(500) Days of Summer
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(500) Days of Summer is a 2009 film about a girl that does not believe in fate and true love, and the boy who falls in love with her.
- Directed by Marc Webb. Written by Scott_Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.
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[edit] Author
- The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Especially you Jenny Beckman. Bitch.
[edit] Narration
- This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'. The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parents' marriage she'd only loved two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off and feel nothing. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story.
- Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin, and they end, with no lasting memories made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life. May 23rd was a Wednesday.
[edit] Tom
- People don't realize this, but loneliness is underrated.
- Darling. I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a Chinese family in our bathroom.
- Why make something disposable like a building when you can make something that lasts forever, like a greeting card.
- You never wanted to be anybody's girlfriend, and now you're someone's wife?
- Either she's an evil, emotionless, miserable human being, or... she's a robot.
- This is lies. We are liars. Think about it. Why do people buy cards? It's not because they want to say how they feel. People buy cards because they can't say how they feel or are afraid to. And we provide the service that lets them off the hook. You know what? I say to hell with it. Let's level with America. Or at least let them speak for themselves. Right?
- I need to know that you're not gonna wake up tomorrow morning and feel differently.
[edit] Summer
- You weren't wrong, Tom. You were just wrong about me.
- There's no such thing as love. It's a fantasy.
- Colour my life with the chaos of trouble. -quoted from Belle & Sebastian in Summer's high school yearbook.
[edit] Dialogues
- Tom: I liked this girl.. man I loved her. What did she do? She took a giant shit on my face. Literally.
- Alison: Literally?
- Tom: ...not literally. That's disgusting. Jesus, what's the matter with you?
- Tom: Paul, seriously...
- Paul: Did you bang her?
- Tom: No!
- Paul: Hum job?
- Tom: No!
- Paul: Hand job?
- Tom: No, Paul, no jobs. I'm still unemployed. We just kissed.
- Paul: Level with me, man. As your best friend, who put up with you whining about this girl for weeks on end...you were essentially stalking her!
- Tom: Paul! [Summer walks in]
- Summer: Oh, hi.
- Paul: Hi.
- Tom: Summer, Paul. Paul, Summer.
- Paul: Well I gotta go...
- Tom: Yeah, man...
- Paul: Just pretend I was never here... [Paul leaves, then quickly ducks back in]oh Tom T-Tom! if any jobs come up...
- Tom: Thanks Paul! See ya! [once Paul's gone]He's...an old friend... if you heard anything...
- Summer: Heard what?
- Tom: Nothing, you wanna go?
- Summer: Yeah, I'm stalking. I mean, I'm starving. [walks away smiling]
- Summer: We've been like Sid and Nancy for months now...
- Tom: Summer, Sid stabbed Nancy...seven times with a kitchen knife. I mean, we've had some disagreements but I hardly think I'm Sid Vicious.
- Summer: No, I'm Sid!
- Tom: Oh, so I'm Nancy?
- Summer: I named my cat after Springsteen.
- Tom: What's his name?
- Summer: ...Bruce.
- Tom: [Montage of Summer] I hate her crooked teeth. I hate her 1960s haircut. I hate her knobby knees. I hate that cockroach-shaped splotch on her neck. I hate the way she smacks her lips before she talks and I hate the way she sounds when she laughs.
- [Fade to black; Swayze's "She's Like the Wind" plays briefly]
- Tom: I HATE THIS SONG!
- [Open to Tom standing while bus comes to a sudden stop]
- Bus Driver: Son, you gonna have to exit the vehicle.
- Vance: I don't mean to pry but... does this have something to do with Summer leaving?
- Tom: Who?
- Vance: My assistant... Tom, everyone knows. Never mind... and the reason I'm asking is because lately, your work performance seems to be... a little bit off.
- Tom: I'm not following.
- Vance: Okay, here's something that you wrote last week... "Roses are red, violets are blue... fuck you whore."
[edit] Taglines
- Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
- This is not a love story. This is a story about love.
- It was almost like falling in love.
[edit] Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Tom Hansen
- Zooey Deschanel — Summer Finn
- Matthew Gray Gubler - Paul
[edit] External links
- (500) Days of Summer quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- (500) Days of Summer at Rotten Tomatoes
- The official [1] site
