Local Hero (1983)

Denis Lawson: Gordon Urquhart

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• [approaching Ben's beach shanty] 

  Victor : Where's the door here?

  Urquhart : There is no door. Just knock on the window.

  Mac : Jesus, how do you do business with someone who doesn't have a door?

  Victor : The ethics are just the same.

• Urquhart : [acting as bartender]  I want you to try this Scotch. It's 42 years old.

  Mac : Old enough to be out on its own.

• Mac : [not realizing that the innkeeper is Urquhart]  We have to talk to a Mr Urquhart, an accountant. Can you tell me where we might find him?

  Urquhart : Indeed, yes. He has an office next door, to the left, on the first floor. I know for a fact that he'll be there in about 15 minutes.

• Urquhart : [to Stella, imitating Mac]  We have an injured rabbit also.

• Urquhart : [regarding the eaten rabbit]  Is it worthwhile calling the vet, Stella?

  Stella : Don't be a clown, Gordon.

• Urquhart : How's the casserole de lapin?

  Mac : Excellent.

  Urquhart : Terrific. Thank you.

  Oldsen : [thinking a moment]  Lapin? That's rabbit.

  Mac : Is this my rabbit?

  Oldsen : Harry!

  Mac : Trudy!

  Urquhart : We don't allow animals in the bedrooms, I should have told you sooner.

• Victor : How are things? I heard about the ceilidh.

  Urquhart : Oh, we've lots to tell you. We've been invaded by America. We're all gonna be rich.

  Victor : Really?

  Urquhart : We won't have anywhere to call home, but we'll be stinkin' rich.

• Urquhart : [bouncing on his bed]  Oh boy, are we going to be rich!

• Urquhart : I'll get the food.

  Victor : Bring some brandy back with you Gordon, I'm dying.

• Urquhart : [looks first at Ben walking home and then looks at the crowd staring at him]  Let's walk him home.

• Mac : [both men are drunk]  Would you leave Stella here with me?

  Urquhart : Sure I will.

  Mac : You're a good guy, Gordon.

• Urquhart : We have to be talkin' about millions.

  Mac : Maybe.

  Urquhart : What kind of millions do you reckon we're talkin' about?

  Mac : We'll have to talk about that.

• Urquhart : You never mentioned comets before, MacIntyre. That's a whole new area of negotiation.

• Mac : Jesus, look. Holy cow! Jesus!

  Urquhart : Calm down, Mac. It's just a meteor shower.

• Urquhart : There's Victor's song.

  Victor : [singing]  Guess that I was born to be a rover, Guess I've always been a rolling stone, But someday when my roving days are over, I will found a place to call my own...

• Mac : I have a proposition for you, Gordon. I know I may be a bit tipsy, but I want you to consider this seriously. Okay?

  Urquhart : Okay.

  Mac : Okay. I want to swap with you - everything. I want to stay here, run the hotel, do little bits of business. You can go to Houston. Take the Porsche, the house, the job. It's a good life there, Gordon. I pull down 80,000 a year, plus I have over 50,000 in mixed securities. I want you to have it all. There's nothing due on the car, it's pure ownership. And I won't let down your good name here, Gordon. I'll make a good Gordon, Gordon. What do you say, pal?

  Urquhart : What about Stella?

  Mac : I was coming to that.

• Urquhart : Go and see her, Mac.

  Mac : You say toodle-oo for me, Gordon. And toodle-oo to you, too.