Best movie speech

[DeadXMan]

what's the best speech you ever hared in a film?

Mine is Patton's opening:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71W_FFW_J0

[Jared]

Not a bad choice there. Just actual in-movie speeches, or do monologues count?

[DeadXMan]

yeah, sure they are.

[hoffmandu]

Pacino: Scent of a Woman

[kmeyers]

Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[the_coldest_sun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuZBw3wUIQk

[Karl O'Neill]

Scent of a woman.

But not a snitch!

[ForeverTaskmaster]

No speech beats the Hooper-X Star Wars speech in Chasing Amy.

[Dennis K]

what's the best speech you ever hared in a film?

Mine is Patton's opening:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71W_FFW_J0



You win; it was the first one I thought of.

[Endless Flight]

I've always been fond of this one:

James Earl Jones - Field of Dreams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDyM4CfExXU)

[by1968]

Bluto's "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" speech in Animal House.

[jesse_custer]

Al Pacino's roasting of Kevin Spacey in Glengarry Glen Ross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HURJNd0J4U

Skip to :55.

[DrewTheXenocide]

Speaking of Glengarry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI&feature=related

[jesse_custer]

Also, I couldn't find it on YouTube, but Henry Fonda's speech at the end of Grapes of Wrath is great.

[LordEd1976]

Aragorn's speech in Return of the King

Captain Miller's speech in Saving Private Ryan where he reveals what he does in the real world.

[remoteman]

Aragorn's speech in Return of the King
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I assume you are talking about his speech to the King of the Dead in the Return of the King? That would be my choice as well, always gives me the chills. Viggo Mortensen is such a fantastic actor.

[Phil Clark]

Independence Day - FTW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRGUqd_M6Mg

[jessecuster3]

The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated.

In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you.

I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!


The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.

Greed is right.

Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.




Also, this one:


Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hangin curveball, high fiber, good scotch... that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, I believe there ought to be a Constitutional ammendment outlawing astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft core pornography, opening your presents on Christmas morning rather than on Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three nights.

[jessecuster3]

Oh and a third one:


Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have more responsibility here than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. I know deep down in places you dont talk about at parties, you don't want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then question the manner in which I provide it. I prefer you said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand to post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!

[Michael P]

Samuel L. Jackson, Deep Blue Sea.

[BeastieRunner]

"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."

or

"Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him in Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

Those are from memory !!! (+1 nerd cred)

[Superbeast]

The "Primal forces of Nature!" speech from Network.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk

Still terrfiyingly relevant.

[BeastieRunner]

From "The Great Dictator": (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4&feature=player_embedded)

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white.
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness - not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there's room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.
The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls - has barricaded the world with hate - has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in man - cries for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say: 'Do not despair.' The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you and enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate, only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural!
Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St Luke, it is written the kingdom of God is within man not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful - to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security.
By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason - a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us unite!
Hannah, can you hear me? Wherever you are, look up Hannah. The clouds are lifting! The sun is breaking through! We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world - a kindlier world, where men will rise above their hate, their greed and their brutality. Look up, Hannah! The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow - into the light of hope, into the future, the glorious future that belongs to you, to me, and to all of us. Look up, Hannah... look up!"


Charlie Chaplin = legend

[Titan76]

William Wallace's speech in Braveheart.

Sarah Connor's speech at the end of Terminator 2 has always been my favorite one:

The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

[Lord of Denial]

Al Pacino's " God is an absentee Landlord" speech in The Devils Advocate.

Ash's " This is my Broomstick" speech in Army of Darkness.

Agents Smith's " Humanity is a virus" speech in The Matrix

[DubipR]

A personal favorite of mine spoken by Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) in Michael Clayton:

