Their Eyes Were Watching God

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00:00:02 (woman) I remember when I first read
00:00:06 It was one of the most beautiful,
00:00:12 I'd ever read,
00:00:15 This is a story about a woman
00:00:20 and not subjected to the definition or
00:00:27 The first time Janie and Tea Cake kiss
00:00:30 reinvents the whole idea
00:00:35 I would have to say
00:00:39 you can die a happy woman,
00:00:42 When this movie airs, Zora Neale Hurston, wherever she is, is gonna give a shout
00:01:04 (woman) There's two things
00:01:08 They got to find out about love,
00:01:11 and they got to find out about livin',
00:01:29 (woman) Now, love is like the sea,
00:01:33 It's a movin ' thing,
00:01:39 And livin',,,
00:01:41 Well,
00:01:44 I just come back from buryin' the dead,
00:02:10 (man) Is that Miss Starks?
00:02:12 Sure enough Iooks Iike
00:02:16 Yes, 'cept Miss Starks
00:02:19 That Tea Cake,
00:02:21 That's what happens when you run off
00:02:25 Oh, you just mad
00:02:28 (men laugh)
00:02:29 Ain't no way in the world
00:02:33 No way in the world,
00:02:35 Janie?
00:02:40 Go to hell,
00:02:44 - What you say?
00:02:49 Jasper, Run get Miss Phoebe, You tell her
00:02:52 (boy) Yes, ma'am,
00:03:02 I told you she'd come runnin' back here,
00:03:55 (plays slow tune)
00:04:13 (women's voices outside)
00:04:31 (woman #2) What's she doin' with Iong
00:04:36 (woman) Where's Tea Cake,
00:04:38 Weren't she a widow woman, almost 40?
00:04:40 That young boy
00:05:03 I covered up your furniture an' all,
00:05:06 I thank you,
00:05:10 You sure Iook good,
00:05:15 Shoot, you Iook Iike your own daughter,
00:05:26 Girl, you talkin'
00:05:31 I ain't brought home nothing but myself,
00:05:36 That's a gracious plenty,
00:05:39 Your friends wouldn't want nothing better,
00:05:45 Girl, go on and bring me them rations
00:05:51 - Thank you,
00:05:54 Here you go,
00:06:02 If that Tea Cake ever shows his behind in
00:06:09 He knew that you had just Iost Joe, so he
00:06:15 He ain't wasted none of my money,
00:06:17 And if he was here,
00:06:19 But he gone,
00:06:22 Ain'the?
00:06:26 He dragged you down to his Ievel,
00:06:28 - Y'all think he did me wrong,
00:06:36 Well, I ain't stunned what they think,
00:06:45 You don't care what I think neither, do you?
00:06:50 You Ieft this town,
00:06:54 Me and Tea Cake had us a real Iove,
00:06:56 You got the nerve to come back up in here
00:06:59 and nothing but overalls on your back,
00:07:02 making everything we believed in
00:07:04 - Me and Tea Cake had a real Iove,
00:07:07 - Y'all couldn't see that,
00:07:17 Phoebe,
00:07:21 The only way you,
00:07:26 was as Mrs, Mayor Starks,
00:07:31 Sittin' out there on that porch,
00:07:35 Silk dresses on,
00:07:38 All high an' mighty.
00:07:43 Just as Iadylike as you please,
00:07:49 That might have been the Janie y'all knew,
00:07:55 But that wasn't the Janie I ever was,
00:08:02 (Janie) You see,
00:08:07 My grandmomma raised me,
00:08:20 I was born sorta knowing things,
00:08:24 Like how the trees and the wind talk,
00:08:29 I told the seeds when they was fallin ',
00:08:42 That year,
00:08:47 It's like my life was starting
00:08:59 Hey, Johnny T aylor,
00:09:01 - How you doin', Janie?
00:09:32 Janie!
00:09:43 How Iong you been Iettin' Johnny Taylor
00:09:48 Ain'tnothingwrongwith me, Nanny.
00:09:50 - We was,,,
00:09:52 You was just Iettin' that trashy boy, that
00:09:58 - He wasn't wipin' his feet on me,
00:10:02 I didn't mean no harm, Nanny,
00:10:04 You don't even know what harm is, girl,
00:10:13 Yeah, You gonna get married right away,
00:10:23 - To Johnny Taylor?
00:10:26 I'd wanted you to school out,
00:10:32 Why,,,
00:10:33 Why, I ain't ready to get married,
00:10:36 Oh, So you don't want to marry off decent,
00:10:39 You want to be Iike your momma was,
00:10:45 Someone good and decent's
00:10:55 Brother Logan Killicks,
00:10:59 Logan Killicks?
00:11:05 That's what he been
00:11:11 He Iook Iike
00:11:18 Brother Killicks got 60 acres,
00:11:22 I don't care what he got,
00:11:28 (Janie) Nanny took the horizon
00:12:23 (Nanny) Janie?
00:12:29 I'm watching God,
00:12:38 Now, y'all want to make sure his dinner's
00:12:43 and the floor's swept clean in the morning,
00:12:46 And... be... bewelcomin'to him.
00:12:52 Here he comes,
00:12:57 Dry your eyes,
00:13:04 How do,
00:13:07 Miss Janie,
00:13:13 (Janie) We got married,
00:13:17 It was true, Logan was good and decent,
00:13:23 I was a proper married woman,
00:13:27 But I was still waiting for love to begin,
00:13:30 (Logan) Girl! Come on, now,
00:13:32 § Lord, I woke up this morning
00:13:36 § I looked around in my room
00:13:43 § When I woke up this morning
00:13:46 § I looked around in my room
00:13:51 § I said, "Hello, blues
00:13:54 § "Now, what you doin' in here so soon?"
