Mr Rice's Secret (1999) | David Bowie | Bill Switzer | Teryl Rothery | Full Movie

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[Music] [Music] i've got a present for you what is it whoa [Music] this is cool mm-hmm this is really cool this is a very special gift from me to you now you have to look after that clean it and keep it safe and when you look at that ring you'll always think of me best friend stan we better hurry along the funeral starts in 15 minutes well we'll make it what's the rush he's dead isn't he oh stan really the whole neighborhood will be there already do you think owen's all right now he's been awfully quiet since he died too quiet he won't really talk about it do i think he's mad at him well i lost a good friend in mr rice he's got to deal with in his own way it's all part of growing up you sure he shouldn't come we've already discussed this a funeral is no place for him you sure none of the other kids are going i mean what if they all go and no one doesn't none of them want to go i had to talk with ray and with the williamsons we agreed it would be better if they all didn't go you should see rey's hairpiece you didn't say anything about her once nightmares did you i mean if veg finds out all the kids in school will know and you know what kids are like no of course not i'm gonna raise business owen uh yeah and we're leaving cindy should be here any minute don't give her any lip listen to what she says okay dad everyone hey owen will you take me to the park well cindy's here she'll take you well i wanted to go with you molly please go with her [Music] can't he ever put his bike away [Music] so [Music] william rice is gone now from this earthly dwelling and has left behind those who mourn in his absence his friends seek comfort and consequences as we grieve for our brother may we hold his memory dear may we remember all the good that william has done during his life may we remember the love which he has shown us may we remember the friendship he has shown to friends let us not forget the many acts of kindness he carried on throughout his life and let us not forget the many services he rendered for others may our farewell express our affections for him may it ease our sadness and strengthen our hope william rice was a good man an honest man a man to whom living came easy although he has no real family to mourn him we his friends we are all his family god is his family we will miss it for now and forever well i'm here it's really scary i can take a piss real bad [Music] [Music] ah [Music] is [Music] and [Music] i'll see you soon [Music] okay come on let's see it it's stuck press the eject i am it's not working oh hey what time is it is the battery dead if it's broken you're screwed no wait i was there the points are mine puts me 75 over you don't be worried not yet story's lame point stayed the same if it is broken my dad's gonna have to get it fixed and then i am screwed because he told me not to use it i mean he told me two days ago not to use he's gonna see the tape then i'm double screwed yeah were you really there owen i told you i was didn't i yeah you told us i believe him butt licker he just doesn't lie like some people i know is that meaning me oh hey i didn't name names did i better not mean me i'll poke your eye out of your head i'll smash your face in look would you just shut up what about the points veg so when you get this tape out i'm gonna see a real live funeral with the coffin and [ __ ] that's right 50 points that's it hey wait a second it's 150. that's it i didn't see any date remember how you refused me the points were back in my father's car down the driveway yeah sure veg we didn't see it consider yourself lucky we're giving you 50 points that still puts you over me by buy 10. you still get some points hmm 25. he's 25 he's over you by 25. david yeah mom who's there me owen gilbert and funnelhead well party's over five more minutes the power is coming off two minutes man look i get the points all of them no way how can we we didn't see anything oh yeah can i come in uh yeah sure hey what you reading international baseball almanac you well set for tomorrow no you have a doctor's appointment tomorrow remember how was it the funeral it was a very nice service i think he would have liked it very much you think he saw it you think he was there yeah i think he was there i want all my friends to come to miami don't even say that we're not because you're strong i don't want you thinking things like that you were doing very well and you were gonna keep on doing well i uh i found this in the garbage i think mr rice would want you to keep it don't you the last thing mr i said to me was that i have to not be afraid of death anymore not to think about dying but that i have to think about living instead and beat my fear and then only a great man can laugh in the face of death and if i did it'd be a long time before he'd see me [Music] mr rice was a very wise man [Music] so [Music] [Music] i'm a great man i am a great man i am a great man so [Music] hey owen wait up oh hey simon you want to live my mother's going to meet me if you want to ride you left so fast why didn't you stay to play video games hey all right i'll beat ya veggies meet up with gilbert and funnelhead can i come i don't think that's such