John and Mary Page #10

Synopsis: It's the morning after John and Mary's first sexual encounter with each other, which took place in his New York City loft apartment. They had only met for the first time the previous evening at a crowded trendy pick-up bar. They are both uncomfortable with the situation but don't want to show that discomfort to the other. They both realize that they don't know anything substantial about the other - including not even knowing each other's name - as each tries through whatever secret means to find out with who he/she just slept. As they slowly find out more about the other, they inject their own perception into the information, which is sometimes not quite reality. Over the next few hours, they, together and individually, will try to determine if there is any potential future for them, which includes their thoughts about the current most significant other in their respective lives, one who is more significant than the other, and their feelings about what they think the other person is th
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Peter Yates
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
  Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
R
Year:
1969
92 min
304 Views


- [ Chuckles ]

821

01:
02:27,705 -- 01:02:31,300

- Of course, you know all about it.

- What do you mean?

822

01:
02:33,645 -- 01:02:35,840

I guess you're a practically

perfect person.

823

01:
02:35,914 -- 01:02:37,973

It's hot.

824

01:
02:38,049 -- 01:02:40,711

- I mean, you know all about, uh, brass bands...

- [ Murmurs ]

825

01:
02:40,785 -- 01:02:43,345

and cooking, God knows...

826

01:
02:43,421 -- 01:02:48,222

and, uh, theory of sex

in a multiracial society.

827

01:
02:48,293 -- 01:02:50,727

- Mm-hmm.

- Enough.

828

01:
02:52,564 -- 01:02:55,931

You know, I really don't know all that

about the theory of sex.

829

01:
02:56,000 -- 01:02:58,560

- You know those books you read as a kid?

- Yeah.

830

01:
02:58,636 -- 01:03:01,196

300 Ways

to a Sexually Fulfilled Marriage.

831

01:
03:01,272 -- 01:03:03,570

- Yeah.

- The diagrams confused me.

832

01:
03:03,641 -- 01:03:06,735

[ Laughs ]

Yeah, diagrams are confusing.

833

01:
03:06,811 -- 01:03:10,747

I suppose you started

with practical experience.

834

01:
03:10,815 -- 01:03:13,943

Well, as a matter of fact...

835

01:
03:15,153 -- 01:03:19,112

- he was a Boy Scout.

- A what?

836

01:
03:19,190 -- 01:03:21,715

- You don't wanna hear this.

- Tell me.

837

01:
03:21,793 -- 01:03:25,752

Uh, it's not a story I usually tell

until much later.

838

01:
03:25,830 -- 01:03:29,459

- Later?

- When I get to know someone really well.

839

01:
03:29,534 -- 01:03:31,798

- And you haven't, uh-

- No, of course not.

840

01:
03:31,870 -- 01:03:34,236

- But go on.

- [ Chuckles ]

841

01:
03:34,305 -- 01:03:36,296

Well-

842

01:
03:37,375 -- 01:03:39,639

- I was a Girl Scout.

- A Brownie?

843

01:
03:39,711 -- 01:03:42,043

No. I got to be

a full-dledged Girl Scout.

844

01:
03:42,113 -- 01:03:44,581

Had a natural talent for knots.

845

01:
03:44,649 -- 01:03:48,710

- How old were you, exactly?

- Sixteen.

846

01:
03:48,786 -- 01:03:51,414

Mmm, his camp

was in the next field.

847

01:
03:51,489 -- 01:03:53,980

One night, all the other girls

were going to the movies.

848

01:
03:54,058 -- 01:03:57,550

I was being punished,

so they left me behind to do the dishes.

849

01:
03:59,531 -- 01:04:03,058

[ Girls Singing In Distance, Camp Fire ]

850

01:
04:03,134 -- 01:04:05,193

k& [ Continues ]

851

01:
04:09,040 -- 01:04:13,067

[ Whispering ]

Hey. Wake up.

852

01:
04:13,144 -- 01:04:16,409

Wake up.

853

01:
04:17,649 -- 01:04:19,810

- Please wake up.

-k& [ Ends ]

854

01:
04:19,884 -- 01:04:23,149

- [ Girl ] See ya tomorrow.

- [ Girl #2 ] Bye.!

855

01:
04:23,221 -- 01:04:25,917

[ Girls Chattering ]

856

01:
04:27,692 -- 01:04:31,128

Oh, they're coming back. Hurry.

857

01:
04:31,196 -- 01:04:33,130

[ Laughing, Chattering ]

858

01:
04:33,198 -- 01:04:35,257

- Good night.

- Good night.

859

01:
04:35,333 -- 01:04:38,564

- [ Girl ] See ya tomorrow.

- [ Girl #2 ] Bye.

860

01:
04:41,439 -- 01:04:43,373

[ Chattering ]

861

01:
04:43,441 -- 01:04:46,001

That's them. Quick.

862

01:
04:46,077 -- 01:04:49,137

I'm going. I'm going.

863

01:
04:49,214 -- 01:04:52,274

- [ Girl ] Good night.

- [ Girl #2 ] Good night.

