Red Dawn Quotes
Col. Andy Tanner: [using a crude diorama, the Wolverines prepare for an assault on the Calumet Drive-In, which is now a Russo-Cuban Re-education Camp] All right. Four planes. Cuban bunker, Russian bunker. munitions dump, troop tents. Four machine gun bunkers. Back here by the drive-in screen are your political prisoners. We'll cause a diversion over here... cut holes in the wire here, fire on all these machine gun positions. The B-Group comes across this area in a flanking maneuver... and when you reach this bunker, you lay down grazing fire on this defilade. I think that's pretty simple. Anybody got any questions so far?
Aardvark: What's a flank?
Toni: What's a defilade?
Robert: What's grazing fire?
Col. Andy Tanner: [out loud, to himself] I need a drink.
Aardvark: What's a flank?
Toni: What's a defilade?
Robert: What's grazing fire?
Col. Andy Tanner: [out loud, to himself] I need a drink.
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Darryl Bates: [he and the other Wolverines are gathering food, weapons and survival equipment from Robert Morris's father's store] And grab some toilet paper; I ain't gonna use no leaves.
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Darryl Bates: [Pouring a can of soup in the pot] That's the last of it... except for the olives.
Matt Eckert: We still got plenty of meat left.
Danny: Just stuff you shot.
Matt Eckert: So tell me, dork, where do you suppose hamburgers come from?
Danny: Nobody shoots them.
Darryl Bates: We need food.
Matt Eckert: We still got plenty of meat left.
Danny: Just stuff you shot.
Matt Eckert: So tell me, dork, where do you suppose hamburgers come from?
Danny: Nobody shoots them.
Darryl Bates: We need food.
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The Colonel: You think you're tough for eating beans every day? There's half a million scarecrows in Denver who'd give anything for one mouthful of what you got. They've been under siege for about three months. They live on rats and sawdust bread and sometimes... on each other. At night, the pyres for the dead light up the sky. It's medieval.
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Theodore Roosevelt: [inscription on a bronze statue in front of Calumet High School] Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Jed Eckert: I'm going to fight. I'm going to fight. Now, this is easier for me because I'm used to it. The rest of you are gonna have a tougher choice. Look, I don't want to sell it to you; it's too ugly for that. It's ugly, and it's hard. But when you're fighting in your own backyard, and you're fighting for your family, it all hurts a little less and it makes a little more sense. And for them, this is just some place, but for us? This is our home.
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[last lines]Matt Eckert: We're not doing too bad for a bunch of kids. We're gonna fight, and we're gonna keep fighting, because it's easier now. And we're used to it. The rest of you are going to have a tougher choice. Because we're not going to sell it to you. It's too ugly for that. But when you're fighting in your own backyard, when you're fighting for your family, it all hurts a little less, and makes a little more sense. Because for them, this is just a place. But for us, this is our home.
Prisoners: [repeatedly chanting in open rebellion against guards before liberation]Wolverines!
Prisoners: [repeatedly chanting in open rebellion against guards before liberation]Wolverines!
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[the first place Daryl looks for the tech equipment is under the couch]Robert: Dude, they're not gonna keep their uber box under the friggin' couch!
Daryl Jenkins: How do you know?
Robert: It's a vital piece of military equipment, not your porn stash.
Daryl Jenkins: How do you know?
Robert: It's a vital piece of military equipment, not your porn stash.
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Jed Eckert: When I was overseas we were the good guys. We enforced order. Well, now? We're the bad guys, and we create chaos.
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[the group just ate stolen Subway]Daryl Jenkins: Oh, ho, I missed this.
Julie: You know what else I miss? Pizza.
Greg: Toilets that flush.
Daryl Jenkins: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Robert: Dude, we're living Call of Duty. And it sucks.
Julie: You know what else I miss? Pizza.
Greg: Toilets that flush.
Daryl Jenkins: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Robert: Dude, we're living Call of Duty. And it sucks.
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Tanner: [after Matt and Jed jump to the roof of the police station]I hate these kids. Hate 'em.
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Jed Eckert: [walking past Tanner]We're the Wolverines.
Tanner: [to himself after Jed, Robert & Matt have passed]I was afraid of that.
Tanner: [to himself after Jed, Robert & Matt have passed]I was afraid of that.
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Tanner: We're trying to link up with a group of insurgents working in the area. Call themselves Wolverines. You ever hear of them?
Julie: Yeah, we've heard of them.
Jed Eckert: You here to help them out?
Tanner: No. Actually, we were hoping they can help *us* out.
Julie: Yeah, we've heard of them.
Jed Eckert: You here to help them out?
Tanner: No. Actually, we were hoping they can help *us* out.
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Man on Radio: To the resistance fighters in Humboldt: the chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall. [indistinct]
Man on Radio: John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache. [indistinct]
Man on Radio: And for the Wolverines in Spokane, there's a special candle in the window. Keep up the pressure, patriots.
Man on Radio: John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache. [indistinct]
Man on Radio: And for the Wolverines in Spokane, there's a special candle in the window. Keep up the pressure, patriots.
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[first lines concluding]British Male News Pundit 14: North Korea is like a spoiled child!
News Anchor: North Korea is a danger to the world.
Female News Anchor 15: What would North Korea possibly hope to gain?
