Band of Brothers (2001)
Ross McCall: Joseph D. Liebgott
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Quotes
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[Translating a speech a German General is giving to his men after they all surrendered]
Liebgott : Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You've fought bravely, proudly for your country. You're a special group. You've found in one another a bond, that exists only in combat, among brothers. You've shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments. You've seen death and suffered together. I'm proud to have served with each and every one of you. You all deserve long and happy lives in peace.
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Capt. Herbert Sobel : [the company is in formation at Camp Toccoa] You people are at the position of attention!
[Sobel walks up to Perconte, who presents his rifle for inspection]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Private Perconte, have you been blousing your trousers over your boots like a paratrooper?
Frank Perconte : No, sir.
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Then explain the creases at the bottom.
Frank Perconte : [pause] No excuse, sir.
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Volunteering for the parachute infantry is one thing, Perconte, but you've got a *long* way to prove that you belong here. Your weekend pass is revoked.
[Sobel moves down the line to Luz]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Name.
George Luz : Luz, George.
[he presents his rifle for inspection; Sobel examines it and tosses it back at him]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Dirt in the rear sight aperture. Pass revoked.
[Sobel moves down the line to Lipton]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : When did you sew on these chevrons, Sergeant Lipton?
Carwood Lipton : Yesterday, sir.
Capt. Herbert Sobel : [holding up a single thread] Long enough to notice this. Revoked.
Carwood Lipton : Sir.
Capt. Herbert Sobel : [Sobel moves on to Malarkey] Name.
Donald Malarkey : Malarkey, Donald G.
[he presents his rifle for inspection]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Malarkey. Malarkey's slang for "bullshit," isn't it?
Donald Malarkey : Yes, sir.
Capt. Herbert Sobel : [Sobel examines Malarkey's rifle, then tosses it back at him] Rust on the buttplate hinge spring, Private Bullshit. Revoked.
[Sobel moves on to Liebgott]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Name.
Joseph Liebgott : Liebgott, Joseph D., sir.
[he presents his rifle for inspection]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : [Sobel pulls Liebgott's bayonet out of its sheath and examines it] Rusty bayonet, Liebgott. You wanna kill Germans?
Joseph Liebgott : Yes, sir.
Capt. Herbert Sobel : [Sobel hits Liebgott's helmet with the bayonet] Not with this.
[he walks out in front of the company and holds the bayonet up for every man to see]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : I wouldn't take this rusty piece of shit to war, and I will not take *you* to war in your condition!
[he thrusts the bayonet into the ground]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Now, thanks to these men and their infractions, every man in the company who had a weekend pass... has lost it.
[pause]
Capt. Herbert Sobel : Change into your PT gear, we're running Currahee.
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Cpt. Nixon : Hitler's dead.
Liebgott : Holy shit.
Cpt. Nixon : Shot himself in Berlin.
Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman : Is the war over, sir?
Cpt. Nixon : No. We have orders to Berchtesgaden. We move out in one hour.
Pvt. David Kenyon Webster : Why? The man's not home. He should have killed himself three years ago. Saved us a lot of trouble.
Cpt. Nixon : Yeah, he should have. But he didn't.
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Liebgott : So what did you study?
Pvt. David Kenyon Webster : Literature.
Liebgott : You're kidding me! I love to read.
Pvt. David Kenyon Webster : Really?
Liebgott : Yeah. Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon mostly.
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David Webster : Lieb, I fucking hate this.
Joseph Liebgott : Oh, Jesus Christ. They fingered him! I was in the fucking room, Web! One of those Polacks what was in the slave camps said this is where the guy lives, right here.
[points at house]
David Webster : Which camp?
Joseph Liebgott : Whatever camp! I'm under direct orders and I'm happy to follow them!
[Liebgott and Sisk get out of the jeep. Liebgott cocks his pistol. Webster hesitates, then runs after them]
David Webster : Is this a personal thing, Joe?
Joseph Liebgott : What?
David Webster : Is this personal to you?
Joseph Liebgott : No, it's a goddamn order.
David Webster : Does Major Winters know about this?
Joseph Liebgott : [smiles coldly] Doesn't matter here.
David Webster : Oh, the fuck it doesn't! What if this guy's just a soldier? What if he's an officer with no ties to the SS? What if he's innocent?
Joseph Liebgott : You know what? What if he's a fucking Nazi commandant of a fucking slave camp?
David Webster : Which one? Which camp? You don't have any proof!
Joseph Liebgott : Were you at Landsberg?
David Webster : You know I was.
Joseph Liebgott : You think this guy's a soldier like you and me? A fucking innocent German officer?
[contemptuously]
Joseph Liebgott : Where the hell have you been the past three years?
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Liebgott : [on a convoy to Bavaria] It's gonna be good times, Web... When we get home I mean... First thing I'm gonna do is get my job back at the cab company in Frisco. Make a killing of all those fucking sailors coming home, you know? Then I'm gonna find me a nice Jewish girl, with great big soft titties and a smile to die for. Marry her. Then I'm gonna buy a house... A big house, with lots of bedrooms for all the little Liebgotts we're gonna be making.
