Buzzard Page #3

Synopsis: Bored office employee Marty, is out to cheat the system. One day he decides to make his escape by swiping dozens of undeliverable refund checks from his company. From here, his small-time scams manifest into paranoia and violence.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Joel Potrykus
Production: Oscilloscope Pictures
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
97 min
Website
101 Views


Oh, man, that sucked.

- So you said this happened today?

- Yeah.

At Work?

- Yeah. Like an hour ago.

- An hour ago?

Maybe two hours.

Mmm. Looks like an older out.

Like a day or so.

Well, I- I dorft know.

Hmm.

You dorft have health insurance, do you?

No.

Hmm.

Okay. Keep it cold for the first 24 hours.

After that, change the gauze

every four hours.

A nurse is gonna be in here to give you an

ointment to apply over it. Okay?

- Really?

- Yeah, that's it.

When you leave,

go to the front desk and do the paperwork.

- That's it?

- Have a good day, Marty.

Hey. Come in. Have a seat.

I- low's your hand'?

Uh, okay.

- Got some stitches.

- Ooh. Yikes.

Does that still hurt?

- Yeah, a little bit.

- Oh.

Did they send the paperwork over?

- They said they were gonna fax it.

- Oh, yeah, they sent it over.

Okay.

Everything3 cool with that?

There's no problems?

- Problem?

- Uh, just Whatever.

No. Everything should be in order.

- Is that it?

- Um, yeah.

- You finish the stack of checks?

- Mm-hmm.

Okay. Good.

- Got 'em all done.

- All of them?

Yeah. I dorft know. It was pretty easy.

Wow. So you mailed them out?

Gave 'em to Stacy then?

Marty. Did you give the checks to Stacy?

No. I mailed 'em myself.

How?

Just put stamps on 'em.

You paid the postage yourself?

No. I found some stamps.

Stacy has a postage meter at her desk.

Yeah, I knovv,

but I had some old stamps in my drawer...

that I just thought I'd use up, so-

- So they're gone already?

- Yep.

Okay. I guess we'll just have

to wait till next week...

and see ti they start to get cashed then.

- Okay?

- Uh, hovv do you do that?

I know the fund they get drawn from,

so thats pretty easy.

Right. Cool.

You know What? If you're really

interested in the process...

then from there vve can view a scan

of the front and back.

You know, for security.

- Security?

- Yeah, security.

We have access to the exact images

of all the checks.

You know, just in case

there's a problem with them.

Make sense? Marty.

F***! F***!

F***!

Marty?

- Dude, vvhafs up?

- Nothin'. I'm fine.

- Did you get fired?

- No.

It's 'cause of your hand thing, right?

- You got fired, didn't you?

- No. Get the f*** outta here, man.

Or is it the checks?

The checks or your hand. You got fired.

Dude, Walk away!

I just gotta pee, man.

Mmm.

Are you just gonna stand there and watch me?

That's Weird.

Mmm.

- Hey.

- What?

- Let me crash at your place.

- What?

Yeah, let me stay in your basement.

Dorft-

Don't talk to me right now.

Don't look at me. I'm peeing.

- Dude, come on.

- Dude, I'm peeing.

You 93)' Pervert!

Dude, I am not joking around here, man.

Hold on.

You wanna stay in the basement, huh?

Yeah.

You ready to dive into the party zone?

I dorft know What that even means.

Come on, man, the party zone.

I told you, I redid my basement.

- Novv ifs all party zone-

- Oh, God. Whatever, man.

I just carft go home right now, all right?

The sh*t is not cool.

There's like private

surveillance cameras all over my place.

Dude, you're such a chicken, man.

No. Carol can see who cashes checks.

- I told you.

- Shh!

Shut up.

I told you. I'm right. You're wrong.

Whatever, man.

I just carft go home right now, all right?

So I need a place to stay.

Mmm.

- You need a place to stay, huh?

- Yeah.

Well, two rules when it comes

to the party zone.

First, you bring your own controllers.

