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(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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Hey, everybody, don't you just love
my home away from home?
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All decorated so beautifully
for the holidays.
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You know, millions of you
joined us last Christmas
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for Coat of Many Colors,
and I love you for that.
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And tonight, we're gonna see
another true story of a Christmas miracle
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that happened during my childhood.
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Now, I call this one Circle of Love.
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That special circle has
guided me my whole life,
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including one unforgettable painted angel
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who touched my life in ways
that I could never have imagined.
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Angels and miracles come in many forms
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as you're gonna see in Circle of Love.
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(PLAYING "CIRCLE OF LOVE")
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Circle of love.
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Halo of light.
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When Jesus was born.
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On that Christmas night.
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DOLLY: It had been a hard summer
and fall at our mountain home,
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but even after facing
both drought and loss,
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something beautiful had happened.
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Come on, girl, get us to town.
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Mama's prayers were finally answered
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on the day that my daddy
first stepped foot in my grandpa': Church.
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Lee Parton was a changed man.
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And now with Christmas coming,
we were all full of hope.
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AVIE LEE: Okay.
ROBERT LEE: Remember your books.
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YOUNG DOLLY: Hi, Lord.
It's Dolly. I'm back.
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So, Lord, I'm thinking
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how them shiny, red patent-leather shoes
would look on my dainty, little feet.
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I like that dress.
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- Where's Dolly?
- Dolly Rebecca Parton!
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Gotta go, but just one more thing, Lord.
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Can I please play the Virgin Mary
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in the birth of baby Jesus
annual Christmas pageant this year?
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I know I ask every year.
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But if I could just play Mary once,
I'll never ask for anything else again.
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ROBERT LEE: Dolly!
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Except for maybe a white Christmas.
Thank you and amen.
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- Come on!
- YOUNG DOLLY: Sorry.
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Wait for me, I'm coming!
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Hey! Don't leave, I'm coming!
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- Wait for me!
- Up you go.
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I almost had to walk!
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Come in, come in.
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Rudy, shut the door
before you let the heat out.
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- Yes, Miss Moody.
- I love the wish book.
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Everything you could
ever dream of is in here.
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I want these shiny,
red patent-leather shoes.
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Wouldn't they look
just jim-dandy with my coat?
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You best be deciding,
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'cause one store-bought present's
all you're getting.
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- I want a green farm truck.
- I want a Swiss Army knife.
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I want a Betsy Wetsy. She wets herself.
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I have one of those.
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I told Miss Moody we can use it
for the baby Jesus this year.
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We can't have a baby Jesus that
wets the manger, Bessie Jean.
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What kind of mother are you?
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With all the practice you've had
playing Mary every blessed year,
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you'd think you knew better.
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Come on, y'all.
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You think it's fair that Bessie Jean
gets to play Mary every year?
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She's perfect. Why? Do you wanna?
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Of course, I do.
She's the star of the show.
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It's my destiny. Why wouldn't I?
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For one thing,
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Mary is kind of holy.
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I can be holy.
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Girls, to your seats.
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I know we are all excited
about Christmas and the pageant,
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but we have got to finish
this semester's work first.
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Let's bow our heads and pray.
Who would like to lead us today?
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All right, Dolly.
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Oh, Lord, thank you for the baby Jesus.
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But also for his mama, Mary.
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My mama says
Mary was just a plain, old girl
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with a heart for you.
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I wanna believe
there's a little Mary in all of us.
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Some, maybe more than others.
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But I have hope.
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'Cause instead of a perfect girl,
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you picked a plain one with a big heart
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to change the world forever.
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Amen.
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Why, Dolly, what a lovely prayer.
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Why don't you just hold up
a sign that says,
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"Give me the part of Mary,
Miss Moody, not Bessie Jean"?
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You know your problem, Rudy Sanders?
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- You got no holiness in you.
- Neither do you, Missy.
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MISS MOODY: AH right, class,
open your books to Chapter 2.
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Is your husband ever gonna
speak to me again, Avie Lee?
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It's been months
since I spoke out of turn.
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Corla, don't worry yourself.
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You know how slow men can be
to turn the other cheek.
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Especially Mr. Lee Parton.
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And him a new Christian, too.
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(DOOR OPENS)
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Okay, I'm gonna take 'em out for ya...
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No, you don't have to take 'em out.
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No harm in looking.
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- MISS ANN: Miss Bass?
- I'll be right back.
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Miss Bass?
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Hello, Miss Ann, how can I help you?
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"David's Swiss Army knife is $3.95.
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"Bobby's farm truck, $3.98.
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"Willadeene's poetry book is $2.25."
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"Denver's Duncan Super Tournament Yo-Yo
with trick book is $1.99."
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"Cassie's royal tea set, $3.98,
Dolly's red shoes $3.49"
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"and Stella's Betsy Wetsy is $4.95."
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You know, with wet nappies
coming out of her ears,
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why does she want a doll that pees?
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You don't get to pick the present.
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You just get to have it here by Christmas,
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and that comes to exactly $24.59,
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and I think we just might make it.
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Yeah, if nothing goes wrong.
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You know, it's silly
getting Dolly these red shoes.
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She's just gonna outgrow 'em.
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I'll put my egg money in the kitty.
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Dolly gets her shiny red shoes.
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- What does Mama get?
- Nothing.
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I got everything I want,
my children and you.
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A wedding ring?
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After eight kids,
I'm just about as married as I can get.
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I don't think a ring is gonna
make it any more official.
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Besides, like you say,
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"It's just a piece of metal."
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I said that?
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I was just after your egg money.
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I knew you had some good layers.
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Look at them.
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Mary and Joseph.
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Nobody's that happy.
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Why should I be smelly, old sheep,
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but Bessie Jean
gets to play Mary every year?
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Maybe because she's sweet as honey.
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"Honey"?
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Well, there must have been
dookie in that beehive.
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She's a devil, all right.
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Good thing you prayed
that humdinger yesterday.
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There's nothing wrong
with praying for what you want.
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Don't you wanna be a star?
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No.
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I like being the donkey.
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Where no one can even see you?
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That don't make a lick of sense.
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Class, I've got an announcement.
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After much deliberation
and soul-searching,
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I have chosen the cast.
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The Parton boys
are going to play the wise men
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and, Stella, you are going
to be the Star of Bethlehem.
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How about that, Dolly?
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I'm the first in the family to be a star.
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And this year,
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the role of Mary will be played by...
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Miss Dolly Parton.
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Do it. I double-dog dare you.
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And the part of Joseph,
Mary's beloved husband,
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will be played by Mr. Rudy Sanders.
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- Eww...
- He's a keeper.
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So are you over Rudy playing Joseph?
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I'll never get over it.
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But I have to think past it, to my future.
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Good things are coming out of me
being the star already.
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But don't ask me, I can't say a word.
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- I promised Miss Moody.
- Like what?
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Okay, just be surprised tomorrow.
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You get to play
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the angel Gabriel in the pageant.
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You'll be beside me.
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I just told her,
"Miss Moody, Judy is tall,"
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"stronger than most of the boys"
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"and got a fierce look
that could drop a charging bear."
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Yeah, like that!
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That's great, Judy.
See, I knew you'd be good.
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How could you do something like that
without even asking?
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Who'd wanna play a donkey butt
when they could be an angel of God?
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Me. I told you that.
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Well, that's just plumb crazy, Judy.
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Everybody wants to be a star.
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You do. You want to be the star.
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Pardon me for caring
that my best friend was stuck
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in the back end of a donkey.
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I just see you as better than that,
that's all.
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You know, sometimes you don't see
past the nose on your face, Dolly Parton.
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I told you that I wanted to be the donkey.
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Front or back.
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But that's just not
good enough for you, is it?
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Maybe I'm just not good enough for you.
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You's acting like a donkey's butt now.
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Hey!
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(QUIET RUSTLING)
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(TAPPING)
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Oh, thank God.
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I thought you were a rat.
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I was about to brain you
with this broom, girl.
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- Are you getting into my preserves?
- Mm-mmm.
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Scoot over, and let me wipe off everything
you ain't been eating.
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I'm real happy for you, Dolly,
get to play Mary.
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You've had your heart
set on it for so long.
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God hears your prayers.
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Well, who prayed for him
to give me a bug-eating husband?
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And turn my best friend against me?
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Now, was it God that talked Miss Moody
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into giving Judy a speaking part
she didn't want?
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Or was that you?
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You's the one always saying,
"Love never fails."
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So when you love someone,
shouldn't you want the best for them?
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You should,
and I know you meant good, baby,
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but did you ever stop to think
about what Judy might want?
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She wants to be the backside
of a donkey her whole life I reckon.
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Maybe, just maybe what Judy wants
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is for you to love and accept her
for just who she is.
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I accepted her as my best friend.
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She turned on me and hurt my feelings.
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Friends don't do that.
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(OWL HOOTING)
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Are we dead, Mama?
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They're gone!
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God, they're gone!
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Avie Lee, what, what?
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Avie Lee, you're dreaming, wake up!
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- They're starving!
- Who's gone?
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- Tears were frozen on their faces!
- Wh... No. Avie Lee...
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All our babies are dead!
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Come here, honey.
Honey, let me show you something.
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Relax.
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Take a breath, take a breath. Come here.
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Avie Lee, Avie Lee, it's all right.
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- It's all right.
- No.
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Easy, take a breath. It's okay.
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Slow down, slow down.
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Look. See, Avie Lee.
See, they're all sleeping.
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They're safe and warm as can be.
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- You just had a bad dream.
- No.
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My dreams are not like yours.
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Like anybody's.
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I know it's hard, but please, Lee.
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My dreams mean something.
I need you to believe me.
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- I need you to trust me, I need...
- Fine, Avie Lee.
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You want me to put up more wood?
I will, so you don't have to worry.
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Food, I mean, we have plenty,
but I'll find more.
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Water, I can dig another well.
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But don't ask me to believe in a crazy
nightmare about our kids dying...
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Lam not asking you
to believe in a nightmare.
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I'm asking you to believe in me.
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There is more to this world
than you see, Lee Parton.
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Do not be afraid, Mary.
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You are highly favored by the Lord.
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Well, who wouldn't be afraid?
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Do you have to play it with
fire coming out of your eyeballs,
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like you hate me?
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Well, you're the one
who wanted me to play the dang part.
254
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Okay, well, Gabriel is scary,
but also loving.
255
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Let's pick it up from the script.
256
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And speak clearly now.
We want the whole church to hear you.
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You are to have a baby, Mary,
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and he will be the son of God.
259
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Well, how will this be, Gabriel,
since I am a virgin?
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That's impossible.
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Anybody who lives on a farm
know where babies are born.
262
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And we all live on farms.
263
00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:37,222
Well, you're not
in the barnyard now, Rudy.
264
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Joseph was a carpenter,
think about building, not birthing!
265
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Miss Moody, you think my wife should be
bad-mouthing me like that?
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- No...
- It's Judy's fault!
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It's hard to be holy
when you ain't getting no love
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from an archangel.
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Can somebody please tell me
where we are in this here play?
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I've no idea and I have lines.
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Me, too. I have lines, too.
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Class, class, I'm thinking
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until we really understand the material
that we should put it in our own words.
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Make it more natural. Now, where were we?
275
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Well, the fire-eyed angel Gabriel
276
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has come and scared me half to death
277
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telling me in the meanest way
that I'm having a baby.
278
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Which Joseph can't understand
except in some barnyard kind of way.
279
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Hey, don't act like I'm the fool.
280
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We all know where babies come from.
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Right out the butts in the barns.
282
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Ain't that right, Miss Moody?
283
00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:27,075
Well...
284
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The immaculate conception was how, how...
285
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The Holy Spirit came upon her,
you big galoot. You got it?
286
00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:38,857
I got that you a big, mean-eyed angel
287
00:14:38,946 --> 00:14:40,666
who ain't got no business
trying to be holy.
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- That's the truth.
- You either.
289
00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:44,182
Why would God pick
a sawed-off little runt like you
290
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to play the mama of baby Jesus?
291
00:14:45,886 --> 00:14:49,129
To make up for her betrothed
being the size of two husbands, I reckon.
292
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You don't even need to be Mary.
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(ALL ARGUING)
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YOUNG DOLLY: Rudy Sanders, I'm gonna-
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"DOLLY". The only person happier than Mama
about Daddy being saved was Grandpa Jake.
296
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He'd come over most mornings
297
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with a thermos full of hot coffee
and his beat-up old Bible
298
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and he poured both liberally
into my daddy.
299
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You want me to pray over it?
300
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Yeah, then quietly bury it somewhere.
301
00:15:25,426 --> 00:15:28,771
Nah. You need a water pump, not a funeral.
302
00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:34,774
You know, Lee, I have really enjoyed
303
00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:38,610
these morning devotionals
that we've been having.
304
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(CLEARS THROAT)
I don't know what's worse.
305
00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:43,715
- You loving me or hating me, preacher.
- (LAUGHS)
306
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You think there's an answer for
everything in life in that book?
307
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I do.
308
00:15:51,685 --> 00:15:54,222
Well, does it say anything about
where a man earns his money?
309
00:15:54,455 --> 00:15:56,457
Oh! The Bible says a lot about money.
310
00:15:57,891 --> 00:15:59,029
What's on your mind, Lee?
311
00:16:00,494 --> 00:16:02,997
Well, a guy told me that
Cumberland Mines is hiring.
312
00:16:03,197 --> 00:16:04,198
Oh-ho.
313
00:16:05,199 --> 00:16:07,201
It's dangerous work, mines.
314
00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:11,373
Isn't that a pretty steep risk
for a water pump?
315
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- Yeah, there's more.
- Yeah, I figured.
316
00:16:14,575 --> 00:16:17,954
I saw Avie Lee holding a wedding ring
at Bass' store.
317
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She looked like a little girl dreaming.
318
00:16:22,249 --> 00:16:24,092
I've never seen her
want something so badly.
319
00:16:24,885 --> 00:16:27,832
Well, I seem to recollect you saying that
320
00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:30,628
a wedding ring wasn't anything
more than a chunk of metal
321
00:16:30,791 --> 00:16:33,772
and that you could get a lot
more use out of a keg of nails.
322
00:16:33,927 --> 00:16:35,487
That's before I got religion, preacher.
323
00:16:35,596 --> 00:16:36,768
Oh, oh, oh.
324
00:16:37,765 --> 00:16:40,685
I just don't want her to give up
on wanting things because she married me.
325
00:16:40,901 --> 00:16:44,007
Well, now, Avie Lee
tells her sisters everything
326
00:16:44,171 --> 00:16:46,151
and bless their hearts, they tell me.
