- The international law specifies that an island belongs to the country whose citizen was first to set foot on it.
- So some country can take our island?
- That's right.
9 seconds sound clip from the Utopia (1951) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:11:19.902 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- It's uranium! The place is loaded with it.
- Uranium?
- Which one of you fellas happened to land first on this island?
- Let me handle this, fellas. Why do you ask that?
- Because it will determine which nation owns the island.
- So some country can take our island?
- And if that country has immigration laws?
- You'll have to abide by those laws.
- Income tax laws, or inheritance taxes and sales taxes.
- You know what they are trying to do? They're trying to take our geraniums. That's it, exactly!
- Pardon us for just one moment!
- Let's tell him that we all landed on the island at the same time.
- We can't tell a lie. Antoine was the first to land. It was a terrible night and...
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