“This is the home of my youth... as a boy, I couldn't wait to escape from this house. Now, I'm glad to escape back into it.”

Raymond Massey - Jonathan Brewster

“In my world, Casey, there were limitless oceans as far as the eye could see. Beautiful, huh? Till it started to dry out. So I escaped, came here, and I met you, all of you, and all of you were different from the others. You were lost and lonely, just like me.”
Laura Harris - Marybeth Louise Hutchinson

“- Floyd: You're the biggest chicken I've ever seen.
- Big Bird: Oh, I'm not a chicken actually. I'm a bird on the run.
- Ruthie: Oh yeah. Floyd, he's the bird on TV who ran away.
- Big Bird: Oh, I didn't run away. I'm going back to my real home on Sesame Street where I belong.”
Benjamin Barrett - Floyd
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird
Alyson Court - Ruthie

“- Terry Brogan: Say, eh, there's not too much going on on this island. Do you know where I can go to have a good time?
- Jessie Wyler: Get off the island. The ferry leaves every morning.”
Jeff Bridges - Terry Brogan
Rachel Ward - Jessie Wyler

“- Brody: I mean what is it about this place? Everybody's a boat freak.
- Ellen Brody: It's an island.”
Roy Scheider - Brody
Lorraine Gary - Ellen Brody