光盲青春 Blinded by the Light(CN/EN)Subtitles
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1 00:00:12 [traffic passing on busy road]
2 00:00:33 [traffic noise continues]
3 00:01:00 [boy] September 1980.
4 00:01:03 My best friend Matt and Ihave the same birthday.
5 00:01:06 He got a brand-new chopper bike.
6 00:01:08 It's really fast and looks so cool.
7 00:01:13 I got a Rubik's Cube.
8 00:01:16 But Matt gave me this diarythat he didn't want.
9 00:01:19 And I'm going to write in it every day.
10 00:01:24 The Russians have beenin Afghanistan for 363 days.
11 00:01:29 "Baggy Trousers" by Madnessis my favorite song.
12 00:01:37 Matt.I can't wait to go to London together.
13 00:01:40 Look at all the people going there.
14 00:01:42 [Matt] Yeah.
15 00:01:44 They wanna come upthe motorway at Luton.
16 00:01:47 -Come on.-Yeah.
17 00:01:53 [Matt] Hop on.
18 00:01:56 -You're on?-Yeah.
19 00:01:57 -Let's go.-Whoo-hoo!
20 00:01:59 -This is brilliant, Matt!-Whoo-hoo!
21 00:02:02 We're gonna be best friends forever!
22 00:02:05 ["It's a Sin" playing]
23 00:02:07 [indistinct talking]
24 00:02:10 [man] Coronation chicken next week.
25 00:02:11 Great. Nice one. Thanks.Yeah, I'll see you later. Javed.
26 00:02:14 There you go, Javed, son.
27 00:02:15 [Javed] Goodbye, cheese and pickle.
28 00:02:17 My summer job is done!
29 00:02:20 The Cold War rages on.
30 00:02:21 Reagan and Thatcher are still number one.
31 00:02:24 But I'm stuck in Luton, one of the herd,
32 00:02:27 no fun, freedom or future.
33 00:02:29 Cause Luton is a four-letter word.
34 00:02:33 ♪ When I look back upon my life ♪
35 00:02:37 ♪ It's always with a sense of shame ♪
36 00:02:41 ♪ I've always been the one to blame ♪
37 00:02:50 ♪ For everything I long to do ♪
38 00:02:54 ♪ No matter when or where or who ♪
39 00:02:58 ♪ Has one thing in common too ♪
40 00:03:02 ♪ It's a... It's a... It's a... ♪
41 00:03:06 -♪ It's a sin ♪-[indistinct shouting]
42 00:03:09 ♪ It's a sin ♪
43 00:03:14 ♪ Everything I've ever done ♪
44 00:03:15 ♪ Everything I ever do ♪
45 00:03:17 ♪ Every place I've ever been ♪
46 00:03:19 ♪ Everywhere I'm going to ♪
47 00:03:22 ♪ It's a sin ♪
48 00:03:38 [bike brakes squeaking]
49 00:03:43 Matt!
50 00:03:45 [laughs] J!
51 00:03:47 You muppet.
52 00:03:49 -How was Ibiza?-Oh, mate, wicked.
53 00:03:52 Met Emma over there.She's from St. Albans.
54 00:03:54 -Works in HMV.-All right?
55 00:03:58 [voice squeaks] All right?
56 00:04:00 [deeper voice] I just finished work.
57 00:04:01 I'm writing you a new song for your band.
58 00:04:03 -It's about the Cold War.-Javed writes all the time.
59 00:04:07 You know? Like, diaries, poems.
60 00:04:10 He even wrote one about Bo Derek once.
61 00:04:12 -And he sent it to her.-[they laugh]
62 00:04:14 And I wrote some of your best essays, too.Remember?
63 00:04:16 -Yeah.-[boys laugh]
64 00:04:18 [Javed] Pet Shop Boys gotthe best number one this year so far.
65 00:04:20 [Matt] I told you, mate. Listen.
66 00:04:22 Synths are the future. [whooshes]
67 00:04:24 -[Javed laughs]-Anyway...
68 00:04:27 happy birthday, mate.
69 00:04:30 Got it at the airport. You know?
70 00:04:32 It's a fertility symbolfrom the Balearics.
71 00:04:35 Thanks.
72 00:04:37 You know, I thought it might, er...
73 00:04:39 help you pick up a bird one day, maybe.
74 00:04:42 -He's never had a girlfriend before, so...-Hey?
75 00:04:45 Is that against your religion?
76 00:04:47 No.
77 00:04:48 Thanks, Matt.
78 00:04:49 -I'll see you later, mate.-See you later.
79 00:04:53 He's missing out.
80 00:04:56 -[car stereo playing song in Urdu]-[father] What are they doing?
81 00:05:00 [horn honks]
82 00:05:03 [engine and music turn off]
83 00:05:12 [in Urdu] Oh, my God!
84 00:05:13 [in English]How can you be friends with that boy?
85 00:05:15 No shame at all. [sighs]
86 00:05:19 I didn't move out of Bury Parkto see this.
87 00:05:22 You should tell him this is very bad.
88 00:05:26 Very bad behaviorin a good neighborhood.
89 00:05:28 Dad, he's English.
90 00:05:31 -[scoffs] Your sister's coming.-[slow acoustic music]
91 00:05:33 Get the shopping out of the car.
92 00:05:35 [Javed sighs]
93 00:05:40 [sister] Matt's back, then?
94 00:05:42 [groans]He's torturing me with his perfect life.
95 00:05:45 -[horn honking]-[Matt's father] Go on, my son!
96 00:05:47 [chuckling]
97 00:05:49 All right, J?
98 00:05:51 I taught him all he knows.All the moves.
99 00:05:58 [Matt's father]Very nice to meet you, Princess Emma.
100 00:06:00 [woman] There you go, sweetheart...19 pounds... 50 pence.
101 00:06:04 I'll drop another 30 dressesoff to you tomorrow morning.
102 00:06:07 Oh! Lucky you,having such a helpful family.
103 00:06:10 Look at this! Oh!
104 00:06:12 My kids treat my place like a hotel.
105 00:06:14 I'll tell you something,
106 00:06:15 you've done something right,turning kids out like that.
107 00:06:17 -Ta, sweetheart.-Goodbye.
108 00:06:25 -Javed.-[clicks fingers]
109 00:06:28 [Javed sighs quietly]
110 00:06:29 [sewing machine whirs]
111 00:06:43 [Javed] September 3rd, 1987.
112 00:06:46 My dad is stuck in another century.
113 00:06:49 He treats me like I'm six, not sixteen.
114 00:06:51 [father] Javed, beta, come!
115 00:06:54 -We're ready for your party.-[sighs]
116 00:06:56 -Oh. He's coming.-[soft Urdu music plays]
117 00:07:06 Happy birthday.
118 00:07:18 Time to smarten up. You're not a kidanymore, Javed. [chuckles]
119 00:07:27 Thanks... girls.
120 00:07:29 Not girls. Sisters.
121 00:07:31 [mother] Come on. Let's light the candle.
122 00:07:35 [mother] Yasmeen, photo.
123 00:07:38 -Say cheese.-[click]
124 00:07:39 [whirring]
125 00:07:43 Make a wish, beta.
126 00:07:46 [Javed] Make loads of money, kiss a girl,get out of this dump.
127 00:07:51 [Matt sighs]
128 00:07:52 You were supposed to bewriting a pop song.
129 00:07:56 Who writes songs about nuclear warand Thatcher, anyway?
130 00:07:59 You write about depressing things.
131 00:08:01 Like, you haven't got any money,or you can't watch Rocky on telly.
132 00:08:05 That's not true. I writeabout politics and Reaganomics--
133 00:08:08 Oh, Javed. Javed, Javed.
134 00:08:10 You spent four years, mate,going on about your bloody dad
135 00:08:14 who wouldn't let you havean Acorn Electron with a 32-kilobyte RAM.
136 00:08:18 It also had a 32-kilobyte ROM.
137 00:08:19 Yeah, well, I can't really singabout you and your dad.
138 00:08:23 Can I?
139 00:08:24 [up-tempo electronic music playing softly]
140 00:08:29 Is he making you do A Levels as well?
141 00:08:31 No. I'm doing it for me.
142 00:08:33 I want to go to college.
143 00:08:35 -[blows raspberry]-Getting good A Levels
144 00:08:37 will get me into university.
145 00:08:39 That's my only ticket out of here, mate.
146 00:08:43 ["Lesson in Love" playing]
147 00:08:47 It's 4:00 a.m. in New York,4:00 p.m. in Tokyo
148 00:08:50 and 9:00 a.m. right here in Luton.
149 00:08:52 You're listening to Radio Luton,
150 00:08:54 the official radio stationfor Luton Sixth Form College.
151 00:08:57 I'm Colin Hand,the hand that rocks the turntable,
152 00:09:00 with the first lesson of a new yearand the subject, "Lessons in Love."
153 00:09:04 ♪ I'm not proud, I was wrongAnd the truth... ♪
154 00:09:09 First day.
155 00:09:10 Start at the top and stay there.
156 00:09:13 Study hard, so you don't have to workin a factory like me all your life.
157 00:09:17 Yes, Dad.
158 00:09:18 If you want to succeed,look for the Jews in your class.
159 00:09:23 Do what the Jews do.They're very successful people.
160 00:09:28 I think that's a bit racist, Dad.
161 00:09:29 It's the truth.
162 00:09:32 -Oh, hi!-[chatter and laughter]
163 00:09:35 Hey. You're here to study, OK?
164 00:09:38 I'll find you a wife in good time.You leave that to me.
165 00:09:41 [Javed groans quietly]
166 00:09:43 [lively chatter outside]
167 00:09:47 And remember...
168 00:09:48 stay away from the girls!
169 00:09:51 -Follow the Jews!-Er? What?
170 00:09:55 [girl] What was that?
171 00:09:56 ♪ Lessons in love ♪
172 00:09:59 ♪ When will you ever learn? ♪
173 00:10:05 ♪ Lessons in love ♪
174 00:10:07 ♪ When there's nowhere left to turn ♪
175 00:10:28 ♪ All the dreams that we were building ♪
176 00:10:35 ♪ We never lived them ♪
177 00:10:37 ♪ We could lose it ♪
178 00:10:39 ♪ We should use it ♪
179 00:10:41 -♪ Lessons in... ♪-[needle scratches on record]
180 00:10:43 I'm really sorry. Did I break it?
181 00:10:48 -Who's that?-The Boss.
182 00:10:50 -Whose boss?-The boss of us all.
183 00:10:54 [soft guitar music]
184 00:11:04 [chatter]
185 00:11:06 [girl] I'm really late. I missed the bus.
186 00:11:08 [boy] I wasn't sureabout the route either.
187 00:11:10 Right. Everyone in?
188 00:11:14 My name is Miss Clay,
189 00:11:16 and I want to know why you're here.
190 00:11:22 Anybody?
191 00:11:24 To pass me exams, miss.
192 00:11:26 Well, thanks to Maggie Thatcher,
193 00:11:27 even if you do pass your examsand get a degree,
194 00:11:29 there'll be few jobs waiting for you.
195 00:11:31 So, what I want to make this class about
196 00:11:33 is figuring out where you stand.
197 00:11:37 What you think.
198 00:11:38 The writers that we'll be studyingthis year are immortal.
199 00:11:43 Their themes are universal.Shakespeare, Dickens, Woolf.
200 00:11:46 Who here... wants to live forever,
201 00:11:50 like them?
202 00:11:53 Who here wants to be a writer?
203 00:12:02 Miss Clay?
204 00:12:04 -Yes... erm...?-Er, Eliza.
205 00:12:07 Isn't the job of a writer to...make a difference?
206 00:12:11 -You know, to change the world?-Yes. Yes, that's a start.
207 00:12:14 The writers I admire make a difference.
208 00:12:16 They tell the worldsomething that it needs to hear.
209 00:12:23 -[bell ringing]-[chatter]
210 00:12:34 What's your name again?
211 00:12:37 Javed.
212 00:12:38 Javed, you put your hand up earlier,and then you put it down.
213 00:12:42 Um...
214 00:12:44 Miss Clay...
215 00:12:46 I've been writing poems and a diarysince I was about ten.
216 00:12:51 But it's really not that interesting.
217 00:12:54 Then why do you do it?
218 00:12:57 I don't know.
219 00:12:59 To put down my thoughts, I guess.
220 00:13:01 You see, in my house,no one's allowed opinions except my dad.
221 00:13:05 ["I Just Died in Your Arms" playing]
222 00:13:12 -What would you like, love?-Chips and beans, please.
223 00:13:19 -There you go, love.-Thank you.
224 00:13:20 ♪ Oh, I just died in your arms tonight ♪
225 00:13:26 ♪ It must have been something you said ♪
226 00:13:30 ♪ I just died in your arms tonight ♪
227 00:13:32 [Javed] This place is bad.
228 00:13:35 It's the United Nations of kicking tribes.
229 00:13:37 You've got goths, a Salt-N-Pepa crew,
230 00:13:40 there's Wham! boys,
231 00:13:42 Bananarama girls and...
232 00:13:46 and there's Eliza.
233 00:13:47 Smart, sassy...
234 00:13:48 and a politico fightingto free Nelson Mandela.
235 00:13:52 And then there's me. I don't have a tribe.
236 00:13:55 [chatter and laughter]
237 00:14:00 [music continues over speakers]
238 00:14:11 Oi.
239 00:14:13 Bilal No-Mates.
240 00:14:15 -All right?-[chuckles]
241 00:14:17 [sighs]
242 00:14:23 What are you writing?
243 00:14:25 Nothing.
244 00:14:26 An essay? Already?
245 00:14:30 -Are you a swot or something?-No.
246 00:14:32 Just a diary.
247 00:14:36 So... tell me about the Boss.
248 00:14:41 Bruce is the direct lineto all that's true in this shitty world.
249 00:14:45 -Seriously?-Mm.
250 00:14:47 What does he know about our world?
251 00:14:58 Guard these with your life, yeah?
252 00:15:01 You can thank me later.
