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After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Older Pete: A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.
Older Pete: If you can take it, you can make it.
Watanabe: [a prisoner hits Louis] Harder! Watanabe: [another prisoner hits Louis] HARDER! Louis Zamperini: [yelling] HIT ME! [another prisoner hits Louis again]
Watanabe: [from trailer] Who is the Olympic Athlete? [stares at and hits Louis] Watanabe: Don't look at me.
Cup: Well, this is like sitting in the living room, trying to fly the house. Phil: They've been taking parts off this for other planes. We're lucky it's still got an engine. Cup: Well, the lieutenant says it's airworthy. It's been certified, he says. Phil: ...by Helen Keller.
Louis Zamperini: NOW you're praying? Phil: I was busy before. Louis Zamperini: My mother does that sometimes. Phil: Yeah... a lot of people do this. Louis Zamperini: He say anything back? Phil: Yeah. Louis Zamperini: What? Phil: He says my bombardier's a dope. Louis Zamperini: ...Really?
Phil: Remember that story in LIFE magazine? about Eddie Richenbacker? Him and his crew ran out of fuel over the Pacific and were drifting in a raft for twenty-four days... twenty-four days. Louis Zamperini: They made it, right? Phil: Yeah... most of them lost their minds, but they made it.
Young Pete: You can do this Lou. You just gotta believe you can. Young Louie: I don't believe.
[first lines] Phil: [in cockpit] We are here. Cup: [over radio] At 8,000 feet. This is it, boys. Phil: [over radio] You got it, Zamp? Louis Zamperini: [dialing in bombing scope] Roger. Lambert: You hit this one, drinks are on me. Louis Zamperini: I ain't going to a bar with you, handsome. You confuse all the broads. Mac: [wolf-whistles] Phil: Get your cameras, boys. I'm gonna light it up like Christmas.
Australian POW: This is the end, mates. No one knows you're here... It's best if you just resign to your fate.