Beat Page #2

Synopsis: The story of writer William Seward Burroughs and his wife.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Gary Walkow
Production: LionsGate Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
R
Year:
2000
93 min
116 Views


MY FEELINGS. OKAY, WELL, UH,

I'll SEE YOU LATER, DAVE. WHERE YOU GOIN'? WE'RE JUST TRYING

TO ROUND UP SOME MORE

SCRATCH FOR SOME BOOZE. UM, WE NEED

ABOUT A BUCK. OH, WELL, I'M--

I'M FLUSH. I'LL COVER IT.

HERE. UM, HERE, HERE, HERE.

DAVE, COOL IT,

WE GOT IT. NO, I'M--

I'M COOLING IT, LUCIEN. [PHONE RINGS] IT'S JUST--

IN THE SPIRI OF FRIENDSHIP. Joan:

ALLEN, IT'S YOUR BROTHER. SH*T. JOAN, I WISH

YOU'D TOLD HIM

I WASN'T HERE. COME ON, LET'S

GO GET THE BOOZE. IT'S A LIQUOR STORE, LU. IT'S NOT TIMBUKTU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK

WITH THE BOOZE, ALL RIGHT? HURRY BACK. [LAUGHS] NOW, HERE IS

A NICE LITTLE ITEM ABOUT A CONFLAGRATION

IN A TRAVELING CIRCUS. "THE FIREFIGHTERS MANAGED

TO SAVE THE LIONS, BUT THE HIPPOS

WERE BOILED IN THEIR TANKS." WHO SAYS WE AREN' MAKING SACRIFICES

ON THE HOME FRONT? YES. "THE HIPPOS WERE BOILED

IN THEIR TANKS." AWFULLY RANK. MY EMPATHY IS BOTTOMLESS

FOR THE POOR HIPPOPOTAMUS. TOUCHE. IT IS TOO BAD

THAT YOU ARE NOT A MAN. AW, BILL,

NOBODY'S PERFECT. BOTTOMS UP. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE

EXCEPT FOR YOU. YOU'VE RUINED ME. NO, DAVE.

YOU RUINED YOURSELF. NO, I DID EVERYTHING

THAT YOU ASKED ME

TO DO, LUCIEN. YOU ENCOURAGED ME. NOW I'M DISCOURAGING YOU. I'M NEVER GONNA BE

WHAT YOU WANT. OH, NO. NO, BUT YOU ARE. YOU ARE, YOU'RE

EXACTLY WHAT I-- DAVE, I'M NOT A QUEER,

ALL RIGHT? FIND SOMEONE ELSE. BUT I FOUND YOU. YOU'VE BEEN TALKING

TO BILL, HAVEN'T YOU? THIS DOESN'T HAVE

ANYTHING TO DO WITH BILL. I LIKE YOU, I REALLY DO. I JUST DON'T LIKE YOU

LIKE THAT. YOU CAN-- YOU CAN--

YOU CAN HANG OU WITH BILL AND YOU CAN HANG OU WITH ALLEN, BUT-- BUT IF I WANNA

HANG OUT WITH YOU, THEN I'VE GOTTA DO

ALL KINDS OF SH*T. I'VE GOTTA EARN YOUR

F***ING FAVORS, LUCIEN. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. LOOK, I DON'T-- STOP, DAVE! Dave:

I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU! LUCIEN, LUCIEN. LUCIEN, LOVE ME. LOVE ME. [KEYS CLACKING]

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES] LUCIEN! OH, GOD. WHAT HAPPENED? I KILLED DAVE. WHAT? WHAT? I STABBED HIM. WE WENT TO THE PARK

TO TALK, AND I... WANTED TO GET HIM

TO STOP OBSESSING. AND HE KISSED ME,

AND HE WOULDN'T STOP. THEN HE TRIED TO F*** ME,

AND HE WOULDN'T STOP. EVEN AFTER

I STABBED HIM,

HE WOULDN'T STOP. I ROLLED HIS BODY

INTO THE-- INTO

THE HUDSON. THEN I SUNK HIM. I SUNK DAVE. I GUESS I SHOULD'VE

STAYED HERE. THEY'LL PROBABLY GIVE ME

THE CHAIR FOR THIS, HUH? DON'T BE ABSURD. THEY DON'T FRY

FRESHMAN LITERATURE STUDENTS. YOU NEED TO CALL

YOUR MOTHER AND ASK HER

FOR SOME MONEY AND GET A LAWYER

AND TURN YOURSELF IN. GOD DAMN IT, LUCIEN. I SAVED

HIS CIGARETTES. YOU WAN THE LAST ONE? OH, BILL. I THOUGHT THIS

WAS GOING TO END BADLY. [PIANO PLAYS

MELANCHOLIC PIECE] [GRUNTING] [FLUSHES] [WHISTLE TOOTS] [TOOT] [TOOT] ONE FOR THE ROAD. [CLICK] BULL'S-EYE. WHERE IS THE BROOD? THE BROOD IS OUT PLAYING

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