October Baby Page #3

Synopsis: As the curtain rises, Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college. Yet before she can utter her first lines, Hannah-unscripted-collapses in front of the stunned audience. After countless medical tests, all signs point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. This revelation is nothing compared to what she then learns from her parents: she was actually adopted ... after a failed abortion attempt. Bewildered, angered, and confused, Hannah turns for support to Jason, her long-time friend. Encouraged by his adventurous spirit, Hannah joins his group of friends on a Spring Break road trip, embarking on a journey to discover her hidden past ... and find hope for her unknown future. In the midst of her incredible journey, Hannah learns that every life is beautiful.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
Production: IDP/Samuel goldwyn Films
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG-13
Year:
2011
107 min
$5,355,847
Website
386 Views


- Bmac. His cousin.

And, uh, you know, I'm

driving them to their thing,

'cause this is my baby,

you know?

[Jacob] I'm sorry.

What did you say your name was again? Bmac.

No, your name. Your real name.

Your actual name.

L-I go by Bmac.

Seriously, why-

Truman, I came here to talk to Jason.

You mind? A little privacy, please?

Absolutely. You-

You should do that.

- Whatever, man.

- I'm sorry. What can I do for you?

Hannah's sick. You know that.

So why did you invite her?

[ Clears Throat ]

Uh-

Dude. What's that guy's

problem, man?

It's your beard. You look like the Unabomber.

Whatever, man.

I don't know.

I figured she might have some fun.

Fun.

Yeah.

Honestly, I was just

trying to help.

You're not helping, Jason.

You're not helping at all.

In fact, you've made

my position very uncomfortable.

I'm sorry.

[ Sighs 1

Look, Hannah's not listening

to me right now, and I-

Look, Mr. Lawson.

I can't get in the middle of this.

You're in the middle of this,

Jason, like it or not.

You are smack-dab

in the middle of this thing.

And I got stuff going on at my

house you have no idea about.

So I would appreciate it if you would

just take my side on this thing, okay?

Hmm?

[Sighs]

Fine.

Yeah.

I wouldn't go 10 feet

in that thing if I were you.

- [ Object Clatters ]

- She can hear you!

I didn't know that- that sticks and

stones could break your beard.

[ Object Clatters ]

[Truck Departs]

[Alarm Clock Beeping ] [Man On Rad/0

] Here on the Jon Walden show,

Re vocation Radio,

your true-

[ Continues, /nd/stinct]

[Groans] The sun is up,

and you're still here?

[Clicks Tongue]

Yup.

Gotta go

to the clinic today.

Although-

Wish I was going in scrubs.

Had a really good

talk with Hannah.

- About?

- About the trip.

Told her I didn't think

she should go,

be better

if she stayed here.

I don't necessarily think she agreed

with me, but I do think she understood.

So, she's not going?

[ Clicks Tongue ] I told her that we

trusted her to make the right decision.

So I think we're good.

Okay. I'm gonna get some coffee.

You want some coffee?

Sure.

[ Cabinet Door Closes ]

/J [ POP I

J,/ [Man Voca//z/ng ]

J,/' [ Continues]

,/~ It's love,

J,/ [ Continues, /nd/'st/nct]

[ Laughing ]

[All Chattering ]

No, no, no. Don't put in

your headphones, Diego.

Attention, van. Diego doesn't

want to talk about our problem.

This is really a surprise.

[ Bmac] Everyone wishes they

had headphones at this point.

[Truman ]

Fat Man's burgers are the best-

You do not know what you're talking

about when it comes to burgers-

That is actually meat fillers, which are little

yellow pellets that come in a cardboard box.

Like, seriously. When you cook a burger, all

the bad stuff drains down into the grill.

[ Hannah ]

it's in your body. It's inside-

[ Bmac] We're not listening to you.

You're making me really angry-

J, [ Continues, Loud]

J, [ Voca//zing Continues]

,/' /I3 love ,/~/~

J'./' [Ends]

J; [Acoustic Guitar]

J' That's the meaning of life J'

J' That's the meaning of love J'

J' And that's the meaning

of everything J'

J' And that's all you need

to know about everything J')

Yeah.

