Best Laid Plans Page #7

Synopsis: Bryce (Josh Brolin) is a successful man who returns to his tiny hometown for a visit. While there, he runs into his old friend Nick (Alessandro Nivola). The two decide to go out for the night. When they enter a bar, Bryce encounters Kathy (Reese Witherspoon), a blonde temptress whom he eventually takes home for the night. When he awakens, Kathy informs him that she is underage and threatens to tell the police that Bryce has committed statutory rape. Bryce panics and decides to tie her up and hide her away in the basement. He then makes a call to Nick. Unbeknownst to Bryce, Kathy is actually Nick's girlfriend Lissa. The two had schemed to use Bryce's money to pay off a $15,000 debt they owe small-time hood Jimmy (Terrence Howard).
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Mike Barker
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
1999
92 min
231 Views


Apparently you've been|getting something.

What the f***|you been up to?

Where is she?

Man:
Don't worry.

We ain't offered her|any soda.

a very curious economic|system in this country.

There was|a civil war.

Yeah. I read|about it.

But before that,

my great-great-great-|grandmother

was put up for auction.

Set a female record|in Georgia-- $800.

Now, given inflation|with today's dollars,

she was sold|for approximately...

Is that|your asking price?

Mm-hmm. That will be a total|of $25,000 you owe me.

I can get you 20|in 3 or 4 hours,

if you can wait|that long.

Freddie will|drive you back.

Your girlfriend|will stay here...

while you go get|your daddy's money.

Wait a minute.

How did you know|about my dad?

[Crack]

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Man:
Hey!

Hey.

Man:
Oh...

f***!

Nick.

Ha ha!

It's just...

you know...

What did we steal?

Baking flour.

We thought you got|all that money

from your dad,|you know, and the house.

Ha ha! What's 20 grand?

I mean, come on.

We didn't expect you|to pull all this sh*t.

What's your story?

I'm a finance major.

We all got|tuitions to pay.

Uh...

I'm just|his cousin, man.

Man:
|By marriage.

Ha ha ha!

[Moaning]

Aah! You f***!

[Glass Shattering]

[All Shouting At Once]

Come on, man!|Calm down, man!

Get up off of me!

What the hell is wrong|with you, man?

Calm down!

Man:
Come on, man.|Let's get him out of here.

Come on, let's go.

What, you never f***ed|a friend before?

No-- No hard|feelings, man.

Hey, sorry about|your car, dude.

Uh, you can call the police|if you want,

but you know,|you do that,

we'll start mentioning|the chick in the trunk.

Man:
#Take me back #

We'll try and get|your wheels back.

#To where you hide #

# Lay me down #

# Lay me down inside #

# Lay me down inside #

Excuse me. Do you know|what time it is?

We got to be at Charlie's|in two hours.

But, Nick, why?

It's the most f***ed-up|night of my pathetic life.

[Car Horns Honking]

Lissa!

Liss!

Liss!

Wait! Look,|I'm sorry!

I'm sorry I put you|through all this!

Don't apologize|to me, Nick. Don't.

That only makes this|whole situation worse.

You were in a hole,

and I did what|I needed to do.

But we can still|salvage some of this.

We can still|get the money.

The money, Nick?

Bryce has no idea you're|still alive. We could--

What,just|f*** him over?

Just f*** him over|for the hell of it?

This was never|about money, Nick.

This was about you|being stuck

in the same place|for your whole life.

Sh*t.

You two together?

I'm not sure.

[Toilet Flushing]

Nick!

Jesus, you're here.

Bryce.

What's going on?|Did you find the car?

What are you|doing here?

I was starved. This was|the only place open.

I told you|to go home.

Yeah, I know,|but, um...

Nick, I don't think|I can handle this.

I've got this|sick feeling inside.

It's like a tightness|in my chest,

and I feel like it's|kind of going to burst.

You killed her, Nick.

Excuse me?

You killed her.|You smothered her.

I mean,|she was a person.

Now she's just dead.

Lissa:
Yeah,|can I get a cab?

OK? And I can't|handle it.

I mean, I just can't|go through with it.

I got to talk|to somebody.

Yeah? Ha ha!

Of course you do.

I'm sorry, Nick.|I got to--

I'm going|to the police.

For me. I have to.

You know|something, Bryce?

You're an a**hole.

In fact, you've always|been an a**hole,

even in college.

I think that's why|I never really liked you.

Nick, I'm having a crisis|of conscience here.

There's no need|to be rude.

Oh. What the f***|is this?

What the f***|is that?

Lissa, wait.

What?

Lissa?

Christ, she's not--

What--

What the f***|is going on?

Bryce, this is Lissa.

She's my girlfriend.

Was my girlfriend.

What happened? I mean,|I thought she was in--

She slept with you...

to steal that...

to save my life.

And if she leaves me now,

I'm never going to be able|to make it up to her,

and I badly need|to make it up to her.

[Door Closes]

Bryce:
I never|liked you, either!

Wow.

Cabdriver:
What's it|going to be-- in or out?

I thought|you were leaving.

I thought I was, too.

Then I realized|I didn't have any money.

Ha ha ha!

Let's walk?

Where?

Anywhere...

away from here.

Neneh Cherry:
|#The first kiss #

#You planted|to my face #

#You planted|to my face #

#The second twist #

#The taste of fear #

#Took up all the space #

# In here #

- # More or less #|- # Pick a way out #

# In the twisted mess #

- # More or less #|- # Disintegrated #

# Strategically|impressed #

- # More or less #|- # No longer residents #

#At a new address #

- # More or less #|- # Scratch me like a perfume ad #

# Recycle|all the plans we had #

# More or less #

- #Whenever I think #|- # More or less #

- #Whoever I take #|- # More or less #

- # However it breaks #|- # More or less #

# Someone's|going to fall #

# I sense a grain|of stress #

# Hurting you|more or less #

# I pick up|this twisted mess #

# Like sinking ships #

# Dragged into abyss #

#Just slammin' #

# In sinfulness #

#Wherever I take|the night #

# Keepin' it|eye to eye #

#Just slammin' #

#With tastiness #

# Pick a way out|in the twisted mess #

- # More or less #|- # Disintegrated #

# Strategically|digress #

- # More or less #|- # No longer residents #

#At your own address #

- # More or less #|- #Watch me like a prison guard #

- # Swipe me like a credit card #|- # More or less #

- #Whenever I think #|- # More or less #

- #Whoever I take #|- # More or less #

- # However it breaks #|- # More or less #

# Someone's|going to fall #

# I sense|a grain of stress #

# Hurting you|more or less #

# I pick up|this twisted mess #

# More or less #

# More or less #

#Take me, shake me,|knock me away #

#A million ways|that we relayed #

#We've all come|to suffocate #

#To make it through|the night today #

- # More or less #|- # Count the days strategically #

- # More or less #|-#The cravin' to believe in me #

- # More or less #|- #Who to blame and who to be #

- # More or less #|- # Make it through the night with me #

- # Now it's tastin'-- #|- #Whenever I think #

- #The fear that slowly-- #|- #Whatever I take #

- # Now I stop to-- #|- # However it breaks #

- #You belong to-- #|- # Someone's going to fall #

# I sense|a grain of stress #

- # Hurting you #|- # More or less #

# Now I stop to reminisce|and now #

# Movin' on|Picture this #

#Twisted mess #

#Twisted mess #

#Twisted mess #

#Twisted mess #

#Twisted mess #

#Twisted mess #

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Ted Griffin

Ted Griffin is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous, Matchstick Men, and Ocean's Eleven. Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. more…

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