Body Heat (1981)

William Hurt: Ned Racine

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• Matty : [to Ned]  You aren't too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

  Ned : What else do you like? Lazy? Ugly? Horny? I got 'em all.

  Matty : You don't look lazy.

• Ned : Maybe you shouldn't dress like that.

  Matty : This is a blouse and a skirt. I don't know what you're talking about.

  Ned : You shouldn't wear that body.

• Ned : [mistaking her for Matty]  Hey lady, ya wanna fuck?

  Mary Ann : [turns around]  Gee, I don't know. Maybe. This sure is a friendly town.

  Ned : I'm sorry.

  Mary Ann : You are? You mean the offers no good?

• Ned : I need someone to take care of me, someone to rub my tired muscles, smooth out my sheets.

  Matty : Get married.

  Ned : I just need it for tonight.

• Ned : Can I buy you a drink?

  Matty : I told you. I've got a husband.

  Ned : I'll buy him one too.

  Matty : He's out of town.

  Ned : My favorite kind. We'll drink to him.

  Matty : Only comes up on weekends.

  Ned : I'm liking him better all the time.

• Matty : My temperature runs a couple of degrees high, around a hundred. I don't mind. It's the engine or something.

  Ned : Maybe you need a tune up.

  Matty : Don't tell me. You have just the right tool.

• Matty : [spills a cherry slush on her blouse]  Would you get me a paper towel or something? Dip it in some cold water.

  Ned : Right away. I'll even wipe if off for you.

  Matty : You don't want to lick it?

• Ned : You can stand here with me if you want but you'll have to agree not to talk about the heat.

  Matty : I'm a married woman.

  Ned : Meaning what?

  Matty : Meaning I'm not looking for company.

  Ned : Then you should have said I'm a happily married woman.

  Matty : That's my business.

• Ned : Sometimes the shit comes down so heavy I feel like I should wear a hat.

• Ned : How's the cop business, Oscar?

  Oscar : Real good. Always starts hopping in weather like this. When it gets this hot, people try to kill each other.

• Matty : What are you doing in Pinehaven?

  Ned : I'm no yokel, I was all the way to Miami once.

• Ned : You better take me up on this quick. In about 45 minutes, I'm going to give up and go away.

• Ned : I lead a lonely life.

  Oscar : Right. And it's gonna snow later today,

• Peter : Little Heather goes out on the porch, and there's this dude with her Aunt, see? And the guy is turned around with his pants or shorts or whatever dropped, so he's mooning the little girl, right. And he and your friend are going at something that Heather can't quite figure out - which sounds suspiciously, to me, like oral-genital contact - which I'm proud to say is no longer illegal in this state. And the guy turns around to Heather - you follow me so far? Guess what he looks like?

  Ned : I don't. know.

  Peter : Well, he looks about seven or eight inches long, shiny, and very, very bald.

  [laughs] 

  Peter : Poor little Heather. She'd never seen one angry before. It made quite an impression on her. Yessiree. It's the only thing she can remember about the guy.

• Edmund Walker : The guy came to us with a business proposition. We're always looking for opportunities, if the conditions are right. We're willing to take an occasional risk, if the downside isn't too steep. But this guy hadn't done his homework, he didn't know the bottom line. That's how I knew he was full of shit. You've got to know the bottom line. That's all that really counts. He didn't have the goods, this guy. He was like a lot of guys you run into - they want to get rich, they want to do it quick, they want to be there with one score. But they're not willing to do what's necessary. Do you know what I mean?

  Ned : I'm not sure. You mean, do the groundwork? Earn it?

  Edmund Walker : No. No, I mean do what's necessary. Whatever's necessary.

  Ned : Yeah. I know that kind of guy. I hate that. It makes me sick.

  Edmund Walker : Me too.

  Ned : I'm a lot like that.

• Peter : Ned, someday your dick is gonna lead you into a very big hassle. That lady may have just killed her husband.

  Ned : She's not going to inherit anything by killing me. Besides, maybe she'll try to fuck me death.

• Ned : Don't you understand? That was her special gift. She was relentless. Matty was the kind of person who could do what was necessary. Whatever was necessary.

