Serpent in the Bottle (2015) - full transcript

(CLANKING)

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

- Can I help you?
- Just browsing, thanks.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

♪ And I know you well ♪

Trent.

Hey, I know you're there.

Okay, you're probably studying.

Anyway, I'm on my way over.

We're going to pick out
rings today, remember?

So I'll be there in
like five minutes, okay?



Love you, bye.

(KNOCKS)

What's wrong with you?

(SIGHS)

Jesus.

Could you have possible
found an apartment on the

second floor instead of the
fifth?

Why didn't you take the
elevator?

JACKIE: Ah, it wasn't
working, again.

And that guy who works here,

he's always somewhere
and just hanging out.

Who, John?

He's harmless.

You're so dramatic.



(LAUGHING)

Maybe.

He creeps me out.

We're getting a new apartment
when you're done with school.

I am not walking up five
flights of stairs forever.

You're so cute.

I could just eat you up.

(SMOOCHING)

Five minutes and we'll go,
okay?

Okay, five minutes.

Hurry up.

We have some serious shopping to
do.

Oh, I ran into Amy Pringle
today.

Remember her?

We met her last summer over at
Joe's?

Cute, cropped hair, big boobs.

She's going out with that lawyer
Patrick.

Anyway.

She's pregnant and she's keeping
it, can you believe that?

Jesus, a kid's the last
thing I would want right now.

(SIGHS)

And he's so gross, I can't
figure out

why she has sex with him.

Maybe he has a really big cock.

Would you mind closing the
door

when you use the bathroom?

It's not very ladylike.

Really, and who said I was a
lady?

Are you done yet?

Yes.

Shit.

This is so annoying!

(HAMMERING)

Trent.

Hey man, I'm sorry, I didn't
mean to scare you like that.

Sorry about the elevator, dude.

It's this old building, it's
got a lot of quirks, you know?

It's okay.

Um, hey, I put a check
in the mail for you,

you should get it in a few days.

Nice, nice, thank you.

I appreciate that.

So how you doing?

You're getting hitched soon,
right?

- Five weeks.
- Five weeks, wow.

My old lady and I living
together for 20 years.

Married for 16.

Lived our first four years in
sin.

But I gotta tell you those
are the best four years

of my life, huh?

I need to ask you a favor,
Trent.

Uh, sure, yeah, alright.

It's my father in law.

I gotta find him a place to
stay.

Uh, I don't, uh...

It'd just be for maybe two
or three days at the most.

Listen, I'd make it worth your
while.

I don't know, Mr. Morris.

You're getting married.

What if I give you two
months' rent for free?

Okay?

You need the money, come on,

you're getting married for
christsake.

I don't know, Mr. Morris.

I don't even know him.

Why doesn't he stay with you?

Well my wife and him, they
don't get along so well.

And, uh...

Listen, I can help you here,
okay?

But you gotta help me back.

Alright?

He's a good guy.

What do you say, can you help me
out?

Sure.

(JAZZY MUSIC)

♪ Where do you leave when you
leave me ♪

I love you.

♪ Are you downstairs smoking
cigarettes ♪

Yeah.

♪ Will you come back ♪

You better watch it, buster.

I love you too.

I'm not getting into trouble.

No?

♪ Sure when I try singing ♪

♪ Your eyes that glance at me ♪

♪ If I try to be chic ♪

♪ Alone ♪

I can't believe I'm doing this.

What?

♪ I find you everywhere ♪

The rings we picked out today.

Are you sure you can afford
them?

They're very, very beautiful.

But they're expensive.

And you know my parents are
more than willing to help.

I know.

I know they are.

They're already paying for
everything.

I know, I know baby, I just...

I don't want you to have the
extra stress.

I need to do this.

It'll only be hard for a few
months and

then I'll have graduated.

Mm, I trust you.

(UNEASY MUSIC)

Maybe you shouldn't.

I can't.

(SIGHS)

I can't do that.

We've talked about this.

I know.

You know how I feel about
that.

I know baby but we're gonna be
married

in just a couple weeks.

What would it hurt?

Who would know?

I would know.

Okay.

I get it.

(SIGHING)

Don't leave.

(MOANING AND BREATHING HEAVILY)

Tell me you want me.

TRENT: I want you.

Tell me you wanna be inside
me.

Baby.

I want you inside me.

I wanna feel, I wanna pull you
inside me

and hold you there.

(SIGHS)

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

- You need the money.
- Hey, I know you're there.

The rings we picked out today.

Are you sure you can afford
them?

- You need the money.
- We could just...

MR. MORRIS: He's a good guy.

