John and Mary Page #12

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


I suppose she would like that.

1009

01:
17:27,676 -- 01:17:30,236

Why don't you?

1010

01:
17:30,312 -- 01:17:32,803

Isn't she your best friend?

1011

01:
17:34,049 -- 01:17:36,381

Of course.

That's why she understands.

1012

01:
17:38,587 -- 01:17:44,548

- What?

- That it's all right for me to stay here with you.

1013

01:
17:45,728 -- 01:17:49,027

My need's greater than hers, hmm?

1014

01:
17:49,098 -- 01:17:52,192

I know what I was doing.

1015

01:
17:52,268 -- 01:17:55,999

Boy, you really have

to spread yourself around though.

1016

01:
17:56,071 -- 01:17:59,165

Did you ever

picket against the war?

1017

01:
17:59,241 -- 01:18:01,368

What are you talking about?

1018

01:
18:01,443 -- 01:18:06,346

- Did you ever collect money for Biafra? Huh?

- Yeah. So what?

1019

01:
18:06,415 -- 01:18:08,508

How do you find time

to do all that...

1020

01:
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between sewing buttons on

for theJapanese...

1021

01:
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and helping the film director

downstairs and...

1022

01:
18:13,289 -- 01:18:16,019

seeing your girlfriends

through all their crises?

1023

01:
18:16,091 -- 01:18:18,889

Well, keeps me pretty busy.

1024

01:
18:18,961 -- 01:18:22,089

And getting me through a bad bout

of sexual starvation.

1025

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18:23,632 -- 01:18:25,759

[ Chuckles ]

1026

01:
18:32,474 -- 01:18:35,466

I think you'd better go.

1027

01:
18:40,616 -- 01:18:42,914

I-I said I think you'd better go.

1028

01:
18:42,985 -- 01:18:45,715

Yeah, I heard you the first time.

1029

01:
18:52,328 -- 01:18:56,822

- Poor Hilary needs you much more than I do.

- I don't think so.

1030

01:
18:56,899 -- 01:18:59,390

How do you know?

1031

01:
18:59,468 -- 01:19:01,936

I know I'm not wrong about Hilary.

1032

01:
19:10,646 -- 01:19:13,547

It's not easy.

1033

01:
19:13,616 -- 01:19:15,675

- I'm sorry.

- What?

1034

01:
19:15,751 -- 01:19:18,777

I'm sorry it's so difficult for you.

1035

01:
19:29,832 -- 01:19:34,269

You want me to go and see Hilary

and then not come back anymore.

1036

01:
19:34,336 -- 01:19:36,668

Is that what you want?

1037

01:
19:38,941 -- 01:19:41,501

I don't know.

Things aren't right.

1038

01:
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- Because I called her?

- No.

1039

01:
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I don't think it would work.

1040

01:
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Give it a chance.

1041

01:
19:57,159 -- 01:19:59,957

[ Breathes Deeply ]

1042

01:
20:00,029 -- 01:20:02,122

No. I- I know it wouldn't work.

1043

01:
20:02,197 -- 01:20:05,462

That's what I'm trying

to tell you.

1044

01:
20:08,137 -- 01:20:10,833

It's just that-

1045

01:
20:10,906 -- 01:20:13,568

If it's going to be serious,

it better be right.

1046

01:
20:13,642 -- 01:20:16,167

The funny thing is,

I thought it was.

1047

01:
20:31,427 -- 01:20:34,453

Where's my coat?

1048

01:
20:34,530 -- 01:20:38,057

- Oh. Um, it's right-

- That's all right. I'll get it.

1049

01:
21:28,650 -- 01:21:31,517

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

1050

01:
21:31,587 -- 01:21:35,921

- Shall I get you a cab?

- Uh, it's all right. I'll find one.

1051

01:
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[ Hilary ] If they understood the hell it plays

with our chemical reactions-

1052

01:
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I know.

1053

01:
21:49,692 -- 01:21:53,128

What are we supposed to do all day Sunday

to keep our minds off sex?

1054

01:
21:53,196 -- 01:21:55,289

In school-

In convent school...

1055

01:
21:55,365 -- 01:21:59,301

they proposed

a fast game of volleyball.

