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Apollo 13 (film)

Apollo 13 is a 1995 film about the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission, in which NASA must devise a strategy to return the spacecraft to Earth safely after it undergoes massive internal damage, putting the lives of the three astronauts on-board in jeopardy.
 * Directed by Ron Howard. Written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.

Houston, we have a problem.

Jim Lovell

 * From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go. On Apollo 8, we were so close. Just 60 nautical miles down, and it was as if I could just step out, and walk on the face of it.

In real life, the quote was "Houston, we've had a problem." [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-350/ch-13-1.html Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, ch. 13.1, by James A. Lovell.] The original phrase pronounced by Jack Swigert, "Houston, we've had a problem here" and then repeated by Lovell, "Houston, we've had a problem", was altered to a present-tense in the film script.
 * Houston, we have a problem.
 * Note: ranked #50 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
 * Houston, we are venting something out into space. I can see it outside window 1 right now. It's definitely, uh, a gas of some sort. It's got to be the oxygen.
 * Gentlemen, it's been a privilege flying with you.
 * Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey. It's good to see you again.
 * [narrating] Our mission was called "a successful failure," in that we returned safely but never made it to the moon. In the following months, it was determined that a damaged coil built inside the oxygen tank sparked during our cryo stir and caused the explosion that crippled the Odyssey. It was a minor defect that occurred two years before I was even named the flight's commander. Fred Haise was going back to the moon on Apollo 18, but his mission was canceled because of budget cuts; he never flew in space again. Nor did Jack Swigert, who left the astronaut corps and was elected to Congress from the state of Colorado. But he died of cancer before he was able to take office. Ken Mattingly orbited the moon as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 16, and flew the Space Shuttle, having never gotten the measles. Gene Kranz retired as Director of Flight Operations just not long ago. And many other members of Mission Control have gone on to other things, but some are still there. As for me, the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13 were my last in space. I watched other men walk on the moon, and return safely, all from the confines of Mission Control and our house in Houston. I sometimes catch myself looking up at the moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home. I look up at the moon and wonder, when will we be going back, and who will that be?

Jack Swigert

 * If this doesn't work, we're not gonna have enough power left to get home.
 * [As Apollo 13 goes to behind the moon, breaking off communication with Houston] So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.
 * [on TV] When you go into the shadow of the moon and and the moon is between you and the sun, you see stars that are more brilliant than anything you've ever seen on the clearest nights here on Earth. And then you pass into the lunar sunrise over the lunar surface. It must be an awe-inspiring sight. I can't wait to see it myself.
 * [While flipping an electric switch on a panel full of condensation] It's like trying to drive a toaster through a car wash.

Gene Kranz

 * OK, guys, we're going to the moon.
 * EECOM, GNC, these guys are talking about bangs and shimmies up there; doesn't sound like instrumentation to me.
 * Tell me this is not a government operation.
 * Let's work the problem, people. Let's not make things any worse by guessing.
 * The Lunar Module just became a lifeboat.
 * I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do.
 * I want this mark all the way back to Earth with time to spare. We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch. Failure is not an option!
 * [to Deke and other simulation operators] GODDAMMIT! I don't want another estimate. I want the procedures, NOW!

Ken Mattingly

 * [after finding out he's being grounded by exposure to the measles] Medical guys. I had a feeling once they started doing all the blood tests... I know it's their ass if I get sick up there, but I mean, Jesus!
 * Look, I don't have the measles. I'm not gonna get the measles.

Fred Haise

 * I could eat the ass off a dead rhinoceros.
 * We're not gonna have power much longer...the ship's bleeding to death.
 * [passing over the moon after the lost landing] Got to tell you, I had an itch to take this baby down though. Do some prospecting. Damn, we were close.

Dialogue

 * [Jim stands in his backyard, looking up at the moon, covering and uncovering it with his thumb. Marilyn comes walking out with a trash bag, notices him]
 * Marilyn Lovell: You're drunk, Lovell.
 * Jim Lovell: Yup, I'm not used to the champagne.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Me neither. [Picks at some random glasses and dishes on the patio table, then drops the trash bag she's holding] I can't deal with cleaning up. Let's sell the house.
 * Jim Lovell: Alright, we'll sell the house. [Still looking at the moon] They're back inside now, looking up at us. Isn't that something?
 * Marilyn Lovell: [Settles into a lawn chair] I'll bet Jenny Armstrong doesn't get a wink of sleep tonight. When you were on the far side on 8, I didn't sleep at all. I just vacuumed over and over again.

 * Jim Lovell: The astronaut is only the most visible member of a very large team, and all of us, right down to the guys sweeping the floor are honored to be a part of it. What did the man say? "Give me a lever long enough and I'll move the world." Well that's exactly what we're doing here. This is divine inspiration, folks. It's the best part of each one of us that anything is possible. Things like a computer that can fit into a single room and hold millions of pieces of information, or the Saturn V rocket. Now, this is the actual launch vehicle that will be taking Alan Shepard and his crew on the first leg of the Apollo 13 mission.
 * Congressman: When are you going up again, Jim?
 * Jim Lovell: I'm slated to be the commander of Apollo 14 sometime late next year.
 * Congressman: If there is an Apollo 14. Now, Jim, people in my state are asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon.
 * Jim Lovell: Well, imagine if Christopher Columbus came back from the New World, and no one returned in his footsteps.

 * [Jim has hurried back home]
 * Jim Lovell: Hey! Anybody home?
 * Barbara Lovell: [wearing a hippy costume] I'm not being a cheerleader, Mom! You don't understand, I worked so hard on this!
 * Marilyn Lovell: Barbara, maybe I don't understand, but you're not wearing that out in this neighborhood. That's the end of it!
 * Susan Lovell: She's not even wearing a bra! You can see everything–
 * Barbara Lovell: Shut up!
 * Marilyn Lovell: Susan!
 * Jim Lovell: [Shows up] Hi.
 * Marilyn Lovell: [Surprised] Jim.
 * Jim Lovell: Hon, trick-or-treat. Remember those Easter vacation trips we had planned for Acapulco?
 * Marilyn Lovell: Uh oh.
 * Jim Lovell: Well, I was thinking there might be a slight change in destination.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Really?
 * Jim Lovell: Maybe, say...the moon.
 * [Marilyn gasps in realization and hugs Jim]
 * Jim Lovell: Al Shepard's ear infection has flared up. We've all been bumped up to the prime crew of Apollo 13. Straight to the front line, to the Fra Mauro highlands.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Six months? You're moving up six months?
 * Barbara Lovell: [Shows Jim her costume] Dad, can I please wear this?
 * Jim Lovell: ...Sure.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Jim.
 * Jim Lovell: [Promptly] No! No, absolutely not.
 * Barbara Lovell: This stinks! [Closes her bedroom door]
 * Marilyn Lovell: They're not rushing things, are they? I mean, are you going to be ready in six months?
 * Jim Lovell: We'll be ready. Oh, but I wouldn't wanna be around Al Shepard tonight. I gotta get over there, we gotta get up to speed on this.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Go, go.
 * Jim Lovell: I'm gonna walk on the moon, Marilyn.
 * Marilyn Lovell: I know, I can't believe it. Naturally, it's 13. Why 13?
 * Jim Lovell: It comes after 12, hon.

 * Jeffrey Lovell: Dad, did you know the astronauts in the fire?
 * Jim Lovell: Yeah, I knew the astronauts in the fire. All of them.
 * Jeffrey Lovell: Could that happen again?
 * Jim Lovell: Well, I'll tell you something about that fire. A lot of things went wrong. The, uh, the door, it's called the hatch. They couldn't get it open when they needed to get out, that was one thing. And, uh... well, a lot of things went wrong in that fire.
 * Jeffrey Lovell: Did they fix it?
 * Jim Lovell: Oh, yes, absolutely. We fixed it. It's not a problem anymore.

 * Reporter 1: So, the number 13 doesn't bother you?
 * Fred Haise: Only if it's a Friday, Phil.
 * Reporter: Apollo 13, lifting of at thirteen hundred hours and thirteen minutes, and entering the moon's gravity on April 13th.
 * Jim Lovell: Ken Mattingly's been doing some scientific research regarding that very phenomenon, haven't you, Ken?
 * Ken Mattingly: Uh, yes, well, I had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder. It didn't seem to be a problem.
 * Fred Haise: We're also considering a letter from a fella who said we oughta take a pig up with us for good luck.
 * Reporter 1: Does it bother you that the public regards this flight as routine?
 * Jim Lovell: There's nothing routine about flying to the moon. I can vouch for that. And, uh… I think that an astronaut's last mission, his final flight, that's always going to be very special.
 * Reporter 2: Why is this your last, Jim?
 * Jim Lovell: I'm in command of the best ship with the best crew that anybody could ask for, and I'll be walking in a place where there's 400 degrees difference between sunlight and shadow. I can't imagine, uh, ever topping that.

 * Deke Slayton: [He and Dr. Chuck find Lovell observing the rocket and launch pad being transported] Jim, we've got a problem.
 * Dr. Chuck: I just got some blood work back from the lab. Charlie Duke has the measles.
 * Jim Lovell: [Unconcerned] So, we need a new backup.
 * Dr. Chuck: You've all been exposed to it.
 * Jim Lovell: Oh, I've had the measles.
 * Deke Slayton: Ken Mattingly hasn't.
 * [Scene cuts to Kraft's office, with Lovell, Dr. Chuck, and Slayton]
 * Jim Lovell: You want to break up my crew two days before the launch; when we can predict each others' moves, we can read the tone of each others' voices?
 * Dr. Chuck: Ken Mattingly will be getting seriously ill precisely when you and Haise will be ascending from the lunar surface to rendezvous with him.
 * Deke Slayton: Jim, that's a lousy time for a fever.
 * Jim Lovell: All right, now look, Jack Swigert has been out of the loop for weeks.
 * Chris Kraft: He's fully qualified to fly this mission.
 * Jim Lovell: He's a fine pilot, but when was the last time he was in a simulator?
 * Chris Kraft: I'm sorry, Jim, I understand how you feel. Now we can do one of two things here. We can either scrub Mattingly and go with Swigert, or we can bump all three of you to a later mission.
 * Jim Lovell: I've trained for the Fra Mauro highlands, and this is flight surgeon horseshit, Deke!
 * Deke Slayton: Jim, if you hold out for Ken, you will not be on Apollo 13. It's your decision.

