Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom Page #7

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
364 Views


I do not want a life with anyone ...

... except you.

And give you all the love ...

... I have to give another human being.

Can we make a promise?

"Make what we have among us ...

... in an adventure?

Say yes to everything ...

... the remarkable and surprising?

Always be rebuilding the temple.

Always be reconstructed the temple.

T.S. Eliot.

I slept with Brandon.

I know.

I missed you.

As you should have.

By the way, the answer is yes.

What is the question?

Do you forgive?

Should we start?

A minute.

But it's cold.

The guests are frozen.

One more.

My God.

We, ma'am.

Watch your step.

Mommy?

You look so beautiful.

Mami.

I can not believe you left married without me.

I wanted you to be here, but did not want Wade to feel bad.

Well, at least had common sense ...

... to invite us but his parents could not come.

- Yes

- I love you.

Your dad wanted to come, but had to leave ...

... to see his mother.

- Grandma? Okay?

He fell, hurt his hip.

Old drunk.

- Mom!

- Okay.

But I wanted to tell you ...

... we'll

a great ...

... reception in Los Angeles when you return.

- Great.

- Where am I?

You can sit here.

No, not fair.

Sit.

What now?

No idea.

It's my mom.

Crap.

Baby, this is worse than an episode of "Jerry Springer".

"Maury Povich.

Oh, baby.

Mom?

Wade.

Mom, Mom, this is ...

... Noah.

Do you know?

Noah and I had a conversation ...

very interesting last night ... at 1:30 in the morning.

Sorry. I was going to tell you.

We were drunk, and I felt bad that your family was not here.

- I had no idea that they do not ...

- Okay.

I'm glad to be known.

Wade, would you explain ...

obvious why ... tell me ...

... you're not alone gay ...

... but you were going to marry ...

... with your male lover in our holiday home?

I wanted to.

I tried many times.

But how could the way I grew up?

It would be easier to tell I'm a serial murderer.

Wade, you're my son.

And though it may not be ...

... the life you I have chosen for you, I know from experience ...

... that sexuality is not a choice.

Whatever you say ...

... your father and these evangelists in church.

"Then you accept it?

Because if not ...

... you can come back and go home.

Noah and I have lived many things to let you ...

... or else we will ruin this day.

Well, then someone I paid the driver.

I'll pay.

- There he goes.

- It's the least I can do.

I'm sorry your father can not be.

Can not or will not?

I'm here.

- Step by Step.

- Step by Step.

Sit.

I tell him his son ...

... is getting married with a wonderful human being.

The catch her in a minute, but you know ...

A beautiful girl like you not married?

You're a lesbian. Sorry.

Baby, I hope not.

I like penis.

- Strictly!

- Strictly!

The first time I saw you ...

... was not love at first sight.

You were interesting ...

... fascinating, remarkable ...

... but you were a man.

When I started to feel ...

... things you did not know ...

... what was it ...

... you were a man.

When I told you first that I loved you, trembling, full ...

... of fear that just could not breathe, I could see ...

... doubt in your eyes.

I could feel your fear.

And when ...

Well, words are just words.

And talk is free.

I asked you to marry me because ...

... marriage is a fact.

I asked you to marry me here ...

... in my family's house to show you ...

... that I am not ashamed ...

... join our names ...

... before the whole world, that ...

... everyone suits us and our love.

And in front of your friends ...

... who want to learn ...

... because you want them.

And because they love you to you.

All I did for you.

And all this will do for us.

I will be brave.

Tolerant.

I'll be loving.

I will be kind.

I'll take everything you tremble ...

... and I will place within you ...

... safely

in the palm of my hand.

Forever.

Are you crying?

The first time I saw you ...

... was not love at first sight.

You were interesting ...

... fascinating, remarkable ...

... but you were heterosexual.

Or so he thought.

Or so you thought.

But my love for you grew in silence ...

... from the corner of my eye ...

... drained by the time and tears ...

... and kisses.

I knew that I loved when ...

... to see through me ...

... a fear and a desire in excess of lust.

When I wanted to give the world and receive nothing ...

... more for your smile.

And that'll do it for you.

And this will do for us.

Be polite.

Be honest.

Be brave.

Be truthful.

I will be your port in a storm ...

... and your shield in battle.

And when the time comes ...

... to go to old home of the ancestors ...

... dance with you there.

And now, with power ...

... that gives me the commonwealth ...

... Massachusetts ...

pronounce you man ... ...

... and husband.

Sealed with a kiss.

Yes!

Shall we dance?

When in Rome.

Come on.

"In good times and bad?

In good times and bad.

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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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