Corpse Bride (2005)

Johnny Depp: Victor Van Dort

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• Victor Van Dort : [alone in the forest, practicing his vows]  With this hand I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never empty, for I will be your wine. - Ah, Mrs. Everglot. You look ravishing this evening. What"s that, Mr. Everglot, call you "Dad"? If you insist, Sir. - With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.

  [He places the ring on what he thinks is a root. As he turns away, the root shoots out, grabs Victor"s arm and almost pulls him into the ground. Victor pulls himself free and finds a detatched skeletal hand gripping his arm. He watches as the ground gives way and an unearthly female figure, wearing a dishevelled wedding dress, rises from beneath the tree. She pulls back her veil] 

  The Corpse Bride : I do.

• Victor : With this candle... I will set your mother on fire.

• [last lines] 

  Victor Van Dort : Wait. I made a promise.

  The Corpse Bride : You kept your promise. You set me free. Now I can do the same for you.

• Victor Van Dort : [trying to practice his vows]  With this hand, I will cup your...

  [unconsciously holds hands before his chest in a suggestive manner, and is then horrified] 

  Victor Van Dort : Oh goodness, no!

• Victor Van Dort : I want some questions! Now!

  General Bonesapart : Answers... I think you mean answers.

  Victor Van Dort : Thank you, yes, answers. I need answers.

• Victor Van Dort : I"ve got a... I"ve got a dwarf, and I"m not afraid to use him!

• The Corpse Bride : We need to go up. Upstairs? To visit the land of the living.

  Elder Gutknecht : Land of the living? Oh, my dear.

  The Corpse Bride : Please, Elder Gutknecht.

  Elder Gutknecht : Now, why go up there when people are dying to get down here?

  Victor Van Dort : Sir, I beg you to help. It means so much to me... us.

  Elder Gutknecht : I don"t know. It"s just not natural.

  The Corpse Bride : Please, Elder Gutknecht. Surely there must be something you can do.

  Elder Gutknecht : Let me see what I can do.

• The Corpse Bride : [about Victor"s dead dog, Scraps]  What a cutie.

  Victor Van Dort : You should have seen him with fur.

• Victor : [to the corpse of Scraps]  Play dead... Oh, sorry.

• The Corpse Bride : [after her hand escapes her arm and dances up Victor"s arm]  Pardon my enthusiasm.

  Victor Van Dort : [snapping her hand into place]  I like your enthusiasm.

• Victor Van Dort : What"s going on here? Where am I? Who are you?

  The Corpse Bride : Well, that"s kind of a long story.

  Bonejangles : What a story it is. A tragic tale of romance, passion and murder most foul.

• Victor Van Dort : We"re moving this wedding party upstairs.

  Dead Woman : Upstairs? I didn"t know we had an upstairs.

  Skeleton boy : Sounds creepy!

  Skeleton Girl : Let"s go!

• Victor Van Dort : Do forgive me.

  Victoria Everglot : You play beautifully.

  Victor Van Dort : I-I-I do apologise, Miss Everglot. How rude of me to... Well... Excuse me.

  Victoria Everglot : Mother won"t let me near the piano. Music is improper for a young lady. "Too passionate", she says.

  Victor Van Dort : If I may ask, Miss Everglot... where is your chaperone?

  Victoria Everglot : Perhaps, in... in view of the circumstances... you could call me Victoria.

  Victor Van Dort : Yes, of course. Well... Victoria...

  Victoria Everglot : Yes, Victor...

• The Corpse Bride : [meeting Victoria]  Darling, I just wanted to meet... Darling, who"s this?

  Victoria Everglot : Who is she?

  The Corpse Bride : I"m his wife.

  [She proudly holds out her hand with the ring on it] 

  Victoria Everglot : Victor?

  Victor Van Dort : Victoria, wait. You don"t understand. She"s dead. Look!

• The Corpse Bride : [angrily, grabbing Victor]  Hopscotch!

  Victor Van Dort : No, no! Victoria!

• Victor Van Dort : But I don"t even know your name.

  Maggot : [from inside the Corpse Bride"s head]  Well, that"s a great way to start a marriage.

  The Corpse Bride : [grasps head and hisses]  Sshh! Shut up!

  [smiles at Victor] 

  The Corpse Bride : It"s Emily.

• Victoria Everglot : Since I was a child, I"ve dreamt of my wedding day. I always hoped to find someone I was deeply in love with. Someone to spend the rest of my life with. Silly, isn"t it?

  Victor Van Dort : Yes, silly. No. No, not at all, no.

  Victoria Everglot : [knocks over a vase] 

  Victor Van Dort : Oh, oh, dear. I"m sorry.

• Victor : Look, I am terribly sorry about what"s happened to you and I would like to help. But I really need to get home.

  The Corpse Bride : This is your home now.

• Victor Van Dort : Tomorrow, Victoria, we are to be...

  [nervously twists his tie] 

  Victor Van Dort : Mmmm... mmmm... mmmm...

  Victoria Everglot : [small giggle]  ... married.

