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| Year: | 2010 |
| Rating: | 6.8(37083) |
| Listed in: | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
| Directed by: | Mike Newell |
| Actors: | Jake Gyllenhaal Ben Kingsley Alfred Molina Steve Toussaint Toby Kebbell Gemma Arterton |
| "Defy the Future" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Mike Newell | |
| Actors | |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | as Dastan |
| Ben Kingsley | as Nizam |
| Alfred Molina | as Sheik Amar |
| Steve Toussaint | as Seso |
| Toby Kebbell | as Garsiv |
| Richard Coyle | as Tus |
| Ronald Pickup | as King Sharaman |
| Reece Ritchie | as Bis |
| Gísli Örn Garðarsson | as Hassansin Leader |
| Claudio Pacifico | as Hassansin Porcupine |
| Thomas DuPont | as Hassansin Whip Man |
| Dave Pope | as Hassansin Giant Scimitar |
| Domonkos Pardanyi | as Hassansin Double-Bladed Halberd |
| Massimilano Ubaldi | as Hassansin Long Razor |
| Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik | as Hassansin Grenade Man |
| Christopher Greet | as Regent of Alamut |
| William Foster | as Young Dastan |
| Elliot James Neale | as Young Bis |
| Selva Rasalingam | as Persian Captain |
| Daud Shah | as Asoka |
| Charlie Banks | as King Sharaman (Boy) |
| Jesse Mathews | as Nizam (Boy) |
| Rohan Siva | as Bloodied Alamut Soldier |
| Dimitri Andreas | as Head Servant |
| Stephen A. Pope | as Roham |
| Trampas Thompson | as Mounted Herald |
| Joseph Beddelem | as Garsiv's Lieutenant |
| Rachid Abbad | as Rafa |
| Aziz El Kibachi | as Mughal Sultan |
| Simon De Selva | as General |
| Felix Augusto Quadros | as Spy |
| Amin Mohammad Fouladi | as Musician |
| Masoud Abbasi | as Musician |
| Mehrdad Azmin | as Musician |
| Zartosht Safari | as Musician |
| Ali Nourbakhsh | as Musician |
| Parham Bahadoran | as Musician |
| Ehsan Parvizian | as Musician |
| Shohreh Shojaeifard | as Musician |
| Babak Babakinejad | as Musician |
| Emmanuel Akintunde | as Amar's Race Patron |
| Alberto Barcelos | as Persian Soldier |
| Guy C.A. | as Tus Alamut Staff |
| Casillas Medina | as New Born Prince |
| João Costa Menezes | as Trumpeter |
| Stephen Modell | as Sheik Amar's Henchman |
| Actresses | |
| Gemma Arterton | as Tamina |
| Daisy Doidge-Hill | as Young Guardian Girl |
| Farzana Dua Elahe | as Tamina's Maid Servant |
| Christine Estima | as Alamut Palace Staff |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 22 July 2008 - ? |
| Budget: | USD 200,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 90,702,019 USD (5 September 2010) UK - 8,829,805 GBP (18 July 2010) Philippines - 63,024,319 PHP (30 May 2010) Russia - 664,933,973 RUR (4 July 2010) |
| Plot: | In Persia, in the Royal City of Nasaf, the fair King Sharaman rules the empire with his brother Nizan. Sharaman has two sons, but adopts the orphan Dastan that becomes part of his family. Years later, the Holy City of Alamut ruled by Princess Tamina is under siege of the troops led by Tus, Garsiv and Dastan, after their uncle Nizan had intercepted a spy carrying weapons for Alamut. Dastan invades the city with his men to avoid a massacre and the Persian army conquers the city. Dastan gets a dagger from an enemy and King Sharaman comes to Almut very upset with the invasion of the holy city. Then he arranges the marriage of Dastan with Princess Tamina. When Dastan gives a holy cloak delivered by Tus to his father, the mantle is poisoned and kills Sharaman. Dastan is accused of betrayal but he escapes with Princess Ttamina. Sooner he finds that the dagger is a powerful device to travel and change time and that Tus is not the traitor and he engages with Tamina in a quest for justice. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"I Remain" Written by Alanis Morissette and Mike Elizondo Strings Arranged by Bruce Fowler Produced by Mike Elizondo Performed by Alanis Morissette "Whirling" Written and Performed by Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian |
Goofs
