Riverworld (2010 TV Movie)

Tahmoh Penikett: Matt Ellman

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Quotes 

• Matt Ellman : [to Caretaker]  I've got an idea, why don't you and the rest of the Blue Man Group just kill each other and leave the rest of us the hell alone?

• Richard Burton : Jessie. Yes, thank you for reminding me. She, uh, gave me a message to give to you. Now what was it?

  Matt Ellman : You bastard.

  Richard Burton : No, that wasn't it.

• Matt Ellman : As many times as I've seen this, I never get used to it.

  Youseff Mbaye : You're not supposed to.

• Hal Douglas : That your friend?

  Matt Ellman : I hope so, I sure as hell don't want her as an enemy.

• Samuel Clemens : You, sir, are a most despicable example of human kind.

  Richard Burton : Why, thank you. Mr Ellman, I'm disappointed, I saved your life once, where's the gratitude?

  Matt Ellman : I'll send flowers.

  Richard Burton : Roses, I find work for any occasion.

• Samuel Clemens : Captain Samuel Clemens, at your service.

  Matt Ellman : Samuel Clemens? As in Mark Twain?

  Samuel Clemens : Guilty as charged.

• Matt Ellman : This doesn't bother you? Being used as puppets. Fighting in a war we barely understand.

  Tomoe Gozen : Saving the world. Stopping evil. Rescuing the woman you love. I have fought wars for less.

  Matt Ellman : That's the first thing I've heard in days that makes any sense.

• Matt Ellman : [to Sam]  So now, if I do this, how do I know you'll keep your end of the bargain and help me find Jessie?

  Allegra Braccioforte de Venezia : You don't. It's a quandary, I know, but... look at his face. Would this face lie to you?

  Matt Ellman : In a heartbeat.

  Samuel Clemens : [dryly chuckles]  It's true - I'm a habitual mendicant, but I pay my debts, not because I'm honest, but because I dislike intensely being obliged to another man. So, if you give me your assistance you will have my help in my return. Measure for measure.