And some great quotes from the film...
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Barry Egan: Healthy Choice and American Airlines got together and put this promotion: If you buy any 10 Healthy Choice products, they will reward you with 500 frequent flier miles; with this special coupon, they'll up it to 1,000 miles. So, I think they are trying to push their teriyaki chicken which is $1.79, but I went to the supermarket and I looked around and I saw that they had pudding...for 25¢ a cup.. comes in packages of four. But insanely....the barcodes.. are on the individual cups! So, quarter a cup, say you bought $2.50 worth. That's worth 500..with the coupon it's 1,000 miles. It's a marketing mistake but I'm taking advantage of it. If you were to spend $3,000, that would get you a million frequent flier miles. You would never have to pay for a ticket the rest of your life.
Lena Leonard: You...you bought all that pudding so that you could get frequent flier miles?
Barry Egan: I know...yes...
Lena Leonard: That's insane.
Barry Egan: I'm guessing it was a mistake.. but...I'm taking advantage of it while it's offered. Who knows how long it'll last once too many people start doing it... </font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">(Barry runs up to Lena's door and rings the bell. She answers it. Barry is panting and out of breath throughout the following speech.)
Barry Egan: Hi, Lena. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I left you at the hospital. I called a phone sex line. I called a phone sex line before I met you. And four blonde brothers came after me, and they hurt you, and I'm sorry. And then I had to leave again because I wanted to make sure you never got hurt again. And...and I have a lot of pudding...and...in six to eight weeks it can be redeemed; so if you could just give me that much time, I think I can get enough mileage to go with you wherever you have to go, if you have to travel for your work because I don't ever want to be anywhere without you. So could you just let me redeem the mileage?
Lena: You left me at the hospital.
Barry: I'm sorry.
Lena: You can't do that.
Barry: Okay. (pause) If you just give me six to eight weeks, I can redeem the mileage, and I can go with you wherever you have to travel.
(A long pause. Finally, Lena kisses Barry.) </font>
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