Michael. Dear Michael. Of course it's you, who else could they send, who else could be trusted? I... I know it's a long way and you're ready to go to work... all I'm saying is wait, just wait, just-just-just... please hear me out because this is not an episode, relapse, fuck-up, it's... I'm begging you Michael. I'm begging you. Try and make believe this is not just madness because this is not just madness. Two weeks ago I came out of the building, okay, I'm running across Sixth Avenue, there's a car waiting, I got exactly 38 minutes to get to the airport and I'm dictating. There's this, this panicked associate sprinting along beside me, scribbling in a notepad, and suddenly she starts screaming, and I realize we're standing in the middle of the street, the light's changed, there's this wall of traffic, serious traffic speeding towards us, and I... I-I freeze, I can't move, and I'm suddenly consumed with the overwhelming sensation that I'm covered with some sort of film. It's in my hair, my face... it's like a glaze... like a... a coating, and... at first I thought, oh my god, I know what this is, this is some sort of amniotic - embryonic - fluid. I'm drenched in afterbirth, I've-I've breached the chrysalis, I've been reborn. But then the traffic, the stampede, the cars, the trucks, the horns, the screaming and I'm thinking no-no-no-no, reset, this is not rebirth, this is some kind of giddy illusion of renewal that happens in the final moment before death. And then I realize no-no-no, this is completely wrong because I look back at the building and I had the most stunning moment of clarity. I... I... I... I realized Michael, that I had emerged not from the doors of Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen, not through the portals of our vast and powerful law firm, but from the asshole of an organism whose sole function is to excrete the... the-the-the poison, the ammo, the defoliant necessary for other, larger, more powerful organisms to destroy the miracle of humanity. And that I had been coated in this patina of shit for the best part of my life. The stench of it and the stain of it would in all likelihood take the rest of my life to undo. And you know what I did? I took a deep cleansing breath and I set that notion aside. I tabled it. I said to myself as clear as this may be, as potent a feeling as this is, as true a thing as I believe that I have witnessed today, it must wait. It must stand the test of time. And Michael, the time is now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjTp3MSh-Vw

[Norrin Radd]

X's one-sided conversation with Garrison in JFK is absolutely riveting. Not really a speech, and maybe it's full of bullshit, but it's awesome.

X: The organizing principle of any society, Mr. Garrison, is for war. The authority of the state over its people resides in its war powers. Kennedy wanted to end the Cold War in his second term. He wanted to call off the moon race and cooperate with the Soviets. He signed a treaty to ban nuclear testing. He refused to invade Cuba in 1962. He set out to withdraw from Vietnam. But all that ended on the 22nd of November, 1963.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102138/quotes

[jesse_custer]

Also, I know Nicholson's speech in A Few Good Men has been mocked, but after rewatching it recently, it doesn't strike me as that over-the-top.

[Mac Danny]

Not the Full Metal Jacket Speech? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNeBRc7W7s&feature=related)

Swimming with Sharks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV5m5LEbW4I&feature=related) too.

[HotDawgJohnny]

Braveheart the whole freedom thing ( yeah I know bit off an everybody fav)

Rambo: first blood part 2 , I want what they want and what every other guy who come over here and split his guts wants, speech

Finally Pulp Fiction- the diner scene ,
Samuel L. Jackson-I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness.Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd.

[jesse_custer]

Not the Full Metal Jacket Speech? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNeBRc7W7s&feature=related)

R. Lee Ermey really makes that movie.

[lucretius]

Samuel L. Jackson, Deep Blue Sea.


First thing that came to mind. He was begging to be eaten.

[Mr.EZ]

John Belushi in Animal House.

[Toonimator]

Ash's " This is my Broomstick" speech in Army of Darkness.

/facepalm

Both of Aragorn's speeches in Return of the King, as well as Theoden's speech before the charge of the Rohirrim; Jackson's diner speech is another good one, but yeah his Deep Blue Sea speech had "dinner" written all over it.

Lots of good choices in here so far!

[G. Wayne]

Al Pacino's " God is an absentee Landlord" speech in The Devils Advocate.
...

First thing that came to mind when I saw the thread.

[StoneGold]

John Belushi in Animal House.

Took this long for someone to bring it up?

Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!





What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer...

[Davideaux]

From "Amadeus"

Salieri: Extraordinary! On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse - bassoons and basset horns - like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly - high above it - an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.

[jade_nova]

Christopher Mintz-Plasse's speech in "Role Models".

Naysayers tell me "You should be embarrassed." "You should not be fighting." "You look like Marvin Hamlisch. I say "Nay, I am not embarrassed" "I will fight." "Who the f*ck is Marvin Hamlisch?"

Stan Lee's speech in "Mallrats".

[a. non]

The President's speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBRrK9Q-rw) from Babylon 5: In The Beginning

[ultramandingo]

..... " I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die. "

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5237/battyroydove.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=battyroydove.jpg)

[riffraff]

Speaking of Glengarry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI&feature=related

Alec Baldwin's sales rant is easily my favorite movie speech. I never get tired of watching that scene.


