Bullitt County (2018)

Mike C. Nelson: Gordie

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• Carolyn : Waaaaayyy back durin' Prohibition times, the government was hammerin' down on all the distilleries, and the Bullitt family of Bullitt County had one of the biggest. Ergo, a big target on their back. So, the legend goes that they took all their money out in the Bullitt County wilderness and buried it. Supposedly millions.

  Gordie : And?

  Carolyn : And what?

  Gordie : That's kind of a short legend.

  Carolyn : Well I don't have a lot of practice tellin' it to make it all flowery.

• The Mr. : What are you, a history nut or a gun nut?

  Gordie : I guess a little bit of both. Fiction was definitely not my thing. I didn't care too much about something somebody just made up out of thin air, you know? Hence, the history books.

  The Mr. : Yeah, well, they say that history is written by the victors.

  Gordie : Which is probably why I'm a gun nut.

• Keaton : You told us to leave no trace - what the fuck are you doing?

  Wayne : That's impossible. We all know that's impossible...

  Gordie : There's no such thing as "leave no trace." There's always a trace. Always a trace...

• Gordie : You know when people look back on their lives and they regret not doing something? Something that could've changed their lives? This is that crossroads, right here. I, for one, am not gonna turn into some fifty-year-old blob of shit, who's, you know, sittin' around in a shitty house wearing a shitty robe obsessing over the one day that we could've all taken a little trek off the beaten path and, I don't know, potentially found Bullitt motherfuckin' treasure.

• Robin : You know, some people can dig themselves out of their holes. Not Gordie Solomon.

  Gordie : You know I have a gun, right?

  Robin : You tell yourself you're such a loyal, caring, and selfless friend so you don't have to face what you really are.

  Gordie : What's that? A Pisces?

  Robin : You're nothing.

• Gordie : You know, before I headed off to college and met all you guys, I spent one of those summers trying to "find myself." Which is ridiculous because trying to find yourself straight out of high school is like nailing Jell-O to the wall. But there I was, I'd saved up some money, you know, I'm gonna head out to Big Sur and rough it for a few months. And I wanted to see the Pacific - I had never seen it before. I had never seen a state outside of Indiana for that matter. So there I am, I'm at Big Sur and the first thing I do is, I just start trudging it up this mountain. I'm gonna get to the tippy-top of this mountain so I can watch the sunset over the Pacific, and, you know...

  Wayne : Find yourself.

  Gordie : Man, that sounds really stupid. But at the time, you know, yeah, of course. So, there I am, I'm hoofin' it up this mountain, and I'm not taking my eyes off the top, I'm just going and going and going, watching so I don't fall down. But I'm not as fast as the sun setting. So by the time I get to the top, it's pitch-black. So I turn around to head back down, and BOOM, there she is. The Pacific. She had been at my back the entire time. If I had turned around once, you know, I would've been able to see the sun set over her, but...

  Wayne : [beat, smiles]  You told me that before.

  Gordie : It's a sad fuckin' story, man.

• Keaton : Hey guys, uh, new plan. I'm not digging for treasure anymore, I'm now digging my own grave. So, when I'm done... JUST FUCKING BURY ME PLEASE.

  Gordie : [fake sneeze]  Groom card!

  Keaton : I'm gonna beat you to death with this, man, I swear to god I will beat you to death...

  Gordie : With that? How much did you save on that there kiddie shovel, Mr. Merlot?

  Keaton : Fifty-nine cents, bitch.

• Gordie : There was a guy at a meeting once that said he kept a Vodka shooter in his pocket to remind him of his weakness. I mean that's all those meetings really were was reminders of my weakness. And for ten fucking years that's all I did. I just wallowed in it. I wallowed in my weakness.

• Big Aviators : Some chicks don't know how they are till they've loosened up a little bit with some drinks.

  Gordie : Maybe she wasn't clear enough, so allow me to be clearer: Fuck. Off.

  Big Aviators : You know, that's not what I heard her say. I heard her say she just might need a good ol-fashioned Kentucky-fuckin'.

• Gordie : Who runs away from a guy with a loaded gun?

  Keaton : Everybody.

• Gordie : Because it gives your life meaning and gets you closer to that "Truth" with a capital "T." And you said that all meaningful stories, no matter how fantastical or not real they are, hold some of those deep truths.

• Robin : You're seeing things...

  Gordie : Yeah, a lot clearer now. And I just need you to know something. Look at me. Robin, I would never do anything to hurt you. Never ever ever ever. Never ever ever do anything to hurt you.

  Robin : Ten years, man. Ten fucking years. I thought you were better than this.

  Gordie : That's a sad fuckin' story.

