Going for Broke (2003 TV Movie)
Gerald McRaney: Jim Bancroft
Quotes
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Laura Bancroft : [first time playing video poker] Did I win?
Jim Bancroft : Yeah, four whole quarters.
Laura Bancroft : Oh well, easy come, easy go. I'll try again.
[3 hearts come up]
Jim Bancroft : Now hold, hold hold.
Laura Bancroft : Well I understand that, I don't understand...
Jim Bancroft : Now hit 'draw'.
Laura Bancroft : Draw.
[full house comes on screen, bells go off]
Laura Bancroft : Wait, what happened?
Jim Bancroft : A full house.
Bella : Cookie, you just won a hundred bucks!
Laura Bancroft : I did?
Jim Bancroft : Yeah, you want to hear it come out?
[pushes button, quarters fall out of slot]
Jim Bancroft : I'll get a bucket.
Laura Bancroft : Great!
Bella : Fun, huh?
Laura Bancroft : Oh that's really good, what's a full house?
Laura Bancroft : [voice over] That win was such a rush. I mean a few coins, a couple of minutes of fun, and before the evening was over, I had enough to fix the furnace. I was providing for my family, and I felt high. And I wanted that feeling again, and again. I'm sorry, is it okay if I smoke?
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Jim Bancroft : [teaching Laura to country dance] Come on, you can do this, it's real simple: slow, slow, quick quick.
Laura Bancroft : Whatever happened to disco?
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Bella : A tip, always bet the maximum, when you see the payoff, you'll thank me.
Laura Bancroft : Oh, okay. Better be right.
[pushes button, bells ring]
Laura Bancroft : Oh! Oh! OH MY GOD! Look, I won! I WON $500!
Bella : How's that for payoff? I want to thank you!
[shakes her hand]
Laura Bancroft : You want to hear it?
Jim Bancroft : Hit it.
Bella : 500 smackers.
Laura Bancroft : Yeah!
Bella : Good for you.
Laura Bancroft : YES! I WON $500!
Laura Bancroft : [voice over] Looking back, that was the moment I can say it started, that moment when I felt that click. After the hassles of the day, the house, the kids, the office, the million things that needed my attention, this became my escape.
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Jim Bancroft : Heard you had a rough one today.
Laura Bancroft : [takes a drag off cigarette] A small corner of hell.
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Jim Bancroft : [Laura's backing the car out] Hey hon, where you going?
Laura Bancroft : Grocery run.
Jim Bancroft : With all the leftovers we got?
Laura Bancroft : We're low on mayo, but I'll be back before you know it.
Laura Bancroft : [voice over] They all suspected what was going on, but I got very good at fooling myself at least. That day, I lost everything I'd just borrowed from my mother.
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Jim Bancroft : [finds Laura at the casino when she said she was going shopping] What is with you?
Laura Bancroft : With me? It's a game, Jim. Sometimes, I like to relax.
Jim Bancroft : It's more than that.
Laura Bancroft : You think I have a problem, just say it.
Jim Bancroft : I think you have a problem, I think you gamble too much and you can't stop, and you can't see what it's doing to our family.
[drags her out of the casino]
Laura Bancroft : Hey, Jim.
Jim Bancroft : Excuse us.
Laura Bancroft : This is embarrassing, let go of me! I said let go of me!
[breaks away from him]
Jim Bancroft : [takes bills out of his pocket] I found these today, these bills go back for months. Did you think if you hid them, they'd just go away?
Laura Bancroft : I didn't hide them, I just set them aside and forgot. Don't you think if I knew they were there, I would've paid them?
Jim Bancroft : With what? I checked the bank account, there's nothing there. Now I'm working my ass off and I'm wondering where's the money going?
Laura Bancroft : Is this just about the money?
Jim Bancroft : It's about everything. It's about you and me and this whole damn situation, you are addicted to those machines!
Laura Bancroft : Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? If I were, how could I be so successful? I haven't had time to get to the bank, but since it means so much to you, I'll go get them now.
Jim Bancroft : You're not fooling any of us, Laura.
Laura Bancroft : I said I'll handle it, and don't you dare follow me!