Best Movie Speech

[Neo¹]

I'd have to say Al Pacino's speech at the end of Scent of a Woman (http://yu.ac.kr/~bwlee/esc/scent.mp3)


-N1

[amerifolklegend]

Quinten Tarantino's Top Gun speech in Sleep With Me is the single greatest monologue ever put on film.


And of course, Will Ferrell's debate in Old School is a fine candidate.

[Val1]

Well, I'll go with Kenneth Brannagh's Henry V's St Crispin's Day speech. Laurence Olivier's obviously no piker, but Brannagh's Prince Hal was a bit more martial and that fits it better.

[Crimen y Castigo]

Pacino's out of order. This whole thread's out of order . . .


Off the toppa me skully:

John Cusack's "kickboxing" speech at the door in Say Anything.
The anatomical analogy speech in Team America.
Bill Murray's "We're Mutts" speech in Stripes.
David Thewlis and the entire film Naked.
Brando's "like a diamond bullet" speech in Apocalypse Now.
...and not to get all sappy and obvious, but his "coulda been a contender" speech in On the Waterfront still chokes me up. After all, I'm your brotha. You shoulda looked out for me Chahlie.

[royalstilton]

something was wrong with this thread as no previous posts came up, so i may be covering the same old ground.

i think the Pulp Fiction speech in which Christopher Walken describes the history of a certain watch is in the top 3

[billreeves]

Samuel L Jackson had a great speech in "Deep Blue Sea" -- that was the "smart shark" movie from 1999. For those who haven't seen it (result-protected for you sensitive types):

He gives this stirring motivational speech about how they're going to work together and survive and escape the complex, and just as he finishes, the shark jumps out of the water behind him and eats him.

[DoctorJones24]

Paul Scofield as Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons"
-the court scene

Henry Fonda's "I'll be there..." speech from "The Grapes of Wrath"

[Neo¹]

Samuel L Jackson had a great speech in "Deep Blue Sea" -- that was the "smart shark" movie from 1999. For those who haven't seen it (result-protected for you sensitive types):

That speech was halarious and The Result was unexpected.

[tog]

"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that. I dunno, I can't figure it all out tonight sir, I just wanna hang with your daughter."

[Lithium858]

Jodie Foster's speech in front of that large panel in DC at the end of Contact.

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[Dr Jay]

Alec Baldwins speech in Glengarry Glen Ross.

"Coffee is for closers"

[skipshady]

It wasn't so much a speech as it was a soliloquiy, but Ed Norton's "F--- you" scene in 25 Hours was fantastic.

Either that, or "Once more into the breach!" That screenwriter has a future in Tinseltown.

[Cascarino's Pizzeria]

Hopper & Walken's back & forth about Sicilians in "True Romance." A classic.

[Coach_McGuirk]

14 posts and no one has mentioned Belushi's speech in "Animal House"? Criminal.

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

"Germans???"

"Forget it, he's rolling"

[pething101]

"I believe in the soul, the ********, the **********, the small of a woman's back, the
hanging curve ball, high fibar, good scotch. I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald
acted alone. I believe there should be a constitutional amendment outlawing
Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft core
pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas eve,
and I believe in long, soft, slow, deep, wet kisses that last three days."

[romagol10]

Matil's Bulimia speech in Zoolander. Well not the speech itself but Zoolander and Hansel's reactions. From "You can read minds?" to "Models throw up all the time it's a great way to lose weight before a show!" that scene is incredible.

[otterulz]

The "you're like this bear" speech by Trent and Sue to Mikey in Swingers. Then there's the speech by Col. Jessup in A Few Good Men. Yet the one speech that I love every single time is when Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting tells off that guy in the bar.

[Lithium858]

Yet the one speech that I love every single time is when Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting tells off that guy in the bar.
The speech that Robin Williams gives Matt Damon on the bench by that pond is one of the best too.

[cl_hanley]

Hopper & Walken's back & forth about Sicilians in "True Romance." A classic.
One of my top 5 scenes. The whole movie was loaded with great scene after great scene. The cast was amazing and many HUGE names today had bit parts in that movie.