Brainstorm (1983)
Christopher Walken: Michael Brace
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Quotes
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : [whispers to statue] That's the girl I'm gonna marry.
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : When I found her, she looked beautiful. Why do you have to die to let go? All my life, I've had trouble with people. I didn't need them. I always had my own way. Total confidence. And now, because of this - thing she left me, this tape, I'm scared. For the first time, I'm so scared. But the thing is, I like it! I want more! Look, you're married to the first man in the history of the world, who has a chance to take a scientific look at the scariest thing a person ever has to face. I've gotta do it! I've gotta play it. Play that tape! And you have to help me.
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I made that for you. It's a gift.
[hands her the tape and sets the large silver metal case on the bed]
Karen Brace : What is it?
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : It's me.
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Take the house, take the car! I'll go to a hotel! I can't live like this, Karen! You're strangling me!
Karen Brace : What are you talking about, you can't live like this? Are you talking about the house? I never wanted it. It was you!
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : No, no! It's you! That's not me you're looking at! It's you!
Dr. Lillian Reynolds : [to Michael] Can you describe what you were feeling?
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I don't know. I got mad.
[gesturing to Karen]
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : At you.
[Rewinds tape and takes reel with him as he exits]
Dr. Lillian Reynolds : What were you thinking?
Karen Brace : You mean when you were recording my thoughts?
Dr. Lillian Reynolds : Yeah.
Karen Brace : I was thinking about my new design. But he always ignores me and it just... made me furious.
Dr. Lillian Reynolds : Feelings.
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[last lines]
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : We made it. We made it. Look at the stars. I love you.
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Alex Terson : Michael, I want these personal experiments stopped. You've abused your privilege as a scientist, and you've endangered your life. The thought of you playing that tape makes my skin crawl.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Where is it?
Alex Terson : It's locked away where nobody will ever have it.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Alex, I wanna play that tape.
Alex Terson : You didn't hear me, did you? Nobody plays that tape. Ever.
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I would like to make a toast. To the one who never gives up: Lillian Reynolds, EE, MD, PhD, PFT, BVD, RSVP, COD. My friend.
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[first lines]
Dr. Lillian Reynolds : Can you see better if I move it a little closer?
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I can see something. It's parts of the grid, but it's still rotating. It's not locking up.
Hal Abramson : Maybe we all need a little break, Lillian.
Dr. Lillian Reynolds : Hal, you take a break.
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Dr. Lillian Reynolds : What did you do?
Gordy Forbes : Nothing, just a little experiment in animal behavior.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : [snarls]
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : There's something wrong with you, you know that?
Gordy Forbes : Awww, you didn't like Lena.
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I wanna tell you something! I don't like the way you treat me in front of people! You talk about this thing as if it was all yours, but I was there too, so don 't do that!
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Do you have cardboard boxes?
Karen Brace : Yes, I have cardboard boxes.
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Karen Brace : Take a look.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Looks great. Sit, please.
Karen Brace : Looks great. Sit, please.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Now just - empty your head.
Karen Brace : Empty my head?
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Okay, relax.
Karen Brace : Empty my head and relax?
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Karen Brace : You have to promise me - that you'll never leave me again.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I'm not going anywhere!
Karen Brace : Promise me!
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Look at those stars.
Karen Brace : Let's go to bed!
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : They locked me out, Hal. I have to get back into the computer.
Hal Abramson : It's illegal.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : I wouldn't want you to get in trouble, Hal.
Hal Abramson : Hell, I don't care. Try Brainstorm. It'll open the project file.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Brainstorm. Thank you.
Hal Abramson : I'll do what I can to help you, Mike.
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : What's the Brainstorm Project, Alex?
Alex Terson : Brainstorm? I - I don't know?
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : You don't know?
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Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : You plugged him in!
Alex Terson : I didn't plug him in, Michael. And I've locked that tape up where nobody can...
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Nobody locks me out!
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Karen Brace : Just ignore them.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : Why should I ignore them?
Karen Brace : We're on a vacation, that's why.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : He's been doing that all day.
Karen Brace : Just ignore him.
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Karen Brace : You go to hell.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : You go to hell, too!
Karen Brace : You go to hell!
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : You go to hell, too.
Karen Brace : Don't push me.
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : You go to hell, too.
Karen Brace : You go to hell!
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace : You go to hell.