 * Mary Haise: Oh boy, hope I can sleep.
 * Fred Haise, Jr.: Mom, that was loud!
 * Mary Haise: Here, hold my hand. [to Marilyn] I can't believe you did this four times.
 * Marilyn Lovell: The worst part's over.
 * Mary Haise: It is?
 * Marilyn Lovell: Listen, this doesn't stop for me until he lands on that aircraft carrier.
 * Mary Haise: Oh, you just look so calm about it.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Well, if the flight surgeon had to okay me for this mission, I'd be grounded.
 * Reporter 1: Mrs. Lovell! Mrs. Haise!
 * Reporter 2: Can we speak to you? Can we just have a word with you, please?
 * Marilyn Lovell: Remember, you're proud, happy, and thrilled.
 * Reporter 1: How are you feeling?
 * Mary Haise: Well, we're very proud, very happy, and we're thrilled.

 * Jim Lovell: Well, between Jack's back taxes and the Fred Haise Show, I'd say that was a pretty successful broadcast.
 * CAPCOM: That was an excellent show, Odyssey.
 * Jack Swigert: Thank you very much, Houston.
 * CAPCOM: We've a couple of housekeeping procedures for you. We'd like you to roll right to 0-6-0 and null your rates.
 * Jack Swigert: Roger that. Rolling right, 0-6-0. ''[presses the buttons. The craft begins rolling right]
 * CAPCOM: And if you could give your oxygen tanks a stir.
 * Jack Swigert: Roger that. [flips the switches to activate the tank fans. Suddenly, one tank explodes and the alarm begins buzzing] Hey, we've got a problem here.
 * Jim Lovell: What did you do?
 * Jack Swigert: Nothing. I stirred the tanks.
 * CAPCOM: Uh, this is Houston. Say again, please?
 * Jim Lovell: Houston, we have a problem.

 * Seymour Liebergot: Flight?
 * Gene Kranz: Yeah, go, EECOM.
 * Seymour Liebergot: Um, Flight, I recommend we, uh, shut down the reactant valves of the fuel cells.
 * Gene Kranz: What the hell good is that gonna do?
 * Seymour: If that's where the leak is, we can isolate it. We can isolate it there and we can save what's left in the tanks and we can run on the good cell.
 * Gene Kranz: You close them, you can't open them again. You can't land on the moon with one healthy fuel cell.
 * Seymour Liebergot: Gene, the Odyssey is dying. From my chair here, this is the last option.
 * Gene Kranz: Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, Sey. CAPCOM, let's have them close the reactant valves.
 * CAPCOM: Thirteen, this is Houston. Uh, we want you to close react valves on cells one and three. Do you copy?
 * Jim Lovell: Are you saying you want the whole smash? Closing down the react valves for fuel cells shutdown? Shutting down the fuel cells, did I hear you right?
 * Gene Kranz: Yeah, they heard me right. Tell them we think that's the only way they can stop the leak.
 * CAPCOM: Yeah, Jim, we think that closing the react valves may stop the leak.
 * [There's a long pause as the crew comprehends what's just been said]
 * Gene Kranz: Did he copy that?
 * CAPCOM: Do you copy, Jim?
 * Jim Lovell: Yes, Houston, we copy... [to Haise and Swigert] We just lost the moon.

 * Jim Lovell: Freddo, how long does it take to power up the LEM?
 * Fred Haise: Three hours by the checklist.
 * Jim Lovell: We don't have that much time.

 * Jeffrey Lovell: Why are there so many people here?
 * Marilyn Lovell: Oh. Well, you know, your dad's flying his mission.
 * Jeffrey Lovell: He said he was going to get me a moon rock.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Right. Well...something broke on your daddy's spaceship, and he's going to turn around before he even gets to the the moon.
 * Jeffrey Lovell: [meekly] Was it the door?

 * Gene Kranz: Okay, people! Listen up! I want you all to forget the flight plan. From this moment on, we are improvising a new mission. [Kranz turns on an overheard projector and the bulb burns out] How do we get our people home? [drawing with chalk on blackboard] They are here. We turn them around? Straight back? Direct abort?
 * Bobby Spencer: Yes! Gene...
 * MOCR Engineer: No, we can't do that...
 * Jerry Bostick: No, sir. No, sir! We get them on a free–return trajectory. It's the option with the fewest question marks for safety.
 * Gene Kranz: I agree with Jerry. We use the moon's gravity to slingshot them around.
 * Bobby Spencer: No! The L.E.M. will not support three guys for that amount of time!
 * Larry Strimple: It barely holds two.
 * Bobby Spencer: I mean, we have got to do a direct abort. We do an about face, we bring the guys right home right now.
 * Larry Strimple: Get them back soon, absolutely.
 * Jerry Bostick: We don't even know if the Odyssey's engine's even working, and if there's been serious damage to this spacecraft...
 * Ray Teague: They blow up and they die.
 * Bobby Spencer: That is not the argument! We are talking about time, not–!
 * Ray Teague: Oh, come on! I'm not going to sugarcoat this for you!
 * Gene Kranz: Let's hold it. Let's hold it down. Let's hold it down, people. The only engine we've got with enough power for a direct abort is the S.P.S. on the service module. From what Lovell has told us, it could have been damaged in an explosion, so let's consider that engine dead. We light that thing up; it could blow the whole works. It's just too risky. We're not gonna take that chance. Now the only thing the command module is good for is re-entry, so that leaves us with the L.E.M., which means free–return trajectory. Once we get the guys around the moon, we'll fire up the L.E.M. engine, make a long burn, pick up some speed, get them back as soon as we can.
 * Alan Glines: Gene, I'm wondering what the Grumman guys think about this.
 * Grumman Rep: We can't make any guarantees. We designed the L.E.M. to land on the moon, not fire the engine out there for course correction.
 * Gene Kranz: Well, unfortunately we're not landing on the moon, are we? I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do. So let's get to work, let's lay it out, okay?

 * NASA Director: He specifically wanted a quote from a flight director.
 * Gene Kranz: Who wanted a quote?
 * Glynn Lunney: The President.
 * Gene Kranz: The President?
 * Deke Slayton: Nixon. He wants odds.
 * Gene Kranz: We are not losing the crew.
 * NASA Director: Gene, I gotta give him odds. Five to one against? Three to one?
 * Glynn Lunney: I don't think they're that good.
 * Gene Kranz: We are not losing those men!
 * Deke Slayton: [to Kraft] Look, tell him three to one.

 * CAPCOM: Thirteen, this is Houston. We're reading your telemetry. It's good to see you again.
 * Fred Haise: Good to see you too, Houston.
 * CAPCOM: We are picking you up at a velocity of 7,062 feet per second, at a distance from the moon of 56 nautical miles. Stand by for your PC+2 burn data.
 * Fred Hasie: Got to tell you, I had an itch to take this baby down though. Do some prospecting. Damn, we were close.
 * Jim Lovell: Gentlemen... what are your intentions? [Haise and Swigert look over at him] I'd like to go home. We've got a burn coming up. We're gonna need a contingency if we lose comm with Houston. Freddo, let's get an idea where we stand on the consumables. Jack, get up into the Odyssey and bag up all the water you can before it freezes in there. Let's go home.

 * Gene Kranz: So you're telling me you can only give our guys 45 hours? [Kranz draws a line on the blackboard halfway between the moon and the Earth] That brings them to about there. Gentlemen, that's not acceptable.
 * '[the controllers all begin talking at once]
 * John Aaron: Whoa, whoa, guys! Power is everything! Power is everything.
 * Gene Kranz: What do you mean?
 * John Aaron: Without it, they don't talk to us, they don't correct their trajectory, they don't turn the heat shield around... We gotta turn everything off. Now. They're not gonna make it to re-entry.
 * Gene Kranz: What do you mean everything?
 * John Aaron: With everything on, the L.E.M. draws 60 amps. At that rate, in 16 hours the batteries are dead, not 45. And so is the crew. We gotta get them down to 12 amps.
 * Ray Teague: Whoa! 12 amps? How many?
 * MOCR Engineer: You can't run a vacuum cleaner on 12 amps, John!
 * John Aaron: We have to turn off the radars, cabin heater, instrument displays, the guidance computer, the whole smash.
 * Jerry Bostick: Whoa! Guidance computer? What... what if they need to do another burn? Gene, they won't even know which way they're pointed.
 * John Aaron: The more time we talk down here, the more juice they waste up there. I've been looking at the data for the past hour.
 * Gene Kranz: That's the deal?
 * John Aaron: That's the deal.
 * Gene Kranz: Okay, John. The minute we finish the burn, we'll power down the L.E.M.
 * John Aaron: All right. [he leaves the room]
 * Gene Kranz: Now, in the meantime, we're gonna have a frozen command module up there. In a couple of days we're gonna have to power it up using nothing but the re-entry batteries.
 * Glynn Lunney: It's never been tried before.
 * Bobby Strimple: Hell, we've never even simulated it before, Gene.
 * Gene Kranz: Well, we're gonna have to figure it out. I want people in our simulators working re-entry scenarios. I want you guys to find every engineer who designed every switch, every circuit, every transistor and every light bulb that's up there, then I want you to talk to the guy in the assembly line who had actually built the thing. Find out how to squeeze every amp out of both of these goddamn machines. I want this mark [draws dotted line from halfway mark to Earth] all the way back to Earth with time to spare. We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option!

 * John Young: [enters Ken Mattingly's hotel room] Ken? Ken.
 * Ken Mattingly: What? Huh?
 * John Young: Good, you're not dead. I've been trying to get in touch with you for 45 minutes.
 * Ken Mattingly: Jesus, John. What're you doing here?
 * John Young: I gotta get you in the simulators. We got a ship to land.
 * Ken Mattingly: What?
 * John Young: There's been an explosion. Oxygen tanks are gone, two fuel cells gone, command module's shut down.
 * Ken Mattingly: What about the crew?
 * John Young: Crew's fine so far, trying to keep 'em alive in the L.E.M. We're gonna have to shut that down pretty soon too. We got a lot of people working on numbers on this one, Ken, and nobody's too sure how much power we're gonna have when we hit re-entry. The command module's gonna be frozen up pretty good by then.