JACKIE: You're so cute.

MR. MORRIS: Two months' rent.

Hey, you know what the best
thing is

about fucking 25 year olds is?

TRENT: I don't know.

There's 20 of them.

I'm Trent.

Marvin.

It's nice to meet you, Marvin.

Listen, I'd really appreciate it

if you didn't smoke in here.

Okay?

Please don't touch my things.

Oh yeah, your girlfriend
called.

She said she was sorry about
last night

and that you should call her.

JACKIE: Hello, Trent?

I guess you're not home.

Or you just don't wanna talk to
me.

Anyway, um, I just wanted to
tell you

that I'm going to New York for
one day.

- Hmm.
- Uh...

- She sounds sexy.
- There's a gallery opening

up and they wanna talk
to me about a showing.

And that I don't respect
your wishes, well sometimes...

What, you don't believe in
sex?

- I just think that...
- Could you please?

- I'm trying to hear this.
- Maybe we should

try and explore.

I don't know.

Anyway, I'm sorry I offended
you.

Call me when you get this,

I'll see you in a couple days.

Okay?

Ciao.

Hey why don't they have
sex ed and driver's ed

in Mexico on the same day?

It's too hard on the fucking
donkeys.

Hey have you ever been to a
donkey show?

- No.
- Really?

It's something else.

You oughta, you oughta
check it out sometime.

(DOOR SLAMS)

Yeah.

Yeah, I understand.

No, it's okay, I'm not
mad at you, you just,

you just had a little too much
to drink and you were happy.

I was happy too.

Man, you know, I still am.

Uh, I gotta go.

Um, let me call you back.

No no no no, let me just
call you back, okay, okay?

Alright, bye.

Excuse me.

Could you please flush?

It's kinda gross.

Oh, sorry.

Was that your old lady?

(TOILET FLUSHES)

You know, the chick from last
night,

the one that wants to bang you.

Yeah, that's my fiancee,
Jackie.

So, uh...

So this girl, she's your
fiancee.

You haven't fucked her?

TRENT: I don't believe
in sex before marriage.

What?

You're kidding me!

Well wait a minute, you're
telling me that

your fiancee is begging you to
fuck her

and you won't do it?

I believe that if we
really love each other

then we should wait.

So you're a Jesus freak.

TRENT: No, I'm not a Jesus
freak.

I was raised very religious
but I'm not religious now.

What do you mean you're not
religious?

You won't fuck until you're
married?

The only people I know
like that are religious.

What kind of job you getting?

TRENT: I'm almost done with
law school.

(LAUGHS)

Just what the world needs,
another fucking lawyer.

So what do you get when you
send a prostitute to law school?

I don't know, what?

Fucking know it all.

What can a goose do, a duck
can't, and a lawyer should?

I'm not sure.

Stick his bill up his ass.

So what's the deal with all the
cars?

It's morning, isn't it?

I don't know.

Something I started
doing when I was a kid.

Dad gave me the first car.

- Eh?
- No thanks.

You don't smoke weed?

Kind of a trippy fucker, aren't
you?

You don't smoke weed, you
don't drink, you don't fuck.

What do you do for fun?

You clean house?

Well, uh, I better get going.

I have class in a moment.

So I guess I'll see you later.

(SLAMS DOOR)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

(PHONE RINGING)

Is that Jackie?

AUTOMATED VOICE: Hello,
we are not available now.

Please leave your name and
phone number after the beep.

We will return your call.

(BEEPS)

Hello?

Is anyone home?

Trent, you screening your calls?

Jesus, I wish you'd get a cell
phone.

Uh, so I just got in from New
York

and I wanted to see you but
I was calling to tell you

that I'm on my way over and
I have a surprise for you.

But I won't be there for a
little while,

maybe 30 or 40 minutes.

I need to make a stop first.

Okay.

Ciao.

(KNOCKING)

Trent.

Oh.

(LAUGHS)

Uh, I'm sorry, I was
looking for Trent, so...

You must be Jackie.

Yeah.

You're even more beautiful
than Trent described.

(LAUGHS)

Thank you.

Um, I'm sorry, I don't know who
you are.

Oh, excuse me, my name is
Marvin.

And Trent's being gracious
enough

to let me stay with him for a
few days.

Just between you and me,
I'm in between homes.

(LAUGHING)

But please come in,
you're welcome to wait.

Trent just stepped out for a
moment.

We could have a glass of wine.

It's rare that I get the company

of such a beautiful lady.

(LAUGHS)

Sure, uh...

Yeah.

So you mean to say that
you were selling diamonds

in Vietnam to the guys in the
jungle?

