Nothing in Common Page #4

Synopsis: David Basner is a successful advertising executive who has it all: Money, happiness, and women who want him. Then one day his world falls apart when his mother leaves his father. Now, he must balance his life between his mother, who is happy with her newfound independence, and his father, a recently laid off salesman who is hard-headed, stubborn, and hides a lot from David. Now David must cope with the downfall of his family and his life.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Garry Marshall
Production: TriStar Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
1986
118 min
676 Views


That would mean I've been in bed

with a client's married daughter.

Oh, way to go, Basner.

Oh, ho, ho, ho.

Don't tell me you're

a minor too?

If you are, I'll turn myself in

to the authorities now.

- Does your husband own anything?

- There is no husband.

Wayne is my mother's

maiden name.

I use it because I don't

want to trade on nepotism.

- You're still Woolridge's baby girl.

- Basner, I'm a big girl.

I chose to come here.

Now I'm choosing to go.

You can handle it

any way you want.

Well, you don't

have to leave.

Why are you leaving?

Wait a minute.

I thought we'd spend a

little time together. Uh...

The before was

awfully quick.

The middle was nice.

Very... Really nice.

But I was hoping

we could prolong

the after for a while.

Spend some time together.

I think we've spent

enough time together.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

All I know about you is

you look great in black,

- and that you're very...

- I work.

- Busy.

- I have meetings to prepare for.

This was nice, but let's not make

an opera out of it.

Which door is it,

the gray or red?

The gray. Oh, if you're going out,

it's the red.

I wanted to keep you for a while.

So I'm like a one-nighter then, huh?

Oh, I'm sure you've done

this plenty of times.

Listen, it has to

be a one-nighter.

Basner, you're uncomfortable

being with the boss' daughter.

Seduced and abandoned...

Hello, David Basner.

Hi. Andrew Woolridge.

I want to meet me tomorrow at...

What? We must have

a bad connection.

- Could you speak louder, please?

- Sure.

Andrew Woolridge here.

I'd like you to meet me...

Wait, please speak into the phone.

I told you, I can't hear you.

I'm speaking into the damn phone.

This is Andrew Woolridge...!

Okay, okay, stop shouting.

It's not me, you got my machine.

Shouting isn't gonna bring

the beep any sooner.

So wait for the beep and relax

and thanks for calling.

You've got a strange

sense of humor, Basner.

I like to play golf.

I've arranged for us to play tomorrow

at the Wackcucut Country Club.

And...

To be honest, this the first

time I've ever played golf.

I'm out here because I want

to work for Colonial Airlines.

A lot of people'd tell you that

kind of honesty is admirable,

but I won't.

That's it.

That's it. Yes.

Yes, Mr. Woolridge,

you were born to golf.

No doubt about it.

Oof!

Um... No, Mr. Basner.

It's the Size 4.

Max.

The name is Max.

If you don't buy anything,

it's Mr. Basner.

Size 4.

It's the blue and white one

with the little sailboat on it.

Are you all right, Max?

What kid wouldn't wear that

that lives in Chicago?

Max, Rough and Tough

did that six months ago.

Yeah, but they don't have

the colors. I have the colors.

Thanks, Lenna.

I understand.

Maybe you'll take something

from the summer line.

Thanks again, Lenna.

Thanks for nothing.

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t.

Hey, mister.

You all right?

So how did it happen?

You don't need to know

how it happened.

I'm your father. I'm the one

you kept waiting two hours.

Let's go home.

Maybe your mother's back by now.

I wouldn't know about that.

What are you talking about?

- Well, I...

- What are you talking about?

- She didn't say anything...

- What did she say?

She found these cufflinks

of yours in her stuff,

and she asked me

to return them.

So she's not coming back.

Who the hell needs her?

Come on, get in the car.

Attention, club members.

The schedule for karate

and tai chi classes

is now posted on

the activity board.

David, guess what.

I got a job.

You never had a job.

What are you qualified to do?

Answering phones at

an insurance company.

And I'm brushing up

on my office skills and...

It's wonderful.

People talk to me and I get paid.

Want me to send you

to a typing class?

No, no.

Jane is helping me brush up.

David, it's wonderful to have a son

whose secretary cares about you.

Isn't it about time for that

yoga class I paid for?

- David.

- Charlie. Hi.

- Does it work in the pool?

- I gave up swimming.

I hear we might

have a shot. Say yes.

Yes. I'm reading about horse racing,

some guy named Tesio and ducks.

Widgeons, canvasbacks, Donalds,

Daffys, all ducks, I know them.

Don't get too carried away

with Donalds and Daffys.

Be calm. This is an

important account.

What account is it?

I'm sorry.

Lorraine, my mother, who works.

- Charlie Gargas, whom I work for.

- Oh.

How do you do?

This is your sister, not your mother.

- He's in advertising, watch out.

- Delighted. Excuse me.

Listen carefully, now.

Three things:

Use your humor,

speak specifically about

the agency,

and what it stands for.

People. Products.

Profit.

- Make sure we get an appointment.

- That's why I'm going there.

- Is there a problem?

- No. No problem.

- I felt staring.

- No, you didn't.

I'm between tai chi classes.

Excuse me.

That rug is the worst.

Do you think he realizes it?

He does now. Have a nice

yoga class, Mom. Charlie.

Enjoy your weekend, David.

- Charlie. - My mom was just

saying how young you look.

Thirty-five, she said.

Where the heck

are the ducks?

This is how you blow it.

Here they come.

Up.

One thing I've learned in

advertising is let the work...

Dad, I'm going for more shells.

- My daughter speaks very

highly of you. - She does?

She says you're a great lay.

She, uh, said that?

Yeah, my baby

tells me everything.

That's quite some conversation for

a daughter to have with her father.

She's a very modern woman,

I raised her to be an executive.

I raised her to be a man.

So did my father,

but I don't tell him anything.

I don't want to hear

your life story.

Why don't you shoot

a few more fish?

- Do you know anything about horses?

- My father has a passion for horses.

- Oh, breeding?

- No, betting.

I brought this very basic

information about the agency...

One of my prize stallions is

servicing Mr. Egan's best mares.

Cheryl Ann, why don't you

take David down to the barn?

I've got some business

to take care of.

We can talk about this after the

horses are done servicing each other.

One after one

They give into the urge

Caught by some hand of desire

Held by the feeling

That brings them together

It's all a mystery

When will they learn

It's just emotion on fire?

That soul-taking, primitive

Passion of nature

Well, aren't you going to

at least dim the lights?

I try to run

I try to never fall apart

But love takes pleasure

From the burning of the heart

Burning of the heart

Afterwards, what, back to

the barn for a cigarette?

I see that look in her eyes

She's turning the heat

Of the moment up higher

And watching for questions

I have in my mind

She knows

Somewhere in our lives

It's only love

That can find us an answer

And I

I try to run

I try to never fall apart

Never fall apart

But love takes pleasure

From the burning of the heart

Burning of the heart

And I

I try to run

I try to never fall apart

I try to run

But love takes pleasure

What do you mean he's preparing

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