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Quotes
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Alec McKuen : [after discovering Professor Göteborg dead in his hotel room] Why didn't they tell us at the desk?
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Hotels rarely advertise the fact that there are corpses lying around.
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Alec McKuen : I wonder if Madam Goetabaug will change her mind at the last moment.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : You make my mouth water.
Alec McKuen : Hans is tying the rope on her.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : I'm a fool. I should have told him to tie her to one of the mules and send her back where she belongs.
Alec McKuen : In what language would you have told him that, Sir Oliver?
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : All right, she may be of some use in that respect. Then there's always the blessed chance the rope may break.
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Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Where are you eating tonight?
Alec McKuen : U-uh... this being Tuesday, I-I'm not eating.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Oh?
Alec McKuen : I-I find it very healthy to... to eat only every other night.
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Woman : Did you get your injuries when the volcano blew up, in the hot lava?
Alec McKuen : Oh no. No, it happened in Edinburgh at our wedding.
Jenny : He was in such a hurry leaving the church, he fell all the way down the steps.
Woman : Oh! You poor wee bride. After all that waiting. It's been no marriage for you at all.
Jenny : You underestimate Alec.
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Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Come here, take a look.
[Alec cowers when he sees how high on the mountain they are]
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Did you expect a flight of stairs with a red carpet?
Alec McKuen : I... I neglected to tell you, sir, I... I have a nervous fear of heights.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Well, you'll get over that after the first million fathoms or so.
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Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : You won't find anything edible in there.
Alec McKuen : Why not? The Chinese eat eggs over 400 years old.
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Alec McKuen : There'll never be a better moment than today. I'm going to tell him about our feelings for each other. He'll say yes almost inadvertently.
Jenny : Well, what if he says no, advertently?
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Alec McKuen : After all, we... we did hit the center of the earth.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : It hit us, laddie.
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Hans Belker : [in Icelandic] The woman in room number 29, she said she wants to talk to you.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook : Tell him to stop jabbering and go shopping.
Alec McKuen : Uhh, what about lamps?
Hans Belker : [in Icelandic] The woman in room number 29, she said...
Alec McKuen : Ah, uh, lamps... lamps. What about... ah... picks?