Bombay Beach Page #3

Synopsis: Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish. Film director Alma Har'el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family. The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life. Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions
Director(s): Alma Har'el
Production: Focus World
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
80 min
Website
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and she didn't have nothing

underneath."

Eddie, you're lame-- you just

lied, we caught you in a lie.

- Okay.

- Liar.

What's your name?

Star.

What are you gonna be

when you grow up?

- I'm gonna be a weirdo.

- A weirdo?

When you grow up, not now.

I'm going to Mama's

because...

I wanna be a fireman.

A fireman!

woman:
And how have you been

for the past two months?

- Benjamin:
Good.

- Okay.

- How did school end for you?

- I don't know.

Did you remember

your grades?

Pamela:
He's failing

every subject.

Oh, wow, okay.

And he wasn't doing good.

He was, um, not allowed on

the playground no more.

How'd it make you feel, Benny?

I don't know.

We can't help you if you

don't tell us.

- woman:
One thing we can do.

- Mm-hmm?

Is we can actually increase

the dose of the medicine.

That probably would be the

simplest way of controlling

what's in his anger or his mood

swings, and things like that.

There are people who take

up to 2,000 milligrams

of this medicine.

Wow.

But for a child, though,

wouldn't it be better

to try a different medicine,

though,

and not put him

at risk like that?

Well, it depends.

There is another medication

called Abilify,

which is also approved for,

one, bipolar, in children--

Yeah, you know,

anger of a person.

What about, um,

his hyperness?

The Ritalin.

It's a very short-acting

medicine.

- It wears off in three hours.

- It does.

He might need to take the

medicine several times.

You might give it

to him three times a day.

I think that might provide

better coverage.

Okay--

Oooh!

- Mwah.

- Mwah.

- Mwah.

- Mwah!

Mwah!

Teach me how.

You just pinch your mouth

like this.

It's like kissing someone.

- Michael loves Rebecca.

- Stop!

Michael loves Rebecca.

Pamela:
Oh, that's gotta stop

right now,

'cause you guys are little.

You're not old enough

for any of that.

boy:
This means "I love you"

in the bunny way.

girl:
Sure, I always wanted

to be a waitress.

Michael wants you

to do that thing again.

No, don't put it back.

Ah, that's disgusting!

boy:
What happened?

He just put it back in when it

was cracked and it was yolky.

- Ew!

- And it fell on the floor.

Don't have a Jeep.

I don't know if I can

go on a date.

- I don't have a job.

- You have a job.

Figure it out.

What?

"Do you want Rebecca and Michael

to have a date?

Write yes or no."

And I wrote this.

And then my dad circled "no."

That was, um, um...

Rebecca:
You're not going.

Okay, we only have,

like, ten bucks.

We-- we do everything.

It doesn't involve you.

It doesn't involve you

at all.

It tastes like sushi.

Amber and Sarah

is gonna be the waitress.

We're in charge of everything,

so you guys can relax and talk

to each other.

It doesn't involve you.

I got a class at home--

At school.

Class.

Class.

Like a gentleman.

# Come sit at the table #

# Under October's #

# Able skies #

# Once we'd seen eye to eye #

# I'd known that

I'd pass you by #

# And I tried #

# The bells chime #

# Seven times #

# Completed at nine #

# The world moves slower

I find #

# No but I #

# Learned of time

by your hand #

# And in shallow waters' end #

# I learned not to swim #

# But to lie #

# I'll wait for now #

# Till it's ready to burn out #

# I insist on doubts #

# We're already lying

on the glass #

# The glass ##

Okay, let's circle, people.

As y'all know, we lost Danny,

Jeff and Franklin this week.

When you're born in 1924

and you're black,

it's not an easy life.

Okay, let's start.

- Good gravy.

- all:
Good gravy.

- woman:
Good meat.

- all:
Good meat.

- woman:
Good Lord.

- all:
Good Lord.

woman:
Let's eat.

- All my friends.

- Yeah.

Jeff, Franklin.

My wife.

Well, I'll tell ya, but goddamn,

you know, three in a week,

that's getting pretty

goddamned...

Yeah, well, Franklin,

now let me see,

he's only about seven months

older than I was.

Mm-hmm.

CeeJay, what do I do

when she say this?

CeeJay, what I do

if she says...

This is how you start

a conversation.

You go up to

her and be like--

Excuse me, you know

what time it is?

That's how you

start a conversation!

You ask her what time it is,

you say, never mind,

I don't want the time,

I wanted to talk to you.

No, hold on,

hold on, hold on.

- All right, she-- She say--

- You the voice.

I talk to her, you respond.

Excuse me,

do you know what time it is?

Say it now, say it now.

I know what time it is,

but you got your phone so why,

why you giving her the time?

Excuse me.

Do you know what time it is?

Okay, dude, okay.

You know, why do you need to

know what time it is

when you have a phone?

'Cause I wanted

to hear it from you.

- Climb onto it.

- I'm scared.

Don't go too fast and f***ing

break yourself.

- Was that sweet?

- My hand is burnt.

Jessie:
May I see?

Yeah, I picked it up

by that black thing,

I guess it was like hot

and I burnt my hand.

My whole hand is burned,

literally.

Well, well,

keep the ice on it.

We had a snake in our house.

Huh?

- We had a snake in our house.

- Where's it at?

No, no, no, it--

it went in there but it--

My dad got it out.

What kind of snake

was it?

I don't know,

I was scared of it, though.

Where's your phone?

Oh, I put it back here,

didn't I?

I gave it

back to you, right?

No, you better not have

lost my phone.

No, dumb,

I gave it back to you.

I gave it back to you.

No, you didn't,

you took it from me.

Move your arm.

You think I'm messing around?

It would've been behind me

and it's not.

And don't throw the--

I told you.

I knew you had it.

We already gave him this in--

All four of you,

all four, uh--

Hats, jewelry put away,

everything put away.

- Take your hats off.

- Much obliged.

Come back to us, Red.

girl:
Ahh!

boy:
Whoa!

You had it,

but you dropped it.

Catch it.

Give me that ball.

( phone ringing )

Go away.

Press some buttons.

We're not f***ing here.

So Vinnie all out, or...?

Well, you guys gotta

get used to it

if you're gonna

be taking our kids

and we're gonna be

taking your kids.

- You hung up on her?

- Yep.

What was she doing?

What did she say?

No Vinnie.

- Why?

- Can't handle them.

Well, you know?

Well, we can't handle your

f***ing kids.

You know the girls did not

want him over there, period.

It's like mouthwash, huh?

man:
That's a nice expression.

You can do it,

you can do it, Dad!

- You know I can!

- Calm down.

man:
You know, well, if that's

something you wanted to do...

Benny, f*** him up--

how he get them...

I beat his butt!

- He's good at something.

- I'm good at this game.

You are very good.

man:
Okay, press--

press start again.

Kick his ass again.

Pamela:
Okay, I'm first.

Michael:
I'm second,

he's third.

Pamela:
Everybody be quiet,

shut the hell up.

Four.

No...

Babe, Steve, babe,

what the hell?

If you want to hurt the people

that love you,

you're only gonna

hurt yourself.

Pamela:
If you're not gonna play

right and play by the rules,

then you can't play.

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