City of Angels (1998) Edit

A guy I met. I bumped into him and we got something to eat.

A little flat chested...

A little tighter. Tighter. There you go.

A skysc****r.

Aching.

All right, they have rescheduled the operation for Monday.

All those cells.

Almost there. Give me 7 more minutes.

Am I too late?

And after all this time, and after all this work...

And besides, it feels like a little bit of home up here.

And I like what I do.

And I thought, I could do that.

And I touched you. Remember?

And I want somebody who can feel my hand when I touch him.

And I want that.

And I...

And if I want her to?

And if it isn't... If it isn't, what do I do with that?

And one day...

And sunset, yes.

And that?

And then you just...

And they...?

And this is my wife, Teresa.

And when you wake up, you're...?

And you cried.

And you looked right at me...

And you looked right at me...

Anne?

Anything.

Are you a drummer?

Are you a patient?

Are you a visitor?

Are you alone?

Are you cold?

Are you God?

Are you here?

Are you homeless?

Are you in despair?

Are you married?

Are you there?

Are you...?

As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea...

Be cool, man.

Be cool.

Because her number was up?

Because I can answer all your questions, friend.

Because I couldn't fix him. I did everything right...

Because I feel it.

Because I never sleep when you stay over.

Better get your butt out of here.

Blue eyes. He's never going to leave her.

Breath!

Breathe in.

Breathe in.

Bummer.

But he'd give it all up.

But I feel like I've known him forever.

But you can feel me.

But you can't feel this!

But you didn't?

But.. But...

Buzz him again at 300.

Called love

Can I help you, sir?

Can Mommy come?

Can we talk for a minute?

Can you see me?

Cassiel.

Check his vitals every 15.

Choanal atresia.

Christ! Paddles!

Circumstances were not optimal for the procedure.

Close your eyes.

Cold!

Come back Monday and get back on the horse.

Come down to half flow, give me a little volume.

Come on, give me your hand.

Come on, let's meet some people.

Come on, Seth.

Come on, we deal with life and death every day. Why can't we talk about it?

Come on! Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Nothing.

Continue to eat in this manner...

Could it be...

Couldn't get a job.

Damn it, come on!

Describe it. Like Hemingway.

Did I leave the lights on? I left the lights on.

Did you do an ultrasound?

Did you feel that?

Did you pack my backpack?

Did you use my pager? I usually don't get my messages unless you beep me.

Did you...

Dinner?

Do it! Do it!

Do they still gather together at sunrise?

Do what?

Do you come here a lot?

Do you ever wonder what that would be like?

Do you feel that?

Do you feel that?

Do you know how much I love you?

Do you know where she is?

Do you see me?

Doctor?

Doctor?

Doctor?

Doesn't it help the patient to be visited?

Doing what?

Don't go anywhere.

Don't go. The driver went.

Don't you ever wonder who it is we're fighting with?

Down and down and down I go

Down to half flow, here's your volume.

Dr. Carter, 655 ...

Dying.

Earl, what are you doing?

Earl?

Every guy you meet is either married or a gyno.

Everybody down!

Excellent choice. What else?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me. I'm sorry, I'm...

Fabulous.

Ferris was looking for you.

Floating, floating. Don't pop it. Don't pop it!

Floating, floating. Don't pop it. Don't pop it!

Found him in a dumpster behind the House of Pies.

Free will, brother.

Free will.

Free will.

Get down!

Get her pressure.

Get married on the Nevada side...

Get out!

Get out.

Getting an attitude?

God!

God. Is it...?

Good morning, Mr. Messinger.

Got a message for me?

Got it!

Gotta open him. How long to go back on?

Hang on.

Has anyone ever seen the baby sleep?

Have a beer, Seth.

Have you ever been seen, Cassiel?

Have you ever been seen...

He and I are the same.

He can fall.

He can give up eternity and become...

He can give up his existence as he knows it.

He didn't survive.

He didn't tell you.