Yeah.

Exactly.

But I made good money.

All I had to do is go
out there in the field

with those guys and tell them
they needed

to send something to
their girls back home.

And that was it.

A lot of them didn't believe

they were gonna be coming
back home anyway, so.

If they could send something
beautiful

to their girls back home,
it made it a little better.

Can you understand that?

Yeah.

Yeah, I understand.

It seems, I just seems kinda
fucked up.

MARVIN: Oh.

That whole conflict was fucked
up.

Yeah, well all war
is fucked up, I guess.

MARVIN: Yeah.

- Want more?
- Join in.

Gracias.
(LAUGHING)

(SALSA MUSIC)

(LAUGHING)

You know how to salsa.

Would you like to dance?

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Whoa, si, you speak Spanish
also?

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(LAUGHING)

I'm fluent in five languages.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Five languages?

- Mm hmm.
- Wow, which ones?

Whoops, sorry, I'm a little
rusty here.

(LAUGHING)

It's okay.

You're a very good dancer
though.

You dance much?

Uh, I used to dance.

I do go out with my girlfriends
sometimes.

Well you and Trent seem
to be very different.

Yes, he grounds me.

I was pretty wild.

Does that make sense?

I guess if you wanna be
grounded.

I mean, how long have
you two been engaged?

Uh, three months, we've
been together for six.

Six?

You've been together for
six months and you're

gonna get married.

(LAUGHING)

I know.

It's pretty evolved myself,
getting married, to be honest.

Well, everybody should
be married once I guess.

(LAUGHING)

Have you ever been married?

Yeah, I was married
once, a long time ago.

Ooh, ooh!

You mind if I get a drag?

Oh not at all.

Thank you.

Don't tell Trent.

Oh, your secret's safe with
me.

(LAUGHING)

I don't usually smoke but

at times like this I enjoy a
drag or two.

I can understand that.

What about weed?

You smoke that?

I love to smoke pot.

(LAUGHING)

I love to smoke pot.

Well I have some, you
wanna smoke some with me.

Really, you have some here?

Well it's not here,
it's in the Bat Cave.

Ah.

(LAUGHING)

But I can get to it quickly.

You're a very
interesting fellow, Marvin.

Adventurer, dancer, you speak
five languages, crime fighter.

Any more surprises?

(LAUGHS)

Baby, you don't even know.

(LAUGHING)

Now if you'll excuse me I'll
retreat

to the Bat Cave to
retrieve the secret weapon.

Oh please, be my guest.

(LAUGHING)

I have one for you.

Okay.

So what is green,

(LAUGHING)

green, wet, and smells like pig?

MARVIN: Uh, uh, uh,
just a big green slimy pig.

No, Kermit the Frog's fingers.

- (LAUGHING)
- Oh!

All the fingers?

Oh man!

Jesus Christ!

Oh my god, Miss Piggy.

That's a good one.

That reminds me of one I, you
know,

you can tell who your
best friend is, you know,

by if you take your dog and your
wife

and you stick 'em in the trunk
of your car

for about a couple hours, you
let 'em out,

you'll find out who your best
friend is.

JACKIE: Oh!

(LAUGHING)

What do you call an Ethiopian
with a yeast infection?

No fucking clue.

MARVIN: Quarter pounder with
cheese.

- No way!
- Eew!

You did not just say that!

MARVIN: You're gonna have
to calm me down this time,

I'm not gonna do it.
(LAUGHING)

I'm not gonna do it.

Oh no, no!

- Oh man.
- You're bad.

MARVIN: To the bone, bad to
the bone.

You're really, oh shit, I'm
out.

- Oh, me too.
- It's all gone.

So we're gonna do this
again and I'm gonna come

armed with better joke material.

Well that sounds great, you
know,

we'll have a joke off.

Okay.

But next time we gotta have
Trent here.

Trent.

(LAUGHING)

What the fuck?

JACKIE: Hello, is anyone
home?

Trent, you screening your calls?

Jesus, I wish you'd get a cell
phone.

So I just got in from New York

and I wanted to see you but
I was calling to tell you

that I'm on my way over and
I have a surprise for you.

(PHONE RINGING)

AUTOMATED VOICE:
Please leave a message.

(BEEPS)

Hey babe, I just got your
message.

Sorry I was out studying.

Anyway, looks like you had

a pretty good time over here.

(LAUGHS)

Can see you met my new house
guest.

Hope he didn't scare you too
bad.

Anyway, um, I'd love to see you.

See what kind of surprise you
have for me.

Um, let's maybe have lunch
tomorrow.

