You Don't Know Jack Page #6

Synopsis: Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - 2011 ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them. He assembles a device allowing a person to initiate a three-chemical intravenous drip. The local D.A., the governor, and the Legislature respond. In court scenes, Kevorkian is sometimes antic. He's single-minded about giving dying individuals the right to determine how their lives will end. He wants the Supreme Court to rule. He picks a fight he can't win: is it hubris or heroism?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Barry Levinson
Production: HBO Films
  Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 36 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
134 min
Website
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- Calm down.

- Shh. - ...

Is pay with a check.

You don't pay bills

with a check.

Why, my dear girl?

Becae bills paid by check

Leave a paper trail.

A paper trail is something

someone can follow,

And just so you know--

Just so you know,

What I predicted

has come true.

The cops traced--

- The cops?

- They traced it

To my storage file.

They broke in

and they took--

Whatever, who knows?

--All my personal files

To do god knows

what with.

- And now they padlocked it...

- All right.

- ...So I can't get in!

- I'm sorry about it, jack.

- I'm sorry.

- You're sorry?

I'm sorry it happened.

No one would expect this to happen,

And mr. Fieger can get

everything back for you again.

- Oh, mr. Fieger's gonna do it.

- Just calm down.

- I have explained to you.

- Nobody's gonna put

Humpty dumpty together again.

Do you understand? He is gone.

- He is finish.

They have my files! - Shh. Shh.

I'm sorry about that.

There was an overdue bill...

- That's right. - ...

And ava sent the check in.

- She just wasn't thinking.

She wasn't thinking. - She wasn't thinking?

- Wasn't thinking? You're being so generous.

- That's right.

It was stupid.

It was blatant stupidity

- On her part and your part.

- Keep your voice down.

- Stupid! Stupid. She was being stupid.

- Hold on there.

- Stupid stupid. - Don't you

talk about my daughter that way.

- I'll talk about her that way.

- Do you hear me?

- You calm down. Now stop it!

- I am completely calm!

- Calm down! You're not calm!

- You know, I can't trust you.

- I can't trust you and I can't trust her.

- You can't trust me?

Either one of you. Together.

You don't make it easy for me.

You're supposed to make it

easy for me, but you don't.

How dare you, jack?

How dare you?

You did this for the last time.

For the last time.

All my life, I've been

making it easier for you.

- Yeah, you make it-- - all my life!

Do you hear me?

- Look who's yelling now.

- And it's been no walk in the park!

That's right, it's been

no walk in the park!

And I'm going to tell you something

else-- nobody takes care of me.

I want to ask you: Who do

you think takes care of me?

- Nobody! Not you, jack.

- I'm gonna take care of you.

- Certainly not you!

- Right now I'm gonna take care of you.

From now on, all you're gonna

do is operate the camera.

That'll take care of you.

Believe me.

You'll be fine with that,

'cause you can't screw that up.

- Okay, is that what you think?

- As for your daughter--

- I have news for you.

- As for your daughter, the jury is out.

You'll be doing it for yourself.

You do it for yourself.

You're gonna do it.

How's that for news?

- You'll do it, jack!

- That's fine by me.

- I'm through with you!

- ( alarm beeping )

- I'm through with it!

- Go ahead, set the alarm.

Who cares?

Is this us?

Yeah.

- ( door shuts ) -

( alarm stops )

You set that off.

Where the hell

is she going?

( typewriter clicking )

Margo, could you step

into my office

For a second?

I need to talk to you.

My dream was

to be an olympic skier.

And after the car

accident, there was...

A chance--

Well, they told me that

there was a chance

That I'd get the use of my legs

again, but it never happened.

So...

I doused myself with

gasoline one night

And lit a match.

You know, the only thing worse

than this nightmare existence

Is the nightmare of a

botched suicide attempt.

I wish I could help you, son,

but it's not possible.

What-- what you're

suffering--

What dr.

Kevorkian is trying to say, glen,

Is that you're

clinically depressed,

And under these circumstances,

we can't help you.

If you deal with

your depression,

You can lead a fulfilling

and satisfying life.

And we'll help you find

someone that will do that.

( distant barking )

Parkinson's

takes years--

Years before it compromises

your daily activities.

I don't think we can help

you now is what I'm saying.

But if and when

the time comes,

We'll be here for you.

Okay.

( knocks on door )

You know I've never been

one to hold grudges

And I'd like to let

bygones be bygones.

What do you say?

Good.

So we're reconciled?

- I hope so.

- Well, that's good.

Good.

It's good to see you.

Good to see you.

You need to get ready.

Ready for what?

Dinner at mr.

Fieger's.

Very nice.

What's that?

Oh, it's a notice of sale.

I mean, this whole

building's kaput.

Well, don't worry about it.

We can live together.

We'll be known as the

unemployed kevorkians! Yay!