News Anchor: What is the next step?
Korean Man: What is it that they want?
Female News Anchor 16: What are they preparing for? [RED DAWN ]
News Anchor: North Korea is a danger to the world.
Female News Anchor 15: What would North Korea possibly hope to gain?
News Anchor: What is the next step?
Korean Man: What is it that they want?
Female News Anchor 16: What are they preparing for? [RED DAWN ]
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Matt Eckert: Hey! Hey, Pete! [gives Pete the middle finger]
Pete: It's the Wolverines...! [Pete is blown up by a bomb]
Pete: It's the Wolverines...! [Pete is blown up by a bomb]
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[first lines continued]News Anchor: Groups are fighting against Russia's government from within its borders. Rebels were planning to increase their violent campaign as the country prepares for the presidential elections.
Female News Anchor 7: Russia's pouring more troops into the Georgian capital, Tblisi.
Female News Anchor 8: Ex-Soviet Georgia has become a focus of tension between Russia and the U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden: We're working, uh, to reset our relationship with Russia.
News Anchor: U.S. soldiers are being deployed with renewed conflicts in the Middle East, South Asia and the Korean peninsula.
Female News Anchor 9: Critics suggest this leaves our shores unprotected.
Female News Anchor 10: South Korea accused the North of firing a torpedo at its Cheonan warship.
Korean Female News Anchor 11: South Koreans continue to protest against North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong Island.
News Anchor: Some are calling the attack as a crime against humanity.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: North Korea continues to act in a provocative and belligerent manner. There are consequences to such action.
Female News Anchor 12: Fueling the fire, the North has ripped up non-aggression pacts.
Vice President Joe Biden: This is an incredibly immature regime in the North.
Female News Anchor 13: The rogue North Korean dictator makes a wild threat to wipe out the United States.
Female News Anchor 7: Russia's pouring more troops into the Georgian capital, Tblisi.
Female News Anchor 8: Ex-Soviet Georgia has become a focus of tension between Russia and the U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden: We're working, uh, to reset our relationship with Russia.
News Anchor: U.S. soldiers are being deployed with renewed conflicts in the Middle East, South Asia and the Korean peninsula.
Female News Anchor 9: Critics suggest this leaves our shores unprotected.
Female News Anchor 10: South Korea accused the North of firing a torpedo at its Cheonan warship.
Korean Female News Anchor 11: South Koreans continue to protest against North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong Island.
News Anchor: Some are calling the attack as a crime against humanity.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: North Korea continues to act in a provocative and belligerent manner. There are consequences to such action.
Female News Anchor 12: Fueling the fire, the North has ripped up non-aggression pacts.
Vice President Joe Biden: This is an incredibly immature regime in the North.
Female News Anchor 13: The rogue North Korean dictator makes a wild threat to wipe out the United States.
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[first lines]News Anchor: Fears of a second recession has caused panic in Europe's financial markets.
President Obama: The severity of this recession will cause more pain before it ends.
American Man: European Union cannot bail out Greece. You've seen the- the government of Spain coming out and saying, We've had the same problem. Portugal says the same thing. There's some talk that Italy may be in trouble.
News Anchor: U.S. intelligence officials are growing more and more concerned that foreign operatives are surveilling computer systems that control America's infrastructure.
President Obama: It's now clear, this cyber threat is one of the most serious national security challenges we face as a nation.
Female News Anchor 2: That it might have the ability to go in and cripple financial networks, nuclear plants, chemical plants, all of which would have devastating effect.
News Anchor: North Korea has now joined the Pacific Rim Cooperation Organization. The group's formation is a clearer warning that further intervention in the region by the U.S. and its allies will not be tolerated.
Male News Anchor 3: A South Korean TV station reports that North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, suffered a stroke.
Male News Anchor 4: His third and youngest son, Kim Jong-Eun, has been tapped to inherit power.
Male News Anchor 5: Promoted from a nobody to high political and military office.
Female News Anchor 6: As a kid, he was really loved by his father because he had a fit of anger.
News Anchor: He will now lead the world's fourth largest army.
President Obama: The severity of this recession will cause more pain before it ends.
American Man: European Union cannot bail out Greece. You've seen the- the government of Spain coming out and saying, We've had the same problem. Portugal says the same thing. There's some talk that Italy may be in trouble.
News Anchor: U.S. intelligence officials are growing more and more concerned that foreign operatives are surveilling computer systems that control America's infrastructure.
President Obama: It's now clear, this cyber threat is one of the most serious national security challenges we face as a nation.
Female News Anchor 2: That it might have the ability to go in and cripple financial networks, nuclear plants, chemical plants, all of which would have devastating effect.
News Anchor: North Korea has now joined the Pacific Rim Cooperation Organization. The group's formation is a clearer warning that further intervention in the region by the U.S. and its allies will not be tolerated.
Male News Anchor 3: A South Korean TV station reports that North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, suffered a stroke.
Male News Anchor 4: His third and youngest son, Kim Jong-Eun, has been tapped to inherit power.
Male News Anchor 5: Promoted from a nobody to high political and military office.
Female News Anchor 6: As a kid, he was really loved by his father because he had a fit of anger.
News Anchor: He will now lead the world's fourth largest army.
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