The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman: The Making of 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman'
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- 2014
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Hi, Bill.
I knocked. You know, there's no answer or I
thought, you know, you drowned or something.
Sorry, I didn't drown.
I'm just having a bath.
Charlie, it's time. Your mom, she
They called?
- Yeah.
It's Sambuca.
Put this in your pocket.
We switched to a manual apparatus
which enables us to ease her out.
Out where?
Mr. Green, I honestly think
you're doing the right thing here.
Can I have one of those?
They're for my back.
Can we say for now that
my back hurts too, Bill?
Two's the ticket if it
hurts as much as mine does.
This is what happens. Are you ready?
Took a powder, Charlie?
I'm sorry, it's just that,
that I feel horrible now.
I blame myself, Charlie. I
was never very good at it.
At what?
Being a mom.
No, mom. That's not true.
You were good, you were great.
Weren't you?
I was always so wrapped
up in my own crap.
Meeting Greg, and leaving your dad.
And meeting Bill and leaving Greg. I
could never get the sequences right.
You're a complicated lady.
I didn't mean to be.
Were. I know, I know.
And I sure didn't mean for you
to be running out on death scenes.
And just floating through
your entire existence, Charlie.
I'm the one who's sorry, kiddo.
What do I do now? I still got a
whole life to go now, you know?
Did we not just say
that was never my thing?
Please, mom. I need
you to be specific now.
Just this once. Tell me what to do
I got it.
Go to Bucharest.
Bucharest?
Yeah. Go to Bucharest.
Why, mom?
I don't know, it seems specific.
Just do it, Charlie.
Say you promise.
I promise.
Good.
I have to go now, Charlie.
Mom, wait a second, I got this I have
this horrible visual in my head of you.
I need something nicer, something fun...
Oh, Charlie... oh, you goof.
Come here.
Better?
- God.
Okay, good.
Charles?
It's okay. Just give us a minute.
We're not together anymore. Go home.
Oh, no. Ted. Oh my god. Ted.
Yeah, you're not funny. Go home.
Ya, Ashley, everything cool?
It's fine, just give us a minute.
What are you gonna do, Chuck Norris?
Go f*** yourself. A**hole.
I'm moving to Bucharest.
Yeah? Are you sure you're
not thinking of Budapest?
It's supposed to be really nice there.
My mother just died so...
You okay?
- Yeah.
Just take care of yourself, Charles.
Sir.
What do you mean with touching me?
I didn't. You fell asleep
on my shoulder, sir. Sorry.
What is wrong with your face?
What's that?
Your eyes. Here.
You look bad.
My mother just died.
I'm sorry for you.
My wife died many years time ago.
I never loved another woman since.
Well, I'm sorry for you also.
I make sex with many of them,
sure, but never with love.
I am Victor Ibanescu.
Charlie Countryman. Nice to meet
Romanian.
American.
Charlie...
Yeah?
Why are you going to Bucharest? Tell me.
I don't really know
to be honest with you.
You didn't want to go to Budapest?
No, I was just kinda... yeah, Bucharest.
Just spur of the moment
kind of thing, you know?
I understand this kind of thing.
I see, you don't want to speak with me.
No, I just
No trouble for me. No.
I didn't know if you wanted to keep
speaking or if you wanted your own time.
I speak with you first and you're
not sure I want to speak with you?
Strange way of a mind to be working, no?
Yeah, I'm sorry. That's sort
of why I'm going on this trip.
Work things out in my mind.
Yes, yes. Bafta acolo, Charlie.
Good luck in there!
Thank you.
Bafta acolo.
If you don't mind me asking, how do you
wind up in Chicago when you're from Romania?
Me?
- Yeah.
I want to see the Cubbies
at Wrigley's Field.
I want to sing Take Me Out To
The Ballgame one time before I die
And one, and two, and three strikes
and you are an out for the old ballgame.
Why the Cubs, though? I mean,
The Cubs are pretty, It's a shitty team.
Yes! The Cubbies will never win
the Worlds Championship Series.
Of course not. Never, never, never. No.
But Romania, my country, there's
many problems in history, too.
Invasions, occupations, dictators.
It is problems which
make us who were are...
which give us character.
Same as the Cubbies!
Yes. Yes!
You make a lot of sense, Victor.
- My pleasure.
Yeah, my pleasure.
- My pleasure.
Yeah.
May I show you something
very, very, very incredible?
Yeah, of course!
For my daughter.
Oh my god.
You think she will love it?
Yeah, well, who wouldn't?
Yeah? Who wouldn't! This is
what I thought. Who wouldn't?
Hello?
Please, champagne, for my friend and me.
And perhaps you'll bring another
glass for yourself too, my darling?
Look, it's nice this hat.
It's very nice.
Yeah, that's really nice.
Buddy?
Victor?
Victor, Victor, Victor?
Oh, f***!
Oh, boy!
Can I help you, sir?
Why, you unwell?
You should just take his pulse, I
don't know what I'm supposed to do here.
What do we do?
What do we do with a
dead man on the plane?
Just be quiet. You're going
to alarm the others, okay?
He's a dead man so I
need to move seats now.
I'll be back in a second, okay?
Excuse me!
Excuse me! Excuse me!
No, I can't-
I can't sit -
I'm terribly sorry, sir
but you have no choice but
to continue on to Bucharest.
You can't even move seats, I'm afraid,
because it's totally fully booked.
This is a dead man.
Look, why don't you just enjoy
your complimentary beverage, okay?
Listen. Listen, I can't sit
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