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Confrontation Over a High-Stakes Card Game
Teddy KGB It hurts, doesn't it? You can't believe what fell. All your dreams... dashed. Hopes down the fucking drain. Your fate is sitting right beside you. That ace could not have helped you. I bet it all.
[motioning to Grama; splashing the pot repeatedly, with a flourish]
Mike You're right that the ace didn't help me. I flopped the nut straight.
[revealing his hand]
Teddy KGB Motherfucker! ёб твою мать! Motherfucker! That is it!
[throwing cards and chips]
Grama That's it? What the fuck you talkin about, "that's it"? Take him out, Teddy!
Teddy KGB Nyet! Nyet! No more! No, not tonight! This son of bitch, all night he check, check, check! He trapped me!
Mike Well, you feelin satisfied now, Teddy? Cause I can go on bustin you up all night.
Teddy KGB Nyet, nyet. He beat me. Straight up. Pay him. Pay that man his money.
Struggle with Identity and Morality
Mitch Leary Frank, you of all people, I want you to understand because we both USED to think this country was a very special place...
Frank Horrigan You don't know what I used to think!
Leary Oh, but you know about me? Do you have any idea what I've done for God and country? Some pretty FUCKING HORRIBLE things! I don't even remember who I was before they sunk their claws into me!
Horrigan They made you into a real monster, right?
Leary That's right and now they want to destroy me because we can't have monsters roaming the quiet countryside, now can we?
Horrigan What do you see when you're in the dark, and the demons come?
Leary I see you, Frank. I see you standing over the grave of another dead president.
Horrigan That's not going to happen. I'm onto you.
Leary Forget it, Frank. I am willing to trade my life for his. I am smart, and I am willing, and that is all it takes. That president is coming home from California in a box.
Horrigan Where in California?
Leary Uh, the address? Come on, Frank. I'll keep you in the game, but I'm not going to throw it for you.
Desire for Solitude and Dignity
Mr. Will Mrs. Spalding, believe me, if I had anyplace else to go tonight besides the State Home for the Infirm, I'd gladly leave right now. Now, when I came here, all I asked was to be left alone. I am not some kind of freak that is here on display for the amusement of those hooligans you call children.
A Threat with a Tempting Offer
Tom Ripley I want you to call the man who sent you here. I want you to tell him you got a very long look at the two of us, we were definitely not the people on the train. Do you understand? If you do that, you do it convincingly, you walk out of here, we give you half a million dollars, okay? If you don't do it convincingly, I take you out back, and I run my fucking tractor over your head the rest of the day. Okay?
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Forewarning of Impending Trouble
Marvin Boggs I told you something bad was going to happen!
[as he and Frank run from Moldovan Ground Forces]
Confrontation Between Life and Death
Frank Horrigan I want you to give yourself up.
Mitch Leary So I can live a long and fruitful life?
Horrigan We can work something out.
Leary Fuck you. Don't fucking lie to me. I have a rendezvous with death, and so does the President, and so do you if you get too close.
Horrigan You have a rendezvous with my ass, motherfucker!
Leary Frank. Do you know how easily I could kill you, Frank? Do you know how many times I've watched you go in and out of that apartment? You're alive because I have allowed you to live. So you show me some goddamn respect!
Cultural Commentary on English Behavior
Luisa Harari He's got leukaemia.
[about Jonathan]
Tom Ripley Is drunken pomposity a symptom?
Luisa Harari No. He's just English.
English's Foolishness Highlighted by Sauvage
Pascal Sauvage Clearly, the aptly-named English is a fool.
RED
Unexpected Decision to Acquire a Pig
Marvin Boggs I never thought I'd say this again...I am getting the pig!!
Unexpected Recognition in a Serious Conversation
Mitch Leary Frank?
[on phone]
Leary Frank Horrigan, the Secret Service agent?
Horrigan Yeah, what'd I win?
Leary My God, that really was you in my apartment this afternoon!
Horrigan McCrawley?
[turns off stereo]
Leary Why not call me ]?
[[w:John Wilkes Booth|Booth]
Horrigan Why not ]?
[[w:Lee Harvey Oswald|Oswald]
Leary Because Booth had flair, panache - a leap to the stage after he shot ].
