Chasing Sundance (2023) Movie Script

Scene 12 Harry,

take three, mark.

- And when I say I goddamn--

- Hold on, you gotta

wait for "action."

- Okay.

- Action.

And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe

I goddamn do.

Let's--

let's try that again.

Yeah, can we--

can you do that again,

but, like, actually...

-I don't know, just put

a little more into it?

-Yeah.

And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe

I goddamn do.

- That was great.

- -I'm still not feeling it, man.

- What's wrong?

- It's just--

Take nine, mark.

And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe

I goddamn will.

Uh, uh, Sheldon,

it's actually "I goddamn do,"

not "will do."

Okay. Let's just,

one more take--

And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe I will.

Take 17, mark.

And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe

I goddamn do.

- And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe...

I... you...

- "That I goddamn do."

- Goddamn...

So there's two parts

of the sentence, all right?

"When I say I goddamn

mean it," so say that.

When I say

I goddamn mean it.

And when I say that

I'll mean it, that--

No, no, no.

It's "When I say I goddamn mean it."

Say it to yourself

in your head a few times,

and then let's take it, okay?

Scene 12 hiccup,

take 34, mark.

Action.

And when I say

I goddamn mean it,

you best believe

I goddamn do.

Yeah. That was awesome.

- That was great.

- Uh, yeah.

- Sheldon, great job.

- Let's cut it.

Let's cut it, Sheldon.

Good job.

- Whoo!

- -That's a wrap, everyone.

- Dude...

- Good seeing ya.

You killed it, man.

Thank you so much for

doing this, it was amazing.

Yeah, you fucking

killed it, man.

It was great.

We'll, uh, take a look

at the footage,

and I'll let you know

how the movie turns out,

but I think it's good.

-Sounds good.

-Yeah, later, man.

Thank you for doing this.

-Later, Riley.

-See you later.

See you, PJ.

-Fuck yeah,

man, that's a wrap.

-No, we can't turn this in.

The film

doesn't work and...

we're-- we're-- we're fucking

seriously kidding ourselves

if we think this is gonna

get us into Sundance.

So we might as well own up

to it now and get over it.

C-Can you say something? I...

Why?

The film doesn't work.

What do you mean why?

What-- what--

You saw that-- that scene

that we just did.

It's been the same way,

that same thing,

for the past week of shooting.

So, look, you brought me

on this project

to be your second pair

of eyes, right?

To be that

sort of objective force,

you know, when you get

blinded by your own work.

Well,

I'm trying to be objective,

and I'm not

bullshitting you, man.

I'm trying to--

I'm trying to be your friend.

I'm trying to, like,

fucking help you.

Why wouldn't you

tell me this earlier?

Because it just popped

in my head, okay?

If I had known earlier,

I would've told you earlier.

Look, Nathan, man, I'm--

I'm really--

I'm proud of what we did.

And I'm glad that you were

passionate about this.

I think you wrote

a good script and there's

some great dialogue

and I'm so honored

that you asked me

to direct this with you,

but the film doesn't work.

All right?

And that hurts me just as much

as it should hurt you.

Look, all right,

you know what?

You don't have to say

anything, but let's just--

why don't we get drunk

and we can talk about it

and we can get over it

together, how's that sound?

-Yeah, whatever.

-Cool.

All right.

Look at this

objectively, objectively,

and ask yourself if this

could get into Sundance,

and the answer is no,

and the sooner you

accept that,

the sooner

you're gonna feel better,

and the sooner you're gonna--

you're gonna be

in the same place

that I'm in, all right?

It doesn't make me feel good.

Okay, okay,

so what's your plan? Right?

-'Cause here's the thing.

-I don't have a plan.

-If I had a plan,

I would've told you.

-Hold on.

Here's the thing

about this project, right?

This is our final summer

before we have to actually go

out and get jobs, right?

-All right.

-And our plan was

we make one final movie.

-Yes, I know.

-This summer we have the time

to make one final movie,

so we make it, we make it great.

-We submit it to Sundance.

-And that didn't happen.

And then we get

to make feature films,

we get to make movies after.

This kick-starts

our career, right?

If we don't submit anything,

we're gonna end up

in a cubicle

doing development work

for the rest of our lives.

The same thing happens

if we submit something

'cause nothing is gonna happen.

But we at least

shoot our shot.

You might as well save

the $40, you're gonna need it.

Dude, even if you think

it's not that good,

I think we just submit it

and we shoot our shot.

I don't see the problem

with just trying.

-It doesn't fucking work.

-Dude, no, no.

-You don't know

what you're talking about.

-I know what I'm talking about.

-You're talking a big game.

-I wouldn't tell you this

if I didn't know.

-You don't have an idea.

What are we gonna do then?

-You want a solution?

-Yeah, you

don't have a solution.

-I'll get you a solution.

-I wrote this movie,

I was gonna direct it by myself.

-Shut up!

And I brought you onto it

cause you're my friend.

I could have directed this

by myself

and just submitted it and just

avoided this whole problem.

But if I knew that you were

just gonna be a pain in the ass

and say the movie sucks,

I wouldn't have

brought you on.

Dude, your big plan is gonna

get us fucking nowhere.

-You have no i--

-Shh! Quiet!

-What?

-I have--

-No, you have no idea.

-I have a solution.

What the fuck do you want?

Okay, yeah.

I have

something for you, okay?

Let's fucking hear it.

Let's hear the big idea.

What's better

than a short film?

Here's what we do.

All right, here's what we do.

We take a road trip,

Hunter S. Thompson style,

through the great

American West,

all the while, we're making

a feature fucking film, man.

A feature film.

A feature film, Nathan.

This shit will be

so raw and unfiltered

that it can't help but be

a cinematic triumph, man.

No script, no fucking

bullshit story structure.

Forget all that!

No fucking actors

and crew to weigh us down

the whole time.

Everything that we learned

in film school,

we just throw it

out the window.

And the best part?

The best part is that,

as we shoot more and more,

we get closer and closer

and closer

to Park City, Utah.

So it's not just

some feature film.

It's a fucking pilgrimage

to Sundance.

I mean, this could--

this could really be like

a Mecca for us.

Like, I'm serious,

I don't say that lightly.

And after two weeks,

after two weeks,

we walk ourselves up

to the Sundance headquarters,

and we're like,

"Here's our film."

We hand it in in person

like all the greats used to do.

Tarantino,

Paul Thomas Anderson,

Spielberg,

Lucas, Ridley Scott,

anyone that pops

into your brain.

They handed it in in person,

I bet you that.

So we're not only making

a feature film,

we're making it in

the most hardcore way possible.

You can't sit there and tell me

that's not fucking cool.

Dude, we got 14 days.

We have 14 days

until the Sundance deadline.

