I'm Still Here Page #7

Synopsis: In 2008 while rehearsing for a charity event, actor Joaquin Phoenix, with Casey Affleck's camera watching, tells people he's quitting to pursue a career in rap music. Over the next year, we watch the actor write, rehearse, and perform to an audience. He importunes Sean Combs in hopes he'll produce the record. We see the actor in his home: he parties, smokes, bawls out his two-man entourage, talks philosophy with Affleck, and comments on celebrity.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Casey Affleck
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2010
108 min
$408,719
Website
686 Views


I do not think

it's a joke, dude.

Here, is this a joke?

Let me show you this.

This is...

- obviously you.

- Yeah.

That is me, but that's not me--

I'm not talking to the press, dude.

- That's me and Norm.

- I understand that.

I'm just saying that

I am getting information

and I already have information

and I'm f***ing--

and I have this.

I'm not a f***ing idiot.

Priority dispatch-- take notice

of your healthcare provider.

Um, "amount claimed, 26,000."

What the f*** is that?

- Uh, "to Anton."

- Right?

Yeah, but that's

for f***ing Tucson, dude.

I'm-- I'm-- I'm going to--

I'm paying that.

I'm already talking to them

about that.

- How are you paying that?

- I'm not paying--

- With the f***ing money from the press?

- No. I haven't paid it.

I spoke to a lawyer today.

I haven't paid any of that.

I am so f***ing cool and open

and good to people.

Whatever it is,

nothing but f***ing love, man.

I have such a-- I just want to

f***ing put out positive vibrations

and then

you f***ing betray me?

- You betray us?

- I have not betrayed you, man.

- Casey--

- You literally just f***ed my life.

You f***ed

my f***ing life, dude.

You f***ed my life!

You f***ed my life, dude.

I know that you f***ed my life.

- I did not, man. I did not.

- You are going to continue--

will you f***ing tell him

that we know, dude?

Yeah, it seems that you

provided information to the press.

Okay, this is what happened, okay?

One day everything's down, dude.

The next day you're furious

about an anonymous quote

in a magazine

that I've never even seen.

I don't know whether to f***ing laugh

or what to do, dude.

- I'm afraid--

- I dare you to f***ing laugh.

I'm not gonna laugh.

I think that you

are a f***ing selfish,

arrogant,

worthless c*nt.

Do you think that I'm just going

to forget about this, dude?

I have gone to Casey

every f***ing day and said to him

"What can I do?"

He came to me with a paper to sign.

That f***ing firstly it was the confidentiality--

which I know we fell out about

because I thought it was--

I did honestly think--

- Then you weren't gonna sign--

- But I signed that.

The only thing about that was

he's got me walking around

with my dick between my legs.

Yeah. Are you gonna

look like the idiot

in this f***ing doc?

Absolutely.

And this is the f***ing moment

where the f***ing good guy wins.

So in some ways, maybe I actually have to

f***ing credit you, cuntface,

because I wrote

a f***ing new song

that was f***ing inspired by

to f***ing crush you

so maybe that way--

I mean, that would be the,

you know, the f***ing irony of course.

This is the f***ing...

you know, hit,

you know, song.

The worst day of my life

ends up being

the day I evaporate

and go up or whatever.

It's nearly ready!

I think if, you know,

this is his last film,

that he should be

respectful with Ja--

you know, with James

and the movie company.

After all, these people

did make a movie.

Magazines, newspapers,

TV shows,

you know, abc.com,

"Rolling Stone."

- No no.

- MTV News.

I'd like to see him just,

you know, dress nicely

and do his interviews.

But he will.

This is his last premier,

his last press junket.

Despite what he says,

I think he'd like to say goodbye

in a nice way.

Hey, Carline, it's Larry

calling for J.P.

He's in the studio right now

working on some tracks. It's ready to go.

I need to confirm

the place and the time,

so if you could get back to me

as soon as possible. Thank you.

I can't talk to Diddy.

And so it's his people,

like, I have no idea

who I'm talking to

and they don't feel like

they have to get back to me.

Hi, you've reached Carline

at Bad Boy Records...

Should I leave a message?

Hey, it's J.P.-- Joaquin.

