The hundred goats in the disused hospital building had been secretly flown in from Central America so as to avoid customs. Special Forces weren’t worried about the General hearing the goats because they’d been de- bleated.
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
BOB
A screenplay character in The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009).
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- scenes
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- dialogue
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- shortest / longest
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source review flagged 41 dialogue lines
Sample dialogue
What Bill hadn’t told the Pentagon was that he was really looking for the answer to the riddle of his vision. How could his men’s gentleness, their general lack of interest inkilling people, how could this be turned into a strength?How could love and peace help win wars? Bill knew where to go to find out.
scene 30 — EXT. HIGHWAY - THE PAST - DAYThis is Ron.
scene 8 — INT. LOCAL NEWSPAPER OFFICE - DAYYou’re going home?
scene 21 — INT. LYN’S HOTEL ROOM - LATERLarry Hooper was a failed Sci-Fi writer from Colorado, recruited to the Jedis after Brigadier General Hopgood met him at a spoon-bending party.
scene 79 — INT. DINNER PARTY - NIGHT - THE PASTWhat’s the matter with you?
scene 129 — EXT. DESERT - LATER
Bookends
Now, more than ever, we need the Supermen.