00:13:59 § I knowed it was the blues
00:14:06 § I knowed it was the blues
00:14:13 § Lord, I wonder what's the matter
00:14:20 § oh, blues, blues
00:14:23 § Won't you let poor me be
00:14:27 § oh, blues, blues
00:14:30 § Won't you let poor me be
00:14:34 § And let me have one day
00:14:37 § out of the seven days a week §
00:14:40 I'm goin' over Hamilton County,
00:14:48 - Can I go with you?
00:14:51 That porch need cleanin',
00:14:54 Don't spend all day daydreamin',
00:14:57 SIaughter that runt, and bleed 'im good,
00:15:05 So that's a no?
00:15:09 Next time,
00:15:20 OK, Oh,,,
00:15:32 Move it, Go on,
00:15:56 Go on, before you become ham hocks,
00:16:04 - Put my pig down,
00:16:07 I'm tryin' to Iet him go, Put him down!
00:16:09 Go on, Go on,
00:16:11 Think you're bein' kind?
00:16:14 I ain't kind in no kind of way,
00:16:20 Your momma and poppa gonna
00:16:23 They dead, And I don't care
00:16:27 Husband?
00:16:30 Went to get a plow,
00:16:35 Lord, gal,
00:16:37 than a hog got with a holiday,
00:16:45 Pretty Iady Iike you need to be treated
00:16:57 My name is Joe Starks, I'm from Georgia,
00:17:06 Where you headin', Mr, Starks?
00:17:09 Down the road a ways, Some colored folks
00:17:14 All-coloredtown?You...
00:17:17 Yeah, they called it Eatonville,
00:17:19 I'm plannin' to get there
00:17:24 Seem Iike a tall tale to me,
00:17:27 Maybe you need
00:17:38 Can't,
00:17:49 Guess you better get goin',
00:18:02 If you change your mind,
00:18:06 I'm gonna be waitin' on you,
00:18:09 Right down that road,
00:18:18 Mr, Starks!
00:18:23 Keep it,
00:18:43 What would you do if I was to Ieave you?
00:18:47 Leave me?
00:18:50 You but 1 7 years old,
00:18:56 I know enough,
00:19:00 You don't appreciate my good treatment,
00:19:03 No, it ain't that,
00:19:06 Janie,
00:19:18 I got 60 acres,
00:19:21 And I ain't no young man,
00:19:27 When I pass,
00:19:32 everything I got passes to you,
00:19:39 But what if I was to Ieave you?
00:19:43 What would you do?
00:19:53 Do what you got to do,
00:19:59 I'm goin' to sleep,
00:20:08 (Janie) Joe Starks had spoke
00:20:29 And even if he wasn't there waiting for me,
00:20:33 the change was bound to do me good,
00:20:41 Hey, girl!
00:20:52 (Janie) I thought I was gonna have
00:20:57 sprinkled over everything,
00:21:01 Joe bought me all kinds
00:21:05 And I became Mrs, Joe Starks,
00:21:22 Can you fellows tell us
00:21:26 We hopin' to get there by nightfall,
00:21:29 Y'all in Eatonville now,
00:21:34 This is it?
00:21:36 This is it,
00:21:39 This don't Iook Iike
00:21:42 Well, we only been a town for about a year,
00:21:50 PIace is just getting started,
00:21:54 Amen.
00:21:55 She's right,
00:21:59 Why don't you and your daughter
00:22:03 I'm a really good cook,
00:22:08 Amos Hicks is my name,
00:22:11 And I ain't nowhere near old enough
00:22:16 This here's my wife,
00:22:19 If you and your wife
00:22:22 you're welcome to stay with my family,
00:22:25 Until we build our own house,
00:22:27 We'd be happy to put you up,
00:22:30 - (man) Yeah,
00:22:33 I'm gonna get me a wife just Iike that,
00:22:37 You ain't got
00:22:39 You can't get the Iikes of her
00:22:54 (Joe) How many acres y'all got now?
00:22:57 - 'Bout 50,
00:23:00 Well, we was real fortunate that Captain
00:23:05 Captain Eaton own the sawmill
00:23:09 Y'all want this to be
00:23:12 Sure, but Captain Eaton
00:23:15 Cap'n Eaton?
00:23:21 He might not give you no more,
00:23:32 Been a town a whole year, You would think
00:23:37 They just need you to show 'em what to do,
00:23:41 I pray to God
00:23:47 They need a Ieader, that's all,
00:23:49 Look to me Iike Joe Starks'd
00:23:56 Look at this face, Good-Iookin' enough
00:24:02 This chest,,, strong and broad,
00:24:07 Bet you got a big speech-making voice
00:24:12 These hands,,, Lord knows, these hands
00:24:21 We'II buy a hundred acres,
00:24:25 I'II sell the Iand we don't need
00:24:28 and we'II put Eatonville
00:24:30 And with the money we make,
00:24:35 and we gonna
00:24:39 Call me Jody Iike you do sometimes,
00:24:47 Jody,,,
00:24:52 He ain't gonna buy nothing,
00:24:55 I been tellin' y'all
00:24:58 (man) Lord, I don't know,
00:25:02 I hope he can,,,
00:25:04 - (man) Now what?
00:25:07 He gonna buy more Iand, I told y'all!
00:25:09 Captain Eaton's signin' the paper!
00:25:15 - (woman) What you see?
00:25:20 - And Joe done signed the paper too!
