"[first lines] Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to see an unforgettable show, a film destined to become immortal, as immortal as the music which will follow, and which will be interpreted through animation. Beginning with his childhood fantasies, the greatest ambition that burns and swells in the soul of every creative animator is to illustrate music, to give visual form and color to its notes. With this film, we have finally succeeded in achieving this union of animation and classical music, a union we are sure is destined to live on throughout the history of film. A new and original film that has even astonished us, the men responsible, the men who, quite modestly speaking, can be called its creators. A film in which – in which – [consults a cue card] A film in which you will see the music and listen to the drawings. You might call it a film of magic, a fantasia. [phone rings. The Presenter answers; the caller is not heard] Hello. Yes. Who's speaking? Who is this? What do you mean, who am I? Who is it you wish to speak to? Eh? California? [to camera] It's Hollywood. [to phone] Hello! Yes! What? You've already – [to phone] Hello! Yes! What? You've already – Look, if this is some joke, I'm in no mood – No, but – No, but – there must be some misunderstanding. You're very ill-mannered... That's right, ill-mannered and a liar! Yes, I said you're a liar! A liar from California [hangs up and speaks to camera] It's nothing. They're mad. Mad as hatters. They insist that our film – this is all so ridiculous –was already made by a certain fellow years ago. A certain someone by the name of Prisney or Grisney. Some American. [picks up phone again] In any case, before you go around opening your big mouth, see the film first!"

"Osvaldo Salvi as Man in Gorilla costume"

"Maurialuisa Giovannini as The Cleaning Girl"

"May the farce be with you."

"And analogous to being a half-man/half-woman, Antarctica used to be populated by thick bushes, until millions of years ago when it slowly drifted to the south-most point of the Earth, where all hell froze over. America used to be populated by thick bushes, too, until they started bikini waxes and Brazilian cuts... Mmm-mmm, I miss big bushes!"

"Antarctica is one-and-a-half times the size of the United States, a claim once made in the 1960s by Cuba. But this isn't the story about a country who's just waiting for their next dictator to die. This is the story about the amazing creatures who for millions of years have lived here, in Mother Earth's frigid, white anus. This is a story about survival. It is a story about determination, but mainly it is a story about love, penguin love. This is the farce of the penguins!"

"What Happens In Antarctica... Stays in Antarctica"

"Moses Gunn - Giorgio Francozzi"

"Gloria Foster - Medusa Johnson"

"Joe Don Baker - Nick Snyderburn"

"Pat Colbert - Allison Parker"

"Man Ray: Possums in Piedmont awaiting orders."

"Victoria Rowell - Joan Parker"

"Bill Cosby - Leonard Parker"

"Go easy, Monroe!"

"I got your ball, now let me in."

"[after he fires at the door that didn't explode] Big door!"

"[slurring from rain pouring on face] If I save the verld... would you move back in with me?"

"[after explaining to Leonard why replacing the fluids with dishwashing liquid made no difference] I could put Yoo Hoo in this and it would work."

"Frayn: This was, I believe, the first recorded instance of a CIA agent being eaten alive by a rainbow trout!"

"Clever, but dumb."

"Tom Courtenay - Frayn"

"John Hostetter - Adams"

"She's in one of her moods again!"

"Robin Askwith — Ray Fay"

"Rula Lenska — Luce Habit"

"Valerie Leon — Queen of the Nabongas"

"Roger Hammond — Woolf"

"John Sharp — Sir Nules Thudd"

"Clément Harari — Dr. Wretch"