Public affairs

Edison (2005)

Actors: Jim Byrnes (actor), Dylan McDermott (actor), Kevin Spacey (actor), Justin Timberlake (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), David Lewis (actor), Robert Miano (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Brian Drummond (actor), LL Cool J (actor), John Heard (actor), Andrew Jackson (actor), Peter Kelamis (actor), Boaz Davidson (producer), Roselyn Sanchez (actress),

Plot: Josh Pollack, a naive and ambitious reporter, is convinced the F.R.A.T., an elite force within the Edison Police Department, is corrupted. Working on a homicide case, he begins to unearth evidence which suggests that the entire justice system is willingly turning a blind eye to the abuses of the this force. When his life and that of his girlfriend are threatened from his research, he join forces with his editor, a once-famous reporter, and a renown private detective to bring down the F.R.A.T. and every one behind it.

Keywords: abandoned-warehouse, attempted-murder, bicycle, black-and-white-flashback, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bulletproof-vest, burned-to-death, bust, cabin, car-chase
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: In this city, only the cops are above the law.

Quotes:

[last lines]::Pollack: Justice is a lot like journalism. Sometimes the most important questions are the ones you decide not to ask.

Willow: You're great sex, but imperious and penniless are serious social handicaps.

Reigert: These aren't the good old days, Moses.::Ashford: They never were, Jack.

Ashford: I'm beginning to think I need a woman in my life.::Wallace: Well shit, don't look at me.

Reigert: Broke as you are, you think that's the smart thing to do?::Ashford: Nah Jack, I didn't get where I am doing the smart thing.

[first lines]::Deed: You're a big venue now. Global commerce, sports franchises, chit chat cafés. But you don't get it, because you don't see it. Life is not what you think it is. Because of guys like us, you can go on thinking it, 'til reality sets in. Reality's a motherfucker.

Ashford: The Fourth Estate, Pollack. It's the only job protected by the Constitution. And this is why this is tyranny. When you see it, you're obligated to yell - a risk you're unwilling to take, and I don't blame you.

Pollack: [Rhetorically] Is there anybody not corrupt in this town?

Ashford: [to Pollack] Life's a bitch, ain't it? Think you can dive into the deep end of the pool, and then it's 'Oh, shit, where are my water wings?'

Pollack: [leaving after just being fired] This isn't a real paper anyway!::Ashford: [Dismissively] Perfect for you, you little shit!

Marooned (1969)

Actors: John Sturges (director), Mariette Hartley (actress), Lee Grant (actress), George R. Robertson (actor), James Franciscus (actor), Scott Brady (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Walter Brooke (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Mauritz Hugo (actor), David Janssen (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), George Gaynes (actor), Gregory Peck (actor), Walter Thompson (editor),

Plot: After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts capsule.

Keywords: apollo, astronaut, based-on-novel, cosmonaut, death, disaster, exploration, fatigue, hurricane, international-cooperation
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Three marooned astronauts. Only 55 minutes left to rescue them. While the whole world watches and waits... The Saga of Ironman One

Quotes:

Flight Surgeon: [regarding the earliest possible time for rescue] You know of course that by 22:31:06, the crew will be dead. There's not enough oxygen left for three men to live that long.::Charles Keith: Well what about... two men?::Flight Surgeon: We don't figure that way, we plot total pressure against total use.::Charles Keith: Is there sufficient oxygen for two men? For one?::Flight Surgeon: [long pause] Two might just make it.

Clayton Stone: Jesus, fifty-five minutes... We'll be pretty cold by then.::Buzz Lloyd: Well, one of us's gonna have to go. I mean uh... that's what we're talkin' about, isnt it? One of us goes and the... other two stay. What... what are we gonna do?::Clayton Stone: Alright look. Let's do this scientifically: two big guys throw the little guy out, okay?

[Keith is pulled over by the Highway Patrol for speeding]::Charles Keith: Look, I've got to get to a telephone!::Texas DPS officer: Will you shut off your engine please?::Charles Keith: Officer, I'm Charles Keith, head of Manned Space!::Texas DPS officer: I know who you are. You have no brake lights. Your license is expired. You may be able to get to the moon, but mister you're a menace on the highway!

Buzz Lloyd: [after being asked by Stone what he saw when a psychologist held up a blank sheet of paper during his astronaut acceptance boards] I saw a field covered with snow. And underneath was new oats. Then the snow melted and the field turned to green. But the psychologist said I was all wrong, it was just a blank sheet of paper.::Clayton Stone: He took you anyway?::Buzz Lloyd: Yeah, I guess they made a mistake.::Clayton Stone: No, no, they don't make mistakes.::Buzz Lloyd: That's right, I forgot. They don't make mistakes do they? [the entire crew begins to laugh at the irony]

Jim Pruett: Okay Buzz you're right. To hell with waiting for a bunch of slide-rule jockeys. We used to fix the airplanes we flew with paperclips. Lets get into our hard suits and fix this bird.::Buzz Lloyd: [smiling] Okay Jimmy.

Charles Keith: Jim... how do you uh... how do you evaluate... the oxygen situation?::Jim Pruett: Um... Well, we have whatever oxygen's left in the spacecraft system. And, there are only, uh... two bottles of emergency oxygen on board, five minutes each, that's uh... ten man-minutes. Um... my backpack, and uh... Lloyd's and Stone's, but um... there's not much oxygen left in them.::Charles Keith: Well, you'll have to save your backpacks for the EVA transfer::Jim Pruett: Yeah I know that. [pause] 55 minutes, [longer pause] we'll be dead by then.::Charles Keith: Well, only if you... continue to use oxygen at the present rate...::Jim Pruett: Well, uh, we can't cut down.::Charles Keith: Let's... think about that...::Jim Pruett: Do, uh... do you want us to lower the partial pressure again?::Jim Pruett: No, we've examined that, it won't work...::Jim Pruett: Well we're lyin' here like corpses now... uh... what else can we do?::Charles Keith: You must... think...::[astronauts exchange glances, realizing the unspoken implication of Keith's statement]::Jim Pruett: Yeah, we're... thinkin'...::Charles Keith: Are we talking about the same thing?::Jim Pruett: Yeah.::Charles Keith: Why don't you... talk it over. If you could... work out something... it would be of great help...::Charles Keith: Yeah we'll talk it over.::Charles Keith: I must point out Jim, that any *effective* action must be taken immediately...::Jim Pruett: Look, don't tell me what to do! We've been takin' your god damned orders and where the hell are we? From now on WE'RE gonna make all the decisions! Whatever we do, you're OUT OF IT!::Charles Keith: Oh I uh... appreciate what you're saying Jim... and I agree with you... You're exactly right...