"(woman) Lilten pogies... lilten dogies... lilten sees... lilten awes... lilten t'ee... lilten way... lilten alo'lay." "Lilten pogies... lilten dogies... lilten sees..." "Lilten po... lilten t'ee..." "Aiee Maw..." "Aiee Maw." "Aiee Maw." "Aiee Maw..." "Aiee Maw..." "Aiee Maw..." "Aiee Maw!" "Aiee Maw!" "Miss Kelty?" "Miss Kelty?" "You don't need me, Mr Baring." "Just wasting my time again." "You know where I am." "No square-dancing." "(Mr Baring chuckles)" "Should he be in the hospital?" "No, ma'am." "My advice is, don't go near those places unless they pay you a heap of money." "Your father's 87 years old, Janet." "Just be there for him." "I ain't a-gonna go nowhere." "(car horn)" "Been looking for you all over, Jerry." " Take care." " See ya." " Thanks for seeing Papa." " Sure." "Billy Fisher found her." "He delivers the groceries out there." "I guess she was what you'd call a hermit." "She talked kinda funny, too." "She was kinda like:" ""Durr murr muh..."" "Only one side of her face worked." "You try talking out of one side of your face." " So you've seen her, then." " Just once, when I first moved out here." "Seemed to me she was doing OK." "Sure, now." "She lived her own life." "I didn't know there were folks living this far out." "There aren't." "Just old Miss Kelty." "God, it's beautiful." "Well, look at that." "Just laid herself down, folded up her arms and died." " Don't look like she's been gone long." " No." "In this heat, you'd know if she'd been dead more than a day." "Anything I should be concerned about?" "Not that I can see." "I guess she hasn't been outside in a long time." "Well, that figures." "Last time I seen her in town was more than a year back." "Is this for real?" "No electricity, no phone." "No running water." "Wow." "She lives here all alone, huh?" "That's what hermits do, Lovell." "They live alone, they die alone." "Peterson to base." "OK, hey, hey!" "We're outta here!" "Let's get back to civilisation!" "Billy found her when he delivered the groceries?" " Yeah, that's right." " I'll catch up with you." "(floorboards creaking)" "(sobbing)" "Hi, there." "It's OK." "I won't hurt you." "(screaming)" " Stay back!" " What the hell is it?" " Stay back!" " What the hell is it, Jerry?" " Put the gun away." " Let go of my gun!" "What the hell is it?" " Get out." "She's scared." " She's scared?" "Holy shit!" "What th?" "Good God almighty." " Heard of anyone else living out here?" " No." "Never." " Are you all right?" "Did you get hurt?" " Fine, fine." " Jesus." " Let's take this one step at a time." "Stay here." "I'm gonna go back inside." "You can't go back in." "We don't know what that thing is." "It's a human being." "And she's frightened." " What are you gonna do?" " Talk to her." "If I can." "Doana yow, Nell." "Doana yow, Nell." "Smi' eva'dur." "Doana yow, Nell." "An ga'inja come an smi' ev..." "Please, don't be afraid." "(muttering indistinctly)" ""The Lord led you here, stranger." "Guard my Nell."" "Nell." ""Good child the Lord care you."" "Man, did you see this?" "That crazy old woman owned half of this damn woods." "The first stranger who finds her is supposed to look after her?" " That means you, Jer." " Oh, sure." "Just what I need." " The Lord led you here." " You led me here." "You want the Lord to take care of you or not?" "The last time I saw the Lord was on my wedding day, and look how that turned out." "Come on." "She's definitely overage, so we notify the Adult Protective Service." "She doesn't need a social worker." "She needs a padded cell." "That is one seriously disturbed lady." "I'm afraid that will be your territory, Jerry." "Thanks." "Well, the Lord led you here, stranger." "(girl whines and yells)" "All right." "It's OK." "Calm down, calm down." "It's all right." "Calm down, calm down." "Calm down, calm down." "Calm down." " Calm down." " No!" " (woman) No." "Calm down." " (knock on door)" "Come in." "Dr Olsen?" "Could you close the door, please?" "Thanks." "They said it was fine to drop by." "I'm Jerry Lovell." "I've got a family practice over in Robbinsville." "This is my assistant, Diane." "So what can I do for ya?" " Well, I could use some advice." " Uh-huh?" "(girl yelling)" "(woman) Oh, it's all right." "It's all right." "It's all right." "Calm down." "Wait, Nicole." "This woman speaks an unknown language?" "Her mother was paralysed on one side." "Apparently, a series of strokes." "It's possible the girl picked up the speech distortions." "Speech distortion's not an unknown language." "I know." "It's more than that." "I wanna see her right away." "How about first thing in the morning?" "Nine?" "Thanks." "If you're not too busy, I... (woman and girl) # The itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout" "# Down came the rain and washed the spider out..." "(Nell grunting)" "Well, no known living next-of-kin." "Violet Kelty's about as lone as a soul can get in this world." "Hm." "Except she wasn't." "Now, officially that creature does not exist." "Todd." "There, see