The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Jeffrey Wright: Al Melvin
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Quotes
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Al Melvin : I'm just! I'm just... I'm just a little stuck, Sir.
[pause]
Al Melvin : Because I remember, okay, Shaw...
[pause]
Al Melvin : Shaw, okay... Shaw saving us, right?
[another pause]
Al Melvin : But that doesn't make sense, because... that should've been you. Okay, if Shaw is in the Hummer...
[pause]
Al Melvin : The Toyota is here...
[breaks down to the floor and sobs]
Ben Marco : [Marco grabs him and holds him up to his feet] All right. Just get up, get up!
[pause]
Ben Marco : Listen, it's... That's over with. That's done. Okay? You gotta move on...
Al Melvin : [stutters] What I was hoping is that, you know, maybe...
Ben Marco : You need some money or something?
Al Melvin : No. No, Sir...
Ben Marco : Wait a minute...
Al Melvin : I don't need your money, man!
Ben Marco : All right. Well, it was great to see you...
[Melvin walks away]
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Al Melvin : [disturbingly] I have these dreams, Sir.
Ben Marco : [puzzled] Dreams?
Al Melvin : [continues] Yes, Sir. Kuwait. It's you and me, Ingram and Baker and...
[pause]
Al Melvin : Raymond Shaw.
Ben Marco : Okay.
Al Melvin : See, I remember it happened...
[pause]
Al Melvin : Like you just said and then...
[pause]
Al Melvin : I don't...
Ben Marco : Well, we had it pretty rough over there, Melvin. That was a long time ago. Memories shift...
Al Melvin : [cutting Ben off] Do you have dreams, Sir?
Ben Marco : [smiles] Everybody has dreams, Corporal...
Al Melvin : [frustratingly] No, not these!
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Al Melvin : [trying to explain his dreams] I write it all down. You know, like, every night...
[he shows Marco a notebook with strange notes scribbled in it]
Al Melvin : Right when I wake up, I try to get it down. It doesn't always come together, you know? Not everything that I can remember...
Ben Marco : Maybe you should go to the V.A. Hospital. Talk to one of the doctors...
Al Melvin : [angrily throws his notebook on the floor] I've *BEEN* to doctors, man!
