Windcatcher (2024) Movie Script
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- [rock music]
- [announcer on radio] Terminal Velocity!
Technologically advanced
for ultimate durability.
Futuristically fatal distance slayers
for real stayers
with terminal power and velocity
for speed so fast they're deadly.
Terminal Velocity -
it's the grip that lets you rip.
G'day, I'm Curly Hawkins,
All-Australian football player.
Kicking goals and winning premierships
takes a massive toll on my shoes.
That's why I head down
to the Shoe Emporium
for the best prices in town.
[announcer] Get down to your local
Shoe Emporium today.
- Shop 12, Main Street, Herbertson...
- [switches radio off]
[groans sleepily]
[Percy Boy] Who wakes up at 4:45 a.m.?
Me.
I'm Percy Boy Collins.
And I really need a new pair of shoes.
[upbeat percussive music plays]
This is my house. I live here
with my two aunties and my pop.
[electricity buzzing]
Good morning, Pop.
Morning.
Where's the Vegemite?
[Percy Boy] He's gettin' old, this fella.
[sighs] Pop, you know Aunty
likes it in the fridge!
[Pop huffs]
[Pop groans grumpily]
[Percy Boy] He reckons Vegemite
will put hairs on my chest.
Who on earth
would want hairs on their chest?
- Ready for work?
- [Percy Boy] Yeah.
- I'm gonna quit but.
- [Pop] Truly?
I'd keep quiet if I was you.
[Prue] Morning!
[Percy Boy] And these
are my two crazy aunties.
Why is every light in the house on?
Sorry, Aunty Cressida.
Morning, Aunty Prue.
- [Prue] Morning.
- How's Crackles?
- Still talkin' cheeky.
- Hey!
[chuckling] You nuisance.
[toast scraping]
[farts]
[Pop sighing] Is there a frog
in the house?
Dad, that's disgusting!
[Prue] Crackles!
[sniffs] Oh, Pop!
[grunts]
Hmm? Smells lovely.
- You, out!
- [laughs]
Go sit in that good chair of yours.
Oh, you know if I sit in that thing,
I'll never get out again.
[Cressida] Mm-hm.
Come on.
[Cressida] Where's the Vegemite?
Oh, it's in the cupboard,
where it belongs!
I'd better go. I'll be late for work.
Keep your head down when you work,
your chin up and your fists to yourself.
- And don't be afraid of the dark.
- I'm not afraid of the dark.
[birds squawking, hooting]
- [electricity crackling]
- [bird hoots]
- Maybe I'm a little afraid of the dark.
- [dog barking in distance]
[rooster crows]
Morning, Mrs. Lou.
- Ah, good morning, Percy Boy.
- [horse snorting]
When you finish dressing,
meet me in the hay shed.
- [upbeat acoustic guitar plays]
- [Percy Boy] That's my boss, Mrs. Lou.
And that's my pop's horse out the back.
She's retired now.
Same time Thursday?
Actually, Lou, I'm quitting.
[Percy Boy] I hounded her for weeks
to get this job.
You hounded me for weeks
to get a job here!
Yeah. Sorry.
If you quit, there's no coming back.
Understood?
I'd better get going. See ya, Mrs. Lou.
[bemused chuckle]
[Percy Boy] And tomorrow I'll have
enough money to buy my new shoes.
Yeah, I can almost afford
to get my new shoes.
I told you - Terminal Velocities.
It's the grip that lets your rip,
they reckon.
I'll be even faster than I am now.
Oi.
School!
Bus.
Talk tomorrow. See ya, Pop!
[vehicle approaching]
[sighs] Truly?
[upbeat music plays]
[Percy Boy] And one more thing
you should know about me
is I like to run.
A lot.
[bus horn toots]
[Miss Berrick] What happened now, Percy?
[exhales] Funny story, hey, Miss.
I missed the bus,
so I took off running, eh?
Well, that is the most interesting story
I've heard all day, Percy Boy.
And I'm that fast, Miss,
that I beat the bus to school.
Well, if you're so fast, why didn't you
just beat the bus to the next stop?
Yeah, um, nuh.
I think you missed the point, hey, Miss.
[wolf-whistling]
[Miss Berrick]
Your tape's undone, Percy Boy.
[engine revs]
[boys howling]
[boy] Just the person we're looking for.
Ben, I don't have any money.
You know the rules.
Swirlie it is.
No! No!
- [muffled screams]
- [water flushing]
- I hate you!
- Guess you'll bring cash next time, eh?
- [boys laugh and howl]
- [school bell rings]
Keithy, welcome to our big little school,
or our small big school.
[chuckling] Anyway, welcome.
Do you want to tell the class
a little bit about yourself?
Hello.
Like, my name is Keith Cobb,
but everyone just calls me 'Keithy'.
Can I just call you 'Fatty'?
Ben Duncan! You can pick up
50 papers at recess for that.
Oh, come on, I was just joking, Miss.
- Which way, lads?
- [students chuckle]
Oi, new fella.
Percy Boy Collins, grade five.
Uh... Percy Boy Collins!
That's my name, don't wear it out.
Nah, gammon. What, Miss?
Well, it's five past 9:00. You're late.
Well, it coulda been worse.
I coulda did a number two.
- [students laugh]
- [sarcastic] Yeah, funny.
Keithy, why don't you take a seat
next to Percy Boy?
[Miss Berrick]
Um, a bit of shush, please.
Percy, can you see me before recess?
Got that gout again, Mr. Saxby?
[Mr. Saxby grunts]
- [Mr. Saxby groans]
- [Percy Boy] Is he gone yet, lad?
- He's gone.
- Good.
Like, is this really
what you have to write?
"I must not be late to class,
then run my mouth faster
"than the legs that made me late
for class in the first place."
I know. 50 times.
And I've only done two lines.
This is gonna take me all term.
Don't you want your ball back?
Just grab it, Daisy. It's right here.
Want it? You sure?
Yep.
- [boy 1] Come on, Daisy.
- [boy 2] What's the matter, little piggy?
Leave her alone!
Bruss, she'll work it out.
Nuh, I gotta help her.
[Keithy] Mr. Saxby, help!
- It's mine!
- Don't you want your ball back?
- Too small.
- [Daisy] Give me my footy, or else!
Or else what?
Oi! What on earth
do you think you're doing?
Daisy, get inside.
You two, get back to your classroom.
[boy] Aw, sir,
we were just muckin' around.
[Percy Boy] Stay away from them.
That's the Wolf Pack.
[Ben] You wait, fatty.
Before I forget,
the voucher race is tomorrow at lunch.
And, also, the sign-up sheet
for the Athletics Carnival
is up on the notice board.
Alright?
That's a flash watch, lad.
Oh. Like, my dad gave it to me.
To remember him when we're apart.
Bruss, any chance you could time me
with that thing at lunch?
- [watch beeps]
- [Keithy] Wow.
Did you see that? Man, that was fast!
How'd I do?
It was, like, 15 seconds.
Yeah, lad, that's not bad.
I reckon I could win that race tomorrow.
Like, what's the race for?
The School Council puts it on once a year.
It's to promote health and fitness
or something.
The winner gets a $50 voucher!
[Keithy] Like, that's pretty good.
What are you gonna buy with it?
Bruss, there's these shoes
I've been saving for.
- [Ben] What do you want?
- [Daisy] I want to play.
No! You can't play.
[Daisy] Why not?
You're just not allowed.
- Hey, team?
- [all] Yeah!
- You're too rough.
- It's not 'cause she's too rough, Gabe.
- It's 'cause she plays like a girl.
- [boys laugh]
Mr. Saxby!
Daisy, Ben's the captain, and he said no.
Now chop-chop.
- [Daisy] What about assistant coach?
- Go and try out for the netball team.
[boys laugh]
I'm sorry, Daisy,
but I have to think about team unity.
And you've never even been a coach.
I could out-play and out-coach
the lot of you.
- [team laughs]
- [boy] Sure, sure.
[Mr. Saxby] Rightio, boys...
I thought it would be different here.
Percy Boy!
Why are we stoppin'?
Like, this is where me and my mum live.
That's a flash house, bruss.
Wait, where's your dad?
He and Mum are getting divorced.
Oh. Sorry, bruss.
What about your parents?
What's the time, lad?
5:00 p.m.
Oh, I'd better go home,
before it gets dark. See ya.
But it doesn't get dark
for another three hours!
[gentle tinkling music plays]
[angelic music plays]
- Oi! You're late for school.
- [angelic music stops]
Come on, I'll drop you off.
See ya after school.
Ah, front seat, front seat.
And watch for cars.
Only crims sit in the back.
Thanks for the lift.
Hey, hey...
How's that lovely aunty of yours?
- Aunty Prue?
- Mm...
She's mad!
Eh? Mad about Crackles.
I'm not talkin' about Prue.
I'm talkin' about...
you know... Aunty Cressida.
She's... she's mad too.
About all of us.
[exasperated sigh]
Well, go on in there and learn somethin'.
One plus one.
Go on, then. Get in there.
Oi! Don't slam my door, dummy.
Dad reckons you better win that race.
Duncans don't lose.
[engine revving, tyres screeching]
What are you looking at, dummy?
Bit of shush, please!
Bit of shush, thank you!
Okay, anyone racing, line up, please.
And then the rest of you
can just wait over there.
- You've got this.
- [Miss Berrick] Quickly and quietly.
Behind the line. Stay behind the line.
- Stop it!
- Ah-ah!
[Miss Berrick] Keep it clean, thanks.
Quickly.
[excited chattering]
[boy] Come on, Ben.
Let's go, Ben, come on.
Come on, Ben, let's go.
On your marks...
Come on, Ben, you can do it! [howls]
Set...
Go, Percy Boy!
- [pistol pops]
- [kids cheering, whooping]
[upbeat music plays]
[kids cheering, shouting]
- [grunts]
- [all gasping]
[groans]
[kids laugh and cheer]
[Mr. Saxby] Keep pushing, keep pushing.
[Keithy] You right, Percy Boy?
The winner is... Ben Duncan.
Well done, mate, well done.
- [kids cheer and howl]
- $50! He's rich!
[Mr. Saxby] Excellent work, all of you.
Don't worry about him. You did your best.
[snickers] Choker.
You didn't beat me today, and you're not
gonna beat me at the Athletics Carnival.
- Don't bother signing up.
- [school bell rings]
[Mr. Saxby] Rightio, off to lunch.
[soft dramatic music plays]
- [boy] Chuck his bag, chuck his bag!
- [boys laugh]
We told ya we'd get ya!
[bus driver] Oi! What are you kids doin'?
[Percy Boy] You're an idiot, Ben!
What's wrong?
Did Ben do that?
Right, first thing tomorrow,
them Wolf Pack are getting kung-fu kicked!
I'll kick 'em in the colon
and the semicolon!
No, don't do that.
You can't beat them that way.
Well, we can't just let 'em
get away with this.
I'm gonna beat Ben at the carnival.
