Surviving the Game (1994)

Rutger Hauer: Thomas Burns

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• Jack Mason : [last lines, while aiming Burns' own custom-modified hunting rifle at him]  BANG! Game over.

  [He unloads the gun and discards the bullets, then drops the rifle and turns away. As Mason walks off, Burns gets up and recovers his gun] 

  Burns : [reloading his weapon]  This is my lucky day. Hey, Mason...!

  [Mason doesn't even look back] 

  Jack Mason : Burns, there's one thing you should do first, when you find a gun.

  [a closeup of Burns' hunting rifle reveals that Mason has jammed it with a tightly-wadded cigarette] 

  Burns : ...Say cheese.

  [He pulls the trigger and his rifle backfires explosively, killing him instead of Mason] 

  Jack Mason : ALWAYS check the barrel.

  [He continues walking off into the moonlit evening, as the credits roll] 

• [a pig's head has been served for dinner. Mason takes a sip of wine] 

  Wolfe Sr. : What do you think?

  Jack Mason : It's alright. I like this. This is good!

  Wolfe Sr. : Four-fifty a bottle.

  Jack Mason : Four dollars fifty cents, I should be drinkin' this shit a *long* time ago!

  Wolfe Sr. : Four hundred and fifty dollars!

  [Mason spits out the wine in amazement] 

  Wolfe Sr. : Don't waste it!

  [They all laugh] 

  Jack Mason : I could live off that for three months!

  Cole : Well, you don't want to drink too much, anyway, 'cause you don't wanna be slow tomorrow!

  Wolfe Sr. : No, indeed.

  [Doc turns the pig's head toward Mason while making squealing noises] 

  Doc Hawkins : You are missing the best part, Mr. Mason. When you're eating the flesh of the pig... look into his little beady eyes. That way you will be devouring his soul.

  Burns : Doc, sometimes you even scare *me*!

  Doc Hawkins : Good.

  [smiles deviously] 

• Cole : The only thing I miss up here is a sport page. I'm so used getting up, having my morning coffee and opening up the sport page.

  Burns : I don't read newspapers anymore. They're like a mirror of the world's ugliness. I like beautiful things.

  Doc Hawkins : [Doc gets up very enthusiastically]  I'm ready to go. Let's go

  Burns : Relax, Doc, digest your food.

  Doc Hawkins : Wasting time.

  Burns : We gotta give him some more time.

  Doc Hawkins : No.

  Burns : Think of this as foreplay.

  Doc Hawkins : Nevermind foreplay, I'm talking about...

  [Sharply interrupted] 

  Burns : Doc, Prince Henry Stout. Remember the rules.

  Doc Hawkins : I feel something special about this.

  Burns : It's gonna be so much more special when you finally kill him. Derek, eat some of those eggs, they'll make you feel better.

  Doc Hawkins : Eat, eat.

  Derek Wolfe Jr : [Shockingly depressive]  I'm not hungry.

  John Griffin : Big one?

  Derek Wolfe Jr : I said I'm not hungry.

  John Griffin : [Griffith stands up and changes his plate with Derek's and Derek gets out of the table]  Well, terrific. I'll tell you what let's switch around here.

  Burns : I hope this is not gonna be a problem?

  Wolfe Sr. : It won't be.

  Derek Wolfe Jr : [Wolfe Sr. comes to terrified Derek]  No.

  Wolfe Sr. : You'll be okay.

  Derek Wolfe Jr : No, I can't do this.

  Wolfe Sr. : Yes, you can. I got a thousand dollars is my son will draw first blood. One, two, three. You've just made yourself three thousand dollars, Derek.

• Burns : Life's true pleasures are so unpredictable. I'd say cherish the moment for it is. Observe your food, smell it, touch it, put your mind into it, and you're finally ready, consume it slowly.

  Jack Mason : Hmm, you do your way, I'll do mine.

• Burns : Alright. Let's get the turkey!