Finding Amanda
- R
- Year:
- 2008
- 96 min
- $31,340
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All right, we're at scene B.
We're in the living room.
Settle, please.
Ready, Ed?
And action.
Don't argue with me, Sharon.
I don't want to hear it.
I know what I saw.
That girl is
out of control.
I came in here, I found
my sweet darling daughter
making out on the couch with
that Martin kid. It was horrific.
I haven't seen that much tongue
since your Uncle Morty's last seder.
Excuse me, Ed,
but I seem to recall
you throwing that tongue around
pretty good when we were dating.
I have no memory of that.
When we were first together,
I was always
the perfect gentleman.
It wasn't about sex.
It was about romance.
Yeah, I remember
the romance.
Our first kiss was in a dark alley
behind a bad Mexican restaurant.
That was very romantic--
the cool night air,
the starry sky.
The snow-covered
dumpster.
There was no dumpster.
Ed, we were standing
right next to it.
I do not remember
a dumpster.
That would explain why I get so
excited whenever we have chimichangas.
Ah.
Okay, guys, moving on.
Scene E-- we're over here
at airport security.
- Taylor?
- Sh*t.
- Hey. Hey.
- You ran right out of there.
Yeah, I wasn't running.
I was walking.
Pretty good for
Wednesday.
Yeah.
Yeah, I thought so.
- Really?
- Nah.
Of course not.
It was sh*t. We'll fix it.
- Where are you going?
- Dentist.
- Ooh! Ouch.
- Yeah.
That's gonna hurt.
Listen, Taylor, I just want
to give you the head's up.
Ed's unhappy.
He's been calling Carrie.
He says you're
ignoring him.
Jesus Christ, I'm in there five
times a day holding his hand,
listening to all his
lame-ass joke pitches,
all that crap about solar
energy for the umpteenth time.
Yeah, well, he's the star of your
show so you can't just ignore him.
And he's godfather to one
of Carrie's kids, you know.
Like I give a sh*t.
Listen, you remind Begley
that before I came on board,
no one was watching this show.
Last time I looked, we're
like 26th in the ratings.
Oh, when was that? 'Cause last
week you were in the low 50s.
Think I care
about the ratings?
Listen, can we talk
about this some other time?
Taylor, I don't want
to be a dick.
No, it's okay.
You can't help yourself.
Look.
You need this job.
After your spectacular
flameout a couple of seasons ago,
people weren't exactly
lined up to hire you.
Now, if this was maybe my
last chance at the business,
I think that I'd be kissing my
star's ass as often as was necessary.
Yeah.
Enjoy the dentist.
What are you doing?
Hit him off the rail!
Come on!
Come on, come on!
Hit him.
- Hey, Honey.
- Hi, you.
How's it going?
How was your run-through?
Well, if they ever put together a
tribunal for crimes against comedy,
I'm f***ed.
- What's up?
- Nothing.
Just paying some bills.
Where are you?
- Work.
- I just called the office.
They said you were gone.
Ah, well, I'm at
the network.
Actually, I'm about to
head into a meeting.
Hey, I'm in here.
- Are you using the phone?
- I'm using a phone.
Do you mind?
Open that door!
- Hon-- honey?
- Who was that?
- Honey, I'm gonna--
I'm gonna actually--
I'm gonna call you back, okay?
Open the door!
I'll call you right back.
- Hello?
- Sorry, honey.
- Hi. So you're at the network?
- Yup.
Can you-- can you not
sweep right now?
Yes, I am.
What's up?
My sister called. She wants
us to go out there later.
Some kind of
family emergency.
Well, so we have to drive
all the way out to the desert?
She says she needs to
talk to me in person.
Do you think you can
be home by 5:
00, 5:30?Hang-- hang on
a second.
Sir, can you please?
Please?
Honey, I'm-- I'm really up
to my ass here, you know?
I've got this meeting to do.
I have a rewrite.
Are you in a bathroom?
Yes. Yes, they do have bathrooms
at the network, you know.
Not all the sh*t
ends up on the schedule.
Hello?
Hello?
Are you at the track?
Lorraine.
Lorraine, I am not gambling.
I haven't made a bet in weeks,
possibly a month.
Okay.
I'm doing
what you wanted.
I'm not gambling.
I'm seeing that guy.
- I'm sorry.
- I mean, come on./i
Give me a break.
I know, I'm sorry.
Do you think you can
be home by 5:
00?- I love you.
- I love you too.
Uh, you're breaking up,
sweetheart.
I'll check in with
you later, all right?
Just sweep.
Go, number one! Number
three, die! One, go!
Go, one! Oh, number one!
Oh, f***. Oh, f*** you--
Taylor, why do you
bet on the horses?
I don't know.
I guess I like the challenge of it.
Go to the track,
race form under your arm,
it's nine races and
thousands of possibilities.
I like the whole experience,
really.
The horses,
the puzzle of it,
the people.
I just love it.
I really do.
When was the last time
you went to the track?
It's been a while.
Do you think you're
ready to give it up?
Totally?
Total abstinence is the only
effective course of treatment
with horse-race gamblers.
Look-- look,
I used to drink.
I used to do drugs.
I stopped.
I've been clean
for almost two years.
My work was--
I had to stop.
But the track?
Who am I hurting?
I earn enough money.
You don't think
it's destructive?
I've already quit
enough stuff.
I don't want to
give up everything.
Then why are you here?
My wife thinks I need
to talk to somebody.
What's the point
of talking
if you have no intention
of quitting?
Taylor?
Is that clock right?
Because I...
Think our 50 minutes
are up.
- Hit him, hit him, hit him!
Hit him! Oh, God,
no no no.
Oh, God.
Sh*t.
What's the matter?
I'm only 10 minutes late.
That's not so bad
considering the day I had.
Dr. Chase says hello,
by the way.
Hello, Dr. Chase.
Is it something I did?
I just--
I went to that new organic
market next to the coffee place.
Okay.
And as I was leaving,
And we're talking,
and she asked me
what you were working on
and I told her and then she
said-- this is unbelievable,
she said, "You're kidding me.
That show sucks."
- Mm-hmm, well...
- Well, I went off on her
and I was yelling and
I think I used the C word.
- Holy sh*t.
- Yeah.
And then she, like,
put her hand on my shoulder
and I pushed her
and she fell...
into some gourds--
into a gourd display.
The C word? Wow.
I'm guessing we
won't be invited
July thing this year.
No. I was shaking
the whole way home.
Honey-- honey, you're very
loyal and I love you for it.
But the show does suck.
But you're
making it better.
Nobody messes
with my man.
I'll wait for you
downstairs.
Damn it!
I'll get you,
you little prick!
God! Squirrels.
Goddamn useless...
they bury sh*t all over the place.
They tear up my yard.
A**holes!
Ha!
Dad said "a**hole."
I don't know what
it's like where you are,
but around here
it's a serious problem.
Well, what can
you do?
I can blow their f***in' little
furry heads off, is what I can do.
Larry, you might want
to keep your voice down.
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