Jack And Jill vs. The World Page #6

Synopsis: In Manhattan, the successful executive Jack is a methodical and controlled man with simple habits that works in an advertisement agency with his coworker George. While smoking a cigarette on the roof of the building of the agency, Jack meets the aspirant actress Jill that has just arrived in New York and is seeking a job. He sympathizes with her situation and gives her name to a Klubendorf commercial in the campaign promoted by his agency. When he takes Jill home, he finds that she lives in a very low-budget hotel and out of the blue, he invites her to stay in the guest room of his fancy apartment for a while. Jill changes the behavior of Jack that becomes happier, and proposes Jack to write together a manifesto where the first rule is "be honest". However, she omits to Jack that she is sick with cystic fibrosis and she would have only a couple of years more. When Jack discovers that Jill is ill, he feels betrayed with her violation of their first rules, and they split. But Jack is cha
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Vanessa Parise
Production: First Look
 
IMDB:
5.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
PG-13
Year:
2008
90 min
Website
152 Views


I sure hope so.

We love having her.

Okay.

Hi.

I understand you're interested

in adopting a dog.

How's the... robotic routine going?

You still jamming?

We have a few standard questions

to help us determine

whether you're a good candidate

before we release

the dog to your custody.

Okay.

Why do you want to adopt this dog?

Lucy, is she here?

No.

But you guys still talk, don't you?

Sometimes.

Does she say anything about me?

Look, if you want

to talk to her, call her.

Do you want

to answer the question?

What was the question?

Why do you want to adopt a dog?

Why didn't she tell me?

She did.

Sooner.

She tells people she's sick,

and that's all they see.

I guess she wanted to come first.

She thought if she'd tell you,

you'd leave.

Weird, huh?

Look, l...

I know I screwed up.

I know.

If you tell me she doesn't love me...

then I'll leave her alone.

But if you think...

there's even a chance...

Port Authority.

She's going to Hollywood.

Today?

Yes.

Hey!

What about the dog?

If you sh*t or piss, it's over.

You understand?

Come on!

Come on! Move, please!

Move it! Please!

- There you go.

- Thank you.

# A painful reminder that

you're not mine anymore #

# Anymore #

Move it!

Move!

Time is my friend.

Uh, rule... rule...

What rule is that?

Time is my friend!

Now let's move, baby!

# All of the things

that I thought were so easy #

# Just got harder

and harder each day #

# December is darkest #

# In June there's the light #

# But this empty bedroom #

# Won't make anything right #

# Well, out on the landing #

# A friend I forgot to send home #

# Who waits up for me #

# All through the night #

# Calendar girl #

# Who's in love with the world #

# Stay alive #

# Calendar girl #

# Who's in love with the world #

# Stay alive #

Hello!

# I dreamed I was dying

as I so often do #

# And when I awoke #

# I was sure it was true #

# I ran to the window #

# Threw my head to the sky #

# And said whoever is up there #

# Please don't let me die #

# But I can't live forever #

# I can't always be #

# One day I'll be sand #

# On a beach by the sea #

# Pages keep turning #

# I'll mark off each day with a cross #

# And I'll laugh about all that we've lost #

# Calendar girl #

# Who is lost to the world #

# Stay alive #

I can quit, or you can fire me.

If you fire me,

I get a better severance,

and you'll come off

looking like a sweetheart.

You're fired.

Thank you.

What's up, bird?

So this is it.

Anything you want to say to me, hmm?

Adios.

- Hey, what's going on up there?

- I don't know.

Hey.

What's going on?

Bomb threat.

Someone called in saying they're waging

a campaign against ugliness.

What?

Apparently, our building

is a crime against beauty.

I thought it was a nice building,

but hey, to each his own, I guess.

There's fire trucks here.

There's police everywhere.

Hey.

What are you doing here, Jill?

Holly wasn't convinced

you were real,

so we dragged her down here

to see for herself.

What do you think?

He's okay.

Always a pleasure, Jack.

Lucy.

Well, I got the manifesto here.

You added one.

"Always be willing to

admit when you're wrong."

I ran it past the girls, and, uh...

they think it's a good one.

You miss me?

Yes.

Good.

Sorry.

I'm sorry, too.

For people who are pursuing happiness,

the six-figure salary,

and all the mumbo-jumbo

that goes along with it,

they would probably say

that Jack was crazy.

Mexico or Canada?

Hang on.

Jill, you know that's a subway map, right?

Mm-hmm. It's got streets on it.

Left or right?

Umm, left!

Of course, I could have given you all

a book on the subject,

and probably the prince

would have saved the day,

But maybe real life

is better than make-believe.

Love isn't the fairy tale,

let's be honest.

After all, it's rule number 1.

# We are here to take the blame #

# To take the taunts and lift the shame #

# We are here to make you feel #

# It terrifies you, but its real #

# It will keep you up all night #

# And in the flood of morning light #

# Spilling out across your room #

# You say the words will get there soon #

# The revolution wasn't bad #

# We hit the streets with all we had #

# A tape recording of the sound #

# Of the Velvet Underground #

# A K-Way jacket torn to shreds #

# And a dream inside our heads #

# And after changing everything #

# They couldn't tell we couldn't sing #

# After changing everything #

# They couldn't tell we couldn't sing #

# They couldn't tell we couldn't sing #

# And that changes everything #

# I am a robot #

# Among the millions of robots #

# I eat my sugar and watch my TV #

# Lots and lots #

# Without caffeine,

I can get pretty mean #

# Talk shows, new clothes

are my vitamins #

# Advertisements lead me to #

# The promised land #

# Money-hungry corporations #

# Agents of eternal disintegration #

# Come on #

# I miss the good old days when #

# The government was our friend #

# And we can get there again #

# If we feel our feelings #

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Vanessa Parise

Vanessa Parise is an American film director, writer, producer, and actress based in NYC, New York. Her first feature film Kiss the Bride won the Golden Starfish Award at the Hamptons Film Festival in 2002. Her television movies, Perfect High and Drink Slay Love have been named by the Lifetime’s Broad Focus initiative. Parise has been nominated for Leo Awards for Best Direction in 2015 and 2016. more…

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