Balto (1995)
Donald Sinden: Doc
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Quotes
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Wild Joe : I don't get it. How could Balto hope to find Steele and his team? They were off the trail.
Jenna : Well... he's tracking them.
Morse : That mutt? Tracking a championship team in a blizzard?
[laughs; a couple others join in]
Jenna : [Steele comes in] Balto?
Jenna : Steele!
Wild Joe : You're back!
Morse : We'd given you up!
Doc : Where are the others?
Steele : [bows his head] One by one they fell. Frozen, barely alive. I pulled four onto the sled and three more on my back. I walked and I walked, but it was too late. They were...
[the other dogs gasp]
Doc : What about the medicine?
Steele : I went on, dragging the medicine alone. Suddenly that wolfdog appeared. Balto demanded I let *him* take the medicine.
[turns to Jenna]
Steele : You know he just wanted so much to be a hero in your eyes.
[turns towrd the other dogs]
Steele : He grabbed the crate, but he couldn't handle it. He didn't see the patch of ice... and the cliff.
[pulls out Jenna's bandanna]
Steele : He didn't have a chance.
[shakes his head, clucking softly]
Jenna : [gasps] My bandanna!
Steele : [gets closer to Jenna] He made me promise to take care of you, Jenna.
Jenna : You're lying.
[louder]
Jenna : Steele's lying. Balto's alive. And he's coming home.
[runs out the door]
Steele : [closes his eyes and nods yes] She... just needs a little time.
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Steele : I swam and I swam. It was freezing cold. And finally, I said 'Steele, you just have to gnaw your way to the surface', so I
[hears Balto's howl]
Steele : what?
Doc : It's Balto, with the medicine!
[runs outside; the other dogs except Steele walk out the door]
Steele : Okay, okay. I can explain. See, you guys weren't there, so you don't... wait... guys, wait just a second... please?
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Doc : [after listening to the telegraph office dog barking] It's terrible, my friends, just terrible. Steele and his team are lost.
Sled dog #1 : When?
Sled dog #2 : What happened?
Sled dog #3 : What do you mean, lost?
Doc : They've missed their second checkpoint. They're off the trail.
[the other dogs lower their heads, saddened by the news]
Wild Joe : Can't they send another team?
Doc : It's too dangerous.
Chester : But... what about the little ones?
Doc : The medicine won't be here in time. We're going to lose them.
Balto : [silently; looking into the building] Rosy.