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.
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.
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.
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
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): [result]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.[/result]
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"
"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."
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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.
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"
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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Matthew Broderick's speech (as Col. Shaw) right before the assault on Fort Wagner at the end of "Glory."
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. ...Time to die. -Blade Runner
Who were you that I lived with, walked with? The brother, the friend? Strife and love, darkness and light--are they the workings of one mind, features of the same face? Oh my soul. Let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes. Look out at the things you made. All things shining. Thin Red Line