Before I Disappear Page #2

Synopsis: A troubled young man and his strait-laced niece embark on a thrilling odyssey through New York City in this heartrending drama based on an Oscar-winning short. As his life hits rock bottom, 20-something Richie decides to end it all, only to have his half-hearted suicide attempt interrupted by an urgent request from his sister to babysit her precocious daughter. So begins a madcap tour of Manhattan after dark, as uncle and niece find unexpected bonds in the unlikeliest of places.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Shawn Christensen
Production: IFC Films
  16 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
UNRATED
Year:
2014
93 min
$2,676
Website
662 Views


gonna have our money by tomorrow.

- I ain't full of sh*t!

- You're so full of sh*t.

- You're so full of sh*t...

- You know what I'm full of?

I'm full of 20 sleeping pills,

you pile of dung sh*t.

So I'm gonna be long gone

by tomorrow comes around.

- What are you talking about?

- Yeah, that's right.

I'll be facedown in a

puddle of my own puke

by the time you show up here, okay?

So meet me up whenever.

5 o'clock, 7 o'clock, I don't care.

- I'm gonna be long gone, you understand?

- You f***in' psycho.

$600, $800, why don't

we just make it $1,000?

Go f*** yourself!

Richie.

Richie.

- I'm coming to see you now.

- No, that doesn't work for me.

We'll just see about

those sleeping pills.

- You come tomorrow night, dinnertime.

- You just stay right there.

I'm gonna be long gone by

the time you come around.

- I'm already in the building.

- What?

I said I'm in the building, Richie.

Bullshit!

There's a party going

on up there, right?

Yeah, Richie. Party celebrating

the longest day of the year.

Nah, there ain't no

party going on up here.

Oh, yes, there is. They're playing

music up there. I can hear it.

Yeah?

What song are they playing?

It's a good song, Richie.

It's David Bowie, I think.

Yeah, that's it.

It's "Five Years" by David Bowie.

I'm gonna shoot you in the

face with a bow and arrow.

She hasn't come home.

Mother hasn't come home yet.

Are you sure?

Pretty sure.

Okay.

Well then, I-I guess

I'll try to make it over

there in a couple minutes.

There's no smoking in the lobby, sir.

There's no smoking in the lobby, sir!

Would you give me a f***ing break?

It's my last day on Earth, okay?

- Hello?

- Hey, hi, listen.

- Jordan?

- Yeah?

These... these pills...

they don't, they don't work.

- Which ones? How can you tell?

- It says Opadin, you know.

That's supposed to put

you into a long sleep.

Oh, sleep. It's Opadin. Nah, man,

that's not what you asked for.

- What are you talking about?

- I thought you asked for Zolufen.

- Zolufen What is that?

- Yeah. I don't know.

Zolufen? What... what is that?

You know, it's for, like,

menopause or something.

- Menopause!

- I don't know. Yeah.

- Menopause? What...

- Yeah.

Why would I want a

menopause medicine?

I don't know. I don't ask

any questions, Richie.

- Menopause?!

- Yeah.

- Oh, you stupid, stupid...

- You alright? What?

Stupid! Menopause?

Really? F***in' stupid!

Hey, are you Margaret's husband?

No.

Well...

Well, I just wanted to

make sure she was okay.

Yeah, okay.

What's your, what's your name?

I'm just a friend.

She's my best friend.

And you think she's here?

Is that what you think?

You know...

if you're really her best

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Shawn Christensen

Shawn Christensen is a musician, filmmaker, and artist. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration and graphic design. Christensen was the frontman of the indie rock band Stellastarr. In 2013, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his 2012 short film Curfew. more…

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