Favourite monologues

[Parra]

Favorite monologues from films. There are the classics, will be interesting to see what else turns up.

Here is one to start - genuine classic/one of the best. Robert Shaw is Quint in Jaws:

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[T.S Quint]

That Indianapolis speech is one of my favourite scenes in all of cinema.
Shaw is just so good in that role.

 

[T.S Quint]

Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction.
The Ezekiel 25:17 part is the most well known bit and is fantastic...but the whole scene is just a masterclass by Sam Jackson.

"What does Marcellus Wallace look like?"

Warning: Course language and violence...obbviously.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdL7N3wkpco

 

[T.S Quint]

This one has been parodied so much but the original is still so powerful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7PmzdINGZk

 

[Parra]

Glengarry Glen Ross is known for great performances & monologues.

Pacino gives it to Kevin Spacey

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[Parra]

That Indianapolis speech is one of my favourite scenes in all of cinema.
Shaw is just so good in that role.

Agree on both counts. It is the scene that inspired me to start this thread. Hard to top.

 

[LESStar58]

Favorite monologues from films. There are the classics, will be interesting to see what else turns up.

Here is one to start - genuine classic/one of the best. Robert Shaw is Quint in Jaws:

[youtube]u9S41Kplsbs[/youtube]

Just close the thread. Honestly.

go through and find the original on the net before Shaw got his claws in to it. That just emphasises just how powerful it is!

 

[Pete Cash]

Glengarry Glen Ross is known for great performances & monologues.

Pacino gives it to Kevin Spacey

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Alec Baldwin's monologue is a classic too.

 

[Evil_Mush]

The Dicks/Assholes/Pussies speeches from Team America are the first that comes to mind, couldn't stop laughing when I saw those for the first time at the cinema!
1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtGU_uNr08
2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAaertdaQk

As for serious ones, Al Pacino has a bunch of goodies (including the GGR one above) plus probably a bunch of others I haven't seen yet :
- Any Given Sunday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9CD7uj2TL0)
- Scent Of A Woman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8CtJSQFL4)
- Devils Advocate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGR4SFOimlk)


Also one that'd be best watching as part of the movie rather than an out-of-context clip is Billy Bob Thornton in Slingblade, he barely utters a word throughout the movie (except the odd few sentence followed by MMMHMMM), but goes into gruesome detail to a kid he's befriended as to why he was put in a mental asylum.
Recommend watching the movie if you haven't yet, I didn't know anything about this movie until previous flatmate got it on VHS a few years back as part of a videostore clear out, pretty powerful.

 

[bileduct]

Rutger Hauer's "tears in rain" monologue from Blade Runner.

Easily.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

- Devils Advocate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGR4SFOimlk)

Always loved that one.

I re-watched Inglorious Basterds the other day. Love that opening scene with Hans Landa at the farm.

 

[T.S Quint]

This one too.

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[Parra]

Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction.
The Ezekiel 25:17 part is the most well known bit and is fantastic...but the whole scene is just a masterclass by Sam Jackson.

"What does Marcellus Wallace look like?"

Warning: Course language and violence...obbviously.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdL7N3wkpco

From Pulp Fiction I'm going for this one

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[T.S Quint]

Oh hell yeah!

Walken's the man.

 

[Evil_Mush]

http://moviemelt.com/15-best-movie-monologues-of-all-time/

I don't think I'd put "Today we celebrate...... OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY" as one of the greats, each to their own I guess! Might have to look up some of the worst/cheesiest monologues, hah, might be some pure gold out there!

 

[Evil_Mush]

Another good "great monologue" lists for perusal, some good ones (and some unexpected) in there that that I hadn't even thought about :

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/14-most-impressive-monologues-in-movie-history-dbell.php

 

[Wizardman]

He is not the most decorated actor in the history of cinema, but Slyvester Stallone's monologue at the end of "First Blood" is an absolute gem. The best acting scene of his career by miles.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Not strictly a monologue in the pure sense but Vincent Price's speech at the beginning of Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare".

 

[T.S Quint]

He is not the most decorated actor in the history of cinema, but Slyvester Stallone's monologue at the end of "First Blood" is an absolute gem. The best acting scene of his career by miles.

Great pick.

 

[Parra]

Big rant from Ed Norton in 25th Hour

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