Inspirational speeches in movies....

Trevor · June 29, 2009, 02:43:46 AM

For me, the best has to be Morgan Freeman's speech to his students in Lean On Me:

"Alright people, here we are. In one hour, you are going to take an exam administered by the State to test your basic skills and the quality of education at East Side High. I want to tell you what the people are saying about you and what they think about your chances. They say you're inferior! You are just a bunch of n***ers and sp**s and poor white trash! Education is wasted on you! You cannot learn! You're lost! I mean ALL of you! I want all the white students to stand up. All my white students, stand up. Stand up. C'mon, stand up. These are my white children and they're the same as all of you! They've got no place to go, if they had, they'd have abandoned us a long time ago like everybody else did. So, here they are in East Side High, just like the rest of us. You can sit down.

Are you getting my point, people? Is it beginning to sink in? We sink, we swim, we rise, we fall, we meet our fate together! Now, it took the help of a good, good friend to make me know and understand that and I do understand that and I'm grateful. I'm eternally grateful. And now, I've got a message for those people out there who've abandoned you and written you off! Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Good! You are NOT inferior! Your grades may be, your school may have been. But you can turn that around and make liars out of those bastards in exactly one hour when you take that test and pass it and win! So here's what I want you to do. When you find your thoughts wandering, I want you to knuckle back down and concentrate. Concentrate! Remember what's at stake and show them what East Side High's all about: a spirit that will not die!"

Or I could offer Robert Loggia's speech from Necessary Roughness:

"I want you to go out there and rip their ******g heads off and sh*t down their necks!!! [Pause] Let us pray."

indianasmith · June 29, 2009, 07:48:47 AM

Kemnneth Branagh's rendition of the "St. Crispin's Day" Speech in HENRY V. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up every time!

Mr. DS · June 29, 2009, 08:33:21 AM

The big speech Mel Gibson does as William Wallace before one of the battles in Braveheart.

Doggett · June 29, 2009, 09:56:14 AM

I always cringe at big speeches in movies.

I always think of Keira Knightly in POTC 3...ohhh....

The Burgomaster · June 29, 2009, 12:08:04 PM

George C. Scott's speech in front of the huge American flag in PATTON.

Doggett · June 29, 2009, 01:10:35 PM

Quote from: indianasmith on June 29, 2009, 07:48:47 AM
Kemnneth Branagh's rendition of the "St. Crispin's Day" Speech in HENRY V. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up every time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esheilaomalley%2Ecom%2Farchives%2F010267%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded

sigh

That and beating Australians at...anything...is what keeps us English going.

RCMerchant · June 29, 2009, 04:08:32 PM

This one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cE1fzfOogo

...and this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b_zIy97FyE

Yeah...it's pretty much babbling nonsense...but Bela puts so much heart into it...it's inspirational to me.

AndyC · June 29, 2009, 05:54:45 PM

Can't forget the one and only John Belushi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47bpOCTcaY

dean · June 30, 2009, 04:43:32 AM

Quote from: doggett on June 29, 2009, 01:10:35 PM

That and beating Australians at...anything...is what keeps us English going.

*Ashes series Ahem, Peiterson is a Knob Ahem*

In any case, I was out the other night and somebody thought to remix the speech Bill Pullman gives in Independence Day with some club song. It would have been a great remix if it was a good speech, instead it made people laugh at how silly the DJ was. We didn't stay there for long...

Allhallowsday · June 30, 2009, 02:46:04 PM

My favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA

AndyC · June 30, 2009, 06:20:46 PM

Bill Pullman's speech from Independence Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRGUqd_M6Mg

3mnkids · July 01, 2009, 01:31:10 PM

Samuel L Jackson~ deep blue sea. I guess you could maybe call it inspirational.

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lester1/2jr · July 01, 2009, 01:32:21 PM

Bll Murray in Meatballs

"it just doesn't matter!!, it just doesn't matter!!"

indianasmith · July 01, 2009, 05:26:32 PM

Quote from: 3mnkids on July 01, 2009, 01:31:10 PM
Samuel L Jackson~ deep blue sea. I guess you could maybe call it inspirational.

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I love the part that clip doesn't show . . . when the other shark swims up and gets a little piece of SLJ for himself!

AndyC · July 01, 2009, 05:57:08 PM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on July 01, 2009, 01:32:21 PM
Bll Murray in Meatballs

"it just doesn't matter!!, it just doesn't matter!!"

Here it is. Seeing it again after a few years, it's impressive. Actually much more inspirational than the traditional "we can win" speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3S_k1dRbXY
And Bill Murray's speech from Stripes is pretty good too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjlw4Edt-e8