"Excuse me." "Come on, honey, let's get you ready for bed." "DUKE:" "I am no one special just a common man with common thoughts." "I've led a common life." "There are no monuments dedicated to me." "And my name will soon be forgotten." "But in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived." "Looking good, Duke." "Feeling good." "I've loved another with all my heart and soul and for me that has always been enough." "How's it hanging, Harry?" "I keep trying to die, but they won't let me." "Well, you can't have everything." "Big day today." "You say that every day, you old devil." "It's a lovely day outside." "Let's take a walk." "I don't think so." "Well, we've got to get you out of this room." "Come on now, honey." "Some fresh air would do you good." "Hello." "I'm sorry, it's not a good day." "I don't think she's up for anything." "Hello?" "This is Duke, he's come to read to you." "Read?" "Mm-hm." "No." "I don't know." "Oh, come on, you'll like him." "He's very funny." "[SIGHS]" "All right, now, where did we leave off?" "Oh, yeah, yeah, it was the night of the carnival." "Noah was there with his friends Fin and Sara." "Noah?" "That's where they met." "June 6th, 1 940." "Allie was 1 7 years old." "BARKER 1 :" "Little man wins a prize." "Damn!" "Thank you for playing." "Ha, you're real funny." "Man, I clobbered that thing." "I'm telling you, these games are fixed." "Hello." "GIRL:" "How are you?" "Hi, what's your name?" "BARKER 2:" "Step right up here." "Over the hook, yeah." "[laughing AND screaming]" "Who's this girl with Sara?" "Her name's Allie Hamilton." "She's here for the summer with her family." "Dad's got more money than God." "Hi, Fin!" "FIN:" "Hi, honey." "Look, I won you a prize." "[SARA SCREAMS]" "SARA:" "Oh, Fin, thank you!" "Ow!" "Pretty great, huh?" "Hey, Allie, you want some cotton candy?" "Um, okay." "GIRL:" "That would be so much fun." "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "BARKER:" "You only get one chance, son." "You want to dance with me?" "No." "Why not?" "Because I don't want to." "Noah, she's with us." "Hey, Allie, you wanna ride the Ferris wheel?" "l'd love to." "All right." "Excuse me." "Noah Calhoun." "What?" "Works down at the lumberyard with Fin." "Oh." "Did you see he was standing like two inches away from my face?" "Yeah, I saw." "That's Noah, though." "You know, I'm surprised he even came over." "I think he likes you." "[ALLlE SCREAMS]" "BOY:" "Hey, what--?" "Jerk!" "allie:" "Get off me." "[ALLlE SCREAMS]" "Hey!" "Well, l" " Ugh!" "What are you doing?" "Hey, you can't do that!" "NOAH:" "I'll pay you when I get down, Tommy." "I'm Noah Calhoun." "So?" "So it's really nice to meet you." "Allie, who is this guy?" "l don't know." "Noah Calhoun." "l would really like to take you out." "Friend!" "Do you mind?" "You can't sit more than two people in a chair, Noah." "Okay, Tommy, all right." "Get down, Noah, you're gonna kill yourself!" "TOMMY:" "Noah, cut it out." "Now, will you go out with me?" "What?" "No." "No?" "No!" "No?" "Hey, pal, she just told you." "Why not?" "I don't know, because I don't want to." "SARA:" "Noah!" "All right." "Well, you leave me no other choice then." "[ALLlE SCREAMS]" "BOY:" "Oh, my God." "l'm not kidding." "Stop fooling around." "BOY:" "What are you doing?" "TOMMY:" "Noah, grab the bar." "l'm gonna ask you one more time." "Will you..." "...or will you not go out with me?" "SARA:" "Noah, are you nuts?" "Goddamn, my hand's slipping." "Then grab the bar, you idiot." "Not until she agrees." "Ah, go on out with him, honey." "Okay, okay, fine, I'll go out with you." "What?" "No, don't do me any favors." "No, no." "I want to." "You want to?" "You want to?" "Yes!" "Say it." "l want to go out with you." "Say it again." "l want to go out with you!" "All right, all right, we'll go out." "You think you're so smart, don't you?" "That wasn't funny, Noah, you idiot!" "allie:" "No, it's okay, I'll take care of this." "What are you doing?" "Please don't do that." "Please don't do that, Allie." "l can't believe it." "allie:" "Ha, ha!" "Oh, God." "[laughing]" "You're not so cocky now, are you?" "I'm gonna get you for that." "Oh, maybe you will, maybe you won't." "[PEOPLE laughing]" "NOAH:" "Feel like saying anything?" "FIN:" "Oh, yeah, will you look at that?" "It's that girl from the carnival, right?" "Do you remember me?" "Yeah, sure." "Mr. Underwear, was it?" "Oh, yeah." "How could I forget?" "I wanted to clear that up with you." "I'm really sorry about that." "It was a really stupid thing to do, crawl up a Ferris wheel to talk to somebody." "But I had to be next to you." "I was being drawn to you." "[laughing]" "Oh, jeez, what a line!" "You use that on all the girls?" "No." "Right." "I saw you the other night with Little Miss Ribbons." "What are you doing tonight?" "What?" "Or tomorrow night, or this weekend, whatever." "Why?" "Why?" "Our date." "What date?" "The date that you agreed to." "No." "Yes, you did." "You promised and you swore it." "Well, I guess I changed my mind." "Look, I know you get some dirty guy coming up to you on the street." "You don't know him." "You don't know me, but I know me." "And when I see something that I like, I gotta-- l love it." "[ALLlE LAUGHS]" "l go" " I mean, I go crazy for it." "Okay, what are you talking about?" "Well, you." "Oh, you're good." "What?" "You're good." "No." "You're good." "No, you're getting me wrong." "You're fantastic." "l'm not." "You really are." "I'm impressed." "l'm not usually like this, I'm sorry." "Oh, yes, you are." "I can be fun, if you want." "Pensive." "Uh, smart." "Uh, superstitious, brave." "And, uh, I can be light on my feet." "I could be whatever you want." "You just tell me what you want and I'll be that for you." "You're dumb." "I could be that." "Come on, one date." "What's it gonna hurt?" "Mm, I don't think so." "Well, what can I do to change your mind?" "Guess you'll figure something out." "NOAH:" "You sure she's coming?" "Relax, it's all set up." "We're meeting her for the late show." "Look." "What did I tell you?" "Come on." "Oh, my goodness, what a coincidence!" "Look who's here!" "Allie, you remember Noah, don't you?" "Yes, I remember." "Yeah?" "Come here." "Fin." "Hi." "Hi." "lt's nice to see you again." "You too." "You look great." "Oh, thanks." "Really, really great." "You do look great." "You look great." "And I know I look great, so could we please go see this movie?" "The show's about to start." "After you." "daisy MAE:" "You come back here, Li'l Abner." "Ll'L ABNER:" "You ain't gonna catch me, Daisy Mae!" "DAISY MAE:" "It's Sadie Hawkins Day, I'm supposed to catch you!" "Ll'L ABNER:" "I'm faster than you." "daisy MAE:" "Get up here!" "Ll'L ABNER:" "No!" "No!" "daisy MAE:" "I'll get you!" "[LI'L ABNER YELLS]" "Ll'L ABNER:" "Go on, get!" "daisy MAE:" "Here I come!" "[LI'L ABNER  DAISY MAE SPEAKING lNDISTINCTLY]" "You catch Polecat fair and square." "[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]" "SARA:" "Wait