Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Tom Berenger: Lewis Gates
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Professor Lillian Sloan : You know what this is?
Tracker Lewis Gates : Well, call it a wild guess. An arrow?
Professor Lillian Sloan : A Cheyenne arrow, Dog Soldier to be exact.
Tracker Lewis Gates : Dog Soldier?
Professor Lillian Sloan : Within the Cheyenne tribe there used to be a military society made up of the strongest and bravest men. They were fierce fighters - unyielding. They called themselves Chotometnea - dogmen.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : Why Indians?
Professor Lillian Sloan : Oh, because I admire them. And because we owe them a tremendous debt.
Tracker Lewis Gates : How's that?
Professor Lillian Sloan : Well, they gave us romance, myths, legends. They gave us a history. The Indians shaped the character of our entire nation.
Tracker Lewis Gates : We picked a hell of a way to say thank you, didn't we?
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Professor Lillian Stone : [Getting to bed, in the middle of the woods] Good night, Gates.
Tracker Lewis Gates : Good night, Doc.
[Small pause]
Tracker Lewis Gates : You're not gonna walk around naked in the morning, are you?
Professor Lillian Stone : I'll try to restrain myself.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : What are you telling him?
Professor Lillian Sloan : I told him we come in a good way, in peace. I also told him you were a great warrior who wasn't afraid to fight them all single-handedly.
Tracker Lewis Gates : You've got to be kidding.
Professor Lillian Sloan : The Cheyenne admire bravery. Let's just hope they don't put you to the test.
Tracker Lewis Gates : If they do, I'm coming after you first.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : [a deputy has just arrived to Lewis' house and all the deputy has done so far is call out Lewis' name] I didn't do it. Whoever said I did is a liar.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : Dynamite? It's like wine, it only gets better with age.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : I've seen this place reduce grown men to tears. It ain't no place for a woman.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : I told you to watch your step! You're not in a classroom! Out here one little mistake will get you killed.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : You wanna go back?
Professor Lillian Sloan : Yes. I'm an anthropologist, not Daniel Boone.
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Professor Lillian Sloan : [after Tracker Lewis Gates hands her an arrow] So, where'd you find this?
Tracker Lewis Gates : In the Oxbow.
Professor Lillian Sloan : The Oxbow. Wasn't that just in the news? Something about convicts?
Tracker Lewis Gates : Yeah, I'm the guy they hired to find them.
Professor Lillian Sloan : Bounty hunter?
Tracker Lewis Gates : Please, civil servant. It sounds a little less...
Professor Lillian Sloan : Barbaric?
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Professor Lillian Sloan : He's leader of the dog soldiers: next in line to be chief.
Tracker Lewis Gates : I guess it takes a real man to shoot a dog.
Professor Lillian Sloan : You should be happy they didn't eat him. Oh, didn't I tell you? That's the other reason they're called dog soldiers.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : Could you promise me something? No matter how bad it gets, no matter what happens... don't let them eat my dog.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : [explaining about his wife's death] We were riding the back country, making a river crossing. Her horse spooked, bucked her. I went in after her. Current was too strong. One second she was there, and... Her dad still blames me to this day.
Professor Lillian Sloan : What else could you have done.
Tracker Lewis Gates : Drowned.
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Sheriff Deegan : Drunk or sober, you're still the best tracker in this state.
Tracker Lewis Gates : You always were a charmer.
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Tracker Lewis Gates : Why are you being so god damn pigheaded?
Professor Lillian Stone : Because I'm god damn good at it!
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Tracker Lewis Gates : Rule number 1, Briggs, never take your eyes off a suspect.