The Thief Lord (2006)

Rollo Weeks: Scipio

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• Scipio : Nothing's safe from the Thief Lord.

• Scipio : I'll put it in bank accounts for each of you.

  Riccio : Bank accounts? What next, my midlife crisis?

• Scipio : Now tell me, what did you steal? Money, jewels? Are you lock-pickers? Purse-pickers?- Pocket-pickers?

  Prosper : We're not thieves.

• Scipio : Do you know what happens here after dark? Things little eyes should never, ever see.

  Bo : We're not scared.

  Scipio : Not scared? Well, aren't you the little tiger? RAWR!

• Scipio : You're not a grown-up, are you? Only some of them are very small. You wouldn't be trying to trick me on my own turf, would you?

  Bo : I'm six and a quarter.

  Scipio : [Removes mask and smiles]  That makes you a VIP.

• Scipio : Bigger money equals bigger plans -

  [looking at Bo] 

  Scipio : and bigger cakes to buy.

• Conte : One should not wear a mask in church any more than a hat.

  Scipio : One should not plan a thief in a confessional, and that's what we're here for, right?

• Scipio : Perhaps you're a tourist.

  [slowly] 

  Scipio : Where - are - you - visiting - from?

  Victor : I'm an Eskimo, can't you tell?

  Scipio : Really? That is fascinating.

• Prosper : You better go home, Scipio. The others are angry. They don't understand what you've done.

  Scipio : Are you angry? Do you understand?

  Prosper : [pauses and Scipio looks down sadly]  I'm trying.

• Contessa : How old are you? Fourteen, fifteen?

  Scipio : With this money, I can be any age I want. I won't have to be a child any longer.

  Contessa : Did you hear that, Renzo? He no longer wants to be a child!

  Conte : Nature will soon grant him his wish.

• Conte : [now a child; about the merry-go-round]  I only just managed to dismount in time.

  Scipio : Uh, looks like you went a bit too far.

  [exchanges glances with Prosper] 

• Conte : The only visitor we allow to come here is Barbarossa.

  Scipio : Does he know about the merry-go-round?

  Conte : Good heavens, no. He'd immediately start selling tickets at ten-thousand apiece.

• Prosper : What you do is your choice. But I can't do this.

  Scipio : What about Bo? Think how happy he'd be

  Prosper : Bo wants me as a brother, not a father.

• Barbarossa : [now a child]  Look at what's happened to me! I'm a respected man!

  Scipio : Can I at least recommend a better tailor?

• Scipio : [about child Barbarossa]  Sorry I had to bring him here, Ida. He's afraid of the dark. He didn't want to stay in his shop on his own.

• Victor : [Scipio is now grown up]  And you - I've heard of growths spurts, but this is ridiculous. I mean, what are you - your own older brother? Or the winner of a Thief Lord look-a-like competition or what?

  Scipio : How about your new assistant?

• Scipio : [about a revamped boat]  It looks about as sea-worthy as a rubber duck.

• Scipio : I expect you to behave.

  Riccio : Hey, that's a laugh coming from you, Thief Lord.

• Scipio : Everything's ship shape and Bristol fashion with your false beard now.

• Scipio : Stubble!

• Scipio : What's the matter?

  Prosper : I'm scared.

  Scipio : Of what?

  Prosper : Of guns.

• Scipio : [to Victor, who is trying to re-adjust his fake beard]  Everything ship-shape and Bristol-fashion with your *false-beard* there?

• Scipio : Father, I think the cat's sick...