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The Sweet East

A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

Director

Sean Price Williams

Year

Genre

Box Office

$337,152

Production

Base 12,Marathon Street

Awards

10 wins & 12 nominations total

Homepage

http://thesweeteast.com

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-annabel Lawrence

Presented only with choices
that are beneath you,
you opt out. - The Sweet East

Presented only with choices that are beneath you, you opt ou...

You end up
with some vulgar idiot - The Sweet East

You end up with some vulgar idiot

There's something very fine in you - The Sweet East

There's something very fine in you

So... you still think about him? - The Sweet East

So... you still think about him?

I used to. Not anymore. - The Sweet East

I used to. Not anymore.

Not, like, never, actually.
Like you said, vulgar. - The Sweet East

Not, like, never, actually. Like you said, vulgar.

Not that I, like, have
a type, I guess. - The Sweet East

Not that I, like, have a type, I guess.

No principles, no type.
Maybe you should have one. - The Sweet East

No principles, no type. Maybe you should have one.

(RAIN PATTERING) - The Sweet East

(RAIN PATTERING)

Some dramatic license was taken with the timeline - The Sweet East

Some dramatic license was taken with the timeline

Poe was, in fact steadily
employed in the years - The Sweet East

Poe was, in fact steadily employed in the years

I'm just glad they figured out
how to make movies, like,
less boring than this. - The Sweet East

I'm just glad they figured out how to make movies, like...

MAN: I recommend you go
the day before and check out
the drop-off spot. - The Sweet East

MAN: I recommend you go the day before and check out the dro...

It's a pain the ass to find,
and that's the point. - The Sweet East

It's a pain the ass to find, and that's the point.

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) - The Sweet East

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

Extracurriculars,
piece on Henry VII - The Sweet East

Extracurriculars, piece on Henry VII

Do you retain
any of the information
that I share with you? - The Sweet East

Do you retain any of the information that I share with you?

I know you love being
grossly reductive,
but that's not scholarship. - The Sweet East

I know you love being grossly reductive, but that's not...

-No.
-Why not? - The Sweet East

"I was a child
and she was a child,
in this kingdom by the sea." - The Sweet East

"I was a child and she was a child, in this kingdom by ...

I apologize for the lack
of ducal splendor. - The Sweet East

I apologize for the lack of ducal splendor.

I reserved them on
the website, which, I must add,
was very confusing. - The Sweet East

I reserved them on the website, which, I must add, was very ...

(KNOCK AT DOOR) - The Sweet East

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

It's a common misconception perpetuated by condescending Europeans - The Sweet East

It's a common misconception perpetuated by...

Shakespeare's
The Tempest was based
on the wreck of the Sea Venture - The Sweet East

Shakespeare's The Tempest was based on the wreck of the...

But the European intelligentsia,
they just love that
stereotyped view. - The Sweet East

But the European intelligentsia, they just love that stereot...

Okay, it's saying
to go this way here. - The Sweet East

Okay, it's saying to go this way here.

You know,
it just occurred to me, - The Sweet East

You know, it just occurred to me,

I'm really tired and I feel
all sweaty and nasty. - The Sweet East

I'm really tired and I feel all sweaty and nasty.

No, it's not that. It's just
I thought when we were
gonna go to New York City, - The Sweet East

No, it's not that. It's just I thought when we wer...

I wish we could, you know,
stay somewhere cool. - The Sweet East

I wish we could, you know, stay somewhere cool.

Wait, you want to get
two different hotel rooms
in Manhattan? - The Sweet East

Wait, you want to get two different hotel rooms in Manhattan...

We wouldn't have to get two separate rooms - The Sweet East

We wouldn't have to get two separate rooms

Do you think you could run
to the store and get me
some nail polish? - The Sweet East

Do you think you could run to the store and get me some nail...

-And we're like...
-Yes, like, we saw you
walking down, - The Sweet East

-And we're like... -Yes, like, we saw you walking down,

-Yeah, um, we're filmmakers.
-Like movie directors? - The Sweet East

-Yeah, um, we're filmmakers. -Like movie directors?

I would just really love - The Sweet East

I would just really love

That's okay.
Because the best actress
is just a woman who says yes. - The Sweet East

That's okay. Because the best actress is just a woman w...

Lillian?
Like, you're not sure of that.
I love that. - The Sweet East

Lillian? Like, you're not sure of that. I love that.

Those who knew me before - The Sweet East

Those who knew me before

They wonder at my boldness,
which they say is unbecoming - The Sweet East

They wonder at my boldness, which they say is unbecoming

For I have acquired
the strength and tenacity
of a male child of Adam. - The Sweet East

For I have acquired the strength and tenacity of a male chil...

I fear that unbidden,
this transformation
has had its effect on you. - The Sweet East

I fear that unbidden, this transformation has had its effect...

And I fear that you too
have changed in ways
unforeseen. - The Sweet East

And I fear that you too have changed in ways unforeseen.

For while you preach
equality of the sexes, - The Sweet East

For while you preach equality of the sexes,

But it is a small thing
to mention that which
you have dealt me. - The Sweet East

But it is a small thing to mention that which you have dealt...

(ALL LAUGHING) - The Sweet East

Just visually, like...
imagining her with Ian... - The Sweet East

Just visually, like... imagining her with Ian...