Al Pacino's roasting of Kevin Spacey in Glengarry Glen Ross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HURJNd0J4U

Skip to :55.

Pacino tearing into Spacey is right up there. Great topper at the end by Jack Lemon's character: "You are a sh*thead, Williamson."

Here's another from Pacino, the king of movie speeches.

Pacino: The Insider (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjpP-XngKA)


Some from Ben Affleck.

Affleck: Boiler Room (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JkSEvyFhM)

[psychic_therapy]

Can't believe Jack Nicholson, in A Few Good Men, hasn't been mentioned yet.

[Salvester]

The speech at the end of "Team America: World Police" is actually pretty good.

Any line Morgan Freeman says. That man turns anything into gold. Haha

[BeastieRunner]

Ash's " This is my Broomstick" speech in Army of Darkness.


Hell yeah!!

[DubipR]

Can't believe Jack Nicholson, in A Few Good Men, hasn't been mentioned yet.

Apparently,you're not reading the thread. Its been mentioned on the second page. Look before leaping, my good man.

I'd also include Peter Finch's Network speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08

[mgs]

Not a bad choice there.
Yeah. a good, if not classic, one.

Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
love that one! :biggrin:


Another great: Roy Batty's endscene in Blade Runner.

From IMDB:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."

[Kirayoshi]

A few faves of mine.

Bill Pullman in Independence day:

"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. 'Mankind.' That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"


Michael Douglas in The American President:

"For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was, to a certain extent, about character, and although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I've been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation: Being President of this country is entirely about character. For the record: yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. But the more important question is why aren't you, Bob? Now, this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question: Why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the Constitution? If you can answer that question, folks, then you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a few hours ago.

"America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free".

"I've known Bob Rumson for years, and I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Bob devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. And wave an old photo of the President's girlfriend and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, she's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you call her a whore. Sydney Ellen Wade has done nothing to you, Bob. She has done nothing but put herself through school, represent the interests of public school teachers, and lobby for the safety of our natural resources. You want a character debate, Bob? You better stick with me, 'cause Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your league.

"I've loved two women in my life. I lost one to cancer, and I lost the other 'cause I was so busy keeping my job I forgot to do my job. Well, that ends right now. Tomorrow morning, the White House is sending a bill to Congress for its consideration. It's White House Resolution 455, an energy bill requiring a 20 percent reduction of the emission of fossil fuels over the next ten years. It is by far the most aggressive stride ever taken in the fight to reverse the effects of global warming. The other piece of legislation is the crime bill. As of today, it no longer exists. I'm throwing it out. I'm throwing it out writing a law that makes sense. You cannot address crime prevention without getting rid of assault weapons and handguns. I consider them a threat to national security, and I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm gonna convince Americans that I'm right, and I'm gonna get the guns.

"We've got serious problems, and we need serious people, and if you want to talk about character, Bob, you'd better come at me with more than a burning flag and a membership card. If you want to talk about character and American values, fine. Just tell me where and when, and I'll show up. This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up. My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I am the President."


David Carradine in Kill Bill Vol. 2:

Bill: As you know, l'm quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book. Not particularly well-drawn. But the mythology... The mythology is not only great, it's unique.
The Bride: How long does this shit take to go into effect?
Bill: About two minutes, just long enough for me to finish my point. Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race. Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plimpton.
The Bride: Aso. The point emerges.
Bill: You would've worn the costume of Arlene Plimpton. But you were born Beatrix Kiddo. And every morning when you woke up, you'd still be Beatrix Kiddo. Oh, you can take the needle out.
The Bride: Are you calling me a superhero?
Bill: I'm calling you a killer. A natural born killer. You always have been, and you always will be. Moving to El Paso, working in a used record store, goin' to the movies with Tommy, clipping coupons. That's you, trying to disguise yourself as a worker bee That's you tryin' to blend in with the hive. But you're not a worker bee. You're a renegade killer bee. And no matter how much beer you drank or barbecue you ate or how fat your ass got, nothing in the world would ever change that.

[IronStarks]

Can't believe Jack Nicholson, in A Few Good Men, hasn't been mentioned yet.