He gave these bozos the greatest gift in the universe.

He hears music in the sunrise.

He is living.

He knows me.

He knows the demands of my work.

He loves you that much.

He never forgets to describe how things taste.

He never stops crying.

He told me.

He was chickenshit.

He works with me over at the site. Construction work.

He worries that you never sleep. And he loves to see you smile.

He's hypertensive.

He's not going anywhere.

He's pretty out of it.

Hello, hello, hello...

Hello, Maggie.

Hello?

Hello.

Hello.

Here you are again.

Here, can you cut this up?

Hey, doc!

Hey, I ain't the procedure. My name is Nathan Messinger and I'm right here.

Hey, you're early.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. Hey, buddy.

Hi!

Hi. I'm a physician and I think a patient left that in my office.

His family's having a kind of a welcome home party.

Hit it.

Hold up. It's not working.

Holy shit.

Home.

Honey, that hurts.

Hop in. We'll figure it out when we get there.

How did she take it?

How did you know my name?

How did you know that...?

How did you know?

How did you two meet?

How do you explain it?

How do you know this?

How do you know when I'm here?

How do you know?

How does it even work? Maybe I can page him.

How is he?

How you feeling?

How?

How's her breathing?

How's it feel? Tell me what it feels like.

How's that?

Human.

I already gave it to you.

I always asked the dying what they liked best about living.

I am stuck on Band Aid brand

I am stuck on Band Aid brand

I am stuck on Band Aid brand 'Cause Band Aids stuck on me

I came to take Mr. Balford...

I can tell you when.

I can't hear that!

I can't see you, but I know you're there.

I can't see you, but I know you're there.

I can't.

I cannot conceive of it!

I couldn't have done it better.

I couldn't marry Jordan.

I couldn't take my eyes off you.

I cut you with that knife. I felt it go in. You felt it.

I cut you.

I cut you.

I don't believe in that.

I don't believe you.

I don't have any.

I don't know what a pear tastes like to you.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know. I think so.

I don't know. Let's check him out.

I don't need a visitor.

I don't really pray...

I don't understand a God who would let us meet, if we could never be together.

I don't understand.

I don't want to hurt you.

I don't want to see you again.

I don't...

I feel you.

I fell in love.

I forgot how good everybody looked.

I gotta go. Stay right here.

I gotta tell you, I feel fine.

I had three chairs in my house...

I have a feeling.

I have no sense of touch.

I have to go.

I hope you're not gonna become one of those surgeons who prays in the OR.

I just...

I know.

I know.

I like that.

I live here.

I lost a patient.

I lost it.

I mean, what happens physically?

I never know what to say.

I operated on your husband.

I saw the chart on Balford.

I should have gone to Raiphs.

I should've gone back on.

I should've gone back on. I massaged longer. I lost it.

I should've massaged longer.

I started to try once or twice.

I suppose you know a woman's threshold of pain...

I thought he was a messenger.

I thought we'd fly up to Tahoe, use your uncle's cabin...

I thought you'd be here.

I told her.

I understand.

I used to think that I had it all figured out.

I wait all day, just hoping for one more minute with you...

I wanna see you.

I want to say goodbye.

I wanted him to live.

I wanted to show you everything.

I was holding his heart in my hand when he died.

I was on my way up to X Ray...

I was there in the stairwell...

I was wondering if you could tell me how to get to the county hospital?

I wasn't born in Canada.

I would rather have had...

I'll be right back.

I'll just take a moment to catch my breath.

I'll never see my grandkids again.

I'll see you around.

I'm a messenger.

I'm going to Reno.

I'm going to Tahoe.

I'm good at it.

I'm good.

I'm growing.

I'm not a construction worker.

I'm not afraid.

I'm not asking for it every night. Just twice a week.

I'm not very good at matters of the heart. I mean...

I'm one of the doctors here.

I'm scared.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. What happened? What happened?

I'm spending time with you.

If I could make you understand...

