Klaus (2019)
Jason Schwartzman: Jesper
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Jesper : What happened to him after that, how, why, I can't even begin to comprehend. I stopped trying to make sense of it a long time ago. But I do know: once, every year, I get to see my friend.
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[first lines]
Jesper : [narrating] Letters. You don't really write many these days, do you? But I bet there's one you never forget. Send it off to a certain plump guy in a red suit and, provided you've kept your act together more or less, he'll drop off a toy or two. And yet, no one seems to wonder how the whole thing got started in the first place. This is a story about letters, and it began... with this one...
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[from trailer]
Jesper : Good morning, madam! Ah, and a good morning it is indeed! For, you see, today is the day when progress arrives in this charming little town of yours! Now, let me steal a few moments of your time to introduce to you the novel concept that is the postal service...
[the door slams in his face]
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Jesper : [from trailer] Mister Klaus, you have a gift. You were meant for making toys. So, I figured, if you donate your old toys, I'll deliver them for free!
Klaus : Tonight. I go with you.
Jesper : There's no need for you to come with me, really.
[Klaus shuts the door and a pile of snow lands on Jesper's head]
Jesper : Tonight, then.
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[from trailer]
Jesper : [greets a little girl] Awww, aren't you the cutest little thing! Tell me, sweetie, is your mommy home?
[the girl sets her dog on him]
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[Jesper approaches a wooden hut beside a docked boat. A scruffy, middle-aged man rests inside the hut. Jesper huffs, then clears his throat]
Mogens : You go back to the intersection, you make a left at the dead tree. You're welcome.
Jesper : What? No. I'm not lost.
Mogens : Trust me, you are.
[Jesper laughs sarcastically]
Jesper : Funny. Say, nice boat! Any chance you might actually get on it today?
[Mogens lifts his hat]
Mogens : What was that?
Jesper : New postman. Smeerensburg. Which is on an island, which is surrounded by water, which I need a boat to get to, which you have. Are we starting to connect the dots?
[Mogens gives Jesper a jaded smile]
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Jesper : [whimpering] That's it! This place is the worst! I'm going home!
[firm voice]
Jesper : NO! You can't leave! Remember? You'll be broke! Out in the streets!
[sobbing]
Jesper : But I hate it here, it's so cold and icky and the people are mean to me and I miss my silk sheets...
[slaps himself]
Jesper : Shut up! Stop being weak! Focus!
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Jesper : [from trailer] Come on! We're running out of time! Those kids are counting on us!
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Mogens : [mocking Jesper's failure to post letters] Is this a bad time? I can see you're pretty swamped!
Jesper : [exhausted] Don't... you... have... a job... or something?
Mogens : Why, sure I do! I'm here to pick up all the outgoing mail! So - where is it? Now, you're gonna have to help me with the heavier bags. Bad back, don't you know.
Jesper : Man, I hate you.
Mogens : I know.