Leaves of Grass (2009)

Actors: Danny Dimbort (producer), Avi Lerner (producer), Tim Blake Nelson (actor), Susan Sarandon (actress), Tim Ware (actor), Boaz Davidson (producer), Lee Wilkof (actor), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), Pruitt Taylor Vince (actor), Edward Norton (actor), Ted Ferguson (actor), Edward Norton (actor), Josh Pais (actor), Edward Norton (producer), Tim Blake Nelson (producer),

Plot: The lives of two identical twins, one an Ivy League philosophy professor, the other a small-time and brilliant marijuana grower, intertwine when the professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown for a doomed scheme against a local drug lord.

Keywords: accidental-shooting, actor-playing-multiple-roles, airplane-trip, barefoot, black-light, blood-spatter, bong, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-brother-relationship, convenience-store
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

Quotes:

Daisy Kincaid: What's your aversion to proper grammar?::Brady Kincaid: Rhythm maybe.

Brady Kincaid: I was born just a few minutes before my brother, Brady. He lived life on his own terms, indifferent to fear - either his own, or those of others. And, let's be honest, by any normal measure my brother was a criminal and a colossal fuckup. [laughter] But, in the years that we were together, when we were growing up, he gave me the happiest freest times that I will ever know. I don't know why it took me so long to realize that. I left Little Dixie because of my own fears. My greatest regret is that I never told him how difficult that really was.

Rabbi Zimmerman: We are animals, Professor Kincaid... with brains that trick us into thinking we aren't.

Bolger: Do you believe in a higher power?::Brady Kincaid: Yea, I do. I do. It's the only way to make sense of all this. Otherwise, it's just pure fucking chaos.::Bolger: Like where we is created by him and he judges what we do?::Brady Kincaid: Well, I think it's more like... like parallel lines.::Bolger: Parallel lines?::Brady Kincaid: You know, like two lines go on and on forever and don't ever touch?::Bolger: Yea.::Brady Kincaid: 'Cept, they don't actually exist in nature. And man can't create true parallel. It's just more of a concept... Well that concept, that perfection, we know it exists and we think about it, but we can't ever get there ourselves. I think that right there is God.

Brady Kincaid: Hey buddy. How you feelin'?

Pug Rothbaum: I'd like everybody in the world to call me a cocksucker and give me a dollar. Because that way I'd be rich and everybody'd love me.

TV Reporter: Now, one curious aspect of this case is that the swastikas were drawn backward, indicating either haste or a lack of familiarity with this most infamous of anti-semetic emblems, or perhaps rather more implausibly... that Hindus were involved.

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Actors: Jeremy Piven (actor), Glenn Morshower (actor), Ewan McGregor (actor), Josh Hartnett (actor), Jason Isaacs (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Eric Bana (actor), Kim Coates (actor), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Ewen Bremner (actor), Ioan Gruffudd (actor), William Fichtner (actor), Sam Shepard (actor), Brendan Sexton III (actor),

Plot: Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. This lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen, leading to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. This film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved.

Keywords: 160th-soar, 1990s, africa, african, airport, ak-47, all-male-cast, ambush, ammunition, anti-war
Genres: Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Rangers Lead the Way. Leave No Man Behind.

Quotes:

[after Nelson, Twombly, and Yurek grouped together; talking about equipment]::Twombly: Never mind. You brought NOD, right?::Yurek: No, I did not bring it. You know why? Because you said: "You won't need that dude, we'll be back in a half-hour."::Twombly: [feeling guilty] I wasn't exactly saying that to you.

[Durant and Wolcott talk over the intercom as they fly past each other in their helicopters]::Durant: Six-One, this is Six-Four, go to UHF secure. I've got some bad news.::Cliff Wolcott: Limo is a word, Durant. I don't want to hear about it.::Durant: It is not a word. It's an abbreviation of a word.::Cliff Wolcott: Limo is a word in common usage. That is the key phrase in scrabble, my friend, common usage.::Durant: No! If it's not in the dictionary, it doesn't count.::Cliff Wolcott: It doesn't have to be in the dictionary!::Durant: It does have to be in the dictionary! Listen, when we get back to base, it's coming off the board.::Cliff Wolcott: You touch my limo and I'll spank you, Night Stalker. You hear me?::Durant: Yeah. Promises.

Eversmann: Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.

[Watching a Somali mother pick up a gun]::Specialist Mike Kurth: Don't do it lady!

"Hoot": When I go home people'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is.

Struecker: No one gets left behind, you know that.

Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan: You Americans don't smoke anymore. You live long, dull and uninteresting lives.

"Hoot": Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window.

Struecker: It's what you do right now that makes a difference.