253 00:15:12 [music in background]
254 00:15:14 [spray can hissing and rattling]
255 00:15:24 [Javed] A boy spat at me today...
256 00:15:26 after he wrote his filth on the wall.
257 00:15:29 This time, I tried not to run.
258 00:15:31 This time, I tried to stand tall
259 00:15:33 and say,"I'm not scared, you stupid clown."
260 00:15:37 You're not better than me.This is also my hometown."
261 00:15:41 Stand up to him. Why do you run?
262 00:15:43 Face the pathetic NF scum.
263 00:15:46 You're better than this.
264 00:15:47 [panting]
265 00:15:53 -Where's Matt?-He's a bit... busy.
266 00:15:56 [Matt] Emma!
267 00:15:57 Why are you answering the doorjust wearing that?
268 00:16:03 -You all right, mate?-Yeah.
269 00:16:10 Uh... Got my lyrics, then?
270 00:16:13 That's what I came round to say.I'm working on it.
271 00:16:15 Ah. You still coming to my party tonight?
272 00:16:18 -Yeah, of course.-Good.
273 00:16:21 Emma's mates are coming,
274 00:16:23 and I know onewho would be perfect for you.
275 00:16:26 -She's not fussy.-Really?
276 00:16:28 -Yeah.-Cheers.
277 00:16:30 I promise this time I'll come.
278 00:16:32 How many times I have to tell you?
279 00:16:34 Pakistanis do not go to parties.
280 00:16:37 I thought I was British.
281 00:16:39 You do not know this countrylike I do, huh?
282 00:16:42 Do you remember Enoch Powell?
283 00:16:44 They will never accept you, beta.
284 00:16:46 Matt accepts me.
285 00:16:48 Listen to me. You're very lucky.
286 00:16:51 You will always be Pakistani.
287 00:16:53 You will never be British.
288 00:16:55 ["Pump Up the Volume" playing]
289 00:17:02 ♪ Pump up the volume, pump up the volume ♪
290 00:17:04 ♪ Pump up the volume, dance, dance ♪
291 00:17:08 -[boy 1] Whoo!-[boy 2] Cheers!
292 00:17:13 [chatter and laughter]
293 00:17:16 [boy] Scott. Scott!
294 00:17:20 [birdsong]
295 00:17:28 [father sighs]
296 00:17:34 [father grunts]
297 00:17:40 [engine fails to start]
298 00:17:44 [engine fails to start]
299 00:17:45 -["Live It Up" playing]-[Javed groans]
300 00:17:53 -[Javed's father] OK, wait.-[Shazia] Again?
301 00:17:55 Wait for your mother.
302 00:18:00 After three. One, two, three, push!
303 00:18:05 [Javed's father]OK, everyone to the back now!
304 00:18:08 [in Punjabi] Push the car!
305 00:18:13 [in English] OK, one, two, three, push!
306 00:18:19 Let's go!
307 00:18:21 [engine starts]
308 00:18:24 [father] Come on, come on, get in!Let's go!
309 00:18:26 [engine revs]
310 00:18:28 [tires squeal and engine revs]
311 00:18:32 [father] Great neighborhood, Mr. Shah.
312 00:18:34 [Mr. Shah] We are the first Pakistanison this street. [chuckles]
313 00:18:38 -Remember when we came in the '70s?-[Javed's father exhales in agreement]
314 00:18:41 -Luton was a good town then.-Ah. [chuckles]
315 00:18:45 Today, there are too many Pakistanis.
316 00:18:47 [both laugh]
317 00:18:52 [sighs]
318 00:18:53 [Javed's father groans]
319 00:18:56 [Mr. Shah] I need your help againfor a new mortgage application.
320 00:19:00 This is next door?
321 00:19:01 It's for my eldest.He's getting married soon.
322 00:19:05 Oh! Congratulations. Mubarak, Mr. Shah!
323 00:19:09 He doesn't know it yet.
324 00:19:12 But he's a good boy. He does what I say.
325 00:19:14 [in Punjabi] Ah. Did you hear that?
326 00:19:18 [Mr. Shah speaks in Urdu]Dear, get samosa for Mr. Malik
327 00:19:21 and for Javed... Well done.
328 00:19:24 -[boy] Let's do the Paki house.-Thank you, ji.
329 00:19:26 -[Mrs. Shah] Eh! What are you doing?-[boy] He's doing a wee-wee.
330 00:19:29 [boy] Aim it down on the carpet.
331 00:19:31 -[Mrs. Shah] Hooligan boy.-[boy] It's a wee-wee delivery.
332 00:19:34 -[Mr. Shah mutters in Urdu]-[boy] Pissing on the Pakis!
333 00:19:36 -What is happening here?-[Mrs. Shah] Wee-wee, all on my carpet.
334 00:19:39 -Clean it quickly, come on. Quickly.-[Javed's father exhales in surprise]
335 00:19:41 -Please.-Just the young kids are just playing.
336 00:19:43 [boy] Smelly, smelly Pakis!
337 00:19:45 It's OK.That's why we have this plastic here.
338 00:19:48 I cleaned your floor for you. [laughs]
339 00:19:50 [Mr. Shah] Don't let the weego on the carpet.
340 00:19:52 Pakis!
341 00:20:03 Javed.
342 00:20:13 [Miss Clay] Not what you expected?
343 00:20:16 This is your third essay for me.
344 00:20:19 -I'm beginning to understand you and---I write poems too, Miss.
345 00:20:23 That's why I thoughtI understood the assignment.
346 00:20:25 That brief section aboutthe Indian soldiers missing home
347 00:20:27 and cooking their own foodin the trenches,
348 00:20:29 that was amazing.
349 00:20:31 That was your voice.
350 00:20:33 I wanted more.
351 00:20:37 Tell me about your poems.
352 00:20:39 They're crap, Miss.
353 00:20:41 Yeah, but they're your crap.
354 00:20:43 And if you keep at it,one day you might think they're not crap.
355 00:20:47 [typewriter keys clacking]
356 00:20:48 -[phone ringing in distance]-I want to write for the paper.
357 00:20:51 We're not really lookingfor new writers at the moment.
358 00:20:54 I like to write, and I want to learn.
359 00:20:57 I could show you some of my work.
360 00:20:59 I'd rather you didn't.
361 00:21:01 -I could show you some of my poems.-I... really don't wanna read them.
362 00:21:08 [thunder]
363 00:21:12 [music on TV]
364 00:21:13 [mother] Beti, I'm so happy.They have found a boy.
365 00:21:17 -And he's definitely not a taxi driver?-No, beti. He's a graduate.
366 00:21:21 -MA from the University of Rawalpindi.-[Yasmeen] I want to ask more overtime...
367 00:21:25 Vauxhall Motors are cuttinga thousand jobs.
368 00:21:27 They're trying to reducetheir operating costs by a quarter.
369 00:21:31 Staff will be cut at their factoriesin Luton and Ellesmere Port.
370 00:21:34 The company says an early retirementscheme for workers over 55
371 00:21:38 should bring the present workforceof 12,500
372 00:21:42 down by the required amount,
373 00:21:43 but the unions say they believemore redundancies may be necessary.
374 00:21:47 Vauxhall, General Motors' existingcar-making subsidiary in this country...
375 00:21:51 What are they saying?
376 00:21:53 Vauxhall's laying off half the workforce.Dad's job.
377 00:21:56 No, beta. He's been there for 16 years.
378 00:21:59 Double shift, night shift,whatever they wanted.
379 00:22:10 Of more than 50 adults,just four have jobs.
380 00:22:13 The average period of unemploymentis nine years.
381 00:22:17 [Javed] Vauxhall dumped Dadlike an old, disused engine.
382 00:22:23 Tell me.
383 00:22:24 [Javed] Dear General Motors,Let me speak from the heart.
384 00:22:28 You took my dad's jobAnd you tore my family apart.
385 00:22:32 I'll have to stop studyingAnd Mum will need to work faster.
386 00:22:37 My life now is a total disaster.
387 00:22:40 I want to escape this depressing town.
388 00:22:43 Is that such a crime?
389 00:22:45 How useless am I, sitting here,Trying to make words rhyme?
390 00:22:50 [TV] Earlier on today, apparentlya woman rang the BBC and said
391 00:22:52 she heard that there wasa hurricane on the way.
392 00:22:54 Well, if you're watching,don't worry, there isn't.
393 00:22:57 But having said that, actuallythe weather will become very windy.
394 00:22:59 [rapid writing]
395 00:23:01 [gentle knock then door opens]
396 00:23:03 [TV sound]
397 00:23:07 You OK, J?
398 00:23:08 [wind howling outside]
399 00:23:12 What's gonna happen to us?
400 00:23:17 -Javed?-I don't know
401 00:23:20 but writing crap poemsdoesn't help anyone.
402 00:23:23 -Don't say that.-You and me, Shazia,
403 00:23:25 we were born at the wrong time,in the wrong town,
404 00:23:28 in the wrong town, in the wrong family.
405 00:23:40 [wind whistling outside]
406 00:23:44 [wind howling]
407 00:23:53 [thunder]
408 00:24:11 [sighs]
409 00:24:23 [thunder]
410 00:24:36 ["Dancing in the Dark" playing]
411 00:24:38 ♪ I get up in the evening ♪
412 00:24:42 -♪ And I ain't got nothing to say ♪-[thunder]
413 00:24:44 ♪ I come home in the morning ♪
414 00:24:47 ♪ I go to bed feeling the same way ♪
415 00:24:51 ♪ I ain't nothing but tired ♪
416 00:24:54 ♪ Man, I'm just tired and boredWith myself ♪
417 00:24:58 ♪ Hey there, baby ♪
418 00:25:01 ♪ I could use just a little help ♪
419 00:25:03 -♪ You can't start a fire... ♪-[music stops]
420 00:25:06 [Javed breathing heavily]
421 00:25:09 ♪ Messages keep getting clearer ♪
422 00:25:12 ♪ Radio's onAnd I'm moving round my place ♪
423 00:25:16 ♪ I check my look in the mirror ♪
424 00:25:19 ♪ Wanna change my clothesMy hair, my face ♪
425 00:25:22 ♪ Man, I ain't getting nowhere ♪
426 00:25:26 ♪ I'm just living in a dump like this ♪
427 00:25:29 ♪ There's something happening somewhere ♪
428 00:25:33 ♪ Baby, I just know that there is ♪
429 00:25:35 ♪ You can't start a fire ♪
430 00:25:38 ♪ You can't start a fire without a spark ♪
431 00:25:41 ♪ This gun's for hire ♪
432 00:25:45 ♪ Even if we're just dancingIn the dark... ♪
433 00:25:48 Hey! Have you gone mental?
434 00:25:50 Close the bloody window!
435 00:25:52 The whole house is freezing now.
436 00:25:55 You should be listening to our music
437 00:25:56 before you start getting confusedand hating yourself.
438 00:26:01 ♪ You sit around getting older ♪
439 00:26:04 ♪ There's a joke here somewhereAnd it's on me ♪
440 00:26:07 ♪ I'll shake this world off my shoulders ♪
441 00:26:11 ♪ Come on, baby, the laugh's on me ♪
442 00:26:14 ♪ Stay on the streets of this town ♪
443 00:26:18 ♪ And they'll be carving you up alright ♪
444 00:26:20 ♪ They say you gotta stay hungry ♪
445 00:26:23 ♪ Hey, baby,I'm just about starving tonight ♪
446 00:26:27 ♪ I'm dying for some action ♪
447 00:26:30 ♪ I'm sick of sitting round hereTrying to write this book ♪
448 00:26:33 -♪ I need... ♪-[music stops]
449 00:26:38 ♪ I've done my bestTo live the right way ♪
450 00:26:41 ♪ I get up every morningAnd go to work each day ♪
451 00:26:46 ♪ But your eyes go blindAnd your blood runs cold ♪
452 00:26:49 ♪ Sometimes I feel so weakI just wanna explode ♪
453 00:26:54 ♪ Explode and tear this whole town apart ♪
454 00:26:58 ♪ Take a knifeAnd cut this pain from my heart ♪
455 00:27:02 ♪ Find somebody itchingFor something to start ♪
456 00:27:06 ♪ The dogs on Main Street howl ♪
457 00:27:09 ♪ Cause they understand ♪
458 00:27:10 ♪ If I could wrench one momentInto my hands ♪
459 00:27:15 ♪ Mister, I ain't a boy ♪
460 00:27:17 ♪ No, I'm a man ♪
461 00:27:19 ♪ And I believe in a Promised Land ♪
462 00:27:24 ♪ Well, there's a dark cloud risingFrom the desert floor ♪
463 00:27:28 ♪ I packed my bags and I'm headingStraight into the storm ♪
464 00:27:32 ♪ Gonna be a twisterTo blow everything down ♪
465 00:27:36 ♪ That ain't got the faithTo stand its ground ♪
466 00:27:40 ♪ Blow away the dreamsThat tear you apart ♪
467 00:27:45 ♪ Blow away the dreamsThat break your heart ♪
468 00:27:49 ♪ Blow away the lies ♪
469 00:27:52 ♪ That leave you nothingBut lost and brokenhearted ♪
470 00:27:57 ♪ The dogs on Main Street howl ♪
471 00:28:00 ♪ Cause they understand ♪
472 00:28:01 ♪ If I could wrenchOne moment into my hands ♪
473 00:28:06 ♪ Mister, I ain't a boy ♪
474 00:28:07 ♪ No, I'm a man ♪
475 00:28:10 ♪ And I believe in a Promised Land ♪
476 00:28:16 [singer vocalizing]
477 00:28:26 "If I could take one moment into my hands
478 00:28:30 Mister, I ain't a boy
479 00:28:32 No, I'm a man
480 00:28:34 And I believe in a Promised Land!"
481 00:28:48 [saxophone solo]
482 00:28:59 My poems.
483 00:29:08 Did you fish them out of a bin?
484 00:29:10 I did throw them away last night.
485 00:29:13 But then I changed my mind.
486 00:29:15 They're not brilliant, but they're mine.
487 00:29:18 [Mrs. Anderson inhales]
488 00:29:25 [Javed] Roops! Roops!I listened to everything.
