💬 Cold Mountain

A goat gives you company,

A little bird did sing

A man by the name of Bartram.

A novel.

A reckonin'?

A slave woman.

A splendid idea.

A thousand moments.

A thousand terrible miles."

A tintype, with your musket and your courage on display.

A world of mountains piled upon mountains."

Aargh!

About maybe lookin' in on you at Black Cove. It's hard right now, but...

Ada Monroe and Ruby Thewes, look at you both.

Ada Monroe?

Ada Monroe.

Ada, I wanna marry you.

Ada!

Ada! It's Sally!

Ada?

Ada.

Afternoon.

Agh!

Agh! Ohh...

Agh! Teague's probably took him.

Ain't you got a proper coat?

All I got.

All our blessings, O Lord, we thank thee.

All right, all right!

All right, Daddy.

All right, that's it.

All right, then.

All right.

All this while I've been packin' ice around my heart.

All we can do is make peace with the past

Always in my mind."

Am I gonna die?

Am I hard to hear? 'Cause you keep repeatin' everything.

Am I near the Cape Fear River?

Amen!

And all of that is better'n "Ruby with the eyes that sparkle."

And as you walk through death's dark veil

And brokers who break everything

And cheese,

And comes back in spring with a whistle.

And don't lose it. Or sell it.

And he told us after some persuasion you were up here.

And he's here sniffin' out an advantage.

And I always killed him.

And I can pull this dress over my head.

And I care for her. That's the heartbreak of it.

And I don't expect to work whilst you sit around and watch, neither.

And I don't recommend that way.

And I hardly know her. I hardly know her!

And I just can't seem to get back to her.

And I love you too, Sally. I do.

And I'm ready to be washed clean of my dirt.

And is being lost twice over by those who stayed behind."

And is your father living, Mr. Inman?

And milk,

And Pangle, he feels the cold like a thin man, but there ain't no coat'll fit him.

And ride me all the way to China.

And separates the widow from the bride

And should be hunted down like a dog.

And that is a good thing in these troubled times.

And that's Gemini, and that is Orion's big dog.

And the water's so cool.

And then he had nothing to say.

And there's five of us. That's not a fair fight.

And there's no money.

And this time there was nothin' there to haunt me.

And this.

And those who hunt thee down will fail

And try to learn from it.

And what do you do?

And yet I cannot. I cannot."

And you will be my ain true love

And you're man and wife?

And you're sick of both.

And you're thirsty...

And you've got a job.

And your ribs are bruised thinking so hard on somebody.

And, when you need it,

Any man who takes in a deserter is likewise guilty of treason.

Any man whose age or infirmity prevents him from fightin' shall join us

Any soldier turned deserter is guilty of treason,

Are men so different in Charleston?

Are you the law all of a sudden, Mr. Teague?

As I have always done."

As if you were still walking home to me.

As you can see, with my baby.

Asleep inside the cannon's mouth

At one time the Teague family owned the whole of Cold Mountain.

Aw, darlin', I'm fine, you know. And you just say the word, I won't come back neither.

Aw...

Aw...!

Baby.

Bayonets.

Because my doctors, they've been sayin' my chest is weak.

Bird flies somewhere, picks up a seed, shits the seed out, plant grows.

Bird's got a job, shit's got a job, seed's got a job.

Bishop's Creek.

Bless you both.

Blue Ridge? What's the hurry?

Break your heart?

Bring him here.

Bring home some Yankee scalps, Swimmer.

Broke my young heart.

Brought my woman home,

Buggery and shit!

But I deserved it.

But I think about him, Daddy, all the time.

But I'll be back before... before dark tomorrow.

But if I had... if I had goodness, I lost it.

But it's the view I think heals.

But nor am I goin' down this mountain lookin' over my shoulder for you.

But then I've tried countin' the number of words

But they made the weather, and then they stand in the rain and say "Shit, it's rainin'!"

But with no one left to work this place, nothing to buy, nothing left to buy it with...

But... necessary."

Butcher's down.

By order of Zebulon Vance,

Came... back.

Can you see that in this light? Black as a bucket of tar.

Can't be old enough to fight, can he?

Canis Major.

Captain Teague needs more volunteers.

Captain Teague!

Cavalry! Federal raiders!

Clear fields?

Close it up.

Close to the dawn of day

Clouds, and then... sun.

Cold Mountain must feel like the end of the world.

Cold Mountain?

Cold Mountain.

Cold... Mountain...

Collards.

Come back to me is my request."

Come fly away.

Come inside before you drown.

Come on, boys!

Come on, let's go.

Come on, open up! We're hungry!

Come on, Walk on. Slowly.

Come on!

Come on.

Come on. Back up.

Come on. They can't shoot. Come on.

Cover your face with your hat.

Cover yourself up!

Cut down a tree. Play music with it.

D'you mind if I warm myself by your fire?

Daddy, bring the tablecloth in.

Daddy!

Daddy?

Daddy? Daddy!

Damn fools dug their own grave.

Darlin', what?

Dear God.

Devil!

Did you get my letters?

Did you make this coat?

Did you write to me?

Do you worry when there's no word from him? From Mr. Inman?

Don't matter if they're real or things I made up.

Don't say good night.

Don't shoot me, please.

Don't shoot. We just wanted food.

Don't smile.

Don't spread out. Why are they spreadin' out?

Don't turn your head! Tsk.

Don't wanna put you or your mistress here in any bother.

Don't you die on me again!

Enough powder here to blow a hole in the sky.

Esco and me.

Esco, you remember my daughter, Ada.

Esco?

Evenin', Hank.

Evenin', missis.

Every blade, every gun.

Every day I was waiting.

Every piece of this is man's bullshit.

Every plate, every sheep, every little pellet of chickenshit.

Everybody else got their job.

Everybody to bed. Lila, you stay with them kids.

Everything fit?

Fair enough.

Fightin' for a rich man's slave, that's what.

Fine piano.

For $5 I wouldn't give a parched man a dipper of this river water.

For all your kindness, coffee... and a pie.

For days,

For good friends, good food, good family,

For sirin' a bastard while servin' as their preacher. We're a strict congregation.

For your kind welcome and, most of all, such a fine chapel.

Friends, we are both very happy to have this opportunity tonight...

From a world of slaves and corsets and cotton?"