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Continuity: At the end of the first battle of the Holy City of Alamut, Tus has a small cut on his right cheek with blood running down his face, but in the next scene, the blood and the cut are gone, and there is no scar. Continuity: During his fight with the Hassansin guard, Seso takes several darts to the chest. In the shot immediately afterward, he peeks around a pillar, and his chest is clear. In the following closeup, though no further action has taken place, the darts are seen protruding from his chest. Continuity: Throughout the scene in which Dastan and Nizam talk in Avrat, Nizam's cloak continuously changes positions on his shoulders. Continuity: While bound to a horse in the Valley of Slaves, Tamina argues with Dastan, and there is a smudge on her right cheek. In the next shot, it has disappeared. Later, it is shown on her other cheek. Continuity: Tamina knocks Dastan unconscious with a bone in the Valley of Slaves, and a cloth falls over his face. In the following shot, the cloth has moved, and the bone has shifted to a different angle. Continuity: As Tamina lies in a pool in the sacred temple, her head changes positions and goes from wet to dry several times. Continuity: When Dastan presses the jewel on the dagger for the second time, Tamina reaches out to stop him, and is then frozen in time. The next shot, however, shows her fingers in a different position. Additionally, as she is poising to strike, her mouth is open. When she is frozen in time in the next shot, her mouth is closed. Continuity: Nizam's hands are shown to burned from the acid he used to kill the king, but in the next scene (with the new king) his hands are fine. CHAR: When Sheik Amar talks about his last ostrich Anita, he refers to her as "she", when clearly the bird in the picture is a male ostrich. Male ostriches are black with a white tail, while female birds are greyish brown. Continuity: SPOILER: When Dastan and Tamina finally kiss, his left hand touches her cheek. A split second later, his hand is at her side, holding her arm. Continuity: Sheik Amar fights a Hassansin at the sacred temple outside Alamut, and one of their swords is broken off near the hilt (it's not entirely clear whose). In following shots, however, both blades are seen to be completely intact. DATE: When Dastan and Tamina are in the sand dunes, and Dastan turns around to scout over a dune, you can see his sneaker sole. DATE: Tamina mentions the "Mughals of the Hindu Kush" when going into Avrat. The Mughal Dynasty did not emerge till the 14th century, almost a millennium later than when the movie is supposed to take place. It spanned almost the entire Indian subcontinent and was by no means limited to the Hindu Kush mountain eange. Revealing mistakes: When Tamina is being readied to be presented to King Sharaman her maid wipes the Henna Tattoos revealing clean skin. Henna paste, once dry, leaves distinctive stains on the skin which take up to three weeks to fade. DATE: At the entrance to the Valley of the Slaves, when Dastan notices Tamina lying in the sand, he rushes over to her. As he's running, you can see the ostensibly modern soles of athletic shoes. DATE: When Dastan is on the run from the Persian soldiers in Avrat, he jumps down into a building and onto a railing. When he pulls himself up over the rail, as he plants his feet on the floor, you can see where the leather flaps of his "boots" stop and show his athletic shoes underneath. Continuity: As Dastan is trying to lift the gate to escape from the ostrich races, Tamina's position changes between every shot, including the guard's cloak that she grabbed alternating arms. Continuity: SPOILER: In the rebooted time-line after the battle of the Holy City of Alamut, Tus has a two minor wounds on the bridge of his nose and his cheek while confronting Dastan and Nizam. When Tus is speaking to Tamina, both wounds have disappeared. Continuity: The completely loaded handle of the dagger represents one minute of time that can be rewound. However, when Dastan refills the dagger, the sand shown in the handle does not reflect 60 seconds' worth of time (it's less than a quarter full, not even 15 seconds' worth), yet the full minute is used up in its subsequent activations. SYNC: When Dastan is running away from the archers in Avrat's marketplace, you hear Garsiv shouting "Murderer!" When you see Garsiv charge, his mouth is not moving, but sound is still coming out. Revealing mistakes: In the second half of the film, two lines of audio play twice. When explaining the importance of the dagger, Tamina says, "The secret guardian temple outside Alamut is a sanctuary, the one place the dagger can be hidden safely," and then, "Give me back the dagger, so that I can take it there." When they reach the temple, the same audio is used, dubbed in while her back is to the camera. The first line has been trimmed to, "The... sanctuary, the one place the dagger can be hidden safely" while the second line is used exactly. You can tell by the intonation of her voice and pacing of her words. |
