State And Main Page #4

Synopsis: FADE IN: EXT. FIREHOUSE - DAY Ann is walking down the street. The firedog runs out of the firehouse, she gives the dog a biscuit, and pats him on the head. The fireman is out front with a cup of coffee. Ann hands him a poster. EXT. STATE AND MAIN - INTERSECTION - DAY Morris and Spud, two codgers, are about to cross the street when they hear a beeping and stop. As they cross, we see the tail end of a van, and the group nods in that direction. MORRIS You hear that? SPUD Yes, I hear it. MORRIS Drive a man to drink. Took me near half an hour, get across the street yesterday.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Fine Line Features
  7 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
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Year:
2000
105 min
$5,770,800
Website
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BILL:

Na, we wanna rent the whole hotel.

WALT:

(into phone)

Hello, Tracy; we gotta new town.

We're... where are we?

BEAT. Bill looks around, sees a sign on the desk. Consults

his tourist folder. As they talk they walk into a deserted

ballroom and play shuffleboard and archery.

BILL:

(carrying Waterford

plate)

Waterford, Vermont.

WALT:

...you got to get me that street for

nothing...

BILL:

I will.

WALT:

(into phone)

Waterford, Vermont. Where is it?

That's where it is...

Walt carries the shuffleboard stick over his shoulder.

INT. WALT'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Walt is talking on a cellphone. A male P.A. is bringing in

bags of equipment. Bill is still sitting perched on a desk,

typing into his computer. Uberto is sitting on a couch

smoking.

We see the shuffleboard stick on the desk, and the Old Mill

plate on the wall.

WALT:

(to phone)

Because, because... we don't have to

build an Old Mill -- they have an

Old Mill -- yeah. It's on a stream --

that's where you put a mill.

BILL:

...they run on water.

WALT:

(to phone)

Now:
I'm looking at the...

He gestures for Bill who hands him the storyboards.

WALT:

I've got scene twelve...

(to Carla)

Shouldn't you be in school...?

CARLA:

It's night.

WALT:

(to phone as he shows

the Old Mill

storyboards to camera)

Scene twelve... arrival at the mill.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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