Be Kind Rewind Page #11

Synopsis: In Passaic, NJ, Elroy Fletcher runs a video store in a condemned building he claims was the birthplace of Fats Waller. Fletcher goes on a Waller centennial trip, leaving his foster son Mike in charge of the store. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, getting magnetized in the process. He inadvertently erases every tape in the store. Mike and Jerry hatch an plan to hide the disaster by making a homemade "Ghostbusters" to rent to a woman whom Fletcher will be phoning to check on them. Soon, with help, their homemade versions of films develop a cult following. Will this new business save the store and the building? What about Fats?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Michel Gondry
Production: New Line Cinema
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG-13
Year:
2008
102 min
$11,200,000
Website
578 Views


- Yeah.

Continue to jiggle.

- Tickle the keys, Mike.

- I'm doing it.

I can clearly see

that you're not doing it.

- I barely can see...

- I'm clearly doing it.

Yeah. Okay.

Wilson, how do you drive a train?

Push up the switches

on the generator.

Okay. I got it.

Yeah!

Alma, you in position?

We're just crossing the river now.

You see us?

Yeah, I can see you.

I'm starting the camera.

Come on, blow that trombone harder.

That is not a piccolo. Mike.

You need to act more drunker.

Come on, you guys are better than that.

Action!

Let me tell you, rent party

was the place to be in the '20s and '30s.

Man, they were jumping.

Clear out, clear out. Cops are coming.

Cops are coming, come on.

Alma.

Go, go, go.

Aren't you guys being

a bit ambitious here?

No. This is what makes the movie.

All right, all right.

This is getting dangerous.

- Promise me this is it.

- We promise, Mr. Fletcher.

Okay, go, go.

Not the big one, not the big one.

- What's it matter?

- Do the little one, okay?

- No, no, no. It says use other door.

- Jeez.

- Okay, fine, just shield your...

- Just let the car go by.

- What is this? What the crap?

- God dang it.

I told you I wanted

to break the big glass.

Why? It's like a hall of mirrors.

- What the crap, what is this?

- That's it. I'm going home.

Come on, let's go.

- Be careful. It's over there.

- Shut up.

- You got it?

- Yep.

You got it?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What...?

Mike?

- Mike, what are you doing?

- Nothing. We were leaving, don't hurt us.

- Of course I'm not gonna hurt you.

- Why do you got that knife then?

- I thought you were robbers, man.

- Jerry, help me.

Okay, hold on. Hold on, hold on.

Release.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Are you...? Are you sleeping here?

I n the hardcore-porn room?

Temporarily, yes,

I am sleeping here, okay?

I don't want anybody

to know this, all right, please?

Fellas, I tell you what.

I'll fix the windows,

you keep that quiet.

- Okay.

- Please.

We just gonna go.

Okay, let's go. Stealth.

- Don't get involved. Don't get involved.

- Is that it?

I tried to hold them back

as best I could. Guys, we can't...

- We got a job to do.

- I know you do.

- It's on. It's on.

- All right.

Come on in. Everybody, don't

forget to put money in the can.

- We're trying to raise money.

- Every dollar helps.

You know, if you got a 20, that's gonna

help even more. That's more valuable.

Thank you. Thank you for coming.

Hey there. Yes, sir. Thank you.

Make sure you have

a donation for church.

I will do. All right then. Thank you, sir.

The check will be fine.

All right.

Can you put the TV a little bit higher?

All right.

This is exciting. Oh, a 20.

It's gonna work, right?

Well, I took the offer.

It looks like we're gonna be

moving to the projects.

The money we collect tonight is not gonna

be enough to even start the work.

So, what we gonna do is watch the movie.

And then we go.

- Come on. All right?

- She can't see the TV.

- Can you see it now?

- Yeah.

- Hey, where's Mike?

- Okay.

Have a little faith, you guys,

he's gonna be here.

If you can just remain patient,

and don't forget to put money in the can.

- Mike, Mike, Mike!

- Everybody stay cool.

Mike, Mike, Mike!

Who would expect a simple influenza virus

would get him in his bed?

