The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Jake Gyllenhaal: Sam Hall

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• Jack Hall : [on Sam failing calculus]  I'm not angry. I'm disappointed.

  Sam Hall : Do you wanna hear my side of it?

  Jack Hall : Sam, how can there be two sides?

  Sam Hall : Hey, look, I got every question right on the final and the only reason why Mr. Spengler failed me was because I didn't write out the solutions.

  Jack Hall : Why not?

  Sam Hall : I do them in my head.

  Jack Hall : Did you tell him that?

  Sam Hall : I did. He didn't believe me. He said if he couldn't do them in his head then I must be cheating.

  Jack Hall : Well, that's ridiculous! How can he fail you for being smarter than he is?

  Sam Hall : That's what I said.

  Jack Hall : [smirks]  You did? How'd he take it?

  Sam Hall : He flunked me, remember?

• Laura Chapman : I've got one. Your favorite vacation?

  Sam Hall : Besides this one?

• Laura Chapman : I'm fine... s'can't sleep... My mind keeps going over all those worthless Decathlon facts.

  Sam Hall : Mm.

  Laura Chapman : 'S pretty stupid, huh?

  Sam Hall : No, it's alright. I guess you just haven't had time to adjust yet.

  Laura Chapman : How'm I supposed to adjust, Sam? Everything I've ever cared about, everything I've worked for... has all been preparation for a future that no longer exists. I know you always thought I took the competition too seriously... you were right. It was all for nothing.

  Sam Hall : No, no... No I just, I just said that to avoid admitting the truth.

  Laura Chapman : The truth about what?

  Sam Hall : ...About w-why I joined the team... I joined it because of you.

• J.D. : [showing the other students the museum]  I couldn't let you guys leave New York without seeing the Natural History Museum.

  Sam Hall : [under his breath]  Of course not, it's the world's finest collection of stuffed animals.

• Jeremy : I thought you said it was too dangerous to go outside

  Sam Hall : I know I did.

• Sam Hall : [after nearly drowning in freezing water that's flooded an underground tunnel]  My hands are shak... shaking.

  Laura Chapman : That's okay. Here. Here. Come here.

  [Laura embraces Sam] 

  Sam Hall : What are you doing?

  Laura Chapman : I'm using my body heat to warm you. If we let the blood from your arms and legs rush back to your heart too quickly, your heart could fail.

  Sam Hall : Where did you learn that?

  Laura Chapman : Some of us were actually paying attention in health class.

• Laura Chapman : [on the plane, Sam is scarfing down peanuts]  You alright?

  Sam Hall : Hmm?

  Brian Parks : He's afraid of flying.

  Sam Hall : I'm fine.

  Brian Parks : [the plane rattles due to turbulence]  You know, statistically, the chance of a plane going down because of turbulence is less than what, one in a billion? Or is it a million? I can't remember if it's...

  Laura Chapman : Shut up, Brian.

• Jack Hall : [on the phone with Sam]  Are you sure you can't get home any sooner than tomorrow?

  Sam Hall : Well, look, Dad, I would if I could, you know. It's just... this smell is unbearable, Dad.

  Jack Hall : Stop kidding around! I want you home.

  Sam Hall : Dad, I'll be on the train. Do me a favor, okay? Just don't worry about me. I'll figure it out.

• Laura Chapman : Everything I've ever cared about, everything I've worked for... has all been preparation for a future that no longer exists. I know you always thought I took the competition too seriously. You were right. It was all for nothing.

  Sam Hall : No, no... No I just, I just said that to avoid admitting the truth.

  Laura Chapman : The truth about what?

  Sam Hall : About why I joined the team.

  [Laura stares at him] 

  Sam Hall : I joined it because of you.

  [Laura smiles and Sam looks away] 

  Laura Chapman : Hey.

  [they kiss] 

• Brian Parks : Man you've got some serious competition.

  Sam Hall : Please.

  Brian Parks : And I'll bet he's really rich too.

  Sam Hall : Shut up.

• Sam Hall : [to Brian]  Let's go! Pull, Brian! Take the medicine to Laura. Come on! We're almost there. Come on. Brian, close the door!

• Sam Hall : [to Brian]  So much for one in a billion.

• J.D. : Sam, just tell her how you feel.

  Sam Hall : Yeah.

• Laura Chapman : She left her bag in the cab. Her passports. I'll get it for her.

  Sam Hall : Laura! Laura!

  Brian Parks : Sam!

  J.D. : No! Brian, no!

  Sam Hall : Laura! Laura, look! Come on! Come! Come on!

• Sam Hall : If these people go outside, they will *freeze to death*!

  Library Security Guard : OK, what is this nonsense?

  Sam Hall : It's not nonsense, all right? Look, this *storm* is gonna get *worse*, and the people who are caught outside, they will freeze to death.

  Jeremy : Where are you getting this information?

  Sam Hall : My father's a climatologist. He works for the government.

  Jeremy : So, what are you suggesting we do?

  Sam Hall : We stay inside, we keep warm and we wait it out.