Best Speeches in Movies

[Getslow]

Pacino in "Any Given Sunday"

 

Pacino as Arthur Kirland giving his opening statement in "... And Justice for All"

 

Pacino has some great ones. I also love the one in front of the school assembly at the end of "Scent of a Woman"

[bugatti]

Bill Pullman from Independence Day. A movie about aliens, but it pumps me up every time. Is it bad that I shed a tear when Cousin Eddie brings down the spaceship in true heroic fashion?

[THUNDERBIRDS]

Anything Pacino touches basically......

 

One of my all time favorites!

[Bluto]

On The Waterfront - "I coulda been somebody, I coulda been a contenter"

 

Patton - Opening speech

 

Return Of The King - "...A day when the strength of men fail. But it is not THIS day!"

[Mack The Knife]

Peter Finch-"Network"

Charlie Chaplin-"The Great Dictator"

Orson Welles-"The Third Man"

Spencer Tracy-"Inherit The Wind"

Peter Fonda-"The Grapes Of Wrath"

Alec Baldwin-"Glengarry Glen Ross"

[thebigfella23]

A Time To Kill - Jake Brigance's Closing Argument

 

Rudy - Fortune's "Five-feet-nothin', a hundred and nuthin'..." SpeechBlackhawk Down - Hoot's "It's about the men next to you" Speech

 

Good Will Hunting - Sean's "Your move, chief." Speech On The Park Bench

 

Great choices.

[Jim Schue]

Elwood Blues: "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas; a half-pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses."

Joliet Jake: "Hit it."

[MJAlltheWay24]

Alec Baldwin-"Glengarry Glen Ross"

 

There has definitely been a lot of good ones names...but this is phenominal!

[formerkywrestler]

Best eulogy ever:

 

Donnie was a good bowler, and a good man. He was...He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors, and bowling, and as a surfer explored the beaches of southern California from Redondo to Calabassos. And he was an avid bowler. And a good friend. He died -- he died as so many of his generation, before his time. In your wisdom you took him, Lord. As you took so many birght flowering young men, at Khe Sanh and Lan Doc AND HILL 364! These young men gave their lives. And Donny too. Donny...who...who loved bowling. And so, Theodore -- Donald--Karabotsos, in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. Goodnight, sweet prince.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Best eulogy ever:

 

Donnie was a good bowler, and a good man. He was...He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors, and bowling, and as a surfer explored the beaches of southern California from Redondo to Calabassos. And he was an avid bowler. And a good friend. He died -- he died as so many of his generation, before his time. In your wisdom you took him, Lord. As you took so many birght flowering young men, at Khe Sanh and Lan Doc AND HILL 364! These young men gave their lives. And Donny too. Donny...who...who loved bowling. And so, Theodore -- Donald--Karabotsos, in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. Goodnight, sweet prince.

 

...and the best part of that best eulogy has to be "HILL 364!"

[marvel]

I consider this to be a speech. And a very, very good one.

 

And it is South Park, so listen at your own expense.

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAYMJnO9LBQ

[mcpapa]

The first one that came to mind. Not sure if it's a speech, a soliloquy, a monologue or what, but it's Robert Shaw (as Quint) talking about the USS Indianapolis in the movie Jaws.

[75center]

I liked the Gettysburg speech in "Remember the Titans".

[mcpapa]

Samuel L. Jackson quoting Ezekiel in Pulp Fiction.

[halfback20]

Aside from some already mentioned, how about...

 

Remember the titans, "I dont want them to gain another yard".