The Four-Faced Liar Page #4

Synopsis: A story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City. A pair of best friends and a seemingly perfect couple meet at a local Irish pub tucked in the winding streets of the West Village. Through their chance meeting, the four bond and over time all of their relationships with one another morph into love, betrayal and heartbreak for all.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jacob Chase
Production: Wolfe Releasing
  4 wins.
 
IMDB:
5.8
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
87 min
Website
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Yep...

Whatever.

Give me a call when you

get your head out of your ass.

F***.

Are you attracted to me?

What?

Are you attracted to me?

Are you okay?

Can you answer the question?

I don't know if

that deserves an answer.

- Come on.

- What?

Do you want me?

I want this.

- That's not what I asked.

- Yeah, it is.

You would do anything for this?

For us, yes.

Kiss me.

What?

If you want me,

kiss me right now.

Molly, I know that your

favorite flower's the gerber daisy,

and I know that you get blotchy

when you have to speak

in front of a group of people.

I know what your shoes sound like

coming down a flight of stairs.

I should have to kiss you

to prove that I love you?

I didn't ask if you loved me...

I asked if you wanted me.

I don't see the difference.

Why don't you have a girlfriend?

I don't know.

Oh... Here.

Scented or unscented?

Scented.

Do you want one?

A girlfriend or a dryer sheet?

Both.

No, and yes, respectively.

Why don't you?

Why don't I what?

Want one?

I don't know.

No one can hold my interest

for long enough, I guess.

Oh.

So, if someone could

hold your interest, then...

Then I'd have a girlfriend, yeah.

Oh.

So, what's it like?

What are you talking about?

Being single, I mean...

Are you okay?

Aren't you sick of people

saying that you guys

are so cute together

or that she's so perfect?

She's not.

Chloe wasn't.

You think there's

someone else?

There's always someone else.

That's gonna scratch the pan.

I don't know

what I'm doing, man.

I mean, I can't

be her girlfriend.

What does she want?

Oh, it's really hard.

You just want...

Did that just happen?

I'm sorry. Were you in the

middle of something?

I'm not doing this right now.

She's into me.

That's all I wanted to say.

- So, she is your girlfriend?

- No.

Call me crazy...

Isn't she Greg's girlfriend?

Stop, please.

Sorry, Tuesday.

What?

Is Friday better? Wednesday?

What are you talking about?

You're her day of the week.

And you're a prick, Trip!

I'm a prick?

No, no, no, no.

Bridget, don't walk

away from me!

But I-I can't do this.

I really can't tell you

how I feel right now.

Why?

You talked to Chloe,

my ex-girlfriend.

I didn't have

anyone else to talk to.

What about me?

Dude, we've been

inseparable for years.

I mean, we used to

talk about everything,

and now you can't

come and talk to me?

I'm sorry.

Good.

Oh, by the way...

I told Greg everything.

Hi.

Hi.

I've always wanted

this to work,

but I don't see

how it can.

Why would you say that?

I'm not gonna lie to you.

A huge part of me

wants to leave.

I want to leave you

right now, but...

I know that you're worth it.

Don't look away.

You can't see her anymore.

[Door slams]

- Hi.

- Don't.

I'm getting married at St. John's

on Chapel Street in downtown Westport.

I know what my dress looks like,

and I have always known

that my dad would

walk me down the aisle.

You could never be

at the end of that aisle.

- Why?

- I can't do this!

I broke someone's heart, Bridget.

He loves me, and I broke him.

- I'm sorry.

- I feel sick, Bridget!

To see someone every day,

to kiss him, and to kiss you...

I don't want

to think of you like that.

Tough sh*t!

This is what I am.

This is who I am now.

But we did this.

I was okay with my life

being just okay.

I can't do this.

I need my life back,

and you cannot

be a part of it anymore.

I'm sorry.

?

You okay?

Yeah...

That sounds about right.

Baby, look at me.

No.

Shut up.

You're beautiful. Look at me.

What?

Um, what do you want

the world to know today?

I love you.

Look at me...

What do you want

the world to know today?

I love you.

One more time.

I love you.

One more time.

I love you... I love you...

? So, you... ?

? You can nod

my way politely ?

? You can smile ?

? Right at me ?

? Knowingly ?

You going to

Molly's birthday thing tonight?

Nope. You?

Nope.

