Kenny Page #10

Synopsis: From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and unappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society's machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his faithful 'Splashdown' crew. Follow Kenny as he tackles every septic challenge that comes his way, culminating in a pilgrimage to that Mecca of waste management, the International Pumper and Cleaner Expo in Nashville Tennessee - or as Kenny affectionately calls it, "Poo HQ". With fly-on-the-wall honesty and wit, 'KENNY' lifts the lid on one of Australia's roughest diamonds as he juggles family tensions, fatherhood and sewage with charm, humour and unflinching dignity. "It takes a certain kind of person to do what I do... No-one's ever impressed; no-one's ever fascinated... If you're a fireman, all the kids will want to jump on the back of the truck and follow you to a fire. There's going to be no kids willing to do that with me. So, I don't do it to impr
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Clayton Jacobson
Production: Xenon Pictures
  6 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PG-13
Year:
2006
99 min
Website
1,036 Views


OK.

You're right to get

to your room?

Yeah.

- Alright.

Well, thanks for a good night.

I had fun.

OK. 'Night.

- Alright. Take care, Jackie.

'Bye, Kenny.

- See you. 'Bye.

Yeah, mate, that goes into

Ned Kelly's helmet there.

Right.

- Oh. Right, I see.

There you go. You're in now.

Good.

Thanks for a great night, mate.

- Thank you very much.

I'm really sorry

to mess up the night.

No, you didn't mess it up.

- You and your lady.

I'm sorry.

- No, it's all good.

But I had a good time.

Thank you.

- Me too. See you at the expo.

Maybe tomorrow morning...

...tomorrow morning

you could show me...

...where the TV toilets are.

Oh, I don't know

if they've got any here.

Well, I mentioned them

because we make them.

You make them?

- Yeah.

Oh, really?

- Fair dinkum.

Yeah, Glenn, it's me.

Yeah, look, I've gotta be quick.

I'm in a meeting with

some Japanese gentlemen...

...that I've met here at the expo...

...and what they wanted to do

is get a quote...

...on buying some of our

20-foot combo units...

...the VIP 20-foot blocks

with the televisions in them.

But they want a price on them

really quickly...

...to buy about six or seven units...

...as in the full blocks.

Yep. Hang on a sec, Glenn.

- What?

It's not "six or seven",

it's sixty-seven.

Sixty-sev... You're shitting me,

aren't you?

No, serious. - 67...

- 67 full 20-foot blocks?

Units.

Units.

They want 67 of them.

No, he's as serious

as a heart attack.

No, I'm here with him now.

Also, we'd like to get a price.

- A price.

In one hour.

- One hour. In an hour.

No, he's fair dinkum.

Yeah, 67 units, but we need

the price in an hour.

And Mr. Sato is coming.

- Yeah, I know.

I know I called him, you know,

a freaked-out bastard...

...but he's a bastard

to me only, not to you.

Right.

See? So just

speak to him directly.

Right, talk to him.

- Into his eyes.

OK.

- You talk to him.

And I will translate because

he doesn't speak any English.

He doesn't speak any English?

- No, no, no.

So just speak to him

and I'll translate.

Oh, you'll translate.

I know what you're saying.

Be yourself.

- Yeah, I will.

Hang on a tick.

Answer this.

- Yeah, I will, yeah.

This could be Glenn now.

- Oh, yeah, check the price.

Yeah, I will, absolutely.

Hello? Glenn?

Sorry, Takashi.

I can't hear you, mate.

Speak up.

Oh, g'day, mate. Yeah, good.

Look, Dave,

I can't talk now, mate.

I'm in the mid... Yeah, hang on,

I'm in the middle of a... Yep.

When did that happen?

Yeah.

Well, is he?... Are you

with him now? Is he alright?

Right.

Well, what do the doctors say?

What do?...

Well, yeah, hang on, don't...

Well, can you ring me

straight back...

...when you've spoken

to the doctors?

Yeah. Alright, yeah,

but ring me back so I... Yeah.

Everything's alright. Take care of your

dad, you know.

Yeah.

- I'll speak with Glenn.

Yeah, you can speak to him?

