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Which John Garfield movie is this quote referring to?
publicado por moviebuff4563STAFFMOD em 16 agosto 2023 às 9:59 AM
I had come across this quote and wanted to know what movie it is referring to.
Does anyone know?
The movie does exist, right?
"You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy says, 'Yes, where are you going?' And he says, 'I want a ticket to nowhere.' I thought: that's it. The freedom to do that. I want a ticket to nowhere." - Wayne Shorter
If you know what the answer is, please share it.
Aren't all the old movie scripts available to read online?
Wouldn't it be possible to do a keyword search through each of them or something?
Why is this so hard or difficult to get the answer to?
Resposta de genplant29
em 16 agosto 2023 às 1:19 PM
I just now tried some tricks I thought might yield the correct movie's title, but regrettably nothing useful (that seems to pertain to the right JG movie) ever comes up, even if limiting the search to just the quoted line, "I want a ticket to nowhere." The Wayne Shorter paragraph endlessly comes up though.
Resposta de Steve
em 16 agosto 2023 às 1:40 PM
I'm pretty sure it's from Dust Be My Destiny (1939).... a decent watch. If it's not that one it's probably "They Made Me a Criminal". FINALLY my obsession with noir is paying off!
Resposta de Steve
em 16 agosto 2023 às 1:41 PM
If you watch them let me know if I'm right!
Resposta de genplant29
em 16 agosto 2023 às 1:56 PM
Excellent info and leads, Steve! Thanks!
Resposta de moviebuff4563
em 16 agosto 2023 às 4:21 PM
I couldn't find those lines in the transcript.
Dust Be My Destiny https://subslikescript.com/movie/Dust_Be_My_Destiny-31259
They Made Me a Criminal https://subslikescript.com/movie/They_Made_Me_a_Criminal-32022
Resposta de Steve
em 16 agosto 2023 às 6:14 PM
Ah! That resource is good. Postman Always Rings Twice!
(all three picks he's hopping trains and cars.)
Resposta de moviebuff4563
em 17 agosto 2023 às 1:10 PM
These lines appear nowhere in any script.
'Yes, where are you going?'
'I want a ticket to nowhere.'
Resposta de genplant29
em 17 agosto 2023 às 1:16 PM
That was the same conclusion I reached yesterday. I wonder if Wayne Shorter simply casually paraphrased some lines.
Incidentally, something I attempted yesterday was to see if any online biography of Shorter attributes that film description to any particular movie. No helpful results came up.
Resposta de Steve
em 17 agosto 2023 às 1:29 PM
It's paraphrased. Most classic noir lines are never what they actually said! Lol.