Maps to the Stars Page #7

Synopsis: The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Stafford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star. One of Stafford's clients, Havana, is an actress who dreams of shooting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the 60s. Clarice is dead now and visions of her come to haunt Havana at night... Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was 9 and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania and befriended a limo driver Jerome who is also an aspiring actor.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): David Cronenberg
Production: Focus Features
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
R
Year:
2014
111 min
£338,190
Website
1,199 Views


You don't think I set those fires do you?

Say, 'I think that you didn't mean to.

You just need help, that's all'.

Think you didn't mean to.

You just need help, that's all.

Don't you want to help me?

Will you leave my stockings?

I have burns.

My legs. My stomach. My back.

Okay.

On my school notebook.

On my desk and on the trees.

In the sand and in the snow,

I write your name.

On all the flesh that says yes.

On the forehead of my friends.

On every hand held out,

I write your name.

Your mother of course

was Clarice Taggart.

The wonderful actress who died

tragically in a fire in the mid 70's.

Christmas '76.

You've spoken of your mother's addictions.

And recently revealed and,

very bravely, I might say,

that you yourself

were physically abused.

And sexually, yes.

Which is far more uncommon, usually it's a male,

the father, stepdad, what have you.

And I wanna talk

about that Havana, but first...

There is a question that

I've been dieing to ask.

What is it like

starring in a remake of a movie,

'Stolen Waters', as you are now

and essentially

playing your mother?

Scary.

I mean, we all hear that

we become our mothers but

this is a bit extreme.

And she was even nominated?

For an academy award, yes,

which I believe she should have won.

But she did get the Golden Globe.

I suppose I feel about as

comfortable as I, as I could.

- We're very lucky to have Damien Javitz directing...

- Agatha!

- There is a man who's made some...

- Agatha, could you come up here?!

strange films. Honored?

Yes, but strange nonetheless.

Don't be shy.

I'm so backed up from the Vicodin.

I need you to go back to

Whole Foods and get me a laxative.

I think it's called 'Quiet Moment'.

I need you to go back to

Whole Foods and get me a laxative.

I think it's called 'Quiet Moment'.

Oh...

I should call it 'Un-Quiet Moment'.

Um, and I'm gonna need you tonight.

Maria can't work. One of her 1000 kids

has got cholera or whatever.

Oh, uh... what do... what do I do?

Um, kitchen stuff. Mostly.

You know, easy.

Refill drinks, maybe little serving.

And have fun. Lots of interesting people.

It'll be good for you.

F***!

I think I'm gonna need an enema.

Oh! Wait , wait.

I wanted to ask you something.

Do you see men?

Sometimes.

Are you seeing someone now?

You are!

Just dating a little.

What does he do?

He's an actor.

Oh God! They're the worst!

You have to fight them for the mirror in the mornings.

Well in my case, that doesn't apply.

He writes too.

No. You know, you're very attractive.

Don't run yourself down.

Do you do it with him?

Havana!

Eh, you can tell me!

How much do you do?

Almost everything.

Do you come?

There you go.

Is he a waiter?

No. He... you...uh, he drives a limousine.

You met him outside of Valentino's.

Oh, yeah!

He's cute.

Man! Limo-drivers are Rolls!

Um, okay.

Um, I need

yogurt and cigarettes and call the

hot tub man because the water's cold.

My God. Oh my God! It stinks in here!

Hey sucker fish!

Hey! You're out late for a school night.

2 days off.

Have a Shirley Temple.

Shirley you jest.

Don't call me Shirley.

Oh, um Benjie Weiss. Gretchen Voss.

Hey, ah...

I feel like getting in some sh*t tonight.

You got any?

Mother still working you?

Busting my expensive little hump,

one day at a time.

Where's... ah... Kayla?

Naw, f*** her.

I did! After the teem-stress

sold her my poop.

She got it for her song.

Well, you mean for a Shlong.

Oh, it's a long story.

Long and coiled.

What up with Sam?

Well, let's find out.

Shall we?

She dug you, man.

She dug you and you dissed her.

I didn't dis her.

Red, I know you're holding in.

I'm not gonna be the one

to f*** up your sobriety, okay Benjie?

Are you doing the

new babysitter sequel?

Yeah.

They made me an offer

my mother couldn't refuse.

You made so much money.

Yeah.

Saw you in 'Thrill Kill'. Cool.

We tried to have fun with horror.

The critics got it anyways.

I uh...

Got a little GHB, if you wanna get high?

I think I love you.

Alright, Sam's on a way, Jose.

Done deal.

The terminator.

Cheers.

Cheers.

So, I got this off of eBay.

And supposedly, they used it at Columbine. Check it out.

Hey! Hey! It's loaded man!

That's loaded.

Then I'll empty it.

Okay, don't f*** around.

Benjie!

That was so sick.

Oh God. America only knew.

Finish the joke, Rhett.

About the hillbilly.

Oh my God!

You've only been telling it for an hour.

Okay, so, okay,

the hillbilly says to the yuppie...

And what exactly is a yuppie?

Are you serious?

Oh, like, I know what it is.

- I just don't know what it stands for.

- Okay.

The hillbilly says to the yuppie, right?

He says, 'I know a place where we can go'.

Right?

Well, they got dancing, they got farting

they got drinking and

they got F***ING, WOO!

This is joking and safe sex?

F*** safe sex! Let's bareback!

Alright, come on, give me that.

Eh, I said... this is a joke.

And it's safe sex.

Oh, well... I hope not.

I'm gonna have to kill you.

Come on. Benjie!

- This is getting old, alright?

- Yuppie says...

... great!

Who else is gonna be there?

And the hillbilly says...

Who else?

Just me...

... and you.

You mother f***er!

You idiot!

Oh God!

Holy sh*t!

Oh f***! F***!

- Get out of here Benjie!

- Rhett, man, I'm sorry! You saw... I...

I had all the bullets out.

You're f***ing crazy.

You killed my dog, a**hole!

You sick mother f***er! You killed my dog!

GET OUT OF HERE!

May I come in?

- I'm not sure that's a good idea.

- I won't stay long, mom.

I just wanted to make amends.

I've seen this house in the magazines.

In ah...

Architectural Digest and The Profiles of Father.

Makes me feel exposed but...

Stafford likes things personalized.

Show the world how and where we live.

Can I...

... get you anything?

Um, no thank you.

I suppose it'll quit.

Actually I thought

you'd come here sooner, it...

It's been 7 years.

Takes me that long to

put on my make-up.

Agatha, I... I didn't go to see you.

I wouldn't have come to

see me if I were you either.

I was afraid.

Cause of what you did.

You don't have to explain.

I've dreamt so much of that old house.

It was the first place I visited

when I got back here.

It's so strange that nobody has built on it.

Well we still own the property.

Since before I can remember,

I've had the same dream.

Benjie and me, getting married there.

In a big white tent.

I didn't make any sense.

And then I found out

about you and dad.

You were in Europe, I...

... found a key to the lock box,

all the pictures.

We didn't know we were

brother and sister.

We've been separated

since we were kids.

It was a freak thing, we...

... met on campus, in the desert...

Agatha, we didn't know.

We didn't know.

What are you doing here?

Stafford, it's alright.

I told you to stay away from us.

You didn't know.

It was a freak thing.

I found the diaries.

Love is stronger than death.

- You crazy c*nt!

- Stafford!

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Bruce Alan Wagner (born March 22, 1954) is an American novelist and screenwriter based in Los Angeles known for his apocalyptic yet ultimately spiritual view of humanity as seen through the lens of the Hollywood entertainment industry. more…

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