American Honey Page #10

Synopsis: Star, a teenage girl with nothing to lose, joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Director(s): Andrea Arnold
Production: Parts and Labor
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 35 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2016
163 min
$662,786
Website
7,197 Views


You think they're gonna miss

any of this stuff?

- Who?

- The people.

I don't know.

How is this your dream, though?

Well, that's not the dream,

but that buys the dream.

I just wanna get, like,

my own spot somewhere in the woods

and just f***ing...

Just stay small, you know.

Like a little duplex or something.

Like the 40 acres and a mule, you know?

Just some piece of land

in the woods somewhere.

Someday.

This is a lot, though.

It's gonna be enough.

Not quite. I need a couple

more thousand probably.

[DISTANT HOWLING]

[CHUCKLES]

- Did you hear that?

- [LAUGHS]

This is so f***ing crazy.

- [HOWLING CONTINUES]

- Whoa.

See? You're not the only wolf.

[JAKE LAUGHS]

- [JJ] F***ing pizza.

- [KAT] F*** you, pizza.

[KALIUM] Where's that pepperoni?

- [QT] What up, Krystal?

- [KRYSTAL] What up, QT?

What's happening? What's up?

- I got presents and I got you pizza.

- You got some presents? Okay.

Okay, so this town has got people

from all over the country

and it's filled with f***ing oil.

- So what does that mean?

- [ALL] Money.

# Money, money, money

[KRYSTAL] It means these people

are making a sh*t load of money.

And how does that make people feel when

- they make that kind of cash?

- [QT] Amazing!

- [JJ] Makes me wanna cream my jeans.

- No, it makes them feel like sh*t.

- [QT] Yeah.

- It makes them feel guilty.

So I want y'all to dress

like dirty white trash,

and then they'll pity you.

- [JJ] Dirty white trash.

- [SEAN] Like we're not trashy enough.

[AUSTIN] Can I be clean white trash?

[CREW LAUGHS]

[KRYSTAL] Oh, no, that's the boys' bag.

- Pagan.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- It's a shirt.

- [KRYSTAL] No, that's a dress.

That's what you wear. That's for Shaunte.

[CHATTER CONTINUES]

Star.

That's a dress.

Yeah, you don't wear

underwear with that too.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So the men here work 17 hours a day,

so there are some lonely ladies here.

So I'm gonna drop all the boys off here.

- Jake.

- Yeah.

[KRYSTAL] Billy, y'all get out here.

[JJ] Make that money, honey.

[SHAUNTE] Look at that mama with her baby.

[KAT]

Kalium, there's a bee. There's a bee.

[QT] Put some f***ing shoes on.

Put some damn shoes on.

[KRYSTAL]

Hey, why are you dressed like that?

- [MUFFLED] You dressed me like this.

- No, I didn't.

[MUFFLED] Yes, you did.

[KRYSTAL]

Y'all are gonna make hella money today.

I'm taking you out to the oil fields.

These guys make

like a hundred grand a year.

[ALL EXCLAIM]

[QT] Sh*t got real.

They're away from home,

- there's no ladies...

- Ooh!

[QT] Butter 'em up, baby. Butter 'em up!

- It's gonna pump you up.

- [KAT] It's gonna pump me up?

I love getting pumped up.

[CREW CHEERS]

[KRYSTAL] So get 'em

before they get off to work.

[QT] Let's do that sh*t.

[SHAUNTE]

Long day selling magazines, huh, Bella?

Check out this song I got for you.

- ["WE FOUND LOVE" PLAYING]

- Hey!

Check it. Let's go. Let's pump it up!

[CHANTING] Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

[SINGING] # Yellow diamonds in the light

# Now we're standing side by side

# As your shadow crosses mine

# What it takes to come alive

# It's the way I'm feeling

I just can't deny

# But I've gotta let it go

# We found love in a hopeless place

# We found love in a hopeless place #

Yeah, QT.

[CHANTING] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

[MEN CHEERING]

[LAUGHING]

[MAN 1] Whoo-hoo!

[MAN 2] Oh, yeah!

- Thank you.

- Whoo!

