John and Mary Page #2

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
286 Views


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I feel great.

Do you feel great?

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Yeah. I feel fine.

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- Good God. 1 0:
00.

- Oh.

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- Do you want anything before you go?

- Like what?

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- Like a bath, uh-

- Sure. Thanks.

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Before you rush off.

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[ Door Closes ]

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[ Thinking ]

Just like cats-

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sniffing around before

they decide to bed down...

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for the rest of their natural lives.

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The point is,

has she found the spare room?

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Hmm. A spare room gives them ideas.

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Gradual infiltration.

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This is the moment

that calls for extreme caution.

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Extreme caution.

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k& [ Vocalizing ]

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k& [ Humming ]

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I, uh, suppose you haven't

got time for breakfast?

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Hmm? Do you want me

to make it?

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- What? No. I'll-

- Do you want me-

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I'll do it.

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[ No Audible Dialogue ]

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[ Kettle Whistling ]

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You've got a lot of room here.

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[ Thinking ]

Is your wife away for the weekend?

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I like a lot of room.

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[ Thinking ]

So you found the spare room.

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Everything is so tidy.

123

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Our kitchen

always looks like a battlefield.

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[ Thinking ]

Maybe his wife left him.

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[ Thinking ]

Who do you live with? Husband? Boyfriend?

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I hope you like your egg.

127

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It's great.

[ Thinking ] You want me to stay.

128

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It's a farmer's egg.

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Where do you get farmers' eggs?

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- I buy them.

- From a farmer?

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No, at a store.

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You can if you make

a point of it.

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- I mean, it's worth taking a little trouble.

- Yeah. I guess so.

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The chicken that laid

that egg, uh...

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ate only what nature provided it.

It's organic.

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That's a good thing?

[ Thinking ] Must be some sort of health food nut.

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Myself, I just rush

into the supermarket and buy...

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pre-fabricated, synthetic-

any kind of stuff.

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Plastic eggs laid by computers,

as far as I'm concerned.

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- Coffee?

- Thank you.

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- Uh, cream and sugar.

- Oh.

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An egg's not what

you usually have, is it?

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Well, uh, it all depends-

[ Thinking ] on who I wake up with.

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[ Thinking ]

Depends on who you wake up with.

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Hmm.

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- Coffee's delicious.

- [ Thinking ] Do you always jump into bed...

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the first time you meet someone?

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In this country, the, uh-

[ Laughs ]

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The artificial hormones

in the, uh...

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chicken food are having a disturbing effect

on the adult male population.

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- No kidding?

- Mmm.

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[ Thinking ]

I think I'll leave after breakfast.

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Well, to tell you the truth,

most of the time, I don't have anything at all.

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[ Thinking ]

He's congratulating himself.

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What did you say?

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- Nothing.

- [ Thinking ]

I played my cards very cleverly last night.

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[ Thinking ]

He is congratulating himself.

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- k& [ Singing Birthday Song ]

- It's not your birthday, by any chance, is it?

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- k& [ Singing Continues ]

- What?

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I said, it's not your birthday,

by any chance, is it?

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- No, I'm an Aquarius.

-k& [ Singing Ends ]

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k& [ Background:
Pop ]

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- Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

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Does that mean it is

or it isn't?

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- What?

- Your birthday.

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Don't you know?

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What do you mean?

No, I-I-I don't, uh, read those things.

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- You don't?

- No.

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No, I figure life's hard enough

without worrying...

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if my star got mixed up

in the path of Leo...

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and Tuesday would be a bad day

to rob the Chase Manhattan Bank.

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[ Giggles ]

Yeah. I can see you're a Leo.

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- You look like a Leo.

- No, I'm Taurus. Taurus, the bank robber.

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[ Laughs ]

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- Listen, if you wanna get back to your friends-

- No, no. I'm fine.

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'Cause I really didn't mean

to interrupt anything.

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- I was just bored.

- No. We just went to the film together.

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I see.

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k& [ Ends ]

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Is that what you do mostly?

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People, uh, take me, uh, places...

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- k& [ Psychedelic Pop ]

- when they- they feel I need educating.

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You seem very...

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- intelligent.

- Well, I'm educated.

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- [ Woman Laughing ]

- Last- Last week,

we went to the Participating Theater.

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- I'm sorry?

- The Participating Theater.

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- What's that?

- Uh-

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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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