Best Moment from The Scarlet Pimpernel: Sir Percy Pwns Chauvelin

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  • Опубликовано: 13 апр 2011
  • Funny moment from The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982). One of my favorite Sir Percy moments: his critique on French fashion and politics. XD
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  • @ruisenor8993
    @ruisenor8993 7 лет назад +225

    I'm dying the way he talks is just too much. "Sink mehhhhh!"

  • @LoveMuchHateLess
    @LoveMuchHateLess 10 лет назад +164

    The look on Percy's face when he talks about Chauvelin's cuffs! "Sink me, I can hardly bring myself to look upon 'em!"

    • @Malama_Ki
      @Malama_Ki 5 месяцев назад

      It could be Jim Carrey! This had to influence his dinner scene in Ace Ventura.

  • @joshuabatchelder1797
    @joshuabatchelder1797 4 года назад +119

    I have literally watched this movie my whole life, but it somehow is just as good on every play. You just gotta love Percy XD.

    • @theradgegadgie6352
      @theradgegadgie6352 7 месяцев назад +1

      Same same same! Sink meh, but it must be habit forming!

  • @stellar783
    @stellar783 3 года назад +58

    *“MonSEWER”* 🤣

  • @stanner9077
    @stanner9077 5 лет назад +82

    Superb piece of character acting the voice has just the correct amount of sardonic tone. A favourite part of the film.

  • @abbikazoo1117
    @abbikazoo1117 4 года назад +66

    Has anyone noticed whenever chauvelin sees him after this he messes with his cravat

    • @ix-Xafra
      @ix-Xafra 2 года назад +10

      Limp cravat...

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад +6

      Limp......limp........his ego....totally ....deflating......🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dougmaclennan8654
    @dougmaclennan8654 2 года назад +36

    I've seen this movie many times, but somehow Sir Percy keeps fooling me into thinking that he is the last man on the planet who could be the Scarlet Pimpernel.

  • @zethraelofteldrassil3149
    @zethraelofteldrassil3149 9 лет назад +69

    The look on Chauvelin's face, when Margarite introduces Sir Percy as the man, who aided her brother. He can't believe what he is seeing (neither can she).

  • @JamesHunterRoss
    @JamesHunterRoss 7 лет назад +74

    Freaking hysterical! I had to watch this for my daughter's AP European History class... lucky me.

  • @duskmallow
    @duskmallow 4 года назад +24

    The vocal fry is strong with this one

  • @shazmartin8589
    @shazmartin8589 10 лет назад +56

    Love, love, LOVE it!!!! AA is the perfect Percy. And so ridiculously gorgeous too! An absolute gem.

  • @gabimiller8181
    @gabimiller8181 Год назад +30

    my family and I have watched this movie every new years’ eve since I was a kid ❤ we can all quote it from memory 😅

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад +3

      I bet your family has a great time every year doing it!! I just love this movie and it's characters!!!? Percy kills me!!!😂😂🤣🤣

  • @r55tem
    @r55tem 4 года назад +34

    I almost forgot to watch this today

  • @paulwartenberg8479
    @paulwartenberg8479 2 года назад +13

    the poet bit at the end, I heard that from this movie back when I was 12, and I've never forgotten it.

  • @solamyke-fadipe5085
    @solamyke-fadipe5085 3 года назад +22

    Who could have believed a fashion fool like this could been the elusive SCARLET PIMPERNEL?!?

  • @luisbarrera1099
    @luisbarrera1099 7 лет назад +108

    I'm a bit of a poet. and you, did not know it. lol

  • @mortenhallangen1933
    @mortenhallangen1933 3 года назад +15

    You just MUST adore this film..sink mehh

  • @kaizaee
    @kaizaee 10 лет назад +40

    Dear lord!! Chauvelin is....MAGNETO!!!! I never knew!!

  • @ashleydillon2910
    @ashleydillon2910 10 лет назад +26

    The what at the end is what does it for me. I love it

  • @FirstLifeFan
    @FirstLifeFan 6 лет назад +166

    Okay, this was so funny, I don't even...😂 No wonder nobody suspects this fob of being the daring Scarlet Pimpernel! Seriously, Bruce Wayne could take a few lessons from Sir Percy!

    • @isabelalzateestrada
      @isabelalzateestrada 5 лет назад +27

      Well, where do you think Zorro and Batman are based from?

    • @warrenhailes7573
      @warrenhailes7573 Год назад +3

      Bruce Wanye is Sir Percivals Teacher. I'm not kidding. Love to all.

    • @Dragblacker
      @Dragblacker Год назад +6

      The Scarlet Pimpernel is the 18th century Batman. All he's missing is the cowl.

    • @kamentrainerhorn2073
      @kamentrainerhorn2073 Год назад +2

      I bet even Agent 007 is a scrub in comparison to Percy.