Anyway, give me a call when you
get this

and we'll figure it out.

Okay, bye.

Where were you yesterday
afternoon?

I was out studying.

Oh, hey that's a coincidence,
I was studying too.

You know what I was studying?

I was studying your fiancee's
sweet ass.

Oh my god!

Oh that girl is fine.

Mm, mm, mm.

Hey.

Hey, you don't mind if I take
her out

for a test drive, do ya?

You know what they say,

use it or lose it, right?

Hey, hey, you know what?

I can keep her tuned up
for ya, how about that?

Huh?

Stuck up motherfucker.

(MELLOW MUSIC)

What you having today, pal?

MARVIN: Shot of whiskey
and a beer, chaser.

Mm, alright.

I can't be any more explicit
right now.

JOE: Explicit, what
the hell does that mean?

To like form the stuff

that I'm thinking of saying.

Until, you know.

That's what's known as a
generous pour.

I'm trying to get the cobwebs
out.

JOE: That's a good
thing, get rid of those.

Salud.

I'll keep you company for a
little while.

(LAUGHING)

Okay.

Yeah, uh...

- What's your name?
- One more of those.

I'm Marvin Decker.

Joe, Joe Pitcock.

Or like James Bond.

Remember James Bond he used
to say Bond, James Bond?

MARVIN: Right right right
right.

So I'm trying to be cool
and now I'm gonna say Pitcock,

Joe Pitcock.

(LAUGHING)

That's kind of a cool name.

Nice to meet you Joe, you know I
like,

I always like to know the name

of the man who's serving me
drinks.

Back, give it back.

Just gotta get up to there.

Give it back, give it back.

Okay cowboy.

So what's your story?

Is it always this slow?

JOE: Oh it picks up
after a while, you know,

people start coming in.

Kinda lonely right now,

that's the way it starts out
usually.

Yeah.

- Drink up buddy.
- Yeah man.

(LAUGHING)

What's the deal with Marvin?

(CLEARS THROAT)

Well.

He's staying with me for a few
days.

Yeah I know, but why?

You're not really the kind of
guy

who invites random
strangers to live with them.

Yeah it wasn't really my idea,

he was kind of forced on me.

How was he forced on you?

Um, I'm doing my landlord a
favor.

Marvin is his father in law.

Mm.

So why is he staying with
you and not your landlord?

I am really not sure to be
honest.

(LAUGHING)

Well he's a very interesting
man.

Did you know that he was
thrown overboard in a storm

and he was floating in
the ocean for six days

before they found him?

Yeah, he told me that.

But there's no way.

What do you mean there's no
way?

I mean there's no way
that he could have survived

for six days in the ocean on a
life vest.

He didn't have water.

You can't live for six days
without water.

How do you know he had no
water?

(LAUGHING)
Hmm?

Because there's no water
on a life vest, okay?

Maybe on a raft.

Not on a life vest.

I know there's no
water on a fucking vest.

You don't have to talk
to me like I'm a child.

What I wanna know is how you
know that he had no water.

No, but...

You assumed and in
the process you decided

he's a liar and that I'm
stupid for believing him.

I don't know that it's like
that.

It's just, it's deductive
reasoning.

So you deducted that he's
a liar and I'm stupid, right?

I wouldn't...

No, I mean, I wouldn't put it
like that.

He tells these fanciful stories

and then when you look at
the facts, it doesn't add up.

JACKIE: Hmm.

Why are you defending him,
anyway?

I'm defending him because
I had a wonderful time

with him the other day.

I mean, he's charming, he's
handsome, he's well-spoken.

He told me he knew how to salsa,

he was actually really good.

He speaks five languages.

- Yeah, alright, okay...
- Fluently, don't,

don't fuckin' interrupt me.

I'm talking.

Ugh.

I'm a little drunk, I...

I'm gonna go home.

Wait wait wait wait,
where are you going?

Don't you think you're
overreacting a little?

I'm going home.

There are things I need to think
about.

Wait!

Please.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

- She's an amazing artist.
- Excuse me?

Oh, I was saying
she's an amazing artist.

Oh, oh, I wouldn't know.

Um, I have a friend who's a
photographer

so I was just looking for books
for her.

Oh, I see, I see.

You know, you look very
familiar.

I think I've seen you before.

My name's Paul Oakley.

Trent Harris.

Yeah, I know where I know you
from.

You work the night desk
at the Ambassador, right?

I go there with friends from
time to time

to go to the lounge.

Oh, right, right.

Right, well I kinda gotta get
going.

It was really nice to meet you.

Paul.

Trent, right?

Yes.

Yes.

