Elevator Girl Page #6

Synopsis: Succesful Boston lawyer Jonathan McIntyre is a fatherless workaholic, who only dates girls recommended as career boosts by his colleague and buddy Nick Sweeney. At Jonathan's festive inauguration as the law firm's youngest full partner, he meets in the elevator Liberty Taylor, the caterer, who still refuses to pick one of her jobs for every day of the week. Encouraged enterprisingly by his secretary Rosemary, they date and start falling in love. As Nick predicted, her lack of ambition and social skills prove rather a big obstacle for his future.
 
IMDB:
6.4
TV-PG
Year:
2010
88 min
150 Views


OOH-LA-LA-LA

YOU FIT MY STYLE

I FIT YOUR STYLE

OHH-OH

OHH-OH-OH

YOU FIT MY STYLE

OHH-OH

OHH-OH-OH

I FIT YOUR STYLE

- [laughing]

SO GOOD TOGETHER

MADE FOR EACH OTHER

- HERE WE GO.

- WANT ME TO CATCH IT? OH!

- YOU FIT MY STYLE

I FIT YOUR STYLE

OHH-LA-LA-LA

SEE? I KNEW

THERE WAS AN ARTIST IN YOU.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW

IF I'D CALL IT ART,

BUT ITISONE:

OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.

I LOVE:

HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THIS.

ARE YOU SURE:

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE

A PROFESSIONAL MODEL-CAR

PAINTER INSTEAD OF A LAWYER?

UH, WELL, I DON'T THINK

THAT THAT JOB EXISTS,

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW,

I'LL ADMIT, YOU KNOW,

THINGS ARE A LOT MORE STRESSFUL

NOW THAT I MADE PARTNER,

NOT TO MENTION THE FAC THAT I CAN'T MESS UP.

DO YOU EVER:

WANT TO JUST LEAVE?

YOU KNOW, TRY SOMETHING NEW,

START FRESH?

WELL, NO.

NO. I MEAN,

I LOVE MY JOB.

I ACTUALLY THINK STARTING OVER

WOULD FREAK ME OU MORE THAN MAKING PARTNER.

YOU GOT TO REMEMBER,

NOT EVERYBODY'S CUT OU FOR A LIFE OF ADVENTURE

LIKE YOU AND YOUR FATHER.

WHAT'D YOU SAY HE DID AGAIN?

HE DUG FOR OIL:

AND HERDED CATTLE

AND DROVE TRUCKS,

HIKING INSTRUCTOR

OR SOMETHING?

LIBBY?

WHAT'S WRONG?

WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?

NO, NO.

JUST...YEAH, ABOUT MY DAD.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE LEFT.

WHAT?

MY DAD, HE...

HE LEFT.

I KNOW I SAID:

HE WAS THIS GREAT ADVENTURER

AND THAT, YOU KNOW,

I ADMIRED HIM,

BUT...

DOESN'T CHANGE THE FAC THAT HE CHOSE THAT LIFE OVER...

OVER ME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY

THAT RAISING A KID

IS THE GREATEST ADVENTURE

A DAD CAN HAVE.

I GUESS HE WASN'T BRAVE

ENOUGH FOR THAT ONE.

LIBBY, LOOK,

EVERYBODY THAT MEETS YOU

CAN'T IMAGINE NOT HAVING YOU

IN THEIR LIFE.

OKAY? TRUST ME.

I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE.

WOW. THIS PLACE AGAIN?

YOU MUST REALLY LOVE IT.

I MEAN,

NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING.

WELL, I WANT TO SHOW YOU

SOMETHING, ALL RIGHT?

I HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE.

SURPRISE?

- YES.

- I LOVE SURPRISES.

SWEETIE, I NEED THOSE

IN TEN MINUTES, ALL RIGHT?

PREPARE IT REALLY FAST.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

[steam hissing]

JONATHAN, YOU MADE IT.

HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND THIS IS...?

THIS IS LIBBY.

LIBBY, THIS IS...

REBECCA BANKS.

I MEAN, CHEF BANKS.

WOW, IT IS AN HONOR

TO MEET YOU.

REBECCA IS A CLIEN AT OUR FIRM.

JONATHAN THOUGH THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO DO

A LITTLE COOKING

WITH ME TODAY.

WAIT A SECOND.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I WOULD LOVE THAT.

WELL, THEN,

LET'S GET TO WORK.

[funk music]

WHOA, YOU LABELED ME,

YOU TABLED ME:

CUT ME UP:

IN A BIG OLD BOILIN' POT

THE METHOD USED:

YOU ABUSED:

I TURN, I GO,

AND I SURE BEEN BURNIN' HOT

BURNIN' HO I'M JUST A STARTER

FOR A MAIN COURSE, HA!

A PALTRY:

LITTLE SIDE COURSE

I MAY REQUIRE:

A LITTLE SEASONING

YOU DON'T GOT ENOUGH WRAP

FOR A HUMAN BEING, NO, NO

JUST A LITTLE BIT HOTTER

JUST A LITTLE BIT NICE

HA! WHOO! WHOO!

YOU GO TO SWING IT ON DOWN

SHAKE IT DOWN, SISTER,

SWING IT ON DOWN TONIGHT

SWING IT ON DOWN,

SHAKE IT DOWN, SISTER

SWING IT ON DOWN TONIGH SWING IT ON DOWN

AND SHAKE IT DOWN, SISTER

SWING IT ON DOWN TONIGH SWING IT ON DOWN

I SAID,

SWING IT ON DOWN

SO GOOD SURPRISE?

GOOD SURPRISE.

[laughs]

THAT WAS AMAZING.

THAT WAS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME

EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW,

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE

A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME

EXPERIENCE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I MEAN, REBECCA LIKED YOU,

YOU KNOW.

