Fitzcarraldo (1982)

José Lewgoy: Don Aquilino

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• Don Aquilino : Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. This gentleman is harmless. He's just had a, a soul-stirring experience.

  Rubber Baron : Sir. My servants will conduct you to the kitchen. My dogs' cook will prepare you a meal. Thank you very much, sir. You were superb.

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : To your dogs' cook.

  [downs champagne glass] 

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : To Verdi.

  [downs champagne glass] 

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : To Rossini.

  [downs champagne glass] 

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : To Caruso.

  [downs champagne glass] 

  Rubber Baron : [picks up champagne glass]  To Fitzcarraldo, the Conquistador of the Useless!

  [raises glass] 

  Rubber Baron : Cheers!

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : As true as I am standing here, one day I shall bring grand opera to Iquitos. I will outgut you. I will outnumber you. I will outbillion you. I will outrubber you. I will outperform you. Sir, the reality of your world is nothing more than a rotten caricature of great opera.

  Molly : Fitz, Fitz, let's go. This man is no opponent. He's as dead as a doornail.

  Rubber Baron : Madam, I'm still standing firm on both my legs.

  Molly : You're a big game hunter, aren't you?

  Rubber Baron : What's that got to do with it?

  Molly : Then you should know: When you shoot an elephant, he sometimes stays on his legs for ten days before he topples over. Good night!

• Don Aquilino : You know, the two of us have a bet going - how long it will take until you go bankrupt. Oh, please don't take it personally. We're all sportsmen, aren't we?

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : No, only one of us. I shall move a mountain.

• Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : What's he saying?

  Don Aquilino : We must be quiet. He says whoever talks will be swallowed up the evil spirits of the whirlpool. Shh.

• Don Aquilino : The Indians call the rapids Chirimagua, "the angry spirits." Anyone who falls in there is lost. The bare-asses also say the water has no hair to hold on to.

• Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : Is this a rubber tree?

  Don Aquilino : Right. "Hevea brasiliensis." They call the rubber tree "caoutchou," "tree that weeps." These bare-asses love flowery language. Gold, they call "sweat of the sun." Bees, "fathers of honey." You know, it's no easy job to discipline them, believe me.