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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ WIND HOWLING ]
Bill: DON'T FREEZE TO DEATH IF YOU CAN HELP IT.
THE WORST PART IS HOW TIME SLOWS.
PAIN STRETCHES OUT LIKE THE BODY'S BEING CRUSHED.
YOU PRAY FOR OBLIVION, FOR THE NUMBNESS OF DEATH.
BUT MOSTLY, IT'S THE THOUGHTS,
THE WRONG TURNS TAKEN.
WHAT IS IT TO BE RICH BUT WITHOUT HOPE?
TO LOSE A FRIEND AND NEVER KNOW JUSTICE.
HAVE WE ALL COME HERE FOR THE WRONG REASONS?
IS THERE A WAY OUT?
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
IF HE DOESN'T STOP, BRING HIM DOWN.
[ Weakly ] HEY!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
BRING HIM DOWN!
HYAH!
AH!
WHOA!
[ Weakly ] HEY!
HE-E-Y!
[ HORSES WHINNY ]
STAY DOWN!
[ GROANS ]
WHERE IS HE?
YOU WON'T GET ANY MEDICAL HELP UNLESS YOU TALK.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
HE WAS HEADED FOR HIM. HAD TO BE.
THERE'S A VALLEY THAT WAY.
OUT OF THE WIND WITH TREES FOR SHELTER
AND A CREEK FOR WATER.
BE THE SORT OF PLACE A MAN OF THE LAND WOULD HIDE.
LET'S GO!
[ Weakly ] HEY!
HE-E-E-E-Y!
HE-E-E-E-Y!
[ PANTING ]
[ PANTING CONTINUES ]
Belinda: HIKE!
HIKE!
HIKE!
[ GRUNTS ]
[ WIND HOWLING ]
HIKE!
HIKE!
[ DOGS BARKING, HOWLING ]
HIKE!
HEY, THERE! WHOA!
[ GRUNTING, PANTING ]
GO!
HIKE!
GO!
GO! HIKE!
[ PANTING ]
HIKE!
HIKE!
GO!
HIKE!
[ MEEKER SIGHS ]
[ GOLD SIZZLES ]
MM.
[ CLUNKS ]
OH, HELL.
[ GROANS ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ SIGHS ]
BETTER THAN CONFESSION, ***.
NO OFFENSE, LORD.
PURGES A MAN OF ALL THAT'S UNGODLY AND UNTOWARD.
IT'S THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
THERE IT IS.
COME ON, GET IN THERE.
THERE'S GOLD HERE.
IF YOU CALL A COUPLE OF OUNCES "GOLD."
152'S SUPPOSED TO BE A WHALE -- YIELDING POUNDS, NOT OUNCES
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING IN HERE?
WHERE'S THE REST?
IT AIN'T YOURS TO TAKE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE WRONG, FRIEND.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
WHOA!
TAKE HIM UPSTAIRS.
MARY, HOT WATER -- I WANT EVERY *** DROP IN DAWSON.
YES, MA'AM.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
SIR!
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
[ GUNFIRE ]
KEEP ON!
[ *** GUN ]
MARY, THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.
I KNOW. IT TAKES TIME TO HEAT.
THERE IS NO TIME!
COFFEE SERVICE FROM THE KITCHEN, TEA --
GO. GO!
NOW YOU STAY WITH ME.
GRAB EVERYTHING.
[ CROWD MURMURING ]
HASKELL.
DON'T JUST STAND THERE!
OPEN YOUR EYES!
[ Voice breaking ] OPEN YOUR EYES.
MORE, *** IT!
HE'S DYING.
MORE!
Haskell.
Haskell!
[ GUNFIRE ]
WHOA!
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
FORGET THE REST! ONLY HIM!
HYAH! GIDDAP!
COME ON! GIDDAP!
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
[ HORSES WHINNY ]
HYAH!
[ GUN *** ]
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
[ HEAVY BREATHING ]
SURE...THING.
SURE THING WHAT?
TO BE IN THE BUSINESS,
I'LL PROBABLY NEED TO SHOVE HIS *** OUT OF THE FIRE.
THANK YOU.
YOU DON'T VALUE YOUR LIFE ENOUGH,
THROWING IT AWAY FOR REVENGE.
