Inside Man Page #5

Synopsis: From a cell, a man tells us he has planned the perfect bank robbery; he invites us to watch. An efficient gang enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors, and takes hostages. They work deliberately, without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but half his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. The bank's president has something to protect in a safe deposit box, so he brings in Madeleine White, a high-power broker with a hidden agenda. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop, and the plutocrat's fixer enter high-stakes negotiations. Why are the robbers asking for a plane, if they are so competent and they know they won't get one? Why aren't they in more of a hurry? If the job's perfect, why is the thieves' leader in a cell?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Spike Lee
Production: Universal Pictures
  6 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
2006
129 min
$88,439,515
Website
5,861 Views


They can move around

and I don't have 50 transmitters.

- What's this?

- It's a digital recorder.

You click it, and it'll record for half an hour.

- James Bond sh*t.

- Well, you can get them on Amazon.

- You gonna ask for a hostage?

- He already gave us one, didn't he?

I ask for another one,

he says no, then what?

No, he knows what he's doing.

He gave us a hostage.

We'll give him some food.

I don't want to get caught bluffing this guy.

F*** this sh*t. Look, they want to shoot me

for taking off my mask, they can go ahead.

Do you wanna get us all killed?

You wanna relax?

What the hell is the difference?

They're out there robbing the bank!

- Can't you see they f***ed him up?

- Shut up.

You think they dressed us like this for fun,

puneta?

- I have no idea

- Please shut up.

...why they made us put on all of this crap.

Probably so when the cops break in

and try to rescue us

- we all get f***ing shot.

- Oh, my God!

It's a great plan, but, no, thanks.

I told you to shut up! Leave him!

No! Don't do this to me! Please, don't.

I'll do as you say! No! Help! Help!

Please, don't! Don't!

One guy did most of the talking.

He told everyone else what to do.

- So they were talking amongst themselves?

- We couldn't hear them.

They had us in these rooms.

The doors were locked all the time.

We didn't know what they were doing.

- Did you hear anything they said?

- I have problems with my hearing.

- I see.

- I wear hearing aids.

- Where are they?

- They're in my ears.

- Let's see.

- Let me see them.

- Yeah, let's take a look at them.

- Yeah, it's a hearing aid.

That's your other one, there?

What's the red part, there?

What does that do?

They're different colours.

You need two different...

And to distinguish right from left, also.

- Distinguish right from left?

- Yeah.

Right from wrong.

I don't understand.

- Steve?

- I'm sorry?

- I didn't say anything.

- Oh.

Steve. Is that your name? Steve?

Stevie? Steve-O?

- How much are they gonna pay you?

- I'm sorry?

- You heard me.

- No, I didn't.

- How much are they going to pay you?

- Who's gonna pay me?

- Were you involved in this robbery?

- Absolutely not.

Were you involved in this situation?

- What situation?

- Don't lie. Don't lie.

If he gives us a tip, I'm keeping it.

- Put that gun down!

- Check that weapon!

All right, everybody, relax.

Calm down. Calm down.

Calm the f*** down!

How you doing?

I'm Detective Keith Frazier,

Hostage Negotiation Team.

How's it going?

Okay. I hope the pizzas are okay.

They might be a little cold.

Listen, you pick up the phone

anytime you want.

It's a direct line to me.

I would love to talk to you.

Nice talking to you.

Sh*t. F***ing Russians.

Call Operations. See if they can get

a Russian translator over here ASAP.

And get some f***ing body bags.

I hope you know what you're doing.

Because if my guys got to shoot it out

with those f***ing savages...

Okay, okay, okay. Mitch?

Check with either one of the hostages.

Find out if they heard any Russian

or Russian accents when they were in there.

We'll be all right.

No!

Down on the floor!

Come on, sweetheart. Let's go. Let's go.

Stop crying! Shut the f*** up!

Get in there! Sit down! Put your masks on!

Come on, let's go. Come on, b*obs.

- "B*obs"? Who the f*** you talking to?

- Let's go. You heard me! Shut the f*** up!

- Why?

- Move that fat ass! Let's go! Come on!

"Fat ass"? Are you kidding me?

If you don't shut the f*** up,

I'm gonna put my foot up your fat ass!

Put your masks on!

Put your hands on the ground!

Okay, okay.

On the floor. Hands are on the floor.

Masks on!

Put your hands on the ground!

Come on, b*obs, let's go.

Oh, sh*t. Sit down! Sit down!

She was on line in front of me.

He was the teller on my line.

This guy was to my right

and his kid was in front of him.

He was playing with a video game.

I remember her.

- Why do you remember her?

- Great tits.

- You remember seeing any of them after?

- Yeah, I saw her one time afterwards.

- How are you sure you saw her again?

- I could see under the suit.

Can't hide quality like that.

This guy, he almost got us all killed.

How?

They put eight or nine of us

in an office for a while.

This guy took off his mask

and was talking like he wasn't afraid.

"I don't have to wear this damn mask,"

you know?

So, they come in, pull him out of the room

and smack him around a little.

- You see him again after that?

- No.

- Was he okay?

- Seemed fine.

You...

- You recognise anyone else from that room?

- I can't be sure about the others.

No one?

- Why don't you keep looking?

- You know, I was terrified.

What about before it began?

You didn't look around

while you were waiting in line?

I was talking to my girlfriend on the phone.

You wanna take another picture?

I could bend over and pick up a pencil.

Whatever.

This guy.

A**hole.

What the f***? This ain't Russian.

No? What the hell is it?

It's not Polish. Not Hungarian.

Bulgarian, maybe.

It's Central European. Sort of.

That's it?

I mean, you're the language expert.

What? No.

- What do you think?

- Well, okay.

Well, this is New York City.

Somebody on the street

must know what it is.

Probably the hot-dog man.

Berk, play that over the speaker for me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me!

Does anybody know

what language they're speaking? Anybody?

Yo, my man.

Hey, Phil, let that guy through. Come on.

- You know what language they're speaking?

- Yeah, they're speaking Albanian.

- Albanian?

- Albanian. From Albania.

What am I doing here?

Yo, am I getting arrested for something?

No, you're not getting arrested.

Come on. Come on.

Whoa.

- Okay. What are they saying?

- I have no idea what they're saying.

You got no idea?

I thought you said you spoke Albanian.

No. I never said I speak Albanian.

You said you spoke Albanian.

I never said I speak Albanian.

Well, how do you know it's Albanian?

My ex-wife and her parents are Albanian.

Her parents couldn't speak English for sh*t.

I have no idea what they're saying,

but I'll tell you right now

that the language is 100%% Albanian.

-100%%?

-100%%.

Call the Albanian Consulate.

See if they can get somebody over here

to translate this for us. Make it happen fast.

Okay, you hang out

in the back for me, okay?

Oh, man, not again.

Van was stolen two days ago, but it's clean.

No prints.

- Nothing?

- Nothing.

Albanian?

My man, like I told you, 100%% Albanian.

Undeniable.

- Hey.

- Thanks.

Yo, yo, yo.

There go that motherf***er right there.

Hey, yo, you thought you was gonna

get away with that sh*t, didn't you?

How does this game work?

You get points for doing dirt,

like jacking a car or selling crack.

And you lose points

if someone jacks your ride or shoots you.

Come on, baby.

Take that! Take this! What? What? What?

Talk sh*t now! I don't hear you!

Eat this! Eat that! Eat this! Eat that!

You're gone, baby! You're dead! Bye-bye!

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Russell Gewirtz

Russell Gewirtz (born 1967 in Great Neck, New York) is an American screenwriter, best known for writing the screenplay for Spike Lee's Inside Man. more…

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