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They Might Be Giants
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CastGeorge C Scott, Joanne Woodward
Year released1971
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Blevins Playfair tells the delivery man, referring to Justin, "My brother’s lost his mind... The minute he’s committed I’ll be rich... I’ll get commitment papers signed..." (0:02)
Psychiatrist Dr. Heinrich Strauss tells Blevins, referring to Justin, "... He’s incurably psychotic."
Blevins: ”That means he’s committable?” (0:05)
Psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson asks her patient Mr. Small, "Now, is that what your dream was like?"
”Dr. Strauss, I’m with a patient.”
Blevin tells Mildred, referring to Justin: ”He’s a hopeless paranoid.”
Mildred: ”Is that your medical opinion, sir?”
Blevins: ”It’s my duty to commit him...”
Mildred: ”Without examining the patient?”
”Well, I have another patient waiting.”
”We’re having trouble getting him to verbalize... He can speak, but he just won’t.”
An attendant attempts to put Mr. Small in a straight jacket. (0:05)
Mildred, referring to Justin: "A classic paranoid."
Justin: ”You think I’m mad. You analysts are all alike. Thinks you’re mad, too... huh?... Why is it analysts can’t ever analyze?... The mutes of history?”
Justin tells Mildred, referring to Small: ”Tell him how much you liked him in The Sheik.” (0:08)
Justin: "Ten to one that moron doctor wants to see me." (0:11)
Mildred: "Classic paranoia..."
Blevins: ”Since his wife died...”
Mildred: ”Do you remember when the symptoms first started?”
”You see, the classic changes his identity...”
Justin: ”Will you be taking me to mesmerizers next?” (0:12)
Justin tells Mildred, "The usual procedure is to start off with family questions... traumas and the like."
Mildred: ”I have a feeling you’re resisting me.”
Justin: ”I’m a patient, humble, understanding man...”
”Is it so insane?”
Justin (now referring to himself now as Sherlock Holmes), referring to Justin: ”It drove him mad. He lost his mind...”
”A lunatic is entitled to his temper.”
Mildred: ”Now when did this sense of persecution start?”
Holmes: ”I am not mad.”
”Your adolescence was a nightmare... You suffer from insomnia...”
”Fool. Fool...” (0:14)
By telephone, Grace tells an operator, "He’s taken sleeping pills." (0:27)
His accomplice Clyde tells Blevins, referring to Justin, "This nut knows all about me."
”You find him first, it’s the loony bin for life.” (0:32)
Movie theater showing Virginia City (?) (0:32)
Holmes: "Watson, why so moody?"
Mildred, referring to Moriarty: ”You dreamt him up.” (0:34)
Mildred tells Holmes, "This is idiotic." (0:37)
The chestnut man punches Holmes in the face, then a sanitation man punches the chestnut man. (0:39)
Mildred tells Holmes, "Perhaps you ought to be the analyst."
Holmes: ”That’s insane.” (0:41)
Mildred tells clerk Wilbur, "I’m a licensed analyst."
”... I’ve got a perfectly fascinating schizoid case at eight....”
Homes: ”You don’t think I'm insane.”
Mildred: ”I’ve got a patient waiting.” (0:48)
By telephone, Strauss tells Watson, "Well I’m mighty weary waitin’ for that paranoid of yours." (0:47)
Holmes tells Wilbur, "I dreamed it all."
Wilbur: ”Stop feeling sorry for yourself.” (0:52)
Mildred tells Homes, "I couldn’t sleep, I've been so worried."
”I care for all my patients.”
Homes: ”Of course they are rather nutty qualities...” (0:53)
Holmes: "Don’t worry, Watson..." (1:10)
A nurse helps Small elope from the clinic. (1:11)
The nurse tells Holmes, "I’m helping one poor nut escape..." (1:12)
Holmes tells the others, "We’re all fools. Moriarty has made fools of all of us..." (1:17)
Holmes: "I’m patient." (1:20)