YOU GOT TOO MUCH GOOD IN YOU.
ONE.
THINGS IN ME NOW AREN'T THE THINGS I CAME UP WITH.
THEY'RE SHARP-EDGED...
BURNING...
LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO EAT THE MEAT OFF MY BONES
FROM THE INSIDE.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
I WANT TO KEEP YOU HERE IN THIS VERY ROOM TILL SPRING.
BUY YOU THE FIRST TICKET OUT...
...SO YOU DON'T BECOME LIKE THE REST OF THEM.
LET'S DO THIS ONE LAST TIME.
EVERYONE KNOWS THIS CLAIM'S YIELDED,
AND I KNOW THAT THAT GOLD HASN'T GONE INTO TOWN.
I GOT PEOPLE IN PLACES
WHO KNOWS WHO'S WEIGHING WHAT WHERE,
WHO'S SELLING WHAT WHERE.
AND YOUR GOLD AIN'T SOLD.
WHERE IS IT?
I'M GONNA TELL YOU AGAIN, THERE AIN'T NO GOLD IN THAT BENCH.
THERE AIN'T NO GOLD IN THIS CAMP.
THE ONLY THING YOU'RE GONNA PULL OUT OF THIS CAMP IS ***,
AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO THAT.
[ GUN *** ]
WE AIN'T GAMING NO MORE, FRIEND.
WHERE...IS...IT?
YOU MAY BE STUPID, BUT YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW
GOLD AIN'T WORTH DYING FOR.
WELL, BY THAT LOGIC,
IT AIN'T WORTH KILLING FOR, EITHER, NOW IS IT?
[ MATCH STRIKES ]
[ BLOWS ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ SIGHS ]
ENTER.
[ WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY ]
THANK YOU.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
THE HELL'S GOING ON?
SOMETHING YOU GOT NO PART OF.
GO ON.
YOU GOT THAT KILLING LOOK.
MAYBE I DO, MAYBE I DON'T.
MAYBE I'M JUST TRYING TO SCARE SOMEONE
SO SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT DON'T NEED TO.
GOODMAN.
SON OF A *** CAME BACK.
COULDN'T HACK THE WILDERNESS.
I'M THE ONE WHO'S GONNA HANDLE THIS, YOU UNDERSTAND?
THIS IS MY FI--
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]
WELL, GO AHEAD, SHOOT.
I SHOT YOUR *** FRIEND, ALL RIGHT?
WHY?
WHY DO YOU THINK?
I GOT THERE FIRST.
I WAS ON 152 BEFORE IT WAS 152.
I STOOD RIGHT ON THAT GROUND.
BUT YOU DIDN'T STAKE IT.
THAT'S 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE WHAT YOU SAW.
THERE'S NO REASON IN THE WORLD IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU.
SO, A MAN JUST...GETS TIRED
OF BEING DEALT CRAPPY CARDS BY THE UNIVERSE, YOU KNOW?
SO, COME ON, SON.
YOU GET ON WITH IT.
I AIN'T GONNA DO ANY KILLING TODAY.
YEAH, YOU ARE.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA.
YOU CAN SURE BET SOMEBODY'S GONNA.
DON'T.
HE'S BULLSHITTING.
HE'S NOT.
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
SHUT UP, HASKELL. YOU DON'T SAY NOTHING.
[ SIGHS ]
IT WAS MY FIGHT.
AND YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BRING YOUR FRIEND BACK.
DID IT?
THE DAY'S GONNA COME WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET OUT OF HERE,
CARRYING YOUR GOLD AND ALL THE REST.
WHAT I JUST DID IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE
WITH THE WEIGHT OF KILLING A MAN, AS WELL.
AND YET, YOU'RE WILLING TO CARRY IT.
I AIN'T GETTING INTO HEAVEN, HASKELL.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I BURNED THOSE BRIDGES LONG AGO.
Man: FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS, FATHER.
Father Judge: YOU'RE FORGIVEN.
DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR THEM FIRST?
FROM YOU, SWIFT WATER, NO.
I SUFFER FROM -- FROM GREED AND AVARICE AND, UH...
THEY'RE THE SAME THING. YOU'RE FORGIVEN.
I SPEND IT ON *** AND ON WOMEN.