I think we're better off

just doing post production

on my movie.

Buddy, buddy, buddy.

I can't do this

without you.

You are the only person,

the only person I would trust

with something like this.

I mean, fuck everyone else,

Nathan, all right?

No one's doing shit

this summer.

They're either working

their fucking bullshit

nine-to-fives

at some bullshit

script development company...

fuck that...

or they're working

on some stupid, lame-ass

short-film passion project

about anorexia or depression.

I mean, whatever.

Who gives a fuck?

Fuck them.

They don't have what we have.

They don't have the drive.

They don't have-- they don't

have the conviction that we do.

There's not a single person

in our graduating class

that I could point to

that has the balls

for something like this.

I need you.

Because I can't--

I can't do this alone.

I can't do this alone, man.

But together,

we can do this shit.

And it's gonna be better

than any short film

we've ever made.

So what do you say?

I see that look

in your face, man.

I see that fucking look

in your face.

All right, sit the fuck down,

dude, you're stressing me out.

Don't sit there and tell me

you're not at least

a little bit interested.

-All right, yeah. Fuck it.

-Fuck yes, yes!

-Yeah.

-Stand up, man.

-Come on, get up here.

-You don't have to--

Get the fuck up

and give me a fucking hug.

♪ Ow! ♪

Let's see what we got.

Uh... zip.

You know, this would be

much easier

if they just kind of like

self-inflated.

-Oh, this is a cover.

-You don't want the cover?

-We don't need the cover.

-What if it rains?

-Is it gonna rain?

-I don't know, man.

I didn't check

the fucking weather.

I'm good to go

whenever you are.

- We're in.

- Yeah? Good.

- Are we supposed

to fit through that?

All in a day's work, brother.

It's pretty fucking good.

This was a great idea.

Yeah,

it's a pretty good first day.

Tomorrow we'll start shooting

and it's gonna get even better.

I promise.

Good night.

Good night, man.

This is fucking beautiful.

This is exactly

what I was talking about

when I pitched this

to you, man.

This is what we needed,

we needed to get outside

and-and get away

from all that LA lifestyle.

Yeah, this scenery is great.

I'm gonna find a place

to pull off and then

we'll start filming.

-All right, let's do it, man.

-Let's do it!

-This is nice.

-Deep in there,

we'll do the opening scene.

-How does that sound?

-What's the opening scene?

-You got costumes, right?

-What's the scene?

-What are we doing?

-First costumes and then--

-Tell me the scene.

-Let's just get

the fucking costumes out,

and then we'll start

the scene, all right?

I don't even know

what we have.

All right.

Okay, so go behind that tree.

I'm gonna go

behind one of these trees

and just, like, try on

a bunch of different costumes,

and we'll kind of--

we'll decide on

what's best, okay?

-All right, yeah.

-Cool.

-And surprise me, all right?

-Okay.

I want something--

I want something cool.

I want some, like,

you know, iconic costumes.

Yeah.

All right, close your eyes.

-Nathan, close your eyes.

-Okay, okay, okay.

-Close-- like, cover 'em.

-I'm closing them.

-All right, whatever.

-Jesus.

And open.

Huh?

Huah!

A little Western vibe.

Is that like-- is that

cultural appropriation?

What? It's a cloak.

Eh.

You ready?

I have--

I have something.

-Can I open them?

-Yeah.

Western fit.

We're not really going

for, like,

a Brokeback Mountain

look, though, man.

-Well, it's a cowboy fit,

you know?

-What's this?

You've got the collar

popped and everything.

-Why do you have a rope?

-I didn't fix this.

-Are you gonna

strangle me to death?

-No, I mean, it's just a prop.

-I just have it.

-All right, well, let's--

can we see something else?

-You want a different one? Fine.

-Yeah, show me something else.

Okay, open your eyes

in three, two, one...

Open.

-All right, that's fucked up.

-No, no, no.

-That's fucked up.

You can't do that.

-No, Nazis make great villains.

We could have

a great Nazi villain, right?

All right,

what about this one?

Ah, for fuck sake, man.

Come on,

Western fucking Jesus, man.

Gun-slinging Jesus.

Pew, pew, pew!

I think this is the costume

for my character.

Oh, God, dude.

I mean, you know, we need

a little blasphemy in the movie

to get the controversy,

machine going.

That's what Tarantino

has been saying.

-We need-- We need blasphemy.

-Exactly, Sundance wants this.

Sundance wants this.

Sundance hates Jesus.

They might.

- I'm ready.

- You good?

Yep.

- Preacher fit.

- What?

I'm Jesus, man.

You look like a judge.

Well, it's like

my old choir fit,

but I thought it'd be cool.

It's, like, different, right?

You wanted a colorful kind of...

It's a little different.

Um...

All right,

well, give me something

a little more to work with.

-Give me something

a little more.

-What do you want?

Something that pops,

you know, like the fucking

gun-slinging Jesus.

- You wanted a reaction for this one?

-Yeah.

-Okay.

-I want something that pops.

-Jacob?

-Yeah.

Look.

What the fuck, man?

You wanted

something absurd.

-Are you gonna be naked

in the movie?

-Yeah, dude.

You said you wanted

something absurd,

so I gave you something absurd.

I could have gone my whole

life without seeing your dick

in front of me,

but now, now, thank you.

I'm gonna have to go

wash my eyes out.

Dude, you-- you're

being dramatic, man.

So what, do you only

have two costumes?

- Well, yeah,

two costumes and naked.

-What do you want from me, man?

-Just take the preacher one.

-The preach--

-You know what?

-We'll figure it out.

-Hold on. First, first, I...

I've got something.

We're gonna do the opening

scene right here.

I've got something for you,

and I think you're gonna

like it, okay?

You'll be a different

character, okay,

and then you'll wear

the preacher one later.

-Okay?

-What's the scene?

What?

All right,

you good to go, Nathan?

No.

What do you mean no?

I mean, I have

no clue what we're doing.

You're-- you're playing guitar

and you're--

it's the opening

of the movie.

Yeah, I know that.

But what is the context here?

Why am I--

-Why do you need context?

-Look at what I'm wearing, dude.

This is weird.

I know what you're wearing.

That's a cool visual.

This is like some weird

Terrence Malick type shit.

What's wrong

with Terrence Malick?

This is weird

for the point of being weird.

-No.

-Does this have anything

to do with the movie?

That's not important, okay?

What we're--

it's-- it's a cool visual,

and we're gonna get it.

What is your problem

with getting a cool visual?

All right, so what--

what am I doing?

I said you're playing guitar

and that's all.

You're just playing guitar.

The credits are gonna roll

on this.

It's gonna be like

an old-fashioned-style

credits, you know?

- All right, fine.

- Thank you, okay.

