Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama written and directed by David O. Russell. The film is based on Matthew Quick's 2008 novel The Silver Linings Playbook. It stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles in supporting roles. The film is set in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. Cooper plays Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr., a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents (De Niro and Weaver). Pat is determined to win back his estranged wife. He meets a young widow, Tiffany Maxwell (Lawrence), who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train, and Pat, his father, and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their situations. Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. The film opened to critical acclaim, with praise for Russell's direction, and the performances of Cooper, and Lawrence. It grossed $236.4 million worldwide. A recipient of several accolades, it received eight nominations at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Football stays out of this place. So does Lord of the Flies. (PAT) What are you doing? I'm behind on my syllabus. (TIFFANY) I don't give a fuck. (PAT) What the hell are you doing? Hey, hey! - Did you throw that outside? - You're not gonna read that on my time. I can tell you about Lord of the Flies. It's a bunch of boys on an island and they have a conch, a shell, and whoever has the conch has power and can talk. You don't have the conch, don't have power. Then there's a little chubby boy, Piggy, and they're mean, and then there's a murder. I mean, humanity is just nasty and there's no silver lining. Wow. That was a great synopsis. I still need to read it, though. (KNOCK ON DOOR) Who's that? Hello? What the...? What are you doing here, man? If one of your two supervising physicians loses their license, your whole adjudication is thrown out. (PAT) How'd you know we were here? (DANNY) Your parents. - Danny, Tiffany. Tiffany, Danny. - Pat told me about you. - Is this the girl you wrote about? - (PAT) Yeah. You wrote about me? I'm "the girl"? - He wrote about you. - What did he say? (DANNY) You was helping each other out and you were nice. And you had a mouth on you, but... - Whoa, OK, OK. - (DANNY) A little mouthy. - Tell me more about what he said. - I'll just tell you. - It was just a very general letter. - Cool. - (DANNY) She's fine. - She is my friend with an F. - A capital F. She's fine. - For "friend." Mm. Can I see what you guys are doing? Yeah.
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- One, two. - (DANNY) I like it, I like it. - Do you? - (DANNY) It's good, yeah. And then this goes into something else. - That's it? - What is it? What is it? What is it? - Can I say something? - (TIFFANY) No. - You sure? - Just say it. I think, Pat, you should be facing Tiffany.
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Bounce, bounce. Shuffle back, shuffle, shuffle. Shuffle back, shuffle back. You gotta move your junk. Pop. Pop your butt. Pop it. I gotta get out of here. Gotta see this girl, Tanya. - Yeah, go see Tanya. - OK, man, hey. I'll be there. I want you to win. - Excelsior, Pat. - (PAT) Excelsior. That's my man. Let's go.
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