 * John Aaron: You see this ammeter rise over twenty at any point, power-up is no good. We see it spike, that's sayonara for the guidance computer, our guys can't re-enter, okay?
 * Sim Tech: How much power do we have to play with?
 * John Aaron: Barely enough to run this coffeepot for 9 hours.
 * Sim Tech 2: [over headset] John?
 * John Aaron: Go.
 * Sim Tech 2: Yeah, Ken Mattingly just got here.
 * John Aaron: Copy. He's here.
 * John Young: They've been losing heat since the accident. They're gonna start getting a lot of water condensation on the control panels.
 * John Aaron: Ken. Glad you're here. You know what's going on?
 * Ken Mattingly: Uh, John's brought me up speed. What do we have left in the batteries?
 * John Aaron: We don't really know.
 * Ken Mattingly: We gotta get started on some short cuts for the power-up.
 * John Aaron: Yeah. You know how short?
 * Ken Mattingly: Well, it's all in the sequencing, John. If we can skip whatever we don't absolutely need, and turn things on in the right order, maybe...
 * John Aaron: I agree.
 * Ken Mattingly: You started on a procedure?
 * John Aaron: Well, the engineers have tried but, I mean, it's your ship, we gotta get you in there.
 * Ken Mattingly: Okay. Frank. I need the sim cold and dark. Give me the exact same conditions they've got in there now and I need the present status of every instrument.
 * Frank: You got it.
 * Ken Mattingly: I need a flashlight. [Frank hands him a regular flashlight] That's not what they have up there. Don't give me anything they don't have onboard.
 * John Young: Let's get this show on the road. Put him in space, fellas.

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 * Jim Lovell: Okay, Houston, the quad-heater circuit breakers are open.
 * CAPCOM: Copy that.
 * Fred Haise: We'll use the forward omni when the Earth's in the window, and we're switching to aft omni when we see the moon.
 * CAPCOM: We copy that, Thirteen. Aquarius, we don't want you to make any more waste dumps. The venting may push you off course.
 * Fred Haise: Oh, Christ.
 * Jack Swigert: What's up?
 * Jim Lovell: No more waste dumps. We're just gonna have to store it. Jack, we're gonna need some more urine bags. Okay, Houston, that leaves us with just the computer, which I'm shutting down now. [shuts off L.E.M. computer] And that's it. We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver's seat.

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 * Clint Burton: Gene, we have a situation brewing with the carbon dioxide.
 * Bill Peters: We have a CO2 filter problem in the Lunar Module.
 * Clint Burton: Five filters on the L.E.M.
 * Bill Peters: Which were meant for two guys for a day and a half.
 * Clint Peters: That's what I told the Doc.
 * Dr. Chuck: They're already up to eight on the gauges. Anything over fifteen, and you get impaired judgement, blackouts, the beginnings of brain asphyxia.
 * Gene Kranz: What about the scrubbers on the command module?
 * Clint Burton: They take square cartridges.
 * Bill Peters: The ones on the L.E.M. are round.
 * Gene Kranz: [sighs in irritation] Tell me this isn't a government operation.
 * Clint Burton: This just isn't a contingency we've remotely looked at.
 * Dr. Chuck: Those CO2 levels are going to be getting toxic.
 * Gene Kranz: Well, I suggest you gentlemen invent a way to put a square peg in a round hole. Rapidly.

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 * [the news media are camping out at the Lovell residence]
 * Henry Hurt: I, uh, I have a request from the news people.
 * Marilyn: Uh-huh?
 * Henry Hurt: They're out front here. They want to put a transmitter up on the lawn.
 * Marilyn Lovell: Transmitter?
 * Henry Hurt: Kind of a tower, for live broadcast.
 * Marilyn Lovell: I thought they didn't care about this mission. They didn't even run Jim's show.
 * Henry: Well, it's more dramatic now. Suddenly people are...
 * Marilyn Lovell: Landing on the moon wasn't dramatic enough for them - why should not landing on it be?
 * Henry Hurt: Look, I, um, I realize how hard this is, Marilyn, but the whole world is caught up in this, it's historic—
 * Marilyn Lovell: No, Henry! Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn. If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband. He'll be home... on Friday!

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 * Jack Swigert: I've been going over the numbers again. Have they called up with a re-entry plan yet? 'Cause we're coming in too shallow.
 * Jim Lovell: We're working on something, Jack. Just hold on.
 * Fred Haise: I can't remember the ratio temperature; we got no references on board.
 * Jim Lovell: Well, let's see if Houston can pull up the MIL-SPECs.
 * Jack Swigert: Listen, listen, listen! They gave us too much Delta V, had us burn too long. At this rate, we're gonna skip right off of the atmosphere, and we're never gonna get back!
 * Fred Haise: What are you talking about? How'd you figure that?
 * Jack Swigert: I can add.
 * Jim Lovell: Jack, they've got half the Ph.Ds on the planet working on this.
 * Fred Haise: Houston says we're right on the money.
 * Jack Swigert: And what if they have made a mistake, all right, and there was no way to reverse it? You think they would tell us? There's no reason for them to tell us.
 * Fred Haise: What do you mean they're not gonna tell us? That's bullshit!
 * Jim Lovell: All right, there's 1,000 things that have to happen in order, we are on #8. You're taking about #692.
 * Jack Swigert: And in the meantime, I'm trying to tell you we're coming in too fast. I think they know it, and I think that's why we don't have a goddamn re-entry plan.
 * Jim Lovell: That's duly noted. Thank you, Jack. We agree with that.
 * Jack Swigert: [hits his head on the L.E.M. ceiling] OW! God damn this piece of shit!
 * Fred Haise: Hey! This piece of shit's gonna get you home. That's 'cause that's the only thing we got left, Jack!
 * Jack Swigert: Now what are you saying, Fred?
 * Fred Haise: Well, I think you know what I'm saying.
 * Jack Swigert: Now wait a minute. All I did was stir those tanks.
 * Fred Haise: What was that gauge reading before you hit the switch?
 * Jack Swigert: Hey, don't tell me how to fly the damn C.M.–
 * Fred Haise: You don't even know, do you?!
 * Jack Swigert: –They brought me in here to do a job, they asked me to stir the damn tanks and I stirred the tanks!
 * Jim Lovell: Jack, stop kicking yourself in the ass, all right?
 * Jack Swigert: This is not my fault!
 * Jim Lovell: No one is saying it is. If I'm in the left-hand seat when the call comes up, I stir the tanks.
 * Jack Swigert: Yeah, well, tell him that. [points to Haise]
 * Fred Haise: I just asked you what the gauge was reading, and you don't know!
 * Jim Lovell: All right, look, we're not doing this, gentlemen, we're not gonna do this. We're not gonna go bouncing off the walls for ten minutes, because we're just gonna end up right back here with the same problems! Try to figure out how to stay alive!
 * CAPCOM: Aquarius, this is Houston.
 * Jim Lovell: Are we on VOX?!
 * Fred Haise: No, we're not on VOX.
 * Jim Lovell: [Turns on switch to transmit; calmly] Yeah, Houston, this is Aquarius, go ahead.
 * CAPCOM: Yeah, Jim, could you check you check your CO2 gauge for us? [the CO2 warning light blinks on right at that moment]
 * Jim Lovell: Yeah, Houston, we were just looking at that. Our CO2 measurement has jumped 4 notches in the last hour.
 * Fred: That can't be right. I went over those numbers three times.
 * CAPCOM: Jim, that sounds about right. We were expecting that.
 * Jim Lovell: Well, that's very comforting to know, Houston. What do we do about it.
 * CAPCOM: Jim, we're working on a procedure down here for you. Do you copy?
 * Fred Haise: Oh, Christ.
 * Jim Lovell: All right, Houston, we're standing by for those procedures.
 * Fred Haise: Christ, I know why my numbers are wrong. I only figured it for two people.
 * [Lovell and Haise look over at Swigert]
 * Jack Swigert: Maybe I should just hold my breath.

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 * Marilyn Lovell: We came to tell you something. There's been an accident. Jimmy's okay, he's all right, but he's not gonna get to walk on the moon.
 * Blanche Lovell: Well, they said he was.
 * Marilyn Lovell: I know. I know. That was before. Now there's been an explosion. And they're all okay, they're all right. But now they're just going to try to figure out how to get them home. And it's a little bit dangerous. [to Susan Lovell, who has started to cry] Oh, sweetie.
 * Blanche Lovell: [to Susan Lovell] Are you scared? [Susan Lovell nods] Well, don't you worry, honey. If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.

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 * CAPCOM: Jack, you'll be happy to hear that we contacted President Nixon, and he's gonna grant you an extension on your income taxes, since you are... most decidedly out of the country.
 * Jack Swigert: Roger that, Houston. That's wonderful news.
 * Dr. Chuck: Tell them they have to sleep. Haise is running a fever of 104.
 * CAPCOM: Uh, Thirteen. Listen, we've had another request from the Flight Surgeon that you fellas get some more sleep. He doesn't like his readings down here.
 * Jim Lovell: [rips off his bio-med sensors] Let's see how he feels about this. I'm sick and tired of the entire Western world knowing how my kidneys are functioning!
 * Dr. Chuck: [Lovell's readings flatline] Flight, I just lost Lovell.
 * CAPCOM: Uh, Thirteen. This is Houston. Jim, we just had a drop out on your bio-med sensors.
 * Jim Lovell: I'm not wearing my bio-med sensors, Houston.
 * [Kranz smirks and silently laughs to himself. CAPCOM glances at Kranz, who waves him off, unconcerned]
 * CAPCOM: ...Okay, Jim. Copy that.
 * [Lovell looks over at Haise and Swigert, who proceed in turn to remove their bio-med sensors as well]
 * Dr. Chuck: Flight! Now I'm losing all three of them!
 * Gene Kranz: It's just a little medical mutiny, Doc. I'm sure the guys are still with us. Let's cut 'em some slack, okay?

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 * CAPCOM: Aquarius, this is Houston.
 * Jim Lovell: Houston, Aquarius.
 * CAPCOM: Uh, Jim, we've got another course correction for you.
 * Jack Swigert: What's up?
 * Fred Haise: Something about another course correction.
 * Jim Lovell: Uh, We copy, uh, Houston. Be advised, it's gonna take Freddo and I awhile to power up the computer for the, uh, alignment platform if we have to fire the engine.
 * CAPCOM: Uh, negative on that, Jim. We can't spare power for the computer.
 * Fred Haise: We gotta do this blind?
 * Jim Lovell: Houston, without the computer, what do we use for orientation?
 * Gene Kranz: Come on, we gotta be able to give these guys something up there.
 * Bill Fenner: Without power, we can't give them a reading.
 * Gene Kranz: I'm not talking about power, I'm talking about reference.
 * Bill Strable: No, no. There's no references. We have a bunch of debris up there...
 * Jim Lovell: Houston, what's the story with this burn?
 * CAPCOM: We're trying to hash something out down here, Aquarius. Stand by.
 * Jim Lovell: Well, now look, Houston, all we need to hold attitude is one fixed point in space. Is that not correct?
 * CAPCOM: Yeah, roger that, Jim.
 * Jim Lovell: Well, Houston, we've got one. If we can keep the Earth in the window, flying manually, the co-ax crosshairs right on its terminator, all I have to know is how long do we need to burn the engine. [under his breath] The shorter the better.
 * CAPCOM: Roger that, Jim.
 * Glynn Lunney: Can they fly it manually? And still shut it down on time without the computer?
 * Gene Kranz: I guess that's the best we can do, Glynn. We're out of time.