But I'll need those shoes to do it.
I'll figure out how to get the money
for the shoes. You figure out how to win.
You'll need to train.
I'll need a coach.
[both] Daisy!
[Daisy] Good hustle, fellas, keep it up.
- Hopefully she says yes.
- She better.
Don't tackle him 'round the legs.
[Percy Boy] Hi, Daisy.
You stink! Gotta try harder! Get in there!
- What do you want?
- I'm looking for someone to train me.
Yeah, I don't think so.
I'm coaching these guys.
I thought you weren't allowed near them.
I train them long distance.
Excuse me.
Agh! You're a dropkick
who can't even handball!
Ben Duncan, you're the biggest
prima donna out there! You're useless!
[Percy Boy] Oh, well...
We'll find another way to beat
Ben Duncan at the Athletics Carnival.
Did you say beat Ben Duncan?
Be at the oval tomorrow.
We'll figure something out.
Daisy, your last name's Hawkins.
Are you related to Curly Hawkins,
the footy player?
Curly Hawkins?
Three-time All-Australian,
winner of the Brownlow Medal,
best midfielder of his generation?
Never heard of him.
See youse tomorrow. Don't be late.
What do you think you're doing?!
Just kick it!
[Percy Boy] Here you go, Pop.
Mmm... Ta, bubby.
Why are you always out here at night?
I'm waitin'.
For what?
Whatever comes along.
How was school?
It was alright.
Doesn't sound alright.
I lost that bloody race.
Oi, language.
I tripped over.
Truly.
Well... no shoes and no job...
Hm.
And it's worse than that. Everyone...
Everyone what?
Everyone laughed at me.
I could punch 'em clean in the mouth.
Probably be the first clean thing to go in
or out of their mouths too.
- Oi!
- [Percy Boy] But I've got a coach
and I'm gonna start training.
Your running is a gift, Percy Boy.
You've just got to learn to use it
to run towards solutions,
instead of away from problems.
Like the washing up.
- Go on.
- [smacks lips] Do I have to?
- Yes.
- [sighs]
[soft music plays]
- Them lights are busted.
- [Pop] What did you say?
The lights. They're on the fritz.
Going off and on again.
Anyway... goodnight.
[pensive music plays]
[sighs deeply]
[clock ticking]
[wind rushing]
[Percy Boy echoing] Mum! Dad!
[Dad] Go get help!
[Mum] Percy! Help us!
[echoing] Dad!
[alarm bleeps]
[gasps softly]
- [dog barking in distance]
- [alarm continues]
[birds cawing in distance]
I had that dream again.
I'm sorry, Mum.
I'm sorry, Dad.
[poignant music plays]
[vehicle approaching]
[kids chattering]
[Prue in distance] Crackles!
Crackles!
[bus driver] Oi. On or off?
- Off.
- [Prue] Where are you?
Way off.
- What are you doin'?
- Have you seen Crackles?
Oh, yeah. He was in the backyard
giving cheek to that dog next door.
Oh, that Crackles is so naughty.
Just like his owner.
- Ah...
- Come on.
How 'bout we go look for him?
[door opens]
- [bright music plays]
- Higher, higher, higher!
Faster, faster, faster!
[Keithy] Good on ya, Percy Boy.
Lift your feet.
Don't trip! Lift your feet!
I hate this!
Do you want to win this race or what?
- Yes. [grunts]
- Come on.
How are we gonna get these shoes
in time for the carnival?
We could mow lawns.
We're in a drought, and no-one's
gonna pay us to mow dead grass.
[Keithy] Dog walking?
[Percy Boy] Nuh. Dogs hate me.
And I hate them.
[Keithy] We could clean pools?
[Percy Boy] There's only one pool in town.
[Daisy] You're just gonna
have to run the race with no shoes.
What?! No!
That's Crackles' tree.
Who's Crackles?
He was a cockatoo Aunty Prue found
when she was painting once.
- How'd she catch him?
- [Percy Boy] She didn't.
He had a busted wing
and just walked right up to her.
- Really?
- [Percy Boy] Yeah.
Me and him
were mates back in the day.
- [Keithy] That's cool.
- Yeah.
Oh. Come on. There's something else
out here I want to show you.
[upbeat acoustic guitar music plays]
Come on!
[upbeat music continues]
Wow!
- Stop!
- [music stops]
Why?
Because this used to be
an old goldmine 100 years ago.
Them farmers went and used it like a dump
for their fuel drums.
- [Keithy] Really?
- Yeah.
So if you chuck a rock over the edge,
it could make a spark or something, hey?
Then boom!
Well, I heard
some people reckon it's where
the town's ghosts sleep during the day.
Ooh, let's go for a look!
Oi, I just told you, it's dangerous.
We don't have to go down.
Nah, I want to come for a look.
Come on, Nervous Nelly.
Like, are you scared?
What? No...
It's just dark and dangerous, is all.
[Keithy] There's a platform
you can sit on!
But it goes down even deeper!
[Daisy] Are you coming in or what?
[sighs heavily] Truly.
[Daisy] Oh, come on, you slowpoke!
[mockingly] Oooh,
it's super scary down here.
It's so dark. Watch your step.
[Percy Boy] Shut up, Daisy.
Don't fall!
There's nothing but darkness down here.
- Ghosts too, probably.
- [Percy Boy] Daisy!
Don't!
- Woooh! Woooh!
- Agh! Daisy!
[giggles]
Youse two are idiots!
I don't know why I let you hang around me.
[Daisy] Percy Boy!
I was just joking around. Come back.
He's such a sook.
[melancholy pulsating music plays]
[soft thud]
What's happened that was so bad?
I thought we were all mates.
I dunno why they'd even try to scare me.
You sure you haven't blown things
out of proportion?
[electricity buzzing]
[Pop] You know those flickering lights?
They're spirits
drawing energy to show themselves.
It's alright, Percy Boy.
They're called "Lost Souls".
Is that one of them?
[Pop] They won't hurt us.
I started seeing 'em around your age.
No need to be afraid.
Too late.
[Pop] We just need to help them
towards the light.
That's something you need to learn.
- [Percy Boy] Help ghosts?
- [Pop] Yeah.
Nup. No way.
[car door closes]
[sighs softly]
[kids chattering]
[Keithy] Percy Boy!
[Daisy] Percy Boy!
Percy Boy,
Daisy wants to say something to you.
Look, um...
I'm really, really sorry about what
happened the other day at the mine shaft.
Nah, it's alright.
Thanks.
[horse neighs]
Mrs. Lou?
[Mrs. Lou] I'll be right there!
Mrs. Lou.
[chuckles]
I hope you're here to buy a horse?
So, funny story...
I didn't win that race
and I need my job back.
Oh-ho-ho, I'm sorry, Percy Boy,
but you have to realise
there are consequences.
I'll work an afternoon shift for free.
Ahh. And?
I'll work Sundays at weekday rates.
- And?
- I'll even take the bins out on Tuesdays.
[chuckles] Take this.
My back is killing me.
What time do you call this?
3:15.
[groans]
Sorry. My watch is broken.
Sorry!
What took you so long?
Training started at 7:00 a.m. sharp!
I had to work. Need the money.
Can't beat Ben in these crappy shoes.
It's a bad tradesman who blames his tools.
Do a warm-up lap.
- [Percy Boy grunts]
- [thud!]
[Daisy] For goodness' sake!
Stupid shoes...
So, what's our plan
for this shoe situation?
We're gonna sell
some of my dad's old stuff for cash.
Mum doesn't want it
around the house anymore.
Where?
[Daisy] How much more money do we need?
[Percy Boy] About $40.
[gate squeaks, whines]
[bell clangs]
[dog barks]
[whimsical music plays]
So, what do you think, Mr. Davis?
'Mr. Davis'?
Nobody calls me 'Mr. Davis', alright?
Except for the cops that one time.
Just call me 'Dodger'.
Oh, and that's Harvey.
Harvey's untrainable.
Harvey, sit!
[dog whimpers]
Anything of value here, Dodger?
[exhales] Well, let's have a look.
Well...
I reckon, on a scale of one to ten,
your junk comes in at a... zero.
[lightly kicks wagon]
That's not bad, though.
Tell you what, I'll give you...
five bucks for the wagon.
We'll take it. You can keep
the rest of the junk if you want.
How much for your watch?
It's not for sale.
We're keeping this.
[Percy Boy] What a rip-off.
Shh. Shh.
[Percy Boy whispering]
Grab as many as you can.
[suspenseful percussive music plays]
Oi! Get out of my yard!
[Percy Boy] Go! Quick!
[birds squawk]
- Morning!
- [woman] Morning! Nice shirt. One, please.
That'll be 50 cents, thank you.
- Here you go. Have a good day.
- Thank you.
[groans, gags]
How's the lemonade business, hmm?
- Bit quiet.
- Mmm. Did you hear?
Someone stole Mrs. Carrol's lemons
from the tree yesterday.
Oh. Terrible!
Awful news.
- Really?
- Mm-hm.
Probably a one-off thing, though, eh?
Yeah. Probably right, eh.
Here, give me one.
[sipping]
[smacks lips] Bit bitter.
Probably not worth 50 cents.
- Come on, Percy Boy.
- You got it!
Lift those feet.
Nope, not jumping.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
Go, come on, come on, come on!
Urgh... I don't want to train.
- What are you doing?
- It's the weekend.
Oh, this is too hard!
We'll never win like this.
Come on, Percy Boy!
- Come on!
- Oh, what?!
I've got a great idea to make some money.
[upbeat music plays]
[siren wails]
[Daisy] Oh...
Daisy.
Are you related to Curly Hawkins?
[Keithy and Percy Boy] No relation.
[door opens]
[Prue chortles]
Crackles reckons you're in big trouble.
What did they do?
- Is it graffiti?
- It's certainly on par.
Oh!
Bank robbery? Murder?
Tax evasion?
[Cressida] What did they do?
"Twenty bucks or the gnome gets it.
Details on the back."
Gnome-napping.
- I'm sorry, did you just say...
- Gnome-napping?
Cressida, I want you to know that I've
smoothed this over with the gnome's owner.
- Cressida Collins?
- Yes.
[gasps] Emergency services!
Three years volunteer and five years SES.
I am your new fire sergeant.
Sharon Cobb. Nice to meet you.
We're new here.
Yes, I heard. I hear you've...
Listen, I'd love to pick your brain
sometime about bushfire protocol...
[Constable Kennedy] Hey, Cressida. Call me
if you need help with the discipline.
- [Percy Boy] Come on, Aunty Prue.
- [huffs]
Or are you hanging around
for Constable Kennedy?
Yep, and back to work.
- [dings bell]
- [Percy Boy] Come on.
[Constable Kennedy groans]
[door opens]
[Pop] Any troublemakers in here?
- [Pop chuckles]
- Aunty Cressida still wild?
Probably be good to make yourself scarce
for a couple of days.
[electricity buzzing]
[gentle music plays]
Remember what I said about the lights?