Gave it a try, to look at ya.

Get her neck!

Get in line. You fools fall for it every time.

Get off my land.

Get on back where you came from!

Get on up those stairs.

Get those horses under cover. If they see us, we're dead.

Get up!

Get up! Get out of here, quick! The Yankees are coming!

Get your paws off my rabbit! Get your paws off my rabbit!

Gets caught up in the mechanism

Gettin' better, soldier?

Git!

Git.

Give it to me.

Give me that saw.

Glad to know you both.

Go around.

Go away.

Go back where you came from!

Go back!

Go back! Go back!

Go, go! Go! Run!

God forgive me for doin' this.

God will judge you, you Judas.

God won't let it...

God!

Goddamn.

Gone, gone, gone, gone!

Gonna need it back on the farm.

Good day to you.

Good evenin'.

Good God in heaven.

Good God.

Good morning, I'm Ada Monroe.

Good morning, Sally.

Good night.

Got any shirts, son?

Got hisself shot dead at Petersburg.

Governor of this great state of North Carolina,

Grab their boots and rifles! Let's move on!

Grace Inman, nobody said "Eat."

Hallelujah! Oh, hallelujah! The Israelites!

Hallelujah.

Have we got $30?

Have we got a maul and frow?

He ain't comin' back, you know that.

He ain't here.

He always smiles. He don't mean nothin' by it.

He can milk the cows. I was worried about that.

He decided... better use for me

He don't... he don't know what he's sayin'.

He got a mind no bigger than a pickled walnut.

He left me once. Up in them mountains.

He left you?

He lived to rest. He was born tired.

He never killed me.

He was another man straight up and down.

He was happy.

He won't feed.

He wrote about his travels.

He's always gettin' lost.

He's been pressin' me since the day you arrived here.

He's got a shit comin'. It's overdue.

He's got hardly no blood left in him.

He's got nothin' inside him. He'll walk out of here and die in the snow.

He's just a baby!

He's Lucifer himself.

He's mine. You go rub yourself off on the preacher.

He's purty, ain't he?

He's right.

He's shaking!

He's still breathin'!

Hell's busted.

Help! Damn.

Helpin' a deserter that's treason.

Her nose is right in your butter!

Here I am.

Hey, Ada! You up?

Hey, come on. Leave some for the rest of us.

Hey, get your peanuts now, from the blind man,

Hey, Oakley. Don't worry, son. Them Yankee boys keep store hours.

Hey, Ruby. I got a new fiddle.

Hey, what do you call that cluster of stars right there?

Hey!

Hey! Let's agree.

Hey.

Him in particular.

Him? No, that's Teague.

Hip hip hurrah!

His eyes, they've gone.

Hmm.

Hold a smile.

Holler "Good job" every hour or so.

Home Guard for Haywood County. And I'm the law from today.

Home Guard!

Home Guard! Get back there!

Hope that Georgia boy's been tendin' to the animals.

Hope we didn't disturb you.

Hope you can stomach a yard chock full of female.

How 'bout that? Inman speaks.

How about that?

How are you, son?

How could a name... not even a real name...

How could I write to you after what I done.

How did I keep you?

How do I make it melt?

How many of them are there?

How many would still lose a leg for the rich man's slave?

Hunt.

I ain't got nothin' else, I swear.

I ain't lookin' for money. I never cared for it and now it ain't worth nothin'.

I believe you need two people, one on either end.

I can arrange cut flowers but I can't grow them!

I can clear a field.

I can get you outta here.

I can give you $30 Confederate.

I can name the principal rivers in Europe.

I can spell it, too. Learned it the same place you did, in the schoolhouse.

I can talk about farming in Latin.

I can wait for you.

I can... I can embroider but I can't darn!

I can... I can read French.

I can't get much wetter.

I can't have people coming here and cooking for me.

I can't keep countin' on your kindness.

I can't. I can't, all right?

I carried them, I carried them in the book you gave me.

I come by... a few days.

I could be at killin'...

I could confiscate your old lady's asshole.

I cut off my hair once for money.

I daresay that's Home Guard followin' you.

I despise a floggin' rooster.

I do that, the members will lynch me

I do.

I don't know how to do that,

I don't know what music that is.

I don't know who would want a watch.

I don't know why.

I don't know you.

I don't know, Ruby.

I don't know.

I don't know. Perhaps she was busy.

I don't pass by.

I don't wanna go.

I don't wanna let you go.

I don't want it.

I don't want you to.

I don't...

I dragged my poor daughter 400 miles from Charleston to Cold Mountain

I expect to board and eat, at the same table.

I find you in all of it.

I found you this book to take with you.

I gather I... I need permission from you, Ruby.

I give you my gun, you're gonna shoot me dead.

I go near him and he is at me with his spurs.

I got a few.

I got a hog!

I got a vision in my mind of how Black Cove oughta be.

I got big plans for that farm.

I got it. He's here.

I got miles and miles and miles and miles ahead of me before I reach the Blue Ridge.

I got old man Roy to give me ten of them sheep,

I got three letters.

I had a special prayer you'd come visit.

I had curls.

I have a deal to thank you for.

I have no plans to preach war in my church, Mr. Inman.

I have so... I have so many buttons. Sorry.

I have some beans and corn pone.

I have to close my eyes.

I hope these boots can hold up for 400 miles,

I I'm sorry.

I imagine God is weary of being called down on both sides of an argument.

I imagine God is.

I just don't know how we're gonna get through another winter.

I just wanna stop, I tell you. Yeah.

I know how to lace up a corset. God knows.

I know where there's a ferry crossin'. Or you can stubborn yourself to death.

I know you have.

I know.

I like it.

I like that.

I looked once more down Sally's well,

I lost your mother after 22 months of marriage.

I love my coat!

I love someone.

I love you, darlin',

I love you, Ruby.

I love you.

I made up 50 tunes with you in mind.

I marry you, I marry you.

I marry you.

I need shelter... and food.

I need to believe you mean no harm.

I need to try and feed this man.

I never saw a dickey bird.

I never seen a man work a field with a shotgun before.

I probably sent 103.

I said hold your fire! Hold your fire.

I see you.

I should be gettin' along.

I should have raised you less like a companion and more like a young woman.

I should have shot you when I had the chance.

I so regret...

I so...

