Lost Highway (1997)
Balthazar Getty: Pete Dayton
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Quotes
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Mr. Eddy : [into the phone] I'm really glad to know you're doing okay. You're sure you're okay? Everything alright?
Pete Dayton : [into the phone] Yeah.
Mr. Eddy : [into the phone] I'm really glad to know you're doin good, Pete. Hey, I want you to talk to a friend of mine.
Mystery Man : [into the phone to Pete] We've met before, haven't we?
Pete Dayton : [into the phone] I don't think so. Where is it you think we've met?
Mystery Man : [into the phone] At your house. Don't you remember?
Pete Dayton : [into the phone] No. No, I don't.
Mystery Man : [into the phone] In the East, the Far East, when a person is sentenced to death, they're sent to a place where they can't escape, never knowing when an executioner may step up behind them, and fire a bullet into the back of their head.
Pete Dayton : [into the phone] What's going on?
Mystery Man : [into the phone] It's been a pleasure talking to you.
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Pete Dayton : I want you.
Alice Wakefield : You'll never have me.
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[Pete, disturbed by the saxophone music on a radio, switches the channels]
Phil : What'd you change it for? I liked that.
Pete Dayton : Well, I don't!
Phil : I liked that.
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Pete Dayton : Where the fuck are we going, Alice?
Alice Wakefield : We have to go to the desert, baby.
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Bill Dayton : The police called us today.
Pete Dayton : What'd they want?
Bill Dayton : They wanted to know if we had a chance to find out what happened to you the other night. And they wanted to know if you remembered anything.
Pete Dayton : But... I don't remember anything. What'd you tell them?
Bill Dayton : [after a long pause] We're not going to say anything about that night to the police.
Candace Dayton : We saw you that night, Pete.
Bill Dayton : You came home with your friend, Sheila.
Pete Dayton : Sheila?
Bill Dayton : Uh-huh. There was a man with you two.
Pete Dayton : What is this? Why didn't you tell me anything? Who was the man?
Bill Dayton : I've never seen him before in my life.
Pete Dayton : What happened to me? Please Dad, if you know, tell me.
[Bill and Candace sorrowfully look away from Pete]
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Mr. Eddy : How you doin' Pete?
Pete Dayton : Okay.
Mr. Eddy : I'm sure you noticed that girl that was with me the other day, good lookin' blonde? She stayed in the car? Her name is Alice. I swear I love that girl to death. If I ever find out that somebody was making out with her, I'd take this...
[pulls out a .357 pistol]
Mr. Eddy : ...and shove it so far up his ass it would come out of his mouth. Then you know what I'd do?
Pete Dayton : What?
Mr. Eddy : I'd blow his fuckin' brains out.
[Mr. Eddy puts his gun away]
Mr. Eddy : Hey, you're looking good. What you been up to?
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Sheila : What do you want?
Pete Dayton : Wanna go for a drive?
Sheila : [coyly] I don't know.
Pete Dayton : Get in, baby.
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Pete Dayton : Where did you meet these fucking people?
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Arnie : Pete! Where've you been? It's really good you're back! A lot of people are gonna be happy that you're back, including me!
Pete Dayton : Well, it's good to be back, Arnie.
Arnie : Mr. Smith is waiting for you.
Pete Dayton : Sure, I'll take care of him.
Arnie : And Mr. Eddy called every day asking about you. Can I call him and tell him to come in?
Pete Dayton : Sure, call him. Tell him to come in and I'm ready to work.
Arnie : You're ready to work?
Pete Dayton : I'm ready to work.
Arnie : [to the other garage employees] Pete is back!
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Pete Dayton : It excited you?
