302 quotes found
"What'd you think, son? That I was just some crazy old coot, putting everyone in harm's way as I yelled "YEE-HA!"?"
"We're here to preserve democracy—not to practice it."
"(Theatrical Poster) On the nuclear submarine USS Alabama, one man has absolute power. And one man will do anything to stop him."
"Danger runs deep."
"(DVD Cover) In the face of the ultimate nuclear showdown, one man has absolute power. And one man will do anything to stop him."
"On the brink of nuclear war, two men clash over the fate of the world."
"Denzel Washington - Lt. Commander Ron Hunter"
"Gene Hackman - Capt. Frank Ramsey"
"George Dzundza - Chief of the Boat"
"Matt Craven - Lt. Roy Zimmer, USS Alabama Communications Officer"
"Viggo Mortensen - Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince"
"James Gandolfini - Lt. Bobby Dougherty"
"Rocky Carroll - Lt. Darik Westergard"
"Jaime Gomez - Officer of the Deck Mahoney"
"Michael Milhoan - Chief of the Watch Hunsicker"
"Scott Burkholder - T.S.O. Billy Linkletter"
"Danny Nucci - Petty Officer First Class Danny Rivetti"
"Lillo Brancato - Petty Officer Third Class Russell Vossler"
"Eric Bruskotter - Bennefield"
"Rick Schroder - Lt. Paul Hellerman"
"Steve Zahn - William Barnes"
"I am the commander in chief of the United States, and I say when we go to war!"
"[The night prior to the beginning of the U.S. Navy's military "quarantine" of Cuba] You know, last summer, I read a book, The Guns of August. I wish every man on that blockade line had read that book. It's World War I, there's thirteen million killed; it was all because the militaries of both alliances believed they were so highly attuned to one another's movements and dispositions, they could predict one another's intentions, but all their theories were based on the last war. And the world and technology had changed, and those lessons were no longer valid, but it was all they knew, so the orders went out, and couldn't be rescinded. And your man in the field, his family at home; they couldn't even tell you the reasons why their lives were being destroyed. But why couldn't they stop it? What could they have done? Here we are, fifty years later. Think if one of their ships resists the inspection, and we shoot out its rudder, and board, they shoot down one of our planes in response, so we bomb their anti-aircraft sites, and in response to that, they attack Berlin...so we invade Cuba...and they fire their missiles...and we fire ours."
"This is not a blockade. This is language. A new vocabulary, the likes of which the world has never seen! This is President Kennedy communicating with Secretary Khrushchev!"
"Bruce Greenwood - President John F. Kennedy"
"Kevin Costner - Kenny O'Donnell"
"Stephanie Romanov - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy"
"Dylan Baker - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara"
"Steven Culp - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy"
"Bill Smitrovich - General Max Taylor"
"Henry Strozier - Dean Rusk"
"Ed Lauter - General Marshall Carter"
"Michael Fairman - U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson"
"Len Cariou - Dean Acheson"
"Peter White - John McCone"
"Kevin Conway - General Curtis LeMay"
"Elya Baskin - Anotoly Dobrynin"
"Frank Wood - McGeorge Bundy"
"'Fail Safe' Will Have You Sitting on the Brink of Eternity!"
"The screen zeros in on the most suspenseful adventure drama of our age!"
"It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!"
"Dan O'Herlihy — General Warren Abraham Black or "Blackie""
"Henry Fonda — The President"
"Walter Matthau — Professor Groeteschele"
"Larry Hagman - Buck"
"Frank Overton - Gen. Bogan"
"Edward Binns - Col. Jack Grady"
"Fritz Weaver - Col. Cascio"
"William Hansen - Defense Secretary Swenson"
"Russell Hardie - Gen. Stark"
"Russell Collins - Gordon Knapp"
"Sorrell Booke - Congressman Raskob"
"Nancy Berg - Ilsa Woolfe"
"Dom DeLuise - Sgt. Collins"
"Frieda Altman - Mrs. Jennie Johnson"
"Hildy Parks - Betty Black"
"Janet Ward - Helen Grady"
"Louise Larabee - Mrs. Cascio"
"Dana Elcar - Mr. Foster"
"[Reply to the Afghan freedom fighter who inquired if he had used guns in the past] I've fired a few shots."
"[tries to convince Rambo to join him in Afghanistan] There was a sculptor. He found this stone, a special stone. He dragged it home and he worked on it for months until he finally finished it. When he was ready he showed it to his friends. They said he had created a great masterpiece, but the sculptor said he hadn't created anything. The statue was always there, he just chipped away the rough edges."
"God would have mercy. Rambo won't!"
"The first was for himself. The second for his country. This time it's for his friend."