489 00:29:29 Both tapes.
490 00:29:30 I'm telling you,I could feel it all right here.
491 00:29:33 It's like Bruce knowseverything I've ever felt,
492 00:29:36 everything I've ever wanted.
493 00:29:37 I mean, "Sometimes I feel so weak,I just wanna explode.
494 00:29:41 Explode and tear this whole town apart.
495 00:29:44 Take a knife and cut this painfrom my heart."
496 00:29:47 I didn't know music could be like that.
497 00:29:50 I mean, "Is a dreama lie if it don't come true?
498 00:29:54 Or is it something worse?"
499 00:29:57 Congratulations.You've popped your Bruce cherry.
500 00:30:01 You never forget your first time.
501 00:30:02 [exhales deeply]
502 00:30:03 -[typewriter clacking]-[door opens]
503 00:30:08 I wrote something.
504 00:30:10 Did I ask you to write something?
505 00:30:11 I had to write it. It's about music.
506 00:30:14 A record review.
507 00:30:15 Sort of. Can you read it?
508 00:30:21 "It's a town full of losersand I'm pulling out of here to win."
509 00:30:25 "Thunder Road... Springsteen."
510 00:30:29 No one listens to Springsteen anymore.He's history.
511 00:30:32 Can you just read it? Please.
512 00:30:42 ["Backstreets" playing]
513 00:30:50 ♪ One soft infested summerMe and Terry became friends ♪
514 00:30:55 ♪ Trying in vain to breathe the fireWe was born in ♪
515 00:31:00 ♪ Catching rides to the outskirtsTying faith between our teeth ♪
516 00:31:05 ♪ Sleeping in that oldAbandoned beach house ♪
517 00:31:07 ♪ Getting wasted in the heat... ♪
518 00:31:09 [Mrs. Anderson] Javed.
519 00:31:16 I'm really disappointed in you.
520 00:31:18 You hated my poems...
521 00:31:19 I hated that you threw them awaybefore anyone ever read them.
522 00:31:22 -You read them?-Every one of them.
523 00:31:25 Even "Luton Is A Four-Letter Word"?
524 00:31:27 Yeah.
525 00:31:29 And I can think of several morefour-letter words for Luton too.
526 00:31:32 But the point is they're raw,they're distinctive.
527 00:31:36 You have a responsibilityto make this invisible,
528 00:31:38 this absent voice, heard.
529 00:31:42 But you're my teacher, Miss.
530 00:31:44 Do you really think anyone elsewould be interested?
531 00:31:46 -I'm interested.-See?
532 00:31:50 Stop doubting. Keep writing.
533 00:31:52 My dad doesn't even knowI'm doing English.
534 00:31:54 He thinks I'm doing economics.
535 00:31:56 This is about what you want.
536 00:31:59 You have a gift, Javed.
537 00:32:00 You could be a writerif you put the work in.
538 00:32:03 Really? Me?
539 00:32:06 [man on TV] Bruce Springsteen is notsome romantic, faraway figure
540 00:32:09 who sings about romantic, faraway things.
541 00:32:11 He's a local boy,and the things he deals in
542 00:32:13 are things they recognize only too well.
543 00:32:15 [man 1] Well, he's one of us, you know.
544 00:32:17 [man 2] He's part of New Jersey.
545 00:32:18 [man 1] We call him the Boss,and he is the Boss.
546 00:32:20 There was an exuberance, let's say,about something like "Born to Run."
547 00:32:24 [man on TV] The songwriting seemsto have become more concerned
548 00:32:26 with rather bleak matters.
549 00:32:28 Lately, I guess, mainly I've just triedto scale it down to what I feel.
550 00:32:33 Life sizes, you know.
551 00:32:35 My sister, she got marriedwhen she was really young.
552 00:32:37 My brother-in-lawwas a construction worker,
553 00:32:40 and then they stopped building buildings,
554 00:32:43 you know, when we had the recession.
555 00:32:44 They just wentthrough a lot of real hard times.
556 00:32:46 You know, they had a couple of kids.You know, that was hard to do.
557 00:32:50 And I guess if I had any heroes now,they'd be like, you know, like them, or...
558 00:32:57 You know,people who keep the world... turning.
559 00:33:01 This is for my brother-in-lawand my sister.
560 00:33:04 ["The River" playing over TV]
561 00:33:06 ♪ I come from down in the valley ♪
562 00:33:09 ♪ Where, mister, when you're young ♪
563 00:33:13 -♪ They bring you up to do ♪-[sings along]
564 00:33:17 ♪ Like your daddy done ♪
565 00:33:21 ♪ Me and Mary, we met in high school ♪
566 00:33:25 ♪ When she was just 17 ♪
567 00:33:29 ♪ We'd drive out of this valley ♪
568 00:33:33 ♪ Down to where the fields were green ♪
569 00:33:38 ♪ We'd go down to the river ♪
570 00:33:43 ♪ And into the river we'd dive ♪
571 00:33:46 ♪ Oh, down to the river... ♪
572 00:33:52 -Who was that on TV?-No one.
573 00:33:56 -It's Bruce Springsteen.-Springsteen? Jewish?
574 00:34:00 Jewish? No. He's American.
575 00:34:04 Have you done that letter for Mr. Shah?
576 00:34:07 -I will.-Mm.
577 00:34:14 [doorbell chimes]
578 00:34:20 [Javed] Hi. Can I help you?
579 00:34:24 If you've come to complainabout my wife's sewing machine,
580 00:34:27 you have to appreciatethat we have taken on extra work
581 00:34:30 to make ends meet.
582 00:34:35 I came about this.
583 00:34:41 "Don't be Dumb
584 00:34:43 NF Scum...
585 00:34:47 by Javed Khan"?
586 00:34:50 Mr. Evans... writing is my son's hobby.
587 00:34:55 He didn't mean to offend you.I'm sure of that.
588 00:34:57 Javed, say sorry.
589 00:34:59 Forty-eight years ago,
590 00:35:01 I marched into war with my friendsto fight men in swastikas.
591 00:35:07 Today, I see swastikas on young menon the streets of Luton.
592 00:35:12 That was a very brave poem, young man.
593 00:35:14 You must write moreand get your message out.
594 00:35:19 NF scum indeed.
595 00:35:21 [soft acoustic music]
596 00:35:24 Wow. He liked my poem.
597 00:35:28 -Why are you writing rubbish?-[Javed groans]
598 00:35:32 Excuse me. Did you read it?
599 00:35:35 -I did.-And?
600 00:35:39 It wasn't really a review, was it?
601 00:35:41 It was more like a thousand wordsof closely argued adulation.
602 00:35:45 I know I can do better.
603 00:35:46 [scoffs] Set them out nicely.
604 00:35:51 -You're a Muslim, aren't you?-Yeah.
605 00:35:54 A Pakistani into Springsteen?Now, that's got potential.
606 00:35:59 Sharpen the opening and I'll run it.
607 00:36:01 Yes!
608 00:36:03 Thirteen bundles. That's 130.
609 00:36:07 Um, 50 pence a pop. I owe you... 65 quid.
610 00:36:12 Lovely. Same again for next week?
611 00:36:14 My wife wants 20 bundles.
612 00:36:17 Well, I mean, that's-- that'smore than double what she did last week.
613 00:36:21 Twenty is too much.
614 00:36:22 Yasmeen, Javed, help her.
615 00:36:28 [sighs] Blimey.
616 00:36:31 [Javed's mother gulps]
617 00:36:34 We can do 20 bundles.
618 00:36:37 Yasmeen can help.The children can help. I can help.
619 00:36:39 Yasmeen works!Javed and Shazia have studies.
620 00:36:42 I have been working till twelve, onein the morning. It's too much.
621 00:36:47 Electricity bill. Telephone bill.Rates. Gas bill.
622 00:36:50 Yasmeen is getting married.Shazia will be next.
623 00:36:54 We need the money.
624 00:36:55 What about all the work you dohelping people at the masjid?
625 00:36:58 Why don't you ask them to pay you?
626 00:37:01 I cannot do that.
627 00:37:02 You spend timelooking at houses you can't buy,
628 00:37:05 sort out your friends' mortgages.
629 00:37:06 And what do you get out of that?
630 00:37:09 What will people say, huh,
631 00:37:12 if they thoughtI was doing it for the money?
632 00:37:14 [woman grunts] There.
633 00:37:16 So... what are we doing?
634 00:37:25 -Hm.-Right, 20 it is.
635 00:37:29 OK, I'll go and get another seven, yeah?
636 00:37:34 Javed.
637 00:37:45 You are my only son.
638 00:37:48 I need you to do more.
639 00:37:50 But, Dad, there's no jobs out there.
640 00:37:51 We have to try, beta.
641 00:37:53 My dream was to come hereand work hard for my family.
642 00:37:56 We can't give up now.
643 00:37:57 ["Badlands" playing]
644 00:38:03 [man] I'm sorry, boss. I'm sorry.It's not gonna happen again.
645 00:38:05 [man] Don't do it again.
646 00:38:07 -Have you got any jobs?-Javed, son,
647 00:38:10 no weekend work, no part-time, nothing.
648 00:38:14 ♪ Well, lights out tonight ♪
649 00:38:16 ♪ Trouble in the heartland ♪
650 00:38:18 ♪ Got a head-on collisionSmashin' in my guts, man ♪
651 00:38:22 ♪ I'm caught in a crossfire ♪
652 00:38:24 ♪ That I don't understand ♪
653 00:38:27 ♪ But there's one thingI know for sure, girl ♪
654 00:38:29 ♪ I don't give a damn ♪
655 00:38:31 ♪ For the same old played out scenes ♪
656 00:38:33 ♪ Baby, I don't give a damnFor just the in-betweens ♪
657 00:38:37 ♪ Honey, I want the heartI want the soul ♪
658 00:38:40 ♪ I want control right now ♪
659 00:38:43 ♪ You better listen to me, baby ♪
660 00:38:45 ♪ Talk about a dreamTry to make it real ♪
661 00:38:49 ♪ You wake up in the nightWith a fear so real ♪
662 00:38:53 ♪ You spend your life waiting ♪
663 00:38:55 ♪ For a moment that just don't come ♪
664 00:38:58 ♪ Well, don't waste your time waiting ♪
665 00:39:01 ♪ Badlands, you gotta live it every day ♪
666 00:39:04 ♪ Let the broken hearts standAs the price you've gotta pay ♪
667 00:39:08 ♪ We'll keep movin' till it's understood ♪
668 00:39:11 ♪ And these badlandsStart treating us good... ♪
669 00:39:15 -Sorry.-Yeah.
670 00:39:21 [Emma] You got yourselfa girlfriend yet? [giggling]
671 00:39:26 [Javed exhales]
672 00:39:31 -What are you doing with those?-Help yourself.
673 00:39:36 [Javed exhales]
674 00:39:40 You should try telesales.You could be anyone on the phone.
675 00:39:43 They don't knowif you're Tom, Dick or Ali.
676 00:39:45 I'll try anything.My dad really needs cash.
677 00:39:48 Do you know what you want?
678 00:39:50 -Tea.-How do you like it?
679 00:39:52 Sweet, like my girls.
680 00:39:58 [scoffs]
681 00:40:02 Do you know what I think helped Brucedeal with a shitty life?
682 00:40:05 Girls.
683 00:40:07 -Girls were his salvation.-Oh, yeah.
684 00:40:09 We all need that kind of salvation.
685 00:40:11 [both laugh]
686 00:40:14 I wish I could write about girlslike Bruce does.
687 00:40:17 Listen, life ain't no Springsteen song.
688 00:40:19 If we end up with a girlwith less facial hair than Chewbacca,
689 00:40:21 -we'll have done well, yeah?-[laughs]
690 00:40:25 Hey, er... I got you this.
691 00:40:28 Go on. Move.
692 00:40:33 There's loads of seats free.
693 00:40:34 Well, this is our table now.
694 00:40:36 Or do we need to move you, Pakis?
695 00:40:39 [boy in red whistles] Get up.
696 00:40:42 -[whistling]-Come on.
697 00:40:43 Off you go. Quickly.
698 00:40:47 -Good boy.-Thank you very much. Move.
699 00:40:50 Oi, oi, oi. Nah, nah, nah.Move over there, mate.
700 00:40:52 I can still bloody smell youfrom here, all right?
701 00:40:55 [sniggering]
702 00:40:57 Go on, move. Quickly. Thank you.
703 00:41:01 [indistinct talking]
704 00:41:07 We should have said something.
705 00:41:09 We can't just take it.
706 00:41:12 Where's the tape?
707 00:41:15 -I don't care if I told you it before.-No, you carry on, mate.
708 00:41:24 What are you doing, mate?
709 00:41:26 Is this a... Is this a special Paki film?
710 00:41:29 -[boy sniggering]-Huh?
711 00:41:30 [mocking fake accent]Is this the number one Paki film?
712 00:41:33 Give it back.
713 00:41:34 Bruce Springsteen? Eh?He doesn't sound like a Paki, does he?
714 00:41:37 -Oi.-For the ones who had a notion
715 00:41:40 -A notion deep inside-[Springsteen song comes on in background]
716 00:41:42 That it ain't no sinTo be glad you're alive
717 00:41:45 [both] I wanna find one faceThat ain't looking through me
718 00:41:48 I wanna find one placeI wanna spit in the face of these
719 00:41:51 [both sing along]♪ Badlands, you gotta live it every day ♪
720 00:41:54 ♪ Let the broken hearts standLetting him spit in my face? ♪
721 00:41:57 ♪ As the price you gotta pay ♪
722 00:41:59 ♪ Keep moving till it's understood ♪
723 00:42:00 ♪ And these badlandsStart treating us good ♪
724 00:42:07 ♪ Badlands... ♪
725 00:42:11 I mean, it's got the eleganceof Lady Diana
726 00:42:13 and the earthy sensuality of Tina Turner.And of course, there's not many women...
727 00:42:17 I've been door to doorto every store in the Arndale.
728 00:42:21 Do you reckon your dadcould give me a job?
