Certain Women Page #3

Synopsis: Certain Women drops us into a handful of intersecting lives across Montana. A lawyer (Laura Dern) tries to defuse a hostage situation and calm her disgruntled client (Jared Harris), who feels slighted by a workers' compensation settlement. A married couple (Michelle Williams and James Le Gros) breaks ground on a new home but exposes marital fissures when they try to persuade an elderly man to sell his stockpile of sandstone. A ranch hand (Lily Gladstone) forms an attachment to a young lawyer (Kristen Stewart), who inadvertently finds herself teaching a twice-weekly adult education class, four hours from her home.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Kelly Reichardt
Production: Film Science
  12 wins & 45 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2016
107 min
$1,037,787
2,340 Views


"As you will see at section 7,

I've made a finding

"that the employer John Grant

Incorporated was negligent

"in failing to properly

secure the trusses

"and other supporting

structures at the job site.

"And that such negligence

was a contributing factor

"in causing the accident

involving William Fuller

"which occurred at

"46 East Meadowlark Lane,

Livingston, Montana.

"In accordance with Montana

general obligation law 5505D

"impertinent federal regulations

"an employer's

ordinary negligence

"will not sustain an independent

cause of action in tort.

"Rather, any such claim

must be brought

pursuing

to the workers' comp.."

[cell phone ringing]

- Leave it.

- Sorry, chief,

she's not picking up.

-Let me call in some backup.

-We'll be alright.

Tommy, give it another try.

- No, I really think

that's a mistake, sir.

- "Failure to make a finding

with respect to the issue

"of Mr. Fuller's own

contributory negligence.

"As you are aware, at least

one worker allegedly smelt

"alcohol in Mr. Fuller's breath

as he lay on the ground

"after the fall.

"From Adele Harris,

legal assistant

"regarding William Fuller.

"Mr. Fuller called today

and asked me to give him

"JG Grant's home address.

"He said I should let JG

and the whole crew

"of any JG's

"know that he'll be

coming down there

"to break skulls

like his was broken.

"September 20th, 2014.

"Mr. Fuller called

again today.

"When I informed him

that you were not available

"to speak with him,

Mr. Fuller started

yelling and cursing at me

and called me a b*tch."

[police radio chatter]

- I've watched him work.

Man, you should see the..

The intricate things

he did in my study.

You can't tell where

the old wood ends

and the new wood begins.

-Before he fell on his head.

- "Please be reminded

that I did in fact

"meet with you

on three separate occasions

"in order to explain

the terms of the settlement

"prior to assigning

the stipulations

setting forth

terms of the settlement."

[phone ringing]

[slams receiver]

- Go on.

- Uh, I..

Some of this is dictated,

I'm, I'm sorry.

I'm not good

at dictating letters.

-Just keep going.

- "And accordingly,

no additional cause

"of action lies.

"This remains the case despite

the neurologist report

"citing your lingering

double vision, memory loss

"and fainting spells.

"Please accept my wishes

for a speedy recovery.

Truly yours, Laura Wells."

-You got screwed.

-Thank you.

What can I do now?

Tell me.

Now, what can I do?

-Give yourself up.

-No.

Goddammit, I'm serious here.

I'm talking about the case.

- I don't think

you can do anything.

Go to physical therapy.

Be nice to your wife.

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Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt is a screenwriter and film director working within American indie cinema. Her credits include Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff, Night Moves and Certain Women. more…

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