Birds of America Page #2

Synopsis: When Morrie was a teenager, his parents died, leaving him a house, an irritable bowel, and siblings Jay and Ida to raise. Jump ahead 20 years: Jay is homeless, fits poorly into society, and was recently injured; Ida is jobless and sleeps with strangers; Morrie is married to the long-suffering Betty who is waiting for Morrie to get tenure before having children. They constantly have to kiss up to their holier-than-thou neighbors, one of whom is Morrie's department head. Morrie brings Jay home to recover, Ida decides to visit, the siblings make the neighbors ill at ease, a strange woman visits, and the cops want to talk to Jay. What about Morrie's irritated bowels?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Craig Lucas
Production: First Look Studio
 
IMDB:
6.2
R
Year:
2008
85 min
49 Views


Did you pass out?

Were you trylng to...

Feel.

(male anchor)

Hls flve-year-old

daughter was

sexually assaulted last

week Is asklng

other parents

to make sure thelr

chlldren use the

buddy system...

Comlng up, tlps from our

medlcal expert Dr.

Emlly Copenose.

[Stomach growls]

The most beautlful

thlng In your llfe...

Emily's a nice name,

don't you think?

How about Oopenose?

[Floorboards creak]

You okay?

What's going on?

He alright?

Jay?

I called Ida

and she said

she's gonna come

to stay with us

for a bit.

[Female volce]

Hello? Good mornlng I

[knocklng]

Isn't that great?

H i!

H i! How are you?

A little angel!

He a good little boy!

H i, Laura!

H i Morrie,

how's it going?

M m.

How's Jay?

M m.

Better than ever.

Oh! H i!

Welcome home!

It's so nice

to see you.

Really?

Well, yeah, really!

Hey, you wanna meet

my little guy?

Here. Say hi.

H i, Jay.

Is he okay?

Yeah, why?

H is head

is misshapen.

Oh.

Is that

a condition?

Okay.

(Betty)

He had a

little accident.

What the hell

are you doing?

Are you trying

to sabotage me?

The truth can

set you free.

No, tenure

can set me free.

(Betty)

We're not even sure

he can see properly.

To take a sabbatical or

a vacation for the first

time in seven years.

See you later.

Ooh.

[Sigh]

We're gonna be late!

Do me a favor.

You know the

pin number.

Go buy yourself

some clothes,

or some soy nuts

or mashed fish oil.

[Gentle scraping]

[Gentle trickling

and beeping]

[Whirring]

Acceleration, as we know,

refers to the change

in velocity over time.

S I unlt of acceleratlon Is

meters per second

squared or...

[cllck of chalk

on blackboard]

Since the average

speed of an object

is determined

by dividing the distance

the object travels

by the...

we are out of time.

[Birds chirping gaily]

Hey, buddy.

You're still here?

Yeah.

Grant application.

I spoke to

Laura at lunch.

She told me Jay Is

not dolng too well.

You poor guy.

Yeah.

Thanks.

How you do it.

Some kind of

brain injury?

Well, I don't

know about that,

but something

seems to be... awry.

I think he was

very insulting

to Laura today.

No!

We don't have

to have dlnner.

No! I mean, I

wouldn't care

but Laura...

Of course.

Maybe Jay

could just...

Sure, he wouldn't

want to come.

I mean, he'd be

fine not coming.

Great.

You are

really somethlng.

Herolc. I mean lt.

I mean it,

I do.

I mean, Jay's

always been kinda...

Well, he was just

a little kid when

Dad died.

Yeah.

And Mom.

Right away.

That's true, and

these thlngs can

be In the genes.

[Clicks tongue]

"Anyhoo", you must be

doing something right.

You're looking awful

damn good for someone

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Elyse Friedman

Elyse Friedman (born 1963, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was raised in North York, Ontario. more…

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