Flight (I) (2012)

Don Cheadle: Hugh Lang

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• Hugh Lang : [to Whip]  The FAA and the NTSB took 10 pilots, placed them in simulators, recreated the events that led to this plane falling out of the sky. Do you know how many of them were able to safely land the planes? Not one. Every pilot crashed the aircraft, killed everybody on board. You were the only one who could do it!

• Avington Carr : Does Whitaker know he's going to jail?

  Hugh Lang : My clients don't go to jail, Mr. Carr.

  Avington Carr : Oh, he's going to jail. He belongs in jail. You bet your ass he's going to jail. The only question is, is he going to die in jail?

• Hugh Lang : Now, an initial report shows you had alcohol in your system at a level of point-two-four. Now in the good ol' US of A, one of the most lenient drunk driving countries in the world, you go to jail for driving with anything above point oh-eight. And by driving, I mean a car.

• Hugh Lang : I'm trying to save your life!

  Whip : What life?

• Hugh Lang : You gonna shoot me? Or can I come inside?

  Whip : Yeah, come on inside. I'll shoot you inside.

• Hugh Lang : Death demands responsibility.

• Hugh Lang : An initial report shows alcohol in your bloodstream at a level of .24. In the U.S. -- one of the most lenient drunk driving countries in the world -- you go to jail for driving with a number over .08. And by driving, I mean a car.

  Whip : What does that mean? I had a beer the night before I flew. And what... that made the tail of the plane explode?

  Charlie Anderson : Separate issues, Whip.

  Whip : I need a lawyer.

  Charlie Anderson : Hugh is your lawyer.

  Whip : I need a bigger lawyer. A lawyer who understands that I flew a broken plane and without me at that stick there'd be 102 funerals, not 6.

  Hugh Lang : We're talking about prison, not funerals. Somebody has...

  Whip : To write checks. Well, it's not me, I promise you that. And as long as they're writing checks, write me one because someone put me in a broken plane. I'd love a check.

  Charlie Anderson : Easy, Whip.

  Hugh Lang : This tox report states that you were drunk and high on cocaine, felonies punishable by 24 years in jail. And if your intoxication is proven to have caused the death of the 4 passengers you'll get 4 counts of manslaughter. That could be life in prison. Can I now do my job on your behalf and kill this tox report?

  Charlie Anderson : He'll get it done, Whip. It's what his entire life is about. Trust me, trust him. Don't worry, Whip. You're gonna walk away the hero you deserve to be.

  Whip : I'm not worried, Charlie. I promise you that. No one could have landed that plane like I did. No one.

• Avington Carr : I never wanted that fucking airline. Neither did my brother. My father wanted it. I like baseball.

  Hugh Lang : Hey, I like baseball.

  Charlie Anderson : The whole country likes baseball.

  Avington Carr : Cut the crap!