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John Carter (film) Quotes

John Carter (film) is a television show that debuted in 1970 . John Carter completed its run in 1970.

It features Jim Morris; Colin Wilson, and Lindsey Collins as producer, Michael Giacchino in charge of musical score, and Daniel Mindel as head of cinematography.

John Carter (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of John Carter (film) is 132 minutes long. John Carter (film) is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The cast includes: Taylor Kitsch as John Carter, Daryl Sabara as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris, Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas, Samantha Morton as Sola, Mark Strong as Matai Shang, Ciarán Hinds as Tardos Mors, Dominic West as Sab Than, Nicholas Woodeson as Dalton, and James Purefoy as Kantos Kan.

John Carter (film) Quotes

Mark Strong as Matai Shang

  • (Mark Strong) "Being a fool is a great luxury, Sab Than. Get up."
  • (Dominic West) "What are you?"
  • (Mark Strong) "We serve the Goddess, and she has chosen you to receive this weapon. Do as we command and you will rule all of Barsoom, with none to defy you and nothing to stand in your way."
  • (Mark Strong) "Increased strength and agility. Simple matter of gravitation and anatomy, one we ought to have foreseen."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "We?"
  • (Mark Strong) "No apparent increase in intelligence. Still this will not do at all."
  • (Mark Strong) "Your kind of Earthmen projecting themselves over here, leaping about, causing all manner of disruption."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "You're a Thern."
  • (Mark Strong) "Therns are a myth."
  • (Mark Strong) "We do not cause the destruction of a world, Captain Carter. We simply manage it. Feed off it, if you like."

Samantha Morton as Sola

  • (Samantha Morton) "Where are you going?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "To your temple."
  • (Samantha Morton) "No. No, you cannot enter here. It is forbidden. You are not Thark."
  • (Samantha Morton) "Dotar Sojat, it is forbidden. It is forbidden."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Well, you speak for the goddess. What does she say?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "You called me a thern. Is that what she is?"
  • (Samantha Morton) "No. She is Issus. Therns are holy messengers of the goddess. In the time of oceans they walked among us, guiding us. We must not offend. Let us go."

Taylor Kitsch as John Carter

  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Stand behind me, this might get dangerous."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Or maybe I ought to get behind you --"
  • (Lynn Collins) "You let me know when it gets dangerous."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Fifty millions miles apart, and no way to bridge the gap, no way to return my body and my soul to their true home. Like a fool I'd thrown away my medallion. Then I recalled Matai Shang, his knowledge of earth, of my history. It mean Therns were a presence on this world, the cave in Arizona was proof. There might be other such proofs, other Thern way stations hidden all around the world. I knew now what the cave of gold must be used for. So for ten bitter years I searched, on the trail of rumor and legend, I fared it out every possible evidence of Therns, but I found no medallion. And then it came to me. And once it came, there were many plans I had to make in secret. I could trust no one else. I had long suspected that the Therns were following my movements. Now you'll understand the cause of my sudden death. The reason for my bizarre funeral instructions. Why the door can only be opened from the inside. For if my body dies on earth, then my copy dies on Mars. You are the key, this is the task I entrust to you along with all my fortune. Protect my body, the Therns will attempt to destroy it. In the time it has taken you to read these pages, they may have already done so."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "War's a shameful thing."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Not when a noble cause is taken by those who can make a difference. You made a difference today, Virginia."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Okay. See, my name is John Carter. Virginia is where I'm from."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Where did you learn to jump that way?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I don't know. How'd you learn to fly?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Your ships cannot sail on light in Virginia?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "No, professor. See, our ships sail on the seas. Endless water everywhere."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Skeleton structure normal --"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "What are you doing?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "It must be the density of your bones."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Jump for me."
  • (Samantha Morton) "Enough. There will be time for playfulness later."
  • (Lynn Collins) "I want no playfulness from him. I want his help. Explain to me how you do it. If it's a skill, teach it to Helium. Name your price."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I'm not for hire. I've got a cave of gold of my own. Somewhere"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Only a madman would rave about the times of oceans."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Is that your expert's view? I'm mad?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Or a liar."
  • (Samantha Morton) "She's a good match for you, Dotar Sojat."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Don't call me that."
  • (Lynn Collins) "There are no seas on the planet."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "You said planet --"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "You got me. I surrender."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Jeddak."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Jeddak?"
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Jeddak. Tars Tarkas."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Tars -- Tarkas."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Captain John Carter. Virginia."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Vor -- ginya."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Vorginya."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "No. My name is John Carter, I'm from Virginia."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Virginia."
  • (Telegraph Clerk) "Ten words a minimum. That's fifty cents, unless you want special delivery."
  • (Telegraph Clerk) "Special delivery it is. Name of sender?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Carter. John Carter."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I claim the right of challenge."
  • (Tal Hajus) "You have no right to challenge. You are not Thark."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "He is Thark. He is Dotar Sojat."
  • (Samantha Morton) "Dotar Sojat. Dotar Sojat. Dotar Sojat."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Toxin, derived from a puffer fish, simulates death."
  • (Daryl Sabara) "You never found the medallion?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "No. That's why I'm so grateful to you for bringing me one."
  • (Daryl Sabara) "I -- I was just bait?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "No. You're far more than that. I really do need a protector. That is, if you're willing."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Goodbye, Ned."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Oh, and Ned. Take up a cause, fall in love, write a book."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "It's time I went home."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Ak Ohum Oktay Weez --"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Barsoom."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Easy. Nice monster dog."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Can you read it?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "It's old scripture."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "What's it mean?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Don't rush me. "To those who seek the solace of eternity, may journey down the river through the sacred Gates of Iss and find everlasting peace in the bosom of Issus"."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "The Gates of Iss."
  • (Lynn Collins) "What if I could take you there?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "What if I didn't trust you?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Then we'd be even. I can take you to the gates, to the answers that you seek. A way back to Jasoom."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Earth."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Earth. So this I can to repay you from getting us out of here. Assuming that you can."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Deal."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Go on. Shake it. It's a sign of trust."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Good enough."
  • (Samantha Morton) "Dotar Sojat."
  • (Lynn Collins) "What are you doing?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Sola, get her out of here."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No. Carter."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I was too late once. I won't be again."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No. No. No. No."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Professor."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Impossible. I've never seen this kind of structure before."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I wanna get a better look."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Carter, your feet."
  • (Lynn Collins) "This is not the work of Gods. These are machines. Your medallion."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "The spider."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Nine. Nine rays. Nine. The Ninth Ray is real. It can be harnessed, do you see? This entire structure runs on Ninth Ray isolates. The Iss is such power, and somehow Zodanga has it. The Therns, they must be real. And you, you are John Carter of Earth?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Yes, ma'am."
  • (Lynn Collins) "And the ships that sail on the sea, you've seen them?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "That must be a beautiful sight."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "It truly is."
  • (Lynn Collins) "It's our solar system."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "What's it saying?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "I'm not sure."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Okay. What do you think it says?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "It appears to be -- a kind of technical diagram. Here is Barsoom, there is Jasoom. This bit here, it's like our symbol for a transcription. A copy, sent along these lines here, between the worlds. Like --"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "A telegram. You're saying I was telegraphed here. I'm a copy of myself."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Possibly. Making these words here, the command for travel."
  • (Lynn Collins) "I don't like guessing. I need more information, I need charts, codices."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Right. And where might we find those?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "John Carter of Earth."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Yep. John Carter of Mars sounds much better."
  • (Humble Guard) "Sire, I must express the deepest of gratitude for saving Helium. Please, the honor is mine."
  • (Mark Strong) "Fair enough, Earthman. Now it's your move."

