-♪ 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, YEAH ♪ -♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
[ INTRO TO BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD'S "FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH" PLAYS ]
-♪ THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE ♪
♪ WHAT IT IS AIN'T EXACTLY CLEAR ♪
♪ THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN OVER THERE ♪
♪ TELLING ME I GOT TO BEWARE ♪
♪ I THINK IT'S TIME WE STOP, CHILDREN ♪
♪ WHAT'S THAT SOUND? ♪
♪ EVERYBODY, LOOK WHAT'S GOING DOWN ♪
-WE LIVE IN CONFUSING TIMES...
TIMES OF CHANGE...
AND OF DISAGREEMENT.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL SAY THAT BRIAN COOPER WAS A MAN
WHO DIED DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY.
AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL SAY
THAT HE WAS A CHILD WHO DIED IN VAIN.
-BRIAN COOPER WAS THE FIRST PERSON I EVER KNEW
WHO WASN'T OLD WHO DIED.
I GUESS WE ALL HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE WE REALIZE
THAT EVEN SOMEBODY WHO'S BASICALLY A KID
CAN CEASE TO EXIST,
AND WE'RE NEVER THE SAME AFTER THAT.
-WE MUST HAVE FAITH THAT NONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN DIE IN VAIN.
-BUT IT WASN'T JUST BRIAN'S DEATH THAT HAD CHANGED ME.
IT WAS ALSO BRIAN'S SISTER.
I HADN'T SEEN WINNIE SINCE THE NIGHT WE KISSED IN THE WOODS,
BUT I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
-BUT THROUGH ALL THE CHANGE,
THERE IS ONE THING THAT REMAINS CONSTANT AND ETERNAL
AND CAN NEVER DIE,
AND THAT IS THE HUMAN SOUL.
-OH, NO! THE JELL-O SALAD ISN'T SET!
[ SIGHS ]
HERE, KEVIN.
YOU TAKE THE HAM.
-LIKE WOMEN ALL OVER AMERICA,
MY MOTHER CONFRONTED TRAGEDY AND DEATH
WITH COLD HAM AND JELL-O SALAD.
-THE LITTLE MARSHMALLOWS ARE JUST SWIMMING IN THERE.
-COME ON, NORMA. LET'S JUST GO.
-LET ME PUT SOME ICE CUBES IN.
IT'LL TAKE FIVE MINUTES.
-YOU GOT THE HAM.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING THE JELL-O, TOO.
-FIVE MINUTES -- JUST GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES.
-THE REST OF US HAD OTHER WAYS OF DEALING WITH OUR GRIEF.
[ NOSE BLOWS ]
BUT I, FOR ONE, WAS A WRECK.
I WOULD THINK ABOUT BRIAN,
AND I'D FEEL ALMOST SICK TO MY STOMACH.
THEN I WOULD THINK ABOUT WINNIE,
AND A THRILL WOULD PASS THROUGH MY 12-YEAR-OLD BODY
LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES.
LIFE'S TWO GREATEST FORCES, LOVE AND DEATH,
WERE TEARING ME APART --
AT THE WAIST.
-COME ON, MOM! LET'S GO!
-HERE I WAS AT BRIAN'S FUNERAL,
AND WINNIE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.
I FELT SORT OF WEIRD, THOUGH.
I MEAN, WHAT WAS I GONNA DO IF I SAW HER --
ASK HER TO DANCE?
-KEVIN, TAKE THIS PLATE OF FOOD OVER
AND TRY AND GET WINNIE TO EAT SOMETHING.
SHE REALLY NEEDS HER OLD FRIENDS RIGHT NOW. GO ON.
-HI.
MY MOM WANTED ME TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.
-THANKS.
I'M NOT REALLY THAT HUNGRY.
-YEAH, YOU SHOULD EAT, THOUGH...
SOMETHING.
-WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?
WHAT WAS I THINKING?
I WAS SO CONFUSED.
SHE WAS SO CLOSE, I-I WANTED TO GRAB HER,
TAKE HER IN MY ARMS,
FEEL HER 72-POUND BODY NEXT TO MINE.
