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.
(RANDY) Patrizio, I feel terrible, you know? You made the bet, I won a lot of money, and now your whole family is in turmoil. Oh, fuck off, Randy. You love it. You live for this. You've bet against my father for years. You're twisting the knife now. You get off on it! That's not true. Don't say that. - Fine, then prove it! - Yeah, prove it. (RANDY) How do you want me to prove it? How do you prove it'? - How do I prove it? - A chance to win back everything. - Double or nothing. - No, no, no. Double or nothing on the Bengals next week, is that what you're saying?
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- Against the Cowboys. - (ALL) Oh! (RANDY) Oh, come on, are you kidding? (RONNIE) That's his team. (TIFFANY) That's your team, isn't it, Randy? - I know who his team is. - (RANDY) When is the game? - December 28th, last of the season. - (PAT) Oh, my God. Same day as the Benjamin Franklin Pairs Open Freestyle Dance Competition. - (DOLORES) Oh, God. - Randy. Don't you believe in America's team? Yeah, don't you believe in America's team? I believe in America's team. But if I win that bet, I win your book, you're out of action, you get no restaurant, no nothing.
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- I like it. - (DOLORES) No. No, Patrizio. I believe in the Eagles, my son. I'll take the action. I'll take it. - (PAT) Dad. - Patrizio, don't. It's toxic. I have faith. Excelsior belongs in this house. - Dad. - Not in New York. In this house. Dad, I didn't know excelsior was the motto of New York. - But now I know. - This is toxic. Dad, this is toxic. You shouldn't be doing this. Quiet, you already did enough. What do you say? My Birds, Benjamin Franklin's team, favoured one and a half points. Give you 3 more. Patrizio, stop it. Randy, don't you take the bet! - In fact, I'll give you 10 points. - No, Dad! - Dad! This is insanity! - Dad! - Take that bet on the Cowboys. - (RANDY) Dolores, will you stop him?
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- Jesus! - (PAT SR.) Yeah. How could you not take that bet? Even with 10 points. That's an insane spread to your advantage. Cowboys are cowards. I bet you're such a coward, you won't take the 10. Plus, whatever their score is at the dance thing. What's that? - What's that? - No, no, no. You're crazy to give away that many points. I won't take that. However, wait a second.
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- I do like the idea of a parlay. - What? No parlay! No. - No, don't do it. Don't do it. - (DOLORES) Mother of God. How do they run this dance competition? How do they score it? I don't know how they score. We're participating, not a part of it. There's people... This is a high-end dance contest. Do not put it as part of the parlay. They go by Philadelphia rules. Each dancer is scored 1 to 10, 10 the highest, average the four judges' scores. OK, scores from 1 to 10, right? And you guys are how good? - We suck. - We don't suck. Pat's a beginner, I'm OK. We're happy just to be going. (RANDY) The people you're competing against? They're good. Some of them are professionals. (RANDY) Better than you?
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- A lot better. - (RANDY) A lot better. If I was to say you only have to score 5, I'd be really very generous, right? No, no. That'd be amazing if we got 5. - Let's not get... - We can get a 5. Give me a break. - We can't get 5. - Give me a break. - You'll get a 5. You'll get a 5. - (TIFFANY) We can do a 5. - What? - (RANDY) That's the parlay. - Will somebody explain me the parlay? - Win two bets or lose the whole thing. For Pat Sr. to win, Birds gotta beat the Cowboys, plus Pat and Tiffany gotta get at least a 5 at the dance. (PATEL) That's very, very manic indeed. (RONNIE) That's the parlay. (RANDY) We'll shake on it. (TIFFANY) Shake on it. (DOLORES) No! Oh, God. (RANDY) It's a bet. I'm not gonna be a part of this. Randy, you're a fucking sickness, Randy. I'm out. - Pat, you can't quit. - I'm not doing the dance. - Calm down. Think about... - (PAT) See you later. - Pat, no. Pat. - What are you doing? - I'm out. - (RONNIE) What? Here we are again at the one-yard line. DeSean, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. - There you go. - What does that mean? That connection with DeSean Jackson, it doesn't matter anymore. Just because I have the jersey on. I'm not gonna do it. You are not a stand-up guy right now. - If it's me reading the signs... - You reading the signs? Oh, OK.
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(PAT SR.) He's gotta do this. He can't be a quitter. - He cannot be a quitter. - You took that stupid parlay thing. Now he won't do the dance. It was very constructive for him. You ruined it. Only one way to get him to show. - What's that? - What's that? We have to tell him Nikki's gonna be there.
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- No other way. - (DOLORES) No. We gotta leave a trail of breadcrumbs so that he can live his life without ruining it. No. I don't approve. - You can't do it. - Well, you know, I didn't approve when you told her where he was running so she could ambush him. I didn't approve of that, but you did it anyway, so I'm doing this. That's it. We're gonna tell him Nikki will be there.
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