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Historian & screenwriter. New book, FALLEN IDOLS: Twelve Statues That Made History, out in July. Be excellent to each other and party on.

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    1. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

      Alex von Tunzelmann Retweeted Joel Bocko

      Oh, I love this. To accompany “And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Sometimes attributed to Plutarch; actually Hans Gruber in Die Hard.https://twitter.com/LostInTheMovies/status/1274509204368363521 …

      Alex von Tunzelmann added,

      Joel Bocko @LostInTheMovies
      lol pic.twitter.com/DbR0ov6zXv
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    2. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

      Btw, screenwriting nerds might enjoy this excellent article detailing Tom Stoppard’s rewrite of Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, because of course the line was his: https://creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/ …

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    3. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

      Alex von Tunzelmann Retweeted BJ Armstrong

      Outstanding! We have a third example! Thank you, @WWATMD! https://twitter.com/wwatmd/status/1274682279252709376?s=21 …https://twitter.com/WWATMD/status/1274682279252709376 …

      Alex von Tunzelmann added,

      BJ Armstrong @WWATMD
      Just one more ...”And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home.” Attributed to Christopher Columbus by Marko Ramius, instead and invention of the Hunt for Red October screenwriters. https://twitter.com/alexvtunzelmann/status/1274662031065600001 …
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      Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

      And another one! Thank you @Jcstearnswriter! https://twitter.com/jcstearnswriter/status/1274746582941020163?s=21 … https://twitter.com/Jcstearnswriter/status/1274746582941020163 …pic.twitter.com/7bxMZCWqGq

      9:57 AM - 21 Jun 2020
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        2. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

          Alex von Tunzelmann Retweeted Pyro Bob

          CORRECTION: looks like the text from the Tarantino Archive above fails to acknowledge that the “Exodus” line is borrowed from Sonny Chiba’s Karate Kiba. I didn’t know this! Long article on it here: https://medium.com/@philnguyen25/ezekiel-25-17-jules-s-transcension-to-a-righteous-man-6a10fc1fb49d … Thanks to @SeraphOfFire: https://twitter.com/seraphoffire/status/1274749292880621568?s=21 …https://twitter.com/SeraphOfFire/status/1274749292880621568 …

          Alex von Tunzelmann added,

          Pyro Bob @SeraphOfFire
          Replying to @alexvtunzelmann @Jcstearnswriter
          Its actually part of a real verse from Ezekiel and part of a quote from the Sonny Chiba movie "Karate Kiba"
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        3. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

          Alex von Tunzelmann Retweeted The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

          And another, via @shockproofbeats! https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1274756025250385935?s=21 …https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1274756025250385935 …

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          The Author, Séamas O'ReillyVerified account @shockproofbeats
          Replying to @alexvtunzelmann
          See also. https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1256568256430845953?s=19 …
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        4. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

          Since people have been querying the first tweet in this thread all day: I wish I’d written more precisely that the *form of words* is from Die Hard; the story of Alexander weeping is much older. But the Die Hard formulation is often assumed to be the original.

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        5. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

          Also, I’m aware of the Sid Waddell/Eric Bristow formulation too, which predates Die Hard by a few years. Waddell must have been riffing off the same source material. For exquisite comic effect, in his case.

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        6. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

          Alex von Tunzelmann Retweeted A.V. (Alex) Marraccini

          This article traces some of the history, but I don’t appreciate it dismissing the writers of Die Hard as “monkeys”. It’s a brilliantly written screenplay. And their phrasing of the Alexander story is much more elegant than in any of these other sources. https://twitter.com/saintsoftness/status/1274700020747513857?s=21 …https://twitter.com/saintsoftness/status/1274700020747513857 …

          Alex von Tunzelmann added,

          A.V. (Alex) Marraccini @saintsoftness
          Replying to @alexvtunzelmann
          There is an entire article on the history of this quote and how it relates to Plutarch &c, that is very good— Anthony Madrid in the Paris Review: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/19/and-alexander-wept/ …
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        7. Alex von Tunzelmann‏Verified account @alexvtunzelmann 21 Jun 2020

          And of course not hurt by having Alan Rickman deliver it. (Apologies for the horrible aspect ratio: least bad I could find)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wSLYfh0Wk …

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        1. Pyro Bob‏ @SeraphOfFire 21 Jun 2020
          Replying to @alexvtunzelmann @Jcstearnswriter

          Its actually part of a real verse from Ezekiel and part of a quote from the Sonny Chiba movie "Karate Kiba"

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        1. Paul Anderson‏ @pabscat 21 Jun 2020
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        1. Neil B‏ @NeBnns 22 Jun 2020
          Replying to @alexvtunzelmann @Jcstearnswriter

          Ah was just gonna say this. Excellent.

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