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Love and Desire Amidst Life's Challenges
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A story of love, lava and burning desire.
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An Ordinary Man's Unexpected Journey
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An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy.
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Gratitude for Life's Unseen Gifts
Joe Banks
Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how big... thank you. Thank you for my life.
[watching the moon rise]
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Courage in Dangerous Decisions
Samuel Harvey Graynamore
Well, does it take more guts to twice traverse a staircase in a burning building, or to make a one-time leap into the mouth of a smoking volcano? Damned if I know, Kimosabe. All I know is when you're making those kind of calls, you're up in the high country.
[to Joe]
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Struggles with Loyalty and Personal Integrity
Patricia Graynamore
I've always kept clear of my father's stuff ever since I got out on my own. And now he's pulling me back in. He knew I wanted this boat and he used it and he got me working for him, which I swore I would never do. I feel ashamed because I had a price. He named it and now I know that about myself. And I could treat you like I did back out on the dock, but that would be me kicking myself for selling out, which isn't fair to you. Doesn't make me feel any better. I don't know what your situation is but I wanted you to know what mine is not just to explain some rude behavior, but because we're on a little boat for a while and... I'm soul sick. And you're going to see that.
[to Joe]
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A Diagnosis Without Symptoms
Joe
So I'm not sick except for this terminal disease?
Dr. Ellison
Which has no symptoms. That's right.
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Clothes and Identity in Conversation
Marshall
They just pay me to drive the limo, sir. I'm not here to tell you who you are.
Joe
I didn't ask you to tell me who I am.
Marshall
You were hinting around about clothes. That happens to be a very important topic to me, sir. Clothes, Mr...
Joe
Banks.
Marshall
Banks. Clothes make the man. I believe that. You say to me you want to go shopping, you want to buy clothes, but you don't know what kind. You leave that hanging in the air, like I'm going to fill in the blank. Now, that to me is like asking me who you are, and I don't know who you are. I don't want to know. It's taken me my whole life to find out who I am, and I'm tired now. You hear what I'm saying?
Marshall
What kinda clothes do you got now?
Joe
Well, I got the kinda clothes I'm wearing.
Marshall
So you got no clothes.
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Dinner Plans Complicated by Family Commitments
Joe
Marshall?
Marshall
Yeah.
Joe
I was wondering if you want to have dinner with me tonight.
Marshall
I can't do that; I got the wife and kids at the end of the day.
Joe
Yeah...
Marshall
Listen, haven't you got anybody?
Joe
No. But there are certain times in your life when I guess you're not supposed to have anybody, you know? There are certain doors you have to go through alone.
Marshall
You're gonna be all right.
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The Importance of Luggage in Life
Luggage Salesman
Have you thought much about luggage, Mr. Banks?
Joe
No.
Luggage Salesman
It's the central preoccupation of my life. You travel the world, you're away from home, perhaps away from your family, all you have to depend on is yourself and your luggage.
Joe
Yes, I guess that's true.
Luggage Salesman
Are you traveling light or heavy?
Joe
Heavy.
Luggage Salesman
Flying?
Joe
Flying. And by ship.
Luggage Salesman
An ocean voyage?
Joe
Yes.
Luggage Salesman
Ah. Yes. So. A real journey.
Joe
And then I'll be staying on this island and I don't even really know if I'll be living in a hut or what.
Luggage Salesman
Very exciting. As a luggage problem. I believe I have just the thing.
Joe
Wow.
Luggage Salesman
This is our premier steamer trunk. All handmade, only the finest materials. It's even watertight, tight as a drum. If I had the need, and the wherewithal, Mr. Banks, this would be my trunk of choice.
Joe
I'll take four of them.
Luggage Salesman
May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.
Joe
Thanks...same to you.
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Sign of Sophistication in Communication
Samuel Harvey Graynamore
I see it as a sign of tremendous sophistication that you haven't demanded my name or asked me what I'm doing here.
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Exploring Life's Darkest Thoughts
Joe
What's the matter?
Angelica
Did you ever think about killing yourself?
Joe
What... Why would you do that?
Angelica
Why shouldn't I?
Joe
Because some things take care of themselves. They're not your job; maybe they're not even your business. I like your poem.
Angelica
I'm a grown woman and I live on my father's money. That restaurant that had my painting up, that's my father's restaurant.
Joe
Why are you telling me?
Angelica
I don't know. I'll tell anybody who'll listen. No, that's not true. I don't know why I'm telling you.
