Scream 3 (2000)
Patrick Dempsey: Mark Kincaid
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Quotes
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Sidney : What do you know about trilogies?
Mark : You mean like movie trilogies?
Sidney : You seem to like movies, Detective.
Mark : Call me "Mark", will you? 'Cause I'm gonna keep calling you Sidney.
Sidney : I'll call you "Mark" when you catch the killer, Detective.
Mark : Well, all I know about trilogies is that in the third one, all bets are off.
Sidney : Did you request this case?
Mark : No. They tend to put me on the ones that deal with the business. I grew up here and I know my way around the studios.
Sidney : Must be exciting. Beautiful place, beautiful people.
Mark : To me, Hollywood is about death.
Sidney : Excuse me?
Mark : I'm a homicide cop. When you see what I see day in and day out, the violence that people do to each other, you get haunted. I think you know about that.
Sidney : What do you mean?
Mark : I know what it's like to see ghosts that don't go away, to be watching a scary movie in your head, whether you want to or not, watching it alone.
Sidney : Ghosts are tough. You can't shoot ghosts.
Mark : Can't arrest ghosts. But the trick to keep from getting haunted is to be with people. You're here, you're not in hiding. You've done the right thing... Miss Prescott.
[Short silence]
Mark : What did you know about your Mother?
Sidney : I always thought I had the perfect Mom, the perfect family until I found out I was wrong. She had a secret life and I tried to understand that. And... soon as I thought... then I had more secrets. I don't know who my Mom was.
Mark : You knew who she was to you.
[They stare at each other, quietly, for a few seconds, then he gets up, putting on his jacket, getting ready to leave]
Mark : Here's the deal: I'm off to search the set. I think that what you saw is real. That's the good news.
Sidney : How's that good news?
Mark : Because it means that we are dealing with a flesh and blood killer, and I know how to handle guys like that.
Sidney : Oh, yeah. How?
Mark : Catch him or kill him.
[He begins walking out of his office]
Sidney : Hey, Detective?
[Turning around to face him]
Sidney : What's your favorite scary movie?
Mark : [Walking back over to her] My life.
[He walks away]
Sidney : [to herself, after Kincaid leaves] Mine, too.
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Mark : I'm gonna talk to the studio guys about those photos.
Detective Wallace : Yeah right, I know where you're going.
Mark : Yeah keep an eye on Sidney.
Detective Wallace : I know where you're going, you're gonna get her some flowers and candy, right? Huh?
Mark : Gimme a break!
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Maureen Prescott : [as Sidney closes the vault door behind her, finding herself in a screening room] Sid. Sid. It's just me, Sid. Oh, I was so pretty. Everybody loved me. Have you missed me, Sidney?
[Coming out of an open doorway, wrapped in a bloody crime scene sheet]
Maureen Prescott : Would you like to hold me one last time?
[as Sidney stares in horror]
Maureen Prescott : What's the matter? What are you staring at? Don't you remember your...
The Voice : [the voice changing to the killer's voice, taking off the sheet] --Mother?
[Sidney tries to run, but the killer locks the vault door with a remote control]
The Voice : Uh-uh! You're not going anywhere, Sidney. It's time you came to terms with me and with Mother. Maybe you never knew her at all, Sidney. Maybe you just can't get past the surface of things.
[Opening the costume to reveal a bullet proof vest]
Sidney : Who the Hell are you?
The Voice : The other half of you. I searched for a Mother, too, an actress named Rina Reynolds. Tried to find her my whole and four years ago, I actually tracked her down. Knocked at her door, thinking she'd welcome me with open arms, but she had a new life and a new name: Maureen Prescott. You were the only child she claimed, Sidney. She shut me out in the cold forever, her own son.
Roman : [the killer takes off his mask, revealing himself to be Roman] Roman Bridger, director.
[Using the voice changer]
Roman : And brother. She slammed the door in my face, Sid. She said I was Rina's child and Rina was dead. And it struck me. What a good idea. So, I watched her. I made a little home movie, a little family film. Seems Maureen... Mom... she really got around. I mean, Cotton was one thing. Everybody knew about that. But Billy's Father, that was the key. Your boyfriend didn't like seeing his Daddy in my film too much. He didn't like it all. Once I supplied the motivation, all the kid needed was a few pointers. Have a partner to sell out in case you get caught, find someone to frame. Was like he was making a movie.
Sidney : You. This is all because of you.
Roman : I'm a director, Sid. I direct.
Sidney : [Softly and sarcastically] Oh.
Roman : I had no idea they were gonna make a film of their own. What a film it turned out to be, huh? I mean, introducing Sidney the victim, Sidney the survivor, Sidney the star!
Dewey : [as Dewey and Gale untie themselves from the chair and run to Det. Kincaid's side] You're gonna be all right. Just apply pressure.
Mark : [Handing Dewey his gun] Take this. Get the son of a bitch.
Sidney : [Back to Sidney and Roman] Fine. You got what you wanted: Hero and Villain, face to face. But you know what happens now? The villain dies!
Roman : Exactly! But I'm not the villain, Sid. You are.
[Dragging John Milton's body out of a closet; Milton is tied and gagged]
Roman : Curious. The man who gave away your Mother's innocence. Huh? What he did to her made her a slut. Huh? She never recovered from thatnight, right here in this very room. They fucked her three ways from Sunday, ruined her life. Ruined yours, too, didn't it, Sid? You hate him, Sid? Come on, I know you do. I'm sure of it.
Sidney : [He pulls out a recorder with Sidney's voice on the tape] I know who you are. I know what happened to Mother and I want you to understand I'm gonna make you pay!
Roman : That's what the police are gonna find on his answering machine, right next to his lifeless, mutilated corpse.
[John tries to speak through the gag]
Roman : What? Can't hear ya.
Milton : You don't have to do this, Roman. Just tell me what you want, I can make it happen. Any picture, name your budget, script approval, final cut.
Roman : I already have it.
[Slashes John Milton's throat]
Sidney : God! You spineless bastard!
Roman : No, Sid. That would be you. You did it all. You did it. You killed them all, even your closest... friends. Living in total isolation, the pressure of another movie about you, the discovery that Milton destroyed Mommie Dearest... you finally just snapped!
Dewey : [Dewey and Gale trying to get to Sidney] One. Two. Three!
[Dewey and Gale bust through the doors]
Roman : [Back to Roman and Sidney] And who's our hero, huh? The sole survivor. Who's the one who bravely faced down the psychopath and killed her with her own knife? You're gonna pay for the life you stole from me, Sid. For the Mother and for the family and for the stardom and, Goddamn it, everything you had that should've been mine!
Sidney : God! Why don't you stop your whining and get on with it? I've heard this shit before!
Roman : Stop!
Sidney : You know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
Roman : Don't wanna hear it!
Sidney : 'cause you choose to! There is no one else to blame!
Roman : God-fucking-damn it!
Sidney : Why don't you take some fucking responsibility?
Roman : Fuck you!
Sidney : Fuck you!
