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Cappie: If you screw up, you'll never know it.
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Rat: I hope there's a good movie on this flight.
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David Grant: If you don't believe me, what are you doing up here?
Lt. Colonel Austin Travis: Well... who the hell else is gonna do it? You?
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[Grant, wearing a tuxedo, is introduced to the commando unit]
Rat: Who's this? 007?
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David Grant: Colonel, grab my hand!
[Travis reaches his hand but falls back down]
David Grant: Colonel, we're not gonna make it!
Lt. Colonel Austin Travis: *You* are!
[Travis shuts himself in and is sucked out of the plane to his death]
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Nagi Hassan: That was a very brave thing to do. And totally unnecessary.
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[one of the Navy planes tilts so its missiles are visible]
747 Captain: Jesus Christ. What the hell are they doing?
747 First Officer: They're getting ready to light us up.
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David Grant: Can you hook up a probe so that I can see into the main cabin on this monitor?
Baker: No, we can't transmit between the probe and the monitor.
David Grant: Would a video camera work?
Baker: Yeah.
David Grant: You got one?
Baker: No.
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Nagi Hassan: I can see we're both men who truly understand the importance of making dramatic statements to the world.
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Cappie: I think we're looking up the ass-end of a dead dog, but it's worth a try.
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David Grant: It's over.
Nagi Hassan: Over? It's not over.
[Grant holds up the detonator]
David Grant: It's over.
Nagi Hassan: Who are you?
David Grant: No one.
Nagi Hassan: You're very clever, but you're too late. You've solved nothing.
[fires his gun into the cockpit]
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[after the Navy pilots have gotten their Morse Code message]
David Grant: Jesus, they got it!
Baker: [astounded] They got it?
David Grant: They got it!
Baker: I take back every rust-pickin', squid-hatin' thing I've ever said about swabbies!
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[Rat is attempting to take command of the mission]
David Grant: Look, I'm not telling you how to do your job, but if that DZ5 is on board, there's gonna be a bomb attached to it, and you goddamn well better find it!
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[on the ground, after Cahill helped defuse the bomb]
David Grant: Cahill, I don't know how you did it, but you did it.
Cahill: [shakes his head] No... you did it.
[hands him the straw from his mouth]
David Grant: What's this?
Cahill: That's a memento for ya. Listen, I'll tell you all about it another time, but right now, I need a drink. A *big* drink.
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[after ploughing through lots of light aircraft and runway lights and overshooting the runway on landing the 747]
David Grant: These things almost land themselves, don't they?
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Cahill: The Pentagon is gonna shoot us down.
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Allison: [getting into the plane elevator to the lower deck] I'm going to the Pit. See you in DC!
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Nagi Hassan: Allah has chosen us for a task far greater than Jaffa's freedom. We are the true soldiers of Islam. Our destiny is to deliver the vengeance of Allah into the belly of the infidel.
Ahmed: This has nothing to do with Islam. This is not Allah's will. You're blinded by hatred.
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[as Jean shows a seat number to the hidden camera]
David Grant, Baker: 2, 1, K... 21K!
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Rat: Didn't have details on the op, Colonel. So we brought everything, even the condoms.
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Isai 2022-03-16 09:01:04
Re-watching this popular movie in the disc era, the rhythm is tight and smooth, the structure of the story and the perfection of various details prove that it is a successful commercial film. B747-200, E-2B, F-14A (VF-84) and USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 are all real shots. Conscience special effects in 1996 should have its place on the list of aviation-themed movies.
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Virgil 2022-04-21 09:02:35
Stephen Seager actually died at the beginning of the movie, why? Have a falling out with the director? ?