-TRY THE HAM.
-OKAY.
-OH, GOD, I WAS AN ANIMAL.
WATCHING HER EAT THE HAM,
I FELT, "HOW COULD I BE HAVING THESE FEELINGS?"
DID IT SHOW? COULD PEOPLE SEE THROUGH ME?
WHAT WOULD BRIAN THINK?
-SO!
YOU'RE AT MY FUNERAL, AND ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT
IS JUMPIN' MY LITTLE SISTER.
-OF COURSE, HE WOULD THINK I WAS SCUM.
-[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU'RE A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART.
-WAIT A MINUTE. THAT'S RIGHT.
BRIAN WASN'T LIKE THAT.
-BUT, KEV, KEV, KEV, NOT NOW.
JUST GIVE HER A LITTLE TIME.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
-THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
-AMONG THE MANY GREAT HISTORICAL MILESTONES OF 1968,
PERHAPS THE GREATEST WAS THE ADVENT
OF SEX EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS.
[ YOUNG MEN GIGGLING ]
-NOW, IF I HEAR ANY GIGGLING,
IF I SEE ANY SMIRKING, THIS CLASS IS OVER.
DO YOU READ ME, PEOPLE?
OVER.
NOW...
THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS LOOK LIKE THIS.
-All right!
[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]
-UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKED MORE LIKE A COW'S HEAD TO ME.
-NOW...
WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT THESE ARE?
YES?
-THE EARS?
-APPARENTLY, I WASN'T ALONE.
-THE...
OVARIES.
THE EARS WOULD BE...
UP HERE.
-UH, WH-WHY DON'T YOU DRAW THE WHOLE LADY
S-SO WE KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING GOES?
-YEAH, THE WHOLE LADY. -YEAH, THE WHOLE LADY.
-ALL RIGHT.
-My gosh.
[ INDISTINCT MURMURING ]
I can't believe he's gonna draw it.
[ MURMURING CONTINUES ]
-SUDDENLY, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR
WHY MR. CUTLIP HAD NEVER BEEN MARRIED.
ANY MAN WHO SAW WOMEN THAT WAY WOULD HAVE NO REASON TO.
-NOW...
THE OVARIES, OF COURSE, ARE THE SITE OF OVULATION.
-AS MR. CUTLIP WENT ON,
ONE FACT BECAME INCREASINGLY EVIDENT.
SEX, IN THE HANDS OF PUBLIC EDUCATORS,
IS NOT A PRETTY THING.
-"OVA" IS ACTUALLY PLURAL OF "OVUM."
...OF APPROXIMATELY 28 DAYS.
AND THAT, IN A NUTSHELL, IS THE STORY OF OVULATION.
QUESTIONS?
YES.
-WHEN DO WE START FOOTBALL?
-ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO HAND OUT YOUR TEXTBOOKS NOW --
"HEALTH AND HUMAN SEXUALITY."
-Textbooks?!
-FOR WEDNESDAY, PEOPLE,
YOU WILL READ CHAPTERS 1 AND 2.
DO NOT READ AHEAD.
REPEAT --
DO NOT...READ...AHEAD.
-CHAPTER 14 -- THE HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE.
-LET ME SEE IT. HEY! COME ON!
-TELLING US NOT TO READ AHEAD
WAS LIKE TELLING A PACK OF WOLVES
TO STAY AWAY FROM RED MEAT.
-WHAT'S THE MATTER, ARNOLD? YOU HORNY?
-YEAH, I THINK ARNOLD'S HORNY!
[ LAUGHTER ]
-UH-OH, ARNOLD. -SHUT UP, YOU GUYS.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
-OH, MY GOD! -WOW!
-WHOA! -OH, MY GOD!
[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]
-HI.
-WHATCHA DOING?
-NOTHING.
-OH.
-WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK TO SCHOOL?
-MONDAY.
-OH.
-BUT MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING TOMORROW.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT.
-YEAH. I MEAN, SURE.
IF YOU WANT.