    • @KeiFox
      @KeiFox 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@warrenhailes7573 More like the other way around. Sir Percy was the first, followed by Don Diego, and then Bruce Wayne, but all three sure know how to act the role of the foppish dandy type when they need to be. 😁

  • @KeiFox
    @KeiFox 4 месяца назад +3

    I would not be surprised if those faint smiles and smirks that Ian McKellen and Jane Seymour gave throughout this entire monologue were partially due to them trying not to laugh from Anthony Andrews' HILARIOUS performance. He was so brilliant for the role! 😆

  • @PMdaddyArgent
    @PMdaddyArgent Год назад +7

    "The pleasure...I can assure you...is more mine... mon sewer."

  • @katyporter8060
    @katyporter8060 5 лет назад +49

    Percy continues to insult chauvelin's clothes throughout the movie

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад +3

      And the Sword fight!!! He verbally and literally wrecks havoc on his Nemesis!!!😂💯

  • @AllanMogensen
    @AllanMogensen Год назад +5

    He did a scorching critic of the revolution too when he said: The tailors will rule and no one will make clothes

  • @hannahcollins3070
    @hannahcollins3070 10 лет назад +26

    OMG! I LOVE Sir Percy! He is SOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!

  • @TheGothprincess2
    @TheGothprincess2 11 лет назад +30

    Sink me,I like that catchphrase!

  • @token1961
    @token1961 8 лет назад +54

    This movie is freakin awesome, Anthony Andrews is an absolute hottie!

  • @TitusCastiglione1503
    @TitusCastiglione1503 2 года назад +8

    The Virgin Chauvelin vs the Chad Sir Percival Blakeney

  • @cargo71
    @cargo71 2 года назад +6

    I saw this movie just a couple of times on TV when I was a kid, and I´m still obsessed with it!

  • @Porshadoxus
    @Porshadoxus Год назад +7

    Always my favorite version of this story.

  • @alveragoldtin2348
    @alveragoldtin2348 6 лет назад +19

    His voice is killin meh 😂

  • @solamyke-fadipe5085
    @solamyke-fadipe5085 3 года назад +12

    What a fashion freak,who would have suspected him being the most wanted man,the Scarlet Pimpernel

    • @beac9295
      @beac9295 3 года назад

      dont be spoiling it like that 😖

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад

      ​@@beac9295 Don't worry. You have to see it again and again. When you've become as OBSessed as some of us are- you may end up thinking Re- runs are a very,great idea!!!!

  • @amancalleddave.3547
    @amancalleddave.3547 11 месяцев назад +2

    12 years later i'm still loving you uploaded this

  • @AllanMogensen
    @AllanMogensen Год назад +6

    Can we appreciate for moment whoever wrote the dialogue? :)

  • @jayjay-bz3rr
    @jayjay-bz3rr 3 года назад +5

    The flamboyant Percy

  • @alexG106
    @alexG106 Год назад +2

    “Sink mehhhhhhh I can hardly bear to look upon it”
    😂😂😂

  • @OscarABejar
    @OscarABejar Год назад +6

    Sir Percy, the bravest man in Britain (and in France, of course).

  • @jean6822
    @jean6822 Год назад +2

    Luv’d this version of the story / movie!

  • @bballdance94
    @bballdance94 12 лет назад +18

    this is the best part of the movie!! I ASK YOU!

  • @DeVita718
    @DeVita718 5 лет назад +14

    Odds fist my dear fello, I'm peeing myself right now I love this scene.

    • @gmf121266
      @gmf121266 Год назад

      Its "odds fish".....One of those weird terms used in the 18th century by the aristocracy and high society. Like "Gadzooks!" and "Sink me!". I guess the current version is OMG!

    • @DeVita718
      @DeVita718 Год назад

      @@gmf121266 I know it is , fucking auto check😄

  • @pagedown4195
    @pagedown4195 6 лет назад +16

    A young Gandalf : )

  • @lillivi1015
    @lillivi1015 Год назад +6

    I'm currently reading this book in my class, it's so nice!!! Currently on chapter 19 when Marguerite connects the dots and realizes that her stupid husband was the daring and adventurous Scarlet Pimpernel! We stan Percy :D

  • @jamesbeard2277
    @jamesbeard2277 Год назад +2

    I just love it when he says sink me lol

  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 4 года назад +10

    I can’t keep a straight face! XD

  • @laurencew5220
    @laurencew5220 2 года назад +5

    I am reading the book I suspected that sir percy is the scarlet pimpernel

  • @AuthorJohnADouglas
    @AuthorJohnADouglas 11 месяцев назад +3

    Imagine getting utterly roasted by a guy with this verbal Cadence.