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 * Ken Mattingly: Here's the order of what I want to do: I want to power up guidance, ECS, communications, warm up the pyros for the parachute and the command module thrusters.
 * John Aaron: The thrusters are gonna put you overbudget on amps, Ken.
 * Ken Mattingly: Well, they've been sitting at 200 hundred below for four days, John. They gotta be heated.
 * John Aaron: Fine, then trade off the parachutes. Something.
 * Ken Mattingly: Well, if the chutes don't open, what's the point?
 * John Aaron: Ken, you're telling me what you need; I'm telling you what we have to work with at this point. I'm not making this stuff up.
 * Ken Mattingly: They're gonna need all these systems, John.
 * John Aaron: We do not have the power, Ken! We just don't have it.
 * Ken Mattingly: Okay, I'm gonna go back and reorganize the sequencing again and find more power. Let's start from scratch. Clear the board.
 * John Aaron: [turns to John Young] I don't know where the hell we're gonna find it.

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 * Jules Bergman: Apollo 13 commander, Jim Lovell, has more time in space, almost twenty-four days already, than any other man, and I asked him recently if he was ever scared.
 * Jim Lovell: Oh, well, I've had an engine flame out a few times in an aircraft, and was kind of curious as to wether or not it was going to light up again, things of that nature, but, uh, they seem to work out.
 * Jules Bergman: Is there a specific instance in an airplane emergency when you can recall fear?
 * Jim Lovell: Uh, well, I'll tell ya, I remember this one time, I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier. It was the Shangri-La, and we were in the Sea of Japan... and my radar had jammed, and my homing signal was gone because somebody in Japan was actually using the same frequency, and so it was – it was leading me away from where I was supposed to be. And I'm lookin' down at a big, black ocean, so I flip on my map light, and then suddenly – zap – everything shorts out right there in my cockpit. All my instruments are gone, my lights are gone, and I can't even tell now what my altitude is. I know I'm running out of fuel, so I'm thinking about ditching in the ocean. And I, I look down there, and then in the darkness there's this, uh… there's this green trail. It's like a long carpet that's just laid out right beneath me, and it was the algae, right? It was that phosphorescent stuff that gets churned up in the wake of a big ship. And it was, it was, it was leading me home. You know, if my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out, there's no way I'd ever been able to see that. So uh, you, uh, never know... what... what events are to transpire to get you home.

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 * Ken Mattingly: Look, I know this sequence works, John.
 * John Aaron: The sequence looks good, we're just overbudget on the amperage.
 * Ken Mattingly: By how much?
 * John Aaron: Three or four amps?
 * Ken Mattingly: Goddammit, John! Is is three or four?
 * John Young: Four.
 * John Aaron: Four!
 * Ken Mattingly: Four more amps... [thinking] We know they have some power left in the L.E.M. batteries, right?
 * John Aaron: Yeah.
 * Ken Mattingly: We have an umbilical that provides power from the command module to the L.E.M.
 * John Young: Right, it's back-up for the L.E.M. power supply.
 * John Aaron: I'm listening.
 * Ken Mattingly: So... reverse it. Reverse the flow and see if we can draw these four amps from the L.E.M. batteries before we cut it loose. Why can't we do that?
 * John Aaron: We don't have a procedure for that, do we?
 * John Young: You're gonna lose a lot in the transfer, Ken.
 * Ken Mattingly: Yeah, yeah. But all we're talking about here is four amps.

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 * Bobby Spencer: Flight, this is RETRO.
 * Gene Kranz: Go, RETRO.
 * Bobby Spencer: Flight, we're looking at a Typhoon Warning at the edge of the prime recovery area.
 * Gene Kranz: Say again, RETRO?
 * Bobby Spencer: Flight, we're looking at a Typhoon Warning at the edge of the prime recovery area. Now, this is just a warning, Flight. It could miss them.
 * Gene Kranz: [More so to himself] Yeah, only if their luck changes.

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 * Jerry Bostick: Flight, they're still shallowing up a little bit in the reentry corridor. Almost like they're underweight.
 * Gene Kranz: Now, how the hell can they be underweight?
 * Bobby Spencer: We didn't land on the moon.
 * Gene Kranz: Rocks?
 * Bobby Spencer: That's affirm.

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 * Henry Hurt: We've got the parachute situation, the heat shield, angle of the trajectory and the typhoon. There's just so many variables, I'm at a loss–
 * NASA Director: I know what the problems are, Henry. This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.
 * Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.

Cast

 * Tom Hanks — Jim Lovell
 * Bill Paxton — Fred Haise
 * Kevin Bacon — Jack Swigert
 * Gary Sinise — Ken Mattingly
 * Ed Harris — Gene Kranz
 * Kathleen Quinlan — Marilyn Lovell
 * Mary Kate Schellhardt — Barbara Lovell
 * Emily Ann Lloyd — Susan Lovell
 * Miko Hughes — Jeffrey Lovell
 * Max Elliott Slade — Jay Lovell
 * Jean Speegle Howard — Blanch Lovell
 * Tracy Reiner — Mary Haise
 * David Andrews — Pete Conrad
 * Michele Little — Jane Conrad
 * Chris Ellis — Deke Slayton

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The Mask of Zorro

The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 action film by Sony Pictures starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Its sequel was 2005's The Legend of Zorro. When freedom is a memory and justice is outlawed, the just must become outlaws.taglines

Don Diego

 * You know there is a saying, a very old saying: when the pupil is ready the master will appear.
 * A nobleman is nothing but a man, who says one thing and thinks another.
 * Lesson number one: never attack in anger.

Alejandro

 * That is the way they are dancing in Madrid these days... Don Rafael, you'll have to excuse me, I have to catch my breath. Your daughter is a very spirited dancer.
 * All this sword play, and riding around on horses, it gives me a frightful headache.

Captain Love

 * Murrieta’s brother or not, you are more than you pretend to be.
 * You're doing very well. Your brother would have shot himself by now.
 * Strange I'd say, it's the second time I've shot this man while he was flying through the air.

Elena

 * He was vigorous and young. (smiles then looks serious) He was very vigorous, Father.

Dialogue

 * Don Diego: You should not trade something like that for a mere glass of whiskey.
 * Alejandro: Why not? You think I could get two?

 * Alejandro: I would have killed him.
 * Don Diego: No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly. Who then would avenge your brother?
 * Alejandro: I would have found a way. I've never lost a fight.
 * Don Diego: Except to a crippled old man just now.
 * What is your name?
 * Alejandro: Alejandro.
 * Don Diego: Alejandro… you know, there is a saying, a very old saying: “When the pupil is ready, the master will appear.” Now if you want to kill this man, I can help you, and I can teach you how. How to move, how to think, how to take your revenge with honour- and live to celebrate it. It will take dedication; it will take time.
 * Alejandro: Why are you so eager to help me?
 * Don Diego: Because once, a long time ago, [pointing at Alejandro’s amulet] you did the same for me.

 * Don Diego: Do you know how to use that thing?
 * Alejandro: Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man.
 * Don Diego: This is going to take a lot of work.

[cut to training area]
 * This is called a training circle. The master’s wheel. This circle will be your world, your whole life. Till I tell you otherwise, there is nothing outside of it.
 * Alejandro: Captain Love-
 * Don Diego: There is  nothing … outside of it. Captain Love does not exist until I say he exists. As your skill with the sword improves, you will progress to a smaller circle. With each new circle your world contracts, bring you that much closer to your adversary; that much closer to retribution.
 * Alejandro: I like that part.
 * Don Diego: Shall we?

 * Don Diego: You have passion Alejandro, and your skill is growing. But to enter Montero's world, I must give you something which is completely beyond your reach.
 * Alejandro: Ah, yes? And what is that?
 * Don Diego: Charm.
 * Alejandro: ...And what is that?

 * Alejandro: I miss my brother, sir.
 * Don Diego: Your brother is dead. We lose the ones we love; we cannot change it. Put it aside.
 * Alejandro: How? How can I do what is needed, when all I feel is... hate.
 * Don Diego: You hide it. With this. (holding up the Zorro mask)

 * Soldier: Hey... I thought you were tied up.
 * Joaquín: That is because you are stupid.

 * Don Rafael: Did you send men to the hills? Double the guard at the walls?
 * Captain Love: Yes, yes, of course. After all, it's only one man...
 * Don Rafael: It isn't just "one man", damn it! It's Zorro!

 * Alejandro: Do you surrender?
 * Elena: Never, but I may scream.
 * Alejandro: I understand. Sometimes I have that effect.

 * Elena: Forgive me father for I have sinned. It has been three days since my last confession.
 * Alejandro: Three days? How many sins could you have committed in three days? Come back when you have more time, please.
 * Elena: Excuse me?
 * Alejandro: Listen, señorita… Please, go on.
 * Elena: I have broken the fourth commandment, padre.
 * Alejandro: You killed somebody?
 * Elena: No, that is not the fourth commandment.
 * Alejandro: Of course not. Tell me, in what way did you break the most sacred of commandments?
 * Elena: I dishonored my father.
 * Alejandro: That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it.
 * Elena: What did you say?
 * Alejandro: I said, tell me more, my child.
 * Elena: Well, I try to behave properly, the way my father would like me to. But I’m afraid my heart is too wild.
 * Alejandro: Too wild?
 * Elena: Yes.
 * Alejandro: Could you be… a little more specific?
 * Elena: I had impure thoughts about a man.
 * Alejandro: Uh huh.
 * Elena: I did- I think he was a bandit or something. He wore a black mask.
 * Alejandro: He had a deep voice.
 * Elena: Yes.
 * Alejandro: Ruggedly handsome?
 * Elena: I do not know, his face was half covered. But something in his eyes captured me.
 * Alejandro: Captured you?
 * Elena: I felt warm and feverish.
 * Alejandro: Lustful?
 * Elena: Yes, lustful… forgive me.
 * Alejandro: I forgive you.

[soldiers enter the church]
 * Soldier: Look over there, by the altar!
 * Captain Love: Search everything! The chapel, the loft, the rectory, all of it.
 * Priest: This is a house of God.
 * Captain Love: Don’t worry Padre, we’ll be gone by the time he gets back.
 * Alejandro: Señorita, you have done nothing wrong. The only sin would be to deny what your heart truly feels. Now go.

 * Don Diego: Convince Montero that you're a gentleman of stature, and he will let you into his circle.
 * Alejandro: Me? A gentleman? This is going to take a lot of work.
 * Don Diego: Yes.