"You WANT me on that wall, you NEED me on that wall."

one of my favorite quotes ever

[TheLazy]

Double post

[TheLazy]

what's the best speech you ever hared in a film?

Mine is Patton's opening:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71W_FFW_J0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk

[edhopper]

Apparently,you're not reading the thread. Its been mentioned on the second page. Look before leaping, my good man.

I'd also include Peter Finch's Network speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08

That's a good one, but I prefer Ned Beatty's speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCMSLP3Wy8

[Shade]

Lee J Cobb 12 Angry Men (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s83RoxfwPFg&feature=related)

[Superbeast]

That's a good one, but I prefer Ned Beatty's speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCMSLP3Wy8

Seriously, read the thread, I beat you to this one.

[Jared]

I'm impressed Douglas was able to deliver that speech without choking on all the sanctimony. But a lot of Sorkin's dialog is like that, so I guess people get used to it after awhile.

I loved Carradine's Superman speech. It's a crime he didn't even got nominated for an Oscar.

Rutger Hauer at the end of Bladerunner pretty much makes the movie.

I always liked Khan's lines in Star Trek II; "He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round Perdition's flames before I give him up!"

" I've done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her; marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive! Buried alive...!"

Made all the more amusing is the prophetic nature of the film, with Shatner in the role of the white whale.

[jesse_custer]

Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher, wrapped in an American flag.

YouTube is broken for me.

[LordEd1976]

Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher, wrapped in an American flag.

Any speech by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will be Blood

[Stony]

I remember I loved Pacino's "There was a palace that was a city" speech that was a very bright spark in the so-so CITY HALL

But I think I'm going to nominate Samwise Gamgee's "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for." from the end of TWO TOWERS

No macho posturing, just two kids stuck in the middle of hell, the world falling apart around them and it's up to Sam in his own clumsy way to try and rally them for the last leg with the hope, unguaranteed, of a better tomorrow

[RolandJP]

(Jean Rasczak) Michael Ironshide's speech to Johnny Rico in Starship troopers.


"This is for all you new people: I only have one rule. Everyone fights. No one quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you myself. You get me? "

[J. Robb]

Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction.

[Knightmare27]

The Outlaw Josey Wales has some of the best lines I'll list a few of my fave's

Josey Wales: Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.
Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.

Laura Lee: Kansas was all golden and smelled like sunshine.
Josey Wales: Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-b***hes

[His Dudeness]

Most Tarantino stuff is amazing. Jackson's dinner table speech that was mentioned before was good. I also like Marcellus Wallace's speech in the start.

[Siddon]

HBO had a documentary called the Iceman Convesses it was the story of the real life hitman for one of the major families in Jersey who may have killed as many as 200 men.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopaCQB4XM0

His best speech was something like this

"When I was a boy I would take two cats, I would tie their tales together and throw them over a pole, the cats then clawed themselves to death"

"I knew this guy, he used to drive a Mr. Softy's Ice Cream Truck he taught me a lot but he was crazy"

[Totoro Man]

Al Pacino's " God is an absentee Landlord" speech in The Devils Advocate.

Ash's " This is my Broomstick" speech in Army of Darkness.

Agents Smith's " Humanity is a virus" speech in The Matrix


aha, Agent Smith's speech on "Humanity is a disease" is one of my all-time faves.

the Patton speech is, of course, a classic.

and the "Boomstick" speech rules

another fave is where Jules Winfield says "I'm trying REAL hard to be the shepherd" (Pulp Fiction, where the movie ends in the diner)

I also enjoyed Heath Ledgers speech as the Joker "nobody panics when things go according to plan..."

[SlightlyMad]

Beavis' Oscar moment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Ph02XxtIc) from Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

[mgs]

HBO had a documentary called the Iceman Convesses it was the story of the real life hitman for one of the major families in Jersey who may have killed as many as 200 men.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopaCQB4XM0

His best speech was something like this

"When I was a boy I would take two cats, I would tie their tales together and throw them over a pole, the cats then clawed themselves to death"

"I knew this guy, he used to drive a Mr. Softy's Ice Cream Truck he taught me a lot but he was crazy"
Yeah, I've seen that, but really, you would rate his ranting as, 'best'? O.o

If we're gonna go all evil about real people and stuff, we might as well start nominating hate speeches by Hitler and other evil people. Ya know?

