Other Titles • Dawn of the Living Dead (1978) • Zombie: Dawn of the Dead (1978) • Zombies (1978) • George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) • Zombie (1979) • Zombie - Das Original (1979) • Zombie - Dawn of the Dead (1979) • Zombies im Kaufhaus (1979) • Zombi
Quotes from Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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Roger: Wooley's gone ape-shit, man!
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Old Priest: Many have died, last week, on these streets. In the basement of this building, you will find them. I have given them the last rites, now, you do what you will. You are stronger than us... But soon, I think they be stronger than you. When the dead walk, señores, we must stop the killing... or lose the war.
(17 votes)
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Francine Parker: They're still here. Stephen: They're after us. They know we're still in here. Peter: They're after the place. They don't know why, they just remember. Remember that they want to be in here. Francine Parker: What the hell are they? Peter: They're us, that's all, when there's no more room in hell. Stephen: What? Peter: Something my granddad used to tell us. You know Macumba? Vodoun. My granddad was a priest in Trinidad. He used to tell us, "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth."
(16 votes)
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"Some kind of instinct. Memory of what used to be. This was an important place in their lives."--Steve Andrews (David Emge) on why the zombies are flocking to the mall
(16 votes)
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[Fran and Stephen are observing from the roof of the mall] Francine Parker: What are they doing? Why do they come here? Stephen: Some kind of instinct. Memory, of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives.
(15 votes)
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[about to run a gauntlet of zombies] Roger: Whad'ya think? Bag it or try for it? Peter: You game? Roger: I need lighter fluid. Peter: You got it.
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist: Dummies! Dummies! Dummies!
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist: This isn't the Republicans versus the Democrats, where we're in a hole economically or... or we're in another war. This is more crucial than that. This is down to the line, folks, this is down to the line. There can be no more divisions among the living!
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[looking in a Civil Defense carton] Francine Parker: Spam! Roger: You bring a can opener? Francine Parker: No, I guess I didn't Roger: Then don't knock it, it's got it's own key.
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Dr. Foster: Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!
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Dr. Foster: This situation must be controlled before it's too late. They're multiplying too rapidly!
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Dr. Foster: They kill for one reason: they kill for food. They eat their victims, you understand that, Mr. Berman? That's what keeps them going!
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Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist: The normal question, the first question is, are these cannibals? No, they are not. Cannibalism in the true sense of the word implies an interspecies activity. These creatures cannot be considered human. They prey on humans. They do not prey on each other, that's the difference. They attack and they feed only on warm flesh. Intelligence? Seemingly no reasoning ability, but basic skills remain from a remembered everyday life. There have been reports of these creatures using tools. But even these are the most basic, the use of tools as bludgeons and so forth. I might point out that even animals have been known to adopt the use of tools in this manner. These creatures are nothing but pure, motorized instinct. We must not be lulled by the concept that they are our family members or our friends. They are not. They will not respond to such emotions. [the gathered crowd starts arguing] Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist: They *must* be destroyed on *sight*!
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Officer in Apartment Project: Shoot it, man! Shoot it in the head!
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TV Director: Roll the rescue stations! TV Producer: We just got a report that half those stations have been knocked out. TV Director: Then get me another list. TV Producer: Sure, I'll just pull one out of my ass, right?
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Mr. Berman: People aren't willing to accept your solutions, doctor, and I for one don't blame them!
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Roger: You'll take care of me when I go, won't you, Peter? Peter: Just rest, man. Save your strength. Roger: I don't want to be walkin' around... like THAT!... Peter... PETER? Peter: I'm here, man! Roger: Don't do it until you are sure I *am* coming back! I'm gonna try... not to... I'm gonna try... not to... come back. I'm gonna try... not to...
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Peter: Ain't it a crime. Stephen: What? Peter: The only person who could miss with this gun is the sucker with the bread to buy it.
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Stephen: We've got to survive! Somebody's got to survive!
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Camera man: Go ahead and leave. We'll be off the air by midnight; the emergency networks are taking over. Our responsibility is finished.
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Motorcycle Raider (radio operator): Hey, you in the mall! We don't like people who don't share. You just fucked up REAL bad!
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Roger: One-stop shopping; everything you need, right at your fingertips.
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Martinez: Jesus Christ, there's a thousand pigs!
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[Roger and Martinez point their guns at each other, at point blank range] Roger: Hold it! [Martinez breaks and begins to run away] Roger: Don't go out there! [Martinez is shot and falls off the tenement rooftop]
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Roger: We've just got to wait a little longer before we move. Peter: No, there's always a chance of some of them stayin' up on the balcony. Roger: We can handle that; we can break through. Peter: If any of them see us, or hear us, they'll just follow us on up. It's no good. Roger: We sure as hell can outrun 'em. We can load up what we can and get the hell out. Peter: I'm thinkin' maybe we've got a good thing going here. Maybe we shouldn't be in such a hurry to leave. Roger: Oh, Man. Peter: If we could get back up there without them catchin' on, we could hole up for a while, at least long enough to catch a breath, check out the radio, see what's happening. Stephen: There's some kind of passageway over the top the stores. I don't know if it's just heating ducts or some kind of access. I saw it on the map. Peter: Upstairs. Let's go.