[ COUGHING ]
YOU'RE FORGIVEN.
YOU'RE DYING, AIN'T YOU?
NEAR TO IT.
HEY, YOU WANT IN ON SOMETHING?
DAWSON CITY, IT -- IT'S DONE.
GO HOME.
NOW, SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT, SEE.
NOW, WHAT IF I WAS TO TELL YOU
THAT I WAS PRIVY TO A NEW RUSH?
AN EVEN HOTTER ONE -- NOME.
WELL, JUST TRY SAYING A FEW HAIL MARYS ON THE WAY UP.
WELL, THANK YOU, FATHER. I ACTUALLY FEEL BETTER.
WELL, THEN, MAYBE MY TRIP UP HERE
WASN'T A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
WHAT?
NOTHING.
FATHER, I HOPE YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY
WHAT I THINK YOU JUST SAID.
'CAUSE IF YOU AIN'T GOT NO HOPE,
NO ONE DOES.
THANK YOU, FATHER.
[ COUGHS ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
LET'S GO!
CRAP.
COULD'VE USED YOU NOT TWO MINUTES AGO.
WHATCHA TALKING ABOUT, STEP?
CLAIM 152, RIGHT?
GAVE ME A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT AT 50 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.
I DIDN'T KNOW, HASKELL!
HM.
MEEKER!
MEEKER?!
I'M DONE WITH THE KLONDIKE.
I WANT TO GO A PLACE WHERE THERE'S ORANGES.
ORANGES ALL YEAR ROUND.
MEN DON'T KILL EACH OTHER FOR ORANGES.
AND THEY'RE A HELL OF A LOT MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN GOLD.
SUNDOWN DID THIS.
HE TURNED OVER THE WHOLE CLAIM.
[ SCOFFS ]
AND THEY GOT THE GOLD.
ALL OF IT.
[ SCOFFS ]
ALMOST THE WHOLE CLAIM.
STROKE OF LUCK.
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF IT
IF I HADN'T BEEN PURGING MY GUT AT THE TIME.
GOD BLESS YOU, JOE MEEKER.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ BOTH LAUGHING ]
OH!
ARE YOU GONNA GET IT OR AM I?
I'D SAY THAT QUALIFIES US
AS BEING RICH MEN, WOULDN'T YOU?
ONLY IF YOU GET OUT WITH IT.
AIN'T NO BOAT COMING TILL THE RIVER THAWS.
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN WAIT FOUR MONTHS TO GET OUT OF THIS HOLE.
[ SCOFFS ]
FOUR MONTHS OF FIGHTING OFF SONS OF *** LIKE SUNDOWN.
FIGHTING FOR WOOD.
FIGHTING OFF MOTHER NATURE.
[ SIGHS ]
I'M TIRED OF FIGHTING, BILL.
I JUST WANT TO GO.
THEN LET'S DO IT.
WHAT, NOW?
NOW.
OVERLAND.
HUH. THAT'S SUICIDE.
ONLY IF IT KILLS YOU.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I KNEW I LIKED YOU, BILL.
THERE JUST AIN'T NO "NO" IN YOU.
MIGHT BE THE FINEST COMPLIMENT ANYONE'S EVER PAID ME.
[ SCOFFS ]
I'M HEADED OUT, BROTHER.
I WISH I WAS TAKING YOU WITH ME.
I GUESS I AM, IN A WAY.
WE WERE RICHER, THEN, WEREN'T WE?
WHEN WE HAD NOTHING IN OUR POCKETS,
JUST A HEAD FULL OF HOPE.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL CARRY --
WHAT WE WERE IN THAT MOMENT IN TIME.
WORTH MORE THAN ANYTHING
ANY MAN COULD EVER PULL OUT OF THE GROUND.
YOU WATCH OVER ME.
I'M GOING HOME.
[ SIGHS ]
BRING HIM.
Bill: IF THEY'RE HANGING HIM FOR THE DEATH OF MY FRIEND,
THEY GOT THE WRONG GUY.
OH, THEY GOT THE RIGHT GUY.
HE MURDERED A MOUNTIE.
JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
TLINGIT MIGHT DISAGREE.
