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[Tanya and Artyom have just arrived at Heathrow International Airport]
Immigration Officer: How long do you intend to stay in the U.K.?
Tanya: I don't know, yet.
Immigration Officer: How much money do you have?
Tanya: [To Artyom] Skol'ko u nas deneg tochno? (Exactly how much money do we have?)
Artyom: [To Immigration Officer] Uhh... eighty-five dollars.
Immigration Officer: Not very much, is it?
Tanya: Yes. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[While waiting in Heathrow, Artyom is practicing English by reading aloud from a travel guidebook. Tanya corrects his mistakes]
Artyom: In Britain, friendly people start conversation by talking about the vever...
Tanya: Weather.
Artyom: ...Vether. Look at this expensive...
Tanya: Example.
Artyom: ...It is lovely morning, it isn't, isn't it?...
Tanya: Isn't it.
Artyom: ...Yes, it's beautiful, it isn't it?... (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom are waiting in Heathrow for her English fiance, Mark Wallow]
Page over airport loudspeaker: Would Mark Wallow, Mark Wallow, please contact the airport information desk.
Artyom: [reading aloud from a travel guidebook] Can you show me the way home, please? (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya's English fiancé, Mark Wallow, has failed to meet her and Artyom at Heathrow]
Tanya: I'm sorry... just for... few... wo-words. I need political as-asylum.
Immigration Officer: Political asylum?
Tanya: Yes. Because... because my life is very dangerous in Moscow.
Artyom: [Watching through a glass partition] Okhuyela chto li? (Has she fucking lost it?) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Immigration officers are putting Tanya and Artyom into police cars to transport them to Stonehaven]
Artyom: Kuda on nas vedet, mam? On chto, khochet chtoby ya polez tuda v yego mashinu? Ya ne polezu nikuda v yego mashinu. (Where are they taking us, mom? He wants me to get in his car? I'm not getting in his car.)
Tanya: Zalez', pozhaluysta. (Get in, please.)
Artyom: Ne polezu. (I'm not getting in.)
Tanya: Sidi! (Sit!)
Artyom: Chego on khochet ot nas? Chego on khochet ot nas? (What does he want with us? What does he want with us?)
Tanya: Artyom! Vernis' seychas zhe! (Artyom! Come back here, now!)
Artyom: Ya ne polezu tuda! Du-du-du-du-du-du... Da ot"yebis' ot menya! Ot"yebis', ya tebe skazal! Durak, kozel! (I'm not getting in there. Du-du-du-du-du-du... Get away from me. Get away, I told you. You stupid goat!)
Tanya: Artyom! (Artyom!)
Artyom: Ottsepis' ot menya! (Let me go!)
Tanya: Artyom, ty chto, s uma soshel? Prekrati! Ty slyshish'? Slushay menya, Artyom. Ya im skazala, chto my bezhentsy, poetomu my ostayemsya seychas v Anglii, potomu chto Mark ne priyekhal nas ne vstretil. U nas net drugogo vykhoda, no ya uverena... (Artyom, what's wrong with you, have you gone crazy? Stop this! Do you hear? Listen to me, Artyom. I told them that we're refugees, so we can stay in England; because Mark didn't come to meet us. We don't have another way, but I'm sure... )
Immigration Officer 1: Is there a problem? Come on, love.
Tanya: [To immigration officers] One minute please. It's very important. Let me speak with him.
Immigration Officer 2: I'm sorry. No go.
Tanya: Yes.
[To Artyom]
Tanya: Ty vidish', chto tvorit'sya? Luchshe ya tebe v mashine vse ob"yasnyu, khorosho? Ya uverena, chto vse pravil'no. Bud' moim drugom, da? Pover' mne. Dover'sya mne, da? (Do you see what's going on? It's better if I explain everything to you in the car, OK? I'm sure all of this is all right. Be my friend, OK? Believe me. Trust me, OK?) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom have come to the arcade to get a phone card]
Tanya: Hello... uhh... they told me you sell phone card.
Alfie: You want a phone card?
Tanya: Yeah.