I know you do.
It's a sign, mate.
Spirits showin' themselves.
The last thing I need is ghosts around me.
You got to listen to me, Percy.
You got to help 'em.
Help 'em see the light.
Just a gentle nudge is all they need.
I can show ya.
I can't do it.
[sighs softly] Yes, you can.
They're running away too, mate.
Not going where they need to go.
I love you, Pop, but no.
[exhales quietly]
[electricity buzzing]
[soft eerie whispering]
[soft eerie whispering]
- Morning.
- Morning.
Look, Aunty. My shoe can talk.
- [high-pitched] I'm Percy Boy's shoe!
- [Pop laughs]
What are they making shoes
out of these days?
You know, shoes used to last forever.
If you didn't run so much...
He wouldn't be Percy Boy.
Do you want to borrow my boots?
I love you, Pop, but no.
Wear them sandals.
- I am not wearing sandals.
- [Cressida] Suit yourself.
[Percy Boy] See youse. I'm gonna be late.
Remember, Percy Boy,
keep your head down, your chin up
and your fists to yourself.
[school bell rings]
Aww... Percy Girl's got no shoes.
[Daisy] Shut up!
No, you shut up, Daisy Boy.
You okay?
See anyone else without shoes?
Ta-dah!
[Miss Berrick over P.A.]
Percy Boy Collins,
can you come to Lost Property, please?
I haven't lost anything.
[mouthing]
Okay, now, class,
we have a very special visitor today.
From the fire brigade.
Everybody please say good morning
to Fire Chief Sharon Cobb.
[class] Good morning,
Fire Chief Sharon Cobb!
Good morning, everybody.
[wolf-whistles]
Ah, Ben Duncan! You can go wait for me
at the Principal's office, please.
- [groans]
- [Miss Berrick] I'm so sorry about that.
[Sharon] Not it's okay.
I get it a lot.
Fire!
[students chuckle]
[whispering] It's hot.
[hisses]
It's dangerous.
[students laugh]
It's out of control!
But what do we do
when we're faced with one? Hmm?
Well, we get down low and we go, go, go.
Repeat after me.
[all] We get down low and we go, go, go.
We get down low and we go, go, go.
- [student] Is that your mum, Keithy?
- [Sharon exhales]
But not if it's a bushfire.
Because when there's a bushfire,
that's different, isn't it?
We meet at the assembly point.
And where is the assembly point?
- Keithy?
- [students giggle]
- Well, it's in the old school hall.
- [students] Ah.
Remember that. Okay.
Herbertson is, after all,
a fire-prone area.
[poignant pulsating music plays]
You know, people have lost their homes,
haven't they?
And, um... their livestock.
Pets.
Oh, and...
some have even lost
their loved ones.
- [students gasp]
- [student 1] Where is he going?
[poignant music continues, fades]
- Oh, Cressida, hi. Um...
- Hi.
I'm so sorry about Percy Boy.
I... I had no idea about his parents.
- A bushfire? I mean, of all things.
- You weren't to know.
[sighs]
Is he, um... is he okay?
He should be fine.
He just needs some time. You know?
Yeah. Yep, yep.
Hey, I was thinking of cheering him up.
Maybe Keithy could come for a sleepover?
[gasps]
- Yes.
- Okay.
- I'll drop him off at 5:00.
- Alright.
- Thank you.
- His first ever sleepover!
He's gonna be so excited!
- Okay, bye. Bye.
- Oh, okay, bye.
[doorbell rings]
I've come for a sleepover!
[Cressida] I thought
you might like some company!
Come on in. Come on,
let's put your stuff in my room.
- [Keithy] Who's that?
- [Percy Boy] Wouldn't have a clue, bruss.
[on TV] Terminal Velocity...
Technologically advanced
for ultimate durability...
- Everything okay in here?
- Yep.
Well, I'll see you pair in the morning.
Oh, and don't go watchin'
them late-night films on SBS. Alright?
- Mm-hm.
- Yep.
I'll see you in the morning.
- 'Night.
- 'Night.
[ad continues on TV]
- [switches channel]
- [grunting, shouting on TV]
[fighting sound effects play on TV]
[Percy Boy] This is great.
Me and my dad used to watch
kung-fu movies like this all the time.
When he was...
My dad was always away with work.
He didn't do anything with me.
Hey, at least your mum's cool.
Yeah.
She takes me to do stuff all the time.
Like, last holiday,
we went to Mount Kosciuszko.
My mum was cool too.
I used to try and catch the leaves
and the grass the wind used to blow.
She used to call me her Windcatcher.
Windcatcher.
[shouting, sound effects continue on TV]
Were you there for the fire?
[exhales]
I went to go get help...
but I was too slow.
[TV glitching]
[soft eerie music plays]
Keithy, bruss. Come look at this.
[Keithy] What? I don't see anything.
- What? Nothing?
- Nuh.
[soft eerie whispering]
[TV glitching]
[Constable Kennedy] You don't want
to start the week off late, do ya?
- Move it.
- I hate Mondays anyway.
Monday hates you, with that attitude.
[Miss Berrick] Let's get
our spelling books out
and put our chatter away, thank you.
[school bell rings]
I don't know.
Better late than never, bruss, eh?
Where have you been?
Recess is nearly over.
- [Daisy] What? How'd you get that?
- Where's your watch?
- Keithy...
- It's alright. I wanted to do this.
Nuh. We'll go and get it back.
That's from your dad.
Dodger's like my Dad...
[sighs]... he doesn't do returns.
Besides, I don't need it.
I got something better.
Thanks, bruss. I owe ya.
[birds squawking, insects chirping]
[electricity buzzing]
[Pop distantly] Percy!
Come here!
[pensive music plays]
Come here, Percy Boy.
I'll show you what to do.
He's not ready yet.
We'll try again soon, Uncle.
[Percy Boy] So this horse is a knight.
And this is...?
A pawn.
- A prawn?
- No, a pawn.
- Argh!
- [Percy Boy gasps] Daisy!
- What is wrong with you?
- [giggles] Scaredy-cats!
- [Percy Boy] I am not.
- I am.
Yes, you are. You're scared of ghosts.
And I suppose you aren't?
Nah. I wish they were real.
Love to speak to my nanna again.
Wouldn't you like to speak to someone
you knew who passed away?
[soft music plays]
I gotta go.
- [Percy Boy] Aunty Cressida?
- [Cressida] In here.
Have you seen Pop?
He's not on the verandah.
Oh, he said he was tired,
so maybe he went for a laydown.
Oh, here. Yes. Ooh...
Pop? You awake?
[knocking]
I need to talk to you. It's important.
[knocking] Pop.
Have you seen Mum or Dad?
Are they Lost...
Nah. He's not in his room.
[Prue] Crackles reckons
he's in the toilet!
[Cressida] Oh, he might be
in his good chair!
But he can't get up from his good chair.
[soft pulsating music plays]
Pop?
Pop?
Pop.
Pop!
Aunty Cressida!
[Cressida] Dad?
Dad?
[voice quivering] Dad.
[sobbing softly]
Dad...
[sniffling]
[sobbing softly]
[Cressida echoing] Dad?
[Percy Boy panting]
- [Percy Boy] Pop...
- [woman screams] Help us!
[Cressida echoing] Dad, no. No, Dad...
Dad, no. No, Dad...
- Pop!
- [fire crackling]
[man calls for help]
- [Cressida knocking] Percy?
- [gasps]
- [door opens]
- [dream soundscape fades]
You alright?
You had a bad dream, eh?
- I couldn't save him.
- What?
Just like I couldn't save Mum and Dad.
What do you mean
you couldn't save Mum and Dad?
That night. The fire. I ran to get help.
But I couldn't save them.
No, Percy Boy.
That night of the fires you was with me.
Your mum and dad wanted to stay
to defend the house.
But they made sure you were safe.
I... I remember it differently.
Percy Boy, they're just dreams.
Come on. Get up. We got a big day ahead.
[organ plays "Amazing Grace"]
[Cressida clears throat]
Thank you all for coming.
There's so much I could tell you
about my father and who he was.
But if you're here today listening to me,
then you already know who he was.
[inhales softly]
My father was a very funny man.
And his humour always came from
his quietness and his wisdom.
And there was always an upside
for him and for others in his humour.
If he was here right now,
he'd probably say...
"Enjoy that feed."
[mourners titter]
"Start without me, because I'm busy."
[mourners chuckle]
[Prue] Crackles!
Crackles isn't here.
Naughty boy, Crackles...
He's probably toddled off
to Garrison's Farm.
It's okay. How 'bout we go look for him?
[Cressida] Um...
[smacks lips]
Dad used to tell me not to live in fear.
And he used to tell me,
when I was younger, to...
to... [inhales softly]
Um...
Keep your head down, chin up
and your fists to yourself.
That's the one.
So, please, think of Dad
with a tear today...
and a smile tomorrow.
[birds warbling, twittering]
[light snoring]
The Wolf Pack.
- This is our spot.
- Let's just go back to mine.
[upbeat percussive music plays]
Nuh.
[Keithy panting]
[breathlessly] Can't... breathe...
Where's your puffer?
Percy Boy!
- [breathlessly] At... home.
- What's wrong?
Quick. He's having an asthma attack.
Get help.
Breathe.
Quick.
It's okay.
[melancholy pulsating music plays]
[bright instrumental music plays]
I need an ambulance!
My friend, he can't breathe!
Old Garrison's Road.
I'm just gonna put this oxygen mask
on for you. There you go.
Percy! What's goin' on?
[Daisy] This is all your fault, Percy Boy.
You shouldn't have taken those shoes.
I'm sorry.
[laboured breathing]
Oi. Get in.
No. Back seat.
[opens car door]
[paramedic] We're on our way
to the hospital.
[handbrake cranks]
[sighs]
You're smart enough to know better.
You stole, and someone got hurt.
Honestly, what would your pop say?
Let's make this the last time
you ride in the back of my car, hey?
- [melancholy pulsating music plays]
- [soft radio chatter]
You want to see Aunty Cressida?
No. Not today.
[insects chirping, owl hooting]
[Percy Boy] What's wrong with the lights?
What are they for?
- Power's been cut off.
- Why?
'Cause I couldn't pay the bill.
Are we gonna be in the dark tonight?
[sighs heavily] Look, Percy,
I had to pay for Pop's funeral.
Aunty, I can't sleep in the dark.
Here, take this to your room.
[sighs]
What's this?
It was for my shoes.
I want you to have it.
[sighs]
Thanks, Perce. It's a start.
[kids chattering]
[Keithy] Yeah, I was in hospital for
two days. At least the food was alright.
[Daisy] Jeez, you must've been really sick
for the food to taste good.
Oh, Percy Boy. We've been waiting for you.
- [boy 1] You took Ben's shoes.
- [boy 2] Yeah.
[boy 1] Ya shouldn't have done that.
Aunty, quick!
Someone's stolen Mum and Dad's car.