[ShatterStar]

Ben Affleck in the movie "chasing amy " .

the scene when he confesses to her

[worstblogever]

Good sweet lord, my fellow heathens! How are we on Page 5 and nobody has mentioned anything about Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins from "The Shawhank Redemption"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K30e9O3Nng&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWi1fgJ5Wl8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3asbzDzukzQ&feature=related

That whole movie is friggin' gold.

[meethraa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI231I4bxxM

[ultramandingo]

...Repo Man (1984)

Miller: John Wayne was a fag.
All: The hell he was.
Miller: He was, too, you boys. I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uv_WGEHr4I

[jdwrocks]

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers... choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I choose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you got heroin?

Marc Renton - "Trainspotting"

[Infernorhythm]

Some of my faves:

-Pinbacker's speech in the observation room in Sunshine. So. Freaking. Brilliant. "At the end of time, a moment will come when just one man remains. Then the moment will pass. Man will be gone. There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust. "
-Michael Wincott's "anarchy" speech in The Crow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCcAaMwnJQ
-The closing monologue in the Prestige. It captured all the themes in the film, was a masterful payoff, and was so full of emotion.
-Nathan Fillion's "I am to misbehaive" speech in Serenity. Oh hell yes!

Ironically, those are all from my top 4 favorite films.

[kalorama]

Oh and a third one:

Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have more responsibility here than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. I know deep down in places you dont talk about at parties, you don't want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then question the manner in which I provide it. I prefer you said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand to post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!



Yep, that's it right there.

The Michael Douglas speech in American President is another great one.

[kalorama]

Samuel L. Jackson, Deep Blue Sea.

Not so much the speech itself but how it ends.

[Serik]

The beginning and ending of Patton are fantastic.

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children, robed in white, stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.

One of my favorite films.

[StoneGold]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U


Rebuh!!!!

[Enyo]

The finest speech on film by Paul Newman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBD6FxrtJN0).

[StoneGold]

Here. Here's all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI

[Ninth Hispana]

...Not a film speech, so please forgive me...Babylon Five [ G'kar's speech to the B5 Council after the fall of Narn Homeworld]......"though it take a thousand years, we will be free" ....played by the much missed Andreas Katsulas.

[Abraxas]

"Saigon, s**t. I'm still only in Saigon. Every time I think I'm going to wake up back in the jungle. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing... I hardly said a word to my wife until I said yes to a divorce. When I was here I wanted to be there. When I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I've been here a week now. Waiting for a mission, getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room I get weaker. And every minute Charlie squats in the bush he gets stronger. Each time I look around the walls move in a little tighter. Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. "

- Apocalypse Now

[dupersuper]

Denzels rant at the end of Training Day
every cliche from Cassablanca
G'Kars explanation of God in a season 4 or 5 B5 episode
Bill Mahers closing speech in Religulous
Jor-el teaching Superman in the Fortress
V for Vendetta; his introduction to Eve and his televised speech
"Risk is our business" Kirk speech
all the Hitch Hiker Guide quotes directly from the book in the BBC HHGttG
Bill Murray at the end of Scrooged
most of the dialogue from "The Quarrel"
large chunks of The Princess Bride
Sheridans "every time I say no" speech while being tortured in B5
De'len defending B5 from earth ships with a fleet of Whitestars
Mulder tells a bartender what he does for a living in the 1st X-files movie
Smoking Man Forest Gump parody
Nicolas Cages narration in Raising Arizona
several West Wing speeches
Gladiator tells the crowd who he is
the speech of the not quite dead guy towards the end of People Will Talk
Boondock Saints trial scene
Snakes on a #@%$# Plane

Those are all I could think of off the top of my head that I didn't already see mentioned.

[Superheroic]

Hmmm. Dennis Hopper from "True Romance".

[thehod]

Some of my fav's...

You know, when you get it wrong, you really get it wrong! That woman has given her whole life in service to her people. Fifty years doing a job SHE never wanted! A job she watched kill her father. She's executed it with honor, dignity, and, as far as I can tell, without a single blemish, and now we're all baying for her blood! All because she's struggling to lead the world in mourning for someone who... who threw everything she offered back in her face. And who, for the last few years, seemed committed 24-7 to destroying everything she holds most dear!
Michael Sheen in The Queen.

