Watch This: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes
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Admit it, we're all suckers for a finely-timed inspirational movie speech. Whether it's a war film, a sports film or a film about picking up chicks, it's often these speeches that help us remember a movie -- these are the speeches we quote over and over again until our friends either slap us or simply walk away. Cinematical reader Matthew Belinkie, who you might remember as the brains behind classic videos like The Dark Bailout, has thrown together what is perhaps his greatest achievement yet: 40 inspirational movie speeches in two minutes. I mean, we've got everything in here, and I love how the dialogue times out so that it feels like one very long speech.
Check it out below, and try to see how many movies you can name. Also, feel free to tell us which of these movie speeches is your favorite. (Honestly, the one from Swingers gets me every time.)
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12-10-2008 @ 12:20PM
Clark Parker said...
Wow... I don't know how that rose above it's own cheesy premise but it did... I have goosebumps on my goosebumps.
Good job, Matt. Keep 'em coming.
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12-10-2008 @ 12:22PM
Eric said...
It's gone now where did it go?
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12-10-2008 @ 12:32PM
lando said...
everything was nice til the 'independence day' thing.
great work though.
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12-10-2008 @ 12:51PM
Frogg said...
It's amazing how many of those are inspired by either the original "Saint Crispin's Day" speech from Henry V, or specfically from Branagh's filming of that scene.
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12-10-2008 @ 2:49PM
Paul Nicholson said...
Listing of all the movies in the clip is here-
http://paulnich.blogspot.com/2008/12/most-inspirational-movie-ever.html
Just missing a few. Can you help me ID them?
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12-10-2008 @ 3:22PM
Gina said...
Mr. Smith all the way! :-)
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12-10-2008 @ 4:45PM
chuck said...
Definitive proof that a musical score is as important as any element in film! That was really good!
chuck
http://blog.entertainmenttodayandbeyond.com/
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12-11-2008 @ 12:56PM
Randy said...
God Bless America.
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12-12-2008 @ 12:35AM
Jett Loe said...
In a similar vein... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yooWTm_jvZI
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12-12-2008 @ 11:32AM
E!Rock said...
1) Braveheart
2) The Muppet Movie
3) Animal House
4) Rudy
5) Street Fighter
6) Old School
7) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
9) Star Trek: First Contact
10) Bring it On
11) Stand and Deliver
12) Newsies
13) It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
14) Apollo 13
15) Rocky Balboa
16) The Matrix Reloaded
17) Kingdom of Heaven
18) Knute Rockne: All American
19) Alexander
20) Network
21) The Outlaw Josey Wales
22) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
23) The Great Dictator
24) Patton
25) Any Given Sunday
26) Pirates of the Carribbean: At World's End
27) 300
28) Troy
29) Swingers
30) Miracle
31) Dead Poets Society
32) Galaxy Quest
33) The Last Starfighter
34) The Untouchables
35) Army of Darkness
36) Peter Pan
37) Hoosiers
38) The Mighty Ducks
39) Henry V
40) Pulp Fiction
41) Braveheart (again)
42) Independance Day
43) Free Willy
44) Angels in the Outfield
45) Cool Runnings
46) Dead Poets Society (again)
47) ?
48) Sparticus
49) The Goonies
50) Superman
51) The Never Ending Story
52) Rudy (again)
53) The Shawshank Redemption
54) How The Grinch Stole Christmas
55) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
56) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
57) Rocky
Anyone know #47?
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12-12-2008 @ 1:40PM
Matt said...
I'm the guy who made the video. You're impressively close, E!Rock - nice work! However...
That's The Great Muppet Caper, not The Muppet Movie. Fozzie's trying to convince them to try and stop the jewel thieves. I almost used another line from that speech: "You don't want the BAD guys to win."
I tried to stick to classics, but I cheated a little by going pretty far afield to find the Peanuts clip - it's off a DVD entitled "You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown."
47 was a little tricky. That's Meatballs, the Bill Murray summer camp comedy. I wanted to get in a little of his memorable "It just doesn't matter!!" speech in there, but couldn't find room for it. So I included a second of the campers getting pumped during that final montage.
Ahhh, and one small but crucial slip right at the end. That's Rocky II, not Rocky. You can tell because he's got the children running up the steps with him. It's gloriously stupid.
Thanks for watching, everybody!
- Matt
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12-13-2008 @ 12:23AM
Mike Morris said...
Good job. More Spartacus.
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