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Hugo: [Roger accidentally shoots Mike in the leg] No! Fuck Rog! It has to look like suicide! It has to look like fucking suicide Roger! Fuck!
Roger Rodriguez: I did what you said! Now we do it up close!
Hugo: No! The cops will know someone else fired the first bullet! Fuck Rog! You fucking herbed us! You fucking herbed us! Where's the scarf? Where's the fucking scarf!
Roger Rodriguez: I lost it.
Hugo: When the cop comes I'm gonna tell them you shot him in self defense.
Roger Rodriguez: If he wakes up he's going to tell on me!
Hugo: Sorry bro, Desi's dead.
[Shoots Roger]
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Odin: My life is over, that's it. But while all ya'll out here livin' yours, sitting around talking about the nigger who lost it back in high school, you make sure you tell them the truth. You tell them I loved that girl, I did but, I got played. He twisted my head up. He fucked it up. I ain't no different than none of ya'll. My mom's ain't no crack head, I wasn't no gang banger, it wasn't some hood rat drug dealer that trip me up. It was this white prep school motha fucka standing right there. You tell them where I'm from ta make me do this.
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Odin: Jason, ask him why he did it. Ask him!
Hugo: You don't say nothing, I did what I did, and that's all you need to know. From here on out, I say nothing.
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[first lines]
Hugo: All my life I always wanted to fly. I always wanted to live like a hawk. I know you're not supposed to be jealous of anything, but... to take flight, to soar above everything and everyone, now that's living.
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[last lines]
Hugo: All my life I always wanted to fly. I always wanted to live like a hawk. I know you're not supposed to be jealous of anything, but... to take flight, to soar above everything and everyone, now that's living. But a hawk is no good around normal birds. It can't fit in. Even though all the other birds probably wanna be hawks; they hate him for what they can't be. Proud. Powerful. Determined. Dark. Odin is a hawk. He soars above us. He can fly. One of these days, everyone's gonna pay attention to me. Because I'm gonna fly too.
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Emily: All this time I've been looking for romance and all I had to do was steal something.
Hugo: You didn't steal anything, you just borrowed it for a little while. And if you wouldn't mind I'd like to borrow you.
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Hugo: I did what I did, and that's all you need to know. From here on out I say nothing.
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Emily: I have something for you.
Hugo: You have things for lots of guys.
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Odin: Where is my scarf?
Desi: I don't know.
Odin: You lost it?
Desi: No, I just misplaced it!
Odin: Does Michael know where my scarf is?
Desi: What? If you're asking me if I'm cheating on you, get some balls and ask! Michael? You're the only person I've ever been with and you're the only person I want to be with! And if you want to be with me you never talk to me like that again, ever!
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Amazon.com
When you compare O to William Shakespeare's Othello, you'll realize just how well this modern adaptation really works. Shakespeare's tragedy transfers nicely to the film's contemporary private school setting, where Othello is now Odin (Mekhi Phifer), star of the basketball team and the school's only African American student. Desdemona is Desi (Julia Stiles), the dean's daughter and Odin's girlfriend, and Iago is Hugo (Josh Hartnett), the coach's steroid-shooting son, who jealously plants seeds of doubt that fester in Odin's mind, leading them all to a tragically violent fate. As directed by Tim Blake Nelson (who played the dimwit Delmar in O Brother, Where Art Thou?), this is a clever and serious interpretation of Shakespeare that, sadly, was shelved for two years when its distributor balked at potential comparisons to the Columbine massacre. Such fears were pointless; this well-acted film delivers an anti-violence message that younger viewers will readily appreciate. --Jeff Shannon
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