"The Sunset Limited" quotes

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Through a chance encounter, two men of opposing ideologies deliberate spiritual, philosophical, and profound matters in a New York City apartment.

Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Writer: Cormac McCarthy
Production: N/A
Genre: drama
Year: 2011
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 12 Feb 2011
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations

49 Clips

The first thing you got to understand is - The Sunset Limited 00:09
The first thing you got to understand is
Suffering and human destiny are the same thing - The Sunset Limited 00:07
Suffering and human destiny are the same thing
The things I believed in - The Sunset Limited 00:22
The things I believed in
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp - The Sunset Limited 00:11
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp
Was he killed - The Sunset Limited 00:05
Was he killed
The darker picture is always the correct one - The Sunset Limited 00:19
The darker picture is always the correct one
Who knows Maybe birthdays are dangerous - The Sunset Limited 00:11
Who knows Maybe birthdays are dangerous
The Bible is full of cautionary tales - The Sunset Limited 00:21
The Bible is full of cautionary tales
It's the first thing in that book there - The Sunset Limited 00:24
It's the first thing in that book there
Jesus drank wine he and his disciples - The Sunset Limited 00:10
Jesus drank wine he and his disciples
You think he goes around talking to people - The Sunset Limited 00:15
You think he goes around talking to people
Is that the sun don't shine up the same dog's ass every day - The Sunset Limited 00:13
Is that the sun don't shine up the same dog's ass every day
I'm going to take it the good way 'cause that's my nature - The Sunset Limited 00:11
I'm going to take it the good way 'cause that's my nature
If you don't never speak again - The Sunset Limited 00:19
If you don't never speak again
What would the difference be to him - The Sunset Limited 00:21
What would the difference be to him
So what am I supposed to do with you Professor - The Sunset Limited 00:09
So what am I supposed to do with you Professor
Belief ain't like unbelief - The Sunset Limited 00:24
Belief ain't like unbelief
But the point is that the drunk's concern - The Sunset Limited 00:13
But the point is that the drunk's concern
I don't believe in God Can you understand that - The Sunset Limited 00:13
I don't believe in God Can you understand that
Whose single passion is to revile endlessly - The Sunset Limited 00:09
Whose single passion is to revile endlessly
The things I loved were very frail - The Sunset Limited 00:19
The things I loved were very frail
The light is all around you - The Sunset Limited 00:13
The light is all around you
All right - The Sunset Limited 00:10
All right
The shadow of the axe - The Sunset Limited 00:08
The shadow of the axe
If people could see the world for what it truly is - The Sunset Limited 00:19
If people could see the world for what it truly is
Your God must once have stood - The Sunset Limited 00:22
Your God must once have stood
I long for the darkness - The Sunset Limited 00:25
I long for the darkness
Banish the fear of death from men's hearts - The Sunset Limited 00:08
Banish the fear of death from men's hearts
I ain't a doubter but I am a questioner - The Sunset Limited 00:15
I ain't a doubter but I am a questioner
Answer the question - The Sunset Limited 00:36
Answer the question
I'm gonna take it the good way - The Sunset Limited 00:42
I'm gonna take it the good way
If people could see the world for what is truly is - The Sunset Limited 01:01
If people could see the world for what is truly is
If you don't never speak again - The Sunset Limited 00:27
If you don't never speak again
I long for Darkness - The Sunset Limited 01:25
I long for Darkness
I don't believe in God - The Sunset Limited 00:37
I don't believe in God
Your god must once have stood at a dawn of infinite possibilities - The Sunset Limited 01:05
Your god must once have stood at a dawn of infinite...
You think He got that kinda free time - The Sunset Limited 00:34
You think He got that kinda free time
I ain't a doubter - The Sunset Limited 00:36
I ain't a doubter
But that he's gonna run out'a whiskey before he get a chance to do it - The Sunset Limited 00:33
But that he's gonna run out'a whiskey before he get a chance...
Belief 'aint like unbelief - The Sunset Limited 01:11
Belief 'aint like unbelief
And brotherhood - The Sunset Limited 01:50
And brotherhood
What would the difference be - The Sunset Limited 01:06
What would the difference be
The things I love are very frail - The Sunset Limited 00:53
The things I love are very frail
The sun don't shine up the same dog's ass every day - The Sunset Limited 00:54
The sun don't shine up the same dog's ass every day
The shadow of the axe hangs over every joy - The Sunset Limited 00:16
The shadow of the axe hangs over every joy
The darker picture is always the correct one - The Sunset Limited 00:56
The darker picture is always the correct one
That's the point - The Sunset Limited 00:33
That's the point
So what am I supposed to do with you - The Sunset Limited 00:22
So what am I supposed to do with you
Jesus drank wine - The Sunset Limited 00:34
Jesus drank wine

Cast

Black - Samuel L. Jackson
White - Tommy Lee Jones