Name: Unforgiven
Genre: Western
Released: 1992-08-07
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Jaimz Woolvett, Richard Harris

Unforgiven

Reflecting on Past Lives and Choices

Ned Logan Hell, Will. We ain't bad men no more. Shit, we're farmers.

Will Munny Should be easy killing them, supposing they don't go on down to Texas first.

Ned How long has it been since you fired a gun at a man, Will? Nine, ten years?

Will Eleven.

Ned Easy, huh? Hell, I don't know that it was all that easy even back then. And we was young and full of beans. I mean, if you was mad at em, Will, I mean. If they'd done you some wrong, I could see shooting em.

Will We done stuff for money before, Ned.

Ned Yeah, we thought we did. All right, so what did these fellas do? Cheat at cards? Steal some strays? Spit on a rich fella? What?

Will No, they cut up a woman.

Ned What?

Will Yeah, they cut up her face, cut her eyes out, cut her fingers off, cut her teats, everything but her cunny, I suppose.

Ned I'll be dogg - Golly, I guess they got it comin'. Course, you know, Will, if Claudia was alive you wouldn't be doin this.

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Unforgiven

Payment and Consequences in Unforgiven

Delilah Fitzgerald Are you really going to kill them cowboys?

Will Munny I guess. There's still a payment comin', isn't there?

Delilah Them other two, your friends, they been takin advances on the payment.

[nods]

Will Advances?

Delilah Free ones.

Will Free ones?

Delilah Alice and Silky been givin em free ones.

Will Oh, I see.

Delilah Would you like a free one?

Will No, I guess not.

Delilah I uh— I didn't mean with me. I meant Alice and Silky would be happy to give you a free one if you really wanted one, I guess. That's all I meant.

Will Oh, I didn't mean I didn't want a free one on account of you being cut up and all. What I said the other day about lookin like me, that ain't true. You ain't ugly like me. It's just that we both have got scars. But you're a beautiful woman and if I was to want a free one I'd want it with you, I guess, more than them other two. It's just that I can't on account of my wife.

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Unforgiven

Fear of Death and Its Manifestation

Will Munny I seen him, Ned. I seen the angel of death. I seen a river, Ned. He's got snake eyes!

Ned Logan Who Will? Who's got snake eyes?

Will It's the angel of death. Oh Ned, I'm scared of dyin'.

Ned Easy, partner. Easy.

Will I seen Claudia too.

Ned That's good, Will. That's good you saw Claudia, ain't it?

Will Her face was all covered with worms! Oh Ned, I'm scared. I'm dyin'. Keep your word. Don't tell nobody — don't tell my kids — none of the things I done. Hear me?

Ned All right, Will.

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Unforgiven

First Kill Discussion Between Characters

Schofield Kid Say, Will?

Will Munny Yeah?

Kid That was the first one.

Will First one what?

Kid First one I ever killed.

Will Yeah?

Kid You know how I said I shot five men? It weren't true. That Mexican who come at me with a knife? I just busted his leg with a shovel. I didn't kill him or nothin neither.

Will Well, you sure killed the hell outta that fella today.

Kid Hell yeah! I killed the hell out of him, didn't I? Three shots and he was takin a shit!

Will Take a drink, kid.

Kid Jesus Christ! It don't seem real. Guy ain't gonna never breathe again ever. Now he's dead, and the other one too, all on account of pullin a trigger.

Will It's a hell of a thing, killin a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

Kid Yeah. Well, I guess they had it comin'.

Will We all have it comin', kid.

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Will Munny's Warning About Respect and Retribution

Will Munny You better bury Ned right! Better not cut up nor otherwise harm no whores, or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches.

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Confrontation and Self-Defense in Unforgiven

Little Bill Daggett I suppose you know, Bob, if I ever see you again I'm just going to start shooting and figure it was self-defense.

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Unforgiven

A Reunion Between Old Rivals

Little Bill Daggett It's been a long time, Bob. You run out of Chinamen?

English Bob Little Bill! Well, I thought you was — Well, I thought that you were dead. I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off.

Little Bill I was tasting the soup two hours after I et it.

