The Wild (2006)
Kiefer Sutherland: Samson
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Samson : So there I was, face to face with the biggest, meanest leopard on this side of the Serengeti. And...
Ryan : You roared so loud, his spots flew clean off. Dad I've heard this like a billion times.
Samson : Do you know the one where I made the laughing hyenas...
Ryan : Cry? Yep.
Samson : The croc attack?
Ryan : Dad.
Samson : OK. Think.
Ryan : Yeah, you do that.
[chuckles]
Samson : All right, Mr. Smart Guy, here's one I know you haven't heard. It all started in a little place I like to call... the wild.
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Samson's Father : [growls] I should have known. If you'd been born in the wild, you'd know how to roar.
Young Samson : Dad?
[car engine starts]
Young Samson : Dad! Dad! Please!
[crying]
Young Samson : Dad.
Samson : When they ship me to the zoo, I never wanted anyone to know where I came from. Especially those closest to me. I should have told you sooner.
Ryan : But all those stories you tell?
Samson : I'm so sorry, Ryan.
Ryan : Everything you told me was a lie?
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Samson : Those boxes are bad news. Stay away.
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Ryan : I told you I'd come to the game.
Samson : You think this is funny? You just endangered everyone in the zoo!
Ryan : I'm sorry.
Samson : For what? Chasing the Gazelles or costing us the game?
Ryan : No, I...
Samson : All you do is sit in your tree and sulk.
Ryan : If you would just...
Samson : I mean, What is it? What's the problem? Is all of this because you can't roar?
[pause]
Samson : Ryan, I didn't mean that.
Ryan : You know what I'm doing when I'm sulking up in my tree? I'm thinking how great it would be if Samson the Wild wasn't my father.
Samson : Huh? Ryan, I... I didn't
Ryan : 'Cause it would make being Ryan the Lame a whole lot easier.
[he starts running away]
Samson : Ryan, I'm sorry. Ryan! Please don't... leave.
Larry : Bye, Ryan! Thanks for coming to the game.
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Ryan : Story of my life. Your roar stops a herd of wildebeests. Mine makes the babies laugh.
Samson : Hey, come on. That was much better. I'm serious! It dropped half an octave.
[low voice]
Samson : It dropped half an octave.
[chuckles]
Samson : And it sure scared me. Made my hair stand up on end.
[blows]
Ryan : Yeah, right, Dad.
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Samson : Ok. Let's take it from the top.
Ryan : I'm done for the day
Samson : Come on, come on, one more. You were so close. Maybe it's something technical. Maybe you're not opening your mouth wide enough.
[opens Ryan's mouth wide]
Samson : Like this.
Ryan : Dad, thanks for the technical help, but if you wanted me to roar like you, you'd take me to the wild.
Samson : Whoa! Hold on a second. We've got everything we could ever want right here. Great lifestyle, three squares a day.
Ryan : And it's boring. I'm never gonna learn how to roar here, Dad.
Samson : Ryan.
Ryan : But don't worry. I finally figured out how we can get to the wild.
Samson : You did?
Ryan : The pigeons say those green boxes go there.
Samson : Those boxes are bad news. Stay away.
Ryan : But, Dad...
Samson : Listen, I know you're frustrated, but a lion finds his roar...
Ryan : I'm... I'm so tired of hearing that, Dad!
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Hyrax : Aaahh! Doesn't anyone ever knock anymore?
Samson : Hey, where's my son? Did he come through here?
Hyrax : Yeah, now that I think about it, he did come through here.
[turns to toilet]
Hyrax : Hello? Come out of there, baby lion, your dad's here! well, what do you know, it's a whole pride of lions down here!
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Nigel : What on earth is going on?
Bridget : It's a human, and I do not think he works for the zoo.
Nigel : Perhaps now is a good time to improvise.
Samson : What?
[Bridget steps on Samson's tail. He rawrs. The boat driver was screaming and then jumps off the boat]
Nigel : Great! One problem down...
Larry : Far out. Cool.
[He gets rolled into the steering wheel]
Nigel : One disaster to go.
