The Postman Always Rings Twice Page #4

Synopsis: This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside café owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Bob Rafelson
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1981
122 min
465 Views


Must've been those guys

that were workin' on the sign today.

Yeah.

Sounds like that.

Sorry about your husband, ma'am.

Thank you.

Thanks a lot.

I'll get a flashlight.

I know it's tough...to go down

and see him.

You're sure you don't want

me to drive?

Hurry back.

Take it easy guys, there's plenty here.

Cut pie. Little portions.

John Philip Sousa.

I don't want to make love tonight.

It's our last night.

I know.

I don't want to make love.

Yeah, you're right.

Me neither.

Oh, Christ, Cora.

It's all in the feet.

You must watch the feet.

-Can I talk to you a minute?

-It is beautiful, believe me.

-You just watch your feet....

-Can I talk to you for a minute?

-And you will learn....

-Excuse me.

I can't talk about it now.

What do you mean,

you can't talk about it now?

Four days already,

you can't talk about it.

Yeah, and you don't understand.

I can't do it anymore, Frank.

You understand?

Why can't you do it anymore?

What does that mean?

You can't do it anymore?

-It's over.

-Come dance.

What? What are you talkin' about?

Bravo, Nicko.

Come here.

Come here.

This man saved my life.

I'm fond this man.

Cora, my feets, you know.

My feets. They're beautiful, huh?

-Beautiful.

-You say it.

You say it Greek.

Nick, I can't say it in Greek.

Come on, you say it.

Say it.

That's it.

Come here. Now, you say it.

Is beautiful.

Tonight.

What?

What?

What're you doing?

You're the guy's wife, Cora.

You told me that.

You were gonna leave me?

-I was writing you a note.

-Were you writing me a thank-you note?

-Is that what you were doing?

-Cora, look.

Live here.

Live with the guy.

Took a chance, we didn't make it.

Live with the man.

He wants to have a baby.

You understand?

He's changed.

He says the accident changed him

and now I'm supposed to have his kid.

How am I gonna do that, Frank?

How am I supposed to have his baby?

I can't have his baby.

The only one I could have

a baby by is you.

Okay.

Say you won't leave me. Please.

Just stall him, babe.

Just stall him.

-Going far?

-We're goin' to Ventura.

A trip. A change of scene.

-Is it much farther?

-It's a couple of hours.

-That's it.

-What do I owe ya?

$1.44.

-Okay. Here you go.

-Be right back.

-Here's your change.

-I'm gonna drive now.

You can't even walk.

What are you talkin' about, drivin'?

-Now, get in the back.

-What?

-Get in the back.

-Are you nuts? Are you nutty?

-Mister, you don't want to--

-I'm drivin' this car home.

-Come on, Frank.

-You don't want to drive tonight.

-You don't want to drive tonight.

-What, do you own this car, big fella?

-Get in the back.

-Just get in the back.

That's it.

You drive safely now, okay?

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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