Clear History Page #10

Synopsis: A PR specialist refuses to market a car called a "Howard" - a colossal error that loses him a billion dollars and makes him a national joke. He loses his hair, shaves his beard, takes a new name, and moves to Martha's Vineyard. Jump ten years: "Rolly" is a popular local whose sangfroid evaporates when the Howard's inventor moves to the island. Rolly, his old self unrecognizable, hatches a plan to rid the island of his nemesis; he also decides to woo the billionaire's wife. Fellatio, a former girlfriend, a woman who's lost weight, her boyfriend, the band Chicago, a menacing Chechen, a bus load of ill children, and a pair of ne'er-do-wells with experience with explosives figure in the story.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Greg Mottola
Production: HBO Films
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
TV-MA
Year:
2013
101 min
443 Views


Vineyard etiquette dictates

that the person closest to the clearance...

- Vineyard etiquette?

- ...moves back.

- No, you back up your car.

- What, you have a Howard,

you're entitled to do

anything you want, is that it?

I didn't say that my Howard entitled me

to not move backwards.

- Back up your car.

- No, you back up your car.

- No, you back up.

- No, you back up.

Are you crazy?

Are you out of your f***ing mind?

No good?

Crazy old man!

I love my husband. "No good," Rolly.

I thought there was a little...

Yeah. Get in your car and back the f*** up!

Back up!

The smudge... You gave me a smudge thing.

A smudge?

Yeah. A tooth check.

- Get in your car!

- I'll get in the car.

- A smudge?

- Sorry.

What are you, in f***ing middle school?

A misunderstanding.

I don't know what I was thinking.

I don't know.

No, you placed too much emphasis

on a tooth check,

I can tell you that right now.

Tooth checks don't mean

what they used to mean, you know.

So what now, what do we do now?

Back to Plan A.

This is exactly what we should

have done in the first place.

Now we're right back, full circle, it's on.

Am I right? Come on.

Let's go blow that f***ing house up.

Am I right?

Okay-

Good news. Hot dog! What's the plan?

Well, next week's the Chicago concert.

I know the Haneys are going,

nobody's gonna be home.

All right.

The day of the Chicago concert, that's it.

This is great. This is great.

- Do me a favor, will you?

- Sure.

There's a painting of mine in that house.

- Okay.

- It's a Plepler.

He stole it from me.

It's a painting of a shopping cart.

- It's a painting of a shopping cart...

- Shopping cart.

Is a Plepler a type of shopping cart

or is that who painted it?

What is the matter with you?

We're in. The day of the Chicago concert,

all hands in.

Hands in.

I'm not involved, I'm just a liaison.

Come on, fellas. Put our hands in.

Go on in there.

Put your hand in there. Nice work.

I'm gonna fix that

bald-headed motherf***er.

Wait until you hear this bullshit.

Hey, you better hold on to these.

I plan on getting f***ed up.

All right. I'm gonna meet you

in the lobby in a few minutes.

- I gotta do something.

- Whoo! F***ing Chicago!

- Do you have a pass?

- No.

I can't let you in without a pass, my man.

I'm gonna level with you, okay?

- Okay, level with me.

- Here's what happened.

My ex-girlfriend,

who I lived with for three years,

I found out now that it's

possible that she had

some kind of oral activity

with them 20 years ago

after they played here.

So it's kind of... It's bugging me

and I need... I just want

to find out if it's true.

I understand you might wanna know,

but I just can't let you back here

without a pass.

Okay. Yeah, you did a good job.

- You're doing your job.

- That's what it is.

Where do they want us for this photo shoot?

Excuse me...

I'm not a nut.

I just have one quick question.

- I'm sorry. One question.

- Yeah. Sure.

When you guys were here 20 years ago,

do you remember getting blown

by a woman named Wendy?

What?

- You're serious?

- Sorry to be so blunt.

Twenty years ago?

And this is what she looked like.

- That's a long time.

- Yeah. I do remember her.

- I don't know.

- You do'? Really?

- Yes.

- I don't know.

Yeah, that was me. Yes. I remember her.

She was a lot of fun, wasn't she?

- Yeah, she was.