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Prince Dastan: You enjoy telling me what to do. Tamina: Only because you're so good at following orders. Prince Dastan: Don't press your luck. Tamina: Dastan, where's the dagger? Prince Dastan: You're welcome to search me for it. You'll have to be very thorough. Prince Dastan: [noticing the sand dervishes have been following them] We have to get out of here. Tamina: That's impossible. Prince Dastan: Difficult, not impossible. Bis: Oh so you won't be happy until you get us all killed. Prince Dastan: Oh, wonderful speech, Bis. Rousing! Tamina: All the pain in the world will not help you find something that does not exist. Prince Dastan: [doing difficult backflip] The third step is the hardest! Tamina: Must feel wonderful winning such a claim for destroying such an innocent city. Prince Dastan: Oh, a pleasure to meet you too, Princess. King Sharaman: A great man who would have stopped what he knew to be wrong, no matter who was ordering it. Tamina: Well the solution would be to kiss me then kill me, but I have a better solution... [grabs sword] Tamina: I kill you! Prince Dastan: Perhaps we can find another solution! Tamina: [as Dastan's leaving on his horse] So you're going to leave me here, in the middle of nowhere? Noble Dastan, abandoning a helpless woman in the wilderness! What does your precious honor have to say about that? Prince Dastan: [returning] Give me the strength not to kill her. Tamina: [Tamina gives him a look] Tamina: [sarcastically] Such a noble prince. Prince Dastan: Such a gentle princess. Prince Dastan: Ostrich racing? Sheik Amar: Behold the mighty ostrich! Sheik Amar: You know something, Persian? You bear a remarkable resemblance to the disgraced prince who fled after murdering the king. [Dastan laughs nervously then bolts] Prince Dastan: [carrying a fat king] Couldn't you have found somebody lighter? Prince Dastan: Difficult, not impossible. Tamina: All more proof you're insane. Prince Dastan: Why do you look so impressed? Prince Dastan: I didn't kill Father. Garsiv: We're not fighting with sticks anymore, little brother. Hassansin Leader: In a trance we can find anything, including your nephew, Prince Dastan. Nizam: Then I hope you shall see more death. Soon. Tamina: I have to take it [the dagger] there [to the temple] Prince Dastan: I can't let you do that, I'm coming with you Tamina: [In disbelief] You're going to help me? Prince Dastan: Are we going to sit here and chat or are you going to get on the horse? Sheik Amar: You can't organize an ostrich race... with *just one ostrich!* Prince Dastan: Sheik Amar, listen to me...! Sheik Amar: I'd rather not. Sheik Amar: Tch, secret government killing activity! That's why I don't pay taxes! Prince Dastan: What temple? This is a pile of stones and rocks! Prince Dastan: I know it hasn't been easy between us Garsiv, but still, we *are* brothers. Garsiv: Touching words with my sword at your throat. Sheik Amar: [hiding behind a cage of clucking chickens] Shut up! Shut up! Tamina: [about to die] I'm ready for this. Prince Dastan: I'm not. Tamina: It's gone. Protect the dagger no matter the consequences; that was my sacred calling. That was my destiny. Prince Dastan: We make our own destiny, Princess. We'll get it back. Sheik Amar: Oh, a knife-thrower with a conscience! Seso: [to Sheik Amar] My friend, has anyone ever told you that you talk too much? [Sheik nods] Nizam: He's here... Seal every gate. Find him! Prince Dastan: And you used to be a better liar, Princess. Prince Dastan: [comes out of hiding] Hello, Tus. Prince Dastan: If we don't stop him, our world could end. Tus: If you're gonna kill me, best you do it now. Prince Dastan: [pulls out dagger] This is no ordinary dagger. Tus: We both know Dastan was many things, but *not* a coward. Tus: Stop! A moment ago, you died before my eyes. Prince Dastan: [relieved] Oh, you pressed it. Tus: