Down to Earth Page #5

Synopsis: It seems everyone is trying to get into heaven; at least those whose time is up. For Lance Barton, a struggling comedian and bicycle messenger, it's the last thing on his mind. His due date upstairs is 50 years away. In the meantime, he's got big dreams to pursue on Earth, such as landing a slot at the final Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre. Lance's has one little problem though - he ain't that funny. Thanks to an over-cautious emissary from heaven, Mr. Keyes, he's going to get hit (literally) with a much bigger problem. Showing that even God has difficulty finding good help these days, the inept minion mistakenly plucks Lance from a traffic accident - before it takes place. Transporting him to the Pearly Gates, or more accurately, the velvet roped-lines of the hottest club around, the error is finally addressed by Mr. King, the streetwise, no-nonsense head angel who manages the place from his plush windowed office. Since returning to his own body on Earth is impossibl
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Director(s): Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Production: Paramount Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
PG-13
Year:
2001
87 min
$63,095,559
Website
441 Views


Ifyou can walk, let's walk.

Ifyou can't walk, | it's time to roll.

Ifyou got crutches, | then crutch your ass in there.

We are goin' in. | Come on, Big I.V. Let's do this.

Whoo. Sorry, brother.

Can we get some more juice | For Big I.V.?

Hey, guys, I brought us | some friends from the media.

So if anybody is not where | they're supposed to be...

or with somebody they're | not supposed to be with...

or got a little crust in their eyes, | you might want to get up right now.

You can't bring news cameras | into the boardroom.

Hey, relax. | We got nothing to hide.

If there's not enough seats, | you can just sit on somebody's lap,

unless the person next to you | don't got a lap.

So, what's up?

Mr. Wellington, | At your hospital in Kentucky,

a teenager with a bullet wound to | his head was sent to another hospital...

15miles away, dying en route.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. | Hospitals don't kill people.

- People kill people. | - What kind of cold-ass sh*t is that?

We can't be sendin' people out | with bullet wounds to their head.

That's somethin' you definitely | have to take serious.

From now on, | we got a new slogan.

"Shot in the head, | you get a bed. " Okay?

"If your head is bloody,

I want bullet wounds in this place | to be treated like cash-

accepted everywhere.

But not without | adequate insurance.

"Not without adequate insurance. "

Is insurance really adequate?

When you pay for insurance, | do you feel assured?

They shouldn't even | Call it insurance.

They should just call it | "in case sh*t. "

I give a company some money | in case sh*t happens.

Now, if sh*t don't happen, | shouldn't I get my money back?

Wouldn't that be fair?

If I had known y'all was gonna keep the | money, I would've got in an accident.

And if you're gonna | take my money,

at least spend the money | on some poor, sick people.

Don't take my money | and buy a Mercedes-Benz...

and park it in front | of Brooklyn Hospital...

with all these broke people | gotta walk by it.

I just got off the B-44 bus, and I | got to look at your Mercedes-Benz?

I should just stab the tire!

And why do doctors cost so much?

Do you know? | Shut the hell up!

It's like doctors chargin' all | this money for a triple bypass surgery.

Triple bypass surgery | gonna charge somebody $100,000...

and then got the nerve to say, | "Take it easy. "

Sh*t, I gotta go get a job right now | drivin' another cab or somethin'...

just to pay off | the damn doctor!

From now on, | we have to be different.

Let's see how it feels to not be | the evil corporation anymore.

Let's try takin' in people bleedin' | with bullet wounds to the head.

Let's just try it for a change.

I mean, we tried the other way. | We made a lot of money.

We got paid. We got laid.

And so what if we lose | a few million dollars?

Now, a lot of y'all | Look pretty pissed off.

Look like y'all | want to get froggy.

Well, come on!

What you gonna do? Uh-uh.

You see this foot? | You see this foot?

It's from a little town called "Rich | Man's Ass," and it's gettin' homesick.

You guys have been great. | You've been a lovely audience.

