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“Unbroken” movie quotes tell the true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who went on to survive a plane crash in the Pacific and a stay in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. The war drama film was directed by Angelina Jolie using a screenplay Joel and Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson adapted from the non-fiction book “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand. “Unbroken” opened in theaters in the United States on December 25, 2014.
In “Unbroken,” Louis Zamperini (C.J. Valleroy, young; Jack O'Connell, older) was quite the rebel as a child, getting into a fair amount of trouble at a young age. His brother Pete (John D'Leo, young; Alex Russell, older) stepped in to encourage him to train as a runner, something that later earned him a spot at the 1936 Olympics.
Zamperini went on to join the United States Army Air Forces and flew a B-24 Liberator bomber over the Pacific when it was shot down. He and his crew spent 47 days adrift before reaching land where they were captured by the Japanese Army and sent to a prisoner of war camp. At the camp, Zamperini was subject to torments from prison guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Miyavi) and pushed to incredible lengths both mentally and physically until the war ended. Throughout it all though, Zamperini persevered, remembering the words of his brother and of his faith, to get him through the unimaginable.
Pete Zamperini: “You keep going the way you’re going, you’ll end up as a bum on the street. You train. You fight harder than those other guys and you win. If you can take it, you can make it. You can do this, Lou, you just gotta believe you can. Pop does. Ma does. I do. Louie, a moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”
Louie’s brother Pete offers him some incredibly wise advice. He pushes Louie to find his full potential and believe in himself. Pete was like a father figure to Louie and was instrumental in his success.
Louis Zamperini: “If I can take it, I can make it.”
In repeating words told to him by his brother when he was young, Louis reminds himself that dealing with life in a prisoner of war camp is partly a mental battle, one that if he can overcome, he can win.
Priest: “However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.”
As a young child, Louie listens to the words of his priest in church. It was words like this that helped him persevere during his tough times later in life.
Louis Zamperini: “My brother used to think that I could do anything, that I was better than I am.” Russell Phillips: “Who says you’re not?”
Louis reflects on his support from his brother growing up and how he once felt invincible. He now doesn’t seem himself as that strong but Russell disagrees.