for me." "[ALLlE LAUGHS]" "SARA:" "What happened in that movie?" "Here you go." "Thank you." "FIN:" "What are you doing?" "Wanna walk with me?" "SARA:" "Yeah, what's going on?" "Yeah." "We're gonna walk." "Do you guys love each other?" "[NOAH LAUGHS]" "Huh?" "Oh, I get it." "You guys do love each other." "SARA:" "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Okay, goodbye." "FIN:" "All right, all right." "SARA:" "Mmm...." "That was fun." "Mm-hm." "I haven't seen a movie in ages." "Really?" "Mm-mm." "Not since I was a little kid." "What?" "No, I, uh...." "I'm busy, you know, I don't have a lot of time." "You're busy?" "Mm-hm." "I have a very strict schedule." "My days are all planned out." "I get up in the morning." "Breakfast, math tutor, Latin tutor, lunch." "Tennis lesson, dance lesson-- Sometimes both." "French tutor, piano lesson, then I eat dinner." "And after dinner I spend time with my family." "And then I catch up on some reading." "Wow." "Sounds like the road to success." "Oh, you bet." "We're applying to all these colleges." "Um, Radcliffe, Sarah Lawrence." "Those are the ones we want." "And who's we?" "What?" "You just said, "The ones that we want."" "Oh, Mama and Daddy." "We decide everything together." "Everything?" "No, not everything." "But the important things, yes." "And then everything else, you get to decide all by yourself?" "Don't be rude." "l'm sorry." "Just trying to figure out what you do for fun." "What do you mean?" "I mean...." "I don't know. I mean all those things are things you have to do, right?" "So, what do you do because you want to?" "I just told you." "I don't know." "This surprises me." "Why?" "l just always figured you were kind of...." "Kind of what?" "Just...." "Free." "What?" "Free." "I am free." "You don't seem like it." "Well, I am." "Come here, I want to show you something." "Noah, what are you doing?" "Just come on." "You're gonna get run over." "By all the cars?" "My Dad and I used to come out here and lay down and watch the lights change." "Watch them go from green to red to yellow." "You could try it, if you wanted to." "No." "Why not?" "Because-- l don't know." "Will you just get up?" "That's your problem, you know that?" "You don't do what you want." "Okay." "[ALLlE LAUGHS]" "What happens if a car comes?" "We die." "What?" "Just relax." "Just trust." "You need to learn how to trust." "Okay." "Painting." "Hm?" "You asked me what I do for me." "What now?" "l love to paint." "Yeah?" "Mm-hm." "Huh." "Most of the time, I have all these thoughts bouncing around in my head." "But with a brush in my hand, the world just gets kind of quiet." "[CAR HORN honking]" "[ALLlE SCREAMING]" "DRIVER:" "Get out of the street!" "[ALLlE LAUGHING]" "Are you okay?" "Why are you laughing?" "Oh, that was fun." "Do you wanna dance with me?" "Sure." "Now?" "Mm-hm." "Here?" "Mm-hm." "Not supposed to dance in the middle of the street." "Who said dance in the street?" "And we don't have any music." "Well, we'll make some." "[humming "I'LL BE seeing YOU"]" "You're a terrible singer." "l know." "But I like this song." "DUKE:" "Southern summers are indifferent to the trials of young love." "Armed with warnings and doubts Noah and Allie gave a remarkably convincing portrayal of a boy and a girl traveling down a very long road with no regard for the consequences." "They fell in love, didn't they?" "Yes, they did." "Good." "I like this kind of story." "Go on." "[SCREAMS]" "DUKE:" "After that night Allie and Noah spent every waking hour together." "And soon they were inseparable." "allie:" "Noah, come on." "FIN:" "Noah cannot beat me there." "[laughing]" "That's really nice." "Try that." "[giggling]" "That's really nice." "Mm, mm, mm." "[laughing]" "NOAH:" "Beautiful dripping fragments" "The negligent list of one after another" "As I happen to call them to me" "Or drink to them" "The real poems What we call poems being merely pictures" "The poems of the privacy of the night" "And of men like me" "This poem, drooping shy and unseen" "That I always carry And that all men carry" "Not bad for Whitman." "Hey, looks like we got a visitor." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt." "Well, don't apologize." "Come on up here, darling." "We could use a little something here besides the smell of lumber." "[ALLlE LAUGHS]" "Dad, this is Allison Hamilton." "Allison, I'm glad to meet you." "Allie." "Allie." "Pleased to meet you, Mr. Calhoun." "Well, Mr. Calho-- What, am I old or something?" "You can call me Frank." "Here, come in and have a seat." "Okay." "So, Allie." "Well, she is pretty, son." "Yes." "She's a lot prettier than you let on." "Oh, is that right?" "No, it's not right." "Don't believe what he says." "What is this you got?" "Um, I just-- I brought you something." "Let me see." "Let's have a look." "Did you do this?" "Mm-hm." "Well, that's beautiful." "Look at that." "That's a damn picture there." "[ALLlE  NOAH LAUGH]" "Well, I know just where we can put that, thank you." "Oh, that was a lovely poem." "What was it?" "Well" "Whitman." "See, when he was a little kid he used to stutter real bad." "Dad-- FRANK:" "So" " Well, you did." "allie:" "I didn't know that." "God." "I stammered." "Stammered, stutter, what's the difference?" "Couldn't understand a damn thing he said." "So I got him to read me poetry out loud." "It wasn't very pretty at first, but then his stutter went away." "Well, it's a good idea, that poetry." "Yeah, I thought so." "allie:" "Huh?" "Unbelievable, unbelievable." "I'm a Tennyson man myself, but he likes Whitman." "For some reason, I don't know." "How would you like some breakfast?" "Would you like some breakfast?" "Breakfast?" "Yeah." "Dad, it's 1 0:00." "What's that got to do with it?" "You can have pancakes any damn time of night you want." "Come on, you want some breakfast?" "Sure." "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "DUKE:" "It was an improbable romance." "He was a country boy." "She was from the city." "She had the world at her feet while he didn't have two dimes to rub together." "[screaming]" "Noah, come on." "[SCREAMS]" "Look at us." "What are we doing?" "Do you think in another life, I could have been a bird?" "What do you mean?" "Like reincarnation." "I don't know." "I think I could." "[COOlNG]" "Say I'm a bird." "No." "Don't do it." "Say I'm a bird." "Stop it." "Stop it now." "Aah!" "You're not." "Say it!" "You're a bird." "Yeah." "Now say you're a bird too." "If you're a bird, I'm a bird." "[PLAYING HOEDOWN music]" "FRANK:" "Come on, darling." "What are you doing?" "Don't." "Don't!" "[ALLlE SCREAMS]" "Here we go, on the count of three." "FIN:" "Real easy, on three, ready?" "Okay, okay." "NOAH:" "One." "Two." "Two." "FIN:" "Two." "NOAH:" "Three!" "No!" "I can't." "Get in the water!" "Get in!" "I'm sorry." "FIN:" "Come on, chicken." "Get in the water, baby." "Baby, would you get in?" "Get in the water." "l can't." "Go!" "Get in the water!" "One." "Two." "FIN:" "Come