Information
| Year: | 1989 |
| Rating: | 6.2(747) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Drama |
| Directed by: | Mick Jackson |
| Actors: | Gary Oldman Dennis Hopper Ned Beatty M. Emmet Walsh Frances McDormand Pamela Reed |
| "At the edge of insanity lies hope." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Mick Jackson | |
| Actors | |
| Gary Oldman | as Emmett Foley |
| Dennis Hopper | as Walker Benson |
| Ned Beatty | as Dr. Harwood |
| M. Emmet Walsh | as Morris |
| William De Acutis | as Missy |
| Lee Wilkof | as Vernon |
| Matt Craven | as Lonny |
| Gary Howard Klar | as Clarence |
| Timothy Scott | as Harley |
| Richard Portnow | as Dr. Debner |
| William Newman | as Jonathan |
| Whitey Hughes | as Mr. Johnson |
| Wilbur Fitzgerald | as Duane |
| Ralph Pace | as Leonard |
| Wesley Mann | as Cop #1 |
| Tim Monich | as Cop #2 |
| Laurens Moore | as Pa Foley |
| David Fitzsimmons | as Ambulance Driver |
| Gary Bullock | as Sadistic Attendant |
| David Dwyer | as Goading Attendant |
| Robert Gravel | as Lucas |
| Marc Clement | as Theo |
| John Brasington | as Dr. Towney |
| Jim E. Quick | as Dr. Everly |
| C.K. Bibby | as Baker |
| Bob Hannah | as Earl |
| George Nannarello | as Patient Without Shoes |
| Ed Grady | as Stream Of Conciousness Man |
| Kevin Barber | as Upside Down Inmate |
| James 'Fred' Culclasure | as Hymn Singing Inmate |
| Shane Bailey | as Ozell |
| Kevin Campbell | as Inmate In Cesspool |
| E. Pat Hall | as Inmate In Movie Theatre |
| Jerry Campbell | as Inmate In Tunnel |
| Roger Jackson | as Inmate |
| F. Douglas McDaniel | as Jimbob |
| Chris Robertson | as Attendant |
| Bill Collins | as Attendant |
| Bud Davis | as Attendant |
| Michael Easler | as Attendant |
| Randy Randolph | as Miami Guard |
| Jim Gloster | as Miami Attendant |
| Charles Lawlor | as Miami Cop |
| Traber Burns | as Miami Cop |
| Perry Simpson | as Quincy Cop |
| Joe Loy | as Quincy Cop |
| Wallace Merck | as Patrolman |
| Don Wayne Bass | as First Guard |
| Mykel Mariette | as Male Nurse |
| Raul Apartella | as First Man At Investigation |
| James Devin | as Inmate |
| Actresses | |
| Frances McDormand | as Mae Foley |
| Pamela Reed | as Earlene |
| Yvonne Denise Mason | as Ella |
| Mary Moore | as Ma Foley |
| Peggy Beasley | as Mae's Mother |
| F. Drucilla Brookshire | as First Woman On Street |
| Dorothy L. Grissom Hardin | as Second Women On Street |
| Suzi Bass | as Harwood's Secretary |
| Jill Rankin | as Governor's Secretary |
| Kathryn Cobb | as Miami Nurse |
| Kristi Frankenheimer | as Weather Girl |
| B.J. Koonce | as Woman At Investigation |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | Emmet Foley, a decorated but troubled Korean War vet suffering from PTSS and impotence, has a breakdown and goes on a shooting spree in his neighborhood, subliminally hoping to commit "suicide by cop." Failing that, he shoots himself in the chest but survives to be sentenced to a "maximum security" mental health facility in 1955 Florida. While recovering, he begins to feel a sense of rage over the mistreatment and open abuse of his fellow inmates, whose needs are ignored in an atmosphere of neglect and filth. With the help of another inmate and his faithful sister, he begins a campaign against the entrenched bureaucracy to improve conditions for his fellow patients. |
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Emmett Foley: When you come back a certified hero... it kind of raises people's expectations. Makes them think you're a big guy. Emmett Foley: [singing] Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; They are weak, but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so! Emmett Foley: I got one for you, Baker. There's these two goldfish, see, having this argument. And then one of them gets madder than hell. He gets so mad, he just swims away... and sits there for a long time in the corner of his goldfish bowl, sulking. And then all of a sudden, he gets this real smirky look on his face. So he sidles up to this other fish... and real smart-like, he says: 'Oh, good. If there's no God, then who changes the water?' [in the shower, Emmet Foley is having an erection unwillingly and turns his back to the others, Walker next to him] Walker Benson: Turn it on cold. Emmett Foley: Huh? Walker Benson: It will help. [with lower voice] Your wife must have been one happy woman. Emmett Foley: Huh? Walker Benson: [louder again] I said, you'll most likely drown. We've had a lot of unexplained deaths around here. But we ain't had no one yet drowned hisself in the shower. You would be the first. Emmett Foley: I don't understand. Walker Benson: What? Emmett Foley: It jumping up like that. Walker Benson: [soft, trying to ease the situation a bit] Maybe it thinks that I'm pretty. Dr. Debner: Why did you do it, Mr. Foley? Why did you want to be dead? Emmett Foley: [from the off] What could I say? I couldn't bring myself to tell him the real reason. Couldn't even tell you, my own sister. Emmett Foley: [almost asking] The neighbors. [smiles a bit] Emmett Foley: They're real pushy. Always asking Mae to take them everyplace. All the time. Which is all right. They began to do it regular. I mean, almost every day. Two or three times, "Take me here, take me there." Got to where she had no time at all, like being some kind of taxi. Finally, I put my foot down. I told her, if she wanted to do it... she'd have to charge them gas. It got to be over a tank a week. So, she did. Dr. Debner: And? Emmett Foley: And they stopped talking to her. Dr. Debner: Stopped asking for rides? Emmett Foley: Then their kids... put tacks in the driveway, you know. Ruined a whole set of tires. Emmett Foley: [Beat - looks at the doctor, who looks like that's all? that's not enoug, so he adds pointing with his hand] And let the dog out. Dr. Debner: Is that all? Emmett Foley: [tries a bit more] I was real upset. I can tell you that. [last lines, from off] Emmett Foley: Well, I don't reckon I'm a hero. Sure don't feel like one. I just did what I could. One thing at a time. Step by step. Emmett Foley: I'm competent. Dr. Harwood: You're sane? Emmett Foley: Yes, sir. Dr. Harwood: Then, can you tell me why, in the five years you have been here, you've never seen fit to escape? Walker Benson: [Inquiring about Emmett's wife] Is she pretty? Emmett Foley: Mmmm-hmmm. Walker Benson: Big tits? Emmett Foley: [Pausing] Pretty big. Walker Benson: How big? Emmett Foley: [Musing] Big. Walker Benson: Big hanh? Emmett Foley: [Hesitatingly] Like... Walker Benson: Like what? Emmett Foley: [Clearing throat] Like... I don't know what. Walker Benson: What? Emmett Foley: Like... nothin' else. Walker Benson: [Clearly aroused] That big! Emmett Foley: Ain't there no God in this place? Walker Benson: [Giving him some pills] Here, try these. Emmett Foley: What are they? Walker Benson: [as Emmett chews the pills] Well, they ain't dancin', and they ain't gamblin', and they ain't drinkin', cussin', fightin', fuckin' out of wedlock. They ain't even mentioned in the Bible, but they will get yuh real close to Heaven. Emmett Foley: They put me in here because everything went kerbloowie. |
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