Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Mark Duplass: Kenneth
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Kenneth : To go it alone, or to go with a partner. When you choose a partner, you have to have compromises and sacrifices, but it's the price you pay. Do I want to follow my every whim and desire as I make my way through time and space? Absolutely. But at the end of the day, do I need someone when I'm doubting myself and I'm insecure, and *my* heart's failing me? Do I need someone who, when the heat gets hot, has my back?
Darius : So, do you?
Kenneth : I do.
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[Darius approaches Kenneth, where he is stocking soup cans in the Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. She acts cool and nonchalant]
Darius : Do you sell guns here?
Kenneth : [surprised] What kind of guns?
Darius : I don't know. Something sexy and affordable, with killing power?
Kenneth : You should try C and R Guns in Wilkins. The state of Washington does not allow the sale of firearms in the business premises of a grocer.
Darius : Hm. What about those... thingies? With the spiky ball on the end of a chain things, you know, and the...
[She pantomimes whirling a flail around above her head]
Darius : You have those?
Kenneth : What exactly is the intended use? Is there a pest problem, or hunting?
Darius : [sternly] Well, if your ad had been written properly, I may have a better idea of what I need.
Kenneth : My ad?
Darius : Yeah. It's pretty sloppy.
Kenneth : Excuse me?
Darius : You heard me. I hope you worked harder on your calibrations.
Kenneth : [looking around cautiously, but sounding stung] My calibrations are flippin' pinpoint, okay?
Darius : Hm.
Kenneth : [still looking around and behind him] There are people after me. How do I know you don't work for them?
Darius : Because I've never worked for anybody in my life.
Kenneth : You ever face certain death?
Darius : If it was so certain, I wouldn't be here, would I?
[She takes a soup can from his hand and places it, without looking, unerringly in its spot on the shelf]
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Kenneth : While I would like to maneuver through this world with an open heart and mind, sometimes it doesn't gain you favor. So I just need to be equipped with the necessary skill sets, guns, training, weapons, fighting - in case I encounter any obstacles that need to be defeated.
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Kenneth : Listen to me. You come to that launch site at 5:00... you take my hand, and I'll show you who can't time travel.
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[Still at the grocery store:]
Kenneth : This is a bad place to talk. I get off in, like, fifteen. Rendezvous?
Darius : [confident but still cool] See you in eight.
[She turns to walk away, but whirls suddenly to toss him a soup can he had not realized she had taken. Kenneth looks at it; she has written her phone number in strong black ink across a white space on the label. Kenneth's face is hard, but he is clearly impressed; he thinks he has found his partner]
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[Jeff approaches Kenneth's house. He clearly has not done enough research, and acts like a smiling, bobbing idiot]
Jeff : Kenneth Calloway, right? Is that right? My name is Jeff.
[He extends a hand to shake, which Kenneth ignores. Jeff is grinning too much]
Jeff : Look, I saw your ad in the, uh, Classifieds. I want to know if you need a partner.
Kenneth : What's your mission?
Jeff : What do you mean, what's my mission?
Kenneth : What's your reason for going back?
[Jeff has changed from smiling maniacally to frowning]
Jeff : Oh, well, who wouldn't want to go back? It's an amazing opportunity. To go back in time, you know? See gladiators, and watch dinosaurs with my own eyes. Have sex with a pilgrim? That's all I wanted. I want to go back. It's neat. Who wouldn't want to go back, Kenneth? YOU want to go back. Why do YOU want to go back? Well, do you need a partner?
Kenneth : Can you look fear and danger in the eye?
Jeff : That's an odd question.
Kenneth : Have you ever stared fear and danger in the eye and said YES.
Jeff : Sure.
Kenneth : Get off my porch.
Jeff : Let's start over. Come on, we can be pals. Let's go back in time.
Kenneth : Man, that smile. What is that smile? You don't know pain, you don't know regret, you don't know...
Jeff : [agreeing with everything and leaving with his arms raised] Okay. Well, look, it was really nice to meet you.
Kenneth : [grimly] That's what I thought.
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Kenneth : The mission has been updated. I'm going back for you now. All right. Do you trust me?