Zardoz

Quotes

ARTHUR FRAYN: "In this tale I am a fake god by occupation and a magician by inclination. Merlin is my hero. I am the puppet master. I manipulate many of the characters and events that you see. But I am invented, too, for your entertainment and amusement. And you, poor creatures, who conjured you out of the clay? [chuckles] Is God in show business, too?"

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ZED (Sean Connery): "Kill The Tabernacle!"

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ZED: "Stay behind my aura."

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FRIEND: "Arthur! We've all been used..."

ARTHUR: "...and reused..."

FRIEND: "...and abused..."

ARTHUR: "...and amused!" (Laughter).

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FRIEND: "I won't go! I won't go to the second level with you!"

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The Tabernacle: "You have penetrated me."

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Zardoz: "The gun is good."

Exterminators: "The gun is good."

Zardoz: "The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!"

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Arthur: "It was I! I bred you! I led you!"

Zed: "And I have looked into the face of the force which put the idea in your head. You are bred and led yourself."

Taglines

Beyond 1984, Beyond 2001, Beyond Love, Beyond Death

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I have seen the future and it doesn't work

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Into a world of eternal life, he brought the gift of death

Cast

Sean Connery - Zed

Charlotte Rampling - Consuella

Sara Kestelman - May

John Alderton - Friend