Tom Hollander: Cutler Beckett
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Lord Cutler Beckett : No doubt you've discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm, as your father believes.
Elizabeth Swann : Then what is?
Lord Cutler Beckett : I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm.
Elizabeth Swann : I expect, then, that we can come to some sort of understanding. I'm here to negotiate.
Lord Cutler Beckett : I'm listening.
[Elizabeth pulls out a gun]
Lord Cutler Beckett : I'm listening intently.
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Governor Weatherby Swann : You have no reason and no authority to arrest this man!
Lord Cutler Beckett : In fact I do. Here is the warrant for the arrest of one William Turner.
Governor Weatherby Swann : ...This warrant is for Elizabeth Swann!
Lord Cutler Beckett : Oh, is it? That's annoying. My mistake, arrest her too.
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Mr. Mercer : The last of our ships is returned.
Lord Cutler Beckett : Is there any news on the chest?
Mr. Mercer : None. But one of the ships did pick up a man adrift at sea.
[drops the Letters of Marque on the desk]
Mr. Mercer : He had these.
[Beckett opens the letter to look at it before looking up at Norrington]
Norrington : I took the liberty of filling in my name.
Lord Cutler Beckett : If you intend to claim these, then you must have something to trade. Do you have the Compass?
Norrington : [shakes his head] Better.
[tosses a bag onto Beckett's desk]
Norrington : The heart of Davey Jones.
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Lord Cutler Beckett : I care not for cursed Aztec gold. My desires are not so provincial. There's more than one chest of value in these waters. So perhaps you may wish to enhance your offer.
Elizabeth Swann : [cocks her gun] Consider in your calculations that you robbed me of my wedding night.
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Lord Cutler Beckett : Perhaps you remember a certain pirate named Jack Sparrow.
Will Turner , Elizabeth Swann : *Captain!*
Elizabeth Swann : *Captain* Jack Sparrow.
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Lord Cutler Beckett : The East India Trading Company has need of your services. We wish for you to act as our agent in a business transaction with our mutual friend Captain Sparrow.
Will Turner : More acquaintance than friend. How do you know him?
Lord Cutler Beckett : We've had dealings in the past. And we've each left out mark on each other.
Will Turner : What mark did he leave on you?
Lord Cutler Beckett : By your efforts, Jack Sparrow was set free. I would like you to go to him and recover a certain property in his position.
Will Turner : Recover? At the point of a sword?
Lord Cutler Beckett : Bargain! You will offer what amounts to a full pardon. Jack will be free. A privateer in the employ of England.
Will Turner : Somehow I doubt Jack will consider employment the same as being free.
Lord Cutler Beckett : Freedom! Jack Sparrow is a dying breed. The world is shrinking. The blank edges of the map filled in. Jack must find his place in the new world or perish.
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Lord Cutler Beckett : Every man has a price he will willingly accept, even for what he hoped never to sell.
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Lord Cutler Beckett : A marriage interrupted... or fate intervenes?
