It’s not that I don’t like it. I’m physically repulsed.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
M. GUSTAVE
A screenplay character in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
- lines
- 80
- words
- 4,417
- scenes
- 11
- dialogue
- 31%
- avg words / line
- 55
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 258
source review flagged 3 dialogue lines
Sample dialogue
Zero: confused, indeed. The plot “thickens”, as they say. Why, by the way? Is it a soup metaphor? ZERO I don’t know. Distant tires squeal. M. Gustave and Zero sit up quickly and peer-off down the road. An approaching car accelerates, whining in the darkness. A pair of head-lights pops into view from the woods. A large sedan emerges with a roar, zig-zagging onto the farm road. It slides across the gravel and rips to a stop in front of them. A sign next to five stars on the side of the hood reads: Hotel Excelsior Palace. One of the back doors snaps open, and M. Ivan shouts from inside: M. IVAN Get in! M. Gustave and Zero dash out from behind the hay-stack and sprint to the vehicle. INT. HOTEL CAR. DAY The door slams shut, and the chauffeur punches it. They speed back into the hamlet. M. Ivan immediately begins briefing M. Gustave and Zero: M. IVAN We found the butler. He’s hiding-out in the remote foot-hills near Gabelmeister’s Peak. Our contact convinced him to meet you mid-day tomorrow at the observatory on the summit. Tell no one. He’ll explain everything. The train departs in four-and- a-half minutes. Here’s your tickets. M. Ivan deals-out a pair of train tickets to M. Gustave and Zero. M. Gustave gives his a quick study, then mumbles a puzzled objection: M. GUSTAVE Third class? M. IVAN It was over-booked, but the conductor used to be asommelierat the old Versailles. He pulled some strings. You’ll need these for the dining car.
scene 34 — EXT. WHEAT FIELD. NIGHTSit Down, Zero.
scene 13 — INT. CORRIDOR. MORNINGA glass of chilled water with no ice, please. CLOTILDE Oui, M. Gustave -- et aussi: M. Serge a démandé un mot avec vous en privé dans son office, s’il vous plaît. M. GUSTAVE
scene 13 — INT. CORRIDOR. MORNINGI forgot theL’air de Panache. M. GUSTAVE
scene 29 — INT. CELLAR. NIGHTOf course, it depends. M. GUSTAVE
scene 36 — INT. LIBRARY. NIGHT
Bookends
Agatha. M. Gustave and Zero watch as: Marguerite, Laetizia, and Carolina exit from the other side of the car, and an eager team of bellboys springs into action collecting their numerous bags and suitcases out of the trunk and off the roof-rack of the vehicle. CUT TO: Agatha poking her head back into the lobby from behind the curtain. She starts toward the front door, but pauses as she sees: Dmitri and his sisters. They enter and are immediately greeted by M. Chuck. A large assembly of maids and footman stand in a row at attention to receive these distinguished guests. M. CHUCK Good evening, Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis. I’m M. Chuck. We’ve booked you and your sisters in the King Ferdinand Suite. Dmitri shakes hands coolly. As M. Chuck introduces himself to Marguerite, Laetizia, and Carolina -- Dmitri spots Agatha. He stares at her, curious. She looks back at him, uneasy. He focusses-in on the package under her arm. She turns away and walks quickly deeper into the lobby. Dmitri frowns.