The car wasn't stolen. I had to sell it.
What?!
Well, we had bills,
and nothing to pay them with.
That was the only way.
But I got you those shoes you wanted.
I don't need the stupid shoes.
I need Mum and Dad's car.
I'm sorry, Percy Boy, it's gone.
I hate you.
[knocking at door]
[Cressida] Percy Boy?
[whispering] Percy.
[shoebox thuds]
[grunts angrily]
[tense pulsating music plays]
[grunts angrily]
[breathing heavily]
[birds twittering]
[birds warbling]
I don't want to forgive Aunty Cressida.
Does it feel like things will be alright?
I already know what Pop would say.
Push, push. Harder, harder. That's right.
The three of you, very good.
- Where do you think he is?
- Mmm... dunno.
[Keithy] Oh, here he comes.
How's it goin'?
Look...
I just want to say I'm really sorry.
No need, lad.
Nice shoes! You did it.
Nah. We did it.
And Aunty Cressy.
[Daisy] We'd better get you
warmed up for the race.
[students chattering]
Come on, Percy Boy!
[Mr. Saxby] On your marks...
set...
[siren wails]
[Miss Berrick over loudspeaker]
Can I have your attention, please?
We've just been alerted that there is
a bushfire on the outskirts of Herbertson.
If you can find your teacher,
line up in alphabetical order
and get your name marked off the roll.
- Quickly.
- [Mr. Saxby] Athletics carnival's over.
- [in slow-motion] Are you alright?
- [heartbeat]
Percy Boy...
[regular voice] Percy Boy. Daisy.
Hi, sweetheart.
I need you guys to do everything
Miss Berrick says, okay?
What do you mean?
The fires are out of control.
I need to go home and check
on Aunty Cressida and Aunty Prue.
Aunty Prue is already in the school hall.
And Aunty Cressida is volunteering.
We need all hands on deck.
It's alright, sweetheart,
she's gonna be okay.
[Miss Berrick] Just remember,
hold hands with your buddy, okay?
Hear that?
You three, look out for each other.
[Daisy] We'd better
get to the old school hall.
[sirens wails]
Are you okay?
My mum and Aunty Cressy will be fine.
Yeah, I'd hate to be the fire
messing with those two.
Percy Boy, have you seen your Aunty Prue?
- Isn't she in the hall?
- Nah, I got a call. She's wandered off.
What?! I gotta go look for her.
No. It's okay. You mob stay here
and I'll keep looking. Okay?
She might have gone home.
Hopefully, they'll find her.
- Wait.
- [Keithy and Daisy] What?
She'll be at Garrison's Farm,
looking for Crackles.
I have to find her.
You two, get in the hall.
What? No way! We're all in this together.
She's right. I got an idea.
- [Keithy] No, they're locked!
- Here's one! Keithy, you ride with Daisy!
- What about your asthma?
- I've got my inhaler, I'll be fine.
Come on, you mob!
[dogs barking, sirens wailing in distance]
[Keithy panting] Percy, it's too steep.
It's alright, I can take it. Just run!
[sirens continue]
[fire crackling]
[firefighters shouting]
It looks like the wind's holding steady.
[wind whooshing, fire crackling]
Where is she?
- Where is she?
- She's there!
Are you okay?
- I didn't find Crackles.
- It's okay.
What do we do?
We've got to get out of here!
Come on, Aunty Prue!
Where do we go?
[Percy Boy] The fires
are moving way too fast!
We'll go in there!
Inside?
A single spark could set it all off.
We can seal ourselves in the mine shaft
with a door from the old rust bucket.
I can get it.
Percy Boy, it'll be too heavy.
I can do it.
You two, get Aunty Prue in the mine shaft!
[Keithy and Daisy] Yep!
If this wind holds up,
then it might not even make the town.
What's up here, north?
[Cressida] Nothing populated.
Just the river and Garrison's Farm.
[Sharon] Okay.
What?
It's the kids.
[sighs]
They didn't get checked in
at the assembly point.
Come on, pack up! Let's go!
- [tense music plays]
- [fire crackling intensely]
[exhales deeply]
Don't trip! Lift your feet!
Don't trip! Lift your feet!
[grunts]
Don't give up, Percy Boy!
- Come on! You can do it, Percy Boy!
- [Daisy] Lift you feet! You can do it!
[groaning with effort]
What's he doing?
[grunts]
Whoooo!
- Whoa!
- Whoa. Wow.
[grunting]
- [gasps]
- [Daisy] Wow!
[all cheer]
[Percy Boy] Daisy, quick, get in!
[grunts with effort]
This should block the flames
from getting in.
[groaning with effort]
Can you wedge it?
No, bruss, I have to hold it down.
If one of them embers gets through,
we'll be done for.
You can do it.
[yelps]
[Keithy] Oh, no.
[Percy Boy] Somebody, quick, do something!
[spits]
- [Percy Boy] Good on ya, Daisy!
- [Keithy] I thought we were done for!
Oh! Gonna slip - help!
It's so hot, I can't hold on any longer!
- [Keithy] I got ya!
- [Percy Boy] Thanks, bruss.
[fire roaring intensely]
Hold on, Percy Boy.
You can do it. Hold on!
[Percy Boy struggling]
[fire and wind dissipating]
[fire crackling gently]
The fire's passed!
[Daisy] Oh!
- We did it!
- [Keithy] Thank goodness!
[Prue] Oh!
- [Cressida] Percy Boy!
- [Sharon] Keithy!
Aunty Cressida!
[Cressida] Percy!
- Percy!
- Is Keithy down there?
- [Keithy] Hey, Mum!
- [Daisy] Hi, Mrs. Cobb!
You just missed Crackles.
The cheeky fella left us for dead!
What on earth are you
doing down there, kids?
Well... that's a funny story, hey,
Mrs. Cobb.
Come here. Are you alright?
- You really had me worried.
- I had to save Aunty Prue.
Did they help?
Come here.
[gentle acoustic guitar music plays]
Come here.
- [Daisy] Thank you.
- Oh. Oh, thank you.
[relieved chatter]
Ohh!
[Sharon] Oh, my darling!
[Prue] You saved me. [chuckles]
- You right?
- Yeah, all good.
Let's put this over you. Come, Percy.
Okay.
- Alright, come here.
- [Daisy giggles]
[chattering and laughter]
[Sharon] Oh, gosh, it's hot today, huh?
Where are the kids?
- [Cressida] They're just there.
- [Sharon] Oh. Right in front of my face.
Oi, there, look. He's making his move.
[Keithy] I hope he doesn't choke.
[indistinct chatter]
He won't choke. I trained him.
[Keithy] I wonder what he's saying to her.
It doesn't matter.
He's not her type.
He choked.
You were saying?
[Miss Berrick over loudspeaker] And now
the race we've all been waiting for.
It's the 200m senior boys final.
Hold these, will ya?
What are you doing?
[Percy Boy] You were right.
It's a bad tradesman who blames his tools.
Barefoot will be good enough.
You've done the work at training,
Percy Boy.
Broken shoes, new shoes or no shoes,
you just gotta put it into practice now.
Good luck, Windcatcher.
'Windcatcher'. I like that.
- [woman] Come on, Wombats!
- [man] Come on, Dingoes!
[Daisy] Go the Wombats!
What? I'm going for Wombats.
- Okay.
- [man] Let's go, Percy Boy!
[chanting] Windcatcher! [claps]
Windcatcher! [claps]
[all chanting, clapping]
Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
Oh, here, look, he's up next now.
- Who?
- Percy Boy, here.
[all chanting, clapping]
Windcatcher! Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
On your marks... set...
- [pistol pops]
- [all cheer and scream]
- [Cressida] Come on, Percy!
- Come on!
[student] Go, Percy Boy!
[cheering and shouting]
[upbeat music plays]
He's in front! He's gonna win!
Whoo!
[wild cheering and screaming]
You did well, Percy Boy.
Good job!
- Barefoot too!
- [laughs]
[all cheer]
[Mr. Saxby] Congratulations,
Percy Boy, well done.
Let's go and get you a blue ribbon,
come on, let's go.
- Where's my favourite girl?
- Dad!
Curly Hawkins?
Your dad is Curly Hawkins?!
What?
[both] What?!
What?!
I'm more than
a famous footballer's daughter, you know.
You sure are.
Oi, Percy Boy,
let's get this show on the road.
Dad, let me down.
I gotta get Percy's ribbon.
[all chanting] Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
[Mr. Saxby] Congratulations, Percy Boy.
Well done.
- [all cheering]
- [Daisy] Yes, Percy Boy! We did it!
[Keithy] I knew you could do it,
Percy Boy!
Yes!
I can't believe I won.
Couldn't have done it without you guys.
Aw, Percy Boy...
No, he's right, Keithy.
[insects chirping]
Look - it's almost started.
Oh.
What is he doing?
[raps window]
What are you doing? Come in.
Enter the Panda starts in five minutes.
Come on!
I'll be in soon.
I just need to do something.
Okay.
[electricity crackling, buzzing]
[gentle piano music plays]
Have you seen the light yet?
Yeah, I seen it.
But it doesn't mean it's my time to leave.
No, Pop. That's exactly what it means.
I've tried to learn from life
and what it threw at me...
and to pass on everything I learned
to you.
What's life trying to teach me
by doing this to me now?
It's not trying to teach you anything.
It's trying to teach me.
Mm.
If you see Mum and Dad,
tell 'em I'm good.
Tell 'em I'll see 'em again one day.
Remember, Percy Boy...
Keep your head down when you work.
Keep your chin up in adversity.
And always keep your fists to yourself.
And the opposite with your heart.
Keep that open.
Love you, Pop.
[softly] Love you.
[Keithy] Percy, quick, it's starting!
Took you long enough.
[farts]
- [Keithy] Oh, Percy Boy!
- [Daisy] Yuck!
Oi, is there a frog in this house?
[Keithy] Oh, my gosh...
[Jessica Mauboy]
If your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
Mmmm
Nobody know how much a dream costs
Yeah
The blood and the sweat and the tears
That you've lost
Everybody says
That you make it look easy
Mmm, but, baby, I know how hard it was
So if your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
Mm-mm-mm
[Jason Derulo] Everybody knows
That the struggle is real
But they don't know the pain you feel
[chorus] The pain you feel, yeah, yeah
[Jason] And everybody say
That you make it look easy
But when the road gets rough
Let me take the wheel, yeah
[Jessica] So if your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
[Jason] Let me pick you up
[Jessica] If your hands are shakin'
[both] And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
[Jessica] When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
Yeah-h-h
So we keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on
[both] Yeah, we keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on
- [Jessica] So we keep on keepin' on
- [Jason] Keep on, keep on
[Jessica] Keep on keepin' on
[both] Yeah, we keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on
[Jessica] So if your heart is empty
Let me give you love
[Jason] If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
[Jessica] If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you lo-o-ove!
When your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
- [rock music]
- [announcer on radio] Terminal Velocity!
Technologically advanced
for ultimate durability.
