Pocahontas (I) (1995)
Mel Gibson: John Smith
Photos
Quotes
-
John Smith : Pocahontas.
Pocahontas : [hugs him] I'm so sorry.
John Smith : For what, this? I've gotten out of worse scrapes than this. Can't think of anything right now, but...
Pocahontas : [tearfully] It would've been better if we never met. None of this would've happened.
John Smith : Pocahontas, look at me. I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.
Nakoma : Pocahontas.
Pocahontas : I can't leave you.
John Smith : You never will. No matter what happens to me, I'll always be with you. Forever.
Pocahontas : [sadly leaves]
-
John Smith : We've improved the lives of savages all over the world.
Pocahontas : Savages?
John Smith : Uh, not that you're a savage.
Pocahontas : Just my people.
John Smith : No. Listen. That's not what I meant. Let me explain, uh...
Pocahontas : Let go!
John Smith : No, I'm not letting you leave.
Pocahontas : [jumps out of her canoe and climbs up into a tree]
John Smith : Look, don't do this. Savage is just a word, uh, you know. A term for people who are uncivilized.
Pocahontas : Like me.
John Smith : Well, when I say uncivilized, what I mean is, is...
[he grabs a branch, but the branch is not strong enough to hold his weight, and John falls back to the ground. Pocahontas jumps down after him]
Pocahontas : What you mean is, not like you.
-
Grandmother Willow : Come closer, John Smith.
[she inspects him]
Grandmother Willow : He has a good soul. And he's handsome, too.
John Smith : Oh, I like her.
Pocahontas : I knew you would.
-
John Smith : Pocahontas, that tree is talking to me.
Pocahontas : Then you should talk back.
Grandmother Willow : Don't be frightened, young man. My bark is worse than my bite.
Pocahontas : Say something.
John Smith : What do you say to a tree?
Pocahontas : Anything you want.
-
John Smith : [about Meeko eating his hardtacks] Is this bottomless pit a friend of yours?
-
Grandmother Willow : Now then, there's something I want to show you. Look.
[dips her vine in the water in which glowing ripples begin to form]
Pocahontas : The ripples.
John Smith : What about them?
Grandmother Willow : So small at first, then look how they grow. But someone has to start them.
John Smith : They're not going to listen to us.
Grandmother Willow : Young man, sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. Don't you see? Only when the fighting stops can you be together.
[Pocahontas smiles]
John Smith : All right. Let's go talk to your father.
[Pocahontas and John hug each other]
-
John Smith : It's just a handshake. Here, let me show you.
John Smith : [holds out hand]
Pocahontas : Nothing's happening.
John Smith : Uh, no, no. I need your hand first.
[they shake hands]
John Smith : It's how we say hello.
-
John Smith : You have the most unusual names here. Chechomony, Kuyukanhoic, Pocahontas.
Pocahontas : You have a most unusual name too. John Smith.
-
Governor Ratcliffe : [after Powhatan has released John Smith] Now's our chance! Fire!
Thomas : No!
Governor Ratcliffe : What?
Thomas : They let him go.
Ben : They don't want to fight.
Governor Ratcliffe : It's a trick! Don't you see? Fire!
[no-one moves. Ratcliffe grabs someone's gun]
Governor Ratcliffe : Fine. I'll settle this myself.
[he aims at Powhatan]
John Smith : [seeing Ratcliffe] No!
[he pushes Powhatan away and is shot in the stomach]
Thomas : John!
[John falls. Thomas turns on Ratcliffe]
Thomas : You shot him!
Governor Ratcliffe : He stepped right--right into it. It's his own fault.
-
John Smith : Look, we don't have to fight them.
Thomas : John, what's gotten into you?
John Smith : I met one of them.
Ben : You what?
Thomas : A savage?
John Smith : They're not savages. They can help us. They know the land. They know how to navigate the rivers.
[Meeko pulls out an ear of corn and gives it to John]
John Smith : And look, it's food.
Lon : What is it?
John Smith : It's better than hardtack and gruel, that's for sure.
Wiggins : I like gruel.
Governor Ratcliffe : [takes the corn and throws it on the ground] They don't want to feed us, you ninnies! They want to kill us, all of us! They've got our gold, and they'll do anything to keep it!
John Smith : But there is no gold.
Ben : No gold?
Governor Ratcliffe : [sarcastically] And I suppose your little Indian friend told you this?
John Smith : Yes.
Governor Ratcliffe : Lies! Lies! All of it! Murderous thieves! There's not room for their kind in civilized society.
John Smith : But this is their land!
Governor Ratcliffe : This is my land! I make the laws here. And I say anyone who so much as look at an Indian without killing him on sight will be tried for treason... and hanged!
-
Thomas : [looking at Kocoum's body after shooting him] Is he...
Pocahontas : You killed him.
