Film Transcript - Act 3

CAMPGROUND - MORNING

BECKY: Get up. Get up.

JOSH: OK

JOYCE: I need a match to light this lantern. Oh well.

BECKY: When we came up here everybody knew that we were going to visit Alan and that we were gonna get up early in the morning.

INTERIOR VAN

BECKY: You can’t bring anything in. You pockets have to be empty. Everything has to go into a locker. You can’t have pieces of jewelry on.

JOSH: We’re not near the jail yet.

DONNIE: You better stop hitting me Josh.

JOSH: I didn’t…

BECKY: Joshua! Both of you stop. — Joshua I can see you in my mirror!

DONNIE: Stop it Joshua!

BECKY: Joshua!

JOSH: I’m not hitting him!

BECKY: I’m gonna make you put your hands on your head so I can see what you’re doing.

JOSH: I’m just doing this.

JOYCE: Stop it!

BECKY: Whatever you’re doing stop. Turn around face forward and behave.

JOSH: you’re supposed to be watching the road.

BECKY: I’m pretty good about watching that mirror. I can see the road behind me too. Oh I hope that’s the exit. Oh I’m gonna try. Something tells me it might not be. It won’t let you go that way.

JOYCE: huh?

BECKY: I can’t go back that way. It’s blocked. Oh not that’s not that good.

MALCOLM: Why are those cars going that way?

BECKY: The sign said Manchester Street — doesn’t go to Manchester Street. I came up from this way — I think I gotta go that way — oh I think I’ve got it. Yes I got it.

JOSH: We’re here — we’re at the jail.

BECKY: Oh there’s no parking spot’s in here.

JOSH: Oh great, oh great, oh great. I guess we’re out of luck — no wait!

BECKY: I know that’s where I’m going Josh!

PRISON - PARKING LOT

DONNIE: I don’t have anything metal on me except for my glasses.

BECKY: no necklaces, no rings, earrings, no keys

JOYCE: No watches

BECKY: No watches. Nothing metal nothing electronic.

DONNIE: How about those little smoke cases? Only change and glasses.

So then we made the first visit out there — the kids had visited before so it wasn’t the big hurrah we’re seeing daddy for the first time. They’re showing Malcolm and Joyce the barbed wire and they’re telling them all of the procedures — you have to go through the metal detector, you’re going to go into the waiting room, they’re going to usher us over this table and it’s kind of sad I guess when your kid really understands the prison rules — they’re not supposed to have to do that.

PRISON - VISITING ROOM

INTERIOR VAN

BECKY: He's doing better this year than he was last year. He settled down maybe or something, I don't know. He's looking good.

JOYCE: He looked good.

BECKY: He's looking good; he's really gotten into the health thing so he's looking good. Got a better attitude about being there.

JOYCE: Yeah that was the big long, sloppy kiss.

BECKY: Oh it wasn't that sloppy! Maybe a little. The kids really, they really picked right back up and Josh might behave now cause he wouldn't let go of his dad. I grabbed him one time, I had to separate them a few times actually so they could play games, try to play checkers. That was good for Josh, he had to learn to play Battleship. What else did you play, Uno? I didn't get into the Checkers game, I got into Candyland.

JOYCE: No he whipped everybody in checkers.

BECKY: He whipped everybody in checkers.

JOYCE: And he whipped y'all in Candyland.

BECKY: How did you feel about seeing daddy?

DONNIE: Real good

BECKY: Real good? Daddy look better than he did last year.

DONNIE: He still looks the same

BECKY: He still the same to you huh. You didn't look the same to him.

DONNIE: It was good being with him again. I got to see him and stuff, got to play games and stuff.

BECKY: He kicked your but in Candyland!

DONNIE: Oh yeah he did that.

BECKY: Yeah he that.

DONNIE: I almost won, I just almost won.

SUNAPEE, NEW HAMPSHIRE - WATERFRONT

JOYCE: Oh god I love it here.

BECKY: This is where the boys grew up —

JOYCE: Can you move me here?

BECKY: We can move back here if you wanna come back with me. — You better find someone to keep you warm in the winter.

JOYCE: Look at there Becky!

BECKY: Yeah a whole school of them around.

BECKY: Hey Malcolm — we’re gonna go back up there after — that’s where we got married at — we got married up there. We loved this town — I’d like to find another town just like this — it’s home — I’d like to pack it up and bring it with me.

SUNAPEE, NEW HAMPSHIRE - GAZEBO

JOYCE: So this is where you and Alan got married?

BECKY: That’s where I got married. They had all white flowers along here.

MALCOLM: You walked up this isle?

BECKY: Huh?

MALCOLM: You walked up this isle.

BECKY: Yeah I did. I could walk then — I could walk fine then.

MALCOLM: You were walking perfect?

BECKY: I was walking perfect — I had heals on and everything.

JOYCE: Oh you’re still my baby.

DONNIE: Mommy remember that day when there was a garden snake under here?

BECKY: We faced this way because we wanted to face the lake behind us — but the way the sun was we couldn’t do it —

WEDDING HOME VIDEO

I could so easily walked away. I mean our van was packed. Everything was ready to go. He had money in the bank because his last check was deposited. He was behind bars. I could have just so easily taken the trunk and gone to Georgia. Took my kids and gone. Had the money and everything. We had a joint account. It was that easy.