"Sylvester Stallone - John Rambo"
"Richard Crenna - Col. Samuel Trautman"
"Kurtwood Smith - Robert Griggs"
"Marc de Jonge - Col. Zaysen"
"Are there any Paraguayans here? [subtle laugh from the reporters] Well, of course, their requests for subsidies was not Paraguayan in and of it is as it were the United States government would never have if the president, our president, had not and as far as I know that's the way it will always be. Is that clear?"
"I'm sorry I'm late; I had to attend the reading of a will. I had to stay till the very end, and I found out I received nothing... broke my arm."
"My objective? Well I object to taking a girl out, you know, and buying her dinner and then she won't put out for you."
"Can I borrow your tent?"
"[Arguing surgical techniques) with a doctor] We mock what we don't understand."
"[rescuing Fitz-Hume] You know, I must really like you, because I don't like horses and I hate guns!"
"For once I'm completely in agreement with my partner. I'm not going down there. Do you know what those things can do? Suck the paint off your house and give your family a permanent orange afro."
"Hard to believe its been only 15 minutes since I destroyed the world. In another 15 minutes, it'll all be over. Such a short time to destroy a world. And to think my high school guidance counselor said I'd never amount to anything."
"Col. Rhumbus: Boys, it would be a shame to have to kill you now."
"Karen Boyer: Gentlemen, I think you both should realize the gravity of this moment. I've spent the last two-and-a-half years of my life preparing for this penetration."
"General Sline: When we commissioned the Schmectel Corporation to research this precise event sequence scenario, it was determined that the continual stockpiling and development of our nuclear arsenal was becoming self-defeating. A weapon unused is a useless weapon."
"Chevy Chase - Emmett Fitz-Hume"
"Dan Aykroyd - Austin Millbarge"
"Donna Dixon - Karen Boyer"
"Bruce Davison - Ruby"
"William Prince - Keyes"
"Steve Forrest - General Sline"
"Tom Hatten - General Miegs"
"Bernie Casey - Colonel Rhumbus"
"Charles McKeown - Jerry Hadley"
"Vanessa Angel - Soviet Rocket Crewperson"
"James Daughton - Rob Hodges"
"Jim Staahl - Bud Schnelker"
"Frank Oz - Test Monitor"
"Terry Gilliam - Dr. Imhaus"
"Ray Harryhausen - Dr. Marston"
"Derek Meddings - Dr. Stinson"
"Joel Coen - drive-in guard #1"
"Sam Raimi - drive-in guard #2"
"Martin Brest - drive-in guard #3"
"Costa-Gavras - Soviet highway patrol #1"
"Bob Hope - himself/golfer"
"B.B. King - Ace tomato agent"
"Michael Apted - Ace tomato agent"
"Larry Cohen - Ace tomato agent"
"Heidi Sorenson - Alice, Fitz-Hume's supervisor"
"Edwin Newman - himself"
"We will not fail."
"We deliver, or we drown."
"Under no circumstances will I abandon my boat or my crew to the enemy."
"It's never difficult to do one's duty, Captain."
"At every stage of this disaster, which came within moments of being a far greater disaster, the officers and crew did what had to be done. Seven are now dead and nobody knows how many more are dying, or how fast. These are the men who returned home to be interrogated as if a crime had been committed, questioned, even while undergoing treatment for radiation poisoning, locked up and denied access to wives and families, but they and their comrades saved K-19 and maybe, just maybe, they saved all of you as well. One thing more, please, no captain in the soviet navy has ever been faced with such decisions the fate of the boat, the crew, and the fate of the world all in balance. The navy is my life. And one thing I know, there can only be one captain of a ship. The burden of command is on his shoulders, and is alone. None of you - none of you - has the right to judge Captain Vostrikov. You weren't there. I was. He was our captain. He was my captain. And it would be an honor to sail under his command again."
"Igor Suslov: In American propaganda you will see how everyone has a car, nice clothes, a nice apartment. But you will never see the truth behind this lie. You will not see police dogs attacking strikers and demonstrators for civil rights. You will not see the beggars on the streets, the homeless, the negro-shantytowns in the south. You will not see the warmongers who threaten the world with nuclear holocaust."
"Vadim Radtchenko: [admiring the reactor] This is the future, Pavel. Cars that never need refueling. Free power for every family. Maybe even travel to the planets."
