Mumford Page #7

Synopsis: Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean) is the new psychologist in a small town. His unique style of therapy draws many patients, including a billionaire (Jason Lee) and a woman with chronic fatigue syndrome (Hope Davis). But Mumford also draws the ire of the town's two established doctors (David Paymer, Jane Adams). Resentful of Mumford's success, they hire an attorney (Martin Short) to impugn his character, and together they reveal shocking secrets from Mumford's past.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
1999
112 min
Website
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MUMFORD:

Hello, Lionel.

LIONEL:

You've got to have the right ladder

for the job. You don't know what

you're doing, you can get yourself

in trouble.

MUMFORD:

You're right, as usual. See you.

Mumford continues up the street. We STAY WITH Lionel, who

watches Mumford with a sour look, then turns to enter a small

medical building.

INT. DR. DELBANCO'S OFFICE - DAY

DR. ERNEST DELBANCO, a middle-aged psychiatrist with longish,

vanity hair, and PHYLLIS SHEELER, a psychologist in her

thirties, sit on the doctor's comfortable furniture,

listening. The remains of their take-out lunch is on the

coffee table. They seem a little impatient with their as-yet-

unseen visitor --

LIONEL (O.S.)

...completely inappropriate and highly

unprofessional. Now I don't want to

presume to tell you how to run your

businesses --

SHEELER:

-- practices.

Lionel is sitting across the room, making an ardent case --

LIONEL:

-- Whatever. Six months ago, you two

were the only games in town. The

value of your...

(mocking)

..."practices" could be seriously

undermined by this bozo. A town this

size has only so many headcases to

go around.

DELBANCO:

What exactly would you have us do,

Lionel?

LIONEL:

Protect your turf! Check this guy

out. I smell a rat, I tell you.

Delbanco and Sheeler exchange a look; they find Lionel

distasteful.

SHEELER:

Mr. Dillard, I'm sure Dr. Delbanco

shares my gratitude for your concern.

But I also know he'd agree that you

misunderstand the nature of our

calling to mental health. We're not

in some... widget business, trying

to crush our competition.

LIONEL:

What the hell's a widget?

INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE DR. DELBANCO'S OFFICE - DAY

Lionel comes out of the office, miffed, and goes down the

stairs. A moment later, the door opens slightly and Delbanco

peeks out to make sure Lionel is gone. He closes the door on

us.

INT. DR. DELBANCO'S OFFICE - DAY

Delbanco stands at the door looking across the room at

Sheeler.

DELBANCO:

What an a**hole!

SHEELER:

(agrees)

Ernest, what do you think?

DELBANCO:

I think he's got a point.

So does she.

EXT. BASEBALL DIAMOND - DAY

Idyllic. The beautifully manicured field is surrounded by

lush woods. Standing about forty feet apart, Mumford and

Skip are alone on the field throwing a baseball back and

forth. For quite a while the only sounds are the birds, the

wind, and the regular SLAP of ball into glove. Finally --

SKIP:

This is great!

SLAP... SLAP.

SKIP:

This is exactly what I wanted.

SLAP... SLAP.

MUMFORD:

Skip, you must have lots of people

you can throw a ball with.

SKIP:

You'd be surprised. Most guys have

kids or wives or girlfriends. They're

busy. It's not as easy as you think.

MUMFORD:

Skip, you're the head of the whole

deal here. Are they busier than you?

SKIP:

Well, you know... that's the thing.

Like I said, just about everybody in

town works for me. And it's just not

the same asking someone to throw a

ball when they work for you. It's

like an order or something... And no

one -- no one -- asks me.

Mumford considers. SLAP... SLAP... SLAP.

MUMFORD:

So, would you say we're out here...

let me think how to put this... Is

your problem really that you're...

lonely?

SKIP:

Don't you like this?

MUMFORD:

Hell yes, I like it. What's better

than this? Most guys would kill just

to have someone do this with them

whenever they like.

SKIP:

Okay then.

(SLAP... SLAP)

Have you got a lot of friends?

MUMFORD:

("nope")

Lily and I talk a bit. You know Lily,

runs the coffee shop?

SKIP:

No... I've seen her. Good-looking

woman.

MUMFORD:

(agrees)

She's probably ten years older than

you.

SKIP:

(SLAP... SLAP)

Good-looking woman.

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Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known as co-writer of the films The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi. Kasdan co-wrote the Star Wars sequel trilogy film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and will co-write the series' Han Solo spin-off film.[ more…

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