327
00:16:46,874 --> 00:16:50,151
And I hadn't heard a word
about her pining for a wedding ring.
328
00:16:51,145 --> 00:16:52,852
She buried it deep, preacher.
329
00:16:55,549 --> 00:16:56,949
I just want to see her smile again.
330
00:16:57,084 --> 00:16:59,291
You know, not so full of fear
from the night terrors.
331
00:16:59,953 --> 00:17:01,489
She been having visions?
332
00:17:03,724 --> 00:17:07,035
(SIGHS) She dreamt that all the kids
and her were in a circle.
333
00:17:07,427 --> 00:17:09,998
Starving, frozen to death.
Said it was a warning.
334
00:17:11,932 --> 00:17:14,913
And then we got into a tussle on
whether it was a vision from God
335
00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,411
or just a nightmare.
336
00:17:16,570 --> 00:17:19,608
Avie Lee's had these visions
ever since she was a little girl.
337
00:17:19,773 --> 00:17:22,014
- It's a gift.
- More like a curse.
338
00:17:22,676 --> 00:17:24,314
Can you help her get rid of that?
339
00:17:26,213 --> 00:17:28,124
Well, I'll tell you what
she wants more than that ring
340
00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:29,320
is for you to trust her.
341
00:17:29,483 --> 00:17:32,430
Trust that she can figure out
the sign with God's help.
342
00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:34,997
How am I supposed to trust that
that is a sign from God?
343
00:17:36,590 --> 00:17:37,625
(METAL CLANGING)
344
00:17:40,427 --> 00:17:44,432
Well, I believe if I was you
that I would reconsider the mine
345
00:17:44,598 --> 00:17:46,908
and make up with my wife. It'll be safer.
346
00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:49,646
I'm getting her that wedding ring,
come hell or high water.
347
00:17:52,706 --> 00:17:56,017
Don't let the sun go down on your anger.
You remind her, that's biblical.
348
00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:03,027
- Ahh!
- You can't be mad at me!
349
00:18:03,183 --> 00:18:04,526
Lee, get off me, you big lug.
350
00:18:04,685 --> 00:18:06,262
Look at me, woman. You can't be mad at me.
351
00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:08,326
Lee, I've been folding
these clothes for a half hour
352
00:18:08,489 --> 00:18:10,935
and you come in,
you're covered in grease from head...
353
00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,264
To toe.
354
00:18:14,928 --> 00:18:17,048
Bible says, "Don't let the sun
go down on your anger,"
355
00:18:17,131 --> 00:18:18,769
Avie Lee, and it's getting dark.
356
00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:22,543
So you can't be mad at me
just 'cause I ain't perfect yet.
357
00:18:24,705 --> 00:18:27,709
- Did Daddy send you in here?
- No. Maybe so.
358
00:18:27,941 --> 00:18:30,421
You know I never do things
unless I want to.
359
00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:32,852
So just to show you that I'm a changed man
360
00:18:33,013 --> 00:18:36,620
and that I do trust you,
I'll do anything you want.
361
00:18:38,552 --> 00:18:39,622
Anything?
362
00:18:40,287 --> 00:18:42,267
Sure, as long as it's biblical.
363
00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:48,938
It is very biblical.
364
00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:52,276
Could we get this show on the road?
365
00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:53,935
You know I could die from this?
366
00:18:54,101 --> 00:18:56,141
I think this water is beginning
to freeze around me.
367
00:18:56,270 --> 00:18:58,250
You know, summer is good bap...
368
00:18:58,405 --> 00:19:01,648
- Lee is getting baptized.
- And then hospitalized?
369
00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:05,070
Unless the spirit is moving you,
it ain't nothing but a freezing bath.
370
00:19:05,646 --> 00:19:07,819
It's up to you,
I can't help you on this one, hon.
371
00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:09,684
But make a decision.
372
00:19:10,584 --> 00:19:11,927
Oh, hell, take me.
373
00:19:12,086 --> 00:19:13,929
Love and forgiveness.
374
00:19:14,087 --> 00:19:17,762
Ain't that what God's love': All about?
375
00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:21,531
'Tis a season He's the reason.
376
00:19:21,695 --> 00:19:25,142
He cleanses us inside and out
377
00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:29,307
Lee Parton...
378
00:19:29,470 --> 00:19:30,847
And clean up this mess...
379
00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:32,915
I baptize you
380
00:19:33,073 --> 00:19:35,212
in the name of the Father
381
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:37,150
and of the Son
382
00:19:37,311 --> 00:19:38,915
and of the Holy Ghost.
383
00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:40,820
Amen!
384
00:19:44,852 --> 00:19:48,732
Now we're only human
We all make mistakes.
385
00:19:48,889 --> 00:19:53,304
Asking in earnest
ls all that it takes
386
00:19:53,494 --> 00:19:57,636
'Cause He knows our secrets
Our hopes and our needs...
387
00:19:57,798 --> 00:19:59,275
- Uncle Billy, it's Uncle Billy!
- (KIDS CLAMORING)
388
00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:00,801
- Hey, Uncle Billy!
- Uncle Billy!
389
00:20:00,968 --> 00:20:03,141
- Uncle Billy!
- Uncle Billy!
390
00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:05,579
- Uncle Billy!
- Hi, Uncle Billy!
391
00:20:05,739 --> 00:20:07,047
- Hi, Uncle Billy!
- Hey...
392
00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:08,650
- Do you remember?
- Yeah.
393
00:20:08,809 --> 00:20:10,687
Uncle Billy, I still got
that guitar you gave me.
394
00:20:10,711 --> 00:20:11,911
- Want to hear me sing?
- Yeah.
395
00:20:12,012 --> 00:20:14,049
Hey, come on, kids.
Y'all give him some space.
396
00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:17,957
- Okay, I'll get the...
- Lee! You're squeaky clean.
397
00:20:18,118 --> 00:20:20,462
Well, I'm not too old to
still whip you like a bad pup.
398
00:20:20,654 --> 00:20:21,792
(BILLY LAUGHS)
399
00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:23,900
- How you doing? Good to see you.
- Yeah.
400
00:20:23,924 --> 00:20:25,870
Yeah, better late than never, I reckon.
401
00:20:26,026 --> 00:20:28,973
My number-one job
is to disappoint you, Daddy.
402
00:20:29,129 --> 00:20:31,939
- Y'all see my new car?
- Yeah, I see it.
403
00:20:32,266 --> 00:20:33,946
Between the juke joints
and the pool halls,
404
00:20:34,001 --> 00:20:35,480
how you planning on paying for it?
405
00:20:35,803 --> 00:20:38,147
- Well, I'll see you later, son.
- Yeah.
406
00:20:39,273 --> 00:20:41,116
Haven't seen you in ages.
407
00:20:41,275 --> 00:20:43,153
- Better for you, darling.
- Just say yes, Billy.
408
00:20:43,177 --> 00:20:44,387
- Yes, Billy.
- All right, all right.
409
00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:45,655
Y'all quit pecking at him
like a bunch of hens.
410
00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:46,879
All right. So good to see you.
411
00:20:46,914 --> 00:20:48,625
You get in the car.
It's gonna be dark pretty soon.
412
00:20:48,649 --> 00:20:51,926
Well, you're never getting out
of this Bible-beating family now.
413
00:20:52,086 --> 00:20:54,726
Billy, you're the only reason I'd want to.
414
00:20:54,888 --> 00:20:56,561
Hey, come see me when you're done.
415
00:20:56,723 --> 00:20:57,861
(CHUCKLES) Okay.
416
00:21:06,467 --> 00:21:08,504
I'm not disappointed in you, Billy.
417
00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:10,707
I'm scared for you.
418
00:21:11,905 --> 00:21:13,282
Day and night.
419
00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:16,517
And it's a full-time job.
420
00:21:17,211 --> 00:21:19,020
("GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN" PLAYING)
421
00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:23,193
Go tell it on the mountain.
422
00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:27,093
Over the hills and everywhere.
423
00:21:27,254 --> 00:21:30,565
Go tell it on the mountain.
424
00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:34,467
That Jesus Christ is born.
425
00:21:34,628 --> 00:21:38,303
Go tell it on the mountain.
426
00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:42,106
Over the hills and everywhere.
427
00:21:42,269 --> 00:21:44,545
- Dang!
- Ain't she gotten good?
428
00:21:44,705 --> 00:21:45,706
Yeah.
429
00:21:45,873 --> 00:21:49,844
That Jesus Christ is born.
430
00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:51,614
Yeah!
431
00:22:01,789 --> 00:22:02,995
(SNIFFING) Mmm...
432
00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:05,929
Mince meat. Ain't the pantry about full?
433
00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:08,197
- Yes, it is.
- Avie Lee...
434
00:22:08,362 --> 00:22:09,639
But ain't gonna be enough for pies
435
00:22:09,663 --> 00:22:11,241
come Christmas eve
if you don't stay out of it.
436
00:22:11,265 --> 00:22:14,678
Look, I may be a new man.
But I ain't ever been a patient one.
437
00:22:14,835 --> 00:22:16,275
And I ain't gettin' any more either.
438
00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:19,578
He's sleeping.
439
00:22:20,874 --> 00:22:22,285
He ain't a baby.
440
00:22:22,442 --> 00:22:24,945
I mean, what kind of man sleeps
past 6:00 a.m. in the morning?
441
00:22:25,112 --> 00:22:26,989
One that's on city time. He's a musician.
442
00:22:27,147 --> 00:22:29,184
He works most of the nights
and sleeps in the day.
443
00:22:29,383 --> 00:22:31,624
You call that work?
He can't support a family.
444
00:22:31,785 --> 00:22:33,059
Ain't got to.
445
00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:36,167
He's young, good-looking and talented.
He can do whatever he wants to.
446
00:22:36,323 --> 00:22:38,530
Which is sleep in my chair, I reckon.
447
00:22:40,727 --> 00:22:42,672
You don't think he's in
some kind of trouble, do you?
448
00:22:42,696 --> 00:22:44,004
Nah.
449
00:22:44,565 --> 00:22:47,774
He just feels comfortable, really.
He's my baby brother.
450
00:22:47,935 --> 00:22:50,135
Well, that doesn't mean
you gotta treat him like a baby.
451
00:22:50,204 --> 00:22:51,342
I mean, Billy's a man now.
452
00:22:52,806 --> 00:22:55,685
- Well, look who's jealous now.
- What, me? Jealous?
453
00:22:57,077 --> 00:22:58,715
Feel that, woman.
454
00:22:58,879 --> 00:23:01,723
- That's what a man feels like.
- Yeah. Okay.
455
00:23:01,882 --> 00:23:03,953
Well, why don't you
456
00:23:04,118 --> 00:23:06,724
take that big ax of yours...
457
00:23:07,221 --> 00:23:09,758
And go cut me a Christmas tree? Go on.
458
00:23:16,697 --> 00:23:17,737
(EXCLAIMS WITH EXCITEMENT)
459
00:23:17,898 --> 00:23:20,071
I thought he'd never leave.
460
00:23:20,634 --> 00:23:21,806
Me, neither.
461
00:23:21,969 --> 00:23:23,778
Dolly Rebecca, why ain't you in school?
462
00:23:23,937 --> 00:23:25,644
Because me and Uncle Billy
sat up all night
463
00:23:25,806 --> 00:23:28,810
playing and singing and dreaming.
464
00:23:28,976 --> 00:23:31,320
Which Uncle Billy says is
more important than anything.
465
00:23:31,478 --> 00:23:32,786
Ain't that right, Uncle Billy?
466
00:23:35,549 --> 00:23:38,792
Yes, ma'am.
You bet your bottom dollar it is.
467
00:23:39,253 --> 00:23:40,698
Your mama used to know that.
468
00:23:40,854 --> 00:23:43,960
Back when she had the prettiest voice
in the whole county.
469
00:23:44,124 --> 00:23:46,297
- Before she had kids. Oh, yeah.
- It's not true.
470
00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:48,963
You had more talent
than the whole family put together.
471
00:23:49,296 --> 00:23:52,004
Mama, did you wanna be a star?
472
00:23:52,232 --> 00:23:54,143
- Mm-hmm.
- No. Now get on to school.
473
00:23:55,269 --> 00:23:56,407
Okay.
474
00:23:58,005 --> 00:24:00,349
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
475
00:24:01,308 --> 00:24:03,687
You ought not be filling
her head full of foolishness, Billy.
476
00:24:03,711 --> 00:24:05,019
What, like you did me?
477
00:24:05,979 --> 00:24:08,323
And why do you think
lam in the music business?
478
00:24:09,249 --> 00:24:10,421
'Cause you believed in me.
479
00:24:10,884 --> 00:24:12,625
I'm just returning the favor.
480
00:24:13,554 --> 00:24:16,160
She's got something, and you know it.
481
00:24:22,830 --> 00:24:24,173
(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
482
00:24:25,399 --> 00:24:26,742
(CHICKENS CLUCKING)
483
00:24:38,912 --> 00:24:39,913
(STARTS ENGINE)
484
00:24:40,114 --> 00:24:41,286
- Hey.
- Hot dang!
485
00:24:41,482 --> 00:24:44,827
- Shh! You'll give me away!
- Ain't you supposed to be at school?
486
00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:47,265
Mm-hmm. But I had to talk to you
before you gone back
487
00:24:47,454 --> 00:24:48,990
to Knoxville and forgot about me.
488
00:24:49,323 --> 00:24:51,394
I want you to make me a star, Uncle Billy.
489
00:24:51,558 --> 00:24:52,559
(CHUCKLES)
490
00:24:52,893 --> 00:24:55,874
You do, do you? And why should I do that?
491
00:24:57,097 --> 00:24:59,737
'Cause I write songs, I sing, I dance
492
00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:02,135
and I pick that guitar
you give me most every day.
493
00:25:02,436 --> 00:25:05,280
It's my destiny to be a big star one day.
494
00:25:05,439 --> 00:25:07,646
Every day I wake up and say,
495
00:25:07,808 --> 00:25:09,287
"ls it gonna be today?"
496
00:25:10,010 --> 00:25:11,819
I got me a big dream, Uncle Billy.
497
00:25:12,646 --> 00:25:14,216
And I think you're a part of it.
498
00:25:15,249 --> 00:25:16,694
Is that a fact?
499
00:25:18,786 --> 00:25:21,767
Well, how about you tell me
all about it on the way to school?
500
00:25:21,922 --> 00:25:24,129
And when I get back from Knoxville,
501
00:25:24,291 --> 00:25:27,534
we'll all have us a little talk
about your destiny.
502
00:25:27,961 --> 00:25:29,372
(SHRIEKS JOYFULLY)
503
00:25:37,738 --> 00:25:39,342
All right, is my baby Jesus ready?
