Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom Page #2

Synopsis: Noah, Alex, Ricky, Chance and their significant others travel to Martha's Vineyard for a weekend wedding getaway. Drama ensues as one-by-one their relationships start to crack under the pressure of closer examination. Newly successful screenwriter Noah looks to his friends for advice as he prepares to move his relationship to a more serious level while struggling to keep his first studio movie alive. But the friends are of little help as they juggle their own issues. Elder statesmen Chance and Eddie attempt to scratch their seven-year itch but worry their marriage has permanently lost its spark. And playboy Ricky flaunts his barely legal college student fling in the face of his monogamous friends but hides a surprising secret that threatens to rock the house. Add to the mix Alex's crazy-making wedding prep, a closeted superstar rapper, a high-maintenance studio exec, and a surprise visitor and you've got the makings of a hilarious and poignant romantic comedy.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Patrik-Ian Polk
Production: Logo Features
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2008
101 min
$389,194
349 Views


- It's so adorable.

I do not know how you can be away from him a minute.

I know. We wanted him to bring, but

Doctors said it was too soon.

We've him had only two months and with its immune system ...

- It's definitely positive?

- We do not know.

Most babies to mothers with HIV are positive ...

... in the first six months,

I have or not.

So we are waiting.

You miss him.

Honestly, baby, it's nice

rest, because he cries a lot.

Raise the roof of the house.

But only the weekend. Will

mother in the arms of Alex on Monday.

Where is Ricky

with those photos of foliage?

Watch my sweet, baby.

Ricky!

Where are you, b*tch?

I know you're fast

taking the damn photos.

What do you think about having children?

We still have not moved

together, papo.

That changed Monday.

Then we can discuss it on Monday,

when we married respectable.

We will have no children

born out of wedlock.

You're so sad.

- Baby Gat.

- Send a voice mail.

Probably named to congratulate me.

You lie.

You know, this marriage

never work ...

... if you do not learn to trust me.

I trust you.

This crazy and stupid spoiled

is another matter.

He's obsessed with you

since he refuses.

You know I like

Baby Gat, right?

- No?

- Yes

Then stop fooling yourself, papo.

I hear they cut cake.

Thanks, baby.

We need to talk.

- What does it matter?

- Who says we are wrong?

- Brandon.

- Brandon is in love with me.

Sure it would.

But in the room,

Couples talked about ...

... who marry and then discover

who do not like.

He was talking about

Noah and Wade, not us.

Okay.

- Eddie, I ...

- Dinner is served.

Bow our heads.

Lord, thank you

for giving me the strength ...

... to prepare

This delicious meal ...

... without anyone's help.

Alex.

Thanks for the wonderful

gifts of love and friendship ...

... you have given us this day.

Amen.

- Amen!

- Amen.

- See you later.

- Bye.

What's for dinner?

I'm starving.

Let's eat.

Have they decided

about the name?

"You shall put the name of Noah,

it yours, or both?

- Still not decided.

- We'll take both.

And if you go to a place like

Saudi Arabia ...

... will not be presented as

lord and master.

I doubt we're going to Saudi Arabia.

Well, what about Jamaica?

Sometimes you have to be pioneers.

You should try to be brave.

That's where it starts.

- I thought only joking.

- About what?

The double surname.

I mean, if you want to put my name

with yours, well ...

... but do not know.

- When you meet the perfect guy ...

... definitely want to put

his name with mine.

Homosexuals

are like stars.

The stars never change

their surnames when they marry.

Diana can marry

anything you want.

It will always be Miss Ross.

But marriage is a statement

before the world, right?

The reality is somewhat more

complicated than a big gesture.

You know what?

How about a toast?

To Noah, for making me the honor

give me her hand in marriage ...

... call us

as we call it then ...

... and wherever we choose

spend our holidays.

To Noah.

You know, I think it is surprising

that you and Mr. Iverson ...

... manage an HIV clinic

and adopt an African orphan.

Surprisingly, unlike some

unnamed superstar ...

follow the proper channels ...

in our adoption.

And Professor Counter,

I mean, Chance ...

... he and her husband,

have a daughter, right?