729 00:42:22 -Not dropping out, are you?-No way.
730 00:42:24 But my dad's been laid off.
731 00:42:28 Dad, J's been looking for a Saturday job.Can you help him out?
732 00:42:32 I'm sorry, J. Business is down.
733 00:42:35 I'll do anything.
734 00:42:37 Lug boxes around,put up the stall, clear it up.
735 00:42:39 I'm really desperate.
736 00:42:41 All right, start Saturday,but I'm not paying you a lot. Eh?
737 00:42:44 Now, what you got there?
738 00:42:46 This guy is incredible.
739 00:42:49 You've never heard lyrics like his.
740 00:42:53 Is that Billy Joel?
741 00:42:55 Billy Joel? You plonker. That is Bruce.
742 00:42:58 God, you try and raise your kids right, J.
743 00:43:01 I was there, son.
744 00:43:02 1981, Wembley Arena.Row T. The River Tour.
745 00:43:05 Don't go writing me songs like him, J.He's too...
746 00:43:08 -Old school?-No, American.
747 00:43:11 Listen, I can't be dealing with all that
748 00:43:13 you know,"Born in the USA," stars and stripes shit.
749 00:43:16 Surprised you're into it, mate.
750 00:43:18 Actually, that song'sabout the desperate plight
751 00:43:20 of Vietnam veterans who were treatedreally badly when they came home.
752 00:43:23 -You tell him, son.-[chuckles]
753 00:43:25 ♪ We'd go down to the river...Yeah? ♪
754 00:43:30 ♪ And into the river we'd dive ♪
755 00:43:33 ♪ Whoa, down to the river we'd ride ♪[laughs]
756 00:43:39 -Got you.-See you later.
757 00:43:40 Saturday, mate.
758 00:43:41 ["Cover Me" playing]
759 00:43:48 ♪ The times are tough nowJust getting tougher ♪
760 00:43:52 ♪ This whole world is rough ♪
761 00:43:53 -♪ It's just getting rougher ♪-[Matt] Come on, mate. What you doing?
762 00:43:58 ♪ Come on, baby, cover me ♪
763 00:44:00 You cannot be serious, mate.
764 00:44:03 You can't sell clothes on the stalldressed like that.
765 00:44:06 Dressed like him.
766 00:44:09 God!
767 00:44:11 ♪ Now promise me, babyYou won't let them find us ♪
768 00:44:16 ♪ Hold me in your armsLet's let our love blind us ♪
769 00:44:19 -♪ Cover me... ♪-Hey, what's that?
770 00:44:23 -University prospectus.-Well, yeah, but it's in Manchester.
771 00:44:26 It's got a brilliant Englishand creative writing course.
772 00:44:28 I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna be a writer.
773 00:44:31 But your dad, he won't evenlet you cross the road
774 00:44:33 to come to mine for a party.
775 00:44:35 You know Manchester's200 fricking miles away, don't you?
776 00:44:39 [turns music off]
777 00:44:41 "Someday, man, I don't know when
778 00:44:44 We're gonna get to that placeWhere we really want to go
779 00:44:47 We'll walk in the sun
780 00:44:49 But till then, tramps like us...
781 00:44:52 Baby, we were born to run."
782 00:44:55 Did you write that?
783 00:44:57 I've told you before,your lyrics are rubbish, mate.
784 00:45:00 That didn't even rhyme.
785 00:45:10 -[Eliza] Do you want a Red Wedge?-[girl] Fantastic.
786 00:45:11 -[male vendor calling out]-[Eliza] We've got a gig on Friday.
787 00:45:15 Hey.
788 00:45:16 Right, hold on to that for a minute, J.
789 00:45:19 -[Eliza] Can I give you a leaflet, please?-J.
790 00:45:21 [Eliza] Free Nelson Mandela.
791 00:45:22 ["Thunder Road" playing]
792 00:45:24 Javed. Wake up, mate.
793 00:45:27 Right, important.
794 00:45:28 As soon as you've hung it,make sure there's no creases,
795 00:45:30 and just hang it nice so peoplecan walk up to it and just have a go.
796 00:45:33 Oh, look at that. The quality.Look at how beautiful that is.
797 00:45:36 [Eliza] Would you like a leaflet?We've got a Red Wedge gig on Friday.
798 00:45:41 [singing along to tape]♪ The screen door slams ♪
799 00:45:44 ♪ Mary's dress waves ♪
800 00:45:47 Red Wedge! Red Wedge!
801 00:45:48 ♪ Like a visionShe dances across the porch ♪
802 00:45:51 ♪ As the radio plays... ♪
803 00:45:54 Javed.
804 00:45:55 ♪ Roy Orbison singing for the lonely ♪
805 00:45:58 ♪ Hey, that's me and I want you only ♪
806 00:46:02 ♪ Don't turn me home again ♪
807 00:46:03 -♪ I just can't face myself... ♪-Javed.
808 00:46:06 ♪ Alone again ♪
809 00:46:09 ♪ Don't run back inside, darlingYou know just what I'm here for ♪
810 00:46:16 ♪ So you're scaredAnd you're thinking that maybe ♪
811 00:46:19 ♪ We ain't that young anymore ♪
812 00:46:22 [both] ♪ Show a little faithThere's magic in the night ♪
813 00:46:26 ♪ You ain't a beautyBut, hey, you're all right ♪
814 00:46:31 ♪ Oh, and that's all right with me ♪
815 00:46:36 ♪ You can hide 'neath your coversAnd study your pain ♪
816 00:46:40 ♪ Make crosses from your lovers ♪
817 00:46:42 ♪ Throw roses in the rain ♪
818 00:46:44 ♪ Waste your summer praying in vain ♪
819 00:46:47 ♪ For a savior to riseFrom these streets ♪
820 00:46:50 ♪ Well, now, I'm no heroThat's understood ♪
821 00:46:54 ♪ All the redemption I can offer, girlIs beneath this dirty hood ♪
822 00:46:58 ♪ With a chance to make it good somehow ♪
823 00:47:01 ♪ Hey, what else can we do now? ♪
824 00:47:03 ♪ Except roll down the window ♪
825 00:47:06 ♪ And let the wind blow back your hair ♪
826 00:47:11 ♪ Well, the night's busting openThese two lanes will take us anywhere ♪
827 00:47:18 ♪ We got one last chance to make it real ♪
828 00:47:21 ♪ To trade in these wings on some wheels ♪
829 00:47:25 ♪ Climb in backHeaven's waiting down on the tracks... ♪
830 00:47:32 [in Springsteen's voice]♪ Oh-oh, come take my hand ♪
831 00:47:36 ♪ We're riding out tonightTo case the Promised Land ♪
832 00:47:41 ♪ Oh, Thunder RoadOh, Thunder Road ♪
833 00:47:47 ♪ It's lying out thereLike a killer in the sun ♪
834 00:47:51 ♪ Hey, I know it's lateBut we can make it if we run ♪
835 00:47:57 ♪ Oh, Thunder RoadSit tight ♪
836 00:48:01 ♪ Take hold ♪
837 00:48:03 -♪ Thunder Road... ♪-[Eliza] Whoo!
838 00:48:05 [Matt's father] That...That's what you call real music,
839 00:48:08 not the sort of shitemy son sits listening to in his room.
840 00:48:12 Now, look, you're a clever boy.Educate him.
841 00:48:15 He's beyond help.He thinks synths are the future.
842 00:48:18 [both laugh]
843 00:48:22 He's a handsome boy,but he's not happy. Look at him.
844 00:48:24 [Javed laughs]
845 00:48:26 Oh, here we go.Look, son, don't get the hump
846 00:48:29 just becauseyour mate's got taste in music.
847 00:48:33 [Matt]Thanks for standing up for me, mate.
848 00:48:35 Here, J, leave him.
849 00:48:37 We got customers to serve. Come on.
850 00:48:40 Now, then, ladies...
851 00:48:41 -[knocking]-[Javed] Matt.
852 00:48:52 [urgent knocking]
853 00:48:53 [Matt] Go away, Javed.You've really pissed me off.
854 00:49:01 ["Darkness on the Edge of Town" playing]
855 00:49:11 ♪ Well, they're still racingOut at the Trestles... ♪
856 00:49:17 [Javed's father] What is this nonsense?
857 00:49:22 What kind of economics is this?
858 00:49:24 It's about the music business.
859 00:49:27 Why do you have to listento music while studying?
860 00:49:29 It's no good.
861 00:49:31 Have you forgottenwhy I want you to get an education?
862 00:49:36 To broaden my mind, learn about the world,
863 00:49:39 be inspired to make a difference?
864 00:49:41 No.
865 00:49:43 To get a good job,
866 00:49:44 so you don't end up driving a taxilike every other Pakistani in this town.
867 00:49:48 Ever since you've been followingthis American Jewish man, you've changed.
868 00:49:53 -He's not Jewish.-He's not Pakistani either.
869 00:49:56 Promise me one thing.
870 00:49:58 I want you to give
871 00:49:59 all this haram nonsense up.
872 00:50:04 Do it for me.
873 00:50:11 Listen to me, beta.
874 00:50:13 I'm not your typical Pakistani fatherwho says you must be a doctor.
875 00:50:19 I'm saying lawyer,accountant, estate agent.
876 00:50:23 -I am giving you freedom, see?-[music drowns his speech]
877 00:50:26 ♪ Till some dayThey'll just cut it loose ♪
878 00:50:31 ♪ Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down ♪
879 00:50:37 ♪ Where no one asks any questionsOr looks too long in your face ♪
880 00:50:44 ♪ In the darkness on the edge of town ♪
881 00:50:49 ♪ In the darkness on the edge of town ♪
882 00:50:57 Congratulations.
883 00:50:59 Look, you got your name in the paper.
884 00:51:02 They spelt my name wrong.
885 00:51:07 [sarcastically] You could justchange your name to Jared.
886 00:51:09 [Javed chuckles]
887 00:51:15 Do you fancy some lunch?
888 00:51:17 [pop songs playing over radio]
889 00:51:18 [Javed] I've never seen anyoneso committed.
890 00:51:20 I always see you handing out flyers.
891 00:51:21 [indistinct chatter]
892 00:51:24 [Eliza] Miss Clay was right.
893 00:51:25 It is hard getting studentsinterested in politics.
894 00:51:29 So, are you gonna help me with theseor what?
895 00:51:33 We don't want that witchwinning a fourth election.
896 00:51:39 If I hand those out,
897 00:51:42 will you go out with me?
898 00:51:49 Yes.
899 00:51:50 But... I get to pick where we're going.
900 00:51:56 [singer in distance] ♪ Whoo! R-A-C-I-S-T ♪
901 00:52:00 ♪ F-A-S-C-I-S-T... ♪
902 00:52:03 [Eliza] Wasn't that great?I love a good anti-fascist gig.
903 00:52:07 How come you're so political, then?
904 00:52:09 Um... My parents, I guess.
905 00:52:12 So, what, they're activists?
906 00:52:14 Uh, no.
907 00:52:16 They are "no society" Tory traitors.
908 00:52:20 And I thought mine were bad.
909 00:52:22 [Eliza] Someone in our familyhas to have principles.
910 00:52:25 I don't get on much with my dad either.
911 00:52:28 I don't really get onwith anyone in my family.
912 00:52:31 Except my sister, Shazia.
913 00:52:33 Well, it's good to not fit in.
914 00:52:35 If you did,you'd never want to leave home.
915 00:52:38 I've applied to Manchester.
916 00:52:40 Cause of the Smiths?
917 00:52:41 Cause it's four hours from Luton.
918 00:52:46 I'm not sure if I'll be able to go.
919 00:52:49 My dad's on the dole,
920 00:52:50 goes to the job centerevery day in his suit.
921 00:52:52 I kind of feel selfishthinking about going off to uni
922 00:52:55 when he'll be struggling at home.
923 00:52:58 Well, you can't live your lifefor your dad.
924 00:53:01 You don't know many Pakistanis, do you?
925 00:53:04 We only live for our parents.
926 00:53:06 You lot all go off and leave home.
927 00:53:09 -We do the opposite.-[laughs]
928 00:53:12 Talking of which,I should probably get going.
929 00:53:14 Bye.
930 00:53:18 [play button clicks]
931 00:53:18 So... that's the end of our first date?
932 00:53:25 I don't wanna go.
933 00:53:28 ♪ You want it, you take it,You pay the price... ♪
934 00:53:32 "You want it, you take it,you pay the price."
935 00:53:37 What does that mean?
936 00:53:40 Bruce Springsteen.
937 00:53:42 You do know Ronald Reaganlistens to him, right?
938 00:53:44 [Javed laughs] He's incredible.
939 00:53:47 Political, compassionate.
940 00:53:50 Just listen to the words.
941 00:53:52 ♪ Everybody's got a hungerA hunger they can't resist ♪
942 00:53:56 ♪ There's so much that you wantYou deserve much more than this ♪
943 00:54:01 [Javed singing along]♪ Well, if dreams came true ♪
944 00:54:03 ♪ Oh, wouldn't that be nice? ♪
945 00:54:05 ♪ But this ain't no dreamWe're living through tonight ♪
946 00:54:09 ♪ Girl, you want it, you take it,You pay the price ♪
947 00:54:13 I like it. But what does it mean?
948 00:54:17 It means I'm staying.
949 00:54:22 ♪ Baby, tie your hair backIn a long white bow ♪
950 00:54:27 ♪ Meet me in the fieldsOut behind the dynamo ♪
951 00:54:31 ♪ You hear their voicesTelling you not to go ♪
952 00:54:35 ♪ They've made their choicesAnd they'll never know ♪
953 00:54:39 ♪ What it means to stealTo cheat, to lie ♪
954 00:54:43 ♪ What it's like to live and die ♪
955 00:54:45 ♪ To prove it all nightProve it all night ♪
956 00:54:50 ♪ Girl, there's nothing elseThat we can do ♪
957 00:54:53 ♪ So prove it all nightProve it all night ♪
958 00:54:57 ♪ And, girlI'll prove it all night for you ♪
959 00:55:02 ♪ I'll prove it all nightI'll prove it all night... ♪
960 00:55:10 [Javed]In my dreams, I am holding you tight
961 00:55:13 You are all I ever wantedSuch a magical sight
962 00:55:18 I feel a buzz of electricityFrom my feet to fingertips
963 00:55:21 When I try to imagineKissing your beautiful lips
964 00:55:25 You light up my lifeGive me a reason for being born
965 00:55:28 A flash of lightning in a midnight storm
966 00:55:31 A gust of wind that lifts me off my feet
967 00:55:34 A summer ray that radiates heat
968 00:55:37 Every minute I'm with you feels divine
969 00:55:40 And makes me wish you could be mine
970 00:55:42 [chuckling]
971 00:55:45 [Roops] You kissed her.