Smith: I'm sorry.::Eversmann: You have nothing to be sorry about. You saved Twombly, you did it perfect.::Smith: You okay Twombs?::Twombly: Yeah, I'm okay, Jamie.::Eversmann: See, you did what you were trained to do. You should be proud of that, be proud of that.::Smith: Ev?::Eversmann: Yeah.::Smith: Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.::Eversmann: You're gonna tell them yourself okay, Jamie?::Smith: Are... are the humvees here?::Eversmann: They're coming, Jamie. They're coming. You just gotta hold on for a little longer. Can you do that?::Smith: I can, I can. It's nothing. It's nothing.

Days of Thunder (1990)

Actors: Margo Martindale (actress), Jerry Bruckheimer (producer), John C. Reilly (actor), Nick Searcy (actor), Nicole Kidman (actress), J.C. Quinn (actor), Michael Rooker (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), Chris Ellis (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), Fred Dalton Thompson (actor), Tom Cruise (actor), Robert Towne (writer), Tom Cruise (writer),

Plot: Cole Trickle enters the high-pressure world of Nascar racing. He's a hot driver with a hot temper, and this attitude gets him into trouble not only with other drivers, but members of his own team as well.

Keywords: 1990s, automobile, automobile-racing, bell-206-jet-ranger-helicopter, blockbuster, brain-surgeon, bristol-tennessee, car-accident, car-crash, car-race
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: You can't stop the thunder. You can't outrun the thunder. Cruise like Thunder.

Quotes:

Harry Hogge: Cole, you're wandering all over the track!::Cole Trickle: Yeah, well this son of a bitch just slammed into me.::Harry Hogge: No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he *rubbed* you. And rubbin, son, is racin'.

[Cole is being searched by a female trooper who notices he has an erection]::Female Trooper: Looks like we found something.::Male Trooper: What's that?::Female Trooper: A concealed weapon.

Dr. Claire Lewicki: You and Rowdy have the same sickness, it's called denial and it's probably going to kill you both.

Harry Hogge: Tim, take a look at that hound. That's the best coon-dog I ever seen or heard about and I didn't to teach him a damn thing.

Dr. Claire Lewicki: Tell me what you love so much about racing.::Cole Trickle: Speed. To be able to control it. To know that I can control something that's out of control.

Tim Daland: [Walks to tractor] See you're enjoying the good life, Harry?::Harry Hogge: Yeah. Well I don't mind spreadin' a little fertilizer round now and then. There's worse things.::Tim Daland: How's the truck runnin'?::Harry Hogge: Runs good.::Tim Daland: [pause] I... uh... I want you to build me a car.::Harry Hogge: [stops tractor] Now, Tim, everyone knows some downtown car dealer can't afford a race team. And no driver worth a damn is gonna sign with you. Cause they wreck one car, you can't afford to build them another, and their out of the deal, you know. And no car's gonna win without a driver, not even mine.::Tim Daland: [points to Harry] If you built the car, I'd get a damn driver.::Harry Hogge: [starts driving tractor] What kinda driver you gonna find after the season's started? Some ole' boy that's washed up, and one worth a shit to begin with.::Tim Daland: You can work with him. You can build a driver like you build a car, Harry.::Harry Hogge: [points to dog] Tim, take a look at that hound. Now that's the best coon dog I ever seen or heard about, and I didn't teach him a damn thing.::Tim Daland: Well I got somebody.::Harry Hogge: Who?::Tim Daland: Take a look at him.::Harry Hogge: Anybody I gotta take a look at ain't somebody.::Tim Daland: Then take a look at nobody.::Harry Hogge: [stops tractor] Tim, I give up racin', you gotta know that.::Tim Daland: Ah, you didn't give up racin', Harry. You quit to avoid investigation into Buddy's crash at Daytona.::Harry Hogge: Hey, I didn't avoid any God-damn investigation.::Tim Daland: [rolls eyes] Well, anyway, I... uh... I talked to NASCAR and if you come back in there won't be any investigation.::Harry Hogge: How they hell you sell 'em on that deal?::Tim Daland: I'm a helluva saleman.

Tim Daland: If you're from California, you're not a Yankee. You're not really anything.::Harry Hogge: You said it. [chuckles]

Harry Hogge: What do you know about stock car racing?::Cole Trickle: Well... watched it on television, of course.::Harry Hogge: You've seen it on television?::Cole Trickle: ESPN. The coverage is excellent, you'd be surprised at how much you can pick up.::Harry Hogge: I'm sure I would.

Tim Daland: You said you'd look at him.::Harry Hogge: I've looked at him.::Tim Daland: I paid twenty five hundred dollars to use this track today, Harry.::Cole Trickle: Forget it, he needs a brand name like Exkon or Richard Petty.::Harry Hogge: Well, I know a damn race driver when I see one.

