Pleasantville

Jennifer/Mary Sue: What's outside of Pleasantville? Miss Peters: What? ...I don't understand... Jennifer/Mary Sue: Outside of Pleasantville... What's at the end of Main Street? Miss Peters: Oh, Mary Sue. You should know the answer to that. The end of Main Street is just the beginning again.

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David/Bud: You can't do this Jennifer. I warned you! Jennifer/Mary Sue: So what's the big deal? Oh. Okay — they're like not good at basketball anymore. Ohmigawd, what a tragedy. David/Bud: You don't understand. You're messing with their whole goddamn universe! Jennifer/Mary Sue: Well maybe it needs to be messed with, David. Did that ever occur to you?

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David/Bud: "Cool"? "Cool" ? What are you doing to these people? You can't do this to them! Jennifer/Mary Sue: If I don't do it, who will? David/Bud: No — but they're happy like this! Jennifer/Mary Sue: No. David, nobody's happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set. [pause] You really like this don't you? No, its not like you think it's just like funny or dorky or anything … you like — really like it. David/Bud: No, you have it all wrong. Jennifer/Mary Sue: God! I am so personally mortified to be your sister right now. David/Bud: You have no right to do this to them. Jennifer/Mary Sue: David, listen to me for just a minute. These people don't want to be geeks. They want to be attractive. They've a lot of potential — they just don't know any better.

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David/Bud: What's going on? Jennifer/Mary Sue: I'm not sure. Um… They wanna ask you a question... I didn't know how to handle it. So.... David/Bud: Sure. [to the others] How you doin'? You wanted to ask me something? Tommy: How'd you know about the fire? David/Bud: What? Tommy: How'd you know how to put it out and all? David/Bud: Oh. Well — where I used to live, that's just what firemen did. Tommy: And where's that? David/Bud: Um... Outside of Pleasantville. Tommy: Well, what's outside of Pleasantville? David/Bud: Look it doesn't matter. It's not important. Tommy: What's outside of Pleasantville? David/Bud: It's really not important. Margaret: What's outside of Pleasantville? David/Bud: There are some places … that the road doesn't go in a circle. There are some places where the road keeps going. Margaret: Keeps going? David/Bud: Yeah, yeah — it just keeps going — it all keeps going. Roads and rivers and … Will: Like the "Mighty Mississippi." David: What? David/Bud: [to Jennifer/Mary S

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Big Bob: [in the bowling alley] What happened? Are you alright? What is it? George: Rain. Big Bob: Real rain? Big Bob: Oh my God.... Are you alright? George: I came home like I always do. And I came in the front door. And I took off my coat. And I put down my briefcase and I said "Honey. I'm home." George: ...Only no one was there. So I went into the kitchen and I yelled it again. "Honey — I'm home." But there was no one there either. No wife. No lights. No dinner. George: So I went to the oven you know — because I thought maybe she had made me one of those "TV dinners..." But she hadn't. She was gone. And I looked and looked and looked — but she was gone. Big Bob: It's gonna be fine George. You're with 'us' now. Gus: What are we gonna do Bob? Big Bob: Well — we'll be safe for now — thank goodness we're in a bowling alley — but if George here doesn't get his dinner, any one of us could be next. It could be you Gus, or you Roy, or even you Ralph.... That's real rain out there, gentlemen

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George: Let's just forget about it, we'll just go to the meeting. Betty: No. I told you, George. I am not going to that meeting. George: Sure you are. Betty: No, I'm NOT. — Look at me, George. Look at my face. That meetings not for me. George: You'll put on some make-up. Betty: I don't want to put on make-up. George: It'll go away. It goes away. Betty: [firmly] I don't want it to "go away".

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