1056

01:
21:59,369 -- 01:22:02,770

- And does that work?

- Makes you horny as hell.

1057

01:
22:04,107 -- 01:22:06,541

You picked a bastard too.

1058

01:
22:06,609 -- 01:22:08,702

No, not really.

1059

01:
22:08,778 -- 01:22:11,144

How can you say that

after the way he treated you?

1060

01:
22:11,214 -- 01:22:13,876

- Could've been worse.

- How?

1061

01:
22:13,950 -- 01:22:18,080

Could've waited till tomorrow

and then... politely lost me.

1062

01:
22:18,154 -- 01:22:20,213

Could've done that.

1063

01:
22:20,290 -- 01:22:22,724

Could've dropped me off

and then said...

1064

01:
22:22,792 -- 01:22:24,953

" I'll call you in a week.''

1065

01:
22:25,028 -- 01:22:27,462

At least he didn't try

to make it easy.

1066

01:
22:35,004 -- 01:22:38,531

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

1067

01:
22:41,678 -- 01:22:43,771

[ Ruth On Phone ]

Hi. It's me.

1068

01:
22:43,846 -- 01:22:47,907

I haven't seen you for months.

I miss you.

1069

01:
22:47,984 -- 01:22:51,852

- [ People Chattering ]

-k& [ Background: Slapstick ]

1070

01:
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k& [ Continues ]

1071

01:
22:57,927 -- 01:23:02,227

[ People Exclaiming, Laughing ]

1072

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23:06,936 -- 01:23:09,461

[ Tapping ]

1073

01:
23:09,539 -- 01:23:11,131

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

1074

01:
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Oh. I'm-

1075

01:
23:14,844 -- 01:23:17,210

- Sorry.

- Have I met you before?

1076

01:
23:17,280 -- 01:23:22,149

- No.

- You play a lot of Indian nose dlute, don't you?

1077

01:
23:22,218 -- 01:23:26,917

- Not at all.

- Bloody nose dluter's shirt if ever I saw one.

1078

01:
23:28,191 -- 01:23:30,785

[ Nervous Humming ]

1079

01:
23:33,896 -- 01:23:35,955

Hi, baby.

1080

01:
23:40,637 -- 01:23:44,573

[ People Exclaiming, Laughing ]

1081

01:
23:51,814 -- 01:23:55,443

Ruth? Ruth?

1082

01:
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- Drink, Ruth.

- Thank you.

1083

01:
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Apparently there were

these three nuns...

1084

01:
24:03,960 -- 01:24:06,326

- who went into a whorehouse, and-

- Hi.

1085

01:
24:06,396 -- 01:24:09,490

Darling. This is Charlie.

You'll love him. He tells jokes.

1086

01:
24:09,565 -- 01:24:12,193

- We've met.

- Apparently there were these three nuns...

1087

01:
24:12,268 -- 01:24:16,102

who went into a whorehouse in San Francisco

to shelter from the rain, and the-

1088

01:
24:16,172 -- 01:24:18,572

Where's your little friend?

1089

01:
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Uh, she left.

1090

01:
24:20,810 -- 01:24:25,110

- They all have to go, don't they, love?

- What do you mean?

1091

01:
24:25,181 -- 01:24:28,708

I mean,just as soon as they actually

sit on the chairs...

1092

01:
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or spill ashes down the john...

1093

01:
24:32,455 -- 01:24:35,253

or leave wet footprints

on the bathroom dloor.

1094

01:
24:35,324 -- 01:24:38,384

I mean, you don't actually want

living people around there, do you?

1095

01:
24:38,461 -- 01:24:40,554

- Well, that's, uh-

- Not for any length of time.

1096

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not altogether true.

1097

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[ People Exclaiming, Laughing ]

1098

01:
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What was she like?

1099

01:
24:59,849 -- 01:25:04,411

I don't- I-

I don't really know.

1100

01:
25:04,487 -- 01:25:07,820

[ Murmuring ]

Six- Oh.

1101

01:
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- I'll be right back.

- Oh, wait a minute.

1102

01:
25:28,211 -- 01:25:31,510

Hey, hey. Wait.

I want my money now. Hey!

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John Mortimer

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

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