We had it all, just for the asking. Our wives, mothers, kids, everybody rode along. I had paper bags filled with jewelry stashed in the kitchen. I had a sugar bowl full of coke next to the bed. Anything I wanted was a phone call away. Free cars. The keys to a dozen hideout flats all over the city. I'd bet twenty, thirty grand over a weekend and then I'd either blow the winnings in a week or go to the sharks to pay back the bookies. Didn't matter. It didn't mean anything. When I was broke I would go out and rob some more. We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking. And now it's all over. And that's the hardest part. Today, everything is different. There's no action. I have to wait around like everyone else. Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas

You wanna get Capone? Here's how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone!
Sean Connery in The Untouchables

I do have a test today, that wasn't bullshit. It's on European socialism. I mean, really, what's the point? I'm not European. I don't plan on being European. So who gives a crap if they're socialists? They could be fascist anarchists, it still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car.
Matthew Broderick in Ferris Beuller's Day Off

I love that word "relationship." Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship; a relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country, but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that.
Hugh Grant in Love Actually

[lou-bert vs. q-bert]

Nice ones, thehod.

Gordon Gecko's "greed is good" speech from Wall Street.
Atticus Finch's closing statement from To Kill A Mockingbird.
Nearly every speech Moses had in The Ten Commandments.

[thehod]

A few more, now that I'm not at work and can put a little more thought into it...

So. You're obviously the big dick, and layin' either side of ya are your balls. There are two types of balls. Big brave balls, and little mincey faggot balls. Now dicks have drive and clarity of vision, but they're not clever. They smell pussy, and they want a piece of the action. And you thought you smelled some good old pussy. And have brought your two little mincey faggot balls along for a good old time. But you got your parties muddled up. No pussy here. Just a dose that'll make you wish you were born a woman. Like a prick, your havin second thoughts. You're shrinkin', and your two little balls are shrinkin' with ya. And the fact that you've got REPLICA written down the side of your gun, and the fact that I've got DESERT EAGLE .50 written on the side of mine, should precipitate your balls into shrinkin' along with your presence. Now...Fuck off.
Vinnie Jones in Snatch

Have you lost your mind? I mean, how is it that you can disrespect a mans ethnicity when you know we've influenced nearly every facet of white America... from our music to our style of dress. Not to mention your basic imitation of our sense of cool; walk, talk, dress, mannerisms... we enrich your very existence, all the while contributing to the gross national product through our achievements in corporate America. It's these conceits that comfort me when I am faced with the ignorant, cowardly, bitter and bigoted, who *have* no talent, no guts? People like you who desecrate things they don't understand when the truth is - you should say thank-you, man? and go on about your way. But apparently you are incapable of doing that! So... [shoots his gun] and don't tell me to be cool. I *am* cool!
Cedric the Entertainer in Be Cool

Now, Through the Looking Glass, that poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter," that's an indictment of organized religion. The walrus, with his girth and good nature, obviously represents either Buddha or, with his tusks, the Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha — that takes care of your eastern religions. Now, the carpenter, which is an obvious reference to Jesus Christ, who was raised a carpenter's son, he represents the western religions. Now, in the poem what do they do? What do they do? They dupe all these oysters into following them, and then proceed to shuck and devour the helpless creatures en masse. Now, I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following these faiths based on mythological figures ensures the destruction of one's inner being. Organized religion destroys who we are by inhibiting our actions, by inhibiting our decisions, out of fear of some intangible parent figure, who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says "Do it, do it and I'll fucking spank you!
Matt Damon in Dogma

What do you want me not to do? Not to meet with Mr. Jinnah? I am a Muslim, and a Hindu, and a Christian, and a Jew, and so are all of you. When you wave those flags and shout, you send fear into the hearts of your brothers. That is not the India I want! Stop it! For God's sake stop it!
Ben Kingsley in Ghandi

Apologies for the imagary and the subject matter in this last one. Its a little strong, but it is a very good speech...

