The Chosen (1981)
Barry Miller: Reuven Malter
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[last lines]
Reuven Malter : There is a story in the Talmud about a king who had a son who went astray. The son was told, 'Return to your father.' The son replied that he could not. The king then sent a messenger to the son with the message... 'Come back to me as far as you can, and I will meet you the rest of the way.
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Reuven Malter : You are weird.
Danny Saunders : *I* am?
Reuven Malter : Yeah, you are. You look like you walked out of another century. You play baseball like Babe Ruth. You talk like you're from another planet.
Danny Saunders : Thanks for the compliment.
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Reuven Malter : [about his eye] I'll manage. Anyway, now I can look like Errol Flynn.
Danny Saunders : Who is he?
Reuven Malter : Errol Flynn, he's Robin Hood, Captain Blood. Errol Flynn. You don't know who Errol Flynn is? The movie star?
Danny Saunders : Oh. Never been to a movie. We don't go to movies.
Reuven Malter : Oh.
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Reuven Malter : I thought you weren't allowed to talk to me?
Danny Saunders : The ban has been lifted.
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Danny Saunders : Are you angry with me?
Reuven Malter : ...No. I'm not.
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Reuven Malter : I thought you weren't on speaking terms with your father.
Danny Saunders : We talk a lot now.
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Professor David Malter : [talking to Reuven about Danny] He needs you, son. And his father needs you too.
Reuven Malter : Why does Danny's father need me?
Professor David Malter : He speaks to his son through you.
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Reuven Malter : Where'd you learn to hit like that?
Danny Saunders : [Casually] I practiced.
Reuven Malter : I thought you people only, uh, studied the Talmud.
Danny Saunders : I have an agreement with my father: I study my quota of the Talmud every day, the rest of the time is my own.
Reuven Malter : Your "quota" of Talmud?
Danny Saunders : Four pages.
Reuven Malter : [Slightly incredulous] "Four pages"? I can do ONE page, and I'm very good. And even then I need my father to help me.
Danny Saunders : I have total recall.
Reuven Malter : [Skeptically] Sure.