I mean, you're gonna

love this shot when you

come back up here, man.

This is fucking weird.

All right.

Why'd you stop?

Is this-- what is--

what is the movie even about?

-That's not important.

-Yeah, it is.

I wanna understand

what I'm doing here.

Can we just finish the scene?

What is the movie about?

The point of this

entire road trip, Nathan,

was to go on the road

and be in nature

and discover it as we go.

There's not a specific plot,

okay, that we're following.

We're just-- we're making it.

It's raw, you know?

Nathan, can you--

can you just keep the--

Do you not have a plan

for this movie?

-That's an unfair question.

-You don't have a plan

for this movie?

No, that's an unfair question.

It's not important

whether there's a plan.

It's important

whether there's a vision,

and there's definitely a vision.

We've both got

that vision, you know?

Okay.

-I'm like Steve Jobs.

I'm the plan man.

-Nope, I'm gonna talk.

So you're telling me

that we stopped my short film

and we threw that in the can--

-Yes, because

that was not gonna--

-We stopped the short film...

-Yes.

-...and we're going

on a road trip...

-Yes.

-...to shoot a feature...

-Yes.

-...and you have

no fucking clue

what the feature

is even about?

-All right.

-You don't know

what you're doing,

and I'm just out here in--

what the fuck is this?

-You--

-What am I doing?

You want to be lame

and brainstorm for ten minutes?

We can do that.

I'll compromise with you,

and we can brainstorm.

What do you mean compromise?

It's common sense.

-We should have an idea

of what we're doing.

-Shut up! Shut up!

-We'll brainstorm.

-You're a fucking idiot, dude.

-You're a fucking idiot.

-It was a good shot

and you fucking ruined it.

No.

-Okay, I've got

a couple ideas.

-Okay.

So I think

the first thing is, we have

a lot of mountain ranges here,

and we could do

kind of like a Western thing.

We could rent some horses

and kind of do, like, a cool--

I'm not exactly sure

what we'll do, but maybe,

like, the cowboys or...

Okay, what else you got?

What else you got?

Um, so that's one

of the ideas.

Uh, another one, this one

I think is pretty cool, is,

what if we did

a fantasy movie

and we did this whole

world-building thing--

No fantasy, no fantasy.

Hard no. Just--

we don't have the budget.

We don't have the means

to pull something off like that.

Well, we're trying

to redefine the genre.

Redefine,

whatever you want to call it.

It's not gonna happen.

It's not gonna happen in a way

that we want it to, okay?

Unfortunately.

-You're not sold on fantasy.

-And you just did a fantasy

with your short film.

-Let's do something different.

-I just think they're cool.

Okay, this next one,

this one I think is awesome.

This one I think I have

a pretty clear vision for it.

We could do a sci-fi.

We do a sci-fi

in the wilderness.

We have animals.

-We have a bunch

of different landscapes.

-I've got something.

-I've got it.

-Well, let me finish.

No, no, hold on.

You're gonna like this.

And plus, sci-fi is never

gonna work either.

What do, uh...

what do The Goonies,

The Good, the Bad

and the Ugly,

and Three Kings

have in common?

Uh, they're in the desert?

I don't know.

No, they're

treasure-hunting movies.

Okay, treasure hunting.

That's, you know,

searching for gold.

It's as simple as you

can get with a fucking plot.

So the only thing the audience

has to worry about,

and the only thing

we have to worry about in terms

of character motives, is

they want gold, you know?

How much easier

can you get than that?

And plus, plus,

you get a lot of cool visuals

from treasure hunting.

You got, you know,

digging holes,

that's always cool.

Finding gold is just cool.

Like, something that's hidden

and you can't find it,

and then when they do find it,

it's awesome.

And we have gunfights

in the--

on the plains, in the forest,

and we have all these props.

I mean, we've got a shovel

in the back of my car.

We've got knives, we've got

fake pistols out the ass.

We're set for

something like this.

And we'll have

our funky costumes on.

And it becomes almost

like this Spy vs Spy,

sort of one-v-one situation.

And the best part,

not a lot of dialogue,

which you and I both know

is probably pretty important

considering, uh...

considering our lack of crew.

So what do you think?

It's actually not bad.

-Really?

-It's not bad.

I mean, it's simple.

I was expecting

more of an argument.

-All right, let's do it.

-All right.

Oh, well.

What's your character's

name again?

-Santiago.

-Santiago, that's it.

Santiago, okay.

I don't think we ever told--

I don't even think

we made character names.

What's your character name?

Uh, I'm thinking

like Bocephus...

-Bocephus Callahan.

-Bocephus?

Bocephus Callahan.

You don't really look like

a Bocephus or a Callahan.

-Like more of a...

-What is that supposed

to mean?

-Well, it just doesn't--

-What do I look like?

Ah, well, if is it--

if it isn't Santiago,

the Great Inferno.

Bocephus.

I can't say that

with a straight face.

Boceph-- Bocephus Callahan.

-Yeah, I know, but like...

-Let's try it.

-I have to look you

in the face and say...

-And say Boce--

-Bocephus!

-Yeah. Yeah, try it again.

You just did it,

you just did it.

It was fine.

Well, well, well!

If it ain't Santiago,

the Great Inferno.

Well, if it isn't Bocephus,

my archnemesis.

-I'm gonna-- I'm gonna

fucking kill you.

-Bocephus!

-Why are you

holding it sideways?

-I don't know.

It's just more intimidating

that way, right?

Yeah, I mean, I guess

Jesus would hold it sideways.

Right, no, I feel like--

Hold on, give me

the double real quick.

Like-- oh, shit.

It'd be like...

-Right?

-Yeah, and what the fuck

am I supposed to hold?

-I have a knife in the car.

-How would a knife hold up

against two guns?

You throw it really fast.

Well, well, well!

If it ain't Santiago,

the Great Inferno.

Bocephus,

you goddamn son of a bitch.

Santiago, what brings you

out to these parts?

I assume you're looking

for the treasure, too?

Well, I think we're on

the same page, brother man.

You know this only ends

one way with both of us.

You die or I die.

So why don't we just

back away?

The next time I see

that goddamn disgusting

red-ass pepperoni-crumb beard

around these parts,

there's only one way

this is gonna end,

with a lead bullet

bursting through your brains.

I do hope it comes to that,

Bocephus.

-Yeah, that's a cut.

That's a cut, yeah.

-Cut.

-That was pretty good.

-Hell yeah, man.

I liked the, uh, I liked that,

like, the square-off

when you came up

and it was face-to-face.

Right, this is good.

This is good.

-All right, let's move on.

-Yeah.