504
00:25:40,140 --> 00:25:41,380
Stella, let's get you up there.
505
00:25:41,542 --> 00:25:42,752
BOY: Can we get some help up over here?
506
00:25:42,776 --> 00:25:45,086
She's dry, Dolly, and very clean.
507
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:47,759
Thank you, Bessie Jean.
508
00:25:47,915 --> 00:25:50,828
That's real... Proper.
509
00:25:50,984 --> 00:25:52,964
Wise men? Where are my wise men?
510
00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,930
We're right here, Miss Moody.
Loaded up and ready to go.
511
00:25:56,089 --> 00:25:58,296
Thank you.
All right, I need my donkey in position.
512
00:25:58,459 --> 00:25:59,733
Gloria, Claude.
513
00:26:06,734 --> 00:26:10,511
See, you could've been
under there right now.
514
00:26:11,205 --> 00:26:12,548
Nobody even know it.
515
00:26:13,874 --> 00:26:16,218
A real friend would understand that.
516
00:26:16,376 --> 00:26:18,049
A real friend wouldn't be so mean.
517
00:26:18,812 --> 00:26:22,282
A real friend wouldn't make me something
518
00:26:22,449 --> 00:26:24,292
I don't want to be.
519
00:26:26,153 --> 00:26:29,100
Judy? Judy, honey, where you going?
520
00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:34,401
You want me to fetch
the Goody's Powder, Miss Moody?
521
00:26:44,171 --> 00:26:46,014
Hey, if we was hunting, we'd be starving.
522
00:26:46,173 --> 00:26:47,784
Every deer in the woods
can hear that racket.
523
00:26:47,808 --> 00:26:49,082
What's in your pocket?
524
00:26:49,243 --> 00:26:52,156
- Uncle Billy gave 'em to me.
- What for?
525
00:26:52,312 --> 00:26:54,223
For being his favorite nephew, I expect.
526
00:26:55,349 --> 00:26:57,158
Hmm. What about you?
You're not popular?
527
00:26:58,919 --> 00:27:00,730
I was gonna buy mom
a Christmas present with it,
528
00:27:00,754 --> 00:27:02,859
but you can have it.
529
00:27:03,023 --> 00:27:04,502
No, you boys hold on to it.
530
00:27:04,658 --> 00:27:06,831
It's probably the only money
you'll get in this life
531
00:27:06,994 --> 00:27:08,132
you don't have to sweat for.
532
00:27:08,295 --> 00:27:10,536
And I got my own plans for Mama
come Christmas.
533
00:27:12,466 --> 00:27:13,774
Hey, Willadeene, Willadeene.
534
00:27:13,934 --> 00:27:16,107
I've only got, like, $28, no more.
535
00:27:16,270 --> 00:27:17,578
So don't let her snooker you.
536
00:27:17,738 --> 00:27:20,776
Just let me do the talking, Daddy.
We'll be in and out. No fuss.
537
00:27:22,109 --> 00:27:24,612
Well, will wonders never cease?
538
00:27:24,778 --> 00:27:26,257
Morning, Mrs. Bass.
539
00:27:26,413 --> 00:27:28,415
We're here looking for a present for Mama.
540
00:27:29,183 --> 00:27:32,289
Well, what can I show you
for the woman who has everything?
541
00:27:33,821 --> 00:27:34,861
I want one of these rings.
542
00:27:35,022 --> 00:27:37,696
Well, she certainly doesn't have that.
543
00:27:39,026 --> 00:27:41,700
Here, this is the one she always looks at.
544
00:27:42,162 --> 00:27:43,163
Oh.
545
00:27:43,897 --> 00:27:45,205
Wow. (LAUGHS)
546
00:27:45,632 --> 00:27:48,169
This engraving.
No wonder Mama loves this ring.
547
00:27:48,335 --> 00:27:51,748
- It is so...
- So Avie Lee.
548
00:27:51,905 --> 00:27:52,906
Beautiful!
549
00:27:53,073 --> 00:27:55,110
- We'll take it.
- And pure gold.
550
00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:56,345
How much?
551
00:27:56,510 --> 00:27:58,990
$69.95, plus tax.
552
00:27:59,413 --> 00:28:00,619
Shall I ring it up?
553
00:28:08,922 --> 00:28:10,367
I told her to hold it.
554
00:28:11,091 --> 00:28:12,229
Why?
555
00:28:12,393 --> 00:28:14,634
Look, Willadeene,
I want to get your mama that ring
556
00:28:14,795 --> 00:28:16,536
for Christmas more than anything.
557
00:28:16,697 --> 00:28:18,441
But I don't know how to come up
with that money in a year
558
00:28:18,465 --> 00:28:19,808
let alone two weeks.
559
00:28:20,901 --> 00:28:22,073
I do.
560
00:28:23,270 --> 00:28:26,740
But it'll take hard work and sacrifice.
561
00:28:28,642 --> 00:28:30,588
Mama's never had anything.
562
00:28:31,245 --> 00:28:34,226
So now, it's our turn to do
something special for her.
563
00:28:34,381 --> 00:28:37,021
She needs to know
she's worth some sacrifice too.
564
00:28:37,518 --> 00:28:38,861
I know they'll do it.
565
00:28:40,154 --> 00:28:41,827
I don't want to ask 'em that.
566
00:28:42,823 --> 00:28:46,430
It's the only way, Daddy. Trust me.
567
00:28:47,594 --> 00:28:50,097
I can never afford to buy
your mama a wedding ring.
568
00:28:51,498 --> 00:28:55,241
And I want to get her the wedding ring
that she's always wanted this Christmas.
569
00:28:55,636 --> 00:28:57,138
- It's great, Daddy!
- She'll love it.
570
00:28:57,304 --> 00:28:59,375
- It's so perfect.
- You got the money now?
571
00:29:00,507 --> 00:29:01,986
No, not even close.
572
00:29:02,309 --> 00:29:03,982
You're going to steal it, Daddy?
573
00:29:05,045 --> 00:29:08,049
No! How do you think of things like that?
574
00:29:08,549 --> 00:29:09,755
She don't know.
575
00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:12,192
So how are you gonna get the ring, Daddy?
576
00:29:16,123 --> 00:29:18,160
It's our turn to sacrifice.
577
00:29:20,627 --> 00:29:21,799
Oh, no.
578
00:29:22,529 --> 00:29:24,509
No, not my shiny red shoes.
579
00:29:24,665 --> 00:29:27,145
We ain't getting no presents
for Christmas, Daddy?
580
00:29:29,636 --> 00:29:30,876
No store bought?
581
00:29:31,038 --> 00:29:33,780
- No toy truck?
- No Betsy Wetsy?
582
00:29:39,747 --> 00:29:40,782
We gotta choose.
583
00:29:41,782 --> 00:29:43,022
Us or Mama?
584
00:29:43,684 --> 00:29:45,891
Show of hands for getting Mama the ring.
585
00:30:03,570 --> 00:30:05,072
Oh, shoot fire.
586
00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:08,014
Come here, Dolly.
587
00:30:10,577 --> 00:30:11,888
Why does Dolly get all the loving
588
00:30:11,912 --> 00:30:14,188
when she's the last living one
to raise her hand?
589
00:30:14,915 --> 00:30:19,057
'Cause I know how hard it was for Dolly
to give up those shiny red shoes.
590
00:30:22,756 --> 00:30:24,997
I've never been more proud
of y'all than right now.
591
00:30:26,393 --> 00:30:29,567
DOLLY: But giving up our store bought
presents wasn't enough.
592
00:30:29,730 --> 00:30:32,176
While Mama thought we were
rehearsing for the pageant,
593
00:30:32,332 --> 00:30:34,744
we were planning ways to make extra money
594
00:30:34,902 --> 00:30:37,439
including selling Mama's canned goods.
595
00:30:37,871 --> 00:30:43,048
I used to stand on the corner
When I was a child.
596
00:30:45,879 --> 00:30:50,726
And I'd play my guitar
And sing as the people went by.
597
00:30:53,387 --> 00:30:55,094
The sidewalks were crowded.
598
00:30:55,255 --> 00:30:57,132
But I'd just sing louder
599
00:30:57,291 --> 00:30:59,703
'Cause I didn't mind.
600
00:31:01,528 --> 00:31:05,032
Spending my time
Just spinning my rhymes.
601
00:31:05,199 --> 00:31:08,840
And singing
For nickels and dimes.
602
00:31:10,404 --> 00:31:11,940
Nickels and dimes.
603
00:31:12,106 --> 00:31:16,714
A song at a time
For nickels and dimes.
604
00:31:17,945 --> 00:31:19,720
A sidewalk rehearsal.
605
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,657
For dreams
That I held in my mind.
606
00:31:25,886 --> 00:31:31,029
So if you remember
A child on the comer of time.
607
00:31:33,827 --> 00:31:35,636
You'll know That I wrote this.
608
00:31:35,796 --> 00:31:38,208
To repay Your nickels and dimes.
609
00:31:41,668 --> 00:31:43,545
Oh nickel: And dimes.
610
00:31:43,704 --> 00:31:48,153
A song at a time
For nickels and dimes.
611
00:31:49,543 --> 00:31:51,352
A sidewalk rehearsal.
612
00:31:51,512 --> 00:31:55,289
For dreams
That I held in my mind.
613
00:31:57,417 --> 00:31:58,987
The sidewalks were crowded.
614
00:31:59,153 --> 00:32:03,226
But I'd just sing louder
'Cause I didn't mind...
615
00:32:03,390 --> 00:32:05,063
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
616
00:32:05,225 --> 00:32:07,171
Just spinning my rhymes.
617
00:32:07,327 --> 00:32:10,399
And singing
For nickels and dimes.
618
00:32:25,245 --> 00:32:26,690
Are you a dream?
619
00:32:26,847 --> 00:32:29,453
Some women say I'm their worst nightmare.
620
00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:32,359
- Are you real?
- Am I real?
621
00:32:33,187 --> 00:32:37,431
Well, let me hold that money can
and you pinch me and see for yourself.
622
00:32:38,292 --> 00:32:39,498
Come on, pinch me.
623
00:32:40,861 --> 00:32:43,432
You see? I'm real as rain.
624
00:32:44,498 --> 00:32:47,536
I wanna look exactly like you
when I grow up.
625
00:32:48,102 --> 00:32:51,413
Well, maybe you will, sweetheart.
626
00:32:51,572 --> 00:32:53,415
Just maybe you will.
627
00:32:55,342 --> 00:32:58,380
Look at that. Looks like you're
making more money than me.
628
00:32:58,579 --> 00:32:59,649
(LAUGHS)
629
00:33:00,314 --> 00:33:01,714
You want me to help you count this?
630
00:33:01,815 --> 00:33:03,817
- Yeah.
- Okay. Let's do it.
631
00:33:08,288 --> 00:33:11,667
Uncle Billy's coming
and Mama wants pickled okra.
632
00:33:12,392 --> 00:33:13,803
This... It's picked clean.
633
00:33:13,961 --> 00:33:15,941
You know we didn't have
enough money for the ring,
634
00:33:16,096 --> 00:33:18,906
so Stella and Bobby sold it all.
635
00:33:20,367 --> 00:33:22,278
The okra was a very popular item.
636
00:33:22,603 --> 00:33:24,276
And how are we supposed to say
637
00:33:24,972 --> 00:33:27,509
"no pickled okra for Uncle Billy"?
638
00:33:28,041 --> 00:33:29,145
(Wens)
639
00:33:33,814 --> 00:33:35,191
Leave it to me.
640
00:33:35,516 --> 00:33:38,690
Dolly Rebecca, you are slow as molasses!
641
00:33:38,852 --> 00:33:40,195
What is taking you so long?
642
00:33:40,354 --> 00:33:41,698
- (YOUNG DOLLY SCREAMS)
- (GLASS SHATTERS)
643
00:33:41,722 --> 00:33:44,259
Don't come down here, Mama!
We got an Armageddon of rats!
644
00:33:44,425 --> 00:33:45,927
Oh, my God! Rats!
645
00:33:47,294 --> 00:33:49,570
Uncle Billy, you didn't forget me.
646
00:33:49,730 --> 00:33:51,266
You are why I'm here, darling.
647
00:33:51,431 --> 00:33:52,933
I'm gonna make you a star.
648
00:33:54,201 --> 00:33:56,321
AVIE LEE: And my mama made me
pick out the switch that
649
00:33:56,370 --> 00:33:59,783
she used on my legs all the way home
and it burned like fire.
650
00:34:03,544 --> 00:34:05,080
You look so tired, Lee.
651
00:34:05,379 --> 00:34:07,019
He cut more than six cords of wood stack.
652
00:34:07,147 --> 00:34:08,751
- Dang, Lee.
- Lee.
653
00:34:08,916 --> 00:34:10,896
Got chores to do. Billy, you wanna come?
654
00:34:11,084 --> 00:34:12,529
I will directly.
655
00:34:12,686 --> 00:34:17,066
But I got a dime for every kid who helps.
656
00:34:17,424 --> 00:34:19,062
- Really?
- Yeah. Yeah.
657
00:34:19,226 --> 00:34:21,186
Billy, Billy,
why don't you hold on to your money?
658
00:34:21,228 --> 00:34:24,588
There might be a lot of disappointed girls
if you can't take 'em to the picture show.
659
00:34:25,599 --> 00:34:26,600
KIDS: Aww...
660
00:34:26,767 --> 00:34:28,578
- Go to bed, kids.
- AVIE LEE: Goodnight, babies.
661
00:34:28,602 --> 00:34:30,013
- Goodnight, Mama.
- I love you.
662
00:34:30,170 --> 00:34:32,411
- STELLA: We'll see you in the morning.
- Sleep tight.
663
00:34:32,573 --> 00:34:33,850
- Night, y'all.
- WILLADEENE: Goodnight.
664
00:34:33,874 --> 00:34:35,914
- Thank you, Willadeene.
- WILLADEEN: Welcome, Mama.
665
00:34:36,510 --> 00:34:37,614
Come on.
666
00:34:38,479 --> 00:34:40,239
- Now, talk.
- WILLADEEN: Stella, get in bed.
667
00:34:40,514 --> 00:34:43,358
- Come on, Dolly.
- L'm coming.
668
00:34:43,684 --> 00:34:47,461
You know, ever since I heard Dolly sing
669
00:34:48,355 --> 00:34:49,857
night of Lee's baptism,
670
00:34:51,291 --> 00:34:53,635
I've been thinking
about taking Dolly on the road.
671
00:34:53,961 --> 00:34:57,374
I mean, she would be just right
for Cas Walker's radio show.
