• State of Love and Dodge

  • Louis Palma
  • Unrepped
  • Available
  • Scouted
  • 75
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A consummate freeloader has to see his favorite band headline a sold-out concert in Seattle, but his ride is suicidal and the tickets are in the hands of the last thing he needs.
A down-in-the-dumps hitchhiker forces his suicidal former best friend to join him on a road trip to go see Pearl Jam, their all-time favorite band, in concert.
A washed-up musician and his suicidal best friend go on a road trip to see a Pearl Jam concert.
After a man's attempts at suicide is interrupted by the sudden reappearance of an estranged and socially abrasive friend, he is unwillingly made to accompany the friend and the friend's son on a road trip to a Pearl Jam concert.
Film
Film, Comedy, Drugs, Road Movies, Broad Comedy, Dramedy
103
R
Low
M
Unspecified
40
Average
Road Trip, Little Miss Sunshine, Sideways, Young Adult, Due Date
Present day/ Roughly one week.
Residential apartments, diners, beaches, homes, open road, rest stops, large concert venue, bars.
BEN (40’s) is in his living room, watching footage from his wedding as he prepares to kill himself. As he is about to commit the act, his old estranged friend DODGE (40’s) shows up at his front door and begins to make himself at home, much to the displeasure of Ben.

Dodge invites Ben to go on a road trip to a Pearl Jam concert. Ben refuses, and so he and Dodge spend time surfing, playing Frisbee, going to a pub, and getting food together. Eventually, Dodge and Ben pick up drugs. In his altered state, Ben calls his former wife MARY’S phone and leaves her voice messages. When Ben wakes up the next day, he finds that Dodge has kidnapped him and is taking him to the concert.

Ben continues to leave Mary voice messages. Ben and Dodge continue to argue and fight during their trip. Soon, they pick up a HITCHHIKER GUY (?) and a HITCHHIKER GIRL (?). Dodge takes them to a rest stop where he has sex with the Hitchhiker Girl. The Hitchhiker Guy tries to rob the pair, but he is subdued.

Dodge then reveals that they are going to pick up his young gangster wannabe...