Author Archives: Rick Tran

About Rick Tran

Freelance writer.

Sophie’s Choice, Sophie Zawistowski

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Rick Tran

My mother, she’s very sick, you know. And I can’t do anything. But I think, if only I could have got that meat for my mother it would make her strong. So I go to the country and, the peasants … Continue reading →

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Clerks, Jay

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Rick Tran

I feel good today, Silent Bob, we’re gonna make some money, then you know what we’re going to do? We’re gonna go to that party, we’re gonna get some pussy, and I’m gonna fuck this bitch, I’ll fuck this bitch, … Continue reading →

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Brokeback Mountain, Ennis Del Mar

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Rick Tran

I tell ya there, there were these two old guys ranched up together, down home. Earl and Rich. And they was the joke of town, even though they were pretty tough ol’ birds. Anyway they, they found Earl dead in … Continue reading →

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The Reader, Michael Berg

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

The more I suffer, the more I love. Continue reading →

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Animal Kingdom, Nathan Leckie

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

You know what the bush is about? It’s about massive trees that have been standing there for thousands of years and bugs that’ll be dead before the minute’s out. It’s big trees and pissy little bugs. And everything knows its … Continue reading →

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Antwone Fisher, Antwone Fisher

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

Who will cry for the little boy, he cried himself to sleep / Who will cry for the little boy, who never had it for keeps / Who will cry for the little boy, who walked on burning sands / … Continue reading →

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Monster’s Ball, Leticia Musgrove

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

Make me feel good! Continue reading →

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Leon, Stansfield

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

I haven’t got time for this Mickey Mouse bullshit! Continue reading →

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The Producers, Max Bialystock

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

When you got it, flaunt it. Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Now, Walter E. Kurtz

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

The horror. The horror. Continue reading →

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Cabaret, Sally Bowles

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rick Tran

Life is a Cabaret, old chum. Come to the Cabaret. Continue reading →

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All That Jazz, O’Connor Flood

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Rick Tran

Folks! What can I tell you about my next guest? This cat allowed himself to be adored, but not loved. And his success in show business was matched by failure in his personal relationship bag, now – that’s where he … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Now, Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Rick Tran

Charlie don’t surf Continue reading →

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Catwoman, Catwoman

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Rick Tran

Sometimes I’m bad, but only as bad as I wanna be. Continue reading →

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Spawn, Spawn

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Rick Tran

Aren’t there any normal people left on Earth? Or is everybody just back from Hell? Continue reading →

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The Kids Are All Right, Jules Allgood

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Rick Tran

Marriage is hard. Just two people slogging through the shit, year after year, getting older, changing. It’s a fucking marathon, okay? Continue reading →

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Meet the Parents, Jack Byrnes

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rick Tran

I will be watching you and if I find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown. Continue reading →

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Friday, Smokey

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rick Tran

Daaaaaaaaaaamn! Continue reading →

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From Here to Eternity, Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rick Tran

Some of the guys are puttin’ me over the jumps ’cause I don’t want to fight…yeah, on the boxing team. I don’t want to box. I don’t even want to think about it. See, I used to fight, middleweight. And … Continue reading →

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The Marrying Kind, Florence Keefer

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rick Tran

Because everybody gets in a rut. Take me. A rut! But down there in Atlantic City, I got into a lot of thinking. You know what I mean? I don’t mean just stewin’ around, I mean thinking. And to tell … Continue reading →

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Manhattan, Isaac Davis

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rick Tran

‘Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion.’ Uh, no, make that: ‘He-he romanticized it all out of proportion. OK… To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that … Continue reading →

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Jefferson Smith

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rick Tran

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights – that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; that to secure these … Continue reading →

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Dark Victory, Judith Traherne

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rick Tran

Don’t, Ann. I’m happy, really I am. Now let me see, is there anything else? Oh yes, one more thing. When Michael runs Challenger in the National, oh, and he’ll win – I’m sure he’ll win – have a party … Continue reading →

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Point Break, Bodhi

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rick Tran

It’s not tragic to die doing what you love. Continue reading →

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The Town, FBI Special Agent Adam Frawley

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rick Tran

You and your boys didn’t just roll a star market over in Malden for a box of quarters. No, you decided to bang it out on the North End at 9 o’clock in the morning with assault rifles. You fucking … Continue reading →

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Marty, Marty Piletti

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Rick Tran

Dogs like us, we ain’t such dogs as we think we are. Continue reading →

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Hoop Dreams, William Gates

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Rick Tran

Four years ago that’s all I used to dream about was playing in the NBA. I don’t really dream about it like that anymore. You know, even through I love playing basketball, you know I want to do other things … Continue reading →

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Four Weddings and a Funeral, Matthew

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Rick Tran

Gareth used to prefer funerals to weddings. He said it was easier to get enthusiastic about a ceremony one had an outside chance of eventually being involved in. In order to prepare this speech, I rang a few people, to … Continue reading →

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Clerks, Chewlies Gum Representative

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Rick Tran

You’re spending what? Twenty, maybe thirty dollars a week on your cigarettes? Fifty-three dollars a week on cigarettes! Come on! Would you give somebody that much money each week to kill you? ‘Cause that’s what you’re doing now, by paying … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Rick Tran

Caesar is home. Continue reading →

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Gettysburg, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Rick Tran

We are an army out to set other men free. Continue reading →

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The Fugitive, Deputy Samuel Gerard

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Rick Tran

What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Continue reading →

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