Movies with the best Monologue

[prohornblower]

Link for Dialogue thread

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.

[Kimbell175113]

Macbeth

in Macbeth

[Hey_Porter]

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Macbeth

in Macbeth

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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

[Taso]

Apparently Mckellin has always sounded like an old man.

[Enrique]

Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator.
This is my favorite, you can read it in the memorable quotes IMDB. It is the first quote.

[zyrrth]

brando in apocalypse now

[Dan87]

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brando in apocalypse now

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXIY85yNF9E

[Blarg]

"Turning the pages of The Wasteland like Moby Dick with one fat flipper ..." (stolen from the LA Weekly)

[Thug Bubbles]

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.

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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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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.

[TwoOuter]

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)