A Good Year Quotes

A Good Year is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . A Good Year ended its run in 1970.

It features Ridley Scott as producer, Marc Streitenfeld in charge of musical score, and Philippe Le Sourd as head of cinematography.

A Good Year is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of A Good Year is 118 minutes long. A Good Year is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Russell Crowe as Max Skinner, Marion Cotillard as Fanny Chenal, Didier Bourdon as Francis Duflot, Freddie Highmore as Young Max, Abbie Cornish as Christie Roberts, Rafe Spall as Kenny, Tom Hollander as Charlie Willis, Archie Panjabi as Gemma, Kenneth Cranham as Sir Nigel, and Isabelle Candelier as Ludivine Duflot.

A Good Year Quotes

Russell Crowe as Max Skinner

• (Russell Crowe) "Joan of Arc?"
• (Marion Cotillard) "Oh. Jacques Cousteau."

• (Russell Crowe) "This place does not suit my life."
• (Marion Cotillard) "No Max, it's your life that does not suit this place."

• (Russell Crowe) "You tried to drown me."
• (Marion Cotillard) "And you tried to run me over in your little car."

• (Russell Crowe) "The only country that issues teeth like that is America."
• (Abbie Cornish) "Oh -- you speak English."
• (Russell Crowe) "Like a native."

• (Russell Crowe) "Your asparagus is; is lovely."
• (Isabelle Candelier) "Thank you."
• (Russell Crowe) "Very chewy, but -- lovely."

• (Russell Crowe) "Macdonalds is in Avignon, fish and chips in Marseille. Allez."

• (Russell Crowe) "Never pet a burning dog."

• (Russell Crowe) "Good morning, lab rats."
• (Unnamed) "Good morning, Max."
• (Russell Crowe) "Today we're shifting gears. Today -- is "greedy bastard" day."
• (Russell Crowe) "The secret to riches, lab rats, is the same as the secret to comedy: timing."

• (Russell Crowe) "Fred Perry."
• (Didier Bourdon) "René Lacoste."

• (Russell Crowe) "I have an obligatory cultural activity in the village tonight."
• (Tom Hollander) "Can I come? Will there be girls?"
• (Russell Crowe) "No and yes."

• (Russell Crowe) "Bollocks."

• (Russell Crowe) "Kenny, I want the 10 year yield, I want the figures for the Andserson account and I want you to get your scrawny little arse out of my chair. Thank you."
• (Rafe Spall) "How did he know?"

• (Russell Crowe) "Forgive my lips. They find joy in the most unusual places."

• (Russell Crowe) "A 'Lamborghini' tractor."

• (Russell Crowe) "Lucy. Ah, didn't know you two knew each other. Whoops."

• (Russell Crowe) "This is because I didn't shag you at the Christmas party isn't it."
• (Archie Panjabi) "Listen, I swear on my life, Max, they didn't have any other cars."

• (Russell Crowe) "She's fantastic."

• (Russell Crowe) "Look, I wasn't joking about what I said before about the wine they make here. It is not; I repeat, NOT; first class. Will that affect our price?"
• (Tom Hollander) "Well, how bad can it be?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Uh, well, it gives you a blinding headache and it makes you angry -- I can't imagine the damage a second sip might do."
• (Tom Hollander) "Well, we'll just have to make sure our buyers don't know anything about wine. We'll concentrate on the Americans."

• (Russell Crowe) "Ludivine? Don't you think this is a bit much? I mean, she is my cousin."
• (Isabelle Candelier) "Almost all French aristocrat have, how you say -- liaison with their cousins, yes?"

• (Russell Crowe) "Kenny, why don't you go and find some small animals to hurt? I know, find a poodle and punt it off the balcony."

• (Russell Crowe) "Morning lab rats."

• (Russell Crowe) "Bollocks."

• (Russell Crowe) "In France, is it actually illegal to shag your own cousin?"
• (Tom Hollander) "Only if she's ugly."

• (Russell Crowe) "When's my appointment with the notaire?"
• (Archie Panjabi) "A little over an hour from now."
• (Russell Crowe) "My time or your time?"
• (Archie Panjabi) "s***."
• (Russell Crowe) "Gemma."

