Matilda
Release: July 28, 1996
Trailers
official "Coming This Summer [7/28(/96)]" trailer #2 (35mm)
.15 "2 Critiques" spot ("Now on Video [12/17/96] and DVD"; ‘Stuart Little’ ...
"Own It Now [12/17/96]!" spot ('Madeline' 12/15/98 VHS)
Theatrical spot ("Now Available on Home Video [12/17/96]"; 'FAH' 2/11/97 VH...
official "Coming This Summer [7/28]" trailer #1 ('Jumanji' 5/14/96 VHS)
"All-New Version Coming Soon to DVD [6/7/05]" spot ('P&tW' 11/25/03 DVD)
Posters
Quotes
Narrator:
"However, Mr. Wormwood failed to realize the mistake he just made. He told Matilda "When PEOPLE are bad, they need to be punished" instead of "When CHILDREN are bad.""
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Mr. Wormwood:
"What is this trash you're reading?!"
Matilda:
"It's not trash, it's beautiful. It's Moby Dick by Herman Melville."
Mr. Wormwood:
"Moby WHAT?!"
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Kids:
"Yes, Miss Trunchbull."
Boy:
"Sir."
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Trunchbull:
"Let's play a game, shall we? Who was wearing a pretty red...hair ribbon yesterday and isn't wearing one today? Hmmm? Can you answer me that?Who does this disgusting ribbon belong to? I shall personally see to it that the demented, drooling, slime-breathed little Lilliputian who owns this DIS-GUSTING ribbon will never see the light of day again."
Kids:
"Yes, Miss Trunchbull."
Boy:
"Sir."
Kids reading what Matilda telekinetically writes on the chalkboard:
"Agatha, this is Magnus. Give my little bumblebee her house and her money. Then get out of town. If you don't, I will get you. I will get you like you got me. That is a promise."
Amanda:
"Miss. Honey taught us how to spell a long word yesterday. We can spell difficulty."
Ms. Trunchbull:
"You couldn't spell difficulty if your life depended on it."
Amanda:
"She taught us with a poem."
Ms. Trunchbull:
"(sarcastiacally) A poem, how sweet. What poem would that be?"
Amanda:
"Mrs. D, Mrs. I..."
Whole Class:
"...Mrs. F, F, I. Mrs. C, Mrs. U, Mrs. L, T, Y.
*SLAM!*"
Ms:
"Trunchbull"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"Some Rats Are Gonna Die Today."
Matilda:
"There's Another Crime In The Making"
Narrator:
"The Wormwoods lived in a very nice house in a very nice town,… but they were not very nice people."
Agatha Trunchbull:
"[On the phone] Wormwood! You useless, used-car-salesman scum! I want you around here now with another car! Yes, I know what caveat emptor means, you low life liar! I'm gonna sue you. I'm gonna burn down your showroom! I'm gonna take that no-good jalopy you sold me and shove it up your bazooga! When I'm finished with you, you're gonna look like roadkill!"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"I like a joke as well as the next fat person!"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"You and your father think you can make a fool out of me!"
Matilda:
"My father?"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"The guy with the stupid haircut!"
Matilda:
"I'm nothing like my father."
Agatha Trunchbull:
"You're the spitting image. The apple never rots far from the tree!"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"What are those?"
Amanda Thripp:
"What's what Ms. Trunchbull?"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"Hanging down by your ears,"
Amanda Thripp:
"You mean my pig tails"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"Are you a pig Amanda?"
Amanda Thripp:
"No, Ms. Trunchbull."
Agatha Trunchbull:
"Do I allow Pigs in my school?"
Amanda Thripp:
"My mommy thinks they're sweet."
Agatha Trunchbull:
"[bends down] Your Mommy, is a TWIT!"
Harry Wormwood:
"Chew your food; you're an animal!"
Matilda:
"Dad?"
Harry Wormwood:
"What?"
Matilda:
"Yell at me, ok?"
Harry Wormwood:
"SHUT UP AND LEAVE US ALONE!"
Matilda:
"I want to go to school."
Harry Wormwood:
"School? It's out of the question. Who would be here to sign for the packages? We can't leave valuable packages sitting out on the doorstep. Now go watch TV like a good kid."
Zinnia Wormwood:
"[Matilda leaves]
You know, sometimes I think there's something wrong with that girl."
Harry Wormwood:
"Hmph, tell me about i"
Harry:
"The library? You've never set foot in a library. You're only 4-years old."
Matilda:
"6½."
Harry:
"You're 4!"
Matilda:
"6½!"
Harry:
"If you were 6½, you'd be in school already."
Matilda:
"I want to be in school. I told you I was supposed to start school in September. You wouldn't listen."
Harry:
"Get up, get up, get out of here, give me that book.
[Harry drags Matilda, throwing the book aside, to where Zinnia is]"
Harry:
"[to Zinnia] Dearest pie, how old is Matilda?"
Zinnia:
"4."
Matilda:
"I'm 6½, mommy!"
Zinnia:
"5, then!"
Agatha Trunchbull:
"I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me."
Matilda:
"Adopt me, Miss Honey! You can adopt me."
Harry Wormwood:
"Look, I don't have time for all these legalities!"
Matilda:
"One second, Dad. I have the adoption papers."
Zinnia Wormwood:
"What? Where did you get those?"
Matilda:
"From a book in the library. I've had them since I was big enough to Xerox."
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