88 quotes found
"My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I told you my name, that's the who. The where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison. The what is easy. Recently, I planned and set in motion events to execute the perfect bank robbery. That's also the when. As for the why, beyond the obvious financial motivation, it's exceedingly simple: Because I can. Which leaves us only with the how. And therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub."
"When I said that I planned the perfect bank robbery, I meant precisely that."
"You have four seconds. Anyone still standing gets shot."
"My friends and I are making a very large withdrawal from this bank. Anybody gets in our way, gets a bullet in the brain."
"Peter, think very carefully about how you answer the next question, because if you get it wrong, your headstone will read: "Here lies Peter Hammond, hero who valiantly attempted to prevent a brilliant bank robbery by trying to hide his cellular phone, but wound up getting shot in the fucking head.""
"Anyone else here smarter than me?"
"Respect is the ultimate currency."
"Or am I just whistling "Dixie" out of my ass?"
"When I'm good and ready, I'm gonna walk right through the front door."
"Fact is, all lies, all evil deeds, they stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away."
"We got to sit back and look at this thing from a distance. Things are not all they appear to be."
"Until I talk to them, they get nothing, not even a cup of coffee."
"You planned every inch of this thing right from the start and you've got everybody marching to your beat, including me, and I'm through buying it."
"This ain't no bank robbery."
"Don't bullshit the bullshitter!"
"Look out, bad guys! Here I come."
"Detective first grade Keith Fraz-ahhh."
"Sorry to interrupt you, Mister Mayor, but there's an old American saying: When there's blood on the streets, somebody's gotta go to jail."
"Thank you, bank robber!"
"I need to be assured that certain interests are protected."
"I can change your entire program, so the sooner that you stop being my problem, and start being my solution, the better off you'll be."
"When there's blood in the streets it's time to buy. (attributed to Baron Rothschild)"
"Young Boy: Like my man Fiddy says, get rich or die trying."
"Veronica Keepsake: You're saying I violated section 34/Double-D?"
"Vikram Walia: Protect and serve my ass, where's my fucking turban?"
"Captain Darius: Get these guys some vests."
"All right, freeze! Nobody move!"
"[to the hostages] Alright, it's the FBI, so nobody give your real name."
"[to Salvatore "Sal" Naturile] That's all they're interested in - it's a freak show to them. I can't control it, Sal - let 'em say what they want. Forget it. It don't matter."
"You know I can call anybody, they'd put it on the phone? The Pope, an astronaut, the wisest of the wise... Who do I have to call?"
"[to his mother] I'm a fuck-up and I'm an outcast! If you get near me you're gonna get it- you're gonna get fucked over and fucked out!"
"[to Detective Sergeant Eugene Moretti] Bank robbing is a federal offense. You got me on kidnapping, armed robbery. You're gonna bury me, man!"
"Maria's Boyfriend: He's got my girl in there! Maria!"
"Leon: He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me."
"Pizza Boy: I'm a fucking star!"
"The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. 4 hours later, the bank was like a circus sideshow. 8 hours later, it was the hottest thing on live T.V. 12 hours later, it was history. And it's all true."
"In August, 1972, Sonny Wortzik robbed a bank. 250 cops, the F.B.I., 8 hostages and 2,000 onlookers will never forget what took place."
"Nobody could dream him up. His incredible bank robbery is all the more bizarre... because it's true."
"The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. Eight hours later, it was the hottest thing on live TV. And it's all true."
"The Most Bizarre Bank Siege Ever"
"Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22, 1972, everything did."
"Al Pacino - Sonny Wortzik"
"John Cazale - Salvatore "Sal" Naturile"
"Charles Durning - Detective Sergeant Eugene Moretti"
"James Broderick - Agent Sheldon"
"Lance Henriksen - Agent Murphy"
"Chris Sarandon - Leon Shermer"
"Penelope Allen - Sylvia "Mouth""
"Sully Boyar - Mulvaney"
"Susan Peretz - Angela "Angie" Wortzik"
"Carol Kane - Jenny "The Squirrel""
"Beulah Garrick - Margaret"
"Sandra Kazan - Deborah"
"Estelle Omens - Edna"
"Marcia Jean Kurtz - Miriam"
"Amy Levitt - Maria"
"Gary Springer - Stevie"
"John Marriott - Howard Calvin"
"Philip Charles MacKenzie - Doctor"
"Carmine Foresta - Carmine"
"Floyd Levine - Phone cop"
"Dick Anthony Williams - Limo driver"
"Dominic Chianese - Sonny's father"
"Marcia Haufrecht - Neighbor"
"Judith Malina - Sonny's mother"
"William Bogert - TV anchorman"
"Ron Cummins - TV reporter"
"Jay Gerber - Sam"
"Edwin "Chu Chu" Malave - Maria's boyfriend"
"Lionel Pina - Pizza boy"
"You kill him, you kill yourself, you motherfucker! GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!!"
"[on live TV] The whole world now knows... my son, Sean Mullen, was kidnapped, for ransom, three days ago. This is a recent photograph of him. Sean, if you're watching, we love you. And this... well, this is what waits for the man that took him. This is your ransom. Two million dollars in unmarked bills, just like you wanted. But this is as close as you'll ever get to it. You'll never see one dollar of this money, because no ransom will ever be paid for my son. Not one dime, not one penny. Instead, I'm offering this money as a reward on your head. Dead or alive, it doesn't matter. So congratulations, you've just become a two million dollar lottery ticket... except the odds are much, much better. Do you know anyone that wouldn't turn you in for two million dollars? I don't think you do. I doubt it. So wherever you go and whatever you do, this money will be tracking you down for all time. And to ensure that it does, to keep interest alive, I'm running a full-page ad in every major newspaper every Sunday... for as long as it takes. But... and this is your last chance... you return my son, alive, uninjured, I'll withdraw the bounty. With any luck you can simply disappear. Understand... you will never see this money. Not one dollar. So you still have a chance to do the right thing. If you don't, well, then, God be with you, because nobody else on this Earth will be."
"[to Cubby who's been shot] What is it? Come on, what is it? A name. I swear if you tell me, I'll make sure you get the best funeral there is."
"[on the phone with Tom] You think you're suffering right now? Huh? You got no idea what suffering is."
"[to Tom] We do what you say, and we go to the bank. Anything goes wrong, you're gonna turn around and I'll be gone. Okay. And if that happens, from this day on, any time your kid leaves this house to go to school, go play, see a friend, to buy a fuckin' comic book, you're gonna have to ask yourself: Is today... Jimmy Shaker day?"
"I got to him once. I'll get him again. And when I do... I'm not gonna want money... anymore."
"Mel Gibson - Tom Mullen"
"Rene Russo - Kate Mullen"
"Brawley Nolte - Sean Mullen"
"Gary Sinise - Det. James "Jimmy" Shaker"
"Delroy Lindo - Special Agent Lonnie Hawkins"
"Lili Taylor - Maris Conner"
"Liev Schreiber - Clark Barnes"
"Donnie Wahlberg - Cubby Barnes"
"Evan Handler - Miles Roberts"
"Paul Guilfoyle - FBI Director Stan Wallace"
"José Zúñiga - David Torres"
"Dan Hedaya - Jackie Brown"