Van Diemen s Land

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00:00:18 (CLICK!)
00:00:19 (APPLAUSE)
00:01:37 (WIND BLOWS SOFTLY)
00:02:03 PEARCE VOICEOVER: (IN GAELIC)
00:04:00 (THUNDER RUMBLES)
00:04:11 (AXES CUT INTO TREES)
00:04:24 (DOG BARKS)
00:05:35 (WHISTLE BLOWS)
00:05:54 (MEN GASP)
00:06:03 (MEN GROAN TREMULOUSLY)
00:06:22 OVERSEER: Alright. Come on, Dalton.
00:06:25 Come on.
00:06:26 Give me your hand. Come here.
00:06:31 OK, in you get.
00:06:34 Go on.
00:06:40 That's it. Go on.
00:06:45 Come on, lads.
00:08:27 (GRUNTS)
00:08:31 OVERSEER: There's freedom
00:08:37 Sooner you get this forest cut down,
00:08:43 Great ships are built
00:08:46 Great ships.
00:08:50 Mathers!
00:08:52 Got no tongue in your head today?
00:08:55 Your man Mathers
00:08:58 and mute it has made him.
00:08:59 (LAUGHS) Poor lad.
00:09:03 He'd rather be there
00:09:06 (MEN LAUGH)
00:09:17 (MEN GRUNT WITH EXERTION)
00:09:25 One...two...three.
00:09:28 (ALL GRUNT)
00:09:56 (EERIE MUSIC)
00:10:20 If this one sinks,
00:10:30 OVERSEER: It was some meal
00:10:33 Soup, baked bread...
00:10:36 (CHUCKLES)..mutton.
00:10:39 The likes I cannot recall
00:10:44 I was in no need
00:10:48 But he poured forth. (CHUCKLES)
00:10:50 MAN: (SOFTLY) I wish myself deaf.
00:10:52 He yaps more than a dog
00:10:58 But I did manage to...
00:11:00 ..smuggle a little something to...
00:11:03 There's not much, but...
00:11:06 Well, it'll go wonderfully
00:11:32 It's there if anyone wants it.
00:11:58 What are you smiling at now,
00:12:03 No law against smiling.
00:12:07 Not yet, young Thomas.
00:12:20 Where's that mongrel sailor - Greenhill?
00:12:26 Greenhill, eh? Where is he?
00:12:35 Where is he? Eh?
00:12:38 You'll all feel the taste of it
00:12:42 Arggh!
00:12:44 GREENHILL: There's not a boat to be
00:12:47 - Help! Help!
00:12:49 You took your bleeding time.
00:12:52 This is to remove your tongue
00:12:56 Take his clothes. Take his clothes!
00:12:59 (MEN YELL, GRUNT)
00:13:04 Keep fucking still!
00:13:06 - GREENHILL: Pass the coat.
00:13:12 Get off me!
00:13:23 Come on. Come on! Let's go!
00:13:29 (SHOUTS) Let's go!
00:13:33 GREENHILL: Come on!
00:13:35 Where will you go?
00:13:40 (MUFFLED) No! No!
00:13:45 Fat...fucking...
00:13:48 DALTON: You hit him one more time...
00:13:50 ..one more time, and I swear to fuck
00:13:55 Grab everything! Quickly!
00:14:13 GREENHILL: There'll be supplies
00:14:15 We make our move at dusk.
00:14:32 DALTON: Run!
00:14:37 (GUNFIRE)
00:15:08 (DALTON AND PEARCE
00:15:14 (GUNFIRE CONTINUES)
00:15:34 (ALL PANT HEAVILY)
00:15:40 (GUNSHOT)
00:15:42 What? Are they shooting each other?
00:15:44 Shh.
00:15:47 - We can't stay here.
00:15:50 (PEARCE SPEAKS GAELIC)
00:15:52 (WHISPERS) Quiet.
00:16:07 (WHISPERS) We head east.
00:16:08 If you don't want a noose
00:17:33 - I'm bleeding cold.
00:17:37 (GRUNTS BREATHLESSLY)
00:17:41 I need a fire.
00:17:42 We can't, you nikey.
