“Farewell to the King” quotes
(1989)
Title Farewell to the King
Year 1989
Director John Milius
Genre Drama, War, Adventure, Action
Year 1989
Director John Milius
Genre Drama, War, Adventure, Action
Plot – During World War II, British Captain Fairbourne and Sergeant Tenga are parachuted in Borneo to convince the indigenous tribes to fight against the Japanese invaders. They are captured by the Dayak, a tribe of headhunters, whose leader is Sergeant Learoyd, a US army deserter who accepts to fight the Japanese in exchange of freedom. At the end of the war, Learoyd is taken prisoner by the British army, but Fairbourne keeps his promise.
All actors – Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez, Nick Nolte, Marilyn Tokuda, Chang Wing Choy, Aki Aleong, Marius Weyers, William Wise, Wayne Pygram, Richard Morgan, Elan Oberon
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“For them it is a man that counts. Not life.”
“When you're young you think you're blazing a trail. One day you look down and notice it's a beaten track.”
“Blood must be answered with blood.”
“From this day, from this time on, I'll never raise my hand against another man.”
“- Botanist: If you were a communist how could you be king?
- Learoyd: Only a communist would think of it.”“I have a special relationship with the spirits. I died once. I had to. I had to give up everything, even the will to live.”
“Vengeance is futile. It never ends.”
“The death agony of the Japanese army in Borneo was as sad as the sinking of a great ship. Bullets, explosives, poisoned arrows. Men stumbling through the night, mumbling incoherently. Hunger. Men eating weeds, leeches, insects - and each other. Despair, madness. For me, for us, the same period was as thrilling as a cavalry charge. May god...” (continue)(continue reading)
“Farewell, my king. Farewell.”
“History is written by unusual men. Some who even become kings, and some who make no more mark than that of a stone thrown into an ocean.”
“- Vivienne: You feeling alright?
- Botanist: Did Judas feel aright?”
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