Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home: "Lights will guide you home, And ignite your bones, And I will try to fix you"

Saturday, September 15, 2018

"Lights will guide you home, And ignite your bones, And I will try to fix you"

1978 film "Capricorn One" DVD video:

01 hours 21 minutes 40 seconds

Dr. James Kelloway: (speaking on telephone) Yes? He was alone? Which direction was he heading from the airplane? Look south and west only. Call everybody off north and east. The other two are south and west.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/quotes

IMDb

Capricorn One (1977)

Quotes

Lt. Col Peter Willis: Guy travels to Europe for a vacation... it's his first time, he sees the sights, has a real good time... after a while he decides to call home... gets his brother on the phone and says 'so how are things back home?'

[pauses, panting]

Lt. Col Peter Willis: ... and the brother says 'your cat died!'... the guy says 'you shouldn't break bad news like that, you should...

[pauses, strains as he pulls himself upwards]

Lt. Col Peter Willis: ... break it to me gently... like, you should say, 'the cat crawled out on the roof... chasing a squirrel... and got stuck...

[pauses, panting heavily]

Lt. Col Peter Willis: we had to call the fire department... the fireman climbed up and got the cat, but on the way down he slipped... the cat fell to the ground...

[slips, yelps as he struggles to find footing - secures himself, wheezes with exhaustion]

Lt. Col Peter Willis: ... we had to take the cat to the vet... they tried to save the cat, they even operated... on the cat... but it was too late... they couldn't save the cat'... that's how you should break bad news like that'... so the guys says to his brother, 'anyway, how's mom?'... and the brother says

[pulls himself to the top of the cliff in a final effort]

Lt. Col Peter Willis: 'SHE'S ON THE ROOF!'...

Lt. Col Peter Willis: She's on the roof! Ha! Ha-ha! Get it...? She's on the roof...