So I'm thinking two things, do I want to walk away? Or Do I want to marry him? We didn't even get that far down the hill. I say I want to get married. And we did a couple of days later.

BECKY: I actually walked down the hill. Well no I did make it down the stairs by myself — because I was blind — so this isn’t much different now — but once I got down this far they still walked me —

CAMPGROUND - CAMPFIRE

After incarceration I guess our relationship really didn’t change — because I don’t think what he did was- it was bad — but it was wasn’t so severe as to destroy a relationship that was perfect — we had such a great relationship. I decided I was going to stick by him and whatever came to I was going to stay with him.

CAMPGROUND — TENT - MORNING

BECKY: Josh I can’t find your white Raiders T-shirt. What the hell happened to it?

JOSH: I don’t know.

INTERIOR — VAN

DONNIE: Do I have my sandals in here.

BECKY: Don’t tell me you don’t have your sandals?

DONNIE: I think I do.

BECKY: You better make sure you do. Do you have your sandals or not.

DONNIE: I guess not.

BECKY: Oh Donald — you’re gonna make us late!

PRISON — VISITING ROOM

Correctional Officer: Raymond.

BECKY: C’mon! No necklace —

JOYCE: what did I do with my ID

BECKY: You gave it to him already.

Correctional Officer: You got any money or anything?

BECKY: Nope.

You really have to have nerves of steel. You have to. You've got to be strong. Uh. And your partner has to understand. He has to understand that there are going to be times when you just don't want to go to that visiting room. There are times when you just don't want to be bothered with the fact that he's there.

CAMPGROUND - LAKE

CAMPGROUND - CAMPSITE

BECKY: Go get me that pan — go get me that pan of water. Pan — Table — Water!

DONNIE: Mommy…

BECKY: Pan! Donnie get the pan.

DONNIE: Yeah I already told ya — I had water in it — I dumped it out — I washed it out!

BECKY: I’m telling you to do something totally different — get me a pan of water in case this happens to catch a tree on fire! Donald!

DONNIE: Ok, ok — are you gonna hit me with it?

BECKY: I’d like to.

DONNIE: Ok go ahead.

BECKY: Go get a pan of water.

DONNIE: I needed it today — I go ahead and hit myself! Ow!

CAMPGROUND - LAKE

MALCOLM: He got a fish he got a fish —

JOSH: ho!

MALCOLM: Josh’s got a fish.

CAMPGROUND - CAMPSITE

DONNIE: Hey Mommy — can you do me a favor? Kiss my booty!

BECKY: Can’t you find something to do?

CAMPGROUND - LAKE

MALCOLM: Josh got another fish — gosh!

JOSH: I’m catching more fish than you. I got something.

MALCOLM: Holy crap — reel it in Josh — Dang!

JOSH: Dang — I keep on catching stuff — now I lost my bait — could you hand me the bait?

CAMPGROUND - LAKE

DONNIE: Oogala-chaka!

CAMPGROUND - LAKE

JOSH: Got one!

MALCOLM: That’s my pole — gollee looking at that hunker Josh look!

JOSH: Weee! Stupid fish I’m keeping it — you know why? It took my bait. Ahhh! — Mom we got another one!

BECKY: Cool bring’em on up we’ll have em! We’re having spaghetti tonight.

MALCOLM: Yeah we’re having spaghetti.

JOSH: I want fish.

DONNIE SWIMMING

ROWING BOAT TO SHORE

MALCOLM: No give me the fish Josh.

JOSH: Tell them you and me caught ‘em. Malcolm wait up for me!

DONNIE GETTING OUT OF THE WATER

JOYCE: He is more active than I have ever seen him.

BECKY: Yeah and then next year he’ll sit on the couch again and gain 50 pounds.

JOYCE: That’s why his e-mail address is couch potato.

BECKY: Yup — that’s what it is couch potater.

CAMPGROUND - CAMPSITE

BECKY: They caught all those fish and nobody is cutting them up or nothing.

PRISON — VISITING ROOM

INTERIOR VAN

BECKY: You know this is the last visit. And he was better about saying goodbye this year. He did it real casually with the kids. Not a long goodbye. Not a whole bunch of take care of your mom and do this and that He made it a goodbye like he was gonna see them again real soon. We tried it last year. I told him just give goodbye give them a hug and a kiss and a be good and he couldn't do it last year.

Well as soon as I turn into the campground I'm gonna pretend that it's all over and done with and I'm fine and smile and have fun and pack my stuff up and have a good day. You gotta put it away go back to the way it was. Because if I can’t handle it I can’t expect my kids to.

People have to understand. They make home out of prison — all prisoners do. They settle down, they get three meals a day — they don’t have to worry about anything. They make home out of prison. It’s the ones on the outside that can’t make a home!

So, now pulling in — and the rest if it’s back there. Leave it — or try to anyway. In 5 more years he’s gonna come back to the camp ground with me.

BECKY: I knew you’d wake up.

MALCOLM: Carolina?

BECKY: No we’re not in the Carolina’s — we will be tomorrow! Hey Bud. Mama’s ok.

JOSH: I know.

BECKY: You gonna go fishing today?

JOSH: Yeah.

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