what's the greatest movie speech ever?

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  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    A couple from Blazing Saddles:
    The Waco Kid: Well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille. It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day, I was just walking down the street when I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around... and there I was, face to face with a six-year old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass.

    Gabby Johnson: II wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter. .
    Olson Johnson: Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Gabby Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
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    "Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the pledge, the magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the turn, the magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it BACK. Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be ... fooled"
  • treefr0gtreefr0g Posts: 23,596
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    A couple from Blazing Saddles:
    The Waco Kid: Well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille. It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day, I was just walking down the street when I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around... and there I was, face to face with a six-year old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass.

    Gabby Johnson: II wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter. .
    Olson Johnson: Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Gabby Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.

    :D

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


    fink wrote: »
    "Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the pledge, the magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the turn, the magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it BACK. Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be ... fooled"

    Love this one.
  • EVILSPEAKEVILSPEAK Posts: 980
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    Bob Hoskin's "The mafia, I've shit 'em" rant at the end of The Long Good Friday, just before his world falls apart around him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU
  • BeanybunBeanybun Posts: 3,505
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    "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,363
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    Muriel's Wedding.
    Rhonda's mum - "Muriel you can't just come here and expect Rhonda to go back to Sidney with you." there is a long pause and then Rhonda says "yes she can."
    To the music of Dancing Queen by ABBA Rhonda and Muriel leave in a waiting taxi shouting out the windows goodbye to the Mall, the high rises, Plaza, and tourists and eventually to Porpous Spit.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 56
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    V for Vendetta:-

    Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of everyday routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,787
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    Euan1234 wrote: »
    Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting):

    Another one from Good Will Hunting. My favourite scene. Great film.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoFPcdcA1E
  • wuffleswuffles Posts: 45,734
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    fender101 wrote: »
    Commodus: If you're very good, tomorrow night I'll tell you the story of emperor Claudius who was betrayed by those closest to him, by his own blood. They whispered in dark corners and went out late at night and conspired and conspired but the emperor Claudius knew they were up to something. He knew they were busy little bees. And one night he sat down with one of them and he looked at her and he said, "Tell me what you've been doing busy little bee or I shall strike down those dearest to you. You shall watch as I bathe in their blood." And the emperor was heartbroken. The little bee had wounded him more deeply than anyone else could ever have done. And what do you think happened then, Lucius?

    Lucius Verus: I don't know, uncle.

    Commodus: The little bee told him everything.

    I still think that Joaquin Phoenix should have got an Oscar for Gladiator.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,787
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    wuffles wrote: »
    I still think that Joaquin Phoenix should have got an Oscar for Gladiator.

    me too, he made that film.
  • LathamiteLathamite Posts: 638
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    Welcome. Do you like the island? My grandmother had an island. Nothing to boast of. You could walk around it in an hour, but still it was, it was a paradise for us. One summer, we went for a visit and discovered the place had been infested with rats. They'd come on a fishing boat and gorged themselves on coconut. So how do you get rats off an island? Hmm? My grandmother showed me. We buried an oil drum and hinged the lid. Then we wired coconut to the lid as bait and the rats would come for the coconut and... they would fall into the drum. And after a month, you have trapped all the rats, but what do you do then? Throw the drum into the ocean? Burn it? No. You just leave it and they begin to get hungry. And one by one they start eating each other until there are only two left. The two survivors. And then what? Do you kill them? No. You take them and release them into the trees, but now they don't eat coconut anymore. Now, they only eat rat. You have changed their nature. The two survivors. This is what she made us.
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    fender101 wrote: »
    American Psycho is full of them.

    "I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion."
    Euan1234 wrote: »
    Agree with the posters quoting the Charlie Chaplin (Great Dictator), Liam Neeson (Taken), Jack Nicholson (Few Good Men), and Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting) speeches.

    I would add Brad Pitt, Fight Club. It's not the greatest speech ever, but it's quite memorable:

    Tyler Durden: Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: someone yells "stop!", goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: No shirts, no shoes. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

    I don't want to be Mr Picky here but these are extracts from novels rather than movie speeches.
  • kendogukkendoguk Posts: 13,800
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    Couldn't be bothered typing it lol, the one from Independence Day :p

    Edit duh just realised it was the 2nd post :s
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,787
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    I don't want to be Mr Picky here but these are extracts from novels rather than movie speeches.

    you had me confused for a sec, but I see where you're coming from, at least in American Psycho. It's narration, not a speech. So, good point.
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    fender101 wrote: »
    you had me confused for a sec, but I see where you're coming from, at least in American Psycho. It's narration, not a speech. So, good point.

    I really liked the book. Best thing Brett Easton Ellis has written. Genuinely disturbing as well.
  • satellitesatellite Posts: 8,181
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    "I don't even know what to say to you, Martha. There's nothing much I can tell you about this war. It's like all wars, I suppose. The undertakers are winning it. Politicians talk a lot about the glory of it. The soldiers, they just want to go home."

    James Stewart - Shenandoah
  • xxstephiebabixxxxstephiebabixx Posts: 606
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    black hawk down has quite a few i can think of, the ones that come to mind are:

    When I go home people’ll ask me, “Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?” You know what I’ll say? I won’t say a goddamn word. Why? They won’t understand. They won’t understand why we do it. They won’t understand that it’s about the men next to you, and that’s it. That’s all it is.

    "You know, a friend of mine asked me before I got here... it was when we were all shipping out. He asked me, 'Why are you going to fight somebody else's war? What, do y'all think you're heroes?' I didn't know what to say at the time, but if he asked me again, I'd say no. I'd say there's no way in hell. Nobody asks to be a hero. It just sometimes turns out that way."

    and the breakfast club:

    Dear Mr. Vernon: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But, we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found out is that each one of us is: a brain . . .
    And an athlete . . .
    And a basket case . . .
    A princess . . .
    And a criminal.
    Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club. .... cue bender with his fist in the air :D
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Brian Cox's monologue at the end of 25th Hour is pretty good.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8elKC-DLS8
  • MrGiles2MrGiles2 Posts: 1,997
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    Colonel William Travis famous speech in the John Wayne version of The Alamo.

    Most of the volunteers were on the verge of moving on, until that speech. They all decided to stay on and be killed at the end.
  • LathamiteLathamite Posts: 638
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    "Well, I believe in the soul, the c*ck, the p*ssy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated cr*p. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core p0rnography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    and the breakfast club:

    <self-indulgent teen angst crap>

    I think you misread the thread title. This one's greatest movie speech ever.:p
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,889
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    Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ****ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of ****ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the **** you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ****ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ****ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
  • JCRJCR Posts: 24,029
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    Beginning of Patton, you yellow bellies.
  • xxstephiebabixxxxstephiebabixx Posts: 606
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    I think you misread the thread title. This one's greatest movie speech ever.:p

    i think you're right, got carried away :D
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Lathamite wrote: »
    "Well, I believe in the soul, the c*ck, the p*ssy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated cr*p. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core p0rnography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."

    Had to google that one. Who the heck believes in softcore pornography? It's pointless - People who like porn don't like it and people who don't like porn don't like it either.
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