The Andromeda Strain (1971)
George Mitchell: Jackson
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Quotes
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[Jackson grabs the nurse's thigh while being examined]
Karen Anson : Feeling "better" aren't you, Mr. Jackson?
Jackson : ee-YEP!
[pause]
Jackson : You always have to wear that "iron suit"?
Karen Anson : [imitating Jackson] ee-YEP!
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Jackson : Hell of a way to run a hospital.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Tell us what happened, Mr. Jackson.
Jackson : I don't wanna think about it.
Dr. Mark Hall : You know what people will say: "Piedmont was bad. That's why it was punished." First the town went crazy and then was destroyed...
Jackson : YOU'RE crazy! Folks at Piedmont was good, decent, normal folks.
Dr. Mark Hall : The man we found all dressed up in his doughboy's uniform, you call that normal?
Jackson : Pete Arnold, who worked at the store. It was the disease!
Dr. Mark Hall : How do you know?
Jackson : 'Cause the only thing wrong with him before that night was sugar.
Dr. Mark Hall : Diabetes? Did he take insulin?
Jackson : Couple of times a day! Hated the needle. I tried to talk him into usin' squeeze.
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Dr. Mark Hall : Do you know the baby's name?
Jackson : Give us a butt, first.
Dr. Mark Hall : Smoking isn't allowed here.
Jackson : Then, go fish.
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Jackson : Hey, Doc! Ya ain't leavin' us here, are ya?
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[Hall, wearing an isolation suit, is attacked by Jackson, wielding a meat cleaver]
Jackson : YOU!
[Hall trips and falls backward to avoid Jackson's weapon]
Jackson : YOU... YOU DID IT!
Dr. Mark Hall : [getting to his feet] Give me that knife.
Jackson : [stepping back] You're not... human... everybody's dead!
Dr. Mark Hall : What happened?
[Jackson doubles over in pain]
Dr. Mark Hall : What is it?
[Jackson collapses to the ground in severe pain, unable to speak]
Dr. Mark Hall : WHAT HAPPENED?