Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers is a 2005 comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray as a man who receives an anonymous letter telling him he has a 19-year-old son. He then undertakes a journey to see his old girlfriends to try and determine which one might have sent him the letter.

Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.

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Don Johnston

• I'm a stalker in a Taurus.
• [to Lolita] That was quite an outfit you weren't wearing earlier.

Winston

• You are the Don Juan.

Others

Sherry: I'm like your mistress, except you're not even married.

Penny: So, what the fuck do you want, Donnie?

Dialogue

Rita: Daddy, you're not supposed to be smoking.

Winston: Oh, no, no. This is just some assorted herbs, some cheeba.

Don Johnston: Let me see that

[takes a drag of cigarette]

Don Johnston: Yep, it's just cannabis sativa.

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Don Johnston: Wanna get a drink?

Carmen: No, I don't drink.

Don Johnston: Later, get something to eat?

Carmen: I don't... eat.

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Sun Green: So, what's your name?

Don Johnston: Don Johnston.

Sun Green: Really? Don Johnson?

Don Johnston': No, not Johnson. Johnston, with "t".

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Don Johnston: Did I give you that necklace?

Dora: No.

Don Johnston: I should have.

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The Kid: So, as just a guy who gave another guy a sandwich, you have any philosophical tips or anything, for a guy on a-kind of- road trip?

Don Johnston: You asking me?

The Kid: Yeah.

Don Johnston: Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn't here yet, whatever it's going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That's it.

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[after he gets punched]

Sun Green: Are you OK?

Don Johnston: It was just a minor misunderstanding.

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The Kid: What happened to your eye?

Don Johnston: I, uh .., I ran into somebody. Somebody's fist.

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Don Johnston: Hold on a second. Wait. I know you think that I'm your father, don't you?

The Kid: What?

Don Johnston: Just tell me. You can talk to me, chief.

The Kid: Man, you're fucked up!

Don Johnston: Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait!

Taglines

• Sometimes life brings some strange surprises.

Cast

• Bill Murray — Don Johnston
• Jeffrey Wright – Winston
• Sharon Stone – Laura Daniels Miller
• Frances Conroy – Dora Anderson
• Christopher McDonald – Ron Anderson
• Jessica Lange – Dr. Carmen Markowski
• Tilda Swinton – Penny
• Julie Delphy – Sherry
• Alexis Dziena – Lolita Miller
• Chloë Sevigny – Carmen's Assistant
• Pell James – Sun Green
• Mark Webber – The Kid

External links

• Broken Flowers quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Broken Flowers at Rotten Tomatoes
• The official Broken Flowers site