Liberty Stands Still Page #3

Synopsis: A gunman ties up an actor and locks him in his dressing room just before a performance. He also puts a bomb with a 90-minute timer next to the actor. Then, he goes to a room above an LA plaza and draws a bead on the actor's lover, international arms dealer, Liberty Wallace. Calling himself "Joe," he calls her cell phone, demonstrates that a rifle is pointed at her, and tells her to cuff herself to a hot-dog cart nearby (the cuffs are there). Over the next 90 minutes, the story unfolds: as a result of his daughter's death, he wants a public debate on the Second Amendment. As Liberty begins to bond with Joe on the phone, he gets some truths from her - and his revenge.
Director(s): Kari Skogland
Production: Lions Gate Films
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
R
Year:
2002
96 min
151 Views


By the medals he earned during | his stint with the military,

some would say | he's a hero.

And what would you say, | Liberty?

I don't think | this is about

what I think | of my husband's track record.

Do heroes pray for war so that | they can sell their bullets?

We never discuss | our business.

Okay, Liberty.

You're in my sightline,

you're standing | next to a bomb,

and you're not at liberty | to discuss

that you and your husband | manufacture guns

and sell them | to any f***ing country,

or street a**hole,

or all. American kid | who'll pay you the cash.

(scoffs)

Hooray for | the American dream.

If you want something, | ask for it,

otherwise, | I'm just going to hang up.

Go ahead.

Is this about | the sale to Poland?

Serbia. | Poland.

(sighs)

Denial is a curious thing.

The shipment | never made it to Poland.

Serbians, Croats...

kids on both sides...

all died.

What's the f***ing difference?

So you were there?

(beeping slowly)

(beeping fast)

(beeping slowly)

Go on, honey.

Hot dog, please.

Sure. Sure.

No mustard.

I said no mustard.

Cute. Don't make me | pull the trigger.

He's just a kid. | I have nothing to lose, Liberty.

Or haven't you figured | that out yet?

Go.

You know, | you know a lot about me.

What I'm thinking, | who I'm f***ing...

just amazing, Joe.

And I'm your only friend | at this moment.

My final confessor. | That too.

So you whacking off | right now, baby, hmm?

Working out some | domination bullshit?

Tread carefully, | dear heart.

Why? In this game of yours, | the way I see it,

I die either way. | May as well have some fun.

VP Marketing, McCloud, | standard in American weaponry.

Kind of like Beretta is | to the Italians.

Ah, so that's | what this is about.

Your dilemma is...

when to pull the plug... | pull the plug...

Who are you going | to take with you?

And who are you going | to take with you?

Aah!

Man:
| What was that?

Now...

you've just been shot at | by your best. Selling rifle.

How does it feel?

How's it supposed to feel?

Real.

Fine, I'm terrified. | Is that what you want me to say?

Well, it's a start.

And you've got | a little over an hour

to sound like | you really mean it.

(sighs) | You want to know what makes me

so twisted?

Crazy?

The why of it all?

It's kind of funny. | Right now I feel absolutely sane.

But I know what it's like | to be twisted and crazy.

Something I don't think

that you've | ever experienced.

Liberty:
| Well, I've had my moments.

Don't compete.

You're right, you're probably | crazier than I've ever been.

(Joe laughs)

Man:
I'll take a long walk, | and then you'll know.

I mean, I don't have to...

Good God, he sucks.

I can't go out there.

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Kari Skogland

Kari Skogland is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2016, she co-founded independent production company Mad Rabbit. more…

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