Break Up Page #4

Synopsis: Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a charred body in her husband's car is pulled from a pond, the cops want to talk to her, but she bolts for her sister's, loses her savings pass-book, and then learns someone has emptied her bank account. She's goes on the run, with the same cops on her trail, and eventually realizes Frank may not be dead. Getting back her money, facing Frank, satisfying the police, and finding her freedom may be more than she can handle.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Paul Marcus
Production: Miramax
 
IMDB:
5.1
R
Year:
1998
100 min
269 Views


- You know that, don't ya?

- Yeah!

- [Frank Screaming, Indistinct]

- I could never go through

what you guys go through.

Too much bullshit

on top of bullshit.

[Sighs]

Spring him.

- Sorry?

- Let him go.

- [Frank] Come on. Let me outta here.

- You sure?

You didn't hear what I said?

Let 'im go!

[Frank] I'll calm down, okay?

I'm sorry. Just open the f***in' door!

- [Chuckles] You're a funny guy.

- I can sing, though.

Well, what would Elvis be doing now

if he were alive?

I don't know.

He'd be clawing the sh*t

out of the inside of his casket.

- That's okay. You're a funny guy.

- I sing a little.

Body in the car isn't Dade.

- [Officer #1] Clear!

- [Officer #2] The house is clear.

- [Officer #3] Clear.

- [Radio Dispatcher, Indistinct]

[Phone Ringing]

- [Ringing Continues]

- Detective John Box.

- It's me.

- Mrs. Dade?

What is Jimmy short for, Mrs. Dade?

James.

Why do you always call me

Mrs. Dade?

I was trying to be polite.

My parents wanted a boy.

Um...

l...

I'm just calling to say "thank you."

Yes, there is.

No, there isn't.

Why not?

What's wrong?

Tell me!

Th-Then I'm dead.

Come in.

I can help you.

I'm not a f***ing idiot!

Hello?

[Woman On P.A.] Attention all units.

Any sightings of suspect Frank Dade?

[Man #1 On P.A.]

This is, uh, 213.

- That's a negative at the county line...

- That's a 10-4, 213.

[Man #2] Dispatch, this is 315.

No sighting in the downtown area.

[Urinating]

[Sighs]

You're the last person I ever heard,

you know that?

You said,

"We got an important call,

so go back in and make nice."

That's what you said.

And I went back in.

[Whispering]

He hit me so hard...

that l... I didn't...

I couldn't sit up

for three days.

So you think I'm the biggest a**hole

on the face of the earth.

Stand in line.

I took this from your house.

It wasn't Frank's money.

- Grace.

- [Gasps]

[Knocking]

[Neighbor's Voice]

He's an a**hole, your husband.

It makes no difference to me.

I can call the cops instead.

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Frank]

How do you know she's there?

[Grace]

It was on the envelope.

[Radio]

I'm gonna get something to drink.

You wanna go?

- Uh, um... D-Do you have a phone?

- Yeah.

Could I use it?

It's just a local call.

Pay phone's in the back.

- [Woman] 9-1-1 operator.

Do you have an emergency?

- Yeah. Yeah. Um...

- I need the police.

- Please hold.

- [Woman #2] Baker P.D.

- Yeah, um... l-I'm with Frank Dade.

- [Frank] Grace.

- State your location, please.

Time to go.

Hello?

Hello?

You don't want me here.

You can go now.

[Whispers]

What?

You can go now.

You don't get it, do you?

I'm goin' back to my wife.

Get out of the car.

Get... out!

[Car Engine Starting]

[Whimpering, Crying]

- [Thudding]

- [Tires Squealing]

[Clicks]

[Clicks]

[Whimpering]

- [Gasps]

- [Whines]

[Crying]

[Sobbing]

You jerk.

[Whining Continues]

What is it?

[Barks]

[Woman, Indistinct]

[Woman Continues,

Foreign Language]

[Door Closes]

[Gasps]

You set me up.

No. No.

Is that what you think

you need the gun for?

No, l...

I don't... I don't need it.

[Whispers] God, I forget

how much I miss you till I see you.

Did you miss me?

[Whimpering]

Yes.

Did I do this to you?

I swear I thought I'd...

I thought you were dead.

I never would have

left you otherwise.

You know that, right?

You...

put the neighbor in your car.

You killed him

and put him in your car.

What was I supposed to do?

Can we go?

Really?

Yes.

I'm sorry, Jim.

I'm so sorry.

Me too.

- [Gunshot]

- [Groans]

You shot me.

[Screaming, Moaning]

[Labored Breathing]

There's your gun back.

[Chamber Clicks]

This is your mess.

You deal with it.

Where are we going?

Let's go. Come on.

[Sighs]

[Whimpering]

- [Car Door Closes]

- [Sniffs]

What are you gonna do?

Well, what do you think I'm gonna do?

[Scoffs]

Here you go.

Take it.

It's your money.

Your husband...

was a very bad egg.

Huh?

He killed your neighbor,

he killed your sister...

and...

I thought he was gonna kill me,

so I shot him.

You understand?

- Yes.

- Good.

Bus stop, over there.

[Engine Starts]

You want me to stay with you

while you wait?

No.

Okay.

I'm very sorry about everything

that happened to you.

Okay.

Okay.

[Sighs]

Take care.

[Car Door Closes,

Engine Starts]

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