The Disaster Artist Page #6

Synopsis: When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Director(s): James Franco
Production: A24
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 71 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2017
104 min
Website
934 Views


Okay.

Okay.

All right, picture's up!

Let's roll camera, roll sound.

Scene 109, take one.

Speed.

Action.

Hey, Denny.

Hey, Chris-R,

I was looking for you.

Yeah, sure you were.

You have my money, right?

You wanna play some horse?

Don't wanna play

some f***ing horse!

Where is my f***ing money?

It's coming, it's coming.

What do you mean it's coming?

J-just give me five minutes.

Five minutes?

You want five

f***ing minutes, Denny?

I don't have

five f***ing minutes!

-Where's my f***ing money, Denny?

-No! No!

Tell me where my f***ing

money is, Denny!

I want my f***ing money, Denny!

-Please, don't!

-Goddammit, where is...

-I don't have anything!

-my f***ing...

-money!

-I don't have anything!

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay, cut, cut, cut!

-Oh, man!

-Oh, my God, man.

Wow, you like monster.

Little boy, you okay?

You okay, man?

-Little boy.

-So good!

Oh, man!

That's real.

That acting like real life.

Great one.

Great take, everyone.

-Good job.

-Thanks.

Action.

Who do you think you are?

You're acting like a kid.

Just grow up.

Hey, who are you calling kid?

Chill out, Mark,

just trying to help.

You're having an affair

with Lisa, aren't you?

What?

Okay, cut. Greg, come here

I need to talk to you.

Let's go back to one!

Okay.

What's going on, man?

I want you to be aggressive.

I know, I know.

This is your moment.

Go to edge of your moment.

-All right? Intensity.

-Okay.

Be aggressive. The Room.

-Great drama. Intensity.

-Yeah.

Emotion.

Thanks, Tommy.

Thank you, yes.

Okay, go again.

Okay, here we go, people!

Ready.

-Okay.

-Set.

Ready...

Speed.

and action.

Wait a sec, who do

you think you are?

You're acting like a kid,

just grow up.

Hey, who you calling kid!

Look, just chill out, Mark.

I'm just trying to help.

You're having an affair

with Lisa, aren't you?

What?!

-I'm right, aren't I?

-What?!

What are you nuts?

Cut.

Wow, Greg!

-Give me five!

-Yeah?

Yeah! Going ten.

Next.

Hello, how can I help ya?

I'd like to cash this

check if uh, possible.

Okay.

Uh, is 20's okay?

-Went through?

-Yeah.

That is shocking.

There's actually money in there?

This account...

It's like a bottomless pit.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Tommy?

-Yeah.

So, uh, what's the deal?

Do you work with this guy or?

Yeah, he's a filmmaker.

Oh.

Yeah, I'm working with him

on a movie right now.

Okay.

You a movie fan?

Is it a period piece?

No.

Nah.

More spray, more spray.

-Hey, great job yesterday.

-Oh, thank you.

Hi, Mark.

Oh, hi, oh, hi, Mark.

Hi, Mark.

-Hi, Mark.

-Tommy.

Hi, Greg.

Dude, first day

in front of the camera.

How you feeling?

You excited? Nervous?

Nervous? Why you say that?

I'm not nervous.

Oh, no, um...

-Hi, Mark.

-I'm just, um...

Man, before my first scene,

I was like, I almost threw up.

You think I'm nervous?

-Not, not at all.

-I'm not nervous.

I'm fine. More spray!

Please.

It's gonna look really wet.

No, it look good!

It look good,

I know how I look.

Okay.

-Okay?

-I just wanna say good luck, man.

You're gonna do great.

You guys, uh, five minutes

away from shooting.

-Great scene yesterday.

-Oh, thanks.

Oh, whatever.

You do great scene yesterday.

Maybe you think

I don't do great scene

-or something.

-Tommy, not at all.

Where wardrobe girl?

I'm sure she's...

Where wardrobe girl?!

Right here, right here.

Where you been?

I been looking all over.

I just went to get ties.