Alfie: [Shuffles and spreads them like a deck of playing cards] Pick a card. Pick a card, any card. That's a 10'er. Do you know how to use it? Want me to show you?
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: Scratch that number off, yeah?
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: Dial in that number there, yeah?
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: You wait for the beep. Beeeeep.
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: Yeah. Then you dial that number, there, yeah?
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: And you should be connected. You understand?
Tanya: No. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom are in their flat in the evening, talking about Mark. Tanya is intently trying to open a can of food]
Artyom: On ne priyedat. Davay, ya otkroyu. (He's not coming. Hand me that, I'll open it.)
Tanya: Pochemu? (Why?)
Artyom: On, navernoye, peredumal. (He's probably changed his mind.)
Tanya: Pochemu? (Why?)
Artyom: Potomu chto on nevrastenik. Ty tozhe ne sovsem normal'naya. Vy, navernoye, podkhodite. (Because he's neurotic. You're not completely normal yourself, either. You're probably well suited.) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom have been returned to Stonehaven after trying to walk to London]
Council Official: Can you confirm your name, please?
Tanya: Tat'yana Krush-i-na.
Council Official: You should have registered here yesterday. This is a general information pack. These are your food and toiletry vouchers for the week.
Tanya: But, I don't need them. I want to go to London.
Council Official: No, you can't do that.
Tanya: Why?
Council Official: You've applied for political asylum.
Tanya: Yes, and so?
Council Official: All applicants must stay in their designated holding areas. Look, it's in here.
Tanya: You mean I can't leave?
Council Official: No, that's right.
Tanya: But, I don't... I don't understand why. If I have money, if I have place where to stay in London, why I can't go?
Council Official: The world and his wife would go to London if we let them. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya asks Alfie for help escaping Stonehaven]
Tanya: I have to go to London. What do I do?
Alfie: Are you a refugee?
Tanya: A refugee by accident... Why are you laughing? (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom buy lunch in the cafe with food vouchers]
Cafe Owner: That's three-eighty-five, please.
Tanya: [Handing him a food voucher] Five.
Cafe Owner: OK. Thank you.
Tanya: My change?
Cafe Owner: No, we don't give change on vouchers, love.
Tanya: No?
Cafe Owner: No, sorry.
Tanya: [To Artyom] Poydem. (Let's go.)
Artyom: [Searching through his fish'n'chips with a fork] Where is fish?
Cafe Owner: What do you expect for five pounds? (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom are eating lunch in the cafe]
Artyom: [Searching through his fish'n'chips with a fork] Mam, nu chto eto za ryba? Zdes' sovsem netu ryby. Zdes' odna i vsya v sukharyakh. (Mom, they call this fish? There's no fish here. It's all just batter.) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Les and Frank, the Internet pornographers, have approached and solicited Tanya in the cafe]
Les: Yeah? Gorgeous cheekbones... yeah, gorgeous cheekbones, they're fantastic. So, anyhow, what I was going to do, I don't want to take up too much of your time. But, there's my card.
Tanya: Yes.
Les: Ok? And, uhh, you know, if you're interested, give me call. But, if there's anything else I can do, let me... I am Mr. Stonehaven. Everybody knows me around here, so, if you need me, call me. There's my card. All right? Hope to see you soon. Bye.
Frank: Bye.
Les: See ya, mate. Let's go, Frank.
[Les and Frank leave]
Artyom: Ty khot' ponyala, chto oni sutenery i chego oni khotyat? (You do realize they're pimps, and what they want?) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Artyom are in their flat in the evening, talking about Mark]
Tanya: Mne nuzhno yego uvidet', chtoby ponyat', chto proiskhodit. (I need to see him to find out what's going on.)
Artyom: Znachit, ty yego lyubish' bol'she, chem menya. Zatashchila menya cherti kuda, k chertu na kulichki. (So, you love him more than me. You dragged me all this way, to the armpit of the universe.)
[They both laugh]
Tanya: Samomu smeshno. Day ruku. Ty chto, ya tebya lyublyu. Ya tebya lyublyu, kak nikogo. Da? Ty zhe moy yedinstvennyy, moy dorogoy, moy synochek. A yego ya po-drugomu lyublyu, nel'zya sravnivat'. (That's ridiculous. Give me your hand. You know I love you. I love you, like no one else. OK? You're my one-and-only, my dearest, my little boy. But I love him in a different way, it's impossible to compare.)
