Henry Roth

Dedication (2007)

Actors: Ed Shearmur (composer), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Justin Theroux (producer), Amy Sedaris (actress), Dianne Wiest (actress), Justin Theroux (director), Mandy Moore (actress), Bob Balaban (actor), Billy Crudup (actor), Peter Bogdanovich (actor), Tom Wilkinson (actor), Bobby Cannavale (actor), Martin Freeman (actor), Ross Miller (miscellaneous crew), Catherine Kellner (actress),

Plot: Henry Roth: obsessive-compulsive, somewhat misanthropic, a writer of children's books. His illustrator and only friend, Rudy, dies after a fabulously successful collaboration on "Marty, the Beaver." Henry is under contract to produce another Marty book for Christmas sales. His publisher, Arthur Planck, assigns penniless, lovelorn illustrator Lucy Reilly to work with Henry. She's sought by her ex-boyfriend Jeremy, who dumped her two years ago but shows up apologetic, having dedicated his new book to her. She and Henry go to a house on the shore to work. Will love bloom amid the rocks, or is Henry a bump on Lucy's road to Jeremy? Rudy's voice, from the grave, gives Henry counsel.

Keywords: abortion, absent-father, advisor, answering-machine, anxiety, archive-footage, artistic-collaboration, aspiring-actress, author, banging-head-against-wall
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: With each moment we write our story

Quotes:

Henry: She deserves better than him.::Rudy Holt: Now you're talking.::Henry: Better than me, too.::Rudy Holt: Yeah, but she doesn't know that yet.

Arthur Planck: Succeeding in this business is ninety-nine percent perseverance and one percent talent. Congratulations, gentlemen, you're ninety-nine percent of the way there.

Lucy: Stupid idiot.

Henry: I've spent my whole life... wanting something... and doing my very best not to find it. Never even going near the places it might be... And suddenly, I've got the goddamn thing practically chained around my neck.::Lucy: What are you talking about?::Henry: You. You. You're the, you're the... You're, you're- you're the goddamn thing. Ahhh, uh. I mean... You're, you're. I can't describe you... uhh, I don't, I don't write that kind of shit, I write... You know, the people who write, who write the real books, the love books, and the poems, and even those stupid little fucking novels with the hunky assholes on the cover...::Lucy: Stop...::Henry: You know it? You know what I'm talking about? You know - you're like Princess shit! You know? Fairytales. You know what I'm saying? The million guys are after and you're blinded by your beauty kind of shit. Real big stuff. You know, that just - even, we got the dick that kidnaps you and sticks you in a cave and you're guarded by a five-headed dragon, you know and the tales of your plight are spread throughout the land and all the guys go and put on their shoes so they can see what's up and none of them have the balls to save her except for me. I would go through anything... for you. And still, there I was looking for a way not to see it. Anything. Money...::Lucy: You stupid idiot.::Henry: Yeah.::Lucy: Yes.::Henry: Yeah... big fat stupid idiot.::Lucy: I hope you're better to the next one.::Henry: No - wait... [he digs in his bag and decides not to give her the dedication to Simone, but grabs the pebble he had given her and then thrown back onto the beach and went back for later] It was easy to find... it's the only one like it.::Lucy: You broke my heart, Henry. I don't think you can trust people. You always have to find something wrong. I'm just... I'm sorry. I'll miss you.

Henry: I can't.::Lucy: Yes, you can.::Henry: We have to work.::Lucy: Right now?::Henry: Lucy, come on please. It's going to get very complicated. Ahh, it's going to get so complicated.::Lucy: Do you just genuinely dislike me, Henry?::Henry: A week ago, I didn't give a rat's ass about nebulas and now I can't get enough of them. Ok?::Lucy: Nebulae.::Henry: What?::Lucy: It's nebulae... not nebulas.::Henry: Ok, fine. I don't care about nebulas. You know accuse me of whatever you want, I'm probably guilty of it... contributing to global warming, and killing a squirrel once, and using the word retarded, and occasionally misinterpreted bigotry, but don't, don't... don't don't don't don't don't accuse me of not liking you. Ok?::Lucy: I understand.

