Pilgrim's Progress

"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" WAS WRITTEN IN 1675 BY JOHN BUNYAN,

A POOR TRADESMAN WHO WAS JAILED IN BEDFORD, ENGLAND,

FOR PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD.

IT WAS WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON

THAT JOHN BUNYAN WROTE ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED STORIES

OF ALL TIME.

THE STORY IS TOLD FROM A DREAM.

I LAID DOWN IN A PLACE TO SLEEP, AND AS I SLEPT

I DREAMED A DREAM.

I SAW A MAN WITH A GREAT BURDEN

ON HIS BACK, READING A BOOK.

I SAW THAT VISIONS OF COMING FIRE HAUNTED

THE MAN CALLED CHRISTIAN.

[DOGS BARKING IN THE DISTANCE]

YOU'RE STILL READING THAT BOOK?

ACTUALLY, YES. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

YOU TOLD ME THAT THAT BOOK UPSETS YOU

AND YOU'RE STILL READING IT,

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO STOP.

I KNOW, I JUST CAN'T PUT IT DOWN.

SO, WHAT DID YOU READ ABOUT TODAY?

WELL, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND A LITTLE CRAZY.

AND I WOULDN'T SAY THIS UNLESS I KNEW IT TO BE THE TRUTH.

BUT TODAY, I READ THAT

OUR CITY'S GOING TO BE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE

UNLESS--UNLESS I FIND A WAY FOR US TO ESCAPE.

I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MORE THAN ANYTHING,

AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I FIND

THIS PLACE OF REFUGE, THIS PLACE OF PURE JOY

THAT THIS BOOK TALKS ABOUT.

YOU'RE RIGHT;

THAT DOES SOUND CRAZY.

DADDY AND I NEED TO TALK.

I WANT YOU TO STOP READING THIS BOOK,

IT'S NOTHING BUT STORIES, FANTASIES, FAIRY TALES.

IT'S NOT REAL.

BUT CHRISTIAN, I'M REAL.

OUR CHILDREN ARE REAL, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO UPSET

THEM WITH THIS CRAZY TALK ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD.

DARLING, WE'RE PERFECTLY SAFE HERE.

I AM NOT GOING TO STAND BY HERE AND WAIT FOR US TO DIE,

ALL RIGHT?

AND THIS BURDEN JUST GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER.

I HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET RID OF IT

AND TO SAVE OUR FAMILY.

THAT'S THE TRUTH OF THIS.

THEN LET US HELP YOU GET RID OF YOUR BURDEN.

I'VE CALLED SOMEONE THAT I THINK

THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK--

YEAH?

YOU THINK IT'S THAT EASY.

YOU THINK I LIKE THIS THING.

NO ONE IN THIS WORLD CAN GET RID OF THIS.

I'VE MADE A PLACE FOR YOU IN THE GUEST ROOM.

I THINK YOU'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE THERE.

DON'T DO THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD ABOUT THIS.

IN MY DREAM I SAW THAT THE GREAT BURDEN AND THE VISIONS

OF THE COMING DESTRUCTION MADE IT DIFFICULT

FOR CHRISTIAN TO SLEEP.

DAY AFTER DAY CHRISTIAN WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

STUDYING HIS BOOK.

HE PRAYED EARNESTLY FOR

THE ANSWER THAT WOULD SAVE THEM ALL.

IN MY DREAM I SAW THAT HIS FAMILY

WOULD NOT LISTEN TO HIM.

HIS FAMILY REFUSED TO OPEN THEIR EYES TO THE TRUTH.

LIKE SO MANY, THEY WERE BLINDED BY

THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?

I CAN'T FIND A WAY TO SAVE MY FAMILY FROM THE COMING FIRES.

WE'RE NOT READY TO DIE.

NOT READY TO DIE?

WELL, WITH ALL THE EVIL IN THE WORLD, WOULDN'T IT BE A GOOD

THING TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?

IF I DIE, MY FAMILY DIES.

AND THIS BURDEN IS DRAGGING ME TO HELL.

I SEE.

WELL, I BELIEVE I CAN HELP YOU.

MOM, WHO'S DADDY TALKING TO?

I DON'T KNOW,

YOU STAY HERE. I'll BE RIGHT BACK.

"RUN FROM THE WRATH TO COME," RUN?

RUN WHERE?

OVER THERE, YOU SEE THE GATE?

IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, YOU'LL SEE A SHINING LIGHT.

I THINK I SEE SOMETHING.

THEN RUN TO IT, AND DON'T LOOK BACK.

AND WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU'LL FIND THE GATE.

THEN WHAT?

KNOCK.

YOU'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.

DON'T JUST STAND THERE, SON.

RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK.

CHRISTIAN, DON'T GO!

