Virginia Page #5

Synopsis: Virginia is a charming, yet mentally ill mother whose greatest love is her protector and illegitimate son, Emmett. But her longest love belongs to the local-married-Mormon Sheriff, who is running for public office and might very well be Emmett's father. This boardwalk town's well-kept secrets are threatened when Virginia's son begins a romantic relationship with Tipton's daughter. "What's Wrong With Virginia" is a humorous, heartfelt drama that pokes at the American dream as it charges toward a climactic shoot out that begs the question: can a woman like Virginia ever play the part of mom?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Dustin Lance Black
Production: Entertainment One
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
R
Year:
2010
111 min
$11,069
Website
158 Views


bus 24, lot 1.

Bus 15 to Norfolk...

leaving in 10 minutes.

Get in the stall, get on your knees.

Get in the stall. Get in the stall.

Get down on your knees.

What are you doin' here?

Me and my mom

are goin' on a trip.

You need to learn

how to keep your momma quiet, boy.

I don't think I can.

For better or worse.

Way I see it,

she's the only person

f***ed up enough in the head

to really give a goddamn about you.

Don't you ever talk like that

about your mother again!

I want my gun back.

It's gone.

All units, be advised

we have an escaped suspect...

If you come within 100 yards

of anyone in my family ever again,

I will clean out your skull.

Do you hear me?

Hmm?

Well, then do it.

It'll f*** up your life

more than it'll f*** up mine.

- Dad?

Relax, Josh. Go back outside.

Sir, there's...

there's a jailbreak.

I heard the call. I'll be right out.

Keep pressure on it.

Jessie's friend

said she'd cover for her.

Get their IDS bus trip on the road

so we could go get hitched,

up in Atlantic City.

Took every last dime, but...

...for once in my life

that's exactly what happened.

One way or another

I'm gonna find ya

I'm gonna getcha

getcha getcha getcha.

One day maybe next week

I'm gonna meetcha

I'm gonna meetcha I'll meetcha

I will.

Drive past your house.

And if.

The lights are all down

I'll see who's around...

By the authority vested in me

by the great state of New Jersey...

...in this blessed land of the US of A,

I now pronounce you kids man and wife.

You may kiss the lucky bride, son.

Now your family and my family

are one big family.

It's how it was meant to be.

Okay, one more.

They're probably out

lookin' for me by now.

You're mine now.

There's no more "them".

How am I supposed to feel like this

is real if I can't even tell anyone?

We just have to wait a little bit.

In a couple years, when we're both 18,

we can tell everybody.

That's not far away.

That's just what's coming next.

I need to see Willie Riggs.

Who?

Willie. William... Riggs.

He's a black nurse with a green bird.

And who are you?

I'm Virginia. His girlfriend.

Well, there's no Willie here anymore.

Can I help you?

My baby's comin'.

You need to get him.

I... I need him.

The only Willie I know

hasn't been here for quite a while.

Oh!

Are you all right?

I'm gonna pop!

I'm... I'm... I'm gonna pop!

Don't touch me! Don't touch me!!

Don't touch me!!!

Hi.

Take me home. Please.

They're trying to hurt me.

They said you couldn't hardly breathe.

Maybe you need to go to a county hospital.

Please.

Just take me home.

Just take me home.

Okay.

Okay. We're goin' home.

I lost my baby, Emmett.

I know.

Hey.

You know that saying,

"You can never go home again"?

It started makin' a whole lot of sense

after that weekend.

In the 24 hours I was gone,

Dale had ditched out on his bail

and was hidin' out with Max,

who'd gotten off for lack of evidence,

and I bet was sweet on Dale.

My ma, she would hardly

get out of bed anymore.

Show me some proof.

Damn it, Emmett, I warned you.

What?

Betty, what's wrong with my ma?

Come here. Sit down.

Oh, f***.

Listen, Emmett, this is all hush-hush-

double-pinky-swear kinda sh*t, okay?