what you make of that." "Peterson." "(Lovell sighs)" "Where is she now?" "I'll be right over." "Thanks, Sally." "I appreciate your trouble." "You think that's how she got pregnant?" "Rape?" "I have to go." " Mary, huh?" " Yeah." "My Mary." "You'll be all right now, honey." "He's on his way." "He's a-comin'." "Thanks, Sally." "It's OK, sweetheart." "It's OK." "I'm here now." "Did you get upset?" "Hey." "Let's go home." "You want me to take you on home?" "(Mary continues crying)" "Come on." "Come on." "There you go." "OK, folks, the show's over." " You guys OK?" " Yeah, yeah." "We've been here before." "Hi." " You found me." " Mm-hm." " Early." " Yeah, I'm always early." "Not a bad day." " What happened to her?" " Nothing and everything." "It hits her once in a while." " Is there any obvious cause?" " You want a list?" "Life's tough." "But she's luckier than some." "She's got a good husband there." "Ready to head for the woods?" "(sobbing)" "(sobbing continues)" "The things people do to their kids." "Jesus." "She's not like that when she's on her own." " Strangers scare her." " How do you know?" " I've been watching her." " Uh-huh." "She's been completely isolated." "Almost certainly mentally retarded." "A blood test will pick up childhood disease and any metabolic disorder." "Oh, you carry a blood kit?" "You think she's gonna sit there and let me stick a needle in her?" "I'll hold her." "It's OK, darlin'." "(screaming)" "Do it!" "(Nell sobbing)" "Do it!" "Shh." "Shh." "It's OK." "If you're right - a big if - if she's never left this cabin or this part of the forest, never known anybody but her mother, never encountered the modern world, never seen a car, a television, a gun, a Hershey bar," "never heard rock 'n' roll music..." " Now, you said she can talk." " It's some kind of language of her own." "We haven't had a true wild child in this country for 60 years." "She's not a wild child." " It's just a shorthand term, Dr Lovell." " She's not a child." "No, that's what makes this case so unique." "This is not your field, I know, but we're dealing with some pretty fundamental issues here." "How is the personality formed?" "We don't know." "How much is innate?" "How much is learned?" "We don't know." "Where do gender roles come from?" "We don't know." "Because you can't have a baby grow up in a lab and monitor it..." "You wanna have her grow up in a lab?" "Grow up in a lab?" "No." "Dr Lovell thinks you're gonna do a Frankenstein number on her, Al." "Well, all right..." "Let me ask you this, Dr Lovell:" "Can she survive on her own?" " Well..." "I don't know." " All right, suppose she cannot." "Who's gonna look after her?" "You?" "Me?" "Why me?" "All right, so who's volunteering?" "I can tell you this much." "It's gonna be somebody with an ulterior motive." "Everybody who cares for someone has an ulterior motive." "Even Mother Teresa." "She wants to know her life has been of some use to others." "And so do I. Excuse me." "(phone ringing)" "Oh, shit." "Yeah, I'm on my way." "(Todd over speakerphone) Did I wake you up?" "Hey, Todd." "It's OK." "I overslept." "What's up?" "I'm looking at a commitment order that's just been issued for Nell." "What does that mean?" "It means they're gonna take her away." "It's a court order, Jerry." "I have to enforce it." " When?" "Now?" " That's what it says." " Can you give me some time?" " I could hold off till after lunch..." "Try and make it a long lunch, will you?" "What do you say there, Don?" "Not fishing today?" "Todd." "Sorry about this, Jerry." "Whoo." "Hi." "Well, we've... come to pick Nell up." "Yeah, I heard." "I've got the court order." "You do know it's in her own best interests, right?" " Did you ask her?" " You know that's impossible." "Tell 'em, Don." "If you don't get Nell's informed consent, you're violating her rights." "If you do that, I'm gonna sue you all the way to the Supreme Court." "How can she give her informed consent?" "Huh?" "She doesn't even speak English." "Then she has to give her consent through an interpreter." "What interpreter?" "This is crazy." "There isn't anybody who speaks her language!" "Then I guess somebody's gonna have to learn." "(Nell chanting in her language)" "(Dr Olsen) Dr Lovell's view is that this woman's natural habitat is a primitive cabin in the heart of the forest." "I take a different view." "I see a victim of abuse and neglect." "I see a mature woman who's been robbed of half her life." "Her mother never gave her a choice." "Isn't Dr Lovell doing the same thing?" "Hiding her away as his private pet in the woods?" "(Lovell) We know what happens to these freak cases, Your Honour." "They get a year of celebrity, a starring role in a few academic papers, then they spend the rest of their lives in a state institution, abandoned by the very doctors and scientists who claim to be helping them." "Nell has a home." "She has a life." "She's not asking for any help." "So just be sure she needs care, before she gets cared to death." "If