Balto (1995)

Bob Hoskins: Boris

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• Boris : Let me tell you something Balto. A dog can not make this journey alone, but maybe a wolf can.

• Boris : Not a dog. Not a wolf. All he knows is what he's not. If only he could see what he is.

• Boris : Let me tell you something, Balto. A dog cannot make this journey alone

  [starts to walk off, but stops suddenly] 

  Boris : but... maybe a wolf can.

• Boris : Oh, Balto. I was so scared, I got people bumps.

• Luk : Help. Help. We can't swim. Help, help. We're drowning, we're drowning. Save us.

  Boris : Bears? Fellas? IDIOT BALLS OF FLUFF?

  Balto : Easy, Boris. You know how they are.

  [to Muk and Luk, who are thrashing and yelling in the water] 

  Balto : Muk. Luk. Relax. Come on you're OK you're not drowning.

  [to Muk and Luk whose yells and thrashes have subsided] 

  Boris : [with Russian accent]  He has point bears. You are not drowning because; if you had thought for a moment you will observe, perhaps: TIDE IS OUT.

  [stomps away, annoyed] 

• Boris : This wolf business again. What is wrong with being half and half, I like to know? Sometimes I wish like crazy I was half eagle.

  Balto : Why?

  Boris : Better profile for one thing, and no one eats you for another.

• Boris : Poor Balto. He's going into freezing coldness to find the dog he doesn't like and bring medicine back to a town that doesn't like him.

• Jenna : [Jenna falls in the snow because she is hurt]  Ahh! Clumsy.

  Balto : No, you're not. You're hurt.

  Jenna : I'm fine.

  [Jenna gets back up but falls in the snow again] 

  Jenna : Ahh! Maybe I'm not so fine. You should go ahead without me.

  Balto : Jenna...

  Jenna : No no I'll be slowing everyone down. Rosy can't hold out much longer.

  Jenna : Muk, you and Luk carry Jenna back to town on this.

  [Balto gets a branch fallen off a tree] 

  Boris : And this time don't take tome out for a swim!

  [Boris giggles] 

  Balto : You can make sure of that, Boris. You're gonna lead them home.

  [to Jenna] 

  Balto : Just follow my marks.

  Jenna : You're going all alone?

  Balto : Won't be the first time.

  Jenna : Here.

  [Jenna takes off her bandana and puts it on Balto] 

  Jenna : Afraid it won't keep you very warm.

  Balto : Yeah, it will.

  [Balto and Jenna muzzle each other] 

  Muk : [Luk starts to cry]  Well, of course Balto will come back. He's Balto isn't he?

  Balto : Hey! I'm coming back, with the medicine. I promise, Jenna. Go ahead, guys. Take her home.

  [Balto starts walking off but Boris stops him] 

  Boris : Balto, I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are?

  Balto : Boris.

  [Balto shoves Boris to look at the others] 

  Balto : They need you even more then I do.

  Boris : Let me tell you something, Balto. A dog cannot make this journey alone. But maybe a wolf can.

• Balto : I'm beginning to see there isn't anything you can't do

  Boris : I'm seeing a few things too, and it's making the ice melt... I HATE BEARS!

• Boris : [watching Balto scratch a tree]  Good work, Balto. You took on the biggest, meanest tree in whole forest, and you won.

  Balto : I'm marking the trail.

  Luk : [to Muk]  He's marking our trail. That's very clever.

  Boris : And here I was leaving bread crumbs.

• Boris : They wouldn't put you on a sled team even if you did win.

  Balto : Wish me luck.

  Boris : I don't wish you luck. I wish you sense.

  [quietly] 

  Boris : Good luck, kiddo.

• Steele : Didn't make the team, Bingo?

  Boris : Don't look at him. Don't listen to him. Live a long life.

  Balto : My name's Balto.

  Boris : But you can call him "Idiot."

• Boris : [about Muk and Luk after they jump into water to save Balto]  They cannot swim.

  Jenna : What? Polar bears who can't *swim*?

• Boris : More whimpering? Between you and Balto is like Dostoyevsky novel around here. Lighten up.

• Boris : So, let's go get medicine.

  Balto : Wait a minute. Now you're coming?

  Boris : Spending days in bitter cold, facing wild animals, risking death from exposure...

  [giggles] 

  Boris : is like holiday in old country.

• Balto : Boris, did you ever think you're the reason the other geese fly south?

  Boris : If only your feet were as fast as your mouth.

• Boris : Not dog, not wolf, you are hero!

  [kisses Balto on the head] 

• Steele : Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

  Nikki : Good wordplay there, boss!

  Kaltag : You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!

  Star : You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!

  [gets bonked on the head by Kaltag] 

  Star : Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!

  [falls down dizzily] 

  Balto : Steele, just leave him out of this.

  Nikki : [in the background]  Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.

  Steele : Oh, Balto.

  [slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns] 

  Steele : I've got a message for your mother.

  [walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star] 

  Steele : RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  [Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele] 

  Steele : ARRROOOOOOOO!

  Steele , Nikki , Kaltag , Star : ARRROOOOOOOO!

  Balto : RRRRRRRRRRR.

  Kaltag : Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!

  [howls] 

  Star : Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?

  Balto : RRRRRRR.

  [Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling] 

  Steele : Get him.

  [Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking] 

  Steele : Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

  [spits on Balto] 

  Boris : Maybe we go now, huh? Now!

  [Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away] 

  Steele : Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

  Kaltag : I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.

  Star : [says something barely understandable]  Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!

  Steele : [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk] 

  Nikki : Half wolf in the side pocket there!

  [laughs] 

  Kaltag : He's the most dead center...

  Nikki : Yeah!

  Kaltag : The most on-target, the most down the middle...

