The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)

Erick Bowen: Mateo

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Quotes 

• Timi : You know why a compass has a mirror on the back?

  Mateo : [turning the compass over to see the mirror]  Why?

  Timi : So you can see who's lost.

• Timi : [being chased by Mateo, opens a little book up and reads]  Excerpts from the Geneva Convention.

  Mateo : Forget it!

  Timi : It says here, that no prisoner should be treated inhumanly.

  Mateo : All right, all right. You can rest for three minutes.

  [they both stop and the Timi sits down by a tree] 

  Timi : What's your hurry?

  Mateo : None your business.

  [stares at his watch] 

  Mateo : [short cut scene of the oldest kid running under a giraffe] 

  Mateo : [still looking at his watch]  3 minutes.

  [starts jeep up] 

  Timi : I'm pooped man.

  Mateo : [doesn't listen and starts chasing Timi again. Suddenly, the Timi runs in another direction and a wild chase scene ensues] 

  Mateo : [yelling all sorts of crazy things]  Stop that! You are my prisoner! I'm gonna report you to the Geneva convention!

  [Mateo gets on the hood of his jeep and then a moment later Timi gets in the driver seat and taps on the Mateo's ankle who is unaware where the Timi is. Mateo double takes, and Timi slams on the brakes as Mateo goes flying making a wild yelp] 

  Mateo : You mustn't do that!

  Timi : [smiles]  March!

• [Two soldiers both point a gun at each other at the same time. Cuban soldier then drops his gun] 

  Mateo : All right, I'm your goddamn prisoner!

  Timi : I don't want you... You're a shitty prisoner.

• Xixo : [speaking in his own dialect to Dr. Ann Taylor and the two soldiers] 

  Dr. Ann Taylor : Follow him.

  Timi : We low on gas.

  Dr. Ann Taylor : Follow him.

  Mateo : We low on gas.

  Dr. Ann Taylor : [enunciating]  Follow him.

  Timi : [sighs, and follows Xixo] 

• Timi : [being chased by Mateo, opens a little book up and reads]  Excerpts from the Geneva Convention.

  Mateo : Forget it!

  Timi : It says here, that no prisoner should be treated inhumanly.

  Mateo : All right, all right. You can rest for three minutes.

  [they both stop and Timi sits down by a tree] 

  Timi : What's your hurry?

  Mateo : None your business.

  [stares at his watch] 

  Mateo : [flash to a very short cut scene of the oldest kid running under a giraffe] 

  Mateo : [still looking at his watch]  3 minutes.

  [starts jeep up] 

  Timi : I'm pooped man.

  Mateo : [doesn't listen and starts chasing Timi again. Suddenly, Timi runs in another direction and a wild chase scene ensues] 

  Mateo : [yelling all sorts of crazy things]  Hey! Stop that! You are my prisoner! I'm gonna report you to the Geneva convention!

  [Mateo gets on the hood of his jeep and then a moment later the Timi gets in the driver seat and taps on the Mateo's ankle who is unaware where Timi is. Mateo double takes, and Timi slams on the brakes as the Mateo goes flying making a wild yelp] 

  Mateo : You mustn't do that!

  Timi : [smiles]  March!