Holy Man Page #10

Synopsis: Ricky Hayman, right hand of Good Buy Shopping Network's owner John McBainbridge, is responsible for over two years of very bad sales numbers. He gets a last chance. Accidentally, he and Kate Newell nearly run over G with his car and decide to take him with them. What they never could guess was that G really is the one good man around. Being on the search for enlightenment, G offers his help generously to save Ricky's job. His natural, uncontrollable behaviour soon gets Ricky into really big trouble, but the sales numbers now go up for the first time in months...
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Stephen Herek
Production: Hollywood Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
PG
Year:
1998
114 min
238 Views


hurt me and my kids.

And, well, when I saw this...

I knew I couldn't let him hurt

any other innocent people.

Well, isn't this just lovely.

Scott, get us out of this.

Okay, people.

Here's the bitter truth.

The only way we're gonna get out

of this in one piece is to face it.

So, I'm sorry, but, Ricky, Kate,

you're gonna have to resign.

G hasn't said

if she's telling the truth.

G, do you know this woman?

Yes, that's Grace from Chicago.

She's holding little lris

and that's Michael and Lloyd with her.

Excuse me a second.

- Where are you going?

- Going to say hello.

[ Reporters Clamouring ]

- [ Woman ] G, do you know this woman?

- Kids, hi!

It's so good to--

Everybody's gotten so big.

[ Man ] G, how long were you married

before you deserted Grace and the kids?

- What?

- G, why did you marry Grace,

father six children...

and just run off

in the middle of the night?

You, you know what you did.

You left.

- Now, that's true. I did leave.

- Why did you lie to America?

- We trusted you.

- How many other families

have you destroyed?

- Give us the real story.

- [ Man ] What is the truth here?

[ Shouting Questions ]

Are you concerned

about possible jail time?

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Please, wait a minute.

[ Shouting Questions ]

Stop, stop.

I lied. I lied!

[ Shouting Stops ]

I lied for the money.

G-- G's a saint.

He's not my husband

or their dad.

I wish--

He stayed with us

a few winters ago as a friend.

He helped us.

I am so sorry.

I thought--

You know, I just--

It's all right.

Okay? You all right?

That man.

I called him,

and I told him that I knew G.

- Who's she talking about?

- He offered me money. Five grand.

$5,000 to get up here and say

a few words, to get up here and lie.

He paid me to lie about G.

I'm sorry. I may be poor, but there's

your bad man right there! There he is.

- Where?

- Scott Hawkes!

[ Crowd Chattering ]

[ Shouting Questions ]

[ Man ] ls this a conspiracy,

Scott, or were you by yourself?

[ Keys Jingle On Ground ]

- No, I have no comment.

- [ Ricky ] No more questions.

- [ Shouting ]

- Privacy. Just a little privacy.

- I only have a comment at this point.

- Tell us the truth.

Don't, don't, don't-- Let him alone.

Let him have a little privacy.

And, uh-- No, I wanna

take care of that.

Listen, I've been empowered

by Mr John McBainbridge...

to offer Grace $5,000...

on behalf of G

and the Good Buy Network...

uh, as well as $5,000

worth of Good Buy products...

including the, uh...

new George Foreman Lean Mean

Fat Reducer Grill Machine...

that's available only

on Wednesday nights on George's

show here on our show.

- This sounds like a publicity stunt.

- Certainly is not, Tanya.

It was what it was, and let's all

continue on our journey.

Thanks so much.

[ Tune:
"Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" ]

G, G, G, G

G, G, G, G

Oh. Don't you think

we're going a little far?

With what? The announcer?

It's the top of the show. Pizazz.

We're just kidding around with that,

but I want to make it an event.

[ Announcer ]

Here's G!

Would your life be better

with a bigger TV set?

- Yeah, sure.

- On Sundays, yeah.

- Or a V.C.R.?

- TV set, V.C.R.

[ Gasps ]

Or a laser disc, yes?

He's especially excited about

laser discs. Great. Look up

the numbers; get ready to type.

- No.

- [ Together ] No?

- No.

- [ Chuckling ]

No, no. Can't you see?

This-- This doesn't mean anything.

- My clothes don't mean anything.

- I just wish he weren't

so... anti-everything.

You know what's

really important?

- I'll show you. Come on.

- Oop, here we go.

Fasten your seat belts.

- Come with me?

- Come with me.

- Let me show you.

This is important.

This is crucial.

This is something that every person

should have in their life.

This is a gift

you will never get tired of.

Her name is Kate, and she is

as wonderful as you possibly can get.

And you know why?

Because when you talk to Kate...

she listens to what you say.

And that's more important

than any V.C.R. and any television.

Isn't that right, Kate?

I'm sorry.

I wasn't listening. What'd you say?

How could you not love this woman?

How charming is she?

How wonderful is she?

Let me tell you.

Let me tell you what everybody

out there needs to find

ultimate and true happiness.

Come back, Brutus.

Seventy-five years. That's

how much time you get if you're lucky.

Seventy-five years.

Seventy-five winters...

seventy-five springtimes, seventy-five

summers and seventy-five autumns.

When you look at it like that,

it's not a lot of time, is it?

Don't waste them.

Get your head out of the rat race...

and forget about the superficial things

that preoccupy your existence...

and get back

to what's important now.

Right now, this very second.

And I'm not saying drop everything and

let the world come to a grinding halt.

I'm saying that you can become a seeker.

You can be loving more.

You could be taking some chances.

You could be living more.

You can be spending more time

with your family.

You can be getting in touch

with the part of you that

lives instead of fears...

the part of you

that loves instead of hates...

the part of you that recognizes

the humanity in all of us.

And I tell you,

that's where your fortune--

Oh, there it is. It was a momentary

bobble. We're back, we're back.

Careful, Brutus, don't fall down.

I want you to see something.

Something very, very important.

Okay, right here.

Can you fill the screen up

with this grass here for me, Brutus?

That's the answer right there.

That's what it's all about,

right there.

Just take a little break

just for a second.

Just, just look at this,

this beautiful...

peaceful parcel of earth

around us.

Go ahead, wherever you are.

Just--

Just go look at some grass.

Go ahead.

Just go do it.

Just, just go--

Just go look at some grass.

Speedy, come on over here.

Take a look at this grass.

[ Ricky ]

Barry. Barry! Barry. Barry.

Gentlemen, battle stations,

battle stations.

J.P., we're just about to

get ready to shoot here live.

Okay, go, go. Barry, Barry!

Where is he? Where is he?

Come on, come on, come on!

We're just about to cut to you.

Hold up the mat. Yeah.

I want you to talk about the mat.

- Okay?

- I don't wanna. I'm not on-air.

- Let's call it a peaceful parcel.

- "Peaceful par--"? What?

- Do you understand?

- I'm not-- I'm not on-air--

Go, go!

Can we-- Are we--

We're gonna go in tight, right?

'Cause I don't--

Oh. Oh, man.

Okay, Sam, what's up? Barry,

he's on the floor with one of his mats.

The grass mats. Get ready to go to

a shot of him or a close one on the mat.

Right. One, on Barry.

Two, tight on mat.

- Here we go.

- Ricky, I am not on-air talent!

Also, get ready to go

to the graphics. Ready!

- Okay, graphics prepped and ready.

- You have to let go--

Of your worries.

- Go to graphics.

- Go to graphics.

- Go to G.

- G.

- G up.

- Give in--

- To your desires.

- Go to graphics.

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Tom Schulman

Thomas H. Schulman (born October 20, 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter best known for his semi-autobiographical screenplay for Dead Poets Society. The film won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director (Peter Weir). more…

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