Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Jon Bernthal: Lee Iacocca

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Quotes 

• Lee Iacocca : James Bond does not drive a Ford, sir.

  Henry Ford II : That's because he's a degenerate.

• Lee Iacocca : Carroll Shelby.

  Carroll Shelby : Maybe?

  Lee Iacocca : Lee Iacocca, Ford Motors. Suppose Henry Ford II wanted to build the greatest race car the world's ever seen, to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. What's it take?

  Carroll Shelby : Well, it takes somethin' money can't buy.

  Lee Iacocca : Well, it can buy speed.

  Carroll Shelby : It isn't about speed.

• [During the Ford-Ferrari negotiations, Enzo Ferrari receives a message from Fiat. He begins to ask Iacocca questions in Italian] 

  Ford Italian Translator - Gary : 'Only one small question. It concerns my race program.'

  [Enzo speaks in Italian] 

  Ford Italian Translator - Gary : 'If I wish to race Le Mans, and you do not wish for me to race Le Mans... do we or do we not go?'

  [Iacocca gets up] 

  Lee Iacocca : Look, in that highly unlikely scenario... if, uh, we just can't agree... then, yes. I mean, no. You are correct. You do not go.

  [Enzo's translator explains, but he stops her. He then gives Iacocca some scathing words in Italian] 

  Ford Italian Translator - Gary : 'My integrity as a constructor, as a man, as an Italian, is deeply insulted by your proposal.'

  [Enzo gets up and puts on his jacket] 

  Ford Italian Translator - Gary : 'Go back to Michigan. Back to your big, ugly factory. Back to your big, ugly factory, making its ugly, little cars.'

  [Enzo approaches Iacocca while speaking] 

  Ford Italian Translator - Gary : 'Tell your pigheaded boss that all his, uh, smug executives are worthless sons of whores.'

  Enzo Ferrari : [in English]  Tell him he's not Henry Ford. He's Henry Ford II.

  [Enzo turns to his associates] 

  Enzo Ferrari : [in Italian]  I'm starving. Let's go eat.

• [Henry Ford II reads the newspaper headline of Fiat buying Ferrari before dropping the paper and picking up his glass to pour a drink] 

  Leo Beebe : He played us. Old Man Enzo had no intention of selling to us. He used us to up his price, embarrass our company and insult your leadership. It was a bad idea from the start.

  [Henry II approaches his executives] 

  Henry Ford II : What exactly did he say?

  [pause, as Henry II takes a drink] 

  Lee Iacocca : He said Ford makes ugly little cars, and we make 'em... in an ugly factory. He said our executives are sons of whores.

  [Henry II approaches Iacocca] 

  Henry Ford II : About me?

  Lee Iacocca : He called you fat, sir. Pigheaded.

  Henry Ford II : Go on.

  Lee Iacocca : He said you're not Henry Ford. You're Henry Ford II.

  [Henry II stares at Iacocca before walking back to his desk] 

  Henry Ford II : I want the best engineers. The best drivers. I don't care what it costs. We're gonna build a race car...

  [Henry II finishes his drink and puts down his glass] 

  Henry Ford II : And we're gonna bury that goddamn greasy wop 100 feet deep under the finish line at Le Mans. And I will be there to watch it.