The Indian in the Cupboard (film)

The Indian in the Cupboard is a 1995 film based on the children's book The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks. The story is about a boy who receives a cupboard as a gift on his ninth birthday. He later discovers that putting toy figures in the cupboard, after locking and unlocking it, brings the toys to life.

Boone

• The boys back home call me boohoo Boone!
• [about whisky] Not one more drop as long as I live! [sees Omri and Patrick] Ohhhhhhh, my dear sweet lord! [beat] I need a drink.

Little Bear

• Omri cooks? Like a woman. You are a woman!
• [before pulling the arrow out of Boone] Blood will flow. Get me husks!
• Good! I like Danger. Do you like Danger, Texas Man?

Dialogue

Boone: Where may I ask, is my coffee? I always start my day with a cup of coffee.

Omri: Okay, if you're good, I'll make you breakfast.

Little Bear: Cook? Like a woman! You are a woman!

Omri: Oh, please. You guys are so old fashioned.

Boone: I'll have you know I'm a civilized man. [looks at Little Bear] Unlike some!

Little Bear: Where do you come from?

Boone: I come from TEXAS, Mr. Half-a-brain!

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Patrick: [about Boone and Little Bear] Don't put them together. You know; "Cowboys and Indians".

Omri: Duh!

Boone: Indians?

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Boone: [after Omri picks him up to stop him from shooting Little Bear] I'm tired of getting hauled around all the time! I might of known you'd take the side of that stinking savage!

Little Bear: He smells, Omri. And he calls me a dirty savage.

Boone: Oh, I didn't call you *dirty*. I CALLED YOU *STINKING*!

Cast

• Hal Scardino as Omri
• Litefoot as Little Bear
• David Keith as Boone
• Lindsay Course as Jane
• Richard Jenkins as Victor
• Rishi Bhat as Patrick
• Steve Coogan as Tommy Atkins
• Vincent Kartheiser as Gillon
• Nestor Serrano as Teacher
• Ryan Olson as Adiel
• Michael Papajohn as Cardassian
• Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects