Lock Up (1989)
John Amos: Meissner
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Quotes
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Captain Meissner : Convict... two things. One - I am Meissner. Two - Never fuck with Meissner. Inside.
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Captain Meissner : You'll be issued one bar of soap, two rolls of toilet paper for a month! Somebody steals... *turn* your ass around! Somebody steals them or you lose them, you *will* be wiping your ass with your shirt! You have one uniform! Your number is five one zero! *Remember* it! This is C wing! You will eat, shower, and take yard time with your wing! There's six counts a day! You miss one, you're in the hole! Miss two, and I'll personally put you in the house of pain!
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Warden Drumgoole : [Leone has faked an escape from Gateway. While Meissner and Braden lead a fruitless search outside the prison walls, Drumgoole double-checks the security cameras from his darkened office. Suddenly, Frank emerges from the shadows and takes the warden at knifepoint] ... You won't get away with this. You know that, don't you?
Frank Leone : I could've gotten out... But I'm not gonna spend my life running from you.
[He marches Drumgoole from the warden's office to Gateway's execution chamber]
Frank Leone : Get your ass inside... Bolt that door, bolt it!
Warden Drumgoole : You can't use me as a hostage...
Frank Leone : Shut up! You recognize that chair? You built it, didn't you? Now get in it. Sit there! Don't even think about moving.
[He goes about buckling and strapping Drumgoole into the electric chair]
Frank Leone : You said you'd give me a guided tour of hell; now I'll *show* you Hell! All right, move your leg...! You double-crossed Dallas and then fried him; now *you're* gonna fry...! You had First-Base murdered, broke his goddamn neck...!
[Having been alerted to what's happening, Meissner and Braden lead a squad of armed guards toward the execution chamber]
Warden Drumgoole : You can't make this work. You're not smart enough. You're just a stupid piece of scum.
Frank Leone : Shut up! We'll see who's scum.
Warden Drumgoole : You're no murderer. You don't have the guts to kill another man, not even to save your own life.
Frank Leone : Wanna bet...?
[He turns on the generator and starts running it up to full power]
Frank Leone : Ten more years, isn't that what you said...? How about *twenty*? Or maybe *forty*...? No, it doesn't matter what they give me; because you won't be satisfied... until you've got me for *life!*
[Outside the execution chamber, Braden moves up with a battering ram while Meissner looks on]
Captain Meissner : Make a hole. Take it down...!
Frank Leone : Well, I ain't serving life for nothing!
Captain Meissner : ...Lean on it, man!
Warden Drumgoole : ...They're gonna break that door down, Frank. And when they come in here, they're gonna take you're fucking skull apart! You're gonna beg me to let them kill you!
Captain Meissner : ...Come on, break it down!
[Leone tapes his wrist to the master switch, the one that will electrocute Drumgoole]
Captain Meissner : Harder, man. Harder! Lean on it!
[the door is broken down; Meissner and his men sweep into the execution chamber]
Warden Drumgoole : No!
Captain Meissner : Take out the glass!
Warden Drumgoole : No, don't shoot! He's taped himself to the lever. Don't shoot, or you'll...!
Captain Meissner : Hold your fire. Relax - HOLD YOUR FIRE! Just relax.
Frank Leone : I'm glad you're here, Meissner. This wouldn't be official without witnesses.
Warden Drumgoole : He's bluffing. He wants me to take responsibility for his escape attempt, just like before.
Frank Leone : Tell them how you set me up, how you set everything up!
Warden Drumgoole : I don't know what you're talking about.
Frank Leone : I'm talking about Chink Weber killing First-Base. I'm talking about that guard you sent to rape Melissa. I'm talking about that deal you cut with Dallas and then broke!
Warden Drumgoole : Prove it! That's your problem, Frank. You can't prove *jack shit!*
Frank Leone : I don't *need* to prove jack shit. I'm not here for a trial; I'm here for an execution.
Warden Drumgoole : I demand to be released from here...!
[Leone prepares to pull the lever]
Warden Drumgoole : ... No!
Captain Meissner : Don't do it, Leone. Don't do it. Take it easy.
