Sayonara (1957)
James Garner: Captain Mike Bailey
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Quotes
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Major Gruver : You know what I saw yesterday? I saw two rocks that just got married.
Captain Bailey : [slightly confused] You what?
Major Gruver : I saw two rocks that got married. And they looked very happy together, too.
Captain Bailey : Oh, I'll bet they did.
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Major Gruver : If you were going to be smart, l'll tell you what you do. You get your little shoes shined and you go out tonight - because tonight is gonna be Tanabata.
Captain Bailey : Okay, what's Tanabata?
Major Gruver : You're gonna sit with your bare face hanging out and tell me you don't know what Tanabata is?
Captain Bailey : Yeah.
Major Gruver : Well, my word, boy. l'm ashamed of you. l thought everybody knew what Tanabata was. Tanabata is the night of love!
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Captain Bailey : I hate to be stuffy about this son, but, you Air Force men just wouldn't understand.
Major Gruver : Ho, ho! Lawd!
Captain Bailey : Well, the Marines have got l'amour...
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Major Gruver : lsn't that a nice-looking bridge?
Captain Bailey : Yeah, that's the Bitchi-Bashi.
Major Gruver : Say what?
Captain Bailey : The Bitchi-Bashi. Bashi is Japanese for ''bridge.'' We call this particular one the Bitchi-Bashi because there's so much lovely stuff that goes over it.
Major Gruver : Did you say stuff?
Captain Bailey : Brother, l said stuff.
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Captain Bailey : [sarcastically] Well, what does it all mean? Eternal struggle, sex, New York Yankees...
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Major Gruver : l was all set to take the exams at West Point and there was a teacher there who made me take a part in a school play. They were doing one of those Hungarian things by Molnár. You never did hear a Hungarian play played in a Southern accent, did you?
Captain Bailey : No, l'm afraid l missed that.
Major Gruver : That's a shame, because l was awful good in it. Anyhow, l suddenly didn't want to go to West Point.
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Major Gruver : How come she's dressed like that?
Captain Bailey : The tall ones play men's parts, mostly. They play women's parts, too.
Major Gruver : How do you do?
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Joe Kelly : She says that Hana-ogi will not speak to an American.
Major Gruver : Well, why not?
Joe Kelly : We shot her brother and killed her father with our bombs.
Major Gruver : Oh, shoot. l didn't do it.
Captain Bailey : Sure you did, Ace. We all did.
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Major Gruver : Don't give up on it. l think there's gonna be a way out of it. There's got to be.
Captain Bailey : You think so?
Major Gruver : Yes, I do.
Captain Bailey : I don't.