Gentlemen ... we are in the business of international security. We deal in weaponry and private armies. We do not trade in fantasy and pipe dreams. Let us leave the development of dolphins and freaks as weapons of espionage to others. With all due respect to Dr. Paul Ruth, I recommend that we drop our Scanner program immediately.
Scanners (1981)
KELLER
A screenplay character in Scanners (1981).
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Sample dialogue
Gentlemen ... we are in the business of international security. We deal in weaponry and private armies. We do not trade in fantasy and pipe dreams. Let us leave the development of dolphins and freaks as weapons of espionage to others. With all due respect to Dr. Paul Ruth, I recommend that we drop our Scanner program immediately.
scene 11 — EXT. DAY. CONSEC CENTRALTry it again.
scene 108 — INT. DAY. CONSEC CENTRAL. COMPUTER ROOMThat s ridiculous. You can't even get ~woof them to sit in a room together
scene 11 — EXT. DAY. CONSEC CENTRALYour best protection is to tell us what we need to know. As soon as you do, Revok will cease to be,a threat to anyone •
scene 76B — - 8G INCLUSIVE C:JNSEC CORRIDOR. INT. DAYYou mean someone's getting that right now?
scene 108 — INT. DAY. CONSEC CENTRAL. COMPUTER ROOM
Bookends
Yeah? Nobody's ever switched off a Scanner before.