The Ultimate Life Page #6

Synopsis: Jason Stevens survived the journey his grandfather Red Stevens sent him through for "the Ultimate Gift". Now...That gift which includes managing a Billion dollar foundation is being challenged by his own family. In a courtroom battle...his assets are seized...his love interest with Alexia gets complicated...Jason could lose it all...He is now on a quest to discover what it truly means to fulfill his destiny...And Live.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Michael Landon Jr.
Production: Hightop Releasing
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
19
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
PG
Year:
2013
105 min
$1,326,059
Website
168 Views


I expect to have your decision

by tomorrow. That's it. Let's go.

The deal is it.

And right now that's

in my hands, not yours.

We both know you're

still trying to recover

from that explosion at

the plant 18 months ago.

- Red!

- Mm-mm.

Took 11 lives.

Your liability went sky high and the

publicity practically crippled you.

Red...

Your profits...

...are down 22 percent

from last quarter.

Where did you get that information?

I want to buy your refinery,

and you need to sell it.

And that makes you... needing me.

And that...

That just makes your blood boil.

Let's go.

See you later, Red.

"ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH"]

Room service.

- Anything?

- No, it's Christmas Eve.

What kind of game is he playing?

Red, do you consider me a friend?

'Course I do.

Well, as your friend,

let's fly home tonight.

You could be with Hanna, with

the kids, enjoy Christmas.

I told you, I'm not leaving

till I get that refinery.

Look, you could wait

till the cows come home,

but I'm not missing

Christmas with my family.

Now, you can dock my

pay, you can fire me,

you can do whatever you want,

but I'm heading to the airport

and taking the company plane home.

And if you're smart,

Red, you'd come with me.

Hm...

You're right.

You're right. Go home.

Go be with your family.

I'll take a charter plane home.

Go on.

Merry Christmas, Red.

Merry Christmas, Hamilton.

Can't anybody read the

"do not disturb" sign?

Strang?

You gonna invite me in, Stevens?

The docs are signed.

I actually made my decision last

night, put out a press release.

Panhandle Oil is now the proud

owner of its own refinery.

You're welcome.

I'll be on my way, then.

Nice doing business with you, Stevens.

I'm curious, Mr. Strang.

Why did you wait till

Christmas to give me this news?

'Cause I knew I could.

How?

Because you remind me of

myself, you know, 20 years ago.

"Panhandle Gas & Oil is now

a billion-dollar operation... "

I'm a...

I'm a billionaire.

I'm a billionaire.

I wonder as I wander...

When I became a billionaire.

Mr. Stevens, you have a phone call.

Yeah?

Line five.

This is Red Stevens.

Hanna? What?

Pilot!

He was headed straight from the

airport to his mother's nursing home

for Christmas Eve dinner.

A trucker fell asleep,

and hit him head-on.

The doctor said he had

severe internal damage.

Both of his kidneys are

ruptured. He's gonna lose them.

If he survives, they're

gonna put him on dialysis,

but he'll go to the end

of a very long waiting list

for a kidney donor.

It's gonna be a long night.

- You want some coffee?

- Yeah.

You've been with me

for such a long time.

I owe you so much of everything I got.

You been a friend to me...

...even when I didn't even deserve it.

O-positive. Nurse!

Hey, Red.

What's this?

What's going on?

Christmas Eve, you met the

business end of a semi on the 205.

What day is it?

Happy New Year.

Welcome to 1969.

I thought...

I thought you were in Tulsa.

You needed some new plumbing,

so I gave you some of mine.

You know what? I think I

need to go back to sleep.

Maybe this could all be a bad dream.

Starting over...

...is not the easiest thing to do.

I'm sorry. Hope I didn't wake you.

I'm just glad that I can wake up.

So do we have a refinery?

We do.

I think that means you're a billionaire.

Yeah. It does.

How does that feel?

Not a stitch different.

I thought it would,

though. I really did.

All that time thinking about

it and dreaming about it,

and when it finally

happened, it just happened.

The world kept moving on forward...

...and there was no one

there to share it with me.

But you did what you said you would.

You should take pride in that, Red.

I got all the money in the world.

I traded everything that

was important to me for it.

It's not too late, Red.

What if it is, Hamilton?

My kids are a mess.

My wife thinks I'm lost.

You can change that.

You can change that, Red.

See, money's been your dream.

But your legacy...

Your legacy is your family.

Your fortune is your wife, your kids

and all the little

Stevens that comes along.

You still got time, Red.

What's this all about, Dad?

Yeah, is this gonna take long?

Are you guys getting divorced?

No, that's not what this is about.

Well, what are we here for?

You're kinda freaking me out!

- That doesn't take much.

All right, that's enough!

Your father has something that

he would like to say to you.

So you will sit there with

your mouths shut and listen.

Go ahead, Red.

I wanted you kids here because...

Well, I want to apologize to you.

- Apologize?

- For what?

For neglecting you over two decades.

I made my work more

important... over you and...

...more important over your mom.

I learned a lot of

lessons along the way.

But I ended up burying them in

pursuit of the almighty dollar.

Is there a bottom line here, Dad?

I got a plane to catch

back to Princeton.

Your mom and I decided we're gonna

start living life a little bit different.

So future profit from Panhandle Oil

will go into a new fund that we started.

We're gonna start doing

some good in the world.

And we're gonna stop

living for ourselves.

We're gonna to try to

learn how to help others.

Tell me you're not giving our trust

funds away to the poor or something?

I'm not giving your money away, son.

In fact...

...your mother and I are

going to give each of you

$10,000 right now.

Ruth.

For what?

For the chance to learn

the gift of giving.

No strings attached?

We... We hope that you'll

use this money to help others.

So we're done here? We can go?

Yeah, ya'll can go.

- I'm gonna put this in the bank.

- It's a lot of money.

I'm gonna spend it.

All we can do is try and

hope that their hearts change.

It will take patience.

Hm... I've never been very patient.

Dad?

Yeah, Jay?

Here you go.

I don't need it. Put

it in the foundation.

You sure, son?

- This is your money.

- I have enough.

Thank you.

Thank you, son.

My dad got it.

And when my dad died...

...Red knew that I would get it, too.

That's right, Jason.

The monetary inheritance that we

accumulate to pass on to our children

is not nearly as important as

the personal legacy we pass on.

I almost forgot. We

have the hearing at ten.

Are you sure that's where

you want to be this morning?

I thought that's where I had to be.

Naw, I can deal with

those hyenas in court.

What you need to do is

find that special someone

who's gonna help you

pass your legacy on.

Excuse me.

Jason, what are you doing here?

I was hoping you could give me a job.

I could empty the trash, mop the floors.

If... well, if there

were floors, I'd mop them.

- Anything you need.

- What about the foundation?

Decided to take a leave of absence

for a few months... maybe six.

Place isn't gonna fall apart

with Hamilton in charge.

I tried to tell you. I wanted

to tell you in person...

I understand. I understand

why you did it the way you did.

It would have taken a

bomb to get my attention.

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