she's ever to leave that cabin, she'll need skills..." "How do you know she wants to leave?" " Is that the best life we can give her?" " Her life isn't ours to give." "People can help each other, Dr Lovell." "OK, I think I'm gettin' the picture." "Here's what I'm gonna do." "I'm gonna defer my decision for three months, this time to be used for observation and assessment." "And I hope that by the end of this period this court is better informed." "Hey." "You sure you can make it, roughing' it like this?" "I don't see an air conditioning unit." "You OK about breathing raw air?" "Oh." "Wow." "Who's paying for this floating palace?" "My department." "This project has high priority." "Oh, I bet it does." "So how long are you staying?" "Three months." " Don't you have a life?" " It can wait." "How long are you stayin'?" " I don't know." " Won't your patients miss you?" "I've got someone to cover for me." "Everybody's replaceable." "So, I guess you'll make full professor on the back of this case, huh?" "Sure, why not?" "Look, I'm here to do a job." "Anything that helps me do that job is fine by me." "If you want to be a boy scout, go ahead, but I'd appreciate it if you could do your best not to screw it up." "Missa, missa chickabee." "Ressa, ressa may, ressa may." "(girls laughing)" "(Nell) Ohh... (girls laughing)" "(laughter continues)" "(girls) # Chicka, chicka, chickabee" "# T'ee an may an t'ee an may" "# Ressa, ressa, ressa may" "# Chicka, chicka, chickabee" "(Nell) Doana kee, missa chickabee." "Doana kee." "Nay, be lilt." "Nay tata, doana kee, missa chickabee." "Lilten pogies... lilten dogies... lilten sees... lilten awes... lilten way." "What's all this?" "What's it look like?" "You never said anything about video cameras." "It's an unintrusive method of observation." "How'd you rig this up?" "She was asleep." "She sleeps most of the day." "Mind if I dress?" "(knocks on door)" "Hi." "I'm Jerry." "You're Nell." "I'm Jerry." "Lilten pogies." "Lilten dogies." "Lilten sees." "Lilten awes." "Lilten t'ee, lilten way." "Lilten alo'lay." "Nay, nay, be lilt, chickabee." "Be lilt, chicka..." "Missa chickabee." "Missa chickabee." "May." "An may." "Ohh, chickabee." "May an... an t'ee." "An may... an t'ee..." "An may... an t'ee..." " An may..." " May." ""Me." That's right." "Jerry." "An may..." "You, Nell." "May..." "That's right." "That's right." "May... an t'ee." "May an t'ee..." "An may an t'ee." "(Nell gasps)" "May..." "May..." "May an t'ee." " That's right." " May..." "She has an objective self and a subjective self that..." "I've never seen such a perfect projection." "That's "may" - "me" - in the mirror." "You'd think it would be the other way, but that's "may" out there, almost like she's displacing herself." "Have you run any tests?" "Only blood work, and no abnormalities there." "We'll run competency tests before the court hearing, but I'd say it's still too soon." " I want you to hear this language..." " What is this gesture about?" "I don't know." "It's some kind of self-comforting." "She did it when she was saying "may"." "You should explain the speech degradation is misleading." "That's right." "The mother was aphasic, but the idiosyncratic word forms..." "You tell me." "Ah si'fu' naish." "Ah peep'u lai' wi' neek'ty." " Incredible." " Ah see o' eva'dur." "(Lovell) Chickabee." "Missa, missa chickabee." "Nell?" "Lilten dogies..." "lilten sees..." "Chickabee, chickabee, chickabee-bee-bee." "Do you mind if I talk?" "I like it here." "It's a quiet place." "You've got the right idea, Nell." "You live with people, you get problems." "First they screw you up, then they leave you, right?" "You ever get lonely, Nell?" "I never had any brothers and sisters either." "Very unusual for an Irish family, Dr Lovell." "Oh, sure, you better believe it." "God, there was a family lived next door, the Connors." "The Connors." "They had seven kids." "Seven." "Always yelling and screaming, havin' a good time." "Me watching... over a fence, through a window." "I heard music, a band." "This parade was coming down the street." "I'm on our front steps." "Jamie Connor grabs me, pulling me into the street." ""No, no, no, no, no." My heart's going "ba-boom, ba-boom."" "The band's goin' "bum-bum-bum-bam, bam-bam-bam-bam."" "Oh, but I was so excited." "Jamie's got me by my hand." "We're doin' this." "Some kid's got my other hand, the band right behind us." "# Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, # deedle-deedle-deedle, deedle-deedle-deedle da." "Oh, you get close to a band, you know about it." "I'm marching, I'm with the other kids." "I wasn't alone." "You know what I'm sayin'?" "We weren't talking, just... just enjoying this wonderful spirit." "Ga'inja." "Ga'inja." "Ga'inja." "Fo' tye Maw waw wi'a law." "Nell done kee, onakowna Maw bin fearly." "An Maw a leess'a Nell, Maw say..." ""Af'ah done go, ga'inja come."" ""Ga'inja come." "Ga'inja comin'."" "Anna erna feliss, anna..." "anna lilten, lilten." "Nell erna