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Blount: Well I'm gonna - get drunk... And then I'm gonna get outta this lousy town. Six months they gave me. Six months, hard labor.
[drops his bag on the ground]
Blount: Poor nigger. Them white guys the ones that started it. They - Well they got off scot-free. And you know they wouldn't even let me testify! They said I was irrelevant and immaterial! Irrelevant and immaterial. That's me, all right. No, no, I told ya. I never stay long in any one place.
[puts his hand on Singer's shoulder]
Blount: I'm sorry we never had that chess game. But I'll think about ya, Singer. I-I - could talk to you! Yeah, you listened!
[singer shakes his head]
Blount: You old dummy, you really listened!
[singer motions that he was reading his lips; Blount slaps him on the shoulder and walks away:]
Blount: 'Times I think you're the only one that *ever* did
[drops his bag on the ground]
Blount: Poor nigger. Them white guys the ones that started it. They - Well they got off scot-free. And you know they wouldn't even let me testify! They said I was irrelevant and immaterial! Irrelevant and immaterial. That's me, all right. No, no, I told ya. I never stay long in any one place.
[puts his hand on Singer's shoulder]
Blount: I'm sorry we never had that chess game. But I'll think about ya, Singer. I-I - could talk to you! Yeah, you listened!
[singer shakes his head]
Blount: You old dummy, you really listened!
[singer motions that he was reading his lips; Blount slaps him on the shoulder and walks away:]
Blount: 'Times I think you're the only one that *ever* did
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BLOUNT I'm gonna get drunk
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And then I'm gonna get out of this lousy town
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Six months they gave him
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Six months hard labor
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Poor nigger
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Them white guys the ones that started it
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Well they got off scot free
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And you know they wouldn't even let me testify
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They said I was irrelevant and immaterial
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Irrelevant and immaterial that's me all right
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No no I told you I never stay long in any one place
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I'm sorry we never had that chess game
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But I'll think about you Singer
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I could talk to you
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And you listened
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You old dummy you really listened
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Sometimes I think you're the only one that ever did
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Movie Summary
When deaf-mute Singer moves to a new town to be near his hospitalized friend, he makes an indelible impression on the lives of those around him.