672
00:34:57,731 --> 00:34:59,540
I think that would be
a great start for her.
673
00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:02,469
I got some ideas about her, Avie Lee.
(EXCLAIMS)
674
00:35:02,636 --> 00:35:04,547
She's just a little girl
675
00:35:05,272 --> 00:35:06,945
and this world is such a big old place.
676
00:35:07,107 --> 00:35:08,313
I know, I know.
677
00:35:08,475 --> 00:35:10,148
But I'll be there to look after her.
678
00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:13,754
Better me than some stranger, sis.
679
00:35:15,215 --> 00:35:17,491
'Cause it is gonna happen, Avie Lee.
680
00:35:17,651 --> 00:35:18,925
And you know that, don't you?
681
00:35:20,053 --> 00:35:22,590
I want her to be my little girl
for one more Christmas.
682
00:35:23,357 --> 00:35:25,667
- Promise me.
- Sure, sis.
683
00:35:26,593 --> 00:35:28,664
Yeah. Will Lee agree?
684
00:35:28,829 --> 00:35:31,469
- No way. Never gonna happen.
- Yes, it can.
685
00:35:31,632 --> 00:35:34,442
Listen, I... I got connections
in Nashville, okay?
686
00:35:34,601 --> 00:35:36,444
That can be very helpful.
687
00:35:36,603 --> 00:35:38,207
People are drawn to her, Lee.
688
00:35:38,372 --> 00:35:39,874
I mean, when she sings,
689
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,486
when she flashes
that little smile of hers, Lee,
690
00:35:42,643 --> 00:35:44,452
when she talks her little talk,
people stop...
691
00:35:44,611 --> 00:35:46,818
Hear me, Billy. Dolly ain't going to work.
692
00:35:46,980 --> 00:35:50,723
Daddy, please, I love to sing.
It's all I want to do.
693
00:35:50,884 --> 00:35:52,830
I know I could do a good job
on that radio show.
694
00:35:52,986 --> 00:35:54,124
You don't need a job, Dolly.
695
00:35:54,288 --> 00:35:55,562
Well, she's already got a job.
696
00:35:55,789 --> 00:35:58,101
What, you just want her working
for you for free? Ls that it?
697
00:35:58,125 --> 00:35:59,602
Hey, Billy, it's best you be leaving.
698
00:35:59,626 --> 00:36:01,537
Please don't fight.
I'll work all the jobs.
699
00:36:01,695 --> 00:36:03,174
I love to work.
700
00:36:03,330 --> 00:36:05,332
I hate school. I do, Daddy. You know I do.
701
00:36:05,499 --> 00:36:06,710
I hope you're proud of yourself.
702
00:36:06,734 --> 00:36:08,278
You got a nine-year-old
ready to quit school.
703
00:36:08,302 --> 00:36:10,509
You want her to be uneducated
her whole life?
704
00:36:10,671 --> 00:36:12,981
- Dolly, go to bed.
- Don't tell my kid what to do.
705
00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:15,381
Dolly, go to bed. Now!
706
00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:18,022
- Just remember, we're family.
- Now!
707
00:36:19,313 --> 00:36:21,224
Everybody needs a dream, Daddy!
708
00:36:21,915 --> 00:36:23,326
This is mine!
709
00:36:23,917 --> 00:36:25,419
Don't take it away from me!
710
00:36:26,754 --> 00:36:29,154
You know, Billy, you show up
and you throw your money around,
711
00:36:29,189 --> 00:36:31,032
you get these kids all fired up.
712
00:36:31,191 --> 00:36:32,751
But you're gonna be gone come tomorrow,
713
00:36:32,860 --> 00:36:34,504
and all they're gonna have
is a couple of shiny nickels
714
00:36:34,528 --> 00:36:36,064
and a stinking feeling in their gut
715
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:37,910
that they're never gonna
amount to nothing.
716
00:36:38,032 --> 00:36:40,342
Don't you know dissatisfaction
can ruin a person, Billy?
717
00:36:40,501 --> 00:36:41,639
Yes, I do.
718
00:36:42,269 --> 00:36:44,249
And when did you get
so comfortable with it, Lee?
719
00:36:45,806 --> 00:36:49,117
Dolly was made to perform.
That's who she is.
720
00:36:50,110 --> 00:36:51,350
She has a gift.
721
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,554
Avie Lee had it too.
722
00:36:56,350 --> 00:36:58,091
Now, you want the same life for Dolly?
723
00:37:12,132 --> 00:37:14,408
You can't keep chopping wood
like this, Lee.
724
00:37:14,568 --> 00:37:15,740
You're gonna do damage.
725
00:37:15,903 --> 00:37:17,177
- I mean it.
- L'm done anyway.
726
00:37:17,338 --> 00:37:19,545
Truck won't start,
and no one left to sell wood to.
727
00:37:20,007 --> 00:37:21,953
We're okay. No need to worry.
728
00:37:22,109 --> 00:37:24,453
Well, Billy's right.
I can't even provide for my family.
729
00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:26,591
- He said that?
- He didn't say it, Avie Lee,
730
00:37:26,747 --> 00:37:29,023
- but he thinks it.
- He better not say that.
731
00:37:29,216 --> 00:37:31,662
What kind of man can't
give his family a Christmas?
732
00:37:32,553 --> 00:37:34,897
That's not true.
They get a present every year.
733
00:37:35,055 --> 00:37:36,728
Oh, stop, Avie Lee. One present?
734
00:37:36,890 --> 00:37:38,370
You think that's all I want for them?
735
00:37:38,492 --> 00:37:40,199
They are happy. That's what matters.
736
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,237
- Dolly ain't.
- Dolly's different.
737
00:37:42,396 --> 00:37:43,932
It ain't presents that make her happy.
738
00:37:44,164 --> 00:37:46,144
Yeah, tell that to
the shiny red shoes she wants.
739
00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:49,372
Dolly's like a bird.
If it's shiny, she wants it.
740
00:37:49,536 --> 00:37:52,710
But it ain't getting that makes
Dolly happy, it's giving.
741
00:37:52,873 --> 00:37:55,547
When she sings,
she gives everything she has.
742
00:37:55,709 --> 00:37:58,622
Even if nobody's watching.
That's what makes Dolly happy.
743
00:37:58,779 --> 00:38:00,986
Making other people happy,
that's her gift.
744
00:38:01,181 --> 00:38:03,354
Hmm. I see Billy's convinced you too, huh?
745
00:38:04,218 --> 00:38:05,929
Look, Avie Lee,
sometimes you gotta do things
746
00:38:05,953 --> 00:38:07,159
you never thought you would do
747
00:38:07,321 --> 00:38:08,665
'cause you can't see any way around it
748
00:38:08,689 --> 00:38:10,409
to get where you wanna go
when you're a man.
749
00:38:10,524 --> 00:38:12,128
What kind of crazy talk is that?
750
00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:16,467
I'm leaving tonight.
751
00:38:21,001 --> 00:38:22,881
- I can't abide this. I won't.
- Mind's made up.
752
00:38:23,037 --> 00:38:24,717
You promised me when Willadeene was a baby
753
00:38:24,838 --> 00:38:26,116
- that you would not go to these mines.
- I know.
754
00:38:26,140 --> 00:38:28,051
And now we got seven more in there
and you mean to tell me
755
00:38:28,075 --> 00:38:29,955
you wanna go to
the most dangerous job on earth?
756
00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:31,354
Look, they pay in two weeks
what it takes me
757
00:38:31,378 --> 00:38:32,686
three months to earn out here.
758
00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:34,459
We are doing just fine.
759
00:38:34,615 --> 00:38:36,151
I'm tired of doing just fine.
760
00:38:36,316 --> 00:38:38,516
- Don't you want anything...
- I have everything I need.
761
00:38:38,652 --> 00:38:41,098
Lam tired of seeing them do without.
It's killing me.
762
00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:43,968
This is about your pride,
Lee Parton, not about us.
763
00:38:44,291 --> 00:38:46,498
Well, I'm doing what I think
is best for this family.
764
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,338
(Wens)
765
00:38:56,136 --> 00:38:58,878
AVIE LEE: Kids, get up.
Your daddy's leaving.
766
00:39:01,508 --> 00:39:02,816
Are you gonna die?
767
00:39:02,977 --> 00:39:04,547
Stella, no one's dying.
768
00:39:05,145 --> 00:39:06,825
Are you gonna be home
for Christmas, Daddy?
769
00:39:06,914 --> 00:39:08,434
Of course, I'll be home for Christmas.
770
00:39:08,482 --> 00:39:10,928
- Yeah, are you?
- I promise.
771
00:39:11,585 --> 00:39:12,893
I'll miss you.
772
00:39:13,987 --> 00:39:15,295
Where's Dolly?
773
00:39:15,556 --> 00:39:17,627
She didn't wanna say goodbye.
774
00:39:19,793 --> 00:39:22,296
- Watch after all of them now.
- You know I will.
775
00:39:23,130 --> 00:39:24,370
Come home safe, Daddy.
776
00:39:25,099 --> 00:39:26,271
You're my angel now.
777
00:39:30,504 --> 00:39:32,347
Hey, now, David.
778
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:34,918
You're the man of the house
while I'm gone, right?
779
00:39:34,942 --> 00:39:36,683
- Yes, sir.
- All right. You protect them.
780
00:39:36,844 --> 00:39:38,482
Yes, sir. Don't get hurt.
781
00:39:39,079 --> 00:39:40,217
Not planning to.
782
00:39:44,585 --> 00:39:45,723
I love you, Daddy.
783
00:39:48,789 --> 00:39:51,099
- You're gonna be okay, right, Daddy?
- I promise.
784
00:39:52,626 --> 00:39:53,934
There you go.
785
00:39:54,094 --> 00:39:56,597
Avie Lee, I'll be back real soon.
786
00:39:56,930 --> 00:39:58,739
But in my vision,
787
00:39:59,366 --> 00:40:00,743
you weren't here.
788
00:40:01,602 --> 00:40:04,708
It was just me and these babies
dying alone.
789
00:40:05,406 --> 00:40:06,714
And now you're leaving.
790
00:40:07,574 --> 00:40:10,817
Them's just nightmares, Avie Lee,
nothing more.
791
00:40:16,550 --> 00:40:17,585
Back before you know it.
792
00:40:22,122 --> 00:40:24,659
DOLLY: Christmas was only
a week and a half away.
793
00:40:24,825 --> 00:40:26,304
Uncle Billy had left,
794
00:40:26,460 --> 00:40:28,406
and now with Daddy leaving,
795
00:40:28,562 --> 00:40:30,633
my little heart was breaking.
796
00:40:30,798 --> 00:40:32,869
And Mama felt it too.
797
00:40:36,804 --> 00:40:39,011
What do ya say, buddy? First day?
798
00:40:40,607 --> 00:40:42,018
It shows, huh?
799
00:40:42,176 --> 00:40:44,122
I wouldn't play poker if I were you.
800
00:40:44,278 --> 00:40:47,282
I seen a lot of men come through this line
about to lose their lunch.
801
00:40:47,448 --> 00:40:49,894
Been working these mines since I was 16.
802
00:40:50,050 --> 00:40:52,997
Tried to find other work,
but always end up back here in the hole.
803
00:40:53,153 --> 00:40:54,564
Expect they'll bury me here.
804
00:40:55,689 --> 00:40:57,634
Well, better get in there.
They don't pay us to talk.
805
00:40:57,658 --> 00:40:58,898
Wish they did though.
806
00:40:59,059 --> 00:41:00,800
I'd be a rich man!
807
00:41:01,428 --> 00:41:03,066
Might want to tum that light on.
808
00:41:03,230 --> 00:41:05,267
Gets a little dark in here.
809
00:41:12,473 --> 00:41:14,248
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
810
00:41:18,579 --> 00:41:21,492
Here I am, Miss Moody, ready to clean.
811
00:41:21,649 --> 00:41:24,220
- Thank you for hiring me.
- You're welcome, Dolly.
812
00:41:24,385 --> 00:41:25,921
I can sure use the help.
813
00:41:26,086 --> 00:41:28,828
So much to do to get ready for Christmas.
814
00:41:32,192 --> 00:41:33,398
WOW!
815
00:41:34,728 --> 00:41:35,729
(EXCLAIMS)
816
00:41:43,237 --> 00:41:44,272
(BELL JINGLES)
817
00:41:50,577 --> 00:41:52,955
- What's she doing here?
- I was thinking the same thing.
818
00:41:53,113 --> 00:41:55,252
- Well, I ain't leaving.
- Me neither.
819
00:41:55,416 --> 00:41:57,896
Well, then maybe I'll just have
to reconsider this job.
820
00:41:58,052 --> 00:41:59,622
Ring or no ring for my mama.
821
00:41:59,787 --> 00:42:01,630
Well, then maybe I'll just
have to let Judy
822
00:42:01,789 --> 00:42:04,235
go through my movie magazines
and put them in order.
823
00:42:07,628 --> 00:42:10,438
Oh. I better do that, Miss Moody.
824
00:42:11,065 --> 00:42:13,944
She wouldn't know Marilyn Monroe
from Carmen Miranda.
825
00:42:14,702 --> 00:42:16,909
Good. Well, girls,
I've got some errands to run,
826
00:42:17,071 --> 00:42:18,914
but I've left some lunch on the table.
827
00:42:19,707 --> 00:42:22,415
I believe you two have
some things to work out?
828
00:42:23,210 --> 00:42:24,211
(DOOR OPENS)
829
00:42:27,881 --> 00:42:28,882
(DOOR CLOSES)
830
00:42:45,599 --> 00:42:47,579
What kind of contraption's that?
831
00:42:48,168 --> 00:42:49,408
Dirt sucker.
832
00:42:49,903 --> 00:42:53,441
Sweeps it up and traps the dirt
right inside this box.
833
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:00,652
(GASPS)
834
00:43:03,751 --> 00:43:05,025
Look at that.
835
00:43:07,187 --> 00:43:08,188
WOW!
836
00:43:16,130 --> 00:43:17,302
(GASPS)
837
00:43:23,504 --> 00:43:25,484
(SYMPHONIC MUSIC PLAYING)
838
00:43:48,195 --> 00:43:51,267
Miss Moody must be
the richest woman in the world!
839
00:43:53,267 --> 00:43:54,439
Do you believe this?
840
00:43:54,601 --> 00:43:57,138
She got her own private foot washer!
841
00:43:57,304 --> 00:43:59,648
(LAUGHING) That's not a foot washer.
842
00:43:59,807 --> 00:44:02,447
It's an outhouse,
only inside of the house.
843
00:44:05,045 --> 00:44:06,080
Oh, no!