on, jump." "ALL:" "Three." "[screaming]" "Keep it down." "No, no, no." "Get to your good place." "Down here." "And move." "And keep it." "No, don't move it!" "l don't understand what you're talking about." "DUKE:" "They didn't agree on much." "In fact, they rarely agreed on anything." "They fought all the time." "Don't kick me!" "Don't push me." "DUKE:" "And they challenged each other every day." "But despite their differences they had one important thing in common." "They were crazy about each other." "Okay, I have to go." "No!" "Yes, I do." "[ALLlE YELPS]" "MAN:" "Allie." "Aah!" "Daddy." "Oh, Daddy, you" "I didn't see you there." "You kind of scared me." "[CLEARS THROAT]" "Becoming friendly with that boy down there." "Yes." "Bring him to the house on Sunday." "I want to meet this young man." "Okay." "Good night, Daddy." "Good night." "[CHUCKLES]" "Oh, boy." "JOHN:" "Boy goes, "Daddy, I don't understand."" "He goes, "Well, in theory, we're both millionaires." "But in reality, we live with a bunch of whores."" "[ALL LAUGHING]" "Bishop Stevens told me that." "Olivier, please remove the liquor decanter from in front of my husband." "I think he's had too much to drink." "[ALL CHATTERING]" "JOHN:" "So, what do you do, Noah?" "I work at the lumberyard with Fin." "Mainly milling and receiving logs, and stripping the bark." "Well, that's lovely, dear." "Thank you." "If you don't mind my asking, uh, how much do you make at your job?" "Uh, how much money do I make?" "Mm-hm." "About 40 cents an hour." "Yeah, it's not much, but I don't need a lot." "And I save most of it." "Let's eat." "Shall we?" "WOMAN:" "Yes!" "Oh, it looks delicious." "So, Noah, you and Allie have been spending a lot of time together." "You must be very fond of each other." "It's getting pretty serious, huh?" "Yes, ma'am." "Well, summer's almost gone." "What will you do?" "You know, Charleston's only a couple of hours away." "But Allie's going to Sarah Lawrence." "Didn't she tell you?" "No, she didn't tell me that." "l just got the letter. I was gonna tell you." "lt's okay." "And Sarah Lawrence is in New York." "I didn't know that." "Anne, this conversation's too stuffy for the dinner table." "Let the children have fun without bringing in the Spanish Inquisition." "My lips are buttoned, right now." "I do know another joke about the nun and the full standing bishop." "[ALL LAUGHING]" "ANNE:" "I'm leaving the table if you tell another joke." "Whoo!" "I'm gonna do it." "Yeah." "Yeah." "[ALLlE SCREAMS]" "That child's got too much spirit for a girl of her circumstance." "JOHN:" "No, it's just summer love." "Trouble is what it is." "Mm." "Mm." "FRANK:" "Is that Allie out there?" "Do you wanna go somewhere?" "Okay." "Wait here." "NOAH:" "Allie!" "Come on." "All right, big step." "Big step." "No, don't" " Whoo!" "[LAUGHS]" "All right, just stay there." "Don't open your eyes." "Okay." "The Windsor Plantation." "It was built in 1 772." "Rumor has it that Francis Marion..." "Mm-hm?" "...proposed to his wife right here under these, uh" " These steps." "Huh." "Watch out." "You be careful, these are broken." "Look at that." "[BOTH LAUGH]" "This place is gigantic." "Yeah, a gigantic piece of crap." "[ALLlE LAUGHS]" "It is." "But I'm gonna buy it one day and I'm gonna fix it up." "All it needs is a new floor." "And new walls and roof." "ls that all?" "And plumbing and electric." "And furniture." "Yes, and furniture." "But it's right on the water." "And there's a big old barn up there, I could turn that into my workshop." "Well, what about me?" "Now, don't I get any say in this?" "You want a say in this?" "Yes, I would." "What do you want?" "I want a white house..." "...with blue shutters." "Mm-hm." "And a room overlooking the river so I could paint." "Anything else?" "Yes." "I want a big old porch that wraps around the entire house." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "We can drink tea and watch the sun go down." "Okay." "You promise?" "Mm-hm, I promise." "Good." "Where are you going?" "ln here." "Wow." "[PLAYING CHOPlN'S "PRELUDE FOR PIANO, OP. 28, NO. 4"]" "[LAUGHS]" "I can't play "Chopsticks" if you're doing that." "[whispering] Oh, God." "Oh, make love to me." "Noah." "Um...." "Yeah?" "I know I said that I wanted you to make love to me..." "...but I think you" "Yeah?" "You're gonna have to talk me through this." "[BOTH PANTING]" "Right." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Did I hurt you?" "No, no." "I'm just-- l'm just having a lot of thoughts." "I'm just-- l'm just having a lot of" "Oh, never mind." "Like, what are you thinking?" "What are you thinking right now?" "You know, right this second?" "Uh...." "Did you know that this was gonna happen when you brought me here?" "No." "No?" "No." "No, you didn't think about it?" "Of course I thought about it." "You did?" "Uh-huh." "Well, what did you think?" "Oh, I'm talking too much, aren't I?" "Okay, okay, I'm just gonna shut up." "Mum's the word." "Okay." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Uh-huh." "All right." "I just don't understand how come you're so quiet." "You don't have one thought?" "I'm going crazy over here but, no, with you, everything's fine." "You don't have a care in the world?" "I'm sorry." "I wanted this to be so perfect and now I can't shut up." "I love you." "Did you know that?" "I love you too." "Yeah." "You don't have to do this if you don't want to." "No, no, I want to, I do." "FIN:" "Noah!" "Noah!" "What?" "Fin, get out of here!" "Look, I'm sorry, but Allie's parents are going crazy." "They got every cop in town out looking for her." "allie:" "You sent the police for me?" "ANNE:" "Yes." "It is 2 in the morning." "We sent the police." "Thank God you're all right." "Where you been?" "Mr. Hamilton, all this is my fault." "Would you give us a moment, please?" "I'd like to talk to my daughter." "Alone, young lady." "JOHN:" "Thanks for everything, lieutenant." "lieutenant:" "You bet, John, anytime." "You go straight home now, it's late." "Sir, it's really not her fault." "I lost track of time." "Sit down." