The Dead Don't Die (2019)

Bill Murray: Chief Cliff Robertson

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• Chief Cliff Robertson : How did you know everything in advance?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Do you really want to know?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Yes! I want to know. I really want to know!

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Okay. I know because I've read the script.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : You - read the script. The whole script? All of it?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah. Jim gave me the whole script.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : He only gave me our scenes. I never saw a complete script. After all - I've done for that guy. And it's a lot that you don't even know about. What a dick.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : What do you think did this?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : I'm thinking zombies.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : What?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : You know, the undead. Ghouls.

• Officer Mindy Morrison : Guys, shouldn't we be telling each other that it's all gonna be okay? That this will all go away, like a bad dream? Ronnie?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Gee, Mindy, I'm not sure I can say that.

  Officer Mindy Morrison : Cliff? Please?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : It's all gonna be okay, Mindy. Maybe it'll all just go away, like a bad dream.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : I doubt it.

• Officer Ronnie Peterson : Is our plan to inform people about the zombie danger before it gets dark?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : I guess so.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Because we passed Farmer Miller's place a little while ago, do we need to inform him?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Fuck Farmer Miller.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Oh ok.

• Officer Ronnie Peterson : This is definitely going to end badly.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Shut up, Ronnie.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : No, you shut up.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : What, are we improvising here?

• Officer Mindy Morrison : She's strange.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : She's Scottish.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : She's Scottish?

• Officer Ronnie Peterson : That girl's part Mexican.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Hmm? Really? How can you tell?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : I have an affinity for Mexicans. They're, like, my favorite people. I love Mexico. I've been down there twice.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Okay, Ronnie, then you should be the one to inform them that if they're gonna spend the night in Centerville, to not go out and to keep their hotel room door locked.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Those are some pretty good cuts. You played some minor league ball didn't you?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Well, a little class a, it was a long time ago.

• Officer Mindy Morrison : Cliff, is that really Fern and Lily in there?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Uh, no. That *was* Fern and Lily, but now...

• Officer Ronnie Peterson : Why did you do that? They're not zombies. They're just dead people.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : [holding a decapitated head]  Well, yeah, for now, they're still just dead hipsters, but they haven't turned yet. It can take a while.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : He's right, Mindy. Now they're just - dead hipsters from Cleveland.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Farmer Miller says you might have stole one of his chickens. That happens to be against the law. Now, I'm hoping that it was a fox that did that.

  Hermit Bob : Up your hole with a wooden pole, Cliff.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : That *also* happens to be against the law.

• Officer Ronnie Peterson : Something weird's going on.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Yeah. Weird.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah, this isn't gonna end well, Cliff.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Wow, that sounds so familiar. What is that song, Ronnie?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : It's "The Dead Don't Die." By Sturgill Simpson.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Sturgill Simpson? Why does it sound so familiar?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Well, 'cause it's the theme song.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : The theme song?

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Damn it, Mallory. Even dead, you reek of Chardonnay. Cheap Chardonnay.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : This daylight thing is bothering me. It's strange.

  Officer Mindy Morrison : Well, what can I say? The world is kind of strange lately.

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah, it sure is. If you ask me, this whole thing is gonna end badly.

• Officer Mindy Morrison : You okay doing the whole night shift alone, Cliff?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Yeah, I can take a nap. I mean, I can just lie down in that other cell next to old Mallory.

  Officer Mindy Morrison : Oh, God. Next to her - her dead body?

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Might bring back some old memories.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : So, Ronnie, how the fuck do you kill a zombie?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Well, you got to kill the head.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Kill the head?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : Yeah. By any means necessary, kill the head. Decapitate. It's the only way to kill them.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Jesus!

• Officer Mindy Morrison : Great. Now even the radio's dead.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Good riddance.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Oh, God. I know those kids. But they're all dead.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Oh, no! Holy fuck. God help us.

• Chief Cliff Robertson : Are you seeing - what I'm seeing?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : I think I am.

  Chief Cliff Robertson : Was that in the script?

  Officer Ronnie Peterson : No. Not the one I read.