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Man in the Iron Mask Quotes (1998)
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Famous Man in the Iron Mask Quotations
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Footnotes in movie books are likely to reduce this swashbuckling adventure down to a simple description: it was the first movie to star Leonardo DiCaprio after the phenomenal success of Titanic. As such it automatically attracted a box-office stampede of Leo's young female fans, but critical reaction was deservedly mixed. Having earned his directorial debut after writing the Oscar-winning script for Mel Gibson's Braveheart, Randall Wallace wrote and directed this ambitious version of the often-filmed classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. DiCaprio plays dual roles as the despotic King Louis XIV, who rules France with an iron fist, and the king's twin brother, Philippe, who languishes in prison under an iron mask, his identity concealed to prevent an overthrow of Louis' throne. But Louis' abuse of power ultimately enrages Athos (John Malkovich), one of the original Four Musketeers, who recruits his former partners (Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, and Jeremy Irons) in a plot to liberate Philippe and install him as the king's identical replacement. Once this plot is set in motion and the Musketeers are each given moments in the spotlight, the film kicks into gear and offers plenty of entertainment in the grand style of vintage swashbucklers. But it's also sidetracked by excessive length and disposable subplots, and for all his post-Titanic star power, the boyish DiCaprio just isn't yet "man" enough to be fully convincing in his title role. Still, this is an entertaining movie, no less enjoyable for falling short of the greatness to which it aspired. --Jeff Shannon
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- Aramis: Athos, if we fail in this - and we probably will - it will be an honor to die beside you. »
- Aramis: D'Artagnan... They're young Musketeers. They've been weaned on our legends. They revere us. It is an advantage.
Porthos: Yes. Why don't we charge them?
D'Artagnan: I trained these men. They will fight to the death. But if we must die - if WE must die - let it be like this.
Athos: One for all. All for one. »
- Aramis: I have prayed every day for forgiveness. But now I realize that forgiveness must come from you before it can come from God. »
- Aramis: I'm a genius, not an engineer. »
- Aramis: Sometimes there are more important things in life than a good pair of tits.
Porthos: Really? If you can name me one thing that is more sublime than the feel of a plump, pink nipple between my lips, I'll build you a new cathedral. »
- Aramis: We are offering you the chance to be King.
Phillippe: No, you are offering me the chance to pretend to be King. »
- Aramis: When I discover the identity of this jesuit rebel, I will kill both him and the man who told me. »
- Aramis: You are surrounded by beauty, by intrigue, by danger, what more can a man want? »
- Athos: D'Artagnan, I have never known a finer man than you nor cared more for a friend, but if this king harms my son merely to take a lover, then this king will become my enemy. And so will any man who stands between that enemy and me. »
- Athos: It has everything to do with it. The king is a dog. A dog and a coward. »
- Athos: No, wait, do not hold your goblet that way. With a king it is so.
Athos: It is not to be dainty. Servants have touched the King's goblet, so he will touch it as little as possible.
Phillippe: I am so sorry! Forgive me, I...
Athos: No! Do not be sorry! Never be sorry! The King cares for nothing and for no one! There are no mistakes when you are King! What you do is right for every person! A King has contempt for everyone!
Phillippe: Is that the kind of king you wish me to be? Or do you say this because of your son?
Phillippe: Forgive me, I would never presume...
Athos: I am not... I am not angry with you. Do you understand? Good. Of course we wish you to be a good king. But first you must pass as Louis, and Louis is cold and cruel. The eyes of this King say that all he cares about is himself. You eyes ask too much. You shouldn't care about me...
Athos: You mustn't ask about my son... »
- Athos: The next time we meet one of us will die! »
- Athos: What gives you the right to judge me, to play God with the lives of others? Is it because you're so much holier than everyone else?
Aramis: Well yes, there is that. But also because I'm more intelligent than everyone else. »
- Athos: What happened?
Porthos: Kidney stones. It hurts when I piss. It hurts when I shit. I'm just a fat old fart with nothing to live for anymore. I'm going to hang myself, as soon as I'm sober. »
- Athos: You have the heart of a king. »
- Athos: You want me to do the impossible and you want me to do it alone? »
- Athos: You're the traitor. »
- Christine: We will burn in hell for it.
King Louis XIV: No, no my dear. You will burn in hell. But not I, for I am King... ordained by God! »
- D'Artagnan: Anne, I know that to love you is a treason against France, but not to love you is a treason against my heart.
Queen Anne: Then we will both die traitors, D'Artagnan. »
- D'Artagnan: Anne, to love you is treason against France. But not to love you is treason against my heart. »
- D'Artagnan: You are constantly surrounded by beautiful women. Do you love any of them?
Louis: Quite frequently, actually. »
- D'Artagnan: You are right. It is rotten. I will speak to the King myself. You have my word. »
- D'Artagnan: Your people are most anxious to love you but they are eating rotten food and frequently none at all. »
- King Louis XIV: I may be a young king, but I am king! »
- King Louis XIV: Never underestimate the Dutch! »
- King Louis XIV: Riots? But Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. Why would my people feel anything but pride and contentment? »
- King Louis XIV: There is more of me to love than a crown. »
- Louis: D'Artagnan, I am not angry with you. I knew you would leave me to them, and so you have. Lay down your sword and I will not punish you. I will let you retire in peace, and I will give your friends a swift execution, if you surrender NOW!
Aramis: Perhaps you should take his offer. We're dead anyway.
Porthos: He's right, D'Artagnan.
Phillippe: Wait. Bargain me to Louis for all your lives. You've done your best. Please let me go.
D'Artagnan: No, I cannot do it. Even if I could give up my king, I could never give up my son.
Phillippe: Your son?
D'Artagnan: I loved your mother. I love her still. You are my son. I never knew you existed. And I never felt pride as a father... until this moment. »
- Louis: D'Artagnan, you will hunt down Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, and bring me their heads, or I will have yours. And as for you, my brother, back to the prison you will go, and into the mask you hate. Wear it 'til you love it! And die in it. »
- Louis: Of all the wonders I have seen, I've never looked upon anything as beautiful as you. »
- Louis: Shoot!
Lt. Andre: Magnificent valor... »
- Louis: The next time there are rioters, shoot them. »
- Louis: You think my affairs are empty...
D'Artagnan: I think that it is possible for one man to love one woman all his life and be the better for it, yes. »
- Louis: You're the new chief advisor. Execute him for distributing rotten food. »
- Phillippe: I wear the mask. It does not wear me. »
- Porthos: I'd rather die covered in blood than an old man lying in my own piss. »
- Porthos: Sorry, my dears. You would have enjoyed it too. He's hung like a donkey.
Wench: So are you.
Porthos: Really? He's been asleep for so long, I've forgotten about him. »
- Queen Anne: Aramis!
Aramis: I have come to ask whether you believe that just as one lie can destroy a life, so one truth can make it whole again.
Queen Anne: I have prayed every day for such a miracle. »
- Queen Anne: Bless me Father, for I have sinned.
Aramis: So have I. »
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