Beaches: movie monologues to shadow
17 monologues from Beaches. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B18 lines
What do you say we just pack it in and we go back to the Bronx, huh?
Leona's coaxing speechBeaches · 1988She builds a whole comfortable future in a few lines, trying to bribe her daughter home. - B24 lines
Dear CC, we're spending the summer at our beach house.
Hillary's summer letterBeaches · 1988Four short lines build a quiet summer and end on a small confession of loneliness. - B25 lines
Ride? All I ride is the subway.
CC's replyBeaches · 1988She answers a world of horses with a subway joke, then admits she hates her hair. - B25 lines
I don't know. I just walked out on my life.
Hillary's runaway confessionBeaches · 1988Short broken sentences gather speed, spilling both her freedom and her guilt. - B18 lines
Well, I know it's not Buckingham Palace, but it's home to me.
CC's freedom speechBeaches · 1988The speech slides from a joke into joy and lands on a shout of freedom. - B212 lines
I am the captain
The Industry songBeaches · 1988It turns a machine into a wife and sings a dying age with the grandeur of a war song. - B15 lines
I don't give a shit about the sun!
Leona's truth speechBeaches · 1988Five unbroken lines turn a small lie about sunshine into a lifetime of resentment. - B26 lines
What do you need me for? What?
John's breakup speechBeaches · 1988A run of questions cools into resignation, ending on the flat line that seals it. - B28 lines
I didn't want you on this picture. You're trouble.
The director's tiradeBeaches · 1988It moves from her face to her talent and ends on an order, grinding her down. - B25 lines
Dear Hillary, if you're still mad at me, you're gonna love this letter.
CC's letter to HillaryBeaches · 1988The letter voice turns disaster into comedy, which is how she survives it. - B27 lines
I don't know how to fight back. I'm not strong like you.
CC's list of grievancesBeaches · 1988It climbs from weakness to accusation and ends by handing the forgiveness back. - B25 lines
I was jealous.
Hillary's confessionBeaches · 1988The confession is painfully honest, and the yodel line breaks the tension. - B16 lines
Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
CC tells the affair storyBeaches · 1988She lays out pregnancy, betrayal and his coming wedding in a flat, stunned voice. - B14 lines
And she goes to rescue the princess.
the bedtime story turnBeaches · 1988The fairy tale grows darker until the mother slips in her own wish for sleep. - C17 lines
Technically, it's called viral cardiomyopathy.
the doctor's diagnosisBeaches · 1988The doctor translates jargon into plain words, and the calm delivery makes the news land. - B29 lines
To never have sunlight on your face
CC's songBeaches · 1988It turns a life of quiet support into a thank-you sung out loud. - B16 lines
I mean, I don't know what kind of a mother I'd make.
CC's confessionBeaches · 1988She admits her doubts first, then names the one thing she truly wants.