AND SHE SEEMED VERY IMPRESSED

BY YOUR COOKING SKILLS.

REALLY?

YEAH. LIBBY, I BE IF YOU FINISHED CULINARY SCHOOL,

SHE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY

TO GIVE YOU A SPO IN ONE OF HER KITCHENS.

AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW

THAT SHE'S OPENING

A NEW RESTAURANT.

WE JUST CLOSED THE DEAL.

WOW.

THINK ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, YOU'D MAKE

AN EXCELLENT CHEF, LIBBY.

PLUS, YOU KNOW,

JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION,

UH, I THINK YOU'D LOOK PRETTY

CUTE IN ONE OF THOSE HATS,

ESPECIALLY:

THE BIG POOFY ONE.

[laughing]

- THOSE WERE AWESOME.

- THANKS.

HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR DOING THIS TONIGHT.

MARTY AND I REALLY NEEDED

A NIGHT OUT.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

YOU'VE JUST BEEN SO BUSY

WITH, UH, LAWYER GUY.

JONATHAN.

YEAH,

IF YOU ACTUALLY MET HIM,

YOU'D PROBABLY

REMEMBER HIS NAME.

I HAVE MET HIM.

NO, I KNOW,

BUT I MEAN REALLY MEET HIM.

I'D LOVE FOR YOU

TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

YOU READY TO GO, SQUIRT?

- YEAH.

- LET'S GO.

YOU GOT YOUR STUFF?

- YEAH.

- OKAY.

- BYE, AUNT LIBBY.

- BYE.

SEE YOU LATER, GIRLS.

THANK YOU.

[blues rock music]

AND THEN KELLER:

ISN'T SO SURE

ABOUT THE BELL CORPORATION

ANYMORE:

AFTER-- AFTER WE LOGGED ON

OVER 1,000 HOURS ON THAT DEAL.

HE'S NERVOUS

THAT THE COMPANY'S

NOT GONNA BE HIS COMPANY

ANYMORE.

HE NEEDS THIS,

BUT HE WISHES HE DIDN'T.

WOW, TO CREATE A COMPANY

AND THEN HAVE TO SELL IT.

I MEAN,

THAT MUST BE HARD, RIGHT?

IF IT WERE US,

WE'D BE AMBUSHING KELLER

WITH POSITIVE PRESS

ABOUT BELL.

WELL, WE'VE DONE

OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS THING.

I MEAN, HE KNOWS ABOUT BELL.

IT'S COLD FEET,

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

WELL, OF COURSE,

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE

IS THAT THEY'RE

A GOOD COMPANY.

I MEAN, THEY'VE MADE

SOME NOTICEABLE:

CHARITABLE DONATIONS THIS YEAR,

NOT TO MENTION:

AN EVEN MORE NOTICEABLE PROFIT.

PEOPLE LIKE WORKING WITH THEM.

HE SHOULD WANT TO BE

IN BED WITH THEM.

I THINK HE'D FIND I RATHER COZY.

SO YOU'RE NOT A LAWYER,

CYNTHIA?

BUT YOU KNOW:

SO MUCH ABOUT THIS.

WELL, I'M THE VICE PRESIDEN OF A PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM.

AND WITH AN ANALYSIS

LIKE THAT,

MAYBE WE SHOULD HIRE

YOU OURSELVES, HUH?

AS IF YOU COULD AFFORD IT.

- [straw gurgling]

- YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT I CAN AFFORD.

OH, UM, SORRY.

GUESS I LIKED IT.

DO YOU WAN ANOTHER DRINK, LIB?

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANKS.

UM, IF YOU'LL

JUST EXCUSE ME.

- SODA?

- YEAH, PERFECT.

THANKS, JILL,

APPRECIATE IT.

SO, JONATHAN,

I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED

TO SEE YOU:

WITH A GIRL LIKE LIBBY.

I MEAN, SHE'S LOVELY, REALLY.

IT'S JUST...SURPRISING.

YEAH, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY.

HEY.

- HI.

- HEY.

EXCUSE ME.

- DID YOU MISS ME?

- TERRIBLY.

AND I'M SORRY. ALL WE'VE BEEN

DOING IS TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

SO YOU HAVE:

ALL MY ATTENTION NOW.

- I DO?

- YES.

HERE'S YOUR DRINK.

- THANKS.

- YEAH.

- CHEERS.

- CHEERS.

GOOD CATCH.

WHOA! STAY SPINNING.

YOU HAVE TO STAY

SPINNING.

- HEY.

- LIBBY!

HEY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

- HI.

- HI.

THIS IS:

FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIRL.

BUT, WAIT,

I DO JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW DOES IT FEEL

TO BE SO OLD?

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER

BEING FIVE ANYMORE.

'CAUSE IT WAS

SO LONG AGO-- YESTERDAY.

HEY, WANT TO SAY THANKS?

- THANK YOU, AUNT LIBBY.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

AWESOME. NOW GO PUT THOSE

ON THE TABLE:

WITH YOUR OTHER GIFTS, OKAY?

SO WHERE'S JONATHAN?

HE'S HERE.

HE'S HANGING OUT WITH MARTY.

OOH. YOU LEFT HIM ALONE

WITH MARTY?

- YEAH.

- WELL, WE GOTTA FIX THAT.

[laughing]

SO, UH, LIBBY TELLS ME

THAT YOU'RE A LAWYER?

UH, YES.

I'M MAINLY IN M.A.

AT SHUSTER, BARRON & CLYDE.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WHAT DO YOU, UH, DO?

I'M A PLUMBER.

UH, SULLIVAN PIPE PRESERVERS?

OH, THAT'S COOL.

THANKS.

- WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING US.

- CHEERS.

[kids shouting]

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