972 00:55:47 You kissed her. Yeah!
973 00:55:49 [both laugh]
974 00:55:51 But wait.
975 00:55:53 Is... Is she a Bruce fan?
976 00:55:55 Not yet but I'm working on it.
977 00:55:57 There are 600 peoplelike Eliza in this college
978 00:56:00 who know nothing about the real Bruce.
979 00:56:02 We have to do something about that.Come on.
980 00:56:05 -[pop music playing in background]-You want a radio show?
981 00:56:08 Yes.
982 00:56:10 We have an Asian music show already, so...
983 00:56:12 We don't wanna do an Asian show.
984 00:56:13 What? Just cause we're a couple of Pakis,
985 00:56:15 you think we'd be askingto play more Bhangra?
986 00:56:17 [radio station worker chuckles]
987 00:56:18 So, what do you want?
988 00:56:20 A show that plays only Bruce Springsteen.
989 00:56:23 Nothing but Springsteen? That's your idea?
990 00:56:26 Bruce has a lot to sayto students in this college.
991 00:56:29 How will they know there's somethingbetter out there if they don't hear it?
992 00:56:36 Look at the calendar over there,the Cutting Crew one.
993 00:56:38 [radio station MC]Can you see what year it is?
994 00:56:41 It's 1987.
995 00:56:43 My job is to play music thatthe students will connect to, yeah?
996 00:56:47 That means Bros. That means Curiosity.
997 00:56:50 And, yes, that even means Debbie Gibson.
998 00:56:54 But Springsteen...he's more what your dad listens to.
999 00:56:58 Not my dad.
1000 00:56:59 [chatter]
1001 00:57:04 -Hey.-Hey.
1002 00:57:05 -All right?-Yeah.
1003 00:57:07 Kevin, move up.
1004 00:57:12 -Hi.-Hey.
1005 00:57:15 I liked my poem this morning.
1006 00:57:18 I couldn't sleep.
1007 00:57:20 Was it another gem from Bruce?
1008 00:57:22 No. It's mine.
1009 00:57:25 You wrote that for me?
1010 00:57:36 Javed... your article on howSpringsteen inspires you...
1011 00:57:39 Too much adulation?
1012 00:57:42 It was personal, passionate.
1013 00:57:44 I could hear you shouting off the page.
1014 00:57:47 I have a friend at the Herald.
1015 00:57:49 I could contact her,
1016 00:57:51 see if she might be able to find yousome work experience over there.
1017 00:57:54 [gasps]
1018 00:57:56 Right, Return Of The Native.
1019 00:57:57 Eustacia Vye: victim or villain?
1020 00:58:02 [school bell ringing]
1021 00:58:07 -[bell stops ringing]-[Javed breathing heavily]
1022 00:58:19 [Javed breathing heavily]
1023 00:58:20 [needle crackling on record]
1024 00:58:22 ["Born to Run" playing]
1025 00:58:36 [they sing along]♪ In the day we sweat it out ♪
1026 00:58:38 ♪ On the streetsOf a runaway American dream ♪
1027 00:58:42 What's going on?
1028 00:58:43 ♪ At night we ride throughThe mansions of glory ♪
1029 00:58:46 ♪ In suicide machines ♪
1030 00:58:49 ♪ Sprung from cages out on Highway 9 ♪
1031 00:58:52 ♪ Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected ♪
1032 00:58:54 ♪ And steppin' out over the line ♪
1033 00:58:56 Where were you? Where were you?Why is that playing?
1034 00:58:58 ♪ Oh Baby, this town rips the bonesFrom your back ♪
1035 00:59:02 ♪ It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap ♪
1036 00:59:05 ♪ We gotta get out while we're young... ♪
1037 00:59:08 -What you doing?-♪ Cause tramps like us ♪
1038 00:59:11 ♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1039 00:59:15 Get out of here! Go on! Get off my pitch!
1040 00:59:19 Calm down. Calm down.
1041 00:59:25 ♪ Wendy, let me in,I wanna be your friend ♪
1042 00:59:28 ♪ I wanna guard your dreams and visions ♪
1043 00:59:31 ♪ Just wrap your legsRound these velvet rims ♪
1044 00:59:34 ♪ And strap your hands 'cross my engines ♪
1045 00:59:38 ♪ Together we could break this trapWe'll run till we drop ♪
1046 00:59:43 ♪ Baby, we'll never go back ♪
1047 00:59:46 ♪ Oh-ohWill you walk with me out on the wire? ♪
1048 00:59:51 ♪ Cause, babyI'm just a scared and lonely rider ♪
1049 00:59:54 ♪ But I gotta know how it feels ♪
1050 00:59:57 ♪ I wanna know if love is wild ♪
1051 00:59:59 ♪ Babe, I wanna know if love is real ♪
1052 01:00:06 ♪ Oh, can you show me? ♪
1053 01:00:14 [saxophone solo]
1054 01:00:33 ♪ Beyond the Palace ♪
1055 01:00:35 ♪ Hemi-powered dronesScream down the boulevard ♪
1056 01:00:40 Hey! Move aside!
1057 01:00:43 ♪ And the boys try to look so hard ♪
1058 01:00:47 ♪ The amusement park rises boldAnd stark ♪
1059 01:00:50 ♪ Kids are huddled on the beachIn a mist ♪
1060 01:00:53 ♪ I wanna die with you, Wendy,On the street tonight ♪
1061 01:00:56 ♪ In an everlasting kiss ♪
1062 01:01:02 [woman] I'll tell your mother!
1063 01:01:25 [all] One, two, three, four!
1064 01:01:27 ♪ The highway's jammedWith broken heroes ♪
1065 01:01:30 ♪ On a last-chance power drive ♪
1066 01:01:33 ♪ Everybody's out on the run tonight ♪
1067 01:01:36 ♪ But there's no place left to hide ♪
1068 01:01:40 ♪ Together, WendyWe can live with the sadness ♪
1069 01:01:43 ♪ I'll love youWith all the madness in my soul ♪
1070 01:01:49 ♪ Oh ♪
1071 01:01:50 ♪ Someday, girl, I don't know when ♪
1072 01:01:53 ♪ We're gonna get to that placeWhere we really wanna go ♪
1073 01:01:57 ♪ And we'll walk in the sun ♪
1074 01:01:59 ♪ But till then tramps like us ♪
1075 01:02:02 ♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1076 01:02:06 ♪ Oh, honey, tramps like us ♪
1077 01:02:08 ♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1078 01:02:10 Get away from here. Go home
1079 01:02:13 ♪ Tramps like us ♪
1080 01:02:15 ♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1081 01:02:19 ♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
1082 01:02:23 ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
1083 01:02:25 ♪ Oh, ah-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
1084 01:02:27 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
1085 01:02:31 [reporter] Tensions are running highin Bury Park
1086 01:02:33 where a pig's head was foundhanging from the minaret here
1087 01:02:36 at Luton Mosque.
1088 01:02:37 Witnesses say two men were seenclimbing up the minaret this morning
1089 01:02:40 to place the pig's headbefore morning prayer.
1090 01:02:43 -[reporter continues] Understandably,-[Eliza] I should go.
1091 01:02:44 -the community are up in arms-[Eliza] Sorry.
1092 01:02:45 and the police are doingall they can to support them
1093 01:02:48 in light of this shocking event.
1094 01:02:50 This incident comes the same dayas the extreme right National Front
1095 01:02:54 has announced their plan for a marchthrough the streets of Luton.
1096 01:02:57 No date for the marchhas been confirmed yet,
1097 01:02:59 but all police leave has been cancelled.
1098 01:03:02 [woman] Well, I hope we're all hungry.
1099 01:03:04 I had hoped Eliza might change for dinnerbut can't have it all.
1100 01:03:07 -Mum, stop fussing.-[father] Right... Ah.
1101 01:03:09 -Garlic bread.-Oh, lovely.
1102 01:03:11 -Here we all are.-Good.
1103 01:03:12 Lovely.
1104 01:03:14 So where shall we sit, darling?
1105 01:03:15 Um, well, why don't I go at the head here?
1106 01:03:19 -And, Francis, you go there.-I'll pop here.
1107 01:03:21 Yes, that's it.And then you go either side.
1108 01:03:24 Sit yourself down.I'll just place the garlic bread...
1109 01:03:27 -On the table.-...here.
1110 01:03:28 -Lovely.-Oh, it is so lovely to meet you.
1111 01:03:31 Eliza's very picky on who she brings home.
1112 01:03:33 Yes, she picks the boys
1113 01:03:36 she thinks we're going to findthe most shocking.
1114 01:03:39 -[parents chuckle]-[father] Politics.
1115 01:03:41 It's very personal for our Eliza.Isn't it, Princess?
1116 01:03:44 The only thing shocking,Dad, is your bigotry
1117 01:03:46 towards anybody who isn't white,middle-class and true blue.
1118 01:03:49 You'll have to forgive Eliza.
1119 01:03:51 Sometimes I'm not surehow we raised such a firebrand.
1120 01:03:55 Do you remember the onewith the eyeliner and the daisies?
1121 01:03:57 [parents chuckling]
1122 01:03:58 He so wanted to be Morrissey.
1123 01:04:00 Then there was the colored fellowwith the dreadlocks.
1124 01:04:03 -No one says "colored" anymore, Dad.-No?
1125 01:04:06 With Eliza,it's the more provocative the better.
1126 01:04:09 -[father mutters in agreement]-Well, what's provocative about Javed?
1127 01:04:16 [mother] Hmm.
1128 01:04:19 Javed doesn't drink. He's a Muslim.
1129 01:04:22 It's against their religion, Dad.
1130 01:04:27 Well, have a little bit, see how you go.
1131 01:04:31 We won't tell anyone if you don't.
1132 01:04:33 -[parents chuckle]-[father] Right.
1133 01:04:37 [principal]You broke into the college radio station,
1134 01:04:39 and you played a record of your choice.
1135 01:04:42 We're very sorry, Miss.
1136 01:04:43 You see my problem, don't you?
1137 01:04:46 Please don't expel us. I need my A levels.
1138 01:04:50 Yeah... Yeah, we're very sorry, Miss.
1139 01:04:55 So, what I'm going to do...
1140 01:04:59 You will promise...promise, never to do it again,
1141 01:05:04 and that, I hope, will be the end of that.
1142 01:05:08 Is that it?
1143 01:05:11 They vandalized my studio!They scratched my Tiffany record!
1144 01:05:14 Oh, please, Colin. Tiffany?
1145 01:05:16 Even I know Tiffany's not all that.
1146 01:05:18 [phone rings]
1147 01:05:20 Judith Anderson's mobile telephone.
1148 01:05:23 OK. Right, run along. Yes, hello.
1149 01:05:25 This is my mobile telephone.Could you call on the office line?
1150 01:05:28 It just turns outthis is just much too expensive.
1151 01:05:29 [whispering] Bruce!
1152 01:05:33 -[folk music plays]-♪ Oh, protector ♪
1153 01:05:35 ♪ Of the world ♪
1154 01:05:38 ♪ Please listen tomy painful lamentations ♪
1155 01:05:43 ♪ Please listen tomy painful lamentations ♪
1156 01:05:51 ♪ The rain have turned into fire ♪
1157 01:05:56 ♪ And the flowers into embers ♪
1158 01:06:04 ♪ The beautiful night has turnedinto snake ♪
1159 01:06:09 ♪ And the stars into stone ♪
1160 01:06:13 ♪ I have lost all the support ♪
1161 01:06:18 ♪ Take this life away from me ♪
1162 01:06:26 ♪ O provider of my life ♪
1163 01:06:31 ♪ Oh, protector of the world ♪
1164 01:06:41 [soundtrack drowns speech]
1165 01:06:56 [man] I'm sorry, mate.I ain't got no change.
1166 01:07:14 I've been offered a job at the Heraldfor the holidays.
1167 01:07:17 How much will they pay you?
1168 01:07:18 They won't. It's work experience.
1169 01:07:22 They want you to work for no money?
1170 01:07:24 The deputy editor thinks I can write.It's a great opportunity.
1171 01:07:29 How is it a great opportunity
1172 01:07:30 when they're making you workand not giving you any money?
1173 01:07:33 Dad, I want to be a writer.
1174 01:07:37 -Writing isn't a job.-It can be.
1175 01:07:39 Name me one Pakistani writer. Just one.
1176 01:07:43 Writing is for English people...with rich parents.
1177 01:07:47 But this is the chanceto do something I really want to do.
1178 01:07:49 "I"? What is this "I"?
1179 01:07:52 Everyone else is making money...
1180 01:07:54 Mum, Yasmeen, Shazia.The only one who isn't is you.
1181 01:07:59 I don't wanna go and be an estate agent
1182 01:08:00 when I've got the chanceto do something I really want to do.
1183 01:08:03 -Get out.-What?
1184 01:08:06 You will not talk to your fatherlike this. Get out.
1185 01:08:15 [engine starts]
1186 01:08:16 The biggest mistake I madewas coming to this country.
1187 01:08:20 I didn't ask you to come here!
1188 01:08:31 [horn honks]
1189 01:08:33 [pop rock music on car stereo]
1190 01:08:38 -[driver] There we go.-[Matt] Nice one. Cheers, boys.
1191 01:08:42 [Matt grunts]
1192 01:08:44 -[Matt] Come on, then.-[bandmate] All right.
