Noah quotes from The Ring (2002)

Rachel

Would you say that I'm gullible?

Noah

No.

Rachel

Easily rattled?

Noah

Definitely not. I mean, you're a little highly strung, maybe.

Noah

You sure this is a copy?

Rachel

Yeah. Why?

Noah

The numbers are all screwed up.

Rachel

Same problem got copied, I guess.

Noah

It's impossible. The numbers of the control track, they're put on the tape whenever it's recorded, which means, theoretically, there shouldn't be any images.

Rachel

Hey, Noah, can you pretend for one minute that I don't read Video Geek Magazine?

Noah

Okay, when you record a tape, the makeup of the tracks is like a signature for whatever did the recording, like a camcorder, VCR, whatever. So the control track can tell us where it came from. But to not have one, I mean, that's like being born without fingerprints.

1978. Man, we're really going back in time, here.

Noah

Yeah, lady at reception said it should still be here.

Should be. You say you're the patient's father, right?

Noah

Yep, Richard Morgan, that's me.

What is your secret?

Noah

Diet and exercise, man.

No shit.

Noah

Yeah, that's all it takes.

You know, I'm not an idiot. You try and walk out of here with my file, and I'll be on you like white on rice, you understand?

Noah

Yeah, man. I just want to watch it.

I'm responsible for every file tape in here. I have a system. And I don't want anyone disarranging it.

Noah

I'd never … disarrange …

As long as we understand each other. [he opens the tape case, it's empty] Okay, now I'm mad.

Noah

Does it say who was the last person to watch it?

Yeah. It was you.

Noah

I can't imagine being stuck down a well all alone like that. How long could you survive?

Rachel

Seven days.

Noah

That was very student film.