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"[In the year 802,701, George speaks to Weena about the past] Man's past – is mainly a grim struggle for survival. But there have been moments, when a few voices have spoken up..."
"[George's friends have just seen the small-scale replica of the time machine vanish before their eyes] DR. Philip Hillyer: I'll be damned! But where did it go? George: Nowhere in the usual sense - it's still here!"
"[Last lines] Mrs. Watchett: Mister Filby, do you suppose he'll ever return? David Filby: One cannot choose, but wonder. You see, he's all the time in the world."
"[The time machine takes George first to 1917 (during the First World War), then to 1940 (the Second)] Then I realized the truth of the matter – this was a new war..."
"[George becomes furious when he discovers the Elois' passive nature] What have you done? Thousands of years of building and rebuilding, creating and recreating so you could let it crumble to dust. A million years of sensitive men dying for their dreams, for what? So you can swim, and dance, and play... You, all of you, I'm going back to my own time; I won't even bother to tell of the useless struggle and their hopeless future, but at least I can die among men!"
"[In 1900, David Filby discovers that George has left in the time machine again] David Filby: He must have taken something with him... Mrs. Watchett (George's housekeeper): Nothing... except three books. David Filby: Which three books? Mrs. Watchett: I don't know... is it important? David Filby: Oh, I suppose not. Only, which three books would you have taken?"
"George... I speak to you as a friend – more as a brother... if that machine can do what you say it can, destroy it. Destroy it, George, before it destroys you!"
"The Return of the Great Adventure!"
"We never seem to get a break, do we?"
"You can't do this to me! I'm an American!"
"Denholm Elliott - Marcus Brody"
"John Rhys-Davies - Sallah"
"God damn it, Indy, where doesn't it hurt?"
"[to Colonel Dietrich] Let me ask you this: Would you feel more comfortable opening the Ark in Berlin for your Führer? Finding out, only then, if the sacred pieces of the Covenant are inside? Knowing only then whether you have accomplished your mission, and obtained the one, true Ark?"
"If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones!"
"Lucas: He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven."
"Lucas: It has to be unique. It's a character. Very Americana. Square. He was born in Indiana."
"Anthony Higgins - Gobler"
"Lucas: A bounty hunter of antiquities."
"Ronald Lacey - Major Arnold Toht"
"Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones"
"Paul Freeman - René Belloq"
"George Harris - Katanga"
"Wolf Kahler - Colonel Dietrich"
"Spielberg: I like that. The doctor with the bullwhip."
"Karen Allen - Marion Ravenwood"
"[as the Nazis are opening the Ark] Marion, don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion. Don't look at it, no matter what happens!"
"Don't look, Marion! Keep your eyes shut!"
"Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin"
"Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca"
"David Prowse as Darth Vader"
"Anthony Daniels as C-3PO"
"Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker"
"Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa"
"Kenny Baker as R2-D2"
"James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader"
"Before Star Wars, the films that were box-office hits were The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Bonnie and Clyde and The French Connection - gritty, amoral art movies. Then suddenly the onus switched over to spectacle and everything changed... I don't know if that is a good thing."
"Hidden Fortress was an influence on Star Wars right from the beginning. I was searching around for a story. I had some scenes—the cantina scene and the space battle scene—but I couldn’t think of a basic plot. Originally, the film was a good concept in search of a story. And then I thought of Hidden Fortress, which I’d seen again in 1972 or ’73, and so the first plots were very much like it."
"Hollywood industrialized mythology, and then weaponized it. It is widely believed that the Soviet Union folded because they couldn’t compete with America’s missile shield program, nicknamed Star Wars. I’d argue that the Soviets folded because they couldn’t compete with the movie Star Wars."
"[to Chewbacca, after the group is trapped in a garbage disposal center] That garbage chute was a really wonderful idea! What an incredible smell you’ve discovered!"
"Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money."
"May the Force be with you."
"Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it."
"They don't exactly give you a course in acting in a science fiction movie. At one point I'm supposed to react to seeing my planet blow up. You know, there go my parents, my record collection, everything. What do I see? A hand waving to tell me where to look."
"I had the Star Wars project in mind even before I started my last picture, American Graffiti, and as soon as I finished I began writing Star Wars in January 1973... In fact, I wrote four entirely different screenplays for Star Wars, searching for just the right ingredients, characters and storyline. It's always been what you might call a good idea in search of a story."
"My main reason for making it was to give young people an honest, wholesome fantasy life, the kind my generation had. We had westerns, pirate movies, all kinds of great things. Now they have The Six Million Dollar Man and Kojak. Where are the romance, the adventure, and the fun that used to be in practically every movie made?"
"[to Luke, in disguise] Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
"Harrison Ford as Han Solo"
"Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi"
"The Force is strong with this one."