Crush Page #3

Synopsis: An American student studying in Australia mistakenly gets involved with a mysterious and unhinged girl while house-sitting for a rich family on vacation.
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
 
IMDB:
4.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
R
Year:
2009
82 min
$1,080,072
Website
415 Views


- I'M AFRAID THIS IS WRONG.

WAIT, WAIT.

THIS IS WRONG.

I HARDLY KNOW A THING ABOUT YOU.

- YOU'VE ALREADY MADE LOVE

TO ME ONCE.

- WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

- WHAT IF I DON'T WAN TO TELL YOU?

THIS IS POINTLESS, JULIAN.

THIS IS OUR SECRET.

I WON'T TELL.

I PROMISE.

TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME.

- I LOVE YOU.

[birds screeching]

[eerie sounds]

[woman screaming]

[eerie atmospheric sounds]

[gentle piano music]

SH*T.

[eerie atmospheric music]

ANNA?

IT'S NOT FUNNY.

[eerie music]

ANNA?

ANNA?

[intensifying high-pitch tone]

[touch-tones beeping]

- HI, IT'S CLARE.

I'M BUSY RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU'D

LIKE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE,

WAIT FOR THE BEEP.

- CLARE, LISTEN,

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

I'M SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT.

[sighs]

JUST CALL ME, OKAY?

[loud pounding]

- HEY, JULES.

- HEY, GUYS.

- YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD, MATE.

- YOU STILL BOGGED DOWN

WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT?

- NO, NO, IT'S, UH...

IT'S NOT THAT.

- I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

HE'S BEEN UP ALL NIGHT,

JERKING OFF:

OVER THAT HOTTIE, HUH?

HOW IS SHE?

- HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN CLARE YET?

- NO.

SHE HASN'T SHOWN.

- LOVE IS CRUEL, HEY?

- CLARE NEEDS A CARING,

MATURE GUY.

LIKE ME.

[laughter]

- YOU READY FOR THIS ARVO?

- HUH?

- YOUR FIGHT.

- UGH, DAMN IT.

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[exhales]

[crowd cheering]

- I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ARSE,

PRETTY BOY.

- YEAH, SURE YOU WILL.

- FIGHTERS READY.

[shouting indistinctly]

SET POSITION.

HA!

SHI-JAK!

[crowd cheering]

- [grunting]

- TELL ME YOU LOVE ME,

- FIRST WARNING:
TRAVELING

OUTSIDE THE ALERT LINE.

SET POSITION.

- MAKES ME SO HORNY.

- OH!

- [groaning]

- COME ONE, JULES.

[cell phone ringing]

- UGH.

- YOU LIKE THAT?

- HEY, MOVE BACK.

SET POSITION.

- GET UP.

COME ON.

[crowd cheering]

- YEAH!

- NO!

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- WARNING.

SHI-JAK!

ONE, TWO, THREE,

FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN...

YOU'RE OUT.

[crowd cheering]

WINNER BY KNOCKOUT,

HONG!

[crowd cheering]

- WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG

WITH YOU?

- LOOK, I HAVEN'T BEEN SLEEPING,

AND I'M LOOKING AFTER

THIS HOUSE, AND...

- YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING!

- NO.

NO, I HAVEN'T.

- I WAS WARNED

ABOUT TAKING YOU ON.

GOT KICKED OFF THE U.S. TEAM

FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING.

- HEY, I'M SORRY!

- SORRY?

SORRY ISN'T ENOUGH.

I'VE WASTED THE LAST SIX MONTHS

OF MY LIFE TRAINING YOU,

AND THIS IS THE WAY

YOU REPAY ME?

- HEY, SETTLE DOWN, MATE.

- NOT ONE MORE WORD.

GET YOURSELF A NEW COACH.

- DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIM.

- I LOST FOCUS.

I SCREWED UP.

- NO, YOU DID YOUR BEST, MATE.

- YOU SCORED SOME GOOD POINTS.

- HEY, GUYS, JUST...

LEAVE ME ALONE.

CLARE?

- [sniffling]

- CLARE,

WHAT'S WRONG?

