Children Of A Lesser God Page #3

Synopsis: James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her feelings change over time?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Randa Haines
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
1986
119 min
259 Views


No, Sarah.

All the time,

you were laughing at me.

I was thinking,

"poor little deaf virgin

who spread her legs

for every..."

You think that I'm

threatened by that?

You think that I give

a good goddamn

that you f***ed every

pimply-faced teenager?

I don't.

I don't give a sh*t!

Whoo.

Sarah, please

listen to me.

I'm not going away.

I did the wrong thing.

I'm sorry. I...

I don't know what to say.

Tell me what to say.

Sarah...

you are the most

mysterious, beautiful,

angry person

I have ever met.

I am falling in lo...

Sarah...

Sarah...

I am falling...

into the pool

with you!

God! What a fellow

has to go through.

My love will get ya

Like a boomerang, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ba-boom...

How are

things going, Jim?

Great. Just great.

Good. Good.

Glad to hear it.

We've got to have you

to the house.

I'd like that.

I warn you, though...

I'm a poker player.

So I've heard.

Are you a card player?

No, not really.

Tic-tac-toe's

my game.

So much the better, huh?

Well...

Thanks

for coming in, Jim.

We're really happy

to have you with us.

Thank you.

Uh-huh.

Oh, uh...

your size?

Yeah.

Be careful, Jimbo.

Right.

Don't fight it.

Relax.

[Tango Music Plays]

Daphne.

Hmm?

You're

leading again.

Sorry.

I got a funny

sensation in my toes...

like someone was barbecuing

them over a slow flame.

Let's throw another log

on the fire.

[Tango Music Plays]

Ole!

[Jim]

Ow! Ow, ow, ow.

You are...

the...

nicest person...

I've...

ever met.

Who, me?

I'm the nicest person

you've ever met?

That's the craziest thing

that I ever heard.

You thought after

what you told me...

that you'd

never see me again?

Here I am.

Yeah, I was in love,

but...

she broke my heart.

Oh. Yeah, I know.

Please don't

break my heart.

Did anyone

ever break yours?

You don't hurt

from other people?

You never hurt

from other people?

That's not true.

Sarah, I know

people have hurt you.

I know.

Suppose you admitted

that you hurt.

I'd...

shrivel up and...

I'll take care

of you, Sarah.

I'll take care of you.

What do you mean,

that was my foul?

You moved into me.

You want to call me

an a**hole, say it.

No. Say it out loud.

Watch my lips.

A**hole.

Ah-hole.

Ass...

hole.

Ass-hole.

Great!

A**hole.

Good. It was

still your foul.

A**hole!

Did you know

that waves strike

the average beach

about 750,000 times

a day?

Wha...

That's true.

I just

made it up.

You do?

What do waves

sound like?

Whoo.

That is

what they sound like.

How did you

get to be so brilliant

and beautiful?

And pigheaded.

You're the most

stubborn person.

Yeah, you.

You're not stubborn? O.K.

Hi, beautiful.

What am I saying?

Wait.

Sarah,

that was a joke.

It wasn't funny.

O.K., I won't

do it again.

I promise.

Sarah...

I promise.

Come on!

Mr. Harrison!

How are you?

Couldn't be better,

Curtis.

Ah-ha.

Jim Harrison.

He donated

the chemistry lab.

Your boy Glen

is coming along.

He's a fine lad.

Has he changed

that idiotic haircut?

No. I like to give

the kids a lot of leeway.

A**hole!

Sh*t For Brains!

Look at

those shingles.

Guess they'll all

have to be replaced.

[Applause]

Thank you,

Mr. Jones' class

for your informative

demonstration

of the importance of

the four food groups.

has a special

treat for us.

[Rock Music Plays]

Like a boomerang, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love can turn,

turn around now

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Like a boomerang, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love can turn around

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

My heart can feel ya

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Close enough

to steal ya

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Don't slip by, now

Don't you know that I'll

be comin'back to find ya

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

You know a boy

can change direction

Bringin'you

love and affection

Baby, baby

Ooh, and it's sweeter,

sweeter

Sweeter, sweeter

Like a boomerang, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love can turn,

turn around now

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Like a boomerang, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ooh, love

can turn around

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

My love

didn't catch ya

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

But it's

comin'back at ya

Like a boomerang, baby

Glen is singing.

It's really

a stupid song,

but he's

actually singing.

He's wonderful.

Love and protection

Baby, baby

Ooh, and it's sweeter,

sweeter

Sweeter, sweeter

Like a boomerang

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ooh

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ooh

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love is

such a strange thing

Love is

such a strange thing

You know it tries

to shoot you down

You know it tries

to shoot you down

Throw it

out a window

Throw it

out a window

And it

comes right back

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Baby, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Don't you know

that I'll find you

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Like a boomerang, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ooh, love

can turn around, yeah

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love can change your life

in a minute

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love will lock

your life up in it

Boomerang

Boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Ooh, baby,

love can turn around

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love can turn around

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Yeah

Your life right now

Like a boomerang,

baby...

I'm very impressed.

Anything that

works, Edward.

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Comin'at you, baby

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Love can

turn around on you

Ba-boom-a-rang-rang-rang

Where did

they leave it?

In here.

Where in here?

What did they do?

Just a cut, huh?

It's five stitches,

huh?

You stupid son of...

She could have

seriously hurt herself...

in front

of a parent.

It's going

to stop now.

What? I don't know

what made her upset.

You've got no right

to mess her up!

She is not messed up.

I'm not

discussing this.

Nobody's going to f***

with one of my students.

She's no student!

She's a 25-year-old woman!

Nobody's going to f***

with one of my employees.

It's going to stop!

She's quitting her job!

She's what?

She's quitting.

She's moving in with me!

Oh.

Oh, I see.

She's going to be

your maid now, huh?

Jesus Christ, Franklin.

James, James...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

That wasn't fair.

That wasn't fair

to Sarah, either.

I've seen this kind

of thing before.

It just

doesn't work!

This isn't

this kind of thing.

This is us.

This is Sarah and me.

I love her!

Sure, the kids

made me happy.

Is that

against the law?

I don't hate you

for not learning how to speak.

Sarah...

Sarah, I...

Iove you.

I need you.

Where are

your suitcases?

Aha!

[Stamps On Floor]

It's your suitcase.

You are moving in

with me today.

Here.

I'm packing

your clothes.

You'll need

some clothes.

Now, it's your turn.

Screw your job.

I got mine.

You can do

whatever you want.

Sarah...

what do you want?

Me.

You got me.

What else?

Children.

You want...

deaf children?

What do you

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