Finding Amanda Page #2

Synopsis: Taylor Mendon is a Hollywood scriptwriter on a minor rebound from drugs and booze. He's writing for a mirthless sit-com and betting on the horses behind his wife's back when her sister calls needing help: Taylor's 20-year-old niece Amanda has become a hooker in Las Vegas. He promises to find her, bring her back, and pay for her stay at an expensive rehab center. Once in Nevada, Taylor starts gambling in earnest using money loaned him by the casino. He also finds Amanda, a cheerful prostitute, uninterested in reform. Can Taylor win back his borrowings, keep his wife from discovering his habit, and help Amanda find redemption? Or is life different from a sit-com?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Peter Tolan
Production: Mitropoulos Films
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
2008
96 min
$31,340
44 Views


Taylor?

Is that clock right?

Because I...

Think our 50 minutes

are up.

- Hit him, hit him, hit him!

Hit him! Oh, God,

no no no.

Oh, God.

Sh*t.

What's the matter?

I'm only 10 minutes late.

That's not so bad

considering the day I had.

Dr. Chase says hello,

by the way.

Hello, Dr. Chase.

Is it something I did?

I just--

I went to that new organic

market next to the coffee place.

Okay.

And as I was leaving,

I bumped into Nancy Karos.

And we're talking,

and she asked me

what you were working on

and I told her and then she

said-- this is unbelievable,

she said, "You're kidding me.

That show sucks."

- Mm-hmm, well...

- Well, I went off on her

and I was yelling and

I think I used the C word.

- Holy sh*t.

- Yeah.

And then she, like,

put her hand on my shoulder

and I pushed her

and she fell...

into some gourds--

into a gourd display.

The C word? Wow.

I'm guessing we

won't be invited

to their Fourth of

July thing this year.

No. I was shaking

the whole way home.

Honey-- honey, you're very

loyal and I love you for it.

But the show does suck.

But you're

making it better.

Nobody messes

with my man.

I'll wait for you

downstairs.

Damn it!

I'll get you,

you little prick!

God! Squirrels.

Goddamn useless...

they bury sh*t all over the place.

They tear up my yard.

A**holes!

Ha!

Dad said "a**hole."

I don't know what

it's like where you are,

but around here

it's a serious problem.

Well, what can

you do?

I can blow their f***in' little

furry heads off, is what I can do.

Larry, you might want

to keep your voice down.

I think the boys

can hear you.

Do you have kids?

Then don't tell me

how to behave around mine.

Let's go.

Hey, you want

another beer?

- No. No, this is--

- Oh, lemonade.

- Yeah.

- Right.

Sorry.

God, must be tough.

- Not drinking.

- It's been about two years.

Dad Dad Dad!

Can we shoot?

Yeah. Yeah.

Just, you know,

be careful.

And if you aim at

each other, lower body only.

- No faces.

- Okay!

You can't catch me!

- How's your show going?

- Great.

I don't watch it.

Uh, I would, but...

I don't need my boys exposed to

all that sex and foul language.

Yeah, I get that.

Uh, they're not killing

each other, are they?

You can't kill anybody

with an air pistol.

Well, you know, maybe

if you got up real close

and pumped one right

in the eye.

That's the trouble

with you liberals.

Hey, you get all nervous

around guns.

Just guns in the hands

of third graders.

Boys, damn it!

No, that is coming

out of your allowance!

He complains about

the foul language in the show.

Meanwhile, he's back there

in front of his kids

yelling, "F*** the squirrels"

at the top of his lungs.

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Peter Tolan

Peter James Tolan III (born July 5, 1958) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. more…

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