If you'd have performed the operation yesterday like you were supposed to...

If you'd known this was going to happen...

In a diner once, a blind woman turned to me all of a sudden...

In the elevator of the Bradbury Building...

Internal paddles. Charge to 20.

Is it red?

Is it red?

Is this heaven?

Is this what happens?

It is unprofessional and it embarrasses me in front of my staff.

It was a good day.

It was textbook. It was textbook.

It wasn't your fault, Maggie.

It'll have to back out. Can't leave the head in.

It's because the tube is blocked.

It's just crap. I'm full of crap.

It's just for a moment.

It's never 20 minutes.

It's nice to see you again.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's too much for them.

It's up to you.

It's weird to see you again.

It's wonderful.

Jeez, you look good.

Jesus, wake up! Wake up!

Jimi.

Jordan asked me to go away with him...

Jordan?

Just be cool. Be cool.

Just being here.

Just look at me.

Just not the way you think.

Just run a bath, get her into the bath.

Just stay until I fall asleep.

Just stay.

Just think about it.

Just...

Keep looking at me, okay?

Kid started walking.

Kill the alarm!

Kill the music. Get her back in here.

Knife.

Let me see you.

Let's come off.

Let's see if the cookies are done.

Let's see if we can just stand still for five minutes and be together.

Listen, kid:

Listen. Can you hear?

Look at this.

Look right in my eyes.

Look that up in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of you and me.

Love

Love!

Love? I don't know.

Loving that old black magic

Maggie Rice.

Maggie, it's just a tick.

Maggie, you put up a terrific fight.

Maggie.

Maggie.

Maggie.

Maggie.

May I?

Maybe emotion becomes so intense...

Maybe if I just hang here...

Maybe you should ask him.

Maybe...

Me neither.

Miss, can you tell me where the bathroom is?

Mommy needs you to get up now.

Mr. and Mrs. Plate.

My ass on a stool all day. She gets the good chair.

My daughter, Ruth...

My name is Seth.

My patient's wife.

Nathan!

Never date a man who knows more about your vagina than you do.

No dying now, Mr. Messinger. Not until you give me Seth's phone number.

No ID.

No one can see you unless you want them to.

No parents.

No past, no training.

No pulse or rhythm.

No response.

No, I don't.

No, I mean it.

No, I mean, ha, ha, your work.

No, I'm a messenger of God.

No, I'm asking you.

No, Jordan, I can't go camping now.

No, not by me, and not by the dying or the delirious.

No, sir, I do not know where she is.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No. I just need to find her, please.

Nobody likes to think of the old life. You know, what they gave up.

Not on my table.

Not the way you do.

Not until I catch the big wave.

Not very long.

Not yet.

Nothing but us.

Occasionally. Yes.

Oh, God, help me through this.

Oh, God, no, Maggie.

Oh, he won't be there.

Oh, how cute.

Oh, my God! Okay.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no.

Oh, right. Then how come you're hanging around my room all the time?

Oh, she's pretty.

Oh, shit!

Oh, shit.

Oh, shit. I totally forgot dinner.

Oh, yes!

Oh. Ha, ha. Men.

Okay, baby. Yes.

Okay, hang on.

Okay, run a bath, call the doctor.

Okay, swing it.

Okay, to the left? Yeah, okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. All right, let's see if we can just spend five minutes.

Okay. All right.

On the 101 through downtown L.A., no delays...

On the table, on my table. I'm sorry.

One.

Open it now!

Open it!

Pajamas.

Pajamas.

Pay it off with another card at 14 percent.

People die when their bodies give out.

People die.

People don't believe in us anymore.

Petie's 4, Hannah's 6.

Plate.

Please be my wife.

Please help me find her.

Please stay with me.

Please stay.

Poor little guy.

Presbyterian's on Line 2.

Pretty intuitive call on the baby.

Put it in mine. There you go.

Read a newspaper.

Read.

Ready to hit the waves.

