Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Paul Freeman: Belloq
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Quotes
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Indiana : [Indy meets Belloq in a crowded bar] Belloq.
Belloq : Good afternoon, Dr. Jones.
Indiana : I oughta kill you right now.
Belloq : Not a very private place for a murder.
Indiana : Well, these guys don't care if we kill each other. They're not going to interfere in our business.
Belloq : It was not I who brought the girl into this business. Please, sit down before you fall down. We can at least behave like civilized people.
[Indy sits down while the monkey crawls off his shoulder]
Belloq : I see your taste in friends remains consistent. How odd that it should end this way for us, after so many stimulating encounters. I almost regret it. Where shall I find a new adversary so close to my own level?
Indiana : Try the local sewer.
Belloq : You and I are very much alike. Archaeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the purer faith. Out methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me, to push you out of the light.
Indiana : Now you're getting nasty.
Belloq : You know it's true. How nice. Look at this.
[holds out a pocket watch]
Belloq : It's worthless. Ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless... like the Ark. Men will kill for it. Men like you and me.
Indiana : What about your boss, der Fuhrer? I thought he was waiting to take possession.
Belloq : All in good time. When I am finished with it. Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It's a transmitter. It's a radio for speaking to God. And it's within my reach.
Indiana : You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together. I've got nothing better to do.
[prepares to fight Belloq, but Belloq's men train guns on him, and a crowd of children hurries in to escort him away]
Belloq : Next time, Dr. Jones, it'll take more than children to save you.
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Belloq : You and I are very much alike. Archeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am but a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me. To push you out of the light.
Indiana : Now you're getting nasty.
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Katanga : Jones is dead. I killed him. He was of no use to us. This girl, however, has certain value where we're headed. She'll bring a very good price. Herr Colonel - that cargo you've taken - if it's your goal, go in peace with it, but leave us the girl. It will reduce our loss on this trip.
Dietrich : Savage! You are not in a position to ask for anything. We will take what we wish, and then decide whether or not to blow your ship from the water.
Belloq : The girl goes with me. She'll be part of my compensation. I'm sure your Führer would approve. If she fails to please me, you may do with her as you wish.
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Belloq : Dr. Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away. And you thought I'd given up.
[Indy reaches for his gun, but pauses and hands over his gun when the warriors draw back their weapons]
Belloq : You chose the wrong friends. This time it will cost you.
Indiana : Too bad the Hovitos don't know you the way I do, Belloq.
[hands over the prized idol to Belloq]
Belloq : Yes, too bad. You could warn them... if only you spoke Hovitos.
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Belloq : It's a transmitter, a radio for speaking to God.
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Belloq : Look at this. It's worthless - ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless. Like the Ark.
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[Belloq and the Nazis are walking and talking some more]
Belloq : Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps...
Gobler : [interrupting him] Perhaps the girl can help us.
Dietrich : My feeling exactly. She was in possession of the original piece for years. She may know much if... properly motivated.
Belloq : I tell you the girl knows nothing.
Dietrich : I am surprised to find you squeamish. That is not your reputation. Anyway, it needn't concern you. I have the perfect man for this kind of work.
[Toht approaches]
Toht : Heil Hitler.
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Indiana : I'm gonna blow up the Ark, Rene.
Belloq : Your persistence surprises even me. You're going to give mercenaries a bad name.
Dietrich : Dr. Jones. Surely you don't think you can escape from this island?
Indiana : That depends on how reasonable we're all willing to be! All I want is the girl!
Dietrich : If we refuse?
Indiana : Then your Führer has no prize!
Belloq : [Ordering the soldiers] Okay, stand back. All of you, stand back. Get back.
[to Jones]
Belloq : Okay, Jones. You win. Blow it up.
[some soldiers move in the way of the Ark, but Belloq holds a machine gun to them and they move back]
Belloq : Yes, blow it up! Blow it back to God. All your life has been spent in pursuit of archaeological relics. Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations. You want to see it open as well as I. Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This...
[gestures to the Ark]
Belloq : This *is* history. Do as you will.
[Indy lowers the grenade launcher and four soldiers appear above him]
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[Belloq and the Nazis are walking and arguing]
Belloq : I told you not to be premature in your communique to Berlin. Archeology is not an exact science. It does not deal in time schedules!
Dietrich : The Fuhrer is not a patient man. He demands constant reports. You led me to believe...
Belloq : [interrupting him] Nothing! I made no promises! I merely said it looked very favorable. Besides, with the information in our possession, my calculations were correct.
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[Marion and Belloq are both very drunk]
Marion : [laughs] What is this stuff, Rene?
Belloq : [laughing as well] I grew up on this. It's my family label.
[Marion falls to the ground laughing, then calmly pulls out the knife she was concealing and points it at Belloq, who bursts out laughing in response]
Marion : [laughs] We-he-he-ell, I have to be going now, Rene.
Belloq : [flicking his hand and laughing] Ta-ta.
Marion : [walking off] I like you, Rene, very much. Perhaps we'll meet again under better circumstances.
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Belloq : [looking down at Indy in the Well of Souls] Hello! Hello! Why, Dr. Jones, whatever are you doing in such a nasty place?
Indiana : Why don't you come on down here, and I'll show ya?
Belloq : Thank you, my friend, but I think we are all very comfortable up here. Yes, indeed. We are all very quite comfortable up here. So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine. What a fitting end to your life's pursuits. You're about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something.
Indiana : [laughs]
[muttering]
Indiana : Son of a bitch!
Belloq : I'm afraid we must be going now, Dr. Jones.
Dietrich : Our prize is awaited in Berlin. Yes... we are finished here with everything. But we do not wish to leave you down in that awful place... all alone.
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[Looking over the destruction of the airfield]
Dietrich : Get the Ark away from this place immediately! Have it put on the truck! We will fly it out of Cairo! And Gobler, I want plenty of protection!
Gobler : Jawohl, Herr Ob...
[Gobler is interrupted midsentence by an explosion]
Belloq : [to himself] Jones!
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Dietrich : You're as stubborn as that girl.
Toht : You like her too much, I think.
Belloq : Your methods of archeology are too primitive for me. You would use a bulldozer to find a... china cup.
Belloq : [saw men working on getting the ark. He runs up to them and points to Colonel Dietrich] Colonel! Wake your men!
