Starting Over
- R
- Year:
- 1979
- 105 min
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Boy, if I ever wanted to say
anything great...
now's the time.
There's nothing out there
for you, Jessie.
Except me in a different suit.
You think what we have together
is blocking you from something.
I swear to God, we're getting a divorce
when all we need is separate vacations.
You don't understand, do you?
Look, when I go out that door,
what are you gonna do?
You're gonna stand here and start
crying while I drive around the block...
after you leave.
- You're not?
- No.
- What are you gonna do?
- I'll probably work on my song.
It's not like the painting
and the photography. It's not.
You just have a thing about my voice.
I've gotten a lot of terrific feedback
on my songs.
You don't think so?
Just the word "feedback,"
it's a stupid word.
- Do you mind if I say things my way?
- I don't mind.
Honey, you can't drag this out,
you know.
It's not gonna make it any less awful.
What's left to say, anyway?
That I'm glad that we were married.
Thank you. That's lovely.
That was lovely, wasn't it?
Wasn't that lovely?
If there's one thing
I didn't expect to do today, it was laugh.
Yeah.
Well, the day could be
chock-full of surprises.
I mean, if there's one thing
that I didn't expect today...
it's that the two of us
would end up in bed.
Not this time, babe.
- Why didn't you throw these away?
- I don't know.
Maybe I wanted you to find them.
"Evermore, Neil".
Dear God. "Evermore"?
You went to bed
with a man that said "evermore"?
- Do you want to know about it?
- No.
No, don't let her sing.
Not with that voice.
It's gonna be easy for you
To do what you got to do
Stand up on your own
You got it made
But this woman's got a right to be
More than a shadow of her man
I loved you from my heart
Gave the best I had
Tried to be your friend
Now it's foolish to pretend
'Cause once the feeling's gone
It's better to move on
It's gonna be hard for me to do
- Thank you.
- Not anymore.
I'm sure I'll cry more tears than you
But I've gotta be
more than a shadow of my man
- Can I have a drink?
- Get in here.
Goddamn, I'm glad to see you.
I finally got you to Boston.
I'm glad I'm here, too.
Hello, Marva.
Will you stop, Marva?
Maybe you'd better leave us alone
for a while.
Sit down, Phil.
- How you doing?
- Pretty good.
Not so great.
Bad.
Okay.
- You gonna let me help you or not?
- I don't need any help.
I'm gonna help you whether you like it
or not. I'm not talking about psychiatry.
Psychiatry won't do a thing
for me, Mickey.
Who's talking psychiatry?
I'm not a psychiatrist anymore.
I've gone through some changes myself.
What are you doing now?
I'm teaching psychiatry.
If it's okay,
I'd really like to be a part of this.
Phil, we've never talked about this...
but I've always felt like a sister to you.
Not a sister-in-law.
And, Phil, this could be the best thing
It could be very exciting.
The possibilities for growth
and self-awareness...
getting to know yourself...
could be the most wonderfully happy,
even thrilling experience.
I've got you set up
in this Divorced Men's Workshop...
they have at the church here.
What are you talking about?
I'm not gonna do that.
It's not psychiatry.
Trust me a little, will you, Phil?
I know the way you are. It's just
this workshop, one night a week.
Mickey, I appreciate that,
but I couldn't do that.
I couldn't get up in front of a...
Hello, in there.
Let us do something. Please?
Where you going?
I don't know.
- It hasn't been a real terrific day.
- You can use Victor's room.
Right.
I'm all right. Just exhausted.
I'm all right.
- Good night.
- Good night.
He looks awful.
Sure it's all right for me
to borrow Tracy's sleeping bag?
Of course.
I'll get it back to you
as soon as I get settled.
Thanks for everything, Marva.
Call if you get sad.
- Can I call if I get happy?
- Yeah. Sure.
Sh*t.
Attention, shoppers.
Right now, in the clothing department...
we have Levis for $10.90.
We have boys'jeans
for $6.90 and $9.90.
We have big boys' pants for $7.90.
Elaine, register three, please.
Hi, Mickey.
I'm fine.
I was wondering
what you two are doing tonight.
Is it that late?
No, don't be silly.
Go back to sleep.
You gotta go to work
in a couple of hours.
Tomorrow night? Sure. Fine.
I'll see you then. Good night.
Good morning, Mickey.
Get the f*** away from me!
I've got a knife.
I'll cut your f***ing balls off, so help me!
Come on in.
- You're not going to believe...
- I was gonna call the police.
What's the matter?
Marva invited a friend tonight.
She was attacked by a pervert
just a block from here.
Phil, this is Marilyn Holmberg.
Marilyn, this is Michael's brother, Phil.
On her way here, Marilyn
was almost attacked by some pervert.
I'm really not this kind of person.
I could die.
Phil is the pervert.
- No. Isn't that marvellous?
- I have an excuse.
- I took this self-defence course...
- Wouldn't you have loved to be there?
...and they told me that
if somebody comes down the street...
and does something to you,
you scare him.
You must've gotten
very high marks in the course.
Phil, what exactly did she say to you?
I don't think we should talk about that.
Come on.
Phil, what did she say?
Nothing, really.
She said:
"Get the f*** away from me...
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