Lord Cutler Beckett The Brethren know they face extinction... all that remains is for them to decide where they make their final stand.
6th most-quoted character in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): in 19 of its 242 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Jack Sparrow (4), Davy Jones (2)
Nothing personal, Jack. It's just good business.
More lines from Lord Cutler Beckett
9 quotes Lord Cutler Beckett Lord Cutler Beckett You can fight and all of you will die, or you can not fight, in which case only most of you will die.
Lord Cutler Beckett The immaterial has become... immaterial.
Lord Cutler Beckett It's just.....good business.
Lord Cutler Beckett Signal Jones to give no quarter. That should brighten his day.
Lord Cutler Beckett The enemy has opted for oblivion...ready the fleet.
Lord Cutler Beckett Bloody hell! There's nothing left!
Lord Cutler Beckett (To Davy Jones)
And its Captain will sail it as commanded!
Lord Cutler Beckett Turner was merely the tool of your betrayal, if you wish to see its grand architect, look to your left.
Scenes with Lord Cutler Beckett
9 scenes
Young pirate
The king and his men stole the queen from her bed, and bound her in her bones... The seas be ours, and by the powers, where'er we will, we'll roam...
Pirates
[Pirates, being led to the gallows, begin singing]
Yo ho, all hands, Hoist the colors high... Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die. Yo ho, haul together, Hoist the colors high...
Prison Guard
Lord Beckett, they... they've started to sing, sir...
Beckett Finally.
Pirates, mainly the Young Pirate
...Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die.[executioner pulls the lever]
Beckett [Whilst Jack is about to fire a cannon with a rope attached to it held in his hand]
You're mad!
Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this would probably never work! [Ignites the cannon and flies into the air, landing on other ship] And that was without a single drop of rum!
[In Beckett's cabin on the Endeavour. Beckett is offering Jack a deal to have Jack give away information]
Regarding the Brethren Court, no doubt? [Takes the glass of brandy offered by Beckett and steals the other] In exchange for fair compensation...[Drinks down one glass] square my debt with Jones...[Drinks down the other glass] guarantee my freedom?
Beckett Of course. It's just good business.
[Holding up Beckett's metal Admiral figurine]
And what would I, if I were in a divulgatory mood, might I divulge?
Beckett Everything. Where are the Brethren Court meeting? Who are the Pirate Lords? [Whispering intently into Jack's ear] What is the purpose of the Nine Pieces of Eight?
[After a cut scene on the Pearl] [Waving Beckett's fan]
You can keep Barbossa. The belligerent homoculous and his friend with the wooden eye, both, and Turner. Especially Turner. The rest go with me aboard the Pearl, and I will hand you Shipwreck Cove and you will not hand me to Jones.
Beckett And what becomes of Miss Swann?
...What importance is she to you?
Beckett You know, Jack, I just remembered I have this wonderful compass that points to anything I want, so for what do I require you? [Holds up the magic compass]
It points to the thing you want the most, and that is not the Brethren Court, is it?
Beckett Then what is, Jack?
Me...dead.
Beckett Damn! [He tosses the compass back to Jack. Jack tosses the fan back to Beckett] Although, if I kill you, then I can use the compass to find, Shipwreck Cove, is it? On my own. [Points a pistol at Jack] Cut out the middle man, as it were.
With me dead, you'd arrive at Shipwreck Cove, and find it is a fortress nigh impregnable, able to withstand blockade for years, and then you'd be wishing, "Oh, if only there was someone that I had not killed inside to make sure that the pirates come outside."
Beckett And you can do all this?
You may kill me, but you will never insult me. Who am I? [Beckett shrugs like he doesn't know. Jack gives him a look of stupefied confusion] I'm Captain Jack Sparrow! [The Endeavour suddenly shakes from cannon fire hitting it. Beckett reels against his desk. Jack quickly shakes his hand] Done!
[Davy Jones enters Lord Cutler Beckett's cabin]
I cannot be summoned like some mongrel pup.
Lord Cutler Beckett Apparently, you can. I believe you know each other. [Indicates Will Turner]
Come to join me crew again, master Turner?
Not yours. His. [Indicates Beckett]
The Dutchman sails as its Captain commands.
Beckett And its Captain is to sail as commanded! I thought you would have learned that after I ordered you to kill your pet.
[Davy Jones turns his head gloomily]
Officer [after Jack Sparrow has propelled himself into the air and onto the Black Pearl via the cannon]
So, which ship do we follow?
Beckett Signal the Dutchman to track down Sao Feng. We follow the Pearl. How long until the ship is ready to pursue?
Officer [as the officer turns around, the mast of the ship collapses due to a small wooden figure hitting it from Jack's escape] [the officer turns around and faces Beckett, barely able to contain a smile; Beckett still watching the Pearl escape]
Do you think he plans it all out or just makes it up as he goes along?
[Beckett faces him, annoyed]
Beckett Do not blame Turner, he was only the tool of the betrayal. If you wish to see its grand architect, look to your left.
[Barbossa and Elizabeth look to their left and see Jack; Jack looks to his left and sees no one]
My hands are clean in this. [Looks at dirty hands] Figuratively.
Lord Beckett
A piece of eight; nine of them, you say?
Yes, sir. Our contact in Singapore was certain about that: Nine pieces of eight.
Beckett
What's the significance of that, I wonder?
Does it matter? There's nothing that can hold against the armada, not with the Flying Dutchman at the lead.
Becket
Nothing we know of. Did your contact happen to mention where the Brethren are meeting?
He was mum on that, sir.
Beckett
Then he knows the value of information...Better keep this between ourselves. We don't want anyone running off to Singapore, now do we? [Mercer glances back at Governor Swann]
Lord Beckett [Jack has a rope tied to a cannon and looped over a yardarm; prepares to fire the cannon]
You're mad!
Well, thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this would probably never work.
[Jack lights the fuse. Beckett sees the cannon's aimed in his direction and dodges, just as the cannon fires. The recoil of the cannon causes the rope to be pulled, throwing Jack up into the air and onto the Black Pearl. The crew of the Pearl go to the stern of the ship to look for Jack, but can't find him. Barbossa then looks at the ornate decorations on the stem and sees Jack calmly standing there.
And that was without a single drop of rum.
Other characters in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Captain Jack Sparrow
Johnny Depp
Captain Barbossa
Geoffrey Rush
Davy Jones
Bill Nighy
Will Turner
Orlando Bloom
Elizabeth Swann
Keira Knightley
Ragetti
Mackenzie Crook
Captain Sao Feng
Chow Yun-Fat
Joshamee Gibbs
Kevin McNally
Tia Dalma
Naomie Harris
Pintel
Lee Arenberg
Bootstrap Bill Turner
Stellan Skarsgård
Mercer
David Schofield
Captain Teague
Keith Richards
Cotton's Parrot
Christopher S. Capp
James Norrington
Jack Davenport
Governor Swann
Jonathan Pryce
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