Motivational Growth Page #7

Synopsis: Ian Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian's neglected bathroom, works to win Ian's trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle. With The Mold's help, Ian attracts the attention of a neighbor he's been ogling through his peephole, Leah, and he manages to find a slice of happiness despite his unnatural circumstances. But Ian starts to receive strange messages from his old and broken down TV set that make him realize that The Mold may not be as helpful as it seems to be, and strange characters combined with stranger events cast Ian's life in the shadow of an epic battle between good and evil that Ian is only partially aware of.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Don Thacker
  6 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
104 min
147 Views


Ian:
Shut up!

I want her to come inside,

I want her to come inside right now,

you can't be here.

The Mold:
But Jack, The Mold is everywhere.

Ian:
lf she finds you, you're done, we're done.

The Mold:
But if you want to get this bird

jacketed, Jack, you and The Mold are going

to have to work together!

Ian:
Shut up.Just shut up until she's gone.

That's all I need from you.

The Mold:
Fine, you'll get nothing but help

from The Mold, Jack.

Ian:
Stop!

The Mold:
It's the only reason that The Mold is here!

Ian:
Shut it!

F***ing dick, man.

(grumbling)

I'm sorry about that.

Leah:
No problem.

Ian:
Oh my god, do you see that girl?

Leah:
Yeah, you just fax in your order.

Welcome to the future.

Hey, can I come in?

Earth to Ian, can I come into your space ship now?

Ian:
Yes, please, I'm sorry.

Leah:
Nice digs.

Oh wow, look at that TV.

Ian:
His name's Kent.

Leah:
You named your television?

Ian:
I guess so, yeah.

Leah:
This couch is a bit old, we can fix that.

Do you mind?

Ian:
Oh no, I think it's broken though.

J Dogg:
One more in through the nose,

and out through the nose.

You feel me?

All that stress and sh*t, you just gotta let it go.

Sometimes you just gotta get

Commercial:
To gently place the two pieces

of meat together, like so.

Leah:
Are you watching this?

Ian:
I've never really had a girl on my couch.

Leah:
I've never really had a girl on your couch either

we should make membership cards,

apply for a tax ID.

Ian:
what?

Leah:
I'm not watching this,

I'm thinking about you.

Ian:
Me?

Leah:
Yes, you, Ian, the boy in the bubble

with his telescope trained on to look at wildlife.

You're a total enigma to me.

I usually have things figured out in a snap,

I usually know what's up before gravity.

But you're a mystery though.

I've never kissed a mystery before.

Ian, are you okay?

Ian!

(vomiting)

Ian:
Not you, not you!

Leah:
Ian calm down!

It's okay! It's okay!

What have you been eating?

Ian:
I don't know!

Leah:
I need to use your restroom.

Your place has the same layout as mine only flipped.

That puts the bathroom down there, right?

Ian:
I'm sorry!

(whimpering)

F***!

Leah:
Who is it?

Ian:
It's Ian, I cleaned the couch.

Leah:
Ian who?

Ian:
Ian Folliver?

This is my apartment, I live in it.

You're in my bathroom.

Leah:
I guess you can come in then.

Did you bring me a shirt?

Ian:
Yes I did, it's my favorite shirt.

It's washed too, which is good.

It was in the kitchen, not right now,

but when I was cleaning.

And then I washed it with laundry, so now its

Leah:
Give it here.

Ian:
It's clean now.

Hey.

Lea h:
Hey.

So what are all those holes in the wall?

Ian:
I was gonna hang pictures.

Leah:
Really?

Ian:
No, I go kind of crazy in here, alone.

I don't know what I made them for.

Leah:
Weirder and weirder.

What have we got to eat?

I'm sure you're hungry after that barf.

Ian:
I'm pretty sure I've got some Bu-Sha-Ka.

You know, the noodles.

No Scare-Berry though.

Leah:
Shame, I'll take an original,

if you don't mind going through all the trouble

of boiling some water.

Hey, how'd you know I like Scare-Berry?

Ian:
I didn't. I just like it, a lot.