How did you know I would? Prince Dastan: Because we are brothers. Nizam: What a glorious mess we are. Prince Dastan: You murdered your family. Sharaman was your brother. Nizam: And my curse. Nizam: Enjoy the gutter, Dastan. It's where you'll stay under my reign. Tamina: [as they're hanging from the precipice] Stop him! If the glass shatters the world dies with it! It's not my destiny, it's yours. It always has been. Let me go. Prince Dastan: I won't. Tamina: Let me go. Prince Dastan: *I'm not letting you go*! Prince Dastan: [to Nizam] You had what every man could ever dream of. Love, respect, and family. But that wasn't enough for you, was it? King Sharaman: [to Dastan] Family, the bond between brothers, that is the sword that defends our empire; I pray that that sword stays strong. Tamina: You know you walk like one, head held high, chest out, long stomping strides, it's probably from being told since birth that the world was yours. Prince Dastan: I wasn't born in a palace like you! I was born in the slums where I fought and scratched and clawed for everything that I got! Tamina: Then how did you become a prince? Prince Dastan: I don't know, the King [pause] he found me, he gave me, a home, a family, you're looking at the look of a man who has lost everything. Sheik Amar: [Repeated line] Have I told you about the Ngbaka? Prince Dastan: Yes [short pause] you have. Sheik Amar: [to Dastan] We've been looking for you for a week! That little riot you started went on for two days, two days! My beloved racetrack, poor Lita's all that's left of my gaming birds, doesn't matter how good your skills as a promoter are, you can't organize an ostriche race WITH ONLY ONE OSTRICHE! Did you know ostriches have suicidal tendencies; look at her [Lita] she used to be a grand champion, now I have to watch her night and day to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid Seso: Persian where will you go? Prince Dastan: Alamut, my uncle wants to be king and I need to stop him Sheik Amar: [mocking] I need to stop him [Seso looks at Sheik] What? Oh, a knife thrower with a conscious King Sharaman: [to those inside the palace after suggesting Dastan should marry Tamina] He plunges into a hundred foes without thought, but before marriage he stands frozen with fear! And there are those who say he is not yet wise! [the Persians laugh] Prince Dastan: [quietly to Bis] I need a drink. [the robe Sharaman is wearing begins to smoke and burn him; soldiers rush to pull it off only for their hands to be burned] Garsiv: [runs in to help] Out of my way! [soldiers pull him back after his hands burn] Prince Dastan: [kneels next to the king] Father. Nizam: Oh God, help us! The robe, it's poisoned! Prince Dastan: Somebody help him. Garsiv: The robe Dastan gave him! King Sharaman: [to Dastan] Why? Prince Dastan: *Somebody help him*! Garsiv: Seize the murderer! Prince Dastan: *Somebody help him*! Prince Dastan: What aren't you telling me? [Tamina looks around for help] The tribesmen left. Maybe they tired of your penchant for lies and backstabbing. Tamina: I had no choice but to leave you. I take it your uncle didn't listen. Prince Dastan: It wasn't Tus that killed my father, it was Nizam. Tamina: [confused] Your uncle? Prince Dastan: His hands were burnt. He said it happened trying to pull off the cloak that killed my father. I've gone over it and over it in my mind, he never touched the cloak, he must have handled it before. It was Nizam who poisoned it. What good does turning back a few moments of time do my uncle? None. He murdered my father for more than just a dagger. What aren't you telling me? [produces the dagger] You know, you've got quick hands, but so do I. If you want it back, you tell me everything. No more games, no more lies. Nizam: [looking at Tus' dead body] Poor Tus. So eager for the crown. [turning his attention to the unconscious Dastan] Nizam: And you, Dastan, always charging in, so desperate to prove you're more than something the king scraped off the streets. Tamina: [about the dagger as he's walking away] You don't understand what's at stake! This is a matter for the Gods, not man! Prince Dastan: Your gods, not mine! Nizam: [to Tus] My death would weaken your young reign. Prince Dastan: [after tying together two guards] Hold this. [he then jumps over the railing, causing