The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
George C. Scott: Jake Terrell
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Quotes
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Alpha : Fa!
Dr. Jake Terrell : Well Fa... you've had quite a day, haven't you?
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Dr. Jake Terrell : Where are they?
Curtis Mahoney : The dolphins? I would guess they're on that yacht.
Dr. Jake Terrell : What've they been doing?
Curtis Mahoney : That's the part we don't know. What we do know is that they've been working on this thing since you started teaching your friend Alpha to talk.
Margaret 'Maggie' Terrell : How do we stop them?
Curtis Mahoney : From doing what? That's the point. At the moment, assuming we could find them, we could get them on the unique charge of kidnapping a bottlenose dolphin. I'm not even sure it's a crime.
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Dr. Jake Terrell : They'll kill 'em.
Curtis Mahoney : Hmm?
Dr. Jake Terrell : They'll kill 'em, won't they?
Curtis Mahoney : Yes, of course they will.
Margaret 'Maggie' Terrell : Why?
Curtis Mahoney : They killed a man. Do you think they're going to get sentimental about a dolphin?
Margaret 'Maggie' Terrell : But, Jake, why? What - What would be the point of killing *them*?
Dr. Jake Terrell : Alpha can talk. We taught 'im, remember? He's a witness.
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Curtis Mahoney : How does he know where the yacht went?
Dr. Jake Terrell : He can taste it, following the trail of water.
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Dr. Jake Terrell : He's calling you a liar.
Ben Wallingford - Foundation : He is, is he?
Dr. Jake Terrell : Well, that's what he said.
Ben Wallingford - Foundation : I'm being called a liar by a goddamn fish?
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Woman in audience : What about their speaking in English?
Dr. Jake Terrell : I'm sorry?
Woman in audience : I saw this dolphin on television and he could count from 1 to 10 in English.
Dr. Jake Terrell : Really? I must have missed that.
Woman in audience : Do you think its some kind of trick or something?
Dr. Jake Terrell : Yes... yes its just a trick.
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Dr. Jake Terrell : Alpha, listen to Pa.
Alpha : Pha loves Pa.
Dr. Jake Terrell : Yes, Pa knows. Listen, Alpha. Some men will come here, men who are not good. Pha and B must go.
Alpha : Pha stays with Pa.
Dr. Jake Terrell : No. Pha and B go now.
Alpha : Pa not love Pha.
Margaret 'Maggie' Terrell : Yes. Pa loves Pha, and B. Ma loves Pha and B.
Alpha : Pha loves Ma.
Curtis Mahoney : Everybody loves everybody! Now for Christ's sake, let's get the hell out of here!