Redbelt (2008)

Ricky Jay: Marty Brown

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• Bruno Silva : The golden-ivory studded belt is worth one quarter of a million dollars. It was presented to Taketa Morisaki by the emporer of Japan. Is he on the level?

  Marty Brown : The belt's a fucking national treasure. It's worth a quarter of a mil.

  Bruno Silva : He's going to give it to Ricardo if he loses?

  Marty Brown : It's publicity. It's publicity. It's something to tell the papers. It's a story. "I am a Samurai, should this guy defeat me, I shall surrender my fucking belt".

  Bruno Silva : And will he?

  Marty Brown : Look, we're not selling tickets. Sell the tickets, sell the show, and we'll figure that out on the way to the bank. The point is, you gotta sell the show.

  Bruno Silva : Ricardo's the biggest thing in Brazil.

  Marty Brown : Read the street signs. We're in America. Morisaki's doing his part, you've gotta do yours, Ricardo's gotta do his. Where the fuck is he? Pay-per-view is pulling back on the promotion. We need a gimmick, one more time. Ricardo brings the old man up from Brazil. He fights for the honor of his mentor. Morisaki brings the belt, he fights for the emporer. What do you got? A grudge match. It's back to the thirties. Black against white, Irish against Jew...a racial grudge match. Get me some velocity, eh? Velocity, or else it's just two monkeys in a ring.

• Augusto Silva : What do you want?

  Mike Terry : You brought the old man up from Brazil for this bullshit?

  Augusto Silva : You run your business, I run mine. Who I brought to where is of no concern to you.

  Mike Terry : His life, his teachings...

  Augusto Silva : What you know of his teachings? The hell do you know of his teachings? He's my family business, and it is a business, okay? What the hell did you think it is? There's still a vision out there. It's about to be big business. And no one has forgotten you, so cool down and sit down.

  Marty Brown : None of the fighters know the fight is gaffed. You weren't supposed to know. You weren't supposed to know.

  Mike Terry : I don't get it.

  Marty Brown : We pick who gets the white marble. Here's what you're missing, here's what you invented. The thing - it's not a way to ensure the fight is fair. Any two guys fighting for money, no way the fight is fair. What you did is fix the fight without the fighters' knowledge.

  Mike Terry : You stole my idea.

  Marty Brown : How about that. So look, who gets the pass tonight? You. Every fight tonight the other guy gets the handicap. You win, you go home with fifty grand, you settle your various debts. How about that. Make a name for yourself. I love a fighter. What the fuck.

• Bruno Silva : We have a deal or we don't have a deal?

  Marty Brown : [after a long pause]  We gotta deal. What good's a deal if no one's making any money?

• Marty Brown : Everything in life, the money's in the rematch.