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Synopsis: Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes bad music, and drives Arlo crazy. In his latest case, Zero must find out who is blackmailing a rich executive, and when his client won't tell him, why. The only problem with this case is Zero has done something he's never done before: got emotionally involved.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jake Kasdan
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
R
Year:
1998
116 min
224 Views


I had the first verse a while ago...

...but I just got that second one...

...just a couple hours ago.

- You really like it?

- Yeah.

Where the f*** have you been?

What do you mean?

Where the f*** have you been?

I've been waiting for you.

I came straight from the airport.

I've been awake for three days.

Three!

Just love those amphetamines.

Got to love them.

Got to.

Sounds healthy.

It's good for my skin.

If you do enough of that stuff

over a short period of time...

...you get these canker

sores on your tongue.

They bleed and...

See?

Disgusting.

What'd the guy in Portland want?

Blackmail.

- Name?

- Stark.

Gregory Stark, Oregon Timber.

He's a very rich man.

Old money.

Blackmail, huh?

Did he kill somebody

or f*** somebody?

F***ed somebody over.

Sounds like embezzlement, maybe.

Runs in the family, I guess.

His old man, Jordan...

...had a big tax evasion suit

against him in '82.

He was legally exonerated but karmically

convicted because he died right after.

It was a massive coronary.

He just didn't take care of himself.

He ate like a pig.

He was just a fat man.

Gregory Stark is the son of a fat man.

You wouldn't be the first hound

down this trail.

- Who?

- Clearburg.

- Didn't turn a thing.

- F***ing hack!

You know the trouble

with f***ing Clearburg?

He has absolutely no f***ing tact.

He stinks up the whole neighborhood.

And he's press hungry.

He's just repulsive.

Gregory Stark. How desperate?

Scale of 1 to 10.

Bordering on manic.

Do I need to go there?

You'd want to check it out.

There isn't too much to go on here.

I'd have to go there?

I don't like it.

F*** it! Sure. Yeah.

Tell him I'll do it.

Wait. Don't you even want

to hear what it is?

What is it today?

What day is it?

Sunday.

I'll get on the plane to Portland...

...at 11:
15 tonight...

...arriving Portland at 1:32 am.

You'll give me the details on the way

to the airport tonight.

- Wait a minute. Tonight?

- Yeah. 10:
00.

Can't it wait till tomorrow?

I can have one night with Jess?

No, you'll go tomorrow...

...at 7:
36 a. M...

...because I need you to drive me

to the airport tonight...

...at 10:
00.

Do you want that low-cal breakfast?

My abilities are seriously impaired...

...maybe even disabled...

...right at the moment.

Because I got to...

...get to sleep right now.

- Daryl.

- I'll see you at 10:00.

Jess?

You're all wet.

I don't care.

- Thank you for the flowers.

- You're welcome.

You want to come in?

I'm glad you're back.

I'm glad to be back.

Where are you taking me tonight?

Jesus.

He wouldn't say what's in the box.

It sounds like some sort of financial

record, but he didn't want to tell me.

So whatever he's hiding,

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Jake Kasdan

Jacob "Jake" Kasdan (born October 28, 1974) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. more…

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