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Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Chastain
Story:
Coming-of-age period drama written and directed by James Gray. Armageddon Time (2022) is about the strength of family, the complexity of friendship, and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
News Reporter: Ronald Reagan will win tonight.
Irving Graff: What a schmuck.
Paul Graff: I think I want to be an artist when I grow up.
Aaron Graff: You can be an artist if you want to be. Nothing’s going to stop you.
Esther Graff: You’re going to college.
Irving Graff: He’ll have dinner with kings if he plays his cards right.
Paul Graff: I really like your stickers.
Johnny: My stepbrother give them to me. He’s in the Air Force.
Paul Graff: That’s so cool.
Esther Graff: [referring to Johnny] You’re not to associate with him again.
Paul Graff: What do you mean? Why?
Esther Graff: I think you know what I mean.
Paul Graff: My parents are sending me to my brother’s school.
Johnny: That’s heavy.
Maryanne Trump: In this institution, you can be anything you want to be. It won’t be because of a handout. It’ll be because you earned your way there.
Aaron Graff: Something’s bugging you. What is it?
Paul Graff: Sometimes kids say bad words about the black kids.
Aaron Graff: What do you do when that happens?
Paul Graff: Well, obviously nothing, of course.
Aaron Graff: Do you think that’s smart?
Aaron Graff: [to Paul] Next time those schmucks say anything bad about those kids, you’re going to say something. You’re going tobe a mench, okay? Firm handshake. Okay, give me a hug.
Aaron Graff: My mother, you know, when we came over here, we didn’t have much.
Paul Graff: Why did she come here?
Aaron Graff: Because they wanted to kill her. That’s why. They were soldiers. And sometimes they’d go out looking for Jews. They hated us then, and they still hate us. So we got in the boat and we came over here to America. The land of dreams.
Paul Graff: He just wanted to be like you.
Irving Graff: I want you to be a whole lot better than me.
Irving Graff: Life is unfair. Be thankful when you get a leg up. You make the most of your break, and do not look back.
Esther Graff: [to Paul] All my hopes are with you and your brother. You’re my whole life.
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