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Movies with the best Monologue
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We've done the dialogue thread, now let's discuss movies with (a) great monologue. I'll begin with R. Lee Ermey in the introductory scene as the Drill Sargeant in Full Metal Jacket. Another good one: Edward Norton's rant in 25th hour. |
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Macbeth
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Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator.
This is my favorite, you can read it in the memorable quotes IMDB. It is the first quote. |
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brando in apocalypse now
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There is a reason that when you type simply "Baldwin" in youtube's search field the very first link is this (Alec Baldwin's 'motivational' speech in Glengarry Glenn Ross). I personally think that Walken's watch monologue is the best ever, but it's referred and recited so often that I've grown away from it a bit.
[ QUOTE ] Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator. This is my favorite, you can read it in the memorable quotes IMDB. It is the first quote. [/ QUOTE ] I never heard of this until the OOT thread about the same subject. This speech is f'ing incredible. Here is a clip of the speech. |
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"Turning the pages of The Wasteland like Moby Dick with one fat flipper ..." (stolen from the LA Weekly)
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This never gets old for me:
Alec Baldwin in Malice: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4 My cousin, who's a pharmacist, does a pretty funny riff on this speech- "When someone walks into a Walgreens with a bad cough, or weird rash... who do you think they're praying to?" (Guess you have to be there) |
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It's not top-tier, but I've always liked this one:
They bought it. Incredible! One of the worst performances of my career, and they never doubted it for a second. How could I be expected to handle school on a day like this? This is my ninth sick day. It's tough coming up with new illnesses. If I go for ten, I'll have to barf up a lung, so I'd better make this one count. The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands, it's a good non-specific symptom. I'm a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you a good phony fever is a dead-lock, but if you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor's office. You fake a stomach cramp and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a bit childish and stupid, but then again, so is high school. Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. I do have a test today, that wasn't [censored]. 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, and it still wouldn't change the fact that I don’t own a car. I recall Central Park in fall how you tore your dress what a mess, I confess... It's not that I condone fascism, or any "ism" for that matter. A person should not believe in an "ism", he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon: "I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me" A good point there after all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus, and it still wouldn’t change the fact that I don’t own a car. |
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Nicholson in "A Few Good Men" (You can't handle the truth!)
Bogart on the witness stand in "The Caine Mutiny" Scott in the intro to "Patton" |
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Good one, gotta love Robert Shaw.
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Bill Murray in Stripes. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Pretty much all the dialog in Network.
Network TV Speech and this brilliant piece of writing and delivery by William Holden The Common Rubble of Banality |
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Another good one: Edward Norton's rant in 25th hour. [/ QUOTE ] It can't be that good if it's basically a rehash of a scene from Do the Right Thing. |
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I caught David Thewlis(Johnny) in Naked in just the right mood and thought he was brilliant. It's basically one big monologue. Just a snip:
Louise: So what happened, were you bored in Manchester? Johnny: Was I bored? No, I wasn't [censored]' bored. I'm never bored. That's the trouble with everybody - you're all so bored. You've had nature explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the living body explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the universe explained to you and you're bored with it, so now you want cheap thrills and, like, plenty of them, and it doesn't matter how tawdry or vacuous they are as long as it's new as long as it's new as long as it flashes and [censored]' bleeps in forty [censored]' different colors. So whatever else you can say about me, I'm not [censored]' bored. |
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Pretty much all the dialog in Network. Network TV Speech and this brilliant piece of writing and delivery by William Holden The Common Rubble of Banality [/ QUOTE ] William Holden was so awesome....love that movie |
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Quint's USS Indianapolis speech from Jaws [/ QUOTE ] yes. perfect. I also like the Baldwin speech in Glengarry Glen Ross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROhlThs9qY I like how some of the best actors of their generation are in this scene and just are basically there for atmosphere. And here's the text, just for fun: http://yu.ac.kr/~bwlee/esc/baldwin.htm |