feliss." "Ga'inja, reckon?" "Reckon." "Je'y kine'ey ga'inja." "Je'y kine'ey ga'inja, reckon?" " Ga'inja?" " Ga'inja." "Ahh, ga'inja." " Did you see that?" " Yeah, I saw it." " She talked!" "To me!" " I know." "Hold out your hand." "I didn't ask for that." "She did!" ""Ga'inja." "Je'y kine'ey ga'inja." Jerry "kine'ey ga'inja."" " You know what it means?" " No!" "So here's what I've been thinkin'." " Nell speaks English." " English?" "Oh, come on." "Most of the time anyway." "Look." "Come here." "Take a look at this:" ""Af'ah I done go, ga'inja come."" "There's only one word of Nellish." " Sounds like language analysis." " All right, OK." ""Spee" - speak. "Af'ah" - after." "She drops consonants." "Yeah, but what does "chickabee" mean?" "She says "missa chickabee"." "What's "missa"?" "I don't know." "When she's scared, she says "tata"." "What's that?" "I don't know yet." " "Ga'inja." "Je'y kine'ey ga'inja."" " Where is she?" "(Nell giggles)" "Chicka, chicka, chickabee." "Chicka, chicka, chickabee." "T'ee an may an t'ee an may." " Ressa, ressa, ressa may." " Look at that." " We shouldn't be watchin'." " (Lovell) Why not?" " She's naked." " So?" "I think she's beautiful." "Uh-huh." "You think I'm planning to abuse the doctor/patient relationship?" " Are you?" " No." "Just because I think she's beautiful doesn't mean I wanna have sex with her." "I mean, I think you're beautiful, but..." " Thanks." " You know what I mean." "It's OK." " No, look, I didn't mean..." " It's OK." "I'm a big girl." "(Nell laughing)" "What is it with you and Nell?" "It's like... there's no one else in the world." "Like she doesn't need anybody." "Can you live your whole life that way, or does it drive you crazy in the end?" "(Nell laughing)" "(giggling)" "Missa t'ee." " Missa t'ee." " Missa t'ee." "Missa." "I don't understand, Nell." "What's "missa"?" "Missa, missa t'ee." "Missa." "Missa." "Missa Nell." "Erna Nell!" "Oh, I've got it. "Missa" - little." " Erna!" " "Erna." Big." "Huh?" "So what's "t'ee"?" "T'ee inna way." "T'ee inna way." "T'ee inna way!" " T'ee inna way." " T'ee... "Tree in the wind."" " You're a tree in the wind!" " (laughs)" " T'ee inna way." " Hey, Nell, Nell." "Show me t'ee." "Come on." " Show me the trees." " Nay, nay!" " It'll be fun." " Tata!" " Tata!" " Come on, we'll have fun." " Tata!" " Tata?" " Tata!" " Tata?" "Tata?" "You're afraid?" " Inna tye'a shie eva'dur done come." " What are you afraid of?" "Inna tye'a shie, eva'dur done come an yow Nell!" " Hai!" "Zslit!" " Zslit!" " Eva'dur done come inna tye'a shie!" " Eva'dur?" "Hai!" "Zslit!" "What's "eva'dur"?" "Inna tye'a feliss." "Eva'dur done go awa' inna tye'a feliss." "An Nell caw Mi'i." "An Nell an Mi'i leess'a, Nell an Mi'i go inna t'ee inna way." " T'ee inna way." "T'ee inna way." " T'ee inna way." "Af'ah eva'dur done go, Nell an Mi'i inna t'ee inna way." " Eva'dur done go, t'ee inna way." " Missa chickabee inna t'ee inna way." " Yo'kay?" " Yo'kay." " T'ee inna way." " T'ee inna way, Nell." "(Lovell) "Missa" - little." ""Erna" - big." " (Dr Olsen) Tata?" " "Tata." Potato." "Just kidding." "Frightened. "Tata" - frightened." ""T'ee" - tree." "Hey." "How long has she been there?" "(Nell laughs)" "(# "Crazy" by Patsy Cline)" "# Crazy" "# I'm crazy for feelin' so lonely" "# I'm crazy" "# Crazy for feelin' so blue" "(whines)" "Turn it off." "# You'd love me as long as you wanted" "(continues whining)" "Turn that thing off!" "What the hell do you think you're doin'?" " She's never heard music before." " Sometimes people just do things!" " It's called impulse." "Try it." " It's called doin' what you want, and not giving a shit about anyone else!" "I grew out of it by the age of six!" "Man!" "Ahh, peep'u lai'." "(mumbles)" "(whispering) Shh, shh." "(Nell screaming)" "Wor'i'a law!" "(screams)" "Wor'i'a law gone way!" "(screams)" "Wor'i'a law gone way!" "What the fuck is that?" "Wor'i'a law!" "(screams)" "What's up?" " Wor'i'a law gone way!" " What... what's gone away?" "Wor'i'a law gone way." " Wor'i'a law gone way!" " Word of the Lord." "I'll get it, I'll get it." "It's safe." "I'm sorry." "We shouldn't have taken it away." " Ga'inja spee' Nell." " Huh?" "Ga'inja spee' Nell wor'i'a law." "Maw spee' Nell wor'i'a law fo' she come fearly." "Ga'inja spee' Nell." "You want me to read it to you?" "Ga'inja spee' Nell." "Spee' Nell, ga'inja." " "A sinful nation..."" " A si'fu naish..." ""...a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters."" " "They have forsaken the Lord."" " A see' o' eva'dur..." " "They have provoked the..."" " Tay ha' pok'a' law wen come." "Eva'dur." "An chil'un a corra..." ""Seed of evildoers." Nell?" " Tay hav' fo'sake a'law..." " Nell." "Show me eva'dur." " An gonna eesa 'av a si'fu naish..." " Nell." " ... a peep'u lai' wi' neek'ty..." " Nell?" "Nell." " ... a see' o' eva'durs..." " Nell." "Show me eva'dur." "Show me." " Show me eva'dur." " Eva'dur done yow Nell." "Eva'dur done yow Nell." "Eva'dur done go inna tye feliss." "Mi'i an Nell go inna t'ee inna way." "Nell, tell