists, people like myself," "who want to learn and share what we learned." "But, Michael, the majority of historians, they're nothing but pr people for the past." "No, Americans wanted to believe that George Washington was a great man." "They wanted him to be father of our country, needed him to be father of our country, and so for that reason they were only too happy to believe what we historians told them to believe." "No, George Washington was not the gentle kind old man that we put him up to be." "He was a monster." "You've stumbled on something very interesting here, but they're not going to give up." "They're not going to let this note get further than you and your family." "You said you have a daughter." "Is she a virgin?" "She's ten years old." "This is not good." "Why isn't that good?" "The Washingtonians wear an insignia on their arm." "It's a cherry tree and a hatchet." "I've seen that." "Well, in this particular case the cherry tree represents George Washington's well-documented." "fondness for the meat of virgins." "Michael, they all like virgin meat." "We know you're in there, franks!" "Give us the damned letter!" "Take the letter." "If it's the truth, you got to get it to the right people." "I'll guard it with my life." "Pam!" "Amy!" "What would they do if they catch us?" "Kill us. and eat us!" "Go!" "What's going on, mike?" "Here we are!" "Mike." "Mike, are you okay, honey?" "Come on, princess." "We're not going to hurt you." "That's right." "W're just going to eat you!" "Where are you taking us?" "We've been awaiting your arrival." "Won't you please join us?" "Welcome to the original feasting lodge of George Washington." "We are thrilled to have you for dinner." "Oh, where are my manners?" "Mr. Franks, we are delighted to make your acquaintance." "Please, follow me." "I have something to show you." "Hey, pull up a chair, Mr. Franks!" "It's all quite delicious." "Tastes just like beef." "Tastes more like pork to me." "Pork?" "It doesn't taste like pork to me." "Tastes like chicken." "Hey, there, little sweetie." "You're about cute enough to eat!" "Step this way." "There." "Now, these forks were carved entirely from the femurs of the first continental congress." "And this fork which you found at your grandmother's house completed our collection." "We have to thank you for that." "And now, this portrait Washington commissioned when he first became president." "He first acquired the taste during the long winter at valley forge when he and his men were starving." "Without supplies or reinforcements, the army began to eat its dead." "Washington found that he not only enjoyed the taste, of course, but he found it gave him great power and clearness of mind." "Even after supplies began to arrive, he still killed a man a day for his meals." "Soon he began to realize that with the control of his army he was in a position where he could make all the shots." "He could create a country of cannibals, a nation celebrating and dedicated to the eating of human flesh." "Thomas Jefferson gave his life to us." "Did you know that?" "Come here." "He sacrificed himself right here." "His blood anointed this wood." "He allowed Washingtonians to rip him apart with their bare hands." "And this is our prize possession." "These belonged to president Washington himself." "Priceless." "You're insane." "All of you." "Your hero George Washington was nothing but a filthy monst-- you are not a guest here, Mr. Franks." "You are a prisoner." "for now." "Later on, you may be supper." "Daddy!" "No!" "You two." "may be dessert." "Especial this one." "Don't touch them." "Eat me!" "Eat me, you sons of bitches!" "Don't worry." "We will." "Your grandfather would have been so disappointed in you, Michael!" "Yes, my son, he was a proud Washingtonian, a good loyal comrade," "and he is dearly missed." "Here, here!" "I'm only going to ask you this one time, Mr. Franks." "Where is the letter?" "You'll never see that letter." "As you wish." "Go ahead." "No." "No!" "Mommy, no!" "No!" "No!" "You harm her, I swear, you'll never see that letter." "I hardly think you're in any position to" "Everybody having a good time?" "You look disgusting." "Everybody okay?" "Okay." "Check to see who's still alive and shoot them." "Go." "Michael!" "Michael, you got to get your family out of here." "Come on." "Guys, let's go." "Quick, quick, quick." "Who are they?" "Federal agents." "How you doing, Andy?" " Hey, bob." " How are they going to explain all this?" "They work for the government." "Roswell, all those other cover-ups." "This incident will never have happened." "Trust me, these guys will sweep everything under the carpet." "Let's get out of here." "What about the letter?" "Tell the world." "It's history!" "Got it." "Allow me to quote my good buddy, Jack Nicholson." "The truth?" "You can't ha-a-andle the truth." "Two order fried tofu, two order vegetarian lo mein, one order with rice." "All right?" "That's right." "Hey, you no like meat, huh?" "What's this?" "That the new dollar bill." "They swapped Georges." "No shit." "No shit." "No shit is right."