00:25:30 (Janie) The next day,
00:25:34 Wasn't nobody
00:25:47 Hold on,
00:25:50 (Janie) He just strolled around,
00:25:56 Thinkin', plannin' our future,
00:26:01 And I was right there with him,
00:26:30 Some folks need thrones and
00:26:35 But not Joe,
00:27:12 When the new families came,
00:27:17 And we invested the money
00:27:33 - In the kitchen, Thank you,
00:27:35 - That goes upstairs,
00:27:42 Can't neither one of us play it,
00:27:44 This ain't for playin',
00:27:48 Shoot, Jody!
00:27:57 This is the Iife
00:28:03 We did it,
00:28:06 She'd be so happy,
00:28:10 Are you happy?
00:28:14 Yeah,
00:28:47 (man) Mr, Starks, Ma'am,
00:29:02 - I got it,
00:29:08 Come on!
00:29:10 - I hope they got my ribbon,
00:29:18 Since I had my three children,
00:29:22 You know you Iook Iike
00:29:25 Sam says the mayor of Orlando's comin',
00:29:27 And someone
00:29:30 - Well, you know what that means, Iadies,
00:29:34 - We in the big house now!
00:29:39 We should go, See you Iater!
00:29:48 It's pretty,
00:29:51 Course he'II Iike it,
00:29:56 Janie?
00:29:59 You and Joe changed everythin',
00:30:06 Just feels Iike anything's possible now,
00:30:27 Lord, I done,,, I done run over the mayor!
00:30:29 Almost, Phoebe.Almost.
00:30:33 OK,
00:30:35 (Joe laughs)
00:30:40 I ordered it from
00:30:49 Oh!
00:30:53 Must have cost a Iot,
00:30:57 Look at this one, This is the one
00:31:01 Yeah, but it ain't befittin' of a mayor's wife,
00:31:03 You're the bell cow,
00:31:07 No other wife,
00:31:13 I'm gonna show you the world,
00:31:17 Remember?
00:31:26 (band plays ragtime)
00:31:37 Try as he might, Frank Taylor
00:31:41 Hell, if she was my wife,
00:31:52 (woman) Oh, come here!
00:31:55 Come on, now,
00:31:57 Oh, shoot! Gimme those cookies,
00:32:00 Come here, boy,
00:32:06 I'm tellin' you, in five years' time,
00:32:10 - Well, all right, I hear what you say,
00:32:14 This is gonna be
00:32:17 You hear what I say, you mark my words,
00:32:19 - Hard work, Determination,
00:32:24 (Joe) If we expect to move on, we got to
00:32:28 - (man) You're right about that,
00:32:31 - You see her paradin' round up there?
00:32:34 I reckon the dress we done made
00:32:39 She up there with the men,
00:32:45 (Joe) I plan to make Eatonville become
00:32:50 'Cause this town,,,
00:32:57 is full of union and Iove,
00:33:16 I plans to put my hands to the plow,
00:33:20 to make our town of Eatonville
00:33:31 And to that effect, Iet's get started tonight
00:33:37 Our incorporation,
00:33:40 Eatonville is now
00:33:43 the first colored incorporated township
00:34:03 Everybody!
00:34:05 Let's,,, Iet's have a few words of
00:34:12 Come on, say something,
00:34:13 (Amos) Mrs, Mayor Starks,
00:34:17 Thank you for your compliments,
00:34:20 But Mrs, Mayor Starks don't know about no
00:34:25 Brother Pastor,
00:34:32 Aswetouchthisflametothis matchwick,
00:34:37 Iet the Iight shine into the hearts
00:34:42 (man) Amen,
00:34:43 - Let it shine, Iet it shine, Iet it shine!
00:34:48 (women) § This Iittle Iight of mine
00:34:52 (all) § I'm gonna Iet it shine
00:34:55 § This Iittle Iight of mine
00:34:58 § I'm gonna Iet it shine
00:35:01 § This Iittle Iight of mine
00:35:05 § I'm gonna Iet it shine
00:35:07 § Let it shine, Iet it shine, Iet it shine §
00:35:14 - How d'you Iike being Mrs, Mayor?
00:35:18 All right?
00:35:22 You ought to be glad,
00:35:25 I think it keep us in a kinda strain,
00:35:31 - I'II be glad when it's over,
00:35:34 Girl, I ain't even got started good,
00:35:48 I'm gonna be a big voice,
00:35:53 I'm gonna make a big woman out of you,
00:36:01 - That's your move?
00:36:04 - What? That Iook Iike a good move to me,
00:36:08 One, two, three,,,
00:36:17 Look Iike your husband need
00:36:20 My eyeballs is just fine, OK? My eyeballs
00:36:26 (chatter continues)
00:36:38 Janie! Janie,
00:36:40 Get in here, You got some work to do,
00:36:47 Ma'am,
00:36:49 What do you mean, tipping your hat
00:36:56 Everybody can't be Iike you, Jody,
00:36:59 - Who don't want to Iaugh and have fun?
00:37:03 If they'd Iaugh Iess and work more,
00:37:07 But no, but they want to work day in
00:37:10 and don't end up with nothin' but a
00:37:14 - Do you expect me to be Iike that?
00:37:17 But I don't want to be classed off
00:37:22 You don't Iike me being mayor,,,
00:37:26 ,,,do you?
00:37:30 - Joe, we was going places,,,
00:37:33 and you already want to run off?
00:37:41 (man) Oh, she gonna run off!
00:37:43 Looks Iike big Mr, Mayor and the missis
00:37:47 Here, You put this on,
00:37:52 What? Wrap my head up
00:37:54 - How come?
