The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Paul Shenar: Jenner

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• Jenner : I learned this much, take what you can when you can.

  Justin : Then you've learned nothing.

• Jenner : Hear me. The Thorn Valley Plan is the aspiration of idiots and dreamers. We...

  [sees Justin] 

  Jenner : We were just talking about you.

  Justin : That's refreshing, Jenner. Usually, you're screaming about us.

• Mrs. Brisby : You're in great danger. NIMH is coming.

  Jenner : Come come. Let's return to the rosebush.

  Mrs. Brisby : NIMH's coming.

  Rat 1 : NIMH?

  Mrs. Brisby : In the morning.

  Rat 2 : NIMH?

  Mrs. Brisby : Yes. You will all die unless you leave the farm tonight.

  Jenner : Lies.

  Mrs. Brisby : Please! You must believe me.

  Rat 1 : What if it's true?

  Rat 2 : We'll all be killed.

  Rat 3 : Don't panic.

  Jenner : Don't listen. She's hysterical.

  Mrs. Brisby : Get out now!

  [With a vicious backhand, Jenner sends Mrs. Brisby flying. He shucks his cape and draws his sword] 

  Jenner : You get out. I've had enough.

• Jenner : With Nicodemus out of the way, what's to stop us from taking over?

  Sullivan : Jenner, you can't kill Nicodemus.

  Jenner : No taste for blood, huh? They've taken the animal out of you.

• Justin : It was you. You did it. You killed Nicodemus. That was no accident.

  Jenner : Yes. I killed him.

• Jenner : Listen, the Brisby house is a large cement block. In the moving, what if it should fall?

  Sullivan : An accident?

  Jenner : Of course. Cut the lines and the weight of it will crush his bones.

  Sullivan : It's risky.

  Jenner : Once rid of Nicodemus, the plan will die. We can stay here as long as we like.

  Sullivan : What about Justin?

  Jenner : Leave him to me.

• Jenner : Friends, we cannot move the Brisby home.

  Mr. Ages : We can't just leave it here in the mud.

  Jenner : The equipment is a shambles.

  Mrs. Brisby : [offscreen]  Justin!

  Jenner : One day, we shall journey to Thorn Valley, just as Nicodemus wanted. But not now.

  Mrs. Brisby : Justin!

  Mr. Ages : Mrs. Brisby.

  Jenner : Come. Let us return to the rosebush, where we belong.

• Jenner : Nicodemus is cooperating beautifully.

  Sullivan : Jenner.

  Jenner : Standing in just the right spot.

  Sullivan : Jenner, I can't do it.

  Jenner : When the block reaches midway, you cut the line!

  Sullivan : I...

  Jenner : [Holding a sword to Sullivan's throat]  Don't get any ideas, my friend. You're in this up to your neck.

• Jenner : The plan is nothing but folly. A doddering old fool's fantasy. Nicodemus would have us destroy this colony only to lead us to starvation in some wilderness.

  Justin : [laughs sarcastically]  Good old Jenner.