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The Man Who Would Be King

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A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
Director
John Huston
Year
1975
Genre
adventure, drama
Box Office
N/A
Production
Persky-Bright Productions,Devon
Awards
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 nominations.
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Sikander - The Man Who Would Be King 01:26
Sikander
I oft times tell Ootah about Englishmens - The Man Who Would Be King 00:42
I oft times tell Ootah about Englishmens
I've come back. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:12
I've come back.
Don't you know me? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:19
Don't you know me?
May I? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:10
May I?
Mr. Clutterbury Das… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:17
Mr. Clutterbury Das…
Oh! - The Man Who Would Be King 00:18
Oh!
I have your records before me - The Man Who Would Be King 00:38
I have your records before me
It would have been wiser if you'd both gone home at the end of your army service - The Man Who Would Be King 00:24
It would have been wiser if you'd both gone home at the...
The may be no criminal charges against you - The Man Who Would Be King 00:27
The may be no criminal charges against you
Now, you witness it and it's legal. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:05
Now, you witness it and it's legal.
Wait. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:10
Wait.
Corporal of the Guard. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:32
Corporal of the Guard.
Then at Jaedallak… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:27
Then at Jaedallak…
The country was deserty, the inhabitants was dispersed and solitary. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:14
The country was deserty, the inhabitants was dispersed and s...
Mules. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:28
Mules.
The problem is - The Man Who Would Be King 00:15
The problem is
So we starts forward, into those bitter cold mountainous parts… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:10
So we starts forward, into those bitter cold mountainous par...
The mountains was tall and white… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:11
The mountains was tall and white…
God's holy trousers. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:13
God's holy trousers.
Not a move out of them. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:09
Not a move out of them.
Put there by the Kafiris to frighten the neighbors no doubt - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Put there by the Kafiris to frighten the neighbors no doubt
Danny. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Danny.
Kafiristan. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:07
Kafiristan.
Brass band and all. Hail the conquering heroes. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Brass band and all. Hail the conquering heroes.
Bloody cheek. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:18
Bloody cheek.
And now if you will take us to this Ootah bloke - The Man Who Would Be King 00:15
And now if you will take us to this Ootah bloke
Ootah! - The Man Who Would Be King 00:09
Ootah!
He wants to know where you come from. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:19
He wants to know where you come from.
He wants to know if you are gods - The Man Who Would Be King 00:07
He wants to know if you are gods
I ofttimes tell Ootah about Englishmans - The Man Who Would Be King 00:17
I ofttimes tell Ootah about Englishmans
I ofttimes tell Ootah about Englishmans… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:20
I ofttimes tell Ootah about Englishmans…
We are not gods exactly… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:08
We are not gods exactly…
Keep looking at me - The Man Who Would Be King 00:12
Keep looking at me
Enemies all around - The Man Who Would Be King 00:22
Enemies all around
He says how much for all that? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:09
He says how much for all that?
He says he prefers Ootah the Terrible. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:08
He says he prefers Ootah the Terrible.
And take him in token of our earnest. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:16
And take him in token of our earnest.
Ootah say, "You no like?" - The Man Who Would Be King 00:10
Ootah say, "You no like?"
Ootah say take your pick - The Man Who Would Be King 00:42
Ootah say take your pick
He has 32 sons if you're liking boys. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:15
He has 32 sons if you're liking boys.
Do they always use such a big ball - The Man Who Would Be King 00:16
Do they always use such a big ball
We're going to teach you soldiering - The Man Who Would Be King 00:26
We're going to teach you soldiering
Not bloody likely - The Man Who Would Be King 00:33
Not bloody likely
Come on, smarten up, you horrible lot. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:23
Come on, smarten up, you horrible lot.
Let's go and seek safety in battle - The Man Who Would Be King 00:07
Let's go and seek safety in battle
Billy Fish. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:22
Billy Fish.
Halt. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:11
Halt.
Present. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:07
Present.
Who are they? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:30
Who are they?
Fire! - The Man Who Would Be King 00:26
Fire!
