Handsome Harry Page #5

Synopsis: They call him "Handsome" Harry Sweeney. At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade who loves to sing but for some reason he never lets anyone get too close. He's been divorced for a long time, has a son whom he rarely sees, and, although he's engaged in a long-term flirtation with the waitress at the diner, seems destined to remain alone. One day, Harry gets a call from a former Navy buddy, Tom Kelly, whom he hasn't seen in some thirty years. On his deathbed and terrified of going to Hell, Kelly convinces Harry to seek forgiveness on his behalf from a comrade they betrayed long ago, David Kagan. At first, Harry wants nothing to do with Kelly, Kagan or the remnants of his murky past. But guilt and memories have a mysterious grasp on Harry, and he finally relents, driving down the East Coast to call on his old comrades. As he confronts the three other men involved in a long-ago crime, he observes how each man has dealt with hi
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Bette Gordon
Production: Screen Media Ventures
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2009
94 min
Website
42 Views


- HE LOOKS GREAT.

- HEY, MYSTERY MAN,

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

YOU TAKE OFF ON THE KAYAK?

- NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

- OH, IF YOU'VE

GOT A SECRET LIFE, HARRY,

WE GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW.

- HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT?

- WE AIN'T GOT NO SECRETS

FROM YOU.

- WELL, I GOT SECRETS FROM YOU.

- MORNING, MURIEL.

- HARRY.

- MURIEL'S BEEN WORRIED

ABOUT YOU.

- I HAVE NOT.

- I THINK SHE THOUGHT YOU MIGH HAVE GOT HURT IN THOSE WOODS.

- MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY

WORRY ABOUT ME.

- IT WON'T BE ME.

- GOT TO GET YOURSELF

A CELL PHONE, HARRY.

POOR PAULEY WAS WORRIED SICK.

HE WAS GONNA CALL THE COPS.

I TOLD HIM:

TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER DAY.

- JESUS CHRIST!

- WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU

TO JUST UP AND LEAVE.

- YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY

THE DOUBLE INDEMNITY INSURANCE

IN CASE:

I GET ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.

- THOUGHT DID CROSS MY MIND.

YOU MISSED REHEARSAL.

YOU ONLY GOT ANOTHER ONE

BEFORE THE CONCERT.

I CAN'T HAVE A QUARTE WITH THREE GUYS.

- I'LL BE THERE.

- YOU BETTER BE.

HERE'S TWO TICKETS

TO THE LIONS CLUB

DINNER DANCE TONIGHT.

I GOT TO RUN.

LISTEN.

YOU GIVE ANY MORE THOUGH

TO THAT PROPOSAL

I DREW UP FOR YOU?

- YEAH.

PAULEY CAN HAVE IT.

- OKAY.

- NOW ALL YOU GOT TO DO

IS FIGURE OU:

WHAT TO DO:

WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

- MURIEL,

YOU WANT TWO TICKETS

TO THE LIONS SHINDIG?

- NO, THANKS.

MURIEL?

- YES?

- HOW ABOUT YOU GO WITH ME?

- DON'T YOU GUYS SAY A WORD.

- PICK YOU UP AT 7:00?

- SURE.

WHY NOT?

- WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOU,

HARRY.

- DON'T EVEN TRY, BABY.

- MORNING, PAULEY.

I HEARD YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ME.

- IT'S NOT FUNNY, HARRY.

I THOUGH SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU.

- EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL?

- YEAH.

FENTON SAID MY ESTIMATE

WAS TOO HIGH.

- AND?

- I SAID

THAT'S THE BEST I COULD DO.

IT'S THE BEST I COULD DO.

- GOOD FOR YOU.

- OH, AND THEN HE'S LIKE, UH,

"OH, I WAS JUST TESTING YOU,"

AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

I SAID, "YEAH, WHATEVER."

WE GOT THE JOB.

- YOU WANT TO STAY IN BUSINESS,

YOU GOT TO GET YOUR PRICE.

- WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GONNA--

YOU'RE GONNA SELL ME THE PLACE?

- WELL, IF YOU AGREE

TO THE TERMS THAT SAM DREW UP.

I THINK THEY'RE FAIR

TO BOTH OF US.

- THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY

OF MY LIFE.

- OKAY.

LOOK AT THIS.

- OH, A FEW YEARS AGO, HUH?

- EH.

- WHAT ARE THOSE?

- UH, THAT IS FOR GOOD CONDUCT.

I THINK THAT'S NATO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ONE IS.

- SEE SOME ACTION?

- FIRED NO SHOTS IN ANGER,

NONE WERE FIRED AT ME,

AND I WAS:

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

- OH.

IS THAT YOU?

SECOND FROM THE RIGHT?

- YEP.

- YOU WERE PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING,

HARRY.

- GIVE ME THAT.

- I MEAN--

- PAULEY,

I WANT YOU:

TO TAKE THIS WHOLE BAG

TO THE DUMP YOUR NEXT TRIP.

- TO THE DUMP?

MAYBE YOUR SON:

WOULD WANT SOME OF THIS STUFF.

- THE DUMP, PAULEY.

EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE PLACE

IS YOURS.

- THE CANOE?

- EVERYTHING.

- THE SNOWMOBILE?

- "EVERYTHING" MEANS EVERYTHING.

IT'S A LONG LIFE, PAULEY.

YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME TOYS

TO GET THROUGH IT.

- THEN WHY YOU ALWAYS SAYING

LIFE IS SHORT?

- SOME DAYS IT'S LONG.

SOME DAYS IT'S SHORT.

- GOOD.

- HELLO?

- HELLO, BOBBY.

IT'S DAD.

SO YOU MADE IT HOME ALL RIGHT?

- YEAH.

FINE.

- TRACY TOLD YOU I CALLED

A COUPLE TIMES?

- YEAH.

- LISTEN, I--MY FRIEND...

PASSED AWAY.

ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER,

AND I ENDED UP IN MIAMI.

I...JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU

HOW BAD I FEEL ABOUT...

SKIPPING OUT THAT NIGHT.

- LISTEN, I'M REALLY

IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING

RIGHT NOW, DAD.

UM...

- RIGHT, WELL, NO, I JUST--

I JUST WANTED TO RUN THIS ONE

CRAZY IDEA BY YOU.

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL

IF I WAS TO, UH...

MOVE TO YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS?

- WHAT?

- IF I WAS TO MOVE TO CHICAGO.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T, UH...

I WOULDN'T WANT TO

COME LIVE WITH YOU GUYS.

I'D GET A CONDO OR SOMETHING.

AND THEN WHEN:

YOU WERE HAVING BABIES, I--

- I DON'T REALLY THINK

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I'M HAVING SOME PROBLEMS

WITH TRACY,

AND I DON'T KNOW

HOW LONG I'M GONNA STAY HERE.

MY BOSS IS REALLY GETTING ON ME,

AND I--

IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING

YOU SHOULD COMMIT TO RIGHT NOW.

- YEAH, NO, NO, IT WAS JUST A--

IT WAS JUST A WILD IDEA

I THOUGHT I'D TRY IT ON YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

- I GOT TO GO, DAD.

- I LOVE YOU, BOBBY.

click!

DID YOU KNOW:

THAT I WAS A WAR HERO, DARLING?

NO.

- YOU'RE NOT IMPRESSED?

WARS ARE STUPID.

- DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT?

- IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH

OF A BRAIN TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

- YOU'D BE SURPRISED

HOW STUPID A MAN CAN BE, MURIEL.

- YOU DON'T SEEM STUPID, HARRY.

- DUMB AS MUD.

- WE HAD A RAINY DAY

I'M IN A

SNAKE-BACK SITUATION

- MURIEL, I'M SORRY

TO HAVE BEEN BEEN SO PRISSY

ABOUT YOUR OFFER

OF A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

- OH, IT'S OKAY.

