"Just try not to say anything too loud or crass."
There are certain films that you know will instantly become cult-classics while you're watching them for the very first time and the brilliant black-comedy In Bruges is one of them.
Martin McDonagh's breakthrough effort is that rare beast, a film that manages to balance brilliant characters, memorable one-liners and a story filled with pathos, sadness and humour to great effect.
It also helps that there's a distinctly Irish view of the world as seen through the eyes of the childlike yet destructive Ray (Colin Farrell) and the stoic but soulful Ken (Brendan Gleeson).
Here are some of our favourite NSFW moments as the film celebrates its 7th anniversary for Irish viewers.
Why Dublin is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCQM05qszs
Sightseeing 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaPzN2gD3PQ
The worlds most lethal lollipop man
Ray: I know, but a bottle, that can kill ya. That's a case of "It's you or him". If he'd come at you with his bare hands, that'd be different. That wouldn't have been fair.
Ken: But technically, someone's bare hands, they can kill you too. They can be deadly weapons too. What if he knew Karate, say?
Ray: You said he was a lollipop man.
Ken: He WAS a lollipopman.
Ray: What a lollipop man doing, knowing fucking Karate?
Ken: I'm just saying...
Ray: How old was he?
Ken: About fifty.
Ray: What's a fifty year old lollipop man doing, knowing fucking Karate? What was he, a Chinese lollipop man?
Ray gets excited when Hollywood comes to town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eShXvAyfFjM
That's for John Lennon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMITzipEmNE
The greatest definition of purgatory ever
Ray: "Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham".
An interesting night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AVCBqQdEXY
The angriest phone call ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PN6xemdjik
Ray's pearls of wisdom
"You can't sell horse tranquilizers to a midget!"
Ray's perfect date
"My date involved two instances of extreme violence, one instance of her hand on my cock and my finger up her thing which lasted all too briefly - isn't that always the way? - , one instance of me stealing five grams of very high-quality cocaine and one instance of me blinding a poofy little skinhead: so all in all... my evening pretty much balanced out, fine".
What Ken thinks about Harry
"Harry, let's face it. And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a c#*t. You're a c#*t now, and you've always been a c#*t. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger c#*t. Maybe have some more c#*t kids".
A dignified shoot-out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jq8p6Sjjs
