A messenger? What news do you bring? Good or bad?

7 seconds sound clip from the Alexander the Great (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:04:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- And, to our eternal shame, we stood by and never once cried out against his barbaric acts.

- Are you blind that you cannot see that this is the plan for Philip's conquest to extend his rule city by city, state by state, by bribery, treachery, force of arms?

- From Macedonia. A message for the king.

- Philip! Philip, wake up. There's a messenger from Macedonia.

- Ah, such dreams I had. Such strange and troubled drunken dreams.

- A messenger? What news do you bring? Good or bad?

- You have a son... born to the queen three weeks ago.

- I have a son.

- Alexander. That's the name the queen gave him.

- And the queen?

- She sends you greetings.

[...]

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