I tell you, as soon as I finish this chapel,

I think even my father would recognize that.

I think he writes about these parts, the author, so...

I think I should go back up to my wife.

I think I'm ruined.

I think it's "l divorce you" three times and you're not married anymore.

I think there's five.

I thought I heard a black bell toll

I told Georgia he can stop here. I told him he can sleep in the barn.

I told him, there ain't nothin' in this world worth a smile!

I told you, you don't touch the money!

I used to hide up there when he'd get a temper goin'.

I was eight. He was gone over two and a half weeks.

I was going to take some root beer over to the n****es.

I was gonna do a grievous wrong.

I was like his goat.

I was talkin' to some of the other womenfolk

I was thinking of saying something in chapel.

I was vain about my hair.

I will not shoot you,

I wish I'd brung my fiddle.

I workwood.

I would have followed you anywhere.

I wouldn't give an lndian head cent.

I wouldn't hurry.

I...

I... I need help but... I need... I do need help, but I need a laborer.

I... um...

I'd pay a dollar for an egg.

I'd say these days, the devil rules the roost.

I'll be all right. This coat's warm.

I'll be damned. He's a hard bastard to kill.

I'll be seein' you.

I'll be waiting for you.

I'll be with you by nightfall.

I'll do that.

I'll just shoot the horse out from under you.

I'll lead the horse at a pace your daddy can tolerate.

I'll say my goodbyes. I gotta go.

I'll say thank you when I've lost you and I've found some food.

I'll say thank you... for the cider.

I'm a Confederate soldier... on furlough.

I'm a deserter.

I'm afraid I can't read who it's from.

I'm changed. People change.

I'm full of music, Ruby.

I'm gettin' an idea.

I'm gettin' out of this.

I'm gonna go off and kill me some Yankees.

I'm gonna make him hug me till I grunt.

I'm headin' for that smokehouse.

I'm Inman, by the way. That's my name.

I'm just sayin' I'm real sorry you had to lose your piano.

I'm leavin' soon as I'm full. Y'all havin' too much fun for me.

I'm like the boy who goes for wood in winter

I'm not gettin' shot again for some cause I don't believe in.

I'm not nothin'.

I'm not Ruby's employer.

I'm not smiling in it.

I'm not sorry.

I'm not waitin' till tomorrow!

I'm reachin' Cold Mountain before you.

I'm ready.

I'm Sara.

I'm sendin' you to a better place.

I'm so plugged up.

I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting. She'll just be a few seconds.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry, Ada. And for dragging you here.

I'm sorry.

I'm still livin'.

I'm the Reverend Veasey. Have I seen you in church?

I'm very grateful for the pork.

I've been meanin' to ask you. Where'd you take your wound?

I've gone to find my ain true love

I've got a little salt pork you can have.

I've got a rifle!

I've got no quarrel with you.

I've learned a person can pretty much survive off of a goat.

I've other men outside in the courtyard waitin' for beds,

If a thing has a function, if I might do something with it,

If I cry one tear for my daddy, I stole it off a crocodile.

If I had anything tender in me, I shot it dead.

If I had my way, they'd take metal altogether out of this world.

If I reckon on livin' at Black Cove.

If I'da known you were this heavy, I'da left you in those chains.

If it were enough just to stand, without the words...

If Ruby finds out we've spent the night, there'll be hell to pay.

If that letter ain't urgent, them cows is is what I'm sayin'.

If they find me here, things could be bad for you.

If they find you here, things'll go bad on all of us.

If they send us back to fight...

If they stay there, tomorrow mornin' they can shoot us down for sport.

If we're careful, now we'll get through winter.

If you could see my inside...

If you could see us now this Easter day at Black Cove,

If you look down our well with a mirror, you'll see the future. It's what they say.

If you never got them, I can summarize.

If you wanna get three feet up a bull's ass,

If you was to say a word to one of these fools, I could get my top field cleared.

If you were to take a glass of cider, your friends might stop staring.

If you'll have me.

If you're sayin' you might like him, why not go over and say good mornin'?

In case the sky falls on our head.

In Charleston, my congregation would still be disputing the size of the windows.

In fact, if y'all gonna wimble wimble all night, I'm gonna sleep in with him.

In Sally Swanger's well. A man like a black smudge in the snow.

In the well it was as if he were falling.

Inman!

Inman?

Inman.

Inman'll get it.

Instead, I was seein' him come back to me.

Is "he" your wife?

Is everything all right?

Is she waitin' for ya, this Ada Monroe?

Is your baby sick?

Isn't there some religion where you just have to say "I marry you" three times,

It belonged to my father. No use to me.

It is more than three years, and I remember your name."

It is.

It started off bein' over in a month.

It was enough to fill a life.

It's a chapel.

It's a great day for North Carolina.

It's a Reb!

It's a turkey shoot. They've run themselves into a hole.

It's all right.

It's better you blow out my brains than return me to this place.

It's come a long way.

It's five hours' climb from here. He drew a map.

It's froze. How long it been there for?

It's got shelter, water.

It's hard to imagine a wedding.

It's havin' a thing and then the loss of it I'm talking about.

It's her.

It's mean food, but it's hot.

It's Mo Oakley's boy.

It's not mine.

It's not too recent.

It's pretty much what you'll get if you knock on any door of this war.

It's Ruby!

It's the heat. I'm sorry. They rot.

It's too damp out here. You should come inside.

It's us! It's us!

It's what people say we're fightin' for. To keep it that way.

It's written this past winter.

Just about.

Just clouds.

Just don't ask me to name one stream in this county!

Just listen to what sweethearts whisper to one another.

Just over that hill.

Just readin' the name of a place...

Just so's you know, I can eat while she's doin' this.

Just so's you know, you ain't eatin' inside.

Just tell us where the food is, we'll pick him up.

Keep goin'! Come on!

Keep your daddy's watch.

King of kings!

Kiss her for me.

Last time I checked, the South was a direction.

Layin' on my back, my fingers poked in my ears,

Leave him, leave him. He's gone. Let's go.

Leave him. Leave him.

Left tracks in the snow all the way up for the Home Guard to follow.

Let me just get your hat.

Let's do this in chapters.

Let's get 'em!

Let's go!

Let's have a look and see what we can muster.

Let's put him in a pot.

Lie down.

Lie here next to me and not... need to go further?

