The Sure Thing
(1985)
as Walter (Gib) Gibson
Plot: College freshman Walter (Gib) Gibson decides to go cross country to visit his friend in California during winter break. Awaiting there is a bikini-clad babe whom his friend assures him is a "sure thing". Meanwhile, Allison, a cute (but somewhat anal retentive) girl at Gib's college has also decided to head out to Cal. to see her boyfriend during break. Gib and Allison are thrust together on a road trip from hell, and somewhere along the way, they find each other's company to be tolerable. Now, what will become of Gib's "sure thing?"
Other Noteworthy Actors: Anthony Edwards and Tim Robbins
John Quotes: [Alison] You'll never beleive what I wanted to be when I was six.
[Gib] A classics professor?
[Lady in car] What are you gonna name it?
[Alison] What?
[Lady in car] The baby.
[Alison] Well, if it's a girl, Cynthia, and if it's a boy, Elliot.
[Lady in car] Those are lovely names.
[Gib] Elliot? You're gonna name the kid Elliot? No, you can't name the kid Elliot. Elliot is a fat kid with glasses who eats paste. You're not gonna name the kid Elliot. You gotta give him a real name. Give him a name! Like Nick.
[Alison] Nick?
[Gib] Yeah, Nick! Nick's the kinda guy you can trust. Nick's your buddy. Nick's the kinda guy you drink beers with. The kinda guy that doesn't care if you puke in his car. Nick!
"You know, junk food doesn't deserve the bad rap that it gets. Take these pork rinds for example. This particular brand contains two percent of the R.D.A. of riboflavin."
"I flunk English, I'm outta here. I gotta get a job, and you know what that means. That's right, they start me at the drive-up window and I gradually work my way up from shakes to burgers, and then one day my lucky break comes: the french fry guy dies and they offer me the job. But the day I'm supposed to start some men come by in a black Lincoln Continental and tell me I can make a quick 300 just for driving a van back from Mexico. When I get out of jail I'm 36 years old. Living in a flop house. No job. No home. No upward mobility. Very few teeth. And then one day they find me, face down in the gutter, clutching a bottle of paint thinner and why? Because you wouldn't help me in English!"
"How would you like to have a sexual experience so intense it could conceivably change your political views?"
"What the hell's wrong with being stupid once in awhile? Does everything you do always have to be sensible? Haven't you ever thrown waterballoons off a roof? When you were a little kid didn't you ever sprinkle soap flakes on the living room floor 'cause you wanted to make it snow in July? Didn't you ever get really shitfaced and maybe make a complete fool of yourself and still have an excellent time?"
"Sorry I'm late. There was this big problem... and I'm late because of it."
[Alison] What are you doing?
[Gib] I'm going to bed.
[Alison] Not with me you're not.
[Gib] I'm not going to bed with you, I'm going to bed in a bed you happen to be in also.
[Alison] Eight o'clock?
[Gib] Mmm... sorry, that's when I rearrange my sock drawer.
"You know, I've never met anyone like you before. Usually when I meet someone new I feel awkward and shy. But with you it's different. I can talk to you. You know what I'm thinking without my having to explain to you in fancy terms. We speak each other's unspoken language... fluently. I love you."