Escape from L.A. (1996)
Kurt Russell: Snake Plissken
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Quotes
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Snake Plissken : Got a smoke?
Malloy : The United States is a no-smoking nation. No smoking, no drinking, no drugs. No women - unless of course you're married. No guns, no foul language... no red meat.
Snake Plissken : [sarcastic] Land of the free.
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Snake Plissken : Sad story. You got a smoke?
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[after the President orders Snake executed]
Malloy : On my command... FIRE!
[the soldiers open fire, without effect. Malloy grabs a rifle, walks up to Snake, and swings the butt through his body]
Brazen : He's not even *here*! He's a hologram!
Snake Plissken : Catches on quick, doesn't she?
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Snake Plissken : By the way, who gives me the antidote?
Malloy : A medical team will be standing by.
Snake Plissken : Neither one of you?
Malloy : No.
Snake Plissken : Good!
[Snake opens fire on Malloy and Brazen with his assault rifle, but to no effect. Malloy and Brazen do not flinch or even blink]
Malloy : Ha! We thought you might try that, hotshot. That's why the first clip is loaded with blanks. Bye bye, Snake. Good luck!
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[facing four gunmen at once]
Snake Plissken : I'm gonna give you assholes a chance. What do you say we play a little Bangkok Rules?
[picks up a tin can. The four gunmen back up and get ready]
Snake Plissken : Nobody draws until this hits the ground.
[throws the can high into the air, then pulls his revolvers and kills all four gunmen before the can lands. Can hits the ground]
Snake Plissken : Draw.
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President : What's it going to be, Plissken? Them or us?
Snake Plissken : I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win, you lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Malloy : For God sakes, don't do it, Snake!
Snake Plissken : The name's Plissken.
[pushes the button]
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[last lines]
[after having shut down all machinery in the world]
Snake Plissken : Welcome to the human race.
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Snake Plissken : [bored tone of voice] Who are you?
President : I'm your President.
Snake Plissken : [unimpressed] Understand you got some domestic problems...
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President : All right, I've heard enough. Would you explain to this foot soldier why he's going to do what we tell him to do.
Snake Plissken : What's he talking about?
Malloy : The Plutoxin Seven virus.
Brazen : Genetically engineered. 100% pure death.
Malloy : It starts with a slight headache, then turns into a fever that gets worse. After a short time, you crash. You bleed out like a stuck pig. Not a pretty sight.
Snake Plissken : I get it. You figure that you inject that shit into me, and under the threat of death, I'll do whatever you say... just like in New York.
Malloy : You got it... Snake!
Snake Plissken : One question: which one of you assholes gets to die trying to stick me?
Malloy : You don't understand. It's already in you.
[Snake looks down at his hand, where it was scratched earlier]
Brazen : Catches on quick, doesn't he?
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Snake Plissken : Your rules are really beginning to annoy me.
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President : If you go to Los Angeles, and come back with that black box and put it in my hand, you'll be given a full pardon for every moral crime you've committed in the United States.
Snake Plissken : Sounds familiar.
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Snake Plissken : You'd better hope I don't make it back!
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Duty Sergeant : What would you say to all of us who believed in you, who looked up to you, who thought you stood for right over wrong, good over evil? Be my guest. What do you have to say, Plissken?
Snake Plissken : Call me Snake.
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Snake Plissken : Fuck you, I'm going to Hollywood...
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Snake Plissken : [Snake finds a dead thug wearing his stolen jacket] I'll take my coat back now, asshole.
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President : [final scene, talking to Plissken's hologram] What's it going to be, Plissken? Them or us?
Snake Plissken : I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win, you lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
President : So what are you going to do?
Snake Plissken : Disappear.
Brazen : [Plissken types 6-6-6 into the satellite control] He's entered the world code. No target code. Sir, that will shut down the entire planet.
Snake Plissken : I told you you'd better hope I didn't make it back.
Malloy : You push that button, 500 years' worth of work will be finished. Our technology, our way of life, our entire history. We'll have to start all over again. For God's sakes, don't do it, Snake!
Snake Plissken : The name's Plissken.
Utopia : [Plissken activates the satellites, shutting down all power, which saves Utopia from being executed in the electric chair] He did it! He shut down the Earth!
Snake Plissken : [Lights a cigarette and blows out the match used to light it] Welcome to the human race.
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Malloy : This is your last chance, hotshot.
Snake Plissken : For what?
Malloy : Freedom.
Snake Plissken : In America? That died a long time ago.
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Hershe Las Palmas : What's in it for me?
Snake Plissken : I know that voice. You're Carjack Malone.
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Snake Plissken : [to the President] I can see you're real concerned about your daughter.
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[Snake is racing in a submarine]
Malloy : Slow it down, Plissken! You're overloading the power plant!
Snake Plissken : You slow down, dickhead! I'm the one who's dying!
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Snake Plissken : You know where I can find Cuervo Jones?
Skinhead : What do I look like, a fuckin' tour guide?
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Taslima : I read your future.
Snake Plissken : The future is right now.
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Snake Plissken : Why are you here?
Taslima : I was a Muslim in South Dakota. All the sudden, they made it a crime.
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Snake Plissken : Why do you stay? You can go south, to Mexico.
Taslima : Nah, LA is still the place, Snake. If you think about what's happened on the other side of the wall. Pfft, that's the prison. This is - the only free zone left. Anywhere.
Snake Plissken : Hmm. Dark paradise.
Taslima : At least we get something out of the deal. A girl can still wear a fur coat - if she wants to, for example. No-no-no, once you figure out this place, its - really not so bad.
[Taslima gets shot]
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Taslima : What are you doing here in LA?
Snake Plissken : Dying.
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Snake Plissken : Get this crap outta me.
President : I guess we gotta deal.
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Taslima : Don't make noise. If you wanna make noise, go and find another bush!
Snake Plissken : You're the one makin' all the noise.
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Taslima : I used to hear about you all the time. That they could never catch you, no matter what they did. Very cool, Snake.
Snake Plissken : Sooner or later they get everybody.
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Snake Plissken : The more things change, the more things stay the same. Huh, Carjack? I'm glad to see you're still packin' my gun between your legs.
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Hershe Las Palmas : Oh, I would't do that Snake. You see, we all have an agreement. Anything happens to me and you're dead.
Snake Plissken : I'm already dead.
[coughs]
Hershe Las Palmas : I see your point.
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Snake Plissken : Do you want to stay here while Cuervo Jones rules the world?
Hershe Las Palmas : Hell no. That sucks! So, how are we gonna get out?
Snake Plissken : I'll tell you that when we get there.
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Snake Plissken : This is bigger than Cleveland.
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Snake Plissken : You want this thing? Come and get it.
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President : I hope it was worth it. For now you are going to die.
Snake Plissken : Everybody does.
President : Kill him.