844
00:44:07,714 --> 00:44:09,591
- (GROANING m DISGUST)
- (LAUGHING)
845
00:44:12,252 --> 00:44:15,256
For someone who's smart,
you sure do some dumb things.
846
00:44:16,757 --> 00:44:19,294
I'm smart enough to know
who my best friend is.
847
00:44:20,661 --> 00:44:23,870
You was right.
I weren't thinking about you.
848
00:44:24,031 --> 00:44:25,510
I was thinking about me.
849
00:44:25,966 --> 00:44:27,343
But not like you think.
850
00:44:28,202 --> 00:44:31,945
Truth is, it wasn't at all about me
looking down on you being a donkey.
851
00:44:32,573 --> 00:44:33,813
What was it?
852
00:44:35,242 --> 00:44:37,244
It was about me not wanting to be alone.
853
00:44:38,212 --> 00:44:41,716
Not wanting to stand up there with Rudy
without you by my side.
854
00:44:44,652 --> 00:44:46,131
I wanted you to shine too.
855
00:44:47,788 --> 00:44:50,325
You shine enough
for the both of us, Dolly.
856
00:44:51,492 --> 00:44:54,473
But why don't you wanna be seen, Judy?
857
00:44:55,129 --> 00:44:57,234
Fixed up, you'd be right pretty.
858
00:44:57,965 --> 00:44:59,376
And you're smarter than anybody.
859
00:44:59,733 --> 00:45:01,110
I just don't understand.
860
00:45:02,169 --> 00:45:03,443
I know you don't.
861
00:45:03,904 --> 00:45:05,679
You've been petted your whole life.
862
00:45:07,541 --> 00:45:09,043
But where I'm from,
863
00:45:10,010 --> 00:45:11,683
being invisible...
864
00:45:13,447 --> 00:45:15,222
It's a survival skill.
865
00:45:19,987 --> 00:45:22,058
L... I got to go, Dolly.
866
00:45:22,222 --> 00:45:25,203
Take my share of the cleaning money
for Miss Avie Lee's ring.
867
00:45:25,826 --> 00:45:26,861
But...
868
00:45:27,761 --> 00:45:28,899
Judy.
869
00:45:31,165 --> 00:45:32,166
(DOOR CLOSES)
870
00:45:39,139 --> 00:45:40,709
- Hey, Daddy.
- Hey.
871
00:45:40,874 --> 00:45:42,376
I come bearing gifts.
872
00:45:44,178 --> 00:45:45,680
You spring cleaning in the winter?
873
00:45:45,946 --> 00:45:48,688
No, just getting ready
for the big Christmas pageant.
874
00:45:49,049 --> 00:45:51,393
No rest for the wicked then.
875
00:45:52,853 --> 00:45:54,423
I made your favorite.
876
00:45:54,588 --> 00:45:55,999
My special molasses cake.
877
00:45:56,457 --> 00:45:57,561
What's wrong?
878
00:45:58,459 --> 00:46:02,202
Now, can't I come to my daddy's church
without it being a special event?
879
00:46:08,969 --> 00:46:10,209
Why are you here?
880
00:46:12,272 --> 00:46:14,411
I don't know what's wrong with me, Daddy.
881
00:46:16,477 --> 00:46:19,014
- You miss your husband.
- Something terrible.
882
00:46:20,814 --> 00:46:22,919
When he's here,
I feel like everything's fine.
883
00:46:23,083 --> 00:46:26,929
But without him,
I'm just scared all the time.
884
00:46:27,221 --> 00:46:29,565
Lee told me that you were having dreams.
885
00:46:29,723 --> 00:46:31,134
You still having them?
886
00:46:31,959 --> 00:46:33,097
- Most nights.
- Yeah?
887
00:46:33,260 --> 00:46:34,534
But Lee don't know.
888
00:46:34,695 --> 00:46:37,073
What is God saying to me, Daddy?
889
00:46:37,231 --> 00:46:39,268
Why would he give me
such terrible visions?
890
00:46:39,433 --> 00:46:40,878
Is he testing me?
891
00:46:41,468 --> 00:46:43,311
Or preparing you for something.
892
00:46:45,372 --> 00:46:47,010
That is what I'm afraid of.
893
00:46:48,242 --> 00:46:51,712
There are some things I can't face
with or without God, Daddy. I can't.
894
00:46:52,146 --> 00:46:55,286
Avie Lee, people think that the Bible says
895
00:46:55,449 --> 00:46:57,588
that God won't give us
any more than we can bear.
896
00:46:57,951 --> 00:46:59,294
That isn't what it says.
897
00:47:00,187 --> 00:47:02,428
People face the unbearable every day.
898
00:47:03,157 --> 00:47:06,138
But he gives us a way to face anything.
899
00:47:08,796 --> 00:47:10,537
You still believe that, baby girl?
900
00:47:13,267 --> 00:47:15,372
- Well, I'm trying.
- Yeah.
901
00:47:16,437 --> 00:47:20,283
(YOUNG DOLLY SINGING)
Away in a manger.
902
00:47:20,441 --> 00:47:23,752
No crib for his bed.
903
00:47:23,911 --> 00:47:27,723
The little Lord Jesus.
904
00:47:27,881 --> 00:47:31,192
Laid down his sweet head.
905
00:47:31,351 --> 00:47:35,299
The stars in the sky.
906
00:47:35,456 --> 00:47:38,801
Looked down where he lay.
907
00:47:38,959 --> 00:47:42,805
The little lord Jesus.
908
00:47:42,963 --> 00:47:46,001
Asleep on the...
909
00:47:46,166 --> 00:47:47,509
Hey!
910
00:47:49,770 --> 00:47:54,515
You know, if I ever had a little girl,
I'd want her to be just like you.
911
00:47:55,242 --> 00:47:56,448
Ma'am.
912
00:47:56,610 --> 00:47:59,853
I have never even seen
a $20 bill in my whole life.
913
00:48:00,314 --> 00:48:02,885
Well, with that voice
and that spunk of yours,
914
00:48:03,050 --> 00:48:05,894
you're gonna be seeing
a lot of them in your lifetime.
915
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,095
Thank you, thank you.
916
00:48:08,455 --> 00:48:09,798
You don't know what this means.
917
00:48:09,957 --> 00:48:13,200
I can still remember
when a $20 changed my life.
918
00:48:13,727 --> 00:48:16,207
What are you doing out here
alone in this cold?
919
00:48:16,497 --> 00:48:17,737
Where's your daddy?
920
00:48:18,465 --> 00:48:21,878
He's gone off to work at the mines
to get Mama a wedding ring for Christmas.
921
00:48:22,036 --> 00:48:23,777
And I give up my shiny red shoes,
922
00:48:23,937 --> 00:48:26,213
and all my brothers and sisters
gave up their one
923
00:48:26,373 --> 00:48:27,579
store-bought present too.
924
00:48:27,741 --> 00:48:31,245
'Cause Mama's had nine of us,
excepting little Larry who died.
925
00:48:31,412 --> 00:48:33,255
And she never even got
so much as a new dress
926
00:48:33,414 --> 00:48:34,893
or a pair of shoes since.
927
00:48:35,049 --> 00:48:39,225
Well, if you was to put that to music,
you'd have yourself a country hit.
928
00:48:39,386 --> 00:48:40,831
That's what I want to do!
929
00:48:41,689 --> 00:48:44,533
But my daddy won't let me.
He just wants me to be...
930
00:48:44,691 --> 00:48:46,967
What? His little girl?
931
00:48:47,127 --> 00:48:50,597
All daddies want that,
no matter how big you get.
932
00:48:50,965 --> 00:48:53,002
That's why this $20 means so much.
933
00:48:53,167 --> 00:48:56,546
If I can get that ring for Mama,
Daddy can come home for Christmas.
934
00:48:57,137 --> 00:48:58,980
Wouldn't that be nice?
935
00:48:59,139 --> 00:49:00,812
You get away from her!
936
00:49:00,974 --> 00:49:02,954
Why, this is a child of God.
937
00:49:03,110 --> 00:49:05,283
She don't want your dirty money.
938
00:49:05,512 --> 00:49:08,356
Yes, I do. That's my money! I earned it!
939
00:49:08,515 --> 00:49:11,655
Look, I don't want no trouble,
but she's right. She earned it.
940
00:49:11,819 --> 00:49:12,957
But you didn't.
941
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,361
Coming around decent folks all painted up
942
00:49:15,522 --> 00:49:18,298
sticking out everywhere, up to no good!
943
00:49:18,459 --> 00:49:20,461
So get and don't come back!
944
00:49:20,627 --> 00:49:23,904
You and that broom
make a good team, you old witch.
945
00:49:24,064 --> 00:49:27,068
It's prudish old biddies like you
that keep me in business.
946
00:49:27,234 --> 00:49:29,407
- Now get!
- L'm sorry, darling.
947
00:49:33,273 --> 00:49:35,810
How can you do that?
That lady was my friend.
948
00:49:35,976 --> 00:49:38,183
That was no lady.
949
00:49:45,019 --> 00:49:47,465
And the pretty lady
with the fancy car was so nice,
950
00:49:47,621 --> 00:49:50,864
but Mrs. Bass
just swept her away like trash.
951
00:49:51,025 --> 00:49:52,971
You know, Uncle Billy sees my destiny.
952
00:49:53,127 --> 00:49:54,970
Now he's gone back to Knoxville forever.
953
00:49:55,129 --> 00:49:56,836
Daddy's gone and it looks like
954
00:49:56,997 --> 00:49:59,170
now Mama won't ever get a ring
for Christmas.
955
00:49:59,833 --> 00:50:02,109
The world just seems
so confusing, Miss Moody.
956
00:50:02,369 --> 00:50:04,610
Like there's no beauty anymore,
957
00:50:04,772 --> 00:50:06,217
and no answers in sight.
958
00:50:07,574 --> 00:50:10,919
Before I take you home,
I have something to show you.
959
00:50:31,332 --> 00:50:33,812
Whoa, a treasure chest of jewels!
960
00:50:34,635 --> 00:50:36,478
You's rich, ain't you, Miss Moody?
961
00:50:37,137 --> 00:50:38,946
Lord, no, far from it.
962
00:50:40,307 --> 00:50:43,811
When my mother and father died,
they left me with a few things.
963
00:50:43,978 --> 00:50:48,017
Like this house,
a little bit of money and...
964
00:50:49,283 --> 00:50:50,626
This.
965
00:50:50,985 --> 00:50:52,123
(YOUNG DOLLY GASPS)
966
00:50:52,352 --> 00:50:53,353
It belonged to
967
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,729
my great-great-great grandmother
from Scotland.
968
00:50:57,191 --> 00:50:58,693
She had Viking blood.
969
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:01,296
It's been worn on the wedding dress
970
00:51:01,462 --> 00:51:05,069
of every woman in my family
for five generations.
971
00:51:06,233 --> 00:51:07,837
You'll be next, Miss Moody.
972
00:51:09,002 --> 00:51:13,781
I wear it every Christmas
to honor the women in my family.
973
00:51:15,142 --> 00:51:18,749
But whenever I feel confused or sad,
974
00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:20,882
and I want to feel better,
975
00:51:21,949 --> 00:51:24,828
I hold it in my hand
just like you are now.
976
00:51:26,153 --> 00:51:27,962
Because that brooch
977
00:51:28,122 --> 00:51:31,797
holds all of the hopes and dreams
of the women in my family.
978
00:51:33,227 --> 00:51:34,535
And then I feel better.
979
00:51:35,963 --> 00:51:37,306
Strong.
980
00:51:38,198 --> 00:51:40,144
That's how I want you to feel, Dolly,
981
00:51:41,135 --> 00:51:45,242
because that is what you are
to your family.
982
00:51:46,373 --> 00:51:48,979
Their strong little jewel, shining bright.
983
00:51:50,277 --> 00:51:51,722
So don't ever give up.
984
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:54,216
Even when things get hard.
985
00:51:56,416 --> 00:51:58,726
Is that why you chose me
for Mary, Miss Moody?
986
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,095
I'd like to think so.
987
00:52:02,256 --> 00:52:04,862
But in light of recent rehearsals,
988
00:52:05,025 --> 00:52:08,871
I'd say it was more a case
of temporary insanity.
989
00:52:09,063 --> 00:52:10,633
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
990
00:52:23,544 --> 00:52:26,354
I used to think you was
a big meanie, Miss Moody.
991
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:30,657
Now I know
you is the one with a heart like Mary.
992
00:52:30,818 --> 00:52:32,661
Accepting and full of love.
993
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:34,531
And I'm not gonna give up.
994
00:52:35,322 --> 00:52:39,099
On Daddy, on Judy, on the ring for Mama.
995
00:52:39,493 --> 00:52:40,494
Hmm.
996
00:52:40,995 --> 00:52:43,475
And I'm never gonna give up on my dream.
997
00:52:44,031 --> 00:52:45,203
That's my girl.
998
00:52:45,999 --> 00:52:48,036
Get your coat. Go on.
999
00:52:56,443 --> 00:52:58,286
(CLANGING)
1000
00:53:02,149 --> 00:53:03,526
You do time, Lee?
1001
00:53:04,818 --> 00:53:07,799
Got a sick mama? Nah, nah, nah.
1002
00:53:08,122 --> 00:53:10,227
Don't tell me, don't tell me,
don't tell me.
1003
00:53:10,391 --> 00:53:12,071
- Ten kids and a shack.
- Eight and a farm.
1004
00:53:12,226 --> 00:53:14,797
I knew it.
What the hell you doing down here?
1005
00:53:14,962 --> 00:53:18,034
Saw a girl see a ring.
I want to get it for her.
1006
00:53:18,198 --> 00:53:20,906
- Well, I hope she's worth it.
- Yeah, she's worth it.
1007
00:53:24,772 --> 00:53:26,649
Count it again, please.
1008
00:53:27,107 --> 00:53:29,849
And this time, add back my $20 you took.
1009
00:53:30,010 --> 00:53:31,546
I've counted it already.
1010
00:53:31,712 --> 00:53:34,556
I'm sorry, honey.
You just don't have enough.
1011
00:53:34,715 --> 00:53:38,128
Please understand, Dolly.
This is not personal, it's business.
1012
00:53:38,285 --> 00:53:42,256
I'm sure when your daddy returns,
he'll make up the difference.
1013
00:53:43,423 --> 00:53:44,993
Does that cover it, Mrs. Bass?
1014
00:53:46,927 --> 00:53:48,406
More than cover it.
1015
00:53:48,562 --> 00:53:51,202
But you can't do that, Miss Moody.
