Johnny English
Johnny English is a 2003 comedy; a James Bond-inspired spy spoof, in which the title character tries to stop a French-born royal outcast from becoming King of England.
Directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies.
He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows nothing.Taglines
[After falling down a hole]
Directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies.
Johnny English
- Ah, the Heckler and Koch G-36. Quite deadly in the right hands.
- A good agent doesn't need gadgets. The only gadgets I've ever needed are a sharp eye, sensitive hearing and a whole bunch of bigger brains.
- [After climbing into a castle via the sewage system] Pull yourself together, it's only a bit of poo!
- The word 'mistake' is not one that appears in my dictionary.
- [Addressing the Archbishop of Canterbury, who he believes to be an impostor] Do you or do you not have tattooed on your bottom the words "Jesus is coming - look busy"?
- You might have taken me, Sauvage, but you'll never take England. Not while I have breath in my lungs or a bullet in my gun. [English pulls the trigger, but poo splurts out instead of a bullet]
- I've been dropped into the Kalahari desert, carrying nothing more than a toothbrush and a pack of sherbert lemons, and I still found my way to Bulawayo before Ramadan.
- Good morning, gentlemen! MI7 at your service.
Pascal Sauvage
- Clearly, the aptly-named English is a fool.
- [furious because his coronation has been interupted by English] All this stupid little country has to do is stand in line and do what it's told for one miserable day! But can it do that? My fragrant French ARSE it can!
Dialogue
- Lorna Campbell: What are you going to do, Johnny? Sit in this grotty flat feeling sorry for yourself, or are you gonna get out there and save your country?
- Johnny English: I'm gonna sit in the flat.
- Pegasus: Everything in order, English?
- Johnny English: I think you'll find it's more than just in order, sir. You are now entering the most secure location in the whole of England. [a bomb detonates behind him]
- Pegasus: It's an unmitigated disaster, English!
- Johnny English: I couldn't agree more, sir.
- Pegasus: Well we need to get these jewels back, and fast! Tell me about this assailant, because when they searched the building later, there was no sign of him.
- Johnny English: [Uncomfortable; the 'assailant' was made up by him to account for him accidentally knocking a man out] Well, the man was clearly a professional. He must have escaped while the Queen was being sedated.
- Pegasus: But he's the only lead we've got, English. Oh, this is Roger from Data Support. He'll produce a likeness based on your description. So tell us, what did this man look like?
- Johnny English: Well, he was... big.
- Roger: Hair colour?
- Johnny English: [looks around the room for ideas and spots a fruitbowl] Orange.
- Pegasus: Orange?!
- Johnny English: And curly. Frizzy, actually. An eye patch, broken nose, very few teeth. Two I would say at the most, and a scar on his cheek... in the shape... of a banana.
- Roger: Which cheek?
- Johnny English: Both cheeks. They sort of met in the middle.
- Pegasus: Are you sure about this, English?
- [Pegasus shows him the likeness; it resembles a cross between a pirate and a clown]
- Johnny English: AH! Oh, that's him. An uncanny resemblance. It's as if he was in the room with us now.
- Johnny English: [picks up a pen on the secretary's desk] This reminds me of the old service issue ballpoint. I remember every agent used to carry a pen that looked just like this. Completely innocent to the untrained eye but, click it twice... [clicks the pen twice and a missile shoots out of the pen and hits the secretary, who collapses]
[After falling down a hole]
- Bough: Are you all right, sir?
- Johnny English: Yes, I landed on something quite soft.
- Bough: That was me, sir.
- Johnny English: Oh, good.
- [Johnny and Bough are in a dark tunnel]
- Johnny English: It may be pitch black, but we can still see.
- Bough: How?
- Johnny English: The Benodin monks of the Al Magreb Mountains developed a system of sonic chanting.
- Bough: I see, sir. And?
- Johnny English: The sound of their chanting would bounce back off any obstacles, and using their highly tuned ears they could paint a mental picture of the path ahead.
- Bough: Brilliant.
- Johnny English: However, you must always sing in E-flat.
- Johnny English: [singing] E-E-E-E flat, E-E-E flat, E-flaaaaaaat! Thaaaaank you for the music, the songs I'm singing--
- Bough: Is it working, sir?
- Johnny English: Extremely well, thank you. [singing] Thanks for all the joy that-- [Johnny hits the tunnel wall] Oh!
- Lorna Campbell: [watching Sauvage, who Johnny thinks is a waiter, standing just behind him] You obviously haven't met our host, Monsieur Sauvage.
- Johnny English: No, thank God! You know, I think I'd rather have my bottom impaled on a giant cactus than exchange pleasantries with that jumped-up Frenchman. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing the French should be allowed to host is an invasion.
- [he chuckles, then notices Sauvage standing behind him]
- Johnny English: Sorry, can I help?
- Pascal Sauvage: Pascal Sauvage, jumped-up Frenchman.
- Lorna Campbell: Lorna Campbell. I've been so looking forward to meeting you.
- Pascal Sauvage: Enchanté.
- [Johnny stammers in embarrassment]
- Pascal Sauvage: And of course, you're Johnny English. I've heard all about you.
- [English has infiltrated a hospital, mistakingly believing it to be Sauvage's HQ; finds an old man in a bed]
- Johnny English: My God, what have they done to you?
- Elderly Man: They've taken some of my blood.
- Johnny English: Bastards.
- [after landing on the wrong building, which happens to be a hospital, and taking the medical staff hostage]
- Johnny English: Now, perhaps you could direct me to your evil paymaster.
- Doctor: What are you talking about?
- Johnny English: You know exactly what I'm talking about. Where is the office of Pascal Sauvage?
- [everyone looks out of the window; Jonny turns to see a giant SAUVAGE sign on the next building with Bough staring at him from the window]
- Bough: [over com-link] Are you coming over here in a minute, sir?
- [the Archbishop prepares to coronate Sauvage]
- Archbishop: I crown you--
- [Johnny swings from the chandelier and forces Sauvage out of the seat, seconds before the Archbishop lowers the crown onto his head]
- Archbishop: --King.
- [the whole world watches, astonished by what has just happened]
Taglines
- He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows nothing.
- Prepare for British Intelligence.
- The star of Mr. Bean is now Her Majesty's most trusted agent.
- He's the kind of secret agent the Secret Service keeps secret.
- When it comes to secret agents, there's the smooth, there's the sophisticated... and there's Johnny English.
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson - Johnny English
- John Malkovich - Pascal Sauvage
- Natalie Imbruglia - Lorna Campbell
- Ben Miller - Bough
- Greg Wise - Agent One
- Douglas McFerran - Carlos Vendetta
- Steve Nicolson - Dieter Klein
- Kevin McNally - Prime Minister
- Tim Pigott-Smith - Pegasus
- Rowland Davies - Sir Anthony Chevenix