American Beauty (1999) Poster

Barry Del Sherman: Brad

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  • Brad Dupree : Management wants you gone by the end of the day.

    Lester Burnham : Well, just what sort of severance package is management prepared to offer me? Considering the information I have about our Editorial Director buying pussy with company money - which, I think, would interest the I.R.S., since it technically constitutes fraud; and I'm sure that some of our advertisers and rival publications might like to know about it as well. Not to mention

    [grins] 

    Lester Burnham : Craig's wife!

    Brad Dupree : [crosses his arms]  What do you want?

    Lester Burnham : One year's salary, with benefits.

    Brad Dupree : That's not going to happen.

    Lester Burnham : Well, what do you say I throw in a little sexual harassment charge, to boot?

    Brad Dupree : [chuckles in disbelief]  Against who?

    Lester Burnham : [he chuckles right back]  Against YOU. Can you prove that you didn't offer to save my job if I let you blow me?

    Brad Dupree : Man, you are one twisted fuck.

    Lester Burnham : Nope; I'm just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.

  • Brad Dupree : [reading Lester's job description]  "My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell." Well, you have absolutely no interest in saving yourself.

    Lester Burnham : Brad, for 14 years I've been a whore for the advertising industry. The only way I could save myself now is if I start firebombing.

  • Brad Dupree : Got a minute?

    Lester Burnham : [Phony, overly polite voice]  For you, Brad, I've got five!

  • Brad Dupree : ...so I'm sure you can understand the need to cut corners around here.

    Lester Burnham : Sure. Times are tight, and you need to free up cash. Gotta spend money to make money.

    Brad Dupree : Exactly.

    Lester Burnham : Like when our editorial director used the company MasterCard to pay for a hooker, and then she used the card number to stay at the St. Regis for, what was it, three months?

    Brad Dupree : That's unsubstantiated gossip.

    Lester Burnham : That's fifty thousand dollars. That's somebody's salary. Somebody who's probably gonna get fired because Craig has to pay women to fuck him!

    Brad Dupree : Jesus. Calm down. Nobody's getting fired yet. That's why we're having everyone write a job description, mapping out in detail how they contribute. That way, management can assess who's valuable and who's...

    Lester Burnham : Expendable.

    Brad Dupree : It's just business.

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