Fred Won't Move Out Page #5

Synopsis: With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Richard Ledes
Production: Independent Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
Year:
2012
74 min
Website
29 Views


So Oedipus was

very depressed

and his friends

said, Oedipus,

you need a vacation,

why don't you

go to New York,

see a few plays, relax?

So Oedipus flew to

New York and he got a cab,

and the impatient cab

driver turned to Oedipus

and said, where do you

want to go, motherf***er?

I need a vodka.

Fred

Susan is not

coming back.

Her Alzheimer's

is getting worse

she just needs more care

than she can get here.

Now, you can... you

can live right near her

and you can

see her everyday

and we'll both

come and see you too,

us, the boys,

the Captain.

Jim!

- Bob!

- Yeah.

I've got the whole

Wolfman Jack thing going on.

I'm doing good!

Thanks. How about you?

Gee, you look great.

How often do you run?

Two times a week;

three. What do you do?

Well, I get the urge to

workout every so often,

I like to lie

down till it passes.

You know, I hear

about you all the time,

you're like a big success

story around here.

Since I gave

my life to Jesus.

That's great!

Well, you must still

work pretty hard, right?

I still have

time to volunteer

at the animal shelter

on the weekends.

No kidding!

How's your family, your

mom and dad still around?

Yeah, thanks for asking.

They're doing well.

They're retired.

They live up in Nantucket.

They love it.

Hey, how's your folks?

I run by their house

every once in a while.

I haven't seen

them for a while.

Your dad is such

a force of nature.

Yeah, he certainly is.

Well, they're

doing okay. They're hanging in.

Oh, that's great!

How's the film business?

The film business

is very interesting.

It's always changing

and evolving.

It's taken sort of a turn

towards the Internet now.

That must be so exciting.

Yeah, exciting is, uh,

is exactly what it is.

You really should

think of working out,

you know, get the

endorphins going.

Listen, I've got to

keep my heart rate up.

Good to see you!

Great to see you!

Give my regards

to Jim Jones.

Remember the swing

that used to be here?

Yeah, that was fun, huh?

Oh my God! Great!

Yeah, yeah, he agreed

to leave this Tuesday.

That's great!

He's just going to forget

that he agreed to it.

He would sit there and

zip his tap water vodka

and again not want to go,

or if he does go,

he's going to

want to return.

Listen you don't mind

if I take the car, right,

I have sort of an idea?

No, where

are you going?

It won't take long.

I'll be right back.

Carol?

Victoria?

Can I see

outside for a sec.

Don't use the front door.

What's up?

What is that?

A ginger cat,

freshly plucked from

the animal shelter.

Yeah, but it's not Ginger,

it's another f***ing red cat.

Bob, you're crazy.

I mean, he'll know.

I think you've really

gone crazy this time.

Listen, your father,

he's not a well man.

You cannot play these

kinds of games on him.

I'm not

playing any games.

What do you guys

trust me, please?

One Time! But what is

this supposed to do?

What is this going to do?

Here we go, sweetie.

Come on, come on.

L90tyou.

Just give me one

minute, all right.

Hey Fred,

look who I found?

Ginger!

Yeah.

I was in the back looking

at the two old trees

and I see this little

orange ball way up at the top.

And I tried waving, but I guess

she didn't recognize me,

so I climbed up the tree,

and I guess then

she knew me,

because she came

down into my arms

and here we are

to tell the tale.

Hey guys!

How is it going?

Robert found Ginger.

Watch out!

Come here, kitty,

kitty, kitty.

Ginger!

He's not going to

answer to Ginger.

Why not?

Here kitty.

Where did you go?

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Richard Ledes

Richard Ledes is an American filmmaker and writer based in New York City, best known for his 2012 feature film drama Fred Won't Move Out about Alzheimer's disease starring Elliott Gould and Fred Melamed. more…

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