Made in America Page #4

Synopsis: A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Richard Benjamin
Production: Phase 4 Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
1993
111 min
736 Views


Whoa!

Down, Boris.

Good boy, Boris.

Now pay attention.

You're gonna walk him

past the row of trucks

With this chain.

Remember, keep your eyes

forward at all times.

Let me work the bear.

Uh-Oh.

Eyes forward.

Good boy, good boy.

Down, Boris.

Down, Boris.

Eyes forward.

Do not touch the bear

on the back of the head,

And no whistling whatsoever.

If you have to sneeze,

raise your hand.

Make a signal to me,

and I'll protect you.

No sudden moves.

Down, Boris.

Eyes forward at all times.

No sudden moves.

Eyes forward. No sneezing.

No whistling.

Boris is the only working

male bear in the country

With a full set

of teeth and claws.

Teddy!

What? Oh.

It's gonna look great.

Let's shoot the rehearsal

Just in case.

Shooting the rehearsal, people!

Is that big enough?

Can you read that?

Fine. He's ready!

Do it!

This is--

No, no! Cut, cut!

You see that wire?

It's hot.

It keeps Boris back.

Uh-Huh.

This is Hal Jackson

from Jackson motors

Asking you to bear in mind

There's a reason so many

Of us come down here--

I have to talk to you!

Not now, Teddy.

I need a flag set.

Teddy, handle this.

Do you hear me? No!

I have to tell you this myself!

I need to have this

conversation with you!

I need to tell you something!

Tell me, then.

Just say it, damn it.

You're driving me crazy.

You're my father.

What?

Jesus, give me some room!

This is great!

This is great!

Shoot it! Shoot it!

Get it! Get it!

Harlan?

Mother!

Me, me, me, me!

Wonderful. Keep rolling.

Please call 911!

Nice bear!

That bear has never

done that before.

'Cept that once.

Somebody, help me!

Please!

Piece of sh*t car.

Where's the guy with one arm?

Nice bear.

Teddy!

I'm here for you, babe.

It looks fabulous!

Cut! That's a wrap, people.

This is bullshit.

I mean, you're black.

I'm white.

This is bullshit.

I can't believe it either.

This whole thing is horrible.

I've always been sort of light,

But, God, not this!

Well, there you go.

It's a mistake.

Oh--Ow!

Hell, look at that.

Shoot!

So you never donated any sperm?

I didn't say that,

but for God's sake,

It was my understanding

the whole thing was anonymous.

Otherwise, I sure as hell

wouldn't have done it.

It was anonymous.

I--I just found the records.

What the hell's that supposed to mean--

You found the records?

I took the records from the computer.

Well, God damn it!

Don't you have any respect for privacy?

Can I help you?

No.

Go on, shoo!

Don't you think a person has the right

To know who her parents are?

No! No, I don't.

Besides, you got no real proof.

Stolen medical files

ain't a hill of beans

In my book.

Will you excuse me?

Thank you, darlin'.

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Holly Goldberg Sloan

Holly Goldberg Sloan is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and New York Times bestselling novelist. more…

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