The Majestic (2001)

Laurie Holden: Adele Stanton

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• Peter Appleton : [Seeing Adele at the cemetery]  I didn't know anyone was here.

  Adele : I was just... saying goodbye.

  Peter Appleton : Adele, I'm sorry the way things turned out. I never meant to hurt anyone, least of all you.

  Adele : People get hurt sometimes, we can't always help it. So are you really a communist?

  Peter Appleton : No, I'm really not.

  Adele : I didn't think so. Only a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist could have gotten The Majestic up and running.

  Peter Appleton : Great endorsement. Can I call you as a witness?

  Adele : Eh, if it helps. So what will you tell the committee?

  Peter Appleton : Tell them what they want to hear: "Sorry, I won't do it again, blah, blah."

  Adele : You're not serious.

  Peter Appleton : What's wrong with it?

  Adele : Everything.

  Peter Appleton : Could you be a little more specific?

  Adele : Aside from the fact that this is a free country, and you can be a communist if you want to be a communist - leaving that aside, if you're accused falsely you have a duty as well as a right to stand up and suggest they drop dead.

  Peter Appleton : Emile Zola, you feel strongly about this.

  Adele : Damn right I do!

  Peter Appleton : Great, but it doesn't make the game any less rigged. There's a reason it's called a witch-hunt.

  Adele : And there's burden of proof, innocence before guilt.

  Peter Appleton : Maybe in law school. But the rest of us have to live in the real world and in the real world, I mess with these guys, I go to jail.

  Adele : All the more reason to fight them.

  Peter Appleton : Like Luke would've done? Go ahead, say it.

  Adele : Yes. Like Luke would have done.

  Peter Appleton : God, here it comes. Tell me again what a great guy Luke was, 'cause God I haven't heard that enough!

  Adele : He wouldn've stood up to them.

  Peter Appleton : Yeah well, he's not here... to vouch for that, is he? We have to take your word for it! And forgive me but everybody's memory of Luke is a little rose-colored in this town. Besides, I'm not Luke. While he was liberating Europe, I was running the PX. He couldn't wait to save the world! Me, I was happy not to go overseas!

• Adele : Do you remember me?

  Peter Appleton : [immediately attracted to her]  No, but I'll sure try.

• Adele : This is a free country, you can be a communist if you want to be a communist!

• Adele : Why?

  Peter Appleton : [gesturing to the graveyard of soldiers]  Because I didn't want to end up like him. I wanted to survive! You stand for a cause, you get mowed down. Look. Look! That's the real world. I want my Goddamn life back, Adele...

• Adele : You remember movies but you don't remember your life?

• Adele : Dad, what is it? Oh my God, did somebody die?

  Doc Stanton : Well... somewhat the opposite, actually.

• [last lines] 

  Adele : So what was your question?

  Peter Appleton : I forget

  [they kiss to the crowd's applause] 

  Peter Appleton : .

• Adele : Come on.

  [opens window leading down to Town Hall's basement] 

  Adele : You first.

  Peter Appleton : [pause, suspiciously]  Why me?

  Adele : [deadpan]  Well, in the case the vicious guard dogs haven't been fed.

  Peter Appleton : [silent, looks horrified] 

  Adele : So you can be a gentleman and help me down.

• Adele : I'm trying to make up my own mind, about you being Luke.

  Peter Appleton : [rolls eyes]  Join the club. So what you do think?

  Adele : The jury is still out.

  Peter Appleton : Fair enough.

• [Peter -- as Luke -- and Adele are walking down the street, having just reunited] 

  Peter Appleton : Adele?

  Adele : Yes?

  Peter Appleton : [confidentially]  It may just be my imagination, but I feel like we're not alone.

  [They turn to find half the town quietly following them] 

  Adele : Go about your business! He's not going anywhere.

  Peter Appleton : It's okay, folks. Go ahead home. And thanks for the welcome.