American Heart (1992)

Lucinda Jenney: Charlotte

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• Charlotte : I just want you to know I used to be a virgin.

• Jack Kelson : [Jack is coughing because of the smoke from the hot dogs on the grill]  Oh!

  Charlotte : Am I the only one in here who can't breathe?

  Jack Kelson : Alright Nick, we're getting fixicated in here. Open that window.

  Nick Kelson : Oh.

  Jack Kelson : Here.

  [Jack hands one of them a hot dog on a bun] 

  Nick Kelson : Is there any Ketchup?

  Charlotte : Oh. Uh- ooh.

  [Charlotte gets out of the car to get the Ketchup] 

  Jack Kelson : [to Nick]  You were staring at her like a Goddamn yard bull. That's one fine lady, what do you got to say for yourself?

  Nick Kelson : She going to Alaska with you?

  Jack Kelson : Nobody's going with me. Start acting like a stand up kid. Don't aggravate me.

  Charlotte : [Charlotte gets back into the car]  Whoa.

  Jack Kelson : Here.

  [Jack hand the Ketchup to Nick] 

  Jack Kelson : .

  Nick Kelson : [Mumbles]  Thanks lady.

  [Jack smacks Nick in the back of the head] 

  Nick Kelson : Charlotte.

  Charlotte : That's me. Lady Charlotte.

  Jack Kelson : Well.

  [Jack takes a bite of the hot dog] 

  Jack Kelson : Best damn hot dog I ever had. Excuse me for eating with food in my mouth.

  Charlotte : Pulley Fuss. It's a funny name.

  Jack Kelson : It's French. Pouilly-Fuissé.

  Charlotte : How much this cost?

  Nick Kelson : $30.

  Nick Kelson : 30 bucks?

  Jack Kelson : [to Charlotte]  Here's to you.

  Charlotte : Here's to me.

  Jack Kelson : You like your dogs? Hey. I'm talkin' to you.

  Nick Kelson : Yeah. cool. I like it.

• Jack Kelson : I was afraid something like this was going to happen. His mother was a mess. I mean he was coming along learning stuff, he had a hell of potential that kid coulda, been anything. what happened to him?

  Charlotte : He isn't dead.

  Jack Kelson : No not yet.

  Charlotte : Why do you think he's out there?

  Jack Kelson : Well, he started hangin' out with that chippy downstairs and and those street punks and next thing hes coming home with a pair of high heels. The rest is history.

  Charlotte : You don't think that filling up that boys head with dreams and them kicking him out on his ass had anything to do with it.

  Jack Kelson : Hey, when he came to me, he didn't have any dreams! He had nothin' he had a picture of a pig. Don't pin that rap on me, I'm out there bustin' my hump while this little wise ass punk is out there feavin'... gettin' mouthy. I take him in, he gets mouthy.

  Charlotte : You miss him.

  Jack Kelson : It's all fallin' apart on him. Hm. I was afraid in prison... now... I'm really scared. Heh. I don't know if I can help the kid. I don't know if I have anything good to give him. He needs so much. This is no good I gotta turn this around. Get some money quick.

  Charlotte : How are ya going to do that?

  Jack Kelson : Oh I got my ways.

  Charlotte : Are we going back to jailhouse correspondence?

  Jack Kelson : I gotta split.