Turnabout
- Year:
- 2016
- 90 min
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- Sorry, I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Sorry.
- It was that way.
- Are you okay?
- Is he all right?
- Whoa!
- Easy, man.
Easy, easy.
- I'm good, I'm good.
I'm all right.
I'm fine.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
You guys are fishing?
You catch anything?
Thank you very much.
I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
I'm awake.
- Yo, man.
You all right?
- Operator, I need to
make a collect call.
Yes, a collect call, please.
Yes.
For Perry Hayes.
Yes, please.
I'll wait.
Thank you, operator.
Thanks.
- Come on, honey.
Just relax.
- Jesus Christ, Lisa.
I'm trying.
- Just ignore it.
- Oh, baby, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Hello?
Hey, Billy Cain?
- Perry.
Billy, it's after 12:30.
What's going on?
- I know.
Listen, I really need help.
I'm at the bridge about
a mile down the road.
It's a long story,
but I'm soaking wet.
- No, it's all right,
it's no problem.
I'll be right there.
Yeah, I'll bring you
a change of clothes.
You just sit tight, okay?
- Yeah, okay.
Okay, okay, thanks, my friend.
- All right.
- Who was that?
- That was my best
friend from high school.
I haven't seen that
guy in about 15 years.
- Well, what did he want?
- I don't know, but
He said he was in
a lot of trouble.
- What kind of trouble?
- I don't know.
- Well, why did he call you?
- Again, I don't know.
It's almost 12:
30.You have to work in the morning.
- What am I supposed
to tell him, baby?
"I'm sorry, Billy,
it's almost 12:
30,"I have to work in the morning"?
- I can't believe you.
You haven't seen or heard
from this guy in ages
and he calls out of the blue
and you're off to his rescue?
- He obviously
needs my help, Lisa.
Otherwise, why would
he have called me?
He may not have anybody
else he can call.
- That's just great.
You're off to lord knows where
in the middle of the night
to see someone you haven't
seen since high school.
That's just great.
- I'll see you later on.
Billy.
- Perry.
My friend.
- You okay?
Hey, whoa.
What happened?
- I'm soaking wet.
I'm David Scudzvian.
I'm not sure.
I don't even know where I'm at.
I'm a real mess, Perry.
I took some sleeping pills.
- How long ago?
- An hour, half
hour, I'm not sure.
- Should I take
you to the hospital?
- No, no f***in' hospitals.
- Okay, okay.
- I hate those f***in' places.
- How many did you take, Billy?
- Uh, I don't know.
Eight or 10, I'm not sure.
I, uh.
- Come on.
- I just need
to get some coffee.
- It's okay, we'll
get you to the diner.
Come on, let's get out of here.
So, what caused all this?
- Long story, my man.
Perry?
- Yeah?
- Perry, pull over.
Please, pull over.
- Get it all out, buddy.
You all right?
- Yeah.
It's good to see you, my man.
- It's good to see
you too, buddy.
- Did you puke on my car?
- No, no, it went
out the window.
- I was just kidding.
So, what caused all this?
- It's this basic,
you know, disconnected,
disjointed feeling
that I'm having, you know?
I'm in my 30's, Perry.
I'm feeling real down
about myself, you know?
All this struggling
and pain.
This bare f***ing
pain.
You know, I'm working my
ass off and just going
nowhere real fast.
And the worse it gets,
the more time just passes.
I just...
I can't even get excited about
anything anymore, you know?
I've become like
desensitized and numb.
That's no way to be.
I'm just sick and
tired of all this sh*t.
There's just mounds.
The mounds of sh*t.
- Wow.
- Shall I continue?
- No.
No, that's okay.
- I know.
little thick there, didn't I?
Thank you.
- Now, I was working three jobs.
My checkbook is still
in the negative.
Look at you, man.
You look great.
Looks like you're
doing real well.
- Thank you, but
things are never great.
I mean, Lisa and I have
had our ups and downs,
but we have a child now,
and that changes everything.
- No sh*t?
You got a kid?
- Yep.
Jarrod, he's six.
- That's fantastic.
Whoa, so you probably
have a great job.
- It's decent.
I'm able to put away money
for his college fund.
- That's nice.
What is it that you do?
- I'm an optician.
- Mm.
Oh, you're an eye doctor?
- Not exactly a doctor per say,
but I fit people
with eyeglasses.
That's pretty much my job.
- That's fantastic.
See, this is exactly
what I'm saying.
You know, you're established
and that's great.
I never was.
You know, I was jumping
around from job to job.
The longest gig I had,
you know what it was?
It was pumping gas.
You know how long
that lasted, Perry?
Six freakin' months.
Six months.
Standing out there in the dead
and cleaning other
people's windows.
- Is that right?
- Yeah.
I even cleaned your window once.
- What?
- Yeah.
When you were in that
nice SUV of yours,
you had the wife in the car.
- Why didn't you say anything?
- I don't know.
I was too embarrassed.
- How long ago was this?
- About a year ago.
I just got out of rehab.
I was hooked on pain meds,
living in my old man's trailer.
- Jesus.
- Yeah.
You get my drift?
- Why did you call me?
- Honestly, Perry.
You're my only friend.
- Really?
- Oh, yeah.
I mean, I burned
all my old Bridges.
I don't blame 'em really.
I mean, it's my fault.
You know, I would
steal from them.
I'd steal sh*t like
jewelry, drugs, booze.
Anything to make a fast buck.
You know, they weren't
like real friends,
they were more like,
transitory friends, you know?
You're a true friend, Perry.
Even though I haven't
talked to you in ages.
- Well, I'm here now.
So, at least you don't
have to worry too much.
I guess you get pretty
down on yourself.
- Yeah, I have, but
lately I've just been
feelin' more complacent.
I think that's worse.
- Why is that?
- Because it cons you into
thinking that there's hope.
- What's it
take for a guy to get
- I'm so hungry.
- Come on, food.
- Look at these fags.
- Hey, do you mind?
- What?
- You see, I haven't seen
my friend here in a while
and we're just
trying to catch up.
- Is that right?
Looks more like a
lover's quarrel to me.
- How's the date going, boys?
- Wow, you're a real
f***ing wise-ass, huh?
Trying to look bad in
front of your girl?
- Billy.
- Got me pegged, huh?
- It wasn't that hard.
See, I was your age.
I remember when I
didn't give a sh*t
about anything or anyone.
- Oh, really.
- That's a real dangerous
way to live, my friend.
- Is that a threat, tough guy?
- Billy.
- Come on, man, chill out.
- Hey, come on.
This is crazy.
- Yeah, listen to
your boyfriend.
- All right.
All right.
It's all right.
All right.
- Freaks.
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
They're young.
I was trying to be nice.
This is what you wanted,
you f***ing piece of sh*t.
- Everything all right?
- Oh, yeah, I had
way too much coffee.
- You got some
ketchup on your hand.
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