You Can Count On Me Page #2

Synopsis: Adult siblings Sammy Prescott and Terry Prescott have had a special bond with each other since they were kids when their parents were tragically killed in a car accident. That bond is why single mom Sammy, who still lives in the family home in Scottsville, upstate New York with her eight year old son Rudy, is excited to hear that Terry, who she has not seen or heard from in a while, is coming home for a visit. That excitement is dampened slightly upon Terry's arrival, when she learns that he, broke, is only there to borrow money. As adults, Sammy, who works as a lending officer in the local bank, is seen as the responsible sibling, while unfocused Terry is seen as the irresponsible drifter. Regardless, Sammy welcomes what ends up being Terry's longer than planned visit if only so that he can help take care of Rudy, who has no adult male figure in his life. Rudy has never known his deadbeat biological father, with whom Sammy wants nothing to do. As Terry - acting as the supposed adult m
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Kenneth Lonergan
Production: TSG Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 41 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
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Year:
2000
111 min
$8,409,329
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seriously consider moving back home

Yeah

Alright

So you gonna call me tonight?

Definitely

Hello? Terry!

Whoa... Terry...

That's me

How's it going?

Going good...

Give me a hug

How you doing, good to see you

You too

Where you been?

Man I've been all over the place

Where you headed?

Just going up to see Sammy

Yeah, yeah. So she said you've been to Alaska?

Oh hi, how you going Mr. Parker

Good to see you again. Take care

So you working?

Yeah, yeah

Got a postcard every once in a while

Yeah, kinda been all over

Good to have you back here

Thanks, Darryl. You keep enforcing the peace

lt'll be a little harder now that you're here

but I'll do what I can

No man, I'm just visiting

Hey, I'll see you around

Don't be a stranger, alright

Sorry about yesterday

I don't care

I was studying the bus description

And I got on the wrong bus

I missed my stop

I don't care, Terry. I'm so glad to see you

I'm glad to see you too, Sammy

So you're coming from work

No, it's Saturday

Yeah, no, it's just that you dressed so formally

Oh, no, you know, I thought I'd...

I thought it was special occasion. Which it is

No, it's good, it's good

I thought I'd get dressed up too

It's okay. You look fine

Yeah, this is the haute cuisine of garments

What?

Nothing. Nothing. So how are you?

We're fine, Terry

So, how's Rudy?

We're fine, Terry

How are you?

Yeah...

Where have you been lately, Terry?

I know, I haven't been...

I got a postcard from you, from Alaska

Yeah, yeah I was up there for a little while

That was in the fall, Terry

Yeah I know, I've been out of touch

I was a little worried

I've been a lot of different places. I was down

in Florida for a little while

I was doing some work

in Orlando. I've been all over the place

Well I just wish

you had just let me know you were okay

Yeah, I just didn't realize it had been so long

You staying in town for a little while

Well I don't know

I got all these things

I got to do back in Worcester

Oh

Yeah, so I'm probably not gonna

be able to stay more than a day or so

Oh...

I'm kind of trying to keep to a schedule of sorts

Oh, that's alright

It's a long story and I don't want

to trouble you with it right now

Are you expecting someone?

Who would I be expecting here?

You just keep looking around, that's all

No, I was just wondering if we could

get some more refreshments, that's all

I actually got to confess to you, Sammy

That's the reason

you may not have heard from me for while

is I've been unable to write on the account

of that

I was in jail for a little while

You were what?

I sort of did a little time, I guess

down in Florida, it was just bullshit

What?

It was bullshit!

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Kenneth Lonergan

Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-writing Gangs of New York (2002), and for writing and directing You Can Count On Me (2000), Margaret (2011), and Manchester by the Sea (2016). Lonergan earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Director for Manchester by the Sea, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for You Can Count On Me, Gangs of New York, and Manchester by the Sea, winning for the latter at the 89th Academy Awards. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Manchester by the Sea at the 70th British Academy Film Awards. more…

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