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Blast from the Past Quotes

"She'd never met anyone like him. He's never met anyone... Period."

PG-13 1999 · 1h 52m
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13 quotes
A Duck's Humorous Pharmacy Encounter
Calvin Webber A duck goes into a pharmacy wanting some lip balm. The druggist asks if that will be cash or credit, and the duck replies "Put it on my bill!
Surviving Life's Challenges and Misunderstandings
Transvestite hooker Got a light, honey?
Calvin Were you a victim of the blast?
Transvestite hooker Honey, I have been a victim of the blast, the clap, you name it. As the song goes, a country boy can survive.
Calvin Did you say you were a country boy?
Transvestite hooker Cute little old man, if you want a boy I can be a boy. If you want a girl I can be a girl.
Calvin No thank you, good day. AAAUGH!
[horrified to what he thinks is a mutant; gets inside adult bookstore; scream heard offscreen]
Cocktails and Unexpected Associations
Eve I made some champagne cocktails, like you requested. Funny, I only thought hookers drank these things.
Adam I know Mom sure likes them.
Caution Against Adult Bookstore Dangers
Calvin Son, stay out of the adult bookstore.
Adam How come?
Calvin Poison gas is in there.
A Heartfelt Expression of Gratitude
Adam Webber This is Adam. Look, I just wanted to thank you for everything you did for me. And... I wanted to tell you that I, that, uh... that I--that I wish so many good things for you. I wish so hard that all of your dreams come true. And... and that- and that's all I... And that's all.
[calling Eve but is left to leave a message on her answering machine]
Love Across Decades in Blast from the Past
Taglines Comes the Story about a guy in his 30's stuck in the 60's Looking for the Love in the 90's.
Emerging into a New World After Isolation
Taglines After 35 years in a bomb shelter, Adam Webber is finally going outside to play.
Discussion on Support Groups and Substance Abuse
Archbishop Melcher All of these things, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Heroin Anonymous..
Drunk There is a Heroin Anonymous?
Melcher Will you please...shut up?
Drunk Sorry.
Melcher All of these things ask you to believe in something greater than yourself. Well, I have turned my eyes skyward a time or two, and I have seen nothing, except an airplane or two, which I cannot afford to get on!
Drunk Earthquake!
Melcher Let it be.
[Drunk runs for cover. Floor breaks and Calvin, wearing a radiation suit rises]
Calvin Webber Welcome! Leave my elevator alone.
[shines flashlight at Archbishop Melcher, who just hid nearby]
Revelation of the Backyard Plane Crash
Adam Webber Dad, I don't know how to tell you this and I was gonna wait for a while to do it, but... Dad, there was no bomb. A plane crashed in our backyard. I looked it up in old newspapers.
Calvin Webber You sure?
Adam Positive. The ] without a shot being fired. The ] over.
[[w:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union|Soviet Union collapsed; [Cold War|Cold War's]
Calvin That's what everybody believes?
Adam Yes, sir. It's true.
Calvin What, the ] one day say "we give up"?
[[w:Politburo_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union|Politburo]
Adam Yes. That's kind of how it was.
Calvin Uh-huh. My gosh, those Commies are brilliant! You've got to hand it to em! "No, we didn't drop any bombs! Oh yes, our evil empire has collapsed! Poor, poor us!" I bet they've even asked the West for aid! Right?
[finally realizes that World War III didn't come to pass]
Adam Um, I think they did.
Inherited Wealth and Its Disappointment
Calvin These are stock certificates. They denote ownership in a company.
Adam Those look pretty. May I see them?
Calvin Sure. They are yours. Your mother and I bought these for you before you were born to give you some money to help you out in your adult years. Unfortunately, they are all worthless now.
Unique Encounters in Unexpected Relationships
Taglines She'd never met anyone like him. He's never met anyone... Period.
Contrasting Experiences of Two Characters
Taglines She was a woman of the world. He had never been around the block.
Unexpected Wealth from a Hidden Past
Troy Eve, look what I found in the suitcase. It's stock certificates. I mean, it's got, like-- It's got, like, IBM and AT&T and Polaroid and... "Ipana"? I remember this brand. I didn't know they still made this. Oh. Look at this. It says "Trademark 1961.
[Eve leaves the bedroom; shows Eve something]
Stockbroker Purchased in 1958 and 59... ten thousand shares of each? They'd be worth millions. Hell, I don't know. Millions upon millions...
Troy Upon millions. The stocks, the baseball cards... the clothes... the toothpaste. The guy's on the level. Eve, a man walks into your life, who's the kindest, most polite, most incredibly rich guy you've ever met.
[has Eve faces him]
Eve And I have him committed.
Troy Yes, you did.
Eve Well at least I fell for him before I found out he was rich.