YOU'RE A WORLDLY MAN, FATHER,
BUT SOMETIMES JUSTICE DOESN'T JUST NEED TO BE JUSTICE.
SOMETIMES JUSTICE NEEDS TO BE SEEN.
PITY YOU, KILLING FOR ANOTHER MAN'S AGENDA.
NO.
YOU PUT TWO OF MY MEN IN THE GROUND.
AND I LOST MEN, AS WELL.
WHO WINS?
PERHAPS THEY'VE KILLED US BOTH.
[ CROWD MURMURING ]
I'M HEADED OUT.
I HEARD.
I HEARD YOU BOUGHT UP
EVERYTHING AT THE DRY-GOODS STORE IN PREPARATION.
IT TURNS OUT GOLD HAS SOME USES, AFTER ALL.
COME WITH ME.
IS THAT SOME SORT OF PROPOSAL, MR. HASKELL?
[ BREATHING SHAKILY ]
YOUNGER VERSION OF ME JUMPED INTO YOUR ARMS...
...BUT I COME TOO FAR, BILL.
MY WHOLE LIFE,
TRYING TO GET A PIECE OF SOMETHING.
WELL, I GOT IT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I GOT IT HERE.
EVERYTHING I GOT INVESTED IN THE FAIRVIEW HOTEL...
SELL IT.
HELL, [BAG THUDS] I'LL BUY IT FROM YOU.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
THAT MAKES EXACTLY NO SENSE, HASKELL.
WHO GIVES A GOD DAMN ABOUT SENSE?
SENSE NEVER GOT ANYONE ANYWHERE.
THERE'S SENSE IN THE WORLD.
IF I GO BACK TO THE STATES, I'M A...
[SIGHS] I'M A MIDWIFE...
OR A LAUNDRY GIRL.
I CAN'T EVEN VOTE.
THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR A WOMAN DOWN THERE.
THERE'S A PLACE WITH ME.
NO, THERE'S NOT, BILL.
[ SIGHS ]
NOT FOR ME.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU'LL MAKE IT OUT.
YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW?
'CAUSE YOU'RE TOO DAMN GOOD FOR THE YUKON, BILL HASKELL.
[ GROANS ]
YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGHT?
WELL, PHYSICALLY, NO.
BUT I STILL HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE SPIRIT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE OF HIM.
YOU READY?
NO. BUT YEP.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
HIKE! HIKE!
HIKE!
HIKE! HIKE!
FATHER.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY FOR A SERMON.
WELL, THAT'S OKAY.
[ COUGHS ] WHAT'S GOING ON?
WE'RE FITTING YOU FOR A COFFIN.
I'M NOT COMPLETELY DEAD YET, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED.
YOU JUST SIT BACK, RELAX. UNDERSTAND?
Bill: STAY, GQ!
GOOD DOG!
HIKE!
GOOD DOGS.
THE PESSIMIST IN ME'S THINKING, "WE'RE GONNA DIE OUT HERE."
WHAT'S THE OPTIMIST SAY?
[ SCOFFS ]
"AT LEAST THERE AIN'T TRAFFIC."
[ WIND HOWLING ]
GROUND'S TOO COLD TO DIG. BODIES WON'T GO IN TILL SPRING.
BUT THE ICE WILL KEEP THEM COLD TILL THEN.
[ FLASH CLICKS ]
[ CROWD MURMURING ]
[ FLASH CLICKS ]
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
NOT TO BE TOO CRASS,
BUT THAT PICTURE JUST MADE YOU A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU'LL NO LONGER BE
HEAD SUPERINTENDENT OF LAST CHANCE OUTPOST --
YOU'LL BE COMMISSIONER OF A FAR LARGER DEPARTMENT.
DEVELOPMENT'S COMING NOW.
BIGGER POPULATION,
MORE TAX REVENUE TO PAY DUTIFUL MEN LIKE YOU.
NOT ME.
WHAT?
THE STATE CAN'T PAY A MAN IF HE'S NO LONGER IN THEIR EMPLOY.
YOU'RE...WHAT? YOU'RE NOT...
TENDERING MY RESIGNATION.
YOU'VE DONE THE HARD STUFF, SUPERINTENDENT.
YOU'RE QUITTING AT EXACTLY THE WRONG TIME.