Joe
Listen to me. If you have a choice between killing yourself and doing something you're scared of doing, why not take the leap and do the thing you're scared of doing?
Angelica
You mean stop taking money and leave L.A.?
Joe
You see? You know what you're afraid of doing. Why don't you do it? See what happens?
Angelica
You must be tired.
Joe
I don't mind talking.
Angelica
Well, I do! This is one of those typical conversations where we're all open and sharing our innermost thoughts and it's all bullshit and a lie and it doesn't cost you anything!
Joe
Look. I don't know you. I don't think I know anybody. You're angry, I can, I can see that. I'm very troubled. I'm not ready to... There's only so much time. You wanna use it well. So I'm here, talking to you. I don't wanna throw that away.
[sighs]
Angelica
I have no response to that.
Joe
Then maybe you should take me back to the hotel.
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Embrace Life and Live It Well
Dr. Ellison
You have some time left, Mr. Banks. You have some life left. My advice to you is: live it well.
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Self-Reliance in a Solitary Journey
Joe Banks
I have no people of my own, Chief. I'm my only hope for a hero.
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Acceptance of Life's Discomforts
Frank Waturi
Do you think I feel good? Nobody feels good. After childhood, it's a fact of life. I feel rotten. So what? I don't let it bother me. I don't let it interfere with my job.
[to Joe]
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Life's Frustrations in a Dismal Situation
Joe
This life. Life, what a joke. This situation, this room.
Mr. Waturi
Uh, Joe. Maybe you should just go.
Joe
You look terrible, Mr. Waturi. You look like a bag of shit stuffed in a cheap suit. Not that anyone could look good under these zombie lights. I, I, I, I can feel them sucking the juice out of my eyeball. Suck, suck, suck, SUCK... For 300 bucks a week, that's the news. For 300 bucks a week, I've lived in this sink, this used rubber.
[makes a sucking noise]
Mr. Waturi
You watch it, mister! There's a woman here!
Joe
Don't you think I know that, Frank? Don't you think I am aware there is a woman here? I can smell her, like, like a flower. I can taste her, like sugar on my tongue. When I'm 20 feet away I can hear the fabric of her dress when she moves in her chair. Not that I've done anything about it. I've gone all day, every day, not doing, not saying, not taking the chance for 300 dollars a week, and Frank, the coffee, it stinks, it's like arsenic. The lights give me a headache. If the lights don't give you a headache, you must be dead; let's arrange the funeral.
Mr. Waturi
You better get outta here right now! I'm telling you!
Joe
You're telling me nothing. And why, I ask myself, why have I put up with you? I can't imagine, but now I know. Fear. Yellow freakin fear. I've been too chicken shit afraid to live my life so I sold it to you for 300 freakin dollars a week! You're lucky I don't kill you! You're lucky I don't rip your freakin throat out! But I'm not going to! And maybe you're not so lucky at that. Cause I'm gonna leave you here, Mr. Wahoo Waturi, and what could be worse than that?
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Embracing Uncertainty in Life's Journey
Patricia
Joe - nobody knows anything. We'll take this leap, and we'll see. We'll jump, and we'll see. That's life.
[as they are about to jump in the volcano]
Joe
I saw the moon when we were out there in the ocean, shining down on everything. I've been miserable so long, years of my life wasted, afraid. Been a long time coming here to meet you - a long time, on a crooked road. Did I ever tell you? The first time I saw you, I felt like I'd seen you before.
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Doubts About Capability and Arguments Persist
Frank Waturi
I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? Harry. Yeah, Harry. But can he do the job? I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you Harry! Harry, Harry. Yeah, Harry, but can he do the job? I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. Harry, I am not arguing that with you! Who said that? I didn't say that. If I said that, I would have been wrong. Maybe. Maybe. I'm not arguing that with you! Yeah, Harry, I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you! I am not arguing that with you! I am not arguing that with you! Who told you that? No! I told you that! Me! What? Maybe. Maybe, maybe. Maybe!
[On the phone]
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Romantic Moments Amidst Personal Struggles
Patricia
Isn't this romantic? Who gets a honeymoon like this?
Joe
Yeah, but...
Patricia
What's the matter?
Joe
I still have a problem.
Patricia
What?
Joe
I have a brain cloud.
Patricia
A brain cloud... what is a brain cloud?
Joe
It's - well, maybe I should get a second opinion.
