-Hey!
If you're around
tomorrow night...
I'll be here.
-Some things change
your life forever.
When I was 15, those were
the things I went searching for.
-♪ What would you do
if I sang out of tune? ♪
♪ Would you stand up
and walk out on me? ♪
♪ Lend me your ears,
and I'll sing you a song ♪
♪ I will try not to
sing out of key, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, baby, I get by ♪
- ♪ by with a little help
from my friends ♪
-♪ All I need is my buddies ♪
-♪ High with a little
help from my friends ♪
-♪ I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ♪ - ♪
try with a little help from my friends ♪
-♪ Whoa-oa-oa-oa ♪
-♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
-♪ Somebody who
knows quite sure ♪
♪ Baby ♪
-♪ By with a little
help from my friends ♪
-♪ Said I'm gonna make
it with my friends ♪
-♪ Try with a little
help from my friends ♪
-♪ Oh, I'm gonna
keep on trying ♪
-♪ High with a little
help from my friends ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on
trying now, baby ♪
-♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
-Lake wennahatchee.
For one week that
summer of 1971,
My family and paul pfeiffer's
Rented side-by-side cabins
along its placid shores.
-Damn it!
-It was a place to get away
From the aggravations
of modern suburban life...
-I got one!
- Escape from the petty,
everyday competition.
-Jack? Honey?
Hot dogs or
hamburgers for dinner?
-We're gonna have fish, damn it!
-The kind of paradise
That made you wish
you could stay forever.
Paul, let's go!
-I'm coming! I'm
putting on bug spray!
-Well, hurry up!
That was me... Kevin arnold.
And that august,
There was pretty much
one thing on my mind.
Paul, come on! Let's
get out of here!
-Hi, kevin.
-Hi, deb.
Paul, come on!
- Move!
-Where you guys going?
-None of your business.
-Where we went didn't matter.
Getting away was
all that counted.
-Say, you boys want
to do some fishing?
-No, thanks, dad.
-After all, we had more
important things to do.
- So, what do you want to do?
- Got me.
-I can't believe it.
What happened to this place?
Used to be great.
Now, look.
Snoresville.
-Over the summer, my best
friend had gained two things...
A new set of contact lenses
and a new set of hormones.
-You know, I could
be home right now,
Making time with julie zeller.
You're dreaming, pal.
-I'd probably have gotten
to second base by now.
-Oh, right. Like you'd
even know what to do.
I know what to do.
-Give me a break.
-Yeah? Listen.
It just so happens,
I got a certain 25-cent
little insurance policy, huh?
-The famous pfeiffer condom.
Paul had been bragging about
it ever since he got it in july.
Paul, not again.
It was kind of
his rabbit's foot.
-You know douggie sherman?
Well...
He picked up about two
dozen of these things
In a men's room near st. Louis.
I got mine off
him for 50 cents...
-But suddenly, I wasn't
listening anymore.
- Which is kind of a good
deal, if you consider the...
-♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Everything gonna be
all right this morning ♪
♪ Now, when I was a young boy ♪
♪ At the age of 5 ♪
♪ My mother said I'd be ♪
♪ The greatest man alive ♪
-Here it is... The
red chief special.
-Paul, you don't have
to rub it in my nose!
-Whoo!
-Come on. Let's get out of here.
Fact...
-Sorry.
- After three and a
half days of hanging out,
Even my best friend was
starting to get on my nerves.
-I wish you wouldn't put
the top on so tight, honey!
-Not to mention my folks.
-Rather have pickle juice
on your back seat, norma?
-That summer, I'd had
the profound revelation
That my parents had suddenly
become blithering idiots.
-Thing's on tighter
than I thought.
-Well, maybe if we b*at
it against the table.
-Sometimes it was as
if they were speaking
A whole different language.
-Hey, you sure you don't want
some of my trout, jack, huh?
Plenty of it.
-Hamburger's fine, thank you.
-Tomorrow, I'll show you
how to catch some real fish.
-Right, kev?
-Whatever.
All this family togetherness
Was more than my
adolescent soul could take.
What I needed was...
A savior.
-♪ A-breakin' rocks
in the hot sun ♪
-Sorry we're late.
-You guys were supposed
to be here three hours ago.
-Yeah, well, we, um,
took the scenic route.
Tell him, wart.
We took the scenic route.
-That was wayne's
buddy dave wirtschafter.
Everybody called him wart.
Hard guy to look at.
-Say, I have a fun
thought for tonight.
How about a campfire?
-Sounds good to me, mom.
-Oh, no.
-Sorry. We're going to
be at the drive-in tonight.
-But, hang on. Did he say...