[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]
The Nature of Conscience and Existence
Jonathan Trevanny I know I should thank you, because I wouldn't be alive now if you hadn't helped me.... but I can't. I can't say thank you. I don't know anything about you. Who are you?
[crying]
Tom Ripley I'm a creation. A gifted improviser. I lack your conscience and, when I was young, that troubled me. It no longer does. I don't worry about being caught because I don't think anyone is watching. The world is not a poorer place because those people are dead — it's not. It's one less car on the road, a little less noise and menace. You were brave today. You'll go home and put some money away for your family. That's all.
Jonathan Trevanny If you "lack my conscience," then why did you help me on the train?
Tom Ripley I don't know, but it doesn't surprise me. If there's one thing I know, it's that we're constantly being born.
[smiles]
Jonathan Trevanny But why me? Why did you pick me?
Tom Ripley Partly because you could. Partly because you insulted me. But mostly because that's the game. We need to catch this flight. Shall we?
[checks watch]
Gambling Tensions Rise at the Poker Table
Mike All right, I'll call the two grand, I'll gamble. Don't splash the pot.
Teddy KGB You're on a draw, Mike? Throw away this one. It's not good for you. And in my club, I will splash the pot whenever the fuck I please.
Loyalty to the Plan
Athos Whatever the plan, I am with you.
Desire and Unspoken Expectations
Athos Your eyes ask too much.
Tension at the Doorstep
Tom Ripley You're not planning on singing me through the door, are you?
Reeves I've got the Carregio in here.
Tom Ripley Well, you're not coming in.
Reeves I'm fucking coming in.
Tom Ripley No, because it's not a Carr-egg-io, it's a Correggio. Just like it's not tacco but ta-a-cco. Not pasto but pasta, see? Your entire education comes from classic car magazines and you dress like you're on a condom run for the mob. By the way, it isn't a Correggio, it's a fake Rembrandt, and until you know that, you're not coming in with me.
Reeves Don't fuck me over here, prat!
Tom Ripley Don't threaten me. I'm not the one wearing an earring.
Determination Against All Odds
Grama Enough is enough, Teddy. Finish the fucking kid off.
Teddy KGB Hanging around, hanging around. Kid's got alligator blood. Can't get rid of him.
Exploring Memories of Wealth and Abandonment
Jim Basie, first I could show you some rich pickings. Hundreds of houses left empty. I could show you some of the houses I lived in before Frank found me. They were luxuriant!
[as Frank and Basie are about to leave him in the street]
Basie Luxuriant? You had good sense being born there, Jim. I'm sure there was good living.
Jim There certainly was good living, Basie. There - there was opulence!
Basie Heh heh. Opulence. Frank, we'll go and take a look at some of these houses. Let's go, Frank. Opulence.
Consequences of Past Actions and Self-Perception
Jonathan Trevanny Are we going to get away with it?
Tom Ripley Why not?
Jonathan Trevanny I've just never been the sort of person to get away with things. At school, other kids got away with all sorts. But not me. I always got caught.
Tom Ripley You know why you got caught?
Tom Ripley Because you didn't think of just killing your teachers.
The Challenge of Escape from Prison
Athos It's a prison. Of course, there's no trouble getting in. The problems will come when we want to get out.
Athos Critiques the King’s Character
Athos It has everything to do with it. The king is a dog. A dog and a coward.
Unity and Sacrifice in Brotherhood
Athos One for all. All for one.
The Easing of Guilt Over Time
Tom Ripley Do you the interesting thing about doing something terrible?
Tom Ripley Often, after a few days, you can't even remember it.
Threats and Tension on the Train
Tom Ripley Hold my watch, because if it breaks, I'll kill everyone on this train.
Poker Tensions and Financial Stakes
Mike Uh, you know what? I got my five grand here. That's just fine by me. I'm going home.
Teddy KGB Fine. It's a fucking joke anyway. After all, I am paying you with your money.
Mike What did you say?
Teddy KGB Your money... I am still up twenty grand... from this last time I stick it in you.
Mike They're trying to goad me, trying to own me. But this isn't a gunfight. It's not about pride or ego. It's only about money. I can leave now, even with Grama and KGB... and halfway to paying Petrovsky back. That's the safe play. I told Worm you can't lose what you don't put in the middle. But you can't win much either.
[Narrating]
Frustration Over a Country's Compliance
Pascal Sauvage Shut up! All this stupid little country has to do is stand in line and do what it's told for one miserable day! But can it do that? My fragrant French Ass it can!
