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Character name: John Brown
Appears in: Mrs Brown
Date(s):1997
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| Character back story: John Brown was a Scottish personal servant and favourite of Queen Victoria for many years.
He was appreciated by many for his competence and companionship, and resented by others for his influence and informal manner.
After Prince Albert dies John Brown is ordered to look after & comfort the Queen during her grief and to ease her back into public life.
During this he & Queen Victoria become close friends | | Inspiration for character:based on the real john brown | Age/Occupation:40s
personal servant to the queen | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | Resides:born in crathie,scotland
lived in windsor | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Gerard Butler (Archie) became hypothermic after filming the scene in which he and Billy Connolly (John Brown) run naked into the ocean.
Actress Finty Williams, who plays Princess Helena in the film, is actually the daughter of Judi Dench who plays Queen Victoria. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Queen Victoria: [Queen spills water down her front]
John Brown: Honest to God woman, I never thought I'd see you in such a state, you must miss him dreadfully.
Queen Victoria: You do not! - he- Get him out!
[heads towards door]
Queen Victoria: GET HIM OUT! GET HIM OUT!
[reporters and photographers are hiding, trying to get clandestine photos of the Queen and Brown. Brown smells a rat and goes off to investigate]
Journalist: Where'd he go?
John Brown: [appearing right next to them] THIS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU BOYS?
John Brown: You tell *Her Majesty* that if her husband were here he'd tell her to get out of the house and get some air into her lungs.
John Brown: We were due in at 1.15. You're late.
John Brown: All I wanted to tell her was how I feel for God's sake!
Archie Brown: You don't tell Her Majesty how you feel |
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Character name:II Duce/Norman McManus
Appears in:The Boondock Saints 1 & 2
Date(s):1999/2009
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| | Character back story: | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:40s-50s
hitman | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides:boston | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Il Duce was originally named Darkman.
The line spoken by Il Duce as a narrator "When I whet my flashing sword and my hand takes hold in judgment, I shall take vengeance upon mine enemies and I will repay those who hate me" is in the Bible at Deuteronomy 32:41
The maximum security prison that Il Duce is being held in is actually the old Suffolk County jail in Boston, next to Massachusetts General Hospital.
The tattoo on the hand of "Il Duce" is a butterfly. It can clearly be seen during the court scene at the end of the movie
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Il Duce: Whosoever shed man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God may deem man.
Connor: How far are we gonna take this, Da?
Il Duce: The question is not how far. The question is, do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far is as needed?
Il Duce: Never shall innocent blood be shed, yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river. The Three shall spread their blackened wings and be the vengeful striking hammer of God.
Il Duce: When I raise my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance upon mine enemies, and I will repay those who haze me. Oh, Lord, raise me to Thy right hand and count me among Thy saints.
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Character name: Dr Montgomery Montgomery
Appears in:Lemony Snickett's
Date(s):2004
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| | Character back story: | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:40s-50s
herpetologist | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides:unknown | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Tim Burton was attached to direct at some point, with Johnny Depp playing Count Olaf and Glenn Close playing Aunt Josephine. When Tim Burton left the project, Johnny Depp left as well. Brad Silberling replaced Glenn Close, feeling that Meryl Streep would be better for the role.
The movie has elements from the first three books, "The Bad Beginning", "The Reptile Room", and "The Wide Window". |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Uncle Monty: Now, the children will be helping us extensively with the research in Peru. Do you have any experience with children?
Count Olaf: [in disguise as Stephano] Children are strange and foreign to me. I never really was one. I do know that they are an important part of the ecosystem.
Uncle Monty: We can have time for chit-chat later. What I need now is the work of a reader, an inventor, and a biter.
Sunny: [in baby talk] My teeth are at your service, sir.
Klaus Baudelaire: That's the Two-Headed Cobra!
Uncle Monty: Well spotted!
Violet Baudelaire: Is that a he or a she?
Uncle Monty: I have no idea! I didn't think it polite to ask. |
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Character name: Father Joseph Crissman
Appears in:The X-Files-I Want to Believe
Date(s):2008
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| | Character back story: | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:50s
an ex-priest | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides:richmond,virginia | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Chris Carter originally planned to make this movie right after the end of the TV series, and use it to end the alien invasion storyline. Since the start of production was delayed for over five years, Carter changed his mind and decided to focus on a standalone mystery story in order to make the movie appealing to people who weren't familiar with the show's mythology, leaving the invasion subplot for a possible third film.
The film's production was kept under a tight veil of secrecy in order to keep plot details from leaking to the public prior to its release. The code name "Done One" was used as the film's working title during filming, along with a logo that was designed to deter suspicions of the film's true nature. The Directors Guild production list specified "Rich Tracers" as the project's attached director, which is an anagram of the actual director's name, Chris Carter. A fake production company name, "The Crying Box Productions," was used in work orders and information sheets. Fake scripts were produced for actor auditions. On any particular day of filming, only the pages required for that day's scenes were distributed - and were then collected and shredded at the end of the day. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Dana Scully: What is it that you were praying for in there, sir?
Father Joe: For the salvation of my immortal soul.
Dana Scully: And you think God hears your prayers?
Father Joe: You think he hears yours?
Dana Scully: I didn't bugger 37 altar boys.
Fox Mulder: Hmmm, that's a pleasant way of putting it.
Dana Scully: I have another word I could use, if you'd like.
Fox Mulder: I'm sure you do.
Father Joe: Do you know why we live here, in this box? Because we hate each other and ourselves.
Father Joe: And where do they come from, then, these unnatural appetites?
Dana Scully: Not from God!
Father Joe: Oh, then from me? I castrated myself when I was twenty-six. |
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