Solitary Man Page #4

Synopsis: Ben Kalman is aging: he has heart problems, his marriage is over, he's lost a fortune after being caught cutting corners in his East Coast car business, and he's sleeping with as many women as possible - the younger the better. He's chosen his current girlfriend, Jordan, because her father can help him get a new auto dealership; she's asked him to escort her daughter, Allyson, 18, on a visit to a Boston college campus. He behaves badly, and there are consequences to his love life, his finances, and his relationship with his daughter and grandson. Is there anywhere he can turn?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: Anchor Bay Films
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
2009
90 min
$4,360,548
Website
321 Views


library and all that, right?

Support the college

any way I can, officer.

So youre also the guy that sold

my cousin in Connecticut the

leased jeep, turned

out to be financed.

Cost him nine grand

on the backend.

We did have some

unscrupulous agents.

I take full responsibility.

Yeah, well, you do anything else

unscrupulous on my campus,

youll take more than the blame.

Yes, sir.

Wow.

Smooth.

Mr. Kalmen.

Uh, yes, thats me.

Hey, Im, uh, Daniel Cheston.

Im the vice president

of the student senate.

Uh, dean Gittleson

sent me to find you.

Are you, you okay?

No, Im, Im fine, Cheston.

I couldnt be better.

Hi, Edward, how are you?

Good, good. Rough, uh,

rough morning?

Uh. This is, uh,

Allyson Karsch.

Hello, Allyson.

Hi.

Allyson has my highest

recommendation.

Oh, well, I can scarcely

imagine a greater endorsement.

Uh-huh.

Heres what were gonna do.

Mr. Cheston has agreed to get

you reacquainted with the

grounds. I thought you might

to see the Kalmen Library.

And then you can

come back and, uh,

meet Allyson at freeman hall.

Good. All right.

Look, Cheston, you

got anything else

to do besides

show me around, do it.

You dont wanna see the library?

Why, because my name is on it?

Yeah.

No.

You know, youre

walking kinda funny.

You wanna go to the school

clinic and get it checked out?

I dont do doctors, not anymore.

You wanna at least clean

yourself up a little bit?

You can use my room.

Hi.

Cheston, you got a girl?

Cheston is actually

my last name.

My, my first name is Daniel.

Ah, thats a shame. There are

a million Daniels in the world.

Anybody can be Daniel.

But you get to be Cheston.

Okay.

Anyway, about that girl.

Uh, yeah, Im kind

of exploring that.

Cant get laid, huh?

I didnt say that.

Everything about you says it.

I mean, look at your

side of the room.

Anyone whos got the time to

put hospital corners on his

college bed is not spending

his days the right way.

I didnt even think

I did that today.

You had a girlfriend

in high school, right?

Yeah.

Right. You met her in, what,

uh, Model U.N. Program?

We were assistant directors of

the community outreach service.

Right. Then she went away to college.

She met some junior,

stormed the administration building,

the provosts office.

Yeah, how did you

know he was a junior?

Theyre always juniors.

And then youre stuck trying

to figure out how

you lost, uh...

Laurie.

Diana.

Diana.

Let me tell you something.

Out there is nothing

but possibilities.

Hey, Cheston.

Come here.

What about that one?

Or that one? Whats

wrong with them?

Nothing theyre probably

just not interested.

Well, thats because you dont

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Brian Koppelman

Brian William Koppelman (born April 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker, essayist, podcaster, TV series creator, former music business executive and record producer. Koppelman is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of their 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions. more…

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