Like a couple of scarecrows after a thunderstorm.

Like a girl's waiting for me.

Like every fool sent off to fight with a flag and a lie.

Like when you're at Bishop's Creek...

Like you would a butterfly.

Listen to her, Sal.

Listen up!

Longing to see your face.

Longing.

Look at me.

Look at the state of this place.

Look at this!

Look at us both what?

Look out the window, ladies. See what these poor fools are dyin' for.

Look what's in it.

Look, give me your gun and ride on home. I'm done fightin', I'm sick of it!

Look. He's gone now.

Look. Look at the sky now. What color is it?

Look...

Lookin' for a sign my boys were comin' home.

Lookin' good, Butcher.

Looks if he's about to topple over.

Lord have mercy, look at that bonnet.

Make a move, make a noise...

Mama!

Mama! Mama!

Mama's callin'!

Man dead, woman left.

Man goes beyond his own decision

Man has no choice

Matter of fact, I could set my watch by my bowels.

Men up here had a bearing on what they thought a woman was,

Men?

Merry Christmas, Georgia. Nice to meet you.

Might I speak with you, please?

Miss Lovey Dovey! Miss Lovey Dovey!

Miss Monroe, I was just thinkin' about you.

Mm hm hm hm

Mm hmm.

Mmm.

Most of these soldiers'll be dead by morning, or if they're stubborn, by nightfall.

Mostly work wood.

Move away from the baby!

Move back! Go back! Move back!

Mr. Inman is more comfortable outdoors.

Must I accept his fate

My awkward nature, the things left unsaid."

My baby's Ethan.

My daddy got $2 for it. Made a wig for some rich feller in Raleigh.

My daddy, he'd walk 40 miles for liquor and not 40 inches for kindness.

My daddy. He could play six tunes on a fiddle.

My dear daughter, Ada,

My farm, your farm, it all belonged to his grandpappy.

My father always wanted sheep on this farm.

My father had some bonds and investments.

My feet against the feet of my enemy.

My home brew sneaks up on you. It curdles your durdles.

My love...

My man's dead. Took his wound at Gettysburg and never saw his boy.

My name's Ruby Thewes. I know your name.

My old bull... wandered off... and died in this here creek.

My piano.

My saw's the remedy.

Nah, I could always name the stars, Ruby. That was never my problem.

Name me three herbs that grow wild on this farm.

Name's Teague.

Near home...

Never figured you for a Lincoln lover, JT.

Never mind him.

Never set eyes on a thing in this world.

Night, Miss Sally. Merry Christmas.

No cutler's horn will mark thy face

No harm done lettin' it go. Now we'll do well.

No plowman's blade will cut thee down

No, I will not.

No, ma'am, I'm... My fists are about to drop off.

No, right. No, no.

No, that's not the way I meant it.

No!

No! Agh!

No.

No. Not likely to, neither.

No. Play me somethin' sweet.

Nobody crosses these waters unless they're runnin' from someplace.

Nobody is.

North Carolina.

North? Uh...

Not a tree, a gun or a woman. Put my hand on all three, though.

Not at all.

Not lately.

Not that comes to me.

Not very long.

Now drink this. It eases the pain, and you'll sleep.

Now, come on. I'm makin' a stew.

Now, I know it's half horse and half reverend.

Now, if y'all will excuse me.

Now, whatever you wanna name it my spirit? That's what I fear.

Now, your father played the piano, did he?

Now, your friend Georgia here...

Number 15...

Number one,

Number one, I knowed that woman all my life, I never stood outside her house.

Number one, lay out a winter garden for cool season crops.

Number one, they hang people round here for takin' in deserters.

Number one, you got a horse? I can plow all day. I'm a worker.

Number three, clear and turn this field.

Number two, ain't no man better'n me,

Number two, even if they was givin' out prizes,

Number two, old man Swanger's inside that house. I could smell his pipe burnin'.

Number two, patch the shingles on the barn roof.

Number two, shut that door. It's freezin'.

Oakley, hand me the hammer, boy.

Oakley!

Of swindlers who act like kings

Oh, before I was born.

Oh, dear God.

Oh, dear.

Oh, God. Oh, my God.

Oh, God. Sally?

Oh, I ain't gonna cut you.

Oh, I I just have to eat somethin'.

Oh, I'm about to pass out.

Oh, I've been missing it.

Oh, Inman. I marry you, I marry you, I marry you.

Oh, it's a beautiful fiddle. It's full of tunes. Ruby, I didn't know I had it in me.

Oh, it's bitter. They could stop one night.

Oh, no, I manage very well. Whatever the talk is.

Oh, no. I wouldn't...

Oh, no. Look what you made me do.

Oh, well... That is unpleasant.

Oh!

Oh! Congratulations!

Oh.

Oh. Beg pardon.

Oh. Oh, look. He's gone now.

Ol' boogeyman might get you.

Old lady Swanger says you need help.

On account of I said they's so small,

One of the first words they taught me.

One thing in abundance on this farm, and that's crows. Shut the gate.

Ooh! He's so full of manure, that man.

Open my gut now, they'd find turds stacked up like little black twigs.

Or Ada, neither. You know what I'm sayin'?

Or are you tryin' to make a man for yourself?

Or even if she knows me.

Or some critter tethered to a post.

Or take myself far from this place?

Or the way... a hawk flies?

Or you wake up...

Oughta send you out with a shotgun a lot more!

Our house is always open to any of you at any time.

People call me Inman.

People's gonna have to empty their own night jars is my point.

Perhaps some of the womenfolk will volunteer.

Perhaps we might... perhaps we might take a walk.

Perhaps...

Pigeon River...

Piss and vinegar.

Please cover up my boy.

Please, I got nothin'!

Please, just cover him up.

Please, just git!

Please, my baby's sick.

Please, sir. Please.

Please!

Please! Have mercy!

Please! Please!

Poisonin' up our water is how I found him.

Poor soul, she's got nobody and nothin', and waitin' on a ghost.

Put together they weren't no bigger than six proper sheep.

Put your hat over your face.

Raidin' our corncrib! Got him in the trap! That's him yelpin'!

Ready to fight, son, ready to fight.

Really?

Really? Goodbye.

Repeatin' a thing doesn't improve it.

Richie, I seen your house. There ain't a square angle anywhere near it.

