The Court Jester (1955)
Mildred Natwick: Griselda
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Quotes
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Hawkins : I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?
Griselda : Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins : They *broke* the chalice from the palace?
Griselda : And replaced it with a flagon.
Hawkins : A flagon...?
Griselda : With the figure of a dragon.
Hawkins : Flagon with a dragon.
Griselda : Right.
Hawkins : But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
Griselda : No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
Hawkins : The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
Griselda : Just remember that.
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Griselda : Listen. I have put a pellet of poison in one of the vessels.
Hawkins : Which one?
Griselda : The one with the figure of a pestle.
Hawkins : The vessel with the pestle?
Griselda : Yes. But you don't want the vessel with the pestle, you want the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins : I don't want the vessel with the pestle, I want the chalice from... the what?
Jean : The chalice from the palace!
Hawkins : Hmmm?
Griselda : It's a little crystal chalice with a figure of a palace.
Hawkins : The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison?
Griselda : No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.
Hawkins : Oh, oh, the pestle with the vessel.
Jean : The vessel with the pestle.
Hawkins : What about the palace from the chalice?
Griselda : Not the palace from the chalice! The chalice from the palace!
Hawkins : Where's the pellet with the poison?
Griselda : In the vessel with the pestle.
Griselda : The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
Jean : Don't you see? The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.
Griselda : The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!
Jean : It's so easy, I can say it.
Hawkins : Well then you fight him!
Griselda : Listen carefully. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
Hawkins : The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
Jean : Good man!
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Griselda : I bring you a message from the princess.
Hubert Hawkins : The royal princess?
Griselda : Yes, she finds you most attractive and would like to meet you.
Hubert Hawkins : Me?
Griselda : She finds you passing fair, passing gracefully.
Hubert Hawkins : Tell her, "Thank you very much, but I'm just passing through."
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Fergus : I'm Fergus, the Ostler.
Hawkins : Who-whogus the Whatsler?
Fergus : Fergus, the Ostler. It is I, not Ravenhurst, who is your friend.
Hawkins : [ushering Fergus back to the window] Look, my good man, you pick your friends, and I shall pick mine. At the moment, I have a very important mission with the king. After all, I am the incomparable Giacomo, king of jesters and jester of kings.
[Griselda enters unnoticed]
Hawkins : I have entertained in all the courts of Europe and speak a ready wit in their every tongue.
[turns and runs into Griselda]
Hawkins : [without missing a beat] Now, who are you?
Griselda : I am Griselda.
Hawkins : Gri-who-lda?
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Griselda : Tails of lizards, ears of swine, chicken gizzards soaked in brine, now thine eyes and mine entwine, thy will is mine, thou art mine! Repeat after me: I am craven, and thou art my master.
Hawkins : [monotone] I am craven, and thou art my master.
Griselda : Stand there, fool.
Hawkins : Stand there, fool.
Griselda : Silence!
Hawkins : Silence!
Griselda : You are in my power and will obey my every command.
Hawkins : Every command.
Griselda : And remember, any time I choose, a mere snap of the fingers can bring you out of the spell like this.
Hawkins : [snapping her fingers, the spell is broken] Ooh!
Griselda : [snapping again] And back like that. Do you understand, fool?
Hawkins : Yes, master. You can snap me in and snap me out.