 * Alejandro: Look at me. I look like a butterfly. This is the most stupid thing I've ever done.
 * Don Diego: I doubt that.
 * Alejandro: We'll never get away with this.
 * Don Diego: Yes we will. A nobleman is nothing but a man who says one thing and thinks another.

 * Alejandro: Weren't you the one chasing some legendary bandit recently?
 * Captain Love: He was hardly legendary.
 * Alejandro: So you caught him?
 * Captain Love: It's only a matter of time.
 * Alejandro: Well the bandit might have escaped. But we will all think twice… before going to confession.
 * [guests laugh]

 * Captain Love: The lady and I were trying to dance.
 * Alejandro: You were trying. She was succeeding.

 * Alejandro: Here. This is the canyon. That is where the mine is. They have 20… 30 guards at most. Nothing that Zorro can't overcome.
 * Don Diego: I'm not going with you. Alejandro looks at him confused I'm not going with you. There's something I must do. It’s a personal matter.
 * Alejandro: And the prisoners?
 * Don Diego: There's nothing more I can do.
 * Alejandro: Nothing you will do?
 * Don Diego: I gave my life to them. My wife was murdered before my eyes, and my child was raised by my mortal enemy.
 * Alejandro: Montero? Elena... She's your daughter!
 * Don Diego: She was.
 * Alejandro: So, you will simply take your revenge.
 * Don Diego: No, my daughter. And don't pretend she means nothing to you.
 * Alejandro: She does. But you taught me to see beyond personal feelings. Was that all a lie?
 * Don Diego: You are too young to understand.
 * Alejandro: To understand what? Betrayal? All the work, all the training, all the wise words, for  what?  To smile in the face of my brother’s killer while you make your own plans?
 * Don Diego: I taught you everything you need to survive. Now I must look to my own heart. Elena is all I have left. I am not going to lose her again.
 * Alejandro: What about California? What about the people?
 * Don Diego: They still have Zorro.

Taglines

 * When freedom is a memory and justice is outlawed, the just must become outlaws.
 * No one has seen his face....but everyone....knows this mark.
 * This summer, justice leaves its mark.

Cast

 * Antonio Banderas - Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro:
 * José María de Tavira - young Alejandro Murrieta.

 * Anthony Hopkins - Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro:
 * Catherine Zeta-Jones - Elena Montero:
 * María and Mónica Fernández Cruz - Elena de la Vega (infant).

 * Stuart Wilson - Don Rafael Montero:
 * Matt Letscher - Captain Harrison Love
 * Tony Amendola - Don Luiz
 * Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. - Don Pedro
 * Victor Rivers - Joaquín Murrieta
 * Diego Sieres - Young Joaquín Murrieta
 * L. Q. Jones - Three-fingered Jack
 * Julieta Rosen - Esperanza De La Vega
 * Maury Chaykin - Prison Warden

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The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 film is a depiction of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
 * Directed by Mel Gibson. Written by Mel Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald.

By his wounds … we were healed (taglines) One man changed the world … forever. (taglines)

Jesus

 * I am the good shepherd. I lay down my life for my sheep. No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down and the power to take it up again. This command is from my Father.
 * You have heard that it was said, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. If you love those who love you, what reward is there in that?
 * Take this and drink. This is my blood, spilled for you and for many. Do this in memory of me.
 * My heart is ready, Father. My heart is ready.
 * Peter, you could not watch even one hour with me?
 * Judas, you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
 * Forgive them, Father. They know not what they do.
 * Elahi, Elahi, lema sabachthani? ("My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?")
 * Traditionally untranslated in the Gospels
 * It is accomplished!
 * [Last lines] Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.

Dialogue

 * Satan: Do you really believe that one man can bear the full burden of sin?
 * Jesus: Shelter me, O Lord. I trust in you. In you I take my refuge.
 * Satan: No one man can carry this burden, I tell you. It is far too heavy. Saving their souls is too costly. No one. Ever. No. Never.
 * Jesus: Father, you can do all things. If it is possible, let this chalice pass from me … but let your will be done, not mine.
 * [Jesus starts to sweat blood and he collapses to the ground. He continues to mutter prayers and groan, as if in pain]
 * Satan: Who is your father? Who are you?
 * [A snake emerges out of Satan's cloak and it slithers its way to Jesus who eventually rises up, with determination and resolve in his eyes. He then exchanges looks with Satan before stomping on the snake approaching him, killing it. From a distance, Jesus notices torches coming]

 * [Flashback, in Nazareth, a young Jesus is crafting a tall table for his rich client]
 * Mary: [preparing some meal] Jesus! Jesus! [she goes to him] Are you hungry?
 * Jesus: Yes, I am.
 * Mary: [observes the table Jesus made] This is very tall.
 * Jesus: Yeah.
 * Mary: Who are you making it for?
 * Jesus: Why for a rich man.
 * Mary: [doubtful] So, does he like to eat standing up?
 * Jesus: [chuckles] No, he eats like so. [sits down in a stance that matches the table's height] Tall tables, and tall chairs. Well, I haven't made them yet.
 * [Mary tries to sit and see how her stance will fit the table's height. She suddenly loses her balance, making Jesus laugh]
 * Mary: [dismayed] This won't do at all! [walks back into the house with a laughing Jesus following her] Hey! Remove that filthy apron before you enter. [Jesus complies] And wash your hands! [Mary uses her vase to wash Jesus's hands who playfully teases her, much to her joy]

 * [ Pilate is inside his bedroom, reading from a scroll. He is suddenly distracted by knocking at the door. As he walks to the door to open it, his wife Claudia wakes up from a nightmare. Pilate is greeted by his tribune Abenader]
 * Abenader: Sir, there is trouble in the...
 * Pilate: [sternly] I thought I told you to not interrupt me in the middle of the night, Abenader!
 * Abenader: My apologies, sir.
 * Pilate: What is it?
 * Abenader: There is trouble brewing in the walls. Caiaphas has gathered a large crowd in the temple and he has taken a prophet under his custody.
 * Pilate: [referring to the prophet] Who is it?
 * Abenader: He is a Galilean. The Pharisees seem to hate the man.
 * Claudia: [gets up from her bed and interrupts Abenader] A Galilean? Who is this you're talking about?

 * Annas: [looks at Jesus with contempt and disgust, but he could barely recognize him because of the scars and bruises all over his face] Who is this man you brought to us? He's chained up like a criminal.
 * Temple guard: He is Jesus! [pulls Jesus closer] The Nazarene troublemaker!
 * Annas: You are Jesus of Nazareth?
 * [Jesus does not reply]
 * Caiaphas: They say you are a king. Where is this kingdom of yours? From what line of kings do you descend from?
 * Annas: [angrily] Speak up!
 * Caiaphas: You are just the son of some obscure carpenter, no? [the watching crowd chuckled]
 * Annas: Some say you are like the prophet Elijah, but he was carried off to the heavens in a chariot!
 * Caiaphas: Why won't you say something? You have been brought here as a blasphemer! What do you say to that? Defend yourself.
 * Jesus: I have spoken openly to everyone. I have taught in the temple where we all gathered. Ask those who have heard what I have to say.
 * Temple Guard: Is that how you address the High Priest? With arrogance? [strikes Jesus]
 * Jesus: If I have spoken evil, tell me what evil I have said. But if not, why do you hit me?
 * Annas: Yes, we will listen to those that have heard your blasphemies. Good! [sits beside Caiaphas and the other Pharisees] Let us hear them!
 * Accuser 1: He cures the sick, with the help of devils! I have seen it. [the crowd is shocked]
 * Accuser 2: He casts out devils, with the help of devils!
 * Accuser 3: He calls himself the king! The King of the Jews! [the crowd begins to jeer]
 * Accuser 4: No, he calls himself the Son of God! He said he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days! [angrily spits at Jesus]
 * Accuser 5: Worse! He claims he is the Bread of Life! And if we do not eat his flesh or drink his blood, we will not inherit eternal life! [the crowd throws insults on Jesus]
 * Caiaphas: [stands up] Silence! You are all under this man's spell. Either offer proof of his wrongdoing, or be quiet!
 * Joseph: [intervening on Jesus's behalf] This entire proceeding is an outrage! All I have heard from these "witnesses" is mindless contradiction! [the angry Pharisees proceed to kick him out, along with other Pharisees who try to defend Jesus]
 * Caiaphas: [glares at Jesus] Have you nothing to say at all? No answer to these accusations? Then, I ask you this, Jesus of Nazareth. Are you really the Messiah? Son of the living God?
 * Jesus: [after a moment of silence, he looks at the Pharisees and the crowd] I am. [everyone around him gasps in horror] And you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of God, and arriving from the clouds of heaven.
 * Caiaphas: [shocked] Blasphemy! [he angrily tears his robes] You all heard him! Why bother with witnesses when he himself has blasphemed! [to the angry crowd] What is your verdict?!
 * Crowd: [in unison] DEATH!

 * [After the verdict is passed, the Pharisees, the Temple guards, and the angry crowd viciously beat Jesus. Amidst the chaos, Peter tearfully watches Jesus until a member of the crowd confronts him]
 * Accuser 1: Hey, I know you! Aren't you one of the Galilean's followers?! Yes, it's him!
 * Peter: No! You're wrong! I've never met him before!
 * Accuser 2: [grabs Peter by the robe to try and stop him] Of course, you do! You are Peter! You are one of Jesus's disciples! Somebody, stop him!
 * Peter: [shoves everyone away] Stop it! Stop it, damn you! I swear, I don't know him! I have never seen that man! I don't know him!
 * [Jesus falls and as he tries to get up, he gazes at Peter who suddenly remembers what Jesus said to him hours ago]
 * [Flashback]
 * Peter: I am ready to follow you wherever you go, my lord, to prison, even to death.
 * Jesus: Amen, I say to you, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. [Peter is confused]
 * [Back at the present, realizing what he has done, Peter runs away in tears]

 * [After witnessing Jesus get beaten by the crowd, a remorseful Judas runs to the Pharisees to confront them]
 * Judas: [to Caiaphas] Release him! Please!
 * Caiaphas: [to the Temple guard] Let him through! He's harmless.
 * Judas: Release him! I beg of you. [pulls out the bag of silver that was given to him] Here, take back your money, I don't need it anymore! [desperately] I have betrayed an innocent man! Please, release him!
 * Caiaphas: [coldly] If you think you have betrayed an innocent man, then that is your affair. Just take your money, and go.
 * [Judas is shocked and before turning his back, he rubs his face on the bag of silver and hurls it at the Pharisees' feet. Caiaphas is angered]
 * [Outside, Judas lies on the street, all bloodied. A couple of children approaches him]
 * Child 1: Hey, mister! Are you alright? Do you need help?
 * Child 2: [noticing Judas's face] Look at him! He's bleeding, he's got blood all over his face!
 * Child 1: Yeah, you're right!
 * Judas: [angrily] Will you get away from me! You little Satans!
 * Children: [in unison] He's cursing at us! He's cursed!
 * [the children begins to jeer and point at Judas who tries to shove them away but as he stands up, the children's faces become demonic, to Judas's horror. Judas struggles to get away while the children continues to jeer at him]

 * Claudia: [concerned] Do not condemn this Galilean, he is holy. You will only bring more trouble to yourself.
 * Pilate: [irritated] You know what troubles me more, Claudia? This outpost, [referring to the crowd outside] and that filthy rabble out there.