I want to tell you a story. I'm going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves. Go ahead. Close your eyes, please. This is a story about a little girl walking home from the grocery store one sunny afternoon. I want you to picture this little girl. Suddenly a truck races up. Two men jump out and grab her. They drag her into a nearby field and they tie her up and they rip her clothes from her body. Now they climb on. First one, then the other, raping her, shattering everything innocent and pure with a vicious thrust in a fog of drunken breath and sweat. And when they're done, after they've killed her tiny womb, murdered any chance for her to have children, to have life beyond her own, they decide to use her for target practice. They start throwing full beer cans at her. They throw them so hard that it tears the flesh all the way to her bones. Then they urinate on her. Now comes the hanging. They have a rope. They tie a noose. Imagine the noose going tight around her neck and with a sudden blinding jerk she's pulled into the air and her feet and legs go kicking. They don't find the ground. The hanging branch isn't strong enough. It snaps and she falls back to the earth. So they pick her up, throw her in the back of the truck and drive out to Foggy Creek Bridge. Pitch her over the edge. And she drops some thirty feet down to the creek bottom below. Can you see her? Her raped, beaten, broken body soaked in their urine, soaked in their semen, soaked in her blood, left to die. Can you see her? I want you to picture that little girl.
Now imagine she's white.
Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Kill.

[steve2275]

dinobots destroy devastator
what? no one said the speech had to be long :tongue:

i will rip open ultra magnus and every other autobot until the matrix has been destroyed............to cybertron

[lou-bert vs. q-bert]

Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Kill.I was so hoping no one would include this. That movie makes no sense whatsoever.

[Kirayoshi]

Bumping the thread up a bit, two speeches from V for Vendetta:

V: I can assure you I mean you no harm.
Evey: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey: Well I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey: Oh. Right.
V: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

And on a more conversational note:

Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day 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, a celebration of 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 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 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.

[Subotai]

Couple of football speeches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYN4jnA8fKs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk&feature=related

Excellent stuff - never heard of these making much difference in real life, though.

[thehod]

And on a more conversational note:

Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day 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, a celebration of 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 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 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.

As good as that speech is, I still prefer the comic version...

Good evening, London. I thought it time we had a little talk. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...
I suppose you're wondering why I've called you here this evening. Well, you see, I'm not entirely satisfied with your performance lately... I'm afraid your work's been slipping and... and well, I'm afraid we've been thinking about letting you go. Oh, I know, I know. You've been with the company a long time now. Almost... let me see. Almost ten thousand years! My word, doesn't time fly? It seems like only yesterday... I remember the day you commenced your employment, swinging down from the trees, fresh-faced and nervous, a bone clasped in your bristling fist... "Where do I start, sir?", you asked, plaintively. I recalled my exact words: "There's a pile of dinosaur eggs over there, youngster", I said, smiling paternally all the while. "Get sucking". Well, we've certainly come a long way since then, haven't we? And yes, yes, you're right, in all that time you haven't missed a day. Well done, thou good and faithful servant.
Also, please don't think I've forgotten about your outstanding service record, or about all of the invaluable contributions that you've made to the company... Fire, the wheel, agriculture... It's an impressive list, old-timer. A jolly impressive list. Don't get me wrong. But... well, to be frank, we've had our problems too. There's no getting away from it. Do you know what I think alot of it stems from? I'll tell you... It's your basic unwillingness to get on in the company. You don't seem to want to face up to any real responsibility. To be your own boss. Lord knows you've been given plenty of opportunities... We've offered you promotion time and time again, and each time you've turned us down. "I couldn't handle the work, Guv'Nor", you wheedled. "I know my place". To be frank, you're not trying, are you?
You see, you've been standing still for far too long, and its starting to show in your work... And, I might add, in your general standard of behavior. The constant bickering on the factory floor has not escaped my attention... nor the recent bouts of rowdiness in the staff canteen. Then of course there's... Hmm. Well, I didn't really want to have to bring this up, but... Well, you see, I've been hearing some disturbing rumors about your personal life. No, never you mind who told me. No names, no pack drill... I understand you are unable to get on with your spouse. I hear that you argue. I am told that you shout. Violence has been mentioned. I am reliably informed that you always hurt the one your love... the one you shouldn't hurt at all. And what about the children, its always the children who suffer, as you're well aware. Poor little mites. What are they to make of it? What are they to make of all your bullying, your despair, your cowardice and all your fondly nurtured bigotries? Really, its not good enough, is it?
And its no good blaming the drop in work standards on and management either... though to be sure, the management is very bad. In fact, let us not mince words... The Management is terrible! We've had a string of embezzelers, frauds, liars and lunatics making a string of catastrophic decisions. This is plain fact. But who elected them? It was you! You who elected these people! You who gave them the power to make your decisions for you! While I'll admit that anyone can make a mistake once, to go on making the same lethal errors century after century seems to me nothing short of deliberate. You have encouraged these malicious incompetents, who have made your working life a shambles. You have accepted without question their senseless orders. You have allowed them to fill your workspace with dangerous and unproven machines. You could have stopped them. All you had to say was "No". You have no spine. You have no pride. You are no longer an asset to the company. I will, however, be generous. You will be granted two years to show me some improvement in your work. If at the end of that time you are still unwilling to make a go of it... you're fired. That will be all. You may return to your labors.