00:17:44 I need the warm!
00:17:46 - Punch that cunt, Mathers.
00:17:50 Ohh. The wee lad wants to be
00:17:54 You're all talk, old man.
00:17:56 You're the one fucking talking.
00:17:58 You'll be talking
00:18:01 Oh, why don't you go to fucking sleep?
00:18:03 We're all fucking cold.
00:18:20 - What are they saying?
00:18:25 Eh? You're fucking Irish.
00:18:28 Go to fucking sleep.
00:18:45 (LAUGHS)
00:18:52 (LAUGHS)
00:19:18 (THUNDER RUMBLES)
00:20:51 MATHERS: You might not see it in me,
00:20:53 but I'm quite the ladies' man
00:20:55 DALTON: Are you just?
00:20:57 When you consider
00:21:00 Not one complaint, I'll have you know.
00:21:04 DALTON: Is that right?
00:21:06 I've found, in my time,
00:21:07 that rubbing the flesh above the hole
00:21:12 has a powerful effect on all women
00:21:14 and brings a strong wetness
00:21:22 What did you fucking say?
00:21:25 You alright?
00:21:30 Bleeding Irish scum.
00:21:52 Cooee!
00:21:55 - Quiet!
00:22:10 Where to now, Captain?
00:22:20 At least we'll never be far
00:22:37 Little Brown.
00:22:41 You right, Ned?
00:23:04 Aye, it's fucking cold.
00:23:10 (EXHALES)
00:23:18 BODENHAM: Little Brown!
00:23:20 Hey! You leave him be there!
00:23:22 I won't be hanged
00:23:27 Swimming, is it, lads?
00:23:29 Are you coming in, William?
00:23:31 Look out, Dalton! There's
00:23:34 Don't you worry about this one!
00:23:36 It's the wee little fella back there
00:23:38 (KENNERLY LAUGHS)
00:23:42 KENNERLY: In my fair opinion, lads,
00:23:43 this spring is even better
00:23:46 DALTON: That is the very truth itself,
00:23:49 It is a fine spring!
00:23:51 And better than the last, eh, Pearce?
00:23:54 Aye, Mr Dalton,
00:23:56 and...even...better
00:23:59 (DALTON WHOOPS)
00:24:01 BODENHAM: You bog trotters
00:24:03 KENNERLY: Oh!
00:24:08 All the heavenly host.
00:24:14 (SIGHS)
00:24:22 Upon my soul, lads,
00:24:26 The sun is shining!
00:24:29 We have our liberty!
00:24:32 Ah! Christ, what a land this is!
00:24:36 Hey! Kennerly!
00:24:39 Free Ireland! Free Ireland!
00:24:43 KENNERLY: I'm right behind you!
00:24:44 DALTON: Use your muscles, man!
00:24:58 KENNERLY: And the door
00:24:59 and there she was, standing there
00:25:01 with her wee little dugs
00:25:03 DALTON: Don't say it.
00:25:05 (MEN LAUGH)
00:25:06 MATHERS: I've heard it too often and in
00:25:09 No, it can't be.
00:25:13 So, every morning without fail,
00:25:15 she'd make me rub her cold legs
00:25:19 and she would sing to me softly
00:25:21 about the sea.
00:25:23 But, by God, wouldn't she fart on me
00:25:27 A case of the six o'clock farts
00:25:30 You're standing there
00:25:34 Christ almighty!
00:25:36 Them were farts you could
00:25:39 - What the hell are you talking about?
00:25:41 If they didn't have cunts,
00:25:44 (MATHERS SNIGGERS)
00:25:51 What?
00:25:54 Oh, we were just relating
00:25:57 as to what the two of you
00:26:00 We were getting wood for the fire.
00:26:01 (LAUGHTER)
00:26:03 - Do you think it funny?
00:26:06 It has humour.
00:26:10 One question, Robert.
00:26:14 Is it true that Travers here
00:26:16 was a ticket-of-leave man
00:26:18 I speak for myself.
00:26:23 So, Robert, is it true that Travers here
00:26:26 TRAVERS: No.
00:26:27 I had no ticket of leave.
