Cuban Fury Page #6

Synopsis: 1987: A 13 year old natural born dancer with fire in his heels and snakes in his hips is working himself up to explode all over the UK Junior Salsa Championships. But then: a freakish bullying incident on the mean streets of London robs him of his confidence, and our young hero finds his life diverted down a very different path. So it is that 22 years later, an adult Bruce Garrett (Nick Frost) finds himself out-of-shape and unloved - trapped in a downward spiral of self-pity, repression and Nando's take-outs. Only Julia (Rashida Jones), his smart, funny, gorgeous new American boss, gives him reason to live. But she's untouchable. Out of his league, so he imagines, with her perfect smile and perfect life. Unknown to Bruce however, Julia has issues all of her own. Luckily for him, she also has a secret passion. Then there's Drew (Chris O'Dowd), his alpha male colleague and horny king-monkey of the office. With Drew making no secret of his desire to get (his words) "all up inside Julia",
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Director(s): James Griffiths
Production: eOne
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2014
98 min
$1,926,548
Website
341 Views


Don't.

Then what?

- Then what?

- I don't know!

So do the f***ing impression!

- Say hello to my little friend.

- Again.

- Say hello to my little...

- Again!

- Say hello to my...

- Again!

Say hello to my little friend!

- Al Pa-f***ing-cino

- Yes!

So... shall we go and dance

in front of the mirror?

Yeah.

Yes. That is time.

Get the shoulders. Loosen up.

That's it. Loosen up.

Roll those shoulders. Roll them.

Roll them. Roll them.

Arms of an eagle.

I said an eagle, not

a f***ing heron.

It is an eagle.

OK, try again. Legs of a stallion.

Arms of an eagle.

Go.

That's it. Work it out, Brucie.

Go on, Garrett.

Takes a lot of hard work

to make it look that easy.

- Mm.

- All right.

Think about it all the time.

Now, I know you're all waiting

for this particular model,

but as we say, better

lathe than never.

All right, so...

One, two, three, four...

- What is that?

- What?

- That's chicken stuff.

- It's reggaeton.

- Three, two, one and down.

- Ow!

- You all right?

- Ow.

I'm so sorry. Someone's coming.

Whoa, whoa! Room for a small one?

I have a question for you.

Well, I love questions.

So you like Latin music, huh?

- The mix tape.

- Oh, right, the mix, yes.

Oh, I am a Latino boy big

time, I am, music wise.

Thanks for listening to that.

It was a real labour of love for me.

That track at the end

of side one, oh...

Oh, shoot, that's the...

That's my favourite track.

- Isn't it just so er... tracky?

- It's so...

And, er, it's the best song that you

could put at the end of side one

- on a mix tape, like that.

- Yeah, yeah.

You know what's weird is

whenever I listen to that track,

I like to imagine myself just

lying in front of a log fire,

just with a glass of... tequila,

just chewing on a

chimichanga, you know?

Oh, hey.

That pitch that you and Bruce did,

you guys aced it, bam, sold.

Shut the front door.

You're kidding.

Stop that train. No, I'm not.

I'm not.

We should get together

and celebrate.

- Yes, we should.

- My place.

- Yes.

- Take-out.

- Yes.

- Invite Bruce and Helen.

Yeah.

We should absolutely do that.

- Cool, so you'll tell them.

- Yeah.

- Great.

- Of course. I'll totes tell them.

You can totally trust

me to do that.

That's not a problem.

- Hey. What are you hiding?

- Nothing.

- What are you hiding?

- Behold.

Santa Vito.

What? It's just another

salsa night. So what?

So what? Look at it squashy chops.

It's a competition. Sorry.

Don't you see? This

is your time, Bruce.

This is the Goonie time.

Do you know about the Goonie time?

Of course I know about the Goonie time.

My watch runs on Goonie time.

So then you know that

it's their time up there,

but it's our time down here.

You can do this, Bruce.

You can win this mother-funky

and you can show the world

what you're really made of.

Think about it. What

have we go to lose?

Yeah, I mean, I suppose I could.

Bruce, we Persians have a saying.

- I... I don't really speak Farsi.

- If you want to do something do it.

If you don't want to do it,

don't do it.

I'm going to be late for my

ball wax. I'll call you later.

- Yeah, sure.

- OK, bye.

I can still see you there.

- See you.

- See you later.

Hello. One, two, three,

four, five. Yes.

- You win.

- Finally. Finally.

Now, you know what you get

for first prize, you lucky prick.

- I dread to think.

- You get one of these.

- And there it is.

- And...

two of these.

I just thought you might want an old

pair of shitty shoes from the '80s.

One careful owner.

Thanks, Ron.

You're not going to try and

finger me now, are you?

- You want me to try and finger you?

- You're ready.

You... are free.

I'm going to ask her to

this thing tomorrow night

and I would be honoured if

you would come and watch us.

Ah, I'll have to check my diary.

Thank you.

Look at them.

- They're so soft

- Mm.

Don't... Don't do that.

Come on.

She's not at work today.

