A Perfect World (1993)
Jennifer Griffin: Gladys Perry
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Quotes
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Chief Red Garnett : She promises!
Butch Haynes : Make her say it!
Gladys Perry : ...Uh - I promise!
Butch Haynes : Can we trust her?
Phillip Perry : She's a real good mama.
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[first lines]
[Butch lies in a grassy meadow, next to a Casper the Friendly Ghost mask; he opens his eyes as money begins to flutter over him, and looks up at the overhead sun, which is then blocked out by a helicopter, and Butch closes his eyes again; CUT TO: an early Halloween evening as costumed children run about the street; inside the Perry home, the three children sit around the kitchen table]
Naomi Perry : If I was going, I'd go as a, um...
Ruth Perry : A princess!
Naomi Perry : A - yes! Judy Baumer's going as a twirler.
Ruth Perry : But she's so fat. I'd rather go as Cinderella, or Peter Pan.
Naomi Perry : Peter Pan's a boy; Tinkerbell's a girl. Phillip could go as Peter Pan, except you gotta fly.
Ruth Perry : Phillip could go as a bump on a log.
Phillip Perry : Why can't we just go once?
Ruth Perry : 'Cause we just can't, OK?
Gladys Perry : Our personal beliefs lift us to a higher plane.
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Superman , Tinkerbell , Dancing Skeleton : Trick or treat!
Gladys Perry : Sorry - we don't take no part in Halloween.
Mr. Hughes : Excuse me?
Gladys Perry : We're Jehovah's Witness.
Superman : [happily] Hey, Phillip Perry!
Phillip Perry : Hey, Billy Grieve!
Superman : How'd you know it was me?