Henry: I've spent my whole life wanting something and doing my very best not to find it. Never even going near the places it might be, and suddenly I got the god damn thing practically chained around my neck.::Lucy: What are you talking about?::Henry: You, you're the god damned thing.

Henry: I've never been good at finding things, I'm really good at losing things.

Henry: You'll be fine. We'll both be fine Rudy.::Rudy Holt: That's life Henry.::Henry: Yep.::Rudy Holt: You know what life is?::Henry: Life is a horrible little giggle in the midst of a forced death march towards hell.::Rudy Holt: No it isn't.::Henry: An interminable wale of grief...::Rudy Holt: No. Life is a single skip for joy.::Henry: I know.

Henry: Life is nothing but the echo of joy disappearing into the great chasm of misery.::Rudy Holt: ...You've had better.::Henry: Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief.::Rudy Holt: That's my favorite.::Henry: It lives in truth, that's why.

Henry: [handed piece of paper by Rudy] Who's this?::Rudy Holt: Uh, red suit, fat ass, best friend's a reindeer. Bones Mrs. Claus::Henry: [laughs] What's happening here?::Rudy Holt: Santa's sleigh, runs over Marty's tail, Marty jumps up, bites him in the crotch. Gives Santa the clap.

50 First Dates (2004)

Actors: Jack Giarraputo (producer), Maya Rudolph (actress), Missi Pyle (actress), Sean Astin (actor), Drew Barrymore (actress), Amy Hill (actress), Rob Schneider (actor), Kevin James (actor), Blake Clark (actor), Allen Covert (actor), Peter Chen (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Adam Sandler (actor), Jay Roach (producer), Steve Golin (producer),

Plot: Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore. Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feel the start of a serious relationship occurring. Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognize him. This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.

Keywords: amnesia, androgyny, animal-vomit, aquarium, baseball-bat, beach, beach-party, birthday-party, boat-accident, break-up
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day. The ultimate bachelor will face the ultimate challenge.

Quotes:

Marlin: Doug, once again, off the juice.::Doug: It'th not juithe. It'th a protein thake.

Lucy: What are you doing?::Henry: Nothing, I was just getting some lint off for you...::Lucy: You were going for a feelski!::Henry: All right, I'm sorry... But this is like the twenty third time we've made out already and... they're getting blue!

[repeated line]::Ten Second Tom: Hi, I'm Tom!

[at the Callahan Institute]::Security Guard 1: Hey Lucy, good to see you again!::[Lucy walks by quietly]::Security Guard 1: What the hell's her problem?::Security Guard 2: She doesn't remember who you are, brah.::Security Guard 1: Oh yeah, I suck at this job!

Lucy: It's gonna be alright, Luce.::Lucy: [to Henry] Don't call me Luce. I barely know you.::Marlin: Sweetie, you're sorta dating him.::[Lucy looks at Henry]::Henry: Sorry I'm not better looking.

Lucy: Did Alicia marry that guy?::Marlin: yea.::Henry: Doug, did you win the Mr. Hawaiian contest?::Doug: I didn't know there wath gonna be a urine tethst.::Lucy: [to Henry] Did we have sex?::[Marlin and Doug look at Henry]::Henry: No, we didn't. Just so everyone knows::[Marlin and Doug turn away]::Henry: We want to!::[Marlin and Doug look again]::Henry: Just kidding.

Henry: Okay, this is her. Start beating me up. Make it look good.::Ula: Give me your wallet. Okay, haole, what do you think? You can come to this island, eat our pineapple.::Henry: Help me! Not so hard. Take it easy.::Ula: Try to bang our women. Making my sister clean your hotel room.::Henry: Okay. What does that have to do with this? Relax. Hey! Hey! Help me, please!::Ula: Stupid haole!

Henry: See what happens when you play with sharks.::Ula: Sharks are like dogs, they only bite when you touch their private parts.

[to his children]::Ula: You kids suck; you're good at everything!

Henry: Happy birthday, sir. What are you, like, 200 today?