The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
Ian Holm: Napoleon Bonaparte, Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
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Quotes
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Eugene : My guts have been troubling me of late.
Montholon : Perhaps Your Royal Highness would not suffer such pains if he did not sit around on his fat arse all day, stuffing his face like a pig.
Eugene : [through a mouthful of sweets] I wish to consult a doctor.
Montholon : Do you indeed?
Eugene : An Italian doctor. No, German! The best there is!
Montholon : You'll have your doctor when you've done your duty, not before.
[Eugene reaches for another sweet]
Montholon : [shouts] And stop stuffing your damn face!
[Eugene stands up abruptly, gasping, and keels over]
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[last lines]
Napoleon Bonaparte : I have a message for Sergeant Justin Bommell.
Gendarme : You wish to speak with him?
Napoleon Bonaparte : Just the message. And I'd like to leave this.
[puts a box on the counter; the gendarme looks inside and sees an Imperial Guard uniform]
Gendarme : You were here before, weren't you? I recognize you.
Napoleon Bonaparte : The message should read, "Eugene Lenormand is dead..."
[the gendarme starts to write]
Napoleon Bonaparte : No, not that.
[thinks for a moment]
Napoleon Bonaparte : "Eugene Lenormand... has moved on. He left this to remember him by."
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Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut : I bought it from a lawyer who went bankrupt.
Napoleon Bonaparte : Well, that's something. I didn't know that was possible.
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Napoleon Bonaparte : Six years of English cooking... six years of staring at these dreary walls... and at your gloomy face. You're quite ugly, did you know that? I haven't had the heart to tell you.
Louis Marchand : Yes, sire.
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[Napoleon looks at his double, Eugene, a lowly deckhand - both characters played by Ian Holm]
Napoleon Bonaparte : What are we going to do?
Montholon : Sire?
Napoleon Bonaparte : Well, he looks *nothing* like me.
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Napoleon Bonaparte : I am not Eugene! Eugene Lenormand is nothing! A nobody!
Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut : He is everything to me.
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[Napoleon slips outside Pumpkin's door and hits his head on the cobblestones]
Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut : Sergeant! Sergeant Lenormand, are you all right? Can you hear me?
[No response]
Dr. Lambert : Listen to me. How many fingers can you see?
[No response]
Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut : What is your name?
Napoleon Bonaparte : Emperor Napoleon.
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Napoleon Bonaparte : They've changed my battlefield.
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Napoleon Bonaparte : I am a man who can be killed, but not insulted!
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Napoleon Bonaparte : I am Napoleon!
Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut : No, you're not Napoleon! I hate Napoleon! He's filled France with widows and orphans! He took my husband! I won't let him take you.
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Montholon : You will of course be traveling incognito...
Napoleon Bonaparte : Yes, of course incognito, but in what capacity will I be traveling?
Montholon : Uh... a galley hand.
[Napoleon glares]
Montholon : It is in the utmost need, Sire.
Napoleon Bonaparte : Even so, surely something above decks would have been more appropriate.
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[first lines]
Napoleon Bonaparte : No, that's not it. That's not right. Let me tell you what really happened...
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Napoleon Bonaparte : I had rather sleep in the gutter than spend one night under an inhospitable roof!