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Themed ABC's -- the last scene
« on: April 18, 2006, 01:30:51 pm »
As the person from the last round who gets to choose the next A, and change the topic I pick the following:

This round covers from the moment we see Ennis putting the numbers on his mailbox, to the credits beginning to roll.
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A is Alma Jr.
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2006, 01:32:24 pm »
who pulls up in a car.

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B is box.
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2006, 01:39:44 pm »
Where Ennis gets his mail.
...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get.

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C is coffee
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2006, 02:33:15 pm »
Since Kurt starts with "K," they drink coffee while discussing Alma Jr.'s wedding.
No more beans!

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"D" is daddy
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2006, 02:48:55 pm »
What Alma Jr calls her pap when she comes to visit!


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E is empty.
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2006, 05:53:30 pm »
Ennis' trailer is very empty. But if you don't got nothin' you don't need nothin'.
...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get.

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F is fridge
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2006, 06:30:43 pm »
Ennis gets that old bottle of Cassie's wine out of the fridge.

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G is glasses
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2006, 06:38:01 pm »
They drink the wine out of 2 jelly glasses.
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H is happy
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2006, 06:40:28 pm »
...what Alma Jr feels when Ennis changes his mind and decides to attend her wedding.  :)


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« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2006, 06:45:00 pm »
Ennis' trailer is isolated.
...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get.

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J: Ennis calls his daughter "Junior"
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2006, 09:01:57 pm »
can a girl be a "junior"?
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K is Kurt
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2006, 10:09:02 pm »
Alma Jr. shows up driving the Chevy Camaro of her boyfriend, a guy named Kurt.

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L is loves
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2006, 11:53:23 pm »
"This Kurt, he loves you?"

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M is marriage
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2006, 08:34:01 am »
Alma Jr. tells Ennis of her upcoming marriage to Kurt.

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N is nothin'
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2006, 10:43:26 am »
Ennis says "You don't got nothin', you don't need nothin'". 
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O is opens
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2006, 11:08:37 am »
Ennis opens at least four doors that I can think of in this whole scene.  Can you think of them?

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P is playing.
« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2006, 11:17:28 am »
Ennis wondered if Alma's exboyfriend was still playing baseball.

1. Opens door to walk into trailer.
2. Opens fridge.
3. Opens door to see if Alma has already driven off.
4. Opens closet door.
...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get.

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Q is quickly
« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2006, 03:23:32 pm »
Many emotions quickly pass over Ennis's face as he sits and talks with Junior.

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"R" is remorse
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2006, 10:54:33 am »
Ennis is filled with remorse as he looks at his shrine to Jack.

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S is shirts
« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2006, 02:12:29 pm »
...of course! Kudos to Heath for his idea of switching them around so that his shirt is embracing Jack's

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T is trailer.
« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2006, 06:06:20 pm »
Ennis lives in a trailer, #17 to be exact.
...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get.

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U is for undying
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2006, 12:31:32 am »
Though ambiguous, Ennis' "I swear" generally is interpreted as a declaration of undying love.

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V is vision
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2006, 03:59:00 am »
While talking to Junior, we see Ennis have a vision of what it could have been like for him and Jack, if things had been different when they were 19.
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"W" is wine
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2006, 09:55:49 am »
Ennis pours two glasses of (screw-top) wine to toast the upcoming marriage of Alma Jr.

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X is xcruciating
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2006, 06:16:37 pm »
Ennis' pain in the very last scene is xcruciating.

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Y is for Year
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2006, 09:50:10 pm »
ENNIS How long you known this Kurt fella?
ALMA JR. (relieved, talks faster) About a year.

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Z is for zipped.
« Reply #26 on: April 23, 2006, 11:15:14 am »
Alma Jr. zipped out of the driveway before Ennis could give back her sweater.
...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get.

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A is for Alone
« Reply #27 on: April 24, 2006, 02:41:14 pm »
Will Ennis live in the trailer alone, and be alone for the rest of his llife?

