Bounce Page #3

Synopsis: Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago as a big client, but is ironically delayed at the airport waiting for a flight to LA on that same airline. He meets fellow passenger Greg, who opts to be bumped, even though it means missing an activity with his older son. When the flight gets resumed, Buddy thinks he's doing a good deed by swapping tickets with Greg so he can get home to his son. Sadly, the flight crashes. Buddy conspires with his friend, the ticket agent that night, to take his name off the passenger list and put Greg's on. Once he's back in LA, his new client dictates that the company run a series of feel-good ads about the crash. Buddy feels very hypocritical, and completely loses it when the commercials win a Cleo. After going through re-hab, he decides he needs to check on Greg's widow. But he doesn't plan on falling in love with her.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Don Roos
Production: Miramax Films
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
PG-13
Year:
2000
106 min
Website
566 Views


as soon as I know anything.

I just don't want to tie up

the phone right now.

OK.

[Beep]

[Turns TV On]

Reporter:

Aviation sources tell us

that in an air disaster

of this magnitude,

those aboard the plane...

208 passengers

and 8 crew members...

would be

unlikely to survive.

Witnesses near the scene,

some 75 miles

northwest of Topeka,

report seeing

a huge fireball

seconds after impact.

We are looking now

at pictures of the field...

[Siren]

Hey, Janice.

Oh, God, Buddy!

I knew 3 girls on the crew,

and the co-pilot was my friend.

We got a problem, OK?

The roster's not right.

Oh, Jesus.

You got to get

into the system.

Can you do that?

Who was he?

J-A-N-E-L-L-O.

Greg Janello.

Was he on that flight?

[Sighs] Thank you.

OK. So, flight 31,

that's leaving when?

OK. Thank you.

Thank you.

OK. See?

Now you can relax.

I just wish

he would call me.

Donna:
Well, he's asleep.

You don't get news reports

when you're sleeping.

Come on, drink this.

Then I'm gonna go home,

and if you need me,

I'm just across the street.

Don't you have anything

better than this to eat?

I'm so hungry.

I want something bad.

Joey:
Mama?

Hey, what are you

doing up?

Can I watch TV?

No, silly-billy.

You can't watch TV.

Now, come on. Let Aunt Donna

tuck you right back in.

I'll take care of him.

Ohh, my big boy.

What time is it

in Chicago?

Donna:
It's 9:00.

Jesus Christ, Donna,

where the hell is he?

I don't know.

Scott:
Hey.

There's someone

at the door.

Mrs. Janello?

Are you from

the airline?

Yes.

I'm Kevin Walters,

and this is

Ellen Seitz.

Ma'am, the reason

that we're...

No. He's taking

a later flight.

When's the last time

you spoke to him?

Um, well, last night

at about 8:
00.

8:
00. That's

10 p.m., Chicago.

We have conflicting

manifests.

One of them, we can't tell

yet if it's accurate or not,

one of them lists your

husband on flight 82.

No. I know he got...

he got bumped.

He's on a later flight.

We have a crisis center

at LAX.

That's where

the frst news will be.

OK. Just a minute.

Nope.

OK, OK.

We're gonna go together,

and Jack is gonna

watch the children.

Donna...

do not cry.

Please do not cry.

I'm not crying.

[Airplane Engines Revving]

Stewardess:

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are making our final

approach into Los Angeles.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm fne.

So this flight

was OK?

Ha. Well, it landed.

Yeah.

You know, that's good.

Maybe I...

Yeah. How you been?

Those poor people.

It's terrible.

[Sighs]

Mrs. Janello...

[Indistinct Speech]

Ohh! Oh, no!

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me!

[Shouting Indistinctly]

Want a drink?

Uh, no, thanks.

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Don Roos

Don Roos was born on April 14, 1955 in New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Marley & Me (2008), The Opposite of Sex (1998) and Bounce (2000). He is married to Dan Bucatinsky. They have two children. more…

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