The Night Listener Page #2

Synopsis: Gabriel Noone is a late night radio-host in a big city, specializing in spooky tales culled from his active imagination. When Gabriel's lover decides he needs some "space" and moves out, Gabriel descends into a funk until a publisher friend brings him a manuscript written by 14 year-old Pete Logand, a troubled young fan. Pete's story touches the vulnerable Gabriel deeply. Pete was severely abused by his parents and is now under the care of his former social worker, Donna Logand, who has adopted him. Pete is very ill and he and Donna are keeping a low profile in a small town in Wisconsin to avoid discovery by Pete's mother. Gabriel develops an unsettling long-distance telephone relationship with the boy and his guardian. Nothing is as it seems and the skepticism of friends causes Gabriel to become suspicious of Donna and her motives, so he tries to resolve the loose ends by traveling to Wisconsin to confront Donna and Pete. But this effort is largely unsuccessful and we are left wonderi
Director(s): Patrick Stettner
Production: Miramax
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
2006
91 min
$7,766,987
Website
148 Views


I read your book.

I reaIIy Iiked it.

(beep)

-(Pete) Hey.

- Hey.

You sW ear it's really you?

Why wouIdn't it be me?

I dunno.

You don't sound like yourself.

Well. I'm a little less dramatic in person.

- You sound Iike hammered sh*t.

-( Gabriel laughs)

That pins it doW n pretty W ell.

No offense.

Just can't f***in' beIieve it's you, man.

You just f***in' have to.

I'm sorry. My new mom

says I've got a trashy mouth.

Really?

Well. she's f***in' right.

AnyW ay. I was really impressed by

your book. I want to wish you good luck.

So what do you guys do for Christmas?

What do you mean?

- You and Jess. Do you have a tree?

- Oh, no.

We're not that big on Christmas.

Yeah. I know what you mean.

We got a rusty water tank across the street.

They hang a damn star on it every year.

A star.

That sounds nice.

Yeah.

Except it doesn't face this way.

Just Iights up the graffiti.

The rest of the town gets ''BethIehem."

AII's we get is ''Roberta bIows."

I sW ear. big ol' red letters.

''Roberta bloW s. ''

They painted it out last year.

It came back.

- She must reaIIy bIow.

-(laughs. coughs)

You OK?

Sh*t. (coughs)

Pete?

(Pete continues coughing)

Sh*t. (coughs)

Yeah, I'm OK. Gotta warn me

if you're gonna be funny, man.

- Drink this.

- Sorry.

- What is it?

- Well. Donna's here noW being a pain.

I W ouldn't put up W ith it.

except she's a babe and I like redheads.

It's him.

Say something.

- Hi. This is Donna Logand.

- Hey.

I'm sorry to cut this short.

This cough is worrying me.

- WeII, sure. I understand.. .

-( dial tone)

(turns off phone)

(phone rings)

HeIIo?

It's Donna.

He's asleep now .

We had to drain his lungs.

- Has he toId you about the AIDS?

- Yeah. he did.

Listen, there are some incredibIe drugs

nowadays. They worked wonders for Jess.

Yeah, we've tried a Iot of them

but he had syphiIis when he was eight

and his Iungs are Iike Swiss cheese.

He doesn't have very long.

A feW months at the most.

It probabIy doesn't make it any easier,

being out here in the middIe of nowhere.

But I just can't have

those creeps knowing where he is.

I thought they were in prison.

His father was. but his mother

disappeared after her arraignment.

- They don't know where she is.

- Surely after all these years...

We don't know what she's capabIe of.

But the point of moving here

is not to be paranoid. right?

( Gabriel) The thought of that

haunted me all night.

Over the next few weeks.

Pete and I talked almost every day.

Who do you want to talk to

When your book is published?

What do you mean?

You know . somebody famous

Who really likes your book.

Derek Jeter wouId be cooI.

WeII. OK. Yeah.

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Armistead Maupin

Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer, best known for Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco. more…

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