1193 01:08:45 [Matt] I'll see you later.
1194 01:08:46 You, mate,need to start practicing, seriously.
1195 01:08:49 -Because we're all putting the work in.-[Javed] Matt.
1196 01:08:51 -[Matt] Hey!-I was good. Come on.
1197 01:08:53 -Matt.-[Matt] Listen, seriously...
1198 01:08:54 [bandmate] That was all right, innit?
1199 01:08:56 [Matt] What time you's coming roundtomorrow?
1200 01:08:56 -Matt!-[bandmate] All right. See you there, man.
1201 01:08:59 [bandmate] Yeah, mate, nice one.
1202 01:09:01 Just had band practice?
1203 01:09:04 Look... I'm sorry.
1204 01:09:08 I didn't mean to upset you.Can we just forget it and move on?
1205 01:09:16 Let's forget
1206 01:09:18 who stood up for you at schoolwhen you were called a dirty Paki.
1207 01:09:23 Let's forget who's been tryingtheir hardest to get you a girl,
1208 01:09:27 get you a life.
1209 01:09:30 And now you think you're itwith this college
1210 01:09:33 and your Bruce philosophies on life.
1211 01:09:36 You think you can shit all over me.
1212 01:09:39 Well, if you strip that away,you're still sad Javed,
1213 01:09:43 whose dad picks on himjust like mine does on me.
1214 01:09:50 See you later, boys.
1215 01:09:52 -Right, see you later, Matt.-Take care, mate.
1216 01:09:55 Get in.
1217 01:10:02 [car engine starts]
1218 01:10:08 I suppose you heard that?
1219 01:10:14 All I'm trying to dois stand up for myself,
1220 01:10:16 stop doing what others wantand do what I want for a change.
1221 01:10:21 Good friends deserve to be listened to.
1222 01:10:41 [soft acoustic music plays]
1223 01:10:44 [keys jangling]
1224 01:10:53 [knocks at door]
1225 01:11:00 I'm sorry.
1226 01:11:02 You're right. I have been up myself.
1227 01:11:05 Your music is just as greatcause it speaks to you and...
1228 01:11:08 -You're a wanker.-I know.
1229 01:11:12 Sorry.
1230 01:11:16 About the finding me a girl bit...
1231 01:11:21 At least you don't have to help mewith that.
1232 01:11:26 What?
1233 01:11:27 -["Hungry Heart" playing]-You got a girlfriend?
1234 01:11:30 And you didn't even bloody tell me!
1235 01:11:35 [laughs] You jammy little sod.
1236 01:11:39 Well, at least I can finally expectsome decent bloody lyrics from you.
1237 01:11:47 ♪ Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack ♪
1238 01:11:50 ♪ I went out for a rideAnd I never went back ♪
1239 01:11:55 ♪ Like a riverThat don't know where it's flowing... ♪
1240 01:11:59 Everyone's out.
1241 01:12:01 So it's just you and me.
1242 01:12:05 And Bruce. [Eliza giggles]
1243 01:12:08 ♪ Everybody's got a hungry heart ♪
1244 01:12:12 ♪ Lay down your moneyAnd you play your part ♪
1245 01:12:17 ♪ Everybody's got a hu... hu...Hungry heart ♪
1246 01:12:24 ♪ Whoa-oh ♪
1247 01:12:29 -Shazia.-Um...
1248 01:12:33 I... I forgot my textbook and...
1249 01:12:38 ♪ We took what we hadAnd we ripped it apart ♪
1250 01:12:44 You owe me.
1251 01:12:47 ♪ Everybody's got a hungry heart ♪
1252 01:12:52 ♪ Everybody's got a hungry heart ♪
1253 01:12:58 -Can I ask you something?-What?
1254 01:13:02 Are you doing this to shock your parents?
1255 01:13:05 You honestly think I'm thinkingabout my parents right now?
1256 01:13:09 Cause I just want you to knowthat I'm absolutely fine with that.
1257 01:13:12 [Eliza laughs]
1258 01:13:14 ["For You My Love" playing]
1259 01:13:17 ♪ For you, my love ♪
1260 01:13:21 -♪ For you I love ♪-[Javed chuckles]
1261 01:13:28 ♪ Brave through the hurricane ♪
1262 01:13:33 ♪ Only for you ♪
1263 01:13:38 ♪ For you I'd give up everything ♪
1264 01:13:43 ♪ For you I'd give ♪
1265 01:13:47 [sighs]
1266 01:13:48 ♪ For you, my love ♪
1267 01:13:54 Do you know what time it is, mate?
1268 01:13:56 Here's your lyrics.
1269 01:13:58 You should thank my girlfriend.
1270 01:14:02 You little devil.
1271 01:14:06 Get in here. Get in, come in.I wanna know all the details.
1272 01:14:09 I can't. I've promisedto take my sister to a gig.
1273 01:14:12 Gig?
1274 01:14:14 At eight in the morning?
1275 01:14:16 [Javed]This is a really big favor, Shazia.
1276 01:14:18 [Shazia]I know, but she's worth it, right?
1277 01:14:22 She's really pretty too.
1278 01:14:24 Anyway, are you surethese lot's parents don't know
1279 01:14:26 they've bunked off schoolto hit a nightclub at ten in the morning?
1280 01:14:29 Are you sure you're even Asian?
1281 01:14:31 I can't believe you've never heardof a daytimer before.
1282 01:14:34 [pop music pounding]
1283 01:14:48 Jesus, Shazia!
1284 01:14:50 You look like a Pakistani Madonna!
1285 01:14:53 Thank God Mum and Dad can't see you.
1286 01:14:56 That's what's so perfect about daytimers.
1287 01:14:58 We get to be us. Come on.
1288 01:15:11 ♪ Come on, party people ♪
1289 01:15:16 -["Because the Night" playing]-♪ They can't hurt you now ♪
1290 01:15:20 ♪ They can't hurt you now ♪
1291 01:15:24 ♪ Because the night belongs to lovers ♪
1292 01:15:29 ♪ Because the night belongs to lovers ♪
1293 01:15:33 ♪ Because the night belongs to lovers ♪
1294 01:15:38 ♪ Because the night belongs to us ♪
1295 01:15:42 ♪ Have I doubt when I'm alone ♪
1296 01:15:46 ♪ Love is a ring, telephone ♪
1297 01:15:50 ♪ Love is an angel disguised as lust ♪
1298 01:15:55 ♪ Here in our bed till the morning comes ♪
1299 01:15:59 [disco music plays]
1300 01:16:05 Big round of applause. And for the AsianMichael Jackson, Johnny Zee.
1301 01:16:08 Now, I've got a fresh cut comingin straight off the press in Southall.
1302 01:16:11 They've got the best hair in the West.It's Heera!
1303 01:16:14 [whooping and cheering]
1304 01:16:17 [disco music plays]
1305 01:16:44 [bouncer] Come along. Keep moving.
1306 01:16:45 Yeah, thanks for coming.Yeah. Keep moving.
1307 01:16:48 Can I have an NME, please?
1308 01:16:50 -There you go.-Thanks.
1309 01:16:51 Thank you.
1310 01:16:54 [vendor] Hello, young lady,how can I help you?
1311 01:16:55 [girl] Can I have a Kit Kat, please?
1312 01:16:58 [vendor] That's 20 pence, please.
1313 01:17:15 Thanks.
1314 01:17:16 We're so even now.
1315 01:17:20 What's his name?
1316 01:17:23 -Kaleem.-How long have you known him?
1317 01:17:29 Fifteen months.
1318 01:17:31 Fifteen months?
1319 01:17:32 He goes to the boys' school down the road.
1320 01:17:33 Shazia, you are good.I didn't even know you could dance!
1321 01:17:39 It's the only time I can forget life.
1322 01:17:43 When I'm dancing, I block out the world.
1323 01:17:48 I know what you mean.
1324 01:17:51 And this is what you doin your own crazy gora rock world.
1325 01:17:57 He's coming.
1326 01:17:59 Bruce. Wembley Stadium.Oh my God! Oh my God!
1327 01:18:04 You know, unless Bruce does a daytimer,
1328 01:18:06 you know there's no wayyou're going, don't you?
1329 01:18:08 I am going. I have to.
1330 01:18:12 [typewriter keys clacking]
1331 01:18:22 Hi. It's Javed, right?
1332 01:18:24 Yes. You want tea?
1333 01:18:27 You're Muslim, right?
1334 01:18:29 Yeah. I can still stay, right?
1335 01:18:32 Can you speak Urdu?
1336 01:18:34 -I'm not fluent.-That's more than me.
1337 01:18:36 Come on.Got a story to cover at the mosque.
1338 01:18:38 -And no one's gonna talk to me.-The mosque?
1339 01:18:40 People are calling for itto be closed down.
1340 01:18:42 You can help get your lot's version over.
1341 01:18:44 If you're lucky,you might get your first by-line.
1342 01:18:58 There.
1343 01:18:59 This is making you look like a young man.
1344 01:19:02 Am I looking likethe handsome man you married?
1345 01:19:05 Don't talk like that.
1346 01:19:07 Sit still.I have to get back to my sewing.
1347 01:19:15 [Javed's father stifles a sob]
1348 01:19:18 Why cry?
1349 01:19:19 This is a happy time now.
1350 01:19:22 What happy?
1351 01:19:25 I have failed you and Yasmeen.
1352 01:19:31 I cannot even pay for the wedding.
1353 01:19:33 [sentimental music plays]
1354 01:19:36 You have to slave on that sewing machine
1355 01:19:40 morning till night.
1356 01:19:45 What happened?
1357 01:19:46 It wasn't meant to be like this.
1358 01:19:49 Chup, be quiet.
1359 01:19:55 You are the head of this family.
1360 01:19:58 No one cares for us like you do,
1361 01:20:00 and no one has beena better father to Yasmeen.
1362 01:20:05 We will have the best wedding party.
1363 01:20:08 You'll see.
1364 01:20:11 Huh?
1365 01:20:13 [indistinct chatter]
1366 01:20:14 -Let me show you.-[in Urdu] Please get away.
1367 01:20:16 -Don't scratch the car.-Be careful.
1368 01:20:18 Don't scratch the car.
1369 01:20:22 [in English]Shaz. Shaz, I need your help.
1370 01:20:25 -Bruce tickets go on sale today.-What, now?
1371 01:20:28 I'll come back quickly.It's only down the road.
1372 01:20:30 I'll meet you at the venue.If I don't go now, they might sell out.
1373 01:20:34 OK, fine. I'll cover for you.
1374 01:20:37 Where did you get the money, anyway?
1375 01:20:39 Dad takes all the wages.
1376 01:20:40 The Herald paid me for my article,but I never told Dad.
1377 01:20:45 Oh, God, Shazia,you're making me feel bad.
1378 01:20:47 [woman] Look! Look at the beautiful bride.
1379 01:20:50 [man] That's what a brideshould look like.
1380 01:20:54 -[man] Princess of Bury Park!-You should go.
1381 01:20:56 You might neverget to see Bruce again. Go.
1382 01:21:01 [Javed's father]Go and sit down in your car, ladies.
1383 01:21:03 Come on, everyone, quickly, in your cars.
1384 01:21:06 ["Jungleland" playing]
1385 01:21:37 [shouting and clamoring]
1386 01:21:40 We are going to a wedding there, Officer!
1387 01:21:43 -You'll have to wait, sir.-What's going on?
1388 01:21:45 We need to get to the community center.My daughter is getting married.
1389 01:21:49 [chanting] If they're black,send them back!
1390 01:21:52 [angry shouting and chanting]
1391 01:21:56 Just move backand to the side there for me, please.
1392 01:21:59 -[clamoring]-[police officer] Move over, please.
1393 01:22:02 -Beti.Mum.
1394 01:22:03 -Stay here.-[officer] Move over to the side.
1395 01:22:06 [Javed's father]We have to get to the community center.
1396 01:22:07 [chanting]If they're black, send them back!
1397 01:22:10 -Nazi scum!-Educate yourself!
1398 01:22:13 Pakis out! Pakis out!
1399 01:22:15 [clamoring]
1400 01:22:23 Smash the National Front!
1401 01:22:27 -[NF member] Traitor!-Smash the National Front!
1402 01:22:31 Bruce Springsteen.Do you still have tickets?
1403 01:22:33 Please tell me you still have tickets.
1404 01:22:38 We haven't sold any yet, J.
1405 01:22:41 Oh. Two, please.
1406 01:22:45 That's 40 quid.
1407 01:22:47 It's all there.
1408 01:22:49 -["Jungleland" playing]-Thanks.
1409 01:22:50 [Javed's father]Saleem, what are you doing? Come back.
1410 01:22:53 [Saleem] Oi, move!What are you playing at?
1411 01:22:55 [Saleem] We've got to get to a wedding.
1412 01:22:57 -[punching]-[Javed's father] Saleem!
1413 01:22:58 Oh my God!
1414 01:23:02 -Argh!-[gasps]
1415 01:23:07 [shouting]
1416 01:23:10 -Are you OK?-I'm OK.
1417 01:23:13 Go and get him! Go and get him, quickly!
1418 01:23:15 Where's Javed?
1419 01:23:17 Is he OK?
1420 01:23:19 -[Javed's father] Where's Javed?-Javed?
1421 01:23:22 [Javed's father] Javed?
1422 01:23:50 [Saleem] Javed?
1423 01:23:53 [mother speaks in Punjabi]Hey! Are you fine?
1424 01:24:02 ♪ Outside the street's on fireIn a real death waltz ♪
1425 01:24:09 ♪ Between what's fleshAnd what's fantasy ♪
1426 01:24:13 ♪ And the poets down hereDon't write nothing at all ♪
1427 01:24:17 ♪ They just stand back and let it all be ♪
1428 01:24:21 ♪ And in the quick of a knife ♪
1429 01:24:23 ♪ They reach for their momentAnd try to make an honest stand ♪
1430 01:24:29 ♪ But they wind up woundedNot even dead ♪
1431 01:24:35 ♪ Tonight in Jungleland ♪
1432 01:24:49 You should take it off now.Let me fix it for you properly.
