Castle Gleigh Prison, Northern Island: Sorry I got thrown in the hole. Blown Away 1994 starring Jeff Bridges & Tommy Lee Jones & Suzy Amis & Lloyd Bridges & Forest Whitaker & John Finn & Stephi Lineburg & Caitlin Clarke, director Stephen Hopkins, prisoner to prisoner
Land mines: this sucker here is particularly nasty: it’s called a Bouncing Betty. ibid. hero’s lecture
Did I catch you at a bad time? ibid. Tommy Lee Jones
You’re a sick freak. ibid. Bridges to Jones
Truly the nectar of the gods. Too bad we can only rent it. ibid. Bridges senior, re alcohol
What’s the prognosis? Am I going to be blown to kingdom come? ibid. Bridges senior to Bridges junior
High above the city of LA a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He’s alone, tired ... and the only chance anyone has got. Die Hard 1988 starring Bruce Willis & Alan Rickman & Alexander Godunov & Bonnie Bedelia & Reginald Vel Johnson & Paul Greason & James Shigeta & Clarence Gilyard junior et al, director John McTiernan, tagline
I need the code key, because I am interested in the six hundred and forty million dollars in negotiable bearer bonds that you have locked in your vault. ibid. Rickman
A Good Day to Die Hard 2012 starring Bruce Wills & Sebastian Koch & Jai Courtney & Yuliya Snigir & Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Cole Hauser & Amaury Nolasco et al, director John Moore, Russian prisoner
I screwed my kids’ life up too. ibid. Willis
This is Life. Right here. Right now. Take it. DOA 1988 starring Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan & Daniel Stern & Jane Kaczmarek & Christopher Neame & Robin Johnson & Robert Knepper & Jack Kenoe & Charlotte Rampling et al, directors Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton, her to him
Gibsland, Louisiana, May 23 1934: I was born Clyde Chestnut Barrow. Bonnie & Clyde 2013 starring Emile Hirsch & Holliday Grainger & Sarah Hyland & Elizabeth Reaser & Lane Garrison & Dale Dickey & Austin Hebert & Jack Thompson & Holly Hunter & William Hurt et al, director Bruce Beresford
I’d like to see your daughter, as I have intentions to take her out. ibid. Clyde Champion Barrow
One big job – that’s all I want. The Split 1968 starring Jim Brown & Diahann & Carroll & Ernest Borgnine & Julie Harris & Gene Hackman & Jack Klugman & Warren Oates & James Whitmore & Donald Sutherland & Joyce Jameson & Jackie Joseph et al, director Gordon Flemyng, him to her
Baddie: Oh come on. Don’t make a scene. He’s [Steven] safe. I thought Julia needed a little extra incentive. Kurt, focus on the task ahead. Give us our money and everyone wins. What? May I remind you that there were four of us on that robbery, Kurt. You were there that night too. Don’t forget that. Hidden Crimes 2009 starring Tricia Helfer & Jonathan Scarfe & Kris Holden-Ried & James Gallanders & Jake McLeod & Conrad Pla & Trie Donovan & Don Jordan & Kathlee Fee & Ken Proulx et al, director Philippe Gagnon
Damn it, Max. This isn’t a game any more. ibid. Julia with fancy boy in bank vault
I think you’ve run out of options, Julia, Now tell me where the money is or we’ll kill the boy. ibid.
The mobilisation of English fans on to German soil is beginning in big numbers. Daylight Robbery 2008 starring Paul Nicholls & Shaun Parkes & Geoff Bell & Vas Blackwood & Johnny Harris & Leo Gregory & Max Brown & Shaun Williamson et al, director Paris Leonti
Has anyone here got first aid training? ibid. robber in bank
If I know anything about women, I’d say she’s too clever by half. The Blue Parrot 1953 starring John Le Mesurier & Dermot Walsh & Jacqueline Hill & Ballard Barkeley & June Ashley & Richard Pearson & Ferdy Mayne & Victor Lucas & Edwin Richfield & Arthur Rigby & Valerie White & Diane Watts et al, director John Harlow, rozzer to rozzer
He’s an American. They take over anything. ibid. bird to bird in Blue Parrot club
Is the joint always as gay as this? ibid. undercover rozzer in club to bird
How much for the roses? Lovely day, isn’t it? … It’s the nicest day for four years. Dusty Ermine 1936 starring Margaret Rutherford & Ronald Squire & Jane Baxter & Anthony Bushell & Arthur Macrae & Athole Stewart & Katie Johnson & Davina Craig & Austin Trevor & Felix Aylmer & Hal Gordon et al, director Bernard Vorhaus, released man to flower-seller
I enjoyed making those notes. After all, you know, forgery is an art. ibid.