"Harrison Ford - Captain 2nd Rank Alexei Vostrikov, Commanding Officer"
"Liam Neeson - Captain 3rd Rank Mikhail "Misha" Polenin, Executive Officer"
"Peter Sarsgaard - Lieutenant Vadim Radtchenko, Reactor Officer"
"Joss Ackland - Marshal Zolentsov, Defense Minister"
"John Shrapnel - Admiral Bratyeev"
"Donald Sumpter - Captain 3rd Rank Gennadi Savran, Medical Officer"
"Tim Woodward - Vice Admiral Konstantin Partonov"
"Steve Nicolson - Captain 3rd Rank Yuri Demichev, Torpedo Officer"
"Ravil Isyanov - Captain 3rd Rank Igor Suslov, Political Officer"
"Christian Camargo - Petty Officer Pavel Loktev, Senior Reactor Technician"
"George Anton - Captain-Lieutenant Konstantin Poliansky, Missile Officer"
"James Francis Ginty - Seaman Anatoly Subachev, Reactor Technician"
"Lex Shrapnel - Captain-Lieutenant Kornilov, Communications Officer"
"Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson - Captain 3rd Rank Viktor Gorelov, Chief Engineer"
"Sam Spruell - Senior Seaman Dmitri"
"Sam Redford - Petty Officer 2nd Class Vasily"
"Peter Stebbings - Kuryshev"
"Shaun Benson - Chief Petty Officer Leonid Pashinski"
"Kristen Holden-Reid - Captain-Lieutenant Anton"
"Dmitry Chepovetsky - Sergei"
"Tygh Runyan - Petty Officer 1st Class Maxim Portenko, Sonar Operator"
"Jacob Pitts - Grigori"
"Michael Gladis - Senior Seaman Yevgeny Borzenkov"
"JJ Feild - Andrei"
"Peter Oldring - Vanya"
"Joshua Close - Viktor"
"Jeremy Akerman - Fyodor Tsetkov, Captain of the S-270"
"A duck goes into a pharmacy wanting some lip balm. The druggist asks if that will be cash or credit, and the duck replies "Put it on my bill!""
"[calling Eve but is left to leave a message on her answering machine] This is Adam. Look, I just wanted to thank you for everything you did for me. And... I wanted to tell you that I, that, uh... that I--that I wish so many good things for you. I wish so hard that all of your dreams come true. And... and that- and that's all I... And that's all."
"Comes the Story about a guy in his 30's stuck in the 60's Looking for the Love in the 90's."
"She was a woman of the world. He had never been around the block."
"She'd never met anyone like him. He's never met anyone... Period."
"After 35 years in a bomb shelter, Adam Webber is finally going outside to play."
"Brendan Fraser - Adam Webber"
"Alicia Silverstone - Eve Rustikov"
"Christopher Walken - Calvin Webber"
"Sissy Spacek - Helen Webber"
"Dave Foley - Troy"
"Joey Slotnick - Archbishop Melcher/Soda Jerk"
"Dale Raoul as Mom"
"Rex Linn as Dave"
"Bill Gratton as Eve's Boss"
"Nathan Fillion as Cliff"
"Jennifer Lewis as Dr. Nina Aron"
"Hugh Wilson as Levy"
"Cynthia Mace as Betty"
"Harry S. Murphy as Bob"
"Carmen Moré as Sophie"
"Sonya Eddy as Postal Worker"
"Robert Sacchi as Bogart DJ"
"I am supposed to keep my mouth shut and uncover Topaz? At the risk of my own skin? That's quite a job, my friends."
"There are no color bars in Cuba. We're a free and democratic nation. All men are comrades."
"I'll never leave here. I am Cuban. I love my country. No matter what, I have to see it through."
"You are being a damn fool. You have made up a story because it's what you want to believe, because of me! I don't believe he had any contact with your man Uribe. I don't think anyone else will! If you are doing him any harm, I will raise such hell. And you know I can."
"Oh, the Cubans. I love the Cubans. They are so wild!"
"I've been shot...Just a little."
"Frederick Stafford - André Devereaux"
"Dany Robin - Nicole Devereaux"
"John Vernon - Rico Parra"
"Karin Dor - Juanita de Cordoba"
"Claude Jade - Michèle Picard"
"Michel Subor - Francois Picard"
"Michel Piccoli - Jacques Granville"
"Philippe Noiret - Henri Jarré"
"Roscoe Lee Browne - Philippe Dubois"
"Per-Axel Arosenius - Boris Kusenov"
"John Forsythe - Michael Nordstrom"
"Edmon Ryan - McKittreck"
"In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in a fabric. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable."
"Britain has emergency plans for war. If central government should ever fail, power can be transferred instead to a system of local officials dispersed across the country. In an urban district like Sheffield, there is already a designated wartime controller. He's the city's peacetime chief executive. If it should suddenly become necessary, he can be given full powers of internal government. When, or if, this happens depends on the crisis itself."
"In the last few days, emergency headquarters like this have been hastily improvised up and down the country, in the basements of town halls and civic centres."
"Many of these officers have had no training at all. Some have learnt of their emergency role in the last few days, and almost all are unsure of their exact duties."
"It is 8:30 a.m. 3:30 in the morning in Washington. Over the past few days, neither the President nor his senior staff will have had more than a few hours rest. This is when they may be asleep. This is when Western response will be slowest."