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "allie:" "I'm sorry, Daddy." "ANNE:" ""I'm sorry, Daddy"?" "Think you can bat your eyelashes at your father and get away with it?" "No." "This time there's going to start being some rules around here." "allie:" "Like what?" "ANNE:" "If your father won't enforce them, I will." "allie:" "Like what, Mother?" "ANNE:" "You are gonna stop seeing Noah." "She is out fooling around with that boy till 2:00 in the morning." "It has got to stop." "I didn't spend 1 7 years of my life raising a daughter and giving her everything so she could throw it away..." "...on a summer romance." "Daddy, come on!" "She will wind up with her heart broken or pregnant." "JOHN:" "Anne, please." "Now, he is a nice boy." "He's a nice boy, but he's" "He's what?" "He's what?" "Tell me." "He is trash, trash, trash." "Not for you." "allie:" "Trash?" "ANNE:" "He's a laborer." "He's a woodworker." "allie:" "So what?" "ANNE:" "What are you gonna do?" "Are you gonna move down here, live in his father's house and pop out a few kids?" "allie:" "Yeah, well, I wouldn't mind." "Don't touch me!" "You are not to see him anymore, and that's final." "No, it's not final." "Yes, it is." "No, it's not final!" "You're not gonna tell me who I'm gonna love." "JOHN:" "Love?" "Yes, Daddy, I love him." "I love him." "He's not suitable for you, baby." "[ALLlE speaking INDlSTlNCTLY]" "I love him." "You are 1 7 years old, you don't know anything about love." "Oh, and you do?" "You don't look at Daddy the way I look at Noah." "You don't touch or laugh." "You don't play." "You don't know anything about love." "Noah?" "Hey, hey." "You leaving?" "I'm so sorry." "I don't even know what to say." "I'm humiliated." "lt's all right." "No, it's not." "Yeah." "No, it's not." "Shh." "Phew." "l'm gonna go." "No, I don't want you to go." "I gotta think about some stuff." "allie:" "What do you gotta think about, huh?" "Come here and talk to me." "Talk to me!" "About what?" "You want" "You're going away!" "You're leaving." "And I'm staying here." "And I'm so happy that you're doing that but you're gonna have a million things to do." "No." "You got so much ahead of you." "Don't talk like that." "lt's true." "I'm not gonna have nice things, fancy things." "It doesn't" "It's never gonna happen for me." "It's not in the cards for me." "l don't have to go to school, okay?" "Yes, you do." "l can stay here." "No." "That's exactly what I'm talking about." "Then you can come with me." "To New York?" "Yes." "What am I gonna do in New York?" "Be with me?" "Yeah." "I don't know." "We don't gotta figure all this out tonight, you know?" "We'll finish out the summer and we'll see what happens." "You saying you want to break it off?" "What I'm saying, we see how it goes later on." "Are you breaking up with me?" "I don't see how it's gonna work." "I see." "Please don't do this." "You don't mean it." "Oh, hell, well, if you're gonna do it, why wait until the summer ends, huh?" "Why don't you just do it right now?" "Huh?" "Come on." "Come on." "What are you doing?" "Do it!" "Do it!" "Do it right now." "Do it!" "Aah!" "Stop it!" "Oh!" "You know what?" "I'm gonna do it." "It's over." "Okay?" "It's over." "Come here." "Don't touch me." "I hate you, I hate you." "I'm gonna go." "Why don't you?" "Why don't you just go?" "Get out." "Leave!" "Go!" "Go!" "No, no, just wait a minute." "We're not really breaking up, are we?" "Come on." "This is just a fight we're having." "And tomorrow it'll be like it never happened, right?" "Gone?" "Gone." "Well, she must have been devastated." "She was." "He was only trying to do the right thing." "Yeah." "But what he really should have done is just told those parents to go to hell." "Just stick it where the sun don't shine." "Yeah, you're right, probably should've." "DUKE:" "The next day Allie woke up to find her world completely changed." "What's going on?" "We're going home." "We're going now?" "Mm-hm." "No, we're not supposed to be leaving for another week." "Get dressed and then come and have some breakfast, dear." "Willa will pack your things." "I'd be happy to pack your things, Miss Allie." "allie:" "I don't want you to pack my things." "I don't want you to touch my stuff." "I'm not going." "Yes, you are." "No, I'm not." "Yes, Allie, you are." "No, I'm not." "Allie, you are going whether you like it or not." "Now, even if Aaron has to throw you over his shoulder and drag you the whole way, you're going." "Excuse me." "MAN:" "All right, let's go." "We have to have all these done by lunch." "You shouldn't be standing around." "Here we go." "allie:" "Fin!" "Where's Noah?" "He's out delivering a load." "What's going on?" "l'm leaving town." "Leaving?" "Yeah." "When?" "Now." "Right now." "Like today." "[CAR HORN HONKS]" "Look, I need you to tell Noah something, okay?" "I need you to tell him that I love him." "Tell him that I'm sorry for everything, okay?" "Look, I was up all night with him, Allie." "I've never seen him so low." "It's over." "Don't make it any harder than it already is." "No!" "No, it's not over." "Fin, we had a fight last night." "We said some things we didn't mean, but it's not over." "lt is over." "No." "Leave it alone." "Let it go." "[CAR HORN HONKS]" "I'm coming." "Mama, I'm coming!" "Look, he understands." "But" "It's hard, but he really does." "Summer's over and it's time to go home." "If he wants to talk to you, he'll write. lf not?" "Okay." "Okay, can you just--?" "Can you just tell him that I love him, then?" "Can you do that?" "l'll tell him." "Bye, Fin." "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "She's gone." "DUKE:" "Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons." "But when all is said and done they have one thing in common:" "They are shooting stars." "A spectacular moment of light in the heavens." "A fleeting glimpse of eternity." "And in a flash, they're gone." "DUKE:" "Noah was desperate." "He wrote to Allie that he was sorry and stupid for breaking up with her." "He wrote to tell her that he still loved her, and he wanted to see her." "And that if she would write back, he would come to wherever she was." "He wrote one letter a day for a year, 365 letters." "But they all went unanswered." "Hey, Fred!" "Nothing?" "Sorry." "All right, thank you." "DUKE:" "Finally, after a year of silence he decided to put it all behind him and start a new life." "So he wrote a farewell letter and he and Fin packed their bags and headed for Atlanta." "FIN:" "Noah!" "Noah!" "Noah!" "Come on, listen to this!" "FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT [ON RADIO]:" "A state of war has existed between the United States and the...." "ALL:" "The Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." "DUKE:" "Noah and Fin enlisted together." "And after two years of chasing Rommel through the North African desert they were deployed to Patton's Third Army in Europe." "[AIRPLANES APPROACHING]" "[SOLDIERS screaming]" "[SOLDIERS shouting INDISTINCTLY]" "Fin!" "Do I contradict myself?" "Very well, then, I contradict myself" "DUKE:" "Allie was in her third year of college when she volunteered as a nurse's aid." "To her, the broken men with shattered bodies who filled the ward were all Noah." "Or someone who fought beside him in the jungle or a frozen snow-swept road." "I'm gonna lift you up." "Ready?" "There we go." "Now, I'm gonna bring this leg over." "Set it on the stool." "You okay?" "Yeah." "Miss, can I ask you a question?" "Hm?" "l noticed that you aren't wearing a ring." "And I was wondering if I could take you out." "Excuse me?" "On a date." "Now, before you go and say no I'll have you know that I am an excellent dancer." "And my intentions are completely dishonorable." "[COUGHS]" "[CLEARS THROAT]" "Okay, okay, Casanova, come on." "Let's just get you better, and then we'll talk about a