Sordid Lives Page #9

Synopsis: We become intimate with the "Sordid Lives" of a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit looser).
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Del Shores
Production: Regent Entertainment
  11 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
R
Year:
2000
111 min
Website
1,120 Views


[ singing:
You could get a really shitty prize ]

- ] It's a b*tch ]

- B*tch.!

[ singing:
Sortin' out our sorry, little ]

[ singing:
Sordid lives ] ]

- [ Music Ends ]

- [ Whooping, Cheering ]

Did you see Tiny's big ol' red face

when I said...

""This is for short-changing me,

a**hole.''

[ Laughs ] Acted like

he was gonna have a heart attack.

Oh, f*** yeah.

[ Laughing ]

Need a drink.

Hey, hon. What you in for?

I caught my husband cheatin' on me

with my sister Jeanetta.

So when he went to sleep...

I got him hard...

and super-glued his dick

to his stomach.

- He pressed charges.

- Mm-mm-mmm.

- [ Maniacal Laughter]

- You, what are you gonna do

if your ears...

your eyes fail you?

You're not gonna see

or hear the signs of Satan.

It feels good.

I have a fish in my ear!

I can't-- Help me! Please!

[ Noisy Commotion ]

- [ Blows ]

- When you're staring face-to-face

with Satan herself.

- The Lord Jesus Christ,

my personal savior--

- We gonna have a show now!

Settle down, y'all!

You gonna let that boy into your heart.

That's what you're gonna do.

[ Noisy Commotion ]

[ Blows, Smacks Lips ]

Ladies and gentlemen...

please make welcome

the first lady of country music...

Miss Tammy Wynette!

[ Commotion Continues ]

Thank you. Thank y'all.

Thank you. It is so nice to be back here

at the Opry tonight.

- [ Commotion Fades Out ]

- This one...

is for George Jones.

[ singing:
[ Country ]

- [ Sobbing ]

- [ Man Barking ]

[ Lip-Synching ]

[ singing:
I'll need time

[ singing:
To get you off my mind

[ singing:
And I may sometimes bother you

[ singing:
Try to be in touch with you

[ singing:
Even ask too much of you

[ singing:
From time to time

[ singing:
Now and then

[ singing:
Lord,you know I'll need a friend

[ singing:
Till I get used to losin'you

[ singing:
Let me keep on usin'you

[ singing:
Till I can make it on my own

[ singing:
I'll get by

[ singing:
But no matter how I try

[ singing:
There'll be times you know I'll call

[ singing:
Chances are my tears will fall

[ singing:
And I'll have no pride at all

- ] From time to--

- [ Gunshot ]

- Don't kill me, Daddy.!

- Everybody, hands up! Nobody move!

- Daddy, don't kill me.!

- I mean it!

- [ Man ] It's Jesus.!

I told you he was coming.!

- It's Jesus!

[ Whimpering ]

- Wardell?

- Brother Boy.

Oh, no! You--

My hair fell off. You can't--

Oh, my God. No. Don't look.

So this is Wardell.

Um, I've heard a lot about you, Wardell.

Dr. Eve Bolinger.

What I need for you and everybody else

is just to stand back...

and stay calm till we're out of here

so nobody'll get hurt.

I don't think I'd mind gettin' hurt by

a big ol' handsome cowboy like yourself.

- Back off, b*tch.

- Excuse me?

No. You heard me.

You get your damn paws off of him

and you get the hell on outta here.

Like I'm scared of you,

you little monkey freak.

Hey! Don't talk to him like that.

Shoot her, Wardell.

Shoot her in the head.

- Go on! Git!

- Get the hell on outta here!

- Brother Boy.

- Wardell.

- I'm sorry.

- Ohh.

Uh-- [ Chuckles ]

It's-It's okay.

I'll never hurt you again.

And I won't let anybody else hurt you,

either.

I'm taking you home now.

You're, um--

- You're taking me home?

- That's right.

[ Sniffles ]

Dear sweet Jesus.

[ Crying ]

I'm going home.

Come on. Come on. Let's go.

You stay back.

