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It's most important that each new generation born on Summerisle be made aware that here the old gods aren't dead.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Wicker Man (1973) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:42:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Himself the son of a virgin, impregnated, I believe, by a ghost.

- Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent. Please.

- Now, those children out there, they're jumping through the flames in the hope that the god of fire will make them fruitful. Really, you can hardly blame them.

- After all, what girl would not prefer the child of a god to that of some acne-scarred artisan?

- And you encourage them in this?

- Actively.

- It's most important that each new generation born on Summerisle be made aware that here the old gods aren't dead.

- But what of the true god to whose glory churches and monasteries have been built on these islands for generations past? Now, sir, what of him?

- He's dead. He can't complain. He had his chance, and in the modern parlance, he blew it.

- What? (2)

- It's very simple. Let me show you.

- In the last century, the islanders were starving. Like our neighbours today, they were scratching a bare subsistence from sheep and sea.

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The Wicker Man (1973) Sound Clip

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Quotes with sound bites from The Wicker Man (1973 film).

Actors: Edward Woodward (Sgt. Neil Howie), Christopher Lee (Lord Summerisle), Diane Cilento (Miss Rose), Ingrid Pitt (Librarian)

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