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Synopsis: Limbo tells the story of people trying to reinvent themselves in the Southeastern islands of Alaska. The story revolves around Joe Gastineau, a fisherman traumatised by an accident at sea years before, singer Donna de Angelo and her disaffected daughter Noelle who come into Joe's life. When Joe's fast-talking half-brother Bobby returns to town and asks Joe for a favor, the lives of the characters are changed forever.
Director(s): John Sayles
Production: Sony
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
R
Year:
1999
126 min
427 Views


And whatever it will take

I will do to make this

Final break

Better off without you

Better off without you

Better off without you

In my life

I'll show up with a lawyer.

You threatening us with a lawyer?

In schools now, when they teach

contracts, you know who they use?

Francine here, that's who.

She wrote the f***ing book!

It's not exactly a textbook, Louise.

I, on the other hand,

am a criminal attorney.

Some of the business practices

you engaged in...

That's bullshit!

You see two dykes wander up here

from Seattle, you figure:

"Here's easy pickings"!

When we bought these properties,

which you'd run into the ground...

That's not true!

When we bought them from you...

...promises were made about plumbing,

about dry rot.

I had a cash-flow situation.

Promises which you didn't keep!

I gave you my boat!

Yes, as collateral.

It's worth more than those repairs.

It's worth relatively little.

We've had it appraised.

I gave you my license.

But, Harmon, the problem is,

we are not fishermen.

Exactly.

So I take my boat, I go out,

I make my limit.

I give you the money.

I get my boat back.

Wait a minute. We paid

the docking fees all winter.

We had the engine overhauled.

And now that there's fish again...

...you think you can waltz in here...

...take our boat, Harmon, our boat,

as if you still owned it?

As if you never defaulted

on any of this?

You're worse than a f***ing bank.

If we let you treat us like this,

what does that say to everybody?

- "Don't take these women seriously."

- You come here.

You bust people's balls...

Your balls are busted because you put

them in a vise and yanked the handle.

- The screw.

- What?

The jaws of a vise are moved

by a screw or a lever.

You don't call it a handle.

Thank you, Louise.

The point being, Mr. King...

...if you are feeling pressure on your

testicles, you have yourself to blame.

You're just gonna take the hit?

You're gonna let my boat

rot in the harbour?

You misrepresented the properties to us.

You tried to swindle us into keeping

your boat from being repossessed...

...by assigning the title to us.

You gals already said

you're not fishermen.

But there's no shortage of guys

who are willing to work for a piece.

A share.

What?

On a boat, you know, in nautical terms,

it's called working for a "share."

Thank you.

If we're gonna do this,

we have to get our terminology right.

You think you'll get anybody

in town to take my boat out...

...and fish on my license?

You're both f***ing crazy.

Better off without you

In my life

Is this your truck?

You working here?

I gotta load this wine off.

Gotta help tear things down after.

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. more…

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