Chapter 27 Movie Quotes
John Lennon
[Signing an album for Mark David Chapman]
Is that all?
John Lennon
You sure? That's all?
Mark David Chapman
Yes. That's all. Thanks John.
John Lennon
You're welcome.
[Turns and leaves]
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Mark David Chapman
I believe in Holden Caulfield. And in the book, and what he was saying, what he was saying to a lost generation of phony people.
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Mark David Chapman
Everyone needs something, to find something. Everyone is cracked and broken. You have to find something to fix you, to give you what you need, to take you away and make you whole.
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Mark David Chapman
[Shaking five-year-old Sean Lennon's hand]
I flew all the way across the ocean from Hawaii, and it is an honour to meet you Mr. Lennon.
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[repeated line]
Mark David Chapman
This is not a coincidence.
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Mark David Chapman
Good morning, do you know if John Lennon is coming out today? I... I got his new album, and I was hoping to get his autograph.
Second Doorman
I can't help you.
Mark David Chapman
[after a pause] Look, I understand, I know how it is, but I've been waiting for two days already, and it's just... I really want to meet him.
Second Doorman
The thing is I'm not the regular doorman here, so I don't know much about John Lennon.
Mark David Chapman
I knew it. I knew it, I knew it was something like that. Hah!
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Mark David Chapman
Hey John!
[Two loud pops are heard and Yoko starts screaming]
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Mark David Chapman
[narration]
That's all I wanna tell you about. I could tell you about how they took me down to the police station, and paraded me in front of the media and all. And how they put me in this goddamn place, and how things got really crazy for a while, but I'm not interested in any of that stuff anymore. It's not important. They keep asking me if I really think I am the catcher in the rye. It's such a stupid question. It's dumb, I swear to God it is. I know no matter what anybody says, I have the strength and knowing the paragraphs and sentences of that book were flowing through my brain, and entering my blood... influencing my thoughts, my actions. My very soul was breathing between the pages of The Catcher in the Rye. I was there for three days, and it was a Monday pretty near Christmas in New York City. And now I'm here. Sitting right here. Talking to you.
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Jude
Well I gotta go. I hope you get your record signed, and I hope you listen to it.
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Mark David Chapman
I could feel it in my bones, that I'd never see this hotel room again.
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Mark David Chapman
You like rock & roll?
Cabbie #2
Yeah.
Mark David Chapman
You like the Beatles?
Cabbie #2
Sure I do.
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Jude
We were going to see a movie, wanna come?
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Mark David Chapman
I'll bet you guys are waiting for somebody, huh? Hey, do you know... is he home?
Jude
I don't know. He's somewhere in New York City.
Jude
You are!
Mark David Chapman
You've gotta understand, I've been a Beatles fan since I was a kid, and John is... was the genius behind them.
Jude
Do you like his new album?
Mark David Chapman
He has a new album?
Jude
Yeah, silly!
Mark David Chapman
Oh no, wait. I read about that. It's, um, double...
Jeri
Double Fantasy.
Mark David Chapman
Double Fantasy!
Jude
It's amazing. It's really real.
Jeri
It's flawless, really. Flawless.
Mark David Chapman
I know. I came all the way from Hawaii just to get his autograph.
Jude
You know, you should buy it. You should buy it and ask John to sign it.
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Mark David Chapman
I'm too vulnerable for a world full of pain, and lies, and phoniness.
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Mark David Chapman
I knew I was gonna do something big, I just didn't know if it was good or bad.
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Mark David Chapman
You were taking pictures.
Paul
Right here.
Mark David Chapman
Did you take one of me and John? Did you? *Did you*?
Paul
I think I might have.
Mark David Chapman
Oh my God. Oh my God. I'd do anything for that picture. I'll pay you fifty dollars for it.
Paul
Okay man, relax.
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Jude
The human mind. The human mind is an incredible thing. Once its mind's made up, it can do anything.
Mark David Chapman
No no not maybe, not maybe. You've got to decide in your mind that you will.
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Mark David Chapman
[narration]
I'm just going to tell you about what happened to me right around last Christmas. Those three days in New York City.
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Mark David Chapman
Hey, listen. You know those ducks? The ones in Central Park.
Cabbie
Huh?
Mark David Chapman
The ducks. The ones that swim around that lake in Central Park. Do you know it?
Cabbie
You wanna go there?
Mark David Chapman
No, no.
[pauses]
Mark David Chapman
Well yeah, maybe I will. It's just in the winter, when the lake freezes, where do they go?
Cabbie
What are you saying?
Mark David Chapman
What happens to them? To the ducks. Where do they go? Where are they now?
Cabbie
You gotta be kidding me, right?
[mumbles to himself]
Cabbie
Alright buddy, so where do you want me to take you? For real.
