8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Page #2

Synopsis: This is a very black comedy. A mob courier is hired to transport the heads of eight murder victims to a mob boss. However, the duffel bag gets mixed up with the bag of a college student who is off on a vacation in Mexico with his girlfriend and her parents. However, the mother is a recovering alcoholic whom everyone believes is delusional when she claims to have found heads.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Tom Schulman
Production: Orion Home Video
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
15
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
R
Year:
1997
95 min
245 Views


Now get out of here

Go ahead, take it on the heels

One day, you got one day, Tommy

If big Sep doesn't get those

heads in his hands by noon tomorrow

You might as well chop off your own

head and put it in with the others, capish?

Don't worry about it, all right?

He'll have them before they start stinking

- Please or you'll be stinking

- Yeah, yeah, I know what you mean

- About time

- Yeah, I know

Here, it's all yours

We've done a lot of redecorating

since you've been here, senor

It's quite lovely, we hope you enjoy it

- It's beautiful

- Senor Pritchett... your room

Thank you

The mini-bar, el bano, the bathroom

If you need anything, please call me

Everybody unpack later

They're only serving lunch

downstairs for ten more minutes

- Yes sir, no problem

- Good

Pepe, venga! Pepe, venga!

- Come on, Bear

- I'm coming, Wooly

It's 206, room 206

Okay, Laurie, what's going on?

Not now, let' just talk about it later, okay?

No, let's talk about it now

Look, Charlie,

I don't know quite how to put this

But... I think I want a divorce

What? A divorce? We're not

even married, we're not even engaged

You know what I mean

That's why you invited me here?

To tell me this?

I thought you invited me to meet your parents

I didn't really actually invite you

Excuse me, but you

invited me to your parents' house

And then you called and said

we were coming to Mexico instead

When I said we were going to Mexico,

I didn't actually mean you

What?!

It was just supposed to be me

and my parents for my dad's birthday

And you got so excited;

I didn't know how to break it to you

Laurie, what's happened to you?

Six months at home and you've mutated

From a fun-loving free spirit

into... Nancy Reagan

Look, I just want stability in my life, Charlie

I need to be with someone

who really knows who they are

And knows what they want in life

You know what this is all about? Your folks

They don't like me, and it's

affecting the way that you feel about me

But just wait, Laurie

My being here will turn

out to be a blessing in disguise

I'm not giving up on you, Laurie

- Is my hair all right?

- I am open-minded

It's just that he's such a dip!

Do you think he's a dip?

I think he's really cute

And he seems funny, and he seems smart

I mean, what do you want for Laurie?

I want what I was when I was his age

- I was charismatic, ambitious...

- That's right

- I was clearly headed to the top

- Clearly, darling

The very, very top

I mean, we can be honest with

each other when we're alone, can't we?

Oh, I think that's a good idea, Wooly

I've always wanted to be...

Oh, I forgot something,

will you go down and get us a table?

- What's the problem?

- No problem, no problem

I just forgot something and

I'll be there in just a second

Okay? I'm running

Senorita, no, no, it's for decoration,

not for sale, sorry

I better go check on Bear

- Ah, Mrs. Bennett

- There you are, Bear

We ordered you an enchilada

- Bear, are you all right?

- Mrs. Bennett?

Jesus! Ma, are you okay?

- Would you, would you like to... to sit?

- Mom, what are you doing?

Good God, Bear, don't tell

me you've been drinking again

Now, remember what the

doctor said, take nice deep breaths

- I have some pills if you're not feeling well

- Yeah, why don't you take some?

It's, it's, it's... all right, folks

She's just a little hungry, she's

hungry and her blood sugar's dropped

Are you hungry, Bear?

- Mom, for God's sake?

- Would you like an enchilada?

It's all right, folks! No harm done

They're just happy to see each other

You little son of a b*tch, I should have known

Wake up, Qaddafi,

we're gonna play College Bowl

For ten points of your life...

Hey Stevie, you got any notes

from last night? I don't need them

Hey!

No, no, I've got it, thank you very much

Seniorita, your mother is going to be fine

Take this please

Senor, I gave her a sedative,

it's muy, muy strong

- Let her rest, huh?

- Thank you, doctor

We've only been back here

an hour and already she's on the booze

Would you go easy on her, dad?

She's obviously under a lot of stress

Okay

When she wakes up, we

won't mention a thing, okay, Laurie?

Why don't you watch her, while Charlie

and I go rent a boat for tomorrow?

- Okay, Charlie?

- Yeah, great

Is my hair okay?

Uh, do, do you mind if

I change my shirt before we go?

No, I'll use the phone in

your room so I don't disturb her

All right, we're gonna play

a game called Be Honest With Me?

Now, the rules are very simple

I ask you a question and you

have to be honest with me, okay?

Now, where did

Charlie Pritchett go on vacation?

Second rule, you have to answer, Qaddafi

- Why does he keep calling you Qaddafi?

- I don't know

Now, look, I don't want to have

to put you kids through hell

So let me tell you

what's going to happen here

First, I'm gonna hurt you,

then you're gonna try to be brave

Then I'm gonna hurt you again,

and you're gonna tell me everything

That's not being honest, that's not honest

That's not honest!

Now, look, this is not gonna get

any easier, it's only gonna get harder

So, I don't know why you're protecting

this kid, because I'm gonna find him

There we go, atta boy

I swear to God, we don't know where he is

all he said was Mexico and he's...

Come on!

We're not trying to protect him!

I'm not going to repeat myself!

Mom, if you want to come down,

you're certainly welcome

It's just that the weather is terrible

Well, it's rained since we got here,

mom, there are storms everywhere

I mean more storms are on the way

Mom, I'm just thinking about you

Mom, l... we..., of course we'd

love to have your company, mom

Well, I know you're young enough

to travel, it has nothing to do with that

Mom... mom, please, please,

mom, please don't dredge that up

What's the matter? Are you okay?

L, uh, uh, ants, ants everywhere

Ants' I don't see any ants,

what are you talking about?

Mom, there are ants

down here, ants everywhere

Mom, please don't dredge that up

Because it's got nothing to do with her

What is it? What is it?

- I have a cramp in my leg

- A cramp?

Ay, ah!

Well, pull yourself together, stop screaming

I'm, I'm sorry, I'm...

No, mom, I'm not arguing with my wife,

I'm arguing with you

I mean, mom, mom, please,

I'll have to call you back

Mom, I'll call you back, I'll call you right back

Can you keep it down?

Now, why don't I meet you downstairs

in the lobby in say, five minutes?

- Five minutes?

- All right?

Five minutos!

And don't send this laundry out,

it's gonna cost me an arm and a leg!

Yeah!

Oh, yeah! Obviously, this is, this isn't real

It's a, it's, it's a fake, it's a fake

God! God!

Senor! Senor!

- Are you okay?

- I am fine

I just, I ate a hot pepper

- Oh, ah, hot pepper

- Venga, Pepe

No, no, no

Charlie, are you okay?

I'm fine, I just ate a killer pepper

A chili pepper, I'm fine

There's some water in the mini-bar, senor

No, no, no

I like the sensation

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Tom Schulman

Thomas H. Schulman (born October 20, 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter best known for his semi-autobiographical screenplay for Dead Poets Society. The film won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director (Peter Weir). more…

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