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Synopsis: Lost in America is a 1985 satirical road comedy film directed by Albert Brooks and co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson. The film stars Brooks alongside Julie Hagerty as a married couple who decide to quit their jobs and travel across America.
Genre: Comedy
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
R
Year:
1985
91 min
869 Views


DAVID:

Okay.

(thinking aloud)

Ten-thirty, eleven, eleven-fifteen

... okay. Susan, don't let any

calls in. I don't want to be

bothered. I don't want to do any

business. I just want to prepare.

David walks into his office. After a beat, he sticks

his head out.

DAVID:

(continuing)

Oh yes. Get me Valley Mercedes,

will you?

CUT TO:

7INT. ROBINSON'S DEPARTMENT STORE

We FOLLOW Nancy as she's walking through the department

store. She comes to her office. Her office is on the

third floor in the corner with the other business offi-

ces. Her friend, PATTY, who works with her, is in the

office next door. All offices are separated by glass

partitions. Nancy comes in and sits down. Patty sees

her and enters.

PATTY:

Hi.

Nancy looks up from her desk.

NANCY:

Hi.

PATTY:

Is it beautiful?

NANCY:

What?

PATTY:

The kitchen. What does it look

like?

NANCY:

(half-heartedly)

I chose an orange tile.

PATTY:

Orange?

NANCY:

A burnt orange.

PATTY:

Sounds pretty.

NANCY:

Patty, close the door.

Patty closes the door and sits down.

PATTY:

What's the matter?

NANCY:

I'm going to hate this house.

PATTY:

What are you talking about?

NANCY:

When the contractor left this

morning, I was all alone there

and I sat in the middle of the

living room and I got so sad. I

got this preview of the next ten

years, I just started shaking.

Patty just stares at her. She knows that Nancy is

serious.

NANCY:

(continuing)

I'm so unhappy. I don't like

anything anymore. I don't like

my job. I don't like my life.

I don't like anything. I feel

dead.

PATTY:

What do you mean?

NANCY:

Nothing's changing. I'm not

growing. David's not growing.

We've just stopped. Life is

passing us by.

PATTY:

Listen, you've had a tough week.

With the moving and everything

you're very tired. When you get

tired you feel bad. Things seem

worse.

NANCY:

I'm not that tired.

Do you know I've been hiring

girls who are nineteen years

old, who've already had more

experience out of life than I

have?

PATTY:

You don't know that. You

can't tell what a person has

experienced just by interviewing

them.

NANCY:

Okay. Let's forget it. I

really haven't thought this

through enough. I don't want

to discuss it now. Let's get

to work.

PATTY:

No. I'm sorry. I didn't mean

to say the wrong thing. Have

you talked this over with

David?

NANCY:

Of course not. That's the

problem. I can't talk anything

over with him. It's hopeless.

PATTY:

Are you thinking of splitting

up?

NANCY:

Well, that's not my first choice

but what's the alternative? And

I'm not blaming David. I know

he genuinely believes that being

made Vice President is going to

change things. But he genuinely

believed that every promotion

would change things. It never

does. Maybe for a few days, but

that's it. Then things are

always the same.

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Monica Johnson

Albert Lawrence Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, filmmaker and comedian. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News. His voice acting credits include Marlin in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), and recurring guest voices for The Simpsons, including Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (2007). Additionally, he has directed, written, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and Defending Your Life (1991) and is the author of 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America (2011). more…

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