She's So Lovely Page #4

Synopsis: Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer, who tries to rape her and then beats her. When Eddie returns and finds his wife bruised, he goes ballistic, shoots a paramedic and is put in a psychiatric institution. Ten years later, Eddie is released and finds that Maureen has divorced him and is remarried with three children, one of whom is his little girl Jeanie. Eddie goes to reclaim his wife.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nick Cassavetes
Production: Miramax
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
1997
100 min
330 Views


You know what that is?

- It has to do with the occult.

- It was all so clear.

There were seven working-class

ministers, all in miniskirts.

They were working on their computers.

- Psalm one, psalm two,

- Eddie. Eddie.

- Psalm three...

- Eddie, you know I'm Catholic.

You know I don't like that kind of talk.

I'm talking about women,

you a**hole!

I'm talkin' about nuns! Priests!

I'm talkin' about bad news.

I'm talkin' about love.

But there can't be any love...

'cause there aren't any people.

It's all temporary. I know. I've seen it.

You get a cold. They turn you in.

Did you see how that guy sneezed?

Why the hell doesn't he

go home to sneeze?

What the f*** is he doing,

sneezing in public?

He's got the flu.

He's got cancer. He's got T.B.

He's got "shititis. "

His blowhole is out.

Do you know what they do

when your blowhole's out?

Nobody wants ya.

OK. I wanna buy

a drink for everybody.

Siberian Mists for everybody.

I can't do this. I can't.

You know what? I'm not goin' in.

I love my wife.

She likes to break

beer bottles over people's heads.

That's what she loves.

Give me another drink, Cooper.

Siberian Mist. Make it a double.

I'm gonna give you one more, Eddie.

Then you gotta go home.

Do you love her?

I don't think anybody

should kiss anybody they don't love.

Why are you breakin' my balls?

My balls spot.

My balls spot!

- My balls spot!

- Loser buys.

Oh, no. Now the monkeys

are in the trees.

Oh, sh*t.

You're in uniform.

I respect the military.

Soldiers. One, two, one, two.

I have a gun. You have guns. Fair.

To draw, we count three.

One, two...

No, no, no, no, no!

Don't you know I can fly?

I can leap tall buildings

in a single bound!

- What happened? Where is he?

- You just missed him.

You wait right here.

I'll get the car, all right?

Yeah.

Fear is a disease.

I'm waitin' for a bus.

I have no knife.

I'm just like you.

Little tiny bus stop person.

It's hot, you know.

Oh, much cooler. Much better.

I'm on a code six on the A.D.W.

Suspect at Mary and Riviera.

Requesting assistance and backup.

Get your hands up!

Drop the f***in' gun!

Oh, no, you don't!

You don't like me 'cause

I'm from another planet!

I'm a computer!

Well, that's too bad.

One and one are two. Two and two

are four. Four and four are eight.

132, 133. 364.

Seven million times

seven million is zero.

Anything times zero is zero. You can't

control me because I know the details.

- Drop the f***in' gun!

- No! Eddie! Oh, no!

No!

Get on the ground!

Get on the ground!

Get his arm.

I got this f***in' a**hole.

Quinn?

Right here. Hi. How is he?

I don't know what kind of shape he

was in before today, but he's not good.

We've been running tests. I'm afraid

the evaluation is not very optimistic.

- What does that mean?

- We're gonna keep him for a while.

You know what? The whole thing,

all of it, was my fault.

You know...

It was just a big fat misunderstanding.

I think if I just go get him,

he'll be fine.

How long is a while?

Listen, I don't know. It could be

three months, could be three years.

Your husband nearly killed

an employee of this institution.

The man is ill.

Five minutes.

Eddie? It's me, Mo.

Murphy.

Your sweet potato pie.

Look at you.

You got all strapped up.

Can you hear me, Eddie?

Can you hear me?

Eddie, listen to me.

I lied to you.

I didn't fall.

It was the neighbour.

That fat tub of sh*t across the hall.