Futuristically fatal distance slayers
for real stayers
with terminal power and velocity
for speed so fast they're deadly.
Terminal Velocity -
it's the grip that lets you rip.
G'day, I'm Curly Hawkins,
All-Australian football player.
Kicking goals and winning premierships
takes a massive toll on my shoes.
That's why I head down
to the Shoe Emporium
for the best prices in town.
[announcer] Get down to your local
Shoe Emporium today.
- Shop 12, Main Street, Herbertson...
- [switches radio off]
[groans sleepily]
[Percy Boy] Who wakes up at 4:45 a.m.?
Me.
I'm Percy Boy Collins.
And I really need a new pair of shoes.
[upbeat percussive music plays]
This is my house. I live here
with my two aunties and my pop.
[electricity buzzing]
Good morning, Pop.
Morning.
Where's the Vegemite?
[Percy Boy] He's gettin' old, this fella.
[sighs] Pop, you know Aunty
likes it in the fridge!
[Pop huffs]
[Pop groans grumpily]
[Percy Boy] He reckons Vegemite
will put hairs on my chest.
Who on earth
would want hairs on their chest?
- Ready for work?
- [Percy Boy] Yeah.
- I'm gonna quit but.
- [Pop] Truly?
I'd keep quiet if I was you.
[Prue] Morning!
[Percy Boy] And these
are my two crazy aunties.
Why is every light in the house on?
Sorry, Aunty Cressida.
Morning, Aunty Prue.
- [Prue] Morning.
- How's Crackles?
- Still talkin' cheeky.
- Hey!
[chuckling] You nuisance.
[toast scraping]
[farts]
[Pop sighing] Is there a frog
in the house?
Dad, that's disgusting!
[Prue] Crackles!
[sniffs] Oh, Pop!
[grunts]
Hmm? Smells lovely.
- You, out!
- [laughs]
Go sit in that good chair of yours.
Oh, you know if I sit in that thing,
I'll never get out again.
[Cressida] Mm-hm.
Come on.
[Cressida] Where's the Vegemite?
Oh, it's in the cupboard,
where it belongs!
I'd better go. I'll be late for work.
Keep your head down when you work,
your chin up and your fists to yourself.
- And don't be afraid of the dark.
- I'm not afraid of the dark.
[birds squawking, hooting]
- [electricity crackling]
- [bird hoots]
- Maybe I'm a little afraid of the dark.
- [dog barking in distance]
[rooster crows]
Morning, Mrs. Lou.
- Ah, good morning, Percy Boy.
- [horse snorting]
When you finish dressing,
meet me in the hay shed.
- [upbeat acoustic guitar plays]
- [Percy Boy] That's my boss, Mrs. Lou.
And that's my pop's horse out the back.
She's retired now.
Same time Thursday?
Actually, Lou, I'm quitting.
[Percy Boy] I hounded her for weeks
to get this job.
You hounded me for weeks
to get a job here!
Yeah. Sorry.
If you quit, there's no coming back.
Understood?
I'd better get going. See ya, Mrs. Lou.
[bemused chuckle]
[Percy Boy] And tomorrow I'll have
enough money to buy my new shoes.
Yeah, I can almost afford
to get my new shoes.
I told you - Terminal Velocities.
It's the grip that lets your rip,
they reckon.
I'll be even faster than I am now.
Oi.
School!
Bus.
Talk tomorrow. See ya, Pop!
[vehicle approaching]
[sighs] Truly?
[upbeat music plays]
[Percy Boy] And one more thing
you should know about me
is I like to run.
A lot.
[bus horn toots]
[Miss Berrick] What happened now, Percy?
[exhales] Funny story, hey, Miss.
I missed the bus,
so I took off running, eh?
Well, that is the most interesting story
I've heard all day, Percy Boy.
And I'm that fast, Miss,
that I beat the bus to school.
Well, if you're so fast, why didn't you
just beat the bus to the next stop?
Yeah, um, nuh.
I think you missed the point, hey, Miss.
[wolf-whistling]
[Miss Berrick]
Your tape's undone, Percy Boy.
[engine revs]
[boys howling]
[boy] Just the person we're looking for.
Ben, I don't have any money.
You know the rules.
Swirlie it is.
No! No!
- [muffled screams]
- [water flushing]
- I hate you!
- Guess you'll bring cash next time, eh?
- [boys laugh and howl]
- [school bell rings]
Keithy, welcome to our big little school,
or our small big school.
[chuckling] Anyway, welcome.
Do you want to tell the class
a little bit about yourself?
Hello.
Like, my name is Keith Cobb,
but everyone just calls me 'Keithy'.
Can I just call you 'Fatty'?
Ben Duncan! You can pick up
50 papers at recess for that.
Oh, come on, I was just joking, Miss.
- Which way, lads?
- [students chuckle]
Oi, new fella.
Percy Boy Collins, grade five.
Uh... Percy Boy Collins!
That's my name, don't wear it out.
Nah, gammon. What, Miss?
Well, it's five past 9:00. You're late.
Well, it coulda been worse.
I coulda did a number two.
- [students laugh]
- [sarcastic] Yeah, funny.
Keithy, why don't you take a seat
next to Percy Boy?
[Miss Berrick]
Um, a bit of shush, please.
Percy, can you see me before recess?
Got that gout again, Mr. Saxby?
[Mr. Saxby grunts]
- [Mr. Saxby groans]
- [Percy Boy] Is he gone yet, lad?
- He's gone.
- Good.
Like, is this really
what you have to write?
"I must not be late to class,
then run my mouth faster
"than the legs that made me late
for class in the first place."
I know. 50 times.
And I've only done two lines.
This is gonna take me all term.
Don't you want your ball back?
Just grab it, Daisy. It's right here.
Want it? You sure?
Yep.
- [boy 1] Come on, Daisy.
- [boy 2] What's the matter, little piggy?
Leave her alone!
Bruss, she'll work it out.
Nuh, I gotta help her.
[Keithy] Mr. Saxby, help!
- It's mine!
- Don't you want your ball back?
- Too small.
- [Daisy] Give me my footy, or else!
Or else what?
Oi! What on earth
do you think you're doing?
Daisy, get inside.
You two, get back to your classroom.
[boy] Aw, sir,
we were just muckin' around.
[Percy Boy] Stay away from them.
That's the Wolf Pack.
[Ben] You wait, fatty.
Before I forget,
the voucher race is tomorrow at lunch.
And, also, the sign-up sheet
for the Athletics Carnival
is up on the notice board.
Alright?
That's a flash watch, lad.
Oh. Like, my dad gave it to me.
To remember him when we're apart.
Bruss, any chance you could time me
with that thing at lunch?
- [watch beeps]
- [Keithy] Wow.
Did you see that? Man, that was fast!
How'd I do?
It was, like, 15 seconds.
Yeah, lad, that's not bad.
I reckon I could win that race tomorrow.
Like, what's the race for?
The School Council puts it on once a year.
It's to promote health and fitness
or something.
The winner gets a $50 voucher!
[Keithy] Like, that's pretty good.
What are you gonna buy with it?
Bruss, there's these shoes
I've been saving for.
- [Ben] What do you want?
- [Daisy] I want to play.
No! You can't play.
[Daisy] Why not?
You're just not allowed.
- Hey, team?
- [all] Yeah!
- You're too rough.
- It's not 'cause she's too rough, Gabe.
- It's 'cause she plays like a girl.
- [boys laugh]
Mr. Saxby!
Daisy, Ben's the captain, and he said no.
Now chop-chop.
- [Daisy] What about assistant coach?
- Go and try out for the netball team.
[boys laugh]
I'm sorry, Daisy,
but I have to think about team unity.
And you've never even been a coach.
I could out-play and out-coach
the lot of you.
- [team laughs]
- [boy] Sure, sure.
[Mr. Saxby] Rightio, boys...
I thought it would be different here.
Percy Boy!
Why are we stoppin'?
Like, this is where me and my mum live.
That's a flash house, bruss.
Wait, where's your dad?
He and Mum are getting divorced.
Oh. Sorry, bruss.
What about your parents?
What's the time, lad?
5:00 p.m.
Oh, I'd better go home,
before it gets dark. See ya.
But it doesn't get dark
for another three hours!
[gentle tinkling music plays]
[angelic music plays]
- Oi! You're late for school.
- [angelic music stops]
Come on, I'll drop you off.
See ya after school.
Ah, front seat, front seat.
And watch for cars.
Only crims sit in the back.
Thanks for the lift.
Hey, hey...
How's that lovely aunty of yours?
- Aunty Prue?
- Mm...
She's mad!
Eh? Mad about Crackles.
I'm not talkin' about Prue.
I'm talkin' about...
you know... Aunty Cressida.
She's... she's mad too.
About all of us.
[exasperated sigh]
Well, go on in there and learn somethin'.
One plus one.
Go on, then. Get in there.
Oi! Don't slam my door, dummy.
Dad reckons you better win that race.
Duncans don't lose.
[engine revving, tyres screeching]
What are you looking at, dummy?
Bit of shush, please!
Bit of shush, thank you!
Okay, anyone racing, line up, please.
And then the rest of you
can just wait over there.
- You've got this.
- [Miss Berrick] Quickly and quietly.
Behind the line. Stay behind the line.
- Stop it!
- Ah-ah!
[Miss Berrick] Keep it clean, thanks.
Quickly.
[excited chattering]
[boy] Come on, Ben.
Let's go, Ben, come on.
Come on, Ben, let's go.
On your marks...
Come on, Ben, you can do it! [howls]
Set...
Go, Percy Boy!
- [pistol pops]
- [kids cheering, whooping]
[upbeat music plays]
[kids cheering, shouting]
- [grunts]
- [all gasping]
[groans]
[kids laugh and cheer]
[Mr. Saxby] Keep pushing, keep pushing.
[Keithy] You right, Percy Boy?
The winner is... Ben Duncan.
Well done, mate, well done.
- [kids cheer and howl]
- $50! He's rich!
[Mr. Saxby] Excellent work, all of you.
Don't worry about him. You did your best.
[snickers] Choker.
You didn't beat me today, and you're not
gonna beat me at the Athletics Carnival.
- Don't bother signing up.
- [school bell rings]
[Mr. Saxby] Rightio, off to lunch.
[soft dramatic music plays]
- [boy] Chuck his bag, chuck his bag!
- [boys laugh]
We told ya we'd get ya!
[bus driver] Oi! What are you kids doin'?
[Percy Boy] You're an idiot, Ben!
What's wrong?
Did Ben do that?
Right, first thing tomorrow,
them Wolf Pack are getting kung-fu kicked!
I'll kick 'em in the colon
and the semicolon!
No, don't do that.
You can't beat them that way.
Well, we can't just let 'em
get away with this.
I'm gonna beat Ben at the carnival.
But I'll need those shoes to do it.
I'll figure out how to get the money
for the shoes. You figure out how to win.
You'll need to train.
I'll need a coach.