"The first fallout dust settles on Sheffield. It's an hour and 25 minutes after the attack. An explosion on the ground at Crewe has sucked up this debris and made it radioactive. The wind has blown it here. This level of attack has broken most of the windows in Britain. Many roofs are open to the sky. Some of the lethal dust gets in. In these early stages, the symptoms of radiation sickness and the symptoms of panic are identical."
"Hanging in the atmosphere, the clouds of debris shut out the sun's heat and light. Across large areas of the Northern Hemisphere it starts to get dark, it starts to get cold. In the centers of large land masses like America or Russia, the temperature drop may be severe, as much as 25 degrees centigrade. Even in Britain, within days of the attack it could fall to freezing or below for long, dark periods."
"The entire peacetime resources of the British Heath Service, even if they survived, would be unable to cope with the effects of even the single bomb that's hit Sheffield."
"By this time, without drugs, water or bandages, without electricity or medical support facilities, there is virtually no way a doctor can exercise his skill. As a source of help or comfort, he is little better equipped than the nearest survivor."
"Money has had no meaning since the attack. The only viable currency is food, given as reward for work or withheld as punishment. In the grim economics of the aftermath, there are two harsh realities. A survivor who can work gets more food than one who can't and the more who die, the more food is left for the rest."
"Detention camps are improvised to cope with looters. Their numbers are growing."
"A growing exodus from cities in search of food. It's July. The countryside is cold and full of unknown radiation hazards. By now, five to six weeks after the attack, deaths from the effects of fallout are approaching their peak."
"Collecting this diminished first harvest is now literally a matter of life and death."
"Chronic fuel shortages mean that this could be one of the last times tractors and combine harvesters are used in Britain."
"The first winter. The stresses of hypothermia, epidemic and radiation fall heavily on the very young and old. Their protective layers of flesh are thinner. In the first few winters, many of the young and old disappear from Britain."
"[Radio announcement fragmentary due to Jimmy channel hopping] There's been further fighting in Iran between government and... as the civil war there..."
"[Footage with caption " film"] This film, shot secretly by a West German television crew on Tuesday, shows one of the Soviet convoys on the move in northern Iran. The convoys were first spotted by United States satellites on Monday, moving across three of the mountain passes leading from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Foreign Minister has defended the incursions, and has accused the United States of deliberately prompting last week's coup in Iran. Speaking on his arrival in Vienna, Mr. Gromyko claims the Soviet vehicles were responding to appeals from legitimate government forces from the Bojnord. He went on to define American covert activities in Iran in the period immediately preceding the coup as "destabilising". He warned the United States of the dangers seeking in what he called "an easy return to the reign of the Shah.""
"The United States has hinted it may send troops to the Middle East if the Russians don't move their forces out of Iran. The Prime Minister has joined the chorus of western leaders calling for immediate withdrawal and has spoken of a serious threat to world peace. Four people were killed today on the M6 motorway in Staffordshire when their car was in a collision with a heavy tanker. The accident happened at the junction with the A449 near Dunston."
"On a day that has seen U.S. naval vessels in the Indian Ocean put on high alert, and on the eve of the Iran debate in the United Nations Security Council, this morning's report came as a bombshell to most Americans. Quoting sources close to the administration, the Washington Post says there's been a serious incident involving a United States warship in the waters off the coast of Iran. No further details are given in the story, attributed the paper's defence correspondent. However, one rumour, being heard increasingly in the Capitol this morning, says the vessel is a U.S. submarine that has disappeared whilst on routine patrol in the area. Coming just at the same time, the latest news of a Naval alert [...] has alarmed many people, by seeming to confirm that something very serious has happened. A Pentagon spokesman refused to be drawn one way or other on the crisis parrying all reporter's questions at his regular morning press briefing."
"BBC News at 8 o'clock: The Soviet Union has protested strongly to the United States about what it calls "dangerous provocations" by American warships in the Gulf of Oman yesterday. This follows an incident in which serious damage was caused to the Soviet cruiser Kirov, when she was in collision with the U.S. destroyer Callaghan."
"American and Israeli search and rescue vessels in the area today came across debris and oil slicks that could only have come from the missing submarine. It's still being said in Washington, that the Los Angeles was on a routine reconnaissance mission off the coast of Iran, when she sank last Tuesday with the loss of all hands. After paying tribute to her 127 officers and men, the President went on to say that he held the Soviet Union solely responsible for their deaths, and for the vessel's disappearance."
"The remaining units of the United States 10th Airborne Division, which parachuted into western Iran yesterday, have taken up defensive positions near Isfahan, designed, according the spokesman, to block any possible move towards the oilfields in the Persian Gulf. Squadrons of American B-52 bombers have been arriving at U.S. bases in Turkey since late on Tuesday evening, together with three AWACS early warning aircraft. It's believed that they'll be used in a supporting role to the Middle East task force. The 84th Airborne Division has also been placed on the state of combat readiness, and is set to be able to [...]"