  • @warrenhailes7573
    @warrenhailes7573 Год назад +3

    OMG!! LMFAO!!! I had forgotten how Fing GENIUS THIS IS!!!! LMFAO!! Sir PERCY!!! IT is the one the ONLY PURE HEART SIR PERCIVAL!! OF THE ROUND TABLE!! SON OF GAWAIN!!! THE WAY YAN!!! THE WAY!!

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад

      You've Got It!!!!😉👍💖💯🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @MikeS-um1nm
    @MikeS-um1nm 4 года назад +1

    I can't believe I never saw this version! Well, that's a MUST now! I've seen the 1934 version a few times and absolutely LOVED IT! I've been meaning to read the novel. This really is an awesome story.

  • @jmccallion2394
    @jmccallion2394 Год назад +2

    Andrews, a consummate actor, in one of his best roles, excluding Brideshead!

  • @lorenheard2561
    @lorenheard2561 Год назад +2

    Oh my!! This still "kills me"!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @monjiaitaly
    @monjiaitaly 7 лет назад +10

    Look you here sir.

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 11 месяцев назад +2

    I haven’t seen this since it first aired. My parents were lucky enough to see Jane & Ian in Amadeus on Broadway w/Tim Curry.

  • @shannamartinez9494
    @shannamartinez9494 5 лет назад +23

    He sounds like a creaky door.

  • @dadadavinci8450
    @dadadavinci8450 9 лет назад +30

    Men needs to learn from this guy! Haha

  • @Crawlerjamie
    @Crawlerjamie 7 лет назад +21

    Ahh sink meh

  • @gimmethefunk
    @gimmethefunk Год назад +3

    Such shoddy workmanship would not be tolerated in London for one tiny instant

  • @fennecfox9490
    @fennecfox9490 8 лет назад +10

    GANDALF!

  • @tomkashimura3183
    @tomkashimura3183 2 года назад +6

    18th Century Roast...

  • @faith4745
    @faith4745 7 лет назад +16

    I ASK YOU!!!

  • @hellohannahk
    @hellohannahk 11 месяцев назад +2

    😂😂😂
    Now I have to see this movie.

    • @christinejanis6552
      @christinejanis6552 8 месяцев назад +1

      Have you seen it yet? lol

    • @hellohannahk
      @hellohannahk 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@christinejanis6552 YES! I found it on my college library database. So good! 😅

  • @veganconservative1109
    @veganconservative1109 Год назад +2

    I remember reading this story as part of a Reader's Digest Classics Collections. Great stuff.
    Wonder who influenced the creation of The Batman: this story from the Baroness or the legend of Dr. Syn? Seems they took a bit of both.

  • @faith4745
    @faith4745 7 лет назад +23

    Who disliked this???

    • @RosesNightengales
      @RosesNightengales 5 лет назад +17

      Chauvelin of course cause he realized that he was being owned by Sir Percy!

  • @paulwagner688
    @paulwagner688 4 года назад +4

    "I ask you"

  • @flavesheenud6405
    @flavesheenud6405 3 года назад +5

    To listen to the classic novel of Scarlet pimpernel click here: ruclips.net/p/PLdAVSyeJZCF-3IzWyEpjM6f1gDgtlP_yu

  • @markhughes7927
    @markhughes7927 2 года назад +3

    Chauvelin, Sheriff of Nottingham, Landburger Gessler, Klaus Schwab - where would we be without them?

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад +1

      Oh,the absolute dreadfuls of society...... Where is Percy!!??? HELP!!!!

  • @eyes2338
    @eyes2338 2 месяца назад

    Till this day I don't know why they made us watch this during modern history classes in high school.

  • @Malama_Ki
    @Malama_Ki 5 месяцев назад +1

    Vocal fry to the 99th degree!

  • @jawn6955
    @jawn6955 9 месяцев назад

    superb

  • @scraggledy
    @scraggledy Год назад +2

    Oddsfish!

  • @user-xe6mj6cc9j
    @user-xe6mj6cc9j 28 дней назад

    “excuse me sir can i talk to your cravat”

  • @CDcooper3876
    @CDcooper3876 Месяц назад

    The original OG superhero. He can clown the chief agent and steal away his girl’s heart right from under his nose ( along with all those condemned victims ) all while concealing his identity in plain sight . Percy was a straight up Gangsta .

  • @LogoMan7777
    @LogoMan7777 4 года назад +5

    Chauvelin is actually Gandalf.

  • @MsDaydream3r
    @MsDaydream3r 6 лет назад +3

    Olenna Tyrell would like this guy. ^ ^

  • @collisciouscollie5286
    @collisciouscollie5286 7 лет назад +11

    sink meh

  • @jackbuckley7816
    @jackbuckley7816 2 года назад +3

    Sink me, if I'm not the luckiest man in Europe to know Jane Seymour! Odd's fish, if she isn't worth a revolution! She's one aristocratic lady to just die for, wot?

