Chasing Liberty
2004
(from trailer) Anna Foster: I'm Anna. Who are you? Ben Calder: (shakes Anna's hand while riding a scooter) Ben Calder, freelance getaway man. Yeah, need the hand, need the hand.
(while running in slow-motion) Anna: Excuse... me.
Anna Foster: Dad! Way to go. I can't believe you had that restaurant swarming with your secret servants. You ruined my date! And now, I'm going to die before I ever get to third base... I mean second base. President James Foster: Anna? (She turns around to see a bunch of people in the room) Anna Foster: I'll talk to you about this later. President James Foster: No, no. Stay. Pull up a chair. We were just discussing the G8 Summit in Prague. how to best persuade the EU leaders to adopt our plan to give humanitarian aid and medical technology to developing nations, but you had a bad date, so we should probably focus on that. Anna Foster: No, I'm so sorry to have interrupted. Excuse me. (She leaves) President James Foster: So third base is what again? (indistinct mumbling) Glad I asked.
Anna Foster: The naked virgin is safely in bed.
Anna Foster: You have a little thing for me. Ben Calder: I do not have a thing for you. Little or otherwise.
Ben: So, you have a little thing for me? Anna: No. A big thing.
Michelle Foster: Never ask a President to promise anything. Anna Foster: I'm not. I'm asking my dad.
Anna: Ben. Can you ever just say what you really feel? Ben: Ok, alright! Because I'm jealous as hell. Because I'd hate to see you with Gus because I'd hate to see you with any other man. Because not only did I adore kissing you in Venice, but also because I'm so un-bloody-hinged just being near you.
Ben Calder: So if you're scared, why do it? Anna Foster: Because the things you're scared of are usually the most worthwhile.
Ben: You think they will shoot me if I kiss you? Anna: No, but I will if you don't.
Anna Foster: I want to swim naked in the Danube! Ben Calder: Actually, it's the Vltava. Anna Foster: Who wants to swim naked in the Vltava? Nobody said that. Ben Calder: Because in English,Vltava means 'unhealthy bacteria level'. Anna Foster: Yeah, right. Ben Calder: Why can't you be free without being naked?
Anna Foster: As soon as this train stops, we're going to go our separate directions. McGruff: Chilly Willy Squabblers, take a few of these on your solo travels then. Ben Calder: What are these? Six-million-dollar man stickers? McGruff: These stickers are my contribution to the global community. Everyone I meet gets a handfull. Your job - post them up. Pound one on a door, slap one on a kiosk, place one on a postbox, wherever your life may lead you. Anna Foster: And then what? McGruff: Then, nothing. You forget about the sticker, you move on. One day, maybe you're a little down in the dregs, and all of a sudden, there it is. In the corner of a window, the door of a subway, the side of a telephone booth, one of the stickers. And it puts a smile of your face because you know you are not alone in the world; we're all connected. Ben Calder: Wanker.
Ben Calder: What are you doing here? Anna Foster: I'm a um, big Puccini groupie. (pause) I'm studying for a semester at Oxford. (pause) I came to find you. Ben Calder: You did? Anna Foster: Yeah, I'm making the big gesture.
Anna Foster: I don't want to think! I want to live!
Ben Calder: Anna? Anna? Anna Foster: Ben! Where you been? Venice awaits. Ben Calder: Just having a mild heart attack.