Directed by Sam Mendes
Novel written by Richard Yates
Screenplay written by Justin Haythe
jh: 
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It strikes me, that there’s a considerable amount of bullshit going on here, and there is just a few things, that I’d like to clear up. All right? Number one: It’s not my fault the play was lousy. Okay? Number two: It’s sure as hell not my fault that you didn’t turn out to be an actress, and the sooner you get over that little piece of soap opera the better off we’ll both be. Number three: I don’t happen to fit the role of dumb, insensitive suburban husband, you’ve been trying to leave that crap on me ever since we moved out here. And I’m damn before wear. Number four: April… April!
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Sweetheart, it’s just not very realistic, is all.
No, Frank. This is what’s unrealistic. It’s unrealistic for a man with a fine mind to go on working year after year at a job he can’t stand, coming home to a place he can’t stand, to a wife who’s equally unable to stand the same things. You want to know the worst part? Our whole existence here is based on this great premise, that we’re… special and superior to the whole thing. But we’re not. We’re just like everyone else.
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