Defending Your Life (1991)

George D. Wallace: Daniel's Judge

Quotes 

• [Daniel nearly slips and falls off the eighth tram attempting to embrace Julia] 

  Julia : Hold on! Hold on. Just please hold on. Hold on.

  Daniel Miller : I love you.

  Julia : I love you.

  [Daniel bangs on the doors, not knowing he's being watched by Bob, Lena, and the two judges at the Judgement Center] 

  Daniel Miller : [Screams to the driver]  Open this up! Damnit, open it up!

  Julia : Please, open the door!

  Daniel Miller : Julia, wait for me! Wait for me!

  Bob Diamond : [to Lena]  Brave enough for you?

  [Lena is convinced that Daniel has conquered his fears] 

  Julia : Please, open the door! Please!

  Daniel Miller : Julia! Julia!

  [Daniel's female judge, also convinced, whispers to her male judge to let Daniel move forward] 

  Daniel's judge : Let him go.

  [the doors successfully open and both Daniel and Julia embrace in their arms and has a passionate kiss; the passengers applaud for his bravery as the film ends] 

• [two judges come in the trial room] 

  Lena Foster : Morning.

  Daniel's judge : Good morning.

  Daniel's judge : Good morning.

  Bob Diamond : Good morning.

  Daniel Miller : Good morning.

  [Bob Diamond signals Daniel to be seated] 

  Daniel's judge : Mr. Miller, I'm sure your defender has explained all of the basics to you, but let me just say. Even though this feels like a trial, it really isn't. It's just a process that helps us decide, and as inperfect as it may be, we think it works quite well.

  Daniel's judge : What you're going to see on this screen, Mr. Miller, will look and feel so real to you you might be a little uneasy at first. But just relax. After a while, I think it will become pleasurable to you. They tell me it feels something like 3-D.

  [female judge chuckles] 

  Daniel's judge : Any questions, Mr. Miller?

  [Daniel shakes his head "No"] 

  Daniel's judge : Ms. Foster, you may begin.

  Lena Foster : Thank you, your honors. Over the course of the following four days, I will attempt to show that Daniel Miller, while he's a quality human being, is still held back by the fears that plague him lifetime after lifetime. I believe that I can show, without a shadow of a doubt, that he must once again be returned to Earth to wrok on his problem. May we begin in childhood, please? Could we go to 11419?

  Daniel's judge : By the way, Mr. Miller, that signifies you're 11 years, four months, and 19 days old. Is that clear?

  Daniel Miller : I think so.