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Movies/Scenes
Representing the Bible/Scripture
 | The Apostle
(1997)
 | Sonny actually lays an open Bible on the
ground in front of the bulldozer. It is the actual power of the
book itself that discourages the driver, played perfectly by Billy Bob
Thorton, from destroying the church. (submitted by Mike Clark, Hamilton
Canada) |
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| Amistad
(1997)
| Bibles on the slave
ship. Yamba learns the Bible story. (DVD ch 13) |
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| Sling
Blade
(1996)
| Karl: "It took me four years to read the Bible. I reckon I
understand a great deal of it. It wasn’t what I expected in some
places. I slept in a good bed for a great long while. Now they seen fit
to put me outta here. They say they’re settin’ me free today." |
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| Dead Man Walking (1995)
| Guard: "You know how the Bible
says, ‘an eye for an eye’..."
Prejean: "The Bible also calls for death as punishment for
adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, profaning the Sabbath,
trespassing upon sacred ground, and contempt of parents."
Guard: "I ain’t gonna get into no Bible quotin’ with no nun,
‘cuz I’m gonna lose." |
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| The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
| Andy Dufresne hides his rock hammer in his Bible. "Freedom
is found within." |
| The warden quotes from the Bible as a Pharisee - using the
words as a Law which binds people to his own benefit. |
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| Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
| "As the good book says, when a poor man eats a
chicken, one of them is sick." (Tevye)
"Where does the book say that?" (Mendel)
"Well, it doesn't say that exactly, but somewhere there is
something about a chicken." (Tevye) |
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