Horrible Bosses Page #3

Synopsis: Nick hates his boss, mostly because he's expected to work from before sunrise to after sunset and his boss, Mr. Harken, calls him out for being a minute late and blackmails him so he can't quit. Dale hates his boss, Dr. Julia Harris, because she makes unwelcome sexual advances when he's about to get married. But Dale is on that pesky list of child offenders so he can't quit. Kurt actually likes his job and his boss, well, up until his boss dies and the boss's coked-out, psychopathic son takes over. But who would be crazy enough to quit their jobs in such poor economic times? Instead Nick, Dale and Kurt drunkenly and hypothetically discuss how to kill their bosses, and before they know it, they've hired a murder consultant to help them pull off the three deeds.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Seth Gordon
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  3 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
R
Year:
2011
98 min
$116,900,000
Website
2,256 Views


NICK:

(huh?)

Got it.

Nick gets up to go.

HARKEN:

Nick.

Nick turns back.

HARKEN:

That's 18-year-old Scotch. I

can't really pour it back into the

bottle.

Nick, unsure of what to do, picks up the glass and gulps

it down.

(CONTINUED)

8.

15 CONTINUED:
(3) 15

HARKEN:

That should carry you till lunch,

huh?

16 EXT. DENTAL OFFICE - DAY 16

A car pulls up outside the modest building.

17 INT. STACY'S CAR - CONTINUOUS ACTION 17

STACY, cute, 30's, is dropping off DALE STEVENS, 30's,

who wears the scrubs of a dental hygienist.

STACY:

Boy, I have to get used to driving

with this heavy ring on. I keep

swerving to the left.

DALE:

Aww. You really like it?

STACY:

I love it. I feel like a queen.

18 CLOSE ON HER ENGAGEMENT DIAMOND 18

It's tiny and yellowish.

19 BACK TO SCENE 19

DALE:

Well, you're my queen. I love

you, Stacy.

STACY:

Have a great day at work.

They kiss. Dale exits the car.

20 EXT. DENTAL OFFICE - CONTINUOUS ACTION 20

Stacy drives off. Dale steels himself for what lies

ahead, then goes inside.

21 INT. DENTAL OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER 21

Dale enters the waiting room, passing a few PATIENTS. He

grabs a mask and goggles from a supply room, then heads

INTO --

9.

22 INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - CONTINUOUS ACTION 22

Dale finds his boss, DR. JULIA HARRIS, 30's, sexy but

with something a little off, hovering over a patient, MR.

ANDERTON, 50's. Dale seems visibly uneasy.

JULIA:

All right, Mr. Anderton, I'm going

to give you the nitrous now and

your root canal will be over

before you know it.

(TO DALE)

Dale? Please.

Dale turns the valve on the tank and soon Mr. Anderton's

eyes roll back in his head. Julia shuts the door, picks

up a drill and begins boring into the patient's molar.

JULIA:

(loudly, over the

DRILL)

How are you today, Dale?

DALE:

I'm fine. Thanks.

JULIA:

You get a haircut?

DALE:

Uh-huh.

JULIA:

Looks good.

DALE:

Thank you.

JULIA:

You ever watch that show, `Gossip

Girl'?

DALE:

Uh, no.

JULIA:

I watched it last night. I'll

tell you, lot of cuties on that

program.

(THEN)

Number 7 scraper, please.

Dale hands her a tool.

(CONTINUED)

10.

22 CONTINUED:
22

JULIA:

Thank you. I fingered myself so

hard to Penn Badgely, I broke a

nail.

Dale sighs and looks down at the unconscious Mr.

Anderton. This obviously isn't the first time Julia has

spoken this way.

JULIA:

I'd let that kid put it in my ass.

Bet he's packing a plus-size

sausage under those True

Religions.

(then, looking up at

DALE)

Probe.

DALE:

What?

JULIA:

I need the probe.

DALE:

Oh, right.

He hands her the tool.

JULIA:

Bet you're no shrimp in the cock

department either, huh, Dale?

DALE:

Julia, please.

JULIA:

Oh, come on. You know I like to

fool around.

She lifts the patient's limp hand and cups it over her

breast.

JULIA:

(FEIGNING SHOCK)

Mr. Anderton! Bad!

She smacks the lifeless hand and cackles with laughter.

JULIA:

Okay, enough fun. Let's get back

to work. Water, please.

(CONTINUED)

11.

22 CONTINUED:
(2) 22

Dale hands her the Water Jet tool. Julia briefly sprays

some water in the patient's mouth, then casually sprays

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Michael Markowitz

Michael Markowitz (born August 15, 1961) is a writer, producer, and actor who began his comedy career in The Mee-Ow Show, an improv group at Northwestern University. Some projects he has worked on include Duckman, Becker, and the films Horrible Bosses, Horrible Bosses 2 and Boob Job. He has collaborated several times in the past with Jason Alexander. As an actor, he appeared in the films The Flamingo Kid and Last Resort, and the TV shows Becker and World Cup Comedy. more…

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