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Mark David Chapman
[narration]
Now, I didn't know it at the time, but the whole goddamn place was full of perverts and morons. It depressed the hell out of me. It really did.
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Mark David Chapman
[narration]
No one in the world knew what was going on in that room. What was happening to me.
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Mark David Chapman
[narration]
I waited, and I waited, for what felt like forever. But nothing happened. No one came. I thought about waiting for that girl, the fan. But I knew she wouldn't come back. No one ever does anything they say they will. And it was so cold. It was scary. I felt like I was disappearing every time I crossed the street.
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Jude
Hey, you! We were going to go see a movie later. Hello? Do you want to come?
Mark David Chapman
What?
Jude
We were going to go see a movie later. Do you want to come?
Mark David Chapman
[scoffs]
Uh, no. No. I hate the movies. They're phony. So goddamn phony. I mean, look at the actors, they're always clutching their foreheads and breathing deep. It's like they know they're acting and they know how good they are, and goddamn it they're gonna show you. I can't stand it. It drives me insane. Drives me absolutely insane, if you wanna know the truth.
Mark David Chapman
I know, I can take you gals to dinner. I mean, if you want. You like Japanese food? I've been to Japan. I've been all over the world.
Jude
Okay!
Mark David Chapman
Great, it's settled then. I'll take you gals to dinner at a Japanese food restaurant. My treat.
Jude
Alright.
Mark David Chapman
Bye-bye. Don't forget.
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Gloria
Hey.
Mark David Chapman
I know I said I wasn't gonna call, but uh... well, you know me. I'm always changing my plans.
Gloria
It's okay. I'm glad you called. Really glad.
Mark David Chapman
You sound like you're doing okay.
Gloria
I am. I'm okay. I finished your book.
Mark David Chapman
Very good. Did you like it?
Gloria
It was good. It was really good. It was very sweet, and sad. Reminds me of you. The way your mind works.
Mark David Chapman
I like it, too. How was your party? The one that you were going to, on Saturday night?
Gloria
It was fun.
Mark David Chapman
I'm sorry I didn't wish you a happy party. I just wasn't thinking about things like that before I left.
Gloria
It's okay. I know. I know you. You're my husband.
Gloria
Well, I just got into bed and I'm reading my bible. Maybe you should try working on your problems one at a time. Maybe the first one should be getting back with Christ again. And after that you can just ask him for His help with the others.
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Gloria
Hello?
Mark David Chapman
Yes, I agree. My little bible is on the nightstand right now.
Gloria
Good. That's good.
Mark David Chapman
Do you remember what I told you the night before I left?
Gloria
Sort of, I do. I was asleep.
Mark David Chapman
I told you that I loved you. I love you very much. More than anyone else.
Gloria
I love you, too.
Mark David Chapman
You're my gemstone.
[crying]
Mark David Chapman
Goodbye, Gloria.
Gloria
Okay, okay. Goodbye. I love you.
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Jude
Well, I hope you get your record signed. And I hope you listen to it.
Mark David Chapman
You're not gonna leave yet, are you? We haven't even seen John.
Jude
Yeah, I know. But it was good seeing you again. I gotta go.
Mark David Chapman
Thanks, but you should stay.
Jude
I'd love to, but I can't.
Jude
No, I'm tired. I really should go home.
Mark David Chapman
No, wait. Just a little bit longer. I know he's gonna come out, I know it. I know it, I know it!
Jude
Maybe some other time.
Jude
I'm sorry. I can't. Good luck!
Mark David Chapman
Please? Wait.
[Jude keeps walking]
Mark David Chapman
I said wait!
[inner monologue]
Mark David Chapman
It's over.
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Mark David Chapman
You don't have to be nervous. I'm not a weirdo. I just, uh... I wanted to be in the company of a woman tonight. I think tomorrow will be a very rough day for me.
[walks closer]
Mark David Chapman
You want a massage?
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Mark David Chapman
Take off your dress and get into bed.
Prostitute
Can... can we put on the radio?
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Mark David Chapman
Some things are hard to remember. I'm thinking now when the woman left, I just wanted to kill myself. I thought about just throwing myself out the goddamn window.
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Jude
The other night. You know, Jeri and I were waiting for you. And then, she wanted to go, but I wanted to stay. And then I wanted to go, and we were gonna go, and then as we were leaving a cab pulled up... and it was John! Just John. Anyway, he talked to us for a bit and Jeri bummed one of his cigarettes. It was great!
Mark David Chapman
I've read they're French.
Jude
So, do you like New York? I guess that's a no?
Mark David Chapman
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. It's okay. It's just, I mean... kind of dirty. Sometimes. It's nothing like Hawaii. Hawaii is amazing.
Jude
I'll bet.
