To kill a king. Life of a King 2013 starring Cuba Gooding junior & Malcolm Mays & Richard T Jones & Paula Jai Parker & Carlton Byrd & LisaGay Hamilton & Dennis Haysbert et al, director Jake Goldberger, geezer to geezer prison yard
You want to find out? Sit down. ibid. teacher to students
I robbed a bank. Cops came and we all scattered. ibid. hero to chess club
Easy money leads to hard labour, my ole’ dad used to say. Clash By Night 1963 starring Terence Longdon & Jennifer Jayne & Harry Fowler & Alan Wheatley & Peter Sallis & John Arnatt & Hilda Fenemore & Arthur Lovegrove & Vanda Godsell & Richard Carpenter, director Montgomery Tully, Mr Peel
Everybody hates me. Except my mother. ibid. Victor
Down here it’s different: mostly misdemeanours, hookers, pandas. Sharkey’s Machine 1981 starring Burt Reynolds & Vittorio Gassman & Brian Keith & Charles Durning & Earl Holliman & Bernie Casey & Henry Silva & Richard Libertini & Richel Ward & Darryl Hickman & Joseph Mascolo & Carol Locatell & Hari Rhodes & Val Avery et al, director Burt Reynolds, boss to Skarkey
21:45 D 9850 Sulzbach. Berlin Express 1948 starring Merle Oberon & Robert Ryan & Charles Korvin & Paul Lukas & Robert Coote & Reinhold Schunzel & Roman Toporow & Peter von Zerneck & Otto Waldis & Fritz Kortner & Michael Harvey & Richard Powers et al, director Jacques Tourneur, message retrieved from dead pigeon
This was a world of rubble under strict military control. ibid.
That’s all we expect of man, this side of the grave: his good side – knowing he is bad. Get Carter 2000 starring Sly Stallone & Mickey Rourke & Michael Caine & Miranda Richardson & Rachael Leigh Cook & Alan Cumming & John C McGinley & Rhona Mitra et al, director Stephen Kay, Robert Browning quote opening caption
You don’t fix things, Jack. You break things, remember? ibid. her to him
What’s the connection? ibid. Stallone to geezer in golf buggy
I’ve been asked to make sure you get on that plane tonight. ibid. bloke in car
Give me a name or you’re history. ibid. Stallone
A man oughta be able to take care of his woman. Seven Men from Now 1956 starring Randolph Scott & Lee Marvin & Gail Russell & Walter Reed & John Larch & Don Red Barry & Fred Graham & John Beradino & John Philips & Stuart Whitman et al, director Budd Boetticher, Ben Stride to traveller wife
It’s awful damn quiet. From Noon Till Three 1976 starring Charles Bronson & Jill Ireland & Douglas Fowley & Stan Haze & Damon Douglas & Hector Morales & Bert Williams & Davis Robserts & Betty Cole et al, director Frank D Gilroy, Graham
Fuck it’s cold outside. Cold Comes the Night 2013 starring Bryan Cranston & Alice Eve & Logan Marshall-Green & Ursula Parker & Leo Fitzpatrick & Erin Cummings & Robin Lord Taylor & Sarah Sokolovic & Ashlie Atkinson & Robert Prescott et al, director Tze Chun, gangsta to gangsta
I collect packages. ibid. rozzer gangsta to gal
The beginning is a very delicate time. Dune 1984 starring Kyle MacLachlan & Francesca Annis & Kenneth McMillan & Sting & Everett McGill & Sean Young & Max von Sydow & Patrick Stewart & Dean Stockwell & Sian Phillips & Paul Smith et al, director David Lynch, opening scene
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear’s path, and only I will remain. ibid. Paul reciting Bene Gesserit mantra
Cape Town, South Africa 2013 … ‘We know that this Stan is a Tik dealer.’ Zulu 2013 starring Forest Whitaker & Orlando Bloom & Tanya van Graan & Natasha Loring & Sven Ruygrok & Adrian Galley & Conrad Kemp & Roxanne Prentice & Tinarie van Wky Loots & Dean Slater & Kelsey Egan & Khulu Skenjana et al, director Jerome Salle, Whitaker as rozzer
I need a little time for discovery. Silent Witness 2011 starring Dermot Mulroney & Anne Heche & Michael Cudlitz & Anthony Ruivivar & Lisa Berry & Sarah Allen & Inga Cadranel & Judd Hirsch & Jayne Eastwood et al, director Peter Markle, him to her in bed
All I have left is my innocence. ibid. Sam
Pennsylvania 1984: First time to the big city: you’ll see so many things. Witness 1985 starring Harrison Ford & Kelly McGillis & Josef Sommer & Lukas Haas & Jan Rubes & Alexander Godunov & Danny Glover & Brent Jennings & Patti LuPone & Angus MacInnes et al, director Peter Weir, Amish bloke to boy
We want nothing to do with your laws. ibid. mother to Ford
Is the English dead? He looks dead. ibid. Eli
Children of sin. Spawn of the damned. The Saint 1997 starring Val Kilmer & Elisabeth Shue & Rade Servedzija & Valery Nikolaev & Henry Goodman & Alun Armstrong & Michael Byrne & Yevgeni Lazarev et al, director Phillip Noyce, creepy priest
We’re finally getting out of this turkey town and now you want to crawl back into your cell, right? American Graffiti 1973 starring Richard Dreyfuss & Ron Howard & Harrison Ford & Paul Le Mat & Charles Martin Smith & Candy Clark & Wolfman Jack & Bo Hopkins & Kathleen Quinlan et al, director George Lucas, Howard
Nobody wants me. Even my mother and farther hate me. Everybody hates me. ibid. little sister in car
Rock n Roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died. ibid.
