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Synopsis: Set in a small town in North Carolina, George Washington is the story of a tight-knit multi-racial group of working-class kids caught in a tragic lie. After a twelve-year-old girl breaks up with her boyfriend for a sensitive, deeply introspective thirteen-year-old boy named George, a bizarre series of events and an innocent cover-up launches their insular group on individual quests for redemption.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): David Gordon Green
Production: Code Red
  9 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
NOT RATED
Year:
2000
89 min
511 Views


Instead of dogs, you know, | they have reindeer.

They do a lot of stuff with the reindeer...

...make clothes out of their fur...

...and they eat their meat too.

Are you a hero now?

If I ever get in trouble, | will you save my life?

Just don't tell nobody my real name.

I'll tell 'em your name is Jorge.

That's Spanish for George.

Sometimes I smile and laugh...

...when I think about all the great things | that you're gonna do.

I hope you live forever.

Vernon and Sonya finally stole a car.

But on their way out of town, | she flipped it...

...and almost killed them both.

Do you see that?

What do you see?

I think the driver was, like, | drinking or something.

And he drove and fell down. | And then his car got messed up.

I was on my way to work, and I just see | a lot of smoke and a lot of blood...

...down here.

I looked down, and I seen a car crashing.

And I hollered out for help.

Every time I look around, | you and your brother are out somewhere!

- What are you doing down here? | - I didn't do anything!

- I saw the smoke blazin', yo. Blood. | - All right.

First, because it was going | so fast, I guess.

But you don't see that. | "But, see, what it did"...

If the car would have backed up, | it would have fell or at least ran into...

...the pole.

This is the eighth time I seen you out here!

Next time I'm not gonna keep runnin' | out my house, looking for you and your...

...brother!

I was just standing at the bus stop, | and I see this smoke coming out of the...

...car.

- Okay, Momma. | - I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

My heroes...

My heroes are...

...the man that invented the steam shovel...

Chubby Checker, the Untouchables...

Dick Allen...

World Be Free...

Great Wall of China...

Uncle Sam and the president of | the United States of, of America.

What makes someone a hero?

I think a hero should be wise...

...strong and very talented.

They should also have a list...

...of dangerous and poisonous things.

What makes you a hero, George?

I'm a hero because...

I like to save people's lives.

Stuff like that.

Hey. Hey, where are the rest of | your friends? They're gonna miss the...

...fireworks.

My friends are dead.

What do you mean, they're dead? They died?

They all got killed in a train wreck.

Man, that's tough.

What are you talkin' about?

All I know is I wanna be | the strongest man in the world sometimes.

Well, there you go.

Hey.

Look at my tongue. Ahhh.

We all want families who love us...

...because friends go separate ways.

Some of us know our place, our home...

...our comfort.

But for some, it's not that simple.

Buddy was just crazy.

He was playing in...

...in the bathroom one time.

He slipped.

My friend George...

...he told me that he could read God's mind.

He told me he knew | what God was gonna create...

...who He was gonna let, let die...

...and stuff like that.

He also knew the future.

He said he would fight great wars...

...lead nations and build back up | from a broken land.

Everyone thought he was crazy but me.

And who am I?

My father was a banker...

...and my mom invented new perfume.

Smile.

When I'm walking...

In the shadows...

Down this twisted road...

Please watch over my soul...

And lift me...

Up so gently...

So as not to...

Touch the ground...

May your light shine...

All around...

Take me by the hand...

Across this broken land...

Until my days...

Are through...

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David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green (born April 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker. He has directed dramas such as George Washington (2000), All the Real Girls (2003), and Snow Angels (2007), as well as the thriller Undertow (2004), all of which he wrote or co-wrote. In 2008, he transitioned into comedy, directing the films Pineapple Express (2008), Your Highness and The Sitter (both 2011), as well as episodes of the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down (2009–13). In 2013, he returned to his more dramatic roots with the independent films Prince Avalanche and Joe. Since then, he has directed the films Manglehorn (2014), Our Brand Is Crisis (2015), Stronger (2017), and episodes of the television comedy-drama Red Oaks (2014–2017), which he also executive produces. Green will next direct the upcoming eleventh installment in the Halloween franchise, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Danny McBride and takes place forty years after the events of the original 1978 film. more…

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