Favourtie Film Speech/Monologue.

Jim · 19-09-2003 4:25pm #1

eg. George Pattons speech at the beginning of "Patton" or Mark Renton's naration at the beginning of "Trainspotting".

My personal favourite is Monty Brogan's (Ed Norton) "Fu*k You" Mono in the 25th Hour.

Its a bit long, so heres a link

Barry Aldwell · 19-09-2003 5:54pm

Originally posted by Jimeatsmenu
George Pattons speech at the beginning of "Patton"

"We're gonna murder those Hun b4stards by the bushelfull!"

mike65 · 19-09-2003 6:14pm

Robert Shaw in Jaws - Quint's USS Indianapolis speech.

Peter Finch - "I'm As Mad As Hell..." speech.

Mike.

19-09-2003 7:42pm

Tarantino's Madonna speech at the start of Reservior Dogs.

Funky · 19-09-2003 8:18pm

Al Pacino's 'inches' speech in Any Given Sunday... amazing

DMT · 19-09-2003 8:26pm

Originally posted by Funky
Al Pacino's 'inches' speech in Any Given Sunday... amazing

Al Pacino's speech near the end of "Scent of a Woman"...

lamda · 19-09-2003 8:40pm

Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner.
Ray Liottas narration at the start of Goodfellas.

Zachary Taylor · 20-09-2003 4:55pm

Spencer Tracy at the end of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Charlie Chaplin's speech at the end of "The Great Dictator"

Frank Grimes · 20-09-2003 5:29pm

Kevin Spacey's monologues in American Beauty or Rutger Hauer's in Bladerunner.

Tusky · 20-09-2003 6:16pm

Id have to say Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner.

tman · 20-09-2003 7:20pm

Originally posted by lamda
Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner.
Ray Liottas narration at the start of Goodfellas.

damn right:)

jack nicolson - the witches of eastwick.
"Women... a mistake... or DID HE DO IT TO US ON PURPOSE?"

Spiffing · 20-09-2003 8:34pm

Originally posted by lamda
Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner.

WIN!

Kali · 20-09-2003 8:44pm

Either the man in the mud from the Holy Grail:
"supreme executive power derives from a mandate of the masses not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.. " (i know that whole scene off.. tis brill)

or Randals swipe at Dante at the end of Clerks.. summarising how trite their jobs actually are.

The_Bullman · 20-09-2003 8:44pm

I though that John Cusack had a couple of good ones in High Fidelity

Creature · 20-09-2003 9:16pm

Yeah that one in Jaws is brilliant. My favourite definatly. Just drags you right in the way his face gradually changes from happy and jovial to dead serious.

MrBigglesworth · 20-09-2003 11:55pm

The ending monologue to The Green Mile.

Nevyn · 21-09-2003 1:18pm

Nick Cage in Moonstuck

"But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything, it breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We're not here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. We are here to ruin ourselves and break our hearts and love the wrong people and die! "

Lex_Diamonds · 21-09-2003 4:28pm

Pacino's "check out time" speech at the end of Carlitos Way.

However, i havent seen this film since i was 14 or something and that speech could actually be crap now.

davej · 21-09-2003 4:43pm

"Johnny" (David Thewlis) in Naked. His monologue to the security guard.

davej

MarcusGarvey · 21-09-2003 6:35pm

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms. Greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but the other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

Gordon Gekko - Wallstreet

Senor_Fudge · 21-09-2003 7:06pm

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my
dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a
straight razor, and surviving

great stuff from Brando in Apocalypse Now

[niKo] · 22-09-2003 9:43am

The whole conversation between Dustin Hoffman and Christopher Walken in True Romance. The "Sicilians were spawned by ******s" bit.

MarcusGarvey · 22-09-2003 10:44am

Originally posted by [niKo]
The whole conversation between Dustin Hoffman and Christopher Walken in True Romance. The "Sicilians were spawned by ******s" bit.

Dennis Hopper no ?

[niKo] · 22-09-2003 5:08pm

Might be Hopper, I just don't know

smiaras · 24-09-2003 6:12pm

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daveg · 25-09-2003 7:14am

Originally posted by Lex_Diamonds
Pacino's "check out time" speech at the end of Carlitos Way.

Agreed.

Originally posted by [niKo]
The whole conversation between Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken in True Romance. The "Sicilians were spawned by ******s" bit.

