In Search of a Midnight Kiss Page #3

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
214 Views


so we can come!

We f***ing stick each other's d*cks

in each other's asses!

F***ing, you don't get upset when they

leave toilet paper next to the toilet seat

because they assume

you have to wipe your ass, do you?

Well, do you or not, man?

Sh*t, no, you don't, man,

Girls aren't gonna carry those things,

Girls don't do that,

They feel guilty,

They feel like sluts if they carry

these things around, So just take 'em,

I'll take two,

Take three, Sometimes you get tired,

and you're gonna need to slip one on,

That's an extra large, I don't know

your size, but it might come in handy,

- I haven't seen a condom in six years,

- Get used to it, man,

These ladies out there, they are insane,

They are trying to hook a man,

We are getting older,

They'll poke holes in condoms,

I'm serious,

Especially the Asian ones, man,

They will f***ing poke holes in condoms

so they get knocked up,

'cause then they get citizenship,

And yellow fever, wear the life jacket,

That's it,

Your nut sack is filled with green cards,

all right?

So just be safe

and, you know, bring your own,

I don't know if she's good-Iooking, She said

she was 300 pounds and into bondage,

All right, man, here, Just take all five,

This is f***ing hilarious,

You gotta promise me you're gonna

come to the party, It's important,

I'll try,

I don't know what's gonna happen in here,

I may be tied to the dominatrix's bedpost,

F***, There's something

very, very special that I'm gonna do,

and it would mean a lot to me

if you were gonna be there,

What? What are you talking about?

Don't say anything, but...

I'm gonna propose to Min,

- You're serious?

- Yeah,

I love her, and I just figure,

you know, why not get married?

- Do you have a ring?

- Yeah, Yeah,

My mom just sent it yesterday,

It just came yesterday,

Look at that,

That's the ring of doom,

My father gave that

to every one of his five wives,

and every one of them ended in divorce,

My mom's the only one that kept it,

That ring has so much f***ing hatred

and just anger

and aggression and f***ing frustration

and just divorce all tied into that,

But you know what? I don't care,

My love for Min is so strong

that I'm gonna beat the Mclntyre curse,

That right there is gonna become

the ring of love,

Man, I'm so happy for you,

I was gonna do it this morning, but your

little jack-off stunt kind of killed the mood,

You just made the whole thing

that much more memorable,

Great, Now you'll tell that story every time

somebody asks you how you proposed,

Yeah, but, man, that's why I love you,

I love you for that,

All right, man,

- Good luck, I'm really happy for you,

- Thank you,

- Good luck,

- And you,

- I'll see you tonight,

- Alrighty,

Hey, I'm just meeting someone here,

- Sure, Two?

- Two, yeah,

- Anywhere you'd like,

- Can I get a double espresso?

No problem,

Wilson,

Hey,

You're not bad,

You should've seen the last guy,

Said he was an acupuncturist, Wanted to

take me to his house and stick pins in me,

I f***ing hate men!

I think they're gonna end up being

so simple, and they're just f***ing apes,

Yeah,

So, uh, how old are you?

- What?

- How old are you?

Don't you think

that's a f***ing rude question?

No! I mean, obviously,

you're extremely attractive,

- Come here,

- What?

Come on, Come here, come here,

Actually, to tell you the truth, I'm 17,

But don't freak out,

I'm gonna be 18 in 11 months,

You probably wanna have sex,

but you can still come over,

My mom's room is way down the hall,

My dad goes hunting every weekend,

But to tell you the truth, Wilson,

I don't know if I can wait,

My p*ssy is so wet right now,

it's gonna be too hard,

- Oh, my God,

- What?

You're thinking about statutory rape now,

You're a mental statutory rapist,

That's f***ing great, I'm 27,

Oh,

You really thought I was 17?

No, I mean, I'm glad that you're not,

- Why? So now you can f*** me?

- What? No!

Just get a life, OK?

This isn't a get-laid-for-free night, OK?

Dammit, I think we should pray,

- Are you serious?

- You have a problem with that?

- Well, actually, I...

- Shh! Close your eyes,

Dear God, wherever you are,

please help us find whatever it is

we're looking for tonight,

And let Wilson know

that he's not gonna get in my pants,

I don't want him to be too heartbroken,

In God's name, amen,

- Amen,

- Wow,

That felt really good,

I haven't prayed in a long time,

- So, are you, like, really religious?

- Mm-mm,

I said that so you wouldn't wanna have

sex with me, Religious guys are so hyper,

Well, maybe God

is watching over us tonight,

So we can find what we're looking for?

What are you looking for?

The love of my life,

On Craigslist?

No, Forget it,

I can't even stand any more relationships,

I have one more interview after you,

and actually, I think the guy is here,

So, if you don't mind,

I'm gonna talk to him,

- Are you serious?

- Sit over there,

- Don't you think...

- Just go f***ing sit!

- Hi, You must be Stevie,

- Yes, I am, Thanks for meeting me,

Wow, You're really good-Iooking,

I have to say,

- Thank you, That's very flattering,

- Mm-hm,

So, tell me, what do you do?

What's your occupation?

I own a termite company,

I used to have a restaurant,

but the termite company's really good,

- It's the main thing I do,

- Wow, You seem like a nice guy,

Why are you posting ads on Craigslist?

Isn't that pathetic?

- It's not something I normally do,

- Come on, Stevie, Everybody says that,

I mean, uh...

I'm divorced, I'm Ionely,

You know, I...

It's hard to meet single women, It's...

You know, all my friends are married,

and I have two kids,

- Does that freak you out at all?

- Mm-mm,

- I'm just trying to meet somebody,

- Right, Kids, Two of them,

Yeah,

- Boy, girl? Boy, boy? Girl, girl?

- Oh, boy, girl,

Jack, he's five, and Melissa, she's three,

And they're just beautiful kids,

Well, um...

You seem like a really nice guy, Stevie,

but to tell you the truth,

I just don't think it's gonna work out,

I just drove down here from Irvine,

I mean, for 60 seconds?

It was an hour-and-a-half drive,

We could go out, We could have

a really good time, We could get along,

You know, it'll be fun,

I'm a really fun guy,

It's just not gonna work out tonight,

It was really, really nice meeting you,

Oh, my God,

- Oh, and have a happy New Year,

- Yeah, happy New Year,

Let's go,

Don't you think you were a little harsh?

No, When you have 11 siblings, you know

how to go out there and get what you want,

- That's what will give me my edge here,

- What do you mean, your edge?

Well, I'm an actress,

and out here, it's a dime a dozen,

and I just don't think people out here have

the raw ambition that I do, I don't know,

You're a real All About Eve, huh?

I don't know who Eve is,

but yeah, I guess so,

Well, where, uh...

where are we going?

- I don't know, I was following you,

- Well, I was following you,

I'm not getting in a car with you,

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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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