Ciarán Hinds as Tardos Mors

  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Dejah, ever since you were a little girl, you've always met the expectations placed on you. It's Sab's terms."
  • (Lynn Collins) "What are they?"
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "He will spare Helium, if you accept his hand in marriage."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No. He is a monster. You must refuse him."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "He's already on his way here."
  • (Lynn Collins) "But all of my work. I just need a little more time."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Dejah."
  • (Lynn Collins) "How can you? You can't just bow down to Zodanga."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "A wedding will save the city."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Perhaps. But it could lose you Barsoom."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Dejah."
  • (Lynn Collins) "With no one to stop Zodanga it will be the beginning of the end."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "We do not -- we do not have the luxury."
  • (Lynn Collins) "You are the Jeddak of Helium. You must find another way."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "There is no other way."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "If there were, I would risk anything to cease it. This is the chance we have been given. Perhaps it is the will of the Goddess."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No. It is your will. When I was little and we would look up at the stars, and you would tell me of the heroes whose glory was written in the sky. How there was a star up there for me. Is this what you imagined would be written on it?"
  • (James Purefoy) "My Jeddak, Sab Than's Corsair approaches the city. They signal for permission to land."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Grant it."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "And let us prepare ourselves for a wedding."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Dejah, ever since you were a little girl you've always met the expectations placed on you --"
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "It's Sab's terms."
  • (Lynn Collins) "What are they?"
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "He will spare Helium if you accept his hand in marriage."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No. He is a monster. You must refuse him."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "He's already on his way here."
  • (Lynn Collins) "But all of my work -- I just need a little more time."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Dejah."
  • (Lynn Collins) "How can you -- You can't just bow down to Zodanga."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "A wedding will save the city."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Perhaps but it could lose you Barsoom."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "Dejah."
  • (Lynn Collins) "With no one to stop Zodanga will be the beginning of the end. You are a Jeddak of Helium. You must find another way."
  • (Ciarán Hinds) "There is not another way."

Nicholas Woodeson as Dalton

  • (Nicholas Woodeson) "And lastly, I hereby direct, that my estate shall be held in trust for twenty five years. The income to benefit my beloved nephew, Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the end of which term, the principal will revert to him, in full."
  • (Daryl Sabara) "Of course, I always adored him, but it's been so long. Why me?"
  • (Nicholas Woodeson) "He never offered an explanation, I never asked him for one."
  • (Nicholas Woodeson) "It was his private journal. He was most explicit that you, and only you, would read its contents. You might possibly find some kind of explanation in here. I'll leave you now."
  • (Nicholas Woodeson) "Again, my condolences."
  • (Nicholas Woodeson) "You won't find a keyhole, thing only opens from the inside. He insisted, no embalming, no open coffin, no funeral. Well, you don't acquire the kind of wealth your uncle commanded by being like the rest of us, huh? Come, let's go inside."

Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas

  • (Willem Dafoe) "You are ugly, but you are beautiful. And you fight like a Thark."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Watch. Everyone, step back. Show them, Virginia. Jump. Jump."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "By Issus, you will jump tomorrow, Virginia."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "When I saw you, I believed it was a sign -- that something new can come into this world."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Did I not tell you he could jump."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Don't shoot it. Don't shoot it. Don't shoot it."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "What is this place? Where am I?"
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Virginia. It's okay, just relax."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Where's my damn gold?"
  • (Young Thark Warrior) "Eighteen have not yet hatched, Jeddak."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Then they are not our kind. Leave nothing for the white apes."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Where on earth am I?"
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Mars. So you name it and think that you know it. The red planet, no air, no life. But you do not know Mars, for its true name is Barsoom. And it is not airless, nor is it dead, but it is dying. The city of Zodanga saw to that."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Zodanga, red flags. Helium, blue. Zodanga is winning the war. But I say let red men kill red men until only Tharks remain."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "That doesn't look like a fair fight."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Zodanga never fights fair."

Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris

  • (Lynn Collins) "Homesick for the Thark nursery?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I'm sorry. I couldn't sleep. I had that feeling you get suddenly that -- you left a light burning or a door open."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Go back to bed. I won't be long."
  • (Lynn Collins) "I'm getting away."
  • (Lynn Collins) "You mad fool. You're not from Earth. There are no Gates of Iss. I only told you what you wanted to hear so you'd get us out. Stop. I can't. I cannot marry him."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Can't marry who?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "The Zodanga Jeddak you fought. Sab Than. He offered a truce to my father in exchange for my hand."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Your father?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Tardos Mors."
  • (Samantha Morton) "The Jeddak of Helium. She is a princess."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "A princess of Mars. How about that? A princess who didn't wanna get married, so she ran away."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Is that all there is to this story?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "No. I didn't run away. I escaped."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "From what? His breath? So marry the guy and save your people."
  • (Lynn Collins) "A life of oppression, that's not living."
  • (Lynn Collins) "If you had the means to save others, would you not take any action possible to make it so?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "No good will come out of me fightin' your war."
  • (Lynn Collins) "I would lay down my life for Helium. Yes, I ran away. I was -- afraid, weak. Maybe I should have married, but I so feared that it would somehow be the end of Barsoom. I tell you truly, John Carter of Earth, there are no Gates of Iss. They are not real."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I'm sorry, princess. But this --"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "This is real. And so is my cave of gold."
  • (Lynn Collins) "In the Hall of Science."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "And where's that?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "Helium."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Then quick. Let's just head on turn on back to Helium."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "What do you take me for?"
  • (Lynn Collins) "I take you for a man who's lost."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I won't be lost if you just tell me how to work this thing."
  • (Lynn Collins) "I will. But everything I need to understand the medallion is in Helium. I'm trying to get you back to your cave of gold. Isn't that what you want?"
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Yes."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I won't be lost if you just tell me how to work this thing."
  • (Lynn Collins) "No, I don't believe you. We may have been born worlds apart, but I know you, John Carter. From the moment you caught me in the sky, I knew. I felt the heart of a man willing to lay down his life for others. A man willing to fight for a cause, here, on Barsoom."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Don't you see? Carter, I fled to find another way. You are the other way."
  • (Lynn Collins) "Jeddak of the Tharks. I am Dejah Thoris, regent of the Royal Helium Academy of Science. My research --"
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Your share of the spoils. Sola, tend to Virginia's property."
  • (Samantha Morton) "Yes, my Jeddak"
  • (Lynn Collins) "You know when Sab Than has conquered us, he will turn his weapon upon you."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "I know that Zodanga has found a way to defeat you. And now you seek a mighty weapon of your own. But Virginia fights for us. He will fight the Torquas in the south. The Warhoons in the north. And he will be called Dotar Sojat. "My right arms"."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "No. I don't fight for anyone."
  • (Willem Dafoe) "Virginia. You reject this honor, then I can't guarantee you the safety of your red girl."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "I am -- Dotar Sojat."

Daryl Sabara as Edgar Rice Burroughs

  • (Daryl Sabara) "I am the key. I am the key. I, Edgar."
  • (Daryl Sabara) "Ed. E -- D."
  • (Daryl Sabara) "'Dear, Ned'. He never called me Edgar. He called me Ned."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Hello, Ned."

James Purefoy as Kantos Kan

  • (James Purefoy) "My name is Kantos Kan. I serve Princess Dejah."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "Dejah?"
  • (James Purefoy) "Uh-huh. From what she tells me, you can get us over -- there."
  • (Taylor Kitsch) "She said I could make that?"
  • (James Purefoy) "We could always surrender. Is that what you do on Jarsoom?"
  • (James Purefoy) "Ah, Zodanga, where the men are as limited as the menu and woman are as hard as the beds."

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