Flowers in the Attic (1987)
Jeb Stuart Adams: Chris
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Quotes
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Cathy : Why are you just standing there, Mother? Cory needs to be taken to a hospital there is no other decision to make
[the mother just stands there looking and quivering]
Cathy : What's wrong with you mother? Are you going to just stand there and think about yourself and your money while Cory lies there and dies? Don't you care what happens to him? Have you forgotten that you're his mother?
Mother : Always it's you.
[slaps Cathy]
Cathy : [slaps her mother back]
Chris : Cathy!
Cathy : [shouts] Damn you to hell, Mama, if you don't take Cory to a hospital right now! You think you can go on doing whatever you want with us and nobody will ever find out? If Cory dies, Mama, you'll pay for it! One way or another, I will find a way. I promise you that.
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Cathy : Christopher, what is it?
Chris : A copy of Grandfather's will. It's 2 months old. It says if it was ever proven Mom had children from her first marriage, even after he's dead, she'd be disinherited.
Cathy : Mother's known all this time that we could never be found.
Chris : She never meant for us to leave that attic.
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Mother : Nonsense, you know I don't have any children. Get out. I'll not have my wedding day ruined by a cruel, evil prank.
Cathy : YOU'RE the one who's cruel and evil, Mother, you kept us locked up in that attic and you said you'd come for us after your father died. YOU NEVER CAME!
Chris : You couldn't let anybody find out about us, because if you did you'd be disinherited.
Mother : It's not true! No, what proof do they have?
Chris : [holds up a dead mouse] It died from eating the same cookies that Corrie ate.
Mother : Who's Corrie?
Chris : He was your son and my little brother! And you killed him.
Cathy : Just like you tried to kill us! Look at us, Mother, how could you do this to us?
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Cathy : Mother should have prepared us for something like this.
Chris : What do you mean?
Cathy : She never allowed us have a... dog, or a kitten.
Chris : What's that got to do with anything?
Cathy : Because pets die, Christopher. And if we had had a pet and it had died, then we would have learned something about that.
Chris : About what? About death?
Cathy : Yes, death! Death! She should have told us. Somebody should have told us that fathers die too. They die, Christopher. Even if they're young, and they're handsome, and we need them.
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Chris : [about the mother] She never meant for us to leave that attic.
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Cathy : Why didn't you ever take us to see the grandparents before?
Mother : I suppose because we were never penniless before... many years ago I did something that angered your grandfather, and his punishment was to disinherit me.
Chris : So, why are we going back there if he won't give us any money?
Mother : Because he will. Your grandfather is dying. He's not expected to live much longer, and in that time, I'm going to win back his love... and then, darlings, I'll be an heiress to a fortune beyond your imaginations. And through me, all your wildest dreams will come true.
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Chris : So what's to become of us, Mom? How much longer do we continue living in this prison?
Mother : Prison.
Chris : You come back with gifts for us, Mom, do you think they can make up for what we've lost?
Mother : Christopher, if you stop loving me...
Chris : I haven't stopped loving you, Mom, I MAKE myself keep loving you every day, despite what you do to us.
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[about his grandmother]
Chris : Look at you in your black dress. Your fancy jewels. Your pinched face. We're not afraid of you! We laugh at you! Do you hear that? We laugh!
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Chris : Whatever happens... we fight.
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Cathy : [Entering the wedding ceremony] Mother! Do you like my dress? I thought it was appropriate for the occasion.
Mother : [Pretending not to know her own children] Who are you? How did you get here?
Cathy : Have you forgotten us already?
Carrie Dollanganger : Mama?
Bart Winslow : Who are you children?
Carrie Dollanganger : We're the children of the bride!
[the people in the audience gasp]
Mother : [Still acting] Nonsense! You know I don't have any children. Get them out of here. I'll not have my wedding day ruined by a cruel, evil prank!
Cathy : You're the one who's cruel and evil, Mother! You kept us locked up in that attic and you said you'd come for us after your Father died! YOU NEVER CAME!
Chris : You couldn't let anybody find out about us 'cause if you did, you'd be disinherited.
Mother : [Refusing to let the truth out] It's not true! No! What proof do they have?
Chris : [Holding up a dead rat] It died. We've been eating the same cookies that Corey ate.
Mother : Who's Corey?
Chris : He was your Son and my little brother, and you killed him.
Cathy : Just like you tried to kill us. Look at us, Mother! How could you do this to us?
[She takes out a poisoned cookie]
Cathy : Here, Mother! Out Wedding present to you!
[She begins advancing towards her Mother]
Mother : Stop it!
Cathy : Go on! Eat it!
[They make their way on to the balcony]
Cathy : EAT THE COOKIE!
[as they make their way over to the balcony wall, Cathy forces her mother over the balcony, with her Mother hanging by her veil, choking to death]
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[original deleted ending]
[everyone at the wedding turns and sees Cathy, Chris and Carrie at the doorway]
Witness : Can we help you in some way?
Cathy : [calmly] We're the children of the bride--Corinne's children.
Mother : [arrives at the altar] Get them out of here! Find out where they come from and send them back!
[storms in]
Mother : I won't have my wedding day ruined by a cruel prank!
[Corinne's father grabs her by the arm and glares at her]
Witness : They say they're your children, Corinne.
Mother : I don't have any children!
[Bart arrives seeing this]
Mother : [quietly to her father] Father, you're embarrassing me, and you're hurting my arm!
Cathy : You had four children, mother. Have you forgotten already? One of them died last week and you poisoned him.
Mother : LIAR! Don't listen to her!
Bart Winslow : What proof do you have of what you're saying?
[the three children slowly approach their mother and grandfather as everyone goes silent, Chris takes out a paper bag and tosses a dead mouse out of it to his mother, Cathy then tosses the pieces of poisoned cookies to her as well before tossing the empty bag at her]
Chris : It died--just like our brother did--from eating those. We've eaten them, too, for all the times we were locked upstairs, in the attic.
[the grandfather shows pity to the children before giving his daughter a look of accusation]
Mother : It's not true! He's lying! I've never seen these children before in my life!
[Bart watches on beginning to believe this]
Mother : [to her father] Why won't you believe me!
[the grandfather hurts her arm more as he forces her down to her knees]
Mother : [cries] Oh, Papa, please! Haven't I been a good girl? All I ever did was what you wanted! I couldn't keep them--you wouldn't let me! You didn't give me a choice! Aren't I entitled to a life, Papa?
Cathy : [shouts] MOTHER!
[Corinne looks at Cathy]
Chris : [sadly] We loved you, mom... and you murdered us.
Cathy : [furiously] For this!
[everyone goes silent still, the grandfather and Bart glare at Corinne believing everything, the three children leave the room]
Mother : [faintly] THAT'S NOT TRUE! SHE'S LYING! WHY WON'T YOU BELIEVE ME!
