Conviction Page #2

Synopsis: Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Tony Goldwyn
Production: Fox Searchlight
  9 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2010
107 min
$6,783,129
Website
589 Views


look after them?

He got down on his knee in the

middle of the freaking restaurant.

It was so sweet.

(BAND PLAYING

LONG TRAIN RUNNIN')

Yeah, it was totally, what

do you say, conventional,

Talking about marriage?

BRENDA:
Traditional.

Traditional is what I meant.

Thank you.

KENNY:
Don't give Brenda any ideas.

BRENDA:
I love you, baby.

KENNY:
I love you.

BRENDA:
Mmm.

Mandy, you wanna dance?

Congratulations.

BETTY:
Thanks.

Congratulations.

(SINGING) Down along

the tracks

She lost her home

and her family

She won't be comin' back

Without love

Where would you be now

Without love

He's such a good dad,

isn't he?

You'll be a good dad.

I will.

Well, the Illinois Central

And the Southern

Central Freight

You gotta keep

on pushin', Mama

You know

you're runnin' late

Without love

Where would you be now

(LIQUID SPLASHING)

(MAN GROANS)

God, I'm sorry, man.

I'm sorry. You okay?

Who the hell brings

a baby into a bar?

She likes the band!

Well, if you can't

take care of your kid,

you should keep your

dick in your pants.

What did you say?

You heard me.

Absolutely, I'm sorry, man.

I'm sorry.

Here, hold Mandy

for a second.

What are you doing?

Kenny...

(TABLE THUDDING)

(BOTTLES RATTLING)

Kenny!

(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

You ever say another word about my

daughter and I'll f***ing kill you.

(BAND STOPS PLAYING) I'll

take your f***ing eye out.

You understand me, motherf***er?

BETTY:
Kenny, get off him.

You understand me?

Hey, hey, Kenny, easy.

Come on.

Enough.

He's okay, all right.

No, he's all right,

he's all right.

We clear? We're clear, right?

Mano a mano, huh?

BETTY:
Come on.

KENNY:
Hey, we're Cool.

We're cool, he's all right.

Get some Wild Turkey.

Wild Turkey for my buddy here.

You okay, man?

Get some ice for my buddy here.

Sit down. Sit down.

This one's okay.

He's fine.

No.

We're sitting here having fun

and you had to go and do that.

Who's your buddy?

Who's your pal?

(BAND PLAYING MY SHARONA)

Come on, now it's a party.

You know what I'm saying?

Come on, come on!

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, let's dance.

Give the baby to Betty and let's dance.

Let's dance.

Come on, let's dance.

F*** you.

My, my, my

Whoo!

My my, my Sharona

When you gonna

give me some time, Sharona?

My my, my Sharona

My Sharona

Never gonna stop,

give it up

Such a dirty mind

Always get it up for the

touch of the younger kind

My, my, my

Whoo!

My my, my Sharona

(CROWD WHISTLING)

(CROWD WHOOPING)

Right here!

Right here!

Never gonna stop,

give it up

Such a dirty mind

Always get it up for the

touch of the younger kind

My, my, my, my

Whoo!

MAN:
I dare you, Kenny!

I dare you!

Kenny!

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Pamela Gray

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