Je'y ga'inja about the eva'dur." "It's OK." "Eva'dur done hol' inna rass an lilten, lilten, lilten." "An hai an zslit!" "Nell, Nell... the eva'dur hits you like this, huh?" " Skoo' inna belly." " Skoo'?" "Skoo' in the belly?" " Skoo'!" " Skoo'?" "Eva'dur done sma' wit' skoo' inna belly." "Suppose your only encounter with men was terrifying violence." "Rape." "You'd tell your daughter they were monsters." "Evildoers." " Eva'dur." " My God, of course!" "You'd wanna warn her." "Violet told Nell about rape." "Sure, but how?" ""Skoo' inna belly." Knife in the belly." "Pardon me." "Skewer." " Nell told you that?" " Yep." "That keeps her from coming out in the daytime." "A deliberately implanted phobia." "Why is she more likely to be raped in the daytime?" "She's more likely to be seen in the daytime." " Violet didn't want anyone to see Nell." " Yep." "I buy that." "So... what do we do with phobics?" "Get them to face what they're afraid of." "Neutralise their fear." "We could do that." "Hey." "Uh-uh, not so fast." " You're a man." "You're an eva'dur." " Wait a minute." "No, I'm not." "Yes, I'm a man." "I'm ga'inja." "Ga'inja." "Guardian angel." "I'm her guardian angel!" "That's great." "Now you have to help." "(Nell) Ah..." "Je'y!" "Pau'!" "Come on." "I want you right here beside me." " You want a chaperone?" " For the record." "Come on." "OK." "(Nell laughs)" "OK." "Now's as good a time as any." " Do I warn her?" " Just do it." "Act like it's no big deal." "Believe me, it's no big deal." "Turn around." "Je'y." "Pau'!" "Pau'!" "Je'y missa pogie!" " Mm-hm?" " Pau', loo'." "Missa pogie!" "Loo'." "He won't hurt you." "Thou ar' beau'fu', O ma love, as Tirzah." "(Lovell) Who's Tirzah?" " Mm." " Good, huh?" "Mmm." " Je'y." " What, Nell?" " Wan'." " These?" "Wan'." "Wan'!" " Wan'." " Come and get it." " Come on." " Wan'." "Wan'." " Je'y." " What, Nell?" "Wan'." "Come on." "Nobody's gonna hurt you." "Wan', wanna, wanna, wanna!" ""Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna." Come and get some." "See?" "No evildoers." "Just me." "(humming)" "Come on, scaredy." "Come on!" "(man) What was you doin' back in that barn?" "Whoo-hoo!" "Whoo-hoo-hoo!" " The Wild Woman of Lake Coweeta!" " There ain't no wild woman." " There ain't?" " There ain't no wild woman there." " What kind of wild?" " Just like an animal." "(snorts and snarls)" " She ain't got no clothes on?" " Butt naked!" "You think she does it like a dog?" "(barking)" "(all laughing)" "Hey, how y'all doin'?" "What's goin' on?" "Look, did you say you saw a wild woman in the woods?" "(barks)" "And what if I did?" " Well, I'd be interested." " "Well, I'd be interested"!" "(all laughing)" " Wanna!" " What's it called?" " Pop." " Pop what?" " Pop." "Je'y, pop." " Popcorn." " Pop." " Popcorn." "Pop, wan'." " What are you doin'?" " Getting her out in the daytime." "She's not a dog." " It works, doesn't it?" " Yeah, but..." "She's having a good time." "She's discovered popcorn." "Now she can go to the movies!" "Nell?" "Nay tata." "Reckon?" "# Crazy" "# I'm crazy... (continues singing)" "Oh, I knew she'd like it." "# Crazy..." "Ahh, t'ee inna way..." "T'ee... t'ee inna way..." "T'ee inna way..." "Oops." "(girls giggling)" "Nell!" "(Lovell) Nell!" "Dammit!" "Je'y!" "Come loo'!" "Mi'i!" "Where is Mi'i, Nell?" " Mi'i inna missa feliss." " (Lovell) Missa feliss?" "Come on." "Chicka Mi'i." "Lilten, lilten aw tye." "Nell..." "Oh, my God." "Mi'i." "Mi'i?" "Mi'i waw wi'a law." "(Dr Olsen) Mi'i walks with the Lord?" "The Lord." "Lord." "That's it." "Mi'i inna feliss fo' aw tye." "Reckon?" "Reckon." "Mi'i." "(Dr Olsen) She's the survivor of a pair of identical twins." "It's where the private language comes from." "It's twin-speech." " (doctor) And this gesture." " You got it." "(doctor) So, how long ago did the twin die?" "Well, I'd guess the age of between six and ten." "We're lookin' at 20 years at least." "We want her in here, Paula, just as soon as the court hearing's over." "Jerry thinks she should be left where she is." " Jerry?" " Dr Lovell." "Ah, yes." "Al, Nell has her own way of doin' things." "I'd say she can probably handle it on her own." "Well, um... let me give you a little peek into the future, Paula." "One day soon some hiker or fisherman is gonna walk out of those woods with a story about a wild woman." "That'll bring the news reporters." "The reports will bring the crowds, who will bring the talk-show hosts." "Nell will find she's hired a lawyer, an agent, a manager, and three bodyguards." "You think she can handle that?" