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 Billy_2121

link 21.02.2007 19:54 
Subject: Цитата из фильма "В порту"
Marlon Brando, On The Waterfront (1954)
Remember that night in the Garden? You came down to my dressing room and you said 'kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson'... You was my brother, Charlie. You shoulda looked out for me a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum. Which is what I am. Let's face it.

Затруднения с Вильсоном, да и вообще, если кто-то смотрел фильм и знает, что к чему, огромная просьба поделиться.
Заранее спасибо

 watchkeeper

link 22.02.2007 0:52 
Brando's character is Terry Malloy, and Terry has had better days. His older brother Charley is the right-hand man for Johnny Friendly, the big boss. Although this leaves Terry in a better situation (monetarily) than most of the other dock workers, he's not a ruthless thug at heart, despite his image. After unknowingly contributing to the murder of Joey Doyle, a dock worker on the verge of testifying against Johnny Friendly and his gang, Terry's conscience begins to creep up on him.

Terry used to be a boxer, a good one. Working under Johnny's direction, Terry's brother convinced him to take a dive during an important match, which destroyed his boxing career. Ever since, he's lived with a shadow of regret and it all comes out in his "I coulda been a contenda" speech, which has become one of the most famous in film history.

Charley Malloy: Look, kid, I -- how much you weigh, Slick? When you weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds you were beautiful. You coulda been another Billy Conn, and that skunk we got you for a manager, he brought you along too fast.
Terry Malloy: It wasn't him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night"! My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville! You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money.
Charley Malloy: Oh I had some bets down for you. You saw some money.
Terry Malloy:You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley.
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