Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)

Richard Dreyfuss: Krippendorf

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Quotes 

• James Krippendorf : [to his teenage daughter]  Excuse me! Who is the adult in this room?... Don't answer that! I am the adult in this room.

• Veronica Micelli : [storming out of the house]  You can kiss my Neolithic butt!

  James Krippendorf : [to his father-in-law]  Proud woman. I try to respect her feelings.

  [goat in the hall bleats] 

  James Krippendorf : Oh, Miss Micelli, you forgot your goat!

• Shelly Krippendorf : You are pathetic.

  James Krippendorf : What?

  Shelly Krippendorf : You said we weren't doing any more of these.

  James Krippendorf : Oh, give me a break, I'm dying with dignity out here.

  Shelly Krippendorf : Why don't you try living with some?

• Veronica Micelli : Professor! Come here.

  James Krippendorf : Oh... Tinker Bell.

• Veronica Micelli : [drunk]  How do I stack up?

  James Krippendorf : Well, as the Shelmickedmu would say, "Jagga banga!" which roughly translates as, "More pigs than you can imagine."

• James Krippendorf : [sending his children off to school]  Make me proud. Come home different.

• James Krippendorf : Excuse me, ah, what exactly is the older brother doing?

  Mickey Krippendorf : He is completing the ritual dance in which he asks the gods to protect the young boy from the many brides who will want him and his pig wealth.

• Simon Alonso : What are they called?

  James Krippendorf : Huh?

  President Porter : Do they have a name, Professor Krippendorf?

  James Krippendorf : Of course they have a name. Uh, uh - The, uh, the "Shelmikedmu."-The Shel - Shelmikedmu.

  Lori : What?

  James Krippendorf : [Clears Throat]  The Shelmikedmu.

• [Professor Krippendorff, with a movie camera, walks in on Mickey and Edmund, who are shirtless and painting their bodies] 

  Mickey Krippendorf : Hey! The Shelmickedmu do not allow their pictures taken without the ritual paint.

  James Krippendorf : Nicely put.

  Mickey Krippendorf : It is our way.

  James Krippendorf : Yo!

• James Krippendorf : [filming the phoney "circumcision"]  Edmund, you're looking up to the gods with trepidation... "Trepidation."... "Trepidation."... You're afraid you're brother is actually going to cut your wee-wee off.

  [Edmund gasps] 

• James Krippendorf : Another brandy, Professor Micelli?

  Veronica Micelli : [drunk]  I'd don't think I should.

  [She tilts the bottle to fill her glass] 

  Veronica Micelli : No, just a little bit more.

• James Krippendorf : [as the Utabaji]  You-ah bitch.

  Veronica Micelli : He says it's a very large and frightening country, filled with many things he thought existed only in myth.

  Larry Swift : And he said all of that in three syllables?

  Veronica Micelli : It's a very concise language, Larry.

• [Mickey chases his hamster with a rake] 

  James Krippendorf : Mickey, put the rake down and get on the bus! You can finish killing your pet when you get home!

• James Krippendorf : [in costume]  The Shelmikedmu utabaji embraces his death with courage and dignity.

  [belches]