1433 01:24:52 Leave it.
1434 01:24:56 Yasmeen looked so beautiful,didn't she, Mum?
1435 01:24:58 -Thank God she liked the boy.-He liked her too.
1436 01:25:02 I saw him sneak smiles at her a lot.
1437 01:25:04 See? Those thugs couldn't spoil our day.
1438 01:25:13 [doorbell rings]
1439 01:25:27 [neighbor] You've hit the jackpot.
1440 01:25:31 Thank you.
1441 01:25:33 Mr. Khan.
1442 01:25:36 He's only gone and bloody done it.
1443 01:25:39 Front-page credit.
1444 01:25:41 [Javed chuckles]
1445 01:25:54 Congratulations, son.
1446 01:25:56 You're on your way.
1447 01:26:05 On Yasmeen's wedding day?
1448 01:26:07 You, washing your dirty clothes in public.
1449 01:26:09 -Dad...-You think that
1450 01:26:10 this is a good thing to do?
1451 01:26:12 What do you know about Islam?
1452 01:26:13 I was just trying to protect the mosque.
1453 01:26:16 I thought you'd be proud of mewriting the paper, like Mr. Evans is.
1454 01:26:18 Proud? You think bringing attentionto us will make me feel proud?
1455 01:26:23 I was giving us a voice,telling our story.
1456 01:26:25 We should keep our heads down.
1457 01:26:28 Your head is full of big ideas,
1458 01:26:30 above you.
1459 01:26:32 This is all to do with this Jewish singer.
1460 01:26:33 He isn't Jewish, Dad.
1461 01:26:35 Your son has lost his mind,listening to this man's bakwaas.
1462 01:26:38 -Dad, just listen to me.-You listen to me. Huh?
1463 01:26:42 Do you think that this mansings for people like us?
1464 01:26:44 But he talks to me.
1465 01:26:47 He's coming to London,and I'm gonna go see him.
1466 01:26:51 He's doing a concert, and I'm going.
1467 01:26:56 Where did you get the moneyto buy these tickets?
1468 01:26:59 I earned it, at the Herald.
1469 01:27:02 You told me that they didn't pay you.
1470 01:27:05 Your mother has been workingnight and day for this wedding,
1471 01:27:09 and you had money to waste?
1472 01:27:11 This has gone too far.Give me those tickets.
1473 01:27:13 No! They're mine.
1474 01:27:15 It's my money.I can't wait to get away from here.
1475 01:27:19 -I want to go to university.-You will go to university in Luton.
1476 01:27:22 Luton doesn't even have a university!
1477 01:27:24 But Manchester University, they want me.
1478 01:27:26 You will not go to Manchester. You willnot go anywhere. Give me those tickets.
1479 01:27:29 No! I bought them with money
1480 01:27:31 I earned as a writer.
1481 01:27:32 -My words paid for these.-Give me those tickets!
1482 01:27:35 -No!-Here, give me those!
1483 01:27:36 -[Shazia] Stop, stop!-[Javed] Dad!
1484 01:27:38 -[Javed's mother] Stop it!-[Shazia] Dad, stop it!
1485 01:27:39 Get off me!
1486 01:27:41 [Javed's mother]Please stop! What are you doing?
1487 01:27:44 What did I say, huh?
1488 01:27:46 You are not British!So stop acting like a gora.
1489 01:27:50 You are Pakistani. You are my son!
1490 01:27:52 [grunts] I don't wanna be your son!
1491 01:27:57 I wanna be more than that!
1492 01:28:02 [door slams]
1493 01:28:03 [train passes in distance]
1494 01:28:11 [engine fails to start]
1495 01:28:15 [ignition fails]
1496 01:28:19 ["The Promised Land" playing]
1497 01:28:26 [sobbing]
1498 01:28:27 ♪ Well, the dogs on Main Street howl ♪
1499 01:28:30 ♪ Cause they understand ♪
1500 01:28:34 ♪ If I could take this momentInto my own hands ♪
1501 01:28:40 ♪ Mister, I ain't a boy ♪
1502 01:28:43 ♪ No, I'm a man ♪
1503 01:28:47 ♪ And I believe in the Promised Land ♪
1504 01:28:57 ♪ I've done my best nowTo live the right way ♪
1505 01:29:02 ♪ I get up every morningAnd go to work each day ♪
1506 01:29:07 ♪ But your eyes go blindAnd your blood runs cold ♪
1507 01:29:11 ♪ Sometimes I feel so weak ♪
1508 01:29:14 ♪ I just want to explode ♪
1509 01:29:18 ♪ Explode and tear this whole town apart ♪
1510 01:29:23 ♪ Take a knife and cutThis pain from my heart ♪
1511 01:29:30 ♪ Try to find somebody itchingFor something to start ♪
1512 01:29:34 ♪ Well, the dogs on Main Street howl ♪
1513 01:29:37 ♪ Cause they understand ♪
1514 01:29:41 ♪ If I could take this momentInto my hands ♪
1515 01:29:48 ♪ Mister, I ain't a boy ♪
1516 01:29:51 ♪ No, I'm a man ♪
1517 01:29:54 ♪ And I believe in the Promised Land ♪
1518 01:30:01 -Is your dad OK?-Excuse me.
1519 01:30:02 I was there when he got knocked down.Where were you?
1520 01:30:05 I didn't know the dateof the march had changed.
1521 01:30:08 I went to get ticketsto the Bruce concert.
1522 01:30:10 Your dad could have been seriously hurt.You should have been there.
1523 01:30:13 Who goes to buy concert ticketson a family wedding day?
1524 01:30:16 Ah. So now I've upset you as well.
1525 01:30:18 Sorry for thinking about myself for once.
1526 01:30:20 Oh, stop being a prat.
1527 01:30:24 You know what?
1528 01:30:26 There's no point.
1529 01:30:29 -In what?-In this.
1530 01:30:31 Us. It can't mean anything.You understand?
1531 01:30:35 -No, I don't.-I mean, my family...
1532 01:30:37 Javed, stop making your familyyour excuse for everything.
1533 01:30:40 -[boy] That jumper is awful.-[laughter]
1534 01:30:43 [Miss Clay] Javed?
1535 01:30:50 Sorry.I know this probably isn't the best time,
1536 01:30:51 but I gave your essay,
1537 01:30:54 "An American Dream in Luton,"to the principal,
1538 01:30:56 and I sent it into a competition.
1539 01:31:00 Why?
1540 01:31:02 Because it's good.
1541 01:31:04 You'll never guess what.You only went and bloody won.
1542 01:31:07 Excuse me?
1543 01:31:09 They picked ten young writersout of thousands,
1544 01:31:11 and you are on the list.
1545 01:31:15 Don't you wanna know what you've won?
1546 01:31:17 -Not really.-Only a trip to Monmouth College.
1547 01:31:21 They runa prestigious writing competition,
1548 01:31:22 and I thought that they would appreciateyour sentiments on a local luminary.
1549 01:31:26 You do knowwhere Monmouth College is, right?
1550 01:31:30 New Jersey, USA.
1551 01:31:33 You'll only be a few milesaway from Asbury Park
1552 01:31:35 where your great hero grew up.
1553 01:31:39 They should give the prizeto someone who can go.
1554 01:31:41 [stutters] What?
1555 01:31:43 My dad will never let me go to America.
1556 01:31:49 -["The Promised Land" playing]-Right.
1557 01:31:53 Act III, Scene IV. Of media and...
1558 01:31:59 ♪ I get up every morningAnd go to work each day ♪
1559 01:32:05 ♪ But your eyes go blindAnd your blood runs cold ♪
1560 01:32:09 ♪ Sometimes I feel so weakI just want to explode ♪
1561 01:32:16 ♪ Explode and tear this whole town apart ♪
1562 01:32:20 ♪ Take a knife and cutThis pain from my heart ♪
1563 01:32:26 [Javed's father] Oh, Mr. Malik.
1564 01:32:28 ♪ Try to find somebody itchingFor something to start ♪
1565 01:32:32 ♪ Well, the dogs on Main Street howlCause they understand ♪
1566 01:32:38 ♪ If I could take this momentInto my hands ♪
1567 01:32:46 ♪ Mister, I ain't a boy ♪
1568 01:32:48 ♪ No, I'm a man ♪
1569 01:32:52 ♪ And I believe in a Promised Land ♪
1570 01:32:58 ♪ And I believe in a Promised Land ♪
1571 01:33:10 Here, Jahanoor.
1572 01:33:21 I won a contest.
1573 01:33:25 You won something? That's good.
1574 01:33:27 For writing.
1575 01:33:30 If you won, you must have worked hard.That's good.
1576 01:33:33 The prize is I get to attenda conference at Monmouth College.
1577 01:33:39 -Where's that?-New Jersey, America.
1578 01:33:42 I won out of thousands of students.
1579 01:33:46 America is unsafe. There's drugs, gangs...
1580 01:33:50 There's plenty of drugsand gangs in Luton.
1581 01:33:52 In America,no one cares where you're from.
1582 01:33:55 Anyone can do what they wanna do.
1583 01:33:57 They don't even know what Pakistanis are.
1584 01:33:59 Everything that is bad about Englandis even worse in America.
1585 01:34:02 No, Dad.
1586 01:34:03 Everything that's good in Britainis even better in America.
1587 01:34:06 The music, the TV, the possibilities.
1588 01:34:09 I wanna taste it all for myself.
1589 01:34:11 It's too dangerous, and you're too young.
1590 01:34:12 How old were you when you left Pakistan?
1591 01:34:15 What did your dad say?
1592 01:34:16 That's different.
1593 01:34:18 I'm going, Dad.
1594 01:34:22 I have to.
1595 01:34:28 If you disrespect my wishesand walk out of that door...
1596 01:34:33 don't come back.
1597 01:34:36 ["Blinded by the Light" playing]
1598 01:34:40 [Javed's mother] Javed.
1599 01:34:44 Beta.
1600 01:34:55 ♪ Madman drummers bummersAnd Indians in the summer ♪
1601 01:34:59 ♪ With a teenage diplomat ♪
1602 01:35:02 ♪ In the dumps with the mumps ♪
1603 01:35:05 ♪ As the adolescent pumps his wayInto his hat... ♪
1604 01:35:10 Beta.
1605 01:35:11 ♪ With a boulder on my shoulderFeelin' kinda older ♪
1606 01:35:14 -♪ I tripped the merry-go-round ♪-[Javed's father sighs]
1607 01:35:18 ♪ With this very unpleasingSneezing and wheezing ♪
1608 01:35:22 ♪ The calliope crashed to the ground ♪
1609 01:35:26 [customs officer] Next.
1610 01:35:28 Purpose of your visit?
1611 01:35:30 I'm going to a conference at MonmouthCollege. I won a prize to attend.
1612 01:35:35 But that's not my main purpose.
1613 01:35:38 I'm going to Asbury Park with my friend
1614 01:35:40 to see Bruce Springsteen's hometown.
1615 01:35:41 Excuse me?
1616 01:35:44 Hey, Billy. Check this guy out.
1617 01:35:47 He's come all this way
1618 01:35:48 because him and his buddyare Bruce fans.
1619 01:35:56 I can't think of a better reasonto visit the United States
1620 01:35:58 than to see the home of the Boss.
1621 01:36:03 -Next.-♪ Well, she was blinded ♪
1622 01:36:05 ♪ By the light ♪
1623 01:36:07 ♪ Cut loose like a deuce ♪
1624 01:36:09 ♪ Another runner in the night ♪
1625 01:36:11 ♪ Blinded by the light ♪
1626 01:36:15 ♪ She got down but she never got tight ♪
1627 01:36:19 ♪ But she'll make it ♪
1628 01:36:21 ♪ All right ♪
1629 01:36:26 ♪ Some brimstone baritone ♪
1630 01:36:28 ♪ Anti-cyclone rolling stone ♪
1631 01:36:31 ♪ Preacher from the east ♪
1632 01:36:34 ♪ He says dethrone the Dictaphone ♪
1633 01:36:36 ♪ Hit it in its funny boneThat's where they expect it least ♪
1634 01:36:41 ♪ Yeah, he was blinded by the light ♪
1635 01:36:45 ♪ Cut loose like a deuce ♪
1636 01:36:47 ♪ Another runner in the night ♪
1637 01:36:49 ♪ Blinded by the light ♪
1638 01:36:53 ♪ Mama always told me ♪
1639 01:36:55 ♪ Not to look into the sights of the sun ♪
1640 01:36:59 ♪ Whoa, but Mama That's where the fun is ♪
1641 01:37:03 ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
1642 01:37:05 Saturday night in The Stone Pony,
1643 01:37:08 where it all began for the great man.
1644 01:37:11 -["Independence Day" playing over TV]-♪ Well, Papa go to bed now ♪
1645 01:37:15 ♪ It's getting late ♪
1646 01:37:17 ♪ Nothing we can sayIs gonna change anything now ♪
1647 01:37:24 ♪ I'll be leaving in the morningFrom St. Mary's Gate ♪
1648 01:37:30 ♪ We wouldn't change this thingEven if we could somehow ♪
1649 01:37:37 ♪ Cause the darkness of this houseHas got the best of us ♪
1650 01:37:44 ♪ There's a darkness in this townThat's got us too ♪
1651 01:37:51 ♪ They can't touch me now ♪
1652 01:37:53 ♪ And you can't touch me now ♪
1653 01:37:57 ♪ They ain't gonna do to meWhat I watched them do to you ♪
1654 01:38:05 ♪ Say goodbye, it's Independence Day ♪
1655 01:38:10 ♪ All boys must run away ♪
1656 01:38:13 ♪ Come Independence Day ♪
1657 01:38:17 ♪ Well, say goodbyeIt's Independence Day ♪
1658 01:38:23 ♪ All men must make their way ♪
1659 01:38:26 Shazia spoke to Javed.He's back from America.
1660 01:38:30 He's living with his Sikh friend.
1661 01:38:33 -You have to make it better.-I have to make it better?
1662 01:38:36 He disobeyed me.