date, okay?" "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "Would you get a load of him?" "Oh, my gosh, he is dreamy." "What is he doing here?" "He's staring at you." "Oh, miss?" "I'm all better." "Now, how's about that date?" "DUKE:" "Allie was surprised how quickly she fell in love with Lon Hammond." "He was handsome, smart funny, sophisticated and charming." "[LAUGHS]" "He also came from old Southern money and was fabulously wealthy." "[PLAYING swing music]" "[chattering AND laughing]" "Hyah!" "Oh, what's happening?" "Where are you going?" "Where they going?" "ANNE:" "See you later, sweetheart." "LON:" "Look at that." "Allie, I've been thinking a lot about why we shouldn't get married." "Okay, I give up, why shouldn't we get married?" "LON:" "That's the thing, I couldn't think of anything at first." "And then, it just dawned on me." "Your parents." "My parents?" "Absolutely." "Your old mom and dad." "Thank you for that." "Mom?" "You see, the problem is that they love me." "l'm exactly the type of man..." "They do?" "...they want you to end up with." "Really?" "You know, I'm wealthy, I'm from the South, I got a decent job." "You know, I'm an incredible dancer, I'm a really smart guy." "I look great." "Ha-ha-ha." "So, what's the problem, huh?" "l like to think" "Now just this. if you marry me" "Mm-hm." "Now listen close." "Ha, ha." "lf you marry me..." "Mm." "...then you will have lost a lifelong battle of defiance against them." "My goodness." "What are we gonna do?" "l do not know." "Hey, band, you feeling all right?" "BAND:" "Hey, man, we're feeling all right." "[SCATTlNG]" "[BAND SCATTING]" "You say it!" "[ALL SCATTING]" "See, Allie, I think-- Damn it, I think you have to marry me." "l think you need to marry me." "l do?" "Yes, you do." "l do, why?" "Because if you do, your parents will always know the unhappiness that you feel for not being able to disappoint them." "I think you may have overlooked one minor detail." "And what's that?" "Well, you see, you have to get their permission first." "And I think you may have overestimated their affection for you." "ls that right?" "Mm-hm." "Oh, I don't think so." "Mm." "And why not?" "Oh, because I asked them already and they said yes." "What?" "One more thing." "Aah!" "l love you." "Will you marry me, honey?" "I know I kid around a lot, but I'm crazy about you." "Marry me?" "Make me the happiest man in the world?" "Yes." "Yes, yes!" "Just hold tight." "Where are you going?" "[LAUGHS]" "Oh, my." "Mama." "[giggles]" "Okay, stop the band." "Excuse me." "I'd like everyone here to know that this young lady and I are getting married." "[ALL CHEERING]" "DUKE:" "She agreed with all her heart, but couldn't understand why at the very moment she said yes Noah's face came to her mind." "Hey, Noah, yeah!" "Oh, good to see you." "Let me see you." "You bleeding anywhere?" "No?" "Everything good?" "Yeah." "Oh, I love you." "[LAUGHS]" "Come on, there's something I gotta show you." "Come on." "What's going on?" "What is this?" "Here." "I sold the house." "You sold the house?" "Yup." "Gotta be out by the end of the month." "Between that and your GI Bill, you ought to be able to get it now." "Get what?" "Your dream house." "The Windsor Plantation." "Dad" "Don't "Dad" me, I don't wanna hear about it." "I already talked to the bank, they're gonna give you the loan." "Well, I can't let you sell your house." "lt's done." "[NOAH SIGHS]" "It's a good thing." "You should do it." "Wait a second." "You sell the house, where are you gonna live?" "With you, dummy, what do you think?" "Somebody's gotta help you fix it up." "DUKE:" "Noah took a look at the house but only saw one thing:" "Allie." "He decided right there to fulfill his lifelong dream." "He would rebuild the old house from the ground up." "And when Noah went to Charleston to get the building plans approved fate stepped in and dealt him a sweet card." "Stop the bus!" "Stop the bus." "Sorry, I can't stop the bus until I get to the depot." "No, please stop the bus now." "Please." "Do you understand English, pal?" "No one gets off till we get to the depot." "Now sit down." "God." "DRIVER:" "Hey!" "MAN 1 :" "Watch it, screwball!" "MAN 2:" "What are you doing?" "WOMAN:" "How old is your daughter now?" "Hi." "Mm-hm, he's right over there." "LON:" "Baby, hello." "Oh!" "Hold it." "Oh, come on." "DUKE:" "After seeing Allie that day something inside Noah snapped." "He got the notion into his head that if he restored the old house where they had come that night Allie would find a way to come back to him." "Some called it a labor of love." "Others called it something else." "But in fact, Noah had gone a little mad." "Excuse me." "Would-- -lt's time to eat." "Oh." "Lunch will be served in the Sun Room today." "The melon is good. I had a bite." "Did they ever see each other again?" "Noah and Allie?" "Ha, ha." "Now you don't want me to spoil the end of the story before I get to the good part, do you?" "Where did I leave off?" "I shall not want." "DUKE:" "when Noah's father died in November the house was all he had." "minister:" "He leadeth me down...." "[LAUGHS]" "DUKE:" "In time, Noah finished the house." "PHOTOGRAPHER:" "Okay, smile." "Here we go." "He took a good look at what he had accomplished got rip-roaring drunk for 1 0 days thought seriously about setting it on fire then finally put the house up for sale." "I'm prepared to offer you this much." "He had a number of interested buyers but he always found a reason not to sell it to them." "No." "Either their bids were too low or if they met his asking price, he felt it was worth a lot more." "It's a lot of money, but I'll take it." "Fifty thousand dollars." "That's more than my asking price." "That's right." "It's a great deal more." "He told the man that offered him $5000 over his price that no one in his right mind would do that and he wouldn't have a lunatic living in his house." "He worked out his frustration with life on the creek every morning." "And in the evenings, to temper the sting of loneliness there was Martha Shaw." "Martha was a war widow who lived in Quail Ridge, a town away." "MARTHA:" "So you wanna go out tomorrow?" "I gotta work." "Well, we could go down to the river if you want to." "Next week, sometime." "MARTHA:" "Maybe take a drive somewhere?" "No." "MARTHA:" "Well, I'm just asking you." "What do you want, Noah?" "What do you mean, what do I want?" "From me." "[NOAH SIGHS]" "Sometimes when you talk to me, you don't even see me." "Look, a woman knows when a man looks into her eyes and sees someone else." "Now, you know I want to give you all the things that you want." "Right?" "But I can't." "Because they're gone." "They're broken." "All right?" "Is the veil too much?" "Are you kidding?" "You look perfect!" "You're the most beautiful bride." "[ALL SCREAMING]" "You look gorgeous, honey." "Thank you." "Wait until Lon sees you in this dress, he's gonna go crazy." "He won't be able to take his eyes off you." "Or his hands." "Oh, you