00:26:30 I heard you had land. (LAUGHS)
00:26:33 And sheep to tend.
00:26:38 Is that true?
00:26:40 Oh, I had a lease of land
00:26:42 But time... It takes time...
00:26:43 Here you are, huh? All the land
00:26:52 You must have been quite a catch,
00:26:55 (MEN CHUCKLE)
00:27:46 (PANTS)
00:28:00 (NED BREATHES HEAVILY)
00:28:11 (GRUNTS)
00:28:13 Come on. Come on, Ned.
00:28:17 Come on. Come on, Ned.
00:28:24 You're coming with us.
00:28:27 Yeah. You're coming with us.
00:28:29 You're coming with us.
00:28:31 BODENHAM: Leave him.
00:28:34 KENNERLY: Come on.
00:28:36 Come on, Neddy.
00:28:39 Come on.
00:28:41 BODENHAM: Just fucking leave him!
00:28:44 Come on!
00:29:42 Cooee!
00:29:45 (ECHOES)
00:30:24 You'll be fine!
00:30:26 - Fuck this.
00:30:28 - Fuck this!
00:30:32 KENNERLY:
00:30:35 BODENHAM: Leave him!
00:30:37 - Come on.
00:30:39 KENNERLY: Wait!
00:30:42 Wait!
00:30:45 We have to stop here for the night!
00:30:47 - Not here! No! I said leave him!
00:30:49 GREENHILL: We leave no-one!
00:30:52 We rest here!
00:30:54 DALTON: We'll freeze up here!
00:30:58 This is madness!
00:31:01 DALTON: I'm following him!
00:31:05 Pearce! Let's head down!
00:31:07 MATHERS: Head down!
00:31:12 Come on!
00:31:16 Come on.
00:31:18 Leave him!
00:32:15 That the last of it?
00:32:25 Where in hell are you taking us,
00:32:31 East.
00:32:33 We'll hit the settled districts
00:32:35 What do we eat?
00:32:40 We've no food left.
00:32:43 And I'm tired of carrying
00:32:46 - And for what use?
00:32:58 He said we were to escape by boat.
00:33:01 Not to walk to our deaths!
00:33:04 This fool doesn't know where he's going!
00:33:06 You heard your man. We're headed east.
00:33:09 Do you miss the flogging?
00:33:11 Easy. Easy, lad. Easy.
00:33:24 KENNERLY: I witnessed a young chavy
00:33:28 After the first 100, you could see
00:33:35 So for the next 100
00:33:39 Blood gushing like a tap.
00:33:43 Never tried to escape after that.
00:33:50 There's no going back.
00:33:53 Not for any of us.
00:35:52 Hey, what are you doing,
00:35:55 Shh! (MOUTHS INAUDIBLY)
00:35:57 An animal?
00:35:59 By Christ, lad, you're seeing things.
00:36:01 Would you shut your fucking mouth?
00:36:02 You'll never catch it.
00:36:05 He'll never catch it.
00:36:07 Them imaginations are too fast.
00:36:11 (LAUGHS)
00:36:16 Fuck you! Aarggh!
00:36:18 - Hey. Hey.
00:36:20 Hey, you get your fucking hands off!
00:36:21 Get your hands off!
00:36:25 Arggh!
00:36:27 MATHERS: Bodenham!
00:36:29 Stop it!
00:36:30 - BODENHAM: No-one touches me!
00:36:32 DALTON: Pearce! I will not fight.
00:36:35 BODENHAM: Fuck you!
00:36:36 I will not fight!
00:36:38 (PEARCE YELLS)
00:36:45 - DALTON: Pearce?
00:36:48 (BREATHES HEAVILY)
00:37:08 KENNERLY: (SINGS) # It's oft-time
00:37:12 # When I slumber
00:37:16 # I have a pleasant dream
00:37:23 # With my pretty girl I be roving
00:37:32 # Down by a sparkling stream
00:37:39 # In Ireland I've been roving
00:37:45 # With her at my command
00:37:52 # But I wake up broken-hearted
00:37:57 # 'Pon Van Diemen's Land. #
00:38:10 DALTON: That was a beautiful song,
00:38:13 Aye.
