Elevator Girl Page #9

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


THE FIRST TO FALL

IT'S MY CRIME

THE PRISONER:

OF WHERE I HIDE:

I HAVE LEARNED:

TO BIDE MY TIME:

OH, MY TIME

YOU HAVE MY BACK

AGAINST THE WALL

[telephone ringing]

JONATHAN MACINTYRE'S

OFFICE.

ROSEMARY, HI.

CYNTHIA DUPONT.

OH. YES, DEAR, HOLD ON.

JONATHAN, IT'S CYNTHIA?

AND SHE--

CYNTHIA, JONATHAN IS ACTUALLY

IN A MEETING WITH THE PARTNERS.

SURE. SURE, OKAY.

THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

- BYE.

- GOOD-BYE, DEAR.

ALL THE NOISE,

ALL THE NOISE:

ALL THE NOISE I HEAR

OH, NEVER REALLY

MAKES IT CLEAR:

WHAT KEEPS ME:

HANGING ON AGAIN...

HEY, AM I TOO OLD FOR THIS?

[laughs]

PAIGE IS TOO OLD FOR THAT.

[laughing]

OKAY, THAT'S DONE.

WHAT DO WE GO OVER HERE?

JUNK MAIL, JUNK MAIL,

JUNK MAIL.

A WORK SCHEDULE:

FROM SIX MONTHS AGO.

AND, UM,

SERIOUSLY, LIBBY,

THIS DOESN'T EVEN HAVE

A PICTURE IN IT.

NO, NO, THIS ONE...

THIS ONE'S IMPORTANT.

OKAY, MORE JUNK,

CATALOGUES.

JUNK, JUNK, JUNK,

JUNK, JUNK.

TESSA, I GOTTA

TELL YOU SOMETHING.

WHAT?

I'VE BEEN REALLY MAD

AT YOU.

OH, LIBBY, HEY,

IF THIS IS ABOU THE WHOLE QUITTING THING--

NO, IT'S NO ABOUT THE QUITTING THING.

I STILL QUIT, BY THE WAY,

JUST FOR THE RECORD.

[laughs]

I JUST FEL LIKE NO MATTER WHAT,

YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT JONATHAN

AND I TO BE TOGETHER.

AND AS SAD AS I AM

THAT WE HAVEN' BEEN ABLE TO WORK IT OUT,

I JUST REALIZE:

THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO

UNLESS I MAKE:

SOME CHANGES IN MY LIFE.

I KNOW THAT'S ALL YOU WERE

TRYING TO GET ME TO SEE,

SO I JUST WANTED

TO SAY THANKS.

HEY, BY THE WAY,

GUESS WHAT?

WHAT?

THE KELLER-BELL MERGER, DONE.

OH, JONATHAN,

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I WANT TO HOST A PARTY.

TAKE CARE OF IT.

I'M GONNA MEET NICK

FOR DRINKS.

I WILL TAKE CARE

OF EVERYTHING.

THAT SOUNDS FUN.

LOOKS PRETTY GREAT, HUH?

ROSEMARY.

WE HAVE TO TALK.

HERE YOU GO.

THERE WE GO. OKAY.

HOW DO I LOOK?

OH, YOU LOOK SO HANDSOME.

I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.

OH.

THANK YOU AGAIN,

ROSEMARY, FOR EVERYTHING.

[scoffs]

YOU BETTER GO.

- OKAY.

[classical music]

HEY, HOW ARE YOU?

HEY, RYAN,

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

HERE ARE THE DIRECTIONS,

ARE YOU SHOULD JUST FIND I IN ABOUT FIVE MILES.

- PERFECT.

- BYE-BYE.

[dings]

[dings]

HEY, AMAZING WORK.

MR. AND MRS. BIRD,

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALAN.

JONATHAN,

HOW ARE YOU, BUDDY?

HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

ELAINE, PLEASURE.

- HELLO.

RICHARD.

I'M GONNA GRAB A DRINK. OKAY?

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

- COME BACK AND SEE US.

- GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

UH, I'LL DO

A JACK AND COKE, PLEASE.

LIBBY?

HI.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

- I'M GREAT, THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WELL, IT TURNS OU WITH ALL OF MY PAST JOBS,

I HAD A LOT OF CONTACTS

WITH FLORISTS:

AND CATERERS:

AND PHOTOGRAPHERS,

SO I STARTED:

MY OWN EVENT-PLANNING COMPANY.

