'71 Quotes

  • Gary Hook: Hey, listen, I don't want you worried about me, okay? I'll be fine, promise you.

  • Eamon: I'm not going to lie to you.

    [pauses for several seconds]

    Eamon: This is going to hurt like a fucker.

  • Captain Sandy Browning: [as the lieutanant and corporal barge into his office] Not now, Lieutenant, we're busy.

    Lt. Armitage: I wondered if we could help with...

    Captain Sandy Browning: [firmly] We are busy, Lieutenant.

    Lt. Armitage: I do understand that, sir.

    Corporal: [abruptly] Why aren't you out there lookin' for him?

    Captain Sandy Browning: What?

    Corporal: Why aren't you out there lookin' for him?

    Captain Sandy Browning: Who?

    Corporal: Hook. Private Hook. You probably know where they're taking...

    Captain Sandy Browning: [shouts suddenly and gets up from the desk] Don't you fuckin' dare! I'm your fucking senior officer! Stand up straight!

    [glares at the corporal and then says quietly to Armitage]

    Captain Sandy Browning: You need to learn to control your men, Lieutenant. I am not here to clean up your fucking mistakes. Your men, your fucking responsibility, not mine.

    Captain Sandy BrowningLt. Armitage: [nervously] I'm asking for your help.

    Captain Sandy Browning: [tosses Hook's dog tags to him] There you go. There's my help.

    Lt. Armitage: Is he dead?

    Captain Sandy Browning: We do not know. The situation is confused, to say the least. Now if you do not mind, we have work to do. Off you go.

  • C.O.: [after Lt. Armitage told him about Sergeant Leslie Lewis attempt to kill Gary Hook] It was a confused situation. In these circumstances, what you saw, what you think you saw, can be a very different thing to what actually happened. Do you understand?

    Lt. Armitage: [Silence] .

    C.O.: [firmly] Do you understand?

    Lt. Armitage: Yes, sir.

  • Mother in Raided House: For God's sake, will you never leave us alone?

  • Eamon: [about the army] posh cunts telling thick cunts to kill poor cunts.

  • Eamon: You've been in the army for long?

    Gary Hook: No.

    Eamon: I was in the army myself... medic... 20 years... posh cunts... telling thick cunts... to kill poor cunts... that's the army for you. It's all a lie... they don't care about you... you're just a piece of meat to them... piece of meat. Get yourself some rest son...

Extended Reading
  • Romaine 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    141025@curzon victoria I didn't know the history of Northern Ireland at first. I didn't expect such a plot. All kinds of unexpected developments, headshots and explosions scared me. Cook's acting is very good. Stitches and tears poke my heart> <

  • Lottie 2022-04-22 07:01:40

    Good subject matter is rough, history or action?