Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Quotes

  • Kurt Kuenne: On the afternoon on November 7th, 2001 my sister called to tell me that doctor Andrew Bagby, my closest friend since the age of 7, had been killed. My name is Kurt and I'm a filmmaker. Andrew appeared in every movie I made growing up. I decided to make a movie, to travel far and wide, to interview everyone who ever knew and loved Andrew.

  • Kathleen Bagby: And the policeman who found him said that, um, he had wrapped him in a blanket rather than a plastic bag and, uh, he and another officer carried him gently back. And he made very sure that he kept the body very far away from the wicked woman who had murdered him.

  • Kurt Kuenne: [to Andrew in home movie] I have a good idea: I'll go back in time and stop you from dying.

  • Kurt Kuenne: I didn't want to stop making this movie.

  • Himself - Colleague: I'd be happy if I had 1/10 of the people care 1/2 about me as much as they did Andrew.

  • Kurt Kuenne: She was again let go on $75,000 sureties, not one penny of which had to be paid. And with that, the Government of Canada let a probable premeditated first-degree murderer walk the streets again.

  • Himself - Colleague: Zachary, you're a lucky little boy and you're an unfortunate little boy. Your father, who you'll never know, was such an amazing guy and he touched so many people in such a short period of time. And you're an unfortunate little boy because you're more than likely to grow up without your biological father or your biological mother. But with a little bit of luck, you'll get to grow up with Andrew's parents. And let me tell you this. They did the most amazing job. You couldn't ask for two better people.