Red Dawn (1984)
Lea Thompson: Erica
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Quotes
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Erica : You American?
Col. Andy Tanner : Red-blooded.
Erica : What's the capital of Texas?
Col. Andy Tanner : Austin.
Erica : Wrong, commie! It's Houston.
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[last lines]
Erica : [closing narration] I never saw the Eckert Brothers again. In time, this war - like every other war - ended. But I never forgot. And I come to this place often, when no one else does.
[we see "Partisan Rock," with its memorial plaque, which she reads for us]
Erica : "... In the early days of World War 3, guerillas - mostly children - placed the names of their lost upon this rock. They fought here alone and gave up their lives, so that this nation should not perish from the earth."
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Matt Eckert : [after Toni and Robert are KIA, the Eckert Brothers plan a diversion while Danny and Erica cross the enemy lines] We're all that's left. Somebody's gotta live. Somebody's gotta make it. Me and Jed, we're all used up.
Erica : I'm never gonna forget... as long as I live.
Matt Eckert : Don't.
Danny : You're never gonna know who won.
Matt Eckert : Who WILL?
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Matt Eckert : Why don't you make yourself useful?
Erica : You wash it! We're never doing your washing again! Me and her is as good as any of you!
Matt Eckert : So what's up your ass?
Erica : Shut up! Don't you ever say that again! Hear me? Say that again, I'll kill you! Hear me? I'll kill you.
Matt Eckert : So what did I do?
Toni : What you said was wrong.
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Erica : [to Stepan] Sprechen sie Deutsch?
Matt Eckert : So what if he does? You don't.
Stepan Gorsky : Gorsky, Stepan Yevgenyvitch...!
Robert : NOBODY GIVES A DAMN WHO YOU ARE!
[He and his fellow Wolverines proceed to beat up Stepan]
Danny : [as he and Toni look on] They're gonna hurt him!
Toni : Good!
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Erica : [listening to "Battle Hymn of the Republic" on a radio broadcast from FA] Things are different now.