《《Dawning (1987)》》Storyline
Just when they are about to reach the top before dark, a tribe of gorillas begins to hurl huge boulders down on them from above.Phyllis: Just my name.Neff: As for instance?Phyllis: Phyllis.Neff: Phyllis, huh.I think I like that.Phyllis: But you""re not sure.Neff: I""d have to drive it around the block a couple of times.Phyllis: (Standing up.) Mr.Neff, why don""t you drop by tomorrow evening around 8:30? He""ll be in then.Neff: Who?Phyllis: My husband.You were anxious to talk tohim, weren""t you?Neff: Yeah, I was.But I""m sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.Phyllis: There""s a speed limit in this state, Mr.Neff, 45 miles an hour.Neff: How fast was I going, Officer?Phyllis: I""d say around 90.Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.Neff: Suppose it doesn""t take.Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband""s shoulder.Neff: That tears it...(He takes his hat and briefcase after his advances are coldly rebuffed.) 8:30 tomorrow evening, then.Phyllis: That""s what I suggested.Neff: You""ll be here too?Phyllis: I guess so.I usually am.Neff: Same chair, same perfume, same anklet?Phyllis: I wonder if I know what you mean.Neff: (Opening the entrance door.) I wonder if you wonder.After his first encounter with her, there is a clear mutual sexual attraction between them.In hindsight, Walter mostly remembers the pure physical magnetism he felt for her lethal "honeysuckle" perfume smell (purchased by Phyllis in Ensenada - across the border, she later tells him) - even though he realizes she had a strangely calculating look:It was a hot afternoon, and I can still remember he smell of honeysuckle all along that street.He engaged in a fight with it, ending when he shot at his own evil double self and declared: "Good, bad.Another passenger traveling on the train, mysterious Eurasian merchant Henry Chang - in actuality a warlord rebel leader - off-handedly warned the Reverend about how anything could happen in the embattled country: "You""re in China now, sir, where time and life have no value," as the train paused to remove a cow feeding her calf in the middle of the tracks.After taking off as Superman, Clark reemerged from a drainage pipe with Buster.He was less than incredulous when told Superman had been there: "I""m from Metropolis.I see Superman every day," and then grumbled to himself when Ricky asked for the superhero""s autograph: "If I had a nickel for every time some little kid.