[furious because his coronation has been interrupted by English, pulls a gun on crowd]
Innocence and Ignorance in Conversation
Sarah Trevanny I don't know how much you...
Tom Ripley How much I...drink? Bathe? Work out?
Sarah Trevanny How much you know about Jonathan's condition.
Tom Ripley Nothing. I'm an innocent.
Sarah Trevanny Jonathan has chronic myeloid leukemia.
Tom Ripley My God, you're kidding! I'm so sorry.
[ingenuously]
Sarah Trevanny Thank you. So, this opportunity came up for him to get a second opinion at this research foundation. He doesn't talk about it much, but I know he's angry. He's angry because... he'll probably die soon, while the rest of us go on living. And he's angry to be so young. And he's angry that he might not see Matthew grow up.
[quietly]
Tom Ripley And what about you? Are you angry?
Sarah Trevanny Sometimes. I love him completely, but... I feel there's a part of me that will be glad when it's all over...and that's a terrible thing to say.
[sadly]
Tom Ripley I don't think you could say anything that terrible, or think it. I don't think what you're feeling is terrible at all. I think Jonathan is very, very fortunate to have someone like you, and I imagine he knows it.
Determining the Workforce for Cotton Picking
Edna Spalding We'll start right now!
Mr. Will Well, you got 30 acres to pick.
Edna Spalding Frank and Possum can help.
Mr. Will Well, that's not going to be nearly enough.
Edna Spalding Then, I'll pick 24 hours a day.
Moze Did you ever pick cotton? After an hour, the hulls start cuttin your fingers. Then by noon both of your hands is bleedin'. And later on, your fingers start to swell. And after a little more time, they ain't no feelin in your hands whatsoever. And I ain't even speakin about what it does to your knees and I ain't even talkin about what it does to your back. Now, we can't do it. Now, get that through your head. Once and for all, we can't do it. Now, you best stop thinkin about it before you end up killin yourself!
Edna Spalding Now you listen to me. If we lose this place, then you're goin back to beggin for every single meal. Mr. Will, they're gonna put you in a state home. And I'm gonna lose what's left of my family. I'm not gonna let that happen. I don't care what it takes. I don't care if it kills me. I don't care if it kills you. I'm not gonna give up. And if the two of you do, you can go straight to Hell!
Lessons Learned from Survival and Sacrifice
Basie Jim, didn't I teach you anything?
Jim Yes. You taught me that people will do anything for a potato.
Al Rockoff's Perspective on Cooking Eggs
Al Rockoff I can't eat eggs, someone told me they shrink with fright when you cook them.
Moral Conflict Over Personal Ambition
Al Rockoff It bothers me that you let Pran stay in Cambodia because you wanted to win that fucking award and you knew you needed him.
Sydney Schanberg I had no idea that-
Al Rockoff The fuck you didn't! The fuck you didn't!
Adding Spice to the Evening
Jonathan Trevanny Oh, hi. You're here, then. Excellent. We were hoping you'd come.
[embarrassed]
Tom Ripley Why?
[icy]
Jonathan Trevanny Well, to... to add spice to the evening.
Tom Ripley Meaning?
Jonathan Trevanny You're a bit of a local personality.
Tom Ripley Meaning?
Jonathan Trevanny People have heard about you.
Tom Ripley Meaning?
Jonathan Trevanny Nothing. Just... nothing.
Survival and Strategy in Uncertain Times
Jim We'll have to leave the camp.
Basie That's the idea, Jim. First one side feeds you and the other side tries to get you killed, then it's turned around; it's all timing.
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Aging Perspectives on Identity and Ageism
Marvin Boggs Old man" my ass!
[After blowing up an assassin who insulted him]
The Finality of Friendship and Competition
Mitch Leary Hello, Frank. By the time you hear this, it'll be over. The President is most likely dead, and so am I. I wonder, Frank, did you kill me? Who won our game? Not that it really matters, for among friends like you and me, it's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, and now the game is done and it's time to get on with your life. But I worry, that you have no life to get on with, Frank. You're a good man, and good men like you and me are destined to travel a lonely road. Goodbye, and good luck.
[last words, left on Frank's answering machine]
A Foreboding Promise of Death
Athos The next time we meet, one of us will die.