 * Pilate: Drink?
 * [Jesus does not receive the cup and said no word. Pilate observes Jesus with curiosity]
 * Pilate: [in Hebrew] Are you the king of the Jews?
 * Jesus: [in Latin, surprising Pilate and all the Romans around Jesus] Does that question come from you, or do you ask me this because others have told you what I am?
 * Pilate: [continues in Latin] How can I come up with such a question myself? Am I a Jew? Your priests have delivered you to me and they want me to have you executed. Why? What did you do? Are you a king?
 * Jesus: [looks at Pilate] My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, do you think my servants would have allowed those men to deliver me to you in this manner?
 * Pilate: You are a king then?
 * Jesus: That is why I was born, to give testimony to the truth. Everyone who hears my voice hears the truth.
 * Pilate: Truth? What is truth?
 * [Jesus gives no reply as he gazes at Pilate]

 * Pilate: What is truth, Claudia? Do you hear it when it is spoken?
 * Claudia: Yes, I do. You don't know it?
 * Pilate: How? Tell me.
 * Claudia: [bluntly] If you do not want to hear it, no one will tell you.
 * Pilate: Truth? You want to know my truth, Claudia? I've been putting down rebellions in this rotten outpost for eleven years. If I don't condemn this man, I know that Caiaphas will start a rebellion. If I do, then this man's followers may. Either way, there will be bloodshed. [grows agitated] Caesar has warned me, Claudia, he has warned me twice! He swore that next time, the blood would be mine! That is my truth, Claudia!
 * [They are interrupted by Abenader barging in]
 * Abenader: Sir, Herod did not condemn the Galilean and he has returned him to you. We are also going to need more men.
 * Pilate: I don't want to start an uprising, Abenader.
 * Abenader: There is already an uprising.

 * [Jesus has just been returned to Pilate after King Herod finds him innocent of the Pharisees' charges. This causes an uproar across the city and Pilate sends out soldiers to pacify the growing mobs]
 * Pilate: King Herod has found no fault in Jesus, and neither have I. [the crowd jeered in disappointment, prompting Abenader to deploy soldiers to keep them under control]
 * Caiaphas: [to the crowd] Silence! Have you no respect for our kind Roman procurator?! [the crowd laughs]
 * Pilate: I have made it customary that every year, I release a prisoner to you, and right now, we are holding one: the murderer Barabbas!
 * [the Roman guards bring a filthy and bloodied Barabbas before the jeering crowd]
 * Pilate: Now who among these two men do you want me to set free? Barabbas? Or Jesus, your "Messiah"?!
 * Caiaphas: [referring to Jesus] He is no Messiah! He's an impostor! A blasphemer! [turns to Pilate] Set Barabbas free.
 * Crowd: [in a gleeful unison] FREE BARABBAS!
 * Pilate: [confused and appalled] Again I ask you! Who do you want me to set free?!
 * [the crowd repeats the same line, and Pilate acquiesces to their demands. Barabbas is then released, much to his joy while the crowd looks at him in disgust]
 * Pilate: What do you want me to do with Jesus?!
 * Crowd: CRUCIFY HIM!
 * Pilate: [looks at Claudia, who is watching the trial from the veranda nearby] No! I will chastise him, and then I will set him free!
 * [the crowd is dismayed by the decision and they jeered at Jesus and the Romans]
 * Pilate: [to Abenader] See to it that the punishment is severe, Abenader, but make sure they don't kill the man.

 * [After a brutal scourging, a mutilated Jesus is brought before Pilate and Abenader, the latter being horrified at what the guards did to Jesus, but Pilate is barely surprised. He carefully pulls Jesus and presents him before the jeering crowd]
 * Pilate: [in both Hebrew and Latin] Behold the Man!
 * Crowd: CRUCIFY HIM!
 * Pilate: [angrily] Is this not enough? Look at him! [the crowd continues to yell CRUCIFY HIM] You want me to crucify your king?
 * Caiaphas: King?! We have no king but Caesar!
 * Pilate: [turns to Jesus, in Latin] Speak to me, I have the power to have you crucified, or else set you free.
 * Jesus: [in Latin] You have no power over me, unless it is given to you from above, but he who has delivered me to you has the greater sin.
 * Caiaphas: If you release him, governor, you are no friend to Caesar!
 * [The jeering crowd begins to riot, provoking the Roman guards to brutally beat them back. Unwilling to cause an uprising, Pilate washes his hands and acquiesces to the crowd's demands]
 * Pilate: [to Caiaphas] Remember that it is you who wants him dead, not I! His blood is in your hands! [turns to Abenader] Abenader, do what they want.

 * [Jesus is now crucified on Calvary, in between two thieves.]
 * Gesmas: [groans in pain] If you are the son of God, why can't you save yourself? Prove to us that you are who you say you are! [the crowd laughs and the guards insult Jesus, gesturing him to come down]
 * Caiaphas: [approaches Jesus] You said you would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, but look at you. [to the crowd] If he is indeed the Messiah, I say he should come down from that cross, so that we may see and believe him!
 * Jesus: [sobbing and in pain, he looks up at the sky to pray] Father... forgive them, for... they know not what they do.
 * Dismas: [to Caiaphas] Listen, he's praying for you! [Caiaphas ignores him and leaves. Dismas then turns to Gesmas] We deserve this, Gesmas! He does not! [to Jesus, sobbing] My lord, I have sinned and I'm being punished justly. All that I ask of you is that you remember me when you enter your kingdom.
 * Jesus: [smiles weakly] Amen, I say to you... on this day... you will join me... in paradise...
 * [Dismas cries while Gesmas laughs with the crowd until a crow lands on the beam of his cross. The crow then plucks out his right eye. Gesmas lets out an agonizing scream while the guard below him scares off the crow before cringing in disgust as he looks at Gesmas's mutilated face]

 * [Hours have passed and the skies start darkening. The crowd and the Pharisees leave while Mary, Magdalene, and John are left behind. They pass through the guards and approach Jesus, crying]
 * Jesus: [struggles to speak] I... thirst.
 * [A sympathetic Roman guard takes a sponge from a bucket, it is soaked in vinegar. He has his fellow guard impale it on a spear and he gives the sponge to Jesus who drinks from it]
 * Mary: [looks at Jesus with tears in her eyes] Flesh of my flesh, heart of my heart. My son, let me die with you.
 * Jesus: [to Mary] Mother... Behold... your son! [turns to John] Son, behold... your mother! [John tearfully nods, assuring him his mother will be safe]
 * Gesmas: [noticing everyone has gone and he glares at Jesus] There is no one left! They have abandoned you, Jesus!
 * Jesus: [with all his strength] ELOI! ELOI! Lama Sabacthani! [turns to his friends and mother below him, softly] It is finished. [turns his head to the sky] Father... Into your hands... I give you... my spirit... [Jesus dies]
 * [A single raindrop, resembling a tear, drops from the heavens, triggering a powerful earthquake that shakes the whole city and damages the temple. The Roman guards guarding Jesus and the crucified criminals are ordered by Abenader to break their legs. Cassius, the sympathetic Roman guard, could not break Jesus's leg]
 * Abenader: Cassius! Come on, do it!
 * Cassius: [dropping his hammer] He's dead!
 * Abenader: [tosses his spear to him] Make sure!
 * [Cassius reluctantly complies. He pierces Jesus's corpse and blood sprays out of it. Cassius's face is sprayed all over, causing him to fall to the ground, dumbstruck. Abenader and the other Roman guards are shocked, finally realizing what they have done to Jesus]

Quotes about The Passion of the Christ

 * This has been germinating inside me for 10 years. I have a deep need to tell this story. It's part of your upbringing, but it can seem so distant. The Gospels tell you what basically happened; I want to know what really went down.
 * Mel Gibson, "The Passion of Mel Gibson". Time magazine (January 19, 2003).
 * I felt like a great presence came within me at times when we were filming. This prayer that came from me was, "I don't want people to see me. I just want them to see Jesus. And through that, conversions will happen." That's what I wanted more than anything, that people would have a visceral effect to finally make a decision whether to follow Him or not.
 * Jim Caviezel, "Jim Caviezel Talks About Playing Christ in 'The Passion'", CBN.
 * When that Jesus movie came out, Jews didn't want people to see it. Everybody blames the Jews for killing Christ, and then the Jews try to pass it up on the Romans.
 * Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)
 * The lacerating detail in which the torture of Jesus is portrayed in the film, it seems to me, is a way of diverting attention from these alarming elements of reactionary propaganda. It isn't all that hard to upset Jews, as Gibson must have known he would, and it's even possible to suspect him of doing so in order to create a climate of emotional publicity.
 * Christopher Hitchens: "The Gospel According to Mel". Vanity Fair, March 2004.
 * To be fair to [Mel Gibson], he has made what is now probably the definitive movie on the Easter story, The Passion of the Christ, which, when it first came out, was subjected to quite a lot of criticism and abuse, mainly because it's a cynical piece of gratuitous trash aimed at simple-minded born-again plankton. And for this reason it made a lot of money, so now some Hollywood studios get a panel of Christians to vet their movies before release just to make sure they won't offend any ignorant born-again shit-kickers who might happen to be watching. The future looks bright for American culture, wouldn't you say?
 * Pat Condell, "Happy Easter" (April 5, 2007). From YouTube; the video has since been taken down.

title: The Passion of the Christ


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Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans is a 2000 film about the true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team in their first season as a racially integrated unit.
 * Directed by Boaz Yakin. Written by Gregory Allen Howard.

History is written by the winners. Taglines

Coach Boone

 * Alright, listen up! I'm Coach Boone. I'm going to tell you all about how much fun you're going to have this season. We leave for camp, Gettysburg College, August 15th, 7:29 am! If you report at 7:30, you will not be playing football this season; you will be watching. You will wear a jacket, shirt, and tie! If you don't have one, buy one. If you can't afford one, then borrow one from your old man. If you don't have an old man, then find a drunk, trade him for his. Cause I can guarantee you, there isn't a bum on the street that looks as raggedy and ridiculous as what I'm looking at right now. This is no democracy! It is a dictatorship! I am the law! If you survive camp, you will be on the team. If you survive.