1016
00:53:51,365 --> 00:53:52,844
You have to wear it at your wedding.
1017
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,139
Oh, Dolly, I'm 26 years old.
1018
00:53:55,302 --> 00:53:57,839
Already an old maid. I'll never marry.
1019
00:53:58,005 --> 00:54:00,417
Besides, Mrs. Bass
has always admired it so.
1020
00:54:00,574 --> 00:54:02,076
But the women in your family.
1021
00:54:02,710 --> 00:54:04,849
The Vikings, your comfort when you're sad.
1022
00:54:05,012 --> 00:54:06,855
What will you do
without your beautiful brooch?
1023
00:54:07,014 --> 00:54:08,550
I'll have you, Dolly.
1024
00:54:09,083 --> 00:54:12,064
You and the other children
are like my sons and daughters.
1025
00:54:12,353 --> 00:54:15,061
What else would this be for
but to share with my family?
1026
00:54:16,257 --> 00:54:17,827
So what's it worth, Mrs. Bass?
1027
00:54:17,991 --> 00:54:20,665
- Well...
- It's priceless, that's what.
1028
00:54:21,295 --> 00:54:24,037
So let's just start where
you've done gone wrong, Mrs. Bass.
1029
00:54:24,231 --> 00:54:26,268
First off, that was my $20.
1030
00:54:26,433 --> 00:54:28,606
I earned it singing, fair and square.
1031
00:54:28,836 --> 00:54:31,749
Now, you say you'd make that right
by subtracting it from the total.
1032
00:54:31,905 --> 00:54:33,111
So don't be adding it back in
1033
00:54:33,273 --> 00:54:35,412
now that you got
Miss Moody's priceless jewel.
1034
00:54:35,576 --> 00:54:39,080
Besides that, it still don't fix
the snatching-it-from-me part.
1035
00:54:39,246 --> 00:54:41,317
Second off, you've been charging too much
1036
00:54:41,482 --> 00:54:42,927
for that ring from the get go.
1037
00:54:43,150 --> 00:54:44,458
And third Off,
1038
00:54:44,618 --> 00:54:48,566
Miss Moody's brooch is a pure gift
from her heart.
1039
00:54:49,156 --> 00:54:51,136
Her sacrifice, it's valuable.
1040
00:54:52,259 --> 00:54:53,670
So here's what I'm about to offer.
1041
00:54:54,461 --> 00:54:56,737
You give me Mama's ring
and a second ring for Daddy...
1042
00:54:56,897 --> 00:54:58,968
- "Second ring"?
- Oh, yes.
1043
00:54:59,133 --> 00:55:00,373
By my figuring,
1044
00:55:00,534 --> 00:55:03,140
this money, the $20 you stole,
1045
00:55:03,303 --> 00:55:05,249
the priceless jewel of Miss Moody,
1046
00:55:05,405 --> 00:55:06,975
the pain and suffering
1047
00:55:07,141 --> 00:55:09,883
all the extra business
I brung in here from my singing
1048
00:55:10,044 --> 00:55:13,753
plus, this here sack of money
from my brothers and sisters,
1049
00:55:13,914 --> 00:55:15,985
why, that's good for
two rings and then some.
1050
00:55:17,251 --> 00:55:19,891
Now I'm guessing you wanna be
on the right side of things.
1051
00:55:20,754 --> 00:55:23,633
So there's one last thing I need to know.
1052
00:55:25,025 --> 00:55:26,868
Do you have a pair of shiny red shoes?
1053
00:55:27,161 --> 00:55:29,038
"Red shiny shoes"?
1054
00:55:29,430 --> 00:55:31,467
No. No, I don't.
1055
00:55:31,698 --> 00:55:33,974
Mmm. That is mighty disappointing.
1056
00:55:34,902 --> 00:55:39,373
Well, I'll take Mama's ring
and this big one for Daddy,
1057
00:55:39,540 --> 00:55:41,986
and we'll just settle up
on the rest another time, then.
1058
00:55:42,142 --> 00:55:43,712
"The rest"? Wait!
1059
00:55:43,877 --> 00:55:45,356
I owe you money?
1060
00:55:46,547 --> 00:55:49,960
Mrs. Bass, Miss Moody has taught me
1061
00:55:50,117 --> 00:55:52,119
the true meaning of Christmas,
1062
00:55:52,286 --> 00:55:54,766
her brooch being a pure gift
from her heart.
1063
00:55:55,289 --> 00:55:56,734
So in honor of the Lord,
1064
00:55:56,890 --> 00:55:59,461
this season and Miss Moody,
1065
00:55:59,627 --> 00:56:01,698
I won't be charging any interest.
1066
00:56:03,998 --> 00:56:07,275
Oh, and Mrs. Bass, please understand.
1067
00:56:07,701 --> 00:56:10,477
"It's not personal, it's just business."
1068
00:56:12,439 --> 00:56:13,440
(SCOFFS)
1069
00:56:14,942 --> 00:56:16,615
Let me get you Goody's Powder.
1070
00:56:17,077 --> 00:56:18,078
(enemas)
1071
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,159
It helps.
1072
00:56:23,450 --> 00:56:25,225
So you got two?
1073
00:56:25,386 --> 00:56:26,990
- Is the other one...
- For Daddy.
1074
00:56:27,488 --> 00:56:29,728
Didn't I tell you this is
going to be the best Christmas?
1075
00:56:30,124 --> 00:56:31,626
You know what this means, don't you?
1076
00:56:31,792 --> 00:56:33,829
That you're going to jail, most likely.
1077
00:56:38,032 --> 00:56:39,306
Grandpa, we did it.
1078
00:56:39,466 --> 00:56:41,503
We got Mama her ring and Daddy one too,
1079
00:56:41,669 --> 00:56:43,046
with help from Miss Moody.
1080
00:56:44,438 --> 00:56:45,610
Miss Moody, thank you.
1081
00:56:45,940 --> 00:56:48,386
Thank you for all you do
for my daughter's family.
1082
00:56:49,310 --> 00:56:52,348
Pastor Jake, I don't believe
I'd ever be able to teach
1083
00:56:52,513 --> 00:56:54,891
what I have learned from
your grandchildren's sacrifice.
1084
00:56:55,416 --> 00:56:58,158
They are the purest embodiment
of the Christmas spirit.
1085
00:57:00,220 --> 00:57:03,633
Well, we all say that it's more
blessed to give than receive,
1086
00:57:03,791 --> 00:57:06,499
but, y'all are living it.
1087
00:57:07,194 --> 00:57:09,231
And your daddy is gonna be so proud.
1088
00:57:09,396 --> 00:57:11,000
And look at this.
1089
00:57:11,699 --> 00:57:14,339
Your mama is gonna be so, so happy.
1090
00:57:14,935 --> 00:57:17,882
Grandpa, Mama won't be happy
1091
00:57:18,806 --> 00:57:20,615
unless Daddy's home for Christmas
1092
00:57:20,975 --> 00:57:22,921
to put this ring on her finger.
1093
00:57:25,446 --> 00:57:27,590
MISS MOODY: Pastor Jake,
do you think you'll still have time
1094
00:57:27,614 --> 00:57:29,093
to stay for the rehearsal today?
1095
00:57:30,484 --> 00:57:31,963
No, I reckon not.
1096
00:57:34,254 --> 00:57:37,235
I'm afraid I'm gonna have
to pass up seeing it today, Miss Moody,
1097
00:57:37,391 --> 00:57:40,167
'cause today I'm gonna have to
go get Lee Parton,
1098
00:57:40,327 --> 00:57:42,933
and bring him home to his family
for Christmas, isn't that right?
1099
00:57:43,163 --> 00:57:44,437
(LAUGHING)
1100
00:57:45,999 --> 00:57:48,639
- Miss Moody, you just carry on.
- Yes, sir.
1101
00:57:48,802 --> 00:57:51,646
I believe this is gonna be
a most blessed Christmas.
1102
00:57:51,805 --> 00:57:53,478
Yes, sir.
1103
00:57:53,641 --> 00:57:56,212
All right, let's see about these costumes.
Come on, Denver.
1104
00:57:59,012 --> 00:58:00,116
(DOOR CLOSES)
1105
00:58:00,915 --> 00:58:02,087
Here.
1106
00:58:03,417 --> 00:58:04,919
An early Christmas present.
1107
00:58:05,552 --> 00:58:06,963
Something you always wanted.
1108
00:58:07,888 --> 00:58:10,061
But I don't have nothing for you.
1109
00:58:12,393 --> 00:58:14,737
They're... They're...
1110
00:58:14,895 --> 00:58:16,966
Shiny red shoes.
1111
00:58:17,798 --> 00:58:19,004
Do you like 'em?
1112
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:22,074
Sure. Sure, I do.
1113
00:58:28,108 --> 00:58:29,451
"JUDY". They were my grandma's.
1114
00:58:29,677 --> 00:58:32,180
I got the red paint
from a man painting stop signs
1115
00:58:32,346 --> 00:58:34,087
on Locust Ridge Road.
1116
00:58:34,248 --> 00:58:36,489
Grandma might have had
the biggest feet in the county.
1117
00:58:36,650 --> 00:58:37,924
In the country.
1118
00:58:38,452 --> 00:58:40,830
Don't you think these will
make you stand out as Mary?
1119
00:58:41,388 --> 00:58:42,492
Yeah.
1120
00:58:42,923 --> 00:58:44,903
If Mary was a circus clown.
1121
00:58:46,594 --> 00:58:48,972
I thought standing out
was important to you.
1122
00:58:49,129 --> 00:58:50,301
That's all.
1123
00:58:57,938 --> 00:59:00,316
I get it. I do.
1124
00:59:01,175 --> 00:59:05,351
I finagled you into playing chief angel
instead of donkey heinie, okay?
1125
00:59:07,381 --> 00:59:08,451
I'm sorry.
1126
00:59:09,516 --> 00:59:10,688
I'm sorry, too.
1127
00:59:13,287 --> 00:59:16,029
- That you don't love these red shoes.
- (LAUGHS)
1128
00:59:16,356 --> 00:59:18,596
I'm sorry your grandma had
the biggest feet in the world.
1129
00:59:18,659 --> 00:59:20,104
I think she was, too.
1130
00:59:20,361 --> 00:59:21,635
(BOTH LAUGHING)
1131
00:59:25,065 --> 00:59:26,510
(WORKERS CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
1132
00:59:31,872 --> 00:59:33,215
You want me to read that for you?
1133
00:59:34,074 --> 00:59:36,782
I've been down here so long,
I got eyes like an owl.
1134
00:59:37,678 --> 00:59:38,918
Yeah, thanks.
1135
00:59:40,647 --> 00:59:41,785
From your wife?
1136
00:59:42,149 --> 00:59:43,150
Mm-hmm.
1137
00:59:45,252 --> 00:59:46,629
"My husband.
1138
00:59:46,787 --> 00:59:48,767
"L know that
whoever is reading this letter
1139
00:59:48,923 --> 00:59:50,869
"is probably a stranger.
1140
00:59:51,025 --> 00:59:53,130
"L pray my husband is safe."
1141
00:59:53,293 --> 00:59:55,398
"L can tell you that
my husband has befriended you"
1142
00:59:55,563 --> 00:59:57,941
"and trusted you enough
to read this letter"
1143
00:59:58,098 --> 00:59:59,805
"because you must be someone
very special."
1144
01:00:00,434 --> 01:00:01,970
So I wanna say, Lee,
1145
01:00:02,136 --> 01:00:04,343
you are the finest man I've ever known.
1146
01:00:05,139 --> 01:00:08,018
Fine on the outside,
which Lord knows you know,
1147
01:00:08,175 --> 01:00:09,711
but also on the inside,
1148
01:00:09,877 --> 01:00:12,756
which sometimes I know you don't.
1149
01:00:12,913 --> 01:00:14,153
But I do.
1150
01:00:14,915 --> 01:00:17,020
I know you can be stubborn and proud.
1151
01:00:17,184 --> 01:00:19,528
I know it takes a lot for you
to bend, Lee Parton,
1152
01:00:19,687 --> 01:00:21,496
but when you recognize the truth,
1153
01:00:21,655 --> 01:00:23,635
you always bend toward it.
1154
01:00:23,790 --> 01:00:26,066
I know that's what makes you beautiful.
1155
01:00:26,226 --> 01:00:29,799
I know I love you
and you know I always will.
1156
01:00:29,964 --> 01:00:32,103
I know that you would die for me,
1157
01:00:32,266 --> 01:00:34,405
but I want you to live for me.
1158
01:00:34,568 --> 01:00:36,138
Come home to me, husband.
1159
01:00:36,904 --> 01:00:38,315
- "Come home."
- Come home.
1160
01:00:39,106 --> 01:00:40,210
"Your wife."
1161
01:00:44,711 --> 01:00:45,917
You wanna write her back?
1162
01:00:46,914 --> 01:00:48,450
She knows what's in my heart.
1163
01:00:54,255 --> 01:00:55,700
(WIND GUSTING)
1164
01:00:58,392 --> 01:00:59,735
Hey, Mama.
1165
01:01:00,527 --> 01:01:02,063
It's snowing.
1166
01:01:03,497 --> 01:01:05,875
Maybe we'll have
a white Christmas after all.
1167
01:01:08,068 --> 01:01:10,346
David, why don't you go on outside
and board up the windows
1168
01:01:10,370 --> 01:01:11,410
to keep the heat in, okay?
1169
01:01:11,538 --> 01:01:13,338
The rest of y'all, come on,
it's time for bed.
1170
01:01:21,582 --> 01:01:23,687
DOLLY: Christmas was only four days away
1171
01:01:23,851 --> 01:01:27,993
and we were so excited
to finally get some snow.
1172
01:01:28,155 --> 01:01:30,192
But we had no idea
1173
01:01:30,357 --> 01:01:33,600
how this storm would affect all our lives.
1174
01:01:51,979 --> 01:01:53,253
Y'all wake up.
1175
01:01:54,615 --> 01:01:55,685
Babies, y'all wake up.
1176
01:01:55,849 --> 01:01:58,659
Hey, wake up. Listen to me.
1177
01:01:58,819 --> 01:02:00,059
Listen here.
1178
01:02:01,855 --> 01:02:02,959
While we were sleeping,
1179
01:02:03,123 --> 01:02:05,399
a snowstorm like we have never seen
1180
01:02:05,559 --> 01:02:07,334
has come through and covered the house.
1181
01:02:07,494 --> 01:02:09,303
Sol need y'all to get up
and help me, okay?
1182
01:02:10,230 --> 01:02:11,641
Yeah, come on.
1183
01:02:15,269 --> 01:02:16,942
It's frozen shut, won't budge.
