The Andromeda Strain (1971)
James Olson: Dr. Mark Hall
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Quotes
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[finding a man dead by self-inflicted drowning in a bathtub]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : I wouldn't believe you could commit suicide that way.
Dr. Mark Hall : Most of them died instantly, but a few had time to go quietly nuts.
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Dr. Mark Hall : [reading suicide note] "The day of judgment is at hand. Have mercy on my soul, and to hell with all the others. Amen."
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Senile...
Dr. Mark Hall : This took time. Regardless of what made her do it, it took time. There's a chance someone's still alive.
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Dr. Mark Hall : I'll have the answer when I know why a sixty-nine-year-old sterno drinker with an ulcer is like a normal six-month-old baby.
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Dr. Jeremy Stone : Where have you been?
Dr. Mark Hall : Leavitt had a seizure.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : What?
Dr. Mark Hall : Epilepsy. The red light flashing at three-per-second brought on a fit. Why the hell didn't she tell us about it?
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Probably no top lab would have her if they knew. Insurance, prejudice, all that crap.
Dr. Mark Hall : From the Middle Ages.
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Answering Service Supervisor : [Dr. Hall has been overheard "flirting" with the recorded female voice that's been coming over the PA system] This is the Answering Service Supervisor. We wish you would adopt a more serious attitude, Dr. Hall.
Dr. Mark Hall : Sorry... Her voice is quite luscious.
Answering Service Supervisor : Well, the voice belongs to Miss Gladys Stevens, who is 63 years old. She lives in Omaha and makes her living taping messages for voice-reminder systems.
Dr. Mark Hall : [slightly sarcastic] Much obliged.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Dutton, I think rapid breathing helps. Don't let the bug in your lungs long enough to penetrate blood vessels. I want to turn off the pure oxygen and you start breathing room air as fast as you can!
Dr. Charles Dutton : NO! No, I-I was running a test in here! The air is thick with Andromeda! Experiment with your own lives, damn it!
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Dr. Mark Hall : Air doesn't matter! Blood does. That's the answer.
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Dr. Jeremy Stone : Hall? Take a look at this.
[gestures to dead man with peaceful facial expression but grabbing his own chest]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Are you sure that isn't coronary?
Dr. Mark Hall : No. A coronary's painful. They should grimace.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : If it was fast, they wouldn't have time.
Dr. Mark Hall : Fast? These people were cut down in mid-stride!
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Dr. Mark Hall : Tell us what happened, Mr. Jackson.
Jackson : I don't wanna think about it.
Dr. Mark Hall : You know what people will say: "Piedmont was bad. That's why it was punished." First the town went crazy and then was destroyed...
Jackson : YOU'RE crazy! Folks at Piedmont was good, decent, normal folks.
Dr. Mark Hall : The man we found all dressed up in his doughboy's uniform, you call that normal?
Jackson : Pete Arnold, who worked at the store. It was the disease!
Dr. Mark Hall : How do you know?
Jackson : 'Cause the only thing wrong with him before that night was sugar.
Dr. Mark Hall : Diabetes? Did he take insulin?
Jackson : Couple of times a day! Hated the needle. I tried to talk him into usin' squeeze.
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Dr. Jeremy Stone : Where's the next substation, Hall?
Dr. Mark Hall : Left of elevator on Level 2.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Right. Across the corridor from Body Analysis, our next port of call.
Dr. Ruth Leavitt : Not for my alabaster body! I mean it, Stone, you can take your Body Analyzer and you can st...
[door closes]
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Dr. Mark Hall : [Removing the pants of a dead doctor] Have a look at his buttocks.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : That's not funny.
Dr. Mark Hall : Not meant to be. Normally, blood in a dead person goes to the lowest points. There should be marks of lividity, right? Do you see any purplish marks on his butt?
Dr. Jeremy Stone : No.
[Dr. Hall takes a scalpel]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Careful you don't puncture your suit.
[Dr. Hall cuts the wrist of the corpse; red "sand" pours out]
Dr. Mark Hall : Clotted blood! Powdered!
Dr. Jeremy Stone : I'll be... damned.
Dr. Mark Hall : No wonder they didn't bleed. It's clotted throughout the entire system - five quarts of blood turned to powder!
Dr. Jeremy Stone : In theory, I suppose a single organism could do it.
