JFK (1991)

Joe Pesci: David Ferrie

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• Jim Garrison : And who killed the President?

  David Ferrie : Oh man, why don't you fuckin' stop it? Shit, this is too fuckin' big for you, you know that? Who did the president, who killed Kennedy, fuck man! It's a mystery! It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma! The fuckin' shooters don't even know! Don't you get it?

• Jim Garrison : We were told that you took a trip to Texas shortly after the assassination on Friday.

  David Ferrie : Yeah, now that's true. I drove to Houston.

  Jim Garrison : What was so appealing about Houston?

  David Ferrie : I hadn't been there ice skating in many years, and I was with a couple of young friends, and we decided we wanted to go ice skating.

  Jim Garrison : Dave, may I ask you why the urge to go ice skating in Texas happened to strike you during one of the most violent thunder storms in recent memory?

  David Ferrie : Uh, spur of the moment thing. The storm wasn't that bad.

  Jim Garrison : I see. And where did you drive?

  David Ferrie : Uh, we went to Houston, and Saturday night, we drove to Galveston, and stayed over there.

  Jim Garrison : And then Sunday?

  David Ferrie : In the morning, we went goose hunting.

  Jim Garrison : You bag any geese on this trip?

  David Ferrie : I believe the boys got a couple.

  Jim Garrison : But the boys told us they didn't get any.

  David Ferrie : Come to think of it, they're right. We got out there where the geese were, and there were thousands of them all over the place, but you couldn't approach them. Wise bunch of birds!

  Jim Garrison : Your young friends also told us you had no weapons in the car, Dave. Isn't it a bit difficult to hunt for geese without a shotgun?

  David Ferrie : Yes, I remember now. I'm sorry, Mr. Garrison. I got confused. We got out near the geese, and only then did we realized we had forgotten our shotguns! Stupid, right? Uh, so of course we didn't get any geese.

  Jim Garrison : I see, Dave. Well, thank you for your time. I'm sorry that this has to end inconveniently for you, but I am going to have to detain you for further questioning by the FBI.

  David Ferrie : Why, what's wrong?

  Jim Garrison : David, I find your story simply not believable.

  David Ferrie : Really? What part?

• David Ferrie : Man, you don't leave the Agency. Once you're in they got you for life!

• David Ferrie : Hey, Willie. I want you to meet Leon Oswald.

  Willie O'Keefe : Hey, man! How you doin'?

  Lee Harvey Oswald : What the fuck's he doin' here?

  Willie O'Keefe : Fuck you, motherfucker!

• Jim Garrison : It's gonna be OK, Dave. You just talk to us on the record, we'll protect you. I guarantee it.

  David Ferrie : They'll get to you too. They'll destroy you. They're untouchable, man.