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The Great New Wonderful

CastNaseeruddin Shah, Tony Shalhoub, Jim Gaffigan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis
Year released2005
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Accountant Sandie tells psychotherapist Dr. Trabulous, "Oh, I think maybe I’m just a little nervous." 
Trabulous: ”... you may, at any moment, pick up your chair and hit me in the head with it.” 
”Shock can be a tricky thing, Sandie. Sometimes our emotional response to horrific events can get buried...” (0:03)

Security guard Avi asks his partner Satish, "Why are you so grouchy?" (0:13)

Councilman Blenick: "Don’t be shy." (0:16)

Trabulous asks Sandie, "Are you in recovery?" 
Sandie: ”... I am a big time sugar addict.” (0:19)

Allison Burbage tells her husband David, referring to their son Charlie, "... Everything is helping, the therapy..." (0:26)

Sandie tells Trabulous, "... she just... worries sometimes," 
Trabulous: ”And when she’s worrying... do you sometimes think about hitting her?” 
”You never felt like giving her a good kick or shoving her hard into the ground?” 
”I see a man beginning to buckle under the weight of his own rage and disappointment.” 
Sandie: ”... Either I’m in serious denial about that or you’re pulling my leg again.” 
”... maybe you’re the one that needs the therapy here.” (0:29)

Jerry Binder tells Judy Hillerman, “No, I moved there... after Stella died." (0:33)

Pastry chef Emme Keeler tells Safarah Polsky, "That sounds like a depressing field of study." (0:37)

Avi tells Satish, "You stress out too much over nothing." (0:39)

Her friend tells Allison Burbage, referring to cigarette smoking, "No. I quit." (0:39)

Judy’s friend appears to suffer from dementia. (0:45)

An elevator passenger asks the others, referring to Sandie, "What’s he, a wacko?" (0:47)

Trabulous tells Sandie, "You seem nervous." 
”What makes your father so intolerant of the people who live here.” 
Trabulous: ”You seem nervous.” (0:47)

Avi asks Satish, "Have you seen Planet of the Apes, part one?" (0:52)

Satish: "Idiot." (0:54)

Avi smacks Satish in the face repeatedly. (1:01)

Allison’s husband David tells their son Charlie’s principal Mr. Peersall, "I think I’m confused here." 
Peersall: ”He’s actually a selfish incorrigible monster...” (1:03)

Sandie tells Trabulous, "... They’re really gone... Shock's wearing off..." 
”... do you think I wanna hit you with the chair?” (1:07)

Trabulous shows signs of a head injury. (1:11)

A friend tells Emme Keeler and her husband Danny, "Safarah Polsky committed suicide this afternoon." 
”She hanged herself in her apartment.” (1:11)

Avi asks Satish, "Did you see The Matrix?" 
Satish, referring to Laurence Fishburne: ”He’s arrogant...” 
Avi: ”I’ve never cheated on Sacheta...” (1:13)

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