-WELL, I'M GOING TO MY UNCLE'S IN THE MORNING,
BUT I'LL BE BACK AROUND 3:00.
-COME ON, KEV! LET'S GO!
-OKAY, WELL, BYE. SEE YOU TOMORROW.
-OKAY, BYE.
-BYE.
-♪ YOUNG GIRL ♪
♪ GET OUT OF MY MIND ♪
-"AND THUSLY, A WOMAN'S ANATOMICAL CONSTRUCTION
IS FANTASTICALLY ADAPTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF A..."
WHAT'S THAT WORD?
-"BURGEONING."
-"...TO THE NEEDS OF A...BURGEONING HUMAN LIFE."
THIS STUFF'S NOT THAT GOOD.
-WELL, WE COULD LOOK UP "BURGEONING."
-BUT WE HAD ALREADY LOOKED UP "PRENATAL"
AND "AMNIOTIC FLUID,"
AND IT WAS CLEAR WE WERE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
-OH, WORKING ON YOUR SEX EDUCATION, I SEE.
I'M NOT SURE YOU BOYS ARE OLD ENOUGH FOR THIS.
-GIVE IT BACK, WAYNE.
-LET'S SEE.
HUH.
PRETTY HOT STUFF.
YOU KNOW, I BET THE GUYS WHO WROTE THIS BOOK
HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO SECOND BASE.
-WELL, WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
-YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SECOND BASE IS?
-OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT SECOND BASE IS.
SORT OF.
-♪ YOU'RE MUCH TOO YOUNG, GIRL ♪
-ALL RIGHT...
-AND WITH AN AIR OF CONFIDENT AUTHORITY
THAT ONLY AN IDIOT OR AN OLDER BROTHER CAN HAVE,
WAYNE PROCEEDED TO ELABORATE A BASEBALL METAPHOR
THAT CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOKED AT WOMEN -- AND BASEBALL --
FOREVER.
-AND I'M TELLING YOU,
EVERYBODY GETS TO AT LEAST SECOND BASE
BY THE 7th GRADE.
-THIS WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE,
ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST OF THE GIRLS WE KNEW
HAD NO SECOND BASES.
-LOOK, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO.
YOU SHOULD GET A REAL BOOK.
-A REAL BOOK?
-YEAH, YOU SHOULD GET
"EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK."
-THERE'S A BOOK CALLED THAT?
-WELL, SURE, IT WAS A BESTSELLER.
JUST GO TO A BOOKSTORE.
-WELL...
HAVE YOU READ IT?
-[ SNICKERS ]
NO. I DON'T HAVE TO.
THE GREAT ONES GO ON INSTINCT.
-UH...UH, YEAH. YEAH, INSTINCT.
-INSTINCT. -I GO ON INSTINCT, TOO.
-YEAH.
-INSTINCTIVELY, WE WENT TO THE BOOKSTORE
FIRST THING THE NEXT MORNING.
[ DOOR CLOSES, BELL JINGLES ]
-HOLY MACKEREL!
YOU IDIOT!
-WHAT? THAT WAS IT. DIDN'T YOU SEE IT?
-OF COURSE I SAW IT,
BUT YOU CAN'T JUST RUN IN AND GRAB ONE.
-WHY NOT?
BECAUSE HE'LL THINK WE'RE PERVERTS. THAT'S WHY NOT.
-WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
-WE GOT TO LOOK AROUND, GET SOME OTHER STUFF --
CLEAN STUFF.
AH, HERE. THIS LOOKS GOOD.
-"IVANHOE"?
-HERE. LET'S GET ONE OF THESE "WAR AND PEACEs," TOO.
-OKAY.
-RIGHT. NOW WE GET THE SEX BOOK.
ALL RIGHT, NOW PUT IT ON THE BOTTOM,
AND THE GUY WILL NEVER EVEN NOTICE WHAT IT IS.
MAYBE.
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S A LADY!
FORGET IT. WE GOT TO GO. LET'S PUT THESE BACK.
-NO.
-I'D KNOWN PAUL SINCE HE WAS 36 HOURS OLD,
AND NEVER BEFORE HAD I SEEN THAT KIND OF FIRE IN HIS EYES.
