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Synopsis: A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Paul Schneider
Production: Paramount Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
R
Year:
2008
120 min
71 Views


- yeah.

Hold on, hold on.

Hold on. Sh*t!

- All right. [grunts]

- yeah.

What was it you asked...

Oh, yeah! Ohh!

- [moans]

- I don't know, it was just

some guy on the phone,

And he was asking me if I

ever dreamed about flying.

- Even though... Yeah.

- You do!

[mattress springs creaking]

But you know

he just kept...

[groans] he just kept hinting

about some idea he had,

But he didn't tell me

what it was.

[both groan]

Well... It might be good to...

[groans]

...Get out and

get back to work.

Hold up, hold up,

hold up, hold up!

Hold on! Hold on!

Ohh! Here we go, now.

Here we go, girl! Yes!

Yes, dirty girl!

- [grunting]

- oh, you gotta get this!

Sh*t!

- [bubbling]

- [telephone ringing]

[Curtis]:
What, you think

I'm just gonna disappear?

[telephone ringing]

[growling]

m... Morning voice.

Morning voice.

So the vacation

comes to an end.

Hey, why don't you

move your boat, Phil?

I told you it's

crowding my driveway.

No can do, Jose.

Just sold the lake house,

So this baby gonna be here

for a little while.

- Unless you wanna buy it.

- Just move the boat, man.

I'm tired of askin'.

Oh, hey, Rick!

What's the difference between

a black man and a large pizza?

A**hole.

[truck engine starts]

[sighs] I'm supposed to meet

somebody here, Prentiss.

Uh, he wanted to sit

in the back.

[Rick clears throat]

Wow. Richard Honeycutt.

It is, uh, f-ing great

to meet you, sir.

Oh. [chuckles]

You mean, uh,

"f***ing great"?

[laughs]

wow, there you go.

I, uh, I reserved the room

where they usually

have corporate stuff

So we can have our little

back and forth without

any civilians around.

I hope that's ok with you.

Ok.

You been to places

like this before?

A diner?

Yeah, I have, yeah.

Uh, so, ok, pleasantries.

Uh, you ok?

Everything good?

You lovin' life?

- Curtis, what are we

doing here?

- I love it!

You're like, "get to

the point, Prentiss!"

- Perfect! I love it.

- You fellas decide?

Oh. Uh...

Yeah. Pan-American breakfast.

Uh, eggs over hard,

sausage patties,

- Hot sauce, black coffee.

- Nothing for me.

Well, my sources

tell me that you

Are a bit of

a genius rocket buff.

Do they? Well, uh...

[chuckles]

Yeah, yeah. I've, uh,

I've, uh, worked in

the aerospace industry

for 20 years, so...

[chuckles] truly?

Mmm.

[Curtis]:
Nice.

Well, I, uh...

...Am kind of a buff, too,

So science-wise that

puts us on the same page.

Did you study engineering

somewhere? Where?

Do you know that 90 percent

of the population

Doesn't understand

creative types?

Artists, inventors...

...Scientists.

Like that English fella

in the wheelchair,

You think

he's got any friends?

- Who, Stephen hawking?

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Zene Baker

Zene Baker is an American film editor. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Baker is a 1998 graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film editing. Baker is best known as the editor of the Seth Rogen's films Observe and Report, 50/50, This Is the End, Neighbors, The Interview, The Night Before and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising In addition, Baker also edited Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. He is represented by the UTA Agency. more…

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