General Ed Fenech Quotes in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Lt. Archie Hicox: Lieutenant Archie Hicox reporting, Sir!

General Ed Fenech: General Ed Fenech. At ease, Hicox. Drink?

Lt. Archie Hicox: If you offered me a Scotch and plain water, I could drink Scotch and plain water.

General Ed Fenech: Attaboy, Lieutenant. Make it yourself like a good chap, will you? The bar's in the globe.

Lt. Archie Hicox: Something for yourself, Sir?

General Ed Fenech: Whiskey, straight. No junk in it.

Lt. Archie Hicox: What should we drink to, sir?

General Ed Fenech: Down with Hitler!

Lt. Archie Hicox: All the way down, sir.

General Ed Fenech: [On the Germans attending the film premiere] We have all our rotten eggs in one basket. The objective of Operation Kino: blow up the basket.

General Ed Fenech: [reading Lt. Hicox's personnel file] It says here you speak German fluently?

Lt. Archie Hicox: Like a Katzenjammer Kid.

General Ed Fenech: And your occupation before the war?

Lt. Archie Hicox: I'm a film critic.

General Ed Fenech: List your accomplishments?

Lt. Archie Hicox: Well, sir, such as they are, I write reviews and articles for a publication called 'Films & Filmmakers.' As well as our sister publication.

General Ed Fenech: What's that called?

Lt. Archie Hicox: 'Flickers Bi-Monthly', and I've had two books published.

General Ed Fenech: Impressive. Don't be modest, Lieutenant. What are their titles?

Lt. Archie Hicox: The first book was called 'Art of the Eyes, the Heart, and the Mind: A Study of German Cinema in the Twenties.' And the second one was called 'Twenty-Four Frame Da Vinci.' It's a subtextual film criticism study of the work of German director G. W. Pabst.

Lt. Archie Hicox: [he hands the General a whiskey] What should we drink to, sir?

General Ed Fenech: Down with Hitler.

Lt. Archie Hicox: All the way down, sir.