Escape from New York (1981)

Harry Dean Stanton: Harold 'Brain' Hellman

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Quotes 

• The Duke : [Snake's been captured after getting shot in the leg with an arrow]  Who are you?

  [Snake says nothing, staring defiantly; the Duke grabs the arrow in Snake's leg and twists it] 

  The Duke : I said, WHO ARE YOU?

  [Snake... in obvious agony, still says nothing] 

  Brain : Snake Plissken, Duke... the Man sent him in. Somethin's goin' down, we need him...

  The Duke : [releases the arrow]  Snake Plissken... I've heard of you.

  [strikes Snake with a tire iron, knocking him unconscious] 

  The Duke : I heard you were dead!

• Brain : I swear to God, Snake, I thought you were dead.

  Snake Plissken : Yeah. You and everybody else.

• Cabbie : Brain? Brain, I brought somebody to see you.

  Snake Plissken : [recognizes Brain]  Harold Helman...

  Brain : Snake?

  Maggie : [curious]  Harold?

  Snake Plissken : How you been, Harold? It's been a long time.

  Maggie : You never told me you knew Snake Plissken, Brain.

  Cabbie : Isn't that great? Hey, Brain, I could use some gas if you could spare some.

  Snake Plissken : I'm glad you remember me. Yeah, a man should remember his past. Kansas City, four years ago, you ran out on me... You left me sittin' there.

  Brain : You were late.

  Snake Plissken : [bitterly]  We were buddies, Harold. You, me, and Fresno Bob. You know what they did to Bob, huh?

• Snake Plissken : [after threatening Brain with his machine gun]  You always were smart, Harold.

  Brain : Just one thing, right now... don't call me Harold!

• Brain : They're savages, Mr. President.

• [Brain and Maggie knock on a door which is answered by Romero, the Duke of New York's right-hand man. Romero is now wearing Cabbie's cap on his head] 

  Brain : Hey, Romero. Where'd you get that cap?

  Romero : I got it from Cabbie.

  Brain : How?

  Romero : I traded it.

  Brain : Traded it? For what?

  Romero : A cassette. Something I found in the President's briefcase. Cabbie saw it and wanted it for his collection. So, I told him he had to give me something to get it.

  Brain : Oh... a cassette?

  Romero : Why are you so nervous?

  Brain : Me and Maggie, we've come to see the President.

  Romero : Who says?

  Brain : The Duke.

  Romero : No, he doesn't.

  Brain : All right. I'll go tell him you said that.

  Romero : Wait a minute. Why?

  Brain : The President has something hidden in his clothes and the Duke wants it.

  Romero : What is it?

  Brain : Let me in and I'll show you.

  Romero : You'll tell me!

  Brain : Cyanide capsules. The Duke don't want a dead President.

• Snake Plissken : You wanna see him sprayed all over that map, baby? Where's the President?

  Brain : I swear to God, Snake, I don't know!

  Snake Plissken : Don't fuck with me!

  Brain : Why do you wanna know?

  Snake Plissken : I want him.

  Brain : Working for the man now, huh?

  Snake Plissken : I'll just beat it out of your squeeze.

  Brain : Mm-hmm. Maggie doesn't know exactly where he is and unless you know exactly, precisely where he is, you'll never find him.

• Brain : Goddamn redskins! They're savages, Mr President.