Finding Amanda Page #4

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


Well, when you asked,

I wasn't.

When did you go? Before or

after you session with Dr. Chase?

Can you turn the car around?

It's just a few bets.

It's no more

than $200 tops.

Turn the car around.

All right,

I made a mistake.

But I've been doing

much better.

It was only a matter of time

until I slipped up, right?

- You lied to me.

- Lorraine.

Lorraine, don't do this.

Don't do this-- I don't see the problem.

Yeah, I know you don't.

There's this thing,

Taylor, in a marriage

called "trust."

You and I, after so many years

of your lies and your bullshit,

we don't have a lot

of it left.

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah, because you got caught.

'Cause you're in trouble.

Just go home.

- Lorraine.

- Go home and figure

out what you really want.

Hey. Hey, honey,

thanks for picking up.

Well, what I want is to say

that I'm an a**hole.

But I'm gonna

make it up to you.

And I'm gonna prove to you

once and for all

that I can control

the gambling.

- I'm going to Vegas--

Hello? Hello?

- Let me finish.

I'm going to Vegas and--

Please let me finish.

I'm leaving first thing in the

morning. I'm going to find Amanda

and I'm gonna take her

to rehab.

And while I'm in Las Vegas,

I'm not gonna gamble one cent.

- Damn it!

God damn it.

Okay, listen

and don't hang up.

I made a mistake, yes.

But I'm gonna do

this thing for Amanda

because-- because you are

everything to me.

You-- you're my whole life

and I love you.

And-- and if I lose you,

I've--

I've got nothing.

Okay?

Why are you answering

her phone, Larry?

Just tell her

to call me.

# there's everywhere else #

# and then there's Vegas #

# anywhere else just don't

fit the bill #

# you travel the world #

# and then

there's Vegas #

# you feel like

a king #

# king of the whole

damn hill... #

A**hole!

# Boston's got her beans... #

It's okay. Sorry.

- Thank you.

- # Pittsburgh,

she's got steel #

# they won't set your heart

to racin' #

# like a spin of the wheel #

# there's everywhere else #

# and then there's Vegas,

baby #

# there's nowhere else #

# no place I'd rather be... #

Good to see you,

Mr. Mendon.

# there's everywhere else #

# and then there's

Vegas, baby #

# ain't no place,

no place-- #

This isn't your usual suite,

Mr. Mendon.

No problem.

It's fine.

You can just

put that anywhere.

Now you've got the new plasma

screens in every room.

And there's a little one

in the bathroom.

Great. It's perfect.

You can drop that anywhere.

You haven't been here

in a while, huh?

I've been busy

with the show.

- Which one is it again?

- "Those MacAllisters."

Oh, yeah.

That show's great.

You get a bigger tip if you

tell me what you really think.

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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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