Red?

Reno!

Retrograde on.

Rosemary.

Round and spin

Salty.

Seth Plate?

Seth, please.

Seth, Seth.

Seth?

Seth?

Seth?

Seth.

Seth.

Seth.

Seth.

She definitely knew what she liked.

She didn't see you, Seth. She can't see you.

She said that she saw a man in her bedroom.

She said, What good would wings be if you couldn't feel wind on your face?

She wants me to tell her that her husband is gonna be okay...

She wants me to tell her that her husband is gonna be okay...

She went to Lake Tahoe. Her uncle has a cabin on the Nevada side.

She will...

She won't understand.

She's been looking at me for the last half hour.

Shit! Jesus!

Shit! Just give him the money.

Smile, Hannah.

So in what province is it in Canada were you born?

So you're a friend of Maggie's?

So, what did you and your friend...? What did you say his name was?

Soft on your tongue. Grainy...

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

Some things are true whether you believe them or not.

Sometimes I think Earl's the only one who understands me.

Sorry.

Sponge.

Stay right there.

Suction.

Susan!

Susan. Susan, stay with me. Susan.

Susan. Susie.

Swim!

Tahoe!

Tahoe!

Take a look at that.

Take me there?

Taste water.

Tear ducts operate on a normal basis to lubricate and protect the eye.

Tell me what?

Tell them the truth.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, everybody.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, okay?

That and all the space in between.

That doctor, in the operating room...

That is my wife.

That makes me uniquely qualified.

That old black magic called

That part about the spring? “You knew there'd always be a spring.

That's all you are.

That's bright.

That's good.

That's life.

That's me.

That's pretty flimsy evidence.

The doctor.

The doctor's here.

The enduring myth of heaven.

The first time I looked in a microscope...

The G is soft, like messenger.

The highest truth on the subject remains unsaid...

The little girl asked me if she could be an angel.

The Muffin Man, the Muffin Man?

The room got so big. I was so small.

The way I do? What does that mean?

The way...

Then he wasn't alone.

Then I thought, Why do that to her?

Then one day, I was walking past a building site.

Then what's the problem?

There is so much beauty up here.

There you go. Good grip.

There's hardly any air getting through.

These things'll kill you.

They don't need to see us.

They had a golf tournament.

Think so?

Thirty years of silence.

This diagonal looks tight.

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body's one sense...

This is blood!

This is it.

This is what happens.

This is what I like best.

This operation is a big deal.

Three unassisted steps.

To be able to hold your hand right now.

To fall to Earth.

To feed the dog.

To help her.

To smell the air.

To touch you...

Tom, I gotta get back on bypass here.

Tom.

Tom. Come on.

Too late?

Touch her hair.

Touch?

Touch.

Touch.

Try.

Twenty minutes. Everything in this damn city is 20 minutes.

Two hundred.

Uh huh.

Uh...

Unless...

Up.

Vein.

Wait for what?

Wait!

Wait.

Wait.

Wait. I'm sorry, I don't understand. A what?

Warm.

Warmth.

Was it you? Were you the one? Were you there?

We belong together.

We can finally get up to Tahoe.

We fight for people's lives, right?

We fit together.

We have our whole lives together.

We need to spend some time together.

We were able to restore blood flow to the heart...

We were made to fit together.

We were never human.

We worked him up the wazoo for everything...

We're clamped and off bypass.

We're coming down.

We're the same species.

Weird is nice.

Welcome back. We've been talking to mothers who are members of the KKK.

Well, how about some olive oil?

Well, I'm afraid your bodysurfing days are over.

Well, set me up.

Well, um...

Well, visiting hours have been over since 8:00.

Well, we talked...

What about your boyfriend?

What am I doing?

What am I doing?

What am I supposed to do?

What are you doing?

What are you missing?

What are you talking about? I didn't give you this book.

What are you waiting for?

What are your parents' names?

What color were the drugs you took?

What did you two talk about?