1663 01:38:44 When you left home,
1664 01:38:46 your parents begged you to stayin Karachi, so why did you go?
1665 01:38:49 I wanted a better life for my family.
1666 01:38:51 You thought you knew better than them.
1667 01:38:54 He just wants to study to be a writerfor a few years in Manchester.
1668 01:38:58 You were leaving Pakistan for good.
1669 01:39:02 I let you come here because I trusted you.
1670 01:39:05 Can you not trust your own son?
1671 01:39:12 If you don't try to fix this now,we will lose our son for good.
1672 01:39:16 And if that happens,I will never forgive you.
1673 01:39:22 [doorbell rings]
1674 01:39:35 [sentimental music plays]
1675 01:39:45 Huh. Father and son?
1676 01:39:56 Mrs. Khan?
1677 01:39:58 I'm friends with Javed.
1678 01:40:00 -[indistinct conversation]-[applause]
1679 01:40:06 [principal] Good evening, everyone.
1680 01:40:08 Welcome to a very special evening,
1681 01:40:11 celebrating the very bestof Luton Sixth Form College.
1682 01:40:16 Please do stay aroundafterwards for a reception.
1683 01:40:20 The Chardonnay and Twigletswill be flowing.
1684 01:40:22 [laughter]
1685 01:40:24 And now I would liketo begin with Javed Khan
1686 01:40:29 reading an extract from
1687 01:40:31 "A Runaway American Dream in Luton."
1688 01:40:36 -[applause]-[principal] Exciting. Whoops.
1689 01:40:39 Dad, listen to this, yeah?
1690 01:40:41 Thanks.
1691 01:40:49 Bruce Springsteen was,
1692 01:40:51 to quote the album he is most famous for,
1693 01:40:53 born in the USA,
1694 01:40:56 but he has fans around the world,including me.
1695 01:41:00 I was not born in the USA,
1696 01:41:03 and I grew up notin Asbury Park, New Jersey,
1697 01:41:06 but Bury Park, Luton.
1698 01:41:08 But the reasonI connected with Springsteen
1699 01:41:10 is because whathe sings about and champions
1700 01:41:13 are not only American values
1701 01:41:15 but are the best of human values.
1702 01:41:17 He talks about working hardand holding on to your dreams
1703 01:41:20 and not letting the hardness of the world
1704 01:41:22 stop you from lettingthe best of you slip away.
1705 01:41:26 In these words,
1706 01:41:28 I see a bridge between Springsteenand my own Asian upbringing.
1707 01:41:33 [woman whispers] Just this way.
1708 01:41:43 And that is why the music and valuesof Springsteen's American dream
1709 01:41:48 can reach and touch a boy from...
1710 01:41:56 I'm sorry.I don't know if I can read this.
1711 01:42:00 You can. Go on.
1712 01:42:08 When I wrote it,I really believed every word, but now...
1713 01:42:16 A lot has happenedsince I wrote those words.
1714 01:42:20 Then, I thought Bruce Springsteenwas the answer
1715 01:42:23 and all I had to do was live by his words.
1716 01:42:28 I don't think that's true anymore.
1717 01:42:33 Bruce Springsteen got out of New Jerseyby following his dream.
1718 01:42:38 Bruce sings,
1719 01:42:39 "If dreams came true, well,wouldn't that be nice?
1720 01:42:43 But this ain't no dreamwe're living through tonight.
1721 01:42:46 If you want it,you take it, and you pay the price."
1722 01:42:51 So the question I'm asking is:Can I pay that price?
1723 01:42:56 I know having dreamsdoesn't make me a bad son.
1724 01:43:01 I also know that everything I am
1725 01:43:03 is because of the sacrificesmy mum and dad made.
1726 01:43:14 My dad's not a typical dad.
1727 01:43:19 [sniffling] We don't have jokey chats.
1728 01:43:22 He's not like the dad you see on telly.
1729 01:43:26 A lot of the time, he seemspretty angry at the world.
1730 01:43:32 I think Bruce Springsteenwould understand my dad,
1731 01:43:36 cause like his father, they bothcame from poor backgrounds,
1732 01:43:40 both worked hard in factories,
1733 01:43:42 both had dreams that never came true,which left them angry.
1734 01:43:49 And they both had sons who wantedthe chance to make them proud.
1735 01:44:02 Bruce has a song called"Blinded by the Light."
1736 01:44:08 And when I first heard it, I thought...I thought it was about love
1737 01:44:14 and being blinded by the lovewe might have for a girl or money.
1738 01:44:22 But last night, I listened to it again.
1739 01:44:26 And Bruce is saying so much more.
1740 01:44:29 I was blinded by the lightwhen I first heard Springsteen
1741 01:44:32 because I was only thinking,in that moment,
1742 01:44:35 about Springsteen and me.
1743 01:44:40 But we're not all just individuals.
1744 01:44:45 We have friends...
1745 01:44:48 and family...
1746 01:44:51 and what they think does matter.
1747 01:44:54 Success without them isn't really success.
1748 01:44:59 Being blinded meant I couldn't see
1749 01:45:01 how much I am like my dadand my dad is like me.
1750 01:45:06 And as much as I wanted to leave Luton,
1751 01:45:09 I understand that it will never leave me.
1752 01:45:14 Bruce says no one winsunless everybody wins.
1753 01:45:20 My hope is to build a bridgeto my ambitions
1754 01:45:26 but not a wall between my family and me.
1755 01:45:30 That's my dream.
1756 01:45:32 My American dream.
1757 01:45:36 In Luton.
1758 01:45:41 [soft piano music]
1759 01:45:44 Whoo!
1760 01:45:52 Bravo!
1761 01:46:11 I'm so sorry.
1762 01:46:14 I've missed you like mad.
1763 01:46:18 Like a river that don't knowwhere it's flowing,
1764 01:46:21 you took a wrong turnand you just kept going.
1765 01:46:27 But everybody's got a hungry heart.
1766 01:46:30 Everybody's got a hungry heart.
1767 01:46:37 [Eliza smirks]
1768 01:46:39 You told my family, didn't you?
1769 01:46:42 Thank you.
1770 01:46:44 Now go and speak to your dad.
1771 01:46:54 [Javed's mother] Beta.
1772 01:46:56 -I'm so proud of you.-Thanks. Here, take this.
1773 01:47:00 Shaz.
1774 01:47:02 -You did so good.-[both laugh]
1775 01:47:05 Well done. I'll get you a drink.
1776 01:47:08 -Hello.-Hello.
1777 01:47:10 Hi. You must be Javed's father.
1778 01:47:12 You should be so proud of Javed.
1779 01:47:14 Thanks, Miss Clay, for everything.
1780 01:47:17 Oh. Well, you did the work.You're the writer.
1781 01:47:21 Son...
1782 01:47:24 This Bruce Springsteen,
1783 01:47:26 are you sure he's American?
1784 01:47:28 Yes. And not Jewish.
1785 01:47:31 I read his songs.
1786 01:47:32 He said work hard,don't give up, respect your parents.
1787 01:47:35 This man must be Pakistani. [laughter]
1788 01:47:39 Son... write your stories, yes.
1789 01:47:44 But don't forget ours.
1790 01:47:47 Hmm?
1791 01:47:49 Come.
1792 01:47:50 [soft piano music]
1793 01:47:53 [chuckles]
1794 01:48:04 -All packed?-Yeah.
1795 01:48:06 -I've made some food for you.-Mum...
1796 01:48:09 I meant to give you this.
1797 01:48:11 It's amazing what a good priceI got for my Bruce collection.
1798 01:48:14 I can easily replace that.
1799 01:48:17 [sniffs]
1800 01:48:22 [exhales]
1801 01:48:26 Beta.
1802 01:48:32 [sniffs]
1803 01:48:49 [Matt] J! J!
1804 01:48:51 Mate. Hot off the press.
1805 01:48:54 New demo.
1806 01:48:56 Listen, thanks for the lyrics.
1807 01:48:59 Plenty more where they came from.
1808 01:49:04 Right, I'm off for a sound check.
1809 01:49:07 I'll try and wing you some free ticketswhen we go on tour, yeah?
1810 01:49:10 -See you later.-See you later, mate.
1811 01:49:12 Oi!
1812 01:49:15 [Javed chuckles]
1813 01:49:23 This is it. Me in Manchester.
1814 01:49:26 Me in Leicester.
1815 01:49:27 -We're gonna get to that place.-Where we really wanna go.
1816 01:49:29 We'll walk in the sun.
1817 01:49:32 [both] Bruce!
1818 01:49:33 [both laugh]
1819 01:49:44 I'm gonna miss you.
1820 01:49:45 [Javed chuckles]
1821 01:49:47 Come on, Dad. Let's go.
1822 01:49:49 -[Javed's mother] Drive carefully.-[Javed's father] Jaroor.
1823 01:49:54 Wait.
1824 01:49:57 -You drive.-[gasps]
1825 01:50:16 [engine starts]
1826 01:50:17 ["Tu Ganga Ki Mauj" playing]
1827 01:50:30 ["Born to Run" playing]
1828 01:50:33 [both laugh]
1829 01:50:35 Ready? Let's go.
1830 01:50:44 ♪ In the day we sweat it outOn the streets ♪
1831 01:50:47 ♪ Of a runaway American dream ♪
1832 01:50:51 ♪ At night we ride throughMansions of glory ♪
1833 01:50:54 ♪ In suicide machines ♪
1834 01:50:57 ♪ Sprung from cages on Highway 9 ♪
1835 01:51:00 ♪ Chrome wheeled, fuel injected ♪
1836 01:51:02 ♪ And steppin' out over the line ♪
1837 01:51:06 ♪ Oh! Baby, this town rips the bonesFrom your back ♪
1838 01:51:10 ♪ It's a death-trap, it's a suicide rap ♪
1839 01:51:13 ♪ We gotta get out while we're young ♪
1840 01:51:17 ♪ Cause tramps like us ♪
1841 01:51:19 ♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1842 01:51:26 ♪ Yes, girl, we were ♪
1843 01:51:33 ♪ Wendy, let me inI wanna be your friend ♪
1844 01:51:36 ♪ I wanna guard your dreams and visions ♪
1845 01:51:40 ♪ Just wrap your legs ♪
1846 01:51:41 ♪ Round these velvet rims ♪
1847 01:51:43 ♪ And strap your hands 'cross my engines ♪
1848 01:51:46 ♪ Together we could break this trap ♪
1849 01:51:49 ♪ We'll run till we drop ♪
1850 01:51:51 ♪ Baby, we'll never go back ♪
1851 01:51:55 ♪ Whoa!Will you walk with me out on the wire ♪
1852 01:51:59 ♪ Cause, babyI'm just a scared and lonely rider ♪
1853 01:52:03 ♪ But I gotta know how it feels ♪
1854 01:52:06 ♪ I wanna know if love is wild ♪
1855 01:52:08 ♪ Babe, I wanna know if love is real ♪
1856 01:52:15 ♪ Oh, can you show me? ♪
1857 01:52:42 ["I'll Stand by You Always" playing]
1858 01:52:53 ♪ You wake me in the night ♪
1859 01:52:55 ♪ To your tears falling down ♪
1860 01:52:58 ♪ Come let me dry them for you ♪
1861 01:53:02 ♪ I wish I could tell a story ♪
1862 01:53:05 ♪ Chase away all those ghosts ♪
1863 01:53:08 ♪ You've got inside of you ♪
1864 01:53:12 ♪ A story of heroes that fight onAt any cost ♪
1865 01:53:18 ♪ Of a kingdom of love ♪
1866 01:53:20 ♪ To be won or lost ♪
1867 01:53:23 ♪ We'll fight here togetherTill victory is won ♪
1868 01:53:28 ♪ Come take my handTill morning comes ♪
1869 01:53:33 ♪ Just close your eyes ♪
1870 01:53:38 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1871 01:53:42 ♪ Always ♪
1872 01:53:45 ♪ Always ♪
1873 01:53:48 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1874 01:53:52 ♪ Always ♪
1875 01:53:55 ♪ Always ♪
1876 01:53:58 ♪ I know here in the dark ♪
1877 01:54:01 ♪ Tomorrow can seem ♪
1878 01:54:03 ♪ So very far away ♪
1879 01:54:08 ♪ Here the ghosts and the goblins ♪
1880 01:54:11 ♪ Can rise from your dreams ♪
1881 01:54:14 ♪ To steal your heart away ♪
1882 01:54:18 ♪ Together we'll chase those thieves ♪
1883 01:54:21 ♪ That won't leave you alone ♪
1884 01:54:23 ♪ Out from under the bed ♪
1885 01:54:26 ♪ Out from over our home ♪
1886 01:54:29 ♪ And when the light comesWe'll laugh, my love ♪
1887 01:54:33 ♪ At the things that the nightHad us so frightened of ♪
1888 01:54:39 ♪ And until then ♪
1889 01:54:43 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1890 01:54:48 ♪ Always ♪
1891 01:54:50 ♪ Always ♪
1892 01:54:53 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1893 01:54:58 ♪ Always ♪
1894 01:55:00 ♪ Always ♪
1895 01:55:03 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1896 01:55:13 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1897 01:55:33 ♪ I'll stand by you always ♪
1898 01:55:38 ♪ Always ♪
1899 01:55:40 ♪ Always... ♪
1900 01:55:43 ["For You My Love" playing]
1901 01:55:52 ♪ For you my love ♪
1902 01:55:58 ♪ For you I love ♪
1903 01:56:03 ♪ Brave through the hurricane ♪
1904 01:56:08 ♪ Only for you ♪
1905 01:56:13 ♪ For you my love ♪
1906 01:56:18 ♪ For you I'd give up everything ♪
1907 01:56:24 ♪ For you I'd give ♪
1908 01:56:28 ♪ For you, my love ♪
1909 01:56:30 ♪ Hear, hear, hear me now ♪
1910 01:56:33 ♪ Hear, hear, hear me now ♪
1911 01:56:36 ♪ Hear, hear, hear me now ♪
1912 01:56:39 ♪ Hear, hear, hear me now ♪
1913 01:56:41 [Punjabi song plays]
