Band of Brothers (TV Mini Series)
Currahee (2001)
Scott Grimes: Donald G. Malarkey
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Quotes
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Bill Guarnere : I like Winters, he's a good man, but when the bullets start flying, I don't know if I want a Quaker doing my fighting for me.
Walter S. Gordon Jr. : How do you know he's a Quaker?
Bill Guarnere : He ain't Catholic.
Donald G. Malarkey : Neither's Sobel.
Bill Guarnere : That prick's a son of Abraham.
Cpl. Joseph Liebgott : A what?
Bill Guarnere : He's a Jew.
Cpl. Joseph Liebgott : [gets up and squares off against Guarnere] I'm a Jew.
Bill Guarnere : Congratulations. Get your nose outta my face.
[they begin fighting]
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Warren H. (Skip) Muck : Right now, some lucky bastard's headed for the South Pacific. Oh, what I would give. He's gonna get billeted on some tropical island...
Donald G. Malarkey : Keep talking.
Warren H. (Skip) Muck : ...sitting under a palm tree with six naked native girls...
Donald G. Malarkey : Oh, yeah.
Warren H. (Skip) Muck : ...helping him cut up coconuts, so he can hand-feed 'em to the flamingos.
Joseph P. Domingus : Flamingos are mean. They bite.
Wayne A. (Skinny) Sisk : So do the naked native girls.
Frank Perconte : With any luck.
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Herbert M. Sobel : [Easy Company is standing outside, awaiting the arrival of their CO, who comes in yelling] You people are at the position of attention!
[Everyone straightens up as Sobel marches up and down the columns, looking for infractions. He stops in front of one of them]
Herbert M. Sobel : Private Perconte have you been blousing your trousers over your boots like a paratrooper?
Frank Perconte : No, sir.
Herbert M. Sobel : Then explain the creases at the bottom.
Frank Perconte : No excuse, sir.
Herbert M. Sobel : Volunteering for the Parachute Infantry is one thing Perconte, but you've got a long way to prove that you belong here. Your weekend pass is revoked.
[He walks up to another solidier]
Herbert M. Sobel : Name?
George Luz : Luz, George
Herbert M. Sobel : [He inspects Luz's rifle] Dirt in the rear side aperture, pass revoked.
[He picks out another soldier and begins picking at his arm]
Herbert M. Sobel : When did sew on these chevrons, Sgt. Lipton?
C. Carwood Lipton : Yesterday, sir.
Herbert M. Sobel : Long enough to notice this?
[He holds up a small piece of lint or thread]
Herbert M. Sobel : Revoked.
C. Carwood Lipton : Sir.
Herbert M. Sobel : [Continues walking through the columns] Name?
Donald G. Malarkey : Malarkey, Donald G.
Herbert M. Sobel : Malarkey, Malarkey's slang for 'bullshit', isn't it?
Donald G. Malarkey : Yes, sir.
Herbert M. Sobel : [He examines Malarkey's gun] Rust on the butt plate hinge spring, Private 'Bullshit", revoked.
[He continues on to the next soldier]
Herbert M. Sobel : Name?
Cpl. Joseph Liebgott : Liebgott, Joseph D., sir.
Herbert M. Sobel : [Pulling out Liebgott's bayonet point] Rusty bayonet, Liebgott. You want to kill Germans?
Cpl. Joseph Liebgott : Yes, sir
Herbert M. Sobel : [He smacks him on the helmet with his bayonet] Not with this.
[He walks away from the troops, holding up the bayonet]
Herbert M. Sobel : I would not take this rusty piece of shit to war, and I will not take you in your condition. Now thanks to these men and their infractions, every man in the Company who had a weekend pass has lost it. Change into your PT gear, we're running Currahee.