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Griner: Canoe trip? Lewis: That's right, a canoe trip. Griner: What the hell you wanna go fuck around with that river for? Lewis: Because it's there. Griner: It's there all right. You get in there and can't get out, you're gonna wish it wasn't.

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Lewis: Well, we fucked up. Griner: Where you goin' city boy? Lewis: We'll find it. We'll find it. Griner: It ain't nothin' but the biggest fuckin' river in the state.

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Lewis: The first explorers saw this country, saw it just like us. Drew: I can imagine how they felt. Bobby: [about the rapids] Yeah, we beat it, didn't we? Did we beat that? Lewis: You don't beat it. You never beat the river chubby.

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Lewis: Machines are gonna fail and the system's gonna fail...then, survival. Who has the ability to survive? That's the game - survive. Ed: Well, the system's done all right by me. Lewis: Oh yeah. You gotta nice job, you gotta a nice house, a nice wife, a nice kid. Ed: You make that sound rather shitty, Lewis. Lewis: Why do you go on these trips with me, Ed? Ed: I like my life, Lewis. Lewis: Yeah, but why do you go on these trips with me? Ed: You know, sometimes I wonder about that.

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Ed: [to Bobby] I'm glad we came here. Bobby: [offers Lewis a drink] Lewis? Ed: Lewis does not drink. Bobby: It's true Lewis, what you said. There's something in the woods and the water that we have lost in the city. Lewis: We didn't lose it. We sold it. Bobby: Well I'll say one thing for the system. System did produce the air mattress, or as is better known among we camping types, the instant broad. [The other three laugh and continue laughing.] And if you fellas will excuse me, I'm gonna go be mean to my air mattress. [He starts spraying bug spray on himself.] I do baptize thee, now in the name of modern technology - [Drew cheers.] How sweet. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. [He laughs. Lewis motions for them to be quiet, and they fall silent. Lewis goes into the woods and disappears.] Ed: Lewis? Bobby: Does he think he is Tarzan or what? Ed: He knows the woods though. He really does. He does. Drew: Not really. He learn 'em. He doesn't feel 'em. That's Lewis's problem. He wants to be one with nature

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Mountain Man: What the hell you think you're doin'? Ed: Headin' down river. A little canoe trip, headin' for Aintry. Mountain Man: Aintry? Bobby: Sure, this river only runs one way, captain, haven't you heard? Mountain Man: You ain't never gonna get down to Ain-. Ed: Well, why not? Mountain Man: 'Cause. This river don't go to Aintry. You done taken a wrong turn. See uh, this here river don't go nowhere near Aintry. Bobby: Where does it go, then? Mountain Man: Boy, you are a lost one, ain't ya? Bobby: Well, hell, I guess this river comes out somewhere, don't it? That's where we're goin'. Somewhere. Look, we don't want any trouble here. Ed: If you gentlemen have a still near here, hell, that's fine with us. Bobby: Why sure. We'd never tell anybody where it is. You know somethin', you're right, we're lost. We don't know where in the hell we are. Toothless Man: A still? Bobby: Right, yeah. You're makin' some whiskey up here. We'll buy some from ya, we could use it, couldn't we? Mountain Ma

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Mountain Man: Now, let's you just drop them pants. Bobby: Drop? Mountain Man: Just take 'em right off. Bobby: I-I mean, what's this all about? Toothless Man: Don't say anything, just do it. Mountain Man: Just drop 'em, boy! [To Ed - at knifepoint] You ever had your balls cut off, you fuckin' ape? Bobby: Lord. Mountain Man: Look at there, that's sharp. I bet it'd shave a hair. Toothless Man: Why don't ya try it and see? Bobby: Lord, lord. Deliver us from all. Toothless Man: [To Bobby] Pull off that little ol' bitty shirt there, too. [To Mountain Man] Did he bleed? Mountain Man: He bled. [To Bobby] Them panties, take 'em off. [After attacking and spanking him as Bobby tries to scramble up the bank] Get up, boy. Come on, get on up there. [Slaps Bobby's ass, Bobby eventually reaches the top of the bank before Mountain Man pulls him down, who joins him on the floor before lustfully groping his naked chest, with utter hunger and lust in his eyes] Bobby: No, no, no. Oh, no. No. Don't. Mountai

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Mountain Man: Whatcha wanna do with him? Toothless Man: [grinning] He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he? Mountain Man: That's the truth. Toothless Man: [to Ed] You're gonna do some prayin' for me, boy. And you better pray good.

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Lewis: What are we gonna do with him? Drew: There's not but one thing to do. Take the body down to Aintry. Turn it over to the Highway Patrol. Tell 'em what happened. Lewis: Tell 'em what exactly? Drew: Just what happened. This is justifiable homicide if anything is. They were sexually assaulting two members of our party at gunpoint. Like you said, there was nothin' else we could do. Ed: Is he alive? Lewis: Not now. Well, let's get our heads together. [To vengeful Bobby] Come on now, let's not do anything foolish. Does anybody know anything about the law? Drew: Look, I-I was on jury duty once. It wasn't a murder trial. Lewis: A murder trial? Well, I don't know the technical word for it, Drew, but I know this. You take this man down out of the mountains and turn him over to the Sheriff, there's gonna be a trial all right, a trial by jury. Drew: So what? Lewis: We killed a man, Drew. Shot him in the back - a mountain man, a cracker. Not a nigger, a cracker. It gives us somethin' to consi

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Ed: What are we gonna do, Lewis? You're the guy with the answers. What the hell do we do now? Lewis: Now you get to play the game. Ed: Lewis, you're wrong.

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Bobby: What are you going to do with Drew? Ed: If a bullet made this, there are people who can tell. Bobby: Oh God, there's no end to it. I didn't really know him. Ed: Drew was a good husband to his wife Linda and you were a wonderful father to your boys, Drew - Jimmie and Billie Ray. And if we come through this, I promise to do all I can for 'em. He was the best of us. Bobby: Amen.

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Ed: Everything happened right here. Lewis broke his leg in those rapids there, and Drew drowned here. Bobby: No, nothin' happened here. Ed: Bobby, listen to me. We got to stop them from lookin' up river. It's important that we get together on this thing. Do you understand?...We're not out of this yet.

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Sheriff: How come you all end up with four life jackets? Bobby: Didn't we have an extra one? Ed: No, Drew wasn't wearin' his. Sheriff: Well, how come he wasn't wearin' it? Ed: I don't know. Sheriff: Don't ever do nothin' like this again. Don't come back up here. Bobby: You don't have to worry about that, Sheriff. Sheriff: I'd kinda like to see this town die peaceful.