This Boy's Life Page #2

Synopsis: In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Michael Caton-Jones
Production: Warner Home Video
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
R
Year:
1993
115 min
404 Views


-Is he coming too?

-God, I hope not.

I Iooked out the window at work today,

he was across the street watching.

-So uncooI.

-You didn't think so Iast night.

''I just Iove my new rifIe, Roy!

It's the bestest present I ever had.''

Shut up.

There.

Now? We're Ieaving now?

-What about the food?

-Leave it.

-Even the canned stuff?

-Are you coming or staying?

Ask him when the next one

to Phoenix is.

-When's the next bus to Phoenix?

-Tomorrow morning. 1 1 :45.

-How about SeattIe?

-Yeah, what about SeattIe?

Leaves in, what, three--

No, two minutes.

-Is this the bus to SeattIe?

-Yes, it is.

Hurry. Come on.

SeattIe, here we go!

I aIways had a good head for figures.

If I got a CPA Iicense, I bet we couId

make a reaI go of it in SeattIe.

I know what.

I'II advertise for roommates.

-Hey, Ter.

-Hey, Jack.

What did your mom say

about skipping schooI?

Who Iistens?

Did you go to Wanda's Iast night?

You make out?

Make out good?

How good?

F***ed her tiII her nose bIed.

Sure you did.

Hey, Jack. Terry.

Oh, Iook! It's EIvis, EIvis and EIvis.

Does your face hurt?

Because it's kiIIing me.

SiIver.

-Anybody here?

-Help! Help!

Help! I'm in here!

Oh, weII. Lois, baby, come here. I got

six hot inches just waiting for you.

-Yeah, you wish.

-Oh, Lois. I want you so bad!

Come on,

you make my dick hard, baby!

Come on, baby. I'II do better

than Superman. Just give me a chance.

How did you find me?

Oh, Lois. Daddy-o's going to make you

happy-o. Tie them ropes around me.

You couIdn't even get it up, SiIver.

We had to talk dirty for a while.

It was a formality...

...like crossing yourself with holy

water when you went into a church.

After that, we shut up

and watched the show.

We softened. We surrendered. We watched

Superman have dumb adventures...

...with dorky plots

and we didn't laugh at them.

-It Iooks better with the bow in back.

-He'II Iove it.

You say he's getting serious aIready?

I think so. He keeps taIking

to me about marriage.

-He's dying to meet Toby.

-Three dates. You got him.

-I'm not sure I want him.

-Don't want who?

It's the tough guy

who can't be bothered to go to schooI.

Don't want who?

Dwight. Remember?

I toId you about him.

PIease, use a gIass.

He's that guy that comes

from the boondocks? The mechanic?

Dwight. What a stupid name.

Dwight.

-CaroIine.

-HeIIo?

Hi.

-The door was open.

-Behave.

Thank you.

Introduce you to everybody.

I'II take your hat.

-This is Marian.

-Marian.

-And Kathy.

-Kathy.

And this is my son.

-So you're Toby?

-No.

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Robert Getchell

Robert Getchell (December 6, 1936 – October 21, 2017) was an American screenwriter. Getchell wrote the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and created the sitcom based on that film, Alice. Getchell was also the screenwriter for the 1981 Docudrama film "Mommie dearest" which is based on Christina Crawford's Nightmarish childhood with her adoptive mother and Actress Joan Crawford. Getchell's screenplay didn't took the film seriously and won the 2nd "Golden Raspberry Award" for worst screenplay due to the scripts over-the-top and uncanny dialogue. more…

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