Coming Home (1978)
Bruce Dern: Capt. Bob Hyde
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Quotes
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Capt. Bob Hyde : Freakin' combat. Huh! I took this little hamlet - and I got this Second Lieutenant, this, eh, f*ckin' Camp LeJeune wiz-kid. Aw, he comes whippin' right on up to me, "Excuse me, sir. Sorry to bother you; but, do you think it would be okay if we put the heads on the poles? You know that really scares the sh*t out of the VC." - - My men, were chopping heads off - and that's what they were into - while they were dead.
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Capt. Bob Hyde : [Yelling at Sally after discovering her infidelity] What I'm saying is! I don't belong in this house, and they say I don't belong over there!
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Capt. Bob Hyde : I've waited a long time for an opportunity like this.
Capt Hyde's Friend : You're going to make Major.
Sally Hyde : Major?
Capt. Bob Hyde : Major.
Sally Hyde : Major Mrs. Robert Hyde? I'll have to get my skirts lengthened for that one.
Capt. Bob Hyde : Start wearing girdles.
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Capt. Bob Hyde : Why did you have to go to work in the *hospital*?
Sally Hyde : Because I wanted to.
Capt. Bob Hyde : It's the pits! You didn't have to do that. I just - don't want you to work.
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Sally Hyde : [In a crowded bar in Hong Kong] Bob, let's just be alone for a few minutes.
Capt. Bob Hyde : We are alone.
Sally Hyde : There's something wrong, Bob.
Capt. Bob Hyde : It's not you - it's, it's 'em, it's f*cked up, it's all this bull sh*t about Nam, it's in my head, I can't get it out.
Sally Hyde : Well, why don't you talk to me about it? I want to know what it's like.
Capt. Bob Hyde : I don't know what it's - I don't know what it is? The TV shows what it's like. It sure as hell don't show - what it is.
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Sally Hyde : You like tiger balm? It makes you feel real cool. I'll put some on your back.
Capt. Bob Hyde : Is that the way you massage the basket cases at the hospital?
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Capt. Bob Hyde : [Bob coming home] What the hell did you do to your hair?
Sally Hyde : I've stopped straightening it.
Capt. Bob Hyde : Where's all the demonstrators? Some asshole on the plane told us there was going to be a bunch of flower-heads out here.
Sally Hyde : Oh, there's some kids out there. They can't come on the base.
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Capt. Bob Hyde : You never told me that you were this close to the beach.
Sally Hyde : I wanted to surprise you.
Capt. Bob Hyde : You're full of surprises.
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Vi Munson : So, Bob, tell us about your foot.
Capt. Bob Hyde : Its not my foot, it's my leg and it's a god damn bore. Just like this whole f*ckin' war is boring. But, ladies, ha-ha, ole Bob has got to tell you one thing that is not boring and that is a good ole U.S. of A. martini! Of which, I am going to partake, as much as I can and as quick as I can.
Vi Munson : Drink it up. I made gallons.
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Capt. Bob Hyde : Say something else *f*ck*. Say - something - else - *f*ck*.
Luke Martin : I'm not the enemy. Maybe the enemy is the f*cking war. But, you don't want to kill anybody here. You have enough ghosts to carry around.
