Inside Man (2006)

Clive Owen: Dalton Russell

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• Dalton Russell : I'm no martyr. I did it for the money. But it's not worth much if you can't face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency. I was stealing from a man who traded his away for a few dollars. And then he tried to wash away his guilt. Drown it in a lifetime of good deeds and a sea of respectability. It almost worked, too. But inevitably, the further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you. And they do. Certain. It will not fail.

• Dalton Russell : This time next week, I'll be sucking down piña coladas in a hot tub with six girls named Amber and Tiffany.

  Keith Frazier : More like taking a shower with two guys named Jamal and Jesus, if you know what I mean. And here's the bad news: that thing you're sucking on? It's not a piña colada!

• [first lines] 

  Dalton Russell : My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've 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.

• Keith Frazier : Oh, please, do not say proposals... my girlfriend... she wants a proposal from me.

  Dalton Russell : You think you're too young to get married?

  Keith Frazier : No, I'm not too young... too broke. Maybe I should rob a bank.

  Dalton Russell : Do you love each other?

  Keith Frazier : Yeah, yeah, we do.

  Dalton Russell : Then money shouldn't really matter.

  Keith Frazier : Thank you, bank robber!

• Dalton Russell : [after seeing the boy's violent video game]  Finish your slice. I'll take you back to your father. I have to talk to him about this game.

• [Inside the "war room" van, Detective Keith Frazier finally accepts a call from Dalton Russell] 

  Dalton Russell : I got a question for ya. You get it right, I give you more time.

  Keith Frazier : And?

  Dalton Russell : You know what happens if you don't. Which weighs more: all the trains that pass through Grand Central Station in a year - or the trees cut down to print all U.S. currency in circulation? Here's a hint. It's a trick question.

  [they both hang up] 

  Keith Frazier : What the hell was that? Playing games, now?

  Captain John Darius : [realizing]  It's the trains. U.S. money isn't printed on paper at all. It's cotton.

  Mobile Command Officer Berk : Yeah, that's, that's right.

  Captain John Darius : No trees were cut down.

  Mobile Command Officer Rourke : Are you sure?

  Captain John Darius : Yeah. One hundred percent.

  Keith Frazier : Okay.

  [He dials Dalton's number again. The phone rings. Dalton picks it up] 

  Keith Frazier : I got it.

  Det. Bill Mitchell : Wait a second, wait a second.

  Keith Frazier : Call you back.

  [Both Frazier and Dalton hang up their phones] 

  Det. Bill Mitchell : It's a trap. They both weigh the same. Tell him they both weigh the same. They both weigh nothing.

  Keith Frazier : They both weigh nothing or they both weigh the same?

  Det. Bill Mitchell : Tell him they both weigh the same. Tell him they both weigh the same. Do it now.

  Keith Frazier : They both weigh the same. Got it.

  [Dalton picks up the phone] 

  Dalton Russell : Well?

  Keith Frazier : They both weigh the same.

  Dalton Russell : [with evil nonchalance]  This time, send sandwiches.

• Dalton Russell : Unfortunately, the further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up with you... and they do.

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

• Keith Frazier : C'mon let's go down the street to the bar. I'll buy you a drink

  Dalton Russell : Thanks but I'm trying to stay away from bars right now if you know what I mean.

• Dalton Russell : You're too fucking smart to be a cop.

  [He points a gun at Frazier] 

  Dalton Russell : Now get the fuck out of here.

  Keith Frazier : What? You gonna shoot me? Go ahead, shit, you got nothing to lose, I damn sure got nothing to lose, so go ahead, shoot me. Shoot me.

  Dalton Russell : [pause]  Fuck you. Tell them to send someone sane over here.

• ['Stevie' is gathering keys and cell phones from hostages; she stops at one man who does not have a cell phone and waves Dalton over] 

  Dalton Russell : What's your name?

  Peter Hammond : [Nervously]  Peter.

  Dalton Russell : Peter what?

  Peter Hammond : Peter Hammond.

  Dalton Russell : Where's your cell phone, Peter Hammond?

  Peter Hammond : [Trembling]  I left it at home.

  Dalton Russell : [Putting his arm around Peter's shoulder]  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,"

  [presses gun muzzle into Peter's cheek] 

  Dalton Russell : "getting *shot* in the fucking head." Now, Peter Hammond, where's your cell phone?

  Peter Hammond : I telling you, I did, I left it at home.

  [Dalton goes through the other bank employees' cell phones until he finds Peter Hammond's number; he looks momentarily at Peter, then calls it] 

  Peter Hammond : [Peter's phone can be faintly heard from his office playing "Gold Digger"] 

• Dalton Russell : Now lady, believe me, this is the only situation that I would ever ask you to do this, so take off your fucking clothes.

• Dalton Russell : [after viciously beating Peter Hammond]  Is there anyone else here who is smarter than me?

• Dalton Russell : [observing the violence of Brian's GTA game]  Jesus, what's the point of this?

  Brian Robinson : Like my man 50 says, get rich or die tryin'. Yo, you get mad points for knocking over the bank.

  Dalton Russell : You think that's cool?

  Brian Robinson : Hell, yeah. You trying to get paid too.

• Dalton Russell : It's going to be okay.

  Brian Robinson : Cool.

  Dalton Russell : You'll be home soon.

  Brian Robinson : That's wassup.

• Keith Frazier : Let's just try to keep everybody calm, okay?

  Dalton Russell : Don't I sound calm to you?

  Keith Frazier : Yeah, you do.

• Dalton Russell : Anyway, does this sound anything like the interests you came in here to protect? Or am I just whistling Dixie out my ass?

• Dalton Russell : [after he has shot a hostage]  Buses, Kojak, or I'll give you two of the longest days of your life.

• Dalton Russell : [Sergeant Collins peeks in the bank, Dalton comes out with his revolver and speaks in an accent]  You come near here I start throwing bodies out the front door. I not fucking joking, man.

• Dalton Russell : [Fires pistol]  Everybody get down on the fucking floor now!