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Paper Man Page #4
- R
- Year:
- 2009
- 110 min
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[door creaking]
Why are men such d*cks?
- Beats me.
- l just thought he was lonely.
- We're all lonely.
- l don't know.
Maybe l shouldn't have hit him.
- No, you definitely
should have.
Okay, would you rather?
- l don't want to play.
- Oh, come on.
Would you rather
have no TV for a year
or onIy be abIe
to watch The Golf Channel?
- Golf Channel.
- Yeah, me too.
At least it's TV.
Your turn.
no friends or no parents?
[gulls cawing]
[door creaking]
- Claire?
- Richard, the couch is outside.
- ls it the 15th already?
- Are you okay?
- Yes, l am.
- There's soup in the kitchen.
Have you been making soup?
- l'll be right back.
- All right
You made the soup.
What babysitter?
Work is going great,
and l'm still not here.
Drink it up.
There you go.
Now get out there.
- You know the funny thing
about soup?
You get the ingredients
basicaIIy into the pot
along with the sauce and the
not the sauce.
The juice.
- You mean the broth?
- Right, right, and then
it just needs some cooking.
[clears throat]
- Richard, is anything wrong?
l'm not
l'm concerned.
- Oh, weII, thank you
for your concern, Claire.
Speaking of...
how are your patients?
Are they doing well?
And what are some
of their names?
- You know, you've got a bruise
right here.
- Oh, well, you know,
beaten down by life.
You know, winds of change.
Anyway, l want to do some
unIoading of boxes
if you want to pitch in.
Then we can grab some brunch.
- Oh, no, Richard, no.
Are these all
- Oh, yes.
- Why?
Why would you do that
to yourseIf?
- Well, l just thought
as I embarked
on the writing of my second
my much anticipated
second novel,
that l should be reminded
of the remarkable,
l mean, really
quite noteworthy failure
any copies whatsoever.
- Richard, l can't go
down this road with you.
- No, no, no, it's gonna be
very motivationaI, reaIIy.
- That was smooth.
- Hey, l got through it
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait
- What?
- My super senses
are telling me something.
- What?
- Yes.
I think the doctor
may be on to you.
- Oh, hush your mouth.
- Knock, knock.
Who's there?
[knocking at door]
- Sh*t
What do you want?
- I came to see
if you were okay,
'cause your head was
- lt's fine.
I'm fine.
You need to go.
- What?
- You need to go now.
- Well, screw you too.
And you were the one
who came on to me,
by the way.
- What?
- Last night, a**hole.
l was gonna apologize
for hitting you,
but forget it
You're a creep.
- Wait, Abby.
- The doctor's
out of her shower, FYl.
- Richard, who was that?
- Girl scout
- Oh, okay.
- Horton regarded his solitude
as something sacred.
Horton, Norton,
Norwood.
Norwood regarded his solitude
as s
[groans]
- How's it coming?
- Norwood regarded his solitude
as some
- Richard, what's this?
- lt's a fluke.
- ln what way?
- The fish.
lt's called a fluke.
is swimming with them.
- Oh, okay.
What were you planning
on doing with it?
- Do l have to have a plan?
Can't l just have a fish
in the house?
- Yes, fine.
l'm sorry.
then eat it
How's that?
- l guess l just hadn't caught
up with the fact
that you're a cook now.
[wet splattering]
- Okay, stop.
Stop it
You can stop.
Please stop now.
Stop it
Stop, stop, please!
Stop!
- Abby.
- Who the hell is that?
What the hell is she doing?
- l don't think l got a chance
to pay you the other night
How's $60?
- Keep it
You don't even
have a kid, so
[horn honking]
a misunderstanding
about some of my actions
or intentions.
I'm pretty sure
l said some things.
- Whatever.
I'm sure you're sorry
that you said all that stuff.
- l'm not sorry, actually,
about all that
l was so abrupt at the house.
lt was just
- Your wife was there.
Yeah, l figured that out
- Yes, it would have been,
you know,
awkward, you know?
- No, actually, l don't know.
- Well, Claire wouldn't really
understand our...
- Our what?
- Uh...
our friendship.
- Abby.
Come on.
We're out of here.
- Anyway, l wanted to let
you know that l respect you.
And is that Chickenshit?
- [laughs]
Yeah.
- He's a good-looking guy.
- Yeah, he sure thinks so.
- You coming or what?
We're going to Turner's house,
smoke a jay.
- Yeah, just a minute.
- l'm Richard.
- Look, you said you wanted
to hang out more.
You in or out?
- lt's okay, Abby.
l don't want to keep you
from your jay.
- Who's your friend
with the bike?
- Abby's been babysitting
for me.
How's Wednesday night?
- [scoffs]
- Sure.
- Damn, girl, move your ass.
- Sorry.
- What's wrong with you?
- Richard!
[air whooshing]
- Hello!
[explosion]
[both grunting]
Don't you do it!
- Richard, are you here?
- Yeah, l'll be right there.
- Listen to me.
Hey, this won't end well.
- [grunts]
Hey, how you doing?
- Come on.
l want to show you something.
- Great, okay.
l have a problem with my hands.
- What do you mean?
- They won't do
what l want them to do.
- What do you want them to do?
- Anything.
l don't know, something useful.
l want them to build something
or make something.
- Like what?
- Even Jesus, l mean,
he was a carpenter.
You know, it wasn't enough
for him to save mankind.
He needed a trade.
I'm a fIimsy man,
an insubstantial.
- Well, compared to Jesus.
- l'm a paper man.
- No, you're a writer.
- Yeah, that's crucial.
- No, it is.
Here we are.
[gulls cawing]
- Where?
- "lt is possible
to be so at sea
"when life and land have
slipped under the horizon.
either again."
- Did l write that?
l wrote that
[gull cawing]
- Hold this.
- Abby?
Abby!
Come on.
Abby!
Abby.
Abby!
Jesus, what are you doing?
What are you doing?
- [laughing]
- Come here.
- You cannot do this.
You can't do that
- lt was me
that dared her
to go in.
lt was really cold.
It was much,
much colder than today.
But you know, she wasn't gonna
turn down a dare.
[chuckles]
We were like that
And l had eaten 23 oysters.
- Hmm.
- So l don't know
why she went in
in her cIothes.
Um...
it wouId be warmer.
Kids.
And she was laughing,
and, you know, fine.
And then she was...
And then she was gone.
Just under and gone.
And l just stood there.
my mom came
and found me.
And l guess, you know,
l was waiting for her
to swim back in.
But she never did.
- How old?
- Same age as me.
We're twins.
- Oh.
Oh, my God.
- That was a long time ago.
l like to go out there
every year
and swim back to shore.
You know, l like to feel
the coId.
- lt must have
l don't know what to say.
- So we're both only children.
- That was our thing every year,
and you know it
And you take that guy out there
on this day.
He didn't even know her.
- l know.
- Remember when l was the only
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