Agreed.

For own choice - most of the dialogue in Heat... and Crimson Tide - We have back up. Now it's our duty not to launch until we can confirm."You're presuming that we have other submarines out there ready to launch. As captain I must asume that our submarines could have been taken out by other Aculas. We can play these games all night Mr. Hunter but I don't have the luxury of your presumptions."
"Sir."
"Mr. Hunter, we have rules that are not open to interpretation, personal intuition, gut feelings, hairs on the back of your neck, little devils or angels sitting on your shoulders."
"Captain."
"We are all very well aware of what our orders are and what those orders mean. They come down from our Commander in Cheif, they contain no ambiguity."
"Captain..."
"Mr. Hunter I have made a decision, I'm captain of this boat, now shut the fúck up!"

Dr. Loon · 25-09-2003 8:37am

Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction. Most of his dialogues are excellent.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Billy Turdhed · 25-09-2003 9:15pm

Has to be from "Deliverance"

Ned Beatty..."Well..What is it you boys require from us?"

Redneck" What we ..uh reee quire is that you get yoah goddam asses into them woods"

Tak it away baby!

WTurdhed

eggshapedfred · 26-09-2003 8:11am

From the dawn of time we came, moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the gathering when the few who remain will battle to the last. no-one has ever known we were among you...... until now.

Sean Connery - Highlander

DiscoStu · 26-09-2003 8:16am

Pacino's "God is an Absentee Landlord" speech at the end of Devil's Advocate.

TinCool · 26-09-2003 11:47am

Originally posted by lamda
Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner.

Definitely. He also wrote that speech himself.

TinCool · 26-09-2003 11:50am

Clint Eastwood's Do ya feel luck punk in Dirty Harry 1. Think it goes something like this:

"ah ah, I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five. Well to tell you the truth I've kind of lost count myself in all this excitement. So you've got to ask yourself a question, Do I feel lucky ... well do ya punk ?"

IrishMike · 27-09-2003 1:25pm

Pulp fiction the entire film

kaimera · 27-09-2003 1:50pm

FMJ - "God has a hard on for marines..."

Bounty Hunter · 27-09-2003 7:35pm

Originally posted by [niKo]
The whole conversation between Dennis hopper and Christopher Walken in True Romance. The "Sicilians were spawned by ******s" bit.

either as mentioned above or Mike Basset reading the poem "If" by rudyard kipling in Mike Basset England Manager the piss take movie

echomadman · 27-09-2003 9:09pm

Gene Wilder in Blazing saddles

What did you expect? "Welcome sonny," "Make yourself at home," "Marry my daughter." You've got to remember, that these are just simple farmers, these are people of the land, the common clay of the new west. You know . . . morons.

Billy Turdhed · 27-09-2003 11:01pm

This one[Grimsrud won't give Carl the car.]
Carl Showalter: No ****in' way! You ****in' notice this? I got ****in' shot in the face! I went and got the ****in' money! I got shot pickin' it up! I've been up for 36 ****in' hours! I'm takin' that ****in' car! That ****er's mine!
is good!!!!!

From "FARGO"

byte · 28-09-2003 5:36pm

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction. Most of his dialogues are excellent.

Yeah, that dialogue was brilliant!

Kai · 28-09-2003 5:50pm

Obvious one:

Well, I gotta tell ya - I'd be very careful who I talk to about this. Because the person who wrote this is dangerous. And one day they could just snap. And then this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho, stalking from office to office with an Armalite AR-180 carbine gas-operated semi-automatic, pumping round after round into colleagues and coworkers. This could be someone you've known for years. Someone very close to you.

Ed nortons character in fight club. Loads of good ones in that film.

Not so Obvious :

And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and its not okay because if they take my stapler then ill set the building on fire.

Milton Waddams in office space.

Shinji · 28-09-2003 5:51pm

Have to agree with Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner, and with whoever mentioned Kevin Spacey in American Beauty - the last speech in particular, as the montage of images from his life passing by. Come to think of it, Wes Bentley's monologue about the plastic bag in the same film is a fantastic piece of dialogue as well.

For sheer shivers down your spine cinema, though, surely the "I am Maximus Decimus Meridian..." speech in Gladiator deserves a mention?