[both] Daisy!
[Daisy] Good hustle, fellas, keep it up.
- Hopefully she says yes.
- She better.
Don't tackle him 'round the legs.
[Percy Boy] Hi, Daisy.
You stink! Gotta try harder! Get in there!
- What do you want?
- I'm looking for someone to train me.
Yeah, I don't think so.
I'm coaching these guys.
I thought you weren't allowed near them.
I train them long distance.
Excuse me.
Agh! You're a dropkick
who can't even handball!
Ben Duncan, you're the biggest
prima donna out there! You're useless!
[Percy Boy] Oh, well...
We'll find another way to beat
Ben Duncan at the Athletics Carnival.
Did you say beat Ben Duncan?
Be at the oval tomorrow.
We'll figure something out.
Daisy, your last name's Hawkins.
Are you related to Curly Hawkins,
the footy player?
Curly Hawkins?
Three-time All-Australian,
winner of the Brownlow Medal,
best midfielder of his generation?
Never heard of him.
See youse tomorrow. Don't be late.
What do you think you're doing?!
Just kick it!
[Percy Boy] Here you go, Pop.
Mmm... Ta, bubby.
Why are you always out here at night?
I'm waitin'.
For what?
Whatever comes along.
How was school?
It was alright.
Doesn't sound alright.
I lost that bloody race.
Oi, language.
I tripped over.
Truly.
Well... no shoes and no job...
Hm.
And it's worse than that. Everyone...
Everyone what?
Everyone laughed at me.
I could punch 'em clean in the mouth.
Probably be the first clean thing to go in
or out of their mouths too.
- Oi!
- [Percy Boy] But I've got a coach
and I'm gonna start training.
Your running is a gift, Percy Boy.
You've just got to learn to use it
to run towards solutions,
instead of away from problems.
Like the washing up.
- Go on.
- [smacks lips] Do I have to?
- Yes.
- [sighs]
[soft music plays]
- Them lights are busted.
- [Pop] What did you say?
The lights. They're on the fritz.
Going off and on again.
Anyway... goodnight.
[pensive music plays]
[sighs deeply]
[clock ticking]
[wind rushing]
[Percy Boy echoing] Mum! Dad!
[Dad] Go get help!
[Mum] Percy! Help us!
[echoing] Dad!
[alarm bleeps]
[gasps softly]
- [dog barking in distance]
- [alarm continues]
[birds cawing in distance]
I had that dream again.
I'm sorry, Mum.
I'm sorry, Dad.
[poignant music plays]
[vehicle approaching]
[kids chattering]
[Prue in distance] Crackles!
Crackles!
[bus driver] Oi. On or off?
- Off.
- [Prue] Where are you?
Way off.
- What are you doin'?
- Have you seen Crackles?
Oh, yeah. He was in the backyard
giving cheek to that dog next door.
Oh, that Crackles is so naughty.
Just like his owner.
- Ah...
- Come on.
How 'bout we go look for him?
[door opens]
- [bright music plays]
- Higher, higher, higher!
Faster, faster, faster!
[Keithy] Good on ya, Percy Boy.
Lift your feet.
Don't trip! Lift your feet!
I hate this!
Do you want to win this race or what?
- Yes. [grunts]
- Come on.
How are we gonna get these shoes
in time for the carnival?
We could mow lawns.
We're in a drought, and no-one's
gonna pay us to mow dead grass.
[Keithy] Dog walking?
[Percy Boy] Nuh. Dogs hate me.
And I hate them.
[Keithy] We could clean pools?
[Percy Boy] There's only one pool in town.
[Daisy] You're just gonna
have to run the race with no shoes.
What?! No!
That's Crackles' tree.
Who's Crackles?
He was a cockatoo Aunty Prue found
when she was painting once.
- How'd she catch him?
- [Percy Boy] She didn't.
He had a busted wing
and just walked right up to her.
- Really?
- [Percy Boy] Yeah.
Me and him
were mates back in the day.
- [Keithy] That's cool.
- Yeah.
Oh. Come on. There's something else
out here I want to show you.
[upbeat acoustic guitar music plays]
Come on!
[upbeat music continues]
Wow!
- Stop!
- [music stops]
Why?
Because this used to be
an old goldmine 100 years ago.
Them farmers went and used it like a dump
for their fuel drums.
- [Keithy] Really?
- Yeah.
So if you chuck a rock over the edge,
it could make a spark or something, hey?
Then boom!
Well, I heard
some people reckon it's where
the town's ghosts sleep during the day.
Ooh, let's go for a look!
Oi, I just told you, it's dangerous.
We don't have to go down.
Nah, I want to come for a look.
Come on, Nervous Nelly.
Like, are you scared?
What? No...
It's just dark and dangerous, is all.
[Keithy] There's a platform
you can sit on!
But it goes down even deeper!
[Daisy] Are you coming in or what?
[sighs heavily] Truly.
[Daisy] Oh, come on, you slowpoke!
[mockingly] Oooh,
it's super scary down here.
It's so dark. Watch your step.
[Percy Boy] Shut up, Daisy.
Don't fall!
There's nothing but darkness down here.
- Ghosts too, probably.
- [Percy Boy] Daisy!
Don't!
- Woooh! Woooh!
- Agh! Daisy!
[giggles]
Youse two are idiots!
I don't know why I let you hang around me.
[Daisy] Percy Boy!
I was just joking around. Come back.
He's such a sook.
[melancholy pulsating music plays]
[soft thud]
What's happened that was so bad?
I thought we were all mates.
I dunno why they'd even try to scare me.
You sure you haven't blown things
out of proportion?
[electricity buzzing]
[Pop] You know those flickering lights?
They're spirits
drawing energy to show themselves.
It's alright, Percy Boy.
They're called "Lost Souls".
Is that one of them?
[Pop] They won't hurt us.
I started seeing 'em around your age.
No need to be afraid.
Too late.
[Pop] We just need to help them
towards the light.
That's something you need to learn.
- [Percy Boy] Help ghosts?
- [Pop] Yeah.
Nup. No way.
[car door closes]
[sighs softly]
[kids chattering]
[Keithy] Percy Boy!
[Daisy] Percy Boy!
Percy Boy,
Daisy wants to say something to you.
Look, um...
I'm really, really sorry about what
happened the other day at the mine shaft.
Nah, it's alright.
Thanks.
[horse neighs]
Mrs. Lou?
[Mrs. Lou] I'll be right there!
Mrs. Lou.
[chuckles]
I hope you're here to buy a horse?
So, funny story...
I didn't win that race
and I need my job back.
Oh-ho-ho, I'm sorry, Percy Boy,
but you have to realise
there are consequences.
I'll work an afternoon shift for free.
Ahh. And?
I'll work Sundays at weekday rates.
- And?
- I'll even take the bins out on Tuesdays.
[chuckles] Take this.
My back is killing me.
What time do you call this?
3:15.
[groans]
Sorry. My watch is broken.
Sorry!
What took you so long?
Training started at 7:00 a.m. sharp!
I had to work. Need the money.
Can't beat Ben in these crappy shoes.
It's a bad tradesman who blames his tools.
Do a warm-up lap.
- [Percy Boy grunts]
- [thud!]
[Daisy] For goodness' sake!
Stupid shoes...
So, what's our plan
for this shoe situation?
We're gonna sell
some of my dad's old stuff for cash.
Mum doesn't want it
around the house anymore.
Where?
[Daisy] How much more money do we need?
[Percy Boy] About $40.
[gate squeaks, whines]
[bell clangs]
[dog barks]
[whimsical music plays]
So, what do you think, Mr. Davis?
'Mr. Davis'?
Nobody calls me 'Mr. Davis', alright?
Except for the cops that one time.
Just call me 'Dodger'.
Oh, and that's Harvey.
Harvey's untrainable.
Harvey, sit!
[dog whimpers]
Anything of value here, Dodger?
[exhales] Well, let's have a look.
Well...
I reckon, on a scale of one to ten,
your junk comes in at a... zero.
[lightly kicks wagon]
That's not bad, though.
Tell you what, I'll give you...
five bucks for the wagon.
We'll take it. You can keep
the rest of the junk if you want.
How much for your watch?
It's not for sale.
We're keeping this.
[Percy Boy] What a rip-off.
Shh. Shh.
[Percy Boy whispering]
Grab as many as you can.
[suspenseful percussive music plays]
Oi! Get out of my yard!
[Percy Boy] Go! Quick!
[birds squawk]
- Morning!
- [woman] Morning! Nice shirt. One, please.
That'll be 50 cents, thank you.
- Here you go. Have a good day.
- Thank you.
[groans, gags]
How's the lemonade business, hmm?
- Bit quiet.
- Mmm. Did you hear?
Someone stole Mrs. Carrol's lemons
from the tree yesterday.
Oh. Terrible!
Awful news.
- Really?
- Mm-hm.
Probably a one-off thing, though, eh?
Yeah. Probably right, eh.
Here, give me one.
[sipping]
[smacks lips] Bit bitter.
Probably not worth 50 cents.
- Come on, Percy Boy.
- You got it!
Lift those feet.
Nope, not jumping.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
Go, come on, come on, come on!
Urgh... I don't want to train.
- What are you doing?
- It's the weekend.
Oh, this is too hard!
We'll never win like this.
Come on, Percy Boy!
- Come on!
- Oh, what?!
I've got a great idea to make some money.
[upbeat music plays]
[siren wails]
[Daisy] Oh...
Daisy.
Are you related to Curly Hawkins?
[Keithy and Percy Boy] No relation.
[door opens]
[Prue chortles]
Crackles reckons you're in big trouble.
What did they do?
- Is it graffiti?
- It's certainly on par.
Oh!
Bank robbery? Murder?
Tax evasion?
[Cressida] What did they do?
"Twenty bucks or the gnome gets it.
Details on the back."
Gnome-napping.
- I'm sorry, did you just say...
- Gnome-napping?
Cressida, I want you to know that I've
smoothed this over with the gnome's owner.
- Cressida Collins?
- Yes.
[gasps] Emergency services!
Three years volunteer and five years SES.
I am your new fire sergeant.
Sharon Cobb. Nice to meet you.
We're new here.
Yes, I heard. I hear you've...
Listen, I'd love to pick your brain
sometime about bushfire protocol...
[Constable Kennedy] Hey, Cressida. Call me
if you need help with the discipline.
- [Percy Boy] Come on, Aunty Prue.
- [huffs]
Or are you hanging around
for Constable Kennedy?
Yep, and back to work.
- [dings bell]
- [Percy Boy] Come on.
[Constable Kennedy groans]
[door opens]
[Pop] Any troublemakers in here?
- [Pop chuckles]
- Aunty Cressida still wild?
Probably be good to make yourself scarce
for a couple of days.
[electricity buzzing]
[gentle music plays]
Remember what I said about the lights?
I know you do.
It's a sign, mate.
Spirits showin' themselves.
The last thing I need is ghosts around me.