00:38:17 Did you have a pretty one back home?
00:38:21 I hope not, for lonely she'll die.
00:38:27 Yourself?
00:38:33 A few.
00:38:39 My sister, my mother...
00:38:42 (BOTH LAUGH)
00:40:31 TRAVERS: What about Pearce?
00:40:34 You have to do it soon.
00:40:38 I'm hungry, Robert.
00:40:48 GREENHILL: Hmm. I know.
00:41:04 DALTON: (IN DISTANCE) Cooee!
00:41:23 GREENHILL: It's the law of the sea.
00:41:25 I've seen the like done before.
00:41:27 It tastes like pork.
00:41:30 MATHERS: I couldn't.
00:41:32 GREENHILL: Don't be a fool.
00:41:34 MATHERS: I'll have no hand in it.
00:41:39 GREENHILL: I'll not hang for it.
00:41:41 I'll eat the first piece myself
00:41:45 We agreed?
00:41:51 TRAVERS: Pearce?
00:41:53 What say you?
00:42:14 Aye.
00:42:22 MATHERS: Who then?
00:42:28 Dalton.
00:42:29 MATHERS: Dalton?!
00:42:31 What about Bodenham?
00:42:34 GREENHILL: Are we agreed?
00:42:53 Tell the others to get walking.
00:45:04 What about a song, William?
00:45:09 Fire in my belly.
00:45:13 I'm so hungry I could eat my own arse.
00:45:20 Sorry I am, William.
00:45:25 Rest yourself.
00:45:30 DALTON:
00:45:51 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:46:12 (DALTON SCREAMS)
00:46:14 BODENHAM: Fuck! Fuck!
00:46:15 (DALTON MOANS IN AGONY)
00:46:19 You fuck... (SHRIEKS)
00:46:22 Keep quiet!
00:46:26 KENNERLY: You animal!
00:46:31 - Goddamn you to hell!
00:46:40 TRAVERS: We have to bleed him.
00:46:43 - BODENHAM: Eat him?
00:46:48 Mathers, grab his legs.
00:46:50 (DALTON COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS)
00:47:02 TRAVERS: Grab his legs.
00:47:11 MATHERS: Fuck!
00:47:20 TRAVERS: Tie his legs.
00:47:22 Tie his legs over there.
00:47:23 Over there.
00:47:41 Will you not eat?
00:47:44 KENNERLY: Never.
00:47:46 TRAVERS: They won't eat.
00:47:48 GREENHILL: Then they die.
00:47:52 Eight days to get here.
00:47:54 At least 10 to get back.
00:47:59 Is there a man here
00:48:00 who thinks he could live without food
00:48:26 (SPEAKS GAELIC)
00:49:15 Stay with me. We're leaving.
00:49:31 (SCREAMS)
00:49:32 - MATHERS: What?
00:49:35 Oh, Christ, they've gone!
00:49:37 - Settle down.
00:49:38 - What are you saying?
00:49:40 They've gone!
00:49:42 William Kennerly and Little Brown.
00:49:48 Well, are we after them?
00:49:50 If they make it back, we're as good
00:49:53 They'll be dead in two days.
00:49:59 BODENHAM: Come back!
00:50:03 Come back!
00:50:07 Kennerly!
00:50:11 Little Brown! William Kennerly!
00:50:16 William Kennerly, come back!
00:50:17 William Kennerly!
00:50:22 Little Brown!
00:50:44 This could have been me.
00:50:47 I was sleeping right next to him.
00:50:51 No. No, it couldn't.
00:51:30 No fucking way!
00:51:33 He's right. We won't make it.
00:51:34 Look at the bloody thing!
00:51:37 We cross here.
00:51:39 You're mad, the lot of you.
00:51:42 We have to cross.
00:51:44 TRAVERS: I can't swim.
00:51:45 MATHERS: Neither can Bodenham.
00:51:47 GREENHILL: You swim fine.
00:51:48 MATHERS: Not in that.
00:52:47 GREENHILL: Here, stop here.
00:53:11 PEARCE: Will you light the fire, lad?
00:53:14 You light it?
00:53:20 MATHERS: Bodenham.
