The Perfect Storm (2000)

Janet Wright: Ethel Shatford

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• Christina 'Chris' Cotter : [sitting on the dock next to each other looking out at the ocean]  I'll be asleep, and all the sudden there he is, that big smile. You know that smile. And I say, 'Hey, Bobby - where you been?' but he won't tell me. He just smiles and says, 'Remember, Christina: I'll always love you; I loved you the moment I saw you; I love you now; and I love you forever. There's no goodbyes - there's only love, Christina; only love. Then he's gone. But he's always happy when he goes so I know he's got to be okay - absolutely okay.

  Ethel Shatford : [holds her hand]  I love your dream.

  Billy's voice : The fog's just lifting. Throw off your bow line; throw off your stern. You head out to South channel, past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island. Past Niles Pond where I skated as a kid. Blow your air-horn and throw a wave to the lighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island. Then the birds show up: black backs, herring gulls, big dump ducks. The sun hits ya - head North. Open up to 12 - steamin' now. The guys are busy; you're in charge. Ya know what? You're a goddam swordboat captain! Is there any thing better in the world?

• [Bob Brown enters the tavern to see everyone looking at him with blank faces] 

  Ethel Shatford : If it was good news, he would've called us.