Your momma tried to rob my bank.

Now I covered for her,

but she came in there

and made a circus out of it.

F*** you, Betty.

What's really wrong with her?

Well, there's all kinds

of things really wrong with her, Em.

Why's she so sick all the time?

Maybe it's best if you ask her

about all that yourself, okay?

- You know she won't tell me.

- Oh, lord, Em.

F***.

Okay. Well...

All I know is that this lady came by here

rantin' and ravin',

and she's the one who told me,

so I only know it from her.

It's somethin' wrong with her lungs.

Stuff's growin'... up in there.

But, baby, all I know

is that the next time I saw her,

she was askin' for money

like her life depended on it.

And I tried like hell to help her,

but she screws things up all the time.

But that's not your fault.

You gotta live your life now.

I need some money.

It's just things are...

...well, kinda tight for me right now.

It's the moment a lot of people

have been waiting for.

It's a big day along the boardwalk.

The Governor and Sheriff Tipton

are expected to arrive any moment

to address the crowd.

A lot of the streets downtown

are blocked off

and the state right now has been...

I'd be lyin' if I said

I hadn't thought about it

a million times before,

every time I put that money

in the slot at night.

One day's take is all I needed

to be home free.

Get Jessie. Get my mom a doctor

out in California.

And hell, I knew better than anybody

that Labour Day was the busiest day

of the year.

I got it, honey. Half hour. Go.

Get outta here.

And where

would everybody be lookin'?

At the future president.

So I figured,

if you're gonna do it,

may as well do it right.

Hey.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Mrs. Tipton, your dress is as good as new.

I'm going down to the stage, yeah.

You need anything?

No, I... I think we're all right.

Thanks, Max.

Ah, maybe I'll get you a surprise anyway.

Goodbye.

- Bye, Max.

Shin-Lee?

Yes, Mrs. Tipton?

What do they say about me?

Roseanna, in a little town,

everybody has too much to say.

Don't worry yourself.

Are they... jealous?

No.

Is it my personality?

Shin-Lee, please tell me.

We gotta hurry.

I can't be late back from my break.

I can't talk,

otherwise they'll know it's me, so...

- Can you read this?

- Yeah.

I'm not a complete f***in' idiot.

The Sheriff's Patrol have a gift

for somebody like that.

And that's a one-way ticket

to the county jail.

She having his baby.

We're here at the boardwalk,

where hundreds of people

are anxiously awaiting the governor.

We've just got word that he is on his way.

He will be speaking here,

along with Sheriff Tipton,

who's running for State Senate.

A local band is here...

Why...

Tipton, go to hell!

Tipton, go to hell!...

Hi.

Where's your friend?

You wanted both of us?

I don't know.

Can you do it alone?

Well, are we... doing

official church business... for real?

What'd you think I was callin' you for?

Hanky-panky?

Tony always tended bar.

Across a crowded floor.

They worked from 8 till 4

Oh, my God. Holy lord.

Put the money in the bag!

At the Copa Copacabana

Copacabana.

The hottest spot north of Havana

Here.

At the Copa Copacabana

That's it. Move your ass.

Music and passion...

Yeah. Where's the rest, a**hole?

There's no money yet.

Not in here.

Make a drag.

Drop. Make a drop.

Now, a**hole.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the governor of this great state...

It's best if it's nice and quiet.

Well, you know what's best.

Wilma!

- You ready for my break?

- You need to make a deposit now.

- But I've gotta do my count first.

- No.

Wilma, don't worry about counting it today.

What the hell do you mean?

I'm gonna make a drop, baby.

Come on! Tipton, go to hell!

Look out, look out.

Oh, my God! They've got a gun!

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Dustin Lance Black

Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. He has won a Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for the 2008 film Milk. Black is a founding board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and writer of 8, a staged reenactment of the federal trial that led to a federal court's overturn of California's Proposition 8. more…

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