SO CHRISTIAN RAN WITH ALL HIS MIGHT TO THE PATH

THAT WOULD LEAD HIM TO THE GATE.

WAIT, COME BACK!

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY?

KEEP RUNNING, YOU FREAK!

AH, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A RUNNER.

AH, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A RUNNER.

TWO OF HIS FRIENDS, OBSTINATE AND PLIABLE, WERE

DETERMINED TO BRING HIM BACK.

THEY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM JUST BEFORE HE REACHED THE PATH.

CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN,

STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.

I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS.

WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME?

BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO TALK SOME SENSE INTO YOU.

YEAH.

WHAT, YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO THE CITY OF DESTRUCTION?

YEAH.

NOW, THINK ABOUT IT. THE VERY NAME OF OUR CITY SHOULD

MAKE YOU WANT TO RUN WITH ME.

THAT'S NONSENSE.

IT'S A NAME, CHRISTIAN.

THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S A NAME.

LISTEN, I'VE HEARD ALL THE STORIES TOO.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO WANDERING AROUND BACK THERE.

WE GO WITH YOU. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.

YEAH, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE ANYWAY, RIGHT?

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES BURNING IN A PLACE

OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE.

OKAY, LISTEN TO YOUR HEARTS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS TRUE, ALL RIGHT?

COME WITH ME. SAVE YOURSELF,

SAVE YOUR FAMILIES.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CHRISTIAN.

EVEN IF YOU GOT PAST THE SWAMP

OF DESPOND, EVEN IF YOU'VE GOT

THAT FAR, THERE ARE CREATURES

OUT THERE THAT WILL RIP THE FLESH FROM YOUR BONES,

NOT TO MENTION THE KING OF ALL DEMONS, A-APA--

AP-APOLLYON.

APOLLYON.

YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING A PERSON COULD EVER WANT

IN THIS WORLD. YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL HOME.

YOU'VE GOT A WIFE THAT LOVES YOU, KIDS THAT ADORE YOU.

WE LIVE IN A LIFE OF LUXURY HERE.

VERY LUXURIOUS.

NO, NO, NO, WAIT.

IT'S A FAÇADE, OKAY?

COME WITH ME AND YOU'LL

EXPERIENCE REAL LIFE, REAL JOY.

NOTHING WILL COMPARE TO WHAT YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH

IF YOU FOLLOW THIS PATH FAITHFULLY TO THE END.

AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS PATH IS GOING TO LEAD YOU

IN THE END?

TO A GREAT INHERITANCE, ALL RIGHT, ONE THAT GOES

BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION.

IT'S INCORRUPTIBLE, UNDEFILED,

ONE THAT WILL NEVER WAIVER AS LONG AS YOU DILIGENTLY SEEK THE PATH.

THAT SOUNDS NICE.

COME ON, IT'S ALL WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK. COME ON.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE BOOK, CHRISTIAN.

I WANT YOU TO GO BACK HOME.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

I CAN NEVER GO BACK.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK?

YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK?

NO.

FINE, HAVE IT YOUR WAY.

LET'S GO, PLIABLE, LET'S GO.

HE'S CRAZY. HE'S LOST HIS MIND.

NO, NO, NO, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

WHAT IF HE'S RIGHT?

WHAT IF HE'S RIGHT--

HANG ON, HANG ON, LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN.

I'VE HEARD SOME OF THESE STORIES

AND IF IT'S TRUE, WELL THEN HE'S SMARTER THAN WE ARE.

HE'S TRYING TO FIND A PLACE THAT'S MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN

WE'VE EVER EVEN IMAGINED, RIGHT?

YES. - RIGHT.

YOU'VE LOST YOUR MIND, PLIABLE. YOU'VE LOST YOUR MIND.

YOU'VE BEEN STANDING TOO CLOSE TO HIM.

LISTEN, THE SMARTEST THING THAT YOU CAN EVER DO

IS TO COME BACK HOME WITH ME.

COME BACK TO YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY.

HE'S CRAZY, AND IF YOU GO

WITH HIM YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

YOU COME WITH ME, ALL RIGHT,

AND YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN EVERYTHING I SPOKE ABOUT TODAY

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE, OKAY?

IT'S ALL WRITTEN BY BLOOD BY HE WHO LOVES US.

I'VE MADE UP MY MIND.

FINE. LET'S GO.

I'M GOING TO GO WITH CHRISTIAN.

YOU DO KNOW HOW TO GET TO THIS PLACE THOUGH, RIGHT?

YES, I DO.

A MAN NAMED EVANGELIST TOLD US IF WE FOLLOW THAT PATH TO

THE END, IT'LL BRING US TO A GATE.

COME ON.

OKAY WELL, COME ON,

LET'S GO, COME ON.

I'M GOING HOME.