The Pallbearer Page #6

Synopsis: Chaos unfolds as Tom is roped into being a pallbearer (and delivering the eulogy!) by the mother of a recently deceased "friend" from high school that he just can't remember. In the meantime, an unrequited love from high school (NOT the dead guy's girlfriend) reappears in his life.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Matt Reeves
Production: Miramax
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG-13
Year:
1996
98 min
134 Views


I'm gonna be.

Thank you.

Maybe I should just

have them take it all away.

- Oh, here, here.

Let me help you with that.

- Thanks.

I gotta get it all out of here

if I'm gonna sell this place.

Oh, you're gonna

sell the house?

Yeah. You know, maybe

it's too big for one person.

Too quiet.

I mean, it's like I have

the TV on all the time now.

Thank you. It's very nice to have

someone to help out around here.

Oh, sure.

Who knows? You know,

I was thinking, maybe, of going

to one of those computer schools.

Oh, yeah, computers.

That's good.

You think so?

I'm gonna have to go through

Bill's stuff in his room.

- I wish I could help you out.

- Oh, no, no.

I mean, it's just that

I'm... I'm very busy.

- I mean, I got a job interview.

- Oh, a job interview.

Yeah. Actually it's a second interview.

I bet you get it.

Thank you.

I hope so.

I'm a little worried.

Do you mind if

I make a suggestion?

- Sure.

- Why don't you try pushing

your hair back over your forehead.

You know, like the other afternoon.

Like... Yeah, like that.

Just...

You don't let 'em see your face.

You're a good-looking man.

Well, maybe I'll let you

know how the interview goes.

I mean, if you're interested.

- Sure. If you have enough time,

you can drop by.

- Yeah, if I have the time.

- Whoa! My God, look at you.

- He's turned a corner.

Oh, very important. I sort of mentioned

that I live on my own, okay?

- So just don't blow it.

- You lied to her?

- No, she seemed to have

a thing about it.

- So what are we supposed to say?

- Oh, this is it!

- What are we supposed to do at the end?

- Cynthia and I are going for cocktails?

- A late movie.

- You guys say you have plans

to see a late movie, then just go.

- How are we getting home?

Deal with it.

I need the car.

He's gotta drive her home.

That's the whole point.

Could you give me an opening for

the story about Brad and the oranges?

- Tom, just be yourself.

- Yeah, you're right.

- Scott, you set me up

with the orange story.

- You got it.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wh... What was it?

- Uh, "Mean To Me," maybe?

- No, no!

- Louis Armstrong did

a great versin of it too.

- Oh! Oh, oh, oh. Uh...

It goes:

# Dah dah-dah dah-dah #

# Dah dah-dah dah-dah

Dah dah-dah dah-dah #

- # Dah dah-dah dah-dah... #

- # If I only had a brain #

Tom, you've heard of

Django Reinhardt, right?

- No, Scott.

- Oh, my God. He is so amazing.

- He only had three fingers.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Mmm. That's too bad.

So, anyway...

Julie, did you know Tom's

got a second interview tomorrow?

Oh! That's great.

- Yeah, well...

- "I Surrender, Dear."

- You what, honey?

- # Dah-dah, dah-dah #

# Dah-dah, dah-dah #

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Jason Katims

Jason Katims (born November 30, 1960) is an American television writer, producer, and playwright. He is best known as the creator of several television series, including Relativity (1996), Roswell (1999-2002), Friday Night Lights (2006-2011), Parenthood (2010-2015), About a Boy (2014-2015) and Rise (2018). more…

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