The Ballad of Jack and Rose Page #6

Synopsis: Jack lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose. Jack has sheltered Rose from the influences of the outside world, but now Rose's emerging womanhood poses troubling questions about the days ahead. A man who has lived a life motivated by environmentalism and other altruistic causes, Jack now rages at those who do not share his concerns, like developer Marty Rance, who is building a housing tract on the edge of his property. When Jack invites his girlfriend Kathleen and her sons Rodney and Thaddius to live with them, Rose feels betrayed and the situation quickly becomes precarious. Rose acts out wildly, creating chaos. As everything flies out of control, Jack finds himself trapped in an impossible place and is forced to take action.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Rebecca Miller
Production: IFC Films
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
2005
112 min
£578,570
Website
277 Views


I'll sell.

- It's my land still. I want to sell it.

- Great, but... just think about it.

- I'll come by tomorrow. - I don't need to.

I just want to get rid of it.

- No! - We'll talk about it in

the morning. I'll come by...

No!

Write me out a f***ing check,

you imbecile.

- Let me drive you. Let me help you.

- Please, don't. Don't.

Turns out Marty's

a decent guy.

Didn't want to take

advantage of me.

What are you doing?

You know what I'm doing.

You'll be free of this whole...

thing.

Get an education,

you know, try and...

You've got to make

a life for yourself.

I have a life!

I mean, you can't just

give up like this.

Sweetheart, I gave up a long time ago.

I just didn't realise it.

I mean, how can he tell you,

"You can't stop the future from happening"?

- Who made him the future?

- It's not his fault. It's just...

That's...

That's the way things are. He's...

Everything's for sale.

Everything.

Please don't sell it.

Please don't give up.

Your daddy he's an outlaw

And a wanderer by trade

He'll teach you how

to pick and choose

And how to throw the blade

He oversees his kingdom

So no stranger does intrude

His voice it trembles

as he calls out

For another plate of food

One more cup of

coffee for the road

One more cup of

coffee 'fore I go

To the valley below

I'm chilly.

Thanks.

I... I think I'll just

go up for a while.

I'll be up in a minute, OK?

Thanks, sweetheart.

That's better.

We've got work to do.

Forgive me.

Go to sleep.

Dad?

Dad?

Looking back,

O beloved

I remember things,

you said to me

In the garden

Before the black sun rose

Things you said

To... me

Things you said,

O beloved

And the promise that,

you took from me

Now I see you

Standing next to me

Standing next

To

Me

Saying;

"Promise

Me"

Looking back,

O beloved

I remember things,

you said to me

In the garden

Before the black sun rose

Standing next

To

Me

Saying;

"Promise

Me"

Saying;

"Promise

Me"

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Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Augusta Miller, Lady Day-Lewis (born September 15, 1962) is an American independent filmmaker and novelist, known for her films Angela, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Maggie's Plan, all of which she wrote and directed. Miller is the daughter of Arthur Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, and his third wife Inge Morath, Magnum photographer. more…

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