Rowdy Burns: You run good.::Cole Trickle: Thank you.::Rowdy Burns: Now go get your own car and we'll see how you do in a crowd.

Absence of Malice (1981)

Actors: Sheldon Kahn (editor), Wilma Garscadden-Gahret (miscellaneous crew), Sally Field (actress), Josef Sommer (actor), Dave Grusin (composer), Sydney Pollack (director), Melinda Dillon (actress), William Kerwin (actor), Wilford Brimley (actor), Barry Primus (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Paul Newman (actor), Sydney Pollack (producer), Don Hood (actor), John Harkins (actor),

Plot: Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster. The FBI organized crime task force has no evidence that he's involved with the mob but decide to pressure him perhaps revealing something - anything - about a murder they're sure was a mob hit. The let Megan Carter, a naive but well-meaning journalist, know he is being investigated and Gallagher's name is soon all over the newspaper. Gallagher has an iron-clad alibi for when the murder occurred but won't reveal it to protect his fragile friend Teresa. When Carter publishes her story, tragedy ensues. Needing to make amends, Carter tells Gallagher the source of the first story about him and he sets out to teach the FBI and the Federal Attorney a lesson.

Keywords: blouse-ripping, boat, class, courtroom, ethics, information-leak, lawyer, mafia, media, media-manipulation
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... And everything they said was accurate... But none of it was true. The D.A., Feds and the police set her up to write the story that explodes his world. Now he's going to write the book on getting even.

Quotes:

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Tell you what we're gonna do. We're gonna sit right here and talk about it. Now if you get tired of talking here, Mr. Marshal Elving Patrick there will hand you one of them subpoenas he's got stuck down in his pocket and we'll go downstairs and talk in front of the grand jury... Elliot? Jim?... Fine. All right, Elving, hand whichever one of these fellas you like a subpoena and we'll go on downstairs and talk in front of the grand jury.::District Attorney James A. Quinn: Gallagher's a government witness.::James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Wonderful thing, a subpoena.

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: You had a leak? You call what's goin' on around here a leak? Boy, the last time there was a leak like this, Noah built hisself a boat.

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Now we'll talk all day if you want to. But, come sundown, there's gonna be two things true that ain't true now. One is that the United States Department of Justice is goin' to know what in the good Christ - e'scuse me, Angie - is goin' on around here. And the other's I'm gonna have somebody's ass in muh briefcase.

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: What'd you figure you'd do after government service, Elliott?::Elliott Rosen: I'm not quitting.::James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: You ain't no Presidential appointee, Elliott. One that hired you is me. You got thirty days.

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: We can't have people go around leaking stuff for their own reasons. It ain't legal. And worse than that, by God it ain't right.

Megan Carter: Michael?::Michael Colin Gallagher: You don't wanna come in here. I'm warning you.::Megan Carter: Michael, if I could just talk to you...::Michael Colin Gallagher: Shut up! I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear any of it! What the hell are you doing here? Details? Is that what you want? They found her naked in a tub. She didn't even want to make a mess! No water, just naked. Are you interested? You interested?::Megan Carter: Yes.::Michael Colin Gallagher: She picked up a newspaper, for Christ's sake! And there it is, for everybody to see! She must have felt like ...::[rips open her shirt]::Michael Colin Gallagher: - just raped!::Megan Carter: [screams] Stop! Michael!::Michael Colin Gallagher: She must have...::Megan Carter: Stop!::Michael Colin Gallagher: You know something? When you kill yourself, it's a homicide, so they do an autopsy. They'll get a knife. They start here. They're gonna split her open. Up here they use shears. Shears, for Christ's sake! Oh, goddamn you!

Megan Carter: I am free every night this week but Friday.::Michael Colin Gallagher: How about Friday?::Megan Carter: Okay!

Michael Colin Gallagher: Why aren't you married?::Megan Carter: How do you know I'm not?::Michael Colin Gallagher: I don't see a ring.::Megan Carter: Haven't you heard of women's lib?::Michael Colin Gallagher: Most of them are ugly.::Megan Carter: Is that supposed to be a compliment?

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: You're a smart man, Mr. Gallagher. I'm pretty smart myself. Don't get too smart.::Michael Colin Gallagher: Everybody in this room is smart, and everybody was just doing their job, and Teresa Perrone is dead. Who do I see about that?::James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Ain't nobody to see. I wish there was. You're excused, sir.

Michael Colin Gallagher: [tersely] I'm Michael Gallagher. I want to know where this story came from.

Scandal for Sale (1932)

Actors: Charles Bickford (actor), Harry Beresford (actor), William Burress (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Robert Ellis (actor), Jim Farley (actor), Francis Ford (actor), Pat Harmon (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Russell Hopton (actor), Alfred P. James (actor), Sydney Jarvis (actor),

Genres: Drama,