'Fine, so do it tomorrow.'

No, I can't. It is tonight, all right?

I have to do it tonight.

In that case, you are

a tiny bit f***ed.

Sam, please, I really

need you to just help me.

OK, do exactly as I say

and do not deviate.

You go home, you shower, you

shave, you put on something nice.

I'm thinking powder blue,

shirt not trousers.

Do not put on powder blue trousers.

Then you get a taxi to her house.

Someone will know where she lives.

You knock on her door.

You knock her off her feet

with your confident

suggestion of a night out.

She immediately says yes, then

you whisk her off to the club.

You dance the competition.

You win the competition.

We all get sh*t-faced,

then we all go home, got it?

Thanks, Sam.

Oh, God, I'm good.

God, it's so busy in here.

I think I'll use this one.

- All right, ball bag.

- Stupid.

Just finishing off a little

text to Julie-Jules.

I told you that she gave me

her mobile number, right?

Yeah, a few times.

Ooh, by the way, thanks

for that mixed tape.

That was a hit.

- You gave it to her?

- Oh, yeah, she bloody loved it.

Thought it was very sweet.

I think I'm going to put it on when

we seal the deal for the first time.

You know, a bit of

sex-muzak, set the mood.

Don't be jealous, big lad.

I'm sure she'll still have room in

her life for a fat best friend.

You don't know about me.

What don't I know?

I dance.

I'm sorry, I thought you

said that "I dance".

Yeah, I did. I dance salsa.

- You dance salsa?

- Yeah, salsa.

I would f***ing love to see that.

Maybe you will. Maybe I'll

dance you under the table.

What sort of table?

Any sort of table.

All right, bum flap,

let's settle this like men.

Winner takes Julia.

What about HR?

What happens at lunch

stays at lunch.

Ow!

Your wrists are limp.

- Ooh!

- Your dick is limp.

Oh, sorry.

- You learn fast.

- I learn from the best. Julia.

Sweet, sweet, rest-your-

balls-on-my-chin, Julia.

- Smell that.

- No.

Did you just lick my p*ssy?

Yeah and you tasted

like a nasty girl.

That's disgusting.

Wanker!

I'm wearing the wrong

shoes for this sh*t.

- What the fu...

- Coo-ee!

Where are you?

I thought you liked banter.

Oh, f*** off, Bruce. F*** off.

- Ooh.

- What the... Big mistake.

That's Jessie the lezzie

from accounts' car.

Quick step for such meaty thighs.

Ooh, ooh, do you like that?

- Wait, no, don't lead me!

- Like a lady.

- This is wrong. You know it is.

- Like a lady.

- I'm a man. I'm a fully-grown man.

- Then prove it.

What is that?

- That's my phone.

- No, no.

Huh?

Ooh! Oh, me blades!

Oh!

Whoo!

Like I said, any sort of table.

Fine, you win.

I can't do this every

f***ing lunch.

Doesn't mean that she's

going to pick you, Bruce.

She wouldn't pick you over me.

That's just bad maths.

- She's a clever girl.

- Probably right.

You're quite good-looking.

You've got lovely, long legs.

- Yeah.

- Nice car.

- Great car.

- But there is something missing.

I have got something that you don't have.

Do you know what that is?

Type 2 diabetes.

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Jon Brown

Jonathan ("Jon") Michael Brown (born 27 February 1971) is a former British long-distance runner who specialised in 10,000 metres, cross country running and the marathon. Born in Bridgend, Wales, he was affiliated with the City of Sheffield Athletic Club in England during his career. He gained Canadian citizenship in 2005, after living in there since 1996; but continued to make himself available for Britain until switching sporting allegiance at the start of 2008.Earlier in his running career he competed for the Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field and Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country teams. He was a bronze medallist in the 5000 m at the 1992 European Athletics U23 Cup.He won the 1996 European Cross Country Championships and is a three-time Olympian; who placed fourth in two successive Olympic Games whilst representing Great Britain. He twice represented Britain at the World Championships in Athletics, running the 5000 metres in 1993 and 10,000 metres in 1999. He was also a five-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, his best finish being eighth place in 1999. At the 1994 Goodwill Games he took the 5000 m bronze medal. He was also a close fourth at the 1998 European Athletics Championships 10,000 m, two and a half seconds behind Germany's Stéphane Franke.Brown participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic 10,000 metres where he placed tenth (27:59.74). This was followed by the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he placed fourth, and also in the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he was again fourth in the marathon. In the former race he missed third place by seven seconds and in the latter by fifteen seconds. His personal best times for the 10K run (27:20 minutes) and the 15K run (42:39 minutes) are the fastest by any European runner, but they have not been ratified as European records. He has won several road races on the circuit including the 1996 Gasparilla Distance Classic and the 1999 San Silvestre Vallecana. He was also successful at cross country meetings in Spain, winning at the 1996 Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio, 1997 Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza and the 1999 Cross de San Sebastián. Brown now lives in Cambridge, New Zealand where he holds the position of New Zealand Triathlon high performance coach. more…

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