• Robin : They're lucky to have you at those meetings, you know. Ol' Gordie, you're the best listener I know.

  Gordie : What's that?

  [pauses] 

  Gordie : Yeah, that's all I'm doing right now is listening. Haven't had the nerve yet to start talking myself.

  Robin : Well don't keep it all bottled up.

• Gordie : Arcadia.

  Robin : And it's still there.

  Keaton : And we're gonna find it this time, guys. Hell or high water.

• Robin : If I pulled a knife every time some guy was a pig, I'd be in fucking prison.

  Gordie : He was being a piece of shit!

  Robin : You're a piece of shit!

• Gordie : I had a little bit of a spill back there. Hurt my head real bad. It's got me seein' double...

• Gordie : [takes a deep hit off a joint, coughs and spits]  Keats, was this buried in your backpack since high school?

  Keaton : No, I got that just last week, from a guy who knew a guy.

  Gordie : How much did you pay for this shit?

  Robin : Okay, it can't be that bad. Here, let me try it.

  Keaton : I'm not a cheapskate with everything, some things I actually do spend some money on...

  Robin : [Robin takes a hit, coughs violently] 

  Keaton : Not a lot...

  Robin : That is some evil shit, Keats.

  Gordie : [takes the joint back]  I'll fall on the grenade. Buncha stems and seeds, but it's something.

  Keaton : The dealer says that's the best part.

• The Mr. : Anyway, I stick to bucks nowadays.

  Gordie : You got any of those mounted up around here?

  The Mr. : Oh, no no no. Missus don't allow any dead animals around. She says she can feel 'em watching her from beyond the grave.

• Gordie : Would you have pulled the trigger?

  Keaton : It wasn't loaded.

  Gordie : It takes two things to kill somebody: bullets and balls.

• Wayne : You should get rid of it.

  Gordie : I should get rid of a lot of things.

  Wayne : That some sort of threat?

• The Mr. : Where did you serve?

  Gordie : That obvious, huh?

  The Mr. : Oh I know a fellow serviceman when I see one.

  Gordie : I don't know how much you can call it "servin'." I was called up by Uncle Sam, hopped on an airplane, then a helicopter, and I landed in the middle of Saigon, it was January 29th, 1968.

  The Mr. : That is some bad luck, kid.

• Robin : It's not our place to kill her.

  Gordie : She'll squeal. It's what I'd do.

  Robin : Not everyone's you.

• Gordie : Uh oh, Robbo's got Sasquatch on the brain.

  Keaton : Yeah, how can you not, with hairy legs like that?

• Gordie : [laughing]  I can't believe she pepper sprayed me.

  Wayne : Well, you did point a gun at her while threatening to shoot her.

  Gordie : [holds up his revolver]  People listen better this way.

  Wayne : Or they pepper spray you.

• Gordie : If I hadn't buried him, the last ten years would've been a little bit different. You and Keats get to go on your merry little way, live your lovely little lives. You know what I got?

  [beat] 

  Gordie : Guilt.

• Wayne : You don't know me any better than the way in which you know yourself. So who are you, Gordon Solomon?

  Gordie : [beat]  I'm Gordie Solomon, and I'm an alcoholic.

• Gordie : We figured we'd wait for ya.

  Robin : To pay!

  Keaton : To pay?

  [browses the menu] 

  Keaton : Oh gosh, let's see... Tap water and peanuts for everybody!

  Robin : What a guy!

  Keaton : I'm so generous.

• Wayne : This is wrong. We can't just pretend none of this happened. It's not something we can erase. This will always follow us...

  Gordie : I had no choice. Right?

  Keaton : Yeah. Right.

  Wayne : You always have a choice. And this right here... this is a bad one.

• Gordie : Come on. I grabbed your tit, you grabbed Keaton's, now grab mine. To good ol' D.H. Lawrence!

  Robin : There's really fucking something wrong with you.

• Gordie : You took a drunk on the fuckin' Bourbon Trail. What were you fucking thinking?

• Keaton : It didn't make a difference whether we had the money or not. They thought we did without any proof or anything. You saw him, Gordie. You saw him, he went for that rifle, but you got to it first. He was gonna shoot me. You saved my life. You saved me. He was gonna kill me.

  Gordie : I killed him...

  Keaton : Yeah, but don't you get it? The legend was real. It was real. I can't fucking believe it myself. You wanted to come out into the woods and look for buried treasure. Well here you go! Buried fuckin' treasure. This right here, this is "Truth" with a capital "T."

• Gordie : Arcadia.

  Robin : I think we're gonna find it one day.

  Gordie : I don't think the damn place exists. It's like fuckin' Sasquatch.