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Robert De Niro in Jacknife (1989)

Kathy Baker: Martha

Jacknife

Kathy Baker credited as playing...

Martha

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  • Martha: What do you want for breakfast?
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: Beer.
  • Martha: Beer for breakfast? Oh, that's horrible.
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: Breakfast beer! Ain't you ever had a beer for breakfast? You take one sip of breakfast beer, the cobwebs go, your voice rises two octaves, and "Hey, man!" the sun comes up inside you.
  • Martha: Have you ever actually caught a fish, Joseph?
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: Martha, the only way I'm going to catch a fish, I got a feeling, is to drain the pond.
  • [last lines]
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: I bet we would have had a horrible time at the goddamn prom.
  • Martha: We would have left early.
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: We would have gone some place fancy for dinner.
  • Martha: No, I doubt we would have been hungry.
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: Maybe we would have driven some place. Some place quiet. Parked. Then - who knows.
  • Martha: Who knows.
  • Martha: Teasing, it shows you're cared for, don't you think?
  • Martha: What do you want for breakfast?
  • Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey: Beer.

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