  • @joemonda5789
    @joemonda5789 4 месяца назад

    Ian!!!

  • @ghostpanic
    @ghostpanic 4 месяца назад

    This is how the British used to talk with such grace and elegance, then the Americans happened!

  • @tiagoazul100
    @tiagoazul100 3 года назад +1

    Ahhhhh, Ehhhhhh, Ihhhhhh, Ohhhhhh, Uhhhhhh.

  • @mrcat3493
    @mrcat3493 Год назад

    I thought this was a scene from BlackAdder III. 😂

  • @paulosmebrahtom5018
    @paulosmebrahtom5018 5 лет назад +1

    Reminds me of hedonismbot from futurama

    • @itzakpoelzig330
      @itzakpoelzig330 Год назад +2

      Courtesans and gentlefops, let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean...

  • @arthemis_simehtra
    @arthemis_simehtra Год назад

    chauvelin is about to turn into gandalf the white

  • @Juliana65
    @Juliana65 2 года назад +2

    Chauvelin = Gandalf!! Ian McKellen.

  • @ronchism6435
    @ronchism6435 2 года назад +2

    Ahhhhhh, YES!! Mine too!! I clipped a little bit more from that scene:
    ruclips.net/video/3Xw4reR-E7M/видео.html
    Unfortunately, as Robert Mcall, of The Equalizer, said about Knights in Shining Armor:
    ruclips.net/video/wiPrqsnV6UE/видео.html
    Few Knights are left. Sir Perciville Blakney, Baronnette, today, would be a Knight without a cause. Damsels no longer want to be rescued. Or so it seems.

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад +1

      So,let us women rescue the men back from this presuming,and ungrateful,vanquishing society!!!!

    • @ronchism6435
      @ronchism6435 Год назад

      @@lorenheard2561 Knock yourself out, my love.

  • @fartwrangler
    @fartwrangler 2 года назад

    Pwns?

  • @nomansland8602
    @nomansland8602 2 года назад +1

    Snuff

  • @ice9snowflake187
    @ice9snowflake187 4 года назад +2

    This cat's got nothin' on Leslie Howard

  • @Boozenbee
    @Boozenbee Год назад

    Gandalf?!

  • @KristerAndersson-nc8zo
    @KristerAndersson-nc8zo 4 года назад +1

    an English aristocrat at that time would have beén fluent in French.

    • @kathideatherage1438
      @kathideatherage1438 4 года назад +2

      can't do a good burn without doing bad French

    • @KristerAndersson-nc8zo
      @KristerAndersson-nc8zo 4 года назад

      Why? But then again you do not speak French right? Chauvelin as an educated man would have known that.

  • @ianlozanogimenez2915
    @ianlozanogimenez2915 3 года назад +1

    Maybe if he got rid of that yee yee ass haircut

  • @fionayoung1214
    @fionayoung1214 6 лет назад +6

    Eh Leslie Howard is so much better as Sir Percy

    • @gooddognigel4947
      @gooddognigel4947 5 лет назад +15

      I disagree.

    • @missymani
      @missymani 3 года назад +6

      No.

    • @agentbrosseadents5962
      @agentbrosseadents5962 Год назад +2

      Non. Personne n'a de perruques dans ce film. L.H est frêle, pas très beau, et c'est beaucoup moins bien joué.

    • @victoriaodegaard1
      @victoriaodegaard1 Год назад +1

      I think I could make a case for this being objectively true. I think some people in the comment section either haven’t seen the original or have seen this or a later version first and therefore like it out of nostalgia

    • @asherikamichaela8425
      @asherikamichaela8425 7 месяцев назад

      ​@victoriaodegaard1 Tbf, the same could be said for the LH version. I've seen both (and others) and vastly prefer this one. It carries more of the spirit of the book series in my opinion. Which, by the way, I'd read well before seeing any of the adaptations.

  • @martineshamzin7535
    @martineshamzin7535 3 года назад

    This is just so stupid, I don't even know why it was filmed. Even the actors are laughing at how bad the lines are.

    • @Species5008
      @Species5008 2 года назад +4

      Actually,what is stupid would be your criticism. The movie is actually really good. Tis you who have no taste. Much like those frenchie cuffs....

    • @MartinGsl
      @MartinGsl 2 года назад +5

      You obviously don't know the story.

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 2 года назад +1

      @@MartinGsl Everyone knows the story. I was looking for the BBC version with Martin Shaw and Richard Grant actually. What is wrong with this dude, and why does he talk like he swallowed an egg timer?

    • @rebeccam4397
      @rebeccam4397 2 года назад +6

      @@martineshamzin7535 The character was supposed to be ridiculous and over the top, though. It's obviously not to your taste, but I find it a great adaptation.

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 Год назад +2

      @@martineshamzin7535 You just don't "get it".......🙄