Well it was nice meeting you.

I'm sure I'll see you around.

Well what are you doing now?

Um, I just, I have to meet
a friend in a little bit.

There's a wine bar
right around the corner,

a place I wanna try.

Do you like wine?

Uh yeah, yeah, yeah, I like
wine.

Great, why don't you join me?

If you have time.

Um...

Um, sure, sure.

(LAUGHING)

Sure, I can't stay all that
long.

Great, we'll just drop
in and check the place out,

be spontaneous.

- Sound fun?
- Yeah.

- Great.
- That sounds good.

Great.

Aren't you gonna get the book?

No, um, no.

I'll come back and grab it
later.

Oh.

Let's try some...

Excuse me, what?

Oh, really?

Hold on a second.

Mm.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Oh yeah.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

And you.

Tell me about you.

What about your parents, they
from here?

Sorry, I didn't mean to
bring up a sore subject.

My parents were killed in a
car wreck

after I got out of school.

Jesus.

I'm so sorry.

That's horrible.

It's okay.

How could you know?

My dad was a pastor.

And my mom was a housewife.

And they were out on one
of their few dinner dates.

And a drunk driver ran into
them.

Killed instantly.

(LAUGHS)

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, you don't wanna hear
this.

Actually, I do.

(CLEARS THROAT)

I better get going.

You aren't gonna finish your
wine?

No, no, I think I've had
enough.

Um, I've stayed longer than I
expected to

and I have an appointment
I'm gonna be late for so

if you'll excuse me.

I understand.

No no no no, I've got it.

Oh I can't let you do that.

No no no no, it's not a
problem.

You can get the next one.

(LAUGHS)

Okay.

I got the next one.

Great, it's a date.

Um, I guess I'll see you
around.

I'll stop by the hotel
sometime.

I go there with friends and hang
out.

Cool, that sounds great.

Um, see ya later.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

MARVIN: So you're a Jesus
freak.

PAUL: I understand.

It's a date.

(KNOCKS)

Marvin?

You in there?

(KNOCKS)

(JAZZY MUSIC)

What do you got there?

MARVIN: My daughter.

Oh.

- That's your girl?
- Yeah.

What's she like 25, 22?

She's like that right
now but there she was about

probably 10 or 11.

You really love her, don't
you?

(SIGHS)

I haven't seen her, I haven't
seen her.

You know, I had a
little girl myself and...

It was an accident.

JOE: When's the last time you
saw her?

It was a fuckin' accident.

I dunno, few years.

Who's counting?

JOE: I'm counting, I'm asking
you,

when was the last time you saw
her?

I think like three years.

JOE: Okay.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SHOUTING)
(BANGING)

(DIALING PHONE)

(PHONE RINGING)

(BEEPS)

WOMAN: Hello, you have
reached

Morris Property Management.

We will be out of town for
a much-needed vacation.

If this is concerning an
apartment you can call 555-7538

or leave a message, thank you.

(BEEPS)

Fuck you!

(DOOR SHUTS)

So, um...

Guess who I saw today?

I'm wondering, did you guys
split up?

'Cause she was with this guy

and, um,

(LAUGHS)

let's just say that they weren't
acting

like they were just friends, you
know?

(LAUGHS)

If you know what I mean.

(BANGING)

Um, black coffee with room,
please.

("TO BRING MY LIGHT" BY TALIA
KOSH)

♪ To bring my light to you my
love ♪

♪ Or at least to cry and scream
♪

♪ To the heavens up above ♪

That'll be 2.37.

♪ We sing together ♪

- There you go.
- Thanks.

♪ We sing we sing ♪

♪ We sing together ♪

May I sit?

♪ And I know you well ♪

TRENT: Sure.

♪ I know you well ♪

♪ I know you well ♪

♪ I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

I'm sorry

about the way I acted the other
night.

- No, don't be.
- Yes, it was completely

inappropriate of me to
lash out at you like that.

And I apologize.

I have somewhat of a temper

especially when I drink and

I think the whole wedding thing

was stressing me out a little
bit.

It's okay.

No, it's not okay.

I thought about us all week.

♪ Losing ♪

I don't wanna lose you.

And I'd like to try to make it
work

if you still wanna try.

Of course I wanna try.

I love that you are passionate.

And that you lose your temper
sometimes.

It's who you are.

♪ Or at least I'll cry and
scream ♪

So should we go ahead with the
wedding?

Of course.

(LAUGHS)

JACKIE: Well thank you.

(LAUGHING)

I mean I've waited six
months to get into your pants.

You really think I'm gonna bail
now?

♪ Together ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

I love you.

