Dead Calm 1989 quotes

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Hughie

How do I look?

Rae

Great.

Hughie

How do I smell?

Rae

Uh....

Hughie

Uh-huh. Thank you for your honesty.

Rae

Where's John?

Hughie

Now, what?

Rae

John, my husband. Where is he?

Hughie

He's gone.

Rae

Oh, shit. What have you done to him?

Hughie

Nothing. He went onboard her.

Rae

We've gotta go back.

Hughie

Look, he's only got himself to blame, right? I mean, he should've trusted me. But that's always been my problem.

Rae

Don't you understand?

Hughie

Please don't shout. That's always been one of my problems. I can never tell people's real motives until it's too late.

Rae

Okay. Let's just, uh, turn the boat around.

Hughie

Where shall we go?

Rae

Turn around!

Hughie

Hey, look. You're being very aggressive, Rae. That could be a problem on this small boat. I've seen it happen. It doesn't work. You know, I was watching you when you were sleeping. And I gotta tell you that your face fascinates me. Yeah. Even when you're 80, Rae, you'll still be a beautiful woman. I, uh, studied art for, um.... for a time... and something I found is that painters, when they approach their subjects... ...they always look at the face from, like, behind, you know? From the back, like, to see what's holding it up. And, uh... ...you've got magnificent bone structure. God. "Magnificent." Shit, that sounds like... **** something you'd say at a cocktail party. Should have given you my card, for chrissake. I just knew we'd get along, didn't you, Rae? Hey. What's wrong?

Rae

Would you just tell me one thing?

Hughie

Sure.

Rae

I just need to know if that boat is sinking.

Hughie

Sinking? Well, past tense would do, but--

Rae

Oh, God.

Hughie

But, uh, yeah. Yes, it is. Why? Uh, don't you believe me?

Rae

Yeah. Yeah, I believe you. Of course I do. That's why we've gotta go back.

Hughie

Back?

Rae

Uh-huh. To get John.

Hughie

What, you mean back there?

Rae

Yeah. Right now.

Hughie

Uh-huh. No, Rae, no. Okay? That's over. That's all over. So why don't we just erase that one from memory and start again, please? There's no going back, Rae.

Rae

No. No, don't say that. He's gonna drown, Hughie.

Hughie

There you go. Now you're ruining it again. That boat is sinking. That's not my fault.

Rae

What about those people, huh? There wasn't any food poisoning, was there?

Hughie

You wanna do this now? All right. They tried to kill me, Rae. They tried to suck the life out of me, if you can possibly grasp that concept.

Rae

Who were?

Hughie

All of them.

Rae

Look.... Nobody wants to kill you, Hughie--

Hughie

What? Repeat that.

Rae

I said, nobody--

Hughie

Say the words, Rae. Come on. You mean I just imagined it.

Rae

No.

Hughie

No?

Rae

No. I just meant that it must be a mistake.

Hughie

A mistake? Lady... the mistake is that you think I'm making this up.

Rae

No! No. No, I don't.

Hughie

You sound so much like them, Rae, it's scary. Now, they were trying to kill me. Do you understand?

Rae

Yeah. Yeah, I understand.

Hughie

Come on, turn around. Don't look at the bloody boat. Look at me. Okay, I'm sorry.