I've heard about you. I know what you've done. Breaking the hearts of your poor grieving parents. So you're back? You're back to make a life of misery for your lovely parents, is that it? Well, over my dead corpse you will, because you see, they've let me be more like a son to them than like a lodger.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
JOE
A screenplay character in A Clockwork Orange (1971).
- lines
- 5
- words
- 232
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 2.1%
- avg words / line
- 46
- shortest / longest
- 9 / 97
Sample dialogue
No, there's much more than that, though. I mean I've got you two to think of. I mean you're more like a mother and father to me. Well, it wouldn't be fair now, would it, for me to go off and leave you two to the tender mercies of this young monster who's been like no real son at all. Look, let him go off and find a room somewhere. Let him learn the errors of his way, and that a bad boy like he's been don't deserve such a good mum and dad as he's had.
scene 40 — INT. ALEX'S FLATWell, it's disgusting. It puts you off your food.
scene 40 — INT. ALEX'S FLATOh, please. Do put your hand over your mouth, it's bloody revolting.
scene 40 — INT. ALEX'S FLATYou've made others suffer. It's only fair that you should suffer proper. You know I've been told everything you've done, sitting here at night round the family table, pretty shocking it was to listen to. It made me real sick, a lot of it did. Now look what you've gone and done to your mother.
scene 40 — INT. ALEX'S FLATI've heard about you. I know what you've done. Breaking the hearts of your poor grieving parents. So you're back? You're back to make a life of misery for your lovely parents, is that it? Well, over my dead corpse you will, because you see, they've let me be more like a son to them than like a lodger.
scene 40 — INT. ALEX'S FLAT
Bookends
You've made others suffer. It's only fair that you should suffer proper. You know I've been told everything you've done, sitting here at night round the family table, pretty shocking it was to listen to. It made me real sick, a lot of it did. Now look what you've gone and done to your mother.