Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

Helen Schneider: Joann Carlino

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• Joann Carlino : [narrating]  There were so many things I wanted to say to him, so many questions I wanted to ask. But Eddie and I, we had a deal, we never talked about the future. We thought the present was so fine, why ruin it by planning ahead? But as Eddie drove off, I knew, I knew it then, it wasn't gonna be any future. In the morning, they told me that Eddie was gone, and they hadn't found his body.

• Joann Carlino : Frank, I know you're gonna think I'm crazy. But I have to tell you something. Last night, there was a car sitting in my driveway: a '57 Chevy, just like Eddie's.

  Frank Ridgeway : Joann, that car was destroyed in the accident, remember?

  Joann Carlino : I know, but whoever it was, must have seen me looking out the window. He blinked his headlights high, then low, then high again, just like Eddie.

  Frank Ridgeway : It can't be. It can't be him.

  Joann Carlino : Well, who then? Who?

  Frank Ridgeway : It's not Eddie. Now, whoever it is that's watching you is looking to cash in on those tapes. But it is not Eddie.

  Joann Carlino : Frank, I know where those tapes are. After the accident, I had to say goodbye in my own way. I went to Satin Records, got the tapes, and drove back to Palace Depression.

  Frank Ridgeway : Take me there.

• Frank Ridgeway : [after unmasking Doc]  Why did you do this?

  Doc Robbins : Shortcuts, kid. I never could do things the easy way.

  Frank Ridgeway : Doc, why this little game and the car business?

  Doc Robbins : I figured Joann had the tapes, I knew she wasn't gonna give them to me. Maybe you, Wordman, maybe if she'd give them to you.

  Joann Carlino : What would you do if you had the tapes, Doc.

  Doc Robbins : Try me, just try me. I have it made. For once in my life, I'd bring home a winner... I'd like that.

  Joann Carlino : I once asked Eddie why he kept you around. You know what he said? He said, "Doc's a dreamer, and the world needs dreamers."

  Doc Robbins : He was the only real friend I ever had.

• Joann Carlino : Eddie, the music's great; those guys are wrong. It really is.