[ ZIPPER CLOSES ]
-BUY THOSE BOOKS AND ACT CASUAL.
-WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY?!
-THIS WAS GOING TOO FAR. I WAS A PERVERT, NOT A FELON.
-KEVIN, IT'S "EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX" -- EVERYTHING.
-I'D LIKE TO BUY THESE.
-IT'S PRETTY ADVANCED READING FOR A BOY YOUR AGE.
-THANKS.
-OKAY.
[ CASH REGISTER CLANKING ]
IT'LL BE $7.95.
[ CASH REGISTER DINGS ]
-THANKS. BYE!
[ DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES ]
-HEY, THERE'S $20 HERE!
[ DOOR CLOSES, BELL JINGLES ]
-IT WAS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE BOOKSTORE TO MY HOUSE.
WE MADE IT IN JUST UNDER FOUR SECONDS.
-COME ON. TAKE IT OUT!
-KEVIN! LUNCH!
-OH, NO!
-UH, MAYBE I SHOULD STAY HERE -- TO WATCH THE BOOK.
-PAUL!
-KEVIN, SLOW DOWN. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE YOURSELF SICK.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
-YOU DONE YET?
-PAUL!
YOU JUST LEFT.
YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY HOME.
-I COULDN'T?
-MOM, CAN I BE EXCUSED?
-NO, YOU MAY NOT BE EXCUSED.
NOW, JUST SIT DOWN AND FINISH YOUR LUNCH.
DON'T FORGET -- IT'S YOUR DAY TO DO THE DISHES.
-[ SIGHS ]
-WE HAD ABOUT 50 DISHES.
WE DID THEM IN JUST UNDER FOUR SECONDS.
-IT'S GONE!
-IT'S GONE.
-OH, MY GOD!
MY PARENTS!
NO, WAIT -- WE'D STOLEN IT.
OF COURSE -- THE PRETTY LADY.
THE POLICE!
-HMM!
-WAYNE.
-OH, LOOKING FOR THIS? [ CHUCKLES ]
-GIVE ME THAT, YOU JERK! -I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO PREVIEW THIS FOR YOU BOYS.
-I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T NEED IT, WAYNE.
-YEAH, GIVE IT BACK! WE GOT IT!
-OH, NOW, I BET YOU'D LIKE TO TRY THIS
WITH YOUR LITTLE GIRLFRIEND, "WIN-NAY."
-SHUT UP, WAYNE.
-OR THIS! NO, WAIT A MINUTE.
I THINK WINNIE KIND OF MIGHT LIKE THIS ONE.
-SHUT UP, WAYNE!
-HOW FAR ARE YOU GONNA GO WITH HER, KEV?
GONNA TRY FOR A HOME RUN, PAL, HUH?
-NOW, WAIT A MINUTE. NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
N-NOW, THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
WHY DON'T I READ IT TO YOU?
-IT'S HARD TO KNOW JUST HOW IT HAPPENED... -STUPID!
I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU IDIOT! -...BUT SUDDENLY, AT THAT MOMENT,
WITH AN INTENSITY THAT NO ONE IN THAT ROOM... -OH, GOD! I'M GONNA SMASH YOUR FACE!
IT'S GONNA BE UGLIER THAN EVEN NOW! -...HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT POSSIBLE,
12 1/2 YEARS OF PENT-UP, IMPOTENT RAGE... -OH, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!
-...BECAME POTENT.
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
-SORT OF. -UGH!
-WAYNE STILL OUTWEIGHED ME BY A GOOD 30 POUNDS.
-WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?!
OW! OHH! -COME HERE, YOU...
[ GRUNTS ]
[ CLATTER ]
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
-WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?!
OH, MY GOD.
UM, PAUL, I THINK YOU BETTER GO HOME NOW.
-WELL, YOU GOT TO GIVE PAUL CREDIT FOR TRYING.
-WHAT ARE YOU BOYS DOING WITH THIS BOOK?
-DON'T ASK ME. KEVIN GOT IT.