are bad!" "WOMAN:" "Have you seen this morning's paper?" "The Daily Journal says that you are going to be..." "...the social highlight of the season." "Of the season?" "This is a celebration the likes of which this town's never seen!" "[ALL SCREAMING]" "She doesn't plan, she plots, doesn't she?" "[ALL CHATTERING]" "Mama, look, the governor's coming." "He better." "Let me see." "Oh, boy." "[ALL GASP]" "All right, Savannah, where are we at?" "We're 82 now." "Memphis, where are we at?" "We're 89 now." "Eighty-nine, great, up from 85." "Yes?" "Sir?" "You have a visitor." "Well, hello." "Baby, I didn't know you were coming." "I'm so sorry, I should have called." "Baby, what are you talking about?" "You don't have to call." "Guys, could you give us a minute?" "All right." "Yes, sir." "Miss Allie." "Ma'am." "[SIGHS]" "So, what's up?" "I don't paint anymore." "I used to paint all the time." "I really loved it." "l didn't know that." "Yeah." "So paint." "I will." "You know I'm gonna start." "Great." "Is everything okay?" "I need to get away." "Okay." "I need to take care of a few things." "I need to clear my head." "Okay, should I be worried?" "No, I don't think so." "Oh, that's reassuring." "Listen, are you all right?" "Yeah." "Okay, then go." "Take your time, do whatever you need to do." "It's okay to be nervous." "It's normal to get cold feet before your wedding." "No, no second thoughts." "Uh-uh." "I love you." "I'm gonna be back from Seabrook in a couple of days, okay?" "Seabrook?" "Yeah, Seabrook." "[SWING MUSIC PLAYING ON radio]" "[CAR DOOR CLOSES]" "[music STOPS]" "Hello." "I saw your picture in the paper." "The one with you and the house." "And I just wanted to come and see if you were okay." "I mean, I wasn't in the neighborhood or anything." "I just...." "So are you okay?" "Okay, good." "I'm a stupid woman, I shouldn't have come." "[CAR engine SPUTTERING]" "You want to come in?" "Okay." "This is a good story." "I'm glad you like it." "I think I've heard it before." "Yes." "Perhaps more than once?" "Doctor needs to see you." "Me?" "Now?" "No, him." "But he hasn't finished reading the story." "I'll read some more when I'm through with the doctor." "It shouldn't take too long." "All right." "Don't you go away." "I'll be right back." "While you waiting, maybe you'd like to play the piano for a few minutes." "You do like that." "l do?" "Mm-hm." "l don't know any tunes." "You can read music." "No kidding?" "Mm-hm." "[PIANO playing IN distance]" "Who are you?" "I'm Dr. Barnwell, one of the new attending physicians." "We haven't met, so I thought I'd examine you myself." "Okay, so I see here that you've had two heart attacks over the last 1 8 months." "Yeah, minor ones, I think one was angina." "Okay, any complications?" "Nope, feel fine." "Okay, deep breath for me." "Okay, one more time." "And deep breath." "And one more." "Terrific, terrific." "You still taking your medication?" "Every day, twice a day." "Good, good, good." "Okay, you can put your shirt on." "So I understand that you read to Miss Hamilton." "Yeah, to help her remember." "Hm." "You don't think it'll help?" "No, I don't." "She remembers, doc." "I read to her and she remembers." "Not always, but she remembers." "But senile dementia is irreversible." "It's degenerative." "After a certain point, its victims don't come back." "Yeah, that's what they keep telling me." "I just don't want you to get your hopes up." "Well, thanks, doc, but you know what they say." "Science goes only so far and then comes God." "Then comes God." "[PIANO playing STOPS]" "Damn, they forgot to turn the page for her." "You through with me?" "[PLAYING "PRELUDE FOR piano, OP. 28, NO. 4"]" "I guess they flipped that page." "No, that she's playing by memory." "His name is Lon Hammond, Jr." "Hammond?" "As in Hammond Cotton?" "As in Hammond Cotton." "Well, your parents must love him." "He's a really good man, Noah." "You'd really like him." "You love him?" "Yeah, I do. I love him very much." "[SIGHS]" "Well, that's that." "You marry Lon and we can be friends." "Right?" "Right." "Are you hungry?" "Do you want to stay for dinner?" "Um...." "[SWING MUSIC PLAYING ON radio]" "I have to warn you, I'm a cheap drunk." "A couple more of these and you're gonna be carrying me right out of here." "Well, go slow then, I don't want to have to take advantage of you." "You wouldn't dare." "I'm a married woman." "Not yet." "What?" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Just memories." "This room." "This" " Is this where--?" "This is the room?" "Huh." "l'm full." "Me too." "O how your fingers drowse me!" "Your breath falls around me like dew" "Your pulse lulls the tympans of my ears" "I feel immerged from head to foot" "Delicious, enough." "It was real, wasn't it?" "You and me." "Such a long time ago, we were just a couple of kids." "But we really loved each other, didn't we?" "I should go." "Goodbye." "Do you think you could back tomorrow morning?" "There's someplace I'd like to show you." "Please." "Okay." "Okay." "[LAUGHS]" "DUKE:" "She had come back into his life like a sudden flame blazing and streaming into his heart." "Noah stayed up all night contemplating the certain agony he knew would be his if he were to lose her twice." "Oh, I do wish I could figure out the end of this story." "NURSE:" "The children are here." "Children?" "Not yours, his." "Oh." "Do you mind?" "Oh, I'd love to meet them." "Come over here." "Ha, ha." "Hi, Daddy." "Sweetheart, how are you?" "Hi, Daddy." "Hi, Maggie." "Hi, I'm Allie." "Hi, I'm Mary Allen." "Mary Allen." "Nice to see you." "Nice to see you." "Hi." "Maggie." "Hi." "Maggie, how are you?" "Hello there, honey." "Hi." "Davanee." "What a pretty name." "Thank you." "Oh, my, thank you." "[CHUCKLES]" "And who's this?" "DUKE:" "Edmond." "Hi, Edmond." "[SIGHS]" "You know, I think I'll run on up and take my afternoon nap, all right?" "NURSE:" "Come on, honey, let's go." "DUKE:" "There you go." "All right." "Good." "Thank you." "DUKE:" "I'll read some more later." "All right, thank you." "I'm so happy to meet you all." "Goodbye." "Bye-bye." "Nice to meet you." "Goodbye." "DAVANEE:" "Bye." "She seems good today." "DUKE:" "She is good." "I don't know, there's something about today." "Maybe it's a day for a miracle." "MARY ALLEN:" "Daddy..." "Mama doesn't know us." "She doesn't recognize you." "She'll never understand." "We miss you." "This is crazy, you living here." "Yeah, you know, we'll all help with Mom." "We can take shifts visiting." "Look, guys." "That's my sweetheart in there." "I'm not leaving her." "This is my home now." "Your mother is my home." "[PHONE ringing]" "Hello?" "LON:" "Hey there." "Hi." "Who is this?" "It's Lon, who were you expecting?" "Uh, ha, nobody, I" "I just-- l'm just surprised." "How did you find me?" "Well, there's only one hotel in Seabrook." "And when you didn't call, I got worried." "Where you been?" "Are you all right?" "You know, I feel like an idiot, because I called your hotel about a hundred times." "[CHUCKLES]" "I'm fine." "Anything you want to tell me?" "No." "No?" "No." "Okay." "Lon, I love you." "Call you tomorrow?" "Okay." "[SWING MUSIC PLAYING ON radio]" "Noah?" "Noah!" "[music STOPS]" "NOAH:" "Hey there." "Well, we better get going, the rain's coming in." "You like it?" "lt's spectacular." "It's like a dream." "Do you wanna feed them?" "Yeah." "What are they all doing here?" "I don't know." "They're supposed to migrate to Guatemala sound." "They won't stay here?" "No." "They'll go back where they came from." "You're different." "What do you mean?" "Just the way you look." "Everything." "You look different too, but in a good way." "[CHUCKLES]" "You know, you're kind of the same though." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "And you really did it." "What?" "Everything." "The house." "It's beautiful, what you did." "Well, I promised you I would." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "Great." "We gotta go." "[THUNDER crashing]" "[laughing]" "Noah!" "[BOTH LAUGHING]" "Oh!" "Why didn't you write me?" "Why?" "It wasn't over for me." "I waited for you for seven years." "And now it's too late." "I wrote you 365 letters." "I wrote you every day for a year." "You wrote me?" "Yes." "You" "It wasn't over." "It still isn't over." "[BOTH PANTING]" "[moaning]" "[panting]" "Oh...." "You gotta be kidding me." "All this time, that's what I been missing?" "Let's do it again." "[NOAH SNORING]" "[whispering] Noah." "Noah." "[NOAH GROANS]" "Wake up." "Hm?" "Wake up." "Mm-mm." "Mm-mm." "Mm-hm." "Mm-hm." "Mmm...." "[GROANS]" "Hi." "You're trying to kill me, woman." "Mm-mm." "Mm-hm." "[BOTH MOANING]" "l need rest." "Mmm." "I need food so I can regain my strength." "Okay, what do you want?" "Um...." "Um, some pancakes." "Okay." "And some bacon." "Okay." "And some chicken." "[CAR DOOR CLOSES]" "[FOOTSTEPS]" "[LOCK clicking]" "She's the one, isn't she?" "Can I meet her?" "l'd really like to meet her." "l don't know if that's a good idea, Martha." "So this is Martha?" "Hi, I'm Allie." "I've heard a lot about you." "I've heard a lot about you too." "You want to come in?" "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "Yeah, Noah was just saying how hungry he was." "And, you know, you could put on a pot of tea." "Come on in." "allie:" "It was nice meeting you, Martha." "MARTHA:" "Nice meeting you too." "allie:" "Goodbye." "MARTHA:" "Take care." "[JAZZ MUSIC playing ON RADIO]" "She's sensational." "She really is." "I'm really glad that I came, Noah." "I'd forgotten what it's like." "For the first time since I lost Richard I feel like I've got something to look forward to." "[SIGHS]" "[CAR approaching]" "[CAR DOOR CLOSES]" "[knocking ON DOOR]" "Lon is on his way here." "I'm afraid your father spilled the beans about Noah." "When Lon didn't hear from you last night..." "...he decided to come." "Well, that's great." "Ha-ha-ha." "That's just terrific." "You, me, Noah and Lon, one big happy family." "Tell me about the letters, Mother." "ls it true?" "Yes." "You watched me cry myself to sleep for months and months and you never said anything." "How could you do that?" "l'm sorry." "You're sorry?" "You're sorry?" "Yes, I am sorry." "Because of you, my entire life is ruined!" "Okay, yes, I stole your letters." "It was wrong, but stop being dramatic and at least take some of the responsibility." "You came down here." "You knew what you were doing." "You knew this would happen." "Oh, so now I'm a tramp?" "You are unbelievable." "Unbelievable." "Go on and get some clothes on." "Let's take a drive." "Let's take a drive?" "Why would I want to go anywhere with you?" "Because I might know you a little better than you think." "I don't want you waking up one morning thinking if you'd known everything, you might have done something different." "What are we doing here, Mama?" "Do you see that man, there?" "Mm-hm." "Doesn't look like it now, but 25 years ago...." "Oh, my goodness, he was really something." "We were out of our minds in love, let me tell you." "Wow." "ANNE:" "Well, naturally, your grandfather was furious so we decided to run away." "We didn't even make the next town before the police picked us up." "But that was then." "You know, sometimes when I'm in the area I just stop here and I watch him trying to picture how different my life might have been." "I want you to know that I love your father." "Mama, I'm" "No, goddamn it, this is important." "And you need to hear it. I do." "He is a wonderful man." "He is good to me and I don't deserve him." "l love him, Allie, I do, I love him." "l know, Mama." "I know." "Oh, God." "This is just very embarrassing." "Oh, I'm a stupid woman." "Look at me, the big old bawl-bag." "Ha, ha." "It's crazy." "[SIGHS]" "I don't even know who that person is." "Oh, boy." "Okay." "Allie!" "Here." "I hope you make the right choice." "Interesting morning?" "Yeah." "Lon's here in town." "He's here?" "Yeah, we saw his car on the way." "At the hotel." "Huh." "I see you got my letters." "Finally." "What are you gonna do, Al?" "I don't know." "We're back to that?" "Are we back there?" "What about the past couple of days?" "They happened, you know." "I know that they happened, and they were wonderful." "But they were also very irresponsible." "I have a fiancé waiting for me at a hotel who's gonna be crushed..." "...when he finds out" "So you make love to me and then you go back to your husband?" "Was that your plan?" "Was that a test that I didn't pass?" "l made a promise to a man." "He gave me a ring, I gave him my word." "Your word is shot to hell now..." "...don't you think?" "l don't know." "l'll find out when I talk to him." "This is not about keeping your promise." "And it's not about following your heart." "lt's about security." "What is that supposed to mean?" "Money!" "What are you ta--?" "He's got a lot of money." "Now I hate you, you smug bastard." "Well, I hate you." "If you leave here, I hate you." "Have you been paying attention to anything that's happening?" "I guess I must have misread all of those signals." "I guess you did." "You're bored." "You're bored and you know it." "You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing." "You arrogant son of a bitch!" "Would you just stay with me?" "Stay with you?" "What for?" "Look at us, we're already fighting." "Well, that's what we do." "We fight." "You tell me when I'm being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you're being a pain in the ass." "Which you are, 99 percent of the time." "I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings." "They have like a two-second rebound rate and you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing." "So, what?" "So it's not gonna be easy." "It's gonna be really hard." "We're gonna have to work at this every day but I want to do that, because I want you." "I want all of you, forever." "You and me, every day." "Will you do something for me?" "Please?" "Will you