Scream 3 (2000)
Lance Henriksen: John Milton
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Quotes
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Roman : Not only did they-did they kill the film, but they killed my cast. You know, nobody's gonna wanna work with me. Variety called me a "pariah." I don't even know what a pariah is. Why-why couldn't somebody have killed the cast from Stab 1, huh? Or Stab 2? Why me? What, John, what did we do wrong?
Milton : Hollywood is full of criminals whose careers are flourishing.
Roman : I'm not a criminal. I was questioned. Yeah, but that's all. I was questioned. That's it.
Milton : It's good for your mystique.
Roman : You think it'll help me get work?
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Milton : Did Cotton's death have anything to do with this movie?
Detective Wallace : He was making a movie called Stab... he was stabbed.
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Milton : There'll be other movies, Roman.
Roman : Not only did they, did they kill the film, but they killed my cast. You know, nobody's gonna wanna work with me. Variety called me a Pariah. I don't even know what a Pariah is. Why, why couldn't have somebody kill the cast from Stab 1? Huh? Or Stab 2? Why me? What? John, what did we do wrong?
Milton : Hollywood is full of criminals whose careers are flourishing.
Roman : I'm not a criminal. I, I was questioned, yeah, but that's all. I was questioned. That's it.
Milton : It's good for your mystique.
Roman : You think it'll help me get work?
Jennifer : [Entering John's office with Gale and Dewey] Roman. John.
Milton : Jennifer. And guests. To what do I owe the honor?
Gale : Rina Reynolds.
Roman : Rina Reynolds? Who's Rina Reynolds?
Milton : [to Roman] Why don't head to the house? Tell everybody not to cut the cake without me.
Jennifer : [to Roman] Oh God, I forgot. Your birthday.
Roman : Yeah.
Jennifer : Happy Birthday, Roman.
Roman : [as he exits John's office] Yeah, as if life isn't tragic enough.
Milton : [to Roman, as he leaves] Shut the doors behind you, please.
Dewey : So, you knew Sidney Prescott's Mother?
Milton : Who?
Jennifer : Rina Reynolds?
Milton : Uh, do you know how many actors have worked for me? Hundreds, thousands.
Gale : He didn't say she was an actor.
Jennifer : Good catch.
Milton : So, what's the point?
Dewey : Uh, no point. I'm just gonna give, uh, Detective Kincaid a call.
Milton : I remember. She was a bit player in a couple of my movies... a nobody. So, what does it matter?
Jennifer : Oh, come on. You have made millions off the story of her murder. You're obsessed with her and you're obsessed with her daughter.
Gale : Alright, easy, Geraldo.
[to Roman]
Gale : Why don't you tell us the truth?
Milton : What they Hell are you guys getting at? I make horror films, that's what I do. The studio came to me with Stab, they came to me. Check it out.
Dewey : But you knew who she was?
Milton : When we did the first Stab, I realized I knew Maureen Prescott before... I mean as Rina. I couldn't tell anyone. Can you imagine the press?
Gale : And now? I mean murders on your set and, and... still, you say nothing?
Milton : Get real. That would make me a suspect.
Gale : Just because you knew her?
Milton : Yeah.
Gale : I don't think so. Just what did happen to Maureen when she was in Hollywood?
Milton : Now, you listen to me, Lois Lane, let it go. It's dead and buried.
Gale : How would you like to see it dug up on national T.V.? Why don't you tell me what happened?
Milton : It was in the '70s, everything was different. I was well known for my parties. Rina knew what they were. It was for girls like her to meet men, men who could them parts if they made the right impression. Nothing happened to her that she didn't invite, one way or another, no matter what she said afterwards.
Gale : Are saying she-?
Milton : -I'm saying things got out of hand. Maybe they did take advantage of her, you know? Maybe the sad truth is this is not the city for innocence. No charges were brought. And the bottom line is Rina Reynolds wouldn't play by the rules. You wanna get ahead in Hollywood, you gotta play the game or go home.
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Maureen Prescott : [as Sidney closes the vault door behind her, finding herself in a screening room] Sid. Sid. It's just me, Sid. Oh, I was so pretty. Everybody loved me. Have you missed me, Sidney?
[Coming out of an open doorway, wrapped in a bloody crime scene sheet]
Maureen Prescott : Would you like to hold me one last time?
