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Life Stinks (1991) More at IMDbPro »

Goddard Bolt: They force me to live in the crap, and now they're taking the crap away? No!
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J. Paul Getty: Shut up!
Goddard Bolt: Who are you?
J. Paul Getty: I'm J. Paul Getty. I was the richest man in the world. You don't see me ranting and raving about it, do you? No! I took my losses!
Goddard Bolt: What losses?
J. Paul Getty: During the crash, the clash, the smash!
Goddard Bolt: Listen to me. You are not J. Paul Getty. You are a pathetic, broken-minded, little bum. In your mind you think you're J. Paul Getty but you're not. Whilst I on the other hand, am Goddard Bolt, a genuine financial giant.
J. Paul Getty: So am I!
Goddard Bolt: [slaps Getty] You're not!
J. Paul Getty: [slaps Bolt] I am!
Goddard Bolt: [slaps Getty] You're not!
J. Paul Getty: [slaps Bolt] I am!
Goddard Bolt: [slaps Getty] You're not!
J. Paul Getty: [slaps Bolt] I am!
Goddard Bolt: Wait. Come with me.
J. Paul Getty: Where we going?
Goddard Bolt: Over here, let's talk.
[they move a little down the sidewalk]
Goddard Bolt: Now look, let's be reasonable.
J. Paul Getty: O.k.
Goddard Bolt: There's an enormous difference between us. Even though in your twisted mind, you think you're rich, you're really not. On the other hand, because of my serious understanding of the world of finance, I have amassed six point four billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty: And I've amassed six point five
[slaps are exchanged between them with "you didn't, I did" and a small fight happens]
Goddard Bolt: Look I don't want to hurt you.
J. Paul Getty: You don't?
Goddard Bolt: No. It's just that it's important to me that you understand. I guess it doesn't make any difference who's richer. Does it?
[Bolt starts to leave]
Goddard Bolt: Well forget about it.
J. Paul Getty: No. Oh, God thank you. Cause I'm really richer.
[Bolt then charges at Getty and the police break up the fight]
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Newscaster: ...the ceremony has erupted into pandemonium. As of yet, I'm not exactly sure what's happening...
Fumes: [snatching the mike] This is Fumes, reporting from downtown, and I'll tell you what's happenin'. The rich and famous are having a party in our neighborhood, and we fucked it up! Ha Ha!
[winks]
Fumes: Back to you, Walter...
Newscaster: Is this going out live? Are we live? Oh, jeez...
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Sailor: Pops ain't gonna be around long; his 'elevens' are up.
Goddard Bolt: What?
Sailor: His elevens! Look at the back of his neck. You see them two cords, stickin' out? They make, like, an 'eleven'. Once they're up that's it. He's a goner.
Fumes: Maybe he'll come back in the world as somethin' better. Personally, when I die, I'd like to come back as a bird.
Sailor: Why?
Fumes: Ohhh, because man, I could fly free, and easy, and if I saw someone I really didn't care for, I'd drop a hot one on 'em!
Sailor: When I die, I want to be 'excramated' and I want my ashes sprinkled in the old briny. At least I'd be part of the sea forever, and ever.
Fumes: Oh, that's beautiful, man, beautiful. Like when I die, I want to go just like my daddy, boom! Peaceful, in his sleep.
Sailor: Yeah, they told me my grandmother died peacefully in her sleep. It's a good way to go.
Molly: Nobody dies peacefully, in their sleep! It's what they tell people, to make them feel good. Want to know how people really die, in their sleep?
[Sailor looks uneasy, not sure he wants to know]
Molly: Okay. First, they go to bed.
[imitates drawing up bed sheets to her neck and getting cozied in]
Molly: Ahhhhh, mmm... Then, about two in the morning, they go...
[sits up, gasps, pretends to choke]
Molly: Ahhh! Oh! Get a doct...
[everyone in the mission is watching her, in shock]
Molly: [she gasps, holds her throat, and falls to the floor]
Fumes: I ain't never goin' to sleep again!
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Vance Crasswell: An office is no place to do business.
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Goddard Bolt: I did it! I did it!
A man sitting/leaning back, on a building.: Where did he do it? Not here, I hope.
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[Bolt is delirious after losing his money and estate]
Goddard Bolt: I can get it all back. I was a financial genius. 1 and 1 is 2. 2 and 2 is 4. 4 and 4 is three. I still got it!
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[Bolt is in an over-medicated coma]
Molly: I know you wanna give up, but you're wrong. Even without money, life is good.
[Bolt shakes his head; he can hear her]
Molly: No? What about when-when you didn't eat for two days and then you had your first big meal at the mission? Wasn't that good?
[Bolt shakes his head]
Molly: Remember the other night? When we drank champagne and danced... and rolled around in rags?
[Bolt raises his eyebrows]
Molly: I know they're only moments, but that's all life is: Just a bunch of moments. Most of them are lousy... but once in a while, you steal a good one.
Molly: [holding back tears] Come on. Come on back to me. Don't be such a selfish bastard. You're the only person I can stand.
Molly: [now crying] Don't leave me. I love you. Please. Don't leave me.
[Bolt's heart rate increases. He finally comes to]
Goddard Bolt: Molly, you're crying. What happened? Somebody die?
Molly: Somebody lived.
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