Firefox (1982)
Clint Eastwood: Mitchell Gant
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Quotes
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Maj. Gant : [to Upenskoy] Don't you Jews ever get tired of fighting City Hall?
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Maj. Gant : Aren't you gonna threaten me or something?
First Secretary : I will do so, if that is what you wish. But first I will merely ask you to return what does not belong to you.
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First Secretary : This is the First Secretary. I am speaking to the individual who has stolen the property of the U.S.S.R. Can your hear me, Mr. Gant?
Maj. Gant : [in the MiG-31] Oh, we're getting the royal treatment.
[activates radio]
Maj. Gant : Yeah, go ahead, I'm listening.
First Secretary : Are you enjoying your ride, Mr. Gant? Like our new toy?
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Riga Technician : Target does not appear to be taking avoiding action, Captain!
Captain of the Riga : He will!
Maj. Gant : [in the MiG-31] I can't take evasive action, I'm too low on fuel. I'm going in. Let's see what this baby can do.
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Dr. Baronovich : Do you smoke?
Maj. Gant : No, not for years.
Dr. Baronovich : [throws a pack of cigarettes onto the table] Learn again, now.
Maj. Gant : [picking up the pack] These aren't even Russian cigarettes.
Dr. Baronovich : Foreign cigarettes in the mouth of the person you are pretending to be will be even more convincing than anything else - even your papers.
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[repeated line]
Maj. Gant : Let's see what this baby can do.
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Maj. Gant : [On his "meeting" with the airliner] I may have cut it a little close, but you'll have heard that already by now!
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Maj. Gant : [after outrunning two missiles in the MiG-31] Boy, is this a machine!
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[last lines]
Maj. Gant : Punching in the coordinates... I'm coming home.
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Maj. Gant : All right. The bait's been swallowed. Let's head north to the Urals.
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Maj. Gant : [after knocking Voskov unconscious] Oh, hell, you didn't do anything.
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[Russian helicopters from the Riga are approaching the Firefox refueling site]
Captain Seerbacker : You gotta go now, Gant.
Maj. Gant : I'm a little worried about you guys. They're gonna be watching my heat trail.
Captain Seerbacker : Don't worry about us. We're in international waters. As long as you're outta here when they get here... you will be outta here, won't you?
Maj. Gant : So fast you can't believe it!
Captain Seerbacker : You better be right!
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Maj. Gant : [Preparing to take off, after refueling] So long, Captain. Thanks.
Captain Seerbacker : Get outta here, you bum!
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[Firefox is on an ice floe, being refueled and re-armed by a submarine]
Captain Seerbacker : Fleischer, what's the news on our friends?
Lt. Commander Fleischer : We've got trouble, Captain. Radar contact, two aircraft heading our way. They were heading west into the decoy area when we noticed them.
Maj. Gant : Yeah. Helicopters from that cruiser.
Captain Seerbacker : You know how to make trouble for me, Gant. You really, really do.