Artyom: [Turning away from her] Spokoynoy nochi. (Good night.) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Needing money, Tanya tries to sell her mink pelts to a clothing store owner]
Tanya: Hello.
Store owner: Can I help you?
Tanya: Would you be interested of this? It is a fur... Russian fur, from Siberia. It is very... it is very... valuable. I have two pieces. And... and, uhh, it's very beautiful, very expensive... in Russia. And, you can wear them as a hat, or like scarf, or you can pin it on your coat... if you want.
Store owner: Nah, I'm not interested in anything like that.
Tanya: Ok, thank you. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Alfie and Artyom are in the arcade]
Alfie: What are you tryin' to do to my machine? What ya doin'? Come, 'ere. You've broken it. Try it now... Where's your dad?
Artyom: My dad's dead.
Alfie: My dad's dead, as well.
Artyom: Yours is dead, too?
Alfie: How did he die?
Artyom: He's dead.
Alfie: Well, what's the crap with this Mark fellow?
Artyom: He's my mother's fiance.
Alfie: Do you like him?
Artyom: No. My mom come to England for him, and he doesn't come to airport.
Alfie: Does your mom love him?
Artyom: I think she loves men who make her cry. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Needing money, Tanya has gone to see Les and Frank, the Internet pornographers]
Les: Ok, Tanya. Just give me a little twirl, just turn around. Yeah, and just un... unzip, and give me a flash. Mmmm... See, I see her as like a school girl, or... or maybe a nurse. She's sort of got that caring quality about her.
Frank: Bit skinny up top, Les.
Les: Or a nun.
Frank: A nun? Yeah, a nun would be good.
Tanya: But, what do I do? (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Alfie, Tanya, and Artyom are at her flat in the afternoon. Alfie has brought them a television and some Indian fast food]
Alfie: Are you alright? Doin' alright? I brought you some company and some food. Are you hungry? Have you ever had a curry? Curry. Beautiful.
[To Artyom]
Alfie: Have you ever had a curry?
Artyom: Yeah.
Alfie: You little liar. Come here.
[To Tanya]
Alfie: That's chicken tikka masala. That's chicken in a light, spicy sauce. It's beautiful, man, I promise you.
[To Artyom]
Alfie: Come here. We'll sort it all out. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[To Tanya]
Alfie: Vindalu. Evil. It's a beast of a curry, yea, it's a real wicked bitch. Pila rice, sweet rice, yellow rice. Rice is rice, and forever more shall be so. Potatoes with cabbage. Bombay sag potatoes. Have you ever had 'em? Beautiful. I promise you. If you throw-up, it's all on my head. Nan bread to soak it up. Yeah, d'you fancy it?
Tanya: We have no spoons.
[Alfie draws spoons from his pockets, like a gun fighter quick-drawing two six-shooters] (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya, Artyom, and Alfie are on the couch in her flat in the evening, watching a nature show about dolphins on television]
Television narrator: Sonar may also be used for sexual stimulation. Here, one juvenile female buzzes another's genital area, perhaps to gain information about her sexual state and health.
Artyom: Mam, smotri chto oni delayut? (Mom, look, what are they doing?)
Television narrator: Copulation is performed belly to belly, with the male beneath the female. And, is brief...
Tanya: Poydem spat'. (Let's go to sleep.)
Artyom: Podozhdi. (Wait.)
Television narrator: Gentle touching of genital areas is also an important means...
Tanya: [To Alfie] It's a bedtime.
[To Artyom]
Tanya: Poydem. (Let's go.)
Artyom: Podozhdi, mam. (Wait, mom.)
Tanya: Vstavay, ya tebe govoryu! (Get up, I told you!)
Artyom: No, mama, podozhdi. (But, mom, wait.)
Tanya: Poydem. Ya s toboy ne budu... Seychas! (Let's go. I'm not putting up with this from you... Now!)
