Ice Castles (1978)
Robby Benson: Nick Peterson
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Quotes
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Nick Peterson : We forgot about the flowers.
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[first lines]
[Nick pulls his truck up to Beulah's Star Ice Castle Lanes, or, depending on how you read the marquee sign, Beulah's Ice Castle Star Lanes]
Nick Peterson : Hey, Charlie.
Charlie : Hi, Nick.
Nick Peterson : How ya doin'?
Charlie : Beats the hell out of me. Hey, what are *you* doin' home?
Nick Peterson : Beats the hell out of me.
Charlie : Hey, Beulah, rack 'em up! Come on!
Nick Peterson : Howdy, Les.
Les : Hey! Nick, what the hell are *you* doin' here?
Nick Peterson : Beats the hell out of me.
[Nick peers around a corner to watch Lexie being trained in ice-skating by Beulah, who is shouting out instructions about Lexie keeping her head up and so forth, and telling her she isn't doing well enough. Lexie spots Nick and runs over on her skates]
Alexis Winston : Nick! Wow!
Nick Peterson : [grabbing her into a hug and allowing her to spin him around] Ohhh.
Beulah Smith : Hey, that was the fastest pre-med course in history!
[Nick hugs Beulah while still hugging Lexie]
Beulah Smith : What are you doing home?
Nick Peterson : I couldn't stay away from my girls.
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[Nick has just encouraged Alexis to skate and she has managed a double spin on her own]
Nick Peterson : Whoo! Aw, baby!
[He runs to her across the ice rink]
Nick Peterson : Aha! You did a double! Oh, my...
[They grab each other, hugging and jumping up and down, and cross-talking]
Alexis Winston : It wasn't perfect...
Nick Peterson : Well, it was damn good!
[He cradles her face in his hands]
Nick Peterson : What a girl.
[Their hugs and laughter lead to a passionate kiss]
Alexis Winston : [panting] Nick...
[Nick shakes his head, starting to speak something that sounds like "Oh" or "No..."]
Alexis Winston : I love you. I know you don't like me very much any more... but I love you.
[He grabs her and they kiss for a long time]
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Hockey Coach : Hell, if I were, uh, a pretty good shot, skate pretty fast, once in a while score a few goals, I guess I'd still be worried as hell about somebody who could skate harder, shoot harder and is more suicidal.
Nick Peterson : Oh, there ain't
[imitating Robert DeNiro in "Mean Streets"]
Nick Peterson : nobody, nobody more suicidal than me.
Hockey Coach : I don't know why you want to beat yourself to death playing hockey. I mean, you can speak English, for Christ's sake.
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Nick Peterson : Here. There's a hand in front of you. Grab it.
Alexis Winston : What are you doing here?
Nick Peterson : [affectionately] Came to see you break your ass.
Alexis Winston : Can't see you very well. I don't know if you're kidding.
Nick Peterson : Just listen to my voice. I'm not kidding.
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Nick Peterson : You're about the sexiest bozo ever to wear to a funny blue dress.
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[Alexis has just done an excellent skating job, and she skates over to Deborah and the film crew, hugging everyone and crying, "I love you!" Then she looks up to see Nick, who has a shattered, excluded expression, and he turns to leave. Lexie chases after him into the crowd]
Alexis Winston : Nick! Nick! Nicky! Hey!
[She grabs him, but he is insulted and looks as though he wants to leave]
Alexis Winston : Come on.
[Her name is being announced on the loudspeaker to come forth and win a prize]
Alexis Winston : Come on. Please, Nick, I have to go.
Nick Peterson : [bitterly] Looks like you got everything you need.
[They share tragic looks. The announcer is calling for Alexis to come accept her prize]
Alexis Winston : [upset, and in agony] Why don't you just go try out for another hockey team?
[This hurts Nick terribly, and his chest is heaving as he watches her leave for the ice rink]
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[Alexis, her father, Beulah, and Nick are gathered around the dinner table]
Marcus Winston : I don't know where the hell you come up with those hare-brained ideas.
Nick Peterson : She can do it! Now, there's five months until the first competition. That's plenty of time!
Alexis Winston : I don't care about any of that.
Nick Peterson : Yeah, you do. If you could see, you'd be right back in there at the broad moment of that whole business.
Alexis Winston : I wouldn't.
Nick Peterson : I don't believe you!
[Silence around the table]
Alexis Winston : I can't.
Marcus Winston : Baby, that's okay, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
Nick Peterson : If nobody made her do anything she didn't want to do, she'd be sittin' up in the goddamn room staring at the walls!
[pause, while everyone glances at Alexis]
Nick Peterson : I don't know if she can do it; I just know she's got to try.
Beulah Smith : For who? For you or for her?
Nick Peterson : For both of us. If she doesn't try, it's gonna be second best... for us. Whatever it is, hell, man, she can skate! Now, I don't know who took this seriously in the first place, even her, but she can. She just won the Sectionals. That's all the skaters in the middle of this damn country and by God, that's saying something!
Marcus Winston : It's pointless and cruel.
Nick Peterson : Don't give me that. Not trying is pointless and cruel. Not trying is wondering your whole life if you gave up too soon. Who the hell needs that?
Alexis Winston : They'll laugh at me.
[Nick takes her hand and nods]
Nick Peterson : They might.