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "Hi." "(man chuckles)" "Mike lbarra." "I'm a journalist." "Charlotte Tribune." "Um..." "I heard you were living up here." "I hope you don't mind me coming by." "Look, is it OK if I take a picture?" "Have you ever seen one of these before?" "It's called a camera, see, and I look at you through this little window here, see?" "Now, I'm lookin' at you through this window, and..." "Hey, no, no, it's OK." "Really." "It's OK..." " You hurt her, you're dead, buddy!" " All I did was take her picture!" " You press?" " Charlotte Tribune." "OK." "I'm sorry, I guess I overreacted." "Look, I'm her doctor." "Do me a favour, will ya?" "Forget you ever met her." "Mike lbarra." "Lovell." "It's like this, Dr Lovell:" "I'm a newsman." "Yeah, well, find some other news." "You saw how you scared her." "Nell?" "You OK?" " Nell?" " She's called Nell?" "(Lovell) "She's called Nell?" "She's called Nell?"" "Why can't she be left alone to live as she damn well pleases?" "Once word gets out, we might as well start sellin' tickets." "So what do we do?" "Build a wall around the woods?" "(Dr Olsen) Maybe she's gonna have to go somewhere else." " Like where?" " Somewhere where she can be protected." " Like a psychiatric unit?" " What's your suggestion?" "A Holiday Inn?" " Al Paley's the best in the field." " Let him stay in his field." " Nell doesn't need him." " (Dr Olsen) Who does she need?" "You?" " (Lovell) She could do worse." " What's your big plan for Nell?" "I don't make plans." "That's your game." "Yours and Al's." "Play it somewhere else and leave us out of it." "Oh, it's "us" now?" "Jerry and Nell, the happy couple?" "What would you know about happy couples?" "Well, what would you know about Nell?" "I've spent more time with her than you have." " Yeah, I noticed." " What's that supposed to mean?" "Ask yourself why you like hangin' around Nell so much." "Here we go again!" "Not exactly a grown woman, is she?" "Not exactly a threat." "Doesn't make demands." "Just what every man wants!" "You're the expert on men?" "What'd you do, read a book about it?" "!" " Ga'inja spee' wor'i'a law!" " God!" " Kine'ey, ga'inja." "Ga'inja, ressa." " It's OK." " Nell, it's OK." " Ga'inja, ressa." "Nell, Nell, it's OK." "Ga'inja spee'." " Pau'." " Ga'inja spee'." "Say something." "Make her feel it's OK." "(Nell) Pau'." "Pau' spee' Je'y." "Mommy loves Daddy, really." "Whatever I said back there..." " I'm sorry." "I was just sounding' off." " It's OK." "What do I know?" "So what are we gonna do about Nell?" "She'll have to take a competency test before the court hearing." "Those tests don't prove a..." "I know." "It's time to show her the big bad world and see how she handles it." "OK." "Hold still." "Loo', Je'y." "Jus' like Pau'." "(car horn)" "Slow down!" "(# country music)" "(bike rider) Oww!" "It's all right." "Just noise, Nell." "Mommy." "This is it, Nell." " What do you say, Jerry?" " Hi, Todd." " You know Dr Olsen." " Yeah, hi." " How you doin'?" " (Peterson) Look at this." " Nell, this is Sheriff Peterson." " Welcome to Robbinsville." "So how are you guys doin', Todd?" "OK?" "Well, quiet." "I've known worse." "Hi, Mary." "Hi." "All this is kinda new to her." "You scared?" "You scared?" " (Peterson) You sleeping' good up there?" " (Lovell) I'm not as young as I used to be." "We'd better get home." "Looks like you're doin' good work, Jerry." "Just starting." "She hasn't eaten junk yet, and I'm not having her start now." "Don't you remember eating candy as a kid?" "Saturday mornings, tearing open a Milky Way?" "The first explosion of total sweetness?" "Life doesn't get better." " Right, Hazel?" " Yes." " Still got all your own teeth?" " Yeah, mostly." "Where's Nell?" " Nell?" " Nell?" "Nell?" "(# country music)" "Gentlemen, we got us a wild woman." "Flesh and blood." " What does she want anyway?" " I believe she wants a little action." "Get goin', Billy." "Hi there, baby." "Anything I can do ya for?" "Now, you'll have to excuse me." "Just correct me if I'm wrong here, Miss Wild Thing, but you don't understand a word I'm sayin', do you?" "That's right." "You don't understand a word that I'm sayin', do you?" "That's right." "It's gettin' a little bit hot in here, gentlemen." "Why don't you just light my fire?" "You light my fire, darlin'." "That's right." "That's it." "What?" "You wanna show me something?" "You wanna show me them tit?" "Them are titties." "Can you say "titties"?" "Titties?" "Your tits." "That's right, shake 'em up." "That's right, turn all about." "That's it, girl." "Turn all around." "Let's do the titty dance." "That's right." "Hey!" "I got an idea." "You wanna see my body?" "Is that what you want?" "Huh?" "Whoo, titties!" "Titties!" "Let's do the titty dance!" "# You put your left titty in You put your right titty in" "# Put your left..." "Let's see that titty!" "# Put your right titty..." "Put your left titty in" "# Then you do the..." "Nell?" "Nell!" "What's goin' on here?" "Hm?" "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Hey!" "What'd you do to her?" "!" "Don't have to be no ass-whuppin'!" "Just look here." "She's just crazy." "# Crazy" "# Crazy fo' thinkin'" "# Crazy fo' feelin'" "(sings indistinctly)" "# Crazy..." "Nell, Nell." "Shh-shh-shh, Nell." "Shh." "Come on, let's go, let's go." " She still lookin' at it?" " Yeah." "Did your parents do this for you?" "You gotta be kiddin'." "My mother would die before giving' me