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Paper Man Page #3
- R
- Year:
- 2009
- 110 min
- 681 Views
- You think l didn't see you?
- l was just there
for moral support.
- l suck at volleyball.
- You do not
- l suck at everything.
- [sighs]
No, you don't
You're fantastic
across the board.
- Would you just shut up?
- We never go out anymore.
- Look, you got to leave, okay?
- He's beneath you, you know.
[both moaning]
- Why you got to wear
so much sh*t?
- 'Cause it's freezing in here.
Run the heater.
- You want to pay for the gas?
[grunting]
- Are you done?
- [sighing]
Yeah.
[moaning]
See you later.
[engine turns over]
[rock music blaring]
[buzzing]
- Okay.
- Well, just go for it
- ll
l'm going.
[buzzing]
Okay, well, he's dead now.
Why don't you go?
Damn it
lt's your turn.
l don't know how you do this
all day.
l mean, there's so much
pressure.
- Well, it's just a game.
- l know.
- No one's dying here.
- Go ahead.
- We can play something else.
- No, it's fine.
lt'syou know.
- All right
Let's see.
That one's on my side.
- Yeah.
Well, that was fun.
- Yes, it was.
- Fun-packed weekend.
- Okay, weII,
have a productive week.
And l'll see you on the 15th.
- Yeah.
[engine turns over]
- [humming quietly]
What?
You're standing.
Oh.
Really?
[groans]
[exhaling deeply]
That's enough of that
You remember when you stuck
that dime up your nose
out your mouth?
You remember?
The horny toads,
the hunger strike?
l cautioned you against
those decisions,
but you didn't listen to me,
which is fine,
'cause you were just a kid.
But now it's grow-up time.
The babysitter?
Bad, Richard.
Very, very bad, Richard.
That chair's gonna be a problem.
- Sakes alive.
[sighs]
- "Making the monkey.
in zooIogicaI gardens.
"For exampIe, it is IoveIy
that you make a baby monkey
"with small paper and that you
put it on a mother monkey.
Fold A, top right corner."
- Why origami?
Why now?
with my hands.
which is the monkey
and which is the swan.
[knocking at door]
- Oh, that can't be all of them.
- No, no, there's a bunch more
in the truck.
- Oh, great
Start bringing them in.
Horton r
[knocking at door]
- Richard, Richard,
for the Iove of God,
don't do this please.
Listen to me.
You're making a huge mistake.
You're going for it
- lt's Abby.
My name.
Oh, you got rid of the couch.
- Yeah, the couch was a problem.
- [chuckles]
Um...
This is for you.
- Oh.
lt's...
it's a fish.
A dead fish.
A whole dead fish.
- Yeah.
My dad fishes, like,
for a living.
lt's a fluke.
- ln what sense?
- lt's called a fluke.
is swimming with them.
- Ah, yeah.
So it's edible?
- Yeah.
- A fluke.
That's great
Thanks.
- So l read that book you wrote.
l hope that's okay.
- Reading my book?
Of course.
You may be one of the few.
- So are you going out tonight?
Out on the town?
- Uh, l don't know.
What do the people of Montauk
do on a Friday night?
- The Yardarm's totally dead.
So you'd probably like that
lt's down by the harbor.
You can't miss it
- What did you think
of the book?
- l don't know.
What did you think of it?
- Me?
Oh, l
you know,
it's got its strengths,
got its moments.
l hate it
- You should probably
put that fish in the fridge,
'cause it'll stink up
the whole house.
Trust me.
I know.
What?
- Soup ingredients.
You know, if you feel like it
- You bought me a rutabaga.
- [chuckles]
- You're making this
too easy on me.
- Well, like l said, you know,
if you feel like it
No pressure.
- Your book was cool, actually.
lt kind of blew me away.
[bass-heavy rock music]
- You planning on having
something to eat?
- Thanks, no.
l've got soup at home:
homemade.
- Can't beat that
Another beer?
- Sure.
- So what brings you down
to the South Shore, then?
- A book.
A bird.
A book about a bird.
Research work, you know.
- My wife makes
a good chowder.
Not so much a clam chowder
Iike you'd expect,
more of a corn chowder.
- My Lorraine, she can shuck
a dozen oysters
in a minute and a half.
- That's the one.
- My wife invented and patented
a Iifesaving poIymer shunt
- Shunt, you say?
- Shunt
So there's our heath hen,
hunkered down at Camp Hero.
- Just down the road here?
- Yep.
As game warden
- The Alfred guy.
- Yeah, correct
Alfred is his actual name.
In the book, I am going
to call him Horton or Morton.
Anyway, so he's brought
back from the brink
of extinction.
- Awesome.
- l mean, he was down to 1 1
of them.
1 1, you know, but now with care,
and dare I say, Iove,
and incubators,
he's got 200.
And it's like the hen is saved.
- Safe, thank God.
- But because our story
is a tragedy,
you know what happens?
- What?
- Fire.
- No!
- Come on!
- Oh, yeah,
it sweeps across the preserve.
Of course, the heath hen,
not nature's most intelligent
bird to begin with...
- l hear ya.
- She just sits in her nest
You know, and she doesn't have
the sense to run
or fly or waddle.
You know,
when the fire runs out,
there's just five birds
remaining.
- Roast chicken.
- What happens to the five?
- They dwindle.
They dwindle
till there's just one left,
you know?
Just one.
Just one poor stupid
little thing.
You know,
it's just a stupid bird.
Just one.
lt's a true story.
- Another round
for my friend here, Mike.
- Chicken sh*t
Oh, you did make soup.
Bless your heart.
Oh.
Mm, oh.
Such a small act of kindness,
but l can't tell you
what that means to me.
- Well, it's no big deal.
lt's just soup.
- You are such a beautiful girl.
You are such a beautiful child.
- You're loaded.
- No, no, no, l
well, yes.
- Okay, l should go.
Since tonight
was a little longer
- You know what l am?
Let me tell you what l am,
just in case you're interested.
This is what l am.
- What?
- l am the only child
of an only child
and an only child.
And you know what that means.
- No cousins?
- lt means l am the end
of a bloodline,
the last of my kind.
- Okay, well,
then have some kids.
- [laughs]
Said the babysitter.
lf you only knew.
[groaning]
- Okay.
Look, it's gonna be 60 bucks.
Okay, you should go to bed.
- l don't blame her, the doctor.
You know, she's just
she's a human mechanic.
You know, she's got her hands
inside human beings every day.
They're just machines to her,
you know.
They're machines that break,
like rot factories.
So how can you create life
when you know it's gonna
end up in death?
l mean, l get that
l get it!
l don't blame her, but
- Hey, l'm sorry.
- Eh.
See, she doesn't realize
You know, they need contact
They need, you know
you are such a beautiful girl.
You are such a beautiful child.
thud!
No, no!
thud!
[groaning]
[dishes crashing]
- Sh*t
- [groaning]
- l'm gonna go.
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