♪ Nathan ♪

♪ And Jacob ♪

♪ They set out

On a road trip ♪

♪ With an iron on their hip ♪

♪ 'Cause they're gonna

Make a movie ♪

♪ They're gonna make

A movie ♪

♪ They're gonna

Make a movie ♪

♪ They're gonna make a movie ♪

♪ And not just any movie ♪

♪ They're gonna make

The best goddamn movie ♪

♪ The best goddamn movie

The world's ever seen ♪

♪ And it's gonna

Get into Sundance ♪

♪ Then they're gonna do

A little-little dance ♪

♪ They might

Take off their pants ♪

♪ They're gonna clap

Their hands ♪

♪ Oh, my God

There's smoke in my eyes ♪

♪ And I just might cry ♪

♪ Because this movie

Is gonna be so beautiful ♪

♪ And you're just

Such a great friend ♪

And, ah, fuck, man.

Oh, fuck.

♪ Oh, they're gonna

Make a movie ♪

♪ They're gonna make a movie ♪

- I feel high as fuck and I

haven't even smoked anything.

You just got

to get it together.

Is that--

is that the theme song?

It's part of it.

Yeah, it sounded like shit.

Yeah, you're right.

That fucking sucked.

-We can't use any of this.

-No, no.

These all fucking suck.

Maybe if I was a better singer,

we'd have a better song.

- No, no, no chance.

- Why not?

- This is fucking stupid.

- -Why not?

Look at the road.

The car is an all-wheel drive.

It can-- it'll be fine.

Have you ever taken

your car off-roading before?

-Not on this road,

but, yeah, yeah.

-When?

-Why do you need--

-When?

-Nathan--

-Because I think

you're lying, man.

When have you taken

your car off-roading?

We went on this journey

to try new things, so...

-Look at the fucking hill.

-Why don't we try...

-No, no, no.

-Nathan.

I'm willing to do a lot

of things with you, man,

but I'm not gonna

risk my life for this.

-We're not risking our lives.

We'd be risking the car.

-This is just stupidity.

-Listen, listen.

-This is just stupidity.

Give me the first, like,

part of it just to test it.

All right,

just a little tester.

And if it's too bad for you,

then maybe we'll go back.

-It's not too bad for me,

it's too bad for both of us.

-Nathan! Nathan!

Nathan, stop being a pussy

and just go up the hill with me.

We're gonna fucking die.

- Look, like, I can't go.

- Just...

Okay, you failed the right.

So now we can either go

the left or the middle.

-But that one's

gonna clip as well.

-It's an adventure.

Well, at least you

won't hit a fucking tree.

Bang.

Ooh! Nope! Nope!

- That was painful, that was painful.

-Nope.

That was painful.

And look, look at that shit.

Okay, stay on the left.

Look at the tire tracks.

- Fuck my life!

- Stay on the tire tracks.

This was

a terrible fucking idea.

Okay,

well, it wasn't my idea.

Fuck!

You're good,

you're good, you're good.

Oh, dude, Jesus Christ.

That was not good at all.

Fuck, fuck.

Double fuck. Triple fuck!

-There's rocks inside my car!

-You're good, you're good.

-There's rocks inside of my car!

-You're good.

Relax, relax, take it slow,

take it slow, take it slow.

Slow down! Jacob!

Hey, hey, hey!

Pull it together.

Slow down,

slow down, slow down.

Pull it together.

-Look, we're good. We're good.

-Shit! Jesus fuck.

Fuck, fuck.

Look. We made it.

We're good.

Do you want to drive?

I think we should use the GPS.

Why are you so against

using maps, again?

I'm not against using maps,

I'm against getting lost.

We don't know where we are.

There's-- there's a difference

between being lost

and exploring,

and what we're doing

is exploring

so that we can get,

you know, a better movie.

I mean, I'm for exploring,

but I'm just wondering,

where are we right now?

-That's not important now.

-You can't tell me that.

That's the thing

I'm not gonna tell you

because-- because...

-Because what?

-Using maps is much cooler

and fits the logic

behind how we're making

this movie much better.

-So I am against using a GPS.

-Well, map-maps are cool,

but getting lost isn't.

Okay, I don't want

to get lost on this trip.

Okay, that's something

I want just to completely avoid.

You wanna use

a GPS and ruin the fun,

go ahead, be my guest.

-So I think we should use a GPS

to figure out where we're going.

-Be my guest.

Okay, let's just keep

shooting the movie.

We'll figure out where we--

We'll figure out something else.

Do you see where

we are right now, Nathan?

We wouldn't have gotten here

if we were using your GPS

and went along all

the fucking major highways

and shit, okay?

-I mean, no, this is cool.

-The map is leading us.

I'm saying, we gotta

figure out where we are.

We gotta get out of this--

The map has a mind of its own,

and it's leading us

somewhere good right now,

so if we just

keep going along that,

we're gonna get something cool.

-All right?

-All right, yeah.

Well, well, well.

It looks like

we're all out of bullets.

That only means one thing.

Hand-to-hand combat.

- Ow!

- Well...

Looks like I got the best--

Stop, stop, stop, stop,

stop, stop! Fuck!

You all right?

No, I'm not all right, man.

You just threw me

onto a fucking stick.

What the fuck, Nathan?

What the fuck was that?

You said to tackle you.

Yeah, not that fucking hard,

man.

-What do you...?

-What do you mean,

a soft tackle?

Why do you have to be

such an asshole?

Like, do you want me

to do that to you right now?

I was just doing

what you told me to do.

Well, not that hard!

God.

Jesus fuck.

I could have been

stabbed or something.

I mean,

did you think about that?

Movie over if that happens.

Then we're in the hospital.

That's no fun.

Seriously, fuck you, dude.

I'm done.

I'm done for the day.

Let's go, get the camera.

Sorry about the tackle, man.

It's fine.

Just, uh... it's fine.

What are you doing?

Um, it's just something I do.

What?

A couple years ago,

I found 100 dollars in one

of these motel Bibles

so now I do it

every single time.

All right, whatever.

I'm gonna take a shower.

-Um...

-Can you get that?

Yeah, I'll get that.

Jesus fuck.

Get against the wall!

- Okay, the wall, relax.

Get the fuck back.

Stay the fuck back!

Where are your wallets?

Your wallets?

-Right there on the desk.

-Um, here, here, here, here.

Take the fucking wallet.

-Five fucking dollars?

-I'm sorry, okay?

-Where's your wallet?

-Right there on the nightstand.

Right there on the nightstand.

On the nightstand.

- Four dollars?

- Wait, wait!

-Yep, yep.

-Just four fucking dollars?

Get the fuck up.

I don't want any trouble.

Grab him, grab him!

-Hold him!

-What?

Hold his fucking body.

Grasp him around.

Fucking mean it.

Like this?

- Are you guys friends?

- Yes.

- You two friends?

