Summer's End
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Year Published: 1985
Country of Origin: United States
Description: 16mm Film - Summer's End - USA 1985 Directed by: Beth Brickell Written by: Beth Brickell, Carter R. Brickell, Mary Shryock Brickell Cinematography by: Richard Hart Music by: Thomas Newman Starring: Bill Vint, Radha Delamarter, Jennifer Miller, Jordan Weeks, Graham Timbes, Lisa Foster, Shane McCuan, McKala Roberts, Torey McManis, Tim Simpson, Tim Looney, Travis Hackelton, Jason King, Patricia Weatherford, Jerry Franks, Terry Franks, Joy Chesser, Nicole Walls, Jennie Pettigrew, Amy Pettigrew, Carl Plant, Tim Vent, Lemuel Sisson, James Hartsell, Steele Boyd, Scotty Bundren, Dustin Clawitter, Scott Ellis, Billy Gibbins, Dale Huggs, Richie Malone, Jason Skinner, Brian Smith et al. Clarendon, Arkansas, August 1948: 10-year-old Kathy prefers pigtails to curls and runs away for the day to avoid a hair appointment. While she's off having adventures with her best pal Jeeter, her parents clash over how to handle the situation. Kathy's mother worries that her daughter doesn't 'fit in' while her father believes she's 'just an individual' and should be allowed to grow up at her own pace. At the end of the day, Kathy must return home to face the inevitable. Clarendon, Arkansas, August 1948: Die 10-jährige Kathy trägt lieber Zöpfe als Locken und läuft einen Tag lang weg, um einen Friseurtermin zu vermeiden. Während sie mit ihrem besten Freund Jeeter Abenteuer erlebt, streiten sich ihre Eltern darüber, wie sie mit der Situation umgehen sollen. Kathys Mutter macht sich Sorgen, dass ihre Tochter nicht 'dazugehört', während ihr Vater der Meinung ist, dass sie 'einfach ein Individuum' ist und in ihrem eigenen Tempo erwachsen werden sollte. Am Ende des Tages muss Kathy nach Hause zurückkehren und sich dem Unvermeidlichen stellen.
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[Music] [Music] no come on one more we go home out where I'm you think you can stand on it sure yeah here come let me help you out you're going to have let somebody else finish the game for you son oh don't take me out there come on we'll put some I on it we'll fix it up real thanks a lot or okay guys let's finish the game now who's going to pitch Uncle Dy you said I'm the subtitute pitcher I can p I'll do it maybe we ought to let somebody else pitch but Uncle dadley you said I might get to playing The Last Promise all right get on out there yes sir come on you guys let's play ball now come on let's go might well go home we don't want this game come I'm knock it all the way Little [Applause] [Applause] Rock all right you guys War up over here on me I know your school's going to be starting Monday and your mind's going to be on other things but next summer I want to see every one of you back out here and we're going to go right back at it [Applause] again here let me help you that c you tell your mama we'll see y'all later here okay uncle [Music] oh [Applause] I still [Applause] way I me Cathy Buck W you did that on [Music] purpose Hi C I got some new funny B who boy eaty now settle down down boy good boy dude let me see him have you read them yet yeah what do you give me for them I'll tell you what I'll do I'll give you five out of my Ed these two you mean the ones with no cover that's how good they are everybody's read them 100 times no deal I'm a bring new all right I'll tell you what I'll do I'll get you SI just because you're my best friend that's all I can do for you so you can take it or leave it this for two okay no Jer almost killed Batman he P his explosive device under the hood of the Batmobile and a wild goof tra because of the phone not sto from Batman and the Batmobile turn over and the Joker gets away the robin swings out on a telephone pole and the Joker is forced to take out through hogy to town so then Robin climbs up I'm if you tell me the whole story what's the use of my reading it Kathleen is that you Kathleen yes ma'am come eat your lunch and take your bath we have to be ready to go by 1:00 why because your Anna will be here to take us to your appointment have you forgotten now come on [Music] J you want to go mash this penny with me your M apple one five Jer do you want to go mash this penny with me or not what a child wants is not always what's been for honey drink your milk you have to get ready to go too well C the beauty part we're going to get your school supplies I think uh maybe we ought to just give her a little more time maybe she decide to do it on Ro my mama kept me in Long curls till I started school then I wanted to be just like everybody else C doesn't give a hoot about being like everybody else none of the other little girls her age have worn Peak tails for 2 years they're out of style well she's just an individual what's an individual Ray junor eat your