In Search of a Midnight Kiss Page #2

Synopsis: On New Year's Eve, Wilson, a twenty-nine-year old guy has just had the worst year of his life. He emigrated to Los Angeles, has no date, no concrete plans and every intention of locking the doors and forgetting the last year ever happened. That is until his best friend, Jacob, browbeats him into posting a personal ad on Craig's List. When Vivian, a strong-willed woman hell bent on being with the right guy at the stroke of midnight responds, a chaotic, sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching journey through the black and white streets of L.A. begins. In the waning hours of the year, emotional vulnerability and bitterly honest humor seem to be waiting around every corner.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Alex Holdridge
Production: IFC First Take
  4 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Year:
2007
90 min
Website
212 Views


"Someone biked by

and took my computer

"I stupidly left it in my nephew 's stroller

a few feet away. "

(boy laughs) That's funny, right?

"Since then, I've been in a total daze

and bordering on suicide.

"I probably would have done it

if the bathtub here wasn't so filthy.

"I don't know what I'm doing here in LA.

"I miss you more than

I could possibly imagine.

"Just hearing your voice

would melt all my anxiety,

"as I would know that there's someone out

there that still cares whether I live or die.

"Karen, hope you're feeling well.

"Happy New Year.

Looks like my script's gonna sell.

"Finally I can pay off all my debts!

Now who knows what is next.

"I'd love to hear your voice sometime.

Warm thoughts... Wilson. "

(# "Mermaid" by Will Sheff)

(woman) What happened

with that woman?

- She died,

- Oh, gosh,

She absolutely died, You know why?

Because she was very old,

I didn't see her on Willard,

What is she, in her 80s?

(woman #2) But apart from that,

she was a b*tch, She was a b*tch,

Between the running of the water

and the showers, the bath,

I'm sorry, but it was just insane with her,

They must have buried a prune,

- That's kind of harsh,

- Well, hey, It's the New Year's,

- Out with the old, in with the new,

- Oh,

(woman #2) Happy New Year,

What are you doing for New Year's?

- Anything interesting?

- (phone ringing)

Oh, sh*t, It's on now, man,

(phone continues to ring)

(music over the phone)

Hello?

# Happy, happy birthday today

Who is it?

# Any day, baby boy

# Baby boy, baby boom-boom-boom

Hey, Mom, How's it going?

God, you sound like you're at a party,

- I am! Oh, hi!

- Hey,

How are you?

I love Florida! God!

I have so many friends,

I never had so many friends,

Glad you're having a good time,

Wilson, I have something very serious

to discuss with you,

(sighs) What?

Promise you can't joke or laugh about it,

This is gonna be hard enough as it is,

Mom, I'm not gonna judge you,

- You promise?

- I promise! Mom, what?

I'm getting a breast enhancement, (laughs)

- At a discount!

- What? Why?

Wilson, you said

you wouldn't be judgmental,

I'm not judging you, You're a nice woman,

settling into her old age,

- You don't need a boob job.

- # La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la

# I'm not listening

La-la, la-la

- # I'm doing it anyway, la-la, la-la #

- (phone beeps)

Hang on, I got another call,

Hello?

Hello?

Are you the misanthrope?

Um...

Uh...

Y-yes, Are you the misanthropee?

Um, I don't know, I had to look it up,

You know, it sounds pretty intense,

I guess I'll give you a shot, I'm not wasting

my New Year's on somebody I don't like,

Within five minutes, I'll know if I like you

or not, Where do you wanna meet?

Whoa, That seems like a lot of pressure,

I don't know if I can handle that,

Yeah? Well, life's full of pressure,

you know?

- So, is La Poubelle OK with you?

- Um, yeah, it's...

- Then I'll see you there at about 4 o'clock,

- Wait,

I don't even know what you look like,

You've seen a picture of me,

Well...

I'm 300 pounds, I'm into bondage

and I like Hello Kitty,

God, I'm kidding! What can you not

find out in five minutes of meeting me?

No offense, but I'm meeting

three other guys before you,

I'm gonna figure out

which one I like best, OK?

I mean, listen, I'm not gonna waste

my New Year's Eve on some total fuckup,

Are you gonna meet me there at 4 o'clock?

- OK,

- OK, great,

Wait, wait, What will you be wearing?

What? Is this some kind of

f***ing sex thing?

No, no, no!

I'm gonna be sitting there,

all nervous and looking at every girl

that comes in, and it's embarrassing,

Too bad, That's your f***ing life right now,

I can't help you, So I'll see you at four?

Will I see you at four?

- OK,

- OK. Bye.

(phone beeps)

- Hey, Mom, Sorry about that,

- Who was that?

It was, uh... just a friend,

- A girl?

- Yeah, actually, it was,

What's her name?

What does she do?

It's not at that point,

Just let it be, OK?

Honey, you're hedging on 30,

I think you'd be in a serious relationship,

Mom, Mom! Jeez, come on,

OK, Just drop it, please,

Oh, OK,

You sound good, honey,

You really do,

I mean, I thought maybe when Karen

dumped you, I'd be worried about you,

- But you sound good.

- Yeah, I've never been happier,

That's my go-get-'em kid,

You go get 'em, honey,

Happy New Year, baby.

- (Min) I think you look great,

- Really?

