Digging for Fire Page #3

Synopsis: Married couple Lee and Tim, a part-time yoga instructor and a public school phys ed teacher respectively, jump at the opportunity to sit at the secluded Los Angeles hills house of an actress acquaintance for two weeks as a mini-vacation for themselves and their three year old son, Jude. The house sit starts with an unusual event: Tim finds on the property in the wooded hills just beyond the swimming pool a gun and a bone. He believes the bone could be a human one and that there could be a murdered dead body buried in the hills in the vicinity of where he found these items. Tim telephones the police, who tell him they can do nothing unless an actual body is found. As such, Lee convinces Tim to drop the subject. On their first weekend at the house, Lee decides to leave Tim on his own for the weekend to complete their income tax return, which he has long put off, while she and Jude go to visit among others her mother and stepfather, and her sister Squiggy and her family, neither who she s
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Joe Swanberg
Production: The Orchard
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
R
Year:
2015
85 min
£119,364
190 Views


three feet apart from each other.

Any more people

coming to the...

I found this, which I

don't know what that is.

And then I found that, man.

What the f***?

Grab it. Yeah.

Wow.

- That was in the...

- That was in the... Yeah.

I mean, that was probably a foot and a half in the

ground and that's on the hill, but check it out.

I mean, the land is crazy.

- That's beautiful, look at that.

- That's pretty awesome, man.

Tim, you want a peanut butter

and boysenberry sandwich?

Well, what do we... Let's go down

there and let's dig this sh*t up.

I did. Well, I got

this out there,

Well, let's keep digging.

- Why don't we keep digging?

- Yeah.

I think we're gonna

just sort of hang here.

- I'm in.

- Yeah.

Let's do this.

Let's hold it down. You

guys, let's hang here...

Come on. Let's go.

Okay, that's you.

All right.

Come on, it's gonna be fun.

Yeah?

This is great.

What are you doing?

Watch your steps right here, guys.

That's it, down there.

So this is where

I found the bone, guys.

And then right here I dug a little

bit deeper, if you see that hole,

this is where the gun was.

So, Adam, you wanna jump up there?

You mind taking the lead?

Paul, you wanna get in there?

Yeah, awesome.

Actually, leave that light.

Yeah, and then if we

just get in here...

- Ray, you wanna... You and

me can work this. -Yeah.

Uh, and Phil, just, you know, I mean,

like, whatever you want, buddy.

You can't just dig up someone's yard.

I think it's illegal.

Holy sh*t!

Dudes, a license plate.

Nevada. 5752673.

- Wow.

- That's like, wow!

It's just gar...

There's garbage in the ground.

If you dig far enough

you'll find a landfill.

Stop, Phil. Stop, man. This

is really f***ing exciting.

- That's a great find, dude.

- Thanks, man.

I think this is a good area.

- So that was right here? -Yeah,

let's stick around here then.

Look, if you don't wanna dig,

how about some hookers?

No, no, I, uh... That's sort of

an illogical jump you just made.

You went from digging

in the yard to hookers?

That seems sort of irrational.

I was having a great time.

You wanna play 500?

Yeah, we could play 500.

Guys, stop fighting, stop it.

Let's just enjoy...

I'm not fighting. I'm

actually being inquisi...

I'm really asking

a real question.

Let's just enjoy the moment. There

could be a dead body right beneath us.

You know, it's pretty

f***ing exciting, Phil.

- It could be any...

- Well, I mean, you know,

if Phil doesn't

wanna dig, that's cool.

I'm not gonna judge him

He doesn't have to dig.

But I'm just saying,

is there an alternative

to digging? Do you have

another alternative?

Because I'm game.

I'm open to ideas.

- Go to a bar or something?

- What the f*** is that?

It was right there.

- You just found it?

- Yeah.

Hold on, let me see that.

Are you kidding me, dude?

It was right there.

This is too weird for me, man.

Wow, this is for real.

Admit it, Phil.

It's strange. That's strange.

Let me see that. Look at that.

- All right. -That's some

real Quest for Fire...

- We gotta go deep. We

gotta go all the way out.

- ...2001 sh*t, right there.

For a cadaver, they're

worth a lot of money.

