[He and Zak come across a metal rowboat]
This can work.
[Walks out of house pointing a pistol]
Freeze, you son of a bitches! You son of a bitches think you can come over here and rob Japser just 'cause he's blind?! Well, you better think again, goddamn it! Y'all boys black or white?! Okay! [Fires shot narrowly missing Tyler]
I knowed you was white! I could smell you a mile off! Is you God-fearing?!
[Jasper is in fishing overalls waist-high wading in a river]
There's sheep in this world and there is wolves in this world. I may not have my eyes, but I know the difference. And I know that you two boys, fleece-wearing weary travellers who lost their way. Neither of you are wolves. You're just sheep who strayed from his flock. I'm donating the supplies from my junkyard for your pilgrimmage. Anything but that tin boat, y'all can have it because I figure it's my duty to get you back to your shepherd. Now, I can't have you boys running off of here with your hands all dirty and everything, because a wolf might hunt you down just by the smell of your past sins. And I wouldn't want no wolf to get ahold of you, because that'd be a frightful bloody mess. So, we gonna clean you up right... with a baptism.
Y'all boys come on down here and bathe in the warm waters of forgiveness.
I'm more of "baptism by fire" type.
Well, unfortunately, I don't perform those kinds of baptism.
...
[Tyler and Zak push off a home made floating platform]
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Nothing can touch you now, by the grace of the Lord.
Bye Jasper. Stay cool. Take care.
VO Voice over Jasper
Accept his blessing. Let all the wolves of your past be laid to rest.
[Puts his hand on Tyler's back]
Tyler, I am going to give you all my wishes for my birthday.
[Hitch hiking in a pick up truck with an oversized dog]
Is she a good dog?
D Driver
Good enough. She don't run away. So I guess that makes her mine. My wife's long gone. My kids are grown. We look out for each other.
D Driver
Crazy, ain't it?
D Driver
The fire down at the docks.
There was a fire at the docks?
No shit. I didn't hear nothing about that.
D Driver
Yeah. It started out small, but got out of hand pretty fast.
D Driver
Some of them boys are out right now trying to catch the guy that lit it. They set up a roadblock down 158.
D Driver
Yeah. [A freight train crosses their road]
Shit, you know what? I left something back there. I got to go back. [Gets out of truck]
D Driver
You sure you don't want a ride all the way back into town?
No, I forgot something back there.
D Driver
I'm going right there.
Oh, I appreciate it thanks. [Walks away]
[To Eleanor and Zak]
You upset with me? It ain't gonna happen no more.
...
[To Eleanor]
What's that "T" on your wrist?
What's the "J" on your wrist?
Um. It was for my husband.
No, I'm not married anymore.
It's okay. Don't be sorry.
We're really similar. And not at all too.
I'm having some breakfast. Peanut butter.
You're having some breakfast?
[To Zak]
You know that's just trespassing don't you?! [Shoots boat repeatedly with shotgun] We have 30 minutes before this whole shit's underwater.
Excuse me?! Can you please help me?! I'm scared! I can't swim!
You following me?! You ain't got a lick of water on you, do you? When I can leave you, I will.
I feel great going to Salt Water Redneck's wrestling school and everybody's going to say; "Zak is awesome". I'm going to throw people out the ring. It'll be the Atomic Throw. And I can fight all my friends. We'll have a party. Having a good time. And I feel great.
...Salt Water, some people claim the Atomic Throw is impossible. Those people are wimps! If you believe in yourself, like the Salt Water Redneck believes in himself, you too can learn the moves, the skills, the Atomic Throw. [Zak mimics throwing] Some of these moves are outlawed in international countries.
We watched that throw ten times already.
I love Salt Water Redneck, and he is my hero, and he is totally... he is totally a badass. And he's the greatest person ever. That's it.
And you will be the next badass.
[Comes in and turns off TV]
Zak, you and Rosemary have both lost your privileges for the week.
I got the solution for that. Move Rosemary in her with him and I. I can keep an eye on both of them.
Oh! That'd be great. I'll set that right up.