Didier Bourdon as Francis Duflot

• (Didier Bourdon) "C'est "Le Coin Perdu" -- it's a local vin de garage."
• (Russell Crowe) ""Vin de garage"?"
• (Abbie Cornish) "It's a "garage wine." Like a boutique wine. Small vineyards, small productions; seriously big prices."
• (Didier Bourdon) "It's overrated."
• (Abbie Cornish) "It didn't say that on the Web. Turns out "Le Coin Perdu" is a Provencal legend. It changes hands among collectors, but nobody knows who makes it."

• (Didier Bourdon) "Francis Duflot, vigneron."
• (Abbie Cornish) "Christie Roberts, illegitimate daughter."

• (Didier Bourdon) "You are now the town hero, for making her show her derriere."

• (Didier Bourdon) "A Frenchman's hand is his word -- Concord?"
• (Russell Crowe) "An Englishman's word is his bond -- Deal."
• (Russell Crowe) "Frog toss-pot."
• (Didier Bourdon) "English prick."

• (Didier Bourdon) "I cannot work with this woman. Jamais. Never. I love her, she is like Henry -- with a nice ass."

• (Didier Bourdon) "In California, they don't make wine, they make Hawaiian Punch."
• (Abbie Cornish) "Mondavi might argue with that one."

• (Didier Bourdon) "You know what Proust said. Leave pretty women to men without imagination."
• (Russell Crowe) "Francis, I'm a banker. I have no imagination."

Tom Hollander as Charlie Willis

• (Tom Hollander) "I nursed you through second degree burns. My fingers are damaged."
• (Abbie Cornish) "Frostbitten"
• (Tom Hollander) "Like your heart."

• (Tom Hollander) "So the house is falling apart and vineyard makes undrinkable wine. Excellent."

• (Tom Hollander) "What happened to the diving board?"

Kenneth Cranham as Sir Nigel

• (Kenneth Cranham) "Have I finished talking? When I finish talking that's when you talk and it had better be good."

• (Kenneth Cranham) "Van Gogh."
• (Russell Crowe) "I hope you've got a good lock on the door, sir."
• (Kenneth Cranham) "Don't be soft. It's not real. The REAL one's in my vault. It's a copy. Two hundred grand for a knockoff -- Sit."

Marion Cotillard as Fanny Chenal

• (Marion Cotillard) "Wow; "Le Coin Perdu"? I've never actually seen a bottle --"
• (Russell Crowe) "Have you heard of it?"
• (Marion Cotillard) "It's expensive -- Are you trying to seduce me, Max?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Oh gosh, no, of course not. Thought would never even cross my mind. Not more than six, or ten times."

• (Marion Cotillard) "There's something you should know about me, Max. I'm very, very choosy -- I'm also very, very suspicious; very, very irrational, and I have a very, very short temper. I'm also extremely jealous and slow to forgive. Just so you know."

• (Marion Cotillard) "Bonjour. Vous avez choisi?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I think so."
• (Marion Cotillard) "You sure you don't need more time?"
• (Russell Crowe) "No, I know what I want."
• (Marion Cotillard) "You're sure?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Absolutely."
• (Marion Cotillard) "So, what is it to be?"
• (Russell Crowe) "How's the soup?"
• (Marion Cotillard) "The soup is finished."
• (Russell Crowe) "Like my job -- The fish?"
• (Marion Cotillard) "We've run out."
• (Russell Crowe) "That's like me with excuses."
• (Marion Cotillard) "Don't waste my time. Choose something we have."
• (Russell Crowe) "I would like a lifetime spent with an irrational and suspicious goddess, some short-tempered jealousy on the side, and a bottle of wine that tastes like you, a glass that's never empty."

• (Marion Cotillard) "Do you know why I spent the night with you? So that now you have done what you came here to do, you will not return. For us there can be no future. There is certainty in that."

• (Marion Cotillard) "I'm sorry, I'm too busy to ignore you now."

Archie Panjabi as Gemma

• (Archie Panjabi) "Max Skinner's phone?"
• (Unnamed) "Hi, it's Kimberly. Is Max there?"
• (Archie Panjabi) "Just one moment."
• (Archie Panjabi) "It's Kimberly?"
• (Archie Panjabi) "Sorry Kimberly, Max isn't here right now."
• (Unnamed) "Where is he?"
• (Archie Panjabi) "Max and his fiancée are at their wedding rehearsal today."
• (Unnamed) "Their what?"
• (Archie Panjabi) "Would you like to leave a message?"
• (Unnamed) "No I wouldn't."