• Ned : I like this place; it's got a nice feel.

  Matty : You were on top.

  Ned : So it could use a better mattress. See to it, will you?

  Matty : Yes, sir.

• Peter : Assistant County Prosecutor is not the end of the line for me.

  Ned : No, no. Someday, Deputy County Prosecutor.

• Ned : You look terrible. Don't you sleep?

  Peter : I had a dream last night that was so boring it woke me up. I was afraid to go back to sleep.

• Peter : I think I've underestimated you, Ned. I don't know why it took me so long. You've started using your incompetence as a weapon.

  Ned : My defense was evolving. You guys got scared.

• Ned : [in bed]  You all right?

  Matty : Don't - stop.

• Ned : No matter what it is, we're gonna be satisfied. We're not gonna get greedy. If we do, we'll get burned.

• Matty : At least it's cool. I'm burning up.

  Ned : I asked you not to talk about the heat.

• Ned : You have a house.

  Matty : How'd you know that?

  Ned : You look like Pinehaven.

  Matty : How does Pinehaven look?

  Ned : Well tended.

  Matty : I'm well tended, all right. Well tended. What about you?

  Ned : Me? I need tending.

• Peter : Where the hell have you been?

  Ned : What do you mean, I been around.

  Peter : I've barely seen you for a month. Oh-oh-oh, wait a minute, some new quiff, isn't it?

• Ned : Hey, gimme a break here. It takes a little while.

  Matty : It's your fault. I never wanted it like this before...

  Ned : It takes me a good thirty seconds.

  Matty : Are you sure? I just want to be sure.

• Ned : You're not so tough after all, are you?

  Matty : No, I'm weak.

• Ned : You are killing me. You know that? I'm sore.

  Matty : Your sore? You got nerve.

  Ned : It's about to fall off.

  Matty : Is there any more ice? I'm burning up.

• Edmund Walker : That's the way of the world. Most people despise their jobs.

  Ned : Do you?

  Edmund Walker : No. I love it. But it's not a job.

  Ned : What is it, exactly?

  Edmund Walker : Various things. This and that. Here and there.

• Matty : Does it matter, Ned? Tell me the truth please.

  Ned : The truth? I wish you were going to be loaded. Does it matter? No. No!

• Matty : Edmund's company owns The Breakers.

  Ned : Really?

  Edmund Walker : It's not that simple, really. We have an interest in a few places along the shore. For the land. You know. Someday. Don't try to explain that to her.

  Matty : I'm too dumb. A woman, you know. Well, I'll be right back. Then, maybe we can talk about pantyhose or something interesting.

• Matty : I'm afraid; because, when I think about it, I wish that he'd die. That's really what I want. It's horrible and ugly and It's what I most want.

  Ned : That's where we're at, isn't it?

  Matty : What do you mean?

  Ned : That's what we're both thinking - how good it'd be for us if he were gone. It'd be real sweet for us.

  Matty : No, Ned, please don't talk about it. Talk is dangerous. Sometimes it makes things happen, it makes it real.

• Ned : We're going to kill him. We both know that. That's what you want, isn't it? We knew it was coming. It's the only way we can get everything we want, isn't it?

• Edmund Walker : I'm crazy about her. If I ever thought she was seeing another guy, I don't know. Oh, I could understand how it could happen. Her being the way she is. I could - understand it. But, I think I'd kill the guy with my bare hands.

  Ned : That's understanding.

• Matty : It's real, then?

  Ned : It's real all right - and if we're not careful, it's gonna be the last real thing we do.

• Beverly : Ned. Mrs. Walker. Do you want her?

  Ned : Yeah.

• Matty : Mmm. Yes, yes.

  Ned : That's right.

  Matty : Please - do it.

• Oscar : You brought this on yourself, man. I don't run this department, you know that. There are people watching this thing. They hear you're out there banging the widow; it tends to call attention to you. So don't give me shit.

  Ned : That is my business.

  Peter : You mean, that's your fucking business.

  Oscar : This whole damn case is getting crazy.