I just bought ON DEADLY GROUND and saw it for the first time I thought it was great. I loved the speech that Steven makes at the end. I have a question though. Is it true that the speech was originally 10 to 15 minutes long and Warner Bros. made Steven cut its running time in half? If thats true I'm really upset because I think it would of been great if the film had the big long epic speech that Steven intended it to have. I know it's just wishful thinking but I hope Warner Bros. will eventually release a Director's Cut of ON DEADLY GROUND with the entire speech entact. But I know that will never happen.
On Deadly Ground Speech
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Amos Stevens
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Yeah the speech was originally longer...I believe it's under the dharma board-I posted the speech some time back. If you can't find it I or someone else can post it here again
This is the speech verbatim from the movie.
The Message of the film
"On Deadly Ground"
I'd like to start out by saying thank you to all the brothers and sisters that have come here today representing this cause. I have been asked by Mystery Talk and the Tribal Council to speak to you and the members of the press about the injustice that's been brought against us by some government officials' big business.
How many of you out there have heard of alternative engines? Engines that can run on anything from alcohol to garbage or water? Or carburetors that can get hundreds of miles to the gallon? Or electric or magnetic engines that can practically run for ever?
You don't know about them because if they were to come into use, they'd put the oil companies out of business. The concept of the internal combustion engine has been obsolete for over fifty years. But because of the oil cartels and corrupt government regulations we, and the rest of the world, have been forced to use gasoline for over a hundred years.
Big business is primarily responsible for destroying the water we drink, the air we breathe and the food we eat. They have no care for the world they destroy. Only for the money they make in the process. How many oil spills can we endure? Millions and millions of gallons of oil are now destroying the oceans and the many forms of life it supports. Among these is plankton, which supplies 60 to 90 percent of the earth's oxygen, which supports the entire marine eco-system which forms the basis of our planet's food supplies. But the plankton is dying.
I thought well, let's go to some remote state or country, anywhere on earth. But in doing a little research, I realized that these people broker toxic waste all over the world. They basically control the legislation, and in fact they control the law. The law says no company can be fined over $25,000 a day. If a company's making $10 million a day by dumping lethal toxic waste into the ocean, it's only good business to continue doing this.
They influence the media so that they can control our minds. They've made it a crime to speak out for ourselves. And if we do so, we're called conspiracy nuts and we're laughed at. We're angry because we're all being chemically and genetically damaged, and we don't even realize it. Unfortunately, this will affect our children. We go to work each day and right under our noses we see our car and the car in front of us spewing noxious and poisonous gasses that are all accumulative poisons. These poisons kill us slowly, even when we see no effect.
How many of us would have believed if we were told 20 years ago that on a certain day we wouldn't be able to see 50 feet in front of us? That we wouldn't be able to take a deep breath because the air would be a mass of poisonous gas? That we wouldn't be able to drink out of our faucets, that we'd have to buy water out of bottles? The most common and God given rights have been taken away from us. Unfortunately, the reality of our lives is so grim nobody wants to hear it.
Now I have been asked what we can do. I think we need a responsible body of people that can actually represent us rather than big business. This body of people must not allow the introduction of anything into our environment that is not absolutely biodegradable or able to be chemically neutralized upon production. And finally, as long as there's profit to be made from the polluting our earth, companies and individuals will continue to do what they want. We have to force these companies to operate safely and responsibly, and with all our best interests in mind, so that when they don't, we can take back our resources and our hearts and our minds to do what's right.
The Message of the film
"On Deadly Ground"
I'd like to start out by saying thank you to all the brothers and sisters that have come here today representing this cause. I have been asked by Mystery Talk and the Tribal Council to speak to you and the members of the press about the injustice that's been brought against us by some government officials' big business.
How many of you out there have heard of alternative engines? Engines that can run on anything from alcohol to garbage or water? Or carburetors that can get hundreds of miles to the gallon? Or electric or magnetic engines that can practically run for ever?
You don't know about them because if they were to come into use, they'd put the oil companies out of business. The concept of the internal combustion engine has been obsolete for over fifty years. But because of the oil cartels and corrupt government regulations we, and the rest of the world, have been forced to use gasoline for over a hundred years.
Big business is primarily responsible for destroying the water we drink, the air we breathe and the food we eat. They have no care for the world they destroy. Only for the money they make in the process. How many oil spills can we endure? Millions and millions of gallons of oil are now destroying the oceans and the many forms of life it supports. Among these is plankton, which supplies 60 to 90 percent of the earth's oxygen, which supports the entire marine eco-system which forms the basis of our planet's food supplies. But the plankton is dying.
I thought well, let's go to some remote state or country, anywhere on earth. But in doing a little research, I realized that these people broker toxic waste all over the world. They basically control the legislation, and in fact they control the law. The law says no company can be fined over $25,000 a day. If a company's making $10 million a day by dumping lethal toxic waste into the ocean, it's only good business to continue doing this.
They influence the media so that they can control our minds. They've made it a crime to speak out for ourselves. And if we do so, we're called conspiracy nuts and we're laughed at. We're angry because we're all being chemically and genetically damaged, and we don't even realize it. Unfortunately, this will affect our children. We go to work each day and right under our noses we see our car and the car in front of us spewing noxious and poisonous gasses that are all accumulative poisons. These poisons kill us slowly, even when we see no effect.
How many of us would have believed if we were told 20 years ago that on a certain day we wouldn't be able to see 50 feet in front of us? That we wouldn't be able to take a deep breath because the air would be a mass of poisonous gas? That we wouldn't be able to drink out of our faucets, that we'd have to buy water out of bottles? The most common and God given rights have been taken away from us. Unfortunately, the reality of our lives is so grim nobody wants to hear it.
Now I have been asked what we can do. I think we need a responsible body of people that can actually represent us rather than big business. This body of people must not allow the introduction of anything into our environment that is not absolutely biodegradable or able to be chemically neutralized upon production. And finally, as long as there's profit to be made from the polluting our earth, companies and individuals will continue to do what they want. We have to force these companies to operate safely and responsibly, and with all our best interests in mind, so that when they don't, we can take back our resources and our hearts and our minds to do what's right.
If you want to hear it, click on the link below and you'll find it a few paragraphs down on the page, next to "On Deadly Ground". I was able to hear it fine.
http://www.evuk.co.uk/hotwires/hollywood/
http://www.evuk.co.uk/hotwires/hollywood/
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
Ohhh yeah..This is my favourite one "On Deadly Ground"..Thanks girls.Heather..
voetballcanine
New Member
I hate to be a neigh-saying buzz kill, but--ok, that's a lie, I dont hate it--but I think it may have been for the better that WB made Seagal cut his speech down. For one, the speech itself is long, and accompanied primarily by scenes of wildlife; simply put, the two are diametrically opposed to the rest of the film, which is action action action. And, therefore, the speech in comparison to the rest of the film is slightly drab. Allowing the speech run for its full 10 to 15 minutes would have bored many viewers. Sometimes, fans and actors must sacrifice in order to meet the needs of the public.
KATHYPURDOM
Steven Seagal Fan
I though both sites were great. Having that speech and looking at those pictures really hits home for me.
Thank you Serena and Suzi.
Thank you Serena and Suzi.