-KEVIN?
IS THAT TRUE?
-[ SIGHS ]
YES.
-WAYNE, GO OUTSIDE.
-KIDS. I KNOW.
-KEVIN!
-[ SIGHS ]
-I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN YOU!
-AT THAT MOMENT, I FELT LIKE THE LOWEST THING ON EARTH.
I WAS A PERVERT, A THIEF, A SNEAK.
I'D ALWAYS BEEN HER SWEET, INNOCENT LITTLE BOY,
BUT AT THAT MOMENT,
MY MOTHER COULDN'T EVEN BEAR TO LOOK ME IN THE EYE.
-IT'S NOT SO MUCH...
YOUR READING THIS BOOK...
BUT WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN MY DRESSER DRAWERS, ANYWAY?!
-I GUESS MY MOTHER FIGURED OUT HER MISTAKE PRETTY QUICKLY,
BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD FROM EITHER OF MY PARENTS
ON THAT TOPIC AGAIN.
WE SEEMED TO HAVE A TACIT UNDERSTANDING
THAT THEY WOULDN'T MENTION MY BOOK
IF I WOULDN'T MENTION THEIRS.
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
[ CAR DOORS CLOSING ]
WHEN WINNIE GOT BACK FROM HER UNCLE'S,
WE WENT FOR A WALK IN THE PARK.
NEITHER OF US SAID A WORD ABOUT IT, OF COURSE,
BUT WE BOTH KNEW THAT THE PARK WAS WHERE YOU WENT TO MAKE OUT.
AS WE APPROACHED THE BASEBALL FIELD,
I STARTED TO SWEAT.
NEARING FIRST BASE...
SECOND BASE...
THIRD.
-LET'S CUT ACROSS THE OUTFIELD.
-OKAY.
-I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
OUR FIRST KISS HAD HAPPENED SO NATURALLY,
I COULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW I DID IT.
DID I -- DID I BREATHE THROUGH MY MOUTH OR MY NOSE?
WELL, I HAD TO MAKE SOME KIND OF MOVE.
-THERE WAS A BUG ON YOU.
-OH.
THANKS.
-SOME MOVE.
WELL, THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK NOW.
WE WERE HERE.
-SO...
WH-WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
-I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
-I-I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
-I DON'T KNOW.
[ INTRO TO AARON NEVILLE'S "TELL IT LIKE IT IS" PLAYS ]
-♪ IF YOU WANT ♪
♪ SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH ♪
♪ GO AND FIND YOURSELF A TOY ♪
♪ 'CAUSE, BABY, MY TIME IS TOO EXPENSIVE ♪
♪ AND I'M NOT A LITTLE BOY ♪
♪ NO, OH ♪
-THE MOMENT STRETCHED OUT SO UNBEARABLY,
I THOUGHT WE'D BOTH EXPLODE.
IT WAS CLEAR WE WERE BOTH STALLING.
-♪ YOU ARE SERIOUS, GIRL ♪
-WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE HERE TO DO.
WE BOTH WANTED IT.
ONE OF US JUST HAD TO COME OUT AND SAY IT.
-♪ YOU KNOW, LIFE IS TOO SHORT ♪
-DO YOU WANT TO GO ON THE SWINGS?
-♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
-YEAH, SURE.
-♪ YOU MAY BE HERE TODAY ♪
-AND IN THE END,
THAT'S AS FAR AS WINNIE AND I WENT THAT DAY.
MAYBE WE BOTH FELT WE'D ALREADY COME TOO FAR TOO FAST.
MAYBE WE BOTH REALIZED
THAT GROWING UP DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO MUCH A STRAIGHT LINE
AS A SERIES OF ADVANCES AND RETREATS.
MAYBE WE JUST FELT LIKE SWINGING.
BUT WHATEVER IT WAS,
WINNIE AND I MADE AN UNSPOKEN PACT THAT DAY
TO STAY KIDS FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
-♪ TELL IT LIKE IT IS ♪
♪ DON'T BE ASHAMED ♪
♪ LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE ♪
♪ BUT I... ♪ �