The Hottest State Page #10

Synopsis: A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Ethan Hawke
Production: ThinkFilm
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
R
Year:
2006
117 min
174 Views


before you ever met me.

Oh, give yourself

a little credit.

Whatever.

How's the movie business?

It' good.

I'm - starting

a new one this summer.

Oh wow, cool.

Dave:

Hey Sarah, you want to try one?

Sure.

Are you going to stick

around for the show?

Yeah sure, I'll be around.

Okay.

My heart is gold.

What will you

give me for it?

[Music plays]

You watch your footsteps

in a dream

You climb a staircase

and turn a key

And walk in through

the open door

Where you once lived

years before

Years before

Then it all goes

just as fast

You reach your hand out

To touch the past,

touch the past

[Music plays]

William:

I remember, as a kid,

I used to walk

down the street,

twenty or so paces

behind my mother,

so that people would think

I was an orphan.

I wanted

to believe it myself.

Not because I wished

my parents dead or anything

but more because

orphans were tough.

They could handle anything.

And because

I wanted to be free

from this emotional

chain reaction

that seemed to be sparking off

like a string of firecrackers

since the day I was born.

I felt that again only now,

I didn't have to pretend.

It was real.

I was 21-

an adult,

and an orphan at last

LeapinLar

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Ethan Hawke

Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, novelist, director, singer and screenwriter. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three off-Broadway plays, and a documentary. He has also written three novels and one graphic novel. more…

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