The Last Tycoon (1976)
Tige Andrews: Popolos
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Quotes
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Pat Brady : I was just saying, they'll never get the writers unionized. You know why? Because they hate each other's guts. They'd sell each other out for a nickel.
Monroe Stahr : This man from New York seems pretty set on doing it, the one who's coming out to see me. What's his name?
Fleishacker : Brimmer.
Monroe Stahr : Brimmer.
Pat Brady : Communist, yeah?
Popolos : You mean a *real* communist?
Pat Brady : Yeah, sure, a real one.
Popolos : I mean, some of these guys are just jokers who call themselves communists. And mostly they are fairies, too.
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Popolos : This is the greatest country in the world. Everybody stands a chance in this country. There's not going to be a revolution. The only people who want a revolution are the Communists.
Pat Brady : And the fairies.
Fleishacker : What kind of a revolution do the fairies want?
Popolos : A Communist one.
Pat Brady : What else?
Fleishacker : Do you think Stalin likes homosexuals?
Popolos : Homosexuals, eh? Let me tell you something. You know "homo" is a Greek word. I come from Europe, I'm Greek.
Pat Brady : That's why he knows so much about Stalin.
Fleishacker : But Stalin ain't Greek.
Popolos : You're damn right he ain't!
Pat Brady : He's a fairy.
Popolos : He's a bastard Communist Russian fairy, that's what he is!
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Pat Brady : You know who first told him you were a genius? Guess.
Monroe Stahr : You.
Pat Brady : Right.
Monroe Stahr : Damn good of you, Pat.
Pat Brady : Oh, no. If I admire a man, I say so. I want the whole world to know. Perhaps that's because I'm Irish. The Irish are a very warm-hearted people.
Popolos : The Greeks are warm, too. I mean, try to find me a Greek communist. You couldn't find one.