- Yes.

Listen to me.

Don't take that

for fucking granted.

- All right.

-Don't take it for fucking granted.

Nope, definitely not.

Now shut up about this.

- Yeah.

- You didn't see shit.

- Yep.

- Okay.

I'm gonna go throw up.

He didn't even

take the money.

Cheers to that.

Yo.

Hey, hey,

slow it down, slow it down.

Fuck.

Want some water or something?

No, I'm fine.

All right.

Can you sit down?

Yeah, yeah.

Do you want

to hear a funny story?

Yeah.

My high school

used to take, um...

We used to take, like,

sort of summer field trips,

you know, to different

countries and stuff.

We went to the Galapagos.

We went to Europe.

We went to all sorts of places,

and, um, we went to, uh...

we went to Scotland

and Ireland, okay?

And the one rule,

the one fucking rule

on this trip was

you can't drink.

You can't drink

in Scotland and Ireland.

But we were drinking

the whole trip.

We were having a fucking blast

and we were going hardcore.

And then the final night,

we're like, yeah, we gotta--

we gotta keep drinking, right?

-Yeah.

-Of course

we gotta keep drinking.

It's the last night,

anything could happen.

And so my roommate,

my roommate Tucker,

he snuck out that night.

Everything was good.

And I was like,

"Maybe I'll sneak out tonight.

You know, everything's okay,

I'll sneak out."

And so I walk out,

I go to the staircase area

where the elevators are

and there's our fucking teacher.

Our fucking chaperone

is sitting on the stairs,

probably drunk as hell himself,

and I look at him for a moment,

and he is looking at his phone,

and I'm like, "Oh, fuck,"

and I dip behind the window.

And I'm like,

"Did he see me?"

And in my drunkenness,

I'm like, "No, we're good."

And so I went up--

I went up to the girls' room,

and I was having a great time.

I mean, this is the best time

of my fucking life, man.

I mean, before all of this,

everyone's like,

"This is just the film kid."

You know, everyone's like,

"This is the film guy.

He just makes movies."

And I had one guy to ten,

15 girls in this room,

and we were playing--

we were playing

Cards Against Humanity.

And I felt like

a fucking king, okay?

And Tucker, the coolest guy,

he thought I was a cool guy.

Everyone thought--

everyone thought I was

a cool guy.

But it turns out,

the fucking chaperone

on the staircase,

who was drunk himself,

saw me, and people started

knocking on doors.

I dipped out, I went up

through like a bunch

of fire escapes.

I was trying to figure out,

how am I gonna get out

of this situation?

How am I gonna do this?

I cannot get in trouble.

And so I'm going through

these fire escapes.

And then I go down

the fire escape

a little bit more,

and there's the teacher

looking right back at me

through the fucking window

of this fire escape.

And...

And I'm like,

"Well, all right, that's it.

I mean, I had my run.

I had my good run.

There he is,

they caught us."

And then we went back

to our room

while they were assessing

the situation or whatever.

And they came back in

and they're like,

"Okay, you guys,

we're gonna give you

a slip of peach--

of paper each.

And you, you have to write

down on your slip of paper

who drank

and who bought the alcohol."

And for whatever reason

in my brain,

you know,

whatever fucking dumb reason,

I wrote down that Tucker

had bought it

'cause he's this tall-ass guy.

He's the fucking drug dealer

of the school.

And I wrote down

he had done it.

I obviously wrote down

my name and I wrote down

two other names,

and I fucking ratted them out

like a fucking snitch.

And so the fucking...

the...

you know, I felt--

I felt like I was a part

of something on the trip,

like people actually liked me

for something outside of film.

And then I fucking blew it

by doing something stupid.

And I had

no rational explanation.

And of course,

I owned up to it.

I fucking told Tucker.

I was like, "Hey, man,

I wrote your name down."

And he never spoke

to me again, never.

It was so stupid, man.

I mean, no one even got

in trouble after that either.

Fucking lawyer parents,

you know.

Wow.

Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Let's get you to bed.

We got a long day

of shooting tomorrow.

All right,

you're set, right?

All right.

The same fucking terrain

we've been in for the last

200 miles.

There...

Nathan, we haven't done

shit today, man.

Do you realize that?

We haven't done shit.

If we don't do something

today, we're fucked.

We're gonna be behind schedule

more than we already are.

Like there's...

God, fuck!

-Yeah, we should probably--

-Who are you texting?

It's no one.

Oh, it's no one?

Who the fuck

are you texting, dude?

There's, like,

no service out here.

Who are you texting?

Do you remember, um--

do you remember Nikki?

Yeah, I remember Nikki.

Yeah, I'm talking to her.

-I mean, I've been

talking to her.

-Hmm.

And, uh...

Actually, you know what?

Could I get your opinion

on something?

Yeah, of course.

Uh, sorry, I know we're

trying to shoot a movie,

-but I just want to get

your thoughts real fast.

-Sure.

Uh...

But, yeah, man, I mean,

her and I have been

talking for a while now,

and we've been hanging out,

and she's just--

she's really cool, man.

But in the fall, I mean,

she's moving to the East Coast.

She's gonna be in

New York, and you and I,

we're staying in LA.

-Right.

-We're practically on opposite

sides of the country and...

-Look, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan.

-I'm thinking...

Just stop, all right?

I already know where it's going.

-Yeah, I wanna ask her

to be my girlfriend.

-Doesn't fucking matter.

Here's my advice,

short and simple.

Who fucking cares

about Nikki?

-I mean, fuck Nikki.

-Um, I-- I do.

Yeah, you care about her in,

like, the most...

meaningless sense

of the word.

Okay, you've talked to Nikki

for five months,

and you think you love her

or whatever, I mean--

Well, I don't think--

I mean, I just think I want

to give it a shot.

If you want to succeed

in this industry,

you can have--

you-- you have to have

no strings attached.

No, but you can have both.

What if I get burned out

doing film?

Dude, I've been here before.

I've been here before.

When your-- when your--

when your time and your energy--

when 50% of your life is

taken up by some fucking girl,

all right, you have no time

for anything else.

Your energy is just

sapped completely, okay?

And when you're on date nights

and you're spending money

on this person, all right,

you are taking time away

from doing projects

and things that

can advance your career,

and that means something

to you rather than someone

that's probably gonna forget

about you in less than a year.

Right now, what you

need to focus on is you,

not someone else, all right?

You devote time to you, right?

All right?

If you want to succeed,

you devote time to yourself.

Okay, I mean, just look

at all the divorced

fucking directors.

-All the actors, everyone.

-All right, I got it.

-There's no happiness.

-I got it, I get it.

All right, you focus

on your passion.

Okay, let's go

on to the next scene.

-If you want to...

-You're preaching to the choir.