"Worldwide [...] about the superpower confrontation in the Middle East has increased [...] this evening . In a statement issued a short time ago by the Pentagon in Washington, the United States has accused the Soviet Union of moving nuclear warheads into their new base at Mashhad in northern Iran. According to the American spokesman, the war [...] aboard two giant Antonov transport planes late yesterday afternoon and were immediately moved undercover into temporary hangars. [...] predictable flurry of activity in and around the NATO headquarters. Among those arriving in the last half-hour [...] member countries. They entered the building swiftly, and do not comment on the reports at this stage. [...] a statement within the next hour or so. NATO's position on the United States' action in sending its task force to Iran has been cautious up to now [...] from which neither side could back down. Arriving here in Brussels a short time ago, NATO's Secretary General said he [...] in the Middle East. Whether the latest news [...] strengthens the divisions within NATO is something we should know in a few hour's time, when the full council of ministers meets in an emergency session to debate its response to the crisis [...] into London. And we've just heard that the Prime Minister has issued a message of support for the United States government. The statement, just released from Downing Street, condemns what it calls "reckless Soviet actions, which can only worsen an already grave situation.""
"There's been no response from the Soviet government as yet to the United States ultimatum delivered to Moscow last night. The American note calls for joint withdrawal of all U.S. and Soviet forces from Iran by noon on Sunday. However, NATO observers in West Germany have reported increasing build-ups of Warsaw Pact troops and vehicles at points along the central frontier this morning. The Ministry of Defence has announced it's sending more troops to Europe to reinforce the British commitment to NATO. The first contingent left RAF Brize Norton this morning."
"The day has been marked by a number of demonstrations up and down the country, reflecting support for and against the government's decision to reinforce Europe. Although most of these passed off without incident, police made a number of arrests for disorderly conduct at rallies in the North and Midlands."
"The government has taken control of British Airways and all cross-channel ferries: they say it's a temporary step to help move troops to Europe; thousands are stranded at Heathrow and Gatwick; and the Royal Navy is to guard the North Sea oil rigs: the MOD says it's a prudent, precautionary measure."
"Since the expiry of the American ultimatum to the Soviet Union at noon yesterday, there have been intense diplomatic efforts to mediate between the two countries. There is still no information from Iran itself: no news teams have been allowed in or out of the country since phone and telex links were cut on Friday evening. Questioned in the House this morning, the Foreign Secretary said he had no definite news to report, and that it would be unhelpful to speculate in the absence of any hard information from the area."
"There's been a run on tinned food, sugar, and other storable items, which is causing shortages in some areas. A spokesman for the main supermarket chain said that panic buying is unnecessary. Fuel shortages are hindering resupply in some areas, but overall there is no shortage of stocks. They urge the public to calm down, be patient [...]"
"In response to today's news of the outbreak of hostilities between vessels of the United States and Soviet navies, a special session of parliament has this evening passed an Emergency Powers Act. There'll be a special announcement at the end of this bulletin, and details will be given then of how this affects you. The Prime Minister is expected to address the nation on the international crisis later this evening. A statement, issued earlier from Downing Street, said the government is optimistic that a peaceful, negotiated settlement to the conflict is at hand. In the meantime, the public is urged to remain calm, and to continue normally."
"Nevertheless, people are alarmed about the lack of advice or information from the government. Well, the policy of the government is quite clear on the matter, we are urging to people to keep calm, use their common sense and to go about their business as normal. Panic can only make matters worse. We all know the situation is serious but we are in constant touch with our allies in Washington and have firm assurance that it's under control. [...] proceed smoothly. Thank you Minister, and we've just had a newsflash from Bonn, that the Russians have cut the road links into and out of West Berlin. Radio and air communications with the city have apparently also been severed. Details are still coming in, but it seems an American army convoy bound for West Berlin has been turned back at on the East German border. Unconfirmed reports say the Russians have offered a safe passage out of the city to the U.S., British and French garrisons. It's not clear if this move is connected with yesterday's riots in East Germany. We'll bring you more details on the story as soon as we have them."
"Local authorities have been given the power to suspend certain peacetime functions, and to requisition premises and materials for civil defence purposes. A government spokesman said that this was a precautionary move only: it was not a cause for alarm."
"The AA and RAC have reported heavy congestion on roads up and down the country, particularly those leading to Wales and the West Country. The police are urging motorists not to travel unless absolutely necessary, and if it is essential, to use only minor roads and leave motorways and intercity trunk routes clear for official traffic. A full list of designated Essential Service Routes is posted outside your local authority headquarters: it includes the M1, M18, A63 and A629."