00:38:07 You are the mayor's wife, Remember?
00:38:27 Janie, Janie!
00:38:31 Janie,
00:38:32 Whoo, what the devil got into them?
00:38:39 - What the hell you doing?
00:38:43 - Janie!
00:38:45 Where you gonna go? Oh, now,
00:38:49 You had nothing when I met you, and you'II
00:38:54 Janie,
00:38:55 Nobody would marry you, Not now,
00:38:59 - Get off me!
00:39:02 AII you'II end up as
00:39:05 You know, the kind that men use
00:39:15 Now, you go,
00:41:04 § Shame, shame, don't you know, Lord
00:41:07 § Yes, my Lord, I know, Lord
00:41:10 § Shame, shame, don't you know, Lord §
00:41:13 (Janie) Every morning
00:41:17 And every day had a store in it,
00:41:22 I wasn't petal open any more,
00:41:50 I had an inside and an outside now,
00:41:56 And I knew how not to mix 'em,
00:42:01 Days seemed to just run together,
00:42:06 We had us a routine,
00:42:08 Breakfast at dawn,
00:42:11 Lunch at noon,
00:42:14 And dinner by six,
00:42:26 20 years passed,
00:42:30 Eatonville had plenty to be proud of,
00:42:34 While I was livin' a good life,
00:42:38 it was Joe's life,
00:42:40 Not mine,
00:42:49 Now, if we can stop this boy
00:42:52 - You done had 20 years,,,
00:43:03 Boy, what is wrong with you? You got
00:43:06 - No, sir,
00:43:10 You can't mess up all my profit, droppin',,,
00:43:15 How 'bout cuttin' me a plug
00:43:17 (Joe) AII right,
00:43:29 I'II get that for you, Sam,
00:43:40 Lord have mercy! Looky here,
00:43:44 Your wife gone buck wild
00:43:46 You be round this store till you old as
00:43:54 Don't stand there a-studyin' me, with your
00:43:58 Quit mixin' up my doings with my Iooks,
00:44:00 You outta your mind, talkin' Iike that,
00:44:03 You the one started it,
00:44:06 Don't be gettin' insulted about your Iooks,
00:44:09 Now you an old Iady, Nearly 40,
00:44:13 Well, I ain't 40, I'm only 38,
00:44:17 Let's talk about that,
00:44:20 You talk a whole Iotta brag, Joe, But ain't
00:44:25 Hell, pull down your britches,
00:44:28 - What you say to me?
00:44:31 I'd rather be shot dead
00:44:35 What you say to me?
00:45:13 (Phoebe) Janie!
00:45:27 Joe gived you everything you could want,
00:45:30 You're not happy
00:45:40 (Janie) Something fell off the shelf
00:45:45 It was Joe,
00:46:18 (labored breathing)
00:46:20 (Joe) Doctor say that I'm dyin',
00:46:26 I guess you come to watch,
00:46:47 Jody,
00:46:51 Maybe I ain't been
00:46:57 But you gave me everything
00:47:05 And I thank you,
00:47:10 But Jody, you and me
00:47:17 And you don't know me half at all,
00:47:21 I know you,
00:47:23 You changed from that Jody
00:47:28 I wanted to keep a house with you
00:47:31 but you wasn't really
00:47:35 I built a whole town for us,
00:47:41 - But that ain't good enough for you,
00:47:45 had to be squeezed and crowded out of me
00:47:50 BIame everything on me,
00:47:55 I don't Iet you show me no feelin', huh?
00:48:01 Ain't tryin' to blame nothing on you, Joe,
00:48:03 But all this bowin' down and obedience,
00:48:07 It just ain't what I run off with you for,
00:48:10 Shut up!
00:48:12 Shut up,
00:48:16 Even now, you got to die
00:48:22 Instead of Iettin' me Iove you,
00:48:27 I hope,,,
00:48:30 that thunder and Iightnin',,,
00:48:33 kill you,
00:48:40 Get outta here,
00:48:43 Get Iost! (gasps)
00:48:45 Jody?
00:49:00 Poor Jody,,,
00:49:10 Sittin' in that rulin' chair
00:49:24 (Janie) Whatever folks
00:49:27 they turned out for his funeral,
00:49:32 'Cause whether they liked him or not,
00:49:37 and that his passin' was a great loss,
00:49:45 I felt the sadness too,
00:49:48 But alongside the sadness,
00:49:53 I was feelin ' something else,
00:49:57 I was feelin ' free,
00:50:00 § There's a new day coming
00:50:04 § Everything gonna be turning over
00:50:09 § Everything gonna be turning over
00:50:13 § Where you gonna be standing
00:50:20 § There's a new day coming
00:50:23 § Everything gonna be turning over
00:50:28 § Everything gonna be turning over
00:50:33 § Where you gonna be standing
00:50:39 § For far too many years
00:50:43 § I been marching, singing and talking
00:50:48 § Doing things I thought
00:50:53 § Why, people halfway around the world
00:50:57 § They been fighting
00:51:02 § Now it seems that they are gonna be
00:51:07 § There's a new world coming
00:51:10 § Everything gonna be turning over
00:51:16 § Everything gonna be turning over §
00:51:20 Sun feels so good, don't it?
00:51:26 Joe's been dead almost a year,
00:51:31 (Janie giggles)
00:51:33 I ain't thinkin' about no Amos!
00:51:36 Shoot, I'm enjoyin' my freedom too much,
00:51:39 Janie, don't Iet nobody hear you say that,
00:51:42 And, and,,, and folks'II think
00:51:46 I don't care what folks think,
00:51:49 And to my thinkin',
00:51:52 mournin' shouldn't Iast
00:52:05 - Afternoon,
00:52:09 Got any smokin' tobacco?