And he did this to me, in the face.

All of it. He did everything.

And I didn't want to tell you...

because I didn't want you to kill him.

Because I didn't want to be alone.

I think we ought to start out life old.

We have all the pain,

and we're feeble,

and we look at our friends,

and they're feeble.

They're 100.

But every day we get younger and

we have something to look forward to.

You start out old

and then you get young.

You can't take care

of yourself, but...

there's hope.

And then,

when you reach 20,

nineteen, twelve, ten,

every day is really a new day...

and it's really a miracle.

Eddie, you gotta get out of here.

And then you're a baby,

and you don't know your life is endin'.

You just suck on your mother's tit

and then you die.

Goddamn it, Eddie!

I love you. Don't you leave me!

Come here. Put your face up here.

I want to touch it.

You gotta do somethin', Eddie.

You can't stay here.

You're a little sick right now,

but as soon as you get better,

you can leave.

You get better in three months.

You can leave in three months.

Three.

Put your mouth up here.

I wanna feel your breath.

OK, that's it. Time.

- Dad!

- Dad!

- Dad!

- Dad!

So, so, suck your toe.

Suck your toe to Mexico.

All right. All right.

All right, get me a cup of coffee.

Jeannie's a butt-head.

- Stop it!

- No, wait.

I got you.

Girls!

Will you leave me alone? You're driving

me nuts. Go in the other room, OK?

Hello. Miss Green.

I'm sorry. I didn't get that.

You miss green,

or you are Miss Green?

No. L-I am Miss Green.

- Jane Green.

- You don't like your name?

No, I don't. Bad enough Jane

without being followed by Green.

I remember you.

I haven't seen you for a long time.

It's been three months.

- You haven't seen me for three months?

- Yes, ma'am.

Three months?

Not longer?

I was told it would

take three months

for me to get better

from the sickness I had.

Now, I've been good.

I done everything everyone told me.

Well,

to get well,

sometimes it takes longer.

Sometimes it takes a lot of time.

It was a promise.

She said three months.

Oh, I see.

How have you been feeling, Eddie?

Well,

first of all, I'd like to say...

you're a very beautiful woman.

And I haven't...

been around the kindness

of a woman for...

some time.

And I appreciate

you lookin' at me with soft eyes.

But it's hard to answer how I feel...

'cause good or bad

doesn't describe anything.

OK.

I have your file here,

and the evaluation is quite optimistic.

No outward signs of aggression.

You've been very cooperative

with your counsellors.

Though you seem to have some difficulty

with your time and spatial equation,

your rehabilitation is going very well.

We've lowered

your level of medication.

Seem to be handling that quite well.

Everything seems to be right on track.

So, if I could just ask you

a few questions,

I don't see why we

couldn't wrap this up.

OK.

I want you to be perfectly at ease.

That would be a little hard,

'cause I know I'm on approval.

What does that mean?

It means I know I'm bein' judged,

and I wanna say the right thing,

'cause I think I've changed...

and I wanna go home.

Good.

You shot one of the attendants

who came to pick you up.

Why do you think you did that?

I think I was frightened,

and when I got frightened, I got angry.

I used to want to kill everybody.

I used to want to break beer bottles

over people's heads.

But you don't anymore?

No. I just want to be normal.

I don't want any trouble.

And your wife?

How do you feel about her?

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John Cassavetes

John Nicholas Cassavetes (; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Cassavetes was a pioneer of American independent film, writing and directing over a dozen movies, which he partially self-financed, and pioneered the use of improvisation and a cinéma vérité style. He also acted in many Hollywood films, notably Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Dirty Dozen (1967). He studied acting with Don Richardson, utilizing an alternative technique to method acting which privileged character over traditional narrative. His income from acting made it possible for him to direct his own films independently.Cassavetes was nominated for three separate Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for The Dirty Dozen (1967), Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974). His children Nick Cassavetes, Zoe Cassavetes, and Xan Cassavetes are also filmmakers. more…

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