a book like that." "No way." "Uh-uh." "So how'd you learn?" "Go on." "Tell Dr Lovell." "Girlfriends at school." "So what about you?" " Well..." " Come on, don't be shy." " Come on." " Bathroom walls." " Bathroom walls?" " Je'y?" " Nell." " How yo' caw this?" "Um..." "Making love." " Je'y." " Well, not exactly." " Pau'." " Yeah, that's right." "That's Jerry and Paula." "Makin' love." "(girls whispering) Chicka, chicka, chickabee..." "T'ee an may an t'ee an may." "Ressa, ressa, ressa may." "Chicka, chicka, chickabee." "It has to help Nell if we look as if we're gettin' along." "That's why I let her identify us with the pictures." "Do you mind?" "Nope." "All the research shows that children who think their parents have a good sex life grow up to make far better sexual relationships themselves." "Is that so?" "Yeah, that's so." "Did your parents have a good sex life?" "Three guesses." "What went wrong?" "My daddy left home when I was 13." "My mom still doesn't know why." "She was always laughin' and smilin'." "We were all supposed to be havin' such a good time." "My dad liked happy people, and so she was happy for him." "She was so hurt." "Shit." "You know what I hate?" "The way we're all... we're all trapped in these cycles, goin' around and around." "It doesn't seem to me like you're repeating the same pattern." "Oh, sure." "I'm just playin' the flip side, right?" "Nobody's gonna hurt me, so I don't..." "I don't feel that much." "Even when I want to." "Shit." "(twig snaps)" "Nell, wha?" "Is anything the matter?" "An'thin' a' matter?" "An'thin' a' matter?" "Doana kee." "I'm not cryin'." "Doana kee, missa chickabee." "Oh, hell." "Yes, I am." "(whispering) Doana kee." "Doana kee, missa chickabee." "Lilten pogies... lilten dogies... lilten sees... lilten awes..." "Paula?" "Paula?" " You OK?" " Fine." "Whoo!" "You wanna come?" "Well, it's a pretty walk." "I just saw a TV news outfit in town." "It's not gonna take 'em long." "Listen to this." ""A wild woman never spent a dollar in her life, but she's worth millions."" "Where do they get this shit?" "We have to get her outta here." "The hospital." "You know it's the only place where they can't get to her." "(Nell) Lilten pogies lilten dogies." "Lilten sees lilten awes... lilten t'ee... lilten way..." "(shrieks)" "Get away!" "Get those cameras the hell outta here!" "Get away!" "(Nell shrieking)" "Let go, Mary." "Let her go!" "We have to go." "Listen to me!" "Listen to me, Nell." "We have to leave." "Just for a while." "Nell, I know you're scared, but I'll be with you." " Tata..." " I'll keep you safe." "I promise." "Nell..." "Jerry, ga'inja." " Je'y, ga'inja." " That's right." "Come on, chickabee." "We have to leave." "OK?" " (Peterson) Hold on." " (siren)" "(Mary) Whoo!" "(chuckles)" "Excuse me." "Shh." "Almost there." "We're almost there." "Nell, Nell, Nell." "It's OK." "Nell... (Nell crying)" "You'll have to carry her." "It's gonna be all right." "It's gonna be all right." "Shh." "It's gonna be all right." "It's all right." "It's all right, Nell." "It's all right, Nell." "Mi'i!" "Nell!" "Nell!" "(Paley) All right, let us take her." "(Lovell) Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Easy, wait." "Go on, take her to the room." " (male nurse) Back up!" "Back up!" " Mi'i!" "Mi'i!" "(Paley) All right, hey!" " Settle down!" "Everybody, quiet!" " No sedatives." "(Paley) You can go in to see her as soon as you're quiet." " Mi'i, Mi'i..." " It's OK." "Come on, Nell." "It's Jerry." "Oh, chickabee." "Nay tata, Nell." "Nay tata wi' Je'y." "Huh?" "This is not her normal behaviour." "She hasn't freaked out like this for weeks." "You saw the tapes." "I'm not happy about this, Paula." "She's out of her familiar environment." "You've had almost three months." "I want her in here, so we can do what we should have done from the start." "I must have been out of my mind to bring her here." "Christ." "She needs time, Al, that's all." "Come on." "Well... we've got the weekend." "Maybe by Monday I'll feel happier." "Maybe not." "They'll shut you away!" "Show them how you really are!" "Please." ""My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies."" ""I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine."" ""He feedeth among the lilies."" ""Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah..."" "This isn't lower level autism, that's for sure." ""...terrible as any army with banners."" ""Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me."" ""Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out."" ""Let my beloved come into his garden and eat his pleasant fruits."" " I want to take her out of here, Paula." " We can't." "One more day, that's all." "You think the judge is gonna say he knows better than Al Paley?" " I'm taking her out." " Jerry..." "Come on, Nell." "You're gonna walk." "Here we go." "I'm taking you outta here." "I'm taking you out." "Shie alo'lay." "Shie alo'lay." "Come on." " (man) Wait a second!" " Attagirl." " Move!" " Sorry." "No." "Not