What do we got?

What do you do?

What do you want me to do? Get down on my knees?

What do you want me to say?

What do you want me to say?

What do you want to do?

What do you want to know?

What does that mean?

What does your wife think of that?

What else does he tell you?

What else?

What for?

What happened to the cards? You could touch the cards.

What happened to you?

What happened yesterday?

What happened?

What if I just make her a little pair of wings out of paper?

What if I screamed? What if I just screamed right now?

What is a thermometer? Mercury.

What is on your lip?

What kind of messenger? A bike messenger?

What kind of name is Seth?

What?

What?

What?

What?

What?

What? Am I slobbering here?

What's it like?

What's that like?

What's your last name?

What's yours?

When a woman decides to sleep with a man...

When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring...

When they ask me...

When you have an emotion, they overact and create tears.

Where are we going?

Where have you been?

Where you from?

Where you headed?

Where'd you get it?

Where's the doctor?

Which gift?

Which kind? Jalapefio or rosemary?

Who cathed him?

Who knows with these people?

Who... What are you?

Why are you doing this?

Why are you telling me?

Why did he do this?

Why didn't you call me?

Why do they have that?

Why do you want her to?

Why don't you ever touch me?

Why won't you give me your phone number?

Why you wear the same clothes all the time?

Why? Why do they overact?

Will you be going?

Will you be going?

Will you marry me?

Wright down into me.

Wrote it down in my book.

Yeah, I didn't kill anybody today.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, they're out there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm starting to.

Yes, it's clear.

Yes, you do.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yoo hoo!

You and me.

You better get out of here, Seth...

You came all this way.

You can't be in here.

You can't do it.

You did everything you could?

You didn't?

You don't have to be frightened.

You don't know what a pear tastes like?

You don't love him.

You don't trust it enough.

You don't want to believe me.

You failed as a father already. How does that feel?

You feel that?

You felt me.

You freak!

You got a mean tattoo going there.

You got an appetite?

You got guts, kid, showing yourself like that. I appreciate that. I do.

You got somewhere to go?

You hang out at a library.

You have moments.

You have this computer...

You have to go back.

You have very delicate hands for a construction worker.

You haven't even started yet.

You jump off a bridge. Leap out a window.

You just make up your mind to do it and you do it.

You knew there would always be a spring...

You know it.

You know my last name.

You know what that means?

You liar!

You look great.

You make up your mind to do it...

You mean the way a doctor does? The way a woman does? What?

You might want to check your orders because I sure don't feel like I'm dying.

You never sleep whether I stay over or not.

You okay?

You ready to deal?

You see them, but most of the time you just walk on by.

You see, these people down here...

You should trust that.

You take the plunge, the tumble, the dive.

You think he didn't give it to us too?

You travel with the speed of thought.

You wanna get well or you want Ben & Jerry's?

You want proof?

You will.

You won't hurt me.

You.

You'll always be that way.

You'll have to call her office. Someone there can help you.

You're good.

You're just like Grandpa.

You're living now.

You're looking at me.

You're not dying.

You're not ill?

You're sick and you can't operate.

You're touching me.

You've definitely been beeped.

Your body weeps.

Your invisible drug wore off.

Your mind and your feelings become too powerful.

105?

105.

Am I being punished? You know better than that.

Be right in. The patient wants to meet you.

But she was blind. But she knew I was there.

Can I help you? Yeah, great.

Can you tell me who checked it out? I can't tell you who.

Charge to 2. Charging 200.

Cold. I know, I know.

Do it! Relax. I'm doing it, okay?

Fall? Dive.

Get a match. We're not going to burn him, Jordan.

Get it on video? I wasn't even there.

Get the tube out. He can't breathe.

Go, go, go. Dr. Rice.

Hi, Anne. What are you doing here?

Hi. Thanks for coming.

How is Messinger? He's good.

I screwed up. No.

I'll get the trail map. No. No, no.

I'm the doctor. Oh, I'm sorry.