My mom never let me have it as a kid.

Leah:
Get out!

Ian:
I'm sorry.

Leah:
Figure of speech, space man.

Ian:
Wait what?

Leah:
It was a figure of speech.

I don't actually want you to get out.

And even if I did, this is your place.

I definitely don't want you to leave.

Can I hang this?

Ian:
Have we met before?

Leah:
Is this that game where we

have to answer every question with a question?

Ian:
Have we met before?

Leah:
Yes, Ian, I came to your front door

after a few days of being gawked at.

Tried to blew your mind up.

Ian:
And that's it?

Leah:
That's it,Jack.

Ian:
What did you just say?

Leah:
I said that's it.That's the only time we've met.

Ian:
Why did you call me Jack?

Leah:
Are you gonna get that?

Box:
Well would you look at that. Folliver, I'm impressed!

Ian:
Box!

Box:
This place was the ass end of the building

going on a year, I get complaints you know,

people wanting Box to knuckle you out of here,

you're kind of a nut, you know?

Cleaned this place up good, though, real good.

Ian:
Thanks.

Box:
Don't thank me yet, Folliver.

It's been three days, I need that rent.

Ian:
Oh sh*t.

Box:
That's not what I want to hear from you, Ian.

Ian:
Box.

Box:
Shut up. Excuses are what people pay me

when they ain't got rent.

Ian:
I can have

Box:
Shut up!

You ever broke a chimp's arm before?

Ian:
F***.

Box:
They're real tough, they gut bones like they

were made of rock. It's like breaking

a slab of concrete trying to

break a chimpanzee's arm.

They won't just let you do it either.

They're fighters. They fight dirty.

When that arm snaps, there's this scream.

It's like when you set a church on fire

with a broom handle stuck in the door,

its not just one sound, it's a hundred sounds

all balled up into one terrifying song.

You ever heard that?

Ian:
No, Box

Box:
Shut up.

After breaking the chimp's arm,

it's not so hard anymore breaking a man's.

Leah:
la n, is everything okay?

Hey, Ian you're gonna miss the

Box:
Folliver is that a girl I hear?

Ian:
Yes, Box.

Box:
With tits?

Ian:
She has those, yes.

Box:
She in your bathroom?

Ian:
She is, yes. No shirt. You heard her.

Box:
You devil, you demon,

I had no idea you had that kind of metal

Folliver, really I didn't.

Ian:
I'm not sure that I do either.

Box:
This whole time I had you figured a fag.

I was giving you the grief so you didn't

try to sneak it in. I had no idea you went for skirts.

And there's one in your place right now, huh?

Ian:
Yes, a girl, in my place, with tits.

Box:
So this is why.

Okay, I'll be back tomorrow.

You give me that rent then,

minus whatever it takes to get this legger

over the barrel, you know what I mean?

Ian:
Thanks, Box.

Box:
You know what l mean though?

Ian:
I do. I know exactly what you mean.

Box:
I mean sex!

Ian:
Thanks, Box.

Leah:
I was wondering if you left.

Ian:
I haven't left in more than a year.

Leah:
Geez, and when did you

start door stalking me?

Ian:
A few days age, I think?

Things got really weird when

I tried to kill myself.

Leah:
Go on, Ian.

Ian:
I tried to gas myself there,

in the bathtub, but I have a vent.

Leah:
Were you cleaning?

Ian:
No, I mean I actually tried to kill myself.

Like with everything in my life, I failed.

Everything until now.

Now with you in my bathroom.

Leah:
Listen to me, I'm here because I want to be.

I want to know you. Learn about you.

Ian:
There's not much to learn Leah.

I'm a loser.

I'm a slot car without a track.

I lost my plans, my ambitions, my direction.

Leah:
Stand up.

Dc you know anything about bees?

Ian:
Not a single thing.

I mean yeah of course, I know about bees,

Leah:
You have a queen bee and a drone bee,

and a billion million worker bees.

Ian:
I think I knew that, yeah.

Leah:
The drone bee is an outcast.

The worker bees will try to kill him

if he gets too close to the hive.

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