- [crying] I GOT YOUR EMAILS.

- EMAILS, WHA--HEY.

HEY, WHY ARE YOU CRYING?

- DON'T.

IT'S OVER, JULIAN.

OKAY?

IT'S OVER.

- HEY, CLARE,

I SAID I WAS SORRY.

- NO, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT,

OKAY?

YOU CAN HAVE THIS.

REALLY HOPE SHE'S WORTH IT.

- HEY, HEY.

CLARE, LOOK AT ME.

LOOK AT ME.

SHE DOESN'T--

SHE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME.

- DON'T.

JULIAN, IT'S OVER.

YOU CHEATED ON ME.

- CLARE.

- GO TO HELL!

[door shuts]

[eerie atmospheric music]

- ANNA?

[creepy whispering sound]

AH, CRAP!

[phone ringing]

HELLO?

- JULIAN, IT'S HARRY.

HOW'S THE HOUSE?

- IT'S FINE.

UH...

NOTHING'S DAMAGED.

NO SIGN OF YOUR CAT.

- UGH, STUPID ANIMAL.

- I MET YOUR NIECE.

- SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT?

- YOUR NIECE,

SHE DROPPED BY FOR A SWIM.

- THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

I JUST SPOKE TO HER.

SHE'S VISITING KELLY'S MOTHER

IN SYDNEY.

HELLO?

YOU STILL THERE?

- BUT SHE'S GOT KEYS

TO THE HOUSE.

- JULIAN, APART FROM ME,

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH KEYS.

WHO THE HELL:

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

- SHE SAID HER NAME IS ANNA.

- ANNA.

HOW DARE YOU?

YOU THINK THAT'S FUNNY?

[click and dial tone]

- WHY'D YOU DO IT?

- WHAT?

- THE EMAIL.

- EMAIL?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU KNOW EXACTLY

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

- NO, I DON'T.

- WHO ARE YOU?

- [laughing] WHAT?

- EXACTLY WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

- HEY, COME HERE.

- GET OFF ME.

YOU SAID YOU WERE THE NIECE.

- NO, I DIDN'T.

- YES, YOU DID.

WHEN I MET YOU,

YOU SAID YOU WERE THE NIECE.

- I NEVER SAID THAT.

- HI, YOU MUST BE THE NIECE.

- YOU MUST BE THE HOUSE SITTER.

- AH, ANNA.

YOU'RE IN THAT PHOTO.

WHY DOESN'T HARRY KNOW YOU?

- HE KNOWS ME.

I'M HIS DAUGHTER.

- WHY WAS HARRY SO PISSED

WHEN I MENTIONED YOUR NAME?

- WE'VE GOT ISSUES.

[sighs]

I DON'T GET ALONG WITH HIS WIFE.

- KELLY'S NOT YOUR MOTHER?

- NO.

HE LEFT MY MOTHER FOR HER.

SHE HATES ME.

THAT'S WHY I DON'T LIVE HERE

ANYMORE.

- I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

DID YOU SEND AN EMAIL

TO MY GIRLFRIEND?

- NO.

- TELL ME THE TRUTH.

DID YOU SEND AN EMAIL

TO MY GIRLFRIEND?

- NO.

- YOU...

- WHY DO YOU GUYS

ALWAYS DO THIS?

THESE HORRIBLE ACCUSATIONS?

- ANNA, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE

WHO COULD HAVE SENT THE EMAIL.

- PLEASE, JULIAN.

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME.

- YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE

WHO COULD HAVE SENT IT!

- YOU EITHER WANT ME OR NOT.

[creepy whispering sounds]

[eerie music]

[light footsteps]

[eerie music]

- [started gasps]

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU--

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- HAVE YOU

MADE UP YOUR MIND YET?

- LOOK, I CA--

I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

- DON'T YOU LOVE ME?

- I'M WITH CLARE.

NOT YOU.

- YOU TOLD ME

THAT YOU LOVED ME.

- 'CAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO.

- YOU MEANT IT.

- YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?

- COME HERE.

- HEY, STOP IT.

- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!

