Handsome Harry Page #4

Synopsis: They call him "Handsome" Harry Sweeney. At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade who loves to sing but for some reason he never lets anyone get too close. He's been divorced for a long time, has a son whom he rarely sees, and, although he's engaged in a long-term flirtation with the waitress at the diner, seems destined to remain alone. One day, Harry gets a call from a former Navy buddy, Tom Kelly, whom he hasn't seen in some thirty years. On his deathbed and terrified of going to Hell, Kelly convinces Harry to seek forgiveness on his behalf from a comrade they betrayed long ago, David Kagan. At first, Harry wants nothing to do with Kelly, Kagan or the remnants of his murky past. But guilt and memories have a mysterious grasp on Harry, and he finally relents, driving down the East Coast to call on his old comrades. As he confronts the three other men involved in a long-ago crime, he observes how each man has dealt with hi
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Bette Gordon
Production: Screen Media Ventures
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2009
94 min
Website
42 Views


- GOOD THING.

- AND I DON'T THINK

SHE GIVES A F***.

- HI.

- JUDY, HARRY SWEENEY.

THIS IS MY WIFE, JUDY.

- NICE TO MEET YOU, HARRY.

- NICE TO MEET YOU.

- DID YOU BRING YOUR WIFE?

- UH, NO.

I--I'M DIVORCED.

- OH, I'M SORRY.

HOW LONG?

- UH, TEN YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE.

- LOOK, GUYS, WHY DON'T WE

DO SOME CATCHING UP INSIDE,

NOT OUT HERE ON THE PORCH.

FOLLOW ME.

- YOU'RE OUR FIRST GUEST, HARRY.

- YOU STOPPED ANSWERING

MY CHRISTMAS CARDS.

- YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

- SO KELLY BOUGHT THE FARM, HUH?

GEEZ.

WHAT WAS HE DOING?

- HE SOLD CARS.

ALWAYS HAD THE GIFT OF GAB,

KELLY.

AND YOU?

YOU STILL AN ELECTRICIAN?

- STILL A SPARKY, YEAH.

- STILL?

- YEAH.

YOU?

- I WAS A SPARKY FOR A WHILE,

BUT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO,

I WENT INTO REAL ESTATE.

MADE A F***ING FORTUNE.

- GOOD.

GOOD. GOOD.

I GOT TO USE THE HEAD.

- SURE.

GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE

THE FIRST ONE TO USE THAT TOILE

SINCE THE PLUMBER PEED IN IT.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING,

YOU JUST HOLLER, ALL RIGHT?

- OKAY, THANKS, PETE.

snap!

- HARRY.

PETER WENT TO THE LIQUOR STORE.

HE WANTED TO GE A NICE BOTTLE OF WINE

FOR HIS GOOD OLD BUDDY.

ARE YOU SEXUALLY ACTIVE, HARRY?

IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION.

- NO.

- HOW LONG?

A LONG TIME.

- HARRY.

- YOU DON'T BELONG IN HERE.

- TOUCH ME.

- PUT YOUR ROBE ON.

- NO.

NO.

JUST PUT YOUR LITTLE ROBE ON.

- HARRY, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

I NEED TO.

TOUCH--

- SIT DOWN.

- NO.

PLEASE DON'T TELL PETER.

- INITIAL REPORTS

CLAIM ISRAELI JETS--

- I'M SORRY, MR. BARCLAY APPEARS

TO SYMPATHIZE WITH ONE WHO--

- HEY, BUDDY.

YOU WANT A DRINK?

- WHATEVER YOU'RE HAVING.

- SINGLE MALT SCOTCH, STRAIGHT.

- FINE.

IS THAT WHAT SUCCESSFUL

REAL ESTATE TYCOONS DRINK?

- ONLY THE BEST.

BUSTING MY ASS FOR YEARS.

I HAD TWO HEART ATTACKS.

- SH*T.

- HOW'S YOUR HEALTH?

- A LITTLE ARTHRITIS.

- OH, YOU F***ER.

- YOU EVER HEAR

OF A RETROGRADE EJACULATION?

WHEN I COME,

IT SHOOTS BACK UP

INTO MY BLADDER.

A $40,000 VASECTOMY THERE.

HEY.

GOD.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET IT UP

IS WITH VIAGRA.

- YOU'RE TELLING ME

MORE THAN I WANT TO KNOW

ABOUT YOUR PLUMBING.

WE'RE GETTING OLDER.

IT JUST HAPPENED

SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.

- DO YOU REMEMBER...

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...

WE WERE AT THE ACROPOLIS

IN ATHENS?

- YEAH, OF COURSE I DO.

- LAST YEAR,

I WENT TO EUROPE, RIGHT?

AND I GOT JUDY TO COME.

IT WAS HER FIRST TRIP.

AND WE WENT TO THE ACROPOLIS.

AND I'M STANDING THERE

IN THE EXACT SAME SPO

THAT I WAS STANDING

MY BRAIN'S FLIPPING.

ME THEN, ME NOW.

ME THEN, ME NOW.

ME THEN, ME NOW.

AND IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING

AFTER THAT JUST DISAPPEARED.

IT'S GONE.

- I GET THAT KIND OF FEELING

WHENEVER I THINK ABOU THAT NIGHT WE GOT KAGAN.

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