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monologue
Crime, Drama
1 Character

The Gold Watch Monologue

from PULP FICTION

Written by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

PULP FICTION

Captain Koons visits a young Butch Coolidge to deliver a family heirloom with a harrowing and absurd history. He explains the extreme lengths Butch's father and he himself went to in order to preserve the watch during their time in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp.

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CAPT. KOONS: This watch I got here was first purchased by your great-granddaddy. It was bought during the First World War in a little general store in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was bought by private Doughboy Ernie Coolidge the day he set sail for Paris. It was your great-granddaddy's war watch, made

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CharactersCapt. Koons
Duration00:03:00
Age Range40s-60s
GenderMale
GenreCrime, Drama
PeriodContemporary
Formatmonologue
SourcePULP FICTION
ToneSerious, Informative, Gruff
AccentAmerican Southern
Suitable Fordrama school audition, agent showcase, self tape, general practice
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