- Stay back!

- Bumper, grab him!

- Come on!

- Give me the gun!

Come on! I know the way!

- Hurry! Go on! Go!

- Keep runnin

[ Grunting ]

Sh*t!

- Hyah!

- [ Screams ]

Where'd they go?

Hey.! Come back here,you little f*ggot.!

If I'd known you was comin',

I'd have wore flats.

- Come back here.!

- [ Gunshot ]

- Oh!

Oh! Whoa!

Hey! Goddamn it.

Sh*t!

Here we go. Run, run, run!

Fast! Run fast!

Stop or I'll shoot!

Goddamn it!

- A**hole!

- Ow.!

Do you see my p*ssy now? Ha!

Haul ass, Wardell.

[ Tires Squealing ]

After I left your office...

I just went home,

laid down on the couch...

and just started drifting, you know--

let my mind float from place to place.

And I just wondered

what my life would have been like

if I'd been honest with myself...

and everybody else.

That's when I decided

I'm not going back down to

my grandmother's funeral...

basically because I'm gay

and I don't wanna deal.

Then I started feeling guilty.

[ Sighs ]

And I prayed.

I don't know why.

I haven't prayed in years,

but I asked for a sign.

You know,

just like I did when I was a kid...

back when I went to church--

when I believed.

[ Ty, Narrating ]

And this feeling of peace...

of serenity...

just swept over my entire body.

[ Chuckles ]

When I was a little boy...

I just loved church.

But I stopped going.

Because how do you embrace something

that doesn't embrace you.

But lately...

I've been missing God.

So I finally prayed.

Then...

I just opened up my eyes

and flipped on the TV.

Wizard of f***in'Oz was on.

Right at the part where

Glinda's singing, ""Come out,

come out, wherever you are.''

I swear to God.

So I got up and I just

went straight over to the theater.

- ] [ Sara Singing ]

- It was this quest.

It was this spiritual quest.

[ singing:
Helplessly I watch ]

[ singing:
Both girls and guys cruise you ]

[ singing:
So please, please don't be gay

[ singing:
We don't wanna lose you

[ Man ]

Too late, honey.

- ] It makes me sad-- ]

- Okay, kids. Let's take ten.

And then we start the second act

run-through. That was great.

- I wasn't flat?

- Not at all.

I got such a f***in'headache?

We got any Motrin?

I got some of that generic sh*t

in my bag.

Sara?

Don't tell me. You've come to

beg forgiveness, ask me to marry you...

and we will run off

and live happily ever after.

[ Exhales Deeply ]

Look. I basically came by

just to say that I'm sorry...

and to tell you something.

Okay.

Sara, you are such a great girl.

- I know.

- [ Chuckles ]

[ Exhales Deeply ] And the reason

that I broke up with you...

is be--

[ Sighs ]

It wasn't--

Oh. I'm gay.

- I know.

- You know?

Most people do.

Oh, God.

It's okay.

You're-You're Ty.

Okay. Look. So we can't

run off together...

have wild sex and get married.

Whatever.

But you know what really hurt me...

is that you just dismissed me

from your life.

And you have to understand,

if someone loves you, Ty...

they're not gonna toss you out

just because you're gay...

because of who you are.

I'm so sorry.

You don't have to be. It's okay.

[ singing:
I've wandered far

[ singing:
Away from God ]

[ singing:
Now I'm comin' home ]

[ singing:
The paths of sin ]

[ singing:
Too long I've trod ]

[ singing:
Lord, I'm comin' home ]

[ singing:
I've wasted many precious years

[ singing:
Now I'm comin'home

[ singing:
I repent

[ singing:
With bitter tears

[ singing:
Lord, I'm comin'home

[ singing:
Comin'home,yeah

[ singing:
I'm comin'home

[ singing:
Nevermore to roam

[ singing:
Open wide

[ singing:
Thine arms oflove

[ singing:
Lord, I'm comin'home

[ singing:
Comin'home,yeah

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Del Shores

Del Shores (born Delferd Lynn Shores on December 3, 1957 in Winters, Texas ) is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor. more…

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