Nightwatch Page #3

Synopsis: A law student takes a job as the night-watchman in a morgue, thinking that he will have much time to study, with his biggest problem being his paranoia in this scary setting. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose and the student ends up getting mixed up with one of the murders, becoming a suspect.
Director(s): Ole Bornedal
Production: Miramax
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
R
Year:
1997
101 min
468 Views


Shake my hand.

I'll just play one game, OK?

I'm sorry.

Damn, baby.

Do fries come with that shake?

Please, get out of my way.

Maybe we should do something, huh?

Let me know if you're interested

in nine inches.

I'm very interested in nine inches

but not in f***ing you three times

to get it.

Such nasty things

coming from such a pretty mouth.

Where you going?

Did I hurt your feelings? B*tch.

Hi. I hope our little altercation

didn't interrupt your beer-drinking.

We were just discussing

if we should do something.

- Let's go.

- No. We're gonna stay.

No, we're not.

I didn't mean you and me.

I meant me and Martin.

Just a little while.

- A**holes.

- I hope you know what you're doing.

You know, if this was the movie and

you were playing the exciting guy...

you'd go over

and show those guys up.

James. James.

James!

Four, quadruple, Jack.

- What are you doing?

- Getting ready.

- For what?

- You challenged me.

I take it back.

We're not in grade school.

You can't take it back.

James, don't...

Excuse me.

Hi. I wanted to thank you.

What in the f***

is you talkin' about, fool?

I wanted to thank you. You know how

long we've been looking for you two?

You're not telling me I'm the first

person to approach you about this?

I'm serious. You guys are gonna be

on talk shows forever.

- Talk shows?

- Oprah, Phil, Sally. You name it.

You like Ricki Lake?

What the f*** are you talking about?

When I say we've been looking

for two guys like you, I mean it.

- No one's approached you about this?

- No, nobody's approached me.

That's unbelievable.

Un-f***ing-believable.

You go on these talk shows -

and there'll be a lot,

you're gonna be

on the road for weeks.

These guys will ask

the same opening questions.

Maybe we should run through it now,

just so you're prepared, huh?

OK.

Yeah? All right, great.

It's a multipart question,

so answer carefully.

Now, we know for certain

that your parents communicated

through a series

of clicks and grunts.

What we wanna know is how and when

did you acquire

the facility of speech?

All right? Were you the only one in

your group to exhibit this facility?

And when did the majority

of your body fur fall out?

Answer the third part first.

Sure.

Come on back. Let's play some pool.

Where you going?

- Non-verbal communication...

- You motherf***er!

- Let's do it. Come here!

- You can't be domesticated.

God! Did you see their faces?

That was great!

"When did the majority

of your body fur fall out?"

Did you see them?

- F***!

- You all right?

- Goddamnit.

- Are you hurt?

Let's get out of here.

You know, I f***ed her.

Who?

The hooker, Joyce. I f***ed her.

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Ole Bornedal

Ole Bornedal (born 26 May 1959) is a Danish film director, actor and producer.Bornedal was born in Nørresundby, Denmark. He wrote and directed Nattevagten (Nightwatch, 1994), a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes. He also directed an English language remake (Nightwatch) in 1997, starring Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette. In 2002, he directed I Am Dina. Other Danish films include The Substitute (2007), Just Another Love Story (2007), and Deliver Us from Evil. In 2012, he directed the English-language film The Possession. He was one of the producers of Mimic. In 2014 he wrote and directed the epic historical drama 1864, the most expensive Danish TV series in history, chronicling the Second Schleswig War through the story of two brothers.He is married to the Danish actress, Helle Fagralid, and has three children. more…

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