Young Ones Page #2

Synopsis: Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships. The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth's precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome ( Kodi Smit-McPhee) and Mary (Elle Fanning) fends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever (Nicholas Hoult), has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and will go to any length to get it. From writer/director Jake Paltrow comes a futuristic western, told in three chapters, which inventively layers Greek tragedy over an ethereal narrative that's steeped deeply in the values of the American West.
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jake Paltrow
Production: Screen Media Ventures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
2014
100 min
Website
206 Views


It is the reason we have

all stayed behind in this

god-forsaken land.

It's not hope, it's

certainty, and when that day

comes, you are going

to need this equipment.

It will never be cheaper,

and when the rains come, it

will make you the kings and

queens you know you are.

Fortune favors the bold,

ladies and gentlemen.

Fortune favors the bold.

Ladies and gentlemen, the

item for sale today, this

beautiful machine, it's

the simulit shadow.

Look at that, in very good working

order, ladies and gentlemen.

Beautiful suspension

on this machine.

What can you give me for

this beautiful machine

ladies and gentlemen?

One or two hundred?

Start the bidding

at three hard.

How about a number three?

I got a three from 26.

Can you give me a three

split, a three split, can

you give me a three split I

got a three split from 24.

Gimme a four, four,

can you give me four?

Are you able to...

26, 26, four from 26.

Give me four split from 24.

Five, can you give me five? Five, can you

give me five? Five, can you give me five?

I got a five from 24.

24 is gonna be a five.

Can you give me a six?

I got a six!

Can you give me

seven, I got seven!

Are you able to beat, able

to beat, able to beat seven?

Can you give me, seven, seven

split? Can you give me seven split?

I got a seven

from 24, are you

I got a 7 split from 26.

For the first time, for the

second time, gone to number

That's quite an upgrade

from that donkey.

Guess you can keep that

supply detail, Ernest.

Thank you flemmon.

...a beautiful

semia autoseeder.

These steel giants are the last

of the...

You know what debt is?

Yeah.

I just got more of it.

This is the last of it.

Is it worth it?

It has to be.

Yeah.

Ready to show momma?

Just don't tell

her what it cost.

Look at what your

son brought you.

Is that Robbie?

That's Robbie.

Using that baby

to get handouts.

Vultures.

Yo!

Ernest!

Ernest!

Hey it's me, it's Robbie!

Special occasion, Ernest?

My well finally ran dry.

Condolences.

Pray for rain.

Pray for rain.

Stop!

Water for the baby!

Stop!

It's alright, baby.

Come here.

You could adopt

us both, Ernest.

I'd take you if I

could feed you, sooz.

Robbie thinks we

should sell the baby.

Tastes like lemons,

but smells like sh*t.

What's that, Robbie?

He says your sister tastes like

lemons, but smells like sh*t.

And that's a shh...

Who said that?

Uh, your sister's boyfriend.

Hey, Robbie, you need

to take your baby to see

Dr. coles, okay?

Tell him I'll pay

for it when I can.

Gotcha.

Look, I don't want you

bringing sooz and the baby

out here, using

them as bait.

Okay?

And no bullshit about

selling that baby.

You need water,

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Jake Paltrow

Jacob Danner Paltrow (born September 26, 1975) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of Gwyneth Paltrow and the son of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner. more…

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