Promised Land Page #5

Synopsis: Corporate salesman Steve Butler (Matt Damon) arrives in a rural town with his sales partner, Sue Thomason (McDormand). With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (Krasinski) who counters Steve both personally and professionally.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Gus Van Sant
Production: Focus Features
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
R
Year:
2012
106 min
$7,600,000
Website
970 Views


Uh, no, I tell you what, okay,

hang on, what if we double?

Alright, I do 8 shots in

everybody at this bar

gets the drink for free.

Alright.

Alright, alright, alright, alright.

Hey, my name's Steve, uh

Steve!

I hope that we gonna get everybody

here drunk tonight for free.

Alright, Absolute Madness, here we go.

Oh my God!

I got it, I got it!

Oh! Oh thank God, you're still

kind of handsome.

You're late.

What?

Your phone hasn't stop buzzing

for the last half hour.

Sh*t.

Oh, sh*t, okay.

I had a really great time.

Did you?

Uh, yeah, yeah, I mean

Nothing happened, Steve.

Well, actually you did kiss me

before you threw up the first time.

Oh, it's gross.

Sorry.

I was gonna let you sleep in your car, but

you couldn't remember which one was yours.

Uh. No, I didn't drive.

Well then it's a good thing

I didn't let you sleep in your car.

Uh. Wow,

cancan I take your number, or?

Well, youyou're gonna be

around for a bit, right?

Uh

It's not that big of a town.

You'll see me again.

Okay. Still

The front door is, uh?

At the front of the house.

When you get to it,

you're gonna see a knob.

Okay.

You turn that knob

Yeah, yeah. Too early for that, I'm just

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Huh. happy birthday!

What do you mean you were burned?

Why were you using an iron?

So he asked you to do it?

No, I highly doubt it's burned off, Danny.

What did the nurse say?

Throwing hand or catching hand?

So you're gonna play this weekend?

Just five minutes.

What you mean pitching?

Danny! When did the coach

say that, that's fantastic?!

No no no, that was just Steve,

I'm at work.

Okay. Folks, if you can find your seats

please, we'll get started. Thank you.

I can't believe you went out.

We didn't get home from dinner till 9:30.

She was very cool actually,

I think you would have liked her.

I don't think you should be making

statements like that just yet.

Some of you may even

have family or friends

who have had natural gas

come to their town.

Name?

Alice.

Alice?

Was she elderly?

.. that we will be bringing

natural gas to McKinley.

How do they get the gas?

Ah! Frank, how are ya?

Listen

What is that?

Lemonade.

Is it good?

It's fantastic. It's fresh squeezed.

There's a kid selling it out there.

She's cleaning up! You want some?

No.

There are these rock deposits underground.

Deep, undermiles underground.

And they create these drills

that go down 2 or 3 miles,

and the breaking of that shale

is what actually releases the gas.

It's called Fracking.

Excuse me?

The process. It's called Fracking.

That's right. That's right.

Frank, now if you'd let me finish

please, we have a basket to

I would encourage all of

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John Krasinski

John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.Educated in theatre arts at Brown University and the National Theater Institute, Krasinski played minor roles in movies and off-Broadway plays before he was cast in 2005 as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office, a role for which he received critical acclaim. He also served as a producer and occasional director of the series throughout its nine-season run. His film credits include License to Wed (2007), Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Big Miracle (2012), Promised Land (2012), Aloha (2015), and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). Krasinski directed and starred in the drama Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) and the comedy-drama film The Hollars (2016). In 2018, Krasinski directed, co-wrote, and starred in the critically acclaimed horror film A Quiet Place (2018). That year, he also produced and played the title character in the Amazon series Jack Ryan. In addition to acting in television series and films, Krasinski has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films and has established a production company, Sunday Night Productions, in 2013. Krasinski is married to British actress Emily Blunt, and they have two daughters together. more…

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