Makaveli · 28-09-2003 5:59pm

Alec Baldwin's Brass Balls speech in Glengarry GlenRoss deserves a mention.

tbh · 29-09-2003 5:18pm

Hows about Jay and Silent Bob?
ALL YOU MOTHER****ERS ARE GOING TO PAY!
YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE BALL-LICKERS!

Or:
We Came to Hollywood. I fell in love. ****in, we stole a monkey. And I got hit in the balls by some giys named cock-knocker!

Kevin Smith Kicks Ass.

star gazer · 29-09-2003 5:33pm

My name is Maximus Decimus Merdius, Commander of the armies of the North...
Russel Crowe, Gladiator
so cool

DiscoStu · 29-09-2003 5:39pm

Originally posted by caimin
Kevin Smith Kicks Ass.

Brodie: It's impossible, Lois could never have Superman's baby. Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle his sperm? I guarantee he blows a load like a shotgun, right through her back. What about her womb, you think it's strong enough to carry his child?

TS: Sure, why not?

Brodie: He's an alien for Christssake. His Kryptonian biological makeup is enhanced by Earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonderwoman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a Kryptonite condom, but that would kill him

genius

johnpl · 30-09-2003 3:57pm

dennis hopper and christopher walken's from 'true romance' is a classic!!

jArgHA · 30-09-2003 6:08pm

Withnail & I has dozens of fantastic speeches. One of my favourites has to be Danny's summing up of the end of the 60's:

"If you are holding onto a rising balloon you are presented with a difficult political decission - let go while you've still got the chance or hold onto the rope and continue getting higher. That's politics man. We are at the end of an age. The greatest decade in the history of mankind is nearly over. They're selling hippy wigs in woolworths. It is 91 days to the end of the decade and as presuming ed here has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black. "- Danny

Burago · 30-09-2003 8:50pm

Originally posted by Makaveli
Alec Baldwin's Brass Balls speech in Glengarry GlenRoss deserves a mention.

"Put the coffee down. Coffee is for closers only.":D

I was going to mention that one. I love that movie and often stick in the video just for that speech.

"Greed is good..." - Wallstreet

Most of Pulp Fiction

De Niros voice overs in Taxi Driver - " All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. "

De Niro in Casino - " Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It's like a morality car wash."

tman · 30-09-2003 11:03pm

i've finally watched blade runner again for the first time in 8 years, i most definitely have to agree on rutger hauers speech at the end.

donnie darko; "first of all, poppa smurf didn't create smurfette..."

Panda · 01-10-2003 11:54am

Definatly Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner as an obvious one,
Marlon Brando had a few good lines in Apocalypse Now,

no ones mentioned Tony Montana's (pacinos) "You NEED people like me!!!" restaurant speech in Scarface.
theres a good few other speechs by his character in that film too....

motorbass · 01-10-2003 12:03pm

Roma: You stupid ****ing ****. You, Williamson, I'm talking to you ****head. You just cost me six thousand dollars. That's right. Six thousand dollars and one Cadillac. What are you going to do about it? What are you going to do about it, asshole? You're ****ing ****! Where did you learn your trade you stupid ****ing ****, you idiot?! Whoever told you that you could work with men?! Oh, I'm gonna have your job. I'm going downtown, I'm talk to Mitch and Murray, I am going to Limkin! I don't care who you know, whose nephew you are or who's dick you're suckin on, you're going out! I swear to you, you're going out! Anyone in this office lives on his wits. (Roma looks over to the detective) I'm gonna be with you in a second. (looks back to Williamson (Kevin Spacey) What you are hired for is to help us. Does that seem clear to you? To help us, not to **** us up. To help men who are going out there to try to earn a living, you fairy, you company man. I'll tell you something else. I hope you ripped the joint off, I could tell our friend here a little something might help him to catch you.You wanna learn the first rule you'd know if you ever spent a day in your life? You never open your mouth till you know what the shot is. You ****ing child.

Pacino in Glengary Glenross

bandit · 01-10-2003 12:26pm

Cant believe nobody has mentioned Morgan Freemans monologue at the final parole hearing in Shawshank Redemption.

John Goodmans monologue about Donny in The big Lebowski is great too.

Theres far too many to mention in This is Spinal Tap but the 'none more black' one really sticks out in my memory.

And Kevin Smiths Chasing Amy speech in eh cant remember the name of the film....

Favourtie Film Speech/Monologue.

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