-Ian Reynolds.
-MATTHEW: Do you know him? - The Sweet East

-Ian Reynolds. -MATTHEW: Do you know him?

(LAUGHING) - The Sweet East

Well, I was a student
at Rowan University - The Sweet East

Well, I was a student at Rowan University

Yeah, like Victorians.
People like that. - The Sweet East

Yeah, like Victorians. People like that.

-MOLLY: Okay, wow.
-And Americans. Edgar Allan Poe. - The Sweet East

-MOLLY: Okay, wow. -And Americans. Edgar Allan Poe.

That's insane.
Your specialty is more or less, - The Sweet East

That's insane. Your specialty is more or less,

Yeah, like, the years after
the Erie Canal was built, - The Sweet East

Yeah, like, the years after the Erie Canal was built,

I mean it's all the free love but also these religious movements - The Sweet East

I mean it's all the free love but also these religious...

But how do you tell it and not feel like you're beholden - The Sweet East

But how do you tell it and not feel like you're...

-It was imitation. It was.
-There's performers from
a lot of different backgrounds. - The Sweet East

-It was imitation. It was. -There's performers from a l...

People from all sorts
of different planes and trains - The Sweet East

People from all sorts of different planes and trains

Like, how do we sort of keep
that period elocution, - The Sweet East

Like, how do we sort of keep that period elocution,

Because again, - The Sweet East

-You know?
-If we are afraid to fail,
we fail, you know? - The Sweet East

-You know? -If we are afraid to fail, we fail, you know?

Yeah, I just... I don't know
if I would, like, be able to
do it, if you wanted me, I mean. - The Sweet East

Yeah, I just... I don't know if I would, like, be able ...

-Yeah, we do.
-We wouldn't have went through - The Sweet East

-Yeah, we do. -We wouldn't have went through

I'm, well, I'm between
spaces right now, - The Sweet East

I'm, well, I'm between spaces right now,

MOLLY: Okay. So, are you looking
for a space here in New York? - The Sweet East

MOLLY: Okay. So, are you looking for a space here in New Yor...

Yeah. I mean.
Yeah, I guess. - The Sweet East

Yeah. I mean. Yeah, I guess.

My aunt is in Istanbul
for a month
and she gave me her keys - The Sweet East

My aunt is in Istanbul for a month and she gave me her keys

But then, you would have a place
to stay here in New York, - The Sweet East

But then, you would have a place to stay here in New York,

(BOTH LAUGHING) - The Sweet East

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(BOTH LAUGHING) - The Sweet East

(BOTH LAUGHING)

My mom likes to mash my...
(HUMMING) - The Sweet East

My mom likes to mash my... (HUMMING)

Okay. (CLEARS THROAT) - The Sweet East

Okay. (CLEARS THROAT)

Our smithy, who comes
from Northampton, is much
the best for miles in any-- - The Sweet East

Our smithy, who comes from Northampton, is much the best for...

Our joinery stirred in fine
as the work of a most
ingenious Negro, Aloysius, - The Sweet East

Our joinery stirred in fine as the work of a most ingenious ...

Pon, why do you look at me
so amiss? - The Sweet East

Pon, why do you look at me so amiss?

I wasn't aware I was
looking at you in
any particular way. - The Sweet East

I wasn't aware I was looking at you in any particular w...

I'm sure you've heard
the most extraordinary things
about me in town. - The Sweet East

I'm sure you've heard the most extraordinary thing...

Well, between what I've heard
and what I believe, sir, - The Sweet East

Well, between what I've heard and what I believe, sir,

And what exactly do you believe? - The Sweet East

And what exactly do you believe?

Well, as of this very moment,
I believe - The Sweet East

Well, as of this very moment, I believe

Which, to my understanding,
has to do with creating - The Sweet East

Which, to my understanding, has to do with creating

So it shouldn't come as
any surprise that a man
nominates himself - The Sweet East

So it shouldn't come as any surprise that a man nominat...

SHERIFF: (ON PHONE)
Thank you all
for coming. I'm, um, TJ Fife, - The Sweet East

SHERIFF: (ON PHONE) Thank you all for coming. I'm, um, ...

It's, of course, from an image
from a band called Aerosmith. - The Sweet East

It's, of course, from an image from a band called Aeros...

LILLIAN: Not to flex
or anything, but do you think
we can get weed? - The Sweet East

LILLIAN: Not to flex or anything, but do you think we can ge...

WOMAN: None of us are
giving up on Lillian until
she's safe at home. - The Sweet East

WOMAN: None of us are giving up on Lillian until she's ...

WOMAN: We're just incredibly,
incredibly concerned - The Sweet East

WOMAN: We're just incredibly, incredibly concerned

Jesus. Yeah, the news about me
having Down syndrome is off
the front page today. - The Sweet East

Jesus. Yeah, the news about me having Down syndrome is off t...

All right. We need you
back on set in five.
Okie-dokie. - The Sweet East

All right. We need you back on set in five. Okie-dokie.

The Sweet East poster

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A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sean Price Williams

Writer: Nick Pinkerton

Production: Base 12,Marathon Street

Genre: drama

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: $337,152

Released: 26 Jan 2024

Awards: 10 wins & 12 nominations total

Homepage: http://thesweeteast.com