She's So Lovely Page #5

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


I love her.

Even though she was

the one to turn you in?

Yeah.

She hasn't visited you.

- No.

- She hasn't written?

No.

If your wife were

to have divorced you,

how would that make you feel?

Eddie?

Well, I don't know how I'd feel.

I haven't seen my wife

for a long time,

and I don't know what she's doing.

The reason I'm asking you this is

it's very important

for us to know you won't leave here

with any active hostility

towards your wife.

- No.

- No enmity whatsoever?

No, what you...

None of what you said.

And if your wife

were to have stopped loving you,

what would you do?

- What's the matter?

- What? Drink your coffee.

Good f***in' morning to you too.

Hey, Pop, kiss her.

That's what she wants.

Is that what you want, a kiss?

Come here.

Yeah!

Well, do it if you're gonna do it,

and get it over with.

Oh, nice. Really nice.

- Morning.

- Hi.

- Hi. You OK?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm just frazzled right now.

My nerves are shot.

Too much coffee and too many kids.

- I'll get it.

- No, I'll get it.

You expectin' something?

The institution. They said he was

gonna be out today.

- So?

- So, I just...

I wanna know if he was OK.

You have reached the home

of Giamonti Construction.

- Joey Giamonti, wife Maureen...

- Hello.

Yeah. Who wants her?

Yeah, I'm him.

No, not Quinn, Giamonti.

That's her name.

Not "Guh-monti," Giamonti.

- Joey, give me the phone.

- That's right.

Hello. Is he out?

When?

Well, where is he?

Hang on. I don't have a pencil.

Hang on one sec.

Jeannie, give me a pen.

Give me a pen.

Thanks.

OK. 3855. Yeah.

The Ford?

Hotel. OK.

Yeah. Is he OK?

OK. Thank you.

OK. Thanks.

Yeah. Thank you. OK. Bye-bye.

What the f*** you keep saying

"thank you" for?

Stop usin' that language

around the kids!

What? I'm sorry, guys.

It's all right. We hear worse

than that all the time.

- Yeah? What do you know?

- Like sh*t and b*tch...

...and cock twister.

- What?

And ass muncher.

- That's a good one.

- Yeah.

- And shut up.

- All right, fine.

Take your sisters outside.

I want to talk to your mother

in private.

OK, Dad. Come on, guys.

Fire

Fire

I'm Eddie Quinn. I was incarcerated

three months in the loony bin.

- Who am I speaking to?

- You were in an institution?

Went through the plate glass window

three months ago.

I don't know if it was

a lack of vitamins, or the bad food,

or the darkness, or maybe the drugs

they put in you,

but my hair is gettin' thin

and it looks terrible.

Oh, I understand.

You wanna be how old?

Twenty-five.

All right. Give me the number.

I'll call him.

No!

Well, I'm not gonna let you call him.

Joey, don't f*** around.

I'm not gonna call him, OK?

I'm not gonna go see him. Just knowin'

he's out there's bad enough.

What is that supposed to mean?

It means that... it took me

a long time to forget about him.

- Yeah, I never went to visit him.

- So?

But it means that

I think about him every day.

It means... I can't see him again,

anyway, 'cause it'll kill me.

What do you want from me?

Turned him in, divorced him,

married you...

Why are you washing

the same f***in' cup over and over?

So stop acting like an a**hole.

Let's just get through this.

I'm the a**hole, right?

Not him? Not you? I am?

Gimme his number. I'm gonna talk

to this f***in' guy.

Just a little bit. I'm just going to talk

to him a little bit.

Joey, I love this guy, OK?

I love you too, but I love him more,

and I told you that.

Come on. I'm happy with you now.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't rock the boat?

Oh-ho,

that's too uptown for me, honey.

I can't live like that.

What are you sayin'?

"I love you. Thank you for takin' me

out of the f***in' gutter,

"but I love my first husband more"?

"So please don't call him

because you might rock the boat!"

What the f*** is that?

Rock wha... Rock whose boat?

I don't see any f***in' boat.

This is a house!

Hey! I'm the guy you married,

remember?

You had a smile, you wore a veil,

you said the vows.

We didn't have those babies

by osmosis. Somethin' happened.

I didn't rock the boat then, I got in!

You are such a crude a**hole!

I hate you!

What's going on?

Your mother keeps talking

about a boat.

Shut up!

Jeannie, wanna meet your daddy?

- You mean my real daddy?

- Yeah.

The one that your mother's...

was in love with.

The one that she married first,

and out of those two came you.

- That OK, Mom?

- Of course it's OK.

You should meet your daddy.

You're makin'

a big mistake here, buddy.

Jeannie, go get the girls, make sure

their hair is combed. We're goin'.

OK, Dad. Rosie, Dolly!

You're a jerk!

- You want something to drink?

- You got a Siberian Mist?

A bottle of white wine

I was just about to open...

I don't give a damn

what time it is. Wine?

Good. Dash, pour it for us, and make

sure the glasses are clean, please.

I got a beautiful wife.

She's all blonde, and... You know?

I don't think it'd be good to come back

from the nuthouse lookin' all beat up.

It's too much of a sad homecoming.

No, darling, too depressing.

Don't worry! Your face...

Ooh, it's gonna spank!

I don't have much money.

- You have a cheque?

- I have no cheque.

Oh, I have an Alaskan cheque.

- Wanna see my identification?

- I don't want to see that!

I'm Saul Sunday.

These are my babies,

and we're gonna

make you look beautiful.

All right, where is he? We're goin'.

You love him? That's the way it is.

That's your business.

But I'm takin' care of this.

Where is he?

- The Ford Hotel.

- Ford Hotel.

- I'll find him.

- Right, you find him.

Don't forget to pick the kids up at 4:30.

Or do you want Willa to?

- I don't care.

- Fine. Willa. Do that.

- Fine.

- Fine!

Figures.

I don't believe you.

All the... All the times you held me.

All the f***in' laughs we had...

All the things we did together. Come on!

You can't tell me you was passin' time.

You can't tell me that.

'Cause I won't believe it.

Believe it.

- Come on, Dad.

- Come on, Dad. We're ready!

I'm gonna do this.

And you don't get mad!

Hey, Joey.

I had a good life with you, OK?

You want to bust it, go ahead. Go!

Are you ready? Don't be surprised

at how beautiful you are.

Get ready for the new...

Eddie... Quinn!

Whaddya think?

Well?

It's... very nice.

That's a very good job.

Could I do one thing?

- Whaddya wanna do?

- Could I have a scissors?

What...?

That... That's much better.

That looks absolutely awful.

I think it's good!

It's fine.

OK, then. I'm gonna go.

Thank you, Saul.

You're very sweet. I love you.

Can I kiss you?

- Hello?

- Eddie Quinn, please?

Hold on.

Eddie!

Telephone call for Eddie!

Hello?

Is that you?

I'm really depressed.

You are?

I can't find ya.

- Jeannie's on her way to see you.

- Who's Jeannie?

She's our daughter.

Daughter?

She was born,

the one that was in the oven.

How long was I in?

You said three months.

Was it longer?

Yeah, a little longer.

Am I gonna see ya?

You're not sick, are ya?

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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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