The Majestic (2001)

Martin Landau: Harry Trimble

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Quotes 

• [Inside the abandoned movie theater] 

  Harry Trimble : That's why we call it The Majestic. Any man, woman, child could buy their ticket, walk right in. Here they'd be, here we'd be. "Yes sir, yes ma'am. Enjoy the show." And in they'd come entering a palace, like in a dream, like in heaven. Maybe you had worries and problems out there, but once you came through those doors, they didn't matter anymore. And you know why? Chaplin, that's why. And Keaton and Lloyd. Garbo, Gable, and Lombard, and Jimmy Stewart and Jimmy Cagney. Fred and Ginger. They were gods. And they lived up there. That was Olympus. Would you remember if I told you how lucky we felt just to be here? To have the privilege of watching them. I mean, this television thing. Why would you want to stay at home and watch a little box? Because it's convenient? Because you don't have to get dressed up, because you could just sit there? I mean, how can you call that entertainment, alone in your living room? Where's the other people? Where's the audience? Where's the magic? I'll tell you, in a place like this, the magic is all around you. The trick is to see it.

• Emmett Smith : [coming downstairs]  Luke, something's wrong! Harry missed the reel change.

  Peter Appleton : [distracted]  What?

  Emmett Smith : Harry missed the reel change.

  Peter Appleton : [running up to the projector's booth]  Harry?

  [he enters the projector's booth and see's Harry on the floor] 

  Peter Appleton : Harry. Jesus!

  [he kneels by his side, he turns to Emmett] 

  Peter Appleton : Go get Doc!

  Emmett Smith : [calling]  Doc! Doc! Harry's in trouble! Come quick!

  [Doc heads for the projector's booth] 

  Harry Trimble : [weak]  Oh, no. No.

  Peter Appleton : What, Harry? What?

  Harry Trimble : I missed the damn reel change.

  Peter Appleton : [quietly]  It's all right. You just lay still. Doc's on his way. I'm here.

• Harry Trimble : [as "Luke Trimble" with amnesia, hesitantly reading dilapidated unlit neon signboard]  'HEM JESTI'.

  Peter Appleton : 'THE MAJESTIC'. A few of the letters are missing.

  Harry Trimble : [skeptically]  We live in a movie theater?

  Harry Trimble : No, in the apartment above it.