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This never gets old for me: Alec Baldwin in Malice: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4 My cousin, who's a pharmacist, does a pretty funny riff on this speech- "When someone walks into a Walgreens with a bad cough, or weird rash... who do you think they're praying to?" (Guess you have to be there) [/ QUOTE ] I appreciate the Walgreen's joke a lot. You linked back to Chaplin again though. I'd go with Devil's Advocate, at the end where he calls God an absentee landlord. Not the Eddie Barzoon one. |
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[ QUOTE ] Pretty much all the dialog in Network. Network TV Speech and this brilliant piece of writing and delivery by William Holden The Common Rubble of Banality [/ QUOTE ] William Holden was so awesome....love that movie [/ QUOTE ] I just watched that scene on youtube and wow, did it feel constructed, like a play. "You are television" indeed. I felt bad for the Dunaway character, who had to sit through that insulting rant without batting an eyelash. Incredibly unrealistic. I felt "the writer" all the way through that. It was painful. I've always liked Holden, but I'm amazed he could choke that monster of glop out of his throat. |
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I also like the Baldwin speech in Glengarry Glen Ross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROhlThs9qY I like how some of the best actors of their generation are in this scene and just are basically there for atmosphere. And here's the text, just for fun: http://yu.ac.kr/~bwlee/esc/baldwin.htm [/ QUOTE ] Such an incredibly awesome piece. Mamet is a god. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Pretty much all the dialog in Network. Network TV Speech and this brilliant piece of writing and delivery by William Holden The Common Rubble of Banality [/ QUOTE ] William Holden was so awesome....love that movie [/ QUOTE ] I just watched that scene on youtube and wow, did it feel constructed, like a play. "You are television" indeed. I felt bad for the Dunaway character, who had to sit through that insulting rant without batting an eyelash. Incredibly unrealistic. I felt "the writer" all the way through that. It was painful. I've always liked Holden, but I'm amazed he could choke that monster of glop out of his throat. [/ QUOTE ] sorry, but you're wrong. If you watch the whole movie it's not supposed to be "real." It is "writerly," and thank god for that. Chayevsky was brilliant and this film was his crowning achievement. Movies can be unreal and hyper-real and still be wonderful. Chayevsky's words are akin to Astair's choreography in that they both get to the heart of what the story is all about. And for another Network monologue, check out Ned Beatty's: Ned Beatty boardroom The whole film is a satire, over-the-top and about as unreal as you can get. The fact that a lot of what the film "predicted" has come true does not mean we're supposed to take it seriously now. |
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I appreciate the Walgreen's joke a lot. [/ QUOTE ] Glad someone enjoyed it. It's even funnier if you could see my cousin, who is skinny and geeky and has none of Baldwin's gravitas. [ QUOTE ] You linked back to Chaplin again though [/ QUOTE ] Thanks for the catch, JuntMonkey. Here's the link if anyone's interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqeC3BPYTmE |
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Could smeone explain the difference in "speech" in a movie and actual monologue.??
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Choose Life by Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting
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Your having a different valuation doesn't disprove what I said, which is obviously correct.
It's an age-old problem stage dialogue has had. It's manifest here. I like stagey dialogue myself, quite often. But I like it to be not quite so hard to suspend my disbelief. This business broke the continuous dream of its fiction. I have a feeling Chayevsky could have gone out for a cigarette break at any point during the writing of that dialogue and had his secretary fill it in for him. Tight and true, it's not. Writerly, it is. By the way, I liked Marty a lot, and think Chayevsky is immensely talented. Regardless, I reserve the right to criticize this scene for its obvious flaws. |
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Your having a different valuation doesn't disprove what I said, which is obviously correct. It's an age-old problem stage dialogue has had. It's manifest here. I like stagey dialogue myself, quite often. But I like it to be not quite so hard to suspend my disbelief. This business broke the continuous dream of its fiction. I have a feeling Chayevsky could have gone out for a cigarette break at any point during the writing of that dialogue and had his secretary fill it in for him. Tight and true, it's not. Writerly, it is. By the way, I liked Marty a lot, and think Chayevsky is immensely talented. Regardless, I reserve the right to criticize this scene for its obvious flaws. [/ QUOTE ] well poo on you. |
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Yeah, while writing that I felt like I was going ewww! to somebody's lunch while it was halfway to their mouth, which I try not to do. But it's just my opinion. I think it holds up, but the scene plays better than I think it should because of Holden being, well, Holden, if nothing else. I wish I could see 5 times the Holden he gave us.
