O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Charles Durning: Pappy O'Daniel

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• Pappy O'Daniel : And furthermore, by way of endorsing my candidacy, the Soggy Bottom Boys are gonna lead us all in a rousing chorus of "You Are My Sunshine."

  [Applause. Pappy turns away from the mike, towards Everett] 

  Pappy O'Daniel : [no-nonsense]  Ain't you, boys?

  Ulysses Everett McGill : Governor, it's one of our favorites.

  Pappy O'Daniel : Son... you're gonna go far.

• Pappy O'Daniel : Sounded to me like he was harboring a hateful grudge against the Soggy Bottom Boys on account of their rough and rowdy past. Looks like Homer Stokes is the kind of fellow who wants to cast the first stone.

  [boos] 

  Pappy O'Daniel : Well, I'm with you folks. I'm a forgive and forget Christian. And I say, if their rambunctiousness and misdemeanoring, is behind them...

  [turns away from the mike, towards Everett] 

  Pappy O'Daniel : [no-nonsense]  It is, ain't it, boys?

  Ulysses Everett McGill : Uh, yes sir, it is.

  Pappy O'Daniel : Well, then, I say, by the power vested in me, these boys is hereby pardoned!

• Pappy O'Daniel : Shake a leg Junior! Thank God your mammy died givin' birth. If she'd have seen you, she'd have died o' shame.

• [Discussing how to counter Homer Stokes' campaign for governor] 

  Junior O'Daniel : We could hire our own midget, even shorter than his.

  Pappy O'Daniel : Wouldn't we look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, bragging on our own midget, doesn't matter how stumpy.

• Pappy O'Daniel : I'll press your flesh, you dimwitted sumbitch! You don't tell your pappy how to court the electorate. We ain't one-at-a-timin' here. We're MASS communicating!

• Pappy O'Daniel : Moral fibre? I invented moral fibre! Pappy O'Daniel was displaying rectitude and high-mindedness when that egghead you work for was still messing his drawers!

• Pappy O'Daniel : Furthermore, in the second Pappy O'Daniel administration, these boys is gonna be my *brain* trust.

  Delmar O'Donnell : What's that mean, Everett?

  Ulysses Everett McGill : Well, Delmar, it means that you and me and Pete and Tommy are gonna be the power behind the throne, so to speak.

• Pappy O'Daniel : You soft headed son of a bitch.

• Delmar O'Donnell : There's a feller in there that'll pay you $10 if you sing into his can.

  Pappy O'Daniel : I'm not here to make a record, you dumb cracker!

• Pappy O'Daniel : People think this Stokes got fresh ideas. He's oh coorant - and we de past!

• Pappy O'Daniel : These boys is gonna be my brain trust.

• Pappy O'Daniel : [seeing the crowd reaction to The Soggy Bottom Boys]  Holy moly, these boys are a hit!

  Junior O'Daniel : But Pappy, they's integrated!

  Pappy O'Daniel : Well, I guess folks don't mind they's integrated.