864

01:
04:52,350 -- 01:04:55,376

[ Chattering Continues ]

865

01:
04:55,453 -- 01:04:59,890

- [ Girl ] See you tomorrow.

- [ Girls Laughing ]

866

01:
04:59,958 -- 01:05:03,394

- Hey. Wait.

- It was much better than I read about.

867

01:
05:03,461 -- 01:05:05,554

Hurry up.!

868

01:
05:10,568 -- 01:05:12,627

Did you do it again?

869

01:
05:13,805 -- 01:05:15,898

We went home the next week.

870

01:
05:15,974 -- 01:05:18,738

Summer was over.

Didn't get another chance.

871

01:
05:25,250 -- 01:05:27,309

I mean, anywhere else.

872

01:
05:31,489 -- 01:05:36,517

No. He- He lived someplace

in Philadelphia.

873

01:
05:36,594 -- 01:05:38,653

Never saw him again.

874

01:
05:42,734 -- 01:05:46,500

He had sort of...

pink eyes and brown hair.

875

01:
05:53,344 -- 01:05:56,507

[ Yawns ]

876

01:
05:56,581 -- 01:06:00,108

It's funny. I don't usually

feel this way after lunch.

877

01:
06:01,953 -- 01:06:04,683

It's the best time

to feel this way.

878

01:
06:04,756 -- 01:06:06,747

Yeah.

879

01:
06:16,100 -- 01:06:18,762

Evening's for...

880

01:
06:18,836 -- 01:06:21,634

going out and...

881

01:
06:21,706 -- 01:06:24,106

talking to your friends and...

882

01:
06:24,175 -- 01:06:27,269

meeting people, going to movies.

883

01:
06:27,345 -- 01:06:30,610

- Yeah.

- Afternoon's just perfect.

884

01:
06:32,517 -- 01:06:36,510

After a great lunch like that-

plenty of wine-

885

01:
06:40,158 -- 01:06:43,992

there's only one thing

I wanna do.

886

01:
06:44,062 -- 01:06:46,155

Me too.

887

01:
08:14,886 -- 01:08:17,320

[ Magazine Plops ]

888

01:
08:24,729 -- 01:08:29,223

- [ Clicks On ]

- [ Male Announcer] Join the diet Tipple set!

889

01:
08:29,300 -- 01:08:31,825

[ Woman ]

The night his boss came to dinner...

890

01:
08:31,903 -- 01:08:36,499

she served Gourmet salt,

the condiment of continental-

[ Clicks Off]

891

01:
08:38,843 -- 01:08:41,471

[ Rain Pattering ]

892

01:
09:24,121 -- 01:09:26,180

It's raining.

893

01:
09:30,061 -- 01:09:33,224

Guess there's, uh,

not much point in going out.

894

01:
10:00,324 -- 01:10:02,349

[ Switch Clicks ]

895

01:
10:08,733 -- 01:10:11,896

- What time is it?

- I gotta go.

896

01:
10:13,938 -- 01:10:17,704

- Oh, what time is it?

- 1 :
00. I fell asleep.

897

01:
10:19,911 -- 01:10:24,473

- You never noticed my new nightgown.

- Of course I did.

898

01:
10:24,549 -- 01:10:26,642

We never have

the whole night together...

899

01:
10:26,717 -- 01:10:29,151

so I thought you oughta

see me in a nightgown.

900

01:
10:29,220 -- 01:10:34,055

- Mm-hmm.

- Does it occur to you-

901

01:
10:34,125 -- 01:10:38,858

- Hmm?

- I was just wondering

if it ever occurred to you that...

902

01:
10:38,930 -- 01:10:41,023

just because of you,

anyone would be willing...

903

01:
10:41,098 -- 01:10:43,191

to put up with dinner

once a week...

904

01:
10:43,267 -- 01:10:46,566

with their nightgown

in a brown paper bag...

905

01:
10:46,637 -- 01:10:48,969

only to be abandoned

at 1 :
00 in the morning...

906

01:
10:49,040 -- 01:10:53,067

with nothing to do

but read the hotel shopping guide?

907

01:
10:53,144 -- 01:10:55,635

Don't you think

that's very dlattering, hmm?

908

01:
10:55,713 -- 01:11:00,980

- Don't you think that's very flattering?

- I do.

909

01:
11:01,052 -- 01:11:04,681

You don't.

You think it's perfectly natural.

910

01:
11:04,755 -- 01:11:06,814

[ Chuckles ]

911

01:
11:11,868 -- 01:11:14,735

Wish you didn't have to go.

912

01:
11:14,804 -- 01:11:17,898

- I'm sorry.

- Not complaining.

913

01:
11:17,974 -- 01:11:20,636

One day, you'll find

a perfectly good husband...

914

01:
11:20,710 -- 01:11:23,941

with a Mustang

and an English Tudor in Scarsdale...

915

01:
11:24,013 -- 01:11:27,449

and you'll spend perfectly happy evenings

together playing Monopoly.

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Sir John Clifford Mortimer (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author. more…

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