Vanilla Sky

Dr. Curtis McCabe: [Interpreting David's dream of driving the ominously deserted streets of Manhattan in the morning and then out bursting in existential torment] Well, I suppose the empty street meant loneliness. David Ames: You're a shrink. You gotta do better than that. Dr. Curtis McCabe: I'm a doctor. Let's not stereotype each other. Not all rich kids are soul less and... not all psychologists care about dreams. The question is how you got here and why you've been charged. David Ames: What do you want to know? I was about to turn 33. I ran three magazines and a world wide publishing house. Most days I fooled myself in to believing it would last forever. Isn't that what being young is about? Believing secretly that you would be... the one person in the history of man... who would live forever. Dr. Curtis McCabe: Where you going so early?

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David Ames: [Driving with Brian] Can't you get rid of that board? Brian Shelby: The Seven Dwarfs? No. David Ames: Those people drive you nuts. And that was the desire of my father who hired them. Brian Shelby: You fucked Julie Gianni again, didn't you? I know someone was there when I called. You had that tone. "No, I got a cold. I'm hanging in tonight, you know." David Ames: I had a cold. I was alone. Brian Shelby: Fine. You do what you want with your life. David Ames: Thanks. Brian Shelby: But one day you'll know what love truly is. It's the sour and the sweet. I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet. David Ames: Julie Gianni is a friend. Sometimes we sleep together. What? What? What? Brian Shelby: My dream girl... Julie Gianni... is your fuck buddy! [Mimics howling of a wounded dog] David Ames: What do you wanna listen to? Brian Shelby: Slow down, man. David Ames: [Starts accelerating] What do we got here? Barcelona, Looper. Radiohead? Brian Shelby: Look out! Look out! [

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Office assistant: David! Okay, they're all waiting for you. Board Member: You changed your hair. David Ames: Yes. Board Member: And David... opinions are expected. Dr. Curtis McCabe: [Voiceover] Do you dream about the board; the Seven Dwarfs as you call them? [Camera focuses on each board members face] Sneezy, Bashful... Sleepy... Happy... Doc... Dopey... and of course, Grumpy. Board Member: How was Aspen? David Ames: Good. Now, I want answers and I want them now. How's it going? [Voice of thought] They still look at me as if I was 11 years old. Office staffer: He's going to inherit everything. He gets it all.

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Dr. Curtis McCabe: You're scared of your dreams, aren't you? David Ames: It's a nightmare either way. Dr. Curtis McCabe: Is that how you explain what's happened to you? David Ames: What? Dr. Curtis McCabe: What happened to your face? David Ames: I'm not talking to you anymore. Dr. Curtis McCabe: You don't wanna show me your face? David Ames: No! Dr. Curtis McCabe: Do you know why you're here? Conversation, the coffee... David, the part where we parry and just... and get to know each other bit by bit-- David Ames: No. No can do. Dr. Curtis McCabe: We'll have to skip that because you've been charged with murder. In four weeks, a judge will determine your fate... based on what I write. So you will talk to me. David Ames: There is no murder. There is no murder! It never happened! I don't have to talk to anybody! Dr. Curtis McCabe: Want me to help? David Ames: Get the fuck away from me. Dr. Curtis McCabe: You take it easy, sunshine. Take it easy, Face. David Ames: Your whole story's full of

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David Ames: [At party in his residence] Hey, Tommy. Thomas Tipp: No, no, don't blow me off. I'm all packed. I'm going back to London and I understand. You put me up for the other attorney's job so you didn't have to fire me. That's a classy move and your father would have done the same. David Ames: It's okay, Tommy. I became incompetent. Is there anything more unbecoming than an aging mascot? Thomas Tipp: I cared for your father. I lived and breathed for him. These guys, the Seven Dwarfs... they think you're stupid... a corporate hazard, a rogue. They are gonna find a way to get you out, David. They're lined up for your office, your life... your position. They're working day and night... to cheat you out of your 51% vote. And they're gonna sell this tradition of words... so they can eat in a better cafeteria. But what they don't know is this; [raises voice and a hand] people will read again! [Party attendees cheer and applaud] David Ames: I got it. Thomas Tipp: They even got a nickname

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Dr. Curtis McCabe: Why are you scared of heights? Many people are scared of heights. David Ames: It's not the height that bothers me. It's the impact that terrifies me. Dr. Curtis McCabe: I won't stay long.

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