00:52:23 Sure do,
00:52:30 Got a Iittle piece of fire over there, Iady?
00:52:35 Mm-hm,
00:52:50 So how come you ain't
00:52:53 Everybody else in town is there,
00:53:01 Well, not everybody,
00:53:05 Lady just sold me some cigarettes,
00:53:09 I only had train fare for part of the way,
00:53:12 so I figured
00:53:18 Good Iuck,
00:53:27 Guess I'II walk then,
00:53:32 I got pretty good shoe Ieather,
00:53:46 How about you
00:53:49 You Iook hard to beat,
00:53:51 I am, 'Cause I can't play a Iick,
00:54:11 You a wild one,
00:54:14 Oh, man, girl,,,
00:54:28 Wait!
00:54:31 Not my king,
00:54:35 Any one, but not my,,,
00:54:38 You gonna be a good player after a while,
00:54:42 You think?
00:54:46 I'II come and teach you some more
00:54:51 You could teach me,,,
00:54:54 so Iong as you don't cheat me,
00:55:03 How 'bout a cool drink?
00:55:15 Why, thank you, Mr,,,
00:55:18 You ain't even told me your name,
00:55:23 My momma named me Vergible Woods,
00:55:30 Tea Cake, huh?
00:55:33 You as sweet as all that?
00:55:35 Why don't you try me and see?
00:55:48 You Iook scared,
00:55:51 I ain't scared,
00:56:00 'Night, now,
00:56:10 (Janie) You and the whole town had
00:56:14 And Amos Hicks was thinkin'
00:56:19 Shoot, in Amos's mind,
00:56:24 - Sure is hot,
00:56:28 I was much more
00:56:31 - Now I done heard everything,
00:56:34 I'm gonna marry Miss Janie, take her
00:56:38 You gonna have to
00:56:42 (laughter and chatter continues)
00:57:03 How you doin'? Y'all mind if I join you?
00:57:05 - What's your name?
00:57:07 You Iook Iike you need a drink,
00:57:10 It's hot and sweaty,
00:57:15 (Tea Cake) Why, thank you for the soda,
00:57:19 (Phoebe) Take some time out,
00:57:22 I sure will, Janie?
00:57:25 Come on over here
00:57:31 I'm sorry, but you don't know
00:57:35 She don't play no checkers,
00:57:38 She do now,
00:57:44 I ain't that good,
00:57:47 - I'II teach you,
00:57:51 I'm gonna coach her,
00:57:54 I appreciate that, Amos,
00:57:56 Now, you gotta picture it Iike this,
00:58:02 Andthis righthere,theseareyourtroops.
00:58:05 - You're the best player in the whole state,
00:58:09 Now, what to do, if you can get your pieces
00:58:13 if you can get 'em there,
00:58:29 What?
00:58:50 Good night, Hezekiah,
00:58:52 It's Iate, Miss Starks,
00:58:54 - I'II walk you home,
00:58:58 I'II walk her,
00:59:16 I'm hungry,
00:59:21 Well, I got some pound cake,
00:59:27 I got some Iemonade,
00:59:38 - Taste,
00:59:55 Shh! I hear noise,
00:59:58 (laughter)
01:00:02 There ain't nobody out there, Pearl,
01:00:04 Pearl, Pearl!
01:00:06 - Like Iaughin',
01:00:12 No, that can't be,
01:00:14 Guess I'm gonna
01:00:17 You ain't old in no kind of way,
01:00:20 Besides, the night's too pretty
01:00:29 Wait, Where you goin'?
01:00:34 - Let's us go fishin',
01:00:37 - Come on, Fishin',
01:00:39 - Oh, yeah, Best time, Best time, Come on,
01:00:43 (Tea Cake) Don't you make me fall!
01:00:54 (Tea Cake plays harmonica)
01:01:00 - A fish! I got a fish,
01:01:04 Yeah!
01:01:05 ("Billy Lyons and Stackolee"
01:01:12 § I remember one September
01:01:15 § on one Friday night
01:01:17 § Stackolee and Billy Lyons
01:01:21 § When you lose your money,
01:01:26 § Billy Lyons shot six bits
01:01:28 § Stackolee bet he passed
01:01:30 § Stackolee out with his, 45,
01:01:34 § When you lose your money,
01:01:43 § Lord, a woman come a-runnin '
01:01:45 § Fell down on her knees
01:01:47 § Crying "oh, Mr, Stackolee,
01:01:51 (plays a slow tune)
01:02:09 (Janie plays discord)
01:02:13 - (Tea Cake) This one here,
01:02:15 (Tea Cake) Right there, And this one
01:02:19 That's the first one, all right?
01:02:22 And now come this way,,,
01:02:24 (plays discord)
01:02:26 Let me try,
01:02:30 Remember that?
01:02:41 (Janie plays chords)
01:02:59 - You're real pretty,
01:03:04 Oh, you got the world in a jug,
01:03:09 I'm glad to be the one to tell you,
01:03:11 I'II bet you tell plenty of women that,
01:03:15 I tells 'em and I show 'em,
01:03:21 Young man Iike you,,,
01:03:26 Folks Iike me all right,
01:03:36 Whoo!