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Stephen: We've got to find more fuel. Maybe closer to Cleveland. Roger: No. We've got to stay out of the big cities. If they're anything like Philly, We may never get out alive. Peter: We may never get out of anyplace alive. We almost didn't get out of here. Roger: We're gettin' out of here fine. As long as there's not to many of those things around, we can handle them easy. Peter: Yeah, well it wasn't one of those things that nearly blew me away. Roger: We gotta stay in the sticks! There's bound to be more of those little private airports upstate. Stephen: There's the locks along the Allgheny. There's fuel stations there, state and private owned. Roger: No, those are probably still manned. We don't need those hassles either. Stephen: They're just out after scavengers and looters. Peter: Oh, you got papers for this limousine? Stephen: I've got GON I.D., and so does Fran. Peter: Right, and we're up here doin' traffic reports! Wake up, sucker! We're thieves and we're bad guys. That's exactly what we are. We gotta find our own way.
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Peter: Get its head up. Get its head up. Roger, get its head up, man!
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[Roger was almost bitten by a zombie, and has snapped] Roger: Bastards, you bastards! We got 'em, didn't we? We got this, man! We got this by the ass!
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Peter: Roger, get your head together, we got a lot of work to do. Roger: Number two. Peter: You all right? Roger: Perfect, baby. Perfect.
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[Roger and Peter are startled by the Old Priest] Old Priest: Señores, please to let me pass. Roger: Let's get him to the med unit. Old Priest: No, no, please. Just let me pass. I go up to seventh floor to find my sister; just let me pass. The people of 107 will do what you wish now.
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Wooley: Come on, you dumb bastards, come and get 'em!
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Peter: I've seen half-a-dozen guys in my unit get bitten by those things. None of them lasted more than... three days.
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[Roger is in the basement, vomiting] Peter: You ain't just in here by yourself, boy! [Roger aims his gun at Peter] Peter: You was in Wooley's unit, wasn't you? [Peter cocks his gun] Roger: I didn't see nothing. I didn't see how he died. [They lower their guns]
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Officer at Police Dock: What are you doing here? Stephen: We're with GON. Officer at Police Dock: About a minute and a half on the car. Stephen: Now, wait a minute. We're just here to refuel. Those men were already dead. Now you were here, you know that. Officer at Police Dock: GON Traffic Watch. Steve Andrews. Stephen: That's me, I'm Steve Andrews. Officer at Police Dock: Yeah, no shit.
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Stephen: Hello, HQ, this is Police Dock. Operator dead, post abandoned.
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Roger: What's the problem, officer? Officer at Police Dock: We caught your friends here stealing company gasoline. Roger: What do you mean, "friends"? Stephen: They know, Rog. They're running too. Officer at Police Dock: Now it would be crazy to start shooting at each other. Roger: It sure would.
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Stephen: We're still pretty close to Johnstown. Those rednecks are probably enjoying this whole thing.
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Roger: Jesus, it's everywhere.
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[Peter and Francine are flying off of the mall rooftop] Peter: How much fuel do we have? Francine Parker: Not much. Peter: All right.
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Roger: Come on, Martinez. Wooley: Yeah, Martinez! Show your greasy little Puerto Rican ass so I can blow it right off! [Cocks his gun] Wooley: Blow ALL their asses off! Low-life bastards! Blow ALL their low-life Puerto Rican and Nigger asses right off!
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Wooley: How the hell come we stick these low-life bastards in these big-ass hotels, anyway? Shit, man! This is better than I got!
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Roger: [over the radio while driving trucks] Hey, too tall, too slow, two, come back! Peter: You look my size when you're sitting in a truck. Roger: What I want to know is how we got to be in the same force with you being so large and all? Peter: Well, they told me it was a midget force, and they needed somebody to look up to. Hey, where's Flyboy? What's his twenty? Roger: He's probably up on the roof... with Flygirl!
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Blades: [to Peter] I *see* you, chocolate man!
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[after avoiding a bunch of the zombies] Roger: Well, we're in, but how the hell are we gonna get back? Peter: Who the hell cares! Let's go shopping! Roger: Watches! Watches! Peter: Wait a minute man, let's just get the stuff we need. I'll get a television and a radio. Roger: Ooohh, ooohh, lighter fluid! And chocolate, chocolate. [he runs down a clothing aisle] Roger: Hey, how about a mink coat!
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Roger: Hey, man, we can't carry all this shit. [Peter wheels a gardening cart up with all of their supplies] Roger: Oh, I see, we're just gonna wheel right by 'em, right? Peter: We're gonna try, brother. We ain't doin' this for the exercise, so we might as well try to get what we can. Roger: No way this is gonna happen.
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Roger: Peter, where are you? Peter: I'm right here, man. Roger: Hey, we did it, didn't we? We whipped 'em, didn't we? Peter: That's right, man. Roger: Didn't we... Didn't we whip 'em? Peter: We sure did, buddy. Roger: We whipped 'em and we got it ALL!
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Roger: Aww God! Oh, Jesus Christ! Peter: What is it? Roger: My bag! I left my goddamn bag in the other truck! Peter: [stops driving the truck] All right trooper, you better screw your head on. Roger: [hyped tone] Yeah, yeah, yeah, c'mon, c'mon c'mon, let's go! Peter: [grabbing him by the collar] I mean it! Now you're not just playin' with your life, you're playin' with mine! Now... are you straight? Roger: [subdued tone] Yeah.
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Roger: [to Peter] Man, a lot of people are running... I could run... I could run, tonight. A friend of mine, he's got this helicopter. He does traffic reports for GON. He asked me to come with him. Do you think it's right to run?
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[coming upon the mall] Stephen: What the hell is it? Roger: It looks like a shopping center, one of those big, indoor malls
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[coming across a Zombie storage room] Roger: Why did they keep them here? Peter: 'Cause they still believe there's respect in dying.
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