Dunkirk (2017)

Mark Rylance: Mr. Dawson

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• Mr. Dawson : [On the Shivering Soldier]  He's shell-shocked, George. He's not himself. He might never be himself again.

• Shivering Soldier : You haven't turned around.

  Mr. Dawson : No, we have a job to do.

  Shivering Soldier : Job? This is a pleasure yacht. You're weekend sailors, not the bloody navy. A man your age?

  Mr. Dawson : Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?

  Shivering Soldier : You should be at home!

  Mr. Dawson : Well, there won't be any home if we allow a slaughter across the Channel. There's no hiding from this.

• Mr. Dawson : [about planes approaching from behind]  Spitfires, George. Greatest plane ever built.

  Grenadier : You didn't even look.

  Mr. Dawson : Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. Sweetest sound you could hear out here.

• Irate Soldier : [On the pier in England, Collins steps off Dawson's boat, watching soldiers walk by. One looks at Collins angrily]  Where the bloody hell were you?

  Mr. Dawson : [to Collins]  He knows exactly where you were.

• Shivering Soldier : Where are we going?

  Mr. Dawson : Dunkirk.

  Shivering Soldier : No, we're going to England!

  Mr. Dawson : We have to go to Dunkirk first.

  Shivering Soldier : I'm not going back!