Comment by golem14

14 hours ago

I love the movie "Time Bandits", they did a great job casting the dwarves there.

I'm still thrilled Sean Connery joined the cast and that George Harrison wrote part of the score (Dream away).

RIP, Randall, Fidgit, Strutter, Wally and Vermin!

Many happy returns, Og!

One of my favourite films of all time.

Robin Hood: And you're a robber too. How long have you been a robber?

Strutter: Four foot one.

Robin Hood: Good lord! Jolly good. Four foot one? Well that-that-that is-is- a long time, isn't it?

  • That is really long indeed. But John Cleese as Centurion teaching Brian how to graffiti "Romans go home" on the wall must remain my all time favorite.

    CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?

    BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.

    CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!

    BRIAN: Aah!

    CENTURION: Come on!

    BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'?

    CENTURION: Goes like...?

    BRIAN: 'Annus'?

    CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?

    BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'?

    CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?

    BRIAN: 'Go'. Let--

    CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.

    BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.

    CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...?

    BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.

    CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?

    BRIAN: The... imperative!

    CENTURION: Which is...?

    BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!

    CENTURION: How many Romans?

    BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.

    CENTURION: 'Ite'.

    BRIAN: Ah. Eh.

    CENTURION: 'Domus'?

    BRIAN: Eh.

    CENTURION: Nominative?

    BRIAN: Oh.

    CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?

    BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!

    CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...?

    BRIAN: The locative, sir!

    CENTURION: Which is...?!

    BRIAN: 'Domum'.

    CENTURION: 'Domum'.

    BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.

    CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand?

    BRIAN: Yes, sir.

    CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.

    BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.

    CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.