Seeking Solitude Amidst Unwanted Assistance
Mr. Will Mrs. Spalding, I don't want me to be here anymore than you want me to be. Now, I won't be any more trouble than is necessary. And all I'll ask in return is to be left alone in peace and quiet.
Edna Spalding Well, I just thought...
Mr. Will I know what you just thought. But I don't need your help, and I don't need you to feel sorry for me.
Debate on Life and Death Choices
Mitch Leary Do you believe in the nobility of suicide?
Frank Horrigan No. But if you wanna blow your goddamn head off, go ahead, be my guest.
Mitch Leary Nicely put, except I don't want to leave this miserable world alone.
Lilly Raines West tower, do you have a shot?
Sniper Negative, too dark. Target unclear.
Leary It's better to die with a friend, don't you think Frank?
Horrigan A friend? You're a damn killer, you sick bastard.
Leary Don't talk to me like that! I saved your life. You owe me.
Horrigan I don't owe you shit.
Leary I was always honest and fair with you.
Horrigan Go ahead and shoot. Go ahead.
[the other agents hear him on the ground floor]
Agent Chavez It's Frank. Quiet! Quiet!
[to people reacting at the audio]
Horrigan Come on, dammit.
Raines Frank are you talking to me?
Horrigan Well, what are you waiting for?
[trying to keep talking to Leary]
Leary What am I waiting for? I'm waiting for you to show me some goddamn gratitude. Without me, you'd still just be another sad-eyed, piano-playing drunk. I brought you into this game. I let you keep up with me. I made you a goddamn hero today.
[aims pistol as Horrigan moves back]
Horrigan You didn't make me anything.
Leary I redeemed your pathetic, shitty life.
Horrigan I just did my job. You're the one with the fucking pathetic life. Go ahead and shoot, dammit.
Raines They can't see inside. If they fire, you'll be hit.
Leary I want you to thank me first, Frank.
Horrigan Shut up and shoot.
Raines All right, Frank.
Leary All right, Frank.
[kneels to him]
Raines Shooters, standby to fire. Wait for my command.
Leary Sleep well, my friend.
Horrigan Just one thing: Aim high.
Leary What?
Raines Aim high.
Horrigan NOW!
Raines Fire!
Leary You bastard!
[finally sees that Horrigan was on the radio the whole time; snipers shoot]
Discussion of a Failed Assassination
Jonathan Trevanny One of them's still alive.
Tom Ripley How do you know?
Jonathan Trevanny Well, I heard it on the world news.
Tom Ripley Jesus. I always figured you for a talk radio man. Okay, well, I guess I didn't strangle him long enough. It's not like a garrote comes with a manual.
Jonathan Trevanny Ah, one of them got a very, very good look at me.
Tom Ripley Jonathan, that's the first rule of the game. Don't ever worry about anything you can't control, ever. Anyway, I don't think they can trace us here and if they get close, I'll let you know.
Jonathan Trevanny What about my family? I'm just worried about my family.
Tom Ripley Well, don't worry. If they come for anyone, they'll come for me. I think these Balkan types tend to take strangling quite personally.
Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Mr. Will How bad is it?
[after a tornado]
Moze Everything's a little bent, but it's still here.
Abel's New Responsibility with the Boys
Obersturmbanfuehrer Raufeisen Did you bring up these boys, Abel? Heil!
[''To the new boys'']
Boys Heil!
Raufeisen This is excellent, Abel. You showed initiative. In fact, I think I'm going to make this your regular job here. Plus, you like the boys, don't you?
Abel Yes, sir, very much.
Raufeisen Yes, and the boys like you. Excellent. You see, here's our problem. We have such a wonderful school, and all the best families in Germany are proud to have their children come here but the common people, especially the peasants here, you see... they are so crude and uneducated that they don't want their children to attend our school. They even hide them from us.
Frau Netta Bravo, Abel.
Raufeisen Now we want to give everyone the benefit of the Reich, and that's why I want you to help us, Abel. You consider yourself an ordinary fellow. So it's simply ideal. All right, my boy? I'm relying on you. Cover the entire countryside, and don't worry about insisting when you have to. Just bring me the boys.
Cultural Clashes and Unpleasant Encounters
Lorna Campbell You obviously haven't met our host, Monsieur Sauvage.