Right there.

Right, I'd best... I'd best fetch it, I got my orders.

Right.

Right. Is that a yes or a no?

Ruby made me this coat. I like my coat.

Ruby said what is it? I should pray or neigh, dependin'.

Ruby this. Ruby that. Ruby with the eyes that sparkle.

Ruby, I look forward to this. We all do.

Ruby, I thought I was seein' him fall.

Ruby, it was my idea.

Ruby, she don't know one end of the war from the other.

Ruby, you can ask why about pretty much everything to do with me.

Ruby.

Ruby. She tradin' off more of your daddy's silver?

Ruby...

Ruby's told you, I've no doubt, I wasn't always the best.

Runaways!

Sal.

Sally!

Same as us. Seen too much war.

Save your breath.

Say somethin' more.

Sayin' God rest his soul is like wishin' him what he had in life.

Says she's only got chickens.

See anything?

See, I think there's a plan.

See, those birds won't get you through the winter.

Seems that way.

Send them Yanks straight to hell.

She ain't even supposed to get a man.

She ain't gonna marry Linton, is she?

She got me a book.

She let them slaves go free, and now...

She should.

She showed up with her three sisters, so called, and their brats.

She wakes at the slightest noise.

She was.

She'd let a wolf in if it knocked at the door.

She's got my bastard in her belly.

She's sayin' "Don't bother"! Go!

She's the place I'm headin'.

She's turned into a regular highland girl.

Shh.

Shh. You gotta eat somethin', baby.

Shh... Shh...

Shoo!

Shut this door. It's freezin'.

Shut up!

Shut your mouth!

Sit on the porch with Sal, watch my boys in the fields,

Slut!

So any kind word will be a blessin'.

So don't you offer me no bird.

So that's why I had to carry a tray. So I could come out to see you.

So the air's supposed to do me good.

So you been fightin'.

So you never wrapped your legs around this Inman?

So you reckon to kill her? What, because she's a slave?

So you won't mind if we look around?

So...

Soldiers. Don't get up.

Somebody said you were enlisting.

Sometimes I think I'm crazy when I'm just hungry.

Sometimes...

Son, this fellow says he'll play whatever you want.

Sorell Cove.

Stand over there.

Stand this way long.

Start at the neck.

Stobrod liked to call himself a musician.

Strung 'em up, as a warnin'.

Supposed to bring good luck, a bird caught in a room.

Sure.

Take me inside. We'll do whatever you want.

Take my baby inside. Let's all go inside! Please!

Take off your boots.

Take off your pants. Take off your shirt.

Take that hog 'cause I'm as good as dead!

Teague and his rabble throwin' their weight around. They're worse than the Yankees.

Teague wanted this place bad, and you got it.

Tell that to the cows. It's late.

Than havin' me sat all day in front of a chalkboard.

Thank you both.

Thank you, by the way, Inman's in my top field clearing his debt.

Thank you.

Thank you. You are a true Christian.

Thanks. Thank you.

That cave we live there.

That gentleman he help build the chapel?

That kiss.

That might produce an actual result.

That old book of yours is in shreds.

That scarecrow ain't gonna frighten off no Yankee.

That trickles down through the mountain

That was hard.

That was Irish.

That was the last of the ham.

That'll be a good day, when our boys get home.

That's a true Southern belle.

That's better. Shh. That's better.

That's just for show.

That's Mae, Dolly, Shyla,

That's medicine, that's goat meat.

That's my beauty.

That's my daddy.

That's real.

That's right, son.

That's right. He was a teacher.

That's right. Take the chickens. Take the chickens. They're all I got.

That's Stobrod Thewes. Can't do one good thing without addin' the bad.

That's the laudanum gettin' to ya. That's good.

That's what they call a conundrum.

The Bartram.

The cannon's thunder can't prevail

The cannonballs fly round my head

The captain cries "Here comes the rout"

The confidence of youth.

The field is cut and bleeds to red

The heart will not heal.

The Home Guard is powered to enter any place it sees fit without notice or constraint.

The infirmary man may count me dead

The land will not heal.

The reckoning's for your world.

The shape of your neck.

The sign says "Ferry $5."

The thing is, you've only got one barrel.

The tribes of lsrael are about to flee from the banks of Egypt!

The war's almost done. Don't need your help to lose it.

The way you felt under my hands when I pulled you to me.

The Yankees, they're here.

Them cows wants milkin'.

Then it wasn't considered suitable!

Then we don't agree. There's not much I wouldn't give for ten minutes of someplace.

Then you beat me some more.

There are days now when I manage not to think of you.

There are no people.

There are Yankees in that stand of trees between us, stuck there from the retreat.

There is a cave right up near Bearpen Branch. We played some music up there.

There it is. I feel it.

There were crows black crows.

There will be a reckoning.

There's a back door. Have pity.

There's a design for each and every one of us.

There's a place close. Old Cherokee, it used to be.

There's a rooster. He's the devil, I'm sure of it.

There's a war on.

There's been no huntin' on the road, just cress and roots.

There's my beauty.

There's my place.

There's no advantage here, except to celebrate a job well done.

There's... there's plowing and rough work. I think there's been a misunderstanding.

These boots are good boots.

These boys are stoppin' for supper!

They ain't open yet.

They call this war a cloud over the land,

They cut off my hair.

They did that with the Swanger boys, didn't they?

They found that book you been worryin' about, soldier.

They kept tryin' to put me in the ground.

They say not one boy in ten is comin' home to these mountains.

They shot your daddy, and Pangle too!

They shot your daddy!

They stop one night, they're gonna wanna stop two.

They tell me it's good.

They took his coat.

They were flyin' towards me.

They'll seek to find me nort.h and south

They're in the field!

They're like a bag... of tiny diamonds.

They're not worth anything. I don't have anywhere else to go.

They're out fightin' other boys, not old men and women.

They're out on the road, huntin' down deserters.

They're shootin' men who take themselves a walk.

They're spreadin' out in the field!

They're trapped in the wrong damn crater. Whole plan backfired on 'em.

They're worthless now, of course. The war...

Thing is...

This doesn't come out right.

This farm's got my name on it!

This fence is about the first thing that I've ever done

This is a tricky one.

This is Inman.

This part belonged to a reverend and this part belonged to a horse.

