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The Fabelmans

CastMichelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle, Julia Butters, Oakes Fegley, Gabriel Bateman, Judd Hirsch, Chloe East, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Cooper Dodson, David Lynch, Jan Hoag, Ezra Buzzington, Larkin Campbell, Carlos Castillo
Year released2022
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Mitzi Fabelman tells her son Sammy, referring to movies, "They’re like dreams.
Sammy: ”Dreams are scary.”
Mitzi: ”Some dreams are, but this is gonna be a nice dream...”
”Movies are dreams, doll...”
Marquee: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
The Fabelmans watch the movie.
Character: ”You crazy lunkhead...” (0:01)

Sammy’s father Burt spells it out for Mitzi, referring to Sammy, "... with all of his a n x i e t i e s..." (0:04?)

Mitizi tells Sammy, "I thought that was The Greatest Show on Earth." (0:15)

Marquee and poster: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Sammy and his Boy Scout friends watch the movie. (0:23)

Mitzi: "I’m gonna play the program from memory tomorrow." (0:28)

His friend and coworker Bennie Loewy tells Burt, "You are nuts." (0:36)

Sammy’s sister Reggie: "You’re all nuts." (0:39)

Mitzi’s mother Tina Schildkraut dies with Mitzi at her side. (0:41)

Burt tells Sammy, "Don’t be selfish. She just lost her mother."
Sammy: ”Her mom just died.” (0:43)

Mitzi talks to Tina on the telephone.
Burt tells Mitzi, "You’re having a bad dream." (0:44)

Mitzi: "Oh, that crazy dream... Last night I dreamed I got a call from my mama." (0:45)

Sammy tells Tina’s brother Boris Podgorny, "That was The Jazz Singer..."
Boris: ”I started with Uncle Tom’s Cabin... He directed Uncle Tom.” (0:47)

Sammy tells Boris, referring to a movie character, "He’s, like, almost losing his mind..."
Boris: ”We’re junkies, and art is our drug... We’re meshuga for art.”
”What, you never saw nobody grieving before?”
”I’m sitting shiva for my sister.” (0:49)

Mitzi: "I don’t know what mama was so worried about." (0:54)

Sammy sees Mitzi and Bennie hugging in his film. (0:58)

Mitzi hits Sammy. (1:11)

Burt: "... last night I had a funny dream."
”I can’t believe I dreamed this.” (1:19)

Mitzi tells Sammy, "Guilt is a wasted emotion."
”I’m gonna not be selfish... Burt Fabelman is the... most patient... man there is...” (1:22)

His schoolmate Chad tells Sammy, referring to schoolmate Logan, "So, you gave my best friend a concussion, Bagelman,...
”A serious concussion."
Chad, referring to Logan: ”He’s demented...” (1:26)

Mitzi: "I don’t want to see a psychiatrist, Burt."
”Psychiatrists help you know why you’re feeling something...”
Burt: ”You’re behaving like... you’re in mourning...” (1:27)

Logan’s girlfriend Claudia Denning tells Chad, "Knock it off, moron."
Claudia tells Logan, ”I’m not in the mood.”
Logan punches Sammy in the face.(1:30)

Mitzi tells Sammy and Burt, "I started therapy." (1:34)

Sammy’s sister Natalie finishes Mitzi’s sentence: "... and a therapist."
Sammy’s friend Monica Sherwood: ”The therapist?”
Burt’s mother Hadassah Fabelman, referring to the pet monkey: ”Probably needs a tranquilizer with all this yelling.” (1:42)

Natalie tells Burt, "That’s crazy." (1:49)

Sammy tells Reggie, referring to Mitzi, "God, she’s the most selfish person in the world."
”You’re way more selfish than her.” (1:51)

Chad tells Sammy, “I broke your nose.”
"You make me feel like... some kind of guy I’m never gonna be, not even in my dreams."
Sammy: ”I didn't mean to freak you out.”
Logan punches Chad.
Logan calls Chad, ”You moron.”
Chad: ”Logan, you are so conceited and dumb.”
Logan hands Sammy a joint. (2:02)

Mitzi tells Sammy, “That time when I hit you in Phoenix...”
"It’s not like I spent my whole life hitting you. Once, I hit you once."
”I slapped you on your back as hard as I could.”
”... this is the most selfish thing I have ever done...” (2:07)

Burt tells Sammy, "It’s a panic attack." (2:11)

Movie posters on wall at director John Ford’s office: Stagecoach, How Green Was My Valley, The Informer, The Searchers, 3 Godfathers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2:18)

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