Batman Begins (2005)

Cillian Murphy: Dr. Jonathan Crane, The Scarecrow

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• The Scarecrow : Boo!

  [sprays a dose of fear toxin at Batman] 

  The Scarecrow : Aw, having trouble?

  [Batman starts hallucinating and tumbles backward into an easy chair] 

  The Scarecrow : Take a seat. Have a drink.

  [splashes Batman with alcohol] 

  The Scarecrow : You look like a man who takes himself too seriously.

  [produces a lighter and lights it] 

  The Scarecrow : Do you want my opinion? You need to lighten up.

  [tosses the lighter at Batman, setting him on fire] 

• Carmine Falcone : [feigning insanity]  Yeah, Doctor Crane, I can't take it anymore. It's all too much. "The walls are closing in." Blah, blah, blah. Couple more days of this food, it'll be true.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : What do you want?

  Carmine Falcone : I want to know how you're gonna convince me to keep my mouth shut.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : About what? You don't know anything.

  Carmine Falcone : I know you don't want the police to take a closer look at the drugs they seized. And I know about your experiments with the inmates of your nuthouse. See, I don't go into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets. And those goons you used - I own the muscle in this town. Now, I've been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning, it's big, and I want in.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, I already know what he'll say: that we should kill you.

  Carmine Falcone : [chuckling]  No, even he can't get me in here. Not in my town.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : [sighs, then matter-of-factly]  Would you like to see my mask? I use it in my experiments.

  [takes out the Scarecrow mask] 

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Now, probably not very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't stand it.

  [he puts it on] 

  Carmine Falcone : So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?

  [Crane sprays fear gas into Falcone's face; Falcone begins to scream in terror as the gas takes effect: Crane's voice is altered, and the mask appears to move like a real face] 

  The Scarecrow : They scream, and they cry. Much as you're doing now.

  [Cuts to later outside Falcone's cell. He is still screaming] 

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, he's not faking, not that one. I'll talk to the judge and see if I can get him moved to the secure wing at Arkham. I can't treat him here.

• Batman : Taste of your own medicine, doctor?

  [gasses Crane with fear toxin] 

  Batman : What was your plan? Crane! Who are you working for?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : [terrified]  ... Ra's. Ra's Al Ghul!

  Batman : Ra's Al Ghul is dead. Who are you working for? Crane!

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...

• The Scarecrow : [riding through a riot on a hooded horse]  There's nothing to fear but fear itself!

• Dr. Jonathan Crane : [the lights have shut off]  He's here.

  Arkham Thug #1 : Who?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : The Batman.

  Arkham Thug #1 : What do we do?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : What anyone does when a prowler comes around... call the police.

  Arkham Thug #1 : You want the cops here?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : At this point, they can't stop us. But the Batman has a talent for disruption. Force him outside, the police will take him down. Go.

  Arkham Thug #1 : [indicating Rachel]  What about her?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Ah, she hasn't got long. I gave her a concentrated dose. The mind can only take so much. Now, go!

  Crane Thug #2 : [hesitant]  The things they say about him... can he really fly?

  Crane Thug #1 : I heard he can disappear.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, we'll find out, won't we?

• Rachel Dawes : You really think a man who butchers people for the mob doesn't belong in prison?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, I would hardly have testified to that otherwise, would I?

  Rachel Dawes : This is the *third* of Carmine Falcone's thugs you've had declared insane and moved into your asylum.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : The work offered by organized crime must have an attraction to the insane.

  [starts to walk away] 

  Rachel Dawes : [calling after him]  ... Or the corrupt!

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : [to Rachel's boss]  Mr. Finch. I think you should check with Miss Dawes here just what implications your office has authorized her to make. If any.

• Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, the work offered by organized crime must have an attraction to the insane.

• [Falcone has been committed to Arkham] 

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Outside, he was a giant. In here, only the mind can grant you power.

  Rachel Dawes : You enjoy the reversal?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : I respect the mind's power over the body. It's why I do what I do.

• Rachel Dawes : [attempting to comfort a frightened child]  It's okay. No one's gonna hurt you.

  The Scarecrow : [tearing in on horseback]  Of *course* they are!

  Rachel Dawes : Crane?

  The Scarecrow : [leaning towards Rachel and holding up his finger as though to correct her]  No. Scarecrow!

• Dr. Jonathan Crane : [to Rachel Dawes]  This is where we make the medicine. Perhaps you should have some. Clear your head.

• Dr. Jonathan Crane : [after being called down to Arkham by Rachel. She is observing Falcone, who is muttering "scarecrow" over and over]  Miss Dawes, this is most irregular. I have nothing further to add to the report I filed with the judge.

  Rachel Dawes : I have questions about your report.

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Such as?

  Rachel Dawes : Isn't it convenient for a 52 year old man who has no history of mental illness to suddenly have a complete psychotic breakdown, just when he's about to be indicted?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, as you can see for yourself, there is nothing "convenient" about his symptoms.

  [They look at Falcone, still muttering "Scarecrow"] 

  Rachel Dawes : What's "scarecrow"?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Patients suffering delusional episodes often focus their paranoia on an external tormentor. Usually one conforming to Jungian archetypes. In this case, a scarecrow.

  [pause] 

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Outside, he was a giant. In here, only the mind can grant you power.

  Rachel Dawes : You enjoy the reversal?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : I respect the mind's power over the body. It's why I do what I do.

• Rachel Dawes : Crane?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : No, Scarecrow!

• Dr. Jonathan Crane : I am more than aware that you are not intimidated by *me*, Mr. Falcone. But you know who I'm working for, and when he gets here...

  Carmine Falcone : He-he's coming to Gotham?

  Dr. Jonathan Crane : Yes he is. And when he gets here, he's not gonna want to hear that you have endangered our operation just to get your thugs out of a little jail time.

• The Scarecrow : [to Rachel]  Who knows you're here? Who knows?

• Dr. Jonathan Crane : You look like a man who takes himself too seriously. do you want my opinion? you need to lighten up

  [sets batman on fire]