[CHEERING CONTINUES]

["WE FOUND LOVE" CONTINUES PLAYING]

[CREW WHOOPING]

Whoo!

[MAN 3] Shake it!

What's up, ladies?

You girls prostitutes or what?

The f***? Do we look like prostitutes?

- I mean, kinda, yeah. Sorry.

- Ooh!

Actually, we're sales

associates and we work hard.

- [MAN 5] Okay, okay. Well...

- [MAN 6] What are you selling?

- I sell magazines.

- [MAN 7] The bus is here.

[MAN 6] You gotta make your money somehow.

- [ENGINE STARTING]

- I respect that.

[MAN 5] Good luck, sales associates.

Can I get you to go for me?

[MAN 6] It's okay. All right.

How about, er... I gotta go to work.

How about you give me your phone number?

- Go get some drinks?

- How about a kiss?

[MAN 6] A kiss? Already? Damn.

You called me a prostitute.

- Do you like prostitutes?

- [MAN 6] I love prostitutes.

Well, put your sunglasses

on top of your head.

- [MAN 6] Not right now.

- Are you sure?

[MAN 6] Yeah, I'm all right.

I gotta get to work. Thank you.

- It's free.

- [MAN 6] I know it is.

All right, then.

- [MAN 5] Come on, let's go.

- Ask for five minutes.

[MAN 6] You're not gonna find

many good guys here.

I didn't say I was looking for men.

- Hey, wait!

- Whoa.

Wait.

I wanna see the oil field.

Do you think I could ride with y'all?

- What do y'all think?

- Yeah.

Climb up in.

Thanks.

Y'all are good.

[GIRL] Star!

Wait!

What the f***?

Where you going?

So you're all rich?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, we're filthy rich.

Hell, everyone working

the oil field's rich.

If you're all so damn filthy rich,

y'all can buy some of my magazines.

So you hopped in the bed of this truck

to sell us f***ing magazines?

- Basically.

- What kind of bullshit is that?

- You make money selling that sh*t?

- I got a sh*t-ton of titles.

What kind of titles are

we talking about? Playboy?

- Well, anything you like.

- [MAN LAUGHS]

- You like boats, deer?

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.

I'll give you $500

to hang out with me tonight.

- Yeah.

- Oh, hell.

- $500?

- Coming on strong.

- That's exactly what I said.

- Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

How about a grand?

For a grand, I'll do it.

A thousand dollars? I can get that.

- When?

- We get off work around 10:00 tonight.

- [MAN 1] He's a dog. [LAUGHS]

- [MAN 2] I got it.

- I definitely got it.

- [MAN 1] All right.

You actually came.

Get on in.

I brought some wine for you.

I figured all girls like wine.

Yeah, thanks.

- Cheers.

- [CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

- So where are we going?

- It's a surprise.

I think you'll really like it.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

Especially for you.

This is a good deal, isn't it?

There are a lot of guys

that would get you drunk

and take advantage of you anyways.

Yeah.

[UNBUCKLING BELT]

[UNZIPPING]

Can you play with me a little bit?

[MOANS]

[CONTINUES MOANING]

This is a nice truck.

[CHUCKLES]

What's funny?

You're sitting there talking about

my truck while you're stroking my cock.

Well, it's a nice truck.

Yeah. Kinda turns me on.

Am I doing this right?

Can I ask you to do me a favor?

- Since I am paying for this.

- Okay.

Could you be quiet?

Okay, I'll shut up.

How long do you think you need?

For f***'s sake.

Can we try something else?

Can you take your panties off?

Turn and face me.

Open your legs.

[MOANS]

More.

[CONTINUES MOANING]

[MOANING LOUDLY]

You can pull over right here.

Thanks.

Don't I get a kiss good night?

- What the f*** are you doing?

- [JAKE] 071, motherf***er.

[MAN] Get the f*** off!

[GROANING]

[JAKE] F*** you, dog!

[PANTING]

Star, stop. It's f***ing me. Stop.

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Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005. She has since made the leap to feature films and television, including Red Road (2006), Fish Tank (2009), and American Honey (2016), all of which have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Arnold has also directed four episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Transparent, as well as all seven episodes of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning series Big Little Lies. more…

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