He would be 63 years old in 2006.


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Re: B is for Blew it
« Reply #28 on: April 24, 2006, 03:07:09 pm »
After Jack's death, Ennis realizes that he blew it by not making their relationship his first priority.

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C is Camaro
« Reply #29 on: May 25, 2006, 01:12:24 pm »
... Alma, Jr. drives up in Kurt's Camaro.
No more beans!

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D is for drink(s)
« Reply #30 on: June 03, 2006, 07:50:41 pm »
First, they drink coffee, then wine.
I gave him what I hoped was that hopeful innocent puppy look that said “don’t you just want ta rub my tummy” rather than that hungry, ravenous wolf look that said “why don’t you just come out a that brick house so I can eat you up little pig?” LVH: 'What I did on my Day Off'

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E is for Exhaust
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2006, 01:35:27 am »
puffin outta that Camaro as it pulls up... and away...

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F...is for Friend
« Reply #32 on: July 15, 2006, 07:55:37 am »
Jack was the best friendthat Ennis ever had
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« Reply #33 on: July 16, 2006, 09:10:04 pm »
Alma jrs. all grown up as in " you're nineteen now, I guess you can do what you want, is that right, Huh? "
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H is for half-filled
« Reply #34 on: July 21, 2006, 09:17:20 pm »
Ennis produces two half-filled glasses of wine to toast Alma Jnr's wedding plans.
I gave him what I hoped was that hopeful innocent puppy look that said “don’t you just want ta rub my tummy” rather than that hungry, ravenous wolf look that said “why don’t you just come out a that brick house so I can eat you up little pig?” LVH: 'What I did on my Day Off'

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"I" is for I
« Reply #35 on: July 21, 2006, 11:16:15 pm »


Jack I Swear........... :(
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Re: Themed ABC's -- the last scene
« Reply #36 on: July 22, 2006, 12:36:21 pm »
J for Jack
Thank you Heath and Jake for showing us Ennis and Jack,  teaching us how much they loved one another.

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K is for knife-block
« Reply #37 on: July 31, 2006, 06:30:11 am »
In the kitchen of Ennis' trailer you can see a knife-block with 6 - 8 knives in it. ( I wonder why he has so many?)
I gave him what I hoped was that hopeful innocent puppy look that said “don’t you just want ta rub my tummy” rather than that hungry, ravenous wolf look that said “why don’t you just come out a that brick house so I can eat you up little pig?” LVH: 'What I did on my Day Off'

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« Reply #38 on: August 03, 2006, 02:05:46 am »
Alma Jr. left her sweater behind.   :(

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M is for marriage
« Reply #39 on: August 03, 2006, 06:53:26 am »
Alma Jnr told her dad she was getting married to Kurt
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"N" is nuptials
« Reply #40 on: August 07, 2006, 12:54:21 am »
Alma Jr. tells her dad about the upcoming nuptials.
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Re: Themed ABC's -- the last scene
« Reply #41 on: August 07, 2006, 01:01:24 am »
O is for Jack opening Ennis heart
Thank you Heath and Jake for showing us Ennis and Jack,  teaching us how much they loved one another.

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P Postman
« Reply #42 on: August 23, 2006, 12:34:36 am »
For the postman who will now be bringing Ennis his mail
Thank you Heath and Jake for showing us Ennis and Jack,  teaching us how much they loved one another.

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Q....is for Questions
« Reply #43 on: August 23, 2006, 12:53:24 am »
Ennis askes Alma Jnr questions about Kirk
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R is roughneck
« Reply #44 on: October 26, 2006, 06:25:51 pm »
Upon learning that Kurt works out in the oilfields, Ennis refers to him as a roughneck.

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Re.."S" is for "Swear"
« Reply #45 on: October 26, 2006, 06:35:14 pm »
Those poignant last words by Ennis "I Swear"
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Re: Themed ABC's -- the last scene
« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2006, 06:10:25 pm »
                                                                                                              There is a cheap TELEVISION  sitting on the side table.
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