-...torpedo your career...

-You're preaching to the choir.

-Let's go.

-...be my guest.

All right,

I'm all set up. Uh...

What are you doing

in the scene?

I don't fucking know,

Nathan, okay?

I-- just roll it.

I'll wing something, okay?

We can just make it up

as we go, okay?

-Fuck!

-Speeding.

Fucking hell, Christ!

Sorry.

What's up?

No, I'm not gonna tell you

where I am right now.

No, I'm not.

I turned off my location, too,

so don't bother with that.

All right, when I get home,

you can chew me out

if you want.

But for the moment,

you're just gonna have

to suck it up.

All right? 'Cause I'm doing

what I want to do.

All right, I'm being free.

I'm...

All right, if you--

if you want to argue,

I'll find some other place

to live then.

It's fine, whatever.

Fuck it, all right?

It doesn't matter.

No, no, no, no.

All right, I'm done.

I'm hanging up.

I have nothing more

to say, I'm done.

Conver--

conversation is over, okay?

I'll see you when I get home

and then you can say

whatever the fuck you want,

all right? Okay, goodbye.

Fuck you.

Let's go,

the scene is not working.

- I have it set up

right now...

Well, the set-up doesn't matter.

There's lightning everywhere.

I don't feel safe, okay?

Let's just go.

-All right.

-Today has been a complete

fucking wreck, so let's just...

- Camera cuts.

- Let's get out of here.

All right?

Fuck!

- Fuck!

- Hey, hey, hey!

Come on, in the car!

What the fuck

did we do today, Nathan?

Nothing!

What the fuck did we do?

Nathan.

Nathan, look.

Look. I found that

in the Bible.

-Yeah?

-"Back alley"?

I mean, look at that.

That's weird, right?

-Yeah, that's crazy.

-Are you not a little interested

to find out what that means?

No, it's strange,

it's strange, I admit it.

-It's strange?

-Yeah.

Nathan, turn around

and look at me.

I know that we're both tired.

We're low on morale.

It's been a shitty day,

but I think this stupid

crumpled piece of paper

might be the thing

that we need to reignite

the flame.

You know,

like a burst of adventure.

That's what

we're lacking right now.

So five minutes,

we go check the back alley,

and maybe we find something

and maybe not.

Maybe it's bullshit,

but come on.

Don't you want to feel

something a little bit?

-Yeah.

-Come on.

-Let's go. Yeah.

-Get excited!

Let me see the fucking smile

at least a little bit, man.

This is just sketchy.

Yeah, well, here we are.

-All right.

-It's not that bad.

This is your alley, right?

Your back alley

that you wanted?

There's nothing here, man.

Let's go back.

Did you even look?

That's something.

What the fuck is that?

Yo.

-No, no, put this shit back.

-No.

-Put this shit back.

-No, no!

Jacob, Jacob, put this...

Dude, you don't know

who the fuck you could be

messing with, man.

That's not ours.

We don't know.

Oh, my God.

Have a little sense

of adventure, man.

You're a fucking moron.

Oh.

Yeah, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

God fucking damn it.

What is your problem?

-We're putting it back.

-Why, why? Give me a good

reason, please.

Because these aren't our drugs.

This is fucking stupid.

It's dangerous.

-We're putting it back.

-No, you're not gonna sit here

and tell me that's dangerous

when I know for a fact that

you've done drugs before.

In fact, I know--

I know you did drugs

your freshman year.

Cocaine, in fact,

with your RA.

Okay, so don't act

like this is dangerous.

-This isn't--

-You've done this before.

It's not the drugs

that are dangerous, man.

All right, you're a movie guy.

You've seen a lot of movies.

Every single time,

all right,

the people in

a movie take a briefcase

that's filled with

money or drugs that they're

not supposed to have,

something bad happens,

we're not doing it.

-Anton Chigurh is not

a real person, Nathan.

-This is fucking stupid.

Stop it, please.

All right?

Just for one goddamn minute.

Think about this, all right?

Every great director

that we look up to,

every single one,

all the musicians,

just the musicians alone,

Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd,

the Beatles, et cetera.

We're not Pink Floyd,

we're not the Beatles.

They are bursting

with creativity

because of the drugs

they took, all right?

And I'm not saying

we have to do a lot.

In fact, maybe just

a little bit, just a little bit.

Right? But we are so dead

in the water right now.

We need something, right?

And I think--

I think this is the something.

All right? I think this was--

I think it was a sign.

All right? Just a little.

It's not that bad.

I mean,

that's a perfect drug case.

Shh! Just shut up.

Okay.

We take a little bit.

We do what we need

to do, we pack it up.

We put it back tomorrow.

-Right. Of course.

-All right?

-That's it, just a bit.

-Of course.

We get the creative inspiration

we need, we're done.

-Just tonight.

-One night.

Yes.

♪ I have bled

Inside the void ♪

♪ And floated

Through deep space ♪

♪ So if you see me now ♪

♪ Well, I've got

A melted face ♪

♪ I'm melted ♪

♪ I am melted ♪

♪ Yeah, I am melted ♪

What the fuck?

All right, buddy, this is

our one big visual in the movie,

so we've gotta nail it, okay?

So, right when the geyser

goes off, you're gonna

kind of lift up your arms

like you're summoning

all of the, uh...

uh, the depths of hell.

-It's like nature, nature God.

-Something like that, okay?

All right, all right,

here we go.

-Uh...

-So we just have to wait

for this to go off?

Yeah, uh, the camera

is not turning on.

-Are the batteries charged?

-I thought they were.

-Did we not charge them?

What the fuck?

-I don't know.

Did we not put them

in last night?

Jesus fuck.

-Fuck!

-Shit.

Well, there goes

the one visual.

No, don't--

don't take a fucking photo.

We didn't even get

a video of it.

We need another visual.

We need something else

or else this thing

is gonna keep looking

like a fucking

low-budget student film.

We need another visual.

What are you thinking?

You wanna do fire?

Yeah, we could light

something on fire.

-Like a box.

-Hmm.

Like a box or a briefcase

or something.

Just put some fire on it.

Just put some lighter fluid

on it and light it up.

We light you on fire.

-What? No.

-We have a fuck ton

of clothes and costumes.

We just bundle you up.

We'll light you on fire,

and then we'll

put you out right away.

-No.

-There's three lakes

in that direction alone.

-I'm not lighting myself...

-We'll do it by a lake

and then I'll throw you in.

I took the stunt class,

I know how to do it.

I know the layers of protection.

Jacob, I'm not lighting

myself on fire.

-Why? Why?

-Why don't you light--

why don't we light

you on fire?

Why would I light me

on fire?

-For the same reason why we

wouldn't light myself on fire.

-No.

Well then, how--

Who's gonna-- I'm not

lighting myself on fire.