• (Archie Panjabi) "Mission control."

• (Archie Panjabi) "Tosser."

• (Archie Panjabi) "That's a lot of zeros Max."
• (Russell Crowe) "Or a partnership for life. My choice."
• (Archie Panjabi) "Now you listen to mummy, Maxy. Partner, you're made for life. Sir Nigel didn't become a partner until he was 53 and look at him."
• (Russell Crowe) "Yeah. Look at him."

• (Archie Panjabi) "He's even taking credit for your trade this week. He's telling everyone in the office that HE's the one who gave you the idea."
• (Russell Crowe) "Well, if he wasn't an ambitious and mercenary little bastard, I never would have given him the job in the first place."

Rafe Spall as Kenny

• (Rafe Spall) "You're my hero."
• (Russell Crowe) "Who wrote that?"
• (Rafe Spall) "Your lawyer."

Abbie Cornish as Christie Roberts

• (Abbie Cornish) "Max, all I want is to learn about my father. This is my chance to find out who made me and -- I don't care if you believe me or not."

• (Abbie Cornish) "Thanks a million, Maximilian."

• (Abbie Cornish) "I spend summers working in a vineyard in California."
• (Didier Bourdon) "In California, they don't make wine. They make Hawaiian Punch."

• (Abbie Cornish) "I love your accent."
• (Tom Hollander) "I love your bum."

• (Abbie Cornish) "If this place meant as much to him as I believe it did, you're worse than I thought for even thinking about selling it -- I'll leave tomorrow."

• (Abbie Cornish) "That's what people want. Not some wimpy wine from Luberon."

• (Abbie Cornish) "Are your memories of my father good?"
• (Russell Crowe) "No they are extraordinary. My uncle loved women, although no one for a long time, and he never married. He loved England, yet lived in France. He was an adventurer, yet all my memories take place within 100 steps of this spot."

• (Abbie Cornish) "Did you know that dad mixed a martini for Winston Churchill? He also danced a waltz with Amelia Earhart in 1975."
• (Russell Crowe) "Well, considering that Amelia Earhart died in the 1930's, that's a perfect example of the type of exaggerator Uncle Henry was. Want to know the real Uncle Henry? Not the one your overactive imagination is manufacturing? The real Henry Skinner was a man so afraid of committing to the real world, that he retreated from life to drink and shag his way to a lonely and loveless end."

• (Abbie Cornish) "Huh. Back in Napa, we're known to gargle and spit on occasion."
• (Russell Crowe) "Well, well. Guess who knows a thing or two about wine?"

Isabelle Candelier as Ludivine Duflot

• (Isabelle Candelier) "Papa still speaks Provencal, you know?"
• (Didier Bourdon) "Oh, but very few still understand it. It's now exclusively practiced by poets and sodomites."
• (Isabelle Candelier) "Hmm -- what a "sodomite" is, by the way?"
• (Didier Bourdon) "Ah, we'll explain you tonight."

Freddie Highmore as Young Max

• (Uncle Henry Skinner) "Max, have I told you why I enjoy making wine so much?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "You don't make the wine, Uncle Henry; that guy Duflot does."
• (Uncle Henry Skinner) "In France it's always the landowner who makes the wine, even though he does nothing more than supervise with binoculars from the comfort of his study. No, I enjoy making wine, because this sublime nectar is quite simply incapable of lying. Picked too early, picked too late, it matters not; the wine will always whisper into your mouth with complete, unabashed honesty every time you take a sip."

• (Uncle Henry Skinner) "I thought, as it's your last night here, it only appropriate that we open something extra special."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Bandol."
• (Uncle Henry Skinner) "Excellent choice. Tempier Bandol, 1969, the kind of wine that'll pickle even the toughest of men. I once saw a Castilian prizefighter collapse in a heap after drinking just a single glass. Perhaps my knee landing squarely in his testicles may have been partly to blame -- What was I talking about before?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "You said the importance of a good blue suit can never be overstated."
• (Uncle Henry Skinner) "Quite right. A blue suit is the most versatile of accoutrements. More important than the suit itself, is the man who fits it for you. Once you find a good tailor, you must never give his name away; not even under the threat of bodily harm."

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