Grand Canyon (1991)
Actors:
Mary-Louise Parker (actress),
Jeremy Sisto (actor),
Mary McDonnell (actress),
Tina Lifford (actress),
Kevin Kline (actor),
Marley Shelton (actress),
Branscombe Richmond (actor),
Clifton Collins Jr. (actor),
Henry Kingi (actor),
Jack Kehler (actor),
Gary Carlos Cervantes (actor),
Danny Glover (actor),
Steve Martin (actor),
Lawrence Kasdan (producer),
Alfre Woodard (actress),
Plot: Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
Keywords: 1990s, abandoned-baby, adoption, adultery, arizona, arrest, attorney, baby, basketball, blood
Genres:
Crime,
Drama,
Taglines: From the director of "The Big Chill." A story of friendship and other natural wonders. In the 1980's, director Lawrence Kasdan brought you "The Big Chill". Welcome to the 90's.
Quotes:
Simon: This neighborhood is gone to shit.::Mack: This country is gone to shit.
[Davis describing the plot of "Sullivan's Travels"]::Davis: It's a story about a guy, he's a filmmaker like me, who loses his way, and forgets what it was he set on earth to do. Fortunately, he finds his way back. It can happen, Mack. Check it out.
Davis: You think anyone can do what I do? You think anyone can make the crap I make?
Dee: You've denied me in every way you can. Everything I've wanted, you've denied me.::Mack: I've been honest all along. Even that night.::Dee: Who gives a shit? Don't you see what you do? Even now, you wanna deny me what's rightfully mine.::Mack: Which is?::Dee: To resent the hell outta you. To feel totally rejected and hated. To hate you for doing it to me. There are good men out there who are gonna treat me like I'm the very thing they want. And then you do that thing with Jane.::Mack: What?::Dee: You know, with that guy, that tow-truck guy.::Mack: What about it? What's that got to do with anything?::Dee: You don't even know, do you? You don't even know why that hurts me so much. Jane's in love. She thinks this could be the one.::Mack: Is that bad? I thought she was your friend.::Dee: She is my friend. I'm very happy for her, but it makes me feel like shit... that you're out there finding her the love of her life and I'm here like what? I'm here like shit. How do you think that's gonna make me feel?::Mack: Dee, I understand you're angry with me, but why would...?::Dee: Forget it. It doesn't have to make sense.
Claire: Look, Mack, I don't even know what I'm gonna say from one second to the next. The world doesn't make any sense to me any more. What's going on? There are babies lying around in the streets. There are people living in boxes. There are people ready to shoot you if you look at them. And we're getting used to it. The world is so nuts, it makes me wonder about all the choices that we've made.
Davis: MY GOD, am I the only one around here who cares about the "writing"?
Simon: I've gotta ask you for a favor. Let me go my way here. This truck's my responsibility, and now that the car's hooked up to it, it's my responsibility too.::Rocstar: Do you think I'm stupid? Just answer that question first.::Simon: Look, I don't know nothing about you; you don't know nothing about me. I don't know if you're stupid, or some kind of genius. All I know is that I need to get out of here, and you got the gun. So I'm asking you, for the second time, let me go my way here.::Rocstar: I'm gonna grant you that favor, and I'm gonna expect you to remember it if we ever meet again. But tell me this, are you asking me as a sign of respect, or are you asking because I've got the gun?::Simon: Man, the world ain't supposed to work like this. I mean, maybe you don't know that yet. I'm supposed to be able to do my job without having to ask you if I can. That dude is supposed to be able to wait with his car without you ripping him off. Everything is supposed to be different than it is.::Rocstar: So what's your answer?::Simon: You ain't got the gun, we ain't having this conversation.::Rocstar: That's what I thought: no gun, no respect. That's why I always got the gun.
Otis: They smoked me. See a nigga running around here, they smoke ya, ask questions later. Well I ain't staying here, I'll tell you that, I ain't FUCKING STAYING HERE!
Dee: You know what your problem is? You never want to be the bad guy. You want everything you do to be right, but it isn't. If you really didn't want me to go, you shouldn't have fucked me.
Mack: This is difficult stuff. Making a left turn in L.A. is one of the harder things you'll learn in life.