Monumental Page #6

Synopsis: Two young men journey across the U.S.A to honor one's mother by spreading her ashes at monuments she always dreamed of visiting. Along the way they encounter interesting characters and dangerous situations that force them to question their own character and their life-long friendship. Marital strife, jail time, car chases, old secrets and a demolition derby all threaten to derail their trip and their lives.
 
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2016
100 min
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Where you were,

what you were doing.

I didn't understand how

someone could not want

their own son.

I used to wish

that you were dead.

'Cause at least then

there was a reason

that you weren't calling me.

Then I found out you were alive.

So I had to come

up with new reasons

that you wouldn't call.

I used to think about it,

I'd sit there and imagine

you'd met this new woman.

You got married and you

had a family, new kids.

And there's this beautiful

house on a sunny day,

and it's your new

son's birthday.

And it made you think of me.

So you'd sneak inside

and you'd try to call me.

And right before I could

pick up your new wife

would come in and she'd

stop you and you'd have to

hang up.

F***, every time someone

called and hung up

I thought maybe it was you.

It never was, was it?

- I wanted to call you, son.

- You wanted to call me?

Well what a f***ing relief.

You know what I do when

i want to talk to my son?

I pick up the goddamn

phone or I go see him.

- You have a son?

- Yeah, I do.

And he's the most important

thing in the world to me.

- What's his name?

- You don't get to know that.

You know why?

Because you'll never

f***ing see him,

and you will never

f***ing talk to him.

But what you need to know

is that I will be there

every single day for

him until they put me in

the ground 'cause that's what

a real f***ing father does.

- Well congratu-f***ing-lations.

Huh?

Ain't you a peach?

What do you want

me to do boy, huh?

Throw you a goddamn parade?

- I want you to sit

there and finish drinking

yourself to death.

- Clayne!

- I was just a

little f***ing kid!

Why the f*** would

he not want me?

What the f*** did I do?

Why the f*** didn't he want me?

Why the f*** did he not want me?

Why, I didn't

f***ing do anything?

Just a f***ing kid!

F***ing little.

- I'm sorry.

I'm here for you, alright?

Come here.

Love you, man.

You're a better man than

that, you know that?

Alright?

Love you, man.

- clayne.

- Are you sure?

- Absolutely, man.

That sh*t I said about

her not being your mother,

that's bullshit.

She raised you like

you were her own.

We're brothers, man.

- What the f*** was that?

- Oh sh*t.

Oh, f***.

Think I blew a tire.

- F***.

This is unbelievable,

GPS is coming in and out,

I can't get no

reception right now.

- Dude, nothing

would work out here.

I think this is a bad idea.

- Well what else do

you want from me?

I don't, you know, seriously?

- If we stayed on the

highway we might see somebody

coming by.

This way, there's nobody that

way and I remember it was

like 100 miles to.

- Seriously, like five miles

or so there was a little

gas station rest stop.

I don't wanna sit

there and wait.

- I don't feel like getting

murdered and raped today, man.

- Nobody wants to get home more

than me right now, alright?

Please.

This is the fastest

way, I promise.

Come on, GPS, it keeps

coming in and out, man.

Said like five miles

or something last time

and we've walked at least

a half mile from there.

Check your phone.

- Are you joking?

Okay, yeah.

Spock?

Okay yeah, you got us?

Okay, yeah.

- That's a good one.

I've no time to joke,

i need to get home.

- Change mine to a bean burrito.

Tell sulu to quit

humping my plant.

- That's really gonna help

us, that's really good.

Here comes a Van.

- What?

- Van.

Hey!

- Man, that's

not a good idea.

- Not a good, man, seriously,

you wanna stand out

here and you're sitting

here whining about this,

let's go, wave him on.

Yo!

Come on, what are you afraid of?

Thanks for stopping, guys.

- Looks like you two

are in big trouble.

- Uh yeah actually our rv

broke down a couple miles back

on the highway.

- How?

- Oh, good evening sir.

- No, how did it happen?

- Oh, I thought you

guys didn't, you know.

- We just, we blew a tire.

Back on the highway.

- Very unlucky for

you, white man.

- Yes, your people have

raped and murdered our people

for far too long.

Now we are going to

return the favor.

- What?

- Oh, okay, take it

easy man, we don't even

have any money.

- Money, money cannot buy

back what the white man

has stolen from us.

The only payment we

want now is blood.

- Whoa whoa whoa.

- What the f*** is that man?

Come on.

- Come on, guys.

- Holy sh*t, the only

payment we want is blood?

Oh man that's so f***ing good!

- Are they serious?

- Awesome.

- We're just kidding,

we're just kidding.

- My heart is like

pumping right now.

- So can you guys help us, or?

- I'm just messing

with you, I'm Jack.

- Steve.

- This is bill.

- Little nervous with

that but nice to meet you,

that's good, that's good.

- Get in the shaggin' wagon,

we'll take you to town,

alright?

- Woo.

- Guys, it's cool, we're

not gonna rape you.

- Awesome.

Comforting.

- They seem pretty good,

they seem pretty harmless.

- Yeah, it's your

idea, get in the Van.

- Well come on if you're

gonna come with us,

I gotta catch the new south

park anyways so let's go.

- Got it?

- Gotta fix that door.

- Yeah, well it's on our

to-do list, we'll get to it.

- Thanks boys, appreciate it.

- Hey, make sure to Facebook me.

- Absolutely.

- Thanks again, both

of you guys, seriously.

- Yeah, no problem.

- Us white folk owe you one.

- Think you owe

us more than one.

- Hey ho!

- Sh*t.

- Nah but in all

seriousness it's nice to see

that not everyone's forgotten

about honoring those

that came before us.

Dorothy'd be proud.

Take care of yourselves,

have a blessed journey.

- Dude, why didn't

you wake me up?

- You were sleeping like a baby.

I gotta check on the rv anyway.

- What'd they say?

- It's not good.

Expensive ass tow, tire

repair, we're not gonna

have enough to get home, man.

I dunno, sucks.

- F***!

- Yeah, we are f***ed.

- F***, I'm sorry.

I know this is on me, I know

i cost you a lot this trip.

- It's fine.

- No, I swear to god I'm

gonna pay you back, and curt.

- I'm not worried

about that right now.

I just wanna find a way to

get f***ing home right now.

- We'll get you home.

And I know you're not

worried about this,

but I need you to hear me.

All the sh*t we gone

through on this trip,

all I've been able to

think about is my boy,

and he deserves better

than I had and he's gonna

f***ing get it.

All this other sh*t, it's done.

It's him and Lisa,

that's it for me.

I'm gonna go home, I'm

gonna finish that training,

I'm gonna get one of those

jobs you keep hounding me

about, okay?

I swear to god, man.

- Alright, that's good.

Let's just reroute ourselves

and find a f***ing way home.

The motel guy told me that

hoover dam's 40 miles from here.

We head there, head to la,

shoot straight up the coast,

I don't know what

we're gonna do.

- Well when's curt's birthday?

- Tomorrow.

F***.

That's why I'm so

f***ing stressed out.

- La's done.

If the hoover dam's right

there like he's saying,

we scoot over, we

spread some ashes,

and then we f***ing burn

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