Zak, this is not a joke. That's twice. Two times that you've tried to run. And no I have to label you a flight risk. That sucks. [Holds up pictorial request paper to Zak] Is that what you gave Rosemary to convince her to pretend be choking?
Not just creative. It's genius. You know why? That's an advertisement for what he wants to do for the rest of his life!
I don't know her. I am young, and I am not old. Carl is old. And we are different. And I don't know why I am here.
I wish I had a better option for you, Zak. But I don't. You don't have a family that can provide adequate supervision for you. I know. So that the state has to put you somewhere, and this just happens to be that place.
Just try to be good. Okay? Tell me you'll try.
W Winkie
[Approaches Tyler at work cleaning a fish]
Tyler. Hey, Tyler.
W Winkie
Duncan and Ratboy are looking for you. And they're gonna beat your ass. They're gonna kill you if you keep shitting with their crab pot.
W Winkie
[Ṙeḟerrịṇg to boomboẋ]
Turn that damn box off and listen to what I'm telling you, boy. You been stealing their damn crab pots. You know what that's gonna cost me?! It's going to cost me my damn license for this building here! What seems to be your problem?! Best thing for you is to just quit with them damn fish and leave. Go home. Go, just go. You done pissed me off now.
W Winkie
Go. Get. Yeah, I know what I said. Go. Just go.
Let me fix that hoist monitor and I'll leave.
W Winkie
The hoist monitor's been fixed.
W Winkie
[Tyler is sitting at dock with Winkie coming over and sits next to me] [Pats Tyler on back]
Hey, man. You can't be bringing me illegal stuff no more. Duncan's fishing on Mark's license.
What am I supposed to do? I would have brought it if...
W Winkie
[Puts hand on Tyler's shoulder]
Hey, hey, hey. Mark wouldn't want you to do this. He's your brother and he's looking down from above, thinking about you. Thinking about the wrong you're doing. Get your life together. Get it in order. Mark would be proud of you if you did that. [Gets up] He'd be very proud of you if you did. [Walks away]
I bet, we could find him by... by the raft. Maybe he is hiding in the swamp.
He's not real, bud. Salt Water don't exist.
I saw the videotape, and he is real.
I just saw, like, a thousand movies of him.
Zak, I don't think we're gonna find him. I think it's time for us to go back now.
I don't wanna go back. Tyler told me this, and he lied to me, and he promised me. And I don't wanna go back. I wanna stay here.
We can't, Zak. We have lives to go back to.
Eleanor, I am strong enough. And I could catch a fish for you. And I'm gonna be a hero. And I could take care of you. We could be a family. [Clint comes swerving around billowing up dust in a muscle car] Holy shit. Salt Water Redneck. It's you. Hey. [They shake hands]
I saw so many videos about you.
Yeah? You want to learn some wrestling?
Oh, hell, yeah. And I feel great. Um, can I, uh... uh, join you for the ride?
And.. and... and can I bring my family?
I told you. I told you. I told you. He's real. Come on. Join us. Have some fun. [Tyler and Eleanor get in Clint's vehicle]
[He and Tyler are walking through corn field]
Hey Tyler, my feet hurt. Do you have a car? Tyler? Can we walk on the road? Uh, excuse me? Will you please answer me?
[Turns around and heads to Zak aggressively]
Let me tell you something. Imma tell you a story. I'm gonna tell you a story. When I was younger, my brother and I were camping at this place called Caffey's Inlet, and there was a big ass hornet's nest down by the water. So I walked over to them all excited. I'm young, I'm into baseball. And I hit that son of a bitch like a **** home run. And it exploded on me, and I got stung up real bad. My face swelled up, my eyes got real tight, and I couldn't see shit. Walked back into camp and my brother Mark said to me; "You keep stirring shit up, you're gonna get yourself killed boy". You understand what I'm saying? You ever kick a hornet's nest?
You hit a hornet's nest last night?
So you understand why we can't go up on that road again? Stop with this "Tyler" shit. We're gonna be quiet the rest of the way. [Turns around and begins to walk]
Oh, my, [Turns around and walks to Zak] finish what you got to say. Finish what you have to say and then we'll walk on silent. We're not gonna do this no more. "Tyler, Tyler, Tyler, Tyler," what?!
