Word: whiskeys
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...movie, a dreamy meditation on midlife crises and the nature of transient connections, Murray plays Bob Harris, a disillusioned movie star in Tokyo to shoot a Japanese whiskey commercial. Scarlett Johansson is Charlotte, a newlywed accompanying her workaholic husband (Giovanni Ribisi) on a job. Coppola shot the film in 27 days and stuck to a relatively minuscule $4 million budget. For some of the scenes, she recorded with no sound and rolled the cameras just to capture a mood. And she purposely used high-speed film to give the movie a homemade intimacy. "She waited for us to have...
...neon nightscape of Tokyo, Bob Harris' face sort of smiles from an electronic billboard. Bob (Bill Murray) is an American actor in town to shoot a Santori commercial--as he puts it, "getting $2 million endorsing a whiskey when I should be doing a play or something." After 25 years of marriage and a stagnant career, Bob has eased himself into the warm bath of depression. The cunning jokes he emits are the fart bubbles that keep others amused and himself awake. During the Santori shoot he agreeably mimics Rat Packers Dean Martin and Joey Bishop and, because the photographer...
Clients also ask for personal advice, because a good shoe salesman is a bartender and shoes are the rich woman's whiskey. "You become their psychologist. You get to know who is getting a divorce and who is having an affair," he says. Since many of them go to the same charity functions, he has to steer them away from the same shoes, especially when relationships become entangled. And like a bartender, he's glad to push his wares on those in need. "When they say, 'I just bought these to pick myself up,' that feels good. That...
...young woman from Sears, raped her and stabbed her 38 times. Earle won a death sentence, but instead of trumpeting his victory, he gave a morose press conference calling it "a sad day for everybody." When a friend of the victim's brought him a congratulatory bottle of whiskey, Earle was aghast. "This is not a celebratory event," he scolded. Citing the administrative demands of running a large D.A.'s office and the talent of his staff prosecutors, Earle never again personally prosecuted a death case...
Toby said, "Hey, do you wanna do this song with me," and I said, "What's the title?" He said, "Whiskey for My Men, Beer for My Horses," and I said, "Yeah!" We could just record the title, over and over again...