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Why Sell?

posted 14 years ago by bing-57
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Did I fall asleep for twenty minutes or something? They were at the lawyer's office and when the subject of the house came up she wanted it and he didn't.

And then suddenly the couple appears at a town meeting and seems desperate to sell the place. They are so desperate that they offer to pay the town to help them.

Nowhere earlier in the movie was it indicated that this place was tough to sell or that the townsfolk might be the cause of it. In fact, when Andy and Elizabeth bought it apparently the quirks of the townsfolk were never an issue.

Plus, the first couple to show up actually liked the place long before the townsfolk started acting.

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[–] doowopfan 14 years ago

No neither of them wanted it. Both say they don't and then the lawyer says something like at least you agree on something. It is in the scene where the guy is staring at the ceiling because of his neck brace.

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[–] bing-57 14 years ago

Thanks!

But that still doesn't really explain where the couple got the idea that the house would be so tough to sell that they'd have to pay the locals to act like they were straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

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[–] doowopfan 14 years ago

Well they both figured it would be tough to sell because the locals are so odd. Remember when Bud (?; the husband) said they were staying in a hotel and Andy said "No stay away from town. Stay here." He knew if they went into town they'd meet the oddball locals and surly change their minds on buying.

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[–] bing-57 14 years ago

They bought the house in the first place and didn't seem to notice that the locals were odd. And really, other than the postman, none of the locals seemed so odd that it would make me not buy a house in the area.

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[–] cameron-whyte 10 years ago

I alway thought that Andy stopped them from staying at the hotel because it was the one where him marriage was killed.

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[–] stevenackerman69 13 years ago

Watching the film again today, since with the storm I had some free time, I thought both of them didn't want the house.

[–] bing-57 13 years ago

> I thought both of them didn't want the house.

Still, it's not like they HATED the house and both were doing pretty well pretending they liked it. Why did they think they had to sell the house instantly and offer thousands of dollars to make sure that it sold within a few days?

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[–] lousvr 12 years ago

I don't know what it is with the rest of the replies you've had.. But it's clean to me where your coming from.
Not easy to answer.
I think its because of the long delay in getting the divorce and there own experience with the odd balls in town..they just need the $$ and want to get the hell out of Redbud. They desperately want to sell it FAST & WITHOUT A HITCH.. as the townspeople might just screw the pooch.
As what happens they want literally the 1st potential buyers that come to buy them out so they can split.
Best answer I can come up with.

[–] stevenackerman69 10 years ago

I think that is the best answer. They want to get out of this hellhole as quickly as possible.

[–] joliet_jane 11 years ago

It's not about the house. It's about them. That's the underlying tension. They're thinking of moving out of their relationship, not just the house.

[–] chaosrainz 10 years ago

They want to get the divorce over ASAP, and the sale of the asset might put a hold on things if it takes too long.
Been there, done that...