I want you to know about me. I am a Down syndrome person.
I don't really give a shit. Do you got supplies on you? That's what we need, don't we? [Turns and starts walking] You got supplies?!
No, you don't! No, you don't! No more; "Tyler, Tyler"! No more!
[Cline takes Zak, Tyler and Eleanor to a live wrestling match]
I need you to put somebody else on the card to fight Samson. Yeah, look over there.
R Referee
Looks kind of lean, wiry, like a swimmer's physique.
No, no, not him. The little guy. [Walks to Zak] Had to grease your wheels a little bit, but, Zak, you're good buddy. You're fighting. [Points to Eleanor] You want to fight? They'll take girls. [Eleanor looks on disapprovingly] Okay. All right. Yeah.
OB Obese black man
[On phone]
Yeah, Tyler's here. At this wrestling thing in Ayden.
...
[To Zak in a warehouse]
Zak! One thing you got to remember, buddy. Huge part of the game is smack talk. As soon as you set foot in that ring, I want you to say the meanest, evilest thing that comes into your head, Zak, okay? You got to go in aggressive. He is gonna hit you. He's gonna hit you, but you come back harder! Harder, Zak, all right? Oh, one last thing, okay? It may not even happen. If you start bleeding, though, take it to your advantage. All right? Rub it on your face a little bit. Get it on your hands. He hates that. He believes in vampires and shit. All right, I think that's it. It's Zak attack time. How are you feeling? you ready? Rah! Oh, you're up, yeah! [Walks out of warehouse and slams door]
I wish I was in there with you.
No, don't do that right now. Hey. Hey! Don't do that right now. I know you got this Zak. You got this. I know you can do this. Say; "I got this". You've been out here. You got this. Say; "I got this".
No, not... like you're asking a question! Like you mean it! Mean it! Mean it! I mean, in your heart! You know it! Say; "I got this".
Mean it. Make me believe it.
I got this. [ Stands up and yells] I got this!
It's you. There he is. [They start doing handshakes] Peanut Butter Falcon. Really? You're gonna win. You're just gotta show up. Take your shirt off. We got to find some cardboard. Wait. Wait. Come here come here. Get this box, get this box
[Clint is mentoring Zak in an impromptu wrestling ring set up in his front lawn]
First thing you do is, you're gonna kind of just, like, you're gonna feel out, you know, just how big the ring is. you just go, you know, kind of check out, you know, what your space is, where you're gonna be moving around. All right, one of the fundamentals now is when you go to hit a guy with an elbow. You got to hit a guy with an elbow, but you also gotta do a foot stomp. [Zak mimics] Yeah, but kind of pop your head too. Just gives it more energy. Yea. Okay, that's good. Um, was there anything special in the video that you want me to teach you?
Uh, will you please show me the Atomic Throw? [Sam chuckles derisively]
Ah. Yeah, the Atomic Throw. Honestly, Zak, we just made that up. You know, it was smoke and mirrors. It was just a camera on my face. And then it looked like I was holding the guy up over my head, and then we'd cut to a guy getting thrown out of the ring. It's not possible to do. But I can show you a lot of other cool stuff. What do you think, Sam?
Might try to do a collar and elbow lockup. There you go, lockup. All right, now, what you do, you come in and boom, right there, boom. You know, boom, boom. But when you come in to do it, you got really, really, really slam... yeah. Yeah. Growl all you want, see? Then we kind of... now we move around a little bit, like this. You don't know what I'm going to do...
What are you going to do?
I mean, what are you going to do after all this is over?
Well, I'm going to settle my debts with Duncan. Imma go up to Jupiter, Florida. Town called Jupiter up there is a small fishing town. It's on the Indian River and it opens up to this big estuary. It's the biggest estuary in America. I'm gonna get a boat and I'm gonna just live a good life. Run charters and take people sport fishing.
You ever been to Florida?
