Congo (film) Quotes

Congo (film) is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . Congo completed its run in 1970.

It features Kathleen Kennedy; Sam Mercer as producer, Jerry Goldsmith in charge of musical score, and Allen Daviau as head of cinematography.

Congo (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Congo (film) is 109 minutes long. Congo (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Delroy Lindo as Captain Wanta, Ernie Hudson as Monroe, Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Ventro, Grant Heslov as Richard, Joe Pantoliano as Eddie, and Joe Don Baker as Travis.

Congo (film) Quotes

Ernie Hudson as Monroe

• (Ernie Hudson) "They just blew up the president's car."
• (Joe Pantoliano) "That was the president's car? Did they get him?"
• (Ernie Hudson) "That's the bad news: no, they didn't."

• (Ernie Hudson) "The ghost tribe has several levels of "dead." Someone's not dead until they're completely "dead.""

• (Herkermer Homolka) "You've got to get me out of here."
• (Ernie Hudson) "Take a number."

• (Ernie Hudson) "Eddie. What happened to your head?"
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Customs guy, whacked me in the head with a can of peanut oil for stamping visas. I'm never goin back to that country, man. Those people have permanently wigged out."

• (Ernie Hudson) "There's a wind."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "I hope it blows us some place good."
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Me too."

• (Ernie Hudson) "When these little African countries get into a dispute, they tend to just murder everybody. They live for the opportunity to settle scores -- and they have a lot of scores to settle."

• (Ernie Hudson) "That region of the Congo's uninhabited."
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Well, something inhabits it."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "What exactly did you see on that tape?"
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "A camp destroyed. People dead. A grey gorilla --"
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "There's no such thing as a grey gorilla."
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Well, I saw one."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "It's hard to believe at this late date --"
• (Ernie Hudson) "Why are you going in there?"
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Two men are unaccounted for: Geoffrey Weams, and Charles Travis, my fiance -- My FORMER fiance."
• (Ernie Hudson) "Your former?"
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "Well, we better get to him then."

• (Ernie Hudson) "And this is your cover?"
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Yes"
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "I'm nobody's cover. Cover for what?"
• (Ernie Hudson) "-- find yourself in the middle of something."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "Cover for what?"
• (Ernie Hudson) "I don't know and she won't tell you. But the kind of money her company's throwing around -- they don't spend that on any gorilla. Relax. You're in better hands than you should be."

• (Ernie Hudson) "When the moon is like that, every monkey for 200 miles thinks he's Elvis Presley."

• (Ernie Hudson) "Quite frankly, the twentieth century sucks. Maybe the twenty-first will be better."

Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Ventro

• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "Excuse me, we already hired a guide: Robertson --"
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Robertson Reynolds, yeah, I fired him."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "You what?"
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Robertson Reynolds is a bird-watcher."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "I hired Robertson Reynolds."
• (Joe Pantoliano) "You would. You have any idea what's going on in the Congo as of the radio show this morning? The Kigani have had it with Zaire, AND they're eating people. You go in there with Robertson Reynolds, you'll be coming out somebody's bowel movement."

• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Who are they?"
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Hiya fellas."
• (Joe Pantoliano) "f*** if I know, and it don't pay to ask."

• (Joe Pantoliano) "Mr. Travis asked me to meet you at the airport, set up your expedition."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "HER expedition? She's just along for the ride."
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Whatever, be an asshole."
• (Dr. Peter Elliot) "Who is this guy?"
• (Joe Pantoliano) "Eddie Ventro, transportation and equipment. But I don't supply assholes with new personalities."

• (Joe Pantoliano) "Wow, a talking gorilla. I can feel the money hairs on the back of my neck going "WOO-WOO-WOO"."

Delroy Lindo as Captain Wanta

• (Delroy Lindo) "Don't want nobody peeking."

• (Delroy Lindo) "Mr Homolka?"
• (Herkermer Homolka) "Yes?"
• (Delroy Lindo) "Stop eating my sesame cake."
• (Delroy Lindo) "STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE."
• (Delroy Lindo) "What are you doing in my country, bag of s***?"
• (Herkermer Homolka) "Captain, please, I only wish to explore and discover --"
• (Delroy Lindo) "This fellow"
• (Delroy Lindo) "is a big. Bag. Of. s***."
• (Delroy Lindo) "You should shake this RAT from off your neck. He owes money to everyone everywhere he goes. I will ask you to wait outside Mr. Homolka."

• (Delroy Lindo) "MORE."

• (Delroy Lindo) "Have some, uh, coffee and cake."
• (Delroy Lindo) "HAVE SOME."

Grant Heslov as Richard

• (Grant Heslov) "So, what was your name again?"
• (Claude) "Claude."
• (Grant Heslov) "Oh. Well, that's a very odd name for someone from -- uh -- where are you from again?"
• (Claude) "Mbasa."
• (Grant Heslov) "Yeah, that's a very odd name for someone from Mbasa."
• (Claude) "Have you ever been to Mbasa?"
• (Grant Heslov) "Um, no."
• (Claude) "Then what do you know about it?"

Joe Don Baker as Travis

• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Tell me you love your son."
• (Joe Don Baker) "I do."
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "And that's why you're sending me."
• (Joe Don Baker) "It is."
• (Dr. Karen Ross) "Allright. But if I have one moment, one moment when I think otherwise, I will make you sorry. And that's a promise."

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