00:53:24 Bodenham.
00:54:08 You didn't need to do that.
00:54:11 He was just a kid.
00:54:13 We have plenty of food.
00:54:15 We rest tomorrow.
00:54:18 Agreed?
00:54:30 We'll need more wood.
00:55:50 Easier than cutting sheep.
00:56:07 (FARTS)
00:56:08 Oh, Jesus fucking Christ!
00:56:11 At last Dalton can rest in peace.
00:56:14 (LAUGHS)
00:56:15 MATHERS: Aargh!
00:56:21 (MATHERS MOANS)
00:56:54 GREENHILL: Pearce, hand me your axe.
00:56:59 Hand me your axe!
00:57:04 We need the kindling.
00:57:30 (THUNDER RUMBLES)
00:58:11 No way.
00:58:14 - Carry it.
00:58:17 Yes, you fucking are.
00:58:18 Give me the axe and I'll carry the bag.
00:58:34 Suit yourself.
00:59:53 We have to get away
00:59:58 If we don't, one of us will be
01:00:04 I wouldn't be surprised if that was
01:00:07 To come out here without food
01:00:10 Greenhill ain't mad.
01:00:14 We have to get away.
01:00:16 You hear what I'm saying?
01:00:19 I'm leaving.
01:00:21 Are you with me or with them?
01:00:23 You. I'm with you.
01:00:26 We leave in the dark of morning.
01:00:47 TRAVERS: (LAUGHS) Just drink it.
01:00:50 MATHERS: To brew the strength
01:00:53 (LAUGHS) You've gone mad.
01:01:42 PEARCE: Smells rotten.
01:01:46 Soup. For the hunger.
01:02:17 Arggh!
01:02:25 Stay back, wife! Or I'll kill him dead!
01:02:31 Oh, Christ, my head.
01:02:35 Pearce.
01:02:48 I'll sit for the night.
01:02:53 If either of you come near me,
01:03:38 (MATHERS RAMBLES INDISTINCTLY)
01:03:53 (GROANS SOFTLY)
01:04:06 I'm OK. Just...thirsty.
01:04:16 We need to leave them behind.
01:04:26 Have to keep an eye on them, Pearce.
01:04:30 He's a taste for blood, that one.
01:04:40 As soon as we lose sight of them...
01:04:43 ..that's when we make our move.
01:04:47 Pearce.
01:05:02 You miserable fuck.
01:05:07 (YELLS)
01:05:19 (GREENHILL SCREAMS)
01:05:22 - Fucking kill this cunt!
01:05:25 - I fucking can't.
01:05:28 MATHERS: (YELLS)
01:05:30 I've no fear of you - not one!
01:05:40 I'll eat your fucking souls!
01:05:53 (PANTS)
01:06:08 DALTON: Cooee!
01:06:16 No, Pearce.
01:06:18 You're not dead yet.
01:07:32 TRAVERS: I have the hunger
01:07:34 Do you feel it, Pearce?
01:07:37 I've not the need.
01:07:40 How are you doing? Hungry, Pearce?
01:07:43 I preferred Dalton to the rest.
01:07:46 Tender, like lamb.
01:07:50 (LAUGHS)
01:07:51 Mathers gave me the wind of December.
01:07:54 Fitting, as the mad cunt never shut up.
01:08:00 - And Bodenham...
01:08:13 TRAVERS: You've a hungry look
01:08:15 You're in need of eating.
01:08:18 (LAUGHS SHRILLY)
01:08:20 Pearce.
01:08:25 Pearce.
01:08:27 Pearce. Pearce.
01:08:30 Pearce.
01:08:31 Pearce! (LAUGHS DELIRIOUSLY)
01:08:34 Pearce.
01:08:36 (SCREAMS)
01:08:37 Arggh! Arggh! Robert! Fucking thing.
01:08:40 Where is it? Fucking snake.
01:08:42 GREENHILL: Where is it? Hey.
01:08:46 Fucking...get the fucker!
01:08:48 - Ugh!
01:08:51 Oh, fuck, Robert.
01:08:56 You'll be fine. You'll be fine.
01:09:01 Come on.
01:09:04 Shh.
