Hellboy (2004)

John Hurt: Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

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• Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : 1937: Hitler joins the Thule Society, a group of German aristocrats obsessed with the occult. In 1938, he acquired the spear of Longinus, which pierced the side of Christ. He who holds it becomes invincible. Hitler's power increases tenfold. 1943: President Roosevelt decides to fight back. The Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense is born. 1958: the Occult Wars finally come to an end with the death of Adolf Hitler.

  John Myers : 1945, you mean. Hitler died in '45.

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : [amused]  Did he now?

• Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.

• John Myers : He doesn't want me with him. I know that much. He respects Clay, not me.

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : You're doing fine.

  John Myers : No, I'm not. Look, I'm really sorry, but I'm not your guy.

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : I'm dying, Agent Myers. Like any father, I worry about him.

  [pauses] 

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : In medieval stories, there is often a young knight who is inexperienced, but pure of heart.

  John Myers : Oh, come on. I am not pure of heart.

  Abe Sapien : Yes, you are.

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : Rasputin is back for him. What I'm asking of you is to have the courage to stand by him when I am gone. He was born a demon; we can't change that. But you will help him, in essence, to become a man.

• Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : A 16-century statue was destroyed. Saint Dionysius the Areopagite.

  Hellboy : Who wards off demons.

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : The statue, however, was hollow.

  Hellboy : A reliquary?

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : A prison. The Vatican thought its occupant dangerous enough to include it on the list of Avignon, of which, by the way, we hold a copy.

  [Hellboy holds up a speed-loader of giant glass bullets] 

  Hellboy : Perfect job for these babies. Made 'em myself. Holy water, clover leaf, silver shavings, white oak... the works.

• Grigori Rasputin : He disclosed to me the child's true name. Would you like to know it?

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : I already know what to call him. I call him "son".

• Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : There we were, an unready father for an unwanted child. The boys gave him a name that very night; in retrospect, not the most fortunate, but nevertheless a name we all came to use. We called him, Hellboy.

• [examining Kroenen's corpse] 

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : Subject, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen. Born in Munich, 1897. Suffered from a masochistic compulsion commonly known as "surgical addiction". Both eyelids surgically removed, along with his upper and lower lip, making speech impossible. The blood in his veins dried up decades ago. Only dust remains.

  [he removes a revolving key from Kroenen's heart] 

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : Four broken vertebrae. A steel rod inserted into his pelvis kept him upright... what horrible will could keep such a creature as this alive?

• Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : Unique. That is a word you will hear frequently around here.

• [first lines] 

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : What is it that makes a man a man? Is it his origins, the way things start? Or is it something else, something harder to describe? For me it all began in 1944, a classified mission off the coast of Scotland. The Nazis were desperate. Combining science and black magic, they intended to upset the balance of the war. I was 28, already a paranormal advisor to President Roosevelt. I could never have suspected that what would transpire that night would not only effect the course of history, but change my life forever.

• Tom Manning : So, how many escapes, this year alone? Five!

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : Tom, he's our guest, not a prisoner!

  Tom Manning : Yeah, well, your guest happens to be six-foot five, bright red, has a tail, and is government funded.

• Abe Sapien : Professor... you are very sick.

  Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : I don't want Hellboy to know!

• Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm : I wish you would take better care of yourself. I'm not going to be around for ever, you know.

  Hellboy : DAD!