John "Doc" Bradley quotes from Flags of Our Fathers (2006) ... Movie Quotes Database

Played by Ryan Phillippe

Flags of Our Fathers (2006) · 18 quotes

3rd most-quoted character in Flags of Our Fathers (2006): in 3 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Bud Gerber (3), Ira Hayes (2)

Scenes with John "Doc" Bradley

3 scenes

Ira Hayes

Hank wasn't in the picture.

Bud Gerber

Sorry?

Ira Hayes

Hank didn't raise that flag. He raised the other one. The real flag.

Bud Gerber

The what? The real... the real flag? There's a real flag?

John "Doc" Bradley

Yeah, ours was the replacement flag. We put it up when they took the other one down.

Bud Gerber

Am I the only one getting a headache here? You know about this?

Keyes Beech

It was after it was already in the papers. The mothers had already been told by then.

Bud Gerber

Aw, that's it, that's beautiful. Yeah, that's beautiful. Yeah, why tell me? I'm only the guy that has to explain it to a hundred and fifty million Americans. Who is in the goddamn picture? Are any of you guys in the goddamn picture?

Ira Hayes

Yeah, we're in the goddamn picture.

Bud Gerber

Six guys raising a flag over Iwo Jima. Victory is ours. You're three of them, right?

John "Doc" Bradley

This was the fifth day, sir. The battle went on for thirty-five more.

Bud Gerber

Well, what'd you do, raise a goddamn flag every time you stopped for lunch?

Ira Hayes

[whispers to Bradley]

Can I hit this guy?

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John "Doc" Bradley

[At the mock Mount Suribachi in Soldier Field]

You gotta be kidding.

Bud Gerber

Hey, it took a lot of talented folks a long time to make that thing. Just wait till tonight when it's lit properly and there's thousands of cheering people in the stands, it's gonna look a lot better. So, stadium lights come down, spotlight comes up, you get your cue, you charge up this thing with the flag, you plant it at the top. You smile, you wave, you know the drill.

John "Doc" Bradley

You want us to plant the flag on a pile of papier-mache.

Bud Gerber

Hey, that's showbiz. And try to stand how you stood the first time you planted it. Just, you know, pretend the other three guys are with you.

Ira Hayes

The dead guys.

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John "Doc" Bradley

Who are these "Gold Star Mothers?"

Bud Gerber

That's what we're calling the mothers of the dead flag-raisers. You present each mother with a flag, they say a few words, people will shit money. It'll be so moving.

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