The Heartbreak Kid Page #3

Synopsis: Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly instead. Her rich father is less than keen and lets everyone - including Lenny - know that he hates everything about him and the way he is going on.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Elaine May
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG
Year:
1972
106 min
2,029 Views


- I didn't mean to.

Who's she?

I don't know.

Is she staying here?

I don't know.

Think she's attractive?

No!

I warned you.

Didn't I warn you, Lila?

- Didn't I say, "Lila, you're getting too much sun"?

- Ow!

Didn't I say that?

I just wanted to get a nice tan.

- I'm sorry.

- Well, it's too late now.

You're gonna puff up

like a basketball.

- Ow, ow, ow.

- I mean, here it is, our honeymoon.

I thought we would go to the dog races;

I thought we would go to jai alai.

I thought we would see some

of the big shows in the big hotels.

Instead, we're gonna sit

in a hotel room.

- Oww!

- You're gonna puff up. I'm gonna watch television.

I won't puff up.

I'll put some stuff on that stops you

from puffing up.

There's no such thing as that!

They haven't invented anything like that!

You're gonna puff up!

You're not gonna be a normal person

till Wednesday or Thursday.

You could be

a little more sympathetic.

I'm going down to the bar

for a bottle of beer.

Where are you going?

I'm going down to the bar

for a bottle of beer.

- When will you be back?

- When I finish my bottle of beer!

It's our first night in Florida.

What difference what night it is?

I'm thirsty!

Turn the television on.

I'll come back after my beer.

How's it goin'?

It's Miami.

I know what you mean.

- Here you are, sir.

- Thank you.

That's my stool.

Hi.

Did he say you could sit in my stool?

I didn't know it was your stool.

Would you like it back?

I'll let you know when I do.

You a guest at this hotel?

Is that what this is?

I just got in today.

I'm Len Cantrow.

No kidding?

Can I get you a drink?

No.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Come on, Kelly.

They're waiting for us.

Reservations were 8:30.

Gonna be on the beach tomorrow?

Oh, yeah, sure.

In the morning?

Yeah, I don't even have breakfast.

I just have some juice.

I'll put on my trunks,

and I'm down there.

Just make sure

you stay off my spot.

Thanks for the nut.

Did you meet anyone at the bar?

What?

I said, did you meet anyone

at the bar?

Who would I meet at the bar?

There's just a bunch of jerks here.

- I don't know.

- You were gone so long. I thought, maybe--

like you were talking

to someone at the bar.

No, they don't even get a crowd

until midnight. I was, I was alone.

I put cream on.

It doesn't hurt so much anymore.

Maybe tomorrow I could sit in the shade

with you for a while?

No!

You stay out of the shade.

I mean, there are sun rays in the shade.

You have to stay in the room

all day tomorrow.

What'll you do?

I'll, I'll hang around the beach.

I'll look at the jerks.

There's a lot of paperbacks in the lobby.

Wait!

Where are you rushing to?

Nowhere.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, and after graduating from high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows from 1950 (where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn (1961), which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. more…

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