Black Rainbow (1989)
Jason Robards: Walter Travis
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Quotes
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[aboard passenger train]
Railroad Steward : Breakfast!
Walter Travis : [obviously an alcoholic] I just had it... it's medicinal.
Railroad Steward : For your liver?
Walter Travis : For my soul.
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[last lines]
Walter Travis : Is this a dream?
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Walter Travis : Your mother saw *nothing!* You don't still believe that cock and bull story, do you? You were with me in St. Louis, remember? Hundreds of miles away. You *couldn't* have appeared to her.
[leans over Martha]
Walter Travis : You know your mother's problem? Religion!
[Martha chuckles]
Walter Travis : Hmm.
[nods]
Walter Travis : Too much *religion.* She never did see you like she said. It was all in her *dreams.*
[Martha shakes her head]
Walter Travis : Now, you must apologize to that poor woman. I have her waiting outside.
Martha Travis : [tearfully] I'm not apologizing!
Walter Travis : You will!
Martha Travis : No! I *can't*! I saw it! I saw it, all of it!
[sobs]
Walter Travis : You heard what the woman said. Her husband *isn't* dead.
Martha Travis : [sobs] She's wrong...
Walter Travis : You heard what she said. He's at home watching TV. In some households, that's considered being *alive.* Now, now,
[strokes her arm]
Walter Travis : yes, you must apologize, sweetheart. You frightened the *life* out of her.
Martha Travis : What about me, Daddy?
Walter Travis : Why should you be frightened? You've been doing this since you were a kid.
Martha Travis : [yells out:] It was different this time. You have to believe me!
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Walter Travis : You have to realize that in a young girl, such powers bring with it a fertile imagination, and the nervous disposition of a racehorse.
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Gary Wallace : Does Martha have any friends?
Walter Travis : Only in the spirit world.
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Walter Travis : This is the only real... spirit world.
[takes swig from bottle]