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Title The Quick and the Dead
Year 1995
Director Sam Raimi
Genre Thriller, Western, Action
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Plot – A mysterious woman arrives at Redemption to kill the evil Herod, the absolute ruler of the city. Once a year Herod gets rid of all of his enemies through a money contest that he organizes which draws killers from all over the West. Herold, who is the fastest, always sees him triumph at the last bloody battle. This year, the woman also takes part to the contest. Director Raimi is a madman with an ironic and encyclopedic taste for references and reinterpretations. Hilarious lines, a tribute to all the mean westerns of Leone, Siegel and Clint Eastwood. A refined reinterpretation of the genre: entertainment assured.
All actors – Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobin Bell, Roberts Blossom, Kevin Conway, Keith David, Lance Henriksen, Pat Hingle, Gary Sinise, Mark Boone Junior, Olivia Burnette, Fay Masterson, Raynor Scheine, Woody Strode, Jerry Swindall, Scott Spiegel, Jonothon Gill, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Lennie Loftin, Matthew Gold, Arturo Gastelum, David Cornell, Josef Rainer, Stacy Linn Ramsower, Tony Lee Boggs, Scott Ryder, Timothy Patrick Quill, Solomon Abrams, John Cameron, Bruce Campbell, Mike Stone, Butch Molina, Greg Goossen, Mick Garris, Oliver Dear, James Cotner, Cindy Hundt, John A. Willingham
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  • “- John Herod: It's true that you gunned down four men?
    - Ace Hanlon: Two with my left hand. Two with my right hand. You see, the truth is that I am just as good with either.
    - John Herod: You must be the fastest gun in the west... That, or the biggest liar.”

    Gene Hackman - Herod
    Lance Henriksen - Ace Hanlon
  • “- Ace Hanlon: You wanna play poker with me, little lady?
    - Ellen: Looks like you're having a pretty good time playing with yourself.”

    Lance Henriksen - Ace Hanlon
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “- Kid: I'm worth $3,000 in four states. Seventy-five offenses and no convictions. My name's Fee but, uh... everyone calls me the Kid.
    - Ellen: Congratulations.”

    Leonardo DiCaprio - Kid
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “I'm so damned fast I can wake up at the crack of dawn, rob two banks, a train and a stage coach, shoot the tail feathers off a duck's ass at 300 feet, and still be back in bed before you wake up next to me.”
    Leonardo DiCaprio - Kid
  • “- John Herod: I could give you more money than you could ever spend.
    - Ellen: I wouldn't feel like I'd earned it.
    - John Herod: Oh yes, you would.”

    Gene Hackman - Herod
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and you'll have chicken for dinner every time.”
    Gene Hackman - Herod
  • “The Smith and Wesson Schofield .45. Just meat and potatoes. Me and Jesse James think it's the best handgun in the world. Had the trigger guard removed, it saves drawin' time. Don't ever wear it when you're drunk, or you'll kill your feet.”
    Leonardo DiCaprio - Kid
  • “- Cort: Last night, The Kid. Tonight, Herod. You're a busy woman. Any man in this town you're not interested in?
    - Ellen: Yeah. You.”

    Russell Crowe - Cort
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “- John Herod: I was married to a beautiful woman. She was unfaithful.
    - Ellen: Where is she now?
    - John Herod: I told you, she was unfaithful.”

    Gene Hackman - Herod
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “- Cort: I'd like to kill them all for what they've done. But I won't. Killing people is wrong.
    - Ellen: Some people deserve to die.”

    Russell Crowe - Cort
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “Is it possible? Is it possible to improve on perfection?”
    Leonardo DiCaprio - Kid
  • “- Cantrell: Sergeant Cantrell.
    - Shemp: How do you spell that?
    - Cantrell: Correctly.”

    Keith David - Sgt. Cantrell
    Bruce Campbell - Wedding Shemp
  • “All I hear from you, you spineless cowards, is how poor you are; how you can't afford my taxes. Yet somehow, you managed to find the money to hire a gunfighter to kill me. If ya got so much money, I'm just gonna have to take some more. Because clearly some of you haven't got the message! This is my town! I run everything! If you live to see the...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Gene Hackman - Herod
  • “- Ellen: In case you forgot, Preacher, I saved your life last night.
    - Cort: No, I think you just stretched it out a bit. I might've even gone to heaven if you'd let me die.
    - Ellen: Sorry.”

    Russell Crowe - Cort
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “- Scars: I need a woman.
    - Ellen: You need a bath.”

    Mark Boone Junior - Scars
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “- Scars: You're purty.
    - Ellen: You're not.”

    Mark Boone Junior - Scars
    Sharon Stone - Ellen
  • “The gunfight is in the head, not the hands.”
    Leonardo DiCaprio - Kid
  • “- Blind Boy: John Herod owns that house. He gets fifty cents of every dollar in this town.
    - Ellen: What does the town get?
    - Blind Boy: Huh... they get to live.”

    - Blind Boy
    Sharon Stone - Ellen

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