Ruthless People Page #2

Synopsis: Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) is a clothing manufacturer, who married his wife Barbara (Bette Midler), for the money that she was supposed to inherit from her dying father, but her father didn't die for another fifteen years. He is now planning to kill her and he tells his girlfriend Carol Dodsworth (Anita Morris) what he is going to do. He then on his way home to do just that but when he gets there, she's not there. He then receives a call from someone claiming to have kidnapped Barbara and threatening to kill her if he informs the police, which he does hoping that they do. What Stone doesn't know is that the kidnappers, Ken (Judge Reinhold) and Sandy (Helen Slater) Kessler are a couple whose idea for a garment he stole and made fortune off, are not that lethal, as a matter of fact Barbara's more lethal. And what Stone doesn't know is that Carol, has another boyfriend named Earl Mott (Bill Pullman), and they plan to blackmail Sam, by videotaping him disposing of Barbara's body. When Earl g
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1986
93 min
804 Views


It's on every | goddamn channel!

Millionaire heiress, Barbara Stone, | has been kidnapped...

from her | Bel Air mansion.

What'd he do, | hire a publicist?

I feel terrible. | Do you feel as guilty as I do?

Guilty? | Are you kidding?

He takes our money, | steals your idea,

goes out and makes | a million dollars, | and you feel guilty?

I can't | believe it!

- How many times | have we been over this? | - Oh, honey, not again.

Let me remind you | of something.

You are the spandex | miniskirt king.

Not him. | He is the spandex miniskirt thief.

He's the one | who should feel guilty.

Look at this. | Do you remember this?

You cried for a week | when you saw this. Look at | the smile on that a**hole.

I know he stole it, but she | really didn't do anything.

She was his partner! | Oh, damn it, Sandy.

Do you enjoy | getting stepped on? Do you?

'Cause I don't, | and I don't feel guilty.

I take it back. | I do feel guilty.

I feel very guilty. | I trusted a sleazeball | like Sam Stone...

with our life savings | on a handshake deal,

and then sat there | and watched him take it | all away from us.

But that's over. | We know better now.

From now on, | we trust no one.

To hell with everybody else. | We've got to be ruthless.

- Think ruthless. | - What if I can't think ruthless?

You've got to. It's good for you. | It makes you strong.

What the hell's the sense | of being a decent person | when nobody else is?

Let's be a**holes | and get rich!

- [ Squealing, Moaning ] | - Whirring Noises

Oh, oh! I'm crazy about you, | you big galoot!

Ooh, you were | somethin' today!

- Yeah, it just doesn't get | any better than this. | - Mmm.

I'm gonna take | a quick shower.

- Can you be ready | by the time I get out? | - Ready?

You're getting ready | for Sam.

The video equipment, | remember?

- Tonight's the night. | - Oh yeah, I knew that.

- Now, do you remember | where I told you to go? | - Yeah.

- The old deserted bridge | near the Hollywood sign. | - That's right.

You wait for him there. | He'll be in some rented car.

He's afraid of getting blood | on his sports car.

Get in as close | as you can.

It's important you get | a good shot of his face.

If we can't recognize him, | we can't blackmail him.

You get that videotape of Sam | finishing off his wife,

and that man will give us | anything we want...

for the rest of his life.

Yeah, then we're off | to Haiti.

Not Haiti, Tahiti!

I knew that.

The passports | came today.

Cool.

[ Indistinct Chatter]

- Frank, glad you're here. | - What have we got?

We found a chloroform-soaked | handkerchief stuffed | way down in the garbage,

and a tire print on the lawn, | a good one. I'm having the lab | check it out.

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Dale Launer

Dale Launer (born May 19, 1952) is an American comedy screenwriter. His films include Ruthless People, Blind Date, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny. more…

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