Blow Out (1981)

John Travolta: Jack

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• [last lines] 

  Jack Terry : It's a good scream. It's a good scream.

• Jack Terry : God, that scream is terrible.

  Sam : What cat did you strangle to get that?

  Jack Terry : That's her voice.

  Sam : You didn't dub that?

• Jack Terry : I'm trying to save our asses!

  Sally : I'll look after my *own* ass, thank you.

• Jack Terry : So you got your choice. You can be crazy or dead. Either will do.

• Sally : Are yuh leavin'?

  Jack Terry : Yeah, I gotta go, but, um, whatta yuh say when you get outta here, we have a drink sometime... hmmm - in a glass?

• Jack Terry : Nobody wants to know about it. Nobody wants to know about conspiracy. I don't get it!

• Sam : I need you now. Now get in here.

  [he presents three girls who all attempt a terrified scream] 

  Sam : What do you think?

  Jack Terry : Keep looking.

  Sam : Keep looking? Hey Jack, what are you talking about?

• Jack Terry : First it's a drink, then it's my place, now it's a motel. Things are really movin' fast tonight, aren't they Sally.

• Jack Terry : I met you on "Blood Bath", right? And then we did "Blood Bath II". And then we did "Bad Day at Blood Beach". And then we did "Bordello of Blood". Well, that brings us up to date. "Co-ed Frenzy".

• Jack Terry : I'm a sound man. And - the bang was before the blowout.

• Jack Terry : Know any good screamers?

• Lawrence Henry : Who gives a damn that you were there? You wanna tell his wife that he died with his hand up some girl's dress? Or maybe you'd rather she read it in the papers?

  Jack Terry : Well, that is what happened. I mean, that is the truth, isn't it?

• Detective at Hospital : A bang?

  Jack Terry : Yeah, some sort of a bang.

  Detective at Hospital : Where?

  Jack Terry : I'm not sure where.

  Detective at Hospital : You were facing the car?

  Jack Terry : Yes.

  Detective at Hospital : Well, you heard the blowout.

  Jack Terry : Yes, I heard the blowout, but the first sound I heard was a bang.

• Sally : I really love movies, you know. It's a very interesting subject to me because I do make-up.

  Jack Terry : Do you?

  Sally : Yeah. Right now it's only behind a counter, but I have this dream about doin' make-up for movies. You know, like, I've seen these big movie stars like Barbra Streisand, you know? They don't do it right.

  Jack Terry : No.

  Sally : I know how to fix a face.

• Detective Mackey : Why the fuck does everything have to be a conspiracy? Huh? A man has a couple too many drinks, he drives off the road, falls into a creek. Accident, plain and simple. Accident.

  Jack Terry : It was not an accident. Look, let me tell you something. I was there. That tire was shot out. I heard it. I recorded it.

  Detective Mackey : So you're an earwitness to an assassination. That's good. It's got a nice ring. I like that.

• Detective Mackey : Don't you understand? If they can get away with killing McRyan, who's next?

  Jack Terry : Who's 'they'? First tell me who 'they' is. What is that? A communist conspiracy of some kind? Or maybe it's a couple of Ayatollahs running out here in the street with blowguns.

  Detective Mackey : Oh, will you give me a break.

  Jack Terry : Save your paranoia for Public Television.

• Jack Terry : I thought you wanted to know about movies.

  Sally : Yeah, movies are great, but, I mean, this is - this is like real life on the streets. You know? It's exciting!

• Jack Terry : All my tapes are blank!

• Jack Terry : I got a look at some of your earlier work, some of your motel candid-camera shots. You got nice tits. Who was paying you to flash 'em for McRyan?

• Jack Terry : I'm sick of bein' *fucked* by these guys.

• Sally : Gee, what are you gonna do?

  Jack Terry : What?

  Sally : What are you gonna do?

  Jack Terry : What do you mean what am I gonna do? What are *we* gonna do?

• Sally : I got paid!

  Jack Terry : Underpaid, probably.

• Jack Terry : I'm gonna cover all the bases. Nobody's gonna fuck me this time.