Redbelt Page #4

Synopsis: Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike's wife to his own - the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike's debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2008
99 min
$2,278,707
Website
426 Views


- You were in the military?

- Yes, I was.

I've never seen Chet socialize on

a school night.

The guy saved his life.

- Zena.

- Thank you.

Tomorrow, I want to see you tomorrow.

Those are all my numbers, right there.

Mike.

Mike, tell them the story.

Oh no, they want to go to bed.

Come on, baby.

Tell them the story.

- The fight is before a fight.

- Three marbles.

Each fighter has a two and three odds

of choosing the white marble.

White marble is a pass.

White marble is a pass?

What if he picks the black marble?

- Black marble is a handicap.

- What does that mean a handicap?

No, you lose the use of an arm or...

Because you never know

when you maybe disabled.

Thank you, for a beautiful evening.

Thank you for having us

to your lovely home.

In fact it's a handicap.

Do they do that in competitions?

No.

- No? They should.

A lot of money in that.

It will be like a reality show.

Chet wants you to come down to the

set in the morning. Can you do that?

Yeah, ok.

Mike, over here.

Yeah, hold on.

Chet is a little bit late.

He's a little bit late.

What do we need to make you comfortable?

Abbey?

- Yes, Jerry?

- Give him a script.

Put him in the trailer if he wants.

Chet is running late.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Abbey!

Pay attention.

Will you pay attention?

Come on. What you going to do,

stab me with your purse?

Come on.

No, no, no.

This is bullshit.

- You got to stab me with the f***ing thing.

- I'm trying, George.

Well, try harder.

Let's go!

Come on.

Come on, stick me!

Come on.

Come on.

You got to make it real.

You got to make it real.

Are you listening to me?

Or am I talking to a f***ing wall?

Make it look real.

You got to make it look real.

Chet is not going to look real,

if you don't make him look real.

Anybody could do this f***ing move.

- You? Yeah, you.

- Me?

I'm going to show him

how to do the f***ing move.

Take the knife. It's not going to hurt you.

It's rubber.

Mike, what the f*** are you doing here?

I don't know.

I got asked by Jerry Weiss.

- Are you coming on the show?

- No, it just got all wannabe.

- Did he ask if you're in the military?

- Yeah.

- Did you tell him what you did?

- No, he didn't ask.

You take the f***ing knife.

He's Chet. I am you.

You take the f***ing knife

and you...

Well, what we have here is a wise guy.

- How the f*** are you?

- I'm good.

- I don't want to take up any of your time.

- No, f***.

We're shooting something else.

There's always something else to shoot.

Step in my office.

What are we shooting today?

Meet me

I never served.

I know I didn't miss anything.

What are you going to say?

But how would I know?

- This f***ing guy who locked out.

- Here you go, Chet.

Yeah, I'm just a f***ing guy who locked out.

I drink too much.

I fool around.

Do you know how hard it is

for a man to step out?

A famous man.

And who can you trust?

What were you doing in the bar?

- I wanted to get a drink.

- Why didn't you bring your protection?

I wanted to get into a fight.

- Why didn't you fight him then?

- I wanted to beat him.

- What are you a psychiatrist?

- No, I'm a fighter.

- If that isnt strong enough, you tell me.

- Thanks.

- What are we shooting today?

- Golf war flashback.

That's right.

It's not my department.

What are these numbers doing on my boot?

If the guy been at combat,

they would have been worn of.

- I mean the sizes would have worn of, right?

- It's not the sizes.

No?

The guys in the desert,

ink their numbers

in their platoon on their boots.

Anyway if their legs got blown off

or their bodies got blown apart,

somebody in their platoon would know

who it was.

EOC.

- What does EOC mean?

- Es on curb.

Es on curb.

That's good.

- But is that something a guy would say?

- He might.

It's hold on me, world war II.

Maybe the guy learnt it from the guy.

He's good.

You're free tonight?

You, me and Jerry.

I want to meet over in Fiori's,

have to be raff.

I want to make you a co-producer

on this film.

Yeah, hey this is Mike Terry.

Yeah, George Coreani asked me

to sent me some materials.

Yeah, I found it.

Do you want me to fax it to you?

Ok, I'm going to fax it. I going to have

dinner with Jerry and Chet tonight.

Yeah, ok.

They want to put it in the movie.

They put what in the movie?

This desert storm is a bunch of combat...

George is doing it.

George is doing the stunts.

- George is doing their stunts?

- Yeah.

And why they want you for?

They want me to be a producer.

What does that mean?

To begin with,

they want to use my training idea.

Golf war, they training for hand to hand.

The captain in the film, he's training

the guys using my training methods.

Two seconds.

Sondra Terry?

Lucy, hi.

Yes, yes.

I'll be right up.

Yeah, I'll bring you the sample.

Ok, bye.

- Sorry baby, you were saying?

- They want me to be the producer.

I'm going to the set,

and then I am going to dinner with...

What?

What?

Who's going to take the beginners class?

Baby, let the wheel come around.

Just let it come around.

Sometimes you can just let

the wheel come around.

I can't just cancel the class.

What kind of message does that sent?

You made Joe a black belt.

Right?

And so he is qualified to aprove

the honor of the academy.

Let him teach the class.

Let him teach the class.

Ok.

Let the wheel come around.

Good for you.

I got to go.

See you later, ok?

Their going to take me in their company.

Ciao.

Yeah, this is Mike Terry.

Yeah, did you get the fax

that I just sent you?

Ok, good.

Yeah, I'm going through the whole script here.

Yeah, it's all about authenticity.

Am I supposed to meditate?

No, just...

sit for a moment.

All right.

I don't understand.

- The first step is the hardest.

- And what is the first step?

To leave the outside, outside.

I think, I've come to the wrong place.

I'm so sorry.

Conquer your fear and

you'll conquer your opponent.

Yes.

Mr Terry,

a man raped me.

He held a knife to my throat

a man twice my size.

And then he raped me.

He held a knife to your throat?

- Yes, look I..

I appreciate what you have done,

it's just..

I don't think there's anything

that I could learn here that would really...

There is no situation

that you cannot escape from.

There is no situation that you cannot

turn to your advantage.

A man was going to cut my throat.

Like this?

Don't move. There's a knife there.

There's a knife there.

Grab my arm.

Drag it toward me.

- Toward me.

- Good.

Move to the right, move to the right

and behind me.

Move to the right and behind me.

Good, now stab me with the knife.

Good, stab me with the knife.

Good, stab me with the knife.

Stab me with the knife.

Let's hear it.

Let it out.

Let it out.

It's all right.

There's nobody here but the fighters.

Yeah.

Yeah, this is Mike Terry.

Yeah, I put that stuff together for you.

Yeah, well eh...

It is good.

Yeah.

Yeah. No, I'm working on the script now.

Yeah.

Ok.

No, thank you.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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