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The Out-of-Towners (1999)

CastSteve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Mark McKinney, John Cleese
Year released1999
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Would a Sex Addicts Anonymous support group feature a professional leader like Dr. Faber, or does the film portray group psychotherapy for sex addiction that meets in an open setting in a church?

Alan Clark tells his mother Nancy, "Dad here was starting to get worried about you." 
Nancy: ”Oh, Daddy should worry about himself...” (0:02)

Her advertising executive husband Henry tells Nancy, "I was really proud of you..." 
Nancy: “... I’m stronger than I think.”
Nancy, referring to their daughter Susan: ”... second thoughts about med school...” (0:04)

Nancy tells Henry, "... out of pure panic and insecurity..." (0:07)

Henry tells Nancy, "... I’m too nervous." 
Nancy: ”Why are you nervous?...” (0:10)

Nancy asks Henry, "Are you crazy?" (0:11)

Nancy tells Henry, "And don’t worry..." (0:14)

Henry tells Nancy, "We were both in a bad mood..." (0:16)

Nancy tells Henry, referring to Susan, "... she couldn’t stay in the med school dorms..." 
Henry: ”... dropped out of med school...” (0:27)

Nancy tells Henry, referring to Susan, "... took a lot of courage..." 
Henry: ”... courageous with Daddy’s credit card.” 
”... my father practically went berserk.” 
”... call me crazy...” 
Susan: ”... you’d actually be very proud of her...” 
Henry: ”... I was worried...” (0:28)

Susan’s dominatrix neighbor: "Hold the lunatics convention..." 
”Susan? Sweet girl.” (0:31)

Group psychotherapy
Edward: ”... translating the sexual impulse into...” 
Dr. Faber: ”... emotional intimacy.” 
Henry: ”... I’ve been a little tense lately.” 
Nancy: ”... tense about?” 
Henry: ”What have I been tense about?” 
”Let’s just say I’ve been tense.” 
Susan: ”Well, why have you been tense?...” 
Henry: ”Why have I been tense?”
”Why have I been tense?” 
”... I don’t have the right to be tense?”
Faber: ”... why you feel tense?” (0:33)

Nancy tells Henry, "... a bunch of perverts." 
”... If we can’t be honest...” (0:37)

Nancy tells talent agent Greg Allred, "... my husband’s having an affair..." (0:43)

Henry tells Nancy, "... you were so hedonistic... so sweet..." (0:46)

Greg asks the waiter, "Are you crazy?..." (0:49)

Henry asks Nancy, "Are you insane?" (0:50)

Nancy sees hotel manager Mersault dancing in high heels. 
Nancy tells Henry, "... Mersault is dancing in ladies clothes...” (0:51)

Greg tells Mersault, "... Norman Bates could do a better job... morons delivering room service..." 
Mersault: ”... silly bitch.” (0:53)

Henry asks Nancy, "Are you crazy?..." (0:54)

Nancy tells Henry, "... you’re so brave." 
”... don’t be so sensitive...” 
”... stubborn and insensitive...” 
Henry: ”... husbands are out getting drunk...” (0:56)

Mayor Rudy Giuliani: "... without the generosity and perseverance of..." (1:01)

Henry asks Nancy, "Were we nuts?" (1:02)

Henry tells the jail guard, "... I’m not a degenerate... proper medical attention..." (1:04)

Nancy tells the desk sergeant, "... I am one crazy bitch from Ohio..." (1:06)

By telephone, Mersault tells Nancy, "... I had an intuition..." (1:08)

Henry appears intoxicated. (1:09)

Nancy tells Henry, "Don’t worry..." (1:13)

Nancy tells Henry, "... you’re just stressed out..." 
Henry: ”... I’m just burned out...” 
Nancy: ”... you took a hallucinogenic in prison...” (1:15)

Nancy tells the clerk, "... The manager’s a transvestite." (1:17)

Henry tells the clerk, "... a group of nymphomaniacs.." (1:19)

Mersault tells bus boy Barry, "... give you a lethal injection." (1:22)

Nancy: "Henry, are you still high?" (1:23)

Mersault, dressed in woman’s clothing, tells Nancy and Henry: "You should be proud..." (1:25)

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