Day of the Dead (1985)

Jarlath Conroy: Bill McDermott

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• [first lines] 

  McDermott : Nothing, nothing at all.

  Sarah : Send again.

  McDermott : I've been sending up and down the coast from Sarasota to the Everglades and still getting back the same dead air. There's nothing! There's nobody or at least nobody with a radio.

  Sarah : All right then let's set down, we'll use the bullhorn.

  McDermott : Set down? Wait a minute, that's not in our contract!

  Sarah : It's the biggest city within 150 miles and we're going to give it every chance.

  McDermott : Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

  Sarah : Set down, John!

  John : I'll set us down. But I won't leave my seat and I'll keep the engine running. Now the first sign of trouble, I'm going up. If you ain't on board when that happens, you're likely to have a lousy afternoon.

• McDermott : You think I'm not aware of our situation? You think I want to stay isolated down here? You know, I'd make a desperate effort to raise somebody in hopes of getting away from your nasty mouth Steel! But the fact is... the fact is, either we are the only ones left, or there's no one within range my puny Second World War radio signals.

  Johnson : We used to talk to Washington all the time. They could hear us then.

  McDermott : We were on relays then. We weren't over the air. The power is off on the mainland now in case you haven't heard, and all the shopping malls are closed!

• Pvt. Steel : Lay off the fuckin' booze for a while why don't ya? And get somebody on that fuckin' horn, pronto!

  McDermott : Well if we stay down here long enough

  [McDermott reaches for his flask and poors a shot] 

  McDermott : I'll have to lay off the fuckin' booze Steel 'cause there won't fuckin' be any of it fuckin' left! In the meanwhile I will continue to indulge myself and I will continue doing my best in the good fight against dryrot and rust.

  [McDermott toasts his cup] 

• John : Forget it, Billy boy. It's a dead place. Like all the others, you know. Listen. You can hear it over the engine.

  McDermott : [hearing the loud moans of the approaching crowd of zombies]  Jesus, Mary, Joseph!

• John : Gas up the machine. She's down to fumes.

  Sarah : No, wait 'til it's dark. There's too many of them out there.

  John : Hey, it's no good to leave the gas tank on the helicopter empty. Supposed we need to get out of here in a hurry?

  Sarah : Then we're shit out of luck! They're getting too riled up. Do it tonight after dark when they can't see you.

  John : They know we're in here even if they can't see us. What good is it to leave the gas tank empty?

  Sarah : The activity excites them! They're too many of them!

  Johnson : She's right. They're more and more of them every day.

  Sarah : If we get a lot more or if they might break down the fence, you can come out and shoot some of them. Otherwise say inside the building. Stay out of sight!

  McDermott : Thankfully you live out here in the suburbs, Johnson. You ougt to see how congested the cities are getting to be.

• Pvt. Steel : Hey, what'd you find?

  McDermott : Nothing!

  Pvt. Steel : Nothing? How far up the coast did you go?

  Sarah : A hundred miles, each way.

  Pvt. Steel : [beat]  Aw, geez...

  Pvt. Rickles : [to Miguel]  Jump in here, soldier.

  Pvt. Miguel Salazar : Why?

  Pvt. Rickles : Orders. We gotta bring in two more dumb-fucks. Let's go.

  Sarah : Two more? What's Logan doing to them in there?

  Pvt. Miguel Salazar : [to Miguel]  Get in here, soldier!

  Sarah : We've just returned from a patrol. He's been awake for nearly 24 hours. Can't you get anyone else?

  Pvt. Steel : What anyone else? There is no one else. We're it!

• McDermott : Come on, Johnny! We're countin' on ya to fly us to the Promised Land!

• [McDermot offers Sarah a drink] 

  McDermott : It's brandy. Good for the heart.

  Sarah : Shit for the heart and it eats up your liver.

  [Sarah takes a swig] 

• McDermott : [upon finding the elevator controls have been ripped apart]  Temporarily out of service!