Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

Anthony Zerbe: Antheil

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• John Converse : [about his wife]  If you really want to know, I think she's pretty moral, basically.

  Antheil : "Pretty moral, basically"? Oh, Jesus. What a couple of yo-yo's.

• Antheil : I was just reading your play. I liked a lot of it. I don't like the main character, though. This Marine. Sounds like a real jellyfish. I guess you're supposed to like him because he's against the Marine Corps. Is that it?

  John Converse : Something like that.

  Antheil : Why doesn't he *do* something? I mean, go over the hill, refuse an order. I couldn't sympathize with a character like that.

  John Converse : Not everyone did.

  Antheil : The Marine in the play, that supposed to be you?

  John Converse : No.

  Antheil : Maybe a little?

  John Converse : Maybe on some level.

  Antheil : Um-hmn. You know what I think, "on some level"? I think you're the kind of wise cocksucker that writes a tear-jerk play against the Marines and then turns around and smuggles a shitload of heroin into this country.

• Antheil : You know, our little friend in Saigon told me you were nuts... but she didn't tell me the half of it.

  John Converse : "Our little friend in Saigon"?

  Antheil : Yeah, Charmian. We go back a long way. Even a dipstick like you should have figured that out.

• Antheil : You know what I think, on some level? I think you're the kinda' wise cocksucker that writes a tear-jerk play against the Marines and then smuggles a shitload of heroin into this country.

  John Converse : I deny that. And no more literary conversation until I call my lawyer.

  Antheil : You mean Ben Odell? No Commie lawyer's gonna' help you now.

• Antheil : No Commie lawyer's going to help you now.