Advance. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:10
Advance.
And what, may I ask, did you think you were playing at… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:29
And what, may I ask, did you think you were playing at…
He say he great warrior. He win this big battle… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:17
He say he great warrior. He win this big battle…
He says once sword unsheathed, it must taste blood. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:08
He says once sword unsheathed, it must taste blood.
He says watch out or he get very angry and lop your head off. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
He says watch out or he get very angry and lop your head off...
Have the Bashkai any enemies to speak of? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:25
Have the Bashkai any enemies to speak of?
No Billy he's a man like you and me - The Man Who Would Be King 00:09
No Billy he's a man like you and me
Polo? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Polo?
Er Heb and Bashkai people celebrate new brotherhood. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:08
Er Heb and Bashkai people celebrate new brotherhood.
We marched and fought and took more villages. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:15
We marched and fought and took more villages.
Sikander, Sikander, Sikander. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:22
Sikander, Sikander, Sikander.
Venus de Milo in the flesh, if flesh it is, and not Guinness and champagne. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:10
Venus de Milo in the flesh, if flesh it is, and not Guinness...
There's such a thing as admiring beauty for its own sake - The Man Who Would Be King 00:14
There's such a thing as admiring beauty for its own...
- Girl afraid. - Of what? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:25
- Girl afraid. - Of what?
They come from Holy City of Sikandergul… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:13
They come from Holy City of Sikandergul…
Sikandergul. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Sikandergul.
All right, you've got us here. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:09
All right, you've got us here.
Where's your High Panjandrum? Hm? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:05
Where's your High Panjandrum? Hm?
Afternoon, Your Reverence. You said you wanted to see me? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Afternoon, Your Reverence. You said you wanted to see me?
Tell him he can keep it, Billy. Tell him I'm making him a present of it. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:05
Tell him he can keep it, Billy. Tell him I'm making him...
What did he say, Billy? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:05
What did he say, Billy?
You mortals wait down there - The Man Who Would Be King 00:05
You mortals wait down there
Tell your filthy sods to take their paws off me double quick… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:23
Tell your filthy sods to take their paws off me double quick...
Sikander. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:08
Sikander.
Now what the bleeding hell? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:22
Now what the bleeding hell?
They're Masons. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:13
They're Masons.
Only highest of high priests knows about this sign… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:12
Only highest of high priests knows about this sign…
Sikander, Sikander, Sikander! - The Man Who Would Be King 00:07
Sikander, Sikander, Sikander!
Sikander? - The Man Who Would Be King 00:06
Sikander?
These here make the jewels in the Tower of London… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:09
These here make the jewels in the Tower of London…
These here make the jewels in the Tower of London - The Man Who Would Be King 01:02
These here make the jewels in the Tower of London
You mean he's piled up a fortune of sixty cows out of her infidelities - The Man Who Would Be King 00:16
You mean he's piled up a fortune of sixty cows out of...
He shall pay 22 cases of compensation - The Man Who Would Be King 00:08
He shall pay 22 cases of compensation
If we're gonna make it stick that I'm a god… - The Man Who Would Be King 00:24
If we're gonna make it stick that I'm a god…
You'd have to take your hat off to Daniel Dravot. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:26
You'd have to take your hat off to Daniel Dravot.
Look, Danny, the geese. Skeins of them flying north. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:14
Look, Danny, the geese. Skeins of them flying north.
Pardon me while I fall down laughing - The Man Who Would Be King 00:11
Pardon me while I fall down laughing
You have our permission to bugger off - The Man Who Would Be King 00:05
You have our permission to bugger off
Let her be brought here, attended by members of her family. - The Man Who Would Be King 00:22
Let her be brought here, attended by members of her family.
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A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.

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Director: John Huston
Writer: John Huston (screenplay), Gladys Hill (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling (based on the story by)
Production: Persky-Bright Productions,Devon
Genre: adventure, drama
Year: 1975
MetaScore: 91/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 19 Dec 1975
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 nominations.
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