Lady Jane (1986 film) Quotes

Lady Jane (1986 film) is a television show that first aired in 1970 . Lady Jane stopped airing in 1970.

It features Peter Snell (producer) as producer, Stephen Oliver (composer) in charge of musical score, and Douglas Slocombe as head of cinematography.

Lady Jane (1986 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Lady Jane (1986 film) is 141 minutes long. Lady Jane (1986 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Michael Hordern as Dr. Feckinham, Helena Bonham Carter as Jane, Cary Elwes as Guilford, Michael Hordern as Doctor Feckenham, Jill Bennett as Mrs. Ellen, and Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Anne.

Lady Jane (1986 film) Quotes

Helena Bonham Carter as Jane

• (Helena Bonham Carter) "You gave them all that money and they just threw it back at you?"
• (Cary Elwes) "Money? Do you know what's happened to the value of money?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "No."
• (Cary Elwes) "What's that?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "A penny."
• (Cary Elwes) "No, it isn't. It's a shilling."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "It can't be, shillings are made of silver."
• (Cary Elwes) "Should be, used to be. But not now."

• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Who are you bowing to?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "To our host, my lady, who made us all."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Oh, I see. So God made you, and the baker, apparently, made God?"

Cary Elwes as Guilford

• (Cary Elwes) "Tell me, did you see his chest"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Yes, it was marked."
• (Cary Elwes) "No it wasn't, it was branded. A mark burnt into him with a red hot iron."

• (Cary Elwes) "The brain is a brittle organ, Jane. The slightest pressure and it snaps. It's not wrapped up in a little heart."

• (Cary Elwes) "Go on, ask me."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "What?"
• (Cary Elwes) "What I want."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "What do you want?"
• (Cary Elwes) "Oh, I think you know. I want a world where men are not branded or sent into slavery because they can't grow the food they need to eat. Go on."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Well,"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "it's done."

• (Cary Elwes) "On the night I was informed I was to be transformed into---untold bliss---I had attended several taverns, witnessed a bear-baiting and was actually located in the Suffolk stews, sampling the pleasures of a lady of the night."

• (Cary Elwes) "God's teeth."

• (Cary Elwes) "So then we will."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Yes, we will."
• (Cary Elwes) "We'll fly."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "We'll fly."
• (Cary Elwes) "Away, beyond their reach."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "So far --"
• (Cary Elwes) "Their touch can't tarnish us, and at last, we will be --"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Nothing --"
• (Cary Elwes) "Nobody --"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Each other's."
• (Cary Elwes) "Only this time, forever."

Michael Hordern as Doctor Feckenham

• (Michael Hordern) "Plato, in Greek. Not easy."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Don't you think so?"

• (Michael Hordern) "The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible. At there arriving, she is assured of bliss, and forever dwells in paradise."

• (Michael Hordern) "It is a privilege to talk to anyone whose love of learning shines like yours."
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "It is my only pleasure, Dr. Feckinham."

• (Michael Hordern) "And what would you be prepared to die for, Lady Jane?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "I would die to free our people from the chains of bigotry and superstition."
• (Michael Hordern) "What superstition did you have in mind?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Well for example the idea that a piece of bread can become the body of our savior, father."
• (Michael Hordern) "Did he not say at his last supper, take, eat, this is my body?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "He also said I am the vine, I am the door. Was he a vine, a door?"
• (Michael Hordern) "Who has been teaching you to say such things?"
• (Helena Bonham Carter) "Don't you think I could have thought of them myself?"

Jill Bennett as Mrs. Ellen

• (Jill Bennett) "A proverb says that a wonder lasts nine days then the puppy opens his eyes. So -- what happens on the tenth day?"

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