I love Tarantino's stagey dialogue, and Mamet's, too. Some of Marty seemed far too composed for realistic speech -- not like it was Neil Simon or anything -- but I loved it anyway. Just once in a while it jumps out at you, is all. I love these actors, but I felt they were grinding metal between their molars trying to force out those words and still give them some semblance of life. |
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i was always a fan of the two monologues by Ben Affleck in Boiler Room:
Jim Young: Okay, before we get started, I have one question, has anyone here passed a Series Seven exam? Man: (raises his hand) I have a Series Seven license. Jim: Good for you. You can get up too. Man: What? Why? Jim: We don't hire brokers here, we train new ones. That's it Skippy - pack your [censored], let's go. (the man leaves) Okay, here's the deal, I'm not here to waste your time. Okay, I certainly hope you're not here to waste mine, so I'm gonna keep this short. Become an employee of this firm, you will make your first million within 3 years. Okay, I'm gonna repeat that, you will make a million dollars, within three years of your first day of employment at J.T. Marlin. There's no question as to whether you become a millionaire working here. The only question is, how many times over. You think I'm joking....I am not joking. I am a millionaire. It's a weird thing to hear, right? Lemme tell ya, its a weird thing to say: I am a [censored] millionaire. And guess how old I am...27, you know what that makes me here? A [censored] senior citizen. This firm is entirely comprised of people your age, not mine. Lucky for me, I happen to be very [censored] good at my job or I'd be out of one. You guys are the new blood. You are the future swinging dicks of this firm. Now you all look money hungry and that's good. Anybody who tells you that money is the root of all evil, doesn't [censored] have any. They say money can't buy happiness. Look at the [censored] smile on my face! Ear to ear baby! You want details, fine. I drive a Ferrari 355 Cabriolet. What's up? (he slides his keys across the long boardroom table) I have a ridiculous house at the South Fork. I have every toy you could possibly imagine. And best of all, I am liquid. So now you know what's possible, let me tell you what's required. You are required to work your [censored] ass off at this firm. We want winners here, not pikers. A piker walks at the bell. A Piker asks how much vacation time you get in the first year. Vacation time? People come to work at this firm for one reason, to become filthy rich, that's it. We're not here to make friends, we're not saving the [censored] manatees here guys. You want vacation time, go teach third grade at a public school. Okay, first three months at the firm are as a trainee, you'll make 150 dollars a week. After you've done training, you take the series seven, you pass that, you become a junior broker and you're opening accounts for your team leader. You open forty accounts you start working for yourself, the sky's the limit. A word or two about being a trainee, your friends, parents, other brokers, they're gonna give you [censored] about it, it's true, a 150 a week, that's not a lot of money. Pay them no mind. You need to learn this business and this is the time to to do it. Once you pass the test, none of that's gonna matter. Your friends are [censored]. You tell em you made 25 grand last month they're not gonna [censored] believe you. [censored] them! [censored] 'em! Parents don't like the life you lead. [censored] your mom and dad. See how it feels when you're making their [censored] Lexus payments. Now go home and think about it. Think about whether or not this is really for you. If you decide that it isn't, listen, it's nothing to be embarrassed about. This is not for everyone. But if you really want this, you call me on Monday and we'll talk. Just don't waste my [censored] time......Okay, that's it. this one and Jim Young: Goddammit, you [censored]' guys. I'm gonna keep this short, okay? You passed your sevens over a month ago. Seth's the only one that's opened the necessary forty accounts for his team leader. When I was a junior broker I did it in 26 days. Okay? You're not sendin' out press packets anymore. None of this Debbie the Time Life operator [censored]. So get on the phones, it's time to get to work. Get off your ass! Move around. Motion creates emotion. I remember one time I had this guy call me up, wanted to pitch me, right? Wanted to sell me stock. So I let him. I got every [censored] rebuttal outta this guy, kept him on the phone for an hour and a half. Towards the end I started askin him buying questions, like what's the firm minimum? That's a buying question, right there that guys gotta take me down. It's not like I asked him, what's your 800 number, that's fuckoff question. I was givin him a run and he blew it. Okay? To a question like what is the firm minimum, the answer is zero. You don't like the idea, don't pick up a single share. But this putz is tellin me you know, uhh, 100 shares? Wrong answer! No! You have to be closing all the time. And be aggressive, learn how to push! Talk to 'em. Ask 'em questions... ask 'em rhetorical questions, it doesn't matter, anything, just get a yes out of 'em. If you're drowning and I throw you a life jacket would you grab it? Yes! Good. Pick up 200 shares I won't let you down. Ask them how they'd like to see thirty, forty percent returns. What are they gonna say, no? [censored] you? I don't wanna see those returns. Stop laughing, it's not funny. If you can't learn how to close, you better start thinkin about another career. And I am deadly serious about that. Dead [censored] serious. And have your rebuttals ready, guy says call me tommorrow? [censored]! Somebody tells you th-they money problems about buyin 200 shares is lying to you. You know what I say to that? I say, hey look, man, tell me you don't like my firm, tell me you don't like my idea, tell me you don't like my [censored] neck tie, but don't tell me you can't put together 2,500 bucks. And there is no such thing as a no-sell call. A sell is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock, or he sells you on a reason he can't. Either way, a sell is made. The only question is: who's gonna close? You or him?! Now be relentless. 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Come on, we've already mentioned Glengarry; compared to that, Boiler Room is nothing.
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Come on, we've already mentioned Glengarry; compared to that, Boiler Room is nothing. [/ QUOTE ] pshhhh |
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Pacino: Scent of a woman!
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Virgil Kint. Usual Suspects.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." |
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Virgil Kint. Usual Suspects. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." [/ QUOTE ] Verbal Kint, goofball. |
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Right. But don't let that take away form how great the monologue was. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Roger 'Verbal' Kint
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Macbeth in Macbeth [/ QUOTE ] Shakespeare should probably be excluded, but: Macbeth, as performed by Gandalf! Henry V Kenneth Branagh is a little crazy in this clip, but he's good. Hamlet- Branagh again |
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Apparently Mckellin has always sounded like an old man.
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