Jack Goes Boating Page #2

Synopsis: Jack is a shy and awkward man who drives a limo and lives an unassuming life. His friend and co-worker, Clyde, and his wife Lucy, feel sorry for Jack and set him up on a blind date with Connie. Connie shares Jack's shyness and awkwardness, but through each other they seem to be able to find solace within themselves. Trouble might be brewing in paradise though, as Clyde and Lucy's marriage stumbles just as Jack and Connie's relationship grows.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: Fox Searchlight
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2010
89 min
$300,000
Website
329 Views


Breath.

Under.

You can keep your eyes open.

My goggles leak.

They should suck around

your eyes a little bit.

- How do they feel?

- Okay.

I want you to visualize.

- Visualize?

- It's a technique.

- Close your eyes.

- I thought you said open them?

When you do it, yeah.

But now

it's something you can do at home-

visualization-

when you're not actually in the water.

I want you to close your eyes.

- Okay.

- See yourself going under,

blowing bubbles, coming up.

- Okay.

- Try it. See yourself do it.

Okay.

Man:
Jack.

- Jack.

- Yeah?

- You visualized?

- Yeah.

- Your eyes were open?

- You said close them.

No, to visualize.

Yeah, when we do it, yeah.

But when you visualized you went under,

your eyes were open?

Yeah, I think.

Try it again.

Yeah, open.

Good. Okay.

Look at me when we do it.

We'll do it now, together.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

You're doing good.

I can do better.

- You're doing good.

- I can do better.

This f***ing guy.

- I just need the application.

- We're closed.

Just the application.

F*** you.

Lucy:
It's a sales job.

That's the bottom line.

- If you don't close, you don't last.

- I was on the phone with Jack.

- I was talking to you.

- I was listening.

- What did I say?

- You have to fire Connie.

- When do you go in?

- Tonight. Why?

So what's up with Jack?

He was upset

about a guy at the MTA office.

Wouldn't give him an application

because he was a minute late.

He needs to hook up. It's time.

Sh*t. I'm running late.

Jack's got me,

you and the limo job- that's it.

That's it for me. I've got you...

...Jack's a friend and I drive a limo.

- You take business classes at City.

- He's talking about the MTA.

Look, I love Jack, but Jack's-

I don't know what it is to call it.

- What would you say?

- I don't know what it is

- you don't know what to call.

- It's something.

- maybe it's nothing.

- Connie might be good for him.

It'd be easier to help it along

if she were working there,

but I don't know.

I'll call.

Connie:

If he's there, we can conference.

No, I'll hold.

Lucy:

You're early.

I want to talk to you

when you're done.

Dr. Bob wanted to be here.

- Jesus! F***. what happened to you?

- I was attacked.

- No.

- Yeah, on the subway, a man.

- I'm fine. I'm all right.

- Give me the phone.

- I'm gonna close Curtis-Lopez!

- Get off the phone!

- Please! I'm gonna close!

- Get off!

Mr. Curtis? Hi, Mr. Lopez.

Let's start by getting

your credit card reservation.

- I need an ambulance.

- AmEx, sure. The number?

A woman was attacked.

She's coughing up blood.

Blood. Coughing.

- 3- yes- 9-6-9-

- She was attacked on the subway.

- okay- 1-1-1.

And the expiration date, please.

- Hurry.

- 4/12.

- Is she all right?

- Thanks for coming.

Lucky I caught some time.

The roads are no picnic.

Hi, Mr. Kendal.

Thanks for calling back.

No, I'll wait. Sure, I'll wait.

Are you okay?

You sounded pretty worried.

I thought it was internal bleeding,

but it was blood from her nose

that bled backward.

- Backward? That's weird.

- Yeah, backward into your stomach,

like a lot- a ruptured dorsal

or something.

She has a couple of fractured ribs.

Are you there?

Third floor?

- What do you have?

- A koala bear.

- Authentic koala bear.

- But she's okay?

- It's terrible, huh?

- She's okay though?