 * We will be perfect every day in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts...and then you will run a mile. Perfection! Let's get to work.

 * Anybody know what this place is? This is Gettysburg. This is where they fought the Battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fightin' the same fight that we're still fightin' amongst ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pourin' right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. "I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family." You listen, you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other right now, but you will respect each other. And maybe - I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men...

Dialogue

 * [at the family sendoff for the Titans' summer camp]
 * Coach Boone: What, you say your name was Jerry?
 * Gerry Bertier: [annoyed] Gerry.
 * Coach Boone: No, you must have said Jerry, like Lewis, [to Ray] which would make you Dean Martin, right? [to a crowd of people including Gerry's mother] Ladies and gentlemen! I've got an announcement to make. We got Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin going to camp with us this year. Jerry tells the jokes, Dean sings the songs and gets the girl. Let's give em a round of applause. [Boone claps]
 * Coach Boone: Where's your folk's, Gerry? Parents, are they here? Where are they?
 * Bertier: [points to his mother in the crowd] That's my mother.
 * Coach Boone: That's your momma?
 * Bertier: Mm-hmm.
 * Coach Boone: Very nice. How are you? Take a good look at her. Cause once you get on that bus, you ain't got no momma no more. You got your brothers on the team, and you got your daddy and you know who your daddy is, don't you? [Gerry says nothing] Gerry, if you wanna play on this football team, you answer me when I ask you, who is your daddy? Who's your daddy, Gerry? Who's your daddy?
 * Bertier: You.
 * Coach Boone: Ah-hah. And whose team is this? Is this your team or is this your daddy's team?
 * Bertier: Yours.
 * Coach Boone: Mm-hmm. Get on the bus. Put your jacket on first and get on the bus. [Gerry walks to the bus and puts his jacket on. to Ray] Dean? Fix that tie, son.

 * Bertier: [lying down on bed, looking at a poster of the Black Power salute that Julius is putting up.] I ain't looking at that for two weeks man. Take it down.
 * Julius: Well, you can close your eyes for two weeks for all I care. Why don't you look at your wall and I'll look at mine.
 * Bertier: [getting up] I'll look wherever I want to, and I don't wanna be looking at that for two weeks.
 * Julius: Then you better use your X-ray vision, Superman, and look right through it, cause it ain't coming down.
 * [fight breaks out after Bertier forces the poster down]
 * Alan: [opens door, and shouts] FIGHT! [white and black players join in the melee]

 * [Bertier notices an Army officer and his son approaching the coaches]
 * Bertier: Hey fellas! Look at that fruitcake!
 * Coach Yoast: Gerry, just keep your mouth shut and get back on that field!
 * Col. Bass: Coach Boone, I'm Colonel Bass. We just got transferred here from Huntington Beach, California. This is my son, Ronnie, he's a quarterback.
 * Coach Boone: [shakes Sunshine's hand] How you doin' Ronnie?
 * Ronnie Bass: Coach Yoast.
 * Coach Yoast: [shakes Sunshine's hand as well] My pleasure.
 * Coach Boone: We're pretty set at the, uh, quarterback, colonel. But if your boy's any good, you might want to check out Wilson or Annandale.
 * Col. Bass: Well, I met Coach Taber. He won't let blacks play on his team. The way I see it, if these boys can fight a war together, they can play football together. Now, he's a pretty good runner...
 * [Sunshine throws football towards Gerry, who is standing at the other end of the field. The football hits Gerry square in the back. He turns around, angrily]
 * Julius: [laughing hysterically] Yeah, a fruitcake, huh?

 * [Coaches Boone and Yoast argue about the harassment by racist residents]
 * Coach Yoast: This is about setting a good example for our boys and the community.
 * Coach Boone: I don't scratch my head 'til it itches, and I don't dance until I hear some music, I will not be intimidated. That's just the way it is.
 * Coach Yoast: You want to carry your sinful pride to your grave, that's your business, but when your sins endanger on my little girl, it becomes mine.
 * Coach Boone: My sins? You think my sins had something to do with what happened last night? I'm sorry about what happened to your daughter, I really am, but maybe you've got a small taste of what my girl has gone through. [Yoast is silent] Welcome to my life, Yoast.

 * [Gerry Bertier has a word with Coach Boone after a missed block has led to a season-ending injury to the teams (black) starting QB]
 * Coach Boone: What's on your mind, son?
 * Gerry Bertier: I want Ray off the team, coach.
 * Boone: You know my policy.
 * Bertier: I do coach, and I respect it, but I know [looks at Ray] Ray missed that block on purpose. Sometimes you just got to cut a man loose.
 * Boone: [considers] Well, you're the captain. You make your decision, but you support that decision.

 * [Yoast realizes the Hall of Fame board have fixed the game against the Titans]
 * Coach Yoast: [to referee] I know all about it, Titus.
 * Referee: What are you talking about, Bill?
 * Coach Yoast: You call this game fair, or I'm going to the papers. I don't care if I go down with you. But before God, I swear I'll see every last one of you thrown in jail.
 * Referee: You dig your own grave.
 * Coach Yoast: [Smiles] All right. DEFENSE, ON ME! [huddles players; to Petey] Petey, don't you go on the strong side.
 * Petey Jones: Coach they're calling a holding penalty on me every time-
 * Coach Yoast: Did I ask for your excuses? You wanna act like a star, you'd better give me a star effort, do you hear me? [Petey leaves] Forget about him. Allan, you're in, come on. All right now, I don't want them to gain another yard. YOU BLITZ ALL NIGHT!! If they cross the line of scrimmage, I'm going to take every last one of you out! You make sure they remember, FOREVER, the night they played the Titans! [players cheer and get back to the field] LEAVE NO DOUBT!

 * [Coach Yoast counsels an injured Gerry Bertier]
 * Coach Yoast: Well, Gerry I think this is a time for reflection, for prayer...
 * Bertier: Coach, I'm hurt. I ain't dead.
 * Coach Yoast: [smiles] No, no you're not.
 * Bertier: You know, I've been reading on activities for people in wheelchairs and such...[Smiles] They've got Olympics.

Taglines

 * History is written by the winners.
 * Before they could win, they had to become one.

Cast

 * Denzel Washington - Coach Herman Boone
 * Will Patton - Coach Bill Yoast
 * Wood Harris - Julius Campbell
 * Ryan Hurst - Gerry Bertier
 * Donald Faison - Petey Jones
 * Ethan Suplee - Louie Lastik
 * Kip Pardue - Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass
 * Craig Kirkwood - Jerry "Rev" Harris
 * Nicole Ari Parker - Carole Boone
 * Krysten Leigh Jones - Nicky Boone
 * Hayden Panettiere - Sheryl Yoast
 * Kate Bosworth - Emma Hoyt
 * Earl C. Poitier - Blue Stanton
 * Ryan Gosling - Alan Bosley
 * Gregory Alan Williams - Coach Paul "Doc" Hines
 * Burgess Jenkins - Ray Budds

title: Remember the Titans


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Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls, a 1950 Broadway musical and 1955 movie starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Jean Simmons. The words and music were written by Frank Loesser.

Sky Masterson

 * No doll can take the place of aces back to back.

 * Daddy! I got cider in my ear.

 * Is it wrong to gamble or only to lose? I'd better come back for help when I'm broke.

 * Among my people, being considered a chump is like losing your citizenship.

 * You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Gallahad, a breakfast-eating, Brooks Brothers type. - "I'll Know"

 * A one-woman mission for the personal salvation of me?

 * Luck be a lady tonight. Luck be a lady tonight. Luck, if you've ever been a lady to begin with, Luck be a lady tonight! - "Luck Be a Lady"

 * A lady wouldn't leave her escort. It isn't fair, it isn't nice. A lady wouldn't wander all over the room and blow on some other guy's dice! - "Luck be a Lady Tonight"

 * Obediah, that's my real name. I've never told that to anyone before.

Sarah Brown

 * It's just so unusual for a successful sinner to be unhappy about sin.

 * You must think I'm an awful prude, don't you?

 * If I were a bell I'd be ringing!

Nathan Detroit

 * A guy without a doll? Well, if a guy does not have a doll, who would holler on him? A doll is a necessity!

 * Gettin' married ain't something you can just jump into like it was a kettle of fish! We ain't ready!

 * What do you mean? A marker isn't just a piece of paper that says, 'I.O.U. 1000 dollars signed Nathan Detroit.' It's like a pledge that a guy can't welch on it. It's like not saluting the flag! My marker's as good as gold, only Joey Biltmore don't think so!

Adelaide

 * Oh, I don't mind, Nathan, if you don't give me a present. It makes me feel like we were married.

 * See? I told you reading don't make people go blind.

 * In other words, just for waiting around for that plain little band of gold, a person can develop a cold. -"Adelaide's Lament"

 * Wait until you fall in love with somebody you shouldn't! Wait till it happens to you!

Nicely-Nicely Johnson

 * Nicely-nicely, thank you. (whenever asked how he is)

 * I've got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere, and here's a guy that says that if the weathers' clear, can do...can do...this guy says the horse can do. If he says the horse can do...can do...can do. -Fugue for Tinhorns

 * When a bum buys wine like a bum can't afford, you can bet that that bum is under the thumb of some little broad - "The Guy's Only Doing It for Some Doll"

 * I dreamed last night, I got on the boat to heaven, and by some chance I had brought my dice along. And there I stood and I hollered 'Someone fade me', but the passengers, they knew right from wrong. For the people all said: 'sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat. People all said sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat. And the devil will drag you under, by the sharp lapel of your checkered coat... Sit down, sit down, sit down,sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat. - "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat"

Groups/Others

 * Lieutenant Brannigan: Well, well, well. Look at this. The jails must be empty tonight. Can anybody be missing? Harry the Horse, Liver Lips Louie, Angie the Ox, Society Max... And here is a face for which I cannot supply a name.

 * When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky, you can bet that he's doing it for some doll.. -"Guys and Dolls"

 * Sky Masterson, Sarah Brown: I've never been in love before, now all at once it's you, it's you forever more... - "I've Never Been in Love Before"

 * General Cartwright: I have rarely been to a meeting at any of our branches that could boast of so many evil-looking sinners.

 * Benny South Street: I was always a bad guy. I was even a bad gambler. I would like to be a good guy, and a good gambler. I thank you.

