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In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest | dG1fcmt1aExmN19La00
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00:01So tell me, you really want this job?
00:03I'm gonna be the best messenger this office ever had.
00:07Okay, the faster you deliver messages, the more you can deliver.
00:10The faster you pick up outgoing messages, the better our chances of beating Western Union and staying alive.
00:17From here on out, you're part of this outfit.
00:23Dear Homer, I think about you all the time.
00:26Even though I wish there were no war, I've made up my mind to be the best soldier I can be.
00:33Papa went, Marcus went, don't you go to here.
00:37It's gonna be a long time before I go.
00:41Think about my family. My father. He worked in the orchards. Plain, ordinary, everyday work. And my brother, Homer.
00:49Just thunder. It doesn't scare you, right?
00:51No, nothing scares me.
00:57Do you think that this world is gonna be a better place after the war?
01:02Yes, sir.
01:10Post the telegram?
01:12Please, open the telegram and read to me.
01:15From the Secretary of War.
01:16I don't like the way things are.
01:22They don't just die for nothing, do they?
01:25You are becoming aware of a world in which you've been a child.
01:28There will always be pain in this world, Homer.
01:42And a good man will seek to take the pain out of things.
01:45Thanks, folks.
01:46Thanks, guys.
01:48Thanks.
01:49Thanks.
01:51Thanks.

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