You're...

Can you VFX something?

Yeah.

Go for it.

How's it looking?

This looks like shit.

It looks like shit?

Yeah, it just doesn't

look realistic at all.

Why are we stopping?

Just don't say anything, okay?

Just...

just don't say

anything, please.

We agreed you were

putting this back.

I need inspiration

right now, okay?

-I need something

to pick me back up.

-It doesn't matter.

-You broke the agreement.

-The fire does not look good!

-The fire fucking sucks!

-We said one thing

and you did another.

If we agree on something

and you promise something

does that mean

that you can just go rogue?

It's a free country,

I am an individual,

so let me be and...

Yeah, it's a free country,

but, Jacob, this is

a partnership.

I'm-- I'm doing--

just let--

what's the issue?

I'm gonna do the acid.

I've made up my mind,

I'm gonna do the acid.

Why?

Because, Nathan,

because we're so fucking

dead in the water, man.

Every day,

it's just gotten worse.

And today, we missed

all of our big visuals

that we could have had.

So...

The thing is,

the coke has been giving me

all this energy,

but the high is just,

it's been the wrong thing,

you know?

The energy's great,

but we need something visual.

I need something visual,

something that psychedelics

can provide.

All right?

And that's the magic

inside that little tablet.

I think that's the magic.

And I need you, okay?

I know you don't want

to do 'em.

That's fine, I know you don't

wanna do the drugs anymore.

That's totally fine.

All right, I'm not gonna

judge you for that, but just

don't judge me for this

because I need you

to help me through it.

You know, to trip-sit me.

All right.

And I-- I just hate

the word "pretentious"

because it has

no meaning anymore.

It means shit.

All right, and--

and that's exactly why

we need to take the risks

with this film.

We can't worry

if it's pretentious or not

or what people

are gonna think about it.

Okay? I mean, we have

to have the same mindset

that Francis Ford Coppola

had when--

on the Apocalypse Now

documentary.

Do you remember what he said?

He-- he sat there pouring

his heart out on camera

in the middle

of the fucking jungle.

And he said,

"You can't worry about

what other people think.

You can't worry about

what other people think.

And the only thing

you need,

the only thing

you have to worry about

is whether the film

that you're making has

answers for you."

And this film that I'm making

has answers for me.

And it's like this beautiful,

just beautiful blossoming

flower of ideas in my head.

And these answers...

are showing me that--

that I have the power

to shift what's happening

in this industry,

you know, to get rid of all

these wannabe filmmakers

and these YouTube filmmakers

and all these "filmmakers"

on Twitter

that think tweeting

negative opinions

about popular movies

makes them cool.

No, fuck them.

Okay? I'm bringing it

back to the good shit.

I'm gonna bring it back

to the '60s, the '70s,

the '80s, the '90s,

when we had--

when we had something called

pure cinema, pure cinema.

I'm gonna bring that back

because by making this,

I'm taking the risk.

I'm-- I'm not caring

about what others think.

I'm doing the pretentious

things because it's necessary.

And that's why this film

is gonna change things

and be the good

the world needs in

the fucking film industry.

Well...

-Do you know what I mean?

-Yeah.

You know what I mean?

Well, it seems like you got

a lot out of that acid trip.

You can speak Mandarin, right?

Mandarin?

-Yeah.

-All right.

Give me a Mandarin voiceover.

Something very nature oriented.

You know, something that--

whatever you feel.

Why can't--

why can't I just speak English?

Because it's different.

It has something about,

you know, the language

of humanity.

You know, there's something--

there's something powerful

about not just having this be

an English language film.

It's a language

that transcends other things.

And just whatever you--

whatever you see

when you look at that river,

bring it-- bring it

into your dialogue, okay?

What the fuck am I supposed--

you put me on the spot, dude.

Just say something in Mand--

when you look at that water,

I know you're inspired.

I mean,

look at the rushing water.

Look how beautiful it is.

Do something like that.

-All right? Something like that.

-All right.

Okay, and action!

Jacob...

All right, how's that?

That's all I have to say.

-That's all?

-Yeah, it was pretty good.

Well, what did you say?

Uh, just talking

about the river and nature.

Why did I hear my name?

That means--

that means tree.

Jacob?

Uh, jaica, it's a tree.

It's a pine tree.

All right, well,

let's do more of it.

Let's do more of it.

Over here, over here.

Come on, come on, come on.

Don't you feel it, Nathan?

This is-- this is incredible!

- And just look,

just look at all of this!

I mean, we are--

we are in the thick of it.

We are in the thick of

the American dream right now.

Jacob.

Ohh!

-Jacob.

-Oh, fuck.

We haven't shot

anything all day.

It's okay, Nathan,

I've got it all in my head, man.

What are you doing, Nathan?

Nathan, what are you--

what the fuck are you doing?

Nathan, what the fuck

are you doing?

Nathan, Nathan, fuck you.

You fucking piece of--

you-- fuck you.

What's your fucking problem?

This whole trip,

you say I'm wasting time today,

but you've been wasting time

the whole fucking trip.

The whole time.

You haven't had it in you.

You haven't had the heart.

I thought you did

when I first pitched it,

but every day since,

it's just gotten worse

and worse and worse.

And I realized

how much of a pussy

you really are, okay?

You didn't have

the drive to go through

something like this.

All right?

It's all because of me.

Everything you do

is because of me.

Do you understand that?

I made you, okay?

Your thesis film, I put up

50% of the funding for that.

It wouldn't have happened.

It would've been some piece

of shit without me.

And your short film,

your stupid little short film,

I put up the locations.

I put up the actors.

I put up

all the equipment for that.

You didn't have shit

without me.

Nathan, you're an ungrateful

piece of shit!

Okay.

I'm done.

No, no, what do you mean

you're done?

What do you mean you're done?

-I'm going home.

-No, you're not going home.

-I'm going home.

-We have to finish

the film, Nathan.

You've said everything

you've needed to say.

-And this is me walking out.

-I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I...

I'm-- I'm not in the best

state right now, Nathan.

All right. Well...

No, just stay, okay?

Can we just finish the film?

I didn't-- I didn't mean

any of that.

I didn't mean any of that.

All right? We just--

we need to finish the film

so we can get it

into Sundance, right?

I'm going home.

No.

You're not going home.

Jacob, get out of my way.

No, you're not going home,

Nathan.

-Get the fuck out of my way.

-You need my car.

Y-you need my car.

You need my car to get home.

Either we take your car

or I'm on the first flight out.

Okay, but I'm driving.

My car, I'm driving.

Grab your stuff, we leave now.

Uh, you can, uh,

you can sleep if you want.

All right, get your costume

on and get your lav.

We are making it happen,

okay?

