The Ice Harvest (2005)

Oliver Platt: Pete Van Heuten

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• Charlie Arglist : Did I ever tell you my father was a twin?

  Pete Van Heuten : Identical?

  Charlie Arglist : Fraternal. Looked a lot alike, though, him and my uncle. Different temperaments completely. My father, he's a cop. By-the-book guy. Believed in the law, wanted his only son to be a lawyer. Drank in moderation, didn't smoke. Kept up his life insurance premiums. Voted in every election, not just for president.

  Pete Van Heuten : Lemme guess, uncle didn't vote?

  Charlie Arglist : He said he didn't want to encourage the bastards. In and out of jail from the time he was 16... drunk all the time, fucked everything that walked. Won a fortune playing poker, lost it all the same way. Lost an eye in a fight. My father was 54 when he died of a massive embolism, right here in Wichita. My uncle died the very next day in a car wreck in California. So the point is... it is futile to regret. You do one thing, you do another... I mean, so what? What's the difference? Same result.

• Pete Van Heuten : Yo-ho-ho, mofo!

• Pete Van Heuten : Take me with you, man.

  Charlie Arglist : Oh, Fuck. Jesus, Pete.

  Pete Van Heuten : No, I mean it. Take me with you, buddy. I can't do my life, man. I can't do it.

  Charlie Arglist : Just get some rest.

  Pete Van Heuten : I hate myself. I want a new life.

  Charlie Arglist : You don't want mine.

  Pete Van Heuten : I really do.

  Charlie Arglist : I'm in trouble. I'm in big fucking trouble.

  Pete Van Heuten : But that'd be great. Don't you see? We go out in a blaze of glory. Like men. Like men, Charlie No goddamn life left for men anymore. Not here. This country, all that's left for men is money and pussy.

• Pete Van Heuten : My friend here is a mobster. You may know that. You may not.

• Pete Van Heuten : [standing outside his home where his wife's family is waiting to have Christmas dinner]  That's my chair in there. You wanna know the truth? I can't fill it.

  Charlie Arglist : Neither could I, if it makes you feel any better.

  Pete Van Heuten : Listen, Charlie. Before we go in, there's something I have to tell you. It's been on my conscience, and you can punch me if you want to.

  Charlie Arglist : I don't think I'm gonna want to.

  Pete Van Heuten : Back when you and Sarabeth were still married, that last year... she and I were fucking.

  Charlie Arglist : [not surprised]  No kidding?

  Pete Van Heuten : Like minks. Everywhere. Kitchen table, your bed, garage.

  Charlie Arglist : Wow.

  Pete Van Heuten : Jesus, Charlie, we were friends! It doesn't make you angry?

  Charlie Arglist : Actually, it makes me curious. It makes me wonder who she's fucking now.

• Pete Van Heuten : [waking up in back of Charlie's car]  Ugh... Where are we?

  Charlie Arglist : We're in heaven, Pete.

  Pete Van Heuten : Oh... They got pancakes?

  Charlie Arglist : They got everything.

  Pete Van Heuten : Good.

• Pete Van Heuten : That was unpleasant. I think I scraped my tummy.