-Yeah. At the drive-in.
"Planet of the apes."
-Great. We'll come with you.
-You must be joking.
-Okay, so it cost
us 15 bucks plus gas.
At least we'd found a place
to hide out for the night.
-Get out.
Tell 'em, wart!
-Get out!
-And there you had
it. We'd hit bottom.
-Okay. We're here to stay.
-We were stranded at a drive-in
With no car, 50
cents in our pockets,
And no place to go
but... "Planet of the apes."
And then it happened.
I knew that truck.
I knew that girl.
And I knew what I had to do.
Let's go talk to her.
-Are you crazy?
We don't even know her!
-Great.
Mr. Condom-in-his-wallet
was afraid of locals.
Look, paul, you're the one who
said you wanted to meet girls.
Okay.
-What do you suppose happened?
-Air leak. She
d*ed in her sleep.
-You don't seem
very cut-up about it.
-It's a little late for a wake.
She's been dead nearly a year.
-That means we've been away
from earth for 18 months.
-Our time.
-Okay. All I needed
was a snappy opening.
You, uh... Got
another cigarette?
-Sorry. Bummed this one myself.
-Oh.
-Been away from
earth for 2,000 years.
-You can have a drag
of mine if you want.
-Still can't accept it.
Time's wiped out
everything you ever...
-My goal was to appear
Like I'd been doing
this my whole life.
- We can't get back.
It's still just a theory.
-You don't smoke, do you?
-Nothing will grow here.
-Oh. Uh, sometimes.
-You shouldn't. It
doesn't flatter you.
-Oh? What about you?
-I shouldn't, either.
-The thing is, for some reason,
I couldn't breathe.
So... Where are you from?
-Here.
-Where... The drive-in?
About a half a mile from here.
-I'm kevin.
And this is paul.
-Hi.
-Hey. Cara.
-Hey, cara.
You want to hang
out, or you want to go?
-Whatever.
I think my brother
wants to split.
-Well, it was nice
talking to you, cara.
-Yeah.
-And maybe we'll see you around.
Yeah. Maybe.
-And that was it.
Except that in that
brief wrinkle of time,
I knew beyond a doubt that
something had happened...
Something big.
-Hey!
If you're around
tomorrow night...
I'll be here.
-I guess she knew it, too.
The next day seemed to
last about 11 centuries.
-Kev, you want me to
bait a hook for you?
-No, thanks, dad.
No matter how I tried,
I couldn't get that
girl off my mind.
We're going back tonight.
-What?
You don't think I'm actually
gonna go back there, do you?
-Come on. We'll all hang out.
-Yeah, right.
Maybe she has a friend.
-A friend?
-Sure, it was underhanded,
but absolutely necessary...
Considering the circumstances.
-Hey!
-Hi, cara!
-How's it going?
-All right.
-Uh, my brother
and a bunch of us
Were thinking about
going down to the lake
To hang out.
You want to come?
-Sure. Sounds great.
-Oh.
You think you have
a... A friend or someone
Who maybe wants to come along?
-Yeah.
Maybe lori.
-Lori? That's great!
-Sure. Love to go.
-Well, folks, only five
minutes till showtime.
Let one of our friendly
Snack-bar personnel
service you...
-Fantastic.
-I'll meet you out back.
-If I could just
grab my associate
For one quick second here.
-So, what do you think?
-I'm not going. No way on earth.
Kev, I'm your best friend.
I'll do anything
you want me to do.
But, please, don't ask
me to do this for you.
-It was the heartfelt cry
of a dear and trusted friend,
So I really had no choice.
See ya!
-Night, paul.
-It was true I hardly
knew these kids
And I'd just met this girl
And I had no idea
where I was going.
Seemed to me, that
was exactly the point.
Nice night.
-Yeah.
-That night, I felt
a million miles
From everything
I'd known before.
-I'm starting high
school in the fall.
-Me too.
-Stinks.
-Yeah.
-Maybe thing will pick
up when I get my license.
-That's what I'm
hoping... A little mobility.
You should come up and visit me.
-I'd like that.
-The thing is, even though
I'd just met this woman,
I felt like I'd known
her my whole life.
-Hey, cara!
You want to go, or you
want to hang out awhile?
-Leave us alone, billy.
-He watches out for you, huh?
-The guys around here
are idiots, you know?
-Yeah.
-And the summer guys...
You learn pretty
much to stay away from.
-Oh.
-My brother hates that I smoke.
-Do your parents know?
-Sometimes it's like they're
speaking a different language.
You know?
-Yeah. I know.
We were so much like each other.