WOW, THAT'S...

THAT'S GREAT.

THANKS.

I LOVE IT.

MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY

TO BE WITH PEOPLE

WHEN THEY'RE CELEBRATING

SOMETHING SPECIAL.

UH, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

YEAH, NICE TO SEE YOU.

THANKS.

JONATHAN, HOW YOU DOIN'?

IT'S GOOD. UM...

ALAN, I KNOW THIS ISN' THE BEST TIME TO SAY THIS,

BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO TURN DOWN

YOUR TOKYO OFFER.

REALLY?

I'M SURPRISED.

I THOUGHT YOU'D JUMP

AT THE OPPORTUNITY

OF HEADING UP:

YOUR OWN OPERATION.

OH, SIR, THIS--

THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME,

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVEN

GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY,

BUT, UM, I JUST...

I HAVE SOME BUSINESS I NEED

TO TAKE CARE OF HERE FIRST,

IF THAT'S OKAY.

OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE INVALUABLE TO US.

JONATHAN, YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER

THE THINGS YOU WANT IN LIFE.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT NOW.

OKAY, I'M BACK.

SHALL WE EAT?

I'M STARVED.

I THOUGH YOU'D NEVER GET BACK.

JUST POUR ME SOME MORE WINE.

[laughing]

BY THE WAY, YOU'RE

PAYING FOR THIS, YOU KNOW?

[laughing]

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,

JONATHAN.

MAKE JONATHAN DO IT.

EXCUSE ME.

HI, UM, JAMES,

WILL YOU GET MR. SWEENEY

ANOTHER DRINK?

IT'S A SCOTCH, RIGHT?

- UH, YEAH.

- SCOTCH.

LIBBY, GREAT PARTY.

THANK YOU.

OH, AND CONGRATULATIONS

ON THE MERGER.

THANKS.

AND YOU KNOW THE WHOLE

YOU AND JONATHAN THING?

YOU GUYS SHOULD BE TOGETHER.

I'M SORRY

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT,

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KIND OF HAD

SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

I KIND OF THOUGH YOU WERE A FLAKE.

I TOLD HIM:

TO STOP SEEING YOU.

I WAS WRONG.

THANK YOU, NICK.

LIBBY, I JUST...

I WANTED TO SAY:

THAT THIS IS AMAZING.

ALL OF THIS IS AMAZING.

THANKS.

LISTEN, I'M...

I'M SORRY

I AMBUSHED YOU.

I MEAN,

I KNEW YOU WOULD BE HERE.

IT'S KIND OF THE REASON

I TOOK THE JOB.

I JUST REALLY WANTED YOU TO SEE

THAT I COULD BE SOMETHING.

LIBBY,

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING.

HEY, GUYS,

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT?

THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING.

JIM, SEE YOU MONDAY?

I'LL HAVE ROSEMARY

CALL YOU ABOUT THAT.

HEY.

HEY.

CYNTHIA.

UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AH, THANK YOU

FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS

THAT THERE'S STILL SOMETHING

BETWEEN YOU TWO.

YOU SHOULDN'T LET HER

GET AWAY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

SURE.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

HEY, I JUST WANTED

TO SAY GOOD NIGHT, NICK.

- YOU'RE LEAVING?

- YEAH.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTAY

MY WELCOME.

IMPOSSIBLE.

THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

I'LL BUY YOU A DRINK.

YOU ALREADY HAVE

A DRINK.

SHALL WE?

YEAH.

YEAH, OKAY.

WELCOME:

TO THE BEVERLY GLEN HOTEL.

- THANK YOU.

- THANKS.

UH, EXCUSE ME,

ARE YOU DOUG?

YES, I AM.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

HELLO, DOUG.

I AM ROSEMARY.

I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD

HELP ME WITH SOMETHING.

OH.

[dings]

[dings]

[line trilling]

ROSEMARY.

[lights buzzing]

[thud]

both:
ROSEMARY.

[laughing]

SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE A CARD

OR SOMETHING I COULD TAKE?

SURE.

WHY? ARE YOU PLANNING

A PARTY?

NO.

I'M PLANNING A LIFE.

[dings]

[cheering]

[romantic orchestral music]

[dings]

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