We'll drive. Keep driving. Head out to the middle of nowhere, take that road as far as it...
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[On imagining an alternate ending for Monty]
James Brogan:
We'll drive. Keep driving. Head out to the middle of nowhere, take that road as far as it takes us. You've never been west of Philly, have ya? This is a beautiful country, Monty, it's beautiful out there, like a different world. Mountains, hills, cows, farms, and white churches. I drove out west with your mother one time, before you was born. Brooklyn to the Pacific in three days. Just enough money for gas, sandwiches, and coffee, but we made it. Every man, woman, and child alive should see the desert one time before they die. Nothin' at all for miles around. Nothin' but sand and rocks and cactus and blue sky. Not a soul in sight. No sirens. No car alarms. Nobody honkin' atcha. No madmen cursin' or pissin' in the streets. You find the silence out there, you find the peace. You can find God. So we drive west, keep driving till we find a nice little town. These towns out in the desert, you know why they got there? People wanted to get way from somewhere else. The desert's for startin' over. Find a bar and I'll buy us drinks. I haven't had a drink in two years, but I'll have one with you, one last whisky with my boy. Take our time with it, taste the barley, let it linger. And then I'll go. I'll tell you don't ever write me, don't ever visit, I'll tell you I believe in God's kingdom and I'll see you and your mother again, but not in this lifetime. You'll get a job somewhere, a job that pays cash, a boss who doesn't ask questions, and you make a new life and you never come back. Monty, people like you, it's a gift, you'll make friends wherever you go. You're going to work hard, you're going to keep your head down and your mouth shut. You're going to make yourself a new home out there. You're a New Yorker, that won't ever change. You got New York in your bones. Spend the rest of your life out west but you're still a New Yorker. You'll miss your friends, you'll miss your dog, but you're strong. You got your mother's backbone in you, you're strong like she was. You find the right people, and you get yourself papers, a driver's license. You forget your old life, you can't come back, you can't call, you can't write. You never look back. You make a new life for yourself and you live it, you hear me? You live your live the way it should have been. But maybe, this is dangerous, but maybe after a few years you send word to Naturelle. You get yourself a new family and you raise them right, you hear me? Give them a good life, Monty. Give them what they need. You have a son, maybe you name him James, it's a good strong name, and maybe one day years from now years after I'm dead and gone reunited with your dear ma, you gather your whole family around and tell them the truth, who you are, where you come from, you tell them the whole story. Then you ask them if they know how lucky there are to be there. It all came so close to never happening. This life came so close to never happening.
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And keep driving.
Head out to the middle of nowhere.
Take that road as far as it takes us.
You've never been
west of Philly, have you?
This is a beautiful country, Monty.
It's beautiful out there.
Looks like a different world.
Mountains, hills,
cows, farms and white churches.
I drove out west with your mother one
time, before you was born.
Brooklyn to the Pacific in three days.
Just enough money for gas,
sandwiches and coffee,
but we made it.
Every man, woman and child alive
should see the desert
one time before they die.
Nothing at all for miles around.
Nothing but sand and rocks
and cactus and blue sky.
Not a soul in sight.
No sirens. No car alarms.
Nobody honking at you.
No madmen cursing
or pissing on the streets.
You find the silence out there.
You find the peace.
You can find God.
BOTH: (SINGING)
You'll take the high road
and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonny, bonny banks
of Loch Lomond
JAMES: So we drive west.
Keep driving
till we find a nice little town.
These towns out in the desert,
you know why they got there?
People wanted to get away
from somewhere else.
The desert's for starting over.
Find a bar and I'll buy us drinks.
Two.
I haven't had a drink in two years,
but I'll have one with you.
One last whiskey with my boy.
Take our time with it. Taste the barley.
Let it linger.
(CHUCKLES)
And then I'll go.
I want you to keep that.
I'll hold it for you.
I'll tell you, don't ever write me.
Don't ever come visit.
I'll tell you I believe in God's kingdom
and I believe I will
be with you again and your mother
but not in this lifetime.
You'll get a job somewhere.
A job that pays cash.
A boss who doesn't ask questions.
And you make a new life
and you never come back.
Monty, people like you. It's a gift.
You make friends wherever you go.
How you fellas doing?
JAMES: You're gonna work hard,
you're gonna keep
your head down and your mouth shut.
You're gonna make yourself
a new home out there.
Here you go, James.
You're a New Yorker.
That will never change.
You got New York in your bones.
Spend the rest of your life out West,
but you're still a New Yorker.
You'll miss your friends,
you'll miss your dog,
but you're strong. You got
your mother's backbone in you.
You're strong like she was.
You find the right people
and get yourself papers.
MAN: Go ahead
and have a seat.
JAMES: A driver's license.
- What's your name?
- James.
James. Not from around here, are you?
No, I'm from out west.
Well, let's go ahead
and get your picture.
Be still, give me a smile. Okay.
Now give me a bigger smile, James.
Big, bigger, okay.
JAMES: You forget your old life.
You can't come back.
You can't call, you can't write.
You never look back.
You make a new life
for yourself and you live it.
You hear me? You live
your life the way it should have been.
And maybe, and this is dangerous,
but maybe, after a couple of years,
you send word to Naturelle.
(LAUGHING)
BOTH: Four, three, two, one.
- Happy New Year.
- Happy New Year.
Mmm. Feel that, right there?
Your mother's a lunatic.
- (LAUGHS)
- Hurry up. I need company.
JAMES: You get yourself a new
family and raise them right.
You hear me? Give them a good life,
Monty. Give them what they need.
You have a son.
Maybe you name him James.
It's a good strong name.
And maybe, one day,
years from now,
long after I'm dead and gone,
reunited with your dear mother,
you gather your whole
family together and tell them the truth.
Who you are, where you come from.
You tell them the whole story.
I was arrested...
And then you ask them if they know
how lucky they are to be there.
All of you...
And it all came so close
to never happening.
Came so close to never happening.
JAMES: This life came so close
to never happening.
Clip duration: 519 seconds
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Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: drama
Summary: Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
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