Due to this fortuitous twist of fate, Salieri was directed onto the path he had prayed for.He was awarded for his piety - the study of music as the respected court composer for the bland, tone-deaf Emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones):(voice-over) My life changed forever.With $44.7 million on its second day (Saturday),Dead Man""s Chestalso became the first movie to top $100 million in just two days.And the noise of the birds, their horrible savage cries as they circled over the narrow black beach of the Encantadas while the new-hatched sea turtles scrambled out of their sandpits and started heir race to the sea.John and Pearl have successfully kept heir father""s secret regarding the money.Their young widowed mother works at the local Spoons Ice Cream Parlor.On a number of occasions in the depressed rural town of Cresap""s Landing, Willa is advised by busybody, small-minded, gossipy and garrulous, match-making employer Mrs.He bursts into a rage at the scamp: "Beat it.I ain""t buying no lottery tickets." He projects his own annoyance and resentment of beggars at the boy (although he is one himself):Get away from me, ya little beggar!To get rid of the kid, he becomes a bully and flings a glass of water in the boy""s face.