Patricia
You didn't get a second opinion on something called a brain cloud? I mean what are you, a hypochondriac?
Joe
I was. Oh not now.
Patricia
I don't think anything is wrong with you.
Joe
Dr. Ellison said-
Patricia
So some quack told you... Dr. Ellison?
Joe
Yeah.
Patricia
That's my father's doctor.
Joe
He is?
Patricia
Dr. Ellison doesn't have any other patients. My father owns Dr. Ellison.
Joe
Why would he...?
Patricia
He set you up.
Joe
Who?
Patricia
My father.
Joe
You mean, he set me up?
Patricia
Yeah.
Joe
No.
Patricia
Yeah.
Joe
I don't have a brain cloud?
Patricia
I mean, couldn't they think of anything better than a "brain cloud"?
Joe
My whole life I've been a victim. A dupe. A pawn. My throat is closing up.
[coughs]
Patricia
No, Joe. Your whole life is ahead of you.
Joe
That's true.
Patricia
That's good news!
Joe
I suppose so.
Patricia
It's great!
Joe
Yeah, that's good. I', relieved. That's great. I'm saved! But...
[pause]
Patricia
What is it now?
Joe
We're on a raft, no land in sight. I don't know.
Patricia
It'll always be something with you, won't it?
Joe
Yeah. I'll tell you one thing: wherever we go, whatever we do, we're taking this luggage with us.
[pause]
Patricia
Deal.
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Desire for Freedom and Adventure at Sea
Joe
Are you used to this?
Patricia
What?
Joe
The ocean, the stars.
Patricia
You never get used to it. Why do you think I want this boat? All I want to do is sail away.
Joe
Where would you go
Patricia
Away from the things of man.
Joe
Do you believe in God?
Patricia
I believe in myself.
Joe
What does that mean?
Patricia
I have confidence in myself.
Joe
I've done a lot of soul searching lately. I've been asking myself some tough questions. You know what I've found out?
Patricia
What?
Joe
I have no interest in myself. I think about myself, I get bored out of my mind.
Patricia
What does interest you?
Joe
I don't know. Courage. Courage interests me.
Patricia
So you're going to spend the rest of your life on a tiny island in the South Pacific?
Joe
Well, up till now I've lived on a tiny island called Staten Island, and I've commuted to a job in a shut up room with pumped in air, no sunshine, despicable people, and now that I've got some distance from that situation, that seems pretty unbelievable. Your life seems unbelievable to me. All this like life, seems unbelievable to me. Somewhat. At this moment.
Patricia
My father says almost the whole world's asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says only a few people are awake. And they live in a state of constant, total amazement.
Joe
I have less than six months to live. The Waponis believe they need a human sacrifice or their island's going to sink into the ocean. They have a mineral your father wants. He's hired me to jump in their volcano.
Patricia
What?
Joe
You're not going to make me say that again, are you?
Patricia
No.
Joe
Aren't you going to say anything?
Patricia
I don't know what to say. You tell me you're dying, you tell me you're jumping into a volcano, my mind is a blank.
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Awakening to Life's Wonders
Samuel Harvey Graynamore
Ninety percent of people are asleep, and those of us who are awake look around in wonder.
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Seeking Escape from Civilization's Constraints
Patricia
I wonder where we'll end up?
Joe
Away from the things of man, my love. Away from the things of man.
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A Unique Proposal with a Twist
Patricia Graynamore
Marry me...Marry me and then jump in the volcano. What is the problem? You're afraid of the commitment? You're gonna have to love and honor me for about 30 seconds. You can't handle that?
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Confessions of Love and Desperation
Patricia
Wait, stop right there! I love you! I've fallen in love with you. I've never loved anybody. I don't know how it happened. I never even slept with him or anything. And now you're gonna kill yourself.
Joe
Can you give us a minute?
[to the Chief]
Joe
You love me?
Patricia
Yes, I love you. I can feel my heart...I feel like I'm going crazy. You can't just die and leave me alone on this stinking earth without you.
Joe
I've gotta do it.
Patricia
Why? Why? The Chief doesn't even want you to do it. Do you, Chief?
Joe
Cause I've wasted my entire life and I'm gonna die. Now I have a chance to die like a man, and I'm gonna take it. I've gotta take it.
Patricia
I love you!
Joe
I love you, too! I've never been in love with anybody before, either. It's great. I'm glad. But the timing stinks. I've gotta go.
[kisses her on the cheek]
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