John and Mary Page #7

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
287 Views


Are you sure

I know enough about you?

540

00:
44:11,495 -- 00:44:13,725

What do you wanna know?

541

00:
44:15,198 -- 00:44:17,928

- Um-

- Hmm?

542

00:
44:18,001 -- 00:44:21,437

What do you do?

543

00:
44:21,505 -- 00:44:24,030

Design furniture.

544

00:
44:24,107 -- 00:44:26,803

Did you design this,

by any chance?

545

00:
44:26,877 -- 00:44:31,337

- Don't you like it?

- Well, it could be more comfortable.

546

00:
44:32,616 -- 00:44:34,846

You didn't complain last night.

547

00:
44:34,918 -- 00:44:38,046

Why do you think

I wanted to move to the bed?

548

00:
44:38,121 -- 00:44:40,214

It's meant to be functional.

549

00:
44:40,290 -- 00:44:43,851

- Well, it worked, didn't it?

- Here.

550

00:
44:45,829 -- 00:44:47,820

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

551

00:
44:56,573 -- 00:44:59,269

[ Phone Ringing ]

552

00:
45:12,589 -- 00:45:15,285

[ Ringing Continues ]

553

00:
45:24,134 -- 00:45:26,227

[ Sighs ]

554

00:
45:30,774 -- 00:45:33,572

- [ Ringing Continues ]

- Go on. Make some snappy patter.

555

00:
45:36,613 -- 00:45:38,774

- Hello.

- [ Woman ] Hi. It's me.

556

00:
45:38,848 -- 00:45:43,182

- I haven't seen you for months.

- Oh. Hello, Ruth.

557

00:
45:43,253 -- 00:45:47,690

- Who have you got there?

- Oh, it's, uh- It's just a friend.

558

00:
45:47,757 -- 00:45:51,557

Listen, I'm having a party tonight,

and I want you to come.

559

00:
45:51,628 -- 00:45:54,324

Tonight? Uh-

560

00:
45:57,000 -- 00:45:59,400

Well, I'm not, uh,

sure about tonight.

561

00:
45:59,469 -- 00:46:02,927

- Oh, come on. Try to make it.

- Where is it?

562

00:
46:03,006 -- 00:46:07,306

It's at 41 4 East 5 5th Street,

between Sutton and First.

563

00:
46:09,713 -- 00:46:13,479

Between Sutton and First?

That's a pretty classy address.

564

00:
46:13,550 -- 00:46:16,781

Are you getting married

or something?

565

00:
46:16,853 -- 00:46:20,949

- I forget when's your birthday.

- It's not my birthday, and I'm not pregnant.

566

00:
46:21,024 -- 00:46:23,117

It'll just be good to see you.

That's all.

567

00:
46:23,193 -- 00:46:26,685

Anyway, who knows

how the day will end?

568

00:
46:29,633 -- 00:46:31,897

Yes, I'll keep it in mind.

569

00:
46:33,303 -- 00:46:36,204

I miss you too.

570

00:
46:38,541 -- 00:46:41,999

I, uh- Oh, I'm, uh-

571

00:
46:42,078 -- 00:46:44,569

I'm not sure whether she-

[ Laughs ]

572

00:
46:50,253 -- 00:46:53,518

All right. I'll book that dlight.

573

00:
46:53,590 -- 00:46:56,753

Yes, it is lucky, darling.

574

00:
46:56,826 -- 00:46:59,260

Right. I'll see you there.

575

00:
47:00,530 -- 00:47:02,589

Thank you.

576

00:
47:13,209 -- 00:47:15,677

- Elizabeth?

- They're coming back a day early.

577

00:
47:15,745 -- 00:47:18,839

They, uh, wanna meet me

at the airport tomorrow morning.

578

00:
47:18,915 -- 00:47:21,008

No.

579

00:
47:23,219 -- 00:47:25,346

[ Sighs ]

580

00:
47:25,422 -- 00:47:29,358

I'll have to put you on the plane tonight

and catch the morning dlight out.

581

00:
47:34,364 -- 00:47:36,832

- I just thought of something.

- What?

582

00:
47:36,900 -- 00:47:39,198

- We can dly back together.

- Hmm?

583

00:
47:39,269 -- 00:47:42,204

- She has no idea what I look like, right?

- No.

584

00:
47:42,272 -- 00:47:44,399

So we can both stay till tomorrow.

585

00:
47:44,474 -- 00:47:47,966

We'll get off the plane,

and I'll be this perfect stranger.

586

00:
47:48,044 -- 00:47:50,842

I can vanish.

