My Life In Ruins Page #2

Synopsis: Georgia is an American academic who's lost her teaching job in Athens. She's taken a job as a tour guide, but she hates it and it shows: the tourists, mostly American, are bored with history and facts; they want to shop. Every group has a goofy couple, a frat boy, a sullen teen, a feuding couple, divorcées looking for a mate, and a funny guy. This group is no exception, plus there's no air conditioning and a bearded silent driver. Thanks to an unlikely friendship, plus daisies, an ice-cream cone, the history of syrup, and the Oracle at Delphi, Georgia may have a shot at finding her kefi during this four-day tour.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Donald Petrie
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
9%
PG-13
Year:
2009
95 min
$8,474,608
Website
335 Views


-Okay.

Group B? Yes. Names.

You don't speak English, do you?

And Maria gave you to me.

Luggage this way.

And then you get on the bus.

-Excuse me. I'm looking for the bus.

-Yeah.

-This is it.

-Group B?

-Oh, cool.

-Okay.

Hey, Gator Phillips.

-I'm from Florida, the States.

-You're traveling alone?

No way, man.

I'm gonna meet my girlfriend in Greece.

-We are in Greece.

-Now?

Right on. Thanks, man.

-Okay, here you go.

-Is this free?

Yeah.

Kalimera, everyone.

That's Greek for, "Good morning."

Hello, beautiful people. I am Nico.

For you, warm loucoumades.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Wrong bus.

-Hey, wait a minute...

-What the hell? Where's our donuts?

What a rip!

I'm gonna get... I could get you some later,

maybe. I'll look around.

-Yeah...

-We should get something.

Let's go.

I mean, who needs the carbs, right?

Not me. My ankles swell from the wheat.

Okay, you might want to write this down.

In 1834, Athens became

the capital of modern Greece.

Now, I'm not just a tour guide.

I am a professor of classical history.

Oh, great!

Are we gonna have a test now?

So I'm going to teach you

all about the architecture

and monuments of ancient Greece.

-Like the propylea.

-Which is the word for donuts.

-My name is Georgia.

-Louder, please.

-My name is Georgia.

-Yes, dear.

I'm Dorcas, Dorcas Wilmore.

And this is my husband, Barnaby.

Oh, I've got everyone a little souvenir.

-To remember our trip together.

-All right.

-Oh, you shouldn't have.

-This must have cost you a shitload.

Oh, no, it was nothing.

Hand those around, would you, dear?

Guide, this bus is really stuffy.

-My daughter, Caitlin, needs fresh air.

-Okay, no problem.

-Turn it off!

-Oh, my God!

Smells like death.

Sorry about that.

-Angie?

-It's Georgia.

Is the Sasquatch gonna be

with us the whole time?

-He's the driver.

-What's his name?

Right. Everyone,

please say hello to Procopi.

-Hey, Procopi.

-Hello, Procopi.

Oh, I'm sorry. He has a nickname

he'd rather be known by.

Poupi.

Did he just say, "Poop"?

Fair suck of the sav,

mate, I can't call you Poupi.

What's your last name?

It's Kakas.

They're laughing at your name.

So what? Laughing is good.

-Okay! Yeah.

-It's hot.

Come, come, come.

I love you beautiful people.

All right, everybody,

let's go this way. Come on.

Well, I have an exciting day planned.

But, first, listen.

Whenever we stop the bus, whether it be

for restrooms or lunch or for touring,

the driver or I will lock the bus. So you

can leave whatever you need in there.

Cameras, sweaters, handbags, anything.

-What about sweaters?

-Anything.

-Handbags?

-Yes.

Cameras, too?

Cameras, too.

Anything, anytime, anywhere.

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Mike Reiss

Michael L. Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer and author. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series The Simpsons and co-created the animated series The Critic. He created and wrote the webtoon Queer Duck and has also worked on screenplays including: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Simpsons Movie and My Life in Ruins. more…

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