Mulholland Falls


Character: Ellery Coolidge

"This is it."

"I thought we weren't gonna do this any more."

"This."

"He's alive."

"Did you ever think about who those people are who are gonna live way out here?"

"Me either."

"You ok, Max?"

"It's all psycological, Max. I eat so I don't think about food."

"Yeah."

"She, Max. It's a woman."

"Damn it, I can't get my finger in there, it won't fit."

"Yeah."

"My temper?"

"It's all related, Max. The eating and the anger. They come together from the same place. The food calms me down."

"Ready?"

"That's the girl we found in the valley, Max."

"Max?"

"Max, if something's wrong, I mean maybe it's best to talk it out ya know and ya know get it out in the open if it's anything like that."

"But any problem can be solved, Max. I mean all you have to do is break it down into parts, you see, it's just simple, it's right into parts. My...my psyciatrist told me, and deal with each part individually. One part, and then you go to the next part, you just gotta break it down, but the first one..."

"Here he comes."

"I've been worried, Max."

"We're partners here. Now tell us. There's somethin' goin' on between you and that dead girl?"

"You know I've been thinking. Why's it we always sit in the same places? And why is it your the one that always drives Max?"

"Yeah but that's what I'm sayin'. Why is it you always have the keys? I mean there's reasons for everything, right?"

"There's nothing wrong with my psyciatrist, Eddie."

"I dunno, it's open ended."

"Why is it you have the keys, Max?"

"Yep."

"I'm sorry, Max."

"He's not very neat, is he?"

"You sound like you're from New York."

"I'm from Jersey."

"Why did you fall for her, Max? What did Katherin say? You told her, didn't you?"

"I thought we weren't gonna do that any more. We agreed."

"What's wrong with Max?"

"What's a matta wit him?"

"Max c'mon Max!"

"Max, everybody has weak moments. Ya gotta get it out, ya gotta..."

"Max..."

"Max, I was just tryin to help, I'm sorry."

"We're still partners, right?"

"You ok, Max?"

"Five to one I say. I'll take those odds."

"Alright good. You hold my money."

"Damn."

"You know you could've talked to him a little mare, Max."

"C'mon Eddie it's hot."

"You know when I was a kid, I thought everyone in Hollywood had a horse. Because, every movie I saw was a cowboy movie. You remember those movies, right? They would come galloping into town. Those cowboys would get up off the horse, right, dust would be all over the place. They'd get the reins and wrap them around the railing once, twice, three times, keep on wrappin it. But not Gene Autry. Let me tell ya something. Gene Autry would come into town jump off the horse, carefully wrap the reins around once. Just once, and then he would go inside and see the sheriff. Boy did I worry about that horse getting away. I did."

"This place is weird."

"We got company."

"We gotta serious problem, Max."

"Hoover. Not you the other Hoover, called the chief from Washington five o'clock this morning. The chief has been lookin for you ever since. Kiddnaping, assault, attempted murder."

"Max, this is serious. The chief is pissed."

"Max, he wants to talk to you."

"Max."

"Comin' along. I am not going back there and tellin the chief you wouldn't come."

"She. It's a woman, Max."

"Where we goin, Max?"

"Max?"

"Where we goin?"

"This is about to turn bad, isn't it, Max?"

"Max, I'm comin."

"We're partners. I'm comin."

"I don't carry a gun."

"Be carful, Max."

"It's locked?"

"How come there's no door? It's very loud."

"They threw her outta the plane, Max."

"You threw that little girl out of a plane!"

"What's happening?"

"Is he alright?"

"He's been shot, Max."

"C'mon get up!"

"Hey, fly this plane or I'll fuckin' kill you."

"Fly this plane c'mon."

"Max."

"Are you alright?"

"Ah I feel cold, Max."

"Max, I gotta sit."

"Oh, Max, I think I'm shot."

"Max, I'm shot."

"My psyciatrist is not gonna like this."

"I'm cold."

"Ya know while that was all happening in there, I felt good again. It was like it used to be."

"Why? I like to talk Max, you know me. You gotta get it out, right? Max, tell me the truth. Is there somthing wrong with me?"

"You mean it?"

"You wouldn't lie to me, right?"

"Partners. Right."

"Partners Max."


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