"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"

"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."

"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 I said that I planned the perfect bank robbery, I meant precisely that."

"Thank you, bank robber!"

"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."

"Detective first grade Keith Fraz-ahhh."

"Look out, bad guys! Here I come."

"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."

"Don't bullshit the bullshitter!"

"This ain't no bank robbery."

"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."

"Until I talk to them, they get nothing, not even a cup of coffee."

"We got to sit back and look at this thing from a distance. Things are not all they appear to be."

"Fact is, all lies, all evil deeds, they stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away."

"When I'm good and ready, I'm gonna walk right through the front door."

"I need to be assured that certain interests are protected."

"Or am I just whistling "Dixie" out of my ass?"

"Respect is the ultimate currency."

"Anyone else here smarter than me?"

"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.""

"My friends and I are making a very large withdrawal from this bank. Anybody gets in our way, gets a bullet in the brain."

"You have four seconds. Anyone still standing gets shot."