The Heartbreak Kid Page #2

Synopsis: Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly instead. Her rich father is less than keen and lets everyone - including Lenny - know that he hates everything about him and the way he is going on.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Elaine May
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG
Year:
1972
106 min
1,992 Views


It's goddamn wonderful!

All right?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I said I'm sorry.

- I don't know what's wrong with you.

- Nothing!

You've been acting this way

the whole trip.

I haven't!

I've been a little irritable in Georgia.

I was fine in Virginia and Delaware.

I just wanted to know

how it felt to you.

It felt really terrific. It's just...

I don't understand why I have

to announce it all the time.

You don't have to announce it

all the time. Just tell me.

I have to be reassured.

What's wrong with that?

It's difficult to give out bulletins

in the heat of passion.

You hardly said a word

to me all night.

I'm always quiet at night.

You were never quiet

before we were married.

We never made love

before we were married!

We fooled around a little,

but this is all new.

It's all new to me too.

You're gonna have to give me

about 40 or 50 years.

Why do you keep saying 40 or 50 years?

We're on our honeymoon.

I mean, we're not even out

of Georgia yet.

Look at Mr. grouch!

"Mommy, mommy, help me.

I married a grouch."

You all right?

Mm-hmm.

# I'd #

# like to teach #

# like to buy-- #

# the world to sing

in perfect harmony #

# I'd like to buy the world

a coke #

# and keep it company #

Hi, Miami beach.

Miami beach, hello!

Here we come, Miami beach!

Paging Max Doogan.

Come to the front desk, please.

Thank you very much.

Have a nice day.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you very much.

# Someone's in the kitchen

with Dinah #

# someone's in the kitchen

I know #

# someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

strummin' on the old banjo #

We go down now, we can get

a whole afternoon of sun in.

Wait just two seconds.

Just two seconds.

Just two seconds.

Give me, give me two seconds.

Listen, I'll meet you down there, okay?

- I'll meet you down in about ten minutes, okay?

- Okay.

That's my spot.

What? Excuse me?

I said, you're lying in my spot.

This is your spot?

- Everybody knows that.

- I didn't know--

I just got here.

I didn't, uh-- I'll move.

I just got here.

Never mind.

Just don't do it again.

Lenny?

Lenny!

Len?

Lenny, come on!

- Come on!

- Be right up.

What are you looking at?

No, no.

The sun's hot, honey.

I just wanna get a little tan.

You've already been out an hour.

That's a lot the first day.

I know when I've had enough.

Ooh, it's hot! It's hot.

You feel like a dip?

You know I can't swim.

You can't swim?

I didn't know that.

You did too.

How would I know that?

I've never been to the beach with you.

Well...

I guess that's another thing

you just found out about me.

Hey!

Oh! I'm so sorry.

Did I get you wet?

- No, that's okay.

- I'm really sorry.

- That's okay.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, and after graduating from high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows from 1950 (where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn (1961), which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. more…

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