The Gingerbread Man Page #2

Synopsis: Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Robert Altman
Production: PolyGram Video
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1998
114 min
235 Views


through this sh*t before.

Well, is there

anything I can do?

Find me a new life.

I'm gonna walk

to a phone booth...

I got a phone in the car.

'Course you do.

Listen, I'm on my way.

I could give you a ride.

No, thanks. I just need a cab.

Well, this time of night,

this weather,

you gonna wait around forever.

Where'd you live?

Across town.

Well, I don't mind, really.

I'm just wired from today,

so I could use the drive,

but, you know, whatever.

I'll... I'll give you a ride.

It's up here?

It's down this road about...

I don't know, three lights,

then turn right on Victory.

It's a couple of miles

out of town.

You like your job?

It wasn't a lifelong ambition,

if that's what you're asking.

I was just wonderin'.

Pays the rent.

Any news about Geraldo?

TV guy?

The storm.

I've had other things

on my mind.

Just wondered whether

it was coming in.

Boy, it's funny sometimes...

You get so wrapped up in a case

you forget other things exist.

Like what?

Like storms.

OK, now, at the end

of the street, turn right.

Turn right.

Right here.

Down the street or...?

No, first house

on the right-hand side.

All right.

What is it?

That's my car.

The one that was stolen?

Maybe it wasn't stolen.

What do you mean?

You got a roommate?

No, I live alone.

Thanks again for the ride.

What do you mean?

You forget to lock it?

You want me to come in?

For what? I'm fine.

Well, I'm comin' in.

Hello?

Another probable

depression has developed...

They your car keys?

Anybody home?

Hello?

So what did I walk into here?

Jealous boyfriend? Ex-husband?

Current husband?

None of the above?

My daddy.

Your daddy? Your daddy stole

your car? Broke into your house?

Any particular reason?

He's just not well.

What's wrong with him?

There's nothing wrong with him,

I didn't say that.

He just does weird

sh*t sometimes.

How long's this been goin' on?

Hey, you know what?

You gave me a ride, swell, but

I don't wanna talk about this.

Well, I think you should.

What is it he's doin'?

He follows me.

You mean stalks you?

What's that, the legal word?

Yeah, it is.

- Then that's it.

- Why?

I don't know,

he's in this group.

It's not religious, they don't

believe the world's ending.

They just got

some strange ideas.

Well, this is not

rational behaviour.

You gotta have somebody

talk to him.

You sound like

everybody else here.

Acting like it's so easy...

I ain't sayin' it's easy,

I'm just sayin' these

things escalate

and easily become dangerous.

You can make him get help.

What do you mean?

That if he's dangerous the state

can make him get checked out.

There's no money for that.

There doesn't have to be money.

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