Of Mice and Men (1992)
Gary Sinise: George Milton
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Quotes
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George : Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ain't got no family and they don't belong no place. They got nothin' to look ahead to...
Lennie : But not us George. Tell about us.
George : ...well, we ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody cares.
Lennie : But not us, George, because I... see, I got you to look after me, but you got me to look after you.
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[last lines]
George : [talking about their dream] We're gonna get a little place.
Lennie : Okay, yeah, we're gonna get a little place and we're gonna...
George : We're gonna...
Lennie : ...have...
George : [Lennie mouths what he says] We're gonna have a cow, and some pigs, and we're gonna have, maybe, maybe, a chicken. Down in the flat, we'll have a little field of...
Lennie : Field of alfalfa for the rabbits.
George : ...for the rabbits.
Lennie : And I get to tend the rabbits.
[George shoots Lennie in the head, Lennie dies; George looks at Lennie sadly, sighs and walks to Lennie, leans down to him; scene cuts to George sitting on train at night again; scene cuts to George remembering his and Lennie's final happy memory as they both toss a bag of flour onto a horse wagon, both look at each other, and walk away happily]
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[first lines]
[George sits on a train on a dark night looking depressed, scene cuts to girl with red dress running through field whimpering as George and Lennie escape from her]
George : [to Lennie] Come on.
[woman continues running in fright as George and Lennie continue running away from her as sergeants on horses with dogs track George and Lennie]
Lennie : George, they're gone. They're gone.
George : [angrily] Come on! Keep moving!
[both keep running as sergeants continue following them]
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Slim : [about Lennie] He's a nice fella. A guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella.
George : Yeah, but he gets in trouble all the time because he's so goddamn dumb, like what happened up north in Weed.
Slim : [curiously pauses] What he do in Weed?
George : He seen this girl... in a red dress. And the dumb bastard that he is, he just - he wants to touch everything he likes. So he reaches out to touch this red dress. So the girl starts screaming and that gets Lennie all mixed up. So he holds on and he won't let go, because that's the only thing he can think to do.
Slim : So what happened?
George : Well, she runs off across the field screaming. So me and Lennie take off running, and pretty soon here are a bunch of guys with dogs coming after us. We had to hide in the irrigation ditch until it was safe to get away.
Slim : He didn't hurt the girl none?
George : Hell, no, he just scared her.
Slim : Well, he ain't mean. I can tell a mean guy a mile off.
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Curley's Wife : Nobody can't blame a person for looking. See y'around.
[She exits the bunkhouse]
Lennie : She's pretty.
George : Lennie! Listen to me, God damn it! Don't you even look at her! I don't care what she says or what she does, she's a rat trap if I ever seen one.
Lennie : But I wasn't doing nothing.
George : No, but when she was shoving her legs around you weren't looking the other way neither. Keep away from her!
Lennie : I don't like this place.
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George : [sees the bus passing by] Hey! HEY! HEY!
[the bus ignores him]
George : [yells] SONOFABITCH!
Lennie : What'd you say, George?
George : I said son of a bitch. That bus driver lied to us. Just too damn lazy to stop at the ranch gate.
[kicks dust]
George : [yells again] SONOFABITCH!
Lennie : SONOFABITCH!
[George laughs]
Lennie : Jesus Christ, George, I said it too.
George : Yeah, I heard you.
Lennie : George, we - we wasn't supposed to say that.
George : Yeah, why not?
Lennie : Aunt Clara don't like it
George : Yeah, well, she's dead.
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Curley : [notices Lennie laughing] What the hell you laughin' about? HUH? YOU! C'mon, you big bastard, get up. No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. Get up!
[Curley suddenly punches Lennie in the face sending Lennie down on the floor]
Curley : [to Carlson] I'll show you who's yella!
[continues hurting Lennie]
Curley : Get up! Get up and fight!
[Curley continues hurting Lennie as a few men present in the bunk egg Lennie on to fight back]
Lennie : [covers his bloody face, cries] George! MAKE HIM STOP!
Lennie : Get him, Lennie!
[Lennie cries still as Curley continues punching him more]
George : [yells] GET HIM, LENNIE! GET HIM!
[Curley sends another punch only for Lennie to grab his fist, Curley goes afraid as Lennie angrily seethes as his face goes twisted and pushes Curley back and slams him down on a table and begins to squeeze Curley's hand very hard]
Curley : [writhes and screams violently] OW! GET HIM OFF OF ME! GET HIM OFF OF ME!
George : [tries to stop Lennie] Lennie! Slim, help me!
[Slim rushes in as he and George try to pull Lennie away]
Curley : [screams still] LET GO!
[Lennie begins to squeeze Curley's hand which begins to bleed profusely with the sound of his hand crunching, Curley begins to go weak as he groans]
George : Lennie, let go! Lennie! Let go of his hand! Let go!
[George finally pulls Lennie away leaving Curley's hand and arm entirely bloodied and damaged]
Lennie : You told me to, George, you told me to!
George : I know, I know. Take it easy, calm down.
Slim : [about Curley] We gotta get him to a doctor. Carlson, get the wagon hitched up. We'll take him into Soledad and get him fixed up.
Lennie : [crying] I didn't wanna hurt him, I didn't wanna hurt him!
George : I know, I know.
Slim : It ain't your fault, Lennie; this punk had it coming to him.
