Life as a House Page #2

Synopsis: George Monroe is a lonely and sad man. Divorced for ten years, he lives alone on the Southern California coast with his pet dog in the same run down shack he has lived in for twenty-five years, the shack which his father passed down to him. In the intervening years, ostentatious houses have sprung up around him. He's been at the same architectural firm for twenty years in a job he hates, which primarily consists of building scale models. On the day that he is fired from his job, he is diagnosed with an advanced case of terminal cancer, which he chooses not to disclose to his family. In many ways, this day is the happiest of his recent life in that he decides to spend what little time he has left doing what he really wants to do, namely build a house he can call his own to replace the shack. He also wants his rebellious sixteen year old son, Sam Monroe, to live with him for the summer, hopefully not only to help in the house construction, but for the two to reconnect as a family. Gettin
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Irwin Winkler
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
R
Year:
2001
125 min
$15,412,701
Website
872 Views


Robin stops at the door, trying to figure out why her son is

sitting in a pile of his own clothes. Ryan and Adam join

her, looking equally perplexed.

EXT. GEORGE NELSON'S CUL-DE-SAC - MORNING

George's dog, GUSTER, is doing his business on the lawn of a

modern day robber baron, DAVID DOKOS, who exits his house

with a briefcase. He hops into his Mercedes and proceeds to

chase Guster straight across his well-manicured grass.

Guster easily escapes death and runs off. George walks out

of his shack as David hops the curb, flips him off and drives

away. George waves goodbye.

GEORGE:

Stick it up your ass! Have a nice day.

(glancing around)

Guster!

Guster runs to his side as Colleen rushes out of her house.

COLLEEN:

This has got to stop!

GEORGE:

He escaped. He's going back in.

COLLEEN:

Does it give you some sort of perverse

pleasure to expose your...penis in plain

view of my sixteen year-old daughter?

GEORGE:

There are no windows facing

my...exposure.

COLLEEN:

George, this is the third time.

GEORGE:

The plumber's due out on Friday.

COLLEEN:

You'll have to explain that to the

police.

GEORGE:

You were the only neighbor I could

tolerate.

COLLEEN:

I did warn you.

GEORGE:

My life is a warning. I just can't

figure out for what.

Colleen shies away from George's stare; he finally turns and

walks toward the house but stops short as he turns back.

GEORGE (CONT'D)

Colleen, how hard was it for you to get

your head outside that window far enough

to see my dick?

This stops Colleen for a moment; it was difficult. George

walks back to the cottage and locks Guster in before stepping

into an old Ford truck and driving off. Colleen watches him

drive off, then turns to her house and stares.

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Mark Andrus

Mark Andrus, born December 13, 1955 in Los Angeles, is an American screenwriter. more…

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