Alfie: Night, boy.
Artyom: No, mam... (But, mom... )
[Artyom leaves the room]
Tanya: [To Alfie] I'm going to sleep. Thank you for everything.
Alfie: It's alright, man.
Tanya: Ok.
[Tanya leaves the room]
Alfie: [To an empty and darkened room] I'll let myself out. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya has finally spoken with Mark by telephone; he is never coming. Tanya is crying in Artyom's lap]
Artyom: [Singing] ... I tsvetok ishchut mnogiye lyudi (Many people search for their flower)
Tanya: [Joining Artyom, they sing together] No nakhodyat konechno ne vse (But, of course, not everyone finds it) / Mozhet tam, za sed'mym perevalom (Maybe it's there, in the seventh heaven) / Vspykhnet svezhiy, kak vetra glotok (And will blossom anew, like a gentle breeze)
Artyom: Ya govori, on nevrastenik. (I told you he was neurotic.) (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
[Tanya and Alfie are talking late at night in the empty bingo hall. Tanya has been drinking, and starts to cry]
Alfie: What's the matter. Ah, no, no. Hey, don't get upset.
Tanya: Sorry.
Alfie: No, it's alright, man, it's alright. Ok. Why are you so upset?
Tanya: Because I'm crazy.
Alfie: No, you're not crazy.
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: Why?
Tanya: Yes. I'm so stupid. I don't know... This city, it's like... it's like punishment for me, it's like punishment for some mistakes in my life. You know, yes, yes, really. I make so many mistakes.
Alfie: I've made mistakes. We're human beings. We all fuck up. We all make mistakes. It ain't just you. What are you doing that's so bad?
Tanya: Just... my main... I always... need... need to be in love. You know, I can't to... to live, without lo... love.
Alfie: There's nothing wrong with that.
Tanya: Yes.
Alfie: No, there is not.
Tanya: Yes. Because, two my... two my husbands, and two divorces. It's very bad for me, for my child. And, now, we're here, and I think maybe its... maybe it's my... main mistake. (Movie: Last Resort [2000]) | |
Katsumoto: And who was your general?
Algren: Don't you have a rebellion to lead?
Katsumoto: People in your country do not like conversation?
Algren: He was a lieutenant colonel. His name was Custer.
Katsumoto: I know this name. He killed many warriors
Algren: Oh, yes. Many warriors.
Katsumoto: So he was a good general.
Algren: No. No, he wasn't a good general. He was arrogant and foolhardy. And he got massacred because he took a single battalion against two thousand angry Indians.
Katsumoto: Two thousand Indians? How many men for Custer?
Algren: Two hundred and eleven.
Katsumoto: I like this General Custer.
Algren: He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. And his troopers died for it.
Katsumoto: I think this is a very good death.
Algren: Well, maybe you can have one just like it someday. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny?
Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
[Nobutada is shamed by Imperial Guards who cut off his top knot and take his swords, leaving him in a heap in the street]
Algren: C'mon, I'll take you home.
Nobutada: Jolly good. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Algren: My thanks, on behalf of those who died in the name of better mechanical amusements and commercial opportunities. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: You want me to kill Jappos, I'll kill Jappos.
Colonel Bagley: I'm not asking you to kill anybody.
Algren: You want me to kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, I'll kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos... Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Algren: I have been hired to suppress the rebellion of yet another tribal leader. Apparently, this is the only job for which I am suited. I am beset by the ironies of my life. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Emperor Meiji: Ambassador Swanbeck, I have concluded that your treaty is NOT in the best interests of my people.
Ambassador Swanbeck: Sir, if I may...
Emperor Meiji: So sorry, but you may not. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Silent Samurai: Algren-San.
[he rushes in front of Algren to protect him from being shot, and is consequently shot himself]
Algren: Bob. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: Mr. Graham. Tell this man to fire at me.
Simon Graham: I beg your pardon?
Algren: Tell this man that if he does not shoot me, I will kill him. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: [shouting] What the hell am I doing here?