food an individual somebody that's not like everybody else I had hoped she'd wanted herself but I can't wait any longer I can't let her start the sixth grade with those pigtails she's going to look utterly ridiculous besides with Ray Junior starting school I am not going to have time to braid him every morning where is she Estelle's going to be here and she's not going to be R well I got to get back to work don't forget the catfish I [Music] won't it's [Music] coming cat hey Cat C get out the way C wake [Music] up C it's coming come on C come on wake up on come on you not even say you're a black you're a smart God I don't care nothing but an old girl anyway [Music] [Applause] [Music] cheater sorry scared you I'm sorry I called you a [Music] [Music] hey how about a game no you're just chicken I bet she can take both you with one arm side behind her back bye it's colony and kath's gone off and I'm talking to Ray on the telephone what does she mean she's gone on there's no [Music] telling I have called until my voice is horse she just out and out to find me we come straight home as soon as the paper's off the crate I will where is she I don't know it's not like her to go off like this without telling me where she's going didn't she know she had a beauty parlor appointment I've been telling her for 2 weeks I am going to be so embarrassed if we don't keep this appointment well let me check outside again t [Music] Betty will you tellan I got a hole in the RO see L what you got for me Carl H Ray how about I got a couple Beauties here big Bo right there them too be fine that'll be about 10 11 lb all right go ahead and lay those up and wrap them up I'll be back in a minute okay ready sure will D Hey where's the paper uh I just putli the bed be ready in about an hour you better hurry up everything in it is going to be old new but the time we read it a that right can I talk to you yeah sure we got to go yall go than don't get in trouble now how' the uh how' everything go at the ball game great hey Kathy got the pitch goes oh Edie hurt his knee Kathy got the pitch yeah a matter of fact she threw the winning pitch is that right yeah rayon children tried to slap one bar and she jumped on it like a little frog nothing Happ to upset her upset her no last time I saw her she was grinning like a mule eating Bri shoot you get it next time get it this time come on shut up y I knew it nobody can be she is the marble champion in the world Jer I'll give you half of them okay get off of him down don't let get out broke my glasses my mom's going to kill me won y' take me all one at a time B Jo Jo stop that fight get up off the ground and get in the house I said stop it right 6 minutes get inside wait until schol starts next week now what have you done done that's what you get from playing rough with boys I'd be ashamed of myself acting like that getting it on your hand it's all right just hold your head back until it stops and go on home now get in your room you're not playing outside again today you may not even play outside next week she's determined not to get a permanent in her hair and I'm determined she is why don't you give her a Tony now that's a good idea there am have you seen Cathy no ma'am Sarah I'm coming to your birthday party tomorrow I know it Sarah and Phillips is having a birthday party tomorrow yes and that reminds me I haven't bought her a present yet we'll have to go by Henry edtis and tell her what happened then we'll go to the drug store and we'll get their school supplies and presents for Sarah Ann and then I'll take y'all home Kathy is going to the birthday party too isn't she maybe Mrs Phillips invited her and she forgot to tell me [Music] [Music] [Music] now you had quite enough lemon your belly's going to be SW up V and SP your cran dress we're about Fe 24 days andian bur the wagon I need water lemonade is what I need it toss the nickel they took the gold this is all that left please take the marbles it's too late it's all over I'm dying here I'm next Dre when I grow up I'm going to take care of him hero Nancy Drew is not a nurse she's a Detective When I grow up I'm going to be a hero like Frank Hardy you can't be on him he's a boy it's the pr put that down I'll call your [Music] father [Music] I'm going to play hold up you can't come aboard why I'm the captain of a friendly ship you can't play why she could be the cook and makes your spaghetti I don't want to be the cook she could be a Danel in distress what does she do we TR you to the mass and rescue get the roope wait a minute what are yall doing we're going to tie you up put your hands behind your back hold steal I got it let's talk show I have to save him no it has to be you quick it's an emergency they're attacking from all sides kill the bloody rat die you Devils I'll cut off your slimy heart I don't want to play [Music] [Applause] [Music] anymore well thank you for telling me Mrs Jeff yes I agree nothing is uglier than little girl fighting please let me know if you see her again she's getting to be at bad as my cousin Shirley we all just hated her we didn't want her to play with us or do anything we did Hey listen Kathy's not like that well you keep encouraging her to play baseball and to build club houses and model airplanes she is not going to know what it is to be a girl don't you see that it's just confusing her what do you think we should [Applause] do [Music] hey what are you doing well uh this board here was loose and I I FID you you might hurt your C [Music] on I guess we didn't get it on here too good Oh Daddy I got the pit in the last game yeah I heard that Dudley said uh said you won a game I did I threw the ball into home and the r was Tad coming in third come now you know that uh your mother's real upset cuz you didn't show up for your beauty part appointment today what happened why'd you do that I hate CS they're oh you couldn't be I don't care what they did to your hair Sissy's a coward you're as Brave as anybody I know I want to be a girl girl girls don't have any fun well you know it's not uh not always easy being a boy either we all got to do things that uh we don't want to do sometime what's really important swee is is what's deep deep deep down inside of you way down inside of you nobody can ever take that away from you ever I don't care what they do your here I don't care if they shave your head you know if the world was perfect nobody care what you did no it didn't hurt anybody not let's go inside and tell your mother's okay in here my Where Have You Been young lady why have you taken my B down look at her she looks like she belongs down on the Ley give me my thing my plan you brought my plan do you think that you can run away and defy me the way you have today young lady you have got another thing coming do you know how you just made me look in her eyes do you did you take down the clubhouse today the way we decided you didn't did you you always leave the discipline to me and I end up looking like a monster hey wait a minute I discipline her I dis know when I see a good reason I don't see wearing pigtail is the reason it's not the pigtail she doesn't fit in a radio in Brank the AR play all the hit Saturday afternoon 92° out there and here's the big Sor of the day darling it breaks my heart to do this when I know you don't want it [Music] between here and Mar we've been averaging better than 15 took the lind and glow Rock the other day junor I don't want to have to tell you again to stop playing and eat your dinner we also want to another 27 by the end of and I'm going to win the P to Miami that's real good dad can I go too sure we all going to go have you finished cash schol dressing just the H you can have those patterns back now is there any more where this came from I made another piece just for you sure is good what do you think of TR chances against do not much she looks like a rag B Ray Junior get up and leave the table right now right now go to your room and stay there Chuck the captain got him he got him I can see smoke streaking from the other plane hey look he's going into a dve the C right on top of them wow what a beautiful display of fing that guy's putting up even though he is hit success at hand Old Miss Monday's thrilled P Adventure the double cross now tonight we have a thrilling secret code message from Captain midm in the new 1948 secret code and every secret spot member who has that well new 1948 miral magic cograph can work it out in a hurry now here's tonight's message an exciting clue about Monday's Adventure in master Co code 19 first word five [Music] 19 KY you got I know you said you weren't hungry darling but I thought you might change your mind why don't I just set this here on the chair in Cas you did they they called me from the Girl Scout council last week and they asked me to take all your truth the first gu I told him I didn't have the time since I have to get both you and Ray Junior ready for school every day but I I've been thinking that maybe I could make the time and give us something that we could do together I think we could have a lot of fun going camping and roughing in the woods and and putting up our tents of course it's going to take a lot of courage to stay out all night in the woods and you're going to have to help the other girls be brave you're going to have to help me too because I've never done anything like that but I'm willing to try if you'll help me I want you to think about it and I want you to let me know whether or not you want me to be your [Music] there [Music] [Music] [Music] for [Music] oh [Music] e [Music] e oh [Music] [Music] love [Music] [Music]
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