Brightest Star Page #4

Synopsis: After the heartbreaking end of his first love, a recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams only to discover a greater journey awaits him.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Maggie Kiley
Production: Gravitas Ventures
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
TV-14
Year:
2013
80 min
Website
42 Views


-OH, F***!

-WHAT'S UP, GUYS?

-WHAT'S UP? [ LAUGHS ]

ONE MONTH OF CRASHING.

THAT'S WHAT'S UP,

OKAY, PARASITE?

HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING

YOUR NEW JOB?

H-HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING SUCKING

AT THE WHORISH DICK

OF CAPITALISM, HUH?

-RAY --

-DO NOT TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT.

-DON'T LOOK AT HER.

-RAY!

-[ CHUCKLES ] SHUT UP!

-HEY, RAY, TAKE IT EASY, OKAY?

-GET YOUR HAND OFF ME, PLEASE.

GET YOUR HAND OFF ME!

-RAY, STOP IT!

-OH, HE WANTS TO? OKAY.

-OH, MY GOSH!

-FORGET THIS.

-OW!

-SPOILED BRAT!

ASS FACE!

I'M OUT!

-MM!

-MM.

-HE'S CRAZY.

-WE'LL CALL THAT STRIKE THREE.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE.

WE SHOULD GET SOME ICE FOR THAT.

ARE YOU SURE?

-[ LAUGHS ]

WE SHOULD LOCK THE DOOR.

- WELL, I'VE GOT NO FEELING

BUT I'VE BEEN DREAMING

OF YOU:

WHOA-OH

AND I'VE BEEN STEAMING

BUT I'VE BEEN LEAVING

TOO SOON:

WHOA-OH

-OVER HERE.

-WATCH OUT. I'M GOING.

LET'S GO. LITA!

[ LAUGHTER ]

-COME ON IN. TIME FOR DINNER.

- AND GO, GO, GO

-IF I ASKED YOU TO MARRY ME,

YOU'D -- YOU'D SAY YES, RIGHT?

YOU'D HAVE TO.

-MARRY? WHY NOT?

I MEAN, WE COULD ALWAYS

GET DIVORCED,

BUT MY DAD WILL MAKE YOU

SIGN A PRENUP.

-REALLY?

HE SAID HE'D MAKE ME

A PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY

AS MY DOWRY.

-YOUR DOWRY?

-OH, YEAH --

WITH A COUPLE OF PIGS,

MILKING COWS, GOAT.

-SO I'LL STAY HOME

AND MILK THE COWS,

AND YOU'LL BE THE C.E.O.

OF AN INTERNATIONAL

SALES CORPORATION?

-IT'D TOTALLY WORK.

-IT'S A DEAL.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

-NOW, TELL IVAN HOW YOU MET.

-YEAH.

-UH, IT'S --

IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD STORY.

-IVAN MIGHT THINK

IT'S A GREAT STORY.

-[ LAUGHS ]

-YEAH.

-WELL, IN HELPING HIM

GET OVER HIS EX,

HE COULDN'T HELP

BUT FALL FOR ME.

[ LAUGHTER ]

-SMART BOY.

-YES, HE IS.

-IS THERE SOMETHING

YOU WANT TO TELL ME?

-SALES ARE GOOD.

-NO, NO, NO!

IF YOU WANT TO EA WITH THIS FAMILY,

NO BUSINESS AT THE TABLE.

-MM, IVAN.

-IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE?

DID YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD

A BOX AT YANKEE STADIUM

IN OUR FAMILY FOR 29 YEARS,

YOUNG MAN,

SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN!

-I LIKE THE YANKEES, TOO.

I LIKE THEM BOTH.

I'M -- I'M REALLY

JUST A FAN OF THE GAME, OKAY?

-HOW COULD YOU BE A METS FAN?!

-THEY'RE MY TEAM.

I'M -- I'M LOYAL.

-THEY'RE LOSERS!

HOW COULD YOU WASTE YOUR TIME

ON LOSERS?

-THEY'RE NOT LOSERS.

-LOSERS!

[ LAUGHTER ]

-MY DAUGHTER IS WITH A METS FAN.

-I AM.

-MY NEW JUNIOR VICE PRESIDEN IS A METS FAN.

-OH, WOW.

-SALES ARE GOOD.

YOU'RE A NATURAL.

-IT'S A PROMOTION!

-THE METS FAN HAS NO IDEA

HOW TO HANDLE SUCCESS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

-STOP.

-10 TO 1 SAYS HE BLOWS IT.

-I PROPOSE A TOAST.

TO NEPOTISM.

-ZIVELI!

-CHEERS.

-CHEERS.

-[ SIGHS ]

YOU KNOW MY FIRST SHOW

AT THE LIVING ROOM?

-MM-HMM.

-WHAT DID YOU THINK?

-I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOOD.

BUT I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW?

I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR HONESTY.

AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING

THAT YOU WANT.

-RAY SAID I WAS GREAT,

BUT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I LIKE THAT YOU CAN TELL ME

WHAT YOU REALLY THINK.

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

-I HATE THAT I'M GOOD

AT THE THINGS:

THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT,

AND TERRIBLE AT THE THINGS

THAT I DO.

-DO YOU MEAN WORKING FOR MY DAD?

-YEAH.

-YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR HIM

IF YOU DON'T WANT.

-I KNOW. I KNOW.

-YOU WANTED A REAL JOB BECAUSE

YOU THOUGHT YOU'D GET HER BACK.

-YEAH,

BUT THAT'S NOT WHY ANYMORE.

I-I LIKE FEELING LIKE AN ADULT.

-THAT'S --

THAT'S NOT REALLY YOU, IS IT?