This poor boy's from Alabama.

This time of year there's so much life everywhere.

This war, this awful war, will have changed us both beyond all reckoning."

This was the Reverend Monroe's.

This world won't stand long.

Those are fine examples of the female.

Those places belonged to people before us.

Those who follow Lincoln or preach abolition...

To protect this county from Yankee raiders and traitors to the cause.

To thank you from our hearts...

To the Cherokee.

Tomorrow.

Too embarrassed to keep taking from those who can least afford to give."

Too much blood.

Towards me!

Try and sleep.

Tryin' to shut out who's got a bag of diamonds,

Turn around or I'll shoot!

Turn around!

Turnips right there, onions, cabbage.

Ugh.

Uh huh. I was all right.

Uh...

Unbelievable.

Under the trees.

Up in the rafters.

Urgh!

Used to be as regular as morning prayers.

Wait.

Walk on, quickly.

Walk on.

War changes people somethin' terrible.

Wars make some things pointless.

Was there something in particular you wished to say to me?

We barely knew each other. It was a few moments.

We come by here a week ago and they was waist high in hay.

We could do a lot with this saw.

We could lay him in the dirt and... grow another one just like him.

We gonna be here all night?

We gonna get our tintype made?

We got a bird to cook.

We got all day.

We got our own story. It's called "Black Cove Farm: Catastrophe".

We got our war, man.

We got our war! We got it! We got it! It's about time.

We have to try somethin' or else he's gonna die too.

We heard there were some deserters up in these parts hidden out in a big cave.

We need a scarecrow. Birds done ate up half our winter garden.

We think you've got 'em hid up somewhere.

We went down to visit you when we heard you were harborin' deserters,

We were up and down this mountain.

We'd be proud to have you. Esco's gonna be wantin' his dinner.

We'll find out.

We'll rise above the scarlet tide

We're deserters. No one has a quarrel with you.

We're gonna try a little trick.

We're hidin' up in a cave with a singer from Georgia,

We're hungry.

We're musicians. He picks a banjo, I got a fiddle.

We're starvin'. We haven't eaten in days.

We're Union army! We're lookin' for food!

We've been gettin' no post through at all. The sooner we lose this war the better.

We've churched men for pickin' up a fiddle on the Sabbath.

We've got 'em now, boys.

Welcome.

Well I recall his part.ing words

Well, all right, let's go.

Well, I know Esco's gonna be real sorry he missed you.

Well, I know it's meant to be the ugliest state under the heavens.

Well, I'll say good night, then.

Well, is she feeble, then?

Well, set it on the porch.

Well, then, you got to get up earlier. What's that?

Well, yeah. I got a bunch of traps need visitin',

Well, you have your war.

Well, you know, you cook somethin' long enough, you can eat anything.

Wha...? It's still dark.

What about "Bonaparte's Retreat"? That's one I play.

What about next Sunday? It'll be New Year.

What about you, Reverend?

What about your people in Charleston?

What are they gonna do? Cut short my young life?

What do you call that?

What do you fools think you'll be fightin' for?

What happened?

What I gotta give you? Chicken? Lamb?

What I seen?

What kind of mirror?

What part of God's business is throwin' a woman down a gorge?

What was that?

What we have lost will never be returned to us.

What? What happened?

What'd you see? What'd you see?

What's over by them trees?

What's that rake for?

What's this wood?

What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?

Whatever that's worth.

When he wants every thing

When the needs of the farm call with more urgency than my heart.

When this war is over, there will be a reckoning.

Whenever I could.

Where's some paper and a pencil?

Which have passed between Mr. Inman and me not very many.

Which I intend to pay for, of course.

Which I kissed every day of my walking.

Who can bear to look at the time?

Who will not return from this terrible war.

Who's carrying a tray...

Who's given up so much for so long to help me in my ministry, and upon whom I rely.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoo!

Why do you care what his name is?

Why don't them Yanks just attack?

Why is that funny?

Why would I want him just to lose him again?

Why would they take his coat?

Why, Ada, you are skinny as a whippet, girl.

Why?

Will you come inside?

Will you play me somethin'? Somethin' peaceful while I look over my sermon.

Will you turn your back?

William Bartram.

Won't normally say boo to a goose.

Would you do somethin' for me? Do you... think you could...

Wounded men, don't stray from the hospital grounds.

WP Inman.

Y'all get to bed.

Y'all go fight now. We'll watch over your sweethearts.

Yankees! Yankees!

Yeah, a real Yankee good mornin'.

Yeah, and that's real coffee. It ain't chicory and dirt. Found a sack hid in the larder.

Yeah, I guess he did.

Yeah, someplace... or someone.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you, yeah, right.

Yeah!

Yeah.

Yee haw!

Yep.

Yes.

You all set?

You always were a good girl.

You are all that keeps me from slidin' into some dark place."

You are mentioned tonight in my report.

You beat me, you abandoned me, you ignored me,

You best keep one eye open when you're sleepin'.

You better come with me.

You can't say that about Heathcliff and then marry Linton.

You do it. She does it.

You don't have to worry yourself about her, is what I'm sayin'.

You done good, goat.

You fellers help me out, my woman'll cook you up a good dinner.

You go fly away.

You gonna play that fiddle?

You got a barrel trained on your rear end!

You got a long walk back to the fightin'.

You got ten minutes now, boys. Ten minutes to get your haircuts and shaves.

You got the right feelings for her?

You got... Aim!

You have a letter.

You know them fools stayed the night in the mill?

You know who really needs a coat, darlin'? My partner. Fat boy name of Pangle.

You listenin', woman? You're gonna need more than a scarecrow!

You look about his size.

You look at nature.

You lyin' Southern trash.

You men from Cold Mountain have once again been heroes for the cause.

You might be safer back in Charleston.

You must know that in your heart.

You reckon we could eat this?

You said ten minutes.

You shy?

You stay on that horse.

You take that hog! I'm as good as dead!

You tellin' me that's work for one old man and his dog?

You too. You stand over there.

You wanna carry a book, carry one you can write in.

You wanna wait for your friends?

You watch yourself, now.

You were a real beauty.

You were an asshole!

You were carrying a tray.

You were plowing a field.

You would know every step of your journey was worth it.

You... Look.

You'd be scarred. You'd be real scarred if I hadn't wrapped them trap teeth in sackin'.

