False Pretenses
- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2004
- 90 min
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Do you mind if I steal one?
- No go ahead, have one.
- Thanks.
- Hey! - Oh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Sure you are.
Hey, I wasn't the one who...
Who was watching
where he was going?
Oh well, that's me.
A regular one-man roadblock.
charm your way out of this?
This? What?
Misdemeanour sidewalk blocking?
Felony produce endangerment?
Are you making a citizen's
arrest here?
You're no farmer, are you?
I could be.
I don't think so. Silk shirt,
Italian jeans, Rolex.
Well, there's good money in
peaches you know.
How'd you like to get out
of those clothes,
mister peach farmer?
My wife might have something
to say about that.
So might my husband.
Whoo!
[ Laughter ]
So, what does my wife
have to say?
About your way with words?
Charming defenseless women
in the street?
Ha-ha. Hey! It's just...
It's just a phase, it'll pass.
Not if I've got anything
to do with it, it won't.
- Oh!
- Don't you answer that.
- I've got to!
- No, no!
- I have got to.
- You are not indispensable.
- Come on.
You're not indispensable.
Not to them.
Luckily they have not figured
that out yet.
Hey Nabil.
Oh, not much. Just meeting with
a very important client.
[Whispering]:
Very important.No, I won't be back
in the office today.
I will tell you about it tonight
at the party.
Nabil, just relax, okay?
We've been through this. I...
yeah, well just trust me.
I've got us covered.
I will, tonight.
Yeah, I'll see you then.
Hmmph! It looks like
I am indispensable.
You've been so stressed lately.
That's why I get paid the big
bucks, don't you know.
Could we just go away
somewhere, just the two of us,
away from all the office
politics and pressure,
and never come back?
Please! Please, please,
please, please!
How would I support you in the manner
to which you have become accustomed?
- Uh-huh.
- We could open our own little B & B.
- Uh-huh.
- Roll up our sleeves,
spend a little time together.
That's what we're doing.
You know what I mean.
Nope.
I want to give you everything.
I've got everything.
Uh-uh. I want to make you proud.
Oh ho! I am proud.
Really proud.
I am really proud.
[Whispering]:
I love you.Oh, we're going to be late.
We can't be late.
It's our own party.
You tell that to the caterers.
Perfect.
Chandra! Nabil!
Glad you could make it.
Hi!
Hey.
- Diane. - Nabil.
So, what do you think.
Diane did an amazing
job or what?
- Very nice.
- Thank you.
So, our major distributor goes belly
up and my CFO decides to have a party.
Charity fundraiser.
Besides, I already told you,
I got us covered. Our reserve
fund is parked in a...
High yield, low risk,
short term...
- Investment. - Yeah.
- It's totally liquid.
Thanks. So, how come the half
million dollars didn't show up
in the corporate account this morning,
or yesterday, or the day before?
It'll be there tonight.
- Tonight?
- Uh-huh.
- Who does business at 8pm on a Friday?
- I swear it.
That's Rand's boss.
Chandra's his wife.
All these big financial types. I
cannot believe they all came.
Vulture capitalists.
Anything for charity
and an open bar.
Oh my, God. Hey, how are you?
Relax, kiddo. You did good.
Really? For the new kid
on the block.
For any kid on any block.
Great food, great music,
cute waiters.
Shh!
You've got a great eye, Diane.
Finding the good ones early
is a real gift.
Uh-hmm.
Excuse me ladies.
I can see why you and Rand haven't
[Diane]:
Oh, we'reworking on it.
And who can blame you.
[Speaking softly]: If I
thought for a second this deal
would jeopardize our friendship.
Come on.
So, can you get me out?
It's a short term investment,
Rand, but it's not that short.
- I thought you said you could get it.
- I said I'd try.
Oh!
I've got to get this money back
on the company books.
When you didn't call me back,
I had to tell my boss.
You know, my ass is really on
the line here, Mitchell.
Come on.
You got the
running instructions?
Yeah.
Do you got someone
to buy me out?
No, but I can't leave you
hanging out like this.
I'm going to cover you out of my operating
account until I find another investor.
I so owe you.
Hey, a guaranteed 100% return.
How hard could it be?
The funds will go through now,
the bank opens on Monday.
Thank you.
Bye, Glen.
- Feeling better?
- Yeah, I am better.
- Hmm.
- I am better than better.
Hmm. Who was that man you were
talking to before?
So.
Mission accomplished.
Really? Show me.
Well, everything's under
control, so, trust me.
Show me.
Hey, you're the boss.
We'll be right back.
No people skills.
Even in college.
Back in a flash.
Thank you.
- I don't see it buddy.
- It's got to be here, okay.
It's kind of hard to miss a half
million dollar electronic deposit.
Well, I watched him
make it myself.
He said when the bank opens on
Monday it would be there.
Monday? Two days from now?
Yeah.
You're kidding, right?
Rand? Honey?
Mitchell Thompson, he's about
my age, dark hair.
He was driving a Silver Lexus convertible.
Do you know where he is?
Oh yeah, yeah. He was parked
over there, but he's long gone.
- Where, where?! There?!
- Yeah, right there.
- Honey, talk to me.
- He's gone. He's gone. - Who?
Mitchell.
The transfer was not a mistake.
It was...
He was giving himself
a head start.
The weekend.
What are you talking about?
- Oh, God.
- Rand?
charge stock...
Never once tried to push
anything on me. Infallible.
Checked him out with his
other clients.
His rate of return on investment
was... it was amazing.
I trusted him.
You know, he was...
he was my friend.
I don't understand, Rand.
He had a once in
a lifetime deal.
Do we even have that kind
of money?
Rand?
[ Slam ]
No, I leveraged everything I...
took a second on the house,
our savings and my 401K,
it was only $500,000.
So I just borrowed
the rest from the company
reserve fund.
You borrowed?
Oh, it was just sitting there in short
terms CD's, earning next to nothing.
A couple of months I could have
put it all back with interest.
No harm, no felony.
We would have been set,
so freaking set!
But why?
Diane, we're drowning.
Rand, this house,
the cars, your job.
We're not drowning, Rand.
You play in the bigs, you
know, you gotta look the part.
Oh yeah, sure, Nabil,
he pays himself huge.
The rest of us?
This was my chance.
This was our chance.
Why didn't you tell me?
Huh?
Rand?
I wanted you planning parties,
raising our kids,
buying art.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Nabil is your friend.
He's your friend.
You were college buddies.
No.
Rand, you borrowed the money.
It's going to be okay.
You borrowed it.
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