Wow. You're really good.

Thanks. That actually was supposed to

be a jingle for a barbecue company,

but they thought

it was too deep.

[Woman ] You know, you should go

on one of those reality shows.

[Bmac] I don't think so.

Those things are rigged, I think.

You know, sometimes I write songs based

on dreams I imagine other people have.

- [Siren Whoops]

- Tow truck! [ Grunts ]

[ Chatter On Po//ce Rad/0 ]

Are you with the tow truck?

Sir, step away

from the vehicle.

- [ Rad/'0:
Feedback]

- You been drinking?

No. Of course not. Why does everybody

always think I've been drinking?

- Explain this to me.

- Oh. When-

Nobody ever tells you you can't

drive on the beach, man.

They do it on TV all the time.

Also, running-

Curly Top, do you see any

hotels on this beach? Yes. No.

- Any restaurants or bars?

- Is this a trick question? No.

Yeah. it's because

it's a land preserve.

For what? Set aside for

endangered turtle eggs.

Turtle eggs? Dude, seriously?

Am I being punked? Like, what's-

- [Radio Chatter Continues]

- No, that's- No.

- $5,000?

- He's the owner and the driver.

N-No! Truman! You're the one

who told me to drive here!

I don't even know your real name.

What is- Bro-

Okay. Listen. I don't have time for this.

I need to impound this car.

I'm gonna ask all of you to please pick up

your belongings and make your way to the curb.

- I'm gonna also need your names.

- Our- Our real names?

- Excuse me?

- Sir, can I just say something?

This is my first trip

like this, okay?

I've never done anything

like this before.

And the only reason that I came is because I'm

trying to get to Mobile, Alabama, because-

Okay, listen, ma'am.

I don't have time for this.

I'm gonna have to ask all of you to

make your way down- No. Just listen.

I promise. I have

a really good excuse.

See, I'm trying

to get to Mobile because...

I just found out I'm adopted.

Like, last week.

And this is my only chance

to find out who I really am.

I mean, to find my mother and-

Well, I think she lives there.

At least I hope.

And we probably deserve everything

that you're trying to say,

but, really, I-

[ Sighs 1

I've got... $93.50-

No, $93.40. This'll help-

Ma'am, I'm not gonna take your money.

Just take it.

I'm not gonna

take your money.

Seriously. That was in-

I thought- Comple-

Hey, uh- Thanks so much

for letting us off the hook-

Don't talk to me.

Take care of this?

Yeah.

Let's push it, y'all.

Come on. Push, push, push!

Come on, Evelyn. You can do it, Evelyn.

I know it's painful!

[Jason ] Truman's

not doing anything.

I'm- I'm hurt- [ Hannah ] Truman,

I've been doing all of this.

In my legs

right now.

You did it.

JV' [ Rock]

[Man]

,/~ The /ave,

,/~ That' you've tried

to find a way,

Hey, Hannah.

[Car Horn Honks]

Hey, I think-

I just wanted you to know,

I think it's really brave

what you're doing, you know?

Like the whole, you know,

thing with your mom and-

I just hope you find, you know,

whatever it is that you're looking for,

'cause, you know,

it's important.

So I really

shouldn't eat burgers?

I guess it's just so hard for me to

think about eating healthy food.

I mean, like-

just weirds me out.

Like, and tofu?

What's that stuff?

Who came up with the idea

to take a bean...

and turn it into a sandwich that

tastes like a hamburger remotely?

I mean, vegans always try to tell you

that, like, tofu tastes like real beef.

That is untrue.

,/~ Will make us one,

, I/I////

make us one ,/

J./' [Fades]

[Truman ] Jojo.

You ever know a guy named Jojo?

I've never even heard

of a guy named Jojo.

[ Sighs ] This is literally the

worst hotel I've ever seen.

It looked better

on the Internet.

Where, at

NormanBatesHotel.com?

HotelMonkey.biz.

I'm sleeping in the car.

Hannah, you will be

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