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Synopsis: Working in an Austin, Texas, beauty parlour in 1954, Nadine Hightower endeavours to retrieve some 'art studies' she injudiciously had taken. Her visit to the photographer leaves him dead and her in possession of highly valuable plans of a proposed new road. With both the police and the murderous villains after her she enlists the help of her (almost) ex-husband Vernon, the none too successful owner of the Bluebonnet Bar. Fortunately the thugs are as much no-hopers as the Hightowers.
Director(s): Robert Benton
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG
Year:
1987
83 min
159 Views


out of there.

What do you want, Vernon?

Now, did you,

or did you not sign

them divorce papers? Hmm?

You gotta be kiddin' me?

'Cause if you didn't, I swear,

I'm gonna strangle you

on the spot.

Don't provoke me, Vernon.

I got enough on my mind...

Damn it, woman,

I'm tryin' to get the

Blue Bonnet refinanced.

If you ask me,

the Blue Bonnet's nothin'...

I didn't ask you.

Fine!

Now, there is no way they're

ever gonna let me have

that money

unless you sign that paper

saying you agree to

the divorce

and promise to make

no claim on the Bonnet.

Do you see the keys

to a brand new

Buick convertible

with white sidewall tires,

radio and air conditioner?

'Cause when you see the keys

to that car in my hand,

you'll see my name on those

divorce papers and not until.

Now, you got that, slick?

Come here.

Don't mess with me...

You just come here

for a minute.

I'm warnin' ya!

You know I'm mighty

stronger than you are!

You see that Chevy? Hmm?

You see

that busted headlight?

You see that bailin' wire?

Now, you think

I'd be drivin' around

in a wreck like that

if I could afford

a brand new Buick?

And who might that be?

That happens

to be Renee Lomax.

She's the

Uvalde High School

Pecan Queen of 1947.

Vernon, darlin'?

Uh-oh, whoa, whoa.

I'm not in the

"Vernon darlin'"

business anymore.

Remember?

Vernon, darlin',

what if I was to sign

those papers of yours?

I told you before,

I'm not payin' for

any brand new Buick.

What if I was to forget

about the Buick altogether?

All right,

what's the deal?

I'd just like you to run

a little errand with me,

that's all.

What kind of

little errand?

Well, a couple of weeks ago,

Vera asked me to pick up

this stuff

that she keeps in

a storeroom on

6th Street

and I just keep forgettin'

and if it ain't there by

tomorrow mornin',

she's gonna

have a real sh*t fit.

And,

well, you know what

a 'fraidy cat I am

of the dark.

Nadine, it's me, Vernon.

Remember?

Your almost ex-husband?

Now I know how you are,

especially when you get

your mind set on somethin'.

I know you're not

gonna give up on

that Buick

out of the goodness

of your heart.

Vernon, be honest with me.

Are you

ever really and truly

gonna give me that Buick?

Hell, no!

Then what am I losin'?

(DOOR BANGING)

Sug, I'm pretty sure that

I got her convinced to

sign that paper.

(EXCLAIMS)

The thing is, though...

Mmm.

(CHUCKLES)

Uh, sug...

Oh.

The problem is that she's

got some kind of deal

goin' here.

I'm gonna

have to help her

straighten it out.

So, uh, I want you

to take the pickup,

go on back over to your place

and I'll call you later,

all right?

Vernon, just think.

As soon as she signs those

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Robert Benton

Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and film director. He won the Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director for Kramer vs. Kramer and won a third Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Places in the Heart. more…

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