Legends of the Fall (1994)

Brad Pitt: Tristan Ludlow

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• Tristan : You see this man? His name is One Stab. He's a venerated elder of the Cree nation. He's counted coup on hundreds of his enemies. He is our friend, and he is thirsty.

• Alfred : When are you planning to be married?

  Tristan : Morning.

  Alfred : Damn you, Tristan. You will marry her.

  Tristan : And make a honest woman out of her?

  Alfred : Yes! God damn you to hell.

  Tristan : Yes, I will marry her if she'll have me.

  Alfred : If she'll have you? Do you love her? Or did you seduce her just to spite me?

  Tristan : It's not what I did.

  Alfred : And what about Samuel?

  Tristan : What about Samuel?

  Alfred : You tell me about Samuel.

  Tristan : We all loved Samuel. Samuel's dead. What?

  Alfred : How convenient that is for you.

  Tristan : Because you love her I will forgive you for that. Once! You say that again and we're not brothers.

• Samuel : Still hung over?

  Tristan : Still drunk!

• Alfred : You don't have to be a genius to figure out they going to come after you for this.

  Tristan : Yeah. Alfred?

  Alfred : Yeah?

  Tristan : I want to ask you to watch over my children. Watch over Samuel.

  Alfred : Brother, it will be an honor.

• Tristan : Samuel, God bless you. You are good at everything you try to do. I'm sure it'll be the same with fucking.

  Samuel : Tristan, really. We're talking about my future wife.

  Tristan : Oh, you're not gonna fuck her?

  Samuel : No!

  Tristan : No?

  Samuel : No! I'm planning to be with her.

  Tristan : I recommend fucking.

• Susannah : Were you going to say goodbye? Tristan? How long will you be gone?

  Tristan : Not long. A few months.

  Susannah : I can make it better for you.

  Tristan : No.

  Susannah : If we'd had a child or if I were pregnant, would you still be going?

  Tristan : Yes.

  Susannah : Just give me a chance.

  Tristan : Don't do that.

  Susannah : Look at me. Please, look at me. I'll wait for you. However long it takes. I'll wait for you forever.

• Samuel : Nice shiner.

  Tristan : Yeah, well, I hit her back.

• Tristan : Alfred's going to do well wherever he is.

  Colonel Ludlow : Except here with us.

  Tristan : That's my fault.

  Colonel Ludlow : I didn't say that.

  Tristan : I couldn't bring Samuel back home alive either, could I?

  Colonel Ludlow : Don't you dare say that boy! That was in God's hands.

  Tristan : Was it?

• Tristan : You know when Samuel died... when Samuel died, I cursed God. Did I damn everybody around me as well as myself?

  Colonel Ludlow : No. You are not damned, Tristan... I won't allow that.

• Samuel : Tristan! Get back to your unit!

  Tristan : Those boys are boring. I'd rather have you watching my back.

• Tristan : Miss Finncannon. It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you and Ugly here find every happiness together.

• Tristan : Because you love her, I will forgive that, ONCE! Say that again, and you are no longer my brother.

• Canadian Soldier : MacKenzie was just brought in, his leg's turned bad. He said...

  Tristan : What?

  Alfred : He said what? Go on, man, what is it?

  Canadian Soldier : He said your brother, he volunteered to take his place and go over on the reconnaissance.

  Alfred : [to Tristan]  God damn it! I told you to stay with him!

• Tristan : Samuel! Samuel, come here! Run along now. Go with Pet. Get him in the house!

  John T. O'Banion : He's a fine boy. You know we're not here to arrest you.

  Tristan : You take me to the woods. I don't want my boy to see. I don't want my boy to see. Let's get on with it.

• Tristan : You guys look like a bunch of ice-cream cones!