- They said she'll be fine.

- He got her a koala.

- Think she'll like it?

- Sure, it's cute.

I'll go see if I can learn anything.

Classic Limousine Service.

- The hospital.

- So how's the gal?

She's okay.

Dorsal something broke.

So what did you get her?

You got her something, right?

Uh, I got her a koala bear.

Astuffed bear.

Koala.

They live in Australia.

Okay. Yeah, roger that.

- Just- you know.

- Yeah.

- Lucy:
We can say hello now.

- Okay.

Hang on.

Dr. Bob, you got my message.

No, before I could tell her.

I've gotta take this. 10 minutes.

- She closed Lopez.

- Clyde:
Classic Limousine Service.

Okay. No, I can. I'm on my way.

Plaza client wants

to take his kid to Serendipity

- for the hot-chocolate sundae.

- I hear they're good there.

Yeah. Where's Lucy?

- She said to go in.

- We can go in?

She's on the phone with her boss.

I gotta go.

Down the hall, room 302.

I brought a friend.

- Oh, this is so sweet.

- Koala bear from Australia.

Connie:
Oh.

Shouldn't you be working?

Uh, air- airport's closed-

you know,

blizzard conditions, so-

You've got to be careful driving.

Yeah.

I look forward

to when winter's over.

It's not summer for a while.

We could do something

before summer,

you know, when you feel better.

Okay.

Maybe-

I don't know- dinner.

You know, when you feel up to it.

You know, a big feast.

Just- just have too much

of everything.

No one has ever

done that for me before.

- I hope you're a good eater.

- No one has ever cooked for me before.

- Cooked?

- No one has before.

Well...

cooking.

- That'd be nice.

- Yeah, no one's ever cooked for you?

My mom, yeah.

Your ma. I only have

a basement at my uncle's.

Kind of a-

a hotplate.

Oh. Oh no, it's- it's okay.

No no.

You know,

Clyde and Lucy have a kitchen,

so I'm gonna cook for you.

A dinner party?

No.

Yeah.

Small.

So do you feel okay?

- I think I'm on drugs.

- Yeah, probably.

Someone was

pressing up against me.

I could feel he was-

you know?

He was rubbing against me.

Oh sh*t.

- No, that's-

- It wasn't out.

I shouldn't have told you.

You'll think of it

when you look at me.

No. It's not your fault.

Do you-

do you think you might wanna-

listen to this song?

It's a positive vibe.

There.

Some of the words are

hard to get at first so...

you have to listen a few times.

Clyde:

You wanna cook for Connie?

- Yeah.

- This is something you want to do?

Yeah.

The problem is

you don't know how to cook.

Yeah.

I don't know how to cook.

Lucy doesn't cook.

- Plenty of people don't know.

- Yeah, and I don't know.

- Thanks.

- So what's the solution?

- I need another beer.

- Mmm.

The solution is to have the Cannoli

teach you how to cook a meal.

- Who?

- Someone Lucy knows.

He's the head pastry cook

at the Waldorf-Astoria-

desserts,

but he can cook food too.

He can write out a recipe

and teach you how to cook it.

- He'll do it?

- He'll do it for Lucy.

What do you think

you want to make?

Chicken, fish or beef,

you know?

Any one of those.

Okay, but be open,

because he might suggest

something else,

like, um, uh...

a casserole.

How much

do you want to spend?

I was- I was thinking about

a hundred-and-something.

When do you have in mind

for the dinner party?

I was thinking about a month.

- A month?

- Yeah, about a month from now.

Okay. Well, then that means

there's no rush. That's good.

Is Cannoli an actual nickname?

No. Federic.

Cannoli is something I call him.

Federic.

I'll ride in the back,

be the big shot.

I wanna tell you something.

Yeah. F***.

I don't wanna, but I gotta.

I don't want you to freak.

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Robert Glaudini

Robert Glaudini (who goes by the name Bob Glaudini) is an American actor, playwright, director and teacher. more…

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