A Serious Man (2009)
Fred Melamed: Sy Ableman
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Quotes
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Sy Ableman : I'm a serious man, Larry.
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Sy Ableman : Do you drink wine? Because this is an incredible bottle. This is not Mogen David. This is a - heh heh - a wine, Larry. A Bordeaux.
Larry Gopnik : You know, Sy...
Sy Ableman : Open it. Let it breathe. Ten minutes. Letting it breathe, so important.
Larry Gopnik : Thanks, Sy, but I'm not...
Sy Ableman : I insist! No reason for discomfort. I'll be uncomfortable if you don't take it. These are signs and tokens, Larry.
Larry Gopnik : I'm just-I'm not ungrateful, I'm, I just don't know a lot about wine and, given our respective, you know...
[Sy abruptly hugs him]
Sy Ableman : S'okay. S'okay. We're gonna be fine.
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Sy Ableman : I fucked your wife, Larry! I seriously fucked her!
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Judith Gopnik : We shouldn't put the kids in the middle of this, Larry.
Larry Gopnik : The kids aren't...
Judith Gopnik : I'm saying "we." I'm not pointing fingers.
Larry Gopnik : No one is playing the "blame game," Larry.
Larry Gopnik : I didn't say anyone was!
Judith Gopnik : Well let's not play He said, She said, either.
Larry Gopnik : I wasn't! I-...
Sy Ableman : Aw right, well let's just step back, and defuse the situation, I find, sometimes, if I count to ten.
[pause]
Sy Ableman : One... two... three... faw... Or silently.
[Long pause]
Judith Gopnik : Really, to keep things on an even keel, especially now, leading up to Danny's bar mitzvah...
Sy Ableman : A child's bar mitzvah, Larry!
Judith Gopnik : Sy and I think it's best if you move out of the house.
Larry Gopnik : Move out?
Sy Ableman : It makes eminent sense.
Judith Gopnik : Things can't continue as they...
Larry Gopnik : Move out! Where would I go?
Sy Ableman : Well, for instance, the Jolly Roger is quite livable. Not expensive, and the rooms are eminently habitable.
Judith Gopnik : This would allow you to visit the kids.
Sy Ableman : There's convenience in its fava. There's a pool...
Larry Gopnik : Wouldn't it make more sense for you to move in with Sy?
Judith Gopnik : [Shocked pause] Larry!
Sy Ableman : Larry, you're jesting!
Judith Gopnik : Larry, there is much to accomplish before that can happen.
Sy Ableman : Larry, Larry, Larry. I think, really, the Jolly Roger is the appropriate coss of action. It has a pool.
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Sy Ableman : Ember's is not the forum to discuss legalities!
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Judith Gopnik : We shouldn't put the kids in the middle of this.
Larry Gopnik : The kids aren't...
Judith Gopnik : I'm saying "we". I'm not pointing fingers.
Sy Ableman : No one is playing the blame game, Larry.
Larry Gopnik : I didn't say anyone was.
Judith Gopnik : Well, let's not play "he said, she said", either.
Larry Gopnik : I wasn't! I...
Sy Ableman : Aw right, well let's just step back, and defuse the situation. I find, sometimes, if I count to ten...
[grasps Larry's wrists]
Sy Ableman : One... two... three... four... or silently...
[Sy counts silently]
Judith Gopnik : Really, to keep things on an even keel leading up to Danny's bar mitzvah...
Sy Ableman : Child's bar mitzvah, Larry.
Judith Gopnik : ...Sy and I think it's best if you move out of the house.
Larry Gopnik : ...Move out?
Sy Ableman : Well, it makes eminent sense.
Judith Gopnik : Things can't continue as they...
Larry Gopnik : Move out? Where would I go?
Sy Ableman : Well, for instance, the Jolly Roger is quite livable. It's not expensive, the rooms are eminently habitable...
Judith Gopnik : This would allow you to visit the kids.
Sy Ableman : It has convenience in its favor, they've got a pool...
Larry Gopnik : Wouldn't it make more sense for you to move in with Sy?
[pause]
Judith Gopnik : [stunned] Larry.
Sy Ableman : Larry... you, you *are* jesting? I think really, the Jolly Roger is the appropriate course of action.