Lantana Page #5

Synopsis: Trust. A dead body in bracken. A cop cheats on his unhappy wife who, in secret, sees a psychiatrist whose own marriage is corroded by grief: she thinks her husband is having an affair with a gay patient of hers. The cop's lover, Jane, is recently separated, and her neighbors - a couple with children - include a muscular unemployed man. Late one night, the doctor skids off a back road, finds a call box, and tries in vain to reach her husband. She sees headlights and flags down the driver. Later that night, Jane sees her neighbor park his truck and throw something into the lantana in a vacant lot. It's a woman's shoe. Unraveling the mystery lays bare five couples.
Director(s): Ray Lawrence
Production: Lions Gate Releasing
  36 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
2001
121 min
$4,277,569
Website
472 Views


I want your name.|Give me your name!

I want your name!

A bourbon, please.

A double bourbon with ice.|Thanks.

You all right?

Yeah.

You sure?|You don't look all right.

What?|Are you a cop?

Yeah.

Really?

Really.

Sorry, I just--

something weird|really happened.

I was walking and this woman|started yelling at me.

She thought|I said something to her.

- What for?|- I don't know.

I was walking down the street|and she went nuts.

- Did you?|- No.

I didn't do anything.|I don't do stuff like that.

Take it easy.|I believe you.

Sorry. It was just|really weird and--

now you're a cop,|so that's really weird. Sorry.

You want another drink?

Yeah. Thanks.

Same again.

Paula:
Sharon said|there's a booze bus on the freeway.

Nik:
I'll take|the backroad home.

- Hannah!|- Yeah?

Grab Dad's wallet|from the kitchen.

Hannah:
Yeah.

Hey.

- She asked me for coffee this morning.|- Who?

- Jane.|- What for?

- I don't know.|- Hannah: I can't find it!

It's near the fridge.

I don't know.

She's trying|to come on to me.

What?

She's lonely, Nik.

And you're bored.|That's a lethal combination.

Stay away from her.

What's the matter?

You're a bit jealous, huh?

Huh?

You ever f*** with our marriage,|and I cut your balls off.

I'll hang them on the lawn,|between your socks and your jocks.

Got it?

Sure, babe.

Wake me up|when you get home. Huh?

I'm running down|this hill,

and I go|around this corner.

And suddenly,|there's this guy, and bam!

Right into him. Right away,|I'm going after him...

''You f***ing prick!|Look where you're going.''

- But it was your fault.|- Well, yeah.

I don't know|why I went at him.

It was just-- my buttons|got pushed or something.

Anyway,|so I look down,

and there he is,|on the ground, cowering.

- Huh?|- He's got blood on his face...

- and he broke his f***ing nose.|- Oh no.

And he gets up and|he starts to role-play.

- And that's when it happens.|- What?

- He starts to cry.|- What for?

I don't know.|What makes a man cry like that?

Yeah, a lot of things.

So what did you do?

I just held him.

I just stood there|and I held him.

But the whole time|I was thinking,

''You f***ing weak prick,|pull yourself together.''

- Don't you want to cry sometimes?|- Yeah, but--

- you don't, do you?|- Mmm.

Hey.

We ordered your food,|but we ate it.

What's that smell?

- Where's your mom?|- Dancing.

- Where's your brother?|- Upstairs.

Sh*t.

Sam!

Sam?

Sam! Sam!

What the f***|is going on?

For Christ's sake,|I'm a cop!

- All right, you get the good stuff.|- Don't you smart-mouth me.

- What's going on?|- Your brother is being an idiot.

- So what's new?|- Did you know about this?

Have you tried it?

If you ever give|your brother that sh*t--

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Andrew Bovell

Andrew Bovell (born 23 November 1962) is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television. more…

All Andrew Bovell scripts | Andrew Bovell Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Lantana" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 15 Jun 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/lantana_12214>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.