['Bob' rushes up, about to draw his sword and kill Algren, but Katsumoto gestures for him to stop]
Katsumoto: In spring the snows will melt and the passes will open. Until that time, you are here. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Katsumoto: This is my son's village. We are deep in the mountains, and the winter is coming. You cannot escape.
Nobutada: Jolly Good. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: Sergeant Gant, report to the rear and see to the disposition of the supply trains.
[Gant does not move, but continues loading his rifle]
Algren: Sergeant Gant, did you hear my order?
Zebulon Gant: I did indeed, sir.
Algren: Good, then you will obey it. Now!
Zebulon Gant: No disrespect intended, sir, but shove it up your ass. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Katsumoto: The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Algren: This is Katsumoto's sword. He would have wanted you to have it. He hoped with his dying breath that you would remember his ancestors who held it, and what they died for. May the strength of the Samurai always be with you. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: Who sent those men to kill you? Was it the Emperor? Omura?
Katsumoto: If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask.
Algren: So it was Omura. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: There was once a battle at a place called Thermopylae, where three hundred brave Greeks held off a Persian army of a million men... a million, you understand this number?
Katsumoto: I understand this number. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Simon Graham: You insolent, useless son of a peasant dog! How dare you show your sword in his presence! Do you know who this is?
[pointing to Algren]
Simon Graham: This is the President of the United States of America! He is here to lead our armies in victorious battle against the rebels!
Guard: It is not my responsibility...
Simon Graham: Now get over there and help those men with their equipment!
Guard: [to his men] Carry the equipment.
[Algren and Graham go through]
Algren: The President of the United States?
Simon Graham: Sorry. I think I'm going to be sick. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Zebulon Gant: [shouting loudly] Right, you little bastards! You will stand up straight or I will personally shit kick every far eastern buttock that appear before me eyes!
Algren: Well done, sergeant.
Zebulon Gant: When you understand the language, sir, everything falls into place. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
[first lines]
Simon Graham: [narrating] They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Algren: [narrating] They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seem such discipline. I am surprised to learn that the word Samurai means, 'to serve', and that Katsumoto believes his rebellion to be in the service of the Emperor. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Algren: [narrating] Winter, 1877. What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. To seek a stillness of your mind. And to master the way of the sword. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Algren: [narrating] Spring, 1877. This marks the longest I've stayed in one place since I left the farm at 17. There is so much here I will never understand. I've never been a church going man, and what I've seen on the field of battle has led me to question God's purpose. But there is indeed something spiritual in this place. And though it may forever be obscure to me, I cannot but be aware of its power. I do know that it is here that I've known my first untroubled sleep in many years. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
[last lines]
Simon Graham: [narrating] And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Emperor Meiji: My ancestors have ruled Japan for 2,000 years. And for all that time we have slept. During my sleep I have dreamed. I dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country strong and independent and modern... And now we are awake. We have railroads and cannon and Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are. Or where we come from. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: [Algren's 'conversations' with the Silent Samurai] I know why you don't talk. Because you're angry. You're angry because they make you wear a dress.
Algren: [later, after being beaten to the ground by Uijo] I just realized, I've been remiss. Forgive me, I forgot to thank you for protecting me yesterday. That is your job right? Protecting me. Well done 'Bob.' You don't mind if I call you Bob, do you? I knew a Bob once; God, he was ugly as a mule. Are you a ladies man, Bob? (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
[Katsumoto hands a samurai sword to Algren, it has a message written on it]
Algren: What does it say?
Katsumoto: "I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new." (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
[Algren and Katsumoto ride up to Bagley, who sees that Algren has turned against him]
Colonel Bagley: Good God... Sir, the Imperial Army of Japan demands your surrender. If you and your fellas lay down your arms, you will not be harmed.
Katsumoto: This is not possible, as Mr. Omura knows.
Colonel Bagley: Captain Algren. We will show you no quarter. You ride against us, and you're the same as they are.
Algren: I'll look for you on the field. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Simon Graham: I came over with the British trade mission, oh, years ago. I was soon relieved of my position. I had a rather unfortunate tendency to tell the truth in a country where no one ever says what they mean. So now, I very accurately translate other people's lies. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: What do you want?
