Quotes

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Joe Perko: OK, Boan, how much you got here? Boan: About eighteen hundred. Joe Perko: Eighteen hundred? What's going on? Boan: There's Bagley. Joe Parko: Hey, Mr. Bagley! Something haywire. They only loaded me enough pipe to push one test hole. Less than two thousand feet. Roy Bagley: Yeah, that'll be enough. Boan: Are you kidding? On Bagatan, we didn't come until we were past twenty-six thousand feet. Roy Bagley: You take my word, fellas. This hole proves out within two thousand, or it's a write-off.

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Fred Wilson: [As the "Petrox Explorer" comes in sight of Skull Island] You know something? I always wondered how Cortés felt when he first saw the Inca treasure. Jack Prescott: Actually, it wasn't Cortés; it was Pizarro. And he died busted, Fred.

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Jack Prescott: Kong! Kong! Kong! Kong! you heard them chant that! He exists. You saw the wall, right? Now who the hell do you think they're planning to give that girl to? Fred Wilson: It's some nutty religion. A priest gets dressed up like an ape and gets laid.

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Jack Prescott: Even an environmental rapist like you wouldn't be asshole enough to destroy a unique new species of animal. Fred Wilson: Bet me.

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Dwan: How can I become a star because of... because of someone who was stolen off that gorgeous island and locked up in that lousy oil tank? Fred Wilson: It's not someone! It's an animal, a beast who tried to rape you. Dwan: That's not true. He risked his life to save me. Fred Wilson: Before you cry your eyes out, honey, you should ask the natives on that island what they thought of losing Kong. Jack Prescott: Actually, they'll miss him a lot. Fred Wilson: Like leprosy. Jack Prescott: No, that's where you're dead wrong. He was the terror, the mystery, and the magic in their lives. A year from now, that will be an island full of burnt-out drunks. When we took Kong, we kidnapped their God.