You're gonna need a belt, though,

Jacob, can you grab some belts?

Got the belts, La-la-la, Which one?

- This one,

- OK,

- I got it, Let me do this,

- You're looking good,

You look great, I like the whole Freddy

Krueger look, I love that sweater on you,

- I feel like a rodeo clown,

- You're not a rodeo clown,

Bui, get in here, Help me with this guy,

What do you think of his outfit?

Oh, man, Yeah, you look New York,

I don't like wearing clothes that I look

back in ten years and I feel humiliated,

That's not this outfit,

That's nice,

That's like a classic,

That's timeless,

- (Jacob) Clothes make the man,

- I feel good,

- I mean, the belt's not working,

- Do you have another belt?

I used to wear this belt, You just loop

through, come down, buckle my shoe,

- Right there, Yeah!

- (Jacob) Looks good, You're feeling it,

- So this is the outfit, then?

- Yeah,

- All right, good, You're dressed,

- I would totally f*** you,

I would f*** you, too,

Why don't we do an orgy?

She'd f*** you, I'd f*** you,

Would you f*** him?

OK, yeah, Yeah, I mean...

See? You're looking good,

This is the heartbreaker outfit,

- You'll break hearts in this,

- I'm feeling Mr, Heartbreaker,

Now we're talking, There you go,

All right? High-five?

- High-five,

- High-five? Everybody, high-five,

I'm feeling confident, Looking good,

Sorry about that, man, I just don't feel

confident wearing those clothes,

It's all right, You gotta wear what you like,

That's how it works,

Thanks for letting me borrow your car,

I'll fill it up with gas,

It's not a problem,

Wanna borrow some money?

You can buy her flowers,

I don't need to borrow your money,

We bathed together when we were ten,

You can borrow anything,

Whoa, We weren't ten,

We were, like, two,

Hey, don't eat her out,

- What? What are you talking about?

- We're not in Texas anymore,

This is LA, Girls are dirty here,

Just don't eat her out, and wear a condom,

- I'm not even thinking about that right now,

- Look...

I don't wanna get some disease because

I used the same bar of soap as you,

- Just don't do it,

- Well, I don't have any condoms, so...

- I got you covered, I brought some for you,

- Whoa! Jeez, I don't need five,

Actually, I don't need any, I don't like

having 'em on me, It's too predetermined,

(Jacob) It's reality,

It's not predetermined,

(Wilson) Look, look, If it gets to that point,

I can just run out and get some,

(Jacob) Jesus Christ!

You're acting like you're in seventh grade!

We f***, we suck, We're animals,

We're apes,

We stick f***ing pieces of plastic in us

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Alex Holdridge

Alex Holdridge is an American writer/director currently based in Berlin, Germany.CURRENT PRODUCTIONS (2015) Meet Me in Montenegro, is a cynical romance in which he co-wrote and co-directed with the Norwegian filmmaker Linnea Saasen. They filmed in several countries (U.S., Germany, Montenegro, England, Macedonia) in stages between 2011 and 2015. It made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014 where it was acquired by The Orchard for release in north America in summer of 2015. The film was fully completed in March 2015 and has been making its European festival premiers in 2015 at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, Krakow's Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema, Tromsø International Film Festival, Dublin International Film Festival,. The U.S. and Canadian release in cinemas and VOD for the summer. The film Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen as well as Rupert Friend, Jennifer Ulrich. The film is fun globe-trotting romance inspired by Holdridge and Saasens real life exeprience. Frank and Cindy is a screenplay he co-wrote with GJ Echternkamp that is also in post-production and will premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2015. It was directed by Echternkamp and stars Rene Russo, Oliver Platt, Johnny Simmons, Jane Levy and Marc Maron. It is a fictional adaptation of the documentary 'Frank and Cindy, about the 80s pop band OXO and its base player, Frank and his life partner Cindys life, 30 years later. HISTORY Late 90's Austin Holdridge began making movies in the early 2000s in Austin, Texas. The film culture and life in Austin shaped his moviemaking. His first full length film, Wrong Numbers, was a low-budget comedy about two 18-year-old guys who set out to forget their girlfriend troubles and buy a six pack on the last night of school. The movie stars Scoot McNairy, Matt Bearden, Matt Pulliam, Kirsten Cunnington and David Pratt. It was co-written by Sam Merrick. It's a comedy of misadventures about these two best friends on a night from hell as they are stuck roaming Austin Texas with a car full of people they don't want to be with. The movie won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival in 2001 and Alex was hired to do a studio remake of the film. This remake never came to fruition, however. In 2003 Alex wrote and directed, Sexless. It won both the jury and audience awards at the 2003 South by Southwest Film Festival. It is a sex comedy about twenty-something couples' last month in Austin, Texas. Afeterwards, Alex moved to Los Angeles to pursue the studio remake of Wrong Numbers that never came to fruition. In 2008 Holdridge wrote, directed and produced In Search of a Midnight Kiss, a romantic comedy which was listed by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2008. Holdridge won the 2008 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for work on the film. The film starred Scoot McNairy and Sara Simmonds, and was the third collaboration with McNairy and the second with Simmonds. The film was shot by Austin cinematographer, Robert Murphy, who also worked on Wrong Numbers and went on to shoot Alexs next film, Meet Me in Montenegro. more…

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