Frank Leone : This is the way things ought to be, remember? You stood right over there, in this same room, and told me so yourself! Care to eat those words now...?
[He gets ready to throw the master-switch]
Warden Drumgoole : Frank! Please, Frank. Don't kill me. It's true.
[speaking up]
Warden Drumgoole : I confess, Mr. Meissner. Everything that he said is true. I set him up; I had those two prisoners murdered; I sent one of your men to rape that girl... Don't kill me, please. Don't...
Frank Leone : It's time to take what you dished out.
[He pulls the lever; Drumgoole reacts accordingly, but doesn't die. Then Leone opens the fuse-box, letting Meissner see that one of the fuses missing. Frank produces the missing fuse from his pocket and passes it to Meissner]
Frank Leone : ... Works better with this.
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Warden Drumgoole : [after Leone has gotten Drumgoole to confess, and then revealed that the electric chair's fuse had been removed beforehand] ... Take him to the Hole, Mister Meissner.
[Meissner doesn't move]
Warden Drumgoole : And *somebody get me out of this chair*... Thank you. Mister Meissner, *I said take him to the Hole*.
Captain Meissner : Can't do that. Take the warden into custody.
[Braden cuffs up Drumgoole]
Warden Drumgoole : ...Stop that! I am warden of this institution, and you will obey my - Stop it! - That was just a stupid confession I made to try and save my own life. ARE YOU INSANE, MEISSNER?
Captain Meissner : No, but *you* are. And until this matter is resolved by a judicial inquiry, you *will* remain in our custody.
Warden Drumgoole : I'll have your ass for this. *I'll have your sorry black ass*.
Captain Meissner : You're welcome to it. Now *I'm* gonna tell *you* something. If so much as *half* of what he
[indicates Leone]
Captain Meissner : just told us turns out to be the truth, I'll see you back in this chair... I'll *personally* throw the switch... and next time, IT *WILL* WORK.
[to Braden]
Captain Meissner : Move him.
Frank Leone : ...I just wanted to do my time, Captain.
Captain Meissner : You'll get the chance. Move him.
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Frank Leone : [after arriving at Gateway] You've got the wrong man! You made a mistake!
Warden Drumgoole : There's no mistake... Welcome to Gateway, Leone.
Frank Leone : Drumgoole?
Captain Meissner : That's Warden Drumgoole, convict!
Warden Drumgoole : Captain?
Captain Meissner : Move him!
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Captain Meissner : Every hour, when the light comes on, you'll stand, face the camera and state your name and number
[BZZZZZ]
Captain Meissner : Name and number!
Frank Leone : [Leone faces wall] Leone. Five ten.
Captain Meissner : Face the camera!... Name and number!
Frank Leone : [Leone turns] Leone. Five ten.
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Braden : [Braden finds Manly and a two other guards torturing Leone in his cell] That's enough! Who ordered this?
Manly : The warden. What's it to you?
Braden : Does the warden hate this guy enough to kill him? 'Cause that ain't my job.
Manly : Check out *Mr. Sensitive* here; he thinks we're treating Leone too rough. So who are you, one of the cops or one of the cons?
Braden : You want me? Come on!
[as Manly savagely turns on Braden, Meissner walks in on them]
Captain Meissner : Break it up...! Damn you, I said break it up! BREAK IT THE HELL UP...!
[He forcefully parts Braden and Manly]
Captain Meissner : Your stick, Mister Braden.
Manly : [to Meissner] Warden's orders.
[to Braden]
Manly : You're lucky he showed up, Pussy.
[Braden lunges at him but is stopped by Meissner]
Captain Meissner : Then let me *hear* it from the warden. And *you* get out of my sight, before I shine my boots with your face... you fat piece of shit!
Manly : [insulted] What did you call me? Just try that, you sorry limp-dicked nigger...!
[Meissner sends Braden's nightstick crashing into Manly's solar plexus; Manly sags to his knees, gasping and choking]
Captain Meissner : Get him out of my sight. Now.
[Braden and the other guards pull Manly to his feet and haul him away]
Captain Meissner : And don't ever call me "sorry" again!
[Turns back to Leone]
Captain Meissner : You -- Time's up. Let's go.