Handsome Harry Page #5

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


THAT WAS LIKE THE ACROPOLIS.

THAT WAS 1,000 YEARS AGO.

- KELLY DIDN'T WANT TO DIE

WITH IT ON HIS CONSCIENCE.

IT'S A LITTLE LATE.

HE WAS A LITTLE LATE, WASN'T HE?

- KAGAN'S IN MIAMI.

- ISN'T THA WHERE ALL THE QUEERS LIVE?

- YOU REMEMBER

WHO CRUSHED KAGAN'S HAND?

IT WASN'T ME.

- YOU SURE?

WE WERE ALL PRETTY SH*T-FACED.

I WAS...

I WAS ON TOP OF HIM.

AND...

AND HE WAS SCREAMING

BLOODY MURDER.

THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.

- KELLY DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE.

- I TELL YOU WHAT.

I'LL MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU.

I DON'T TALK

ABOUT MY F***ING PLUMBING,

AND YOU DON'T TALK

ABOUT F***ING KAGAN.

HOW'S THAT?

ALL RIGHT?

HUH?

COME ON, PUT IT HERE.

PUT IT HERE.

HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, MY MAN.

- YOU CHICKEN SH*T.

YOU F*** HEAD.

- HEY, DINNER'S READY.

- ALL RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF JUDY, HUH?

- YOU'RE A LUCKY MAN.

- YEAH, SHE'S LEAVING ME.

F***.

I GOT SOME NEW:

REAL FINE WINE INSIDE.

YOU COME WITH ME.

clink!

- MM.

- MM.

- OH, THAT'S NICE, PETE.

- DO YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN,

HARRY?

- I DO.

I HAVE A SON.

HE LIVES IN CHICAGO,

WORKS IN A BANK.

HE'S MARRIED.

NO KIDS.

AND HE'S ANGRY WITH ME

RIGHT NOW, I EXPECT.

OH, I'M SURE

HE LOVES YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, DID YOU KNOW

THAT PETER HAS A SON?

- YEAH, UH...

HARRY:

WAS GONNA BE A PRIEST, YOU KNOW.

- OH, MAN.

- A CATHOLIC PRIEST?

HOW INTERESTING.

- YEAH, WE'D PULL INTO PORT,

AND WE'D GO OUT WHORING

ALL NIGHT.

AND THE NEXT MORNING,

HARRY WOULD BE RIGHT THERE

GOING TO MASS.

EVERY DAY.

UNBELIEVABLE.

- WHAT MADE YOU

CHANGE YOUR MIND?

- JUST LOST THE NEED TO.

- JUST LIKE THAT?

- NAH, IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS.

- WELL, WHAT THING?

OH, HARRY.

OH, COME ON.

- OKAY.

OKAY.

WE HAD THIS CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN

ABOARD SHIP.

AND I MADE AN APPOINTMEN TO SEE HIM,

TALK TO HIM ABOUT THESE

STRONG FEELINGS I'D BEEN HAVING.

I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR

TO HIS STATEROOM,

HE JUST SAYS COME IN.

SO I DID, AND THERE HE WAS,

SITTING IN FRONT OF HIS MIRROR

WITH HIS BACK TO ME,

BRUSHING HIS HAIR.

NEVER TURNED AROUND.

JUST SAID, "YEAH?"

AND I WAS A LITTLE PUT OFF

BECAUSE HE CARED

MORE ABOUT HIS HAIR

THAN HE DID ABOUT ME.

- I SAID, "FATHER,

I'M THINKING ABOU BECOMING A PRIEST."

AND HE TURNS AROUND TO ME,

NO SMILE, NO WARMTH.

I COULD SEE I IRRITATED HIM.

HE LOOKS AT THE INSIGNIA

ON MY ARM.

"ELECTRICIAN'S MATE?"

HE SAYS TO ME,

LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF

F***ING TERMITE--EXCUSE ME.

I SAID, "JESUS WAS A CARPENTER."

AND HE GOES,

"I GOT A MEETING

WITH THE CAPTAIN."

AND HE TAKES OFF.

PTEW!

- THAT'S A TERRIBLE STORY.

- EH.

- GOD,

IT'S A F***ING AWFUL STORY.

- I GUESS THAT WAS

THE BEGINNING OF THE END

OF ME AND THE PRIESTHOOD.

HE REALLY PISSED ME OFF.

AND I...GUESS I LOST SOMETHING.

BUT OF COURSE, YOUR HUSBAND

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