"There's growing evidence overnight from scientists and observers in many countries that there have been two nuclear explosions in the Middle East. There's no official confirmation of what has happened, and the Foreign Office in London say they have no comment to make on the report. The evidence also points to two major explosions in Northern Iran on Sunday afternoon. The Swedish government [...] said yesterday that its instruments [...] recorded just before half past one and again at two o'clock our time [...] 100 kilotons were detonated, several times higher than the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The French news agency has [...] bright light [...] Unconfirmed reports from Islamabad, reaching London this morning, suggest [...] that radioactive debris may have fallen on parts of west[ern] Pakistan. According to the report [...] high levels of radiation were reported by army units in the region around and , near the country's border with Iran. The evacuation of the area is also reported."
"Radiation levels are still dangerous. Residents of Release Band A—that is Woodseats, Dore and Totley, and Abbeydale—should not stay out of their shelters for more than two hours per day. Residents of Release Band B—that is Nether Edge, Banner Cross, and Broomhill—no longer than one hour per day."
"All able-bodied citizens—me[n], women and children—should report for reconstruction duties, commencing 08:00 hours tomorrow morning. The [in]habitants of Release Band A—that is Dore and Totley, Abbeydale, and Woodseats—should rendezvous in Abbeydale Park. Release Band B—that is Nether Edge, Broomhill, and Banner Cross—should rendezvous [...]"
"If we are to survive these difficult early months and establish [a] firm base for the redevelopment of our country, then we must concentrate all our energies on agricultural production."
"The Mail on Sunday (poster):"
"The Times:"
"The time has now come to make everything ready for you and your family, in case an air attack happens. This does not mean that war is bound to come, but there is a risk of this, and we must all be prepared for it."
"[attack warning] When you hear the attack warning, you and your family must take cover at once. Do not stay out of doors. If you are caught in the open, lie down. [first note of the theme]"
"If you leave your home, your local authority may take it over for homeless families. And if you move, the authorities in the new place will not help you with food, accommodation, or other essentials. You are better off in your own home. Stay there. [theme]"
"If anyone dies, while you are kept in your fallout room, move the body to another room in the house. Label the body with name and address, and cover it as tightly as possible in polythene, paper, sheets, or blankets. If however, you have had a body in your house for more than 5 days, and, if it is safe to go outside, then you should bury the body for the time being in a trench, or cover it with earth and mark the spot of the burial. [theme]"
"The most widespread danger is fall-out. Fall-out is dust, that is sucked up from the ground by the explosion. Fall-out can kill."
"Here are some ideas for making your inner refuge. One. Make a ‘lean-to’ with sloping doors or strong boards rested against an inner wall. Prevent them from slipping by fixing a length of wood along the floor. Build further protection of bags or boxes of earth or sand, or books, or even clothing, on the slope of your refuge, and anchor these also against slipping. Partly close [...]"
"Have you made your inner refuge, inside the fall-out room? Have you strengthened it with dense materials? Have you put the following items in your fall-out room: enough water, in sealed or covered containers, to last you and your family for 14 days; enough food to last you and your family for 14 days, including tinned or powdered milk for the children, and food for the baby - and a closed cupboard or cabinet in which to store these supplies; a portable radio with spare batteries; a tin opener, bottle opener, cutlery, crockery and cooking utensils; improvised lavatory seat, polythene buckets fitted with covers, polythene bag linings, for emptying the containers, strong disinfectant and toilet paper; candles and matches [...]"
"This time they are playing with, at best, the destruction of life as we know it, and at worst, total annihilation. You cannot win a nuclear war! Now just suppose the Russians did win this war... What exactly would they be winning? What would they have conquered? Well, I'll tell you! All major centres of population and industry would have been destroyed. [Heckler: "Industry? What industry? We ain't got no industry in Sheffield!"] Yes, and if the money hadn't - [trying to make herself heard amongst the jeers] if the money hadn't - if the money hadn't been spent on nuclear weapons, you would have built up industry. We would have put money into welfare, we would have found alternative sources of energy. Industry... [pauses for applause] Industry will have been destroyed. The soil would have been irradiated. Farmstock would be dead, diseased or dying. The Russians would have conquered a corpse of a country."
"As a result of decisions taken in Cabinet last night, and passed to the Home secretary for implementation, you are requested to undertake an initial review of the Emergency Arrangements listed [...] You will, of course, take care that any such review is carried out with discretion and does not cause undue public alarm [...]"
"Emergency Committee - Flint, Langdon, Matthews"
"Controller - Clive J. Sutton"
"Deputy Controller - Alan Boulton"
"Works Officer - George Cox"
"Food Officer - Roger Fisher"
"Manpower Officer - Susan Russell"
"Environmental Health Officer - D. [...]"
"Homelessness Officer(s) - Tony Barnes, Roy Chamberlain"
"Information Officer - D. Talbot"
"Scientific Advisers - Keith H[...], A. Jennings, Charles [...]"