No one's ever talked to me

the way that you do.

You make me feel

so vulnerable...

And I just...

Yeah, no,

this is difficult to do

when you're sitting there

blatantly ignoring me.

I'm not ignoring,

I'm pre-gaming.

Great...

Okay, so...

I walk in, drink with you,

and, um, pretend like

I'm not thinking about her.

And then I pull her aside,

and, um, I tell her that

I have to talk to her

and that there's

no other time but now.

Great.

And when she says she can't

because she loves her boyfriend,

you walk away.

I walk away.

Perfect.

Yeah, just embarrass

the sh*t out of myself,

and then once I think

it can't get any worse...

- It does.

...it does.

Ew.

You swear Trip won't be there?

If Trip's there,

I'll give you a rim job.

It's a win-win.

I think I need

to borrow something to wear.

I'll give you that

gray V-neck that you like,

but you have to give it back.

I think I need something hotter.

I have a little black tie.

How about a little black dress?

?

- Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Where you been hiding?

- What are you talking about?

- I haven't seen you in a while.

Yeah...

I've just been spending

more time with Molly.

She's...

You know -

It's hard when you're

in a new place.

The city's been tough on us.

And, uh, we're just

trying to work things out.

I know...

I know that's not

important to you,

but it is to us.

Excuse me?

There are just a lot more

ways to mess up here,

and I don't want that.

Neither of us want that.

Okay.

I thought she wasn't coming.

She wasn't.

I thought you said

he wasn't gonna be here.

That's what he said.

- I f***ing need a drink.

- Yeah, me too.

- I can't do this.

- You can't leave.

I'm not gonna leave.

I'm just not necessarily

gonna stay, either.

Just drink.

I can't do this.

I have to go talk to her.

See you later, Greg.

Happy birthday.

Cute dress.

Thank you.

I have to talk to you.

I can't.

I can't do this to him.

Thank you for coming.

Sure.

That went well.

And to the first position.

Second position... Sorry.

And pli...

And up.

And breathe.

How did it look?

Looks good.

I've been practicing.

I could tell.

Hey, can I get, uh...

two whiskey sodas?

You look good.

You too.

- There you go.

- Thanks.

Thank you.

You're completely welcome.

It's exactly what I have to do now.

Hi.

Don't.

New York City is

a pretty interesting place.

You learn sh*t every day.

Come on.

Some of...

Some of the crazy people,

you have no idea.

Okay, go.

- Go.

- I like you.

And?

And I like you.

That's what you

had to tell me?

Yeah.

This would change my life,

and you like me?

This has already changed mine.

Right.

I'm wearing

a freaking dress, Molly!

I would have to give up

so much more than that to do this.

But you haven't given up anything.

Is everything okay?

Hey! Happy birthday!

Hey. Thanks.

Bridget!

Bridget!

F*** off, Greg!

- Bridget!

- What?

Great party, Molly.

Thanks.

Where's Bridget?

Where's Greg?

Why are you doing this?

Go back inside, man.

No, no, no!

I need to know everything!

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Marja-Lewis Ryan

Marja-Lewis Ryan is an American writer, director, producer, and actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 19 March 1985. She received an honors BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at The Atlantic Theatre Company's Acting School. She is best known for writing and co-starring in the LGBT drama film, The Four-Faced Liar, which won multiple awards, including Outstanding First Narrative Feature at L.A. Outfest. She also co-produced that film. In the early 2000s, she was a member of a theater company in Los Angeles, Theater of NOTE, where she received positive critical reviews as a writer and director. She earned the Maverick Award from the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival in 2016.In an interview, she described her interest in writing as stemming from her time at NYU. She and her friends figured that "you have to make your own work." And so she wrote her first script for them to workshop as actors. As for her thematic interests, she recounts what happened after The Four-Faced Liar got released: "I had the opportunity to go into meetings with crazy big people. The one question that came up repeatedly was 'what kind of work do you want to do for the rest of your life?' The first time someone asked me that, I answered it so truthfully that I shocked myself. I said, 'I just want to write dark comedies for women that don't ostracize a male audience.'"Ryan wrote and directed the film 6 Balloons, released in March 2018, and is drafting the reboot of Splash starring Channing Tatum and Jillian Bell. She has been tapped to spearhead the sequel to The L Word, currently in development at Showtime, as executive producer and showrunner. more…

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