DON'T LEAVE ME, PLEASE.

PLEASE, PLEASE,

I'LL DO ANYTHING.

- ANNA, GET OFF ME.

- I'LL DO ANYTHING!

I'LL CUT MYSELF FOR YOU.

- WHAT SORT OF SCREWED-UP THING

IS THAT?

GET OUT!

COME ON.

- PLEASE, JULIAN.

- GET OFF ME.

- PLEASE...

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU.

- ANNA.

ANNA!

ANNA.

THIS WHOLE THING...

WAS A BAD MOVE, OKAY?

OKAY?

- MAKING LOVE TO ME

WAS A BAD MOVE?

NO.

- IT WAS.

- NO.

- YEAH.

- NO.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- NO!

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[eerie music]

GO!

LEAVE!

OKAY?

IT'S OVER.

LEAVE!

- NO!

- GET OUT OF HERE!

[eerie music]

- IT'S OVER

WHEN I SAY IT'S OVER.

IT'S OVER WHEN I SAY IT'S OVER.

IT'S OVER WHEN I SAY IT'S OVER!

[door slams]

YOU MUST BE...

THE NIECE.

[crying] YOU MUST BE

THE HOUSE SITTER.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU COME IN.

[sobbing]

I'VE GOT KEYS.

HARRY DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME.

[sobbing]

I'M ANNA.

I'M ANNA.

[gentle piano music]

- WHERE'S MY ASSIGNMENT?

B*TCH!

PROFESSOR!

PROFESSOR.

- OH, YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, YOUNG MAN?

I FINISHED IT.

THE 252 ASSIGNMENT.

- WELL, HAND IT OVER.

- THING IS...

I LOST IT.

- YOU LOST IT?

- YEAH.

I JUST--I CAN'T FIND IT.

- IT WAS DUE AN HOUR AGO.

EVERYONE ELSE SUBMITTED ON TIME.

THERE CAN BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

- PLEASE, PLEASE, PROFESSOR.

I CAN'T FAIL THIS.

I'M ON A STUDENT VISA.

- I'M SORRY, JULIAN.

- PROFESSOR, I--

[cell phone ringing]

- YEAH.

- I'VE JUST HAD A CALL

FROM A VERY IRATE CUSTOMER.

- HARRY, RIGHT?

- SWEETIE,

I'VE SMOOTHED THINGS OVER,

BUT IN THE FUTURE, CAN YOU

PLEASE JUST--A LITTLE RESTRAINT?

- I GOT TO GO.

- IF HE WAS STUPID ENOUGH

TO DO IT IN AN EMAIL,

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John V. Soto

John V. Soto is an award winning film director. John won Best Director for his film "The Reckoning" at the 2014 British Independent Film Festival where the film had its UK premiere at Leicester Square on Friday 9 May 2014. He has written and directed the feature films Crush (2009), starring Christopher Egan, Needle (2010), starring Travis Fimmel and Ben Mendelsohn and The Reckoning (2014), starring Jonathan LaPaglia and Luke Hemsworth, which was released in Australia on 5 September 2014 after premiering at CinefestOZ on 29 August. The Reckoning had its Australian TV Premiere on 7 December 2015 on Channel ONE (Network TEN). John V Soto is the co-founder of Filmscope Entertainment, with Deidre Kitcher. John has recently completed his latest feature film, a Sci-Fi Thriller titled The Gateway starring Jacqueline McKenzie (The 4400, Deep Blue Sea). The film has been selected for the 2nd largest film festival in Utah USA, FilmQuest 2017 which is a celebration of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror films. In addition The Gateway has been selected for the Austin Revolution Festival 2017 where it has been nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay. Previously John won Best Director at The British Independent Film Festival 2014 for his feature film The Reckoning, a thriller starring Luke Hemsworth. The film was also selected for the official line-up at Cannes Cinephiles Des Antipodes where it screened theatrically in May 2015. John also won the Special Jury Prize for Needle (which stars Travis Fimmel and Ben Mendelsohn) at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2011. Needle was also selected for the US horror film festival SCREAMFEST, where it was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Film. more…

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