- I think that was you.

- You and you?

- Yeah.

- Two?

- Definitely. Yeah.

Wendy.

Okay-

I was with another chick.

Roberta Stumpo?

- Yeah.

- Roberta Stumpo.

Thanks for clearing that up. Appreciate it.

- Whatever.

- Roberta Stumpo...

Can't believe how good that show was.

Hey, that's Nathan Flomm!

That's the guy that lost a billion dollars.

That's him.

Hey, Rolly, what's the deal?

Are all these rumors true?

Are you Nathan Flomm? Just be honest.

- Everybody knows.

- Yeah. I know. Jaspar.

- I think I'm gonna go home.

- Go home?

I can't stay here, this is horrible.

No, it's...

It's embarrassing. I don't wanna be here.

Who cares if it's embarrassing?

This is your alibi, remember?

Right.

How dare you, Nathan Flomm,

come to the Chicago concert!

That's good.

How dare you!

Get the f*** out of here, Nathan Flomm!

- That's him, Flomm.

- Jerk.

That billion-dollar guy?

I would like to speak with please,

Mr. Robert Lamm

or members of Chicago band.

Do you have a pass?

I have problem.

My friend, they say she has had

oral intimacies with the... With the band.

And I want to know for me is this true.

Is her name Wendy?

- No.

- Roberta?

No. Her name is Jennifer.

Jennifer? All right. I'll be right back.

You got a tissue?

Why would I carry a tissue around?

Why wouldn't you have a tissue?

It's not inconceivable.

I would leave my house

and take tissues before I leave,

just put them in my pocket?

I take tissues sometimes.

"Rolly," my ass.

You let me read about

that in the newspaper?

Big whoop,

I blew the lead singer from Chicago.

That's not nearly half

as bad as what you did.

First of all, it wasn't

one guy from Chicago.

I spoke to them, I went backstage.

You blew two Chicago-ans! Two!

You know what's worse?

Blowing an impostor.

That's worse.

Rolly.

Tibby, what are you doing

at the Chicago concert?

Hey!

I can't believe it's you!

It's really you! Honey, Rolly...

Rolly is Nathan.

You should have seen this guy 10 years ago,

with the beard and the hair.

- My God. It was... it was crazy.

- Yeah, it was like a lion's mane.

I mean, one of the best

marketing guys in the world.

What are you doing? Why didn't you...

Why didn't you tell me you were you?

Things ended so badly between us,

and I needed the work...

The work?

You must've seen the painting, in my house?

- Yeah, I did.

- The shopping cart.

Yes. I wondered what it was doing there.

I kept it all these years,

three houses, remember?

Yeah.

And I kept it to remind me

that I did not treat you right.

I've been looking for you for 10 years

to try to repay you

your share of this company,

from the beginning, your original stake,

your 10% share.

I'm prepared to make that good.

Are you kidding me?

You're gonna do that for me?

- You're doing that?

- I need to.

Your hands shaking?

Did you have a drink today?

No, I didn't. I thought

I'd try something new.

Today of all days, you didn't have a drink?

Nope, I didn't have a drink.

I got myself a smoothie.

- Come on, Stumpo!

- Yeah, this is Joe Stumpo.

If it's business related, leave a message.

Pick up, Stumpo!

Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome, to Martha's Vineyard,

Chicago!

Rig.

Pick up!

Come on, Stumps.

Stumpo!

There's a car coming!

A car coming. Stop! Stop!

Please, please, stop! Help us, please!

Oh. Rolly?

Thank... It's Rolly, Joyce.

It's all right, Joyce. It's all right.

Rolly, thank God!

We had a horrible accident.

You have to take us to the hospital.

Rolly, I think I broke my arm.

Rolly, help me get her into the car.

You know what? It's not a good time.

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Larry David

Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, playwright, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television series Seinfeld, of which David was the head writer and executive producer from 1989 to 1997. David has subsequently gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he also created, in which he stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself.David's work won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. Formerly a stand-up comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and was voted by fellow comedians and comedy insiders as the 23rd greatest comedy star ever in a 2004 British poll to select "The Comedian's Comedian". more…

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