Little Ethiopia.

It's so cute.

- I thought it was Kenya.

- Yes, Kenya, yes.

It is with the parents of Eddie

during the weekend.

And their parents know

what him and Chance?

What about your parents?

If I told my parents I am gay they disown me.

But I want to, you know?

I want to know who I am

and who love me anyway.

And I feel that unless I tell them ...

... not give them the opportunity

to know the real me.

Understand?

Look, never tell anyone

he has to tell.

You do what's right for you.

Make sure that decisions

you make are the foundations ...

... the world in which

want to live.

It's getting late and we must

get up at dawn.

So why

do not you go to bed?

- Here.

- What is this?

- Condoms, and you better use them.

- Because Ricky is promiscuous.

Although Ricky was a saint,

met him last week.

You should always use condoms.

Thanks, Alex.

Nene, take your little

tight ass up.

What do snowflakes

at night?

God scattered diamonds

on black velvet.

Why did not you

Wade I marry?

I just want to be happy.

Do not you think I can make Wade happy?

Do not think anyone

can be happy without being free.

Why are you so afraid?

Then why did you bring to Brandon?

I do not know.

The other day I was looking at pornography

and it occurred to me.

The idea of being locked

a weekend ...

... with a group of married couples

scared me.

Being trapped.

That's what scares me most.

But that's what you do not understand

on Wade and myself.

It is love that frees us.

Love is just a word.

Freedom too.

What pornography?

What looked at pornography

when you had that epiphany?

"Under the Habit".

What?

"These monks kneel

but not to pray. "

I think it's my place, my brother.

- Good night, Ricky.

- Good evening.

- Hello.

- Hello.

My weddingbook!

You left it in the downstairs bathroom.

I stuck with tape.

Chance is my bible.

You look tired and too late.

Go to sleep.

Sleep?

Baby, I sew it all.

I design a wedding cake.

I have things to do.

At the risk of

a stupid question ...

... Why did not you order a cake?

What is that?

It is one thing

I'm a bit ... momentum.

- Alex.

- It's herbal, not tea.

"Herbs?

Herbs!

Can I connect?

Sure.

What the hell is this?

DowneLink is my profile.

"Like in" oral sex "?

It is not something sexual, Ricky.

It is a place of friendship. It's like

MySpace but for homosexuals, and. ..

Yes, I understand, as

Black Gay Chat or Whatstea.

- Hi, Mom.

- Hey, baby, how are you?

- How are you?

- There must be a handsome man ...

... on this island.

Look, the thing is ...

... I tell you something.

Something important.

Fat, old, fat, ugly ...

... damn thin, nothing.

No, Mom, Myla not became pregnant. We are only friends.

Look, the thing is, I am gay.

Homosexuality? What the hell you mean you're gay?

- I'm out.

- I feel for not faint.

Do not expect me awake.

It is a sin, Brandon. Sin!

Hi Mom ...

Mama, no.

- Mom ...

- Wait to tell your father!

Insurance will have a heart

in the act! God!

Homosexuality? Homosexuality?

What?

"Ricky did something?

I was so inspired

to be with you ...

... to hear your families accepted you.

So I called my mom and told her I'm gay.

- What happened?

- Called my dad ...

... and he said he does not want me to come back.

- Do not want to be alone tonight.

- Of course not.

- Limits?

- Shut up, Eddie.

Well, well.

What are you looking?

To you.

You know it's our last chance.

Why?

Premarital sex.

What's farewells

singles?

Well, premarital sex between us.

What do you mean with "bachelor parties"?

- No I meant.

- Is better for you.

No kisses.

Yes

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John R. Gordon

John R Gordon (born 1964) is a white gay writer and resident of Shepherds Bush, London, England, whose work - novels, plays, screenplays and biography - centers black characters and explores the complex, subtle and troubling intersections of race, sexuality and class. With Rikki Beadle-Blair he founded and runs queer-of-colour-centric indie press Team Angelica. Although he was a "white person from a white suburb", according to Gordon, in the 1980s he became deeply interested in black cultural figures such as James Baldwin, Malcolm X and Frantz Fanon, and they have influenced his work ever since. more…

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