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Synopsis: Affliction is an American drama film produced in 1997, written and directed by Paul Schrader from the novel by Russell Banks. It stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn and Willem Dafoe. Affliction tells the story of Wade Whitehouse, a small-town policeman in New Hampshire. Detached from the people around him, including a dominating father and a divorced wife, he becomes obsessed with the solving of a fatal hunting accident, leading to a series of tragic events.
Production: Lions Gate
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1997
114 min
629 Views


JILL:

See, I knew you'd be mad.

WADE:

Yeah. Yeah, right, I'm mad. What'd

you tell her, for Christ sake?

JILL:

I told her I wanted to come home.

Daddy, don't be mad at me.

WADE:

Well, I guess I am. I planned this,

I planned all this, you know. I mean,

it's sort of pathetic, but I planned

it. You shouldn't have called your

mother.

(takes her arm)

C'mon, we're gonna call her before

she leaves.

CUT TO:

EXT. POLICE OFFICE - NIGHT

Wade leads her to a frosted-glass door reading "POLICE",

enters. Inside, he flips on flourescent light, dials the

desk phone. More utility room than office.

He waits. There's no answer. Jill looks down.

WADE:

She's gone already!

(hangs up)

Gone already! Couldn't wait.

JILL:

Yes.

WADE:

That's all you got to say? "Yes".

JILL:

Yes.

WADE:

She won't be here for a half hour.

Think you can stand it that long?

JILL:

Yes.

WADE:

Where do you expect to wait for her?

Obviously downstairs with the other

kids isn't good enough.

Jill sits in a chair facing the dark window pane.

WADE:

Sit right there by yourself if you

want. Wait for her by yourself. That's

fine with me. Just dandy. I'm going

downstairs.

JILL:

That's fine with me too. When Mommy

comes, tell her I'm up here.

Wade Whitehouse stalks out.

CUT TO:

EXT. TOWN HALL - NIGHT

Wade steps outside, notices Jack Hewitt and his kewpie-doll

girlfriend HETTIE, 20, sitting in the cab of his double-parked

pickup, sharing a joint, talking to LaCoy alongside.

WADE:

I thought I told you to move that

truck!

JACK:

Relax, Chief. We're leaving. You

wanna toke?

WADE:

(steps over)

You gotta be more careful about that

sh*t. Gordon or one of those guys

sees you smoking that wacky tabacky

around me they'll expect me to bust

you. And I'll be outta a job.

JACK:

Some job. Here, have a hit. Don't be

such a hardass. I know you got

problems, but everybody's got

problems.

(offers joint)

WADE:

Not here.

LaCoy laughs:
that Jack Hewitt, some guy. Wade holds his

aching jaw. He looks at Jack's young athletic body, his pretty

girlfriend, envies him.

JACK:

Well, c'mon, then. Get in and we'll

take a little ride, my man.

Wade looks up to the window where Jill waits, walks around

the front of the truck, gets in.

CUT TO:

INT./EXT. JACK'S TRUCK - NIGHT

Jack's high-bodied pickup growls in low gear as it drives

past Merritt's Shell station toward Saddleback Ridge. Jack

lowers the radio as Wade asks him about deer season; Hettie

leans forward to hear the music.

JACK:

Got a job first thing in the morning,

first day of season. Saturday I'll

hunt for myself. Twombley something. -

Er --

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Paul Schrader

Paul Joseph Schrader is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. Schrader wrote or co-wrote screenplays for four Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ and Bringing Out the Dead. more…

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