Changing Lanes Page #8

Synopsis: An attorney in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman, who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Roger Michell
Production: Paramount Pictures
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
2002
98 min
$66,650,688
Website
1,047 Views


while his father shows him how.

And we fade up...

to Tiger winning

four grand slams in a row...

and becoming the greatest golfer

to ever to pick up a nine iron.

And we end on his father...

in the crowd on the sidelines...

and Tiger giving him the trophies.

All because of

a father's determination...

that no fat white man--

like your fathers, probably--

would ever send his son

to the clubhouse...

for cigarettes and beer.

I'm sorry.

What did you say about our fathers?

- You better go.

- Mr. DoyIe Gipson.

You is now bankrupt.

And you owe me $5,000.

- Come on.

- Where'd he go?

Where is he?

- Hello?

- It's me.

- So you really bought a house?

- Yeah.

- Wanna play a round of golf?

- Really? You actually own it?

It's not a mansion on the hill.

It needs a lot of work,

but it'd be yours.

- It'd be your house.

- Here we go!

- Gonna hit the ball!

- Oh, God.

What? This line's going dead.

I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

ObviousIy, it wouId be better for

the boys to be near their father.

- What?

- To have you nearby.

- What?

- No, we didn't like it.

- I'll call you back.

- Talkin' to your daddy?

- Oh, God! You hit me!

- I'll hit you again! You like it?

Mister, please!

- I got kids, man!

- Yeah? Well, so do I!

DoyIe Gipson.

This is Gavin Banek calling.

I have something that

I wanna tell you.

First of all,

I wanted to shake hands, all right?

I wanted to start over.

I gave you a chance.

And you did this. Fine.

I have just turned off your credit.

You are now a spirit

without a body, all right?

Now, I can go on and on...

pulling your llfe down

around your ears.

You can turn it off. You can

go back to the way things were.

Just give me my file back!

Just-- Today.

I mean,just--

I mean-- Thank you.

Give me my file back, get the credit

turned back on. Okay? Today.

Thank you.

- Has he phoned yet?

- Not yet.

- Look at this.

- What?

- What is it?

- It's the life of Doyle Gipson.

His whole life.

We have his bank...

his wife, kids--

two boys, Danny and Steve--

their birth dates, the school

they go to, credit card balances...

health records.

His cholesterol is high,

but his blood pressure is normal.

I'm 29 years old.

That foundation has

107 million dollars in it.

My bosses are the trustees.

So why didn't they

come to court with me?

I don't know.

Mina Dunne hates me.

I assume there's a reason. Why

am I always the last guy to know?

What's in those files

that I haven't seen?

- Can you get me a messenger?

- What for?

I found something. I wanna give it

back to the person it belongs to.

Is there a reward or something?

- Yeah.

- What is it?

Doing the right thing--

giving it back.

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