the guards to smack into it] Prince Dastan: [to Bis and his men] You take care of the outer gate, you leave the impossible one to me. Tamina: Such a noble prince. Prince Dastan: Such a gentle princess. Tamina: How taken you were with my fainting act, eagerly leaping to assist the fallen beauty. Prince Dastan: Who said you were a beauty? Tamina: There must be a reason why you can't take your eyes off me. Prince Dastan: You're... I... I don't trust you. And you're not my type. Prince Dastan: [watching Sharaman's funeral from a rooftop, seeing thousands of guards] I need to get a message to my uncle to meet me. Tamina: That's impossible. Prince Dastan: [Dastan leaps across rooftops, onto ledges and horses, and delivers a secret message to Nizam; the scene cuts to him meeting up with Tamina] Prince Dastan: Difficult, not impossible. Tamina: All more proof you're insane. Prince Dastan: Why do you look so impressed? Prince Dastan: As hard as it is for me to admit you were right [he rips her necklace containing some of the sands of time off her] I did find what I was looking for Tamina: [Dastan is eyeing a necklace that rests within Tamina's shirt; she notices him looking] See what you were looking for, Prince? [last lines] Tamina: How can I trust the man who breached the walls of my city? Prince Dastan: Well, I'm starting to think I'm no longer the same man who breached those walls. Tamina: That's a short time for a man to change so much. Prince Dastan: Perhaps. Tamina: It sounds as if you've discovered something here. Prince Dastan: And what might that be? Tamina: A new spiritual awareness. Prince Dastan: Destiny. Tamina: Yes, exactly. Prince Dastan: I believe we make our own destiny, Princess. Tamina: You have an unfortunate lack of curiosity. Prince Dastan: No doubt one of my many flaws. Tamina: Please don't mock me, Prince. Prince Dastan: Oh, I hardly think we know each other well enough for that, Princess, but I look forward to the day that we do. Tamina: The dagger blade is the only thing that can pierce the Sand Glass and remove the Sands of Time, but the handle only holds one minute. Prince Dastan: What if one were to place the dagger in the Sand Glass and press the jewel button at the same time? Tamina: Sand would flow through endlessly... Prince Dastan: ...you could turn back time as far as you like. Tamina: Yes, but it is forbidden. Tamina: Dastan, the Sands contained within the Sand Glass are incredibly powerful. Opening the dagger while it's inside the glass breaks the seal... and destroys the Sand Glass, causing it to crack and shatter. The Sands of Time would no longer be contained, and they would carry the Gods' wrath with them once more, destroying everything in their path, and all mankind would pay for Nizam's treachery. This is all that would be left of us. Narrator: Long ago in a land far away, there once rose an empire that stretched from the steppes of China to the shores of the Mediterranean. That empire was Persia. Fierce in battle, wise in victory. Where the Persian sword went, order followed. The Persian king, Sharaman, ruled with his brother Nizam upon the principles of loyalty and brotherhood. Narrator: Moved by what he saw, the king adopted the boy Dastan into his family. A son with no royal blood and no eye on his throne. But perhaps there was something else at work that day, something beyond simple understanding. The day a boy from the unlikeliest of places became a prince of Persia. Prince Dastan: Our orders were to subdue Koshkahn, not to attack Alamut. Tus: Wise words, little brother. Nizam: Words won't stop our enemies, once they're armed with Alamutian blades. Tus: It's said the princess of Alamut is a beauty without equal. We'll march into her palace and see for ourselves. Tamina: Everything changes with time. We should know this best of all. Bis: Remind me why we're disobeying your brother's orders? Prince Dastan: Because Garsiv only knows how to attack head-on. It'll be a massacre. The Alamutians will be busy with the main gate so we slip through the side. Bis: That's our way in. There are two gates. The outer one is easy; it's the inner gate that's impossible. That gate mechanism is protected by two-man guard towers. Prince Dastan: Yeah well there's always a way in, Bis. You take care of the outer gate, you leave the impossible one