The Swimmer (1968)

Janet Landgard: Julie Hooper

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• Julie Ann Hooper : How did you meet Mrs. Merrill?

  Ned Merrill : Oh, I - On a boat. Going to Europe one summer. I was with a - with a bunch of students down in steerage. And one night I sneaked up to the first class salon, and there she was.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Oh, how romantic and old-fashioned!

  Ned Merrill : Now wait a minute! It wasn't that long ago!

  Julie Ann Hooper : Well, I - I mean it sounds so much more *passionate* than a computer.

• Ned Merrill : Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, fenced about with lilies.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Isn't that a...

  Ned Merrill : Song of Solomon.

  Julie Ann Hooper : When I was a little girl in Sunday school, they never mentioned that part of the Bible.

• Stanley, Pool Party Bartender : What may I fix you sir?

  Ned Merrill : Dom Pérignon. That's for us.

  Stanley, Pool Party Bartender : Yes, sir.

  Ned Merrill : Ever drink champagne?

  Julie Ann Hooper : Once at a birthday party. A boy drank it out of my slipper.

  Ned Merrill : Here's to sugar on the strawberries!

• Ned Merrill : Where did you meet this boy, Julie?

  Julie Ann Hooper : Through a computer.

  Ned Merrill : The computer?

  Julie Ann Hooper : Yes, it's just a joke! All the kids are doing it. You fill out this questionnaire and send in $3 and they guarantee to send you back the names and phone numbers of three ideal mates. He was the first one I called.

• Ned Merrill : That's funny.

  Julie Ann Hooper : What?

  Ned Merrill : Marigolds. This time of the year.

  Julie Ann Hooper : They're all over the place.

  Ned Merrill : They usually bloom later.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Mmm, they're lovely, I love the colors.

• Julie Ann Hooper : I think its very original. As if, he's an explorer or something. Well, I mean, I think its an adventure.

  Ned Merrill : Come with me.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Well, gee, I...

  Ned Merrill : Come on. Live a little.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Well, I don't know if...

  Ned Merrill : We'll explore the torrential headwaters - of the Lucinda River.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Alright. I will!

• Julie Ann Hooper : I bet you never knew I had a big crush on you.

  Ned Merrill : You did?

  Julie Ann Hooper : I was mad about you! Out of my head.

  Ned Merrill : You were?

• Julie Ann Hooper : If Mrs. Merrill called me to babysit, even at the last minute, I'd cancel out whoever I promised and I'd come to your house instead.

  Ned Merrill : You must have lost a lot of customers.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Then, I'd spend about an hour getting myself all fixed up. My mother thought I was nuts. I mean, I was just a kid to you; but, you were a god to me.

  Ned Merrill : Oh, now you're putting me on.

  Julie Ann Hooper : You know what I'd do after the girls were asleep? I'd go up to your room and open your closet and touch your suits. And then, I'd go into your bathroom and smell your shaving lotion. And then, one time, this is a terrible thing to admit.

  Ned Merrill : Tell me.

  Julie Ann Hooper : I stole one of your shirts. And then, when I was doing my homework in my room, I'd put it on. And it made me feel as if you were all around me.

• Ned Merrill : You better watch out. It's a big wicked city.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Oh, I know. I've had some experiences.

  Ned Merrill : Like what?

  Julie Ann Hooper : Well, one morning I was making a coffee and I just happened to look out of the window. You see, there's an apartment building across the court. This man was standing in his window looking at me. He was stark naked.

  Ned Merrill : That's terrible.

  Julie Ann Hooper : I just stood there looking at him.

• Ned Merrill : There's a lot of nuts around.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Oh, and then another time, my boss sent me to deliver some record books. So, I got into an empty elevator and pressed 26. Then, a man got in and he pressed 27. And the door closed and the elevator started up. This man came right over and kissed me - on the mouth!

  Ned Merrill : And what'd you do?

  Julie Ann Hooper : Oh, I dropped the record books.

  Ned Merrill : Well, then what happened?

  Julie Ann Hooper : He picked them up. Gave them to me. The door opened on the 26th floor and I got off. Can you imagine? A building on Park Avenue?

• Ned Merrill : That shirt of mine, Julie. Do you still have it?

  Julie Ann Hooper : [bewildered]  No. After a while I decided it was just a shirt. I mean, you had so many shirts I didn't think you'd miss it or anything. Do you mind?

  Ned Merrill : No. But I wish, I wish you had told me how you felt.

  Julie Ann Hooper : [agitated]  Oh, I couldn't. I would have died.

  Ned Merrill : [drawing her near]  There's so little love in the world, Julie. When it's kept a secret it's wasted. Do you see? You're very precious to me. I won't let you ever get scared or hurt.

  Julie Ann Hooper : [growing uneasy]  Mr. Merrill...

  Ned Merrill : If there's anything you want, anything at all, come to me. I'll be your guardian angel.

  Julie Ann Hooper : Mr. Merrill, I...

  [breaks free of his grip and runs away] 

  Ned Merrill : Julie! Julie! Julie!