You got to listen to me, Percy.
You got to help 'em.
Help 'em see the light.
Just a gentle nudge is all they need.
I can show ya.
I can't do it.
[sighs softly] Yes, you can.
They're running away too, mate.
Not going where they need to go.
I love you, Pop, but no.
[exhales quietly]
[electricity buzzing]
[soft eerie whispering]
[soft eerie whispering]
- Morning.
- Morning.
Look, Aunty. My shoe can talk.
- [high-pitched] I'm Percy Boy's shoe!
- [Pop laughs]
What are they making shoes
out of these days?
You know, shoes used to last forever.
If you didn't run so much...
He wouldn't be Percy Boy.
Do you want to borrow my boots?
I love you, Pop, but no.
Wear them sandals.
- I am not wearing sandals.
- [Cressida] Suit yourself.
[Percy Boy] See youse. I'm gonna be late.
Remember, Percy Boy,
keep your head down, your chin up
and your fists to yourself.
[school bell rings]
Aww... Percy Girl's got no shoes.
[Daisy] Shut up!
No, you shut up, Daisy Boy.
You okay?
See anyone else without shoes?
Ta-dah!
[Miss Berrick over P.A.]
Percy Boy Collins,
can you come to Lost Property, please?
I haven't lost anything.
[mouthing]
Okay, now, class,
we have a very special visitor today.
From the fire brigade.
Everybody please say good morning
to Fire Chief Sharon Cobb.
[class] Good morning,
Fire Chief Sharon Cobb!
Good morning, everybody.
[wolf-whistles]
Ah, Ben Duncan! You can go wait for me
at the Principal's office, please.
- [groans]
- [Miss Berrick] I'm so sorry about that.
[Sharon] Not it's okay.
I get it a lot.
Fire!
[students chuckle]
[whispering] It's hot.
[hisses]
It's dangerous.
[students laugh]
It's out of control!
But what do we do
when we're faced with one? Hmm?
Well, we get down low and we go, go, go.
Repeat after me.
[all] We get down low and we go, go, go.
We get down low and we go, go, go.
- [student] Is that your mum, Keithy?
- [Sharon exhales]
But not if it's a bushfire.
Because when there's a bushfire,
that's different, isn't it?
We meet at the assembly point.
And where is the assembly point?
- Keithy?
- [students giggle]
- Well, it's in the old school hall.
- [students] Ah.
Remember that. Okay.
Herbertson is, after all,
a fire-prone area.
[poignant pulsating music plays]
You know, people have lost their homes,
haven't they?
And, um... their livestock.
Pets.
Oh, and...
some have even lost
their loved ones.
- [students gasp]
- [student 1] Where is he going?
[poignant music continues, fades]
- Oh, Cressida, hi. Um...
- Hi.
I'm so sorry about Percy Boy.
I... I had no idea about his parents.
- A bushfire? I mean, of all things.
- You weren't to know.
[sighs]
Is he, um... is he okay?
He should be fine.
He just needs some time. You know?
Yeah. Yep, yep.
Hey, I was thinking of cheering him up.
Maybe Keithy could come for a sleepover?
[gasps]
- Yes.
- Okay.
- I'll drop him off at 5:00.
- Alright.
- Thank you.
- His first ever sleepover!
He's gonna be so excited!
- Okay, bye. Bye.
- Oh, okay, bye.
[doorbell rings]
I've come for a sleepover!
[Cressida] I thought
you might like some company!
Come on in. Come on,
let's put your stuff in my room.
- [Keithy] Who's that?
- [Percy Boy] Wouldn't have a clue, bruss.
[on TV] Terminal Velocity...
Technologically advanced
for ultimate durability...
- Everything okay in here?
- Yep.
Well, I'll see you pair in the morning.
Oh, and don't go watchin'
them late-night films on SBS. Alright?
- Mm-hm.
- Yep.
I'll see you in the morning.
- 'Night.
- 'Night.
[ad continues on TV]
- [switches channel]
- [grunting, shouting on TV]
[fighting sound effects play on TV]
[Percy Boy] This is great.
Me and my dad used to watch
kung-fu movies like this all the time.
When he was...
My dad was always away with work.
He didn't do anything with me.
Hey, at least your mum's cool.
Yeah.
She takes me to do stuff all the time.
Like, last holiday,
we went to Mount Kosciuszko.
My mum was cool too.
I used to try and catch the leaves
and the grass the wind used to blow.
She used to call me her Windcatcher.
Windcatcher.
[shouting, sound effects continue on TV]
Were you there for the fire?
[exhales]
I went to go get help...
but I was too slow.
[TV glitching]
[soft eerie music plays]
Keithy, bruss. Come look at this.
[Keithy] What? I don't see anything.
- What? Nothing?
- Nuh.
[soft eerie whispering]
[TV glitching]
[Constable Kennedy] You don't want
to start the week off late, do ya?
- Move it.
- I hate Mondays anyway.
Monday hates you, with that attitude.
[Miss Berrick] Let's get
our spelling books out
and put our chatter away, thank you.
[school bell rings]
I don't know.
Better late than never, bruss, eh?
Where have you been?
Recess is nearly over.
- [Daisy] What? How'd you get that?
- Where's your watch?
- Keithy...
- It's alright. I wanted to do this.
Nuh. We'll go and get it back.
That's from your dad.
Dodger's like my Dad...
[sighs]... he doesn't do returns.
Besides, I don't need it.
I got something better.
Thanks, bruss. I owe ya.
[birds squawking, insects chirping]
[electricity buzzing]
[Pop distantly] Percy!
Come here!
[pensive music plays]
Come here, Percy Boy.
I'll show you what to do.
He's not ready yet.
We'll try again soon, Uncle.
[Percy Boy] So this horse is a knight.
And this is...?
A pawn.
- A prawn?
- No, a pawn.
- Argh!
- [Percy Boy gasps] Daisy!
- What is wrong with you?
- [giggles] Scaredy-cats!
- [Percy Boy] I am not.
- I am.
Yes, you are. You're scared of ghosts.
And I suppose you aren't?
Nah. I wish they were real.
Love to speak to my nanna again.
Wouldn't you like to speak to someone
you knew who passed away?
[soft music plays]
I gotta go.
- [Percy Boy] Aunty Cressida?
- [Cressida] In here.
Have you seen Pop?
He's not on the verandah.
Oh, he said he was tired,
so maybe he went for a laydown.
Oh, here. Yes. Ooh...
Pop? You awake?
[knocking]
I need to talk to you. It's important.
[knocking] Pop.
Have you seen Mum or Dad?
Are they Lost...
Nah. He's not in his room.
[Prue] Crackles reckons
he's in the toilet!
[Cressida] Oh, he might be
in his good chair!
But he can't get up from his good chair.
[soft pulsating music plays]
Pop?
Pop?
Pop.
Pop!
Aunty Cressida!
[Cressida] Dad?
Dad?
[voice quivering] Dad.
[sobbing softly]
Dad...
[sniffling]
[sobbing softly]
[Cressida echoing] Dad?
[Percy Boy panting]
- [Percy Boy] Pop...
- [woman screams] Help us!
[Cressida echoing] Dad, no. No, Dad...
Dad, no. No, Dad...
- Pop!
- [fire crackling]
[man calls for help]
- [Cressida knocking] Percy?
- [gasps]
- [door opens]
- [dream soundscape fades]
You alright?
You had a bad dream, eh?
- I couldn't save him.
- What?
Just like I couldn't save Mum and Dad.
What do you mean
you couldn't save Mum and Dad?
That night. The fire. I ran to get help.
But I couldn't save them.
No, Percy Boy.
That night of the fires you was with me.
Your mum and dad wanted to stay
to defend the house.
But they made sure you were safe.
I... I remember it differently.
Percy Boy, they're just dreams.
Come on. Get up. We got a big day ahead.
[organ plays "Amazing Grace"]
[Cressida clears throat]
Thank you all for coming.
There's so much I could tell you
about my father and who he was.
But if you're here today listening to me,
then you already know who he was.
[inhales softly]
My father was a very funny man.
And his humour always came from
his quietness and his wisdom.
And there was always an upside
for him and for others in his humour.
If he was here right now,
he'd probably say...
"Enjoy that feed."
[mourners titter]
"Start without me, because I'm busy."
[mourners chuckle]
[Prue] Crackles!
Crackles isn't here.
Naughty boy, Crackles...
He's probably toddled off
to Garrison's Farm.
It's okay. How 'bout we go look for him?
[Cressida] Um...
[smacks lips]
Dad used to tell me not to live in fear.
And he used to tell me,
when I was younger, to...
to... [inhales softly]
Um...
Keep your head down, chin up
and your fists to yourself.
That's the one.
So, please, think of Dad
with a tear today...
and a smile tomorrow.
[birds warbling, twittering]
[light snoring]
The Wolf Pack.
- This is our spot.
- Let's just go back to mine.
[upbeat percussive music plays]
Nuh.
[Keithy panting]
[breathlessly] Can't... breathe...
Where's your puffer?
Percy Boy!
- [breathlessly] At... home.
- What's wrong?
Quick. He's having an asthma attack.
Get help.
Breathe.
Quick.
It's okay.
[melancholy pulsating music plays]
[bright instrumental music plays]
I need an ambulance!
My friend, he can't breathe!
Old Garrison's Road.
I'm just gonna put this oxygen mask
on for you. There you go.
Percy! What's goin' on?
[Daisy] This is all your fault, Percy Boy.
You shouldn't have taken those shoes.
I'm sorry.
[laboured breathing]
Oi. Get in.
No. Back seat.
[opens car door]
[paramedic] We're on our way
to the hospital.
[handbrake cranks]
[sighs]
You're smart enough to know better.
You stole, and someone got hurt.
Honestly, what would your pop say?
Let's make this the last time
you ride in the back of my car, hey?
- [melancholy pulsating music plays]
- [soft radio chatter]
You want to see Aunty Cressida?
No. Not today.
[insects chirping, owl hooting]
[Percy Boy] What's wrong with the lights?
What are they for?
- Power's been cut off.
- Why?
'Cause I couldn't pay the bill.
Are we gonna be in the dark tonight?
[sighs heavily] Look, Percy,
I had to pay for Pop's funeral.
Aunty, I can't sleep in the dark.
Here, take this to your room.
[sighs]
What's this?
It was for my shoes.
I want you to have it.
[sighs]
Thanks, Perce. It's a start.
[kids chattering]
[Keithy] Yeah, I was in hospital for
two days. At least the food was alright.
[Daisy] Jeez, you must've been really sick
for the food to taste good.
Oh, Percy Boy. We've been waiting for you.
- [boy 1] You took Ben's shoes.
- [boy 2] Yeah.
[boy 1] Ya shouldn't have done that.
Aunty, quick!
Someone's stolen Mum and Dad's car.
The car wasn't stolen. I had to sell it.
What?!
Well, we had bills,
and nothing to pay them with.
That was the only way.
But I got you those shoes you wanted.