I could feel myself missing her
Even while I was with her.
-I'm not supposed to
trust you, you know.
-So... Do you?
-Yeah.
-Let me.
-I thought you were
gonna light my cigarette.
Nice night.
-Yeah.
And it was.
-♪ Imagine me and you, I do ♪
♪ I think about
you day and night ♪
♪ It's only right
to think about... ♪
-Over the next few
days, I did my best
To be a good son to
my dad, to my family.
-Hey, kevin!
-♪ If I should call
you up, invest a dime ♪
-But somehow, something
kept calling me away.
I got to go, dad.
-♪ Imagine how the world
could be so very fine ♪
♪ So happy together ♪
♪ I can't see me loving... ♪
-Cara and I had found something
No two people had
ever found before...
Each other.
-♪ Baby, the skies
will be blue ♪
♪ For all my life ♪
-We talked about
everything... Almost everything.
-Will I see you tomorrow night?
-Sure!
-♪ The only one for me
is you and you for me ♪
-Of course.
-♪ So happy together ♪
-Trouble was, I was running
out of nights, and fast.
-♪ How is the weather? ♪
♪ So happy together ♪
-I guess somehow, I just kept
hoping something would happen.
And then it did.
-Look. Alvin.
Alvin, look at this.
What is this?
What is this? Look
what your son has.
- Oh, my gosh! My wallet!
- Where did you get this from?
What is this?!
-I got one!
-Guess you could
call it a red-letter day.
-I got one! Huh?!
Here we go!
Eat up.
-The fish smells great, honey.
Aren't you all proud
of your father?
Yeah. We've got fish for days.
-Yeah. We've got fish for days.
-Of course, I was more than glad
To be there for dad's
moment of triumph.
Well, I got to run.
-Honey? Run where?
-To the drive-in.
You know, with paul.
-Afraid not, honeybunch.
The pfeiffster's
not going anywhere.
Mr. Rubberhead's
grounded for life.
Wayne!
-Look, mom, I just have
something I have to do, okay?
-Wait a minute.
You know why I brought
the whole family up here?
Because I thought
it might be nice
For the whole family
to spend a little time...
Together.
I caught that fish so
we could all enjoy it...
Together.
And since this
is our last night,
I thought we'd spend
it with each other...
Together.
- But, dad...
- Kev!
I mean it.
-Part of me knew he was right.
But another part of
me knew something more.
I can't stay, dad.
- Kevin, sit down!
- Why?
-Because I say so,
and I'm your father.
-There it was.
My whole life, they'd
been his final words.
I'm sorry.
I'm going.
That night, huddled in that cab,
We put the whole
world behind us.
I didn't know what would
happen when I got home.
It didn't matter.
-You like this?
-Sure. Whatever.
-♪ ...in the tall grass
where the shadows fell ♪
-I had to be with
cara. I had to hold her.
I just couldn't bring
myself to tell her...
I was leaving.
So... What do you
want to do tonight?
-♪ The evening bell ♪
♪ Jamaica, say you will ♪
-You're leaving, aren't you?
- ♪ Help me find a way ♪
- yeah.
-♪ To fill these empty hours ♪
-That's too bad.
-♪ And say you will ♪
-I'll miss you.
-♪ Come again tomorrow ♪
♪ The daughter of... ♪
-What's wrong?
-Nothing's wrong.
I'll miss you, too.
Look...
We can still see each other.
I mean... I get my
license in a few months.
I could... You know...
Drive up...
- Yeah.
- On weekends.
-Yeah.
-♪ Jamaica, say you will ♪
-I think I got to hang out
with my brother tonight.
-I was losing her.
I guess I knew I had to, but...
Don't be like that!
-Sorry.
-♪ And stay until ♪
-Look, I want to
stay. You know that.
You've got to know
that... More than anything!
But there was nothing
more I could say
Except...
I'm sorry.
-I'm not.
-♪ Jamaica was a
sweet young one ♪
♪ I loved her true ♪
♪ She was a comfort and a
mercy through and through ♪
♪ Hiding from this
world together ♪
♪ Next thing I knew ♪
♪ They had brought her
things down to the bay ♪
♪ What could I do? ♪
♪ Jamaica, say you will ♪
♪ Help me find a way ♪
♪ To fill these sails ♪
♪ And we'll sail until ♪
-I wanted to stay
there in that night
More than anything
I'd wanted before.
But I knew I couldn't.
I was 15.
I slept under a roof
my father owned
In a bed my father bought.
Nothing was mine...
Except my heart
And my fears
And my growing knowledge
That not every road was
going to lead home anymore.
-♪ ...our waters have run dry ♪