The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
John Kani: Samuel
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Quotes
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[Samuel hands John a letter from his wife]
Samuel : You like her?
John Patterson : Very much.
Samuel : I don't like any of mine.
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[last lines]
Samuel : [narrating] Patterson did hold his son high. People came back. Patterson finished the bridge. People went their ways. If you want to see the lions today, you must go to America. They are at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Even now, if you dare lock eyes with them, you *will* be afraid.
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Charles Remington : Well, I'm a very considerate man. My mother taught me that.
[Samuel laughs]
Charles Remington : Now, what the hell you laughing about? You don't think I'm considerate?
Samuel : I don't believe you had a mother.
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[first lines]
Samuel : [narrating] This is the most famous and true African adventure. Famous because what took place at Tsavo never happened before. Colonel John Patterson was there when it began. A fine Irish gentleman, a brilliant engineer. He was my friend. My name is Samuel. I was there. Remember this: even the most impossible parts of this story really happened.
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Samuel : [narrating] The men called them the Ghost and the Darkness. There were two of them, and that had never happened before because man-eaters are always alone. They owned the night but they also attacked in daylight. Alone or together. Without fear or reason. Some thought they were not lions at all, but the spirits of dead medicine men come back to spread madness. Or they were the devil sent to stop the white man from owning the world. I believed this... that they were evil. What better ground for evil to walk than Tsavo? Because this is what the word Tsavo means; "a place of slaughter".
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Samuel : Mzee! John! Where do you think you're going?
John Patterson : [John cocks his rifle] I'm going to sort it out.
[He fires a shot]
John Patterson : I'm going...
[He fires again]
John Patterson : to sort it out.
[He shoots into the air, again, walks onto the bridge, and continues firing]
