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[Closed] Greatest Monologue in a film?

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Be interested to hear the different opinions/nominations.

Tempted by Chaplin's final speech in The Great Dictator but this is probably my favourite from Network (lot's in that film but there's something about the last two lines here):


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 9:57 pm
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Put. that. coffee. down.

{language NSFW}


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 9:59 pm
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I like the Shakespeare that Withnail quotes at the end of Withnail and I. Hamlet I think, but a good ending to a very good film.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 10:03 pm
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Was going to pick Christoph Waltz in Inglorieus Basterds but too many scenes to chose from such a brilliant actor.


 
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Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a mother****er 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. .45 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 the shepherd.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 10:25 pm
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Oooh just remembered this one.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 10:34 pm
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Me too Drac.


 
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Gary lager +1.

Without question.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 10:52 pm
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aye, what Drac said


 
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You know that smell..?


 
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Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off. Also makes me want to cry and laugh out loud every time I see steven tompkinson dressed as a clown on the hospital bed having failed to hang himself.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:06 pm
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The 'High Watermark' monologue from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.


 
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Nuff said


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:10 pm
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The one at the end of Raging Bull - not the speech itself but the performance.


 
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Posted : 17/01/2014 11:18 pm
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You been watching that tonight t rwmartin? Seen it this afternoon and what once seemed a good film now is very cheesy.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:19 pm
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Was chatting about that speech from True Romance only last night


 
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Definitely "Pigs".


 
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Good choice Drac.

Tonight ,first to pop into my mind was Clint in Outlaw Josiy Wales.
Can't find the clip,but the scene where the indian asks him how he knew which soldier to shoot first in the gunfight


 
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You been watching that tonight t rwmartin? Seen it this afternoon and what once seemed a good film now is very cheesy.

No. Didn't realise it was on. Not a film fan at all; this one just happened to stick in the mind.

Rich.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:33 pm
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Sky is running it at the minute, it's a good film but having watched it this am it's a bit corny too. Jack Nicholson is great in it the part just after that scene where he loses it is fantastic.


 
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Was going to pick Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds but too many scenes to chose from such a brilliant actor.

Opening Interrogation is such a great scene. Au Revoir Shoshanna!


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:40 pm
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*skip to the end*

mikey74 has it.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:40 pm
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Opening Interrogation is such a great scene. Au Revoir Shoshanna!

Yup then there's the restaurant scene his attention to detail on accents is superb so much so it was made part of the plot.


 
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Full metal jacket... Not really a full monologue but some great lines 😉


 
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Yup then there's the restaurant scene his attention to detail on accents is superb so much so it was made part of the plot.

Do you mean the basement bar scene? That is a cracker, as is the opening scene.

I also like the restaurant scene where he meets her, years later, with Geobbels.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:46 pm
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Drill Sergeant is fantastic.

I also like the restaurant scene where he meets her, years later, with Geobbels.

That one. Her face and body language when she hears his name is brilliant.


 
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That one. Her face and body language when she hears his name is brilliant.

Ah, I thought you were referring to the bar scene where he uses the accents of the basterds against them.

The strudel did look good, though.


 
Posted : 17/01/2014 11:50 pm
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Ah, I thought you were referring to the bar scene where he uses the accents of the basterds against them.

Ah sorry for the confusion. Anyway that too is fantastic.

The strudel did look good, though.

It did. Django has a little hint back to that.


 
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SWEARY


 
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goodfellas - joe pesci "you think I'm funny"


 
Posted : 18/01/2014 12:01 am
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goodfellas - joe pesci "you think I'm funny"

Good call.


 
Posted : 18/01/2014 12:05 am
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Jaws...

U.S.S. Indianapolis

'You know the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes like a doll’s eyes'


 
Posted : 18/01/2014 12:07 am
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Damn it Ski just wiped my suggestion off the board.


 
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Marlon Brando's Horror Speech From Apocalypse now... tried getting it on youtube, but not available in this country!!


 
Posted : 18/01/2014 12:49 am
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Warning, contains swears and French subtitles....
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Posted : 18/01/2014 12:59 am
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I'll have a different Network, set to music, why not

(direct link doesn't start at the right place... skip to 1:33)


 
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ive always liked the long monologue by morgan freeman at the end of shawshank redemption


 
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