01:09:06 Come on. Come on.
01:09:09 - (GROANS)
01:09:20 Come on.
01:10:00 (GROANS LOUDLY)
01:10:07 Leave me. I won't make it.
01:10:10 Go on without me, Robert.
01:10:22 I don't like the way
01:10:26 (GRUNTS)
01:10:29 (GRUNTS, GROANS LOUDLY)
01:10:35 (PANTS)
01:10:37 (GROANS)
01:10:58 GREENHILL: (SINGS) # Well met,
01:11:03 # "Well met, well met," cried she
01:11:08 # I've just returned
01:11:12 # And it's all for the love of thee
01:11:16 # I could have married
01:11:23 # She would have married me
01:11:27 # I've forsaken the crown of gold
01:11:32 # All for the love of thee
01:11:36 - # All for the... #
01:11:40 - (TRAVERS GROANS)
01:11:42 I'm here.
01:11:44 - TRAVERS: Oh, no.
01:11:49 (DEVILS CONTINUE TO CRY)
01:12:08 PEARCE: He'll not make it.
01:12:12 (SINGS SOFTLY)
01:12:45 TRAVERS: (SHAKILY) No, no! No!
01:12:51 You'll be taking
01:12:59 TRAVERS: You'll make it without me.
01:13:02 Please, Robert. I'm so tired.
01:13:08 I'm so tired.
01:13:12 I need sleep.
01:13:13 (GASPS)
01:13:14 (OUT OF BREATH) You can't...
01:13:20 Please, Robert. Please!
01:13:28 (SOFTLY) No.
01:13:33 You'll make it without me.
01:13:36 I need sleep.
01:13:39 You can't... Wait.
01:13:42 Don't! Please, Robert.
01:13:45 (DESPERATELY) Please!
01:13:46 (GASPS)
01:14:01 (GASPS) Robert...
01:14:07 No.
01:14:10 (CONTINUES GASPING)
01:14:31 Don't touch me.
01:14:38 Pearce is going to...
01:14:39 Pearce... Pearce is going to...
01:14:42 Keep him away from me.
01:14:44 - Shh.
01:14:46 Shh. Shh.
01:14:48 (TRAVERS GASPS)
01:16:01 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
01:16:18 (TRAVERS GASPS)
01:16:26 (CHOKES)
01:16:31 TRAVERS: (GASPS) Please...don't...
01:16:33 (STAB! STAB!)
01:16:35 (TRAVERS GROANS AND GASPS)
01:16:42 (CONTINUES GASPING
01:16:47 (PEARCE GRUNTS WITH EXERTION)
01:16:56 (PEARCE BREATHES HEAVILY)
01:17:05 (GRUNTS WITH EXERTION)
01:17:52 (BREATHES HEAVILY)
01:21:13 (SCRAPES AGAINST TEETH)
01:22:03 Where now?
01:23:50 Have you...
01:23:54 Have you ever thought at it, Alex?
01:24:02 This thing...
01:24:05 This thing that's...
01:24:09 It grows fat on itself. This is...
01:24:15 (GASPS)
01:24:29 It's...burning alive, Alex.
01:24:41 Logs for the fire.
01:24:43 Just logs for the fire, Alex.
01:24:56 You don't fucking say much,
01:25:06 What brought you here?
01:25:14 Shoes.
01:25:16 Six pairs of shoes.
01:25:43 We have to keep moving.
01:25:58 (BOTH BREATHE RAGGEDLY)
01:26:06 We're close.
01:26:27 DALTON: (LOUDLY) Cooeeee!
01:26:30 (PEARCE GASPS)
01:29:06 Hard of sleep, Robert?
01:29:10 Aye.
01:30:55 (PEARCE PANTS)
01:31:27 Get on with it.
01:31:33 Arggh! (GASPS)
01:32:14 PEARCE VOICEOVER:
01:32:49 (GREENHILL GURGLES)
01:32:52 (PEARCE GRUNTS)
01:33:37 (FABRIC RIPS)
01:33:39 (FLESH RIPS)
01:34:21 (MURMURS SOFTLY)
01:35:39 (SOMBRE MUSIC)