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BEN:
Now?

SOPHIE:
She said it's okay

for you to go in the house...

...instead of using your cell phone.

BEN:
Okay, I'll be right back.

Get in the car

and buckle yourselves up.

SOPHIE:

Okay.

BEN:

Kelly, I said I would do it.

You always say you'll do it,

but you don't.

I know, I'm under siege. I realize I

always say it, but this time it's true.

- For all of us.

- I'll do it, I'll take the kids this weekend.

A grand total of 90 minutes per day

of video and TV.

- Or the kids can't stay over.

- I know.

BEN:
Where's the old sofa chair?

- I'm having it re-covered.

- I miss it.

- You miss the chair?

I love that chair.

I sat in it all the time.

I even remember

how much I paid for it.

Okay, Ben, let's play by the rules.

I thought our last session

went really well, didn't you?

Yeah, but this therapy is called

"How to Learn to Live Apart."

So we can move on gracefully.

Well, I still have feelings.

So do I.

That dark green velvet

was such a good look for that chair.

What? I felt like a change.

[CAR HORN HONKING]

Can I call you?

[SIGHS]

Yeah. Of course.

BEN:

Okay. See you later, guys.

SCOTT:
Hey, Ben.

- Scott.

- So how were the numbers last night?

- Just a number.

SCOTT:
Oh, by the way,

I just finished my script.

BEN:

So, what is it?

Come on, don't play hard to get,

tell me.

I'm not gonna tell you.

I'm not gonna tell you.

BEN:

I'm gonna find out anyway.

SCOTT:
It's about a florist.

- Oh, no.

SCOTT:

It's a rich world.

A flower shop as a background

for ambivalence and deceit.

It's the Rose Bowl Parade meets

The Da Vinci Code. That kind of thing.

- It's not a movie.

- It's not a movie? What is it?

Flowers on the big screen?

I don't think so. Won't work.

- Try Leonard, it might be his thing.

- I already did.

BEN:
You went to Leonard

before you went to me?

He's the coach

of my kids' soccer team.

Scott, come on. Leonard?

What difference does it make

if you're not interested?

Loyalty matters to me.

What did Leonard say?

There were

some very interesting aspects.

What did he say?

- He said it's not a movie.

- There you have it.

SCOTT:
It's too bad about Jack, huh?

- It's rare.

Usually agents kill others,

not themselves.

- Yeah, but out of the blue? I mean...

- It happens, you know.

- Suicide, it happens?

- Stress, it builds up. I'll see you later.

See you later.

MAN [ON STEREO]:

This is Fiercely, cue 4M-2. Take 7.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[PHONE RINGS]

BEN:
Cal, talk to me,

what happened at the rehearsal?

CAL:
You're not gonna believe it. Bruce

shows up with a Grizzly Adams beard.

He's got a Grizzly Adams beard?

Yes, and he's a pig.

You want to direct him?

That's not my job.

What do you mean he's a pig?

- He's fat.

- Bruce Willis is overweight?

Overweight,

with a Grizzly Adams beard.

- He's fooling with you.

- The biggest beard you've ever seen.

- Don't worry.

- There's no way to know it's Bruce.

I will see you this afternoon.

I'm at a production meeting right now,

I can't talk. Goodbye.

- Hey.

- Hey.

I think Mom's in the back

if you want to say hi.

Do I have to?

Your eyes are all red.

No. No.

- A little bit.

- Just Just stuff, you know.

If it's boy stuff,

you can always talk to me about it.

I know some things

your mother doesn't know.

- I'm sure you do.

- No, seriously, you can ask me.

- Okay. Yeah.

- Yeah?

Okay. I'll be right back.

BEN:

What's with Zoe?

Oh, girl stuff. I don't know.

Is she dating? Parties or anything? She

doesn't really tell me much.

she just kind of

keeps things to herself.

I think she gets that from you.

I think she tells us about.

as much about what she does as

you would tell me about what you do.

Secrets seem to be

the family hobby.

I think it's in the DNA.

Boy, this place has gone way up.

I wished I still owned it.

Yeah, but you don't.

Gotta go.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- Looking good, Ben.

- You too.

Bye.

ZOE:
You know,

it's not every 17-year-old...

who still has their dad

drive them to school.

I kind of like it.

It makes me feel like a kid.

BEN:
You are a kid, and I'm a lucky guy.

I still get to drive you to school.

Think you'll still pick me up

and drop me off when I go to college?

You bet, if you'll let me.

I don't know,

let's just say it's negotiable.

I'm a good negotiator.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

Will you please stop saying,

"If they don't f*** up my cut.

we may have something

we don't mind putting our names on"?

- I know that.

JEREMY:
Look, mate.

I don't want to get

too lofty or nothing about it.

but I made a film that doesn't wallow

in the cliches of retribution.

I don't want to satisfy

the audience.

- by letting them get even.

- That's true.

- I didn't do that when you hired me.

- That's true.

But let's just say that when those that

put up the money finally see.

the bad guys get away

and the little dog get murdered...

they get concerned.

Look, for my part,

if the dog gets shot in the head, fine.

If the kids all love it and laugh,

even better.

Probably that'll never happen. Kids

You know what's gonna happen.

F***ing hell. Didn't you?

You said to me, that Lou said,

and I quote:

- "It's a good movie"?

- She did, three times.

And that concerns you?

- A bit.

- How's that?

Jeremy, I don't know what "good"

means in South London.

but north of Pico

at a preview screening.

where Lou says "good" three times,

drop your pants.

bite down hard,

this one's gonna hurt.

I'm not buying it, mate. Come on.

I mean, you know...

[SIGHS]

I mean, were you watching

the audience watch the movie?

- Of course I was.

- What was their overall reaction?

Like they took their kids to Disneyland,

watched Mickey Mouse...

douse himself with gasoline

and set himself on fire.

[LAUGHS]

I'm actually all right with that.

It's like, what? What we got?

Like, two weeks to red carpet, right?

The festival took the film because they

want stars. Only saw a 10-minute reel.

The studio could pull it

from the festival with a phone call.

JEREMY:

Now you're overheating, mate.

I don't think so. We're gonna have to

accommodate Lou in some way.

Throw her a bone, something,

or the road could get a bit weird.

JEREMY:
What, you're saying

now you're not gonna protect my cut?

I'm gonna protect your cut.

DAWN:
That's what Ben does.

BEN:
Thank you.

I just want you to understand

the terrain we're about to cross.

- The preview was terrifying.

JEREMY:
All right, look.

Just stand united and we'll prevail.

Yeah, you know.

I'll explain the whole sort of raison

d'etre thing to Lou and she'll listen.

- All right?

- All right. I'm here to support you.

JEREMY:
Look, all I'm saying is, and I

don't mean to flog it, but, you know.

I think you should be proud.

We went out on a limb on this one.

BEN:

I am proud.

JEREMY:
Yeah, well,

it's not just about the money, is it?

BEN:
We already got the money,

now we gotta get the money back.

JEREMY:

Morning, all.

In the end, no director, no stars,

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