Grassroots Page #2

Synopsis: After losing his job, a journalist reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Stephen Gyllenhaal
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Films
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
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Year:
2012
98 min
$6,497
Website
56 Views


Come on, Phil.

To there... And, no.

And all the way,

all the way over here.

Phil, they're just cutting

our city into pieces!

And even worse,

oh, look at her.

Look at her, Phil.

She's so beautiful.

This is what we need

to save right here!

And you want to know the

first thing that I do

when I get elected?

I'm gonna walk

into the city chambers

in my beautiful

white fur.

I will not

be made a victim

of your cowardly ways!

Never!

Save the polar caps!

Build the monorail!

Save the planet,

you fucks!

Reowr!

Doesn't it matter to you

that you have no

experience in politics?

I'm a journalist.

People respect that.

You're an unemployed

music critic.

People

know the difference.

All right, you know what?

I'm running in the primaries

and I'm gonna get myself

into that general election

and then I'm gonna win

this thing.

And you know

what else, Phil?

You're gonna do it with me.

It's the reason

you got fired.

It's destiny. It is.

Have you wondered

exactly when it was

that you first

lost your mind?

[ Laughs ]

What's so funny?

Have you even considered

McIver is black?

And?

And he's, like, the only

black city councilman.

Okay, so what?

What, are we practicing

reverse racism now?

No, I'm practicing

my power of thinking.

I mean, grant is white

and he's unqualified.

He's bombastic.

It's not funny,

it's embarrassing.

I mean, grant's gonna get

laughed out of the primaries

and so are you.

Why are you

even doing this?

Does it matter?

Okay, so you got fired

so now you can just say

f*** you to everyone?

You're smart.

Thanks, dad.

I don't tell you

that enough.

I am gonna run

Grant Cogswell's

city council campaign!

1, 2, 3, Cogswell.

For city council!

Sh*t, what he said, dude.

What did he say?

[ Cheering ]

[ Laughs ]

You're

my campaign manager.

You're the one who sent

out all those emails.

Where's at least

somebody?

You were supposed

to follow up with...

I hate this chair.

It hurts my back.

Why would you

have chairs like this

in your coffee shop?

It's not my coffee shop.

Fix this, Phil!

Fix it!

Wow!

Hey!

Hey! You think you

look like a politician

when you storm off

like that?

I mean, waitresses, they

vote, too, you know.

I hate these shoes!

I need better

arch supports!

[ Horns honk ]

Look at this.

People whine and b*tch

about traffic all day long,

but do they think

of a way out? Huh?

You screw mass transit

for the working class

and you screw it

for the entire system!

The suckage trickles up!

McIver's flushing

Seattle down the toilet

and he doesn't

even know it!

Hey! Doesn't

this suck, huh?

Doesn't it?

Doesn't it suck?

Look at where you're

sitting right now, huh?

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Stephen Gyllenhaal

Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal (; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal. more…

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