Mike. Mike, stop shooting now.

- What are you doing?

- I'm just getting the end shot.

- I have to get the end titles.

- It doesn't have to be perfect.

Yeah, I know what time it is.

I've been looking... I've been here all day.

Yeah. No, we... I didn't start the job.

I can't demolish a building

with a hundred people in it, that's why.

Right, good idea.

He's coming down.

What is this?

- Mike's here.

- Hey, look who's here.

Oh, no.

No one could see it,

so I had to put it up on a higher thing.

- You messed up the TV, man.

- I messed up the TV.

So how we gonna watch it?

Yo, Fletcher.

What the hell's going on here?

Well, right now, we need you, baby.

We need you.

- Right here, right here.

- What is that?

- Is this what you've been looking for?

- It's a projector?

- Where shall I put the monster?

- Right here, right here.

Put this right here.

This is the finest machinery...

...made for mankind.

- Oh, my God.

- I saved the day.

- Yeah.

- Okay. That's good.

- It's dangerous in here.

To tell you the truth, I don't think people

could have seen the little TV...

...from the back anyway.

It would've been...

I think everybody should turn around

and watch...

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Everyone, turn your seats around.

We're gonna watch the movie

up on the wall now.

- Yes, we are.

- And it's much better.

It's actually... It's a blessing in disguise.

Because the TV...

We were gonna watch it on a TV this big.

You ain't gonna see an image

brighter than this.

You will never see an image

sharper than this.

Now, that's a premiere.

Make it as big as you can.

Make it as... Yeah.

Stretch it from there all the way to there.

Anything you need...

Just keep your hands off this.

This is fine machinery.

- I will. I promise.

- We did it!

All right, let's get it going.

Let's get this show on the road.

- Yeah!

- That's what we waiting for.

Well, it all began right here,

on this spot.

It was a different neighborhood then,

but look here...

... he was born in 261 Main Street.

It's a boy.

Here's our part. Here's our part.

- Yeah, man.

- Yeah!

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Yes, in the Century Theater,

right here in Passaic.

Mr. Fletcher? What's going on?

Oh, hi, Mr. Baker.

- Let's step outside.

- Wait, hold on a second, Mr. Fletcher.

I'm sorry, but time is up.

We agreed on this.

Now, you must evacuate the building

so we can start.

Okay. Mr. Baker, you're right.

We should've evacuated an hour ago.

But, please,

let us watch our film. Okay?

And if you give me just one hour,

I promise there won't be a riot.

An empty building,

and you can pull it down.

It's all yours.

- Please.

- You have one hour.

One hour.

Fats' life was on a train.

He had given up flying.

He was tired of being refused entrance

to the plane because of his color.

Once, however,

segregation saved his life.

The plane he had been rejected from

crashed in Kansas City.

Fats, are you okay?

Fats, you okay?

Oh, my God, you're... Fats, wake up.

Fats.

Is there a doctor on the train?

Help! Help! Help!

Is there a doctor on the train?

We need a doctor!

He 's my friend!

Anybody? This train 's not leaving

until we get a doctor!

Say up in Harlem at a table for two

There were four of us

Me, your big feet and you

From your ankle up

I'll say you sure are sweet

From there down

There 's just too much feet

Yes, your feet's too big

Don't want ya 'cause your feet's too big

Can't use you 'cause your feet's too big

I really hate ya 'cause your feet's too big

Yeah

Where 'd ya get 'em?

Your girl, she likes you

She thinks you're nice

Got what it takes to be in paradise

She said she likes your face

She likes your rig

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Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry (French: [miʃɛl ɡɔ̃dʁi]; born 8 May 1963) is a French independent film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is noted for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. His other films include the surrealistic science fantasy comedy The Science of Sleep (2006), the comedy Be Kind Rewind (2008), the superhero action comedy The Green Hornet (2011), the drama The We and the I (2012), and the romantic science fantasy tragedy Mood Indigo (2013). He is well known for his music video collaborations with Radiohead, Björk, Beck, The Chemical Brothers and The White Stripes. more…

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