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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

CastDonald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy
Year released1978
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Health department microbiologist Elizabeth Driscoll tells dentist boyfriend Geoffrey Howell, "You’re in a good mood." (0:06)

Her boss Matthew Bennell asks Elizabeth, "What did the mad dentist get up to this time?"
”He’s crazy. All dentists are crazy.”
Elizabeth: ”It’s got me really nervous.”
”Don’t worry.” (0:15)

Geoffrey tells Elizabeth, "I gave the tickets to a patient." (0:16)

Elizabeth asks Matthew, "Do you think it’s true that if you think you’re losing your mind, then you’re not?... I know this is gonna sound insane."
”Emotions... I know it sounds crazy.” (0:17)

Elizabeth asks Matthew, "Do you think I’m crazy?"
Referring to Dr. David Kibner: ”The psychiatrist?”
”I’m not crazy.”
Matthew: ”He would eliminate whether Geoffrey was having an affair...”
Elizabeth: ”You think I’m nuts.”
Matthew: ”I don’t think you’re crazy... If you’re not crazy, you can do the thing with your eyes.”
”You’re not crazy” (0:19)

Matthew tells Elizabeth, "You’ve been driving me crazy..." (0:23)

Matthew tells Elizabeth, "Well, maybe they were patients of Geoffrey’s."
Elizabeth: ”I don’t need a psychiatrist.”
Matthew: ”Just forget that he’s a psychiatrist. Just think of him as a very intelligent man... forget that you think he’s a psychiatrist.”
Elizabeth: ”It was a nightmare...” (0:25)

Matthew tells Elizabeth, referring to a man on the hood of the car, "He’s smashed out of his skull." (0:27)

His writer friend Jack Bellicec tells Matthew, "These people are driving me nuts..." (0:28)

Katherine Hendley, referring to Ted: "He isn’t my husband. It’s someone who looks like him. He’s an imposter."
Jack: ”Where is Jack London?” (0:30)

David Kibner tells Elizabeth and Matthew, "I’ve heard the same damn story this week from six patients."
Jack tells Matthew, referring to David, ”He’s a nut.”
David tells Elizabeth, ”You were probably shocked.”
Referring to Katherine: ”Do you identify with her?” (0:32)

Matthew tells Jack, referring to David and Elizabeth, "He’s treating her."
Jack: ”What’s his treatment have to do with pushing me up against the wall.” (0:34)

David tells Elizabeth, "... that this man you live with has been replaced by somebody else..." (0:34)

David, referring to Elizabeth, "I just gave her a psychological band-aid, Matthew... It’s like there’s some kind of hallucinatory flu going around... All I can do is treat the symptoms." (0:35)

Jack’s spa manager wife Nancy asks client Stan, "Why can’t you be more patient?... You’ve got to learn to be more patient." (0:37)

Jack: "It’s Elizabeth’s double."
Matthew tells a police detective, ”It was a duplicate of Elizabeth Driscoll...”
The detective tells David, ”Ah, the psychiatrist...”
David: ”... my friend has had some difficult emotional experiences during the last couple of days...” (0:55)

Elizabeth answers David, "People are being duplicated."
”Don’t you think we know how insane this sounds?”
”You think we’ve all gone crazy?”
Nancy tells David, ”You are trying to make us believe we are seeing things...” (0:58)

Matthew tells David, "... if panic breaks out, we’re gonna need the police... The mayor’s a patient of yours, isn’t he?" (1:00)

Nancy tells Jack, "I am not seeing things..." (1:01)

By telephone, a man tells Matthew, "Mr. Bennell, we don’t want to create a panic." (1:04)

Her coworker Dr. Allen Boccardo tells Elizabeth, "I can’t understand why you’ve become so emotional about a little flower." (1:04)

Woman on telephone: "Is this just a case of paranoia, Mr. Bennell?"
Man: ”Do you know what mass hysteria looks like, Mr. Bennell?”
Man: ”We don’t want to create a panic.” (1:06)

David gives Elizabeth a drug from a prescription bottle.
David tells Matthew, referring to Elizabeth, ”She just needs something to help her sleep...” (1:08)

Elizabeth answers Matthew, referring to the pills, "Speed, it’ll keep us awake." (1:30)

David answers Elizabeth as he injects her arm, "You’ll be... free of anxiety..."
Jack: ”Your minds and memories will be totally absorbed...”
David injects Matthew.
David: ”Just a mild sedative to help you sleep.”
Elizabeth smashes a bottle on David’s head. (1:31)

Nancy answers Matthew, "Don’t show any emotions..." (1:36)

Matthew slugs a woman in the face. (1:37)

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