Well, ready now.

Too late. Already dressed.

But none of that matches. I...

Look, it's his first day in front

of the camera. He's just nervous.

Don't talk about me, Greg.

I hear you.

Look, I'm sorry.

I have ear

for your information.

Are you gonna film with all

that stuff in your pockets?

I keep my stuff, sweetie.

Okay, could I at least take

a photo for continuity?

Continuity in your forehead.

What's that even mean?

Don't take it personally.

He's going crazy.

I need five more

minutes for lighting.

No, I'm ready now!

Let's go, let's go, Sandy.

Come on!

Right, let's uh, roll.

-Set.

-Yeah, we're rolling.

Ready... And...

Action!

What line?

What is line?

"I did not hit her."

"It's not true."

"It's bullshit."

"I did not hit her."

"I did not."

"Oh, hi, Mark."

Okay.

Action!

What is line?

"I did not hit her."

"It's not true."

"It's bullshit."

"I did not hit her."

"I did not."

"Oh, hi, Mark."

Scene 112.

Take 13. Mark it.

Action.

I did not hit her. I...

Okay, okay. Line?

-"I did not hit her."

-"I did not hit her."

-"It's not true."

-"It's not true."

-"It's bullshit."

-"It's bullshit."

-"I did not hit her."

-"I did not hit her."

-"I did not."

-"I did not."

-"Oh, hi, Mark."

-"Oh, hi, Mark."

Take 17.

Action.

I hit her!

No! Do you wanna change the line?

Script is script.

Script stay same.

You're doing great, man.

We'll get there.

Action.

Action!

Action, action!

You have to say out loud,

I can't hear in here.

Say "action" so I can hear.

Okay.

Action!

I did not hit her.

It's not true.

It's bullshit.

I did not hit her.

I did naaat.

Oh, hi, Mark.

What the f--where

are you looking?

It doesn't work if you're

looking at the camera.

What?

Take 67!

Action!

It's not true. I did not hit her.

It's bullshi--

Ugh!

Ugh!

All right, I'm gonna f***in'...

try something, I dunno...

F***!

Hey, hey, hey...

What?

Okay, uh, maybe just use this...

You know, I think it'll

help you take your mind off...

Water bottle?

Hey, hey, listen, listen,

what do you always say to me?

All right?

Intensity, show emotion!

Throw it! Do something crazy!

-Oh, show emotion.

-Use the bottle, yes!

That's easy part.

Why don't you say that

to me before, Greg?

-I don't know, I...

-See, Greg...

These other guys,

these other people...

they don't care like

you care, you know?

I care, yeah, yeah.

-Okay, we do this together.

-Me and you, man, you got this.

-Show emotion.

-Yes!

-Okay, I do it.

-Okay, all right.

-All right.

-All right, let's see.

Oh, we got a bottle now.

Look out.

Action.

I did not hit her.

It's not true.

It's bullshit.

I did not hit her.

I did not.

Oh, hi, Mark.

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

He did it!

I got it!

We got done!

Okay, moving on now!

Hey, babe.

Babe.

Babe.

You wanna take a break?

Um...

How's it going?

You feeling good?

I am.

I am, yeah, feels like

it's coming together.

-Good.

-Yeah.

And Tommy's?

-Tommy is...

-Settling?

Yeah, h-he's stressed.

You know, he did his

first scene, which uh...

took a million takes, but

Oh, acting it?

But you know, he's the director

too, and that's like...

it's a lot, a lot to think about,

acting, directing, producing.

So, he's doing-he's doing great.

He'll get there.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

What do you do...

if it turns out...

really bad?

-It's...

-Like...

It's not gonna be bad.

Like if it turns out...

terrible...

would you...

-That would...

-can you take it off...

-your IMDB?

-That would suck, but...

when it feels good, it feels good

and it's like, you know

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Scott Neustadter

Scott Eric Neustadter is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers wrote the original screenplays for Days of Summer and The Pink Panther 2. Days of Summer is based on two real relationships Neustadter had. more…

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