  [gets interrupted by Star] 

  Star : He hit him!

• Boris : When you are big, frozen, stiff statue named Balto, don't come running to me.

• Boris : Where's he going? He's going out into freezing cold to find a dog he doesn't like to bring medicine back to a town that doesn't like him. Oh no. I'm beginning to understand the bear.

• Boris : Who should you bring on a wild goose chase but a goose?

• Boris : Balto, I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are?

• [after Balto rescues Rosy's hat from being trampled by Steele] 

  Boris : When will you learn to stay on the sidelines?

• Boris : I am a delicate country bird. I hate going into town.

• Boris : Is love, so go make move. When the angels' balalaikas strum the sweet song of love... mambo.

• Boris : Do you mind putting me down now, Mr. Golden Retriever?

• Boris : Balto, get your slobbering mouth off me!

• Boris : Why do I let you talk me into these things?

• Balto : Come on, we don't want to miss the finish.

  Boris : Oh, that would be a tragedy.

  [Balto runs off, throwing Boris into the snow] 

  Boris : I was being sarcastic.

• Boris : Time for a goose to kick a little bear butt!

• Balto : I smell

  [sniffs the air] 

  Balto : herring.

  Boris : The herring are flying south too?

  Balto : Hey, it must be Muk and Luk!

  Boris : Good news.

  Luk : [continually]  Uncle Boris!

  Boris : Oh no.

  Balto : How sweet. Uncle Boris.

• Boris : No brain at all, might as well be talking to... humans.

• Steele : Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

  Nikki : Good wordplay there, boss!

  Kaltag : You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!

  Star : You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!

  [gets bonked on the head by Kaltag] 

  Star : Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!

  [falls down dizzily] 

  Balto : Steele, just leave him out of this.

  Nikki : [in the background]  Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.

  Steele : Oh, Balto.

  [slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns] 

  Steele : I've got a message for your mother.

  [walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star] 

  Steele : RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  [Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele] 

  Steele : ARRROOOOOOOO!

  Steele , Nikki , Kaltag , Star : ARRROOOOOOOO!

  Balto : RRRRRRRRRRR.

  Kaltag : Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!

  [howls] 

  Star : Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?

  Balto : RRRRRRR.

  [Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling] 

  Steele : Get him.

  [Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking] 

  Steele : Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

  [spits on Balto] 

  Boris : Maybe we go now, huh? Now!

  [Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away] 

  Steele : Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

  Kaltag : I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.

  Star : Feathers! Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!

  Steele : [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk] 

  Nikki : Half wolf in the side pocket there!

  [laughs] 

  Kaltag : He's the most dead center...

  Nikki : Yeah!

  Kaltag : The most on-target, the most down the middle...

  [gets interrupted by Star] 

  Star : He hit him!

• Boris : Balto! I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are?

  Balto : Boris, they need you even more than I do.

  [Boris begins walking away and then stops] 

  Boris : Let me tell you something, Balto. A dog... cannot make this journey alone but... maybe a wolf can.

• Balto : Home sick Boris?, Do you ever think about going back?

  Boris : Dont fret my dog, I'm stinking here until I'm sure you can stand on your own four feet.

  Balto : Your, taking care of me?

  Boris : Dont thank me.

  Balto : I smell... Heron.

  Boris : The heron are flying south too?

  Balto : Hey, must be Muk and Luk.

  Boris : Hu-uh Good news?

  Luk : Uncle Boris!

  Balto : Oh no.

  Balto : How sweet, Uncle Boris.

• Boris : Balto. Racing in a spectator sport, it requires very little preparation! You sit, you arrange refreshments.

  [Grabs a box and takes out a white flake] 

  Boris : You like potato chip?

  [Eats it, then a bubble comes out his mouth. He reads the label on the box... Soap Flakes] 

  Balto : I'm not watching the race... I'm running it.

  Boris : [Splutters]  You said what?

  Balto : Hey, look I wanna help Rosy get better. I can get that medicine through.

  Boris : First of all, get it through your head that they wouldn't put you in a sled team even if you did win, which won't happen and if it did it wouldn't matter!

  Balto : Boris, did 'ya ever think maybe you're the reason the other geese fly south?

  Boris : [Miffed]  If only your feet were as fast as your mouth.

  Balto : Hey, they're starting, Wish me luck!

  Boris : Luck? I don't wish you luck, I wish you SENSE!

  [Balto leaves. After Boris pauses, quietly] 

  Boris : Good luck, kiddo.

• Steele : Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?

  Nikki : Good wordplay there, boss!

  Kaltag : You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!

  Star : You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!

  [gets bonked on the head by Kaltag] 

  Star : Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!

  [falls down dizzily] 

  Balto : Steele, just leave him out of this.

  Nikki : [in the background]  Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.

  Steele : Oh, Balto.

  [slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns] 

  Steele : I've got a message for your mother.

  [walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star] 

  Steele : RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  [Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele] 

  Steele : ARRROOOOOOOO!

  Steele , Nikki , Kaltag , Star : ARRROOOOOOOO!

  Balto : RRRRRRRRRRR.

  Kaltag : Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!

  [howls] 

  Star : Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?

  Balto : RRRRRRR.

  [Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling] 

  Steele : Get him.

  [Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking] 

  Steele : Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!

  [spits on Balto] 

  Boris : Maybe it's just fear talking, but I am seeing wisdom in this advice. Maybe we go now, huh? Now!

  [Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away] 

  Steele : Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

  Kaltag : I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.

  Star : Feathers! Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!

  Steele : [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk] 

  Nikki : Half wolf in the side pocket there!

  [laughs] 

  Kaltag : He's the most dead center...

  Nikki : Yeah!

  Kaltag : The most on-target, the most down the middle...

  [gets interrupted by Star] 

  Star : He hit him!