Climax of the film,

we needed something big.

Here we are,

here's something

fucking awesome.

-Something big.

-Jacob, where the fuck are we?

What'd you say?

Where the fuck are we?

I don't know,

and that's the best part.

All right, the whole time

I've been doing drugs,

I've been driving myself crazy

trying to figure out what's

missing the whole time.

-It hasn't been real enough.

We had to actually get lost.

-Are we lost?

Yes! We're lost. Okay?

We needed that--

that Blair Witch magic.

All right?

That little Blair Witch magic.

-Give me the keys.

-No. No, you're not--

-Give me the keys. Jacob.

-No, I'm not giving

you the keys.

Nathan,

get the fuck off of me.

All right, I-I-I...

It's almost comical.

I fucking knew you would be

a little shit about this.

You always are, all right?

I do one thing

and you're like, "Why didn't

you consult me about it?"

Because you're a bitch

and you would say no,

all right?

You know, I hate overusing

that word, but you really are.

-You're the definition

of a bitch.

-Shut the fuck up.

-Shut the fuck up!

-No, I'm not shutting--

-Shut the fuck up, Jacob!

-No, I am not gonna shut up.

This whole trip, you just talk,

you talk, you make noise!

-Because you don't!

-Shut the fuck up!

-You don't know

what you're talking about.

-Yes, I do!

-You have no vision and sight.

-You don't have

a vision either!

-No, no, no.

-You know what you are, Jacob?

-What am I?

You're a selfish, narcissistic,

egotistical asshole!

Oh, look at this cigarette.

It's a fucking prop.

Just like

your whole personality, Jacob.

Your whole personality,

your whole life.

Everything about you.

I mean, here I thought

I was working

with Jacob Staudenmaier.

The golden boy.

The filmmaker.

The man with the plan.

I thought you knew what

you were talking about, Jacob.

And now I realize, you don't.

You don't have

the slightest clue.

You know as much as I know.

Why the fuck did I waste

so much time

just following you,

just doing all the bullshit?

Listening to you talk,

listening to you rant

about nothing.

About nothing.

You know what

the funny thing is, Jacob?

I listened to you

'cause I thought you had

the answers.

I thought you had it

all together.

But you know what it is?

There's not a single fucking

interesting thing about you.

You don't have

a perspective on the world.

You don't have your own

thoughts, you don't have

your own ideas.

You get everything

and every take

and every idea

off of film Twitter.

You're just a combination

of a bunch of magazines

and other people's opinions.

That's why

you are the way you are.

'Cause you have

nothing to say

and you have nothing real

and authentic for you.

You have nothing real

or authentic about you.

Just like this cigarette.

So here's what's gonna happen.

I'm done listening to you.

You're gonna give me

the fucking keys

and we do things my way.

Give me the keys, Jacob.

Here's your fucking

cigarette.

♪ Well, I don't know

How I fooled myself ♪

♪ With my disguise ♪

♪ I'm stuck

Inside this whirlwind ♪

♪ That I call my life ♪

Get in the fucking car.

I said get in

the fucking car!

♪ I don't know

Where I am going now ♪

♪ But I'll see you ♪

♪ And you'll see me somehow ♪

♪ Remember when

We found love ♪

♪ In your apartment ♪

♪ From that day on ♪

♪ I knew I had no choice ♪

♪ But to be your fool ♪

♪ And I don't know ♪

♪ Where I am going now ♪

♪ But ever since

You've left ♪

♪ I've had a cigarette ♪

♪ In my teeth ♪

♪ And I don't know ♪

♪ Where I am going now ♪

♪ But I'll see you ♪

♪ And you'll see me somehow ♪

I liked your short film,

Nathan.

Dude, no, I'm not

fucking with you, okay?

I'm done with that.

I'm not fucking with you,

I'm serious.

It's something

you should be proud of,

and it's something that

you should submit to Sundance.

It's too late for that.

No, no, it's not. We...

The deadline's tomorrow,

we have at least 12 hours.

We edit through the night.

We can do that.

Okay? It's possible.

We do the Foley ourselves.

We can record original music

on your guitar.

It's fucking possible,

Nathan.

All right, we just gotta--

we just gotta do it.

There's no reason not to.

You shaved your beard.

Yeah.

You ready?

Yep.

Okay, here we are.

Good luck in there, buddy.

Thanks.

I appreciate the help.

Yep, I'll swing around.

It's not getting in.

Why do you say that?

I mean,

it was a fun movie, but...

it kind of sucks.

You know?

I don't know.

I think that's okay.

Well, we always

have next year.

You want to destroy

the footage?

The feature footage?

Yeah, like fucking

destroy it.

♪ Walking around ♪

♪ An empty motel ♪

♪ I feel like I've been ♪

♪ In here before ♪

♪ And I always forget ♪

♪ And get over it ♪

♪ And now I just feel ♪

♪ Like a little kid ♪

♪ I wanted to be

Right there ♪

♪ I don't want to care ♪

♪ Uhh ♪

♪ Do you think ♪

♪ That I'll be fine? ♪

♪ I hope you do ♪

♪ And I hope you're right ♪

♪ Do you think ♪

♪ It'll be okay? ♪

♪ I hope you do ♪

♪ Because I don't know ♪

♪ Do you think ♪

♪ That I'll be fine? ♪

♪ I hope you do ♪

♪ And I hope you're right ♪

♪ Do you think ♪

♪ I'll be okay? ♪

♪ I hope you do ♪

♪ Because I don't know ♪

♪ Just wait outside ♪

♪ At least not today ♪

♪ Nathan and Jacob ♪

♪ They set out

On a road trip ♪

♪ With an iron on their hip ♪

♪ 'Cause they're gonna

Make a movie ♪

♪ They're gonna

Make a movie ♪

♪ They're gonna make a movie ♪

♪ And not just any movie ♪

♪ They're gonna make

The best goddamn movie ♪

♪ The best goddamn movie

The world's ever seen ♪

♪ And it's gonna get

Into Sundance ♪

♪ Then they're gonna do

A little-little dance ♪

♪ They might take off

Their pants ♪

♪ They're gonna

Clap their hands ♪

♪ Oh, my God,

There's smoke in my eyes ♪

♪ And I just might cry ♪

♪ Because this movie

Is gonna be so beautiful ♪

♪ And-- and you're

Just such a great friend ♪

And, uh, fuck, man.

Oh, fuck.

♪ Oh, they're gonna

Make a movie ♪

♪ They're gonna

Make a movie ♪

I feel high as fuck,

and I haven't even

smoked anything.

You just got

to get it together.

Is that--

is that the theme song?

It's part of it.

Yeah, it sounded like shit.

Yeah, you're right.

That fucking sucked.

Chasing Sundance (2023) - full transcript