a good idea why not well you know why look you know how they are they don't like you we've been through this so i don't like them we're even what are you gonna do i don't know like street hockey or something so let me play look i told you i don't think that's such a good idea they don't have to talk to me we'll just play what's it do no if they call me baldy and cancer what do you think they say about you fetch makes fun of me they all make fun of me they don't like because i'm sick well you're sick too owen you have cancer too look in the mirror owen i have nightmares too i hate you if you ever mention those nightmares again i'll beat the crap out of you i am a great man who laughs in the face of death that's who i am i am not sick you have leukemia and i have hodgkin's it's not the same thing it's not you're just like me owen just like me nothing you could say will change that i started out with hodgkin's you're just like me you guys want to do something really cool so i hear my dad telling my mom that he's going to be selling old man mr rice's house i can get the spare key it's hanging in the cupboard i say it's worth 50 points to whoever takes this mission on what the place hasn't been touched it's just the way he left it when owen gets the tape out we watch it there at night a real live freak out in his house cool or what oh man super cool who's in i'm in i'm definitely in funnel when is it i don't know tomorrow night oh i'll have to pass how many points do you have 20. i have 20. 20 points in three years wow amazing it's percy and the guy's sick he thinks i'm his slave or something you're yellow no you're not even yellow you're a chicken [ __ ] pea green how about it owen i'm in would you get up you [ __ ] you slashed me there's no goal i didn't slash you i was going for the ball you slashed me i'm bleeding goal three to one face off nah i didn't mean it you okay he's such a cheater a big fat cheater oh he was just uh joking it's not very funny owen oh veg come on he didn't mean you were fat he didn't say that here it's uh it's just an expression yeah you call me fatty you better not have if you ever call me that again i'll destroy you i'll punch your face in i'll tell you apart like a piece of chicken i'll rim your face on the pavement uh i think he gets a picture and you did kind of slash him so what do you say we just forget about this and keep on playing huh car game off i mean he's creepy but coffins mean death and excuse me but being dead scares the crap out of me i mean he buries people he's mr death someone's got to do it owen it'd be quite a sight if everywhere you look with the dead bodies lying around he always looks at me like he's counting with days why do you say that that's his job that's what he does it doesn't mean that he likes it when someone passes on there's a good side too you know he provides a lot of support and understanding to the grieving families it's a hard job i'd imagine i hate him you know he's all whitening where's that black suit i i hate him i just wish he would move somewhere else you shouldn't hate anybody usually when somebody hates someone it's because they just don't understand chances are if you allow yourself to get to know them you'll actually find something unique and special about everyone but it's just a matter of time before he's stuffing me into one of those coffins and i'd like to avoid him for as long as possible all that stinking thinking owen you're not going anywhere i came home the other day and i went up to my room there's something different about it i didn't know what so i went to my closet i smelled something something weird a kind of new smell i found a dark blue suit and a tie a tie veg told me that when mr jarva died they put him in a dark blue suit and a tie maybe your mum just wanted to buy it for you so you'll have it every man needs to have a good blue suit especially so a couple of great and distinguished gentleman like ourselves all those coffins and caskets that you're scared of they're really not that bad it's all how you look at it every coffin marks a soul a soul who once lived and breathed and walked on this earth who got up and saw the sunshine just like today and for everyone there's somebody out there who remembers them who love them their parents their sons their daughters and their friends let me tell you one thing all people no matter who they are they all wish they'd appreciated life more it's what you do in life that's important not how much time you have or what you wish you'd done you know what i wish i wish i could live forever no you don't [Music] hey what's that oh cool owen you're so serious you said you'd get the tape and you did well hey let's watch it okay first things first what did you tell your mom that i'm sleeping at your place good i said i'm sleeping at once well i'm supposed to be sleeping at gilbert that gives us plenty of time first to say we take a look at all this cool stuff let's check all this [ __ ] out [Music] and what's in it glasses and stuff pictures and letters oh love letters love letters to who man let's have a look oh man you got to hear this dearest william i hope my correspondence finds you well my heart aches for the day we will see each other on the second week ending in march of 09 the long boat journey to you is a