You'd still eat outside.

You'll find the good Lord very flexible on the subject of property.

You'll meet half the town comin' after me with a noose, thanks to you.

You'll see. You'll thank me.

You'll walk unscathed through musket fire

You're a Christian. Don't you know your Commandments?

You're always carrying a tray.

You're burnin' up, little man.

You're gonna put her back where she sleeps.

You're gonna thank me for this saw.

You're harboring deserters. I could confiscate this farm and everything on it.

You're just jealous. I'm gonna take her for a walk at Bishop's Creek.

You're laughin' at me.

You're makin' a pig's ear of that job.

You're my angel, my butterfly.

Your folks can be real proud of you.

Your heart. Scarred. I did wrong to ya.

16.

30 more dollars. we can go over to that cabin

Ada. What?

All right! Inman! Inman!

All right. Three cheers for the South!

Amen. Amen.

And before you say "same difference"... I'm sayin' nothin'!

And I don't like it. Where's your little servant girl?

And keep runnin'. Thank you.

and then you showed up. Oh...

Any one? No, um...

Are you? If there is a war, we'll all fight.

Billy, is this frame flush? Thank you.

But I wasn't ready. Inman...

But then who'll be waiting for you? Three cheers for North Carolina!

Captain Teague wants us to play now. Love to.

Come back here! They're in the field.

Come down from there! No, sir. Here is fine.

Come on, get to bed. Now?

Come on! Fellas, what's the rush?

Come on. We're starving. We haven't eaten in days.

Damn right. I call this nail the Yankee Skulls.

Did you get a picture made? Say again?

Do I know you? Stobrod Thewes.

Do you need a hand? No. Uh...

Don't do that. Don't pull that trigger, I'm a man of God.

Don't kill him. I'm not gonna kill him.

Excellent progress. Morning.

Get down! I got one.

Get me outta this dang thing! You got a weapon?

Get those sacks of shit up that hill. Come on!

Get up. Evenin', Hank.

Go! Go! Go! Hold your fire!

Good morning. Morning, son.

He dead? I hope so.

He is not. And your mother?

He looks pretty romantic by the fire. It's a picture of love.

He's a long way from home. Thank you.

He's asleep. I ain't surprised.

He's hid out behind the house! Take a look.

He's mine, Butcher. Hey! Hey! Get away!

Help! Here.

Here. You want that? Thanks.

Hey, I saw him first. Come on!

Hey, where'd you come from? Hey, that's fresh breakfast.

Hey, your hot goobers here. It's a sad day.

Hey. Shh.

His eyes are gone. What?

Hold it, hold it. Let's go. Turn it around.

How long have I been sleepin'? Two days, three days. Not long enough.

I ain't a servant, if you get my meanin'. You're not a servant.

I can try and fight 'em. No. My baby. Please, no. Just...

I can't stop here. Sit down before you fall down.

I don't know. I tried many a time.

I don't know. Pine.

I got nothin'! I got nothin'! We'll see about that.

I hurt you. Good God.

I killed several of them. I mean I'm God's minister.

I knew you were thinkin' on him. I was not!

I know your plight. My plight?

I love the snow. I hate the snow, I hate the cold.

I may need to. You shot or somethin'?

I saw it first! That's my rabbit! That's my rabbit!

I was thinkin' on swollen udders. Oh...!

I'll go look for some food. Take the shotgun.

I'll go, I'll go, shall I? No.

I'll say good night. No.

I'll tell you what I got on my side. What you got on your side?

I'm beggin' you. Git.

I've got you.

If this is a trap... Please yourself. I'm just bein' a Christian.

Inman! Come on.

Inman! Inman! Oakley!

Is she dead? No, I drugged her.

Is there a letter for me? Nothin'.

Is there any other way to cross? Barge or boat. The water's full of gators.

It was delicious. I have to learn how to cook.

It's a good saw! And it's not yours.

It's a man! What is?

It's a turkey shoot. What?

It's very beautiful. Well, you put us all to shame.

Locust? Pine. Where's north?

Look at this. Keep your voice down.

Look down our well... Esco...

Lookin' out for you. I know.

Maul? Maul. M a u l.

Maybe I will just lie down a moment. Yeah.

Maybe. Gonna be a better one than 1864.

Merry Christmas, darlin'. Don't sleep here.

Merry Christmas, Miss Ada. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Pangle. Night, ma'am.

Might turn me hateful. That's sure what seein's done to me.

Miss Monroe. Good morning.

Miss Monroe. Thank you.

Mister? Your rotten soul!

Morning. Morning.

Move out! Our lives are on your rotten soul.

Mr. Inman. Reverend.

Mr. Swanger! Good morning to you. Morning, Reverend.

Mrs. Swanger, Mrs. Castlereagh. Morning, Reverend.

Never occurred to me they were outliers. It ain't nowhere near Bearpen Branch.

Night, ma'am. Night.

Night, Miss Ruby. Night.

No, I doubt that. Oh, believe me.

No, sir. You do, Stobs. He means...

No! Ruby!

No. No, no. "I pray you are well.

No. We can all go together. It's safer this way.

Not come to my ears. So you don't know where this big cave is?

Now you get runnin'. I will.

Number 16... Number 16...

Number three, look at them fields. What about them?

Oh! Are you all right? Ada?

Pleasure doin' business with you, boys. Judas!

Ruby! What?

Ruby! What's wrong?

Sally! Get her neck.

Secession. North Carolina left the Union.

She don't speak? Can't speak! I told you.

She made it. I made it.

Sign that says "Shoot me." Ruby...

Stobrod Thewes! Ruby?

Stood at her front door. I know.

Stop it! Her nose is in the butter.

Strike you as odd? What?

Sweetheart, there's no cider. That's for you.

Teague... The Home Guard... What?

Thank you for my coat! Thanks for the food!

Thank you. I'm alone here.

Thanks. God will judge you!

That ain't necessarily so. Yes.

That was a long funeral for your daddy. That was a wake.

That your wife? That's a "he."

That's a rank odor from that animal. Been dead a good while, I reckon.

That's my Ruby. She's an original.

That's right. Yeah.

The rake? Well, it ain't for gardenin', that's for sure.

The South? I call this nail Northern Aggression.

There's a baby inside. Get it. Please, he's sick. Don't hurt him, please.

