Poltergeist (2015)
Jane Adams: Dr. Brooke Powell
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Quotes
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Dr. Brooke Powell : Why do you do that?
Carrigan Burke : What?
Dr. Brooke Powell : You tell your old war stories and you make yourself sound like an old man.
Carrigan Burke : Comes with the territory. We age in dog years.
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Dr. Brooke Powell : Is everything alright?
Carrigan Burke : If it was I wouldn't be here.
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Eric Bowen : What happened?
Dr. Brooke Powell : That, Mr. Bowen... that's Maddy's way out. But I think we're gonna need some help in getting her there.
Amy Bowen : What kind of help?
Dr. Brooke Powell : Have you ever heard of Carrigan Burke?
Kendra Bowen : No effing way.
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Amy Bowen : Do you have kids, Mr. Burke?
Carrigan Burke : Sadly, no. My wife didn't think it was a good idea given our line of work.
Dr. Brooke Powell : It wasn't just the work.
Amy Bowen : Oh! The two of you were...
Dr. Brooke Powell : Briefly.
Carrigan Burke : We were young and stupid.
Dr. Brooke Powell : Only one of us was stupid.
Carrigan Burke : Ah, don't be so hard on yourself. I was irresistible back then.
Dr. Brooke Powell : I'm gonna check the readings upstairs.
Carrigan Burke : And she goes, just like she fled our marriage. Straight into the arms of academia. Safe, stable academia. Still misses me, though.
Dr. Brooke Powell : No, I don't.
Carrigan Burke : You do, a little.
Dr. Brooke Powell : No, not even a little bit.
Carrigan Burke : She forgets I can sense these things. I have special powers, you know.
Dr. Brooke Powell : They're not that special.
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Dr. Brooke Powell : From my experience this doesn't seem to be a classic haunting. What you have... here, is probably closer to a poltergeist intrusion.
Eric Bowen : What's the difference?
Dr. Brooke Powell : Ghosts usually appear as harmless apparitions whereas poltergeists... they're noisy, they lash out, they're violent, they move objects. It comes, and then it can just suddenly go away.