♪ Know you well ♪

And our wedding night's gonna
be one night we never forget.

♪ And I know you well ♪

- I can't wait.
- Me either.

I'm gonna fuck your fucking
brains out.

(LAUGHING)

Okay well...

I'm gonna go on Thursday.

I'll go home, help my
mom get everything ready.

There's so much to do I
still have to get my dress

and pick out a cake and
I dunno just make sure

that everything's perfect.

But I'll call you and see how
things are coming on your end.

TRENT: Okay.

Remember to get your suit,
don't forget the rings.

Don't worry, I'll remember the
rings.

And my suit.

Yes.

Okay.

- I'll stop by later then.
- Okay.

- I love you.
- I love you too.

♪ We sing together ♪

♪ We sing we sing ♪

Okay, okay.

Bye.

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

- Hello.
- Hey.

Marvin, how are you?

I'm doing fine.

You?

- Trent?
- Hey.

JACKIE: Well I'm great.

I sold a picture yesterday.

Oh that's great,
congratulations.

JACKIE: High five.

Trent and I are celebrating.

You wanna join us?

There's beer in the fridge.

Sure.

I don't mind if I do.

- So you sold a picture.
- Mm hmm.

- Cheers.
- Thank you.

Trent, do you have something
for this?

I don't wanna get any ashes on
the floor.

So packing, where are you going?

I'm leaving tomorrow.

I'm sorry, I thought Trent told
you this.

MARVIN: Thank you.

TRENT: You don't have
to apologize to him,

it's none of his business.

Oh Trent.

Uh, it's okay.

So what are you guys, where are
you going

for your honeymoon?

TRENT: Costa Rica.

Wow, that's great, I love
Costa Rica.

Where, what city?

Mm, we're gonna go all over.

I wanna use this as a
way to get new material

for the show I'm doing when I
get back.

I lived there in the '70s.

It was amazing.

That was quite a while back.

It's amazing how time flies.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Big storm coming.

Hold on just a second, I
wanna get you something.

Okay, what's wrong with you?

Why are you acting so strange?

He's not acting normal.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

He's not usually this polite.

He usually is with me.

Maybe you get on his nerves or
something.

Oh I get on his nerves?

He's living in my fucking
apartment!

Okay.

I found this stone in Costa
Rica.

I don't remember exactly where.

I was traveling up the coast.

Surfing and camping out.

Hiding out, really.

I was in this really bad spot in
my life.

(RAIN PATTERING)

I had just lost my wife
and in some sense I guess

I was trying to kill myself.

Anyway, yeah well I had a
geologist friend of mine

check it out.

He told me

that there's only one place in
the world

that has stone of that nature.

Ethiopia.

So, so what's the point?

Why are you telling us all this?

Well the point is I'm
giving it to Jackie.

JACKIE: Why?

Well that stone has given
me a lot of good luck.

And it's time to pass it on.

And you, you know, you
remind me of my wife.

That same zest for life.

That same spark.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Oh god that's really
sweet but I can't take it.

It's your lucky stone.

Oh no, you have no choice.

It's my wedding gift to you.

Wow, that's...

That's the sweetest gift
anyone has ever given me.

So sweet.

Now if you will excuse me,
I have to use the restroom.

(CLATTERS)

Be careful, be careful.

You're so fuckin' full of
shit.

I might be but I'm never gonna
tell you.

(LAUGHING)
(JAZZY MUSIC)

(SINGING)

Can I have another drink
please?

Sure, coming right up.

(MUTTERING)

You're doing, you know,
you're doing the best.

You're only trying to do your
best.

I miss my daughter,
I miss my little girl.

I miss my little girl so much.

I guess I didn't really know,
you know...

(CRYING)

Hey come here.

I got nothing left, I got
nothing left, I got nothing left

here, it's all gone, it's
all gone, I got nothing left,

I got nothing left, okay.

She's gone, she got run over,
I got nothing left, okay.

Oh fuck.

It's okay Joe, it's okay god
damnit.

Can't even get that fucking
asshole a wedding gift.

- Listen to me.
- What?

I knew you'd find out.

I know.

I told you, remember, I said
that,

he still knows what I said.

You get one little fuckin'
inkling of anything,

I'll back you up.

I mean that.

- You hear me?
- Yeah.

- Hear me?
- Yeah.

That still goes, never change.

Can I get one more beer?

Yeah.

You dirty bastard.

(DOOR OPENS)

Shit, fuck!

Oh shit!

(LAUGHS)

Well I bet you that looked
stupid.

Oh my.

(GRUNTING)

Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.

Come on, oh!