- Oh, yeah.

I'm so sorry, mate.

- That's... That's alright.

Alright, mate, well,

I'll speak to you...

...when I get back to Australia.

Right.

- Alright, thank you.

See you, mate.

Better get my belt on. See you!

Just to the airport, mate.

The international.

Yeah, well, I'm supposed to be

meeting her at the bar.

Well, she's an airline steward...

...so she'll be dressed

in a uniform.

Well... Yeah, well, I actually don't know

her surname.

My father's very ill, so I...

Actually, don't tell her that...

Just tell her I'm really,

really sorry that I can't make it.

He's stable.

His obs are looking good.

The doctor should be in to talk

to you in a bit, but he's, um...

See, he's medicated

at the moment...

...and obviously exhausted...

...but he's not in any pain.

He's on a list for an operation

on Tuesday morning.

OK.

- So you can come back in...

When I rang the hospital...

...they said it was

a bleeding ulcer or something.

And so that's all it is?

If you're gonna talk about me,

at least talk to me.

I'm awake.

I'm not bloody dead, you know.

How are you, mate?

- Oh, how do you reckon I am?

Stuck in this shithole.

Where?...

Where have you been?

I got here as soon as I could.

I've come straight

from the airport.

Am I in your way here?

- No.

Ah. I mean, 70 years of age,

and wouldn't you know...

...these pretty little things

like this girl here walking round...

...and I've been saddled

with Daisy here.

Bloody tailgater.

He's a nurse, Dad.

You haven't used your pan.

- I don't intend to use it, either.

There's no way known

I'm gonna use that.

You can shove it up your own arse. I'm

not putting it up mine.

Before you get

discharged tomorrow...

...before your operation...

...we need a stool to test

whether or not there's blood.

I'll give you one.

I'll give you a sample.

I'll give you one there...

...that Jack O'Toole

wouldn't chop through...

...but I'm not doing it in that.

It's really quite simple.

See this?

Might be simple for you.

- See that?

It'd be like trying to put

marshmallow into a moneybox.

Now, I'm not gonna use it.

I'm telling you, son!

Alright, well, is it... is he OK

to go to the toilet if I take him?

Uh, if he would rather do that...

...then, yeah, sure,

I can organize that.

But it's...

I need the stool in this tray.

OK. Alright.

I'll be back in a bit.

Nightmare, this.

- Yeah, well, it's not...

Don't be having a go at him.

He's the one looking after you.

Yeah, he's the one.

I'd rather HER look after me.

Yeah, well, it doesn't...

Look at her. Jesus Christ!

He wants me to bend over

in front of him.

Have you seen him?

It's not that he wants to see

your backside or something.

They need to get your stool sample,

your poo sample.

Christ Almighty,

I'm too old for this sh*t.

Bloody whinge.

That's all I get all day.

Whinge, whinge, whinge.

- Yeah.

Oh, get back on your camel.

Is that that bloody bastard

going again over there?

Must have disorder, mate.

Alright, you br... Ba... Bananas...

...or whatever you're

bloody talking about.

Dad. Dad.

- What?

This is not the place for it, Dad.

It's a hospital.

Now, keep your voice down.

They're sick too, alright?

Keep my voice down.

- Yeah, well, don't...

Supposed to be a bloody farmer. He's

got about 17 kids.

He hasn't had too much time picking

tomatoes...

I can tell you that.

Dad, they're sick too, so have

a bit of respect, alright?

Yeah, alright.

- Just a bit of respect.

Get all the nurses

and we'll move all this.

Bloody tubes up me nose

and up me arse.

Now they want bloody stools.

A man hasn't had

anything to eat.

I'm as thin as a bloody rake.

You can smell the sh*t

through me ribs.

They should take

a sample there.

Nurse, that's the sample

for Mr. Smyth.

Right. Great, thanks.

Alright, thanks.

You can't get this

medication for him.

He's got to get it himself.

He's gotta get it himself? OK.

- Yeah, it's very important.

That's not... Not today.

I want to go today.

No tomorrow.

Forget tomorrow. Today!

No, we've gotta leave you here

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