Brightest Star Page #5

Synopsis: After the heartbreaking end of his first love, a recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams only to discover a greater journey awaits him.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Maggie Kiley
Production: Gravitas Ventures
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
TV-14
Year:
2013
80 min
Website
40 Views


IN NATURE,

SO THE LESS YOU ACTUALLY DO,

THE BETTER.

-AND THEY...?

-YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED GRADUALLY.

-HOW?

-SON, CAN I GIVE YOU

ONE PIECE OF ADVICE?

SHUT UP AND SMILE.

- WE HAVE FUN

WE GO OUT, AND WE GET DRUNK

AND THEN WE ARE ERASED

SO WE START OVER

LIKE DETECTIVES, WE INSPEC THIS OPEN AND CLOSED CASE

AND WHEN WE START TO THINK

THE MARK THAT WE HAVE MADE

OUR HEARTS WILL LOSE

THEIR SHAPE:

WE ARE ERASED:

WE ARE ERASED:

WE ARE ERASED:

-I WANT TO HAVE

LIKE A GIGANTIC BED --

A DOUBLE-KING, JOLIE/PITT-STYLE,

TAKE UP THE WHOLE ROOM,

EVERYONE'S IN IT ALL THE TIME.

-REALLY? GRANDMA'S FEATHER BED?

NINE FEET HIGH:

AND SIX FEET WIDE

[ MUMBLES ]

-[ CHUCKLES ]

-[ CLEARS THROAT ]

ARE YOU OKAY?

IS THIS -- IS THIS AWKWARD?

-NO.

-IT'S BECAUSE

WE WERE FRIENDS FIRST.

IT'S BETTER TO BE FRIENDS FIRST.

-WELL, SO FAR, YOU HAVE MADE

A VERY CONVINCING ARGUMENT.

-HMM.

-[ CHUCKLES ]

WHAT?

-N-NOTHING.

I-I JUST --

I KNEW THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU.

-[ CHUCKLES ]

STOP IT.

-I'M SERIOUS.

-I KNOW.

-YOU DO?

-I DO.

I JUST ALWAYS KNEW.

-SO, WHEN DID YOU FIRST START,

YOU KNOW, DOING ART?

-UH, I WAS LIKE 5 OR 6, I THINK,

AND I GOT THOSE OIL PASTELS --

YOU KNOW,

THE ONES THAT YOU CAN SMEAR.

-YEAH. I THINK SO.

-YEAH -- AND I DISCOVERED

A SPOT BEHIND A DOOR

WHERE ONLY I EVER LOOKED,

AND I JUST --

I STARTED SMEARING.

-WHAT COLOR WAS IT?

-I DON'T KNOW --

I MEAN, IT WAS

EVERYTHING, REALLY.

LIKE ALL COLORS.

-IF WE WERE A COLOR,

WHAT COLOR WOULD WE BE?

-UM...

GREEN.

-MM-HMM.

-BUT NOT LIKE A FOREST.

LIKE A SPRING GREEN.

-NO, NO.

DEFINITELY A SPRING GREEN.

-YES.

AND WITH A HINT OF CRIMSON.

-I LIKE THAT.

- HI, HELLO, GOOD MORNING

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN

I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGH ABOUT A DEAR, OLD FRIEND

-I THOUGHT YOU ALREADY

PICKED OUT YOUR --

-IT DOESN'T WORK.

-I CAN MAKE YOU CHEESY EGGS.

-[ Chuckling ] NO.

-I CAN MAKE YOU PANCAKES.

-[ LAUGHS ] I DON'T HAVE TIME.

-I CAN GET YOU A BANANA.

-I HAVE TO GO.

-WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

YOU'RE GONNA BE AMAZING.

- KIND HEARTS...

-MM

-I HAVE TO GO.

- ...MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING

-WE, US, WORK ON THE PINNACLE

OF CAPITALISM.

WE'RE THE TITANS OF INDUSTRY,

THE WET DREAM OF COMMERCE.

TODAY, WE WILL MANUFACTURE

ALMOST 400 SANDWICHES --

RAW MATERIAL -- AM I RIGHT? --

CONSTRUCTED FOR PURCHASED

PRODUCTS FOR SALE,

PURCHASING CONSUMED

BY CUSTOMERS?

-[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

-[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

-HEY, JUST LET ME FINISH.

-SORRY. UH, 42.

-THANK YOU.

-WAIT.

-THANK YOU, SIR.

HAVE A VERY GOOD DAY.

-YOU RUINED IT.

THAT SANDWICH WAS TWO SECONDS

AWAY FROM PERFECTION.

-[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

-YOU CRY A BABY PESO.

-OKAY -- STOP, OKAY?

[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]

-ALL RIGHT.

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