The Presidio (1988)
Mark Harmon: Jay Austin
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Quotes
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Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell : What in the hell is "the Dead"?
Jay Austin : You wouldn't understand.
Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell : Try me.
Jay Austin : The Grateful Dead.
Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell : The Grateful Dead?
Jay Austin : Grateful Dead.
Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell : I don't understand.
Jay Austin : [sarcastically] That's a surprise.
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Jay Austin : He's gonna take one look at you and me talking and he's gonna figure out right off what's going on.
Donna Caldwell : What's going on?
Jay Austin : How attracted you are to me. You'll have him climbing the walls. Then later, when he gets you alone, he's gonna tell you what a jerk I am, and he's gonna order you to stay away from me.
Donna Caldwell : No. My father doesn't order me to do anything. We have an agreement.
Jay Austin : He'll break it.
Donna Caldwell : No he won't. We made it when I was 7 years old.
Jay Austin : You were never 7 years old.
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Jay Austin : [re: the dead drop] Right in front of God and everybody.
Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell : It's always the most successful way. None of that covert shit.
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Donna Caldwell : Say something.
Jay Austin : What?
Donna Caldwell : That's a start.
Jay Austin : I'm Inspector Jay Austin, San Francisco Police Department.
Donna Caldwell : [laughs] You didn't do that right.
Jay Austin : I didn't?
Donna Caldwell : [shakes her head] No, you're supposed to show me your ID.
Jay Austin : Oh. Close the door.
[she hesitates]
Jay Austin : Close the door.
[she does so; he rings the bell and she opens again; this time he holds the badge up before his face]
Jay Austin : Hello, I'm Inspector Austin, San Francisco Police Department.
[as she smiles:]
Jay Austin : I'm looking for Colonel Caldwell.
Donna Caldwell : This is where he lives. He works somewhere else.
[shakes her head]
Jay Austin : I figured that.
Donna Caldwell : You wanna wait on the porch, Inspector Jay Austin?
Jay Austin : No.
[shakes his head]
Jay Austin : I wanna come in.
[nods]
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Jay Austin : The reason why I'm here is because I'm interested in you, not your father.
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Jay Austin : You know what I'd like?
[smiles]
Jay Austin : I'd like you to resist arrest. Just a little. God, I'd really like that.
[cuffs one hand]
Jay Austin : You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorn -
[Col. Paul Lawrence elbows him in the face with free arm]
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Howard Buckely : Do it now, or I'll fuckin' blow him away, I swear it!
Jay Austin : [calmly] Don't give him your gun.
Howard Buckely : Give me the goddamn gun! You wanna die, cop?
Jay Austin : No. Do you? Put the gun away.
Howard Buckely : Gimme the gun! I'm gonna do it!
Jay Austin : [advancing slowly] Think about it, pal. If you shoot me, he's gonna shoot you.
Howard Buckely : [looks back at the other officer] Huh?
Jay Austin : Keep your eyes on me. If you take your eyes off me, I guarantee you I'll kill you.
Howard Buckely : I'll do it!
Jay Austin : Either way, pal, you're dead.
[continues steady advance]
Howard Buckely : I'm gonna shoot!
Jay Austin : Yeah, you keep saying that. I don't think you're gonna do it.
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Jay Austin : You look great!
Donna Caldwell : Some people say I look like my father.
Jay Austin : Christ, what a thought!