[ate]

English Bob Well, actually, what I heard was that you fell off your horse — drunk, of course — and that you broke your bloody neck.

Little Bill I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.

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Reputation and Perception of a Killer

Schofield Kid Like I was saying, you don't look no meaner-than-hell, cold-blooded damn killer.

Will Munny Maybe I ain't.

Kid Yeah, well, Uncle Pete says you was the meanest goddamn son of a bitch alive, and if I ever wanted a partner for a killin', you were the worst one. Meaning the best, on account as you're as cold as the snow and you don't have no weak nerve nor fear.

Will Pete said that, huh?

Kid Yeah, yeah he did. I'm a damn killer myself, cept, uh, I ain't killed as many as you on account of my youth.

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Questioning Loyalty on Independence Day

Little Bill Daggett You been talking about the queen again? On Independence Day?

[to English Bob; punches him]

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A Drunken Encounter Leads to Tragic Consequences

Little Bill Daggett You see, the night that Corky walked into the Blue Bottle, and before he knows what's happening, Bob here takes a shot at him! And he misses, cause he's so damn drunk. Now that bullet whizzing by panicked old Corky, and he did the wrong thing. He went for his gun in such a hurry that he shot his own damn toe off. Meantime Bob here, he's aiming real good, and he squeezes off another, but he misses, because he's still so damn drunk, and he hits this thousand-dollar mirror up over the bar. And now, the Duck of Death is as good as dead, because Corky does it right. He aims real careful, no hurry...

W.W. Beauchamp And...?

Little Bill Bam! That ] blew up in his hand, which was a failing common to that model. You see, if Corky had had two guns instead of just a big dick, he would have been there right to the end to defend himself.

[[w:Colt Walker|Walker Colt]

Beauchamp Wait a minute. You mean that English Bob killed him, when he didn't even have...

Little Bill Well, old Bob wasn't gonna wait for Corky to grow a new hand. No, he just walked over there real slow - cause he was drunk - and shot him right through the liver.

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Confrontation in a Bar Establishment

Will Munny Who's the fella owns this shithole? You, fat man, speak up.

[to Fatty]

Skinny Dubois Uh, I own this establishment. I bought the place from Greeley for a thousand dollars.

Will You better clear out of there.

[to the man behind Skinny]

Man Yes, sir!

Little Bill Daggett Just hold it right there. Hold it! Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!

[Will shoots Skinny]

Will Well, he should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.

Little Bill You'd be William Munny out of Missouri, killer of women and children.

Will That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another, and I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned. You boys better move away.

[to the men standing near Bill]

Little Bill All right, gentlemen, he's got one barrel left. When he fires that, take out your pistols and shoot him down like the mangy scoundrel he is! Misfire! kill the son of a bitch!

[Will's trigger clicks]

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The Value of Targets in Assassination

English Bob If you were to try to assassinate a king, sir, the — how shall I say it? — the aura of royalty would cause you to miss. But, a president— I mean, why not shoot a president?

[discussing the assassination of President Garfield; chuckles]

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A Vow of Ruthless Retribution

Will Munny All right now, I'm comin out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna kill him. Any son of a bitch that takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, burn his damn house down!

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A Plea for Compassion Amidst Desperation

Davey I'm dyin boys. Jesus, I'm so thirsty.

Will Munny Give him a drink of water, goddamn it. Will you give him a drink of water for Christ's sake? We ain't gonna shoot.

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Strategic Targeting in Gunfights Explained

W.W. Beauchamp Who'd you kill first? Was it Little Bill?

Will Munny What?

Beauchamp When confronted by superior numbers, an experienced gunfighter will always fire on the best shot first.

Will Is that a fact?

Beauchamp Yeah, Little Bill told me that.

Will I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky when it comes to killin folks.

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Trust and Doubt in Unforgiven

Will Munny Wanna help me count this, kid?

Schofield Kid I trust you.

Will Don't go trusting me too much.

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Ned Logan's Nostalgia for Comforts of Home

Ned Logan I sure do miss my bed.

Will Munny You said that last night.

Ned No. last night I said I missed my wife. Tonight I just miss my dadgummed bed.

