Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

Donald Sutherland: Charles, Pierre

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Quotes 

• Duke d'Escargot : What brings you to Paris?

  Claude : Oh, you might say a little business...

  Charles : ...and a little pleasure.

  Duke d'Escargot : Which do you prefer? Business, or pleasure?

  Charles : Well that depends on what you regard as business.

  Claude : And, what you may regard as pleasure!

  Duke d'Escargot : In Paris we say, business is pleasure.

  Charles : And to us, pleasure is our business.

  Duke d'Escargot : Then your business should be a pleasure, making my pleasure a business.

  Claude : Unless, some mistake business for pleasure. While others know no business but pleasure.

  Duke d'Escargot : In that case sir I will show you my business.

  Claude : My pleasure.

• [there are two sets of brothers, a brother from one set has unknowingly spoken to a brother from another set when their actual brothers arrive] 

  Philippe : How did you get here so fast?

  Pierre : I took a secret passageway.

  Charles : How did you get here so fast?

  Claude : I took a secret passage.

• Charles : She's beautiful. I like the king's plan.

  Claude : What are you talking about?

  Charles : She'll never marry Escargot, it'll be a pleasure killing that swine!

  Claude : You've forgotten who you are? You'd be lucky to run the girl through.

  Charles : Oh, yeah.

• Charles : Do be gracious. We're not in Corsica.

  Claude : I don't car... kare? care?

  Charles : Care.

  Claude : Care where we are. I don't think this is suitable for the occasion.

• Charles : [as he and Claude are trying to escape out the window to find themselves confronted by a cannon pointed straight at them]  We... from Corsica!

  Claude : As they say in Corsica... Goodbye!

• Philippe : I like this plan. Half of France will soon be ours.

  Pierre : Why settle for half? When all of France could be ours.

  Philippe : All of France? Yes. We don't need d'Escargot

  Pierre : Exactly.

  Philippe : Exactly. All the castles.

  Pierre : All the chapels.

  Philippe : All the windows.

  Pierre : The drapes.

  Philippe : All the leather.

  Pierre : The lace.

  Philippe : All the forest!

  Pierre : All the flowers.

  Philippe : All the land!

  Pierre : All the grass.

  Philippe : The rocks!

  Pierre : The stones.

  Philippe : The pebbles!

  Pierre : The dirt.

  Philippe : The mud!

  Pierre : The muck.

  Philippe : I have a new destiny! One day I shall be King!

  Pierre : And I shall be Queen!

• Christina : You're very well known in my country.

  Charles : And you're very well known in your country.

  Christina : I suppose I am.

• Pierre : Would you stop stepping on my heel!

  Philippe : Can I help it if I have this enormous stride? Look at it, man! Look at it! You see? You see my point? You see my stride? Look!

• Bath Attendant : [mistaking Charles as Pierre]  My what a big back, your grace.

  Charles : Really?

  Bath Attendant : Oh, bigger than the King's.

  Charles : Really? What about my - neck?

  Bath Attendant : That's bigger than the King's, too.

• Dr. Boileau : Now, young man. What is your name?

  Philippe : My name? You want to know my name?

  Dr. Boileau : Oh yes.

  Philippe : That's what you're asking me, what is my name?

  Dr. Boileau : Oh yes.

  Philippe : I'll tell you my name, if you want to know what my name is.

  Dr. Boileau : I do.

  Philippe : Do you know *why* I'm going to tell you my name?

  Dr. Boileau : No.

  Philippe : Do you *want* to know *why* I'm going to *tell* you my *name*...

  Dr. Boileau : Oh yes.

  Philippe : ...you *blithering fat headed addle brained idiot?

  [Philippe grabs Boileau] 

  Dr. Boileau : Ohh!

  Philippe : *Aagh!* Because you *asked* me my name, that's *why* I'm going to *tell* you my *name!* *Because you*...

  [Jacques buffets Philippe] 

  Jacques : See, I told you so, they're crazy.

  Dr. Boileau : I know.

  Dr. Boileau : [to Pierre]  Now young man. Do you know who *you* are?

  Pierre : Of *course* I know who *we* are.

  Dr. Boileau : Who?

  Pierre : ...The Corsican Brothers.

  [there is raucous laughter] 

  Dr. Boileau : [incredulously]  The *Corsican Brothers?* Oh, I'm so sorry... Oh do forgive me. I'm so sorry, the Corsican Brothers!

  Dr. Boileau : [to Jacques]  You're right, they're crazy!

  [Dr. Boileau pulls the lever with Philippe and Pierre subsequently falling through a trapdoor] 

• [last lines] 

  [it's present day in front of King Louis XVI's Summer Palace] 

  The Narrator : [reading out of the discovered book]  Listen to this. "This incredible meeting was to write a glittering new page in history. For you see..."

  [the Narrator is shot dead by a Descendant of Pierre] 

  Descendant of Pierre : [to a Descendant of Charles after they both appear in the distance]  Now no one will know the secret.

  [as the Descendant of Charles grabs the book dropped to the ground by the Narrator, he is shot dead by a Descendant of Philippe, who subsequently shoots dead the Descendant of Pierre] 

  Descendant of Claude : [to the Descendant of Philippe as they both appear from behind the bushes]  Did you have to shoot them? I didn't know you were going to shoot them.

  Descendant of Philippe : Bring me that book.

  [the Descendant of Claude picks up the book and hands it to the Descendant of Philippe, who opens it in preparing to read it] 

  Descendant of Claude : You didn't have to shoot them. We've could have talked things over.

  Descendant of Philippe : Talk? Is that what you want: talk?

  Descendant of Claude : [as he nods positively]  Well, you didn't have to...

  [the Descendant of Philippe shoots the Descendant of Claude] 

  Descendant of Claude : [just before he falls to the ground dead]  ... shoot them.

  Descendant of Claude : [to the camera as he opens the book and starts to read aloud]  "This incredible meeting was to write a glittering new page in history. For you see..."

  [a Descendant of the Man in the Iron Mask shoots the Descendant of Philippe dead] 

  Descendant of the Man in the Iron Mask : [yelling as he starts to run away]  Free! Free!