[watching Sauvage, who Johnny thinks is a waiter, standing just behind him]
Johnny English No, thank God! You know, I think I'd rather have my bottom impaled on a giant cactus than exchange pleasantries with that jumped-up Frenchman. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing the French should be allowed to host is an invasion.
Johnny English Sorry, can I help?
Pascal Sauvage Pascal Sauvage, jumped-up Frenchman.
Lorna Campbell Lorna Campbell. I've been so looking forward to meeting you.
Pascal Sauvage Enchanté.
Pascal Sauvage But of course, you're Johnny English. I've heard all about you.
Confronting Fear in Uncertain Circumstances
Jonathan Trevanny Are you scared?
Tom Ripley No. I am fucking terrified.
[pause, still calmly]
Identifying a Disguised Individual
Jon Swain Where do they get this crap?
Al Rockoff That guy across the gate there. The little guy. Could we all not look at once, please? I have it on reliable sources that that's none other than Hugh Elder.
Jon Swain You're kidding . . .
Al Rockoff He's disguised, but I got a little suspicious about it, you know what I mean?
Dith Pran How does he get his copy out?
Al Rockoff How does he get his copy out? Specially trained hens. Yeah, the BBC has commissioned them to walk past the Khmer Rouge like they're regular fowl, and then they've been crossing the border into Thailand every day and every night.
Conflict During a Crowning Ceremony
Archbishop I crown you--
[preparing to crown Sauvage]
Johnny English Dammit!
[fails to grab the banner; swings back and forth on the wire]
Pascal Sauvage Give it back!
[hands the orb and scepter back to the Archbishop and then springs up from the throne]
Pascal Sauvage That is my crown!
Pascal Sauvage GIVE IT BACK!!!
Johnny English Never in a million years, Sauvage!
A Reluctant Duty to Save a Life
Frank Horrigan Take my hand. If you don't, you'll die.
Mitch Leary You want to save me, Frank?
Frank Horrigan To be completely fair and honest with you, no. But it's my job.
Reflections on Food and Life Choices
Al Rockoff Anything I eat's gotta be absolutely dead. That is why I can never eat an oyster. I read somewhere that they put that lemon juice on them just to stun them. What's the difference?
A Father's Quest for Meaning and Justice
Athos Yes, Raoul is my reason for being here, but not in the way you think. Once I, once all of us believed in spending our lives in the service of something greater than ourselves. Aramis had his faith, Porthos his lust for life, D'Artagnan his devotion and I had Raoul. But we all had a common dream; that one day, we would finally be able to serve a king worthy of the throne. It is what we dreamt, what we bled for and what we have spent a lifetime waiting to see. I taught Raoul to believe in this dream... and now my son is dead. So I am here to find out if his life was in vain, and the only one who can answer that question is you.
The Burden of Waiting
Jonathan Trevanny Jesus, this waiting! I can't stand this waiting.
Tom Ripley When I was a little boy, I waited on the beach for hours for my parents to come back from a boat ride. They drowned. I waited forever.
[pause]
Accusation of Betrayal
Athos You're the traitor.
Self-Description and Personal Reflection
Mr. Will Mrs. Spalding, can I ask you a question?
Mr. Will What do you look like?
Edna Spalding I have long hair and I tie it up in the back. And I have brown eyes. I always wanted to have blue eyes, like my Mama, but Margaret got those. And my teeth stick out in front, a little, because I sucked my thumb a long time when I was a little girl. I'm no real beauty. I'm all right.
Feeling of Dissatisfaction and Discontent
Teddy KGB Just like a young man coming in for a quickie. I feel so unsatisfied.
A New Name for a New Life
Basie What did you say your name was boy?
Jim Jamie and I'm building a man-flying kite and writing a book called Contract Bridge.
Basie Jim: a new name for a new life.
Reflections on Choices and Consequences
Mitch Leary What did happen to you that day? Only one agent reacted to the gunfire, and you were closer to Kennedy than he was. You must have looked up at the window of the Texas Book Depository, but you didn't react. Late at night, when the demons come, do you see the rifle coming out of that window, or do you see Kennedy's head being blown apart? If you'd reacted to that first shot, could you have gotten there in time to stop the big bullet? And if you had - that could've been your head being blown apart. Do you wish you'd succeeded, Frank? Or is life too precious?