I don't need the stupid shoes.
I need Mum and Dad's car.
I'm sorry, Percy Boy, it's gone.
I hate you.
[knocking at door]
[Cressida] Percy Boy?
[whispering] Percy.
[shoebox thuds]
[grunts angrily]
[tense pulsating music plays]
[grunts angrily]
[breathing heavily]
[birds twittering]
[birds warbling]
I don't want to forgive Aunty Cressida.
Does it feel like things will be alright?
I already know what Pop would say.
Push, push. Harder, harder. That's right.
The three of you, very good.
- Where do you think he is?
- Mmm... dunno.
[Keithy] Oh, here he comes.
How's it goin'?
Look...
I just want to say I'm really sorry.
No need, lad.
Nice shoes! You did it.
Nah. We did it.
And Aunty Cressy.
[Daisy] We'd better get you
warmed up for the race.
[students chattering]
Come on, Percy Boy!
[Mr. Saxby] On your marks...
set...
[siren wails]
[Miss Berrick over loudspeaker]
Can I have your attention, please?
We've just been alerted that there is
a bushfire on the outskirts of Herbertson.
If you can find your teacher,
line up in alphabetical order
and get your name marked off the roll.
- Quickly.
- [Mr. Saxby] Athletics carnival's over.
- [in slow-motion] Are you alright?
- [heartbeat]
Percy Boy...
[regular voice] Percy Boy. Daisy.
Hi, sweetheart.
I need you guys to do everything
Miss Berrick says, okay?
What do you mean?
The fires are out of control.
I need to go home and check
on Aunty Cressida and Aunty Prue.
Aunty Prue is already in the school hall.
And Aunty Cressida is volunteering.
We need all hands on deck.
It's alright, sweetheart,
she's gonna be okay.
[Miss Berrick] Just remember,
hold hands with your buddy, okay?
Hear that?
You three, look out for each other.
[Daisy] We'd better
get to the old school hall.
[sirens wails]
Are you okay?
My mum and Aunty Cressy will be fine.
Yeah, I'd hate to be the fire
messing with those two.
Percy Boy, have you seen your Aunty Prue?
- Isn't she in the hall?
- Nah, I got a call. She's wandered off.
What?! I gotta go look for her.
No. It's okay. You mob stay here
and I'll keep looking. Okay?
She might have gone home.
Hopefully, they'll find her.
- Wait.
- [Keithy and Daisy] What?
She'll be at Garrison's Farm,
looking for Crackles.
I have to find her.
You two, get in the hall.
What? No way! We're all in this together.
She's right. I got an idea.
- [Keithy] No, they're locked!
- Here's one! Keithy, you ride with Daisy!
- What about your asthma?
- I've got my inhaler, I'll be fine.
Come on, you mob!
[dogs barking, sirens wailing in distance]
[Keithy panting] Percy, it's too steep.
It's alright, I can take it. Just run!
[sirens continue]
[fire crackling]
[firefighters shouting]
It looks like the wind's holding steady.
[wind whooshing, fire crackling]
Where is she?
- Where is she?
- She's there!
Are you okay?
- I didn't find Crackles.
- It's okay.
What do we do?
We've got to get out of here!
Come on, Aunty Prue!
Where do we go?
[Percy Boy] The fires
are moving way too fast!
We'll go in there!
Inside?
A single spark could set it all off.
We can seal ourselves in the mine shaft
with a door from the old rust bucket.
I can get it.
Percy Boy, it'll be too heavy.
I can do it.
You two, get Aunty Prue in the mine shaft!
[Keithy and Daisy] Yep!
If this wind holds up,
then it might not even make the town.
What's up here, north?
[Cressida] Nothing populated.
Just the river and Garrison's Farm.
[Sharon] Okay.
What?
It's the kids.
[sighs]
They didn't get checked in
at the assembly point.
Come on, pack up! Let's go!
- [tense music plays]
- [fire crackling intensely]
[exhales deeply]
Don't trip! Lift your feet!
Don't trip! Lift your feet!
[grunts]
Don't give up, Percy Boy!
- Come on! You can do it, Percy Boy!
- [Daisy] Lift you feet! You can do it!
[groaning with effort]
What's he doing?
[grunts]
Whoooo!
- Whoa!
- Whoa. Wow.
[grunting]
- [gasps]
- [Daisy] Wow!
[all cheer]
[Percy Boy] Daisy, quick, get in!
[grunts with effort]
This should block the flames
from getting in.
[groaning with effort]
Can you wedge it?
No, bruss, I have to hold it down.
If one of them embers gets through,
we'll be done for.
You can do it.
[yelps]
[Keithy] Oh, no.
[Percy Boy] Somebody, quick, do something!
[spits]
- [Percy Boy] Good on ya, Daisy!
- [Keithy] I thought we were done for!
Oh! Gonna slip - help!
It's so hot, I can't hold on any longer!
- [Keithy] I got ya!
- [Percy Boy] Thanks, bruss.
[fire roaring intensely]
Hold on, Percy Boy.
You can do it. Hold on!
[Percy Boy struggling]
[fire and wind dissipating]
[fire crackling gently]
The fire's passed!
[Daisy] Oh!
- We did it!
- [Keithy] Thank goodness!
[Prue] Oh!
- [Cressida] Percy Boy!
- [Sharon] Keithy!
Aunty Cressida!
[Cressida] Percy!
- Percy!
- Is Keithy down there?
- [Keithy] Hey, Mum!
- [Daisy] Hi, Mrs. Cobb!
You just missed Crackles.
The cheeky fella left us for dead!
What on earth are you
doing down there, kids?
Well... that's a funny story, hey,
Mrs. Cobb.
Come here. Are you alright?
- You really had me worried.
- I had to save Aunty Prue.
Did they help?
Come here.
[gentle acoustic guitar music plays]
Come here.
- [Daisy] Thank you.
- Oh. Oh, thank you.
[relieved chatter]
Ohh!
[Sharon] Oh, my darling!
[Prue] You saved me. [chuckles]
- You right?
- Yeah, all good.
Let's put this over you. Come, Percy.
Okay.
- Alright, come here.
- [Daisy giggles]
[chattering and laughter]
[Sharon] Oh, gosh, it's hot today, huh?
Where are the kids?
- [Cressida] They're just there.
- [Sharon] Oh. Right in front of my face.
Oi, there, look. He's making his move.
[Keithy] I hope he doesn't choke.
[indistinct chatter]
He won't choke. I trained him.
[Keithy] I wonder what he's saying to her.
It doesn't matter.
He's not her type.
He choked.
You were saying?
[Miss Berrick over loudspeaker] And now
the race we've all been waiting for.
It's the 200m senior boys final.
Hold these, will ya?
What are you doing?
[Percy Boy] You were right.
It's a bad tradesman who blames his tools.
Barefoot will be good enough.
You've done the work at training,
Percy Boy.
Broken shoes, new shoes or no shoes,
you just gotta put it into practice now.
Good luck, Windcatcher.
'Windcatcher'. I like that.
- [woman] Come on, Wombats!
- [man] Come on, Dingoes!
[Daisy] Go the Wombats!
What? I'm going for Wombats.
- Okay.
- [man] Let's go, Percy Boy!
[chanting] Windcatcher! [claps]
Windcatcher! [claps]
[all chanting, clapping]
Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
Oh, here, look, he's up next now.
- Who?
- Percy Boy, here.
[all chanting, clapping]
Windcatcher! Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
On your marks... set...
- [pistol pops]
- [all cheer and scream]
- [Cressida] Come on, Percy!
- Come on!
[student] Go, Percy Boy!
[cheering and shouting]
[upbeat music plays]
He's in front! He's gonna win!
Whoo!
[wild cheering and screaming]
You did well, Percy Boy.
Good job!
- Barefoot too!
- [laughs]
[all cheer]
[Mr. Saxby] Congratulations,
Percy Boy, well done.
Let's go and get you a blue ribbon,
come on, let's go.
- Where's my favourite girl?
- Dad!
Curly Hawkins?
Your dad is Curly Hawkins?!
What?
[both] What?!
What?!
I'm more than
a famous footballer's daughter, you know.
You sure are.
Oi, Percy Boy,
let's get this show on the road.
Dad, let me down.
I gotta get Percy's ribbon.
[all chanting] Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
Windcatcher! Windcatcher!
[Mr. Saxby] Congratulations, Percy Boy.
Well done.
- [all cheering]
- [Daisy] Yes, Percy Boy! We did it!
[Keithy] I knew you could do it,
Percy Boy!
Yes!
I can't believe I won.
Couldn't have done it without you guys.
Aw, Percy Boy...
No, he's right, Keithy.
[insects chirping]
Look - it's almost started.
Oh.
What is he doing?
[raps window]
What are you doing? Come in.
Enter the Panda starts in five minutes.
Come on!
I'll be in soon.
I just need to do something.
Okay.
[electricity crackling, buzzing]
[gentle piano music plays]
Have you seen the light yet?
Yeah, I seen it.
But it doesn't mean it's my time to leave.
No, Pop. That's exactly what it means.
I've tried to learn from life
and what it threw at me...
and to pass on everything I learned
to you.
What's life trying to teach me
by doing this to me now?
It's not trying to teach you anything.
It's trying to teach me.
Mm.
If you see Mum and Dad,
tell 'em I'm good.
Tell 'em I'll see 'em again one day.
Remember, Percy Boy...
Keep your head down when you work.
Keep your chin up in adversity.
And always keep your fists to yourself.
And the opposite with your heart.
Keep that open.
Love you, Pop.
[softly] Love you.
[Keithy] Percy, quick, it's starting!
Took you long enough.
[farts]
- [Keithy] Oh, Percy Boy!
- [Daisy] Yuck!
Oi, is there a frog in this house?
[Keithy] Oh, my gosh...
[Jessica Mauboy]
If your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
Mmmm
Nobody know how much a dream costs
Yeah
The blood and the sweat and the tears
That you've lost
Everybody says
That you make it look easy
Mmm, but, baby, I know how hard it was
So if your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
Mm-mm-mm
[Jason Derulo] Everybody knows
That the struggle is real
But they don't know the pain you feel
[chorus] The pain you feel, yeah, yeah
[Jason] And everybody say
That you make it look easy
But when the road gets rough
Let me take the wheel, yeah
[Jessica] So if your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
[Jason] Let me pick you up
[Jessica] If your hands are shakin'
[both] And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
[Jessica] When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
Yeah-h-h
So we keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on
[both] Yeah, we keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on
- [Jessica] So we keep on keepin' on
- [Jason] Keep on, keep on
[Jessica] Keep on keepin' on
[both] Yeah, we keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on
[Jessica] So if your heart is empty
Let me give you love
[Jason] If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
[Jessica] If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you lo-o-ove!
When your heart is empty
Let me give you love
If your legs won't hold you
Let me pick you up
If your hands are shakin'
And you're barely holding on
To your dreams
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love
When you're feelin' low
Let me give you love