The Time Traveler's Wife Page #3

Synopsis: When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she knows much more about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have already met. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare.
Director(s): Robert Schwentke
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2009
107 min
$63,387,284
Website
1,418 Views


- Wondering what the draw is.

- Leave her alone.

She's codependent. You thought

she was gonna dodge that bullet?

I don't know.

I just think he's not that cute.

All right,

so can we put the potatoes in yet?

Or do you wanna wait

until the vegetables are done?

CHARISSE:
Where's the pan?

GOMEZ:
How do I know?

CHARISSE:
You can help.

GOMEZ:
I don't even live here.

CHARISSE:
You...

GOMEZ:
First, I'm a man.

Second of all, I'm a guest here.

Are you reading my diary?

Told you that was private.

- I didn't read it.

- Well, it kind of looked like you did.

I was trying to find the dates.

The dates that I go to see you.

So I could tell the little girl in the

meadow. If I'm that important to her...

...I wanted to tell her when I was coming

to see her so she wouldn't have to wait.

Christ, I'm sorry.

I don't know what I was thinking.

I should go.

I'd like you to stay.

[CROWD MURMURING]

WOMAN:

You were there all night.

MAN 1:
Come on, kick his ass.

MAN 2:
Guys, check this out.

[MEN YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN 3:
Come on, he's a fag. Kick his ass.

MAN 4:
Oh, no.

Come on.

[GRUNTING]

Hey, hey, hey. Break it up, break it up.

- Henry.

- Gomez.

What are you doing?

Goddamn homophobe.

Dude, what in the hell are you wearing?

- What's the date?

- What do you mean, "what's the date?"

- What year?

- What do you mean, "what year?"

- Forget it. I gotta get some clothes.

- Yeah, the pink's not working for you. Hey.

GOMEZ:
What are you doing now?

- Picking a lock.

GOMEZ:
Huh?

- Close the door.

You wanna tell me what the hell's

going on here? What are you on?

Seriously.

Hey, you know, if you have a problem,

maybe I can help.

Yeah, right.

I don't give a sh*t about you,

but Clare I care about.

- Why don't you tell me what this is about?

- You wanna know? I'm gonna tell you.

Because you and I are gonna be friends

for a long time.

You might as well know now.

- Know what?

- I look older, right?

That's because I am.

I've come back to this night

from the future.

I'm a time traveler.

Oh, my God, you are out of your mind.

Started when I was 6 years old.

I have fits. I disappear.

I travel through time.

I've come to this night from 2003.

What year is this?

- 1995. I don't like this.

- I get dislocated in time.

I never know when it's gonna happen

or where I'm gonna end up.

I have to break and enter,

steal clothes from the first person I see.

You name it, I've done it.

Uh-huh.

There's something wrong with you.

Yeah, there is.

But I care about Clare more than you can

imagine, so don't worry about that.

GOMEZ:

Whoa, hey, I'm reassured.

Listen, in the future,

do Charisse and I get married?

Do I go bald? Does Charisse go bald?

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Bruce Joel Rubin

Bruce Joel Rubin is an American screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance Ghost, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1990 psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder. more…

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