Local Hero (1983)

Peter Capaldi: Oldsen

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• Oldsen : How's the water? Cold?

  Marina : Not as cold as it should be. The North Atlantic drift comes in here. That's warmish water from the Caribbean. That's why it's special here. There's stuff fetching up here all the way from the Bahamas.

  Oldsen : Oh, that's a long way.

  Marina : You swim?

  Oldsen : Not that far.

• [after hitting a rabbit on the road] 

  Oldsen : Why don't we kill it? Hit it with something hard...

  Mac : You've already done that with a two-ton automobile!

• Mac : Where are we?

  Oldsen : The last coupla road sign were in Gaelic. It's not one of my languages.

  Mac : You speak languages?

  Oldsen : French, Italian, Spanish. Greek, Turkish, Russian, Swedish, German, Japanese, Dutch, and Polish. I have a facility with languages.

  Mac : I've got some chocolate and some gum. What have you got?

  Oldsen : Nothing. Niente. Nada. Rien...

• Oldsen : [referring to the grey seals]  Sailors used to think they were mermaids, yeah?

  Marina : [gives him a sharp look]  Aye, they did. They were wrong.

• Urquhart : How's the casserole de lapin?

  Mac : Excellent.

  Urquhart : Terrific. Thank you.

  Oldsen : [thinking a moment]  Lapin? That's rabbit.

  Mac : Is this my rabbit?

  Oldsen : Harry!

  Mac : Trudy!

  Urquhart : We don't allow animals in the bedrooms, I should have told you sooner.

• Oldsen : Whaddya thinkin' about?

  Mac : Girls. Naked girls.

  Oldsen : Me too.

  Mac : In a fishtank.

  Oldsen : Yeah.

• Mac : Could you imagine a world without oil? No automobiles, no heat.

  Oldsen : And polish.

  Mac : No ink.

  Oldsen : And nylon.

  Mac : No detergents.

  Oldsen : And Perspex. You wouldn't get any Perspex.

  Mac : No polythene.

  Oldsen : Dry-cleaning fluid.

  Mac : And water-proof coats. They make dry-cleaning fluid out of oil?

  Oldsen : Oh, yeah, didn't you know that?

• Oldsen : What do you make of Urquhart, then?

  Mac : He smells the money.

• Oldsen : Do you think Gordon and Stella do it every night?

  Mac : Of course not.

• Mac : Don't know about those jets. They really spoil a very nice area.

  Oldsen : Oh, it's a crime.

  Mac : Yeah.

• Oldsen : Holy mackerel! What's happening?

  Marina : It's just the northern lights. Aurora borealis. High energy protons spilling over into our atmosphere. They get through the magnetic shield were it's weak at the poles.

  Oldsen : It's still beautiful, I don't care what you call it.

• Oldsen : [kissing down Marina's leg]  You taste salty.

  Marina : You're on the fresh side.

  [continues kissing Marina's bare foot]