01:03:40 Sittin' here talkin' to you
01:03:51 Your heart just Ieft you
01:03:55 Where my heart is
01:03:59 I ain't one of your Iady friends,
01:04:04 You sure ain't one of my Iady friends,
01:04:11 What I'm sayin' is,
01:04:20 I'm nearly 1 2 years older than you,
01:04:24 I've thought all about that,,,
01:04:30 But the thought of my youngness
01:04:34 don't satisfy me Iike your presence do,
01:04:37 Well, it make a whole heap
01:04:40 Things Iike that
01:04:43 Don't got nothing to do with Iove,
01:04:45 Love,
01:04:47 You don't know nothing about Iove,
01:04:50 You're just sayin' that 'cause the fish
01:04:55 Those ain't nothing
01:05:08 Night, Miss Janie,
01:05:41 What the hell I need some young fool,,,
01:06:18 (knocking)
01:06:30 Did I wake you?
01:06:33 No,
01:06:36 Kinda early,
01:06:42 I want to tell you my daytime thoughts,
01:06:44 seein' as how
01:06:54 You sounded Iike
01:06:56 so that's what I'm doin',
01:07:08 I bet you're hungry,
01:07:11 No, no, I ain't got time now,
01:07:15 I'II see you Iater, Tell you straight,
01:07:19 Hey,
01:07:20 Your jacket,
01:07:30 What a pretty mournin' dress,
01:07:34 - What shade of black is that?
01:07:37 - The same shade as yours,
01:07:40 - Where you get this car?
01:07:49 - She said they was goin' on a picnic,
01:07:53 Sashayin' off in that pink Iinen dress,
01:07:56 AII the men she can get, and she
01:08:00 (Tea Cake) Fire,
01:08:05 All right,that'sgood.All right, now.
01:08:08 Get the next one, Ready?
01:08:15 Hey, hey, hey, now, hey, now,
01:08:17 OId Joe Starks
01:08:22 Hey, Don't pay them no mind, now,
01:08:25 Get it right here in your shoulder,
01:08:27 -,,,up with that Tea Biscuit,
01:08:31 Whoo!
01:08:43 § There's one thing that thrills me so
01:08:46 § I say, "Yes, please, honey"
01:08:48 § Don't you know
01:08:52 Evenin', Pearl,
01:08:55 § oh, it feels so good,
01:09:01 § You know I'm wild for what you got
01:09:04 § However it comes, honey, cold or hot §
01:09:08 Mrs, Mayor Starks
01:09:13 Fishin', huh?
01:09:15 Miss Janie and Tea Cake
01:09:20 Tea Cake walking
01:09:24 but don'twalk hisself home till the mornin',
01:09:31 Tea Cake usin' our collection-plate money
01:09:34 Yeah, he just draggin' her
01:09:41 I'm worried about you,
01:09:44 Don't be,
01:09:47 Tea Cake is draggin' you 'round
01:09:51 Shootin', and fishin', and,,,
01:09:54 - What's so bad about all that?
01:09:57 You act Iike it's against the Iaw, Phoebe,
01:10:00 Janie,
01:10:01 (giggling) Girl!
01:10:08 He's helpin' you spend your money,
01:10:13 He got you buyin' him clothes,
01:10:20 What's wrong with that?
01:10:25 You know how it is when
01:10:29 Tea Cake ain't Iike that,
01:10:32 With him, I'm gonna utilize myself all over,
01:10:42 He want me to be serious with him,
01:10:46 Janie!
01:10:48 Don't worry, I said no,
01:10:51 I ain't never gettin' married again,
01:10:54 You gonna end up Iike Annie Taller,
01:10:58 - No, I ain't,
01:11:00 Remember how we all sat on our porches,
01:11:05 After she was a widow? When she ran off
01:11:09 she was Iaughing and sure, just Iike you,
01:11:28 That young fellow
01:11:32 (laughs)
01:11:42 (Phoebe) But he was only after
01:11:44 Stole her car, Stole her money,
01:11:49 After that, he was gone,
01:11:57 Well, I Iove T ea Cake,
01:12:02 He gonna make a fool out of you,
01:12:05 I want to Ieave a hour early
01:12:09 Don't you go missin' that bus or nothin',
01:12:14 I won't,
01:12:17 You wouldn't go makin'
01:12:22 Can't nobody hold a candle to you, Janie,
01:12:31 You got the keys to the kingdom, girl,
01:12:41 - Mrs, Mayor Starks?
01:12:44 Yes, ma'am,
01:12:48 - Where's she off to, you think?
01:12:53 Well, you gotta hand it to her,
01:13:03 T'ain't right,
01:13:06 She gonna be back here
01:13:23 (§ band plays "Simply Beautiful")
01:13:27 (drunken talking and laughter)
01:13:36 (man) § If I gave you my Iove
01:13:40 § Baby
01:13:43 § I tell you what I would do
01:13:50 § I'd expect a whole Iot of Iove
01:13:56 § Out of you
01:14:05 § You got to be good to me
01:14:12 § I'm gonna be good to you
01:14:19 § There's a whole Iotta things
01:14:22 § You and I could do
01:14:34 § What about the way you Iove me
01:14:39 § And the way you squeeze me
01:14:48 § Simply beautiful
01:14:56 § Yeah, yeah, beautiful, yeah
01:15:02 § When you get right down to it
01:15:14 § When you need me, I was right there
01:15:20 § Beside you, girl, oh, beside you, girl
01:15:27 § Beside you
01:15:32 § Baby
01:15:34 § Baby, baby
01:15:38 § Yeah, yeah
01:15:43 § oh, yeah
01:15:47 § Little girl, sometimes
01:15:50 § The way you feelin'
01:15:58 § Honey, all you got to do
01:16:01 § Is call me
01:16:03 § Simply beautiful
01:16:12 § Simply beautiful
01:16:22 § Simply beautiful §
01:16:43 Tea Cake?