Take a look around, Bill. Welcome to the lifestyles of the rich and aimless. No Man’s Land 1987 starring Charlie Sheen & D B Sweeney & Randy Quaid & Lara Harris & Bill Duke & R D Call & M Emmet Walsh et al, director Peter Werner
Name of Morgan. He’s got class. We need a bit of that in our business. They Made Me a Fugitive 1939 starring Trevor Howard & Charles Farrell & Sally Gray & Griffith Jones & Rene Ray & Mary Merrall & Michael Brennan & Cyril Smith et al, director Alberto Cavalcanti, boss
If I want to peddle sherbert, I’ll peddle sherbert. ibid.
I want you to shoot my husband. ibid. wife to Howard
I’ll wait for you. ibid. her to him
Now the first thing I want to get off my chest – my name isn’t Bailey, it’s Markham. Out of the Past aka Build My Gallows High 1947 starring Robert Mitchum & Kirk Douglas & Jane Greer & Rhonda Fleming & Richard Webb & Steve Brodie & Virginia Huston et al, director Jacques Tourneur, him to her
And then I saw her. Coming out of the Sun. ibid.
Baby, I don’t care. ibid. Markham to Kathie
The name’s Spikes. Harry Spikes. I’m a bank robber, boys. The Spikes Gang 1974 starring Ron Howard & Lee Marvin & Gary Grimes & Charlie Martin Smith & Arthur Hunnicutt & Noah Beery & Marc Smith & Don Fellows & Susan Coyne et al, director Richard Fleischer
How’d you boys like to throw in with me? ibid. Marvin
I always thought of good old Johnny God of being a big bald-headed man with whiskers. ibid. Howard
I am not a follower of the meek and lonely Jesus. ibid. Marvin
Wait a minute – there might be a legal precedent. Oh course. Land snatching. [thumbs law book] Let’s see: Land, Land, see Snatch. Blazing Saddles 1974 starring Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder & Slim Pickens & David Huddleston & Liam Dunn & Alex Karras & Mel Brooks et al, director Mel Brooks, prospector
I want to marry you more than anything else in the world. Only you’re … A Kiss Before Dying 1956 starring Robert Wagner & Jeffrey Hunter & Virginia Leith & Joanne Woodward & Mary Astor & George Macready & Robert Quarry & Howard Petrie et al, director Gerd Oswald, him to her
Him: I had such plans. Everybody expected so much of me.
Her: It’s all my fault. It’s always the girl’s fault. ibid.
1933: This is a re-creation of an era: an era of jazz, jalopies, prohibition, and trigger-happy punks. Baby Face Nelson 1957 starring Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Jones & Cedric Hardwicke & Leo Gordon & John Hoyt & Jack Elam & Anthony Caruso & Ted de Corsia et al, director Don Siegel
I got a big job for you, little man. ibid. gangsta to Nelson
You’re lucky it was only a .22 – they leave a nice clean small hole. ibid. doctor to Nelson
You’re the number one man, John. ibid. Nelson
Tell him I’m fucking coming. The Limey 1999 starring Terence Stamp & Lesley Ann Warren & Peter Fonda & Barry Newman & Luis Guzman & Joe Dallesandro & Nicky Katt & Amelia Heinle et al, director Steven Soderbergh
In LA nobody touches you. Crash 2004 starring Karina Arroyava & Sandra Bullock & Dato Bakhtadze & Thandie Newton & Terrence Howard & Don Cheadle & Matt Dillon & Jennifer Esposito & Keith David et al, director Paul Haggis
What kind of ammunition do you want? Oh we got a lot of guns. We got long-colts, short-colts, ballheads, flatnose, powerpoints … ibid. gun shop
Gangsta #1: Why aren’t we scared?
Gangsta #2: ’Cause we got guns? ibid.