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Synopsis: Wallace Avery hates his job. His ex-wife and son hate him, and he's blown his one shot at living his dream. Not wanting to face all this, he stages his own death and buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman. However, Arthur's road trip towards anew life is interrupted by the arrival of the beautiful but fragile Mike, who is also trying to leave her past behind. Drawn to one another, these two damaged souls begin to connect as they break into empty homes and take on the identities of the absent owners: elderly newlyweds, a high-roller and his Russian lady, among others. Through this process, Arthur and Mike discover that what they love most about each other are the identities they left at home, and their real journey, that of healing, begins.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Dante Ariola
Production: Cinedigm
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
R
Year:
2012
101 min
$134,273
Website
181 Views


You mean...

you're no Tiger Woods.

Actually, Mike, I've won

quite a few prestigious

But to tell you the truth, life

on the road is wearing me

down, so I'm taking a gig.

Resident pro at a course in

Terre Haute, Indiana.

Were are you going, anyway?

I don't know.

Would you like a ride

to Terre Haute?

No, I wouldn't.

Where are the real hot dogs?

Um, we don't have

them anymore.

Just the tofu dogs.

How is that possible?

Not all of us want the

healthy alternative.

Look, Mike, tofu dogs.

Because I choose to be

health-conscious.

I got you a small token.

Thank you, Wallace.

I love alligators.

It's my pleasure.

What did you call me?

Wallace.

Wallace Avery, right?

I found it in the side pocket

of your golf bag.

The trunk was locked.

I locked it.

I used to work at Lock & Key.

I was really good.

You know, on second thought,

I think I will ride to Terre Haute with you.

Payments.

Yes, this is Ms. Mina Crawley.

Yes, I do know a Mr. Wallace

Avery, and you can tell him

that I took the bus to

work this morning.

Park what?

What are you saying to me?

Look, so you're phony.

What's the big deal?

One-way ticket to Durham,

North Carolina, please.

I saw it in your driver's license.

That's... that's not my...

look, I hate Durham!

Does the lady want

her ticket or not?

I reject the ticket!

Get your hands off me!

I reject the ticket!

I feel dizzy.

You're fine!

My hands are numb.

I got a sick man here.

Is anybody a doctor?

Wait, wait.

Hang on here, now.

He just started convulsing

or something.

Who can help him?

Someone's got to help him.

Uh, I...

I can't, um...

I don't know how

to... somebody!

Thanks for trying.

Who is he?

John Doe.

Can't find an ID on him.

Poor guy.

What a way to go.

Well, thanks for

trying, anyways.

What is wrong with you?

Poor John Doe, what a way to go,

poor John Doe.

It's not funny.

Oh, please don't make me get

on that bus, Wallace.

That was a very funny

joke, Wallace.

Getting lost on Talbot Island.

Ha ha ha.

Wallace?

You can come out now.

I can't sleep in my room.

What are you doing?

See my glasses?

I thought I left...

I thought I left them...

No.

His hands were all calloused.

Especially his left hand,

around the wedding ring.

How do you know that?

Because I held his hand.

By the way, that was very

kind of you, Mike.

Same guy.

Wallace Avery.

How's life treatin' you?

Keep the change.

Who are you?

I mean, really?

I guess I've always

been Arthur Newman.

Wife just forced another

individual on me.

Wallace Avery was

such a nothing?

Actually, Mike, Wallace Avery

was manager of a large,

multinational corporation.

What, like Blackwater

or evil empire...

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Becky Johnston

Becky Johnston (born in South Haven, Michigan) is an American screenwriter. She attended the South Haven Public schools but graduated from the Interlochen Fine Arts High School in 1973. more…

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