(LAUGHS)

(MIMICKING CAR DRIVING)

(GAS BURNER CLICKING)

Hey are you a fag or what?

What?

You heard me.

Trent.

You got a great lady there.

I wish I was 30 years younger.

You need to take care of her.

- I plan...
- No!

I don't fucking care, you don't,
do you!

Huh?

You're not, are you?

I mean what in the fuck
you letting this asshole

steal your girl for?

I'm sick of hearing about
this!

It's none of your business,
you're just a fucking drunk!

Yeah well I might be a fucking
drunk

(DOOR SLAMS)

but at least I'm honest about
it.

Huh?

What are you?

Lying cocksucker!

Your whole fucking life is a
fucking lie and you know it!

I know who you are!

You don't fool me.

You might fool everybody
else but you don't fool me!

36 years.

Mm, mm.

Wow.

Place is really clean.

Thank you.

No problem.

Jackie called and she
wanted me to tell you

that she's gonna call you
sometime tomorrow morning.

Alright, thanks.

I'm gonna go soak in the
tub, I'm chilled to the bone.

Hey Trent.

You look cleaner.

McNoughten, nice.

So what are you celebrating,

you finally found a home that'd
take you?

(LAUGHING)

That was a good one.

Yeah, yeah, grab a
glass and I'll tell you.

TRENT: Oh no no, that's
alright.

Oh come on.

What's the matter wise-ass,
you don't like scotch?

Actually, I really enjoy
scotch.

Well then grab a glass.

We're celebrating.

Okay.

I wanna apologize for
the way I've treated you.

Cheers.

(GLASSES CLINK)

November 12, 1972.

- Okay.
- Ah.

TRENT: So what's that,
the end of the Vietnam War?

No, that's the day I killed my
wife.

You killed your wife?

In a manner of speaking, yeah.

I was drunk and high and
ran the car off the road.

She was thrown from it
and killed instantly.

Jesus.

How horrible.

It was.

She was a perfect light.

I've never found another like
her.

Mr. Morris mentioned that
you were his father in law

so that would mean that
you have a daughter.

Yeah, Katie.

She was with the sitter that
night.

TRENT: And you and her don't
get along?

Not really.

After Abby died,

I went into this really,
really dark place.

And I wasn't fit to be a father
and

I put her up for adoption.

She was 10.

We got together a couple
years ago, we reunited

and she still hasn't forgiven
me for abandoning her

and killing her mother

and I can't say that I blame
her.

(CLEARS THROAT)

That's a pretty awful thing
to go through at 10 years old.

Horrible thing to go through
at any age.

Yeah you're right.

Jackie reminds me a lot of Abby.

She's got that same
zest for life, you know?

So every year since 1972

you drink a bottle of
scotch in her memory?

Yeah.

But, you know, I'm almost
always with somebody else,

and this year it's you.

Cheers.

(GLASSES CLINK)

- To new wives.
- And lost loves.

So there's this old maid.

She wants to travel by bus

to the pet cemetery with
the remains of her cat.

She gets up on the bus and
she says to the driver,

"I've got a dead pussy."

The driver looks at her,
points to the seat behind him

and says, "Why don't you
sit down there with my wife,

"you got a lot in common."

(FUNKY MUSIC)

So.

(GLASSES CLINK)

Come on, get up.

Okay, like this, right at the
end, right?

Then.

(LAUGHING)

(GLASSES CLINKING)

(SHOUTS)

Yeah, yeah I got my bag
of tricks right here.

No no no, I don't know any.

Oh come on, you gotta know
one.

TRENT: No, I mean I really
don't.

Oh, don't be such a pussy,
come on.

Okay.

It's not very good.

I don't care, just tell me a
joke.

- Okay.
- Alright.

(LAUGHING)

So the pope is making
his way down the line

and he stops and he
leans over and he says,

"I told you yesterday to
get the fuck outta here."

(LAUGHING)

Not that (MUMBLING).

- Oh yeah.
- With all them

boyos coming up.

Whoa.

Whoa, holy shit.

I gotta go to bed, I gotta go
to bed, class in the morning.

Hey, I had a good time tonight.

Thanks man.

MARVIN: Hey, you're welcome.

You're a good guy, Trent.

- Yeah.
- You're alright.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(TENSE MUSIC)

JACKIE: What would it hurt?

Who would know?

MARVIN: I could keep her
tuned up.

This one taken?

WOMAN: You're never gonna get
married.

(HORNS HONKING)

(CRASHING)

(SNORING)

What the fuck?

What the fuck?

I'm sorry.

Trent, what the fuck
are you doing in my bed?

