Terry Rapson Quotes in The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Simon: [their final lines in the movie] Gentlemen,

[toasting]

Simon: To England!

Terry Rapson: To mankind!

Dennis: To Manchester United!

Jack Hall: Professor, it's time you got out of there.

Terry Rapson: I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend.

Jack Hall: What can we do?

Terry Rapson: Save as many as you can.

Terry Rapson: [after Simon suggests that the scotch might serve as fuel to keep them alive] Are you mad? That's a 12-year-old scotch!

Simon: I just wish I could have seen him grow up, you know.

Terry Rapson: The important thing is he will grow up.

Dennis: Amen!

Jack Hall: When this storm is over, we'll be in a new ice age.

Terry Rapson: My God.

Terry Rapson: [over the phone] Several hours ago, three helicopters went down over Scotland. They crashed because the fuel in their lines froze.

Jack Hall: At what temperature does...

Terry Rapson: [interrupting] Negative one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit.

[scoffs]

Terry Rapson: They had to look it up!

Jack Hall: What do you mean?

Terry Rapson: One of our NOMAD buoys registered a thirteen-degree drop in surface temperature the other day. I've sent you an email.

Jack Hall: Hold on.

Terry Rapson: At first we thought it was a malfunction. But there are four more across the Atlantic showing the same thing.

Jack Hall: This is unbelievable.

Terry Rapson: You predicted it would happen.

Jack Hall: Yes, but not in our life time. This is too fast.

Terry Rapson: There are no forecast models remotely capable of plotting this scenario, except yours.

Jack Hall: My model is a reconstruction of a prehistoric climate shift. It's not a forecast model.

Terry Rapson: It's the closest thing we have. Nothing like this has ever happened before.

Jack Hall: At least not in the last ten thousand years.

Jack Hall: Who is it?

Terry Rapson: Terry Rapson. Sorry to call you so early.

Jack Hall: No, professor. It's alright. What is it?

Terry Rapson: Well we've found something extraordinary... extraordinary and disturbing, that is. You recall what you said in New Delhi about how polar melting might disrupt the North Atlantic current?

Jack Hall: Yes.

Terry Rapson: Well... I think it's happening.

Simon: What are the odds of two buoys failing?

Terry Rapson: Remote.

[another buoy seen on the computer screen fails]

Terry Rapson: Make that three.

Simon: Hello, professor. How was India?

Terry Rapson: Oh, you know what these scientific gatherings are. All dancing girls, wine and parties.

[they're snowed in at Scotland]

Terry Rapson: We've got our own genny, enough tea and biscuits to sink a ship. We'll be fine! As long as the loo doesn't back up again.

Simon: Is that Neville's handiwork?

Terry Rapson: Neville's way beyond stick figures. He's six already.

Terry Rapson: We'll be fine.

Terry Rapson: [to Simon] Are the lads winning?