Maidstone (1970)
Norman Mailer: Norman T. Kingsley
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Quotes
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[Improvising, Rip Torn starts swinging a hammer at Norman Mailer, landing a blow on his head. Mailer, who isn't acting, wrestles him to the ground while biting his ear. They lie on the ground with their arms wrapped around each other, deadlocked]
Norman Mailer : Let go of that hammer! Let go of the hammer!
Rip Torn : No, baby. No, baby. You know you trust me. You trust me. You trust me. You trust me. You trust me. Come on.
Norman Mailer : I'll trust you, if you trust me.
Rip Torn : All right.
Norman Mailer : You promise?
Rip Torn : Promise.
Norman Mailer : All right. OK. Let go.
[Mailer releases his grip on him]
Rip Torn : OK... OK... OK... I'm sorry, dad. I'm sorry.
Norman Mailer : All right. Now please get up.
Rip Torn : Now, let me kiss you.
Norman Mailer : No, no...
[Rip starts attacking him again and they continue to wrestle on the ground]
Norman Mailer : HEY! WILL YOU CUT THIS FUCKING IDIOT OUT?
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[the fight between Rip Torn and Norman Mailer is broken up]
Norman Mailer : I'm not hurt!
Man : Yes, you are.
Norman Mailer : He's hurt worse than me!
Beverly Bentley : [crying hysterically] Norman! Your head is bleediiinnng!
Norman Mailer : Yes, because he hit me with a hammer, the asshole!
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Norman Mailer : [to Rip Torn] If I was as ugly as you, I'd bury my head in shit. Which is what you do.
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[last lines]
Norman Mailer : [to the cameraman] You might as well turn off this tape because he's a very dull talker. And he never stops so long as anything is running.
Rip Torn : [points at Mailer] Ooooh! Ooooh!
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[after the fight]
Rip Torn : [staring at Mailer with a wild look in his eyes] Adios.
Norman Mailer : Motherfucker.
Rip Torn : Walk on.
Norman Mailer : Kiss off.
Rip Torn : [whispers] Walk on.
Norman Mailer : Kiss off.
Rip Torn : [smiles] I leave the kissing... to you.
Norman Mailer : Yeah. And we'll leave the shit-eating to you.
Rip Torn : No, no more. That's your speciality.
Norman Mailer : The treachery is yours.
Rip Torn : A champ. I salute. Champ.
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Norman Mailer : [as Rip Torn starts attacking him with a hammer] You crazy fool!
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[in the aftermath of the fight, Rip Torn approaches Norman Mailer, trying to explain himself]
Norman Mailer : GET AWAY FROM ME! OR I'M GONNA COLD-COCK YOU!
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Rip Torn : But anyway, you're just a fraud, aren't you?
Norman Mailer : I'm a fraud and you're a cocksucker.
Rip Torn : Oh, no... you're the cocksucker.