Mark David Chapman
Hawaii changed my life. It really did. When I first got out there, I was... you know, I thought I was a dud. Hawaii saved my life. It saved my life! It did. It really, really, did.
Jude
I'd really like to go there sometime. But I don't think...
Jude
What?
Mark David Chapman
You can do anything. If you set your mind to it, you can do anything! The human mind is an incredible thing. Once its mind is made up, it can do anything.
Jude
Maybe I'll go.
Mark David Chapman
Not maybe. No, not maybe. You've got to decide in your mind that you will.
Jude
Okay, I will.
Mark David Chapman
You've got to say it. You've got to know it. Say it.
Jude
Someday I will go to Hawaii.
Mark David Chapman
Very good. It's like I told my mother before I left, I knew I was gonna do something big. I just didn't know if it was gonna be good or bad.
Jude
What do you mean by that?
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John Lennon
You got a pen? Thanks.
[signs album]
John Lennon
Is that all you want?
Mark David Chapman
Yeah. Thanks.
John Lennon
You sure? That's all?
Mark David Chapman
Yeah, that's all. Thanks, John.
John Lennon
You're welcome.
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Jude
This is my friend. He's a Beatles fan from Hawaii.
Paul
Oh, hey. Hawaii. Cool man. How's it hanging? Paul.
Jude
Paul's a photographer.
Paul
You trying to catch somebody?
Mark David Chapman
That fellow over there is John Lennon's assistant.
Paul
Oh, Freddy. He's, uh, you should meet him. Yeah.
Mark David Chapman
I'm just here to get John Lennon's autograph.
Jude
So, you gonna do any touristy stuff?
Paul
Well, do you know why they call this building the Dakota? Because it was first built in the 1800s. There was nothing up here. it was just farm, and they were like well, if you lives up here you might as well be living out in Dakota. I don't even think Dakota was South or North Dakota yet. It was just like, a territory. They also shot Rosemary's Baby here.
Mark David Chapman
The movie?
Paul
No the baby.
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Paul
Yeah, the movie. They shot it here in the Dakota.
Mark David Chapman
Oh, wow. Really?
Jude
Thought you didn't like movies?
Mark David Chapman
No, some I like. Some are okay. The Wizard of Oz is wonderful. Rosemary's Baby is pretty good, I guess. It's not too phony.
Jude
I didn't like that movie.
Paul
Why? Because it says everyone who lives in the Dakota worships Satan?
Jude
Well, yes. Also because it's very slow moving. Nothing happens until the end.
Paul
Yeah, but Jude... that's Polanski!
Mark David Chapman
[interrupts]
Wait a minute... that's the guy. Charles Manson killed his wife. Right?
Jude
Sharon Tate.
Paul
Yeah, she was pregnant too.
Jude
And beautiful.
Mark David Chapman
Helter Skelter. John Lennon lives in a building where a film about Satan coming to Earth, where a director's wife and child were killed because of a song that John Lennon... oh my God. This is not a coincidence. Today's the day. Today is the day. No coincidence.
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Mark David Chapman
[inner monologue]
I can see it. He was sitting on the sofa, and knowing what almost happened. Knowing that you could have done it. Now, you do it! Do it, you liar.
[talking to himself]
Mark David Chapman
You had your album signed, just go. Get in the next taxi and just go, go, go, go, go!
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Mark David Chapman
Don't do it! You liar!
[to himself]
Mark David Chapman
That's not what we're here for! He signed your record, and he was nice. Put the date on it and everything. He was kind. But I wanna kill him! He's mine. I want him.
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Mark David Chapman
Help me, devil. Give me the power. I have to do it. You have to do it, have to, have to, have to. I want to.
[to himself]
Mark David Chapman
God, no! No, no, no, no. You're nobody! You're nothing! He wasn't phony. Just get in the taxi and go home. You got your autograph. Go home and frame it. Put it on the wall, put it on the wall!
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Mark David Chapman
You coward. You phony!
[to himself]
Mark David Chapman
Don't listen to them. There's no place like home. Go home, go home.
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Mark David Chapman
The phony must die, says the catcher in the rye.
[to himself]
Mark David Chapman
I will do it. If you give me the opportunity, I will do it.
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Paul
You don't sound like you're from Hawaii.
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Mark David Chapman
Why would you ask me that?
Paul
Hey, take it easy. I was only asking.
Mark David Chapman
Why would you ask me something like that? Like that!
Paul
You don't sound like you're from Hawaii.
Paul
Hey, man! Forget it! It's just a question, man!
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Mark David Chapman
[to Sean Lennon]
I flew all the way across the ocean from Hawaii, and it's an honor to meet you, Mr. Lennon. You better take care of that runny nose. You wouldn't want to get sick and miss Christmas.
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