01:16:49 Where you at, honey?
01:17:01 Tea Cake?
01:17:46 What you want, honey?
01:17:58 No, I'm fine, Miss,
01:18:28 (car horn)
01:18:30 § What about the way you love me
01:18:38 § And the way you squeeze me
01:18:50 § Simply beautiful to me
01:18:58 § Beautiful, simply §
01:19:01 (woman) That young fellow
01:19:04 § What about the way you hold me
01:19:11 § And the way you squeeze me
01:19:23 § Simply beautiful §
01:19:30 Where the hell you been?
01:19:36 It's good to see you too, baby,
01:19:42 Good to see me, huh?
01:19:47 Where the hell is my money?
01:19:54 I Iost it,
01:19:56 You Iost it? You Iost it?
01:20:00 - What do you mean, you Iost it?
01:20:02 - You ain't gonna make no fool outta me,,,
01:20:06 Y'all walk out with a few hundred
01:20:09 You Iyin'!
01:20:13 I was gonna take you to Orlando
01:20:18 - You Iost my money,
01:20:22 Couldn't win a hand, Janie!
01:20:27 You stole my money,
01:20:31 Yeah,
01:20:35 My car, too,
01:20:39 Well, you a damn fool,
01:20:43 And I ain't never gonna give you a chance
01:20:49 Never gonna Iet you Ieave me
01:20:55 I made up my mind never,,, never to
01:21:08 You're hurt, What happened to you?
01:21:11 - I was gonna,,,
01:21:14 -,,,go out and win the world for you,
01:21:17 - What happened to you?
01:21:22 I don't want to drag you down,
01:21:29 I don't want to drag you down
01:21:34 No kind of way,
01:21:46 You can't drag me down,
01:21:53 AII you got to give me is yourself,
01:22:04 That's it,
01:22:06 § Simply beautiful §
01:22:20 Want to go to the muck?
01:22:24 To the muck?
01:22:27 What's the muck?
01:22:29 It's this place down in the Everglades,
01:22:35 There's plenty of work and fun,
01:22:38 We,,, we could make us some money
01:22:42 - Now what you say to that?
01:22:45 'Cause I got plenty of money in the bank,
01:22:47 - We get us a new car,,,
01:22:49 See, your money gonna stay there,
01:22:54 While we's together, we eat whatever
01:23:01 Now, if I ain't got nothing,
01:23:09 Well, that's all right with me,
01:23:32 Yeah, that's Lake Okeechobee,
01:23:35 An awful bigwater.
01:23:37 40 miles wide and 60 miles Iong,
01:23:41 Yes, ma'am, That's a whole heap of water,
01:23:58 (Janie) I felt like I had been
01:24:32 They came every spring,
01:24:36 From the east, west, north and south,
01:24:39 Wild people,
01:24:42 with the pickin ' season on the muck,
01:24:45 Drums, Livin ' three lifetimes in one,
01:24:50 Blues, made and used
01:24:59 (harmonica playing)
01:25:17 (children singing nursery rhyme)
01:25:20 (man) You watchin'?
01:25:34 (native Americans talking)
01:25:56 - What's your name?
01:25:58 Nunkie,
01:26:07 Oh, good,
01:26:24 Sure Iook nice in them overalls,
01:26:28 Now, you sure
01:26:30 - Do I want to pick cucumbers?
01:26:33 Yeah, I want to pick cucumbers!
01:26:37 - and I miss you when I'm at home,
01:26:41 I think I can handle it!
01:26:44 The Iunch, the Iunch,,,
01:26:46 Yeah, yeah, get that, I'm hungry,
01:28:58 (Janie) I felt for the very first time
01:29:04 I had love, and it was real,
01:29:08 Tea Cake gave me
01:29:15 (native Americans talking)
01:29:23 - Now, where y'all goin'?
01:29:28 Sawgrass bloomed, Hurricane's coming,
01:29:31 - Oh, they all just scared,
01:29:36 There ain't nothin' comin' but a Iittle blow,
01:29:46 Indians is Ieavin'
01:29:49 Well, if the Indians knew anything,
01:30:05 - (woman) Come on, now, We gotta git,
01:30:10 Why don't you hold that fish up
01:30:18 Like that?
01:30:27 - (man) Come on, y'all, hurry up,
01:30:36 How about after the harvest
01:30:43 - Sounds good,
01:30:49 They crossin' the road in broad daylight,
01:30:57 Hey, the crows done flew up,
01:31:01 I'm gonna go up north a few miles,
01:31:04 - It ain't nothing but a Iittle windy,
01:31:08 I got some space in here
01:31:13 We go, we gonna Iose
01:31:18 - Go ahead, We gonna wait it out,
01:31:22 (thunder)
01:31:34 Don't worry, If it do rain,
01:31:39 (thunder)
01:31:50 - What you doin', Janie?
01:32:08 (thunder crashes)
01:33:01 - It's gonna be all right,
01:33:04 (crash)
01:33:27 I reckon you wish
01:33:30 and steered clear
01:33:34 No, this ain't nothing,
01:33:37 - Hmm,
01:33:41 Just with my man
01:33:48 Supposin' we was to die now,
01:33:53 Well, it don't matter, 'Cause folks
01:33:59 It's Iike if you can see the Iight of day,
01:34:04 you really don't care if you die before dusk,
01:34:07 Mmm,
01:34:10 I was fumblin' around in the dark,
01:34:13 God opened the door, and there you was,
01:34:19 I never knew you were
01:34:37 (rumbling and creaking)
01:35:16 Tea Cake!
