Life Stinks Page #2

Synopsis: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Mel Brooks
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
PG-13
Year:
1991
92 min
226 Views


Pritchard. be qulet.

Fergueson. go on.

Thank you. If you Ieave

the prescribed slum area...

or try to remove this

ankIe aIarm. it will go off...

and if we receive

a sustained aIarm signal...

for more than thirty seconds.

you'll forfeit the bet.

After thirty days. the aIarm

will automatically deactivate.

Are these conditions understood?

Understood.

-And we have your word on that?

-Yes. You have my word on it.

Pritchard. I'm giving

you and your partners...

my power of attorney.

I'm trusting you to Look

after all my IegaI affairs...

for the next thirty days.

Take it. Take it aII.

I won't need anything.

And you won't need this either.

What are you doing?

I have to make sure

no one recognizes you.

That was stitched in.

Give me a comb.

I don't think you realize

what you're getting into.

You've never sIept

in the street before.

You've never eaten

out of garbage cans.

You're used

to a hearty breakfast.

This is ludicrous. Look at you

without your toupee.

You Look Like somebody

who onIy makes $5O.000 a year.

Mr. Bolt. Please don't do this.

Let me suggest

you wait twenty-four hours.

-At Ieast sIeep on it.

-I've given my word.

Do you want me

to go back on my word?

-Would you go back on your word?

-CertainIy. We're Iawyers.

Give me that contract.

OK. Goddard. here we are.

Come on.

Now. in thirty days.

at the exact moment of sunset...

all of this property

is gonna be yours or mine.

Either way. I think we should

have a big party at my house.

-Let's make it at my house.

-OK. your house.

For the Look.

-Thanks.

-Let's get out of here.

''Ooms.''

Excuse me.

Two fifty a night.

Checkout--eIeven a.m.

You pay in advance.

May I see the room first?

Right behind me. through

those curtains. Take a Look.

It's rather crowded. isn't it?

Yeah.

We get good word of mouth.

Do you have a singIe room?

With or without a jacuzzi?

Look. I got one bed Left.

You want it or not?

Make up your mind.

I'll take it.

OK. Sign the register.

-What was that? A roach?

-No. A mouse. Just a baby.

Look. it's two-fifty in advance.

Two-fifty.

Could we have a private

conversation just entre nous?

ALL right. Listen.

I'm not realIy a dereIict.

I'm down here on a wager.

I happen to be...

one of the richest men in

the country. if not the richest.

The richest?

Yes. and if you give me

a bed tonight...

at the end of this month.

I will give you $1O.000.

ALL right. I'll up the ante.

$2O.000.

Now you're talking.

2O.000.

Look. I'll give you a break.

I don't need

the whoIe 2O.000 tonight...

but if you give me $2.5O

as a down payment...

the bed is yours.

Otherwise.

get the hell out of here.

Who is it?

Please Iet me in.

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Mel brooks

Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, composer and songwriter. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. more…

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