G.B.H. (1991)

Robert Lindsay: Michael Murray

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• [In bed, Barbara Douglas lifts up the sheet and admires Michael Murray's "manhood"] 

  Barbara Douglas : Oooh. What a big boy. What a nice friend to have. What do you call him?

  Michael Murray : Erm...

  Barbara Douglas : You don't have to stop to think, do you?

  Michael Murray : I dunno. He hasn't been christened. The priest objected.

  Barbara Douglas : I thought all men had a name for him. Yours would have to be a very *long* name.

  Michael Murray : You want me to tell you now?

  Barbara Douglas : Yes, I'm fascinated. Particularly right now. Really. I collect them.

  Michael Murray : Is that because you're an anthropologist?

  [they both collapse in fits of giggles] 

  Barbara Douglas : Only partly. Go on Michael, name names.

  Michael Murray : Nudger.

  Barbara Douglas : Very sweet. Very gentle, your Nudger. Tell you Nudger he can be a little more forceful now.

• [Michael is out jogging in the woods with his friends. He leads them in a ribald chant to spur them on] 

  Michael Murray : Fuck that Lenin. Fuck the workers. Fuck the bosses. Fuck the unions. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

  [They continue in this vein for some time, until they return to Michael's limousine in which Barbara Douglas is sitting listening to classical music. Franky collapses with exhaustion on the bonnet of the car] 

  Franky Murray : Oh, fucking hell.

  [Michael points at Barbara] 

  Michael Murray : Oi! Mouth!

  Franky Murray : [to Barbara]  I apologize. Sorry.

  [Barbara grins at Franky] 

• [Barbara Douglas has invited Michael Murray up to her room. Michael needs condoms but the machine in the Gents is empty. He asks Geoff whether he has any] 

  Michael Murray : Please! Please. I'm on the promise of a lifetime and I need to be armed. How many have you got in your wallet?

  Geoff : Two.

  Michael Murray : Can I borrow them?

  Geoff : Borrow? I wouldn't want them back.

• Michael Murray : I've got a hard on - and there's nobody here!

• Michael Murray : I wish... I wish I was a good man!

• Michael Murray : Who won the last fight?

  Franky Murray : The nigger in the fifth.

  Michael Murray : Oh, come on! I can't tell my wife that! Come to think of it, I can't tell anyone that. Say "black people", for Christ's sake.

  Franky Murray : The black people won in the fifth.

• [waiting for Sloan outside a room where's he's making a speech, Murray sees a sign saying "Pavement Acquaintance Society"] 

  Michael Murray : What's that all about?

  Peter Grenville : Trotsky. It's to prove the Party's got a sense of humour. "If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement."

  Michael Murray : [laughs]  Wise old twat, Trotsky.

• Michael Murray : No clothes have you got on.

• Michael Murray : Remind me again, are there one or two Ns in Hunningdon, Mr Hunningdon?

  Joseph Cartwright : Three.

  Hunningdon : Four.

  [twists aside in chair to reveal name sign on his desk] 

• Jim Nelson : THESE kids have emotional problems.

  Michael Murray : Well, it takes one to teach one.

• Michael Murray : Jim, isn't it?

  Jim Nelson : [warily]  To some, not all.

  Michael Murray : Pleased to meet you.

  [Michael Murray holds out his hand for Jim Nelson to shake it, but Jim Nelson pointedly puts his hands in his pockets instead] 

  Jim Nelson : This is a school. You're not a member of this school. I'd like you to leave.

  Michael Murray : Oh. come on, Jim. You know who I am.

  Jim Nelson : Wouldn't interest me if you were Bishop Tutu, wearing one.