Pocahontas (I) (1995)
Christian Bale: Thomas
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Quotes
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Governor Ratcliffe : [after Powhatan has released John Smith] Now's our chance! Fire!
Thomas : No!
Governor Ratcliffe : What?
Thomas : They let him go.
Ben : They don't want to fight.
Governor Ratcliffe : It's a trick! Don't you see? Fire!
[no-one moves. Ratcliffe grabs someone's gun]
Governor Ratcliffe : Fine. I'll settle this myself.
[he aims at Powhatan]
John Smith : [seeing Ratcliffe] No!
[he pushes Powhatan away and is shot in the stomach]
Thomas : John!
[John falls. Thomas turns on Ratcliffe]
Thomas : You shot him!
Governor Ratcliffe : He stepped right--right into it. It's his own fault.
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John Smith : Look, we don't have to fight them.
Thomas : John, what's gotten into you?
John Smith : I met one of them.
Ben : You what?
Thomas : A savage?
John Smith : They're not savages. They can help us. They know the land. They know how to navigate the rivers.
[Meeko pulls out an ear of corn and gives it to John]
John Smith : And look, it's food.
Lon : What is it?
John Smith : It's better than hardtack and gruel, that's for sure.
Wiggins : I like gruel.
Governor Ratcliffe : [takes the corn and throws it on the ground] They don't want to feed us, you ninnies! They want to kill us, all of us! They've got our gold, and they'll do anything to keep it!
John Smith : But there is no gold.
Ben : No gold?
Governor Ratcliffe : [sarcastically] And I suppose your little Indian friend told you this?
John Smith : Yes.
Governor Ratcliffe : Lies! Lies! All of it! Murderous thieves! There's not room for their kind in civilized society.
John Smith : But this is their land!
Governor Ratcliffe : This is my land! I make the laws here. And I say anyone who so much as look at an Indian without killing him on sight will be tried for treason... and hanged!
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Thomas : [looking at Kocoum's body after shooting him] Is he...
Pocahontas : You killed him.
Thomas : I thought that...
Pocahontas : [Angrily rushes at Thomas] Get away from him!
John Smith : [holds her back] Pocahontas, it wont help! He was only...
Pocahontas : [shouts] He killed him!
John Smith : [they hear other Indians approaching] Thomas, get out of here!
[Thomas hesitates]
John Smith : [yells] Get out of here!
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Thomas : What do you suppose the New World will look like?
John Smith : Like all the others, I suppose. I've seen hundreds of new worlds, Thomas. What could possibly be different about this one?
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Thomas : [as a bugle is being played] John, you better get down here. The governor's coming ashore.
John Smith : [blows an attacking Flit away from his face] All right. All right. I'm leaving.
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Governor Ratcliffe : [Thomas is staring after John Smith, who has just snuck off to see Pocahontas. Ratcliffe appears behind him and pushes him out the fort] Follow him.
Thomas : [standing to attention] Yes, governor.
Governor Ratcliffe : I want to know where he's sneaking off to.
Thomas : Yes, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe : [tossing Thomas a rifle] And if you see any Indians, shoot them.
Governor Ratcliffe : [Thomas looks at the rifle uncertainly] Oh, and Thomas you've been a slipshod sailor and a poor excuse for a soldier. Don't disappoint me again.
[Thomas walks off, looking hurt]
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Thomas : [Thomas aims at Kocoum and closes one eye] Both eyes open.
[he opens both eyes, fires and hits Kocoum in the chest]
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Thomas : [to Pocahontas, about John after being wounded] Going back is his only chance. He'll die if he stays here.
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Governor Ratcliffe : Anything yet?
Thomas : Nothing but rocks and dirt, sir.
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Thomas : [steals Ratcliffe's rifle] Put him in chains!
Governor Ratcliffe : [glares at Thomas] I will see you all *hang* for this!
Thomas : [looks Ratcliffe in the eye] And gag him as well!
