Disconnect Page #4

Synopsis: A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Henry Alex Rubin
Production: LD Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2012
115 min
$1,400,000
Website
723 Views


You know you'll

have to pick me up

and drop me off

every day, right?

I know.

I read it.

The whole thing.

You told him

everything about us.

I don't know what

you want from me.

You barely even

look at me anymore.

NINA:
What time's your bus?

Kyle.

People are going to

smell it and come up.

No, we're gonna be fine.

Just loosen up. Here.

No!

Come on. One.

I did that whole

interview for you.

And so now I have to

repay you by getting stoned?

Just one hit.

One. I've not smoked

since 11th grade, so...

Just remember that.

I bet you were

a real bad girl back in high school, huh?

Nobody liked me in high school.

Surprising.

- Wow.

- (SMOKE ALARM RINGS)

Oh, my God! I thought

I shut this off, Kyle.

That's loud.

Kyle, would you

f***ing help me?

- Yeah, it's loud. Get a towel! Get a towel!

- Okay.

My God, they're gonna come in!

For God sakes!

Here.

- You could've just done that five minutes ago.

- Ow!

Oh, my God. You really

like bossing people around, don't you?

Let's play truth or dare.

Absolutely not.

Okay, great.

So, have you ever

cried over a pet?

Yes.

Who was it?

- Snowy.

- (SCOFFS) Snowy?

Not an imaginative name,

I know, but she was a white rabbit.

She was very dear to me.

Did you do tricks with it?

Was it a magic rabbit?

How do you do tricks

with a rabbit?

Wow.

How do you do that in there?

- Give it a shot.

- I wanna try.

You just slow...

You don't force the smoke out.

Nothing's happening.

Mine's sh*t.

You know...

You're the first real

celebrity I've ever met.

Okay. Next question.

Have you ever...

Kissed a girl on the mouth?

I'm really hungry.

ABBY:
It's awful.

GIRL:
It's not that bad.

My hair is horrible.

So what? Okay, fine.

Smile looks fake.

(LOUD MUSIC PLAYS

IN NEXT ROOM)

Okay, then this one.

Don't post that picture.

Don't. I swear to God.

Could you turn it down!

(SCREAMS)

LYDIA:
He's gonna wake up.

He's gonna...

He's gonna wake up.

Like, a lot of

the people look young

because that's really, like,

where the market is.

The younger you look,

the more you make.

Google the words "live webcam"

and the search will result

in countless sexually explicit sites,

not unlike the one

where Sam tells me

he gets hundreds of hits a day.

Sam wouldn't show me

the house, but says

that eight other kids,

or models as they're called,

live there with

a house manager.

You know, he's really

not that bad of a guy.

NINA:
Imagine someone

recruiting runaways in your town

and creating

a child pornography ring.

Nina Dunham, WKGU, Channel 6.

- (STAFF APPLAUDING)

- MAN:
Way to go.

Nice job.

(CELL PHONERINGS)

Kyle?

You were great.

You couldn't tell it was you, right?

I kept my promise.

Listen, I'm gonna

go out for a drink with some people here.

- So, can I call you back later?

- Nice work.

I wish you were here

to celebrate.

MOVER 1:
You got that

by yourself?

MOVER 2:
Okay,

pass it up here.

Sh*t, Derek, I'm sorry.

Thanks for going

out of your way, man.

Already sending guys, huh?

I've been late on

those things for months.

F***ing repo guys.

Here's the rest of it.

I appreciate it.

Next time, don't open the door.

They can't take anything

unless you open the door.

So, when do you think

the cops are gonna question this guy?

It's like I said,

these cops, they're swamped.

They don't have the resources.

It's like, 25,000 people

a day get their identity stolen, so...

Take a ticket.

And what about you?

We got his name,

we got his address.

Can you go take care

of this son of a b*tch?

Derek.

I'm a detective, not a hitman.

Well, I mean...

I mean, question him,

of course.

Like I said,

my guys at Cybercrime are tracking him.

They can't do anything

without concrete proof. Concrete proof.

So I'm supposed to

just sit here and watch

while things go to sh*t?

What would you do?

You don't wanna know

what I would do.

I would strangle

the son of a b*tch.

But that's not what

I'm saying for you to do.

(TRUCK ENGINE STARTS)

You know what,

take this payment back.

- It's your money.

- Take the money. You'll give it to me later.

You may need it.

Thanks.

I saw everything.

I know about your boy,

and I'm so sorry.

But you cannot let

this bullshit break you.

You hear me?

You stay strong, brother.

Cin, no one's helping us.

No one's ever gonna help us.

I'm gonna find that guy myself.

I'll fix this.

I wanna come.

Yeah, that's right.

B- O-Y-D. Boyd, Rich Boyd.

The school's my next call.

Uh-huh. Great, thank you.

Please do, quickly.

They're gonna have

a cop call me.

Okay.

Well, I'm still gonna go.

Okay.

Can I please speak to the Principal,

Headmaster's Office, please?

Dude, we're gonna get caught.

We used a fake e-mail, man.

Dude, just give me your iPad

and I'll delete the profile.

Use your phone.

My dad has software

that would totally wipe it.

Just let me have it.

I have to go.

- Can I please have it?

- Fine, all right?

- Thanks. Bye, dude.

- Don't f*** it up!

KYLE:
You ever think about

what you're gonna do, like, when you're 20?

MARIA:
Be famous.

Yeah, for what?

I don't know. Maybe I'll be on

a reality show, or something.

You'll open up US Weekly

and I'll be there

in the "Stars that

are just like us" page.

Mm-hmm.

You should take

a right at the exit.

Okay.

All right, this is McClean.

What number was it?

Um, number 418.

DEREK:
There, red one.

CINDY:
So, we're just

gonna sit here?

Yeah. We just wait.

And we'll watch him,

you know, come and go.

Rich.

Rich.

I'm right here.

Can we go?

Are you ready to go to the hospital?

I'm gonna stay.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to figure out

what he could have been thinking.

Well, me too.

Can you bring it?

I don't want him to wake up

and we're not there.

I feel like he may have

deleted a few things.

I want to bring

this blanket because...

I don't want him to be cold.

It's so cold in there.

Hey.

Honey.

Meet you there.

PETER:
Hey, Nina!

- What's up?

- I got a call from CNN.

Their office saw your piece,

they wanna put it in a special.

You're kidding.

No. Nice job.

- Hey, look.

- At what?

Beamer pulling in.

Very nice f***ing car.

Yeah.

There he is.

There he is.

(STARTS ENGINE)

Is that him?

CINDY:
Yeah,

just 20 years later.

Did you send him pictures, too?

I'm such an idiot.

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

LYDIA:
You know what?

You need to take a shower.

We're meeting

the neurologist at 10:00 a.m.

Did you know that

his favorite book was White Noise?

No, I didn't.

What?

What is it, Abby?

- Marnie's younger sister is in his grade...

- Oh, my God.

And she said she got it.

Oh, my God! Oh, Jesus.

- What the hell's this?

- I don't know. I just got it.

- Who sent that to you? Why do you have it?

- Marnie sent it to me.

Has everybody in the school seen it?

I don't know!

I'm sure everyone saw it!

FRYE:
What do you mean, you're

chatting with the dad? Are you insane?

Dude, I'm dealing.

It's just not that simple.

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