Easy Rider (1969)
Jack Nicholson: George Hanson
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Quotes
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George Hanson : You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.
Billy : Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened. Hey, we can't even get into like, a second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel, you dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or somethin'. They're scared, man.
George Hanson : They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.
Billy : Hey, man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut.
George Hanson : Oh, no. What you represent to them is freedom.
Billy : What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about.
George Hanson : Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different thangs. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
Billy : Well, it don't make 'em runnin' scared.
George Hanson : No, it makes 'em dangerous. Buhhhh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Swamp!
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George Hanson : [Drinking his Jim Beam] Here's the first of the day, fellas! To old D.H. Lawrence.
[He starts flapping one arm like a chicken]
George Hanson : Neh! Neh! Neh! Fuh! Fuh! Fuh! Indians.
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George Hanson : [Seeing his first marijuana cigarette] Lord have mercy! Is that what that is?
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George Hanson : They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
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Billy : You must be some important dude, man. Like, that treatment...
George Hanson : Dude? What does he mean, dude? Dude ranch?
Billy : Dude!
Captain America : Hell no. Dude means - nice guy, you know. Dude means: regular sort of person.
George Hanson : Well, you boys don't look like you're from this part of the country.
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George Hanson : I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace.
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George Hanson : [sitting down in diner] I think I'll order kidneys, 'cause I left mine out there on the road somewhere.
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George Hanson : That was a - UFO beamin' back at ya. Me and Eric Heisman was down in Mexico two weeks ago, we seen 40 of 'em flyin' in formation. They - they -they've got bases all over the world now, you know. They've been comin' here ever since 1946, when the scientists first started bouncin' radar beams off of the moon. And they have been livin' and workin' among us, in vast quantities, ever since. The government knows all about 'em.
Billy : What are you talkin', man?
George Hanson : Well, you just seen one of 'em, didn't ye?
Billy : Hey, man, I saw somethin', man; but, I didn't see 'em workin' here. You know what I mean?
George Hanson : Well, they are people just like us. From within our own solar system. Except that their society is more highly evolved. I mean, they don't have no wars, they got no monetary system, they don't have any leaders; because, I mean, each man is a leader. I mean, each man - because of their technology, they are able to feed, clothe, house, and transport themselves equally and with no effort.
Captain America : Wow!
Billy : Well, you know something, man, I think, you want to know what I think? I think this is a crackpot idea! That's what I think. How 'bout that? How 'bout a little of that? I think it's a crackpot idea! I mean, if they're so smart, why don't they just reveal themselves to us, huh, and get it over with?
George Hanson : Why don't they reveal themselves to us - is because if they did, it would cause a general panic. Now, I mean, we still have leaders upon whom we rely for the release of this information. These leaders - have decided to repress this information because of the tremendous shock that it would cause to our antiquated systems. Now, the result of this has been that the Venutians have contacted people at all walks of life, all walks of life -
[laughs]
George Hanson : Yes! It would be a devastin' blow to our antiquated systems. So, now Venutians are mating with people in all walks of life in an advisory capacity. For once, man will have a god-like control over his own destiny. He will have a chance to transcend and to evolve with some equality for all.
Captain America : How was your joint, George?
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George Hanson : [holding up a business card] The governor of Louisiana gave me this. Madame Tinkertoy's House of Blue Lights, corner of Bourbon and Toulouse, New Orleans, Louisiana. Now, this is supposed to be the finest whorehouse in the south. These ain't no pork chops! These are U.S. PRIME!
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Captain America : Do this instead.
George Hanson : Oh, no thanks. I got some store bought right over here on my own.
Captain America : No, man. This is grass!
George Hanson : You mean marijuana?
Captain America : Yeah.
George Hanson : Lord have mercy, is that what that is?
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Captain America : Have you got a helmet?
George Hanson : Oh, I've got a helmet.
[laughs boisterously]
George Hanson : I got a beauty!
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Billy : Listen, do you think you can help us get outta here with no sweat?
George Hanson : Well, I imagine that I can if you haven't killed anybody - at least, nobody white.
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George Hanson : They got this here, see, scissor-happy, beautify America thing going on around here. They're tryin' to make everybody look like Yul Brynner. They use rusty razor blades on the last two long hairs that they brought in here and I wasn't here to protect 'em. See, I'm a - I'm a law-er. Done a lot of work for the ACLU.
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George Hanson : How long did you boys say it was gonna take you to get down there?
Captain America : Oh, about two or three days.
George Hanson : Two or three days? Is that right? Boy, I sure wish I was going with ye.
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George Hanson : Well, um, that's got a real nice, eh, taste to it. Though, I don't suppose it'll do me much good, though, I mean, I'm so used to the booze and everything.
Captain America : You've got to hold it in your lungs longer, George.
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George Hanson : Do you ever talk to bullfrogs in the middle of the night?
Billy : Not generally.
George Hanson : You don't?
Billy : No, I don't.
George Hanson : You know what I used to do?
Billy : What did you used to do?
George Hanson : Well, I'll tell you one thing I didn't used to do is talk to bullfrogs in the middle of the night. Fooled you.
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George Hanson : [waking up, finding himself in jail] I know, what did I do now? Oh, what am I gonna do now? Oh, my head. Alright, now, George, what are you gonna do now? I mean, you promised these people, now. You promised these people and you promised these people.
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George Hanson : I guess I really tied one on last night. I must have had a helluva good time. I wish I could remember it.
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Billy : I'm sorry about that, eh, you know, that misunderstanding.
George Hanson : Oh, that's alright. There's no misunderstanding. We're all in the same cage, here.
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George Hanson : See there, twenty-five dollars. Not too bad. No razor blade, you know what I mean.
Captain America : Very groovy, George. Thank you.
George Hanson : Very groovy. Very groovy.
[to policemen Bob and Pat]
George Hanson : See there. I bet nobody ever said that to you!
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George Hanson : What do you say we take a look at these super machines we've been hearin' so much about.
Billy : Let's get it on.
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George Hanson : You know, I must've started off to Mardi Gras six or seven times. Never got further than the state line.
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Captain America : Go ahead, George, light it up.
George Hanson : Oh, no, no, no. No, I couldn't do that. I mean, I've got enough problems with the booze and all. I mean, I can't afford to get hooked.
Captain America : No. You won't get hooked.
George Hanson : Yeah, well, I know, but, I mean, it leads to harder stuff. - - Is that, eh, you say it's alright? - - Well, eh, alright then, eh, how do I do it?
