Roommates Page #4

Synopsis: An elderly yet young-at-heart man moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Peter Yates
Production: Buena Vista
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG
Year:
1995
108 min
417 Views


Your father was born here.

Your grandmother died

in that room.

I'll play ya gin for the bed.

- I'll get the others to help us unload.

- Others? What others?

You think I rent the whole house?

Come on. I'll introduce you.

- You better lock the car.

- Don't worry.

Well, if they get in, they'll

come in through your door.

I made a deal. I give language lessons

in return for free rent.

- Polish?

- English.

Rock, this is Deng, Zhang, Liu, Fan and Toby.

They're students from mainland China.

- Guys, this is Rocky.

- Communists.

As my father would say, it beats sleeping

in a cave on a long march with Mao.

Your father never saw this place.

It's a water bed, Rock.

All right, now. Is this...

I'll give him this one here.

I'm gonna give ya...

No, I gonna give ya...

All right. Here.

- What do you need, threes?

- It's none of your business.

I'll give you whatever you need.

You thought I needed

threes? I don't need threes.

I know everything

you got in your hand.

No, I don't need no threes.

No, wait a minute.

Yes, I do. Great.

Nah.

I'll go this way. Oh! Oh!

- Here we go. - Rocky, take the bed.

I want you to have the bed.

I don't want that bed.

It's got water in it.

Okay, then you can

have the couch.

A deal is a deal.

The winner chooses.

Here.

All right. Here.

Rocky, I'm exhausted.

I need to sleep. I don't sleep.

- What do you mean, you don't sleep?

- I mean I don't.

- I have insomnia. - Well, you didn't

have that in Pittsburgh.

- Well, I got it when I left Pittsburgh.

- You should see a doctor.

I am a doctor who doesn't sleep,

but would like to try.

Touchy. Touchy.

Finally. Gin.

- You rushed me.

- I did not. Now take the bed.

- Two out of three.

- A deal's a deal. You take the bed.

Two out of three.

On that bed, I could get seasick.

I didn't know that opened.

Dr. Holeczek, would you

give us a hand in 306?

- Not again?

- I'm afraid so.

Let me alone!

Get away from her!

- What's the problem?

- She keeps pulling out her I.V.

Mrs. Alberts. Mrs. Alberts,

will you please?

Get away! No!

Hey! Will you listen to me?

Nobody's touching my hands.

Thank you.

You have cellulitis.

You're receiving ancef,

which is a broad spectrum antibiotic...

as well as glucose and sodium

bicarbonate through this I.V.

You need, I repeat,

you need this medication.

We need to keep you hydrated

as well. Got it?

Okay, I'm a doctor, and I'm

gonna give you the I.V. myself...

You're no doctor. You're a

game-show host. I want a real doctor!

If you keep this up,

I'm gonna have to call an orderly.

- Will you call an orderly?

- I want to go home!

Cecilia, what's goin' on,

sweetheart?

- Cecilia, what's the problem?

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Max Apple

Max Apple (born October 22, 1941) is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. more…

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