  Victor Van Dort : Yes, married.

• William Van Dort : You"ve certainly hooked a winner this time, Victor.

  Nell Van Dort : Now, all you have to do is reel her in.

  Victor Van Dort : I"m already reeling, Mother. Shouldn"t Victoria Everglot be marrying a lord or something?

  Nell Van Dort : Oh, nonsense. We"re every bit of good as the Everglots. I always knew I deserved better than a fish merchant"s life.

  Victor Van Dort : But I"ve never even spoken to her.

  Nell Van Dort : Well, at least we have that in our favor.

  [Mayhew coughs] 

  Nell Van Dort : Mayhew! Silence that blasted coughing!

• Victor Van Dort : Please, there"s been a mistake. I"m not dead.

• Victor Van Dort : Emily.

  The Corpse Bride : Oh, I almost forgot. I have something for you. It"s a wedding present.

  Victor Van Dort : [opens the box and finds a bone]  Haah. Thank you.

  [Victor"s present turns out to be his dead dog Scraps, who is now a dog skeleton] 

  Victor Van Dort : Scraps? Scraps. It"s my dog, Scraps. Oh, Scraps. What a good boy?

  The Corpse Bride : I knew you"d be happy to see him.

  Victor Van Dort : Who"s my good boy. Sit! Sit, Scraps. Good boy, Scraps. Roll over, roll over.

• The Corpse Bride : [to Victor]  In the woods, you said your vows so perfectly

  Victor Van Dort : [to himself]  I did!

  [starts hitting his head on the bar] 

  Victor Van Dort : Wake up wake up WAKE UP.

• The Corpse Bride : It"s my eye, isn"t it?

  [pops loose eye into skull] 

  Victor Van Dort : No! Your eye is uh, lovely.

• The Corpse Bride : Darling... where are you going?

  Victor Van Dort : *Home*!

• Pastor Galswells : Master Van Dort, from the beginning. Again. "With this hand I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine". Let"s try it again.

  Victor Van Dort : Yes, yes, Sir.

• Victor Van Dort : In fact, since we"re, you know... married, you should definitely meet her. And my father too. We should go and see them right now.

  The Corpse Bride : What a fantastic idea! Where are they buried?

• Victor Van Dort : Listen, under different circumstances, well, who knows? But we"re just too different. I mean, you"re dead.

  The Corpse Bride : You should"ve thought about that before you asked me to marry you.

• The Corpse Bride : You lied to me! Just to get back to that other woman.

  Victor Van Dort : Don"t you understand? You"re the other woman.

  The Corpse Bride : No! You"re married to me. She"s the other woman.

  Elder Gutknecht : She"s got a point.

  The Corpse Bride : [sobbing]  And I thought... I thought this was going so well.

  [continues wailing, one of her eyes fall out] 

  Victor Van Dort : Look, I"m sorry, but this just can"t work.

• [after escaping from the Corpse Bride, Victor finds Victoria] 

  Victor Van Dort : Victoria.

  Victoria Everglot : Victor? I"m so happy to see you! Here, come by the fire. Where have you been? Are you all right?

  Victor Van Dort : I-I-oh, dear.

  Victoria Everglot : You"re as cold as death! What happened to you? Your coat!

  Victor Van Dort : Victoria, I confess. This morning I was... terrified of marriage. But then, on meeting you, I... .felt I should be with you always, and that our wedding could not come soon enough!

  Victoria Everglot : Victor, I feel the same.

  [they lean in to kiss, but Victor spots the Corpse Bride] 

  Victor Van Dort : Victoria, I s-s... I seem to find myself married. And you should know it"s unexpected!

• Victor Van Dort : Ah, Mrs. Everglot. You look ravishing this evening. What"s that, Mr. Everglot? Call you "dad"? If you insist, sir.

• Victor Van Dort : Mother never approved of Scraps jumping up like this. But then again, she never approved of anything.

• The Corpse Bride : Scraps... Elder Gutknecht... Are you there? Hello? Is anyone home? Hello? There you are!

  Elder Gutknecht : Oh, my dear. There you are.

  The Corpse Bride : I"ve brought my husband, Victor.

  Elder Gutknecht : What"s that? Husband?

  Victor Van Dort : Pleasure to meet you, sir.

• Elder Gutknecht : Where did I put that book? I left it here somewhere. There"s the one. I have it. A Ukrainian haunting spell. Just the thing for these quick trips.

  The Corpse Bride : So glad you thought of this.

  Victor Van Dort : Me too.

  Elder Gutknecht : Now, then... Where were we?

  The Corpse Bride : The Ukrainian haunting spell

  Elder Gutknecht : Ahh... Here we have it. Ready?

• Victor Van Dort : I want very much to.

  Pastor Galswells : Pay attention! Have you even remembered to bring the ring?

  Victor Van Dort : The ring. Yes, of course.

  [Victor drops the ring] 

  Pastor Galswells : Dropping the ring. This boy doesn"t want to get married.

  Maudeline Everglot : How disgraceful!

  Victor Van Dort : Excuse me. Got it!