Local Hero (1983)
Peter Riegert: Mac
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Quotes
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Mac : Whose baby?
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Mac : [desperate to make the deal] Look, how much do you want?
Ben : [fills his hands with sand] Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand?
[drops some sand]
Ben : Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it?
Mac : No. Of course not.
Ben : Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more?
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Rev Macpherson : You want to buy my church?
Mac : Not as a going concern.
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Mac : [drunkenly] I'll make a good Gordon, Gordon.
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Rev Macpherson : What can I do for you?
Mac : We're here on - kind of a mission.
Rev Macpherson : Same here.
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Mac : Where are we?
Oldsen : The last coupla road sign were in Gaelic. It's not one of my languages.
Mac : You speak languages?
Oldsen : French, Italian, Spanish. Greek, Turkish, Russian, Swedish, German, Japanese, Dutch, and Polish. I have a facility with languages.
Mac : I've got some chocolate and some gum. What have you got?
Oldsen : Nothing. Niente. Nada. Rien...
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Mac : I've got some very fine beaches here... any beach that takes your fancy I'll get for you.
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Mac : [regarding the eaten rabbit] It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!
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Mac : Did you cook my rabbit?
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Townsman : Mister Mac! That was a telephone call from America, there's a Mister Happer coming to see you.
Mac : Happer?
Townsman : Yes, H-A-P-P...
[he pauses to think]
Townsman : ...P-E-R. They spelt it for me!
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Mac : [staring at the sky while talking to Mr. Happer] It's red all over! It's red all over!
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Mac : [staring at the mob nearing Ben's house] Maybe they just want to talk to him?
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Mac : Go piss up a rope!
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Mac : Could you imagine a world without oil? No automobiles, no heat.
Oldsen : And polish.
Mac : No ink.
Oldsen : And nylon.
Mac : No detergents.
Oldsen : And Perspex. You wouldn't get any Perspex.
Mac : No polythene.
Oldsen : Dry-cleaning fluid.
Mac : And water-proof coats. They make dry-cleaning fluid out of oil?
Oldsen : Oh, yeah, didn't you know that?
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Mac : Do I really have to go there? I'm more of a telex man. I could fix the deals in an afternoon over the phone, like with Salinas last year?
Fountain : It's not like Mexico, Macintyre. We're dealing with people like ourselves. You're a Scot. You'll be dealing with your own people. That's why you're going. You won't be dealing with a bunch of Indians.
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Mac : Cal, will you look after Africa for me while I'm gone?
Cal : All of Africa?
Mac : Nah, just the west coast deals. Yeah, Sarah's got the files. We've got the Congo development minister's tit in the wringer so squeeze another 5% of the crude oil gross out of him and I think we can close this deal.
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Mac : Cal, don't get up, but I've just been called upstairs. I mean, I'm going to go upstairs and meet the man. I mean, this could be it, Bubba. Big doings! When was the last time you know anybody was called upstairs, huh? And I get to ride the express elevator, too.
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Mac : You're the pervert! Oh, look it, just piss up a rope, all right?
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Mac : Don't know why I'm here. I'm more of a telex man. Could sew this whole deal up in one afternoon over the wires. That's the kind of person I am. I need electricity.
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Mac : There's extraordinary things happening in the sky. And as you suggested, I'll watch Virgo as well. And I'll let you know if anything - God! It just went red all over! It's red all over!
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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.
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Mac : Where are we?
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[repeated line]
Mac : [concerning the payphone] I need more change!