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.
How are we doing in here, huh? A lot of reports from your neighbours. We got phone calls... Nikki is being manipulated and controlled. Hey, sit down. (PAT SR.) Stop with these crazy theories. He's a cop. What are you doing? It's a medication problem, but he's fine. Wanna send him back to Baltimore? We know about the explosion. What explo...? No. Cliff is lying. He's not allowed to talk about that. (DOORBELL RINGS) Jesus Christ, who's that? - (PAT SR.) Keep an eye on him. - Is this a bipolar episode? - Get out of here, little fucking idiot. - Someone help me! - You can't tell Nikki about this. - I had to make out a report. - Hey, sit down. - Listen, sir. (RICK) This guy's chasing me! Help Me!
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- (KEOGH) Sit down. - I could write a letter... She has a court order against you, 500 feet... Listen to me! I'll take that camera and I'm gonna break it over your head. I'm gonna interview you, what it's like to get that camera broken over your head. - What are you laughing about? Sorry. - (ROSALIE) I'm sorry. (MAN) Stop all that fucking noise. Go back to sleep, the party's over. Show's over. Not a reflection of where I'm at. You can't tell her. - You can't tell Nikki. - Pipe down. Everything all right? - Who was that, Dad? - (PAT SR.) That kid with the camera. (KEOGH) Good luck. I gotta write this up. (PAT) Come on, don't write it up. (PAT SR.) It's OK, everything is OK. We're fine. Thank you, we appreciate it. Thank you.
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- Trouble last night. - Let me just set the record straight. Hurting my mother was a mistake. I hate myself for it. I hate my illness, I wanna control it. My father had no trouble slapping the shit out of me, which I did not return because I could've killed him. He's 65. Don't think I could've beat him? He was scared for your mother and you hurt him. Yes, last night was a mess. And I think he probably just tried to do his best.
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Pat, you have to have a strategy, I told you earlier. Recognise these feelings. Otherwise you will be sent back to Baltimore. So when you get these feelings, you get to a quieter place with peace with yourself, however you can. - Yeah, that's easier said than done. - You have no choice.
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