Second...

ifs my rules.

Third, if you dorft wanna party...

you're in the Wrong spot.

Got it?

This isn't gonna be a party-zone thing, man.

Well, then no deal.

Dude, I'm 00min' over tonight.

Be prepared to party then.

Dork.

F***in' loser.

F***!

When it goes through then it-

Yeah. It'd come out like a cyborg...

with, like, fillings...

um, artificial hip.

Whatever.

Hey, dude, I'm gonna see you

in a little bit, man, so-

Yeah, all right. All right, later, dork.

[Typing 1

Hi there. I-low can I help you'?

Is Zach working today?

No.

He's usually the one

that helps me with returns.

I'm sure I can help. What's goin' on?

I clon't know, man.

It's a lot of stuff.

Guess so.

Yeah. I double ordered online, so-

Just lookin' to get my money back.

You have a receipt?

No. I didn't- I didn't print one off.

Order number?

Should be able to look it up that Way.

Zach doesrft usually ask for it...

so I never think to write it clown

or bring it with me.

Can I see your ID?

ID. Yeah.

I do not have that, man. I totally forgot.

Look, I make returns here all the time.

This is crazy.

Mm-hmm. I'm sure you do.

I'm gonna get my supervisor on the phone.

- See if I can get her to sort this out.

- Hold on. You know What?

My boss ordered those.

So I just remembered

that it should be under his account.

- Your boss ordered it?

- Mm-hmm.

- It's under his account.

- Yeah.

Whats the name of the business?

Goddamn. F***!

F***!

You vvoke my dad, man. Come on.

Sorry, Dad. It was just Marty.

Down here.

Dude, stay right there. Stay right there.

Wait on the steps. I've been working on

this. You're gonna love it.

N'

- You ready?

- Yes.

Okay, okay, okay.

Here we go. Here we go.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Welcome to the party zone.

Mmm- Oh.

Dude, What are you doing?

What are you doing?

I'm doing the party-zone thing, man.

Yeah, I guess.

U [ stops J

Well, Welcome to the basement.

Put your Hot Pockets in the fridge

and you sleep on the couch...

and I'll kill the party lights.

Come on in, dude.

This is lame.

- Ahh.

- This couch sucks.

Uh, dorft stay here, complainer.

Just clon't let anyone clown here,

all right'?

Um, too bad. it's my house, my rules.

It's your dads house.

It's still my family's property.

My point is, this is my area now.

- This is Where I'm staying. This is my space.

- Hmm.

When you came in you saw OD tower,

work OD tower.

I have Word-processing CDs in that tower.

This is my spot.

it's my party zone, like I said.

So if you dorft like the rules...

go somewhere else.

- Party zone.

- Yeah.

You're gonna see-

You're gonna see vvhafs

going on here with this game.

I've had it like a week and a half.

I'm the best I've ever known

of anybody on this game.

You've never even seen level 10.

Watch this. Watch this.

One, two, three. Jump.

Extra life.

Watch this. Under. Over. Boom.

Huh. Uh-huh.

- What are you doing?

- Just getting comfortable.

Oh, I dorft know if I'm ready for that, man.

Keep 'em on.

- All your clothes, keep 'em on.

- What?

I dorft Want you

taking off your clothes in front of me.

Gay-wad stuff.

Whoa. Whoa. What are you doing?

- What are you doing?

- I'm trying to lay clown, man. Sooooh clown.

- You put your feet on me. - Yeah. Sooooh

clown, man. I'm trying to stretch out.

Dude, gay. Dorft do this.

Well, I'm trying to go to bed, man.

- Go to bed?

- Yeah.

- At 8:
30?

- Yes.

- You're tired?

- Yes.

- You're serious?

- I am.

- What am I supposed to do?

- I dorft-

Go change your dads diaper. What do I care?

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Joel Potrykus

Joel Potrykus is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature film debut Ape won the Best New Director prize at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival, while his follow-up feature Buzzard won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Ljubljana International Film Festival. more…

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