The Messenger (2009 film)
2009 film directed by Oren Moverman
The Messenger is a 2009 film about an American soldier who struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
- Directed by Oren Moverman. Written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman.
Capt. Tony Stone
edit- [walking to deliver the news to a wife that her husband has died] It could be worse. It could be Christmas.
- Men are the ones that try harder to keep it together. They also can hurt you.
- All I ever wanted was to get shot at. Is that too much to ask for, on the battlefield? A battle?
Dale Martin
edit- Look at that tree. Look at that fucking tree! The same age as my son!
Dialogue
edit- Captain Tony Stone: I know what you're thinkin'. You're thinkin' shit, I'm a goddamn decorated war hero with three months left to serve, and they draft me into the angels-of-death squadron. I get a beeper, a canned speech, and a lunatic commanding officer to serve a fuckin' ocean of grief. Am I right?
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: More or less, sir. Am I right?
- Captain Tony Stone: It should be in the next couple of blocks...
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: We should just ask someone.
- Captain Tony Stone: No! First of all, men don't ask for directions. Much less soldiers.
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: Why did you join?
- Captain Tony Stone: A dare.
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: A dare? Why are you still here?
- Captain Tony Stone: Well, they offered me a commission, and no one dared me to leave. And I dare you to stay.
- Captain Tony Stone: If she's into you, she's into some weird shit.
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: Thank you, sir, I'll make a note of that.
- Olivia Pitterson: Did you ever lose anybody?
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: Yeah. Friends, over there. My father, during peace time, drunk driver.
- Olivia Pitterson: Did they catch him?
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: No, my father was the drunk driver.
- Captain Tony Stone: You gotta wake the fuck up! You're not in high school, you're not in a fuckin' rock band, you're in the Army.
- Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: Yeah, I know. I know I'm in the Army. I gave blood to the Army. I got blown up in a fire-fight that lasted longer than your entire war. I didn't sunbath in Kuwait with the rest of the POGs.
Cast
edit- Ben Foster – Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery
- Woody Harrelson – Capt. Tony Stone
- Steve Buscemi – Dale Martin
- Jena Malone – Kelly
- Samantha Morton – Olivia Pitterson
- Fiona Dourif - Returning Soldier's Wife
- Yaya DaCosta – Monica Washington
- Eamonn Walker – Lt. Col. Stuart Dorsett
- Peter Francis James – Dr. Grosso
External links
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- The Messenger quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- The Messenger at Rotten Tomatoes