The Tailor of Panama (2001)

Geoffrey Rush: Harry

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• Harry Pendel : Welcome to Panama, Casablanca without heroes.

• Harry Pendel : When they took Noriega out, I said to myself, Harry, they got Ali Baba, but they missed the forty thieves.

• Harry Pendel : Do you know what the poor call those? The Cocaine Towers. And our 85 banks? The laundrettes.

• Harry Pendel : I never lied to you, Marta, you know that. I didn't tell you everything, but what I told you was true. There's only so many people you can do that to. Tell the truth. Other people are different. They need to be...

  Marta : ...tailored.

  Harry Pendel : ...helped.

• Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Don't be a cunt, Harry, we're made for each other. You've got the debts, I've got the money. Where's your patriotism?

  Harold 'Harry' Pendel : I had it out in prison, without an anesthetic.

• Harry Pendel : And do we dress right or left, sir? Most of my gentlemen favour left these days, don't think it's political.

  Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Never know where the bloody thing is. Bobs about like a wind-sock.

• Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Without the Yanks to hold our hands, London will pull the entire project.

  Harry Pendel : Why?

  Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Because in matters of intelligence, dear Harry, as in most matters merry England sucks on the American hind tit. It's called "The Special Relationship".

• Harry Pendel : Oh, yes. The lies. Very, very sorry about the lies. Louisa, I never did work in Saville Row, did I? Not as such. I learned the tailoring in prison. I burned down my Uncle Benny's warehouse to help him out. And then when I done my time, Uncle Benny, he gives me my portion, sends me out here so I can't get into trouble. I pretended he was Arthur Braifwaite. You see, lying's what we do in prison, luv. It's instead of love, really. You tell a thing the way it ought to be because that's so much better than how it is. Well, it's that bad. If you follow me.

  Louisa Pendel : Why didn't you just tell me from the start?

  Harry Pendel : [sobbing]  Because I fell in love with you, my princess, and I knew that I wasn't good enough for you. Not as I stood.

  Louisa Pendel : Harry, you are such a fool.

  Sarah Pendel : [Coming downstairs]  Dad, you promised to tell me a story. Where were you?

  Harry Pendel : Oh, Sarah, I'm so sorry.

  Sarah Pendel : No need to cry about it, Dad.

  Mark Pendel : [Coming downstairs]  Hi, Dad.

  Sarah Pendel : Hi, Mum.

  Harry Pendel : What do you want me to do?

  Louisa Pendel : What do I want you to do? What you always do.

  [pregnant pause] 

  Louisa Pendel : Make breafast.

  Mark Pendel : Can we have pancakes?

• Harry Pendel : The way I see it, we all have a dream of ourselves, that we could be more than we are. Well, Pendel and Braithwaite are here to help you realize that dream, in the Savile Row tradition.

• Harry Pendel : At the table, bunch of gentlemen from the loyal opposition. They come much cheaper, naturally.

• Michelangelo 'Mickie' Abraxas : Never on our knees.

  Harry Pendel : Right.

  Michelangelo 'Mickie' Abraxas : Or on our asses.

• Harry Pendel : And I didn't finish his suit, it would've given him back his dignity, he wouldn't have shot himself in it.

• Louisa Pendel : Why?

  Harry Pendel : I don't know. I thought it was a game.

• Louisa Pendel : Do you love her?

  Harry Pendel : Yes, I love her. But I have never *made* love to her.

• Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Are you pulling my pisser?

  Harold 'Harry' Pendel : Not unless the President's pulling mine!

• Harry Pendel : So we have to stop all this, you hear? Mickie knew nothing about it. You know and I know, I made it all up.

  Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Oh, it's too late for that, old boy. Out of our hands. A case of life imitating art.

• Harry Pendel : You press me too hard, Andy.

  Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Sweetheart, you haven't even felt me yet.

• Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : You've excelled yourself. This is a better yarn than Arthur Braithwaite.

  Harry Pendel : Are you implying that I'm...

  Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Doesn't matter what I think. It plays.

• Harry Pendel : [taking his measurements]  A very creditable 34 plus, sir.

  Andrew 'Andy' Osnard : Plus what?

  Harry Pendel : Plus lunch, put it that way, sir.

• Louisa Pendel : Tell me about this Andy Osnard.

  Harry Pendel : He's become a sort of a pal. As such.

  Louisa Pendel : I used to be your pal. As such.

• Harry Pendel : I'm a thief in my own home.