just picture your life for me?" "Thirty years from now, 40 years from now, what's it look like?" "If it's with that guy, go!" "Go!" "I lost you once, I think I could do it again if I thought it's what you really wanted." "But don't you take the easy way out." "What easy way?" "There is no easy way." "No matter what I do, somebody gets hurt." "Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants?" "Stop thinking about what I want." "What he wants, what your parents want." "What do you want?" "What do you want?" "lt's not that simple." "What do you want?" "lt's not" "Goddamn it, what do you want?" "I have to go." "[HORN honking]" "NOAH:" "My dearest Allie." "I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us." "I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real." "And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees learning from each other and growing in love." "[SOBS]" "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more." "That plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." "And that's what you've given me." "That's what I'd hoped to give to you forever." "I love you. I'll be seeing you." "Noah." "It's beautiful. lt's a beautiful story." "Yes, it is." "I don't know why, but it makes me feel sad." "I know you feel lost right now but don't worry." "Nothing is ever lost, or can be lost" "The body, sluggish, aged, cold" "The embers left from earlier fires" "Shall duly flame again" "Did you write that?" "No, that was Walt Whitman." "I think I knew him." "I think you did." "[DUKE sighs]" "Shall we go in?" "I'm feeling a little chilly." "Okay." "Thank you." "Well, who did all of this?" "I did, with a little help from my friends on the nursing staff." "Oh." "I've never seen anything so beautiful." "Neither have I." "Shall we?" "Some grape juice?" "l'd love it." "Ah, so many pills." "How sick are you?" "Sickness has become a relative term for me." "I think of it now as more a general wearing-out process." "To you." "So, what happened?" "In the story." "Which one did she choose?" "Okay." "The way I see it, I got three choices." "One, I can shoot him." "Two, I can kick the crap out of him." "Or three, I leave you." "But all that's no good." "You see, because none of those options get me you." "And in spite of everything I love you." "I love you too." "I meant what I said when I gave you that ring." "I did too." "I did too. lt's just that when I'm" "When I'm with Noah I feel like one person and when I'm with you I feel like someone totally different." "Look, it's normal not to forget your first love." "I love you, Allie." "But I want you for myself." "I don't want to have to convince my fiancé that she should be with me." "You don't have to." "I already know I should be with you." "And they lived happily ever after." "Who?" "Who did?" "Oh, yes." "Of course." "[CAR approaching]" "I remember now." "It was us." "lt was us. lt was us." "Oh, my darling." "Oh, my sweetheart." "[sobbing]" "I love you so much." "Oh, my baby." "Ah." "[SIGHS]" "Noah, Noah." "I love you, angel." "What happened to me?" "Nothing." "You just went away for a little while." "How much time do we have?" "l'm not sure." "Last time it was no more than five minutes." "Okay." "Hey, I brought along an old friend." "[JIMMY DURANTE'S "I'LL BE SEEING YOU" PLAYING]" "How are the children?" "Oh, they're fine." "Yeah, they were here today." "Little Noah, Davanee too." "Heh." "They're getting so big." "Oh, boy." "How fast the time goes." "Mm-hm." "lt flies right on by." "Oh, yes, it does." "Will you tell them I love them?" "Of course I will." "And that I'm sorry." "I'll tell them, sweetheart." "Remember that story you were reading to me?" "Yes." "Do you think that I could be her tonight?" "Would that be all right?" "You know what we could do?" "Maybe we could get a car and we could go for a ride." "We could get out of here and just go someplace, you want to?" "I don't think so." "Not tonight, darling." "Come on, why not?" "Wait a minute." "Why did you call me darling?" "I don't know you." "What's going on here?" "Am I supposed to know you?" "Allie." "Allie, sweetheart." "No, no, no!" "Hey, Allie, I love you, stay with me, don't leave" "No!" "Who are you?" "l'm Noah, I'm Noah and you're Allie." "What do you want?" "What are you doing here?" "Come on, baby." "Don't come near me!" "Don't you come near me!" "Allie-- Allie, I" "Help!" "Help!" "Help me!" "Calm down, Allie, calm down." "No, not you!" "Calm down, Allie!" "It's all right, come on." "No!" "Let me go!" "lt's all right." "Calm down." "No!" "Leave me alone." "Calm down, Allie, it's all right." "Somebody help me!" "Now calm down." "Help!" "Doctor!" "Talk to me." "NURSE:" "She's sundowning." "Somebody help me!" "NURSE:" "Calm down!" "DOCTOR:" "Give her two cc's." "allie:" "No!" "No!" "NURSE:" "Calm down, Allie." "DOCTOR:" "One, two, three." "[SCREAMS]" "Allie, it's all right. lt's all right." "Okay, okay, okay." "Okay, now take a look." "Let's take a look." "One." "Oh, she's fine." "Good." "Just breathe." "Shh." "She's fine." "She's fine." "Stay calm, just breathe in and out, come on." "NURSE:" "Relax." "DOCTOR:" "You're gonna be okay, Allie." "NURSE:" "Relax." "DOCTOR:" "Allie?" "You're fine, honey." "Shh." "NURSE:" "Morning, Mr. Calhoun." "Mr. Calhoun?" "Call Dr. Von Pettit, MUSC, okay?" "I've got no BP, I got no pulse." "I've got nothing." "Let them know we're in full arrest." "Call me on my cell." "NURSE:" "Okay, will do." "We talked about this." "It's all right now." "Come on, come on, precious." "Okay, yes, come on, let's go." "It's okay, baby, come on." "You know Mr. Holmes." "NURSE:" "Just try it." "Oh, Mr. Calhoun." "Welcome back." "How do you feel?" "Fine." "Fit as a fiddle." "Where you going?" "l was just taking a walk." "I can't sleep." "Well, you know you're not supposed to, it's against the rules." "Yeah, I know." "You weren't really going for a walk, were you?" "You were going to see Miss Allie." "I just got out of the hospital." "And I miss her." "Mr. Calhoun." "I'm sorry, but I can't let you see her tonight." "Now you're gonna have to go back to your room." "As for me I'm gonna go downstairs and get myself a cup of coffee." "I won't be back to check on you for a while." "So don't do anything foolish." "Hi." "Noah." "Hi, sweetheart." "I'm sorry I haven't been able to be here to read to you." "I didn't know what to do." "I was afraid you were never coming back." "I'll always come back." "What's gonna happen when I can't remember anything anymore?" "What will you do?" "Oh, I'll be here." "I'll never leave you." "I need to ask you something." "What is it, sweetheart?" "Do you think that our love can create miracles?" "Yes, I do." "That's what brings you back to me each time." "Do you think our love could take us away together?" "I think our love can do anything we want it to." "I love you." "I love you, Allie." "Good night." "I'll be seeing you." "[humming]" "Subtitles by Ajeesh Vijayan" "AJ Movie House"