It was a good day. It was.

It wasn't your fault. I know.

Jordan... I'm not...

Let's give her O2. Ten liters. Yes, doctor.

Let's go somewhere. Where?

Maggie, you're sick. I'm not sick.

Maggie. Hey.

Maggie. Just get out!

Move it, people. Is Room 2 clear?

Nada. Go to 30.

North. Uh, ahem, Canada. Oh, yeah?

Nothing. Start compression.

Oh, God. Oh, my God.

Okay. All right, give me 5 minutes.

Okay. Hey.

Pajamas? Flannel, with feet.

Ready. Clear!

Ready. Twenty.

She's getting good, huh? She's getting that attitude too.

So I'm crazy and I'm chemically imbalanced. You're tired.

Someone's out there. Maggie.

Stay. I should get help.

The baby can't sleep. What?

Thirty. Hit it.

Three hundred. Clear.

To lie. Through your teeth.

To take Mr. Balford? I was there.

We can't just be burning tick heads. Then get some alcohol.

We're always there in every room. What are you talking about?

What did you say? He's...?

What? Hours.

What? I'm on the committee. It's on review.

What's going on? I have a mitral valve to do. They canceled it.

Where are we? Down a liter.

Where did you get that? What am I, a prisoner?

Who are you? This is good.

Who canceled it? Sheffield.

Why did you do that? Let me see your hand.

Why do people cry? What do you mean?

With who? Well, he's a...

Yes. Ah.

You choose. Choose?

You don't have any alcohol? I don't operate here.

You flinched. You lose! You cheat.

You give him lidocaine? 100's gone in.

You hear a murmur? Worth a shot.

You're an excellent doctor. How do you know?

... shore of the pond in my shirtsleeves...

...a human does.

...a man touched a woman's bare skin by accident...

...and all this technology. Can't you look her up?

...and asked me to pass her the mustard.

...and began to be happy.

...and get married.

...and hungrier than you've ever been...

...and I couldn't fix him.

...and I don't even know you.

...and I don't.

...and I don't.

...and I saw you.

...and I thought I'd stop in and just...

...and my grandkids.

...and their faint metallic taste...

...and then I got beeped and he disappeared.

...and to feel you.

...and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine...

...and you do it.

...as I drank their cold liquid from each shell...

...bigger out there. Something bigger than me, bigger than you, and it...

...but all you need's a handful.

...but he developed a lethal arrhythmia. We were unable to resuscitate him.

...but if you could just help me out here...

...fall.

...former celestial body, recent addition to the human race.

...from drug exposure to diabetes. We got nothing.

...her stupid husband, Frank...

...hide.

...honeymoon and be back before we miss a case.

...hyphenates.

...I promise...

...I suddenly have this feeling that...

...I'd be sucking carrots through a straw in my arm. What happened?

...I'll tell them...

...it was as though a young person had died for no reason.

...juicy.

...like I was a man.

...like you were a man?

...maybe do a little hiking.

...no hunger.

...no pain...

...none of this is in my hands. Nothing.

...one breath of her hair...

...one of us.

...one touch of her hand...

...only you have no idea what hunger is or any of that stuff...

...or Security's gonna think you're a psych patient.

...probably cannot be said.

...serendipitous.

...she begins to putt away from the awareness she had once exposed...

...she looked right at me.

...so it's all real confusing and painful, but very, very good.

...someday.

...tell her who you were?

...that describes a chemical react...

...that I have every confidence...

...that's when I knew I wanted to be a doctor.

...the doctor?

...the proverbial heart.

...then when they die, that's the end.

...these cells...

...this jolt. I got this feeling that there's something...

...through her recognition of external realities.

...what I liked the best...

...when you cried for your patient.

...would you have done it?

...you might as well skip it. Save the 30 grand.

...you'll be dying.

...your body just can't contain it.

'Cause Band Aid's stuck on me

'Cause Band Aid's stuck on me