I'm sorry, it was an accident.

I'm sorry, it was an accident.

What do you mean it was an
accident, you fuckin' fag?

Don't call me that.

Well then tell me how it was
an accident

you were in my bed.

I have these dreams
sometimes and I just wake up...

Dreams?

You twisted fuck.

You were jacking off.

No, no, it's not like that.

You were jacking off in my
bed.

No, no!

No that's not it.

No, you were jacking off,
weren't you?

You're a sick queer-ass
motherfucker

and I knew it all along I knew
that

the only way you could be with
her and not be fuckin' her

is if you were a fag.

Right?

Huh?

Don't call me that, I'm not a
fag.

Yeah you are, you're
a fag, you're a fag.

I'm gonna beat your
fuckin' little faggot ass

and then I'm gonna call
your girl and tell her

you were beating it in my bed,
okay?

What do you think she's
gonna think of that, huh?

What do you think?

Ah, forget that, I'm not
gonna have to beat you.

I'm gonna tell Jackie

that you were jacking off in my
bed

while I was asleep.

I'm sure she's gonna wanna know
why.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(HITS)

You motherfucker!

Son of a bitch, I'm
gonna fucking kill you!

Fuck!

Shut up!

You motherfucker!

You never fucking use an
ashtray!

You never fucking clean up after
yourself!

You never fucking flush
the fucking toilet!

(SOBBING)

Why can't you just be nice?

(BREATHING RAGGEDLY)

(WHIMPERING)

Oh Jesus, what did I do?

Oh my god.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(CRYING)

(GROANING)

(BEEPS)

JACKIE: Hi honey.

I know you're there.

Did you take the rings?

I'm taking the plane, see
you tomorrow, I'm so excited.

So excited.

(BEEPS)

Hey, honey, I haven't
received any answer from you.

What's wrong?

Call me.

(BEEPS)

Trent, I've called you for
four days and I have no answer.

Are you regretting about the
wedding?

(LAUGHS)

What's going on?

Call me.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(BEEPS)

I'm on my way home so we need to
talk.

You know what the best thing

about fucking 25 year olds is?

No, I don't know.

There's 20 of 'em.

JACKIE: Trent?

Trent.
(KNOCKING)

I just wanna talk to you.

Trent, you in there?

Baby, I just wanna hear your
voice.

I don't know why you won't talk
to me.

Trent.

(KNOCKING)

Trent!

DETECTIVE CALLAHAN: Trent,
this is Detective Callahan.

Listen, I just need to
talk to you for a minute

so if you could open the
door, that would be great.

(SIRENS WAILING)

(KNOCKING)

Trent, we know you're in there,

you just looked out the window.

(GAS HISSING)

Gonna have to go in.

Okay, we need to get everyone
out of here.

JACKIE: Trent.

(BANGING)

- Trent, open.
- Come on, come on.

JACKIE: Trent, pick up, no,
no!

Trent, open up, Trent!

No, no, get your fucking hands
off of me!

MAN: Let us do our
job, let us do our job.

(BANGING)

- I am.
- We're doing our jobs.

- No!
- Come on.

We're gonna go this way, come
on.

MAN: Unit two, 219.

Transport is on the way.

(BANGING)

MAN: Officers on the scene.

MAN: Police, open up!

(BANGING)

Goodbye.

(LIGHTER CLICKS)

("TO BRING MY LIGHT" BY TALIA
KOSH)

♪ When the road is gone ♪

♪ When they tell you ♪

♪ You've gotta move along ♪

♪ When the sky is black ♪

♪ And they pray for you but you
tell 'em ♪

♪ You're not coming back ♪

♪ Oh oh ♪

♪ To bring my light to you my
love ♪

♪ At least to cry and scream
with you ♪

♪ To the heavens up above ♪

♪ We sing together ♪

♪ We sing we sing ♪

♪ Sing together ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ When I look into your eyes ♪

♪ I see I see an angel in
disguise ♪

♪ From himself ♪

♪ And as creatures we walk this
earth ♪

♪ We can look up ♪

♪ We can look up to the sky ♪

♪ We can look up ♪

♪ We can look up to the stars ♪

♪ Oh to bring my light to you my
love ♪

♪ At least to cry and scream
with you ♪

♪ To the heavens up above ♪

♪ We sing together ♪

♪ We sing we sing ♪

♪ Sing together ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ To bring my light to you my
love ♪

♪ At least to cry and scream
with you ♪

♪ To the heavens up above ♪

♪ We sing together ♪

♪ We sing we sing ♪

♪ Sing together ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ Know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪

♪ And I know you well ♪