In a movie with a script so dazzling, it's hard to pick out favourites, but mine has to be:
"That is a colloquial rendering, of course."
...after he's just translated something into Matabili for the vicar.
I nearly fell off the couch! xD
I rather like his line, as they are entering the woods, about his morality not allowing him to indulge in blood sports.
It is truly hard to pick a favorite in this little masterpiece.
"Poor Edith. I am afraid all this is going to take years of her life."
share"Poor little imprisoned bird. Well, she was welcome to flutter her wings with me."
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My favorite was when the Vicar is pointing out the Gascoigne memorials and pews and talks about "the dead and the living" -- leaving you to wonder which category he belongs in.
shareI love "For weekends, like life, are short."
"It is so hard to make an end of people with whom one is not on friendly terms." (paraphrasing this one).
"I'd say you were the perfect combinations of imperfections. I'd say your nost was a little too short. Your mouth just a little too wide."
"I shot an arrow in the air. She fell to earth in Berkely (sp) Square."
Oh so many more!
One of the things I love about this film are the beautiful turns of phrase. The line that I like best is "While I never admired Edith as much as when I was with Sibella, I never longed for Sibella as much as when I was with Edith". Such an elegant and efficient sentence.
shareCant' remember the line word for word but I love the one about him promoting the Vicar to next in line for death because of his boring sermon at an earlier funeral.
shareNo contest:
"The advent of twin sons to the Duke was a terrible blow. Fortunately, an epidemic of diphtheria restored the status quo almost immediately, and even brought me a bonus in the shape of the Duchess."
You ain't got a license to kill bookies and today I ain't sellin any. So take your flunky and dangle
"Fortunately, an epidemic of diptheria restored the status quo almost immediately - and even brought me a bonus, in the shape of the Duchess".
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"