[as Sidney stares in horror]
Maureen Prescott : What's the matter? What are you staring at? Don't you remember your...
The Voice : [the voice changing to the killer's voice, taking off the sheet] --Mother?
[Sidney tries to run, but the killer locks the vault door with a remote control]
The Voice : Uh-uh! You're not going anywhere, Sidney. It's time you came to terms with me and with Mother. Maybe you never knew her at all, Sidney. Maybe you just can't get past the surface of things.
[Opening the costume to reveal a bullet proof vest]
Sidney : Who the Hell are you?
The Voice : The other half of you. I searched for a Mother, too, an actress named Rina Reynolds. Tried to find her my whole and four years ago, I actually tracked her down. Knocked at her door, thinking she'd welcome me with open arms, but she had a new life and a new name: Maureen Prescott. You were the only child she claimed, Sidney. She shut me out in the cold forever, her own son.
Roman : [the killer takes off his mask, revealing himself to be Roman] Roman Bridger, director.
[Using the voice changer]
Roman : And brother. She slammed the door in my face, Sid. She said I was Rina's child and Rina was dead. And it struck me. What a good idea. So, I watched her. I made a little home movie, a little family film. Seems Maureen... Mom... she really got around. I mean, Cotton was one thing. Everybody knew about that. But Billy's Father, that was the key. Your boyfriend didn't like seeing his Daddy in my film too much. He didn't like it all. Once I supplied the motivation, all the kid needed was a few pointers. Have a partner to sell out in case you get caught, find someone to frame. Was like he was making a movie.
Sidney : You. This is all because of you.
Roman : I'm a director, Sid. I direct.
Sidney : [Softly and sarcastically] Oh.
Roman : I had no idea they were gonna make a film of their own. What a film it turned out to be, huh? I mean, introducing Sidney the victim, Sidney the survivor, Sidney the star!
Dewey : [as Dewey and Gale untie themselves from the chair and run to Det. Kincaid's side] You're gonna be all right. Just apply pressure.
Mark : [Handing Dewey his gun] Take this. Get the son of a bitch.
Sidney : [Back to Sidney and Roman] Fine. You got what you wanted: Hero and Villain, face to face. But you know what happens now? The villain dies!
Roman : Exactly! But I'm not the villain, Sid. You are.
[Dragging John Milton's body out of a closet; Milton is tied and gagged]
Roman : Curious. The man who gave away your Mother's innocence. Huh? What he did to her made her a slut. Huh? She never recovered from thatnight, right here in this very room. They fucked her three ways from Sunday, ruined her life. Ruined yours, too, didn't it, Sid? You hate him, Sid? Come on, I know you do. I'm sure of it.
Sidney : [He pulls out a recorder with Sidney's voice on the tape] I know who you are. I know what happened to Mother and I want you to understand I'm gonna make you pay!
Roman : That's what the police are gonna find on his answering machine, right next to his lifeless, mutilated corpse.
[John tries to speak through the gag]
Roman : What? Can't hear ya.
Milton : You don't have to do this, Roman. Just tell me what you want, I can make it happen. Any picture, name your budget, script approval, final cut.
Roman : I already have it.
[Slashes John Milton's throat]
Sidney : God! You spineless bastard!
Roman : No, Sid. That would be you. You did it all. You did it. You killed them all, even your closest... friends. Living in total isolation, the pressure of another movie about you, the discovery that Milton destroyed Mommie Dearest... you finally just snapped!
Dewey : [Dewey and Gale trying to get to Sidney] One. Two. Three!
[Dewey and Gale bust through the doors]
Roman : [Back to Roman and Sidney] And who's our hero, huh? The sole survivor. Who's the one who bravely faced down the psychopath and killed her with her own knife? You're gonna pay for the life you stole from me, Sid. For the Mother and for the family and for the stardom and, Goddamn it, everything you had that should've been mine!
Sidney : God! Why don't you stop your whining and get on with it? I've heard this shit before!
Roman : Stop!
Sidney : You know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
Roman : Don't wanna hear it!
Sidney : 'cause you choose to! There is no one else to blame!
Roman : God-fucking-damn it!
Sidney : Why don't you take some fucking responsibility?
Roman : Fuck you!
Sidney : Fuck you!
