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 Michael Hordern QuotationMovie Title: Where Eagles Dare (1968) as Vice Admiral Rolland: Vice Admiral Rolland : Security? The word's become a bloody joke! Movie Title: The Slipper and the Rose (1976) as The King: [having been accused of cheating by the Queen] The King : Kings never cheat! They adapt to circumstances. But they never cheat! The King : Oh Lord, who let him in? Movie Title: Lady Jane (1986) as Dr. Feckinham / Doctor Feckenham: Dr. Feckinham : And what would you be prepared to die for, Lady Jane? Jane : I would die to free our people from the chains of bigotry and superstition. Dr. Feckinham : What superstition did you have in mind? Jane : Well for example the idea that a piece of bread can become the body of our savior, father. Dr. Feckinham : Did he not say at his last supper, take, eat, this is my body? Jane : He also said I am the vine, I am the door. Was he a vine, a door? Dr. Feckinham : Who has been teaching you to say such things? Jane : Don't you think I could have thought of them myself? Dr. Feckinham : It is a privilege to talk to anyone whose love of learning shines like yours. Jane : It is my only pleasure, Dr. Feckinham. Dr. Feckinham : Plato, in Greek! Not easy. Jane : Don't you think so? Doctor Feckenham : The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible. At there arriving, she is assured of bliss, and forever dwells in paradise. Movie Title: Watership Down (1978) as Frith / Narrator: Frith : All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when ever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you: digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed. Hazel : Lord Frith, you've done so much for me already, and I know it's wrong to ask for even more now, but my people are in terrible danger. I propose a bargain: my life for theirs. Frith : There is not a day that goes by when a doe does not offer her life for her kittens, or an honest officer of an Owsla his life for his chief's, but there will be no bargain. What is is what must be. [Right after General Woundwort's last stand against a dog] Narrator : General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him. Narrator : Long ago, the great Frith made the world. He made all the stars, and the Earth lived among the stars. He made all the animals and birds, and at first, he made them all the same. Now, among the animals in these days was El-Ahrairah, the prince of rabbits. He had many friends, and they all ate grass together. But after a time, the rabbits wandered everywhere, multiplying and eating as they went. Then Frith said to El-Ahrairah, 'Prince Rabbit, if you cannot control your people, I shall find ways to control them.' But El-Ahrairah would not listen. He said to Frith, 'My people are the strongest in the world.' This angered Frith, and he determined to get the better of El-Ahrairah. And so, he gave a present to every animal and bird, making each one different from the rest. When the fox came, and others, like the dog, and cat, hawk, and weasel, to each of them, Frith gave a fierce desire to hunt and kill the children of El-Ahrairah. Movie Title: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) as Senex: Domina : A common flesh-peddler in the house next to ours, disgusting! Senex : Disgraceful, all that revolting flesh. Just next door... Domina : That breeder woman, has she been thrown a mate yet? Hysterium : Alas, she refuses just any slave. She demands to choose. Senex : Choose? She'll breed and like it, like everyone. Well, almost everyone. Senex : A word of advice: never fall in love during a total eclipse. Senex : Son, if you're only as happy as your mother and I have been... my heart bleeds for you. Movie Title: Yellowbeard (1983) as Dr. Gilpin: Lord Lambourn : I thought this was an atoll. Dr. Gilpin : Not at all. Movie Title: Barry Lyndon (1975) as Narrator: Narrator : No lad who has liberty for the first time, and twenty guineas in his pocket, is very sad, and Barry rode towards Dublin thinking not so much of the kind mother left alone, and of the home behind him, but of tomorrow, and all the wonders it would bring. Narrator : Barry's first taste of battle was only a skirmish against a small rearguard of Frenchmen who occupied an orchard beside a road down which, a few hours later, the English main force wished to pass. Though this encounter is not recorded in any history books, it was memorable enough for those who took part. Narrator : It is well to dream of glorious war in a snug armchair at home, but it is a very different thing to see it first at hand. And after the death of his friend, Barry's thoughts turned from those of military glory to those of finding a way to escape the service to which he was now tied for another six years. Gentlemen may talk of the age of chivalry, but remember the ploughmen, poachers and pickpockets whom they lead. It is with these sad instruments that your great warriors and kings have been doing their murderous work in the world. Redmond Barry : Sir, I... I have a confession to make to you. I'm an Irishman. And my name is Redmond Barry. I was abducted into the Prussian army two years ago, and now have been put into your service by my Captain Potzdorf, and his uncle, the Minister of Police... to serve as a watch upon your... actions... and to give information to the same quarter. Narrator : The Chevalier was as much affected as Barry at thus finding one of his countrymen. For he too was an exile from home, and a friendly voice, a look, brought the old country back to his memory again. Narrator : Fate had determined that he should leave none of his race behind him, and that he should finish his life poor, lonely and childless. Narrator : The Prussian service was considerably worse than the English. The life that the private soldier led, was a frightful one. Punishment was incessant, and every officer had the right to inflict it. The gauntlet was the most common penalty for minor offenses. For more serious ones, were punishable by mutilation or death. At the close of the Seven Years War, the army, the renowned for it's discplined valor, was officered by native Prussians. But it was composed, for the most part, of men from the lowest levels of humanity. Hired, or stolen from almost every nation in Europe. Thus Barry fell into the very worst of courses and company. And was soon very far advanced in the science of every kind of misconduct. Movie Title: The Man Who Never Was (1956) as General Coburn: Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : If we turn up at that address, it could only mean that we've been tipped off, and that the whole Martin story is a plant. This man will have committed suicide, but Jerry will know the answer, and our operation will be blown. I'm sorry, sir, but we mustn't touch him. We daren't. General Coburn : You mean till after we think he's got a message through. Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : No sir, right up to the time of the landings. Because the fact that there have been no further messages from him might give the game away. General Coburn : You realize he'll probably be out of the country in a couple of days. Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : Yes, and we must let him go. After all, he's done us no harm. General Coburn : Masterly inactivity! Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu : "They also serve who only stand and wait." Movie Title: The Missionary (1982) as Slatterthwaite: Slatterthwaite : You can't miss it, sir. Turn right out of the station. Or left. Movie Title: Man in the Moon (1960) as J.B. Davidson: Blood : Married? Are you kidding? I wouldn't touch it. I've got my career to think about. The only reason I'm at the top of my profession is that I have absolute peace of mind. You're married though, aren't you? J.B. Davidson : Well, yes, as a matter of fact. Blood : I can always tell. J.B.: How? Blood : Well look at you. Toxic as a crow, sneezing like a maniac, cigarette ash all down your front, nervous, out of breath, you've got married man written across your forehead in big neon letters! J.B.: But I'm happily married. Blood : Ah, she's got you well trained. |
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