"District Inland Transport Co-ordinator - James Lee"
"The unprovoked attack on our submarine, and the move into Iran, are the actions of a reckless and warlike power. I have to warn the Soviets in the clearest possible terms that they risk taking us to the brink of an armed confrontation, with incalculable consequences for all mankind."
"The United States government has been forced, reluctantly, to take action to safeguard what it believes are legitimate Western interests in the Middle East. This administration has therefore resolved to send units of its rapid deployment force, the U.S. Central Command, into western Iran. We are confident that the Soviet Union will take note of our resolve, and will desist from its present perilous course of action."
"Our intention in making Threads was to step aside from the politics and – I hope convincingly – show the actual effects on either side should our best endeavours to prevent nuclear war fail."
"Nuclear war is everyone’s problem, it’s not just country to country. It’s a worldwide problem, we all share it, and that’s why it’s so frightening now. Since Threads was made I’m sure there have been advances in what nuclear weapons can do."
"Of course, my character goes missing halfway through the film, so half of the filming I wasn’t privy to. [...] You want to know what happens, but you’re not told. I suppose the message is that’s exactly what it’ll be like — nothing will be tied up nicely because people will disappear."
"Who knows? He died, presumably. I have no more idea than anyone else, but that’s the point. That’s why it’s so clever."
"Barry came up with the idea of the two families – one working class, the other lower-middle – and what their lives were like. Sheffield seemed a good place to set it, and Barry knew it well. It was bang in the middle of the country, and a good way from London. Strategically, it also made sense: there were industrial and military targets nearby. Both of us were interested in the idea that none of these characters would ever have a god’s-eye-view of events, and never find out what was happening outside their immediate experience, certainly not outside Sheffield. That seemed to be the way most people would have to deal with a nuclear apocalypse, with most forms of communication vaporised."
"From the point where the bomb happens, the whole nature of the movie changes. In the first half of the movie, I hope, you have a very full soundtrack. You have all the soundtrack of TV broadcasts and radio broadcasts, the sound of birdsong in the country, the sound of musical things happening, the sound of traffic and city noises. And from the moment that the bomb drops you don't have anything. You don't even have the teletype, all these things, they just type out in silence, and all you hear is wind. [...] You hear voices of people screaming, coughing or whatever. You hear wind, you hear no birds. [...] It's gone. That world is gone."
"In this movie, from the outset, I wanted to put it in the scale of people that you might know, people like yourself, your immediate family, relations and so on, and no bigger than that, and not really to show anything except how it would happen to them. So, there's no God's eye view in this movie. You don't actually get to look down and get the overall picture and see maps of Europe and maps of the world and so on. You just get what's happening to these people, and it's all really done from ground level. There's no cinematic crane shots or anything like that. It's just very, very documentary."
"People tell me how relevant they find the movie to what's happening now. It’s comforting, at a time when so many films are being remade, to find that people still appreciate – and are scared by – the original film."
"The idea was to take a movie which was about death...and use the iconography of life to tell the story."
"The real effect of a nuclear weapon is not what it does to things, to buildings, to cities: it's what it does to society, what it does to people, what it does psychologically. I was very struck by the work that an American writer called Robert Jay Lifton had done on the psychological effects of the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima on the survivors and I talked to him a lot. It seemed to me that the story that needed to be told was the story of what this does to society as well as what it does to physical things, and you could only really tell that with a drama, with people that you identified with."
"There's the hospital sequence in The Day After and there's the hospital sequence in Threads. [...] In The Day After people are being wheeled in on gurneys and everybody's stressed, but they're coping with it as they would do on ER or something like that. In Threads, the floor is covered with muck and shit and blood and people don't have anything they can work with. [...] We see people having their legs amputated without an anesthetic, just something stuck between their teeth for them to bite on. That's what it's going to be like! And I wanted every part of this movie to be "That's what it's going to be like"."
"What we’d depicted and its implications stayed in the minds of every actor and crew member for a long time. I’m sure there were some nightmares. There are some things so far outside our experience or comprehension that they are unthinkable. Nuclear war is one."
"I think Threads didn't keep people at arm's length, it drew people in because of the characters that everybody knew. I mean, we related to them, and that's what I think made Threads so visceral for people."
"I was unaware really of the importance of it at the time, but I was asked to go for an interview, which I did, and I was the first person that Mick Jackson saw for the part. And I went looking rather radical, because I thought "oh, it's about nuclear war", you know, and I'm a very radical person, so I kind of went wearing my sort of "combat gear" which was very "in" at the time. And it was really strange, because afterwords, when I got the part of Ruth, who turned out to be a very fragile sort of a person, I was surprised and he said having been the first one, he saw me for the part. He obviously saw something in me that was, I don't know, vulnerable, maybe. It was the only time I've ever said to a director "I would really like a part in this, regardless of what that part may be", because I knew that the content would be close to my heart."