small price and consequence to pay to unite with you again i'm gonna puke man he looks exactly like his dad it's kind of his dad yeah they're like all these twins there's gonna be hundreds of them oh my god what this one's not opened so it's addressed to you owen back off hey man it's mine it's mine so open it come on what's it saying [Music] it doesn't say anything [Music] just letters and numbers this whole place is a state everything goes everything come on i'll show you around all it means it's my dad the kitchen's in great shape though you see all this original woodwork here picture rails throughout i've had them put into my house now i'll show you the kitchen in a minute but i want to show you this master bedroom jump veg hurry up move your ass veg what are you doing my ring it fell off let's go owen no no wait wait wait wait simon jesus christ what the hell have you done boy go see your father mister show him your handiwork what do you think he'll have to say huh do you have any idea how much this is gonna cost let me tell you it ain't cheap he's gonna put shoe leather up here uh it's a decoder ring it'll help you unravel all sorts of life's mysteries where did you get it well my best friend gave it to me and i'm giving it to you oh will won't he be mad you know you just kind of give it away no he wouldn't be mad only if you lose it then he'd be mad so don't lose it i won't ever thanks it's one of a kind you can't replace it that ring will break any code got it it's a [ __ ] yeah but i want it veg yo yeah it's a ring my decoder ring the one mr rice gave to me that's what the numbers mean i gotta find it i'm grounded gilbert ii what are you talking about that little [ __ ] simon followed us last night after we took off he was caught spying on us by my dad he told him everything everything you ratted on me and gilbert but somehow conveniently left you totally out of the whole cape did you turn me over i thought you'd ask me that i would be lying to you if i told you i didn't think about it and i'm glad you're not that kind of person veg hold on i got another call hello owen it's me simon i got him i finally got him all those times i bugged me all those wedgies i finally got him are you there yeah i'm here i got your ring you got it i got it right here i saw you looking around for it and i found it do you want me to bring it over i didn't tell anyone i didn't let on you were there because i consider you a friend uh hold on simon i got another call hello what are you doing i got a phone curfew you know it's him oh simon he's on the other line i'm gonna tear him apart i'm gonna rip his fingers off he's got the ring he does he wants to come over to my house and give it to me that little [ __ ] what did you say i haven't said anything he's still on the other line good you tell simon you want to meet him at the tennis courts we'll be waiting uh veg i don't know oh you don't well i don't know how long before i suddenly remember who was really all with me tennis courts come on the freak has it coming to him i'll see you there simon i'm here uh yeah that was my dad look can you meet me at the tennis courts in 20 minutes um he says i've got to take molly for a walk i love tennis you want to hit some balls with me yeah for sure [Music] hey hey where's molly molly oh uh uh she didn't want to come she's in the i don't want to face where's your ring yeah i really got him heyo you got him all right boy can those guys play or what huh yeah so where's your rocket let's get out of here where i don't know let's just go somewhere watch these guys play tennis they're really good no simon let's just go just a few more hits no now simon come on come on simon hurry what's the hurry you could learn something this guy's got a great backhand oh you want to be a yellow rat [Music] you're a yellow rat [Music] that's enough you okay simon i hate you hey you what's going on all that that my friend there's a wrong thing to do take off your pants you're getting it stan but he was the one who told me i don't care he covered up for you is what he did and what the hell were you doing in mr rice's house i can't even imagine what was going through your head take off your pants now take them off now now if anybody you should know how delicate things are when you are sick he needs his strength you and simon are on the same team we're not on the same team don't ever say that again he's nothing like me at all not at all he may represent to you everything that you don't like but in the end maybe you'll realize that you have more in common than you think he's a boy with a lot of problems he's a boy trying to make the best of his situation just like you what you did was wrong put your pants back on i had every intention of giving it to you for this but i'm not but you'll have plenty of time to think about it you are grounded until further notice period thanks a lot i get grounded for him riding out on veggin gilbert that's fair and you think there's absolutely nothing wrong with breaking into the man's house and beating up on simon none of this would have ever happened if he had minded his own business it's his own fault period you think about it what about baseball tryouts fanito you are grounded good night and i don't want to hear a word come out of this room [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hello hello uh yes i'm calling in regards to mr rice hello look i don't know what you want or who you are i put it in the coffin like i was supposed to i did it so you ain't getting the money back don't ever call here again well i'm here it's real scary i could take a piss real bad may it ease our sadness and strengthen our hope ah [Music] [Music] [Music] holy cow so your shirt you saw that guy put something shiny i watched it ten times you were gonna freak man you were gonna flip out veg what nothing can get me excited right now i got a cold compress on my butt and it's burning owen i broke the code it took me a long time but i did it i broke it and my dad broke my ass what happened to you oh i got grounded look veg we got a serious mystery here i'm calling a meeting in the treehouse tonight owen i'm doing hard time no visitors and excuse me did i forget to mention that the treehouse is being destroyed bummer look if you're gonna go on this mystery you're gonna have to go to the room gilbert's gone that leaves you with fun well wait a minute what do you mean gone his grandma's the old bat has a house upstate man did you have to beat him up hey don't blame this on me if i would have known all of this stuff was going to happen i would have thought twice i feel bad enough already okay all of this happened because of him he got what was coming to him i'm just a little freaked out that's all i mean you're talking about a serious thing you want to dig up a dead body do you know how sick that is look i know how sick it is okay now are you in or out owen i like you i like you a lot i gotta tell you i'm seriously worried about you i mean don't take this wrong way or nothing but maybe the drugs they're giving you are screwing up your head of it hey do you remember the time i stole those baseball cards from that corner store and the guy behind the counter grabbed me and called the police yeah you told me i remember well the police showed up and the guy hardly spoke english we were pretty pissed at him for calling on a nine-year-old they called my dad and he came and tried to talk to the guy but he couldn't understand them he said that i was sick and i was just doing it out of anger and frustration i didn't really want to do it and i was really a good boy yeah the guy still didn't get it my dad tried and tried and finally the guy got it he's broken he said my dad said yes owen the guy didn't even speak english man i mean what do you care if some [ __ ] calls you broken it was him not your dad ever since that day i have been so careful not to do anything to upset him or make him have to explain anything for me ever again well from this moment on i'm through with that the fact is i'm gonna die and i'm gonna die soon mr rice was right i don't have time to worry about what my dad or anybody else thinks about me owen don't talk like that i mean you're the greatest man on earth remember funnel i'm asking you this is the one time in my life i ever asked you for anything even if it scares the crap out of you i want to do it well we won't be able to do it by ourselves we'll need percival percival are we talking about your brother percival that's him no way why well right now i have in my possession of photocopy of a report cartoon percy mcconnell and if such report guard happened to fall into the wrong hands he'd be the newest cadet at fremont military academy he'll kill you it's worth it thanks mona i mean for sure oh hey owen yeah will we get any points for this we blow the point book wide open with this one buddy good that's good i'll talk to you later later he's supposed to be here [Music] i don't know let's just take it easy you wouldn't want anything to happen to me stay healthy right first i could smash your head like a tiny peanut yes yes you could but i'm small small and puny this is you remember owen hi uh uh i'm owen uh we made a couple you have ever picked up your teeth with broken fingers shut up i'll get you half man it may may not may not be tomorrow it may not be next week hell it may not even be next year but i'll get you i have no doubt about it but right now i got you and like i told you last night my friend owen here he needs a favor and you're gonna help us pay attention i dig this hole and it's all over you drop everything you have on me and i mean everything understand purse oh i want you to sit down at that stupid little computer yours and fix my my report card if this is not done all all is off and you die i'm all i want it in my hands before we start digging if it's not you all also die there's some other stuff too i just don't don't don't don't know what yet just be at the graveyard at midnight what'd i tell you all right let's pull my hand you okay you scared the crap out of me what's the matter with you what can't exactly ring the doorbell owen yeah good point you ready you wait where are the shovels first percy give me another beer man diddy you're late butt lick we were gonna go gonna split hey we're here ain't we that the one yep yep you heard the man start digging this sucks construction there there yeah that's it boys it's all yours oh man would have a stroke over this one for sure we even even stephen all right man i can't do this you go down not in this lifetime so deep look how am i