Dr. Mark Hall : But, in fact, there isn't an organism on Earth...
Dr. Jeremy Stone : You mean there didn't used to be.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Why did you pick me?
Dr. Jeremy Stone : You're an MD, a talented surgeon who knows blood chemistries... and you're single. The Odd Man Hypothesis.
Dr. Mark Hall : What the hell is that?
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Didn't you read the Wildfire material I've been sending you?
Dr. Mark Hall : [smirks] Very little. I never went in much for science fiction.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : [glares at Hall] Nor do I.
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Dr. Mark Hall : [referring to Dr. Dutton] Poor devil! Look at how he's breathing. He's scared to death.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : We'll increase his oxygen. It'll slow down his breathing.
Dr. Mark Hall : [beat] No, we want him to breathe fast! In Piedmont the old man survived drinking Sterno... Sterno, acidosis! Acidosis, rapid breathing!
[begins working a control panel]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : What the hell are you doing?
Dr. Mark Hall : I'm turning off the oxygen.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : But the baby! He's normal!
Dr. Mark Hall : He's crying. He's not leaving it in his lungs long enough to do anything.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : [incredulous] Rapid breathing? It just can't be that simple!
Dr. Mark Hall : It isn't.
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[finding the Scoop satellite in a doctor's office, crudely pried open]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : There it is...
[pause]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : why the damn fool opened it!
Dr. Mark Hall : [sarcastically] Yeah, every country doctor should run his office like the Lunar Lab.
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Dr. Charles Dutton : No excretions. No waste of any kind.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : You'd expect that, Andromeda's perfect for existence in outer space. Consumes everything, wastes nothing...
[Leavitt, Stone, and Dutton exchange anxious glances]
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Good lord!
Dr. Mark Hall : What?
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Stone to Delta-Five. Put me through to Dr. Robertson Immediately!
Dr. Mark Hall : WHAT?
Dr. Ruth Leavitt : God, I hope we're not too late.
Dr. Mark Hall : Tell me!
Dr. Ruth Leavitt : It functions like an atomic reactor!
Dr. Jeremy Stone : An atomic blast could provide it with enough energy to grow into a gigantic supercolony.
Dr. Charles Dutton : In one day!
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Dr. Mark Hall : Come on. She can't hurt you.
Karen Anson : Wasn't she with Dr. Dutton?
Dr. Mark Hall : No, it's epilepsy. Give her the injection. She'll be all right.
[rushes to give the injection]
Dr. Mark Hall : Good girl. Thanks.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Do you know the baby's name?
Jackson : Give us a butt, first.
Dr. Mark Hall : Smoking isn't allowed here.
Jackson : Then, go fish.
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Dr. Mark Hall : That body analyzer! I'd like to be there when the AMA gets wind of it.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : So far it's only been used to treat astronauts in space.
Dr. Ruth Leavitt : You doctors better start making house calls again.
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[Hall, wearing an isolation suit, is attacked by Jackson, wielding a meat cleaver]
Jackson : YOU!
[Hall trips and falls backward to avoid Jackson's weapon]
Jackson : YOU... YOU DID IT!
Dr. Mark Hall : [getting to his feet] Give me that knife.
Jackson : [stepping back] You're not... human... everybody's dead!
Dr. Mark Hall : What happened?
[Jackson doubles over in pain]
Dr. Mark Hall : What is it?
[Jackson collapses to the ground in severe pain, unable to speak]
Dr. Mark Hall : WHAT HAPPENED?
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Dr. Jeremy Stone : You two know each other, don't you?
Dr. Mark Hall : By reputation only.
Dr. Ruth Leavitt : Ah, yes, up to now we've had to worship from a far.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Be good, Ruth.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Mark Hall. Hall, Mark.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Where is the library?
Dr. Charles Dutton : No need for books. Everything's in the computer.
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Dr. Ruth Leavitt : [offering a glass of something to drink] Hemlock! All for you, Hippocrates.
Dr. Mark Hall : Not your own venom? Tastes like orange juice.
Dr. Jeremy Stone : Nutrient 42-5. Developed for the astronauts. Eight ounces satisfy all daily nutritional requirements.
Dr. Mark Hall : Except coffee.
Dr. Ruth Leavitt : And lipid soluble vitamins.