1184
01:02:18,071 --> 01:02:19,914
We can't get to the well
or to the wood pile.
1185
01:02:20,474 --> 01:02:23,318
Mama, what are we gonna do for heat?
1186
01:02:23,544 --> 01:02:25,546
Dolly, go get all the blankets
1187
01:02:25,713 --> 01:02:28,358
and every stitch of clothes we have
and bring them in the living room.
1188
01:02:28,382 --> 01:02:31,226
- All of them?
- Even your daddy's. Boys, help her.
1189
01:02:31,385 --> 01:02:33,490
Willadeene, go get the baby.
1190
01:02:33,654 --> 01:02:36,567
We're gonna close off this room
and keep the heat in.
1191
01:02:39,026 --> 01:02:41,734
Well, we might be cold,
but we ain't gonna starve.
1192
01:02:41,896 --> 01:02:44,001
We got enough food for months.
1193
01:02:44,164 --> 01:02:46,872
Dolly, go down to the cellar
and get me ajar of okra, baby.
1194
01:02:47,835 --> 01:02:49,246
We have to tell her.
1195
01:02:51,772 --> 01:02:55,242
Dolly, are you listening to me?
Get your little rear downstairs.
1196
01:02:55,409 --> 01:02:56,820
It's all gone.
1197
01:02:58,412 --> 01:02:59,516
What?
1198
01:03:00,113 --> 01:03:02,992
- They sold it all.
- Why would you do that?
1199
01:03:03,317 --> 01:03:05,820
- We didn't know, Mama.
- We're sorry.
1200
01:03:06,787 --> 01:03:09,347
They didn't mean to, Mama.
They just wanted to get you a present.
1201
01:03:32,413 --> 01:03:33,790
Why?
1202
01:03:36,483 --> 01:03:38,520
Why all this?
1203
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:42,964
What glory do you get from us
dying out here alone?
1204
01:03:46,493 --> 01:03:49,872
I have nothing, except you.
1205
01:03:50,931 --> 01:03:53,707
And you say you're all I need.
Well, I need you now.
1206
01:03:56,937 --> 01:03:58,280
I need you now.
1207
01:04:02,610 --> 01:04:04,180
Hey. You sot a pencil?
1208
01:04:04,345 --> 01:04:05,346
Mm-hmm.
1209
01:04:05,579 --> 01:04:07,219
I was thinking to write my wife a letter.
1210
01:04:07,715 --> 01:04:09,126
This is a good place for it.
1211
01:04:09,716 --> 01:04:11,559
A lot of truth gets spoken here.
1212
01:04:11,719 --> 01:04:13,756
Men don't lie in the dark, not down here.
1213
01:04:13,921 --> 01:04:15,401
Just put it on the back side of hers.
1214
01:04:16,623 --> 01:04:17,624
(CLEARS THROAT)
1215
01:04:18,893 --> 01:04:21,737
Dear Avie Lee,
I'm going crazy missing you.
1216
01:04:22,796 --> 01:04:24,901
I'm trying to be the man that you deserve.
1217
01:04:25,799 --> 01:04:27,437
The one I see in your eyes.
1218
01:04:28,335 --> 01:04:29,973
The one that you gave your heart to.
1219
01:04:30,237 --> 01:04:31,545
(RUMBLING)
1220
01:05:04,605 --> 01:05:06,380
What kind of varmint eats pine needles?
1221
01:05:07,074 --> 01:05:10,248
We will, if we get hungry enough,
and be thankful for 'em.
1222
01:05:10,978 --> 01:05:12,753
- Mama?
- (BABY FUSSING)
1223
01:05:13,447 --> 01:05:14,653
Randy's sick.
1224
01:05:26,126 --> 01:05:27,696
He's on fire.
1225
01:05:27,862 --> 01:05:31,105
Don't worry, Mama.
Daddy will be coming home today.
1226
01:05:31,265 --> 01:05:32,437
He'll save us.
1227
01:05:33,033 --> 01:05:34,603
Daddy's not coming home, Dolly.
1228
01:05:34,835 --> 01:05:36,143
He is.
1229
01:05:36,971 --> 01:05:39,645
It's your surprise Christmas present
from Grandpa Jake.
1230
01:05:41,375 --> 01:05:42,376
(Wens)
1231
01:05:42,977 --> 01:05:45,719
DOLLY: But Daddy
didn't come home that day.
1232
01:05:50,884 --> 01:05:52,022
Grandpa Jake held vigil
1233
01:05:52,186 --> 01:05:54,063
while the other miners
pulled the survivors
1234
01:05:54,221 --> 01:05:56,292
from the aftermath of the explosion.
1235
01:05:57,357 --> 01:05:58,768
Need some help over here.
1236
01:06:00,594 --> 01:06:04,906
His heart sank every time he realized
my daddy was not among them.
1237
01:06:10,137 --> 01:06:11,445
You Lee's daddy?
1238
01:06:13,474 --> 01:06:15,147
Yeah, he's my boy.
1239
01:06:16,076 --> 01:06:17,453
I've been waiting for him.
1240
01:06:18,412 --> 01:06:19,652
Name's Floyd.
1241
01:06:21,315 --> 01:06:22,658
Can you give this to his wife?
1242
01:06:23,550 --> 01:06:27,794
His... His last words
before the explosion...
1243
01:06:28,656 --> 01:06:29,862
ls to her.
1244
01:06:36,096 --> 01:06:37,404
Thank you.
1245
01:06:39,900 --> 01:06:43,939
DOLLY: Baby Randy was so sick
and Mama was starting to show the strain.
1246
01:06:44,104 --> 01:06:46,584
David, get me some water.
1247
01:06:48,208 --> 01:06:50,449
Mom, we... We ran out of water.
1248
01:06:54,448 --> 01:06:57,190
Okay, you and Denver go in my bedroom,
1249
01:06:57,351 --> 01:06:59,829
and see if you can break through
a window and get us some snow.
1250
01:06:59,853 --> 01:07:01,230
DENVER: Yes, Mama.
1251
01:07:03,490 --> 01:07:06,528
DOLLY: As the falling snow
continued to bury our cabin,
1252
01:07:06,694 --> 01:07:11,268
the boys tried unsuccessfully
to gather snow from our boarded windows.
1253
01:07:11,632 --> 01:07:13,805
(BANGING)
1254
01:07:16,537 --> 01:07:18,915
With no help inside,
Daddy did what he could
1255
01:07:19,073 --> 01:07:21,553
to free himself from the mine': Grasp.
1256
01:07:21,708 --> 01:07:24,154
But he desperately needed help.
1257
01:08:03,817 --> 01:08:05,421
Lee.
1258
01:08:06,287 --> 01:08:07,561
Lee!
1259
01:08:08,856 --> 01:08:10,301
I'm all right, I'm all right.
1260
01:08:10,958 --> 01:08:12,869
Preacher? Preacher.
1261
01:08:15,930 --> 01:08:17,068
They thought you were lost.
1262
01:08:17,931 --> 01:08:19,774
(CLEARS THROAT)
Of course, I knew better.
1263
01:08:21,068 --> 01:08:22,570
I figured I was a dead man, preacher.
1264
01:08:22,736 --> 01:08:25,649
Then a guy come in and pulled me out,
man named Floyd.
1265
01:08:25,806 --> 01:08:27,342
- Where'd he go?
- Wasn't me.
1266
01:08:27,975 --> 01:08:29,921
I blew clear, walked out alone.
1267
01:08:31,011 --> 01:08:33,571
I was feeling terrible I left you,
but I had to get out of there.
1268
01:08:35,783 --> 01:08:36,853
Sorry, brother.
1269
01:08:37,017 --> 01:08:38,394
It's all right.
1270
01:08:40,621 --> 01:08:42,658
Somebody grabbed a hold of me
in there, preacher,
1271
01:08:42,823 --> 01:08:45,770
and they pulled on me.
Somebody grabbed me.
1272
01:08:45,926 --> 01:08:48,907
God has had his hands on you all along.
1273
01:08:51,098 --> 01:08:52,771
What are you even doing here, preacher?
1274
01:08:53,300 --> 01:08:55,007
Oh. Yeah.
1275
01:08:57,838 --> 01:09:00,944
Dolly said I had to give
this to you, personally.
1276
01:09:03,677 --> 01:09:05,816
- Dolly sent you to get me?
- Yes, sir, she did.
1277
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,023
She said that
1278
01:09:08,816 --> 01:09:12,855
nobody could give that to her mama
on Christmas except you.
1279
01:09:13,020 --> 01:09:14,260
I agreed with her.
1280
01:09:15,122 --> 01:09:16,328
There ain't two like Dolly.
1281
01:09:16,490 --> 01:09:18,936
No, no, no. Lee, there's more.
1282
01:09:19,660 --> 01:09:21,196
It's been on the radio.
1283
01:09:22,029 --> 01:09:25,602
The worst blizzard we've ever seen
is just burying Sevier county.
1284
01:09:26,467 --> 01:09:29,004
- Just like Avie Lee's vision.
- Yes, it is.
1285
01:09:30,337 --> 01:09:33,477
- I gotta get home now, preacher.
- All right, let's go.
1286
01:09:38,145 --> 01:09:39,488
He'!-.
1287
01:09:41,715 --> 01:09:43,319
Hey, Willadeene.
1288
01:09:44,518 --> 01:09:45,622
He'!-.
1289
01:09:46,553 --> 01:09:48,590
I need you to stay strong for me, okay?
1290
01:09:49,390 --> 01:09:51,601
There are some things I need to
tell you about what's to come.
1291
01:09:51,625 --> 01:09:53,195
Ain't nobody coming to save us.
1292
01:09:54,228 --> 01:09:56,105
This is just us,
and this is the worst of it.
1293
01:09:57,164 --> 01:09:58,871
We ain't gonna make it, are we, Mama?
1294
01:09:59,066 --> 01:10:00,568
I don't know.
1295
01:10:03,971 --> 01:10:05,143
I don't know.
1296
01:10:09,610 --> 01:10:10,816
Willadeene.
1297
01:10:12,947 --> 01:10:14,517
I need you to promise me.
1298
01:10:17,251 --> 01:10:19,857
If I'm not here when the time comes,
1299
01:10:24,625 --> 01:10:28,368
will you hold those babies close
so they won't be afraid?
1300
01:10:29,630 --> 01:10:30,768
I will.
1301
01:10:32,833 --> 01:10:34,244
I will, Mama.
1302
01:10:34,902 --> 01:10:36,245
Thank you.
1303
01:10:37,304 --> 01:10:38,510
Thank you, baby.
1304
01:10:38,706 --> 01:10:40,777
But who will hold me?
1305
01:10:42,843 --> 01:10:45,756
Angel. You're not alone.
1306
01:10:46,347 --> 01:10:47,451
Mama's here.
1307
01:10:49,116 --> 01:10:51,653
DOLLY: Daddy and Grandpa Jake
drove all night
1308
01:10:51,819 --> 01:10:54,663
from the coal mines
to our Smoky Mountain cabin.
1309
01:10:56,490 --> 01:10:58,936
They were worried sick
about Mama's visions,
1310
01:10:59,093 --> 01:11:02,666
and how those visions
just might be coming true.
1311
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:08,004
Ain't no car getting through there.
1312
01:11:08,869 --> 01:11:10,871
I'm not too sure about a foot either.
1313
01:11:11,038 --> 01:11:14,076
Look, I know the woods pretty well.
I should be able to pick my way through.
1314
01:11:14,742 --> 01:11:16,415
I shouldn't have left Avie Lee alone.
1315
01:11:16,877 --> 01:11:20,324
She's not alone any more than you were.
1316
01:11:20,914 --> 01:11:22,291
Wait a minute.
1317
01:11:26,487 --> 01:11:29,161
Here, take this with you.
1318
01:11:29,323 --> 01:11:30,883
Preacher, you know I can't read, right?
1319
01:11:30,924 --> 01:11:32,096
Lord don't care about that.
1320
01:11:32,259 --> 01:11:33,636
I don't need the book.
1321
01:11:33,794 --> 01:11:35,000
I've got him in here now.
1322
01:11:37,831 --> 01:11:39,401
God bless you, son.
1323
01:11:45,973 --> 01:11:47,680
DOLLY: We ran out of wood the first day.
1324
01:11:47,841 --> 01:11:50,048
Then the boys broke up
what furniture they could
1325
01:11:50,211 --> 01:11:53,249
to rekindle the fire,
but it just wasn't enough.
1326
01:11:53,414 --> 01:11:56,861
We were so cold that our tears
were freezing on our little faces.
1327
01:11:57,017 --> 01:11:58,155
Are we dead, Mama?
1328
01:11:58,319 --> 01:11:59,855
But no one in the outside world
1329
01:12:00,020 --> 01:12:02,626
knew that we were slowly
but surely gonna die
1330
01:12:02,790 --> 01:12:04,792
unless someone came to save us.
1331
01:12:04,959 --> 01:12:07,462
Mama tried to be brave,
but we knew Mama well enough
1332
01:12:07,628 --> 01:12:09,608
to know that we were in real trouble.
1333
01:12:09,764 --> 01:12:11,243
We are not dead.
1334
01:12:11,398 --> 01:12:14,277
Mama knew that
she was losing her children.
1335
01:12:15,569 --> 01:12:17,810
Oh, Lord.
1336
01:12:18,439 --> 01:12:21,750
We are here, and I don't know
what your plan is for me
1337
01:12:21,909 --> 01:12:23,183
and these children.
1338
01:12:24,178 --> 01:12:26,886
But I choose to believe
that you're gonna save us.
1339
01:12:28,215 --> 01:12:30,388
I choose to believe that, baby.
1340
01:12:30,551 --> 01:12:31,655
I do.
1341
01:12:35,790 --> 01:12:36,928
You know what?
1342
01:12:37,791 --> 01:12:39,429
You know what I wanna do?
1343
01:12:39,593 --> 01:12:42,199
Y'all wake up.
I wanna get y'all close-close.
1344
01:12:42,363 --> 01:12:43,603
Come in, baby.
1345
01:12:44,431 --> 01:12:46,104
Oh, come up.
1346
01:12:46,533 --> 01:12:47,944
Yes, come in, darling.
1347
01:12:48,102 --> 01:12:50,844
- Is this a game, Mama?
- No.
1348
01:12:51,438 --> 01:12:54,009
No. You know what I wanna do?
1349
01:12:55,776 --> 01:12:57,687
I wanna sing y'all
1350
01:12:58,813 --> 01:13:01,020
a song about a special story.
1351
01:13:04,485 --> 01:13:08,865
Circle of love.
1352
01:13:10,191 --> 01:13:13,832
Halo of light.
