Holding the Man Page #4

Synopsis: Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve, tried to destroy them.
Director(s): Neil Armfield
  6 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
UNRATED
Year:
2015
127 min
1,085 Views


This prick's been

eyeballing me.

Where?

MAN:
Either he's threatened

or he's turned on.

Oi, love.

Your friends are poofters!

Yeah, I worked that out.

I'm a dyke, you deadshit.

(Laughter)

- F*** it.

- What are you doing?

- Come here.

- What are you doing?

(Cheering and whooping)

- Oh! (Screams)

(All exclaim)

Oi, back off, mate!

- Why? Is that your boyfriend?

- I don't wanna fight you.

Hey! F*** off, you deadshit!

(Shouting)

- Stop it! Stop it!

- Let go of him!

- Leave him alone!

(Shouting and screaming)

- Get off, you little toad!

WOMAN:
Don't you touch him!

MAN:
Don't touch him!

Get away! No!

Stop it! Stop it!

You're hurting him! Stop it!

John! John! John! John! No!

MAN:
Come on, Rose!

- Let's go.

MAN:
Get out!

- Get away!

(Shouting and screaming)

MAN:
F***ing out now!

We have every right

to be here!

- Come on, Tim! Let's get out!

- F***ing out!

WOMAN:
My dad would

come home after work

and he would look at me

like this!

He would look at me like there

was something wrong with me!

Relax, I'm a nurse. At least,

I will be when I graduate.

We should go back,

trash the place.

Settle down, Tim.

MAN:
We should go

to the police, yeah?

Huh! Those fascists?

How's that face?

I've had worse

on the footy field, Peter.

JOHN:
I don't want to have sex

with other people!

TIM:
OK, but would you

allow me to?

Who with?

Well, maybe just once.

Would you let me try it once,

see how it goes?

I don't know

why you'd want to.

Is it something about me?

There are things

our generation

are supposed to be

experiencing

and I don't believe it's fair

to expect our lovers

to fulfil all of our needs.

- Where'd you read that?

- Don't dismiss my politics.

So, this is about your

politics, not your stiffy!

'Stiffy'? (Laughs)

Who calls it a stiffy?

John, am I the only boyfriend

in the world asking this?

- The only one asking me.

- I'm not!

This is normal now! You are

begrudging me being normal.

I don't want to talk

about this.

I came here to see

Nine To Five.

Apparently

it's very funny, OK?

MAN 1:
Good boy!

MAN 2:
Alison!

(Cheering and laughter)

Come on, come on!

MAN 1:
Let's do this, guys!

MAN 2:
Yes, yes!

(Cheering)

That's my boy!

MAN:
Come on!

(Shouting and cheering)

TIM:
Unfair advantage!

Unfair advantage!

IAN:
Come on, jump up!

Jump up!

MAN 1:
Are you ready for this?

MAN 2:
That's not allowed.

TIM:
Mine, mine, mine, mine,

mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!

(Cheering)

TIM:
Giddy up! Giddy up!

IAN:
I've got it!

- Giddy up! Giddy up!

MAN:
Pick it up!

WOMAN:
Kick it back,

you queens!

MAN:
That's OK!

Fast game's a good game...

- Think you found the brakes.

- Erect already?

- Oh, yes.

- (Both murmur and laugh)

TIM:
No.

MAN:
Surf's up!

(Chatter)

MAN 1:
Woody!

MAN 2:
Come on, Woody.

- I'm really sorry, Tim(!)

- Oof!

John! I'm sorry!

I'm just a little bit drunk!

PETER:
Give you a lift?

JOHN:
Thanks.

TIM:
Are you still staying

at my place tonight?

(Dance music blares)

- What'll it be?

- A beer, please.

Got the time?

I don't have the time.

(Moans)

Arggh! Ow, ow! Jesus!

Is it bleeding?

- I thought it might be...

- What?!

.. pleasurable.

(Laughs)

I did that thing.

