Believe Me Page #3

Synopsis: Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Will Bakke
Production: Gravitas Ventures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
2014
93 min
Website
1,296 Views


you one signing bonus,

but it is $15,000,

and we can cover

all of your food and lodging

expenses while you're on tour.

"On tour"? We would be

doing what, exactly?

Well, obviously, you would

be getting donations,

but primarily you'll be preaching.

Oh.

Uh, well, I'm not...

you're not... yeah.

You're not doing that.

He's actually

our tech guy.

He's actually interning

with us this year,

aren't you, Tyler? But he's as much

a part of the team as anybody.

Tyler, are you from South Africa?

What's that?

Quick question, Ken,

just because you had

mentioned fundraising...

how much money

could we expect to make?

Uh, for Africa?

Um...

Safely, quarter

of a million.

Now, I know you've probably already

discussed this, but I'm curious.

We would love to hear more

about your work in Lesotho.

Ah.

Well, uh, yeah.

Uh, I mean,

really, uh, if you're

boiling it down,

if you're really

just...

Let's really look

at the base facts.

I mean, this is...

This is really

the lord's work,

wouldn't you say?

Amen.

Amen.

And you guys,

are you all set up

to handle your own

accounting for the... Oh!

Well, yeah. We

recently switched to a

quarterly based accrual

system, right.

Which is going to... Perfect.

Good enough.

Our only requirement is that

100% go to the mission work.

- Sounds great.

- Yeah.

But we can't actually, um...

We can't...

yeah, we can't

make a decision

without talking

it over first.

Right? This guy...

Would you mind if we just

discussed it real quick?

Oh, certainly. Certainly.

Take a minute?

I've got tough

decisions of my own.

Jesus

so Callie's a smoke shell.

Intern, huh?

Yeah, let me

just explain.

Uh, okay, guys?

I think we can do this.

Oh, absolutely.

Oh, he's joking.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I thought I heard him say,

"quarter of a million

dollars." You guys hear that?

What if project "get Wells soon"

was a legitimate nonprofit?

We can't do it.

Why?

You heard what the guy said:

100% percent of the proceeds...

Has to go to the charity work.

Yeah, sure.

But I'm talking about cash. They're gonna

be keeping records of the card swipes

and the checks, but most of

this money is gonna be cash.

All I'm saying is, at the end of every

night, we're adding up the total...

We just skim off the top. No

one's gonna know the difference.

And then the rest, we can

give to a legitimate charity.

I already know one. It's called "living

water." This would really help them.

Real noble, Sam. Will that

bonus top off your tuition?

I'm not even thinking

about that right now.

Okay, yeah, all right.

It would, okay?

But you guys got to

think bigger than this.

This could be great

for all of us.

Ty, I know you don't want to be

someone's coffee b*tch all summer.

Become an intern for

project "get Wells soon."

Baker, what are you

gonna do after graduation?

Huh? You want to kill yourself

at someone's desk job,

or do you want to get paid to

come have a wild time with us?

It's stealing.

I don't know, Sam.

Baker, trust me.

Okay.

Guys, I think we can do

a lot of good with this one.

Okay, why are you

so into this?

Why do you always think

I have ulterior motives?

Huh? There's a lot of good

I want to do in this world.

Okay, full disclosure: I lost

all my summer rent money.

If I ask my dad for any more,

he's gonna make me work for him,

and I just

can't have that.

So technically,

it is my only option,

but it is a plan I believe in.

It's a good plan.

Great plan.

Great plan.

Great plan.

Look, dude, if you don't trust

me, if you're not feeling it,

that's fine,

I'll stop talking about it.

All I'm asking is,

give me one good reason

why the hell not.

Hell is why not. Sam!

Tyler, you...

come on, dude.

You'd better write me

one hell of a recommendation.

Hey, could one of y'all just

turn off the sun, please?

I heard you won

big last night.

Could I see

your bag real quick.

I know I'm throwing

a lot at you guys,

but any questions you have should

be answered in those packets.

Oh, um...

Those are just the tour

policies you agreed to.

You're strict about the no-alcohol policy?

Definitely.

That's good, definitely.

Okay, so this will be

your typical green room.

This one kind of sucks,

but every place is different.

This is where we'll get your makeup

and microphone on beforehand.

Guys, this is awesome.

Dude, it's a microwave.

Yeah, but we've, like, made it.

You guys are the guys!

Hey, we're the guys.

You're Sam, Baker,

Tyler, Pierce!

Oh, I totally friend-requested

you guys last night.

I'm kind of the eyes

and ears backstage.

Hey, you might want to

change your privacy setting.

Okay, I got three wireless and a headset.

Who's running graphics?

That'd be me.

Sweet. Yeah, okay.

Be careful with those rascals in the back.

They don't get out much.

Okay. You all know how

these work, right?

It's pretty simple. You just

hold this button right here

and it turns on, and to

turn it on, it's the same.

You just hold it. It's great. And

make sure you don't mess that up.

Hey, Tyler, do you want to go up

to the booth and meet the team?

Uh...

Do it, dude.

Go up to the booth, dude.

Yeah, that'd...

awesome. It was great meeting you guys.

Seriously.

Bye, Yale.

Have fun in the booth.

Okay.

Let's just keep going

with this.

All right.

I like this guy.

Yale must be

a decaf man.

So this is

the best part

of our already

amazing tour, yes?

Um, you know what?

You guys should meet Gabriel.

He's the worship leader,

and his whole

band's here.

It's our only song.

It's not that hard.

Every moment

is a teaching moment.

Fellas! This must

be the God squad.

Hey, Sam.

How are ya?

Hey, Gabriel, obviously.

Friends call me Gabe.

Let's keep it at

"Gabriel" for now.

Like the archangel. That's cute.

What's that

so, uh, yeah...

oh, Gabriel's your...

that's your real name.

You weren't kidding.

No.

This is Gabriel,

the worship leader.

Well, now, I wouldn't

call myself that.

I mean, my life

is worship,

and, uh, I am

a bit of a leader.

I see how that label

would fit, but, no, no.

No, I'm just

an artist.

Wow.

Yeah.

But I'm also really busy,

so I got to get back to it.

By the way, big fan of you guys.

Love your work.

I mean, stay sweet.

Hey are we still on for 8:00?

Yeah.

Can I talk to you

for a second?

Just two seconds.

Hey, scales, scales.

G-c-d.

G-c-d is for...

I mean, do you think

he still wakes up

watching vh-1?

Because the goo-goo doll...

whoa.

Jesus

all I'm saying is, just know your

talking points before you go in there.

Dude, relax.

You're over-thinking it.

All I got to do is walk out,

say a couple verses,

teach the word of the lord.

No, dude,

the only thing you should be focusing

on is having an emotional response.

Yeah, don't go out there

and try to teach

what you don't understand.

It's fine.

It's covered. Seriously.

Baker, you're talking about

the problems in Lesotho.

Pierce, you are... Gonna

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