Unemployed?

What does that mean?

It means...

I got fired.

No.

When?

A few weeks ago.

You're just

telling me now?

Jack, we had

a falling out.

What happened?

I'm your sister.

What else?

( chanting ) life is god's choice!

Life is god's choice!

- Margo:
Oh, my gosh.

- These are my new daily visitors.

Life is god's choice!

Are you going to kill every

single person in a wheelchair?

Disabled people are not worthless.

They are not a drain on society.

You cannot rid the world

of inconvenience.

You are worse than an .

Oh, shut up,

you witch!

These are not

comparable issues.

Some great minds have died with

the assistance of their doctors--

Sigmund freud,

king george.

Jack:
If it's good

enough for the aristoi,

It's good enough for

the hoi polloi.

He is leading society into

an age of enlightenment,

- You idiots! - Woman: Only

god can create and destroy.

Have you no religion?

Have you no god?

Oh, I do, lady.

I have a religion.

His name is bach--

johann sebastian bach.

And at least my god

isn't an invented one.

- ( car starts ) - ( chanting

resumes ) life is god's choice!

Life is

god's choice!

Life is god's choice!

Life is

god's choice!

Life is god's choice!

- Life is god's choice!

- Man:
Who do you think you are?!

Life is god's choice!

- Life is god's choice!

- Who do you think you are?!

Life is god's choice!

Life is god's choice!

Life is

god's choice!

( chanting fades )

( silent )

Life is god's choice!

Life is

god's choice!

Life is god's choice!

"a fart on thomas putnam!

"

( all laugh )

Of course, that was the lone

laugh in the entire play.

"because it my name.

Because I cannot have

another in my life.

Because I am not

worth the dust

On the feet

of them that hang.

How may I live

without my name?

I've given

you my soul;

Leave me my name.

"

Woman:
Oh.

Is there

any more to that?

- ( laughing )

- no.

- Margo:
Oh, jack.

- That was beautiful, jack.

- Thank you.

- I didn't know you knew that.

That's very good.

That was great.

- It's all I know.

- You didn't like the sea bass?

It was

a bit fishy, but--

- Oh.

- No no no no.

Why did

you never marry, jack?

Oh.

He was engaged once.

She worked at hudson's

on woodward, downtown.

- I knew her. I saw her.

- Let's not go there. Let's not go there.

- You never even liked her.

- No, I didn't like her.

- Jack:
Let's not go there.

- All right, I won't go there.

Oh, come on, come on.

Tell me about this fiance.

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Adam Mazer

Adam Mazer is an American screenwriter. He is the writer of HBO Film’s biopic, You Don't Know Jack, about the life of assisted-suicide advocate, Jack Kevorkian.Mazer was the co-writer of the 2007 Universal Pictures feature film, Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney. Directed by Billy Ray, Breach is based on the true story of the FBI’s most notorious spy, Robert Hanssen. Adam and his former partner, Bill Rotko, optioned the rights of the young FBI aide who worked side-by-side with Robert Hanssen and played a vital role in his arrest. The movie was released in February, 2007. He’s recently finished the screenplay, The Sentry Keep; based on the true story of a 1982 New York City armored car company heist, that at the time, was the largest cash heist in U.S. history. Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Fighting) is attached to direct. The movie is being produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films. He’s also currently working on a one-hour TV pilot, Contingency, with the television production company, Reveille (The Office, Ugly Betty). Contingency is set in the early 1980s and explores the wild early days of a Personal Injury law firm. Additionally, he wrote the one-hour TV pilot, Ghosts, for the CW Network. The drama deals with the personal and professional lives of young undercover FBI Agents who work in an elite unit called the “Special Surveillances Group”. Prior, Adam sold the family comedy, Big Baby, (co-written with Gregg Lichtenstein) to Warner Brothers with Neal Moritz and Richard Suckle producing, and Raja Gosnell attached to direct. Adam was a founding partner of Point Blank Entertainment where he was an Associate Producer on the outrageous ensemble comedy, Super Troopers. The film was sold at the Sundance Film Festival and released in 2002 by Fox Searchlight. Adam’s other efforts include his screenplay, The Amateur which was set up with the Kennedy-Marshall Company. Based on true events, The Amateur tells the story of 19-year-old golfer Francis Ouimet’s remarkable underdog victory at the 1913 U.S. Open. He also wrote the police corruption drama, Officer Down, the comic book fantasy adventure, The Last Ride of Waterloo Clyde, and Shelter From the Storm – an adaptation of Stephen Miller’s southern mystery novel, A Woman in the Yard. Upon graduating from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1989, Adam moved to Los Angeles and partnered with Bill Rotko (A&E’s recent The Beast) until 2005. They sold their first screenplay, Freeze – a harrowing Antarctic action-adventure – to Columbia Pictures and Mandalay Pictures. more…

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