Scream (1996)
Courteney Cox: Gale Weathers
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Quotes
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Gale : Guess I remembered the safety that time, bastard.
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Gale : If I'm right about this, I could save a man's life. Do you know what that would do for my book sales?
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Gale : Look, Kenny, I know you're about fifty pounds overweight, but when I say hurry, please interpret that as, MOVE YOUR FAT TUB OF LARD ASS, NOW!
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[last lines]
Gale : Okay I think it's going to go something like this, just stay with me. Hi, this is Gale Weathers with an exclusive eyewitness account of this amazing breaking story. Several more local teens are dead, bringing to an end the harrowing mystery of the masked killings that has terrified this peaceful community like the plot of some scary movie. It all began with the scream of a 911, and ended in a bloodbath that has rocked the town of Woodsboro. All played out here in this peaceful farmhouse, far from the crimes and the sirens of the larger cities that its residents have fled. Okay, let's take it back to one. Come on, move it! This is my big shot. Let's go.
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Gale Weather : [as Kenny's dead body lies over the windshield] Oh, God, Kenny. I'm sorry, but get off my fucking windshield!
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Gale : People treat me like I'm the anti-Christ of television journalism.
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Gale : Looks like we've got a serial killer on our hands!
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : Well, a "serial killer" is not really accurate. Gotta knock off a couple more to get that title.
Gale : Well, we can hope, can't we? I mean, we certainly don't have any leads. Have you located Sidney's father yet?
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : No, not yet.
Gale : Well, he's not a suspect, is he?
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : We haven't ruled him out as a possibility.
[He becomes aware that he is gazing too long at her eyes]
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : If you'll excuse me.
[Dewey turns away, but Gale pursues and grabs his arm]
Gale : I'm sorry, am I keeping you?
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : [Turning back to her, he removes his hat] If I may say so, Miss Weathers, you are much prettier in person.
[He gives her a flirty smile and turns away again to run up the school steps]
Gale : [delighted] So you do watch the show!
[Dewey stops and turns back]
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : I'm 25. I was 24 for a whole year.
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Gale : There she is! Sidney, hi, what happened? Are you alright?
Tatum : She's not answering any questions alright. Just leave us alone.
Sidney Prescott : No, no Tatum it's OK. She's just doing her job, right Gale?
Gale : That's right.
Sidney Prescott : So how's the book?
Gale : Oh it'll be out later this year.
Sidney Prescott : Oh, I'll look for it.
Gale : I'll send you a copy.
[Sidney turns around a punches Gale in the face]
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[Gale runs across the school campus to Dewey]
Gale : Is there a problem on campus?
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : No. Everything's under control.
Gale : [seductively] Well, of course. You're here.
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : You're not supposed to be here.
Gale : I know. I should be in New York covering the Sharon Stone stalker, but who knew?
[giggles]
Gale : You look awfully young to be a police officer.
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : I'm 25 years old.
Gale : You know, in a demographic study, I proved to be most popular amongst males 11 to 24. I guess I just missed you.
[giggles flirtatiously]
Gale : Of course, you don't look a day over 12. Except in that...
[She looks him up and down, admiringly]
Gale : ... upper torso area. Does the force require you to work out?
Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley : [Charmed, despite his common sense:] No, ma'am. 'Cause of my boyish good looks, muscle mass has increased my acceptance as a serious police officer.
[They smile at each other]
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Gale : [Sidney approaches as Gale is sitting in the news van, putting on makeup] Stop right there!
Sidney Prescott : I'm not here to fight, I'm just here to talk.
Gale : Kenny? Camera, now!
Sidney Prescott : Off the record, no camera.
Gale : Forget it.
Sidney Prescott : Please. You owe me.
Gale : I owe you shit!
Sidney Prescott : You owe my Mother!
Gale : [She gestures Kenny to put the camera down] Your Mother's murder was last year's hottest court case. Someone was gonna write a book about it.
Sidney Prescott : Right and it had to be you with all your lies and bullshit theories.
Gale : What is your problem? You got what you wanted. Cotton Weary's in jail, they're gonna gas him. A book is not gonna change that.
Sidney Prescott : Do you still think he's innocent?
Gale : Your testimony put him away, it doesn't really matter what I think.
Sidney Prescott : During the trial, you did all those stories about me, you called me a liar.
Gale : I think you falsely identified him, yes.
Sidney Prescott : Have you talked to Cotton?
Gale : Many times.
Sidney Prescott : And has his story changed?
Gale : Not one word. He admits to having... sex with your Mother, but that's all.
Sidney Prescott : He's lying, she never would've touched him! He raped her and then... he butchered her. Her blood was all over his coat.
Gale : He was drunk that night. He left his coat in your house after your Mother seduced him.
Sidney Prescott : I saw him leave, wearing it.
Gale : No, you saw someone leave, wearing that coat. The same someone who planted it in Cotton's car, framing him.
Sidney Prescott : [Appears to no longer be sure of what she really saw on the night of her Mother's murder] No, Cotton murdered my Mother.
Gale : You're not so sure anymore, are you?
Tatum : [Coming into the conversation, insulting Gale] Nice welt, sweetie. Let's go, Sid.
Gale : The killer's still out there. Those murders are related.
Tatum : Come on, Sid.
Gale : Sidney, don't go.
Tatum : Just stop.
[Sidney and Tatum leave]
Gale : Jesus Christ. An innocent man on Death Row, a killer's still on the loose. Kenny, tell me I'm dreaming.
Kenny : You wanna go live?
Gale : No, no, no. Not yet, we don't have anything concrete.
Kenny : This is huge, you can't just sit on it.
Gale : I know, that's why we need proof. If I'm right about this, I can save a man's life. Do you know what that can do for my book sales?