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Questioning Innocence and Justice

Strawberry Alice You just kicked the shit out of an innocent man.

Little Bill Daggett Innocent? Innocent of what?

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A Warning Against False Promises

Little Bill Daggett I guess you think I'm kicking you, Bob. But it ain't so. What I'm doing is talking. You hear? I'm talking to all those goons down there in Kansas. I'm talking to all those villains in Missouri and all those villains down there in Cheyenne. I'm telling em there ain't no whores gold! Even if there was, well, they wouldn't want to come looking for it anyhow!

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Consequences of Deceit and Violence

Little Bill Daggett Now Ned, them whores are going to tell different lies than you. And when their lies ain't the same as your lies— Well, I ain't gonna hurt no woman. But I'm gonna hurt you. And not gentle like before, but bad!

Unforgiven

Choosing Life Over Violence

Schofield Kid You go on. Keep it. I'm never gonna use it again. I don't kill nobody no more. I ain't like you, Will. Go on, keep it — all of it. It's yours.

[handing Will his gun; indicating the money]

Will Munny What about the spectacles and fancy clothes?

Kid I guess I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead.

Will You don't have to worry, kid. I ain't gonna kill you. You're the only friend I got.

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Confrontation of Fate and Justice

Little Bill Daggett I don't deserve this—to die like this. I was building a house.

Will Munny Deserve's got nothing to do with it.

[aims gun]

Little Bill I'll see you in hell, William Munny!

Will Yeah.

[fires]

Unforgiven

Defining Self-Worth Amidst Degrading Comparisons

Clyde You know, he don't have a straight angle in that whole god-damned porch, or the whole house for that matter. He is the worst damn carpenter.

[about the house the Sheriff's building]

Skinny Dubois You know how women lie.

Strawberry Alice Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don't mean we gotta let em brand us like horses. Maybe we ain't nothing but whores but we, by god, we ain't horses.

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The Importance of Composure in Gunfights

W.W. Beauchamp So, Corky was actually quicker on the draw than the D— than English Bob?

Little Bill Daggett Quicker was his whole damn problem. If he hadn't been in such a hurry, he wouldn't have shot his own toe off. Look son, being a good shot, being quick with a pistol, that don't do no harm, but it don't mean much next to being cool-headed. A man who will keep his head and not get rattled under fire, like as not, he'll kill you. Look here. That's about as fast as I can draw, and aim, and hit anything more than ten feet away, less it's a barn.

[stands and draws his gun]

Beauchamp But if he doesn't miss?

Little Bill Then he'll kill you. Yeah, that's why there's so few dangerous men around like old Bob, like me. It ain't so easy to shoot a man anyhow, especially if the son-of-a-bitch is shootin back at you. I mean, that'll just flat rattle some folks.

[chuckles]

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Condemnation of Morality and Honor

English Bob A plague on you. A plague on the whole stinking lot of ya, without morals or laws. And all you whores got no laws. You got no honor. It's no wonder you all emigrated to America, because they wouldn't have you in England. You're a lot of savages, that's what you all are. A bunch of bloody savages. A plague on you. I'll be back.

[accent changing rapidly from plummy English to Cockney]

Unforgiven

A Changed Man's Reluctant Return to Violence

Will Munny I ain't the same, Ned! Claudia, she straightened me up, cleared me of drinkin whiskey and all. Just cause we're goin on this killing, that don't mean I'm gonna go back to bein the way I was. I just need the money, get a new start for them youngsters.

Ned Logan Yeah.

Will Ned, remember that drover I shot through the mouth, teeth came out the back of his head?

Ned Yeah

Will I think about him now and again. He didn't do anything to deserve to get shot, at least not that I could remember when I sobered up.

Ned You was one crazy son of a bitch, Will.

Will Yeah, no one liked me. Mountain boys all thought I was gonna shoot em out of pure meanness.

Ned Well, you ain't like that no more.

Will Eagle, he hated my guts. Bonaparte didn't think too much of me either.

Ned Quincy neither.

Will Nah. Quincy used to just watch all the time, scared.

Ned Well, like I said, you ain't like that no more.

Will That's right. I'm just a fella now. I ain't no different than anyone else no more.

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