The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Ian Holm: Terry Rapson

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Quotes 

• Jack Hall : Professor, it's time you got out of there.

  Terry Rapson : I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend.

  Jack Hall : What can we do?

  Terry Rapson : Save as many as you can.

• Simon : [their final lines in the movie]  Gentlemen,

  [toasting] 

  Simon : To England!

  Terry Rapson : To mankind!

  Dennis : To Manchester United!

• Terry Rapson : [after Simon suggests that the scotch might serve as fuel to keep them alive]  Are you mad? That's a 12-year-old scotch!

• Terry Rapson : [over the phone]  Several hours ago, three helicopters went down over Scotland. They crashed because the fuel in their lines froze.

  Jack Hall : At what temperature does...

  Terry Rapson : [interrupting]  -150 degrees Fahrenheit.

  [scoffs] 

  Terry Rapson : They had to look it up!

• Simon : I just wish I could have seen him grow up, you know.

  Terry Rapson : The important thing is he will grow up.

  Dennis : Amen!

• Simon : What are the odds of two buoys failing?

  Terry Rapson : Remote.

  [another buoy seen on the computer screen fails] 

  Terry Rapson : Make that three.

• Jack Hall : When this storm is over, we'll be in a new ice age.

  Terry Rapson : My God.

• Simon : Hello, professor. How was India?

  Terry Rapson : Oh, you know what these scientific gatherings are. All dancing girls, wine and parties.

• Jack Hall : Who is it?

  Terry Rapson : Terry Rapson. Sorry to call you so early.

  Jack Hall : No, professor. It's alright. What is it?

  Terry Rapson : Well we've found something extraordinary... extraordinary and disturbing, that is. You recall what you said in New Delhi about how polar melting might disrupt the North Atlantic current?

  Jack Hall : Yes.

  Terry Rapson : Well... I think it's happening.

• [they're snowed in at Scotland] 

  Terry Rapson : We've got our own genny, enough tea and biscuits to sink a ship. We'll be fine! As long as the loo doesn't back up again.

• Jack Hall : What do you mean?

  Terry Rapson : One of our NOMAD buoys registered a thirteen-degree drop in surface temperature the other day. I've sent you an email.

  Jack Hall : Hold on.

  Terry Rapson : At first we thought it was a malfunction. But there are four more across the Atlantic showing the same thing.

  Jack Hall : This is unbelievable.

  Terry Rapson : You predicted it would happen.

  Jack Hall : Yes, but not in our life time. This is too fast.

  Terry Rapson : There are no forecast models remotely capable of plotting this scenario, except yours.

  Jack Hall : My model is a reconstruction of a prehistoric climate shift. It's not a forecast model.

  Terry Rapson : It's the closest thing we have. Nothing like this has ever happened before.

  Jack Hall : At least not in the last ten thousand years.

• Simon : Is that Neville's handiwork?

  Terry Rapson : Neville's way beyond stick figures. He's six already.

• Terry Rapson : We'll be fine.

• Terry Rapson : [to Simon]  Are the lads winning?