Dialogue

 * Sky Masterson: When I was a young man about to go out into the world, my father says to me a very valuable thing. He says to me like this... "Son," the old guy says, "I am sorry that I am not able to bank roll you to a very large start, but not having any potatoes which to give you, I am now going to stake you to some very valuable advice. One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come to you and show you a nice, brand new deck of cards on which (Sky snaps fingers) the seal has not yet been broken. This man is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of that deck and squirt cider in your ear. Now son, you do not take this bet, for as sure as you stand there, you are going to wind up with an earful of cider." Now Nathan, I do not suggest that you have been clocking Mindy's cheesecake-
 * Nathan Detroit: You don't think that I-
 * Sky Masterson: However, if you are really looking for some action, I will bet you the same thousand that you do not know the color of necktie you are currently wearing. (puts hand on top of Nathan's tie) Well?
 * Nathan Detroit: ...No bet. (Sky removes his hand) Polka Dots! Only Nathan Detroit could blow a grand on polka dots!''

Movie Cast

 * Marlon Brando - Sky Masterson
 * Frank Sinatra - Nathan Detroit
 * Jean Simmons - Sarah Brown
 * Vivian Blaine - Miss Adelaide
 * Stubby Kaye - Nicely-Nicely Johnson

title: Guys and Dolls


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Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog is a 1997 film about a Washington spin doctor who distracts the electorate from a presidential sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood producer to create a fake war.
 * Directed by Barry Levinson. Written by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet.

A comedy about truth, justice, and other special effects.

Conrad 'Connie' Brean

 * A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
 * All combat takes place at night, in the rain, and at the junction of four map segments.
 * 54, 40 or fight. What does that mean?...Remember the Maine...Tippecanoe and Tyler, too...They're war slogans Mr. Motss.  We remember the slogans, we can't even remember the fucking wars.  Y'know why?  Cause its show business. That's why I'm here. Naked girl, covered in Napalm. Five marines Raising the Flag, Mount Suribachi. V for Victory, Y'remember the picture, fifty years from now, they'll have forgotten  the war.  Gulf War?  Smart bomb, falling down a chimney.  Twenty five hundred missions a day, 100 days, one video of one bomb Mr. Motss.  The American people bought that war.
 * This is a shitty business, and it needs no ghosts coming from the grave to tell us so. But Lord willing and Jesus tarries, in eight days I will be taking you into the second term.
 * Can't have a war without an enemy...You could have one, but it would be a very dull war...

Stanley Motss

 * You take the fruit of 40 years - hard lessons, mistakes - and you call it wisdom.
 * This is nothing. D'you ever shoot in Italy? Try three Italian starlets wacked out on Benzedrine and grappa, this is a walk in the park...
 * Y'know, producing is being a Samurai warrior. They pay you, day in, day out, for years, so that, ONE DAY, when called upon, you can respond, your training at Its peak, and save the day.
 * The war ain't over til I say it's over. This is my picture.  You think you're in a spot?  You think this is a tight spot?  Try making the Hunchback of Notre Dame when your three lead actors die, two weeks from the end of principal photography.
 * Look at that! That is a complete fucking fraud, and it looks 100% real. This is the best work I've ever done in my life - because it's so honest.
 * That's right. During the filming of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' three of the horsemen died two weeks before the ending of principle photography. This is nothing, this is nothing. This is... this is... this is act one- The War.
 * Johnny, I got a lot of people here who are a little depressed because the war just ended, please give me a new song.
 * King, King, I got a thing here, a product placement, gonna have a bigger back-end than Hattie McDaniel.
 * Corny? He says it's corny? Of course it's corny. We wouldn't be doing the flippin' thing if it wasn't corny.

Winifred Ames

 * Oh, God. What do we do now? Huh? Huh? What do we do now, huh, boy producer? Huh? Mister win-an-Emmy, social-conscience, whale-shit, save-the-rain-forest, peacenik-commie, fuckin'-hire-a-convict-shithead? Huh? What do we do now, liberal, affirmative action, shithead, peacenik commie fuck? What do you want to do now?

CIA Agent Charlie Young

 * There are two things I know to be true. There's no difference between good flan and bad flan, and there is no war.
 * When the fit hits the shan somebody's going to have to stay after school.

Johnny Dean

 * Albania's hard to rhyme.
 * I was just on my way to get drunk.

Dialogue

 * Amy Cain: But there isn't a B-3 bomber.
 * Conrad Brean: Where'd you go to school, kid? Wellesly?
 * Cain: Dartmouth.
 * Brean: Then show a little spunk. There Is no B-3 Bomber. General Scott, the best of your knowledge, is not in Seattle to talk with Boeing...
 * Winifred Ames: It won't hold, Connie, it won't prove out.
 * Brean: We don't need it to prove out. We've got less than two weeks till the election, so we just need to distract them.
 * Ames: What on Earth would do that?
 * Brean: Well, I'm working on that.

 * Ames: Why Albania?
 * Brean: Why not?
 * Ames: What have they done to us?
 * Brean: What have they done FOR us? What do you know about them?
 * Ames: Nothing.
 * Brean: See? They keep to themselves. Shifty. Untrustable.

 * Brean: What's the thing people remember about the Gulf War? A bomb falling down a chimney. The truth: I was in the building where we shot that shot, with a one-tenth scale model made out of Legos.
 * Stanley Motss: Is that true?
 * Brean: How the fuck should we know? Take my point?

 * Brean: You can't tell anyone about this.
 * Tracy Lime: It's, like, a union thing? [pause] What would they do if I did tell someone about this?
 * Brean: [smiling] They could come to your house in the middle of the night and kill you.

 * Brean: Let me ask you a simple question: Why do people go to war?
 * CIA Agent Charlie Young: I'll play your silly game.
 * Brean: Okay. Why do people go to war?
 * Young: To ensure their way of life.
 * Brean: Would you go to war to do that?
 * Young: I have.
 * Brean: And if you went to war again, who would it be against? Your ability to fight a two-ocean war against who? Who? Sweden and Togo? That time is passed. It's over. The war of the future is nuclear terrorism, and it'll be against a small group of dissidents who, unbeknownst perhaps to their own government, have... blah blah blah. To go to that war, you have to be prepared, you gotta be alert, the public has gotta be alert. Because that is the war of the future, and if you're not gearing up to fight that war, then eventually the axe will fall, and you're gonna be out on the street. You can call this a drill, you can call this job security, you can call it anything you like. But I got one for you: You said go to war to preserve your way of life? Well, Chuck, this is your way of life. And if your spy satellites don't see nothin', if there ain't no war, then you can go home and prematurely take up golf, my friend. 'Cause there ain't no war but ours.

 * Motss: It's all, you know, thinking ahead, thinking ahead. That's what producing is.
 * Brean: It's like being a plumber.
 * Motss: Yeah, it's like a plumber: do your job right and nobody should notice. But when you fuck it up, everything gets full of shit.

 * Motss: As long as he gets his medications, he's fine.
 * Ames: What if he doesn't get them?
 * Motss: He's not fine.

 * Motss: What do you think about lining the President up for the Peace Prize?
 * Brean: Our job's over come election day.
 * Motss: Yeah, but c'mon...
 * Brean: What, just for the symmetry of the thing? [Motss nods] Well, if Kissinger can win the Peace Prize, I wouldn't be surprised if I woke up and found I'd won the Preakness.
 * Motss: Yeah, but our guy did bring peace.
 * Brean: There was never a war.
 * Motss: All the greater accomplishment.

Cast

 * Dustin Hoffman - Stanley Motss
 * Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean
 * Anne Heche - Winifred Ames
 * Denis Leary - Fad King
 * Willie Nelson - Johnny Dean
 * Andrea Martin - Liz Butsky
 * Kirsten Dunst - Tracy Lime
 * William H. Macy - CIA Agent Charles Young
 * John Michael Higgins - John Levy
 * Woody Harrelson - Sergeant William Schumann

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Talk:Wealth

This article incorporates the former content of "Faults of the rich"; submissions are * (cur) (last) 07:49, 18 Dec 2004 RoboAction * (cur) (last) 16:55, 10 Oct 2004 DW --Aphaia 01:14, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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 * A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. – W.C. Fields

 * Money can't buy me love. – The Beatles, (pop song).

 * The Rich aren't like us—they pay less taxes. – Peter De Vries

 * To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable. – Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

 * Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness. – William Godwin

 * I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me honey, rich is better. – Sophie Tucker

 * This court is no respecter of wealth or other claims of immunity! – Kenesaw Mountain Landis

 * The only question with wealth is what you do with it. – John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

 * Inherited wealth is as certain death to ambition as cocaine is to morality. – William Kissam Vanderbilt II

 * Wealth does not corrupt nor does it enoble. – Robert Coles

 * It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, as long as you've got money. – Joe E. Lewis (1902-1971), American comedian and singer

 * The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it. – Comte de Rivarol (1753-1801).

 * Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by other men. – Charles Caleb Colton

 * Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, it means leisure, it means liberty. – James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).

 * The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 * Wealth is a very dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence. – Charles Simmons

 * Riches may not make you any friends, but they greatly increase the class and variety of your enemies. – Auric Goldfinger

 * If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man. - Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane.

Anonymous

 * A wealthy man always has followers. – Anonymous

 * If thou goest to a foreign country, do not alight at a rich man's house. – Anonymous

 * If thou art poor, do not make a rich man thy friend. – Anonymous

 * The rich may go down and the poor up, but it still doesn't end up even. – Anonymous

 * It is better to be poor and live long than rich and die young. – Anonymous

 * On top of Nob Hill, a man's neighbours count his carriages, not his expenses. – Anonymous

 * Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse. – Anonymous

 * For one rich man that is content there are a hundred that aren't. – Anonymous

 * For every rich man who is happy there are a lot more poor men who aren't. – Anonymous

 * We can't all be rich, who'd do the work? – Anonymous

 * A rich man and his dough, make bread. – Anonymous

 * Property is the prop of life. – Anonymous

 * Wealth is easy; poverty is a shame. – Anonymous

 * Knowledge makes one laugh but wealth makes one dance. – English proverb

 * Want of wit is worse than want of wealth. – English 18th C. proverb

 * Wealth is best known by want. – English 18th C. proverb

 * A good wife and health is a man's best wealth. – English 18th C. proverb

 * Wealth is like rheum, it falls on the weakest parts. – English 17th C. proverb

 * Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. – Old French proverb

 * If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. – Yiddish proverb.

 * If you rub elbows with a rich man, you rub a hole in your sleeve. – Yiddish proverb.

 * The rich may go down and the poor up, but it still doesn't end up even. – Yiddish proverb

title: Talk:Wealth