[Tyler and Eleanor are sitting in Clint's vehicle]
I understand why you took me out of here, but there ain't no reason to be scared. We're talking about two different matches. You're talking about a hardcore match which was what you just sat through, and then Zak's gonna be doing, which ain't gonna be the same match.
He's going to do a couple moves, he's going to lay down, it's going to be simple, and that's going to be that. Zak's gonna win and we go home.
Tyler, they don't care about him.
I know. We care about him. They don't.
Referee: Well, that was going to be the case but then, at the very last moment, an old friend stopped by.
S Spectators
Who?! Who was it?!
Referee: The Salt Water Redneck. The Salt Water Redneck stopped by and brought with him tonight a protégé.
Yeah. [Leans in and passionately kisses Eleanor] You want popcorn?
Tyler, oh my god. Tyler, what the... [Realises that Tyler tricked her in handcuffing her to the steering wheel]
Nobody's gonna die today. I'll be right back.
Referee: May I present to you... the Peanut Butter Falcon! [Tyler bangs on door] Let's go! Let's go! [Zak comes out dressed as a falcon]
Hey! Whoo! [All spectators silently stare unimpressed]
He's wearing a freaking cardboard box.
Falcon time! Here we go, here we go. Fly around baby! Fly around baby! Whoo! [Zak starts slapping hands of front row spectators] The Falcon! Falcon! [Spectators start cheering] Whoo!
S Spectators
[Chanting]
Peanut Butter Falcon!
Referee: Who's ready for some wrestling?!
Come on Zak! [Zak faces Sam who puts hands on top of Zak who immediately falls over into a corner]
What do you think about that, huh?! I've been doing this for 38 years, and guess what?! This isn't Make-A-Wish Foundation!
Kick out, Zak! Kick out that leg! Legs! Kick out! There you go, there you go. Get up, get up! Recover!
Oh, son! You messed up! [Zak wraps arms around Sam's waist] You want to play some more?! [Sam pounds Zak's back sending falling down]
The Peanut Butter Falcon?! Are you ser- How bout Tweety Bird? That's more like it! Tweety Bird!
Get up. Get up bud. Fight!
You want to play some more? You know, I've never had enough of you. [Knocks down Zak with a running finisher]
Samson! We had an agreement!
Don't come to me and expect favors! [Picks up Zak and throws him down]
What else you want? You stupid little punk. You're going down. ****, get up, man. Get your stinking ass out of the ring, man. [Zak rolls around in pain]
[Sees Duncan and Ratboy arriving]
Oh, my god.
Hey, hey, hey. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Hey, hey, look at me. Let me know, do you want to do this anymore? [Does double thumbs up with Zak doing a thumbs up] Then get up now!
Referee: Listen up, Sam. You're a piece of shit.
Come on, Zak! Come on, Zak! Come on! [Samson gives referee the finger in the style of a Jack-in-the-box]
You are not invited to my birthday!
Go, Zak! Go, Zak! Run! Run! [Zak wraps arms around Sam's waist] Yeah! Go underneath! Up! Up! [Zak picks up Samson entirely starts walking to the ring edge with Duncan and Ratboy arriving with Eleanor in pursuit, Ratboy stares in awe when Zak throws Sam out of the ring, Duncan strikes Tyler's head with a tire iron]
[Tyler and Zak are on a beach in late evening with Zak doing deranged laughter impressions lying down]
I ain't the slightest bit scared of you.
I... I want to be... a professional... wrestler. And I am a bad guy.
Why do you wanna be a bad guy?
Because my family left me.
That don't make you a bad guy. Good guys get left too, Zak. Ain't no silly laugh, or wearing black, or eyed shadow and shit. Ain't nothing to do with that. It has to do with what's in here, in your heart. You got a good-guy heart. You can't do shit about it, that's just who you are. You're a hero.
I can't be a hero because I am a Down's syndrome.
What's that got to do with your heart? Who told you that?
Your coach? What'd your coach say?
