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In & Out (1997) More at IMDbPro »

[at the Academy Awards]
Glenn Close: This is Cameron's first nomination and he's in extremely good company. Tonight he joins fellow best actor nominee Paul Newman for "Coot", Clint Eastwood for "Codger", Michael Douglas for "Primary Urges" and Steven Seagal for "Snowball in Hell".

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Peter: What was Barbra Streisand's eighth album?
Howard: Color Me Barbra.
Peter: Stud!
Howard: Everybody knows that!
Peter: Everybody where? The little gay bar on the prairie?

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Emily: Does anybody here know how many times I had to watch Funny Lady?
Howard: It was a sequel. She was under contract.
Emily: Fuck Barbra Streisand, and you!

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Cameron: Eat something, I'm begging you! You look like a swizzle stick.
Sonja: Food?

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Emily: I need a heterosexual male, CODE RED!

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Emily: Is everybody gay? Is this a Twilight Zone?

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Emily: I've seen all your movies.
Cameron: Both of them?

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[while listening to the "How to be a man" tape]
Voice on tape: Now, repeat after me: "Yo!"
Howard Brackett: Yo!
Voice on tape: Hot damn!
Howard Brackett: Hot damn!
Voice on tape: What a fabulous window treatment!
Howard Brackett: What a fabu...
Voice on tape: That was a trick!

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Howard Brackett: I may sue!
Howard's dad: Get Johnny Cochrane, not that woman!

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Peter Malloy: A teacher in trouble. A town under siege. A journey to the heartland. Stay tuned.

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Voice on Tape: Excuse me, are we a little teapot?

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Howard Brackett: This is my Peter - uh, my *friend* Peter. We just met at the, uh, intersexual... homosection... INTERSECTION!

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Howard: [at confession, about "a friend"] He's just never had a physical relationship with her.
Father Tim: Never? In three years?
Howard: He respects her.
Father Tim: He's gay!

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Emily: (standing there in her wedding dress)Are you really gay?
Howard: Hmm Hmm
Emily: Was there oh, ANY OTHER TIME YOU MIGHT OF TOLD ME THIS? I'm wearing a wedding dress, WHICH YOU PICKED OUT!

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["how to be a man" tape plays disco music]
Voice on Tape: For God's sake, don't shake that booty!

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Voice on Tape: Think about John Wayne, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold doesn't dance, he can barely walk.

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Voice on Tape: Truly manly men do NOT dance.

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Jennifer the Flower Girl: My mom says it won't last.
Berniece: Your mom's an alcoholic.

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Berniece: I need that wedding. I need some beauty and some music and some placecards before I die. It's like heroin.

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Cameron: Maybe I should thank someone else. Someone who's really been there, someone who taught me alot, about poetry and Shakespeare, and just, y'know, stayin' awake, man. Someone who's just an overall great guy, a great teacher... to Howard Brackett from Greenleaf, Indiana! And he's gay. Y'know, I've been thinking alot about this night, and I've decided to dedicate this whole night to a great, gay teacher. Mr. Brackett, WE WON!

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Howard: [entering his classroom, flustered] Class: so, uh, where were we? Romantic poetry. Shakespeare. Talented. English. Dead.

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Howard: He may be under the influence of something. He may have joined a cult!
Howard's dad: That little zombie.

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Berniece: Howard, we want you to know: you're our son, and we'll always love you, gay, straight, red, green, if you rob a bank, if you kill someone.
Howard's dad: If you get drunk, climb a clock tower, and take out the town.
Berniece: As long as you get married.

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Howard's dad: [referring to a hometown actor, who has just outed his son on national television] He used to mow our lawn. Never again.

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Walter Brackett: I'm a member of the community. And I'm gay.
Tom Halliwell: But you're Howard's brother.
[pause]
Tom Halliwell: As you know.

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[after Howard's dancing is complete]
Voice on Tape: Well, how did you do... prissy boy.

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Peter Malloy: Look, everyone wants to talk to Diane Sawyer or Joan London, and my network's killing me. They want me blond!
Howard: With your coloring?

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Reporter: Should gays be allowed to handle fresh produce?

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Ava Blazer: [after one of the girls announces that she's gay] You can't be gay! You're a tramp!

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Jack: There's only two times when that kind of thing's okay: In prison where it's a substitute and guys in space.
Mike: Guys in space?
Jack: Well, not on purpose. They just float into each other.

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Peter Malloy: One day I just clicked. I said: "Mom, dad, Sparky, I'm gay."
Howard Brackett: So what happened?
Peter Malloy: My mom cried, for exactly 10 seconds, my boss said: "Who cares?", and my dad said: "But you're so tall...!".

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Howard Brackett: I just came out! At my wedding!

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Sonja: I don't have time. I promised to do that photo shot this afternoon. I have to shower and vomit!

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[at confession]
Father Tim: Are you Catholic?
Howard: I have a friend who is... and he's very busy.

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Cameron: Eat something. You look like a swizzle stick!
Sonja: You mean, food?

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