Uh, I left a few messages,

but I haven't heard back.

Just not sure

what's going on.

You're dropping

the f***ing ball with Carline.

She doesn't know what's going on.

And I'm stressed.

No longer is it a funny f***ing thing

about triumph,

but it's like about this dude

who's constantly getting squeezed

by everybody around him,

trying to f*** him over.

And that's the f***ing triumph--

that I rise above this sh*t.

That's the f***ing triumph.

Well, he's gonna--

He's definitely gonna call.

All I can do is

f***ing walk around.

I can just go--

I can go forward.

And you know what?

The f***ing cocksucker calls, right?

Hello?

I'm good. What's up?

Sue, I'm not going to New York.

I'm not f***ing doing press.

Because I'm going in the studio

to record with Puff.

There's no way

I'm going to cancel.

I-- I don't know.

It'll probably be...

I don't know,

like a week or something.

We're just starting out.

I have no f***ing idea.

It's just the beginning.

Sue, I'm done.

Oh-- f***ing hell.

I didn't even see it.

F***ing thing.

You never ever be late.

Never ever be late.

- What session?

- Uh, Diddy.

As soon as I scream

the name

Lost in the--

in the jungles

Offering everything

How much more soul?

- You burned my heart down...

- What up?

What's up, man?

This is great.

- How long you been standing there for?

- Oh, just a few seconds.

Sorry, buddy.

Good to see you.

- Hi, how you doing?

- That sounds awesome.

Have a seat.

Hello?

Sorry about that.

- No, that's cool.

- So what's up, man?

Just...

hanging out, um,

I can't find

my f***ing tunes.

- What you looking for?

- My C-- okay.

Just making sure

I have my CD.

I thought I forgot it.

- What's going on?

- So what's up, man...

- Nothing.

- ...since I saw you in Miami?

You said that, you know,

you was working on some music.

Yep. So I got some stuff, man.

You want to hear it?

- Yeah yeah.

- All right.

I don't know, man.

Maybe we should...

start with track 2--

I don't know.

What kind of vibe

do you want?

Just play me a hit.

I need to hear a hit, baby.

Uh, I don't-- I don't--

Dude. No, try track 2.

I don't-- this is

one of my newer ones.

You know how you listen to stuff

and you listen to it for a while

so you get bored of it,

then you hear the new thing.

So maybe this is worse.

I don't know, but...

Can I get a refund?

What?

For this life of sin,

we're not trying again

Let me hit this, man,

I want my money back

I know I can do better

if the devil let me off

I swear to God

I'm ready

We was dealt a hand

by the man

Upstairs, the one they say

that gots the plan

And we never questioned,

assumed that he had blessed us

But every day, studied hard

just in case he tests us--

Play me another.

Uh, I don't know.

What's the next--

Um...

Bup bup bah-da-dup

Bup bup

bah-da-dup

Bup bup bah-da-dup

Bup bup bup bup

I was merely a child

when I was discovered

Had jitters, all meek,

you know us children

It was only chance

that we met, your scent

Electric, overwhelming

all my senses

- 19 years old, we's reacquainted

- Bup bup bah-da-dup

Up north with Goose

who we filmed with

I thought I lost

the taste for you--

Play something else.

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Casey Affleck

Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and director. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the PBS television film Lemon Sky (1988) and the miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990). He later appeared in three Gus Van Sant films – To Die For (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), and Gerry (2002) – and in Steven Soderbergh's comedy heist trilogy Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His first leading role was in Steve Buscemi's independent comedy-drama Lonesome Jim (2006). Affleck's breakthrough was in 2007, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and acted in the crime drama Gone Baby Gone, directed by his brother Ben Affleck. In 2010, he directed the mockumentary I'm Still Here. He then had a string of successful films in the early 2010s, with Tower Heist, ParaNorman, and Interstellar, and received particular praise for his performance as an outlaw in the indie film Ain't Them Bodies Saints. In 2016, Affleck starred as the lead in the drama film Manchester by the Sea. For his performance as Lee Chandler, a grief-stricken man, he won the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Actor, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2017, Affleck received critical acclaim for his leading role in the supernatural drama film A Ghost Story. more…

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