"It was cloaked to a great extent in secrecy almost. [...] You knew what it was about, but the script was a close-kept secret I think. Not many people had seen it, and I think they were worried that it would go the same way as War Games, which was made but never seen, so it was all quite mysterious really."
"It's hard to watch and it should be hard to watch. It should frighten people, and if it's done that, it's done its job."
"13 TERRIFIED TEENAGERS ON THE RUN!"
"The big fright! The eerie sight!"
"Murray Hamilton — Wally Sanders"
"Kathy Dunn — Candace "Candy" Hull"
"Joyce Taylor — Soldier"
"Hugh Marlowe — John Hull"
"Khigh Dhiegh — Kang"
"Norma Varden — Miss Pittford"
"[to Strickland] F-U-C-K Y-O-U"
"[To Giles] If we do nothing, neither we are."
"[From Trailer] The Natives in Amazon worshiped it. Like a God. We need to take it apart, learn how it works"
"[After Elisa offers him a towel] Oh, no. No, a man washes his hands before or after tending to his needs. It tells you a lot about man. He does it both times-it points a weakness in character."
"[to Elisa and Zelda; about the Amphibian Man] Let me say this up front: You clean that lab, you get out. The thing we keep in there is an affront. Do you know what an affront is, Zelda? [Zelda: Something offensive?] That's right. And I should know, I dragged that... filthy thing... out of the river muck in South America all the way here. And along the way we didn't get to like each other much. Now. You may think, "That thing looks Human". Stands on two legs, right? But... we're created in the Lord's image. You don't think that's how the Lord looks like, do you?"
"There he is. Dr. Fucking Shitbird."
"I do not fail. I deliver."
"[Last words, to the Amphibian Man before being killed by him] Fuck. You are a god."
"If I spoke about it... if I did... what would I tell you? I wonder. Would I tell you about the time? It happened a long time ago, it seems, in the last days of a fair prince's reign. Or would I tell you about the place? A small city near the coast... but far from everything else. Or, I don't know. Would I tell you about her? The princess without voice. Or perhaps I would just warn you about the truth of these facts... and the tale of love and loss... and the monster who tried to destroy it all."
"Get him out? What are you talking about? No! Absolutely not. Because it's breaking the law, that's why. We're probably breaking the law just talking about it."
"[interpreting Elisa] When he looks at me, the way he looks at me, he does not know what I lack... or how... I am incomplete. He sees me for what I am, as I am. He's happy to see me, every time, every day. And now, I can either save him... or let him die."
"You know, sometimes I think I was either born too early or too late for my life."
"He's a wild creature. We can't ask him to be anything else."
"[repeated line] This is some of my best work."
"[to Elisa] Whatever this thing is, you need it."
"If I told you about her, what would I say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did. That they were in love, that they remained in love? I'm sure that's true. But when I think of her, of Elisa, the only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love hundreds of years ago. Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere."
"Man is as silent as the grave. But if farts were flattery? Honey, he'd be Shakespeare"
"Some of the best minds in the country peein' all over the floor in this facility here"
"Short people are mean. I never met a short man that stays nice all the way through. No sir. Mean little backstabbers, all of 'em. Maybe it's the air down there. Not enough oxygen or somethin'."
"[to Elisa] Oh! Woman, we gon' burn in hell!"
"[to Elisa] Yeah. That's good. Keep that up. Lookin' like you don't know anything."
"Experience a connection beyond words."
"A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times."
"The creature was the most beautiful design I'd ever seen, and I saw him swimming under Julie Adams, and I loved that the creature was in love with her, and I felt an almost existential desire for them to end up together. Of course, it didn't happen."
"When I was in my 30s, I went to Universal and I said, "Can we do the movie from the point of view of the creature?" They didn't go for it. I said, "I think they should end up together." They didn't go for that, either."
"It's not the creature, I don't think that creature is designed in a way that he can be a romantic lead. It's beautiful, but it's not a romantic lead."
"Sally Hawkins — Elisa Esposito"
"Michael Shannon — Colonel Richard Strickland"
"Richard Jenkins — Giles"
"Octavia Spencer — Zelda Fuller"
"Doug Jones — The Anphibian"
"It's a bomb! Duck and cover!"
"Now we must be ready for a new danger: the atomic bomb."
"There might not be any grown-ups around when the Bomb explodes. Then... you're on your own."
"This is an official Civil Defense Film produced in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration and in consultation with the Safety Commission of the National Education Association."
"Robert Middleton as Narrator. (uncredited)"
"Carl Ritchie as Bert. (uncredited)"
"Leo M. Langlois III as Boy on Bike. (uncredited)"
"Ray J. Mauer as Civil Defense Worker. (uncredited)"