Tremors (1990)
Michael Gross: Burt Gummer
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Quotes
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[Burt Gummer looks at his bomb shelter for perhaps the last time]
Burt Gummer : Food for five years, a thousand gallons of gas, air filtration, water filtration, Geiger counter. Bomb shelter! Underground... God damn monsters.
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[Burt Gummer, with his wife Heather at his side, berates the dead monster fought off with their "family arsenal"]
Burt Gummer : Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!
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[Burt cuts off a piece of fuse for a bomb for Earl]
Earl Bassett : What kind of fuse is that?
Burt Gummer : Cannon fuse.
Earl Bassett : What the hell do you use it for?
Burt Gummer : My cannon.
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Burt Gummer : [handing out weapons and refusing to give Melvin one] I wouldn't give you a gun if it were World War 3.
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Valentine McKee : What the hell's in those things, Burt?
Burt Gummer : A few household chemicals in the proper proportions.
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Melvin Plug : Burt, you asshole! There's no bullets in this gun!
Burt Gummer : Got you moving, didn't it?
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Burt Gummer : We got the cliffs to the north, mountains to the east and the west. That's why Heather and me settled here in the first place. Geographic isolation.
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Valentine McKee : We can't hold still long! These things are damn smart! They're getting smarter by the minute!
Burt Gummer : That's fine!
[Holds up a stick of dynamite]
Burt Gummer : We got some new things to teach 'em!
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Heather Gummer : You didn't get penetration even with the elephant gun?
Burt Gummer : Shit!
Heather Gummer : Good Lord.
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Valentine McKee : Wait wait wait. This one's not falling for it. This one ain't dumb. He's tryin' to trick us.
Earl Bassett : Use your bomb!
Valentine McKee : It's our *last one!*
Earl Bassett : Well what else you gonna use it for?
Valentine McKee : So what if we make it to the rocks? We'll be dead in three days anyway!
Earl Bassett : Well I wanna live for the three days!
Burt Gummer : What the hell, what's the matter? Use the bomb, for Chrissake!
Melvin Plug : Throw that bomb, man! Scare them away!
[pause, they look at Rhonda]
Rhonda LeBeck : Throw the bomb!
Valentine McKee : [looking at the bomb] This bastard ain't smarter than us.
Earl Bassett : For Christ's sake, Val!
Valentine McKee : I'm gonna go for it.
Earl Bassett : Go for *what?*
[Valentine takes off running; Earl runs after him as the graboid bursts out of the ground]
Earl Bassett : Shit! What're you *doing?*
Valentine McKee : I GOT A GODDAMN PLAAAAN!
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Burt Gummer : What do you people got against being prepared?
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[Melvin has a Graboid snake tongue wrapped around his neck]
Melvin Plug : [screams] It's got me! It's got me!
[Melvin bursts into laughter. Everyone realizes he was playing a joke]
Walter Chang : Melvin!
Burt Gummer : Damn it, Melvin!
[gets in Melvin's face and Melvin stops laughing]
Burt Gummer : You came that close, too close. No more games.
Earl Bassett : Melvin, one of these days, somebody's gonna kick your ass.
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Valentine McKee : Come on you two, let's go, we're headed for the mountains!
Burt Gummer : [Hefts bag of weapons] If that's how we're doin it, we're going prepared!
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Burt Gummer : We don't see anything, Val! Now what the hell are you talking about, over?
Valentine McKee : Burt, they're under the ground, they're UNDER the GROUND! They can dig like a sonofabitch, big monsters, underground, now get out! Hurry!
[the wall of Burt's rec room begins to shake and bow, tools fall to the floor as the monster bursts through the bricks]
Burt Gummer : [over radio] Jesus Chri...!
[transmission turns to static]
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Burt Gummer : No tracks, no sign, no spoor... you'd think after eating all those sheep they'd have to take a dump *some*place
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Melvin Plug : Hey, gimme a gun! I'll take one!
Burt Gummer : I wouldn't give you a gun if it was World War III.