I CAN'T JUST FIND ANOTHER LAWMAN.
YOU AND I, WE HAVE A SHORTHAND.
WELL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM --
THAT I COULD HAVE A SHORTHAND WITH A MAN LIKE YOU AT ALL.
DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST TIN.
Bill: EASY! EASY! WHOA!
[ DOGS BARKING, WHINING ]
LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.
RIVER, I THINK.
[ DOG HOWLING ]
GO EASY WITH IT.
[ HOWLING CONTINUES ]
WHAT?
JUST THINKING.
THINKING WHAT?
THAT YOU HID THE GOLD IN ***.
I DID, INDEED [CHUCKLES] HIDE GOLD IN ***.
HOW MANY TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT HUMAN RACE
DO YOU RECKON THAT'S HAPPENED?
PRECISELY NEVER. [ LAUGHS ]
WHOA!
[ CHUCKLING ]
AH!
[ LAUGHING ]
EVERY TIME I START HATING MOTHER NATURE,
SHE GOES AND GIVES ME SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I KNOW NOTHING, HASKELL!
I KNOW NOTHING!
[ CRACKING INTENSIFIES ]
MEEK!
[ YELLING ]
[ PANTING ]
AAH!
AAAH!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
WHOEVER IT IS THAT PUTS US THROUGH THIS STRUGGLE --
WHETHER IT'S GOD, THE LAND -- WHY DO YOU DO IT TO US?
WHAT GOOD COMES FROM SUCH PAIN?
FROM SUCH LOSS AND DEATH?
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
COFFIN'S READY, FATHER.
FATHER, COME ON NOW.
COME ON, FATHER.
ONE, TWO, AND...
HERE WE GO. GOOD MAN.
BIT PREMATURE, DON'T YOU THINK?
SEE, NOW, THAT'S PROBLEM WITH FUNERALS, FATHER --
ALWAYS HAPPEN WAY TOO LATE.
FUNERAL'S THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF A MAN'S LIFE!
EVERYBODY WEEPING, HOLLERING, SAYING WHAT A GOOD SOUL HE WAS,
ONLY HE'S NEVER AROUND TO SEE IT.
YOU THINK THIS IS NECESSARY?
JUST LAY DOWN, WILL YOU?
LET HIM GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO YOU, OKAY?
♪ JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO, JERICHO, JERICHO ♪
♪ JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO ♪
♪ THE WALLS CAME TUMBLIN' DOWN ♪
[ TRUMPET PLAYS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ SAXOPHONE PLAYS ]
MAYBE IT'S DYING'S JUST ANOTHER THING.
ANOTHER SEASON PASSING THROUGH WHILE THE WORLD GOES ON.
WINTER TRIES ITS BEST TO KILL US,
AND EVEN IF YOU SOMEHOW MAKE IT THROUGH AND SPRING COMES,
THE STRUGGLE JUST STARTS NEW.
YOU GOT ANY CITRUS?
THERE GOLD?
EVERYWHERE.
YOU JUST GOT TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT.
THE QUESTION IS,
DOES THE STRUGGLE AND THE HARDSHIP MAKE US BETTER?
GIVE US STRENGTH? THE RIGHT PRIORITIES?
OR DOES IT LEAVE US SCARRED?
[ FLASH CLICKS ]
Man: IS IT TRUE, MR. LONDON, YOU LIVED ALL THIS?
THEY'RE SAYING YOU'RE THE NEW VOICE
OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.
Man #2: HOW MUCH OF THIS IS DRAWN FROM WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?
AND FROM THOSE SCARS,
FROM THOSE DEAD LANDSCAPES WITHIN,
CAN GOOD THINGS ONCE AGAIN GROW?
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ FIRE CRACKLING ]
WE'RE BUSTED.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO NOME, NOW.
BYPASSING DAWSON COMPLETELY.
NEVER KNOW.
TOMORROW MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING IN IT TODAY DON'T.
IN THE END, THE ANSWER'S "YES,"
FROM DEAD LANDS, NEW THINGS CAN GROW --
THINGS LIKE WISDOM
AND THE SIMPLICITY OF THE WORLD, FROM A MAN'S NEEDS.
BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS,
YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING...
EXCEPT MAYBE HOPE.