I know.

No. I mean, I know that,

I think, from like...

I'm gonna get a beer.

Yes, please.

But I do know that for a fact

because I think back in the '60s...

- Holy sh*t.

- You okay?

Phil, are you all right?

I think I'll be

all right long-term.

Aah!

- You're sure? -No, I'll be all right.

I'll be all right.

I think we should call it

a night, don't you think?

So it's on. It's happening?

What's happening, brother?

It's on. Billy T's coming.

He's bringing these two broads.

Tango is coming here?

Yeah, he's bringing some f***ing tarts.

I don't know...

It's gonna be awesome.

Who's Billy T?

Tango. Tango. Yeah.

He's coming now.

He's coming now. Right now.

Timmy, we should, uh...

We should talk this out, right?

Tango is coming, man.

It's gonna be beautiful.

Yeah, I, uh...

We should probably check

before the evening changes.

Don't break that.

Jude loves it.

Are you, are you okay? Do you need me?

You need me here?

I don't know. Not unless you wanna come.

I mean, if you wanna stay, stay.

No, I'm gonna go. I just want

you to know I'm here for you.

- Yeah, I'm good.

- Okay.

- You're okay? -I'm gonna go.

Yeah, no, it's good.

I'm gonna put you in.

Put your legs in.

Really nice to meet you.

There we go. There we go.

- Hey!

- Hello!

Hey, come on!

- Hey, what's up, man?

- -Yeah!

- What's going on?

- -Tango!

We're doing it? We're doing it?

What's up, man?

- It's good to see you, bro.

- It's good to see you.

Hello. Hi. That was

the ride of my life.

I think we should

do it for America.

Tango?

Girls, want a hit or something?

Hi. Thank you so much

for having us over.

- Hey, thanks for coming.

- That's so nice.

Cougars are getting younger.

Like, when I was...

Like, MILFs were like...

- Now the MILFs are like 28, right?

- -Yeah.

And the cougars are like...

Can we go in the house,

is that okay?

- Is it cool if we go in the house?

- Yeah.

I'm gonna make the girls

squirt tonight.

Easy, easy.

- Check you out. -Use

a condom, at least.

- What do you think of the other one?

You like the other one? -Beautiful.

Yeah. I mean, I'd do anything but

we gotta give him first dibs.

- No. You guys f***in'...

Are you kidding me?

You... F*** you, f*** you.

- Come on, man.

You know what his wife said?

You're crazy, man.

Who do you want, man?

No, but I want you to be happy.

What the f*** is this, man?

Peanut butter and jelly?

It's kind of nice to just hang out.

And I actually miss seeing you, man.

You don't want

a little side action?

- I miss you too.

- Yeah.

Hey, man,

you got some coke on your...

- Speak of the devil.

- Yeah.

It's crazy having a kid.

It f***ing changes...

I've been wanting to talk to you about this. I

have these conversations with you in my head.

No sleep. No sleep.

No sleep.

That's part of it.

I couldn't do it.

No sleep, man.

- Yeah, the sleeples...

- How do you, how do you sleep?

Yeah, yeah.

I can't do it.

I gotta sleep, man.

Also, there's a person...

I mean, I'm not...

I can't do that. I can't...

I gotta sleep, man.

The lack of sleep

fucks with you, man, but...

You know, there's, like, this human

being just looking up to me to be...

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Jesus!

- Is your wife cool?

Is she cool? I mean, does she let you hang out? Does

she let you have some time and be free and be cool?

Can you hang out?

She's great, you know,

all bullshit aside.

- You're not trapped?

- No.

- No, you know... -I can't

f***ing handle that, man.

You know, I can't f***ing...

I can't handle being trapped,

man, you know what I mean?

- Whoo!

- I did it, I did it, I did it!

Just give me one good thing.

Ray-ray!

Oh!

Whoa!

What are you doing?

Uh...

Just digging for something.

- Cool.

- Yeah.

For something?

What kind of something?

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Jake Johnson

Jake Johnson (born Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger; May 28, 1978) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his role as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–18). He also appeared in Paper Heart (2009), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012), Drinking Buddies (2013), Jurassic World (2015) and Tag (2018). more…

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