Sliding Doors
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1998
- 99 min
- 2,651 Views
Hello, Helen... I' d almost
forgotten you work here
I know, I know, you'd almost
forgotten I work here...
but I swear I was up all night toying
with ideas for the fashion show...
...and I've really hit
on something. You see...
What?
I took four bottles of vodka on Friday,
it was my birthday, you know that
I was having a party and I was
running late, so I borrowed some
I bought some more to replace it
Not a lot of use to me when
I had nothing to offer the executives
who dropped by late Friday
Off the top of my head, you could
have told them you'd run out
It's, it's popular stuff
Bullshit, bullshit... We're in PR.
That's what we do, isn't it?
But you didn't do that,
did you, Paul?
No
So I'm out... am I?
Well, this is just perfect
Congratulations. You've wanted me
out for ages, now you've done it.
Very well done
For theft. Pretty foolproof
Okay, I'll go... I'll go
I was getting a bit choked up with all
the testosterone flying about the place
Best I get out before
Oh! Told you... lesbian
so easy to crack, did you?
No
Oops
Thank you
District Line information.
Due to a derailment at Victoria...
...District Line trains are
subject to extensive delay
We suggest you find
alternative means of transport
Are you all right, love?
Oh, it's a bit of a nasty cut
Might need a couple of stitches...
Come on
Oh-oh... Ah, Beatles' lyrics, eh?
What?
'Elastic Thrombosis'.
They're guilty of lyric poaching
They're Beatles' lyrics,
aren't they?
I don't know, sorry
Of course you do. Come on,
everyone is born knowing all
the Beatles' lyrics instinctively
They're passed into the foetus subconsciously
along with all the amniotic stuff
In fact, they should be called
'The Foetles'
Not a fan, clearly
It's funny the way nobody
talks on the tubes, isn't it?
I mean, I rarely catch
the tube myself but, er... or lifts
Confined spaces,
everybody shuts down. Why is that?
Perhaps we think everyone else
in the tube or the lift
is a potential psychopath
or a drunk...
...so we close down and pretend
to... read a book or something
You've got a terrible tea stain
on your book
Look, I don't think you're a psychopath.
I just want to read my book
I, I understand. I apologise
I'm in a little bit of a good mood
today as a matter of fact so I'll just
...sorry
Have we met before?
No, no, honestly, honestly,
I'm, you... you seem familiar
I don't think so
Yes... Yes, you were
in the lift just now
You dropped your earring,
I picked it up
Oh yes, you did... Thank you
Pleasure
Do you work there?
I did do but I've just
been fired. Okay?
Oh no, that's... that's horrible,
I'm sorry
It's okay, you didn't do it
I thank you for your concern and glad
you're in a good mood, et cetera
I thank you for picking up my earring
but... I just want to read my book
Well, I get off at this stop.
I'm only telling you in case
you get off at this stop, too...
...and you get up before me
and then I get up and you think
I'm following you which I'm not
I mean, I wouldn't. I mean...
...you know
I really didn't mean any offence.
Please forgive me
I'm really not a nutcase...
I apologise
Excuse me. Um, I'm sorry
I, I'm sure you're not a nutcase or a
psycho or anything, it's just that, um
...I'm not, I'm not that good at,
um... you know, um...
Constructing sentences?
Anyway...
I'm James
Helen
why we didn't make it, Gerry
You went back to America, remember?
I couldn't afford the bus fares
I came back though
Turn my back for three lousy years and you
callously ditch me for another woman
Mmm, I know, I suppose
I'm just naturally impetuous
I live with someone. A man.
I live with a man
Really?
Mmm! I have people consider soul mates
who don't confide in me this much
And what would he say if he knew you were
walking up from the tube in broad daylight
...with a complete stranger?
Mmm, big deal
Well, it was nice to meet you,
Helen... Sorry about your job, really
can have its down sides
Hey, remember what
What..."Always look
on the bright side of life"?
No..."Nobody expects
the Spanish Inquisition"
What?
I didn't think you liked Elton John
I, I do, I do sometimes
You really shouldn't just stop like that.
doing a thing like that
Who is she?
She's Lydia
Well, I've had a dreadful day
I got sacked.
And so did you it would seem
Cup of tea?
That'd be nice
You bastard! You bastard!
I come home and catch you up to
your nuts in Lady Shagging Godiva
I am working all hours to support you while
you are supposedly writing your first novel
How long?
Huh?
Do you love her?
No, don't tell me,
I'm not interested
I'm only asking because I need
to know exactly how big a mug I am
Look, er... Iook...
Hello?
Helen? Is that you?
No, it's your bit of stuff.
Wednesday... shag day, remember?
Have you just got up, you lazy git?
Er, no. Er... well I, er...
...I didn't sleep that well
last night and then, er...
you know when you left I kind
of... I went into a really, er...
...a really, really deep, deep,
er, deep, deep sleep
And, er... I think I might be, er, coming,
coming down with, er... anyway, er
...what are you doing home
at this time of...
Oh my God, what happened to you?
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