Kalifornia (1993)

Sierra Pecheur: Mrs. Musgrave

Quotes 

• [looking at and admiring Mrs. Mustgraves cactus plants. Everyone else is naturally in a state of silence] 

  Adele Corners : [to Mrs. Mustgrave]  You have such beautiful cactuses ma'am. I just love them. My mama had a cactus garden, and I had this baby cactus, and I was gonna plant it...

  [scene shifts to Carrie and Brian who are tied up to the leg of a heavy piano] 

  Brian Kessler : [in low voice to Carrie]  You gotta talk to Adele. She looks up to you. She'll listen.

  Carrie Laughlin : I tried talking to her at the mine. It didn't work.

  Brian Kessler : Then try again.

  Early Grayce : [enters the room eating a sandwich and acting like he owns the place]  Hey Bri

  [burps] 

  Early Grayce : you ever stop and think

  [picks up phone box] 

  Early Grayce : that if you switched two letters in your name

  [disconnects the phone line from box] 

  Early Grayce : you'd spell "brain"?

  [Early rips the phone line out of the wall. At that Adele makes a grunt but tries to keep her composure. Brian just stares at Early] 

  Early Grayce : Boy, you got a problem.

  [throws the phone box at Brian and Carrie. It crashes right by them] 

  Early Grayce : [goes over to Mrs. Mustrgave and yanks her glass of liquor out of her hands]  What's wrong with grandma?

  Early Grayce : [sits down and puts his feet on the coffee table. He then uses them to rotate a photo frame around. The photo shows presumably Mrs. Mustgarve and Mr. Mustgrave, which Early acknowledges]  Where's your husband?

  Mrs. Musgrave : [after a moment]  I'm a widow.

  Early Grayce : [studying her, not really believing her]  Yeah?

• [in an upstairs bedroom Early curiously looks around examining things while, Mr. Mustgrave looks through his telescope thinking his wife is in the room] 

  Mr. Musgrave : [in awe looking through telescope not aware that Early is really in the room instead of his wife, keeps calling out]  That you peaches? Sweetheart, you gotta come over here. It's so clear, you won't believe it. It's just amazing. Come on over. Take a look, honey. I want you to see this.

  [Early notices some golf clubs near by and picks one up] 

  Mr. Musgrave : [now hearing this finally, looks up]  Peaches?

  [presumably a short while later, Early is now looking through the telescope] 

  Adele Corners : [enters the room]  Early? Early.

  [Early turns around to see a worried Adele] 

  Adele Corners : Ahm, ahm, ahm.

  [surges up every ounce of enthusiasm she has and her eyes light up as she says] 

  Adele Corners : Guess what, Early? Ms. Mustgrave has this guest house in the back... and it's real, real beautiful, and it's empty hon. She said that if you and me wanted to...

  [is cut off by] 

  Mrs. Musgrave : Hank!

  [shocked and crying, trying to keep her balance as she enters the room seeing Early at the telescope with a golf club] 

  Mrs. Musgrave : Hank!

  [camera reveals Mr. Mustgrave dead. Adele loses all enthusiasm as she buries her face in her hands crying] 

  Early Grayce : [puts golf club over shoulder]  Well, you're a widow now, Peaches.

  [Mrs. Mustgrave faints]