Thomas : I thought that...
Pocahontas : [Angrily rushes at Thomas] Get away from him!
John Smith : [holds her back] Pocahontas, it wont help! He was only...
Pocahontas : [shouts] He killed him!
John Smith : [they hear other Indians approaching] Thomas, get out of here!
[Thomas hesitates]
John Smith : [yells] Get out of here!
-
John Smith : [about Percy and Meeko] You see what I mean? Once two sides wanna fight, nothing can stop them.
Pocahontas : [Percy and Meeko circling around her] Come-- Come here, both of you!
John Smith : It's all right! It's all right! He's a friend! Bad! Bad dog! Sit!
[Flit laughs, then Meeko snatches him and straightens his beak to be sharp like a sword. He begins to fence off Percy]
Pocahontas : What are you doing? Meeko!
John Smith : Percy, get back here! What are you doing? Stop that!
Grandmother Willow : All right, that's enough!
[Percy stiffens up and faints into the river. Grandmother Willow lifts him back to the stump with one of her branches]
Grandmother Willow : It's enough to make your sap boil.
-
John Smith : [singing] If I never knew you/If I never felt this love/I would have no inking of/How precious life can be/And if I never held you/I would never have a clue/How at last I'd find in you/The missing part of me/In this world so full of fear/Full of rage and lies/I can see the truth so clear/In your eyes/So dry your eyes/And I'm so grateful to you/I'd have lived my whole life through/Lost forever/If I never knew you
Pocahontas : [singing] I thought our love would be so beautiful/Somehow we'd make the whole world bright/I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong/All they'd leave us were these whispers in the night/But still my heart is saying we were right/For if I never knew you
John Smith : [singing] There's no moment I regret
Pocahontas : [singing] If I never knew this love
John Smith : [singing] Since the moment that we met
Pocahontas : [singing] I would have no inking of
John Smith : [singing] If our time has gone too fast
Pocahontas : [singing] How precious life can be
John Smith : [singing] I've lived at last
Nakoma : Pocahontas.
Pocahontas : [spoken] I can't leave you.
John Smith : [spoken] You never will. No matter what happens to me, I'll always be with you. Forever.
[singing]
John Smith : And I'm so grateful to you/I'd have lived my whole life through/Empty as the sky/
Pocahontas : [singing] Never knowing why/
John Smith : [singing] Lost forever/If I never knew you
Pocahontas : [singing] Lost forever/If I never knew you
-
Thomas : What do you suppose the New World will look like?
John Smith : Like all the others, I suppose. I've seen hundreds of new worlds, Thomas. What could possibly be different about this one?
-
Pocahontas : [singing] And I'm so grateful to you
John Smith : [singing] I'd have lived my whole life through
-
John Smith : Come with me?
Powhatan : You must choose your own path.
Pocahontas : [pause] I'm needed here.
-
John Smith : [to Thomas] Keep both eyes open when you shoot. You'll see twice as well.
-
Thomas : [as a bugle is being played] John, you better get down here. The governor's coming ashore.
John Smith : [blows an attacking Flit away from his face] All right. All right. I'm leaving.
-
Powhatan : Pocahontas, you and Nakoma should be inside the village.
Pocahontas : We'll be all right.
Nakoma : We're gathering food for when the warriors arrive.
Powhatan : Don't go far. Now is not the time to be running off.
Pocahontas : Yes, Father.
Powhatan : When I see you wear that necklace, you look just like your mother.
Pocahontas : I miss her.
Powhatan : But she is still with us. Whenever the wind moves through the trees, I feel her presence. Our people looked to her for wisdom and strength. Someday, they will look to you as well.
Pocahontas : I would be honored by that.
Powhatan : You shouldn't be out here alone. I'll send for Kocoum.
Nakoma : All right. What is it?
Pocahontas : What?
Nakoma : You're hiding something.
Pocahontas : I'm not hiding anything.
Nakoma : Pocahontas, you can tell me. I promise I won't tell anyone.
[sees John Smith coming]
Nakoma : Pocahontas, look! It's one of them! I'm going to get...
Pocahontas : [thrusts her hand over Nakoma's mouth] What are you doing here?
John Smith : I had to see you again.
Kocoum : Pocahontas. Pocahontas?
Pocahontas : [to Nakoma] Please, don't say anything.
[to John Smith]
Pocahontas : Quick, this way.
Nakoma : But...
-
John Smith : Pocahontas!
Pocahontas : John!
John Smith : Listen to me. My men are planning to attack your people. You've got to warn them.
Pocahontas : Maybe it's not to late to stop this. You have to come with me and talk to my father.
John Smith : [stopping Pocahontas] Pocahontas, talking isn't going to do any good. I already tried talking to my men, but everything about this land has them spooked.
[They hear howling in a distant]