gonna get out it's easy you go down i'll pull you up i'm the greatest man who ever lived who laughs in the face of death owen go on i mean someone's gonna find us and when they do they're gonna [ __ ] a car cause this is too weird i mean i don't want people reading about how sick we are in the paper tomorrow let's go do it all right just give me your hand all right shine the flashlight only got two hands i can't just close your eyes and do it come on someone for sure hurt us hey i think someone's coming i mean it i'm not screwing around i hate you for this [Applause] okay i got it go get me out of here hurry go uh keep running i can't yes you can you okay come on yeah it's a key all right what do you think it's for i don't know i should go yeah you okay you really came through for me funnel see ya [Music] [Music] do owen get down here you got work to do [Music] do [Music] [Music] do [Music] so [Music] that my friend was the wrong thing to do you're just like me owen you and simon are on the same team you have cancer too what you did was wrong hey sweetie you passed out you okay i think so just really tired yeah night baby there he is how are you feeling he's fine how are you i'm feeling a lot better i guess i just really needed sleep good enough to go to baseball tryouts oh i think you've worked it off all right you apologize to simon well you better eat up if you want to make it there being late there's no way to start the season well i got to make the team before the season starts don't you let the older boys you up just as good or better than anything i'll try my best he's fine he's fine [Music] anymore [Music] i wonder look i just wanted to say i'm really sorry about what happened the other day it's pretty stupid is that what walt is no no i think it's uh owen waters yeah what's his bed thinking about coffins why don't you shut your big fat mouth hey shut up or get beat up i mean what are you doing on halloween [ __ ] yourself simon you aren't supposed to tell people what we talk about in hospital you had your chance help help let me out i got to take a piss the coffins are coming the coffins are coming how old are you anyway you still wet your bed and have scary weary little nightmares come on get the wood hey what's going on we don't want any [ __ ] bed-wetting fruitcake weirdos on our team that'll be enough back to practice owen oh and wait [Music] [Music] ah oh and you shouldn't be afraid of death anymore think about living instead remember you're a great man and only a great man can laugh in the face of death [Music] um [Music] [Music] hi my stupid body it's okay it's okay it's okay it's okay hey owen hey how are you doing okay i guess i tried to call you last night your mom tell you no well she said you were still out i guess you forgot yeah i guess i just wanted to say i'm sorry about yesterday so hey that was pretty cool the other night huh pretty cool still don't know what he expects me to do with the key i mean it could be for thousands of things you have no idea none why don't you ask your dad about it yeah right and i'll be sure to tell him where i got it too good point you could make something up though i can't lie to him he's a parent owen he's a recognized authority figure i mean he's supposed to be lied to i i can't he knows when i'm lying it's just too risky we'll figure out what it's for that's kind of why i came over i'm leaving today for the cabin what about baseball oh i got cut sorry final hey it's cool next year anyway i gotta go percy wants me to take his bags down to the car hey owen i hope you find whatever it is you're looking for me too hey funnel let's not tell anybody about what you and me did okay not even badger gilbert screw the points yeah screw the points hey i gotta go uh so [Music] ah just the man i was looking for oh great whenever you say that it always means work but this is fun work i just had a delivery do you want to give me a hand sure it's quite spectacular [Music] i think you're gonna like this [Music] what is it it's a birdhouse well actually it's more like a bird hotel hotel several rooms you see each room is a different size to accommodate a different type of bird that's for a robin that's for a sparrow you see it's good isn't it yeah but what are those big holes for ah well i think you'll like this better turn that go on hmm what's that for well when the squirrels come sniffing around they can't get in see they can't disturb the birds then at the end of the season go on do it again i can clean out the rooms like a good landlord who knows maybe they'll leave me some treasure for rent it's really neat [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] owen what's wrong simon is very sick and he's in the hospital i'm sick he's not doing so good look owen i know you guys have had your differences and what happened between you two at the baseball field was terrible i know you're very hurt and i understand that but i think that under the circumstances we should put that all behind us i think that tomorrow after your checkup with the doctor your mother and i will meet you at the hospital and we'll check on simon i know that his mother would be very happy if we stopped by and gave our support i think it's the right thing to do owen [Music] people just knew [Music] a map you know this better