Katsumoto: To know my enemy.
Algren: I've seen what you do to your enemies.
Katsumoto: The warriors in your country do not kill?
Algren: They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men.
Katsumoto: General Hasegawa asked me to help him end his life. A samurai cannot stand the shame of defeat. I was honored to cut off his head. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
| Katsumoto: Many of our customs seem strange to you. And the same is true of yours. For example, not to introduce yourself is considered extremely rude, even among enemies. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Katsumoto: [Algren has just walked into Katsumoto's house, after being beaten thoroughly by Uijo] Uijo is teaching you the way of the Japanese sword.
Algren: [Flatly] Yes indeed. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Higen: Will you fight the white men, too?
Algren: If they come here, yes.
Higen: Why?
Algren: Because they come to destroy what I have come to love. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
[watching the Imperial Army's target practice]
Algren: I suppose we should be grateful they're all firing in the same direction.
Zebulon Gant: Couldn't have put it better myself, sir. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Katsumoto: You fought against your Red Indians?
Algren: Yes.
Katsumoto: Tell me of your part in this war.
Algren: Why?
Katsumoto: I wish to learn.
Algren: Read a book.
Katsumoto: I would rather have a good conversation. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Katsumoto: The Emperor could not hear my words. His army will come. For nine hundred years, my ancestors have protected our people. Now... I have failed them.
Algren: So you will take your own life? In shame? Shame for a life of service? Discipline? Compassion?
Katsumoto: The way of the Samurai is not necessary anymore.
Algren: Necessary? What could be more necessary?
Katsumoto: I will die by the sword. My own, or my enemy's.
Algren: Then let it be your enemy's. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Katsumoto: If I am no use, I will happily end my life.
Emperor Meiji: No, I need your voice in the Council.
Katsumoto: It is your voice we need, Highness. You are a living god. Do what you think is right.
Emperor Meiji: [ruefully] I am a living god, as long as I do what *they* think is right.
Katsumoto: What sad words you speak. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Algren: What else has she told you?
Katsumoto: That you have nightmares.
Algren: Every soldier has nightmares.
Katsumoto: Only one who is ashamed of what he has done.
Algren: You have no idea what I have done. (Movie: The Last Samurai [2003]) | |
Alex Rogan: Wait a minute. When did the hangar go up?
Grig: I told you! When Zur attacked!
Alex Rogan: And were the Starfighters?
Grig: In the hangar!
Alex Rogan: You mean they're *dead*?
Grig: [scoffs] Death is a primitive concept. I prefer to think of them as battling evil, in another dimension.
Alex Rogan: In another dimension? How many are left?
Grig: Including yourself?
Alex Rogan: Yeah!
Grig: One!
Alex Rogan: ONE?
[the Gunstar takes off] (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Centauri: [to Grig] But I saw him fight! He could be the greatest Starfighter ever!
Alex Rogan: That was just a game, Centauri!
Centauri: Well, you may have thought it was a game, but it was also a test. Aha, a test! Sent out across the galaxy to find those with the potential to be Starfighters. And here you are, my boy! Here you are!
Alex Rogan: Right, here I am, about to be killed!
Centauri: Killed! You don't really think it's dangerous, do you? Don't be silly! Trust me! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Alex Rogan: Store's closed, mister.
Centauri: I'm not here for cigarettes or bubble gum, my boy. Can you tell me the name of the person who broke the record on that game over there, and where I might find him?
Alex Rogan: Alex Rogan, and you're looking at him. (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Lord Kril: Damage report!
Kodan Officer: Guidance system out. Auxiliary steering out.
Lord Kril: Divert! Divert!
Kodan Officer: She won't answer the helm! We're locked into the moon's gravitational pull. What do we do?
[sound of Lord Kril's eyepiece swinging over left eye]
Lord Kril: We die. (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Grig: Remember, Death Blossom delivers only one massive volley at close range... theoretically.
Alex Rogan: What do you mean "theoretically?"
Grig: After all, D.B. has never been tested. It might overload the systems, blow up the ship!
