The Postman Always Rings Twice Page #2

Synopsis: This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside café owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Bob Rafelson
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1981
122 min
463 Views


See you tomorrow, eh?

Yeah, see you later, Nick.

Yeah?

Feel like doin' somethin'?

I'm doin' it.

Do you want some company?

Huh? Want some company?

You want to be with me, right?

Right?

Yeah.

Good.

Go pack a bag, we're goin' to Chicago.

Go pack a bag.

We're goin' to Chicago. Now.

-I used to work near here.

-Get your L.A. Times.

-You got a cigarette?

-No.

How much money you got?

$110.

Don't flash it around here. Come on.

Wait a minute. You left your suitcase.

Bus leaving for Los Angeles,

San Diego, Phoenix....

-Want something to eat?

-Sure.

-Yeah.

-I'll be right back.

The next departure will be...

...Los Angeles to Chicago.

Help you, sir?

Change, sir. Sir! Change.

-Thanks.

-You're welcome.

-I've got 'em all, what do you want?

-You want one?

Okay, new shooter comin' into the game.

All right, guys, four.

I got it. Who wants a hard-ways four?

-Two to one.

-Two to one on the hard ways?

Right. You got it.

What about you? Dollar here.

Okay, roll 'em. Come on.

Don't touch this money.

-Where does he think he's goin'?

-I don't know.

-Hey, buddy, we ain't got all night.

-Honey, gimme some money.

Come on, we're gettin' lucky.

These guys don't know craps

from wheat or somethin'.

Come on!

No, I'm not giving it to you.

What? No, you don't understand.

I got to cover a bet.

-I can't talk to you about it just now.

-Frank, I can't go out there broke.

What?

What're you doin' out there, anyway?

Will you, for Chrissakes,

just give me some money?

I saved that money.

Two for San Francisco.

-What are you doing?

-I'm tradin' these in.

-San Francisco.

-Wait. We're going to Chicago.

Not anymore.

You want to give me some money?

-No.

-That's $37 change for you folks.

-I appreciate that.

-Wait.

You told me your friends

were in Chicago.

Hey, I got friends in Chicago.

I got friends in Duluth.

Now I'm gonna show you somethin'.

Sit down.

What have I got?

-You got it.

-All right.

Oh, I must've skipped you.

-You destroyed me.

-I sure did get lucky.

Wait a minute.

Are you leavin' with the money?

Well, I won it.

Hey, mate.

I want a shot to get it back.

F*** you, Commodore.

I won this money.

All right?

It's all right with me, pal.

-Good meetin' with ya.

-Come on, Jim.

Wait a minute. Let's play.

Did you see that good-looking girl

that I was talking to leave here?

No, I don't know where she went.

Okay, you can turn 'em on.

I told you we shouldn'a hooked this

up in the rain in the first place.

Finish up, already.

-You check the connections?

-Yes, I checked the connections.

-Did you check the switch?

-I checked the switch.

Well, go check the hookup.

Your boss say, "Sign work both

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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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