Directed by Tony Scott. Written by David Marconi

Robert Clayton Dean

• Actually, I believe the slur "shyster" is generally reserved for Jewish attorneys. I believe the proper slur for someone like myself would be "eggplant".
• [talking to wife on the way back from work] You're the only woman for me. You and Janet Jackson.

Edward "Brill" Lyle

• If you live another day I'll be very impressed.
• You know the Hubble Telescope that looks up to the stars? They've got over a hundred spy satellites looking down at us. That's classified.
• Fort Meade has acres of mainframe computers underground. You're talking on the phone and you use the word, "bomb," "president," "Allah," any of a hundred key words, the computer recognizes it, automatically records it, red flags it for analysis; that was years ago.

Dialogue

Robert Clayton Dean: Planning a quick getaway?

Edward "Brill" Lyle: Yeah. Ever since I met you.

Robert Clayton Dean: What the hell just happened?

Edward "Brill" Lyle: I blew up the building.

Dean: Why?

Lyle: Because you made a phone call!

Edward "Brill" Lyle: In guerrilla warfare they taught us to use our weaknesses as strengths.

Robert Clayton Dean: Such as?

Lyle: If they're big and you're little, then you're mobile and they're slow. You're hidden and they're exposed. You fight only the battles you know you can win.

[During the standoff at Pintero's restaurant]

Thomas Brian Reynolds: What will it take for us to walk out of here with that video tape?

Boss Paulie Pintero: The end of the world.

Congressman Sam Albert: [on TV] We knew that we had to monitor our enemies. We've also come to realize that we need to monitor the people who are monitoring them...

Carla Dean: Well who's gonna monitor the monitors of the monitors?

Robert Clayton Dean: I wouldn't mind doing a little... "monitoring" myself.

Carla Dean: Yes, and you've got lots and lots of... "monitoring" to do.

Eric Dean: Are you guys talking about sex?

Taglines

• It's not paranoia if they're really after you
• In God we trust. The rest we monitor.
• The only privacy left is inside of your head

Cast

• Will Smith - Robert Clayton Dean
• Gene Hackman - Edward "Brill" Lyle
• Barry Pepper - Detective David Pratt
• Jon Voight - Thomas Brian Reynolds