a word." "Yeah, I know." "Days Inn." "Um... 601 North Tryon." "Room 221." "No, we're not going anyplace." "I never meant it to be like this, Nell." "I'm not your guardian angel." "Sorry." "But..." "Je'y feliss aw tye wi' Nell." "But I guess all that's over now." "Ohh... ohh, Mi'i..." "Thou ah beau'fu', O ma love, as Tirzah... come'ey as Jerus'em." "Ohh..." "How long's she been like this?" "She's been out for over an hour now." "Laid herself down and went to sleep." "Why here?" "I didn't know where else to go." "So what are we gonna do now?" "I'm gonna have to take her to court tomorrow, aren't I?" "Yes." "So that's it." "Shit." "I could take it if she'd say something to me." "Anything but this silence." "Doana kee." "Doana kee, missa chickabee." "(Paley) Nell is on the threshold of a hazardous journey." "We can guide her on that journey, but what we can't do is turn the clock back." "She can never be a child again." "But we're not here to choose between her new life and an old life." "Her new life has already begun." "Our task here today is to determine how we can best help her as she takes her first steps into a wider world." " In your opinion, Nell does need help?" " I don't think that's in doubt." "You don't think she's capable of looking after herself?" "I do not." "What has she done for the last three months?" "For the past three months, she's made no progress." "(judge) Your counsel can put questions..." " What's progress?" "Turning into you?" " (judge) Dr Lovell, I insist." " There's no need to be personal here." " I happen to like Nell." "What you do to her is personal to me!" "Counsel, you wanna control your client?" "You have become emotionally involved with your patient." "She is not my patient." "She is not sick!" "She throws fits, bangs her head against the wall." " It was a glass wall!" "She didn't see it!" " (judge) Take your seat." "(Paley) She displays Asperger's syndrome..." "Bullshit!" "She just doesn't want to talk to you!" " Does she want to talk to you?" " (judge) Dr Lovell, sit down!" " Nell..." " Fro' tye Maw waw wi'a law," "Ne' done come lone." "I'm sorry." "Dr Lovell?" "Je'y, spee' fo Ne'." "Fro' tye Maw waw wi'a Lord," "Ne' done come lone." "She says since her mother died she's been alone." " Ne' bin tata." " She's been afraid." "Bu' alo'so tata, alo'lay." "Inna kine'ey law, he lilten us kee, us erna kee." "Everyone's frightened, everywhere." "The sweet Lord soothes our tears." "Our many tears." "Our world has many people in it, Nell." "People who can be your friends." "Nell, alo'so done go." "Reckon?" "Wanna?" "But you have many things to learn." "Erna t'ang fo' know'n." "Don't you want that?" "Wanna?" " Yo' ha' erna tang." " You have big things." " Yo' know'n erna tang." " You know big things." "Ma' yo' nay seen inna alo'sees." "But you don't look into each other's eyes." "Yo' aken af'ah lilta-lilta." "And you're... hungry for quietness." " Ah done pass'a missa lye." " I've lived a small life." " Ah know'n missa tang." " I know small things." " Chicka'so." " I know..." "loved ones." "Je'y an Pau'... an Maw and Mi'i." "An ah know'n tha' alo'so done go." "I know everyone goes." "Alo'so done go away." "Everyone goes away." "An Nell..." "Nell lone." "Je'y ressa wi' Je'y, an Nell ressa wi' Nell." "Yeah." "I guess so." " Nay tata fo' Nell." " Don't be frightened for Nell." " Nay kee fo' Nell." " Don't weep for her." "No ah'ha' erna keena'n yo'." "I have no... greater sorrows than you." "Yo'kay... missa chickabee?" "Yo'kay?" "FIVE YEARS LATER" "Is Ruthie still asleep?" "Yep." " Almost there." " Mm-hm." "(Peterson) Everybody got what they need?" "(Don) Todd, tell me where I can find someone who can cook like this." "Hey, what'd I tell you?" "Start eating' and they'll show up." "It never fails." "We finally made it." "I don't believe it." "(Lovell) Nell, do something about those hills." "Happy birthday, darlin'." " Happy birthday." " (Peterson) Hey, Paula." "Come on, Ruthie." "Here." " Hi." "How are you?" " Hi." " Bass ain't hitting' this bait today." " Won't hit nothin' if you don't hush up." " What you using, Don?" " Old spinner." "You know Mr Bass can't resist that." "I can't tell you how often I've seen Myrtle Jean and Clara and the little baby Harris out on the sidewalk..." "What are you gonna do with 'em?" "You can't do nothin'." " Ohh, yeah." " Try one." "Mm, that's good." "(Dr Olsen) See that?" "To think I was the big shot who would change her life." " You're not the only one." " But you did." " Didn't you know?" "You were the first." " The first what?" "To need her." " (Nell) Chicka, chicka, chickabee." " (Ruthie) Chicka, chicka, chickabee." "(Nell) T'ee an may an t'ee an may." "(Ruthie) Thee and me and thee and me." "(Nell) Ressa, ressa, ressa may." "(Ruthie) Ressa, ressa, ressa may." " Chicka, chicka, chickabee." " Chicka, chicka, chickabee." "You remember that." "(Nell) Weeee!" "(Nell laughs)" "(claps)" "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Tram Nguyen Zelniker" "ENHOH"