Edmond Page #3

Synopsis: A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Stuart Gordon
Production: First Independent Pictures
  3 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
R
Year:
2005
82 min
Website
874 Views


Um, I'll pay with cash.

Thank you.

Not at all.

Have a lovely evening.

How are you?

Fine.

I've never done this before.

- No?

- No.

That feels good.

You've got

a good body.

Thank you.

Do you work out?

- I jog.

- Mmm.

And I used to wrestle

in high school.

You've kept yourself

in good shape.

Thank you.

So what shall we do?

I'd like to have

intercourse with you.

That sounds nice.

I'd like that too.

- You would?

- Mm-hmm.

- How much would that be?

- For a straight f***, that'd be 250.

Th-that's too much.

- You know I'm givin' you a break...

- No.

...'cause it's your

first time here.

No, it's too much on top

of the 68 at the door.

I know, I know, I know. But, you know,

I don't get to keep it all.

- It's too much.

- I split it with them.

Yeah, I mean,

they don't pay me, I pay them.

It's too much.

Okay, well, um,

how much do you have?

All I had was 100

for the whole thing.

- You mean 100 for it all?

- That only left me 30.

Honey, you couldn't

get a thing for that.

Well, how much

do you want?

All right, for

a straight f***, 220.

I couldn't pay that.

Well, I'm sorry, then.

It would've been nice.

I'll give you 100.

- No.

- 120.

But only, you know,

because this is your first time.

- I know.

- Because we split with them,

- you understand.

- I understand.

All right, 200.

- Thank you. I appreciate this.

- Mm-hmm.

Would it offend you

if I wore a rubber?

- Not at all.

- Do you... do you have one?

Yes.

Do you want to

pay me now?

Yes, certainly.

I need cash, honey.

- They said at the door...

- You have to pay me with cash.

- I don't think I have it, but...

- Well, how much do you have?

Well, I, um...

only 60.

Oh! Jeez.

I'm sorry, honey, I can't do it.

Well... well, wait wait, wait wait wait

wait. Maybe you could... wait!

You know, why don't you go

get it and come back here?

Well, where could I get it?

Go to an ATM or a restaurant

and cash a check.

- I'll be here till 4:00.

- I'll... I'll...

um, um...

yes, thank you.

Not at all.

See?

Here you go.

You can't win if you don't play.

- You, sir?

- Me?

- You gonna try me again?

- "Again"?

I remember you beat me out that 50

that time with your girlfriend.

- When was this?

- On 14th Street.

- You gonna try me one more time?

- Um...

Play for that 50.

We'll see

who's fast as you was.

Pay on the red, pass to the black.

Where's the queen?

You pick the queen, you win.

Where's the queen?

You put a 50, win 100.

Now, who saw the queen?

- I got her.

- How much?

- Put your money up. How much?

- Uh, I bet 50 bucks.

Put it up.

There.

My man, I'm just

too quick for you today.

We got two cards left.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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