Your coach said that? [Zak nods] What a shitty coach. Your team ever win anything? [Zak body language confirms negative status] No? Some shit you ain't never going to do. That's all right. You can't be everything. You ain't gonna be no professional basketball player. You ain't gonna dunk no basketball, or be an Olympic swimmer. You sink like a stone, because your all muscle. Muscle sinks. Today, you pulled me up out that water, you almost pulled my whole arm out the socket. Most grown folk I know ain't got that kind of strength. You're strong, Zak. **** your coach.
Who those people on the boat?
On the boat? That's Duncan and Ratboy.
They are a good guy or a bad guy?
Are you the good guy or a bad guy?
I don't know. What you think?
[Tyler has flashbacks to bonding with brother Mark and it is revealed that Tyler fell asleep while driving with Mark possibly to leading his death] [Wakes up to see Zak]
What?
Will you please train me?
Yeah, I don't know shit about wrestling.
I want to learn. I want to be a hero.
You know how to do pushups. Yeah? Let's go.
Oh, what do you want to do?
[Zak walking on diverging train tracks]
It's balance. [Hands shotgun to Zak] This kicks back, you understand? [Teaching Zak to aim] Always keep your hand like that so you can steady.
...
Hey, so, what's the deal with Eleanor? She's your friend?
She is my friend. And she has been looking out for me.
[Hands Zak a drink]
Cheers.
[Tyler and Zak are standing at river banks]
It is too... too from the other side.
Yeah, well, we ain't got many options. I'm not walking through two days of brier bushes, and we can't go back the way we came. So, we're going swimming. You got a better idea?
We... we could get a plane.
Yeah, I know you can't swim. But you can float. [Wading in river] Zak, I need you to listen to me. That bag and them pants can hold air. They're going to float you. Do not let them go. You hold on with everything you got, because I sure as shit don't want to have to go swimming over there thinking about you sinking us. I don't want to dredge the bottom for your body. You understand?
Yeah, you're gonna die, it's a matter of time. That ain't the question. The question's, whether they're gonna have a good story to tell about you when you're gone. Now, don't be a bitch. Let's go. Don't cry Zak. [A fishing trawler heads towards them]
[After narrowly avoiding the trawler]
That is the greatest story to tell. Uh, come on.
[Tyler is guiding the floating platform towards the beach]
When you get off, go towards the shore. There's drag marks. What happened?
All right, we'll fix you right now. [Hands Zak the moonshine jug] Drink that. Make you feel better. [Zak drinks it effortlessly] All right, rule number one is what?
[Zak is counting his jumping jacks at the beachfire with Tyler]
I cannot feel my... my hands. I cannot feel my hands and I cannot feel my ankle.
[In an immature tone]
You can't feel shit! [In a redneck drawl tone] You can't feel shit! [Zak walks to Tyler] Don't step on me now! Don't step on me!
Oh, excuse me, Tyler, you can't feel shit.
I gotta get my log. [Attempts lift up beachfire log but relents]
Who's strong enough? Who's strong enough? Hey, you know what you need? You need to change your- you need to change your name. You need to get a... an alter ego. You know what I'm saying. Like in the Wrestling Federation. Wrestlers go their alter egos. What's your favorite wrestler's name?
The Salt Water Redneck ain't born with that name. You need a name. What's your name?
Falcon. Falcon. Ooh, falcon. Falcon. That's a good name. Hold on. Ooh, I got an idea. Hold on right there, wait right there. You got to make a uniform. Falcon uniform! Hell, yeah!
Hey! Did I tell you could have some of that peanut butter?! It ain't snack time! It's jack time! [Starts strapping branches to Zak's back] Here we go. Whoo-hoo! [Starts smearing peanut butter on Zak's face] We need war paint! Yeah. I need peanut butter. You want to be slick.
The Peanut Butter Falcon!
[Zak starts pushing up a log to the beachfire]
Get it up! Pick that sucker up! Push it! Push it! Push it! [Zak pushes the log into the beachfire with Tyler cheering] You got it! You got it!
[Roars to the sky]
Peanut Butter Falcon!
[Roars to the sky]
I'm the Peanut Butter Falcon! [Passes out after drinking]