You’ll always be number one, John. You’re the greatest. ibid. Terry
Linda, what do you think happens to people like this Milly Sharp? They don’t just walk out as simply as that, you know. Noose 1946 starring Carole Landis & Joseph Calleja & Derek Farr & Stanley Holloway & Nigel Patrick & John Slater & Edward Rigby & Reginald Tate & Hay Petrie et al, director Edmond T Greville
It’s another world here. The Brotherhood 1968 starring Kirk Douglas & Alex Cord & Irene Papas & Luther Adler & Susan Strasberg & Murray Hamilton & Val Avery & Alan Hewitt et al, director Martin Ritt, Douglas
Frank, I’m in. I’ve always been in, haven’t I? ibid. brother
I’ve re-educated myself psychologically to be worthy of you. City Killer 1984 starring Heather Locklear & Gerald McRaney & Terence Knox & Peter Mark Richman & John Harkins & Jeff Pomerantz & Todd Susman & Adam Gregor et al, director Robert Michael Lewis, Leo the stalker
Give me the money! Now! In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance 1992 starring Dean Stockwell & Michael Gross & Brent Jennings & Bruce A Young & Brian Markinson & Tina Lifford & Kathleen Robertson & David Harris & Shaun Baker et al, director Dick Lowry, opening scene robbery
He was the most hated man on Earth. But he could have been one of the great men of the world. He had a big mind … Some people call him an evil genius. Death of a Scoundrel 1956 starring George Sanders & Yvonne de Carlo & Zsa Zsa Gabor & Victor Jory & Nancy Gates & Coleen Gray & Tom Conway & Werner Kemperer et al, director Charles Martin, Gabor to rozzer
I float. I drink. I look. ibid. she to him
If you’re going to steal at all, steal in a way that will be admired. ibid.
But he meant well. That’s what counts, Ricky. Stark Raving Mad 2002 starring Seann William Scott & Tim Sharp & Patrick Breen & Terry Chen & John Crye & Dave Foley & Paul Hungerford & Monet Mazur & Suzy Nakamura et al, directors Drew Daywalt & David Schneider, hero
Doesn’t anyone want to accomplish anything or do we just want to make money? Serve my fellow mankind. Risky Business 1983 starring Tom Cruise & Rebecca De Mornay & Joe Pantoliano & Richard Masur & Bronson Pinchot & Curtis Armstrong & Nicholas Pryor & Janet Carroll & Shera Danese et al, director Paul Brickman, Cruise
I can live no longer in a world rushing headlong to annihilation. Mark of the Phoenix 1957 starring Anton Diffring & Eric Pohlmann & George Margo & Michael Peake & Martin Miller & Bernard Rebel & Roger Delgado & Jennifer Jayne et al, director Maclean Roberts, doctor’s suicide note
It’s a miracle you’re alive. However … Bad Karma 2012 starring Ray Liotta & Dominic Purcell & Vanessa Gray & Andy McPhee & Carmel Rose & Aaron Pedersen & Robyn Moore & Scott Brewer & Nick Allen-Ducat & Brad McMurray & Evert McQueen et al, director Suri Krishnamma, nurse to Liotta