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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.94,0:00:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Business is war.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.69,0:00:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I got your attention now?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.36,0:00:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to WatchMojo.com,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.06,0:00:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 business movie speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.93,0:00:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the trouble is you don't realize that you are talking to two people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.77,0:00:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I symphathize with you. Charles Foster is a scoundrel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.22,0:00:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles undergoes a striking change
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.87,0:00:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a hero of the workingman to a mogul pursuing power ruthlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.37,0:00:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would think...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.23,0:00:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...what I tell them to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.05,0:00:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing what we do about that transformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.15,0:00:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his most important monologue comes near the beginning of the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.69,0:00:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, I'm the publisher of the Enquirer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.48,0:00:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also my pleasure. You see,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.29,0:00:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He explains his split interests are the reason he's the only man
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.18,0:00:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can fight for the little guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.95,0:01:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His closing lines shut his opponent down completely.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.52,0:01:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right, Mr. Thatcher, I did lose a million dollars last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.16,0:01:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I expect to lose a million dollars this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.77,0:01:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I expect to lose a million dollars next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.33,0:01:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Mr. Thatcher, the rate of a million dollars a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.93,0:01:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll have to close this place in 60 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.29,0:01:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you enjoying this?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.72,0:01:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a film that showcases the roller-coaster ride that is the drug business,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.81,0:01:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the speech in question is a passing-of-the-torch between the old and new guard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.86,0:01:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This monkey business is in your blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.63,0:01:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outlining what he calls the facts of life, Eddie Temple points out how,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.96,0:01:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while you start at the bottom, you will slowly-but-surely move to the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.98,0:02:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only is this an effective speech, it also explains the title of the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.79,0:02:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frank Lucas is quickly proving his worth as a Harlem-based drug kingpin,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.33,0:02:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeping his extravagances to a minimum to stay off the cops' radar.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.40,0:02:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along the way, he's learned valuable lessons about business
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he imparts that advice to his colleagues while sitting down for a quick bite in a diner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.59,0:02:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he goes and caps a guy in the broad daylight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.14,0:02:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess he's somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.54,0:03:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For career-firer, career-loner and motivational speaker Ryan Bingham, life is a backpack –
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.31,0:03:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a motif which also serves as the theme of Bingham's lectures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.00,0:03:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Explaining it so anyone can relate,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.54,0:03:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bingham reveals how freeing it is to rid yourself of worldly belongings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.58,0:03:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, the speech expands,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.08,0:03:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Bingham expounds the benefits of eliminating not only possessions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.83,0:03:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also people from your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.31,0:04:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cynical? Yes, but it’s a good speech nonetheless.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.51,0:04:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Gardner was going through the toughest times of his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.61,0:04:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling to stay afloat and trying to become a stockbroker despite his meager existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.20,0:04:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When his son reveals his dream of becoming a pro basketball player,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.95,0:05:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gardner tells him that's an unlikely goal not worth pursuing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.06,0:05:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, upon further thought, he decides no one can tell anyone what ambitions to follow,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.18,0:05:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that hard work always pays off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.76,0:06:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His son ended up one of the U.S.' youngest and most prolific con artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.20,0:06:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that doesn't mean he can’t spin a mean yarn about the importance of hard work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.30,0:06:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frank Abagnale Sr., portrayed by the peerless Christopher Walken, is honored by his rotary club,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.58,0:06:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he uses the opportunity to tell a short allegory about the rewards of not giving up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.20,0:06:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looks like Junior took those words to heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.52,0:06:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The SoCal oil boom is the setting of this film, and of several notable Daniel Day-Lewis speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.59,0:07:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the most unforgettable is when his character, successful oil tycoon Daniel Plainview,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.17,0:07:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explains to his longtime nemesis that he'd outsmarted him by sucking a disputed oil well dry,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.65,0:07:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without his knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.97,0:07:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.66,0:07:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using a simple and almost inappropriately cheerful metaphor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.68,0:07:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plainview condescends to and humiliates his foe for one final time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.64,0:08:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it seems too good to be true, it probably is:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.100,0:08:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the lesson Seth Davis learns after embarking on a career with a shady brokerage firm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.37,0:08:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one of the company's founders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.74,0:08:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ben Affleck's Jim inspires his recruits with the promise of wealth,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.24,0:08:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness and, did we mention wealth?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.46,0:08:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not all sports cars, big houses and women;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.46,0:08:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young makes clear that every call is hard work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.90,0:09:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This film details 80s excess, both on and off Wall Street –
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.87,0:09:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its most famous speech summarizes that message.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.39,0:09:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spoken by Gordon Gekko to inspire a group of shareholders,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.80,0:09:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this monologue gets a bad rap, even though – as Gekko claims –
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.30,0:09:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's greed that built the U.S.:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.53,0:10:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream big and grab every opportunity that comes your way, he says.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.34,0:10:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's something that applies to everyone, not only power brokers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.27,0:10:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we unveil our number one pick, here are a few honorable mentions:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.97,0:10:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hired to motivate some lackluster salesmen,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.04,0:10:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alec Baldwin grabs attention immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.53,0:11:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and proceeds with one of Hollywood's most epic speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.94,0:11:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At seven-minutes-long, it's the longest monologue on our list:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.49,0:11:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's also the most intimidating, profane, and badass,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.30,0:11:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Baldwin's Blake delivers the ABCs of sales and tells his prey to go big or go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.77,0:11:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With help from some perfectly timed props,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.75,0:12:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he inspires these deadbeats to close – or to quit.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.74,0:12:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you agree with our list?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.04,0:12:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which business movie speech makes you want make all the money?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.26,0:12:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My offer is this. Nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.35,0:12:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more greedy top 10s published every day, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,