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“O captain my captain”

SPOKEN AT 00:33:37 IN

Lethal Weapon 4

1998 · 127 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · DIR. Richard Donner

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00:33:19 You want your badges? Let me see those sergeant badges.
00:33:22 Throw them over here.
00:33:26 This is the most painful experience of my life.
00:33:29 - Now get out! - Thank you, Captain.
00:33:32 Thank you, Captain.
00:33:34 Enough with the "Captain" shit! Get out of here!
00:33:37 After you, Captain, I insist! "O Captain! My Captain!"
00:33:41 - Captains outrageous! - News travels fast.
00:33:44 Get a break from real police work. Play golf, tennis...
00:33:47 They got brown rings Around their noses
00:33:51 Now that you're captains, come up in the chopper.
00:33:54 - Not for me. - I'll take a rain check.

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