Synopsis: Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.
Director(s): Gary Sinyor
Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Artie Lange, Edward Asner
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
1 win & 2 nominations.
oh, give me land, lots of land
under starry skies above
Let me ride through
the wide open country that I love
Let me be by myself
in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur
of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever
But I ask you, please
Just turn me loose
Let me straddle my own saddle
on my cayuse
let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge
where the West commences
Gaze at the moon
until I lose my senses
In his heart, every man
is a wild, untamed mustang.
Now, that may sound pretty stupid.
It may even be pretty stupid.
But it's true...
more or less.
I mean, in Africa men
are probably leopards or rhinos.
In India, I'm sure
they're Bengal tigers.
one, two... What's next?
And even here in America
not all men go for mustangs.
Jimmie, we gotta talk.
My friend Marco...
he's a wolf.
He says the symbol of manhood
shouldn't be a vegetarian.
Listen to what Rita
said to me last night.
"In the future,
let's avoid Thai food".
What, too much lemongrass?
No, she said "future".
Everybody I know says "future".
Sanzel, you say "future"?
- Hodgman? Bolt? Stone? "Future"?
- Future.
- There you go.
- They're not women!
So, mustangs.
Mustanghood.
It's a feeling
of complete freedom.
You're young, you're strong,
you have no one to answer to.
but run the open plain.
And your whole life is centered
on one primal force...
the endless quest for...
Let's stick with the analogy.
Call it "sweet grasses".
A mustang is driven to get
as much grass as possible...
and a variety.
Tall grasses, shorter grasses...
dark grass, blond grass.
You spend your days in a constant search
for that next succulent patch.
It's a beautiful life.
That's how women start... dropping words
like "future" into casual conversation.
Next thing,
you're drunk at a PTA meeting.
Wait till you're in love and your balls
are in a vise. Then you'll see.
What do you mean, we're not compatible?
You don't like me anymore?
I more than like you.
- But...
- Wow. That's great.
So we'll just keep dating.
- Waitress.
- In a second.
- So I broke up with him.
- What?
Jimmie, can you think of
one good reason not to see me?
- "I'm sorry, but it's over.
- Well...
- I have work commitments up the wazoo...
- I have work commitments up the wazoo.
and, well,
I'm raising my standards".
Then just stop working.
Wasting your time.
That makes no sense.
- Have you seen what's out there?
- This is great lettuce.
Anne, by the year 2010
women will outnumber men four to one.
I don't wanna waste your time.
- It's not your fault that...
- Completely self-centered.
you're self-centered.
Well, I'm so sorry I took you away
from your stupid pool tables.
Just don't meet and break up with a guy
before I get home, okay?
- See ya.
- Bye.
I enjoyed...
Did you say something to me?
I said, I enjoyed
having lunch with you.
We should do it again sometime.
The minute I met Anne,
we sparked...
in a way that was
completely new to me.
She was as relaxed
and independent as I was.
I mean, we had the perfect
laid-back relationship.
And before we knew it,
we'd been together for a year.
Actually, we both forgot,
so we celebrated a week later.
That's how easy everything was.
My friends,
well, they were less fortunate.
okay, hold on a second.
it is time for...
the bouquet toss.
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