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Date Posted: 09:44:19 01/12/04 Mon
Author: Thiago
Subject: Week XII

Reading

I would like to post one of my favorite scenes in cinema, from “Saving Private Ryan”. It takes place in an old Cathedral where the soldiers spend their night, and Medic Wade talks about his mother, who used to be a nurse when he was a boy, and every night he looked forward to seeing his mother arrive from work and when she finally got home he pretended he was sleeping. However, I couldn’t find this scene in any of the websites that show movie scripts. I think it’s because only the early version of the script is available on these sites. So, I decided to copy a scene from “Jerry Maguire” which is, in my opinion, one of the funniest scenes I’ve ever seen. I hope you enjoy it, and, for those who have already seen the movie, I hope you remember it.
Tidwell enters bedroom. Marcee, Tyson and Tee Pee in tow.

TIDWELL
-- now to recap, I want to stay
in Arizona, I want my new
contract, I like you, you're nice
to my wife, I will stay with you,
that's what I'm doing for you, but
here's what you're gonna do for
me. You listening?

JERRY
(dying)
Mmm. Hmm.

TIDWELL
It's a very personal, very
important thing. It's a family
motto. So I want to share it with
you. You ready?

JERRY
Yes.

TIDWELL
Here it is. "Show me the money."
(pause)
Show. Me. The. Money. 36.


JERRY
I got it.

TIDWELL
Now doesn't that just make you
feel good to say it? Say it with
me.

The lights have gone down in the city, and he hasn't had a
chance to turn his own light on. He sits in the oncoming
darkness, watching the blinking white lights on the phone
bank on the desk.

JERRY
Show. Me. The. Money.

TIDWELL
Congratulations. You're still my
agent.

Writing

I really recommend you Rob Reiner’s “Stand By Me” (1986), which is based on one of Stephen King’s novels. The film is starred by Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O’Connell, and guest starred by Kiefer Sutherland, John Cusack and Richard Dreyfus. The story is about four boys who decide to look for the body of another boy who died in the woods while picking up berries. However, during their journey they face some physical and psychological obstacles which are, sometimes, funny, but mostly dramatic. I recommend this movie because it shows us important lessons about growing up and friendships.

I don’t recommend you Martin Scorsese’s “Age of Innocence” (1993). The film, starred by Daniel Day Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder, is one of the most boring films about the New Yorker society in the late 1800’s. It was supposed to be a great movie, since it has a good cast and a great director. However, Ryder’s character is able to be even more boring than the film itself, and Lewis doubts about the woman he really loves were not enough to catch my attention and appreciation.

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