Clear History Page #5

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
416 Views


Yo, Rolly.

What's going on?

Come take a walk.

Jesus, I just can't even imagine this.

You never told anyone about any of this?

No, I never told anyone except your father.

He's the only one who knew.

Yeah.

I don't understand how

Haney couldn't recognize you.

I mean, I would recognize you if that...

No, I look completely different.

How different could you look?

I mean, really.

All right. How about that?

Holy sh*t.

You look like the guy

who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart.

Yeah. That's me.

So, um...

I'm leaving the island.

Yeah. I can't stay with this guy here.

Come on, your whole life is here.

Forget it. The guy's at my poker game now?

I got to hear

about his garish monstrosity of a house

with bowling allies, a gymnasium. Come on.

And I can't stay here

with him, on the island.

I just can't. I can't be here.

I can't be here. I'm leaving.

I wish there was something

I could do that, you know...

There's nothing anybody can do.

- I'll... Yeah.

- We'll be able to hang out?

Hi, it's Wendy. Leave me a message.

Hey, Wendy, it's me again.

So, you know, I spoke to Tibby and I

told her you'd make a fine replacement,

and she wants you to call her tomorrow.

So, you don't have to smell

like clams anymore.

All right, see you.

That's it for us.

Have a great night and stay tuned

for the midnight matinee.

MAN'. I couldn't help it, Howard.

They started making changes

without any reason.

Everybody had authority and nobody.

I tried to fight,

they pushed me from office to office.

Howard, what are you going to do?

You have to leave that up to me now.

Hey.

- Yo, what's happening?

- I gotta talk to you.

All right. Step into my office.

You're nuts.

This is f***ing madness.

You can't blow up someone's home.

It's not allowed on the island.

It's not allowed f***ing anywhere.

You wouldn't hold up well in prison.

You think leaving the island

is gonna be any better for me?

Is that supposed to be a good life for me?

I don't know anybody anywhere.

All my friends are here, my whole life is here.

My house is here.

He's already ruined my life once,

and he's gonna ruin it again?

So you're just gonna end up in jail,

and get turned out

by some f***ing Aryan dude

and become his boyfriend.

That's a better outcome to you?

Nobody's gonna rape me.

I'm an old, ugly man.

There might be someone

who would rape you.

I think they can do better than that.

Well, there's probably a dude in there

who has a fetish for an old bald guy.

- Old bald fetish...

- It could f***ing happen.

I haven't seen any women with one.

Where would you even

have gotten an idea like this?

The Fountainhead. Howard Roark,

he blows up this building

at the end of the movie.

Well, it is a pretty ugly house.

Nobody on the island likes it.

You'd probably be

considered a f***ing hero.

Listen, nobody would get hurt,

nobody's gonna be

in the house when this blows up.

I'm just wondering,

how do I do it?

The only guy that I know

that could handle something like this

would be Joe Stumpo.

Joe Stumps.

Get the f*** out of here!

Hey, Stumpo, it's me, Frank.

I don't give a sh*t, get out of here.

Hey, Joe, can I talk to you for a minute?

What do you want?

I know that your family

owned Blue Heron for a long time.

Three generations.

And I've seen what

this multi-billionaire has done

to your old property and to the island.

He's destroying the island.

I wanna blow it up.

Why do you wanna blow it up?

I want him off the island.

- Is he f***ing with me?

- He is not f***ing with you.

You think you wanna blow it up?

I've thought about it every f***ing day

for 18 months.

Eighteen months. Every time I drive

by the place I think about it.

I see it, I smell it at night.

I can smell the gunpowder. You can't do it.

Access, my friend.

You need access and I don't have it.

What do you mean access?

Access. You gotta get in

or have an inside man.

If I had a guy inside,

if I knew one of the workers,

but those pricks don't even talk to me.

Inside guy, working there, that could work.

Otherwise, get it out of your head.

Let it go.

Let it go. Get the f*** out of here.

Hey... I know McKenzie.

Yeah, that's right.

You're gonna like this, Stumpo.

He owes me a big favor.

- Really?

- I can go talk to him.

Maybe I can get a job there.

Rags!

Rags! Cocksucker, come out here!

Who's this guy?

- It's a deal.

- There you go.

- Nice job, Frankie.

- Actually, I'm not involved in this deal.

I was just here to introduce you guys.

- Yeah, he's not involved.

- I'm not here.

- When do we start? How about tomorrow?

- Who's this guy?

That's my associate, he works for me.

Fella... Rags!

He's involved in this?

Yeah... Trust me, he's fine.

You'll see him and he'll be all right.

Rags, this is...

- Rolly.

- Rolly. You know Frank.

You guys should know something about me...

Full disclosure.

I, on occasion,

will talk in my sleep.

And I have a girlfriend who, on occasion,

sleeps over.

And she's got a big mouth.

All right. Looking forward to it, man.

Button up, my friend. Button up.

- Hey, McKenzie.

- Hey, Rolly.

Can I have a word?

Yeah, sure, sit down.

Thank you.

What's up?

Well... Here's the situation.

You know I work for Tibby

and lately she's been

sexually harassing me,

putting her hand on my leg, dressing

suggestively, things of that nature.

The point is, I gotta get out of there.

I was hoping maybe I could

get something with you.

You're working on Blue Heron, right?

Nah, I don't think so. No.

I got a bunch of guys I hire from a pool,

guys I worked with before.

You know, I hate to bring

this up, McKenzie.

But I'm sure you'll recall

that a few years ago,

I found your dog, in the woods,

behind my house

and at the risk of my own personal safety,

I brought it back.

I fed it and gave him the

rest of my meatloaf.

And he had a baked potato.

I didn't know dogs ate baked potatoes.

And then we sat down

and we watched an episode of Law & Order.

And I fell asleep with

that poor dog in my arms.

And he must've had some dog dream

because I woke up

and he was twitching and going like that.

And then, I woke up in the morning

and I called you.

You're saying I should give you a job

because you found my dog?

I got Lyme disease from that night.

I never told you about that.

Okay. I'll tell you what...

Only because I do appreciate

you saving Lucky,

- we'll try it out. All right?

- I appreciate it.

I won't let you down. I'll work for you.

I'll do a good job for you.

Monday morning, 8:00. See you then.

Eight o'clock.

Uh, Rolly, what are you doing?

So, um.

I couldn't help but notice

that my suggestion has gone unheeded.

I heard you, and I just decided

that I have pretty good system here.

Well, you saw what I just had to do.

I have to clean it in the water.

Now I need more water.

We're in a vicious cycle here,

of silverware into water,

into more water, on napkins.

The whole thing can be avoided.

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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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