Three Amigos! (1986)
Alfonso Arau: El Guapo
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Quotes
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Jefe : I have put many beautiful pinatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little surprises.
El Guapo : Many pinatas?
Jefe : Oh yes, many!
El Guapo : Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe : A what?
El Guapo : A *plethora*.
Jefe : Oh yes, you have a plethora.
El Guapo : Jefe, what is a plethora?
Jefe : Why, El Guapo?
El Guapo : Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora.
Jefe : Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else and are looking to take it out on me?
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[Dusty Bottoms is posing as one of El Guapo's men, and El Guapo is struggling to remember who he is and what they've done together]
El Guapo : Oh-ho, you...
Dusty Bottoms : Jose!
[the bandidos cheer]
El Guapo : Together, we...
Dusty Bottoms : Burned the village!
El Guapo : Burned the village!
[the bandidos cheer]
El Guapo : And, uh...
Dusty Bottoms : [trilling the "r"] ... rrrrrrrrraped de horses!
[the banditos cheer]
El Guapo : And we...
Dusty Bottoms : Rode off on de wimmin!
El Guapo : Rode off on de wimmin!
[the banditos cheer, a bit more quietly]
El Guapo : And uh...
Dusty Bottoms : Plundered!
El Guapo : Plundered!
[the banditos cheer]
El Guapo : And uh...
Dusty Bottoms : Pruned!
El Guapo : ... pruned the, uh...
Dusty Bottoms : Hedges!
El Guapo : ... hedges of...
Dusty Bottoms : Many small villages!
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El Guapo : [as he first sees the Three Amigos riding in a circle shooting blanks in the air] I like these guys! They are funny guys! Just kill one of them.
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Ned Nederlander : Tell us we will die like dogs.
El Guapo : Eh?
Ned Nederlander : Tell us we will die like dogs.
El Guapo : You *will* die like dogs.
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Jefe : A toast to El Guapo!
Everybody : El Guapo!
Jefe : Today he is
[considers anxiously]
Jefe : thirty-three years old!
Everybody : [cheers]
Jefe : Salut!
Everybody : [drinks]
Jefe : On behalf of myself, Jefe, and the rest of the boys, we chipped in and got you this gift.
El Guapo : Conchita!
Conchita : [brings wrapped gift]
El Guapo : [to the German] What can you say about such men?
El Guapo : [opens gift] It's a sweater! It's a sweater!
El Guapo : [side hugs Jefe and claps him on the back] Jefe!
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German : One moment, please, I know who this man is.
El Guapo : You do?
German : Yes! It is Ned Nederlander!
El Guapo : Who?
German : You are my favorite star of the silver screen!
Ned Nederlander : Really?
German : In Germany, the cinema is very popular - I have seen all of your films, including when you were known as Little Neddy Knickers.
Ned Nederlander : Ah, well that was a long time ago.
German : It was this man who inspired me to learn the art of the quick draw. I looked up to this man. I studied his every move. It was my dream to be as fast as Ned Nederlander. I practiced every day for hours and hours. He was a god to me.
Ned Nederlander : A god? Well, I don't know about that. But it is nice to meet a fan. You know, often I think that...
German : But then I found out about movie tricks. Trick photography. I was crushed.
Ned Nederlander : I never used trick photography!
German : That is impossible. No one can be as fast as you appear to be.
Ned Nederlander : I am that fast.
German : We shall see.
