Pharaoh's Army (1995)
Chris Cooper: Captain John Hull Abston
Quotes
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Chicago : [returning] Captain, there was a barn burnt down. Some old man and his wife were killed.
Captain John Hull Abston : Where?
Chicago : There.
[pointing]
Rodie : No more than five miles up the creek.
Captain John Hull Abston : [to Sarah] You know who's place it is?
Sarah Anders : Yankees.
Rodie : Ma'am they weren't Yankees. Just some old farmer and his wife.
Sarah Anders : They sent two boys into the Union Army.
[splits hatefully and goes into house]
Rodie : [splits back] They were just farmers...
Narrator : Like I said, the war was rough through here.
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Preacher : You'll burn in hell for your sins.
Captain John Hull Abston : Then I guess we'll meet again.
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Boy : Are you a General?
Captain John Hull Abston : A General, hmm, no, just a Captain.
Boy : How many men you kill?
Captain John Hull Abston : You really wanna know?
Boy : [eagerly yes]
Captain John Hull Abston : None.
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Chicago : [speaking with a European accent]
Captain John Hull Abston : Where are you from?
Chicago : Chicago.
Captain John Hull Abston : No, I mean before that.
Chicago : Ah, a small village in Bonn. It's very small.
Captain John Hull Abston : You damn foreigner. Why get mixed up in this?
Chicago : I think I get to see new places. I get tired of chopping sausage.
Captain John Hull Abston : Pretty thin reason to get shot at.
Chicago : You got a better one? I've heard your big reasons. To save the Union?
[scoffs]
Chicago : This is what the General said. To free the slaves? Nobody that I know of what to get killed to free a bunch of nigs.
Captain John Hull Abston : It's a mess, ain't it?
Chicago : Why did you sign up?
Captain John Hull Abston : Minister. Brought a run-away slave into our church and ripped off his shirt and showed off the ugliest damn strap scars. Then right there from the pulpit the minister asked for volunteers, and I stood up, and here I am, stealing chickens...