Alex Rogan: What are you worried about, Grig? Theoretically, we should already be dead! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
| Centauri: [voice in video game] Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Alex Rogan: Otis, I just never have a chance to have a good time around here.
Otis: Things change. Always do. You'll get your chance! Important thing is, when it comes, you've got to grab with both hands, and hold on tight! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
| Centauri: The amusing thing about this, it's all a big mistake. That particular Starfighter game was supposed to be delivered to Vegas, not some fleaspeck trailer park in the middle of tumbleweeds and tarantulas. So it must be fate, destiny, blind chance, luck even, that brings us together. And as the poet said, the rest is history. (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Alex Rogan: Where are you taking me?
Centauri: Centauri told you, it's a surprise. Hey, are you the kind of kid who reads the last page of a mystery first? Who pesters the magician to tell you his tricks? Who sneaks downstairs to peek at his Christmas presents? Noooo, of course you're not.
[singsong voice]
Centauri: That's why I'm not gonna tell you!
Alex Rogan: Oh, God.
Centauri: Besides, I just love surprises, don't you? (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Rylan Bursar: [disgustedly] Rrrr... E sanchay!
Centauri: E sanchay? Onee mat swella! Preeta! Preeta!
Alex Rogan: Centauri, what's going on here?
Centauri: He's just saying how delighted he is that you're here, and if there's anything he can do make your stay more enjoyable, just give him a ring.
Alex Rogan: My stay! What are you talking about? Where are we?
Centauri: Welcome to Rylos, my boy!
Alex Rogan: Rylos! Wait a min-... you mean, you mean... like the game?
Centauri: Oh, he's quick! He's quick! He's very quick! He's speechless! So long, Alex! Have fun! May the luck of the Seven Pillars of Booloo be with you at all times!
[muttering]
Centauri: Oh, someday these cheapskates will thank Centauri, trust me. (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Rylan Bursar: Return the money, Centauri.
Centauri: Return the money! Are you delirious? Do you know how long it took to invent the games? To merchandise them? To get them in the stores by Christmas? (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Beta: Wait a minute, what are you doing back?
Alex Rogan: Are you kidding? It's war up there!
Beta: Oh, save the whales, but not the universe, huh? (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Centauri: Alex! Alex! You're walking away from history! History, Alex! Did Chris Columbus stay home? Nooooo. What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think that the Ulus were too ugly to save?
Alex Rogan: Who's Galoka?
Centauri: Never mind.
Alex Rogan: Listen, Centauri. I'm not any of those guys, I'm a kid from a trailer park.
Centauri: If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Alex Rogan: Who are you?
Centauri: Centauri's the name. I invented Starfighter, which is why I'm here.
Alex Rogan: It is?
Centauri: It is. We have to talk about a matter of utmost importance.
[gestures toward the back seat of his car]
Centauri: Step into my office. (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
| Centauri: I must congratulate you on your virtuoso performance, my boy. Centauri is impressed. I've seen 'em come, and I've seen 'em go, but you're the best, my boy. Dazzling! Light years ahead of the competition! Centauri's got a little proposition for you. Are ya interested? (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Centauri: Alex, I want you to know that it was for the greatest good that I brought you back. Of course... it never hurts to be rich.
[dies] (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Maggie Gordon: Alex? In Space? Is this for real?
Beta: That's what I'm trying to tell you - it's ALL real.
Maggie Gordon: Well then don't talk, DRIVE! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
[Kril is receiving the broken Zandozan transmission]
Lord Kril: The last Starfighter...
Xur: [confidently] Is dead! The last Starfighter is dead! Nothing can stop us now! Ahead full to Rylos! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Louis Rogan: [trying to sleep, angry] What's up, Alex?
Alex Rogan: [walking out] Back to sleep, Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys!
Beta: You're blowing it, Alex.
Louis Rogan: [looks down from the bed, shocked] What the shit?
Beta: [imitating Alex] I said, back to sleep Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
Alex Rogan: [calling out] Maggie! You're never going to believe this!
Maggie Gordon: [slaps him, angrily] I told you, Alex! Me and my, how did you put it, "strange sexual urges" aren't talking to you anymore! (Movie: The Last Starfighter [1984]) | |
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