The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
James Franco: Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
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Quotes
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[after barely escaping being hung earlier and about to be hanged again, along with several other men, the cowboy sees a man sobbing in the noose next to him]
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : First time?
[the man looks at him, confused]
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Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones") : Now this here is your opportunity to speak your piece before your sentence is carried out.
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : That pan-covered son of a bitch back at the bank don't hardly fight fair, in my opinion.
Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones") : ...okay. That it?
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : I reckon it is.
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Posse #1 (segment "Near Algodones") : [the Cowboy is about to get hanged] Can I have your horse?
Posse #2 (segment "Near Algodones") : No, me.
Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones") : You wanna give one of these boys your horse? Save scrapping over it after you pass?
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : I don't want any of 'em to have it.
Posse #1 (segment "Near Algodones") : Selfish bastard.
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Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones") : Do you have anything to say before your sentence is carried out?
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : [wakes up on a horse with his hands tied behind his back and a noose around his neck] Sentence? What's my sentence?
[Posse members chuckle]
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Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : [brings the shackled Cowboy before a judge sitting on a rocking chair on a porch, grabs his hat off his head and throws it on the ground] No hats in the presence of Judge Hobby!
Judge (segment "Near Algodones") : What'd this sumbitch do?
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : Sir, I...
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : [interrupts] HOLD YOUR TONGUE!
[turns to the judge, acting sociably]
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : Sumbitch is a stock-rustler, Your Honor.
Judge (segment "Near Algodones") : Alleged?
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : Yes, sir.
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") : Sir, I never...
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : [interrupts again] HOLD YOUR TONGUE!
[turns back to the judge]
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") : He was caught driving rustled beeves.
Judge (segment "Near Algodones") : Good enough. Hang him.