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title   obsession   oxygen mask   beer   brothel   nose bleed   orgasm   friend   candle   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   obscene finger gesture   high school   film making   director   regret   microphone   policeman   talking to one's self in a mirror   interview   underage drinking   film director   classroom   scuba   cancer   farmer   dating   product placement   food   passing out   reading   rivalry   box office flop   boxing   underwater   x rayed skeleton   shower   reference to elmore leonard   meditation   pills   bath   book   marital separation   intern   watching a movie   blood on camera lens   celebration   whistle   older man younger woman relationship   film in film   death of friend   bra   filmmaker   eccentric   abandoned building   theatre audience   earphones   cousin cousin relationship   eating   liar   virgin   sewer   break up   psychologist   listening to music   gift   unhappy marriage   fox   semi autobiographical   guitarist   reference to charles dickens   guitar player   whimsical   older woman younger man relationship   farce   tennis   pneumonia   holding hands   galapagos islands   title at the end   child support   cafeteria   stabbed in the shoulder   lizard   ping pong   feminist   caught masturbating   table tennis   underground   unwed pregnancy   hand job   thick accent   therapist   chinese food   turtle   machete   museum of natural history new york city   amphibian   reptile   therapy   condom   bittersweet   semen   topless   vegetarian   sikh   french kiss   joint custody   cooking   reference to errol flynn   tennis player   songwriter   anthropomorphic animal   leech   steamship   class   based on children's book   cider   farm life   storybook in opening shot   tale   burial at sea   documentary crew   emblem   fictional island   fictitious animal   helicopter accident   hot air balloon   north atlantic   oceanographer   part stop motion   resort hotel   speedo   three legged dog   expedition   shipwreck   brother in law brother in law relationship   publishing   freckles   custody battle   plagiarism   junior high school   reference to f. scott fitzgerald   custody   literary agent   tylenol   cat stuck in a radiator   folding bed   hiding behind a menu on a window   high school talent show   hugging pillow   kissing knee   letter of rejection   parent teacher conference   park slope brooklyn   parkside avenue brooklyn   peanut put up nose   phd in literature   prospect park brooklyn   reference to bernard malamud   reference to bjorn borg   reference to george plimpton   reference to ilie nastase   reference to jean paul belmondo   reference to jean seberg   reference to jimmy connors   reference to john mcenroe   reference to kafka   reference to pink floyd   reference to saul bellow   reference to the rolling stones   reference to vitas gerulaitis   runaway cat   school blazer   semen rubbed on library book   slapping someone's hand   sleeping on a sofa   squid statue   suny binghamton   tape deck   tennis coach   tennis pro   whale statue   writing class   peanut   reference to jean luc godard   reference to monica vitti   documentary subject's name in title   friendship   death   doctor   hospital   murder   brooklyn new york city   gay slur   writer   park   suicide   eaten alive   crab   dolphin   anthropomorphism   exploding ship   subway   jellyfish   pirate   seahorse   squid   pilot   loss of mother   mother son relationship   pregnancy   island   whale   submarine   revenge   toilet   u boat   teacher student relationship   restaurant   husband wife relationship   loss of friend   shootout   telephone call   nurse   shot in the neck   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   drinking   singer   song   letter   masturbation   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   machine gun   drunkenness   photograph   ocean   rescue   shark   shot in the chest   hostage   talking animal   rat   library   party   redemption   teenage boy   typewriter   sauna   police   loss of son   teenager   marijuana   penis   sex   panties   museum   no opening credits   drugs   illegitimate child   watching tv   topless female nudity   tree