Prince Avalanche Page #6

Synopsis: After a rough time working a night shift job in the city, Alvin is spending the summer on a remote two-man public works crew painting lines on newly paved roads through what is a recently wildfire-ravaged region of Texas. He is camping along the way living off the land, even doing so on his days off. He is what he considers a responsible man, earning and sending money to his girlfriend, Madison, a single mother, so that she need not concern herself with anything besides child rearing. The junior second that Alvin hires for his crew is Madison's brother, Lance. Alvin's controlling and judgmental nature comes to the surface in his dealings with more immature and irresponsible Lance, who goes back to the city on the weekends so that he can have "his little man squeezed", something he cannot understand in Alvin being without Madison or any woman for such a long stretch of time. Alvin prefers to stay in the burnt out woods on the weekends as being alone with his thoughts and his chores - ma
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): David Gordon Green
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  3 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
2013
94 min
$204,951
Website
447 Views


Alvin?

Alvin?

Do you really think

I should have this baby?

Yeah, absolutely.

I was just...

thinking about what you said about

it being a miracle and all.

Maybe it's unfair

to make her give it up

When it's difficult for her to

get pregnant in the first place.

Hmm.

Maybe I'll call her tomorrow,

Tell her we can do

whatever she wants and...

now that I got this cool

job working for you,

I can support

whatever she wants.

Good idea.

You should probably do

whatever she wants anyway,

But that's a good-Person

thing to do.

You should support that.

You're not the idiot some

people think you are.

Lance?

Yeah?

Are you still going to the

beauty show this weekend?

You mean the regional

beauty pageant?

Yeah.

Yeah. Of course.

I know I'm not

a fun person, but

Do you think it would be

All right if I went with you?

Do you like beauty pageants?

I've never been to one.

I just don't want

to be by myself

This weekend.

Of course you can.

It'll be an adventure.

Hey, maybe they'll even make a

comic book about us someday...

"the adventures

of Alvin and lance."

"Alvin and lance."

Heh!

We just need to get you

laid by a beautiful girl.

I just want to have

a good time.

Yeah. Partying with

a future miss America

Sounds like a heck of

a good time to me.

I even know some

of the contestants.

[GRUNTS]

Who knows?

[SIGHS]

Maybe they'll even want to hang out

with a couple of old fatties like us.

Hey, Alvin?

Mmm?

If you were in a regional beauty pageant

And you were a girl...

what would your

special talent be?

Triple jump.

Huh?

Triple jump.

What's triple jump?

It's 3 jumps.

Oh, yeah.

Good night.

[WHISPERS] Good night.

Get on it.

Hey, Alvin.

What?

Remember that cash you

asked me to give Madison

From last week?

Yeah.

Well, I have

a confession to make.

I...

sort of forgot to

send it to her.

What?

I was gonna tell you. I was just...

You know, I was really

afraid you were

Gonna get mad at me.

That's great!

Really?

Absolutely.

That's fantastic.

Let's spend it this weekend

On some ladies who deserve us.

Yeah!

ALVIN:

You know what?

Take $40 out of there.

Buy yourself another watch.

I already did.

Whoa. Check it out.

Hitchhiker.

Hey, I know that woman.

I know that... I know...

Hey! Excuse me.

Do you need a ride?

Hello?

Hello?

Everything ok?

Maybe she doesn't

speak English.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

Well, well, well! Heh!

You guys all done

fixing the road?

Uh, no.

We're just taking

A few days off.

We're gonna have some fun.

Yeah? Good for you guys.

Good for you.

You deserve it. Ha ha!

Hey, that's the woman

that got out of your truck.

What?!

That's the woman that

got out of your truck

The other day.

That's her.

Woman? What woman?

That's definitely

the woman that got

Out of your truck.

There's no woman in my truck.

LANCE:
There is a woman

in your truck.

There is.

Whoa, whoa...

hey, whoa.

If there was

A woman in that truck...

I'm not saying that there is...

There is.

But if there was,

Would you be good to her?

Huh?

ALVIN:
Would you

be good to her?

Would you make sure

that everything

Is ok?

You better believe it.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I do want to kiss you.

Ok, run!

Run! Run!

[LAUGHING]

Ooh, look, he drives.

You like driving

This way and this way.

Pedals.

Yeah, let's go around

To that chicken.

Come here, chicken.

Here, chicken.

Let's get that chicken.

Let's go get

some more chickens.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Chickens. Let's get

some more chickens.

[SONG PLAYING ON SOUNDTRACK]

[SONG ENDS]

# brothers and sisters #

# ooh ooh ooh...

# fathers and brothers #

# put your hand

in the bosom of the land #

# bosom, bosom...

# bad connections

happen all over #

# bad

connections... #

# I can't get a dial tone #

# the tone

# can't get my girl

on the phone #

# where is my girl

on the phone #

# she's nowhere to be seen #

# nowhere to be seen

# seen

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David Gordon Green

David Gordon Green (born April 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker. He has directed dramas such as George Washington (2000), All the Real Girls (2003), and Snow Angels (2007), as well as the thriller Undertow (2004), all of which he wrote or co-wrote. In 2008, he transitioned into comedy, directing the films Pineapple Express (2008), Your Highness and The Sitter (both 2011), as well as episodes of the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down (2009–13). In 2013, he returned to his more dramatic roots with the independent films Prince Avalanche and Joe. Since then, he has directed the films Manglehorn (2014), Our Brand Is Crisis (2015), Stronger (2017), and episodes of the television comedy-drama Red Oaks (2014–2017), which he also executive produces. Green will next direct the upcoming eleventh installment in the Halloween franchise, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Danny McBride and takes place forty years after the events of the original 1978 film. more…

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