There's a good fire going. I'm all right.

This house is on a bit of a tilt. Yeah, it is a bit crooked.

This war's over in a month. That's what he said a month ago.

To have your eyeballs for ten minutes. Ten minutes?

To Mongolia. Mongolia.

We got 'em. Let's go, let's go.

We got our war! Whoo hoo!

We got you. Mm.

We gotta get him home. He won't make it. He'll die first.

We won't. It's dangerous. Don't sleep here.

We'll hold on to you, Esco, you hold on. I got her.

Well, that's a fine sounding thing. Oh...

Well, there you go. It wasn't the same, what I saw.

Were you never planning to come inside? I'm wetter than a fish.

What are you doing? He died in the night, love.

What can I do for you? I have some sheet music.

What does that favor? I...

What kind of name's Georgia? It's where he's from. It's not his name.

What would you give for that? Hm?

What? Quit smilin'.

Where's Georgia? "Where's Georgia"?

Which was my idea. Which was her idea.

Whoa! He'll be back in a month.

Would you get him outta here? Music's changed me.

Y'all still be here? That's my fervent prayer.

Yeah, Mae, you go tend to him. Mm hm.

You are comin' indoors with me. No, I can't.

You got any money? $5.

You got it? Yep.

You heard him. I only know a couple of tunes.

You hungry? Yeah.

You know, he's gettin' ready to take a fit. What do you care?

You must come in. I should probably get along.

You probably just don't remember it right. I remember it exactly.

You ridin' Captain Teague's animal? I am.

You saw? I saw.

You took your time. I said get up!

You two go ahead now. No, I don't wanna do that.

You want water? Cold... Mountain.

You wouldn't come in. No, I wouldn't go in.

You're all set. I...

You're scarred. I'm what?

You're waiting on a feller. Oh!

Your boys come home? Ain't seen my boys in four years.

Your man looked tuckered out. I saw him.

Your top field cleared? That's right.

...gotta go. Get on.

...thank you, and God bless you.

'Cause he's too old.

'cause there ain't no man around who ain't old or full of mischief.

'cause they're taking me back to Cold Mountain.

'Cause we think they're here.

"... like a madwoman staring into its secrets.

"A source of little visible delight,

"A source of... little visible delight,

"After so long, I know I must learn to survive on my own

"and accept you will not return.

"and the silent fear that in the years since we saw each other,

"and to believe I will see you again.

"and wish I could repair them.

"Are you alive?

"as I always do,

"But did you know how happy I was to escape from Charleston,

"But I find myself alone and at the end of my wits...

"but necessary.

"Come back to me.

"Dear Mr. Inman.

"Dear Mr. Inman..."

"Each day the dread... of learning who has fallen...

"Every house in these mountains touched by tragedy.

"from whence I beheld through a blue haze

"He's always...

"his ocean, his swamps, his slopes and ridges

"I began by counting the days,

"I don't count on anything anymore except the hope that you will return,

"I found myself crouching over Sally Swanger's well...

"I pray I am in your thoughts.

"I pray to God you are.

"I think now on the fleeting moments between us

"I was so shy of how I looked,

"I'm still waiting, as I promised I would.

"if you are fighting, stop fighting.

"If you are marching, stop marching.

"Last fall, my poor father died.

"My feet treadin' all God's surface

"My last thread of courage now is to put my faith in you...

"My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath.

"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods.

"My love, where are you?

"Oh, Inman.

"or thought I did.

"Ruby Thewes, you are a c a t a s t r o p h e."

"Since you've left, time has been measured out in bitter chapters.

"So now I say to you, plain as I can...

"so out of place.

"then the months.

"This war is lost on the battlefield

"to find myself, at last, a mark in the aching snow,

"To have traveled so far, from east to west,

"What if you are killed, and I'll never see you again?

"When I came with my father to the town of Cold Mountain,

"With no hope of reaching you, I write to you,

"Yesterday, I saw you walkin' back to me...

"You said after a few years I would barely remember your name.

Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is a captivating film based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. Directed by Anthony Minghella, this epic romantic drama was released in 2003 and boasted a star-studded cast that perfectly brought the story to life. Jude Law leads the cast as Inman, a Confederate soldier who deserts the army during the American Civil War in a bid to return to his true love, Ada Monroe, played by Nicole Kidman. Renowned for their exceptional performances, Law and Kidman deliver a heartfelt portrayal of two individuals separated by war, yet bound together by their unyielding love for one another. The film also features an impressive supporting cast, including performances from the talented Renée Zellweger, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Ruby Thewes, a resourceful young woman who befriends Ada and aids her in her struggles. Zellweger's character provides a refreshing dose of humor and strength amidst the devastation of war. Other notable cast members include Brendan Gleeson as the lovable Swimmer, Natalie Portman as Sarah, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the unscrupulous Reverend Veasey. Their performances add depth and complexity to the narrative, shedding light on the diverse experiences and personalities encountered by the film's protagonists. The music of Cold Mountain also deserves accolades, as it effortlessly transports viewers to the time and place of the story. Composed by the talented Gabriel Yared, the film's score beautifully captures the essence of the characters' emotions and the harsh realities faced during the Civil War. It expertly blends elements of folk, bluegrass, and traditional Appalachian music to create a hauntingly evocative soundtrack. In addition to the original score, Cold Mountain features several iconic songs performed by renowned artists. Sting delivers a powerful rendition of "I Wish You Well," while Jack White's raw vocals shine in "Never Far Away." Alison Krauss and The Union Station grace the soundtrack with their signature bluegrass sound, with standout tracks such as "The Scarlet Tide" and "You Will Be My Ain True Love." These incredible sounds from Cold Mountain can be enjoyed and downloaded here, allowing fans of the film to relive the emotions and experiences portrayed on screen. From the heart-wrenching performances to the soul-stirring music, Cold Mountain offers a cinematic experience that is both emotionally profound and visually stunning. Whether you are a fan of historical dramas, epic love stories, or exceptional cinema, Cold Mountain is a must-watch. With a talented cast, captivating storytelling, and a stunning soundtrack, it is no wonder that this film has left a lasting impact on audiences since its release in 2003. So sit back, press play, and embark on an unforgettable journey through the unforgiving yet enchanting landscapes of Cold Mountain.
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