01:35:19 Tea Cake!
01:35:49 Tea Cake!
01:35:50 Tea Cake!
01:36:00 (dog barking)
01:36:16 Tea Cake!
01:36:18 (Tea Cake yells)
01:36:24 Tea Cake?
01:36:26 Tea Cake!
01:36:31 Tea Cake!
01:36:40 Tea Cake! Tea Cake!
01:36:43 Tea Cake, Tea Cake, come on, Come on,
01:37:00 He woulda torn me to pieces
01:37:05 Come here,
01:37:09 You don't have to say "if it wasn't for me,"
01:37:17 § Simply beautiful §
01:37:37 (Janie) A week later, the water
01:37:40 Ieavin' the lake as calm and as peaceful
01:37:47 Folks came back and pitched in,
01:37:53 All the while, Tea Cake rested,
01:38:01 Brought you a whole bucketful of water,
01:38:12 - What's wrong?
01:38:15 - Ain't nothing wrong with the water,
01:38:28 (retching)
01:38:38 (retching continues)
01:38:51 (groaning)
01:39:06 (man) Oh, there's nothing wrong with you,
01:39:12 Just keep Janie out your bed for a while,
01:39:18 Make sure he takes that medicine, and
01:39:28 - I wish I'd got to him sooner,
01:39:30 Gotta get him to the hospital,
01:39:34 - Tie him down?
01:39:37 - I got money, so whatever it costs,,,
01:39:44 No, you don't know Tea Cake,
01:39:46 Shots right afterwards woulda fixed him up,
01:39:50 - He won't bite, just tell me what to do,
01:39:55 Janie, it might be too Iate,
01:39:57 but I'II go to Palm Beach and I'II get him
01:40:02 It's gonna take me a day or so,
01:40:05 - OK,
01:40:21 We gonna get you well,
01:40:25 Good,
01:40:28 Good, 'cause you and me got things to do,
01:40:38 We sure do,
01:40:42 Since that first time I seen you,,,
01:40:45 workin' in your store,
01:40:47 I been,,,
01:40:49 I been tryin',,,
01:40:52 I been tryin',,,
01:40:55 I,,, I been tryin'
01:40:59 what it is about you,
01:41:03 I'm just some old gal
01:41:09 No,
01:41:12 No, No,
01:41:16 You only sound old
01:41:22 It's Iike you,,, It's Iike you,,,
01:41:26 you spent all your old days first
01:41:30 and you saved up all your younger days
01:41:37 Oh, Janie, You're the kinda woman'd
01:41:44 Forget to die,
01:41:59 Come here,
01:42:10 I'm here,
01:42:18 You really need to hush up
01:42:21 Just get better,
01:42:30 Every time I see a patch of roses,
01:42:34 all disportin' theyselves,
01:42:41 I say to 'em, "You ain't seen my Janie,"
01:42:58 You keep sayin' stuff Iike that,
01:43:06 (choking)
01:43:08 - What's the matter?
01:43:12 You sure was strainin' with it,
01:43:16 - This pillow's soppin' wet,
01:43:29 Here's money for gas, Get Doc Gordon,
01:43:33 Go as fast as you can,
01:43:45 What you doin'?
01:43:49 Doc Gordon said you need your rest,
01:44:32 Janie,
01:44:44 How about we have us some Iemonade?
01:44:48 How come
01:44:53 I'II sleep with you, Come on, Iie down,
01:44:56 I'II sleep with you,
01:45:00 See?
01:45:06 Doc Gordon gonna be here,
01:45:21 (car horn)
01:45:22 That's Doc Gordon,
01:45:46 - Where you been?
01:45:51 You's gonna run off with Motor Boat,
01:45:55 Doin' for me, You gonna find yourself
01:45:59 Huh?
01:46:00 - Don't Iie to me!
01:46:07 It's just the sickness, That's all it is,
01:46:11 It's just the sickness,
01:46:16 You just can't think straight, that's all,
01:46:28 It's just the sickness, just the sickness,
01:46:33 It's not me, I seen you with him!
01:46:40 (click)
01:46:46 Fight it, Fight,
01:46:49 I know you can fight it,
01:46:58 (click)
01:47:03 'Cause if you don't fight it,
01:47:10 And I ain'tgonna letnobodytieyou down.
01:47:15 Now put that gun down,
01:47:24 Can you see me? Tea Cake?
01:47:29 You see me? You see me, don't you?
01:47:33 Can you see me?
01:47:36 Can you see me?
01:47:41 Can you see me?
01:47:44 It's Janie,
01:47:48 I know you Iove me,
01:48:01 (two gunshots)
01:48:06 (Janie wailing)
01:48:34 Poor Tea Cake,
01:48:43 BIess his heart,
01:48:47 Tea Cake gonna always be alive,
01:48:52 As long as I'mthinkin', and breathin'.
01:48:57 Andfeelin'.
01:49:07 Ain't nobody
01:49:10 - Good,
01:49:13 I just,,,
01:49:16 I feel Iike I growed ten feet high
01:49:23 Girl, all I did
01:49:26 was find out about Iivin' for myself,
01:49:34 I'm gonna get my Sam to take me fishin',
01:49:38 Right now, And I don't care how Iate it is,
01:49:42 You go on, Go on, Phoebe,
01:50:19 (Janie) Now, love is like the sea,
01:50:23 It's a movin' thing,
01:50:25 And it's different on every shore,
01:50:56 (laughs)
01:51:17 (Tea Cake) What you doin', Janie?
01:51:22 I'm watching God,