587

00:
47:50,914 -- 00:47:53,007

[ Woman On P.A.]

Attention, please.

588

00:
47:53,083 -- 00:47:56,985

[ Indistinct ]

...passenger of Flight 1 07 from London...

589

00:
47:57,053 -- 00:47:59,817

please contact

the main information desk.

590

00:
48:05,562 -- 00:48:07,621

- Attention, please-

- There he is!

591

00:
48:09,899 -- 00:48:13,300

[ Chattering ]

592

00:
48:16,973 -- 00:48:21,000

Hey!

[ Chattering ]

593

00:
48:21,077 -- 00:48:23,341

[ Glass Shatters ]

594

00:
48:25,815 -- 00:48:28,875

I'll try to. Yes, I will.

595

00:
48:28,952 -- 00:48:33,252

753-2099.

596

00:
48:33,323 -- 00:48:36,520

Right.

597

00:
48:36,593 -- 00:48:39,528

Yes, I-I- I'll try.

598

00:
48:41,765 -- 00:48:45,531

- Bye.

- Bye.

599

00:
48:49,205 -- 00:48:51,435

[ Thinking ]

I don't want any more to do with it-

600

00:
48:51,508 -- 00:48:54,272

not with jealousy, competition...

601

00:
48:54,344 -- 00:48:58,075

the sound of bugles when we're

all meant to line up for battle.

602

00:
48:58,148 -- 00:49:01,811

When the bugle blows,

I want to go home quietly.

603

00:
49:01,885 -- 00:49:06,117

Lock the door, take off the telephone.

Yeah, right.

604

00:
49:06,189 -- 00:49:09,647

I'll wash my hair,

watch the Saturday Night Movie...

605

00:
49:09,726 -- 00:49:12,286

and go to bed

with a plate of corndlakes.

606

00:
49:12,362 -- 00:49:15,729

I can do that most efficiently.

607

00:
49:15,799 -- 00:49:18,199

I can vanish.

608

00:
49:36,886 -- 00:49:40,151

k& [ Whistling ]

609

00:
49:42,358 -- 00:49:45,350

[ Doorbell Buzzes ]

610

00:
49:45,428 -- 00:49:49,990

k& [ Whistling ]

611

00:
49:50,066 -- 00:49:53,502

- Hi.

- I seem to have left my key.

612

00:
49:53,570 -- 00:49:55,765

k& [ Whistling ]

613

00:
49:55,839 -- 00:49:58,467

Oh. It probably fell out of my bag.

614

00:
49:58,541 -- 00:50:00,839

Thank you.

You expecting someone?

615

00:
50:00,910 -- 00:50:02,935

- Yes.

- Oh.

616

00:
50:03,012 -- 00:50:05,003

You.

617

00:
50:05,081 -- 00:50:07,174

Oh, no. No.

I'm going home now.

618

00:
50:07,250 -- 00:50:09,514

Right, but you always

leave something to come back for.

619

00:
50:09,586 -- 00:50:11,952

- Who, me?

- I mean girls.

620

00:
50:12,021 -- 00:50:14,489

Keys are the most popular.

621

00:
50:14,557 -- 00:50:17,458

Says the man

of limitless experience.

622

00:
50:17,527 -- 00:50:20,826

Now the problem is, what exactly

are we going to give you for lunch?

623

00:
50:20,897 -- 00:50:23,559

You're gonna make someone

a wonderful wife.

624

00:
50:23,633 -- 00:50:26,966

Like to gamble

on a cheese soufdl?

625

00:
50:27,036 -- 00:50:29,732

Gamble on what you like.

I'm not staying.

626

00:
50:29,806 -- 00:50:33,139

Perhaps you should ask yourself

why you decided to go in the first place.

627

00:
50:34,644 -- 00:50:38,375

I suppose after a lifetime's

experience with women...

628

00:
50:38,448 -- 00:50:40,973

you think our one ambition

is to sit here all day...

629

00:
50:41,050 -- 00:50:43,541

listening to gems

from Carnegie Hall...

630

00:
50:43,620 -- 00:50:45,986

and watch you demonstrate

the art of cookery.

631

00:
50:46,055 -- 00:50:49,684

Good grief. There's a whole world

outside this little egg box you inhabit...

632

00:
50:49,759 -- 00:50:52,922

and people who don't have to invent

all sorts of complicated reasons...

633

00:
50:52,996 -- 00:50:55,726

for why they go in and out

of the front door.

634

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50:55,798 -- 00:50:58,164

As a matter of fact,

I know exactly why you left.

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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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