Old Joy Page #3

Synopsis: Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Kelly Reichardt
Production: Kino International
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
UNRATED
Year:
2006
76 min
Website
1,496 Views


Really?

- Yeah.

Trust me Mark.

Okay.

I'm in your hands.

I remember that.

I think we're somewhere...

in this area.

I need some space.

It's the mother of your child.

- Thank you.

I have no idea...

No it's fine...

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

What was that?

No... I mean, we are looking for it.

I can't hear you.

We're gonna have to go.

I'll call you when I have reception.

I love you.

I love you.

Sign up there is literally blank.

We've entered a whole other zone.

Up.

Getting dark...

What do you think Kurt?

I spotted a turn-off

where we can camp for the night.

Just a few miles back

down that road we passed.

We can camp there...

And find the river in the morning.

You know how to get there?

Yeah, I know how to get there,

but you gotta turn around.

Well. That's close to

here I guess right?

Still get a good start in the morning.

Looks fine to me.

Lucy, stay here.

It's good to get out of the city.

Forget all this is out here sometimes.

No sh*t.

It's not like there's any big difference

between the forest and the city though.

Know what I mean?

It's all one huge thing, now.

There's trees in the city,

and garbage in the forest.

What's the big difference, you know?

I see what you mean.

So you lookin' forward to fatherhood?

Yeah.

Sure, I mean...

We're stretched so thin with work,

it's almost impossible

to imagine, but...

It'll have to work itself out.

We'll just... find another rhythm.

Do it is whatever people do.

So... f***in' brave man.

I have never gotten myself into anything

that I couldn't get myself out of.

It's just...

Having a kid is so f***in' for real.

Watch out Ham's cans.

Did you... are you pumpin' these for me?

- I pumped it.

It's easier to aim with one hand

than with two hands.

Really?

Why do you think on TV

they do it with two hands?

Everything is about looking cool.

But I look pretty cool

with one hand, right?

Yeah...

Two Hands is the responsible shooting.

One Hand is renegade shooting.

Yeah, renegade...

I'll try leftie.

Switch, switch.

Switch Hitch shooting.

I think one more shot...

Let me take one more shot.

You know I was gonna sleep out, but...

Is it... cool to sleep in?

Sleep in the tent with you?

- Fine.

So you're gonna sleep in the tent?

- It's a two men tent.

Two men and a doggie.

That's cool.

- Two men and a doggie tent.

That's pretty cool.

Sleeping with the dogs.

Pretty cool. She's a girl.

Keeps you warm.

I took some night classes.

- Anything good?

It was alright.

Some physics classes...

But here's the thing about that,

It's that I knew more than they did.

All this quark and superstring sh*t,

I know all about that.

It makes sense.

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Jonathan Raymond

Jonathan Raymond is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for writing the novels The Half-Life and Rain Dragon, and for writing the short stories and screenplays for the films Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy (both directed by Kelly Reichardt). He also wrote the screenplays for Meek's Cutoff and Night Moves, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his teleplay writing on the HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce. more…

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