[vcassel]

ed norton in the 25th hour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXtDVov2drk

and the brian cox monologue from the final scene of the same movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8elKC-DLS8

[master of read]

skeletor's speech during master's of the universe.

[Stony]

Goldfinger's Ode to Crime from, well, GOLDFINGER

[HulkSmash666]

Ray Winstone's proposition to Guy Pearce in "The Proposition".

Captain Stanley : "Now I suppose I told you there was a way you could save your little brother Mickey from the noose. Suppose I gave you a horse and a gun. Suppose, Mr Burns, I was to give you and your young brother Mickey, here, a pardon. Suppose I said I could give you the chance to expunge the guilt beneath which you so clearly labour. Suppose I gave you till Christmas. Now, suppose you tell me what it is I want from you."

Charlie Burns: "You want me to kill my brother."

Captain Stanley: "I want you to kill your brother."

[DubipR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpuJaTA7Txk

Hari Rhodes as Trent in Shock Corridor.
The speech is towards the end of the clip but the build-up to understand what he's like is great. This is up there with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest dealing with madness and the treatment of fragile psyches.

[stealthwise]

Good sweet lord, my fellow heathens! How are we on Page 5 and nobody has mentioned anything about Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins from "The Shawhank Redemption"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K30e9O3Nng&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWi1fgJ5Wl8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3asbzDzukzQ&feature=related

That whole movie is friggin' gold.

Oh, good, someone did mention this one.

[David O Burcham]

My all-time favorite...

"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes.

Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups. It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away.

Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces.

You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour. Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boson's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist.

At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.

Anyway, we delivered the bomb." -- Robert Shaw, "Jaws"


and the runner-ups...

"Listen, punk. To me you're nothin' but dogshit, you understand? And a lot of things can happen to dogshit. It can be scraped up with a shovel off the ground. It can dry up and blow away in the wind. Or it can be stepped on and squashed. So take my advice and be careful where the dog shits ya!" -- ClintEastwood, "Sudden Impact"


"Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp-out runaway decency in the west. Now, you will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!
Now raise your right hand for the pledge. 'Right!' Now, repeat after me. I..."

"... I... "

"... your name... "

"... your name... "

"... schmucks ... pledge allegiance... "

"... pledge allegiance... "

"... to Hedley Lamarr... "

"... to Hedy Lamarr... "

"That's HEDLEY!"

"... that's HEDLEY!"

"... and to the evil... "

"... and to the evil... "

"... for which he stands!"

"... for which he stands!"

" Now go do that voo-doo that you do so weeeeelllll!!!" -- Harvey Korman, "Balzing Saddles"

[johnnyhotsauce]

Maximus' vengeance oath in Gladiator and JCVD's speech to the troops in Street Fighter always get me pumped.:biggrin:

[ultramandingo]

........JCVD's speech in JCVD -
" I used to be small and scrawny. And I took up karate. Hence the Dojo, hence respect, thou shall believe people who say, "Oss!" It's Samurai code. It's honour, no lies. So this guy in the US, it's not the same thing. No one says "Oss" to you. Sometimes people in show business say, "We're gonna' fuck em'". I believed in people, in the Dojo. I was blessed and had a lot of 'wives'. I always believed in love. It's hard for a woman with three kids to say, "Which one do I love more?" A mother... If you have 5, 6, 7, or 10 wives in a lifetime, they've all got something special, but no one cares about that in the so-called media. What about drugs? When you got it all, you travel the world. When you've been in all the hotels, you're the prima donna of the penthouse. And in all hotels the world over, travelling, you want something more. And because of a woman... well, because of love, I tried something and I got hooked. Van-Damme, the beast, the tiger in a cage, the "Bloodsport" man got hooked. "