The Good Father

     

The Good Father1985

Genre: Drama
The Good Father is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Fanny Viner, Simon Callow, Joanne Whalley, and Michael Byrne. It is loosely based on Peter Prince's novel of the same name. I… more »


Jane Powell:
[watching a riot on TV] What do you expect if you keep taking people's jobs away?

Mark Varda:
Got nothing to do with it.

Jane Powell:
What do you mean?

Mark Varda:
They don't want jobs. At least not the kind they're qualified to do. So even if we did manage to open all those steel mills and dog biscuit factories, we wouldn't get them to sign on.

Jane Powell:
Are you saying they don't want to work?

Mark Varda:
Oh, I dare say they wouldn't mind being president of IBM or a TV star. Or John McEnroe.

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