-I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, IT IS, BUT --

-YOU'RE PRETENDING,

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING

YOU NEED TO DO AROUND ME.

IF IT'S ABOUT HER, THEN --

-LISTEN TO ME.

IT'S NOT ABOUT HER, OKAY?

THINGS ARE PERFECT RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE PERFECT.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

-[ CHUCKLES ]

-I'M HAPPY.

-LIGHT LOSES ENERGY ESCAPING

FROM A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD

BECAUSE THE ENERGY OF LIGHT IS

PROPORTIONAL TO ITS FREQUENCY.

A SHIFT TOWARD LOWER ENERGY

REPRESENTS A SHIF TO LOWER FREQUENCY

AND LONGER WAVELENGTH

OR A SHIFT TOWARD THE RED

FOR VISIBLE LIGHT.

DON'T PUT YOUR PENCIL DOWN YET,

MULLEN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

SO, ANOTHER EXAMPLE HOW EVENTS

ARE PERCEIVED DIFFERENTLY,

BOTH SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY,

REALLY.

TRULY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

STEMMING FROM HARD FACTS --

THE UNDERLYING CONCEP BEHIND RELATIVITY.

CRYSTAL-CLEAR? EXCELLENT.

NOW, IF WE TAKE

THIS EXAMPLE FURTHER...

BRUSHING UP:

ON YOUR RELATIVISTIC PHYSICS?

THAT'S A BIG LEAP FROM 101.

-[ CHUCKLES ] YOU REMEMBER ME?

I REMEMBER THE STUDENTS

WHO REALLY LISTEN.

PLUS, YOU WROTE THAT GREAT ESSAY

ON THE ABERRATION OF STARLIGHT.

-WOW. T-THANK YOU FOR NOTICING.

-OBSERVATION

IS THE BACKBONE OF ASTRONOMY.

-W-WOULD YOU HAVE

ANY ADVICE FOR SOMEONE

WHO WANTED TO MAKE A TRANSITION

INTO A CAREER IN ASTRONOMY?

-ONE WOULD NEED

A STRONG FOUNDATION

IN PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS,

OBVIOUSLY A THOROUGH

COMPREHENSION:

OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM,

ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS,

THERMODYNAMICS,

STATISTICAL MECHANICS,

QUANTUM THEORY,

AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.

-AND FOR SOMEONE

WITH A LIBERAL-ARTS DEGREE?

-IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH

YOUR SKILLS FROM YOUR INTERESTS.

CAN I ASK WHY YOU DIDN' PURSUE THIS AS AN UNDERGRAD?

-CALCULUS AND PHYSICS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

-THERE ARE JOBS IN THE FIELD

THAT AREN'T SCIENCE-RELATED.

YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO IT.

-IN THE CITY?

-YOU MIGHT HAVE TO THINK

A LITTLE MORE RURAL.

[ SIREN CHIRPS ]

[ HORNS HONKING ]

-I WISH I COULD

REMEMBER IT BETTER.

-HOLD ON. WAIT, LOOK.

JUST -- OKAY. CLOSE YOUR EYES.

CLOSE YOUR EYES, OKAY?

CAN YOU SEE IT?

-YEAH.

-I LOVE YOU.

-I LOVE YOU, TOO.

-OKAY, GUYS, SO,

I THREW OUT A NUMBER.

IT WAS 15% QUARTERLY JUMP.

DO NOT THINK OF I IN TERMS OF 5% A MONTH.

WE HAVE NOT HAD:

A 5% MONTH SINCE JANUARY 2007.

-LOOK AT THIS F***ING GUY!

WHAT'S UP, BRO?!

THIS GUY STOLE MY GIRLFRIEND.

-I DIDN'T STEAL HIS GIRLFRIEND.

-NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

IT'S COOL IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING SERIOUS,

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S

JUST NOT HOW I ROLL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

LIKE THAT -- I'D HIT THAT.

-HE MISSED.

-TWO TIMES.

SO, HOW ARE YOU, MAN?

STILL WORKING:

WITH OLD MAN MARKOVIC?

THAT GUY HATED ME.

-YEAH, I'M STILL

PUSHING THE CLOCK.

-MM.

-WHAT HAPPENED TO GIRABALDI'S?

-EH, A**HOLE. WHATEVER.

HOW'S LITA?

-SHE'S GOOD.

-YEAH?

-I THINK. I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

-YOU HIT THAT?

-WHAT? NO.

-NO, IT'S COOL IF YOU DID.

-NO, NO. IT'S NOT COOL.

-18 WANTS THEIR CHECK.

-GOT IT.

UM...YOU STILL HUNG UP ON THAT,

UH, OTHER CHICK, YOU KNOW?

-UH, YEAH.

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

-YEAH.

THAT'S NOT HEALTHY, MAN.

-I KNOW.

DO YOU -- DO YOU NOT HAVE

A PROBLEM GETTING OVER GIRLS?

-RAY, YOUR ENTIRE SECTION'S

LOOKING FOR YOU.

-I GOT IT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE GIRL,

YOU KNOW?

EACH ONE IS, LIKE,

LEADING UP TO THE NEXT ONE.

THEY'RE PART OF MY PATH.

I MEAN, I MAY END UP

WITH, UH, LITA.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

SHE MADE ME BELIEVE IN LOVE

AND ALL THAT CRAP.

BUT I'M JUST NOT READY

FOR HER YET.

-RIGHT.

-ANYWAY, I GOT TO GO.

-OKAY.

-LATER.

-LATER.

HEY, FOUR MORE, PLEASE.

-COMING RIGHT UP.

-[ SIGHS ]

[ CHUCKLES ]

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