Memorable Quotes from Eli Roth
1 quoteNegotiating Information Under Pressure
Lt. Aldo Raine
You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin business; we in the killin Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin'. Up the road apiece, there's an orchard. Now, besides you, we know there's another kraut patrol fucking around there somewhere. Now if that patrol were to have any crackshots, that orchard would be a god-damn sniper's delight. If you ever want to eat a sauerkraut sandwich again, you gotta show me on this here map where they are, you gotta tell me how many there are, and you gotta tell me what kind of artillery they're carrying with them.
Sgt. Werner Rachtman
You can't expect me to divulge information that would put German lives in danger.
Raine
Well, now Werner, that's where you're wrong, because that's exactly what I expect. I need to know about Germans hiding in them trees, and you need to tell me, and you need to tell me right now. Now, just take that finger of yours and point out on this here map where this party's being held, how many's coming, and what they brought to play with.
Rachtman
I respectfully refuse, sir.
[''Placing his hand on his chest'']
Raine
Hear that?
[''Rapping sound'']
Rachtman
Yes.
Raine
That's Sgt. Donny Donowitz. You might know him better by his nickname: the Bear Jew. Now, if you heard of Aldo the Apache, you gotta have heard of the Bear Jew.
Rachtman
I've heard of the Bear Jew.
Raine
What did you hear?
Rachtman
He beats German soldiers with a club.
Raine
He bashes their brains in with a baseball bat, what he does. Now, Werner, I'm gonna ask you one last god-damn time. If you still respectfully refuse, I'm calling the Bear Jew over. He's gonna take that big bat of his, and he's gonna beat your ass to death with it. Now, take your wiener schnitzel lickin finger and point out on this map what I want to know.
Rachtman
Fuck you... and your Jew dogs!
[''Softly''; ''screams''; ''The Basterds all laugh.'']
Raine
Actually, Werner, we're all tickled to hear you say that. Quite frankly, watching Donny beat Nazis to death is the closest we ever get to going to the movies. Donny!
Sgt. Donny Donowitz
Yeah?
[''From within a cave'']
Raine
We got a German here who wants to die for his country! Oblige him!
Donowitz
Did you get that for killing Jews?
[''Appears from cave and taps medal on Rachtman's chest'']
Rachtman
Bravery.
[''Donny makes a few practice swings on Rachtman's head and then proceeds to bludgeon Rachtman'']
Basterds Squad
Yeah! Oh, no! Donny! Yeah, Donny!
Raine
About now I'd be shitting my pants if I was you.
[''To Wehrmacht captive Butz''; ''Basterds laugh'']
Donowitz
] knocks it out of the park! ] is on its feet for Teddy Fucking Ballgame! He went yard on that one, on to fucking Lansdowne Street! You!
[[w:Ted Williams|Teddy Fucking Williams; [w:Fenway Park|Fenway Park; ''to another prisoner''; ''Prisoner begins running and Hirschberg shoots him'']
Raine
Damn it, Hirschberg! Donny, bring that other one over here... ALIVE.
Donowitz
Get the fuck up! Batter up. You're on deck! Two hits. I hit you, you hit the ground.
[''To Butz'']
Raine
English?
Corporal Butz
Nein
Raine
Wicki! Ask him if he wants to live. Tell him to point out on this map the German position.
[''Wicki translates''; ''Butz quickly points; the Basterds laugh'']
Raine
Ask him how many Germans.
[''Butz replies'']
Wilhelm Wicki
Around about 12.
Raine
What kind of artillery? Now, when you report what happened here, you can't tell them you told us what you told us. They'll shoot you. They're going to want to know why you're so special we let you live. So tell them we let you live so you could spread the word through the ranks what's going to happen to every Nazi we find. If you survive the war, when you get home, whatcha gonna do?
[''Butz replies''; ''Butz replies'']
Wicki
He's gonna hug his mother.
Raine
Well, ain't that nice. Ask him if he's gonna take off his uniform.
[''Butz replies'']
Wicki
He's gonna burn it.
Raine
Yeah, that's what we thought. We don't like that. See, we like our Nazis in uniforms. That way you can spot em just like that. If you take off that uniform, ain't nobody gonna know you was a Nazi. That don't sit well with us. So I'm gonna give you something you can't take off.
[''Snaps fingers''; ''Draws his [[w:Bowie knife|Bowie knife]
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