Buzzard Page #2

Synopsis: Bored office employee Marty, is out to cheat the system. One day he decides to make his escape by swiping dozens of undeliverable refund checks from his company. From here, his small-time scams manifest into paranoia and violence.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Joel Potrykus
Production: Oscilloscope Pictures
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
97 min
Website
86 Views


in the system...

and if the address isrft updated...

try to call them and get a current address.

Otherwise, try the White Pages.

Okay'? We just need

to make sure we have the right address.

They're just some small checks for taxes

that they've overpaid on.

Well-

I'll get to it, Carol, but, you know...

I got a lot goin' on around here, so-

You know What?

I'd like this finished by Friday.

Okay? Whatever you carft find,

just give back to me.

- Okay.

- All right. Thank you, Marty.

Yep.

Hello. This is Martin Jackitansky

from First Federal Mortgage.

I was just calling to let-

Say, hello?

Whatever.

I was just calling to let you know

we got an envelope here that-

No, please hold on. You're gonna Want to

hear this. This is good HEW-

Marty, why do you even need this stuff?

You know, we clon't

even have this type of printer.

And this label maker?

This is like a $50 label maker.

And these pens are

the most expensive pens in the catalog.

And a heavy-duty stapler?

Why do you even need this stuff?

What do you care'? We work at a bank.

And we're temps.

Well, I'm getting hired in next month.

That sounds terrible.

- Hey, Carol.

- Hey, Marty.

Uh, just gonna take

some stuff clown to Recycling here.

Uh, that's fine,

but you know vve have people that do that.

- Right?

- Yeah, I understand that...

but, um, it was getting pretty full...

and I just figured I'd grab a breath

of fresh air, you know.

Well, okay. Suit yourself.

Okay.

Hey, Mom. It's me, Marty.

I got your card in the mail today.

Yeah. No, that's fine.

I forget it every year too.

The reason I'm calling is,

you made the check out to Dana.

Wait. What?

I dorft know hovv to do that.

What do you mean?

Just write my name on the back?

All right, Whatever. it's cool.

Yeah, everything's good at vvork. Yeah.

No, ifs, uh-

They even asked me to be manager today.

So that's pretty cool.

Might do that.

No, I- I've been good about it.

Hey.

No.

Hey, Mom, I gotta go. Okay? I got a-

I got a bunch of people Waiting for me.

They're taking me out to dinner tonight, so-

Yeah. Friends.

Yeah, I got, like, 10 of 'em.

Okay, anyway- Yeah.

All right. Later.

Hey, vvhafs up, Zach?

Uh, pretty good

Ah. More returns. All right.

You know it.

Got some weird toner stuff.

Uh-

Ooh. Roller ball.

Hmm.

Stapler.

All right, in-store credit or cash?

Come on, dude.

All right. Cash. Hang on.

Uh, then an

Then-

Looks like an Uh-

No, I bought 'em like two days ago.

Okay.

Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry.

Is this like a coupon for a free one...

or is this just gonna be 50 cents off?

What-

Oh! Beautiful.

All right, great. Yeah. Thank you.

All right.

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Joel Potrykus

Joel Potrykus is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature film debut Ape won the Best New Director prize at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival, while his follow-up feature Buzzard won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Ljubljana International Film Festival. more…

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