to me. Bis: Oh so you won't be happy until you get us all killed. Prince Dastan: Oh, wonderful speech, Bis. Rousing! Tus: You and Garsiv can handle father in my absence. You do have a gift to honor him with? Prince Dastan: [Slightly drunk] Of course! [Turns to Bis] Bis! Gift! [Bis looks at him confused] Prince Dastan: It's been momentarily misplaced... Tus: I knew you'd forget. Tus: [Looking at Tamina] A rare jewel. Present her to the king for me this evening, Dastan. Prince Dastan: Sure you really want another wife, brother? Tamina: So I'm being escorted by Prince Dastan, the Lion of Persia. Must feel wonderful winning such a claim for destroying such an innocent city. Prince Dastan: Oh, a pleasure to meet you too, princess. And allow me to offer, that if punishing the enemies of my king is a crime, then it's one I'll gladly repeat. Tamina: Then you are a true prince of Persia. Brutal. Without honor. Prince Dastan: Don't make the mistake of thinking you know me, princess. Prince Dastan: You've eased Father's anger, Uncle. Nizam: One day, you'll have the pleasure of being brother to the king, Dastan. As long as you remember your most important duty, you should do well. Prince Dastan: Oh, and what's that? Nizam: Making sure his wine glass stays full. King Sharaman: In all my travels I have never looked upon a more beautiful city, your Highness. Tamina: You should have seen it before your horde of camel-riding illiterates descended upon it. King Sharaman: [to Dastan] The princess of Alamut will be your first wife! [Dastan looks shocked and Tamina looks uncomfortable] King Sharaman: What say you, Dastan? Prince Dastan: Uh... King Sharaman: He plunges into a hundred foes without thought, but before marriage he stands frozen with fear! And there are those who say he is not yet wise! Prince Dastan: [quietly to Bis] I need a drink. Prince Dastan: I didn't murder my father. That robe was given to me by my brother. Tus did this. Tamina: And now he stands to be crowned king. Prince Dastan: I didn't kill my father. Tamina: I believe you. Prince Dastan: You shouldn't be here. I shouldn't have let you come. Tamina: But you did. Tamina: Where are you going? Prince Dastan: To Avrat, where my father will be buried. Tamina: You're wanted for the king's murder and you're marching to his funeral alongside thousands of Persian soldiers? Tamina: Every road to Avrat will be covered with Persian troops! Prince Dastan: Well, I'm not taking roads. I'm going through the Valley of the Slaves. Tamina: No one goes near that wasteland. It's filled with murdering cutthroats. Prince Dastan: Yes, so they say. Tamina: Your whole plan is suicide! Prince Dastan: My brother murdered my father and let his blood in my hands! If I die trying to set that right, then so be it! Tamina: Without the right sand it's just another knife. Not even very sharp. Prince Dastan: This sand, is there more of it? Tamina: Of course not! Prince Dastan: How can I get some? Tamina: Try standing on your head and holding your breath. Garsiv: [Quietly to Dustan after Tus suggests Dustan and the princess wed] Get up there before *I* take your place. Prince Dastan: Incredible! Releasing the sand... turns back time! And only the holder of the dagger is aware of what's happened. He could go back and alter events, change time. And no one knows but him. How much can it unwind? Answer me, Princess! Tamina: You destroyed my city! Prince Dastan: Our invasion wasn't about weapon forges, it was about this dagger. After the battle, Tus asked for this dagger as tribute. I didn't think anything of it, but now I see. With it he could change anything, he could change the, the course of a critical moment in battle, he could foresee the blade of a rival! He wouldn't just be king, he'd be the most powerful ruler Persia has ever seen, greater even than my father. It was all about this dagger! Prince Dastan: I've heard all these terrible stories of this place. Sheik Amar: [laughing] The bloodthirsty slaves, murdering their masters? It's a good story; it's well told, ever-evolving, yeah but alas untrue. Prince Dastan: But the skeletons that we saw at the... Sheik Amar: ...I bought those from a gypsy in Bacara. Ah, I crafted our lurid reputation in order to fend off the most insidious evil that's been lurking this forsaken country of ours. Y'know what