What thing?

Put my name down, like I said.

For acting school.

Now I have to audition.

Good.

It'll mean moving.

The acting school's in Sydney,

if I get in.

Melbourne would be better.

It's the national drama

school.

I think you'll get in.

Thank you.

Long-distance would be hard.

That's why I thought

we should have a trial.

A trial?

A trial separation.

Are you alright with that?

No.

When does it start?

I don't know.

Now?

Well, yes, I guess so.

It has to start now.

Can I still sleep here

tonight?

Of course. I'm not gonna kick

you out of my bed.

- Well, I don't know!

- Stay tonight.

Yeah, I'd prefer to stay

tonight.

Stay tonight,

but tomorrow it starts.

- Tomorrow it starts?

- I don't know.

Doesn't mean we can't cuddle.

I think it does.

(Crying)

(Cries)

(Examiners murmur)

Thanks, Tim.

Love won'tannihilate hatred

Itbuilds you up till

you've had enough...

TIM:
Hey!

MAN 1:
Tim!

MAN 2:
Timmy!

PEPE:
Hello, you!

WOMAN:
What have you done

to your hair? (Laughs)

I like it! It's just so...

GIRL:
Are you coming?

Gives you the score

Then won'tsetyou free

Just when you sayno more

A hand asks fora key

Oh, I never wanted to be

In Quasimodo's dream.

Hello, bald eagle.

Shall I beg the ringmaster

Please find anotherme?

I found out about

drama school, John.

Promise you won't make

a big deal.

Hey, guys!

Tim got into drama school!

MAN:
Yes!

He's gonna be

the next Mel Gibson!

(Cheering and applause)

TIM:
Oh, thank you.

Whoo-hoo!

(Applause)

- Stop it!

Keep going.

(Cheering and applause)

(Both sniff)

TEACHER:
Walk like men

and women.

Lead with your headlights.

How is the public

ever going to believe

this leading man

wants to win the dame?

Are you trying to teach us

self-loathing, is that it?

No. This is about gesture,

tone of voice, courage.

Look at you. That's a very

womanly way to hold yourself.

A third ofthis class is gay,

did you know that?

You're more

than your sexuality, Tim.

Walk. Long neck.

Come on.

Oh!

Oh, you want some rough-house?

I'll give you some

rough-house!

- Line!

- No.

- Line!

- No!

Can we stop playing games,

please, Barry?

How about you listen

to the other person on stage

for once?

- I have a right...

- You think you're an actor?

I think you want to be the

loudest person in the room.

- I'm just...

- I'm speaking.

I think you're here to be

validated, to be loved.

Find that elsewhere.

We're not giving you that, and

your audience certainly won't.

Now, play the blasted scene!

I can't.

Well, I think

that's answered that.

Brett, you'll do Stanley.

PETE SHELLEY:
Homosapien

I'm the cruiser,

you're the loser

Me and you, sir

Homosapien too

Homosuperior in my interior

But from the skin out

I'm homosapien too

And you're homosapien too

And I'm homosapien like you

And we're homosapien too

And the world's buit of age

are a stage

Where we act out our lives

And the words in the script

seem to fit

'Cept we have some surprise

I just want this to last

Or my future is past

and all gone

And ifthis is the case

Then I'll lose in life's

race from now on...

- Chookas!

- Chookas, darling.

The house is open.

Is he here?

Chookas! Have a good show!

No.

Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba!

More than any desire

anywhere...

.. deep down,

in my deepest heart,

.. I want you back again.

Please... John...

Don't say any more.

You're making me cry

so dreadfully.

(I'm going to

f***ing kill you!)

JOHN:
Tim, get off!

I have to go.

Take me with you! I can't bear

that mean drama school!

They say I'm too gay,

too loud...

- They might be right.

- ... I'm too self-centred.

And I want my Tupperware back.

Sure, if I visit again.

Might you visit again?

(Tim turns engine off)

Maybe I'll check out

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