1353
01:13:14,995 --> 01:13:18,704
When Jesus was born.
1354
01:13:20,501 --> 01:13:24,039
On that Christmas night.
1355
01:13:26,807 --> 01:13:31,552
And oh what a night.
1356
01:13:32,846 --> 01:13:38,558
That Holy night was.
1357
01:13:39,553 --> 01:13:43,160
When Bethlehem glowed.
1358
01:13:44,992 --> 01:13:48,462
In the circle of love.
1359
01:14:11,552 --> 01:14:12,826
Mama.
1360
01:14:14,021 --> 01:14:15,364
It's warm.
1361
01:14:15,523 --> 01:14:16,900
Are we in heaven?
1362
01:14:18,392 --> 01:14:20,531
Mama, look.
1363
01:14:21,862 --> 01:14:23,739
(BABY cooing)
1364
01:14:24,632 --> 01:14:26,077
Mama.
1365
01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:28,273
Randy's fever, it's broken.
1366
01:14:29,069 --> 01:14:32,380
Oh, thank you. Thank you.
1367
01:14:38,779 --> 01:14:41,521
Look, Willadeene. It's a circle!
1368
01:14:42,316 --> 01:14:44,159
The snow is melting in the circle.
1369
01:14:44,318 --> 01:14:47,197
It was as if a guardian angel
had stood over our house
1370
01:14:47,355 --> 01:14:50,996
and blown his life-giving warm breath
over all of us.
1371
01:14:51,792 --> 01:14:53,772
Was this food here the whole time? Mama?
1372
01:14:54,228 --> 01:14:56,504
- Mama!
- Can you see it?
1373
01:14:57,598 --> 01:14:59,100
Guys, can you see it?
1374
01:15:02,403 --> 01:15:04,383
It's just the wind twirling in the snow.
1375
01:15:05,139 --> 01:15:06,516
Well, I don't see anything.
1376
01:15:06,674 --> 01:15:09,416
- I do. Look, it's right there!
- Yeah.
1377
01:15:10,444 --> 01:15:13,323
What do you... What do you see, Mama?
1378
01:15:14,215 --> 01:15:15,592
God.
1379
01:15:16,550 --> 01:15:17,585
All around.
1380
01:15:21,822 --> 01:15:25,429
The magic of being together.
1381
01:15:27,228 --> 01:15:31,404
A miracle simple and sweet.
1382
01:15:32,466 --> 01:15:34,605
To cling to each other.
1383
01:15:34,769 --> 01:15:37,306
Through good times and bad.
1384
01:15:37,471 --> 01:15:41,817
Make memories We want to repeat.
1385
01:15:42,710 --> 01:15:46,783
The magic of being together.
1386
01:15:48,115 --> 01:15:52,029
Mere mortal words Can't describe.
1387
01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:54,890
Lest from above...
1388
01:15:55,056 --> 01:15:57,627
But we haven't even
messed up yet, Miss Moody.
1389
01:15:57,792 --> 01:15:59,237
Preventative.
1390
01:15:59,560 --> 01:16:00,868
And friends by your side...
1391
01:16:01,028 --> 01:16:02,166
Miss Bass.
1392
01:16:02,830 --> 01:16:04,810
Can I have a word with you?
1393
01:16:05,633 --> 01:16:06,805
Yes.
1394
01:16:08,035 --> 01:16:09,605
I'd like to ask for your forgiveness.
1395
01:16:10,237 --> 01:16:11,614
Oh, my!
1396
01:16:12,206 --> 01:16:15,813
I believe it's me that needs
to ask you to forgive me.
1397
01:16:16,544 --> 01:16:17,545
Oh...
1398
01:16:18,279 --> 01:16:19,485
Okay.
1399
01:16:20,581 --> 01:16:21,855
I forgive you.
1400
01:16:22,817 --> 01:16:25,354
And I heard about
Miss Moody's brooch there
1401
01:16:25,519 --> 01:16:28,728
and I made some money in the mines
and I'd like to pay you for it
1402
01:16:28,889 --> 01:16:30,334
so I can give it back to her.
1403
01:16:32,693 --> 01:16:35,003
It's already taken care of.
1404
01:16:39,900 --> 01:16:41,641
You look so handsome, Daddy.
1405
01:16:41,802 --> 01:16:46,876
Thank you for bringing my husband home
and for never giving up on us.
1406
01:16:48,175 --> 01:16:50,655
- L'm just glad we could all be together.
- Me, too.
1407
01:16:52,012 --> 01:16:54,788
I gave it to you for Dolly.
Please, Mrs. Bass.
1408
01:16:54,949 --> 01:16:56,622
One thing I've learned, girlie.
1409
01:16:56,784 --> 01:16:59,663
It's never too late for a second chance.
1410
01:17:02,256 --> 01:17:04,293
This is the proper place for it.
1411
01:17:04,625 --> 01:17:07,765
- Right above your heart.
- Thank you.
1412
01:17:07,928 --> 01:17:09,839
Circle of love...
1413
01:17:09,997 --> 01:17:13,444
This is the story of the first Christmas.
1414
01:17:13,601 --> 01:17:16,548
We celebrate this to remember
the hope and joy...
1415
01:17:16,704 --> 01:17:19,446
When Jesus was born.
1416
01:17:20,407 --> 01:17:23,183
On that Christmas night.
1417
01:17:24,978 --> 01:17:27,151
And oh what a night...
1418
01:17:27,314 --> 01:17:28,725
You're a great Joseph, Rudy.
1419
01:17:28,882 --> 01:17:32,955
That Holy night was.
1420
01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:36,226
When Bethlehem glowed.
1421
01:17:37,324 --> 01:17:40,168
In the circle of love.
1422
01:17:41,929 --> 01:17:44,876
God sent his Son.
1423
01:17:45,833 --> 01:17:48,871
His great gift to us.
1424
01:17:50,137 --> 01:17:54,142
Salvation for all.
1425
01:17:54,308 --> 01:17:57,312
He loved us that much
1426
01:17:57,511 --> 01:17:58,512
(GASPS)
1427
01:17:58,679 --> 01:18:01,819
We honor and praise.
1428
01:18:03,083 --> 01:18:05,529
That gift from above.
1429
01:18:06,987 --> 01:18:09,968
He holds all of...
1430
01:18:10,124 --> 01:18:12,866
Glory to God in the highest heaven.
1431
01:18:13,394 --> 01:18:17,809
And on earth, peace to those
on whom his favor rests.
1432
01:18:28,242 --> 01:18:29,619
Think they can see me now?
1433
01:18:41,355 --> 01:18:43,460
(QUIETLY) Merry Christmas, Dolly.
1434
01:18:43,958 --> 01:18:45,130
(MOUTHING) Merry Christmas.
1435
01:18:51,632 --> 01:18:53,236
Sacrifice.
1436
01:18:53,768 --> 01:18:55,145
Acceptance.
1437
01:18:55,302 --> 01:18:56,474
Forgiveness.
1438
01:18:57,304 --> 01:18:59,750
These little children know
more about the true meaning
1439
01:18:59,907 --> 01:19:02,353
of Christmas than the rest of us
ever will.
1440
01:19:02,776 --> 01:19:03,914
Did you hear their message?
1441
01:19:04,078 --> 01:19:05,489
ALL: Amen.
1442
01:19:06,147 --> 01:19:09,321
And this little baby Jesus
1443
01:19:10,384 --> 01:19:13,991
didn't come into the world to judge it,
but to save it.
1444
01:19:14,288 --> 01:19:17,735
Let us all come together
on this most sacred of nights
1445
01:19:18,526 --> 01:19:20,802
and celebrate his gift to us.
1446
01:19:21,462 --> 01:19:22,532
His love.
1447
01:19:22,896 --> 01:19:24,375
Amen.
1448
01:19:29,870 --> 01:19:30,974
He is wet.
1449
01:19:31,472 --> 01:19:32,610
(PIANO PLAYING)
1450
01:19:32,873 --> 01:19:35,285
Joy to the world.
1451
01:19:35,443 --> 01:19:37,787
The Lord is come.
1452
01:19:37,945 --> 01:19:43,588
Let earth receive her King.
1453
01:19:43,751 --> 01:19:46,595
Let every heart.
1454
01:19:46,754 --> 01:19:49,496
Prepare Him room.
1455
01:19:49,657 --> 01:19:52,263
And Heaven and nature sing.
1456
01:19:52,426 --> 01:19:55,134
And Heaven and nature sing...
1457
01:20:00,134 --> 01:20:03,672
DOLLY: Having Daddy home for Christmas
made everything perfect.
1458
01:20:03,838 --> 01:20:07,581
He hid Mama's ring at the top
of our little makeshift Christmas tree
1459
01:20:07,741 --> 01:20:10,347
and he asked us kids to try and find it.
1460
01:20:10,978 --> 01:20:13,584
Well, of course, I spotted that ring,
1461
01:20:13,747 --> 01:20:17,388
winning the only Christmas present
we'd receive that year.
1462
01:20:17,551 --> 01:20:20,361
A big o!' box of chocolate candy.
1463
01:20:21,655 --> 01:20:24,636
But I shared it with the whole family.
1464
01:20:30,297 --> 01:20:31,537
She's coming.
1465
01:20:32,199 --> 01:20:33,576
Okay, close your eyes.
1466
01:20:33,734 --> 01:20:36,647
- Okay. Okay.
- Okay, there's a step here.
1467
01:20:37,371 --> 01:20:39,874
Okay, right this way.
1468
01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:42,145
What is all this fuss about, Dolly?
1469
01:20:42,309 --> 01:20:43,913
- Just come on.
- Okay.
1470
01:20:44,078 --> 01:20:45,819
- Okay.
- Okay.
1471
01:20:45,980 --> 01:20:47,391
You can open them now.
1472
01:20:49,316 --> 01:20:50,488
Daddy?
1473
01:20:51,719 --> 01:20:53,892
Didn't I say this would be
the best Christmas ever?
1474
01:20:54,054 --> 01:20:55,465
Yes.
1475
01:21:02,463 --> 01:21:04,841
Avie Lee, you're the love of my life.
1476
01:21:07,568 --> 01:21:09,514
And you are mine, Lee Parton.
1477
01:21:09,670 --> 01:21:11,809
Mama, do you like it?
Ain't it pretty, Mommy?
1478
01:21:11,972 --> 01:21:15,419
I love it. I love it. Thank you.
1479
01:21:16,744 --> 01:21:20,123
Well, I got a present for you, too.
1480
01:21:20,281 --> 01:21:21,558
Who told Mama about the other ring?
1481
01:21:21,582 --> 01:21:22,583
- Not me.
- Not me.
1482
01:21:22,750 --> 01:21:23,888
- What ring?
- I didn't.
1483
01:21:24,051 --> 01:21:25,359
What ring?
1484
01:21:26,253 --> 01:21:27,857
That's for Daddy
1485
01:21:28,022 --> 01:21:29,330
from all of us.
1486
01:21:36,597 --> 01:21:38,634
I've never had anything so fine.
1487
01:21:38,799 --> 01:21:42,337
Well, are you ready
for your other present then?
1488
01:21:42,503 --> 01:21:44,210
What other present, Mama?
1489
01:21:49,076 --> 01:21:51,420
Mama made Daddy some thumb warmers?
1490
01:21:53,514 --> 01:21:55,721
Mama, are you having a baby?
1491
01:21:56,650 --> 01:21:59,722
- Avie Lee?
- Mama's gonna have a baby!
1492
01:22:02,957 --> 01:22:03,992
(CAR DOOR OPENING)
1493
01:22:04,959 --> 01:22:05,960
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
1494
01:22:06,727 --> 01:22:07,728
(ENGINE STARTING)
1495
01:22:08,062 --> 01:22:10,406
This is amazing!
1496
01:22:12,466 --> 01:22:14,571
I swear I'm not gonna hold the new baby.
1497
01:22:19,106 --> 01:22:20,710
My shiny red shoes!
1498
01:22:20,875 --> 01:22:23,981
"DOLLY". I'd never seen a painted angel
up-close before.
1499
01:22:24,145 --> 01:22:26,819
Especially not one driving
a red Thunderbird.
1500
01:22:26,981 --> 01:22:29,825
But I never stopped dreaming
of looking just like her.
1501
01:22:29,984 --> 01:22:32,863
And that's one Christmas present
We given myself
1502
01:22:33,020 --> 01:22:34,795
every single day of my life.
1503
01:22:34,955 --> 01:22:36,127
Store bought.
1504
01:22:37,458 --> 01:22:40,735
Now, some might say that
before that blizzard hit,
1505
01:22:40,895 --> 01:22:44,104
a good Samaritan left that
basket of food on our porch,
1506
01:22:44,264 --> 01:22:47,302
hay for the animals,
and firewood to keep us warm.
1507
01:22:47,468 --> 01:22:50,244
Well, if they did,
they never owned up to it.
1508
01:22:50,404 --> 01:22:54,443
But I believe I saw our guardian angel
hovering over the barn that day.
1509
01:22:54,608 --> 01:22:56,485
Now, some might call that crazy,
1510
01:22:56,644 --> 01:23:00,182
but I truly believe
it was a real Christmas miracle.
1511
01:23:00,347 --> 01:23:02,987
Please hold your families close
this Christmas.
1512
01:23:03,150 --> 01:23:05,061
Love and accept each other,
1513
01:23:05,219 --> 01:23:07,130
and always be kind.
1514
01:23:08,789 --> 01:23:11,395
So Jesus was born,
1515
01:23:11,558 --> 01:23:14,095
wore his crown of thorns
1516
01:23:14,261 --> 01:23:16,468
and he gave it all up
1517
01:23:16,630 --> 01:23:19,702
to save all of us.
1518
01:23:21,435 --> 01:23:25,542
Circle of love.
1519
01:23:25,706 --> 01:23:28,550
Halo of light.
1520
01:23:29,610 --> 01:23:31,055
When Jesus was born.
1521
01:23:31,211 --> 01:23:33,782
Jesus was born.
1522
01:23:33,948 --> 01:23:35,723
On that Christmas night.
1523
01:23:35,883 --> 01:23:38,329
Christmas night.
1524
01:23:38,485 --> 01:23:41,955
And oh what a night.
1525
01:23:42,356 --> 01:23:46,463
That Holy night was.
1526
01:23:46,627 --> 01:23:50,734
When Bethlehem glowed.
1527
01:23:50,898 --> 01:23:55,369
In a circle of love.
1528
01:23:56,303 --> 01:23:58,613
Merry Christmas, everybody!
1529
01:24:02,443 --> 01:24:04,423
("CIRCLE OF LOVE" PLAYING)