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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama | 12 June 2015 (USA)

High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay)

Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke
Transcript
00:00I have no idea how to tell this story. I don't even know how to start it.
00:04This is the story of my senior year of high school and how it destroyed my life.
00:08Your father and I want to talk to you about something sad.
00:10Rachel Kushner has been diagnosed with leukemia.
00:14That sucks.
00:15It sucks.
00:16It sucks quite a bit.
00:17You might be someone who could make Rachel feel better.
00:20I don't need your stupid pity.
00:22I'm not here because I pity you. I'm actually here because my mom is making me.
00:26It's actually worse.
00:29Everyone was going to find out sooner or later.
00:31The one thing you can do if you don't want to talk to anyone is just enter a subhuman state.
00:35Pretend you're someone annoying.
00:36Hi, Rachel. I'm really sorry you have cancer.
00:42That's exactly what I'm talking about.
00:44So if this was a touching romantic story, our eyes would meet and suddenly we would be furiously making out with the fire of a thousand suns.
00:51But this isn't a touching romantic story.
00:54Anyway.
00:56Who is this little friend?
00:58Earl's just my co-worker. I've known him since kindergarten.
01:01Would you let a cat want to fight?
01:03Didn't think so, punk-ass cat.
01:06So you and Greg are co-workers?
01:07No, we're friends. Dude's terrified of calling somebody his friend.
01:10Lou's got issues.
01:11But how are you co-workers?
01:12We make films.
01:13Movies?
01:14They're terrible.
01:15Greg, you never told me.
01:17The idea behind each one was we took a film that we liked and we made the title stupider and then made a new film to reflect the new title.
01:24It's a formula that only produces horrible films, but for some reason we keep using it.
01:28You need to make a film for Rachel.
01:30Hi, Rachel.
01:31I don't really know you, but I believe in you.
01:33I know you're Jewish, but God has a plan for you.
01:35Out of all the people in the school, I don't hate you?
01:39Dare.
01:40You guys were making a movie for me.
01:42We tried a bunch of stuff and it's not that good.
01:44Now is not the time for your I'm Greg, I suck, nothing I do is any good thing.
01:48We agreed to do a film that we have no idea what it should look like or even be.
01:52What was I thinking?
01:53I'm so tired of you treating this girl like she a burden.
01:55Because somebody actually cares about you, her life is over after this.
02:00Life can keep unfolding itself to you just as long as you pay attention to it.
02:04It was the best of times.
02:09Worst of times.
02:10It's so much harder than I thought it would be.
02:13It was life.
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