Leather Jackets (1991)
Bridget Fonda: Claudi
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[first lines]
Claudi : [narrating] It's hard to think that something as simple and easy to say as "I love you" could be such a problem. You have to be careful who you fall in love with. The three of us have always known each other, and maybe... well, maybe we should have stayed just friends. For them, friendship was everything.
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Dobbs : [in the car] So I take it, the engagement's off. What, no big day? Huh?
Claudi : Why did you tell Mickey you fucked me this morning?
Dobbs : I was doing him a favor.
Claudi : By lying?
Dobbs : It was just a little lie.
Mickey : You asshole.
Dobbs : I mean, when was the last time we fucked, huh, honey? You remember? I don't remember.
[to Mickey in back of car:]
Dobbs : Why are you looking at me like that for, you ungrateful bastard? You obviously couldn't dump her on your own.
Mickey : I never needed your help.
Dobbs : Oh, who are you kidding? I made you. You're just my shadow. You're nothing but a grunt. You ain't never gonna be me.
Mickey : Thank you, God.
Claudi : Blessings in disguise.
Dobbs : Wait a minute. Wait a minute! Who the *fuck* asked you?
Claudi : Come on, let's face it, Dobbs. Between erections, you're just killing time with the rest of us.
Dobbs : Is that right?
Claudi : Yeah, that's right. You don't have any friends. All you have is an audience. The only thing you ever shared with anybody else is your dick. If not the dick itself, stories about the dick. And the stories are getting boring.
Dobbs : Oh, now that you've opened your *fat mouth,* why don't you entertain us?
Claudi : You wouldn't be interested.
Dobbs : Oh, I don't know. Why don't you tell us about the pump brothers?
[Big Steve smirks]
Dobbs : You'll love this one, Mickey. All those balls you stuck up your ass?
[smirks]
Dobbs : What were they called? Moo Cow? Ben Ho? Ben Wa? Ben Wa, that's it. Yeah, Ben Wa.
Claudi : You remember it better than I do.
Mickey : That's enough.
Dobbs : Oh, come on. Come on, Claudi. Don't be... don't be shy.
[smiles]
Dobbs : You can tell it a lot better than me. You remember all those little... *slimy details.*
Claudi : What's your problem, Dobbs? I mean, what bothers you? Is it that I fuck guys? Is it that I suck cock? I mean, are you jealous? What is it?
Dobbs : You wish, honey. Hey, Steve, you awake back there?
Big Steve : [bear growl] Mmm.
Dobbs : You don't wanna hear this.
Big Steve : Why not?
Dobbs : See? Now we're all interested. Even Mickey.
Claudi : [glances back at Mickey, who's lighting a cigarette] All right, so where do you want me to start?
Dobbs : Ben Wa.
Dobbs : [as Claudi laughs] That's enough.
Claudi : Wait?
[looks back at him as he again urges]
Claudi : You should have spoken up when you had the opportunity there.
Mickey : I'm speaking up now.
Claudi : Well, it's too late now. Maybe you need to hear it. Okay, so, uh, let's start with Big Steve here. He's a sitting duck.
Big Steve : Just leave me the fuck out of this.
Claudi : Oh, yeah, all right, well, did he tell you about our night of passion? When I got drunk and he fucked me in my sleep. Boy, I bet that made a great story when he told it!
Big Steve : [smirking, shakes his head] You weren't drunk, baby.
[Dobbs joins into his laughter]
Claudi : Right, well, a friend of mine was there, and, uh, she just happened to notice I was unconscious... and that it took you a full thirty seconds.
Big Steve : Hey, you were cum drunk.
[more laughter from the two roughnecks]
Dobbs : Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got all that bullshit. Tell us about the pump brothers. That's the one.
Claudi : Well... I couldn't decide which one I liked better, so I had them both. We were in their parents' room, and there was this string of pearls, and Will asked me... if I knew who Ben Wa was... and I said I didn't, so he introduced me. And...
[defiantly:]
Claudi : And it was fun... and I liked it. And I liked them. You know, if I liked a guy, I was proud of it, you know. I was proud of myself.
[nods]
Claudi : I didn't mind showing him off.
[looks down]
Claudi : I didn't mind. I was loyal to him for as long as he was loyal to me. And I never stood for cheats and liars. Not even you.
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Claudi : I was loyal to him for as long as he was loyal to me, and I never stood for cheats and liars. Not even you.
Dobbs : I never lied to you, honey.
Claudi : You made me think you cared.
Dobbs : That was your idea.
Claudi : Shall I... shall I tell the boys about us?
Dobbs : Sure, why not?
Claudi : Why not. Into each life, a little Dobbs must fall. When I first met Dobbs, he was wearing *exactly* the same thing... except for the blood. And...
[smiles wistfully]
Claudi : He was a snake. But he was a cute snake. And he asked me out on a date, so I let him take me out. He took me to Fat Jack's. It was the first time I'd ever been to Fat Jack's. And we had fun, and we wound up in the
[snickers]
Claudi : men's room. And I told him to fuck me right there, and... he said "No." He said... He said I was special. He wanted it to be *different.* So, he borrowed some money, and he took me to a hotel in Friston with brass beds... and soft sheets... and the place smelled like jasmine... And... he undressed me. And I've never been that *naked* before.
[scoffs]
Claudi : Nobody'd ever really made love to me before.
[scoffs]
Claudi : I remember... I remember how safe I felt. I felt really safe, you know. All your heat. You just... kept *lavishing* it on me. You just kept pouring it all over me, and I got... I got really scared, you know. And you said, "Shh, it's okay. Don't worry, I'll take care of you. I'll take care of you, everything's gonna be okay." And you just kissing me and kissing me all over... till I couldn't fight you anymore, and you were the softest, gentlest man... I ever met. And you had the softest, gentlest hands that ever touched me. Do you remember that, Dobbs?
[no answer from him]
Claudi : You were adorable. You were *in love* with me.
Dobbs : That's before I got to know you.
Claudi : You know, you really could have been something, Dobbs. You really could have. I mean, I don't understand how you turned into such a small piece of *shit... *
Dobbs : Hey...!
[lunges at her, and loses control of the car]
