Civic Duty Page #3

Synopsis: Shortly after landing a job, Terry Allen is laid off, starts looking for another circa post September 11, 2001 media frenzy and paranoia with President George W. Bush stating that grief has turned to anger, anger to resolution, and that there are thousands of terrorists in over 60 countries ready to strike. With increasing reports of identity theft, the involvement of wealthy & educated foreigners in terrorist activities, Terry starts suspecting his new neighbor, a middle-easterner, who he stereotypes as 'raghead', 'camel jockey', and 'sand nigger'. His wife, Marla, does not share in his bigotry, but he believes that she has turned her attention from rock-stars to Jihadists. While looking for employment, as well as a loan to purchase a house, he also contacts the Federal Bureau of Investigation as he feels he has sufficient evidence that his new neighbor is structuring money, experimenting with chemicals, and associating with other middle-easterners for devious reasons.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Jeff Renfroe
Production: Freestyle Releasing/Yari Film Group
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
2006
98 min
$54,902
Website
27 Views


"dirty," bombs.

What are you doing?

Getting a shot

Of the handsomest

number-Cruncher in the world.

Yeah?

You want to see my calculator,

baby?

You know i do.

Yeah. Yeah?

[Setting knife down]

Well, why don't i just

whip it out?

Oh, yeah.

All right, all right,

i feel like an a**hole.

That's enough.

So, how was your first day

of freedom?

Got some

resumes out.

You know.

Crunched the mortgage numbers

a little.

Saw the apartment downstairs

got taken.

You see

who it was?

Oh, you didn't see him?

'Cause he sure saw you.

[Beverage pouring]

What's that supposed to mean?

Who's he?

I don't know,

some middle eastern-Looking guy.

What?

What, i called him

middle eastern?

He is middle eastern.

Okay.

Wait. So if i saw him

in a crowd

And i wanted

to let you know

Who i was

referring to,

How would i

do it then?

Would you prefer

That i said

"the raghead,"

"The camel-Jockey"?

Terry!

"The sand n*gger"?

Shut up!

[Mocking voice]:

ooh, he's a n*gger

Who lives

in the sand.

Terry, stop it.

What?

He can probably

hear us.

Oh, he can't

hear us.

I think he'd prefer

to be called

"The middle eastern guy," don't you?

I don't know.

Well, call him

whatever you want,

But that guy sure

was a fan of your ass.

Check it out.

? Chicka-Chicka-Bow

chicka-Bow-Bow?

? Chicka

chicka-Bow-Bow?

[Dumpster rattling open]

[Thump]

[Female reporter]:

gone are the days

Of identity thieves

Going through

your private mailbox.

They are now finding

their jackpots at one source-

Computers stored

In your pediatrician,

general practitioner,

Or dentist's office.

The very institutions

That collect

your personal information-

What would you think

If i told you

that our new neighbor

Was digging around in the trash

at 3:
00 in the morning?

What?

And i didn't

tell you this either,

But he didn't seem

To have a lot

to move in-

Just a couple duffel bags

and a small mattress.

You watched him move in?

Well, it was just

a couple trips

Up the walkway,

But doesn't that seem

a little odd to you?

The guy rents

a full-Size apartment,

Has nothing to

put inside it?

He's probably just struggling

to make ends meet.

Yeah, maybe.

Probably.

[Bag zipping up]

Anyway, it's none

of our business.

Seems

a little weird to me,

That's all.

Well, if it's so weird,

Why don't you go introduce

yourself to him, then?

Come on.

Why not?

At least then

you can stop calling him

"The middle eastern guy,"

okay?

All right.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Good.

I don't have to

bake him a cake, do i?

[Laughing]:

that's a good idea.

Have a beautiful day.

...vital services.

Now thousands of records

can be stolen

With the same level of risk

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