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April 10, 2026
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"I have killed for my country, or whatever, and I don't feel good about it. 'Cause there's not enough reason, man, to feel a person die in your hands, or to see your best buddy get blown away."
"[to Sally] You know, I spend 95% of the time at the hospital thinking of making love with you."
"[being interviewed by a television news crew after chaining himself to a Marines Recruitment Facility] The reason why I'm here is because a buddy of mine who'd been in 'Nam took his own life today. This is kind of a funeral service. And I'm here because I'm trying to tell people, man, if we want to commit suicide, we have plenty of reasons to do it right here at home. We don't have to go to Vietnam to find reasons to kill ourselves. I just don't think we should be over there."
"Jane Fonda - Sally Hyde"
"Jon Voight - Luke Martin"
"Bruce Dern - Capt. Bob Hyde"
"Penelope Milford - Vi Munson"
"Robert Carradine - Bill Munson"
"Robert Ginty - Sgt. Dink Mobley"
"Mary Gregory - Martha Vickery"
"Kathleen Miller - Kathy Delise"
"Beeson Carroll - Capt. Earl Delise"
"Willie Tyler - Virgil"
"Shari Summers – Edith Phern"
"Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany, he realized they had only been sea gulls... For me, they will always be... glorious birds."
"Tom Skerritt – as Motorcycle Officer"
"I haven't lived... I've died a few times."
"Well, what do you say, Harold? Ah, it's a great life. There's action, adventure, advising, and you'll get a chance to see the war first-hand. And there are plenty of slant-eyed girls. I'll make a man out of you, Harold. You'll travel the world, put on a uniform, and take on a man's job. You'll walk tall, with a glint in your eye and a spring in your step, and the knowledge in your heart that you are working for peace and are serving your country, just like Nathan Hale. Now, that's what this country needs - more Nathan Hales. [He salutes a picture of Nathan Hale] And, Harold, I think I can see a little Nathan Hale in you."
"I would be remiss in my duty, if I did not tell you, that the idea of...... intercourse... and the fact of your firm, young... body..... commingling, with the... withered flesh... sagging... breasts... and flabby b-... buttocks... makes me want... to vomit."
"Ruth Gordon – Dame Marjorie "Maude" Chardin"
"Bud Cort – Harold Parker Chasen"
"Vivian Pickles – Mrs. Chasen"
"Cyril Cusack – Glaucus"
"Ellen Geer – Sunshine Doré"
"Eric Christmas – Priest"
"G. Wood – Psychiatrist"
"Charles Tyner – General Victor Ball"
"Judy Engles – Candy Gulf"