On the Edge of Innocence Page #2

Synopsis: Teenage Zoe Tyler suffers from manic-depression. With a musician father who is never around life seems hard. Zoe eventually lands up in a psychiatric ward for treatment. There she meets Jake, an unstable teenager with an anger problem. They fall in love and are soon separated by their doctors, psychiatrists and parents. Fuming, Jake suddenly sees a chance for escape and takes Zoe with him, along with a few other patients. After a trip around the country, Jake and Zoe must face up to their illness and their crime.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Peter Werner
Production: CBS Television Studios
 
IMDB:
6.4
Year:
1997
90 min
80 Views


And in short, happy birthday.

ALL:
Happy birthday, Charles.

CHARLES:
Thank you.

To a good companion,

a goodfriend, and a good sport.

And a very brave man.

MAN:
Hear, hear!

Here.

Thank you. Ah.

Right.

Oh, Mickey,that's beautiful.

There's an engraving inside.

What's it say, Charles?

lt says, "To my beloved husband

on his birthday...

'from the luckiest woman

in the world."

ALL:
Ohh...

This is a superb present.

Thank you.

MlCKEY:
May you wear it

in good health.

Here you go.

Here you go,you birthday boy.

Thank you.

MAN:
Ooh...

SECOND MAN:
What is it?

-Oh, look at that!

-Good knife.

CHARLES:
lt's beautiful.

Give him a coin. You got

to give the donor a coin.

Old superstition.

Ah,yes. Thank you.

STEPHEN:
Give him a coin?

If someone gives you a knife,

you should give them

a coin in return...

or it cuts the friendship.

Thank you, Bob.

Charles.

Getting late. Work day tomorrow.

Let's pack it in.

(Murmurs of agreement)

-Happy birthday, Charles.

-Happy birthday.

Thanks. Thank you. Good night.

STEPHEN:
Come on.

WOMAN:
Happy birthday.

Thank you.

-Happy birthday to you.

-Thank you.

Nice looking lady. Your wife?

Yes. Why do you ask?

Just like to know

who everybody is.

STEPHEN:
Hold on.

lt's flaring. Got it.

-OK...and let's go.

-Five, six.

All righty.

Beautiful.

Really beautiful. Great.

-Yep.

-Yeah,that's great.

-Oops.

-Could you lift that up?

-Are we on here?

-Give me the 180.

-For me?

-No, no, no.

ROBERT:
One more. Let's go.

We'll do one more roll.

One more roll.

Officer...can l sunbathe

on this beach nude?

Sorry, lady,

it's against the rules.

But l have a divine right.

ROBERT:
Your left ain't bad,

either, but rules is rules.

Let's go. Check it, please.

(Camera clicking)

ROBERT:
Beautiful.

MAN:
Huh. Kodiak bear.

Soon kill you as look atyou.

And the one's killed a man,

man-hunter for the rest

of his life.

Nothing he'd rather eat.

Got the taste of human flesh.

A man-killing machine.

ROBERT:
l'm leaving today,

so let's getthe shoes polished.

Do l need to walk you

through this whole thing?

-No,the shoes---

-Scrapthe shoes.

Whatthe--for God's sakes,

this isn't brain surgery.

lt's afucking pair of shoes.

GetJames down here.

Robert, he's sick.

He's sick,

the shoes look like sh*t,

and everything l ask youfor--

This is lame.

This is reallyfucking lame.

The inside of a banana peel

will shine shoes.

Come with me.

Afount of information.

Shine shoes with a banana.

You should know that.

He's sick, Bob. James is sick.

Well, how sick is he?

He'd have to get betterto die.

Ha!

That guy.

That guy. He's the guy

for my photograph.

Excuse me. Where is this guy?

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