Les Misérables (2012)
Russell Crowe: Javert
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Quotes
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Javert : My heart is stone, and still it trembles.
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Javert : Now Prisoner 24601, your time is up and your parole's begun. You know what that means?
Jean Valjean : Yes, it means I'm free.
Javert : No.
[hands him a yellow paper]
Javert : Follow to the letter your itinerary, this badge of shame you wear until you die. It warns that you're a dangerous man.
Jean Valjean : I stole a loaf of bread. My sisters child was close to death, and we were starving...
Javert : And you will starve again unless you learn the meaning of the law!
Jean Valjean : I've learnt the meaning of those nineteen years; a slave of the law.
Javert : Five years for what you did. The rest because you tried to run, yes 24601...
Jean Valjean : My name is Jean Valjean!
Javert : And I'm Javert! Do not forget my name. Do not forget me, 24601.
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Javert : One day more 'til revolution, we will nip it in the bud. We'll be ready for these school boys, they will wet themselves with blood!
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Javert : There... out in the darkness. A fugitive running, fallen from God. Fallen from grace. God be my witness, I never shall yield, 'til we come face to face. 'Til we come face to face. He knows his way in the dark, mine is the way of the Lord. Those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward. And if they fall as Lucifer fell, the flames, the sword... Stars, in your multitudes, scarce to be counted, filling the darkness with order and light. You are the sentinels, silent and sure, keeping watch in the night. Keeping watch in the night. You know your place in the sky, you hold your course and your aim. And each in your season returns and returns, and is always the same. And if you fall as Lucifer fell, you fall in flames. And so it must be, for so it is written, on the doorway to paradise, that those who falter and those who fall must pay the price. Lord let me find him, that I may see him safe behind bars. I will never rest, 'til then! This I swear! This I swear by the stars!
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Javert : Listen, my friends, I have done as I said. I have been to their lines, I have counted each man. I will tell what I can. Better beware, they have armies to spare. And our danger is real, we will need all our cunning to bring them to heel.
Enjolras : Have faith! If you know what their movements are, we'll spoil their game. There are ways that a people can fight. We shall overcome their power!
Javert : I have overheard their plans, there will be no attack tonight. They intend to starve you out, before they start a proper fight. Concentrate their force, hit us when it's light.
Gavroche : Liar! Good evening, dear inspector! Lovely evening, my dear! I know this man, my friends, his name's Inspector Javert! So don't believe a word he says, because none of it's true. This only goes to show what little people can do.
Courfeyrac : Bravo, little Gavroche, you're the top of the class.
Combeferre : So what are we going to do with this snake in the grass?
Enjolras : Take this man and throw him in the tavern in there. The people will decide your fate, Inspector Javert.
Javert : Shoot me now or shoot me later, every schoolboy to his sport! Death to each and every traitor, I renounce your people's court!
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Javert : I am reaching but I fall, and the stars are black and cold, as I stare into the void, of a world that cannot hold. I'll escape now from that world; from the world of Jean Valjean. There is nowhere I can turn. There is no way to go on!
[Jumps from the bridge to his death, upon the weir/river beneath]
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Javert : Valjean, at last, we see each other plain. Monsieur le Mayor, you'll wear a different chain.
Jean Valjean : Before you say another word, Javert, before you chain me up like a slave again, listen to me. There is something I must do. This woman leaves behind a suffering child. There is none but me who can intercede. In mercy's name, three days are all I need. Then I'll return. I pledge my word. Then I'll return...
Javert : You must think me mad! I've hunted you across the years. Men like you can never change, a man such as you...
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Javert : Monsieur le Mayor, I have a crime to declare. I have disgraced the uniform that I wear. I've done you wrong; let no forgiveness be shown. I've been as hard on every rogue I have known. I mistook you for a convict; I have made a false report. Now I learn they caught the culprit; he's about to face the court. And of course he now denies it; you'd expect that of a con. But he couldn't run forever, no not even Jean Valjean.
Jean Valjean : You say this man denies it all and gives no sign of understanding or reptentance? You say this man is going to trial and that he's sure to be returned to serve his sentence?
Javert : He will pay, and so must I. Press charges against me, sir.
Jean Valjean : You have only done your duty. It's a minor sin, at most. All of us have made misjudgments; you'll return, sir, to your post.
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Javert : Another brawl in the square, another stink in the air. Was there a witness to this? Well, let him speak to Javert. Monsieur, these streets are not safe. We'll let these vermin beware, we'll see that justice is done. Look upon this fine collection, grown from underneath a stone. This swarm of worms and maggots would have picked you to the bone. I know this man over here, I know his name and his trade and on your witness, monsieur, I'll see him suitably paid. But where's the gentleman gone, and why on earth would he run?
Thénardier : You'll have a job to find him. He's not all he seems to be. And that girl he trails behind him is the child he stole from me.
Madame Thénardier : Yeah, and me.
Thénardier : Yeah, both of us.
Javert : Could it be he's that old jailbird, that the tide now washes in? Heard my name and started running, all the omens point to him.
Thénardier : In the... absence of a victim, dear inspector, may I go? And remember when you've knicked him, it was me what told you so.
Javert : Let the old man keep on running, I will run him off his feet. Everyone about your business, clear this garbage off the street.
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[first lines]
[Valjean gets stopped by Javert while the remaining prisoners leave]
Javert : Retrieve the flag.
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Javert : [to Valjean while holding him at gunpoint] One more step and you die.
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Javert : [to the Thénardiers] Where's the child Cosette?