- MAYBE WE COULD

JUST BE FRIENDS FOR A WHILE.

DINNER, MOVIE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS?

- I'D LIKE THAT.

- GREAT.

- DO YOU DANCE?

- I'M OKAY.

- YOU WANT TO SHOW ME

HOW GOOD YOU ARE?

- I'LL GIVE IT A TRY.

OH:

THIS LOVE:

GONNA MAKE WAY:

AND NOBODY:

GONNA TAKE THE BLAME

DON'T TELL ME

HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE

WHEN YOU:

NEVER FELT THE PAIN

OH:

OH:

OH:

OOH:

- OH, OH, OH

- COME ON, BABE

- OOH

- OH, OH, OH

- THEY DON'T HEAR ME CRYING

OOH:

- OH, OH, OH

- THEY DON'T HEAR ME TRYING

OOH:

- OH, OH, OH

- THEY DON'T HEAR ME CRYING

FOR WHAT:

I GOTTA DO:

YEAH, BABE

ALL RIGHT:

- WHO WERE YOU DANCING WITH?

WAS IT YOUR WIFE?

- NO, MURIEL.

JUST A MEMORY, I--

- WOULD YOU TAKE ME HOME?

I HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW.

- WHOA

BURNING UP IN FLAMES

YEAH, BURNING UP

NOBODY:

WANT TO TAKE THE BLAME

WANT TO TAKE THE

- IT'S THE WAY

- REMEMBER THE SECOND VERSE

WHEN I COME OUT.

WHEN I STAND UP,

JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS--

- YOU'VE GOT TO

men:
DOO

- GIVE A LITTLE

men:
DO-WE-OOH

- TAKE A LITTLE

men:
DOO-OOH

- AND LET YOUR POOR HEART

BREAK A LITTLE:

men:
DOO

- THAT'S THE STORY OF

THAT'S THE GLORY OF LOVE

all:
GLORY OF LOVE

- AS LONG

men:
SHOO-BE-DOO-WOP

- AS THERE'S THE TWO OF US

WE'VE GOT THIS WORLD

AND ALL OF ITS CHARMS

AND WHEN THE WORLD

IS THROUGH WITH US

WE'LL HAVE EACH OTHER'S ARMS

- YOU'VE GOT TO WIN A LITTLE

men:
DOO-WEE-OOH

- LOSE A LITTLE

AND ALWAYS:

HAVE THE BLUES A LITTLE

THAT'S THE STORY OF

men:
DOO-WEE-OOH

- THAT'S THE GLORY OF LOVE

all:
GLORY OF LOVE

- AND THAT'S

men:
THE STORY OF

- THAT'S

men:
THE GLORY OF

LOVE:

- THE GLORY OF LOVE

- GOOD JOB.

- YOU BET.

- FANTASTIC.

SOUNDED GREAT.

GREAT JOB.

SOUNDED WONDERFUL.

WONDERFUL.

HARRY, GREAT JOB.

YOU COMING FOR A BEER?

- UH, YEAH, I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

- UH-HUH.

TELL MURIEL I SAID HI.

- OKAY.

- GOOD TO SEE YOU, DAVID.

- YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU,

HARRY.

I GOT YOUR NOTE.

- I WAS TOLD

YOU'D BE AWAY FOR A WHILE.

- OR YOU WOULD HAVE

CAMPED OUT ON MY DOORSTEP?

- I DON'T KNOW

WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE.

- I HOPE YOU HAVE TIME

FOR A BITE TO EAT.

- MY TREAT?

- NOPE.

NEXT TIME.

AND WE HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TIME.

I'VE GOT A FLIGH THAT LEAVES ALBANY AT MIDNIGHT.

- AH.

OH, MY.

HOW'D YOU FIND ME?

- OH, I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN...

WHERE YOU WERE.

I HAVE SPIES EVERYWHERE.

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