be good you better not be doing this for nothing you know if this is some life lesson i don't get it i can't believe you lied to me you don't think i saw i had my eyes open you had a blue suit on and a tie just like mine you knew all along what that suit was for you knew and you lied to me best friends don't lie to each other you were just too chicken to tell me but you should have i'm not supposed to be here right now i'm supposed to be at the hospital visiting simon with mom and dad he's dying that means i'm next i wish i died before i ever met you see you soon [Music] uh [Music] i'm next [Music] [Laughter] sure so keep so uh so uh [Music] uh so so my dear boy owen what a genius you truly are that's using your head boy but i never doubted it for a second i'll start this off properly and tell you that most certainly i miss you very much very much indeed you are and will be my very best friend for eternity i want you to never forget that now i guess i've got some explaining to do about this cool stuff as you'd say i know i look pretty old to a young man like you but son i was a lot older than anybody knew 395 to be exact i know you probably don't really understand and to be quite honest with you i can't really tell you how i came about to be this old or where i came upon this potion all you have to know is that i give you a full life with this liquid one full life no sickness no disease this of course doesn't account for accidents after all you can't trick destiny owing you must take the potion on the first full moon in august like the book says be a good person and you'll never go wrong remember it's what you do in life that counts have a wonderful lifo in walters [Music] [Music] uh so good morning good morning do you know what you have to do today it's not what i have to do it's what i'm going to do i want to do everything today it's gotten into you life mom that's gotten into it molly hey let's do something today let let's go to the zoo the museum the park let's go on vacation you feel okay i feel great look at that sky hmm owen get down off that roof i can see everything from up here okay owen i'm not kidding you're scaring me what are you doing owen get down here owen stop it you're gonna break your neck and die exactly i could break my neck and die because i really have a life to lose i do have a life to lose and i am a great man who laughs in the face of death [Music] [Music] he's doing well you're a fighter owen a real fighter i still want you to take it easy though your mom tells me that you can't sit still everyone needs a rest okay okay yes it [Music] to be is hey you got hair you look good yeah how do you feel pretty damn good when did you guys get back yesterday well last night percy murdered the neighbor's dog he wanted to see if it could make it back from the middle of the lake with his legs died we got back about five minutes ago it's good to see you guys though we gonna play some street hockey or what okay ah finals open it's you're right stop him hey all right six four no goal what not to mention the fact that he was cherry-picking which he was he also slashed me when he stuffed it in no goal can't you play fair just once you want a black guy calling me a cheater you guys have been back for like two whole hours can't you just pretend to be friends for at least one day let's just play this stupid game here you go [Applause] who did that i did you got to play that ball hockey in the street can't you go to the park that's what they're there for you know you could cause an accident i'm sorry it won't happen again i apologize i hope i didn't damage your car any if you did you'll pay for it that's for certain what are you staring at you're not gonna get me what did you say he said you're not getting me for a long time so what do you say he said you're a big fat chicken [ __ ] who cheated every bloody game you've ever played are you insane i could tear your eyes out i could tear your arm off and hit you over the head with it [Music] wait up percy was right about what he said veg was a loudmouth and he said whenever you punch a fat person in the stomach they always cry so you find what you're looking for you're not going to tell me what it is are you i'm sorry i can't it's between him and me i'm glad you found it though whatever it is all right let's get out of here [Music] remember it's what you do in life that counts [Music] i got it mr rice i finally got it [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right [Music] get lost we're trying to play a game here if you hadn't noticed come on son move along you hurt him get out of here let's get on with it hey you ever pick up your teeth with broken fingers you can't hit without a helmet what a loser let him hit one let's get on with it [Music] give it to her [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] this is the first time i realized it's gonna be a long time before i see you again first time i actually had a chance to miss you just wanted to let you know you know you know in case you were wondering that i do miss you i'll never forget you thank you for my life [Music] so [Music] [Music] you
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Length: 89min 26sec (5366 seconds)
Published: Fri Mar 25 2022
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