I'm talking about? [Dastan shakes his head] Taxes! [spits] Gah, these Persians! Their armies, their fortresses, their roads. Who pays for it all, eh? The small businessman! See that's why I started a little campaign, to spread some false notoriety. I spread it like a venerable disease in a Turkish harem! Sheik Amar: Yeah, nothing beats a good story, eh? But yours however, trading her in for a camel, please! I mean look at her, she's worth at least two! And as for you, young man, do you know your brother's offered a reward for you? Which quite frankly between you and me, borders on the obscene! I'd trade in my own mother for that kind of gold. [Seso gives him a surprised look] What? Oh you didn't know what she was like. [repeated line] Seso: Nice knife. Sheik Amar: Hey! Hey, over here! HA! You know what they say about men with big swords? [snickers and wiggles a bent pinky finger] Tamina: Our friends in the palace say the Persians have broken through to the first level of the tunnels. They'll reach the Sand Glass within hours. Nizam's keeping the dagger in the High Temple, guarded by some sort of demon, covered in spikes. Prince Dastan: The Hassansin that killed my brother. Tamina: It's the only thing that stands between us and the dagger. No man can stand within twenty yards of him and live. Seso: Some don't need to get that close. Sheik Amar: You sure about this? Seso: I owe the boy. Sheik Amar: You're an Ngbaka, scourge of the Namibian plain! Me? I'm a slightly dishonorable entrepreneur. This nobility business is not the cloth we're cut from. Sheik Amar: [after Nizam beats him bloody in the face] You Persian bureaucrats... such soft hands! Tamina: I'm desperate for a drop of water! Prince Dastan: Well that's more than we have since you emptied our canteen hours ago. Tamina: I wasn't born of this desert like you Persians, all shriveled and angry. My constitution is much more... delicate. Prince Dastan: I think you mean spoiled. Tamina: The wells of Alamut are famed for their clean, cold water. Prince Dastan: Perhaps less time admiring your wells and more time guarding your walls, and you wouldn't be here. [pause] Hah, a miracle! I've silenced the princess! [he turns around to see Tamina lying on the ground; he moves over to help her] Tamina? Tamina. Can you hear me? Tamina: [she suddenly knocks him out cold with a bone and steals the dagger] Yes Dastan, I can hear you! Sheik Amar: Oh, look at this! That's it! No more fermented goat's milk after the third race, you hear me? Get off it, come on! Prince Dastan: [smirking] What do you intend to do with her? Tamina: [sarcastically] Yes, do tell him, can't you see how concerned he is? Prince Dastan: Nizam! Don't use the dagger to undo your past! It will unleash...! Nizam: ...unleash what? God's wrath? Hell itself? [he kicks Dastan in the face] Sheik Amar: [Dastan is encircled by men on horses, and a knife is thrown at him but deliberately misses] Do you know where you are, Persian? And yet you enter still? In the heart of Sudan, there is a tribe of warriors known as the Ngbaka. They strike fear into the hearts of all they cross. The Ngbaka are masters of the throwing knife, wielding blades said to have been blessed by the Creator himself. Their aim is so murderously accurate, they can decapitate *three men*... with one strike. [Dastan tries to grab the knife] Oh I wouldn't even bother doing that if I were you, d'you know why? This... is Seso. He's an Ngbaka. I had the good fortune of saving his life which means that he is now enduringly indebted to me. So tell me Persian: is there any good reason why I shouldn't tell Seso to put his next throw... just a little higher? [Seso poises to throw again; Dastan notes the previous knife is positioned above his groin and quickly shakes his head] Prince Dastan: Garsiv! I didn't kill Father. Garsiv: Then God will pardon you... after your head rolls. Prince Dastan: We can't stop. Sheik Amar: Well perhaps you can't, but we can! Tamina: We could use your help getting to the temple. Sheik Amar: Oh, by crossing the Hindu Kush with a storm blowing? You attract trouble like flies 'round rotting mango *and* you're insane! Tamina: There's gold at the temple. More than ten horses can carry. Tax-free. Prince Dastan: That's all you got? |
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