I want to thank y'all | for showin' up.

Drive home safely. | Tip your waitresses.

I gots to go. Take care.

- Thanks a lot. Thank you. | - Mr. Wellington?

Pardon me. Nice shirt.

Hey, Chuck.

Look, I-I-I feel like | I haven't been tending to your needs,

but I wanna | make it up to you.

I know your biggest fantasy has | always been a menage a trois.

And you've always had a thing | For Blanche from the club.

Hi, Chuck.

How'd you like to come over here | and taste me?

Oh, sir, the, uh, | Handcuff lady's here.

Sontee?

Mr. Wellington.

Descending from second floor.

You know what? | Just call me Lance.

I thought your name was Charles.

Yeah, but Charles | is short for Lance.

Charles is a maiden name.

Okay, Lance.

Uh, I just came to say I'm sorry.

I know I said a lot of bad things | about you, but you kept brushing me off.

Ifyou meant all those things you said | at the board meeting- It was so great.

Are you hungry? I'm sorry | To jump in, but are you hungry?

You gotta be hungry. | You've been workin' all day.

I know you were out there marchin', | and you got your picket sign,

and Al Sharpton's there, | and he ate all the food.

- You wanna get somethin' to eat? | - Uh, no.

- I don't think I should. | - Come on.

I'm not tryin' to impress you.

I swear, I am not | tryin' to impress you.

I- I just want to feed you.

That's all. | We don't even have to drive.

We can walk. We can skip. | You wanna skip to a meal?

I guess I am hungry.

Come on. Let's go.

What's the matter? | You don't like this place?

- No, I am just surprised. | - What?

- I didn't always have money. | - Yeah, right.

You know how you visit | people in the hospital?

I used to go to store windows | and visit clothes I had on layaway.

"Used to"? I was just visitin' | a pair of shoes last week.

I remember this one time, I put a coat | on layaway in, I don't know, September.

I figured I'd get it out | in the winter.

Money got low. Couldn't get | the damn thing out till June.

So what'd you do? | Wait till next winter to wear it?

For a coat I just paid for? Please. | I wore that coat the whole summer.

July 4th, I was on the beach | with a goose down and a pair of shorts.

- Stop playin'. | - I'm not playin'.

Sweatin'. Just drown- | Just drippin' sweat. Slippin'.

To this day, when I want to lose | some weight, I just put on a hot coat.

That's how Ruff Ryders roll

Stop, drop

Shut 'em down | Open up shop

Oh, no

That's how Ruff Ryders roll

Stop, drop

Shut 'em down | Open up shop

Oh, no

That's how Ruff Ryders roll | Niggas wanna try

- Niggas wanna lie, niggas wonder why | - What, what

Niggas wanna die | All I feel is pain

- All I feel is rain | - What

- How can I maintain | - What, what

I resort to violence | My niggas move in silence

- Like you don't know our style | - What

- Yo, dog. | - What

Took it, then we split it

- Are you okay? | - Yeah, I'm okay.

- Hey! | - Have you lost your mind?

- I forgot who I was. | - You forgot who you were?

I just like the song. | DMX. "Ruff Ryders. "

What if I was singing, | "Whities wanna die, Whities can't try"?

Might get a record deal.

You know, I don't believe you. | You're somethin' else.

I didn't know what to expect, | but I didn't expect this.

There's somethin' | About your eyes.

When I look at you, it's like | I see somebody else inside you.

You know, even when I was | tryin' to be mad at you,

I just can't help | but see somethin' else.

Sounds crazy, huh?

No, it's- it's not crazy.

It's- It's not crazy.

- Some date, huh? | - Date?

Oh, I thought you were | just tryin' to feed me.

I was till I got | my ass whopped.

That guy punched me like | I owed him child support.

I picture that I | can read your mind

Tell you everything is going good

See, I been waitin' | All my life

For someone just like you

And I know | you've been waiting too

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Christopher Julius Rock is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in supporting film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s. more…

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