DragonHeart (1996)

Pete Postlethwaite: Gilbert

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Gilbert of Glockenspur : [voiceover]  And in the days following Draco's sacrifice, Bowen and Kara led the people in a time of justice and brotherhood. As I remember it now, those were golden years warmed by an unworldly light. And when things became the most difficult, Draco's star shown more brightly for all of us who knew where to look.

• Gilbert of Glockenspur : If a dragon falls in the forest and nobody gets to hear about it, does it make a thud?

• Gilbert of Glockenspur : My humble life is indebted to your exalted prowess, your dauntless courage, and your superb, swift sword!

  Bowen : You have the poet's gift of exaggeration.

  Gilbert of Glockenspur : Oh, sir, you should read my histories.

• Gilbert of Glockenspur : [shoots a man in the rear end]  Turn the other cheek, brother.

• Gilbert of Glockenspur : [to the cannidbal-threating mob having just learned of Bowen's scheme, suspecting his involvement]  Peace, brothers! Peace!

  [the mob keeps coming, he turns to run] 

  Gilbert of Glockenspur : Heathens!

• Lord Felton : [Bowen has just slain a dragon]  Well done, knight! Congratulations. Our gratitude, mine and King Einon's.

  Bowen : You can keep your gratitude; I'll take the gold. Yours or the king's.

  Lord Felton : Gold, knight?

  Bowen : We made a bargain, remember? One dragon put down, one bag of gold.

  Gilbert of Glockenspur : Your honor has a price, Sir Knight?

  Bowen : It has *expenses*. Honor won't feed my belly nor shoe my horse.

• Gilbert of Glockenspur : Never have I seen such skill.

  Bowen : Then you must have lived the sheltered life of a m...

  [recognizes Gilbert for what he is] 

  Bowen : monk.

• Gilbert of Glockenspur : [as Draco carries Gilbert, Bowen and Kara away from the cannibal village]  AAARGH! WE'RE GOING TO DIE! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIIIE!

  Bowen : No, Brother Gilbert, we're not going to die! We're just... FLYING!

• [Bowen has just pretended to kill Draco for a second time] 

  Gilbert of Glockenspur : Well done, Bowen! You've done it again! What a brute! That's even bigger than the last one!

  Bowen : Actually, he's about the same size.