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Beowulf (2007) More at IMDbPro »

[from trailer]
Grendel's Mother: Are you the one they call Beowulf? Such a strong man you are. A man like you could own the greatest tale ever sung. Beowulf... Stay with me. Give me a son, and I shall make you the greatest king that ever lived. This... I swear...

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[from trailer]
King Hrothgar: She's not my curse, not anymore.

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Beowulf: I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!

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Wealthow: There have been many a brave soldier come to taste my husband's mead.

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[from trailer]
Beowulf: What do you know of me... Demon?

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[from trailer]
Wiglaf: Do you want me to go in with you?
[Beowulf and Wiglaf look at each other]
Wiglaf: Good.

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Beowulf: They say you have a monster here. They say your lands are cursed. I am Beowulf and I'm here to kill your monster.

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Beowulf: If we die... it will be for GLORY, not gold.

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Beowulf: The time of heroes is dead: the christ god has killed it, leaving nothing but weeping martyrs and fear and shame.

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Beowulf: The sea is my mother! She would never take me back to her murky womb!

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[last lines]
Wiglaf: He was the bravest of us. He was the prince of all warriors. His name will live forever.
Wealthow: His song shall be sung forever.

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[first lines]
King Hrothgar: I want mead! Give me some mead, my queen!

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Beowulf: Keep a memory of me, not as a king or a hero; but as a man: fallible and flawed.

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Beowulf: It's no Earthly storm, that much is for sure. But this demon's tempest will not hold us out if we really want in!

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Hondshew: [to Yrsa] Come on, my mighty lust limb can transport you to paradise, to ecstacy and back. No other man will ever be able to satisfy you again.

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Wiglaf: [stabbing at Grendels crotch] I swear, the bastard has no pintel!

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Unferth: Good night, Beowulf. Watch out for sea monsters. I'm sure your imagination must be teeming with them.

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Yrsa: They say he ripped the monster's limb off with his bare hands.
Gitte: [giggles] I wonder if Beowulf's strength is only in his arms, or in his legs as well... all three of them
[both giggle]
Wealthow: Well, after the feast tonight I'm sure you can find out, Gitte.
Gitte: Me? It's not me he wants, my queen.

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Wiglaf: [seeing the dragon for the first time] Odin's swifan balls!

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Beowulf: [to Frisian] In a way you can't kill me, my friend, 'cause I died many, many years ago when I was young.

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Beowulf: [holding on to the dragon's back with his sword] I'll have your lizard head on a spike!

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Beowulf: Give him a gold piece and send him home. He has a story to tell.

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King Hrothgar: [referring to the Royal Dragon Horn, but looking at his Queen] I wonder how many men have died for love of her beauty.
Beowulf: Can you blame them?
King Hrothgar: If you destroy my Grendel for me, she'll be yours forever and ever and ever.
Beowulf: [takes the horn in his hands] You do me great honor.
Wealthow: [asuming they are talking about her] It is we who are honored.

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Beowulf: How many monsters must I slay? Grendel's mother, father, Grende's uncle? Must I hack down a whole family tree of demons?
King Hrothgar: She is the last of them. Whith her gone, demonkind will slip back into the darkness from whence it came.
Wiglaf: And where it belongs.
Beowulf: And the mother's mate? Where is Grendel's father?
King Hrothgar: Grendel's father can do no harm to man.

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King Hrothgar: When I am gone, Beowulf, son of Edgethow, shall be king!

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Beowulf: You want your name in The Song of Beowulf? You think it sould end with me killed by some Frisian raider with no name?
Frisian Leader: I'm Finn of Frisia and my name shall be remembered forever!
Beowulf: Only if you kill me. Otherwise you're nothing.

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Wiglaf: Let's get you to a healer.
Beowulf: Not this time, old friend.
Wiglaf: You are Beowulf. A little thing like this isn't going to finish you off.

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Wiglaf: [seeing the bodies of Beowulf's thanes in the mead hall] In the name of Odin! Is Grendel not dead? Has he grown his arm anew?

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Beowulf: This is not battle, Wiglaf. This is slaughter.
Wiglaf: The Frisians want to make themselves heroes, my lord. They want the bards to sing of their deeds.
Beowulf: It's going to be a short song.

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Beowulf: Great friend, There is something you should know.
Wiglaf: Nay! There is nothing I should know. You are Beowulf. Beowulf the mighty, the hero! The slayer and destroyer of demons! Now let us kill this flying devil where it sleeps and get on with our bloody lives!

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